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VOLUME IV
PEERY, GA., SATURDAYj DECEMBER 13,1S74.
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A. S. GILES,
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PEEBY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.
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Goedal attention given to hucincpa in the Supe-'
county Courts of Houston County.
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"WARBEN D. NOTTINGHAM,
jV.ttor*t©y at Law.
PERKY, vtEORGIA.
Particular att< ntion given to the collec-
ion of cla ms in Houston and adjoining
onnties. ....
death or marriage
The ancient clock in Deneon Shei-
mer’s old fashioned kitchen was slow
ly chiming the hour of nine. It was
no smart toy. no trifle of bronze or
a.abaster, bnt a tall, square, solid rel
ic of the last century, looking not an
like ft coffin set on end, in the corner : **.iptuns—ana—well, air the clinreh
—a clock that had lasted throngh I {olks P rett y mucb - ^7. how red
four generations, and jndging fi<>m'y oar cbeeks Mary! Tired, ain’t
appearances was quite likely to last'y° n? J oa . needn’t sit up for
throngh several more. Deacon Sher | me - m 7 must be getting
mer chprished the old lieir-loom with !
C. J. HARRIS,
Attornew et X* w,
HA CON GEORGIA.
•inLL practice law in litigated cases in thi
If coontieaof the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibb
H.iunton, Crawiord and Twiggs.
— — T—
J. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at Law,
MARSHALLVILLE GEORGIA.
“■Well, yes.” quoth the dpacon, re
flectively rifting down before the fire,
greatly to Mary’s consternation—she
had hoped he would have gone to
bed at once, according to his usnal
custom—“it was tol’ably pleasant..—
Elder Huskier was there, and Eider
Hopkins—nod—well, alf the church
the door of the clock case.
“Ha—lo!” exclaimed the deacon,
as Mr. Timothy Marshall tumbled in
to the room. ‘Soyou was the mat
ter with tne clock, eh?”
“Yes sir,’’ composedly. “I hope I
haven’t seriously interfered with the
works.
NUMBER 48.
T. rossat
her father turned the key and opened Health Wit out Medicine: j t. j. tratwicx.
The progress that has been madoia 1
the last fifty years in the spreadof the ]
trnths of Hygiene and in the popn-1
lar knowledge of anatomy, gives great 1
hope of the fnture for the race. Blood
letting, pnrging, salivation, tartar-
emetics and Thompsonian emetics,
with their train of horrors, have quite
I.J. TRAYWICK & C0. (
.a'sort of pride which he himself would
have scarcely confessed to.
There was a great ruddy fire of
chesnnt logs in the red brick paved
fire-place; and the candles in the
brightly polished brass sticks were
“Ton have seriously interfered with j gone, out of fashion. Now we ha ve
me,” said the deacon, waxing inaig-1 cooling acid beverages, and bath3 in-
nant. “What do you mean sir, byi stead.of phlebotomy, tomutois for cal-
hiding in my honse like a thief?” j omel, innocent powders, sugar pills,
The deacon glanced up at the clock “Indeedlindeed! father,” cried Ma- |ond prescribed diedetic regimen in
I TX. i. iSBtsua, rniilttt W.2. Sraire, Mwr.
CAMi CAPITAL, *100.800. -
PLANTERS’ BAM.
mechanically. Mary felt the blood iy, bursting into fears-'^it wasn’t his j place of these awfnl emetics. Who
growing cold in h-r veins. “Twenty
minutes past nine—why it must be
later tt>au that! Why, land o’ Caa-,-
nan, the old clock has stopped!"—
fault. He didn’t want to hide, .hut I j can say, in view of all these facts, that
hid him there.” the world doe3 not move? Cholera
‘You did, ehl And may I ask we disarm with cleanliness, simple dry
winking merrily from the,high wood- Tne old clock had stopped, nor was
“ mantle, where they shared the it-wonderful, under the. circumstan
ces. “I’wound'it np this mornin’,
I’m. sartain,” said the deacon very
post of honor with a curious sea shell,
and a couple of vases, each contain
ing a fresh usage orange, fresh from much disturbed. ‘ It- bas mever sare
W. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
MA RSHALLV1LLE GEORGIA.
