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Official Organ Bartow County.
DOCTOR AND MRS. W. H. FELTON.
AUGUST 20, 1885.
Ik, ;u> the Constitution reports, W. B.
Lowe makes no money by convicts, why
did be struggle into the possession of
them as he did, and why has lie bought
up all the interest in his company but
one-eighth, which is now owned by the
Dade Coal Mine Company? If, as Sen
ator Smith reports, he makes nothing, out
of what has that giant 0,000 acre farm
grown? If he calls several thousand
bales of cotton, line houses and planta
tions well stocked, “ nothing,” pray
what would he call something!
Tick Macon Telegraph and Messenger
calls attention to the fact that Gov. Col
quitt sold rights of way on the W. & A.
K. K., to the Georgia Pacific railroad,
amounting in value to sooo,ooo, for the
small sum of SI,OOO. As the Governor
was understood to be pecuniarily inter
ested in the latter road it is his duty to
himself to show the real facts in the case
at once. The .State itoad belongs to the
people of the state and the State s intei
ests should la; protected. The Telegraph
gives Gen. Mediae as authority as to
value.
THR STA TR ROA D.
The sale or lease of the state railroad is
now before the legislature. One propo
sition is to sell for eight millions, if it
can be done within two years. Failing
to sell then to lease at SIO,OOO per month.
Another proposition is to lease (not sell
on any terms) within two years, just as
it is at present leased, for $40,000 per
month. Another. Not to lease at all—
sell outright. Another to lease for stand
ing rent, the lessee to take the road when
the present lease expires, they to regu
late the “betterment” question.
The Augusta Chronicle intimates that
the betterment will soak up the whole
price for it whenever Goy. Brown gives
it up.
It is also said to be susceptible of proof
that the road has netted clear money to
the lease, a sum note less than $450,000
a year after all expenses are paid. This
tiling will bear watching from first to
last.
POINTERS.
John B. Gough is prostrated from
speaking and the heat.
The Manhattan bank toller got away
with SIOO,OOO.
A lady in Canton, Ohio, had a violent
coughing spell, broke a small blood ves
sel in the brain and died in a few hours.
Cholera is now in Pennsylvania.
< ’holera fearfully destructive in France
devastating in Spain.
~~ Hie President Is lUhing in tho Adiron
dack mountains.
On tho Ist of October, 275,000 pounds
of dynamite will bo blown up under Hell
Gate, N. Y.
Maxwell, tho St. Louis trunk murder
er, says lie and Prellor bought a dead
body to got insurance on the hitter’s life,
that Prellor is alivo and hearty.
Tho labor organizations of Pennsylva
nia appeal to tho president for extra
session of congress. They aro dead
broke and need help from Washington.
gex. grants last message.
“Look after our dour children ami direct them
In the paths of rectitude. It would distress me
far more to think that one of them oould depart
from an honorable, uptight and virtuous life,
than it would to know that they were prostrated
on a bod of sickness from which they were never
to rise alive. They have never given us any
alarm or. their account, and I earnestly pray
they never will. With these tew injunctions
and the knowledge I have of your love and af
fection, I but you a final farewell until we meet
in another and a lietter world. You will find
this on my pcipou after my demise.”
Mt. McGregor, duly 9, 1886.
Lt ttie '’ruling passion” is “strong in
■death," we Ufive here an index to Gen.
Grant’s trueejiaraeter that cannot be too
strongly emphasized. Warriors have
been usualiy'luSL to dwelling on battle.-
and earnageJjWw the spirit in loosiug
itself from jjKnd&ge here has not yet
touched a rewig place beyond. Even
our own Gen. Lee called on A. P. Hill,
his trusted friend and commander, to
load a charge sis the spirit winged its
llight to the battlements of heaven.
Stonewall Jackson’s dying soul sought
the ‘shade of tire trees beyond the river.'
Napoleon’s lips parted to call bnce more
to his heroic legions, before,death sealed
his utterance forever. But Ger.. Grant’s
heart reached out to his children —their
future, their character, their honor. As
sured of the teuder love of his wife, he
encouraged her to her task, to the
children in the paths of duty aud\reeti
tude. \
We read a story a few days arfo, a
boy’s account of his father’s kind words
in parting from him, as he went for h\m
on a simple errand. “Thank you, niff
son, you have always been a good child
to your father." Heart disease stilled v
that father’s earthly life before the er
rand was accomplished. That teuder
praise was ever the strongest comfort to
the sorrowing boy in his deep, agonizing
grief. To the Grant children nothing of
comfort could be said that would equal
that dying father’s commendation to be
read after he was dead. It Is hard to say
which it reflects most credit upon, the
father, the mother, or the children.
