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Barnisviue Gazette.
BARNESVILLE, GA.
Till KSDAY, NO VEMHER 9,1882.
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TUB O' EO no IA THE AS UR Y.
Sta e Treasurer I). M. Si>eer has
issued his annual report 1 We have
ipaee to give a brief reference to it.
The balance in treasury on
October 7th. 1881, was 1795,547.51.
The ft mount received in the treas
urv|fi mi October 7.1881 to Septem
30, lbß2, was $1,609,432.10 or aW
tol of 103,979.61. The disburse
ment from October 7, 1881, to sl>-
tembe. 30. 1882. were $1,913,507*6
leuviiin the treasury on October
Ist, 1.82 of $690;472.15. The bal
ance*. $690, 472.15, is not a cash
Ibnlai, *•, but largely consists of state
bond received on account of the
sereno payment from the purchas
ers of lie Macon A: Brunswick rail—
road, ind the suspended balance due
from he citizens bank and tbc
bank of Rome, (state depositories)
viz: %
State oiOcorgia bonds $115,000.00
United vien Registered bon.ls 1*n,000,00
lUlanc* ne trow Citizens node fc0,31tt,6l
Halanci tue trom the Hank of Koine- . 23,906.24
Maktnc . m amount funafM.ial*:o><it.... 92-4,424.74
Which deducted noui the stated
balauc of $690. 4 <2,15, will show
the cu lißdtuce on hand on the
lirsfc day ot October, 1882. to be $3lO
047. 41.
The amount yet due on the Ma
con and Brunswick railroad is about
*7oo,O''o. The state is endorser for
the bv.uth^ Georgia and Florida rail
road i the extent of $4(j4,000 and
for the Northeastern to the amount
of $260,000. The state in
ettchinstance by lir| lieff. To set oil
these iauiliiies tlie state lias the fol
lowing property.
Thi western and Atlantic rail,
road 138 miles —lease 9 years to run
—anu nil rental $300,000. Macon and
llrum-wick railroad—l9s miles —
sold 1* r $1,15,000, of which about
$700,000, is yet due. Bonds of Mar
ietta ;nd North Georgia radroad
$06,253.62. South Georgia and
Florida railroad—sß miies—(contin-
gent)— in paying
iuterest. Ban™ state of Georgia
—1,833 shares of value. 180
fibaresAleorgia ruilrcß ajd Bank
i)g csPpauy, $25,000. and
Ftt ulf railroad —10,000 shares—par $1
000,01) —(no market value) South
ern ai * Atlantic guimuiteed b)
Weste.n
440
l
We are fortjMiine insumnee com
that have deposited Bb *25,-
Wk) i-acli with the treasure* as re
qui red by law, before doing busi
ness in the state.
The table of receipts shows that a
total n $1,000,433.10 which added
to the balance brought forward
k from lust year make the $2,403,969.-
01. The total disbursements are *l,'
713,5(i r.40 leaving a balance in the
treasury of $690;472, 15.
i The amount of the debt
mot yet due is $9,024,135,00 on which
There ill be interest accumulated to
$645,4 10,00.
The North America Review for
November presents an unusually dfl
vers if) and Table of contents. “En
glish , iews of Free Trade”, by the
lion. John Welsh of Philadelphia, is
a clear and forcible exposition of the
diffennee between the economic sit
uation ol England and that ot the
United States, and of the considera
tions hich make Free Trade impel"-.
ati\e i rtlic ioimer country, it sluf
I would retain her present position as
the world’s worship. Joseph Neil
son, Ciiief Judge of the Brooklyn
City ( ouit, writes of “Disorder in
Court-rooms”, a subject ofprofomul
interer to good citizens at all tint A
and more tspecially now in view or
certain recent occurrences. Tlie ob
iter dit ‘a of the learned author touch
ing the Guiteau trial and the Law
son-Gray incident at Dublin, arc
eharat prized by the best judicial
temper. Dr. Win. A. Uuminond,
ex-Sugcon-General of the 17. S.
Army, offers “A Problem for Socio
logists ’, the problem being to deter
mine ihe degree of responsibility
before the criminal law, of persoW
affected by certain forms of insanity.
“The Industrial Value oh Woman ’,
,by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, is a very
able reply to an article recently pub
lished on Woman’s Work and Wo
man’s Wages”. “Advantages of the
Juiy (System”, by Dwight Foster,
formei ly a Justice of the Massachu
setts Supreme Court, will Command
[the attention of every thoughtful
Jcitizen, being a grave and learned
[defense of an institution which it is
becoming the fashion to belittle and
.decry. The remaining articles are,
k“!Safet; in Theatres”, Sieeie Mack-
Lfflßie distinguished actor and the-
Blrieal manager; “The PrctenCons
mL Journalism’', by Rev. Geo. T.
and a symposium on “The
Bhfl rcssions of Vice”, by Authouy
Boinstock O. B. Frothiugham and
Bov. Dr. J. M. Buckley.
W The enormous bulk of the agregate
[grain crops of ‘a great agricultural
[country like the United „States al-
Inost defies calculation: yet it is inter
Justing o take up the October report
lof the .Department of Agriculture
|and figure ou the estimates therein
contained. The October returns,
.says the jCommissoner, foreshadow
m yield of wheat exceeding 500,000,-
k)00 bu ffiels. The product of oats
F>Ul probably be about 480,000,000
Kmshels. The rye crop is estimate I
bushels. Of barley.
about 45,000,000 bush-
KO. The
000,000
idigious
shels of
bushels
Unite and
ill mark
on a
agon s
1,
Bco
Bssion
Wb.
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TAJAfAOES SETiMOY
Opening hymn:
“Who are thes** In hrlffht array,
This Innumerable throng.
llound tlie alter night and day.
