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THE GAZETTE
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
T. CL LOOMIS,
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WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOV, 511.1881
LATEST.
li A. M. —Latent news by telephone to
Trion points to victory! New York, New
Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
and Indiana are reported to Lave gone
for Cleveland. New York City and
Brooklyn gave Cleveland 68,000 majority.
Illinois reported close.
Married: Tom Tucker to Miss Joe
Butler, both of Conyers; George W.
Sciple, jr., of Atlanta, to Miss Lydia
Elam, of Americus; .)• A. Allison, of
Charlotte, N. C., to Miss Minnie E.
Bryan, of Talbotton; T. B. Winn to Miss
Fannie Westbrook, both of Acworth;
Walter White to Misi Lena Gilreath,
both of Cassville; Joseph Prichard to
Miss Frances Tolbert, J. M. Brickett to
Miss Lula Gaulding, and Gus Williams
to Miss Nancy Ward, all of Carroll county;
E. L. Montgomery to Miss Sallie Lyle,
both of Floyd county; James 0. Banks
to Miss Annie McAfee, both of Marietta;
James R. George to Miss Alice Hilburn,
both of Atlanta; John L. Bellamy, rail
road conductor, to Miss Tommie Traylor,
of LaGrange; B. G. Griggs, of Douglas
ville, to Miss Helen Copeland, of
Grcshamville; Joseph 8. Rogers, of
Marion county, to Mu-s Jennie White, of
Covington; John W. Gilleland to Miss
Fannie Heard, both of Wilkes county;
Jesse Kinyon, of Atlanta, to Miss Jennie
Baber, of Marietta; Joshua Gardner, of
Adairsville, to Miss Alice Hix, ol Chat
tooga county.
Suicides: Thomas Robeotrack, of
Atlanta, with laudanum, through <’<■
eponiiency; in Philadelphia, James L.
Clayton, aged 18. with pistol, immediately
after killing accidentally his lust friend,
John 8- Baker, aged 17; Mrs. Annie
Logan, of Philadclpl ia, alter killing her
threo-ycars-old sou (her husband had left
her in poverty); in Caihoun county, W es
Virginia, Mrs. Joliuson, after kil ing two
of her children; Miss Ela Reed, of
Shenandoah, Penn., from I
love; at New Philadelphia, Ohio, Kerr
Caddes, on his wedding tour; in Erie
county, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Elcnora Pitts,
her mind being enfeebled by long sick
ness; in Milton, Penn., John Stonebac' ,
worth $60,000, lather than fact, tin; tax
collector; at Lewisburg, Penn , Prof. W.
W. Grier, while delirious from typhoid
lever; in Brookfield, N. 11., Horace
Leland, by burning himself on a brush
heap, from unrequited love.
-w. ——
Died: S. W. Pruitt, of Banks county;
Hon. Ered H. West, ol Leesburs; Miss
Annie Dodd, of Burtow county; A. C.
Sorrells, of Acworth (cut up by a gin);
Nat Goss, of Plainville; Tolman Taylor,
of Atlanta; Nora Rutherford, nogress,
near Griffin, reputed to bo 118 years old;
John Calloway, of Henry county, aged
VI; Thomas Durham, of Calhoun county;
Miss Estelle Ivey, of Baker county; A.
J. Phiniiee, of Monroe county; Dr 11.
D. Billups, of Athens; Frank R. Harden,
of Quitman; Mrs. Cocbrau ol Pickens
county, burned up in her house; John
J. Cohen, of Augusta, aged 78; Mrs. J.
A. McCord, of Conyers; James Dorman,
of Marion counny; Mrs. J. C. Miller, el
Franklin county; Miss Cornelia A. John
son, of CbatUhoochee county, aged 35;
Sanford Wotumock, aged 74, and Miss
Leonora Lott, both ol Columbus.
ADV IV*T<> MOTHERS.
Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
Teething. Its value is incalculable. It
•will relieve the poor st fferer immediately.
