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THE CORRESPONDENT.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Bntered In the post-office at Roberta, Ga., as
second class mail matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
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Bix mouths..
Three months
No advertisement less than 25
«ents.
Funeral and society meeting no¬
tices free.
Special rates on large contracts.
Ail advertising bills are payable
monthly in advance, on presentation,
unless otherwise agreed upon.
Subscriptions must be paid in ad¬
vance.
Address all correspondence to
The Correspondent,
Roberta, Ga.
THE TRASINTORY TRAP
Miss Eliza Brown was alone.
She sat on her front porch, and
now and again cooled her cheek by
k nervous The jerk of her palm-leaf
fail. rockers of her chaii
gave forth a dismal squeak, as her
email but weighty" person swayed
forward and back. She was much
discontented and very nervous—
unstrung, she would have said—
and her flushed face and aggrieved
eye Miss proved Eliza’s her no liar.
character included
two high very opposite qualities, a quick,
temper and great timidity.
We see this combination in men
very often, but in women it is
rare. Miss Eliza had the arched
nose and valiant coloring of Eng¬
land’s Virgin Queen, contradicted
by a mild, eye, an insignificant
mouth and a double chin. Her
height was not much to speak of,
and her ngure was of the down
cushion order, soft and puffy.
Hei thoughts just now were
troublesome. They hovered per¬
sistently" about a conversation she
had listened to the night before,
while taking tea with a neighbor,
The subjects of this conversation,
instead of olfiiviOn, remaining decently
buried in haunted her.
They were rather a ghastly lot,
taking them altogether. The first
was set going- by a girl who said
that there had been move tramps
hanging before round this summer than
ever as far’s she knew.
Then followed stories of the bad
jbehavior of these horny-rooted and
light-fingered gentlemen, tales of
the evil deeds of gypsies, thieves
.and murderers, of the villiany of
Italians and the wily ways of the
peddling Jew-man, till every one’s
flesh began to creep, find the
younger girls giggled hysterically;
till Miss Eliza's crimson cheeks
tfaded to a i'aint heliotrope, and
Miss Eliza’s niece, who was pres
sent, trembled with delicious ex¬
citement. Alter it was over these
two found their way home through
the gathering gloom, the one with
boldness of speech and an eye that
shunned shadowy corners, the
„ other thrilling at evory rustling
leaf and inwardly thirsting for ad¬
venture.
Now Miss Eliza was alone.
“The girl,” Miss Eliza’s helpmeet,
had gone to visit her mother, and
Pauline, Miss Eliza’s niece, was
r friend, pending the afternoon with a
about half a mile down the
road. The house seemed very
in empty which and isolated, just the place
deepest dye. to enact Miss a Eliza tragedy of the
reflected
that in all tales told the night be¬
fore the bloodiest misfortunes ever
betel the lone woman who lived a
half-mile down the road, and
could there be a fitter subject for
such horrors than herself?
After a half-hour of watching
and fearing, she calmed a little,
and went into the house for her
• sewing. What was her dismay
when she stepped forth again upon
the porch to see a very ragged
tramp come toward her up the
gravel He path and mount the steps.
stopped when he reached the
step below her and smiled.
He was a young man, not over
22 or three, maybe younger, and
rather handsome, but his black
blows were very sharply marked,
hnd there were deep shadows un¬
der his eyes, which gave him a
deadly look, and the smile that
now lifted the corners of his
mouth brought to Miss Eliza only
a more lively gloated idea of how he would
look as he over her man¬
gled remains.
“Go away,” shosaid.
“I’d rather stay here, ma’arn, if
it’s the same do to you.”
“What von ward?” she de-
cwat;as.4.
•"i ‘;T; iuuxDir yer don’t motor mind sitlin’ Tew down min
to a
.w-*s TJ tui .er.”
Miss E. za, being scarcely able
to stand, did as was suggested,
l be tramp also took a chair. He
began to speak in the same hollow
voice.
“You ask me. ma’am, what do 1
want, and I’m a-goin’ to tell yer.
