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LOCAL M \TTER.
Read flu* card of Rye iV Reek
h:im in another column, they *;i*-
rv a lo;iiilitVll stork of goods.
■ —■
Reese Johnson col. \va- sent t*
the ‘‘lock up” in Jackson to await
the next terry: • f Superior *<m>t.
on the c barge of *-I 4 fi 1 i*tr shoe
from' Daughtry A' Bro.
♦
Mr. Jolin Af. I lodges, who i.~ on
visit to Fbi.. lor his health will a
at home this week, wo arc vorrv to
hoar his health is not improved and
ho is now in a critical condition.
Oil AH I. KS HaKTMAN Toledo, Ohio,
-ays : —1 know it cured me, and I
hope others similarly troubled with
pain in the idlest mav be helped hy
the “Only Lung I*u< 1'‘ its I have.
See Advt.
Some of our readers, has prom
ised to give a remedy, for the de
cease# the “Irishman’’ thinks our
country is afllictcd with, We would
ho glad to hear from them.
When oUf tu’w Job. press arrived
in town lust week, marked machine
ry. Some of the “curious,’ after
cxaming the Met work of machinery,
cxelaimed, “hello Hill ! are you g<>-
Ingto threshing wheat againT 1
Mr. Isaac W. Ensign News Ag't.
Hook-selier & Stationer, at Forsyth,
has on hand the standard school
hooks and those Who wish to pur
chase should give him a call, he
receives subscriptions for all stan
tlard pt*riodical and
lie is aHiblo and will serve Thu po
litely;
Wc intend, at ail eiirlv day to
Vrite a series, ol the business iripn
*d our to tv it, and county. Indian
Bqring, and aid Butts can boast of
gome self made men, that is tin*
Cqual of any men, of an v section,
young men who have worked treftn
nothing ui> to prominence power pb
sition and weaKR
On Sqnday. last alroul.two o’,(dock
nfternoon, in St. Petersburg. The
(tzar ofall tin' Rusias was murdered
by bombshells thrown in hispath
way in the s:root. The first ho mb
shattered the carriage wherein he
was riding xvill l hie Brother the
Grand Duke Michael dismounting
into the street, ;f second boinD was
fhrowh ufidM* hfc feet, whiGi ?hat
‘ fered both his ahq paused his
•Path two hotirs afterward.
Doufti March I).—Miss
fiord.* Furr, a bcautifull and
little girl of 1.1 yeart*,
(laughter df our esteemed itrlow
citizen, Mr. IF FWtrr. J nif f it
most terrible ajvl Mart fr to
last Sunday She )vns din
iirr when she bee aoY A enveloped
mi ; caused from grease ignit
ing tlierf iWofie present to go
i*n her reK*ue except a negro woman
who failM fo have that presence
of mind and the will to save the
distressed and perishing one. She
was literally burned into ,a <
from the effects of which ,she Px-Vt.
Monday morning Mr. and MU Furr
were absent at tile tiifty fire /list ress
ing a flair eocn FiVjrf ■ rIU Community
deeply sympathize with them in
this their sad bereavement. —Sau-
ers Howell.
The husband of a certain Nashville
lady was before ,his marring, a fur
ious swearer Through the wife's
influence he left off this laid habit
Except one favorite euss word iyhieh
clung to him under all r ire lirh Man
ias, and which to jfhe grhlt ahnovan-
Cos of the good'wdc no would uncon
sciously use everywhere—(lie word
damn
Several months since he arose one
dold mhttnhg, before tlie* servant
e'ame in'to make the wood fire and
after a long effort and the fruitless,
burning of many matches turned
and said: “Saliie this damn fire
WO n‘t burn.” To this the good wife'
Earnestly said. ‘,Yo, the dflwn
wood is too green', and the dalivh
servant has forgot tell to bring up
any damn kindling to' - start the
damn fire with. He looked at his
wife in wonder and said nothing,
Monger period that usual parsed
without the favorite expletive b<dhg
used, hut looking for it: ‘‘Saliie where
has the damn basket to?" The
wife quietly, told the cook to get a
the damn basket* —damn her, she
keeps it“ As before*. heUsdid noth
anything, he quit shb says it
was like taking quinine and she al
ways went and washed out her
mouth afterwards but lie .was tured.
