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QUITMAN:
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T. A. H AIJ. • • Assistant Local Editor.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1875.
Another Nokthkun Man lias como
into our midst with u view of making
Brooks county his home. Mr. Thomas
Wallace, for several years librarian of
Harlem Library, New York, is tho fortu
nate possessor of a farm some four miles
from Quitman, ami we nro happy to
learn that he will bring his family hero
and cast his lot with our agriculturists.
Ho is an excellent gentleman, will make
a good citizon, and we welcome him
among us.
■it i ♦ • ■ -
Some Hogs.
| He is a Brooks county granger, and on
‘the 18th inst. ho killed twenty-four hogs.
The respective weights and ages of these
porkers were as follows:
One Weighing Ago
“ 212 lbs. 3 years.
“ ■ 343 “ 2 years.
“ 330 “ 2 years.
“ 310 “ 2 years.
“ 130 “ 8 mos.
“ 90 “ 7 mos.
“ 60 “ 0 mos.
'Twenty-four bogs—(mostly pigs) kill
ed by tliis gentleman, Mr. P. K. Young,
aggregated 3,G00 pounds. Air. Y'. kept
:n elose account of flic cost of feeding
■these liogs. and tho total expense
amounted to only $75.00. His 3,600
pounds of pork, at 10 cents per pound,
.will bring him $360 00. Don’t tins beat
cotton ?
.Dlitsonic.
Quitman, Ga.. Dec. 18, 1875.
Atn regular meeting of Slialto Lodge,
No. 237, F. A. M., the following officers
were elected to serve for the ensuing
JVliisonic year:
8. T. Kingsbeiy, W. M.
L. S. Wood, S. W.
Beno Kayton, ,T. W.
M. C. Wilkinson, Secretary.
I S. Seaman, Treasurer.
H. M. Mclntosh, S. D.
IS. J. Harrell. J. D.
Eli McFail, Tyler.
A regular convocation of Blackshear
Chapter, No. 9, F. A. M., was held De
cember 18, 1875, and the following offi
cers elected for the ensuing Masonic
.year:
.A. M. Moore, E. 11. F.
11. F. Austin. E. It.
L. 11. Greenleaf, E.-S.
,T. W. Brothers, C. 11.
F. W. Parker, P. S.
OR. G. Riggins, R. A. C.
‘T. 1.. Strickland, M. of 8d V,
~T. W. Strickland, 51. of 2d Y.
S. N. Tucker, M. of Ist V.
D. P. Patterson. Secretary.
J. C. Nichols, Treasurer.
11. 11. Roberts, Guard.
XETTEIt :kbm a colored max.
A Viadientiou of Ills Race.
Quitman, Ebooks County, Ga.,
December 22, 1875.
'Notice is 'hereby Riven that we, tin;
‘colored people of Hroofes .county, do
publish this article in defense of our
k selves, as law-abiding citizens. This is a
Idnty we owe to ourselves, and to our
■wives and children, and to the goveru-
Bncrit as loyal citizens. It is not for us
Bo say whether the witnesses for and
Hgainst the prisoner that was executed
Hn the 17th instant swore to the truth or
Hot—he was convicted according to the
Witnesses and according to law, and was
■executed according' to law.
According to the feeling existing among
tbo colored people, the Sheriff of the
county and three other men could have
[.executed the prisoner without the least
■trouble on the part of the colored people.
PWe want the country to kuow wo have
•outlived our petty prejudices in regard
■to race or color or previous condition,
■and we intend to abide by the law.
Never since the war, in no section of
Georgia before, have we known such a
• bad feeling to exist among the whites,
unnil we Ihope to never see such again.
We don't pretend to say that Judge
Warden did not have the right to order
three hundred white men to secure the
execution of the prisoner, but we do say
l there was no cause for it. The colored
I people feel themselves greatly insulted
lliy our honorable County Judge, and
It hat confidence we once had in him has
(been destroyed? because lie placed us
■ before thoxpuntry ns savages, and not ns
IjUnw-übiding citizens. There are hun-
Klreds of colored men that would have
B'O.-pouded to the Judge’s issue just as
gjpiiok as those white men, if there had
Been any cause, but there was no cause;
jglnd if Judge Harden makes such wide
Hiistakcs in the decision of law ns ho Ims
fn this case, God help the court. We
■want to cultivate a friendly relationship
Blkeu the two races, but such conduct
to drive us farther and
/ere had been a white man to be
and a negro Judge had ordered
ylnee hundred negroes to guard the
(Prisoner in safety, every white man in
ithe country would have felt that his ilig
aiity was grossly insulted, especially if,
alley had met at the jail on tho .night
Before, as some of those men did, and
the banjo, and heat tho tambou-
Hne, and mocked the preachers that
Brayed and sung for the prisoner, and
pout the rope tlint tho prisoner was hung
with in several pieces, and wrote cards
rind tied to the pieces and sent them up
and down the railroad to their friends,
and had quite a jubilee, tho like never
known before. And if educated people
will act in that way with all their wealth
and refinement, what is to be expected
of the black man ?
i I remain yours very respectfully,
L Rev. E. Crumley.
