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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1591. VOi.. AVI. / ; o i. va it ns. JJH. <2. f\ <T 4 r: E N : I sT. Mr! 'oN'ni nn 1 ’ * Aii 1 ri,»- (t-wii-M".’ wi rk dune enn **e ae *i. i !•' , on me in per nn- llirmiirh the mails. I iinA'-s speei»l nrrangeniefiis -rf .*' - r » ise in dr vv. Buy' j W.T. Dicker. Hit YAM A ATTORNEYS AT LAW, McDoxocmi, n». vViii practice in t!:e counties composing the Flint .Indicinl Circuit, the Supreme Court r i Georgia and the United States District | >. ». St. TI!R4»iB, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Mr Don on mi, Ga . Will practice in the counties composing Ihe Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of and the United Slates District C uni inarlti-ly M < . lIC I! 4«« I>, VT’I'iiUNEY AT LAW. . McDonough, Cl a. Wil practice in all the Oourts of Georgia Special attention given to commercial and i-or-collections. Will attend all the Courts ,l Hampton regularly. upstairs over f H K VVkkkly office. j »•■ WIM. ATTORNEY at law, McDonouuh, Ga. Will practice in l’ie counties composing I he /lint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and District Oourts of Georgia. Prompt attention sjlv’ii to collections. octS-’i'J yy A. iilloH A, ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, MnDoNonun. Ga. Will practice in ' a’l the counties compos ing Ihe Flint Circuit, tile Supreme Court of Georgia and the United States District Court. janl-ly \\ A ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hampton, Ga, Will practice in all the counties composing tiic Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the District Court ot the United States. Special and prompt atten tiou given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888 Jno. 1). Stewart j R.T. Daniel. NTIIWAKT At lS.t A.HU,. ATTORNEYS AT T-AW, Gkikkin, Ga. JOHN TV 11. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Gate City Nntioul Rank Building, Atlanta. Ga. Practices in the. Stair and Kideral Courts. R’Y. IS THE ONLY SHORT AND DIRECT LINE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. PULLMAN’S FINEST VES TIBULE SLEEPERS BETWEEN ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE MACON & CHATTANOOGA BRUNSWICKI AT LA "lA WmiOl l t lE INCH. Direct Connections at Chat tanooga with Through trainsand Pullman Sleep ers to Memphis and the West, at Kaoiriiie with Pullmaa Sleeper* Tor WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, AND NEW YORK. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ADDRESS, B.W WRENN, CHAS. N.KICyT ilen'l. Ag A,( . I’. A. KNOX VILXBT. ATLANTA south. Leave McDonough 7:00 a. m. Arrive Greenwood ... 7 -7 “ Loud la 7:25 “ “ Griffin 8215 “ NORTH. Leave Griffin 4:<o p. m. Arri' ■ Loud * 4:40 4 * Greenwood 4:48 “ “ McDonough 5:05 “ M. E. GRAY Sup’t. ■*STEWART* s * MERCANTILE* CO'S* * CARD * To Their Friends and Customers. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIBERAL PATRONAGE THIS YEAR. We are ready with the usual fall goods— prices al ways the lowest. GOOD BAGGING in 3 yard prices (no loss in cut ting) 7 cents. NEW ARROW TIES', popular prices. MACHINE OIL and STEELYARDS. We have also full line of JEANS of the best YOake and closest prices. We carry a good line of Home Made Shoes that are very cheap. Of course we have a complete stock of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, NOTIONS, HADWARE, TINWARE, CROCKERY. MEAT, FLOUR, LARD, SUGAR, COFFEE, TOBACCO, SNUFF, ETC., ETC. Did you ever think of it? We pay no house rent, do our own work (for the most part)and have large capital in our business, and buy in large quantities and do you see how it is possible for anybody to undersell us? On the other hand it is a notable fact that all our customers seem to prosper— the reason is obvious. We desire to do a STRICTLY CASH BUSINESS THROUGH THE FALL. This you see gives us an opportunity to close up our books. We will be prepared to furnish the whole Country next year on time. We desire to express our thanks to our customers tor the prompt manner in which they are settling up—early collections do us a lot of good. Again thanking our Customers each and all tor their fa vors, we are yours to serve The Stewart Mercantile Co. - Thos, D. Stewart, Pres’t & Gen’l Manager. L. H. Fargason, Vice Pres’t & As’t Sec’y. J. B. Dickson, Secretary & Treasurer. AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES. McDonough, ga., Friday. November 20, ism. THEY FOUGHT. Rev. Sam Small and Tom Minor En gage In Pugilistic Exercise. Nam Small, the evangelist, and Tom Minor, a Deca'ur street salomis'. had a rough and tumble flight hi Nash's barber shop on Peachtree street yester day evening says the 1 ’onstitutiou. The belligerents ooillonnod to none of the rules of the art of self defense. It was eutirely a hit-me-tf you can contest. It appears that both iMessrs. Small and Miuor went into Nash’s yesterday morning for shaves. And by accident were there at the same time. Mr. Small was in a chair being shav ed when Mr. .Minor