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SPEER & Proprietors
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OOicittl Orjtn ■ »r Uu> l onnli.
C. W. SPEER, tillior.
;il tno I*ll-1 Office,McDonough, Os.,
as second-class mail matter.
He ore non' located in the Thoniiix
It. Stewart <V < ’o'*.. UmUUikj. Itoii’l
fail to roll on ox when yon conn to
foirii for we ore. ftlwai/x i/luil. to wel
mnir our loiniij frieivh ami jni/ronx
* Hlomlli's'* Hurl,
Atlanta is the pertest town in our
section. There is nothing new that
she <l«es not accept. Her la'est inno
vation is the adoption of. the popular
French duel, which lias proven so no- j
torious as a bloodless affair of honor, |
that the duelist of the old school huve.
in deiision, created the popular saying, |
“a thousand francs for a man who
has spilt a drop of blood in a duel.”
It is the French mode to call your
opponent to field of honor, arrayed in
a cuirasse—a sort of sheet iron over
coat, and a pot-shaped helmet with port
holes for the eyes, which are protec
ted by a kind of draw bridge device,
which device is raised or lowered as oc
casion demands ; and the occasion al
ways demands that the pott holes In
closed when the duel begins. The iu
furiated combatants hurl their leaden
missels tit each other at ninety paces
from their death dealing, twenty-two
caliber parlor pistols. The danger is
eminent, but they tight on in total
darkness until arrested ; the police are
always conviently near to interpose
when the infuriates become tired.
Atlanta recognizes this a- a tint di-'
version for her impetuous, you-- 4, hot
hi aded sons.
'J he latest affair was chat between
Mr. Pat fulbenn, grandson if the
great nullifier, and Mr. ,J. 1). William
son who proved to he a veiitable Hot
spur, by the prompt manner in which
ho signified his willing to seek tin huh
ble reputation at the point of Gagatling
gun.
'1 h rough their warlike seconds,
these sons of Mars arranged a hostile
meeting in Alabama. As usual the of
licers of the law got on their trail : tint
as is uuusually unusual they, hy dint of
strategy, eluded the lynx-eved minions
of the law, and crossed the state line
in all the pomp and circumstances of
war, armed with a couple of .hammer
less Smith A; Wesson small bores, a
couple of Constitution rrporteis and
various camp followers. This was the
army of invasion, as the governor of
Alaliama had said they should not light
on his premises.
Waiting for the cover of darkness to
begin hostilities, some miles apart, the
seconds improvised shooting galleries.
Mr. Williamson’s second hewed him
out a great, big life-sized, white man
on a pine tree, and bade him pepper
the knave until he was satisfied. Mr.
M illiamson assaulted the target with
unwonted ferocity. In the course
the bombardment the poor white man,
had his ill-fated silhouette honey comb
ed with divers punctuation marks, be
ing riddled from his pedal extremities
to his spacious commissary department.
Thinking himself diplomaed in the tine
art of destroying mankind, Mr. Wil
liamson retired Irom the field of mimic
warfare, to a chinquapin thicket, and
telephoned Mr. Calhoun to get his gun
and come ahead.
When the message arrived it found
Mr. Calhoun engaged in target prac
tice. lie was shooting at the great
American Eagle on one side of a half
dollar, poised njon the head of las sec
ond’s walking cane. After seveial fu
tile efforts to knock the feathers out of
the national bird, he requested his sec
ond to turn the reverse side of the coin,
so as to present the goddess of liberty.
arrayed in her robe de uuit and her
jaunty Phrygian cap. After skirmish
ing with the goddess for an hour, at
twelve paces, and failing to make her
capitulate, his second loaded the chain
hers of the ftisee w ith mustard-seed
shot and suggested that he advance on
the enemy and ire at will. He did so,
hut amid the excitement the goddess
fell from her parch, autouched bv the
misty, leaden shower. Somewhat dis
couraged wiili his gunning experience,
Mr. Calhoun sought his real enemy in
fastness of the chinquepin jungle.
