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3hi tut (fry «(• lUlitor.
DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
HAmsT Cmrurii.-IM . E.T. Weaver,Pun
tor. Preaching 8uminy-*chrtol l»t and 3rd Sunday* J. Ki in Paul* each
tiuintli. U R. ii»m
lin Supt. Prayer meeting Tlmruduy even¬
ing*.
MiemonisT (WEnctt,— Rev J.O. Langnton
Va-lfir. ji I’rertelllhB 2nd and 4tii Bundity* in
/in month. Siunlny-fcehonl Ladle*’ Prayer l» meeting «. m. \V. Tur*- A.
Graham Hay Supt. Young mens’ Prayer meet¬
idler,mom
ing Tuesday Wednesday evening. ovetjitlg. Regular Prayer meet¬
ing
I’rksiiytkhiax P. ('tinnrn. Drown Supt, Sunday
sell, ml y a. hi. J. li.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
,T. E. l»itnHill,!S*D. Coleman. J. F.
Creel, A. L. Foster,* J. N’. Rigbie,
County Treasurer, J. P. If. Brown
Tax Cot,moron, W, li. Harrison.
Tax Rbckiyer, T* K. Davis.
CotlONEK, J I) Owens.
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
r>\Kt.K.T 1 ,«*hok; Sal’irfliiV JTu. 17.—itrgular meet¬
ing M nu'l 3rd ewnii'g*. T. M
llr> .vii, Sei\, D. F. (iiiiui, \N . M.
LWAYKTTB 2nd Saturday CltAlTKIl evening. Nl». 12— ftt'gullM W. A■
ini'i'iing' Graham, i\
H.
W. A. Graham Council, X<n 22—Rogiilnr W.
im’i't'ilHf 4th Saturday evening. A. Gru
lmm, TIG M.
K t>(* ii. Gaino* Tiodge No. 1887—•RfKUlni
tniM'ting 2nd and 4tli Tiii- da.v nights \V. I.
Light fart, li*'|M»rtch T Mjltown, Dlt-tntoi
COUNTY.
Sitkuior Court.— Hurt. .1 T Clarke judge
, hutlive, elvrk
J It Guerrv, mdieilor. .1 NY
d T MeAllUeK sherilf. Regular term, 4tl.
Ktoiulay* in .March and Sojitenibor,
Uoitrt of Ordinary.— R. T.
PiHite, Ordinary, oaeli Kegular Inhctiiig lit,;
Monday in month
County Court —G. G.
J !/djr/».
III WIN cN WARWICK,
Attorneys at law.
trwill Bluetieo in Superior Courta
1‘aUulu Cfreult. tf
J, T. 3IANDEVILLE,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
mtOmcK it ChntkalDhuo Store.
O. 1( s* fOTtCMi
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mu.Slio]>iiii(lerh?lDuU fire Gallery* S I
Central Railroad of Georgia.
Motirc to TnirtUnif l*ublir:
best and clieapo*t passenger foute to
NEW YORK and BOSTON
f A vin Savannah and elegant Steamers thence
Pinsongor* Ketbri* purchasing tickets via
other Mute* would do well to m Dili IT first ot
th« merits of the avoid route >lu*t via and 8uvunnah. Urtlious by
which they will a
till-rail ride. Hates include unfl stute
nsim on. Stcatiu r._ .
Houmt tiehrtiS will he placed __ sale
June gornl trip to ri'tnni until October on
1st.
New York »t**amer* sail* tn-woeklv.
t"t.»Hiiier weekly from Savannah. loriurther
information n|w>ly to any agent.of thi* com
*f" Savannah,’ u...
IT WILL PAY You
If yon contemplate the North. South, making feast n trip to West, any
point in or
and with the wid» to thoroughly b»*fi*re itartiujj, aeplaint how voujself fur is it?
route*
&hat dov* it onx-t ? He.
TO WRITE TOME.
Euurt’Uu . rfe>i^'
efeharw.“ft"y^ , 'lf
non-reiident, kindly mlvi*« in you ad
are « me
ri'u* are tiokeiVi^Vhniugb'aiid uf all arrange* bag*
menu made fur the cheeking tlK'nm'fvi-, your
u* Vorai into j»-i
To^Udic* irivan
arid children, and those traveling
through, f..Mh*-ir and render any a».*i.<tance poc^ibfe
np BnY
fnformRtioo.d • n«»t bv-itato tocomauuuitui.
