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WEEKLY TIMES. hl' VOUCH E .f: ,1 011 S SOX. Entered at the postofllce at McDonough Ga., as second-class mail matter. McDonough. Ga , Jan. SO, 1801. Ingalls defeated and the force bill dead—what more relidf could the-coun try ask ? The Suwanee Canal Company has been organized aud will begin work at once to (train the Okefeenokee swamp into the St. Mary’s river. Capt. Har ry Jackson is president of the com pany. It is said that quite a number of South Georgia farmeis are buying cot. ton for the purpose of holding it until next fall. They say it will be cheaper to buy it at present low prices than it is to raise it. Editor Gantt, recently of the Athens Banner, has purchased Dr. Macune’s interest in the Alliance Farmer, and takes a position on the paper as assis taut editor. He has been a very ag gressive supporter of the Alliance, and will now have a much wider field for his pen. Several Southern States will soon follow the example of Georgia and set apart the 18th of January as a public boliday. The memory of Robert E. Lee deserves this tribute from the people whom he loved so well and whose history was enriched by his beautiful life. Last week two parties of Ohioans were in Georgia. Their object is to obtain what information they can from actual observation as to farm lands and other agricultural features and advan tages offered by this section. Those farmers are intelligent, active, ener getic and thrifty, and Middle Georgia could supply homes for many such and be better off by securing their perma nent residence among us. “Sockless Simpson,” who has re cently appeared on the horizon of na tional politics as a Kansas Congress man-elect, received a present of hosiery from a new Jersey firm, lie returned the hosiery with this reply: “Sir, our forefathers refused to drink tea because it was tsxed 3 per cent., aud held a tea party in Boston for the purpose of get ting rid of the stuff. 1 have just been figuring up the tax upon those stock ings, and I find that it amounts to 70 per cent. I will wear no socks untili the tax is taken off.” The South has had great cause for rejoicing this week. In the election for United States Senator by the Kan sas legislature Tuesday, John J. In galls, the arch sectional fiend and South hater, was defeated amid the wildest excitement. He was succeeded by Judge W. A. I’effer, au Alliance man, by a vote of 101 to 58. When the result was announced it is said a shout went up from the alliaucemen that will never be forgotten in Kansas. Ilats, coats, papers aud handkerchiefs were thrown wildly into the air, while shout after shout rang out long and loud for he great alliance victory. The next causo of rejoicing was the defeat of the force bill, on the same day. By a majority of one vote it has been laid aside for the consider ation of other matters, and its opponents claim it is now dead beyond doubt. Kellie Bly got urouud the world pretty lively, but Cheatham’s Tasteless Chill Tonic will go it at a still better pace. Try a bottle when in ueed of a remedy for chills. . “Hill Snooks.” MR. Editor: —Alter au absence , from your columns which had to be experienced by your readers to be ap preciated, I come again. Since your columns last knew me 1 have located in the Gate City, and hence my fail ure to give you the benefit of my great fund of information. There is a great deal of buildiug going on in the city at present, both of business houses aud residences. Cotton is rolling in now astonishing ly. The rise in the market brought out many bales which had been stored up for an advance. And still there is more to follow. The farmers say that not near all of the crop has been mar keted. General Lee’s birthday was observ ed pretty generally. The banks aud all public offices were closed Col. W. Gordon McCabe, of Virginia, the ora tor of the day. delivered an eloquent, address. There is more sickness and deaths in the city now than for years past. 1 met two funeral processions within two blocks last week, and every day you see them go by. The la grippe and pneumonia is no respecter of per sons. Bill Snooks. The malarious summer will soon be here. Buy a bottle of Cheatham’s Tasteless Chill Tonic aud fortify your self against chills aud fever. It is ab solutely guaranteed to cure and pleas aut to take. FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS [We m« in nu wise responsible