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VOL. IV.
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TOWN DIRECTORY.
Mayor—Thomas G. Barnett.
Commissioners—W. W. Turnipseed,D. B.
Bivins, E. G. Harris, E. If. James.
Ci.brk—E. G. Harris.
Treasurer—W. S. She!!.
Marshals—S. A. Belding, Marshal.
J. VV . Johnson,Deputy.
JUDICIARY.
A. M. Speer, - Judge.
F. D. Dismukk, - - Solicitor Genera!.
Butts—Second Mondays in March and
September.
Henry—Thirtf Mondays in April and Oc
tober.
Monroe—Fourth Mondays in February,
and August.
Newton—Third Mondays in March and
September.
i’ike—Second Mondays in April and Octo
ber.
Rookdule—Monday after fourth Mondays in
March and September.
Spalding—First Mondays in February
and August.
Upson— First Mondays in May and No
vember.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
M rthodirt Episcopal Church, (South.)
Rev. Wesley F. Sinitfi, Pastor Fourth
Subbath in each month. Sunday school 3
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Methodist Protestant Church , First
Sabbath month. Sunday-school 9
A. 11.
Christian Church, W. S. Fears, Pastor.
Second Sabbath in each month.
Baptist Church, Rev. J. P. Lyon, Pas
tor. Third Sabbath in each month.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Pink Grovk Lodok, No. 177, F. A. M
Stated communications, fourth Saturday in
each mouth.
DOCTORS.
DR. J. C. TURNIPSEED will attend to
all calls day or night. Office i resi
dence, Hampton, Ga.
"IkR. W. H. PEEBLES treats all dis
-» ’ eases, and will attend to all calls day
and night. Office at the Drug Store,
Broad Street, Hampton, Ga.
DR. N. T. BARNETT tenders his profes
sional services to the citizens of Henry
and adjoining counties, and will answer calls
day or night. Treats all diseases, of what
ever nature. Office at Nipper’s Drug Store,
Hampton, Ga. Night calls can be made at
my residence, opposite Berea church. api2C
JF. PONDER, Dentist, has located in
• Hampton, Ga., and invites the public to
cufl at his roo.n, upstairs in the Bivins
House, where he will be found at all hours.
Warrants all work for twelve months.
LAWYERS.
JNO. G. COLD WELL, Attorney at I,aw,
Brooks Station, Ga. Will practice in
the counties composing the Coweta and Flint
River Circuits. Prompt attention giveu to
commercial and other collections.
C. NOLAN, Attorney at Law, Mc
-*-• Donongh, Georgia: Wifi practice in
the counties composing the Flint Circuit ;
the Supreme Court of Georgia, and the
Uuited States District Court.
WM. T. DICKEN, Attorney at Law, Me
Donougb, Ga. Will practice in the
counties composing the Flint Judicial Cir
cuit, the Supieme Court of Georgia, and the
United States District Court. (Office up
stairs over W. O. Sloan’s) apr27-ly
GEO. M. NOLAN, Attorney at Law.
McDonough, Ga. (Office in Court house )
'WiK practice in Henry and adjoining coun
ties, aod in the Supreme and District Courts
of Georgia. Prompt attention given to col
lections. mcb23-6m
JF. WALL. Attorney at. Law, //amp
. ton.Ga Will practice in the counties
composing the Flint Judicial Circuit, ar.d
the Supreme and District Courts of Georgia.
Prompt attention given to collections. ocs
EDWARD J. REAGAN, Attorney at
law. Office on Broad Street, opposite
the Railroad depot, Hampton, Georgia.
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections, and cases in Bankruptcy.
BF. McCOLLUM. Attorney and Coun
• sellor at L>w, Hampton, Ga. Will
practice in Henry, Clayton, Fayette, Coweta,
Pike, Meriwether, Spalding and Butts Supe
rior Courts, and io the Supreme aod United
States Courts. Collecting claims a specialty.
