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W. K. HARP, - - Editor.
THE JACKSON XEIYM,
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ted at rctisonttbir roles.
Brother Smith, of the Argus, seem*
very much “disgruntled” at our re
rnoarla* —oensiuf JJrOWHj A IftW
weeks ago. If we had any idea that he
would have taken the matter so much
to heart, wc certainly would have spar
ed him so great an affliction. No one
disputes Senator Brown’s ability, ns a
man, hulas a politician he is notorious
ly known as an unreliable trickster,
and aa a demagogue he stands pre-em
inent in the history of Georgia politico.
Ifßro. Smith io not posted upon the
record of Mr. Brown, we advise him
to search the files of the Georgia papers
for the past twenty years and inform
himself, for we have neither the spaco
nor time to devote to the rchersal of
the dead issues of the past, even to
accommodate Brother Smith. We
will state, howe er, for the edification
of the Argus man, that the great mas*
of the Democrat* of Georgia have very
little confidence in Joe Brown’s hones
ty ami integrity as a political leader,
while all admit that he has talent, and
■o long as the present generation lives
will the history of the perfidy of Jo
seph E. Brown be perpetuated. But
a* Mr. Brown is not lefore the people
for any position, Brother Smith wil)
have to excuse us for not giving him
any further information, at this time,
on the political history of his talented
pet. We have never voted for Joe
Bown, nor any other political turncoat
for any oosition, and csn’tiirmgine any
emergency that could Induce us to do so-
A* for Gen. Grant, he has the advan
tage of consistency, at least, a virtue
that not even the Argus man can, with
uny degree of truthfulness, claim for
his pet, that he so much delights to
honor I
If the Argus man, is not aware of
the fact that there is a formidable po
litical faction, "Independents,’’ ao-call
ed, that threatens the overthrow of the
old original Democratic party in Geor
gia, he ought to keep himself better
poeted. As we before stated, the in
dications are very plain that the Inde
pendent* are gaining strength—dissat
isfied place-hunters are Hocking to
them with the hope of getting pro
motion, and the senseless, blundering
tenacity with which the last guberna
torial convention adhered to Colquitt,
practically disrupting the Democratic
party, is now bearing the fruits of dis
cord sown broadcast by that fanatical
convention. That tho mass of
intcligence (not meaning that all his
followers were ignorant fools) were op
posed to Gov, Colquitt, we presume
not even the Argus will deny. Neith
er can it be denied tliat he owes his
election principally to Joe Brown's
manipulation of the Radical negro vo
ters, and a few leading men whose po
sition in office depended upon Col
quitt’s success. We only mention these
facts incidentally, however, and not for
the purpose of reviewing the course
that led to tho unfortunate differences
in Democratic ranks, as the bitterness
of that struggle is still fresh in the
minds of the people. But even the
friends of Mr. Colquitt now admit
that tl> huFga <.f a want rvf atulity
and statesmanship were well founded,
and if our state has prospered during
his administration it is only because
our people have pluck and energy.
Tho blunders of the Governor have
been too recently and widely discussed
and ventilated, to need any comment
at this late day. Besides there is no ne
cessity to attact an imbecile adminis
tration that is drawing to a close. It
will soon be numbered with the things
of the past, but the seeds of discord it
engendered in the Democracy, will be
felt for years to come, and may ulti
mately sound the death-knell of that
time-honored party know as the ‘‘Or
ganised Democracy ” If Bro. Smith
considers the present political outlook
“well enough” to “let alone,” we beg
to differ with him. We have no sym
pathy with a mongrel party and no
faith in political turn-coats. Demo
cratic principles are good tnongh for
us, and the News wiil always be found
in the front rank battling for their
m&intainence.
.'imericus Recorder: The Georgia
Bubiist Convention vfill meet in our
city on the 20th of April next. Thu
■will he the largest and most impor
tant tneeuun i„.|j here for uoveral
years, and extensive preparalioßS will
soon begin to be made for the eateoi
this distinguished body. Americas
lias a wide pread fame for genet ons
hospitaln its toward guests of this
character, and our citiaens will takt>
pleasure ia throwing open their doors
to the convention.
