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r local affairs.
Exeiine I'm.
John McGill, for the first time in twclv
months, is out of the office for a few days.
We don't mean that he is on a bust—only
gone on a little pleasure trip with his wife
So we hope our readers will excuse this
dull, dry paper, for it does not matter how
big a lie we get up in the rough, wc need
John to polish and give the finishing
touches
Ecllpuf or I lie Moon.
There will be a partial eclipse of the
moon on Thursday night, the 23d of this
month, beginning at 0:30 o'clock p. m. and
continuing one hour and thirty-nine min
utes —visible iu this section of the world.
Next Knluriliiy,
Rev. 11. M. Barton, assisted by uncle
Benny Thornton and others, will com
mence a meeting at the Baptist church in
this place. Wc hope there will be a full
attendance, that much good may be done,
and a large number added to the church.
4'nt-liwh I'nlllnK.
A darkey a day or two ago sold a blue
cat-fish weighing twelve pounds, for one
dollar—they have usually sold for 121 cts.
a pound in this market. Fish as well as
every thing else will have to come down
to hard pan prices. We are certain that
one came to the Pan.
Nuuilujr.
Rev. Mr. Hyde, (Presbyterian.) preached
an excellent sermon in the M. E. Church.
r Owing to a number of our people having
gone to Poplar .Springs camp-meeting, in
Franklin county, the congregation was
smaller than usual.
“The Old Capital.''
This is - the name of anew paper just es
tablished in Milledgcville, by Speer &
Ham. Now look out for a spicy paper.
Poor Land Profitable.
Lands in this county that you can wet
your finger and raise the soil, will turn out
fifteen bushels of corn to the acre this
year, and the rich bottom land more in
proportion. We would advise some of our
people not to sell their corn for fifty cents
this fall, and promise one dollar and fifty
cents on credit next spring for the same
corn.
Foreat City Foundry.
Geo. R. Lombard & Cos., proprietors of
the above Foundry, advertise in this issue,
and we can recommend them to our citi
zens as being in every way reliable. Any
thing you wish in their line cau be obtained
from them of the very best quality and
at lowest rates, and can be brought up on
the Savannah by returning boats at nominal
figures. This is a considerable item of it
self in these days of high railroad freights.
Don't Drown Them.
A minister lately married a couple in
this county whose united weight when born
wasjust five pounds—now a stout, hand
some pair. This shows that the wicked
custom should be abolished ot sending
small, puny babies of! to the creek to be
drowned. With care most of them could
be raised, and would swell the population
of Georgia without the cost of immigra
tion fees. If you remember, Gen. Francis
Marion when he was born was such a puny
little fellow the midwife put him in a quart
cup.
lXawk*ey mu<l Free Free*.
These two papers come through weekly
with promptness and dispatch and our
readers may expect some rich clippings
from them. The Free Press is Democartic
and the Hawk-eye Republican, both of
them though have an abundance of good
reading, outside of politics, and we would
as soon try to keep house without a cook
stove or corner cupboard as to try to run a
paper without them, there is not a paper in
the United States that does not directly or
from second hand copy from them. If any
af our patrons wish to subscribe for either
of these valuable papers we will take pleas
ure in forwarding the money for them.
The Sew Jail
Is finished, and considered a first-class job,
it is much more of an ornament to the
town than the old horse stable was. M e
hear it is to oe handsomely furnished, and
we think it ought to be provided with a
piano for the accommodation of the two
young ladies (?) who have been in jail so
long.
Premium Watermelon.
A few weeks ago, we offered one year’s
subscription to The Sun, free, to the per
son sending the largest watermelon into
our office by the 15th of this month. Mr.
W. R. Holland, of Shoal Creek, bears off
the prize. We have marked his subscrip
tion paid for one year. v
Nome Apple*.
Mr. E. R. White made an attack on us
the other day with one of his large apples,
called the “ pound apple,” measuring 13
inches in circumference. We were over
come, and don’t care how soon he comes
over with more of them.
Nuu Kays.
W eather hot.
Wish it would rain.
Locals scarce.
Money ditto.
Peaches plentiful.