Hymning one triumphant song?”
Immediately after the service the
organist played the “Dead March
in Saul,”
Sermou commemorative of tlie
Rev. Thomas Guard, the distinguish
ed preacher.
Text—ll. Samuel, ir 25: “ilow
are the mighty fallen in the midst of
the battle?
An outburst of grief and eulogium
from David because of the death of
His dearly-beloved friend Jonathan
at the battle of Oilboa! An excla
mation just us appropriate for those
who heard that two Sabbaths ago, at
six miuutes before one o'clock in the
morning, Rev. Thomas Guard, the
pastor of Mount Vernon Methodist
Episcopal Church, Baltimore,
his last. Mighty for elo-
Beuce! Mighty for sympathy!
Mighty for influence! Mighty for
good! Mighty for the Church! mighty
lor the world s bcSLerinent! “How
are the mighty fallen in the midst
of the battle?” His departure
pressed mo personally all the more
because of the salutation he sent me,
warmer and more genial than any I
ever received from Christian minist
er, but a salutation which reached
me a week after hi* death, together
with proposition early in November
to exchange pulpits, lie to come here
and Ito go there. Now I would like
to have had him face this audience
and on this platform unfurl the ban
ner of Christ! Who was Giis Thom
as Guard? I answer, in thlrstplace,
a specimen fot what religion can do
for a man. His whole life, whether
in Ireland or South Africa, or on the
Atlantic Coast or on the Pacific Coast
or in the cities busy in|try
iug to make otheregood and
I challgo you among all the lWks
of have despised Christ
ianity in all the ages to show ineone
as unselfish and as self sacrificing,
and I give you from now till we meet
at the bar of God in llioday pf ju*jp
incnßu fetch up your first speci
men!^
Who was he? He was a contribu
tion of Methodism to Christianity.
He came in that line of
of wlucb John Wesley was the chief
tond Alfred Cookrnan the modern cx
*onent. I warrant that at
inggate, as he went through out of
the early Sabbath Corning air of
earth into the unshadowed Sabbath
of heaven, lie was met by many of
the chieftains of that heroic sect.
How it makes one feel for his sword
and helmet to give reverential salute
as I call names of Coke, and Asbury,
and Emoryr and Watson, and White
field, and*Fletcher, and Bishops
Janes and Scott! But youAould no
more fence Thomas Guar* within
sectarian bounds than yau could
fence i4the fragrance of a grove of
magnolWs in£fc!l bloom. He was?
oee of us in an attempt to annihilate
sectarianism. The work is already
so thoroughly done that,
and therein our ch Abes you find
a small-souled bigot Hinuing around
with rail and post and shovel trying
to rebuild thMinbrotherly .separation
the will all be gone in
the overwhelmingMinswer of Christ’s
prayer, “Father, Bat they all may be
one!’’
Who was this man? He was a
Con tribution
America. Born in
1831. Died in Holland, United
States, 1882. Take out the history
of the American forum, the Ameri
can laboratory, pulpit,
tlie foreign talontTswd you obliter-
than half of them. cot-
Bl grows jfgrout metaphysicians,
grows great philosophers.
flßftroiy grows great dreamers, Italy
grows great painters, Ireland grows
great friend Thomas
Guard came from the land of Ed
mund Burke, and Robert Emmet,
ami Daniel O'Conßll, and he show
ed it. The lire of eloquence was in
his hand, in in his foot, and
body with eve
ry gesture, and every attitude, and
every initiation. He defied all the
laws of the books on rhetoric, and
made his own laws. JJnlikeall oth
ers, only iike himself. Thomas
Guard, electric, thunder-bolted!
JLppli eloquence sanctified! Well
Bay America, for the last half con
miryS havjMmiceiied such donation
ef
return when
there tt-arld-resoin;fl
ing protest th eM is folitical
oppression. W
Who was he? A preacher of the
gospel, natural and untrammeled by
the way oUicr men did their work,
llis cburcßalways thronged, a build
ing that hold perhaps 2,000 • people,
and no vacancies. Had none of
what is called the pulpit tone. He
spoke right out •sympathetic
heart to the
of
day about the decadence
attendance. Do you
pic do not go to church?
not stand the humdrum of ministers
who feel they must do just as all oth
er ministers do. Many
kigical seminariefctake
out of a man,lan* send
pubiit cowed down. He is told how
mfby heads he must have in4iis dis
course, and bow the application
must on at the end, how
he his feet, in which "a f
throw his aWi|i. and there are thous
ands of churenes, Methodist, Presby
tenan, Baptist, Congregationalist
Ghuches, dying outof intolerable.hu m
drum. Thomas Guaixl
self, body, mind and soul,
the frigid conventionalities ofj the
Church aud they cracked And
fcvay to his vehemence and holy impe
tuosity, Eloquence gesture,
is not voice, is not is the
being fully pose&sed
tant thought, and to
m;.ke others feel it, all
the young men of your theological
seminaries could haye heard Thom
as Guard preach. The truth is that
in many of our men are be
ing taught to preach by Professors
who themselves ueyer could preach.
W hut a farce is often enacted in our
cities! A to hold 1,000
people, with scattered a
bout in great louesomeness, they con
tiuuing to come only because it was
from all eterqity elected that they
should come, it seems they can’t
help it.
Who was he? A man of great,
f(ide sympathies. Tlie earth could
ot fill him. He took in sill hesiven
as well, time and eternity, all height
rand depths, length, and breadth.
