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VOLUME IV
PERRY, GA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, IS74.
NUMBER 45.
professional Cards,
, Inserted at one dollar a lint per annum
if paid to advance. oUnrtvii-c, two
dollars a line. ■ ■ • .. >j - - •.
It surprised him so to think that he
had held his peaceful war along for
forty odd years, like a knotrhole in a
barn-door, withont any one haring
I discovered what a heap of a fellow he
was, -but he concluded that there was j
a new era in politics and that it was j
all right.
The politicians corered John Cain I
With, soft soap; They told him that I
the canvass should not cost him a red,
and that he could still retire at eight |
o’clock every evening, and rest assured I
that his interests would be properly
cared for. It' was to be a still himt—
a very qniet election, and howonld
hardly know what was going on.——
John was an honest, nnsnspecting
.pttoman—jnst as rf a man conld get J he himself will see the absurdity of it.
I if yon conld be got out of the way a
few months.”
■Wes, I have an aunt, my mother’s
1 sister, living m Florida. My father
had some misunderstanding with, her
before mother’s death, and she has
j never visited ns since.”
! “Do yon remember her address?”
sail Mis. Clifton, taking May’s wrap
pings and carrying them info the iden
tical dressing-room where her fate first
appeared on the Halloween two years
ago. ; '
“Yes, ” said May, “she lives at St.
Augustine.”
“How very fortunate,” exclaimed
ni. j. tmifltnf W.E. Brown, Cashier.
CASH C.'VITAt. *100,000:
Clara Clifton is just sixteen. Nell 1 under an. ottoman.
Covington and May Andley, her firm I Well, *.eclared May, ‘"if it was a
friends, liave been with her all day, j
, - Jnst then Mrs. Chfton came in, and
and, to quote Mrs. Clifton’s own a t their scared faces when she
words, “The way those girls have car- J heard all there was to tell, tor being
ried on has been enough to drive ev-j so frightened, at seeing, what they
ery one else out of the house.” They (would have been so disappointed
have notyet concocted half mischief abont if they had not seen,
ebongh, as is evident from the laugh- She did not think that; May had
seen a man’s face,.hut that her exci-
’ ted imagination bad pictured one
thorp.
She turned to leave the room, bade
the girls good-mght, and advised them
to go to bed at once.
The girls were not satisfied yet, how
ever, and did not' obey immediately,
bnt each in tarn gazed into the depth
of her own eyes, and saw only, the
fair proportions of her own shoulders,
nothing more.
Nell Covington said they were all,
excepting May, undoubtedly to be
come old maids, and that they might
as well retire at once. This they forth
with did.
In the meantime Ralph Clifton had
seen his father and mother, and told
his mother of the part he had played
in lifting the veil which hid Clara”
future, and his mother had told him
of his mistake,t.hatit was not Cl ira, bnt
May, whose fate he had assisted in re
vealing.
He requested his mother not to call
Clara that night, os he did not wish to
see May.
The next morning the girls di d not
rise until after the nsual breakfast
hour, and, in consequence, ate by
themselves. After breakfast the trio 1
disbanded, and the day after, Balph
went Sonth on business for his father, :
so the young people did not meet, and
to tell the truth, Balph had no desire :
to meet May, when he fonnd out the :
mistake he hau made.
May thought many times that day of
audacious face she had seen, and had
grown to regard it quite as a com- 1
but was not aware that her i
I. J. TRAY WICK &0
A. S. CILES,
v nt UjH vii
pEBBY* HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.
Office in tha Court House.
AVj ,tiiDti<m given to ft&jjnat in the Supe-
county Court* of Houston County.
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PLANTERS’ BANK
FORT VALLEY. GF.OROIA.
Transacts a General Ranking. Discount. and
. ' Exchange Business.
Particular attention given to the collection t
Notes. Drafts, Coupons, Dividends, etc.
GROCERIES
waB BEN D. NOTTINGHAM,
AND
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
40 THIRD STREET,
^ttor-XLcy at Imw.
PEBBY, GEORGIA.
Particular att< ntion given to the eollee-
of claims in Houston and adjoining,
oaatics. *
c. J H ARRIS,
^.ttoiTiew ot Ii w,
from your animation,’’-said Mrs. Clif.
ton, os .she entered the room where
the girls were.
“O, mother!” cried out Clara, “we
want to try our fortunes, may we?”
“In what way, my deal? I should
think it would be the better plan; to
allow fortune to tell itself to yon in
the time to come; bnt how are you
going to try your fortunes? - ’
“O, May Andley knows, she has
been telling ns of such a splendid way.
