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THE MERCURY
Vol. I
SANDERSVILLE, GA, TUESDAY, June 1, 1880.
No 9
directory.
SOCIETIES.
Hamilton Lodge No. 58 F. A. M.
meets on the Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays of each month.
Sanderstiille. Lodge, No. 8 A. O. U
W. meets on the First and Third Mon
day nights of every month.
Newman Lodge No 1551, Knights of
Honor meets on the First and Third
Thursday nights of every month.
Harris Council No. 114 Legion oj
Honor meets on the Second and Fourth
Monday nights of each month.
Washington County Agricultural So
ciety meets on the fist Tuesdays in each
month.
The County Grange meets every
Month.
The Library Association meets at Ihc
call of the Directors.
DELICIOUS.
Baptist Church.—Rev, J.M. Adams,
I’astor, regular services every Second
Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer
meeting Tuesday nights.
Methodist Church.—Rev, Get. C.
Clarice, Pastor, services every Sunday
morning except the. Second when h
holds services , .at Tennille. Prayer
meeting ever if 'Thursday night.
Christian Church.—Rev. J..M. Am
mons, Pastor, services evert/ Fourth
Sunday. Prayer meeting every IIW-
nesday night.
MUNICH* A L.
Mayor.—J. N. Gilmore.
Clerk and Treasurer,— Win. Galla-
her.
City Councih-—S. d. Smith, J. C.
Pare, Dr, J. It. Roberts, J. T. Tapper,
M. Newman.
City Marshal.—d. E. Weddon.
' COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary.—Hon. C. C. Drown.
Sheriff.—A. M. Mayo.
Clerl: Sap. Court.—S. M. Northing-
ton.
Tux Receiver.— I. Hermann.
Tux Collector.— IT. II. 'Thigpen.
Treasurer.— 0. II. Rogers.
Surveyor.—Morgan L. duckson.
Coroner.—doh n Layton.
SUPERIOR COURT,
Conveneson the Fourth Monday in
Muy and S■plemher. Hon. J!. I . John-
sou, dadge, Jlon.d. K. Hines, Solic
itor General, S. M. Nirthim/ton, Cleik.
COUR 'l OE ORDINARY.
Hon. C. G. Drown dedge, sits on
the First Monday m every month.
O. //. Itogers
ATTORNEY at LAW,
SANDERSVILLE GA.
Prompt Attention Given' To All
Business.
Office in north west room of
COURT HOUSE,
may 4th iH80 1 v
B. 1). EVANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
April 3d. 1880.
E *1. Sullivan,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Sandersville, - - Georgia.
Special Attention given to the
Collection of Claims.
OFFCE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
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m
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Office next door to Mrs. Bayne’s
Millinery Store on Harris street.
IM-B’Rofcerfs
aJ. ^ ' u v AJf
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Sandersville,
rusr
“JJHUq mr
Litti.is feet, in motion ever,
Up mul down llie parlor door :
Little hands with vain endeavor,
Reaching at the outside door.
Active brain and busy fingers,
Finding treasures everywhere
Little form, that often lingers
Thought fully by “mamma’s chair.
Litttle one, whose presence only
Maketh all around liieo glivd ;
Bright’ning hearts that would bo lonely.
Cheering hearts that would he sad.
Fairer than earth’s fairest token,
Is thy little face to me ;
Eloquent with words unspoken,
Which my eyes can only see.
And I pray that angels o’er thee,
Hies sings on thy pathway pour;
Smooth each rugged way before thee,
Keep thee pure forever more.
uotieoably ill at case, and would do slightly, but otherwise she was bet
nothing but walk to and fro between own calm, proud, lovely self, and
the window and the warm, rosy fire-neither Mr. Richland nor any one
light in that nervous, listening, ex-jelse could see beneath the mask,
pectant way, which is painfull)’ 1 can’t tell just how the evening
suggestive of secret dread and atlx-jpassed. I only know I was inten
iety, too deep mul wretched for sely glad when it was all over with,
and wo were at home again.
at
words.
