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W, T. JOHISOI,
fa the acknowledged Leader of LOW PRICES in
Hardware, Stoves, Crtery,
Glassware, Sewing Machines, Paints A Oils.
I WOULD CALL YOU ATTENTION TO MY S'V’OCK OF
Silverware & Taney Goods
WHICH I AM SELLING LOWER THAN YOU CAN BUY THEM
ELSEWHERE. YOU MUST INSPECT MY STOCK
TO APPRECIATE IT.
W. T. JOHNSON,
WASHINGTON, GA,
For Salt
Stock of millinary and fancy goods.
Terms easy. Reason for selling, other
'duties. Store for rent if desired. For
fuiher particulars, call on or address
Mtts- M. J. Stewart,
A Partner Wanted.
A partner with $5,000 to SIO,OOO to
buy out the half 'merest of a retiring
partner in an old and well established
general store doing a lucrative busi
ness. References exchanged. Address
‘Partner," Lock Box 14, Washington.
"Ga. 4-2 t
A Toner Hone
I A young horse for sale terms easy.
W. I>. Ej.lixutox.
WILKES-WISE.
: —Mr. Jas. R.Turner, of this county,
left last week for New Orleans.
—We regret to know that Mr. .Jas.
?. Jackson is very sick witii pneu
monia.
—Mr. Howard Callaway of this
county, will leave in a day or two for
t trip to the New Orleans exposition.
—lmproving is still going on in
l|iis place at a lively rate. Washing
ton is the best kept up town in the
State.
.J —Mr. Joe W. White the gentleman
wTtruvelling passenger agent of the
Georgia, South Carolina and Gaines
ville, Jefferson and Southern railways
Gas in town last Saturday.
—The two entertainments given
by the Arthur Love Comedy Cos., in
this place, on Wednesday and Thurs
<lav nights, was pronounced good by
aline while others thought them very
indifferent.
—Large bells, mounted on high
poles, on the plantations, are fast tak
ing the place of the old familiar horns
that used to make a sound that stirred
a fellow's feelings front his hoot up,
about twelve o’clock in the day.
—Madison, Ga., has just put up
sixty street lamps. This reminds us
that Washington, which is a larger
ptace, should have some. Au old ett
zen remarks to ua that it is well there
ase so few break-neck places about
our streets.
—Mr. John H. Walton, Jr., ot Dan
burg. this county, and Miss Wolfe, of
I toblin, Ga., were married in the lat
ter place last Tuesday night. The
happy young couple were given a
most elegant infair last night, at the
retidence of the groom’s father in
Dfnburg.
—Some of the goods that were
stolen through a cat hole from Mr.
Henry Gilbert's store some time since
we found a few days ago hidden
under the colored Baptist church in
thti place. Some little fellows ran a
rabbit under thochurch and in trying
to get it out found the goods.
—Mr. Jeff Davis Dunwoody, for
merly of this place, who has recently
been living in Texas, has returned to
Cioorgia, and been appointed to a po
sition in tlic internal revenue service,
with headquarters at Savannah. He
has already received his commission
and goes in a simon-pure democrat.
Ttt* salary is $1,400 * year. Wash
inston has turned out many good
bittiness men, but none better than
Jep Dunwoody.
—Laat Saturday night some bur
glars entered the. store of Mr. M. V.
3fcpe itt this place, through a win
do r and carried off about forty-five
ildfiru’ worth of goods—undercloth
-1161 jewelry, catlned goods, whisky,
kcJffhey first broke into Mr.Abearn s
'l*Bsin'.th shop and got some teols.
hi so broke into the store of
'rsftk Bland, colored, and stole four
of salmon. It is thought tha;
hffcurglars wege a white and a col
t'U tramp, who laid around that
] &|M>f town all day last Saturday.
After tlio robbers bad gotten off with
the goods, they changed their cloths
near the cemetery, and left their old
ones.
—Weonlv had time to mention the
kilting of Jim Johnson by Thomson
Richards n, both negroes, on the
plantation of Mr. M. G. Robert. The
following are the particulars : Thomp
son had quit his wife Sally, about a
year ago. He suspected Jim Johnson
of being intimate with her. She
said Jim a quilt, which was her own
property. The day the murder was
committed last week, Thompson said
he was going to have that quilt or
kill Jim Johnson, and took his, ax
with him. tie first started towards
Jim’s house, but turned and went to
where Jim was making a little bridge
over a ditch, by himself. Some wo
men on the opposite hill, say that
Thompson struck Jim in the hend
with the ax while he was stooping
down at \ ork, and that lie struck
him two or three licks. Death was
instant. Thompson ran off and has
not been beard from since. Mr.
