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T. A. HALL • • Assistant Loral Edltoi-.
QUITMANs
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 187fi.
Granger Flcnlr.
The Grooverville Graugers will
hnve their second nunmil picnic, nt
Elam Cliuroh, next Saturday, and
there is a good time near at hand
for tho members of that extensive
order and ns many of their friends
ns have been honored with invitations
to attend. The farmers of Groover-
Tille district are noted for having
more good things to eat than the
generality of the honest tillers of South
Georgia soil, and it is perhaps due to
the fact that they keep their smoke
houses, granaries nnddWltieo at home,
and do not depend up#i t' e North and
West for anything consume.
Letter from a Merchant.
Mb. Ettrronr—Will void allow me
sufficient space in your valuable pa
per to call tho attention of merchants
<m the line of the Atlantic & Gulf
Rrilroad to the injustice done them
by the Pay Master of the rond being
furnished with free transportation
for a stock of Merchandise, which he
sells to tho road hands, instead of
paying them with the usual dm: bill
which the Directors hi,ul printed for
fiat purpo. e.
I would suggest thato .meeting of
the merchants be calleHMin early
day to take proper sev
eral acts of injustice by
the the road abated.
Mkrchast.
Quitman, May Bth, 187(>.
Close Up.
We have been urged by the mem
bers of the Fire Company to ask our
merchants to close their stores at 5
o’clock this afternoon, so as to give
all the firemen an opportunity to
turn out in the parade and partici
pate iu .tbe banquet, to be held at the
Council Chamber after the parade is
over. AVe think our merchants might
afford to' close up on this occasion,
as it wpal.l give all an equal chance
to enjoy themselves, and business is
veryoJiill, anyway. Some of the stores
where all the employees are firemen
will be compelled to close, and we
t hink it nothing but right that the
others should do the same. Almost
every business house in town has, or
ought to have, one or more firemen
in it who will want to join the parade,
mind those who arc fiiemen ought
-at least to fed interest enough in the
•organization to turnout to witness
the display. We trust that no one
will bo arbitrary., and refuse to close.
Alter ‘-Git ”
.Qiniraas, Ga., May 9th, IS7O.
'Editor or the Rei-orter;
HiUt. Sir; —N > doubt the many
readers of the Reporter on Thursday
last, were shocked at tho bold assault
that was made upon the Grand Jury
of this county, charging them with
perjury, which charge appeared in tho
Reporter over tho signature of Ci'.i
zen.
We ean see no cause, neither do we
know of any tenable ground, why one
proposing to be a Democrat should
so violently assault and inhumanely
slander the citizens of Brooks county,
to wit, the Grand Jury selected and
sworn for the county, last week, un
less it was for the purpose of provid
ing capital for the Radical party in
the form of a campaign document, or
to raise tho cry of “Bloody shirt;” and
to make the slanderous thing more
useful to the party above named,
the author claims to he a Democrat.
Ami wo c;n sea no reason why the
communication of Odizen -should not
be considered a political slander by
the citizens of Brooks county, gotten
up for political purposes alone.
It appears from said communica
tion that tho author was led to act
from the fact, simply, that the Grand
Jury, after having all the evidence in
a certain case, found “no bill,” which
was a matter in their own discretion,
and so charged by the court; and if
under the evidence, the Grand Jury
found "no bill,” it was a privilege
which no ono has a right to question,
much less to accuse the Grand Jury
of wilful perjury.
M •.
The Quitman Coruet Band lias
accepted an invitation to attend the
Granger Picnic at Elam Church next
Saturday.
KECGHTEKISMS.
—•The belle of Brooks county will
bent the Fireman’s Bull to-night.
—Messrs. A. B. Newsom ami A. H.
McCardel are the Marshals for the
firemen’s parade this afternoon.
—We had a very nice rain Tues
day morning and vegetation seems to
be considerably invigorated.
—lf you want a good cigar, call on
our young friend Aurelius McCardel.
We have sampled them, and know
whereof we speak.
—We do not object to having our
friends come intotnir sanctum to look
over our exchanges, but we do object
to the familiar way somo of them
bavo of proping themselves hack with
tlieir feet on our table.
—The Amateurs are rehearsing for
their promised entertainment to aid
iu the building of the Band Stand on
the Court House square. The per
formanc will be given on tho night of
the 26th inst.
! —Mr. J. E. Morrow, of this county,
i has a bunch of oats, which come from
one seed, that has one hundred and
fifty-six stalks in it. Who can beat
it?