»j-Rpecl»l attention given to cases In ant
. Oflflr.
the hedge that skirted the clover field
behind the barn. At the windows a
curtain of chintz shat out the tens of
thousands al stars that were shining,
orightly on that frosty autumnal night
and on the cozy rug of parti-colored
rags a fat tortoise shell cat purred
away (lift'slowly. lapsing moments'.—
Bnt the torioise shell cat was not the
only inhabitant of the 8ungfurin-bou.se
kitchen.
DUNCAN & MILLER.
A.ttornoys at Law,
PERRY and FORT VALLEY, GA.
*4,C. C. Duncan; Perry, office on Public Square
l. T_ Miller, Fort Valley- office in Mathew’s Hall
B. M. DAVIS.
Attorlioy at Law
PERRY. GEORGIA. -
W ILL practice in the Court* of Houston
and adjoining counties; also in the Ku-
p era* Ccnrt and U. 8. District Court.
U. M. GUNN,
A ttornoy at Law
BYRON. 8 W. B. R.GA.
ad*Special attention given to collections.
E. W. CROCKER.
Attornev at X r x\
FORT VALLEY. GA.
19- Collections and Criminal lav a ayeiiali;
flee at Kilter, luvn * (o’s.
ved such me such a trick before, all
the years it’s stood there. Your Aunt
Jane nsed lo say it was a sign of
death or marri«ge in the family before
the year was ont."
wbatfor?”
“Father," faltered Maty, Father ir-
revelanfiy. “I love him and—he loves
me!"
“Is thatany reason why he should
hide in my honse, miss?”
“No—but—-father! oh, father! I can
never marry Mr. Stanley. He. is so
soft, acdl—” '
Mary’s tears finished the sentence
for her. The deacon looked down not
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I ERRY- AND HAWKINSVILLE GA.
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in his office lii Perry, over the old dnig store,
Iit.l one-fourth, or the latter half of each month
silt he given to his practice in Hawkihsville, at
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“Timothy?” said Mary Sbermer,
decidedly, “if you don’t behave your
self I’ll—”
What she would do, Mary did not
aav; the sentence was terminated ’ by
a laugh that set. the dimples round
her month in motiou, just as a beam
of June sunshine plays across, a clus
ter of red ripe cherries.
Mnry Shermer was just seventeen—
a plump, rosy girl, with jet hair brush
ed back; from a low forehead, aud
perfectly arched eye-brows, that gave
u bewilcliihg expression of surprise to
a pair of melting hazel eyes. She
was rather dark; bat the severe critic
would not have found fault with the
pencil-like bloom upcjn her cheeks and
the dewy red upon her full, daintily
curved Jips. Evidently Mr Timothy
Marshall was quite satisfied with Ma
ry’s style Of beauty.
“Come, Mary.” said Tim, moving
his chair where he could watch the
flush of the-firelight upon her-face,
and picked np the thread of the con
versation where he' had dropped it
when it hud become necessary for Ma
ry to bid him “behave himself—“yon
might promise. It’s nine o’clock:
and your father will soon be home.”
“What, Tim?” said Mary demur, ly,
fitting a sqnare red in her patchwork
very well.
“Promise tp marry me before Christ
mas! I teH yon what, Mary, it’s all
very well for yon to keep putting it
off. but;:! can’t stand it. What- with
yonr father’s forbidding me the house
and Ihatromancic T'om Stanley com-'
ing herb every Sunday night——”
Mary gave her preity head a toss.—
As if Mr. Stanley’s coming here
made any difference iu my feelings to
you, Tim.”
