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ELLAV1LLE, OA., OCT. 28, lssa.
A. J. Harp, Editor and Proprietor.
FOR CONGRESS,
3rd., DIST.,
CHAS. F. CRISP.
—
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
T 1 HEREHY minouuee office lily of Tax name Collector as can-
didate for the
for election Schley in January county at next. the approaching \vill be very
thankful to the voters support. of Schley county
to give nie their
Paid. M. U. I)UNN.
FOR SHERIFF.
Thefrienrtsof William Allen announce
Ilia name an candidate for Sheriff of
Schley county at the approaching elec¬
tion iii J nmiar v next.
FOR SHERIFF.
candidate I respectfully for' the announce office of' my sheriff name as of
Schley county at the ensuing election in
January next. L. A. Giles.
Our Own 71111111 facture.
The School of Technology lias
been located in Atlanta. It should
have gone to Macon.
The Constitution is out in an ed¬
itorial deprecating newpaper con¬
troversies. Oh, you dear old naugh¬
ty Telegraph, you! Whatever
made you hit ’em so hard ?
And now lie is at it! Reverend
Doctor Talmage says the millenni¬
um will come in just sixty years.
Well, the time is rather short, but
we are glad it is settled at lust.
We never hear of that telephone
stock any more now, but a rubber
stamp company over in Augusta
names United States Attorney Gen¬
eral Garland among its ‘references.’
Rubber stamp stock must be worth
something.
Colonel Hancock, of the Sumter
Republican, asks Kit YVarren, of
the Macon Evening News, “do you
see the p’int, Kit?” But Kit knows
very well the Colonel would never
stop at only one ‘pint;’ he would
make it two, at least.
Small fry editors, with free pass¬
es in their own pockets, perhaps,
have raised the annual cry of
“bribery” in regard to members of
the legislature accepting railway
passes. If the roads will take up
these little “reform” editors’ passi s
they will probably subside.
We ought to be able to do some¬
thing. We ought to be able to make
as solid a north as they have made
a solid south.—James G. Blaine.
Mr. Blaine has done more than
any man living to solidify the south
and to break up Iris own party. In
that direction he has been an em¬
inent success.
The most miserable chirography
in the Georgia press is that of Col.
€. W. Hancock. Fence worms and
turkey tracks look like copper
plate by the side of it.—Macon
Evening News.
That is why the printer in the
last Republican called the great
poet of the Sierras “Joachin”
Miller-
Those y&nkees are sly oKl fellows,
but just let one of them get on to a
good thing and competition ruins
• the business right away. Ip In¬
diana, for instance, henpecked hus¬
bands have for some time boon
shooting their wives by mistake,
you know, for burglars with great
success and satisfaction; but as
usual they have overdone it. The
law—such as it is in Indiana—has
grown suspicious, and one poor
self-made widower lias been sent to
jail under a charge of murder.
An associated press dispatch says:
A large number of strikers at
Chicago are dissatisfied at tht* order
of the executive committee sending
them back to work.
Of course they are dissatisfied.
It isn’t work they want. They
would prefer to wait until Henry
George’s Sabbath year comes round,
which “secures even to the lowliest
jpest and leisure; when a redivision
of land setajres again to the poorest
g fair share of tiie bounty of the
pommon Creator.” That is what
your striker wants, rest and leisure
gt Hpother man’s expense.
The Free Pass System.
The state press should take up
the free pass business before the
assemblymen thpmsejves just ejected have
committed gratuities, which by accepting nothing
these are
less than bribes, from the railroads.
r,-DeKaib Chronicle.
The above is a gratuitous insult
to every member of the general as-
sembly. If members coqld be pqr-
chased with railway passes, the
roads woujd have little difficulty in
securing their influence without
the passes, The Chronicle has sim-
ply taken up the olq, old, sickening,
l“*»l''“trf “ " i' ,c " '<■« C-wple
pud pelh-d the to leisure listen these h.ve many been years. eom-
Let us have no more of it. 8uch
charges are unjust to our repre-
sentatives and prove nothing as to
^
Kdiloriiil Correspondence.
