Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Middle Georgia Argus! PUBLISHED EVEKY "THUKHDAy! MORNING. ■ uTIn SPRING, GA SEPT *ls IsST. LOCAL MATTER. Messrs. Condon & Cos. are adver ting for men mules & teams, to work on the railroad. The new tin roof on A. McWat ins & Sons new stone building in Tackson, is now complete, and pre ents a handsome appearance. When yon go to Jackson stop at She Benton Houfc, you will find hi® able supplied with the choicest EdiJ dcs the country affords, and to be polite and attentive, ia natural with the proprietor. Tho location of the depot at Jack son is yet unsettled, as to whose and it will be on. It will be be tween station post 2181 and 2226, and wo hope by next week to be able to announce the exact locality. Mr. W. F. Douglass hag made m arrangement for a lumber yard near the depot location at this place and will open up business in the of lumber, lime, cement, shin gles &c., when the train commenced running. Thcro is an unusual number of the legal fraternity attending oun court this week. Judge Hillyer ofl Atlanta is presiding in the abicenee of.Judgo Stewart, the grand jury id “raking” the county with a fine tooth comb, and some of the boys say they wont do bo any more# Mr. Howard Vickers a highly es teemed citizen of this county was thrown from his mule, while return ing from the burial of Mrs. Joe Moore on Friday last apd very se riously hurt. It was feared thad the injuries to his head would prove fatal but we are glad to learn thati although the cut was very severe, the skull waa not broken. Tho right of way through Buttsl for tho extension has been oom-l pleted and the company goes onl with the construction, without in-l curing any suit or ill feeling to-| wards any of our our citizens, ini some instances where the partiesi considered the damages too great! for them to bear the loss, the com-| pany has come up and “planked| dywn” the cash like true gentle-] men. Mr. Sheahan, the contractor who] is grading the line east of this] office, says he will not be in the way of the rail and tie if they want! lo lay them on his part of the line by the first of December, he says lie •tan finish up in two months and and that gives him over a half month extra time, we believe he can do TUsat he says, if not providently hindered, he move* quietly but surely. , TANARUS! e depot for Indian Spifibg, wil be located on the land of Mr. J 1 W. Heard at some point between] station pest No. 1920 and 1945. A considerable amount of property dfc changed hands near the depot location in the last few days. We have disposed of between thirty and forty lots through our agency in the week, now that ths, location is known, tlie purchase 6f lots <t r c. will be pretty lively in a short while. Mrs H. J. Lamar, the good lady -;. ; w is never so happy g3 when she is doing good for others, called on at our office, on Wednesday Ev ening bringing with her Mrs Cinthn \ ftiner who has been confined to her room for many months. Mrs. V. was :n lino spirits and seemed toen- V j y the fresh breeze and the out-door scenery splendidly. We could har d;v tell which enjoyed it the most as Mrs Wirnora countenance was beaming with appreciation of the nde, while Mrs Lamars was befim J mg with the pleasure of making an auiicted one happy. We regret to chronicle the fact that f lr * Fleming Jordan, of Monticello, lost t' v o ol his daughters on last Friday and : atur dav of typhoid fever. We also !eain that one of Iris smaller children was ' **7 low at the same time. Their - names were Bessie and Lula, aged respectfully 17 and 4 years. A carload of the celebrated Hick uian wagons the best on. wheels just teceiyed and for sale at hard pan 1 nces by Bramlett & Bro., Forsyth Two Millions Are Pi-kitty.