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I'irv Cents a hi tie.
Advertisements inserted in this col¬
umn for five cents ii fine, Everybody bu-i
who lias any want to supply, any
ness or aceemmodatious gratify to should secure; adver¬
deed any wi-fi to
tise in this column.
To th<- Rond Commissioners.
We, the road commissioners of
Mitchell's dist. commissioners respectfully request in the
all the road
county, and the citizens generally,
to meet us at the court house in
East man on Ihe first day of Au dis
gust next, for the purpose of .
cussing road mattersof importance. Nixon,
J. V.
B. IJ. Harrell,
ItEC iiiN B rown.
PUBLIC SCHOOL FRAUDS,
Teachers of public schools in
- tinned against '! admitting Vi In; tt; m/''n .pupils m i'l s
into (heir schools that have already
had the benefit of a four months
lerm the present year. No child
w ill I,*, M lowed a -econd term at
the public expense, and any
teacher receiving and reporting
such scholars will give good cause
ni , S her hCenS<? ' dnd ‘
wMM withholding ail | j?ay.^ mv
" L'.S'.'c. ^
July 1.1891
fOJt SHERIFF.
Having some little experience take this
in the Sheriff’s office I
method of announcing myself as
a candidate for the office of Sher¬
iff of Dodge county, at the
election for county officers asking
t lie support of all tlie voters of the
countv. If elected will do all in
my power to discharge the duties
of the office of Sheriff.
W. J. D. SKELTON.
;
For Representative.
At the solicitation' of friends,
and after carefully considering the
matter, I have decided to allow my
name 1o be used in the election
for Representative in October next.
! assure my friends and the public
that if elected I Will endeavor to
discharge the duties of said trust
to tlie very best of my ability.
Solicit ing the support of the voters j
ot the county,
I am respectfully, J. Jones.
C.
For Coroner.
To the voters of Dodge county:
Bv the solicitation of friends, I
have been induced to announce
myself a candidate for Coroner of
Dodge county; fully appreciating who have
t lie confidence of those
imnni-.d me their support, if
elected I will endeavor to dis
charge the duties incumbent upon
me to the very best of my skill
and ability. Respectfully,
D. F. Scarborough.
l'OU CORONER.
At the solicitation of many
friends 1 have decided to
the race for Coroner of
county, and ask your support in
the coming election.
Very respectfully, B. Wright.
J.
for the legislature.
With tlie earnest solicitation of
many friends, I hereby the announce
myself a candidate for Geor¬
gia Legislature and trust 1 may
receive your support on day of
election, which is the first IV ednes
day in October, and if elected I
shall serve the people to the best
my ability. Horton McCuaxie.
To tlio Voters of Dodge
County- solicitation
Without the earnest
if “many friends,” I announce Legisla¬ my¬
self a candidate for Hie
ture, and respectfully solicit your
support at the election in Octo¬
ber. Respectfully, W. F. Davis,
Ex-Coroner.
Notice, To the Voters of Dotlffe
I hereby announce myself election a
candidate in the coming
for Tax Receiver, and kindly ask
the assistance of the elected, public. I If so
fortunate as to be prom¬
ise to make a faithful and efficient
officer. Respectfully, W. Bohannon.
J.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Dodge County.
TO a ,i whom it may concern.
Witt "'»■ and testanu-.it of r ; ,0 > J ,°* thc ! l J®" f 1
nuiwlsig'no'Gcr 'leave to sell all the pine
tiinboi- suitable for saw mill purposes
on lots of land numbers ten (10), eleven
(11), twenty (20), forty-one (It), fifty
(50), and one hundred and fifty-four
(l.*>4), .dl in the nineteenth (l»th) d.e
triet of said county, and belong,ng to
the estate of smd deceased, and said ap
fhe iny in‘S?pteinb^r officially 0 l«K). this \
Given under hand
Be, an, Ordinary D.C.
B.R.tAiHOiN, retitioner's Attorney.
_-__-
MERCER UNIVERSITY,
MACON, GA.
forBSLS OF STL 1>Y.
I. Preparatory School.
l V. Siliool of Theology.
Sn.m.gniphy.Uook-krvina^LtM rS;ffiSS»!5iWA».
and «*tn>seM ft.. .- 1
ticant';' fc V^h-. 'uhlriti,' hall .......t* to til
.......... ....... V
1 .11 i III,' sue - ,i'r < h l 'i,; “r; ! o,:
.an,,,.noth,., i»tor,..am> f i a, i
■ f
T>e wuiVi iniv Kpiy liiMip V" -’
lit« ad L* •'!**.»• pill a.__■)__-____ H'’j!, Ip '.j p.wbai!
