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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1591.
VOL. XV.
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ESKYA.A .V ItK lilA,
attorneys at i,aw,
McDonoi (ill, *. *A ,
Will practice in the counties composing
he Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
■i. oreia and the United States District
Court. apr27-lv
j AS. 11. 'l l KAMI,
attorney at law,
McDonough, (Aa.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marlfi-ly
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts ot Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
ther collections. Will attend all the Courts
it Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
J 1- WAII.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, •
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Couvts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givin to collections. octs-’79
yy A. lIROAV.\,
’ 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. janl-ly
I J A. PEBPLCSy
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and tlie District Court ot ttie
United States. Special and prompt atten
tiongivento Collections, Oct S, 1888
Jno. D. Stewart. | It.T. Daniel.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Guns in, Ga.
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Atlanta, Ga,
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SUMMER TIME IX GEORGIA.
O summer time in Georgia—l love to sing
your praise
When the green is on the melon an’ the sun
is on the Blaze;
When the Birds are pantin’, chantin’ an’
jes’ rantin' round the ri 11s
With the juice of ripe Blackberries jes’ a
drippin’ from their Bills!
0 summer time in Georgia—when through
leaves of grceen an’ Brown
The Bright and violet-scented dews jes'rain
their richness down
0* the cool an’ dingin’ grasses, where the
fickle sunbeam slips,
An’ the famished lily puckers up its white,
resplendent lips !
O summer time in Georgia—witli the glory
in the dells,
Where the rare and rainy incense from the
fresh’nin ’ shower swells,
An’ o’er the liars to twinklin' stars afloat
Twilight's sad farewells,
111 the lowin’ of the cattle an’ the tinklin’of
their Bells!
O summer time in Georgia—when ’neath
the listenin’ vino,
Where the purple mornin' glory an’ the
lioney-suckle twine,
The whippoorwills were singiu’ their notes
of love an’ Bliss,
An' to my lips were dingin’ the lips 1 used
to kiss.
Stay, like a dream eternal, while dearest
dreams depart
An’ rain your honey-sweetness in showers
round my heart.
*******
Pshaw! I’m gettin’ so pathetic my eyes can
hardly see—
O summer time in Georgia! You’re the Best
of time to me.
—Frank L. Stanton.
A Dog Law at Last.
For thirty years every Legislature
in the Empire State, says the Law
renceville Herald, Ims had to wrestle j
with a dot; law. The dog hater has
always been there, but never before in !
sufficient numbers to get his bill
through.
A bill is now abou f to pass requir
ing every fami'y who owns more than
one dog to pay a poll tax of one dollar.
This amount is more than the tax on a
good horse.
Now the question comes up, is a dog
property ? If a man does not own a
dog is be bound to pay a tax on him ?
Who is to pay tax on dogs that no
body claimes ? Does a pup have to
pay the same tax as a dog, if not
when does be get to be a dog ?
A town dog does not have to pay
the same as a couutry dog. His tax is
regulated by the town Ordinances.
This is because a town dog >8 very
servicable—lie is not a coon dog, nei
ther is lie good for “varmints,” but lie
can get out behind the smoke bouse
and set up a howl that will keep the
neighbors awake all night. He can’t
do this in the couutry, because the;
neighbors are too far off to catch the
sweet strains.
This bill geiß away with the bache
lors. He can have no free dog. It is
only families that do not have to pay
poll tax on one dog. One man is not
a family. That is getting it down pret
ty fine. You cannot tax him but you
go for his dorg. If a man is such a
j poor stick that a woman won’t live
with him the Legislature will not let
j him impose himself on a free dog. And
I the old maids, too, will have to pay a
dollar for having a poodle to kiss and
; fondle while they sing :
“The heathen in his blindness
Bow down to wood and stone.”
A doe law in Georgia 1 Let a inon
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ument be erected to commemorate the
event, upon which shall he inscrib
ed :
“Doo Gone.”