■Thorough ma.ntinesß.no whimpering
Brer religion whining, as though
Hjrything were goinjg to destruc-
JB. No patience with men in the
or out of it built on a small
MBHthree feet by two, trying to
down, hoping out of tlie
build something for them*,
cant with as much tin
it.
af geniality, the gospel of spring
morninua, the gospel of car-nation
rose ami pond lily. To him the bios
soming orchard must have been cen
ser swinging before the tnrone. and
the clouds were pictures in “water
color.” Great soul! self sacrificing
soul! consecrated soul! irradiated
soul! ti msported soul! Winch of
the twelve gates of heaven he went
through the morning of his ascension
I know lot, but if there be one gate
whose i ;al is larger than another,
and wh se hinges are of more pon
derous gold than another, and whose
arch is lore triumphal th^an^ffiei 4
and at vhich the waiting* charot
hath s\\ fter wheel and snowier coura
ers than another, that was the gate
[think it which B omas^ ea_
tered.
Gonearning the departure I ainim
presseu first with the mysteries and
then wi a the alleviations. Mystery
the firs.: Why should a good
man ha 8 so terribly to suffer? I
have a. those long years of domes
tic anxi ty because of his wife’s in
validism- Moving from Ireland.to
South Africa, aud tarrying there
nine ye., s; afterwards, for the same
reason i lunging from the Atlantic
Coast t< the Pacific Coast, from
timore o San Francisco, from San
francisc jto Oakland, the honey
moon Li-ting from the day when at
even years of age, he took
her ban . at Dublin until five yeais
ago ho put bar iftvuy for the resurrec
tion ho. ling the sick and wasted
hand an 1 loving as he had when it
was so 9 .and, and strong, and well. Oh!
that faithfulness is of
poor that lasts only the
eye spa 1 s *ud the cheek in it
the lla. c of ouarise! But frA Dub
lin to .klaml it was an eveFiucreas
ing affection. Then came five years
at Adt-h every moment he was liable
to JBoxysms of suffering, postpon
mg the uijfeon’s kwife until it could
ho postponed uo longer, with a ner
vous horror anticipating the crisis
until Li strength was all gmie, aujd
then going out in physiciu* agonies
which a odyues and hypodermic
appliuiu.ous only partially assuaged.
•by aL this? Tell me. I can not
you. I adjourn it to that that
dfy when Ridley shall get explana
tion of ;iie stake, andHmdiMcKall
i t i
aud Margaret the
girl shall get explanation of
wave, aid James ’ GarUeid shuir
get explanation of nPe Allet, and
that Ckristain woman at e uark al
ley shah get exiilanation of the can
cer, ana the rainbow of God 5 a clear
and bca tiful explanation shall be
hung across all the departed show
ers of earthly grief.
Mystery the second: Why should
he be taken away at fifty-one years
of age, i,he height oLMk usefulness
and pun ar? Whywait until
ne was infirm? Why, when all the
DAtteric s are loaded "for a long cam>
paigna J about to ba unlimbered,
*mußt th * gunners drop? Why not
ul il this Austerlitz, this Se
dn, this Waterloo, between
W 3Ud ’Jhvistianity has not
victory for the rider on the white 1
horse? Why in this day take away
a fearit s mounted captain of the
Lord's Jiost when the Chris
tians ai cby terror shakwf outoL
the stir ups? To rally
n the
plumed
the that sounds
of funeral drums, “How
mighty fallen in the midst
of the b ittle,” as though Blucher
slain v.liile coming up with
cement at nightfall,‘.as though Giß
net WoLeley had fallen between
exandria ahn Tel-el-Kebir. At the
time v*; rn with all his accumula-
lionoi . jOtvleUge aud experience,bt
wasjren y to do Iris greatest m work
for Gou and the church, has
this hum been taken? can
not teli ou. I adjourn tkJWnys
tery, ah >, to the day when we shall
know w £ Henry KirkeWhite should
expire o consumption at Dventy-one
yearßjf age just as he baa given the
GhuKli >t God intimation of song
power iike that of Isaac Watts and
Charles Wesley in the immortal
hyniry
‘•wjbir on tlie miglity plain,
Tlie tiestud tlie sky,
One s*. r all the train
Can .x tlie siflter’s wand’ ring eye.”
I ndj- urn flfois mystery of Thomas
Guard’s death before his work setm
etl done _o the day when we shall be
told by r ohn Summerfield, the flam
ing eOT. gel, died at twenty sevejM
years ot :ge; and we shall find
why Jo, i McClick expired
Tic com; cted hiWgyclopedia of jflß
ahtluH’i gieal
ceratim • and why William
PiiDSon last year, at fifty
years o: age, closed his lips and
while on the Foreign Missionary
ciety ol England, and there seemed
so mail) sermons of fire waiting
him to ‘ and wll
SO til’ll , L ; COllld 1
o rpll^Pßffinl^P^
own mu ic; and the day whCTTwe
learn why so many authors paused
forever nd amid halLwritten manu
scripts, nd so many painters never
got fur‘ er than the outline of their
mastery iece, and so man)- poets stop
ped mit way Hie rythm, and so many
persons sure of Christian usefulness
halted a noon. Yea, for Thomas
Guard i was twelve ©‘clock meridian.
The clock of his lßftme struck *one
at Galaway: At Wruck nine at
South A ‘ricaß struck ten atqfltan
Francisco; eleven at Cop
land; it Baltimore.
High no in and the sun eclipsed!
