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Volume 4.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, January 15th, 1886.
Number 37.
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‘Anaconda” Mortgages.
Little Hock, Jan. 9.—Judge U.
Caldwell, of the United States
District Court, of this city, delivered
the annual addrc.su before the state
bar association, at present in session
here. “‘Anaconda’ Mortgages, the
course of the producing classes of
Arkansas,” was bis theme and the
judge treated it in an original and
yet most convincing manner. We
have seen the effect of this ruinous
system work so thoroughly, so. ruin
ously in this state that his utteran
ces are the more to be appreciated.
The paper is too lengthy for even a
brief synopsis, but the following in
cident illustrative of Arkansas
mortgage law is culled that any one
may be enabled to judge of the en
ormity of suffering which this sys
tem produces. Samuel N. Beard
executed an “anaconda” mortgage
on his stock and crop to be grown,
lie drew $43 worth of supplies, the
usual prices in such cases. His
crop and stock were worth more
than that amount. His wife lan
guished on a bed of sickness during
the summer, and at last was too
weak to digest any longer the strong
and Coarse food on which her hus
band fed, and her doctor ordered
beef tea. The door of the cabin in
which he lived had no shutter; the
chill November winds were sweep
ing through it, imperiling his wife’s
life. In this extremity he bartered
seventy pounds of his cotton for
lean beef to make soup for his wife,
and for a shutter to the door of his
cabin. For this Beard was indicted
and sent to the penitentiary for one
year. He offered to show that the
property covered by the mortgage
exceeded in value the mortgage
debt, and that he could have had no
intention to defraud, but the court
averred that the statute said noth
ing about the intention with which
the act was done, and that' it was
also immaterial whether the remain
ing property was worth more or less
than the mortgage debt; that the
'offense, by the words of the act, was
■complete by the simple act of sell
ing or trading any part of the mort
gaged property, without regard to
motive or any other facts, and the
supreme court of the state affirmed
judgment. [Beard vs. State, 43
Ark,, 284.] But the judges of that
court were so shocked at the inhu
manity of the law that they urged
upon the legislalure its repelil or
modification, and under the pres
sure of that recommendation it was
modified, but in the meantime
Beard was sent to the penitentiary.
He was afterwards pardoned by the
governor
What Things Cost iii thn Tear.
Conyers South.
We hear much talk of the “good
old times” when “mountain dew”
was free and every man twisted his
own tobacco. Those days are now
worshipped as the ideal days ofAmer
ica and they would have you be
lieve that those were the “palinest
days of the republic.” Then the
moonshiners” made their “corn and
apple, juice” undisturbed by the
“bully” revenue officer, or the gruff
deputy United States marshal. They
sold it unmolested to any in all
parts of the country.
Those days are gone, gone forever
and we have no regrets. These are
truly the better days of the republic
and the condition of the people are
better off to-day than ever before.
Mr. 1). M. Almand, who is adminis
trating on the estate of Tom Val-
andingham, col., in Walton countyp
found at the sale last Saturday a
day book that gives an insight to
the “good old times.” The book was
kept by William Furlow, who was
selling goods at Greensboro, in the
year 1807. It can be. seen at the
store room of IT. P. &D. M. Almand
& Co.
Below we give a few articles show
ing the difference between the cost
then and now:
In 1807 corn sold for (50 cents a
bushel now 65, cotton 3 to 4 cents
per pound now 8>£, sugar 30 cents
now 7*2, coffee 50 cents now 12LJ,
calico and plaids 75 cents per yard
and now 6 to 7, bagging 75 cents
now 10*2, shot 20 cents and powder
$1.00 per pound now 10 and 30 cents,
tumblers $1.25 per set now 30 cents,
ladies hose $2.00 now 25 cents, tea
$1.00 per pound, now 50 cents, combs
$1.00 apiece, now 10 cents, pepper 62
cents a pound, now 30, nails 25 cents,
now 4, iron 10 cents per pound, now
4, flannel 75 cents a yard, now 25,
salt $2.50 a bushel, now 50 cents, rum
$2.00, brandy $2.00, and gin $300, now
you can get them at any price, twist
tobacco 50 cents a pound, now 15.
Two Doctors Said She Won Dealt.
