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WASHINGTON UAZKTTE J. ff. CHAPMAN, Proprietor. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1884 Th l'jicritions against Jefferson Davis, the grand old cbeiftnin, who unflinchingly stood at the helm of the Confederacy until it wont down in gloom aud despair, have been vigor ously and successfully hurled back on the floor of the United States sen ate by our Southern senators. tJeoaojE P. Cranr, late proprietor the Summerville cotton mills In Augusta, was .convicted on Wednes day, of larceny after trust, and sen tenced to five years In the penitiary, the full extent of the penalty. There are. so reu of her similar charges on which hois yet to be tried. He is out tinder a bond of three thousand dol lars, and his attorneys liavo moved for anew trial. Thole is no criminal for whom we do not feel great sympathy aud yet we recognize the imperative necessity for cxcutlng the laws of the land. Mr. Curry stood at one time as well as any man in Augusta, and we think it commendable in Judge Roney to give a man in high position, whoso advantages in life were far superior to those of most criminals, the full extent of the pen alty. Tiir. time has come at last when this government is going to bo run fee the good that will inure to the people at large, and the political tricksters who have been living for two decades on the spoils system, will now have to make an honest liv ing or go lo jail. As far as shaping the course of the government Is con cerned orcourse intuit who aro fully In accord with the democratic policy will ho place in* the positions to bo Ailed, hut )u the subordinate offices, the prospective head of our govern ment says that capacity alone shall lie considered in making appoint ments. Those democrats who aro no decidedly opposed to civil service reform argue that they do not want men retained In office who will use their nionoy and influence against the democratic party; but.they may rest very easy on this line, for such con duct would bring these office-holders within the reach of the civil service law, and their heads would go off as last as they could be counted. We •re going back to first principles—a government of the people, for the peo ple and by the people; and a govern ment'hat will havu no trouble in re taining it* power aaJonglaa it adheres to toe principles laid dewu by Mr. Cleveland. Atlanta Jouknalj The Augusta Nkwb say* the aleotion (senes in that city tho other day were diagrxcelul 111 tl>o extreme. Money was handed to negro rotors with tho ticket, and the votes wore deposited in tho box while the money wont In'o the pocket of the voter. Our contemporary with great pertinent remarks, that this is a ahamoful state of affairs, the worst that had ever come to its notice, and calls Jupon the grand jury to investi gate. Our readers will remember that complaints of similar outrageous dc tlanco of law and Justice were made by the Journal's Madison correspon dent. Unloss grand juries, all law abiding citizens, and our courts take bold of this constantly increasing crime without gloves and suppress it by the sternest execution of law against briber and bribed,out-clection* will bo mockeries, and the honor and the sacred privileges of our Democrat ic institution* will be of lass value the refuse ol the sh^nblet. Bkkchkr Is having a tile trouble with some of his church members and congregation, because of his sup port of Cleveland. The throat has been made to reduce the pew rents from which ho derives hi* salary. He said on Sunday recently that he could live on a greatly reduced salary, and that would net drive him from the charge, but that if a majority or large part of tbc members wished him to go, bo would do so; that “It he stayed, the congregation would have to receive bint, not on a pitch fork, but on tho palms of their bands." Recently a villainous, plot to burn the shoe etore of W . AV. Palm at Kaioiiton, was discovered. One of the clerks employed iu the store, iu getting some wood to rcplcuDh the tire, discovered a fuse several feet long attached to a package of mutches *e cretod under the wood, which was thoroughly saturated with kerosene oil. Subsequent Investigation reveal ed another similar contrivance under the shelving In a shoo box fixed "with paper and trash, also saturated with oil. Palmer was fully insured, but it the plot had not been' discovered the entire business part of town would doubtless hare burned. The Bank of Angnsta Vails It was announced In last Friday’s papers that the bank et Augusta bad failed. The news came like a clap of thunder from a clear sky to some of Use parties here who lost by the fail ure. Tile stock had been quoted at 70cents and was thought to be worth cVery cent of it. Gen. B. W. Heard was much the heaviest loser of any of our citizens, his stock on ijs face representing |17,000. We give below a list of the citizens of this county who lost by the failure and the num ber of shares each held. A share rep resented one hand rod dollars: J. P. Cozart, 5. Mrs. Mary R. Cozart, 5. Mrs. I. M. Casey, SO. T. H. Dozier, trustee, 17. T. B. Green, 3. J. D. Hill, 20. Estate John W. Heard. 