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sljc ittcDuffic Journal
\V I Editor* A Proprietor*.
Wednesday, April 21, 1875.
TUe IXTH CONCKEttSIONAI. !»!•-
TKICT.
Tbe Convention to nominate a miccena
or in Congrem to Garnett McMillen, met
in Gainesville last week ami are still in
session. Hill has 25, and Bell 36 votes.
They have balloted 17,359 times with
the same resnit. Tbe Hill men are in
the minority, as nsnal, but swear that
the majority shall come over to them or
they will involve the United State* in
civil war.
Another case of the tail trying to wag
the dog.
BOMH.
The Washington Chronicle publishes
the editorials of the Augusta Constitu
tionalist as capital for the Radicals.
Thus do we load the guns of the enemy.
—Atlanta Herald.
Well, if the enemy can stand the loads
of sound sense, invincible argument, pa
triotic sentiment, end pure Democratic
principles which characterise the edito
rial columns of the ConftitutionatlMl,
we of the South should not complain.
We hope our worthy contemporary will
continue to load thoae Radical guns.
HON. t, a. DuIIOMK,
Halifax, tbe Atlanta correspondent of
the Chronicle A Sentinel, under date of
April 17, pays the following high, but
deserved compliments to the talented
young Seuator of Warrentou, all of
which we fully indorse :
Probably the youngest State Senator
that ever served in Georgia is Hon.
Charles H. Du Bose, of Warreu, who
represents the Senatorial District com
posed of the Counties of Hancock, War
ren and Taliaferro. Six years ago he
was a school boy at college, having grad- 1
listed at tue State University in the lat- :
ter imrt of the year 186*. Eike Senator i
McDaniel, he made a creditable career
in tbe Houae of HepreHcutativee a step- '
ping stone to his position of Senator.
Hein s geutlemnu of education aud re
finement, and agreeable, polished ad
dress, sumo of which he attained by
study, industry and application, aud
some of which he inherited from n fa
ther of culture aud mother of refine
ment.' Considering his attainments and
ability ss a lawyer and speaker, lie is one
of the most modest men in the Senate.
He seldom speaks, but when he does it
is with fearlessuuKs, earnestness and
power. Ho is a close student, and is
probably as well informed a lawyer of his
agw us there is in the State. In stature
he is rather below medium size, lias
black hair, black eyes, delicate features,
his entire physique bespeaking ii gentle
man of learning, culture and rotlncmcut.
He is s high-toned, conscientious legis
lator, ami enjoys the ooiitUioucc of all
who kim# him. He lias before him ma
ny years of nsef illness, aud considering
the rank be has attained within so bricl
a period, it is reasonable to predict that
before he shall have, passed liu prime he
will be distinguished by many more to
kens of confidence dud esteem from his
people.
MB. ■TEPHCNiPUHAHTA IPGBI'H
The Timet A Planter gives the fol
lowing synopsis.of the si>eecli delivered
by Mr. Btepbeus to the people of Hnn
oock county last week:
Mr. Stephens then briefly referred to
bis action iu tbe lost Congress ; and ex
plained to some extant, his positions.
The same ideas, though not so fully
elaborated, will lie found in his letter to
the Savannah New*. He asserted tlmt
his actions were all governed by the
strictest adherence to sound Democratic
principles and the desire to bring the
eouutry bock to its origins! good govern
ment. He had never doubted the pa
triotism of the Democratic leaders, but
doubted the wisdom of their tactics, and,
therefore, differed with them. The
'‘Southern Address,"he said, had proven
a two-edged sword, with which the Rad
ical leaders had carried through the
Force bill. They had used the argu
ment that this address was necessary to
keep down the spirit of rebclliou iu our
section ; and, ou the other baud, that it
gnvo them livenae to do whatever they
desired. He was for law and order in
the hails of Congress, and everywhere ;
and he lielioved, and leading democrats
had admitted to him, that their flllilms
teriug had iu the end united the factions
of Radicalism, and enabled them to pass
the Civil ltighta bill. In repaid to the
third term, he said that its agitation but
welded the Radicals together, and in
stead of weakening Grant it strengthened
him ; that the usur|iatious were charge
able to Congress and not to Grant. He
le-afliriued Unit the evidence from Loui
siana proved one party aa corrupt as the
other ; aud as soon Congress would sus
tain Kellogg us McEuery—both claiming
their positions through the most stupen
dous frauds. He had never bartered
principle for victory iu uuytliiug and
never would. Departures from the true
principles of the Jeffersonian Democracy
liad resulted iu defeat and ever will. He
said Grant was the best man toward the
.South who liad ever drawn swonl against
us ;he was tietter than Blair. He said
he was against all compromise with Rad
icalism. He ha«l never chosen between
two Radicals and he never would. He
wound up with ail eloquent denial of the
charge that he had turned Radical ; aud
.said when Alec Stephens changed from
the principles of government in which
he was reared then will the sun change
his course—rising in tbe West aud set
jtiug in tbe East—and the rivers flow up
.ward to the mountains.
