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VOL .III.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1882.
NO. 105.
s.
puiu.isiisii ut
Xi. G-XjBSSITBR.
•w,
OFFICE ON COTTON AVENUE.
S'j/toscripttcn Hates:
TitT-Weeki.y Onk Year, - $4.00.
Wkkki.vOnk Year, • • $2.00.
Sunday Its.he One Year, • $l.f>0.
PROFESSION ETSSwiM
W. II. K1MBROUH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LEE8BURG11, - - GEORGIA.
Col,LECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
W. I!.* oVfeltlCV. DUPONT aUKltKY.
! ‘“GUKLUIY & SON,
Amkricus, Georgia.
(Office up stairs over flrnnberry & Harlow's
Will prnctico In nil the Court*, both Stute and
Federal. Jnlv 6-wswly.
W. P. BURT,
£>E!N TI9T.
AMERICUS, ^GEORGIA.
Guarantees satisfaction lu the most difficult
cwmcn. All work warranted. Office on Lamar
street, over T. M. Kdun'v. Refer* to his profes
tioual record. in.iy U wands-aii.
II. U. II IN TON. J. a MATHEWH.
HINTON & MATHEWS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Will practice in ail the counties ol tills .1 udDial
Circuit, also In I>ooly cnunly, in tlio Supreme
Court of tii«' State of Geo rum, and tlie District
Court of the United States, and in all other ri
i#y special contract.
Office m Hawkins’ new building, Lanuir Strctt.
duly Pith, lSN'i.
HIS OWN DAUGHTER.
her husband came Co her with a at the sweet, girlish lace smiling
trouble,1 look ami told her that his | at her.
only relative, an uncle in England,! One moment, then a quick.gasp-
was very sick and had sent' Cor him i ing cry escaped her lips, and then
to come immediately,and taking she fell into the arms of an attend-
his young wife in his arms, die nut. The face of her dead friend’s
soothed her witli fond words, say- j lost wife was the face of her molli-
iag: j cr [Ex.
•'I dare not take you with me, ♦
darling. My uncle was very angry I PilotEEOINON
when iny mother married an Amcr-1 or the
store I would not have gone! lean with such n plebeian name. 1 comity coniniiaiiou.r. or iiooiy
binning anutlier Of all low names lie claims that roomy,
bail not been in Smith stand, at the b e I'un. Unci.
“Dear mother, it is. the best
tiling after all that could have hap
pened; it is so much better Ilian
u , anything I dared to hope for. Be-
- v ; cause, if I had not fallen and sprain-
- ! ed my ankle I would net have lost
my place in tho storo,aiid Imd it
not been for losing my place in
_ the store I would
X h ^ x ! all over the city
~ H ^ * I situation, ami if I
ti
w. j. ska ns,
W. D. SKA Its.
Dll, W. J. SEES AM
ELLAVILLE, GA.
E. A. QUITS,
ATT< lUNl'.Y AT LAW,
Amkkhtx, Gkouoia,
!l .tin’ Courts Ihroughoul tin*
. Hinrclal .it lent lull Riven U»
Hirvil, over
r Will prac’iii
Hontli western
C uiiineicial I
rhoe Store of
..I IV
• Ur.
DR. D. P. HOLLOWAY,
DENTIST!
Amcriitis, Ga.
P Kit FORMS nil .•pcrntlou* on the Natural Tectli
and inserts Artificial Teeth on the latest and
iMist improve,I niclliod*.
< tiller, over Davenport A Smith's Drug Store.
uinylStl
Q. R. McCUOKY,
_A.ttornoy fit Law,
ELLAVILLE, Ga.
Collections a Specialty.
A prill.1 If
Drs. Westbrook & Joiner,
Physicians anil Surgeons,
. NDEUSONVILLE, : : GEORGIA,
Oftico nt Drug Store of \V. M. Clark.
