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WEEKLY "'“TIMES. M« DoNoriiii. (; \A i 1.1 ' r 7, 1891. Homo Affairs. Nobody knows better bow to enjoy camp meeting, than uncle Tom liar per, of Atlanta, and be to >k a through ticket at Shingle roof. Conductor Joe Ham and Mr. O. G. Murray, of the East Tennessee, spent Sunday in attendance upon camp meet ing, the guests of lias Tomlinson. Mr. J. 11. Varner, of llenrv county, Ga , was in our city first of the week looking after his lands owned in this county. —Dawsonville Advertiser. Dr. Chas. McDonald and Bob Mor ris were the champion talkers, and Tom Brown and EM Adams were the champion snorers at camp meeting. The alhancemeu held a meeting here Tuesday, being in session nearly all day, though we have been unable to learn the nature of the business transacted. We regret to learn that Mrs. D. Knott will move with her family to Atlanta soon. Her residence will probably be occupied by Mr. C. A. Mclvibben. Mrs. J. I’. Tomlinson, accompanied by her son Eugene, of Coffee county, are visiting among their old Mc- Donough relatives and friends They are the guests of Mrs. R. II Tomlin son. Mr. It. S. Morris has accepted the position of chief cle.i k in the depot, at Tifton and left here yesterday Mr. Moms is an excellent young man, and has many friends who will regret to see him leave McDonough Mr. G. S. James will his place here. Mr. J. T P. Austin, who moved from Henry to Morgan county, tear Madison some time ago, is visiting his old friends in the vicinity of Ellen wood. He expresses himself well pleased with his new home, where he is prospering. From eighty acres of land last year ha made forty-one bales of cotton. The Ola base ball team played a game with the Jonesboro club last Sat urday, which resulted in a score of 9 to 7iu favor of Jonesboro. It was a good game and passed off pleasantly all around, Mr. Cliff Tye acting as umpire. A return game, we learn, will he played on the McDonough grounds soon. McDonough Institute will re-open Monday week. It is important tliaj your child should he present at that time-and not miss a single day during the term. Remember the date and see to it that the fullest possible atten dance is had. See advertisement in another column A Mite-y War. Brother Am Hunn made extra prep arations to enjoy camp meeting last week, but little suspected the war that awaited him. He mad i his tent downy with plenty of nice white wheat straw and drew his friends around him from all quarters. But imagine the horror when the straw was discovered to be alive with mites, when the delightful rest of the first night was sought! Af ter a brief war brother Bunn was rout ed by the mites and ret it in ad home. An Amusing Incident. Last Tuesday night Miss Lenimie KlLott came down from Jonesboro to visit the family of Mrs. I). Knott. She was not expected and the train was late, and rode over in the hack with Mr. j Tom Sutton. It so happend that no one was at home that night except Miss Lmma Knott and her mother, who for protection had a loaded pistol convenient. M hen Mr. Sutton rap ped at the door of course both ladies were frightened, the tirsi thought being of burglars. Hearing no voice the second rap was more than .Miss Emma could stand, when she seized the pistol and immediately commenced firing out the window. Tommie waited for no further explanation aud beat an uncon ditional retreat, hustling to the hack as quickly as possible and took Miss Lemmie in a gallop to the hotel. Thoroughly frightened, Miss Kmma made her way to her brother-in-law’s, “Uncle Tub” McKibben, who went up town and soon learned the straight of affairs.” The remainder may be bet ter imagined than told. \ow Try This. It « ill cost you nothing ami will surely ilo you good, if you have a Cough, Cold, oj ary trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs Dr. King's New Discovery frr Consump tion, Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give relict, or money wi 1 be paid back Sufferers from La «’>rippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at