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chases of Goods at such WONDERFULLY LOW PRICES, that the most INCREDULOUS will PAUSE to Wonder, fiow Yot . '
avin 1« o FCAN SELL S 0 MUCH LOW 518 THAN COMPETI I'ORS. iy i .
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8 Offce iy, karrar Buildu.,
“pt. 22.86 ¢4
The towy coveil fle\{fifi{fi; has
Closed 4 trade with the ¢ ent2al rail
10ad to haye an artesiah well bored
Li" the deper, Blakely sto prey
4750 whey they get a good flow of
Vater, ang allow the town to cons
8 main o carry water to the
Pablia sqnare, A e
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} A TRUE HEROINF,
! Atlanta Journal. |
Alatama gives to the world a
true heroine, whose lite furmshes
many striking incidents; bringing
outin tull rehet her remarkable
nerve power and strength ot char
acter. History may furnish ex
l cnipies of Leroie couduct in oue
' particular dircetion, but mohe to
equaltiial of Alubawa’s fair daught
‘vr, Mrs. Auuie P, Shackletord, ot
| Preas: nt Hill, Dallas county.
| The haadsome tace, radiant with
: a smiles and Lrown eyes fall o ins
ellizeace, ladieate 2 woman o:’:--n-!
der sensibility, sbrinking from thc!
- world's guze to turn the light of her
lowe on thise at home: None who
' behold her faultiess form and wins
t =ome mauners would ever suspect
thet i that ferm dwelt a will in
’, viietifs 'a spirit irrepressilile, a'
nerve power that enables Ler to du{
and dare what tew women ever can |
‘ or do. |
A few years ago she gave her
hand and Lieart to her young heart’s
choice. Her happiness was coms
plete and unalloyed, rnd wben the
hduseliold was gladdened by the
advent of a cherub; she thought
‘that nothing more could be desired
or was desivable.- But the dread
scourge of consumpticn cawe and
swept away her compauion, leaving
herenveloped in sadvess and gloom.
The very brightuess of her marri
ed life made her sorrow the darker
and gloomier. Her tather and
mother having passed their three
score years and ten; being mrvalids
and helpless, she, with filial love
“and heroic determination, resolved
to make it her life-work to take
care ot them and her little boy.
While attending to their wants
daily and nightly, as well as to the
duties ot the houschold, she con
ducts a large farm, overlooking
every detatl. The pressurc upon
ler time and energy is errérmous,
and her nerves must be of steel to
resist so much and keep up the
daily roand.
Some twelve months age she had
riddén up on horsebuels from ihe
farm; and hitching her Morse ctif
side, entered her roony; to write an
order for some supplies she needed.
While writting she heard the shut
‘ters of the window opening out on
the porch rattle, and mmatching =
pistor from the mantle jumped bes
hind the loor: Sae had scarcely
gotten there before the shutters
opened and in walked a butly nes
gro, over ¢iz feet hizh, weighing
over 175 pouuds: He did wot see
her, and went straight to her dress
ing case, trom which ke tovk all her
money. M, S. tried to shoot, but
the pistol, being unloaded, simply
snapped. This attracted the atten
tion of the negro, With a howl he
rushed at her, grabbed ber with
one hand, while wite the ather e
| tried to cut her throaf: He suc
ceeded im intlicting several wounds
st Lier atitt and one in Ber breast—
the lattera paintul and severe one.
Qur heroine finding that the wuz
|z?e end was powerless, reversed it,
afd falued blow atter blew upon the
oegro’s head. This felled him to the
floor, and as he fell she sprang past
and procuring a loaded pistol, cocke
ed it, and brouszht it to bear apou
hhe prostfate fegro. Just as she
‘was about to pull the trizgef, the
segro made a leap through the
window aud ran lize n dser tos
wards the woods. Althongh every
waund was bleeding profusely, aud
the one in the bredst extiearcly
panful, Mrs. S., pistol in hand, ran
out and, lenpicg into her sad lle,
pursued the flecing negro, A%
soon i 3 she got bt shouting distatice;
s..e took deliberate aim,aud brought
the miscreant down, havins shot
him through the thizh. She stood
over kim withi the cocked pistol in
hand for three-quarterg of an hour,
until the officers arrived and carris
ed the negro off to jeil. v
[n the conduct of her farny this
year, she went on the bond of
twelve ot her colored tenants for
supplies, in sums ot $2OO to 8300.