He have bouyht the county riyhi
to sell the latest and left Icecream
i'nczer made, bind yew- °>< ■
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Caught and Chronicled in Short
Paragraphs.
Pick the man,
Jf you can
Who’ll come in an easy winner,
Its a race
For the place,
I As -oire as you're a sinner.
Don’t grow mad.
1 Or grow sat I,
If your chosen one is beaten;
It is hail—
When your dish of crow is eaten.
i band be reviv
Can't the brass
ed?
The watermelon season will . soon
fie over.
HarreU’s new brick block is an
ornament to Eastman.
Dove shooting has reported opened plen-; up, j
and young ° doves are
-
bful this season.
While nearly all the other fruits i
j iave been a failure, the grape crop
P romlse ® to , , ,je large *
Drop in and give us the news
from your section of the county
when you come to town.
, J}jg meeting commences at
church, eight
east of Eastman to-day. I
Send the Timks-Journal to yourj
friends after reading it, and help j |
advertise oursection.
< )ur merchants have quit play- !
mg marbles, as they are now ..... too
busy to enjoy such sport,
People differ about religion.pol
itics, etc., but they all agree that
the Timks-Journal is now the best
paper ever published in Dodge
county.
Dodge county has never had a
better crop prospect than at pres¬
ent; that is, so far as cotton and
corn are concerned.
Seymour Briggs, the weather
prophet, predicts a cold wave. We
supp ose it will strike Eastman
about De e em ber 25th.
To learn of the men that aid in
building up their towns one has
but to consult the advertising col
urans of their local paper.
learn 1 that ' there are ft lar<m
number ot paitndge. in i t the conn i i
ty and sportsmen anticipate a loy- j
;d time of it when October conies,
Eastman still booms. , If Tr you i |
don’t think she has something to
back her, just take a nde through
country an,, see «,e 8 ,w,„ S
cr °P b -
Our physicians report business
bl their line distressingly dull. If
, h is a healthier place all the
year round than Eastman, then
he map makers have neglected to
put down the same.
We are under obligations to tlie
‘•Glee Club” for a delightful ser¬
enade Tuesday night. There is
nothing we enjoy more than sweet
1 music. Call again young gentle
men -
One of the professional alleged
humorists says “a man cannot af
ford <0 make a fool of himself.”
True; and he couldn't do it even if
he could afford it. Fools—and ed
itors-are born, not made.
A pleasant sociable «. given
last Monday night at the residence
of Mrs 1 E Johnson. Refresh
and the young
people enjoyed a most delightful
evening. The sociable was given
in honor of Miss Minnie Belle An
derson, of Bartow.
Several of the Eastman young
men who thought themselves ex
ceedimdv charniin" and handsome
found out. last Friday that the
young ladies were not of that
ion F'riend Guyton savs that some
of the excuses that the girls made
were very weak, but the boys are
conso li n jTBetter g themselves that a poor
„ v „ llse 18 ™ than none.
Election tickets printedl f at the
Timks-Jovrsal office for $-.00 per
eaily. thousan^ band ^jul la in yonr^ 1 ore eis
member when they ^ give ieir ^ or
ders to us that the printing is done
on a Dodge county press, with
Uod “ coun(v ; type, and by a
Dodge county m: .
A gentleman of our town, of
a<re and culture, and somewhat |
barefoot on top of his head, was
p a a ? i nj r down Railroad Avenue,
saw a friend sitting in front of a
store with hat off, showing a very
bald head. lie said to him:
'Neighbor, will you allow me to
make vou a suggestion?" “Cer
lai”ly “ir” nie recoiu
mend that you have a jack rabbit
painted upon the lop of v,,,,r
he ad." “Forwhat? “So that it
could bo said you had Ur,
Sunday afternoon, in com
p3 „ v with Mr. Ilobert McKinnon,
we visited his farm nearthe city.
but owing to the inclemency of
the weather we were debarred
^ # ^ „,e
tields. but from the house we could
wtl »„»h» ft
and one of the finest grape ar
bors in this section. Hie
literally covered with the
| usc j ous fruit—many of the
bunches weighing more than a
d We are under obligations
to Bob for several large bunches,
Mr. W. F. Harrell lias just had
his hanking office fixed up. It is a
model.
Mercer University has an ad in
this issue, all interested should see
same.
Mrs. B. II. Calhoun sent in the!
first lot of sweet potatoes of the’
season on Saturday last. They
were very fine and were raised in
her garden in Eastman.
Some much needed improve
ments has this week been done on
the platform and steps at the de
pot. Tlie work u-as dune by the
bridge gang, Mr. Melton foreman.
