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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1891.
VOL. XVI.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
McDonough, ‘.'A.
Will praetice in the counties composing
,he Flint .1 udiuial Circuit, the Supreme Court
rf Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27Ay
j ,\S. SI. TIiBSiHB,
\TTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Da.
WHI practice in the counties composing
Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court ot
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. '"=“•* 6 -‘y
P RKA.OA.iSI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough,Ga.
Wii. .ractice in all tlie Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
ther col lections. Wilt attend all the Courts
.t Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
Thk Wkckit office.
I r. h am.,
A TTORNHY AT LAW,
McDonough , Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Join ts of Georgia. Prompt attention
giv m i. collections. octs-’79
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’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will ractice in all the counties compos
ing tlu- Hint Circuit, the Supreme Court. oT
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
jj A. PUKIM.W*,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
U ami-ton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Octß, 1888
Jno. I). Stk.vart. J it.T. Danikl.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Gkissin, Ga.
JOHN 3.. TVS’..
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Gate City Nalioal Bank building,
Atlanta. Ga,
Practices ill the Stale and Federal Courts*
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•♦STEWART**
* 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 pieces (no loss in cut
| ting) 7 cents. NEW ARROW TIE?, popular prices.
MACHINE OIL and STEELYARDS.
We have also full line of JP2ANS of the best fnak©
and closest prices.
We carry a good line of Home Made Shoes that
are very cheap.
Of course we have a complete stock oi
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
SHOES, NOTIONS, HADWARE, TINWARE,
CROCKERY. MEAT, FLOUR, LARD, SUGAR, COFFEE,
TOBACCO, SNUFF, ETC., ETC.
Did you ever think of if? 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 11s? 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 for the prompt manner in
which they are settling up —early collections do us a lot ot
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 27. ism.
LONG AGO.
There are facet* just ».** perfect,
There are eve* us tme and avert;
There are hearts as strong and lender
As the heart that ceased to heat;
There aic voices just as ti rilling:
1 here are souls as white, I know.
As licrs were when she went troiil me—
My love ol long ago.
New lips are ever telling
The tale th-.t ne’er grows o,d
Life’s grays me always changing
For some one into gold;
But amid the shine and shadow.
Amid the gloom and glow,
She walks with me and talki with me—
Mv love cl long ago.
When I think of nil the changes
That the changing years have brought,
I am glad the world that holds her
Is tlie world that changes not.
And the same as when she left me
She waits for me I know— ‘
My love on earth, my lovj in heivun,
My love of long ago.
lIAM> ORGAN AND MONKEY.
llow Two Brooklyn Republicans Paid
an Election Hot.
An amusing spectacle, tint outcome
of several political bets, was witnessed
by a large crowd early yesterday morn
ing at tbe corner of Rodney and South
Second streets, Williamsburg.
Samuel Arnold, of No. 201 llave
meyer streets, a member of the Thir
teenth Ward Republican Association,
that bet W. Hicks, a member of the
Thirteenth Ward Democratic Associa
tion, that the republicans would carry
the state at the recent election. He
stipulated that if he lost the bet he
would grind a hand organ for an hour
at the corner above mei tinned.
John l it,bets of No. 37 Ten Evck
street, a mutual friend, also a member
of the Thirteenth Ward Republican
Association, was so certain that Fas
sett would be elected that he declared
iu case Arnold should lose his wager
he, Tibbetts, would consent to play
monkey, and dance for an hour to Ar
nold’s barrel orgun accompaniment.
At the same time that these bets
were made, William Hraririigan of No.
180 Hope street, and Frank Weston
two staunch republicans, made an agree
meat with D. Moore and Henry Hoff
man, two democrats, that if Meyer lost
uiayorality they would wheel their
democratic friends for an hour iu bar
rows, with the proviso that they should
have the ride if Boody was beaten.
These bets were made with great ear
nestness and iu the presence of a num
ber of politicians.
Saturday war. the day agreed upon
to square all the wagers, and according
ly at an early hour the party met at
tbe corner just named.
Arnold worked bravely at the crank.
He opened the entertainment with
“Comrades,” and ground out all the
popular airs iu turn, including “Mag
gie Murphy's Home” and the “Skirt
Dance.”
All thi» while Tibbetts, true to bis
word, was doing the maukey business.
