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THE EXPOSITOR
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WAYNESBORO’, GKA.. 4
* J. K. FROST, S. A. ORAV,
K. F. LAWSON, 8. A. CORKKR.
Frost, Lawson, Corker & Gray,
PROPRIETORS.
Irtdependent—Not Neutral!
THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1873.
Hanging of Miss Eberhart.
It is the boast of the south, that her
sons are second no other race of men
in their respect for woman. But this
of course means woman in her womanly
sphere. Wc fail to find in the act of
Gov. Smitii in refusing to pardon or
commute the death penalty of the
murderess Ebeihart, that inhumanity
or hcartlessnefls which the Macon Daily
Enterprise has discovered. From all
the facts ia the case, she entered into
the crime with as much ferocity and
with as much malice prepense as the
depraved idiot Spann, who was her ac
complice. If this bo true, it would
have been gross injustice to the coun
try and to Spann, to have given her
any more mercy than ho received.
The law is no respecter of persons at
best, and now the tendency of society
is decidedly to crime, it is no time to
be whining over maudlin sentiment
for a woman, who could so basely, for
a month at a time, harbor murder in
her breast, for a lamed, defenseless per
son of her own sex. It is not tor the
woman that wc should grieve so much,
but for the unhappy period, that has
rendered it necessary for the first time,to
hang a woman in the State of Georgia.
We can sympathise with, but not con
demn our Governor for the unpleasant
duty that has fallen in his way; for,
we can see no reason under heaven why
he should wish the death of this unfor
tunate human being, but many to assure
us he acted under full conviction of
what was his duty.
Patrons of Husbandry.
A county grange of the order known
as the Patrons of Husbandry, has been
organized in Saudersville, Washington
county, Georgia. This is a secret socie
ty, and has for its object, the protection
of the farming interest from the aggres
sions of corporations and monopolies.
If the organization succeeds in its ob
ject, it will be to the farmer what
the Board of Trade is to the city mer
chant. Although of receut formation
the order is numerous and powerful
| in the North west, especially so in the
State of lowa. It remains to be seen
whether farmers are capable of unity
of action, or whether they will meekly
allow middlemen who arc interested in
fluctuating prices, to continue to dic-
tate to the most numerous, powerful
and independent class of our country,
what shall be the remuneration for
their toil; independent of all conside
rations of supply and demand costs of
production, etc.
Who has had for years, any other
explanation for fluctuating prices, save
the familar one “corner in the market, ’
“Bulls and Bears.” These terms mean
simply, for want of concert amongst
producers, a few monied men, dictate
(absolutely) prices to the whole country.
We are glad that the enterprising
people of Washington county, who are
ever on the alert to advance their inte
rest and maintain their reputation, as
the most wide awake county in the
State, have moved this matter and have
to record soon the organization of Granges
all over the State of Georgia, and thus
co-operate with the agriculturalist of
tho West, in their endeavor to obtain
reasonable compensation for their labor.
Curious Matrimonial Statistics.--
A statistical writer in Paris professes
to have collected the congugal statistics
of a great number of households in that
city. He gives as follows the result of
his investigation:
Wives run away from husbands, 1,132
Husbands run away from wives, 2,348
Husbands separated from wives by
agreement or judicially 4,176
Husbands in open hostility with their
wives 17,341
Husbands quarreling with t v eir wives
at home, Hough living apparently
in peace, 13.346
Households where the greatest in
difference prevails between hus
band and wife 66,246
Supposed to be happy 3,175
Comparatively happy 127
Really happy 13
Total number examined 96,906
The Late TJ. S. Supreme Court Decision
and the Homestead and Relief Law.
I In so many words wc admit that the
• decision lately rendered by the United
States’ Supreme Court took us by sur
prise; we were not at all prepared for
the manifesto. But it has come—and
the weight of wisdom and legal learn
ing through which it was borne indelibly
stamps it with the seal of laic. There
is no loop-hole through which the debtor
may crawl; no battlement behind which
he may in safety retire. The strongest
and, at the sametime, most accommodat
ing defence—the Homestead and Relief
—has been swept away like withered
leaves before an autumnal gale, leaving
the man hared to the crushing shafts of
creditors, as the whilom bidden violets
of the field to the rude blasts that herald
the winter. It has already been assert
ed in this paper, by “Tully,” that the
value of land has depreciated in Burke
County fifteen per cent. —but wo are of
the opinion that this falls far short of
the real reaction (but any depreciation
in property is a calamity); and this is
true of every part of the State.
