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The Bainbridge Democrat.
TESMS--S 2 A YEAR.
BAINBRIDGE. GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1883.
EDITORIAL brevities.
. Dooly county man has the
JL number of sheep o£ any
• Georgia—1,000.
VOL XII--NO. 29.
jam in
and Confederate
The Fedcn
Sn Grove, N. J. on the 22nd of
The Atlanta Star has passed to
^control of the Atlanta Journal,
the latter paper securing the Asso-
press dispatches from the
Constitution.
guor McDaniel’s record on the
was bond question is all right,
j^kin that nefarious paper will
ptbe quoted high during his ad-
junistration. The occupation of
the running lobbyist is gone, at
leut for the present.
A young man in Crawford at
tempted to commit suicide the
ether day. lie made a first class
[lore, taking flour instead ot
morphine. Unrequited love was
because. His dying antics and
Beeches are said to have been
mitrcnding.
A man who lived not many
ilea from Gainesville has been
S nrjnii on an illicit distillery in
icire. One day last week the
*re tumbled in, set fire tc the
ontents and came very near
burning the proprietor to death.
The Sparta Ishmaclite reiterates
lie opinion that some people have
mg since arrived at in this com-
mnity. It says: “If some people
gold work as hard to pay their
debts as they do to keep from pay-
ij them they would get along
rach easier in this world and
and a better chance in Die world
icome.
Post-Appeal: Any man detect
id in the nefarious work of making
woselytes to Mormonism, should
etarred, leathered, ridden on a
il and given twenty-four hours
o leave the State. His guilt or
tocence, however, should first
established beyond the shadow
fa doubt. Let no guilty man
ape, but sailer no innocent
ian to be punlished on mere sus-
cion.
The Quitman Free Press in-
•nns us that Henry W. Grady
ill visit Brooks county in a
rt time to write # up that sec-
onof country. Grady’s pen has
w more for the advancement
the material interests of Georgia
a any other one thing, and
ta'ks county is fortunate to have
T bit from him. lie is undoubt-
the best newspaper writer in
* South, if not in the whole
mntrv.
Fort Gaines Tribune: The latest
vention eliciting the attention
Pur citizens is an incubator
ccntly designed and constructed
^ r - TV. R. Tennille, which, by
-tl experiment, lias hatched
in less 1 hail twenty-four
Br? - The eggs were placed in
e vessel at 2 p. m. Sunday and
a - m. Monday they were
khed. J on Allen says they be-
^ to halloa after midnight,
Lw me out.” so loudly that the
J pants of the room where the
neater was being experiment-
- 1 could no not sleep. Hur-
1 ,or Tort Gaines and her ge-
Times: Mr. George
_ anios - for a long time station
l Taeksonville of the Sa-
Florida and Western rail-
b oas been appointed assistant
pendent of the road. Mr.
^ is a brother of Col. H. S.
C ' N Gie general manager of
company. Albert Ives, route
^ftiudent lor the Florida dis-
01 tiro Southern Express
• succeeds Mr. Haines as
agent at Jacksonville. The
.."5,' acat °d by Mr. Ives. has
; by promoting Mr. T. T.
f Jn the agent of the South-
e I ^[, ess Company at Jackson-
iro,- ^ 10 the place of
a ?eut has not- yet been
sded
The Late Cyclone.
The cyclone of the 23rd ult was
probably the most violent and
disastrous that was ever seen in
the history of the county, and
continued’ four days before it
reached this section of the con
tinent. It was first observed in
Northern California on the morn
ing of the 19th and moved South
east, to Tennessee, causing high
winds and heavy rains east of the
Rocy Mountains, with snow in
Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska.
The cyclone entered. Georgia
from Alabama below Eufaula and
passed east though Dougherty,
Dooly, Dodge, Wedster and other
counties in that section, sweeping
Northeastward and leaving the
State throngh Elbert county, fol
lowing, in the main, the wonted
track of similar Storms in recent
years. The rainfall was general
throughout the state, and was ac
companied with vivid lightning,
Bridges and dams have been
swept away by the swollen
streams, railroads daifl^ed at
many points. Large quantities of
timber prostrated, houses and out
buildings wrecked and general
havoc wrought. The saddest fea
ture of the disaster is the loss of
human life, which, so far as re
ported, is far from small. Days
must elapse ere the measure of the
tempest’s ravages can be made,
if it can ever be fully determined
The accounts of its ravages are
so extensive that we can give only
brief extracts from sections where
they were most extensive and dis
astrous.
