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middle Georgia Argils
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
MORNING.
INDIAN SPRING, GA., NOV. 3,1881.
LOCAL MATTER.
Mr. A. P. Wall is dead^
Spaulding county voted no fence.
Read the Fall announcement of
Bramlett <fc Bro., and give them a
cal!, their house is one of the best
n M ddle Georgia.
Dr. Henley, an esteemed Citizen
ot this county^'dropped dead in
Grifiln, one day teat week.
Abram Maddox an old and res
pected citizen of Jasper county died
at his home last Saturday night.
Mr. George Ray, a prominent and
highly esteemed citizen of this coun
ty had his arm broken by running
gear of his gin, one day last week.
When you go to the cotton Exp*>-
sition call on Broomhead & Cos., in
Atlanta and get your supply of
Doors, Sash, Blinds Ac. See their
advertisement.
The old reliable Vineburg of For
syth has got’ hbme again in his new
brick store, and is nt>w ready to re
pair your watch or clock, or fit you
up with any kind of jewelry.
Because it adds to personal Beauty
by restoring color and lustre to gray
or faded hair, and beneficial to the
scalp, is why parker’s Hair Balsam is
such a popular dressing. 1
i nov.3-lm
It is a Foolish Mistake to con
found a remedy of merit with the
quack medicines now so common.
We have used parker’s Ginger Tonic
with the happiest results fpr Rheu
atism and Dyspepsia, and when
worn out by overwork, and know it
to be a stalling health restorative.
Times. See adv.
nov.3-m
One of the hands named Joe
Brown at work on the railroad says
he had to ie ive Atlanta because the
cotton exposition has forced board
up so high that h© couldn’t afford
to lodge in the Fulton county jail,
lie says that has been his boarding
place for some time but can’t afford
it while the exposition lasts.
Read the election notice headed
‘'Fence or no Fence,” and be ready
to cast your vote in the right place
on Wednesday the 2th inat. Now
is the time to decide the question,
parties wishing tickets for their rest
bective districts pan get them at
ibis ofiwe just before election. We
wiU print them free of charge.
We hoard one of our merchants
aav on last Saturday that he didn’t
believe a man could ever get to
heaven if he sold good* on time and
took cotton in payment, and we are
inclined to his opinion. We don’t
favor giving a premium to a man
for paying his debts, nor we can’t
endorse the 100 per cent. grab.
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 night in pr f
erence to staying in the over crowd
ed hotels of the city. The Brooks
House gives first class entertain
ment in every particular. Board
$2.00 per day.
THE WORKING MAN.
The noblest men 1 know on earth
Are men whose hands are brown with
toil;
Who backed byco ancestral groves,,
Hew down the wood and till the soil;
And win thereby a prouder name
Than follows king or warrior’s fame.
Th? working men, what’er the task.
Who carve the stone or bear the hod,
The/ bear upon their honest brows
The royal stamp and seal of God;
Aud worthier are their drops of sweat
Than diamonds in a coronot.
God bless the noble working men,
Who rear the cities of the plain,
Who dig the mines, who build the ship s
And drive the commerce of the main,
God bloss them, fertheir toiling hands
Have wroughl the glory of all lands.
- iKtONGTHE LEWS* ~
MOW THE WORK IS PROGRESSING.
We have just returned from a
trip to Iceburg and found every
thing progressing favorably along
the lines except in sgme places a
scarcity of hands, there seems to be
a restlessness among the colored la
borers, some way they don’t “stick”
there being a disposition to move
up and down the lines, hunting for
the best place, working to time don’t
seem to suit some of them.
The convict feroea are making
good headway with their part of the
work, Mr. Caldwell one of the con
tractors had to suspend work last
week for want of hands, Gar
bourie is moving along sinoothly
with his work. There is a consider
able part of the line at the Thomas
place, on which no wolk has been
done owing to the failure to secure
right of way in time for contractors
to begin at that point.
Mr. “Len” Greer is moving along
lively. Messrs. Coleman A Petty
are increasing their forces and pro
pose to push things. Mr. Miller
fyas finished his section, Mr. Cos
tello &&d also Mr. Sheahan has full
forces and only want good weather
and a few taams to be able to finish
up by time.