May I S-ly
II. C. GARDNER,
ATTORNEY AT I,AW,
OGLETHORPE. GA.,
W ILL practice In the Sooth-western Clrcolt
and the adMuinz couutte*. Prompt atten
tion given to collections waylO.tf
T0NS0RIAL EMPORIUM I
HENRY ANIIEIISON
R KSPKCTFUf.LY announces to the public that
his Iktrber Shop is open ut all business h<
uud on Sunday until II o’clock a. u. lie l'«
centIr tilted it up In n neat style, and Is e*
^reparml !than ever to wait upon his tustoit
All who may wish to have Shuvluf. Hair Cutting
tJluiinpooiiig, etc., done In llrst-class style, he
would bo pleased to have them call on hint. Shop
near the entrance to Barlow House. marl3
Oih», two ntulThree years oM for sale of
tne celebrated
li.eOoate Peer-
-ALSO, THE—
^ieHer ZPear,.
Ona year ohl, and the new fruit,
One year old.
Terms t'asli with Order.
RAp/o 4m
Van Riper
HAS RETUHXED!
His Photograph Gallery
so many different places, an.I—ifj George lover forgave i.iv moi.her.
starvation had not stared ns in the | lmt when both parents died, leav
face, I would never have done so j ing me alone, he appointed a guar-
desperate a tiling, nnd we woidd lie | dinu for me, and kept me well sup-
trying to keep laxly and soul to- plied with funds, uud now that to
gether on tlie poorly-pa'd, health is dying, I must go to him. lint. I
destroying labor—a poor sales- will return ns soon ns possible to
woman s wages.
“Tell me nil about it dear,” said
Mrs. Smith, dropping bur thin,
tired bands on tlie work over which
she had bent wearily all day.
“First let me put this endless
sewing away, dear mother. These
poor, dear hands may rest a little
new, for I am going to get $10 a
week, and will only bo away from
you four or live liours a day. 1
shall have time lor ever so much
sewing besides, and von can just
rest nnd grow strong once more
NOW OPKN1
FINEST PICTURES,
LATENT STYLES
anil ALL SIKES.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Pricks Moderate
my little wife.”
And s.o he left her with plenty
of money, lint an aching heart, and
she had never seen him since.
Troubles s cmed to multiply al
ter Hint. A contagious disease
broke out in their town and carried
away whole families. Her aunt
fell a victim, lmt she escaped and
came to the city, hoping to find
employment by which she could
support liersell. She had a little
money left with which she bought
a little cottage, and here Nellie win,
I received my lirst week’s wages j born.
in advance. Sec here,” and she The roses bloomed once more on
cut the string Hint bound u large Nellie’s cheeks, nnd her steps grew
bundle, uud out on the table, rolled light ns the weeks advanced. She
several smaller parcels. “I brought! liked her employment, nnd above t!lx-
tbe money liorao in a shape that j all her employer. Many stihstan- (Jll nlol j oll j j
we would appreciate it best; at i tial evidences of Ins kindness found
least what was left of it after pay- j its way into tlie little cottage, and
ing tlie baker. Now, mother dear, j many an extra dollar found its way
I am going to bu extravagant uud j into Nellie’s pocket,
make un extra cup ol tea.” j As his face grew thinner and Ins
“Hut Nellie child you have not step slower, he seemed to turn to
Hie young girl for sympathy, and
County Commissioners of Dooly
County met at a called meeting
Ib-e Dith, 18X1, agreeably to nd-
joinmenl.
I’rcsent their honors,,!. II. Whit-
sett, Neuhil Vinson, .1. C. Owen,
and J. >S. Lasseter. Absent, W. L.
Graham.
On motion -I. II. WliitHctt was
appointed Chairman, pro tom.
A report of tlie lloail Commis
sioners of tlie Bd district was read
and returned to them for correc
tion, ns it was not made out in ac
cordance with the law.