He hopped first on one foot, then on
the other; made'faces and held out bis
cap for peunies. An immense crowd j
gathered, and the giinder and bis mon
key had a severe ordeal to stand, but
they worked on unfalteringly.
At the end of the hour harrows were
brought forward and Mr. Moore and
Mr. Hoffman took their seats. Rran
nigan and Weston grasped the han
dles and the procession started forward.
A band of music bail been engaged for
the occasion, and a dozen rockets were
fired. Followed by hundreds the pro.
cession moved up Rodney street to
Grand, from Grand to Bedford avenue,
to Broadway, to Hooper, to South
Fourth, again to Rodney and on the
corner of South Second, from whence
it started.
Moore and Hoffman evidently enjoy
ed their ride. They cheered lustily and
waved aloft the stars and stripes. The
day was beginning to dawn as the pro
cession ended at its starting place, and
two more dilapidated and worn out
specimens than Brnunigau and Weston
would have been hard to find.
‘*l’m dead,” said Brannigaii to the
democratic friend he ha-1 been wheel
ing
“Sorry, my boy,” returned the oth
er, “but next campaign’ don’t bet with
a democrat.” New York Advertiser.
■low to Cure All Nkin l>i»-
I'HNC St.”
Simply apply "Swav.vk’s Oistmknt.”
No internal medicine required. Cures
tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions on the
face, hands, nose. Ac., leaving the skin
clear, white and healthy. Its great healing
and curative powers are posessed hy no
other remedy. Ask your druggist for
: Swaysk’h Oixtmk.vt.
The absence of soft water is no ex
cuse for druikiug hard.
Site Wouldn't Have Him.
Ihe Cairo Short Line passenger
from Paducah bail a very heavy load
ol excursionists Sunday, returning
home from Kentucky, where they had
been spending a holiday. Among the
number was a dapper little man from
I St. Louis, whose name is withheld be
cause it would add nothing to this o’er
I true story, lie was very sweet—at
| least, his vanity told him so. The dude
| sported laven ler pants, a black silk
tennis shirt, a flashy tie, and wore a
No. til beaver hat. Like all of his
kind, this dude had a mania for break
ittg hearts, and made himself conspicu
ous by ogling all the ladies on the train
and by loud remarks drawing attention
to himself. Mis forte, though, was a
promenade it the vai ious stations
where the train pulled up. Then he
was in his element, as he minced along
the platform or took up an artistic
pose, as much vs to say, “Look at me ;
ain’t I sweet ?” Whenever he ap.
proached a woman, be she while o r
black, this foolish dude had some in.
sane witticism to crack at her expense.
This conduct continued till the
train reached a station thin side of
Piuckneyville, 111., where a long halt
was made. Here was the dude's op
portunity, here he surpassed all pre
vious efforts in his role as a railway
masher, and here, alas, he was overta
ken by a vengeance.
On the platform stood an old gray
haired gentleman, with strongly mark
ed features, and by his side a modest
girl of seventeen years, neatly and be
comingly dressed. They were evident
ly father and daughter. The natty
little dude spied them as soon as the
train pulled in. Here was his oppor.
tuuity, of which he quickly availed
himself. Accompanied by three com
pauions he walked slowly past the
couple, making some teraark as he
reached them. The girl's cheeks crim
soned, while an omnious frown gather
ed on the father’s brow. Unaware of
their danger, the quartet proceeded to
ihe station saloou and gleefully quaffed
their soda, after which each lighted a
cigarette and retraced their steps to the
train, again having to pass the father
and daughter. Whether the soda flew
to the dude’s head and made him more
reckless than usual, or whether the
fact that the girl was so modest and
shrinking that he thought her lawful
game, and as her only protector was
an old man, no danger was apprehend
ed, the St. Louis dude grew bolder as
he approached the couple, and turning
to a companion, said : “This girl says
she won’t have me.”