There is su elm tree in Paris which
.was planted by Henry IV. in 1605, still
flourishing.
Iu Hartford, Ct., on the 17th inst.,
Liuburg, a Swede, while drunk, fatally
stabbed Andre Johusou in his sick room.
John Felton, s German, who entered the
.room on hearing the trouble, was stabbed
four timea by Liuburg and died instant
ly. Felton's wife also received a fearful
stab iu the hip. Liuburg then plunged
tlie knife into his own body, aud cut his
throat. He lived but a few momenta.
Scipio Bryan and Elijah Adkinsou,
both colored, were banged in Beaufort,
S. C., lost Friday, for murder and arson.
Both confessed their pv ;H .
[COmnjKIOATED. ]
Saw Dost, Ga., )
April, 1875. j
Mettrt. Editor* :
I noticed, a short time since that the
Legislature had passed a law to prevent
cruelty to animals, which, I presume,
does not refer to the cruelty of pareu s to
their children. I would here ask the
question of the humane, if it is not cruel
to bring up children iu ignorance ? If
parents should not tie punished for uot
sending their children to school ? Many
. fail to do this uiular favorable circuin
j stances.
I contend that if it is right tbe people
should be taxed for the education of the
children, (and I believe it is,) it is also
right ami proper that parents and guar
dians should lie compelled to educate
their children and wards. Free kcliools
are poorly attended, and one of the prin
cipal reasons is, that parents ore under
no obligations either to seud or pay the
j tuition. I have known many children
; who did uot attend school one-half the
time, and others only a few days during
a quarter. This should Vie different ;
our representatives should legislate in
this direction. Under the present ar
rangement it is a difficult matter to tin
gage the services of a competent teacher.
Borne days five scholars attend school,
and other days, perhaps, twenty, but the
tendency is do* riwnrd from beginning to
end. ft lioa tiecome proverbial that n
i country school “goo* up” at the euil of
I one quarter, no matter what the qaalifl
| cations of the teacher. I have just
learned that there is now a school in op
! oration where six children are studying
Geography, with five different books—
live classes, where one would do.
While on the subject I wish to notice
an editorial of the Chronicle A Sentinel,
of Augusta, 17th March, whore it quotes
; an extract from the Bt. Louis “Repub
lican,” where the idea is advanced that
I each county should reciove only the
amount paid thereby iu State tux for
j free education ; also that the City of
■ Augusta should have the advantage in
the county tax of ltichnioud. This re
; minds mo of tlili old man’s grace : "O !
■ Lord, bless me and my wife, my son
John and his wife, we four and no more.”
j 1 merely notice this subject that others
better calculated may notice it mid givo
! their opinions on the mutter to the pub
j lie. A. M. Ai.IiKN.
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Mill'* ITEMS
THE STATE.
Oglethorpe will soon have n new hotel.
The Brooks House, at Cuthbert, Ga.,
burnt.
Zobulon, Pike oounty, bus been de
stroyed by lire.
The debt of Rome, Ga., is 8435,500,
or #145 per head.
The State Medical Association meets
in Savannah this week.
Morgan county fnrmers are just be
ginning to plow their lands.
The Augusta Constitutionalist Ims had
the first Irish potatoes of the season.
A gold mine, said to be extremely rich,
has been discovered near Whitesburg.'