Harvey Andrews, our worthy
blacksmith, is nursing a nice little
pe t in the shape of a broken toe,
caased rt by an unrulv mule stamp
' ‘
on it . while , being shod. J he
boys accuse Harvey of getting hurt
intentionally, ’ so that he could stay j
at , home and fondle , a me J
which is a late arm a .
The amount of freight and ex
press received daily in Eastman
is immense. If you will only go
to the depot and glance ]
over the amount of freight and ex
■
press packages you will be aston
ishetd. Mr. Leva cei am \ ms
his hands full, but being the good
business man lie is, keeps right up
with his wonv.
Mr. John Sheffield, who lives
near Gum Swamp, brought to
the city last Friday a fine lot oi
melons, one of the largest weigh
ing fifty pounds. John informed
us that he had more of the same
sort at home, and expects to bear
off the prize of one year’s sub !
scription to the Times-Journal.
Who can beat it ?
Presbyterian Sunday School.
The Presbyterians of Eastman
(and we learn that there are quite
a number) are contemplating or
.mniziim a Sunday school, the
meetings to be held in the court. |
* Sabbath afternoon.
house every
We see no reason why they should
„ ot have a flourishing school and a
full attendance, as they will not
interfere with the other denomi
nitions ■ in the least—they • meeting!
in the foienoon .Mi e _
byterians will meet in the after j
^ {
We wish the good people God
^ , iu this movement, as it is
..... neef
ed; and not only a Presbyterian
Sabbath school, but a Presbyterian can| j
olHovi,, tvl.oro the members
assemble together and woi ship God ,
according o their own belief.
We shall have more to say on
this subject in our next issue, and j
will give the time and place of
meeting.
Death of Mrs. O. YV. Bush.
Mrs. O. W. Bush died at her ;
home in Ohauncey on Tuesday J
night last at 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Bush, it will be remember
ed, was seriously injured in a rail
road accident between McRae,and
Lumber City on the 5th of Feb.,
last, from the effects of which she
has since been a constant
»'>d it is supposed was tbe canse
°f her death.
Mrs. Bush was Miss Berta Crutch-1
™'
^ over a year, Shelieaves i.
bus iam am a i>.
and friends to mourn ltl |
premature death.
_
Handsome Farm ami Residence.
The traveler upon the road lead-;
ing from Eastman to Inglewood
is struck with the attractions and
beauty of the residence and farm
of Mr. Wright Harrell, which are
plainly visible from the public
road. Mr. Harrell is one of the
men who have demonstrated
yond a doubt that there is money
to be made in Dodge county by
foUowing the plow . He has not
onIv made a com f or table living,
^ money from liis
farm.
Picnic.
A small party composed of the j
fol iouowin„ i ow i n -voting o ^ ladies and gentle-i *
picmced ; at Daniel s nul ' on ,
men
Tuesday last: Misses Maggie Lee.
Maggie and Sarah C aihoun, Maicie
Clark, Willie Frank Harrell, and
Mrs. W. F. Harrell; and -nessis
Wash Ilarrell, Jerre Lowery and
Zack laylor. Ihey repoit
had a most delightful time
gant dinner, ice lemonade, he
cream, and everything that goes to
mate u p « ptea^nt pome party,
A Large Rattier.
M ]^r. J S living
.f™ this Office the rat
a la^-e snate w„ic., be!
the evenin 8 before, lltere
w-ere ten rattles ami lite usual hut
t0 „. Mr. Uvingston killed say, that the
snake bit and a dog that he
wou ]d not have taken ten dollars
for T h c dog died in .few second,
after being bitten. It was a very
large stumpy snake.
T ,. 0 7 uns Have Arrived.
^man* Volunteer*' tfb.tr far
v a ', 1 arrived,
, now taking new in
; tere5 t i' n the company. The guns
' ar e very good ones, being calibre. Spring
j field rifles of a very large
SIXTH ANNIVERSARY.
INGLEWOOD S. S. CELE
liRATES THE DAY.
An Knjojable Occasion—Sweet
Singing—A Good Dinner and
K,,st of Prctty GirIs '
Last Saturday the writer, in com
puny with Mr. Charlie Griffin,
tended the picnic, given in honor
of the sixth anniversary of the
Inglewood Sunday School.
