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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1883)
CRAWFORD VILLE Volume 7. THROUGH GEORGIA, AND CATCHING THE NEWS AS WE GO. THE CRIMES, THE CASUALTIES AND THE OTHER HAPPENINGS IN THE EMPIRE state, AS OUR EXCHANGES BRING THEM TO US.—THE WEEK S DOINGS CONDENSED BY THE DEMO CRAT FOR THE INFORMATION OF II S READFRS. Yaldosta is getting up another hotel boom. Large shipments of soapstone* are re¬ ported from Canton. Gold has been found in the rock at the bottom of a well in Rockdale. “Borrowing water is now the order of the day,” says the Statesboro Eagle. James Parker.Jr., of Scriven county, lost his residence by fire a few days ago. The Statesboro Eagle reports consid¬ erable emigration from Bulloch coun ty‘to Florida. The Savannah river is now lower than it has ever been known, by the oldest inhabitant. Hog TT stealing f 1- is U, nnifo quite nnmmon common in in Sumter county. Loafing negroes im¬ agine that they have to live. The deaths in Savannah, last week, were thirty one—fifteen more than for the corresponding week of last year. Levy thecornetist, pronounces Wein meester’s hotel in Atlanta the best house in America. The editor of the Conyers Weekly has disposed of one-half interest in his paper. A few days ago Rome shipped five hundred bales of cotton to Russia, starting them out over the Rome Road. The knowing ones calculate that Brooks county spends |>3U,000«for whis¬ key annuadv. The Berrien County News says that the bed of the Witchlacocheq river is dry in some places iu that county.* The Columbia Sentinel puts it very forcibly : “Farmers have dusted iu a few oats and wheat this week. „ hook and ladder ^ The News wants a company organized iu Blaekshear. Every town in the State should have oue, The cotton receipts of Americus, to November loth, show a falling off of 1,140 bales as compared with the re¬ ceipts of last, year. Two young ladies, Misses Elfie and Birdie Moore, are milking a success of the Oconee Vidette, published at Mil ledgeville. Milledgevilie lias two of the biggest institutions in the State : The Luna¬ tic Asylum and the Agricultural school. The registration of Rome’s voters closed Saturday night. There are 443 white and 102 colored votes registered- making a total of 605 votes. James Kilroy,a ditcher, jumped over¬ board from the steamer David Clark at Darien on Friday morning last, neat St. Catherine’s,, and was drowned. Messrs. Weston & Co.’s saw mill was burned Saturday at Sumner, seven miles west of Ty Ty, together with a large lot of lumber ; the railroad and telegraph also. The Toccoa News publishes the ac count of an assault by au uuknowu person or perions on United St ttes Dep¬ uty Marshal Palman Sunday night. The Star, a paper devoted to the in¬ terests of the colored, has just made its appearance in Rome, Ga. Lewis W. Hawkins, a colored man, is the editor. Little Miss Wheeler, who is selling Johnson’s life of Stephens and donating her commissions to the Baptist church, of Macon, sold forty copies iu two days in that city. An old country lady created qu'te a sensation on Macon’s street Saturday by having an old-fashioned skillet, in which she kept a fire, placed in the bottom of her buggy. She was deter¬ mined to keep warm. Van Malcom, of Walton county, has sent a message to Judge Hutchins ask¬ ing him to get him out of the coal mines and haug him, as death is pre¬ ferable to staying in that dark place. Several ladies, of Thomasvdle, have organized a Young Ladies’ Benevolent Association, with Miss Julia Stark as President. Its object is the high and laudable oue of assisting any poor and destitute person to be found in tbe town. The old Executive Mansion on Wayne street, Milledgevilie, is an old style building of two stories of ordinary finish. Here it was that Gov. Ra¬ bun lived and went all the way to at¬ tend bis deacon meetings iu the Bap¬ tist church, at Poweltou. A crazy negro, 70 years of age, all the blacks diggin : for imaginary treasures, near Greenville, aud was ar rested, but was subsequently releas-d, as he was believed to be