— J aines G. Fair is worth 142,000.000. And the whole $42,000,000 of it can t make him as happy as you are, with the dew of youth in your jeart, when you hold the hand ol h 0 S lrl you love and walk with her , u h path that is only wide enough ‘? r one * There is lightness in your *on, and color in youi that $42,000,C00 cannot buy, w ::, d ™t you forget it. You dn’l wnt542,000,000 anyhow; |2,Q00;- we plenty, > |A COMPLIMENT TO OUR REP-I RESENTATIVE. | | We clip from an exchange the following in refrencs to The Snead pill, and the highly deserved com pliment to our Representative for defeating the passage of the bill. THB SNEAD BILL. "i’he bill to pay Colonel Snead of New York, for his services in the case of Henry Clews <& Cos., vs. the State of Georgia, was brought be fore the House Monday evening. Mr. Hutchins, of Gwinnett, Chair man of the Finance Committee, sustained the report of the commit tee and gave a succinct statement in favor of payment of the claim. He stated that $4,240 had been al ready paid, and $2,000 more was claimed, and committee thought i> was just and ought to be paid! M' f Lester, of Jones, moved that t * House pass the bill. . | We thought at the time that tnop pill would pass without a dissent ; png voice and Mr. Snead would, n'E a short time, finger the shining dol-l lara fresh from tho vaults of the! State Treasury. Just before i " Speaker of the House put the q .. tion. Dr. R. W. Mays, the r awake member from Butts cou. who does not consume the val a. time of the House in useless w®r made the following remarks, vhi immediately aroused the mer .be 4 to the importance of defe 'g tl i bill, which was done prompt v. D: I j Mays, of Butts said: “Id k- i oppose any bill that our a: 1 nance Committee favor, a:d . I make suggestions to this be I regard to appropriations. Bv.t II can not, with my present know 1 1 edge, vote for the bill. Jt is a j gusdthathe was a native of Vir l ginia, and was properly educated i Georgia, and a Confederate soldier but that has no weight with me. J had as soon pay a New Yorker if] justly owed him as a Southern man. and, gentlemen, if it was right foi Governor Smith to employ him. and thought his services worth six thousand dollars, he should have paid him six thousand. If he had the right to v employ him he had the right to pay him, and not place the responsibility on this Legislature.’ LANSWER OF THE KEENER OF PENITENTIARY IN RE SPONSE TO RFSOLU TOIN OF OUR REP RESENTATIVE'. Mr. Speaker : In ; response to * resolution of August 17th, I sub mit the tollowing report: James Denson was received frorr Butts county March 22 1878 his sen tence was four years for burglary and was turned over to the Ma rietta and North Georgia railroad at Cedar Town. From the facts T have gathered in looking into th( case. I find.that. Denson was as signed to that portions of the con victs then worked by Maddox & Cos., N. J. Evans being in charge Denson was sorely afflicted as stat ed by Dr. Harris and; his statement is supported by Col. R. F. Maddox of Atlanta. Capt A. G. West oi Cedar Town and Col. N. 8. Evam of Carter’s Mills. All of them are gentlemen of unquestioned 1 charac ter. In Denson’s condition it woulc have been cruel both to himself ana other convicts to have confined him by chains or even to have kept him in the building. He wal not con sidered able to make Lis escape ■When Denseu disappeared, so strog ■was the belief ho had fallen into a Sc reek which was by where he Iwas allowe ■ to go and fish. Mr ■Evans cat. '-'creek searched for Isome dista. to find the body, nol ■finding him I•% Evans stales that ihe was leftii doubt as to what had ■became of him ar and therefore made |no report to me t time as he states tc make firt L search and invetigatiou. e an; 3 charged properly with t hii < .* ate to me that this search, war meted and at last the matters sight of. Having liad my atte; - called to' this case of Denson . Hon. R. W. Mays I herewith * be state, ment of Col. N. S. Eva a and Dr. C. H. Harris the gentlemen in charge of, the Cedar Town .camp at the time of l Anson's disappear ance. Very fully, John W. Nelms Princ. Keeper Penitentiary. REPLY FROM GRAND JURORS.— Editor Carmichael’s letter in your .last is sue he exonerates us from, allhlaine of the suit against our former c ;fl eers, hence we arc satisfied, he makes the manly declaration that the blame shall rest on his own head which is all we ask. In reply to Col. McKibben, wq would his explanation is suffix cient. We were not aware that he represented the prosecution when we wrota our last, but heard that it was probable that he would and having heard that he was the coun celor of former Ordinary, but as he explains that, he has a moral le- S,l and consitent right to represent e proiecutien. As for our names we are not ashamed of them, as to the genuiness of our articles we call attention to the fact that there .has been.’ nothing said in reply by,, any Grand Juror which is preof that We are. A Majority of Grand Jurors, I DIED. With our heart lacerated end! lorn with