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THQS.*S. MITCHELL. M. D.,
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HAMILTON, GEORGIA
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•i4a. DENTIST,
t OOWJMBUS, t - GEORGIA.
Office over Chapman’s drug store, Ran
dolph st, near city terminus of N. & n. H. u.
liespecfußy offers his services to the peo
ple of Harris county. J u2ol y
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T V I ATTORNEY at law,
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WEST POINT, GA
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Office in the building of the Georgia Home
Insurance Company*. ‘ST ' febSl-ty
RANKIN HOXJSE
load r > r ft. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
.PiiSftt GoDden, Clerk.
fWM 190| IWO < WW£ i t’-i' -H
RUBY RESTAURANT,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
janlO J. W. RYAN, Prot’r.
THE HAMILTON WEEKLY VISITOR.
HARRIS SHERIFFS SALES.
Will be sold before the Court-house door
in Hamilton, within the legal hours of sale,
on the first .Tuesday in December next, the
following; property; A
The southern portion of, Jot of land No.
168, in 19th district of originally Muscogee,
now JJarris cop tajripg 100 acres,’
more of loss, how occupied by J. Watkins—
also rifie-iftXffi lWEereht m lot ofland No 167,
north half of lot No. 188, in 19th district of
Harris county 822 3-4 alres. more
or less; ‘known as the hfowr’lands of Mrs.
Margaret May, widow of Hardy May, now
occupied by"ffm. Phillips and others —it be
ing the Interest of Wm. May in said lands.
All levied on as the property of said Wm.
May, to : satisfy two ft fas issued from Harris
Superior Court—one in favor of Thomas Reid
and the other in favor of John (j McKee,
Administrator oT Hackney McKee, deceased,
vs. William May.
At ttame time and place, 25 acres land in
northeast comer ot lot No. 90, in 21st dis
trict of Harris county. Levied on as the
property .of W- T. Ramsey, to satisfy a fi fa J
issued from the Justice Court of the 733d
di-trict G, M. in faygr of Brunch Ligon vs.
said Ramsey, Levy made and returned to
me by#.®. DAvis, L.*e*. ®*
At same time and place, 44 acres of land
off of Jpt No. 83, in 2d district of originally.
Troup, how Harris county—it being the land
in possession of W. M. Smith. Levied on as
the property of F. M. Trammell, to satisfy a
fl fa in mi bauds issued from the Superior
Court of Harris county in favor of Monroe
Davjdson Trammell, Adrian
o,frranhi)ell and F; M. Trammell. Property
pointed out by L L Stanford, attorney for
John Brooks, transferee of said fi fa.
At same time and place. 110 acres of land
oft of the east side of lot No. 101: in the 22d
district of Harris county—it being the land
AvhicbsUaH Trammell is now in possession of.
as JJnS(ptiopei ty of Adrian 0 Tram
mell to satisfy a fi fa in my hands issued from
the Superior Court of Harris county in favor
of Monroe Davidson vs Augustus A Tram
mell, Adrian O Trammell and F M Trammell.'.
Property pointed out by L L Stanford, attor
ney for John Brooks, transferee of said fi fa.
At same time and place, 146 acres of land
-off of lo| N*. }59, un,.lftttj district of Harris
eohnty*-4t being the iknrrsold to E D Jones
by Jefferson Thomaston, and levied on as the
property ofsaid ‘Tbomalton to satisfy a fi fa
in my hands issued from the Harris Monthly
Cyirnty Court ip/ayor of Qeqoge A B Dozier,
wwArorv WB.T’Vs.'PutA Thomaston. Prop
em jointed out by L
attorney.
At same time and place, 30 acres off of the
west end except ten acres- Nh.'j3brtk west Cor
ner of fractional lot No. 206 in 18th district
of known as p <rt of the
land sit aparfcas a homestead for tne family
of ffiSHaK'Bk.lo -HlafflaMiapi my hands
issdfcd rroTO tnft Kemi-am'mal court of Talbot
county in of Wipiam Barron vs. said
•■“SSSr lots of land Nos.