harmless. A gentleman living near Marietta, who is interested in mining property, has showed some pieces of mica that for size and transparence cannot be ex celled in tbe State, if anywhere in the united States. A w’eek or.so ago an appeared in the New York Times call ies for the heirs of a seventy-six mil lion dollar estate and fortune left by Sir Francis Drake in England. One of the descendants lives in Macon, and the chances are that some of that for tune will find its way there. CRAWFORDVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 1883. The Walton News has the following: “Married, last Thursday evening, Mr. William C. Hearn to Miss Bettie Hailes. Miss Bettie is one of the most •industrious ladies in this county, and is net afraid of any kind of work. She and her husband pulled corn together until dinner time Thursday, and then got married, losing only half a day from their work. Thursday night Qf last week a diffi¬ culty occurred about five miles from Taylorsville, and near the county line, between Mr. John A. Owen and Mr. Wm. L. Simpson. During the difficul¬ ty Simpson struck Owen with a billet of wood about three feet long,inflicting a fatal wound,from the effects of which Mr. Owen died Saturday night. The Toccoa News says : “The en¬ gine for thejDarnesville Railroad reach¬ ed this place last Tuesday, on its way to West BoWersville, the eastern term¬ inus of the road. The engine| is dif¬ ferent from any we ever saw, having no driving wheels. The trucks four in number, are supplied on one side with cogs, by which the engine is propelled. It bfears the name “Tom P. Carnes.’ ITEMS OF INTEREST. Destitute Irish emigrants are flood¬ ing Ontario. Alabama promises to be the big coal „ . tj = Nihilism is not the worst evil of Rus¬ sia. The women are said to be addic¬ ted to chin painting. Travellers in Africa assert that the most certain cure for malarial fever is strong coffee. There are now 1,103 students iu Gi¬ rard College, Philadelphia, which is very nearly its full capacity. A Philadelphia man has patented a machine which wiil make a gallon of ice.cream a minute. He calls it the Mary Anderson freezer. Two negroes were ran over and in stautly killed by the Summerville Ex preSs, at the Northeastern di South Carolina. Sunday morning Albert’Blade drop ped dead in Ettrick s Methodist chuich, Petersburg Virgiina, while about o engage in piayei. It is said that at the present time be* tween 05.000 and 70,000 French people are engaged in the. manufacture of clocks and w itches. Massachusetts and Rhode Island are the only States which now elect all State officers and Legislature every year, and only six States have sessions of the Legislature every year. It is <Miis*of the things wli»* h «“* one earn *-.-.pm!u that inc fiwiiil rconrta from New York, Bostout^London and Paris all speak of a depreciation in the market value of stocks without any ap parent cause. \V. A. Pledger, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Appointed by the Colored Convention lately held in Louisville, Monday issued a call fora meeting of the committee in Washing ton. on December 19th, to consider matters of interest to the colored race. A paper printed in Manchestsr, N. II., says that a young woman, a weav¬ er in one of the mills in that city, has started for Minneapolis, Minn., to look over a widower who wants to marry her He pays her expense.-* out, and if she doesn’t like the looks of tilings lie is to pay her expenses back. A novel feature of the celeliration of the one-hundredth anniversary of tiie Evacuation day in New York will be a steamboat parade in the barber. It is expected that 503 vessels, big and and little, will be in line, and that the procession will be five hours in passing a given point. W. vV. Cole is the richest man in the show business. He is the sole owner of his great exhibition, and his real es¬ tate in Chicago and other cities are a source of large revenues. He is only 33 years old and has already made one trip around the world with his mam¬ moth enterprise. His profits this sea¬ son will amount to over a million. It is said