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THOSE it. PENN, : Publisher.
Gray Georgia, Saturday, June 1 «tIt
Mu. Thurman is said to be a Vir
ginian by birth.
The Democratic ticket is Cleve
land and Thurman.
The next annual session of the
Womans Christian Temperance Un
ion will be held in Augusta next
April. _
GOOD COM MON ROADS.
Extracts taken from an Essay
read by I’rof.S P. Sanford before the
Georgia Agricultural Society ort the
importance of good common roads ,
Another place where the tax for
had roads comes in the loss of time.
Here is a farmer who lives ten miles
from Americas or some other mar
ket town. He has a wagon ami two
good mules ; he loads on two bales
of cotton and starts for Americus,
or some other market town. With
the rutty and boggy roads,sleep hills
and deep mud holes, you know it i«
a good days work to get those two
hales to Americus and return in a
day. Wo will suppose, at a moderate
estimate, that his wagon and team
are worth $2.50 per day. Now, sup
pose that the farmer had a firm,
smooth, well graded road, over which
to drive his wagon; it would he just
us easy for his team to carry 4 bales
ns it is now to carry only two, in oth
er words, he could then accomplish
in one day, tho same amount of haul
ng that now requires two days. Ilia
team, as I have said,being estimated
at 82.50 per day, and his being com
pelled to take two days to accomplish
the work of one, is it not a logical
inference that, in this case, the far*
mOr pays a tax of 82.50 a day for the
privilege of using bad roads? Now
multiply this item by the number of
farmers in the State of Georgia who
go through this identical process
numberless times during the year,
and what a fearful burden of taxa
tion it piles up. If this tax came in
a visible, tangible shape, or if it were
collected by government officials,
bucked up by bayonets, wliat an
The system of “checking” corn so
that the cultivation msvhc in 0O ,
lions >u.«iy and quietly that our poo
np'o bear it with the equanimity of
Christian martyrs, and seldom think
of it as a tax at all.
To recapitulate briefly the advan
tages of good roads, we would say—
1. With a system of good common
roads, carriages, buggies, wagons,
harness, and even horses themselve 3 ,
would last nearly twice as long, and
thus from forty to fifty per cent of
the expense for these necessary arti
cles saved.
2. They would enable our people
to dispense with a large portion of
their horses and mules, by enabling
fewer horses to do the same work
now done by a larger number.
3. The saving of time in making
journeys, or which is the same thing
the conveyance of larger loads by the
same teams, would furnish no incon
siderable saving of expense, which
would add to the general wealth.
4. They would enhance the value
ol land; for farms at some distance
from market would, virtually and
practically, be brought within half
their original distance.
Some one may ask tho question:
“What do you mean by a good
road?”
Answering this question in a prac
tical manner, 1 would say that a good
road should be hard, smooth, and as
nearly level as practicable; hard, 111
aider to diminish the friction, and
enable heavy loads to bo carried with
the least expenditure of annual
power; smooth, (that is, free from
holes or ruts) so that the road may
not become muddy by rains, and
that the tractive power of the horse
may be most effective; level, in order
that the heaviest loads may be easily
carried, without straining the horse,
or without overtaxing his strength.
Can such roads be constructed ail
over the state of Georgia? In my
humble opinion they can, but not in
the way we have been going on for
the last forty or fifty years. In our
humble judgment, the road system,
as practiced in Georgia for the last,
half century, is about as complete 11
burlesque upou true road making as
j were the old militia mi ster* describ
ed in “Lon^street’s Georgia Scenes,’
when compared with the evolutions
of the Second Georgia Latallion on
dress parade. Under the old regime
a man was summoned, with great
formality, “to work on the road
and at the appointed time he came,
or more likely, “sent a hand” ‘armed
and equipped’ with a demoralized
hoe, or a venerable mattock that bad
come down from his greatgrandfather
About nine o’clock he went to work,
and his whole study during the day
was to devise ingenious ways of kil
ling time, in other words,trying how
not to do it; ever and anon casting
wistful glances at the sun, which on
this day as in Joshua’s time, hasted
not to go down.
Public opinions on this subject
needs to he educated. Whilst rail
roads with their triumphs over time
and.space, have been estimated at
something like their true value, the
mash of the community, have enter
tained an inadequate, not to say con
temptuous opinion of common
roads.
CONDUCTORS AS POLICEMEN.
Section 4586 (a) of the Code of this
slate declares that “the conductors
of every train carrying passengers
within this state, are invested with
all the powers, duties and responsi
bilities of police officers while 011
duty on their train, and if any pas
senger is guilty of any disorderly
conduct, or using any obscene, pro
fane or vulgar language, or plays any
game of curds, or other game of
chance for money, or anything of
value upon any passenger train, the
conductor may stop his train and
eject such passenger from the train,”
and “tho conductors may command
the assistance of tho employees of the
company, and of the passengers on
the train to assist in such removal.”