grief, we grasp the pencil! to announce the death ot our own! child. little Nancy Elizabeth aged! about fourteen months, was called! from earth at half past ten o’clock! on Sunday night last, when her! spirit took ita night to the one who| said, “suffer them to oome unto mej tor of such if the kingdom oil Heaven. Its a sad duty to write of the! death of any one, but it is doubly! so, when the great destroyer enteral the charmed circle and severs the! sweet ties of family affection and! association. It looks hard that the! idol of the family in ail its childish! innocence, should be called through! •ic much pain and suffering into tnel *■ - shadow of the tomb, and itl o v'.os us feel more than sad when] | * jfeql that its sufferings was aj ! ■■ the penalty of our sins. . *£ consign the precious body] j >e tomb with the consolation! It k% its share of pain an suffering! |i c rcr, and its little hear t will nev-j ' torn as ours are, and in the of its presence in our family! ;' val is added to the master’s! ; * .. .. jm. ‘ . * little weeping brothers and! % * ter sw ho cannot understand the |.nr&terioU3 dispensations of provi idence. will learn by the buffiting of r hie world, as they grow up to ma f arity, that the God who has sent ■upon them this sore affliction, doe* lail things for the beat; they will I .’eel that while the little one has ■been called from a land of paia and F .*rrow to a land of eternal bliss its fs* t raptured spirit will hover around I vein and call their mind back to U, in the evil hour when their way ward footstep would lead them into sin, and at last, wher* their share of pain and 'suffering is ended, it may join in the coiivay of" angels, to waft their spirit upward and onward to the land th'At ktiows no tear. TRIBUTE of RESPECT. Jackson Sabbath-School, Sept. ll, n lß|l. —We the ,coiuri}ittee ap pointed by the sbhool to present the expressive of the feel ing* jptjthe .school i# regard to the ieath pf our brother and mate Joseph. JL. Fretwell, submit the following*: Resolved. 4*. . That n while we meekly .submit to the of God, who gave* and has a fright to take away . Yel w® feel a/deep mortifi cation in the death of one so much "seloved by us, whose gentleness, honesty, truthfulness, Industry, so oriety ihd chastity of life had won our entire affijfctions. \ , Resolved/ 2. That we jecom mend his Christian character to the intire school, and feel .assured that while our hearts are stricken with the pangs of grief, his immortal soul is basking in the sunshine of immortal,bliss. Resolved 3. That his sorrow ing family h*ve our sympathy in this their sad bereavement and with them we unite our prayers that their and our lives may be as bis, and. that we may as friends, family and 4 > school meet him at last where ■there ’Will be no more death dr borrow, bit in the presence of our God live and reign forever. Resolved 4. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished to the family of the deceased* P ■ - Resolve© 51 That these reso lutiom be furnished to the Jackson News and Middle Georgia Argus with the request ior publication. M. V. McKibben. Mrs. Mattie Watson Mrs. Sallie Wilkerson Mrs. R. G. Duke } Committee. Miss Mattie Ball* Miss Katie Lyons In M VMORiUAt. —“One by one the ; onds are severed binding hearts .t) gather here, one by one new ties ire added to the that knows no tear.” Departed this life in his quiet happy home, in Kaufman county .Texas, on the 27th J une 1881 .Jas. T Career, in the 25th year of his age- / The Subject of this notice was born hskr Indian Spring Butts county Georgia. ’ During his tender years it pleased him who is too wif e to err, and too good to do wrong to take away his father, leaving him to the tender care of a fond mother who raised him until he became her standard.. and by his aid suc ceeded in raising several other chil dren. Being true to that mother, continued with her until last Jan uary, when with his devoted wife (almost bride, formerly Miss Sudie C. Carson, daughter of John P. Car son of Monroe county Georgia Whom he married March 2nd 1880. he removed to Kaufman coun ty Texas. Here the happy pair with favoring current, and propi tions gale began o’er the ocean of life. Oh! how flattering and invit ing was Abe propect beiore. The scenery how charming. No nine of discord troubled the placid sea around. No muttering thunder pealed their Aliening notes above, and