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TOWN AND C0UN1Y.
NOTICE! NOTICE!
Parties wishing to breeed their
mares to REBEL, the best
Stallion itt this aeation of the
country sriil find liim at onr stables
Fe»* n asonable and satisfaction guarau
teed. Wabd A C«am»*hs
— Friday, June 1.
—Sec advertisement «>f Ward A (’lism
l»ers fine horse, “Rebel,” V
Would yon like t*» know bow Ed
Chaml>ers gi ts oat of a bath tub? If so,
•ak him. but be prepared to slope.
—Mr. J. M, Dnrenoe died at his home
a low tnilea south of the city Sunday
night, ot typhoid pneumonia, after a
brief illucsa.
— Mm. Giis Everett died a lew days
ago of heart trouble. She leaves a 1ms
baad and several small children, who
have tur heartfelt sympathy.
—Mr. N. J. Lewisham been sick for
•evcrul day*. We don't know what is
tbe ln*t v* with !'<*ek ludres ' v in iLft'd
tho election i* going to take k turn in
Evans’ favor.
—Mr. L W. Lyle is confined to Ids
bed of an attack of indigestion. Dr. M.
A. Baldwin, of Cuthbert, is attending
b io, we hope he will he himself again,
soon.
—Mr. R. D. Adams and family loft
Monday for their home iu Alaha na.
The came up to bid Col. F. B. Dillard
And family goodbye.
—The main of the new waterworks is
nearing completion, and by Batnrday
night most of the piping will bu iu line.
H. D. Coleman is a hustler when you
scud him after water.
—Now listen 1 Wo arc informed that
our military boys will appear at church
next Sunday in full diess uniform, and
on Monday morning at 6 o clock sharp,
lo*v* for Camp Northern
- Messrs. J. M. Culpepper and son,
li. Mathis, G. Watson, Iliad Fordhftm*
and others, took advantage of the cheap
rates Wednesday, and paid the thriving
city of Americas a pop call.
•Mr. O. H. Handers has moved au
engine from the Dobbins, to tho Boll
place, whore he contemplates running a
ginnery. Mr. Hauders is one of tho live
young men of tho couuty, and will do
In* share of tho giuuing of that section.
-Mr. V. E. Berry, of Henry county,
paid this office a call a few days sinco
He reports crops in fine condition on his
aide of the bmncli, and said there was
bat a hair's breadth between cotton and
dostk iu the recent cold snap.
—The gnano sold in Clay county for
1893, amounted to 1,618 tons; in 1891,
1,205 tons-a decroaso of 323 tons of tho
previous year, yet, according to status
ties this is two sacks to every man. wo
Mao an child in the county,
—A Hnnday Behool was organized at
New Hope chnroh last Sunday, with G.
W. Grappa as Superintendent. There is
too good rcaaou why that neighborhood
should not have a prosperous Sabbath
•chool, as material bcenri to bo plouiL
■ The number of tickets sold at (his
point WodnosiUy to tho colored
mob to Andcreonvillo, was 216. Every
darkcv who could raise a dollar, drop
pod it in tho slot and boarded “do koera.”
Some left singing some yelling, and
uwiHy with a supply of $2 “rosy.”
B fTw'dare riuc! ng lte^Snim 'h-r^met
with what oaixo near Wing » serious ao
cident. Ilia horse ran a; 4 ainst a home
reck, Wit damaging Ibo buggy seriously,
fortunately not hurting Mr. (rum
tnor K groat deal, and neither ihe
norMi mjuretl, It was quite u narrow
escape.
—Annie Thomas, a tan huod damsel
b*>cauu‘ tired of parental control, and on
last Saturday night, skipped by the light
of tlie moon, it is supposed, with an
Alalouna coon np,.n whom she had iav
ished her affi'Ctionn. The.fleeing couple
was tracked to Shorterville, where all
trace of tbwv ended.
—On last Monday night Mrs. T. M.
