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THE HENRT COUNTY WEEKLY.
VOL. XIV.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
puritv, strength and wholosomenens. More
economical Ilian the ordinary kinds, and
lannot be sold in competition with the mul
titude of low tyst, short weight alum or
phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.
Koval li tvi.no Powiikr Go., lOti Wall street,
New York. . novl3-ly
1 'llO FESS 10 NA L VA li OS.
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DENTIST,
McDonohoh, lb.
Anv one desiring work done can be ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Perms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
lino W. Kiivan j W. T. Dickon.
I'ltYA-V A: »l( kl'A,
I
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MrOONOITtII . (« A .
Will practice in the comities composing
ho Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
ai Georgia and the United States District
Court. ap»27-l y
| \H. If. TIiKKUK,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ha.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court oi
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marl G-ly
.». It »: %(« *A.
attorney at law. •
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collect ions. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer’s warehouse. janl-lv
j »\ WAI-I-,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme ami
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octs-’7!>
A. It ROW*.
’attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. jinl -ly
j J A. PEKPMJS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Havcton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt attun
tiongiven to Collections, Oct 8, ISSS
Jno. D. Stewart. j K. I\ Danikl.
NTEHAIIT A 1* A AII 1,.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Gmsnx, GA.
| | lt. IC. .1. AR AOI.O.
Hampton. Ga.
1 hereny tender inyperfcssional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal’s night and
day.
LA II CAIiD.
1 have Opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue mv practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular’v, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. W iil be in Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office —Room ffti. Gate City Rank build
in'*, Alabama street. Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L TYK.
January 1 st. I SBo.
McEiree’s Wine of Cardui
and THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for wile by the following merchants in
Henry County:
D. Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, Lovejoy.
A. V. McVickcr, Babb.
Berry A Bran nan, Flippen.
Dr. U'. 11. 11. Peek, Locust Grove.
J. C. Bostwick, Peeksville.
.1. W. Hale, Sandy Itidge.
VV. 11. Gilbert & Co. Stockhridge.
B. F. Harlow. Tunis
GRIFFIN FOUXMiY
AND
Machine Works.
\\fe announce to thr Pufii that we are
\\ p#ej>are(l to manufacture Engine Boil
ers : " ill take orders tor all k ; u ls of Boil
ers. We are prepared to do all kinds ot
repairing on Engines, Boilers end Machin
ery, generally. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds: also Inspirators, In
jectors, Safety Valves, Steam Guages,
Pipe and Pipe Fittings and Iron and Brass
Castings of every Description.
OMHOUN A M tUOIT,
JUTE KNOCKED OUT.
Tin: soi'tkus cotton / x
CJIANOF ATXEW OI.'LFJ XS.
Our Urnttll Old Altiniice Prci.
dent ItatlliiiK for < <>(•<>■■ Itn”
tints.
The cotton bagging convention,
which assent. I Ted here to-dav, in res
ponce to the rail of the New Orleans
Cotton exchange, disposed Of tLo bag
ging question promptly and effectually,
after a very thorough discussion of tin
matter. Thera were ; resent delegates
from the New York and New Orleans,
Augusta, Memphis, Mob le, Meridian,
Miss., Jackson, Miss., and Selina, Ala.,
exchanges. The Savannah, Houston.
Shreveport, Helena, Ark , and Cincin
nati exchanges had writ tan that t-hev
would send delegates, but the latter did
not turu up in lime for today's meeting.
Resides the delegates from the cotton
exchanges, there were present the fol
lowing state commissioners of agrictil
ture : J. W. Henderson, of Georgia;
R. E. Kolb, of Alabama ; John Hoard,
ot ['(nil. ; M. E. Locke, of Aikansas,
and T. J Bird, of Louisiana, as well
‘as L. E. Livingston, piesident, and ,1.
H. Turner, of the Georgia Farmers’
Alliance ; R. J, Sledge, chairman of
the cotton committee, of the Texas
state Alliance; R. (’. Patty and ,T. 11.
