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|mbrw| ■VBsnsswsz* I T lJ JL^J —J 1 \ L JLi i V / jL _ VOL. I!. TRANSPIRING Social and Personal Happen¬ ings. Notice. The Executive Committee of the People’s Party of Talliaferro County are re quested to meet is Cravvtordville on Tuesday the 3rd, of Sept, at 10 o'clock. Let every member be prompt to at¬ tend as business of great importance requires it. Note the hour brethren and govern yourselves accordingly. J. A. Woodall, Chairman. Register. Don’t fail to icgistcr. Pont fad to register by Sept 11th. Large crowds have been attending court this week. Mr Oscar Chapman treated hitnsell to a nice bicycle. Mrs M. E. Brooke of Raytown is in out - town this week. Airs Sam Harris of Atlanta is visiting the family of Mr. .1. D. Hanmiaek. Prof L. A. Murphey is off looking after his new school. The Alliance Store has just received a nice lot of lamp goods and crockery. Major J. C. C, Black is in our com¬ munity this week shaking the bauds of liis few friends. This is Court week in our town and vve have not had much time to devote to getting np news. R«V R. E. L. Harris and wife, and Mr ,T. A. Harris went to Greensboro Monday by private conveyance. The jury in the ease of Edward Keating vs. Georgia Railroad gave a verdict of §9,000 in favor cf MrKeating Remember that lion. T. E. Watson speaks at Crawford ville Ga.. on Sept. 10th. Dout fail to hear vviiat he has to say. Prof L. A. McLaughlin and wife have moved into our midst; If we will give them our hearty co-operation we will have a fine school this Fall. Hon. Thos. E. Watson will speak at Thomson on Friday, September, 0th, at 10 o’clock A. M. Hon. J. K. Hines and \V. Y. Carter will be invited to speak at the same time. The Alliance Store will opeu up their Fall stock of goods next week. Mr Chapman says he bought his goods early and bought them cheap' and will therefore be able to save his customers money if they will give him a chance. The time is drawing short for regis¬ tering, atid those who have not regis¬ tered, should do so at once. Why disfranchise yourself by neglecting to register ? Go at once and qualify for the coming election. Taliaferro superior Court is in session this week, with a large attendance pres¬ ent. Judge Seaborn Reese is presiding in his usual able manner. Tits charge to the grand jury relative to' its duties, was clear, forcible and to the point, and showed that the Judge was determined to do his part if auy viola¬ tors of the law were brought before liiru. We were forcibly impressed with his charge to the jury relative to the carrying of concealed weapons, also ou other matters relating to the moral status of things in general. Solicitor Howard was diligent in looking after the state’s interest, in the prosecution of evil doers. Several visi¬ ting attorneys were present. We regret that it is impossible for us to give au account of the proceed¬ ings of court this week. Ladies and Gentlemen, As I buy my goods for cash and sell them for cash, I can afford to sell cheaper than auy one else, and i ou get uiore goods for less money than at any other place. Heavy winter veiling, regular 25cts goods, for 12 1-2 cts per vd. Regular 40 cts velvet for 25 cts. TTmbrellas, from 25 cts up. 50 cents woolen caps for 35 cts. Shoes are 25 per-ct. higher than last year, but sell them at the same price. 818,00 Suit of Clothing for S12 00. 88.00 hats for 81.5°. Lamp chimneys ,4 and 15 cts. Linen collars from o cts. up. ^ I-a dies undergarments, very cheap. Ac cordeoDs fiom *75 cts. up. Heavy blankets chean. And every thing else kept in a first class store at the very lowest of prices. F. RUBIN. CRAWFOKDYILLE, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST : (.), 1S95. Dots on the Road. f'.X TRAVELER, Several pfewpf.e from ?Fe Sharon com¬ munity attended coiirt atCrttwfordville this week. Washington branch tillin' had a nitt off til B ituett last week, nobody hurt though. Colored Baptist Association convened at Level Hill i liurcli last week. A very large crowd attended. Miss Claude Taylor, of Barnett, vis ited Sharon Iasi week. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Elliott, of ren county, visite 1 Mr. R. X. Gilbert’s family of Sharon last Fiiday. Mr. G. W. MeCalpin, of Barnett, celebrated his 69lh birth last week. Mr. MeCalpin has been station keeper of the Geotgta Railroad at that place for thirty years. The excursion from Washington , . to Sparta last week, some of the Sharonites were in it. , Mrs. Willie Carey returned to her home in Milledgeville after several days visit to relatives in Raytown. Several people visited Sharon last Friday to witness the base ball game between Norwood and Sharon clubs. The game stood eight to live in favor of Norwood. The Sharon boys played a good game and were complimented hy their opponents, Sharon is im¬ proving fast and bids fair to become a first class team. Mr. ,T. W. Fallen has had his ginnery put in apple pie order for the coining season. Dr. A. C. Davidson is stopping in the city of Augusta at present, and his son Dr. A. A. Davidson is stopping in his. place in Sharon. Mrs. James Mahare and family of Augusta, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed¬ ward Croake ol' Sharon. Mr. Wilkins Tucker, of Warren i county lias had Mr. A. D. Moore to put him up au old fashion ox cart, which lias caused a great deal of comment on account of its weight and size. Mr. John O’Keefe has put chased him a new wagon from Mr. A, D. Moore the wairon maker of Sharon. The annual meeting of the Methodist Church at Sharon couveued at that Church hist Friday. Rev. Mr. Reese conducting tlie services. Salem Baptist Church at Barnett closed its protracted meeting on Wed nesday of last week, with three addi¬ tions to tlie church. Charley Reese, of the Ga. R. R. ser¬ vice, and family, have been visiting re¬ latives in Taliaferro and Warren the past week. Mrs. Susie Roth and Mrs. Emma Reese and family of Sharon, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Avery, of Fair \isited >rr. G. W. MeCalpin and family on Tuesday of last week. Miss Belle Davis returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Avery. Mr. Paul Masscngale, of Norwood, visited his sister Mrs. Jesse Taylor near Barnett last week. Mr. T. N. Poole, of Warren county, visited Dr. A. C. Davidson’s family last Saturday anid'Sunday. Uncle Til man, as he is generally called is the Ifon wheel of Prohibitum in this sec tlon of the country. Miss Bertie Ellington, of TaltaTefro, who has been eu the sick list is repbrt ed much better, Mrs. Grier and family, of South Caro lina, have been on' an extended visit to relatives in the Fair Play neighbor ~—~ • Art . Accident . the Georgia Railroad. ... . on Ou Thursday morning of last week, the Picayune on the Georgia Railroad fan into a cuivert below Grovetown, causing the lender of engine and the baggage ! r to leave the track aud roll c?. down the embankment for several feet, Mr. Chafe'. Tice, th'e engineer, was thrown against the boiler of the en gine with such force as to bruise his left side very badly, and bis friends were apprehensive at first that he was dangerously injured. He was brought to Harlem on the up train that day, aud at this time is gradually recovering. Mr. Stewart pkinizt - , we learn, received slight bruises, but no others were injured. The accident was due to the rocks in a cul vert being washed out by the heavy rains of last Wednesday night aud Thursday morning.-Farmer's Light. Political and Otherwise. I!Y JACK T’RAT. Since our last writings we have been M-eSsed with a week’s rain. Several farmers are grief stricken because they have lost some of their fodder. How often are mhoeent people the subjects of ridicule and slander by the very otiles whom they deem to be their friend's, “An honest, man is the noblest wotk of God," and a dishonest man is tlie moaL perfect piece of machinery that the devil ever controlled. Sueh a howl of discontent and discomfiture its has gone up from the recent Democratic nomination in district good'work is beyond our contemplation, Let the go on. Tire dosing exercises of Prof. .T. A. Woodall’s School will take place on September 12th. . , , Cotton,, the “King” of the South has begun to open, and ere long the fleecy staple will be tolling into mar ket, at a price that's tar below “par.” Frying size chickens are just ripe, and almost every body has a “fowl” s tomacli Mr.J.S. McKinney, of Pea Ridge, visited his father, near Harnett, last ,. , Master Charlie Rocker, of t\ arren county, visited friends and relatives in Taliaferro county last Saturday and Sunday. Prayer meeting every Sabbath evening at 3:00 P. M., at the Baptist Church at Barnett. Several from around Barnet attended preaching at Fowellon last Sabbath. Mr. John IT. Walker, of