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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1873)
THE HAWKINSVILLE DISPATCH. VOL 7. Peter Julian, of Macon, knocks his wife down and kicks her out of the <loor. Horace Greeley, colored, has keen arrested for stealing wood in Au gusta. Mr. O’Niel and N. M. Nicholson, old residents of Decatur county, died last week. Conyers has enjoyed an immense lawsuit over the proprietorship of n hound pup. Mr. Sellars Lee, of Appling county lias had his gin house nud cotton burned. Accident. Loss SB,OOO. No insurance. The Deputy. United States Mar shals about Macon brag that it pays > to arrest ‘‘intimidstors” at $7 a day and be found. Messrs. W. J nud J. C. llulmc, of X Libert county, with three hands and one horse, made this year twcuty-one bales of cotton and thirty barrels of corn. Ileyt, the railroad robbsr, pays the Slate fifteen thousand dollars down anil goes out on a fifteen thousand dollar bond, lie only stole about two hundred thousand dollar*. A meeting of the citizens of Burke county was held last week, and seven whits and three negro freeholders were appointed to canvass the county in favor of the abolition of fences. The Atlnntcsc are moving in the matter of the “Inaugural Ball,” whieli will come off on the evening of the 10th or January A committee of citizens have been appointed to make all due preparations. Mr. A. 11. Wood lift, or Forsyth county, lias raised, the pres ent year, the liest crop of any voung tnati we know of, viz: two hags of cotton, two cribs of corn, and nearly one hundred and fifty pounds of Rice. The Rice i* stoied away in a cosy cottage and is not for sale. The Emigrants to Brazii—The laborers who emigrated from Eng land to Brazil to work on farms have jictitioned ta the Brazilian Govern ment to assist them in returning home. Letters have been received from them giving accounts of the hardships they have suffered, and warning their friends against coming to the country. Dkath of Gen. A. R. Wiuoiit.— Gen. A. R. Wright, editor ortlie Au gusta Chronicle and Sentinel, and meinher elect to Congress from the A ngnsta district, died on Saturday night.3lst Decernl>er. Gen W. was well and favorably known throughout Georgia, and had frequently been railed into the service of the public. * At the late election lie was chosen to represent his district in the next Con gress by a large majority. • The funeral of General A. R. Wright was veiy imposing. Th<* eortege was composed of about two thousand men exclusive of persona who were not in the procession. The Atlanta Sun presents a legal question in reference to the election of Constables. It says: The anx ieties of office hunting are, indeed r ‘ pitiable, and he alone who has been noaated in the pan can properly ap preciate the feeling inspired by a doubtful candidacy. All over the State gentlemen have been annoucing thorn solves for the office of Constable—not a very large office, it ia true, but still a very nec essary appendage to a well appointed Court. What must be their disa|>- pointment now to learn that there is no provision in the law for filling that office, and that all the election eering hat been in vain. A widow lady, named Mrs. Matil -4a Hernandez, was burned to death in her residence ia Macon recently. There was no one in the boose but herself when the accident took place ; oho was left by her daughter some- V time previous, sitting by the fire, and it is presumed she bad a fit and fell. When found her remains were terri bly charred. HAWKINSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, 1873 [From the Sandemville Herald, xhc fropesed «ew Railroad to Hawkinsville Mr. Editor :—For some two weeks I have beeu con lined at home; more to accommodate the young folks than anything else. From what I can see and hear, nearly all of them want to get married. Well, if that pleases them 1 am willing. So to the Rail road. There was a Railroad meeting at Gibson on the 6th December. Quite a respectable nutnlicr of citizens were present. The meeting adjourned to meet again at Fcnn's Bridge on the 2d Wednesday iu January. At this meeting we foci confident that some thing definite will be done. The Surveyor, by this time, will have sur ityed the line to Davislioro. 