Butt at word passes us cufl
of the shadowed realm of mystery in
to the e orious alleviations of this
irying- Providence. Eclipsed! not
extingu aed. Something rolled be
tween u and him. with uo damage
to When Jupiter hides one of
hisßßel ites by coming between the
eaifn aud there is occul
tation, tut wflkve no idea that The
satellite is Wstroyed. When *the
earth’s snadow falls upon the moon
there is unar eclipse, but we Bve
no idea fiat the Queen of Night has
been .dethroned. When Mercury
hides a portion of the sun’s
call it a transit, but
that don^^B^Bße
sun
lar eciij. e we have
King ot Day is
this de arture of Tiiomas Guard
occulta? *n, transit, eclipse. As the
sun’s ec pse in 1842 in 1868, iniß69
brought every astronomer to his ob
seryator , aud drew all the telescop
es heavt, ward, so this eclipse of this
effulgnßMburc ought to biing us to
thewatnßower of the Church, to
the men ofs3alilee gaz
ing
idea ind.l this man of God lies lacer
ated inVieenwood Cemetary I want
none of our wretched agnosticism.
Alas, for a sepulcher with a knob
on the outside of thedoUfc'by which
weshal e let in, but no latch on
the ins;, eof thQjdoor by which #e
may colte out! He has gOne £ but
lie has i oved up. went out of
the ai*- cavy with anojyues into-
and out on
as Got is deathless, never to know
sickness or pain, except as a reminis
cenee. Now his mission widens out!
Now he gets a grander appointment,
not to this church or that church,
this city, this denomination-or that
denomination, this world or that
world.
What velocity! What circuits!
iThat momentum! What orbits for
the star that rolls on as silvery as
before the occultations, for the" sun
that radiates as grandly as before
the eclipse! Hard to estimate what
Thomas Guard was here, who shall
what Thomas Guard is
there? Not so much difference be- i
tween the eagle in iron cage and the
eagle pitching from Chimborazo to
ward the sun. This man’s work is
not done, nor half done, nor a thou
sandth part done. It has begun on
a larger scale. “Are they not all
ministsGng spirits sent forth to min j
ister to them that shall be heirs of ,
salvation?” Not so many lines of j
telegraphy or rail tracks between j
any two cities as between earth and
heaven. Did Thomas Guard, after
became to America, go back to
*South Africa to get his household
and briug them here to this better
land; and shall he not come down
to his breaveu household now and
watch to see them all as well, and
to the right time take them up with
him to his new home. Yes, he shall
not come alone. 'I he twain together
who were side by side on earth
so in.iny yearsfatching the same era
die, and beßingover the same gra
ves, now in sight earthward 'side by
side wing and wins hovering over
their children’s pillow when they
sleep and escorting their children
heaven ward when they die. Father
and mother will come down and
watch, come down uiid comfort,
come dowmand defend. These au
tumnal jßb, when the long line of
flocks dffken the sky way
south ward to sufljiier climes are not
|so many ofvhe spirits blessed, coin
ing, going coming goitig. The air
is full of them, “Angels are hovel
ing round.” Flocks of immortals
sweeping this way and that earth no
more orphaned is only the suburb of
hea\en. BlesseiMs tnat home where
loviimparthly pmrnU presilß, but
.defense hath thatMiome
:ice- >t ry canomes
Elishsreaw
the <,u
pernatural help.
they driving? The horses
way. How the chariots rumbßßJwn
tho sky-hills! Bent wth to minis
ter! ia -yonder a caseluf exct%ciat
ing anguish that need* more than
nioal hel]j|f Thoma* Guard will
not Tcfuse the ministr* for he knows
what it is to suffer. Is there a soul
awfully bereft? Thomas Guard
will not refuse the ministry, for he
knows what it is to be bereft. _ Shall
there be a gfußfeival in our wiurch
es aud he the hallelujah?
Shall there great armaged*-
don, and all the one side
and all the evil
earth, and
jind gallant
Cot mingle in the
net his
battle-cry?
pB|BiBBIBK)me
may need a Savior; per-
TTaps to carry quick dispatch from
the Throne of God to some empire of
which our strongest telescope hath
made no perhaps to take
some in the be
fore the Throne;
compose some new doxology fol the
blessed; perhaps telling, whilf all
the galleries listen, cfJfc that
comforted him throi]sp[ all the earth
ly struggle, the closing words of hisi
recital drowned in the burst of min
streisy that can uo longer halt, its
surges dashing to the top of the
Throne, while the archangel beats
his scepter. One of the
EngUm martyrs, dying, thought ho
saw on the skj- tlie letter V three
times Some one
what lie thought those
He said each one stood for
All over this providence I read cou
gratulation for the departed, corn
fort for the troubled, encouragement
for us all. Three V s Victory! Vic
tory! Victory! Three H’s: Heaven!
Heaven! Heaven! On a catalal
que of flowers, Thomas Guard lay
under architectural grandeurs hung
with symboles of sadness, and thejair
throbbed with the March in
|Saul,”and the queen
of Baltimore
HVoi ijlaV.'aster
He
BTney.
S.-juth, EasiT
its sympathies over
loving heart silenced loi'BjK But
I open an all sides these doors of ro
surrection, doors ot reunion, for his
sons and daughters, Reginald and
William and Percy and .Porter and
James and Charlotte and Jessie, for
the Mount Vernon Church, which
twfice stood with him on
of his transfiguration, for
ination which still vibrates with his
magnetic utterances, and for the
church universal, who now sits watch
ing this amazing sunset. Until we
meet again farewell, my brother!
Very}pleasant hast thou been to me.
Thy message of loye to me arrived
after thou wast gone, and so to-day
Ithrow.thee this kiss of warm affec
tion. Honored in life! Trimpnant
in death! I could not be present to
put one flower on thy casket, but I
now sprinkle on thy nay-made grave
this handful of heatheiNfcim the Scot
fish Highland in the quaintly beauti
Tul hymn which the neighbor sung in
that land of Andrew Melville and
John Knox when they carry ,to his
last resting place one greatly belov
ed:
“ neighbor, accept otir parting song:
The road 16 short, the rest Is long,
The Lord brought here, the Lord takes hence;
This Is no house of permanence.