Dbnt go in Debt.
Many persoms blame the
far th eir credit, prices., We do i\pt
The only wonder is that they are will
ipg to take so marly risks and sell on
a credit at all. A more noble liberal
■kof people can harbly be found that
9pt “rrlefchfctftirliW tfiy* afb ‘aftft ’* w
insist that tl'.e cash plan would hr
for their rood as well as the f
-f the tuner.-. Buts irn farm
long uc< u-tom<*d to the credit sriii
lem, says, ‘"it can't h* done. A<-
it n for wc have ti-d i 1 onr* ei v'
I. iim >r. Vi i bed C I!**h : a >
t!.e o!<| nt iiavch dhv so many,
and were gme f on ,*i credit, when
he ing tried if several year . we
found our farm used up all our im
*ona- from other directions as well
as fr m its products. We sold
off three-fourths of our stock,
and paid cash a- wc went Tor
the haialic- . and did wei;
long as wc continued to term. Let
our friend* ‘:v ii for a year e-al <<■'■
la w much- 1 • tier tra y feci, and how
mild; better off lie u - fumne*-** v,*dl
he.—( hiti,b*Tt Enterprise.
A SAD DEAL']!.
The At liens Banner gives the toll
owing aeon lit of one of the most ho
ribie aeee<l(*nt which has oreitred m
< ieorgia in many a day :
Yesterdav afternoon, at (raw
fold,, on Hie Alliens brunch rail
road, two women, Fannie Sailors
and Minnie Jackson, got on the
train, having bought tickets to
Athens. After the train Ktartod
theV seemed to have changed their
minds and concluded to remain in
(h'awford. Both rose* from thou
seat- 1 and rushed to the door. As
Miss Jackson, who was
foremost, stepped from tin 4
ear, her font failed to reach the plat
form or if sin 4 reached it, her foot
hold was not secure. At any rate,
she fell between the ear and plat
form, and was there rolled and
twisted a round in the narrow space
between the passenger ear and the
platform., and it the ear had passed,
when she dropped to the ground.
Her companion,- who had stopped
when she saw the accident, and the
other passengers mil to her assist
ance, the train having stopped.
Thev picked up the poor, quivering
bleeding woman, and send for med
ical aid. Her body was crashed
almost out of shape. Her breath
came in gasps, and her pitious
moarning sick and the hearts of the
hv standers. —W hen asked it she
had any request to make, she said
between grasps: “All I want is to
see the one wild gave hie this,”
touching a ring on her finger. Poor
creature ! What she was, was indi
cated by the Character of her Com
panion, who is well known in cer
tain circles in A their-. Was If her
betrayer whose ring, placed on her
finger in hellish deceit inspired
thi almost dvihir wi *h ?
FETTER FROM !iV'K f/r XKEE
\V! v! ORD Ia pi:!; County, Ga.,
March fJtll ISSI^
Editor AiiurV:— -cu', a press of bus
iness whicli ( ailed me from h’mhc,
is my excuse for not noticing Mr.
“Pixdkii” sooner.
Peter, or Finder, has done me
injustice, in ns much, ns they have
to’copy or print according to
M. S. Peter's letter, however was
.very interesting in “these parts,”
as some, have said “take care'ot that
paper, 1 want to see it again.'
What Peter means by “any kind
of mud 'is more than 1 know, how
ever, I'll sing':
These insinuations arc grey ions imWd,
Hut considering the source from winch
they proceed ;
I'll har them with all that forbearance
cai| do.
( \til hope to rereive the same treat
ment from you
Whilst thou art roving up and
down in the eouulyV hiking t otes,
of our acts, and doings, and per
haps other busineW unknown to
the Maijv.
Hut Pit venture ;f guess-,,
And assert it as Uni.,
Thou eft hunting, a Girl,
Win ’w ants- a I in<a*r or t wo.
Now, bindernV'lu*•'*'!?• ifier,
♦)i pea of tlu* gropjM,
Wiicre many <root*' -
Arc frequently ton*”!