No trouble to la* accuamtodrtinff.
CLYDE BOSTICK,
tmvelmq road of Pnwnpft Georgia, Agent, Savannah, Central Ga.
l*Xf T]\I and whiskey Habits
C 1 cun-d «t home without pain. Book of
particulars «sni Free. ltM. t\ G» L-
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Mggip SI
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Saw: A
YOUR HOME
/S NOT FURNISHED. T
WITHOUT ONE.
SAVANNAH, ran., Nov. 1, 1888 .
Flirty Tliou>tn«)l Southern Home* made
ha|>i» wuh fin - itioiimcnf s since 1870,
und Ntil! i lie iroatl work m<i*s oh.
II.IKKI Pianos ned Organ* wold l.mt ymr.
5,0(10oue mark Or; lii < year. I.ower Price*;
Ziitir lnslrnmi'iil.t Punier Terms und
Mremrr Inducements will K'dn us this in¬
creased sate.
Tlioiisniid* of I tones yrt «tn*«pplfed with
Instruments tlmt iisi(j!il to-dny lie t iiioj ing
tlicm thrmucU our easy system aCftClIiiiif.
t’ Asll to pay down not needed. We hnvo
A Pl.ANliy which, WlTtKM T KISK.nnr
one win ohtiiin no Instrument of nuy Stylo
or Price, imiktraf either - MONTH I.Y,
QUAUTJ-Utl.Y unlit t'littl for, or VKAItVY lulc cnjoyiUK PAYMENT* of
nicvm use
Iiintrciiie.it.
No rxtnriinrtRte price*. No Risk. N« For
fellnre of nil cash jmid if Instaliments can¬
not he iiroiii|itly (laid. Contract perfectly
FAIR nnd Etfl’i »'Aiil.E. i.riitecliiiK pur*
chuHcrs from till imposition or loss.
Wri t e iis nnd wo will point out the wny tf
get n tine Instrument Knsilv and ntu l.ow
l*rlec; U'oii'liTi'n l Ii nr/yilns l~.tr i'a! i 1 883.
liintiv ltinii ii-iy hifofu i-.aVri-il. Prior*
I.araely Ueiln.-e,!. Xiilii-i’ tli<;*C Sl'KCTAb
OFFERS!
Opri^ts! Pinna only $200
Stiinsu—liose 7’i Octave*—Overntnn»R Scale—Three
wood—Kul Onuranteeil
—Sweet Tone. Catalog'd! Price, SOOO.
Psrlor Os’ipn :. o n, y 965
Four Rets Roods— It Stops—Caui'icrs—
Handsome Ouse. Cutalogw Price, 8400.
Stool, Cover, instructor, IVtuslcOook
and ail Ftei£ht Paid;
Other OjTc. * ju-1 <14 !;<>•)<t. I,<irnr*t "tnck
Smith i chon." from. TES GRAND MAKERS.
Sot /H-remit St</tc$. Cin fail a" butiers. Write
foe en’ ihirjites, eh enters, and 1-Yce Qtpy dj nurnno
V '«/"■'• 1 Sh ups mid Flats," (jivingJail and vdluablt
,■>»/< rm<<U»it.
oru t.oW pnicES.
(ill’.t L3A8 Y '1 KUMS.
O.XK PtUCB ONLY.
IUXDSOME OUTFITS.
It F.8T * Ns I HUMKNT8.
A 1.1, FUKIrtliT PAID.
IV H ITS' TKIAL.
MONEY SAVED Al l.
LUODEM&BATES
SO'JTMEJtrl MUSIC riQUSE. S&VAIHAH, 64.
CHAS. R. HERRON. JOHN f. GflUDRY.
Herron & Gaudry,
(Suceess rs to L. J. Gnilnmrtion & (’!*.)
COT ] ON FACTORS,
AND
Com m ission . 1 /erch a v ts.