No; but Mary, it isn ! t pleasant^
yon know. I’m as goodTts Toiii Stan
ley, if I don’t own shares, in a* rail
road and hnye an account-at Hamil
ton! ilia bank; and I love you, Mary,
from the very bottom of my heart!--
•Now this matterlier- between you and
There was a suppressed sontid like unkindly on her bowed head, and the
a chuckle behind the clock case, as \ tender arm that supported it. Ap-
dcaeon Shermer
fumbled on the; paren.tly the “coarse., of true, love,"
shelf for a key. “These springs | though it-ran roughly, was overwhel-
must bp ont of order romehow,” said I ming all his work’ly-wise arrange-
strained in all parts ol the Uuited States, and I ■ . . , , ,
the signal developments which liave taken place ia f Ulone; no one in the world has
right to interfere between its. Come
—promise me!” He Held both her
hands in his, and looked earnestly in
to the liquid hazel eyes.
“Do you love me. Maty?”
“Yon know I lova you,. 'Tim.” _ J
‘•Then we may just as well—. Hush!
what’s that?”
There
drawing bolts and
the porch-room beyoiid. —a scraping
of heavyboots atoug theffoor. Mary
rose to her feet with a- sudden- scarlet
suffusion on her brow and cheeks.
“Oh, Tim, it ia my father!”
But he musn’t find you here, Tim!
Hide yourself somewhere, do.’
- “What ’uonseuse,' MaiW”’ said the
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tke d.-uenn decisively. -“How scared
you look, child! . There ain’t no cause
for being scared. I don’t put much
faith in your ann’t Jane’s old-liuie'sn-
peratition. Where in the name of-all
possessed is the key? I could ha’ de
clared I left it in the case.”
“Isn’t it on the shelf, father?” ask
ed Mary, gniltifnlly, conscious that it
was snugly reposing in the pocket of
checked gingham dress.
“No, nor tain’t in my pocket neith
er.” And dawn went the deacon
stiffly, upon Iiis knees to examine the
floor, less perchance the missing- key
might- have- fallen there.
“Well. I never knowed anything
I so T-tniDge in all my life,” said the
deacon.
“It is really strange,” faltered hyp
ocritical Mary.
“I’d have a regular search to-mor
row,” said Deacon'-Shermer. “It
mnst be somewhere around."
- “Yes it mnst,” said Mary tremu
lously. '
“Only,” the,-deacon went on slo'w-
ly. resuming, his place before the fire,
“I kinder don’t like to have the old
clock stand still a s’nglphight. When
I wake up, you know, it seems like it-
was sorter talkiu to me. in the still
ness.” The deacon looked thonght-
fnllv at the fiery back log. Mary
fidgeted uneasily around the room,
straightening table covers^ setting!
back chairs and thinking--oh, if lie;
would pnlygotobei!
As lie sat there his eyelids began to
droop, and his head to nod sorano-
leutlv, MarV-’s eyes brightened np
with a sparkle something like hope.
“Child.” he said suddenly straight
ening up thesliffliacked chair.U'yon’d
better go t* lied. ■ “I’ll sit np a while
longer till the.logsIgirn ont.”-
“Bnt father. I’m not sleepy.”
“Go-to lied, my child,” reiterated
the deacon with a good-humored au
thority that brooked- no opposition:
and Mary crept ont of the- room.
men is in its tide.
“And so you two young folks real
ly think you love each -other?” said
the deacon, meditatively.
earth and proper 'drainage give the
typhoids ; no chance for a footing, vac
cination robs small-pox of its terrors,
and as to the 'minor scontrges, diet t
sleep ana proper clothing extract their
firing. Ten years ago oat meal and
cracked wheat as food, were xlmost
unknown in this country;, now they
are as regularly found in- the break
fast: bills of fare in our first-cla8s ho
tels as steak or coffee, and are rapid
ly making their way intp private ftim
ilies, Fifty years ago earnest stu
dents tried, to accustom themselves to
four, five or six hours of sleep' and a
low diet; crushing down the body in
order that the soul might attain' a
more heroic stature: On’y ih - foolish
and ignoi-ant dp that now. It' is. or
ought to be well understood that the
person who works with the brain,
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“I love, her with all my heart and !
Ant tir " nfliii 'Tim M^railnll pampsi- whether at mathematics, fiuauee, lit—
son!, sir,” said Tim Marshall, earnest
ly. “I’m not rich. I know, but I can
work for her!”