for tlw views expressed by our Correspondents. We cannot make anv allowance forirreg ularityol mails or failing to post letters af ter they are written. To obviate this diffi culty, wo would suggest, that correspon dents at a distance write Saturday and mail Ihcir communications as soon tlici aftcr as possible. If a letter comes in on time and we fail to publish, on account oi want of space, it will lie published the fol lowing week. Let every correspondent give us the news in as condensed form as possi ble, otherwise it will l>e necessary to elimi nate superfluities. All communications are riving after Wednesday will lie too late lor publication. Snapping Shoals. During the week just passed, the clerk of the weather has certainly been on a “jamboree,” for we’ve had any and all sorts of weather jumbled up in and dished out to us in the most promiscu ous style possible. Within a period of forty-eight hours it has varied from the mildness and balminess of May to very nearly the frigidity of the uorih pole. To make the assortment more complete and varied, we had a contri bution from Jupiter Pluvius eveiy other day. But notwithstanding all these untoward circumstances farming operations are progressing fairly well. There is, aud has been, considerable complaint of the ravages of la giippe in this section ; but while it has been getting in its fine work all over this part of the county, and the adjacent county of Newton, we have not as yet heard of any case that has terminated fatally. There are, however, severa* persons now confined to their beds with it, who are reported as being dan gerously ill. This is notably the case with “Granny” Hunt, mother of Messrs. John Hunt and Taylor Hunt. This venerable old lady is very nearly a centenarian, being now close in the neighborhood of ninety years of age- From the following batch of mar riages it appeis that Cupid has neither sold his bow or broke his arrow; that Hymen has neither thrown away his torch, taken down his sign, nor gone out of business : On the 25th itist., at Island Shoals, Miss Leila Tyler, daughter of thatster ling citizen, Mr. J. Manse. Tyler, aid Mr. Thomas Lane, of Newton county, were, by Esquire A. H. Thrasher, united in the bonds of wedlock, and launched upon the sea of matrimony. May they be blessed with long life, prosperity and happiness. * On Thursday evening, 22ud inst., Mr. Alouzo Sowell and Miss Nettie Culpepper, of Tussahaw district, were joined in the bonds of wedlock. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Allen Rape and Miss Uoxie Thompson, also of Tussahaw, were joined in the bonds of matrimony for better or worse, for weal or woe. Your scribe had occasion not long since to travel somo iu both Hcersheba and Sandy Ridge, and was gratified to see cotton at every house ho passed, varying in quantities from one to twen" ty-five bales. What does this mean ? Either one or two things, or possibly both. It may mean that the people are generally in good financial shape, or they would uot be holding cotton so long after the usual time of marketing it. It may mean that, notwithstanding the people have obligations aud indebt edness outstanding, they are so dissat isfied w ith the present pi ices of cottou that they prefer making their creditors wait to sacrificing their cottou by dis posing of it at present prices. At any rate, it argues that the people have a reserve of cottou, behiud them, and that if the worst comes to the worst, the creditor may hope to get lus mouey before a great while, as people rarely hold cotton longer than March. We may, therefore, confidently expect that financial matters will be much easier in the near future. It may, and probably does, in many cases, argue that the farmer is out of debt, aud is holding back his reserve in the shape of cotton, with which to buy supplies at cash prices, when cash I is scarce, aud a very little of it goes a very long way. If this latter supposi tion is true then the farming communi ty is iu financial shape, and the coun try may well be congratulated there upon. If the latter hypothesis is true, has the Farmer’s Alliance had any thing to do with bringing about this "consum mation so devoutly to be wished for ?” If so, how much ? and in what way ? Will any of the F. A. brethren rise up and answer the conundrum ? We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Gus. Afbrse, who died near Island Shoals, on Friday