I would 11 * I.' *. ’ :l 4 >y* ll'o.l ijl
the “Anfus, ’ bn! i’>rui*r- “Pdei,'
1 freely confess I was laying a p h .aii.
Tor the attention otthc Ha wk-T v •• man,
And not the attention of g . iber at all,
Into whose hands 1 did happen to fall
N<w unrlw “Peter” I’vc finished my
SOig. ;
Perhaps you will read, its net very
loiig.
Any thing fr yon to deny,
There is plenty of room t . make a re
ply. Dick IK'skek.
P. S. I under-stand, that land
which lies up edgewise is good for
pinders please tell tt* if this be so?
undmuirfys, go hand
in hand over here —fie) to suycbefk
by jolt. I>. I>.
ATRIP TO JASPER.
Rockdale/Shoal, Monroe Cos.
Ma., March 14tli 188 T?
\Ye w ent to Jasper coifnt . ;
To see the hills and “Ruh'p;
And we found that ‘' Dv*k: Pirn Mr'
And all hands Ipe*the nijinps. _
Well wo fcbird nothing in ncssuv
through the “State'<>T Rut 4 '.- .. >liat
attracts our'attention Ha quf i
was mostly tfktn up iorskmy' (Tit
for the condition* of the H gFr,el
train,” wept'ere travel ng.
♦he m,i 'machine was j’yetty badly 1
out . order as it had Egon list l
in a very mil manner lor Jive days^
'beflnW Tim Sot”' otstiHic to
arrive at Indian Spring, hut owing
to the condition of the old machine
v.v P-ii heim.d fine' 5 minutes, it
b ill_r the fir-: Station on tin* line
a* liauiaoi it L‘~t m take on -t< 4 am
lit t! U j>i 1; :T .
' - \v> • •;(’■. iio! illiV •'! tie 1 tali it
si::.,i. v,♦ u- i t <lll Waller Bryan
Wii* verv p‘*iit'‘lv' pumped some wa
tt- ,r sometiiing into a glass with
i, poon with some sugar in it, we
d’d not atfk liim what it was, hut
>uj>posed it tol.* someofthat “gool
stuff’ that trrncd one Argus mar.
from a (L vi! to a "Hawk-Eye" but
a. v \y..v :: mime a.s lVit.d h>etter, put
;i •• in our dead- it give a
action to mil limns and t<>
o’i mustle- and tie- propelling pow
er. Wc i.iegan taking notes of
• u ian i; of tV ‘Li sod that
the industrious tanners of the old
State of Butts had turn up in the
short space of one week,
When we arrived at that wide
a wake place across the river known
as Smith’s Mills we found everv
thing on a boom all things lovely
and the goose hanging high. Our
friend Dozier is doing a lively and
profitable business. JL Caldwell A:
Thompson is now in full blast with
their new Black-smith business
ready to do any and all kind of
work the public wants, -and
the Gentleman at the mill, Mr. M.
li. Thompson who is the right man
in the, right place. Can make more
meal and Hour out of grain than
anybody, fie is the best tniller in
Georgia:, hut that is not his talent,
he claims to be a natural born me
chanic and mill Right hut for want
of practical use of tools bis skill is
limited as yet, although he can
make :t splendid hoe handle in
sap time, if you will give him a wil
low pole, to work on and the Irish
man tote'll him how to set the
wedge; Yburs,
Petek Pisdbr.
IX MEM OPIUM:
•‘While it was our sad duty to
read of the sad lot of our worthy
friend and fellow citizen, R. AY.
Coleman in last weeks Aruus ie
| the loss of his eheerished and esti
imable wife it is indeed n scrurce of
! gratification to know' that- kind
j friends have shown the'ir tendcrest
regards to (tor esteemed friend Cole
man who tenders to his neighbors
and friends for their . kindness,
through those months of affliction,
and hours of sad bereavement,
| these friends among whom he would
! mention as examples of purity,
kindness and nobleness of heart,”
| such as the Newtons, Mrs: L. C.