“And I can work for myself, too,
father,” interposed Mary, with eyes
that shone like softened stars.
“And yon said yourself, .six,” went
on Tim, “that the stopping of the
clock meant either death or marriage.
Of eonree we don’t want any deaths,
so don’t yon think the most sensible
thing we can dais to help on a mar
riage as soon as possible?”
The deacon Janghed in spite of him
self. “It’s late,” he said. “Come
around to-morrow morning and we’ll
talk about it. No, Mary, I’m. not an
gry with you, child; I' s’pose young
folks will be yonng folks, and there’s
no use trying to stop them.”
As tbe deacon re-hnng the pendu
lum and Set the iron tongue, of the
old clock talking again,-Tim Marshall
stopped oh the doorstep to whisper
to Mary :
“What shall-it be-Mary, a’death or a
-marriage?” ~ v
A'id shein turn whispered,'*‘a mar
riage Ihope.
My darling!” said Tim, “it’s worth
passing a lifetime behind the- clock-
case to feel as; I do.
. Ar t Csurts’iip
A- correspondent writes-from.Egypt
av follows;- We saw at one of the lit
tle stations a party of Bedouins, ro
mantic,'hero-looking creatures, wrap
ped in bonrnoits; small and dark, bnt
lithe and seemingly made of steel.
-They had their Arab horSes, who evi
dently unaccustomed to the sight of
an engine, pranced around -wildly. 1
with an ease, nnd-graee which remind
ed one of the old stories of the centaur
horse and'rider in one .
Ont of the way of the feet of these
ready to‘cry with anxiety and mortifi- maddened animals, on some old stone
cation. .Yi J.
“If Tim will onlv keep quiet a tit
le while longer,” she thought,j sitting
on the stairs while the newly risen
moon streamed in chilly splendor
eruture, politics or even mere worry,
requires eight or nine hoars’ sleep to
knit np the raveled sleeve of care aud
keep his brain in high working condi
tion.
The analysis made by our chemists
of bipod, hone, nerve tissue, muscle,
and . all the various foods, renders, it
easy for the intelligent mother to feed
the members of her household with
food “convenient for them,” and snit-
ed to reinforce the particular wastes
of the body that they may individual
ly suffer.
She may know, if she vrill, ho» by
the observance of hygienic laws to
prevent disease, and how to core it in'
its earliest stages witbont. medicine;
how to pass from Winter, to Spring
without getting the Spring fever: how
to get through the heated term and
escape fevers, and b : >wel complaints;
■liow to pass 12am- Autumn to Spring
and not suffer any serious inconve
nience. from coughs and colds. It is
within the'power of woman. to know
all these things just as she know.-, how
to adjust her clothing to the various
seasons:
And when the conscientious moth
er reflects how almost the entire well
being of her husband and her children
depends on her possessing this knowl
edge, ‘she will not be contented nntil.
she is thoroughly furnished for the
discharge- .of . her .ditties. Surely no
ohject is worthy ^of greater devotion.
Full are the hooks, ample are the
means by which a thoroughly practi-
:cal knowledge of all laws which govern
body aud sonl may be attained, obr
serving which' health, happiness and
longevity shall be the rule and not the
exception.
DUELERS IN
2HC -a. Xt X3 W H.K;
SJOVES,
TINWARE,
—AND——
IOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
The Largett Stock of
POCKET AND TABTE CUTLERY
In Macon.
steps, - stood a gronp of their women
evidently b elpnciDg to the parly;— •
Their faces were uncovered, but their
heads were wrapped-ih fold upon fold
of heavy white woolen staff, which
„ ,, , , ... covered all their.hair, their ears, and
“Father dee^ so soamUy-and m of carves and nn-
snre togo .to;sleep in his chair- I could dn , ation8 their feet . _ 0 ne cau hard
just steal in and release him as quietly ] ■ ^ £
” C m eof thorn hor nlnmn
ground.
spoons. Why should I. steal away
like a detected burglar?’’