Robert sayß that Jim was a very in
offensive negro.
THE WASHINGTON MATTER AGAIN.
Washington City, and Not Washington,
Ga., the Modern Gomorrah*
Being unwilling for Washington,
Ga.. or any other Georgia community
to rest under such a wholesale charge
as to tho morals of its women as was
contained in the recent letter of It. S.,
we instituted immediate investiga
tions to ascertain the real source
and authorship of the said communi
cation, and it gives us pleasure to in
form our Wilkes county friends that
we have discovered that it came from
Washington, D. C.. and not front
Washington, Ga. Its author is a
young man of talent and great moral
worth, aud his comments were inten
ded for that great and so-called
wicked city. This relieves Washing
ton, Ga., altogether.
Putting “Ga.," instead of"D. C.”
was a typographical error which is
liable to occur in any southern prin
ting office, and has probably occurred
many times in every office in Georgia.
Whether the the criminal charge is
applicable to Washington City we
If now not; but all mankind will agree
that if it he applicable to cither place
it cannot be Washington, Ga.—Sun
ny South.
SMALLPOX IN THOMSON.
We are glad lo announce that there
is now little fear of the disease In
Thomson. To the present writing
nine cases have been developed, four
whiles and five colored, besides one,
a yonng white lady in the country,
who contracted the disease in Thom
son. All of the afflicted are rapidly
recovering, those in Mrs. Casey's fam
ily being now almost entirely well.
Seven others, four whites and three
blacks have bad fevers and other
symptoms, and a few of them have
had some faint eruptions, but now
are about well. Yesterday, (Tues
day), one of these, a negro, developed
with numerous eruptions, but no dan
ger is apprehended ol bis death. The
disease is remarkably mild, and the
physicians and authorities have it now
fully under control. Those afflicted
have iiecn strictly quarantined, and
an epidemic is practically impossible.
Xearly all excitement and apprehen
sion have died out, and we hope, in a
few days more, business and social in
tercourse will be entirely restored.—
McDuffie, Ga., Journal, 4th
Hold on to the truth, for it will
serve you well and do you good
through eternity. Hold on to virtue*
it is beyond price to you at all times
| and places'. Hold on to D-. Bull’s
I Cough Syrup, for there is nothing
1 like it for a cough or cold.
FALLING LEAVES.
In Memory of My Young Friend, Mollie,
Daughter cf John T. Wingfield, Esq..
N. Y. S.
In tlie silent, somber wood,
Alt the leaves are dead and sere.
How they fall in fitful mood,
When the Storm-Kingcometh near;
Russet, brown and ashen-hued,
Whisper ot t lie old, dead year.
From the mountain’s sunny crest,
To the valley dark and deep,
Down they float and sink to rest,
Where bine-eyed violets sleep;
Sale from W inter’s mocking quest,
Where the Frost-Elves lightly creep,
Hear the squirrel’s dainty tread,
Where the tangled grape-viuo
swings,
Seeking Autumn berries red;
While tho robin’s rustling wings,
Flit among the boughs overhead.
Happy In the song he sings.
Doth yon wood titanic care,
Shorn of more than Glory’s crown,
When it standeth reaped and bare.
Of its leaves still falling down,
Through the chilly, wintry air,
Oti the earth so cold and brown?
Few the moons shall wax and wane.
Ere the Spring’s warm breath will
kiss
Bud and blossom back again
l T nto light and life and bliss;
And the leaves we shall see then,
Will be like the leaves we miss.
Thus from Winter’s ice and snow,
Bound revolves each circling year,
And the seasons come and go,
With their secrets hidden here,
But His power will we know,
When Death's cerements disappear.
She who was so young and fair,
Meekly walked Earth’s thorny way.
Bearing bravely her full share
Of Life’s burden day by day:
Vow she knows no pain nor rare,
Where nor flowers nor leaves decay.
While she lived, her soul a flame,
Pure as starlight, far did leach,
Her sweet girlhood’s noble aim,
(Though she knew not) was to teach
Lessons all unknown to fame,
With a woman’s winning speech.
O friend ! thou art living still!
Thy heart full of tenderness,
Shall Love’s ministry fulfill
Yet on earth,—thy life no leas
Pleads to do the Muster’s will
In our joys, or deep distress.
Dear Lord! sorrow can not trace
Paths her feet now gladly tread;
We sec not thy love-lit face,
We but weep and mourn our dead,
Watch and wait ami pray thy grace
Bid our hearts be comforted.
