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DENT1S T, ELLAVILLE GEORGIA, Will give prompt at tention to all work, when notified by letter or iiersonallv. c. It. Met RORY, ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR at LAW, And General Real Estate Agent. mir Collections a Specialty. Office on Main Street in Brick building North of Court House, Ei.lavii.le Ga. XT AI. LAWSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW ELLAVILLE GEORGIA. Office in Court House, wita ,i. R. Williams. It. WILLIAMS, ATTORN EY AT LA \V, ELLAVILLE GEORGIA. office in Court House. N. CHENEY MI). w. H. HARP Ml). PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. ELLAVILLE GA. Office between T. A. Collins and Warehouse Calls Promptly Attended All leading Patent Medicines for sale at their Office. il; A' Beware of so-called Liver Re mi lators, Balms, etc. All are Imita tionsofthis Original Medicine, put on ’ the market long alter it was established, and sold ot its reputation. Take this with you ana demand the original, which has the autograph ami picture of Dr. M. A. Simmons on the front, and these words on topof each bottleandpackage: “Trade ■ ■Mark Registered, consisting of Name, aJ Picture and Autograph, Nov. ix, 1 S 43 .’’ a Has (* for 47 years cured Indigestion, Sick Biliousness, Costive ness,Dyspepsia, Sour Headache, Stomach, Low Lo.js Spirits, op Appetite, Breath, Foul Dr. J. K. Colic, Graves,Editorof Etc. The Baptist , Memphis, of Tonn., Liver says: I received a pack half age of your it. It Medicine, and have used works like a charm. I want bo better Liver Regulator, and certainly ^ no more of Zeilin’s mixture. C. F. Simfnons Medicine Co., Propr’s, awls. St. Louis, Mo. jiBlKtfl WEBSTER THE BEST INVESTMENT for tiie Family, School, or Professional Library. A JMONABRIDG–l LIBRARY JmDIGTlONAltJf IN ITSELF W: ■i jj§R?d ™ * Besides many other valuable features,itcomprises A containing Dictionary 118,000 Words of the and Language A Dictionary of Biography 3000 Engravings, giving A facts about nearly 10,000 Noted Persons, locating Dictionary and briefly describing of Geography A Dictionary of Fiction 25,000 Places, found only in Webster’s Unabridged, Al! in One Book. 3000 more Words and nearly 2000 more Illus trations than any other American Dictionary. WEBSTER IS THE STANDARD Authority the U. S. Supreme in the Gov’t Court. Printing Office, and with the It is recommended by State Sup’ts of Schools «>f 36 States, and tiy leading College Pres’tsof the U.8. and Canada. SPECIMEN TESTIMONIALS. The New Y ork Wo rld says: Webster is al-’ most universally conceded to be the beet. The Boston Globe :ays: Webster is the ac The knowledgi-d standard in lexicography. Atlanta Constitation say: : Webster has long been the standard authority in our office. The Ch icago Inter Ocean says: Webster’* Unabridged lias always been the standard. The New Orleans Times Democrat says: Webster is standard authority in our office. The New York Tribune it is recognized as the most useful existing “word-book” of i the English language all over the world. Sold by all Booksellers. Pamphlet free. C. MERRIAM – CO., Pub’rs,Springfield, Mass. SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. SCHLEY COUNTY. Schley County is composed of ter itory cut off from Sumter, Marion and Macon counties. It was organized in 1856, and named for one of the old Colonial Governors of Georgia; Gov ernor Schley. Its location is Southwest-Central. Area 180 square miles. General features, hilly, inter spersed with level plateax. The soil is very fertile all over the county, but varies in color, some places being red clay, some dark brown, very sticky’ in wet weather, some pebbly and some sandy, under-laid with clay subsoil. Cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, pota toes, pumkins, melons, rice, wheat, rye, bar ly r , peanuts aud chufas; peaches, pears,prunes, pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, quin ces, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries, raspberries, goose berries, beets, cabbage, cu cumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and oth er field, orchard and garden products, grow here to perfection. The fence corners, waste places in old field and forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit, such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries whortleberries, May haws, black haws, plums, cherries, crab apples,persimmons, fox grapes, Winter grapes, muscadines, chinquepins, hickory nuts and chestnuts. Besides the native crab, crowfoot and other grasses, many of the best varieties of import ed grasses do well here, especially Barmuda, herds, blue and orchard grass. The no fence law prevails in the county, yet stock raising is rapidly becoming