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Established 1879.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA*' FRIDAY? AUGUST 1, 1884.
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Americus Recorder
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W. IM. GUH8J
OFFICE «!» COTTON ATE.TCE
PR0FFSSI01IAL ft BUSINESS CARDS
;: ^frxERS.
L. BC. CARTER,
ATT OH KB Y AT LA W,
A.MEUICU?, SVMTBK COUNTY, : : Ga.
Office, oM First National Bank,
l’rompt attention given to all liusiueui^ntraatod,
4Jollfclloi.fi a apeeiulty and prompt attention
guanoU*e«L ■ T ' ' ’ • " ' ^
C. R. McCRORY,
A1T0RNEY AT LAW
HXI.AVH.LE, GA.
TERMS—All claim* from (30 or under, #3
I rom • JO to §500, tou per cent.; over §500,
u.•refill. No charges unlci* collection* an-
May 14-tC
DOCTORS.
Dr. 0. B. RAINES,
IIGEO.V AND PII
Jgera his proteaalonal aervicea, \
race ot 20 Venn, to tha people of
vicinity. Office over Darla Jt Callnv
SIlRtiEOlV AND PHYSICIAN
with an expert'
if Atnerieu* and
Callaway’a Store. Ilea
id Church *
(Ion. >i
DR. C. A. BROOKS,
AMEIUCUS, GA.
falls left at pAVenoort’a drug atoro will receive
prompt attention Will bo found at night at tlie
residence of CoJ. S. U. Hawklnr, corner Lee and
Colladga street*. may 5 3m,
MISCELLAKEO US.
Nell FloRett,
COMTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
TALBOTTON, .... GEORGIA
Will do Plastering, Brickwork and Housework
Calwtninea apoclalty. Repairing dona. Orders
promptly attended to. octStf
Fresh Meats
—AND—
COUNTRY PRODUCE!
I am now prepared to furnish the [ ubllc wit
hole* meats, such as Beef, Pork, Mutton, an
Kid. I also have on hand at all times chickens
and Kgg*. Come around and try me. South aida
i'otton Avenue, next door to P. If. Williams,
funelltf W. F. 1IARK.
qWWokk.
1 W„ul,l ri-KiKtri.lIy italu lo I hr pablle
j I an now Hr.p«lrv4..e
OLD GINS I
After having bad au experience of '■(
yeirain the largest gin multifile tor ic*. I
that laau give satisfaction. All work gu
iced. I am located with tnv father on alelferson
ftris't, in rear of Oliver & Oliver's shop. Work
solicited. |maySS5in| P. A. CAAIKROK,
A BUEEAU AGENCY
i woum nauectrui
} I* | Tamm
REPAIR
NewsDaD8rs,E(c., Etc.
I am now located temporarl'y In Dawaon, have
dig lieeu oldiged to do so on account of tha rapidly
bdllng health of my mothdr, who needa at all
times my personal attention, I will open a bureau
f r he collection of ttobLp, besides 1 am agent f
all |>opular books, and will reedvo aubacrtptlons
ou newspapnrH. 0 flic a In court Loose.
W. K.|PII.NBUIIY.
Dawaou, Oa.. April 4, 1*84. tf
C. Horace McCull.
XII,I,EK A McOALL, Proprietors,
Niiilbwost Corner of the Public Square,
AMERICUS, GA.
Monuments, Tombs, Etc., Eto.
of tlis best Italian and American Marble.
-'66th EDITION. PRICE ONLY $1.
^CAPITAL PRIZE §75,000,
Tlckotnonly§5. Bhnrca In proportion
f£. SI.
Louisiana State Lottery Co.
“ We Ho hereby certify that we supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
BemirAnnual Drawings of The Louisiana
btate lottery Company, und in person Inan-
age and control the Drawings themselves,
and that the same are conducted with hon
esty, fairness, and in good faith toward all
parties, and we authorize the Company to
use this certificate, with facsimiles of our
signatures attached, in its advertisements.*'
Commlsaloueric
Incorporated m 1868 for 91, years by the Logisla.
lure for Educational and Charitable pnriweeR-
wlth a capital or #1,000,000-to which a rest
fund of over #560,000 has since been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote it* franchise
***•■•» P«rt of the niesenl Etiito Const it ut Ion
adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879.
The. only Lottery ever tnUd on and en,
the JMOpIt n/any State.
Jt never tcaln nr pott/nnet.