1 hare felt of Glascock. She will do her part in building the railroad. The question is now being asked, wliat can we do to cause that railroad to be lmilt, running it through Gib son thence to Sandersville on to Hawkinsville. I propose that a large delegation of citizens go from Sand ersville, nnd other parts of Washing ton county, to l'Vnu's Bridge on the 2d Wednesday in January and cause the meeting to adjourn to meet in Sandersville, and let that meeting he a mass meeting calling the citizens together, from Jefferson, Glascock, Washington, Laurens and Pulaski. At that meeting we can answer the question. What can we do? What say you Sandersville, will you have a mass railroad meeting, or don’t yon wanttheß.il? If you get it yon will then lie about sixty miles nearer by railroad to Agusta than you arc now to Savannah. Turn your l>aek upon your little branch railroad and look this way nnd we will do thee good. Who will go to Fenn’s Bridge ? ZACHEOCB. China Grove, Dec. 18, 1872. Miiiinr I’liuv mul Cotton. The following article from the Al bany News coincides so fully witli the views of the Dispatch, ms given a few days ago ii|hiii the subject of Su gar cane, that we take pleasure in transferring it to our columns. The editor of the News says: Three weeks ago we mentioned a magnificent stalk of cane, sent us by lion John if. Cason, of Ware county. The said stalk is still in our office mid measures twenty-six perfect su gar or eating joints, and nine feet ten inches in lengctli. Our young friend Parish Divis— one of the young men of the coun try who regards labor nnd tilling the soil the noblest culling of man, see ing the notice Os Ware county’s pre tensions, determined to enlerthc list for Baker vs. Ware and sent us six stalks, averaging twenty-four sugar joints, and nine feet three inches in h-ngtli.—the longest being equal iu the number of joints nnd length to tlie Ware county stalk. Now if sucli canc onn be raised in Ware, Baker and Dougherty, why do wo hear this continual whine of “hard times,” “no money,’’ “country gone to the devil,” etc., nud divers other wicked nnd false complaints ? There is scarcely an acre in Ware, Baker or Dougherty under cultivation thnt cannot, with proper culture and ordi nary industry, be made to produce just such canc as that produced by Messrs Cason and Davis, and every acre of such cane will yieid S6OO to SIOOO worth of syrup and sugar. Suppose we diversify labor to a limited extent, and give a portion of it to the cultivation of sugar cane? Suppose we devote ten jicr cent, of Dougherty county lalior to that cul ture ? Is it not within the range of s reasonable probability that ten per cent, will yield u* much clear profit as the other nine-tenths engaged in cotton-culture! The cotton culture is seeking a higher climate, where white men may safely pursue it, and it is time the old “cottou belt,” as it is called, should be looking out for something else to engage its attention and make its labor profitable. The present year has demonstrated that Cherokee and Northern Georgia can lieat Southern and Southwestern Georgia in cottou culture: and the fact that the catterpillar lias always been exhausted before reaching the middle line of Middle Georgia, should admonish our cotton planters that their glory has departed, and that they no longer rule the roost in lltal particular. Why not, then, plant something ejsc. Coioocl Lee Jordon will run two hundred ploughs next year. [Written for die Hawkinsville Dispatch. AVARICE • Why aro people so bent on the nc cuniulition of wealth? Some seem to think the “almighty dollar” cau, within itself, accomplish everything— procure and secure respect, deference, distinction and gain for them a name that will stand untarnished through all ages r.nd have homage paid them by all posterity. Snrefy avarice is one of the great est evils which tiie artful Jnbiter cnsconsed in