Warren | county, has the largest erop of wator melons we have heard of this year, Better mind Uncle John, you are acquainted with this over-production theory. We are pleased to notice that one of Taliaferro’s honored commissioners of roads and reven ues is taking great interest in the public road leading from his house to Elini. One oi Wat reu’s fairest daughters lives just where the road ends. Further comment is superfluous. When Democrats have to circulate a petition to locate their supporters, we think that an adjournment, “sine die,” of the old Democratic party is in order. One of our hoys is paying his re spects to some one in the “moonshine” regions, and reports that he has one of the most “Gimswingeresting” times you ever heard of. Miss Maggie Rocker, from near Elirn in Warren county, visited friends and relatives in Taliaferro county last week. “Ef I kan’t git a libbiu by fair mean s, den I mas by fowl,” is the chicken thief’s motto. The prospects are that tlie corning campaign will he exceedingly interest¬ ing. The Populists intend to make it so hot that not a single weak-kneed Democrat can stand any where near the field of battle and prevent his carcass from tumbling into the Popu¬ list Camp In the coming campaign in the 10th District, people will witness something remarkably strange, Men who claim lo favor the free coinage of silver supporting a candidate whose campaign is run by gold bugs, aud a candidate whose V vote helped * to stop the coinage of Silver . in 1893, a duplicate , of the crime of 18i3. ——“~ Judge Hart has refused to grant a new trial in the Myers case. The ease j will now be carried lo the Supreme Court, and if the decision of the lower court is sustained. My'ers will be re sentenced and the fate of the your g man will be sealed. -—— Rcv . Mr. Dunbar, or the Asbury Methodist Church, of Augusta, preach cd a sermon oa last Sunday on the disgraceful conduct of ward heelers ncw registering illegal votcis in that and condemned it ihThe severest manner . Will ^ pay ertlS€ you. - ln this paper, It Sparks from' M'ildrajon. ijy idler. t >ur community was well represent¬ ed /it pleaching in Powelton last Nun '•D Mias Maggie Rocket, ol \\ at t en coflut)', Spent several, days with her sister. Mrs. J. F. Bngby, ol Mildrnjon b ,s § week. Talmferto will make, tip its own sup pl'y of syrup this year. Hr. C. C. Rhodes, of Crawfordville, - n, Ul *ds sister ,'iiss Mamie,id l ea Ridg (' glided Sunday School at Mildrajou ki.^ Sunday evening. Mr. W. F. Chapman, of Powelton, passed through the neighhorfiood Ft id ay on his way to Crawl'ordville. M^. tind M ts. C. A. i>elson, ami Miss Nora i ox returned to their homes in Wilkes county last Sunday after spend ingpseveral days with relatives and j r ^ 1( j s Mil .’i;i ion II you want lie niln 1 a horse trade, call an Millard , Henry. ,, < )tt Wednesday of last week lion. F. ]). Witnberiy, Lecturer of the State Alliance delivered an address in Craiv tofu*il!c, in the inteiest of reform, whiift every voter of the county should have heard. Me demonstrated hy figures the workings of the national banking system, proving it to be not ‘».ly«mnjust and not necessary as a meads of circulating money, but an imposition which should he removed. jj a also presented an object lesson on ja, e tariff question, which exemplified t hat%e difference between the ivtc Kin ley law and the one now in force, passed by a Democratic Congress, is so slight as not to have any appreciable effect in the matter of taxation. How long, oh how long will the pe«L pie shtjjj, their eyes to. the fact that this* mt- n't itPrun hi the loti rust < f it 1 prigged struggling few, masses without ? llow regard long for will the [ they content themselves by saying, “I’m a Democrat ” ? It should he rcmenihetcd that we were all Democrats once, but some ot us were honest and patriotic enough to place principle above party. Now we think if our Democratic friends would stop ridiculing and abusing us and con¬ sider the situation from the standpoint of reason and patriotism its we have done, they would see the folly of their ways, and “do just what they said they never would do.” Jenning’s Chapel, WATCHMAN". Fodder pulling is over and wo will try our hand again with the pen. Wc are glad to report tlie sick in this community as improving. Mr. Walter Allen who has been sick at hie lather’s home, is belter and has returned home