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Midale Georgia Argus PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. INDIAN SPRING, GA,, OCT. >0 , uJ. LOCAL MATTF.iI aneMMK j Head the editorial headed “Will tht Argus Suspend. Head what the authorities say, about tlie sell out of the railroad. See heading. Col. Cole Speaks. Our young friend Hampton Daughtry is very sick with fever, v i hope to be able to announce his recovery soon. Mr. Pounds say a ho wants the in an who took his buggy harness, last Tuesday night to return them, lie says lie wants to ride around ana hunt up a little cotton. Mr. Lou?. Keliy handed un th most prolific corn v/e ntve seen thi i sea. on t ,ere Doing eigui Cars in cue cluster and six in anoth er. Mr. John Coleman an age l citi zen of Monroe county died en Tues day last. About one hundred hands came in on the line yesterday, and still many more is wanted. New forces began work at Jack ion tliis week. We have been in formed that Capt. W D. Grant who *ent one of these forces into work has som# of his contracts about completed down the river. He is working free labor near Jackson and wiU transfer his convict fore® to Stockbride when they complete below hare. Mr. J<. hn G. Preeton and wife wafe received ihto the ehurch at Sandy a reek oh l&st Saturday, and received baptism on Sunday. There is icme new acbessions to that church every meeting for some months past, and in spite of the indifference and in activity of the members, the spirit moves and the golden links are add ed to the chain that bind ua. . m3 ! HANDS !! g&r !!! Do you want the railroad com pleted? . . . Then send us Hands ! Ara you willing to aid in the con struction? &ar “Then send Hands! Do you know, what’s the trouble? fMHT~We want Hands ! . MTII the road be completed by April? . < if we can get Hanji! Every contractor on the liiie padre Hands 1 . Why is the work progrofesing f'ov’lj . wo want one thou sand more ha,nds! When will the road he graded? When \ve get enough Hands. $1.25 a day for Hands. Call at Camps near this office. The boom of trade has htruck •-.ark. We learn thsro will be two r *w house* open there soon, one mil deal in notions, and the other ;n pinions. We have been inform* .id that- Eliiieu Duke will deal in lotions” and John Preston in ‘•pinions.” let ’em boom. \\> cTtl ‘ : ati alien r i our readera to tho advert Yemen* of J. Monroe Taylor. Ihis housv ha* * een established nearly 40 years, and the a - goods arc celebrated jr pmit\ and strength. We would rec ommend n trial oi their Gold Medal .auds toail who desire cookery. Wiley Heard went up to Atlanta with us to draw his money for the sale of hia land and carried a little book about large enough to hold the proceeds of one bale of cotton, to bring the money back Ut, and it be ing late in the evening tho bank was closied, our friend Adair work' ed us in through the back way, and when I came out with it rolled up in my arm like carrying a feed ot corn to a horse, we met Wiley at the door, in bewilderment exeluimd, Flint, Smith, William; what shall Ido with it? Hold it while I run fer a trade issue, of tho Constitu tiox, and after getting one and get ting it well wrapped, exclaimed all that troubles me now is I am afraid the one horse bank in Hampton won’t hold it. SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. I will sell seed wheat oi inv raising at uicmulgte Mill* at $2.00 a bushel strictly HBgb. If. J. Lamar. COL. COLE SPE ' KB. COL.McCItACKEN,MR. SENEY - A ND GEN. THOMAS STAMPS OUT THE FALSEHOOD. > A C&oktitution reporter in order to probe the rumor that t- a work oa the extension would stop cahod 0.1 the officers of the road and learn ed the following: Msj-r McCracken, who ia in charge el the Cole extension lines in Geoiv.a, did n':' belie’ el l e story tiaid he: “l have already paid out in actual cam over ; ; jO,OOO, f.nd it woulWoat at h.