Tlie Tax Collector was allowed
Six Hundred DoHnrs as insolvent
tux; insolvent Tolls, $3X1 01); for
general County Tax, $73 (It); for
general Stale Tax, $140 00; mak-
a total of $000 00 insolvent
OVKIt T. WIIKATI.I
Ami-virus,
(ieoigia.
sop2J-wtwir
J. I
Prof. VAN RIPER.
JKAVULKR,
AMERICUS, - GEORGIA,
Spi.kndip Sto.ik ok
Wtxtelies
and
•Jewelry
Of the Latest Designs
All Repair Work
PROMPTLY DONE.
J. E. Sullivan
told me
“I know, mother,” broke in tlie
blithe voice, “but you have not for
gotten Hint it is nearly noon nnd
that we have had no breakfast yet.
There now,” giving tlie fire a poke
that set the tea to steeping. “You
see, mother, 1 was just discouraged;
I had been to every store, milli
nery nnd d'ess-nmking establish
ment that 1 knew of, nnd received
tlie same answer: ‘No mere help
needed,’ to all my inquiries, and us
I said, I was des- crate, .lust as I
turned I lie corner of Rleeker street,
I saw a man being helped out of
ueniriagc. lie was not a very ohl
man, lint looked as if lie was al
most gone with consumption, I
tlie round of her sweet voice, and
the touch of her cool hands hud a
power to soothe him to rest when
all else failed, lie often watched
her as she moved about tlie room
in tier blight, cheerful way, with a
strange willfulness in his fast
lulling eyes.
One morning, as she took her
sent by his couch, lie laid his thin,
transparent liartd on her own, say
ing as lie did so:
"J feel ns I have but a few more
hours of life and 1 wish to talk
with you,” and lie smiled almost
sadly ns he met her startled
glance.
Yes,” lie eoiitiniied slowly, “I
•Simmons was
authorized to buy a barrel of syrup
for tlie poor bouse at 40 cents per
gallon.
Tlie Hoard them adjourned to
meet on tlie 1st Tuesday in Janu
ary, 18X2.
J. II. WlllTSKTT,
Chairman pro tom.
G. J. Lassktkii,
Clerk pro tern, R. C. D. C.
went .strait up lo him, hardly real- shall soon lie gone, and there will
izing wlml I was doing, nnd asked I no one lo mourn for me, unless it lie
if lie knew where I could get cm- I Hie little girl I have taken such an
ploymi-nt of some kind. At first iiiinccoiiiitalile interest in. You
lie looked angry, us if lie thought j will iniss me, Nellie '!”
my impudence unbearable, bill { For an answer she bowed her
when lie saw my face be stood still j bead and wept.
uud looked at me ns ihoiigli lie bail I lie waited a few minutes, then
seen a ghost. After u moment he j taking one little hand in Ids and
said: caressing it tenderly, lie said:
“Yes, I will engage yon to conic “No doubt you have often won-
to my house every day at 10 o’clock dcreil that I, a perfect st ranger,
and read or write for me, ns I do- should have given yo i employment
sire, until 3 o’clock. I will pay
you $10 a week for your services.
Then lie handed inu this card
without question or reference, I
can lianlly tell why I did so my
If. Tcrh'ips it was a look on tlie
DR. W. T. FAF-iK,
(Office Oppovit Kimball House, Decatur Street,)
ATLANTA, GA.
Thirty years In aucccesfcl treatment of all
Chrun'c Diseases. In either sex, ami various com-
jilicatjHlold *tundlon disease* upon which others
Ni'Urnluia,
r>.|i iuevrr *■ —‘ ”
Affections, Piles ami Fistulu.
Kidney, and all affection* of the Urinary organa,
Woinb.'Diseosrs, etc, Al*o opium and Morphii.c
Habit.
All with safe and pleasant itemvdlrs, and with
out Mercury, Poisonous or Namt-ous Doses
At tho patients' homes, anywhere, (he furnish
ing Miilic »l advice, Medl« ihe, etc , through mail
nmlrxpr«s«); or, If desired, or the case requires
it, lake-patients under his per/onal supervision
iu At'anta.
