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Middle Georgia Argus
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IYD:aN SPR£NG, (>j-. . OCT. 27, 1881.
l.il\L MATTER.
'criMKr:(.' ?KSOTcrEM 2
~ •; 7 r :
hm 0. A. Nutting Esqr. formerly
of th- county and proprieter of RlAu
lers hactory, died last week, from
' 0 efleets of typhoid fever.
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W, 11. Harder will preach at La
mars Mills hex'Sunday, everybody
nvited to attend.
Mr. Jeff Prcstdn, has just stocked
is fish pond with a lot of carp, ho
er.;j the iargest tnd most substan
d pond in J c coun v.
There ha* I u-me important
aivdcz of date, near tills
[dace in he . . ;ew days. Tiie
lace ana * ties to this transaction
vill hr made mblic at an early day.
Mr. F . -ijt dll leave for Tipr
ain ait ay- vharo he will en
. aho in st .. raising if 1 a likes the
• •ouritry. *.vHl drive about one
i> : , el and .1 / Load of sheep
u a idol, and ’ ids locating -on
tiie g- if coast- <\obh him much
uccsss in his ei t e arise.
We have euqv bout real es
-1 .to- ; 0..1 men oi e.xpi 1 nee in the
bp. .iness. In regard to purchasing
suiUJio from , for truck and fruit
lu’turo wliicli is an evidence that
there will he a diversity of persuits
in our county when the railroad is
completed.
sew hands are coming in every
ty to voE on fie ? road, and
tiu w F is vv.*grfesir. moire satis
fact* ay than at any 1. > since the
Viupv !: ;;m. tne mum Maud sev
i O i
enteen passed this oilicb in one
L si * *
jsquad on l#lßLfc Friday from Green
cotfhty, ah ut eighty passed ill one
squad yesterday, and still we want
more.
. Dr. J. iI. Bryans contemplates es
tablishing a sheep farm near Indian
Spring', for the purpose of supply
plying this and other markets with
ut ton. u&L&fi. an daa lie intend*
to have a sufficient stock to author
ize tiie care of a shephard through
the day. and erection of a substan
tial coral ,to protect them at night,
We feel assured that it will be a
success.
v We leara>th£t*?dr. A..P. Wal 1 was
very suii§jlya anfosfterhaps fatally
hurt by a runaway horse one day
last week, while returning from Mc-
Doiv u;h court, he was dashed
against a tree b. : king his skull,
and causing concussion of the brain,
He was found in an insensible con
iition, and in one knew liow long
he had b en'm Ui&t- condition, and
his death, at last accounts was mo
menta ily expected. The buggy
vae completely wrecked.
SOMETHING OF A LONG
STREET BOOM.
Friends of Gene r.l Longflreet ex
press some confidence in the opin
ion that liebviil called into the
cabinet. H seems that several Re
oubikan Senatorslm-ve represented
to PreMdeui Arthur that the ap
pointment would bu a good one.
it has never previously been made
public that ut the Lime Mr. Key
went out of the cabinet ot Mr.
Hayes General Longmieet was very
strongly ’pressed ts his successor,
- p.d .11 m.e time Mr. llayo3 posi
t vely r< mised the friends of the
\-(. icocucMe * jfeiictal that ne
should appointment.
Afterv,aids the Republic
ans represented to Mr. Hayes that
if a citizen cf that Stfite wxs ap
pointed the Uepublieavis could elect
Me governor and carry the Legis
lature. thus €ecuun 0 a United
Stales Senator. This decided Mr.
Ilaycs to appoint Mr7 Maynard, and
General Longstreet was then given
Mr. Maynard’s |&tce_a3 mipisier to
Turkey.- Nqw General Grant, Mr.
Oenkiing, Senator % llogg,' of Lou
isiana.*and others Fresident
A' thurhave assturetF*liim that the
selectiofi of General Longstreet for a
cabinet position as a representative
Southern mail’ ayuany Southern
men whom General Longstreet at
one time and another commanded
still respect him for his purity and
dignity of char&eter, and would
take pride in his elevation, and
|MIvU it would be veyy favorably re
caaiod all over the South.
MtCEPTJOX OF THE EXCUR
SIONISTS.