First, I want the silver spoons
and candlesticks and the teaset
what’s in the dinin’-room; then I
want the stuffed hummin’ birds in
the front parlor, and the silver
cake basket what stands on the
corner table. After that I want
yer gold watch and chain, and
that hair brooch yer a-wearin’, and
all the other trinkets, ornaments
and jewels what yer keep in the
under drawer of yer washstand;
and, last but not least, I want all
the pie and cake yer was makin’
this berry nttornin’, and all the goose¬
on the top shelf of yer
storeroom. And if yer don’t care
to give it to me,” the tramp
winked slowly and made a motion
as his though breast, to draw a revolver from
then repeated and went
on:
“Ye r see I have per vided myself
with a place to stow ’em in,” and
he brought forth from under his
coat a large and rather gaqdy cal¬
ico bag. He spread this out be¬
fore him, then fell to shaking
again laughter. wit A his horrid, suppressed
“Please, won’t you leave the
cake-basket ?”
The Empress Augusta’s Extravagance
It is not generally known that
the German Empress, in spite of
her many excellent and qualities, is
very extravagant owes large
sums of money to many of tlio
Berlin tradesmen, one- firm alone
having a bill of 800,000 marks, or
£40,000, Empress against Her Majesty.
The never wears either
a dress, a mantle or bonnet the
second time in public and every¬
thing that she buys is of the very
best. It is all the more surprising
when it is recollected how ex¬
tremely simple marriage her surroundings
were before her to Prince
Wilhelm of Prussia, and oven
after her marriage, until her Empire. hus¬
band succeeded to the
The Emperor is also the very largely
in debt in spite of handsome
present made to him last spring
by vanced the Empress' him million Frederick, who half
ad a and a
of marks.
Charging" a 110-Ton Gun.
There are nine 110-ton guns in
the British Navy .at the present
time. The projectile fired from
these guns when attacking ships
or forts weighs exactly 1,80;/
pounds and leaves the muzzle with
a velocity" of 2,105 feet per second,
and has a destructive energy equal
to 55,305 foot tons. When these
monster engines of death are
turned upon an army of men or a
flotilla of ships they are loaded
with cylinders filled of with stori, each of
which is 2,200 four
ounce bullets. The amount of
powder used behind such projec¬
tiles is something enormous—000
to each
A Sad -Predicament.
She—If you don't let go nnv
hands, sir, I’ll ring for the ,
vants.
He—But if I don't let go, how
can you (thoughtfully')—That’* ring?
She ro—
and—and poor mamma’s got a
headache, so 1 dare not screain.
Washing" Out the Stomach.
Some physicians m treating
summer complaint in young chil¬
dren resort to the stomach. operation Par¬ of
washing out the against it,
ents fearing generally that the protest little
ones aro
likely to be injured thereby. It is
a very harmless procedure, and
occasions much less discomfort
than the observer would suppose.
Doubtless there are many cases
where this operation promises bet¬
ter than any other, or the use of
medicines. In no case can it dc
injury. It done in this
is usually way :
A soft rubber tube is used, on one
end of which there is a glass tube
five or six inches long. The other
end is slowly passed over the
tongue, and down the throat into
the stomach. When in tube place, by
water is poured into the
one of the various means. After
the stomach is filled, the current
of water is shut off and the outer
end of* the tube lowered, so that
the contents of the stomach may
bo syphoned out. This operation and the
is a very simple one,
.younger the child the easier its
performance.
ft id IS vtsl ?1*\ . I
POK NF.X4 .T0 DAYS
I will sell goods cheaper than they haveg ever been sold before.
You’ will find at myjstore a splendidjassortment of DRY GOODS
NOTIONS, STOES, HATS, &c., at slaughtered prices.
saooosvwx
FIRE
Dont buy another $dol!ars$ worth of goods until you have seen
MY stock-1 mean business. Call to see me.
