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WASHINGTON
J. W. CHAPMAN. Proprietor. ”
FRIDAY, \IyfV%J, jTj|
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00'
<idoi> HOTELS. B
Inestimable Bcnafit Derive 1 from
XJm. , At . >'
living f lie |Hht week, a number of
Atianliau* have assisted at two im
portant and sign)Annul events—the
•pettingof the Kirnball house in At
lanta ant] the nnnlston Inti in Annfs
*oll.
"For years the hotels at (ha south
have been her reproach. Needing
more than other sections tlie IrUuriy
inspection of men of capital,wlio want
the beet accomodation and are wiling
• pay for it, she has ottered the
leant inducements in that direction.
Her hotels, instead of tempting visi
tors hare repelled them. Those who
come per force, woro disgusted with
wlint they had to eat and drink and
the inn in which they found no com
fort and .hurried away as soon as pus
tlble.
"Wherever really good hotels have
been placed in the south immqdlato
and porniauoiit growth has followed.
Florida owes her remarkable progress
to nothing so much us to the fact
that her hotels flltvo been tolerable.
Northern people, with reason for rout
ing south to„live,and capital to in
vc-i here, were attracted to Florida
by Clio flue accommodation at the ho
tels, and finding it agreeable to lin
ger there a*d east about, have built
towns and cities mid improved waste
places. ThomaHville.in otty slate,owes
Iter undisputed prominence among
the towns of southwest Georgia more
to her excellent hotels than to any
other influence. The Milchel! house
unquestionably gave Tlimnasvillo ts
boom, and the Fincy Woods ho
tel is fast concentrating in that city
more guests than il can handle, and
that until rally ought to tie distributed
among the surrounding towns, A
first class hotel is the best possihlo at
traction and ad\e tisement any city
or section can have.
"The opening of two such hotels a*
tlie Kimball and the Anniston lon is,
therefore, an event ol deep and spee
cial importance. In nil the smith
they can be compared to nothing ex
cept to each oilier. There is not a ho
tel in America to surpuss oil her. As
for 1 lie Anniston Inn, it muy
be said In sober truth that t lie re is
not in the wot Id a idly of oven ap
proximate size with a hotel to equal
it. In its beauty, its elegance, its fin
ish and its munagcmoiit it is simply
perfect.
“J he visitor to Anniston Isamnxed
at the riehmai and the excel
lence of the luu, and asks how a city
of six or seven thousand people can
support such alt establishment. The
hotel will come nearer supporting the
city. We predict that il will he filled
Rummer amt winter, with people of
wealth and taste, who want u retreat
to which they can go for rest or rc
crettion. These people, once in An
niston, must be struck with the magi
cal growth of that city, with its iinc
qouled advantages as a manufactur
ing center,lts beautiful scenery, its de
lightful climate, and led to make in
vestments there. No man of intelli
gence can remain in Anniston a week
without becoming profoundly im
pressed wit It its future and wilh t lie
opportunity offered for fine invest
ment, there. The guests attracted
and held by the Inn will become the
builders of Lite great city that in the
next decade must assuredly stand
whore Anniston no stands.
‘•Good hotels arc what the south
needs. Inns scattered hero and there,
that assure the comfort and case of
their guests—that will attract visitors
and please them. The building of two
such hotels, ns thoso just opened at
Atlanta and Anniston is a hopeful
sign. These two li. stulries.iar in ad
vance of anything before attempted
111 the south, will stand as models for
Others I* come. They will build up the
cities In which they are located and
benefit the whole section.”
We take the above words of wisdom
from the Atlanta Constitution, and
respectfully submit them to the con
sideration of every one who has tlie
material advancemont of Washington
at heart. If there is a liner commun
ity or more excellent town (with one
exception) in nil this southern coun
try than Washington, (in , we don’t
know where it is. That one ex
ception is that wo have no hotel build
ing worthy of the name Otto of our
bonds was built at a time ot which it
may be said the mind u l ' of man run
neth not to the contrary. The other is
a store building which was converted
into a hotel a few years ago. Hotii
are k< pt up as well as they eon he un
der the circumstances, but the pro
prietors of eaeli would gladly take
more adequate quarters for lodging
and entertaining their guests, if it
wore postibh' to gut them. No town
in I lie South that has hati enterprise
enough to buiUl ti good hotel, has
failed to realise several hundred pol
ecat on the investment. A good ho
tel nearly always pays directly on the
investment. It never fails to make
handsome returns inestimable bene
fits te the town or city in which it is
built.