—Gentlemen can procure tickets to
the Fireman’s Ball to-night by calling
on either of the members of the
committee—Messrs. Nathan Gazan,
R. C. Mclntosh and S. S. Rountree.
—The committee on chickens is
j hereby notified that the editor of the
j Reporter will certainly accept his in
vitation to attend the Granger pic
nic at Grooverville next Saturday.
—Bristow Williams, the negro who
was tried in the Superior Court last
week for stealing Mr. R. B. Wooten’s
mule, was found guilty, and sentenced
to ten years iu the penitentiary.
—This solemn warning comes from
the Rockland (Me.) Courier: • “It is
said that whoever goes to sleep first
on the wedding night will die first
and we’d advise married couples to
sit up all night and play checkers.’’
—Drs. Jelks & Mabbett have the
best matches in town. They have
just received a supply ol the Ameri
can Safety Matches and Fuses, the
most reliable that are made.
They will not ignite anywhere except
on the outside of the boxes contain
ing them, aud there is no danger iu
keeping them about the house. Dr.
Mabbett has our thanks for a box of
each kind.
—We had a call yesterday after
noou from Misses Willie Sinclair and
Julia Streetv, from whom we were
pleased to learn that, the dinner and
supper given fur the benefit of the
Presbyterian church was a success.
They requested us to return the
thanks of the ladies of the church to
all who contributed to and assisted in
the arrangement of the tables. They
desire ns to make special mention of
Mr. J. D. Smith, the gentlemanly and
liberal hearted book keeper for
Messrs. Haywood, Gage & Cos., Mr.
J. A. Poll lull, tho popular druggist,
and his father, Dr. Polhill, of Savan
nah, for valuable contributions. To
our own townsmen, Messrs. Nathan
Gazan, W. E. Barnes, A. J. Rountree
and E. T. Dukes & Bro. the ladies are
indebted for presents aud favors
which were of material aid. The late
hour at whieli the ladies ealled pre
cludes anything more than this brief
allusion to the] liberality of those
whose names we have mentioned.
The Sunday School Picnic.
We have been requested to state
that the three Sunday Schools of
Quitman, which unite in a picnic next
Thursday, will meet at the Methodist
Church at Bj, o’clock, where they will
have singing by the children and
speeches appropriate to the occasion
from Rev. J. 0. A. Cook, of Thomas
ville, and our fellow-townsman, Capl.
,J. G. McCall. After these exercises
the teachers and scholars of nil the
schools will form a procession, headed
by the Coruet Band, and march to
the picnic grounds—the grove near
“Culpepper’s Ginhouse' —about a
quarter of a mile from the Church-
Tm: Waycboss Headi.ioht. — This
new paper, published by Dr D. Lott,
and edited by Dr. W. B. Folks, made
its appearance last Saturday. It is
published with the material used for
the Blackshear Georgian, which Dr.
Lott purchased from Mr H. M.
Mclutosh, of this paper. The Head
light is therefore the legitimate suc
cessor to the Georgian , and starts out
with a good subscription list, afford
ing, at the outset, a splendid adver
tising medium. Dr. Folks is a genial,
popular gentleman and a sensible,
versatile writer, and we predict the
Headlight will succeed under his man
agement.
“Cltlzea” Helmets.
Editor Reporter.
Dear Sir: —Since tho publication of
my article in last week’s Reporter, iu
regard to the action of the Grand Ju
ry, I have been furnished, h f a friend,
with a list of the names that compos
ed that body; and after looking over
it carefully, I not only find such a
number of men thereon whose honor
aud whose intelligence can not. be
questioned, as to assure mo that they
as a body could not do otherwise
than perform their duties faithfully;
but that more than half of them are
my best friends, and the very men
whom I know would condemn any
uufair action of any person towards
an ignorant negro; believing, ns 1
know they do, that this is the only
way to win the confidence of these
people back from the infamous de
cievers who have led them astray.