A right In Mhi Air.
Why Jens Live bo Long.
A Sleeping ltcuuty Awakes.
C. C. C. invariably euros dandruff, tetter,
sculd head, ringworm, salt rheum or eczema,
together with all ilchlngs, irritations and
scaly eruptions of the scalp, which destroy
the hulrund produce baldness.
He Wants l’ay.
A remarkable case of slander is
penitig before the circuit court in
St. Louis, Mo., by A. F. Linsdley, a
fashionable young man about town.
For the past two years he has been
paying attentions to Kate De Mary,
a handsome young belle, 17 years of
age. Thomas De Mary, father of
the girl, discouraged (he young
man’s attentions, and finally order
ed him never to come in the house.
This did not stop the lovemaking,
and one night about six months ago
the father was awakened by voices
and upon Investigation found Linds-
ley on the steps playing Borneo to
his daughter’s Juliet. The young
woman was speaking from a second-
story window. The father drew on
his heaviest boots and, opening the
door suddenly, delivered a kick that
sent the lover whirling into the
middle of the street. The young
man retaliated by picking up a stone
and striking his Juliet’s father. For
this he was two days ago fined $100
in court, and ho now retaliates by
Instituting a suit for slander, laying
damages at $50,000. He claims the
old man referred to him in very
hard fanguage on several occasions
Columbus, Neb., Jan. 12.—News
has just reached here from a farm
house several miles north that Min
nie Disher, Nebraska’s sleeping
beauty, recoyered consciousness
Sunday, Jan. 3, the seventieth day
of her hystero-cataleptie trance
sleep. The roads have been impas
sable until the present time, and
the news of her recovery could not
be received before. The girl fell
into the trance from which she has
now revived Oct. 26 last. During
the long interval she has lain to all
Appearance a lifeless being, with
the exception of respiration and
pulsation. When Miss Dishner
awoke, her mind was apparently
clear and unimpaired and her ap
petite and general feelings good,
but her arms and legs were paraly
zed. She says she was conscious
during the whole time of her pro
tracted trance, but though she ex
erted her utmost power to evince
her consciousness, she could not
move a single muscel. She says she
had no physical pain until the for
tieth day of her sleep, when the ele
ctric battery was applied. Since
then she has suffered a thousand
agonies of body, and at times it
seemed as if her mind would give
way under the strain, and she now
complains of terrible physical suf
ferings in consequence of the shock
to her system, The doctor in at
tendance says, however, that sho
will recover in a short time, and
will also regain full use of her limbs.
Chicago, Jan. Id.—Five weeks
ago the wife of Charles I*. Bruin, a
dentist of this city, gave birth to a
child. This was followed by an at
tack of puerperal mania. They
were living at the suburb of Oak
Park. As his wife grew worse rap
idly, Dr. Arum consulted a city
physician, who, nfter seeing the pa
tient, recommended the use of an
esthetics to quiet her nerves. This
doctor did not handle the case, but
an Oak Park physician was called
in, and he also adopted the same
course of treatment, administering
strong doses of morphine. The lady
was found to be rapidly sinking, and
on Sunday night she fell back on
the pillow lifeless. Her breathing
had ceased, and the pulse was gone.
The attending physician, who was
by her side, made the usual exami
nation, and distinctly pronounced
her dead. The husband was frantic,
and, rushing to the bedside of his
wife, put his ear to her heart. He
declared he thought he could detect
a faint*throb.
The physician again assured him
that life was extinct,but in order to
satisfy Mr. l’ruin he called in an
other doctor of the village. He,
too, made an examination, and con
firmed the report of his brother phy
sician that the patient was dead.
Still the husband would not be con
vinced. He placed his hand upon
his wile’s chest, and by some method
tried to produce an artificial respi
ration, having long made a special
study of the use of amesthetics in
connection with his profession. He
worked the arms back and forth,
pressing his hand on the chest, thus
producing an artificial movement.
The two doctors who'stood by not
only endeavored to dissuade him
from continuing the operation, but
remonstrated with him for commit
ting what they deemed a profana
tion of the dead. He continued his ef
forts, and after a lapse of some min
utes the patient began slowly to re
vive.