Brewn was tak.-n quite sick suddenly,
aud after giving her several mild anto
dotra to no avail, Mr. Browu gave her.
as he thought, 15 drops of laudanum,
bat on investigating, found that he had
administered iodine iastead of laud¬
anum. A physician was smumoned and
at this writing. Tuesday, Mrs. Brown is
much l*etter.
—There is some c roplaint »1 ont the
taps hein-i removed from ttie wheels of
buggies »od o'b*T vehicles, that are left
iu exp«ised plwces at night, This is a
species of mslicions mischief that might
result in serious injury to hotb persons
and property, and the offenders, if
caught, should be dealt with in a num¬
ber that they will not soon forget, and
foremaocKi will put a stop to such despicable per
in future.
'—Last Sunday night at Methodist
^church a temporary organisation of
| Young People Society of Christian En¬
deavor* was formed with a membership
of 38. Next Sunday afternoon a per ma
bent organisation will be formed, instead
of Friday night, as was announced. All
Christian wethers are requested to at¬
tend these exercises, who can do so, as
this hr something that Fort Gaines has
long bean in need of, and we are glad to
the young people take steps iu this
direction. Too older Christians should
Nil proud of such demonstrations, as il
Is bat the legitimate fruit of the parents
have loyal to Christ, and
tanght their little ones to tread tho path
CofRfPwnenwnt Erarctss* of Bluffton High
Sehool.
Blufftou High School Commencement
exercises are over, and as usual with that
moat excel lent institution, was a most
oomplete success. The exercises were
most interesting, mado np of character
sketches, and were carried out to a suc¬
cessful snd entertaining end, as our
Blnffton friends know so well how to do.
The school is m a prosperous condition,
and growing in strength and usefulness,
every year.
The Commencement Sermoju was de¬
livered Sunday, Alay 27th, by Rev. W.
H Patterson. of Dawson.
“When a traveler over the mountains
of California first sees at a distance those
great rec^. which on th.ir discovery,
astonished the world, he experiences a
sense of disappoint meat They are only
trees—large tiees, it is trne, and well
proportion, but yet only trees. But af¬
ter he has Hood in the midst of the
grove—a tor he has walked for more
than thr» e hundred feet close ar mnd a
single trunk, and looked np to the
branches as high above him. of per*
cltitmv Ins uulked npon some fallen
tree a hnndreJ feet above the ground.
with a trunk so wide that along it a team
mi K ht li ° driven; then, and uot till then.
does he reulieo their immense magni¬
tude.”
* * *
To some extent, it may be, this was
the writer's feelings as he took a seat in
the Blnffton Academy when he looked
npon the young ladies and gentlemen of
the school. They were only young gon
tlomen and youug ladies, well propor¬
tioned. But aftor wo had sit in the midst
of them, an-t had nobxl the works of the
ait department, which was so beautifully
displayed upon the walls—after wo had
followed them through tlio many fields
of thought in Declamation, and had
gone with them around the trunk of
muny , ve „ defluod idoos, and had looked
n | )0 n tbo various branches that sparkled
f ro , n each thought, and had walked with
Prof. E. A. Pounds, of Barnesville, Ga.,
through all ages of history, and soared
away on tho sweet steaian of music to
the realms of infinity. Then, and not
till then, did we realizo the immense
magnitude.
Blnffton should fool proud oi her sous
aud daughters; but while this in trne,
she should have a deep reverence for
Prof a. \V. O. MeKinzie and A. B. 8au
dew, who hve demonstrated to her that
they are not men of small ability, aud
alio bo so fortunate as to retain
tboao gentlemen, as she has for tbo past
few yoars, the day is not far distant
when sho will have some of the most
towering intellect iu southwest Georgia.
COMMUNICATION.
Coleman, Ga., May 30.
Mn. Editor: I attended the Demo¬
***** meeting held in Cuthbert
yusterday. Tho leading advocates of the
iwo candidates for Govornor had been
industriously at work throughout tho
ooiuity. and a lively interest was maui
J 08 tyd by tho supporters of txth Evans
au j Atkinson. Each division of the
party was outhnaiastic, and confident of
micCow.