It passed eight miles below Al
bany from Southwest to North
east striking the plantation of
John Mathews and Wm. Goodwin,
completely demolished all that
was valuable on both. Mr. Good
win saved himself and family by
running into a pit with the cliil
dren in his arms. The next place
struck \\ras that of Mr. W. C. Ba
con, himself, one child and a ne
gro sevant were killed, and anoth
er child iujured, leaving only his
wife. On the Crugen place one
negro was killed and eighteen
wounded, some fatally. In east
Dougherty, Dr. Bacon dressed the
wounds of twenty injured on
Mr. F. F. Putney’s place at Harda
way Station alone. Several were
killed. Every house except the
dwelling was destroyed. The
course then Continued passed just
below Isabella, completely
destroying everything in its path.
Dr. Hilsman dressed the
wounds of forty men on the Unger
& Bacon places. Many of them
were fatally wounded. All who
were able to be moved were taken
to the County Hospital for atten
tion and treatment.
The cyclone struck Sumter
county two miles below Bottsford,
in the southwest, and, after traver
sing the county, left near Ogle
thorpe in the northeast leaving a
track from three hundred yards to
threequarters of a mile wide a
desolate waste, dotted here and
there by its victims.
Justice M. G. Logan was the
first to suffer from the cyclone in
the county. His negro cabins and
fences were blown down. A little
further up the Faust plantation
was laid in ruins and Mr. Faust
killed by the falling timbers of
his house, though whether it was
Mr. Dan Faust or his aged father.
cannot learn. Mrs. Thomas
Carrum formerly a Miss Faust,
was killed at the next place. I
have no definite account of the
storm track for the next three
miles, but it struck the Ansley
plantation six miles from town,
and demolished the houses and
fences, and killed Mr. Asa Ansley
an aged minister. Blowing down
all the timber fences and houses
in its course it next struck the
place of Wm Page and did $2,000
damage, also killing a negro whose
name I could not learn. Coming
on in its course it strnck with full
force and fury the plantation of
Mr. W. W. Poole, five miles below
Americus, and blew away a hand
some . residence, and numerous
outhouses and all the fencing.
Mr. Poole had a beautiful and
valuable house and his loss is
heavy.
The next victim was Mr. U. S.
Lockett, and. here the scene beg
gars description. His beautiful
home is not only in ruins, but
blown to atoms, several fine mules
killed, several head of cattle kill
ed, and every member of his fami
ly more or less injured. One lit
tle daughter had the scalp entire
ly torn from the head, another
l ad a limb broken, and Mrs.
Lockett sustained several injuries.
To look at the debris it seems im
possible that any of the family
could have escaped.
Here the cyclone crossed the
Southwestern railroad and Muek-
allee creek and still pursuing a
northeast course demolished
everything for live miles and blew
away the line merchant mills and
gin ol'S. S. Sloan & Co., two miles
southeast of the city. Even the
sills of the mill were blown up.
The miller,'a colored man, whose
name I could not learn, was kill
ed and his remains not yet recov
ered from the debris.
The storm pext struck the
farm of Fayette Battle, a colored
man, and blew every thing away.
Fayette was killed by his house
falling, though his family were
saved.
In addition, one or two of Mr.
Lockett's negro laborers were kill
ed and one more will die. Mr.
Lockett had a fine orchard and
the trees are whipped as clear of j
THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Arrangements for the Coming Conven
tion at Augusta.
The programmes for the tenth
annual session of the State Asso
ciation, to be held at A ugusta,
May 2, 3 and 4, have been issued.
Mr. R. B. Reppard, President of
the Association, has issued the
the following circular: Thocon
stitution of the association says:
“The association *sTia5l be compos
ed of one delegate for every one
hundred members of Sunday
schools composing the county as
sociation, and in counties where
no association exists, two dele
gates for every representative to
which the county is entitled in
tho General Assembly of the
State. In counties where no as
sociation exists the delegates will
be appointed by the Vice Presi
dent ot the State association for
that Congressional district. The
interest, which is apparent
throughout the State, indicates
that the approaching session of
ECHOES OF PROHIBITION,
Ben Russell made a most* gal
lant fight for temperance in Deca
tur county but lost it. He will
nevertheless, receive the heartfelt
thanks of the Christian world for
his crusade against intemperance.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again.— Thomatvtlle Timet.