Marble may crumble, brass may perish,
but that simple confidence in his chil
drens’ honor and that humble prayer for
a united family in heaven, will reflect a
radiant glory on Gen. Grant’s character,
when earthly fame and human honors
tie forgotten in the dust.
X'' Met. W. R. LOWE'S TESTIMONY.
f)ur readers will find in another col
liinn Mr, Lowe’s testimony, which shows
how the lease of convicts was granted to
himself and company. This arrange
ment was made in December, in the year
I*7*3. liefore Gov. Smith went out of of
fice in January 1877. B. J. Lockett, L.
A. Jordan and J. B. Gordon and hlm-
S’lf formed his company. They had put
in an accepted bid for the lease to begin
in April, 1879, but they could not wait,
it appears, that long. They must get in
possession at once. The testimony shows
how and whore they used etlorts for that
purpose. Gov. Smith’s term was about
to close, as Gov. Colquitt had been elect
ed in October, and the former was a can
didate for the U. S. Senate against Mr.
Norwood and Mr. Hill. Messrs Lockett
and Jordan were large influential south
west Georgia planters and they wanted
farm hands. Gen. Gordon wanted hands
to work on cotton farm3 also. They,
theretore, could not wait until the ap
pointed time, because they wanted mon
ey much and could get heaps of it, if
Gov. Smith or some lessee would become
“your most obedient.” The governor’s
brother-in-law, John T. Brown, was the
principal keeper, and understood to be
the managing partner of the Arm, in
which politics was the biggest capital.
Gov. Smith told Col. R. F. Maddox (who
swore to the statement before a notary
public) that he (Smith) “would be glad
it could be arranged so as to enable him
(Smith) to organize and locate the camps
and the penitentiary of the twenty year
lease during his term/’ Why hQ was so
desirous "is notoftieially stated, but rumor
has it that he was intensely anxious, for
good reasons, to fix it so-cording to his
own wishes. Lot u- slop bore a miuu e
to inquire, why a governor should thus
desire to anticipate the state’s action
three years ahead cf the time set by law.
Strange, to say the least of it. suppose
Bullock had done as much, “don’t you
know “howl” would have been heard in
certain circles? Just imagine if you can
Ohas. J. Jenkins, in Fulton county jail,
juggling with four dirty convicts, by
which the revenue of four hundred other
convicts were turned over to W. B. Lowe
three years before he was entitled to
them! Think of Herschel V. Johnson,
playing thimble-rig with Win. C. Daw
son, in the back yard of a city prison,
tricking the state of Georgia out of her
convicts, to fill their own pockets! What
a picture ot deceit as well as greed! . A
governor, with the interests of a half a
million of people in his care, standing on*'
one side, and Gen. Phillips, a lessee, on
the other. Four dirty convicts are be
tween them. Says the governor:
“Phillips, will you tako them?” Re
ply: “Governor, 1 want them, but if
you auf tho lessees will not hurt
me, I’ll say I don't want thorn. Pull
that jail door close. I’m skeerd of the
railroad folks, and I’m skoerd of you.
Make ’em all sign tho paper hero in the
dark, that I shan’t be hurt, and I’ll do
what you tell me. I can’t trust your
word; sign tho paper. If tho railroad
folks catch up with this trick, good-by
William.” Said the governor:
“William, bequiot, you shan’t ho hurt.
Just make out like you refuse them, and
I’ll issue a proclamation that some con
victs are thrown back on the state, and
we will all go to glory together.” Gen.
Phillips then said he would rfu'°, tho
whole crowd signed, and the executive
issued an order, and the great t>.x pay
ing multitude in the state know nothing
about this shrewd thimble-rigging game,
until tho lossoes fell out with oue an*.inl
and went to law. You know the ok.
adage,” Whon —fall out, honest men get”
at the truth. This is the way the con
vict lease system was incubated, and
those are the men who hatched the swin
dle. Lowe says a convict is worth from
$l5O to SIBO. Count up their profits in the
three years alone, and you will see where
the tricksters made the swag.
GOOD RESULTS IX GEORGIA.
In the struggle to prevent an increase
of crime, and to check the sale of liquor,
the state is making great progress. There
is nothing so elevating to a country as
philanthropic efforts to do good to our
fellow-man. These efforts may tor a
lone time take the Bemblance of unequal
struggles, but right will finally triumph.
There is always difficulty in carrying out
reforms because reforms always antago
nize some business interest. The ex
citement on the slavery question was
prolonged for many years because of the
orospective loss of the money value of
the slaves. Had there been no money
invested in slave labor, the system would
have crumbled years before it did. The
North sold out, therefore its willingness.
