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in fact anything carried in stock in
a FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE. Do not
fail to call on us before buying. We
keep none but the best quality op
everything, and in price defy engaged com
petition. We have been
in the drug business for a period
more than 25 years and point to our
past record as a guarantee for the
future, When in Macon do not fail
to call and see us.
RANKIN & CO ■»
Mulberry and Third Sts.,
Near Wadley Monument and New
Government Building. n4-3m
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TOWN AND COUNTY.
Mrs. E. G. HARDEMAN, Local Editress.
The Madison City council are hav
ing wafer-oaks planted on tlie prin
cipal streets.
Col. E. C. Maehen passed through
our village last Tuesday on route
to Mcnticello.
All wo need now is a few more
subscribers to tho amount already
subscribed, and we will bo ready to
build the Academy.
One of our good subscribers
from Dcvoraux, Ga. remitting nays
these words of cheer : “Wish you
succosg with the paper. Hope it
will be a fixture in the County.”
Col. Maehen telegraphed Mr J.
Cr. Turnell last Saturday, that
sufficiency of rails were
to Madison to connect the track
at this and the Monticello ends
tho M. & C. railroad.—Madisonian,
Wo return thanks to those of our
subscribers who have remembered
us this week by paying their sub
scription, and kindly ask others to
follow the example, as we are bad
ly in need of all the help we can
get.
Wo must have the Academy by
all means. A village without one
will certainly not grow as it ought
to. We have the land, beautifully
located, and when it is built we will
have a school large enough to au
thorize us to employ a good instruc
tor.
In front of Wood & Bond’s
yesterday was a massive old fash
ioned sideboard, made in the good,
old honest days which belonged to
Conductor Whitehead, of the
Covington and Macon rail
t'oad, and which had been in his
family for seventy-six years. It is
rumored that the handsome and
clever Captain shortly intends going
housekeeping.—Telegraph.
Again we are in receipt of a com
munication written in the “Josh
Billings” which style of spelling etc.,
wo have confined to the
waste basket. We will state
tion again, for all, that no communica
of this style will gain admis
sion into ourcolumns. Give us the
nows, and express it in as few words
therefore as possiblo. Our space is limited,
our correspondents will
confer us a favor by being brief.
The game chicken craze has
struck this section in hard down
earnest.—The man without a game
rooster feels lonesome when the sub
of poultry is being discussed
upon the streets.—This reminds
us that we should certainly have a
dog and chicken show in Covington
during court m March. We have few
games, but can show as fine brown
SSBffi -k orns as anybody in middle
£ t *
k's age in the State.-Covmgfon
CLINTON LOCALS.
The first tickets on the 0. & M
from Grays were sold on Monday.
There is very little sickness in
Jones county, the M. D’s are having
a quiet rest.
Cols. Hardeman and J. C. Barron
visited Macon Monday on profes
sional business.
Farmers arc busy compositing
their fertilizers and perfume
guano is wafted with every broeze.
More rain on Monday and Tues
day. The roads are dreadfully
muddy, and the streets almost im
passable.
The children had a Valentine
Pound party at the homo of ye
Editress last Wednesday night
which they seemed to eujoy vast
ly.
Wo have received a copy of the
Knoxvillo Journal, a neat little
four column paper published at
Knoxville, Crawford Count}',
Georgia by Percy W. Howell, which
is quite a presentable sheet.
Saturday and Sunday Quajter
ly meeting was held at Clinton
church, Rev. G. W. Yarborough
P. E. The Stewards of this circuit
wero all in attendance st the con
ference on Saturday, and tho col
lections good,—some dollars over
the assessment for this quarter.
Mr. Yarborough gave a spcudid
sermon both days.
HADDOCKS ITEMS.
Editor Headliget:— It is with
deep regret that we are called upon
to mourn tho loss of one of the most
exemplary of all women. On Mon
day morning last, tho soul oi Mrs.