The Sunday school anniversary
always looked i or ward to
pe^le^oOlngleu^ood| fames" , ^and^nev^
j, ldtre Bi-hop knows how
to -et un attractive exercises and
to makesuch occasions entertain
■ pleasant, *
‘ . j one compose d of
tul people 1110 ' ot *!■ ' our 1 1 county, „ and -j on on
this occasion t i iey added new iau- J
rels to their fame as the most lios- j
pdab ] e and ‘ e l e <rant entertainers in
(he Sla e< and '( he ladies, both old
and young, of the neighborhood
were untiring in ther efforts to en
tertain their friends who were j
pregent<
xhe “MockingBird Choir," com
^ ofeight or ten young ladies,
opem , d the exerc ises with some of
the sweetest vocal music we have
jjstened lo in a long while. This
c | 10 jj. bas ^yon quite a reputation
f or their sweet music, and their
renditions are always gladly re-j
ce j ved When they concluded, j
j udge Bishop arose and in a most i '
e ] 0 q Uen t and complimentary man
ner introduced Prof. 11. M. Wesley, |
0 j- Bhine, who delivered a short j
address, in which he took occasion
to endorse the Sunday school cause j
(to further which the anniversary j
had been called an tie cat se
apart) and all other enterprises
tending to build up the cause of re-.
Upon and increase the happiness j
of the people. ;
After the conclusion of I rot.
Lesley s remarks the crowd dis
Parsed, and the lemaindei o
morning was spent m social < on
versotion, eating watermelons and
singing “ilarching ’round the lev
e d“ b .uain, Many many mam stars,” . s, etc.
Eng.ewood is a beautiful pEce
for a picnic, with its magnificent
shades and soft carpet of
[j>nn pk.,Sv t ic., ^1
, ' cl,) ' ! ' l(llt lt * 311 ^ ( *
AWfl 1 ,, 1
> “-‘ ™; , ‘ ’
J ;d , rted a pleasant
. iu d Ciiarlie Griffin savs “the
j ' '
^
1,e -
At 12:30 dinner was announced,
and it was all that one could wish.
There was plenty to have fed three
as many more people, and
m e eatibles were the nicest we ev- •,
er saw; in fact, we do not believe |
any people on earth can excell the;
ladies of Inglewood when they
take a notion to have a big dinner.
About- 3:30 p. m. we left for
home, bearing with us many pleas
ant recollections of the kind, hos
,,itable and whole- sonled people of
In^ood._
Complimentary Reception. I
j (he elegant
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dan
was abiaze with flowery splen
or ( xhe occasion was a reception | i
<rivea by Mrs. Daniel to Misses Lei
? a Anderson and Minnie Ryan, of ;
u aw kinsville. The entertainment
was exceedingly pleasant throng.)
out. Among those present were:
George Osmond with Miss Alice
Clements; Willie L Leacock with
Miss Abbie Clements, no. -
Bohannon with Miss Annie Foster,
T II Edwards with Miss Mattie
Foster. Frank Whiddon with Miss
ElbeMcltae: Alfred Mumford with
Miss Maggie Lee; June Williams
with Miss Lizzie Ashburn; Joseph
Williams with Miss Ida Ashburn;
0 li„ Rharrwitli Miss Widie
V\ R R Had Colcord with witli Miss Miss ^ i
e na Clark; A
stags. I’ittman, !
Guyton Fisher, Floyd Peacock, H
j s Clements, L O any ;
stew ,. rt . Mannie Ilerrman, Chas.;
( , riffin .Edwards.
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Warm YYeather.
Y\ lule v\ e Inn e •oen n.n .ng s » .
hot weather in Eastman^ he fo
lov mg v n* 1 -i " t c -P ^ ■* ■
bany News would seem «. im lea^
that we ha\e •- , cen u.imh^ a i" *-•
deligiitful summei ( onipare w. a
.l,e Ne,v S
-m account of a wreck of SOurfay, a wagon
caused by the sun melting the ties
- Ihe^eels, it.
ail to such puttheh freaks
j,| w „ to irtVl. pttltli.it the
of old Sot is section paper
would be overrun with one dns
° r matter. A ."'y
»”» ‘ '“ S ,01,0,1.1,11 5°y
s er time, ft spell,
j„ Albanr during this heated such
and the reporter cant give it
. prominence.___
First Open Roll.
Mr. A. G. AYilliamson laid on
onr table on Wedm-s-lay the first
(open boll of cotton we have swn
tins season. It was wed mat u
| and was fine staple.
GEXERAL1.V GOOD.
The Outlook Tor this Year's Crop •*
Eeconragiug.
If there is anything (hat the
pie of Dodge county are paying
close attention to, at present, i: is
the crops. Especially the mer
chants and cot ton buyers, for tmy
want to know about how mu. .
cotton, corn and other produce to
prepare for.
