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THE MERCURY
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Vol. 1.
Sandersville, Ga., August 10, 1880.
No. 19
SANDERSVILLE & TENNILLE
SAN RAIL ROAD.
n n and after to-day the Passenger
Train on this road ivill run as follows:
PAS8EN0EH TRAIN,
hum Sandersville daily 9T5 a. m.
Uaves Tennille daily Ml a, m.
leaves Sandersville daily 3;3,Q p. m.
’SAmaU My i:V> v. m
P f 0 Are dispatch all articles destm-
jV A point should be marked to
opr 3, 1330'
arrival of trains at no.
13, c. It. It.
Uvdau Passenger train arrives 3:54p.m.
Down day “ “ “ , 9 /f Ga,m '
Up Night “ .
pom Night" " ItoWp- m.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
7 to 11/30 A. M.
1,30 to 0 P- if-
E. A. SULLIVAN, P.
M.
H, 1). EVANS,
attorney at law.
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA-
April 3.1. 1330
Not ns the World Givetli.
BY ELBERT L. BANOS.
There is a peace
That oomos'to me,
I know not how,
I con not see.
I find jt not
In brilliant hall,
It comes to me
At duty’s call.
From scenes of strife
That each day brings,
Sweet pence doth fly,
With timid wing*.
Tho angry look,
The unkind word,
Puts peace to flight,
Like frightened bird.
When I my way
Myself would gui^o,
Away from me
Hweet peace doth hide.
But when T clnsp
V hand divine,
O, heavenly p. : r,,
Then thou nrt mine.
(i. W. H. Whitaker,
zdeisttist-
SANDERSV1LLE, GA,
’Terms Cash.
Ofiice at his residence op Harris St.
April 3rd, tf 1880
S.
ON,
ty. Win
PHYSICIAN & SURC
Sandersville, Georgia,
Office at Sandersville Hotel,
apy 10, 1880 ly _____
ESullivan,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Sandersville, - - . Georgia.
Special Attention given to the
Collection of Claims.
.OFFCE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
O. If. Rogers
ATTORNEY »t LAW,
SANDERSVILLE GA.
Prompt Attention Given To All
Business.
Office in north west room of
COURT HOUSE,
may 4th i88() 1 y
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
o
Will prapjicc in the State
United State Courts.
Oiliee in Court House.
I li«
and
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SANDERSVILLE.
GA.
Office next door to Mrs. Bayne’s
Millinery Store on Harris street.
i4»
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
Sander kv ille,
May be consulted at, his office on
Haynes St. in the Masonic Lodge
building from 1). A. M. to 1 P. M
aud from 3 to £ji J . M.; duringoth-
,er hours at his residence on Church
St, when not professionally engag
ed.
April 3rd ly 1880
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Weekly in the country.
We publish by request the following
poem, recited by little Benny Gilnjoro,
before the Teacher’s Convention in Sun-
ilersvillc, Friday night, July 30th.
Faded Gray Jacket.
BY MBS. C. A. BALL.
Fold it up carofully, nnd lay it aside,
Tenderly touch it, look on it with pride—
For dear must it be ta, our hearts ever
more,
The Jacket of gray our loved Koldj 'r boy
jvore.
Can wo ever forget when he joined the
brave h&nil.
Who rose in defence of ouy (Southern
land,
And, in his bright youth, hurried on to
the fray;
How proudly he donn’d it, the Jacket of
gray.
His foiul mother blessed him, and look'd
up above,
Commending to Heaven the child of her
love i
What nn anguish washer's mortal tongue
may not say
When lie pass’d from her sight in tho
.Tucket of gray
But her country had call’d him she would
not repine.
Tho’ costly the sacrifice placed on its
shrine;
Her heart's dearest hopes on its altar she
lay,
When she sent out her boy in the Jacket
of gray,
His young comrades found him, and ten
derly bore—
The cold lifeless form, to his home by
the shore;
Oh! dork were our hearts on that terrible
day,
When wo saw our dead boy jp the jack
et of gray;
All! spotted and tattered and stained now
with gore
Was the garment which onoe ho so proud
ly ^vore;
We bitterly wept as we took it away,
And replaced, with death’s white robes,
the jacket of gray.