the hopeful youth m thenosy morn of lifer wßh a young heart pure and gay., totally unconcioui of the whl P h invisible ahead, ait and anon would whisper in the ear of his hurt ing bride! | “Thou art the star that guides mei plotijj life* troubled sea; Aad whatever fate betides me this! heart ats!l turns to thee.” But aim! How fleetinu is human f 'Tru?y ia the midst of life we are ini | de*dh.” The inevitable decree “Dust! thouait, and unto dust thou ah alt return,’! vas also awoken unto James T. Greer J |au 1 the’angel of death, hovered aroundl the hitherto happy home, and laid hisi •withering releutless hand upon the! komaiT husband. The tearful eye gavel its last glance, the cold death stricken! Ihand took its last grasp, the pale dyings [lip* rttered ita last farewell and* th3 | fiiip of Zion receives in its capacious! | walla, another prison escaped soul, and! |oon on the other shore is heard; | “Drop the anchor, furl the sail] II am safe within the vail; To thd [sorrowing enes whose hearts are! [grief stricken,^we offer our heartfeld ■sympathies and pray He who “don leth all things well” may support land comfort them intheir sojourn in ■this world of pain, sorrow and ■bereavement. They mourn not as ■those having no hope, our dear de- Iparted friend expressed “faith in! ■Christ' er’e the spirit had taken its ■flight to the far beyond. I yffay the dispensation of provi ■donee lead all to the foot of the cross, land finally to glory wV-v our loved lone who has so recently passed o’er] ■the chilly stream is “waiting and ■watching for uc ” anu ~ -re with the great multitude we may sing the new song unto him > hath loved us and given himself for us. John G. Sessions. S. C. im-wi A TRIP TO NORTH GEORGIA Alabama at* sand MOUNTAIN. Stark, GA., Sept. 13, 1881.—Dear Ar ous: Being one of a party just returned from sand mountain I -viU give you a digtit sketch of our trip and a few dots by the way. In company with T. and M cMichael W. D. Thomas and J. W. Maj'o. We left home August 23rd destined for the above named points; through Butt# aiidjlenry we found ordinary crops, from Hamp ton ,to Fayetteville we find nice well improved fjlrmsj but crops jjoor from Fayetteville we travel across Campbell county to Fairburnj it*,a nice toWn, here we met with our friend and fohneT fel low-citizen Lsrkin D.. Lie, whom we found to be very highly esteemed Ity the the citizens of that place. We idpkt pass ed through Campbellton the, pjd county iite which is .looking very much dilap idated. As we A cross the }Chat tahoochee, riven through a very broken and poor. ,country, Dotig lassville is situated on the Georgia West ern railroad and is growing very papfd iy. We next came to Viliaricea in par roll county one of the prettiest towns we ever saw, .in thiaaection corn crops are very fine from this pjace to Hrake town lisafine oountrV for rpple growing, and the corn crop good, we think the apple cr<4j> as Ljcod ns we ever. *a*v in* Virginia 'at tnarytaiid. We next reset*Owlar n>wD in Polk county, this county ahd Harol ion are very mountainous and crops poor. W-e next arrive at Cave Spring me of the- greatest curiosities we ever law, crcps in this (Floyd) county are very poor. - We next strike Al abama a pbor country with poor crops, but as fine timber region as we ever saW. At Trip’s ferry we cross the Coosa river tnd traverse a country of very fine lands but poor crops, here we strike the “Look Out” mountain region, and passthrough a broken country producing a splendid corn crop, passing along big mills creek valley \fe strike the Sand mountain as pretty country as we ever saw. Here w e spent six days visiting friends %c. Leaving this place we descend the mountain to Italia in Etawah county, situated on the A. & C. railroad. We next reach Gadsden, a very flourishing own oh the Coosa river. Here we met iome old friends, former citizens of old Butts, to wit: The Messrs. Lee, James kr.ee, Chealey Hay and Hugh Hamel, ill seemed to be perfectly satisfied and lohig aa.Well as heart could wish. Leav ing tills place we start out for Garrett’s ferry we cross and strike out for home. IWo vtli cut this sketch short by saying we found the corn crop generally good, but cotton poor, J. B. T. / T Scarcity of Corn. —On this pout thedConstitution quotes Jugde George Hillyer, of Atlanta, as fob lows: ‘T have traveled in the last month IhroughthQ upper neck ol Michigan lllinois and the great acr ’ - western corn country. I came on South through the corn belt of Kentucky!