She has steadily improved, and is
now able to move around. The doc
tors confess that she would certainly
have died but for those extraordi
nary efforts at restoration.
Sumter Republican.
A gentleman says he witnessed a
strange fight between a cat Mon
day that interested him. The cat
had found a warm nook on the sun
ny side of the barn, and gone to
sleep. A hawk came circling
around in the air—a large red-tail
.—with fiery eyes that gleamed in
the sun like diamonds. It saw the
cat, and pounced down on her. Its
cruel talons had taken a good hold
before tabby knew what was up,
and the bird had risen ten feet in
(lie air, then there was a howl from
the cat, and the feathers began to
lly. fhe bird and cat had it over,
and over, but still going higher and
higher. When about fifty yards
high the hawk dropped the cat,
but immediately darted after, but
tabby got the upper hold, and the
hawk flew around with one talon
in the under quarter of the cat,
while its head and front claws were
on the back of its foe. The fur and
feathers flow thick and fast for
awhile, and at last both fell to the
ground, where they expired. The
entrails of the cat were torn out,
while the hawk had its head crush
ed by a bite from the cat. The
hawk measured four feet and nine
inches from tip of wing to tip of
wing.
No Complaints.—Never hear nay com
plaints from 1 lie Ohtllai ine I linv« sold. M. F.
Word, Cartersvlllc, Un., Dec. IS, 1888.
A Dumb Mini Speaks.
Our sales oil Mexican Female Remedy Clill-
larlne and M. A. Simmon's liver medicine arc
tremendous. Hcott A Co., Roanoke, Vn., May
ID, 18.SA.
llrutal Outrage by a Negro Monster.
Chicago, Jan., 12.—An Inter-
Ocean Bloomington, Ind., special
says: “Last night Mrs. Dobson,
wife of James Dobson, living in
Green county, was awakened by
negro farm hand, who had lust cut
her husband in the head with an
axe, killing him instantly. Mrs.
Dobson had a fearful strugglo with
the negio as she lay in bed beside
her murdered husband. But finally
the monster lied. Ho was arrested
to-day, and says ho committed the
deed in Ids sleep.
M. A Simmons’ l.lnu Mtulirliie
Slurping on n Wlialr.
Contains no mineral whntever, lx entirely
harmless, ami Ixun unequalled remedy
children. No had etl'octN could follow llx uxo
even If a whole bottle were taken at onec. ...
you huy a bottle or package of It ami use ae- 1111>>• >1 <r overboard
cording to dlreetlonx, audit does not do Juxt I 1 **•
what we claim for it, write ux amt we will
cheerfully refund your money, full dlree
tlonx In alt languages around each bottle and
package. Mold everywhere.
New York, Jan. 10.—The steam
ship Advance has arrived at New
York from Brazil with six ship
wrecked sailors, who had been found
drifting about in an open boat by
the British ship County Clare and
and transferred to the Advance.
They were part of the crow of the
whaling • schooner Mary E. Sim
mons, which sailed from New Bed
ford, Mass., for the whaling grounds
of South America. A school of
whales was sighted November 29 off
Borambuco, and the boat in which
these moil wore struck a big“spout-
er,” which “fluked” and throw their
boat high in the air. That was its
dying effort and it flouted around, a
harmless mass of blubber, while the
sailors righted their bout, which was
sieved and water-logged.
Their schooner was nowhere to
l>e seen and they found themselves
adrift for the night. They took
turns in catching an hour’s sleep by
stretching themselves on the dead
whale’s back. They could see the
schooner passing out of sight in the
morning, but was unable to attract
Iter attention. They drifted around
without food or water for four days,
during which one of their number
became delirious, and hud to be
held down to prevent 1dm from
On the morn
ing of December 3, however, tin
ship County Clare was sighted a few
miles off, and picked them up.
Negro Kinlgrnnts.
The New England Medical
iron fitly comments very favorably
on the proverbial long and health
ful lives of the Jews. Dr. Bicard
holds that thi.* superiority is due to
their stringent health laws. The
Mosaic, like the older Egyptian
code, is very stringent regarding
tlie eating of flesh and other articles
of food. Of the animals examined,
a large proportion are always con
demned as unfit for food. People
who eat meat indiscriminately are
very prone to disorders of the blood
and of the kidneys, for meat is com
posed of nitrogen, which, the kid
neys have to remove from the blood.