Depend upon it, mothers, there is no
mistake about it. It cures djsentery
and diarrhoea, regulates the stomach and
bowels, cures wind colie, softens the
gums, reduces inflammation, and gives
lone and energy to the whole system.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for
Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses ami
physicians in the United States, and is
for sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Killed; at Eaton. Ohio, Mr. Ryan,
town marshal, by a rowdy whom lie had
arrested a few days before; in W heeling,
George Blenback by Ben brazier, quar
reling who should dance with a certain
girl; at Fort Fetterman, Bis.. Tern
Diamond by George Sanders; in Pitts
burg, George Walters by Carrie Johnson,
through jealousy; in Decatur, Fexas, by
Mike Chambliss and Steadman Ward, L.
W. Fambr.i. formerly of Griffin, Ga ; in
Clayton, Ga., by Eugene W. Beer, while
drunk, his wile and .-islet in law, Miss
Addie Baillie, of Cumming; at Edwards
port, In 1., Lincoln Keith by Dick
Adki' son drunk.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
1 .
The United States supreme court is
now considering suits against the United
States for $1,423,810, brought by in
surance companies to recover, from the
unexpended balar ce of the Geneva award,
the sums they paid as insurance on vessels
destroyed by confederate cruisers.
’lien. Hazen, chief signal officer, in his
annual report, commends Lieut. Greely
as having carried out faithful y the in
sTnetions given him, and contends that
‘ the instructions were excellent, Lut
r blames Lieut. Garlington for not leaving
supplies at the points designated, and
calls for an investigation by congress.
1 Thomas Drummond, U. 8. judge of the
> seventh circuit, has resigned. President
Arthur has appointed Walter Gresham,
now secretary of the treasury, to succeed
Drummond, and Hugh McCullough to fill
Gresham’s place.
Many of the witnesses before the con
gressional commission thiuk a subsidy to
U. 8. vessels would stimulate commerce
with South America. Others admit that
1 the trade has fallen off very much, but
think nothing the government can do will
revive it. The last attribute the decline
mainly to the f;ct that the expenses of
U. 8. vessels arc greater tlinn of foreign.
A U. 8. captain gets SIOO a month; a
Norwegian captain, $25.
One probable evil result of Blaine’s
election would be the loss of $ 150.000,000
due to the government from the Pacific
railroads. Four supreme court judges are
to be appointed in the next four years,
and Jay Gould and Huntington can prob
ably ii fluence him to appoint men who
i will decide the Thurman act unconstitu
tional.
During the fiscal year ending June
i 30th, 1884, the post office revenues were
> $42,818,635, and the expenses $46,411,-
, 772.
The United States supreme court sus
tains Bell’s claim to prior invention of
i all the material parts of the telephone.
PROTKCTIVK TARIFF.
On Saturday evening General Toombs
was sitting in front of the Markham
House with head bowed down, dusty and
travel-stained, silently listening to n
northern orator who was expiating to a
' number of g.ntlenicn about the advan
tages of a high protective taiiff. When
’ any of the listeners offered to differ with
j. his argument the spokesman went fin
them with gloves of], and seemed to
annihilate till before him. At the con
elusion of his r< in irks the orator turned
to Pen. I'i oinb.s, who l ai not offered a
word of protest, and said:
“My country Irien.l, IJ-.utice t! a you
have been an att titivo listener to me
and us 1 would use to get the views of all
classes of the Southern people upo.i this
momentous question, will now hear from
you. I should judge fiotn yourdrersand
(•ice that you are a plain country farmer,
tint you seem to be u man of intelligence,
■ anil I f t l that you will < gree with me,
that a protective tariff will benefit your
calling as inuali ns any other.’’
Ihe grand old statesman drew up his
form in all of its oppressing dignity, cast
a glance of withering contempt upon the
impertinent ontor, ami then began
deliberately tn skin him alive. For one
hour never was there such mi argument
heard; his youthful eloquence seemed to
return to the old general, as he took point
alter point made by his opponent, tore it
into shreds and east it Lack into his face.
He analyzed the history of protective
tariff, from its birth to the present day,
and illustrated his word by the experience
of every government. Not only the taiiff
emissary from the north, but the crowd
assembled were spell-bound. The old
gentleman finally concluded by telling the
fellow that he was either a knave cr a
fool.
“In the name of God who is that man? ’
asked the stranger of a gentleman at his
elbow.
“Gen. Bub Toombs, of Georgia," was
the sarcastic reply.