„ **• <*r«nd Slngla Number Drawlugi
twice place monthly.
A IPLR7D1D OPPORTUNITY TO
F 9,?. T i ME • KIUHTII grand
DRAWING, CLASS II. IN THK ACADEMY
OF MUSIC. NKW ORLEANS, VUESDAY,
August l'Z, 1884-171st Monthly Drawing!
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 Tickets at Fire Dollars Each
Fractions, in Fifths, in Proportion
LIST OF PRIZES:
1 CAPITAL PRIZE .- #76,000
} d® do 25,000
1 do do 10,000
2 PRIZES OF #6.000. 12,000
, 6 «1» 2,000, 10,000
10 do 1,000 10,000
*0 do 600, 10,000
*> do 200 **.000
» do 100 30,000
» <}o 50 25,000
» Approximation Prisms of $7N> 16,750
0 “ “ 500 4,500
'* “ 250 2.250
1,967 Prizes, amounting to §265,600
Application for rates to clubs should be made
»ly to the office of tbo Company In New Orleans.
For further information write) clearly, giving
fbll address. Mako P. O. Money Orders pnyablo
u uddre«s Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
Nexr Orleans, La.
POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by
ail or Express (all auma of §5 and upward by
xprese at our expense) t*
M. A. DAUPHIN,
I. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La,
r Seventh St.,’Washington, D. U
STILL AT HER OLD STAND,
OLD STAND (l.\ JACKSON STREET!
gar M S. Rallies offer* her-diieer- thanks to the
members of tha fire department, by whose noble
efforts sbowasraved from serious low during tha
Are, and etalled her to) greet her friends at the
place wfcefe they have ho long been accustomed
find tier, upnMti
ATTENTION!
A Great
Elb.tt.tal Vitality, Xi-rroUi anil I'by.lcl |U.-
olllty Premature Decline. In man. Errors of
• oiitb, and the untold miseries resulting from|in-
•llsrretton or picesaes. A Look lor every man
>ounir, middle age and old, it contains 126 [ire.
rcripUoaa for all aente and {chrome diseases, each
°f which Is Invaluable. So found b? tin* an-
«J°& experience «or M years Is such ns
probably never before tell to the lot of any physi-
*90 pages bound In b«-aiatfnl French tnu-lin,
cmbtjesml rovers, fall gilt, gusiantced to be a finer
*°rk in every sense—mechanical, literary snd
professional—tbun any other work sold In this
• oantry for #2.50, or the money will be refunded
‘® ”**7 iMtanee. Price only #1 by mail, poet
P. .. *‘ 1 .o»trailvp' sample 6 cents. Bend now.
“oM fuedsl Awarded the sntbor by the Netlonsl
Medical Association, to the officers of which be
refers.
This book should be read bv the young tor In
struction, and by the afflicted for relief. It will
'^fft all.—London Lancet.
rhere le ao membe.' of society !to whom thi
2®°k wUl not be useful, whether youth, parent'
I"**vucter or clergyman. - A rgonau t.
Address tlw Paabddy Madleal institute, or Dr.
IF. Porker, No. 4 Bulffncb Htrcet, iBoston,
who may be consulted on all diseases ic
* “1 skill and experience. Chronic and obatl-
| H £ A |_Jk,ll
m IYSELF
*urcb7w4w
LIQUORS,
BEERS,
CIGARS,
Etc.* Bto.
I have and alway* keep on hand a full supply ot
Imported and Domestic LI quota, Herts, Cham
pagne, Cigars, etc., etc., which I am selling at
LOW BAT MARKET PRICED. Also! a FTe*4<
Assorted Stock of
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
r varies. A marvel of p
compction with "tbo niultltuds of low test, short
weight, alum or phosphite powder*. Sold only in
tin cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, 106
Wall Street, New York. ocl2lyL
i when the Pores opfn freely
r.ir,
K; SSEU^i^lf^tiyas;
I ad srary
M*ea*e«ol
d b)
res. AbsceMC*. and Di*charging Wound*,
try specie* of Itching. §oaly. and nmp<y
* of the Skin and S< *l|> are mast opesdilr
IT IS A FACT.
'hich may be bad by return mail > an* our author-
tacious may NOW be permanently cured by Curi-
CUIU RlXH-VKST. the new ltlo.nl Huritter. intsr-
nally. and CtrrirVIM and COTH’fKA Boar, tha
great Skin Cure* and Haautitler*. esternally, in
ono-half the time and at one-half the espouse of
GREATEST ON EARTH.