Since Cheatham's Tasteless Chill
Tonic was introduced many other Ton
ics have been introduced to the public
Noiie, however, have met with the
same success. The reason is simple—
they do not do the work it does.
When you have chills try it. Price 50
and7s cects. Guaranteed to cure.
T
Pile*,! Pile* ! Hi liing Piles.
Symptoms—Moisture; intense itehing
land stinging: most at night: worse by
j scratching. If allowed to continue tumors
I form, which often bleed and ulcerate. Jie
; coming very sore. Swayne’s Ointment
stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulcer
ation, tnd In most cases removes the tu
mor At diuggists, or by mail for 50 cents.
Dr. Swaylte A Son, Philadelphia.
AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES.
mcdonougii, ga., Friday, august 28, ism.
Good Roadwork.
If the chain gang system of working
the public roads solves the problem of
having good roads, it should be speedi
ly adopted by every county throughout
the State. Spalding county seems so
well pleased with her trial of the sys
tem that it has received a strong en
dorsement from the grand jury in their
general presentments, as follows:
We are gratified to be enabled to
state that under the statutes of Geor
gia providing for the convict system of
working the public roads, our energetic
county commissioners have inaugurated
and there is now in successful opera
tion a gang of some eleven convicts,
all under good management.
Although this scheme has Been in
operation hut a few weeks, the excel
lent work already done attests the util
ity of the system as means of making
and keeping good roads. The outlay
has of necessity been greater at the
beginning of this work than will he
hereafter, owing to expenditures for I
stockade, mules, implements, etc., said
outlay being required before the work
could commence.
We have examined into the system
and discussed it to an extent that war
rants us 111 tiie belief that it is the plan
which will be the means of most eco
nomically insuring that very necessary
and much to he desired end which
solves the problem of how to have and
maintain good roads, and the best thing
to do with our misdemeanor convicts.
We find tlie condition of these roads
now being worked under the old plan
far from being as good as they should
he, and such haphazard work is. in our
opinion, bound in time to he super
ceded by the methodical chain gang
system.
Struck 11 Snag.
When Judge Branham was attend
ing court at Cedartown, one of the
lawyers was examining a witness who
was not the brightest individual in the
world. The question arose as to
whether the witness was competent to
testify. Ho the lawyer thought he
would make a test, lie looked at the
man.
“Who made you?” he said.
“Moses,” answered the witness.
This satisfied the lawyer as to the
incompetency of the witness, and he
so argued.
Then the witness turned to Judge
Jaups and asked:
“Judge, may I ask the lawver a
question ?”
“Certainly,” said Judge Janes,
“Well, Mr. Lawyer, who made
you ?”
The lawyer thought he would still
further test the witness’ incompetency
and promptly answered :
“Aaron made me.”
The witness was delighted at the
answer, and pointing his finger at the
lawyer, drawled out:
“Well, I’ve read that Aaron once
made a calf, but I didn’t ever expect
to see hit a practicin’ at the law in
this yere court.”
The lawyer blushed, the court
laughed and the question of the com-
I>etency of the witness was affirmative
ly settled
Throws It Oft'.
There is no disease more disagreea
ble and uncomfortable that, catarrh.
It attacks the young and the old, and
is too often allowed to take its course.
In such cases it frequently becomes
dangerous. The poison extends to the
throat and lungs, resulting in complica
tions that are not readily overcome.
All forms of ' catarrh, however, disap
pear before S. S. and that medicine is
now recognized as an almost infallible
remedy for the disease. It regulates
the liver, improves the digestion and
brings aboutxondicions that enable the
system to throw off the malady. Ca
tarrh and its attendant aggravations
disappear liefore S. 8. S., and so do all
other diseases that grow out of a bad
liver and impure blood.
Mr. Alfred Robinson, Wilson, N. C.
j says: Bradycrotine never fails to cure
1 the headache.
