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THE MERCURY mkr, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Vol. 1. Sandersville, Ga., June, 15 1880. No. 11. directory. societies: Hamilton Lodge No. 58 F. A. M. is on the Second and Fourth Wed- Zslaysgf each month. Sandersville Lodge, No. 8 A. 0. U. W. meets on the First and Third Mon- \y nights of every month. Newman Lodge. No 1551, Knights of Jonor meets on the First a ml Third Thursday nights of every month. Harris Council No. 114 Legion g/ 'onor meets on the Second and Fourth onday nights of each month. Washington County Agricultural So ciety meets on the first Tuesdays in each month. The County Grange meets every Month. The Library Association meets at the call of the Directors. HELIGIOUS ]lajlist Church.—Hev. J.M. Adams, I Pastor, regular services every Second [Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer [meeting Tuesday nights. 1 Methodist Church.—Rev. Geo. C. I Clarice., Pastor, services every Sunday \norning except the Second when h holds services at Tennille. Prayer \neeting every Thursday night. Christian Church.—Rev. J. M. Am mons, Pastor, services every Fourth |S<tnday. Prayer meeting every Wed nesday night. MUNICIPAL. Mayor.—J. N. Gilmore, tiled- and Treasurer,— Wm. Galla- r. City Council.—S. J. Smith, J. C. are,'l)r. d. R. Rohr Is, J. T. Tapper, M Newman. City Marshal.—J. E. Weddon. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary.—Hon. C. C. Jirown. Sheri(/.r—A. M. Mayo. Cleric Sup. Court.—S. M. Northing- n. Tax Receiver.— T. Hermann. Tax Collector.— W. R. 'lhigpen. Treasurer.—0. II. Royers. Surveyor.—Morgan L. duel son. Coroner.—John Layton. U. W. H. Whitaker, DENTIST- SANDERSVILLE, GA. TkRM8 Cash. Office at his residence on Harris April ‘4id, tf 1880. li. I). EVANS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA April 3d. 1880. News from Home. I When the heart is very dreary, (Growing sadly over-weary St. Of the bonds tliat keep it lonely Like a bird in wicker-dome, !Gomes a messeuger most cheery, Though it he a letter only, For a mother wrote that “dearie,” Aiid it briugeth news from home. “News from home! Oh, welcome letter Strong in power to break the fetter . That encircles Iter who labors Far away from all held dear. E • /. Sullivan, NOTARY PUBLIC, Sandersville, - - Georgia. ^ Special Attention given to the Yet it proves the proverb truly, Collection of Claims. j Tells tliat joy and grief are neighbors OFFCE IN THE COURT HOUSE. For from eyes that grow unruly Slowly wells a glist'niug tear, Present sorrows wings arc taking, Pleasant memories nr: waking,. And Life’s sun bedecks with splendor Her whom duty called to roam ; |Vet the sympathy that’s hidden, t In those lines so sweet and tender Makes the tears rise up uuhiddun O'er the welcome “news from home.” it) Alt; SANDERSVILLE. GA. Office next door to Mrp. Bayne’s Millinery Store on Harris street. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Sandersville, May bo consulted at liis office on T Haynes St. in tho Misonic Lodge! n ‘puct stioet off olio of the building from 9. A. M. to 1 I*. M (plied squares there is a tall,gloomy and from 3 to 5 P. M.; duringoth-lhousc, with narrow dusty win., or hours at liis residence on Ofiurcb| (loW8 un(1 u lnnssive double door, that still bears a brass plate with GOURLAY liltOTHEUS. A Story of Two Loyal Hearts. St, when not professionally tngag- SUPERJOIl COURT, Convenes on the. Fourth Monday m |luy and September. Jlon. II. I. John- Judge. lion. J. l\. Hines, Solie- |«r General, S. M. Norlhini/ton, Uteri. CO UR'l OF ORDINARY, lion. V. C. Jirown, Judge, sits o First Monday in every month. POST OFFICE HOURS. 