Bandore's hox, and this curse lias ever afflicted the f unify. This love of gain, love ol money, is despoiling the peace and happiness of onr bcauliftil land. It sways its sceptre alike over high and low, rich and poor. It stimulates man’s ener gies, conlrolls his pursuits and gov erns his actions. It is emphatically the “root of nil evil,” ami lie who worships at the shrine of Matiion will find, too late, that Ilia idol is of earth earthly, that its brightness and power ceases when man passes away. There ;is a perfect mania for riches. Each mao seems striving to lieeonio richer than his neighbor. None are satisfied with a competency. More, more, is the wish, the cry, nnd many, like the dog in the fable, in reaching after the shadow, lose the substance. Not only his own wealth docs man worship, but the possessions of others-, hence the society of those, well to do, in tlie world, is courted regardles ot all moral principles, while true moral worth and modest merit are too often neglected. This love of gain, so strong in the mind or man, lias dissipated the con fidence between man nnd man. No one who has discovered » grand scheme for bettering his rendition in lift would go with confidence to his neighbor for advice, or assistance, lest he in Ids sordid greed of gain, should betray his confidence and appropriate to his own advancement the informa tion so obtained. Many of the wonld-be-rleli, unable to attain the acme of their wishes, would fain ap|s:ar so, by gorgeous display nmi reckless indifference to economy. But their expenses must lie footed by some one, and too often they fall upon the shoulders of con fiding friends who have been duped by their false pretences. Tim pursuit of wealth is accompa nied with the expectation, that, if Successful, it will bring with it every thing conducive to the happiness of man, therefore all present opportuni ties for our own enjoyment, or for contributing to vlie enjoyment of those around us, arc foolishly neg lected—moreover, all the better principles of our natures arc *sacri. ficcd, nnd fyiee and sometimes {even crime itself is fostered for the at tainment of (his uiisatisbls desire for gain. All this toil tuid ”for money and its equivalents, bring about nil envious disquietude, bane ful to a contented iniml. The real condition of man is not what it seems to lie, and iu point of happiness, men are much nearer equality than is commonly imagined. Though tho poor can enjoy but few of the con veniences nnd pleasures of the opu lent, yet, on the other hand, they are not subject to the same embarrass ments. Therefore when you wish for enjoyments which you have not, tiiink also of the trouble and anxiety which must necessarily * attend them. Place a proper estimate on the cainforts within your reach;.make tlie most of what you have—and you will find reason to be content with a moderate, though not a splendid con dition in life. Icasia Ohm. Phuntiy. “Phairest of the phair,’ sighed the lover, ‘pliancy iny pbeeliuga when I phorsee the phearful conscqcnnces of out phleeing phrom your phather’s phamily. Phew phellaws coaid have phaced the music with so much phor titude as 1 have; and as phickle phortunc phails to smile iqion our love, I phind myself phnreed tophore go the pleasure of becoming your kushmd. Phair, phair Phrences, pharewetl. pharcwell, phorever!’ “Hold, Pharnklin, hold!’ screamed Phrences, ‘I will pkoliow you phor ererl’ Bet Phranklin phled and P braiu.es phauiU.il. A Wonderful Man- A correspondent of the Griffin Cultivator has lately met with a phi losopher, by name, Joe Melton, living in Meriwether county, whose manner of life fully entitles him, in our judg ment, to the name. The correspon dent says: lie saws his own lumber, builds his bouses, makes nil iiis furniture from a chair to a beureau. He makes his wagons, and irons them with his own hands, catches beavers and makes his hats—ten of these fur ry gents lie Ims caught within the past year, He raises corn, meat and wheat for sale. He Ims the largest apiary in the country, ftnm which he lias taken over one thousand