Without a word the orator who had
carried all before him silently got up and
sneaked oft. He took the first train for
home.— Athens Banner- U'i itch man.
CRIME.
Near Shelbyville. Ky., Elijah Kirk
aeeused Robert Clark of slandering his
daughter. He was riding back and forth
before Clark s house with a gun, when
Clark shot him dead.
Shelby C. Price, of Nashville, Tenn.,
was arrested in Chicago on the 22J ult.,
charged with killing James J. Raymer,
aged 12, on the 4<h ult., for SSO.
Herman Marshall, of Tennessee, ter-
• roiiaed a car load of passengers on the
Mem; his & Paducah railroad, by walking
up and down the aisles, swearing, black-
I guarding, and threatening. He insulted
I a Kentuckian named Boon Hulsfetties.
I Hulsfetties struck him. Marshall ent
• him terribly, and pushed him off ths
! platform. Hulsfetties was picked up
nearly dead.
At Provider ce, R. 1., John Scheban
. beat Mary Mar-hall to insensibility,
poured kerosene oil over her, and applied
a match.
On a passenger train near Wabash,
Ind., last Friday, a drunken woman
! stabbed three persons seriously.
Mrs Francis, of Jamaica, Long Island,
. has confessed that her father-in law is the
1 ’ father of her six children. One of them,
' Lottie, aged 18, tried to cut her throat
< from mortification. The husband is
; prosecuting Lis father.
Mrs. Elizabeth Parker, of Elkhart,
I Texas, beat her pregnant daughter in-law
1 to death with a club. Her son is
’ ! prosecuting her, and is the only witness
I against her.
George T. Jackson A Co., Augusta
miller- , have failed, owing SIW (XX) 4
GEORGIA NEWS.
E’J'he surport of convicts costs Clarke
county S6O a year.
A West Point lien hns hatched 17
chickens from 16 eggs.
The State fair closed last Thursday. It
was reasonably successful.
The Columbus factory has shut down
on account of over production.
Kingston people are pushing ahead,
replacing the burned houses.
The Pioneer Paper Mill, of Athens, is
makii g paper out of pine tops.
One firm in Clarksville clears over
$5,000 a year on chickens alone.
Agricultural c’ubs have recently been
formed in Henry and Laurens county.
President Jackson, of the Enterprise
Factory, Augusta, is a defaulter for
SIOO,OOO-
The Savannah News says that the gin
house fires in the State average six or
eight a day.
George P. Burnett has been appointed
postmaster at Rome in place of Z. B.
Hargrove, removed.
At Rising Fawn, the wages ofemployes
of the Walker Iron Company have teen
reduced ten per cent.
Four brothers named Hay. aged 71, 73
75, and 77, dined together in Terrell
county on the 19th ult.
'Possum hunters in Gwinnett, found a
corpse in the woods on the 27th ult.
Apparently he was a tramp.
The synod of Georgia, 60 to 21. con
demned the teaching of the theory of
evolution at Columbia, 8. C.
On account of Laid times Judge Howell
Cobb imposes only half as high a fine as
he did Inst year for the same offence.
Candidates for judge: of Cherokee cir
cuit, Judge W. H. Payne, of Ringgold;
of Chattahoochee circuit, Hon. James M.
Mobley.
Years ago a Taylor county man filed an
injunction to keep the railroad hands
from catching the gophers on his land.
He wanted them for bis own caring.
At Dalton, on the 27th ult , 20 persons
were pois< ned by eating bread made ol
“sick wheat.” None of them died. Later
accounts sny the fault was in milk.
Unknown corpse found in woods near
Hapeville, eight miles from Atlanta, last
Thursday week. Evidently dead five
days or more. Supposed to be Captain
Powell.
IL swell had a $12,000 fire on the 2|ib
ult. Win. Wright lost $1,500; Joseph
Kelpins, $1,500; T. G. Admis, s2.l)<W;
C. A. Dunwoody, s6,Cl'(), Misses Smith,
$1,500.
In the last seven years the First
National Bank of Rome lias brought to
Rome or i $| 1,000,009 in currency, and
sent away h-.-s than $1,109,1,01). Wl-.ril
has become of t he rest!