According te a> pre-arrangement,
when the angry combatants were about
to engage in battle to the death, in the j
purple twilight, there came cavorting
down the load a gang of yahoos, armed
with squirrel rifles, who did the make
believe sheiiff act to perfection.
The duelists mounted the smoke,
wagon and made a break for the Geor
gia IL#e, where they arrived about dark,
still angry and frothing with rage
I I'hey were placed twt lve-piees apart.
in the dark, mar the i-ilgi* of a ikiiist
; wood, within fout feet of the <m orpin
line, which was designated hv a in w
plow line.stretched between two stakes
up and down tlie state line; this pre
caution was taken in that the .combat
ant - might step over into Georgia. 11
an Alabama sheriff showed up, where
I they eou’.d finish the tragedy. .\s we
| stated, they were placed a dozen paces
apart, one being stood up against a
pine suppling and the other against the
'darkness which was thick as flanking.
'1 he word was riven to lire, and two
leadicss cartridges lang out simultane
ously on the night air. Mr, William
son tired four more of the same kind,
in quick succession, being desirous of
filling Mr. Calhoun's diaphragm with
awe, as lie had no lead to bestow. .Mr.
( alhotm remembering his inability to
feather “the eagle bird” or to s'augli
the goddess ot liberty at short range,
: reserved his tire until W illiamson had
delivered his broad side. He then
magnanimously asked Mr. Williamson
to retract or be made a ghost on short
1 notice. Mr. Williamson was apparent
ly unxious to join the noiseless majorr
ty, and told him to tiro away. Mr.
Calhoun again begged him to retract,
saying, “if you will, i’ll shoot the four
remaining balls at the ugly man in the
moon. After much coaxing Mr. \Yii
j Hamsun retracted. AH hands then
[adjourned to the. car where things went
ias merry as u bloodless dueling party
after a fight, Good-will and a su
perfluity of spirits prevailed. Mr.
Calhjuu’s second embraced him warm
ly for the gadaut manner in which he
deported himself. l!y the time they
returned to Atlanta, the great duel
had been published, ami both princi
pals were congratulated by the people
as true heroes—men of honor.
Governor Tom Seay, of Alabama,
sends the gallant young men his com
pliments through General Gordon and
an Alabama sheriff, and invites thorn
if attend a matinee in the Temple of
•Iristicc, presided over hy a district
, -fudge and a dozen good men and true.
They’ll attend.
•s Si a I.ili--U«:lic\t liljg Miser 7
Hr. ISrown-Sequard, the eminent
Paris physician, lias discovered a reme
dy which, is said, w ill n store old age to
I youth, the rheumatics and paralytics to
[ perfect health. These statements ate,
iof course, received, as have been most
!nf the wonderful discoveries that pro-
I cedes them, with a degree of skepti
cism that almost stamps them as frauds.
Ihe hasty judgement of the masses
is more frequently wrung titan
That there is virtue in the elixir is at
tested by numbers of reputable physi
cians of all of the larger cities in the
l uitod States. ()ut of something like
a hundred 1 xpeiimonts, made hyper
dermieally, a large percentage of the
patients were immifestly beuelitted,
and some most miraculously restored
to health.
in the first glow el excitement and
enthusiasm there is jlossibly more
claimed for the new discovery than be
longs to it ; but that it will take its
place in the first rank of scientific dis
coveries can not be doubted by anyone
who w ill take the trouble to read the
facts.