Two ot them, one for $2OO and the
other for $300; skipped out of
Dallas county on July 4th, leaving
Mrs. 8. to pay theamounts, But
thev had not caleulated on her push
and nerve, Un the Jth ot July she
left home, determined to run them
down and in. The run was a long
one. Starting from Selma she
visited Montgomery,Calera;Shelby
iron works, Birmingham, Pratt’s
mines, Alice mines, Atlapta, Aus
gusta, Macon, Jacksovville, Ala,,
Montgomery again, Caldwell’s
mills, Greenville, Miss.; Mobile,
New Orleans, back to Stelby iron
works, Montgomery aud Birmings
ham
While at the Richa#ds’ house she
gaw oue of the negro meu pass hy.
He did not see her. Hastily pros
earing a pistol she started in purs
suit on the first day of August, at
noon, and the sun was hot as fury.
By this time the negro had caught
up with the other mun she wus in
pursuit of. They discovered her,
and for filteen blocks the race was
alively one. But the pheeky and
invincible widow won. When she
got near enotfgh she shot at ran
dom several times; and de‘:nandeaf
the figitives to halt or she would.
kill them. Rememberiog the sure
negs of her aim they halted. The
polics ame wp and placed hand
cuffis of them.
Fifty dollars beiag denranded as
the prict for delivering the negroes
to the sberiff of Dallas county, the
plucky widow refused to give it
and took them' hefgelf. At 4:20
that evening she started with her
prisoners to Selma, expeéting to
go through without delay. But at
Calera she had to' stay until 9:50
DAWSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1888
tthe next morning, Here she guards
!ed theni all night, and 3 said a
‘cnld shudder crept through - the
darkeys’ frames whenever they saw
\ the “*cold irou” in the steelsnerved
ihaurl of the widow. They were as
| Huiet as lambs.
| On the 2d of August she turnad
ithc.n over to the sheritt of Dullas
county, dfter a race of 27 days.
’ I a crowd ota thousand women
| Mrs. Shackleford would not be sius
{ gléd out for & woman of suclr vife
fortitude and pluck, but rather tor
l the queen of some hoasehold rols
ing hor subjecis by love aloue,
ireamstauces Lave develuped her
nerve power ciild sfidde bher seds
Fo Lt and deiceaioed,
Yet theie is 1o woman of whom
it cann be woie tiachtully said:
“She knows the worth of wo~
niauhood ;
Aud spends ber life m doras
good;
Het geutle htrds and k?mfly
voice
Otten makes the suffer's heart res
joice.
Her greatest pleasure is to know
That she his eased another’s
woe.”
Here's to the health and happiness
of Alabama's teue hercine.
; W W,
- B e masiiin "
Advice to Firmers.
We rommend the following short
editorial from the colummns of thé
Record to vur rural friehds .
“The farmers—there are over
7,000,000 of ’em in the country —ap
pear to be waking up to a# appre
cintion of their political power and
rights inthelanl. If the men who
plow and dig and sow end re:p
shali once take hold in earnest of
the problews of government by the
peopie, the seurvy politicians and
sealy eorporation attorneys, who
have so long ridden on the back of
the masses, wi'l have to take to the
woods.”