Whatever Howard Tremaine) Mr. and Mrs. Chester wont
touched turned to gold, and all that once to their apartments, but I
money could buy his wife possess- lingered a moment in tho parlor
ed. Her wardrobe, jewels, housejwith Althea, who seemed in no
and carriage were among tho most no hurry to go to her room,
superb in Now York, yet her closet j tho ugh it was late and tho whole
evidently had its skeleton, and to- house'as still as death,
night, more than ever before, it. But as she did not appear inclin-
seemed determined to rattle its dry ed to talk, T kissed her, said good-
bones in our very ears, and make! night, and went up to my cliam-
itself felt and seen in every nook her, leaving her there alone, like
and corner of the millionaire’s another Ariadne, sad'and henrt-
siiuiptous home, in spite of nil Al- broken, in the midst of princely
theft could do to keep tho unpleas
ant thing out of sight.
For tho twentieth time, she walk
ed to the window, and, with a half-
TIIE -HIDDEN SORROW.
May bo consulted at, his office on
Haynes St. in the Masonic Lodge-
building from 9. A. M. to 1 P. M
and from 3 to 5 P. M.; duringoth-!time between the death of the
er hours at his residence on Church
St, when not professionally engag
ed.
April 3rd ly 1880
Dr. Wm. Rawlings,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Sim tiers vil le
it
upy 10, 1880 ly
Jurors.
, Georgia,
Office at Sandersville 1 Intel.
SANDERSVILLE & TENNILLE
RAIL ROAD.
On and after to-day the. Passenger
Train on this road will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGKIt TUAIN,
Leaves Sandersville daily 9.T5 a. m.
Leaves Tennille daily 0.'41 a. m.
Leaves Sandersville dally 3:30 p. m.
Leaves Tennille daily 4:10 p. in.
To insure, dispatch all articles destin
ed for this point should be marked to
Sandersville instead of No. V& as here
tofore. d. I. Ill WIN, Supt.
apr 3, 1SS0.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT NO
13, C. R. 11.
I p day Passenger train arrives 3:54p.m
Down day “ ' “ “ 9:40a.m.
Up Night “ “ “ 4.41a.m.
Down Night “ “ “ 10:43 p. m
POST OFFICE HOURS.
7 to 11:30 A. M.
1:30 to 6 P. M.
E. A. SULLIVAN, P. M.
G. W. H. Whitaker,
DENTIST-
SANDEliSVILLE, GA.
Terms Cash.
Office at liis residence on Harris St.
April 3rd, tf 1880.
%
m hiiwi|
attorney at LAAY.
ill practice in the State and
1 mted State Courts.
Office in Court House.
ROBERT L. RODGERS,
A 7TOItlVEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
UIVE BPECIAL ATTENTION TO
wLLSCTINO C01TVEYA17CINO.
Transfor’gTilles
OSJ? 1 '*' by Deeds. Bonds
Bonn' C , h . 6cks Mortgages.
Liens, Leases. Wills,
Asrignments,
Partition Writs,
Trust Deeds.
Judgments,
Executions,
Mortgages.
„ Will
Settling Estates
For Heirs,
Legatees,
Creditors,
Administrators,
Executors,
Guardians,
Trustees.
foil 'llAf 1 i?.A con *'' or Attorney to Rent, Buy, or
Wu.u,j,„™ TE: examine Records ot Df.eb^
' yOOMKNTB, INVENTORIES und RETURN*.
P J. ,fpnsf >"alilc Fee for Krery Service.
0 ‘ cu ' n a |“ Uie Courts of the State of GEORGIA,
also in tho Federal Courts.
k k ft ^ \ ^ I ^ ft
For the information of parties in
terested wo (five the names of llu
(fraud and Traverse Jurors, who
■\ere regularly drawn for tho nexi
term of our Superior Ci urt, which
commences its spring session on tin-
first Monday in June:
GRAND JURY FOR THE FIR81
Y'EEK.
IF M Cox, John H Walker, IF I.
Drown, IFm J Hitchcock, W W Carr
Mark Newman, IF E Ggf, due T Veal
Ruburn Hall, dames M Palmer, R d
Mot/e, F S Strange, ,/esse DrasweU, II
II Chi vers, SR Ke/ly, WM English
IF.I Gain, W D Smith, W J! Oquin,
d C Pace, Sr., Thus F Wells, E *1 Sul-
/lean, Ellis Johnson, Lawson Kelley
■John D Tanner, dames Ray, Raford
/Inileii, dames Harrison IF It Ray, II
11 limes.