-.iat $2,500,000 if the work were stopped this in-uanl. This ia a pretty big sum of money for any corporation to pay out just ‘o keop a road from being built. “My hills for thi3 week aurmut h cvh SIOO,OOO, and j have just receives! h t/ram from General Thoms 3 in* sti ictmg me to draw as usual or l 1 *r New York bank. T have just received a notification oi the receipt of fcOO tons of steel rails .t Macon, making 2,900 tons already actually delivered to us. ihave :ly dispatches from General Thomas, . * ci, mg me to push the work forward as rapidly at: oasible. “I .©aides all this, eight gentlomen wh® will ha ch# go o' important trusts in track laying, etc, have just reached At lanta tiiis morning direct from General Thomas. He sent them south - las! "Wednesday night. If the”© had been any b Jng i 1 the v ind ho w ould eerlaiilly h.v. 0 not sent them. Sb that while I ha 0 no iilicial denial of the rumor, not having asked for one, there are a hun dred reasons for it not being eq to one why it could lie so.” “You say that it would cost $2,500,000 to stop the road right now V 1 “Yes; and for this simple reason: We havo every foot oi the line from Macon to Rome under contract, and of course must sco the contractors out, even if we do not build.” “But,” continued Major McCracken, “1 know there have, been some negotia tions between the Louisville and Nash ville, and our company recently, and it : barely possible that something more than 1 have information about was done. I don’t think, however, it is probable. I don’t attach enough importance to the rumor to enquire if it is true, because I know the men uho are backing me, and they sent me here to build tKfi road, and I am going to do it jiist as quick as 1 can, and don’t intend to stop until they tell me, which will not be done until we have a continuous line from Chattanoo ga, Tennessee, to Brunswick, Geoagia, with easy grades, steei rails, and no sharp curves.” After this talk with Major McCracken, Tut Constitution thought it was not worth while to go into the matter further, but lor further, but for fear there might by something in it) an inquiry was tele graphed to the only men .who could pos sibly know about it- -Cole iel lb VV. Cole, Mr. George I. £..uey id General Tliomos. Colonel Cole’s answer came from Memphis, stating that he had no infor mation about such a consolidation and that he did not believe the report was true. k . A. • M, 1 General Samuel. answer came next from Columbus, Ohio,-and is as follows: “No truth in the report; such a change is an absolute impossibil ity, no matter who might want to bring it about.” Soon after the receipt of General Thomas’s telegram we received the fol lowing in answer to our inquiries from Mr. Seney: “No truth whatever.” , , (Signed) Georgs I. SnxiY. The road, then, is sol’d, and will oe built. Burners won’t kill it and money can’t buy it. It ii a good thing and will pay, when it is fiinisned, better than any road that will bo built during the pres ent decade. HUNG. .Dawson, Ga., October 14. —Frank Hudson, ih negro who murdered Mr. Lee and his wife and a negro girl near this place a month since, was hutig to-day at 1 o’clock-. Hr was escorted to the gallows, by the Dawson Rifles Five thousand peo p e were present and witnessed the execution. His neck was not bro k n by the fail, and death took place from strangulation. Upon the gallows he confirmed his con fession, sang and prayed. COME AND BEE Us. We have on hand in the brick •tore at this office. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Tobacco, Nails, Dry Goods &c. More goods to arrive. We keep no old run down stock, new goods, fair price* is our motto, gsss l intig'ii". i,i u" ■ m Mrs. Annie A. Smitliton. of Auburn, N. Y., writes: “I had doctored for years and tried various advertised reme died for my compliant which was general prostration. I believe I suffered every ill that flesh is heir to. The. least exer tion caused the greatest fatigue. I was tormented with dyspepsia and every ir regularity. My blood seemed poisoned, pimples *id sores were all over my bodv, nothing I tried ever gave me more than mere temporary relief, and