The Catholic Fair, of Savannah, netted
816,000 for the benefit of the Cathedral.
| Gen Stephen D. Lee, au old Confed
erate General, was in Atlanta last Thurs
day.
Savannah lmd the first blackberries of
tho season last week at fifty cents n
quart.
A cow fell iu n well twenty feel deep
in Gainesville last week, but was res
cued without injury.
Iti Perry, last, week, there were three
Andrew Jacksons in jail for stealing.
All colored, of course.
; The startling rumor is circulating that
[the illustrious “J. N." is again on the
rampage through Georgia.
Mrs. Anua Graham, who lived iu Ten
nessee, aud daughter of Judge A. R.
Wright, of Rome, (hi., died last week.
The new oounty called Oconee, with
Watkinsville as its county site is now
regularly organised, aud lias elected of
ficers.
Harris county lias had another severe
storm, by which one old man, Mr. Wm.
McCarter, was killed, and his wife in
jured.
Four thousand, two hundred bales of
cotton have been shipped from Georgia
direct t> Europe by the Direct Trade
Union.
G. M. Stokes, of Lee county, has a
turnip patch from which he expects to
gather five huudred dollars worth of
1 seed alone.
Elder J. B. Lamar, Pastor of the
' Christian church in Augusta, has re
, ceived and accepted a call to take charge
of a church in Louisville, Ky,
A lad, named Yarborough, was con.
vieted of murder by the Carroll Siqierior
I Court last week, and sentenced to be
hanged oil the 28th day of May.
The residence of Mr. ,T. C. Adams, of
I Upson county was struck by lightning
last week, ami Mr. W. A. Willis, who
was in the house, considerably stunned.
A stock company, headed by Mr. .las.
A. Gray, is being organized for building
another laige cotton factory in Augusta,
and the prospects for success are quite
flattering.
Mrs. Thomas Leake, living near Ma
rietta, went out to a field a few days ago,
where some sedge was being burned off,
when her clothes caught fire, burning
her so severely that she died.
Tliomasville reports the first case un
der the law to prevent cruelty to ani
mals. Hal Mitohel, colored, for cruelly
beating a horse, was fined 825, or five
months in the chain gang. Good.
The corn crop in Lee, Baker, Calhoun,
Dougherty and Mitchell counties, are
said to be perfect, and acreage largely
in excess of last year, and the cotton,
the most of which is up, is very prom
ising.
The Augusta papers report heavy
feost with considerable ice on Friday
last, killing nil kinds of vegetables. Thu
watermelons for which Richmond county
is celebrated, will have to be replanted
entirely.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Trustee’s Sale.
OY virtue of an order of the Superior
1) Coort of Warren county, will be sold
before the Court House door in Wiirrenton
on the first Tuesday in May, 1875, a tract of
land, in said county, containing 200 acres,
more or less, lying on tbe Augusta road,
about one half mile east of Warrenton, be
ing known as the homestead of George V.
Neal, adjoining lands of Burkhaiter, 11.
Kitchens, Levi Fowler and otLers. The
place has on it a good dwelling house with
a good »■ apply of other suitable outhouses,
a very fine orchard, and al>out 80 acres of
plantation suitable for cultivation. The
plantation is well adapted to the production
of cotton as well as grain crops.
TEXtMS OF SALE
will be JprJH) cash, the remainder divided
into two equal installments, one due on the
first day of January, I*7D. and the other
due the first day of January. 1877, with in
terest from date at ten percent, per annum.
Bond given for titles, and perfect titles made
on payment of last installment. Persons
wishing to examine the laud can do so by
calling on Geo. V. Neal at Warrenton.
This l;>th April, 1875.
SEABORN KITCHENS, Trustee.
1875. SPUING. 1875.
Mini JINKItY I
Mrs. M L, PRITCHARD
No. 266 Broad-SL, Augusta, Ga.,
(Next door to Dr. Tutt’* Drug Store.)
HAS returned from New York, where
she purchased a splendid stock of
Patron Hats and Bonnets, new and
beautiful Flowers, Ties, Collars and
Cuffs, Ruffling, Reeches, Frilling, Bind
ing, Laces, Ribbons, Hair Braids, Curls,
Crape, together with everything fashion
able and pretty for Ladies and Children.