We left EllevlTlT on the 15th in¬
stant, in company with Mrs. Harp,
for this place. We are enjoying a
visit to our dear parents, and were
very fortunate to strike them in the
“sweet season,” and, be assured, we
are just now’
THE SWEETEST 1*AIK
of , newspaper folks in the .State ... , of ,
Georgia. ,, . It J- is grinding season,
cane 7
It .. . has ever been a source
ofui,Hlloyed , ,, , Jyy . to . ns to visit this
sacred spot. Our father and
est brother met us at the depot and
after the usual greetings we turned
our faces in this direction and met
withawarm welcome.
But our pleasure tlds visit is al-
>oyed. It is perhaps the last we
shall ever make to tlds loved spot
to visit those whose kind, willing
hands have done so much for the
writer. In the dear old home of so
many pleasant uml sacred memo-
ries I am seated now as, with tear-
ful eyes, I recount the days gone by.
They have sold the old home,
after a residence of 25 years, and
are making preparations to move to
Atlanta, Texas, where three young-
er sons and brothers reside They
, were born and raised in old Geor-
gia; our father is in his 76th year,
our mother in her 68th year. If we
had our preference they would re-
main in Georgia the few days they
may yet live. We would relieve
them of the worry and fatigue of
the farm and do all in our power to
make their last days their best days;
but it seems to be otherwise order¬
ed. We feel inexpressibly sad.
The change from this to the rigors
of a Northern Texas climate will
by no means be conducive to the
health of people of their years.
IN DAWSON.
Last Monday we visited the Vari¬
ety Manufacturing Company’s
Works near the depot, and found
the proprietors very busy shipping
two car loads of their goods to Alba¬
ny. They turn out first class work,
and are prepared to till orders on
short notice, from any direction.
Unless Dawson builds or aids in
building a railroad to Albany her
cotton market will suffer. Dawson
has fine Schools, and is ere long des¬
tined to become an important man¬
ufacturing center. There are now
two buggy and wagon manufacto¬
ries, and beside the variety works
already in operation, tnere is an¬
other large building going up for
the same purpose. Crops in this
section, as a whole, are better than
in Schley.
We were made very sad when we
received the Enterprise a**d read of
the death ofMrs. B. A. Strange and
Mrs. Waterhouse. We extend our
sympathy to the bereaved. No
one can tell when or how one will
be taken away; and it is our most
important duty to be always
ready. A. J. II.
Miss Cleveland wrote an editorial
for Literary Life entitled, “Hold
Fast to that which is Good,” and
now Colonel Elder has bounced her.
He' evidently practices wbat she
On l|ie llomuls Willi Uncle Mose
in Ills Traps.
On the western hills afar
Evening Ungers with delight,
While she views her favorite star
Bright’ning on the brow of
night.
r J lie far stretching fields were
being gently kissed by the purple
afterglow of the «un that had just
sank behind the hills of the distant
pine fringed horizon. The corn had
been harvested, and a bitter wind
was lattling among the dry stalks.
Froqi down tlie lane came the mer¬
ry notes of a boy driving the cattle
from their scanty pasture to the
pen where a milkmaid was waiting
with her pail. At tiie barn yard
men and boys were busy distrib¬
uting feed to hungry horses and
hogs. On the gate to the rye patch
were swinging three happy chil¬
dren admiring two sleek cojts as
they cropped the tender rye. But
I, unobserved, had stolen into the
crib, procured an ear qf corn, and
was on the round with Uncle Mose
to fiis partridge traps.
“Now, ef I shows you whar clem
traps er settin’ at you ain’t got to
open your mouf erbout it. ’Cage ef
dat roguish ape uv er Jake finds
whaf dey’s at lie’ll steal eb’ry patage
dal gits in ’em. Del qigger ean’t help
stealin’, an’ his mammy puts him up
to it. No longer dan las’ night I
seed her er sorter hidin’ behind some
boa’ds in de corner qv de fence, an’
w’en I axed her what she er doin’
dar sheseefshe er seekin’ deligion—
jes’ er sayin’ her pra’rs. But, I’ll
jes’ tpll you, I’se seed her sayin’dem
pra’rs and seekill’ dat 'ligion ’fore,
and eb’ry time she’s close ter er
lien’s nest.