Tho strength of the candidates was
tooted iu tho selection of a chairmau,
which resulted in a large majority * for
,, General , _ trau,. , In tho spend,e» ... tl»t
wero ma<io °F 0U tUo sevcr “ 1 solutions
thftt ' vcve offered, the party was oov.n
Clkd ’ h >’ 11,0 p P eukor8 ’ to ‘^rmony. And
au Ul ^ mw8,ou ^ made that the party
had R most formidable enemy to con
teoJ in llie poraon or candicacy of
Judge Hines.
Mr ’ C ’ A ’ Barr V offort ‘ <1 11 resolution
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endorsing C leveland and tbeiidmiuistra
Hon wliioh was almost nnaniuiously
adopted. 1 heard many remarks made
bv the luk' worm democrats who said if
Evans "as nominated they would sup¬
port Hiuos; while others said if Atkinson
was nominated they would support
Hines. And still others said if ^Clove
land aud the administration were en¬
dorsed, they too would support Ilines
So. at any turn ot the wheel Hiues is the
gamer.
No«v, Mr. Editor. I want to mention a
few thingB that surprise me:
Is . How can a free coinage democrat
endorse Cleveland, w hen he is. and has
been for years a monometalist ?
2u*l How cun a democrat endorse his
administration, when it is in direct vio¬
lation of the Chicago platform ?
3rd. Aud how can any man speak ol
the honored name ef Joffeason in con¬
nection with Cleveland’s ?
Jefferson being a friend of the great
laboring class of the people; Cleveland
being a fair exjKmen’ of Hamiltonian or
English sentiment; Jeffersou being a
friend to the masses—Cleveland being a
friend to plutocracy.
Th« democratic party is hopelessly di¬
vided; the southern and western wing of
the party can’t do what they would like
to do, bat suffer themselves whipped
into line by the northern and eastern
party lash. Hence these southern en¬
dorsements of the administration. The
party’s situation remiuda me of a large
ocean steamer stranded away ont at sea;
the masts all broken down by storm, the
engines all refusing to work, water and
food almost exhausted, and but starva¬
tion and certain death awaits them, yet
the ocean seems determined, to remain
on the old sinking ship. Now, the mys¬
tery to me is, they don’t step off into a
passing vessel, whioh is new aud strong,
that can make its voyags safely through
the waves and storm, and land them svfe
upon tbs distant shore.
N. T. Cbozleo.
will —Judging this from reports our county
have year, a fine oat and corn
crop, cotton is looking well, also.
DISASTROUS WRECK
ON tHE &LAKELY EXTENSION LAST
WEDNESDAY*
A most disastrous wreck occurred lost
Wednesday forenoon, on the train going
from Columbia, Ala., to Anderson ville,
from which, though we have not full
particulars, we learn of the following
casualties:
From reports, Mrs. J. M. Li . 1 tie
was badly wounded and has since died.
Capt, Jno. Smith killed, Joe Lee and
sou badly hart, P. Tinsley, wife and
grandson, hurt, Out not seriously, J. C.
Chancy, badly hurt, W. it Robioaou.
Mr, Pritchett, C. E. Walker, S. G. San¬
ders, W. G. Smith, J. B. Mathis, and
T J Norris, injured. ThG is only a
partial list, as'about forty were killed
and injured.
The accident occurred Dear Leary, and
the result of a bad track, and green
men, that, section of the country, in
obarge of the tram. When the passen
g- r coach struck the defective portion
of the track, it turned over twice, ttt&t
down an ernhaukirieut and finally landed
fully sixty feet from the track, and the
wonder is, iu its crowded condition, that
a greater number of passengers were not
killed and injured. A portion of the
orowd remained at the wreck, while the
remainder went to Albany.
f rom w hat information we can gather,
it appears that the accident was of culp¬
able negligence on the part of the rail
read authorities, in allowing the track to
bi-come in a wretched condition, was not
safe to be traveled upon, and the train
was in charge of ofiice,n, to whom that
portion of the road was not familliar,
they were not aware ot its unsafo ooudi
tiou, and eouseqneutly, no precautions
were taken, but the train was running at
a m peed be only suitable on a read kuowb
to in first-Class condition.
