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SHOT BY A SHERIFF.
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])esp?rat i Knconnter With Hop« Bran-
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■ ...,„nah Sew®, Sept. 1st.
N ‘ i ; i . i<ia y night was a bloody night j
■ Screven county. Two ineu j
'vt*re shot one of them fatally. |
^ hen the news reached the!
uiet little village of Sylvania,
I ,.. 1S thrown into a fever of excite- j
' ( ,’ nt u hich was intensified when an j
'unbalance drove up in front of the 1
cilice of County Physician Mims a
; eu . minutes later with Sheriff Mills
’deeding from a pistol shot wound in
ti,c head. His clothing was cut into
_l,reds and every vestige of it was
soaked with blood.
V few miles out of town lay the
bmlv of HopeBrannen,with a bullet
hole through it. The dying man’s
family sat around him invoking the
vilest imprecations upon the iiead
of Sheriff Mills, who fired the fatal
shot.
Brannen was in Savannah a lew’
days ago bristling with pistols, J
fi ovie knives and dirks, and carry-
;,j„ an old hainmerless musket.
While Here he claimed to have
come from Matthews’ Bluff, S. C.
Sheriff Mills has been trying to ar
rest the man and have him tried
before the ordinary, and if adjudged
a lunatic, have him sent to the asy
lum but Brannen out-generaled
the officers.
Sheriff Mills was In Savannah
Thursday morning to arrest Bran
nen, whom he learned was here,
but Brannen had left the city and
■ r one to Outland. At (Jutland he
got off the train and walked to his
home, near the Savannah river,
and a few miles south of Sylvania.
Sheriff Mills returned to Sylvania in
the hope of hearing from Brannen
soon, when iie would arrest him.
Thursday night Brannen’s son no
tified the sheriff that his father was
hauling the provender out of the
fields of his neighbors, and the
family wanted him sent to the
asylum.
Sheriff At ills at once deputized
half a dozen citizens to go with him !
to arrest Brannen. The officer
wanted io take the man peaceably
if possible, but lie w as apprehen
sive of trouble because Brannen
had sent him message after mes
sage that he would kill him on
sight it lie ever tried to arrest him.
The posse left Sheriff Mills’ house
a mile east of Sylvania, about 4
o’clock Friday afternoon, and
reached the Brannen neighborhood
about t> o’clock.
The posse drew up a short dis
tance from the house and sent one
of the men named Mock down to
get Brannen outside. Mock dis
guised his voice so that Brannen
did not recognize him. He told
Brannen that a man had
lost his way and he had come for
brannen to put him right. Evi
dently Brannen suspected some-
filing, for lie armed himself with a
U-caliber cavalry pistol and drove
up the hill in ids cart. When he
got within ten paces of the party
he recognized Sheriff Mills, who sat
hi his buggy alone, and he whip
ped out the weapon and began
bring. He fired four shots succes
sively one of which took effects in
the officer’s head. lie was in the
net of firing the fifth shot when
•Sheriff Mills returned his fire. The
first shot entered Brannen’s right
side and passing through his right
lung came out on the other side.
Brannen thew up his hands and
foil from his cart. He attempted
h> get on Ids feet again, blit- stag
gered and fell heavily. All the
tiie time he clutched the weapon
tight in his right hand, and in his
death struggle several times tried to
•'hoot the sheriff. The rapid firing
orought Brannen’s family to the
> ene. They were armed with
dirks. The wife of the wounded
Illa 'i had a piece of iron. Bran-
Hen’ri sons fought the sheriff and his
posse madly. They cut their cloth-
]!! ginto shreds and wounded one
" r t' ,vo of them severely. Bran-
“ou.s body was removed to his
house by Dr. McCall, and Sheriff
■dills was taken to Sylvania.
After dressings the sheriff’s
bounds County Physician Mims
"out out to Brannen and rendered
" hut aid he could. The wound
"us fatal, though, the doctor said,
,tlH * fi )e wounded man could live
only a few hours.
