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HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
HAMPTON. GA.. JUNE 6. 1*79.
MARKET REPORT.
reoDcc*.
Corrected yeeeVy by 2. T. Man mm, Dealer
in Dry Good* and Groce}in.
Floor $5 80 to 7 2ft
Magnolia Mums 1J
Hear Rib Side* 6
I-ard..... 9
N olasses 30
New Orleans Ryrnp.. 40 to 60
New Orleans Sugar. 9 to 11
Coffee 16J$ to ?0
Corn , NS
Meal 85
Chickens 15 to 20
Kggs 10
Butter 12% to 15
Wheat Bran, rearer 1 25
Hay........ 1 50
Oats, 50 to 65
DAILY HACK LINE.
T.«*ve* McDonough - - 7:00 a. h
Arrives at Hampton, - - 10:00 a.m.
Lenves Haronton. - - - 3:30 p. m.
Arrives at WeDonongh, • • 6:00 r. m.
Faro. 81 00 .T. W. Maxwell.
LB' ■ ■ !■■
Around Town.
las weather has been quite cool ibis
week.
tttariCM at the Christian Cbnrch next
Babbatb.
A aoo» shower of rain woald be accepta
ble just now.
Tsa cool weather this week is baring its
effect on young cotton.
Wi enjoyed a call fro*n Mr. R. M. Bla
ioek, of Jonesboro, this week.
Wi noticed Col. M V. McKibben, of
Jackson, on oar streets yesterday.
v
Wore upon Schafer’s new brick ware
house at Sunny Side has been commenced
Tib average weight of the ordinary Spring
chicken is 1 o». 2 pwt., arid 9 gr. Price.
15 cents.
Terr say John Copeland, of McDonough,
baa a pet roaeting-eor patch, and be jnet
dotes on it
Ir yon want to know how a mole drives
without a collar. jn«t inquire ol Jprd. John
son or Jack Stanfield.
Three was to hare been a pic-nic at
Indian Springs to-day, but we learn It is
postponed two weeks.
The Southern Cultivator for June is on
oar table, and contains the osoal amount of
reliable agricaltaral reading.
Aedt North can chaw more plug to
bacco and spit higher than any boy of his
inches in the commonwealth.
N. F. Cox ha* disposed of hi* bar-room
and Bxtore®. sud will shortly remove to At
lanta. W. B Pierce ww the puicbaser.
I hath 25 or SO *p tend'd iroD-boond oak
barrels, which I will sell cheap.
- jt. Jah. Askzw.
Uncui Ntox Pritchctt will begin the
erection of an elegant brick dwelling on
Bpring street next month. And tbos we
grow.
Mr*. L. C. Whitti.R returned home last
week, after a stay of several week* among
friend* and relatives in the vicinity of
Gainesville.
Mr. J. T. Bcrford i* getting up the nec
e**ary machinery for bis saw-mill
Side, and hope* to have it ir. full operation
before many week*.
This i* the season of commencement*, and
blue ribbon, and low-necked shoes, and—
and green plums. What more do we need
to make u* happy !
Mr. R. B Johz* i* rapidly establishing
himself a* one of the best jew. ler* in fbi“
part of the State. He doe* hi* work well,
and at reasonable prices.
Twrrr are fewer idle negroes about town
row than we have ever known. Good hands
—and, in fact, any sort—hare been in great
demand for several week* past.
Married. —On the 23d olt.. at the resi
dtnee of U">th P ymail, John Johnson.
Esq., officiating. Mr J. W. Gat to Mis*
C. B. Johbs—all of Henry county.
This office is under special obligations to
M r. B. P. Thompson for a waiter of ice cold
lemonade, sent yesterday afternoon when ihe
thermometer wa* frisking around in the
neighborhood of the nineties
Fit hiko parties continue to be popular,
despite the foot that it i* frequently nece*
*ary to dig over a two-acre lot before you
can get an angle-worm big enough to go on
• hook. Every pleasure ha* its penalty,
though.
