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Meesrg John B. Thomas and Idrnmvs of l reports lhe fifst cotton mooms of the season. *, iohn 1. Moore, brother-in- i ,iw S FR on Wide *1 5n Fort Mason,, W^f h thlK ornin£ !aat 0f s ..,^ r - ' v * h Mcßlhenny of Griffin, -Whd, moved frond thift county about 30 years ago, was killed in Atlanta "Ig l .* ’ft week, by a fall „ n stairs of His boarding house. I u •!? why Messrs S. F. are making euch pi-fetty flour, Mr. Jacob Mavo fe? a (l jUßted their machinery, and in po. aition Jake” can’t be beat. 1 , ,/'5 ie bath house is how ill full Ii atos b *l^ r accomodations at ; “Jjfh fSfpr before. Dr. iflfc?' l ** * ir - To “ fetera has added imprpyenienta .to their bath ing arrangements and can serve the public. Try the “tUrkish bath.” a perfectly relia ble .gentleman, of this county who 552 W* 0 ® coun ‘y few dayi) afbl mat a farmer of that • count J peld a bale of coton in Monroe r#l n , etted . hi m eight dollars! ' * ot . wl 'jch he pan} fpor two bushl tls of red peas, to plant, they beinj lour dollars per bushel. - Now who! nil say that cotton hint king?. |..,Our (hd,,friend, “Fred’,’. Norton Fvn h bit n i^ ihe Mwtioello .Hawk a -visit .to our, town, ,thl. week, he spent a day or two, .jit Jackson in the interest of Wo arc glad to see him and . hopeful, he is MorkmgNdnJ to- .build-up a good! paper- ftnd tve--hope he will rean] figgW* rtfard,. Fc save he wsl liS? has reach-.! 3 f lac l and pass! S3-4 rt y and ty le ri/er Without dis-l vUrbing them, the siirvev will Vomp e,ed in the next the J a will know what will be done. I )&^'®* s ? ,3r editor o Adve?t°i U Jhe ■ Monr <* f t- ertlsel !’ ba3 been to the Spring |r s ff week accompanied • by P Mrj SosedTv f l £ e gentleman cm Ployed in his office, iMr. 0. has J everythin w e £P lo y ed n| far le °® ce necessary! *i -"a* > m •{.* 1 f y°. pahliahed tie; fact brganized .%bor the interest of Jackaom ' Mr.,! chaiVmnn k^ ln T erto ? et ‘0 be. cnairman, bounces ufn with>a • bov dl ' b *' rganizei congratulate Out* * friend J,ntliArl on being abletq p.t iHS] businessfriihoutahy BajerrV bi 3 we that some .one df 1 efficient clerks frill have to Lki room for this new coiner. ““l adjourned term of Butts j teSSfeSj-t®*. Adjourned m .; . tfist Monday for tant,o? a fudge tni ' OTiHt! C n^ lldgo Stoivart, being dis quahned m a great many of tie“ ???• /ue citizens of Butts areiil l the counly and.- imt lirne kJ 11 ; r.*A ßler3 ) the hioney ths rikVedl ;vm help* great deal &Wm3 s ',3l improvements going on in ' thl ’ay of pubiio bridges. 4nothe3 years will do us” jal the sentiment of our citizens. 1 lAftSbteijgw* ■ Bi®,® wader* and would! in h a V t an - V ' CI reader or any plaee;-- c<CiX’ Butts^ h ° h * v ? once lived-mV ‘“old "tts as our local readers JfJ S *om theif .o^ Ss? s? o h r w Middle- Georgia Argue wSfisHED - EVEBY THURSdTy morning. twoiAN SPRING, GA., JUNRo-naaT weCIATtERT A YOUNG WIFE aW SJmTI BANfc DROWNED, KL H revive® le^i.3 C6S havJ her huebahd am J &CSS r ,a 3f Ys, “ *53 onatmirCry 'Caf t "It ’ afternoon to JL f n L lT'li sne had teen in the habit of doin J since her her residence i tte „3 brxii at, i-vaa ' ferry boat about 8 o’c4k to Vvl >ome, the husband St thl boat over by a ro/ Z g th J strpfp>w„i , ro P c that waJ they had gone half wa- over ttel ttrL’a cue n bi U W into ‘he wTterta res-l wife lie’ JUt ms ‘ead of saving his I and Lu M Car i ied t 0 th e bSttoml d /°™ed, We have! never been called u£d to pfll feoXtri"," “Tm w . faSrjsa? ”* s JyL-SSElssd recovered soon after iL il '! x ‘ rc I [and when ?ound IZITS’ I arms were clasped lbvingl* Woundl [LETTER FROM OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENT. r El&o Texas, Juue 13th 1881. Editor Argus : As I promised .you in a* former letter that I 'would give yofr'soine dots concern ing this country, I now comply and will briefly note some facts, but as there is so many things that could" be said about thte F grfnH “Empire/ 5 that I hardly know- w£e*e to begi*. Those who can ,sm?