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THE MERCURY, ithe hill top, going to Tcnnille, rests!ment and comparing them, show-! A
; J. H. Barnes, and two miles casting where they 4 both agree. If The
Published Evert T u i: h da vjjn a secluded spot within sight ofjevery parent would
Voice from
notuinalion
the Pacific.—|
of Judge Field,!
DENTAL NOTICE.
Dr. E. E. Parsons will he
NOTICE.
All person’s who have had their
"of the writer^not' nrres' Ga. Vl ,! ° k-'H at the head of his Reg'tjthey do those things which will lit lion of any other man means great tal work intrusted to his
Virginia, and was brought homejthem ft
t&'All communications intended for(
this paper must
. the full name
sarili/ for publication, but as a guaran
tee of good faith.
We are in no wag res]>o *<o
views or opinion of correspond*-, //••
the road sleeps Gen. T. J/ Wartheniminds of their children the
the gallant commander of the 28th tancc of Bible study
Id instill in the says the Pori land (Oregon) Stan-jsandersville the first week of Courtllots cleaned in the Cemetery are
dren the impor- dard, dem., means certain success f ro m May 24tn until 31st, for thcjrequired to have the trash and rub-
y. as much as,to the^ democracy. I he nomina- purpose of attending to any (h’n-|Uisli removed from the avenues or*
The state Republican coimnittc
held last yreek iii Atlanta was as us-
for business and society, there
and interred in the old family bury-lwould be but few ignorant of God's
ling ground. There arc also many [law. Strive to train your offspring
11 other gallant soldiers who sleepjtobc Christians, then you need have
' ’ their last sleep in our cemetery who no fear lor their future. Your sons
returned home in safety after endur
ing the dangers and hardships of the
.ualiusuch assemblies characterized war, and alter useful lives at home
• by much noise and great confusion,[died among their kindred, honored
the colorod troops claiming three
fourths of the offices and three fourths
of the delegates, to this their white
brothers objected and,offered to coni
promise by giving them one hall
wlmt they do however is of Lut little
importance to us for if wo do as wo
should the success of the Democracy
in November next is certain.
and beloved- May they all rest in
uncertainty as to the result.
Atliinta Constiution.
During the coming year—a year
that will witness the progress and
culmination of the most interesting
political contest that has ever taken
peace.
Memorial day awakens sad mem
more especially. It would not
matter much if whiskey was sold,,-, . .
or liow many different liinijits „f^«“ ">“,■» co„nti-»,-every ciI.zbd
xislcd in the community. ilT”' 13 ( ”j f T”
compelled to rely upon the newspa
pers for information. Why not got
community,
you would train the boys strictly
jpious, but when you turn them
1 nnci* tn * ‘q
loose to “sow wild oats,” they in
ones of the past, but the decora-jvariably sow seed that bring forth
tion of the graves of all our dead| thorns that will prijek your hearts
[is both a duty and a pleasure, and and give you pain,
the day is honored by the obscr-lfricnds wake up to
vancc of it. Spring’s most lovely [parental duty,
offerings arc brought by fair
with willing hands and laid
The many dissensions now exis
ting in the Radical Party augers well
‘for the success of tho National De
mocracy at tho next Presidents elec
tion, they are united in almost every
state, New York being per Imps the
only exception, and there wise coun
cil will prevail and tho Kelly and Til
den factions being entirely ignored,
tire party will bo solid and present
an undivided front in tho coming
campaign.
Habeas Corpus,
Important Cask—A Phkckdelt Eh )
TAULI8IIED.
Let us dear
a sense ol our
show our children
girls 1 in the future, by precept and exam-
upon]pic, that we are determined to spare
the graves o.l the loved ones who some of the time God lias so gra
have departed,it is a beautiful cus-ciously given us “searching the
tom and one we hope to see ropca
ted on each successive yea;
honor lo our “noble Dead.”
tho best ? Abroad The Constitution
iR recognized, referred to and quoted
from as the leading southern journal
—as the organ and vehicle of the best
southern thought and opinion—and
at home its columns are consulted for
the latest nows, the freshest comment
and for all matters ofspocialandcur-
rent interest,. The Constitution con
tains more and later telegraphic news
thau any other Georgia paper, and
. 'jthis particular feature will be largely
teacn oui added to during tho coining year. All
Blacksmith, Machinist and
WOODWORKER
An interesting ease of tlii
kind was tried before the ()rdi-[t| K>v
nary on Bain relay night last.
It appears that a young man
liad been before ihe Mayorohai-
ged with a violation of some
city ordinances aiid|\vas|sente»< ed
by his Honor to ]iay a line ol
Thirty dollars or be committed
to the city jail for twenty days,
leaving it optionaiy with the 1
young gentleman as to which al
ternative lie would select.