What shall be done? is the question
now most frequently asked by creditor
and debtor. It appears to us the most
common-sense reply, and at the same
time advice, would be, 11 compromise." —
Suppose the creditor, assuming the atti
tude of a SnYLOCK, demands his “pound
of flesh,” is it at all likely he will rcoeive
it? By no means. In nine cases out
of ten the property sold to satisfy exe
cutions would not bring one-third of the
amount desired to be realized by the
creditor. Therefore it would be a bet
ter and wiser plan to compromise upon
approximate value, thereby saving costs
to both, securing to each creditor an
amount he had not for long expected,
and a foothold to the debtor whereby
he may climb again to prosperity.—
Talk not of retaliation and revenge in
an hour like this—it is suicidal. And
while Justice with uplifted arm is both
ready and willing to lay a whole peo
ple’s hopes in the dust, unhousing the
widow and orphan, and compelling the
strong arm of husbandry to fall paral
yzed to the side, let Mercy's pleading
appeals avert the blow. Remember
that the leges legum ot God’s universe,
delivered by the incarnate Sox, at a
time when civilization was in its infancy,
commands that “what ye would others
should do to you do ye even so unto
them.” F.
Georgia Bonds. —The State Trea
surer says that $400,000, or one third
of the new bonds have been sold, which
is highly encouraging.
Mas. Maggie P. Mosely; of Homo,
has anunouuced herself in favor of fe
male suffrage. Bill Arp has skirmished
withher through tho columns of his paper
We have read the controversy, but are
unable to join an opinion, as to who
will get the best of it, as there is no
knowing what a woman will do in an
emergency.
A Georgia Invention —A model of
a now printing press invented by Col.
B. F. Sawyer and Dr. 11. I. Hamp
ton of Rome, is described by the
Rome Commercial. It appears to be,
from the description, something that
will do honor to the inventors and our
great State. In all sincerity, we hope
it may prove a perfect success, both for
the good of the gentlemen and the gigan
tic business of printing in tho world.
At the recent term of Superior
Court, for Oglethorpe county, the cele
brated Dupree will case was decided,
sustaining the will. The case has beeu
carried to the Supreme Court twice,
and has created considerable interest in
that part of the State. The amount
involved, wo believe was $400,000.
Messers Toombs, Stephens, Ben. Hill
and Col. Peoples, with many lesser
lights, were counsel in the case.
Port Royal Railroad. —At the
stockholders convention in Beaufort,
the following officers wore elected :
President—Major Goo. T. Jackson.
Directors—John P. King, H. R.
Cook, Josiah Sibley, D. F. Appleton,
W. F. Herring, R. E Robbins, NY. W.
Clark, T. P, Branch, J. C. Durant, W.
E. Jackson, M. P. Stovall.
Mark Twain, a few months after his
first baby was born, was holding it on
his kuee. His wife said, “Now confess,
Samuel, that you love the child !” “I
can’t do that,” replied the humorist,
“but am* willing to admit that I respect
the little thing for its father’s sake.”
GEORGIA.
A Talk with Gov Smith on State Af
fairs.
We clip the following account of an
interview with Gov. Smith from a
Georgia correspondent of the Philadel
phia Press :
Gov. Smith, of Georgia, sent me
word while at that he would
be glad to meet me socially with my
friends, and I availed myself of his
kindness, and found him to be a most
genial and courteous gentleman, with a
fuco and bearing that denote great
strength of character and an abundance
of power in roserve.
Ho is strongly built, of medium
height, about 40 years of-ngo, and re
minds me of Gen. Garfield, of Ohio,
though Gov. Smith is not so large a
man. He is ono of the ablest lawyers
in the State, and deserves all honor,
for ho rose from the anvil to his pres
ent high posistion by sheer force and
sterling ability. Tie hails from Colum
bus, Georgia, and during the war com
manded a regiment in the Southern
army. He talked very freely, and told
mo he had no objections to my giving
his conversation to the public.
