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THE DEMOCRAT.
FRIDAY. AUGUST 3. 1877.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,
General and Travelling Agent.
Mr. M. DeL. Googer is general and
travelling agent for this paper, and is
authorized to take and receipt lor adver
tisements; Job work and subscriptions.
Charles E. Knox is our authorized
agent for McDuffie County.
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II. AT. Hancock is our authorized agent
at Union Point.
J. R. Swain is our authorized agent
at at AVarreninn warrenton.
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Mr. J. W. Farmer, Tax Receiver, is
authorized to take and receipt for sub
senptions for The Democrat, and his
receipts will be recognized at this oflice.
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George W. Howard is our duly
authorized agent at Barnett.
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Dr. Durham’s Liver PIS. Pills have im
superior as a family
If subject to billions spells, take Dr.
Durham’s BLOOD PURIFIER.
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Dr. Durham's Blood Purifier will
lively cure Syphillis, Scrofula, and all
impurities of the blood.
Dr. Durham’s Liver Pills and Blood
Purifier for sale by TITUS RICHARDS,
dealers Crawfoidville, Ga., and all druggists and
in medicines.
Henry W. Hilliard, of Georgia was
appointed minister to Brazil. Hilliard,
previous to the war, represented the
Montgomery, Alabama, District, in Con¬
gress.
The “Baby’s Best Friend” is Dr.
Bull’s Baby Syrup, since it maintains
the Baby’s health by keeping it free from
Colic, Diarrhoea, etc. Price 25 cents
per bottle.
Court Week*
The Superior Court for Taliaferro
county, will be convened on the 4th Mon¬
day, the 27th day of this month. Suit¬
ors jurors and attorneys will do well to
make a note of this.
AVhitc Plains.
AVe take pleasure in announcing that
we have secured the services of a gentle¬
man who will keep the Avhite Plains de¬
partment well written up, and hereafter
men and tilings over there will receive
prompt notice.
Drowned.
A colored child about one year old
was drowned in a well, on the plantation
of Mr. Welcome Stone, Sr., on Monday.
The child was playing about the well
and fell in and was drowned before it
•could be taken out.
Information NV anted*
The party who perambulated out of
Mr. W. R. Gunn’s peach orchard, on
being discovered a few nights since,
with such regularly accelerated velocity
‘as to forget his sack, is requested to
send in Ins address so the sack can he
returned to its proper owner.
Till £iioj).
Our last tin man having been lost or
mislaid, Mr. Charles Bagby has come to
open a new shop in our town. We hope
lie means business, and will stick. We
are informed that lie is a good workman,
and feel satisfied that attention and
perseverance are all that are necessary
to success.
Religious Services.
Rev. ,T. II. Kilpatrick will preach in
the Baptist church at this place on next
Sabbath evening at 8 o’clock. The
pastor, Rev. L. R. L. Jennings, who
expects to lie absent at the District
meeting at Baytown, begs to say there
will t>e no services in his church next
Sunday except as announced above.
School Notice*
In another column will be found the
advertisement of Mrs. A. E. Shields,
notifying her old patrons and fiends that
she will open her school on the 1st Mon
day 7 in September * ’ Mrs Shields 18 is
already , well known to our citizens as a
teacher, and no word in praise of her
capacity is needed from us, we will,
therefore only say those who patronize
her mil have their children well taught.
Heavy Expectations.
Wm. Hhckett, who lives five miles
from Covington has 35 acres of the best
corn in the county. lie has 40 acres
planted in cotton and expects to get 30
bales from it. AYho can beat this?—
Covington Enterprise.
We suppose that the Enterprise has
reference to beating the, “expectations,”
and must say these expectations are of
immense magnitude and huge prepond
erosity;
Sunday School Celebration.
The colored people had a Sunday
School celebration and dinner near
Sharofl last Saturday, which passed off
quietty and agreeably.' The opening ad
col., *rr who was , rr!r followed Be ,7 by °, J. T. i- Bailey,
cel., and others, among whom was our
Harry Overton, who entertained the
company after dinner and “ape,ken" thq
loudest of anyDody. The dinner was,
we understand, a nice one, and there
was enough for all, and was conducted
with due propriety and decorum. The
day passed off agreeably and satisfac
torUy to our colored friends, and proved
they could behave themselves as well as
the white folks
The Jfew York W eekly.
