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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1591. VOL. XV. PMOFBSSIONAI, ( inns. !)"•"• **• DENTIST, McPoMHUH G* Anv one di-sirinji work done can Be. ae- | ■■ I t. ‘. Ii ii niilu i In raUii'g on me in per- I < . r itldie- Inn me itironuh 1 lie mails, j . pi- f.ish, unless special arrangements ate ’tnerwise ntiide. , \v. Betas J W.T. Dh-kkn. 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. STEWART A «»AA11.1., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Guns in, Ga. jOJS.A 1.. TVE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Natioal Bank Building, Atlanta, Ga, Practices in ihe Stale and Federal Courts, East Tei." Wiiaia H!i R’Y. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE - TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN’S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS B ETW KEN* ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICK & ATLANTA M ITIIOI Direct Connections at Chat tanooga with Through TRAINS AND PULLMAN SLEEP- ERS TO Memphis and the West r 2 it 14 »i<>\* i»><* willi l’ulliiian Sleepers* lor WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS, B.W. WRENN, CHAS. N.KICHT <.cn’l. Pa»»- Af., A.G. I’. A. KNOXVItUi- ATLANTA Licorgia Midland A (Jnlfß.U. SOI TH. I.oavo McDonough »• m - Arrive Greenwood ~'lfi •• Lone!'..! -I*s “ » Grill.;: 8:00 “ NORTH. t - e (' , r jfHn 4:00 p. m. Arr ve Lo.ivlla ....... ■ 4:40 “ Greenwood ■■ 4:48 “ McDonough M. E. GRAY, Sup’t. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. D o y a l Baking Powder absolutely pure 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 © © 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. NO- 51