The crop report for the month.
ofJll, Mate of Georgia, ,
v d a ou
’
.
j 1 -Ve'c rn cr l^! «n
(
j From manv sections of the State
corae reports of drv weather. The
[unusual 1 three weeks, hot coupled weather with for the the past dry
seas0 n, causes apprehension for
the 1 safety of this crop.
Tlie (renei-il avei-e-e *is iii the State
forth® cotton crop 9S3-5. Re
ported clean generally, but a few
davs late. It" is too soon to form
an opinion or make an estimate of
this crop with any degree of accu
racy. While it has not suffered,
as has corn, to any appreciable ex
tent, should the weather continue
iiot and dry for a few days the
damage will be apparent.
The government June report of
the cotton crop and prospects,
which was returned last week,
shows that the average of condi¬
tion has advanced from SS.^ to 01.4
since the May report. The pres¬
ent average of July condition has
been exeteded only once in the
last five years, and it is stated as
follows by States: Georgia. 96;
Virginia, 02; North Carolina, 95;
South Carolina, 95; Florida, 92;!
Alabama, 95; Mississippi, 89;
isiana Q 3- Texas ‘ S9- -Arkansas SO: j
Tenuessee 93. Nearly throughout
the cotton area two or time «eot.
of dry weather is reported, but
scarcely any injury from drought.,
Since Julv 1st heavv rains have
been reported A on the Atlantic
coast. will bo noticea
Georgia's average is ahead ot
olI * t l ‘ ; "•
ike wheat and oat crops tue a.- ,
most a total failure. In many sec
tions no effort was made to liarv
r 1 ie I renorts t P ° ltS indicate general ill
«ood feeling among f ,m» -mev >. < a
1111 1 J 3 s 1 KOM 1
7> n r n * i v t^f .>« Voilrno- it o r
O 0
rai]) Corn is abo ut made, and
gome are about ,-eady for pulling
1()dd(1 <M ' „
‘ S P A nn large « ch,,rch crowd ‘ un,!a was v out at MV B^
-
R.D. Gentry, agisted by , Bov. .fir.
JLtike, pastor of the church, con
ducted the exercises.
M r. Peter Bowen leads the neigh
bor ] lood j n a flpecrop. Corn, cane,
cotton, peas, potatoes and pinders
— ;( p j n a prosperous condition and
a bountiful yield.
COMING AND GOING.
Someoftlie Folks you Know and
their Doings.
Mr. W. L. Peacock is enjoying
surf bathing at St. Simons.
Mr. Hamilton Clark, of Chaim
<?ey, was here on Wednesday.
Mr. S. F. Floyd, of Seville, was
j n Eastman Sunday and Monday
last.
Mr. H. G. Miller and family are
visiting relatives in Johnson coun
t y, and will be absent several days.
Mr. E. J. Peacock lias another
I1 1 'day3^old! 0USe ' * S ° n *‘ V
a fev.
Mr. Charlie Lashlie, of Cochran,
*pent a few days of this week with
Ws parents near Eastman.
Mrs. J. T. Robinson, of Mem
wether county, is on a visit to the
family of Dr. S. A. F'oster.
air. xj r o. r w w *>oies \ 0 i es returned returned from iiom
.
his trip to Salt Springs on Sunday
last. He was greatly benefited by
trip.
Rev. J D Anthony, of Spring
Hill, will preach at the Methodist
church here on Sunday morning
and evening next.
Mr. W. A. Morgan made a flying
trip to the capital city Saturday.
A goodly crowd of Eastmanites
attended preaching at Barker’s and
Bay Spring churches on Sunday
last.
Mrs. L J Ware and children, of
Laurens county, are on a few days
visit to relatives in Eastman. Mrs.
Ware is a daughter of Mrs. Sauls
and sister of Mrs. L M Peacock.
Mr. Jos. C. Williams returned
on Saturday last from his Balti
’ nore trip.
Mrs. BD Woodard and little
daughter visited relative in Cocb
mu j oik ay as.
Mr. Louis Campbell, of Bruns
wick , gave us a pleasant call last
Monday. He is again on the road
in the interest of S, Mayer & 111
man , wholesale grocers of that city.
S!ier iff Rawlins left yesterday
morning with Mrs. Jane Kozur tor
t }ie asylum. Mrs. Rozar was ad
j udged i nsane in June, but there
'
])ei no r00m j u the asylum at
(but time, she llo could f . 0 ,dd not’l»e not lie sent sent
Qn>
AVelearn that Miss (J. EllenTay
, accep , e d the position as
........ .he Kustnun,
academy for next year.
