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VOLUME X-NO. 13.
<.OIUO\ I.XSTITI TE.
ISA Ft \ KSVIIJ.E, <i V.,
UTITiL OPEN early in September 1878. with lull corps ot earnest, success'll! teacher*
determined to keep up tbe widespread and deserved reputation of this justly cele
bratfd school.
Gordon Institute offi rs superior inducements to parents desiring to educate their
*ab and daught* rs It bs all tho modem appliano s, apparatus pid furniture, and h
record nor sncressfnl teaching tinparalleled.in tie State. It* music and. p u m.ent is cou
dsctrd fry‘Prof. GnttentnTg* r, who has no supiricr and but few equal, in Its j rofession.
Bsfnesvijle is the most enterprising city on the Macon and Western Railr id, avd
h** justly th^reputation of bating the mast moral, lii> ral and enlightened community
n Georgia
1 i*K>n sll 50 to $lB , r 0 p*r Term. Hoard $lO 00 to sls 00 per month.
p-v Fujr Caift!ogue { coiitnining lull infoliLfttinn addrr&s
• 1 * CHAHIT.se LAMBDRIN, Prf.-l,
or VV. 11. WOOIMMj, Sccr tarv,
jnW3otf . Georgia.
HI. /%. C£ibson 9
NO. 10 COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
V haloKHlc and lletntl Ooalei - ini
DET GOODE, GROCERIES, ROTIOKS, CROCKERY, iO. fC.
- AND A ITI.L KICK It OF
- Plantation Supplies,
\LL of which wo are row ofterinc at the very lowest market prices, and guarantee nil
ot ftur good* an represented. We Cordially invite tl.e i• ■ ph- f lallot cnnnty, and
rl*eljere to gir*- us n civil when t 1 * r visit tL< city. Mr T. \ Philip*'. formerly of liar
ris county, is with me and will be glad to see his many friends
ATTEEMTIOm
IS NOW INVITED TO OCR I. AHi K STOCK
I*iec** Ci <o<ls; < -'lot lis.- ( 'si swimcrcH mid Trim
initi|{H, incluiliDyf Fri'iii'li I 'lijflisli, mid
Amt'i'ionn Alnlti-s.
A LRO a good auraily of'the varionv Irak, k i.f Houie Go al .'! f whirli v. K"-t up t
Oid*r ,D the biht ilyli. on the blioris; notice. An . in., v.- ao.l cl.oi'-e 10l ol
TEXAS . CASSIM ERES
Just in, to which we call particular notice. i *. *1 . PI! VC C>< It,
Clothino Manukao-uhy, 6Pllroad Htukjt.
In nor Irady-niade stock w# have a 10l of * (l*tt <ii.iH- S its we will d< su out at pne< *
nrpnamftl.v low. ,
O. G. Sparks & Son,
THLItD STIIEET, .MACON, OEOliai.l.
WAREHCUSE, COTTON, AND CC MISSION MERCHANTS.
\\7T- again offer our services an Warehouse and Commission Merchants to our planting
Vv friend* of Talbot and.ftdjoining counties.
Plantation Huppliets, Hjigsins 1 and 1
furnished at lowest market rates. JFS" Advances made on < ottr.n is store, as L“-r as b>
say house in the city, *i>lo () G. SP \ HKS A SON
H
114 Bread Street, COLUMBUS, GA.
WHOLESALE AN'D RETAIL DEALER IN
Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Umbrel
las, Readv-Made Clothing,
BOOTS, SHOES, Etc.,
OF IHF, LATEST AND BEST STYLES.
ALL our Good* arc of tbe Intent etylefi and ft*h from tbe Northern Mrkt.-t. We iletv
competition in style am\ price ol Goods. Give us a call *hen in the city, wo h 1 ,
•ertain-we can pleaee you. Polite and attentive halcMnen to sln w goo hcpJ4tt
FOK CLOTIIINU
- GO TO—
VINSHIF &EALLAWAY
THE LEADING CLOTHING ECHSE (F MIDDLE 6EOEGU
They keep the best goods and sell at the lowest prices.
Our 3>ollar fSliirt is of the best material and fits well
Agents for Keep’s Shirts and "Umbrellas.