Watermelons cheap.
Crops suffering for ram.
E. B. Benson & Cos., are receiving new
goods and sell cheap.
Interesting meetings are being carried on
at several churches in this County.
The new jail has been received by the
Building Committee, and the prisoners,
each, have a room to themselves.
There has been quite a revival in the
Baptist church at Pendleton S. C., over
fifty members have been added to the
church.
If you want to laugh, read communica
tion from Shady Dale.
Capt. John Peek has painted all his
houses and fence so white, that it reminds
one oficed-cakc.
Flep Kay has finished painting the Bap
tist church—it looks as bright as anew
pin. Flep has the contract for painting
the Methodist church. The paint and oil
are ready, and he will commence work at
once.
If you want any kind of Machinery, from
a Sausage Mill to a Steam Saw Mill, call
on E. B. Benson & Cos.
Bathesda Academy numbers fifty pupils,
S. M. Bobo, Principal; J. M. Thornton,
Assistant.
Hurrah for the Atlanta Constitution !
That is all the other papers have left for us
to say.
We are indebted to Geo. Stinson & Co.‘
Portland, Maine, for a beautifully illustra
ted “ Family Record '' —a steel engraving.
If you wish beautiful pictures cheap, send
to them.
I>r. Harter's Fever ani> Ague Spe
cific has cured when all other remedies
have failed. You can always depend upon
it. Sold by E. B. Benson & Cos.
We sec it stated that Generals P. T.
Beauregard and .Jubal Early have beaten
their swords into ploughshares, and turn
the wheel of fortune monthly for the Lou
isiana State Lottery Company, with as
much vigor as fifteen years ago they led
armies to battle. We sincerely hope with
no more profit to themselves. Great pity
they had not fallen upon those swords and
died like men rather than live by such an
occupation.
The Gainesville Southron says: “ All
the mines of Northeast Georgia are in full
blast and doing well. Every day adds
more and more importance to the mining
operations of this section. In a year or
two more the whole mining region will
team with activity, and, we predict, pros
perity.”
Dr. Hartkr’s Liver Pills have a
direct and powerful action upon the Liver,
and will, with great certainty, relieve Tor
pidity, Congestion, or Inflammation of that
important organ. Sold by E. B. Benson
& Cos.
Almost every farmer in the County has
a tobacco patch, and as they are not allow
ed to sell only to a manufacturer, or a to
bacco Commission Merchant, they will
have enough for home use many years.
This is right. Our County has been paying
more for tobacco, than their taxes and the
tuition of their children. Not less than
twenty thoussnd dollars a year goes out
of this poor County for it.
Procure a bottle of Thrash’s Consump
tive Cure and Lung Restorer, and stop that
dreadful cough. Trial 50 ; large 1 50. Sold
by all druggists.
A German shoemaker, who had under
taken to make a pair of boots for a gentle
man of whose financial integrity he had
considerable doubt, replied, when asked
for the articles. “ Der poots ish not quite
done, but der beel ish made out.”
Ntate Item*.
A man named Boyd was struck by
lightning on the 13th inst. at Longview on
the Air Line railroad while fixing the tele
graph wire, Mr. Davis, the operator, who
was assisting him, was badly shocked.
Talbotton Standard: From Capt. A.
B. Howard, who was in town Saturday
for a burial case, we learn of the self-de
struction of a promising, accomplished
young lady. Miss Kate Cheney, daughter
of Mr. Rufus Cheney, who lives in Merri
weather county, near the line of Talbot,
committed suicide by drowning on Friday
last. Several weeks ago she dreamed of
being dead, and since that time she has
been partially deranged. Friday, while
standing upon the banks of Pigeon creek,
with her mother, she jumped in suddenly
pulling her mother after. The water was
not deeper than three feet, and Mrs. Che
ney got safely to shore, but too late to
save her daughter, She immediately gave
the alarm and assistance was at once se
cured, but the body of the young lady had
been under the water so long that all ef
forts to resuscitate proved unavailing.