2. D. C. Hill, 20. T. W, Hill, 20. L. M. Hill, Jr. 20. John M. Hill, Newnan, Ga. 20. James Harris, 9. Mrs. S. E. Thomas, 3. James Wylie Arnold, .16. B. W. Heard, 170. Total, 350. Representing a loss of $35,000 to our citizens and those who have been residents of our county. Beligioas Notice. Services in the Baptist church will tic held hereafter according lo following schedule: On every Sunday, Sabbath school at 10, a. m. : preaching at 11, a. m. ; preaching also at night at 7 ;30 o’clock. On every lucsday at 7:30, r. i„ Young Mens’ Prayer-meeting, for all deuom Illations. On every Thursday at 3:30, p. m., weekly prayer-meeting, open for all who can attend. The above schedule will continue In force till farther notice. S. G. HPastor. Washington, Jan. 15, 'BS. School Notice. Mrs. Neosou, assisted by her daugh ter, Will open her school for .children oil Monday, the 19th lust. Accidental Orawnlng. Allen Hill, colored, was drowned on Saturday evening last near Ful ler's mill, on Broad river. It appoars that Alien had driven his team into tho flat, and ths mules taking fright Allen became alarmsd and Jumping into the river above the flat rose no more. Hl* body was recovered on tho following day. The weather was very cold and Alten was surcharged with election whisky. This accouuts for tho accldtyit.—Elbertou Leader. —A Lexington correspondent ot Augusta Chronicle, says: Mr, Les ter has filled the office of clerk for *Vorty-two years. Mr. Gilliam has been the ordinary for the past nine or ten years. The couuty treasurer, Mr. Williams T. Young, was elected by a plurality of one roto, there being llvo candidates for this place. Mr. W. J. Crowley was the next highest to Mr. Young, and Mr. Crowley Is going to contest the election of Mr. Young for the treasurer’s place. Mr. Young, the treasure elect, will be represented In tho contest by his at torney, Mr. W. G. Johnson. It is rumored, and probably true, that the sheriff’s election will also be contested. Another Surprise to the Fubllo. Having just purchased the stock of drugs at the stand recently occupied by ,r. A. 11. Harper near the post office, I beg leave to inform that I am prepared to serve them with pure drugs, chemicals, tho best wines and liquors for medicinal purposes, perfumery, toilet articles, soap and every thing koot in a first class drug store. Cigars and tobacco of the best brands. Stationery, Ac., always on hand. Nothing will be left undone to merit your geod opinion and pat ronage. Pricos always very reasonable Simpson Russ, M. D. Call at W. T. Johnson’s Hardware store and buy Plow stocks, Plow Hoes and all kinds of Plow Gear cheipcr than you can get them elsewhere. AT. T. Johnson keeps Farm Bells, Blacksmith Bellows, Anvils and all kinds of blacksmith and carpenter* tools. It will pay you to see ids stock. If you ape building or expect (o build go to AV. T. Johnson’s for nails, hinges ami all kinds of hardware and he will save you money. Dent f.iil to attend the Simms Sis ters coueert at Floyd’s Hall on Satur day night. They are said to be highly commended by the press and are first class in all respect—see Bills Ac, DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONF. ANVIL BLOWN DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED YARDS Details of the Terrible Cyclone in Alaba ma Bands?. Fuller details ot the terrible cyclone in Alabama Sunday night areat hand. The residence of Noble Gilbreath,' about four milos west of Collinsville together with all his farmhouses, lo cated at the base of Sand Mountain was completely demolished: Bis youngest child was instantly killed by flying timber. Iu body was terribly mangled. A young mail living with the family was seriously and probably latally wounded. The fam ily retired about an hour before the storm appeared. No other member of the family received any injury. Every article of household goods was blown away, not even wearing ap parel for the grief-stricken family be ing left. It is reported on good au thority, that an anvil in a black smith shop, near Gilbreath’s house, was blown one hundred yards. Greil damage to properly iu this neighbor hood is reported. Three miles further off two'olhcr r. side ies were complete ly blown away. One of them con tained thirteen occupants, all of whom were more or less Injured, but no one has yet been reported fatally hurt. Great damage is reported to have been done to farm propci !y generally, ow ing to high water. It is