120 Bay Street, -- Savannah, Gkorgia.
I Ibi ntl advance* made on cot »—S- n msign-
1 ..i ed to us for sale. Oom-igm mm *nt ot cot¬
ton solicited, and strict attention will be giv¬
en to all business entrusted to us. t»2lGm
RnckleiiCsAruicaSnlvo
The Best Sat.ve in tho world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores. Ulcers. Salt Hh*nmi, Fever
Sores. Tetter. Chapped Hands Chilblains.
Corns and all ^kin Eruptions, positively
cures Piles, or no pay reeelved, ts guar
antood to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 tt£. per box.
For sale by W, M. Speight.
.*5 TO 8ir» SAVED.
Compl 'to harness only AT. 25 cent
catalogue free. Why pay retail prices ?
We sell 800 sett ea«h month. Agents
wanted. Nation a i. IIaexksh (’o.. Wiioi.e
sai.k Mantfactckkus, 14 to 24 Wells st.,
IJufTnlo, X. Y.
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1:1 WEEKS.
The POLICE GAZETTE will be
securely wrapped to any
ju the United States for hree months ou
rei>eipt of ONE DOI.LAU.
Liberal diseount allowed to pest agents
“IS 3? SSt" m “ iW ,nx -
lilCHARDK. FOX.
Franklin Square, N.T.
Yi 'd’.K. Have vour No’.o, Letter
and Hill Hoad/, Statement*-, Kn
Vetopiw, Footers, Invitations, el
pri nted at \V. B. Gkaiiam’s Job Uffic
Ha ncock strevt, l'o:t Gaines, Ga.
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FORT GAINES, GA., MAY 3rd, 1889;
Road Itnilding as a Science.
A great deal of interest is being
taken in the subject of road build
ing in tho states of Georgia, Louis¬
iana, South Carolina and Tennes¬
see. The Vanderbilt University
at Nashville has taken hold of tho
matter in earnest, and proposes to
make road building a science. The
dean of the engineering department
of the Univei sity, in a circular up
on this subject says t
“The science of road making and
maintaining, though neither diffi
cult nor abtruso, is nevertheless
based on principles so well estab
lished and so unvarying in their
operation as to render their thor
ough comprehension an essential to
success in secuiing and maintain
ing public roads fet once efficient
and economical, whatever the ad
minislrativo system by which they
/ire constructed and controlled. In
other countries thesuperintcndcuce
of tho public highways is iccogniz
ed as an important and responsible
duty’', and is usually assigned to
specially trained, expert engineors,
while in tho United States, where
tho greater mileage makes the econ
omj-, if not tho efficiency, of roads
oven more important than abroad^
tho Slates depend for this responsi¬
ble service on private citizens, lo¬
cally and temporarily appointed to
the duty, without providing for
them tho technical instruction and
training so essential to success un
der any system. To offer such as
desire it an opportunity to make
good in part this defect the engin¬
eering department of Vanderbilt
University will admit free ofcharge
to a class in road engineering one
principal or deputy highway offi¬
cial from each county in Tennessee.
The appointment shall be made b\’
the chairman of th$ County Court,
and must set forth that the candi¬
date is in a position to be of bene¬
fit to the public road system of the
count}’ in which he resides; The
course of instruction consists of
lectures and work on the economi¬
cal location of highways to con¬
form ta conditions of topography
and traffic} principles ot construe
lion of new and of reconstruction
of old roads, find of maintenance
vs. repairs; methods of drainage;
simple highway structures, retain¬
ing walls, drains, culverts, simple
bridges; practice in field sketching,
simple platting and draughting; in¬
strumental location and computing
estimates of cost; study of systems
of highway administration.”
Tnis plan will no doubt be carried
oat successful 1}’. The importance
of having good roads can not be
overestimated, and the step that
has been taken by the Tennessee
instittition of learning will proba
oly bo iniated in other Stetcs,
where so much interest is being
manifested in the road question.—
Columbus Sun.
*••
Republican Editor* Get Their
Share cf Public Offices.
Tho following is a list of the re¬
publican editors who have been
given appointments by President
Harrison, together with the offices
to which they’ were appointed ;
Whi tel aw Reid, Of the New York
Tribune, minister to France ; Allen
Thorndyko Rice, of the North
American Review, minister to Itus
sia; J. S. Clarkson, of tho Iowa
Stato Register, 0 First Assistant
I os master . /- Generali i Kobcrt u . w 1.
