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W. T. JOMSOI,
£s the acknowledged Leader of LOW PRICES in
Harfliare, Stoics, Mery,
Glassware, Sewing Machines, Paints k Oils.
I WOULD CALL YOU ATTENTION TO MY STOCK OF
Silverware & Fancy Goods
.1 WHICH I AM SELLING LOWER THAN YOU CAN BUY*THEM
ELSEWHERE. YOl\ MUST INSPECT MY STOCK
TO APFiRKCIATE IT.
j W. T.\ JOHNSON,
r' c Washington, ga,
A Partner Wanted.
’ A partner with #5.000 to (10,000
bur out the halt interest of a rc
■lriug partner in an old and well
■establulml general store rioingr a In—
lorative business. References ex
changed. Address ‘‘Partner,” Lock
Box 14, Washington, Ga. 4—2 t
, Por Sale
‘‘Stock of millinary and fancy goods.
’Terms easy. Reason for selling, other
tjSuties. Store for rent if desired. For
further particulars, call on or address
M HS. M. J. Stewah t.
WILKES-WISE.
| jLllon. A. W Hill of Atlanta, came
<UBrn last Sunday.
Miss Sallie Reese is on a visit to
MBktives in Athens.
Muir. George W. Duncan is the
■Spy father of a son.
H-Mrs. J. W. Chapman left for
Bbraugelast Monday.
I m- —Mr. R. O. Barksdale is confined
Mn his room by sickness.
| I —Mr. and Mrs. R. TANARUS, Du Bose
Spirent to Athens last Monday.
P —Prof Jones, the art craoi man,
I will go from here to Thomsen.
* Services are now hetd every Sun-
I(j night at'the Baptist church.
Sf&ur merchants are laying in large
:s of meat while it is cheap.
~A chinge in the business firm of
llogue & Quin ia contemplated.
j*A —Passenger travel and frieght
. +<= on our branch is quiet heavy.
4-Major Duitwoody was in town
1 this week representing an insurance
Icorwpany. *’ -
■F —Mr. Boyce Ficklen went up to
■ tnSn Paint on insurance business
S *
I -lj)ne or more car loads of lumber
Br* flirottghl to this place almost
|P tvf® day.
—A car load of fine mules was re-
B :v#i at Wood & Jackson’s stable
r list Friday.
■ —Tlte people living on streets lead
1, iig to the depot, see some lively races
I for the early morning train, some-
I 4.tr.H£
- The county officers hare been
I Hiking outtheir bonds and receiving
j I commissions during the past
j vrakfe
I -Olr market has recently been
overstocked with oranges, and they
|| hsvt gone begging at twenty cents a
■ ffcz'tt.,.
I— IleV. Mr. Brown filled his regu
| lar monthly appointment at the
il Prtdiyfcrian church at Sharon last
■ Suniay.
■ -f-mnidcrably more corn is being
this winter than last.
| The .'rain crops were not so good
I las: afi
1 —Tiiojplace recently occupied by
■ thebinldis being, nicely fitted up
I with thdjring for the use of Dr. J. A.
I 11. lUrpft'.
—A fjjnuine blizzard struck this
■ part i tM country last Friday night.
I The therjometer fell twenay degrees
I in about ft) hour.
- —lteSort is being made to make
r#~up it I'Min this place and charter
il a aUepinSar for a trip to theexposi
[ I tionus'(* Orleans.
—Hitt®iy friends here wilt be
I gladtoksiw that Rev. Geo. E.Oard
■ mer, aswing a fine impression as a
sll minbi >Ojlhe people of LaGrauge.
VI —Si Twurwell Green went up
I to Air asfn 1 Decatur this week. He
f | owns eitiwand in the latter plaee
j, n that ,ltl in value about every
I 1 twelve
il —3 V oo|ey orders and 1002 pos-
Ital note'' < ’ l '® ''sued by the postofflee
|| lin thi- during the year 1884.
IjMThcy 5. ‘gsttf’d about 175,000. The
■ numbei toth Paid here last year
aggregafy,d (12,342. About 1.000 reg
istered lethers were sent from heie
during the Wear.