Reaman, of the Mississippi Farmers’
Alliance and A. T. Clayton, of the
national cotton committee of the Ear
mers’ Alliance.
JAMES TOBIN, Ot AUGUSTA,
Ga., was elected president; FI. G. Hes
ter, of New Orleons, and P. II Roun
tree, of New York, vice presidents.
Mr. S. O. Thomas, president of the
New Orleans exchange, announced the
purpose of the convention, and offered
resolutions fixing a percentage tax on
cotton and jute bagging. The lCsolu
tiotis were discussed at length, and va
nous suggestions made in regard to
them Mr. Thomas told why the
New Orleans exchange had called this
meeting.
Mr. I X. Moore, of New Orleans,
wanted the convention to give the ex
i changes more time to discuss the sub
ject among themselves, so as to avoid
any hasty action. One of the delegates
thought, the resolutions opposed to the
laws of certain states, notably; Alabama,
on the subject of tax on cotton, and
wanted an amendment that-would meet
tills difficulty. Commissioner Kolb, of
Alabama, did not think that there
was any eonllict between the laws of
Alabama, and the resolutions proposed.
The law app'eid lo cotton weighers,
and was for the avowed purpose of pre
venting the seller of cotton from being
deprived of any of its real value, where
as the resolution would have the con
trary effect, behefitting instead of dam
aging the seller. There would be
NO DEDUCTION FROM THE ACTUAI.
COTTON,
but simply in the wrapping of the
hales.
Several of the delegates testified to
the fact that the existing laws in their
states on the subject of tare were fram
ed to prevent the soiling hitherto ex
isting, and did not inferc with the reso
lution.
Mr Kolb announced that Colonel
Livingston, of Georgia, who was a far
mer himself, had been selected to pres
ent the farmers view of the matter to
the convention.
The president then wanted Mr. Liv
ingston to add. ess the meeting.
“All we ask,” said Colonel Livins
ton, “is justice and fairness. Tlie hag
ging question las been a troublesome
one for twenty five year-. The cotton
producer lias stood quietly by and not
had a word to say about cotton, about
prices, tare or anything else. We
have goue on this line as long
as possible. We aic just as much in
terested in cotton as the cotton mer
chants, aud ought to have just as much
to sav about i l . A c have finally
CHANGED Ol'B COI'KSK,
and we now intei d to assert our rig’nts’
until the public opinion is wrought up, ;
and we have some influence in the mat j
ter. ()ver a yeai ago I met the gen
tlemen representing (In* jute eombina
lion at Birmingham. We had a con
fercnce over the bagging question, and
discussed it fiom every possible point
of view.-What would you do if you
were cotton prooncers ? I asked
them. ‘Why, use cotton lagging, of
course,’ they replied. It is in the inter
est of every one in the south to use
cotton bagging. In the first place it
will give some value to 12’>.T)0 A hales
of low grade cotton, which can be turn
ed into bagging and we can get rid of
that part of the crop for which they
care very little in Europe. If we
don’t damage the merchant or spinner,
I, as a farmer, can’t see how any cot
ton cxchauge can, for a moment, hesi
tate ah ait accepting this tare. We
are
SI'ENDING TOO Mt'CII MONI.Y IN INDIA
and England for jute. That money
we can keep at home by using cotton
bagging. I hone that all the cotton
exchanges will stand by these resolu
tions, and thereby settle the trouble.
We ask you to give us this tare, be
cause it is rielr. A barrel ot sugar
has the tan mar ed on it from the
moment it leaves the plantation,and so
it ought to be with cotton. Some dav,
unless justice is done us, the reclinen
of the south will take tins matter in
their own hands, and t i-y wdl handle
it. 1 four, in a rough but thoroughly ef
fective manner. l’he nulls are being
pressed to tu n < ver cotton bagging.
They are a 1 behind with it, and some
of them mav turn out light and flimsy
material, but the farmers won’t use it.