This is one of the saddest deaths it has ev
er been our lot to chronicle. Miss Cheney
was 18 years old, and up to the time of the
dream, which doubtless caused ner self
destruction, she bid fair to become a use
ful woman and an ornament to society.
An Atlanta girl, whose father is worth
$300,000, makes all her dresses with her
own hand, and is one of the most stylish
members of Atlanta society.
The colored people of Bibb pounty pay
taxes on an average of $35 55 of realty
per capita.
The bond of Andrew Clark, Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Atlanta District
of Georgia, has been approved.
Some time since it will be remembered
that the State of South Carolona applied to
the Supreme Court of the I nited States for
an injunction to restrain the Secretary of
war and certain engineer officers from
prosecuting work near the mouth of the
Naiaunah, designed to improve the naviga
tion of that river, but wqich the Caroli
nians thought injurious to their side of the
stream. The Supreme Court rendered a
decision the other day dismissing the ap
plication' and authorizing the engineers to
proceed in their work. —Chronicle Con
stitutionalist.
Mr. Julius Knox, a prominent grocer of
Savannah, committed suicide one day last
week.
The newspapers are engaged patting the
convention on its back with thistles. It
is probable that no assemblage of the kind
has ever been so unanimously and harshly
condemned by the country press of the
State. —Atlanta Constitution.
The Covington Star says that Miss Lily
Lee, who is scarcely sixteen years of age.
has a school of twenty pupils, some of
whom nre young men in the higher grades
of mathematics. Miss Fee graduated at
the recent commencement of the S. M. F.
college.
The Gainsville Eagle wants to know
how it is a nigger can shout half the night,
steal chickens the other halfand, and work
hard all next day ?
A young man rode a thirty-dollar mule
to town last Tuesday, swapped eight times
and finally rode home on a seventy-five
dollar horse and carried one hundred dol
lars in money and notes in his pockets as
boot he had received. A pretty good days
work to be done in the “ bone orchard ”
as the hoys call the swapping ground.—
Carrollton Times,
Edward Dillard, a poor man who lives
in Newton county, has fallen heir to a fur
tune of thirty thousand dollars. Wonder
if he is related to " Cousin Sally Dillard V'
Twin m ii ii lea I lon.
Shady Dale, Ga., August 18.
Editors of Sun 1 see whisky men
tioned occasionally in your paper, as though
it was not a suitable thing for old or
young to tamper with. Now, it is not the
use but the abuse of it, that does the
harm. Some years before the war I was
peddling clocks in the mountain region of
this State, and stoping at a farmer’s, in a
sparsely settled part, concluded to lay
over till Monday. There being a handsome
young lady there, we went to a Baptist
church with her. On Sunday several join
ed the church, and 1 well remember a young
man's experience that he gave in, and
which was accepted as quite sufficient.
He stated that a few nights before, he
dreamed that he had died and started on
the road to Heaven. He came up with a
large crowd of quiet, orderly people, who
told him they were on that road. Hetrav
elled with them some time; found they
ere Presbyterians ; they traveled rather
slow, and although he liked them very
much, asked if there were not others on
the road.
“Oh yes, a number of Methodist are
just ahead.” So he hurried on, caught up
with them. They were singing, praying and
making considerable noise. He liked them
very well. Enquired if there were others
on the way.
“Oh yes, the Babtist arc just ahead.'
Ho hurried on, overtook them. They
treated him equally as kindly as the others
did, and he enjoyed himself finely. But
he noticed one peculiarity about the men ;
their left-hand pocket hung down lower
than the other. He enquired of one of the
men why it was, and he replied, “that is the
whisky pocket,” and pulled out a bottle of
“Old Rye,” and he waked up just before
he got the bottle to his mouth, and has
been anxious to catch up with that crowd
ever since. Yours, &c., W.
Tetter from Atlanta.
Atlanta, August 12.
The Convention is still grinding slowly,
and will perhaps be in session ten or twelve
days yet. If the gas had been properly
utilized at the commencement of these ex
ercises it would have contributed largely
to paying off the expenses of the Conven
tion.
They are now on the Legislative Depart
ment. That and the Homestead are about
all that will be done before they adjourn.
