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The Quitman Reporter
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S. T. KINGSBURY,
Attorney at Law,
QUITMAN, - - GEO EG IA.
in new Brick Warehouse.
Business before the U. Patent Office
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Attorney at Law,
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Attorney at Law,
QUIT MAX, GEORGIA.
in the Court House
"lIADDOni & RUFOIiD,
Attorneys at Law,
QUITMAN, GKO.
Will give prompt attention to ail business
entrusted to their care.
/METOfflce over Layton's storo*
Dr. E. A. JELKS,
Practicing Physician.
QIJITM AN OA .
Office : Brick building adjoining store ,
of Messrs. Briggs, Jelks & Cos., Screven
street. fl-tf
R. H. Robinson,
Physician and Surgeon
Having opened an offic* opposite the
Mclntosh House, in the building formerly
occupied by Mrs. Black, offers his services
to any who* may call. Office hours from 9
to 12 o’clock a. m., and from 2 to 4 i\ m.
Quitman, Ga., Fel). 2, 1870. 3m
Dr. J. S. N. Snow,
BENT I S T •
OFFICE —Front room up stairs over Knv
ton’s Store. Gas administered foripainless
ly extracting teeth.
jc£rCharges to suit the times.
jan 19, ly
Carriage, Wagon and Buggy
Manufactory.
The firm of Knight and Scarborough lias
been dissolved by mutual consent. The
diabilities will be settled by the undersigned,
■who will continue the whe.elrigbt, carriage
and wagon manufacture as before. Thank
ful for i>nst favors bo still solicits public pa
tronage. Work cheaper than ever, and war
ranted. Try mo and be convinced.
J. H. KNIGHT.
.November 30, 1870.
From Winchester to Strnsburg.
KITTY (IHIM.
From tho “Diary of a Southern ref
ugee during the war" we make the
following extract. It in written by
tho wife of an Episcopal clergyman,
of Virginia, and equals anything
Dickens ever wrote.
“Wo left Winchester in the stage
coach for Strnsburg at 10 o’clock at
night, on tho ‘24th of December, 1801.
The weather was Litter cold, and wo
| congratulated ourselves that the coach
was not crowed. Mr. McG. and the
girls were on the back seat, a Metho
dist clergyman, a soldier and myself
on tho middle, and two soldiers and
our maid Betty ou the front seat.
We went off by starlight, With every
j prospect of a pleasant drive of eigh- j
teen miles. As we were leaving the :
suburbs of the town,the dilva' drew up
before a small house, from which is
; sued two women with a lniby, two ;
| baskets, several bundles and a box.
1 The passengers began to shout, “go on j
driver; what do you mean ? there’s no
more room for another; go on."
The driver made no answer, but
| tho women came to the coach door !
and began to put in their bundles.
Tho gentleman protested that they
; could not get in—there was no room.
The woman with the baby said she i
\u>,)uhl get in; she was “agwine to;
j Strasbnrg to spend Christmas with
her relations, where she was born and 1
‘ raised, and wliar she had not bin for
j ten j ear, and nobody had a better
| right to the stage than she had, and I
she wa;agwiue, and Kitty Grim was
j agwine too—she’s my sister law; and
•so is baby, ’cause baby never did see
I tier relations in ft aln r ? in her lif •.
]So uncle Ben 1” she exclaimed to the I
! driver, “take my bag, basket, and box
by you, and me and Kitty and baby,
and the bundles and tho little basket
will go inside.”
! All this was said amidst violent.
! protestations from the men within:'
• “You can’t get in; driver, go on.”
But, suiting the action to the word,
she opened the door, calling, “come !
Kitty,” got on the step and thrust her
head in, saying:
“If these gentlemen is gentlemen,
and lias got any politeness, they will
git out and set with uncle Ben, and
let ladies come inside.”
A pause ensued. At last a sub
dued tone from the soldier on the j
middle seat was heard to say: “Mad
am, if you will get off the step. I will
get out.” “Very well, sir; and why
didn’t you do that at first? And,
now,” said she, lookiug at a niau on j
the first seat, “there’s another seat by
uncle Ben; spose’n you git out and let j
Kitty Grim have your sent; she’s
bound to go.”
The poor man quietly got out w ith
out saving a word, hut the very ex
pression of his back, as be got out of
the coach, was subdued.