Office uo stairs in the Mclntosh Building.
MARGUERITE.
A modest maiden, yet a wise.
With chestnut hair and hnz I eyes.
Whose glance one always likes to meet,
So deep its gaze, so calm and sweet j
Clear beaming with a quiet gladness.
Subdued as by an unknown sadness ;
Too trustful in its holy love
For aught but purer worlds above.
A low, broad brow, with dreamy thought
And noble aspirations fraught;
A subtle mingling in the whole
Of earthy clay and heavenly soul;
A lace that, meet it where I might,
In joy to-day, in woe to-night,
Would cause (and why I cannot tell,)
The hot tears to my eyes to well.
Twag so, one day she crossed my path ;
1 half believed her not of earth.
So sweet that wistful gaze ; in vain
I turned away, for look again
I must; and then I knew too well
By that, in which e’en lay the spell,
That hidden something told too true
That ne’er in heavenly garden grew,
As yet, this blossom, all too rare
For earthy soil and earthy air.
Ah ! sweet, shy flower, ’twus not for long
That thou didst mingle wi’h the throng ;
Yet thou, unconscious, sbed’st a ray
Of purity athwart their way,
As thou their guardian angt 1 wert.
Though now with heavenly armor girt,
I’d not recall thee, though my eyes
Are dim with tears; though choking sighs
Fill my sad heart with many an ache,
I’ll still them all for thy dear sake
Chambers’ Journal.
A Russian Incident.
The following is from a volume of Russian
sketches written by a Russian :
C- unt Sehereineti* 8, a descendant of one
of the most ancient Boyaid families, possess
ed more than one hundred thousand male
souls, as serl* were then called in Russia, the
women not being counted either in the cen
sus or the tux lists Among these serfs there
were-many who were allowed to go into
business for th; mselvep. Some of these hud
made fortunes, others had even become mil
lionaires. The condition of the Count’s inher
itance forbade him selling any male serl his
freedom. Among the number there was one
who had established himself at Riga, and
was at the head of a great banking house of
that city—an ancient bouse which had ex
isted under German contiol for a century,
and was well known and highly respected in
all the European cities.
The serf, who was now the head of the
house, fell his humiliating position very
keenly. His sons were excluded from a 1 i
ances wiih families who were th°ir equals in
fortune or education, for no daughter would
wed a slave, even were he ten times a mil
lionaire, as the Russian law co npels the wife
to accept the social position of her husband.
The bunker, who had almost despaired of
obtaining his own freedom, journeyed every
year to Ht. Petersburg to sue for that of his
children. The freedom of the daughters «a»
cheerfully granted, for Count Scheremrtief!
was of those chivalrous noblemen whose
motto is noblesse oblige . There are many
such in Russia, the descendants of the old
reigning houses of the empire. These nobles
lent an almost unanimous support to the
project of Alexander 11. for the emancipa
tion of the serfs, although the carrying out
of the measure cost a large share of their
fortunes.
Upon the banker's last visit to St. Peters
burg he bad offered the Count half a million
rubles for the freedom of hi 3 sons. The
Count had refused as usual, but he had showed
the banker great attention, inviting him to
dine at his bouse, where he was treated as a
peer by the elite of the Russian nobility.
A few months after, early in the spring,
he returned >ad and despairing to St. Pe
tersbmg. His eldest eon, having been sent
to England on business connected with the
hou e. had become acquainted with the
duughfer of a leading manufacturer. The
y< ung people were detply in love, but, under
(xistirg circumstances, they could not marry
The banker resolved, if necessary, to sacrifice
his whole fortune to purchase the freedom ol
bis eldest son. Upon his arrival he found
the Gu'd of Finland blockaded with ice,
thus shutting off all communication with the
interior.
Kuowing the Count’s extreme liking for
oysters, the banker purchased a keg ou the
route und brought them along with him.