Alex Henry and Fortune, young men
living nine miles from Rcn.e. towards
Cedartown, quarreled and fought while
hunting 'possums a week ago last night.
Both wi re badly cut. Fortune fatally.
MrsMnrv 11. Benson, of Augusta, after
being confined to her bed lor 72 days by
an internal tumor, and pronounced in
curable by physicians, was healed by a
strong faith in God on the 2'J h ult., and
cotrinucs perf c'ly well, so far as can be
seen.
Janies Poss went dewn info an old well
in Paulding county, and the rock wall
caved in upon him. For seven hours he
was imprisoned, not able to do more than
push the dirt from I.is mouth. When
finally reecued, lie was almost uncon
scious.
Bruce Harris A Co., of Borne, were
closed up by the sheriff a week or two
ago. E. G. Shannon A Co. were closed
last week. The debts filed foot up over
$34,01'0; the creditors say they can find
no assets except the goods, worth
$13,000.
Some 15 negro employes of John B.
Doris, circus man, were thrown off the
cars by the white employes between
Thomasville and Albany. They sued
Doris for $24,C00 damages, and had the
circus property attached, but compro
mised for S3OO.
Mrs. Sarah E. Godby sometime ago
obtained a verdict lor $5,660 damages
against the Georgia railroad for the kill
ing of her husband nt Aleova bridge.
Newton county. The road appealed to
the supreme court, and the judgment was
sustained. The money has been paid
over. By contract her attorneys, Messrs.
Middlebrooks A Edwards, received ha I
for their s. trices.
Byron B. Fairbanks, of Chemung
county. New York, was sentenced to the
penitentiary for two years for shooting at
a crowd who were throwing stones at his
father’s house. His brother in-law, o
J. Boone, applied to Gov. Cleveland for
I a pardon. Being refused, be brought his
; wife. One account says that while plead
ing she hugged the governor; another,
that she tried te scratch his face. A few
days after Boone met Cleveland on the
street in Albany, struck at him several
times (Cleveland warded off the licks),
and grabbed a stone to throw at him. but ;
j was a.wested. Cleveland declined to |
prosecute him. and he was liberated.
Don’t Look Like a W reck.
“When a man is going down hill every-
I body is ready to give him a kick." Yes,
that isso. it is sad, but natural. Why,
I many a man and woman, seeking em
j ployment; would have got it if their hai:
hadn’t been so thin and gray. One bot
tle of Parker’s Hair Balsam is then the
best investment. It stops falling hair,
promotes new growth and restores color.
Clean, highly perfumed, not a dye. A
great improvement over any similar prep
aration, and sold at the low price of 50c
GEN ERA I. NEWS.
A Texas farmer recently rrde a two
years-old steer 120 miles in two days.
Disappointment at not b< irg allowed to
become a nun has made Miss Igo, of
Baltimore, aged 16, a maniac-
At a Republican gathering in Iberia
Parish, Louisiana, last Saturday, two
whites and 16 negroes were killed, and
many wounded.
It is reported that in January Presi
dent Arthur is to marry Miss Nettie (nr
Tillie) Frelinghuysen. George, her
brother, denies this.
At Bristol. Tenn., John Pile drove his
two daughters from home. Night con.in?
on, they kindled a fire and lay down to
sleep The youngest. Mattie, was burned
and died in an hour.
The national convention of soldiers and
sailors met in Indianapolis on the 24th
ult. 1.100 organizations were repre
sented. They wish to secure ten-ions
for all (he soldiers and sailors of the late
war.
At McKinney, Collin county, Texas,
Lewis Pritchett, a white Republican,
incited the negroes to burn the town.
Some negroes told the whites, and they
hunted for Pritchett with tar. feathers,
and rope, Lut he had fled.
In Philadelphia, on the 29’h ult.,
Kate Ferraro, aged 13. appealed to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children for protection against her father,
who had beaten her for refusing to marry
\ngelo Gileberto, and threatened to kill
her.
During a recent trip 11 the '1 hemts
from Mobile to Tampico, a swordfish
drove its beak through the copper
sheathing, four inches of solid timber, i
nine inches of vacant space, 44 inches ■
more of solid wood, and at lea l two
inches projected inside.