P Read tho advertisement of the young
Uadics’ entertainment.
UEPOKTEKISMS.
—Tlio ‘‘top crop” has about “played,”
—Go to tho public installation of Ma
sonic officers on the 27th inst.
—Tho approaching municipal election
is going to he the most interesting ever
had in Quitman.
—Quitmnnitcs have plenty to talk
about now. Election aud fire matters
are tho principal topics.
-r-Tho Town Council held an adjourned
meeting on Tuesday night, mid adjourned
over until next Monday night.
—Wo have not yet learned who will bo
tho first to erect n new building on any
of the lots left vacant by the fire.
—Tins Methodists will have Rev. J. 51.
Austin for their pastor next year, and
Rev. Mr. McGhee for Presiding Elder. *
—The ruins of tho recent lire are com
pletely covered with little boys of all
colors, who aro gathering up the frag
ments. _ . . *
—lt is s lid that it took only two men
to take iron safes out of the stores daring
tho fire, but when they wanted to move
them back, it took ten stout men to car
ry them. *
- —slr, W. E. Barnes, while repairing
a pistol one day last week, accidentally
fired it off, the ball going through his
left hand. Eortunately for him, liowover,
it passed through the flesh without
breaking any bones. *
—There was quite an exciting race
Wednesday evening between old man
Kayton and a young, active, lively turkey
gobler. They wero playing “hide and
seek” down about the livery stable the
last we saw of them.
—The. young ladies of the Methodist
Church propose to give an entertain
ment, on Tuesday, the 28, inst, consist
ing of Tableaux, Charades, Stump
speeches, etc. We hope tho citizens
will give them a crowded house.
-—Mr. Isaac Alabbett, was, we believe,
tho first to discover the fire, last Tues
day morning, and give the alarm. Ike
h isn’t much voice for crying “fire !” lint
he has tho “outthnnderingest” shoot
ing iron we have heard in some time. *
—The Reporter will move into the
new office, next door, the first of next
week. YYe will then be more comforta
bly situated, and hope that we will not
have to keep a man busy all the, time to
show persons whe e the post-office is. *
—Allen Zenler got some tobacco out
of the burning coals the morning after
the fire, and some “otillnd pnssons” re-
quested him to divide his spoils, when
he exclaimed: “Go way from here, nig
gers, or I will butt a hole fru yon —fore
God I will.” ” *
—Jt was amusing to see how our legal
friend, Isaac, Alibi itton, could keep a
drunken darkey out of the ruins of the
late fire. Ike would gather him by his
coat-tail, and land him on his head,
about twenty feet away, every time he
approached the fire.
—Some knowing ones tried to direct
tho firetil o. who were doing good sor
iice on Irvines’ store, when Seaman,
who had charge of the Stonewalls at the
time, notified them in a cool way that
their suggetions were not needed, and to
get away from there.and that quick. *
—Air. Ives can be found at Ur. Jilts’
office with a small lot of toys, etc., which
he recovered at the fire, and Capt.
Brooks can be found at tlio furniture
room of Air. J. AI. Witt, next door to
Ale Call & Groover's drug store. Call
on these gentlemen and help them out
by purchasing from them.
—Atr. Cup Wilkinson, while diiving
out of town last Wednesday morning,
lost the tap which holds up the shafts of
his buggy, which immediately frightened
his horse and resulted in completely de
molishing his vehicle and throwing him
into that deep ditch l>y Jacob Baums’
store. Mr. W. received several severe
bruises in the face. We think it fortu
nate that he escaped without any broken
limbs.
—The board of trustees of the Quit
man Academy had a meeting one day
last week, for the purpose of tilling the
vacancy of principal. Prof. W. S. White
was the unanimous choice, which selec
tion, wo think, is a good one. Air.
White is a gentleman of culture, and has
already made a great many friends among
our citizens. He informs ns that he has
already secured an instructress in French
and music, and will iu a few days secure
nu assistant principal. The school will
commence on the second Monday in
January next. *
—The ever obliging and polite gentle
man, Conductor N. J. Brossius, came to
our city on last Friday to attend the
hanging. H said, when he heard of
the murder of CJiipt. Hunter, that lie in
tended seeing the murderer hung if it
was in his power to do so, and "stopped
off” for that purpose. He seemed highly
pleased with Quitman, and says it has
more hospitable people and marks of
prosperity than any place along the
A. & G. Itailroad. Come again, and
bring some more of tho railroad hoys
with you, and our word for it, they can’t
but verify wlmt you say, *
—On last Tuesday evening Frank
Fluker, who was under the influence of
“pop-skull whiskey,” went into Briggs,
Jelks & Co.’s grocery department, and
deliberately commenced to help himself
to cheese, whereupon Air. Kincli Wil
liams requested him to let it alone, and
also at the same time reminded him that
ho had told him previously to keep out
of his storo. Frank replied that he would
eat as niuch ns he wanted. Air. Williams
thought differently, and gathered a two
pound weight and let drive at him, but
missed liis aim. Aggie Sapp, who was
standing in the door at the time, received
tho blow upon her head, which knocked
her senseless to the floor. Air. W. called
in Dr. Jelks, who, after examining and
dressing her wound, pri nounced her out
of danger, which was quite a relief to
Mr. W., as no one regretted the accident
more than he. *
FI.RE !