Arc.—Are the negroes,the ex-slaves,
working as well as the poor white peo
ple.
Gov. Smith—Yes; as a rule they are
doing very well, particularly the
younger people, who could more easily
adapt themselves to their changed con
dition, but the older people are not self'
reliant, and many of them still cling in
dependence on their old masters.
Arc.—There is an
that the old masters are the bitterest
enemies of their old hands.
Gov. Smith.—lt is a very wrong
opinion, I assure you, and the best way
to show its error is for you to inquire
of the black people themselves. We
have not the hate of race as strong as
the people of some Northern States,
judging by the lawsuntil of late not on
their statute books. The word “wjpite”
is still in the constitution of Pennsyl
vania.
Arc.—lt will not be so long. We
have a convention to revise it. Is
Georgia doing anything for the education
of the blacks?
Gov. Smith —The subject of educa
tion is attracting much attention, hut
no measure adopted or advocated
makes any distinction between the
children of citizens, white or black.
Arc. —Georgia promises in its coal
and iron fields, and its great cotton sup
ply and fine water power, to boa great
manufacturing State, but the labor and
capital of the North are deterred from
coming here.
Gov. Syjith—Why so ?
Arc.—On the supposed insecurity
to property and the still existing hat
red growing out of the war.
Gov. Smith (earnestly)—But, my
dear sir, there is as much security to
property here as in any part of the
Union. We are a law abiding people,
as a comparison of our criminal statis
tics will show. Georgia has as many
churches, in proportion to her popula
tirtn, as any State, and her people, in
the business relations of life, aro as
honest and honorabic. As to the hatred
—that is a slander; we have buried
our feelings in the dead past. Our only
hopo to redeem and develop this grand
country lies in hard work in the pres
ent and future. Even from selfish
motives, it would be absurd to show
this anger if it existed. We have not
felt kindly to the adventurers who came
here after the war,when we were beaten,
crushed, bleeding and impoverished.
These wretches have created a false
impression. But can you blame us for
looking up from the dust and complain
ing when these men came to play on the
predjudices of the poor freedmen to
rule over us ? Wo were very poor
when the war closed; Georgia was des
olated ; we had widows and orphan's by
tens of thousands; we had maimed
men by the brigade, utterly helpless;
we had ruined homes and depleted
banks, and to add to all these misfor
tunes, which were the legitimate
results of the war, the carpet-baggers
came like tbo locusts of Egypt
to devour what was left. Wo can not
love the locusts, even though it be a j
visitation of Providence. Let men
come here to make this country their
home, and they are free as the water to
exerci.s'e their every belief consistent
with law, and the law will protect
them—more, we will gladly welcome
and open our doors to them. Wc offer '
them cheap lands, a rich and varied
soil, a climato great in the range as to
its productivness, yet more ger> ; and than
the North or West, which is now the
haven of the emigrant, or those leaving
the North. As to politics, every man
who votes must vote ono of tho great
party tickets. Yet you will find much
less partisan feeling iu the South than
in the North. Wc havo no time for
politics. We must live and rise, and
wo in Georgia are determined to win.
There was much more said on this
subject, but the foregoing will give you
tho view of a representative man.—
There is a brilliant future before this
very able man, and a brilliant future
for the grand State of which lie is the
Executive, when the mists clear away.
Ahc.
A Southern Sanitarium Wanted.
Such a spring as we have been hav
ing, (says the New York World of Sun
day,) is a tmrribly trying time to tho
weakly in our Northcru States. Young
and old suffer alike, and many a mour
ner have tho bleak winds and chilly
rains of March and April this year
made. It is surely greatly to bo lamen
ted that we have not yet a single South
ern sanitarium suplied with such com
forts and luxuries as are to the delicate
a necessity. Tantalizing accounts come
to hand of the pleasures and conveni
ences of Nice, Cannes, and Mentone.