our expense ana learn lor yourself just how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free a t C. 1). McDonald's Drug Store. Large size 50c. and SI.OO. No use running round asking Smith Drown and Jones what to do for chills. Cheatham’s Tasteless Chill Tonic will cure vou, cure you quickly and com pleteiy. Hive it a trial. J’nce oO and Jj cents. Guaranteed. RIP RAP. ( hess. v upt-rh seasons. A ugust showers. O, for a barbecue. Tramps a nuisance. Cider time at hand. Good spirits prevail. Cotton shedding some. I.ate coin never belter. August meetings begun. Wateimelons two for 5 cents. Sowing turnip patches in older Ed Copeland spent Sunday in Con yers. Dr. M hos McDonald of Conyers is in the city. We hear no complaint of lack of rain at present. Culfee is up to his eyes in happiness watermelon time. Crop prospects fifty per cent hettoi than two weeks ago. That it is lay-by season is evident from the arnouut of visiting. Col.Juo. L. Tye, of Atlanta, spent Sunday at the camp ground. M iss Merwin Calloway, of Ameri cas, is visiting Mrs. Ed Knott. A splendid season for hay. Lots of it could be saved hereabouts. t»oo I flooring and ceiling for sale by Fi> Ids & Copeland at Greenwood. Lumber and shingles for sale by Fields & Copeland at. • > reeliwood. I lousekrepeas report blit little fI nil suitable for calming and preservin'; Miss ('ora Kimbell went up to At lanla Wednesday to purchase a piano. Hon. G. G. Wt eins. of McDonough, was in the citv yislerday.—Griflin News. Mr. .1 ohii Almand. of Washington, is circulation among his McDonough friends. Mr. Sam Weems and sister, Miss Mattie, of Atlanta, attended camp meeting. Miss Lillie Hendrix, of Macon, vis ited Miss Flora Turner during camp meeting. Col. A. B. Johnson, of Social Cir cle, came over to attend the camp meeting. A party of Me Donoughites atteud the speaking at Piedmont Chautauqua yesterday. ltev. Pope Calloway and lady, ot LaGrange, visited relatives in the city this week. Miss Henrietta Westbrook, of Monticello, is spending some time with her mother. Clever Buck Dn-ksbn spent several days with relatives and friends m Pike county last week. Messrs. 'Tom Brown and Ed Adams, of Brown’s Crossing, spent Sunday at the camp ground. Miss Maud Johns in, of Griffin, is spending the week with the family of Capt. A. C. Sloan. Messrs Charlie Beeland and Dave Brown, of Macon, attended services at the camp ground Sunday. Mr. Sam Daily, and daughters. Miss Sallie and little Carrie Lucy, of Atlau ta, came down to camp meeting. Mrs. J. B. Turner, Mrs. Charlie Beeland and Miss May Beeland, of Macon, attended camp meeting. Misses Iluth Sykes and May Stew art, of Columbus, visited the family of I)r. G. I*. Campbell tins week. Miss Lemmie Elliott, of Jonesboro, is visiting in the city, the guest of Misses Emma and Mattie Knott. Has Tomlinson came down from At lanta to attend camp meeting and will remain over until next Monday. Mrs. D. J. Sanders returned home Tuesday morning, after spending sev eral weeks with relatives at Dallas. Mr. W. 11. Smith has resigned the position of assistant postmaster and is now clerking for Mr. C. fi. Walker. We publish names of a large number of visitors to camp meeting, but it was impossible out of so many to get all. M iss walton Harper, of Atlanta, j visited the family of her uucle, Mr. Florence Harper, during camp meet ing. Fled Crookslianks and Raul Gold smith, who have been attending camp meeting, returned to Atlanta yester day. Fields &. Copeland, of Greenwood, can furnish building material cheap for cash. Give then, a trial and save money. l’rof. S. W. l)ußose came down from Decatur last Friday, to visit friends m the city, and attend camp meeting. Let everybody pull together for McDonough Institute and have a full fall term It is for the best to the en tire community. Messrs. CiiU l ye, George Turner, George Knott and Mr. Nichols came down from Atlanta Saturday, to atteud camp raeetiug. A HI IAN CURIOSITY. The Oldest Man On The Face of the Globe IS I‘ltOßA 11L 1 HIRAM LES TER, OF HEXRY CO EX IT, GEORGIA. lie is