Three Stores Willi Mosl of (heir
Contents Burned.
Noble Work by the Colored People.
THE FIREMEN.
The Origin of the Fire Unknown.
Every town lms its fires and misfor
tunes, but probably no plaeo of its size has
been more fortunate in this respect than
Quitman lias—it having suffered from
lm( four fires of uuy exteut since it has
been a town.
Oil last Tuesday morning about half
past 2 o’clock fire was discovered in the
storo of K, M. McCall, on the corner of
Screven and Leo streets. Those' Who
reached the place first say that the flames
origuinted jnsido the building, and it
seems Hint tho whole interior of the store
was ablaze, and tho first seen' of tho fire
was after it had made its appearance
through the roof.
THE NIGHT POLICEMAN,
Mr. E. D. Ponder, say's that lie was in
the neighborhood of where the fire orig
inated about 2 o’clock, and that ho went
from there to tho hotel to wake the hack
man, as usual, to go to the 3 o’clock train.
It was after he had awakened the driver
and while lie was at the lio'el when he first
discovered the fire. He gave the alarm
by firing off his pistol several times in
succession, and within a few minutes
several persons reached the place.
THE FIRE ENGINE
was brought out as soon ns a sufficient
number could he summoned to manage
it, aud a stream was soon playing upon
the burning building.
Adjoining the store where the fire
originated was that of slr. E. Ives,
which was adjoinitied by that of Capt.
S. AY. Brooks—all wooden buildings.
Seeing that it was impossible to arrest
the flames before each of these had
been destroyed, the firemen went to work
tr save the storo of Jno. A. Irvine, a
brick building standing only about three
feet from that of Capt. Brooks. At one
time the
LOSS OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK WAS IMMINENT,
but the gallant firemen, assisted by the
colored people and citizens generally,
kept np a steady stream, and finally suc
ceeded iu arresting the progress of the
flames at Irvine’s store. This would
have been impossible, however, had it
not been that Irvine’s store was built of
brick and covered with tin, which was
partially protected by a brick parapet.
THE WIND
was blowing gently in a southwestern
direction, which threw much of the heat
from the flames upon the opposite side
of the street, and operated very much to
the advantage of the firemen iu achieving
their victory,
THE COLORED PEOPLE
worked faithfully, and those whose prop
erty was iu danger, and the citizens of,
the town at large, owe them a debt of
lasting gratitude. While onr colored
friends acquitted themselves manfully,
we cannot refrain from making special
mention of Warren Manning, Gremlin
Rawls and Alary Sanders, who distin
guished themselves by even hazarding
their lives for the purpose of protecting
the property of the whites. They should
not, and certainly will not be forgotten
by those whose property they done so
iu null to save.
THE LOSSES
by the fire are variously estimated.
Air. 11. AI. Ale Call li..d his stock in
sirred for $2,000 in the New York
Home Insurance Company. Air. Ives
had a policy of S6OO in the Alu
tual Protection, of Marietta, Ga. Capt.
Brooks’ stock was insured for SISOO
and his building for S6OO in the
Southern Alntual of Athens, Ga. The
buildings occupied by R. AI. McCall and
E. Ives belonged to Alcssrs. McCall &
Groover, and were insured for SI3OO
in the Atlas, of Connecticut. The goods
of R. M. McCall and S. W. Brooks were
very nearly covered by insurance, and
Air. Ives is probably the heaviest looser,
iu proportion to his capital, of all the
sufferers. He had .just received anew
stock of holiday goods, and his loss was
consequently much greater than it would
otherwise have been.
Alcssrs, J. A. Irvine, J. H. Purcell,
F. R. Harden, Ale Call & Groover and
J. AI. Witt sustained some 10.,s by liav.
ing their goods carried out. Every one
in the whole block commenced to carry
out their goods except Air. J. B. Finch.
He acted with more discretion than the
others, and kept his doors closed. He
was iu readiness to begin the removal of
his goods, however, iu case the building
took fire.
THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE
is enveloped in mystery. Various con
jectures have been made, but, as yet, we
have heard no version of the affair that
is entirely satisfactory to us. W T o are
disposed, from the circumstances, to be
lieve that it was the work of an incendi
ary, hut who he is or what his object
could have been wo ure unprepared to
say.