An unmistakable evidence that
good hotels pay well,in every instance
the travelling public afmost exclusive
ly patronise the best hotels even at
higher rales. The beauty of the build
ing and the attractiveness ofthesur
r#ujilllg| areSvhnt firit engage th|
atleifiiofi ?of (people wno pjfronizf
hot#, and Bo manor how jf hotel
maybe kept io a poor building, the
propeto|,allfys ||tds% ai 0 up-hill
business to bufld up lift patronage.
A gentleman of wealth and influ
ence, who wants io '.'ring investors
from a distance to Washington, tHs
us that he is afraid if they conic here
ana hoc our hotels first tnat these
strangers will infer from them this is
not a prosperous ami desirable coun
try. Thin gentleman himself fa de
lighted with our country, so much so
that ho ha* taads Washington his
permanent home.
Washington’s greatest need
by ail odds is a good ho
tel building, and there is
uot a man in town who will for a mo
ment dispute Ibis fact. We are confi
dent that our good people will not sit
down and admit the necessity without
an effort to render the inestimable
benefit that would accrue to our town
from a good and adequate hotel build
ing. _ _
LEGISLATORS ON A SPREE.
A dispatch oft lie 2d says: Th jun
ket of the Illinois legislators to New
Orleans is n most disgraceful affair.
Tho train left .Springfield last night
in two sections. Speaker Maine*,
Ucprcseutatives Croukrite, Kim
brough, Welch, (senator* Duncan,
Shertnun autl Hill were in tho first,
Tim rougher element of tho Legisla
ture, mostly comprised of tho Cools
county or Chicago member* occupied
Die second. Thu Itticr complained
of the favor shown the silk-stocking
clement in giving it possession of tlie
first section. Botwecn frequent lilm 1
lions of whisky and other ititoxi-1
cants disaffection 1 lie roused until
the second section became a bedlam
on wheels. In one of tiro upper
lierths was a clerk in the Marshal’s
office at Springfield. The gang had
objected to his gentlemanly demean
or. During the early part of Die night
lie was awakened from a sound sleep
by someone tugging at his feet. On
protesting against this treatment he
was jerked out ol an upper berth to
the floor and partially stunned by tho
dill. His assailant then proceeded
to stamp on lilm, and would have
done him serious injury had not
some of the svberer members of the
parly Interfered. A* it was, the
elerk'a upper-lip wnt seriously bruis
ed and sevoml of Ills teeth knocked
loose. When the section* eamo to
gether at Cairo he was taken Into the
first. The clerk doe* not know who
his assailant was, hut tho outrage Is
generally credited to the Cook coun
ty reughs who are said to be under Dio
command of (senator dames Me 11 ale,
one of McDonald's chief supernumer
aries.
THK NATIONAL COHMtIHCIAI, COX.
VKNTIOV
Thf Executive (ftmniltteo of tho
National CommeiclnlConvention, be
ing desirous that small towns should
bo represented In Dial body, have de
terinlned to admit ono delegate from
each town haviugone thousand inhab
itants,and to allow one additional del
egate for each additional two thous
and inhabitants.
Intelligence receivod indicates Dial
ail sections of tho public will bo large
ly and ably repcoseuted at tho ap
proaching Convention being regard
ed ns the most important to the intc
terests of commerce which lias ever
been convoked on tlds continent. The
Executive Committee, therefore, sug
gests to the authorities of every city
and town to appoint and commission
the number of delegates to which
their several municipalities are enti
tled.
Anangements are now being per
fected Ibr extreme!) low rates of
railroad fare, of whieh full informa
iiiation will hereafter be given.