1 )EMOCRATIC MEETING.
The Democratic executive com
mittee of the Sixth Congressional
district is requested to meet at the
Lanier House in the city of Macon
on Tuesday, 19th day of June, at 11
a. in., for the purpose of setting a
time and place to nominate a candi
date for congress from the district.
Every member of the committee is
iff cm t. A1J D.-mo
pupersv^ the district We le
quested to copy.
J. D. Alexander,
Chairman Deni. ExecuV: e Com. 6th
Congressional District.
ALLIANCE ADVOCATE.
The June number is before us,and
is the best issue yet, and that is say
ing a great deal. One page is illus
trated with pictures cf the most dis
tinguished Alliance men of the conn
try. The correspondence columns
are full to overflowing. We dont see
how Alliance men can get along
without the Advocate. This is the
last issue as a monthly. About the
25th inst it will appear as a weekly
at $1.00 a year. We will send it and
the Jones Co Headlight for 81.90. Sub
scribe now. The Advocate is printed
at Montezuma, Ga.
FOR SALE.
A one half interest in the Ishmao
lite is offered for sale, and to the
right party a bargain will be given.
'Hie office has a good power press,
Liberty job press and a fine stock of
display of job type. No better
equipped office in Middle Georgia.
Parties without the cash need not
apply. Good reasons given for sel
ling. To a practical printer pref
erence will be given. Parties meaning
business can address the Ishmaelite
Sparta, the Ga. Will our brethren of
call press^gi'.y attention ttfis it one insertion and
to
COMING. .
The election days are coming—
The jollicst of the year;
And the candidates are hustling,
To see who can get thcro.
No, not exactly hustling—
Tho time is hardly round ;
But kinder, rath or, juggling,'
And feeling ol the ground,
A limbering up of the joints,
To giro the hearty shakes—.
A ‘ catching on” to the points
Of opposition fakes.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
It is estimated that the girl who
dances eighteen waltzes travels
about 14 miles.
After bearing the name of John
Coward forty-eight years a Penn
sylvania man has asked to have it
changed.
Blaine is still the white plumed
Navarro. That is, ho will navarre
get any nearer the Presidency than
ho is to day.
It was very’ kind and thoughtful
to give Sheridan the rank of Gen
eral, but they didn't do it until be
lay on his dying bed.
Out of 900 boiler explosion in the
New England States all but thirteen
were traced directly back to the en
gineer’s carelessness.
It took over two columns of fine
priotina Boston paper to describe
the general ugliness of a camel, anil
his habit of biting was left out at
that.
It is only in Boston that a man
would dare hang out a sign of:
“Lawn Mowers Mended in the
Rear.” Indeed, it is only in Bos
ton that they need.it.
Conncticul claims a parrot sixty
yea vs old, but as the average ago cf
Poll is only thirty years it is evi
dent that somo one has started a
campaign lie.
A Georgia women claims to have
been married for forty years with
out once asking her husband for
money. She is a widow now and
open to offers.
A fivo foot alligator was captured
in Central Park, New York, by
two policemen the other day. It
bad escaped from tho menagerie.
A Circus bill posting gang dump
ed a quantity of paste in the road
near Petersburg, Mich., and a nunr
her of cows wero fatally poisoned
by outing some of it.
liuunibnl Hamlin has a pump
that is as well preserved as he him
soif. It was set up in his back yard
in Bangor, Mo., years ago, and is
there now as good as ever.
Gen. John M. Palmer, tho demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Il
linois, is a native of Kentucky, and
71 -Years'of ago/- JU w
Douglass democrat, but was a lUr/
coin elector in I860. During the
war ho was a major general and
was elected governor of Illinois in
1808. He has actod with the Dem
ocratic party since 1872.
Jones Countv Sheriff’s Sale.
Will be sold boforo the Court
House door in Clinton said county
on tho First Tuesday in July next
during tho legal hours of sale, six
hundred and thirty-four acres of
land more or less belonging to Sam’
L. Chiles, said land lying and being
about two miles west cf Clinton and
bounded as follows. North and east
by lands of B. F. Mason, south and
west by lands of F M Stewart and
west by lands of Wm M Green and
north by land of Seth Towels. Said
land levied on under and by virtue
of a fi fa from Jones Superior Court
in favor of S B Glawsonvs Sam’l L
Chiles principal and 11 S Greaves
security, Wm Ingram, tenant in
possession served with wrirten no
lice. W W BARRON.
This May 31st 1SS8. Sheriff.
The Morning: News.
STEAM PRI1TTUTS HOUSE
Printing, Lithographing, Engrav
ing, and Sterotyping, Blank Book Binding,
Book Manu
facturing.
TIio imrKCNt Concern
of'the Him! South
plete Thoroughly within itself equipped and com
; the latest ma
chinery workmen. and the most skillful
Corporation s, M anu fac
tnrers, Banks and Bankers,
County Merchants, Officers, Farmers
Mechanics and
insists.* vies <;k\i:kvu,y.
