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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1883)
CRAWFORD VILLE 1 DEMOCRAT Volume 7. SELECTED POETRY. THE 01.0 VILLAGE DEPOT, J. N. %.th*Wg in Toledo Blade. There stands the old station house out in the rain, door, A stone’s throw away from my With its wind beaten wall and its weather racked pane, rat-haunted floor And its rickety, seamed and its lintels ; are Its sashes are gashed jack-kniyes of twenty . , long With the And tie eaves where the wings of the swal¬ low once flashed, of tears. - Are touched with the. kinship Old house! it looms up like a ghost in the gale, gibbers and in the blast, And groans weird and weariless And speaks with a a wail, irrepealable Of the dim, past. girdles it On the old dingy platform that round, of the prairie poured, The wealth once And daily the carriage of commerce came down merchant . aboard- , With the wares of the ’Twas here our brothers went off to the wars, and bade them adieu We blessed them ’neath ban¬ ; And we welcomed them here, a ner of stars, through When the terrible conflict was ; And here where the barefooted boys are at play trumpets thundered of yore— The war in ghastly And here came the ccffins, ar Of thVclear soldier dead to our door, *Twas here the young bride, in her beauty and bloom, the parting kiss prest To her cheek felt : And here beat with rapture the heart of the groom, breast; As he cradled her form on his And here in his qualor the mendicant To crept, himself from the blast, shelter dreamed Jn the merciless midnight and as he slept haopier days of the past. Of the And here came the*messagc, more fleet than the dove, wavering Over the wandering, wire, That filled us with g.ief, or that thrilled us with love, round the fire A* we puacefully sat ; Ah, the did station house ! it will soou tumble down, Its timbers are crumbling aw ay, of the But its record is writ on the heart town, abideth for ft$e. And its glory AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA. FROM TIIS WOMAN’S CHRISTIAN TEM¬ PERANCE UNION. The Woman’s National. Christian Tem¬ perance Union have set apart tlie 23rd of December as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to God for tlie rapid advancement of the teinperenee came throughout our country and throughout the world, Tne progress lias been so marvelous of what was a few years ago considered such a for¬ lorn hope, that God has surMy been in it, working upon the hearts aud consciences of men and women and stirring them up to duty and the performance of His will. The moriing light is breaking. The darkness disap (ears, waking Tlie sons of eartli are To penitential tears. Each breeze that sweep* Hie ocean Brings tidings from afar Of earth’s remotest nations Prepared for Zion’s war. breaking is ful l And the light that ia so of promise to the wretched and hopeless, to the captive and sin-burdened, to the innocent and defenceless (and to the suf¬ fering and perishing, asffo appear almost like the second coming of the Star of Beth fchem. Let God’s people then everywhere, take courage 'and rejoicing with thanksgiving take hold and help along in the work. We call upon the State of Georgia to re¬ turn special thanks for the glorious victo¬ ries gained and the benefits received. Our sister States are looking towards us witk interest, and for example. Let usjwith God’s help set them a noble one of speedy and lasting reformation. The dav set|apart in the anniversary of the Woman’s Temperance movement in our country. And as it falls upon Sunday the ministers throughout the State are re¬ quested to preach a Gospel temperance sermon, on the morning of the 23rd of De¬ cember. And the people are requested to haye temperance mass meetings in the af¬ ternoon or at night, at which collections shall be taken as a “thank offering to the cause, and donated to the Woman’s Chris¬ tian Temperance