You know this is Halloween, and if
you.go into a room all alone,' and look
steadily at your own eyes in the mir
ror, while you pare and eat an apple,
the face of the gentleman who is to
be your love - will appear over your
shoulder. May we, mother, dear?”
pleaded Clara, in her winsome way, as
she caressed her mother and finally
gained the consent to what she term
ed a silly proceeding.
“That is splendid, ” cried Nell Cov
ington, the sauciest witch of them
all, as she bounced into the middle of
the room. “And now that Mrs. Clif
ton is gone, we will do it right away.
"Who will be the first one to try it?”
“You are the one, Nell,” they all
agreed, bnt Nell declared that she was
A. M. WATKINS*
■WITH J;
CURRIER, S&Eit\V00D A COi.
476.Jt 678 Broome Street,
WEV5? YORK.
BOOTS & SHOES*
AT WHOLESALE.
OLIVER DOUGLASS & CO
With the band came s. veral hundred
electors, who filled the Cain mansion
to overflowing, spit tobacco all over
the house, ate and drank all they
conld find, broke down the gate, and
went off with three cheers for John
Cain.
Before the canvass was ten duvs old
half a dozen men called on Cain and
gently hinted that he mnstcome down
with the “sugar.” He didn’t even
know what “sugar”- was nntil thev
j. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
jiarshallvxlle gfobgia.
ANOTHER CHANGE.
TINWARE,
FIFTH AND LAST GIFT CONCERT
th aid of the
Public Library, Kentucky
Postponed to
November 1874,
DRAWING CERTAIN AT
E 3733..£a,-t
LIST OF GIFTS.
One Grand Cash Gift $250,006
One Grand Cash Gift. 100,000
One Grand Cash Gift 75.000
One Grand Cash Gift 50.000
One Grand Cash Gift 25,000
5 Cash Gifts, $20,000 each, 100,000
w. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
marshallville geobgia.
jy-Spccial attention given to cases in auk
roptcy.
DUNCAN & MILLER.
attorneys nt: Law,
PEBBY and FORT VALLEY, GA.
f*,C. C. Duncan, Perry, office on Public Square
A. LMiJlcr, Fort Valley- office in Mathew's Hall
B. M. DAVIS.
Attorney al Law
PERRY. GEORGIA.
ward meeting. He tried to claw off,
bnt th"y told him that the opposing
candidate wonld ran Lim out of sight
if he didn’t come ont, and he went
out. When he got through speaking,
the crowd crank at his expense, and
Mr. Cain was astonished at the way
the liquor went down, and more aston
ished at the way the bill footed up.
He didn’t reach home nntil midnight,
and for the first time in his life he
was going to bed with his boots on.—
His wife wouldn’t speak to him, the
hired girl left- the house to save her
character, and John Cain wished that
fhe politicians had let- him alone.
More men came and crooked their
fingers at him and whispered “sngnr.”
They wanted money to buy doubtfu
votes, and to hire four-horse teams,
and to mail his slips, and he had to
come dowr. He hesitated abent it,
but they told that the opposing can
didate felt sure of victory and it acted
as a spur.
There was hardly a night that from
14 to 240 friends did not call on Mr
Cain to inform him us to the ^‘pros
pects.” They drank up the currant
wine Mrs. Gain had laid aside for sick
ness, emptied her preserve jars, and
there wasn’t a morning that shecouhl-
not sweep out forty or fifty cigar
stumps, and a peck of mud.
•ILL practice in tlie Courts of Houston
and adjoining counties; also iu the Su
ae Court and U. S. District Conrt.
MACON GA.
BYRON, S. W. R, R. GA.
33-Special attention given to collections.
QUR STOCK OP GOODS IS NOW OPENED AND ARRANGED. HAVING
bought it for Cosh, we can and will sell as low as ethers in the trade.
panion,
first love had been awakened by those
merry eyes.
Every one wondered why a girl with
so loving a disposition as May’s should
refuse one eligible offer of marriage
after another, for she had scores of
lovers.
Men get panic-stricken for love as
well as gold, and when the homage of
two or three has been refused by one
there seems to be an irresist-
E. W. CROCKER,
Attornev at Iianv
FORT VALLEY, GA.
f WCollcctlons and Criminal Law a spcilall;
Odin- at Hiller, 1'ic.un & Co’s.
H. Diston’s Saw Mill Goods of all kinds,
Pools of every kind,
Buggy and Wagon Material.
Rubber and Leather Beltings,
Fair bank’s Scales.
Wooden Ware,
Hollow Ware,
Iron and Steel,
T. T. MARTIN,
Manufacturer and Retail Healer in
TIIST WiLR.E3,
COOKING STOVES,,
SHEET IRON,
TIN WARE,
ET CETERA
TJEPAIRING, ROOFING, GUT
TERING, _&c., done at short no
tice and in the best manner.