When we talk giibly ot going to
war vith a foreizn power we should
glance backward at a chapter fv|
the history of our last war with |
England. Seventy-four years ago |
our governmeut fled from the caps’
itol at Washington and became a
wanderer upon the face ot the
earth. A werk before evervhady
leushed at the idea of the British
captuting Wishivgton, Yef the
enemy land d, met with no resis
tance for four Cays, whipped twice
their nuwmber of Americans at
Bladenshurg aud took Washwgs
ton without any trouble. In the
event of another war, there is no
doubt of our ability to put the fin
est equipped army i the world in
the field in the course of si¥ mon
ths but the trouble is that in the
course of the fivst few months our
losses would be tremendous.
——— N ————
I had knéwed drunkards ter quit
drinkin’, has knowed thieves ter
quit stealin’, but I neber knowed a
liar ter quit lyin laung ez he liehd.
When er fian gits inter ne habit
o' lyin’, dar ain’t no hope fur him.—
Akaet Sepvali
', 8. & Fox %2 a Tariff Reformer.
i s
' Congressman S. 8. Cox in his
| tuwifl speech in the House ot Rep
’ rescitatives thus depicted the piross
, pective tifatiot a Republican stump
| orator in the coming political cam
! paign:
! How can you o out acd answer
} the questions pertinent to this cam
| paign without entagling alliances
Land contused ideas?
| Sume taspayer, tired of your
piotective udtions, asks: |
““Why should oniy 2,738,835
pevyle, the peis of protection, he ‘
tavored at the expense of over 70
per eeit of Lacic 53,030,000 tellov- l
Citidens?
What tor? The voice from the
still—warm with the tears of wids
ows and orphans—"askily answers:
ERor tfree wlhisky!”
b *Why shodld we ndt cheapen
“clothes, blankets aud carpets by
admitting wool tree sinee,tne wools
en mills have a capacity for 600,
000,000 pounds, and only 240,000,-
000 pounds are raised at home?”
The ansiver egmes like the hieaf
of a thousand flocks: ““Before
clothes, or blankets, or carpets,
take free whisky!™
Bttt sajs afi hionorable recusant
Republican frdm Minnesota:
“Worthier, better and juster, it
Seem’s to 1y mind; would it be
to give our people, the toiling
masses, cheaper food, cheaper fifel;
cheaper clothing and cheaper shels
ter, cheaper because releised from
the heavy and uunecessary burden
of high-tariff taxes.”
“Pshaw!” says the hidesbound
protectionist, ‘‘these articles must
tenrain tuxed to vindicate the
Amecican system.” That systenr
lias as its genious free Whisky.
A taxpayer inquires of you:
“Have not the American peo
ple paid in gixty years over $20,~
000,006,000 ir the hope of getting
goods cheaper by and by, atter the
infants have attained their maturis
ty 7 What mg Republican brother,
will you now do?’
The brother answers, ‘Free
whigky,’ :
‘Has invention done nothing for
us?asks the impoverished mechanic?
‘What do you show us as the result
ot otir American genivs for a cen=
tury 1u mechanics ¥’ | ’
The answer comes: ‘We tender
you the worm in the still, the findst
invention of the devil. It may
také away your brains and impov
erish your families; but protece
tion must stand! We ofler you,
untaxed, cheap. free whisky !’
Another inquirer asks: ‘Why
do you nof take the tax off niy ecat
of reversible nap?’
‘The answer comes . ‘‘Protectioty
first, but always free whisky.’
An oldlady of West Virginia
asks, with anxiety; ‘Why must
I pay 60 cents in addition to cvery
dollar fof th® croekery from which
I drink my sassafras teal”
‘Ah! says the protectionist, ‘is
not whisky better than tea ?’
A series of questions and answers
mizht be fired oft in the following
order:
*Are you going to allow that re
duction proposed by the Mills bill
from 47 per cent: duty to 40 ou
carpets?”
‘No, but we will repeal the tax
on cigarettes for your young boys,l
and add free whisky.’ 2
‘Wen't you support that redues ‘
tion of 10 per cent, on cotton
goods 7 |
o, Wit T wouid love to lower
the whisky tax.’ ;
*Wou't you reduce the tax on
castor oil below 194 per cent—its
prigeiit tate? . .