Union, to help them in their work. The funds thus collected will be mostly used in distribution of temperance litera¬ ture, for the purpose of aroilsing and keep¬ ing alive the public interest upon the sub¬ ject. Many good people may be willing to help us who are opposed to total absti¬ nence and prohibition. We hope they may help us ; and we ask them most earn¬ estly that if the original blessing of pure stimulants has been turned by misuse and adulteration into the most blighting curse to the human race, and is so recklessly destroying souls that are so precious in the world to come as to keep two Kingdoms Heaven and hell—at constant warfare for the possession ofjthem,thesis itjnot right to ask God’s deliverance from such an evil, and to do ail we can to banish it from our midst ? rZ If we are vrong a^d Jn our plan of work may pardon it * bring it to nothing. If nght, maj H He mess bless and direct - and pros iJisncvtothesake5 those whoare opposed to us we claim our motive and the expected good. To those who arc .in sym pathy with us, we ask their prayers and CRAWFORDVILLE, GA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 1883. their encouraging help. And, as the 23d is a day set apart for this especial purpose, we hope the efforts will be made in our behalf througout the entire State. We earnestly beg that “temperance peo¬ ple” especially will exert themselres to make arrangements for the occasion. Respectfully, Mbs. W. C. Sibley, State President W. C. T. IT., Augusta, Ga. Miss M. H. Stokes, Secretary, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. M. A. McCalna, Treasurer, Atlanta, Ga.,care MeOalla Bros. News items. There are nine negroes in the Vir¬ ginia legislature. Eufaula, Alabama, is now talking of bagging factories. A drouth is beginning to prevail nearly all over Florida. Oyster canning is a growing industry in Apalachicola. Deer are said to be quite numerous in certain counties in Virginia. Last year over 20,000 persons were killed in India by snakes. A lien’s nest was patented in Wash¬ ington last week. Some Florida orange groves are blooming thrice this season. London lias a company which insures against bicycle and tricycle accidents. Roanoke* Va., is now lighted with gas made from Coal Valley coal. Chicago had sixty deaths from diph¬ theria during November—just two a day. A man by the name of Fields recent- 1, stotlour men la Letcher “S* Ed Talbott, „ a rff fifteen year T ola ! boy . in Lexington, Ivciitucky, is six lect tinee inches tall. , ’ There are 479 convicts in the Ken tucky penitentiary ; 227 are white males ; 222 colored males. Plug hats are worn as a mark of dis traction by the students of the Univer sity of lexas, at Austin. A Lexington, Kentucky,man sneezed so violently the other day that he broke one of h.s ribs. Tlie lirst building erected by a white man on the site of Cincinnati was a block house by George Rogers Clark, August 1st 1780. Adjutant-General Elliott of Illinois is collecting the battle flags of that State and will put them m a glass case which will cost 810,000. ‘•Providential death” was the ver diet returned case‘of by -ajHrowi.^dle* vMa, Texas, jury in tne it per.-on re ceuMy fell over dead in a saloon of that city. The new pasture of Capt. King, in Colemau couuty, Tex., is to contain 650,000 acres, and will! be the largest tract of land within one fence in tlie world. The “confederate rose” is a singular flower grown by Joseph C. Hailey, of New Orleans. It is white in the morn¬ ing, but red at night. It grows in large bunches. Texas farmers sold last year $50,000, 000 worth of cotton, $55,000,000 worth of cattle, $7,000,000 worth of wool and mutton, and $1,000,000 worth of horses and hides. Jefferson Davis admitted to a repor¬ ter who interviewed him recently that his history of the war has not been a pecuniary success. Tlie largest locomotive ever built {is r.ow being made in