Mr. R A. Fikdkrs'n broke dirt fora
new brick building last Monday, on the lot
adjoiniug Middleton’s furniture store, aod
the work will proceed rapidly until it i*
completed. Mr. S. S. Middletou will occupy
it as a furniture store when finished.
Urojr the close of his school, in July next,
Frof. Speir propose* to teach a special clan*
in mathematic* and penmanship. Hi* term*
will be lew, and those desiring to make a
specialty of these studies would do well to
improve the opportunity thus presented.
Mr. J. W. Tirsifsrrp ha* invested in a
new reaper, of an improved kind, and i*
ttewieg down wheat at the rife of twelve
acres per day. It is the only reaper in the
neighborhood, and is regarded as a sort of
cariosity by many. It works admirably.
Mb W. p. Wilsoh is preparing to re
build his gin-house, which was burnt last
Fall, and will begin work in a few days. It
is hie pnrpaee to erect a steam-gin near Mr’.
R. H. Minter's, also, some time daring the
summer. The material is being collected
now.
Oca town was favored with another visit
from the charming Miss Annie M. Barnes
last week. Rhe was her* in the interest of
that delightful little paper. The Acanthus
and we are glad to know that ita subscrip
tion list was swelled by the addition of sev
eral new names.
It is generally admitted that Col. Jim
•Vail can fish longer, oftener and more in
effectively with one little rheumatic worm
than any roan in the bnsincss. He says a
fish that'll try to swallow a whole worm at
one • ulp is no better than a blamed bog,
and he don’t waot ’em to fool around bia
hook.
Some of onr yonng people speak of organ
ifing an archery clnb soon, to assist in
whiling away the tedium of the dull summer
months. The idea is a good one. and we
trust will be carried out. Archery is be
coming quite popular in the Sooth, several
clubs having been formed in various parts
of the State during the past year, and it is
said to be ooe of the pleasantest as it is the
most healthful of all ont-door sports.
At the Spring Term af Henry Superior
Court the grand jnry, in their presentments,
recommended the introduction of a bill in
the Legislature to create a Board of Com
missioners of -Roads and Revenues in Henry
county ; and in accordance with said recom
mendation, Hon W. T. Dicken gives notice
elsewhere in this paper that he will intro
duce said bill at the next session of the Leg
islature, as requested.
A coRREsroNDKHT, writing from near Mc-
Donough, says : “Pierce Stewart is on the
war-path The fact is, he hired a vnong
man to work with him, and last Saturday
night he stole his clothes and ran away. I
saw Pierce Monday morning going to Judge
Stewart to get ont a warrant, and he had
traveled then 68 miles in 8 hours, and had
inquired of 46 persons. Pierce said : ‘A
whelp ! I had bought him tw o good suits
of clothes and a fine pair of shoes, and this
is the wty be pays me !’ ’’
Wk «re in receipt of the Jnnp number of
that excellent magazine. the Southern Farm
er’s Monthly. It is brighter if possible than
it* predecessors, and contains a new fea'nre,
an illnstrated fashion department, which will
make it still more welenme, especially to
farmers’ wives This number is replete with
interesting and valuable agricultural and
miscellaneous reading, comprising just snch
articles as are suitable for a farmer's faper.
It should he on every farmer’s table in our
cnnnty, and we trust that at no distant day
it will be Price, 6 months. $1 ; 12 months.
$2 Sample copies will be sent on receipt
of 3-cent stamp. Address J, IJ. Estill
S.vannah.
A frightsci. accident occurred at Snnr.y
Side last Wednesday morning, bv whieh four
men came near losing their l ; ves. For some
time past the Central Railroad has had a
force engaged in digging a well, to supply
the tanks recently erected at that point with
water, and they had reached a depth of fifty
or sixty feet. The soil was found 'o he ex
tremely friable at this depth, and it became
necessary to put in a brick curb to prevent
the walls from caving. Wednesday morn
ine, while the four men alluded to were at
work, o e whole Bide caved incompletely
bnrying them in an avalanche of brick and
dirt. The alarm was immediately given, and
a large force set to work at once to rescue
the onfortonate men ; bot, owing to the nar
row space, the work of removing the dirt
was necessarily slow, and at least thirty min
ates elapsed before they were reached.