Let Col. Harp give us more local in
the Examiner.—Enterprise.
It would be a good idea.
Guiteau’s gallows is to he built of
Georgia pine.
The appointment of T. M. Thurman,
postmaster at Griffin, has been con
firmed by the Senate.
The Griffin Sun, newsy, spicy, and
a welcome visitor, has entered it's sixth
year.
The Griffin Sun thinks pattent out
sides ‘ abominable.’’ Well,, the people
don't.
An attempt is being made to displace
Collector Clarke of Atlanta. If reports
are true, he should he “highsted."
Guiteau has been leceiving anony
mous letters containing small-pox
scabs, whereupon he demanded that
he be vascinated.
Wyly Bedding, a notorious colored
man, wanted for some time by the au
thorities of A tlr.nt* and the State, for
sundrie crimes, wa3 recently killed at
Fairborn,
Smith, a young lawyer of At
lanta, asß.,ulv-U nn.i Klietheu
the editor of the Post-Appeal down,
in his office, one day last week. The
trouble grew out of an article in the
Post-Appeal, coppied from the Denver.
Colorado, [Times,] in which an Atlan
ta girl accuses Smith of betraying and
deserting her, and had her spiriated
away to the latter place, thinking the
matter would never he made public.
She sought an Interview with a repor
ter and revealed the facts from begin
ning to end, which make it the most
ridiculous affair we have heard of in
some time. Smith demanded an apol
ogy and a retraction of DeW’itt who
refused, saying he was not the man,
that if a retraction was to be had, it
was due from other parties.
Eastman Times : “The boys up on
Wallan’s creek, in tnis county, have
adopted a novel way to gobble up wild
gobbler*. When they take it into their
heads to make a raid on this monstrous
wild bird, they simply piovide them
selves with fleet horses and a pack of
dogs os their only ctnplemenfs of war
fare. Thus equipped they hie way to
the woods, and when they find their
game they simply put spurs to their
horses and proceed to chaso as though
it were a fox instead of a turkey. A
fat gobbler, it is said, cannot fly a great
distance, and when fie pitches, if on
the ground, ho takes to his heels till
he is so closely pursued by the dogs
that he is compelled to resort again to
his wings for safety. Thus the chaso
is kept up continuously until'.he gob
bler becomes completely fagged out
and can neither run nor fly, when, of
course, he has to suocumb to his pur
suers.
A ('heap Plan for Belter
■load*
If all the empty wagons coming to
town after guano and other supplies,
during the spring, would each bring a
load of rocks, from some rocky bill on
the way, and dump them into the first
big mud hole they come to, it would
not he long until every public road
lending to Covington would be thor
oughly macadamized. This plan may
seem hard on those who would have
to do the work of hauling the rocks,
but they would be more than amply
repaid for tho work in having good
roads to travel over in the years to
come. A littlo co-operation in this
matter would give our people the best
public roads in the country, and would
soon save enough in the wear and tear
of vehicles, teams and harness to more
than compensate every one who had
helped to do the work. If such co
operation could be had between those
who come to town in empty wagons
as to secure the hauling, it would be
a great saving of labor to the road
hands along each public highway, if,
instead of devoting all their road work
ing time to repairing of bad places in
the roads, they would pile up the rocks
at convenient places near tho road side,
so tho watera"' ooi.M get iliom with
out much trouble. In this way all the
had hills and mndholes on the public
roads leading to town could l>e thor
oughly macadamized, and those who
did the work would be amply com
pensated in having betterroads to trav
el. The plan is feasible, if the people
will take Void of it.-—Covington Star.
llev. Sam, I*. Jones, Ctrtersville,
G*., agent of the Orphan’s Home, lo
cated at Decatur, Ga„ solicits corres
pondence from the public concerning
orphan children; also concerning chi I
dren who are worse 'ban orphans.
It any good family wants one of these
orphan children to raise and educate
as they would one of their own, they
should addrtss him.
Colored people cannot sue under
the fifteen amendment for damages
unless they can prove citaenship.