this week. Miss Annie Brooke visited her moth¬ er in Grawfordville this week. A large number from Sharon passed this week attending court in Crawford ville. Guess what young men called to see their girls and got left, and had to walk three miles. The horse 16ft them, not the girls. The patrons of our School arc re¬ quested to meet at the School House Saturday night, September 7th, for the purpose of electing a teacher for another year. A large number from Mildra jou at Chapel but! ■ tended preaching at the week. Miss "Annie Brooke and Mr. B., at-! tended preaching at Sharon last Sun- ' day. | j A Strong Fortification. j Fortlfy the body against disease by butt S Liver Pills, an abso ] u t ecu pe for sick headache, dys . stomacn, . malaria, , . constipation, pepsw, sour jaundice, bilious- j anti all kindred troubles. I ness “TlV FlV * = Wheel of Life” 1 Lh". 1 utt; Your Liver 1 Ills are the fi f-wheel of life. I shall ever b e grkefol h for the accident that brought them , to my notice. • 1 ,f. led 1 as if I had a new lease of life. * . t- • < • < m Platte ... r. Cannon ----r.i U>1 - Ljyer PlllSi - - » r- A PLEA FOH PROHIBITION. MlV. EblTOR:—Intemperance, tlie greatest enemy that ever invaded tlie pende fill and joyful family of a Southern home, is now the topic that is agitating the public mind. ’1 his , monster, with his pale face and deathly i i mlll i may he seen stalking over this . m ; mi ifal and God-given land whom he may devour, lie is the devil’s agent, and with his herculean I strength he lias hound the most prom ! ising young men of the nineteenth cel! tary hand and foot, and having poured 1 ten their life'.- blood with his poisoned, spear-pointed dagger, lie has placed them in a drunkard’s grave. Be lias traveled ibis countiy Bom X6rth to South, from East to West, and has wrung the life's blood out ol the (Hire and noble hearts ofounvivt s, mothers, sisters and daughters, lor Which we shall have to pay the penalty, for their blood shall he upon our heads. Yes/he lt:ts slaiti thousands upon thousands more ilittn Either war, fatu itte or pestilence,'' anti he has caused more sot row than all combined. Morn homes have been blighted; more bl ight hopes'of the future destroyed by his heavy tread than can ever lie. remem¬ bered. If a lion were to he turned loose in our community, lie would do very little injury in comparison with this demon; yet. husbands and sons would tiOi let" him remain longer than the time it would lake to destroy him. The devil reached the climax in his discoveries when he discovered the ingredients that compose liquor, and he has been utilising this deadly intox¬ icant in every shape and form to cap¬ ture victims for his ever hungry jaws. What is it that man should to do for his wife, mother or sister at her requesi, especially when the act concerns hbr plea ure, comfort and happiness ? Yefoiir #krnfry is tfetn blitlg upmi lhe brillk o1 a great preci. pice, hanging between life and death: which, will soon he determined by our actions. The prayers, bescechings and cries of our distressed women that continually ascend to a therfiiful Cod keep it from toppling over into im¬ mediate destruction, and if ourciti/.ens and countrymen do not hasten to their aid with a strong arm aud a resolute will, it shall soon receive its fate in ct< rtial woe. IIow can a man who pretends to have feelings for his fellowmen, and who has an immortal soul stand idly hy and witness such impending destruction and not raise a hand to help? If our women could only have their way and vote on this one question, there would not he a i Irop of liquor sold in the South in less than twenty four hours, no, not even in Ameiicu. This demon would grasp no more victims to drag down to ill! everlasting hell. But may we, the men of this bounty, according to their re¬ quests and desires,put on our armor and go forth in battle array to defend our homes against his invasion. Now is the time to begin. May the name of every Georgian be enrolled on thepeti lions that arc being circulated through out tin; state to aid the came of temper¬ ance in the next session of the legisla¬ ture. This is one way to commence the light. Another way is, when you goto tlie ballot hog at the next election, cast your vote for a temperance man and not for an indecent, Jow down liquor drinker ora man who supports whiskey. Let us fight as for our lives, and may wc, having gained the victory, (dace the temperance banner with its folds un furled upon our eapitol and upon every for|ner 8il|oon an d gambling den, to be fanned to and fro by the gentle zeph yrs of heaven, proclaiming us conquer ers of the demon, intemperance, and then there will he no more ruined homes, no more heart-aches, no more sorrowful mot Iters, wives and sisters on account of this sinful curse; but temperance shall reign triumphant ever. IIokaci; S. Smith. This is no time for parleying. Let every man go and register at once. Citation. ' GEORGIA--Taliaferro County '-barge from ht* offl.