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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1891.
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ATTORNEYS AT I,AW.
McDonol<iit. Ga.
Will i act ice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
e f (ictreia and the United States District
Court. aprSl7-l,v
| AIK. El. mint,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, (*a.
Wili practice in the counties composing
the Fiat Circuit, the Supreme Couit ot
fJeorgir. and the United States District
Court marl 6-1 y
jjt .. KHA«*V
ATTORNEY At LA-W.
McDonoloh, t;».
Will iractice in all the Courts ol Oeurgia
Special attention given to commercial and
•there". lections. Will attend all i lie Courts
,t Ham. ton regularly. Office upstairs over
run IVi rm.T office.
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ATTORN EN A t I.AW,
■dcliosot on. Ga.
Will practice in tie count ies composing I he
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
Inst n • Courts oi Georgia. i rompt attention
'l. . ,i collect ions. octlr- id
A. H»tMV>.
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McUonoimiu. Ga.
Will practice in a'l the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
TT A. i*iswS%
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I I'M I'TON. Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court ot the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888
Jno. L). Stewart. j R.T. Daniel.
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ATTORNEYS AT TAW,
Gbikkin, Ga.
JOJIA S„ 1 1 1..
ATI ORNEY AT LAW.
Gate Citv Natioal Hank i’.uildiug,
Atlanta. Ga,
l’ractiocs in Hit State and F< deral Courts.
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R’Y.
IS THE ONLY
SHORT AND DIRECT LINE
TO THE
NORTH, SOUTH,
EAST AND WEST.
PULLMAN'S FINEST VES
TIBULE SLEEPERS
ATLANTA & KNOXVILLE
MACON & CHATTANOOGA
BRUNSWICK u ATLA '^A
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Direct Connections at Chat
tanooga with Through
trainsand Pullman Sleep
ers to
Memphis and the West f
at Kmixtilli' wilh SNilliuim
WASHINGTON,
PHILADELPHIA,
AND NEW YORK.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION' ADDRESS,
B.W. WRENN, CHAS. N. KICHT
<ien'l. Pan*. Ag’., A, (?.!’. A.
KNOXVILLE. ATLANTA
lieoriliii Ilidlnixl At t.iill'K.K.
SOVTH
Leave McDonough 7:UO a. m.
Arrive Greenwood ~ •-< “
“ Louella
“ Griffin S:l»5 “
NORTH.
Leave Griffin 4:(>h P- m -
Arrive Louella 4:40 “
“ Greenwud 4:48 “
“ McDonoiih .7:05 “
M. E. GRAY, Sup’t.
••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 STEEI.YARDS.
We have also full line of JEANS of the best fnake
and closest prices.
We carry a good line ot Home Made Shoes that
are very cheap.
Ot course we have a complete stock ot
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, HATS,
SHOES, NOTIONS, HADWARE, TINWARE,
CROCKERY. MEAT. FLOUR. LARD, SOGAR, COFFEE,
TOBACCO, SNUFF, ETC., ETC.
Did you ever think ofit? 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 sec 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 of
good.
Again thanking our Customers each and all tor their fa
vors, we are yours to serve
| The Stewart Mercantile Co.
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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, db jember l is»i.
Believed In Fair Flay.
“I whs tiew in the 1 usiness an as
ambitious us Ciesar ! I would tackle
anything, and like most lawyers in the
early stages I had tm trouble in con
vincing myself that rov client was right
an the other fellow a rascal. An old
granger near the city in winch I first
swung my shingle to the breeze was al
wavs in trouble with his neighbors, and
was a ricli mark for lawyers. lie
gathered in some cattle that had hio
ken iuto the highway from the iield of
a firmer near by, stabled them, andr*-
fused to give them up unless paid an
exorbitant price for damages that were
uever committed.
“A writ of replevin was issued. 1
took the case for the owner of the cat
tle, and early one morning drove out
to the office of an old German ’squire
or -Justice of the Peace. Ilia temple
of justice was an old rattle-trap of a
building with no ceiling, but stringers
across where the clap-boards terminal
ed and the peaked rqof began. The
occupants of these stringers kept all
below busily dodgiug tobacco juice.
The jury was made up of a lot of lion
est old soil tillers, whose faces were as
sphinx-like as that of a professional
gambler. His honor occupied a very
uncertain chair that had earned an
honorable retirement, and kept his owl
like wisdom iu activity by constantly
whittling on a hardwood broomstick.