Porter, of the New York Press, so
r .ri„l.nd.»t of lb. census; £11..
H. Roberts, of the Utica Herald,
as& j s tant United States treasurer;
John C. Ne<Y, of the Indianapolis
Journal, , . consul . general . T London .
at ;
John Hicks, of the Oshkosh North
western, minister to Peru. Mr.
Murat Halstead wrs nominated to
the German mission, but the Sen
ale refused to confirm theromina
Don. It will be seen that the edi
are walking off with some of
the choicest fruits of the President’s
plum tree; and their newspapers
trill no doubt be Harrison organs
in 1892 throrigh thick aud thin.
Savannah New?.
Pev. Edward Beecher in 1854
p U ^jj s j )C( j a on pre oxist.
cnce human life. His father,
Dr. Lyman Beecher, was asked
what he thought of tho theory,
“Well,” he replied, “if the Al
mighty has been running the uni
ver8e on tllis P ,an for 8,1 these
ages, and has succeeded in keeping
it a secret, 1 think it’s a shame for
New York's Big Fire.
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Nf.w York, April 20—Four fire
engines and two fire boats were
busy this morning throwing water
on the ruins of tho warehouses and
elevators destroyed in last night's
great fire, at Fifty-ninth street and
North river. Two thousand bar
re ^ a of oil are slill burning at the
Wilcox Refinery. It v, T duld be use
less to attempt Jo extinguish this
^ ro until it exhausts itself, but a
cordon of firemen has been formed
to keep it from spreading. The
Union Stock yard’s abbattoir,
which was ablaze early this morn
ing, lias been fated—only tho cx
terior wall beihg damaged. Tho
people injured are all doing as woll
as could be expected, and no fur
ther deaths are anticipated. A
firemen fell overboard at tho Fifty
ninth street pier this morning, but
was recovered.
The New l'ork Central’s loss by
the great fire is footed up by its
officers at §1,400,000, but more than
half of tbo burned property was
useless to the company and need
not be replaced. ' Another half mil¬
lion and over is covered by insur¬
ance, so that tho actual net loss of
tho company, chicly on freight for
which it is responsible, is about
§300,000.
Mr. Dcpew said to-day i “Tho
total loss of the property consumod
by tho fire will not bo far from
$3,000,000. We figure that $1,400,
000 of that sum lalls upon the New
York Central railroad, but busi¬
ness has changed since those big
elevators was built. It was in¬
tended then that ocfchti steamers
should go right up tb thorn and
load nnd unload. They have not
done so. The old practico of load¬
ing from boats has Dot been
changed and we do not need two
such elevators’ One will be quite
enough.”
Tanners t^ueer Decision.
Some of tho dcci^fcs bo of pension Corpo¬
ra! Tanm»v.
commissioner, welf\Wy are|J^Vacfing wide
attention, and may. Noth¬
ing like them have ever before em¬
anated from un official. Probably
tho most extraordinary of these de
cisio'ns were delivered on April 12.
Tho tLubstance of the decision is
this i About a year ago a widow
applied to Commissioner Black for
a pension, Her husband was a sol
dicr and had died some time previ¬
ously. Commissionea Black caus¬
ed an investigation to be made, and
found that the soldier died from
delirium tremens. Ho had been a
chronic drunkard for a hfimber of
years. He was not wounded in the
army, nor had he recei^d injury’
whilo in the service. Commission*
er Black refused to grant the pen¬
sion. When Tanner was placed at
the head of tho pension bureau the
widow, through one of tho pension
sharks residing at Washington, re
newed the application.
Commissioner Tunncr has now
reversed Commissioner Black’s do
cision and granted the pension. In
his decision he made the extraordi
nary statement than tbe soldier
might have contracted tho habit
which led to the fit of delirium Ire
mens from which he died while
serving his country in the army.
This sounds like a huge joke, but
it.is the sober declaration of a pub¬
lic official in high place, whose rul¬
ings and conclusions govern the ex¬
penditure’ of millions of public
revenue. From Black to Tanner—
“wbat a fall was there my country¬
men F’—Des Moines Leader.