W e are of those who do not consid
er the prolongation of life beyond a
useful period to be desired. There is
nothing more repugnant to our feelings
than the boon of life (if boon it may lie
called) bestowed upon the desolating
period of extreme senility- before
such a period should overtake us we
think it weie infinitely better to have
shuffled this mortal coil to make room
for the young, teeming, surging mill
ions who will follow, and like Mrs,
Cantield, the arch partisan, hope for a
nook in the skies, not “to see black
black heels upon white necks,” but to
look serenely down and see mortality
make the bustling, earnest fight for ex
istence that is necessary to survive the
whips and scorns of Time,
In our opinion Hr. Brown -Sequard
has made n grand discovery, but that
the fabulous Fountain of Youth re
mains hidden as sectTrely in the laby
rinthal recesses «f the Future, as it was
the day Pouee IV Leon abandoned the
chase of this aguisfaJuus. Nothing
short of the great right band of the
Ancient of Days can create youth cut
of the decaying chrysalis «.f mortali
ty.
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The readers of Tin: Wkkkli will
lie pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded unease that science lias
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Cntairh Cure
[ is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucus surfaces
of the system, thereby destioying the
loundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength, by building up
•he constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in it- curative powers,
that they oiler One Hundred Hollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials. Addres,
I'. J. Chenev x Co., Toledo, ().
"old by druggists, 75c.
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south. qL
The only mistake that we petceiijs
the people ot Atlanta have made fL
their recent demonstrtion was ha-1
they did not burn Iluck and Lewis
stead of their effigies. Atlanta hast
been dondneered over by these-, .ty
rants about twenty ydurs tat lou» al
ready. The people of fwel
cojfttu all good mug of WfPPiPPPPNBK
and have been too lenient towards the
lower orders of the north—such men as
Iluck and Lewis, who would he a dis
grace to a settlement of Greasers.
W c are glad to know that the coun
sels of the (’onsiitution does not pre
vail in Atlanta, hut instead, the tried
and tru - southern sentiment—the sen
timent that defied the federal bayonets
when tin- satrap sought to grind them
under the heel of a military despotism.
The white people id' Atlanta can be
relied upon to settle their own matters
iu their own way.
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The fruit crop was never larger, and
will never be neater a total loss than
!it h 1 s been this year. Hut for the op-
I pressive and iniquitous revenue laws
tilt- people of Monty county would have
been enabled to make their fruit into
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Stcwai t I,a- done
vears ol faithful work, has done
■qe than he will in the next two.
Solid, South has only been using
Ktdge Stewart’s own arguments, and
believe them to bit sound. .fudge
Hewart said it would in to let
Bern “grow roossbacked” in office.
Prtie'y fall in with trusts and monopo-
Llies and grow rich if you allow them
"to homestead on the office. If thu.-e
things were true tliree years ago they
are true now, and will be true in the
next race.
Who said it was unsound democra
cy to let a congressman letnain in of
fice uLtil he became “moss backed?”
They say it was Congressman Stewart.
Tmhl he has not denied using this patri
language.
TEI! our correspondents.
nre in no wise respousililc fur ilu-
Wrws iixprosseil In- our Correspondent's.
ail.ualynf mails or failing to post letters af
ter they arc written. To obviate this diffi
culty, wo would suggest, that correspon
dent- at a distance write Saturday and
mail their communications as soon tlieie
afteras possible. 1f a letter comes in on
time and we fail to publish, on account of
want of space, it will lie published the fol
lowing week. I.et every correspondent give
11s the news in as condensed form as possi
-11! 1 . uihcrwi itsniill In- necessary to elimi
nate superfluities. All communications ar
rivii-g after Wednesday will lie too late for
publication.l
I.OCIIMt <■!•«> If I.OI'IiIn.
We are having an excess of rain.
Itev. Barney Strickland preached an
interesting and appropriate sermon at
tfie Baptist church, here, last Sunday.
He is regarded as an excellent gentle
man, and a divine of no ordinary ca
parity.
M iss .51 inuie Woods is still energetic
ally engaged in teaching the young
ideas of our town how to shoot.
She i- justly considered anotlicient and
very indiismuus^^ruetiv.ss.
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I’ui! your folder.