W. ITtt Baldwin is with us, and will be glad to have a call from bis
friends. • .
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY,
No. 50 Second St., Macon.
A COIN TRY NEWSPAPER KOU THE MASSES—DI-VOTEI) TO CIVILIZ.VIION AND MONEYJtIAKINO.
TALEQTTQN TALBOT COUNTY, GEORGIA,THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1879.
HIS L/U CK !
They were to nave been ntarried
Thanksgiving 1 evening. Why cynlln’t
he have had even common luck, and
made a fair passage? Joe Thurso or
Sam Andrews, who wore not half as
careful as himself,-.were‘probably off
Moutauk Point by this time, ni.d
here ho was, south of Hattoras. halt
his.crew down with fever and ague,
a whole suit of sales blown aw Ay, his
cargo of fruit probably rotten, sttid
the wind hauling to tbe nortlTard all
the time, with a strong prospect of
another gale.
It was too bad—‘too deuced bad!’
ho added, with an emphasis almost
allowable under the 'circumstances, .as
ho glanced tit the compass.
‘As unlucky as Arad Thorpe,.’ had
passed into a proverb in his native
town of (.'overly. And yet he was
prudent, energetic and smart. Ho
always made money for his owners;
•>t however much ho might lav by
for himself, was sure to bo, in some j
miforseen manner, 1 .s|.
The Hatnmerton hank, wherein he
had deposited a thousand dollars,
had suspended payment I'l.n
for of the 1 fume Savings instil ute had
‘defalcated,’ leaving him a loser ,ol
an equal sum. His little house on
Elm street was burned in li is ub -
settee, tho insurance policy having
expired a day or two before. He
had been knocked down am) robbed
of bis freight money in Panama. A H
of which events, occurring at differ
out times, had come nigh to make
’Arad a fatalist. ■ .
But, thanks to Jessih Banks, his
betrothed, ho had kept up a good
heart, and his courage had won from.
Banks, / '-re, tlm promise that if he
brought homo tlneohundred dollars
ns his own share of the trading voy -
age in tho O tribeftn son, ho should
marry Jesdc, without further notice,
on tho coming Thanksgiving even
mg.
This voyage ho had made some
sncce-sful ventures, which had net
ted him .about throe hundred and
fifty dollars, said sum being locked
up in his dfisk below.
‘How do you h ad now Jerry?
was his querry for the twentieth
time; and the tins'llisfactory answer,.
T. tat-north -< est, sir,’ c .used an l ira
ulation of impatience to escape’him.
‘Breckoy Joe much sick. Ho want
med’eino,’ was the salntxoTj which
met his ear, as a tall powerfully built
sailor, a Spaniard, accosted him.
Ho lmd slapped liis crew of four
men and second mate in .Tumaca, id
a rascally-looking set. tliey were
though up to this time they had done
well enough, and now that two of
them were ■ sick, tho remaining two
had done double duty; so that Arad
had begun to Think. very well of
them.
Taking some quinine from the
medicine-chest, he wont, forward, and
enteting tho little forecastle, which.
was dimly lighted by swinging lamps
lie was about to proceed to The bunk
of the supposed sick man, when L{i
was suddenly seized from behind, a
blanket thrown ‘over his head, and
almost before he could think, was
hurried to • the rail, over which He
was thrown in an instant. Tint.
Ai ad, like yll ('overly hoys, was a
perfect water-dog; and after coming
to the surface, he blow the water
from his mo th, worked off his boots
got himself out of his pea-jacket by
dint of much squirming, and wiping
the spray from bis eyes as he rose on
tho crest of a wave, he had the cheer
ful satisfaction of seeing the binnacle
light of his vessel appurrantly half a
mile distant, and rapidly growing
fainter.