The resolutions say that it must he
bagging weighing three-quarters of a
McliONOl (Ml, (JA., hiMDAY.NKI'TKMm-l»\ 20,
ji.iUlid to the yard. Shall wr bo. dicta
ted to bv Kutope " 11 you, gentlemen,
| -it on this resolution tonight, 1 guarau
| tee that' Europe will take all your cot
| ton. They need it and must have it.
After a further discussion I homa s
res* Inticu was adopted as amended
i bv Colonel I’tisli. ot Now Orleans, fix-,
ing the specific tare of lb pounds on
cotton bagging, and 25 on jute bagging,
instead of the percentage tare proposed
bv Mr. Thomas.
T hese resolutions arc as follow >:
That on and alter the liist of Octo
ber. 18817, all cotton shall bo sold at
uef weight, allowing 21 pounds off
gross weight for tare on juto covered
bales and 16 pounds off for taro on
cotton covered bales. Cotton covering
to be of standard weight, t of pound
to the. yard.
The resolutions were submitted to
the-convention and adopted unanimous
ly, some ot tl«i delegates voting tot
them with the proviso that they would
have lo resubmit the matter to the ex
changes they represented. The con
vention then adjourned to meet again
tonight and discuss the questions of;
classification and other matters.
TUK STATE COMMISSIONERS
of agriculture ami members of the alii
ancc met in the gallery of the St.
Charles hotel and discussed the action
taken by tbe convention. All of them
were satisfied, indeed enthusiastic, and
thought the convention had fully and
definitely settled the bagging question.
Mr. Henderson, commissioner of ug
ricultnre of Georgia, toid your repre
sentative that the farmers had got just
what they wanted. The difference in
tare allowed between cotton and jute
bagging was ample. The convention
was strong enough to compel the gen
eral adoption of the system proposed
by it. It bad been harmonious and
unanimous and the merchants present
had shown a disposition to fully cooper
ate with the farmers' in this bagging
matter. The members of the alliance
from Mississippi had at first expressed
the opinion that the proper way to
fight the jute bagging trust.was by the
farmers
ERECTING jute bagging FACTORIES,
and by taking the duty off jute, but
the others took a contrary view, and
would prefer to sea jute kept altogeth
er out of the country. All the state
commissioners present took part in the
proceedings. 1 suggested that Mr.
Livingston present the case ot the far
mers of Georgia and the. south on this
| bagging question, and there and then
!he presented it to the full satisfaction
|of every gentlemen present. L think
i the action of the convention will lmve a
1 tender, cy COTri*■ ; <SW ;b;i more
! and more into use. We have no fear
jof Liverpool. It cannot lock us out.
i I don’t think any further action is nec
essary in this matter I think the
! amount of cotton bagging turned out
j will be equal to the demand if the far
mers are not too hasty in farwarding
their crop to market.
Commissioner of agriculture R. E.
Kolb, of Alabama, was equally satis
tied. “I think the convention has
reached a permanent settlement of this
bagging question. As for Liverpool
and the English exchanges, they dare
not oppi se us. We found the mer
chants in the convention disposed to
act fairly and sqtiarelylwith the farmers
in this matter. The action of the con
vention will have a decided tendency
to j
INCREASE THE USE OF COTTON BAG
GING.
“We are doing very well in regard
to this bagging in Alabama, getting
the bulk of it from Georgia and New
Orleans. Our State Alliance will
have a cotton bagging factory sunning
in Alabama, at Florence, within thirty
days; and we will produce the bagging
at home. The commissioners will t.ot
attend to night's convention. '1 he
question of classification while it is one
that vitally interests the farmers, is]
one for the exchanges themselves to
settle. The Alliance made eight
pounds for the difference between cot
ton and jute bagging is ample and
equitable. I want to say on behalf of
the farmers of Alabama that Colonel
Livingston, president of the Georgia
State Alliance, in presenting the issues
involved m their bagging question, set
forth in the most eloquent manner the
rights of the southern farmer, and cov
ered himself with glory. «.
Mr. R. J. Sledge, president of the
State Alliance of Texas, and membtr
of the cotton committee, took the same
view of the matter. The convention
had done what the farmers wanted and
expected. We
N«> LONGER TEAL LIVERPOOL.
