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About The Expositor. (Waynesboro, GA.) 1870-187? | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1873)
THE EXPOSITOR * • ■ 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.
