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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1883)
CRAWFORD VILLL DEMOCRAT. Volume 7. ILL AROUND US, (JA.THEK1HG THE SEWsFBOM OUR EXCHANGES. BEING THE DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS OF OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AS CONDENSED FOR OUR HEADERS— OGLETHORPE, WARREN, GREENE AND OTHERS. WILKES. Gazette. The county treasurer has on hand $3,619.33. The new bell for the Episcopal church has arrived. It is a very due one. There was a white man peddling In this county a shoft while ago, who stayed with negroes at night. Tbe news was received here last Tuesday, that Mr, Frank G. Allen, formerly of this place, had attempted suicide in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Some money sent by mail from here to Elberton, has been lost, and the matter is being looked >nto. The thief will likely soon have the power of the law brought down on him. *■ M’DUFFXE. Journal. Our Baptist friends are repairing their church, making it more conven¬ ient and comfortable. Mr. Elistia L. Davis died of typhoid dysentery at his home near Wrightsbo ro, on Friday evening last as 6 o’clock, aged about 61 years. On Thursday last, at 9 o’clock, Mrs. Martha Ellen Morris, wife of Mr. John A. morris, died of consumption at her home near Thompson, in the 38th year of her age. A few days ago Mr Walter Crutch¬ field left his little son Willie to mind his mule while he went to the house for a short time. While he was gone the mule became disturbed and kicked the child, seriously injuring him. GREENE. Herald and Home Journal. Judge J. B. Robinson has erected a neat and substantial fence around his I residence in Greenesboro. 4 There is a man in our town who can churn a pound of butter from every pound, of milk. It is no patent process, either. Mr. A. B. Tappan, of White Plains, 1ms a Jersey cow that was only four years old last October; has had four calves, never has been dry, and gave II g dloas of milk the day before the Uni/ f "’.c rvi'.f. Messrs. Kindi Boone, of Urawf>rd ville, and Allen Boone, of tins city, are making some improvements on tlie al¬ ready tasty cottage of Mr. S. A Tor bert. Additions are being made to the front of the building and when com¬ pleted Mr. Torbert’s house will be one of the neatest and handsomest residen¬ ces in town. HANCOCK. Ishmaelite and Sunbeam. Mr. John Frieze has had a neat and substantial fence placed in front of his lot. Mr. IV. B. Lary, formerly of this county died at his home in Washington county on the 9th inst. Married at Zebulon church, on the loth inst., by Rev. G. Bonner, Mr. Jas. M. Harrison and Miss Amanda Boyer. Mr. R. M. Grimes, of the Shoulder bone neighborhood, has a cow that gives six gallons of milk a day. She gives three and a half gallons at night and two and a half gallons in tlie morn ing. Mr. Grimes stands ready to prove this assertion to any one who will go and spend a day and night with him. From four cc ws he gets fourteen gal¬ lons of milk a day. Arthur Shivers col. lost a young cow last week, under circumstances which indicated stealing. Warrants were sued out against Jack Sweet, Clay. William Watson and Rat Wilson all colored charging them with tlie of fense. The theory of the state was th it Jack sold tiie beef to the Sparta market. Jack was placed under a bond of $150 to appear at the Superior Court in June next. The other defeudants have not yet had a hearing. OGLETHORrE. At 5 o’cloclfon Tuesday' evening of last week Mr. Ems,v Burt, of the ~ ......... ........ h ‘ 8 ’*“• Mrs. Winston Johnsou died on Tiles' day night at the resiileuce of her son, Mr. E. L. Johnson, about seven miles from Lexington. On last Wednesday, at Winterville, Mr. Joe Stone, Editor of the Athens Chronicle, and Miss Ida Harris, of Winterville, were married. Married, in Wmterville, 3d instance, at the res denee of the bride's uncle, Mr. It. M. McAlpin, by Rev. L. M. Wooten, Mr. G. li. Hulme, of Athens, to Miss iville Mathews, of the foimer I ,laCe ‘ Ou Tuesday evening . last about 8 o’clock this community was shocked Mr J r D McCa V rty y AUhoughfe hL been a sufferer for several weeks with dropsy of the heart, from which he died, yet we saw him on the streets looking as well as usual, at 6 o’clock that evening. He had eaten supper and was taken with a severe pain at his heart and died in a few minutes, Mr. McCarty was next to the oldest citizen of Lexington, being about 70 years of age and having lived here all the time. CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 25th, 1883. STATE NEWS. Items ol News Gathered Here and There I<'rcm our iixcuaiiges. — Macon, May 23.— The suit for 3150,00!) damages brought out against tlis Central railroad by Airs. Annie Porter for causing tile death of her husband has resulted in a.verdict for the defendant. —Tlie Macon Volunteers, the oldest mil itary organization in the city, will leave June lOtli tor an extended Western trip to Cincinnati, ... , .. St. Louis, Chicago, . Ganesville, ,, etc. Tliey take 50 men along. —Tlie death of Mrs. Rlioda N. Herring ton ton, oeenrpil occured in in Macon, Macon May M-iv 2‘> 22. —Quitman Free Press : Large shipments of vegetables to tlie Northern and Western markets have been made from Quitman llle present tveek. —Another child in tlie vicinity of Tliom asville has been choked to death by tilling the mouth with sand. Deaths of this character are becoming of frequent occur¬ rence among colored children. —Negro thieves, in Savannah, do not confine their predatory feats to chickens and other articles of food. One of them stole a barrel of rosin last week, and got stuck iu it . —Enquirer-Sun: As the train on tlie Southwestern road was earning to this city yesterday it ran over a white man a few miles beyond Jones Crossing. Capt. Jim Dense, who gave the information, did not learn iiis name, but says he kept on fish¬ ing under the bridge as if the train had never run over him. —Wednesday afternoon John Bryant and Starling Burke, two colored boys be¬ longing to an Americus barber shop, got into an altercation, when Burke plunged his knife iii'Bryant's left side, making an ugly wound, which went to the hollow. Bryant is in bed, in a rather serious condi¬ tion. Burke is in jail awaiting a hearing. —Lincolnton News : It is an actual fact that Lincolnton is moving right ahead. But a fellow put it rather strong to us last Saturday when we readied Washington. We left Lincolnton on the Wednesday be¬ fore and he left it that Saturday morning, and he told us we would hardly recognize the place on our return, so great and many had been tlie changes that had ta¬ ken place in that brief space of time. —A Go-.iyers giri is said to be engaged in a task of eating four large onions, two hundred green apples and two bottles of pickles a day for twenty days. Her friends have no fears that she will lull in her undertaking. —Sunday morning a difficulty occurred between two negroes near Norcross. f Mck C'astlebury and Marion Pate, torn?? resorting to rmr*"Tu4 "war »«&• through the body, which will prove fatal Tlie latter escaped. —A colored man luid a fit while eating dinner, and died, in the suburbs of Athens Sunday. —Adam Williams, the negro who shot at Slier iff McNiei, of Brooks county, while lie was trying to arrest him some two months since, was captured by tlie Sheriff on Thursday night last, and is in limbo. —A man named Ilicks was run over and liorribly mangled by No 6 cast bound through