Believing he would pay the
money the marshal released him
and after tho lapse of several
■weeks failing to get tho money
he re-arrested him onj Saturday oss ’ ai . y iU . (
evening, whereupon a writ of , lll( ] mi ,j nr itii
Habeas Corpus was issued and
immediately served which caus
ed! bis appearance on Saturday
night at 8 o’clock Jieb.re the
Ifon. 0. C. Brown, Ordinary
witli the young man in charge.
lion. E. S. Langmade appear
ed for the prisoner, and O. A.
Rogers for the city, llm case was
fully and ably argued on both
sides. The Ordinary deluded
that the release of the party by
the Marshal or the city authori
ties, before the sentence was
complied with; converted ihe line
into* a debt, and imprisonment
for debt being unconstitutional
and especially forbidden by the
laws of Georgia, his arrest be
causo of nonpayment war* un
lawful and his' detention^ Regal,
he was therefore discharged.
Shall we have u Free School.
Free Schools being the order ol
the day, and every important city
and town in our State are falling
into line, it now behooves 8an-
dersville to look well to her laurels
ere it is too, late to save her sons
and daughters from other cities to
get an education. Already we
have many off at other places at
school, and in some cases whole 1
families are moving otf to where
can have the advantage of a
free fichooljin other eases we hear ol
families favorable impressed with
Sandersville saying we would locate
in Sandersville if they had a free
school; hut a few days ago we
heard a very estimable widow lady
say that if Sandorsville adopted
the free school system, she would
my a house and lot and s tile here
for life, and doubtless numbers of
others would do likewise. Weal-
scriptures,” and thus
-, .1, litt le ones to be useful in this world, facilities for gathering the latest
a °d saved in the better. Solomon news from all parts of the country
says “train up a child in the way [will be enlarged and
he should go and
when he is old
he will not depart from it.” \Yc
must believe in the whole Bible or
renounce it all, for it all agrees
and goes to teach one great truth,
“We must be saved or lost.”
Therefore let us take Solomon's
advice. A Well Wisher.
March
Amason, H J
<o heard several influential men J Avant, W H
<uy that thev were in favor of mu-
next
king the matter a test in
city election. We say that if uec-
with you gentlemen
must rule, and wei
are conlldent that over two thirds
JIeadq.vuteus, Army of V
25th 1 S(if>.
Below is a roll of the survivors of
Company B. 12th Georgia Battalion,
at tho storming of Fort Steadman
from Colquitt’s salient. A dosparute
dash of a forlorn hope :
Captain John W RudisUl '
1st Lt. Hans T Robson
2d Lt. Jas K Kinmun
1st, 8'gt. Wm E "Watkins
2d 8’gt. Jasper N Stubbs
3d 8’gt. Jesse A Robson
4th S’gt C A Moyo
Gth S’gfc C J Davis
Corporals, Rudisill, Jas
Mathis, B A
“ Wood, M G
“ Howell, .T L
“ Jono , E W
rr.vat.es :
Avant G L
Avanfc, 11 IT
Amloi son, W 8
Barksdale \V 1)
Barwiek, J A J
Avant, James
Barnes, A A
Barber, Jas
Brown, James F Bui used, James
Burnscd, 1‘
C :, Cullen
Dortch, A A
finch, F W
if our citizen.-; arc in favor of a freokiluver, Filian
Memorial Day.
The Sfitli of April, yesterday
school in Sandcrsvillc, and we have
the means easy at hand to support
it without extra taxation, to-wir ■
the'Whiskey tux, the Rail Road
income and the Dublin School
money.
With free schools in Sandorsville
its population and trade will in
crease two fold in live years, witli-j
out tho free schools, Macon, At-j
lanta, and Milledgeville is hound
to sup her to death in the samel
length of time, now decide the)
question, free school or on free
bool. Arguments without end
are in favor of free schools and noth
ing hut a suicidal selfishness can
oppose it, and those who are afraid
ol’putting one dollaron it arebegin-
ing to see that it is the only way
to save the one dollar and get back
two witn it. Then give us a free'
school, and act wise, and we guar-!
an tee a growing live town. Take
from usa free s hool and like wise
we guarantee our little City to go
down
Casei), Gc rgo D
Oumtiiiiig, Thus J
Downs, .Stiles
Fountain, Harris
Gii 'in, T T1
Havtloy, J M
Ilowdi, W D
Jordan, 8 T
Jordan, Wm J
liittredgu, Ed
Layton, John W
Lovcrntl. F M
Lovcrcttc, J 1‘
Martin, J A
Martin, E L
McCoyo, Robfc
Moye, Robei t J
Dowel), Bennett
Pope, II G
Renfroe, Joo
Smith, H
Silas, J Win
Tanner, J
Tison, Thomas J
Turner, Wm D
Underwood, H F
Underwood,J li Cl Underwood, R
Underwood, J L Yinan, A M
Watkins, L W Watkins, M W
Wallace, J T Yclvington, Gideon j
supplemented.