- “For my sake Tim. Oh, Tim, i;
you ever loved me, do as I say! Not
in that el*.set, itris close to his bed
room; not through that -window; it- is
nailed down right Heris coming! he c j 6se( j eje , agd hands hinging at Ms
is coming, here 'Tim, quick!”. .
And iu the drawing of a breath she
had pushed Timothy Marshiill into the
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square pendulum case of- the tall old-
clock and turned the key on him.—
Jt was not a pleasant place of refuge,
Fall Management of S he -p-
A correspondent writes": The Fall
and early Winter is an important sea
son of tli9 year as to the management
of shpep, and it is important that they
are sheltered from cold storms and fed
during the time with good liny. Ev
ery sheep breeder- should have some
good hay handy for tins purpose. I
think that grain fed to sheep -while
they averimt on grass is of double the
benefit to them that the same quanti
ty is when they ate confined on hay.
Roots of all kinds, pumpkins anil ap
ples are valuable for feeding to sheep
when they are first confined on hay.
-It is a mistaken notion that sheep will
not eat hay when they have a cbiuce
to feed on grass. Every sheep breed
er Kbonld sbe that- his sheep are in
good flesh before Winter. It does
not cost over one-half as much to re-
:era. so errl j(; a sheep in the Fall as it does in
the Winter. If we expect to raise a
good quantity end quality of Wool on
.our .sheep, we Must- keep -them in
oiiened the kitchen ' door and stole who is away tending he_r tattler’s good condition all the time. Togrow,
acress the creaking boards. & goats at some oasts, iswarnedf —, gj
time her eaxsi were strame-G to their .
- ... . . .desert., one especially, quite yonng,
utmost capacity tr eaten eve-y sound . . ., ,
in the kitchen' beyond. Hark! was , . , . , . , - x,
. , 4 ; fc; .; ; chase, which tanes place before a Be-
that- a wail of the wind or was it some-. -
thing to her,
,, ,, . donin woman is married, with spirit
», literally “bearer and. , . , ..
daughte?’' -Yes; she -she conld no M a ° r , .
, , .- , ,, | Th-y have a.onnons wav of effect-
be mistaken now; it was ^paHf : «. ing ,. IIiarria g eiD Hie wildlife of the
fjsnor^-YJ f j ,C- I"-; if r?-:C; s • 1 desert, : The in ended, asks, the father
f ’ Marv rose softly to her feet with i iiis danghter’s hand; and ^fers. So
yonng man resplujeiy; standing hgi Surely now was
ground; .1 haven t come to-SteaLlus ae<Jepted timj Noiselessly as thei, fa-eiumre, When they have settled: the
floating shadow she crossed the hall, | business part of the arrangement, the
dies were burned out; but the shift
ing lustre of,tbe;firelight revealed her
- aucs nr goats at some oasis,
- ■- '• of what has taken’ -placeu.iind jirhoree
sent heri - Sin* hastily gnthers togeth-
er the provisions; also furnished' her,
father nodding before the fire, with ! pots «»n. the horse, leaps on her-
-i a ..i i Mc’SpM an-l isoffJike lightemng to ihe
side.
“He is ecrtainly asleep.’
thought
ed against; the springs and wheels
above, and the air. was unpleasant and
ciose; bat Tim made the best of mat- .
tere. and shook with suppressed j, “ ^ ^
laughter m Ms solitary prison cell.
“Well! a jolly scrape to -be in,”
"thought Ti_i, “aud no knowing when
I’ll be.out ol it, Mery’s a shrewd lit
tle j nss, hov/cver, and I can’t do bet-
that she-never-. noticed the cessation; ling herself to be. captured,
of tHe heiivy breatliing—never saw the
•With a heart that beat quick and
fast she drew the key from her pockiet
and proceeded, in spite of the nervons
trembling of. her-fingers, to lift ont
the lock. So absorbed was she that
hills. Two hours after the warning
has reached her. the father allows his
proposed son-in-law to mount and
search for his betrothed.
-If the girl likes her wooer, she al
lows herself to be caught easily:if not,
she keeps Mm hnnting her for days,
until her provisions- gm* ont. In
s»me extreme cases she never is found
either joins herself to another trihe,
or prefers to starve to death to allow-
$5 05 ^
6 oo hands.”