The lumber train happened to be at the sta
tion when the accident occurred, and wlti’e
the excited crowd was working to liberate
the unhappy prisoners, the engine was de
tached and di-patched in all ha'te to this
place for Dr. Peebles, who went down,
armed with a medicine chest and soch snrg*.
cal instruments as he thought would be
needed. The men bad been released from
their horrible prison by the time he arrived,
and to the surprise of every one they were
found to he still alive and in full possession
of their faculties. After a careful exemina
lion it was ascertained that, with the excep
tion of a few braises and cuts, neither of them
was serionsly injured, and with proper atten
tion it ia thought they will recover in a few
days. It was certainly a miraculous escape
from a most horrible death, and will likefy
give them a distaste to well-digging that
they cannot easily overcome.
McDonough Locals.
T. C. HOI.AJT, EDITOR.
Mrs. Mooes, of Atlanta, has returned
home, after a stay of several week*
Rev. Mb. Kimbell preached at the Bap
tist Church on last Sunday. A fine congre
gation was in attendance.
Tbb Council was in session last Monday
and succeeded in replenishing its treasury to,
the amount of a few dollars.
A I.ARCMC number of cattle have died in
thia vicinity from some inexplicable disease
heretofore unknown among them.
Them is a general complaint among the
farming fraternity at the dry weather, which
they assert is beginning to injure their crops.
Most of our farmers in this vicinity have
finished catting their wheat, and are patiently
waiting lor the thresh to begin operations.
There is a good deal of sickness through
the cotwitry, and especially among the chil
dren. The aicknesa, however, is of a mild
type.
Sai.e-dat passed off quietly. A number
of our country friends were in town. No
business occupied the attention of our effi
cient Sheriff.
Misses Favhib Tosher, Nena Tye and
L'u e Cagle are visiting Griffin this week,
and the gallant beaux of our sister city will
no doubt take due notice thereof.
There is some talk of another excursion
to Cumberland Island. Those who did not
go want to see the “elephant,” and those
who did, desire te repeat tbc dose, ,
i
The work on the Merbodist Church gbes
steadily on, with D C. Dailey at the head
of affairs. As soon es the improvements sre
completed we will give full descriptions af
the various changes.
There will he a celebration one mile ahove
Stockbridge on the 4th of July. Without
doubt it will be a bon ton affair, as the boys
up there know how to conduct such affairs
so as to insure a pleasant day to ull who at
tend.
The Justice Court was in session nil day
last Monday, hearing the investigation of
the recent disturbances at the colored Meth
odist Church After a long and tedious
trial the case was dismissed and tne prisoner
went on his way rejoieine.
A Litrfart Avai.arohr. —An enviable
fame among people who love good books is
being achieved by the American Book Ex
change, 55 Beekman street. New York. Bi
mnltancooaly wilh ihe completion of their
wonderfnllv cheap and sitccessfnl Acme edi.
tion r.f Chamber’s Cyclopmdis of English
■Li terature, they announce the pablication of
six other standard and popular books, all
choice editions, at prices heretofore nnh ard
of. They are ‘ Rollin’* Ancient History,”
1,192 verv large double column pog ••*, large
type, price in <-|oth, 82 25, in sheep 82 75 ;
“Josephus' Complete Works.” 1,042 pages,
unilortn with Rollin, but s ill larger tvpe
price, cloth. 82 00. sh ep, 82.50; ‘ Arabian
Nights ” large type, cloth 55 cents ; “Bony
an’.* Pilgrim’s Progress,” verv large type,
cloth, 50 cents ; ‘ R ihinson Cruesoe,” large
type, clo'h. 55 cents; and “Baron Mun
chausen.” extra large type, cloth, 50 cents.-
A discount of 10 p“r cent from these prices
is allowed to all whose orders are receivrd
before June 1. and an Additional discount of l
10 per cent, when ordered in clubs of five or
more of either b'Hik, nr to the amount of
810 or more selected from the list, at one
time. Circulars giving full particulars
specimens of type etc , will be sent free of
request. Sold only to buyers direct, and not
through dealers or agents.