A. J Birmingham, an Atlanta dancing
master, fell in love with Miss Katie
Fennie, of Princeton, N J. Hei parents
opposed the intimacy- The two were
married, agreeing to keep it a secret for
18 months. The time expired a few days
ago: she came to Atlanta, ho met her at
the train, and in half an hour they were
re-married.
At Tunnelt- n, VV. Ya., a coke oven
caved in, throwing three men and a boy
into the glowing furnace. Before the
oven could be cleared, they weie entirely
burned up; no part of the bodies was left.
In Chicago Charles Riley, aged 13,
hung himself accidentally while “acting
circus.”
In Columbus. In 1 . George Kunsly was
cooked olive by f'al'im. into a tank of
boiling hor-i 11 -f.
Edward 0 I'itzcesal-l. of R-.-l m .i.,]
accidentally shot bims< I in the head, a
lew hours before he wn- to be married.
In M- ritreal, on the 24th ult., 2.00(1
•■on were collected in the Theatre
IL ~1. Two boy- in the gnfl< ry fought.
Some one cried, '‘Fire th*m out.” Tlie
audience thought this was au alarm of
fire, and crowded for the door. In the
mud rush 30 or more women rid children
were crushed to the floor and much
injured.
An explm ion ■•! fire damp in a coal
mine ut Youngstown, Piim , on the 27th
ult., kt i led I I mem
The family of Daniel Poe, if Chat
tanooga, were badly burned, two of them
fatally, lu-t i Lui-day night. I l.e Lome
took fire frr.m Poe’s stroking in bed, it is
supposed.
I a< ts in I’ltlill Words.
Through the columns of this paper we
wi-h to speak in plain words concerning
our goods and prices. Having secured a
new and seasonable stock und r ad
vantageous circumstances, we feel confi
dent wo are in a position to offer actual
bargains. Our business is divided into
lour departments: CLOT HING, 11 R
NISHING goods, HATB, and men’s
tine SHOES. We carry the largest and
most oomp'ete line of clothing to be found i
in North Georgia. If you will come to !
see us, we will fit you out in clothes that
will suit your p rson, your business, ami ■
your purse. It m tters nit whether you I
are a professional, a business, or a labor '
in; man, rich or poor, old or voung, lean '
or fat, white or black, we have what 1
you want. For stylish, perfect-fi'timr. !
well made, genteel clothing, wj <re
acknowledged headquarters; so, if you
desire to apj car in becoming garments,
suitable for y our shat c - style and associa
tions, we should be pleased to have you
give us a chance to aid you. We start
prices on ready made suits as low as five :
dollars, and from that on up to thirty I
dollars, naming prices of course oonvey- I
no idea of the suits, nor any description
we could give; you mu-t see them in :
order to be convince'!.
We keep everything that men and
boys wear, from the crown of the head
to the sole of the feet; not a lew sizes, or
a small variety, but each department is a
complete store. Our stock of HAT S this |
season is immense. We have spared :
neither pains nor expense to secure all
the latest styles, shapes and colors. This
department is one in which we take great
• pride, and it is a fact well known that we
; retail more HATS than any three Louses
in Rome. In underwear, shirts, collars. !
I and cuffs, we excel in style, in variety and
: low prices. We most earnestly invite
I inspection and comparison. Come to see
us, whether you wish to buy or not.
Ammons, McKee A Co.,
Men's and boys’ Outfitters.
87 Broad street, Rome. Ga.
Charles (or Tom) Palmer disappeared
from Rome September 15th. and has not
I been seen since. His wife and two
children live in Cherokee county, Ala.
He is said to have, a wife in South
| Carolina.
WELL-THAINFD ENGINES.
“Yes, I've been running over what
they call the Butler branch of the
Wabash, down through Southern Mich
igan and Northern Indiana and Ohio,”
said the engineer to the railroad editor,
“and I must say, though I've been an
: engineer for over twenty years, it was for
a time the mo.-t interesting and exciting
experience I ever had.”
“How was that?’ said the railroad
editor.