7 to 11:80 A. M. 1:30 to 0 P. M. E. A. SULLIVAN, P. M. ed. April 3rd ly 1880 Dr. Wm Rawlings, apy 10, 1880—ly For the information of parties in terested we give the names of the Jurors, who| for the next; erm of our Superior Court, which gtelhue0w1:e mm SANDERSVILLE & TENNILLE RAIL ROAD. On and after to-day the. Passenger Train on this road will run as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN, faces Sandersville daily 9:15 a. m. leaves Tennille. daily 9:41 a. m. tfCuucs Sandersville daily 3:30 p. m. \eave.s Tennille daily 4:10 p. m. To insure dispatch all articles dentin f or this point shotdd be marked to indeisville instead of No. 13 as here- fore. J. J. Ip WIN, Supt. opr 3, 1880. ARRIVAL OF TRAINS AT NO 13, C. It. It. wli day Passenger train arrives 3:54p.m Vownday “ “ “ 9:4(!a.i«. \P Night " «« “ 4:41 a. m fown Night" “ “ 10:43 p.m >rass j the words “Gourlav Brothers” eti- Igraved thereon. The lower part of the house was _ used as an office, but tho blinds PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, wm . rarely drawn up, the door Saiulorsvillc, Georgia, Sl ' w " m “"miglnuk <ncr Office - at Sandersville 'Hotel. l»wl'or «■»»»">«». |>>« W passage echoed no hurried loot- steps, and Eli Haggart, the clerk, J llI'Ol'S. i was to all apjtearaee the idlest man in London, till one came to know liis masters. Grand and Traverse Jurors, who! The Gourley Brothers were nev- ere regularly drawn for the next; busier ■' than their faithful ....... ol our superior Court, which • , commences its spring session on the °Id servant never hurried, nur- lirst Monday in June: Iricd or worried, never late and GRAND JURY FOR THE FIRST "ever early. Every morning at WEEK. to o’clock they entered their of- II M Cox, John It IIalter, II L |; ( . c , together, read their letters, //roira, lPm J Hitchcock, IF Iv Carr,\ , ", . ,, Mark Newman, WE (inf, Jno T Veal. » limce<1 at the paper, left mstruc- Ruburn Hall, James M Painter, R J tions for possible callers, and then \loye, F S Strange, Jesse Rraswe.il, II NVen t to the city. They always // (Jitivers, S R Kelly, WM English, . , ‘... . . “ i , ,i w .„ II A Gum, W P Smith, 11 R Uqiiin, . ’ • / C Pace, Sr., Thus F Wells, E .1 Sul- might he seen passing along tile livan, Ellis Johnson, Lawson Kelley, sunny side of Cannon street, at John D Tanner James Ray Raiford , . a() t j ellt ered tho same rcs- Hartley, James Harrison II R Ray, 11 * . . , ,, , , , 11 Hines. taurant, and sat at the same table for luncheon. Wet or dry, shade GRAND JURY FOR 2d WEEK 0l - shine, summer or winter, every S H J! Massey, Jnsiah Jones, S SI . . . f i wil , Thomas. W T Harrison, Wm Wehsler, working <lu\ tot tlmt.y yea is they Stephen Vanbrackle, T M Eorthington. had gone through the same rou- AT Cheatham, M E Warlhen, W E |tine,always excepting the month Marlin, J L Garner, Joseph II Smith,tof September, when they took their Chas l Duggan, W J Henderson, Hope- annual holiday. well Adams 11 F Murphy T O Wvdc-\ T1 werc elderly’mon-John, er, Shade. Dukes, James W Smith, A J - liar wick, liutus A Cochran, Si/lvanusfA], thin, melancholy-looking, Prince, J U Floyd, W C Riddle, J F with light gray eyes, scanty gray Royers, Geo._ W1I Whitaker, Abe j ia j r au( { whiskers, and a general ed turned to gold; and as' their whole lives were spent in getting, not spending, they were believed, and with reason, to he immensely wealthy.” “Cold,hard, stern, on* terprising,” men onllcd them,with nn acuteness of vision and a stead iness of purpose only to be ac- piired by a long and close appli cation to business. Reserved in manner, simple in their tastes, economical in their habits, the Gourlay Brothers wore the last men in tho world to he suspec ted of sentiment, their lives the least likely to contain even the germs of tt romance. And yet they hml not always been mere business machines; the solo end and aim of their existence lmd not always been money. In early years they bad brighter dreams, nobler ambitions. At school .lolm bad distinguish ed himself, and liis brief universi ty career gave promise of a bril liant future. Roger bud been