HE CAME BACK.
Governor Duval, of Florida was the
sqn of a poor Virginian, a stern,
strong taciturn man. The boy was
a huge youth of fifteen. At the
cabin fire, at bed time, according 4o
tk* custom of putting on a back log,
the old man said, between the
whiffs of his silent pipe •
“Tab, go out and bring jn that
gum back log and put it Un the
fire.”
Tab, went out and surveyed the
log. He knew it wka of no use ex
plaining that it was too heavy, nor
prudent for him to return witheut
having it on his shoulder. His lit
tle sister passing, was not turprised
that he requested her to bring out
the gun and powder horn, as a pos
sum or epon might have passed, or
the brother might have seen bear
sign. She brought thj gun and
.Tab started. He found the way
through the woods into Kentucky,
in 1791, After an absence of eigh
teen years he was elected to Cdn
gress. A man of immense size and
strength,he started for Washington,
going by the way of his old home,
to see the folks who had long since
given him up for dead. Entering
the little cabin door near bed time,
he saw the indentical gum log. He
shouldered it, pulled the latch
string and with his load stood be
fore the old man, pipe in mouth,
quite as usual.
“Here is the gum back log fath
er.”
“Well you’ve been a long time
getting it—put it on the fire and go
to bed,’” was the reply.—San An
tonio Herald.
1L..11 ■ Ml
NEW STORE.
We have moved into our now
stone building and have qn hand,
and to arrive, the largest stock of
goods ever brought to Jackson, and
offer them at prices that defy com
petition.
HARDWARE, TINWARE,
QUEENSWARE.
Groceries and plantation supplies,
Bacon, Flour, Syrup, Molasses, Su
gar, Coflee, Plows. Tracechains, and
many other things toa numorsus to
mention.
DRESS GOODS.
Ladies dress goods, Calicos, Trim
mings, Ac., a full line of notions
our goods were purchased with an
eye single to the interest of the
people of Butts and surounding
counties our assortment is too large
and varied for general enumeration
Messrs. G. R. Fretwell and J. B.
Watkins will sa heretofore, act as
salesman and Respectfully solicit*
the patronage of their friends and
the public generally.
Call and examine our stock be
fore purchasing elsewhere and be
convinced at low price*.
A. M. C. Watkins & Son.
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NIGHT.
WHAT SHALL WE DO.
WILL THB RAILROAD BE A CUnSE.
Now that the time for settlement
of Recounts is at hand. We hear
the question constantly asked, “how
will you come out?” The response
is invariably a gloomy one. I had
to pay so high for supplies to make
my Grop that it will take all my
cotton to loot the bill and I will be
obliged to go on time again next
year and I am afraid it will be with
the same result.
We ask the merchant how is col
lectio.ns, his response is, “collections
slow and what I get is in cotton and
I have to pay such a high price for
it that I will loose nearly all the
profits.” Hence we see that neither
farmer nor merchants are satisfied
with this pernicious system of trade
thtft is breaking the peace of our
fellow citizens and robbing our feir
land of itr> f nty.
Then if this be so, who is bene fit
ted by this abominable system of
trade? The answer is a very plain
one, it benefits the man who buys
without any inteation of paying, and
the frugal honest hard fisted farmer
that buys on time and pays one hun
dred per cent, for the indulgence, is
paying the debt of the ‘ thriftless
unreliable creature t hat purchases
on the same terms by giving a fio
*
ticious mortgage that he never in
tends to pay. Don’t the merchant
kno when he is selling goods on
time that he must he jnust put
enough per cent, on the goods to
cover the loss on the bad customer?