In a moment the old gentleman
reached forward and grasped the sur
prised masher by the back of the neck,
saying: “No, by gum, but her father
will,” and then proceeded to mop the
platform with his dudesliip. Hack and
forth the natty little man was dragged,
his lavender pants split up one leg, his
silk shirt torn, while his handsome
beaver was hopelessly crushed as
though so much paper. Then, turning
him around, the old gentleman planted
a No. 10 shoe squarely and fairly at
the base of the dude’s spinal column,
elevating the little man in the air and
landing him off the platform, a hope,
less and helpless wreck. Ilis three
valiant companions had fled at the first
onslaught of the old man, but 400 or
500 passeugers gave him such an ova
tion as sildom falls to the lot of mor
tal, the cars fairly rolling under the ap.
plause so heartily bestowed.
Ilis dudesliip dragged himself away
a sorer, if not a wiser, man. Where
he hid himself no one knew, but he
was not seen again until the cars reach
ed the union depot, when he was de
tected limping painfully between a
standing train, wending his weary way
Ito the nearest car line.—St. Louis
! Globe-Democrat.
There is nothing discouragiu ' in tiie
outloo!.. Stand to the Democratic pat
ty, firm and confident. The democrat
ic party enjoys the renown of being the
oldest political party in America, anil
has the advantage of being both old
and modern. It has stood the test ot
time while dozens of other political par
ties have sprung up, been weighed in
the balance of justice, found wanting,
aud have again passed into oblivion,
while the party of. Democracy has
stood firm.—Exchange.
“So you want to know where the
flies come from, do you, Lucullus?”
“Well, the cyclone make the house fly,
the blacksmith makes the fire flv, the
carpenter makes the saw (iy, the driver
makes the horse fly, the grocer makes
the sand tly, and tiie boarder makes the
butter fly.”
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17,
DqW| Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
How the Office Hoy Saved the Edi
tor,
lhe paper had said something he
didn't like and he was going to see the
editor about it and thump the stuffing
out of him. On the stairs leading to
the den he found a small boy, who
blocked his way.
“Is the editor iu ?” he inquired
roughly.
“Yes, sir,” replied the hoy, polite
iy-
“Can I see him?”
“1 s’pose so, sir.”
“Well, I want to. Do 1 go up this
way ?”
“Air you Mr. Johnson ?” inquired
the boy, with evident personal inter
est.
“Yes, I am.”
“The same that the paper give it to
in the neck ?”
“Yes. What’s that to you ?”
“Nothing much, Mr. Johnson, but
I’m your friend.”
“No you don’t say ?” said the visi
tor sarcastically surveying him. “Well,
let me go on up stairs, won’t you ?”
“Cert, Mr. Johnson, but before you
go into the editor’s room you look in
the c irner by the door and git a dray
pin setliu’ there. I put it where you
could g:t it easy You see the editor
is lookin' fer you and lie’s got a big
boss pistol in his drawer and a hatchet
layin’ on his desk, and when 1 seen
them preparations l jist thought it was
a shame for the editor to go fer a man
ifi his old paper and use a hatchet on
him besides without givin’ him some
sort of a show. I ain’t nobody but
an office boy, but I know what justice
is as well as if 1 was I’resident of the
United .States. (Jo right on up, but go
easy. The dray pin is in the left-hand
corner.”
And the man didn’t go up.
Mister Oin-r Ahead.
lie was standing on the corner of
Hastings and Gratiot streets when an
other young man about Ins age came
along, and the first one said:
“Look lieah, Mistah Carr, I want to
gin yo’ a few words oh advice ”
“ Well, sah ?"
“Yo’ seems to bo payin’ yo’r ’ten
shuns somewhat to a young lady nam
ed Miss Perkins.”
“Yes, sah—Yes, sail.”
“Bin buyiu’ her boxes of candy an’
sen.lin’ up bokays, 1 understau’.”
“Jes so, sah.”
“Well, sah, in order 10 save yo’ fur
der bodder an’ expense, I will inform
yo’ dat I am duu engaged to marry
Miss Perkins in de nigh fueber.”
“'Zactly sah, ’zactly, an’ in order to
save you furder bodder an’ expense, I
will iuform you dat Miss Perkins dun
becutn Mrs. Carr last eaveniu’ at n
o’clock ! Weddin’ strictly private !
No keerds I”
No Protection.
There were three or four colored
meu on the platform of a Brush street
car, and one of them was expressing
his perfect faith in it as a charm, when
an old man with a cane and basket re
marked :
“I dun used to hev one o’ dem my
se'f, but I frowed it away long ago.”