GRAND dURY EUR 2d WEEK
S JI R Massey, dosiah dunes, S <S
Thomas, W T Harrison, IFm Webster,
Stephen Yanbraekte, T M Norlhinglon
A T Cheatham, M E Warthen, IF E
Martin, d L Garner, Joseph R Smith,
Chas I Duggan, IFdHenderson, Hope-
well Adams, J! F Murphy, TO Wick-
er, Shade Dukes, flames IF Smith, A J
Harwich, Rufus A Cochran, Sylvan u>
Prince, J U Floyd, W O Diddle, d F
Rogers, Geo. W II Whitaker, Abi
Youngblood, T J Gilmore, F J Pearson.
C II Pringle.
TRAVERSE JURY FOR THE
FIRST WEEK.
Jas M Veal, Jas L Cowart, Joseph
Tanner, Andrew J Carter, E I) Ded-
dingfwlfj J R Sumner, Jno Ji Hatha
way, Alex WSteward, Nathaniel J Ren
fros, Albert Jones, G F Orr, Jr, A J
Veal, R F Harris, II F Heat, Alex W
Roberson, E D Forbes, Wylley Harms,
W E Shurling, II A Morgan, Rich R
Smith, Jno Hood, Elbert Tanner, Jo
seph Joiner, Harris M Fisher, W B
Adams, John King, G W Kelley, Sr.,
Ilenj S Jordan. J P Henderson, Thos
Marshall, IF IF Ruck, John Huff,
Isaac Hermann, Eenoch Renfroe, Silas
McIntyre, Geo Gilmore.
TRAVERSE JURY 2d WEEK.
IFm Martin, W11 Halt Gordon W
Smith, She,rod JJ'i-id, L L Adams, G
IF Mills, Henry T Downs, dames /
Northing/on, Rich F Drake, Geo d Me
Milieu, Geo It Doolittle, A P> Hatha
way, John II Morgan, Geo C Lacy,
A Webster, A IIAinsworth, R H Rras-l . ,
well, A R Adams, Dennett II Smith, M faith m the “little half-hour or so,”
It was a hitter cold day; .the
streets of New York were alive with
a dense mass of crowding humani
ty, over-coated, muffled and veiled,
as became thoso who joyousl y brav
ed the penetrating wind and sharp
atmosphere, in tho merry-making
old
and the birth of the New Year.
Notwithstanding the frosty
weather, the Empire City was nev
er in gayer mood, and up and down
and across the thronged thorough
fares, stylish turnouts dashed swift
ly by to the twinkling music of sil
ver-tongued hells and low, liappv
laughter speeding away to the open
roads and snow-clad country, ly
ing white and still beyond the hur
ry and turmoil of the great city.
Though so cold without, it was
warm enough in the elegant room
where we were sitting—my cousin
Althea, her half-sister, Sirs. Irene
Chester, and 1. My cousin Althea
was not young—past thirty, in fact;
hut she was the most beautiful wo
man 1 ever saw, and as she sat in
tho large crimson damask chair by
the window, dreamily looking out
at the hurrying passers-by,
thought I had never seen any one
so charmingly mul irresistibly love
ly. Her lustrous black eyes, clear
olive complexion and glossy wealth
of purple-black hair were so perfect
ly perfect that one did not know
which to admire the most, and her
voice and smile were as sweet and
winning as her form was graceful
and her face matchlessly beautiful.
Howard Tremaine loved her as
few men love their wives; and Al
thea, as everybody knew, idolized
her handsome husband, and yet
somewhere there was a hidden sor
row, the nature of which I could
not for my life divine. I had seen
its shadow more than once, hut the
substance kept itself well out of
view, and, hut for the sad, anxious,
restless look that often of late crept
into Althea’s great, soulful eyes,
I’d not have thought sorrow could
exist in her luxurious home, much
less fix itself permanently there.
We were going to the opera in
the evening. Mr. Chester was to at
tend us in the absence of Howard,
who had gone away two or three
hours before with three or four
friends, who had, very much to his
wife’s regret, called for him to ac
company them on a liitle half-hour
or so sleigh-ride out on the Btcom-
ingdale Road.'
As the short winter afternoon
wore on, Althea grew every mo
ment more and more uneasy; her
splendor and untold wealth
I had barely left the room be
fore the jingle of hells and the
■latter of Hying hoofs in the now-
suppressed sigh on her lips, stood almost silent street arrested my
watching the sleighs Hy past, so'footsteps.
long that Mrs. Chester quite lost) A sleigh dashed past, and stop-
her patience, and exclaimed, mtlVpod at the door, us if driven hy a
er petulantly: (whirlwind.