Jas. Finney winged its flight to
those far away realms of perfect
rest and peace. Thus the dream
life is over. Whilst her existence
has boen a reality in the usual sense,
yet it was made nothing short of a
poem in her actions. ’Tis said of
her, that all she did, went to the
good, even to the most minute de
tails. Though devoted to her
friends, and they were legion, there
was no discrimination, when it
came to dealing out charity. Es
pecial sadness is manifest in her
death in that the rosy path of life
seemed to invito and promiso all
that could be wished for.
By tho way of parenthesis, we
will take occasion to say to our
Bradley brother, that thero is a
volume of smiles stored up awaiting
the “Key” to his obscure joke. If,
however, wo arc in error as to the
reference being facetious, and that
we have unwittingly rubbed the
hair backwards on “somebody’s
darling,” then tho amende propre
is readiiy tendered.
Now that the Commissioners for
Road service have been appointed,
and they in turn have designated
tho overseers, it is expected that
tho Roads hereabouts will get some
attention. Fill up tho holes, gen
tlemen, and if no other means offers
itself, stick a Commissioner in each
hole until they givo out, then
utilize last years overseers in tho
same manner. Let’s have a new
departure in the way of good high
ways.
With the exception of tho per
spiring drummer, and tho volumi
nous Lito Insurance Agent, with
his tales of “flood and field,” visit
ors have been very sparse, and
things painfully quiet. Of course
tho former with bis bon mot, tells
you of his being sont specially to
offer the first chance at rock-bottom
prices. The Life Insurance Agent
comes not as the “spirit of health,”
but wonders how you can forego
the present opportunity—of loavi ng
a blooming widow with a handsome
dot.
Tho village has recently been
raided by a party of clothing ped
dlers, whe present either aphenom
enon in low priced suits, or else a
monumental fraud. Fall in victims
and take your choice.
Fresh.
THE BRILLIANT.
Biscuit Smith is now the presid .
inggenius of TH e BRILLIANT
SAL00N| the finest in Macon. He
_; ve8 jjj g customers the best to eat,
jr 1 » dri " k / “ d
do,n g for fais P atrous thaa an >'
man in Macon.
AN 1IOUE WITH OUR EXCHANGES.
BY MISS. E. G. H.
Wo of the Nineteenth century
are a nation of readers. We have
for the last decade or so been edu
cated to read, to find an intense
pleasure in reading books, papers,
periodicals, just anything to pam
per to our appetite for reading.
Take some of the many from the
piles of “Dailies” and “Weeklies”
that strew our library tables, and
wo find upon its fresnly printed
pages matter of interest to every
boat of intellect. For the politiean
there is the speech of the greatest
Congressman that ever thrilled
through the Halls at Washington.
For the scientist, now developments
daily occur and are transmitted by
the printers magic art. The votary
of Fashion gleans from the columns
new modes whereby to enhance her
charm. The artist, the architect,
even the much-lmrped-npon base
ballist each has his own column.
The daily and weekly newspaper
has grown with lightening-like
rapidity, steadily it keeps apace
with each change in the history of
to-day, fills that void in the life of a
reading loving public that demands
just such food as its columns dishes
up, and oft times as it were a “feast
fit for ye Gods,” is found in the lit
tle columns. To them legislative
halls, court rooms and churches
contribute their choicest eloquence,
art brings her treasurers, inventors
and artisans lend their newest dis
discoveries. Wit flings her jolly
tit-bit to brighten a space, Humour
holds her own well earned corner,
wkilo Poetry with soothing touch
beautifies iho whole. And, then,
what would a newspaper bo without
its “Ads?” Advertisements start
ling and new upon every page to
catch the eye, mind, the ever fleeting
dollar! In every conceivable form
we behold them. How, (sometimes)
we are “taken down a peg or two,”
on finishing up one to find that we
have read unwillingly an advertise
ment such as the following:
How fresh iri my mind are the
days of my sickness,
When I tossed me in pain, all
fevered and sore;
The burning, the nausea, tho sink
ing and weakness,
And even tho old spoon that my
medicine boro.