Sheriff Mills’w’ouud is not a se-
•ious one. The ball entered the
s hin over the right temple but
oatne out without, fracturing the
skull.
brannen lias been a farmer for
many y ears anf ] has always lived
111,11 Sylvania. Some years ago he
his farm to his sons and went
”‘ l ° Politics. He was an unscru
pulous politicians ami made many
1 n, *mies. He was very bitter
■‘gainst everybody who did not
‘‘giee with him. From that time
“ has been unbalanced. He has
-'U‘ u of so much annoyance to the
TIZEN.
Volume 8. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, September 7th, 1889. Number 19.
L. C. Hayne, J.T. Xewbeev,
President. Cashier.
Planters Loan § {Savings Bank,
S21 Broad St.. AUGUSTA, GA.
Capital—All Paid in Cash, $1(10,000.
With Stockholders liability which guaran
tees absolute safety to all depositors.
This is the oldest Savings Bank in this city
with an unbroken record of nearly 20 years. ’
It transacts a general Banking business in
all of its branches, and is authorized to re
ceive and disburse money, securitiesor prop
erty in trust, and to act as financial agent for
anyjierson firm or corporation.
JfeU Interest allowed on deposits in the
Savings Department. apr20,’89-by
farmers in the neighborhood in
which he lived that they had him
arrested, and he was sent to the
asylum for a short time. Soon after
he returned he began his old tricks,
and has kept them up ever since.
With it all he was a kleptomaniac
and stole and destroyed everything
he could get his hands on,
Tlie Women Prise 15. 15. 15.
The suffering of women certainly awakens
the symputy of every true philanthropist.
Their best friend, however is B. 15. is. (Bo-
lanic Blood Balm.) Send to Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga., lor proofs.
H. L. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ga., writes:
“Three bottles of B. B. 15. cured my wife of
scrofula.”
Mrs. R. M. Daws, Zalaba, Fla., writes: “I
have never used anything to equal B. B. B.”
Mrs. C. H. Gay, Rocky Mount, N. C„ writes
“Not a day for 15 years was I free from head
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like another person.”
.Tames W. Lancaster, Hawkinsville, Ga.,
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medicines had done her no good, Six bottles
of B. B. B. cured her,”
Miss S. Tomlinson, Atlanta, Ga,, says:
“For years 1 suffered with rheumatism,
caused by kidney trouble and indigestion,
I also was feeble and nervous. B. B. 15. re-
lienec me at once, although se /eral other
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Rev. .1. M. Richardson, Clarkston, Ark.,
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lady member of my church had been cured
by B. B. B. she persuaded my wife to try it
who how says there is nothing like B. B, B.,
as it quickly gave her relief,”
A Story ot tlie War.
Atlanta Constitution, August 30th.
Mr. L. P. Crandall, of Chicago,
now in Montgomery Ala., on busi
ness, tells this incident to the Egen-
ing Journal of that city:
“My command as the bulk of the
heavy artillery commands of the
Northern army, was detailed for
duty as infantry, and on the first
day’s battle at Cold Harbor we were
in the thickest of the fight. We
charged upon the Southern works
and my regiment captured the
twenty-third Georgia regiment, or
at least a remnant of it, for there
were only 300 men in the ranks of
the party. I captured three men.
“Just belore we captured the
Georgia regiment, they had drawn
tin ee day’s rations of corn bread and
meat, and we had been at the time
of the capture twenty-four hours
without a morsel to eat. One of
the three men I had captured learn
ed this, and the noble fellow, taking
his corn bread and meat out of his
haversack, handed it to me, bid
ding me eat it, as I needed it more
then he did. It lias been a long
time since that day, but I can re
member as well as if it was yester
day munching the Confederate pris
oner’s bread as we marched to out
lines with the prisoners, and I can
recall the satisfaction the corn bread
gave me, for I was almost starved.
“The capture was duly reported,
and the prisoners sent back to our
rear, but before be left me, the man
who gave me his food gave me also
iiis belt and all his accoutrements.
We had quite a chat and he told
me much about himself, his family
and his regiment, but in the bustle
I made no note of it and it slipped
my memory. lie, with the other
prisoners went to the rear and I
have never seen him from that day
to this.
“The next day we resumed the
battle,the Confederates having re
occupied the works from which my
regiment captured the Twenty-
third Georgia, and in the charge on
their works I received my wound
which ended my career in the war,
as I never again rejoined my regi
ment.