bright, ardent boy, with a taste for music that was almost a pas sion, and a talent little short of genius. With his deep earnest ness, intense steadiness of pftrpose and clear, vigorous intellect,John mid scarcely have failed to make a distinguished lawyer. Roger was horn nn artist, with a restless, lofty ambition. Life seemed very bright for the broth ers; there was 'nothing to prevent and everything seemed to assist each in following bis inclinations. But in the very dawn of theii career their father died, and they were suddenly reduced from af- tiueneo to actual poverty. Noth ing remained from the wreck of a •uiffeent fortune but the bit- Youngblood, T J Gilmore, F J Pearson, C R Pringle. TRA THE 'ERSE JURY FOR FIRST WEEK. Jas M Veal, Jas L Cowart, Joseph Tanner, Andrew J Carter, E D Jied- dinjfield, J R Summer, Jno R Hatha way, Alex WSteward, Nathaniel J Ren- expression of drabbiness pervaded liis whole face and faultless neat attire. Roger was shorter, roun der, more cheerful and generally warmer in color. liis pervading hue was brown, keen reddish eyes that must have been merry ATTORNEY AT LAW. J>att4emilk, Ha. hll practice in the State and kiitcd State Courts. Office in Court House. ftBERT L. RODGERS, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. give SPECIAL ATTENTION TO froe, Albert Jones, G F Orr, Jr, AJ\ onQQ crisp auburn hair that time Veal. R F Harris, H F Deal, Alex W , . ’ 1 ., . . . , . Wylllj Harm. M I*" 10 .V ct » a„ S m,tc,l to w E Shurling, II A Morgan, Rich A silver, a clean-shaved ruddy face, Smith, Jno Hood, Elbert Tanner, «/w-! an d. brown hands full of dents and * e P h J° in f r > -tfan-ts M 1 ts/icr, W R j iin p] os j 0 ] m was the elder; still Adams, John Jung, G W Kelley, Sr., _ f , , ___ A ^ . iU Wuiemta Account!, Notei. Checks U»n$, ««cution». [wm afM ' S* 1 *EAI, or Attorney to Rent, Buy, or Fills. e J»n>ino Recobdb of Dkf.ph UIIOMENTg, iNVK.S'TOmy.S «nd RETOUtOL I Bfacv R< ‘“ 0,, * ble F ®e for Krerj Serrlre. ce in All the Court* of the State of Georgia, ajko in tho federal Courts. ik kkkkk k BONyi7AMOaT8. Trantfer’gTitlet by Deeds, Bondi, Mortgagei., Leaiei, Willi, Aiiignrnenti, Partition Writs, Truit Deedi. Sittlisg Iitites For Heirs, Legatees, Creditors, Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Trustees. lieni S Jordan. J P Henderson, Thus Marshall, W W Ruck, John Huff, Isaac Hermann, Eenoch llenfroe, Silas McIntyre, Geo Gilmore. TRAVERSE JURY 2d WEEK. Wm Marlin, W It Hall Gordon W Smith, She,rod Hood, L L Adams, G W Mills, Henry T Downs, James 1 Northington, Rich F Drake, Geo J Mc- Millen, Geo R Doolittle, A R Hatha- way. John 11 Morgan, Geo C Lacy, closest friendship and love ; their — ' 1 ^ " r ‘ life was a long harmony, and dur- he looked up to Roger with grave respect, consulted him on every subject, and never either in or out of business took any step with out his advice or approval. And Roger was no less deferential: without any profession of affection, or display ot feeling, the Gourlay Bothers dwelt together in the A Webster, A II Ainsworth, R H Bras well] A R Adams, Henne.lt 11 Smith, M M Cook, Geo W Newsome, G C Walk er, Morgan L Jackson, Joel F Tomp- ing all the years of their partner ship no shadow had fallen between them, and their public life was as kins, A P Heath, Henry M Smith, C harmonious as their private inter- W Joyner, WWL Underwood, course. some Tantum, 11 A Renfro*^ WL A o ^ business they were success ful ; every speculation they made j prospered, everything they touch- Millen, James Weo Waller-, Amerso/]. P Jordan, Jno R Hall, Jno Redfearn, Jno Q ter experience that always accom panies such reverses. Fine friends faded them,flatterers looked coldly on their distress; those who had most frequently partaken of their lavish hospitality passed by on the other side. Not a friend remain ed in their adversity but one, and she had indeed the will but not