GECKO 11 TO OHIO
ton. Jain:, i E. Boynton, presi
dent of the Sena-, cf Georgia, was
ini-nomeed and moke as follows:
CUker sof C io: Georgia wel
coirwo you with open hearts to this
c posit io r iiot or.iy to the exposi
tion but to her homos. We would
k iow mere o ' you and liave you
ki ow more of Georgia, because the
interests of Georgia and Ohio are
eoi nocb and. ’ Wa: e c onnected not
01 y by in* rests, but by rr.il con
nections that ought to make us one
in if grand dibit to advance th
cause of our country. Ohio, one of
the ricncrd, and wisest, and
ot the western states, comes here t
Gc- rgia. dhe comec to our exposi
tion. and we hope it is worthy of her.
I le pe you will remain with ur
long enough to see that Georgia
we’comes you with open arms. We
would know each other better, unite
mo o harmoniously and work tc
gotlier in a, common purpose for tin
good of our whole county. - I fear'
that Virginia’s claims to thb title of
mother of statesmen has been taken
from her, for we have looked with
pleasure toward Ohio who has fur
nished ys with statesmen worthy of
highest commendation. We unite
with you in mourning the death of
your distinguished citizen in whom
we all felt a common interest. Let
that mutual sorrow join us .more
closely. Georgia to-day wouUfl wel-,
come you. Georgia would have you
to be united with her more closely
thgyr in the past. Ladies and gen
tlemen, 1 cordially hoartiPy welcome
you to Georgia.”
At.the close of Colo; el 1 nynton’s
address, Mr. J. F. Blackburn, of
Cincinnati, was introduced and
spoke as follows, at a representative
of the :
“Mb. Chairman, ladiya And -gen
tlenujn : We are glad Jfo near A r our
wordt of welcome. Had we expect
ed to be welcomed < otherwise we
would not have been The
warmth of the reception has, how
ever, taken 113 by surprise. We
have 110 representative of the talk
toss tolTnow who will speak for us.
Speaking Cincinnati, I can only say
that she has demonstrated her anx
iety to establish friendly relations
with the south. We have bridged
rivers, crossed ravines, tunnelled
mountains and laid an iron band
between us. One that ought to
have enabled us tp reach you within
fourteen hours, but we did not do
it owing to an accident. It was
not the managers fault, however. I
will simply ask Mr. Dalton, 011 c of
our party to see if he can respond
to your cordial welcome.” .
Mr. James Dalton, of Cincinnati,
then arose and said :
“Mr. Chairman a id Gi ntlemen of
the Expositior, Lauies and Gentle
men : I was not aware that I would
be called upon to say a wml on
this aecasion, I can only say on be
half of the delegation that repre
sents our state and city, we are glad
to meet you. We are glad to be
here and hear. your words of wel
come and greeting. Ag my friend
Crane said that he was not in the
habit of making speeches I can cor
respond by spying tlmt I am not in
the habit of making responses.
Blit it makes me happy to make a
re spun oto Major Crane. This is
mv first visit to Atlanta, the first
glimpse I ever had of the great state
of Georgia, and as we came 0 er the
beautiful valley between Chatta
nooga and here it seemed to mo it
was a bed of flowers, being igno
rant that I was looking upon the
fields of white cotton. I only hope
to be able to take one of the boquets
with me when I go hack to Cincin
nati. We have come here to your'
own grand exposition, grand in its
conception, and will be glorious in
its success. You have evidenced
by this, by the mechinery, by the
products of agriculture, by the min
eral wealth displayed that Georgia
is one of the great. 'states of this
great country. We feel that we are
one great people. We felt when we
started the Southern road that we
would bind Atlanta to us by the
tighest bands, and when we com
pleted the road we ha# done so.
Like Atlanta, the city of Cincinnati
is a commercial city, an inland city.
Wo have one common interest with
you —we want your cotton and we
will give you our machinery for it.
J n re ply %o wh at p; y firiend Cxl• \1 e
said about the'&iuVinnati man who
i always poking for son atr ;
lAun Ci. *Mi *vll , t can say 1 a • c
have u :"i Mg some of our .
and I thi- .k s-o-io of you in c- rg’a
'.vc ’ . . rboring them.
■ . . * acinnati y • .
i 1 r-:.j . f i our girls there, i r.t-
V n.n, a.mw me to exprof. o*-r
to you
greeting and w lcome, an- ! .
only, say in return, our heart a: and
homos arc open to receive yen a.
any time tint you will visit Cir. in*
nati. ’
Bmoi kd in Cotton bonr .