‘Nonsense, Allheal Why is it The nigh was inteiisly cold, hut
that you always will ho worrying the tired horses were smoking,and
about Howard. Ho is not a baby,'their quivering flanks white with
and is no doubt quite as capable of frost and foam,
finding his way homo alone as mostj Not earing to see more, T drop.,
men are. Mr. Tremaine knows pod the curtain, and turned to
that we are going to the opera this)look at Althea. Shu stood like a
evening, and he will he sure to drop 1 statue in the middle of the room,
in befoie tho end ot the first act, one hand pressed hard against her
you may depend. And now we breast, and tho othorholding close
must dress, if we wish to hear the about her the rich white opera
opening air in ‘Faust,’ which Icer-lcloak she still wore,''with its soft,
tainly^do, however it may ho with snowy fringes and swansdown
y° u -’ trimmings, shimmering in the
Mrs. Chester was one of these faint, uncertain firelight like a
positive characters who immediate- silken cloud, t'oronly one dim gus
ty act. njion wlmt they say, and in jot was burning in the deserted
less than an hour we were on our parlor when we entered it, and
way to the opera. joveii this Althea had turned
’J lie house, when we entered, down so’low that It was now
was literally packed with a mostmore than a glimpse of light,
brilliant and fashionable audience, Unsteady steps sounded on the
hut Althea seemed to move like stairs, then came the sound of a
one in a dream, and took not the)muffled fall, and something like
slightest notice of anything orany-| ft half-uttered oath, mingled with
body around her. j tiro low cry of unutterable anguish
1 could not make it out at all, j that hurst involuntarily from Al
and hardly dared to look at her for thou’s pale lips,
very sympathy. Her magnificent q knew how it would he! ‘she
dress of violet velvet and creamy old'moaned; ‘I knew how those un
lace became her perfectly, and never feeling creatures he calls his
did a queen carry herself more roy-j friends would bring him homo.’
ally, or seem unconscious of her’ And swiftly and noislessly as a
grandeur and beauty. spirt, unmindful of her elegant
Diamonds a fortunes worth toilet, and the strangely beautiful
of them—flushed on arms, neck)picture she made, Althea hurried
and bosom,and gleamed like drops
of liquid light amid the rich abun
dance of her dusky hair; hut she
was not happy.
There was much too heavy a
sorrow lying unrestfully at her
heart for that—too much of a
nameless dread and anxiety to al
low enjoyment of any sort.
At the end of the second act a
to (lie assistance of her holplossly-
intoxicatd husband.
It was not the first] lime she
waited his coining in a pale agony
of fear and dread, not the first
time she had heard that dull, soul-
sickening, fall, not the first time
she had glided down the great
oaken stair-ease to find her hus
band,handsome llowar Tremaine,
gentleman made his way to ourjlying prone upon the floor, a sight
box, and asked, in the usual con-to stir the pity of the coldest heart,
volitional manner, alter the cus-iund cause the very angels in lieav-
gone
the
ternary greetings were
through with, how we liked
music.
Mr. Chester, who had been com
fortably dozing in his chair the
whole time, declared lie was nev
er more charmed—an innocent
fabrication which none of us car -
ed to question.
‘And where did you leave Mr.
Tremaine?’ inquired Mrs. Ches
ter, in sonic surprise. ‘He was
with you, I think, Mr. Richland ?’
‘Yes, and 1 left him with the
others at Delmonico’s. I don’t
on to weep.
I could have cried aloud in my-
imutlerable surprise and grief
and on my knees have hogged
him for God’s sake to desist from
further breaking the heart of the
wife who loved him so dearly—
aye, so dearly !
chilled the very life-blood in her
veins.
I had seen enough, heaven
knows, of Althea,s hidden sorrow
an<l stole away to my room, wish
ing I could believe the whole mi’s-
erahle scene hut ft troubled dream,
that would vanish with tho com
ing of the morrow's stm.
Howard did not make his np
peuntnee at breakfast the next
morning.
Alllieft explained, in tone of
apology, that Mr. Tremaine eamo
m Into, and--‘was tired.’
Mrs. Chester did not guess that
anything was wrong, and really
tliouht Howard ill, and advised
Althea to send for the. family phy*
siciuu.