('irrirmi K»:Mm>iKNaretlieutesteht medicines
n earth. Had tha wroret oa*<i Ball IUieum in this
mintr.v. My mother had it twenty year*, and in
cured un
lurnally,
ternally.
... juldhL..
My arm*, breast and head were
ree yearn, which nothing relieved
I n*ed the CUTicritA Resolvent,
l Littrtma snd. Clticuka Soap,
J. W. ADAM*. Newark. O.
GREAT BLOOD MEDICINES.
hundred.
re diacSMis of Urn blood and akin, snd never
und anything yet to equal the CtmoOKA Rkmb*
CURE IN EVERY CASE.
four n-ncuRA Rr.MEtilEH ont*ell all other
failed ' C ' r> ln " UnC "' "ttfS
iklin Fall*. N. II.
KSsOLVmiT, el • an*r,3ii!p. if
CatMlCAl. Co.. Boston. Maes'
He nil for " How to Cure
ss
,Tan And
Meat Market
PROVISION STORE,
W.H.&T.M.C0BB
COTTON AVBNUZ2
keep on bund tha v-r> i*e*t nita of 2
BEEF, FORK, Kill LID SAUSAGE,
DAWSON DOTS.
DxwgoN, Ga., July 30.—!Tadge John T.
S n Chamhora at CuthbiR^'Gjki«oo
rzsmanBs:
on next Tbunday at 3 o'olook p. m., (or
tb. trial of tho negro George Jonee, who
committed tb, recent outrage. Sheriff
Thornton wee ordered u> eurnmon the
Grand end Petit Jurora Who were regu
lar!, drawn and summoned to eerved at
the UU May term of thle ohurt. to do
eerrice at this apeoiel term. Hie Bonor
in girlog thle order aiprawed himeelf in
theee noble worde: “I do treat that you
(the clet-k) end the offloera of tbe Oonrt
end ell good eitizen will make tbe utmoet
exertion—to prerent illegal rioltsoe.'
Sorely the people qOn t'rnet^Ul tbe Odurt
to enforce tbe low. and Wat M ]m>&ptly
a» coneiftent with a decent regard to
right. Surely no man ought to deelre to
commit a murder when oil that he de
mands o.n be attained through the oourte
-rif he boa right in hi* oc*upl§int."
This community to a law abiding
manner le paUintly waiting for the law
to take its righteoua course in this matter,
and desires the penalty to be death to
George Jonee. • •
Quite * boss of enthusiaam boa been
gotten up here In regard to the reunion
Georgia^aodn w fte*3i^ and’
of next August. That captured flag of
the regiment hov iiL/i&r ttendi 'of the
gallant Capt. Young, formerly of tbe
pedtol army, has quite a hlsldsfr J ’When
Capt. Young restores it to the regiment
we will give him a "yell" of delight, and
kiss him too if he will let us. Fire men
fell under the folds of that flag, and one
of them, Tip Barnes, of the Uobley
Guards, fell wounded, gallantly carrying
it to the front. * We koow something
about it, for we were there. ,,, ,
The death of Rev. J. M. Potter ia a
source of much heart-pain to allofna
here. Hia home was at Bronkrood, but a
portion jof hfa ihinfatentl work waa in
Randolph county where he died recently
in harness." lie was a most laborious
and painv-taking prcaohcr, and
Methodist ohurch will sadly feel the losa
of him.
Prof. Adame and hie friend Mr. F. A.
Buggies of Michigan hare retained from
their trip to Florida, and are entbueUstio
in regard to that State, but both of them
will pat down their stakes here, i
like "old Georgia" beet. | We]tin
welcome Mr. Rugglee to t|h0dw
and promise him unselfish Southern
hospitality. We all wish for an immigra
tion of Western men by thfc legion to help
us bring out the riches of this aeotion.
An effort is being made to raise a mill*
company here.which bida fair.to be
oss. Home of our best yoirqjl^Bien
enrolled their names as members
and we hope soon to see onr boys keeping
step to the music of tbe c
battalion can have add
um, then yonr
ui It another
company,
raaqd you
Col. C. B. Wooten to corn-
battalion will be the right
Urci'ii Groceries anil Provisions,
I kiln!- of W
Fresh Cincinnati Deer on Draught I
Always ou band at tie |n-r g!u*«.