‘My luck” was on his tongue, as
he struck out, with a vague hope
! of keeping himself afloat till morning;
and then' Jessie’s last words eurne to
1 his mjnd; ‘Be sure, Arad; and do
all you can ; God will do (.lie resf.’>
With.an inward prayer for help,
i he resolved to make a struggle for
life, though ho felt his chalices wale
j infinitesimally small ; -and, by dint
lof husbanding his strength, the
I morning light its it dawned over the
! turbulent sea found him cbiLled to
'•the bone, exhausted and fainl, but
! still swimming.
j On, how eagerly, ns it grew light
: fit, did he look, for a- welcome sail 1
And, rising-on a crest ol a wave, his
heart came almost into his mouth;
for not a stones throw distant was
a little hermaphrodite brig, under
| short sale Muring down upon him. '
| ‘Hilloot>a Eho shouted, with all
j his strength!
! Surely tiny must hear lyiin; but no
answering lufe came to his listening
ears, and in another moment, io his
surprise ntid|horror, the brig’s course
was altered, juid.sho headed in an -
other dircetiqi, though Arad could
seo that her yards with untouched
-being, iu faty, braced iu an oposite
! direction.
‘S imotliing wrong there I’ lie
thought; and, as it was his last
uktlnoo for life, with a desperate oils
orgy he sought to intercept lit i
Bourse, when suddenly her soles were
thrown aback, and for a moment sao.
drifted down towards him as though
he> had l/oeti seen and measures ta
ken for his relief.
As she neared him, he managed
in a roll of sea, to seize bno of the
raainohain plates, and with a final
effort, ho swung himsalf into the rig
ging and over the rail, whory ho sank
senseless oil tho deck, tbiuk'ing dim--
j ly how strange it was that no living
soul was in sight.
When ho recovered from his stir
nor and K '-Llv vi'imw) el ....... ~n
lie saw the wheel was lashed lead-a ■
port, and the stern boat gone from
her davits; and it 11 islu-.l across his
miml that the biig had been deser
ted—a fact which a.voyage of invest
tigutiou into the cabin eenlinneil.
An open elf art whs lotitul on. the
fl >or, whereupon the vessel's course
from a little island in the YViedivurd
group has been traced, aud further
extwninatiou of her papers and leg.
I took showed her to ho tho Spanitlr
brig Don Carlos, bound from Jucand
with In x sugar ‘to'anv port north of
HaUer-.s.’
Arad.s mind was made up on the
instant. Ho sounded the pump’s
well, found nine inches of water
th rein, aad, having refreshed him
self Iron the steward’s pantry with
Spanish tortillas, he stripped and
went at it till tho pumps siieko 1.
Then he loosed the lower sails
fere and aft, sheeted tic m Icon ;
with inlabor, a H ired the yards, and
went aft to the wheel.
The wiicld'.-cl hauled to the south
west; a glance at tho but imeteer
showed that the mercury was rising;
and, with high hopes, Ar id b-ig.n
his voyage ‘to a purl north’ard of
Hat I eras.
•Oh, if T could?’ was tho only
.thought which he dared to give vent,
to; and though it. did not seem an
impossible feat if the weather held
f dr, lie did not venturu.to carry his
liopeful'anticipatiens furl her.
For four days aud nights did lie
stand at.the wheel, only lo.ivng it
for his hastily-matched teed’, or 'to
change the position of the yards, ex
cept as ho was obliged to tako ob
nervations; and his heart beat high'
its on the twenty-fifth of Ivavo.iiher
he sighted land, which ho know,
front his course oh the chart to bo
Sandy Hook..
Two hours later, pilot-boat No, 2
was alongside, and three men sent
Oil heard, when his story waS heard
Anri then'Ante! laid down fora little
nap, which lasted precisely thirty
six hours; and when awoke, fho
little bldg, under lo ver topsails and I
jib, was rounding tile light at tho hi- j
trance of Ciiverly a.uber, ‘.idi half-a |
gain of wind bloving nsferif.
‘Luck was with you this time, sir,’ I
said Joe Carter, cue of the pilots, as
tho anchor chain ran rapidly out, !
and the little vessel swung roun/l in j
the wind. ‘ln three hours more you j
will see it blow great gurus.’
‘God was with me, I think,’ said
Arad, reverently, as they went aloft
snugly stowed the sails, which, as
Arad usdd to say, was not milch for
>et*4lian a b.nidana handkerchief.
Old Bunks rowed out is his dory,
as was his custom at evoyy new arm-,
al.