R. L. DICKEY, Musella, Ga.
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VOL. 1. NO. 24
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F.ORGI A, Cbawfor d Countv :—
I e soM before the court house
i iii the town of Knoxville, said
it y, within the legal hours of sale
'*■ highest bidder lor cash. Oil
vst Tuesday in January next,
'Lowing propel ty to-wi:: 21.00
seed cotton, more or less, ioO
Is of conun the shuck, more or
lUO ibs of fodder, more or less,
rhols of cotton seed, more or
(1 two bushels of yeas, bait!
Sy levied upon and sold as the
v listrd'ss of debt, w(/irant uifter and issued by front _vir
R T? \ courf 5513rd Dist., Ct. M.
tty in favor of W. K. Eu
JHh tin Jennings. Said tiis
vruiii returnable to the
)urt of said county. Wit-
4«d ofticially.
feULVEBHOUSE, Sheriff.
EXE RIFE’S SALE.
'
Georgia —Ck
Will be so(Ta\vfod County
on dan. Tan 7th (Miljj liiesday in February',
deuce of J. K before the court.
•e town of Knoxville,
ed,Tn said coUn the legal described hours
property to-w ’lowdug
horses, cane mil 1 “
other personal eft. )Xvi ij e Said lot
.
W. A’.aud fronting on
J. R. \uth, bounded
■ of Mrs. J
bt' lot bon 11 -
-- H. Nolan.
told un
GEOItGIA, Crawford Cot. ton is
By virtue of an order of the if Up
and council of the town of Robd’ E.
Will be sold before the door of ha
council chamber in said town on t.
first Tuesday in January next with
in the legal hours of sale, the follow¬
ing property to-wit: An encroach¬
ment of twenty five feet on Mathews
street along the entire length of
block “T” according to the original
survey of said town. Sold on peti¬
tion of the adjacent land owners and
to perfect titles to said encroach¬
ment. December 1st 1802.
A. J. Danielly, Mayor,
E. E. Dent, Marshall.
BeattyTour of the World.
Ex-Mayor Daniel F. Beatty, c.(
Beatty’s Celebrated Organs ana
Pianos, Washington, New Jersey,
has returned home from an extended
tour of the world. Read his ,adver¬
tisement in this paper and send for
catalogue. 9-10
BEATTY’S. PIANOS In use every¬
where. Write
for- Washington, cataiogue. New Daniel F. Beatty,
Jersey.
BEATTY’S ORGANS Are the best.
Write for cat¬
alogue. Washington, Address Daniel F. Beatty,
New Jersey,
All parties indebted to us are rer
quested to come forwaid and settle
at once, or they will find their papers
in hand of officers for collection.
Wilson. & Mathews.
POWliR OF SALE.
By virtue of a power of sale con¬
tained in a mortgage given by J. B.
Wilsoh to C. G. Gray, president of
the Exchange Bank of Fort Valley,
said C. G. Gray president, will sell
at public outcry, before the court
house door of Crawford county, in
Knoxville, Tuesday, January 16,
1893, the following valuable real es¬
tate to wit
Two and one half acres land, with
all the improvements thereon, con¬
sisting of dwellings and out-houses
in the town of Roberta, Crawford
county, —On Ga., and bounded as follows:
the north by public road lead¬
ing from Roberta to Agency Ferry,
commencing at the northwest cor¬
ner of the land owned bv W. W.
Wilson and running along said pub
lie road to a point that equally di
vides the lands purchased by \V. ,.t.
Wal er from Mrs. Virginia Lewis,,
thence South far enough to make
two and one half acres, hounded on
the East by Mrs. W W. Wilson’s
land, on South, by Mrs. Amanda
Hartley’s land on the West, by W. J
Walker’s land, North, by said public
road—same being the place known
as the J. B. Wilson place.
—Terms of sale,, Cash.
C. G. Gray, Pres’t.
Exchange Bank, Ft. Valley, Ga.
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to eure in all its stages
and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh
cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity, Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re
quires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter¬
and nally, acting directly upon the blood 1
mucous surface of the system
thereby destroying the foundation
of tient the disease, and giving the pa¬
constitution strength by building up the
doing its work. a nd assisting nature in
The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO.j
^flT'Sold by druggist, 75c. R %