Tomlinson and others. 1 ' The liigli-
I est eneomiums of praise cannot do
| them justice. Where are there tru
jc.r types, of true hearted faithful
j generosity than' those Newton hoys?
| with their pious amiable hVothef to
cheer thchf ‘‘onward” in all that
makes man noble,” and “esteemed”
in the hearts of liis felloWman.
Ffoin this sad hour witli our friend,
.witch he sits around his cheerless
“hearth stone,’’with his motherless
. ‘‘little ones” and through the Mark
| clouds thatseems “to overshad
ow" liis future, his mind can wonder
| hack, to the trying ordeal through
"which he has just prtssed.” The
kindness which he and liis, have
receive l from'. fruA aiid kind
hearted APd neighbors,” is
as a bright star to cheer him on
through this evnhffiP life.” “Friends
in iiecd” are, friends indeed,’’, and
bur “friend' extends to all his
win-ore thanks for kindness be
stowed and begs to assure all, that
t'M memory of such will ever he
choorished by him. Deceased -was
a consistnnt member of tlx'c Pihn
ctivc Raptist church at Sandy
creek for the past 22 years,” was a
.devout rhristiah, a muddle mother”
and a trie friend, she warf perfect 1 v
resigned to her fate, expressing faith
and .hope of rest, in’ the ni'know’n
.future, she hid taren'elf fo* her fam
ily a few moinen.ts before h.ei,dcath,
■ami expressed' a desire fpr.their
wellfare upon earth and a Itope - of
meeting them in a world where
there is no more sutterm# nor part
ing.” While it is thus sad to part,
it will he hap piness to meet beyond
this vale ol tears. ' The bereaved
husband and father will trust his
| dear little ones, 16. the consideration
of a’ehristUin w Vrhi. a syirTpsithetic
; eoimnimity, and alwise God.
A Flfl EX D.
* t v.
“(tOOD-NKRIT, SWEETHEART.”
v ”* ' 7 . * *' *■ *
A*i and the veasoii they loved each other
so, was thrt he Lad just bought; her the
February number > : the .Sontlwjrn Mu
sical .lonjrnal, of Savannah, <ia. Their
eyes had\growu dim aigl theirs breaths
had mingled. he read to her Holmes’
sweet “< hivqing of the Piano.” She had
gotten a iiinf worth buying, and infor
mation, too,>;‘\Vho was Ih>bin Adair?”
“Aeliini an-’ Pasta” had held them like
,a short I.otc shiny And she’ li'a<l played
a tow bars of thr /‘AI; rsejllaise,” as he
read alorjj itsofigifi, ana fipllowed with
the H.ty li’s 1 ( reatimi” incident. Then
tin ir owe was so new and
tliat fhev st very close, as she
read t hai lettc* ( itslin ao s Itomuiiae, ”
V little ashamed now, they Laughed over
bill Arp to gr*t ovt r ityand instructed
In dean 1 ;Hil s Article on. TlieTangiiage
of the Heart-,” she began to plav the ne\v
music i*i this mhnbcF, ‘‘The Lost Chord,”
and sang it too. Then she dashed’ into
■the brilliant “Elly Waltz,“ and tuTued
hack to the January mnuber for the
new ‘‘ Betnlu-nit 8 b ottic h <s‘.”
Mid “T h e Ang e l aud the
Child. ’’ Tiieu she played <f Q hack
e> Old g*pn v ” tram the sam&
nuir'KT, and he said be wori.n ThA
is Ikwthev parted so at the dom. •''gad
a :: cent stamp to the Publisher. Lvulden
W Bates, for a specnneii (, op\ ot nie
.I*i! v. ki 1. ;in*.l vou will likewise ( 4 nj*.>% it.
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
MB. .IAMBS < iRF.FR TKI.I.S COAIF-
TlllNOOl'TllF FAR WI'.ST, IDS
if ol*l' r ; T'<) I: Ti i b FI "TV li E,
HE EXPECTS TO PAY
HIS CREDITORS &i\
Elmo Kaufman Go. Tex.. March,
1 SS].
Editor Auurs.
Before giving vour readers a oriel
fie- ription of this Country 1 would
-av a few word hy way of explana
tion of mv sudden departure from
Ga. Em charged with fleeing #from
debt, which is a base faulshood.
