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THE DEMOCRAT.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ‘2nd, 1883.
ESTKRED AT THE rOST-OFRICE AT CRAW
FOIIDVILLH, GA., AS SECOND CLASS
MATTKK KOII MAIMNG.
M. C. JONES, - - - Local Editor.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE
frost yesterday in »rning. .....
— A light
Ani* are coming up and looking
“l.„ S «l>ro.n. b« returned .ml
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_Mis Della Jones, is visiting Iier
parents in Augusta.
—Little Pearl Boggs, we are glad to
learn, is improving.
Little Eva, daughter of Mr. S
—
Stewart, is still very low with fever.
-Captain IVm. T. Martin, visited
Jlaileru a few days chis week.
the 1 bill of fare in our market.
—Travel on tlie Georgia road has
been for the past month. *
heavy
And ntill the splendid u*........ weather for
irtuwr* •
_Mr. J. N Cliapman is selling hug
gies and other vehicles at a lively rate.
of „ frost . . . hrving
_We hear Wednesday rei>orts and ihuisd-.y
la'Cn seen on
mornings.
—Tom Fulton went down to Augus¬
ta last nigliL to enjoy llaveily’s min
strel.i.
— I)r Win. It. Battle, who was some
weeks since stricken with paralys
lms so far recovered that lie is able to
sp'-ak intelligibly aud to move his
limbs a little
— We are grieved to learn that Miss
Myra, Hie foui tii daughter of Mr. P.
ti. Veazey, is quite ill. She is under
the skillful tnatment of Dr. .). J.
Cooper, aud we. trust will huoii be well,
—The slight showers that we have
had lately have set all our farmers to
vowing oats. We trust a large crop
will be pul in the ground with the t wo
coming months. It will be much need
ed.
__We regret to learn of the illness of
Mr. W. G. Harris, Mis. Salim Berg¬
strom aud Mrs. I* >ud, but hope soon
to hear of theii recovery.
— Mrs. Nannie K >W*rta. who has
hern visiting tier sister, Mrs. Jane
Haininack. left fur her liouu in Ala¬
bama Monday.
—Henry Thomson,U m negro who was
ar ested la-t week, charged with throw
lugarock in,the fust train wiisdiselmiged
Tuesday tor want of sufficient evidence
lo convict.
- jdjit Biffing* wyT; ‘DUtft tertr
clear conscience for solid comfort cums
nn old ahu.” He protiahly never suf¬
fered w ith a cough or Cold, otherw ise
be would imve referred to Dr. Bull's
Cough Hyrup ns la’ing also a good tiling
to secure relief aud comfort.
—Rev. L. R. L. Jennings will occu¬
py his (inlplt at the Baptist church
next Sabbath forenoon. We are pleas¬
ed to learn that Rev. Dr. Kilpatrick,
ot While l’lnliis, will occupy the pulpit
there on the second Saturday.
— Mr. Ora Cooley, of New \ nrs, is
canvassing this county soliciting sub
setiptions to a new hook entitled “E 1 '
mr’s Chains How Forged and Broken.”
which is one "of tlie most useful and
interesting books we have yet seen. It
treats of all the various religions, from
tlie earliest to the present time, is
beautifully illustrated and contains a
vast amount of valuable Information
which cannot lie obtained from any
Other book.
— The young folk engaged in “Hie
mazy whirl*” that is to say “trippled
tlie light fantastic,” or in other words,
“where youth and hours'with beauty meet, to
chase the glowing flying
feet”—if tliere are auv more haeknev
•d quotations send them along by next
jniitl. We’ll start anew. Tlie young
folk of the town dropped in at tin*
Williams Hotel on Tuesday evening
last, andjtlw* old fiddle was tuned up.
and the cotillions were walked through.
mid Um* rt els were jigged through, and
the waltzes were hugged through, and
when everything was through with
everyone went home delighted. Long
will the occasion be remembered by all
who were
— IVe regret to chronicle the death
of Mr. W m C. Wright, which occurred
smmm.
iaferro who will la* pauu d to hear of
his death, lie had been for a long pe
riial of years a consistent member of
the MetlitHlist church and died enter
taining a firm hoj»e in Jesus as Ins sa
vior. The remains will Is* interred in
the cemetery at Baytown,his obi home,
where be had spent the neater poi turn
of liislife tins evening, the bereaved
family and relatives have our sympa
thy. "May consoled they mourn by the not. thought but that may
tlx>v tie humble of
he died professing the hope a
Christian which a Luo can sustain us in
death. May their sorrowing hearts and
aelimg boaoma be soottied by the sweet
consolation that he has only gone to
his bright home in the skies.
a n»i “K roati Engineer SS in WflO Troub
rtid-hfs -Ue the in
all. lie was tracked, pursued
and captured by « enemy lb -
doctore allured gobbled ® od Cf his mon^v^dhout^any J,h nl ; t inv
’CilPo^n ” loo ° 1 wnichst«ihWn..v urffed try resisted 11.B.
everything. was to
B.., and three bottles cured him.