came in. As Mr. Small left the chair after the barber was through, Mr. Miuor advanced to wards him saying: “My name is Tom Minor.” And in another instant, in regular pugilistic style, he slugged the rever end geutleman on the jaw. The blow stunned Mr. Small for a moment, but he quickly pulled himself into fighting shape, and the barkeeper and preacher clinched. Like a ton of brick they went to the floor. Quickly the barbers separated them. Mr. Minor got up first and it is claimed that he kicked Mr. Small in the mouth, cutting his uuder£t|> and knock ing out one of his froutTSteeth. Then Minor remarked : “You will know TonOßnor in the future,” and walked out. The cause of the was cer tain remarks made by MR Sam Small iu an autibarroom speechrjast Sunday, reflecting on Minor’s method of con ducting his business, Mr. Small told the story of the diffi culty as follows : “I had goue into Nash’s barber shop to get a shave. It seems that this Mi nor was iu there when I went iu. He got through shaving befori 1 did. and took a seat unffr I gofup. fie walked up to my chair, and the barber asked him if he could do anything for him. He teplied: “‘No, here is my hand,’ and he struck me. “But I threw up my arm and warded off the blow sufficiently for it not to af fect me much. Seeing that Minor in tended to continue his attack, I had to defend myself, and we clinched, and soon fell to the floor. I was under neatli Minor, and the barbers pulled him off me. He remarked when he was up: “‘1 reckon you will know Tom Mi nor now ’ “As I was getting up he kicked me in the face cutting my lower lip and kuocked out one of ray front teeth.” “Do you know the cause of the at tack ?” •‘I understand it was became I sta ted in my last Sunday’s speech that policemen were stationed iu front of Minor’s saloon on Decatur street to take care of the bums that congregated there to quench their thirst. “I did not know Tom Minor, never saw him. but only knew the reputation of his place.” Mr. Minor’s story of the details of the difficulty were not very different from Mr. Small’s. He said : “I stay at home and attend to my owd business, and Sam Small seems to | be trying to attend to everybody’s. I keep an ordeily place, and have for seven years. When I heard that Sam Sma'i said, iu his speech at Prohibi tion hall last Sunday, tiiata special po liceman was placed in front of mv sa loon to keep order and prevent trouble, it made me angry. I made up ray miud not to say anything about it and did not intend to hunt Small up, but when I met him face to face this morn ing I thought a slight tap might make the evaugelist come uearer attending to his own business and me feel better. Ido my shaving in that barber shop all the time, and ; t was the merest ac cideut that I met Small there this morning.” “What about kicking Mr. Small in the face ?” “I may have done it, but I was ex cited. 1 was very angry to think 1 was at home attending to my busiuess, and that a man who knows nothing about me was using my name iu such a detrimental manner. I thought I would introduce myself, so that he might know who he was talking about uext time.” .Small Speaks. It is doubtful if ever before Sam Small looked quite so dapper and spruce as he did last night wlieu he faced the big audience in Prohibition hall. The people came to hear him narrate the incidents connected with the bar ber shop episode. They expected some lurid wordpainting, and they were not disappointed. Mr. Small’s opening sentence was characteristically humorous and caus tic. “There may,” he said, “be a slight impediment in mv speech— but that's a Minor matter. [Applause and laugh ter.] “I think there must have been a grand hurrah iu hell to day when some black-winged demon flew into that abode of darkness and brought the news that the Small end uf the prohibition party and the Minor end of the whisky party met in Atlanta. [Tremendous laughter and cheering.] "This end is still here—all right and serene My difficulty witli that burly whisky bummer reminds me of the ad venture a man had with a log ho was trying to pull up a hill. He hud a rope tied to it, and the idea occurred to him that it would be a flue chenie to fasten the other end of the rope to his body, so lie tied it round his waist. The log began rolling down hill and he strove to check its downward flight by bracing himself. The log was heavier than he bargained for and be found it pulled him with it. The rope twisted around the log and shortened. He was drawn nearer tind nearer. Finally he and the log embraced, and down the hill they rolled over and over When the hot tom of the hill was reached the man pulled himself together, got upon his feet, and, addressing the log, said, ‘Yes, you darned scoundrel, I was as manv times on top as you was.’ [Cheers and laughter.] “The development today was just what might have been expected. It is the natural outcome of the whisky sel lers’ methods. I last Sunday told you I was in this tight to stay, aud I repeat it iu spite of the bruises. The ouly way to get me out of this fight is to take me to the cemetery and bury me in tlie vault where lies my dead baby. [Applause.] “What I said Sunday about Torn Mi nor is strictly true, aud the police rec ords will corroborate all the charges I made. He is reported to have said that the reason lie attacked me was be cause I spoke against his family. J hurl that charge hack in hie dirty teeth I will tell the whole truth about them if they beat me up every day. If they beat me at 12 o’clock iu the day I’ll be back here at 7:30 o’clock' at night. When I was running with them the other crowd used to beat me, and now that I am running with the other crowd they beat me. [Laughter.] “Why, I didn’t know the fellow from Adam’s house cut or the devil’s pres ent cat. [Laughter] “I’ve got the tooth he kicked out my mouth here in my vest pocket. I’ll keep it as a mascot. I’m going to have it polished and mounted with gold, and wear it after the 2d ol December next as a scarf pin, and I’ll weal it down Decatur street past Tom Minor’s bar room.” [Great merriment.] \V L 1 \ | Til — Is something which ' ’ HAH 1 II most people seek, and which but few are indifferent to, no matter iu what form it presents itself. The word “pecuniary,” which is often used in speaking of a man’s riches, comes from the Latin word pecus, which means cattle, and shows that formerly a man’s wealth was reckoned by the cattle lie possessed. Abraham is said to have been “very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.” Hut no matter in what a man’s riches a man’s riches may consist, it is all vanity and vexation of spirit, unless in connection therewith he has health. Emerson fully understood this when he said “the first wealth is health,” and we have ho doubt if he had known the virtues of S. 8. S. that he would have recommended its use to all persons suf | feriug from the diseases for which it is recommended. Treatise on Hlood aud Skin Diseases ; mailed free. SWIFT 8 PEC IEC CO., Atlanta, Ga. ■low to Cure All Kkiu l»i»- rasrs,” Simply apply “Swayse's Ointment.” No internal medicine required. Cures tetter, ec/.enia, itch, all eruptions on the face, hands, nose, &c., leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its great healing and curative powers arc posessed by no other remedy. Ask your druggist for Swathe’s Ointment. Young men desiring to attend a Business College will find it to their advantage to cal, at this office before making arrange* ' irc nls el sewhere. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. 8255 ABSOLUTELY PURE THE Alt I'/.ON A KICKER. It Is a Foolish Man who Tackles a Western Editor. Wanted —The Kicker wants to en gage a spirited and enterprising young man who is not afraid of wo r k and is ambitious to build himself up, to act as a collector. We have about SUiOO out, and will furnish a mule and two revol vers as an out fit free of expense. The collector will be allowed to retain half of his collections. We regard this as a splendid open ing for some ambitious Eastern man wtio wants to work up in journalism. He will no doubt be shot at fifty times for every hundred dollars lie collects, hut if he’s got the right sort nf sand he’ll pull through and come out 011 top of the heap. After we’ve given him a dozen les sons on getting the drop, and lie's had a couple of days’ acquaintance with our mule, we'll hack him to tackle any one of our nonpaying subscribers outside of a rifle-pit. In case of deatli we guar antee a fair medium futietal. Apply at once. At It Ao.iin —As is well known to the readers of The Kicker we have a private graveyard with ten graves in it. The ten graves represent ten different men who were mistaken in sizing us up for an editor without backbone. We did the fair thing in each ami every case—sending for the Coroner—buying a colli 11 —turning out the trays in pro cessiou, and so on. The average cost has been per funeral, and that’s rich for this locality . Our contemporary, who has never shot a man, has been insanely jealous of our “plant” out on the sand-lots, aud on two occasions before last night has been caught iu the act of trying to steal “ome of the head boards to start a graveyard of his own. At ten o’clock last night we received word that be was out there again. We mounted our mule and rode out. He had just com menced operations. WK HUN HIM SEVEN MILES. lie had his old mule hitched to the fence, aud took the alarm and mounted before we got up. We run him seven miles, hut his mule wus the fastest and he got away. We wanted to be neighborly as an editor, but we also want this old lop shouldered, bow-legged hyena to thor oughly understand that he lias at lust maite us tired, and that any further fooling around on his part will leave his milk-and-water old shoo*, without a head. It Was a Faii.ukk. — We got a sly hint several days ago that the postman ter of this town, whom we have had to shoot in thiee different places within a year, in order to expedite the mail service and prevent him from walking on us, had seut over to Tubac to get a