“The Paris Exposition
Has been a source of wonder to many, and of
profit to some," among Ihe latter being the
manufacturers of Boss’ Patent Stiffened
Gold Watch Cases, who received a medal.
These Cases are made of two plates of
solid gold overlaying a plate of composition
metal in such a manner as to present only a
gold surf ice. They retain all the beauty,
strength and solidity of the genuine article,
and while costing but half the money, are
guaranteed by special certificate to wear 20
years. When visiting your jeweler ask to
see them. It won’t cost anything, and you
will be surprised at the handsome designs
and el gance of finish. Should he say be
doe* not keep them, tell him ne is behind the
age. and to send for an illustra'ed catalogue
to flagstez A Thorpe, Sole Manufacturers,
Sixth and Chestnut sts, Philadelphia, Pa.
THEECUPSE ENGINE!
lAM agent tor the Eclipse Engine, and the
genoine Geisar Separator, the best in ihe
country. I have the exclusive control of the
sale of theße machine* in the counties of
Henry. Favette and Clayton, and have also
tHe privilege of wiling in Butts county.
Parties desiring sny of this machinery will
please drop me a postal at McDonough and
I wdl go their house* and see them. I will
also sell Saw mills G n and Presses as cheap
as (hey can he booght at the factory. 1
will be in Hampton every Friday Give me
a chance.
M r . J H. Hightower, of Jonesboro, is my
ageut at that place JH. BRY ANS.
mayl6;4m
Dissolution Notice.
fliis is 'o give notice that the firm of
Mclntosh k Pritchett have this day dis
solved by mutual conseot The ftitn of H-
P Mclntosh assumes, and wilt pay off all
the iout btedness of the late firm, and is alone
authorized to c/fect amf receipt for accounts
doc the late firm. H. P. MoINTQSH,
May Mb, 1879.
0 I C
Why Emyhody Goes to
D. B. BIVINS’
To Get
Dry Hoods, Sroeoilos,
BOOTS AID SHOES. HATS
And Caps, Notions,
ClotHing,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
Plantation Supplies, Furni
ture, Etc., Etc.
It is because they can get better bargains
at his store. A word to the wise is suffi
cient. sept2o-6m
Bottom Rices
REACHED AT LAST!
To the Fumro of Booty
And Adfoinlng Counties I
HAVING just opened a large stock of
Dry (fowls and Groceries in Hampton,
I desire to say to the people ol Henry, Butts,
Clayton, Fayette and Spalding counties, who
visit this city, and desire to examine or pur
chase goods, that I am prepared to supply
all their wants at as low pnees as can be
had anywhere. My stock is large, ample
and well selected, and consists of everything
usually kept in a strictly first-class
Dry Goods and Grocery Store-
Recognizing the demands of the times, I
have marked my goods down to the lowest
living figure, and shall have but one price
for everybody. An experience of several
\ears has enabled me to understand Ihe
wants of the people, and I shall be prepared
at all time* to meet them with such articles
as DR Y GOODS, GROCERIES. BOOTS.
SHOES. HATS AND CAPS FARMING
IMPLEMENTS, and Plantation Supplies
ol all kinds. Give me a call.
C3k El. Wise.
Hampton, Ga„ Feb. 28;ly
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SALOON!
BEST CIGARS!
FINEST WINES!
PU REST_LI QUO RS!
CINCINNATI BEER ON DRAUGHT.