The old sliver spoon, the family
spoon,
The sick-chamber spoon that my
medicine bore.
and find at the bottom “Try Dr.
Pierce's Pellets, 25cts a Vial.” In
another place our eyo is caught by
the words, “Wanted A Man,” Smil
ing in our sleeve we wonder who
would want one of tho troublesome
genus homo to worry with and wait
on, to slave for and “much up,” and
find he is wanted to he into partner
ship will), provided “Gone ho lias $3 000
to invest I where tho wood
bine twincth” only tells us to use
“Rough on Rats.” Another, “lie
takes the cake,” but only a cake of
Sapolio, and so on and so forth ad
libitum. Hurrah! say wo for tho
advertiser and tho advertised!
Give us tho Newspapers with their
rich mines of jewels that we may
“garner them in !” Fill the pouches
of Uncle Sam’s U. S. M. with tho
ever welcomed exchanges, bo it a
daily, a weekly or a monthly visitor,
its presence must necessarily amuse,
instruct or profit tho family circle
into which it comes. Let the col
umns bo enriched with i terns fresh,
puro aud chaste as the paper upon
which they are printed ! Oh ! that
every other hour of tho t wenty
four could bo spent by us, not in
writing for the press, but in reading
that which is, or has been written
by some one else.
OBITUARY.
Died on tho 13th inst., Mrs. Jas.
T. Finney, of Haddocks, Jonoscoun
ty. Sho was a kind and gentle
mother, an affectionate and loving
wife. We tender our sympathy to
the bereaved husband and little
orphan, and especially to her de
voted mother, who has lost her on
ly child. How sad f how
Lot tho curtain fall upon the tear
ful scene, with a fervent prayer
that the blessed Redeemer may bo
her guardian and friend while here,
and when the timo shall have come
tocros the liver, may the
angels meet her upon tho other
shore and safely conduct her home
to that celestial rest whore Faith is
lost in sight, and Hope in fruition.
A Friend.
ITEMS FROM BRADLEYS.
Mrs. Bradley is still confined to
her bed.
Madam Rumor says that there
will be a wedding in the neighbor
hood soon.
A side track is being put in at the
C. & M. depot. It will bo completed
this week.
Mr. M. H. Mullikin visited Macon
last week. lie has just completed
his new barn.
Mr. John Roberts from Macon
made a flying visit to his plantation
near here last week.
We are glad to hear that Mrs.
Mullikin who was taken suddenly
ill last Sunday is improving.
Professor fienfor visited his
friends at this place last week.
Como again Professor. Wo are al
ways glad to seo you.
Mr. John Bradley returned homo
Friday after spending a few days at
Waycross and Jacksonville. Ho re
ports having a pleasant time.
Mr. John Bradley Jr. has placed
his farm bell on top of tho freight
house and has the cord running to
his store. It is a convenient ar
rangement but looks most too
much like lazy folks.
The Franks Whittling Club hold
an important meeting at Bradley's
store last Friday evening. Mr. W.
A. Bragg was elected president,
Mr. Waller, secretary and Leo
Barnes, treasurer. After llio north
bound passenger passed, tho Club
adjourned until tho next regular
meeting.
E. G.
To the Citizens of Jones County.
Tho case of tho State vs. S. B.
Glawson J r. in Bibb Superior Court
for assault and intent to murder,
has been satisfactorily settled to all
parties interested. Sinco the com
mission of tho offense and up to tho
present time Mr. S. B. Glawson Jr.
has made statements in reference to
tho character of Mr. Benjamin
Green, tho prosoculor in tho case,
and to others of his family which
tendered to reflect upon tho honor
and good name of said parties.
These charges and reflections, Mr.