103 and 104 in 20th district of Harris county,
containing -SO9 acres, more or less, TAried oh
as the propeity of Bamuel Emory, dec Cased,
to satisfy two fi fas in my hands issued from
Harris Superior Court in favor of J G Smith,
Udministiffltpr, etc., vs. Elizabeth Emory, ex
ecutrix of Samuel Emory, deceased.
At same rime and place, 100 acres qf land
off of lot No. 50, in the 2d district of <Harris
county, levied oil as tire property of Will S
*Dnnn to’satiafy a fi fasn my tinivds issued
from the Superior Court of Harris county in
favor of G S Dunn vs. Win S Dunn. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff 6 attoiflfey.
■ At siane time ami place, lots' or land No.
13 in 8d district originally Troup, now Har
ris county, and No. 267, in 21st district otig
inally Troup, now Harris county, levied on
to saiisfy afifain my hantfsin favor of Thos
M Gordon, administrator/ eft, and \V E Far
ley, transferee, vs. Charles A Smith and Os
car P Smith—fi fa isrued on a decree to en
fmee a vendor’s lien, issued from the Supe
rior Court of Harris county as; property
of said defendants, and Nt>.; 13 levied
on to-gatisfy other fi fas mmy hands—one in
favor of John W Murphev and two in favor
of Hardy Cornett vs. Oscar P Smith—levied
on as the property of said Oscar P Smith.
At same time and place, lot of land No.
144, in 21st district Harris county, known as
the lot whereon Asa Mann resided at time of
his death—levied on as Hie J>' opm-tj-of Asa
‘Mann to satisfy t&d ft fas iSsdedfrortHhe Su
perior Court of Harris rounty in favor of Mo
riah Dowdell vs. said Mann.
At seme time and place, 100 acres of land
off of lot No. 169, joining land of Mrs Cook
on the south, east by Mrs Johnson, and north
by lot No. —. Also lot No. 162, containing
2021-2 acres, bounded on the south by lot
169, on the east by Mrs Johnson and Brooks,
north by Mitchell and Davis, and west by
Lovelace —all lying in 21st district of Harris
county, northwest of Hamilton, and known
as the Rav land land— levied on as the prop
erty of Richard Ragland, to satisfy a Harris
-Superior Court fi fa In favor of Thomas J
Pratt, E C Hood, transferee, vs. said Ragi
At same time and place, one lot of land,
number not known, contsiwwMk tfO acres,
more or less, in 20th district'Harris county,
known as the land set apart as homestead of
M W- ifettox, joinipg-laud of Turner Thorn
ton and others—levied \ oil as the property of
M W Halt ox to satisfy two Harris Superior
Court fi fas —one in favor of John G Andrews
and one in favor, of James M, Mobley, guar
dian, etc, vs M W Hattox. Property pointed
out by plaintiflb. •M D ROWK, Dep. Sh'ff.
W. IL KEKT,
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tto< lot BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GA.,
U ,HT A H
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DIALER IK
raanta tiAoaa re .ois
Saddles, Bridles, Harness, Collars,
Whips, Bits, Spurs, Hames,
Trace chains, Back bands,
Trunks, Valises , Suic/tels, Carpet-bags,
liar mss, Sole and Upper Leather, etc .
the above Goods pn hand, which I
■will sell atr cheap as any house in the
South or North, and which are war
ranted to give satisfaction in every
respect—all hand made.
Come and examine my goods be
fore buying. oct24—3m
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALB.
Will he sold before the Court-house door
in Hamilton, on the first Tuesday in January
next, the land Mousing to the estate of Mi
nerva A Faulkenberry, deceased, to-wit: 108
acres of lot No 123, in 18th district of Harris
comity- Sold bv order of Court. Terms
cash. GEO A BEDDING, Aibn’r.
HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1873.
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NEWMAN’B
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No. 58 Bboad Street,
COLUMBUS , GA.
Tobacco, pipes, cigars and eating saloon-
A LOOK UNDER THE BED.