One .. ^ . ... ^ , inB -in eur «
SSSTta. A- G imder five davs
rf
ALL AROUND US,
i:\THERIKO THE S KWs KRuM OPR
EXUUNCiES.
nr.iso the doisos Axt> happenings
or OCB neighboring counties as
OGLETHORPE,^ V nrt or a i£faijers
WARREN, QUEENE
AND others.
warren.
CJlpper, October 31st.
Norwood has six stores doing a good
bust lies and as many more wi 11 soon be
it is i umond tn<it Itev. I-. Ii. (.ais
well, of 1 homson,Intends making War
rentou Ins future home.
U S’«2*r,^‘^1
»l U,« l'amil, MSS «»»" 1
about one mile from town, on last
Friday.
A little child of Mr. J. M. John-on*
living about half way between War
rentou and Barnett, fell in a dry well
:;! feet deep, list Friday. When taken
from tlie well the little fellow was con
scions, but had received some injuries
that will prevent him from walking
J >* contract foi building the
odist parsonage a t Warreiiton has been
awarded to . r: A. Earnest, a
mechanic, and to judge from present
appearances we may look for an early
•**
M PM UK.
Journal, October .‘list.
(torn crops are so short that we don’t
have any corn shtickmgs.
Potatoes are turning out better than
was expected, still there is nothing
like a full crop.
Mr. J. It. Kirkland, living near
Williams’ creek, is quite sick,
Mrs. Ivey, sn elderly lady, the widow
of pjoyd Ivey, residing in Wrighlsboio
is very low with malarial fever. Her
physician, I>r. II. iwm. has little hope
of tier recovery.
Since the recent rains the small gr ain
crops an* claiming the attention of the
tanners. All who are not absorl ed m
cotton or engaged lu dodging the guano
agents are busy sowing oats and wheat,
Some didn’t wait for rain, but planted
their grain with a pegging awl.
The cotton and corn crops around
Brier Creek are about all housed. The
pea crop is nearly a failure Oat plant¬
ing is somewhat delayed.
' HANCOCK.
ItthniAu litc, October 31st.
Mrs. J. Clarence Simmons is conva
b's nu frroiu her severe illness.
The infant daughter of I’rof. 1). (^.
Abbott died on last Sunday morning.
The Coroner of Warren county went
down to Jeweil’soti last Saluiduy week
to bold an inquest over t he dead body
o f tlm man who ha d, been killed J timt
flay, lint learning iliat, thc ATTITiTg was
Accidental refused to act. This is our
information. It seems to us that a
failure to Hold an inquest under such
circumstances, while disinteiestcd, on
the part of Coroner, is hardly just to
the mail shiver.
Mr. II Emmet McConih. who was
for a iO ig lime comlect d |>\it > the
mereautite business of Np.nla, was
married on Wednesday, last to Miss
Annie Hendricks, of Mil ledgeville.
Miss Mollie Sasnett tlie next to tlie
youngest daughter ot the late Rev. W .
j. Sasnett, I) D., ot this county was
,,ian led in Oxford, Ga., on the 2Uh
ms unl, to Mr. I. II. Brabham,
WILKES.
Gazette, of October 20th.
The gin house with ten or twelve
Imles of cotton, belonging to Mr. Drury
J. Ayoock, near Daubing, was destroy
ed bv tire last Friday night. It was a
fetal loss.
The cotton shipments from the depot
in tins place up to dale since the first
of September, aio 3145 bales against
2843 tor sumo dale lust year. You will
see that we are ahead this year
bales.
Messrs. Simms. Irvin & Co., arc nre
paring to build a brick guai o worehouse
u„. d,,|„,t. It will bo alongside
the railroad track opposite the turning
tH uie. Anew sideling is now being
j. lM | f tll (dm accommodation of tins
warehouse.
jsrass ,«&
One shot at the other with a pistol,
without effect, and be in turn was cut
jn the head with a knife. There were
l)irt . t , W ounds in the liead. One made
mssm
;lu ", pieti long, ’ was broken off and left
|„, u . Tb,. blade was a large one.