-eol trust This is !,r therefor*-to notify all p.-rson- <pnr<-rned, Monday next, elss George W. Tappau "’ill he ohargM fmm his sa.d olh.. trustee, as " GEORGE H. MITCHELL Ordinary, TaltaRrro coudty, NO. 89 HANGED HIMSELF. ! Mr. V.. IS. Welch Commits Sulcldd t at 11 is Home. On Wednesday morning of last week Mi - . W. It. Welch, who lived five miles | 1 1 out Harlem, on the Steiner place, in j ihis county, was found by his family in an out house hauling hy a rope around hi* neck. '1 he alarm was given and neighbors soon gathered, and an c;: animation was made, and it wa- found j Unit. Mr. Welch was dead The Coro j ner was notified about tour o’clock in tlit - evening, mid he went out to where. the deceased lived and empanelled a jury, who, after an investigation pro¬ nounced a vet diet that the deceased came to his death' ftotn strangulation caused )>y hanging, and that the same was, in their opinion, suicide. Welelrn that, Mr. Welch had for some tithe been very despondent over his crop prospects, and had expressed himself as intending to commit suicide, ! '*“t P-Gil much attention to these threats. Mr. Welch leaves a wife and sever¬ al children to mourn hi: departure. This is truly a sail case.—Farmer's Light. TUB TENTH IMSTItl-PV CONTEST. The following article from lion. M. ! Branch,o f < Columbia county, appeared in the Atlanta Constitution of Tuesday, which speaks for iiself: Ber/elia. Columbia (,'ounty, Georgia, Autrust 25. Editor Constitution: 1 wish to correct an error in yesterday’s ('onstitiitioii made by your Augusta correspondent relative to the hist con¬ gressional election in the tenth district. Tic makes the following statement: “It wtis contended by the democratic leaders irregularities and illegal!- ’ tlyjt ! k'H i»41 g *‘‘"lib •• *U A'>M i.. population in Richmond than ui Co¬ lumbia Lincoln, MeDurtVe atid other populist countie-;', and that in the event of a contest in congress the throwing out of illegal Votes on both sides would show Major Black still a winner by the legal votes of the district.” This has becti the hue and cry of the Augusta politicians ever since that dis¬ graceful election took place in that city in November last. They do not deny the outrageous fraud that Was perpetrated in Richmond 1 county, 1ml endeavor to palliate it by crying fraud elsewhere. 1 deny the statement of your corres¬ pondent and to substantiate my denial I refer you to the record. Yotti correspondent .fates that in the last election Richmond county cast 15,888 voles, Columbia 2,055, Lincoln 1,180 aud McDuffie 1,150 votes. 1 be¬ lieve these figures to be about]corrcct. Now, if any one will examine tiio . compendium of tlie. eleventh census,' page 772, it will be found that lUcli tnond, county had only 11,828 persons or toting age, while Columbia had 2,286, Lincoln 1,2:10 and McDuffie 1,705 of voting age. lo put it in anothei way--the three altove-nlei m il-t>) I populist counties, with o,211 persons ot voting age, east only 4,386 votes, while Richmond county, with only 11,028 person's of voting age, cast 15,883 votes, 'l iie above figures show that the three populist counties voted nearly one thousand less than the number of per sons of voting age, while Richmond county voted nearly live thousand more persons than were of voting age. M. I. Branch. STEPHENS HIGH SCHOOL, , Crawfordville, Ga. t REORGANIZED THOROUGHLY _____ > •//. 'J/. 'Ss- '//. Fall Session begins Sept. 2 j and continues Four months. .—j- ■// vr. v/. '//■ +• A school unsurpa 1 for thorough methods, firm discipline, and earnest work. TliTTON PER MONTH First tirade. : : s 1.50. i Second Grade, : : 2 . 00 . 2.50. mV 3.00. Board c : had very cheap with the Principal. Tuition collected monthly. liavi^t^s ami gir a to I’arents e uca ‘ l 1 ’ a *- “ -* L. A. McLAUGHLiN, Principal.