Street and Smith's Xeir York Weekly
has just commenced the publication of
one of its great stories, entitled ‘-Clint
the Grizzly ; or, The Outlaw's Daugh
ter,” which promises a rich treat to
lovers of romance. The Weekly is oue
of the best literary papers published in
the country
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The Sew York Espre^s.
We take pleasure In acknowledging
the receipt of the above named great
New York daily, and shall not hesitate
to use it in the advocacy and advance
ment of the great principles of the old
Jeffersonian Democracy. The Express
; s a jneat ? news news as as well wen as as political political
journal, and is each day a complete map
of the busy scenes of life throughout the
world. Copies of the Express can be
if 11 ' t __'__i_ ffiop
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The , late ^ Presidential contest . . engeml- .
ered.much “badblood,” which coolness
ffSmllS.Snt^hiS laws
of XaW* great but simple re
,
the Droner use of Dr Bull’s Blood Mixt- * '
ure to insure its purification.
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Respectfully Declined.
yy e have received ail anonymous J
communication dated from ‘‘Cedar
Level,” wherever that may be, and beg
to decline its publication for the f 0 l
lowing reasons, to wit: 1st, The name
signed is not genuine; 2d, it is so
badly written that it cannot be read ;
3d, it looks like the fellow had carried it
in his pocket a couple of weeks ; 4th
it is a snake story ; 5th, no one should
lie encouraged in wasting lies in that
manner, any way ; Oth, it is not worth
publishing.
Whisper you’ll He Mine, I.ovc.
The favorite Southern Song writer,
John T. Rutledge, composer < ■» “Save
the Sweetest Kiss for Me,” has in
“Whisper You’ll be Mine, Love,” given
us most decidedly the prettiest Song of
of the past ten years. It has a perfect
ly bewitching melody that sings itself
right into tlie hearts of music lovers tho
world over. The piece is published in
elegant style, with title page in crimson
and gold, and accompaniments adapted
for either Piano or Organ, or for small
Orchestra. Ask vonr nearest Music
Dealer for it, or, send the price (40 cents,)
direct to the publishers. *
Luddex & Bates,
Savannah, Ga.
Fruit Acknowledgments.
We are under obligations this week to
tlie following named friends for favors
of fruit and melons, and return thanks
for these very nice treats :
Miss Hattie Colclough and Miss Bet
tio Evans, for basket of apples and
peaches**
Master Willie Ilammack for basket of
Messrs. Thos. ,T. Evans and J. O.
Stewart for basket of (teaches.
Mr. J. S. Jones for a fine watermelon
and a basket of peaches.
Mr. Seaborn N. Aeree, fine peaches.
Mr. G. Cosby for a basket of bis fine
X. Y. Fipin and Foster peaches.
All the above fruit was picked, fine
and nice, and we feel very grateful to
those who have so nmcli good fruit for
remembering us, who have none.
Personal Mention.
Miss Emma and Miss Lizz.e Aeree ,
left Saturday for a visit to their friends
and relatives m upper Georgia, and will
probably be absent several weeks.
Hon A. II. Stephens will probably
visit the watermg places m the upper
part of the State before he returns home
which will prolong las vis.t for several
"' s ‘
Dr. John P. Cheney, of (ov.ngton,
was m our town yesterday, and pan us
a pleasant visit. 1 lie doctor is looking
well, „ as usual, . and appears not to have
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the least idea that a great , strike , has cost ,
the ,. country . #28,000,000. _ Tir Well, we for- .
give tirtues him on account of liis ” -enial social
J5] Miss bss Leila Gena Thornburv xnoinnurj, of <it Albany Albany is
. town visit to the family id Mr.
in on a
D . \ Williams, her relatives.
Miss Bettie DuBose, Miss Sallie Du
Bose and Miss Irene Simeon, of Wilkes
county, are in town visiting he family
of j A 7 Stephens ‘ Esq b
Col. Robt. A. bimpson, ’ of Washington, . b ,
...... the city.
is in
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A rresteU.