the power to help them. The hoys left college and turn ed their thoughts to business. It was hopeless to attempt to follow up tneir professions with an in valid mother and idolized only sister depending cm thorn for sup" port. John secured the situation as clerk in a city warehouse. Roger accepted a desk in the of fice of Bernard Russel, an old friend of his father’s. They mov ed to cheap lodgings, and for sev eral years plodded on wearily, the only gleam of sunshine in their altered home being the oc casional visits of Alice Russel to their sister. Maude Gourlay and Alice had been school-mates and friends; they usually spent their vacations together, and Alice felt the mis fortune that bad fallen on the family as if it bad overtaken her own. But she could do nothing but pay them flying visits, send trifling gifts of fruit's and write pretty, sympathetic notes to Maude. A few years of hardship and poverty told on Mrs. Gourlay’s always feeble frame, still for her daughter's sake she clung to life with a strange tenacity; but when Maude’s lover, who had gone to Australia to make his fortune, re turned, not wealthy, but sufficien tly so to claim his bride in her al tered circumstances, Mrs. Gour lay seemed to have no other ob ject to live tor. Maude’s mar riage was hastened, and the very day after the ceremony, the poor weary, broken-hearted mother died. George Leslie took his wife back with him to Sydney, John* and Roger Gourlay v literally alone in the world. As if in bitter mockery of their Iqss and loneliness, immediately Olftcr their mother's death the brothers inherited a small fortune. But it was too late for John to go back to his studies, too late for Roger to return to Iris piano; they hnd fallen into the groove of bus inoss,and John at least was seized with a feverish eagerness to turn his small fortune into a largo one and become wealthy. So they went into business on their o^m account us Gourlay Brothers,with the firm resolution of retrieving the position their father had lost, and a very few years saw them es tablished in Whitier street and fairly on the high road to fortune. Then one quiet su mm A* oveuing as they sat over their desert John rpenod liis heart to his brother and told him of his hopes, dreams and ambitions for tho futuro. “You will be surprised, and I trust pleased, to hear, Roger, that I love Alice Russell,’’ he said, lay ing liis hand on his brother’s arm “1 can hardly remember the time when she was not dearer to me than all the world beside. The bitterest part of our misfortune to me was that it separated me from her; nothing else can over com pensatc me for the ruin of all my hopes and glorious ambition. I once dreamed of being famous Roger; for her sake I put tlmt be bind mo, and I have grubbed for gold like a miser. \Ve, Gourlay Brothers, are on the high road to fortune ; I may aspire to tho mml of Alice mow !” “Surely, John,” and the young er brother's voice was husky, and iis hand shook as he took up his glass ; “I drink to your success “Thanks, brother. 1 should have confided in you, but I tear ed troubling you on my account you would have seen a thousand shadows across my path, you would have been more unhappy than I was myself. And now 1 want you to promise that it shall make no ditlercnco between us We shall he Gourlay Brother still.” Roger stretched liis hand across the table, and John grasped it loartily. ‘Gourlay Brothers to the end of the chapter, old fellow, and may you he as happy as you deserve God bless you, John.’ John’s face became a shade two paler with emotion, and 1 walked up and down the room tew times; then he stood behind liis brother’s chair. ‘Roger, you will think me very weak, very nervous, hut I dare not speak to Alice myself. 