Everything to solace soul and body
seems to be at hand in those paradises
of pulmonary patients, and both to the
sick and the sound who resort to them,
life appears to glide smoothly on well
oiled wheels. Change of climate here,
on the other hand, means merely an
other town or a howling wilderness,
with beds unsusceptible to impression
from the human form, meals which send
a shudder through an invalid’s fraiue ;
and doors and windows which have ap
parently been expressly made for the
admission of draughts. Surely in this
land of joint-stock enterprise a charm
ing little hotel-town, such as Spa might'
be created, say in some bright yet shel
tered nook of Georgia or tho Carolina?,
to which a palace car might run through
from the North twice a week to carry
those who cannot bear the rigorous
Northern climate. Such a spot would,
wc believe, soon rival in popularity
Mentone and Torquay, which nowswarm
every year with our country-men and
women ; and many a valued life would
have a chance, now denied to it, of pre
servation.
Another Sea Serpent. —Some un
sophisticated innocent, says the Jack
sonville News, reports to the Republi
can the capture of a marine curiosity
which he believes to be a varitable spec
imen of the sea serpent. “The old man
of the sqa” himself on reading his ac
count of the monster, called at the
News office and informed us that in his
explorations along the Gulf coasts and
Florida Reefs he had frequently encoun
tered specimens of the animal. It is a
species of eel called the “Moray,” well
known to coastingmen,answering the de
scription given by tho Republican't cor
respondent, and when taken invariably
attacks its captor.
New Advertisements.
Geo rgia, burk i: tou ntv--
Whereas, Gkorgb VV. Belcher applies
for letters of administration upon tho estate of
Adam Belcher, late of Burke county, deceased :
Theso are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons interested to be and appear at my office on,
.orbofore, tho FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE
NEXT to show cause (if any they can) why
said letters should not be grantod.
Given under my hand and official signature
at Waynesboro’, this May 2d, 1873.
myß-4 E. F. LAWSON, Ordinary.
VACCINATION NOTICE,
Having been appointed by the
Ordinary of this Connty to Vaccinate all
who havo not been, I will bo at my office every
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY morning for
that purpose. A. G. WHITEHEAD, M. D.
myl-tf
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE.
On tho first Monday in J une next I shall
apply to tho Honorable Court of Ordinary of
Burko County, Georgia, for an order granting
mo leave to sell tho real ostato of Elton Hodges,
deoeasod, lying and being in the Connty of Em
anuel, State aforesaid,adjoining lands of G. Sher
rod, tho estato of James Grubbs, and others.—
Sale of said land being for tho benefit of heirs
and creditors of deoeasod.
JOHN A. ROSIER,
Executor of Elton Hodgos.
April 22, 1873 —myl-4w
Burke siiebifF sale—
Will be sold, before the Court-house
door, in the town of Waynesboro’, Eurke
Couuty, Georgia, on the First Tuesday
in June, 1873, between the usual hours
oi‘ sale, the following property, to-wit:
Two hundred and forty-two acres of land,
situate, lying, and being in the County of
Burke aforesaid, adjoining lands of formerly
Thomas Pierce, the estate of Ira Taylor,
estate of Dr. B. B. Miller, and others, near
the Central Railioad; sold to satisfy two fi.
fas. from the Superior Court, in favor of E.
Aimon vs. John A. Piereo. Legal notice
given to tenant in possession, this April 23,
1873. H. V. LESTER,
njyl-4w Deputy Sheriff.
Wilkins & Co.s’ Column.
IffilW
—< oy —
Wo offer tho following Premiums :
To the patron who sells us the
first bale of Cotton made tho pres
ent season, $25.
To tho patron who sells us the
best bale of Cotton mado this
season, $25.
To the patron who sells us tho
largest quantity of Cotton next
Fall and Winter, $25.
WE ARE
Receiving by Rail
FROM
THE WEST,
Steamers
FROM
THE NORTH,
INCLUDING
STOCK ON HAND
30,000 lbs. BACON SIDES,
10,000 lbs BACON SHOULDERS,
10,000 lbs DRY SALT SIDES.
5,000 lbs D. S. SHOULDERS.
4,000 lbs CANVASSED and ICE
CURED HAMS.
5,000 bush CORN, White and Yel.
200 bbls FLOUR, all grades.
80 sacks SALT, best Liverpool.
40 boxes TOBACCO.