About placing orders for
thing ing card in the above line, from a visit
to a mammoth poster, or o.
from a memorandum book to a mam
inoth ledger, are requested to give
t. i> house a trial.
J. II. Esttlt., Proprietor,
3 Whitaker St., - - Savannah, G
CITATION.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga,
March 24th 1888.
Whereas, C. B. Drew Adm’r of
[gbatn Ethridge dec’d applies to me
for Dismission. These are therefore
(o cite all persons concerned to
show cause at this office on or by
the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY HGXt if
any they have why Dismission shall
not be granted said Adm’r.
Witness my hand officially.
R. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga.
March 24lb 1888.
Whereas, O. G. Gibson adm’r of
Estate Jackson Wood (e) dee'd,
applies to mo for Dismission.
These are to cite all persons con
cernod to show cause at this office
on or by the first Monday in july
next if any they have, why Dismis.
sion shall not be granted said Ad
ministrator.
Witness my hand officially.
R. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
BRIDGE NOTICE.
GEORGIA— Jones County —On
tho first Tuesday in July next at 11
o’clock a. m. before tho court house
door in Clinton, there will be let at
public outcry to tho lowest bidder a
contract to build a public bridge
across Shoal Crook at Stewarts Mill,
said bridgo to be 100 feet long, 14
feet wide, and of first class material
throughout. Bond with approved
security to keep said bridge in good
order for seven years from delivery
will be required. Cash will be paid
on completion of tho contract which
must not be later than Sept, follow
ing. For further information apply
to the undersigned. Tho right to
reject any and all bids is reserved.
Witness my hand officially this the
22nd of May 1888.
Richard Johnson.,
J. J. C. C.
Notice Leave to Sell Land.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga.
May 28th 1888.
VVJieroas, C. L. Ridley guardian
mMnsTninov cIiHdi'en has applied
to me for an order ttq sell all their
undivided interest in fivo hundred
acres of land in Jones county Ga.,
adjoining'H. B. Ridley. Dr, S. M.
Anderson and others, and such or
der will be granted on fil*st Monday
in July next unless somo legal
cause bo shown to the contrary.
Witness my hand officially.
R, T. ROSS, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga.
March 24th 1888.
Whereas, Mary E. Dame, Adm’x,
with will annexed of Estate Henry
G. Dame Dec’d. applies to mo for
Dismission. Thcso are therefore to
eite all persons concerned to show
cause at this office on or by the
first Monday in july next if any
they have why Dismission shall not
be granlqd said Adm’r’x.
Witness my hand officially,
R. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
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TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE.
THIRD and LAST ROUND. 1
will be at the following places to
receive Tax Returns for the year
1888.
J. C. Dumas store Monday May 14.
Haddock Station Tuesday “ 15.
V B Clark store Wed. morn “ 16.
Jesse Miller “ eve. « 16.
J. S. Stewart mill Thursday u 17.
Wayside Friday “ 18.
Round Oak Monday “ 21 .
Graball Hill Tuesday........May 22.
Glovers Mill Wednesday “ 23.
Oaney Creek Thursday “ 24
Popes Ferry Friday “ 25.
Five Points Monday morn “ 28.
Gordon’s mill Monday eve “ 28.
G W F McKay store Tuesday “ 29.
Jackson Roborts Wednesday “ 30.
Roberts Station Thursday “ 31.
Thomas Sloeumb Friday June 1.
James Station Monday.......‘ “ 4.
Morton Tuesday “ 5.
Haddocks “ Thursday 7.
8 .
In Clinton every Saturdav. 1 will
close my bocks by the 20th of Juno.
W. T. MORRIS,
Receiver ot Tax returns of Jones co.,
( 35 , t. fen?,);.,
DfAfdO^DSj WAJClfES,
Jewelry, siiVe^w^^e 7
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MACON, - GA
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Biscuit Smith is now the presid
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THE BRILLIANT SALOON,
the finest in Macon. He gives his
customers tho best to cal, best to
driuk, and furnishes
--FREE BEDS-
doing more for his patrons than any
man in Macon.
RKMWU,
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CLINTON, GEORGIA.
Practices in Ocmulgeh Circuit
Office in Court House.
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ENGINES, WATER WHEELS.
SAW and CANE MILLS.
KETTLES and EVAPORATORS
Cotton Presses (Hand and Horse
Power.)
E. CROCKETT,
Macon, Ga.
Colden Pays.
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This admirable weekly for the
youth of this great land is now well
established, and has an increasingly
large and well-deserved patronage.
It is well worthy the examination
of parents who wish to provide their
children with a large amount of care
fully-prepared entertaining, instructive miscellany, and at clean once
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It is edited with ability, and shows a
quick sympathy with the pleasures
of the young people, and a clear out
look for their welfare.
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