—The exokculions wound up the
large estate fyf L. M. Ilill this week
It amounted tto over a half million
dollars, and ilot a dollar of it was
lost by a bad dtebt.
—Farmers lellltis the supply ot hands
far exceeds the Vietnam!. There is a
tendency tovward keeping good
hands year after! year, while nobody
seems to want tike riff-raff
—There are peAile here who are be
lievers in the howincss doctrine, of
which so much is hiatus' said just now.
They are not at alii fanatical on the
subject, as is generally supposed.
—A travelling Irtf.upe called the
Sint ms’Sisters gave 4m entertainment
at Lloyd’s opera hoJtso last Saturday
night. It was a pool,- affair, and a
number of parties \ left before it
closed
—Mr. O’Keefe, agksd seventy-six,
died at Sharon last Montflrjr He had
been depot agent at that pdaoo tor
twenty-six years, and was a mav who
enjoyed the highest esteem of all Or ho
knew him. v
—Rev. John F. Hammond preached
a very fdrciblc sermon at the Metho
dist church last Sunday night from
the text: “Ye ask, and receive not,
because ye ask amiss, that ye may
consume it upon your lusts.”
—One of our physicians went out in
Ida slippers and dressing gown last
Saturday morningabout four o'clock,
to see a patient, bn his return the
blizzard struck him and gave him a
very feeling recollect ton of the sudden
change in weather.
—Mr. J. W. Sanders has bought
the Charley Hunter place near town
from Mr. W. A. Pope and will farm
on it. Re has already bought mules
and commenced operations. The place
contains five hundred acres, and we
learn that it aold lor ten dollars an
acre.
—A gentleman from the country
brought in some ftue beef not long
since and sold it by quartes to seve
ral families. There was nothing tin
sual about this, for Wilkes county a f
fords a great deal of fine beef. The
next morniug the several households
had steak for breakfast, and the seve
ral ladles were asked why they had
put so much onion with the beef.
Each one denied the charge in toto,
and the cooks were hauled up for an
Investigation. The latter said they
reckoned the “sperets” must have done
it, for they “knowed nothing about
the onions.” It was afterwards ascer
tained that the cattle of this farmer,
unknown 'o him, had been feeding
in a pasture where wild onions grew
in great abundance. The people who
tried the beef say they like steak
with a little enion on it, but they
don’t like onion with a little steak
on it.
—A gentleman from this place who
was on the up mail train on the Geor
gia road Wednesday, related an ac
cident to ns that happened to the en
gine. Some distance above Crawford
ville, while (lie train was moving very
rapidly, the horzontal bar that con
ncelsthetwo largedriving wheels of
the engine, suddenly broke in two.
The piece attached to the rear driver
whirled with the wheel, and smash
ed everything in its reach, tearing
out a part of the cab from under the
engineer, knocking off the foot-board
leading out on the engine and shiver
ing the ends of the cross-ties. The
air-brakes were applied and the train
atopped assoen as possible. The pieces
were removed; and also the bar on
the opposite side, so as to create an
equilibrium, and after a delay of
about haif an hour the train move on
like nothing hrd happened, propelled
by only the front drivers of the en
gine. The engineer was uncle Jack
Stulb, and the engine No. 40.
11l k
FORTSOK’S
LIST.
tat Cm!?,
And come and see for
yourselves. If you do
not come earlv vou
will miss many
BA EG-All'S.
Lonsdale Bleached Shirt
ing at 8c per y’d.
Frnit of Loom Bleached
Shirting at 8 I-2c per y’d.
Wamsutta Bleached
Shirting, 10c per y’d.
Lonsdale, Cambric, lie
per y’d.
Best One Dollar Corset
tor 75e.
All Wool Blankets,
Dress Goods,
Flannel? and
Dress Trimmings
AT COST.
JOB IN
Wliitc Marseilcs Qnilts
Ever Known, SI.OO, $1.25.
TABLE DAMASK,
NAPKINS and
TOWELS,
EQUALLY AS CHEAP.
10-4 Sheeting at 20 and
221-2 c.
Spool Silk at 75c and
SI.OO per doz.