M:iil to Lima full history and statement for
your uMli'-tiou. symptoms, etc., and powtage for
consult him in person. C.’all upoh of write to us
Dr. J. K. Siiiiniims’ Carminative!
For Ihs enre of Dy* nt« rv. Dukbikka, Ubolrra.
Cholera MorLu*, Cholera Inf mtuin, Cramps In
tlm Hloma-h a -d Rowels. It acts l.kc a clitrm,
relieves the pain and tcrlf fnig ut once, does not
leave ihe Itosrls ci**tive. It S*Ve« iinisirulhded
satisfactian to a'l who us** iL Prirr toc to fl.oo
per bottle. Prepared and for sale by
M Its. •!. It. 8191MONM,
U* lyffi.ly c'uttou Avenue, Amtrkur. Ga
on which I read; ‘Hon. C. Hewitt, pitiful young lace so like a dear
No. 42 Leonard street,’ and I re-! face I used to love. 1 have carried
memliercd that one of tlie girls Imd Llie memory of that face all through
once pointed out Ids beautiful rosi- ' life. I had been married only a
deuce to me.” j few weeks when I was summoned
“If Hie situation and wages are to England, and when I returned I
satisfactory you will please ncccpt 1 loiind tlie house where I had left
one week’s wages in advance, and : my dear one deserted, and was told
come to-morrow at 10 o’clock. that she was dead. My uncle, at
“And ho licit] oilt tlie money his death left me Ids property,pro-
which I was only too glad to take.” j vi-ling I would take Ids name, but
“ Were von not a little hasty, > oil! it lias been a long,sad life willi-
dnugliter?” asked the mother, an- j out my darling.”
xiously. “You know nothing of “I have taken a strange interest
this man.” ( in you, nnd my heart seems to
“1 know this, mother, that we cling to you in my last hours. I
arc starving, and thut money is have taken care of your future,
our only, salvation; In-sides, it oc- dear, and there is neither wife, nor
curred so quickly that I could hard- 1 child, brother or sister lo question
iy realize wlmt bud happened. I the right of the will I have made
Somehow it seemed as though some in your behalf. Somehow, since I
over-ruling providence was guid- j have carried out my intentions ic
ing me in spite of myself.” j sped ing you, 1 feel so peaceful; n
“God grant that it may be so,”
said the mother.
Omen or Oom's It. and It. D. C'.,l
Vik.nna, Ga., Jnu’y 3, '82. )
Commissioners It. uud It. Dooly
County met agreeably to adjourn
ment.
1’resenl their Honors N. Vinson,
J. II. Wldtsett,.!. S. Lasseter and
J. C. Owen. Absent, W. L. Gra
ham.
On motion Neuhil Vinson was
elected Chairman for Commission
er- for tin- year 1882.
Minutes of last meeting were
lead and confirmed.
Minutes of the cull meeting of
Hie I Dili lilt, were also read and
con li ruled.
Commissioner Wliitsell reported
Dial lie hail conferred with proper
I authorities iu regard to Liquor
License Tax of retailers of spiritu
ous Liquors nithiii the corporate
limits of the town of Vienna, but
had failed to get a hearing lrom
them.
Thu road petitioned for by 11.
L. Rarliehl uud Olliers was refused.
In consequence of tlie resig
nation of f). S. Culpepper, a Road
Commissioner in the loth district,
T. I. Ingram was appointed lo suc
ceed him, nnd thu Clerk Distrusted
to notify him as follows:
Ordered, that T. I. ingrain bu
and lie is hereby oppointed a Com
missioner of the I'lililie Roads in
uud through the 10th district of
Dooly County. That said Com
missioner be invested with all the
authority granted by law to Hoad
Commissioners in said distriul.