“I have the belt given me by that
Georgia soldier, and to-day it is as
clean and well kept as it was the
day lie handed it over to me, I
have tried all I could to find him,
if alive, and turn it over to him, but
up to this time have not succeeded
in doing so. It may seem odd to
you, but I would give almost any
thing in the world to meet that man
again, and I feel that he wonld be
glad to see me. Nothing could give
me more pleasure than to hand him
over his belt. I cannot say wheth
er I hope to find him or not, but I
would like very much to do so. At
that time he was a man of twenty-
live or thirty years old and married,
he said, while I was a boy but little
over eighteen.
“I would have hunted out my
prisoner friend the next day after
the battle but for the wound I re
ceived.”
Oli! where shall rest be found?”
The worn-out. mother sighs:
Stockings to mend, and trousers to darn
Dishes to wash and butter to churn.
While my hack feels to break, and head aud
heart'burn, , . .
And life is a constant friction.
The summer came aud went,
Tlie matron no longer sighs;
Elastic her step, and rounded her cheek.
Work seems but play, lire is now sweet,
Aud tlie change was made in one short week,
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“Bromley, it was lucky that
newsboy found your wallet, wasn’t
it?” “Yes. It had ten thousand in
it.” “But you only gave the boy a
20-cent piece.” “Why, bless my
soul! I thought it was a quarter.”
For sick headache, female troub
les, neuralgic pains in the head take
Dr J. II. clean’s Little Liver and
Kidney Pillets. 25 cents a vial.
A BABY DBUSKARD.
A Little 5-Year Ohl (2irl Yrrested at Atlanta.
Atlanta Journal,
A blue-eyed baby drunkard.
She was the center of a group of
officers at the police station Friday |
afternoon.
Call officer George Hamilton had
led the little waif into the station-
house by the hand,a little rra.il, gold
en haired girl.
He had arrested her on West
Peters street, where some kind-
hearted gentleman had seen her tot
tering about, and haa taken her in
charge until the officer arrived.
She was barely 5 years old, and
her face still retained that innocent,
childish appearance, which dissipa
tion was so fast robbing her of.
She was clad in a neat calico
dress, was barefooted, and wore a
broad-brimmed straw hat, through
thu rents in which little tangled,
yellow curls found their way.
She was laughing immoderately,
and talked in a wild and reckless
manner.
The police officers were asking
her questions, and although she
would talk plainly enough, there
was nothing rational in what she
said.
She was drunk. Her breath was
laden with the odor of beer and
whisky, her fair blue eyes were
bloodshot, and the baby could
scarcely stand on her tiny feet.
She would laugh and joke at the
patrolmen, who, in their big hearts,
pittied the little baby, and talked
to her in the kindest manner. They
did not confine her in a cell, but
let her play about the office until
the effects of the poisoning drink
had passed off. She seemed at
home and soon adopted herself to
her surroundings. When she could
talk more rationally she said:
“My name’s Johanna, and they
call me ‘Little Jo.’”
“Who do you live with ?” asked
one of the officers who had interest
ed himself with the little waif.
“I live with my sister. My mam
ma’s dead. She died four weeks
ago, and my papa is in Cherokee
county. He’s coinin’ to see me
when I gets twelve years old.”
“Where’s your home?”
“It’s on Lowe’s alley and corner
Rhodes street. That’s where my
sister lives,” replied the little
child.
“Who gives you beer, little one,”
asked one of the listeners.
“Everybody,” she replied “I
drinks beer and toddy all the time.
My sister can drink this house full
of beer,” the baby prattled on, “and
I loves beer. It’s nice ain’t it?”
and she laughed merrily.
“There’s a case,” said Dr. Foute,
as he turned away, “for the home
of the friendless. There is where
that baby should be taken before
her young life is wrecked.”
When the child was sobered up
she was taken back to her home,
from which she had a few hours
before wandered in a drunken
stupor.
a CARD AGAINST TIIK STRIKE,
And always have a bottle of Acker’s
English Remedy in the house. You
cannot tell how soon Croup may
strike your little one, or a cold or
cough may fasten itself upon you.