It Is a habit of. nvtny persons to
take a look under tit# Led before re
tiring for the night. Mrs. Everghefen,
ray beloved' wife, indulges, if* indul
gence it cau b#' called, ia this pecu
liar practice. I have often remarked
to Mrs. Evergreen, when I have seen
hsr prying under the bed, that it Was
a silly habit, and that the sooner she
gave it up the better. To this gen
tle admonition my better half, invari
ably rejoins:
“La, Evergreen, what harta does
it do ? It is a kind of a satisfaction
to know that nobody is under there,
and then I pf sueh a bar
rible thing atlera*ra in bed.”
“I think, my dear, yon might Just
as well pursue your investigation fur
ther, aud look in the bureau drawers
and the clothes-basket.”
“ Evergreen,” she wiU rejoin,
“don’t mention the idea, or I shall
certainly do so. Come to think of it,
a mao could easily get into the
clothes-basket.”
“Certainly he could, my dear,
quite as easy as Fatstaff. You should
certainly include the clothes-basket,
and, by-the-by, there's the chimney—
why not look up that as well ? ”
“ Now, Evergreen, you’re laughing
at me. But I cmi't leave off the
habit, and 1 nevpr will. It’s a com
fort for me to kaow that there’s noth';
ing wrong about it) and I don’t see
why you 'should deprive me of it.”
' So under the bed goes the candle,
and no designs of; humanity being
discovered, Mrs. Evergreen is able
to repose in peace.
If it were not for increasing this
mental idiosyncricy on the part of
Mrs. Evergreen, by giving her some
good reason to apprehend danger, I
should relate to her what I am abont
to lay before the l eader. In this nar
ration, therefore, I ask the public to
bear in mind that Mrs. Evergreen is
slightly superstitious, and that what
I have to say must, under no circum
stances, be imparted to that lady. If
for two-an'Lajpenty years (Shat is the
period happy
years have they been)—if, I say, I
have for this long period refrained
imparting the matter to the beloved
sharer of my joys and partaker of ray
sorrows, surely the public will keep
the secret.
I was hot bad looking when I was
in my twenties. I think I may go
further and say that Gus Evergreen
wrs a ‘decided favorite among the
girls in Oakville, and I believe I coujd
have had any of them for the asking.
As I before, remarked, Mrs. Ever
green is not present, and I indulge
in my thoughts somewhat more freely
than would otherwise be the case.
Fred Evans, who had been my
chum at school, came to pay me a
visit at Oakville, for a day or two, as
he ; said whed be came, but he made
it a week or two easily enough after
I’d taken him a little, Aniong the la
dies. When that time had expired,
Fred said he must go, as he didn’t
know what his father and mother
wotild think of his long absence; but
ended in relieving their anxiety by a
letter, and sending for his trunks. I
knew how the matter was, perfectly
well, and that Belle Bronson bad be
witched him out of his senses. Fred
tried to put it bn the “ country air
and the quiet which was benefitting
his health,” etc., but it was no use
trying to deceive me, and I told him
so. Then he o wned ug frankly, and
I promised to help him as much as I
could, if be reqtftfed any help in the
prosecution of his suit.
She had a larger share of beaux
.than the other girls, but all their at
tention came to nothing. I feared it
might be to with Evans, and warned
him accordingly; but Fred said that
“ without her, life was naught to him.”
Things went on this way without
any definite result, until Fred received
a sadden summons home on account
of bis mother’s illness. When he
came back to renew his visit he in
sisted upon staying at the Oakville
-Hotel, rather than wear out hia wel
come at our houae, and finding re
monstrance unavailing, there lie went.
The landlord gave Fred, at my sug
gestion, bis best bedroom—No. 20. I
am particular in mentioning the num
ber. “He shall have No. 20.
"Agy friend of youra, Master Augus
tus, (hall have the beat room I have
to give as long aa I’m landlord.”