This, together with the fact that
the same Jury found two indictments
whore a colored man was tho prosecu
tor, and a respectable white man the
defendant, convinces me that the
failure of justice in the ease referred
to was not the fault of the jurors, but
was due to other causes which can not
be remedied at present. AVith these
assurances, I think it my duty to ex
onerate the entire body from any
blame in the matter, and hence I re
!
tract all that reflects upon them in the
article referred to. I do this because I
believe it to be right, and I wrots the
first communication for the same rea
son; believing as I did, from good
reasons that there had been a failure of
justice, which would not only be a
blot upon onr hitherto unspotted rec
ord, but would be a good foundation
for the vile slanderer to build upon,
and for which the only remedy was ,
open condemnation by the people;
which I knew it would receive of their
bauds if their attention was called to |
it through the press, and the fault was
that of the jury. But for the-reasons
given above I do not think now, it
was their fault. Aud in writing both
articles I have done simply and only
what I believed should be done. Iu
conclusion I will say that I have no
personal feelings in the matter, be- i
cause when I wrote the first com mu- j
ideation I did not remember the name :
of a single Grand Juror; and any ac
tion that they may have taken m re
gard to it was done when they knew
neither the name, the feeling, nor the \
motives of the writer; lior the facts
upon which his opinions were based.
Citizen.
Brooks County, Ga., May Bth, 187 G.
The Pircia oil's Parade and Ball.
The “Stonewalls" have made every
necessary preparation for their grand
parade this afternoon, to be followed
I by their annual ball at tho Court
House to-night, and this promises to
Ibe the gala day of all its antecedents
within the history of the Company.
The firemen will turn out with
their engine at 5 o’clock this after
noon, and will be headed by the Cor
net Baud on a march around the
Court House Square, after which
they will have a “glass jingliug,"
toast drinking and good time gener
ally with the Mayor and Aldermen
at their hall.
The committee of arrangements
have done everything in their power
for the success of the ball to-night,
and the enjoyment of those who at
tend. The programme, which we un
derstand will be fully carried out,
embraces fifteen dances, and the very
best music that could be had has
been secured for the occasion.
Mr. E. Ives, our experienced and
popular confectioner, has contracted
to furnish an elegant supper at his
residence just across the street from
the Court House, and everything
will be done systematically and in or
der. “The boys” have gone to con
siderable trouble and expense to have
a jolly good time, and we trust their
happy anticipations may be fully
realized.
Cl’T THIS OUT
It May Save Your Life.
There is no person living but what
I fnffers more or less with Lung Diseas-
J es, Coughs, Colds or Consumption,
| yet some would die rather than pay
| 75 cents for a bottle of medicine that
; would cure them. Da. A. Boschee’s
| German Syrup has lately beeu intro
duced in this country from Germany,
| and its wouderous cures astonishes
I every one that try it. If you doubt
j what we sav in print, cut this out and
J take it to Kayton, and get a sample
j bottle for 10 cents and try it. Two
! doses will relieve you. Regular size
|75 cents. For sale by 11. H. Kay ton.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF
THE GR AND JI’HY.
Mat Term Brooks Bupk- )
kiou Court, 1870. (
Wo the Grand Jury, otapennollod and
sworn for tho first week of Brooks Superior j
Court, May term 1876, beg leave to make
tho following general presentments: •
By special committees from our body we
have examined tho public buildings of the
county, and find that the Court House is in
good condition and being well cored for.
Tho jail having boon recently painted is in
a good state of preservation,|and the premis
es aro cleanly kept. We find that the
stove pip© passing,through one of the lower
windows endangers the building to fire, ami
wo Ask that it rectdvo tho attention of the
proper authorities at once.
We find that the fence surrounding the
Court House square needs repairing and we
would suggest that our honorable Judge of
County Court have two coats of paint—
lead color - put on the same as early as prac
ticable.
j The public need of n new bridge over the
! Okapilco creek on the public rood known
l as the Strickland rood, having been clearly
shown to this body, wo recommend that
such a bridge be built upon the present site
i of tin* old one known as the Hycrs bridge.
It has also been made known to us that
the appropriation of seventy-five dollars
made by the last Grand Jury to build a
bridge across the Sinclair branch, was not
sufficient, and we recommend that Judge
Harden pay an additional amount of fifteen
dollars in order that the bridge may be com
pleted.
We recommend that .Stonewall Fire Com
pany have the use of the Court House for
their annual festival on the 11th of the pres
ent month, and that it be used for nothing
but Court purposes unless recommended ly
some future Grand Jury.
We find upon 'examination of the record
that the term of office of our board of ed
ucation has expired, and we recommend that
T. J. Livingston, W. E. Barnes, John G.
McCall. F. F. Jones and J. M. Williams, be
appointed as the board of education for
Brooks county for four years; and that Drs.
E. A. Jelks and R. M. Hitch be appointed
physicians of the board of health for the
county.
We recommend an assessment of sixty
five per cent, on the Suite tax for county
purposes as follows:
Payment of old debts 10 percent.