I fait myself growing worse and worse. Mr. Reynolds, the druggist, advised me to use Brown’s Iron Bitters. From the very start I began to improve ; now Ido aotieel like the same woman. ” WILL THE ARGUS SUSPEND? CAN IT LIVE UNDER COMPETI TION. AN ANSVEB TO MANY ENQUIRIES* We have Wen so often asked (by our friends and patrons) what would be the future o' the Argus since the establishing it a Another paper •.0 the esunty. That r.e think it ■ propriate x j .sako a general air v to some of ti • question so c o-uu asked us. YYe know that these questions have been pre npU Iby the b<*fcl of motives, and .c-mo from that have our intoiwst s.t heart, they come from a ho-t 0: Uifujwho sfood by tlie Argus through s lofourlo - -s ana ciosscs. We haVe hosts 1 friends who support tht? Argus V m pure friendship to us. And to toe we can say, the Argua has pa. - through itfe lari.eat period* w® a bfegining to puii tL'’oUj.di out fin so cial distress, and we ce.ll say t om friends that with our sad ex.. * rienee we not going to repo--., such blunders. Furthermore we believe that lls an erroneous idea that our competitor has any desire to break U3 down, at least he has not shown any evidence of it yet that v, e have been able to discover. From w hat we have been able to learn of brother Harp of the “News’ we believe he ia a nice clever young gentleman that desires to do an honorable business, and build up * paper that will be a credit to our county, and renumerativ© to him self, and we think, (so far as we are capable of judging) he gets out 0 paper worthy of the support of the people and wo believe Ills paper will relied credit upon Butts county and aid in her development, hence there can bo no fight between us. The Argus Has no war to make upon any on®, or any enterprise that tend to build up or deyelope our county, and we believe all our patrons are actuated by this spirit. We hav e not had one man to say, “stop my proper because.. T ani taking the News,” and while wa *./o, satisfied that our people are giving that journ&i a liberal support, we have not as yet been the looser of one cent, by its establishment. And in connection with this we would say, we never took hold of the Argus for a money oontsidsra tio] at I- ... - • . . - Then you would say r “What did you take, hold of it for?’’ I did it because I believed the'• was a fu ture for Butte county and I believed there was .no s>ower -in the land more capable of working out that future than,,the power of the press, I believed the day would come when the press no matter how poorly managed would aid in bringing in to note our natural advaptages, and I have lived to.see that belief veri fied. 1 believed the press was the greatest educator in the in the land, and rny experience convince? me of that fact more fully every <! We have hundreds of readers in thh county whore a newspaper was scarcely ever read before our paper was established. Our children, by the time they can go .through their fiiv-t reader begin-to:-scan its pages and tell el something they saw in the “Argus/’ It* weekly vis its Is locked jr with pleasure, then why should we not think something of tins vehicle of transmitting our thoughts to others, out side of a money consideration. It would b* no hard task to con vince our friends that we lost mon ey on it for a year or two when wo first established it, and if they will read my published assignment, when I divided my property to my creditors they will see the only thing that I reserved tc myself was the name and gdod will of the Ar gus. Why was this ! Why did I like the faithful standard bearer when he is shot down on the fiield of battle raise his hand above his bleeding form and waive his ban ner in the breeze? Why was if that when I went over the precipice of bankruptsy, into the foaming and boiling wreck below, tho only thing thatTouid be seen in my hand, as I came from the wreck was the Aigus. It was because I was devoted to it, and be lieved it had a work before it* Why was it tiw t 1, without experience or talent #olild attempt to give the people oi Butts county a newppapeJ to read? It was bfc* ?