Tba' is the point of a decision just
rendered by Judge Brown, in the
United Slates District Coart at New
York, in the case of one Lewis, a 00l
ored man of foreign birth, who sued
Oliver Hitchcock & Cos., restaurant
keepers, for five hundred dollars dam
ages for refusing to supply him with
refreshraents. The court holds thst
there is nothing in the civil rights bill
or in the nature of the subject creat
ing a pre*urapli'>n that Congress in
tended to legislate in favor of aliens,
and that the word “citiaens” in this
as well as in other pub ic statutes in
dicated that it is only actionable for
person to deny rights of accommoda
tion to citiaens only, and t'ia>, there
fore to entitle a person to recover he
must allege and prove lliat ho is a cit
izen.
- (he Young lien of the
Mouth
The editor of the Southern World
desiring to stimulate the young tuen
of the south to a deeper interest in,
and a more practical knowledge of
agricultural pursuits, offers lh- t’oL
lowing premiums, open to any young
man under sixteen years ot age, in
any ol the Southern States. For the
best half acre in corn, oats, potatoes,
peas, cane or cotton, cultivated by the
contestant, a chest ot tools, worth
$20,00; for the second best a chest of
tools valued at $10,00; for the third
best a (tht st of tools valued at s,Off.
It contestants bo elect, the premiums
will he paid in gold, in lieu of the
tools,
Those desirous of contesting for the
premiums must send in their names
to the editor of the Southern World
on or before March 20ih for registra
tion.
Contestants will he required to give
a concise statement ot the character
of the soil and seed, inode of culture
amount and kind of fertiliser’t*£if’ anyj
used,cost of cultivating and yield,
and send per express, charges paid,
one peck of corn' oats, potatoes or
peas; five stalks of cane and sample of
cotton, not less than five pounds, a'l
properly labelled with producers’
county and state, for exhibit
ion at the office ot it,.
World.
Contesmnls will be required to
havb their land accurately measured
and the yield properly certified to by
neighbor before the clerk of any
county court, and sent to the editor
of thin baper for filing.
The reports from the several con
testants will he submitted to lino.
Titos. Hardeman, president of the
State Agricultural Society of Georg a;
Hon- 1- Henderson, commissioner
of agriculture of Georgia lion A. H,
Colquitt, governor of Georgia; Hon.
I\ N. Speer, state treasur. r of Geor
gia; Hon. J. E Brown, U S. Sen
ator, and Hon. D Wyatt Aiken, M.
C,, from South Carolina, who will
make the awards.
Reports must besentinby Novem
ber 15.
The co-operation of county and
State Agricultural organizations are
earnestly invoked to accomplish the
hen- ficial result sought to he brought
about by the off r of these premiums.
Philadelphia, Feb 2 —Mr. J. 11,
Ridgeway, patentee and manufacturer
of refrigerating apparatus gives the
following details of arrangeuivnt he
has perfected with Mr. Scovilln for
the preservation < f Giro :u’s body:
"I am to have pose sion o! the body
immediately after death. I shall then
have it preserved in a refrigerating
apparatus upon which I have a patent.
The body will be placed on exhibit
ing in all the principal cities in this
county, under my supervision, and
afterwards will be taken to Europe I
will pay over half the receipts to the
relatives of Guiteau the other half
will be at my disposal, that is the
agreement; now I wil discribe to you
the apparatus I propose to use. I will
have built a ease or room, about the
size of my office, which is about ten
feel square. Thr-e sides of the case
will be of glass, so that the interior
may be plainly visible. Attached to
tbp fourth side will he my refriger
ating apparatus. I have not yet du
eid< <1 how the body shall be dtsp sed,
but it. will be arranged so as to look
as natural impossible. The form will
be dressed just as in life ami the feat
urea will retain the expression they
attain immediately after they herein
fixed in death this will result from
th" state of perfect preservation in
which the entire corpse will bo r tam
ed by my refrigerating apparatus. I
have not yet decided on the route we
will take. We will visit all of the
chief cities of this count rj, after which
we will go to Europe and probably
exhibit the body in all the principal
cities of the Continent. I think we
will do even better financially there
than in this country. In London es
pecially, I expect to get largo ie
tums.”