pounds of houey tlie present season. Joe, by having several encounters with Prince A.coliol, in all of which Price got iho better of him, lias long since abandoned him. When his day’s labor is finished, Joe entertains l.is family with tun.sic from the violin, on which instrument none can excel him. Joe Brown Gono to Cuba- Ex-Governor Joe Brown and Sec retary Delano have left Georgia with their fauiiles for a trip to Cuba. Va rious rumors are floating around as to the cause of their visit beyond the United States. A Washington dis patch to the Baltimore Sun says: There Ims been much discussion over the repoi t.s that Secretary Dela no was going to Cuba in a semi-offi cial capacity and witli an ulterior ols jeet, possibly looking to tbu acquisi tion of that island by flic United States. To the many friends who called on him nnd enquired ns to the rej>orts, the Secretary was emphatic in tlie assertion that the sole cause of his purpose to visit Cuba was the coudititm of liis health, lie expects to g« in Qouipauy with ex-Govcrnor Joseph K. Brown, of Georgia, the President of the Georgia Slate Rail road, iu which corporation Mr. Dela no lias a large interest. There is no known authority under which Mr. Delano could, officially or seini-etli daily, visit Culm with the motives that have been stated. But although no official significance whatever can lie attached to his departure, it is not unlikely that while in the island lie will keep his eyes o|ien and acquaint himself thoroughly with the condi tion of affairs, ami that on his return tlie Resident will receive the bene fit of Ids observation and experience. Ruled by Women- There is a remarkable little State, among tlie Holland possessions, which, in its constitution and the original customs of its inhabitants, surpasses the boldest dreams of American emancipation ladies. Up on tlie Island of Java, between the cities of Batavia and Bantnui. Al though tributary to Holland, it is an Independent State, politically with out importance, yet happy, rich, and since time immemorial, governed and defended by women. I’lm sovereign is indeed a man, blit nil the rest of the government belongs to the fair sex. The King is entirely de|ieiideut iqion liis state council, composed of three women. The highest million ties, nil State offices, court functiona ries, military commanders, and sold iers are without exception, of the fe male sax. Tlie men are agricultu rists and merchants. The body guard of the King is formed of tlie female elite. These amazons ride in the masculine style, wearing sharp steel points instead of spurs. Tlu-y carry a pointed lance, which they swing very gracefully, and also a musket, which is discharged at full gallop.— The throne is inherited by the eldest son. and in ease the King dies with out issue, a hundred elected amazons assemble, in order to choose n succes sor among their own sons. The cho sen one is then proclaimed lawful King, The capital city- of this little State lies in one of the most pic lurcaqiiu parts of the Island, in a fruitful plain, and is defended by two well-kept fortresses. Don’t Want to bk a Gist.—A few evenings since as a country friend Mrs W., wnu putting the little ones to lied, sheas usual eaused I Item to say their prayers. A little girl, five years old, having just been disposed of witli the closing sentence ol “and make me a good girl, for Christ’s sake, amen.” wlien Johnnie, three years old, came and knelt beside liis mother’s knee. After repeating “here I lay me.” Ac, his in a essayed to close for him, but Johnnie, was paying more attention than she ; and when she said “aad make me a good little girl, fer Christ's sake, amen.” lie said, “1 sliast; I don’t want to lie a good little girl, for Christ’s sake, amen.” “Gentlemen, where do you think that beefsteak comes from ?” ssid the landlord, planting his thuralis in his waistcoat arm holes. “From near the horns,” was the quiet reply o’one of the boarders. It is singular, but that landlord lias not. pat any conun drums to those boarders aiuce. A Lady in Macon Cuts her Own Tht