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The Weekly Chronicle.
Entered at the Pwtoffice in Fort Gaines as Second
Class Mail Matter.
PUBLISHED BY
CHRONICLE PRINTING COMPANY
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
Official Organ of Clay County.
SUBSCRIPTION.—The Chronicle will be sent to
anv address in the United States one year for
one dollar cash. No money, no paper.
ADVERTISING—The Chronicle i« the only
paper published in Fort Gaines or Clay County,
and It is to the interest of advertisers to irive us
their patronage if they wish to reach the trade of
this section. Mend for rates to
THOM AS H. JERNIG-tN,
Editor and Manager, Fort Gaines, Ga.
FBTDAYiEVFNING, AUGUST 21, 1891.
Publisher’s Notice.
On and after the issue of August 7th, all Legal
Advertising handed in to us must be accompanied
with the CASH. The rate prescribed by law is 75
cents per 100 words, or a fraction thereof, each in
sertion. Count the words and act accordingly.
Yellow fever is reported at Vera Cruz.
The state alliance is in session in Atlan
ta.
“Helen Blazes” is on a southern tour
this Week.
Agony, Mo., has a i6-year-old female
horse thief.
The legislature adjourns September IS,
if nothing happens.
Talk about a “stay law,” what Georgia
needs most is a “pay law.’.
Nothing short of a tin collar will stand
without wilting these days.
During this week $1,615,000 worth of
property in the south has been destroyed
by fire.
Foster, the weather prophet, says this
warm weather will last until September ir.
Lord help us.
The tin horn must go. American tin is
too valuable to waste in their manufacture.
This is rough on the boys.
The motto of good many people we know
of is, “Do unto others as we expect them
to do unto the other fellows.”
Benny Harrison has just given up ever
being president again. His friends came
to this wise conclusion long ago.
The rumors afloat concerning Mr. Liv
ingstone character seemed to increase his
popularity with the alliancemen.
brom the way price of wheat is going up,
the farmer will readily see that corn is a
mighty good thing to have op hand.
Fifty thousand dollars is a big price to
pay for not marrying a girl, but that is
what a Denver, Col., rosebud demands.
Jay Gould is said to be out west in search
of lost health. This is the first time we
have ever heard of Jay losing anything.
Read this paper through and through, and
if you are not already a subscriber, join the
procession at once. There is a good time
ahead for you.
The cotton crop of the present year is
said to be at least 20 per cent, below that
of rSgo. This fact doesn’t seem to increase
the price, though,
Alliancemen are not sticking to their
declaration of purposes when they swing on
to the coat-tails of such followers of mo
nopoly as Pat Calhoun.
No use for prohibitionists to keep cry
ing “down with liquor,” when the people
all over the country are putting it down as
fast as they can every day.
The newspapers, the politicians and the
people generally are beginning to realize
that the alliance is a power in the land, if
cotton ain't worth but six cents a pound.
“A Voice from the Poor-house” was the
caption of a recitation delivered at the
opera house in Atlanta Tuesday. The ed
itor must have been at home when the au
thor called.
The assistant cashier of the Keystone
Bank of Philadelphia was convicted of
making false entries and got seven years
in the pen. For further particulars apply
to John Wanamaker &Co.
Skipper, the man claiming to be deputy
sheriff of Henry county, Ala., and who has
been in Dawson some time, On the pre
tense of tracking a rapist, fleeced the good
people of that place out of several dollars,
and skipped for parts unknown.
Clay county’s seat in the state alliance
convention will be contested. There are
two delegates in attendance, whereas, only
one was entitled to the honor. The ques
tion now arises, which one of them will
have to pay his own expenses.
MONOPOLY PLATFORM.
What are you going to do about it?
This is the platform of monopoly.
If you do not like the way things are
done in the various avenues of com
merce, how are you going to help
yourself? Suppose fruit does grow in
California so plentiful as to be in ex
cess, and suppose produce men, in
stead of letting the people have it at
very low cost, prefer to dump it into
the Bay. What are you going to do
about it? Suppose the city tele
phone company does charge $5 a
month for a ’phone and 5 cents for
every message. They have the mo
nopoly, and what are you going to do
about it? Suppose railroad compa
nies do charge outrageous rates and
your monthly freight bills as a busi
iness man are enormous and eat up
your profits. What are you going
to do about it? Suppose banking in
stitutions do bust up and your hard
earned money is lost. These gentry
have the run of monentary affairs,
and what are you going to do about
it?