Exhibition Parlors Up-Htaira,
A continuance of the patronage of Mc-
Duffie ami surrounding counties solicited.
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ICE. ICE.
NATURAL ICE constantly on hand and
for side at the corner of Mclntosh and
Ellis streets, next to Puckett’s Meat House.
ICE delivered in any part of tho City, in
quantities not less than 5 pounds, free of
charge.
1)21-a* B. H. JUDKINS.
E* &, S;f w.yEin?:
Aut/uxta, fin.
Importer and Dealer in
Mmm, Clarets,
Rhine & Native Wines,
ALES, PORTERS&SEGIRS.
Also agent for the celebrated ANHEUSER
St. Louis Lager Beer.
Dlil-tf
E A. MASS A,
Dot U r in
Foreign and Domestic
i r i r r
gf&o
M 8 Jackson Strfkt, Nf.ah Post Office,
AUGUSTA. GA.
C? T Orders from tho Country respectfully
solicited.
FANCY CANDY MADE TO ORDER.
Economize!
ALL who wish t*> practice economy will
please take notice of the following an
nouncement, and if in want of anything in
the way of Dry Goods, should give me a
call and nave money !
C. J. T. Balk,
No. BMI Broat>-St. , below Monumknt-St.,
Has made favorable arrangements direct
with factors, or their agents, which enables
him to sell ttelow marked price*.
Good new style Calico, atfAc.; good new
style Calico, fast color, at 7sc.; best now
style Calico, fast color, at sjc. Alpacas,
Iron Bareges, Ohallies, black and colored;
12-4 White Bed Q.uilts, at $1; Jeans, Cotton
ados and Cassimeres ; Table Linens, Nap
kins and Towels: Domestic Homespuns, in
checked, striped and white; White Swiss,
lawns. Cambrics. Mulls ; splendid quality
White Pique, at 15c.; Best Black Silk in
the city; Ladies’ and Children’s new Straw
Hats, in 50 different shapes, very cheap;
< Oats’ Spool Cotton, in hhwk, white and
colors—l spoolifor 25c., or 70c. per dozen,
in unbroken packages.
Trice marked in plain figures, at No. lfi<>
Broad street. Orders carefully attended to.
D2l-a§ 0. J.*T\ BALK.
BROGANS
It is astonishing to see
what good Double Sole
Brogans
Can be bought for 81.50 at
A. J. ADKINS,
THOMSON, UA.
Yew Advertisements.
New Groods at
J. B. NEAL <& SON’S,
THOMSON, GEORGIA,
I {aVE just received a well assorted stock of
NPItING (tiOOI >JS,
consisting iu part of
CALICOS, MUSLINS, COLORED JACONETS, WHITE and COLORED
LAWNS, SWISS MULL, BLEACHING, HOMESPUN, PARASOLS,
Notions of E very Description
Pim-i! Goods Olotliiutr, lints, Shoes,
Hardware, Ac.
Also a full line of
Family Groceries always on hand.
Thankful for former patronage, we Bolieit a continuance of the same. Call
and see what we can do for you. D2O-tf
NTAPI.E
GROCERIES!
80,000 pounds D- S- C- R. Sides,
40,000 pounds C. R. Bacon Sides,
yo,GOO Hneon HtionlderM
10,000 1 >. ts. Sli.Mihloi's. ”
Lard hi Tierces, Keys and Buckets.
500 barrels Western Flour, all grades.
300 barrels Refined Sugars,
N. Orleans and Demarara Sugars.
200 barrels Bel ailed Molasses,
100 barrel* Choice NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES,
50 barrels REFINED SYRUP,
50 hogsheads KEBOILED MOLASSES,
25 hogsheads New Crop MUSCOVADO MOLASSES,
150 hugs RIO COFFEE.
1000 sucks LIVERPOOL SALT,
A Large Stock of NEW MACKEREL, full weights.
And TiT! other goods usually kept in our line at
Lot rest Wholesale Prices.
WALTON & CLARK,
»03 Broad-St., AUGUSTA, GA
MIMuINERY.