30 bbls MOLASSES.
30 bbls SUGAR.
All of which we will sell for tho CASH,
or on time with good city acceptance,
or to our regufar customers without
acceptance, as low as they can be bought
in any market in Georgia. Planters
will do well to examine our Stock and
Prices before buying elsewhere. It will
save freight, time and expenses.
We also have on hand and are rapidly
receiving a full stock of
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS
CONSISTING OF
HEN AND BOYS’ READY-MADE CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS AND CAPS,
A FULL LINE OF DOMESTICS
DRESS GOODS & TRIMMINGS,
HOSIERY, LACES,
LILY SKIRTS,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY WARE,
TIN,
DRUGS, PERFUMERY,
TOILET SOAPS,
PAINT, OILS, TURPENTINE,
PAINT BRUSHES,
FANCY GROCERIES,
CANNED OYSTERS & FRUITS,
PRESERVES, JELLIES,
CANDIES AND SEGARS,
KNIVES, TABLE AND POCKET,
POWDER AND SHOT,
WINES, BRANDIES, WHISKEIS,
GIN, RUM, &C., &C.
In the purchaso of this Stock, nd
pains have been spared—bought in the
best markets for the cash—we demand
and challenge corapotion. Come and
see us—you will go away pleased with
our goods and surprised at the very low
prices for which we are selling them.
—w —
WILKINS & CO.
Waynesboro 1 , March 12, 1873,
Advertisements.
A Din I WIST 11 VTOirsSAIF.
GEORGIA—Burke County.
iJyvirtue of an order from tho Honorable
the Court of Ordinary of said county, wiil
bo Bold before the Conrt-houße door, in the
town of Waynesboro’, in said county, be
tween the usual hours of sale, on the’ Is#
Tuesday in Juno IN*:!, the following
real estate, belonging to undersigned as ad
ministrator of Win. 8. 0. Morris, late of said
county, deceased, to-wit: Ono lot or tract
of land lying and being in Richmond county
said State, town of Bath, consisting of ten
acres, with excellent improvomeuts, adjoin
ing Pnds of R. J. Morrison and others, Raid
property being known as the late summer
residence of said deceased; sold fi r pur
poses of administration. Purchaser to pay
for titles. Terms eaah on dav of sale
11. H. PERRY,
Adm. cst. W. S. C. Morris, dec’d
April 21, 1873—26-td
( y EOBUIA—Burke County.
VJ To the Honorable Court of Ordinary
of said County:
The petition of John W. Cahswell, the
qualified Executor of Baldwin B. Miller
Senior, late deceased of said county, shew
etli that deceased was a resident of said
county, and died on the 21 th day of Febru
ary, 1873, leaving a last will and testament
duly signed, sealed, and published in the
presence of William 11. Davis, John F. Cars
well, and Washington L. Kilpatrick, as wit
nesses, dated September 2d. 1839, and nam
ing therein Edmond B. Gresham. JohnJ.
Jones, and John W. Carswell as Executors
—tiie first named being dead at the time of
the death cf said testator.
And petitioner further sheweth, that at the
regular March Teim, 1873, of this Court, he
and the said John J. Jones, the other sur
viving Executor named, presented the said
last will and testament of deceased in open
court, and had the same duly probated in
common form, and admitted to record, and
your petitioner alone qualified as Executor
thereon.
Petitioner further sheweth, that the lega
tees and heirs at law of deceased are, his
widow Cornelia E. Miller, and the following
named children, to-wit: Baldwin B. Miller,
Jr., and Frances V. Schley (wife of Henry
J. Schley), children by his first marriage,
and Lavinia C. Carswell (wife of James A.
Carswell), Joseph B. Miller, John P. Miller,
Ruth McHenry Miller, Louisa M.. Miller,
Benjamin F. Miller, and Robert Lee Miller,
children by the last marriage, and also Sa
vannah Miller (wife of said Baldwin 8., Jr.,)
who is named as one of the legatees in said
will; that all of said named legatees and
heirs at law are of the age of twenty-one,
except (lie children of the last marriage, to
wit f Lavinia C. Carswell, Joseph B. Miller,
John P. Miller, Ruth McHenry Miller, Lou
isa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller, and Rob
ert Lee Miller, they being minors ; that all
are residents of said County of Burke at
this time, except Frances V. Schley and her
husband, Henry J. Schley, who are residents
of the State of Texas; that Lavinia C. Cars
well and husband are temporarily living in
tho County of Terrill of said State; that
Mrs. Savannah Miller (wife of said Baldwin
8., Jr.,) is also living out of said County,
to-wit: in the County of Richmond of said
State.