Belle Bronson, because of the aud
den arrival at her hohse of aome
country cousins, was obliged to give
np her room—her mother’s cottage'
being a small one—and to occupy
for a single night a room at the bo-
tel. T have ; offered her
guests accommodation a’tj pur house,-
biit we were jp a eiufllar predicament
An agricultural fair had brought
many strangers into the place, and
our own guests wpre so numerous
that I had given up my room to two
of them, and had intended asking
Fred Evans to let me pass the night
with him.’ * - • ■
For this purpose I went to the ho
tel at a fate bopr, t *nd proceeded at
once to Fred’s room, but to my. sur
prise found no one there. I did not
even notice that his trunk was gone,
or suspect the fact which afterwards
became .apparent, that, “to oblige
somMMjy only,”
as the landtora expressed it, Fred
consented to give up “ Np. 20” and
occupy a small room in the rear of
the building. The gas being turned
on, I took a book to wait bis return,
and hearing at last what appeared to
be steps approaching the room, *nd
suspecting it to be Fred, in a momen
tary impulse to play a joke upon him
I slipped under the bed, a large and
high one, Intending to imitate a cat
as soon as he entered the room.
The door opened pud I was oa th#
point q£ indulging in my ventriloqitial
faculty by giving along drawn meow,
when, from my hiding place* I beheld'
Belle Bronsoti take possession of the
apartment.
My astonishment was bo great,
and the sense of mortification so in
tense, that I did not, as I should
have done, make myself immediately,
known to her. Thus the opportunity
for discovery and expkmtion was
lost. I Jared hot move' a hair, but
hoped sincerely that some excuse
might take her out of the room for a
moment, and so facilitate my escape.
She, however, locked the door, re
moved the key, and I knew by the
sound, prepared to retire. Finally,
she kneeled down beside the bed,
and clasped her hands, and bowing
her head (so fearfully noar to mine
that I could hear the soft words in
my ear), she offered 1 up her evening
prayer in s manttar-ful o#*ft*dmg uTid
with snern sweet' accent* of womanly
tenderness and devotion, that I felt
as if she wa* an angel betiding over
the vilest of mortals. That prayor
went to my heart; but one portion
of it went through it, and held it
captive. Mover shall I forget my
feeling of surprise add my emo
tions when I heard her utter these
Words: “Bless my dear mother,
sisters and friends; bless all around
me, and O God ! bless him 1 love,
Augustus Evergreen, and shower
down Thy mercies’over him.
If I breathed short before, after
this my breath seemed td desert me
entirely, and I verily thought that the
beating of my heart would betray
me. Belle, pure as no angel to tbb
then,'and white as a snow-flake, pro
ceeded to turn off the gas and get in
to the bed. What thoughts rushed
through tny brain ! AJiove me lay a
young and unsophisticated girl,whol
ly unconscious that the one she loved
lay so close to her, and who had fbr
the first time been mad* aware of her
interest in him by* hearing words
which she supposed only went to
Heaven. ' .7/ .7/ wtewlt *•■■■*
Belle had lain piirfeotly motionless
for several minutes, and was, I flat
tered myself, losing herself lii sleep,
when suddenly she exclaimed, “There,
I haven’t looked under the bed!” A
horror ran through* mo—all Is lost!
What shall I do ? * Belle rose; I heard
her feeling fbFthe nfatchcs, and; try
'to light one after the other, as they
failed to Ignite; then an “Q, dear,
therearp no morel” whispered my
soul to me. Belle groped back y>
the bed, hat did not immediately get
Id ; she stooped and lifted the curtains
which hung around the bottom, cau
tiously passing her arm arpunjl as
far as it oould reach. I almost felt
her fingers graze my face, gs I held
myself fearfully and silently back
against the wall, tpo far, just top fir
for her to reach. Apparently satis
fied that, no danger was near her, she
lay down In her bed agam> and I
counted her* respirations till .she was
lost in slumber, *
As for myself, sleep was utterly
out of the question. I never was so
wide awake in my life, itow I lay
upon that hard, carpal and thought
the night out—thought of ;br and
her love for me—thought Wf myself
and my love for her. 1 ..
With the morning light fresh fears
came upon me, lest my unconscious
room-mate might yet peer beneath
the bed for robbers before she left
the room; but my fears were ground-
ess. She ruse and dressed expedi
tiously, for ahe was to join her cousins
at ah early breakfast, and she had
overslept herself, .When at last she
took the key; unlocked the door and
departed, I lest no time in slipping
out'pf ihy shameful place, of couceal
morit and escaping from the hotel.