“Doan’ you believe in ’em ?”
“No, salt—not now. Dat rabbit’s
fut was all right bcfoli dey got de po
lice fo’ce, hut it ain’t wutli shucks
now.
They looked at him for an explana
tion, and he said :
“1 went out one night will a rabbit’s
fut in my pocket, ati’ the next thing I
kno wed I was up in de work house fur
thirty days.”
“Dow you git dar?” asked one.
“Dejedgo sent me.”
“What de jedge dun sent you fur?”
“What fur? What he dun sent me
fur? Why, sah, case dey found de
| chickens in my bag, of co’se !”
Matrimony doesn’t appear to greatly
improve the habits of the convivial
man after all. Before marriage he is
generally “up with the boys” half the
night aud after marriage he is frequent
ly up with the baby all night. And in
I the latter case he is just as boisterous
as in the former.
1 Henry County Weekly, Established lHTfi,
( Henry County 'limes, Established 1884.
Arms of a Devil Fish About Him.
The schooner James Towusond,
which arrmeff from Fort Bragg to
day, brought news of the extremely un
pleasant experience George Barnes had
with a devil fish at the place named re
cently.
Barnes, accompanied by a fisherman,
was searching for sea eggs, and a fine
abalone shell partly covered by a rock
catching his eye lie determined to se
cure the prize. Barnes, who was bare
footed, stepped into the water to obta’ll
a good purchase on the rock when his
left ankle was seized by one of the
tentacles of a big octopus. The sur
prised explorer made a hasty effort to
draw his imprisoned foot away, but
more deadly in their grip than the nip
pers of a policeman are the long, fiexi
hie feelers of the devil fish, aud soon
three or four more tentacles of the sub
merged monster were lapped around
Hai nes’s foot and leg, while his hips and
waist were encircled in the slimy em
brace of the devil fish.
Barnes used every exertion to either
free himself or else land the octopus
upon the beach, but his strength gave
out and he would soon have succumbed
to the fish’s vicelike hold mid lieeu
drawn into the sea had not his compau
ion noticed his sad plight and hastened
to his rescue.
The fisherman plied a hatchet and a
huge knife with good effect, and soon
sections of tentacles were severed from
j the devil fish and dropped in the tide,
squirming like eels. Iho wholesale
J carving of its feelers proved too much
| for tho octopus, und its several holds
on Harnes’s log and body relaxed, and
he was dragged up on the sand and al
lowed to recover from tho fright and
weakness inducod by tho unpleasant
adventure. —San Francisco Examiner.
The Gibson Itecord says: An old
gentleman says the acorn and hickory
nut hulls are very thick this year; also
the shucks on corn are thicker than
they have been for several years, all of
which, lie says, is a sure sign of a se
vere winter.
If there are barnacles on the bulk of
the demociatic ship—clean them off.
If there are leaks in the bottom—stop
them. If she needs new canvass—
spread then. If her captain is a rascal
—throw him over. Hut sink her never.
—Chattanooga News.
At a recent Boston wedding, as the
newly-married pair were marching down
the aisle, the organist played for a re
cessional the wellknown hymn: “Oil
ward, Christian Soldier, Marching on
to war.”
llow vain aud unprofitable it is fora
man to he a politician. If the energy
that some meu spend trying to get into
oflioe were expended in the ordinary
pursuits of business, wealth would easi
ly follow. Politics is a poor trade.—
Atlanta Herald.
The propitious weather together
with the growing determination of far
mers to make their farms more self
sustaining is causing them to sow an
increased amount of grain in Henry
county this fall.
There is no velvet s> Hoft as a moth
ers’s lap. no star so lovely as hersn.ile,
no music so melodious as her voice, no
rose so fragrant as the memory of her
love
Thomas Hazlip, about 70 years of
age, fell dead while sitting in a chair
at his home near Stark on Friday night
last.
The debtor is the fellow who isn’t at
all anxious to have his creditors Lurry
ou his account.
Profess the religion that you intend
to live, and learn the things you intend
to practice.
Trying to drown sorrow in drink is
about like cutting off a sore finger to
make it stop hurting.
Educate aud become the strong sturj
dy oak. Remain in ignorance and be*
come the evergreen.
Pails and tubs saturated with glyce
rine will not shrink.