Seen l>y The Journal—A Full History of Ills l.lfe—He was Horn In 1789—The Kpochs Through Which He Hus Passed. That Henry county has, in Uncle Hiram Lester, the most remarkable curiosity in the shape of an aged human being on the face of the earth, there is but little doubt; anu the facts need only to be thoroughly known for him to become a noted figure and attract the eyes of the world as such. During the district meeting in Mc- Donough Dr. J. W. Lee, of Atlanta, visited him on our poor farm and wrote an interesting article for the Atlanta Journal, which we reproduce in lull below : HIRAM I.SSTKR, Aged I - J4 years, probably the oldest man in the world. Hiram Lester, the oldest man pei baps now living upon the earth. Born in North Carolina in 1769. Helped to clear the lands on which Miiledgeville stands in 1804. It is thought necessary to go from home to find curious things They are in England or Switzerland or out in the Yellowstone park. They are in Russia or Alaska or Mexico. Things, as a general thing, get cu rious and interesting in proportion to their distance from where we were born. The Chattahoochee river is about as fine a stream as the Rhine. It is not aristocratic to talk about its beau ties, however, because it flows by our own homes. It flows under vines as green, and over sand as white, and by homes as happy as any river in the world. But the hills which rise from its waters are crowned by no castles, where stupid and pleasure-loving bar ons once reveled at the expense of the rest of mankind. It gets tone and sig nificance from no legends coming down from the historic past to mingle with the music it makes as it passes to the sea. It is a plain blunt river, with no history, and no record save such as it has made in turning tl e shops and factoi ies which stand upon its si les. All it lacks of being interesting is to get itself associated with some song or romance. The Minnehaha falls fell ill the most matter of fact way till Longfellow made to them a pilgrimage of love. There was the same rising of spray, and run nine down deep gorges before Long follow’s visit as afterward. But be caught the stream in the rytlim of bis song, ami gave to its fall and j music and flow a life lasting as beauty, j The only advantage the Rhine has over I the Chattahoochee is, it has liecn for I 'unale enough to get into song and leg- J end all the wav from the Alps to the North sea There is wiihin thirty miles of At lanta. at this very time, the most inter esting natural curiosity to be found, perhaps, on the face of the green earth. It is a human being who began to breathe in the year 1707, one hundred and twenty-four years ago. The very year the king of England charged on the people of Massachusetts, at the opening of parliament, lor the purpose of independence and subversion to the constitution, the heart of Hiram Les ter began to beat. Its stroke has been regular and undoubted amid all vicis situdes and changes since. Five billions of people have appeared upon the earth and disappeared since this man first saw the light. He was five years old when the con tinental congress met in Philadelphia iu 1774. He lacked but one year of being old enough to vote when George Wash ington died. He had seen a half centu ry of years melt into the past when George the Four h ascended the throne of Great Rritain. He was 71 years of age when Wil liam Henry I!arrisoii, the distinguished grandfather of our chief magistra'e was I inaugurated prtsident of th£ United | States. He was heading under the weight of 7A long and eventful years at the time the first message was ever sent by tel egraph When Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were lighting according to the code in Hoboken, N. J., lie had been battling with the difficulties ol life forty years. When V\ illiam Ewart G'adstonc appeared on the st: ge ol action, to carve for himself the great est name of any living Englishman, and at the same time to make the greatest contribution to human progress of any man of bis time, lie was ir. the prime of life. It