one of the leading industries of the county’ some of the finest horses in the Soutli are raised here, and the rich golden butter and sweet country hams that are daily brought to market by the far mers of Schley, could not be beaten anywhere. Cot ton is the money crop of the county, bu t happily the day has past and forevevr gone when the people of Schley depended on other sections for their meat and bread. Nearly ev ery’ farmer in the county makes plenty of corn and bacon for home consumptions and many of them make a surplus to sell. No particular attention is given to poultry raising, yet the people have all they want for home use and one man with ahorse and wagon keeps busy the year round hauling chickens and eggs from Schley county to Americas. The health of the county is excellent, the av erage elevation being near two thousand feet above sea level and drainage is generally good an epidemic of any diseases, was never known here. The farming people of Schley are inteligent cultivated and refined as any agricultural peo ple in the world. The county Is dotted with school houses and churches, and a half grown person who cannot read and write is seldom, if ever met with, and of the negro race most of them since freedom can read and write. i J \\! I ! \ ;\ L rn it j i j tit Under New Management. The Central Hotel, at Columbus Ga., is fast becoming a great resort for the traveling public. This hotel has been thoroughly renovated inside and out and put in first-class order, and the fare, as well as the accommodations, is ail that could be desired. This hotel is centrally located, large rooms, well ventilated and fur nished in modern style. Polite and attentive servants. The table supplied with all the del icaciesof the season, making it a most popu lar resort for drummers and the traveling public generally. GEORGE W. DAVIS BARBER Shop east side court honse.sqdare. Hair cut 20 cents. Shave 10 cents. Shampoo 25 cents.Sat isfaction guaranteed. ILL IF* a R R I S m 1 n u u f i j Repairing (lone with neatness and dis patch. Prompt attention given to all orders. Shop Southeast cornerjof public square. Ellaville Ga. GEN TS W ANTED TO SELL AN EN TIRELY NEW BOOK The most wonderful collection <>. practica real value uz.d every-day use (or the peopl ev er pubii lie . on the plode. A marvel of money savins nrd money earning l'orevery one owing: it, Thousands of beautiful, helpful engravings showi . g just how to do everything. No compe tition; nothing like it in the universe. When you select that which is of true value sales are sure. All sincerely desiring pay imr employ meiil and looking for something thoroughly first-class at an extriordinary low price, should wr te for description and terms on the most remarkable achievement in book making since the world began. SCAM M ELL – CO., Box 5003, ST. LOUIS or PHILADEPHIA. PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat ent business conducted for Moderate Fees. Our Office is Opposite U. S. Patent Office and we can secure patent in less time than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion. We advise, If patentable or not. free of charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured. A Pamphlet, “How to Obtain Patents,’’ with names of actual clients in your State, county, or town, sent free. Address, C. A.SNOW – CO. upp. patent Office, Washington, d. c. GENERAL NEWS. CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS, AND EXCITING EVENTS. NEWS FROM. EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS, STRIKES, FIRES, AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST. Five more bodies were recovered from the debris in a ereek at Johnstown, Pa., on Tuesday. Rev. Dr. Talmage’s Tabernacle at Brooklyn, N. Y., was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The triennial national congress of Con gregational churches met in Worcester, Mass., on Wednesday. The old board of directors of the Western Union telegraph company was re-lected Wednesday without opposition. Tho regents offered ex-Queen Natalie a large sum of money, provided she would accept their proposed conditions and depart from Servia. Up to the recess Tuesday night 627 jurors had been excused iu the Cronin case at Chicago, four accepted and sworn in and four temporarily passed. The magnificent store and residence of Clem Studebaker, in Evansville, Ind., which cost .