We In. i. at aMr. Reeves, -i n
on th !* t. between Stuarts be mid
Milne-. a little four year old boy
in .a very peculiar manner last Sat
urday. The little fellow, pTying
about the yard went into rra out
house in which was a large pile of
cotton seed and dug a hole gome
feet deep in them. Into this the
little 1k v hU, and being unable tq
extricate himself, suffocated, nd
vas dead when found.—Piko Coun
ty News.
We <. atho aciention of oin .?■ vi >to
the advert of J. Monroe Taylor.
Thia house lias been established neerb
40 years, and their goods are c< k-b’-ated
for purity and strength. We would rec
ommend* a trial of their Gold Medal
brands to all who desire cookerv.
A COLORED HERO
“Strod your ground, did you? 55
' “No, sa; 1 runs.”
‘,Run at first tire, did } f ou?
“Yes, f;a ; air would jfc*vc run
on a had I know’d it wot cumin 5 . 5
“Why, that wasn’t very creditable
to your courage.”
“Dat isn’t in my line, sa; eookin’s
my professhun.”
“Well! but have you no regard for
your reputation?”
“Reputation’s nuffin to me by de
side of life.”
•‘Do you consider your life worth
rnoreHhan other people’s?”
“It’s worth more to me, sa,”
“Then voti must prize it very
highly?” ’ ,
“Yes, sa! T does; more than all
this world, more dan a million dol
lars, sa; for what would that be
wuttr tq a man with the bref out of
hirnd Eey-nrcserbashun is the firs 4
Taw wm me/,
“But why should you act upon a
different rule from other men?”
“Cause, sa ; different men set diff '-
rent value upon der-selves; my life
is not in.de mart.eV.H 1
“But if you iQßtj. $ ,you . .wnuld
have the satisfaction, of knowing
that you died fqrtyour,country.”
“What satisfACtipn, would dat be
to me, when the power of feelin’was
gone?”
“Then patriotism and honor are
nothing to you?' 5
“Nu im’ whatever, sa.”
* “If oui sol b#rs were liko you,
traders might have broken up the
government without resistance,”
“Yes, -u; would have been no
help for it l wouldn’t put my life
in the scales fipainst any gubermert
could replace do less tc me. ‘Spoct
dough tor dat de guberment safe, if
da all like me.”
“Do you think any of your com
pany won*. have missed you if you
had been kill d? -
‘ 1 play bp a v sa, A derd white
man ain 1 miuh to • Leso sojers, let
alone a dead nigga; but I’d a miss
ed myself, and dat was de pint wid
me."
LAS'L MEEK’S COTTON FIG
URES.
A ng .0 the cotton exchange
hgui'v fit us yesterday, t-ie re
ceipts; all the tJnitcd States ports
since last Fr’ Ay week were 181,711
bales, nrait * bales for tho
corvespondiii v w.eck of last year —
showing a locs n the week of 52,-
333 bales. T' 53 added to the deficit
reported by the New York Chroxi
c’lE of the week before, will show an
aggregate falling off 01 177,535
bales since first September last.
This is small, but pretty clearly in
dieateswliat is coming. The weath
er has been highly favorable to
gathering the Picking has
not been interrupted by a single
storm, nor has it been curtailed
much, so far. by the scanty produoe
of the fields, which cannot be felt
till the work uf gathering has been
well progressed with. A half filled
pitcher pours as freely as a full
one, nearly to the extent of its con
tents.- „>o.a meagre cotton field will
yield liberally until the full bolls
become scarce and the picker has
to reach about for material to fill
his sack. About-sixth of last year’s
yield has now been marketed, and
it is not time yet for any material
shortage to be shown. —Macon Tel
graph.
LETTER FROM PETER BINDER
TiLh VISIT TO PIKE COP NT Y
Smith’s Mill*, October I'b J •
— Editor Argus : In accordance
vr.ii mv promise to give you acme
■1 along our ups downs tui-ougn
the Ihi 1. We will start ‘ y .'.yjng
Mat everything is moving on lovely
Hieso parts. The fam rs have
bion wide awake ana making use
oi the beautiful weather to gather
their crops.
Friend 1) zlcr is doiip v, 1 letter
an trade than usual, aid his eol
-5.0 lions satisfactory. M. b liiomp
n is doing a good business in the
-..if, grinding steadily t. ough the
v, playing the fid die at .ngld- anu
•-; ng at oh times for i..c ♦inuse
mciit of his customs’s.