Sacramento, Cal. Tlie engine and tender will weigli 165 tons, and will he 65 feet 5 inches long. A mouse in a Hillsboro, Tex., store amuses itself every night by taking the end of a twine from a twine holder, sticking it in a small hole near at hand, and going ou the other side and pulling it through. At the late re-union of the Brown family at Washington, l’a., there Were present four brothers who had never sat to a table together, some of them having moved away before the others were born. Tlie youngest son is about 35 years old. It is a popular belief in some parts of England that the lost body of a drowned person may be found by set¬ ting adrift a loaf of bread containing mercury. The loaf is supposed to float about and finally rest over tlie spot where the body lies. Many wonder why the brute creation ex¬ cel mankindjas a rule when it comes to a question of health. Investigation quickly ascertains’the, cause. It is bee iuse| tlie orute naturally obeys every law of health, while mankind is constantly degenerating owing to excesses of our ancestors and our own individual imprudence. Sudden ex posure to extreme climatic influencas, gluttony, improper food, alcoholic stimu¬ lants, o'yerexertion ofpnindand body.worri" Blent, anxiety, care, etc., ill have a mark¬ ed effect on the human system. Be cured by using Brown’s Iron Bitters, A remark able remedy for restoring health. A Little Gold was Spent. Mr Z. A. Glark, of Atlanta, Ga., in speaking of S4x'‘.00 in gold, desires to say to the readers of this paper, that the whole of the above amount was spent in a fruit jess effort in finding relief from a terrible Blood Poison affecting his body, limbs and nose— presenting ugly running ulcers. He is now sound and wed, .having been cured by the most speedy and wonderful remedy ever before known, and any interested wh0 m nee(i a uiood purifier will learn from him that three bottles B. B. B. restored his appetite, hea.ed all ulcers, relieved his kidneys, and added 21 pounds to his weight in 30 days. decH-jm GEORGIA NEWS. Waynesboro’s artesian well has reach¬ ed a depth of 496 feet. The bond of the city treasuser of At¬ lanta is only 140.000. 4s*. There are 2,000 persons liable to duty in Pulaska county. mm The Atlanta Constitution’s building will cost 865,000 Union county has a practicing p sijiau who is 92 years old. It is rumored that Colonel Thornton is going to start a new paper in Atlanta. So far Savannah is next to New Or¬ leans in the amount of cotton receipts. Oconee will try her hand on prohibi¬ ail tion after Christmas. The boy* swear off then. I : A number of „ deer „ .. . , great are alfy ahugeTear ^ The oldest man in Pike county is said to be Thomas Grimes, of Spring Hill. He is 106 years old. it is rumored that Sparta is to have an addition to her military force, in the shape of a calvary company. Beef was sold on the streets of Ath ens on Saturday night at 14 cents per pound. The market was glutted. Mr. Munro Cason, before was settled, killed two deer at one shot where the public square is now located. Gov. McDaniel is ready to pay to the maimed confederate soldiers the amounts to which they are entitled un¬ der the law, on account of the loss limbs. The week just ended was the in the money order department of nn „, ,i,.. r At i»nt. MVP! . i.sd der Office aggregated #65,497.78. n Columbus Saturday a difficulty mid occurred between Monry Hunter Tom Wilson, both negroes in which the former inflicted an ugly gash on the cheek of the other with a knife. It is said that Americans are indebt ed to Mrs. Alexander Hamilton lor ttie introduction of ice-crehm. Every young man in every village where there is an ice-cream saloon will wisli to con tribute for monument. ' a At All mta Satnfday night a faciory woman named Carrie Myers threw self under an engine on the Georgia Pa citic Railroad. She was thrown by th« food-board from the track, and, while badly