The wounded negro was not contliied to
bis lietl, tmt on several different days
t .. uiu , m town to tlie physicians for
treatment. The wounds were dressed
and the effort was made to extract the
piece of knife blade but it stuck as if
it were iu a vise. The most muscular
,j 0 nothing | with it be
cause so slight hold could be obtained.
Finally the piece was broken in two
and part of it taken out. Drs. J. 11.
au ,j j y Lane, who were treating the
can*. then resulted to the operation of
trepanning, took out around piece of
the skull about tlie size of a nickle, and
removed the balance of tile Unite blade
which was sticking in the brain. This
! operation was not performed wounded. for some For
days after the negro was
a day or two previous to the operation
pus which was J pressing to on tlie brain,
wa> OW8d escape when
the piece of skull was removed, and
the mind of the wounded man recover
ed its normal condition iinaieLately.
Tlie negro is recovering rapidly aud
will prebably soon be as well as ever,
minus one eye aud a piece of bis skull
OGLETHORPE*
Crawford News-Monitor, October 3Xst.
We have been told that there is
strong talk of moving the court house
from Lexington to Crawiord.
There has been but little sickness in
our town and community in the past
month.
w ... „ T ^ K
ing their 11-moDtlis-oid child, laM Fri
day.
Miss Della Asbury, a young daugh
ter. of Mr. Red Anbury, of WoodvilJe,
physicians and was sent .Saturday to
the W asylum k
W. Mo-w .»d 0«. Llttl.
odmloisteied chlorufoi m,iiudip6i formed
a surgical operation on toe baud of Mr.
J spar‘Hopkins, Monday evening, at
?“"'lS77 >*-.ii Ib< <. l "“*“ '‘“ l ** l "“
Married, at the residence of Mr. Lu
thi, of this place, last Thursday even*
"JR* L raw lord, and
J. W. Dale, oi Atliens.
Last Thursday, a negro by the name
of Dan Sims was taken up by our conn
ty authorities on Mr. G. W. Brook’s
place below Lexington charged with
J
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—Mr. II. JJ. rlynt informs 'is that
he has just received a fine lot of pure
unadulterated whiskies, also the cele
ssr lirsssffiV? ^
plug. Call aud see him.
SPECIAL LOCALS.
U^r.Iust received a large lot of
trunks and valises, fancy baskets world
without end.—Copelan, Seals & Armor,
Greehesboro, Ga.
—Druggist's sundries of all Kinds at
Reid’s drug store.
—Assorted pickles and pure apple
vinegar for sale by Dr. Reid.
RaTMa' tresses for double and single
beds and cribs, pillars and bolsters,
cribs and cradles, all at Copelan, Heals
Armor, Greenes boro, Ga.
— Fine fresh lot ot fancy candies just
received at Dr. Reid’s.
tgfirSausage cutters and Stuffers, and
everything else that anybody wants.—
Copelan, Seals A Armor, Greenesboro,
Ga.
—Select cream cheese and crackersjat
Reid’s drug store.
t£TRubber belting every width and
ply, also rubber aud hemp packing.—
Copelan, Seals k Armor, Greenesboro,
Ga.
—Large and well selected stock of
tobaccos, also, the best brands of ci¬
gars kept lit Reid’s drug store.
--Choice lot of nuts of all kinds ju.it
received at Dr. Reid’s.
— splendid assortm >nt of stick can¬
dies, different flavorings at Dr, Reid's.
ty s w w frbnfe w ffflra Miiiv&^A&e Ali v
two lioise wagons, and all styles. Huge
gies from tlie l*est manufactures in
the United states. Henry winter
sliiits selling at 10c.—Copelan, Seals &
Armor, Greenesboro. Ga.
—If you want nice canned goods of
any kind call on Dr. Reid.
ST .Another lot of Jersey jackets,
cloaks civcnlara and Zephyr shawls,
all very handsome and selling rapidly.
— Copelan, Seals <& Armor, Greenesbo
ro, Ga.
—A full linf» of laundry and
soaps kept at Reid’s drug store.
—Granulated Patent—a very flue
flour for sale liv W. R. Gunn.
- ,, Mr. 1V.lt. Gunn is still selling his
dry goods, boots, shoes, hats and caps
at cost.
<gfThe Doxfer double geared Corn
Shelter for sale by Copelan, Seals &
Armor, Greenesboro, Ga.
—Plow stocks, plow hoes, nails,horse
and mule shoes it. and hardware general
i y kei»t at W. Gunn’s.