Ed. Edwards cards ail the wool
ho can get, and saws hrni'-cr tv lien
it tains. Smith & Thomp.ioii, has
gined a large amount of cotton and
still crowded, with A. B Smith at
tho scales.
Web Mr. Editor, one oi our fel
low beings, wishing to consign us
to a probation of punishment, by
■ay of abuse asked us to, "go to
dike, and judging from the humor
whenco the invitation come we ielt
that such a trip would be anything
bnt pleasant, but as wo ba-1 been
confined to business for several
months missing all the “big 5 ' sing*
i xga or swingings, as Sain Jones
calls them, we concluded we would
wake the trip to Pike.
Everything being made ready foi
a few days stay from home we left
o Li lone cottage by ths stream late
in the afternoon, just in time to
end the night with our noble
hearted triend (and brother) C. F-
Ethridge. The night being spent
ifi pleasant dreams in anticipation
of meeting old friends mu forming
new acquaintances in the much
abused Pike.
Next morning, we kissed our
‘babe’ 5 adieu, and mounted behind
a span of horses, soon we found
ourself on the platform of the store
at High FaiH, calling for a cigar
to Sceep up steam to the next station
which was Unionviile, which place
is known bv a wide place in the
to ad; a store, and a finger board,
passsing on we next came to Liber
ty J till, here things are more lively
as they have a steam gin to keep up
a ‘fuss. Being in five miles of Mil
ner we pulled our reiiio and put our
team to time and reached Milner
just in time to get a glimpse of the
departing train, as .it .moved off
with a delegation qfcoloied Baptists
for the Association at Griffin.
After a short stay with friends at
this I soon found myself at
the hospital home of Mr. George
Swann, two miles beyond Milner
where tvo partook of a bountiful and
much relished dinner, we were
more than glad to, meet Mo’ilie (his
wife) who lived for many years our
neighbor, and we \ know of many
trials and responsibilities she has
undergone, ihrqngjijsdl of which she
has proved ‘heregif one oi the
moat worthy, we' cannot pas her;
little sister, Nannig .unnoticed, she
recognized 11 a and irtet us at the
gate with a smile and a. kiss, and
we say god bless her for we know
how to anpreciato the condition of
the motherless child.
dime having sw !we must de
pan we soon found our .self at Zebu
lon the county site of Pike, along
lbe read we pass some beaut hoi
farms that seem to be in an iinpov
ed condition, and good corn and
cotton crops on them. Leaving
Zebulon for Concord the place of
destination, we pass over six miles
of beautiful road and cur journey
is ended for the day. This little
place has a very nice appearance,
some very nice dwellings,two stores,
grist -mill, cotton gin, and a (Hard
Shell) Baptist church and as such
churches doift exist in town we sup
pose the town or church one or the
other will have to be moved before
the town can be incorporated.
we spent the night with an old
friend who knows exactly how' to
extend old fashione G( rgia hos
pitality, and after partaking of his
hospitality, we took a stroll around
the village accompanied, by Miss
Mollie and Johnii, for the purp oso
of extending our acquaintance and
arranging for a trip to Mount Olives
the next day, and on the morning
according to agreement, we met our
newly made friend at the appointed
rhour and proceed fcmtbwflrcl to
ward the mountains over a beauti*
ful country a distance of seven mi let
v c reach the church, this church
hr ; ; a membership of two hundred
or : 1 fifty. The congregation consist
ed of many fair ladies, and just such
looking men, as generally belong to
a Hard Shell churcliand if this was a
Hard Shell instead of a Missionary
there would soon be more laborers
called to the harvest, as the timber is
thereto make thorn with, wo had a
very impressive sermon by Rov.