If they would cut off so much speaking
they could get through in a week. Nearly
all want to get in the newspapers, or in
other words get right on the record, as they
call it. I hear a great many things that
are said, but don’t believe more than half,
and am trying to be very particular which
half that is.
J. R. Brown, A. W. Holcombe, S. 11.
Mosely and Dr. Underwood are figuring
pretty lively in this Convention. What
they set their heads to, cornea out ground in
the shape of organic law. and now if it is a
bad constitution they will have a good deal
of blame on them. The mountain men
and the wire-grass men are running this
thing. The kid glove crowd have been
horned off; they look like poor folks at a
frolic. Jim Brown, from Cherokee, who
is a brother of Joe Brown, is a shrewd
man, and what he sets about always has
gum in it. He has not made a foolish move
since he has been here. He has more busi
ness tact about him than all the Reese’s,
Toombs's, Stephens's, big lights of Georgia,
ever had. He puts his propositions in busi
ness like shape, then he explains their
utility plainly and clearly, then when the
vote comes they are sustained.
1 have, up to this time, thought that law
yers were the only men that could frame a
constitution and put it in ship-shape, hut
that idea has been exploded. Old Hol
combe, from Cherokee, and a few others,
can make as good a constitution ns any
lawyers. These men have good sound
horse sense, think and try to act right.
Tho farmers are the best material in the
Convention.
Yours, Simon.
I'nhmillj' of Georgia.
Georgia State (’oi.i.ege ok Agkicui/*
turk and Mechanic Arts.
One steady boy in this county, not less
than sixteen years old, with a fair knowl
edge of English, Arithmetic and Geogra
phy, can get an appointment to the above
institution, free of charge for tuition fees,
by applying to the undersigned. His board,
books ami other expenses, except clothing,
will not exceed two hundred dollars for
ten months. This is a good chance for an
ambitious boy to get an education at sninll
cost. If yon can raise the money it is
much better to have it in your head than
pocket; and besides, an education ia the
only thing you can carry with you to an
other woi Id, and with it you are there
ready to commence in your A B C’s,
whereas, without it, it would take millions
of years to learn the first letter.
J. B. Benson.
A New llorocNlioe.
Mr. Yates, of Manchester. England, has
invented a horseshoe, composed of three
thickness of cowhide compressed into a
steel mould, and then subjected to a chemi
cal preparation. It lasts longer, and weighs
only one-fourth as much as the common
shoe; it never splits the hoof, and has no
injurious influence on the foot. It requires
no calks ; even on asphalt, the horse never
slips. It is so elastic that the horse's step
is lighter and surer. It adheres so closely
to the foot that neither dust nor water can
penetrate between the shoe and the hoof.
Good Words About Women.
‘•There are but two fine things in the
the world, says Malherbe; " women and
roses.”
Lessing exclaims : “Woman is the mas
terpiece of the universe.”
Bourbon says : “The pearl is the image
of purity, but woman is purer than the
pearl.”
Thackery writes : “ A good woman is
the loveliest flower that blooms under
heaven.”
Balzac says : “ Even the errors of woman
spring from her faith in the good.”
Voltaire declares : “ All the reasonings
of men are not worth one sentiment of wo
man.”
Lamartine asserts : “ Women have
more heart and imagination than men.”
Otway exclaims : “Oh ! woman ! lovely
woman ! Nature made thee to temper
men. We had been brutes without you.”
All of them might add that there is nothing
so true as a good woman’s love ; nothing
so sublime or so constant as her undying
affection for the man of her choice. With
out woman—without her love and gentle
influence—man would soon be heathenized,
and this life turned into a hell. We care
not how base a man may be, nor to what
depths of sin anil shame he may have de
scended, he can never get so low that a wo
man’s love will not cause him to ponder
and to think, and in many instances her
influence will lead him in the paths that
are right. Oh, woman! thou art a glori
ous gift to man, and without thee life is a
blank !
Cniiiji Urouiid.
Owing to the failure on the part of many
who have subscribed, to pay the amount of
their subscriptions, some of the Camp
Ground debt still hangs over us. Some of
the subscriptions have been running since
the first C'ampmeeting and many from the
second. Please do not neglect this duty.