While services were in progress m
the Friendship Baptist Church, in
South Gorlina Tuesday night,Mathew
Held and John Workman went to
the church and called out Aaron Bry
ant,with whom they had previously
had some difficulty. When Bryant
came out Keid cursed him, kicked
him, and flourished a pistol in his
face. Bryant declined to resent the
the assault and attempted to go hack
iuto the church. As he Inrned his
hack. IJcid fired at him, the ball en
tering the back of the head killing
him instantly. His body fell across
the church door steps. Reid fled,
and is still at large. Workman is in
jail, charged with being an accesso
ry to the murder.
No other preparation concentrates
aid combines bland-purifying vital
ixing.enriching,and invigoratingqual
ides as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Quality
should be considered when making
comparison.
SERIOUS TROUBLE jp ILLINOIS.
State Troops Etra Into a Not* and Kill
Two Mas.
M. dispatch of the 4th front Chicago
ufya : A collision between quarrymuu
and the militia occurred at Lemont
10-dar, in which two were killed.
The action .-of the sheriff of Wei!
cotfntj’ in retctfslng the seventy atrthk
era captured by the troops near ,lol
it last Saturday, wba came from
Lemont, is assigned as one of the
causes for the present outbreak.
THE STRIKER* ASSEMHLK.
About 1,000 strikers assembled at
the depot in Lemont this morning
with;the intention of capturing the
militia if any came. They after
ward released Die men. At 0:30
four companies of militia and a de
tachment of batiery G., arrived from
Joliet, witli General Vance and Col
onel Bennett iu command. They
slopped at the Exoelsior quarry ami
one company acted as skirmishers.
The Ollier three ccmpanio* marched
to Die quarries where the mob was
congregated. Tho troops averts met
in Die oml of town by a mob of 3(XI 1
or 400. The two companies, B and
C, under commaad of Colonel
Bennett, formed the front, and charg
ed up Main street wilh fixed bay
onets.
THE CItAKOE EOKtVAHO.
Company A, commanded by f.'ap
taiu St. Clair, with a detachment of
Battery C, of Joilel, formed the right
on a side Mreet, and Company I).
commanded by Captain Blanchard,
formed the left in a aide street, and
the order “Forward ! charge bayon
ets!” was given. The mob, with
I wild hooting and cheering, met the
main front with clubs and rocks. As
the troops advanced steadily the rnob
gave way to the side of the street
and hurled a shower of rocks at the
troops, and one shot was fifed from
the mob. Colonel llcunelt ordered
tlieni to disperse and a number that
refused to leave were prodded with
bayonets. One man, a Pole, wai se
riously slabbed. Further up the
street the mob reformed and com
menced hurling stones. A detach
ment sent to disperse them fired a
volley, and tho rioters scattered.
Two men named Siller and Qnngrra
were killed. The troops cleared the |
streets of the howling woman anil 1
children. More trouble is appre
hended. The troops will encamp at
bitiger's quarries. The military die—
p'ayed tjkucco est bravery. It is resort*
oil tiial a woman and child were kill
ed. A number of soldier* were- badly
hurt by the flying missiles.
THE REPORT TO THE OOVERXOR.
The following official report from
Adjutant-General Vance has been
sent to Governor Oglesby :
Colonel lie 11110 1 1 removed his com
mand except one company, from Jol
iet to Lemont arriving at about 9 a. 111
and forming a line south of Lemont.
Deputy sheriff Tetter conducted the
troops into Lemonl near the Alton
depot, where a mob of about 500 to 1.-
000, striekers were congregated.
They were commanded to de-ist and
go to their houses by Deputy Sheriff
Potter, but they would not. The
strikers rushed towards Dio troops
throwing stones. Major Ilcflbrman
ami one or two other* were struck
ami slightly wounded. The air was
full of stones. In self defense the
troops fired. Two strikers were
killed mid several wounded. Before
the troop* tired a pistol shot was fir
ed froiu a house Into the troops. The
troops have passed to their original
destination at Singer A Taleott's
quarry. A great many people arc on
Die streets now, but are quiet.