has been published on reliable au thority that men have lived iu Russia and elsewhere to the advanced age of 17)0 years and more. But if a ten thousand dollar premium were offered for the oldest man now eating three meals a day on the earth it is highly probable that Hiram Lester would lie in the Henry county poor house no longer than it would take the judges to put into his palsied hands the golden prize. Beyond all reasonable doubt he would have money enough to make him doubly sure of having his own home in which to close a life so long. Station three such men, one after Uncle Hiram sunning himself on tiie stops of the Henry county poor house. another, directly back into the past and they would carry us hack into the neighborhood of Christopher Columbus and the wonderful event of 1492. Let fifteen such men touch in a di rect line straight back, and they would take us to the time of St. Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles Supposing a step to he 122 years long, wo could walk over the heads of forty-nine such men clear back to the time of Adam, as he stood in his hap piest days amid the trees of Eden. Many men have won fame since 1769 by the sword, the pen or the brush. Hiram Lester has won a name by keeping quiet and outliving all his con temporaries. At a reception given by the lord mayor of London, in 1889. at which 1 had the good fortune to he present, several speeches were made. Some by Englishmen, some by Americans. A young preacher from the great west said, in commiitg back to England be felt lie was comming borne. Rut. there was no dohbt in bis mind but that the good people in England who had re maiued at home took great interest in the young people wdio had gone out from the parental roof over the sea. There were lessons the English might learn from their rushing, vigorous de scendants. There were lessons, too, the Americans might learn from the English. 'The English did not go so fast. They took their time; did not appear to be in a hurry, yet they got iu their work, and were always up and ahead in results. He illustrated his point by two men running a boat race The stream was very swift. So strong and rapid wa« the current that one of the men noticed that both boats were carried down faster than in spite of all their woiking the oars, they were carried up So lie, simply cast anchor and heat Ins competitor and won the prize. ’I he Americans rushed and pulled for dear life, while the English simply cast anchor and beat them. In this way Hiram Lester has won the prize of long life over all his competitors. He has anchored himself to a few simple rules aud a reasonable amount of food, and has managed to project his life further down the sftoam of lime than any of his generation. He is hearty and cheerful, eats well and sleeps well. lie does not have the blues, and can talk of the'imes of Troup and Clark with the same interest as if they were just passing. He has heard Lorenzo Dow preach, and rem< ml»ers all the anecdotes that used to be told concerrtiiig the strange man. He gave a graphic and definite 1 description of the method Ixirenzo j Dow used to adopt in order that he | might raise the devil. 'I he thuuJer of the world’s trouble I lias not soured the milk of human kindness in the old man. Waves of real fun could lie se< ii rising and fall ! ing above and below the lines the years had drawn on Ids face. It was to me j a sublime sight to see a man who had fought aud defird the years with so l much grace and good will. I was convinced that beneath the warp and woof of wrinkle* time had woven, there beat a kind and generous heart. A sour, splcutic, faultfinding persons would have fretted out his existence before man hood’s hour had reached its i noon. Hut another source of strength had my old friend, to a kind and geneteus heart, to an easy and good natured dis position, was to he added, in his case, a belief in the decrees, lie is, by con stitution and profession, a Primitive Baptist. It is said now, even in Ptesbyterian circles, not to he advanced to hold to the decrees. Hut