The Deadly Greenback.
The last item of news irom the
laboratory is that the deadliest of
bacteria live and multiply on the
hank notes that we handle. Prob
ably there is not a viler article that
we ever toriOh than a bank note.
Carried in the pocket of the most
leprous and loathsome it passes
through the pocket of the
We would not think of taking a
pocket handkerchief that had
any such round witbout
and fu mi gating. Wo could not
induced to put on the shirt of a
tramp, but the money of 4 he
eased and contaminating goes with
out a thought into our innef pock
cts. What disease we bug we do
not think or care.—Current Litera
«
I tare.
Sleeping Car Philosophy.
A sleeping car porter on the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie told mo a
, day cr two ago that the company
required him to ask each passenger
which way he would like to have
his bed made up—head or feet to
ward tho bngine.
‘•What ---- difference does it make?”
1 asked,
“Well, y’ see, boss/’ was the an
swer, “if yo’ head is to tho engine
yo’is out of do draughts. Rut if
thar is a stfiasli-tip in do night, yo'
head is smashed and yo’ is dead for
shush. Some genelmen dey say
<Jat dey won’t want to tako no
chances, so dey hez dar feet put to
tho engine. Den if dey is a smash
up dcro feet an’ laigs may be
squashed, but dere head an’ body
may not be hurt, an’ se dero lives
; 8 saved.’*
“Very nice,” I observed. “Rut
do you think that a smash-up is so
very likely on an ordinary night
journoy that you must make up the
beds with especial reference to such
a contingency’ ?”
“I dunno ’bout dat in particular.
Rut dey say dat every railroader
gets it in bd’se ob timo of he on’y
slays on do road long enough.
Well, yer see, dc night dat ho gits
it may bo do very trip when you
is a passenger. Dtin you gets, too,
see V*
For a real hopeful character, with
cheerful views on ghastly subjects,
commend me to tho Pullman or
Wagner sleeping car porter.—Pitts
burg Press.
Boston’s New License Law.
Boston, April 27.—This year be¬
gins the enforcement of tho riew
license law which limit tho num¬
ber of licensed places in this city’
to 780, and as there were over 2000
applicants, thero aro nearly 1500
drinking plttcfes that must close by
May 1. The list ot rejected appli¬
cations includes some of tho most
profniflbnt dealers within the city
limits. There is not a single sport¬
ing house in town, except Council¬
man Mahoney's piace on La Grange
street, that has been granted a li¬
cense. The oldest ale house ifi the
city, tho “Bell in Hand” on Wil¬
liam court, must close its doors.
Tiiis ancient hostelry has been es¬
tablished nearly a centdry and has
an interesting history, having been
the resert of many notable men of
pa3t generations. A fair estimate
of the loss to those who have been
refused license in fixtureo and in
come, places tho sum at not less
thati $5,000,000. About 3500 bar¬
keepers will be thrown out of em¬
ployment, carij:ir.g them a total
daily loss of income fc’f at least
$75,000.
3Iilledgeville Oil 3IiB.
Millf.dgeville, April 27. —The
oil mill company has been organs
ized and work will bo begun in a
few weeks. The first assessment
of 10 per cent, has been called, and
the contracts for the machinery lot.
About $19,000 in stbcfc has boen
taken and the operation of the mill
^y eaily fall is an assured fact,
^ ie eom P‘' in > wa3 organized perma
ncnl *y Tuesday, with Capt. W.
Gonn, president; G. T. Whilden,
vice-president, and W. S. Brooks,
secretary. The board Of directors
' s ma( ^ c n P our v cry best busi
ness men.
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The Fresbyteiy of South Ala
bama, met in Butaula on April 16th,
and adjourned on Sunday night the
21st, after a most pleasant and
profitable meeting, fiftefcn minis¬
ters and twelve Ruling Elders be¬
sides several tisitors were in at
tendance. Both Horae and For
cign missions excited deep and
prayerful interest. The rCprirts
from our Evangelists in the home
field were very enconraging. Rev.
P. P. Winn was appointed cvangcl
| g t for Henry county, in connec
iPj* with his work as pastor of the
Columbia Presbyterian church.