“Well, you see, though that Butler
branch is in good condition now, it wasn't
a couple of year ago, and we used to
have more fun than you could shake a
stick at. 1 never knew how an engine
could be trained before. The road wasn't
ballastered when they first put trains on.
and I’ve known the cars to lop over so
that the wheels would only touch one side
of the Hack for a mile at a time. We ran
a sleeper on the pas-enger train fora few
days when the road was first opened. Lut
passengers would fall out of their berths
when the cars canted over and then
there’d be the dickens to pay. One nigh:
an old maid fell cut and the cars were
tilted over so at the rime that she shot
right across the aisle into the same berth
with a Chicago drummer. You ouirht to
have heard her sq :eal. Os course that
wouldn’t do; it made too many scandal
on the train, and so they finally took the
sleepers off altogether.
“The n ost fun, though, was with the
locomotives,” continued the engineer
"We used to train 'em in the round
house nt Detroit for work on the Butler
branch; teach ’em to ju np things and
dodge at our,d, you know. 11. C. Town
send was passenger agent of the road
then, and he took such an interest in the
thing thnt he used to come over from St,
Louis jut to seethe engines exercised.
He had treat hopes that we could teach
some of the more intelligent locomotives
to swim a creek, but we never got that
far. Some of 'cm got to be mighty
knowing, though I ran one myself that
didn’t mind it at all when the track on the
Butler road was washed away, or any
thing of that sort. She used to turn out
and go through a field and dodec the
stumps on the darkest night. She. never
got lost hut one: and that was about ten
miles from Adrian. The track was mostly
under water and out of sight, as usual,
and she mis'ook a country school house
for the station. They had the school
bou-e lit up for a prayertneeting, and it
took ns about half a mite oft the mam
line. You omilil 11 have seen ’em j imp
when she let oft her whistle ut the school
house door. Will, the deacons directed
us back to the track, Lut we missed it
son.eki w. and wLrn n orning came w<
w i ' ovi't tinny iniios from the line! \\ <
didn’t get back till noon. Bin it wasn’t
ufien that engt eg .t lelt She got so
used to goiru acro-s the fi '. is il at w! ei
were pretty reurly on time or switched
oil at u station I’ve chased deer with het
just for fun I tell you it was a big thing
fortlie W..bush, (he trai ing them loco
motives to go cn (he Butler branch,
br inee f ’hatidiet is p .s.-enger agent of the
Wabash now, and he won’t go over the
road nmi'-s the train is drawn by a loco
motive that was cxertised on the Butler
branch—.-ays he wouldn't trust any other
to know wha> to do in case ot an accident
—and he's right, too. You can just tie
to one of them -. ngines and know you're
all right. It’s almost a shame they've
made that branch in what railroad men
would call goood condition. It’s a good
thine in a business way, no doubt, but
they've got no such place left for making
engine- way up.— Detroit Fur P css.
MYSTERIOFs Ml KOH;.
The writer, then a junior in a firm in
London, of which ho is now the head,
says the ('ornishnmn, came to Pet zrn.'e
in September. 1834, to arrange terms
among local tin smelters. He left
Pet.zsnce - ne evening to vi-it a friend in
St. Just, wl ich is abcut -ix miles from
Penzance. On the way there, in a L nely
part of the road, l.e met two men, when
he heard one say, “That's him." while
other asserted "No, it is not.” They
again faecde eh other, when the two men
I -aid they bad taken him for another
i person. Almost immediately a man ap
' proached fn m the direction ot St. Just
! and the writer called bis attention to the
suspicious character of the two men. The
n an, who sal he was a mine agent,
laughed at his fears and went on his way.
He had only proceeded about a couple of
hutld el yards when he was -<- z d with
nervous tremors.' His legs refused to
i support him ard he fell in the middle ol
the road, but thought it better not to stay
there, and so proceeded on hands and
I km, s acro.-s the r. id, -'rambled ut's |
: small b nk and found himself on a 'o
• mon. He draege himself to a heather
■ covered strip b tween two clumps of furze |
. and threw himself at length and closed I
■ his eyes. After a little time ho looked
around and the moonlight revealed to I
| him a newly-made mound. Hearing two
i shots fired he crouched and waited, and
' lie saw two men just after bearing the !
body of a third man.