Free Lnncb from 10:30 A. H. to 2 P. If
I have added to my pluec a g*od
Billiard and Pool Table
JOLLY J0HNPRKET1LLE.
Johnpkkbvim.k, July 29.—We bed a
flue rein to-day wbieh we were Deeding
end everybody glad lo eee. We now
bet* bopea of ,*> good oqtton crop it
not troubled by t^e worms, ae it ia a nr*'
tUing to htite * dry Angnat, We farmer,
ere now in flue aplriti; good crop, and a
fine prospect of e railroad to your oily.
Eterybody epeekt well of Amelias* end
if you will build tbe road yon will get el
least two-thirda of Rtewert county cotton
which fa over ten thouianl bale*, no
•mall Item. Amerleuo bad tbo reputation
of gi.ing good, honeet weigbta. That ie
the way to pleoao tbe fennera, ae many of
ue in other piaaea here been paid a little
more for eur cotton than you pay and
oheated out of from tan to eltty poende
to tbe bale. It I* tbe wieh Of everybody
that tb* A, P. A L. road will be completed
by the gneno aeaaon, that we may get it
nearer borne. Many yet think and e*y
tbe road will never be built, their reeaou
ie they juit tbiuk eo.
Weepentthe put two weeke in tbe
uw mill bualneu, hauling our own etoek
and renting tbe mill. While uwlng
fine atock that looked to be perfectly
aound, in alabingor straightening the tog
three or four inehea deep, after the log
poued tbe uw a well-known red headed
wood peoker lew out and made for
peach tree near by and presented bta bill
to a peach in good earn eat We have
often heard of froga, enakei, cannon belle
etc., being found bat never before beard
of a wood peoker. From eppaarenoea be
had been in there for at leaat ten year*
How did be live?
Mr. Taylor Donnard telle ns the follow
ing fleh etoriu! He has n fish pond. Ha
and his neighbor Mr. Orymea went down
one day last week for a fish. Wbile Mr.
D. wu flaking a blue crane came flopping
along just 01 be got a bite, got tangled
np in bis line, carrying off line, pole anil
a fine treat that would weigh live or eix
ponnda, Tbe crane left for parte un
known. Mr 0. wu amaeing binuelf by
feeding tbe flab on bread crumbs. Mr.
D. told him they would eat from bis hand
if be would hold it ttllL He tried it with
eucoua. Ha then told Mr. D. to make a
flab book of hia linger and aea if they
would bita that. So be orooked it up
and alack it in tbo water end to hit eur-
prlae a vary larga oatflsh, auppoaed to
waigb at taut thirty ponude, took a bite,
pulling Mr. O. heela over bead in tba
water. He eaeeeeded In getting looio
bat found bis, linger [badly skinned and
bruised up. Bays be will fleh hereafter
with a book.
We are glad to report Mr. Kimbrough
np and rapidly improving.
Miaa Hnale Moore, of Weaton, ia visit
ing Mrs. Hester, of tbe villa, tbla week.
Matrimonial market excited.
A. J. Buebsutn is wanted iu tbe rllle.
Come out u ’soon to you can.
Major.
mend your battalion will be the right
man in the right place, and wefeel tutor-
cHtcd in everything connected with this
gentleman, as he was long a foremost citi
zen of this plaoe, and was Captain of the
Dawson Volunteers when it went to the
scat of war as 4 port of the 6th Go. Regi
ment. ... it
Much taste is displayed here in the cul
tivation of flower gardens, and many of
the pretty residencea in this oily are
beautified by the growth of flowers. In
one of the yards is a rose bash containing
"green roses," a very rare flower.
From telegraph dispatches and from
lottcrs received here from Editor Cbever,
wo learn that tbe newspaper men are
having a “jolly" time on their excursion. , •
These press excursions are "bright spots" putting woolly unnecessary
1 i,n,l Vnll.n.Inl/. nln.l.r,,. Tl>n elilnn
Did Von Ever Think of It!
“That buoklo at (bo baok of your
and everybody’s pantaloons,” said
u prominent tailor of Grlflln to a
News man tbe other day, “li about
as senseless an Institution as ex-
ists. Do you know its originl 1 "
Tbe reporter admitted bl* igno
rance. “Well,” said the clothing
man, “that buokle used to be put
on trousers belord suspenders cai
into use, and was employed for the
same purpose. It ought of course
to have been discarded when sus
penders camo In, but through some
strange freak tbe man who made
clothe* then continued to use tbe
buoklo, and tho tailors after them
a* well, to that here we are to-day
to tbo bard working newapaper men of
the Htate, and tbey appreciate so mnob
the liberality of tbe railroads in tending
them.