that an old fellow living at the foot of Reel foot Lake, Tenn., has accumulated a handsome sum in the past 12 or 15 years by collecting the feathers which in shedding time cover the surface of the water and float down into a sort of pocket near his cabin. To this he has added by hunting and trapping, saving the feathers and ship¬ ping the fowls to the citv dressed. B. B. B. This is the concentrated Blood Puri¬ fier that saves time and money by its use—because it cures Blood Poisons in tbe quickest time on record. It cures Scrofula in thirty days ; the kidneys re¬ lieved with one bottle; Hereditary Taint of children removed with one bottle ; Skin Diseases and Eruptions cured with two bottles. Syphilis of all stages cured under sixty days. Each bottle proves its wonderful value. Large bottles, $1 Druggists sell it. $1.50 spent for Bonkocine will cure any ease of G. and G. within forty e gilt hours, without loss of time, change of diet or any internal remedy, -— , - Why is it so many suffer from rheu aches, pains, kidney diseases, ii ver com plaints, heart affections, etc V j s s j m |,iy because they will not come an( j ^ jjgajgq disease begin from a want of iron in the blood. This want of iron makes the blood thin, watery and impure. Impure blood car¬ ries weakness and distress to every part of tbe body. Supply this lack of by using Brown's Iron Bitters and you will soon find yourself enjoying perfect freedom from aches, pains and general ill-health. ALL AROUND US, GATHERING THE NEWS F*ROM OUR EXCHANGES ' BEING THE DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS OK OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES AS CONDENSED FOR OUR READERS— OGLETHORPE, \VARRENt, GREENE AND OTHERS. "WILKES. Gazette, of November 16th. The grand jury returned twenty-two true bills, One night recently Mr. Parker Calla¬ way caught 25 ’possums. Mr, Barnett Irvin is well again and resumed his duties as conductor on Wednesday. More than one hundred and ’ fifty dollar’s worth of stamps have already been sold at the post-office since the 1st of the month. Mrs. T. B. Green and her. fiaughter York MissCornie, returned hereTfrom New on Tuesday. Mrs. Green Was al¬ most entirely recovered her health. In the Superior court last week Hil ry Silvey (the little wfiite boy who Jtil! - ed his brother) was charged with In¬ voluntary manslaughter, but the gram! jury failed to find a true Dill and the case was dismissed. Among the profusion of handsome bridal presents given Mr. Edwin Du and bride at their wedding in At¬ lanta, last week, were bank checks to the amount of three thousand dollars. Tne happy couple are en a tour thtough the North. - V „ oglethorP*. Crawford News-Monitor, November 21st. Candy pullings qr egetting hot in q letbonw ' Married fast Thursray momtog in' Lexi t Ms". A. C. w, „ Tea rns gee u ; .Shackelford, „ex ton They went to Tennessee Fni¬ day morning, h • The jtem reaches 0lir acsk , 0 f a scu qi e between two darkeys in Gooso p ond district, resulting in the death of one of them. The surviving one made good his escape, .rones’ galolws awaits [,i 8 return Lnst Tliurs day child tforning occurred a horrible Mr. eatli ot a negro on II. Young’s place, in Falling Creek district. The family were m the field , ln( j t j, ei . e W as an old lady left at the ft oule) w ho went,to <*t' the spring The and larg- left three childre ■ the fcjise; « est, 4 yp ars aehGjre to its clothes. .-the fire where with, and old vfMqFJ&n strait tick out had in been the yard. an emp tied and set the whole on fire. Wnen the child was found it was lying out in the cotton P ’ " ’ dead, chaned to a crisp almost wi h OO'i nng but the col lar of the d.'iss left which Was around the neck, l ..j a .. iiler one relate 1 the storv of its struggles, to extinguish flames, when the parents returned, OREKXK. Herald and Journal, November tilth. Our dry goods stores will be closed on Thursday the 23th iust., the day set apart for thanksgiving. Mr. W. H. Morrow loit bis second daughter, about 12 years old, of dysen¬ tery on last Wednesday, the 14th iust. Mr, W. A. Ruarks comes to