“Now, Kitty, git In, and bring the
little basket and them bundles; they
won’t pester the lady much,”
The door was closed, and then, the
scene being over, the passengers
shouted with laughter.
j Our heroine remained perfectly j
i quiet until we got to the picket post,
a mile from town. The driver stop-!
ped; a soldier came up for passports.
She was thunder-struelc. “Passe* s!j
passes for white folks ! I never hearn
of such a thing. I ain’t got no pass;
neither is Kitty Grim.” I suggested j
to her to keep quiet, as the best poli- [
cy. Just at that time a Tennessee
soldier had to confess that he had
forgotten to get a passport.
“Yon can’t go on,” said the official;
and the soldier get out.
Presently the woman’s time came, j
“Madame, your passport, if you
please.”
“I ain’t got none; neither is Kitty
Grim (that’s my sister-in-law) we
ain’t agwine to get out neither, ’cause
we’s agwine to Strasburg to spend
Christmas with my relations, and I
ain’t bin thar for ten year, and I nev
er hearn of white folks having passes.”
“But, madam,” began the official.
“Y'ou needn’t ‘but madam’ me,
’cause I ain’t a gwine to git out. This
is a free' country, and i’se a gwinc to i
QUITMAN, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, IS7(>.
Strasbnrg this night, so you might as
wel' take your lantern out of my face."
“But, madam, my orders,” began
the picket.
“Don’t tell luenuthiu’ 'bout orders;
I don’t care liuthin’ ’bout orders; and
you needn't think ’cause the Teiines
| sec mail got out that i’se a gwino to
j git out, ’cause I ain’t. Ain’t I got
three sons in tho army, great sight
J bigger than you is ? and they fit at
Manassas, and they ain’t no cowards,
i neither is their mother; and I ain’t
agwine to git out of this stage this
night; but I’m gwiue to ,Strnsburg,
| wliar I was horn and raised.”
1 The poor man looked liou-plussed,
hut yet another effort; ho began:
i “My dear uiadanio—,”
| “I ain’t 110110 ot your dear madiuuo;
I’se just a free white woman, and so
is Kitty Grill, and wc ain’t no nig-,
j gers to git passes, and I’se gwino long
this pike to .Strnsburg. Now, I'sc,
! done talkin’.”
With this she settled herself on,
; the seat and leant back with a most
determined air; and tho discomfitted
! man shut the door amid peals of
laughter from within and without.
In a few moments we were quiet'
again, and all began to settle them
: selves for sleep, when the silence was
broken by 0.. r heroine:
“Kitty, is you sick ?”
“No,” said Kitty.
“Well, it’s a wonder, gentlemen,
can t one of you take Kitty’s seat and
give her yourti V she gits monstrous
sick when s'no is a riding with her
back to the horses.”
There was a dreadful silence, and
my curiosity was aroused to know
how she would manage that point.
After a few moments she began!
again;
“Kitty, is you sick ?”
“No,” says Kitty, “not yet.”
“W ell, I do wish one of you gentle
men would give Kitty his seat.”
Still no reply. All was becoming
quiet again when she raised her voice:
“Kitty Grim, is you sick ?”
“Yes,” said Kitty, “just a little.”
“I kuowed it; I kuowod she was
sick; and when Kitty Grim gets sick,
she most in gamrul flings up 1”
The effect was electric. “My dear
madam,” exclaimed both gentlemen
at once, “take my seat; by all means
take my seat.”
The Methodist clergyman being
nearest, gave up his seat and took
hers. The change was soon effected
amid the most uprorious laughter, al
feeling that they were fairly out-gen
orulled the third time.
When wo reached Strasbnrg she
called out to “Uucle Ben” not to car
ry her to the depot, “she was a gwiue
to her uncle’s.”
"Whar’s that?” cried Uncle Ben.
“I don’t know, but monstrous nigh
a tailor's.”
One of the passengers suggested
that we might be left bv the cars, and
had better go on to the depot; but
she objected, and we had become a
singularly non-resisting company, and
allowed her take—what we knew she
would have—her own way.
Hints rou a Univehsal Language.—
Yesterday afternoon a young man
much given to the use of slang of the
day called on the Prosecuting Attor-
I ney and announced that he wanted a
warrant for the arrest of a saloon
keeper who had assaulted him, and
this is the way he made his want
known:
“Look a here, I want a warrant for
a foliar!”