8 00 “So yon haven’t gone to-bed yet, >
aridlook around him. Iaive & blind,
and it is equally 'rue that he. is deal
The deacon rose quickly up with a
shrewd twinkle in his eyes, and Mary
gave a little irigutehed shriek as a
i baud fell softly .on her arm, poases-
ter than to leave matters' in her = « >jf fhe ^
jfi^Mo^ranSfe^iedficpsrvoL iooo Mary?” said Deacon Shermer, slowlyi ’’Father, I-I found the key,
•“ fail Russia, per vol. - - - - 10 00 J “ . , , rered \T-irv “and
Six volumes now ready. Succeeding volumes-, unwinding the two yards of Woolen
uutu completion, will be issued once in two- .. - .. „ ...
.moutlis.
far-;
Sacc«‘ ■ in Lif«
To grow rich is not to make more
F. 8. JOHNSON, SB. HOLMES JOHNSON. F. 8. JOHNSON, JB.
HOUSE.
DC © -w Go o <31 ® -
MACON GA.
QUR STOCK OF GOODS IS NOW OPENED-AND ARRANGED. HAVING
bought it for Cash, we. can and will sell-as low as fibers in the trade.
We offer among-other things.— -
H. Distoh’s Saw' MIU Goods of all kinds,
Tools of every kind.
- Buggy and Wagon Material. T
Rubberand Heather Beltings,
Fairbanks Scales.
Wooden Ware, '
. Hollow Ware, -
Iron and Steel,
Table and Pocket Cutlcry
Buildcrs Materials
short, All Goods ut-nally kept in such a business.
The Parker Breech-Loading Gun,
DIRECTORS.
Wx. J. ASBEIUOJf,
H.L. DcxxilBH, L. M. Iw, -I
tV.H.EeujssHxin, W.A. Mxxaxn
A. M. WATKINS,
vxxa
CURRIER, SHERWOOD it GO..
476 & G7S Broome Street,
WT XS A7W O XL K .
& SHOES,
AT WHOLESALE;
ISAAC’S HOUSE,
, _ Macon, Ga.
Hotel and KestanraEt.
I3oar<3 $3 Day.
BngPffffe Free to ard from tan {lease.
Liberal terms made for families v, others,-
by.the week or a longer period.
fB' C- J. MarleUan in the office.
E. ISAACS. Proprietor.
, Togethfr with the best makes of English Muzzle-Loading Guns,
Hazzard’s Powders.
Wo represent -
Dupont’s and
T. T.SKBtlS,
Manttfactarer and Retail Dealer in
cooeing. s;ro es„
SHEET IRON,
TJNWAl-E.
ET CkTE A
OErAir.iNO. R; OFINO, UUT-
TEH I Ati.'Ac.", done at short no
tice and in the 'best manner.
T. T. MARTIN.
If- Perry, Ga.
FUBNlfUREWGHf FREE
^N entix-fly New ntrd Elegimt Stock of
2»TjpijNrii»tyita
Juxt rceeirtdin-ilf for sale at Foit Valley
and Macon prices.
«s~BUY AT HOME, -ear
Til© Pratt C3-in, and
Ezcelsior Plow!
And havathem of all sizes on hand.
j@~Call and See Us.
P. S. -JOHNSON k. RONS.
No, SI Third Street, near City and Central Banks, Macon, Ga.
MMPBELL ft JOBES.
Warehous© and Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
rro MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE TIMES, WE DETERMINED, EARLY IN
A in the Spring ti; ttempta reduction in the rates of Storage -and- Commission on
Co ton, and now announce, he following changes
OLD RATES j .. PRESENT RATES-
-Commission. 1} per cent, j Cmbmission. Pf 1 ! fer *1
Storage...: .... .. 50c per bale- I.Storage...... ....... ;25e per.bale
Thankful.ftw theliberalitv of onr feefids in fflv part we must look lo them for in
creased patronage lo emible us to adhere to-lilt low rates we have inangnated.