We laid him to rest in his cold narrow
bed,
And graved on the marble we placed Q’er
his head
As he proudest of tribut s our Bad hearts
could pay,
Ho never disgraced the jacket of gray.”
Then fold it up carefully, lay it aside,
Tenderly touch it,look on with with pride:
For dear must it be to our hearts ever
more,
The jacket of gray our soldier boy wore.
US, OB
Unlay,
repaired by
Jernigan.
Clinton brought Howard Manley
up for an introduction.
As she rose in the full light it;
revealed that she was very young,
scarcely twenty, yet tall of stature
and with a marked repose of man
ner.
Her beauty was not conspicu
ous—she was too pale; but Manley
saw iiow perfectly cut was every
feature, how clear the dark gray
eyes, how dark the curling lasnes.
The lids shut over little teeth as
white as milk, and the contour of
tho face was a perfect oval. The
girl’s natural and spontaneous
manner told tliat she gave the
young man, at first, no unusual
attention. Little by little she
observed him—the fair hair shad
owing the white forehead, the
dark blue, penetrating eyes, the
unusual grace of figure, the fault
less dress.
llcr manner was so cordial and
friendly and so unmistakably
charming that Manley racked his
bri.i is for tho chance of a next
meeting hut was obliged to aban
don it when Miss Forrester was
joined by her brother.
iSlie left the room, hut instantly
he thanked his good fortuflbat the
finding of a rphy scarf pin which
ho recognized ns hers. It was
epsy to decide tho ornament too
valuabe to he entrusted to a mes
senger. It was a presumption
which ho would manage with
ease to call upon her nnd restore
it.
Rose was not a hello. She had
too much depth and passion of
nature to ever be a society woman;
hut she had her admirers, and
out of them she soon chose Man-
lpy.
Mho copld not tell why, but his
looks, words, every act had i
charm for her, and sent the pin
quent blood tingling her cool
lieek at his approach told him
the story of his power.
He was a proud man—lie might
well have been a happy one—hut
he often wore an air of noticeable
weariness and depression. This
in answer to Rose’s gentle inquir
its he attributed to ill health.
Spring was opening, with its
vivid sunshine, jts balmy air, and
Rose was happy. It seemed to
her that it was the pleasant in
fiuences of the season which made
her daily ways so light; the ten
dcr colors, Bights and sounds sqr
rounding her daily walk with
Manley in the park, which made
them so enjoyable.
Perhaps they helped to make
her spirit strong so that she dared
say to herself, “I love him !’ ’ and
say it without reservation or fear
for she knew that it was but a lit
tle while since she had first met
him, and of his past history and
much of the present she knew
nothing.
No, slip feared nothing for her
self, To loye jpid be surrounded
was happiness enough for her;
she asked for no more.—Y'etsome
instinct or trace of worldly wis
dom made her withhold her con
fidence from her brother, who
was her guardian. lie knew
nothing of the intimacy.
From thg night she had first
met Manley flt Mrs. Clinton’s
ptirty, she never knew anyone
Who knew him intimately.
He
flp.se Forrester’s Escape.
“Everybody envies Rose For
rester.”
The pale girl in gold colored
silk lifted the broad lids from her
clear eyes for a moment, fts the
speaker’s words reached her- ears; j Who knew mm nn .
then she bent over the photographs 1 told her that had no living fe-
upon Her lap again. B^ives-no home.
He evidently had means at com
mand, nnd procured for her with
an ingenuity which was almost
genius, the rarest and. most beau
tiful gifts. Her delighted recep
tion of them seemed a mutual joy
which prevented any possible feel
ing of obligation on her side. In
truth, full of passionate impulses
pf youth, she was deaf and blind
to anything but the fullness of the
present,
Her brother came into the mus
ic room where she was at the pi
ano, dreamily playing one day.
“Rose, will you give me your
attention (oy a few moments ?",
She handled the pictures with
an enthusiastic appreciation of
their worth, so absorbed in their
examination as to be totally un
conscious of the tall, fair man who
stood looking down upon her with
an apparently suddenly awaken
ing interest.
Belonging to such a nice fam
ily, an heiress and so beautiful.
The continued words of
speaker reached Howard Manley s
ear, hut evidently Rose Forres-:
ter did n°t hen 1 ’ them. She turn
ed with a sparkling smile, to her
hostess, whq was still talking with,
her of the photographs when Mr.