Public Installation.
Editor Quitman Reporter: Will you
please give notice in your columns that
on Monday, the 27th instant, there will
be a public installation of the officers
elected to serve Shalto Lodge during tie
ensuing year, in which all visiting breth
ren are invited to participate.
These services will he at the Baptist
church in Quitman, at 11 o’clock A. M. of
that day, aud will be conducted by W. AI.
B. L. Stephens, of Valdosta. S. T.
ICingsbery, Master elect, will deliver a
lecture.
All members of the Lodge are notified
to be in attendance at the Lodge room
promptly by 10 o’clock of that dav.
L. S. Wood,
Chairman Com. of Arrangements.
Dec. 22, 1870.
(Jot. Smith’s hotter Refusing tho lie*
spite of Me Thompson.
Asa part of the record in tho case of
Nio Thompson, tho murderer of Capt.
,T. 11. Hunter, who was executed here
last Friday, and as a mutter of general
interest to opr renders, we give below the
letter of Gov. Smith to James Atkins,
attorney, refusing to respite the prisoner:
State of Georgia, Executive Alankion,
Atlanta, Ga., Dee. 16, 1875.
Jumna Atkins, AHmilu, (In.:
Sib: Application is made for an execu
tive order respiting Nio Thompson, col
ored, sentenced to bo executed on the
17th inst., for the crime of murder com
mitted in the county of Brooks. The
ground of the application is that hew
evidence in Thompson’s favor has been
discovered since the rendition of the ver
dict against him; that under a decision
of the Supremo Court in ilrinkley’s case,
the Supel-ftn' Court billing jurisdiction
of the ease cannot hear mid determine a
motion for a ueiv trial based upon said
evidence, except in terms, and that a re
spite from execution is necessary to
make said Superior Court to hear said
motion in term. A respite was granted
in Brinkley’s ease because the newly dis
covered evidence ill that case was mate
rial, not merely cumulative in its charac
ter, ami related to a material fact not
shown upon the first trial. If such is
tho character of the newly discovered
evidence in this case, then a respite from
execution should he granted, to enable
Thompson to present a motion tor anew
trial based thereon to the next term of
the Superior Court of Brooks county.
A brief reference to the several affida
vats setting forth the newly discovered
evidence will be here presented.
E. 0. Wade, Jr., deposes with great
particularity of facts within his knowl
edge. Upon a careful examination of his
testimony, I find that it is entirely caul-il
lative in its character. It does not relate
to new and material facts.
E. 0. Wade, Sr., testifies in substance
that lie was on the ground where the
homicide occurred, and an election was
being held, from an early hour of the
i day in which the killing took place,
when a riot occurred, in which the col-
I ored voters were driven from the polls
with gum . pistols. Ac., “and from threats
! lie had heard had been made prior to the
day of said election, and that were made
l on the day of said election, and from in
j formation received from all sources since
the election, deponent is fully and en
! tirely convinced in his mind that the riot
j of that day was the result of a conspiracy
entered into by James 11. Hunter, de
ceased, and others, for the purpose of
preventing a fair expression of the will
j of tile people at the ballot box.”
Tins witness further deposes in snb-
I stance that a short time before the assault
' was made upon Nio Thompson lie heard
James 11. Hunter, deceased, use “violent
! epithets and threats to Oliver Alitchell, a
j peaceable, quiet, respectable colored citi
zen of Brooks county, shaking his stick
| over said Oliver Alitchell's head, seeking
to induce Mitchell to say or do something
I that the riot might begin by an assault
upon him, the said Alitchell.” The wit
ness deposes further in substance that lie
! noticed “an expression in said Hunter’s
! countenance and a manner never seen in
j him before, and believed that said Huu
j ter at the time was very much under the
iuiiucnco of wpiMtiums liquors, ua whs.
Liilso J). 11. oreedi, win) was, us :t seemed,
equally determined upon raising ax riot
i for tlra purpose of driving colored voters
j from the polls as aforesaid.” The evi-
I deuce of this witness is set forth with
; some particularity, for the purpose ol
| calling attention to its total irrevelance
|to the issue in the case. It consists of
; naked assertions, unsupported by any
j specilication of fact, and of the mere
! opinions of a witness who is manifestly
| under a strong bias. There is nothing
! in the evidence which proves that a riot
i for any purpose whatever was oontem*
| plated or intended, until the dilliculry
which resulted in the homicide had taken
place.
Joseph H. Knight testifies in substance
that about half past 12 o’clock iu tho da}’
, of the homicide, l)r. D. L. Hicks, who
| was one of the jurors upon the case,
“rode past deponent loping his mule, as
deponent was going from the Court
House along the road leading south from
said Court. House in the town of Quitman,
and as said Hicks rode past he was great
ly excited, saying Hunter was dead, and
added: “are you not going back? yon
ought to go back; every one ought to be
there!” This witness’ further deposes
that the said Hicks rode rapidly to the
i house of Randolph Avery and quickly
| came out with a gun, which he lirst tired
| off, and then rode rapidly back to Quit
i man with the gun.