She goes ter de meetin’ house an’
hollers an’ shouts er roun’ an? thinks
she > s f() «lin’de Lord, but jes’let her
goto kill > up int(jr heben * n i sbe >u
git k „ ock . d out wi(J er jjt er ’d knot.”
We were pow-approaching a plum
orchard that Jay along the edge of a
duep gu i|y ( jn tbe bo ttom of which
fl(jwed a ripp i ln g stream. Here, in
secludt , d not * many H hunt er has
***** hj m «lf to wait to, thf
Q ,j„ ves lhBt to
brook ^ qUBncb the j r tfijrst before
re ti r ipg to their roost, Upon our
approacll a ut , mber 0 1 jorees and
redl)irds .....' fluttered along before fls
..
Uncle Mose now motioned for me
to stop, while he went creeping on
down trie plum orchard. Suddenly
he started off in a fast run toward
the trap, which was down, never
stopping until he hud reached it ami
was kneeling upon its top.
“Oil, yes, ole Mister Patnges! I’s
got / ye at las’; you’s been er gittin’
dc . halt out . er dis ... trap i long ernuff. „•
You’s , . been er steppln’ . , , er route ,
i under , here, , gobblin’ '.! , de , corn
’ er up
an’er . , bein’mity kefful not ... to tech ,
bu f * wan’t smart
rnuff d|g Ume Dft , r wm . J|>H ,
fQ , tem uy y()() () , e c^b whites’in
(lj8 drove . ’ let me count vc an’see
‘
ma efc | e p»,
Just here TT l nclc , Mose VI peeped . . he-
t'veen the sticks, and then got off
H H P*
“It ain’t no patages dat’s been er
eatln’ de bait outer dis trap. It’s er
ole jaybird, an’ one uv de ole topnot
rascals ez in here dis minit. Did
you think I wuz er puttin’corn in
herejes’ fur you V—but you won't
eat no mo’ Da’r will be one Jaybird
dat won t tote san’ to de ole debil
ilex’ Friday. You ain’t lit fur er
thing dat,s good; you pulled up all
de new groan’ corn dis year but
now I’se gwineter pay you fur it all.
You’s jes’ kep’ er foolin’ roun’ till
now you’s gwineter git yore ole
head pulled off.”
During this time, Uncle Mose had
been busy slipping a stick to get
the bird from the trap. He had
made a hole large enough for his
had and was trying to catch the
bird when, with its sharp beak, it
seized his tenderest finger. This
caused him to jerk his hand from
the opening through which the bird
instantly escaped.
“Goit, you ole blue tail rascal!
You ez gone an’ made er blud blis¬
ter on me finger, but ef I had er gun
I’d shoot yore ole head off. You jes’
keep er settle da’r er hollerin’ Rate,
tate!’ till I git er rock an’ I’ll make
ye change yore ehune.”
But the bird, fanning the heavy-
air with its light wings, flew slowly
away, probably in quest of his mate
that was mourning him as lost.
Uncle Mose, after seeing his dis¬
appointment, removed all the feath¬
ers, set the trap again and we were
off to the next.
We had reached the creek and
were wending our way along the
swamp. The wind was sighing dis¬
mally among the leafless gums and
poplars. On the farther side of the
creek, upon a slightly elevated plat
of land, formed by a bend of the
stream, stood several hickory trees
among the branches of which two
squirrels were leaping, playing and
keeping up a continual “harking.”
Brown thrushes were flitting and
chirruping among the briars; ever
and anon a frightened rabbit would
scqddle away before us.
After passing one trap that was
still “baited” we came to one from
which we took five partrides. Uncle
Mose now said we would go by his
’possum trap and then go home. We
found the trap down, and Uncle
Mose proceeded to investigate. He
began to look for tracks and finally
placed his ear against the trap.