evening. We were not able to learn the disease which was the cause of his death. Our school at Rock Spring is still ou a boom, as Prof. Speer had fifty eight pupils in attendance on Monday 1 the 26th inst., out of seventy seven registered. All the indications poiut to our having a very fine school in ; deed, as there promises to be quite a considerable accession to the popula i tion of the village of Snapping Shoals, when Mr. Becker shall have gotten his knitting factory in operation. Since beginning this correspondence your scribe lias learned of another mar riage that occurred in Bterslieba since be wrote bis lust. Allusion is made to the marriage by the Rev. John Lem ons, of Mrs. Sarah E I’urker to Mr. William H. Weaver • And the cry is, “Still they come!” Claudius. “Muggins.” Mu. Editor: V,’e extend to you our congratulation on the consolidation of your papers, and wish you a pros perous and happy year. Much sickness is now prevailing in our community, and throughout the entire county. Owing to so much sickness and the inclemency of the weather, no progress at farming has been made. Some time since, in your paper, “An Old Man” wanted to know where is your boy to night t Perhaps it is a difficult question to answer. Duting the youthful days of tliat “old man” the boys could be found arouud the parental fireside, paying attention to the dicta'es of an honest old mother, or helping do some domestic duty. Hut in this fast age there is no telling where your hoy is “to night.” He may he in a gambling den, dowti at the ten pin alley, in a house of ill fame, or in many other places too numerous to mention. The question arires, why such a change, and why is your boy out “to il iglit?” Temptations and inducements now exist that were never dreamed of dur ing tbe young days of our old men. The by word with them was that hon esty was the best policy, and it was practiced by them as preached. In the young days of “An Old Man” parental discipline was administered, aud the boy had to come to “limbrick” and never felt grown until be arrived at 25 years. But at this period of the world’s progress Die boy is grown at 13 years, and parental diacipline worth about 25 cents in the dollar. This is a subject of no little consid eration, and as we can’t do justice to the occasion we briefly close. luvitatious are out to the marriage, next Sunday, of Mr. Joe Ilataway aud Miss Dora Steele, both of our viciuity. Mr. H. is a nice young man and an ex farmer, while his bride-elect is a young lady of rare beauty seldom fouud in a country home, and we wish them a happy voyage on the sea of life. Jan. 2G. Muggins. Plow (Stock Insurance. Mu. Editor: —lt is my privilege to read several newspapers and in con neclion with them, “our litt’e home paper,” The Weekly. Every citizen of the county ought to take “our home paper.” A good newspaper is the cheapest thing that a man can invest one dollar in. I would not be deprived of the information I gather every week from the papers I read for ten times the cost of the best newspaper publish ed iu the South. Oue of my neighbors, Mr. F. W. Allen, has hvd the serious misfoitune of losing, in the past week, three head of horses. There seems to be quite a fatal disease that has gotten among Mr. Alleu’s stock The plow season is near at hand when every farmer will need his plow mule to prepare the soil for the gtowth of the incoming crop. It is quite a sad calamity for a poor mail to lose his only horse or uiule. 1 have been trying to get the Alliance farmers to form a “Plowstock Insur ance Company,” iu which wo would have some assurance of getting mate rial help fioni our brethren, in case we had the misfortune to lose our only mule or horse light at a time when we were most iu ueed of their set vice. No business of any kind can be earned on without system successfully. We must have au organized system of business if we expect to accomplish auything. If there were uo law requiring aud compelling men to pay their state aud couuty tax what a number of de faulters would there be in our couuty and state at the next election for Sheriff. Let every Alliunccmau who owns a mule or horse, and expects to engage iu farming this year, put in his applica tion for membership iu the "Stock In stance Company.” It is simply iu. tended to systematize a pilau by which we can aud must help each other in case we have the misfortuue to lose our plow stock. Every member