*•
The subject was well handled, and
presented by Colonel Livingston, and
the fact that the convention, after
a thorough discussion of the matter,
came to a unanimous opinion, ought to
satisfy all as to the views of America
on this subject. I-do not think that
tl.era would be any difficulty whatever
in enforcing the views of the conven
tion: If any exchange opposes us, we
will send our cotton elsewhere. ’Hie
jute interest is very strong at Galves
ton, but Galveston will have to yiel
if it wishes to keep its cotton trade.
The other state commissioners of ag
riculture present, Messrs. Hoard, of
Tennessee; Bird, of Louisaua and
Locke, of Arkansas, all are
I t;LEY AGREED WITH Tills VIEW
that the convention lmd done all that
could be expected of it, and had satis
torily settled this baggiug controversy.
At the meeting tonight the conven
tion decided to arrange for a uniform
classification for cotton. All ti e ex
-1 changes will appoint experts who will
meet at New Orleans at tiie 'earliest
I lav possible, and agree upon the class
! ificatiou. The convention then ad
J journed sine dc
MR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
Last fall Mr. Bowser undertook to
jdo our fall housecleauing in fifteen
minutes, Imt got discouraged {ii.il went
[ off for a f rtnigfft while I finished up.
] As I wanted to overhaul things .» little
this month, and as 1 wnttttal him out
of the way, 1 said to hitu the other ov
eniug :
“ I lei gas you have been home all
summer I should think you would want
to take a little trip this fall.”
“11’m !" he replied as he looked up
from his paper.
••You don’t look a bit well. Mr
Bowser. Your face is haggard, and I
belitve you have lost twauty pounds of
flesh this summer.” j
This time he didn't sajfanything us
he 1 oked at me. ~
"if wanted to go
llampshiic and sec your
continued. “1 could get yjP' ’ TPi'idy
in ono day,” ♦
“t*li you could !” ho reAhed. ‘Mr...
Bowser, I see through vow little game,
and it won’t work. YuUGvant to get
me away so you can rip and tear and
scrub and clean and wipe and dust
and damage and destroy four-fifths
of the contests of this house 1”
‘•I want to clean just a'Jillle.”
“Well, go ahead.”
“Rut .you-—you '
‘•Oh, yes; it’s always me! One
would think you were afraid to breath
unless 1 gave my consent in writing.
Have 1 said a wold agaiiis*. houseclean
ing? Don’t I know that houseclean
ing must be done ? 1 was wondering
the other day when you were going to
begin.”
“But last year you raised such a
fuss.”
“('an’t remember that 1 said one sin
gle word. If 1 did it was only in fun.”
“And I may clean ?”
“Not only that, but I'll help.”
“But you nccjln’t. You just he pa
tient and put up with the muss for a
few days and I’ll get •”
“As [ said, 1 will help, Mrs. Bowser.
It will only be a short vacation forme.
Don’t you worry about tny finding any
fault.”
It, was with fear and trembling that
I saw him put on an old suit ot clothes
next morning, and heard him say:
“I’ll begin on the parlor first. It’s
now ‘J o’clock. We ought to be
through with the whole house in two
hours.”
“1 l’m aftaid we are not so smart
as that. We must go slow and give the
house a thorough going over.”
“Oh, we’ll have everything shining
like.a new pen before up. You
j boss, and i 'll do the work. You know,
lof course, that there is everything in
the planning. Some folks make a
whole week’s job of housecleaning sim
ply because they don’t know how to
plan. Mother and I used to clean
house in half an hour, and you know
how particular she is.”
After breakfast the cook came in
and said she was ready, and she like
wise announced that the colored wom
en were in waiting.
“Waiting for what ?” asked Mr.
Bowser.
“To help us clean,” I replied.
“Send them tight home! Five us
to clean house ! Who ever heard of
the like ! Do you want the neighbors
to Utitik wc have heifff shoveling dirt
into the house all summer? I'll start
those colored women for home, ami 1
don’t want any help from the cook.