* through Tennessee on foj Atlanta, x then went up to Spart anburg, across ta ward Asheville ana returned. In all my travels J was carefully observant, and I say if that I never saw a sin p ; acre of com that in my opin ion would yield ten bushels to the acre. I rode through miles and miles of corn fields that would not yield a peck to the acre. It was literally scorched and parched un til it scarcely looked like corn. In the com belt of Kentucky I lound that affairs were even worse than in the northwest!" The Kentucky river was coafed with what looked like a heavy scum, and the Cum berland in plaices was only a few inches deep:' The drouth has been learful, and the effect on the crops b terrible to contemplate.” u You think there r w.4l he a great scarcity of com? ’ ‘1 do. Governor Brown, a short time ago, traveled'frqm the east to the west, and reported that the corn crop was almort wholly destroyed. Mr course was from the North to the South, through the beet corn sections, and I found the same state of affairs, I think the croo will be verr short. There are experts the’ markets who talk of a lae reserve that i held at a distance from the railroads and thpfhigh price, will bring out. Iknovuoth fog of thill but 1 know that tla crops for the present year will be lament-1 ably short, and! fear that there will! [be a great scarcity and correspond I linglv high prices.” “What is your advice in the prem-1 liscs?” *‘My advice is that the farmertJ [should husband every blade ofgrassi [that they have on their farms. The! jequinociuai gale brought heavy! [and general rains. These rainsg ■will bring out very fully the crab! Igrasa that is to be found on all ourl ■soil. The land having to produce! ■the corn crop has had comparative! ■rest and will rest and will produce! la heavy grass crop. There is nil ■better hay than our ordinary grass! ■if it is only gathered at the right] ■time and properly cured; should] ■be gathered when the seeds are ripe land after the first frost has fallen. ■lt can be easily cured and makes Sgood food for stock. I know the lvalue of grass us a food for. stock, ■I never knew it before*!* 1 nee I bavt ioeen through Canada on this trip, gr s w comparatively little wheat in Ithe dominion, but I saw grass farms gcovoring hundreds of acres and i ■noticed through the grass country ithe finest stock and cattle and iflocks that I evei saw, and the ap pearance of thrift, prosperity and health everywhere. It made me r great believer in grass and in gras.s farming. There never was a time when our people needed so impera tively to save everything that they can use as a substitute for corn as at present, * and if they will heed this warning and prepare fora hard winter. I trust I am no alarmist, i but I have never felt so called upon I to give to the public what 11 know and have seen of the corni crop. .is** IRON BIKERS BROWN’S IRON BITTERS are a certain cure for all diseases requiring a complete tonic; espe* dally Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Inter . mittent Fevers, Want of Appetite, Lose of Strength, Lade of Energy, Ota Enriches the blood, strength* ens the muscles, and gives new lifo to the nerve*. t Acts like a charm Ton the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptio symptoms, each as tasting the food, Belching, Heat in the Stomach, Heartburn, etc. The only Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give headache. Sold by all Drug* gists at SI.OO a bottle. BROWN CHEMICAL 00. Baltimore, Md. 800 that all IroA. Bitter* are made by Baowa Cmkjai> f j-.-, and have crossed red lines and trade mark, en wrapper. BEWARE OF IMITATIONSc tilaimlacturen of the orlgiaal and only genuine §&ta,r Wood. Pumps, Champion Wind Mills, iron Pumps, Boss {Sickle Grimters, Patent toor aud Win dow Screens, Etc. *7iw erw jnn enwiw# te to sussiMter* tf Fobjs ui WSad Xffli. tit will not cost you five da. per day on the investment to pump water for all your stock with our Mill. Mill warranted never to tnow down while the tower Sol., by dealers everywhere. Send for Catalogue. Poweii * DmiglMs Waokegu, III' - We clip the following items from the Jackson News.