freight, near Lithonia, at an early hour Sunday morning. His body was caught between the trucks and dragged for some distance before it was fi ‘>d. Nearly every bone in his body was brox„. It is thought Ilicks was intoxicated at tlie time of tlie accident. —Hawkinsville has shipped this season 21,273 bales of cotton, and a few hundred bales remain in the warehouses, , ihe re ceipts for the full season will probably reach 23,000 bales, ’l'he Hawkinsville News, the office of w hj C h wa s destroyed by fire a few weeks a g„ w m a p,, ear j, n a new dress next Wed nesday. —The Governor has issued a requisition on the Governor of Alabama for Tnomas J. Fuller, charged with seduction. —An Atlanta negro is down with tlie small-pox. —A dying wife in Bakercounty accused i )e j- husband of outraging their eleven¬ year-old daughter. It is expected that he will be brought to justice —The bud worm is at work on tlie young r^SZSrZm* i. reportiB cZar.' 1 " S ““' is announced that the cotton cater has already made its appearance in ' is announced as a tentiary physicianship. —A bet of $1,000 has been made that a man can be produced that will treat C. T. Logan, of Griffin, twelve inches in a stand ing jump. —Savannah, May 23—Information has just been received here of a horrible mur der committed in Effigham county last Sat. ur day by a negro named Sam Johnson up0 n tbe person of another negro named j 0 jj n pi P |d s . The murdered man is an es caped murderer himself, having killed a nej » ro j n South Carolina several years ago —Athens, Mav 23-When the North Eastern train left Lula city, iast night for this place the mountains were covered with snow. —Stephen Smith,an octogenarian Baptist minister at Tallulah is dead, —White vests, alpaca vests, alpaca frocks, alpaca sacks, pants, vests, frocks and sacks, mohair and fancy cassimere things, for suits sale by aborted, C. A. Davis just A Co., the Greenesboro, Ga. i i i Ths Qre.t Sywifla for Nonraigia anl Headache An Internal Remedy, containing no quin¬ ‘"^rtiMSwnT’SSSd" quick 'its action. j n Mayor’s Office, I Leesburo, Va., April 19,1879. Messrs. Hutchison & Bro : Gentle men—It affords me great pleasure to tes tify t) le great virtues of your “Xeural gine” for the cure of neuralgia and head ache. It is the best remedy for these most distressing It should complaints I have ever used, he in every family in the eoun try. Yours truly, GEO. R. HEAD, Mayor of Leesburg, Va. Messrs. Hutchison & Hno : I am hap pv to say that your “Neuralgino” acted as a specific in my case, relieving me in an incredibly sufferingfrom short time. 1 would advise all it. neuralgia and headache to try Yours, etc., L. V SIMS, M. D. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. — (:o:)— IT AVING located in Crawfordville, I now offer myself to the public as a me¬ chanic and contracted Will contract for tlie buiMing and repairing of houses, mills and material, bridges, ami doing will furnish kind all kinds work. of for any of Having good workmen with me 1 can guarantee my work and prices to give sat isfaction. Material of ail kinds furnished at short notice. I will furnish all kinds of plans and specifications for houses, bridges and mills. All I ask is your and I will show you that. I mean wlmt I say, E. M. FITTS. We the undersigned, take pleasure in recommending MR. E. M. FITTS, to tlie public askillful as a mechanic and contractor and ^ sa workman, John T. Mann, J. C. Jordan. F. B. Taylor, J. H. Mitchell STOP AT TIIE Clinai'd House. * Athens, Ga. A. D. CLINA11D, - - Proprietor. —— # Porters at Each. Train. Commercial Rates. Large Commodious Sample Kooms. POLITE and ATTENTIEE SERVANTS, Headquarters for Commercial Tour¬ ists. PITTS *v s CARMIRAim S'iYux-, -FOR Flatulent