Judge M L Burch made a trip to
Laorens eoonty on Tnesjay last.
accompanied by his daughter, M ss
Nettie, and Mrs. McLendon, who
will spend several weeks. He says
everything ^ looks flourishing in that
Mrs. P R « b Johnston Johnston left eU Tuesday
01 a ^ 0U1 "eek s visit to rda ^
at Mr. Stone A J Mountain.. Massey is spending Ins
summer vacation this week with
relatives at, Scotland.
Mj ss Alice Clements, of Alimo,
Ga., who has been spending some
time with relatives here, returned
home Wednesday, much to the re
gret of her many newly-made
triopds and admirers in East,™,.
Mr. J. M. Edwards, of Walthour
Mile, who his brothers. has been Messrs. on a week’s| M. 11.
vi-i« to
and T. II. returned on Tuesday
last to Ins home.
Mrs. H. Herman and Mrs. Car
rie Landsberg, who have been
spending a month very pleasantly
on St. Simons island, returnei 0,1
Sunday last.
M r. June A. Williams, of the
Dixie Land and Investment Com
pany, has been in Fiorina for set
eral days m the interest of lus
company.
j Ir> pr Anderson, of Jefferson
dv> ^ spen t several days of this
^ week in Eastman, the
„ uest of ]lig brot her-in-law. Mr. S.
f) Eason.
Migg Effie McRae left Saturday
j agt on a v i s jt to relatives and [
r j endg j n Lumber City and pleasant Spring j
Hill. We wish for her a
visit. ;
Mrs. J. I. Waite and children ;
j ft ve8terdav for Brnnswick.where
u ' , v ;n and? tM,, the husband and ,
make that city their
future home. ilrs. Waite is a no-1
b , Christian lady, and her sweet
influences m ie igmus an . ;
happiness in their new home in the
.. Ci ^. t h e Sea.”
Tlie Old Homestead. |
Homestead comes to us
HM will, good Ihing,. A ylance ;
within its well-filled pages will sat
iafy
?* me *J i
the eounlry. Hint it has luMJcd
its promises made ft year anon ten
its Unit number ?PP;ayrf. “ dc
“A', 1 '^VSy htt^
5 .imitation amt in tho superiority The Ohl
llomwloadistlistmebsclyjsonlh- it, reading matter
.
em Pn^*™^
talent, the domestic virtues, and
the refining influences of homes
. and families. Ihe subscription
price is but one dollar a y-ear^ane.
i the magazine s mu
‘ * "
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ECHOES FROM AMOSKEAG.
Mrs. W. Willingham, of Macon.
who has been visiting Mrs. E. 11.
ty ?on, left Monday
! Dv E jt Bacon is visiting Allan
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.
H; . s Luk Co]cold and \ U Col
^ -pijj, ,-^jay for a visit < r
cVe ,.. ! ] wct >ks to friends in Spar
lan’otrg. S. C.
Mi’s. J \\ Rogers and Mis. Rush ,
are visiting friends in Macon this
week.
We have before us a copy of the
^^flth^the' smiTh Atlantic viiast
edition, which gives a comprehen
sive and interesting view ot the
mills ami lumlxw interests oi tho
Atlantic coast Males, Among
those of local interest is included
the Amoskeag Lumber Company,
the illustrations of which are fine
ly executed and give a faithful rep.
resentation of the saw nuhs^ and
different, objects of interest belong
in S to the Amo-keag lumber
works, with fine port raUs of Mr.
H-I’, b'mart, president, Martin J.
Amro us and tho “Little Napoleon,
a sobriquet bestowed upon him by j
his conferees, or “Jake Colcord,"
as he is better known. The
gives a concise but comprehensive;
resume of the business, with a
short sketch of the life of each
member of (he firm
An anecdote related of the gen
eral manager, which we repeat, is
one that we have often heard told
in his own inimitable manner.
After leaving the trade as ear
penler, he applied to a man for a
job. “What can you do?’’ smiling
^querried the old man, looking at
diminutive iacl before him.
The answer came quick and bright:
‘Must what I am told to do !"
The oarponter thought he woalj
give him a tnul, and being at w-rk
011 ;l barn, told him to go to work
and shingle the roof “butts up."
a short while the boss returned
loaaa bait ,1,0 roof nicety
"in^.c i * j “ > s up.
Looking up at the boy on the
roof he said: “Young man, what
' ‘ F" v “Justwhat 1
told, was the response.