the front with a sweet potato which meas¬ ures twenty-four inches in length. Married, on Sunday last, at Walker’s Hut¬ church in this county, Mr. Tollie chinson and Miss Jennie Robins, the Rev. G. M. Kendrick, officiating. In Waynesboro, on Wednesday morn¬ ing, Judge W. M. Weaver of this city was united in marriage to Mrs. Corker, of Waynesboro, the Rev. W. O. Bass, D. D., officiating. Married, on the evening of the 8th inst., at the residence of the bride’s father. Mr. Joel J. Itiiark, by L. D. Caldwell, Esq., Mr. Judson Bruce and Miss, Cornelia P. Ruark. On Thursday November 8th, at the residence of the bride’s mother, by Rev. Chauncey Williams. Miss Henrietta B. Alexander, of Augusta, was married to Mr. John L. Stovall. On last Thursday, Mr. Phillip Clem¬ mons, of Gainesville, was married to Mrs. T. J. Wilson, of this county, Rev. O. A. Thrower, officiating. HANCOCK. IshVnaaiite, November 21st. The military spirit in Sparta, just now, is at fever heat. The Sparta cadets expect’to have their numbers increased to 25 or 30 by the middle of January. Mis» Rebecca Thomas was married on last Tuesday, 13th instant, to Mr. E. Hitchcock, Rev. A. (J. Thomas of¬ ficiating. Miss.J-H. Howell was married on last Tuesday the 13i.li instant, to Mr. T. J. March mail, R-v. Franks. Hud son officiating. Bailiff Pinkston nabbed a cotton thief in town on Monday night, on a warrant taken out by Mr. W. II. Bass. The gentleman of color was lodged in jail. Miss Nancy King was married on Wednesday the lttli instant to Mr. William B. Lewis, Mr. W. R. Morris a N. P. of Baldwin county, officiating. The Jewells corresdonJent has the following items : Mi. Z. R. Smith accidentally ., . „ cut . his foot the other day while cutting wood, Mr. Wm. Cato i3 preparing to move, with his family, to Augusta in a few days. Mr- A. K. Cason's dwelling honse is finished and ready for thff conclusion of the story. Mr. B. A. Ethridge has been sick for several months but is once more able to be at work. Two darkies had if cutting scrape on last Saturday, both of them wounds- Dr. Pierce Hubert plastered the neck of one whose throat was near¬ ly cut. Mr. J. E. Medlocft’9 little daughter, aged about two years, died on the 1st instant. “WIPED OUT.” The Story of an Atlanta Boy as told by His Father. TRUTH SN A N-UTSIffeU, Mr. Frank Joseph, lives "at 245 Jones street, summers.I Atlanta, and has a promising about boy six When the byy was three years of age a peculiar swelling was discovered oh his neck. Various liniments, poultices, etc. were The applied swellings without increased, a per¬ ceptible effect. although internal and external remedies used continually. Becoming alarmed, a pbysiciav was called in who at once pro no'- ieed it a genuine case of well develop ei.“°*rofula. He used all the various rein¬ ed' 1 A usually resorted to by the medical profession in such diseases,but other’glands discharg¬ became affected, and finally they and slough¬ ed large quantities of matter, sight. ing of the parts presented a ghastly and The boy became quite feeble walk. During greatly emaciated, and un ible to a period of over two yoars his condition be¬ came more perilous—‘the hair fell from his bead, and lie rapidly lost his eyesight. During all this time he wa« properly cared for and .treated, and was also treated at New Medical college for three months, yet hisMsondition steadily grew worse. Now comes the almost miraculous escape of hati this lad. Ills eyesight was restored,the swelling stopped subsided, falling the off, horrible the glandular ulcerated surfaces healed, the whole system was re¬ novated and cured sound and well, all the use of only one single bottie of B.B.B Botanic Blood Balm—which can be had $1.00 oer bottle. Bold in Crawfordville Dr. It. J. REID. NATIONAL H0TL,E. ATLANTA, GA • OCATDD TN THE CENTER OF THE city, only one block from Union pas senger depot and the depot of the Georgia Pacific and East Tennesoe, Virginia and ° f e. q>. WhTtIs, Proprietor. KINS HOUSE. |T0.NE MOUNTAIN. GA, 10 'filet From AtCuntp, -«* j . ^ jfs§H»'.