<? no one with means and talent wouM come in hvio (while there w&fc a abil ity of us remaining in the back woo A) mi do that for us.* TV-y did I expose my ignorance to iho world by drying to e ut a paper when I knew nothing about it, and why hyv<- I ic often followed the plow all Uf.7,&nd clipped, read and wrote by a kerosene lamp, while ifil nature was v. rapped in slumber. U was b *auselwß determined cdy e.t ©rprise should not fail until it Led accomplished its mission. At on the other hand \by was it that ’o many havo “stuck’ to the Argus through all 011 ops and down? ami overlooked our errors and 1j ability to do Letter? its fct caus-t they were true friends to us, and it is lor them, this h written we .in u ay to them the Argus is on a ■ .;t*w basis than its ever been, and . it A now >u*?.kkig koru© money, *vt ..i j J t \i*.x j Will cc i t \ to kilo*, it, I can con adieu tioue n -ay I feel that I deserve it. ■;'o the Argus will not suspend. / s- CANGE STOSV. A erw.story in oonnectica Mine • committed years, ago ij 1 oat a- 1 a latter from Batts ville, kanSa . James Baxter and It’s w-fe we;<• einirgrating to Louis fr l db-5, and fell in with a man ? ;:: ; g Lann-slf Isaac Young when r.efti tho Louisiana boundary line. T- ey en‘swiped one night at the ■ td ‘A a lonely glen, when both the nu-'A disappeared. The deserted wife knowing that her husband had wo thousand in gold on liia person, was convinced that he had been L .urdarcd by Young, but all her ef forts to trace him or her husband failed. She 'settled herself .ih a lit tle hut close to the c©ne Qf her hus band’s disappearance, and has lived there ever since, waiting for tidings. Recently she received a letter dat ed Melbourne, Australia, from &" stranger, stating that a man had died there who passed by the name of Saunders, but papers he had left behind him showed he was Isaac -Yoang, an American, The papers included a confession gf the murder of Baxter, and pointing out the place where his body could be found. HT further .stated, that he had g'ui.. 0 blew Orleans and took passage for Australia, where he apec ulated \ ith At 1 is death lit was quite-wealthy, and he directed that Mrs,,Bax f sy should be searchedi for, ana if living, paid $2,000, with interest, fropi the date of the murder. Ha plso begged forgiveness for his| crime. An in vesiHation prov*a that the infor ma ‘ T was cc rsc as to the mur ’(Ur, far the reikau v of Baxter were found in th g- .1 and decently bi iaoo. Mra. B: a„©!• hp declined to no. c,.ho mono;, but she msy yet *m !u itt to accei tit ’f,the mur der, v aillly dead, which many pee Ft A . 'A ..• Yihox in the Oloulv .a i/u.iJrigton, Del., dis patch v. *.: ! . pt.Qj’ e .of the vi dnuy v:r; atj.:. ixeited over what the., belie;-:; to batjperiialuralmau ifiataticns. / t . girl weeks ago, living : a the fi irp ? -r/w nightfall, bel me flu zxoon v- a ■ mi rly tip above the horrizon, platoons, of. angels ? 1< rly marching , nd v to im-A Tfo ihedi>\r\ tiieir v ’ito cobes v.., . n nets glistening in t-Hr J..*, . A. : i dtryais the heav enly v r.- wo.: i • nee mournful ly. Her father also saw the specta cle. . Monday light two weeks ago William West, a farmer living near Georgetown, me county seat, saw bands of soldiers of soldiers of great size equipped in dazzling, uniform*, their muskets shimmering in the pale, weird light, that seemed to be everywhere marching with military precision up and down, and -present ing arms. The vision lasted long enough to be geen by a number of West’s neighbor*. Many people living near Laurel, many miles .away situated in the lower end of the Peninsula, saw the same extra ordinary phenomena. A few go as far as to say that they all distinct ly saw in the midst of the soldiers, and conspicuous by reason Of hie size and commanding presence, the hero President himself, with* every feature distinctly and vividly por trayed. lu Talbot 'comity the illu .aion was *een by numbers.” NOT DEAD. Fh article in the Constitutition of last Saturday in regard to the railroad, created considerable un y, iness along the line, but we think it was only cue of those not shots that is occasionally thrown from the towns along ta© fithqr line, aLd if Gri fin and Forayth don’t ceaee Hhellmg our lines we will turn pur batvcrids and demolish their guns. We are not ready to put the Argus in mourning over the death of the M. &B. yet. Put them to work, clear the track ao they can work, ke®p them at work, is the instruc tion wo work under. when you go the the cotton expo sition stop at the Brooks House Hampton Georgia, and get a good nights rest before going to the city, -and then return at nigl * in pr f erence to staying in the overcrowd ed liot Is of the city. The Brooke House gives Firu-'T class . ntertain- Divnt in every particular. i>.>*ru $2.00 per day. THINKERS WILL READ AND HEED THIS. When oar most experienced and prac tical physicians .videly endorse aid rec omme-nd a medicine, knowing from the ingredients used must have an aycel ieiit general efect on the limn a a system, and be a truo .strengthener of every or gan oi life, and recognized as Nature’s beet assistant curing dyspepsia, indiges tion, general debility, nervous prostra tion, want oi vitality; convalesce, fevers, chronic chills and fever, dumbague, fe male diseases, broken-down constitu tion.*, ill health,;weakness, debility, im perfect action ot the organs of life and health, etc., ail of which make life mis erable : then indeed should the newspa per proas oi the country call the ©tten tionof sutiering humanity to so mrriiu ous a compound. We refer to Brovn’s Iron Birtlrs, a remedy having the largest sale in the Stats of any mouicine ever inyented, simply because it has true merit and gives permanent relief.- Herald. A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. A WHITE MAN SHOOTS A COLORED WOMAN. Mills. Ga., October Oct. 17.—Editor Argus : One of the most c id blooded murders ever committed in this (Jasper) county accurred 3 or 4 miles from this place last Friday. Mr. Dock Brewer of this county shot killed a colored woman in the dwelling of Mr. Rickard Ed wards. The difficulty causing the killing originated about, some cotton that was being gatiiered on Mr. Brewer’s premises, some, misunderstanding having gotten .Up in regard to a divi sion of the crop; Mr. Brewer knock ed her down w‘th a. rock, and she raii to tne Louse of Mr. Edward near by for safety, Mr. B. went to his house for his, gun and, returning with buck shot, twelve to bar rael went in to the house of Mr. Edwards and attempted to drag her from the house to shoot her, but she caught hold of the bedstead and being unable to drag her into the yard he leveled the gun dischargeing the contents intc bar neck and face one load, load having entered her right eye tearing off the side of her head scattering blood and brains over the bed and cleanly washed clothes folded in a chair near bv. Mr. Edwards and hie had gone to Macon that morning, and left Mrs. E alone, and she became so frighten ed that she ran in to the woods, and was net discovered till nearly night, her and x small boy was the only witness to the foui deed. L. MILLINERY. Mrs. r.L C. Wriglit, Indian Spuing, - - Ga. Ha i just received her Fall and Winter stock, consisting of, ladies’ and chil dren’s lists, Saques, Shawl*, Cloaks, Drhr Hosiery. Dra. s Goods, Jewel ry, Stationary, and various other article* too numerous to mention. LLe is also agent for the improved “Wheeler and Wi!s” sewing machint. October 20-1 month FURNITURE EMPORIUM Hampton, - - Georgia. The Furniture Manufactory of S. S. MIDDLETON Is now in full blast. His Brick Build ing is now full,of all kinds of Furniture at Bottom Bottom Prices. Mr. Middleton is a Practical Cabinet Maker and can fit up anything to suit purchasers. Besid°r he has ** Large Stock oi First-Class Furniture from other manufactories, Including burial Caskets. All who desire to make a purcliase