Is is true that 1 left some debts
unpaid but have not sneaked off
in some dark corner to hide my
self but on the contrary T am
ready to correspond with any cred
itor that desires to address me. 1
have no creditor that I am assham
ed to meet, and I believe with
ordinary luck I can soon be able
to pay out, which I nervef codld
have done in Ga.
My reason for leaving Georgia
so abruptly was because 1 knew
that my Dear old Mother wlio’s
word has always been law with me
would have apposed my leaving,
and I know I never would have
been satisfied until I had seen
the lone star “state, I always had
a desire to go AYest and I did not
know whether I Would be satisfied
here or net and it I had not 1 should
have returned to old Butts,- 1 have
committed no Crifne, unless debt be
a crime. If so I think the' majority
of Georgians is criminals. I think
if I had staid in Georgia and work
ed poor land, and bought supplies
on time; I would have perished to
death in about two years. Now I
must say this is the grandest
country in the world. It far sur
passes the many great accounts that
[ had heard of it, I am better pleas
ed than I exqeeted to Ire, and I
don’t believe that any man who
comes tliis country riftd moves back
to Georgia will ever be satisfied
again. This is h great stock rais
ing, as well ns farming country.
It is about one-third timber land
and balance prairie, and produces
from 15,00 to 2,000 lb’s seed cotton
per acre, 80 to 60 busheis of corn
and Anything that a man will work
to make, corn is worth from 25 to
35 ets, meat five cents, there is no
system of credit for supplies here;
and lam glad if it for you kiiow
that has been the ruin of Georgia.
There is a great many people
here who 1 don t care for anything
only wlutt they can make a trading,
they cab live easy and vauit noth
ing more. If this country was fill
ed ! ,f p with such men as you and
Air. Wile y Heard and others I could
mention, who aspire to have some
thing, this would be* the best coiui
tfy. oriearth.
A’ou can say to those that I owe
that I never left to keep from’ pay
ing them, but to try and find a
place to he more able than Lwgukl
have ever been in Georgia. You can’
also testify to the fact that ~the
report that I left,..without pafing
you or your father anything is a
bast 4 f: Ail sell odd, as you know 1
paid it very . .pearly all .and left,
means to pay the balance,. - ! Wish
ing success to all my old. friends
in Georgia, I strike out with new
hope and energy determined' to
work out for myself a brighter
mture. James T. Greer.
THE HIDEOUS FACE Ol* WAR.'
FIR )M TIIE OTHER SIDE, f 'y'( )I!TII
ERN WRITER GIVES SOME .IN
STANCES of The deadl.y
WOR K DONE IN 13 ATT V E
t:
In the excitement of hattD the fall of
a comrade is scarcely heeded, and .half
a company miglit be wiped out and the
other half tight on w.ifhout tlin knowledge
of it. It is only after tliT -p ud-imndhed
cannon and the murderous musketry
have ceased their work that the hideous
face of war shows itseLL to x mak(% men
shudder and turn away. Soldiers who
have not gone over a battlefield or been
one of a burial party have missed, half
eth grimness and uwfuhiess of war.
AfterOettisburg cue of the TOrion bu
rial parties buried eighty Federal sol
diers iu One trench. They eve re all from
a New York regiment, and ah seemingly
fell dead at one volley. They were al
most in line, tajriirg up bujt little more
room than live men. Ajfl were shot
above the hips, arid iiot on' of them had
lived ten minutes after being hit. Here
lay what was'theri a full con pang ofirien
wiped out by ottb volley as they advanc
ed to the charge. •Sotn'f had their mus
kets so tightly grasped that it took the
full strength of a man to wrest them
away. Othem -(lied with arms out
stretched, an/I ot hers vet had their hands
clasped over.tHeir heads, and a never-to
-beforgotten expression on their white
faces.