On her grave, O falling leaves,
Softly lies your golden cope,
She hath reaped and bound her
sheaves;
Now she finds Death’s portal ope,
Through which our faith dimly sees,
Endless life for which wo hope.
Town Ordinances,
Ordered, by the Board of Commis
sioners of Washington, That all un
paid taxes ef 1884, also all bal
ance due for brick and cement for
pavement, not paid by the Ist of
March ; the same be collected by levy
and sale.
Ordered, also, That a committee
consist]ng of tho following gentlemen :
Messrs. M. A. Pharr, E. G. Binns and
Cltas. E. Irvin, be, and is hereby ap
pointed assessors of taxable property,
and they are requested to take im
mediate action.
Ordered, also, That the Eiqnor Li
cense for the town be hereafter Three
Hundred Dollars per annum, for re
tailers of less than a quart, and One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars per an
num for for quart licence.
Ordered, further. That the wages
for the street hands he reduced to
Fourteen Dollars per month.
B. 3. Irvin, Pres. B. C.
L. W. Sims, Sec. B. C.
Xcaemat
Eczema is one of the ugliest and
most troublesome of all blood diseases.
It proceeds troin humors in the blood
which are sometimes very difficult to
eradicate. For five weary years Mr.
J. D. Rodefer, of Greendale, Va., snf
lered terribly from this disease. He
writes:
“Finding no rcliefi n the many
medieines till I used Brown’s Iron
Bitters, I purchased thleo bottles;
from the use of which I have obtained
almost entire relief. I recommend it
to every one in my neighborhood for
any disorder of the blood and as a
general tonic.”
If you are building or expect, to
build go to W. T. Johnson’s for nails,
hinges and all kinds of hardware and
he will save you money.
Clover, Orchard, grass, Lucerne,
Heard’s grass and Blue Grass. Fcb-
Iruary is the time to plant.
Boyce Pickles.
HAYWOOD.
(Andrews Grove.)
From my front door I look upon a slope
Of green, fringed with eternal oaks. This
mead,
Powdered with the ?old of sunset, and beaded
With the'dews of twilight, hus felt the light
, And easy step of love a thousand times.
A thousand times upon this verdaut slope,
And 'neath the gold and crimson of the wood
In the glory of a mellow autumn eve,
Or when Spring spreads her cauopy of green,
Responsive hearts have thrilled, and,
palpitant
With their now Hie, have pledged eternal
troth.
But not love alone has plucked forget me
nots
From this green sward, and gathered au
tumn leaves
To press on pages warm with ardent lavs.
For mighty men with -loquence divine
Have stood beneath these aged oaks,
And thundered aublimest oratory.
In the storm of fierce debate their cloud
bursts
Fell on assembled multitudes, and falling
Awed them into sUeocc, subdued and rapt.
Toomiis, with majesty more than man, and
like
These imperial oaks that tower in strength,
And lift their crowned heads in heaven’s
mid-air,
Would raise himself in grandeur high above
The gathered throng, and like a thundering
Jove
Would sweep their souls with swift, impetu
ous thought.
“None but himself Can be his parallel."
Hu l, far below in majesty o': mien,
Tet with a voice of matchless magnetism—
Clear as fabled Triton's clarion note—
Would thrill, entrance with mystic power.
Stkphkns, paradox of feebleness and force,
Swayed with “almighty dreadful little might”
Tho multitude that ga/.cd and wondered
much.
“And still they gazed and still tho wonder
grew.”
Triumvirate of the glorious past,
When shall we look Upon thy lik.* again !
“The groves were God’s first temples.”
And oracles ot God proclaiming truth
Have made this old grove resonant with joy.
Rapt and seraphic songs of praise to Him
Have rolled in soul-dissolving melody,
W here Druid priest perchance would vainly
pile
Rude, unsculptured stones in solemn rite ;
Or Indian socerer his fetich form
From dream grotesque or legend try lore.
Here in this peaceful grove and calm retreat.
“Ch er’d by the warbling of the woods,” we
find
Andrews resting from laborious law.
Here, tos, along tby shady brook, sweet
Grove,
Along thy nndulaltng paths of gresn ;
Through pillar’d vistas strewn with autumn
gold,
Thy poet spirit woos its EI,ZBY HAY.
O grand old Gr ve, Academus of thought,
What memories group about thy leafy aisles !
On thy classic ground a century sleeps j
A century of love and eloquence ;
Of festivo joy and sweet domestic peace.
May Vandal never touch thy grand old oaks,
Nor mar thy realm of sweet serenity!
Washington, Ga., Feb., 1885.