—‘'lts nice to be a father.” and W. M. Mallet, is per haps, the happiest man in town. j\Ve learn its a bouncing baby boy. | When Solicitor Wommack, before taking his beparture, begins to di jvide the spoils with the county offi cers on Flint circuit, they all look at each other in utter astonishment. Soliaitor-Generals surely havent [been in the habit of recognizing of ficers of the court, in that way, [before. ] A sad case of probable ianfanti. [aide comes te us from the lower part pf the county this week. The young lady, & single girl waa ence inte, and died in that condition be fore the physicians could reach her. Uncle Gabre* lias volunteered to l ict ss reporter for tho NeW?. If he I makes as good a reporter as he does ■shoes, when he sound? his trumpet I you may lookout for something rich I for the colored people, Blow, Ga- Ibhel. blow. REAL ESTATE EOR SALE. We are now offering the following property for sale. One parcel of land containing 113 acre* 10 to 40 acres oiiglpal forest, situated me and quarter miles North from In* lian Spring and in one fourth of mile oi |M. & B. railroad, titles perfect. | Also 140 acres of land adjoining incor poration north-west of the Spring, with first class merchant mill, stone dam, and hood water power. j Also one valuable farrri, with splendid mprove, in healthy locality, fine deuce with two to four hundred acres oi land eight miles from Indian Spring. Also one fine merchant mill* fine wA er power, wool factory, saw mill, black Umith-shop, cotton gins, 60 acre* land public ferry, &c. A splendid locality for a live busi : ness man to .embark in the mercari pile business. Situated stx miles east cj Indian Spring, and four miles from rail road extension, water power of sufficieri rapacity to run any desired amount c machinery. Titles perfect. Also one farm 1% miles south of In iian Spring 68 acre* 35 in Original hood farm, house, good well', out build ings young orchard &c. Just the tor a spaall farm ter. Title good. For further particulars addre*: G. W- Adair,Atlan-tia Ga. or W. F. Smith, Iff dian spring Ga. $25 To SSO Per Day, :oan tuUy be made by uaing the Cel bra ted \ i"—iiqr * • * 0+ ** *+ * •, VICTOR WELL AUGER AND ROCF BORING MACHINE R In any part of the Country. We mean it, and are prepared to dem onstrate the fact. Thev are operated by sithei Man, Horse or Steam rower, and bore very rapid. They range in size trom 8 INCH TO 4>* FEET IN DIAM ETER, and will bore to any REQUIRED DKPTH! _ | j They will bore successfully an and satig factorih in all kinds of Earth, Soft Sana and Limkstone, Bituminous Stone Goal, Slate, Hard Pan Gravel, Lava ,Builders’ Serpentine and Conglomerate Rock, and guaranteed to make the very best Wells in Quick Sand. They are light running, in construction, easily operated, durable, and acknowledged as the best and most [practical Machine extant. They are en- Horsed by some of the highest State Oth iciala., We contract for pre&pecfcug far I COAL, GOLD, SILVER, COAL Oil AND ALL KINDS OF MINERALS. [ Also foi sinking Artesian Wells and ■Goal Shafts, Ac. We furnish Engir.es, ißoilers, Wind Mills, Hydraulic items ■ Horse Power, Brick Machines, Miriam I Tools, Portable Jorges, Rock Dtills, and ■ Machinery of all kindg. f • . /- ! active Agents want' * ev* I- ADDRESS, I Western Machinery Supply Deyot, 511 Walnut Saint Loui*, Missouri, U. S. / ■State in what Paper you saw this, j/uiy 24 1881-2 m ADMINISTRATOR’S 8 A LE. vIEO R GIA, B1:tw 0< > l’nt y: Will he sold at the cotit house door itt fackson between the legal hours -n saie )n the first Tuesday in October iiex* in obedience to an order of the 4Jc* n-u Ordinary oi Butts county all the krWf situated in Butts county belonging estate of Samuel Wilkerson deceased cl said county. Terms cash. septs 1881-.41 M. V. McKibben Adm. de non. APPIIOAIION FOR lEAVE TO SEll lAND. Application will be made to the com c of Ordinary of Butts county, Georgia on the first Monday in October, next, for leave to sell the landsbelonging to the es tate of Jepthah Ball, late of said countydc ceased, for the benefit of heirs and cred itors of said deceased. T? A. Spencer sept. 61881-4 t L. J. Bail. . Adrnr’s. of Jepthah Ball. y^ aassajjiiai _ ; ADMINISTRATOR’S SAL*. GEORGIA, Butts County : Will be sold at public outcry in the town of Jackson, by the court house door, between the legal hours of sale ou the first Tuesday in October next, all the real-estate of Thomas McKibben deceas ed of said county situated in the counties: of Butts and Spauldog. Terms cash. Sept.3lßßl M. V. McKibbes, Adyrwith wifi annexed