Qn the stairs I met Fred coming out
of hi* room, who exclaimed:
“ Why, what’s the matter with
you, old fellow ? You look like the
last days of an ill-spent-life. And
your ooat, too—why, it’s all feathers
and dust. Whore hara yon been
“ I slept—slept out last
night, ; all. jOur house is full,
and so 1 had to find quarters else
where. f am last goings Uouw to
dress.”
“I should say so, decidedly. I see
it a)j, old fellow i you’ve been on a
lark, and h|ul to put up in the watch
house. Gome, now ; own up, and tell
us about H.” , ' ’ *
“No lark pi .all, Fred , nothing of
the kind, I assure you.”
V Well, if not a lark, what kind of
a bird wss HP From the looks, of
ihe feqthera. I should say It was a
goose^, I]. 1 ]. ; w ,u v/bi .-nfl i
“ You’re, the goose, Fred. But
seriously, I’ve a word to say to you
of a most important nature. Bea
mail, Fred, and make up your mind
to bear something excessively dlsa*
greeable. It mußt be talked to you
sooner or later, and I may as well
tellit !”' '’f ' u
“ Good heavens, Gus! bow earnest
ly you look at me. Yen don’t mean
to say that—that anything has hap
pened to BeHe Brdnson ?” ‘ 1 *;‘ I ]
“ Don’t mention her name again,
Fred, or think of her any more, for
she’ll never b© .anything to you. I
have it from one who knows all
about it, thht she has been attached
to somebody else, aud that somebody
els# means to marry her. There’s
no mistake about it, so bear up and
■ try your lubk elsewhere.” '
But Fred Evans Was not to be dis
couraged by mere hearsay. That
very day be went to,see Belle, deter-
mined to know his fate from her own
lips. Soon after he left Oakville,
and I did not see him again for sev
eral, year*, when, meeting him in
town one: day, I insisted on bringing
him home with me, and presenting
him to his Old flame, Bello Bronson —
the present Mrs. Evergreen.
, . ‘VAh, Fred,” said he after dinner,
when my wife and the little Ever
green* bad left Us to ourselves—“ ah,
Fred, you served me a' shabby trick
when you allowed 5 me to lose my
heart to the girl you were all along
iDtendjng to marry yourself—a very
shabby trick—one of which I never
suspected 5 you l’ J %
. ,$a.X bad l tq, tail him (in strict con
fidence, of course, as I tell yon, read
er) all about the bedroom affair fit
the Oakville Hotel, and the love that
grow out
Baby in a Cabbage Barhxl,—A
gentleman who was in the George,
town market this morning reports
that a lady purchased fi barrel Of
large sized cabbages from, as she
auppoaetl, a market woman, but ibat
upon examining its contents after fit
had readied her borne, she found a
live bby baby in it; well dressed,
with a 1 mdik bottle in its mouth,
and ao .protected by the manner in
which, the cabbages had been arranged
as* to prevent its suffocation. The
purchaser'hardened back to the mar
ket, but the suppositious market
woman had stolen away,— Alexandria
Gazette,
I9ET* A few days ago the Grand
Jury‘ ignored a bijl against a negro
for stealing chicken*. Before dis
charging him from onatody the judge
bade him Stand up, and after a severe
reprimand concluded as follows:
“You may go now, John, but
(shaking bi finger at him) let me
warn yon never to appear here
again.” ~(‘ f u<*
John, with delight beaming from
his big, white eyes, and a broad grin
displaying a row pf ivory,-replied;
“I woodn’tbin here dis time, judge,
only do constable fetch me.”
<’ W&* A negro onco said in a prayer
meeting: “ Bredren, when I was a boy
I took a hatchet and went Into the
woods. When I found a tree dat
wae straight, and Wg, and solid, I
didn’t to itch -dat tree; bat when I
found *orfe leading a lfttle, and holler
inside, I soon bad him down. So
when tie debbil goes after Christians,
he doitft touch detn dat stand straight
and true, but dem dat lean a little
and are holler inside,”
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Position in Scekping.— 'ifeepiTig
rooms should alway* be so arranged,
if possible, to allow the head, of
the sleeper to be toward the north.