At Fair Oaks, tfie Michigan had
its first real baptism of tire The boys
had been held, hack on other occasions,
and now when given opj ortunity they
went IV.T Uie, eneiVv j/osted in tlie edge
of the ww ds or the doliblemnick, and
vtith ydlls and cheers A part of the
fegimefit iwnkt'yyw iHg .. aeross. a glade,
and while so oning lost fifty or sixty
men in the space of sixty seconds. One
comprhy lost twenty men . who went
down in one spot and scarcely
moved x ii.rnb after ailing, Details
of five men w ore made from each com
pany to -ilv .ic e-A sharpshooters, and
of these fiffj* men. who plunged into the
woods as a. skirmiali line only six came
out alive, add every one of these was
wounded one -three times.
AIC obi Harbor a- shell explored in an
'Ohio rejfizinent advancing against a ’.et
tery, and sixteen men were wiped out
in ini instunt. Of those nine wort? blown
to fragments and others horribly mut
fluted. The battery was firing thirty or
i>rtv shells per minute, ami tliis was
the work of a single one.
One discharge oi grape in this same
fight hilled fourteen men in a Michigan
regiment which went in with 700 men
in line and came out with only MOO. On
one acre of ground the burial party found
over 700 dead men. In a bit of woods
where the battle lines had clashed more
2.000 dead Avert* found in a space no
wider than a square in a city and no
more than three times a long.
At the battle of Savage station, dur
ing McClellan's change of base, a solid
shot fired from a Federal field-piece in
fo the head of an infantry column march
ing by fours, killed twenty-one men and
a horse before its progress was checked.
Thu first ten were reduced to bloody
pulp and tlie others crushed and bruised
to death. At this same battle a Confed
erate shell exploded under a Federa l gun
and killed four artillerymen, ami the
butt of it flew oft’at a tangent and kill
ed a second liutenant of infantry who
was eightv rodsawaV.
At Fredericksburg,.as the Union in
fautr\- inarched jn solid mnsses up the
valley 1 H'yoml the toAv.n, the Confede
opened tire* from behind a stone wall.
The lighting along t his line was .over in
ten minutes and 5,000 Federals.lay dead
within reach of each other. In many
cases three or four men had fallen across
each other. A shell from a guh on the
hill exploded fn the midst of some New
Hampshire troops and killed a seargeant,
a corporal and twelve and
maimed six others. Before, the 1 nion
troops crossed the riper , apd while shell
ing the town, a shell struck a house and
exploded in a room where the.re were
five solders and a.citizen.. All were
blown.to pieces, ami three citizens in a
room directly overhead were also killed.
Perhaps the most destructive Avork
made hv a shell among troops occurred
a few miles below Vicksburg- A fed
eral gunboat av.ts, fired upon by light
artillery from the bank, posted in plain
voiav. There were two six-pounders
working,close,together, and each had
tired a shot when the grin boat opened
with .;i sixtv-four-pounder; The shell
struck .between the guns uml exploded.
The guns were thrown high m the air
and came do avu a .wreck. “hi eigh
teen men around them were killed out
right, and fifteen others who. had been
lying under cover rushed up.just as the
caisson exploded. Of the fifteen, elev
en Avere, killed out right, three woun
ded, amt one escaped unhurt, but so
dazed that lie sat down amt , and waited
to bo captured by a boat which pulled
ashore. Two pi the wounded died the
next day,, leaving only two’ men alive of
the thirtv'-therce avlio had.composed the
battalliori., Nothing was left, of the gun
carriages but splinters, amt the guns
theipKclselves were terriblybattered. 1 be
remains of the caisson that could be
found was the Iftib ol one wheel filled
with broken spokes* Most of the* dead
had been blown to fragments, and the
bushes were covered With shreds of
flesh. When the caisson , exploded the
head of one of victims was blown high
in tlie air. and fell into the water with
in a few yards of the gunboat.