M
Tho druggists say: “Mexican Female Romp-
ily xellx like tint cakes.” Miller Urothors,
Egan, Tex.
Poor Puy but Dig l'lrkliigx.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12.—Post of
fice inspector Whitesides, who a few
days ago arrested Joseph N. Rivers,
the colored postmaster at Ladies
Island, S. C., reached Atlanta to
night. He says that an investiga
tion of the charges against Rivers
shows that the office pays but $1 50
annually, and tiiat the postmaster
lias gotten away with $3,000 in mon
ey orders and postage stamps.
QC
Simmons’Iron Cordial renovates mul on*
riches the lilnrul. and accelerates its netion.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 13.—The
immigration of negroes from North
and South Carolina to this state is
attracting attention. The new
comers have generally chosen Chi
cot, Desha and Drew counties, in
Southern Arkansas, as their places
of abode. The negro population is
very large in that section, particu
larly in Desha and Chicot counties,
where republicans have a majority
and choose the county officers, di
viding the offices with the blacks.
In the past three months hundreds
of negroes have settled in these
counties. A gentleman in this cLy
received a letter from Charleston,
S. C., stating that the writer, a lead
ing colored man, desired to locate
49 or 50 families, comprising five to
eight persons in each family, in this
state during January. Other letters
from different parts of the Carolinas
indicate that at least 1,000 negroes
will come to Arkansas between this
date and May.
Jacksonville Times Letter.
For several days past a man pos
ing as a deaf mute lias been doing
the town. He would go in a whole
sale liquor store and, drawing his
slate, would write, “How do you sell
a good article of whisky by the bar
rel ?” and getting an answer, at sat
isfactory figures, would then write,
“Can I sample it?” which being al
so satisfactory answered, lie would
write his name, and then remark,
“Will see you later,” and make bis
exit.
He kept this up until about noon
yesterday, when lie held a “full” line
of samples, and being unable to car
ry them all, was assisted by officers
Keofe and Vandermark, to the city
lock-up.
Here lie drew his slate and wrote
“Alexander Graham Bell” on it,
thus indicating that lie could tele
phone and make himself under
stood. After searching him and
sounding him to little purpose, Jack
Keefe says to bis brother officer, “I
guess we’ll have to lock him up any
how,” when to their surprise, Alex
ander Graham Bell struck an atti
tude of indignation and asked as
plainly as possible, “What in thun
der are you going to lock me up
Tor ?”
The effect of this speech was to
strike Jack dumb, and without an
other word, Alexander Graham
Bell was hustled into tho lock-up.
The Panama Canal.
Mexican Female Remedy xellx exceedingly
well. W. 11. llui'l, M. 1)., Dnwxonville, Uu.,
A 1>1'II 111, ISS4.
Tim Value ol a Vole In Scotland.
Wluit will American voters think
of tho fact that some lmd to walk
twenty miles to record their votes,
and they walked it under torrents
of rain ? In other cases they had to
cross stormy channels In small
boats. iSo determined wore the neo-
ple of my native place to vote that
tho men joined together and hired
a small steamer. In another case
tho candidate himself chartered a
steamer for the day, and upon its
arrival such was the tempest that
the small boats could scarcely get
out to It. Not to be beaten, the
voters carried on their shoulders a
largo boat from far inland and
launched it for tho occasion. Thus,
by boat and steamer and road, tho
new voters found their way to tin
far off polling booths, and for tho
first time realized they were men of
national Importance.
Our O mi ran tea.
C. O. (I. lx not wnriintcd to cure llxtula; but
when uxcU fur pi 1 ix ux (llreelcil In connection
with Dr. M. A. I 1 'lumens' liver ineillelne (a
package of WtltOb txeneloxeil with each hnlllc
of o. U. u.) nun If It fulls to ouro, (lie druggix.
from whom you purchased It will refmul your
money.