One dose is a preventive and a few
doses a positive cure. All throat
and lung troubles yield to its treat
ment. A sample bottle is given you
free and remedy guaranteed by
Whitehead & Co., Waynesboro and
E. A. Harris & Co., Midville.
A Fly Catching Plant.
Thomasville Times-Euterprise.
No doubt many of our readers
have noticed a plant which grows
in abundance on the Savannah.Flor-
ida and Western railroad between
this point and Albany. It is a long
bell-shaped yellow and green plant
and grows in clusters, and almost
covers tlie ground in some damp
and swampy places. It Is called
the pitcher plant, or fly-catcher—
its botanical name we are not fa
miliar with—but we allude to it to
note its peculiarities. It is a veritable
fly-catcher, and its mouth or tunnel-
shaped top is open until a fly or
other insect lights upon it to feed
upon its sweets, which they do, and
and as they enter the funnel the
top will close up and gradually con
tract until it forces the insect down
to its base, when they are appar
ently absorbed by the plant. An
examination of one of the funnel-
shaped plants, by splitting the plant
opeu, will reveal the ramains of
a quantity of flies, insects and
worms ot various kinds. Who
knows but some ingenious tellow
will yet make his fortune by intro
ducing into general use this re
markable fly-catcher?
“ ’Tis better not to be, than be unhappy.”’
and no one can be happy whose
system is deranged by poisonous
secretions. Nearly all ills that
flesh is heir to, arise from torpid
liver and derangement of the diges
tive organs. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Purgative Pellets correct irregu
larities of the liver, prevent consti
pation, add promote good health.
Buy them of your druggist.
A Papular Man.
Augusta News, August 31st.
•We note that in several of our ex
changes, the name of Judge H. C.
Roney is mentioned for congres
sional honors from the Tenth. The
communication from Norwood de
scribes the judge’s ringing speech
at the re-union of this old company
“II” Gardner Volunteers. The
speech of Judge Roney was a grand
effort and it was received amid the
greatest enthusiasm, he being one of
the prime favorites of the old com
pany.
Judge Roney entered the war a
mere boy between 1G and 17 years
of age and was a brave soldier,
serving well and ably until lie re
ceived the severe wound which
came near ending his life. After
the war he returned home penni
less, but having;the right material
in him, he began teaching school
and made enough to educate liiin-
selt at the State University where
he graduated. Having been admit
ted to the bar he practiced with
marked success until elected judge
of the Augusta circuit; and the
whole people know how clean-hand
ed and able has been his adminis
tration of the law. No corpora
tions, or rich men, or poor men, ever
knew any difference in bis court,
but they all received the justice
which an able aud upright judge
conceived to be requisite, knowing
nothing and caring for nothing but
a conscientious discharge ot his duty
on the bench.
Judge Roney is a self made man,
and is one ot the people. His friends
are anxious to see him promoted,
and such men have made Georgia
the empire state in the halls of the
nation. With such men in con
gress we would have nothing to
fear for the future, and when the
district wants to find a successor to
its present popular and distinguish
ed congressman, it will look in vain
for a better or fitter representative
than the able and honored judge of
the Augusta circuit.
HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT
Cannot go hand if we look on the
(lark side of every little obstacle.
Nothing will so darken life and
and make it a burden as dyspepsia.
Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets will cure
the worst form of dyspepsia, consti
pation and indigestion, and make
life a happiness and pleasure. Sold
at 25 aud 50 cents by Whitehead A
Co., Waynesboro and E. A. Harris
& Co., Midville.
Baptised YVItli Water From the ltiver Jordan.
The Tribune of Rome has come
across something unusnal—the bap
tism of a child with water taken
from the river Jordan. The baby’s
parents live about twelve miles
above Rome, on the Oostanaula
river. A welt known Methodist
preacher performed the sacrament.
The baoy is the daughter of Mr.
Marcellus Troutman, who is one of
Floyd county’s most properous
young farmers. The sprinkling
took place at his residence, and
quite a number of his relatives and
relatives of his wife were present
at the ceremony. A few years ago
Dr. Henry Battle, the brother of
Mrs. Troutman returned from the
study of his profession in Europe.
While there he visited the Holy
Land and brought back a bottle of
water from the river Jordan, which
he presented to his sister. The bot
tle of sacred water was safely kept
until Sunday,August, ISth, at 3 p. m.,
when the baptismal ceremony was
performed by the Rev. C. C. Davis.