A BOLD ROBBERY.
A (teorsia Rube Burrows Holds
Up an Express Messenger.
He Hoes Through the
Safe
lint lie amt His Pals Miss tlic Hlr-
Rcst Pile of Cash in the Hurry.
Graphic Story of the Crime,
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 21 —[Special.]
A train robbery as bold and successful
as any ever planned by Rube Burrows
took place in the very heart of Georgia
last night at 7:40 o’clock.
The express car attached to tire reg
ular passtnger train, No. 13, on the
Central railroad, was held up by three
masked men, and a large amount of
money was takeu from the safe.
Just how much money was stolen is
a matter of conjecture. The officials
are positive that not more than four
thousand dollars was in the safe at the
time men rifled it ; although it was re
ported that So,ooo was taken, and la
ter SIO,OOO was said to he the loss.
Until the express officers can go
through their lists carefully and check
up the various amounts, it will he im
possible to say exactly how much mon
ey the robbers made way with. But
they certainly got off with considerable
loot.
The train was in charge of Conduc
tor Read, and Express Messenger J.
T. Byues had charge of the express
car.
The train left Macon on time. A
negro woman got on there and told the
conductor she wished to go to Col
lier’s,
Collier is a small way station some
thirty-five miles this side of Macon.
The passenger train does not usually
stop there unless some one wants to
get off. *
The train slacked up at Collier’s and
the woman got off.
THREE MASKED MEN.
Engineer Smith saw three men
standing near the platform, but thought
nothing of this, and opened the throt
tle and pulled out. He observed these
three men boatd the train, entering the
front door of the express car.
After the train had gone about half
a mile the hell cord was pulled vigor
ously and the engineer put on the air
brakes and came to a stop as quickly
as possible.
It was not the conductor who had
pulled the cord and stopped the train,
hut it was one of the three daring rob
heis, who at the point of a pistol had
forced the express messenger to unlock
the safe and give up the express com
pany's money.
When the train reached Atlanta last
night at 10:4.1 o’clock, the robbery
was imtnediately reported to Mr.
Owens, superintendent ol the express
company, who hastened to police head
quarters to secure the services of de
tectives to assist in ferreting out the
robbers.
A SPECIAL TRAIN GOES OFT.
Mr. Owens made an unsuccessful
effort to procure a pack of bloodhounds
from the Chattahoochee Brick Compa
ny. Capt. English was communicated j
with, and lie said he would give the
authorities the use of the dogs if they
were not needed at the convict camp.
The camp was reached by telephone.
A. message came hack saying the
hounds could not be spared. So Mr.
Owens, after cousultation with the po
liece authorities, deeded to go without
the dogs. He got the use of a special
train, determining to hurry hack to
the scene of the robbery and endeavor
to track the rohliers. Shortly before
12 o’clock this train drew out of the
carshed It consisted of a locomotive
and one coach. Conductor Read had
it in charge, and with him went Ex
press Messenger Bynes. Superinten
dent Owens was on hoard, as were also
Detectives Crim and Bedford. The
engineer said he expected to make the
run iu less than two hours.
A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OK THE CRIME.
The story of the robbery was told
by Conductor Read and Express Mes
senger Bynes.
Mr. Bynes is a young man about
twenty-five yeats of age. He came
from Augusta, where he bore an excel
lent reputation. He has been running
between Atlanta and Macon some
months, and has given satisfaction.
Superintendent Owens says there is
not in the service a more careful and
alert and trustworthy messenger, and
he acquits him of all blame in the mat
ter.
“Of course I was scared,” he said ;
“it was time to be frightened. It hap
pened this way : Just as the train was
pulliug out from Collier’s I saw three
men entering the express car, in which
I was sitting alone. One of the men
was a good deal in advance of his com
panions, and rushed upon me with a
cocked pistol iu his hand. It was a
weapon of the largest patern. In
stantly the other men with their pistols
drawn, were near me. ‘Hello!’ one ot
them cried, addressing me. ‘\Ve want
you to he quick and no foolishues
about it. Out with those keys and
open the safe. Quick ? Do you hear ?