This gives him authority tb re
ce i ve members at any of tho ap*
po intmeriU in the bounty and to
organize churches wherever a suf
fi C i en t number Of members is
a th ere d.—Ex.
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To 01«frre the Day.
WASHixoToir,April27.—TheSec
retary of the Navy has directed
that all the navy yards be closed
on the 30th instant. Studies and
work at tbo naval academy will bo
ifuspendvd; *
A Test of Nerve.
It was on tho lino bctwocn Charl¬
eston and Savannah, and we had
run in on a siding to let tho express
go by; She was behind time, rind
as a number of us strolled around
some one proposed to stand along¬
side of one train wbilb ihe other
passed. Tho spaeo between two
tracks is liltlo enough, but whbn
you stand with your back to a car
the spaco is frightfully reduced.
You can extend your arm and touch
tho passing coaches. Only ono man
decided to try it. The rest of us
stood on tho platforms. Ho stood
midway of ourtiain, his back to
a coach, and ho laugkod at tho idea
of danger.
When the express finally appear¬
ed she was running at the rate of
forty or fifty miles an hour, and
there was such a cloud of dust sho
might have been taken for a cy
clono. She came with a roar and a
scream, and I saw tho man turn
pale beforo tho lofcomotiye was up
to him, and tho third oar had not
passed before he wilted right down
in his tracks, and when tho express
had passed aud wo went to him, he
had fainted as dead away as any
woman ever did. When he had
been rovived he said :
“I thought I had more nervb,
From where 1 stood it seemed as if
tho train had headed right for mo,
and all at once I got the idea that
one of the coaches would jump the
track. The roar confused mo and
the speed of tho train made my
flesh crawl. I would not try that
position again, safe as it looks, for
all <he gold you could pile into
our baggage car.—Detroit Free
PfC63.
Georgia the Foremost Southern
State.
Wo consider the greato Stato of
Georgia as tho foremost common
werilth of all the States in tho South.
Since the close of tho terrible -fraf
sho haS rriado gigantic strides iri
everything tending to develop her
immense resources. Whero at the
termination of tho war wore
devastated and ruined villages,
now may be seen populous cit¬
ies teeming with manufactures and
busy, go-ahead people; and the
sparsely settled country at the out¬
break ol tho war is now thickly oc¬
cupied by industrious and prosper¬
ous planters and farmers. Now life
and new blood seem to have been
infused into the people of that State
and with her great water power,
mineral deposits, cotton factories,
foundry’s, machine shops and othet
manufactures, scattered over the
Stato, wo can see no reason why
Georgia is not bound to bofcorno ai
no distant day ono of the the greatest Uniion.
manufacturing States ot
—Morris, Minn., Tribune;
. Relic Of A Famous Battle.
A whito pine tree was Shade cut recent¬ Mills,
ly, two miles sotitli of
in Garrett County, near the site of
the road and converted into shin¬
gles. It was a large tree and by
experts estimated to be at least 300
years old. In cutting it up the saw
going through some tough knot, sub¬
stance, then supposed to bo a
attracted attention, and Mnvcst'ga
lion disclosed a bullet embedded
within two inches of the heart. The
tree at this point was 32 inches iri
diameter. About ono-third of the
bullet was sawed away’, the remain¬
der weighing at least an ounce, be¬
ing left iri the corner of tho butt
end of a shingle. The ball is sup¬
posed to havo been shot from a mus¬
ket by one of Eraddock’s men du¬
! ring the campaign of Fort Du Ques
ne. In this event the bullet was
imbedded, in the tree 133 years ago,
each year’s growth burying it doe]’-.'
er. Ic is a most interesting memen¬
to of the ill-starred campaign of
1795.—Baltimore Sun.
It is Well to Be mem her.
That every promise is a debt.
That all are not Saints who go to
church.
That he is well paid who is well
satisfied.
That thero is nef Worse joke than
a true ono.
That it ii easier to givo advice
than to follow it.
That good fortune is hard to be
borne unselfishly’.
That it is belter to be innocent
than to be penitent.
That a littlo ot everything real¬
ly amounts to nothing.