Althea however, did not follow her
sister’ advice, hut sat all day be
side the sofa where husband lay,
suffering miserably from tho com
bined toriucs of headache and re
morse.
Toward evening, ho began to
‘feel better,’and good resolutions
commenced to slip thomselves in
to his mind, as is often the ease
when one’s head and conscience
have been for some little time on
the rack.
‘Althea,’ he said, drawing hor
lovely face down to his, and kis
sing the sweet mouth, that trem
bled beneath his lips in a way
that betokened the near approach
of tears—‘Althea, l saw a look in
vour eyes, last night, which I
cannot quite forget, and which I
hope never to see in them again;
and I promise you, hero and now
that l will never, so long as I live
touch a drop of wine again. It’s
the devil’s own and never failing
well-spring of sin and misery, and
inv wife—God bless her!—is not
to have her happiness clouded and
her heart broken hy the folly and
madness that lie in a bottle of
green seal.
There! do you believe me, dar-.
llg ? or do you think mo incapa
ble of successfully resisting tlu*
sparkling temptation that lias
proved the ruin, the utter and ab
solute ruin, of unnumbered mil
lions, and blighted and embittef-
fho lives of more women than I
dare to think of ?’
‘1 believe you, Howard,’ she
sobbed ; ‘I must believe you ; for,
to do otherwise, would kill mo.
If there was to he no end - noth
ing to look forward to hut this—
how could T endure to live ? Oh,
if you will hut keep your prom
ise, 1 shall he so happy—so hap
py. Howard !’
She fell, sobbing into his arms,
and through the fast-falling tears
Hut filled her eyes the glad
smiles were coming and going
like sunshine through an April
shower.
Three years have passed since
that day, hut Howard has never
broken liis vow, and T feel quite
certain now that he never will.
F:! 1 ;
DYJ2ING!
the benefit of inquirers
those wishing to have
Dresses, Coats, Hants Vests, Ac.,
dyed; below will he found a sched
ule of prices. Thankful for past
favors I solicit a continuance of
care for that sort of tiling, you Jinan of wealth and mtelliictiial
know,’ lowering liis voice, and!force, was still apparent, though
glancing f urtively at Mrs. Trc- so completely laid the man been
jmaine. ‘It makes one feel so gotten the better of by the demon
M Cook, Geo W Newsome, G O Walk
er, Morgan L Jackson, Joel F Tomp
kins, A P Heath, Henry M Smith, C
IF Joyner, IF IF L Underwood, New-
some l'antum, IT A Renfroe, IF L Mc-
MMen, James 1* Jordan, Jno 11 Hall,
IVeo Waller, Jno Rcdfearn, Jno Q
Anierson.
never having 'been very strong,
died utterly, long before the sun’s
last cold, golden rays faded in the
west, and when Mrs. Chester rang
for lights, and carelessly remarked
that it was time to dress, she was
confoundly wretched the next
day.’
Althea was a well-schooled wo
man of the world, and full and un- dying day. She did not say a
flinchingly she met liis meaning! word ; a kind of dumb despair
I saw lier through a rush ol ^ ,e
Coats, $1.00 to $1.50
Pants,
Vests,
Ladies’ Dresses
Childrens’ “
Shawls, silk...
“ wool....
Cloaks, waterproof. 1.50 “
Saeques
Mittens
Feathers
Silk Tics
Ivid Gloves, black.
Stockings, 3 pairs.
Ribbon per yd....
Hand kerchiefs, silk
blinding tears help him soniehow
to regain liis feet, and even in his
pitiable weakness he looked like a
fallen god ; the noble head, the
clear-cut features, the something
indescribable that stamped him a
that lurks in the wine-cup.
And she—Althea—the look in
her eyes I'll never forget to my
glance.
75 “
1.00
50 “
75
1.50 “
2.00
75 “
1.00
1.00 “
1.50
50 “
75
1.50 “
2.00
25 “
50
10 “
15
10
26ii
10
25
25 vi
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dftib
Dying left at either the Mercury: .
office or at Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery:: i
store, with instructions as to colorg .
will ho attended to.
Jseemed to settle upon her count
She was very pale,and thehandjcimuce—a despair that paled herj MRS. C. ('. SCARBOROUGH,
that held her bouquet trembled’'cheek to tho hue of ashes, uinf may 18, 1880. '
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