A colored woman, named Lucy Red,
was arrested on Wednesday, at Union
Point, and carried to Sharon to undergo
an examination for larceny. In May,
1876, Mr. Edward Croak’s store at
Sharon was robbed, the guilty parties
managing to elude detection until a
week or two ago, when Airs. Croak dis
covered a sash ribbon, known to have
been a part of the stolen goods, eneir
cling the waste of a colored woman who
was promptly arrested, but proved that
she obtained the ribbon from the dainty
Lucy. Lucv in turn declares her ability
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colored Lothario, Tom Crane, and the
developments are likely to implicate sev
eral colored cracksman. Air. Croak sup
poses he lost about §300 at the time his
store was robbed.
Latest.— Lucy and her beaux were
both brought to town by Air. James
Maher and Air. George AVright, bailiff,
and handed over to the sheriff for safe
until Judge Pottle shall have
an opportunity to interview them upon
the subject.
I M u ii tlie
Boarding the 2:22 o'clock train on
Thursday evening, we were soon on our
way down the road sweltering with heat
and nearly suffocated with the dust and
the smoke from the engine. The crops
along the road we consider poor, and do
not believe more than a two-thirds
vield can be realized.
trim Arriving at Thomson we left the
to exchange greetings and shake
the hands of the many friends we met
there. Things around Thomson, have
a look of leisure, the chief employment
seeming to be the exciting game of
drafts many champions players of which
reside in that burg.
Spending i b the evening h and night b among
our friends, we boarded the tiam on
Friday and made the balance of the trip
to Augusta. Here we found dullness
almost tangible ; like the darkness of
Egypt f it it could , * > be felt. f ]t How ir<uv the the deni- deni
zens of that city can bear the excessive
heat, intensefled bv brick walls and pave
ments.isa problem we did not take time to
try to solve, but suppose there must be a
^ ^^he salamander m their compost
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At Augusta we met several of our old ,
friends and patrons, among whom we
must not fail to mention Mr. Peter
Keenan, whose generous heart beams in
every lineaments of his genial counte
nance. W e spent a pleasant hour in the
sanctum of the Chronicle A Constitution
olist, and found the editors, Messrs,
^right and Randall the same genial
gentlemen as ever, but too hot to do
nuu ‘ h labor- Spending two days amid
the heat, and dust and dullness of the
cit > > we were glad to get away, and re
turn to our own bright little burg, where
the perfumed ludened breeze cools the
heated brow, and not envying the people
of Augusta their brick walls and clouds
of dust.
Hail Road Accident.
A negro hoy, named Colliding, son of
Ilitta Thomson, got on the train at the
depot on Friday evening, and when just
out of the cut and near the crossing ho¬
low the depot, attempted to jump off,
the train then being in full motion, and
was struck by the platform of tho cars
which threw his head violently against a
a cross-tic taking off a quantity of wool
and tearing up the scalp, the shock also
throwing his feet under the train which
ran over and crushed his left foot and
aidde so as to render amputation at the
middle third of the ^ necessary I ho
operation was most skillfully performed
at 5 o’clock oil Saturday evening by Dr.
Dick. Farmer assisted by Dr. A. G.
Beazley, Dr. J. W. Kent and Dr. It. J.
Ried. The patient is doing well. This
accident is the result of a very common
habit the boys here (both white and
black) have of jumping on and off the
ears while they arc In motion. We have
called attention to this habit before, but
no heed was paid to it, and now comes
this dreadful accident. If parents
will take no more control over their boys
than wc have noticed they have heretofore
done in this (dace, they may expect ter¬
rible accidents to happen to them, and
they have no one to blame but themselves
when some of their darlings are brought
home mangled and bleeding. Control
your boys, or take the consequences.