‘No: I won't condescend to help
anybody but chose who want the
eost of whisky reduced,’
‘Pleasc hely us reduce the tax
on cheap woolen cloth from 89 per
ceut., as Mills proposes —will you
not ”
‘No; T do rict Want td engage in
anything clse tili I have takeii
the tax of ninety centsa gallon {rom
whisky.’
‘We are making a last efort to
reduce the duty on wool Hats tfom
54 percent. Cheap hats. Won't
you heip us? -
‘No, sir ; the Republican plat.
form doesn’t say anything aboust
cheap hats. It does advocte taks
ing tax frouf whisky, and I stand
by the plattorm.’
“The worsted goods tor my famiv
ly are taxed 60 per cent, Help
me pull that down to 40 per cent.,
will you not ?
‘No, sir; let your worsted goods
go to grass! Whisky is more than
a dollgr a gallon, ¥ want to take
9Uscent a gallon tax oft of it.’
‘Now, my triend, the Mills bill
proposes to take eleven and one
half millions tax off of sugar; won’t
you help us to pass it
“No,for it do’t propose to cheaps
eti whisky one ceiit.?
‘lt makes salt free. Won't you
tavor that ?’
‘ls salt whisky ? Salt aiv’t iry
our platform.’
‘lt makes the tin, of which our
tin stove vessels and cans and roofs
are mwde, free; won't you give oy
that ?*
*Tin is ot in the patformn; whis
ky is.’ :
‘lt makes lumber tor our Kouses
to keep us warm free, Won't you
favo® that ¥
‘No. ¥ want to legislate fo warm
the iutier man, not the ¢uter one.
Give us free whisky.’ :
When these questions are ans
swered, lot me read &s a summing
up to thé gentleman what was said
hy an old farmer friend of mine in
lowe, Hehad evidently been pers
teirle Sydiiecy Smith on taxation :
‘I never wore aixy clothes that
were not increased iu price by this
policy of making an a'mshouse of
svery possible factory. T used to
ise on Sunday moruing from my
humble cot in & log furws<house,
throwing off the bedsclothes taxed
40 to 100 per cent., and donuing;
nty clothes taxed 35 to 100 ped
dent., eat my taxed breakfast from
dishes taxed 45 per ceut,, on a
table cloth tixea 40 per cent,; and
when the Sabbath bell taxed 35
per cert.; sounded its inviting
notes, I took my Bible taxed ‘.’s!
per cent. and went to _the church}
built of lumber taxed 20 per ceit,, |
dud there in, Bunday-school song'
book taxed 25 per ceut. -(and all
these taxas paid to the objects of
my charity, not to the Uovem*‘
mwent), I read: ]
¢ “Far out upon the prairie
How many children dwell
W ho never read the Bible
Nor hear the Sabhata bell,’’
[Great laughter and applause,
What is the reliet my oid fars
mer friend receives from you and
your platform ¥
‘Free whisky,’
Does this give comfort to his
tamnily, his purse, or his soul”
Now, you gedtlemen wani to go
among the men, women aunl chile
drea of this country and say :
‘We will not take the tax o of
cheap clothing,cheap lumber,c wvap
food, but we will take the tax of
of whisky, to make it cheap and
comimion, and more hurttul to soul
and body.
Is not that an inspirinz issue fir
a party ot moral elevatipn?
Oh, gentlemen, it is the old, old
story. You gentlemen must have
often hewrd' it sung—
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
Wheu first we practice to dsceive?
wemid Lkgsenm
A Grand Exhibit,
If there was no other assurance of
the success of the coming Georgia
State ‘Fair the éntries for the prize
for the best county exhibit would
Le sufficieit to guarantee the most
eomplete exhibit of Georgia pros
duects and resources ever made.