The little miss thus favored is
a prominent heiress getting along
well, and of no child were parents
ever prouder.
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Harris & Co., Midville.
An Ilourst Jiegro.
Emanuel Pearce, of Columbus,
proved himself Wednesday morn
ing to be a very honest negro.
Over ten years ago he hired a
horse and wagon from Dr. T. S.
Mitchell for the purpose of going
to LaGrange. He paid half the fee
down,and agreed to pay the remain
der when he returned. When Pearce
arrived In the city Dr. Mitchell was
away from home, and circumstan
ces so ordered it that the negro re
moved from the city before the
doctor’s returned. Pearce came to
Columbus Wednesday morning for
the first time since he left, and the
first thing he did was to hunt up
Dr. Mitchell and pay him the
balance on the old debt.
—When you go to Augusta stop
at the Augusta hotel. You will re
ceive kind attention and get good
fare.
A Peculiar Suicide.
Pittsburg, August 30th.—Wil
liam J. Fry, a well known young
resident of Alleghany’, committed
suicide in the county jail this
morning by plunging a lead pencil
repeatedly into his breast directly
over his heart. He was found lying
on the floor of his cell at 6:15 o’clock
but is was supposed he was asleep
and he was not disturbed. At 9
o’clock he was in the same position
and the rangeman, on entering to
rouse him, was astounded to find
him dead.
In accordance with the jail custom
the body was surrendered directly’
to the custody of the coroner, and
was removed to the morgue. It
was thought at first that death had
resulted from alcoholism. At the
morgue however, when the clothes
were stripped off - four or five holes
were discovered in the left breast,
and lurther investigation brought
from one of the pockets ot the suit
of the prisoner a black lead pencil
at the end of which were traces of
blood. The point was broken off
bluntly.
Fry was probably twenty-live
years old, uumarried and lived
with his parents. He wss arrested
for drunkenness on Tuesday even
ing and on Wednesday’ morning
was sentenced to serve five days.
He told the jail-keeper that he
could secure his release by notify
ing his family, but he was unwilling
to let his mother know that he was
in custody. His father visited the
morgue this afternoon and iden
tified the remains.
Brer Babbit Play* the Guitar.
Washington Gazette.
An Uncle Remus, who lives on
his grand-father’s plantation, a few
days ago sent Master Robert Binns
a brer rabbit. It was a full grown
rabbit and he was a very lively fel
low.
Robbie played with his pet until
he had grown sleepy’, and placing
brer rabbit uuder a basket, Robbie
laid himself down to pleasant
dreams.
Relatives were visiting the fami
ly that night and all were sitting In
the family room. ‘After the chil
dren were asleep and not a sound
was to be heard about the house ex
cept the talking in the family room,
the guitar in the parlor was heard
to strike up very lively though dis
cordant sounds. At first it created
much alarm, hut the family and
visitors rushing into the parlor
with a light, found that brer rabbit
was loose and that he was trying to
to crawl into a hollow. The pres
ence of the folks with the light great
ly’ alarmed brer rabbit, and he sud
denly began the grand act by rush
ing here and there among the bric-
a-brac and knocking things right
and left. He broke five dollars
worth the first round, but the lady
of the house openinsg wide the
doors, said she believed she would
dispense with pet rabbits, and this
one was giyen free access to his na
tive wilds.
Exploded by a Baseball.
New Yojk World.
A very peculiar and sad accident
occurred to-day in Brownville.
Some of the young men and boys
had gathered on the play-ground in
the center of the village and were
engaged in a ball game. Tt had
progressed for several innings wheu
Edgar S .Howard,fourteen y’ears old,
went to the bat. Almost the first ball
sent to him was wildly pitched, and
the players and crowd were shocked
when they saw it strike him in the
stomach. An explosion followed
in an instant, which enveloped him
in a cloud of smoke. The boy had
been near some railroad construc
tion work which is in progress, and
had been given a dynamite cap.
When he went to play ball he put
the cap in his pocket and forgot all
about it. The ball had struck fair
ly upon the pocket, causing the cap
to burst with terrible effect. The
whole fleshy portion of the lad’s
right arm was blown away, but his
other injuries were even more se
vere, for the death dealing explo
sive tore into his right side, lacera
ting the flesh in a frightful manner.