NO WAR PROBABLE.
The latest news from England in
dicates that her troubles with Rus
sia will be settled without a resort to
arms.
In the house of commons in re
sponse to a question by Sir Stafford
Xorthcotc, Mr. Gladstone said that
all impediments in the way of friend
ly correspondence on the Afghan
question between England and Rus
sia appeared te be removed. Tne
two governments lie said, were now
ready to refer to the sovereign of
some friendly stale any difficulties
which may be found to exist in
regard to the agreement of the 16th
of Morch, with a view to settlement
of the matter in a mode consistent
with the honor of both stales. Mr
Gladstone said thst both Russia and
Engalnd were prepared to resume
forthwith in London communications
on the main points of the line delim
iting the Afghan frontier, but the de
tails of the line would have to be ex
amined and traced on the spot in con
formity with conditions formerly
agreed upon. “Russia" said the pre
mier, “has expressed herself as wil
ling to agree to removal of the Rus
sian out-posts.”
AYER’S
Cherry Pectoral.
Xo otter complaint* are so insidious In their
attack as those affecting the throat and longs:
no us so trifled with by tbs majority of sulfer
aThs ordinary cough or eoid, Te*ul*ins
aps ltotn a trffling m flfecdndciofes ex
posure, is often but the beginning of a fetal
sickness. Area’s Cherry Pectoral bus
well proven its efficacy in a forty years' fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all eases.without delay.
A Terrible Congfe Cored.
s< ln I AST I took a severe cold, which affected
my lungs. 1 had a terrible cough, and pam*l
uirfbt altar night without sleep. The doctors
gavo ms up. I tried Ayer's Ciikuhy I’m-
TO*4L, whieh relieved ny lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
for the recovery of mv strength. liy 11.0
eontiuued use of the Pectoral a perma
nent core was effected. I am now fly year*
old, hale aud hearty, and am satisfied you*
Cherry Pectoral saved me.
fiOHAGE Fa 111 BROTHER.”
Kookingbsna, Vt., July IS,
Croup.—A Mother's Tribute.
•' While in the country last winter my little
boy, three yeavsold, was taken 111-with croup;
it *emed as if lie would die from strangu
lation. One of the family suggested the use
of A yKit's Cherry Pectoral, a bcule of
which was always kept iu the house. Title
was tried in small aud frequent drees, and
to our delight iu leas lhau half an hoar the
little patient was breathing easily. Th-> <loe
tor said that the Cm suit v Pectoral had
saved mv darling's life. Can you wonder al
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
Mrs. F.mm a Ueiwicr.”
1 West 128th St., 2sew York, May J 6, 1683.
"I have used Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
in my family for several rears, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most Hfcctsal
remedy for coughs aud colds we have ever
tried. a. .1. Crane.”
lake Crystal, Minn., March 13,1882.
“ 1 suffered for eight years from Tlrom-ldlls,
and after trying many j>m*-dis with no nuo
eesa. 1 was cured by the use of A v kr’s Chut
il v rKCfOBAL. .loan'll Waldex.”
liyhalia, Miss., April L, 1882.
•* I cannot say enough in praise of Ayfr's
Cherry Pectoral, believing * I do that
but for its use I should long since have died
from lung troubles Y. BRaodun.”
Palestine, Tsaas, April 22, 1882.
Xo case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by tire use of Ayer's Chyhry PvrtoßAL,
and it will ahcays curt when the disease is
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr. J.C.Aycr&Co., Lowell, Mast.
Sold by All Druggist*.
11 ITS
Fireman’s
Carnival,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
TWO DAYS
OF SOLID FUN.
GIIAND I’AIiADF, AND UKKL
AND HOOK AND LADDEIi
CONTESTS ON MAY
12Di, AND A
cun riMisTii Pimm
On the Night or the 12ih.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE CONTEST
On MAY 18th.
The most valuable Prizes ever of
(eroit will lie eon test etl for.
Jjtrge Mim* of Money have been
subscribed by the citizen* in order lo
make the occasion a zrand success.