On every hand under the competi
tive system this insolent question con
fronts the people. Monopoly has
mounted the throne of imperialism
and people bow to its sway. We
make a distinction between govern
ment and people, it will be noticed,
for the people now-a-days have noth
ing to do with governments; these
are in the hands of politicians to
whom they have been sublet by the
monopolist. The fight is on and the
issue well drawn. Bareface injustice
has arrayed itself against the people
and defiantly holds the citadel of
power. How long will the people
submit to such an usurpation of their
rights?
There is but one kind of govern
ment that can ever effectually rid us
of these piratical hordes, but to estab
lish it involves the process of begin
ning ail over again. The axe must be
laid at the root of the tree. Let com
petism and her daughter monopoly
retain their dominion, but let the peo
ple upon an independent bgsis of
equitable exchange build up their
own commercial system and they
will thereby undermine the 111-gotten
gain of the plutocrats with its gor
geous canopies, which will tumble
and be crushed to pieces, carrying
down with it the whole nest of pub
lic robbers, oppressors and their
minions, who have occupied the chair
of state and the stool of affluence.
What Roes It Mean?
‘Too Doses One Dollar” means* simply
that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the most
economical medicine to buy, because ti
gives more for the money than any other
preparation. Each bottle contains 100
doses and will average to last a month,
while other preparations, taken according
to directions, are gone in a week. There
fore, be suse to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the
best btood purifier.
There are people in Georgia who seem
to think that there'is no such thing as
reformation. Because a man did some.
thing wrong in the past is no assurance
that he will repeat the offense in the fu
ture.
Home Without a Mother.
The room’s in disorder,
The cat’s on the table,
The flower-pot upset, and the mischief to
pay;
And Johnny is screaming
As loud as he is able,
For nothing goes right when mamma’s
away.
What a scene of discomfort and confus
ion home would be if mamma did not re
turn, If your wife is slowly breaking
down, from a combination of domestic
cares and female disorders, make it your
first business to restore her to health. Dr.
Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is without a
peer as a remedy for feeble and debilitated
women, and is the only medicine for the
class of maladies known as female dis
eases which is sold under a positive guar
antee from the manufacturers that it will
give satisfaction, or the money will be re
funded. It is a positive cure for the most
complicated cases of womb troubles.
Macon doesn’t propose to be outdone for
an attraction this fall. Her disappoint
ment at not getting the state fair only
tends to increase her energy in that direc
tion. and an exposition company is to be
organized on a grand scale. Macon people
U-e nothing if not progressive.
An anxious reader wants to know if our
law-makers draw their per diem when they
stand adjourned for special occasions for
days at a time. This can be answered in
three letters, y-e-s. Why shouldn’t they?
They need it in their business.
Savannah, Ga., March 25,1889.
Messrs. Lippman Bros. :
I was sufteringr with weakness and gen
eral debility, being almost incapacitated
from attending to my business. I was
forced to call on Dr. Whitehead for treat
ment. He at^once put me on P. P. P.
(Prickly Poke Root and Potassium), and
after taking two or three bottles my
health improved, and, although suffering
for some time with general weakness, de
bility and catarrh, am now comparatively a
well man.
F. B. FORKER,
With Cornwell & Chipman.
TREAT ALL ALIKE.
The government by class law en
ables the bankers and speculators to
buy non-perishable farm products
and store them in elevators and
warehouses. And now when the
farmers ask for the option of doing
the same, the cry of “Constitution
ality” is raised. If the present Con
stitution will only serve the capital
ists, it should be annulled, and adopt
one that will serve the whole people.
We suggest in the next “Constitu
tion” that especial attention be given
these “liars,” “thugs” and thieves.
The present Constitution is good
enough if only honest men are allow
ed to construe it, and the way to pro
cure honest men to construe it is to
spot politicians in all elections.
Discovered by the People.
Many of the inventors and vendors of
the various nostrums that are offered to
the public to-day, only to disappear and
be succeeded by something else to-mor
row, make the most sweeping and ab
surd claims for them. They are herald
ed as cure-alls, and it is no wonder that
the public has become suspicious. The
most remarkable fact in the history of
S. S. S. (for, unlike most other propri
etary medicines, it has a history) is this:
That a great many of its virtues have
been discovered by the people them
selves. It has never been advertised as
a specific for skin cancer, and yet there
are many testimonials going to show
that S. S. S. will cure that dread dis
ease. These testimonials are of such a
character that there is no “going behind
the returns. ”
In the case of the commonwealth
against Dr. John A. P. Baker, at
Abingdon, Va., the motion for a new
trial was overruled and the prisoner
was sentenced to be hanged on Fri
day, Nov. 27, next. The counsel for
the defense had a consultation as to
the exceptions taken for the purpose
of an appeal to the circuit court.