-M'ell,” said the old man, “you'll
«lo; come down.” And the result
was that he told him to come to
showolhim a plan of a
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build it; said he could, and lie was
‘ iven the job ami position as boss
-or a nttmber of men.
is only one of the many m
cidents in the life oi a man who,
by his indomilahle will 4ml until -
;; . energy, ^ merits the success he
^ t! , m . tide mt . n
Honed, the writer forms a iust
til!Ul(c <; r | r ;, Guurwt-.-r w;.en he
-ays, spearing or L--cnegy, V
and ability, that Im is 10
“' ;liia!!e8t m:m he eV0 J’ ” u ‘•
'Aiool'near j, Lesley has an ex
p eiit j here There !
, iii M u , sch ola. s now in at
is a f „„,l diseipiin-'
ar i an , and the pupils advance He rap
^ Viniy d his tutorship. tenrtJ. is
a good and do
serves the sup p 0rt of the entire
community.
TJl<? hea](Jl of Rhine is good—
not a case of sickness reported.
We are glad to say that
serv j ce was established on the 15th.
instant. We are now receiving
two mails per day, one each way
and ^TimkAur
VI fj, e sanie da d‘ y it is published,
0l]r Cope]an merchant, Jas.
Rvals, has a new coiner at his
house. It is a boy, and the style
of the firm is now -1. ( ■ l ;.
^on. We wish them a lo. g
P ros P ero, - B luturc '
Over r, $2,000,000,000. ionAnnarwino
Over $2,000,000,000 in mco.n
paper, or over $30 each for
person J n the land, is in circulation
„ reseut More than
of ,.„i d and rilver is in the
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of the treasury rea . U r V at at Washing- asnm 0
ton.
Of the total coin in circulation
abou t two tliirds is gold and one
^ silver , 0 f tho paper about
one - { hini greenbacks, one-fourth
rilver certificates, one-sixth gold
certificates, one-fifth in the notes
0 f the national banks, and the
remainder injvarious other
There is more gold in circula
lion than any kind of paper money,
but only one-fourth as much cola
^ Ihor. i, of di kind, of po^r to
gether. Of the paper in circula. .«»n
cates ^f auunattoti-t. ,an , in. t
and go... eertme,. ,,. ..... .
The money of the country .. an
‘““T’ the eombined ”"(■ weahn n, o, -■ .
of the richest men of the country.
Suicide Near Scotland.
We learn that on Wednesday
morning early a -Mr--. Cox. living
near Scotland with lie. Imsbano
and family, committed suicide by
hanging herself with a rope to tlie
j Q |st Qf ^e house. We cannot
learn anv particulars.
1 have been receiving letters re
from parties in dine: 'nt
parts of tlie county asking me how
[ stand on tiio liquor question. To
those I will say that 1 have always
voted with the prohibition pa. y,
and have never had cause to
change mv religion. But I amop
posed to making .prohibition an
X’tW^TS'S hnpM'ike (ho
; ( (his (i , iu , th;l| ,.| lnil i d
In j nd . : 0 f da.-ses—the (fio masses, especially lvict lease tho
working co 1
system and public schools.
have only ‘in had broken prohibition doses and but
lree schools ;
wo have had convict labor in
double doses, ami 1 for one would
like to see a change. Ex Cor.
DOTS FROM DKXTKIL
Dfxtkh, Ga., July 23—It has
'’con some f ime smee I contributed
inlen-) have occurred.
A hly; mooting oi t!i<‘ county
a.lli.ntee rva- hehl a. Know Hill
h;uids (m w< j. Xorthen fur Guv
Tho ,, o0 d people in (he
neighborhood of tho church had
prepared a sumptuous dinner, to
which all did ample justice Wo
expect another fine albam-e dinner
nI l me Uill~a
’ueetm.g ot the eountj 11,1
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One Negro S boots Another.
Sunday night, July 14th, at Bui
loch, Bush & Go's turpentine still,
near Seville, Will McMillan shot
and killed Richard Boyd. The
difficulty grew out of an old feud,
and wa.vlaycd on Sapday Boyd aim pipbl shot MeMilJ;™ him, tot
bullet strikiim him in to hip and
raayina narvard a frn„, the died .
of which he died the ne; t nay
’ec.Jiilan inane ots e.v.ap
ha.-: since been am-ted. He con
t'e,-ed doing tli^ sliootmg. and is
now 1!1 V‘A ,, .
Manunotb INvdiiie
On Saturday last Mr. II. J. Sapp
]; , id on ou , taUc a ,-ouple of
largo bolls T>T cotton we have
ev.-r seen. They were of the Mam
moth Brobfic variety, and contains
J dve j oc ^ s to the boll. lie has
; add a j ia ]f a( . r(; . from which
thinks he wiil get abide and a half.
Two Safi Deaths at Lumber City.