bruised, was not fatally injured. Almost every day the True Citizen sees darkies on the street* witii large bunches of squirrel* for which they ^ebeduie, says ten the-Citizen cents apic^ . At *"»***» u ' ‘ 5 mile. Governor McDaniel, Westmoreland, Principal Keep er Nelms, and Dr. phy¬ sician to the penitentiary, have a new set of rules for tlie goverinnuut of phy¬ sicians at the convict camps. The rules are very rigid, and if carried out will do great good. Carroll Free Press : “Old Uncle Is ham li nks, living a few miles east of Carrollton,is over $6 years of age,yet he plowed in, ou last Saturday, overall acre of wheat, and got done before night. This shows that Carroll coun¬ ty lias not only old men, but vigorous old men. ■ Last Thursday tlie grand jury o Coob county brought a true bill against Clay Lassiter, Namon Pitts, Benjamin Nicholson and John Lemons, three white and one colored, for assaulting with intent to murder one Steve Tra¬ vis. Travis is the negro who was shot in tlie back by a party of masked men ou the night of tlie lUtli ol last June. There is , a one-legged Confederate soldier living in Madison couuty, who went to Mississippi during tlie war and joined a regiment from that State. Af¬ ter losing iiis leg he moved back to Georgia. He has never received any pay as a maimed Confederate sildier, nor can he get it, owing to the fact that nearly all of his company were killed and lie cannot get two of his command to certify that lie was in tlie war. All of his officers were killed, aud he don’t know to whom to write to get a certificate. To those who visit the police station on Saturday night, especially like ths last one, strange scenes are presented. A representative of the Times while ia conversation with the Chief of Police, Saturday night, witnessed the arrest ct a man for stabbing two men, also a negro for stealing a lot of bags and at. other foolisli negro who was charged with drunkenness and looked as though lie had been stabbed and robbed. VVe also saw a tramp apply for lodging, and a young man excitedly rush in and afk for a policeman to be sent with him so that lie could arrest a man for insult¬ ing a lady. There came in a man all bleeding from a wound iu iris left wrist, while his chum was at Dr. Duncan’s office having his wounds dressed. Then came in three men. all bleeding from wounds.—Savannah Times. Pitt’s Carminative. I having lost our * first babe in the teeth iug period, my wife and myself suffered great uneasiness witii our other children, until the above medicine was introduced into our frmily. H had always proven to be such a faithful and speedy corrective that former fears are but little felt. My wife is the judge in our family m such matters, aud she unhesitatingly puts Pitts' Cmmiw* ahead of the world as a medicine for ehildaen-indeed for ev erythrag claimed for it. We never « oee. to keep bouse witiiout it. I recoi nd tt not so much in fax or of the apothe-ary, as from the love 1 have for mother and ehnaren. E R. Carswee^^Jk^ , DrRiii.ix “MV LLi 3 . D ro For the Cure Bronchitis,Croup, of Coughs, Colds,! Influ-| Hoarseness, Asthma, In-1 eilza, Whooping Cough, iliefofconsumptive cipic-nt Consumption and for the re-f feed [he persons in advan stages of Disease For Sale by all Druggists.—Price, 25 Cents. “WIPED OUT.” The Story of an Atlanta Boy as told by His Father. Vruth I’vAvAljti-hrll. Mr. Frank Joseph, lives at 215 Jones street, of Atlanta, and lias a promising boy six summers. When the Jiby was about three years of .age a peculiar's welling was discovered on his neck. Various liniments, poultices, etc. were applied without a per¬ ceptible although effect. The swellings increased, internal and external remedies were used continually. Becoming alarmed, physician Was called in who at once develop- pro- 11 f* , * | ced it a genuine case of well l ‘ 1 s >t .mla. He used all the various rern nffected, and finally they disclim* :‘d Hvr quantities parts presentetl of matter, glmstly and slouch- siiflit* u I BurinS be* a period. over two years his condition came hM'i. more and perilous—the he hair fell from his rapidly lost his ajj-esight. Jr, " Ue.iicaUoilSfor fliree months yet |,j s condition steadily grew worse. Now comes the almost miraculous escape of thus lad. His eyesight "Srrilie was restored.the X surfaces inShsiiS, 1 *® ?'