Sail Accident*
Wednesday evening Willie Beazley, a
° f JU,1 « W Alten l ‘"' ,Zk '- V ’ 0,,r r " H > >,ct *
ed Ordinary, was thrown by a vicious
( , )]t and mS!n i njim ,,. llo ha8 a
severf . WO ,eft side of head,
()Ver th(J p . lrt of the posterior Im¬
( , er of t!ie T , m))oral near its ullion
„. itfl tJle Par ; eta ,. illjury to the
sku] , has (liscoveml bl]t lie 1)ad
gt svln , )t oms of concussion, which
lial , pily , S0(m ,, asS( , (l o(T . „e also lias a
fracture of the left clavical (or collar
bone)> We leam that llis iujuri( , S)
tll0Ugh sever(; all(11)ainflll aro Mot „ )U .
sidered ., , dangerous , so far. .. The physicians ‘ , . .
. attendance ** . however, , not fully „ ..
m are
satisfied ........ that , lie will without ...
escape
brain , . 4 double, . . for r .sufficient ... . , time .. . has not .
yet elapsed to preclude such liability.—
Drs ’ Farmer ’ I5e!izley * Shields were
in and soon succeeded in dressing
th ,,, ?. W ° U " ds , ’ and . rwrt . f r,nR . ,, Um ht ,e
ptttl « nt f t ° a qm f an<I ^isiratmily t
^ f 1 1 rt K f?' ° '* "°J
y< ' 1 , “« d «f- anger we cauno
give our readers any decided opinion of
the result; hut, with the physicians, we
, hoiie to find linn on safe ground , m a tew
days, , though ., . ,. tho state , . of , the ., weather
aiid many other circumstances are rather
against his case.
Fruit Display.
r is proposed to hold a fruit display at
Thk Dkmoi rat office on Wednesday 15th
of August, and everybody is requested
to bring a fair sample for exhibition A
committccof gentlemen will be requested
to examine all specimens sent in, and a
fair report given. Let everybody par
ticipale.
Shriner’s" Twenty-five cents will buy a bottle of
Indian Vermifuge, the most
Qiablc agent in destroying and
satisfaction,
Palatable Medicines. Ayer’s Cherry
P ectoral a Moneyed diop of relief ; his
Cathartic Pills glide sugar-shod over the
paJafB; and his Sarsaparilla is a nectar
Amt imparts vigor to life, restores the
h«sUUi and expels disease.— Waterford
(F«.) AdecrUser.
.. only
. u.c t.rw to su -ci >*-. ?2.
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Take your county pape r.
SH0RT-8T0PS.
W. O. Sn-ttVAX, REPORTER.
It is needless to say dull.
Several accidents this week.
Peaches and Apples f are cheap.
>o ram oi any consequence yet.
° ur county boarding-house lias had
ho inmates for Arne time.
The weather has beeu so warm lately
that the flies have absconded.
The -‘introduction" of old.lerre Bird's
-q,, tUn-nce'’ issiill on the wane_ i. c.,
auo ther land poster.
Read (he article headed \r„
*
Your Ear,” copied . Sunday , from the Atlanta
p, tnd i fut p /n 0 f
A . alters lord,
nice ram and m
nil that part of,the county on Tuesday
evening. *> No rain here vet.
Mr. E. Goln- kc, of our town, has
brought to this office a curiosity in the
way of a stalk of corn, which has an ear
on the top.
Harry Over^n sends the office a nice
melon. It came when the day was
warm, and was most acceptable to all
| ialK j s .
We would say for the benefit of our
l*li»in. .............. , tat
history of Taliaferro county will 1*
resumed at an early day.
The court house has been nicely paint
ed inside, and wc ho,* the yard will be
cleared of all rkbbisli, the fence renau
ed, and all will be lovelv.
YVe weu learn ointn.it that our out triend friend and and fellow fellow
townsman, Mr Q. Uiehards, expects to
return to his Inline in Crawfoidville on
or alxiut the l(!th of ; Yuimst ®
Rev. J. H. Kilpatrick, .... preaches the
liitroductory sermon, at the general
meetmg at the Raytown apt is t church,
which convenes to-day, (Friday.)
Mr. Hobbs, ;>.t Jennings’ mill, informs
us that lie ground a bushel of new corn
on yesterday, the 2d inst. This is tho
earliest grind <f new corn we have heard
of.