Send in your money tome.
E. B. Benson,
Treas. Board Trustees.
If you w'ant any kind of machinery ap
ply to E. B. Benson <fc Cos.
NeiiMible Advice.
You are asked every day throngh the
columns of newspapers and by your Drug
gist to use something for your Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint that you know no
; thing about you get discouraged spending
| money without but little success. Now to
j give you satisfactory proof that Green’s
August Flowek will cure you of Dys
i pepsia and Liver Complaint with all its ef
fects, such as sour stomach, sick Headache,
j Habitual Costiveness, palpitation of the
Heart, Heart-burn, Water-brash, Fullness
at the nit of the Stomach, Yellow Skin,
Coated Tongue. Indigestion, swimming of
the head, low spirits &c., we ask you to go
to your Druggist E. B. Benson & Cos., and
get a Sample Bottle of GKEEN’S AUGUST
FLOWER for 10 cents and try it, or a Reg
ular size for 75 cents. Two doses will re
lieve you.
Commodore Vanderbilt.
Handsomely endowed a University in the
South ; but Dr. James L. Gilder left a
richer legacy to his people by giving them
his celebrated Liver Pil's. The people
living in the Southern portion of the United
States are naturally subject to liver dieases,
and these pills will always Prevent , Re
lieve. or Cure. Sold by all druggists and
country merchants.
jyR. A. J. MATHEWS,”
SUR GEON AND PHYSICIAN,
FIRST FLOOR MASONIC HALL,
1 HARTWELL, GA
It t I t Nf l.waf t
gOHKTHIM) NW t’XDKR THK WYx.—A new era la
daw iiiug nixm the life of woman Hitherto *he Into
b.-en fallen iiihiii to xutl'cr llie 111* of mankind and
niT own iM'Aidf*. The frequent and diatrcaalug lr
rvgularttio* pcfulUr to her own r* have lona been
to her the "direful *pring ol' woe* unnumbered."
In the iiiuiialoii of Ihe rich and the hovel of poverty
alike, woman haabeen the ronatant yet (.mll, nt \lr<
lint of a lliooMand ill* unknown to man—nml (heae
w ithout a remedy, "Oh, l.onl, how king!" In Ihe
agouy ol her mud, hath *he fried, llut now the hour
of her redemption i* come. She will auffi-r no mure,
tor Hr. .1. IhwlHfld’a Emmie Regulator—Woman
lte*t I rleitd—l* for Male h\ alt rim)** table Hruggl*t*
throughout the Inuil at Il' .'iO per Imttlc.
Near M ahikTTa, Ua„ Mareh lit, IH7fl.
i MW m. Root A Sink : A Unit mip \*'nr Ago,
I bought a bottle of ltH*i>mu>'* Fa*ai r Kkoi i.a.
Ton I rum you, for one of my daughter* who had been
Muttering with *upiirc**cd uieimea for *OlllO time. I
have hud several plryalrtana attending but met w ith
no atiffea* until t wu* persuaded to buy a bottle of
the Regulator, and it ia the verv thing for which It ta
recommended. She ia now in t >erfeel health. : hope
nil Muttering female* w ill at least trv one laittle and
have health again. Vary reapeothilly,
I). Holt 111 NS,
W. . ASHLEY & CO.,
(Successors to|. Jennings & Ashley,)
till Non Hi Ilroml hit reef,
ATLANTA, A.
KEEPS constantly on hand at Wholesale
and Retail the largest and cheapest
stock of
Doors, Sash, and Blinds,
in Georgia. Also Mouldings, Mantles,
\ aranda. Brackets, Bulluster, Window
Glass, Putty nnd
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.
M rite us for price list and special prices.
Terms (’ash. .'U-Att
[F.STARUSHKJ lets.)
J. J. & S. P. RICHARDS,
WHOLESALE A RETAIL HEALERS IN
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND MUSIC,
ATLANTA, GA.
MER( HANTS and TEACHERS *uppliml on
the iihm! advantageou* term* with all article*
kepi iu a
FIRST-CLASS BOOKSTORE.