of this company will he required to conform to the rales and laws enacted for our mutual beuetit. It is thought that two pier ceut. ou the estimated value of our stock will be sufficient to cover all the losses we will sustain during the pilow season, from the first of January to the first of August. This new de partment can be run at a very small cost by having the right sort of men to manage the business. There ought to be as many as five hundred men iti the county who ought to go iuto this com pauv. Out of this number of farmers we reasonably conclude there will lie one thousand head of stock entered and value I for insurance. Putting the avera 0 e value of this number of mules and horses at if 100, we would have SIOO,OOO worth of stock, upon which we carry an insurance oi $66,666. Two per cent, would mal e $2,C00. Supposing only one out of every twen ty five to die, that would make forty of the iittmlier to be paid for, $66 66J being the average price. It would re quire near S7OO tnoro to pay of the death losses the company wou'd sus tain. With the foregoing calculations 1 am confident that we would have to pay about four per cent, on the esti mated value of our stock in order to meet all the losses that would reason ably occur during the plow season. Hut even at that rate it would be a small sum of mouey well invested iu case our mule was to die. We would draw $66.66, which only cost us $4.00. 1 have a fine young mule worth $l5O. I wi,] give $6.00 to have my mule fully iusured until the first of August next. I would lie out iny $6.00 anyway, hut in case my mule went out in the time the insurer would have to fork over just one even SIOO. W. T. G. Hooky Creek. Mr. Editor:— to the bad weather our farmer* have nut uoue much work the past week. Mrs. Esther Bernhard, of Athens, aged 81 years, is visiting her grand sou, Mr. W. T. Bernhard, this week. If you want to buy goods cheap, call on A. V. McVicker, of Hampton. All the sick of this community are improving. Mrs. Adeline Brown, of Atlanta, is visiting in this community. The members of Hampton Alliance are preparing to make their own ferti lizers. It is a good plan and should have been adopted long ago. Some of the members mixed their own guano last year and obtained the best of re sults. On last Sunday, the 15th iust., at the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. H. T. Avery, Mr. A. H. Allen, of Carroll county, was married to Miss Susie Avery, Rev, Mr. Patiick, of Hampton, officiating. In securing for himself a life companion, Mr. Allen has selected one of the most beautiful and accomplished young ladies of Hen ry county, while he is one of Carroll’s nicest young men. The attendants were J. M. Avery aud Miss Ida Mas sey, Jas. Anderson aud Miss Ola Purs ley. No less than a hundred and fifty friends and relatives witnessed the mar riage. After the ceremony came the good things to eat, the table fairly groaning under their weight. There were many valuable presents. We extend congratulations, and may their future be as happy as the present. Abram. How’s This ? We ofier One Hundred Hollars Re ward for any case of catarrh that can not lie cured by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F J. Cheney for the la-t 15 years, and believe him perfec'ly honorable in all business transactions, and financially able to carry out any ohligai ions made by their firm. , Wicax & Train, Wholesale druggists, Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter □ally, acting directly upon the b lood and mucuous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Kesolutions by Alt. Hethel Lodge. i i Whereas, Villainous and slanderous lies have been circulated throughout our country, by certain newspapers and politicians, to the detriment uf our high and noble brotherhood the Farmer’s Alliance and Laborer’s Union, there fore be it Resolved Ist, That we the members of Mt. Bethel sub Alliance, No. do most emphatically condemn such, and that we hold iu perfect contempt all men and papers who will stoop to such means to accompli-h their politi cal ends. Resolved 2nd, That we have entire confidence in Dr. C. W. Macune, Col. L. F. Livingston and Editor 11. C. Brown and the Southern Alliance Far mer. Resolved 3rd, Tliat we will not pat ronize any paper that has been guilty of condemning and slandering our offi cers and leaders. Resolved 4th, That we unquallifed ly condemn the course of our repre