The Count bad some friends to breakfast,
but the delicacy he most cared for was lack
ing, BLd loud wails arose from him and bis
guests in consequence. Id the midst of the
general lamentation our bunker entered, and
the Count invited him to stay to breakfast.
‘You have come again wjtb that ever-
HAMPTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 18*.
If
lasting retrain,” said the Count laughing.
•1 remember hearing you sing in niv fatherV
lifetime, when I was but a child. You don’t
know what a fine chance for guintng your
freedom has just been opened to yon, but
you have missed it as I have my oysters.”
“What chance ?” asked the banker, with
a deep sigh, and yet with a gleam of hope in
his eyes. “Perhaps your honor is in some
monetary embarrassment. What sum do
you require?”
“Go to the deuce with your money I” an
swered the Count; “I despise it. But if
you only had brought some oysters.”
“What would you do if I were to bring
you some?” asked the banker, his heart
throbbing violently.
‘•What would I do?” returned the Count,
sure that there were no oysters in St. Pe
tersburg, and feeling perfectly safe in making
nny promise in this regard, no matter how
preposterous. “What would Ido ? I would
give you your liberty. Then 1 should not
only have my oysters, but my ears would be
forever free from this eternal hue und cry of
yours.’’
“Would you truly give me my freedom
atnl my fortune with it?” cried the banker,
eagerly. “Are you really in earnest ?"
“I was never more so in my life.” laughed
the Count. “For this once 1 will transgress
an old family law, but only on one condi
tion.”
"Name it!” cried the banker, eagerly.
1 You ure to bring me the oysters tiiie very
day and not order them from R ; ga,”
■‘I)o you pledge tne your word of honor ?”
“Yes, my solemn word of honor,” replied
the Cofint, still laughing at the b.fnker’s ab
surd idea of finding oysters in St. Petersburg
where his strvunts hud foe the lust twenty
tour hours been seeking them in vain
"i take you for my witnesses, gentlemen.”
said the banker, hastening to leave before
the Count had time to repent of his promise.
“Oh, yes, we are your witnesses; hut hurry
and bring'us our oysters,” cried the merry
guests, laughing a 9 they saw the banker’s
discomfiture.
“They shall soon be furthcoming, gentle
men,” he answered, as he hastened away.
Upon the banker’s visit at St Petersburg,
he always lodged at the Count’s own hotel
with his chief attendant. He had not far to
go, and in a few moments, when the gue-ts
were making themselves merry over his il
lusion, the door opened and he entered roll
ing a keg of oysters. The Count looked
blank, but the guests began to clamor for
the oysters.
•‘Hold!” cried (he banker, ‘‘l do not
doubt your honor’s word, hut l am a man of
business, and 1 prefer to have the agreement
made in writing. I may die of joy, your
honor may die of chagrin, before the promise l
is carried out. Give me the writing and I,
will deliver you the oysters.”
So saying lie opened the keg, displaying
the largest and finest Jlolstein bivalve. 4
imaginable. j
“The banker is right, Count.” exclaimed
the guests ; “but end this business quickly,
for we are suffering the horrors of Tantalus
Order pen, ink and paper.”
“01), I will save you that trouble!” said'
the banker, and taking a piece of white chalk
from his pocket, he wrote the following
agriement upon the stave of the oyster keg :
“I, tlie undersigned, in consideration of a
stated recompense, hereby declare my serf,
M. N., and his family, residents of Riga, free
henceforth and forever. Signed iu presence
cf the following witnesses—”
“Now,” ha added, presenting tip chalk
and the stave to the Count, “your honor and
these gentlemen will do me the favor to sign
this document, while J, for the last time, dis
cliarging my office of serf, proceed to open
the oysters.”
The Count put a good face on a bad flat
ter ; he signed, and the guests followed him.