Let her attend to affairs in the kitch
en.”
He went out and “started” the two
women 1 had engaged for six weeks,
and then return, d with the announce
ment that he was ready to start in on
the spare bedroom, having already ta
ken down the curtains and rt moved the
bedding
“All tight—lT! have it done in five
minutes!” lie replied, as bespit on his
hands. “You clear out and give me
room to work. 1 think 1 can give you
aud all other women a pointer on
house-cleaning.
I went down stairs, and it wasn’t ov
er seven minutes before he called to
me :
“All right, Mrs. Bowser-—your
room is cleaned ! < ome up and show
me what to do next.”
“What have you done ?” 1 asked,
sis 1 found him seated on tht window
sill with a complacent smile on his
• face. i
“Cleaned the room Every picture
lias down and dusted, the
bed steal! wiped off, and I have swept
the carpet. Your three or four wom
en would have been two days accom
plishing the satii“ task 1 have complet
ed in less than ten minutes. I tell
you, .Mrs. Bowser it is all in the | Lu
lling.”
“But that bedstead must come d >wn,
Mr. Bowser.”
‘•What for ?”
“Because the carpet must come up.
Everything must be moved out of the
room and the door cleaned.”
“Well, I should like to know what
for? What's the matter ot this room
just as it is ?” ,
“Dust, Mr. Bowser. It blows and
we can’t help it. Moths get in now
aud then. If we don’t do our work
thoroughly we might as well let it go
entirely. 'lake the bedstead down
first.”'
“i’ll tal-e it down, but I protest. It’s
all bosh hunting out every speck of
dust. No one else does it. Get out
of the way I”
He made a grab for the springs and
lifted them out. but in getting them
clear of the rail he fell over brekwa'ds
and the springs fell upon him ’He
I made use of several vigorous exclama
i tions. k : cked out in an effort to demol
ish them, and as 1 assisted him to get
; up lie roared :
*J fold you tint! the e tilings ought
in bt hit ah'in ! 1 lt<- 'Bo! who imam
ted them never intended tin v should
be ni.>n t*d !
I ealnied him down al’er a bit and
then asked him to takedown the limi
stead. Ile grubbed the Riot-board and
gave a puli. T hen ’he grbhul the
head bouid and gave a wrench.
“Mr. Bowser, don’t you know how
to take a bedstead apart ?” I asked.
“Don’t ! ? Well, if I don’t no one
else does ! I was taking bedsteads
apart ten years before you were born !
You alwavs have to loosen the joints a
bit. Now then ”
“But vou don’t hear down on the
rail. You must, lift up at the ends ”
“1 think 1 kiimv tny business, Mrs.
Bowser,” ho replied as he worked
away.
“lint voudoji't. You arc locking
ifltearaSs ttmlead of loosenitrg tfw 111. .JtHU)
TurdT
I pulled at the end ol a rail and tin
locked it. Mr Bowser hacked off,
crossed his hands on the small of his
back and said:
“Mrs. Bowser, that settles it. I
dearly see vour object. We will have
no more house ( leining this fall. I
see what it would lead to. \\ hen a
wife gets the idea that she knows
more than her husband it is time to
hois, the danger signal. Just drop
things right hero. That is, unless you
have planned to bring about this very
thing to force a legal separation. ’
He dressed and went off down town,
and 1 have been cleaning house in a
guarded manner for the last week. I
] think he knows it, too, but he pretends
ignorance as the best way out of the
affair. I shall be all through in the
course of a couple of days more, aud
inside of a week I expect to hear Mr.
Bowser observe :
“1 was just looking around and no
ticing how clean anil tidy everything
is. It was a good thing I suggested ,
house-cleaning this fall, and 1 don’t
think anybody could have planned it
better than 1 did. When we get ready
to clean houso in the spring I'll give
you two or three mote valuable point
er,.”
lie I'roltn lily IliHlgi tl Her.
“Look at that, will you?” exclaimed
a woman as she pointed to her trunk
in the baggage room of the Third
street depot the other day.