“On bread of mirth and bread of tears
The pilgrim fed these checkered years,!
Now, landlord world, shut to the door,
Thy; guest is gone forevermore, j
“Gone to a realm of sweet ;repose,
His comraders bless him as he goeo.
Of toll And moll the way was;, full;
A good sleep now, the night Is cool.
Ye village bells, ring, softly ring, %
And in blessed Sabbath bring,
Which. frn this weary work-day tryst,
Awaits folk through Jesus Christ.”
become so high priced
that a purchase is not difficult to car
ry. Abe Boyd says lie saw a man
purchase fifteen cents worth last
week at a retail ..establishment in
Upson When the dealer wrap
ped it iinßle purchaser put it into his
vest pocket where he carried his mon
ey and boro home to the family.
While we feel that we are directly
nder a tropical sun the snow in the
W cinity of Fort Hallock. Nevada, is
six to twelve inches deep ac
cording to locality,
is said that a Florida man nets
per acre on Inline apples.
Ja r . marts and lial
J’. B Lyon.
auc *
Rockhill &. Willingham,
Miumlucturerfu of'and Doalern in
Doors, Blinds, Paints and Oils,
In Short Everything Needed in building a House.
GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE WILL PLEASE YOU.
138 3rd Street, MACON GEORGIA.
Salesjor December.
Will be sold before the Court House door la the
town of Zobulouon the lirst Tuesday in Decem
ber next between the legal hours of sale the fol
lowing described property to wit:
Lot of land No. 146 la the 9th district of Pike
county, containing 202 v acres, more or less.
Levied on as the property of J J Milner, by vir
tue of a common law tl fa Issued from Pike Supe
rmr Court In favor of K tv Beck and.ru Mitchell
hJvecutors of \v D Alexander, deceased, against
J J Milner. Property pointed out by plaintiff
and written notice glveu to defendant in posses
ion. " 99W5153.0S
Also, at the same time and place the south half
of lot of land No. 103, in the 2nd district of Pike
county, containing acres of land. Levied
on as the property of Jonathan Davis, by virtue
of two ff las Issued from the County Court of
Pike county, one In favor of A 0 Sorrel A Cos
against .1 ihathan Davis, the other iit favor of wi
J Kincaid against l c and Junuthaa^iavijfl
and
bind, \t BBPft lot No. i<d i:MHBBBH|
• iiy Memo-, now■■■
north by la
b;> l-'m-ley, on the south by Mrs. On.cn ;
on the west by T J Baird. Levied on
erty of James w Willis by virtue of trotnHKln
lawfi fa issued man the county court if ■ike
county In favor Of W J Kincaid against James v\
Willis- 100w5t53.35
Also, at the same time and place, two-seiunths
undivided interest lu in 463 acres of land impii
\sm district of Pike county. Ga, being cdlTpos
parts of lots Nos 250, 251, 230, 231 and 21S, i
bounded as follows: Commencing at the nortn
west corner on Birch creek, adjoining the lands
of John w Reid, thence due south to public road
leading from Hall's bridge to Zebulon, thence
west along said load to a certain stake, thecice
due west to a held south of the house, parallel
with a certain cross fence thence west across the
road to John B West's, through the grave yard
held, Including the grave yard, to the line be
tween the lands of A J Wright and the estate of
Henry Jones, thence north to the starting point,
Levied qn as the property of JolmT Jones and A
B Jonea, and as their lands as
heirs at law of Henry Jones, by virtue of live il
fas issued from Justice Court 580th dlsyyat G. M.
cf said county, In favor of J C 'FreingjßrExeeu
tor, &c., against John T and Ajypß?s7 Tenants
In possession notified injs|ij|*inul levy made
a in and for Dri-
Wre same time and place, 125 biases
of corn, more or less. Levied on as the property
ty of Samuel Patton, to satisfy a distress war
rant issued from Justice Court 534th district G.
M. ef Pike coiuity, in favor ol W M Harris.
54W5t52.02
Also at the same time and place, one bale of
cotton, 3,000 pounds seed cotton,more or less, un
gathered; 1,200 pounds seeCcotton, more or less,
gathered; 125 bushels oats,mi ore or less co bush
els corn, more or less, one patch sugarcane, 1000
pounds fodder, 75 bushels cotton seed, one set
plow gear and one plow stock, one cooking stove
and.fixtures for same, and one cotton plantar
as the preperty of J D Moore to
a distress warrant for rent Issued from the
tice Court 533rd district. G. M. in favor of G. E.
Huguley. 124w6t54.15
m Also, at the same time and place, one bale of
Cotton, weighing 436 pounds and now in the
ware house of Stafford, Blalock A Cos. Levied
on as the property of John W Yarbrough, to sat
isfy a common law fjglii Issued from the County
Court of Pike county/m favor of A C & B; F Wy
ly. 68w5t52,27
October 2lst, ISS2.
• * W. P, BUSSEY, Sheriff,
Sheriffs Sales of Mortgaged Property,
On the first Tuesday In December next, will be
sold before the court house door in the town 'of
Zebulon, Pike county, Ga., the lawful
hours of sale and to the highest and best biddor
lot of land No so in the 2nd district of Pike coun
ty, bounded on the west by Holsey & Smith, and
on the east and south by GMsham, containing
202% acres, more or less. Levied on as the prop
erty of A. F. Starr, by virtue of a mortgage 11 la
issued from Pike Superior Court In favor of W.