I). A. J. Welch deposes in substance
j that ho stiw Dr. Hicks, during the riot
that Wits going on, ride up to the gate of
| th" jail on a mule, with a double-barrel
! shot-gun in his band, and that-lie “seem
ed willing and anxious to take a part in
the proceedings.”
The evidence of the last two witnesses
is relied on to show the ineompoteiiev of
Dr. D. L. Hicks, one of the jury that
tried the case. It is hardly necessary to
say that it does not go far enough for
that purpose.
It does not show any bias or p yqndice
in the miiul of Hicks against Thompson,
or that he was not in every respect a
legally qualified juror. One of the wit
nesses says that a riot was progressing.
If this was true, it behooved every good
citizen to aid in suppressing it. Dr.
Hicks does not wem to have done any
thing inconsistent with* his duty. Welch
states that Ricks was talking in a crowd
and “seemed willing and anxious to
take a part in the proceedings.” This is
too vague and indefinite.
John ft. McCall deposes in substance
that he heard Capt. J. H. Hunter during
his last illness, and si few days before his
death, say in substance that he “didn’t
hear Nio Thompson call him si d—d liar
on the day and sit the time lie was
stabbed.” This, as represented, is not
legal evidence, and would hardly lu* held
admissable by any court of law. Hilt if
legal in sill other respects, it would still
be subject to the objection that it is cu
mulative only. Evidence, of this fact
was given in during tho trial by several
witnesses.
The Hev. C D. Campbell deposes to a
vague and indefinite recollection of a fact
which, if actually shown to exist, would
not. he legal evidence in the case.
Tiie foregoing is substantially the
newly discovered evidence upon which
the application relies to obtain anew
trial. I will not consume time, in demon
strating its insufficiency. As already sug
gested, it consists of loose statements, of
immaterial facts and vague expressions
of the unsupported opinions of the wit
nesses. Unless the showing is such as
would make it the duty of the court, to
award anew trial, the respite ought not
to be granted. In my opinion it does
not come up to this requirement. The
application for respite is therefore re
fused. Respectfully,
James M. Smith, Governor.
Citizens’ Meeting.
Monday Evening, Di:<\ 20, 1875.
Tho citizens met according to adjourn
! inent tit the Court House.
The Committee appointed to suggest
! suitable nnmos as candidates for Mayor
aud Cotiucflmen made the following re*
! port:
We, the undersigned Committee, np
i pointed by tho oiti/.ens in convention as
sembled on the 14th inst., to suggest
! suitable.candidates for Mayor and Alder
men, beg leave to submit tin* following
j names:
For Mayor: J. T. Davis; For Alder
men: A. J. Ronutree, W. E. Haines, John
Tillman, and Clayton Groover,
i Respectfully submitted,
J. l’.llNE,
J. M. Witt,
J. H. MoC.m.l,
T. A. Hall,
N. Gazin,
M. (V K*j’<>w\
* ’ Corn mil t ee.
L. F. Haddock, Secret try.
Tho report of the Cominith o was, on
; motion, unanimously 'adopted.
On motion tho following Resolution
i was unanimously adopted:
Unsolved: Asa sense of the meeting,
that tho present Liquor tax and tax on
Hilliard tables remain unchanged, and
: that llie present nominees stand pledged
| to that course.
On motion L. F. Haddock, S. M. Grif
fin, W. (’. McCall, N. Gazan, Willis
Reddick, Martin Ferguson, and Moses
Knight were appointed Executive Com
j mittee.
j By request of A. J. Rountree, his name
was withdrawn i.s one of the nominees,
• when on motion of Rev. Mr. Cromley the
name of S. M. GriUiu was proposed and
was unanimously selected in place of A.
|J. Rountree. The meeting tli n ud-
I joum ed.
S. W. Bkooks, Secretary.
Bart Thrasher received another car
! load of horses and mules this morning.
There are some very nice ones among
them, and Bart will sell them at prices
in keeping with the hard times.
Dr. S. F. Salter, " proprietor Tb-b .t i •
| Dispensary, Atlanta, (la., will visit Quit
i man, Ga., prof-ssionally Wednesday, .Jan
i nary sth, 1875, and will he consulted free of
I charge at AJ.cN> IPs Hotel, A\ e advise all
j the afflicted to call on him on that day, tts
he remains lmt one day. tf
M-HV A1) VK R TIN E .11M N TS,
FOR REM 1 ,
4 OOMFORTABLF. HOUSE in Quitman,
J 1 \ conveniently ami pi a mtlv situated.
Apply t ' 1. A. ALBRITTON, or
! Dec 23-2 t (J. D. CAMPBELL.