From present indications our schools
will open well this fell. Dawaon has one
of tbe best representations lar education
al facilities, and tbe young ladli
young gentlemen who attend ee!
this city ere advanced in scholarship and
The question la often asked, "what ia
the matter with tba arteaian well?" We
are growing tired of waiting on it* We
are beginnings envy you for yonr "me
dicinal well," and some here are talking
about going up to yonr city and testing
itn waters. °
On last Wednesday afternoon tbe hue
j ball clubs of Dawson and Bronwood had
P»y‘ n 8 I a content here. The base ball club of
nud ‘Trulls In
It Mtiftir Rim
x«*t*|> a tir*t <'I**h vetatrllsl.ii enr, na.l '/tva thair
totucre Huo'l k'HaIi at U»«* W»wi**l |»rVvn.
tarill(flii'*r pitot* pil'l f«*r Until*, ll'V», and a
klttil* of country prudnec,
, Dx . 15.18vi.tr
DRIED ERL'IT
WANTED!
In addition to my former arrangement*
to buy and ship Dried Fruit. 1 have t«»r
tbe coming HtMiaon tbe advantage lo lave
the comiuishions usually paid to New
York bouieft for haedliug them. I will
leave fur New York fin or about the lxt of
Augiwtand remain there daring tb<> Dried
Fruit leunon. Bring if. your F
and I promise yon, in addition t
full value for 5'inr Fruit, to allow yuo ' Uronwood won. Th. aoore alood thus :
also a part of the saving ,,t the commis- j troBwood 2r ; d»w|od 2.5. The leet inn-
...— iugs decided the gemo. Much enthu-
iiiasm.
Al a mee|ing of tba pfgrovi here gn
B. Fitzgerald was nominate^ on tbe re
publican tloket aa a candidate for the leg
islature from tbla county. He U a school
W. K. P.
Respectfully,
H. M. COUKN*.
Foot of Cotton Avenue.
jnljlSkf
a maeling of tbe nigroei
aturday, a negro by the ha
CHEAP LUMBER
From now until the ead of »li« saaaon I wii£kc»p
Full Supply of Ice ou baud. !£
JAKE ISRAELS, \k'aa
l : • Thn jblive Younff Men or I^uliwaIn ra< h
Nezt door to Bird, of Ataericu'. C 'lton Avenue, H Ad4r A, w. ZlKQLKlt A UU,
Auenru*. u.. eurcuii' yaiujupa.*, Fk ' uuiiuiug an acauemy.
located at Bril’, place, near America
her* I will deliver lumber {at mill torKigbt ! teac |j ere
iKllar* p«r (Out) feel, auJLi“ city for Nla* '
.liars *»**r 1000.
It. W. JORDAN
Valdosta ia gathering up ten
a month awd.Boahd r.|t ihM | t | 10UMn ,| j 0 || gr , f or th e purpose of
abd bother (nto clothes. Tbe thing
Ib of no more use tbsn two tails to
a dog. Singular, isn’t it?”
An Apt Illustration.
New York Wo.til (Dear.)
Among tbe many wise observa
tions advanced by Logan In his
letter of acceptance is tbe one to
tbe eScet that wo could build
wall around this fruitful country,
shotting off communication with
nil tbo rest of tbe world and live
comfortably upon our own resour
ces. Ol course wo could. Wo
could beat tbo Chinese at that.
The trouble would be to get rid o(
our surplus. In fact wc suffet
from some embarrassment on that
account now. Still, we might wax
lat inside our mural coniines, on
tbe principle of tbe two Yankee
boys wbo were abut up in a barn
on a wet day and wbo managed to
make fifty cents apiece by “swap
ping” jackknlves a half dozen
times.
A CARD.
To all wb* are ■uff.rrog from the error,
and lndUeretlons of yonte, nervous
weakness, early decaff loaa of manhood,
fte., I will eend-s - ipe that will cure
7<fu, FREE OF C BARGE. Thi. great
remedy waa discovered by a miaa ionary
in South America. Bsadeaeir-addrswed
aavtlop* to tb* R*v. Jot Era T, Ixxife,
Station D, Acts Pert City ■
LIVE LASSO ROUND HER H0RRS.
now A BLACK SNAKE DROVE A COW IN
FRANTIC FKIUIIT UNTIL SHE DIED.