“What did he do to you?” asked
the attorney.
“He fired me out.”
‘ “Fired yon out!’ What do you
mean by that?”
“Oh ! well, he stood me on my
head.”
“Do you mean to say that he stood
you on your head; how did ho do it ?”
“He didn’t exactly do that, but he
elevated me. Kinder raised me and
slid me off my eer.”
“What did ho do that for?”
“Why, I asked him for a drink, and
when I told him to chalk it in his
bead, and that when I-oaine round
again I’d kick it out, he told me to
to pull down mv vest. I told him to
comb his hair, and he just then boost
ed me.”
Ho obtained a warrant for assault
and batterv, —Hun Franeuca Call.
Thirty-Five Years Ago.
! Someth mg that President Harrison Hid.
The following is a copy of a circu
lar issued by direction of President
Harrison, in 1841:
Win I)ei'A!:tiiknt, March 23, 1841—
Sin: Tho president has thought
proper to announce that ho will re
gard all partisan or active interfer
ence in elections, and tho contribu
tion of any assessment ou salaries or
official emoluments for paity purpo
ses, by officers or agents under the
I control of tho federal government, an
! abuse which he will correct by re
moval from office.
The president also desires it to lie
■ understood that punctuality in ren
dering aceounts'aud paying over bal
ances by all collecting and disbursing
; officers, will bo rigorously enforced.
A careful observances of the princi
ples and line of conduct thus marked
out and enjoined by the president is
earnestly recommend by this depart
ment to all officers and agents in anyj
manner subject to its direction.
For fuller information n copy of
the original circular, is issued from
' the department of State by direction |
; of the president is annexed. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant.
John Bell, Secretary of War.
The president is of tho opinion that.
it is a great abuse to bring tho pat- j
run age of the general government'
into conflict with the freedom of
elections; and that this abuse ought
to be corrected wherever it may have
been permitted to exist, and to be
nrevonted for the future.
Ho therefore directs that the infor
mation be given to all officers and
agents iu your department of the
public service that partisan interfer- ■
ence in popular elections, whether of
State office or officers of this govern-:
meut. and for whomsoever or against j
whomsoever it may be exercised. O"
the payment or contribution or as
sessment of salaries or official coin-'
pensation for party or election pur
pol.'i, will be regarded by him as ;
cuilte for removal.
It is not intended that any officer [
shall be restrained in the free and j
proper expression and maintenance i
of his opinions ill respect to public !
men or public measures, or iu the ex- j
ercise, to the fullest degree, of the •
constitutional right of suffrage. But
persons employed under the govern
ment, and paid for their service out
of the public treasury, are not ex- i
peeled to take an active or officious
part in attempts to influence the
minds i r votes of others; such con
duct being deemed inconsistent with
the spirit of the constitution and the
duties of public agents acting under
it, and the president is resolved, so
far as depends upon him, that while
the exercise of the elective franchise ;
by the people shall lie free from un
due influences of official station* and
authority, opinion shall also bo free I
among the officers and agents of the
government.
The president wishes it further to
be announced and distinctly under
stood, that from all collecting and
disbursing officers, promptitude iu!
rendering accounts, and entire pnuc- 1
tunlitv iu paying balances, will be
rigorously exacted. In his opinion,!
it is time to return, in this respect, to •
the early practice of tho government,
and to hold any part of delinquency
on the part of those, entrusted with
the public money, just cause of im- j
mediate removal. Ho deems the se
vere observance of this rule to bo es-;
sent.ial to the public service, as every
dollar lost to the treasury by unfaith-j
fulness in office creates a necessity for
anew charge upon the people.
Words Fitly Spoken.
In the closing article of his will,
tlio late David Snow, a Boston mil
lionaire, says:
“It is my earnest desire and request
that all my heirs (this, of course, is
more especially directed tojthe males)
! should invest their means in the safe
way, and pursue some steady, per
manent, legitimate business or em
ployment with great perseverance and
iiulustsy, and success is sure to crown
their efforts in due time. This course
is not only an honorable one, but is
almost always the most successful and
satisfactory in the long run; whereas,
dealing in stocks and engaging in
uncertain and rash speculations I re
gard as a species of gambling at best,
a mere lottery, and although some
times pleasing and exciting when the
luck is good, still in the main such a
course is goneralv very injurious and
demoralizing, and often ends in ruin,
both pecuniarily and morally. It is
my hope and ardent desire that my
heirs will ever be honest, liberal,
steady, industrious, kind to the needy,
and attend regularly some church,
my choice being, of course, the Meth
odist. which has been so long so dear to
me. ’
A Young Ludy.Outragrd and then
Abandoned
[From the St. Joseph Gazette.]