ELECTION NOTICE.
Mayor's Office,
Quitman, G:.., Dec. 22, 1875.
! Notice, i.s hereby given that an election
for Mayor and Aldermen to serve for the
j ensuing year, will he lu l l .*.t the (Neirt
j House on th 1 ’ Ist. Monday in January, lß7fi.
By order of fclie Mayor.
JOHN L. LI f ION,
Clerk of Council.
j Look Out for a Bargain in
Lumber.
ON THE 2ltu DAV OF THIS MONTH t
v. Ml sell to'tlie highest bidder, for cash,
! at public out tv, tho LUMBER at the jail
good, new plank, scantling, Ac.
EDWARD R. HARDEN,
J. C. 0. B. <-.
December IS. 1875. It
\XTiLJj b< old at 10 o’clock IT,’! DAY.
j i t the 2Uh of December, inst., before
the Court House door, for cash, or on ten
I months time with approved security. FOUR
j MULLS aud one good HORSE; a’so, on -
good two horse WAGON. This property
can be seen and bought iu the meantime by
applying to J. F. M. Harrell, Esq.
J. G. & W. <\ Mo WLL.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 21. 1875. It
GEORGIA -Brooks Conn-lv.
AMMONS ADAMS lias applied for ex
emption of personalty, and I will pass upon
the H.iin i at 11 o’clock on the first day of
January, 1870, at iuv olli-v.
’J. M. SHEARER,
Dec. 21, 1875. Ordinary.
YOUNG LADIES’
!■; rv t i : raiinai e in r!
ON TUESDAY NIGHT, Till! 28T11
instant, the young ladies of the Meth
j odist Church, assisted lv young gentlemen,
will give an entertainment in the brick
I building next door to I). R. Creech’s store.
! on Screven street.
The entertainment, will consist of Tab
leax, Charades, Music, etc., and the pro
| ceeds aro t<> be given to charitable mid wor
! thy objects.
j The following programme will be curried
I out:
“The Marriage Tal leaux.”
j ‘‘Misadventure”--a charade with three
I scenes.
“Yankee Courtship.”
‘•The Boston Dip" a coined!tla in one
act.
j “Blue Beard” --a tableaux with two scenes.
“The Three Old Women.”
“Santa (Tins.”
A Stump Speech.
Doors open at 7 o’clock. Performance to
commence promptly tit 7.1 o'clock.
Admittance s<) cents. Children under ten
years of age, 25 cents.
C. O. MOVE, Manager.
Executors Sale.
!N PURSUANCE of the power granted in
the will of the late I), lb McNeil, J will
i sell at public outcry at the Mclntosh Hotel
j iu the town of Quitman on the lirst Tuesday
i in January next, for tho benelit of creditors
| ami legatees of said deceased, the following
| property, to wit: all of tlu; household, kiteli
| on and dining room furniture, consisting of
i beds and bedsteads, cotton, moss and feath
er mattresses, also, chairs, tables, solas,
I carpets, mirrors, centre tables, bureaus,
\ wardrobes, wash stands, on * 7 octave piano.
; one buggy and harness, one two-horse wag
on, also a few cows. Terms cash.
\Y. A. McNEIL.
Dec. 15-30d.
Important to all (JoiicoriKHb
All parties indebted to Cecil S: Thrasher |
are requested to call and settle their accounts !
with the undersigned before the 15th of De- !
cember, or they will positively be sued.
Bart Thrasher, Agent.
United States Internal Revenue.
Deputy ('ot.i,kctoi:’s Office, j
First District, Georgia,
Quitman*, Dec. 8. 1875. )
Will be sold at auction on Monday, the j
20th December (inst.,) in front of S. W.
Brooks’store, on Screven street, in the town ;
of Quitman, at 11 o’c lock on that day, two J
boxes of tobacco, containing JO pounds
each, seized as the property of G. W. Head,
of Macon, Ga. No claims having been mad-'
or bonds given as required by Section TWO,
Revised Statuß sof tin United States.
EmvAi i> lb Wataf,
Collector. 1
BIKX >TiIK C l < >1 tNTY
Manufacturing Association!
Hiving veliitlod their Mill with new machinery, mv now ready to man triad tu*c wool into
Jeans and Plains lor < '.l .h-or bn shares.
4 >?*;sbgl>3ie*£>*s, 4 Triton 'Vjib*iim,
igsje r iCIsi a e:iK3, SK aiii(
Y am Hope mud r l''vvine
aiul foi’snlt' <-il LT'at-sonnl>!o prices.
All freight, on Wool s ut ov.w the A. AG. lb R. to b r.d.J.v. ill be n. id la-re, and
added to cost, pf carding. •
Ms fediaiipl for Moh or Woo!.
7.T-pea! wa are res]' ctfqtlv invited to call and examine our goods.
T ft" Wool Carded at U) cents per Pound.