Hcoten, after which we on joyed the
usual gossip of the ladies, until time
to return to the home of our lady
friend where we spent a delightful
afternoon, and not sotislied with
what we had seen fluke we pro*
posed a trip to Flat Shcals e.r. ■
company with Miss F. and Me
we soon found oursd/es or
banks of the Flint viewmg
beautiful scenery that rxL e hau
spread out before us, eves, lug
bridge that spans the stream ° uis
tance of six hundre 1 feet, nv_
to the mill gin and public :F.s . cry .
next thing after viewing < w ma
chinery was a romping be;: ride
and we think a falling iuh a si real
and to end the fun, a water meiio.,
dinner was proposed which wa i a
treat at the late season o' die yeai,
this delicious part of the programme
was served at the house of Mr. C. a
relative of our fair entertainer,
when we arrived at Ids house we
found him ready to start to Green
ville on business, Miss Mollic decid
ed to accompany him, and thus left
us under the care of Miss F. and her
kinsman afftt rgiiit royally did they
entertain us, we never had the good
fortune to meet a more social clever
and hopital people than Mr. C. rind
his good lridy, arid we have lib re
grets that the delay of Miss Mollie
in returning, necessitated our stay
ing all night under the roof of their
hospital home and we hope the sun
shine of happiness may continue to
beam upon it.
The time up, for our stay from
home we make an early start next
morning .and soon arriye at the
home of our esteemed lady friend
and take the parting hand, and pull
the reins for Bhrnesville, arriving at
this place and seeiug our horse safe
ly in the care of Stephens & Mur
phey we call on our old friend 0. S.
Higgins, who is always jolly and
clever, and who is by the way one of
Barnesville’s best, most substantial,
wide awake business men, leaving
this place the long l#nes that spread
out before us, soon disappear in the
distance behind us and by night we
pull up at. Viola Mills in Monroe
county and reach home next day
perfectly delighted with our trip,
and feel that we will never be offend
ed in the future when anyono says
go to Pike.
Peter Pender.
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MILLINERY.
Mrs. M. C. Wright,
Imran Spring, - - Ga
Has just received her Fall and Yd to
sLek, consisting of, ladies’ and cl.il*
dren's Hats, Saques, Shawls, C' .kv
1' Imans, Hosiery, Dress Goods, Jewd
, Stationary, and various other article?
i numerous to mention.
! Lho is also agent for the in rived
Wheeler and Wils” sewing machine
i October 20-1 month
i URNITURE EMPCRIL M.
Hampton, - - Georgia
The Furniture Manufactory M
3. S. MIDDLETON
Is noiv in full bla t. His Blink Build
ing is now full of ali kinds o'i Furniture
at, Bottom Bottom Prices.
Mr. Middleton is a Practical Cabinet
Maker and can lit up anything to suit
purchasers. Besides he has a Largd
Stock of First-Class Furniture from other
• minutaetories, including burial Caskets.
11l who desire to make a purchase
siiould give him a trial. set PT-tf
GPDINARY’S OFFICE, B- riv- ( xrv
Ga. , Oct. 24, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that : ■ h re*
c. re sealed proposals until f! 1 drst
I s von day in December next. The con
tr; to keep and maintain those paupers
who nro entirely helpless, and, -depend
\vhol> upon the county for tb. rcapport,
resen ing the right to reject any an;; ail
bids, ii in my discretion, the puhhe in
terest and economy require it. td
J. F. CArmichai.,
Or dim* ry.
ELECTION NOTICE
FENCE. OR NO FEN -. i
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, But* in srv,
Ga., Oct. 24, loSl. —Fifty ire Fielders
filed in this office. September 2oth 188 L
a petition, asking that the questions of
Fence or no Fence be submitted to the
legal voters of Butts county. Notice of
which lus been given in term 3 of law,
no counter petition has been filed, it is
therefore ordered, that an election be
held on Wednesday the 29th day of
November next, in each militia district
in Butts county, at which ail voter? quaF
ified to vote shall cast their votes in lho
militia district where they reside, for
Fence or no Fence. ’
Given under my hand and seal oi of
fice, Oct. 24, 1881. J. F. CarmicHal,
oct 24-4 t Ordinary.
APPLICATION FOR PUBLIC ROAD
ORDINARY’S OFFICE, Butts Coun
ty, Ga., October sth, 1881.—Notice L
hereby given that a petition is on file in
this office, asking that the road begining
nearß. J. Woodward’s shop, on the Mo
Donough road, and intersecting the pub
lic road at Heflen’s Foard on Towaliga
River, also the ..road commencing at a
point near the residence of Dr. Henley’s
thonce to the line of the counties of
Butts and Henry, he declared public
roads of the second class. Commission
ers having been appointed as provided
for, and reported favorbly. This is to no
tify all persons, that on and after the
first Monday in November next, said or
der will be finally granted if no good
cause shown tc the contrary. Witness
my official signature.
J. F. Carmichael,
octs*4t Ordiuary.
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