$1300,000, was almost de stroyed by fire Wednesday morning. Sister Martha Elden died Tuesday at the convent of Mount St. Josephus, Frederick, Md. She was ninety-four years old, and had been in the sisterhood seventy-six years. General B. Faulkner, the convicted Danville bank wrecker, of Buffalo, N. Y., on Wednesday gave bail in $20,000 to await the result of the appeal of his case now pending. LnBourgogne, which arrived at New York Sunday, had on board Millet’s pic ture, L’Angelus, recently purchased at the Paris Exposition for the American Art the association. $110,000 was paid for picture. A dispath from Brainerd, Minn., an noutiv.es that the requisite number of sig natures to ratify the sale of the lands of the Mille Lacs Indians have been ob tained. The sale embraces 3,000,000 acres of land in Minnesota. Judge Day, at Auburn N. Y., has decided that the electrical execution law is constitutional, and remands Kemmler, under a death the sentence by electricity, to the custody of • warden of Auburn prison. Fire broke out in Cook’s lumber yard at Serpent River, Out., Saturday after noou, and fanned by the wind, soon de stroyed the greater portion of the city. Fifty milliou feet of lumber were con sumed. The loss is estimated at $300, 000 . James Morgan, an Indiana farmer, who lately advertised that he would give $5,000 to any woman who would marry him, has been accommodated. Miss Hetty S, Wilson, aged forty-seven, has accepted the offer. Morgan is eighty two years old. The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company, as trustee lor holders of $3, 000,000 of bonds on which interest has been defaulted, has entered suit for fore closure in the United States court at Boston, against the American Rapid Telegraph company. An estimate has been made by the audi tor of the Pensylvania railroad of the losses incurred during the Johnstown floods, which shows that $1,500,000 will have to be expended in repairs, while there was a comparative incidental lo.-sin earnings of nearly $1,000,000. One hundred persons were buried in the debris of buildings shattered by a storm that visited the island of Sardinia, and thirty persons were killed. In the province of Caglari 240 houses were de stroyed. Sixteen persons were killed and hundreds were injured. It is reported that William Warldorff Astor, at a banquet, given by himself to Mayor Grant, on Wednesday night, de clared that the World’s Fair at New York, must be a success, and that if necessary he would foot the entire bill, estimated at $20,0(^000, himself. Edward Spellman, of Peoria, Ill., who is to be a witness in the Cronin case, will produce the missing books of Clan-nn Gael camp No. 20. These hooks, it is stated, will show beyond question that a secret committee to try Dr. Cronin was appointed by Senior Guardian Beggs. W. R. Robinson – Co., oil dealers, of Providence, R. I., made an assignment Thursday to J. Swift, of New Bedford. The firm was established in 1820, and has an oil refinery in New’ Bedford, and an office in Providence. The firm’s in debtedness is placed at from $250,000 to $300,000. At Terre Haute, Ind., Axtele, the great trotter, was sold to Colonel Con Conley ley, of Chicago, is for $105,000. Colonel supposed to represent a syndi cate. Madden, Andy Walsh, of Hartford, and John but it of Lexington offered $101,000, price was refused, This is the highest ever paid for any horse. The Daily News, of London, prints a letter from Crete, which confirms the re port that Chakir Pasha, the governor, allowed Turkish troops to pillage and persecute Christians after gaining their confidence by promises of protection. The letter gives a list of killed, banished and imprisoned and describes the atroc ities in detail. Two thousand women workers in Lon don, England, held a meeting Thursday, at which they resolved to organize foi the purpose of improving their condi tion. The Bishop of Bedford presided, aud among the well known persons pres ent were Lady Sunburst, the Rev. Messrs. Price, Hughes and Clifford, and Messrs. Burns, Tillett, Mann and Champion, la bor agitators. Exports of specie from the port of New York for the past week amounted tc $721,017, of which $58,100 was in gold and $662,912 silver; of the total exports. $11,000 in gold and $052,662 in silvei went to Europe, and $47,100 in gold and $10,255 silver to South America. Im ports of specie for week amounted to $27,964, of which $9,351 was in gold and $18,613 in silver. A special from El Paso, Texas, says: At Sonora, Mexico, two caught companies ol Mexican soldiers were in swim ming by the Yaqui Indians, and all of them were slaughtered. The terribly dead bodies of the men were found mutila ted aud stripped of all clothing and valuables. The Mexican government has sent 40,000 men in pursuit of the Indians. A wreck occuired on the Cleveland, Wheeling and Lorain railroad, two mile: west of Bridgeport, Ohio, Friday morn ing between an engine and caboose car rying about one hundred laborers. One train vras going north and a freight with a caboose coming south. A gererai smash-up was -.no result. Four men, whose names could not be learned, were killed and twelve were fatally injured. The corner stone of the New York World’s new home, the Pulitzer building, at Park Row and Frankfort str ets, was laid Friday ufternoon by Joseph Pulit zer, Jr., the four-year-old son of the pro prietor and editor of the World. Col onel John A. Cockeriil, editor of the World, represented Mr. Pulitzer, and made the opening address. He was fol lowed by Chauncey Depew and Governor Hill. Among those who attended the ceremonies were Governor Green, of New J.