On Tuesday last, stye tbe Carton
(Nev.) Appeal; akForest's rsneb,
near Genoa; one of the hands notic
ed n oow charging furiously lot n
tbioket. An investlgatipn sltowed
that tbe animpi woe lightii
blaek snake Andf trying to
to death with her We ft
thicket-was an isolated clump of
sage brntb and tbe enake did not
scorn disposed to leave it end trust
its life iu the open country. Final
ly the cow lowered bor head snd
attempted to impole.tbe tra^e on
her horns. In on instant toe snake
sprang on to the coWY hiisd 'and
rapidly oolled Itself about her horns
The oow stoud dazed for itn'instant
and then set off on a run, occaflipn*
ally kneeling to rub her head
against tbe ground, but she Was un
able to rid herseir of her tneifiy.
She again sought the sagebrush
and tried to-brnsh tho incubus off,
but the snake only colled Itself the
tighter and refused to fio dislodged.
The c*w seemed finally to realize
that all her efforts were useless
end, uttering a terrible bellow. 4et
off at full gallop. The hands made
an effort to follow herand tbrAher
back, but in her frantio flight Abe
outstripped the horses, and, when
cornered, would charge everything
In eight. Occasionally the snake
would nntwlst Itselfand'iis head
would play lofore tha cow’s
eyes. On these occasions the' poor
animal would bellow with‘terror
and sometimes go fifty yards back
wards to Gsospo. ,u ViU Juoda
For three hours slpe ran .wildly
about the fields, with tbe foam and.
blood flying' from bbr lfps And
sweat streaming from' her sides.
The rest of the hired help tried: .to
throw a lasso over her boms,, hut
could not get near enough, and
finally tbe poor brute dropped from
sheer exbanstion and panted : out
ber life. Tho snake was lnraie-
bhck
diately dispatch'
snake lire feet loi
Tbe Boss Bnake Btery. . ,
rittsburf Dispatch. ,
While Priscilla Martin jofSerogg’s
Neok, was dusting the brioloeane
last summer, a snake brought, in a
finally 1
did various ourious things about
the place. It returns every, iinn-
mer, and is always weJepme A It
;oes down tbe woii and fastens tlie
moket on whatever oil the" rope,
and it hangs'from a beam by Us
tail and holds the leatbor bag that
tbe young nan of tba hQuae poinds
back and forwards with bli fioifok-
les. Last week,'when they were
making (■ loti of toe nream fora
Sunday school plcnlo, the. Make
beat tbe eggs with Its Uil, and did
It better ana about fifty times faster
than it could have been done ui
tbo usual way. 1 1 " *hih .at «•> 101
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There is a controversy between
tbe North and South Carolina pa
pers as to tbo precise place ofGen,
Andrew Jsokson’sbirth.- Bhthad
mit that It was very near the line
bei.wcen the two States, but the
South Carolinians contend that it
wae on their side of the 1 line/, 1 While
tho North Carolinians insist that It
was on theirs, though “by evor so
few yards,” and thoy take pride in
the belief that “much of tbe milita
ry statesman’s sternness and deter
mination was due to hlk birthplace.”
This controversy resriSds ewfas
Abe Lincoln used to ssy)ofitbe
old lady who also lived quit*
tbe line between tbe same
but whose house was consfd
be in South Carolina until a new
survey was made, which located It
in North Carolina by “ ever wfew
yards;” whereupon the old Isdy ex
pressed great gratification, saving
‘lat “ South Carolina always was
sickly State.” : !
Temperance Itrsx. K
Bill Soort, editor ol tbe Crosby
County Clarion and 1 Farmers' Vin
dicator, was In AnstlU' the 6th#r
day, and we askeil him about tbe
state of morality in.Crosby coun
ty, since the local option taw
Jorbldding the sale of Ihtoxtoatil|g
liquors had gone Into effect. “Why,
teere ain’t a prisoner in tbe cobttty
jail. It is as empty as the bead of
the fellow wbo is trying to ruaon
opposition paper to mine (n f
county.” “Is tbe vacant
tian of the fail owing td ’tl
option law!” “That’sjuStll. The
Sheriff bad to go ovor into (he ad-
joining county to get drunk, *sd
while be was gone all the prison
ers, about twenty-seven til aU, made
their escape. Ob, 1 tell yob loeai
option is doing Wonder* for Crosby
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