impossible to obtain accurate Information as to the extent of the cyclone and damage by it, but enough has been ascertain ed to make it ccMain that while it was fearfully disastrous, It was by no means such a terrible scourge as the cyclone which passed through Cher okee and Calhoun counties la*i spring. During all of yesterday and tie greater part of last night a tremen dously heavy rain fell, flooding all the low lands and making It impossible to travel or gain further information. The cloud which accompanied winds was seen from a distance and it look cd tcirihlo indeed. There was a con tinuous roaring sound like distant thunder for about thirty minutes be fore she storm passed. One family, becoming frightened by the approach of tho storm, fled to a house of a neighbor a short distance away, and the honso lo which they fled was blow down, while their own reinah e 1 ad standing. The t rack of the cyclone was about two hundred yards wide. I Ua. Sranl net Is kt Pcn.ltk.S, Accounts from Washington say that it it not at all probable that the bill -putting Gen. Grant on tbe retired list with a big pension will be passed. The friends of the present administration are not urging it. because they can not see how President Arthur, after vetoing the Pltz John Porter bill on constitutional grounds, could approve a bill liable lo tho very constitution al objection which he raised in tbe Por ter case. It is not believed that Pres ident Arthur has any personal ani mosity towards Gen. Portor, or that he it opposed to his vindication ; but it was supposed that his signature or the hilt would be distracting to the Republican party, and especially de trimental to (leu. Logan, its bitterest opponent, who was then a prominent aspirant for the Presidential nomina tion. It was thus that an attempt to serve hi* party has proved a ’•boom erang." Dlacourag.d OraagUrwer*. (Jarktonvllls (Via.) Tim*#-Union.) Some of the experience* of the orange growers and shipper* this aea •on have been *nch as not only to discourage but to alarm them. In many instances the returns from sales have scarcely paid the cost of ship ment, and from cities far and near comes the ominous report that ‘the market is glutted.” It is also said that the per ventage of loss from spoiled or damaged fruit is unprecedentedly large, and some disgusted growers have jumped to the conclusion that the industry of rais ing oranges in Florida hat seen il* best days, and that they have entered upon • period of low prices and small profit*. Art Crio—Go to Dr. Kemmc's office, whore Prot Jones is teach ing, and Bco the number and variety of samples on exhibition. Ladies es pecially invited to call. Wo take the following fromjthe Greenesboro Home Journal: “Prof. Jones, of Tenn., who has been in our city for some time, giving lessons in Art Craio, lett on to-day’s train for AVashington, Ga. Personally, the Professor made a favorable im pression upon our people, and his modo of (caching tho “Art Beautiful” gave entire satisfaction, so far as wo are advised. AVe commend Prof. Jones and his work to our friends iu Washington. KING’S EVIL Was the name formerly given to Scrofula because of a superstition that it could ba cured by a king's touch. The world la wiser now, and knows that SCROFULA can only be cured by a thorough purifica tion of tbe blood. If this Is neglected, the disease perpetuates Its taint through generation after generation. Among Its earlier symptomatic developments are Eczema, Cataneoa* Eruptions, Tu mors, Bolls, Carbuncles, Erysipelas, Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Phy sical Collapse, etc. If showed to con tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca tarrh, Kidney and liver Diseases, Tubercular Consumption, and vari ous other dangerous or fatal maladies, are produced by It. Ayers Sarsaparilla ft the only powerful and altcayt reliable Hood-purifying medicine. It so effect ual an alterative that It eradicates from the system Hereditary Scrofula, and the kindred poisons of contagions diseases and mercury. At tbe same time tt en riches and vitalises tho blood, restoring healthful action to the vital organ* and rejuvenating the entire system. This groat Regenerative Medicine Is composed of tho genuine Hnndurae Sortapariila, with Yellow Dock. StU lingia, the lodidct of Potauium aud Iron, and other Ingredients of great po tency. carefully and scientifically com pounded. Its formula la generally known to the medical profession, and tbe best physicians constantly prescribe AYXK’s BaiwarAßiiXA as an Absolute Cure For *ll diseases caused by the vitiation of th* blood. It is concentrated to the high est practicable degree, far beyond any other preparation for which like effect* aro claimed, and is therefore the cheapest, as well ss tbe best blood purifying medi cine, in the worM. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer A Cos., Lowell, Mas*. [Analytical Chemists.] (old by ell Druggists: price (1; six bottles for tb. FINS PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKENS FOR HALE. They aro pure breed end extra fine The Plymouth is I* very popular be cause of their many suiierior rinali itie*. PRICES REASONABLE. Address * L. L. CHAPMAN, Talbotion. Ga. •pleirnttl •nmritur*. Tbi* pobhcation, fttrniisbct •iao*tTtla*b!enyelof><liaof information which no prnon should b without. Tbs popularity of ft* Bcoumno American is such that iu cir •ulfttion eosrlt mmls thU of si) othsr Bspors of V 4 ,?.’*?* eom *>!#* Prico, #3.21) * yrar. I>iwooost |oClttbo. Bold bj. *i| rawsdesisrs. MUIfN A CO., PuWUbsrs. No. 381 Broadway, N. V 7 Hm ■**■ op ft Mann A Cos. fcsv* TENTS. is&fWKF mmmmmmmmmm metk* boforo * Patsut Otto*, and havopropamd or* than One Hundred TJtou*- nd application# T>r patan** m ios HrESasnssas Sl.tM, Cumuls, BosUnd. *>•.<. r ud other feraisn ocmntn*". pr ,bort notice and on iwont>letnn. StemM to okwlnln* Mtonuohoor •n without share.. Hood-books of Uoa mt Iras. P.tsnts ohtuiuod n Cos. ora notiood to tho SolonUSo o. Tho odmntomof ouch uotloolo mu undcratood b oil poraouowho wioh to hiopora •* * <*>- sonreaw Auumkjm, 90. Br*dwy. haw York. JOHN McPOLAND Contractor & Builder, Plans and estimate* furnished a short notice. Strict attention given to all orders cntrns’cd to me. All orders for stone and brick work in any part of the country promptly at tended to. Address 101 VAItRTE ST., COE. .VILLEB AVGUSTA. GEORGIA. Citation for Letters Administration. OSOKOLA. WILKES COUNTY. rpO nit whom it may concern. Wlenii, A. Thomas A .Shank', having i* proper form applied to me for permanent administration •n the estate of 11. G. Paschal, late of said moty, this is to cite all and singular, the creditors and next of kia of B. G. Paacha. to be and appear at my office within th* 4 tim 1 allowed by law, and snow cause, if aaj th e can. why permanent administtation shoal not be granted to Thotnn* A. Bbank on 11. 0 Paschal's estate. Witness me hand and official signature this Dec. ttth. 1885. 2 4t GEO. DYSON,Ordinary W. C. Applicit i for Homestead. Ordinahi’s OffiO* or Wu.Kvs County, Per. Slat, I*B4. SIMEON RHODES has applied for Exemp tion ol Personalty and setting anart of valuation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same at 12 o'clock on the 20th day of January, 1885, at my office. Witness my hand ani official signature. th*s Dec. 31s A . p., 1864. GEO. DYSON, l-2t Ordinary. Executor’s Sale. OVOROU. WILKES COUNTY. BY virtue of tLe authority granted me under and by the last will of John C. Stammer, late o* Wilkes county, deceased. I will sell at public outcry before the Court home door at Washington, Ga- to the high est and best bidder, for cash, during legal sale hou rs, on first Tuesday in February next, the notes and accounts due to said John C. Stummer's estate, and now in my hands un collected . A schedule of the aatne can be seen at th 'store of Irvin, Callan A C and at the office of W. iUft M. V. Keese. This Jan. ltth, 1885. * JOHN M. CALI.AN, Ex’r Jno. C. Stummer. REMEMBER ! BENSON LEADS, BUT WEYER FOLLOWS. 30 000 Lbs Bacon 3,000 Bu. Genuine Rust 10 Tierces Lard. Proof Oats. 500 Sacks Salt. . 75,000 Lbs. Bran. 200 Packages !Mackei el 50 Bbls. Sugar. 50 Sacks Coffee. AND ALL THINGS ELSE IN THE GROCERY LINE AT PRICES WHICH DEFY ALL COMPETITION. To Be Sold Within ihe Hen 30 Days Regardless of Value, to Cash Purchasers, 150 Pr's White and Grev Blankets. 36 Lap Robes. 10,000 Yards Sheeting and Shirting. 10,000 Yards Georgia Checks. 2,000 Yards Osnaburgs. 2,000 Yards Georgia and Kentucky Jeans. A large lot cf Mens’ Hats, Trunks, Valises and Um brella a Dread Sacrifice. STOVES. 100 Stoves with all Fixtures complete, at less than Atlanta Prices. FURNITURE. Just call and see the greatest bargains ever of fered in Georgia. OIL PAINTINGS. 75 very Handsome and genuine Oil Paintings and 200 Beautiful Chromos, on almost efery subject. _ OKE FIRST-CLASS 15 HORSE POWER ENGINE •% AND BOILER? FOR SALK ON EASY TERMS. BUGGIES. WAGONS,‘HARNESS LOWER THAN EA r ER BEFORE OFFERED IN GEORGIA. It will pay every man to call and know what th Leader's prices are before purchasing. You will al ways find it will be money in your pocket if even you do not buy from him. BENSON needs every dollar that is due him and the on ly way to shun these hated duns is to pay at'once All debts not settled by the 25th of Dec-, will be placed for collection in my attorney’s hands. BENSON is patient, but it must be born e in mind that he has debts to pay. No honest man can conscientiously speculate on BENSON’S money by holding his cotton and not pay ing his honest debts. Pay your debts so that those you owe can pay theirs.