That said Commissioner !ie re
quired to do and perform nil tlie
Commissioners to ho questioned in
regard to -onto of Hie goods and
chatties of Amos Windham, de
ceased, an inmate of tlie Poor
House. It was ordered that the
Sup’t of poor house use his judg
ment in disposing ol tlie goods
and chatties of Amos Windham,
deceased.
Judge J. D. Hargrove, lorim-r
T:ix Collector of Dooly* 1,'oiinty,
came before Coininisnioiiera and
reported as follows: That of the in
solvent polls of 1880 lie had col
lected $(ij 20, and of the other in
solvent tux he had collected $201,
21, making a total of $2115 11, which
amount he turned over to the
Hoard of Commissioners and tlie
Clerk was ordered to distribute it
as follows: To O. P. Swearingen,
Public School Commissioner of
Dooly County $04 20; to W. A.
Wright, Comptroler General $117-
30, and to S. 1-’. Rogers, County
Treasurer ofCooly County, $83 85.
The subject of assessing lax for
Hie year 1882 was mentioned hut
was tabled till next meeting.
On motion, it was ordered that
Commissioner Lasseter be authoriz
ed to have tlie Grand Jury room
enlarged.
On motion it was ordered that
the Clerk’s and Commissioners
salary remain as they' now are.
At noon, the building of tlie
bridge across Turkey Creok nt
Morgan's milt was let out and was
bid oil'by II. J. Morgan ut $1 per
foot.
The lb'lowing accounts on being
presented, were examined and liad
ordered paid:
J.E Lilly one book for Record.. .$ 4 00
•I. G. Gilin'fi for holding inquest
over the body ol Louisa Cstor. 10 00
Jolly .V M D.m !,1 for Collin nnd
11.o; for poor house fl 00
G. I. J.isseler furl day's servloo
ns ConmOHsioners Clerk 2 00
Sophrnnia Woodward, for II
mouths service os rook nnd
washerwoman nt poor lumso .. 21 00
■I. C. Owen, for lliree days service
0 IN)
It INI
75
N'. Vinson, for 2 -lays service ns
Commissioner ’ 4 IN)
I 8. Lasseter 4 IN)
E. T. Rape, for receiving, dis-
charging and dieting prisoners • 24 40
J. ,1. Simmuns for 1 months service
as sup’t poor house
•I.,). Himiimns, to cash paid for
help in digging gravo
G, W. Kmihco for mdse for poor
house 2 05
Heard A Rogers 20 42
J. Heard for 2 months service us
Clerk of II. O. i). C 4 Ifijj
Tlie Hoard then adjourn'd lo meet
on tlie first Tuesday in Fcburry
1882.
N. Vinson, Chirinan.
J. F. [Irabu, Clerk R. C. !>. C.
, , . , , , duties iii said district which by
! thougl. there tsiiotlung left .u.done,j| aw|ll , i|)rc il . clll lo
; and I am ready to go . form, under I
fit of
, loriu, under tlie penally allixed by
law.
of u portion ol tin- Road leading
Irani the ri sideiiec of Mrs. .Mary-
Royal to Hepsibee Church was
laid before the Commissioners and
Tlie Testimon
OF THOUSANDS WIIO IIAVK.l'KKD
‘HOOD’S KLRFKl LIVED MEDI-
Cli\E M
’ And now while Nellie and her' He was interrupted by
. , . . lr , | mother arc enjoying their dinner, coughing which lusted so long that i .. .
IS that it IX the hrxt Liver Mnt- | | ct U!t cast a look into Mrs. Smith’s 1 she was frightened. After Hie had ' A l’ cl,ll °" of AHhb >' K - Ko -> al
, . . past life. Her parents having died laid him hack on Hie pillow she saw : >'.l ut., petitioning lor the changing
wine IWIV til lixv. when she was young, her childhood his lips move lmt the words were
. , ,, 1 and girldood were passed ill dreary I so low thn., she had lo bend over
It lias become a household Inon ” tony nt hcl . J lml - H , 1(M1 e J a ' , lim to , wnr Uicm .