“Yes’utn,” was the humble remark
of the agent.
“When 1 saw that trunk aboard at
Rochester yesterday it was a brand
new trunk and all right. Look at it
I now ?’ t 1
“I’m a-looking, mum.’!
“The strap broken, one hinge busted,
two of the rollers gone and lid split!”
“I see, mum.”
“D,o you suppose I’ll stand that ?”
she exclaimed, elevating her voice un
til the (.chocs peeled slivers off the
the rafters. “Do you think you can
pass that trunk over to me without!
paying damages ?”
“No, rnnin.”
“You’ve got hold of of the wrong
woman if you think you ran ! I want ]
damages—damages, sir! Do you,
hear ?”
“1 do, mum.”
“I put my damages at Sid. That
is for the trunk alone. The damage
to tny feelings I put at SIOO. I
ought to say $250, but I’ll let it go at
SIOO. Who shall I see?”
“The president, mum. Come in at
I o’clock.”
“Very well, I’ll be hero. If you
see him tell him I’m coming. Tell him
I don’t want no ifs uor amis about it,
but cash down.”
“Yes, mum.”
“And if hu tries to dodge me I'll sue
for ;t thousand dollars and have my
husband come on here and lick the
whole caravan! Some folks can be i
walked on and buried in the mud,
but I’m not one of the sort. .Inst!
leave that trunk where it is until 1 ■
Calk and you mention to the president
that a woman who is no spring pullet
will be here at I o’clock to get dam- 1
ages or pull hair.”
4'»tloii liiiKKinK-
Atlanta, (la., Sept. Id, 18*0.
'I he action taken at New Crleans on
the 11th instant by the convention,
composed of delegates from the cotton
exchanges of the l uited States, agree
ing that all cotton should be priced and
sold net, and fixing the tare at *2l
pounds on each bale coveted in jute
and 1C pounds on each bale covered
in cotton standaul bagging, jc. |>er
I yard, by their action Is to become oper
ative on and after the Ist day of Octo
ber next, which will avail to every
j farmer su'ling cotton on and after that
date covered lit cotton bagging four-
teen pounds per bale over the piesent
tare allowed, and this, at ten centr per
pound, makes a net gain of Sl.dU per
bale. Also cotton covered with jute
a gain of six pounds per hale at 10
cents, or a gain of <>o cents per bale.
This on a crop of i ,tioO,ooo bales, es
timated crop for 18*9. is 50,100,000,
or a gain of 82,800,000 on 2,000,000
bales covered in cotton, and $3,300,-
000 on 5,500,000 bales covered in jute.
Now, will not all cotton producers fall
into line at once and buck up the lib
eral and just action on the part ot the
cotton exchanges ? From October Ist
no man need complain of loss on cot
ton covered in cotton, and all using
jute can thank this noble body of men
for the gain of sixty cent' per bale on
ootton thus covered.
.lons T. lIhNDKItSOX,
( ommissioner Agriculture.
1,. F. Livinostox, President
Georgia Farmer’s Alliance.
All papers friendly please copy.
!GEN. LEWIS AND THE CLUB.
rut t\ TEST Hl.t I ISO rot/.
mittei: // i s finished
its i inous
tint the Opinion fteenis lo He
’l’liti I .*w4'um* Han ll.cn Hade
Vraln-I till l l*on I imiMc
■ Ii« Views.
It is reported that the committee of
the Capital City club which was ap
pointed to investigate General Lewis
and decide whether or not he should
remain a member of the club, is ready
to make its report.
It is stated that the prosecution has
failed to make out a case. Mr. Ren-
f to, Mr. and Mi s Lyons went on the
• land and stated precisely what they
had been credited w ith saying in the
j Constitution, aud still adhere to their
position.
Genera] Lewis made a statement
covering about twenty pages of fools
cap, in which he takus.thc position that
he put the negro in the registry office
to keep him from contact with the
public, and that the work can be done
in separate rooms and without commu
nication between the lady clerk and the
negro.