Vlr. .1 line* I'ritcln >r, <>l Atlanta. vis
ited relatives near Ila lib. la-f wrrt.
Mr. J. 1* Mr* ulbmgh, in company
with his sister. Alls. .1. i\. i'nhh, spent
a few days with relatives, near Jones
boro last week.
Mrs. f!. A. ( nnkln. of Hebron, yi
iteii Mm. .J. \\ Hill last Saturday'.
A protracted meeting is now in pro
gross, at Alt. Carmel AI. I’, cliurcb
conducted by Rev. W. il. Costly, the
icgulir pastor, and Rev. Mr Morris.
Great intercut is being manifested, and
two acijuisition add.<l to the church, up
to date.
Mr. J 11. Nash, has tnade some val
uah c improvements on his dwelling re
cently
Miss .Maggie Conkle, is teaching a
flourishing school near Air. Thomas
Field’s residence. Sin- is giving gen
eial s ti-faction to all her patrons, and
is highly esteemed by all her pupils.
We have no hesitancy in saying that
site will prove a worthy preceptress,
and vve trust that all her efforts may be
crowned with succesi.
The County Line F A. meets
next Saturday. Let all tint members
cornu out.
The annual protiacted meeting at
County Line will commence next Sat
urday and is expected to continue for
several days.
John Wise, of I’abb, has recently
returned from the “piney woods” in
Dooly county. lie states that lumber,
turpentine, wire grass, beef ar.d gophers
are plentiful.
Dr. D. T. Nash, has recently had
his dwelling re-covered, and is now
having other improvements added there
to.
Aug. In. Don Ji an
\ <>t i'iiprr Save* tier
I.ife.
It was ju3t an ordinary scrap of
wrapping paper, hut it saved lu-r life.
She was in the last stages of consump
tion, told by physicians that she was in
curable and could live only a short
time; she weighed less than seventy
pounds. On a piece of wrapping pa
per she read of Dr. Kings New Discov
ery. and cot it sample bottle ; it helped
her, she bought a large bettle, it helped
her more, lxmght another and grew bet
ter fast, continued its use and is now
strong, healthy, rosy, plump, weighing
110 pounds. For fuller pa ticnlars
send stamp to W. 11. Cole, Druggist,
Fort Smith. Trial bottles of this w on
derful Dicovery free at Clms. D. Mc-
Donald’s drug store.
Tiissa ii n w.
Good times and better coining—at
least thats the way the crop outlook
appears.
The rock causeway is finished. It is
a fine specimen of work, and cost
sl-29.20.
Air. George Garner has sharpened
several gins in our section. Our git.-
ncis will be ready lor the firs, lialw. «
Air. Al Speir has 40 pupils at Mayo’s
Academy.
It is pretty hard to get along with
a trifling hand while making a crop,
but worse to be sued by one because be
lias not done his duty. That’s the way
the fellow tried us but. we downed him
just the same.
Saw lots of turnips : they are good
for man and beast.
Rain, rain, rain.
Mrs. Jtisie Lunev, after several
weeks illness, lias recovered.
Mr. J. J. Lacey has the best tield
of cotton in '! nssabaw.
The road overseers in L’ussahuw dis
trict (19 s dst. G. M.) are hereby
warned to work tlm roads in slid dis
trict by the second Saturday in Sep
tember, and report them in writing as
the law directs. Commissioners court
will be field on that dav to deal with
all defaulting overseers. Fail not un
der penalty of tiie law.
Mr. J. R. Williams lets an acre of
ground peas in cultivation for bis hogs.
August 10. Cickiio.
f ll|l('[)s, .
This is what von ought to have, in ;
fact, you must have it, to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are searching for it j
daily, and mourning because they find j
it not. Thousands upon thousands of
dollars are spent annually by our peo
ple in the hope that they may attain
this boon. And yet it may be bad by
all. We guarantee that Electric Rit
ters, if used according to directions and
the use persisted in, will bring vou
Good Digestion and oust the demon
Dyspepsia and all diseases of Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys. Sold at oOc.
and si/iQ per bottle by ( 'lias. D. Mc-
Donald.