Texas is not exactly satisfied with
the plan of her new capitol, now in
process of construction. A com
mittee of six from tho House was ap
pointed to confer with a liko com
mittee of the Senate to consider the
propriety of amendttig the capitol
building contract so that the new
oapitol may be constructed of granite.
This is the entering wedge to tho
great fight to be made for an extra
appropriation of $1,000,000 and an ox
tention of several years in which to
complete tho building.
■ ■ i
Oncand two horse plows, Harrows
and corn shellers, Grass and clover
seed. Boyce Ficklkn.
Horses and mules for sale on easy
terms. ,Tas. A. Benson.
Dr. J. Bradkield : Dear Sir-Wo
have for the past, fifteen years handled
your Remedies, both at wholesale and
retail, and in no instance, so far as our
knowledge extend*, have they fhiled
to give satisfaction. We have sold
more of your Regulator than of all
the other similar remedies combined.
We regard Pryor’s Pile Ointment one
of the best: and Mother’s Friends we
know to be true to itgdistinctive title,
“the Mother’s Best Friend.”
Yours truly.
Wholesale Druggists, Atlanta and
Macon, Ga.
Treatise on the Health and Happi
ness of Woman mailed free.
Bradkield Regulator Cos.,
Box 28, Allaula, Ga.
A Little Bold was Spent.
Mr. Z. A. Clark, of Atlanta, Ga., in
speaking of $480,00 in gold, desires
to say to the readers of this paper,
that the whole of the above amount
was spent in a fruitless effort in find
ing relief from a terrible Blood poison
affecting his body,limbs and nose—pre
sentilig ugly running ulcers. He is
now sound and well, having been
cured by the most speedy and won
derful remedy ever before known,and
any interested parly who may need
Blood Purifier will learn from him
that three bottles of B. B. B. restared
his appetite healed all ulcers, relieved
my ikidneys, anil added twenty
one pounds to his weight in thirty
days.
T.M.Green
■m—mmmmrn— • —rnmmmmmmm
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.
* ' 111 I !BB—IRM
NAVASSA GUANO.
The Most Reliable Fertilizer
OUST THE MA-HIKET.
Made from Navassa Rock, which is Thirty to Forty per coot. Higher Gradff
than that Obtained at either Charleston or Beaufort. It has given
entire satisfaction the past season where all others failed.
t&r-KEAD WHAT THE GEORGIA FARMER’S SAY..**
Natama Guano Coimar:
Dear Birg—l liar® been using your Ouano,
Cotton Fertilizers and Acid sinoe 1878. Hare made
frequent experiments with them and various other
brands, and am free to express tny opinion in favor
of your brands. I have adopted their use exclu
sively when I can get thorn.
J. M. GRESHAM,
Social Circle, Ga.
Rtxlt.avillk, Ga., October 28th, 1884.
Jordan & Pops, Genera! Agents Navassa Guano Cos.
Dear Sirs—l have nsed all of the standard Gu
anos and am as well pleased with the Navassa as
any I have ever used. I put it down by the side of
other fertilizers and could easily tell tho differ*
ence, Navassa being three to four inches taller
and of better growth. It matures well.
JOSHUA A. SMITH,
WRITE FOR TERMS TO
JORDAN Ac POPE.
Gen. Agents for Georgia and South Carolina. AUGUSTA, GA.
JOHN W. CARR,
COTTON BUYER.
(Repsentin? 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.
WHELESS CO.;
Cotton factors,
Augusta, Or.
Our warehouse having been recently rebuilt with all modern impror*
ments, We arc prepared to handle Cotton upon very favorable term*.
Special Personal Attention Given to Weighing and Selling.
WE ARE GENERAL AGENTS YOU THE CELEBRATED
J_>fctniel Pratt Revolving- Head G^itt
Mia,
Season, Ga., October 18th, 1884.
Messrs. E. Cboakk k Co.—We hereby cortliy
that the Navassa Guano we bought is flrst-claso
and as good as any wo havo used in fifteen years,
and recommend it to our friends and the general
public. JOHN 13. KENDRICK,
T. M. BROWN, Sharon, da.
Norwood, Ga.
Conyers, Ga., October 17th, 1884.
Messrs. Jordan k Pope, General Agents :
Dear Sirs—ln reply to yours, I will state tha
in selling the Navassa Guano Cotton Fertilizer and
Acid, that I sold only to substantial farmers; meu
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 usou for 1884, as inclosed testimonials will
show. I used some of your goods and do not htvi*
ate to say that it is the best I ever used*
The demand here ugxt season will be great.
Yours, J. P. TILLEY.