£mbsr the no ble old state of Georgia/fifty years ago, before her -J&aulppi* .forests were sacrificed, soil exposed to the exhausting system of farming, can tfkl&k retrospective thought and some ideas of what Texas is now by comparing it with Georgia of tfiat day* • But as to the fixture of Texas, no one can predict with any accuracy, she has all the essential fof v greatness, and may truly be called the “Empire, 55 with her Vast domain of one hun dred and eighty bullions of acres of varied soil, embracing the “red clay” grey sandyjrred foamy, black waxy, and &ny kindanat an alwise creator, seen fit iiv bestow for the production of /eyeVVfhing for the Sustainance of;man£ifi& .These lands, Vjifip, properly culti vated will yield, ftonj ,35 to 75 bush els of com,, anq,pthef crops in pro-: portion. Wheat, Rye, Oats, Bariev, Peas, Sorghum, and m addition to the great staple qcjstton. Portions of the state fruits such as Pfeaches, Pears, Apples, Plums, r Apricots, Almonds, <fcc.,' grow to perfection. Many kind of grapes yields abundantly, but it is useless for me to dwell on the greatness of this country, for if I could give a foil description of it a majority of the people would not believe half, as’ there seems to be a sort of pred judice against Texas, as it was once considered the home of the exile, or fugetive from justice; but how ever much of that may have been true, it does not exist now, as all who were not good law abiding citizens have moved westward with the advance of civilization, and we have moral and religious people who attend their churches, sabbath schools, prayer meetings and tem perance societies, with as much or even more promptness, tlian in Georgia. Do not understand me to say that all these people are church going people, for it is here, as it is the world over, some disregard the &bbath and track, hunt stock, fcc. on the sabbath, but this is not approved by the masses, ,* ft would seem increditable to vour readers to say that I can buy land at 11.00 to $2.50 per acre that will produce 25 to 75 bushels corn, and from one half to a bale of cotton per acre, or if I was to tell them I could sell them corn at fifty cents per bushel and make 100 per < cent profit they would not believe 1 it, but jifcfhaps at some ftitttre time I may give them the facts to prove that it can be done \ b\it tot fear of claiming too much of jyopr space. I close for the present) by adding “three cheers” for the Argils, in its efforts to improve the "condition of old Butts. BknNie Carson. ———,— WHY ARE YOU SILENT? ON THE SUBJECT V>F $0 *UCH IMPOR TX^ce. We h&Vfc.Tieeh asked by some good friends why we remain silent on the great Hiftifect Of- Prohibition, when states land communities are moving and. seem to be do thoroughly aroused on the subject. Our‘friends sky “we sfee that the Georgia Press 'Afj&oc.iatipn pledged‘heir support to the cause, and many of them have fell into line, and we knowing voutobe a strong temper ance man, we can’t account for youi inac tivity.” In reply to flfiif, wV Would say that we are one of those who (hat all eflorts to prohibit the niahitfac- 1 ture and sale of liquor by arty kihd of local option or “hall handed” laws will' prove abortive, and hence we have, no! faith in any good being accomplished ini; tbat*wiy f J>ut' if the time has arriven I when tiie monster is to be throtled, and public pinion will sustain a law that will say tp tfiis appaling evil that is a shame anl a ciirse tp onr fair land, tliou shalt not invadp bur homes, if the pub lic is ready to face to face, then we a-uk is Foi;!