Tho Constitution is both chronicler
commentator. Its editorial opinions
its contributions to the drift of cur
rent discussion, its humorous and
satirical paragraphs, aro copied from
one end of the country to the other,
ft aims always to bo tho brightest
and best—newsy, original anil piq
nnnt. It aims particularly to give
the nows impart inly and fully, and to
keep its renders informed of the
drift of current discussion by liberal
but concise quotations from all its
contemporaries, lt aims, in short,
to nioro thau oyer deserve to bo
known as “the loading southern
newspaper," Bill Arp will continue
to contribute Ids unique letters,
which grow in savory humor week liy
week. ’‘Old .Si" will add Ids quaint
fun to the colleetioii of good things,
and "Undo Remus has in prepara
lion a series of negroes myth legends
dluslratigg the folk-loro of the old
plantation. In every respect. The
Com dilution fur 1880 will bo Lettei
(Lrtn ever.
The Weekly Constitution is a ear-
felly edited compendium of the
news of the week and contains tin
best and freshest matter lo !>• r o u.d
jin any other weekly weekly fr< m
da y olfic . its nows and niiscil n-
I moons contents arc tho freshest and
I its market reports tho lut st.
THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR.
Haynes, T H
Hunter, Je-so
Jordan, J P
Jordan, Nathan
Kelley, Goo W
Knight, W G
Layton, L< nard
Leveret to, (f D
Levorutte, M O
Mai tin, J D
McGlohorn, H.
Mills, G W
Poddy, J II
1 ’on ell, C D
Pittman, W II
Sheppard, Davis
.Stanley, J C
Sills, William
Taylor, Jno J) "
i’urner, Jolm L
i’rawick, M W
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Address
THE CONSTITUTION,
Atlanta, Ga.
•Search the Scriptures.'
There are a great many who
read the Bible, but few that study it.
Atl a n t a , G a .. A p ri1 14,1880.
Whereas, it is reported to me by
the state treasurer that there is
now in treasury at least two
Da ifs
Pure Ixtkrkstino & Instuctive!
to pay the principal and interest]
of the bonded debt of the state
was the time set apart by custom
to honor our heroic dead, and
our people with a unanimnity
unusual assembled together to
commemorate the virtues ol
those who died in the defence of
the “Lost cause” and in battling
for Southern Rights and South'
ern Homes, a large number of the
survivors of the armies of Vir
ginia and the west together \viih, cniun
Howell’s Battery composed most-j. . ,
1y of veterans, marched to tlie' lta tc upon d with a desire to gain four per cent bonds <rf the state,
church, accompanied by i he information therefrom. Many say and perhaps, of bonds bearing a
. K tl!
lilldi*t»n ol‘ oui* country. As there is no let*ri
means ol* cheeking the How of tlila poisonous lbiui
hundred and fifty tlum.-and do!-! ,ail ’’ l ' vt ' rj '
lars more than will be required (Parent, Educator and Guardian
When our Saviour commanded us [becoming due during the cur-
to “search the scriptures,” he didpeut year, and all annual char-
not mean merely a perusal, to whilejf-T^ the treasury; and,
1 Whereas, Said sum can be ad'*
away leisure hours or drive away!
but to look closely and med*l
vantagenusly applied to (lie re
demption of the outstanding
Brass Band, discour ing the most
elegant music,and then listened to
an elegant address by Mr. 8. G.
Jordan which was replete with
patriotism aud lofty sentiment, re
fleeting honor upon the head and
heart of the gifted speaker, he was
introduced to the immense audi
ence in a very appropriate, manner
by Capt. P. R Talliaferro of 32d
Ga. lieg’t (J. 8. A. After the speak
ing all repaired to the cemetery
where a cenotaph in the shape of;shall not err therein
a cross had been erected by the die Bible contradicts
we have not time; poor excuse, tliisk’^} 01 rate of inteiest; and believ
... , . ing it to be for the best interest
is net left with you, but a duty, aLf Ule slatl . tUat sucil disposition
command. lie docs not say search j.should be made of the surplus in
at leasure, for Clnist well knew ifjtlie treasury, it is
left optional with you it would be
put off until too late. Our heaven
ly Father expects us to lay aside all
else and make spare time on purpose.
Some say we do not understand,
therefore gain nothing from it. lt
is so simple “a man though a fool
Some say
itself, not if
ladies,where were placed the floral jrightly compared, verse by verse
after
tributes to the noble dead,
which the graves were
by the ladies.