sentative and all other Alliaucemen who voted for Geu. John B. Gordon for United States Senator, and that all true Alliancemeu in Georgia should look well in the future to the election of their successors, and select men who have the nerve aud brain to resist the entreaties of political demagogues. Resolved sth, That we heartily en dorse the course of our State Senator, Col. Zachry. Resolved 6th, That The Henry County Weekly and Southern Alii ance Farmer publish these resolutions. W. A. Hooten, President. A. A. Woi.f, Secretary. Cancerous Kczeiua. For many years I have been sorely atflicted with Eczema on my face. The eruption was iu large splotches, and Caucerous nature. I had treatment from a number of experienced physi cians, with little or no benefit, aud on ly of a temporary nature. After other treatments had failed I bought seven bottles of 8. S. 8. from Messrs. Teu nille & Holland, of Troy, Ala., and it cured me. i feel like a uew nian, my painful troubles and apprehensions are all gone, aud now at sixty years of age 1 am once more restored to health, and it is due entirely to 8. S. 8. My postoffice is Orion, Pike county, Ala. I'realise on Blood and Skin Diseases muled free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CD., Atlanta, Ga. WIiCAT XS SCROFULA It is that impurity Id the blood, which, ac ! cumulating in tlie glands of the neck, pro- j duces unsiglitly lumps or swellings; which causes painful running sores on tiie arms, legs, or feet; which derclopes ulcers in the eyes, ears, or nose, often causing blindness or deafness; which is the origin of pimples, can- 1 cerous growths, or the many other manifesta tions usually ascribed to “humors;" which, fastening ujion the lungs, causes consumption and death. Being the most ancient, it is the most general of all diseases or affections, for Tery few persons are entirely free from it. H °r B c r cured By taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which, by the remarkable cures it has accomplished, often when other medicines have failed, has proven itself to be a potent and peculiar medicine for this disease. Some of these cures are really wonderful. If you suffer from scrofula, he sure to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. “ My daughter Mary was afflicted with scrof ulous sore neck from the time she was 22 months old till she became six years of age. Lumps formed in her neck, and one of them after growing to the size of a pigeon’s egg, became a running sore for over three years. We gave her Hood’s Sarsaparilla when the lump and all indications of scrofula entirely dis appeared, and now she seems to be a healthy child.” J. S. Carlile, Nauright, N. J. N. B. Be sure to get only Hood’s Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggist*. £1; six for #5. Prepared only by C. I. HOOD St CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass. tOO Doses One Dollar Strayed or Stolen, From my home near Hamp ton, one medium size horse mule: color dark black, with a small white spot on sjght hip and very dark nose. Has a crack on left hind foot, caus ing it to somewhat resemble a cow’s. When last seen had on a halter and blanket. Any information regarding said mule will be thankfull re ceived by J. W. Duffey Jr. Hampton Ga. Three times a day Take Roy’s blood purifier three times a day, before meals, if you are troubled with any skin or blood disease—full directions with each T> r ' , bottle. Ask your o druwjist for it. MQNEYTO LOAN. ~~ 1 am prepared to negotiate loans on improved farm lands, in sums of S3OO, and upward, on easier terms and at lower rates of interest than are offer ed by any one else in the county. Farmers d.esiring to borrow will save money by seeing me before making ar rangements elsewdere. W. dl, Ui'OVvi), McDonough, Ga. Dissolution. lh.