And petitioner being fully satisfied that
it is to the best interest of the estate of said
deceased that bis said will and testament
should tie probated in solemn foim, there
fore, at this, the regular April Term, 1870,
of this Court, appears in open court, and on
motion of his attorney, John J, Jones, offers
the same for probate in solemn form.
Wherefore petitioner prays the issuing of
the usual rule ni si, cailing upon the abme
named heirs and legatees, and all parties
concerned, to he and appear at the regular
July Term, 1873, of this Court, and then
and there show cause (if a ,y they have)
whv the said last will and testament of said
Baldwin B. Miller, Sr., now of file and record
in this office, should not be probated in
solemn form : also, that guardians, ad litem,
may he appointed to represent the above
named minors, and that such other and fur
ther order may be had and taken as to ser
vice and publication of this proceeding as
may he in conformity to law, and the sound
discretion of this Court.
And petitioner will eier prav, etc.
JOHN J.' JONES,
Attorney for Propounder.
Court of Ordinary— )
UcKKi! County, Georgia, >
April Term, 1873.)
John W. Carswell, the qualified Execub r
of Baldwin B. Miller, Senior, late deceased
of Burke County, Georgi.-v. having, at this,
the regular April Term. 1873, of this Court,
filed his petition, asking for the probate in
solemn form, of the last will and testament
of said deceased, now of file and record in
this office, and it appearing that the lega
tees and heirs at law of said deceased are as
follows: Mrs. Cornelia E. Miller, widow,
and the following named children, to-wit:
Mrs. Frances V. Schley (wife of Henry J.
Schley), Baldwin B. Miller, Jr., Lavinia C.
(now wife of James A Carswell), Joseph B.
Miller, John I*. Miller, Ruth McHenry Mil
ler, Louisa M. Miller, Benjamin F. Miller,
and Robert Lee Miller, and Mrs. Savannah
Miller (wife of Baldwin B. Miller, Jr.) who
is named as a legatee in said will; and it
further appearing that all of said 1 eirs and
legatees are residents of the County of Burke,
except Mrs. Frances V. Schley and her hus
band Henry J. Schley, both of whom live in
thff State of Texas, and Mrs Savannah Mil
ler (wife of Baldwin B. Miller, Jr.,) who
lives in the county of Richmond, of said
State; and that all are of the age of twenty-
one, except the following, to-wit: Lavinia
0. Carswell (wife of James A Carswell), Jo
seph B. Miller, John P. Miller, Ruth Mc-
Henry Miller, Louisa M. Miller, Benjamin
F. Miller, and Robert Lee Miller, the same
being minors ; and that Mrs. Lavinia C.
Carswell and her husband, James A. Cars
well, are temporarily sojourning in the
county of Terrill of this State.
It is therefore ordered, That the above
named legatees and heirs at law of said de
ceased, as well as all othei- parties concerned,
be and appear at the July Term, 1873, of
this Court, to be held on the First Mon
day ill July, IBT3, at the hour of 10
o’clock, then ar and there to show cause (if
any they have) why the said last will and •
testament of Baldwin B. Miller, Senior,now
of file and record in this office, should not
be probated in solemn form, in conformity
to the statute in such cases made and pro
vided. Ordered, That a copy of this peti
tion and rule he served personally upon all
of said parties living within the State of
Georgia, at least ten days before the said
July Term, 1873, of this Court, and that
service be perfected upon Henry J. Bclffey
and wife, Frances V. Schley, by publication
of this petition and rule in the Chronicle j -
Sentinel , of Augusta, Ga., and The (Waynes
boro ’) Expositor, for at least sixty days pre
vious to the said July Term, 1873, of this
Court. E. F. LAWSON.
apl9-td Ordinary.