- : i.i -mi it. BUIGGS, I'i:esii>hnt.
FUSE 011.8, WHITE LEADS, FAINTS. COLORS,
VARNISHES, 'BRUSHES, WINDOW GLASS,
SC A L E S.K T ETC.
Railroad, Mill and Ship Supplies, Rubber and Leather Belting, Waste, Packing,
Lanterns, Globes, Head Light Chimneys. (\rr Gaudies, Axle Grcasel Cylinder Tallow
Tallow Compound, Tallow. Kerosene, and high test Burning Oils, Glues, Emery, etc.
Lubricating, Paint aud Burning Oils a Specialty. .
CllZlZiiii r\YIX)R,
l T> r No and Bull Street, opposite Rost Office',
A GREATER
Display Than Ever !
•Ca '
Briggs, Ms & Cos.,
I Aro now opening th* ir stocks of
Ladies' Trimuiel Halts,
i Presenting a larger and lbcr display then
; ever.
Ladies amuse an*l astonish yourselves by a
call and inspection of them. The clerks are
! polite, and will take great pleasure in pl.ic
j ing them before you and naming price.-’.
!
| which arc astoui diii gly low.
If you desire an nut rimmed hat they hay
: them in ev ry variety, and the trimmings U
1 >
, And they have a house <-ro • .!, .1 foil iu or
cry corner with Dry Goods to lit every nrca
! sion, and at prices below anvlhing herctofw.‘
j 1 ’
known.
I (totton is cheap, but BRIGGS, JELKS A
CO. are with the fine s, an 1 Mabbeit says he
will sell goods cheaper.
Call and see for yotirs* lvcs.
I
lIWHHS, JELKS & CO.
W. A. MeNEiL
-with
!5i Ooiks A: <Jo.
The undersigned lias discontinued his
; business undet tlio linn name of Hall A Mc
; Neil, and wishes io inform his friends that lie
j 1 isis made ah engager*cut. with Urii/'/s .!<!!>.s
--i A Cos., where ho will he found constantly on
' hand, to serve them with anythin;; in the
j line of merchandise that is to oo found in
; stores, and at prices below competition. Call
j on me and sec what I cun do for von.
W. A. McN EIL.
J M . WITT,
Cabinet Maker
AND DEALER IN
FURN I TIM IK
n'AS NOW IN STORE A JTLL I.tNE
. of hundseme
AIAUIILE TOD Dil'l'P?*..
PLAIN WALNUT SETS.
CONSISTING OF
! BUREAUS, AVS All STANDS, BED
• STEADS, CHAIRS, CENTRE
TABLES, Ac.
ITis Block of Furnitnro now in storo is tlio
| largest aud finest over brought to this mar
i ket, and umlm.ct's everything needed to lur
; nish a house in the most elegant style.
CO3iK AND SIR: ITI
J. M. WITT.
I Quitman, Ga., Dec*. 15, 1875. tf j
LOS T !
VNOTE OF HAND, made and signed j
by Berry Williams, for 50G.04, payable
to Paine fc Hall, one day after date; dated 1
June 3d, 1871, and bearing interest from!
Ist January, 1874. All persons tire caution- j
ed against trading for said Note, as payment |
ti; f ,vooii has been stopped. J. PAINE.
Quitman, On., Dec. 8, 1875. tf
!. W.VKIJTtSKMKNTS.
ShcriflTs Stiles.
\ i r ILL RE SOLD before t lie Court House
\ V doer in tli l t >\* \j of Quitmuu, county
: i’ruek.:, on the iir..t Tuesday in January,
1875, l>cl\\e,n the legal hours of public
sab the following properly, to-wif: The
torth i ..It of lot imndVi H 7 in the southeast,
•'Cion ol tic town ol Quitman, together
'ith the 5 Uni;: and out houses on tho
■■nil'’. Lv: li ’ ;i■ id m Idas the property
■ I Mr M. 10. Med,in. k. by virtue of a tax
' la, again* t the <,\ Mr*. M. E. Medlock.
J. . 'niILVJSHEK, Sheriff.
A I.St)
At the :i:■ a 1 l;: i • and jlace, the house atnT
h i in th.e west. iji' s < lion of the town of
, Quiline.u. kn.-vv.i as the Join s’place, and
roafid- and on the ca t l y tin- original limits
1 the t* ” n, on C e novlli by Duncan Sin
‘ lair’s laud, -n tb- v t by'.f B. Creech's
and INrdue and G . v. -, land, and on tho
• ’Utli by Screven Mr- ~ J -vi-.-l on and
• “Id as the prop, jl v J y, Je-nos, apt nf,
for Mrs. J,. \. Jones, by virtue of a lax f. fa.
j against the said J. V. Jones, Agent,
J T. TULA. MLR, Sheriff.