it is beyond dispute that belief in, and reliance upon, the decrees help one to live a long time. People who accept and rest upon the decrees do not worry and fret them selvet to death trying to run the world* They have a distinct understanding with ihcmsehies that the Almighty has undertaken to du that work. This gives them time for peace and composure. They have no objection to helping tl e Lord now and then, for exercise. Hut they are ever ready to admit that the Lord does not need them, and tlmt when they stop the work goes on just the same. This class of people sleep and digest their food. They are not perturbed and disquieted. Things are so put togi th ee us tlmt they can not he “misinan nged long.” '! hey believe -the Lord i> at the helm, urn! that, with the Im man race on bond, he is conducting ilie old world ship to some great ha ven. So while many are rushing about on deck asking questions and baring the storms, they find their place of rest and sleep. Iliram Lester has never been drunk, and says lie lias never used tobacco only for drenching horses for the gi ulib-. If any are disposed to he skeptical about the age of the subject of this sketch, they are referred to Mr. T. C. Nolan, who lives in Henry county. Through the courtesy of Mi Nolan 1 had the pleasure of an interview with this old man. If conversation with a reliable and well informed attorney fails to convince one that Iliram I,ester is as old as he claims to he, then 1 would recom mend a visit to the old man himself. No doubts will remain in the mind of of the pet son who sees him and hears him talk. He has a son until recently with him in the poor house 80 years old. This boy of his he calls Ed. The Henry county people could not do more to advertise their county at the comming Piedmont exposition than to bring as a part of their exhibit this man celebrated for the number of winters he has passed through. The pictures of him were taken by Mr. J. I). Edwards, of the firm of Edwards & Son, photographers, at fioi Whitehall street. This photograph of Hirm Lester is as perfect as the light can make it. Merit wins, as the marvelous suc cess of Hood’s Sarsaparilla shows. It possesses true medicinal merit. Sold by all druggists. Good job and hook compositors de siring work in the large cities, will please address witli reference as to ability and character, “The United 'Hypothetic of America,” Box ti9s, (Jin cinnati, O. I'll.l',* 41 ItKIK Dr. L. A. Folsom, of Hampton, is prepared to treat and cure you of any case of piles, whether itching, bleeding or blind, without pain or cutting, and no detention from business. Abo cures fistula. Call to see him at the drug store and consult with him. Terms reasonable. McElree’s Wine of Cardui and THEDFORD'S BLACK-DRAUGHT are ! for sale by the following merchants lit Henry County: I). J. Sanders, McDonough Hill A Parker, Lovejoy. A V. McVicker, Babb. Perry A Bran nan, Fiippen. Dr. W. H. 11. Peek, Locust (trove. .1. C. Bostwick, Peeksville .1. W. Hale, Sandy Ridge. VV. 11. Gilbert A Co. Stockbridge. B. F. Harlow. Tunis E. C. VV\nn, Wynn’s Mill. R. F Smith, Locust Giove. F. S. Wvnn, Wynn’s M ill T. E. Sullivan, Locust Grove .1. Calvin, Locust (trove (J. S. .larboe, Sandy Ridge C. D. McDonald Mclionough. D. K. &E. P. Settles, Stockbridge G. B. Bran nan, Stockbridge \ H . Hambrick, Stockbridge. A. G Harris. Fiippen. LADIES Needing a tonic, or children who want build ing up, should take BROWN’S IKON HITTERS. It Is pleasant to take, cures Malaria. Indi gestion, lilliousneaaaud l.'ver Complaint*. I'oi IMMniixsion. STATE OF (JKOKIUA Henry County. Whereas, John L and Miry A. Tve Ad ministrators of L. M Tve, represents to the court in their petition duly filed and entered on reeord, that they have fully administered L. M. Tve’s estate, This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, heirs and creditors, to show cause, it unv they can. why said administrators should not lie discharged from their administration and receive let ters of dismission on the first Monday ill Novell,tier, I*9l. Printer's fee $5 10 WM. N. NELSON, Ordinary. BEA'ITI’K I*l A >4oS*.