It is said that in this statement Gen
eral Lewis denied bitterly what has
been charged concerning him and his
former relations to the races, lie
admits, it is understood, that lie rode
in tlie eairiage with a negro, but claims
that it was IVofessor Langston whom
lie met, or overlook coming from some
exhibition near Atlanta, and as it was
milling and stormy, he halted his car
riage and asked Professor Langston to
take a scat, and carried him to the city.
The episode in Macon, which hits liecn
alluded to in in the prints did nut in
volve General Lewis, and all testimo
ny thcieto was ruled iut by the com
mittee.
in his statement, General Lewis dis
tinctly stated that lie was opposed to
social equality between the races in
any shape or form. I'pon cross-ox
amitnitiou Lawyer Colville, represent
ing the prosecution, said:
“General Lewis, do 1* understand
joutosay you are opposed to social
equality between the races?”
It is said that General Lewis rose
from his chair, and, in the most em-
■ phatic manner, said;
“There is no man living,'even though
he be southern horn and bred, who is
futher from believing in social equality
between tlie races, in any shape or any
j tern - ., than 1 am, and 1 repeat this
i statement in this emphatic way.”
It is understood that the testimony
has been closed. The committee has
no duty except lo report the evidence
in such shape us they believe it should
go before the club. This it will proba
bly do at an early day.
A WORD FROM TI4K OTHER SIDE.
On the other hand it is contented
that the ease against General Lewis
was made out. The main point urged
is that Postmaster Renfroo went to
General Lewis beiore Benny was ap
pointed and urged that it should not
lie done as it would throw him in con-
tact with a lady, and the people would
not stand it, and that Mr. Ilenfroe
pointed out clearly the way in which
this could be avoided, Mr. Rcnjroe re
affirmed these facts before the commit
tee and the testimony of Mr. Lyons
aud Miss Lyons was positive and in
the same direction.
The American Surety company has
refused to make a b >nd fot Penny, the
negro clerk. They declined through
their attorneys, N. J. & T. A. Ham
mond, on the ground that he has had
no clerical experience, and that they
did not care to become his security.—
Constitution.
Tin rrlc<l.
Mr. ,1. 11. Varner, of this place, was
married to Miss Arpie Price, of near
Flippen, on Wednesday evening, 12,
inst ~at the beautiful home of the bride’s
father, Rev. .1. M. liowdeti, officiating.
The contracting parties were society
people, w hose high social standing and
moral worth makes them great favorites
with their respective communities
After the nuptial rites were perform
ed, the bride and groom returned to
McDonough, where an elaborate sup
I per was prepared for them and theii
many guests and attendants.
15v way of offering our inede of
! commendation to the groom, we would
say that there is no young man who
lias ever been raised around town, whose
. moral standard and social standing is
[better. To ltis associates be is ever
| courteous and obliging ; in his business
relations punctual and untiring.
With all of these high qualifications,
we feel certain that the bride has found
in him a man worthy of her many
! charms, of person and character, and
j one who will smile when she smiles
and deeply sympathize with her should
| she have cause to weep, which we hope
1 she will never have cause to do.
The bride whose sylvan home and
peaceful surroundings have developed
her into charming girl, fresh and hi roil
ing in the full vigor of young woman
hood. Her personal charms have made
her greatly admired by the world, and
- added to these, her pleasing manner
has made her a s reat favorite with her
; acquaintances.
Well may the bridegroom congratu
late himself upon his good fortune in
! securing so charming and accomplished
companion.
The young |>eop!e have the best
' wishes of The Weekly, and to use
the.much hackneyed expression, ‘we
wish them all the pleasure .their hearts
can conceive.”
ini': >I.H I IKHI KI'.AIM.U-
Lksson l—“ Come, let us go ami
ride upon the street cars in the cool
of the evening. How smoothly they
glide ! With what swiftness they skiin
along over the face of tho earth ?”
“Yes, it is wonderful.”
“With what luxuries and conveni
ences man has supplied his fellow man !