A• > • .ie t-.: .i;■ i jib!: I ..'one brick storo
•'•• J '*d lot, corner of Sei'cven and lxcilrond
Ci' •. . \\y. ting Scre\ n > iiv-t twenty lct*t
; ;; 1 r'.mu!" -■ bach Imndred and four
teet. ‘ I'.ul st. V" and lot l> -ng a putt of lot
: muiil-i f live, block fourteen, in the town of
l of 8u 1). Ed -
. < nd ~;i t, . a moit-.. li fa. issiusl
1 ■ l *om Bioo'-.s Sup-rior Court, May Term,
i>. >. iu ia\ -r ol J. B. Ross ami J. T. Cole
•■‘l;l'i • tL -”dS 1. Kdmornl'on.
. T. I’IUtASHEU, Sheriff.
ALSO
' (a iiiiur Lme and place lot number
\) L .u the 1 tit I* di'.'ii.l oi Bi*o*;ks county.
( vi- I on by virtue < fa fi fa. iism.d from tho
M q : ' l hu I but t t Beirim county, in favor
oi \\. J>. C.i i/liii vs. John I\ Parish and
1 ; 1 iv vied on ; the ]>l opcltv of John
I • I 1 1 i.-]*. Properly pointed out.by plaintiff.
J. J’. I’IIRASII.EH, Sheriff.
ALSO
.M Hi.■ name time nu’d place one hundred
c.ud fiflo. ii aei. s of land, p;irt of the east
half yi lot of land number 527, iu the 13th
district of originally Irwin now Brooks
.aunty, Ga.. befog that part of said lot of
land sold to AW S. Humphreys by J. T. S.
Humphreys and A. S. Humphreys. Levied
| upon as property of the said W. S. Hum
phreys t<> satisfy three County Court li fa’s.
; in tav< rof \\. C. Browning V Cos. vs. W. $,
Humphreys, issued from County Court of
Brooks couul v , April 10th. 1875.
J. T. THRASHER, She.iff.
ALSO
At the f Mine liaie’imd place lot nmnbr t
> ‘l. i oat yaMol lot number 3(M), lying north
■ ! Lise.‘i -i ••• .J:. Lot number 314', except
; i 10 a.-r -s in the nortliwesl < . ruer of said lot.
! \!1 lying in the 12th district of Brooks
county. Ga.. to satisfy a mortgage ti fa.
i.>su.‘d IV" i tlie Superior Coml of Brooks iu
!a\orof Paul Coalson, admiii’sl rat or estato
l'h B. Coalson v:. S. S. Strickland and
other . i ; tie. property ot said S. S. Strick
land. Property point. .1 out by said mortgage!
I 0 fa.
•T. T. THKABJIEE, Sheriff.
Deeemher 9,1875-30d.
.SHEllil F'S SALE.
On the first Tuesday in -Tannary next, he-
I■ l f' the . uni t Hniise door in the town of
Ijilitin m, in the i oniitv of llroolvs. lietrveen
1 io T■ -ta 1 hours ot ;.ale. will be sold at public,
j oiibay. lot of biul number four hundred
and ninety-live (i9.V, in the 13th District of
ori;;iiiallv Irwin now said county of brooks,
levied on by D. F. Wilson, deputy Sheriff
ol said county, on the 7th day of February.
s 7:.’, under and In- virtue of ayf fa. from tho
Siq>< rior .’oiut of saitl county, in favor of
[ D ill lain F. Speight vs. Wm. (fray, which ji
has been assumed to William Drew.
Said land sold as the property of William
i . fray for the purchase morn y.
t This November 30th, l7d.
Sami.. J. Haiikki.i,,
Deputy .Sheriff Drooks Cos., (i.
OEOK( ll.V—Brooks County.
.1. F. AI.T.IIN ha applied for exemption
of personalty mid settinp apart and valuation
of homestead ol realty, aud l will p iss upon
the same at 1! oh l ick on Saturday . the 11th
dav of December. 1875, at mv office,
December 1, 1375.
J. Iff SIIKADEU, Ordinary.
Notice to Debtors awl Creditors,
| (lEOIIGI A, Brocks County.
\LL ]).‘isouv indebted to the estate of
.Willis A. Kin;;, late of said county dc
•*;• ko I, are hereby notified to come toward
| and make immediate payment to the umh r
; signed, and those bavin;; claims against said
deceased are required to present them ill
j terms of the law.
CULLEN HESTER,
•It Adminittlrutor,
Copartnership Notice.
The undersigned have this day fonned a
general copartnership in a general mcrcantdo
[business in the town of Quitman, Brook a
county, Georgia, under the firm name and
style of F. M. Tooke & Cos. The details of
the partnership contract can be seen by re
ference to the articles of agreement upon the
records of the same in the otUce of the Clerls
of the Superior Court of Brooks county, Ga.
Furnet M. Tooke,
F. N. MoCAnprn.
Q-utmas, Ga*, November 15, 1875,