This, as we have said, is the natnre of
the report as received by ns. and if cor¬
rect, the managers of the road should be
held responsible, and mado to suffer for
t hii culpablo neglect and wantonly en¬
dangering placed themselves the lives of passengers who
had in their oharge,
and all because their would have been
some e.pense attached to patting aiid
keeping the road in good condition.
Methodist Church»
The now Methodist church, of which
mention has oefore been made in these col¬
umns, and Which is fast nearing completion
will when finished, bo a credit to the denom¬
ination and to the town.
It is a coraposit building, part brick and
part wood, modeled after the moat modern
design, it will be roomy and comfortable,
and such an edifice throughout as few towns
no larger than ours can boast of. It is oc¬
tagon in shape, with a beautifully propor¬
tioned, hill spire, and located in a position
to attract the attention of all wno are any¬
where iu its neighborhood.
The interior of the church will be in keep¬
ing with the exterior, the pews and other
fittings being especially adapted to the style,
siae and shape of the building, an oye being
kept to tho comfort of the congregation, as
well as to pleasing, artistic effect.
As we have remarked before, the chinches
of a town aro a sure index to the prosperity,
refinement and religious zeal of its citiseus.
and we are both glad and proud to say, that
in this respect, wo would not suffer by com¬
parison with any other community of like
“ ize in tlic State. And our i/ethodist friend*
deserve great credit, for, under great diffi
c,utio9 ' 8nd man >’ dbcouragomenta, inau*
p™ 1 * 011 and P uslliu S to completion, this
Of great , deal , , of . work ,. . yet to
course, a is
^ <lon , bKoro th „ chureh b , dodic . led .
but this wil’ be an accomplished fact, in the
not dis'aut future, and the edifice will stand
completed, a handsome and substantial mon¬
ument to the Christian enterprise,
Wo have neither time nor spaco, neither
are wo sufficiently well informed to enter
into a detailed account of the ehurch and
its belongings, but, on a visit to it a few
days ago, we noticed thot the marble corner¬
stone i» inscribed with the names of the
building committee, as also, that of the Rev.
-Cruiupler, the present pastor in charge,
and to whose untiring energy and great per¬
severance, much of the success of undertak¬
ing is due
—Judge Teagno, of Alabama, was in
the city this week.
—Mr. J. E. Womack attended court
iu Dawson this week.
—Mr. Wil* Morgan, formerly of our
to -u, is here on a visit.
—Miss Maude Doughtie. of Eufaula,
is visiting friends iu the city.
—Mr. W. A. MoAllister and lady
moved Mouday to the Cook residence on
the hill.
—Miss Alva Gay is visiting the family
of Col. 14. A. Turnipeecd, and a certain
young man is happy.
—NOTICE f The Board of Directors
of the Alliance warehouse will meet in
Fort Gaines. Friday, June 5th.
—Fiy Traps, Fly Fans, Etc., Ice Cream
Free* rs, Water Coolers. at the
Hardware Store of J. B. Mcuernkm. im
—When you go to Bluffton, jnsfc drive
into E. S. Jones stables, you will find
him with the crib door open ready to
feed and eater your horse.
TO THE LAIDES.
I am handling a Cooking Mat and
Griddle, a new and wonderful invention,
indispensible in the culinary department.
For preparing delicate food it has no
equal. Kioe, milk, oat meal, grits, ot any
article of food which is easily scorched
can be placed ou the Mat and without
the constant stirring required in the old
way, it will cook the food thornghly,
imparting a delicate taste. For broiling
steak, chops, and cooking griddle cakes,
it is excellent. The Cooking Mat and
Griddle separate or oombiued.
I also handle tho Indestructible Metal
Tipped wick for lamps and oil stoves,
which is a very useful article. It re¬
quires no trimming, emits no smoke or
offensive odor, saves oil and gives a
strong, beautiful light Have samples
for inspection. Send yon orders to this
office. Respectfully,
Chab. G. Mandeviule.