Glawson desires to withdraw and
takes this occasion to say ail such
remarks were unjust and uncalled
for, Respectfully,
I concur in 4 Jas. G. Blount
above, V 11. V. Hardeman
S.B. Glawson Jr. ) J. C. Barron.
Att’ys for D’f’t.
Crockett’s
IKON WORKS.
ENGINES, WATER WHEELS.
GRIST, SAW and CANE MILLS.
KETTLES and EVAPORATORS.
Cotton Presses (Hand and Horse
Power.)
E. CROCKETT,
Macon, Ga.
J. ef. Mercer
MACON GEORGIA.
---o—o
WATCHES, CLOCKS, and
JEWELRY, REPAIRED
AND GUARANTEED
AT TIIE OFFICE OF
J. J. Mercer
(Morgan old Corner) No. 2G7.
jJjjgT°AII parts of Waterbury
Watches repaired or furnished.-lm.
Dentistry.
Drl H. A' JONHS
RES! DENT D ENT1ST,
Having permanently located at
Monticello is prepared to do your
work at reasonable rates. Ha'is
faction guaranteed. A liberal por
t>on of tho public patronage solic
ited. Office up stuiis over Dr. Do
zier’s drug store.
I have established a branch
office at Gray’s Station and wil
servo my friends at that place the nl
first week in each month.
Planters Read,
Wo have this day contracted with Messrs. JOHN MERRYMAN & CO
to sell, at all stations on tho C. & M. Railroad, thoir
—CELEBRATED BRANDS OF GUANO—
Merryman’s A. D. Bones,
ferryman’s GEORGIA TEST.
We can say without any fear of contradiction that Merryman’s For
tilizers are to-day, as they have been for 30 yoars, at the very top in
excellence, and the perfect satisfaction they givo to planters.
IV bile most of the popular brands on tho market in past years h ave
changed the grade of their goods by lowering their grado, Merryman
has continually improved. Wo do not make these statements at random.
We refer to any planter in Jones and Jasper counties who have used
Y erryman’s Guano, aud will stake out- reputation on tho result.
—WE ALSO HANDLE—
s3Qsare raxysT
for composting, which is tho highest grade acid on the market. We sell
cheaper acid phosphates; also Kainit, and are agents for tho Macon Oil
& Fertilizer Company for the sale of their Cotton Seed Moal.
We can give low prices on theso goods, and are ready to deliver now.
Our Agents will call on the good peoplo of Joucs and Jasjier couu
tios, aud wo will truslreceivo their orders.
HOMS, WORSHAM & 00 .,
420 AND 422 THIRD STREET,
NOVEMBER 16th, 1887. [Itl]
I] ■I ‘VTiTlfi ‘1 Tt
liU i
(SUCCESSORSTO R. S. COLLINS.)
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
GARBAGES
Buggies and Wagons,
BABY CARRIAGES, HARNESS
WHIPS, Etc.
468 and 470 SEC0UD STREET
Macon, Georgia.
Feb. 23rd 1888
CAM PR I Ij Ij & JONH
o-o
Warehouse and
Commission
merchants
or tho sale and storago of Cotton. Farmors can buy neccossary sup
plies either for cash or timo jpapors, with satisfactory socurity.
Call and see us boforo making arrangomonts for anothor season.
CA-jyi:S» 33 EX.X. < 2 t JONES,
I'ijlCO)! Ijjt
W. A. DAVIS. M. C. BALKCOM.
Davis & Balkcom.
Cotton Factors and General Grocers.
All Planters supplios at lowost prices for cash, or on timo with ap
proved paper. Agents for
CHESAPEAKE GUANO,
A full lot well broko mules always on hand. Rust proof Oats a specialty.
.J an. 21st 1888 3m. MACON GA.
1832. Established 1832
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Macon Shoe Simp©*
J have one of the largest and the best selected stock of
BOOTS AND SHOES.
in the State, and offer them at prices as low as tho lowest.
E. P STRONG
Octl3-3mo. maoon G A