\y Q j t ,. u . u that I)r Shields of our
town, was called to Warren county to
perform a difficult surgical operation a
f L . w days since. Of course, tho doctor
did it skillfull’, and left liis- patient in
good condition
T||0 uianta Ounsgitafln,, m.l,fishes ‘ o..r
^ t f , ^ d sj , ' ...... ^
i
CoMiim wllihail Uic ilel ^ did mt
give Tl „ I)KM<K!K fw
it, .. wo think therein ight have been
enough , used t< insure eorreetness.
T
IC.Tunuiuiiicaled.]
District Meeting at Powelton.
The minintcV’-•nd deacons meeting of
the W'asliingl 111 Bapt ist Association
assembled at I owe I ton ernirch, <ni July
271 It. t he drodiudory sermon was
preached l>v la v. J. B. Roberts, from
1st Peter, 4th and 7th verses.
Rev. T. J. \ cazy was elected Moilera
tor, and Ivy NV. Duggan, Clerk.
The meeting was a harmonious
interesting one. There were present
quite a number of visiting brethren, es
peeially from the Georgia Association.
'1 lie following Querrios elicited con
siderablo discussion :
Query. Is it right tor Baptists to en
courage dancing in any shape or form,
or those parties that border so closely i
dancing {
Answer. We believe, that no Baptist
should encourage dancing, should not
visit these parties, permit them in
theii houses, or should suffer their eliil
diento visit them.
2d Query. Will a strict adherence to
the practices and teachings of the priii
ciples of our denomination furnish sttfli
cient scope lor laboring for the conver
sion of the world >
Answer. H lien Baptists practice
tlicir principles in the spirit of Christ,
they will he sufficient for the conversion
of the world.
The billowing ministers preached in
I he order here named :
A. B. Roberts, J. A. Munday, A. I
Hartley, X. M. Jones, L. R. L. Jennings
and J. A. Shivers.
A. T. Gasoil read an excellent Essay
on the training of children.
Rev. S. L. Fatillo, Rev. A. J. Hard¬
wick, and others delivered lectures to
Hie children on Sabbath morning.
The time and place of the next
ing was referred to a committee wlio
will report to the Association.
The programme for the next meeting
is as follows Essays,
S. X. Clmpman, Final Perseverance.
J). .1. Hush, .Sabbath School,
W. J. Northern, Christian Experience,
John <;. Duggan, Faith and Works.
A. S. Avant, Family Prayer.
G. G. Smith, Why am I a Baptist.
P. R. Taliaferro, Tlie OfiiCe and Du
ties of Deacons,
Ivy W. Duggan, The, Bible.
Rev. J. A. Shivers, to preach Intro
,i u < tory
Rev. T. J. Adam's, to preach to the
...... C.
Henry C. Sykes, an old man 71 years
! of age, is under arrest at Norfolk, Va.,
charged with the murder of Peter J.
Clinton. The affair occurred twenty
two years ago.
The uew rebellion in Pennsylvania re
calls the fact that there was once a whis
kjr rebellion in that State, and suggests
the comment that the cause of the former
trouble may have aggravated the later
disturbance. Flo. ton Tea..-: rift
U*t of Jurors.'
The following are lists or the Ora ml
and special Jurors drawn for the Au
gust Term of the Superior Court, 1*77,
for Taliaferro countv.
GRAND JVRORS.
lames B M Triplett, Solon Henry V Perkins,
Itenj Bowles, W Flynt,
Wesley P Jones, Joseph George (» Hixon,
Quincev A Johnson, T Sharpe,
JotaVffiLy, lUuryDSmhh,
George T Rhodes, Samuel Skellv,
ihonias A l-yne, Jefferson i. Smith,
ft XYm'lMw'"'
Joseph T Harrison, AVm T Peek,
Thos P Chaffin, tVm If Lunsford,
'"‘".i J It Johnson, Held, M 'J'm yatt T A Moody, Hill,
John Rhodes (sonof Thos J Evans,
John)
SPE4 1 AD JURORS.