About a year and a half ago, a
[ young lady, employed in one of the
manufacturing institutions of the city,
i formed the acquaintance of a yotmg
gentleman of this city, who soon full
into her good graces, and finally won
j her promise to become his only and
his alone. Things went ou pleasantly
; with the loving couple until tho too
confiding girl fell from virtue’s proud
estate, and yielded to her lover that
matchless prize woman’s honor. After i
i accomplishing, his purpose, the smiles
j of love turned to averted glances and I
i frowns, by which the girl knew too i
| well that he meant to abandon her.
One night, the young man, who had ;
drank rather freely, called upon the I
: girl in a state of beastly intoxication, '
j and she lovingly reproved him, whero-
I upon he told her that he never cared ■
j anything for her, and that he wished j
i that she was in eternity, ns he had au
j other girl.
This took the young lady, from ]
| whom he had taken her virtue, com- j
1 pletely by surprise, more especially
j because it-came from the lips of the j
only one whom she had ever truly
loved. She recovered her womanly j
pride, and with the defiance of a
sworn enemy, she answered buck, j
“Charles, I will follow’you wherever [
you go, even to the mouth of hell.” ;
Hell it self had no fury for her, and i
she was willing to do anything now.
She was true to her word. For full j
one year and a half she has darkened
his pathway by her presence. He j
went to no town but what she went, j
and, since her virtue was gone, she ;
cared naught for the world, she be- [
came a common harlot.
Day before yesterday the two, iu
their wanderings, had again come
around to the place of their first ac
quaintance. They met on Ed
mond street. She now presented
more the appearance of a demon or
an arch fiend than the beautiful, inno
cent young In Gy of n. year and a half
ago. He recognized her, but she
scorned to speak to him, said nothing,
passed on, but kept him under her
vigilant eve. They stayed in town
till yesterday morning, but apart. He
left at noon yesterday, and she after
him. She seems very persistent in
following him, and an end can be
put to it only by liisdeath, which, we
think, will bo brought about in a
short time, and by his own hand.
The parties are both well known,
but we for the present suppress
names, deeming it best to give the
sad affair no further publicity for the
time being.
Wool. Cotton. —The Charlotte
(N. C.) Obsrrver says: Abide of cot
ton, such as has never been seen in this
market before by the oldest cotton
buyer, was received yesterday by
Messrs. Oates Bros., from Isaac Har
ris, Esq., yf Moore,sville,lredell county.
It is of the exact texture of wool; it
has almost no staple at all, and while
certainly a species of this staple, has
very few of its qualities. Handfuls
of it have been brought here before by j
farmers, among whom it is known ns j
vegetable wool cotton, but this is tho ;
first bale over seen here. It has no
merchantable value in this market, I
and will be shipped by Messrs. Oates
Brothers to Philadelphia. Mr. Har
ris expects to realize a largo price for
it, but cotton men bore doubt if lie j
will be able to do this, since the 1
growth can not bo adapted to the
uses to which either cotton or woo!,!
strictly speaking, is applied. It is so ,
far from being cotton that no clnssifi- I
cation can be found for it, and it is
just as far from being wool.
A Bkand New Religion. -A now
thing in religion is the “Eclectic
Church,” of which A. Picked, of 1- rai
rie City, lowa, proclaims himself the
Pope. We are much oblige to the
Pope for a postal card containing a
copy of the doctrines of his faith, and
wish him a good timo in their propa
gation. They are as follows: 1. One
God and Father of all. 2. We are
living in the dawn of anew dispensa
tion—tho Eclectic Church. 3. One
man in a normal condition should be
married to two women, and two only.
4. Jesus Christ will never come to
this world at some future time. 5.
Must have a visible head to tho true
church of God. (!. Limited punish
ment in future life.— St. Louis
Times.
Paris ladies, in walking, take the
extreme end of the train in the right
hand, and, bringing it round to the
side, hold it there during the prome
nade. This is a decided improvement
on the usual lasliiou of catching the
skirt higher up, as it does away with
tho possibility of any portion of it es
caping and sweeping the street.