THE
GEORGIA RAILROAD
WILL SELL
Round Trip Tickets
AT 4 GTS 1 * Eli MILE
From all stations on Main Line ami
Branches, on 10th. llih and 12th,
good for return passage on anv pas
senger train until and intituling
the 15th. E. K. Dorsey,
General Passenger Agent- j
Joe W. White, j
General Trav. Pas*. Agent.
Sheriff's Sale.
\\T ILL be sold before the court honic
* f door in the Town of Washington
Wilkes Countv. Oa., Wwcen the legal hours
of sale oh the first Tuesday in July next.
Tne following p©perr’ to-wit: all that
tract of lard lyinjr in the county of Wilkes.
State of (it oruia, bounded bv lands of XI. M.
Sims, O. H. Hunch and other, containing 1
225 acres, wore or lone, cut off by a line run- l
an*C north and South on the western side
ol the farm of Sirne n Rhodes.
Levied on as the p operty of Simeon j
Rhodes to satisfy two ti fas, one issued from I
Wiikea superior court in faror of T. C. :
Hojrue. surviving partner vs Simeon
Rhodes, and one issued from Wilk s countr
court in favor of Pearce, Willett k Hillard.
Property pointed out by defendant.
Witness mv official signature this the 28th
of April, 1885. J. W. CALLAWAY,
Administratrix Sale.
GEORGIA, WII.KFa COUNTY.
I >Y VIRTUE of an order from the court of onii
-1 S nary of Wllkt* county, will !*■ .->td on the Jut
Tuesday in June, 188S, at the Court house door in
u<l county, between legal aaJe hours, that lot or
larcel t land lying in said county, in the auluirbs
of Washington, Ga. Being a part of the lot a here
on Gilbert Green, colored, resided at the time of
his death; bounded on the wetrt by Norrncn street,
south bv Olabc Walton, cast and north by estate of
Gilbert Green; the same being 44 feet front by GU
feet back. Termscaab. GEORGIA GREEN,
18-lm Adm’x of Gilbert Green,
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
•
r rHE firm of Wood Jt Jackson, by mutual
; JL consent, is this dat dissolved.
' J. M. WOOD.
J. F. JACKSON.
I April 20th, ISBS.
f EiUMEMBER!
BENSON LEADS,
rn*A/ir xx .j
BUT INBVEB FOLLOWS.
IW s m*
30 000 Lbs Bacon 3,000 Bu. Genuine Rust
10 Tierces Lard. Pi oof Oats.
500 Sacks Salt. 75,000 Lbs. Bran.
200 Packages Mackeiel 50 Bbls. Sugar.
50 Sacks Coffee.
AND ALL THINGS ELSE IN THE GROCERY LINE AT TRICES
WHICH DEFY ALL COM PETITION.
To Be Sold With® lie lexl 30 Days
Regardless of Value, to Cash Purchasers.
150 Pr’s White and Grev Blankets.
36 Lap Robes.
10,000 Yards Sheeting and Shirting.
10,900 Yards Georgia Checks.
2,000 Yards Osnaburgs.
2,000 Yards Georgia and Kentucky Jeans.
A large lot cf Mens’ Hats, Trunks, Valises and Um
brellas at 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 ? ii;
200 Beautiful Chromos, on almost every subject.
ONE FIRST-CLASS
15 HORSE POWER ENGINE
AND BOILER,
FOR SALE 0> EASY TERMS.
BUGGIES. WAGONS; HARNESS
LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE OFFERED IN GEORGIA.
It will pay every man to call'and know what the
Leader's prices arc before purchasing. You will al
ways find it will be money in your pocket if even you
do not buy front him.
BENSON needs every dollar that is due him and
the only way to shun these hated duns is to pay~aton.ee
All debts not settled by the Ist of March, will be
placed for collection in my attorney's hands. BENSON
is patient, but it must be borne in mind that he has
debts to pay.
No honest man 'can conscientiously speculate on.
hES\SO.~\ Smoney by holding his cotton and not pay
ing his honest debts. Pay your debts so that those you.
xwe can pay theirs.