Montioello Burned.
d'ith the exceptions of one store
[a brick one owned by Roberts &
Roberts] the east side of the square
was burned on the night of the Ctli
instant. AH the buildings were ol
woo.t. The fire originated in the
Maxey building owned by Judge
Bartlett and US' and as a house for stor
ing his furniture, etc., moved when
he sold his residence not long since.
The old hotel was owned by Mr Pope
Kelley, of Sooial Circle, and the store
nooui ted by t lent nits & Peurifoy
tielongo.l to the widow Davis, ol
Decatur. The contents of all the
buildings were saved except the one
in which it slatted. No lusuranue on
the buildings.
Hawkinsville News: Once upon a
time a certain tnan got mail and slop
ped his paper. The next week he
sold Ins corn at four cents below the
inaikel price. Then his property was
sold tor taxes, because he didn't read
.the sheriffs sales, lie was arrested and
fined eichi dollars for going bunting
on Sunday, simply because 1 e didn't
know that it was Sunday; and he paid
S3OO, for a lot ol forged notes 11 at
had been advertised two weeks and
the public cautioned not to negotiate
forth m. Iletheu | aid a big Irishman,
with a tool like a forge hammer, to
kick him •!! the way to the newspaper
office, where lie paid four years in
advance, and made the editor sign
rn agreement to knoek him down and
rob him it he ever ordered his paper
stopped again. Such is life without
a newspaper.
Some of the -‘fence men” of Hons
ton county a>e doing a very foolish
thing in stopping the Fort Vaiiey
Mirror, merely because the editor
had a mind of his own. It is impos
sible that all men shou and see alike,
and because we differ in matters of
pollicy, is no reason why we should
*crk to injure our neighbors.
A Young man by the name of Hen
derson wrote for a free pass over the
South Carolina railroad and signed
hims' lf editor of the Athens Banner,
whereupon Waterman goes for hnn
as follows;
The letter was written upon a
printed letter head ot ths Banner,
which Henderson must have purloin
ed while working for a f--w days in
the Banner office as a printer. He
never had any connection with the
Banner except to work on it as sta
ted above. His bare-face attempt
to swindle the road out of a free ride
tias made him liable to persecution
for cheating and swindling He is a
printer by trade and came here a lew
weeks ago from Cincinnati. His fa
ther, Mr. Isaac Michael, a very wor
thy man, so far as we know, lives in
Athens. Henderson's real name is or
was Michael; hut he lias changed it to
Heuderson. lie is the one who sent
out circa.ars signed “Aeome Import
ing Company,” and offering seed corn
for sale. He had a tliousand of
those circulars printed at the Athens
Chronicle offifte, and sent thorn out to
newspapers all over the country, au
thorizing them to insert his advertise
ment to the amount of four dollars.
If he sent all the circulars be printed,
be must have tried to get $4,00),
worth of advertising. Rather a risky
business for a young man with no
means. We referred a few daysago
to the 1,-Iters we bad received inqui
ring about the “Aeome Importing
Company.
The Montgomery Advertiser: It is
due lor the Masonic fra l rnityto state
that an imposter, calling himself Jas
Hamilton, has been in Montgomery
solciiiug aid from Marians. He
n aimed to be a member ot Clarke
Lodge No. 51, Louisville, Kentucky,
and in response to an inquiry Gy
teleghaph a me-sage was received
Irom the Ma-tei ot tiie Lodge at.
Louisville, disclaiming any knowl
edge ot such a man. II- received
some assistance from Masons in un
known, members of the fraternity
would do well to he on their guard.
He may be identified by a terrible
disfiguration of the nose, and has
scarcely any of that feature at all
It is 7*o w understood that Govern
or Colquitt will be the opponent of
Senator If ill lor the laiters suecess
ion to the LTnited *States Senatorial
seat.
HOLD ! STOP THERE!
3STEW CrOODS
Arriving at the New Rock Store,
A. Me. WATKINS & Son.,
Jackson, Georgia,
WE invite the attention of the people of Butts county, to our general stock of goods, winch we
are ottering at prices that will wurrant them to trade with oa.