/ijLK war. But if we are only to njnact laws, to extortion on a part- of our'people in the enforcement of an exhorbjtant license law, then -we.are not a soldier,.'in the cause. We believe that as.,goqd men as we have engage-tn the sate of liquor because society tolerates, and the law 1 licences it. We canndl believe tbit the men who engage in it desire to injury their fellow men or do an injustice to son ciety, but we do believe that it, is too monstrous fdr the law to license, or so J : ciety to tplpjafe. Then society and public opinion is responsible ; w there is.no halfway ground to occupy, it must be a. Virr of extermi nation,* or no w#rj at.all, we have al ways* been opposed tbfimpo'gtrig lines or requiring our. good citizens to pay a heavwlicense to sell it c while we allow, the Northern peopkvAo ptfur it ,hi Ong j continual stream across .pm bprder, if* it is a curse to our fair ’ (ajpi no’ one who has ever given it unpreju diced or unbiased thought \vi(l deny that it Is) then why not put our foot on the head of the monster and crush if out, digit Up root and branjh and if it is to be bXchidda from one county then f**dm aIK if there is to be a war on it in t'rie state-, then let the buble blast sound from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Jut if fas a, great many of our good moral and retigious citizCTis ’coif tend) its ivluxury that the law should tolerate, .|hen in tliqhamc of' consisten cy, don’t make our nay. a li cense for; the previse. of deafmg tn it*. f When Wfe were ib. the Indian Territo* cy a few years ago, I was forcibly struck with the good effect, produced by their laws prohibiting, not only the manufac ture and sale of it in their country, but tlhe- importing of it from the states, any man. who carries it witfiiii the lim its of their country to be user! ‘in ahk way is a vioiater of thq* law, and dealt with as such, and to frir* enquiry why they forbid its use in their Territory, their answer was, “We know it wont do for our people to have it, it w ill make us do bad, and we might kill, it might make us hurt our neighbor} it Wight make us do wrong to the white man who. is trying to elevate us in the scale of civilization,” sum it all up it might re tard our progress as a nation and a peo ple.” Reader, only what a lesson is there taught?, tb u hr people. I have often thought of Row much wiser they are than we iifitHis matter. Do we with all our bolfljtcd civilization ever think of these tipfigg ? It might make us do bad, make us kill, hurt our neigh bor, hence deny ourselves the tempo rary pleasure o*l gratifying our animal thirjt f6r Jbe good of our fellowmen the promotion ci society, and the advanee men£cf the cause of God. What a les son! Will yon that can control your temperament, but enjoy the lnxury of a “social glass” make the pitiful' sacrifice of giving up this, for the benefit of your unfortunate neighbor, who with a diff erent temperament, “might be cfihsed to ando K something bad, might'lfill* blight hwt his neighbor?” Thw is the dues tW bufwe the American people to qay, ana if it is to be a war of* extermination I ready for but if it is to be a war upon Ufmor dealers, wjfile the law and society tolerates jt, aud asjcs for a rfvtnus for dealing out stath our jx-oplo* then we have no part to take in it, but if as Kev. J. S. Key ;:i his lecture has said, the issue is made up and the lines are distinctly drawn. We have sought to suppress this great evil by moral suasion, by argument and ap peal, by temperance societies and pledg es. These have failed. While w'e wrote and spoke, the tide has risen on us, \m ti! It now seriously threatens to destroy us. We are w earied out and hopeless of all these temporizing efforts. We strike noW at the root of the evil. The manu facture and sale of iutoxicating liquors must be suppressed by law. jDien w'e appeal to our legislature to enact the law , and, then to society and thy public to sustain it. Do not blame the poor drunkard. In most cases he is an unfortunate victim, lie may have in herited his depraved thirst. A father’s evil exajnple may have ensnared him; the genokm* impulses of his noble na ture possibly