Don’t the merchant when h*> sells
goods on time put the price so as to
covsr the extra price he knows he
will have to give for cotton id pay
ment; and we add',' don’t'they know
they mnst put on something to pay
for riding twice a day to your sot
ton field during the picking season
to see if any othsr fellow is hanging
around trying to get any of your cot
ton? Yes my farmer friends you
pay for all these luxuries, '
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
The answer is easy enough, begin
this very day to turn oven anew leaf
begin to-day to make your arrange
ments to have no - mortgage hang
ing over you next year, resolve to
be a free man, no matter what the
sacrifice, purchase liberty at any
price, insult the man that would
ask youjfor a mortgage on yeur little
home, your horse or cow. and calf,
and then gain his pardoft by giving
him a bouncing cash bill in the fall,
and plank the money down. He
will then greet you with a smile and
feel ashamed that he ever asked you
to cross your bunds and tie yourself
for him. Do you say how will we
turn over anew leaf? Then I ask
WILL THE RAILROAD BE A CURSE ?
We are entering upon anew era
the construction of the new railroad
opens up to us new life and places
within our reach new opertuuities
the construction is costing large
sums of money. Shall we grasp
our opertunity and get a. part of it,
or shall we stand idle and let others
pluck the fruit? What benefit do
you expect to derive from it, do you
expect it to bring more guano, com,
and meat, to supply you on credit?
If so, to you it will prove a curse
but if you will get some cash spnt in
its construction and operation, and
thereby avoid debt it will be to you
a blessing. If you don’t want to
work for the railroad, then work for
someone who is working for it and
get some of the money. Go to work
and get cash to buy your supplies,
for next year, there is work now for
every available man and team, if
you havent got enough good -ay'r
work to do on the farm, ;*<> io u.c
railroad, and if you cant make
enough by time to begin next crop
to purchase the necessarry supplies
to make your crop, then instead of
planting 30 acres and buying on
time> curtail your crop to 20 gcrea
andgfive one third of your time to
work for cash to pay with, you need
have no fears about not being able
to get work, it will be many months
and years before we will see the
time again in Butts that there will
be a scarcity of work—and the man
who will go to work at one dollar
per day from now until February
can save enough money to pay for
more supplies than three bales of
cotton would get at time prices. Let
life new'ratlroad
be the death knell to the credit sj Ts
tonr in Butts county. If you have
mort land than you can cultivate
withopt going in debt, then break it
up and let it go to grass, and cut in
lay to sell fer cash to keep } r ou from
going in debt in the summer, work
hr cash, hire-out your teams for
cash, buy at cash prices what" you 1
want, so that when your crop is gath
ered, you can sell all tie surplus of
it tor cash, and thereby be enabled
to run on a solid cash basis the
next year, then your wife will smile
more pleasantly, your children will
romp more gleefully, and your stay
ing place can then be called home
and the printer who expects to make
his living by printing mortgages
would receibe his just reward,
which would be a home in the poor
house, or death by starvation.
CORRESPONDENCE,
York 0 the Branch, Jasper
Counhy, Ga.—As it has been a long
time since I have written to the Ar
gus, I will now venture to write. I
was ©n the verge ol writing some
time ago when we had a little rail
road boom (which I believe is still
born) I thought then, that I would
write up railroad affairs generally
and show you hotr j übiiaftt-We were;
but Mr. Cole, with an eagle’s eye,
scanned the whole position with a
view, doubtless, to the greatest jn
terost sf all concerned, for Whi^h
au ONE SHOULD BLf MB HIM. 1 have
reason to believe, however, that, the
“Jolly old soul” still has his eye
fixed on the little spot of Territory
around Monticello, merely as a graz
ing patch, which will greatly #eve 1
op euy resources, And. still ‘make
Soihg of us mighty glad. So I am
mach pleased to heiqTof the pros
perity p£ yourself and neighbors;
of the good fortune of
ho>ebt Will, long life and peace
The drought has been fa
tal here, and it ig nip and tug be
tween the guano man, merchant and
landlord, as to who shall have what
tittle is made, as the tenant got his
share before the crop was made, he
is the best off. So that He has noth
ing to do, but to work, be easy anc.
while the - aje far
from either. Joe. Darter.
IN MEMORJ UM.
James M. Thoppeitt, died of Ty
phoid fever at his home near Camp
Hill Ala. on the 23rd of October
1881. after several weeks of painfu
suffering, Monroe, as he was famil
iarly known was the main stay of a
widowed mother, and six younger
brothers aud sisters and his death
robbed the community of a noble
young man, and his mother and
family of a kind protector.