Then all the gentlemen shook hands with the
banker and congratulated him on his good
fortune. But the Count would not allow bis
former serf to play the role of servant; he
compelled him to take a seat at the table. The
decanters were filled with champagne, and
alter they had all drunk to the health of the
now fiee cit zn, the gentlemen turned with
great zest to the oysters, which were soon
finished.
The writer of this sketth bus hiinsell seen
the original d cree of emancipation wriiten
with chalk upon the oak; n stave ; inclosed
in a gold frame it occupies the place ol
honor among the many fine pictur-s in the
banker’s drawing-room. There it will al
ways haug, reminding that wealthy and hoo
oruble family of those old days of serfdom,
which, God be praised, are now over.
One little persistent By—one that evades
every attempt to be knocked off your face
with a pillow—will stick closer and learn a
stuttering man to talk plain quicker than
anything vet iov-uted.
r Barer UA AAVUif
f f
And ■Adjoining Counties !
IVIMTG just opened a large stock of
Drjf Goods and Groceries in Hampton,
tire *> say to the people ol Henry, Bolts,
ton, Fayette nnd .Spalding counties, who
•hit city, and desire to examine or pur
s gdbds, tlrut I am prepared to supply
tek wants at ns low prices as can be
anywhere. My stock is large, ample
wftll-selected, and consists of everything
Ilf kept in a strictly first-class
I Goods and Grocery Store.
ionizing the demands of the times, I
marked my goods down to the lowest
l figure, and shall have but one price
everybody. An ex(ierience of p "erul
i has enabled me to understand the
s of the people, and 1 shall be prepared
times to meet them with such aiticlcs
f? Y GOODS, GROCERIES, 800 I S,
ES. HATS AND CAPS, FARMING
CEMENTS, am) Plantation Supplies
kinds. Give ine a call.
G. b. wise.
mptnn, Ga., Feb. 28; ly
OLD AND RELIABLE. !
Sanford s Liver InyioobatorJ
Standard Family Remedy for
aaes of tho Liver, Stomach
Bowele.—lt is Purely !
stable.— It never
dlitates—lt is (fg 9 9
lartic and JLS
Lo^O'C:
been usw|
in my practices
d by the public,£
_ iro than 35 years,?
with unprecedented results.'?
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.?
SANFORD, M.D., n!w?ol£cutt2
rim OGIST WILL TKI.L YOU ITK KF-IM TATJOY. *
E ECLIPSE ENGINE!
I ■ ’/J
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bgent for the Eclipse Engine, and the
line Geiser Separator, the best in the
I have the exclusive control of the
these machines in the counties of
?ayette and Clayton, and have also
ilege of selling in Butts county,
lesiring any of this machinery will
•op me a postal at McDonough and
> their hooses and see them. I will
Saw mills. Gins and Presses as cheap
rn be bought at the factory. 1
Hampton every Friday. Give me
, FT. nightower, of Jonesboro, is my
that place. J. 11. BRYANS.
raayl6;4m
'’or Sale.
UA NT to the will of Q. R. Nolan,
xsed, and for the pnrposc of a distri
f the estate, I off r at private sale a
plantation lying on Flint river, in
couuty, Ga. Jt is situate one loorth
from North’s grist mills, four miles
»yetteville and seven miles from
n, on the Macon and Western Rail
t ha 3 100 acres in woodland and
0 Bores of good bottom, well ditched
iltivatioo. The entire tract consists
teres. A neat four-room dwelling,
inside, has been erected upon the
within the last 12 months. There
good tenement houses, with rock
,on the place. The well water is as
any in Middle Georgia. If pur
y 15tb of February arrangements
ade to deliver possession in time for
a crop ; if after that time, the place
urned over next fall. Aoy persoo
o purchase such a place on reason-
SCCunillV’iln’.u, ' h-rina—hulLmmi-
GOODS AT A SACRIFICE
FOR THE NEXT THIRTY MYS !