“ “ jail fees 10 per cent.
“ ‘*Jurv services... 20 per cent.
“ “ pauper fund... f> per cent.
“ of salary County Judge 10 per ceut.
“ of general County pur
poses 10 per cent.
Appeals for help from the county having
been made by Mrs. Lauia Strickland, Mrs.
Margaret Catlit and Mrs. Tinsy Vick, we
recommend that their names be placed on
the pauper list, and the first named be al
lowed the sum of five dollars per month for
four months. The second the sum of four
dollars per mouth for four months, and the
last named two dollars per month for six
months; and we ask that the name of Albert
Oluyboru be stricken from the list.
f * WrT&ve' inquired into the condition of the
public roads of the county and find them all
in good condition except the one leading ;
from the .Spain bridge over the Piscola j
' creek to ('anneth Yates’.
i
The bridge over the Piscola near Dixie ;
needs some repairs aud we ask that said re
pairs be done and paid for out of the funds
of the county.
The books of the differ--*nt county officers
v.v fi id kept i.i a ne.it an l business like
m inner.
We would respectfully as’; tint his Excel
lency, Gov. Smith, re-appoint Judge F.. It.
Harden (at the expiration of his term) as
Judge of the Comity Court Brooks County.
We r.‘commend that the Jurors and Ban
in's of this Court be allowed the sum of two
dollars per day for their services.
We respectfully ask that these present
ments be published in the Quitman Re- ‘
• pouter; ami in this connection we would
state that our attention lias just been called i
|to an article in the issue of this week's !
; Ri porter in which we are charged with per- j
j jury for not finding a true bill against one '
W. T. Arrington for the alleged shooting of \
! a negro, and as confirmed idiots for finding j
:no bill. We regret that such charges should ,
have appeared, and we claim for ourselves a !
just sense of responsibility to the Court and J
the county, and are satisfied with our actions i
in the premises, and here call on the Editor
and proprietor for the real name of the au
thor of the article which appears over the
signature of “Citizen.”
We make this demand in justice to our
selves and that the county may know
who “Citizen” is, and not to take upon our
selves a newspaper war with “Citizen.”
In closing our labors for tho week and as
| we are about to separate we each bear with
us a sense of high regard for liis Honor A,
H. Hausell, our able and dignified Judge,
and wo return our thanks to our efficient
and attentive Solicitor General Col. R. G.
Mitchell for services rendered our body dur
ing the week.
It is ordered by the Court that the general
presentments of the Grand Jury be publish
ed as requested. A. 11. HANSELL,
J. s. c. s. c.
I certify that the foregoing is a correct
copy from Minutes. W. G. BENTLY,
v Clerk S. C.
The People Want Proof.
There is no medicine prescribed by
i physicians, or sold by Druggists, that,
carries such evidence of its success
and superior virtue as Boschek’k Ger
man Syrup for severe Coughs, Colds
settled on the Breast, Consumption, or
any disease of the Throat and Lungs.
A proof of that fact is that any per
son afflicted, can get a Sample Bottle
for 10 cents and try its superior ef
fects before buying the regular size at
75 cents. It has lately been intro
duced iu this country from Germany,
and its wonderful cures are astonish
ing to everyone that use it. Three
! doses will relievo anv case. Try it.
! Sold hv 11. H. Hatton. 19-1-y
Notice to ContriH’toi’s.
0\ the Ist Tuesday in June next I will let
nut to the lowest bidder, at public out
cry, iu front of the Court House at Quitman,
Georgia, between the hours of 10 o'clock
a. u. and 12 no., the contact for putting
two coats of solid paint (lead color) upon
the fence around the Court House squtire,
iu accordance with the recommendation of
the Grand Jury, at the May term ot Brooks
Superior Court (see general presentments)
1876.
The contractor will furnish all the materi
al. the paint andoiltobe ol the best quality.
'Hie work to be paid for Nov. Ist, 1876. No
order will bo issued for the work until the
same is examined by a committee of experts,
appointed by the County Judge, who shall
report that the work is done strictly accor
ding to contract, and that the material fur
nished w: of the best quality. The con
tractor will be required to give bond and
good security to be approved by the County
Judge, for the faithful performance of the
work and for the completion of the same by
the Ist of July 1876. This letting is adver
tised and will be conducted strictly in ac
cordance with the act of the General Assem
bly of the State of Georgia, approved 24th
February, # 1875; page 38 of public acts of
1875. Edwardß. Harden,
J. C. C. 11. (’.
May 10, 30 and.