“Piited against me were two old
lawyers, and it was their pleasure to
constantly utilize my youthfulness iu
impairing my standing with the jury.
I was full of fight, but what almost
drove me from ihe shanty was llie fact
that the ’squire ruled dead against me
every time 1 argued, plead, read an
thonties, kicked and upbraided, but the
whittling representative of the blind
goddess never turned a hair, lie would
simply say : “Don’t got excited, young
man, I vos der shudge. Yust go ahead
mid der case. Shustice is shustice, und
don’t you forgedt it!”
“The two old attorneys were not
slow to catch on, and they took the
wildest liberties, disregarding e'ery
tliing and chuckling at every objection
I made I was on the verge of insan
ity, and my client looked like a thun
der cloud rampant. Dinner time came,
and the ’squire had a spread for jurors,
lawyers and litigants. My opponents
were in high feather, while my food
uearly choked me.
“After eating I handed the ’squire a
cigar and walked out into the orchard,
where I upbraided him for the course
he had pursued.
“ ‘Young man,’ he said, ‘vot is der
reason mit you ? I know vot vos law
und yustice und equity. Give efery
man der same chance. Jn der fore
noon 1 let dose two old lawyers have
dor vliay. Now it vos your durn. Go
in. I pelieve in fair play. I dou’t
gare how much dose fellows object, its
your durn !’
“Did 1 go in ? I claimed everything
and conceded nothing. I rode rough
shod over the rules of testimony and
the two old lawyers I had them wild,
pawing the air and frothing at the
mouth. The ’squire was deaf to their
appeals and blind to their agony. ‘I
gif half a day apiece,’ was his sole jus
tification. 1 won in a walk. The eth
er side wanted to appeal, but their cli
ent was so mad that two old timers
should be so ignomiuiously beaten by
a young lawyer that he settled then
and there, hired me by the year, and
gave me my first good start ” —Detroit
Free Press.
A touching instance of the humor
which never deserts a true Irishman,
even in his worst troubles is recorded
in an exchange.
A soldier was seen in the trenches
bolding his hand above the earthworks.
His captain asged:
“What are you doing that for
Pat?”
lie replied with a grin as he worked
his flngers :
“I’m feelin’ for a furlough, sure!”
Just then a rifle ball struck his arm
below the wrist. He drew it down
quickly, and grasped it with the other
baud to check the blood. Then a
queer expression of pain and liumoi
passed over his face and he ex
claimed :
“An’ faith it’s a discharge!”
Ilow to Cure All Nkin Dis
eases.”
Simply apply "Swat**’* Oixtmkvt.”
No internal medicine required. Cures
tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions on the
face, hands, nose, lie , leaving the skin
clear, white and healthy. Its great healing
and curative powers are posessed hy no
other remedy. Ask your druggist for
SwArxe’s Oi.xthe.vt.
TEXAS GEOGRAPHY.
This Lone Star Editor Must Have
Itun Amuck With Fate.
Of what is the surface of the oat th
composed ?
Of comer lots, might; poor road*,
railroad traeks, base hall grounds,
oricketfields and skating rinks?
What portion of the globe is wa
ter ?
About three-fourths. Sometimes
add u little gin and nutmeg to it.
What is a town ?
A town is* a considerable collection
of houses and inhabitants, with four or
five men who “run the party” and lend
money on 16 per cent, interest.
What is a city ?
A city is ail incorporated town, with
a mayor who believes that the whole
world shakes when he happens to fall
fiat on a cross walk.
What is commerce ?
Borrowing five dollars for a day or
two, and dodging the lender for a year
or two.
Name the different races.
Horse race, boat lace, bicycle race,
and racing around to find a man to in
dorse your note.
Into how many classes is mankind
divided ?
Six. Being enlightened, civilized,
half civilized, savage, too utter, not
worth a cent, and Indian agents.
What nations are called enlighten
ed ?
Those which have the most wars,
and the worst laws and produce the
■• i *
most criminals.
How many motions has the earth ?
That’s according to how you mix
your drinks, and which way you go
home.
What is the earth’s axis ?
The lines passing between New
York aud San Francisco.
What causes day and night?
Hay is caused by the night getting
tired out. Night is caused by every
body taking the street car and going
home to supper.
What is a map ?
A map is a drawing to show the jury
where Smith stood when .Jones gave
him one under the eye.
What is a mariner’s coin pas ?
A jug holding four gallons.
They Won’t Make Up.