Buying a Cow.
Deacon Smith s wagon stopped one
morning before widow Jones’door,
and he gave the usual country sign
that he wanted somebody in the botiso
bv dropping the reins and sitting
double with his elbows on his knees.
Out tripped tho widow, lively as u
cricket, with a tremendous black rib
j boil on her snow-white cap. “Good
’ morniiTg,” was said on both sides, and
the widow- waited for what was fur
| tlier to he said.
“Well, Ma'am Jones, perhaps you
don't w ant to sell one of your cows
I now, for nothing, any way, do von?”
“Well, there. Mister Smith, you
couldn’t have spoken my mind better.
A poor lone woman like mo does not
j know what to do with so many cre
; tnrs, and should be glad to trade if we
j can fix it.”
So they adjourned to the meadow.
Deacon Smith looked at Roan—then
at the widow at Briudle—then at
the widow at the Downing cow—
then at tho widow again—and so
through the whole forty. The same
call was made every day for a week,
hut the deacon could not decide which
cow he wanted. At length, on Satur
day, when the Willow Jones was in a
hurry to get through her baking for
Sunday -and bad “ever so much to
do in the house,” us all farmers’ wives
and widows have on Saturday—-she
was a little impatient. Deacon Smith
was -is irresolute as ever.
“That'cre Dow ning cow is a pretty
faircretur,” said he, “but”—he stop
lied to glance at the widow’s face, and
then w alked around her -not the wid
ow but the cow.
“The Dowing cow-1 knew her be
fore the late Mr. Jones bought her.”
Here he sighed at the illusion to the
late Mr. Jones; she sighed, and both
looked at each other. It was a highly
interesting moment.
“Old Roan is a faithful old milch,
and so is Briudle, but 1 have known
better.” A long stare succeeded his
speech—the pause was getting awk
ward —and at last Mrs. Jones broko
| out: ,
~ “-.La-y 1 Mr. Smith, if I'm the cow
you want, <lo say so!”
The intentions of tho deacon and
the widow were published the next
dav.
| Purifying Clothing Infected with
Small-Box.
The District of Columbia expended
nearly SIO,OOO during tho small-pox
epidemic of 1872-73 in reimbursing
poor people for the destruction of
j their clothing and bedding believed
to be infected with tho disease, and
was therefore ordered to be destroy
ed. A large quantity of clothing be
longing to persons able to bear the
loss was also destroyed, and does Dot
enter into the above account. To save
some of the money loss occasioned by
an epidemic of the disease, a special
committee of the Board of Health has
recommended the building of furna
ces and ovens in which the clothing
may be disinfected and saved for fur
ther use. Both dry and moist and
heat are effectual in destroying ani
mal or vegetable virus, and the appa
ratus recommended by the committee
is simply a cheap arrangement of ov
ens and steam boxes, where clothing
can be exposed to moist heat of 250
degrees Fahrenheit, and to dry heat
of 200 degrees. Sulphurous fumiga
tors are recommended for larger arti
cles, such as mattresses, bedding, car
pets, etc. For the destruction of ar
ticles unfit for use, a small oven, with
a horizontal grate, is recommended,
the clothing being burned under the
fire proper and the products of com
bustion passing up through the coal
or wood tiro before entering the
chimney. By this arrangement it is
claimed that fl ving particles of un
cousumed clothing would be disin-
j fecteil or destroyed by tho heat of the
oven and prevented from doing any
injury. The committee believe that
the necessary ovens can be built for
about five or six hundred dollors, and
the cost of fuel would be comparative
13'small. Philadelphia Ledger.
A traveler recently from North
Carolina, relates that thero is an aged
Indian couple living in Gheerib, Gra
ham county, who also propose going
to the Centennial. Tho husband,
Ghee Sqnich, is aged 125 years, and
the squaw, Nakih, 130 years. Both
are in vigorous health,'possess all their
faculties intact, and are full of ancient
reminiscence. Thev are Cherokees,
and were born within four miles of
the place of their present residence.
The man recollects perfectly the dec
laration of the Revolutionary war aud
the proclamation of peace.
A country editor says with appar
ent truthfulness: “The best paper
now issued is the greenbacks, signed
by Treasurer New. It is difficult
however, to keep it on our exchange
list.”
No. 7.