„ _ (hn.HL.e in »ln> home that was grudgingly oifered “When I a in gone, Nellie, open
remedy m many lamihes in the i |w wbcr(! foo.l, clotiTi..«, un<l edu- this little ebony casket, inside
CltV where it is best z-nowil. Were dealt out to her. lint you will find my wife's picture.
v’ ' never a word or look of love was You may look at it. lmt I want
It is withal ideasant to ta/'e, ' bestowed upon her. it buried with me."
11 ’ 1 I What wonder that when Claude lie laid back on the pillow and
SO much SO that children take it Smith, one of her aunt’s summer closed, his eyes wearily. A strange
boardois, became interested in her calm stole o’er his Icatiircs. and an
cheerfully, afterwards fiequeut- pretty, shy, sweet face, and told icy chill into the ha ml clasping
her tlie old, old story, that tier hers—a chill that sent a thrill of
jy railin''lor it for the relief ol heart responded with a passionate terror to her heart. She lu iit over
love. Her umil being only too glad him mid spoke his name tenderly
their little stomachs, to have tier support fall on other —blit lie beard not tie- young
: shoulders, gave her consent to tlie voice. He bad passed lorever be
lt is purely vegetable, and union, uud one evening there was youd its reach.
^ a quiet wedding at tlie cottage. Tie- next day slicopem-d the casket
harmless iu its action. Then followed weeks of Imppi- and look out the pictioe lie had
ness for the girl whose life Imd treasured. Going to the window
For sale by all druggists. 1 been so lonely, until one evening - she opened Ilia casket and looked
A Itiil Fur Uuili'uii’s liuily.
Mr. Seoville lias received a lio-jn
fide proposition from a medical
gcnllcman for tlio body of Charles
,7. Uuitcaii. Thisgenllciiiaii (whose
name Mr. Sccville declines to make
piihlie at prcHunt) lias olfurod lo
pay down immediately $1,01)0, the
amount ofllie purchase money, on
condition that lie shall have the
body of tlio prisoner as soon us
the exactions of tlie law have been
men, to dispose of absolutely as lie
shall sec fit. He also agrees lo take
his chances of wailing one month
or twenty years for the consumma
tion of the bargain on Guiteau’s
part. This somewhat liberal prop
osition was submitted Lo Guileaii
to day and seemed to impress him
quite’ favorably. After rcllcctjug
a moment he suggested: “1 think
I ought to bring more Ilian that.
I’erli.tps some other fellow will of
fer $2,000; then I can pay my debts,
and if I get a new trial that miser
able Corkhill can't bring on a lot of
fellow s just, to swear how much I
i owe them.”
Even Grant mellows with time.
He now frankly admits that he has
done great injustice to Fit/ John
I’orter in siding with tlie court
, martial that consigned that olllccr
on motion, the following—Jordan t0 ' unmerited obloqtii. At Gen.
II. Forehand, John II. Forehand, [ I’orter’s request he has read over
a id Summer Adams—were appoint i Gic testimony produced before the
, . ■ ... : ■ i, , I . . I recent court of review, and is pre-
, . . pared lo cerlily that ill Ills jlldg-
port under oath to the (.omission- |llent l!lu disgraced officer ditl his
ers at next meeting. full duty by Dope at the second
On motion, Rev. Mr. McCrancyi Hull Run light,
was granted the authority lo move j T|)( , ! K ^.y* uT^lcs that a
a certain part ol the St. .Mary’s j eoll <,jilemblo number ol the farni-
Itoad in iront of his house, not ex- cr citizens of that county arc mov-
eccding 35 feet, all of which is on
said MeCraney’s land.
On motion, the Sup’t of poor
house was sumiiiiii-d la-foie the
ing away, some to Atlanta and
quite a number to Alabama and
Texas. It supposes the exodus I*
principall y caused by tlie failure of
crops in tliat section last year.