Bereft of his father when but a
child, he with manly fortitude as
sumed the responsible position and
toiled for the support of those left
to his tender care. Jle united with
the church some months ago, and
bid fair to be a bright shining light
amsng its members, but the animat
ing smile of his face is not seen, nor
the sound of his footsteps heard at
our monthly reunions at the house
of worship, his labors on earth has
eaded and the body of our brother
(in Christ) now lies beneath the
trees in the family burying ground,
while his soul is, we feel assured,
fliting among the redeemed of heav
en, as about the last audible ex
pression that fell from his lips, was
in singing the following verse :
I’ll soon be at home over there,
For tne end of my journey I see :
Many dear to my heart over there
Are watching and waiting for me.
It was heart rending to the wid
owed mother to part with the cher
ished darling, cut down irf the bloom
f e.-.riy manhood, how sad I to see
f he orphaned brothers and Osiers
weeping around th# casket, but
their loss is his eternal gahTand
thev should try t : o emulate his ex
ample in bowing to the will of divine
providence and rejoice that he has
been called frem a world of gloom
and sorrow to a home of joy and
peace eternal. Wa extend car sym
pathy to them with the hope that
tkey may be ready and waiting
when they receive the summons to
follow him home. A Friend.
We call the attention of our readers to
the advertisement of J. Monroe Taylor.
This bouse has been established nearly
40 years, and their goods are celebrated
for purity and strength. We would
ommend a trial of their Gold Medal
brands to ail who desire cookery. ■
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Pa., writes: “My age is 38 years. I was
born with an excellent constitution, but
at the age of 19, hauing just finished my
collegiate education, I fell into habits of
dissipation. After six years of fast liv
ing I felt mv constitution broken down.
I put myself under the care of one of our
best physicians. His treatment seemed
to do me no good. Finally he said at
best I could live but a few yeari, that
my bowels, kidneys and lungs were all
threatened with consumption and were
fast wasting away in certain decay. I
tried everything advertised, hoping to
gainjrelici. Finally I drifted into a state
oj melancholy and hopelesk "despair, suf
fering excruciatingly from dyspepsia,
short breath, and urinary catarrh. A
year ago I saw Brown’s Iron Bitters ad
vertised. I used them, and they acted
like a charm, I soon began to enjoy
dreamless slumber—and now I leef my
self a man once more, and have gained
54 pounds since using the remedy. I
feel very strong and can hold out a 45
pound weight. Brown’s Iron Bitters
saved my life-”
AT THE EXPOSITION.
A SUIT OF CLOTHES IN 6 HOURS.
How Fast They WpjtkED. —lt is
seldojn that anything attracts as
widespread attention in this section
as was called up by the unique feat
of the Williamantic linen company
in the manufacture of two suits of
clothes on Governors’ day. Every
body had something to * say -of the
wonderful exhibition of fast ma
chinery. There was nothing on the
grounds that was considered half as
interesting, and the great gpace oc
cupied by the company presented
a scene of great and activity through
out the entire day. Since Gover
nors’ day the feat has been univer
sally discussed, and will afiord a
lively topic for months to come. A
description of this fast macninery
would prove of great interest were
it possible to give it. £ut the in
tricacies necessary to secure the de
gree of perfection that has been at
tained, render a description wholly
impossible. Neverthelass the ac
tual time occupied with each ma
chine cannot fail to furnish article
that will be filed away for the re
membrance of a great day at the
Exposition. At ap early hodf the
cotton was picked from a patch on
the grounds belonging to Mr. D, U.