I had no time to dally, but had to get
a move on me. It was not the place
or the occasion to argue the matter
with those armed and masked bandits.
All three wore masks, and I could not
see woether they were white men or
negroes. One of the men went quick
ly through the safe, his comrades all
the time keeping me covered with their
cocked pistols. The men were of
medium size, and wore aB masks some
thing resembling pieces of old black
hats. They were further disguised by
work aprons or over-alls, which they
wore over their clothes. Immediate
ly after going through the car end ta
king what they thought was all the
money in the safe, they pulled the boll
cord, and then when the train was near
ly at a standstill they jumped and ran
0(1.”
The abovo story was told by Mes
senger Byues as soon as ho reached the
city.
A TALK ON THE train.
Mr. J. A. Smith, a well-known news
paper man was on the tram, and he
interviewed the express messenger at
length. Bynes said :
“Just as we pulled out of Collier’s
and were getting iu full headway, the
forward door was swung open, and as
every railroad man will do when a car
door is I looked around to see
who came in. 1 saw a fellow with a
black mask on and in his shirt sleeves
come in, and he said : ‘I want that
money G d quick,’ covering
me with a gun. I thought it was one
of the ho) 8 playing a trek on me, so
I simply laughed and went on with my
work. As 1 was making out hills on
my Jap, sitting just where I am now—
he was sitting about tweenty feet from
the forward door, with a large chest
and the safe in frout of him—when
just at that moment another masked
feJlow, and still a third, came in, all
having guns with long barrels, that
looked like 38 calibre, in their hands.
When the second fellow came iu he
said I had better get that money d—
quick as they had to get it and get off.
The first one told one of the others to
go around to that door, as the left
hand side door was open, and I sup
pose he thought I would jump out,
I was thinking all the while how I
could save the money and get. away
from them, while they had repeated
that if I did not open the safe arid get
the money for them they would ki’l
me. I could see no way of escape, so
I reached around and took the key out
of my hack hip pocket. All this time
they had me covered with the guns—
one on either side of me and one at the
door. When I opened the safe both
robbers near me went to it and began
taking out its contents.
“Was I scared ?
“Yes, I was, and J wasn’t. I was
surely not so much so as the first fel
low who came in, for his voice shook
as he spoke to me, and as he pointed
his gun at me, it trembled so badly
that I don’t think he would have hit
me if he shot. Hut the others weren’t
so shakey as he was. When they got
the money they turned and left by the
forward door, leaving the other fellow,
who had kept me covered all the while
—even as I moved about—to follow
them. They went out and slammed
the door behind them, and when the
other fellow tried to get out he could
not open the door, but he kept the guu
on me all the time by putting it across
his left am.
lie was using his left hand with the
door. When lie found he could not
open it he turned around and comman
ded me to open it for him, which I
did.
“flow fast was the train going?
Well, I didn’t take much notice, but
it was slowing up then considerably,
as this third robber had pulled the
bell cord just before the others started
to go. He pulled it five times in his
hurry. So you can see he did not
know any thing about railroading, for
he should only pull it twice to stop. I
waited where 1 was until I thought
the end of the car had passed where
they had got off, for I thought he
might wait there and shoot mo if he
saw me going hack, and then I rushed
back and met the conductor. He was
the first one I met, and I told him
about it.”
tiie no 1111 u.it in scnini.u.
“As far as I can remember," Mr.
Byues concluded, “none of them had
any heard. They may have had mus
taches, for the mask came down so far
on their faces that they could hardly
talk. The first came in I took more
notice of than the rest. He had 110
coat on and had an apron on. It look
ed like a carpenter’s—it was blue
striped, you know. But 1 don’t think
lie had any heard. They looked to ha
about as large as I am, about one hun
dred and fifty or one hundred and sixty
pounds, and not very tall.”