HO f\Y BILL AHP GOT HIS
NAME,
The Oglethorpe Echo hTs a few
lines in Us last .issiu i f boi/t Wil
liam, who has lately,beep spending
a visit m that anciept,. burg, from
whit li we,quote as follows : , Major
Smith’s forehead is fhT most con
spicuous feature of his anatoms.
r ra'ke off his forehead and there
isn't (hough head left to make
a chinquopyrt. -It starts oft in the
usual plaee, hffd runs back to his
heels, ,j\Ve• asked Major Arp the
iCause of. this singular beteavoinent
and he answered with a deep drawn
sigh, “Acy frieud, 1 have been mar
ried foy thirty-five years. V At
TTawfoid, while waiting lor the de
parture of the hack. quite ji crowd
ol adntirors gatheut - atvund the
major iff thq post; oftiyff and were
highly ffnlcymiuoo,; Tn eoursq of
eonygfsatioii,,he told them ho.w he
cum;. to' adopt the signature niff Bill
Arp/' . it sfa'ms that the, original
Arp.,p .is a ferryman, net r Borne ;
a thriftless ,s<r.t of i'ejjow, who was
.fond of company, ayff although an
illiterate men, possessed. ,a, rich
store of mother wit. The firsi; arti
cle that Major SiV ith overwrote for
the press, was Ins rffply to binfcon/s
proclamation huff the (onfederate
army to (hsbm * He submitted
the jjTodnelion
Arp having beaut it read. stepped
up and sabr, “Major Smith',■ them’s
my sentiments, and-.you may. sign
my name to it." . Arp w-- some
thing pf a philosopher as well.as a
wit. lie was a perfect slave*, tp his
employer, and • ne\ er j- den edv the
fact. He was onco asked he
expected to vote in a 'certain elec-
tion. fWell,” was. the reply, -AT
can’t ray tiU I see Mr. Off then he
in turn must consult Col. J., -and
h Govt R., and then R. must go
to Ste phens’for hiS' instructions : and
so if vou can only find out how
Little Alec, is gemg 7 can. give
you. the vote ot the whole d —d
caboodle of. us/' • Arp and liU >ons
volurterrcd ef the hegining M- the
war and mads a gallant soldiers.
Two of the hoys -n'ere killed at Ma- -
nassas After the surrender One be
came very dissipated and sofne; of
his friends prevailed upon him to
move to Arkansas, where he met
his death by a wagon. Major Smith
is not- only' Georgia’s greatest hu
morist Tut one of her most .suc
cessful farmers. Last year he made
on ten acres land seven- hundred
bushels of corn, and cm fourteen'
acres in. cotton sixteen . bfles. His
hay crop brings him seventy dol
lars 'an acre. He has teh children,
of bis own and two adopted. His
so A* take great interest in the farm,
and do. much of the work them-
S<‘]
NEW bar:
I liave now opened my new bar in the
Mclntosh House at Indian Spring and
am ready to serve the public, I will keep
on hand the very best and finest brands
of liquors AVines and brandies the market
affords, choice cigars Ac. Mr. McCord
familiarly known as ’‘Cook” McCord
will preside as ‘'mixologist” I will als<
continue to serve the public at my old
stand in Jackson.
tf ,1. J. EASTON.
Application kor letters oe disnissio:*
State of Georgia, County of Butts.
Whereas, Henry H. Higgins, adminis
trator of David Higgins, represents totin'*
court in his petition, duly filed and ente
red on record, that he has fully arlmini.*
tered David ITiggm’s estate:. ThisU,.
t beret* ore, to cite all persons concerned,
heirs and creditors, to slpnv cause, it any
thev can, Ay by said . administrator sbon! .
pot be discharged from his administra
tion, and receive letters of dismission, o;
the lirst Monday in June 1881 .-Thi'
March the Ist 1881.
JAs. F. f.MIMU'H.U!..
Mm . Ordinary. B. ( .
Balcksmithing done to order.
* 1 have einployed a lirst class smith an cf
am prepared to <lo work, promptly, all
kind of black-smith work, solicited fob
cash or on account due bet fiber 15th. slioj ‘
at Iron Spring.
tf Tims. (\ ilos.
We hake two Sbhdljirships for r
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eminent business colleges in the
United States and and any young
infill who desires .to enter a .firs;
class business college can make ii
to the ir interest to consult us befo /
p urc ha sing a scholarship; tf
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This Oil is extracted kom small spe
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Bandelet ii. Every Chinese tishennaP
knows it. Its virtures as a restorative
of hearing were discovered by a Budd
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were nuwerons and liiliny .so seemingly
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