None of the spectators expected
to see the little fellow taken up
alive, but it was found that death
had not instantly resulted. He was
carried to the house of his father, a
wealthy citizen, and was breathing
at last accounts, but was not expect
ed to live long.
A DUTY TO YOURSELF.
It is surprising that people will
use a common ordinary pill when
they can secure a valuable English
one for the same money. Dr. Ack
er’s English Pills are a positive
cure for sickheadache and all liver
troubles. They are small, sweet,
easily taken and are for sale by
Whitehead & Co., Waynesboro and
E. A. Harris & Co., Midville.
—Largest assortment of plain and
fancy crackers at C. E. Scjhcrer’s.
Base ingratitude.
Buena Vista Patriot.
A few nights ago a tramp made j
application to Mr. Jake Harrell for
a night’s lodging, and after some
hesitation the tramp was allowed
to take a room. The wayfarer rose
early the next morning and after
exchanging some of his under
clothing for that of Mr. Harrell’s he
departed. As soon as Mr. Harrell
discovered the theft he followed the
tramp, arrested and brought him
to town for trial on the charge ot
vagrancy’. Two of our young law
yers were retained in his defense.
Mr. Harrell employed no lawyer
to prosecute the case, but simply
made a statement of the facts in
the case to the court, and upon that
statement the prisoner was re
manded to jail in default of bond.
Now comes the interesting part of
this story’. One of the young attor
neys (and we will not mention any
names) attempted to prove that the
prisoner had means and was not a
tramp, and in order to ,make this
detense he loaned the tramp a
quarter to exhibit to the court in
making his statement. After mak
ing eloquent speeches in behalf of
the man he was sent to jail. The
young limb of the law called on the
tramp in jail for the return of the
quarter, but he refused to give it
up claiming it as his individual as
sets. We will venture to say that
the y’oung lawyer will not advance
any more money to a tramp to set
up defense.
Swift’s Specific cured me of ugly
and very painful boils or risings.
I had twenty-three on my back and
neck at one time and a great many
on my body. I took S. S. S., and
two bottles cured me. This was
five years ago, and have had no
boils since.
W. M, Miller,
Arlington Texas.
W. II. Wight, of Rogers, Ark., a
prominent farmer and stock grower,
says that Swift’s Specific cured him
of tetter of twenty years standing,
Of course in that time he had a
great amount of treatment, and
says the wonder is that he did not
scratoh the flesh from his bones. S.
S. S. cured him quick and perma
nently.
The continued use of mercury
mixtures poisons the system causes
the bones to decay’, and brings on
mercurial rheumatism. The use
of S. S. S. forces impurities from
the blood, gives a good appetite
and digestion, and builds up the
whole human frame. Send to
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particle of mercury, iodide of
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The Farmers’ Alliance is a strict
ly’ southern institution. Its mem
bership extends only to Kansas and
Missouri, in the northwest, and to
Maryland in the east. The organ
ization was started in Texas, and
the first alliance lodge was organ
ized in October, 1881). Texas is the
banner ailiaace state, and now has
4,000 sub-alliance lodges, with a
membership of 250,000. Tennessee
ranks next to Texas in the number
of lodges and members, she having
3,200 lodges and 150,000 members.
Georgia ranks third in number ot
sub-alliance lodges ana members.
In this state there are about 3,100
lodges, with a total membership of
120,000.
A CHILD KILLED.
Another child killed by the use of
opiates given in the form of sooth
ing syrup. Why mothers give their
children such deadly poison is sur
prising when they can relieve the
child of its peculiar troubles by us
ing Acker’s Baby Soother. It con
tains no opium or morphine. Sold
hy Whitehead & Co., Waynesboro,
and E. A. Harris & Co., Midyllle.
The BrulherofaBride Dying Amid the Festirltles.
Wadley, Ga., Sept. 4.—Glenn
Farmer, of Hinesville, and Miss
Laura McCroan, of this place, were
married this morning at the resi
dence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. S.