T. T. MARTIN,
tf- Petty, Ga.
Table and Pocket Cutlery
Builders Materials
woman,
ible impulse which leads all to try for
the prize which seems so hard to
win.
At last May ' somehow got the title
of a flirt, and her gouty, head-strong
father came to bear of it, and said he
would choose her u husband and she
should marry him. So, looking about
him, he decided upon a rich old
bachelor who was paying court to
May.
“Aha!” said the old gentleman to
himself, “now we shall see! I will stop
my daughter’s sport. A flirt, is she?
Let me see. Yes; a month will be
^SS-In short, All Goods usually kept in such a business.
The Parker Breech-Loading Gun,
Togetlifr with the best makes of English Muzzle-Loading Guns,
Hazzard’s Powders.
We. represent
THe Gin
And have them of all sizes on hand.
Call and See Us.
XJEKTTXST.
PERRY AND HAWKINSYILLE GA.
FURNITURE FREIGHT FM
N entirely New and Elegant Stock of
FU KWI'I'U itE
Jnst received ai>d for sale at Foit Valley
and Macon prices.
ja^BUY AT HOME.^f
H E WILL SPJ ND the first lialf of each month
in his office in Perry, over the old drag store,
iml one-fourth, or the latter half of each month
will be given to. his practice in Hawkinsville, at
Mrs. Hudspeth's. aug23 i
F. S. JOHNSON & SONS,
No. 31 Third Street, near City and Central Banks, Macon, Ga.
up mmmm Tney - »n
mained unfinished, and Mr. Andley t-jld Cain that he wonld beat the other
returned to his carriage and order- man so far oat of sight that it wonld
ed home. take a carrier pigeon to find him,
May had never met Ralph Clifton and he couldn’t well refuse to go to
face to face, and during the two years the comer grocery and “ set ’em up”
which had intervened, his face had for the boys.
changed somewhat. For one thing; The crisis finally ca mo. On the eve
whiskers had covered, the well-turned of election Mr. Cain's friends called
chin. This prevented May from rec- for “sugar” again, and he had to sn-
ognizing him at once; but his eyes gar’em. A big crowd came to warn
were unaltered, and the same boyish him that he wouli Certainly be elected,
frankness looked out of them, and the | and the saloon bill was $28 more.—
Thirteen or fourteen men shook
hands with his wife, a hundred or
' more shook hands with. h>m, and lie
had to get up and declare that he
didn’t favor woman’s rights, and that
he did;that he was down on whiskey,
and yet loved it as a beverage; that
he wanted the currency inflated, and
yet favored specie payments;-that he
favored the civil rights bill, and yet
he didn’t; and in his brief speech Mrs
Cain connted -27 straight lies besides
the evasions. Mr. Cain wanted to
hold popular views, and had to be on
all sides at once.
On tha day of election they drag
ged him poll to poll, stopping at all
the saloons bn the way. He had to
make 256,000 promises, pnllliis wallet
ont until it was os fiat as a wafer,
drink lager with some and cold water
with others, and when night came he
went home and tried to hug the hired
girl called Mrs. Cain his dear old rhi
noceros, and fell over the cradle and i
went to sleep with his head niuler the
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Warehouse and Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
T O MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES, WE DETERMINED, EARLY.IN
in the Spring to t ttempt a reduction in the rates of Storage and Commission on
COFFIIsTS -
A Hearse can be furnished to ordei al atljr
time,- on short notice. lean be fonnd in
the day time at iny store,: next to the Hotel
D residence, adjoining that
OLD RATES | PRESENT RATES-
Commission II per c-nt. Commission 1] per cent
Storage. 5<Jc per bale. ; . | Storage " 25c per bale'
Thankful for theliberalify of our friends in the part, w» most- look to -them for in
creased patronage to enable us to adhere to the low rates we have inauguatet. ■
Mb. J. TV. Stubbs, a prominent Granger and Planter ot Bibb County, will be our
Weigher the present season.
same merry twinkle hid there. May
knew them at once. She did not sus
pect their real identity, but her heart
answered to them through her own
eyes.
The voyage down was lovely. May
found, her aunt with, ease, nnd with
the palmetto shade falling' on them,
one moonlight night, sho became the
promised wife of Ralph. Ouly one
tliing remained to do,'that was to gain
her father’s consent. This, Ralph
thinks he can get, by applying per
sonally for it.
Mr. Andley has sadly missed May’s
sunny face, and gladly consents to
her marriage with so good a man as
Ralph Clifton. And when the Jane
roses ^on^e more spread their fair
Furniture Made to Order.
and repaired at short notice.