This fact alone makes the delay in pass
ing a reform prison bill. Every sensi
ble man in the state is disgusted with
the lease system, but the lessees and
their friends are unwilling to give up the
profit of their labor. Otherwise they
would quickly recognize the necessity.
Continual agitation will force the reform,
aud every stroke tells on the evil.
Thus It is with tbe sale of liquor. That
it produces evil effects, induces crime
and entails poverty, even the liquor deal
ers will admit, but they do not like to
have their business interfered with, their
money and their profits. They cling to
the money that Is invested In it, and
they feel it a hardship to be compelled to
close doors and destroy their stock. This
is the place where the shoo pinches, and
it is a question to bo honestly and justly
dealt with. There is in Qeorgia an in
clination to put aside everything but re-
V form in these matters, and when the
Change comes it w ill be like the slavery
qluestion —irrepressible.
yY state that looks at the philanthropy
of V qaestkm is always charged with ia
natA'lsui. These movements are no ex
ception. Luther was a “fanatic," the
aboli\ionlsts were “fanatics." It is a
term Vf reproach, but all great move
ments \n church or state have been dub
bod fan\ticism until success crowned the
efforts, t\en it goes by the name of liber
ty ana reVorin.
Curry’s V>iarrhoea and Dysentery Spe
cific is a suVe and
all bowel
A YANKEE METHOD.
When the National Convention on
“Criminals and Correction” met in
Washington City, a short time ago, a
statement was made that a young lady of
Philadelphia had been imprisoned in the
asylum for a lunatic for nearly thirty
years because she was extravagant. The
statement raised Inquiry and Investiga
tion proved its truth. Her father was a
very wealthy physician, who indulged
her in every luxury that money could
buy. He failed in business, and she
still spent money freely. Ills remonstra
ting availing nothing, he at last told her
if she would go to the asylum as a luna
tic he would her as soon as her
giddy habit was broken, lie died with
in five years, and there she has lived to
the age of sixty, confined in a lunatic
asylum, charged with “extravagance and
eccentricity,” this and nothing more.
The offense tor which she was made
thus to suffer was the buying of some
furniture on a credit. Getting in a
straight she sold the furniture. Her
father told her if she resisted the lunatic
asylum he would have her prosecuted
for “false pretenses,” and she yielded.
Who knows how many such frauds are
carried out in America ?
It is represented now that convicts are
worth nothing. All right! The State is
willing to take the work of the convicts
into her own possession. We pay a mil
lion dollars for anew capitol, the brick
out of which it is built are made by Geor
gia convicts at present. Suppose the
State should make the brick and thus
save one-hulf the amount from general
taxation. _
good books .
Dear Mk. Editor :—There are before
me two most valuable books, which are
being distributed by the agricultural de
partment at Washington, one entitled
“A report of exhibits illustrating agri
cultural statistics at the World’s Indus
trial and Cotton Exposition at New Or
leans, La.,” and the other “a descriptive
catalogue of tho grasses of the United
States, including especially grass collec
tions at the Now Orleans Exposition,
made by the United States Department
of Agriculture.
In the preface of this last, there is this
sentence: “The state of Texas makes a
display of two hundred species of grasses
indigenous to that state.”
Georgia, with her 15,209,225 acres of
forest land, richly carpeted with native
grasses, is not mentioned. And even
her greatest authority on grasses, her
honored son, the late Charles Wallace
Howard, is called, in quoting him, Mr.
Howard, of South Carolina.
Why is this? The answer is easy.
Georgia’s legislature refused an appro
priation for an exhibit. The counties
were then called upon to send each an
exhibit, and if they had done so, Geor
gia would have been honored thereby.
But only two counties responded. Chat
ham, through her Savannah Cotton Ex
change, and Dade, through her agricul
tural society. Literally tho mountain
and the seaboard of Georgia. Chatham’s
rice, potton, woods and Ocean steamship
company were handsomely represented.
Dade sent a full display of her field
crops, silk, fruits, vegetables, minerals,
magnificent forest trees and the wealth
of native grasses of that wonderful table
land, Lookqyt Mountain. These grasses
•were in well prepared botanical speci
mens, but could not, of course, represent
rho state, and were thus overlooked. A
without grasses for pasture and
nay, can never invite capital.
Let every Georgia farmer collect: spec
imens ot the grasses, native and improv
ed, on his farm. Semi them to our com
missioner, Hon. A.T. Henderson, at At
lanta, there to lie named and classified
and placed on exhibition at the depart
ment in Atlanta.