The people of Decatnr county
voted on tlie prohibition question
last Tuesday, and the result was a
victory for liquor by a large ma
jority. The Baixbridge Democrat
took a very decided stand in favor
of prohibition and its editorial
upon the result of the election is
one of the best articles we ever
read—Albany Ifews and Aavcrtiser
The Able editors of The Bain-
b’ridge Democrat have fought the
the liquor traffic valiantly, and wc
are sorry their efforts have not
been rewarded by the abolition of
whiskey in Decatur. This shows
that there are a great many peo
ple in Decatur who are stilMn the
dark and need civilizing. And
the Georgia Sunday School As-1 ^ d J amas *
sociation at Augusta will be the
largest ever held in the State of
Georgia. The programme prom
ises great enjoyment to every
delegate who attends, and great
preparations are being made by
the workers in Augusta for a grand
Sunday school mass meeting,
which in all probability may
number fifteen thousand people,
The arrangements made with
the several railroads are as fol
bark as if they had been scraped lows: Savannah Florida and
with a knife. Three barrels full
of syrup were blown 300 yards,
and the rear wheels of a wagon
were found half a mile from the
remainder.
But bad as this is, it was in
finitely worse at the next place
where Mr. W. T. Woodruff, his
wife and two small children, to
gether with servant girl were all
killed outright by the falling of
the dwelling—a two story frame
house. Young-Brown Buckalter
a grandson of Colonel Jack Brown
was the only survivor at this place.
He states that Mr. Woodruff was
sleeping with him in a smaH room
and Mrs. W., and the two children
and the nurse in the family, room
when the cyclone struck the house.
Mr. W. rushed to rescue hi3 wife
and babes, and at that moment
the crash came. Young Buck-
Jialter was hurled through space
and the family buried beneath
the ruins, Mr. W.’s neck was brok
en, while Mrs. Woodruff and the
two children were killed by a
brick chimney falling in. The
servant girl was killed by the
timber of the house. The five
corp ses had to be dug out of the
ruins this moring. Mr. Woodruff
was about 28 years old and was
a good citizen. Mrs. W. was
formerly a Miss Nutt, of Buena
Vista. Five coffins have just
passed my window going out to
the Wooruff place. The escape of
young Buckhalter, who is only
14, is almost a miracle.
The course of the storm next
took in Mr. James Castleberry,
and it not only blew down his
fences and houses but it .penned
some of the family up in the rains
so that they could not get out,
and blew some of the children
off through the woods, Strange to
say, none of them were hurt, and
all of them were found and cared
for this morning.
The next and last place, as heard
from, was at John Hook’s colored,
where all the houses and fences
of a valuable plantation were ruin
ed and one or two colored people
killed. The damage to property
in the county is $100,000.
There is a periodicity about
these visitations of the wrath of
the elements that has com® to be
well observed. It may be that
warning of their coming may not
measurably lessen their destruc
tive effects, but it was niggardly
economy on the part of Congress
to refuse the appropriation appned
for observing their movements
and announcing their approach.
Happily, tire cyclone was limited
in its sweep, but it wrought des
truction enough to arouse the
sympathy of those who escaped its
violence for tho&e who fell a prey
to itefury.
Western Railway, East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
three cents a mile, round trip—or
in other words—one half the re
gular rates. Georgia Railroad
the Central Railroad, the South
western, and the Atlanta and
West Point Rnilroad, three cents
per mile going, and one cent per
mile returning. The Richmond
and Danville Railroad, two cents
and a half per mile eaeh way.
We again call the attention of
the Sunday school workers
throughout the State to this con
vention of the Georgia State Sun
day School Association, with the
hope that they willl lose no time
in the appointment of delegates,
and notifying Mr. J. L. Bowles,
Chairman of the Reception Com,
mittee at Augusta Ga.,. so that
homes may be provided, and all
confusion avoided on their arrival
at Augusta.
The Vice-Presidents and Secre
taries of each Congressional dis
trict would do well to see that
there is a delegation appointed
from every county in their several
districts, and notify the Slate
Secretary of the names of all dele
gates, and as far as practicable
lead their several delegations in
person to the convention. The
great good individually and col
lectively that results from these
conventions, in the quickening of
the spirit, in the dissemination of
useful kncfwledge, and the diffu
sion of various methods for con
ducting the grand work in the
Sunday school department of the
church, is so apparent and has
been experienced by so" many
noble Christian workers, that any
attempt to argue in their behalf
is totally unneccessary, and we
therefore trust that represent ative
members of all denominations,
from every section of this great
State will get to Augusta and enjoy
the rich feast of spiritual things
in store for all who attend. The
good people of Augusta have
opened their hearts and homes,
and are prepared to extend a cor
dial welcome to all.
£
Won’t that be Rode.
“Johnny,” said the schoolmis
tress, “you have been a naughty
boy; now go and stand in the cor
ner with your face to the wall un
til I tell you you may go to your
seat.” “Please, marm,” said John
ny, “if I turn my face to the wall
I’ll have to turn my back so you
and the scholars. Won’t that be
rude?”