Me. ,1. W. SrcBEs, a prominent Granger aud Planter ol Bibb County, will ba
Weigher the pres-mt se..son. -
We gh-irahlee onrbest efforts for ihe interests aU who favor ns' with business.
1 he usnal Advances made on Colton in store. ‘ ■
CAMPBELL & JONES.
A Henze can be furnished to order at any
time, on short notice. I caa; bo found in
the day tiiuc at «ry store, best to'tk* Hotel
at night, at my residence, adjoining that
Dr. Haris.
Furniture Made to ©Fder,
and repaired at short notice.
BURIAL CLOTHES,
Ready-made, for ladies,..gentlemen and
children always on hand.
GEORGE PAUL,
PERRY. G 4..
EDYVDi MAItTIN,
FIRE IN3URAP1C2 AGENT,
BESR7, GA.
A IX prudeDl nwn should iccp ,£hplr property
-JA. lauured. tliatthe Fire Fiead mayhs
.of half Us terrors^
GEORGIA HOME lASURlNtE C0-
cf ColambtiF, Ca.
Cepitai sad Assets 16T,,0S0
THE EQUITABLE FIRE ESS. CO-,
t-f Nashville, Trnn.
Capital :.;..rt.,;,,51.-5«SJ0W.
wool npori poor sheep, is like growing^
com or wheat upon' poor hoik We
cannot raise good lambs from sheqp t
that are in poor- floBh. i l " -r, *
- Good: Advio-S
I am always sorry for a man who
knows how to . do but. one - thing. 1
have seen many snch men. T gave
ten dollars to one who could speak and
Write five or six-languages and. trans-
ate beautifully; but in tlie.middic of a
hard winter he cjahl not get a living.
I knew another man who had preach
ed twenty-five years, till bis throat
failed Mm, and he used to go round
looking veiy blue and sad, until neo-
READ IT!
; IT$ 3HEAffT;FOR YOU!!
T^E NOW OESXIi TO.DEALERS 'AS LARGE AND COMPLETE A STOCK
Groceries and Provisions,
AB ANYONE WOtTLD WISH TO SELECT EP.OH.
Our Goods are Fresh,. They are Full Weight* They are
ft and wlif be Sold the Same Way.
THE WEEKLY SUN r a:.’.:, ittdefiu-
dent. honest, and f» arleas new ej of br. xd
co Inin hr cer>cc:alJy desifpi+d far {ht farmer, the
mechanic^ the mercharii, the profcsgional man
and their wives and children. We aim to make
the WeJcily Srin Hie best famiJy newspaper in the
worl<L It is.fall Of entertaining and iL’Etmct-ve
reading yi crcry eort, btft prints nothing to offend
the moit ECriipulojis and dffirate taste. Price
$120 per year, poEiage prepaid. The cheapest
paper published. Try 11- Addreiss Inn Suy, K.Y,
ARE YOU GOING TO PAINT
TC22f rrr the
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT.
\\ hlip and aU Hie Fd^lnor.rfble . k Lade«.
fSnndrcdB of tcitlmoniala from own el? of ?he
finest re trdcnc cR in the country, with cainp]-
card of color-, fafmlshed free by dealers gener
ally mid by the
AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT '0.
BurEcgSlipN. Y, or 132 E. I-ivcr St. CTvIsri'l.O.
BZCC333 HZYOtrO COaPSTIflOtf.
ITcEs’ Palest Ccttcn r: ”
We 'Can’t' be Undersold by any Honseiutlie Sontli.
Seymour, Tinsley & Co.,
MACON, GA.
t
p-Zrms Its
c Or.Jctr* r j fctlcitc !. >
A. J. 11_LL53 £ C3., PPJcburgh, Pa.
t'TJJ.x, ni’fr*- Ar^.ru»’S23lIre'i*ofa.lkfn' , <
sn l rizzi. l> Cctt-v h K~t
rntsri; rsr:t«. r.*a V;ao CsiTrn, k;. tc. &z*rf
D I X 1 £
money, but to spend less. If one is pie pitied Mm and got np donation
not accumulating money as fast as be f P artles for him > ^ase he was good
thinks he-onght, the remedy in nine ! for Eothin S to P reaeb - 1 koew
cases ont of ten is nofcgreater exertion. ^ ^’ I _^
t o make money, hut greater care to
save it. Indeed, he who saves money
° , . systematically, pntttug away a part.