CIirRCTIES A NI’NDAYSCHOOLS attpplled with
all kind* ol nullable liHiki at publi*hrra' prieiw.
Prices luir/vr Cash. Give u* a trial.
J. J. Sc. S. I*. RICHARDS,
Atlanta, On,
/]N r* "V* easily earned in tlieae Milieu,
V* ill ,u ' il ' ll,l he made in three montha
ill 7 any one of either mix, Iu any part
• ill 1 I I the country whole willing to work
v 1 • Mteadily at tlm employment that wo
furnish, filtl per week in your town.
nu need not be away from Imme over night You
can give your whole time to the work, or only your
Mpare momenta. We have agent* who are making
over ?••!<> per day. All who engage at once ean make
money lu*t. At the prem'iit time money eannot In,
made ho ea*ily and rapidly at any other htmlne** It
eo*t* nothing to try the Imainea*. Term* and *r.
Outfit frite Addrw* at once, H. Hau.ktt A Cos.,
I’m tlund, Maine. 47.HK
roa all
■BY DERANGEMENTS OF LIVER,
KIDNEYS, SKIN,
stomach mn BOWELS.
VP\t
i 'Ww Is
LI VKR COM PLAINT.—Tho Liver I* one of Iho
l>i iiM ipal regulator* „f the human Immlj and when It
poifurm* It* function* well, the poworw of the *y.
tein ore lully developed. The Htommh in almost
entirely dependent on the healthy lo tion of the Liver
for the proper perforiiiuuro of it* function*. When
the stomach la at fault, the lamela are ut fault, and
the whole system, more or Iran, miller* in eonno
iiiience of thl* one organ—the Liver having ee**ed to
do it* duty. To eorreet thi*. line SIMMON'S llK
!\\ lit i OMPOI Nl>: it I* the very lieat Liver
regulator ever Hold The office of the Liver i* to
draw or strain off the Idle from the hloori. Ami
when thi* organ i* intlaiued, or get* Hluggf*h ami
will not work, the blood la not relieved of it* yellow
freight. The idle aeeutnulatea, and in attempting to
e*eupe through other channel*, It lodge* in tin, vnrl
miH tl**uea, particularly In the akin (and *o full la
the urine of the bile, that a piece of white linen,
dipped in it, receive* a bright yellow tinge), produc
ing Jaundice and variou* other trouble*, many time*
very *tul>l*>rn, mid tbought to he something el*o the
matter, when the real eauiie and only trouble* are a
diseased state of the Liver. That it i* experience,
and the many t aaea it ha* cured, rejwrted to u*
within the la*t five year*, that Simmon'* Hepatic
Lompouud it persevered in, will eertainly cure nine
out of ten eae*. A trial I* only needed to convince
the moot sceptical. Aak your Druggist for it and
take no other. DOWIK A MOISE.
'’’** •'*’* Druggist*, Charleston, 8. C.
QEE LINDER,
ATTORNEY-AT LA ’
HARTWELL, GEORGIA
Strict attention will begiven to all business entrusted
32-S3 to bid care.
r pIOMAS W. TEASLEY,
A TTORNEY AT LA W,
HARTWELL, GEORGIA,
Will practice in tlie Counties of Hart, Elbert, Ogle,
thorpo, Minlinen. and Franklin, Prompt attention
given to the collect ion of all datum enti-lotted to hia
cafe. __ s
QUARLES W. SEIDEL,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
HARTWELL, IIART COUNTY,
1 52 GEORGIA.
g N. CARPENTER,
A TTORNEY-A T-LA W,
ELHKRTON, GA.
Practice* in Elbert and adjoining Countie*,. Protnp
attention given to all cases pnt in hia charge. 31
J)R. GEORGE EBERHART,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
OFFICE, NeXT Look to J. W. Williams.
3 HARTWELL, GA.
A PENNY AVED IS A PENNY MADE.
We will send The Suit—usual price #l.so—and th •
Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL,
Weekly edition—usual price #2.00 ooetage prepaid
on both paper#, one year, lor 82. M.