misled him; a thousand evil agencies surround and assail him. Alas! for the poor drunkard! Let us walk backward to him like the sons of Noah and drop the mantle df charity over his fallf He is ilo more responcible than any other member of society for the fact that we stand to-day, my countrymen, confronting face to face a most appaliilg eVil. Drunkenness, beasty and revolt ing has overspread olir land and walks uncovered through our streets, and has coinctfp into" fill F brinies; and hand in hand With till* horror come also debauch ery and crime and poverty arid sorrow', and shame and death. Not to see it is willful blindness; to sue it and not be stirred to feeling and action is simply monstrous. It is the crime and curse of this day, universal in its sweep, inconceivable for magnitude and indescribable as to its re ality. Neither plaguy nor famine, nor War are comparable with it' for waste of life, and wreck of fortune, and blight of tope. Judged hv any test and measured by every Standard of human judgement, strong drink is doirtg more than they all 6'Wnbinedt They are kfcal in thsff sphere, this is world wide. Tliey are tempora - ry, thii* Continues. Day and night the livelong year the dreadful work goes on. Thoium of this Wftl Is Absolutely im lheasifrable. Lord BarioH has said with Reeling and with powtib, '“All the crimes Cn earth do not destroy so many of the human fanfiiyv nor alienate so much property as drinking. To this gigantic curse we do each and hll stand directly related. But few fam ilies, throughout all their branches and connections, have escaped We fang of this serjient’s toOth. Thus are we by blood related to it. No fHiui’ch in this land can showman. Vin.spotted Record and say my membership is guiltless;. Then if tlie state, is to. do . anything in this matter it shouldtpriaid/its being im ported iuto the state,. >t, shonld be done at once and irrevocably. The editoics prayer. I The following js k p r l\iyer of n ‘backwoods^ditdr; , j May thosv who have deliberate-! jlv swindled us out of our paper nev er , •; fifty wjr eVdf ‘be baked and! hungry f f May they have tb set type as w<; did last wilier, in an old lramed hquse with the thdrliionle tor,below zero and old field fine for fuel. May black shales . creeep chill v up their bare legs at the dark hour of midnight. May their bread be wormy. May they be forced to read Con gressional Records and Commis oner Orr‘s educational addre'ssess.' . Jljiy their drinks be fille(l with dirtdobbers and blowflies, inhabit their ears. beds be in tlto stables of the Keltic kv ass, and their cov ering a led prtw hide. Mav they* npVor fepl that divine sensation vv]licib;’cim only be caus ed by the of a pair of ru by lips, but, contjjifinliy slicked by a. toothless old tiijfty be duped by church fairs, skinned by soappedlers, hunt ed down by book agents, sewing mac bine agents,lightning rod agents and fruit tree men. And /at last, when Gabriel shall sound the great trumpet, may they be deafened, • and left to vvander over the vast chaos left behind, per fect beings laden with curses innu merable. WAHNING. Notice is hereby given that Thurman, (colored), employ without cause, in violation of contract i I have with him, and this is to- warn all persons front giving hjm employment of any kind during the j'ear 1881. Any one will incur the penalty of the law by so doing. [lf] James M. Maddox. . -• * • ; WHEN TJJE FIELDS ARE WHITE WITH COTTON ? ■ “No money now; can’t buy Pianos or Organs till cotton comes in.” Yes you can. Rake up fIQ Cash ou an Organ,* or $25 Cash on a Piano, ‘and we wilf sell you during June, July, August an<T September, at Rock Bottom Cash Rates, and wait 3 months for the balance, without one cent of interest. Cash Rates. Three Months Credit. No in terest. Don’t forget it. Grand Sum mer Cleaning Out Sale of New and Sec ond-Hand Pianos, 500 Organs, All Styles. Alb grades. All