‘ firm of THOS. D. STKWART & <’o. is this diy dissolved by mutual consent, and is succeeded by THE STEWART M ERG ANTI f,E COM I>A NY, for whom we bespeak success. Mr. Thos. D. Stewart will collect the notes and accounts due the old firm, and will sign the (inn’s inline in liquidation. We thank our friendi and cus tomers for their liberal patronage, and kindly request all who are indebted to the old linn to make settlement as early as possible, as we wish to wind up the old business. THOS. D. STEWART. WAI KER T. INMAN. McDonough, Ga., Jar . I. 1891 y or ice. Referring to the above, we beg to inform our friends and the public generally that we have associated ourselves together un der the corporate name and style of Tin Stewart Mercantile Company, for the pur pose of doing a general mercantile business at McDonough, at the old stand of Thos. D. Stewart & Co. We are young men and have ample facilities and a thorough knowl edge of the business. We propose doing a strictly straightforward business, upon strictly honest principles. We are pre pared to accommodate our customers and friends on time, and wiTT thank the public for their favorable consideration. Respectfully, THOS. D. STEWART. J. B. DICKSON. L. H. FARGAfeON. McDonough, Ga.. Jan. I. 1891. C’beapeM lo Lonn. We havs recently made arrangements to loan an unlimited amount of money on re*) estate. Loans made for five years with the privi lege of payment in full or part at any time. No delavs Cheapest monev in the eountv KAY & FRANKLIN, Sept. I't. Jackson. Ga. All parties indebted to Neal Lemon & Knott are notified to come forward and settle, as we have sold out and the business must be closed up without delay. SUBSCRIBE NO >V\ 2V FIRST-CLASS Printing Office; For Sale. Includes Washington hand pi ess, Gordon jobber, stands,! galleys, news and display j type, and other things neces- • sary lor a good countr) - news- i paper and job office. Can be had at a bargain by I applying to FOUCHE & JOHNSON, | McDonough, Ga. j It is the outfit used in print- j ing the Ilenrv County Times . previous to consolidation with j this paper. Forl.?alaria,LivsrTrou- 1 ble, or Indigestion,use i BROWN'S IRON BITTERS : and Stools. Cabinet Work of all kjnjs- „°» u iB tB ,J or .f, 1 . 01 ? 8 a ~ d Banks. Catalogue free. Address ATLANTA SHOW CASE CO-, Atlanta, Ga. ELEGANT FURNITURE! I Keep always in Stock a Line ol Elegant Furniture at Very Low Prices. I will Duplicate GRIFFIN OR ATLANTA PRICES, and Save Freight. My Undertaking Department is the Best in the Country—Full and Complete. Sent Free when Price exceeds Twenty Dollars. Lumber, Shingles, etc., Constantly on Hand. I Repre sent the Finest Tomb Stone Monumental Works. Sells the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine, the Finest on the Market. I desireall to Remember that I make no Accounts aftei September 20th, 1889. Respectfully, B. B. CARMICHAEL, McDonough, Ca. QSMfSte When you go to Atlanta for CLOTHING do not fail to call on the O. K. CLOTHING HOUSE. There you get the best and cheap est Fine, Ready Made Clothing in the City. ALEXANDER KIEiSLE, 49 WHITEHALL ST„ ATLANTA, GA. ' McDonough Institute, An English, Business and Classical School, Begins its SPRING SESSION JAN. 5, 1591, AND CONTINUES FIVE MONTHS. o Faculty. H iimncr “ ~ - Principal 1 eacher of Intermediate Department MRS. O. E. HAM, - Teacher of Primary Department RATES' OF TUITION: Primary Class, per month, - . - $i -o Intermediate Class, per month, - _ . ,qo Advanced Class, per month, - - _ ~_ 0 Music, per month, - - _ - _ - Q Incidental Fee per Term (payable in advance} - -o TUITION PAYABLE MONTHLY Patrons will receive due credit from the public school fund. We solicit the patronage of the entire community, and will leave nothing undone that wouldlurther the educa tional interest of each and all. Give yo. r children an edu cation, for this is a companion which no misfortune can de press, no crime can destroy, no enemv can alienate, no des potism can enslave; at home a friend, abroad an introduc tion, in solitude a solace, m society an ornament. Board at SB.OO to $ 10.00 per Month. For further particulars address any of the following: J* e T a g an ’ P res -> J W Alexander, ‘ T ,? ar P er > Sec - T C Nolan, H J Copeland, Treas, H C Turner, B B Carmichael, O E Ham, Prin. THE WORLD’S BEST Rid Billion JO 5108 Has no equal for Style, F:i:and W; ar. Positively the b< st s: oe in Amenca forithe money. Do not be deceived. See stampon bottom of each shoe. •rwUe no other Every pair warranted. Stylish and equal to"ny S 5 shoe in th e market. Made by X m. PEEPL.ES & CO., CHICAGO. For Sale By T. D STEWART & C'O , McDonough, Ga. w T ! Notice. Corson. Chamber, January 7 1 1*. 1891. This is to notify all persons who have not paid their city taxes for 1890 ’hat ttie tax j »ooks will close on January IHtli !>y irdtr of tne Mavor and C uncil. G. L». WEEMS* Mayor Proton:. H. B. N HAL, Clerk Council. FINE SHOW GASES ,— JLt: Lowbss UPkices.—- Also Wall and Prescription cases. Cedar Chests, Barber Furniture, Jewelry Trays