‘Wliat. in the dance 1’ was liis lucid
remark, as he stalled at Arad. And
then, • Humph ! Lost your vessel, I
s'pose? Picked up by this here brig,
and come liome without any -roentry.
‘Jfember vhat I told ye when ye
went away!’
Arad rjunouibered it very well;
and whoa he went on to tell Banks,
| pirr, that it was he that had picked
up the Artg, that she was sugar laden
| and that his share of salvage money
would probably be it nice little sutn,
Banka embraced him raptuously.and
•j-sard:
I ‘D'idt’t I always tell 5’ ot b Arad?’
Arad didn’t lvn'cmber anything of
the kind; but theu, it is neither po
lite nor politic to contradict 'one's
prospective father in-law, so ho said
nothing, and accompanied tfio old
man n .shore, where, after meeting
Jessie with a raptuous embrace, he
said:
•You know it was to be thanksgiv
ing evo, dear ’
And it was. .
The mut-inerri managed (-■> run his
schooner ashore on iVukcd llul
Bars, Gape Cod, and, hr obedience
to retributive justice, were drowned;
which, as the owners got tin excellent
insurance on the vessel, did not seem
to cause general grief.
After the usual vexatious delays
consequent upon such oases, Arad
received something like eighteen
th. usand dollar.-; as salvagir.mopoy
A New Mul Law.—--Thera is a
lie* mail regulation which is now
strict.y enforced. .Matty merchants
’have expressed dissatislaction at the
conduct of route agents when they
were really only doing their duty. It
is now a law that no package of third
ploys mail can bo mailed oh 4 .i
car, but must pass through the local
yilliee whence it comes. Uiulur no
uiroiimstaiiceff is a mail route agon!
allowed to receive packages of mor -
ohandise, samples of goods or an ar
ticle of this kind- The government
foiled it necessary to enact such a
law to prevent a great loss of postal
talc-. Under the oldsy’stea'i a pack
age weighing several ounces could"
be mailed on a postal oar with oa y
one stamp aud the agent was obliged
to accept ft. aud carry it to the desti
nation for avhiou it was marked, In
tins way, the goveunuent was annu
ally delraudOd of thousands of dol
lars. The mail service is an expense
any way, and it was necessay to cut
..If all tae waste pussiolu. ilero.il.
let, alt packages ol iuercUau*liso,-tdO,
sent by mail must he seel thruuglt
tho post office. Newspapers may be
mailed on '.lira ears at any time.
Wanted t'iia.r. - Tim Tuscaloosa
Times puolisues the iuiiotymg:
H'e sa.v tin old negro mail la t
weak trying to obtain advances to
make* a crop, tie waff asked;
- Have you a horse or mule?’
‘No.’
‘Any com ?’
‘No.’
,‘ilavo you any land?’
••No-’ •
Well, what do yen Wiyit with ud
vauces ?’
‘1 is gwine to rent sorfiy land, and
kalknlates to \toi k out for du hire ob
a liorse, pervidiu’ I has do ’vances.’
IJe’reminded us eJ the bad little
boy that stbb. a pint of milk on liis
way to Sabbath School, aud after
weeping over the iOlluuucGs of a
moral lecture from iiis teacher, and
oxjirf'Ksing great regret-for his crime
replied, when ask' and by the pious
teacher, tvh it he in’endod to do with
thesbilyn (njjk: ‘fffeal a puppy to
drink it.’
He was a voting man—a blonde.
Ho entered tho office of an up
town merchant, the the other (lay,
amt said a tiuiid ‘Good mmiing.
The merchant responded gruffly. .
,Do yon ktlow,‘ said the young
man swflly, ‘that Vanderbilt, bought
the Herald?'
‘Tho devil ! Is that so ?‘
‘Tisa fact,' answered the young
man. 1
‘W, H. Vanderbilt bought tbe
Herald?’ muttered r tho merchant
laying down his pen. •
‘Fact! I assure you,* answered the
young man as he moved toward the
.door. , -
‘Stop!* cried tho merchant. ‘How
much did ho pay for it? 1
‘ Three cents I‘ replied the young
man, aS he sSftly cLoscl the .door afy
ter him. . i
Some years ngo the great Vest, i
1 was almost entirely dependent upon |
1 the Bast, for machinery and shop 1
tools. "tire West makes 1
| nearly everything required in the |
machifie shop, from the engine and !
boiler to the twist drill aud.tunullOst
| bench tool. .
| A Texas preacher lost ' three
! Iqurths of his deacons hy praachiug
j a serinon against horse racing.