MTm H Emmies, George l-anl»ui,
Seaborn X Aeree, Win T O’Neal,
Welemn A Stone, jr. James L Sharpe,
John A Stewart, John J’oss,
'Ym 11 Harper, Thomas J Stewart,
Absalom ^Vne^' Wm o\v, iX" 1 "’
W. Pmkins, George E Downing,
j-« *. *9®*} 1 '
liii ‘ ’ 5“’ ‘ u '* sou ' ArthuroSS Arthur ., Ogle tux,
Fi ' 11 j ’ John Burke,
'* >h » N E'hapman, Wm Lanhain,
Ira Sr5,'iSSSS: l T Ellington, John O Hackney,
Wm S Jones, I.inton Dorsey.
Tl, f iU ' 1,,oHl >’ * h *‘‘ w Kn '
gtaM ‘ , » t ‘ ,c Wate As f > er of M ?T l , u *
setts, after a caret u I analysis of t t
' egelable Sicilian Hah Renew m ceili
(ied that it is the best preparation for
its ' WS(>S t i.. t , lns b ,. en ,. x
liibit. ib ted tm ! ,■ examination, unii'citio,,' that tlut its ns con con
stituents are pure ami carefully selectiHl
for excellent quality, and that it tones
an efficient preparation for promoting
the growth of the hair ami restoring the
original color. Tliis World-renowned
preparation is for sale by all druggists.
—Record, lied Oak. loica.
WHITE PLAINS DEI'AHTMEXT.
nv I’ihma faith, reporter.
White Pi uns G \ July ofViiK 20th 1877
Mr. Editor and readers Demo
chat, we must acknowledge that in
owning a communication of this nature,
that we are not well enough posted on
even tho most unimportant subject to
enlarge upon them as adequately as we
should iike to do. However in the first
place if you will allow us we will say
something iu respect to our village.
white ii.ains. ... .....
I Ins is a place of more than ordinary
beauty, situated In the Eastern part of
Gieehe county, near the lines of Han
cock and Taliaferro, it is equally dis
taut from Crawfoidville, Unifiti Point
anil G reenesboro stations on the Ga. R.
U. This place Is a first class eetton
market, several thousand haled of which,
are imrchased here mutually, by the on
terpri.sing merchants, and by them trans
ported to Union Point, a distance of
twelve miles. The town was incorpora
by legislative enactment of 1857,
since which time the sale of ardent
spirits has been prohibited within tlie
uicorporut ion. The soil of the place and
surrounding country is while, but not
sterile, and easy of Cull n at ion. There
are here three 1 hurehes, two of which
are Baptist, the other Methodist. Of
the two Baptist churches, one is white,
the other colore,d—the latter living the
only colored church within the incorpo
rate limits. The edifices of (lie two
white churches arc perhaps the haud
somesl in the country outside of the
cities. It is also the seat of Dawson
Institute, named for lion. Win. G.
Dawson, and as an institution of learn
ing, has been long and favorably known.
In addition to the High School just
tho colored people have,
within the last few years, organized
and sustained witli full ranks, a school
for the education of their children. Iu
tlie vicinity of is the hundred “Flat llock.” from covering the j
an area two acres,
clefts of which spring the yellow
I’ABASOKS AM)SUN UMBRELLAS?
j\ I.A much IlG K ASSOIIT.M KNT have just bye,n received in Silk, fierelofofe, Giuilbric and Gingham,
and are haver than the r<me goods have tteen offered
PIQUES.
low< '" t u > t,M! and in the choicest patterns,
CHECKED LAWNS.
'I lie b. I value ever offered for 2 . cents, and also a full as urtmeiU at other prices.
I lam burn ialniniis an<! IiM;rtions y
iu large quanlitii’s, and in the newest aix! prettiest design
I Julies’ ai id M iss( i s’ I I os( -'T
Ail '-i/.e-,, Make • and Qualities,
Gents’
Liglit and lie: aw, ItRGHLARLY made gwals ; very cle an fH l, NAPKIN’S ar.
i DLDIIED and I BLEACHED DA MASK, which, for use, ehcapnew,
not i>e M \ «'<iunlled USEILLES in the ami city. BOX'EY-f OMR SPREADS
Ver\ ?
BLEACHED HOMESI’I'N -(yard wide) cents up
<X )TT< ) \ A I) IvS.