Colic, Dinrroe, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera Infantum Teething, Cholera Morbus. T\T> J/ll, WT YV Af 1YX. T»T 1 It r r 1 ra * i-K Druggist and Apothecary. Thomson, Georgia. For sale by Dr. It. J. Reid, Crawford ville, Ga., and J. A. Kendrick, Sharon,Ga. €UltED BY Olivers Quick Relief. Rheumatism, Neuraligia,Headache,^Tooth¬ Throat,Colds,Bites, ache, Colds, Sore and Stings of Insects, Colic in Horses, &e. Prepared by MAYS & CO. Atlanta, Georgia. For sale by J. Dr. It. Kendrick, J.Reid, Crawford¬ ville, Ga., and A. Sharon,Ga. EVERY DAY THE MAIL OR EXPRESS BRINGS TESTIMONI A.LS IIIA1 T* M-' 0t U S»»«. IS LOCATED IS AUGUSTA, GA. That 0.0. ROBINSON & CO. —{-SELL THE BEST- I-— Pi ^ 0S a nd ° rg f nS Manufactured. e That their Price for Same Style & Make —ARE LESS Til AN IU UORTHEKU CITIES ’ And also, save to the purchaser Freight and Insurance, < MAKING J T. M O T. S. *w(THE*»^' ViJ*e<lt Jlusical „ . . ,, JJV* r „ stitutiooi of the South. SAVE r-i » ,r ¥ , MON ^ EY . By Corresponding with G. 0. Robinson A Co., 183 Broad Street, AIiGL'l»TA,GA. MONEY “LOAN. 1 am prtjiared Real to Estate. negotiate large or small loan- mi Office u'it ji W n. Branch, who will give informatioi in niv absence: J. CONK LI NO BROWN, Grblnksboro, Ga. V- -THE Model Soda Water ESTABLISHMENT OF THES'rtJTH. GINGER, ‘.LE, soda water, etc. Equal tqnny imported. sale Manufactured • and fiSr at 02 inton’s bot'j Ling works! ir .3 broad street, AUGUSTA. S GA l-iT'Grier- .lied promptly and shipped by Expn N - n Clinton’s Patent Shipping Cases. >oods misrepresented. aprflMV fm — e I. I Quick ni Easy CMlfl-Birtli Thouear.ds c f women over tlioland testi¬ edy; fy to it tba onderfuleflects of labor this great and rem¬ tbe ini wit only shorten and suffering lessen > of pain beyond expres greatly fin finishes but better danger than all, life it thereby of both tlie to mother mil child. This great boon to Buf¬ Mother's fering wjiman is Prepared Holmes' ami Liniment, Bold by or J. lend. Sold Biunr o, Atlanta, Ga. by all ■<r Dm; t». Price gl.50 bottle. Sent Ri t, by pres* on receipt of price. 'm 1.000 MILE TICKETS. l ? Office GRtiHqiA Griwkat, Railroad Passenger Company, 1 Aget. Augusta, April 3th, l«79. COMMENCING MONDAY, 7thst,, this Comparv TICKETS, will sell ONE THOUSAND MILE goed ovor main line and branches, a f WENTY-FlVE DOLLARS eack. I'lti- ’■ ticlK^Hk will be issued to in divlduftls firms ondfaTillies bqins or* combined. fi#lMies, but not to i r. 15. K. DORSEY, May9,lS79 Gefierai Passenger Agent SCALES U-8. SCALE Msmifacturer* SCALES SOUTHERN STANDARD CO., of , OF A' WOS, TRUCKS, Etc., * INS II AM - V0UD LIFE =-= 4 ==.-.t THE "METHODIST MUTUAL AID AS OOI AT ION* ■ of Kentucky, is th,‘ safteat and -lieapest l.ife Insurance Com pany In Amerirn. The only Gmipany that pays o m halt of the insurance lolls Policy hold *rs, incases of total die, and inability it is to make a 1 wing. All must nearest ai';l dearest to him. Insure now, delay are dangerous. For Crawford- particu Mrs apply i the undersigned at ville. Ga-, C. I . Bogus, Agivnt.^ NATIONAL HOTEL, ATLANTA, GA. T OCATi I) IN THE CENTER OF THE 1 j City, (i rlv one the (dock depot from of flic Union Georgia pas¬ senger anil and Pacific East Tennesee, Virginia and Georgia ra roacs, in the same building of tlie hotel. Penns, WHITE, $2.00 per Proprietor. day. E. T. KING HOUSE. STI VE MOUNTAIN, GA, Miles Prom Atlanta. Opened h summer guests on the 1st of may. < breezes, good water, only Board, a few mil i ride from the city. 32.000 pci day ; $10 per week ; $30 per month, j. Idresa, K. T. WHITE, Atlantaor Stone Moun tain, Ga. J f ) J j ()\ r ’ yS i ^ , ~ OuTltl'aCtOl* ail<l BlliMCI* Brnding Material of -11 Kinds. J JN C11 AxM 4 taa i A a JN xf » . . , CRAWFOBVV1LLE, ----- GA. Has