Already eighteefy counties huae
entered for this fridodly contest,
They are Wilkes, Columbia War~
ren, Jaqcock, Baldwin, Effiing~
hany, Mélutost, Libérty, Screven,
Jeffordon, Sumter. Randolph,
Houston, Douglass, Troup, Tals
bot, Pierce and Buatts.
It is probable that this list will
beineresed by five or six moare
counties. Never at .a State Fair
or an iodustrial show in Gadixia
have more than six counties m:t.
io such a competitiot, -
The eighteer’ counties which hav
gone iute’ this coutest are amon ;
the best and most progressiva in
Georgia. They are up with th
times in' every respect, aml t»
variety of the produuts w‘hglqhgy
‘rOth V.’-—'N«Q. lg;
will exhibit in Macou at the Staps
Fair will astonish most Georgians;
to say mnodhing of the vutside
world. .
President Forthen and Seer #
tary Nishet are hard at. work coms
pleting t,he-pre;;umpiuna tor the.
great State Fair which will be
held in Macon in October. The
prospect was mever so flattering
for # lull and comprehensive dige:
play of Georgis's products and ses:
SouUrcss, 3
_ Tnis has been a prosperous,
year with cur peopls, anl thefr
gran 1 jubilee will be tield in Macon
at the State Fuir.
LUDDEN & BATES SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. .
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PIANOS.
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Mid-Summer Sale
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: AND PAY WHEN
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MID-SUMMER OFFER.
*1 % &
1,000 First-Class Plands ssfel
Organs to be sold in June, July,
%uzuut and September at m‘
ash Prices, Payable, .
gu\NOG $25 CASH DOW 4.
RGANS, $lO CASH DOWN,
jud the hglinie néxt November
st, withiout Interest or advance
n Price. All our Pianos and Or--
'iuus included in this sale, our,
"heapest and our Best. No- 0&
ceptions, Your choice from ¢
lTeading makers and. over 300
siyies and Prices. L e
o y ~-J
—SUMMER BARGAINS 1888~
-—————_—-—*.
New Makers, New Instruments, New.
Btyles, New Prices, Great Improvementd
in our Lower Priced Instruments,
Large g}urchases enable us to offer Re
duced Prices. Here aresamples. g
' T Octave, Up
-3225 rJANU nfi’m.olcu;:'.sfi:
trings, Beautiful Rose
Case, lg\:h Rich Tone. Guar
;;&l’eed perfectand durable. Jaker's Pice;
24 a v by
7% Octave, Up
& . right d, Large
$240 £!e‘,'!{ost:l§gs,a‘;‘hnfl Irbn,
¢ Frame,. Ivory Keys, Bich
Rosewood Case. First-class every %
Equals.Plarnios usually sold at sioo-and .
Maker’s Price, 100,
With ™ianos a Plush Top Stoel,
Handsome yover, !n‘:&m
Music Book and all Freight .
- g fi "Five "Oetaves, 3 vetel
QHGA . gf sz %'m'v?’na“u-.
. 5 sw{:s, Solid Walnut Case. High,
Top, u?psmndq,_uuslel’ockeb.
¥ull Bweef Tone. . Maker's Price, $l5O. .
DAE RGN, &et
65 ich nge’. Beautiful Pu.xlfir’s:\:
3 ; 50 o
cLasers deligg';ed. ‘fig;‘;'ahtpe,m W,
ith Each Org i
it‘nv lnstruc‘:or mi?c B::m
All Freight Pald: -
15+ DAYS TRIAL?
. Order and test in yonr own Home.
N 6 .money m‘?d until Instrument
is satisfact,ol?. We Ey Freight both:
ways if nd'sale, The fairest way to deal.
Our Instrumentsare good andrzong,:-nz
& trigl always gives a eatisfied purc! i
send for Mid-Summeer Sale Cigs
ecular. . .t
REMEMBER. —Loest, Prices; * Easiest
Yeard: i Bquave Deghing; o-.ifi
Only: Money Savsd; ;
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