Oti’Awa, Kan, Nov. 16.—There
lives iu this city a man and wife who
have wlmt is probably the most unique
existence to be found any where. These
are Mr. and Mrs. John B. Stetson.
They have been married forty years,
and heve a family of seven children,
all grown. They are considered good
Christians and are charitable. Their
grandchildren play around their yard,
and to all appearances they arc as hap
py an old couple as could he found in
the country. Y r et with all this they
have not spoken to each odinr for over
twvnty years, with the exception of
once, when Stetson was badly hurt and
was thought to be dying, when lie told
his wife good bye.
They are both in full possession of
their faculties, and converse freely
with everybody else except each other.
Twenty years ago the father attempt
ed to correct the youngest child, and
ti e mother interfered and placed her
self between them. Stetson was vio
lently enraged at her action and talked
very harshly to his wife, telling her
that he would no* speak to her again
until she apologized for what she did.
Mrs. Stetsou was as stubborn as her
husband, and replied that she would
not speak to him until he spoke first.
From that time on they have kept
their vows, and all communications be
tween them have been by signs and
through the intervention of other mem
cel sof the family. Both are experts
with the deaf and dumb alphabet, and
conve se readily iu this way.
Neither will talk of their action, nor
will they allow any one else to broach
the subject to them. They appear to
be even more loving toward each other
than ordinary married couples, and
show each other great attention at all
times. They visit their neighbors to
gether, and, in fact, carry on all the
usual amenities of life as well, if not
better, than if they talked. They have
never had a quarrel since their great
one, and this attributed to the fact that
they do not talk.
“The lips that taste liquor shall nev
er kiss mine.” Girls are now confron
ted by another society whose motto is:
“The lips that kiss poodles shall nev
er kiss mine,” and they say that poodle
dogs are not as popular as they were
once,
The absence of soft water is no ex
cuse for dr'nking hard,
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
A Famous Leap.
Brunswick, Ga , Novembr 2C.—On
Cumlierland island is a precipitous
bluff, probably seventy five feet iu
height, that is historic. In ISGO one
Stock well, the hero of this story, lived
in a pretty little home near Hi CT li
Point. This home was brightened by
the presence of a lovely wife and beau
tiful little daughter. The family had
moved from the mountainous part of
Vermont to the Georgia coast. When
the war broke out, a party of federal
soldiers was stationed on Cumberland,
and to this parly Stock well offered his
services. They, were, of course, ac
cepted. Stockwell accordingly shoul
dered his musket and repaired to the
camp, which was ueaT the bluff. These
Boldiers were under the command of
Captain Black, who treated them
shamefully, an t allowed them no priv
ileges.
Captain Black soon made himself so
disagreeable to Stockwell that he seiz
ed the first opportunity ai.d deserted
to hia home.
Captain Black was so enraged at one
of his men proving a deserter that he
ordered his men to capture Stockwell
by all means. The men started out
one bleak November day to search the
island for the person of the deserter.
As fate would have it they marched to
High Point (list and surrounded Stock
well’s home.
The hunted man witnessed through
a window the arrival of the company
of soldiers and, calling Ills wile and
daughter to his side, he toLi them he
rmist flee for his life.
Stockwell hail no horse, and his on
ly means of escape lay in his agility as
a runner. Springing through the win
dow, he darted through the woods and
began a race for life. Hut one of the
soldiers had seen his hold dash, and in
a few moments the entire company,
headed by their inhuman captain, was
after the lleeing deserter. Stockwell
headed for the bluff, hardly knowing
himself in what direction lie was go
ing.
The soldiers rapidly gained on him,
and when Stockwell emerged from a
thicket he saw the bluff before him,
but it was too late to turn iu another
direction.
Here was a startling situat'on.
Before him was a bluff, to leap from
the summit of which probably meant
broken limbs and a horrid death.
Behind him were twaiity-five sol
diers, all armed, and led by a monster
enraged to desperate resolves.
To leap meant death ; to tarry meant
death.
The question was, which manner of
death was preferable ? But there was
no time to lose in thought. The hoarse
voice of Captain Black was heard giv
ing the order to fire. With a cry of
agony Stockwell leaped from the bluff
and at the same time a shower of bul
lets whizzed through the air.
But Stockwell was miraculously
saved. He was caught in a large pile
of brush and his life was not ended.
The soldiers thinking his death was
certain, and night settling fast decided
not to disturb the body until morning.