on band a full line of B tr G G I E S ’ AND Wagons, Harness, Etc. I hay)? piggies, the fullest and most and com|)lete Wagon lot of and Buggy llnrnp$- ever brought to this market and wlijicH I am selling at BOTTOM PRICES. Give in me a line. call when you need afiytbing my mch J - N CHAPMAN - FBEEl 1 loJJUii an iwmjiMwis&zw BmU. rfSftoliiTiSS: CffiFtL to oij who 'I A RTTCT.r mmI .. two Sk Thomas Fulton. :o: CRAWFORDVILLE GA. — DEALER IN — Fancy and Family Groceries, 1 OViatOXS,CANNED GOODS, LARI) A MS. FLOUR, MEAL AND FARMING lypliments of all kinds. Terms Strictly Cash I KEEP on HAND ALSO THE FIN REST BRANDS 0H TOBACCO, U19AH8, AND SNUFtS. The Best*in Crawfordville, GIVE ME A CALL WHEN YOU WANT GROCERIES OIt PROVIS¬ OES OF ANY IvlND. Also a largo stock of Crockery at re¬ duced prices. X HAVE ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF FANCY CANDIES Ot ALL KINDS, Thomas Fulton. AT DR. SMITH'S OLD STAND,) “WOULD HAVE IT IF IT COST $50 ” Springfield, Rubcrtson co., Tcnn. } November, 27th, 1880. Dr. J. BradFIKLD : Nir— My daughter 1ms been suffering for many years with that dreadful nlllic liou known as“FeBialeDisease,”which lias cost me many dollars, and, notwith¬ standing 1 Imd tlie best medical atten¬ dance, could not find relief. I have used many other kinds of medicines without any effect. I had just about given her up, was out of heart-, but happened in the More of W.W, Eckler, several weeks since, and he, knowing of my aanghter’s affliction, persuaded me to buy a bottle ot your “FEMALE REGULATOR.” She began to im¬ prove at once. 1 was so delighted with its effects that I bought several more botlhs. •The price—#1.(50 per bottle—seemed to lie very high at first, but now I think it the cheapest preparation on the globe ; and, knowing what f do i about it. if ope of’ my family 1 would have It if it cost H >,/tt , for I can truthfully say it has cured my daughter sound and well, and my self and wife do most heartily recom mend your ‘ FEMALE RKGUELA -poll” to ho jurtt what it is recoin , , * ,ende(1 , ■ ,i to ... bt 1 1( , ’ Resnectfullv ‘fSuson It. r, D. n 1 EAIHKRSON. Trial size $0 76 per bottle. Full size : 1 50 per bottle. PREPARED BY J. BEADFIELD ) Sole Proprietor, ATLANTA, GEORGIA FOR RAIK I!T R. U.J. REID, Crawfordyillo, f. 2 ’s’ ty We JJave Struck Jt ! AND WE WANT IT TO ST1KE YOU, The Place to Buy Paints! -IS AT THE I’AINT STORE i -WE KEEP IN (STOCK LEAD, Oil,. VARNISH, CALmiMINE, '/-INC. I %565?%?. it' f WE^ARANTEB ?|iutt r ^....... .......... SALE & R0SSI0N0L ? 312 Jackson st., between Greene and Eliis Auousta, Ga. BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. \ 1 Announce to tlie citizens of Crawford¬ ville and vicinity that I have opened a shop on tlie eorner of nr. Farmer’s lot on Main street, and will give prompt atren tion to all orders. .Satisfaction guaranteed Give me a triai Terms strictly cash JAMES FLOYD, Crawfordville, Ga. GLOBE HOTEL Augusta, : : Georgia. Hates, $2. Wand 82.50 per day. LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF 'J HE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE CITY. B. F. BROWN, Manager, Number 21. KARS the FOR MILLION I Foo Choo’s Balsam of Shark’s Oil 081T1VEI.Y RESTORES THE HEARING, AND IS THE ONLY ABSULUTK CERE FOR DEAFNESS KNOWN. This Oil is abstracted from peculiar ape* ciea of small White Shark, caught in the Yellow Sen, known as Carc'.nirudon Ron delelii. Every Chinese fisherman knows it Us virtues as a restorative of hearing was discovered by a Bud hist Priest about the year lllu. Its cures were so numerous and many ,so seemingly miraculous, that tlie remedy was officially proclaimed ever the entire that Empire. Its use became deafness so uni¬ versal for over 300 years no 1ms existed among tlie Chinese people. Sent, $1,00 charges bottle. prepaid, to any address at per Hear What the Deaf Say It has performed a miracle in my case. I have no unearthly noisas in my head and hear much better. 