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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
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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.