1 could not endure a refusal from her. I have never even given her the moBt dis tant hint of my feelings. I have not the slightest reason to suppose that she regards me as other than a mere acquaintance, almost as Maude's brother. Roger, we have always been friends as well as bro- thers—stand by me in this; you are less shy and more accustomed to women; see Alice for me, Roger, and ask her tp be my wife.’ ‘John, you’re mad! You do not mean it!’ ‘I do; it is my only chance. Plead for my happiness, brother, as I would plead for yours, I am a man of few words, but I feel deeply, A refusal from her lips would kill me; I could hear it from you!’ ‘As you will, John; I’ll do my best, and Roger leaned his head on liis hand aud shaded his face from the light. ‘I’ll call on Alice to-r morrow.’ The next day was the longest ol John Gourlay’s life—a bright, waftn, happy day, that made-peo ple even in the city loolc glad atiil cheerful. lie went about his busi ness ns usual, ate bis luncheou, and walked koine lehunely. Roger was standing at tho window watching for him, hnd he kypt liis hack to him when he entered the room. Well,’ John said, gently, ‘wejl, Roger, have you seen her!’ ♦Yes, I’ve seen her,’ said Roger, facing round suddenly. ‘John, old fellow, it’s no use.’ Brother!’ and he lifted his hand as if to ward off a blow. ‘It’s no use,’ Roger went on in a hard voice. ‘Sho does not love you; she loves some one else. Be a man, John, and boar it, for there’s no hope.’ One low, stifled groan, and then John Gourlay wrung his brother’s hand and walked steadily out of the room. What ho suffered in the hours that followed no one ever enow, and when he appeared at tho dinner-table ho was calm and self- posscssi d, hut something hnd eith er come into IiIh face or gone out of it that altered him. But of the two Roger looked tho most unhap py. Tho blow had really fallen most heavily on him. ‘Jack, old follow, we’re Gourlay Brothers now to the end of tho chapter,’ he said, huskily. *I know you’ll never marry, and neither will I,' and somehow John felt that Roger meant what lie said. * * * * * Twenty-five years passed by,ft quarter of a century of changes and chances, and still tho Gourlay Brothers held tho even tenor of their way. They were rich beyond their wishes or desires and uot al together unhappy in their solitary friendship. Alice Russel seemed to have drifted completely out of their lives; her name was never mentioned, and whether she was married or dead they did not know. One morning, about the middle of September, they were walking along the King's road at Brighton, whither they had gone for their an nual holiday. Roger entered ft shop to purchase something and John stood outside, looking dream ily at tho passers by. Suddonly ho stured and advanced a step us a la dy in an invalid chair was wheeled by. Chancing to look up she met his glance with a smile of recogni tion. ‘Mr. Gourlay, it must be you, I am so glad to see you.’ ‘And I to meet you,’ John said with a conn eons bow. ‘I have not the pleasure of knowing—>’ ‘My name—1 am Alice Russel still,' she Baid frankly. At that moment Roger appeared. For an instant the blood forsook his ruddy face, while a hot crimson flush rose to Alice's pale cheek as she tried tu stammer out some words of greet ing. Roger was no less confused, and the expreosion of both laces was a revelation to John Gourlay, He felt as if the world had sudden ly drifted away from him and ho was left solitary in some unknown infinite shade. Rut there was nothing of that in his voice when he asked Alice for her address and permission to call upon her in the afternoon; then taking his brother by the arm-he led him away, and they continued their walk without exchanging a single word about the strange encounter. In the afternoon John called at Miss Russell’s, hotel, and in a few moments lie found himself seated beside her in a pleasant sitting-room overlooking the sea. ‘Alice,’ he said, plunging into the subject iit on.ee. ‘do you remember CONCLUDED ON EOURTtl l'AOE.