Frequently, in cases of sickness, a
person will find it Impossible to ob-.
tain rest if the head is in any other
direction, and often a cure is retarded
for a long iirae. A Vienna physician
had a patient wbo was suffering from
acute rheumatism, with painful
cramps running from the shoulders
to the fingers; and while his head
was to the south he could do noth
ing toward his relief. On Miming
the bell, however, so that the head
was toward the north, the patient
uttered expressions of pteaauro, and
in a few hours a great improvement
had taken place: he was in a few days
almost entirely cured. Many other
oases are given by scientific persons;
and people, in building houses, should
always havo this ia view.
• tim ii
tSf 1 A contributor to the Mont,
gornery Advertiser furnishes that pa
per with the follbwbg oholer* reme
dy : One to three drops of spirits of
•camphor (made from gum camphor
one part, and'five parts of alcohol),
taken every three to five minutes, ac
cording to the particular necessities
of the case; the patient to be kept
warm; the extremities well coveted,
and the remedy continued until per
spiration ensues and the pains are re
lieved. When the stomach will re
tain it, administer brandy to aid re
action The camphor is claimed tq
have thopocalinr property of destroy
ing the animalcule ascertained to be
present in the cases of trim cholera,
Laundry Polish yob Linen,—Add
to a Bjtarch made in the usual way) a
amali lump of white sugar, or a bit
of white wax or spermaceti, or a few
thin shavings of white soap and a tea
spoonful of salt. After the clothes
are rinsed iq blue water, *trchthem,
and dry on the clothes line ; then
wring them from cold wat*r, roll P
ug ttly, and let them lie a while.
Iron smoothly in the, usual way.
Then place the bosom or parts to be
polished on a board with a iaioife
fold of muslin over it, pas s damp
cloth over the linen and polish with
an iron*made for that purpose, such
as may be bought at the hardware
or kitchen furnishing stores.
To Brr the Colob in Cotton
Debuses,—Take a large double-hand.
fl of bran, put it, in a sauoe-pan and
set it over the fire, allowing it to boil
thoroughly to a quart of water: when
thoroughly boiled, strain the bran
and throw the water into that in
which you are about washing your
lAfirn or chintz dress. Let the dress
soak for ah hour or so in it before
washing. Inatrad of starch, use a
weak solution of glue water, and
irop on the wrong side.
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Boiling Egos.— The fresher eggs
arfi, the more time will be requit ed
for boiling. To have them soft and
tender, drop them in water at a boil
ing point, and let them stand from
five to seven minutes without boil
ing. They should be eaten from the
shell with a spoon. If desired for
salad, boil them ten minutes; then
throw them into eold Water; roll
gently on the table or board, and tbo
shell is easily removed.
Cold in the Head.— " When the
head feels swollen, the nose obstruct
ed, the forehead hot, and tit* eycß
watery, snuff a’fhfr drop* of tincture
of oampbor up the nose, every hour
of two, and taka Internally five or
six dfojts oh a lump of augar. Ordi
nary Cold, and even iufluenaa if treat
ed in this manner in the very begin
ning of the attack, ia generally con
trolled fit once.
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TANARUS: Or* Of the moat novel features
of the convention*, harvest feasts and
mass meetings of the Grangersin the
West is thh entire freedom given to
women to address the meetings.
Some able speaker* have appeared
among the Patrons. Non* of the
meetings of the.Patrops osO be called
small affairs. Ontf held at Washing
ton, lowa, gathered 10,000 Patrorm
in one vast meeting. Thera yim
procession and a great display ofban
ners and mottoes, with abundance of
brass bands. ' ■ 1
.ra. ■ i I ■ j :- • ’
6ST* Mr, L. A. Jordon, of Lee
county, who is conceded the xqm#
extensive planter in the State, culti
vated this year two thousand acres
in cotton, one thousand five hundred
in corn, and three hundred in oat*.
Mr. Jordan is worth over‘ |IOO,OOO,
and employs on his plantation bout
on* hundred horses and mules