Every agricultural society in Georgia
should place copies of the two works at
the head of this article within reach of
its members. Chatham.
WORKING THE ROADS.
The heart swells with gratitude as we
look out upon the fields of corn and cot
ton ; the showers —the latter rains—have
come just at the l ight time. The doc
tors can testify that the health of the
neighborhood is alarmingly good.
Yes, we have had a protracted road
working. I like the old-fasliion way of
working the roads. All classes come out
together and work and talk and joke and
spin yarns and laugh and enjoy them
selves together; it brings us all close to
gether—begets a feeling in general; it’s
neighborly. We have a model overseer.
He has too much sense to work his road
in the spring of the year, knowing that
more harm than good would result to
the road-bed; hence, lie calls them out
after crops are “laid-by” and works
them moderately from day to day ’till he
is satisfied that his road will stand the
traffic for twelve months with, possibly,
a few hours patching tn the winter. And
again, our boss has a knack at getting
work out of the loquacious, the “Ora
cles"; knowing them all he pairs his
hands off, giving Smith a shovel, with
the understanding that he has nothing to
do but to pitch all the dirt thaj Jones
lifts with his pick. No; we want no
petty criminals working our roads, nor
do we want them worked by contract.
Give us still the old method; it produces
less friction than any other plan and
bears more evenly. To illustrate: Smith
has no property, but his neighbor Jones
has; they both work the road together,
both pay poll tax, and both vote, hut in
addition to this, the property of Jones is
taxed to build bridges and to defray the
expenses of county and state. At fifty
years of age both stop working the road,
at sixty both are exempt from poll tax;
the property of Jones is still taxed to de
fray county and state expenses; at the
ballot box both are equal as long as they
live. Hall’s Mills.
—ih*
Has your Child the summer com
plaint? Ret its liver straight and it will get
well, and don’t fill its little stomach with
drugs when nature made Innocent herbs for its
relief. Try Curry’s Diarrhoea and Djsentery
Specific and watch its smiles return and its
cheeks grow red once more.
ADAIHSVU.LK, UA., Aug. 16, ’BS.
Written for the Covra nt.]
[Respectfully dedicated to J H H and K E ll.]
They were born to love each other
With a never changing love,
Through life to tight together,
Pure and faithful as a dove.
Let ua watch these two frail vessels
As they gently glide along;
We will watch and pray together
That their paths may e’er be one.
We can watch their course, and wonder
Will they ever drift apart,
Can the surging billows ever
Wide asunder drift their barks?
No! They’ll sail, and sail forever,
On a calm and peaceful tide,
While they list not into others.
With affection as their guide.
Bittik Pbiff.
For the covrant.
ETERNITY.
Time past is eternily gone,
lu footprints have fadod away;
No echo of beauty and song
Comes down to the living to-day.
The future of ages must pass
All time to eternity lent;
All nature must perish like grass,
All into eternity sent.
The sun that is shining to-day,
The beautiful stars of the night
Must perish in darkness, thoy *ay,
lio lost in eternity’s light.
All that is mortal mud perLl*
Into nonnontity driven
Ilow fleeting >t.e ini’ wo cherish,
lin nit'. riM me itoimno* ei heaven.
T. A..
Down with the moster, monster foe,
Old “red coat” whisky, it must go;
At Yorktown kept, its side-arms hid,
Let Georgia close its coffin lid.
Ac wort a.
HOW THEY KVADBff THE LAW.
Georgia, Fulton County. Before
comes in person W. B. Lowe, who being
sworn on oath says that, Penitentiary
Cos. No. 2 had anticipated being organiz
ed by the surrender of what was known
as the Stephens convicts in July or Au
gust, 1876, but Governor Smith held said
convicts under the Act approved Feb. 25,
1876, should be turned over to the Mari
etta & North Ga. Railroad, as part of the
250 given under said Act. Penitentiary
Cos. No. 2 was to get 60 or 70 conviets
from W. D. Grant and Thomas Alexan
der, under a previous agreement, as soon
as they bad legal existence. Col. B. G.
Lockett and W. B. Lowe made various
attempts to have their company organiz
ed trom that time until December. On
or about the IBth day of Dec., 1876, Lock
ett & Lowe called again on Gov. Smith
to try and arrange some way to organize
their company. Gov. Smith said he had
no authority to organize it except under
the provisions of the Act which made it
his duty to turn over to the new compa
nies conviets being thrown upon the
State by any of the lessees surrendering
them, until the Marietta & North Ga.