VV<- are offering cheaper tliau they caw he had in New York.
i n all the i< ^imT _ fir” id” _ in’ _ all _ mT?"imi _ ^^uSTaSST^EUGENriA. _
KID8, all size-, at 3l.z.< '-.rail , per pair.
ail who^wi'-h^oSmy'g^s’to the!r : ad^ntagtr'''^' ’’ tf> " 10 1 " f; fc * the attentioB °S
C. MYERS,
mhSo-k m f B.VWFORDVII I.F., GA.
mine. This is a favorable resort for pic
nie parties. Tlieie are few healthier
localities than White Plains, and non*
perhaps with purer, sweeter, freestone
Water, thinking this enough in respect
to our Village, wc will say something in
respect to the Improvement of the
same.
ISIPKOV EXTENTS.
There are several first class stores here,
with energetic thorough-going proprie¬
tors. and by the way, Messrs. Tappan
Brother Sc Co., are erecting a new store
room 33 x 100 feet and two stories high.
This is a large and commodious structure
and will when finished add greatly to
the appearance of our thriving little
village. The cemetery is being enclosed
with a beautiful and durable fence,
.lust the thing wfe have for a long time
needed. It is rapidly approaching com¬
pletion. and we hope this trill not be the
last improvements, as we are sadly in
netd of a new Academy:
A PLEASANT SUMMER.
Thus far we have been favored with a
most delightful summer, the beat being
frequently interspersed by comfortable
days and cool nights, which afford an
opportunity for the system to recuper¬
ate; It is the continuous, steady heat
which proves exhaustive to the constitu¬
tion, and we are gratified to say thai our
community is blessed with a temperature
which is never excessively cold or hot.
Let us all Ik- greatful for a comfortable
sulllllu ' r , w ill: a part of July and all of
Au « llst ** to come, however,
the fourth of JULY,
j u our town, as well as in mahy other
........ lac * . 8 *‘ lSth ‘ aH stillest, iW *i„ tlie quietest, tho
’
"Cresting wc hove ever witnessed,
Asl'ar as we areeoneerned, we like the
oUl . fa8lliomd way of ce , el)mting ouf
Xati6na , Alihircrsaiy-such as gun
, ((nV dcr, noise and bonfire as tl, hold patri
()U cxiw)ricnced patriotic orations do no
harm.
Next year we hope to see the rockets
Ilf, powder blaze, and cannons roar frotd
the Gulf to the Chesapeake.
AMUSEMENTS.
The Gruber Family, gate us a ca(l on
Tuesday last, and to a large and iutelli
« ent audiencu > U " >’ ‘''Mdayeil all tho
'••aturcs of music, interspersed with
very appropriate lectures on the tome,
^'cif entertainments are a complete suc
ct * ss ’ iiml U "' y l,,si ‘ lve 11 « ,eat ,k “al of
credit as they come highly recommended
'“W*’ «*."<* ^ ^ t,W ^
1 hofeoplo of f # town .-. lnghly .,
our were
pleased with their entertainment, and
we hope they will call again:
cuorS
in this community aro very fine triucli
more so than we expected when General
Greert Wa« in coiriniand. Corn and cot
ton are looking remarkably well, and
with a few more good Reasons there wili
doubtless lie a large yield of ult kinds of
crops.
THE HtSTOtn OF TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
About (lie time The Democrat be¬
gan to accumulate notoriety, some gen
tleiiien attempted to write a history of
said county, but after he limt contribu¬
ted three or four publications, he'
slopped, mid the last accounts We saw
of him lie was sick. We wish to know
whether lie, is sick yet or whether life in
his mortal frame is extinct. If ho is
convalescent, wo would like to see some¬
thing more from him. The favor of ai»
answer is requested whether dead or
alive.
VISITORS
in oil)- town are mlmemits and from Vari¬
ous places. W« Wish them apleasantso
journ to our little village.
INDISPOSITION.
As we are very unwell and thinking
this enough we will bring Ibis writing
to a dose, hoping to write more ne<<!
time,
Amesbury, Mass., though overrun
with burglars, is now without police, all
the men having resigned because the
town' appropriation is exhausted.