Oglethorpe Echo: We approve the
plan suggested by Capt. Hammond
of Beech Island to reduce the cotton
area, but would amend it by allow
ing five acres to the horse and a tax
of $2 an acre for the excess. He
suggests a tax of $1.50 per acre on
all land planted in cotton.
In Boston they do nothing by
halves. The Boston women, for ex
ample, do not stand hesitating on the
edge of the dress reform movement,
like their less resolute sisters. At
the first dash they wade knee deep
into the fray.
Good Looks.
Good looks are more than skin deep, de
pending upon a healthy condition of all the
vital organs. If the liver be inactive, you
have a billions look, if your stomach be
disordered you have a dyspetic look, and
if your kidneys be affected you have a
pinched look. Secure good health and
you will have good looks. Electric Bit
ters is the great alterative and tonic and
acts directly on the vital organs. Cures
dimples, blotches, boils and gives a good
complexion. Sold at Dr. J. M. Hatchett’s
rug store, 50c. per bottle.
Lightning in Maryland recently
struck a bakery at Cambridge for
about $6,000 worth of good things.
In spite of its haste, it appears to
have a decidedly vigorous appetite.
Why could not the thermometer
be listed at the stock exchange? They
would then have something that has
gone up this summer.
Guaranteed Cure For La Grippe
We authorise our advertised druggist
to sell you Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, upon
this condition. If you are afflicted with
La Grippe and will use this remedy ac
cording to directions, giving it a fail trial,
and experience no benefit, you may re
turn the bottle and have your money re
funded. We make this offer, because of
the wonderful success of Dr. King’s New
Discovery during last season’s epidemic.
Have heard cf no case in which it failed.
Try it. Trial bottles free at Dr. J. M.
Hatchett’s drug store. Large size 50c.
and SI.OO
Legal Advertisements.
Sheriff's Sale.
BY virtue of a fi. fa. from Clay Superior
court in favor of D. C. Adams (A.
Hood transferee) against H. T. Justice and
Isaac Collins, I will proceed to sell before
the court house door in the town of Fort
Gaines, Clay county, Ga., within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash
on the first Tuesday in September next the
following described property to-wit:
All that tract of land in the 7th District
of said county, being lot No. 184, and the
not th half of lot No. 183, as the property of
defendant Isaac Collins. This August 6th
1891.
jas. t. McAllister, sheriff.
Rance Jackson )
vs. I Libel for Divorce.
Ida Jackson. )
It appearing by the return of the sheriff
and it being made satisfactorily to appear
to the court that the defendant can not be
found to be served and resides out of the
State. It is ordered that service be per
fected by publication as provided by law.
In open court, this March 16, iSgi.
J.H. GUERRY, J. S. C. P. C.
I certify that the above order is a true
copy from the minutes of Clav Superior
Court. J. W. BUTIIVE, C. S.C*
OUR BLUFFTON DEPARTMENT.
K. X. Blocker, Editor.
Dr. P. H. Thompson is still improv -
his neat residence.
Next Saturday the third quarterly
meeting of this circuit will be held here.
We hope to see many present.
Miss Eula Mills, Mrs. A. S. Mills, W.
Z. T. Bridges and Jim Bethea are sick.
We are hopeful of their convalescence.
Our Methodist bretheren will soon re
build their altar, which was destroyed
by fire at last Christmas tree, aud re
paint the church internally and exter
nally.
Cane is so promising that I predict
cheap syrup next fall. Potatoes, field
and ground peas, and fat hogs will be
plentiful. Iv'e not heard of any dis
eases among hogs.
A warehouseman paid §1 80 more for
500 receipts than he would have paid if
he had patronized home industry.
Moral—Ere you send off for job work,
be sure to either see deponent or Tom
Jernigan.
Last Tuesday night Mr. Charlie Sealy
had another fox chase. There were
nearly fifty mounted men and boys, and
about fifty afoot. Many ladies went
nearly half a mile and saw the fox on a
limb of an oak tree near the ground.
The dogs were held, and he made to
start on a second time which was the
last seen of his cunning ness.