In our old cemetery rest the rc &c., were once ton costly
mains of G. YV. Warthen who washy one to "obtain,
ORDERED, That the treasur
er bo and he is hereby authoriz
ed to redeem to the extent of said
sum of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars the out-anding
four percent bonds and such other
is comn Hod to ask himself tli*' question, “What
is the nest means of cheeking the evil ?”
The best antidote for bad reading is good reading
Gill DREN WILL READ
And*the duty of those having them in charge is to
furnish them with wholesome, entertaining and
Instinctive reading, sup It as will be given in every
number of “Golden Days.’,
‘G GLUE N D A Y S"
Understands childhood. U will delight it.*
young friends with sketches of adventure, incidents
of travel, w on ers of knowledge, humorous article
puzzles, an i eve yth ng that hoys and g rls like.
It will nnt teach children to’ b yonu* runaway!
thieves, highwaymen, burglars, and outlaws?.
The first number of
my
nirge,
will he found in the San-
dersville Hotel. E. E. Parsons.
avenues or
walks, or sutler the penalty of City
Ordinance. J. E. Weldon J
npr 27—tf
Marshal.
Wishes to inform the public that he is still on hand doing noth-
ing but lust .class work in the above branches of mechanism.
Also agent for
Liddell’s Patent Portable
Engines, Saw Mills, Corn and
W'heat Mills
And MACHINERY for Plantation, Custom or Merchant Mills'
Call and see me on north end of Harris street
Sandersviile, Ga. apr 20-tf
The Low Price nothing
Hi
I WOULD respectfully inform my patrons and the Public that
I have taken the agency for one of t he largest Clothing Ileus
m America, and am prepaared to take orders for suits for the
Spring and Summer. Gail at my s ore and examine samples, the
liajidsomesjt styles and pattern s cwrseen in the city. All cloth
ing, made harder, and lits gurantecd or no sale ; before[purchas-
iirg elsewhere' call ut I he
Low Price clothing House,
and examine my stock of Dry goods, Boots and lints, 1 can give
you bottom'iigwres, and my motto isjj‘ Notto be undersold,” call
and axil mine ut the Popular Dry Goods and Clothing House.
,1. GREEN WOOD, Agent.
apr. 20, ( 1880—4t
J. T. Laveitrite
o
A
NEXT DOOR TO ADAM'S LIVERY STABLE
I am prepared to do all kinds of
Blacksmith & f 11 w
AT REASONABLE PRICES. _ ALSO DEALER IN
CASKETS » At Prices to suit the Times,
April, 10th 18S0 tf
n mm
o
*4
WE If A YE FORMED
‘GOLDEN DAYS”
Contains ihe licgiui.iug if tv.'o tplcuctiil vtnrien.
I lie tirst is by
BARRY CASTLEMON.
Ami is culled. “Two Ways of liecoming n Hunter;
ami tlie other is by KtiwAkd S. Ei.i.is. and is onti-
tled, *• Fi 1;. Snow And w.Vnou; ult. Lira in thi:
Lmni'. Land.'’
‘GOLDEN DAYS’
will be carefully edited, and will do its utmost to
1 assist u l'qdio have the interests of onr youth at
tlienrt; we invite till to examine each number with
unspnuinp criticism. Xumhur One is furnished
valid bonds of the state, not due as|f‘A u ''“l u, M 10 “ u - Fui ' 61,k ‘ b >’ 1111 n«« s Agents
can be redeemed at par.
Alfred HV Colquit.
with those that correspond in oth
dccorated]cr passages. We all need some
help. Commentaries, Bible notes,
, were once to
but not
for eve-
so now,
the first victim of the war from this the international system places help
county, he died in Virginia andito Bible study in the reach of all
his body was brought home for in- those who desire it. 1 find this
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS.
State of Georgia, Tres’r Deparment,
Atlanta, Ga., April 14, 1880.—Per
sons holding four per cent or other
bonds of the state of Georgia, not
due, can have them redeemed at par
. Ion presentation at the treasury, or ut
ler tried, it makes the word of God the National Park bank. New’ York,
By the Governor.
J. W. Warrkn, Sec.
men .
Governor.
Ex Depart-
one of the best methods I have ev-
terment, Two I’exans killed at the!
taking of our city by Sherman al
so sleep within its boundarie-, and [a delightful study by picking por-jto tho amount of $250,000.
.AMES ELVEKSO-V. I’ulilislicr,
l’hiliuk>.|)|>iu,
one mile from the Court house on tions from Old and New 'J esta-
J. W. Rfnfroj:, Treasurer.
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MANUFACTURING TINWARE. ' <
HANDLING SiWIIlG MACHINES).
AND STOVES.
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