1875. Spring Styles. 1875.
Mrs, MtECKiM*
S2'A<> Ilr4a<l Street, AIKxI’ST V, (*A.,
Respectfully calls the attention of the Ladies of McDuffie aud surrounding counties
to her uneqn»dc4 stock of
Millinery mid <woods*!
which is superior to anything in the same line t> be found in this city. My stock was
selected by myself ill the leading Northern markets, at the LOWEST possible prices,
and 1 can therefore offer extra inducements to all persons desiring MILLINERY and
FANCY GOODS,
REAL and IMITATION IIAIR GOODS. FANCY JEWELRY. WORSTEDS
RIBBONS, SILKS, NECK RUFFLING, E C., ETC..
D'-il-h*
Heigh & Hammond,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
GLs/SS,
O II I N A,
KARTHKNWARK.
LAMPS,
And House Furnishing Goods.
Sole Agents in Augusta for
I larper’s I*nt<‘irt Fly Traps,
No. aso Broad Street, - - .... AUGUSTA, GA.
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JOHN M. CURTIS,
DEALER IN
ALL HINDS OF
BUGGIES, CARRIAGES, WAGONS, &C„
THOMSON, GEORGIA.
REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE, and at REASONABLE RATES.
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PAINT AND OIL STORE!
53 Jackson St., AUGUSTA, DA.
The BEST of-ARTICLES—ALL FRESH and NEW.
WHITE LEAD. ZINC, TAINTS, I BRUSHES. VARNISH, PUTTY,
COLORS. LINSEED OIL, i WINDOW GLASS,
MACHINE OIL, GIN OIL, | 'KEROSENE OIL, Ac., Ac., Ac.
Terms: CASH ON DELIVERY : or Approved City Acceptance.
Goo. ID. ( minor,
53 Jackton Street, Near Bell Tower..
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J. S. JONES & SON,
(WEBS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
I ' - • .. .. ,' :
THOMSON, GA.
Have constantly on hand a good supply of both
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES,
which they are selling
Cheap for Cash.
SV KI TS and MEATS
ion hand. We also keep on hand the finest brands of
Cigars, Smoking and Chewing Tobacco, Snuff, &c*
Ag ents for the celebrated,
PEERLESS GUANO.
AM> UNITED (STATES TEA CO.
C,-.Ca§
Jas. W. Turley,
\
J IAS rctiirii.il from Sew York tritb a niiira tkan uauallv atlrartiro .took of
NEW, FIRST -CLASS
Jfomgn anb Dcmcstic fabrics,
For Spring and Summer wear, at the moat convincingly low prices known in the
History of Dry Goods in the Uuited States.
W w
WEDDING PARTIES
Will find Designs and Fabrics of special at lection, tliat should l*c seen before
deciding wlmt they want.
Orders from the Country will be faithfully executed, and amounts of .SIO.OO
j and over will be sent to their nearest Railroad Depot, free of charge.
■
.Ist*. W. Turley,
_»u. AUGUSTA, CA.
j J. R. WHITE A CO.,
228 liroacl-St., AUG USTA, GA.
e
§75,000 Worth of Dry Goods
\ At prices to suit the times.
We have received our Stock of Spring and Summer Goods and are prepared
! to serve the people of McDuffie andHsurrounding counties, with what they may
need, at low prices. See our prices, and come and see us, and we will do yon good.
44 BLEACH GOODS of the best Brands, at 12} cts.
The Lowest Grades, 3-4, 7-8 and 4-4, at from 5} to 10 cts.
i 2,500 Pieces of the best PRINTS, 10 cts.
! ~”M00 Pieces of beautiful PIQUES, at 15 cts. worth 25 cts.
| 200 do do do 20 to 50 cts.
200 de do DRESS GOODS, at from 12} cts. to 81.00
j CORSETS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, XECK TIES and FANCY GOODS of
every kind. Something to please the Ladies. Many other things too numerous
; to mention.
We would call attention of country merchants to our Stock suitable for their
trade. Having bought largely of Domestics before the rise in Cotton, we can sell
Factory Goods } per cent, under the present prices. And we can save them money
:by having them call and examine our Stock. We buy close for Cash, and for the
; Cash we can sell cheap. All, who want Dry Goods at bottom prices, will do well
jo call and see ns,
.1. 11. WHITE A GO.
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