Mrs. Black wishes to in
form her Friends that she
i will be pleased to see them
at the Store of Messrs.
Brings, Jelks & Cos., having
; arranged to conduct her
Millinery business iu con
nection with them, which
gives her such advantages
in obtaining Goods that she
can supply them with the
latest and best at greatly
reduced prices. She is now
exhibiting a beautiful lot
of new Goods. Call and
see.
Dr.. E. A. Jelks. Dr. Harry Mabbf.tt.
Drs. Jelks & Mabbett,
Having purchased the drug department of
Messrs. Briggs, Jelks & Cos., would respect
fully notify their friends and the public gen
erally that they have just opened a NEW
DRUG STORE, in the house formerly occu
pied by Dr. Jelks as an office, which they
have considerably enlarged, and are now
supplied with a full aud complete stock of
Drugs,
Patent Medicines,
Perfumeries,
Toilet Articles,
Oils, Paints,
Window Glass,
Putty, Ac. &c.
Also a fine stock of SCHOOL HOOKS.
STATIONERY, TOBACCO, SEGARS,
SNUFF, &:e.
F,. A. JELKS A HARRY MABBETT.
7-Gin
PLANTERS
HOTEL,
CORNER OB’
Barnard and Bryan Streets,
(Market Square)
SAVANNAH, GA.
Tho undersigned having recently taken
charge of this popular house of entertain
ment, has made every necessary improve
ment for the accommodation and comfort of
guests. A first class Barber Shop, with
baths connected, Reading and Billiard
Rooms, Telegraph Office and other con
veniences are now connected with the House
aud no pains are spared to make guests liap
pv.
The Tables are supplied with the very
best the market affords, the rooms are large
and airv, making it a favorite stopping place
for Plauters and Merchants from the coun
try. Conveyances to and from the Railroads
and Steamers always iu readiness.
Hoard Only per Day.
A. E. CARR, Proprietor.
Office of Sixof.k Manufacturing Cos.,
No. 172 Bi’.oughton St.,
Savannah, Ga.. Jan. 3, 1876.
We have this day appointed Mr. H. C
Peoples our agent for the comities of Gads
den, Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Suwaunee,
Waukulla, Liberty, Columbia aud Franklin,
Fla., for the purpose of selling our machines
and of collecting on all leases and notes held
by us against partiesin said counties.
THE SINGER MF G CO.
C. S. Beatty, Agent.
Liverpool
and
London
and
Globe
liLsurauec Cos.
Funds of the Company $24,325,084.
Income of the Company 7,690,060.
Claims paid by the Company. 61.110.875.
H. M. MoINTOSH.
Agent at Quitman.
< AHIIIAGE, AVAGON,
—AND—
/
I t A II IN K S S
MANUFACTORY.
The undersigned would call the attention of
their old customers and the public general
ly to the fact that they are still at their old
stand on Lee street, where they aro prepared
to manufacture all kinds of Carriages, Bug
gies, Wagons and harness. *
REPAIRING
a specialty, and satisfaction guaranteed.
We also pay strict attention to the manu
facture and repairing of plow’s.
A share of the public patronage is solici
ted.
B W. LEVERETTE A. SON.
Quitman, Ga., January 11, IS7G. 3m
J. M WITT,
Cabinet Maker
AND DEALER IN
FUENiITURE
Has now in store a full line
of handsome
MARBLE Tor SETS,
PLAIN WALNUT SEW,
CONSISTING OK
BUREAUS, WSAHSTANDS, BED
STEADS, CHAIRS. CENTRE
TABLES, Ac.
His stock of Furniture now in store is the
largest aucl finest ever brought to this inur
ket. anil embraces everything needed to fur
nish a house in the most elegant style.
COME AND SEE IT!
J. M. WJTT.
Quitman, Ga., Dec. 15, 1875. tf
REMOVED.
NATI. AN GAZAN husie.noved his Cheap
Cash Store to the f conier formerly occupied
by J. R. Edmondson, where ho now has a
large and complete Stock of
Dry Goods,
Clothing;,
Hats,
Hoots and Slices,
Crockery,
Hardware,
Groceries, &<*.
FLOUR direct from Baltimore Mills, and
such other Goods as are generally found in
a first-class establishment, all of which will
be sold at the very lowest cash price.
Jco*The highest market price paid for all
kinds of produce.
NATHAN GAZAN.
7-ct
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