^ linp of p„cket and table cut
Jei-y for snlf* at W It Gunn’s.
rioel^ J one J, and oiirlit e 1 day dav ' from froln go
to »iu ,u , ( v , nivus.
.
—Ladies’dress goods all wool from
10c to 81 25 per yard at 4/. Myers.
— Ladies’ and Gents’ fine shoes all
styles and prices at C. Myers,
—Men’s, youths’ and bovs’ clothing
jn endless quantities. Suits from §4 to
§50 at C. Myers
..ss;rrS. , "«ST?
Copelan, Seals & Armor, Greenesboro, 1
(;j,.
r \Cv-ers ' Ins \ ttie laruest k stock nf
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, ,, . * lo Crawford
—Genuine magnolia seed rye and
rust-proof oats for sale by C. Berg-.
strom I
fgg*Black-smiths’ drills, hammers.
bellows.— Copelan, Seals & Armor,
Greenesboro. Ga.
j} er gstrom keeps the best select
stock of croc kery and glassware hi
town.
—If you wish to purchase a good
sewing machine, call and examine the
Celebrated Davis Machine at Charles
Beigstnim , s.
—Ladies' and Misses cloaks and
walking jickets from 81.25 to $20.
Call and see them at C. Myers
—Wood and willow-ware at the very
lowest prices. Also, a large stock of
pocket and table cutlery, clocks, 4c.,
at Charles Bergstrom’s.
g^rTlie greatest wonder of the age.
The Globe Coffee Roaster, to arrive
this week. Every family should have
one.-Copelan, Seals k Armor, sole
agents Greenesboro. Ga
(^-Remember we are always stocked
brim full, in every department, with
seasonable goods *, competent, expe
rienced and p*>lite salesmen to serve
you and prices to please yon.-crepe
>«• Ga.
Photographs by the \ew Process.
B. C. Browne bas opened prepared business
in Crawfordville and is now
to make pictures by the instantaneous
or di^rdate process, which enables the
HrtisWS make sittings without the use
-'* 8 head vest, and on any day, no
matter how cloudy. I he long wanted
process for children’s picture; so,
^ ^ ^- -__
—If you need a good se 1 of Harness
for a little money call on Tom Pulton
he has them from 88 up.
A meeting of Che veterans of the
plu<. in \vashi'lLbin''°T>ece Washington December m 1 ipr (^7 G. i
^^SSJSS^TiA^ pending in congres-s to grant a pension
to all honorably discharged veterans of
the Mexican war.
—Miss.I. K. Kimr. Hartwell.
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tor dyspepsia and sick headache with
great benefit.”
A New York company are mining in
mica, in the Black mountains of Nortti
Carolina.
•— •
—Diseases of an exhaustive nature
J-tmmlieelinRsucias tenaenev to create an un
fatigue assi
the system owe their origin to a lack
of iron in the blood. Brown’s Iron
Ritters will restore the blood to its na
t u ral healthy condition. Get the blood
p Ure fo y us j n g this remedy and disease
«• *»"«*
THE DAVIS,
;
—«lkvA^L is* f7fj
m
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Leads all others, and possesses advanta¬
ges over every other Machine. Does all
work without basting, and b nds, doing
the work of every other M tehine. Per¬
forms
THIRTY-NINE OPERATIONS
that can not he performed by any other
Machine in the world. It sews from lace
to leather without changing the stitch or
tension.
For tucking, cording, braiding, dressmaking quilting, and
embroidering, tailoring,
for family use, in general, it lias no equal.
fcSf*Send for descriptive price list to
(Njtnelun, Seals & Armor,
c*ctrrvry 4 * -—VESBORO, GA
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Notice.
^ AM prepared to receive Raw Hides
* at the Tan Yard in Crawfordvilie,
to be tanned on shares or exchanged
for leather. No damaged hides will be
received on any terms. November 1st,
1^83. C. A. BEaZLEY.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.
rpHE JL books of REID & REID have been
daeed in my hands for collection and
all those who a re indebted to them are re
quested to come forward it iut settle at once
OI . e ] se | w j|i pe compelled the to take legal
measures to collect same,
M. Z. ANDDEWS.
Crawford vilie, Ga., Nov. 1st.. 1883.
NOTICE.
The Board of Trustees of the Craw
fordville Academy will meet on the Gth
of November, 1833, for the purpose of
Meeting a Principal of said academy
for the year 18S4. Applicants will
please present their applications to the
undersigned with testimonials in time
to be passed upon. By order of the
Board. Oct. 4th, 1883.