Barts, Jan. 13.—The venerable
engineer, M. de Lesseps, has written
the Marseilles Chamber of Com
merce, and the Chambers of Com
merce in the other principal cities
throughout France, requesting that
tliev send delegates from their re-
specfive bodies to accompany him
on bis trip to the Isthmus of Panama
on the 28th inst., at the expense of
the Panama Canal Company, and
inspect the work already done on
the proposed canal. He will also in
vite delegates from England, Ger
many and America to accompany
the party, to consider the feasibility
of his plan. M.tle Lesseps feels san
guine that his undertaking will be
fully indorsed.
Store Jam Full-
Of New Goods. • iH
I have in Stock, and am dally receiving, a
large, complete, and carefully- selected as
sortment of General Merchandise.
Dry Goods, Standard
and Fancy Groceries,
Clothing, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Etc., Baggies,
Wagons, Farming
Implements, Ham ess,
Saddles, Hardware,
Tinware, Willow-ware,
Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Pure Lit poors and,
Fine Cigars in my Bar.
Honest, Goods, Fair
Dea ling and Polite
Attention to All.
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My Livery Mtables are also well stocked
and equipped.
Having formed a co-partnership with .1. E.
Prescott for the purpose of carrying on
GENERAL WORK SHOP, would respect
fully usk a share of t he public patronage.
Having secured the services of T. M. Ruck-
ley, Augusta’s noted horse shoer, wo feel safe
In guaranteeing satisfaction in this Hue.
Shoeing of ruco horses made a specialty.
sep!8’85by
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Making Ills Own (oflin.
Darien, Ga., Jan. 13.—[Special.]
—Captain John H. Burrell, a car
penter and a contractor, who lias
been located in this city for the last
twenty years lias exhibited a trait
of human nature which in the great
would lie called eccentricity. Pre
vious to a spell of sickness Inst sum
mer from which lie lias not yet re
covered, he spent bis leisure hours
in making a coffin for himself. Not
having quite completed his work
before he was taken ill, lie, while on
his sick bod, superintended and di
rected the putting on of handles and
other finishing touches. Tho old
gentleman has almost reached the
allotted three score and ten.
pKAIlMaOT KOI! Aid. MaI.AHI AI, Dl.HHA.SKS.
—Chlllarlne lx simply u “dead shot” for nil
inalui'lal disease. We expect to koe’i It con
stantly In stock for It does what II lx said to
In. Adams Jt farter, Dodge, Tex., Dec. 18, ’88.
Tho Atlanta Constitution says:
“Yesterday morning sovoral two-
horse loads of home-made ice were
seen standing on tho Wall streot
Hide of tho Kimball. The ice was
cut in blocks weighing at least 125
pounds each, and was taken from
the ponds on Mr. Levi Scovllle’s
farm a few miles from Atlanta.
Mr. Scoville says that lie has cut
and put away enough Ice to last him
for several months. Ho will use the
ico for keeping Ids refrigerators
cool. This is a new industry for
Atlanta, and Mr. Scoville Is the pio
neer In the business.
Paul Jones, the largest liquor
dealer in Atlanta, William Heath
and Charles Curler, prominent
wholesale grocery merchants, and
Louis Goldstein, a capitalist, left
Atlanta on the 13th inst. for Waco,
Tex., where they go with tho view
of engaging in business if tho out
look suits them. They will visit
other points in Texas before select
ing a locution. They were antl-
prohibitioiiists in the rojunt elec
tion.
I have just received and am
now prepared to supply the
trade with the best Ilorscshoe
made. The celebrated Trotting
Plates are pronounced by horse
men as the best, enabling their
horses to make better time, both
on the track and road. Call at
my shop and inspect these best
of shoes, and I am sure of your
satisfaction. Racers shod with
skill. A trial asked.
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J. OBYRNS,
WAYNESBORO,
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DRUGS! ft
Tho undersigned has opened a DRUG
STORE nt this place, and expeetx to KEEP
I DRUGS
In fact, everything usually kept In a Flrxt-
C’laxx Drug Store, will ho found In Stock.
The public generally are Invited to give them
atrial. Best goods
AT BOTTOM PRICES.
E. A. Perkins & Co.
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Lumbar sawed to order on short notice at
liberal prices.
orders can he left at my otlloo at Waynes
boro. All llui'l will he payable to the under
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I am now prepared to Negotiate Loans on
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Loans Made for Anv Amount*
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