Alapaha Neics.
How to Make the Garden Fay.
The garden payg well, even
with hand labor. It would pay
much bettor if the main burden
of the cultivation were put upon
the muscles of the horse. But the
saving of cost in cultivation is
only a small part of the benefit of
the long-row arragement. It would
lead to a much more frequent
and thorough cultivation of our
gardencrops. Most|farmers neglect
the garden for their field crops.
The advantage of a frequent stir-
ing of the surface soil to growing
crops is greatly underestimated.
It is said that it pays to hoe cab
bage every morning before break
fast during the early part of the
seasons. Wc can testify to the
great advantage of cultivation
every week. This frequent break
ing of the crust admits a freer
circulation of the air among the
roots below, and makes most of
tho dews and rains that fall. The
manufacture of plant food goes
on more rapidly, and to a certain
extent is a substitute - for manure.
Another benefit of the long-row
system would be the almost cer
tain enlargement of the fruit and
vegetable garden, and a better
supply of these fruits for the
table. This we believe, would
have an important sanitary in
fluence in every household.
Hon. W. E. Smith.
Albany Advertiser.
As a matter of justice to Hon.
W. E. Smith and Dougherty’s
delegates to the Gubernatorial
Convontion, we give publicity to
some inside facts connected with
the committee of 18, which have
come to our knowledge through a
semi-official channel.
Capt. Smith’s friends withheld
his name until the committee was
appointed, and, believing then
that the time had arrived to enter
him, arranged to have his name
presented before the committee of
conference by an influential mem
ber. From some cause, this
gentleman could not nerve him
self to do that which he agreed to
do and Gen. Young placed him in
nomination. It will be seen from
the following table that Smith,
even after being deserted by his
friend, received 7 votes. It is rea
sonable to suppose that this mem
ber could have carried at least one
vote beside his own, which would
have made Capt. Smith Governor
of Georgia. The following will
show jest how the vote of the com
mittee stood:
Beans are now being shipped
from Florida to the North.
A little boy, cn being asked his
reasons for chewing tobacco
promptly replied, “To get the
juice outen it.”
Col. John F. Fort, of Southwest
Georgia artesian fame, is project
ingto drain the ponds in that
section by boring down into their
bottoms and lettiing the watei off
subterraneously.
A man in Vermont recently
tried swallowing a dose of lead
shot to cure boils, but one of the
shot went the wrong‘way and
worked into his brain, causing
death.
Two negroes, Fred Mason and
Jim Salisbury, residents of Colurn
bus, were fooling with a gun on
Tuesday Morning. It was acci
dentally discharged and; the for
mer had the side of his head
blown off.
A negro fired five times at
ghost in Athens Sunday night and
then took refuge in the Home
school. The Mayor fined him §10.
For months the negroes have re
ported seeing a white figure in
Cobb Hall.
Perry Journal: On last Tues
day a little negro girl on Mr. B,
W. Brown’s plantation fell into a
pot of boiling soap, and was burn
ed so badly that she is expected
to die. Abount two weeks ago a
child near Hayneville died from
the effects of a similar, accident.
The frequency of 6uch accidents
proclaim the negroes the most
careless people living.
Smith received from Boynton
“ “ “ Cook :
Crawford received from Boynton
“ “ Cook
Simmons received from Boynton
“ “ Cook
Bacon received from self : :
“ “ McDaniel
“ " Cook :
Boynton received from eelf :
IcDaniel received from self :
“ “ “ Cook
«• ** “ Boynton
: 6
: 1—7
: 6
: 1—7
: 6
: 1-7
: 6
: 2
: 1—9
: 6—6
: 4
:• 1
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Miss Housa, of Paris, 111., has
trance-like sleeps, during which
as she and her Yiends believe, she
visits heaven. She gives what
purport to be accurate, and
certainly elaborate, reports of
what she sees in these celestial
trips. It is claimed, too, thatT she
describes persons who died long
ago, and about whom she can of
herself know nothing.
A young man who thinks he can
lead a reckless and profitable life
until he becomes a middle-aged
man and then repent and mak<
good and steady citizen, is delud
ed. He thinks that people are
tools, destitute of memory. He
concludes that if he repents every
body will forget that he was a dis
sipated fellow. This is not tlie
case. Besides, it is no easy thing
to break off in middle life bad hab
its that have been formed ir
youth.