I’o quote his letter:
"Once more a thrill of horr r ran I
j through me. On they came toward the '
newly-made grave, a.most touching my :
: fee’ as they moved past. They then '
turned to the right and threw the body
, into the pit. The corpse in the grave,
j the two men began to fill it up. They I
had not lowered the mound many inches |
when one of them discovered me They •
pounced upon me and demanded what I ,
was doing there. I explained but to no i
purpose. ‘The same pit will do for him.’
‘Ye>; shoot him.’ ‘No; cut his throat.’ i
Stop. I'll load my pistol ag in; don't i
leave any marks of tdood about; push ;
him iato the pi’ first and cut his throat
afterward.’ These were the horrible :
t threats, ajcoxpanied by frightful im-
precations, which greeted me. Said one
of the men to me again: ‘We have decided
to bury you alive; slip off your clothes; c
it’s hardly worth while burying that good
suit of clothes of yours; it will do for one -
ofus.’ I pleaded my youth, my accidental
and unpremeditated presence, my newly
made wife and only child, and this at last
seemed to touch the hearts of the brutes.
‘Well,’ said one, ’we will spare your life I
on condition that you swear, as you hope ■ -
for heaven and the salvation ofyour wife,
child and friends; you shall swear to it, j
toe, on the point of this knife and the '
muzzle of this pistol; that what you have
seen this night you will never speak of or \
divulge to any human being for a space of (
fifty years from this day, when we shall
all be as this,’ at the same time kicking J
into the grave a clod of light colored ’
clayey soil. I did swear most solemnly. ;
I bought my life on that lonely heath of ,
West Penwith. I have kept my promise. ,
It is a little over fifty years ago. I was
then 26 years of age, so you see I am an
old man now. These men were middle
aged, from 45 to 50, at that time ”
On his re visiting the spot he writes:
“As I approached the fatal spot the
road seemed entirely unaltered. 1
s lemn’y believe that 1 crept through the
very gap in the low hedge of earth which
still imperfectly protects the croft; that 1
st. od between the self-sane clusters of
furze which formed my bed —very nearly i
my bi d of death —and peep hole as the
murderers hid the result of their accursed f
crime, and that I knelt on the undisturbed j
grave where their victim's bones are now :
mere dust. After half a century I knelt
again, not to in plore mercy of man. as I
did then, Lut of God. lest unwittingly I
have sinned in keepinganextorted pledge,
and. to save myself from harm. Lave re
luctantly shielded heinous criminals. I
did r.ot at the time hear of any person
connected with the district being missed,
nor have 1 ever learned anything that
would help to throw light rn the name
of the victim or the motive for the |
murder. ”
In Parkersville, S. C., last week,
negroes disturbed the whites while dedi
eating a church by discharge of gun«. A i
deacon who went out to remonstrate ua
fired on and driven Lack. The negroes
surrounded the house, arid for some time
shot at every one who appeared at door
or window. 1 hey retired to the house ol
the ringleader, an i a posse was organized ;
to arrest them, ihe loader of the posse
was shot down, not fatally, and collision
between the two races was It an d G»r a
while, but is not now. Politico had
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Administrator’s Sale of Land.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
Will be sold before the court hcuse door in
the town of Summerville in said county between
thelegalhoursof sale, on the first Tuesday m
December next to the highest bidder, lot of
land number 139 containing one hundred and
La'sT °k ® bundrei j , a °res o' lot number
and nfty-nvo acres of »ot number 151: all in
the 14th district and 4th section of said conntv
flie above lands are in a high state of cultiva’.
turn, the uncleared lands are well timbered
with good substantial buildings, good water’
fences, etc. The above tract is known as the
Dr. Kincaid farm, and sold as the property of
A. .1. Herron, deceased. Terms cash. Thw
November 4th, ISS4. GEO. D. HOLLIS,
Administrator.
Application for Homestead.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
Mrs. Mary A. Smith, wife of J. D. Smith, has
applied for supplemental exemption of per
sonalty. and setting apart and valuation of
homestead, and I will pass upon the same nt 10
o dock A. M., on the 17th day of November, 1884
at my office. This November 3d 1884
JOHN MATTOX, Ordinary.
Sheriff s Sale.
GEORGIA, Chattooga county.