1 have been greatly benefited. deal—think * My deafness helped a great another bottle will cure me. * curative •‘Its virtues are unquestionably absolute, tlie' and writer its cimrftcteT as car. personally testify, both from experi once and observation. Write at once to HAYLOOK & JKNNKV, 7 Dcy Street; New York, enclosing 31.00, arid yon will receive by return a remedy that will ena¬ ble you to hear like anybody else, and whose curative effects will be permanent; You will never regret doing so,”—Editor of Mercantile Review. }5<y To avoid loss in tlie Mails, please send money by registered letter. JENNHY, Only imported by IIA Y I.Ot K it Sole agents for America. 7 Dey st.. N. Y ADVICE TO MOTHERS. Are you disturbed at Unlit am! broken 1 of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of cutting teeth '! If so, send at once, and get it bottle, of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teeth'-' ino Children. Its value is incalculable. sufferer It will relieve the poor little im¬ mediately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures dysentery and diarrhoea, regulates thw .stomach end bowels, cures inilamation.and wind colic,soft tens tlie the gums, reduces system, irs. ives tone and energy to the whole Winslow’s Soothing Sprup for Oh lb ren Teething is pleasant to the taste, and sistlie prescription of one of tno oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all drug its through out the world. Price 26 cents bittlo. SHEEHANS Excelsior Bottling Works -o e. sheeiian, -awrtv m Angnsta, m m Ga --o- pure Soda Water, Sarsasparilla and Ghw cer Ale manufactured from Fresh and First Class Material, I-ager Beer in kegs and bottles always on hand. Order* solic¬ ited and promptly filled. N. U.—Ice of good quality and at just weight shipped to my customers mar¬ ket price. apr!ll3-3m. THE BEST OF ALL LINIMENTS FOB 2 £AIT AKD F 71 AST. i For morfi tbrm a IblrA of a cortniT the Mexican known to HIuutang millionn ull lAulith over *ulliaipoen tlio world as Ukj only Bttfo rolianco lor tho relief of iiecidenlfl and pain. It la a. motliolne of it® S‘. i\l>ov«i kind* niioo X"or ana pmiio- ioiux of tl»© external Iwint pain every tho MEXICAN Mustang It penetrate* Liniment doth is without anil muscle an equal. to tlie very bone-making tbe continu¬ ance of pain end inflammation Unman impos¬ a"<l sible. Its effects upon Flea!) lIni Bmtollrcnllon Lioxlcun. uro oqually wonder¬ ful. Tho )■ 7-lnlment Iioubg. is weefied Every tiny by brings ■omnUofiy nows Infij of w every of nwfii! nIci kurtt F the pjjony nit *K , or buIkTuikI, of rh«itmnti« m^rfyn ro oik *R HtorcO, cr r». vr.lnnblo lorn oj uaveci by tho healing power ol Ibis 0 UNIMEHT m which speedily cures Buell ailments of f® t tlie llkannuLtign, HUMAN FUlolI an Swrilingi, run C Joints. Contracted fflnselc, Bnm» ond L mid Hetldi, Cats, nmlml H Spnlm. I'nlioueni Ultra ond B Ktiti;;*, ftl'Ib'M, J,nioe«fM, Old I 1 jNorci, Clr.K. I'ro.tbitrc, < l.Hblolns, »»d f Sore Mpplt g, CaUcd eitenuil llrca.t, dlc I indeed every fcri’i of ea«e» I‘. hral# trilAosl senr*. 9 & l or tho liiu yn WUW riON it euros ‘ Mr;rnlne, f.v.TnJi J; Gtlft" Joint., Fovadfr, TTarntfiS nmre., Hoof JHs ee.es, Foot Hot, ,‘irrcir V.crm, Scab, Siollo-.v Horn, t'erutcl.ca, Wloil *ell*, flpav Tlira.U, f!;nij»>one, Old Sore, l*oll J’.vll, r-ilm upon tlie Mfcht nnd every o»h. i ollment lo which i 'ic ocrapsiiHi « f the Stable end P'oeh Torrt «re liable. Tho Jllnlcui Uniiang I.inlmcnt alr.uyg cured positively. and aover dh—i.pOiBU; and It 1 0 . THE BEST OF ALL UMTS PC 3 Il-T C 3 B 3 AST.