Did you ever stop to think of it T'
“Very often.”
“You lioard a street car built after
the style of a palace, hand the conduc
tor « lead nickel, and away you go
Hying over the streets like some great
bird. Time is annihilated, space re
duced, comfo' t brought to your soul.
We can never lie thankful enough to
tho man who invented the street car.
But for ”
“What’s the matter ?**
j ‘ This makes me tired. We have
I been half an Wur going six blocks, anil
: the motion of this old rattle trap is
enough to break one’s back. Let ns
finish our jouryey in a wheelbarrow.”
Lksson 11.—“ Is the man puzzled?”
“Yes, very much so.”
“What is he doing with that papei?”
“That is his gas hill for last month.
It is over
“But that isn’t so very bad.”
“Oh, no, but his family were away
all the month, you see, and the house
shut up. He" can’t understand how
the meter kept cantering right along at
the same old pace.”
“Will he ever solve the mystery ?”
“Oh, yes. He will go to the gas of
fice and they will explain it to his en
tire satisfaction."
“How?”
“Ily proving to him that he lelt six
or eight lights blazing away when he
locked up the house and took the
train."
Lksson lll.— “Does the grocer
smile?”
“Yes, he smiles blandly.’’
“What has pleased him?”
“A big w atermelon which he had
placed on top of that ban el is mis*
sing.”
“And is it not a loss to him ?”
‘“Not much of oue. He had care
fully plugged it, stooped out the in
side and filled the space with sand.”
“And some one stole it ?”
“Not exactly. You can’t steal a
melon, you know ! Some gentleman
came along and happened te remem
ber that his children had requested him
to get a melon for Sunday, and seeing
that the grocer was busy inside, lie
i carried this one off without stopping
I to bother.”
“And when he gets home?”
“Do not speak of it. After he has
lugged that thirty-five pounds of wet
sand uml watermelon a mile or more
to his home, we must not follow him
inside and see him cut it in twaiu, so
that it will go in the ice-box. A man’s
home is a sacred place. Ihe explo
sions used by a man in his only, family
circle, when worked up to the top-notch
of indication by some giievous insult,
would not look well in print. Let us
leave him to sorrow.”
Lesson IV.—Hist I Do you see
that dark figure in the alley ? ’
“Ido. ft is ciouched at the l«»ck
door of a confectionery store.
-It is doubtless a would-be robber.
You remain here and I will creep upon
him and make him a prisoner.”
[He creeps forward and springs
upon a youth of 12 with a package in
his hand.]
“Ah ! boy, I’ve got you .
“What der yer want?” •
“I want you! What are you up to
licrii
“Oil ! rats ! I belong in there.”
“ Then what are you doing here ?”
“I’ve been to the grocery after a
pound of cayenne pepper to tone our
ginger ale, and my orders are to come
in at the back door. We don t give
ourselves away to customer on ginger
ale—we don’t.”
Urrut Curiosilics.
The spur of a moment.
The horns of a dilemma.
A nick of time.
A bone of contention.
Parliamentary whips.
A mau ot straw,
A grain of truth.
The threads of stories.
A ship of state.
A fly on a wheel.
A bee in a bonnet.
The poiut of a joke.
The dark horse.
A political warming pan.
A circle in which men argue.
The historic sword and pen.
The silver tongue of an orator.
The features of a plucked caudidate.
—Kx.
Itcaoliition*.
The Bit. Bethel F. A., at their last
meeting, unanimously adopted the
following resolutions :
Whereas, we have been informed
that Messrs. Alexander ik Turner
have bought a car load of jute bag
ging.
Resolved, Ist, That we will not
patronize their gin or mill in any
manner whatsoever.
2nd, That the Secretary ol the
County Farmer’s Alliance be, and is
hereby requested, to publish the fore
geiug iu his paper, ’1 he Henry
I County Wkekly.
J. B. Grant. Sec.
Sept., 7t,h.
The Alliance of Gilmer county
have agreed not to furnish cross ties
to the railroad at a less price tliuu
35 cents.
NO 21.