CTTTBT Lie'X’lElsr.
Ladies shoes at SI,OO worth $,50; Childrens shoes atjOO cents, worth 75 cci.ts and a dollar.
Boots ar;.d Shoes,
Men's boots at 52,35, worth f3,00; brogans at $1,25, worth €1,40.
Ladle’s Dress Goods,
Alpacas nnd worsted*at prices never before known in Jackson. Shawls at 50 cent*, worth 75
cents and SI,OO.
STAPLE GOODS,
Such os shirting, sheeting, bleaching, prints and checks, at bottom prices.
ITOTIOITS.
Riblxons. laces trimmings, kid gloves, silk ties, Indies collars and cuffs, combs, buttons, thimbles,
needles and thread, and many other tilings too numerous to mention.
CLOTHING.
Jeans of the Best Quality.
GENTS UNDERWEAR.
Shirts, collars, cuffs.“cravats, suspenders, half hose, etc. %
GROCERIES.
Good coflee f> pounds, chespat 5 pounds to the dollar. Sugar at 18 pounds to the dollar. Ba
con, flour, lard, syrup, molasses, fish, etc., lumps, looking glasses, anuff, tobacco, blacking, ink
jM%i>er, soap.
Tinware Hardware,
Gliiwwurf, woooden wore, 1 wickets, ete.
Our good are new and fresh, iuU we will sell them tov< oh at railroad prices. Call and see us
before going elsewhere.
The “WHITE” Sewing' Machine!
The Favorite!
tßsoan iB il is tie Liilst
WINNING; the most quiet; makes the prttiest
stitch; and has more conveniences than any
It is warranted fire years and is the easiest
to sell, and gives the best satisfaction of any
Intending purchasers are solciited to
amine it before buying. Responsible dealers
J. I>. V: T. F. SMITH,
Wholesale and Retail Deales,
*9. Broad Street: ALAM.I, Georgia. .1®
Dr. Felton, iu hiu Augusta speech
said the Government of the United
States is paying annually $70.00tU,000
interest on bonds, arid declared that
we must stop it. Every tax-payer
and non-bondholder will favor this
iden, whether it may be thought that
Dr. Felton’s method for accomplish•
ing the object is bes or not. An in
terest iax of $70,000 00 per annnm
on a population ot $50,000,0*10 is 1“
4-10 per cent, p-r capita, and the part
to be paid by Georgia, according to
population, would be $2,100,000 per
year lor interest on United States
bonds, and this in addition to all our
other taxes—tor State county aDd
municipal purposes. Dr. Felton is
right. This tax should be taken off as
soon as possible and the people re
lieved from their burdeu as speedily
as may be.—Times
The Cincinnati papers are giving
accounts of the Trichinosis which re
sults from eating deseased pork ,as it
is raging in some ports of the West.
The doctor cut a piece ot flesh from
the arm of a person who died of the
disease, an-t found it to contain “six
thousand’’ of the,worms to he square
inch. And yet pork is allowed to
come into Georgia from the very sec
tions were these Diets are known to
exist, without auy inspection or ex
amination in toe interest of the pub
lic health.
A novel method ha lately been
discovered by Mr, H. N. Ibuston, of
Ridge Spring, to arrest the exodus
ruo* unent He imported and em
ployed a family of negroes musicians,
and the sound ot the o'd ba-s drum,
banjo an-I fife can be heard every
night for miles around with the voices
of “the mtns'el cro v 1.” It has had the
happy efforts to bring bask and set
tling Hie ‘exodusters’ as would the
ringing of bells among the swarming
bees.
General Gordon and his brothers,
Walter aud Eugene, have about closed
another r<>ilroad transaction, larger
ami more important than the Georgia
Pacific, and it is s*id netted them
considerably over a million dollars in
cash.
Mr. George Schaefer has bought a
lot a Jackson, we understand from
reliable authority, and will move his
cotton interests there as soon as the
road is finished. Hampton will have
a spasm.—Griffin News
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