Sloan, of Norcross. The cotton was
of the variety known as the Ozier
silk cotton, and was pronounced as
fine short staple as was ever seen in
this country. At seven o’clock it
was ginned in a twinkling and at
once started upon the journey which
was to end so quickly, and in such
an astonishingly changed appear
ance for the cotton. The ginning
of the entire lot required less than
twenty minutes. It was then taken
at onee to the picker where it spent
half an hour. The crowd that was
watching the process of manufac
ture had grown to considerable pro
portions, and as the cotton passed
from machine to machine the en
thusiasm was intense. After leav
ing the picker, the cotton went to
the cards. These beautiful and re
markably perfect pieces of mechan
ism were watched with the greatest
admiration. In half an hour it left
the slubber, and in thirty minutes
more it was being spun into the fill
ing* In twenty minutes more it was
going to the looom. As the Comp
ton loom, which, was the one in use.
started with its energetic clatter,
there was enthusiasm enough to
give a rousing three cheers. The
material for the vest began to make
its appearance at 9 o’clock, and
that for the coat and pants emerg
ed an hour later. The cloth came
through rapidly and at 12:30 the
first pieca of goods for the suits was
taken to Thomas’ dye house, and in
twenty-seven . minutes had been
dyed, dried, and was ready for the
tailors. This quick work was done
by Mr. M. Henry, who represents
N. Spencer Thomas’ dyeing process
es. The manipulation of the loom
was done under the direction of Mr.
J. A. Clark, who is with the Comp
ton display- At 13:55 the cotton
that less than six hours before was
hanging upon the stalk was handed
to Mr. Groese, the tailor, to be * cut
out. The sewing was done at the
Wheeler & Wilson 'cotton exhibit.
6 :C5 the suits were completed, and
at 7 o’clock Governor Bigelow was
encased in one, receiving a delega
tion from the Atlanta University at
the residence of Director-General
Kimball, while Governor Colouitt
at the Executive Mansion, was" ad
miriug the first walnut picker coat
that had ever fallen to his portion.
A TRUE CASE FOR REGRET.
It makes the heart of every philan
thropist and to see so many worthies!
patent medicines puffed and adversised
for the cure of chronic diseases. Usual-t
lv the remedy is some vile cathartic
compound or alchoholic preparation,
combined with buchu, turpentime or
other savere diuretic that affords the
invalid only temporady relief, but which
lasting effect, and in truth even
nail y bring on a eomplication of diseas
* jising from a state oi worn out an
exbasted 'digestive' and tuTnofy 6qgan&
that nothing but heath can relieve.
Invalids should trust more to nature for
thier recovery. A gentle medicinal tonic
that stimulates enfeebled digestion and
st rengthens every part of the system by
its soothing and refreshing effect on both
mind and body, is nature’s truest and
best assistant. Sueh a remedy is Brown’s
Iron Bitters, a medicine surpassing
the sale of all other remedies when
ever itf merits become known, for
it acts in such perfect harmony
with, the laws of life and health,
that all pullmonary urinary and di
gestive troubles are prevented mid
permanently cured by its timely u*o.
It contains no alchohol, and will
not blacken the teeth. Physicians
and ministers endorse and reooni
men and it.
SUICIDE OF A PAUPER PLAN
i.: TER.
Isaac Smith, a white pauper in
the almshouse at Newberry. S. C.,
committed.suicide Friday. At one
time he was the wealthiest citizen
of Newberry county, his plantation
being valued at $250,000. But thfe
results of the war ruiu,ed him. He
had been an inmate of the poor*
house about ten years, but was foil
ed. About 3 o’clock Friday after*
noon he told his wife he was tired
of life, and that he would kill him
self. He took an old musket and
started off to the garden. His wife
tried to stop him, but he turned
upon her, when she fled. He then
went into an old outhouse, aricf>
takiig the shoe and stocking from
his left footj stood up against an old
shutter, which he placed against
the wall, and pulled the trigger with
his toe. The tesnlt was instant
death, 1
-j/y.,
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Mr. Samuel McKenzie, Cumberland
Md., write*: “I am 68 years of age.
About four year* ago I began to go Into
decline. I suffered from dyspepsia,
stone in the bladder, weak lungs, and
general nervous debility. Nothing I
tried did me any good until J used
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MILLINERY.
Mrs. M. G. Wright
Indian Spring, - - Ga.
Has just received her Fall and Winter
stock, consisting of, ladies’ and ch£-
dren’s Hats, Saques, Shawls, Cloaks,
Dolman*, Hosiery, Dress Goods, Jewa>
ry, gutionary, and various other articles
too numerous to mention.
She is also agent for the improved
“Wheeler and Wils” sewing machine.
October 20-1 month
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