*r . .... ■, . . O , . V gnflst* 9B >he 1st, of m»y.I ilbyutes oriiezes, good water, only Board, a few ride from the city *2.000 per day ; *io per week ; $30 per M ' M ^q^vitITE,Atlantaor Stone Moun t a j n< (>a SOUTHERN mm COLLEGE, ATLANT A, GA. Ro^olar Winter Term begin* first week ia October Aad continue* fire months. Z06P1TAL had CLItflOAL ADVASTASIO 7I1BT CUBS. For Circular* or uny inform*Con, nddrtM DR. WM. PERRII RIBOLMR, P. O. Bo««H. 30OK.33-. 83T Wo advise everybo dy to buyj^i Furniture, Mattresses, Pictures, Etc., —FROM— F. L. Padgett, 1112 Broad Street, Augustta, Ga. Photographs and prices-on appiicatio n. CURED «Y Oliver’s, Quick Relief, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache,Tooth¬ ache, Golds, .Sore Throat, Bites, and • Stings of Insects, Colic in II >r»es, Ac. Prepared by MAYS & CO. Atlanta, Gkohoia, For sale by Dr. R. J. Reid and Thomas Fulton, Crawfor Iville, Ga., and J. A. Kendrick, Sharon, Ga. *3:1.1., lri-A-3 U3.milI12,UlV6 wyTU.£». p-,,., —FOB — F latuient Colic, Diarrhma, Nausea, Coughs, Cholera Infant urn, Teething. Cholera Morbus. DR. W. M. PITTS. Druggist and Apothecary,THOMSON,G .1 A . Sharon, Ga. __c. Myers has the largest stock o dress goods ever brought to Crawford v ; lle. Number 4i. MM MS MB MIS REMEMBER fc.“5 pacity, the merchant must not only fill his store with goods calculated!to please the people in both quality and price, but lie must announce his Bargains and Inducements Clearly and forcibly to the public. I am prepared this season to meet the wants of the people in a manner which miist give satisfaction to each and every patron. My NEW AND SEASONABLE GOODS! refill Will selections meet the expectations and desires of the most economical purchaser * bffin* * of tiu latest scyles In All Departments No branch of iffy bttsiness receives more careful attention tliau my Tri Comprising match. rilegant My Patterns, Latest Styles. RGHASED Unique Novelties, with ail kmdi n f minings to goods were PU FOR CASH, and I intend iff give he benefit of the S DISCOUNT TO MY CUSTOMERS It wifi cost you nothingto thoroughly convince yourselves that sifcli Is reaUv trutf I only ask that;you|eall and see for yourself. Dutch Bolting Cloth of all Numbers. Polite Attention Shown to All. a* IfB&llIll MILLER’S CORNER. AUGUSTA, GA ' L.5 THOMAS AKI3VSI, Crawfordville, m Gay -DEALERIN Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobaccos t BILLIARD ROOM IN CONNECTION WITH BAR. Owing to nfiort ssliwtions, l will bn, hereafter coinoelled to sell strictly for c\sh‘ and all those Indebted to me are requested to confe forward and settle their aci vine at once or I will be forced to put them in the hands of an attorn >y for collection. ( thank my customers for past favors and invite them- and my new friends to giro me* THOMAS AKINb. HDTELdBYE V v * Augusta, Ga, Tills bar is - n tlw^harge of an experiened bar tender who was at tlio Central Ho ol Bar three years anil who always keeps on hand the finest whiskies brandies, wined chanipaignes of to be kinds found In the city. All the best mixed drinks, morning driuk* an appetisers all are compounded at this Bar. When In Augusta if you wish a delightful beverage call at the GLOBE HOTEL BAR. oct G*om Augusta, Ga. H. FEANKLIN, Cotton Commission Merchant, AUGUSTA, GA. Liberal Advances Made on Consignments. sep2l Fullerton’s New Light House COOKING STOVE. It hasjboen'•remarked bv'all who have* ^seen the “New Light Douse, “ that it ia thr linoHt, largest, ami liandsoim*Ht stove V.il they have ever sreu for the price. Write to FULERlD.Y. Augusta, Ga., 4 for juirticularr We keep in stock the “Star Churn,” i [ Milk Cans, Muir- Backets, Milk L Pans, Braes top Shovels. Tongs, aad And Irons, and all sorts of IJTCHM UTENSILS. D. L. FULLERTON, sep21hm AUGUSTA. GA. B0Mt¥4fii Ittlil % (wreat Furniture Palace of Augusta. WE take pleasure in announcing that we have moved onr elegant stock of Furni ture to 810 BROAD STREET, old stand of Myers <fe Marcus. W> ha vethis large store filled to overflowing with tbe MOST ELEGANT and BEST ASSORTED STOCKS,, Write for catalogue or cal 1 and see us. J. L. BOWLES & CO, 840 Broad Brett, Augusla, (ia.