E. McCroan, Rev. H. A. Ilayes of
ficiating. F. P. McCroan,'the bride’s
brother and principal of the Wad-
ley high school, is at the point of
death, and it was at his request
that the marriage took place this
morning instead of to-night, as first
arranged. He said that he wanted
to see them married before he died.
At Sandersville last week M. II.
Bird was engaged in placing a
spoke in the hub of a wheel when it
broke from a tap of the hammer,
and a minnie ball fell out on the
floor. The spokes came from North
Carolina, and it is supposed that the
ball has remained in the wood since
the trying days of 1861 and 1865.
The fan always moves in the best
society’.
Adam and Eve’s family tree was
the apple.
j Progress and poverty’—driving
| street-car at $1 a day’.
The only thing that beats a good
wife is a bad husband
A well-versed Latin scholar is a
sort of a Roman knows.
Light housekeeping frequently
follows a matrimonial match.
The only way to get a hen out of
the garden is to go slow bmt shoo’er.
A man who owns a goat has only
to earn his bread, he has his butter
for nothing.
There is nothing loud about the
flannel shirt. On the contrary’, it is
moaest and shrinking.
Late hours tell on a man, but ho
does not seem to care as long as
they don’t tell his wife.
Geologists say that bowlders
make sand. Observatiou teaches
that sand makes bolder.
Sullivan’s consolation is in know
ing that it lakes twelve men good
and true, to knock him out.
Visitor at medical college: Where
did these skeletons come from?
Young doctor: We raised them.
There wouldn’t have been any
milk in the cocoanut if some dairy
men had had the construction of it.
It would seem that when seamen
get tired of the ship’s fare they
would try to gather some ocean cur
rents.
A widow who owns a stock range
in Colorado is no longer called a
“cattle queen.” She is a “grass
widow.” .
Self-government in a republic
which opens its gates to all the
world is not self-government but
self-sacrifice.
It will be said of sitting Bull af
ter his deuarture that, outside of
his fire-water, he was never made
to pull in his horns.
It is industry more than birth
that lifts a boy’ up in the world. A
bootblack may shine in society if
he will stop to conquer.
Clerk—Isn’t the price of this box
of strawberries low enough for you ?
Customer—O, the price is low
enough. The bottom of the box
isn’t though.
He—Do you think, Miss Hattie,
with the poet, that an honest man
is the noblest work of God? She
(thoughtlessly)—I don’t know. I
never saw one.
“Wives should never conceal any
thing from their husbands,” says a
writer. If this advice was carried
out it would create a revolution in
feminine pockets.
Wibble—Biggars and his wife
always remind me of a mule. Wab
ble—In what way? Wibble—All
the horse sense in the combination
belongs to the better hall.
Before offering yourself to the
plumplooking toboggan girl you
met last winter, perhaps it would
be as well to wait until you see her
on the beach this summer.
Towne—That’s too bad about
Dingley, isn’t it. Browne—How?
What’s that? Towne—Joined the
silent majority. Browne—What!
dead ? Towne—No, married.
Smith—Say, Jones, your wife is a
graduate of Vassar, isn’t she?
Jones—Yes. Smith—How’ many
tongues is she the mistress of?
Jones—Only one, but that’3 a
rustler.
Confidence man—I should like
to see Mr. Hayseed, of Hayseed-
ville. Hotel clerk—He is over
there at the cashier’s desk paying
his bill. Confidence man (sadly)—
Pm too late!
Patient—Frankly, now, doctor,
what do you think is the matter
with me? Physician—Frankly,
my r dear sir, I haven’t the least
idea but w r e shall know’ all about
it after the autopsy’.
Wife—John, what’s that unearth
ly noise upon the roof and the clat
ter of bootjack and and kindling
wood? John (drowsily)—Pm not
poisitive, but I reckon they are
holding a National Skat conven
tion.
The road to ruin: Keenly—
There’s a young man who is going
to the dogs rapidly. Sharpley—
What’s the matter with him?
Keenly—He’s trying to satisfy an
appetite for wine on an income for
beer.
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witli the infirmities that besot the human
system, can find the one thing necessary to
restore you to bright buoyant health, in Sher
man’s Prickly Ash Bitters.lt invigorates and
strengthens the debilitated organs,aids diges
tion and dispels the cloudsarising from a dis
eased liver,