-r-ey, George W. ( bilds, of the Phila delphia Ledger, E. Furlong, of the Cam den Post, and Mayor Grant. THANKSGIVING IN GEORGIA THURSDAY, TIIE 17TH INSTANT, DESIG NATED BY GOVERNOR GORDON. The following proclamation w r as issued by Governor Gordon, at Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday, in compliance with the re quest of the State Fermeis’ Alliance and the State Agricultural society; “In ac cordance with the united request of the State Farmers’ Alliance and of the Georgia State Agricultural society, com municated to me by committees of those bodies, I, J. B. Gordon, governor of Georgia, do issue this my pioclamation designating Thursday, the 17th instant, as a day for thanksgiving to Almighty God for abundant harvests; for His mercy and lovit g kindness, aud for the innumerable blessings the people of Georgia have received from His bounti ful baud. I would earnestly call upon all the citizens of this state to unite in this special who thanksgiving service; and to those have been blessed with abundance, I would recommend that they signalize the day by generous gifts to the poor and afflicted among them. Given under my hand and the seal of the exec utive department, at the capital, in At lanta, the ninth day of October, A. D., 1889. J. B. Gordon, Governor.” A DEADLY GAS PIPE. DISASTROUS AND FATAL RESULT OF A GAS DISPLAY. A second accident in the history of the Kokomo gas belt occurred at Jerome, fif teen miles east of Kokomo, Ind., on Monday night, in which Chusa Mormon was instantly killed; Frank Little had a leg broken, necessitating amputation; Hiram Overman had his skull fractured, and John Hogue probably fatally burned, while a number of others who were in close proximity were more or less injured. A huge crowd had gathered at this well, which is the strongest one in the state, to wituess the gas display. Sixty feet of four-inch pipe was laid from the well terminating in in a vertical elbow, four feet height. The young man who applied the torch foolishly turned this elbow down to lie on the ground, and just as the gas ignited the tremendous force flung sixty feet of pipe around, striking and burning everything within its reach. A PROPOSED CHANGE. TO BE MADE IN TIIE CONSTITUTION OF Till? KNIGHTS OF LABOR. Knights „ 4^ of Labor, coming convention of the to be held at Atlanta, Ga., an effort will be made to amend the constitution of the order so that Mr. Powderly his will have the power of select ing own advisers. This amendment, if successful, will give the general master workman the power to surround himself; with men of his own choice. Opposition to the proposed amendment is to be ex-i pected, but the local authorities statd that the amendment will carry neverthe-j less. A.s the general assembly meets on ! November 12th, all resolutions to ament 5 the constitution must reach the general office not later than October 12th to per mit them being acted upon by the gen ual assembly. AN ANARCHIST MEETING HISSING THE STARS AM) STRIPES AND CHEERING THE RED FLAG OF ANARCHY. When the stars and stripes were raised at an anarchist mass meeting in Var waert’s Turner hall at Chicago, Sunday afternoon, the flag was greeted with hisses by probably half a thousand men and women in the room at the time. The red flag was then unfurled, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. One speaker declared the hanging of the an- : arckists the gravest crime ever committed , in America. He was proud of Chicago, America, as it would city one of day he the Paris°of dering a revolutions. Smoul discontent would soon break forth in fiery revolutions. WASHINGTON, D. C. MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADVISERS. APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS OE INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Edward D. Olmstead was on Thurs day appointed postmaster at New Deca tur, Ala. The Pr s.dent on Thursday appointed Edward D. Olmstead, postmaster at New D catur, Ala. The government dry dock, just opened at the navy yard in Norfolk, Va., is 530 feet over all, and will hold 8,0 0,000 gallons of water. It has cost $500,000. A. G. Riddle, attorney for the District of Columbia, and Henry E. Davis, assist ant attorney, on Saturday, tendered to the district commissioners their