Railroad Cos. had received her 250. Lock
ett & Lowe left Gov. Smith’s olliee, went
to tho telegraph office and Lowe tele
graphed Gen’l. Phillips to meet him at
the depot, he would be up to Marietta on
the evening train. Gen’l. Phillips met
Lowe and Lowe explained to him liis
object in coming, and asked Gen’l. Phil
lips to surrender to his company some of
the convicts on his road, Lowe promising
to return them or others as soon as his
company had been organized and receiv
ed thoir hands from Grant and Alexan
der. Phillips said he was perfectly will
ing to make the surrender, but presented
two objections; one was the surrender of
any of his hands might be construed by
the State, that he had forfeited his right
to have others under the -uct; to this
Lowe replied, his company would give
him any kind of an obligation he might
wisli .-erfing forth the fact that that his
company would take no advantage of said
surrender. The other objection was that
if he made rise surrender and went up
and r**ok the hand* off rite road, it would
demoralize the people along the line, and
they wouid construe i r > uto a a ncl of aban
doning the enterprise, as they work
ing under great financial difficulties; to
this Lowe replied, it would ordv be tem
porary, as they would be returned the
convicts in a few days, with pay for all
trouble and expense. Finally Phillips
agreed to this and said he would come to
Atlanta the next day and consult Gov.
Brown and some other of his friends in
regard to it. The next day he came to
Atlanta and Lockett and Lowe met him
in Governor Brown’s office, and ije de
clined to make the surrender updn the
same grounds as stated in his objections
above.
In the meantime we had ascertained
that there were 4 convicts iu Fulton
county jail, and Gen’l. Phillip agreed
that they might be assigned to the M. &
N. Ga. R. Cos. and he would surrender
them to the State for our benefit, and the
Principal Keeper, John T. Brown, did
assign them to his company, and he did
refuse to take them, s the people along
his line would know nothing of the sur
render, and therefore, it would not effect
them. And by an Executive order,
dated Dec. 21, 1876, said hands were
turned oyer to Penitentiary Cos. Nos. 1, 2
and 3: and all of said three companies
gave Gen’l. Phillips a written obligation
that they would tal no advantage of his
surrender of the 4 convicts, but let all his
legal right’s stand just the same as though
he had never made the surrender.
W. B. Lowe.
Sworn to before me,' this
12 Oct., 1881.
Gf.o. Hillyer,
Judge.
Georgia, Fulton County. Before
me, comes in person James M. Smith,
who being duly sworn on oath says that
deponent held the office of Governor of
said State during the year 1876, and as
such official leased the Penitentiary con
victs under the provisions of the Act of
Feb’* 25th, 1576, to Penitentiary Compa
nies
appear on record iu the Executive’s
office.
In [the negotationß which led to tbo
oontrtacts deponent talked in reference
thereto with John B. Gordon, Joseph E.
Brown anff Thomas Alexander, who j
seemaJ to sfreak for their respective Com- j
p&niesMMtte interviews had by deponent '
with these gentlemen while negotiations
were pending were numerous, and depo
nent cannot undertake to give more than
a general recollection of what transpir
ed.
James M. Smith.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 2G Nov., 1879.
VV. I. Hayward,
J. P., Fulton County, Ga.
BETTER INSURANCE FACILITIES.
The properfy holders of Georgia desire
and demand better insurance facilities.
As the situation stands at present we
have 103 towns in the State with popula
tions ranging from 500 to 50,000, and of
this number only about 25 have a water
supply and an organized lire department.
This leaves 73 towns in which it is almost
impossible to get insurance, as the lead
ing companies now doing business in the
State refuse to establish agencies or issue
policies at places without a tire depart
ment and a water supply.
Unfortunately for our people the de
posit requirement is a part of the consti
tion and cannot without too much ex
pense be repealed. This legislature,
iiuwever, can reduce the deposit to any
fra. cyen down as low as one dollar,
fhis i- required and demanded by the
•(. and people of the small towns and the
urge property owners of the state. Au
gusta, Columbus, Savannah, and othor
large places with their heavy manufac
turing, and naval store interests, cannot
place their insurance with the companies
now in the state, and they cannot with
out violating the law place it out through
a broker, and should they deal directly
with an outside company, in ease of loss
the company, under the law, could not
send an adjustor or attorney to investi
gate the loss.
We feel confident that a modification
of the deposit law, as suggested, would
induce such companies as the JEtna, of
Hartford, the National, the Orient, and
many others of like standing, to come
back to
of $25,000 required by the present law
amounts to nothing as a security to poli
cy holders, but it serves to keep many
good companies out of the state, because
they claim that it is wrong in principle.