On last Mrs.
wife of Mr. William Ryals
0 f Lumber City, died of typhoid
■
also , leani Liat r| i , uesday .
Me on
morning Miss Steele, of 1 hat pace.
also died of the same disease.
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Fine Sugar Cane.
Mr. T. W. Deane brought in on
Monday a stalk of sugar cane that
measured 41 feet inlenrih. Mr.
j k . an<> Lromiht last year on the
o,st of August, a Hulk that meas
j ured which was considered
the b C pt of the season. He -ay<
, ba ^ cane crop is very tine, and
_ a( | ea <t a month earlier than
, ast j- rar
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Sit.ier , , . ibtre; , urv 1>iU .
......... ,Cd of
e „.t -!,otihl i, read, not
fanner-, hut by every
thinking citizen. He is opposed
to the bi'l for several reasons, and
explains his rt asons for being op
pose to it. Wh think his views are
| -ood, and when he tells the farm
er: s that he is their friend and is
willin g to do everything possible
i | 1; -. do for th*-ir benefit wo
Brnktled they will be satisfied
• {!iUf Bhu>. F.Cr>nis:ho mail to
L 'o fnnn the •*!<! Di-trict to repre
* sent-them m the o2 Congress.
ETtHlNt.S FROM KM 1*1 RE.
Emi irc. Ga., July 22.—Mr. and
Mrs. T K Halkctm are at Indian
Spring S.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner re
turned Sunday from Stock! ridge,
where they have been visiting for
the past ten days.
Mr. J W Rogers, of Amoskoa
was in Empire Sunday.
Miss Leila O’Kelly, of Amos
visiting here, the guest of
T drs Dll Howard,
Man Davis, the young coroner.
and Ered Balkcom, went down to
^Mr^j’ s^itjstMff'lrin:................
(y , lias moved his family to this
place, and will make it Ins home,
1 went out last week on an elec
tioneering tour, and was out only
seven days, but visited nearly all
[| R , points of interest in ihe coun
f.y, and slept one night with Judge
Roberts. I like to sleep with tho
Judge; he is so cool—just like
deeping with two poplar poles. 1
don't know how the Judge likes to
sleep with mo; very well, though
j reckon—ho didn't sav anything.
tried to get him to vole for me,
bu t he begged to be excused, as he
was like three other fellows 1 met
to the other candidate,
g ] 10S e name I am not allowed to
use onlv on state occasions, and
|i iell id a low breath. That's all
it won't do for everybody
i 0 vote forme—if would be sitting
down too hard on my adversary,
crons especially corn, Wo
| iaV o nevci- seen m tins section
We hear of several who expect to
from twenty live to s<‘venly
h ^ si l'lTiooininy
and wo
ex ,,ect to liave a warehouse soon,
wlih h wiil enable our fan: er to
ship their produce with more con
vemencm ,
M..
Carmel church. A large crowd
attended the lust sad ril< s, i’ev. J.
A VI;* ™„a U cL„r the l.nml
°'j b J lk Green, jr.. H nrogn V.^
with hi- si hool.
Wt . ai , having delight'ill s.-a
o„-. at nma-nt.
jioUtiV-'this'falL iiv>
with IHh : -
ance Nal-ies hold they will run tho
machine to a :..!<• h-ndnu.
•Conx: u:i.n .!«■!..
, \ jmuid* of w v-W free.
, ihe
ten f/ftlhms ot'crtnim Kdomvrh ft// h (' lire (’ *' /'
\soUh v J). M. Stob-K. 11 <F
The N, w South.
One of the brightest men in tho
south to-day, anil one of tlie most
ive and intelligent, is B.
W. Wrenn, General Pa muor
Agent of the EastTennes* sec Rail
way System. he
In the east, not long ; ince,
j ‘ ‘ , “The New
houln . ........... , ldu „.,, d t!l( .
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pathetic words under the cartoon
in our supplement to day.
In this cartoon all the resources
of the v ord a-n jir ntod in tlib
grea! -: 0 „th an- distinctly shown.
, nd ,'js railroad tiderjiris. - are its
c<J. Wrcnn a n-.<-mLor < '■ :
si a if of Gen. John B. Gordon, and
>< g Friday (the Fourth)
on a ! rv charger, in the parade,
.)«•«» foV new ,m
iform, with a plume in hi hat, he
hero.-Chat ranooga Argu S.
In the history of Georgia poli¬
tics we do not believe there is a
parallel to the race which is
ma(Je ) y Mr Northern lie
w>u b( j fore the people since Au
^ jgt j ag ^ and j n a j] that time not
one charge against him has been
brought. It proves that a
honest, upright life commands
ward.
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