K Murpliey &Cos against A F Starr. ,94w5t53.14
Also, at the same time and place, one fourth of
lot of land No 99 in the 2nd district of Pike coun
ty, bounded on the north by lands of Mrs Starr 1
on the east by lands of Austin Davis, on the
south by lands of Elijah Martin and on the west
by lands of John E Wilson, containing so?., acres
more or less. Levied on as the property of -Jon
athan Davis, by virtue of a mortgare li fa issued
from Pike Superior Court in favor of Brooks &
Mills Davis. 118w5t58.95
Also, at the same time and place, 50 acres of
land, It being part of lot No. 101 In the 3rd dis
trict of originally Monroe now Pike county,
bounded on the north by E c Aiken on the east
oy the south by lands of the widow
Green alron the west by T J Baird. Levied on
as the property of James W Willis, by virtue of
a mortgage fl ia issued from Pike Superior Court
In favor of Bioodwortli, Hunt & Cos against -James
W Willis. 111W5t53.21
Also, at the same time and place, fifty acres,
more or less, it being the southwest fourth of
lot No 33 In the 3rd district of originally .Monroe,
now Pike county. Levied on as the property or
VV It llowe and by virtue of and to satisry a
mortgage li fa issued lrom Pike superior Court
In favor of Charles F Stubbs against W R Howe.
Property pointed out and tenant in possession
notified. 78w5t52.61
October Slst, ISS2.
W. P. BUSSEY, Sheriff.
Local Law-
Notice is hereby given that application will bo
made to the next General Assembly to pass a
bill approj Hating half the proceeds of the coun
ty court to the county Treasury for the purpose
of defraying the general expenses of the county.
Policies Paid in Thirty Days!
Absolutely Safe.
THE MEN AND WOMEN’S
Mutual Relief Association,
OF ATLANTA, GA.
ssues policies 01|52,000 in class c, $2,000 in class D
and in class D class 2, $75 per month. In this
class holders of certificates can marry in
30 DAYS!
after the certificate has been Issued,
The oldest aud only company chartered In
Fulton county.
See local agent or address,
Men & Women's Mutual Relief Association,
Cor. Broad and Hunter Sts,, Atlanta, Ga,
oCtl2
Notice-
Aii the persons indebted to the estate of Ben
jamin Trice deceased are hereby requested to
present their accounts in accordance with the
law. And all who are Indebted to tbe estate
will please come foward and settle.
C. T. TRICE.
Administrator octi9.
GEORGIA—Pike County.— Application will
be made to the court of Ordinary of Pike county
at the first regular term after expiration of thir
ty days, from this date notice, for leave to sell
the land belonging to the estate of Emily J.
Fields late of said county deceased for the bene -
fit of heirs and creditors of said deceased this Au
gust 21st, IS&L
S. J. HALE, Administrator.
Administrator’s Sale.
AIL persons having demands against the es
tate of Samuel G. Slade, deceased, are re
quired to present them to me properly attested
and ail persons indebted to said deceased axe
nerebnoUfifcd to make immediate payment,
augil-tr j. w. MEANS, Administrator,
Oraio!
MRS. J. C. McMICHAEI)
WTII instruct 1 cl. - tnthis new and popular
method of draw;:;.; ivrmr: Full course of in
struction. with outfit, l u 1 0. Instructions to
those aha-ady provided with outfit, $6.<X
TAlto Mjiqtu Grape.
Is the Largest, best flavored-hardlestand most
productive out door wldtahrufu in the United
States/**u terms and
■MI - A,n^
FIXED
W JOHN KEEIH
‘The Leader of Low Pri<^H^|
Has added on to Ins already Mammoth Concern still another store room, making his
SOUTH OF PHILADELPHIA
He shows an acre and a half of iloor crammed and jammed full of Dry Goods. Nothing!
HIS FALL STOCK IS4 NOWi
Vis /{sSOHY/lEflj- IS CoppLEJE. fjis PRICES tfE fl/I
Ilis New Millinery and Cloak Rooms will eclipse anything in this State for beauty and couvJ
1100 Riiuning Feet of Counter devoted to the sale ofbry Goods ! jM
lt-5 reet Counter devoted to the sale of Shoes !
NEW CLOAKS ! NEW CLofl
Cloaks by the Thousand. New Jackets. Now Dolmans. Xe
NEW BLACK. IUK & C'A^HH
New Cok.r. and Silks, Cashmeres, etc. French Novelties in Dress Goods. NrdflHHBUUj
wnl. l>e >ure to examine line Dress Goods before vou make your purchases.
Dress Goods this season. 1 have the best stock of Medium and Low Priced
lama.
jSTETW FLAJNTISr IWHB
Embracing everything made in White. Red and Blue Flannels. New st
Superb Line.
. LOW PRI
Fifty pieces beautiful Embroidered Flannels. Linen Goods
belonging to this department. The best Stock of Hose and
in Kid Gloves.
A Grand Stock of Fall Thread Gloves. Thousands of New CassimerSB■ -■ * li^
Proofs, Sackings, Jeans, Tweeds, etc., in endless variety, The Best S;
assortment of Shoes in the South! The best grade Shoes made Ever,* iiw[HH||i
Misses'and Boys’and Infant's Shoes, Boots, etc.
SKIRTS ! SHIRTS !
The largest and best assorted stock of Men’s and Boys’ Shirts ever ottered flflHHHii
assortment of shirts that a retailed list of deserving attraction in this line is
to say that shirts of any size 4 from the tiny 1 1-inch neck of the small boy up to
neck in can here be found in white and colored, in every grade made
propose to sell a shirt, the best made in America, at that particular price, A
The
biii in mmniMi mbirhmk uhim mu in
I of special attractions in every department, and othn things of interest,-
■pit i^Hention here, at ™ * JHKr
► .JOIIX HI
sept2Btf NOS. 58, 60, El AND 04 WHITEHALL STREET^®
B. Vi! filtß ECO.,
manufacture";^
t latemtpl Cotton Exposition,
ATLANTA, GA., 1881.