“1 jes’ b’lieve dat ole ’possum wuz
so hongry dat w’en he smell dat
tater in dis trap he couldn’t wait lur
it to git night to come an’git his
ole self caught. Listen! He’s sho’
in here. Don’t you hear him er
scratchin’? Well, five patages an’
er big fat ’possum ez sho’ good tuck
fur one tim?. But ef Jake had er
know’d wha’rdese traps ezersettin’
at we wouldn’t er got es- thing; but
would er foun’ ’em er settin’ jes’ like
iniffin been here. Now, you jes’
wait till I git a good stick an’ den
you hike up de led an’ let de ole,
slick tail rascal come out an’ I’ll
break his ole back.”
I hoisted the lid of the trap while
Uncle Mose stood with the stick
drawn above t)|s head. The ’pos¬
sum did not seem inclined to run
out, so I gave the trap a shake, when
a little mouse darted out and ran
up the old man’s breeches leg and
out at the waist band; then into his
bosom and under his arms; then up
his hack, and after scratching and
nosing around for fully a minute it
finally ran out at his collar and
reached a hole by a.stump. During
this time Uncle Mose had not been
standing quietly waiting for the
mouse to make an exploration of
his person, but had himself been
going through a performance that
would have astonished a profession*
al acrobat. He shouted, “lizzard!
rat!! sandsllok!!! scorpion!!!!" and
in fact everything else lie could
think of that could crawl, He
danced and jumped ami slapped
himself ail over until he was com¬
pletely exhausted. He then decided
it was a scorpion and had me to ex*
amine his back and see if he was
! bitten. To continue the fun I told
ht ‘ ' v « s u h'> advised him to eat
his tobacco as an antidote. He ate
ail he had, about half a plug. This
made the old fellow so sick that I
had to carry the birds while he,
! without setting the trap, staggered
«l»»*the house.
He tamed, .qiueh.m, th,t It ...
the tobacco that npule him siok, and j
nut-the bite of the supposed scorpi-,
and it was a long time before
Be would again let Pie go with him
town** =*~Ci
A young man who has tt (arm and
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in the whole country. As long as
the lands are properly cared for
and cultivated they will always
give hack as much as a good living,
which is more than a good
many other kinds of business will
do.—Americus Recorder.
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Notice for Leave to Sell [.and.
t PPLICATION will be made to the
Georgia, IX court of tbe Ordinary first regular of Schley county, after
at term
expiration of four weeks from this notice
for leave of James to sell lands Chambers belonging of to said the
estate late
county deceased for tbe benefit of the
heirs an creditors of said deceased. Sept.
«th, ISStJ. R.C. Makkolson,
Adin’r., of James Chambers,
s9-4t. Deeoased.
GEORGIA— Schley county.
Will be sold reversionary on the first interest Tuesday in the in
Oct. isxi>. the
Buck creek t'anip Ground, less containing of lot No.
Dili fifty-two acres more or off
3rd district of of Schley lot north county of also the
nine acres off' same
Camp Ground land, sold for the benefit
of the ljiers and creditors of the estateof
W. R. A. Ingrain deceased. Terms cash.
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SOUTHWESTERN
Furniture House, Americus, Ga,
Gkorok Stapleton wislieg to inform
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chandise ready to supply them In General Mer¬
FVimiTFRG A SPECIALTY.
A nice suit of Furniture for !f20to$75,
constantly in stock, and all grades of
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wait Mh.Oljn.- his Dixson friends, is and always wilt give ready them to
on
Special Bargains. GEI )RGE STAPLETON,
The Furniture Man.
Americas, Ga„ Sept. 30,18S(i-3ni.
Cotton Market.
Wednesday 12 m.
Good Middling
Middling
Low Middling 8
NOTICE
For the Charter of Bank in the
Town of Eliavilla.
Nnt‘ae 1. hereby Riven that anplt.xllon
bly for a charter to do a general b« r ,k-
ing business in the town of
of Schley, state of Georgia, us
bv .... Aet of the General A
of said state,
October 17, 1880,
DIXON BROTHERS i
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December 24th, 1886.
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