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H. MENDEL & CO.
WILL CONTINUE FOR BALANCE OF THIS MONTH THE GREAT
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Going- Out-of-Business Sale
That has been in progress for the past ten days. Thousands of dollars’ worth of
goods have been sold, but owing to inclement weather, hundreds wanting to have '
been unable to attend, hence our reason for continuing sale. Those who have
failed so far to attend this.grand sale,.we wish to say: Don’t wait, but come at
once. Thousands of great values still to be had, and bear in mind this is the
Greatest Retiring-frorn-Business Sale in a decade.
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Goods Beiiig Slaughtered Right and Left
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’ Waftuifg in au jssuo of yo in-pa i^>r 4
of afr w'weeks hack * a * nice, Uwju
storf’trf that grand old nufn, 4-1- ;
Toni 1 ItotMU-jinade ini''think
and hr-tittaug it would lie if occasion
tilly-ybn_j. writers would -take,-up
some-worthy clihrm-tcr.of their sec
tion’arid s;iy something appropriate
and* true of him, instead of Waiting
until they are laid l>eneath the sod.
f Tis a -custom to write memorials
and show up the good after they are
gone. This can do no good ‘to
them. But let us, while they are
living, say something of them that
would help them over the remain
ing part of life, and show to them,
though old and helpless they may
Im>, that they are not forgotten nor
forsaken, but loved and honored for
their true worth.
I will t:iki‘ the initiative by tell
ing you something of that war-horse
and courtly Christian gentleman,
James M. Johnson. The father of
J. M. Johnson was John F. John
son, a native of North Carolina,
He died at the age of sixfy-three,
and was buried near the Hancock
bridge. The mother, Mary John
son, was a native of Virginia. She
died at the age of seventy-seven,
and was buried by the side of her
husband. Mr. John F. Johnson
was buried in his wedding suit of
spotless linen.
James M Johnson was born in
Jackson county, Georgia, on De
cember 12th, 1840. There were
seven brothers ami two sisters, all
of whom are dead. He joined the
Methodist church, at Ebcnezer, in
18t>7. He was not a man who would
join every secret order that sprung
up, but walked his own path as j.ll
Christian gentlemen should.
W hen the country called upon
Georgia foi her pro rata of soldiers,
James M. Johnson was as ready to
shoulder arms as any Southern gen
tleman. He was a member of Cap-
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tikhi-W*. J,. 4 - Mark-r’s cmupany, lGtli
Gcrgiet regiment- Tie >las - wtftf
‘‘Mocgan until the l,\t ; U'r was kifhnp'
aWt assisted -pi carrying him from
ttw battlefield, to prevgijt the yan
’keoß.'f|uyi'geUing his body. u
♦ dames M. Johnson \v&s in -actual
sivtwUy t)iretvyears'.' lie was made,,
jt corporal some time diirinfr
w-i.r- Scared? That word fat,
jshort of expressing his feelings, ,he
said, when he entered his Ji ret bat-'
tie, which was at Tompkinsville,
Ky., when a bullet passed through
the top of his cap without injuring
him. The second battle in which
he was engaged in was at Cynthia,’
Ky., and Captain Marler, in writ
ing to the Southern Watchman,
made special mention of the bravery
of J. M. Johnson and J. H. Fulcher.
Hardships were a common corn
plaint in those days, hut the sever
est he had to undergo was a march
from Rogersville, Tenn., to With
ville, Ya. He was on the road four
days and nights, without food for
man or beast, and the ground cov
ered with snow eight inches deep
On this march they were forced to
swim a river three hundred yards
or more in width, and all came near
freezing to death. Many are the
interesting little stories he can re
late of ehe war, hut modesty makes
him say, “Oh, pshaw! it all seems
like a dream.”
llere is shown the courtly, coun
try gentleman; a tine man to his
country, true to his church, a true
husband and prudent father, and a
ncighlnir in the fullest sense of the
word, for 1 have known him many
years. Tv r ant.
OAK GROVE.
Miss Woodie Roberts, of Ebe
nezer, visited her sister, Mrs. Willie
Junes, last week.
M iss Ida Ward visited relatives
near Pleasant Hill Saturday and
Sunday.
There will be a box supper at
Ji'l
tins' place the fourth S ; *bur<lay night
%r4'Vbr.uaj£.. „ Sheriff i Y T-f Collier
land to sell the - boxes.
d*\ cordially invited to at-
Paffiek • nd,\| iss'Envfiee
,1/jhekett attended ••the,,. .singing at
Sunday afternoon. ’ t : ■
Key. J, C* Patrick filled his *reg
sfer4a4>p<iintfrreht ’at .-Rpftg? v Chapel
Saturday and Sunday,.,
Messrs PayirC and W. T-
Priekett spent Sunday, near \Vat
tynsville. : ' ’ ■
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r. and M rs. Vaughan,- of Com
merce, visited their son, Mr. J. IT.
Vaughan, of this place, recently.
Mr. Andrew % Guest, of Arcade,
was here Sunday afternoon. Also
Messrs. John McEver and Jesse
Wallace, of Pentecost.
Barlow & Wilson Make Good.
What the Bristol (Tenn.) “Her
ald Courier” of Sunday, November
21st, says about this Big Minstrel
Company:
“The second minstrel of the sea
son, Barlow A- Wilson’s, held the
hoards at the Harmeling Saturday
night and pleased a good-sized audi
ence. Thjg instrumental selections
were spend idly rendered, the en
sembles were pleasing andthe jokes
created laughter. The solo work
was done in the usual artistic style,
and as a whole the show made
good-”
Wo notice that tin* new comet has
been called “Johannesburg” by
someone at Gainesville. I’p here
some of us called it the “pentecostel
comet, because it had a forked tail,
something entirely new. —Dahlone-
ga Nugget.
We are in position to give you good
value for your money on Black
smith Tools, Farm Tools, Plows and
Farm Machinery.
Woodruff Hardware Cos.
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday
By the Only One-Arm Aeronaut in the World,
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Will make a dare-devil balloon ascen
sion on Athens street.