Hill be sold before the court house door of
said county on the first Tuesday in December
nest, 1884, for ca>h, the following property to
wn : one house and lot, containing one and thr >e
fourths acres lying in the village of Sul.ligna. in
said county: levied on a’ the property of E F
Starr to Hatisfy one mortgage H fa issued from
the Superior court at the September term, 1884
in favor of James C. Hix vs. F. F Starr.
Also, at the same time and place, one lot of
land, 5 >. 271, with t e improvements thereon
lying and teing in the 13th district and 4th
section of Chattc oga county. Levied oa as the
property of W. J. Ellison to satisfy one county
court fl fa in favor of J. N. Kush, executor of
Mary Hithers. deceased, vs.W. J Ellison. This
October 29th, 1884.
W. D. KELLETT. Sheriff.
App ication for Guardianship.
GEORGIA. Chattooga County:
Sallie A Millican, residing in the state of
, Georgia, having applied to bo appointed guar
! ilian of the person and property ot Sallie It
2“%’' ■ lUrris ‘’ , ‘ G -- Rhoda C.. and Alexander
w. Millican, minora under fourteen rears i.f
■ «ge. residents of aaldeoupty: this is to cite all
I persons concerned to be and appear at the
December term of th.- Courtof Ordinary of said
county. Dei ember tat. ISM, and show raurr if
any they can. why said Sallie A Millican should
n.a be intrusted w ith the guardianship of the
, I Ts-tna ami property - f the above named
•minora. Witness my hand. October 7th ISM
•H uix mattox, omum?.
Application for Discharge.
GEORGIA. Chattooga County:
Wherena Mrs Martha J. I'oman. adtninietra
?tix i f John Boiran, deceased, represwn:®
to the court iu her petition duly filed that, she
i has fully administered John P. Boman’s estate;
i this is therefore to cite all person* concerned,
kin and creditors, to show cause, if any they can
why -aid administratrix should Dot be dis
charged from her administration and receive
letters of dismission on the first Monday in
I ebruary t ext. This Octob* r 27th, 188-1
JOHN MATTOX. Ordinary.
Appointment of Administrator.
GEOlltilA. Chattooga County:
To all whom it may concern: Mrs. Jam* M.
Swann has in due form applied to the nuder
, signed for permanent lett rs <>t administration
on the estate of W>lbam T. Latiuicr. late of sni 1
• ounty, deceased, to be granted to George D
Hollis, clerk of the superior court of said
toiiLty. or some other tit ami proper person,
and I will pass upon said application on the first
Monday in December, Witness my hand
October 221, 1884.
JOHN MATTOX. Ordinary.
County Bailiff’s Sales.
\\ i be sold before tn<* court hous>* door in
Chattooga coun? y. Ge-ughi. <:n the 10th da? of
November, I*B4. two black mare mules, t<»
satisfy 2 fl fas issued from the couti’y court <<f
said < ounty in favor of Thompson Riles vs J. 1).
Smith. The said mules are about 10 years old.
eac. Property pointed out by plaintiff's at-
Al»o ut the same time and place, one black
mare mule al-out 10 years old, one buggy und
Lari.ess, aids two-horse wagon, levied units
the property of J. D. Smith to satisfy one county
court fi fa in favor of B. F. Laughbridge for use
of J. W. Maddox, vs J D. Smith.
Also at the same time and place, one black
mare mule 10 years old. and one buggy and
harness; levied on as the property of J. D Smith
to satisfy one fl fa issued from the county court
<-f said county in favor of Patapsco Gu w .rio Co.
vs T. J. and J. D. Smith. This October Kth,
C. V. AK IDGE.
County Bailiff.
Application for Discharge.
GEORGIA, Chattooga County:
Whereas C. F. Griffin, administrator cf estate
of Mrs Ida E Baby, represents to the coin t, in
his petition duly filet . that he hag fully adminis
tered Ida E Bailey's estate; this is therefore to
rite all persons concerned, heirs and cr» diters,
t< show cause, if any they can, why said adr m
istrator sh uld not be discharged from his
administrat on. and receive letters of disn is
sion. on the flrst Monday in December, 188\
Witness my hand, August 19th. 1884.
JOHN MATTOX. Ordinary.
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