That it is much easier to bo crit¬
ical than to be correct.
That there would be no shadows
if ther# #*re no sunshine;
NO. 39;
Georgia News;
As Told by Our Exchanges;
Our wafer melon* have but few
blossoms yet; the cold snap Set then!
back.—Willaeooehce News;
Fight telephone lines ar6 iiorif fit
operation in Dnwsoit and several
more arc to be completed.-—Dawsoii-41
Journal.
Tho little hoys of Amcricu4 will
play ball with the little boys of Mon¬
tezuma on May 1st. It promises td
be quite Jin event.—^Record.
The Acworth High School is on d
boom now. Two uew itaoWs have
just been put in operation. Making
four teachers.—Acworth Post.
There is floitto talk of* rc-orgauiz*
ing the Masonic Lodgo Society in
Georgetown. There are about thirty
members .-^Georgetown Courier.
From the report of Tax Collector
Crouch it is found that Terrell’s in*
solvent tax list foots up $649. Of
this amount $528 is poll tax, moit of,
which is against colored citizeus .—i
Dawson Journal.
Prof, 8ch't»dfcr, on the 21st of
March itcrtVcd o'tfc pound of Bonanza
oats which he sent to Chicago for# t
and on the 21st of April, just one s
month later, the oats by actual rueas
urement wero ten inches high.—Wa|*
ton County News;
Some of our sportsmen seem td
have overlooked the fftci that the gatnd
law which prohibits tho killing or
trapping of turkeys, partridges, dofJ p
etc., between the 1st of April and tho
1st. of October is now in force.
Bluffton Springs.
Mr. J. Q. Abbott had tho misfor¬
tune to get his right arm caught in a
tenanting machine at tho Variety
Works Tuesday afternoon. Two sc
vere, painful gashes were cut
the wrist and elbow, but no bone bro^^
ken.—Dawson Journal. .
The engineer of New Orleans whrt
was here a few driys ago, putting ifl
new machinery for Mr. Carson Mudge
at his gold mines, says Mr. Mudge iii
getting out some of the finest gold ho
ever saw. He says i i. is a complete
success.—Acworth Post.
The cut worms aro playing havoc
with the corn arid cotton of Coffee
county. Mr. Frank P. Cady says that
they have injured his cotton severely.
11 is children caught about a peek the
other tidy working among the cotton;
—Willaeooehce News;
There is a great cry for lumber for
building purposes. The bill for the
lumber to build the Baptist church at
this place whn given to Toole <fc Poole
of Arlington two iriontlis ago, but
owing to the failure of the railroad to
furnish them with cars, the lumber
has not been shipped.—-Leary .Cour- f
icr. N
Rev. George Chandler, of Jttni[KWV
was in oiir to\^ri this week selling;
coffins which he manufacture*, He
is the only urian in Georgia who can
put all the last iritrimings on the dead
by furnishing the cofliri, digging thri
grave, and preaching the funeral, and
praying for tho mourning relatives^.
—Fort Valley Enterprise;
Montczxtrria rio'W has s?Jt flowing
wells, one in course of construction/
and it new ouc talked about. It is tb
be hoped that the towm will get wa¬
tered after awhile; The ne# well i*
to be located at the junction bf En> :
gram street and Vinson avenue, and
several hundred dollrfrs have already
been subscribed.—Montezuma Record.'
large of partridges flow (|
A co^ey
into Cuthbert Monday morning and ^
became terribly demoralized. They
got scattered and completely bcwijd-*
ered, Two of tk£m flew into the res¬
idence of the editor of the Liberal/
one of riliich was captured. They
seemed to be crazed by the surround¬
ings and would fly against houses,
fences, or anything that stood beforo
them.—Cuthbefi Liberal.
A heavy wind and hail storm pass-'
ed over tbe plantations in the Union
ville neighborhood Monday afternoon
blowing down fences and destroyirg
fruit and growing crops. Mr.' Hart
ly, who lives on the Smith place/
says peaches were beaten off m Enor¬
mous quantities and his cotton so in¬
jured that he fears the sun will kill it.
Mr. H. J. Hayes and other# of fh«r
same neighborhood suffered similar-'
ly .*-Eariy County News,