Saw Gin a/d Self Feeder,
Exhibited by E. Van WINKLE & CO., awarded
for Best Sample, Best General Results in Gin
ning, and BesWonstructed Machine, the First
Prize, SIOO or GWd Medal.
* US. S. RICKS, Miss.
Judges; ■. W. SMEDES, Miss.
fw. E. BARROWS, Conn.
H. I. KIMBALL. Director-General.
Al o. First Premium at the South Carolina
State Fairs and Georgia Fairs.
Said to be the best Power Press in the world.
Suitable for Horse, Steam or Water, simple and
strong.
This Press packs in two minutes. Suitable for
large public Glnners.
Send for prices.
E. Van Winkle cf Cos.,
mayll tfjox 83) ATLANTA, GA.
GEORGIA— Pike County— September sth, 1882
Those indebted to the estate 01 Mrs. c. E.
Smith, late of Pike county, deceased, will make
Immediate payment, and those having claims
against the same will present them in terms of
the law. R. J. POWELL,
septftf Admiristrator.
- - , ■ 1
Administrator’s Sale.
rjEORGIA—PrxE County—By virtue of an or-
L" der from the court of ordinary of Upson
county win be sold to the’ highest bidder on
the first TUESDAY" IN NOVEMBER next at pub
lic out-cry on the public square In the town of
Bamesville in said county, the house and lot
situated on Zebulon street in said town, known
as the McCoy place and tfce one on which the
family of the late J. T. KApotr resides and ad
joining lots of W A C Hightower.
The house Is a large anflPmmodious one.with
all necessary out-houseJmdth a lot containing
six acres more or lot is one cf the
most desirable ones ijßßie thriving town of Bar
nesviue. Sold for of the heirs and
creditors of the esfKß of James T. Rose late of
Upson county dejed. Terms cash.
Wi. THOMAS E. ROSE,
octs f of J.G’. Rose.
Georg ittßu KE County—W. P. Head execu
tor ofßPestate of James L. Head, deceased
applies for an order to sell all the lands
beloDginpto said estate for distribution Anong
the heUFat law and creditors according to the
willjfiaid James L. Head. These are therefore
to cC all concerned to be and appear at my
ojnwoti the Ist Monday In October next and
dS cause why said order should not be grant
jfPwltness my official signatures this August
Jsth 1982.
r HARRY WELLS, Ordinary.
Notice.
Is hereby given that unless objections he filed
in this office on or before the first Tuesday in
November next, an order will be passed chang
ing the Zebulon and JffiyettevUle road beginning
at or near Stearnesvffie and running due north
on land line one mile thence Northwest Intersec
ting old road near C. A. Dickerson’s residence,
also making public the road leadinf from Jake
Matthews (MMigA C Brooks, Dlsmukft
jUnrp IntPy-( Unnfl atJM
irctaf Tailor.
THE undersigned has located In Barnesville
with a view to conducting a
lorcliaßtTailoriißisiioss
Is prepared to supply the demaiAor
EmM aii Fititf ftfiii,
Broadcloth, Doeskins,
|
and] such goods. Old clothing repaired, clCTued
‘and |
AtA.DE ISTEW.
In snort everything in the tailoring line will be
Promptly Supplied.
JV TEST OF
SKILL AND WORKMANSHIP
Is respectfully asked and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Call at the room opposite Gazette office, In
rick building. Respectfully,
jaiis-k c. H. CORBIN.
GEORGIA—Pike County— Whereas James L
Allen, administrator of Thomas J Allen, repre
sents to the Court In his petition, duly filed and
entered on record that the estate of the said
Thomas J. Allen had been, prior to the death of
said Thomas J Allen, incumbered by a homestead
and that the youngest child will not arrive at
majority until tne year 1890, and that nothing
lias passed into his hands as administrator, and
that he desires to he dismissed from the admin
istrate- of said estate. This is therefore to cite
concerned, heirs and creditors to
■PPwcause, ir any they can,why said admlnistra
tor should not be discharged from his adminis
tration and receive letters of dismission, on the
first Monday In January, 1883.
HAMILTON FEMALE OLLEGE
Weli selected course of study. Special depart
ment for all the ornamental branches. Faculty
large, able and experienced. Extensive grounds
for recreation. Excellent buildings. 1 ooxss feet
four stories, containing 125 apartments. Com
modious chapel, Nice Recitation, Ornamental
Play and Bath rooms. Warmed by steam and
lighted with gas. Only two young ladies occupy
a room, charges lower than any school offering
equal advantages in the United States. Session
begins Sept., 11, 1882. For terms, catalog ues
and further particulars address J TANARUS, PATTER
SON. President, Lexington Ky.
GEORGlA—Pike— County —C T Trice Admiu
Istrator of Benjamin Trice applies to me for
leave to sell all tlie land of said estate for purpo
ses of distribution. This is therefore to cite all
concerned to show cause If any they can why an
order should not. be granted applicant, on tbe
first Monday in November next, Witness my
official signature Sept, 2lst, 18S2.
• HARRY WELLS, Ordinary,
Administrators Sale
By virtue of an order from the court of Ordi
nary of Pike county will be sold before the court
house door In the town of Zebulon on the lirtt
Tuesday In November next, one hundred acres of
land in the Second Dlst- Pike county being the
East Half Lot No. 15. Sold for payment of
debts anddlstribution among heirs at law of M.L
Shockley Deceased.
JAMES M SHOCKLEY,
J. N. SHOCKLEY-
Admr. J. N. Shockley.
I)R VV. T. PAUK.
ATLANTA GEORGIA.
Thirty Years in successful treatment
inall Chronic Diseases, in either sex and
various complicated old standing disea
ses upon which others have failed, guar
anteeing a cure in curable cases. Cur
es Syphilis in all its stages, Blood, Skin
and Lungs Diseases.