; —The formers genetully are begins
I ning to go it heavy ou g>mio.
I'iatiim unit Oi jn i ! f'actoiy
llutt E.
(Irani! liitrodtietio'ir Sale, eeinnwneillg
Novombi'r 1-t. 1,000 Maginfioi.-nt liiHtrn-
Mients from best mnkfts to lie pl.icril,' fi-t
lutrnduetien and Aflv, r isei nut. In Ninth -
eril homes at Vp iit’s Wind, ale Rati*!.'. El
- ;unt 7 Oet. I’imoa oi lv SVJS. itiißtiirt
-oi.'Ht Sqaiire'Clmnils, eat d;;ueprleo SI.(HD
only $250. Handsome 0 Stop'Organs, f.57;
13 Slops s7l: Mii'mr.roj). 13 Stops, sKit.
Olioico instrnmeuts at lowest, 'pricei ever
Know'll 0 veils written guarantee. 15
days test trial. Write tor Intristnetion Hsle
eireillar. Addl'.-SS 1 tlD'.'l'.N & ItATfls' Sou'll
iTu Music l-haise, Savannah, (la*. The
( itviit i’i ino and Organ Depot of fho Soutli,
jan‘2 am
‘No, thank you; I never wnllz: mn
says if tiny of the young men want
to hug me they must do it on the
rly; sho won’t lutvti them mussing
my ihes.t up, anil leaving linger
marks on my while waist., so long ae
she does the washing and has to sup
port me.’
(■Ol-DVi'NS.
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■ .
! ALmSJU Cd
A lot of COi^L'l\B (or ale at the
I / l iouost c.U'ii pvit‘o. ly
jape 25-jf. W 11. JIAuTIN.
♦ ♦ ♦'
Omo of tho qmiHlust attriu lions in Gciu vi
is ils NuporU hotel ami cut in" lu nso. Tin
fame of Morris .uni liis most exurllt 11 ’
lady in Fprgj'vliiJ:; beyond the limits of the
Stuto. ThoV cei'tainly keep one of tho best
i l.thiti/i a hungry man ever sal down t.. tf
t'xrit tug.
j When yiu y r o to Colmnbns, don't fail to
fall al the praud and glusswai.
j house ol ii L. (.'olvdery A: Son. in the
: lie .i ri Home I uildino. They have tin
1 most el ;girtt an I beantifid stoelc of Goods
■ in Don‘t for ct them. tf.
IP Va 7 Side
TlftdelifiT Vest : Ah 1 Tot 01, in Colnnibiiß
is rapidly Rowing in popular favor. It is
well kept ai-I liberally patronized. G. \\*
H-deliff. TVn; -Vf- r
CHEAPEST
HOUSE FOU
CLOTIHFJ6
Itl Macoii,
■-is-
J. H. HERTZ’S.
A full Stock at the Lowest Figure'.
C hr Nsimt-rc Suits
At. $!); 110; £'dj ; sl2! dff; and sls.
DreNstiorta sls> HO to $25. 00.
Hill FITS
ail complete. Mail/ of the best Irish
Limn ami WamsuCta Muslin orily
75 Cents:.
Full Stock of alt Goods for
Mca and Roys
jat prices lower than any house in
I Macon or Columbus.
Quality as, good as ever.
.1. IT. ifoFtZ,
00. Cherry S.reut,.
oetltt M.iv jd, Georgia,
’TKIGIS, kl.Olt a Vcitf in Ailvimco
WHOLE NUMBER 451
Reliable.
W. A. MAN & C 0„
DEALERS IN
Host grades Foreign and Domesti,
Staple &. Fancy Dry Goods
TRIANGULAR BLOCK
MACON, CEORCIA.
EUe. k and Colaretl
3ii ks, B 1 ackaud Color
ed Dross Goods,
in ad t ho latest styles anil most fuSh*
ionablc, tlcsigiiH, ;
Cl. '.UI-5 .SUAUIA -HII^IKUV,.