Embroidery Silks at 5Gc
per doz
Kid Gloves that cost SI.OO
and 15C per pair, only 50c.
Hick Rack Braid at 10c
per doz.
Safety Pins. 5 and 10c
per doz.
Garden Seeds, 25c per doz
Best Axe in town for 75c
Single Trees, 20c.
Trace Chains 37 l-2c.
Back Bands for a mere
song.
All kinds of Plow Hoes
lower than ever known.
Blind Bridles, 45c.
Good Tobacco, at 40c
per lb.
BEST HAND-MADE
GENTS’ SHOES,
$4.75 Per Pair.
Sewing Machines
Erwin & Fortson,
Washington, Ga.
INFAMOUS CALUMNY.
▲ Mysterious Slanderer Propagates a
Lie through the Columns of the
Sunny South,
(From the Sunny South)
The Morale of sur Women,
Editor Sunny South : Gilderoy’s
letter ami ".shall the woman be stoned
and tho man go free,” are steps
in the right direction, and will surely
be productive of good. Already I
have seen the good effects. The cry
ing evil of this place is the ruin of
married women by married men.
Can't yon call attention to this
through jour paper? Show this up
in its truo colors and let the woman
who \v 1 11 not learn suffer the conse
quences. Certainly no woman—who
knows the low estimation in which
she is held by the seducer —could ever
be led astray. Let her learn that the
object she seeks (love, respect and
sympathy) Uy listening and yielding
is delated, and instead she gets dis
trust. scorn, ole, Purity alone
commands the things.
Tho Sunny South ought to be in
every household.
Yours, R. S.
Washington, Ga., Deo., 1884.
Tho imputations in the above
ag Inst the morals of this place is as
base a lio as was ever conceived by a
malignant heart. So far from a cry
ing evil, no such evil, was ever heard
of in this community. The breath ot
suspicion bus never wafted its infec
tion toward tlte unsulliod purity of
our women. And now this base liar
tries to create the impression that a
a vile slander which is founded only
upon the malignity of his own heart,
is u fact so well know n in Washington
that it is a crying evil.” If this calum
niator, Who fires from ambush, could
name a single instance, he would see
the evil extirpated oven more quickly
than his,hack will he blistered with
tho relentless lash as soon as heisdts
covered. He ccrtaidly wilj ho discov
ered or tlia vehicle of his slime
will be held responsible. We are not
defending the purity of our women.
It needs no defense. But wo will
crush the reptile that spews its poi
son at those it fain would iujurc It is
sate only in its own vile den. Wash
ington intends to check the slanderer
lest forbearance make hitn grow bold
in his work of slandering virtue. What
ever may be the real name of "It. S.”
liis name shall hereafter bo Rabid
Slanderer. So much for the author
of the communication.
Now foV the paper that published
it. It appearediu the last tssu, of the
Sunny South, and as it was dated
Dec., wo suppose it was not hurried
ly inserted, r.or attended with the
oversight and errors incident to hur
ried work. Tlte editors of that paper
have been written toby several parties
in this place, with regard to tho mat
ter. No apology they could possibly
render would excuse them for pub
lishing such unfounded calumny.
Suppose the author did give them Ids
name in full, they had no right to
publish upon the evidence of one wit
ness, a charge they had every reason
to believe was false in toto. This com
munity is not unknown to the editors
of tho Snpny South. No person of
any standing would have been guilty
ofthis slander, and why ahoitld the
•ditorsof that papor let an irrespon
sible miscreant vent his spleen against
our community, through their col
umns? If this was through neglect
and with no intention of doing any
harm to our community, tlte negli
genco was criminal, and the harm is
already done, as mucli so as if it were
intentional. Forpeoplnwho read the
Sunny South, at.d who know nothing
Washington, will suppose that our
town is the most corrupt place in
America, and that a “crying evil”
that involves tho sanctity of our homes
goes unheeded. Tho Sunny South
would as well sow thistle-down in
the wind and go a week afterwards
to gather it up, as to try to overtake
slander.
Our people are inexorable In their
denunciation of that journal, and
their feelings arc fully justified bylhe
circumstancs.
Our Thank*!