BURIAL CLOTHES,
Ready-made, for ladies, gentlemen and
children always- on hand.
GEORGE PAUL,
PERRY. GA.,
pressed “halloo! who the deuce is
that! She is studying'the contour of
her face very closely, upon my word.
And she is beautiful enough to look
at long and well, but, yet it is strange.
Ah, dow I remember this is All Hal-
loweve,- and.I: suppose this is Clara
trying her fortune. She willnot know
me at any rate, and I have a mind to
startle her a little by peeping over her
shoulder.” . .
.No sooner had these thoughts pas
sed through Ralph’s ■ mind than he
pulled off Kis boots and softly raised
the window, which, fortunately for
his plans, went np without a squeak.
He then entered the room and glided
nut.
The movement of political affairs Las kept pace
*ith the discoveries of science, and their fruitful
application to the industrial and useful arts and
convenience and refinement of social life.—
Great wars and consequent revolutions have oc
curred, involving national changes of peculiar
moment The civil war of our own country,
which was at its height when the last volume of
the old work appeared, has happily been fended,
mri a new course of commercial and industrial
Activity has been commenced.
large accession! to our geographical knowl
edge have been made by the indefatigable explor
ers of Africa,
Tlie great political revolutions of the last de
ride, with the natural result of-the lapse of time,
have brought into public view a multitude of new
taen, whose names are in every one's month, and
of whose lives every One is curious to know the
particulars. Great battles have been fought and
important seiges maintained, of- which the de-
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in the transient publications of the day, bnt
which now ought to take their places in perma
nent and authentic history.
. In ‘preparing the present edition for the press,
« has accordingly been the aim of Hie editors to
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softiy behind May, and revealed his
laughing- face over her shoulder never
doubting but that it was his sistei’
Clara.
May screamed, bnt was top much'
frightened to look around at the. re
treating figure of , Ralph as he started
out of the window in the twinkling of
an eye.
He had just arranged the lace cur
tain and dosed the window, as the
girls ran into the room, eager to hear
what May’s lover was to look like.
; She could not jspeak for some time,
but at last got over her flight -enough
to tell them all about it That he had
very handsome brown eyes and a
month that was just then smiling au
daciously,
• “Was he-brown or light, May?” ask-.
edNelU
“O, he was very brown,” answered
May, “and he had such a handsome
moustache.” .
“Well, that was a pretty good look j
to take at him, at any rate,” said prac
tical Clara. “What do yon think of j
it, Nell? Could, it really have , been j
the Fates loose to-1
ISAAC’S HOUSE.
Macon, Ca.
Hotel and Restaurant.
Board §3 X 3 ei- Day.
Bagjrnge Free io and from fhe House.
Liberal terms made for families o. others,
by the «e<*_k cr a longer penod.
C. J. Marlelle.il in the office,
E. ISAACS. Proprietor.
TRe Tale of a Defeated Candidate-
John Cain was a qniet, nnobtrnsive
citizen. He didn’t long’for fame and
renown, and he didn’t care two cents
whether this greatond glorious coun
try is governed dy a one-horse Repub
lican or, a two horse Democrat.
He had a pew in chnrcli; gave - six
teen ounces for a pound, and whenev
er a- man looked him square in the
eye Mr. Cain never took a back seat.
He was at home at a reasonable hour
in the eveninsr, never took part ir the.
discussion, “Is lager healthy?” and
many a man wished that- his life rolled
on as evenly and peacefully as John
Cain’s. -J Pf
But, alasl the tempter came. In an
evil hour John Cain allowed the poli
ticians to get. after him and to sur
round him. They said he was the
strongest man In.the county; that he
conld scoop out of his boots any man.
set rip by the opposition; ihat his vis-
tues were many anil his vices 00000;
Our Goods are Fresh. They are Full Weight They are
Bought Right and will be Sold the Same Way.
We Can’t be Undersold by any House in the Sonth.
Seymour, Tinsley & Co.,
MACON, GA.
proaching marriage, when-Clara Clif
ton was announced. Clara had heard
the news of May’? approaching nup
tials, and had hastened to condole
with her friend, knowing that such a
marriage would be extremely distaste
ful to her.
Clara was ready witted and propos
ed a plan at once. ...
“Why not run away,” she said.
« nen jot. Gain arose in the morn
and became sober enough to read the
election retarns, lie found he had
scooped ’em as follows.
Opposing candinate.
John Cain
.36,420
31,380
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night?” " V?
“I think we had better search the
room,” said Nell.
And at it they went, behind the cur
tains, under the lounge, under the ta
bles, and they even turned over an
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