Other states view the matter in this light,
and there are now but three, Virginia,
Mississippi and Georgia, that demand a
deposit. North Carolina has just repeal
ed the deposit law, and the geople of that
state are already feeling the good effects.
Georgia cannot afford to lag behind. It
is to be hoped that a bill will be intro
duced without delay to reduce the de
posit now exacted of the companies, and
all other insurance legislation should bo
let alone.
THE CONVICT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.
Tlioraaaville Euterbriso.]
Sometime ago Hon. W. H. Felton in
troduced into tho lower House of the
lower measure to provide for a legis
lature a reformatory institution to
receive youthful violators of law. He
took tho ground that crime is increasing
at a fearful rate among the negroes of the
State, and argued that every criminal
who served a term in one of the convict
camps of the State, became a missionary
and a crime center as soon as he was re
leased.
There is not a man in tho State who
will join issue with the truths embodied
in the statement made, that crime is on
the increase, and that instead of opera
ting as a bar to crime, the present convict
system of the Stato has exactly the con
trary effect.
The legislature in its wisdom, we call
it such for want of a better name, saw
lit to vote down the bill introduced by
Dr. Felton, but that gentleman took oc
casion, during the discussion that proced
ed the vote, to tell some very plain truths
concerning the convict lessees.
We would be glad if the burning words
of the eloquent gentleman could be im
pressed on every man in the State, for it
is a truth, that in the afternoon blaze of
the nineteenth century, surrounded by
the light of religion and refinement, our
State is fostering and protecting an insti
tution, as full of horrors, as any that dis
graced the darkest days of the Inquisi
tion.
The present convict lease system was
begotten by corruption, has been nur
tured by subordination of inen in high
places, and is being perpetuated by greed
and gold.
It has been made by designing demag
ogues a party measure, and the party lash
is used to beat down inquiry.
Madame Roland when she went to
death exclaimed —“Oh Liberty how ma
ny crimes are committed in thy name,”
To-day in our State how many crimes
are committed or condoned, to further
party triumphs, or to perpetuate party
power.
The questions of right and wrong are
made to stand aside, and Georgia is made
to stand sponsor for crimes against civili
zation, and crimes against herself.
But the flood tide of light is bound to
flash over this dark chapter in the histo
ry of the State, and a brand will be fixed
on every man, who gained gold from its
horrors, or who has been frightened into
silence by the party also, or who has been
gulled into apathy by fear of the powers
of the ring that rules the State.
Jud Clements say n no is not a candi
date for congress he certainly will not be
for the Judgeship. This in reference to
a rumor that he had made a trade for ex
change with Judge Branham. The way
we get the true inwardness of the rumor
is that Jud, If he fails ior himself, will
throw his strength to Branham, and then
brother Cicero will get to be a Judge,
The trade is really a family affair as we
get it.—Argus.
WILD CHEBKY AND TAR.
Everybody knows the virtues of Wild
Cherry and Tjir as a relief and cure for
any affections of the Throat and Lungs,
combined with these two ingredients are
a few simple healing remedies in the
compo-itiou of Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and
Lung Syrup, making it just the article
you should always have in the house, for
Coughs, Colds, Croup and Bronchitis.
Price 50 cents and SI.OO. Sold by D. W.
Curry. | 3
Cholera Is in Spain, hut C.u,. c. will
cure cholera in Cartersviile and Georgia.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM INDIANS.
Reminiscences of the llorder Era in South
Georgia.
Amerieus t,Ga.) Recorder.!
Away back in Indian times there lived
a man in Stewart county who owned
some horses, and a ranging party of In
dians stole one of his best ones and car
ried it across the river. The ranger
tracked the horse to tho river, and cross
ing he went to a noted resort and then
found his horse in the possession of a
tawny warrior. “Muchee good pony,
ugh. Tote two big wariors, long ways.”
This was said to induce the white man to
purchase the pony, tho Indian not aware
that he wes talking to tho lawful owner.
“Come across the river and I’ll pay your
price,” said the white man. Once across
the river lie turned to tho Indian and his
friends and said: “This is my horse,
and you stole it. Now I’ve got it again,
I’ll see if I can’t keep it. Get on to your
side of tho river.” This was tho last
straw. The war of Roanoke followed.