W. II. Brooke,
Secretary and Treas. B. T. C. A.
A1)VICK TO MOTHERS*
s<*hd lit once and get t* bottle of Mrs.
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teeth
lsa CHILDREN. Its value is incalculable,
U ' vil1 r r lieve the • > oor llttle “ uir ”rer i>»
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Sirs. Winslow’s Soothing /. prop for Cliil
dren Teething is pleasant to the taste and
^X'SpOcians^ndVurse^Tn “he
United States, and is for sale by all drug
its throughout the world. Price 25 cents
bottle,
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Their Immense Building full of New Gooes and crowded with customers.
TUREE LI ™ BUSINESS MEN AT THE HELM AND TWENTY-ONE CLERKS
T,ie Present cotton crop is short but goods are cheap in proportion, and the r opie
n f Taliaferro will find it greatly to their interest to visit our store in frnvwsfioro w|
ETcS the damages. When be to handsome
3’onc one sure see on
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Ladies Department this season.
G TN. £3 H 3VI ES R E3
purP imported goods, extra wide and exceedingly cheap, in all the bright fisshr colors
trimming Silks aud Satins to match. "
and ‘
JERSEY JACKETS. JERSEY KIDS.
JERSEY TIES. JERSEY COLLARS.
New, Nobby and all tlie Go
Novelties in Buttons. Dress Trimmings, Soutache and Tubular Braid, plain and
brocaded velveteens.Kibbins.Beaded Uimp.Uiiiuille and beaded Fringe. Fnss.imeirarie
Edging and Insertions, Hamburgs and Laces.
BEWILDERING DISPLAY of Gents, Ladies, Misses and children’s Hosiery, Bon
levarde woo! and Skirts linen and Table Merino Covers, Vests, Dentille Silk and audScivilla Linen Handkerchiefs, hand made Zephyr Torchon Shawls,’ Fair
cy and nios
quitoe Laces.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY lines of Mens’, boys’, ladies’, misses and chiK
mens shoes, ail the new styles from 25c to Sl>. 50 pair. No fun—solid facts; Boston
emptied in Ureenesboro.
Clothing by the wholesale. Hats and Caps without *'
load. Carpets ’till number. Furniture bv the c
you can’t rest.
IS,100 yards Calico. £,000 yards Jeans.
15,000 r Checks. 5,000 “ A sail burgs and Drilling.
10,000 - Sheeting. 30,000 *> Ticking,
10,000 : Shirting. j actual measure.
Our MILLINERY Department- under the charge of Miss BOURNE, ot Baltimore
is the mostattractiyedisplay this side of tlie Louisville Exposition .
IMPOSSIBLE to enumerate ; to tell you of half the goods that crowd our Til 1 It
11 _ DEPARTMENTS would fill every inch of the Democrat with Diamond type.
In connection with our immense Dry Goods Establishment, we run a large
W areiiOT3LS© 9
which is filled with Supplies,Machinery, Bnggies, Wagons, Bagging and Ties, Stoves,
Gins, Caue Mills &c., Cotton stored and money advanced.
Exchange bought and sold on New York, Augusta and Atlanta.
COPELAN, SEALS & ARMOR,
Greemstoro, Gx
WM. M. JORDAN, FRED B. POPE,
Formerly of Sibley & Jordan. Of Washington, Oa,
JORDAN & POPE:
COTTON FACTORS AND
Commission Merchants,
729 Reynolds St Augusta, Ga %
We are General Agents for Gullets Patent Steel Brash in. LRht Draft
Cotton Bloom Gin, Lammas or Improved Taylor Gin, with feebrs and Joa
denseis for all of them. Write foi terms and circulars.
ATTE >V WILL GIVE OUR PERSONA I, ATTENTION TO WEIGHING AND SELL
ING COTTON and Guarantee QUICif SALES AND PROMPT RETURNS.
We hope by close attention to business, to merit a liberal share of tlie shipment of
cotton.
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IT WILL THOROUGHLY PULVERIZE THE SOIL.
IT WILL THOROUGHLY Cl YEK UP SEED GRAIN.
IT WILL THOROUGHLY CONOR UP SURFACE MANURE.
IT IS OFTEN A SUBSTITUTE FOB THE PLOW.
IT WILL SAVE HALF THE TIME AND LABOR IN preparing soil for seed.
IT WILL INCREASE YOUR GROTS.
IT WILL SAVE ITS COST IN ONE SEASON.
F011 SALE BY
BONES. DOUGHERTY & GO.
pril‘27-ly AUGUSTA, GA,
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