I HUM.IS, KiD-GIoIES, ItIUUONH, ,
Nil" al-Wear and Fancy Ooodh.
Prompt and careful attention paid
to orders. Samples sent on applica
tion and express paid on all orders
of Ten Dollars aud pwards
octltf W. A. .HIIfAN A CO.
I A M.I IT P. F-rrATHSTT
! L I>l TI s _ i ’ropvietor
MACON, GEOItGIA.
'j ’I I TS IP IHS|; is now provldi-il with overy
l i.' ■ : ry ci.nvt-niiaien lor tli acoomaiu
l.uion ami eumlurt t.i ita pntrims. The lo
'Mlioii i, hi lr.it.la and eomenieut tu the
Inisinv.'s pnt'lion of tho city.
The Tables i
hitvu flu-! Lest tlu> market oflordK. Omnibus
i • and I<r n d"pot jreo of chtirgOf
Imndled fn r c ol etinrgp.
Mu MAR is supplied with tho best
Wine and Liquors.
J< ‘ssi 1 -J . I Mill,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TALBUTTOX GA.
I V T !LL pr.u-tic’e in .ill the Courts of the
V ('luiMiihooeln-t circuit, Prompt at
tention given to cullgcuoifh.
Tin- f'ill, uiion ol nil cJiiims lor Pensions
ii \ui •oi lHiJui.it .\I( xteo a yiH-dalty.
< oi'it poiiilent at Washington.
ODi ‘orC. W. Kimbrough's Store.
cict‘22 1878.
( \ CA LI lOljjsf;
A'JTOIINI.Y AND CoiINSELLOU AT LAW,
(jinucvti (*oor^ia.
W ILL i.raetier in sdl tbe Courts of tbe
Chrtltuhoochec (Circuit.
spici.d ultHiliuii given to-colleclions. 110
i C ii• ? | ‘Hiding A •'(•:if‘tor the the General
II >L( .’in. l ; Age.icics ol New York aud Ba
v Linmli* . nurtUf
EDGAR T. SMITH,
. ATTOItMGY AT LAW,
Taluotton, Oeorqia.
\\, r ILL j T.uMu'f in Courts of Clmttalioo-
V V ch.c circuit. Close and caruful niUu*
uni iven to all business entrusted to bim,
< hollections a specialty. HemitUncea prompt
fefcSOtf
I''. H. WORKILL, J. 11. WORIULL,
E. li. WORRILL & SON.
Attorneys & Counsellors at
Law. ’
Talbotton, Georgia.
Pr .dice iy Superior and Supreme Coarta
"l Georgia, and tbe lb S. CourU at Savan
tiub. Special attention given fo all mattort
in ji.uikruplcy. Jan 8-lj.
’ !!i
Attorney at Law
'l’.ullwittoh Georgia,
: o— . '>•■' - ;
Will practice in all the cotiriß of the Clial
i ibo'ifbee Circuit and elsewhere by spcHal
conf.'ic.t. Prompt trkntion given to alt bn
ih-.sh entrusted to Lim. . ,
J. M. MATHEWS7’
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
Talbotton Gra.,
. * ■
.
Prompt attention io all ImmoMN. Prao
, in Superior Coluis, of Cbattwhooob##
C'ircuit, and Supremo Court of Georgia.
Jim 3-ly.
J. !I. MAP X TIN,
A i rou-N #'D\' AT, hAW,
taltjoti'on, fa.
* 17(IiL practice io tbe (Inurt-s of the Cbftt-
VV tah.ochec Circiiit and tbe Supremo
I . WILLIE.
WILLIS & WILLIS.
ATTORXEVH 4N’l> c6t , Nßl''.l.r.OlW’'il‘f Li/W.
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AV*. I’. 'nOMGIt,
1' -
DENTIST,
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OFFICE ovm. MASONS Dng- Store,
Randolph sticot, Oo.in^bns,
- Save yoiyr 4 'Teeth;*• they are bettor
(lull Jewels’ All diseases rtf th TVeth and
G im- treated. Artrlkial Teeth put in whaa
desiretl. augt-U