That was a terrible beginning. The
proprietor of Roanoko munlerod, his
goods stolen, his possessions burned, tho
cry “To arms!’’ was echoed from hill to
hill, and the hardy militia of Georgia
were soon in the field. The Indians
plundered a place on the Noehaway, and
dressed themselves up in clothing stolen
from the whites, so as to surprise tho
man who had obtained his horse at such
a risk. The Indians were sitting on a
log near the creek, and Nace Bush, J udge
Bell and a Rian named Sampler were
coming up the creek in search of Jorni
gan’s company. Bell and Sampler were
out In a clearing, and Sampler, walking
on the hill at the foot of' which flowed
Nochaway, saw a smart company of
men, all seated on a log, and thinking it
was Jernigan’s men, he shouted: “Hel
lo, boys, I was just a lookiu’ l'er ye,” and
started down toward them. Suddenly,
as he came within rifle range, he was
electrified by the whistling of a rifle ball
near his head, and with a yell the In
dians started in pursuit of Bush, who
was now flying for life. Beil was on
horseback, and hearing the commotion
galloped to a deep ravine, up which
Bush was flying, and Sampler, on foot,
soon overtook them, and they found that
he was seriously wounded. “Leave me,
boys,” said he; “I can’t go any further.”
But Bell proposed to get him on the
horse. They lifted him up, but the horse
smelled the blood and refused to carry
him. “Blindfold the cussed horse,”
cried Bell, and this expedient was resort
ed to with happy results, and all three
escaped.
Do you want a beautiful skin ? Take
Curry’s Liver Compound. It imparts
tone to the liver, takes away that bilious
yellowness from the skin, purifies the
blood and invigorates the system.
CUT THIS OUT.
Some Uaoful Hints for noiisokeopers.
Put a little equa ammonia in the water
when you clean your paint.
Boraxine in tho scrubbing-water will
save you time, soap, and “elbow grease.”
Beat your carpets with a horsewhip.
Use turpentine to take out paintspots.
Pour hot tallow through ink-stains to
remove them.
Use hot vinegar to take paint-spots off
of the window- glass.
If there are moths in your garret or
closet, sprinkle tho floor with benzine,
keep it carefully away from lire.
Put salt in your whitewash to mako it
stick.
A few drops of liquid bluing will make
it look all the whiter when if’ te on tho
wall.
Use turpentine to cloan nieklo plated
ornaments.
Use salt and vinegar to clean brass or
naments.
Use common baking-soda (with a damp
flannel rag) tor silver.
When you whitewash the top and sides
of your cellar, put the coperas-water in
the whitewash, to drive away all kinds
of vermin.
If vegetables on the cellar-bottom have
made a damp spot, sprinkle coperas-wa
ter there also.
Rub old furniture and picture-frames
with kerosene oil.
When you clean your stoves, a little
sugar in the blacking will make it stick
better and last longer.
To clean willow furnituro, ugo salt and
water. Apply it with a coarse brush,
and dry thoroughly.
Wash the mica in your stove doors with
vinegar and water to remove the smoke
from the inside. Carol Hka.
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in cans. ROYAL BAKING I'OW DER CO.,
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NOTICE TO FARMERS.
All persons having idle teams can get regular
employment for them—in hauling ore from the
Chumblin Hill mine, to be paid every Saturday
night for all the ore hauled that week— aafifi
rate off 1.7. r > per ton of 2268 pounds.
Apply to B. C. McEver, agent for ryflH||
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iuneiS-tf
Bartow Sheriff’s Sales
FOR SEPTEMBER, 1883.
YX7IT.L HE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT
\ V house door in Cartersvillfc, Bartow county,
Georgia, between tho legal sale hours,
On the First Tuesday in September, 1885,
The following property, to-wit-
Lots of land Nos. two
fourteen (214) and two hunured and fif
teen and all of two hundred and thirty
four (234) lying west of Pino Log creek,
and all of two hundred and thirty-five
(235) lying north of the Fite place, being
one hundred and six acres more or less.
All of said lots lying in the Uth district
and 3rd section of Bartow county. Lev
ied on under li. fa. in favor of Elizabeth
Clark against Rhoda King as administra
trix of Win. S. King, deceased, issued
from the .Superior Court of Bartow coun
ty—said li. fa. proceeding lor the pur
chase money of said land. Deed tiled
and recorded as provided by statute be
fore levy. Levied on as the property of
the estate of Win. S. King, In the hands
of Rhoda King as administratrix to be
administered. Land in possession of
said Rhoda King. * Levy made by John
A. Gladden, former sheriff, on March
3rd, 1884. $5.07
Also at tho same time and place, all
that tract or parcel of land lying aiul be
ing in the fourth district and third sec
tion of Bartow county, Ga., and being
parts of lots of land Nos. fifty-nine (59)
and sixty 0) and all of lots of land
Nos. eighty-four (84) eighty-five (85)
one hundred and thirty-three (133), one
hundred and fifty-four (15-1) one hun
dred and llfty-live (155) and includes ten
acres of land adjoining R. L. Rogers and
along the west side of the W. & A. R. R.