prices. Mnsflfe*closed* out. Special Terms to installment buvers. Cash prices advanced only Ten Per Cent; Fifteen Days Test Trial. Guaranteed' Instruments from six best makers. Catalogues and full jaformation mail ed free of charge. * Avofd b’eitfg imposed upon bv Beatty, o* arty other man, by ordering at once from the Great Whole solevPteno s&d' Organ Depot of the South, Ludden <k Bates’ Southern Mu* sic House* Savannah Ga, 4t > * I jug it and hearifigit billed bv other** L T. Collier M ,p, While in Griffin, my horse wajs violently attacked with what pronounced Grubbs. I gave him a bottle of “Gipsy Sesret”—in a half hotir he was all right. Larkin Pitts* Asa general renovator of the system, I believe that “G. S.” is all that is claimed for it. I speak both from experience and observation. Dr. B. M. Owen. ASmooth Complexion can be hud by every lady who will use Parkers Giner Tonic For promptly regulating the liverand kidney and purifying the blood there is nothing like it, and this is the reason why it so quickly removes pimples and gives a rosy bloom to the cheek. See notice. 1 NEW BAR! I have iloav opened my new bar in the Mclntosh House at Indian Npringaud aih ready to serve the public, I will keep on hand the very best and linest brands of liquors wines and brandies the market aliwrds. choice cigars Ac. ' Mr. McCord familiarly known as '‘Cook” McCord will preside as “mixedogist” I will also continue to serve the public at my old stand in Jackson. tf J. J. EASTON, BRIDGE TO LET. Will be let before the Court* House door in the toWn of Coving ton, Newton Counjty, Georgia, ou Saturday the 9th day of July next, at ten o’clock, A. M. The coutracf to build the bridge across Sohth Riyer, near Capt. Walthall’s, spec ifications can be seen at my office, This June l(lth 1881. J. F. Carmichael, 4t Ordinary B. (3. TAX ftECkIVEB’S NOTICK. , I. wall have my lx)oks open id iTacki&n on the 27th 28th and 29th Inst., to receive the tax for 1881% and as that will be the last op portunity, I hope every citizen Will come up and save lhe . tIF mortification of doubling then return* as the law directs. S. P. VIOkEKS. T. ft. B. C. APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF GIUfcDIANSHIP. GEfftiGTA, Bctts County : K, li. Finley residing in the sthte di Georgia, having applied to he appoint ed guardian of Nick and Robert Finlev minors, utfsr fourteen years bf ayo resident *’sf tfakl ebunty, this is to citfc alLpersons concerned to be and appear court of Ordinnjy. to ,hp hpld oh the first Mortlav hi July next, and shon cause if can, why said E K. Finley, sholt’d hot be intrusted with the guardfahVliip of Nick and Robert Finley. Witness my official signature. This June 7th 1881.-td J. F. Carmichael. Ordinary B. C. BABY ORGAN KOBE THAN 100 STYLES OF THE Mason & hamun SO RG A N'S are now regularly made, from style 109 ( shown in the cu<), the latest and smallest sise, popu larly known as the BAIII ORGAN, at only 922, to a large CONCERT. ORGAN at $909. Twenty styles at from $22 to $l2O each; sixty styles at $129 to $1£0; FORTY STYLES at $lBO tossoo and up; oash prices. Sold also for easy payments, from $6.38 per quarter up. THo NABY ORGAN is especially adapted tochlldr&n {put will be found equally useful for adults, hay ing fine.quality of tone and power, and sumcleßt compass ( three and a quarter octaves) for the fult parts of hymn-tunes, anthems, songs, and popular sacred and secular music generally. Money refunded if it does not after trial folly satisfy the purchaser. , Guaranteed as durable as the larger organs. Illustrated Catalogues and Price Lists free. Address, LIJDDEM dc BATES, Savannah, Ga., . Man^gefcs,Mason St Hamlin Southern Depot, ttOLMES, BOOTH A HAYDENS ■ • J MANUFACTUBJSRS OF FINEST Q UALITX Silver-Plated Spoons, Forks, Knives, etc. 49 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORE. “JAFAXESE •’ PATTEBN.— Patented. Factories; Watsßbtjby, Conn.