oat- SHE STILt. LIVES. A sad affair lias been reported by the tapers of Macon. Mrs. Bone, a lady of intelligence nnd refinement, attempted to take her own life with her husband’s razor. The following particulars of the deed are taken from the Enterprise: Since the death of her brother which occurred aorae eight mouths ago, Mrs. Bone’s mind has beer dis turbed, and in fact she is deranged nt times, and while iu tics state she has endeavored to kill herself. One night about lour weeks ago, while the family were sleeping, she quietly arose and placing tlie twister under the heads of her three children, forc ed their heads to hang down and their throats to lie thrown forward. Alter doing this she proceeded to the lied where her husband lay sleep ing and commenced to unbutton liis shirt collar. Before this, however, she lind turned up the Limp, making the :oom very light. Iu iinbutton ing tho collar she awoke her husband, and he asked hci what she was doing, to whieli she answered “noth ing” His suspicions being arousd, lie got up a-id discovered his razor case on tho mantle empty. He asked where his razor was but she replied that she did not know. He found the razor iu Iter hand nnd hid it from her. It is suppimcd that she intended culling the llu-oats of her children, her liusband’s and then her owu. Alter this occurrence the razor was kept hidden, but it seems ns il she found it again ns the particulars ot her last and probable successful at tempt will show. Last Sunday morning white dressing her children sbe drew the bock of the razor across her throat, and tier oldest child, n girl about eight years old, begged her not to do so ns she was “playing clown." Her husband remonstrated with her for acting no very foolishly before her children and t ook the ra zor away from her. She declared she was not* playing down but was really in earnest and in a few mo ments after succeeded, without lieing seen by him, in slipping tlie razor out oflns pocket, and throwing herself across the bed, told her husband that if lie thought she was only play ing, to look at. her. lie told her that if she persisted iu playing so before the cliil Iren that lie would leave, lie turned and left, and no sooner had lie touched tin 1 ImiMoiii step than lie beard a noise, and looking back dis covered her rushing to and fro, with the blood flowing in copious streams from her neck. He rushed to her and with assistance succeeded in car rying her to her room, nud medical aid was summoned ns soon as possible. She had cut her throat with the ra zor. She now lays in a crit' -al e nidition. She has not tusted a mouthful of food sine.- Saturday dinner, but the pltvsi? eians are using every endeavor within their power to adopt some means by which the gnawings of hunger may he allayed. Yesterday a num ber of physiciuiia went to perform mi o|M!ralion by means of u glass tube and pump. A llliough hlic was fairlv held, she managed to free one of her hands and jerk the tube out of her throat. She seems to be in her right mind now and repents of the act. She is n lady of refinement, liberally educated and accomplished. While she can not articulate a word, she writes to everybody who will converse with her by this means. She gives no definite cause for the razli act, but it is plain that reason occasionally deserted its throne, and it was during these occasional (IrruiigemeiiLa that the terrible deed was committed. It is thought that il she can live for a few weeks, nature will form a passage for swallowing and she may live for years. The physicians tile an instance which huppi-ncd in the practice of an eminent German physi cian, of a man who cut his throat, a passage formed by nature, lived years afterward but finally, while on a drunken spree vomited a great deal and died by strangulation. The family have the sincere sym pathy of the entire cointniiiiit3’ in their sad affliction. A young man “seeing tlie ele phant,” in San Francisco, found an old deacon he knew “bucking the tiger” in a gambling lieiJ. “Wliat 1 lie exclaimed, “deacon are yon here?” “Vos,” he said “I’ip hound to break down this evil institution.” The people of Greene county arc l>lc«*ed in the possession of an Ordi nary, which his name is Newsom, and who goes around making such playful little speeches on this: “I don’t care whether a white man in the county votes for me or not, be cause every damned negro will, and that will elect me.” Newsom is a candidate for ro-electioa.