“Couldn’t you roach your revol
ver ?”
‘‘Yes, I could have reached it. It
was there in the box, hut before 1
coiinl have gotten it to shout they
could have put a dozen holes in ni v. ”
the .money they took.
“llow much money did they get ?”
“I don’t know, sir, exactly, hut it is
somelhii.g over a thousand dollars. I
have finished checking up my receipts,
hut they took some envelopes that I
don’t know the value of. The money
they took canio from the Southwestern
and the Georgia roads—They didn’t
got any money from Macon proper, us
they overlooked that. How? 1 don’t
know, except they got hurried. It was
i sealed package and contained !)130,-
000. They overlooked another pack
age of $2,0()0, too.
“Did you fell like giving them a tus
sle for the money ?"
“Y es, 1 did. But 1 felt the odds
were too much against me, and they
would got it any way, for if thev killed
me they could have taken the key from
my pocket and thou got it. And they
wouldn’t only have taken what they
did, but tho other two packages besides
for they would have lots of time them
and wouldn’t ire hurried about it.”
THE conductor’s STATEMENT.
Conductor Head knew nothing about
the robbery till it was over.
The sudden stopping of the train,
without his having pulled the cord,
caused him o think that something
was wrong.
He was making his way to thu smok
ing car, where he feared a r«w was
going on, when he saw the men run
ning. He thought one of ihe fugitives
had cut some one and was making his
escupc. The idea of robbery did not
enter the conductor’s huud.
Til EOUIEH SUGGESTED.
Conduc.or Read and the officers,
who went with him 011 the special train
are of the Opinion that the robbery
was planned well in advance, and that
the negro woman who bought a ticket
at Macon for Collier’s was iu colusion
with the robbers. Others hypotheses
are advanced by some of the railroad
men, hut, of course, all is mere sur
mise.
Hyrup from Watermelons.
There arc thousands of melons in
this section rotting in tho field because
it does not pay to ship them.
Mrs. Watson and Mr. Smith are uti
lizing their surplus to advantage and
saving something from the wreck of
the crop. Mrs. Watson made three
fourths of a gallon of nice syrup from
four small melons as an experiment.
The syrup is sweet and peculiarly de
licious, and she is making more.
Farmers who have syrup kettles are
well prepared to get something out of
their melons. Mr. Smith says the best
way to get the juice out is to scrape
the iuside of the melons into a tub.
seed, pulp and all. Then get a corn
or crocus sack and strain into the ket
tle. The juice is so sweet that it does
| not require as long boiling to bring it
to the required thickness as it does the
cane syrup.
Wo hope ethers will adopt the plan
and save their crop in future, which,
•as far as this section is concerned, lias
| been a financial failure.—Montezuma
I Kecord.
Cun»iim|»fiun Cured.
An old plitsician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an East
India missionarv the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and per
manent cure of Consumption, bronchitis,
Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and I-ung
Affections, also a positive and radical cure
for Nervous Debilily anil all nervous com
plaints, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands ot cases, has
felt it his duty to make it known to his
suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, I
will send free of charge, to all who desire
it, this recipe, in German, French or En
glish, with lull directions for preparing and
using. Sent bv mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper, W. A.Novss,
WO Powers’ Block, Rochester, N. Y.
( Henry County Weekly, Established 187 G,
( Henry County Times, Established 1884.
TONY’S HUTTONS.
How They Would I’crslst lit Coming
Oil’ the Hoy’s Garments.
Hooking over an old box the other
day I came upon a handful of Tony’s
buttons, writes Florence Allen. I call
them Tony’s button’s, for they are rel
ics of past shirts, waists and little pants
long since worn out or laid aside, that
Tony used to wear.