resigna tions, which were accepted. • Assistant Secretary of the Interior Bussey, on Wednesday, rescinded the order of Commissioner Tanner, provid ing that no disability pension shall be less than four dollras per mouth. John Henry Haynes, consul at Bagdad,. Turkey, date writes the state 22d, that department, un der of August cholera was raging then in Bagdad and surrounding country. In Bigdad 59 deaths were re ported in one day. The members of the 51st Congress are beginning to make their appearance in Washington, and their the political gossips are at work upon slates in connec tion with the organization of the House of Representatives. Secretary Tracy issued an order Thurs to the contractor of the Petrel to deliver vessel at the Norfolk, Va., navy yard foi acceptance. Her electric light plant will be placed aboard, and then she will be complete aud ready for service. The surgi on-general of the marine hos pital service, received a telegram Thurs day morning from Dr. Posey, at Jack sonville, Fla., saying that the state board of health reports several eases of yellow fever at Key West. 4 he surgeon says there is no need of apprehension, and that every precaution has been taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Acting Rear Admiral Walker has or dered the purchase of libraries for ten of the new ships of the navy for the special use of the enlisted men on board. the These books are generally novels of better 9 art, Scott, Dickens, Thackeray and the like, and miscellaneous works, and ate intended for the entertainmet of the men in the forecastle, (where they will be placed) when off duty. Each ship will be provided with about three hundred volumes. The present term of the United .States Supreme Court will be confronted with a docket of 1,325 cases, -and it is esti mated, diligently as court may sit, it can dispose of not more than 400 during the term. Virginia coupon cases will be called immediately, as will also be the case of Cross and While against the state of North Carolina. This latter is a criminal case which, in pursuance of a previous order of the court, has been advanced on the docket. The president, on Saturday, made the following appointments: Andrew’ W. Smythe, of Louisana, to be superintend ent of the mint, at New Orleans; Charles A. Cook, of North Carolina, to be U. S. attorney for the eastern district of North. Carolina; Simon S. Matthews, of Missis sippi, to be U. S. marshal for the south ern district of Mississippi; Benjamin W. Walker, of Alabama, to be U. S. mar shal for the middle and southern dis tricts of Alabama. A statement prepared at the treasury department shows that the total amount of standard silver dollars iu the treasury, against which certificates may be issued is $5,176,171. Of a total coinage of $341,199,650, silver dollars, there is in the treasury $282,829,333, against which there are in circulation $277,753,162 of certificates. The amount of standard dollars in circulation is $38,370,377, and the count of silver certificates in the treasury is $2,582,205. The necessity of making some prepa ration for the meeting of congress has compelled the president to establish the following of business rules for the daily transaction at the executive mansion, which will be strictly obeyed ; Senators and members and others having business with the president will be received every day, except Monday, between eleven and half-past twelve, and at no other time. Public receptions in the east room at 1 p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, will be liqld as usual. Cotton returns of the first of October, to the department of agriculture, show 1 large plant growth, active opening ot bolls, the fibre in good condition, and generally fine weather for picking, yet the plant is everywhere reported late, and fears arc expressed that frost may seriously been shorten the crop. The crop has drouth, injured more by moisture than though some soils and localities have been too dry in September, Worms have wrought considerable injury, not withstanding the general use of insecti cides, especially west of Alabama. Com- if plaint of adulteration of paris green made in certain quarters. The following state percentages were presented; Vir ginia 58, North Carolina 72, South Car olina 81, Georgia 87, Florida 88, Alaha ma 87, Mississippi 79, Louisiana 83, Texas 78, Arkansas 88, Tennessee 82. This makes, as a general percentage, 81.4 of a full crop. Prospects on the first of October, compared with 87.9 per cent, last October Recently there were great subterraneous sion commotions, of followed by tremendous explo Basin, gas and steam, in the Upper Geyser which Yellowstone Park. Many geysers have long been dormant, and were supposed to have been extinct, are active.