Daily rains have almost dethroned
king cotton. What rust don’t kill cat
terpillars will strip. If cotton is cut as
short throughout the southern states as
it is in southwest Georgia, the crop will
fall far short of last year’s figures.
The bottom crop is opening rapidly, but
the frequent showers bespatter the cot
ton with stains and dirt, which will
cause it to be classed low.
People say money is scarce, yet I am
daily and weekly surprised to see and
feel (much of it passes through my
hands) so much in circulation. In my
small general store and grocery business
I never had so much demand for corn,
meat, flour, rice and sugar. There is
one great mistake farmers make, for
they could plant less cotton, which
would give them more land and time to
“raise hog and hominy”
To-day Mr. H. M. Green brought in
four bales of new cotton. It classed
middling and brought 10 cents. Mr.
Green is quite young, yet he annually
proves that “knows how” to make farm
ing pay. Mr. W. T. Green bought the
cotton, and says he has been selling
goods here ten years, and is determined
not to let Bluffton get behind as a cotton
market. With such fine farming lands,
such clever and good planters, and a
first-class market here I see no reason
why Bluffton should not continue her
prosperous career.
In the fail the farmers sell corn at 40
cents per bushel in trade, and the next
summer buy corn on time at $1 50 per
bushel. In lieu of raising enough grain
and potatoes to make and fatten suffi
cient meat for their use, they plant cot
ton to pay for meat bought on time.
Years since a pound of cotton would
pay for a pound of meat, but now two
pounds of lint will only pay for one of
bacon ’Tis useless to continue such
folly, for if there is not a radical change
in southern farmers, ’twill be only a
matter of time as to when capitalists
will own every plantation, which will
make the present owners tenants.
Pg The importance of
M keeping the blood in
S 3 w a pure condition is
K ■ universally known,
I H W and yet there are
wa H ■ u W very few people who
Er have perfectly pure
blood. The taint of scrofula, salt rheum, or
other foul humor is heredited. and transmitted
for generations, causing untold suffering, and
we also accumulate poison and germs of dis
ease from the air we
breathe, wt B the food
we eat, or VW S H the water
we drink. IS Bggl a There is
nothing h ilb I I more con
clusively ■ | proven
than the positive
power of Hood’s Sarsaparilla over all diseases
of the blood. This medicine, when fairly
tried, does expel every trace of scrofula or
salt rheum, removes the taint which causes
catarrh, neutralizes
the acidity and cures K H
rheumatism, drives g
out the germs of MJ h y
malaria, blood poi- ■ HB I
soning, etc. It also
vitalizes and en
riches the blood, thus overcoming that tired
feeling, and building up the whole system.
Thousands testify to the superiority of Hood's
Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. Full infor
mation and statements of cures sent free.
Hood^s
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, gl; sixfor J 5. Prepared only
by C. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
Flesh a mass of disease, condition hope
less, the system an entire wreck, nerves all
unstrung, yet P. P. P. was taken ard an
entire cure made. Attend to diet and di
rections of P. P. P. and all blood diseases
must yield slowly but surely.
That tired feeling, pains in the back and
chest, distress after eating, headaches and
like affections are overcome and cured by
P. P. P. (Trickly Ash Poke Root and Po
tassium).
DON’T
“Bee' Surprised
MggJiß
When you hear that you can
buy FURNITURE cheaper
from T. M. Killingsworth than
it was ever sold before, for it’s
a fact. The reason for this
great reduction is that I have
too much of certain kinds and
as I have a fine assortment of
Fine Goods to arrive soon I
Must Clear Out Old Stock
to make room for new.
This is no “summer gag”
but honest talk. Come and
let me give you a bargain.
I also make a specialty of
FINE CIGARS
and when you want a good
smoke, call on me.
NICE LINE OF
Fancy and Family Groceries, Etc.
T. M. Killingsworth,
Store nevt to Brown’s Hardware House
GLAS, BLOOM & CO.,
General Commission Merchants
AND PRODUCE DEALERS.
WA TERMEL O NS,
Potatoes, and Apples in car lots a specialty.
No. 23 West Front Street,
CINCINNATI, O.
G. L. LAWRENCE.
Commission Merchant.
WA TERMEL ONS
Exclusively in Their Season.
53 Jay Street, NEW YORK.
Reference: New York National Ex
change Bank.
Represented by Will B. Graham.
J. H. G. Oetgen, W. H. Oetgen,
Manager. Ass’t Manager.
The Palmetto Fish aai Frokss Co M
General Commission Merchants.
40 and 42 Market St..