‘ ulcerated ,,dtl1 " libyuied, heslled, the whole system was re¬ and cured sound and well, all by the use of only one single bottle of B.B.B.— Tm-Me blood Balm-—which can be had at Sold in CrawfordviUe by l-Ai s Tff)\TA F, H0TE! ■ AJ. 11/li 71U i \r OCXtilf) INTMKCkMw ok THE sfjiger V.J Cit.V. only one Block from Union pas F^cifie depot and the depot of tlie Georgia and East Tennesee, Virginia and Georgia railroaes, in the same building of the hotel. Terms, 82.0(1 uey day. E. T. WHITE, rropriotor. KING HOUSE. STONE MOUNTAIN, GA, 10 Miles From Atlanta. Opened Goal to sumiser breezes, guests good oil the only 1st of may. water, n few minutes ride from tlie city .Board, $2,000 per day ; $10 per week ; $30 per month. Address, iv. T. WHITE, Atlanta or Stone Moun¬ tain, Ga. £3T We advise everybody to buyjg$ Furniture, Mattresses, t Pictures, Etc., 1 —FROM— F. L. Padgett t 1112 Broad Street, Augustta, Ga. Photographs and prices on application. CunfcD BY Oliver’s Quick Relief* Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache,Tooth¬ ache, Golds. Sore Throat, Bites, and Stings of insects, Golic in II irses, &c. Prepared by MAYS & CO. Ati.anta, Georgia, For sale by Dr. R. J. Reid and Thomas ulton, Grawfor.iville, Ga., and J. A. Kendrick, Sharon, Ga. Pitts Carminative Syrup. —FOR-* PW| |^* ^ ’ ’ Teething Cholera Morbus DII. W. M. PITTS. Druggist and Apothaeary,THOMSON,G A For sa-e by Dr. R. J. Reid Crowh rdvflle Ga., J. A. Kendrick, a d Ge>. W. Overton Ga. Number 49. w REMEMBER * 3* Bargains and Inducements ■ NEW AND SEASONABLE GOODS! r 0 ril il'i IS ot “» l vm***. 11 . 1 . t In All Departments No branch of my business receives more careful attention thftit my isa DISCOUNT TO MY CUSTOMERS I S' SS JS!i c“n"S*,° “Sf’&ftT'—'• -Ml J <™» Dutch Bolting Cloth of all Numbers. Polite Attention Shown to All. : I A ’ ’ J MILLER’S CORNER. AUGUSTA, GA 'If i DR. R. J REID, CTawiordville, Georgia F1 «i5 H A iu'A IttwvvPfiP °!> P rovWon " *tt«h a* SUGAR, OOPFEli ap sasa dU’WSsa??, ^ 4 ' ............' f _ _ - i • , TIECCMMC-iM* Crawford^ille, ■M «b Ml Ga, —DEALER IN— Fine Wines,Liquors, Cigars, Tobaccos, BILLIARD room in connection with bar. '/."‘V 1 I vvill be lot end to put them iu the binds of an attorney r ,r collection I thank a, ' al1 my customers for past favors and invite them and my new friends to alr« md - THOM AN AKINS. . • F R A N K L F N, Cotton Commission Merchant, AUQUHTA, GA. Liberal Advances Made on Consignments. scp21 Fullerton’s New Light House COOKING STOVE. It has,bedn iWninrked bv all who bar ■afc-- *s v ‘t, 'seen finest, the largest, “New and Light House,’’ that It)« the il*ye handsomest stove they 1 ULKlifON. ever seen for the price. Write to D.L. Augusta, Ga., for particular ! I We keep in stock the “Star Churn,” Milk Cana, Milk Buckets. Milk Pans,Braes top Shovels. Tongs, a id And Irons, and all sorts of KITCHEN UTENSILS. D. L. FULLEKTON, p 21 lira AUGUSTA. GA. nsutmai mmm -THE--- threat Furniture Palace of Augusta. WE take p'easure in announcing that we have moved our elegant stork of Furril tor to 840 BROAD STREET, old stand of Myers & Marcus. We have this large store to overflowing with the MOST ELEGANT and BEST ASSORTED STO- Ks, ever offered. We compete witii any market or any is what dealer has in caused STYLE, QUALITY OB ,f PRI K adv increase in our business u« to move *o ( ten. ve THE FINEST STORE and FINEST STOCK IN GEORGIA Wri e fore e or ca 1 ' •'nd see us. J. T Li. BOWLES & CO., 84u ijroad ftm-t,Aligns*a, a