—l it line ev cry where. Write tor catalogue, Dan iel K. Beatty, Washington, New Jersey. SHORTER COLLEGE (FOR YOUNG LADIES,) Rg.ML GA. NKXT SKSSION 1! Eli IKS SKI’T. 30, 1891. I. A high ami healthful situation. Charming ground* and scenery. ■l. Magnificent laick liiiildiag*. 1. Modern improvement*. 5. Twenty accomplished teachers and offi cers. ti. A splendid music department. 7- A hiinouß school of art. 8. A finely equipped department of plus cat culture. An unsurpassed school of Elocution. Moderate charges tor these unrivalled ad vantages. Apply to Dlt. A. .1. RATTLE, President, or I ROK I\ \ \\ . lit (!tiAN, business Manager. THE FALL TERM OK MCDONOUGH * INSTITUTE Aug. 17th, Inst., and Continues Four Months. FACULTY: O. E. IIAM, - - - . Principal S. \Y. I)uBOSK, - - Teacher Int. Dept Mrs. (). Ik. IIAM, - - • Teacher Primary Dept PATHS OF TUITION: Academic Department, - - s2.t;o per Mo Intermediate Department, - - 2.00 “ Primary Department, - - i,^ o « Incidental fee (payable in advance) 50 cents. All pupils, irom 6to 1 S ycais ol age, will receive due credit from public school lund. The public term is now 100 days, instead of So days, as heretofore. Let every parent see to it that his children come on the opening day, as it greatly facilitates organization and classi fication; and, besides, it gives to all an even, systematic and consecutive beginning. No effort will he spared to bring and to keep the school fully abreast with the educational progress and spirit ot the times. Board lrom $8 to sto per month. For further particulars address the Principal, or any of the following Directors: Col. E. J. Reagan, Pres. 11. C. Turner 11. J, Copeland, Treas. J. W. Alexander A. F. Harper, Sec. B, B. Carmichael. Col. T. C. Nolan. Your ATTENTION, Please 1 ! am prepared to serve my customers this year with ev erything in my line at the VERY LOWEST PRICES, and give everybody a cordial invitation to call on me. I continue to carry a full line of FURNITERE, and will not he undersold by city or country houses. Nothing hut reliable goods kept. I sell several splendid brands of GUANOS, and have put prices just as low as good grades can he ha idled. If’ you want fertilizers it will he to your interest to see me before placing your orders elsewhere. My Undertaking Department is the Best in the Countrv— Full and Complete. A SPLENDID HEARSE 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. B. B. CARMICHAEL, Lumber, Shipglca, etc,, a npecialty for tin next (10 flays, upon ns goo*! U*ims as any oilier dealer. WE AC.AIN OFFER TO THE TRADE THE CELEBRATED GULLET MAGNOLIA GINS Feeders and Condensers. The GULLETT GIN produces the Finest Sample shown in the market, and will readily bring from 1-8 to 1-4 cent per pound more than any other cotton. THOS. M. CLARKE & CO., ATLANTA, CA. 1 F " Instruction Graduates a*- ■■m w $ M 1 P nl ilHj ■! I* > | k>*- 11 i*< it Catalogue free. Wr"e io I if g I fil I I |pMi HMMsiiiisscom, LAGRANGE FEMALE COLLEGE ' Literature, Muiic.Art. Normal ronr§e. Pre** making, typewriting .stenography. M unit and Art uunurpaefled. VOICE fULTI'RE A SPECIALTY. Bookkeep ing. harmony, phytit ial culture fret. l>4inoiniral unifarm Send for rata growth 1886-dl. IB*>*L | lo * ue - 47111 •‘‘Mion begins %+p. 16. IA9I. Hoarder. '2l tiJ KUI.KR B. SMITH, Sec., I IP.Dllir.P Cl Munir I’upila « ioJ 1 KL’FL’S W. SMITH, Pres., liAUIIAJUIU, UL MERCER UNIVERSITY, «U O>, GA. COURSE OF STUDY. I. PiinrAßATonv School. 11. Classic al Col use. 111. Scientific Course. IV. School ol T»t<ni.oov. V. Modern Laxoiaols. VI. Tut Law School. VII. Dki artment ol Practical Arts. Expenses—Tuition free in Courses of Study 11., 111. and IV. Matriculation mid contingent fee, si() annually I ion id from f 1 'l to $lB per month. Fall Term opens September -2Ud, lHItl. For further information apply to Prof. J. .1. HRANTLEY, or to the President, U. A. NUNNALLY, Macon, Ga. MRS. J. R. GREGORY, ARTIST, AT LAST A, GA. Portraits A Specialty. 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