When they went to the foot of the
bluff they found no body. Stockwell
and his family had withdrawn during
the night to the protection of a confed
erate garrison on the island.
The Mo<iel Christian.
He is a man who can be trusted to
do right anywhere.
lie is a man whose horses and cows
have found out he has religion.
He is a man who does not ait on a
store box anil whittle, while his wife is
carrying water to do a two weeks
washing.
He doesn’t get his back up and want
to leave the church whenever he finds
that he can’t have his own way about
j everything.
He doesn’t occupy a whole seat in a
railway car, while u woman with a ba
| by m her arms has to stand up.
He is a man who always tries to do
! his best, no matter whether he thiLks
I he is watched or not.
When he prays for the accomplish
i meut of a good work, that it takes
money to bring about, he is williug to
put his hand in his pocket and pay part
of it.
< Henry County Weekly. Established 187 b,
/ Henry County 'l imes, Established 188-1.
The Injured l,«ver’s Revenge.
Cl! AT. 1 .
“Is it true, Mane?" he asked with
blanched face and trembling voice,
“lias Henry Fit/ Dougherty, my bos
om friend—be whom 1 trusted as my
own brother—has he supplanted me in
your affections ?”
“It is true, Leonidas,” said the young
lady, turning away coldly.
“False and perfidious friend! Fickle
and heartless girl!” bowled Leonidas
(Jrimsbaw, and be rushed forth from
the bouse and wundered through the
deserted streets uutil the dull, murky
tinge of approaching day began to
smear itself on the dingy sky. Then
he wout to his lonely, cheerless room,
threw bimsslf on his couch, and tried
to sleep.
Hut his feet were very, very cold.
( MAI’, 'i.
The ceremony that united llenry
Fitz-Dougherty and Marie Pen jar vis
Kershock in marriage was over. The
guests bail departed, and the happy
bride and exulting groom were looking
ov< r the glittering array of presents
that had been sent to them,
“I have a little surpi isc for you, Hen
ry, dear," said Marie, a smile, of radi
ant beauty bisecting her lovely face.
“What is it, love ?” inquired Hen*
IV.
“Leonidas (Jrinißhaw has sent me a
costly and elegant gift.”
“That is kind of him.”
“Indeed it is. The poor fellow has
got over his broken heart, lie cher
ishes only the kindliest feelings for us
now!”
She drew iorth from its hiding place
a lady’s gold watch. It was a small,
delicate, richly-chased and ornamented
affair, with her name engraved on the
back, and had cost not less than $27.50
in cash.
With a heavy, listless, uncertain sted
Henry Fitz-Dougherty entered bis
palatial home on Prairie avenue and
sought his wife’s boudoir.
“Marie,” ho said, as ho threw his hat
on the soft, velvety carpet, sat down
on a costly work-basket, and looked at
her with bloodshot eyes, “the blow has
fallen!”
“What is ihe matter, Henry?” ex
claimed Mrs. Fitz-Dougherty in alarm.
“I have tried to weather the storm,
Marie,” he answered hopolessl), think
ing that a turn in the tide must come,
“But in vain! We must give up this
home. My colossal fortuue is gone.
It could not stand the drain. The last
bill of repairs on this, madam, wipes
me completely out. We are beggars!”
And he placed in her lap a srnal 1
delicate, richly-chased gold watch.
Leonidas Grimshaw was avenged.
WITHOUT KNIFE Oil FIRE.
Mr. S. K. Carmichael, a prominent
citizen of Henrietta, Texas, writes:
“1 wish to tell you what Swift’s Spe
cific has done for my wife. Several
years ago there appeared a splotch on
the corner of her nose which gradually
increased in size, and became quite
painful; on washing her face it would
frequently bleed. The doctors called
it cancer, and advised that it be removed
by the knife or burning, stating that it
never would do to neglect it. My wife
refused to have it cut or burned, but at
the same time it continued to grow
worse. After a time she commenced
tak : ng S. S. S., which effected an en
tire cuie. She used a half dozen
small sized bottles. We both think
there is no medicine in the world that
will equal Swift’s Specific, and we
would like for all sufferers to know the
benefit she has received from it.”
S. S. S. cures blood diseases of this
character by forcing not the poison -
ous germs and the poison also. A val
uable book on blood and skin diseases
will be mailed to all applicants free,
address,
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlauta, Ga.
While you live right nothing goes
wrong. A soul at peace with God can
not be greatly disturbed by the world,
for it has its pleasures iu God and its
blessings from God.