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
Consignment Solicited of
Fruit, Vegetables, Melons, Pears,
BERRIES, ETC.
Charles Richardson.
Commission Merchant.
GEORGIA
WATERMELONS
My Specialty.
58 & 60 West Market Street,
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Represented by Will B. Graham.
GEO. W. DAVIDSON & CO.,
Fruit and Produce
Commission Merchants.
WA TERMEL ONS
IN SEASON.
45 & 47 Poydrs St.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Consignments Solicited.
Thos. H. McGowan.
PRODUCE
Commission Merchant.
Responsible ; and : Re liable.
607 Liberty Street,
PITTSBURG, PA.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Melons, Peaches, Pears, Straw
berries, Onions, Eggs, Etc.
And all kinds Fruits and Vegetables. Special at
tention given to car lots. Call special attention
to shippers to ship to this city, it being one of the
largest consumers of Produce and Fruits in this
state. Give you prompt sales with New York
Draft. All inquiries by wire or letter cheerfully
B n«wered,
AMO SCHOOL OF SHORT-HARD.
THF VOST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS COLLEGE IN THE SOUTH.
t h.-ape<t aid Y Eluant Ctv^a’ogue Free. COLCMBVH, GA.
Georgia tail ud Industrial College.
A State Institution for the education and
special training of Georgia girls, to be
opened at Milledgeville, Georgia., on Sep
tember 30, 1891.
Clay aounty is entitled to one schol
arship in this school. All girls wishing
to become applicants for these places are
requested to appear at my office on Ist
day of September to stand the entrance
examination. The examination will In
clude the Elementary English Branches;
viz.: Arithmetic. History, Geography and
English grammar. No girl under fifteen
years of age will be eligible to a scholar
ship.
For full information concerning tho
school write for a Prospectus to President
J. Harris Chappell, Milledgeville, Ga.
J. D. RAMBO, County School Com.
T. G. SPEARMAN,
REPREiENTING
E. J. MILLER.
DEALER IN
Marble Monuments, Tombstones, Statuary,
IRON RAILINGS, ETC.,
Os AMERICUS. GA.
Orders solicited. Satisfaction graran
teed. may 22
Jeff. D. Mathews,
Commission Merchant in
Watermelons, Peaches, Pears and
. . Small Fruits. . .
No. 23 Poydras Street,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Representative Melon Grower's /Association
Galveston, Texas.*
Represented by W. B. Graham, Fort
Gaines, Ga.
Established 20 Years.
G. S. PALMER.
Wholesale Com mission Merchant
FOR THE SALE OF
FRUITS AND PRODUCE
Pears, Peaches, Grapes Melons
Vegetables, Etc.
166 Reade St., NEW YORK.
No soliciting agents employed. All
business done direct with the shipper.
Matt. H. Stork. Fred L. Menne
Stork & Menne,
Gen’l Commission Merchants.
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS TN
Foreign and Domestic Fruits and
Produce.
P. O Box 397.
No. 25 Poydras St., NEW ORLEANS.
Reference: Dunn’s and Bradstreets Commercial
Agencies, Metropolitan and Whitney National
Banks and any commercial house in New Orleans.
G. W. VAN GORDER,
Produce Commission Merchant.
Potatoes and Applet*
IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY.
HEADQUARTERS
SOUTHERN PRODUCE, FRUIT
And MELONS.
609 Liberty Street,
PITTSBURG, PA.
References: Pittsburg National Bank
ot Commerce, Bradstreet’s Agency, Busi
ness men generally.
Established 1879. Incorporated IWff.
S. f, Combi & Bro. Commission Co., .
GENERAL PRODUCT
COMMISSION : MERCHANTS
Foreign and Domestic Fruits.
Georgia Melons and Southern Fruit
IN CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY.
313, 315 & 317 Walnut Street,
KANSAS CITV, MO.
Quick returns and best prices. Write or
wire for quotations. Reference: Any
Mercantile Agency, Bank or wholesale
house in the city.
Established 1862.
C. S. DUELING.
Wholesale Commission Dealer
IN WATERMELONS
Domestic Fruits & Produce,
No. 192 Duane Street,
NEW YORK.
N. B.—Returns made for each consign
ment as soon as sold.
References: Irving National Bank,
Any Mercantile Agency.
Established 25 Years.
John Curren & Co.,
/
Commission Merchants.
OUR SPECIALTY:
WATERMELONS,
Southern Fruits Vegetables.
CINCINNATI, O.
Represented by Will B. Graham.