•Let me help you. said the deacon. ^ ven lhongL ’ it ,, e a small part, of
twenly j“ars, till she was a poor, ner
vous, broken down woman, anil didn't
know how to m-ike a dress for herself.
Now boys and girls, every real uiau
should know how fo do offe thing
right well. Every wise farmer bas'oue
FIRST STREET, CORNER OF CHEERY.
WAREROOSIS; Poplar Strett, Between Third and Fourth Streets,
SNELL; SPARE & CC,
HAMJNACTUEEE3 OF fewnnrii
P-ACtons. Twc-st»t wagons] 5 Caoribleir.
Barouches, KoA-hawayB, etc., etc,-
NEW HAYES. CUSS.
Karnea= at lo^v prices. Cotjlu'.I Zccgogit ar>'
r.crul for calalrgue And priceL*U
TO HAVE 1
The Li-r&r raust be ie; t is order,
Sanford’s Liver Ir.t’j
he, become Hie rtaple t»frSIv
vegelsble—Cetbartic a*d Ta
! meet of Liver, d
j the ctims-s-xioa, erne t:ch bead-
j tr} Saaford’s I ir r luyj
i
ill* *" v iif-Uv iVrii. aj **-» j *v x-.w tui t urvv uu C
eaea week s or (kick any s earning^, is ? . ir f Dc jp ;1 j C rop. but h«i bas always a
rich a beady. His means exceed bia ; little Homethiag else to live on. Don’t it (-pi, . r, .,. 7 — — t j.uu.fiefijr.:
: neci-ssities, and that is wealth always, j carry all yonr <*g: s in one basket.— ^ |i. J ^ brnuuLJl &■ IJEADllIX, ix-.iifc col
scarf with which hegeuei-a’iy encased. “Found the key, eh. returned the" .
^'i^^P eci n>en psges of the American Cyclopsidi* nfi sn sivninff deacon. “Well, tout’s lilCKy; and If people generally Would cOuduCi Don't put ab yonr money i'_ WU.T . J A _
te 8 n SSk^ aamB - elC ” ^ ““ t fiiut ont what’s the mat- tttmr affaire on the principle above in- I et. If you want to get along right; DOOKS. SaSH ANDBLISDS, WINDQ VV AND DOOiv FRAMES, BALLS- $&
pvnsoararaiicstion. j “Not yet father,” smd Mary, pmk- now we can find out wbat s me mat theft , WUTI ^ t.e^omparaiive.lweQ, leamone; sort of work to got ! 1ERS. NEWEL Past S, SCROLL WUUKS, BUILDERS’HARD-
riRSTa;LAS8 CANVASSING AGENTS WANTED, j
Address ihe Publishers,
O. APPLETON & CO.;
' MS fc 851 Bresdirty, N. Y.
... r , „ j culcated. there wonhl lie couipareiire. j well, . . „ .
ing up her scattered bits ot patch- ter with the doeii. ! ^ iirtle business anxiety and mnetf along by, and all sorts of work- to gut j WARE, GLASS, OILS, PAINTS, PL! I'll, ETC., ETC.
work with a glowing cheek. “Did ’ Mary’s heart throbbing so wildly a' greater eomioit and napp Oxs* ia (Uq. a living with when yo»r'oos sort gives • A MU Bnej.f the above always ia stocs, and supplied T-? city aud country SLU
you have a pleasant meeting?” j moment ago, seemed to stand still M! hoasebo?d. J our.—T. K- t 02 ?sSfTLi no.tcv Jts>;e J7, 6m Afusts, x*,
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s
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T.
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O. -Stinson
ffoikzrantced
ihe love and aSVctlcnb of
i^stantir. This
ftr 2” it-sts; toother
I^ypt-an Orachr, Di