The Baptist Sunday school very
kindly retnemherel the Methodist
church on the occasion of the “Christ
mas Tree,” by presenting us a hand
some table scarf. We warmly appre
ciate this token of love, and our delay
in acknowledging its receipt is no ev
idence of ingratitude.
Tliis gift will be cherished as a tes
ti moniai of our cordial relation.
Methodist Church.
—Capt. Harry Hill has just shipped
a five hundred dollar pair of mules
hero for iris plantation.
m s
If you need a blood purifier get a
Dottle of S. S. 8., or B. B. 8., from Dr.
Russ’ drug store.
Horses and mules for sale on easy
terms. Jas. A. Benson.
If you want the best cigar in town
at five cents call at Russ’ drug store.
l’hotograph alburns cheap at Russ’
T.M. Green
50 Doz. Georgia-made>
Misses’ Hose at 10 and 15c.
20 Doz. Georgia-made La
dies’ Hose, at 25c.
20 Doz. Georgia-made
Mens’ 1-2 Hose, 20 and 25c.
These are the best value
of any goods sold.
20 TONS KAINIT,
50 TONS ACID,
25 TONS MASTODON,
formerly Patapsco Guano.
All of these Guanos are
the very best. Come and
see. T. M. GREEN.
NAVASSA GUANO.
The Most Reliable Fertilizer
03ST THE MARKET.
Made from Navassa Hack, which i Thirty to Forty per cent. Higher
than that Obtained at either Charleston or Beaufort. It has given
entire satisfaction the past season where all others failed.
*@“READ WHAT TIIE GEORGIA FARMER'S SAY.-St
Natasha On iso Comp amt *
Doar Sirs—l have been using your Guano,
Cotton Fertilizers and Acid Hince 1878. Hare made
frequent experiments with them and various other
brands, and am free to express my opinion in favor
of your brands. I have adopted their use exclu
sively when I oan get thorn.
J. M. GRESHAM,
Social Circle, Ga.
BT*r,r.Avn.L*, Ga., October 28th, 1884.
Jordan 4c Pop*, Genera! Agents Navassa Guano Cos.
Dear Bira—l have used all of the standard Gu
anos and am as well pleased with the Navassa as
any I have ever used. 1 put it down by the side of
other feitllizers and could easily tell the differ
ence, Navassa being throe to four inches taller
and of better growth. It matures well.
JOSHUA A.SMITH,
WRITE FOR TERMS TO
JORDAN Ac POPE.
~i ■ ' ,[ . ■■ , ; p - *
Gen. Agents for Georgia and South Carolina. GA*-.
JOHN W. CARR,
COTTON BUYER.
(Rcpsenting Geo. H. McFadden k Bro.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Will always pay the highest cash price
for Cotton, and asks the patronage of every
planter in Wilkes and adjoining counties.
WHELEBS & CO.;
Cotton Factors,
Augusta, Oa.
Our warehouse having been recently rebuilt with ail modern improve
rricnts, We are prepared to handle Cotton upon very favorable termi
Special Personal Attention Given to Weighing and Selling.
WE ARE GENERAL AGENTS FOB THE CELEBRATED
Daniel I’ratt Revolving Head Gii
34 3m
Sharon, Ga., October 18tb, 1864.
Meshes. E. Croak* fc Co.—We hereby certtryr
that the Navassa Guano we bought is Arst-clasgi
and as good as any we have used In fifteen years*,
and recommend it to our friends and the general
public. JOHN B. KENDRICK,
T. M. BROWN, Sharon, d>.i|
Narwood, Ga.
Contebs, Ga., October 17th, 1884.
Messrs. Jordan k Pope, General Agents :
Dear Sirs—ln reply to yours, I will state thft
in selling the Navassa (luano Cotton Fertilizer an#
Add, that I sold only to substantial farmers; mem
who were competent to test your goods, and with*
out a single exception they pronounce the good*
as good, and in many cases the best fertilizer that
they useu for 1884, as inclosed testimonials wilt
show. I used some of your goods and do not hosfcv
ate to say that it is the host I ever used*
The demand here n*st season will be great.
Yours, J. P. TILLEY.