—the said ten acres being part of said
lots Nos. 59 and GO in the fourth district
and third section of Bartow county, and
bounded as follows: Beginning at the
Rogers lino and running with the W. &
A. R. R. eighty (80) polos, thcnco due
west twenty (20) poles to a stake, thence
parallel with said railroad eighty (80)
poles to tho said Rogers line, and thence
with said line, twenty (20) poles
the beginning. The entire tract of said
land containing 210 acres more or less.
Levied on and will be sold as tho prop
erty of tho defendant, W. T. WofFoid,
under two li. fas. issued from Bartow
Superior Court in favor of Charles P.
Jones and Lucius 11. Stephenson, trus
tees of David V. Rucktnan, against said
W. T. Wofford, Mrs. Jane A. Schulte,
tenant in possession. Said li. fas. pro
ceeding for the purchase money of said
land. Deed filed and recorded. Levy
made by A. M. Franklin, former sheriff,
on November Ist, 1882. $8.31
Also at tho same time and placo, all
that tract or parcel of land which lies in
tho fifth district and third section of Bar
tow county, Ga., and known and distin
guished as thirty acres more or less of lot of
land number two hundred and thirty,lt be
ing that part of said lot known as the D. F.
Bishop mill property, and of which said
Bishop was in possession on the 2Jst of
May, 1881, and on which his mill is lo
cated, and all of lot number ltb "nuuflreu
and thirty-eight (235) except that por
tion of said lot heretofore deeded by said
D. F. Bishop to Martin Munford and to
Charlie Gunter and to VV. B. Bishop and
to W. V. Smith, and all of lot number
two hundred and seventy-throe (273) ex
cept those portions heretofore doedud by
said Bishop to J. R. Stephenson and to
Gabriel Culver, and all the ores and min
erals on those portions of said lots so
conveyod to said Stephenson and Culver
which was reserved by said Bishop and
afterwards sold to E. U. Woodward, and
all of lot number two hundrod and sev
enty-four (274) except that portion of
same heretofore deeded by said Bishop to
Gabriel Culver, including the ores and
minerals on that part of said lot conveyed
to Culvor, and afterwards sold to said E.
11. Woodward by Bishop. And all of lot
No. two hundred and sixty-seven,except
that portion heretofore deeded to W. V.
Smith. The whole of said land so levied
on containing 400 acres rnoro or less. All
said property contained and described in
a certain deed from D. F. Bishop to E.
11. Woodw’ord, dated 21st of May 1881,
and recorded in book “ W,” of Deeds,
pages 4 and 5, in Clerk’s ollioo of Bartow
Superior Court. Being tho property
pointed out in the mortgage Ufa hereby
levied. Levied on and will bo sold as
the property of E. 11. Woodword, to sat
isfy one mortgage flfa issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
D. F. Bishop, vs said E. n. Woodward.
Said property in possession ef the Pyro
lusite Manganese Cos. at the date of levy.
Levy made by John A. Gladden, former
Sheriff, on Febuary 4th, 1881. $11,85
Alsoatsame time and place lot of land
number (78)seventy-eight lying in the
17th District ami third section
County, Ga. Levied on and
as the property of VV. B. satis
fy one flfa, issued from the Justice Court
of the 851st District G. M. Bartow
County, in favor of R. C. Rob< rts vs said
VV. B. Arnold. Property poi°ut by
plaintiff’s attorney, and levy r “ade and
returned to me by J. VV. Tint e y> !-<• C. of
said district. $2.82
Also at the same time and aoe , Jot of
land number one hundred thirty
eight (138) in the 22nd disti ct and
section of Bartow county, Ge<
led on and wiil be sold as projJflft,;.;.
ry Burdott, to sati.-iy one ti H <4
from tiie J uli‘ - eou-t of th<H
trim. </. M . of -aid -<■ mty, i.
II Baker V-. said 8.-riy Burdo.%(. ’
ty in posses-inn ol B-n Rut! • ,
made and r-turned to mo* b\
ton, L. G., of said district. BNesUg
Also, at the same time am '
of land number- on , hundred H
111, one hundred ami -i.v-H '■
and one herein and and
all lying in the 22nd district
section oi Bartow county, '
Levied on and will V sold as tb ”
of the defend mt, John I), i ’■pd?
sat is i y on- state and county lay ■ ,
the year 1884 vs. Thomas •. JM
fcLjoperty in possession of J.
and returned to