— Telegraph \<\ J. A J- CONE, -A.t.’torn.oy at IL,©,W VIENNA, GEORGIA. nov7— JOHST H MARTIN, attorney at TANARUS, a. mv AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, HAWKINBVIU.X, OA. Will practice in the Counties of Fdloe' ’ Houston, Dooly, Wiicor, Irwin Tell it Dodge nnd laiuren*. muyZi L. C. RYAN, ATTOUNKY AT i.AW HAWKINSVILLE, GA w fix practice in the counth* of P “ laskl, Houston, Doolv, Wikv.v fair, Lauretta nud Dodge, mi l liv v:..-, i contract, in any Court hi the Slate OFFlCE—river .) it .Jelka Jc Broths' store, in old hotel liuildiug. junel-tt o. cThorne, Attorney & Counsellor tit Inv. HAWKINSVILLE. GA. OFFICE in the Building adjoinin' D> Laidler’a Ilolel. m-tv'd- u CHAS. C. KIB6EE, Attorney and Counsellor »t Law If A WKrxsriLl.E, OA. Will practice in the Circuit am! fMs trie Courts of the United Stale*, for lie- South ern District of Gcorgii.itnil ill the Superior Court* of Houston, Doolv, Pulaski, l,m reus. Wilcox, Telfair, bwiu and Dmbi * _lll l i ~ pn,.--‘*i-|» SCARBOROUGH HOUSE. COURT HOUSE SQUARE, u\ wxiXßru.i.K. aj The undersigned having rented the nlmvo named House from Col. (!. j Lulhrop, solicits a slisn- of the p-i‘l>. pul milage E A BUH H. jimcS-tf A. S. HARTRIDGE, Cotton Factor and Commission ni-.rt ll »\T, 108 BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.. Will advance lila-ially on consignment* of Cotton. ■epnhl Him L. J. «»i:iI. MARTIN. JOIIN PI.ANNKItI L. J. GUILIYIARTIN& 0., full on ITictor* n»»<' (•encrnl COMMISSION MER HANTS, BAY STREET, Savannah, Oeorgpa, A ENTS for Bradley's Phosphate, J- w /V ell’s Mills Varus mill Domesiie», T ■ lme.cn. Ar-\ nr RAGGING and HtO.V TIES nl way on hand. :*** Conslgnm —is >it cd Usual fa rililies extended in e.i-t. u s. *>i -im* Wilcox sup ritc um Septcmbe Try 18 . .1 .1 Hancock, j Petition to catsliliidi Vs. Lost Deed in Wilce\ M li FoiiTNcn ) Superior Court Ills llonoii, A. C. Path, PitK.4iin.xo. IT appearing to the Court upon the pell lion of.l .1 11-incnck In the nlmve an led case Ihn| tie defendant, M (J Portnet la a non-resident of said Sl-itc of Qentyb. and that service* can not In- tierfecleitiipoc lii in liv tin ordinary rule us law by m.ti ill" rutr iu. « : Thcrcti re ordered. That services of s o Bills In- perfected upon ■mid M <l. Fori.or by pnhlicHii n in the H.-iwklnsville If - patch for the space ol three months .1 WATSON, Pluniiir- At V. Bv tiii: Cockt— I lieri lit certify llinl tlie aliove is n tru< extract tr in tlie minims of Use Siipe-i'.; Court. This 11."•outlier I IH7“ * STEPHEN HOWE* Clerk S t,\, P . mm dec Ul-.lm N p ard Tuck. The tiuhiest nee riinuimr vet, t > « • iiiilliin-: of Hi.- Snr.-thtgn. Ijuiu Branch. u r imlitienl r.icii, is now licinir rim hv 'h> proprietor ol Hie ( omitrv Store in supid-. ing his many customers with Bn.'riti-' nnd Tie*. R-i'iel ( Flour from new wheat. Snir.tr no. • Corn and Meal. H nc‘ Slim-s, Irish Potatoes, Tnh-ieeo all ! fii rs Spun Truck, Pot i-h and Stein. And in fact every Hiitus ki tit in umrerv line i-i: • i»i Rali.v .lum|iers and fiockdollgcf Kish Hooks, all of arhieh wtlt he sold very low for money. Cow hides, chickens, egg* and all other romitrjr produce f am a* yet pitying marked attention to (-ninping etts. tomers. Couie nil ye weary, come rest under iny shed. Come all ve thnt hnnger and of my cro eeries tie first, * You’ll find them all good and as cheap M they make ’em ; And by pricing and tasting you’ll Ire ears to take ’em. JESSES WILLIS. julylß-tf Hawkinsville Os Settle up anl Sa e C< st”. All persons indebted to die cs'x-. John A. Jlemliey. de wi • i. ‘i tilled to come torn u .1 .: Once, or the elaim* will Is* . . e •. e band* of a collectin': olU' -r. W H . E it LV. del-art-2.- AdraiuWhu