man to do us up. The routine of get ting out one of the biggest and bright est weekly papers iu America (subscrip tions payable iu advancu) went on just the same, however, and we didn’t do any private aud confidential worryiug. All the forenoon yesterday we heard some one hollering around the streets tor gore and upon inquiry learued tiiat it was the man from Tubac. lie was reported as being a teal, old fashioned terror from Grizzly Mountain, with his toenails dyed red and his eyes shiuing like two camp fires, and that lie was al so looking for us. We were never more calm or serene. We sent out to our gravedigger to excavate another hole, anil wrote a note to Steve Will iams, the undertaker, to varnish up a wbitewood 2xG and get the trimmings 00. It was about 4 o’clock in the after noon when we finished our editorial la bors for that day and started out for a saunter. Just as we turned into Sioux place the man from Tubac jumped out on us from a doorway and started in to secure our right ear as a relic. We sat up with him most of the night last night. One of the bullets has been extraced, but the other couldn’t be reached with a three-foot stick. Unless iuflaniation sets in he will very likely f Henry County Weekly, Established 187 G, } Henry County Times, Established 18^4. pull through. If he does be assures ns that he will be a changed man. He wouldn't exactly say that the postmaster gave him soo to come over and bumble our proud editorial spirit, but he said enough to satisfy us that we must run over to-morrow and have another pop at Mr. Wanamaker’s man. He’s getting too coltish again. The .Ihiitowu Journal. The Jimtowu Journal, edited by Hill Omi, reaches us weekly now. It is spicy and refreshing, and Hill keeps things lively in his town, if he has to get whipped twice a day to do it. We append a few of bis latest paragraphs : Cotton is so low now that it is abso- lutely vulgar. The Turk with bis dancing bear ar rived in Jimtowu yesterdav. OLij' 3 ’ They Turk our last dime. Miss Eva NeSaut, a skollege girl, writes us to parse : Ze vous aime. Ze vous adore. Ze vous aime de tour moti Coeur. Ze is a pronoun, a personal pronoun. It is in the nominative case and never lies about catching fish. Aime is a terb—one of those gtddv verbs that lakes you unawares und lets you fall over u forty foot precipice. Vous is ?. prououu—and—and— Say, Eva, how old would you be if you wore in evening dress ? Some vile wretch who is too mean to breathe the atmosphere of River Junction, deliberately robbed our con tribution box last night. We oiler a reward of $4 cash, payable in corn, for his death. It goes way down knee deep into our heart and causes salt briny tears to trickle dowu our corrugated cheek to chronicle the death of Col. Chris An themum. His untimely death has cast a gob of gloom over his creditors. lie was beloved by all who owed him. Those who did not know him have much to be thankful for. There is no appeal for relief from the great law that dooms us to dust. Generations shall appearand disappear as the grass, and the mightiest monarch that ever shook the earth with his foot steps has no stronger hold on life than the tre<s that wither in a day. There fore let us all so live that wheu the grim spectre reaches forth his icy arms, that we can wrap the cellar door around our house of clay and pass with a sweet, gliding movement into the great beyond. J £ ’Now is the time to perspire. While going home the other night j some one threw a brick house at us. The moon was circling around us like a cat on the back fence, and we saw more fencing than we ever built in Jimtown. do not send us another jug of the same kind. George Goolsby, colored, who lives near Sandy Cross, in this county, is a model colored man and the example he has set in life is worth following by others of liis race. He is G 4 years old, never got drunk, chewed or smoked to bacco, cursed or lied. He owus four plantations which he made and paid for himself, never bought two sacks of 1 corn, makes his own meat aud has credit wherever he is know. He is honorable and kind to his neighbors both white and black, is a strict % raem- ber of the Haptist church and has rais ed and educated sixteen children, lie says he has ueyer needed the attention of a physician. He outlived four mas ters during slavery time and was al ways a trusted foreman among the hands. He is a subscriber to both his county papers. From George’s record the colored people of Georgia can learn a great deal.—Crawford Herald. Itch on human and horses aud all animals cured in 30 minutes by Wool ford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never fail. Sold by C. I). McDonald, druggist McDonough, Ga. English Spavin Liniment removes all hard, soft or calloused lumps aud blemishes from horses, blood spavins. . curbs, splints, sweeney, ring bone, sti fles, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs etc. Save S3O by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful Bletu ! ish Cure ever known. Sold by C. I). McDonald.