BILLIARDS AND POOL!
let>2Bif
“Olenooe.”
Tilts celebrated stallion will stand for the
season as follows : At Hightower’s stables,
Jonesboro, from March I9'h to April Ist
At Mitchell k Hightower’* stables. Damp
tan. from April Ist to 15th. At Jonesboro
from April 15th to M»y Ist At Hampton
from May Ist to May 15th. At Jonesboro
from May 15th to June Ist. At Hampton
from June Ist to 15th. mcli2l ;3m
Georgia —h<?nht cobhtt:
Whoreas, J W Alexander, executor of
Alien Cleveland, deceased, has applied to me
for letters of dismission.
These are therefore lo cite and admoniah
all parties concerned to be and appear at ray
office within the time prescribed by law and
1 show cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted said petitioner.
Given nnder my hand and official sign*
tore this April 25th, 1879
A A LEMON,
apr2sss Ordinary.
For Sale.
PURSUANT to the will of Q. R. Nolan,
deceased, and for the pnrpoee of a distri
bution of the estate, I offor at private sale a
valuable plantation lying on Flint river, in
Fayette county, Gh. It is situate ooe fourth
of a mile from North’s grist mills, four miles
from Fayetteville and seven miles from
Hampton, on the Macon and Western Rail
road It has 100 acres in woodland and
about 100 acres of good bottom, well ditched
and in cultivation. The er,tire tract consists
of 432 acres. A neat four-room dwelling,
plastered inside, has been erected upon the
premise* within th- last 12 month*. There
are four good tenement houses, with rock
chimneyon the pfoce. Ihe well water is as
good a* any in Middle Georgia. If pur
chased by 15th «t February arrangements
c .i be made to deliver possession in time lor
planiing a crop ; if after that time, the place
will be lorned over cent fall Any person
desiring to purchase such ■ place on reason
able and accommodating term* will com mu
[ oicate with me at McDonough, Ga.
U- T. U. NOLAN, *i‘r.
PROVISIONS ON TIME
- For Gilt-Edge Paper I
ABOUT the 10tb of February I w!U open a GROCERY A7TD PROVISION
STORE, ami shall keep a cboioe slock of cboit* Staple Grooarias, consisting !*
part of
CORN, BACON. LARD,
FLOUR, MEAL, MOLASSES,
SYRUP, SUGAR, COFFEE,
AND TOBACCO'
Which I propose to sell at the lowest time figures for GOOD PAPER !
J. M. Williams will have charge of the business, and won Id be pleased to have a)F
his old customers call on him, and many new ones.
080. SOHJHFER.
Hampton. (9a., January 31;6m
The White Sewing Machine
’tw
J. D. & T. F. SMITH, GENERAL AGENTS'
59 Sti.th Broad Slreot. ATLANTA,
A. V. McVicker, Agent for Henry eoonty. sngl3;ly
Headquarters
FOB ms BABB Am I
Thk Very Best Goods
At the Lowest Prices 1
PLEASE give me your attention while T
throw out some strong, broad remarks,
full ol interest, if economy form* any pari ol
ihe new leaf you have pledged yoarself to
turn over at the beginning of the year. 1
will fo*gin by telling yon (though it i* hardly
necessary.) that the country lias resumed
epecie payment*, and that it will materially
change the monied value* of all art'cles of
merchandise. It is bound to bring eveiy
'hing down to what is called SOLID ROCK
BOTTOM. I will add in this connection
that I have in store and shall bfc constantly
receiving, at intervals to suit the seasons, a
superior line of goods, comprising all article*
usually kept in a Dry Goods and Grocery
Store, and if you are a lover of Nice Goods
and Low Prices, you can’t fail lo appreciate
my efforts to please the public in every way.
Because resumption placed gold at par.
you must not get it ioto your head that 1 arn
100 proud to take it. On the contrary,
gold, silver nr greenbueke are alike to me.
I take any legal money that is offered, aod
agree to give in exchange 'he beat equiva
lent that can be had iu this market. Give
me a call.