should give him a trial. sept 17-tf AGENTS WANTED for tho Standard Edition' REVISED NEW TESTAMENT.. t aSHTES | Elegant Ed i%io n 1 LARGE TYi’fi j 600 page*. From SIOO to S7OO { Comparative Edi- —— tion, over 1100 pages “Hi**' y o/ tire. Bible aad of thejfew P.evifii a’* given to subscriber*. The secret of successful canvassing given pv ery agent, bend for oar liberal term*. iMentiomthis paper.] The Henry Bill Publishing Company, Norwich, Conn. Established 1847.] ”It may be months, darling, before we meet again,’’ he said, 3queziug hand as If that grip were hia last; mountains and valleys will divide us, forests and prairies perhaps the liver death itself. Can I do anything more than I have done to make you cherish my memory, and keep£your love for me unchanged?” “Oh’ yes,'’ she exclaimed, choking down the sobs, “buy me a box of tortose-shell hairpins before you start.” •%.Jr SHOWS IRON JOTTERS Et ceztst&n cuxe fov all diseases reqaLdus a, complete tonic; capo Ci&llp Dytrp&pela* listen Fevers, Wuat of Aj patito, ttoss cf etrongth, Itacli of Energy, etc* Skislchos tho ttfoog, strenjtli. em uRo muedeet and give© sew life to tho nerve*. Acts l&.o a cheorra "on the digestive organa, removing all dyepeptio aymptosae, such as tasting the food, Belching, Heat in tho fitomaoh. Heartburn, etc. Tho only Iron Preparation that will not blacken tho teeth or give hcodacho. Sold by all L r ug*> gluts at a bottle. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. Baltimore, -* Secth&t atl<!r<m w tufa by Paow* CniK Ot. wt have crvsMd r 4 Uaes and trate natfc oa irwp^lj BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Health, and vigor gme, and miraculous cures effect, bynsing Bvrrw n,s iron Bitters. Its sole i* immia -o. J’MONROE TAItOR ESTABLISHED 184*. M fttoi aaegafttL 113 WAT£B ST., NEWTOSK* 4 Thousands* disgusted with *ht ptxf article* offered in market, Swing J , Monro*Taylosi'*~Y X reparation*. They arASTSS ju nre and super. : of tGX ■ f Jv /narket. Ask your grocer for LS w rot be put off with any others eft*' %ave given them a trial. FUN! PUN!! FUN!I! IF you want to subscribe f t the fun niest newpaper published in the couth, send 50 cents to r ihe Southern Humorist, Corinth, Mississippi, for a year’s subscription. Seud fora?ample copy. Agents make big money workinv for us—send for term*. APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ROXq ORDINARY’S OFFICE, Butts C our ty, Ga., Octoiler sth, 1881. — Notice b hereby given tht a petition son Mie i this office, asking that tho road •cgu-.io;* nearß. J. Woodward’s shop, on 'he Mc- Donough road, and intersecting t < nob lic road at.lJeften’s Foard on i ov.-dig# River, also the road comm on* * a- a point near the reside* ce df Or. IT , y’: thence to the line of the c :: aila of Butts and Henry, be declare:, public •roiu# aLj&m e m ... ug* (. i 7 ■ era having been appointed r.a provided for, ad rej-orted fav ably. This is to no tify all persons, that on aad after the first Monday in November next, said or der will be finally granted if no good cause shown to the contrary. Witness my official signature. J. Ft Carmichael, octs-4t Ordinary, OUR BELOVED GARFi E L D AND HIS FAITHFUL CABINET An elegant Chrowo Lithograph o f our late President, -making, 3 full length portraits, printed in 10 col iora on heavy uapefa with a rich gold border. Size, 18xe0 inches. The *ale of this beautiful work oi art ha* been simply unprecedented at $1 pur copy. In order that every family may be able to' poeseV* thiP beautiful and touchiag suvenir oi our lato Preaident and hia Cabinet we will mail it for only 50 cents per copy. We can furnish this same subject, printed in 8 colors-, reduced t0 9x12 A C' pjj* NJ'T'Cfot only 15 c:s. inches intVJIAIM 1 OPostage stamp* WANTED^: 0 fo/Yj,lit reap a rich harvest with these beau tiful portraits. Nothing sells like them. Send for *amples and terms CONANT & CO., Publishers, •ept2o2m 7 IJey St,, How York. coier wieuarn&kiiigrPOtvdory Sold Rledal Cream Tartar,— •holdjttoflabW ashing 'talj