—Mr. W. D. Moore, of Coleman, was
iu the city Tuesday.
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SCHEDULE IS EFFECT MARCH 18. 1894.
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Montgomery, Ala.
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CHOICE CIGARS, FINE TOBACCO
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CITY DRUG STORE.
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Jk Tho the Best Lr«it Shoes Money. tor V»1 l bw. $3 SB©E L. DOUGLAS
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► p,t ^ tVa'fcrproot. Best Bbrc sol i the
ti % f4 at pricB
4 Kaiiiolcustom and S3.CO ?>ross $OtoiS. Sho9«
•jt s | ;? ^ $3.60 __ work, costing lr«>iu
<* c :$> hi l 82.60, JEPJlteS, ShWBfi,
im r? y and $2
I v-yj » Unequalled at the {trice.
ivT* - h Boys 82 Are 6 tl.e $1.70 Best lor Service. School Show
?Y Ifck ^ $0*60 LADIES’
^5 BestDoneoli, $a. $1.76
m VSota rittlBrsml Stylish. PeiXOcX
% In the 8ervicrabie.Bwt
world. All htylv,
% *| Insist niton having W.L.
Jpog .and Douglas Shoes. Kavio
Ik. bottom. price stata'ped JBroekton oA
HAM.
DEALERS who push the sale of W. L. Douglas Shoes gai.i customers*
which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods, nwr «u»
•fford Vo mi at A faM JSSflABt, Snd we believe jon can save money by buytfefi fill jour
footwear of the dealer advertised below. Catalogue free ttpbtt application.
Eor Sale by A. M. WALES,STEIN
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Sheriff Sale*
On the 1st Tuesday In June, 1894, will
pa sold before the (kiurt house door be¬
tween the legal hours for sale: for cash,
the following lauds to wit: One hundred
and fourteen acres of land being the oast
half of lot No. 385 In the 5th district of
Clay county Georgia. Sold by virtue of
a mortgage fi-fa issued from the Superior
Court of said county April Term 1894 in
favor of Maud ft. Simpson ra. M. C. Wil¬
liams. Principal debt one hundred and
twenty six dollars, besides Interest and
cost said land pointed out In said mortgage
fita.
J. T, MCALLISTER*
Sheriff.
Legal Advertisements*
-CITATION.
GEORGIA—Clay all whom County. it
To may cone
Mr*, Emma Watts formerly Mrs. Emma
Webb, as Guardian of Emma'Holland fora*,
erly Emma Webb, has applied to me for
letters dl dismimiou from said GuArd:as.ship
and I will pass on the said application tin
tho Fort hirst Gaines Monday in July Given nexi, under at my office. hand
in Ga. my
and seal this the 2nd day of April 1HJ4
r. TFdtfrfc. ,
Ord'm ery.
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D. F. GUNN,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
A® Office next to Walieratda'ir.
JR.J. Mi JHA^CHETTt
Practicing Physician and Ohiggisti
Ft)RT GAINKS, GA.
Also nscG line Stationery. ? chool Bookr
Pnintos Oils, Varnish"* 'and Perfumer.
A:l size.-. g.a.,s- .. cut. . r<s riptions filfi.
day or nig t with ae<‘ur:i«-y v d dLspctoh.
TYREES RAILROAD.
We be b to advise that thfe Savanngh &
Atlantic R. R. (oetteY known as the Ty
bee R. R.), rmsnihg fhJm Ha van hah trf
L’ybee, last Ga., An^nSt. wliidh was damaged repaired, by
storm is being and
will bo id operation In time tii handle
tho tianhl SrimthcT business as hereto¬
fore. Cmftrfidt calls fot the nulling of
trains over that road ©n tho 1st of May.
The sum diet schedules will be out iii
ojieretioii as soon as possible, did notice
of which will be given. -
Cchiebctiotis are requested td prepare
round trip tickets to bo placo*l on sols
as in previous years.
W. F. Saci nil ak. J. C. I ikh z,
TradK Mgrs’g’/,
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