Catarrh in all its forms, Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Ulcers,Cancers. Stomach
and Bowel Affections. Piles and Fistu
la.
Kidney, and all affections of the Uri
nary Organs: Womb Diseases, etc. i Al
so. Opium antUMorphine Habit, Drank
enness, etc. •
All with safe and pleasent Remedies,
and without Mercury, Poisonous or
Jfauseous Dose.
At the patients’ homes, anywhere,(he
furnishing Medical advice, Medicine,
etc,, through nmii or express,) or if de
-ired, or the case requires it, takesjpa
tients under his personal supervision in
Atlanta.
Mail to him a full history of and sta
tement of your affliction, symptoms, etc
and postal for liis reply and his terms
etc., or comes to Atlanta and consult
him in person.
octi>
Hun Away-
MY SON Henry Zellner r#n off from my premi
ses Tuesday night last. I forbid any one
hiring him under penalty of the law. He Is six
teen years old, light ginger cake color and has
on a blue slil*, box toed new shoes and short
black coat. Any information of his whereabouts
will be thankfully received.
HENRY ZELLNER.
Barnesville, Ga.
GEORGIA— Pikh County— Application will be
made to the court of Ordinary on the first
Monday in November after the expiration of this
notice for leave to seU aU the real tßtate of Mal
achi Bussey deceased consisting of two lots of
laud containing lour hundred and five acres more
or less In the Bth, district of “said county, this
September sth 1882.
Executory!AlACHl BUMESt?
. - notioeT —m
Vru ff s s
Stephen N
A I T 0 11 A E
TIIOM AST^BaS^Rj?
Pi'oinpt attentUm given
toil in Lis rare. 'orirspom^B'. '-A
felii6-ly
j. s. poSk>|"
A T r tyj RNE Y A JE||g
ZEI3ULON, GEOR^Bfe;-
PROM PT attention given to busi^K^^, 5,
courts. Criminal iuw a
J - osepli . Kogx*’.
ATTCIIi NE Y A /MSB.
! BARNESVILL^JHHt
R< ' l>*‘* t Hilly tenders Ins se® l
I'-'llGiig )11 > 1111 til 1,(1 in.n.i
business intriiMm tu liis
al -y i oiie, -111111 uiidßHßHi''
y laities.
T. A.
ATTOUEEY .IVHK
GREENVILLE, GA.^^S'
All.business Intrusted to him
prompt attention. <fl
A. A. Aliu x>liey,®
A 1 TO li ME Y AT /l
BARNESVILLE, GA.
OFFICE OVER W. It. Ml
align wB?
0. H. B. JSLOODWOETH, p
A TT OR NE Y A T L I
FORSYTH, GA. M :
WILL practice iiflni the corn to ol salfl|
Prompt attenffon to all business, anrfl
mediate returns on collections. se^B
W. It. TAYLOR, TANARUS, E. Ml'fl
TAYL(P& MUKPHEY,
AT T ORNE Y S A T L
BARNESVILLE, GA.
Prompt attention bulness entrusted J
them. Collections a spOTfalty. supifl
J. A. HUNT, A
A TT O R Nti Y AT L,A
barnjSville, ga.
, Will practice In the counties
Flint Judicial Circuit,, and m tlie
of tlie state. Cflice up-stairs in Jiank UtM I
dec2
Wm. S.
A T T ORN E Y A T lIA
BARNESVILLE, GA. W
Will practice In tlie counties oi Hr
cult and m the supreme < ouit o. h, -
septzs WI
IT. PERDUE, M.
BARNESVI I. LE, GE O /d^
OFFICE J. VV. Hightower k cos DrtH
Residence on r l hoinaston Street.
juir^B
Dr. wTuTWi-ight J
Ell lEI CIA N AM) iS / li cA
Office at Gem Drlo Store—A.
Proprietor.
When not at rny office, I can be found a9
residence on Railroad St.
Yir will use Magneto Electricity and GiH
srn when desired. toju^H
J. L. FOGG-,
OPERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DENTIST,
(Office Up-Stairs in Bank Building.)
Barnesville, - - - - Georgia, |
*Tohn Moyer, Tailor.
HAVING returned to Barnesville. will be
found up stairs, near the post office. Work
warranted. Perfect satisfaction given. Gallon
me. jan26
BARBER SHOP.
OOBERT F. MILLER and ELI C. STEWART
XVhaving consolidated the Barber business, ro
the convenience of customers and themselves
wish to announce to the public that they are bet
tor prepared than ever.to prosecute the Tonsoria
art. Every thing will be kept in first class order
no pains will be spared to please all who patron
ize them.
MILLER <fc STEWART.
Executor’s Sale. J
T> Y virtue of an order from the Court of Ordß
D nary of the county of Pike, will behold befoTß
before the Court House door in the town of Zohuß
lon In said county, between the legal hoars oB
sale, on the first Tuesday In Novemoer next.tmj
valuable tract of land lying on the “Old Alabamß
Road, ’ about four miles south-west of BarneLß
Mile, known as the Lloyd Head place, contalninsß
650 acres, more or less. This Is one oi the rnosfl
desirable farms in the favored section of count*
adjacent to the thriving town of Barnesville. Ojl
It is a splendid two story frame dwelling, ml
tatning 13 rooms; gin house and all necessarßi
outhouses. The land Will be divided Into thr*®
pare -Is, with 400 acres In tlie tract, in which till
dwelling is situated. Sold for distribution aaMß*
the legatees under the last will a id iestanMß J
J. L. Head, deceased. Terms, ono-MH casmtwM
one-half due in 12 months. Call alullTxain 1 neVH
octs Executor Estate J L Bfljl