Alont St, .lean.
Air. < ini.-e s school has opened up
finely.
Mr. Lit Tarpley has one of the be.-t t
turnouts in this section. He is a clev
er young man, and some young lady
would do well to enlist him as a inri
uer.
Smith Davis has bought land from
Air. 1). T. Sione. on which lie is build-
ing a residence.
Some sickness in our midst.
Mr. Hob Adams lias tlie best crop
we e\er saw. ile is a good farmer.
We tender our thanks to Mr Joe
rmichael for some tine grapes.
.Mr. 1). I'. Stone is worth a great
deal to a community Besides tunning
a saw mill he is miming a steam sirup
evaperator.
A large crowd attended the Liberty
Hill singing in honor of Mr. Mike
\Ya! a -e. conducted by Prof.-. Tarplcv
and Wallace.
Mr. Mike Wallace left bo Ins home
in Sand Mountain Alabama . n t o
’9th inst. His many relations mot him at
Ids iathe-’s residence day before
he left. They l>a V him an affection-'
ate adieu, and wished him godspeed
to his home.
Rain ! Rain ! Rain !
Aug. 13. Oi.i> t • i ahn.
LOOK! * LOOK!!
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GOODS AT COST
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THOS. D. STEWART A CO.
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Having bought the Entire Stock of
iVfERCHANDISE of R A. AL
MAND at a Discount, for
CASH, are prepared to
OFFER STARTLING BARGAINS
usr nKESS coons. clothinc,
BOOTS, SHOES, DRY COODS ,
HATS, CARS, ETC.
GBttS*
They have a Beautiful Lineo. Spring Dress
Goods, Double Width, at 15c.
SHOES, SHOES, SHOES, SHOES!!!
BIG BARGAINS IN SHOES. They will ©ell
you Mens No. 7 Shoes, all styles, and Ladies
No. 3 shoes, all styles, at Less than Cost, being
overstocked on these numbers. Will sell you
Pins 3 Papers for sc. justaThird of their Value.
THOS. D. STEWART & CO.
Are Verily “the Leaders of Low Prices,” their
Stock of Meat, Flour, Syrup, Corn, Tobacco
Bran, Hay, Oats, Sugar and Coffee is Full and
Complete, and they are prepared to furnish
YOU on Time. Call on them if you wish to
save money,
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M’DONOUGH
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FALL TERM.
BEGINS AUGUST 12th, ISS9, AND CON
TINUES FIVE MONTHS.
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Faculty:
[\ E. Day an t, A. M. - Principal.
Miss Matth: Dav ant - - - - Assistant.
Miss Anntk \\ fj.i.s Assistant.
Miss E. (J. Havant - Teacher ot Art.
I IPLsvK > of "J? lAition:
Primaiy Class per month -------- $1,20
Intermediate ” -------- - $1,70
Academic “ $2,20
Collegiate ” -------- - $2,20
"Music “ - $2,50
Drawing' ” - - - - $2,00
Painting “ - -- -- -- -- - $3,00
Incidental Fees per 'Term
Pupils will be* charged from date >1 cntcrance to close
ot term.
Pupils will be credited with 20 cents each month in lieu
of public land. Deductions will be made lor protracted sick
ness. The analytic: method will be used in teaching. Pu
pils will be taught to take the “ipse dixit” of no man for au
thority, but will be taught to examine the reasons upon which
statements are foundered, and form opinions for themseives,
and thus make their education practical. The discipline will
be mild and linn, but rigidly enforced. Board ir. good fami
lies from sS.oo to SIO.OO per month.
For lurthcr particulrrr. address.
P. E. DAVANT, principal.
M’DONOUGH. GA.