H. P. Mclntosh.
Himpton. Ga., March 2I;ly
Furniture.
8. 8. Middleton,
HAMPTON, GA.,
Has on band a large and assorted stock of
FURNITURE,
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Chairs. Secretaries,
Wardrobes, Cupboards,
And is prepared to manufacture to order
anything you need to furnish your house
Upholstering and Cabinet work done in
the latest style and with dispatch.
tpA* Coffins alw*v§ ou hand.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
BT virtue of an order from the Ordina
ry’s Court of Henry eounty, will be
*o:d before ihe Court house door in the town
of McDonough,//.-nry county, Ga .on the
first Tuesday in June next, between the fegal
hour* of sate, the following property, to wit :
Three-fourths interest in a certain mill prop
my. to-wit: L e’s mills, situate, lying and
being in the original 12th d:strict of said
county, and also three-tourlba interest in 3
acres of land, more or less, connected with
said mill, (the same being a portion of the
lot ol laud in s.id district open which now
lesides ooe James Gilbert. Bold as the
property of Samuel Lee. deceased, for ihe
benefit of the heirs and creditor*. Terns
cash. April 29th, 1879.
WM O. BETTS.
Adm’r de bonis naa of Saul Lee, dec’d.
msy2ss
gcwaiaa for In Worxlv—fl 58 per
annum.
la the latest out and tha best, the laveatasw
having obtained the three first pntcais in 1876
and the three Inst in 1877, the dates af which
are *tam|>ed on the throat plate. Examine
the different makes of machines tor yourselves,
and don't tuke any one’a word at to which ara
new inventions.
The inventors are free to admit that many
of the old patent sewing machines have thsir
particular good points, and after a careful ex
am mat inn of them all they have selected tha
beet principles from there and embodied them
with their own new patents, thus producing a
machine that excels the aid patents ia mauy
respects.
Buy the White and save peddling agents’
commissions, as we do pot peddle them. We
give Layers the benefit of the peddling scents’
eommission, which is from 910 to 920 ea eae k
machine.
ALWAYS
AT TIE BOTTOM
In Price*!
And at the Top'
WITH AN UNTARNISHED
Reputation for Fair Dealing l:
THIS may be called a fine speech by those
who have never taken the trouble ta
m»ke my acquaintance, or to study my mode
of doing business. Still, 1 don’t ask any
body lo take my word, or in fad to be iuflu--
erced in any way by a mere advertisement;
but cordially invite all to call and investigate
lor themselves, feeling sure I can prove that
I mean basilic** and every word 1 say.
Fair dealing helps trade better than fair
weather. Nothing but steady, low prices,,
year in and year out, will create and main
tain a trade such as I have had aince 1 com.
menced business. No need of argument—
price* alone tell the s'ory.
1 have now in stock, and will contioue ta>
keep such articles a*
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, CAB9 V
PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
And a varied and choice assortment of
GENERAL MERCHANDME,
Thanking my friends and patrons for their
former liberal support, I hope, by keeping
the best and selling as low as the ioweot, to
merit a continuance oi the same.
Z. T. Manson.
Hampton, Ga., March 21-ly
City I-lvery
AND
SALE STABLES.
Having recently leased the large and ale*
gant brick stable on Jauteo street. I am pre
pared to serve my patrons and friends to the
best of my ability, and shall always keep
on band the beat bones and most stylish
turnouts to be fonnd this side of Atlanta.
My livery ratio will be reaeonuble at all
times.
1 have also a commodious wagon yard, in
which are a number of extra stalls, where my
friends from the country can have their stock
cared for at very small cost. On the prem
ises is a comfortable bonne for the accommo
dation of tbooe wbo may wish to spend the
night, where they coo *.ay wilboot eitra
charge.
Give me a call wkea yon come to town.
G. W. WOLFE.
Rtmfrn. Gk.JNci’. P.tf
1 c-saffr-