Reverently 1 picked them out ffoua
the collection in the box, and, holding
them in my band, looked long and ear
nestly at those simple remindeis of my
little curly beaded boy. Nearly every
button was pulled out, with a pieco of
the garment from which it came sewed
fast to it. Well 1 remember how an
noyed I often felt with Tony because
his buttons were always off.
Oue waist in particular I recall—a
dark blue with Ivate Greenaway fig
ures. Several buttons in my hand
brought vividly to my mind the last
time Tony wore that waist. The im
age of my pretty little boy came back
to me as I looked at those well worn
buttons—his bright, animated face,
eyes sparkling in anticipation of the
fun he would have at the picnic he
was going to attend; his long, beauti
ful curls lloating around as sweet a
face as God ever gave a child ; the lit
tle blue pants and waist, broad collar,
finished at the neck with u blue and
white tie.
Surely Tony was sweet that day.
As 1 kissed him goodhy I said (what
made me do so?): “Now, Tony, don’t
pull off your buttons.”
“No, mama,” and he was gone.
lie didn’t mean to. 1 knew it then.
I know it better now, but the unrelia
ble buttons came off in spite of boyish
resolutions, and at night Tony came
home looking quite demoralized. I did
not scold him. lam glad 1 didn’t. 1
only said : “Naughty boy, your buttons
are gone.”
“No, mania, I have got them all.”
And out from the little pocket came the
rebellious buttons, with unfortunate
Kate Greenaway figures hanging to
thorn in doleful tatters.”
I sighed as I looked at the wreck,
and Tony said: “Mamma, I can’t help
it; they will come off; but some day
I’ll grow big and shan't wear shirt
waists. Then you won’t have to sew
on the buttons. (), won’t that be
nice?”
Nice ! Oh, Tony, Tony,if you could
only come back and pull off the but
tons once more, I would not ask for
greater happiness!
Mothers, don't scold the little fel
lows because they get the buttons off
and bits of garment with them. At
best the time is short that you will have
the privilege of sewing them ou, for
our little boys soon grow up and go
away from us; then some one besides
mama has the tuitions to sew on.
And some—ah, some—only use the
buttons a few years. Then the Father
who gave their sweet faces to us for a
little timo takes then: back again and
we—we only wait, hoping some day to
set them once more.
The Wheelbarrow Test.
Three or four of us on tho car were
talking about Gen, Sherman’s death,
and, as might have been expected, ono
of the group modestly admitted that he
was with the lamented general on his
famous march to the sea. There was
a woman in the seat ahead surrounded
by bundles and baskets, evidently go
ing somewhere on a visit. The war
talk soon st’rred her up, and she turn
ed to the vetran and qurted:
"Were you right in a battle ?”
“Yes'll).’'
“Hombsbells and caution balls fall
ing around you like hail
“Yes’m.”
“And you didn’t run ?’’
“No’m. I should hope not,’’ he
modestly replied.
“Well, now, I don’t believe it!” she
exclaimed. "It ain’t hutnau natur’. It
aiu’t accordin’ to things.”
“I hope you do not doubt my word,
madam.”
“Yes I do,” she sharply replied, “I
don’t believe you have got any more
nerve than my Sam has and Sam can’t
stand the test.’’
“Then you have a test?”
“Yes, I have. You just get off at
Scottdale, where lam goiug to stop.
There’ll be a wheelbarrow somewhere
around there, and you just stand off
about thirty feet and let me bear down
on you with it. If you doti’t jump or
dodge or climb a telegraph pole I’ll
give in that you are the bravest man I
ever saw.”
“I—l’m afraid I haven’t time,” he
stammered.
“I knew you wouldn’t have,” she
dryly replied. “They never do. They
talk abouc bombshells and dead men
and slaughter peus, and they make out
that they charged up to the roarm<>-
cannoti but the minute I talk wheel
barrow they knuckle. You needn’t
say no move. You have wilted.”
And lie hadn’t another word to ut
ter.
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