The ages of the supreme Court
Judges are as follows: Judge Har
lan is 50, and the youngest man
on the bench; the ChiSf Justice
is 67; Judge Field, 67; Judge
Bradley, 70; Judge Woods, 59;
Judge Gray, 55, and Judge Blatch-
ford, 63. Judge Miller was ap
pointed in 1872, Judge Field in
1863, Judge Bradley in 1870, the
Chief Justice in 1872, Judge Har
lan in 1877, Judge Woods in 1880,.
Judge Matthews in 1881, Judge
Gray in 1881, and Judge Blatch-
ford in 1882.
All the prisoners in the Smith-
field, N. C. jail escaped on Satur
day night, the 14th ult.
A single bad habit will mar ah
otherwise faultless character, as
an inkdrop soileth the pure white
page.—Ballou.
To remove warts on horses, take
a piece of concentrated lye as
large as a walnut, put it into a
bottle with rain water enough to
dissolve it, and apply with a
feather.
He who is great when he falls is
groat in his prostration, and is no
more an object of contempt than
when men tread on ruins of sacred
buildings which men ofpiety vene
tate no less than if they stqpd.
Virginia’s monument to Robert
E. Lee will be unveiled at Lex
ington, Jur.o 5th.—On this occa
sion Jefferson Davis will preside*
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson will be
chief marshal, and Maj. John W.
Daniel orator.
A piece of rose point lace at the
London Aquarium, 6| yards long
is valued at §5,000. There are
ninety six sprays to each inch of
the fabric 4 and each spray cost
two days’ labor, showing that it
requised seven years work of skil
led work to complete the trifle.
The manufacturing industries of
Cobb county are far ahoad of most
counties in Georgia. Marriott#
has the biggest flour mill in the
State, a large chair factory, a car
riage and wagon factory, two sash*
blind and door factories, and in
the county wo have a paper mill*
two cotton factories, two wollen
factories, and numerous small in
dustries.
Nothing is more simple than
greatness; indeed, to bo simple is
to bo great,—Emerson,
Southern Cultivator: We are
receiving many communications
from parties at the North making
inquiries about the chances for
purchasing Southern farms. Sev
eral have sent for copies of this
journal, hoping to gain the desired
information from advertisements
in its columns. We are prompted
by the foregoing facts, to offer
advertising space to Southern
farmers who desire to put their
lands on the market, at the rate
of fifteen cents per line. A
special column will be set apart
for this purpose among reading
items. Parties desiring to avail
themselves of this opportunity
will please remit the money with
the advertisement counting the
lines at eight words each and at
the rate of fifteen cents per line
for every insertion.
A child has been bom in Turk
ish Kurdistan with a fall beard
and moustache, a perfect-set of
thirty-twO teeth and no fewer
than forty distinct and well form
ed fingers. Naturally such a
prodigy attracted great attention*
but several visitors inspected it
at their cost; for it snapped its
thirty-two teeth at everybody who
came within range with such en
ergy and success that it becamo
necessary to extract all the front
ones. It is a wonderful thing to
see the infant lying in its cradle*
stroking its beard with its forty
fingers.
In his “American Alraanao**
Mr. Spofford publishes some in
teresting statistics of the religion^
of the world. There are 338,000*-
000 Christians, of whom 201,000,-
000 are Roman Catholics; 340,000**
000 Buddhists, 210,000,000 MohaoL
medane, 175, 8 000,000 Brahmins*
80,000,000 followers of Confnciui,
and 7,000,000 Jews. In America
there are 47,000,000 Roman Cath
olics and 30,000,000 Protestants
and in Europe 147,300,000 Catho
lics and 71,500,000 Protestants*
In the United States the figures
are as follows: Catholics 6,370,-
958; Methodist Episcopal, 1,680**
799; Baptist, 2,133,044; Congrega*
tional, 383,865; Presbyterian, 800*-
000; Universalist, 26;238; Uni*
terian, 17,960; Jews, 13*793)
Lutheran, 684,570; Episoopal, 342,-
500; Quakers 67,643; Shakers*
2,400; Mormons, 110,377* arid
Dunkards, 90,000.
Paying His Debt.
“My- son,” he began, as he Drilled
the young man in, “you are i
old enough to begin your
in life. What profession will yea
select ?”
“Well, I dont know. * 1
“I have thought some of having
you enter the ministry.”
“Oh, I wouldn’t a by preacher.
I’d rather be a champion of some
sort.”
“Yonng man is this the Way f
have brought you upf”
“No, Father, hat Pee bead
thinking. 1 owe you a debt of
E atitude. As a preacher roan
eve to help me oriL As a
pion sculler* rower or boxer ’
get plenty of bttckers, a
money, and when the
right mak&a big i
how to be& and throw
into your hands I”
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