TO make room for our Fall stock, which will arrive abont the first of September, we
will offer our entire slock ol Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc., at and
below cost. Thi« offer will tie withdrawn at the expirutiou of thirty days, as it is made
oolely for the purpose of clearing our shelves in time for the Fall business.
Largest and Only Exelusive S ock of Dry Goods in Town!
NO SUCH PRICES CAN POSSIBLY BE MET WITH ANYWFIERE !
Except at the NEW YORK STORE.
PROVISIONS ON TIME
For Gilt-Edge Paper I
A BOUT the 10th of February I will open a GROCERY AND PROVISION
** ST OR IC, and shuii keep a choice stock of choice Staple Groceries, consisting in
purt of
CORN, BACON. LARD,
FLOUR, MEAL, MOLASSES,
SYRUP, SUGAR, COFFEE,
AND TOBACCOI
Which I propose to sell at the lowest time figures for GOOD PAPER !
J. M. Williams will have charge of the business, and would be pleased to have all
his old cußtomeis cull on him, and many new ones.
GEO. SCHZBFER.
Hampton Ga., January 31;6m
fie White Sewing Machine
J. D. & T. F. SMITH, GENERAL AGENTS*
59 South Broad Street, ATLANTA, G
A. V. McVickor, Agent for He nry county. atigl3;ly
Headquarters
FOE SOOE BAM AIMS!
The Very Best Goods
At the Lowest Prices!
PLEASE give me ynnr attention while T
throw out “ome strong, broad remarks,
full of interest, if economy forms any part of
the new leaf you Imve pledged yourself to
turnover at the beginning of the year. 1
will begin by telling you (though it is hardly
necessary.) that the country has resumed
specie payments, and that it will materially
change the monied values of all articles of
merchandise. It is bound to bring every,
tliinv down to what is called SOLID ROCK
BOTTOM. I will add in this connection
that 1 have in store and shall tie constantly
receiving, at intervals to suit the seasons, a
superior line of goods, comprising all articles
nsnaily kept in a Dry Goods and Grocery
Store, and if you are a lover of Nice Goods
and Low Prices, yoa can’t fail to appreciate
my efforts to please the public in every way.
Because resumption placed gold at par,
you must not get it into your head that 1 am
too proud to take it. On the contrary,
gold, silver or greenbacks are alike to me.
I take any legal mosey that is offered, and
agree to give io exchange the best equiva
lent that can be had io this market Give
me a call.
Is the latest out ami the best, the invents™
having obtained the three first patents in 1878
and the three last in 1877, the dates of which
are stamped on the throat plate. Examine
the different makes of machines for yourselves,
and don’t take any one’s word as to which are
new inventions.
The inventors are free to admit that many
of the old patent sewing machines have their
particular good points, and after a careful ex
nin nation of them all they have selected the
best principles from them und embodied them
with their own new patents, thus producing a
machine that excels the old patents in muny
respects.
I'.ny the White and save peddling agents’
commissions, as we do not peddle them. W u
give buyers the benefit of the peddling agents’
commission, which is from $lO to S2O ob eac b
machine.
ALWAYS
IT THE BOTTOM
In Prices 2
And at the Top
WITH AN UNTARNISHED
Reputation for Fair Dealing t
THIS may he called a fine speech by those
who have never taken the trouble to
m ike my acquaintance, or to study my mode
of doing business. Still, 1 don’t ask any
body to take my word, or in tact to be influ
enced in any way by a mere advertisement,
but cordially invite all to call and investigate
for themselves, feeling sure I can prove that-
I mean business and every word I 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 hare had since I'.com
menced business. No need of argument
prices alone tell the story.
I have now in stock, and will continue to
keep such articles as
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
ROOTS. SHOES, HATS, CARS,
PLANT A 1 ION SUPPLIES,
And a varied and choice assortment of
GENERAL. MERCHANDISE,
Thanking my friends and patrons for their
former liberal support, I hope, by keeping
the best and setting ns low as the lowest, *'
• continuance of the same.
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