He held an open letter in his
hand. He was twenty years ol
der than herself, a word-wise,
prudent man.
“Dr. Wingrovo proposes for
your hand. You are awaro that
it will bp a very admirable match,
are you not ?”
Rose bnd a strjmgo; stunned
feeling, yet she bowed faintly.
From childhood she had been
greatly under her brother’s con
trol.
“I should like to write him lav-,
orivbly Rose. Have you any ob
jection ?"
‘I—I—’
She found herself upon her feet
shivering in the May sunshine.
‘I would have a little time, Ed
win.'
‘Certainly, if you wish,’ though
his brow slightly clouded. ‘The
Doctor will not probably look for
an immediate answer.’
The next moment Rose had es
caped from the room and was lock
ed in lwjr chamber.
During the next two hours she you.
hardly knew what she was doing.
She found herself walking the floor
and wringing her hands. At last
sho stopped short, with a sense of
pride.
‘There is no reason—no reason
in the world—I dare not tell my
brother why I will not marry Dr
Wingrove.’
Dr. Wingrove was tho noblest
and best of men, singularly hand
some, wealthy and highly connec
ted, and barely thirty years of age
Ho had known her since childhood
never made love to her, but now
that tho offer of marriage had come
to her she realized, somehow, that
he had always loved her.
Robo whs conscious of racking
pain in the temples, at last. The
chamber seemed stifling.
Catching up her cloak and lmt,
and tying a veil of heavy black lace
across her faco she went out into
the stregt.
She soon walked herself weary
without abating her painful Bensa
tion, and turning to the street in
which her residence was situated
entered the public enclosure of
trees and shrubbery which ornftinen
ted the square. A fountain bub
bled in the center; the stone vases
of flowers sent a sweet perfume
upon the air
So close to her home she had no
timidity, and, sinking upon a cir
cular seat surrounding a large tree
she gave herself up to her absorb
ing thoughts.
It was soon dark, yet she had not
Stirred. In her black dress,
shadow, she was quite unnoticed
by two men who crossed the street
from the opposite side and sat down
behind her.
She would then have risen and
glided away quietly, but that the
movement was arrested by How
ard Manley’s voice.
How soon?’ he asked.
Now, my dear brother, I’ll stand
the risk no longer. I’ve passed
false money enough for you to shut
me up the rest of my life, and 1
value my liberty, singularly
enough,’ sneeringly.
‘Well, well, I’m willing enough
to go, Fred. Heaven knows that
I am as sick of the business as you
can he. Coining isn’t all prosper
ity. In a new country I should
feel like a new man. But—’
•The heiress?’
‘I am sure of her. But I don’t
like to urge a hasty marriage. She
has an old fox of a brother who
may be inconveniently curious re
garding my affairs. If we could
wait till the autumn, now, I might
enter some respectable business.
Both rose in their excitement,
and involuntarily walked away,
Plainly under the gaslight, Rose
saw Howard Manley and his broth
er pass over the street. They were
coiners.
More dead than alive, she crept
into, the house. But Rose was not
a wea 1 girl. Before midnight she
bad placed Howard’s gifts in a close
package, and sealed them, witli a
note briefly stating that she lmd
heard the conversation in the park.
The next morning it was dispatch
ed.
As soon as her brother broached
the subject of Dr. Wingrove’s pro
posal,'she asked to have the latter
call on her.
He came with countenance so
high of purpose, with eyes so full
truth, that she involuntarily
contrasted Howard’s old, reticent
face with it; but she told Dr. Win
grove all the truth.
‘Perhaps it was wrong, but I lov
ed him—loved him purely—and my
heart is tom and bleeding. I am
wild with a Becrel pain which I
must hide from everybody. If I
had never known him! But I can
not imagine that. This terrible
expelience has changed me; 1 am
not t,he careless, happy trusting
girl you knew. I cannot love you;
but pity me—bo my friend, I must
talk to some otio, and oh, there is
no one in the world so kind as
A Striking Resemblance.
Was Dr. Wingrove piqued by
this reception of his proposal? No,
he was too generous and tender
hearted for that.
Poor child!’ he said, in a tone
so soothing that, for the first time,
Rose gave way to a relieving burst
of passionate weeping.
What shall I do? What do
you think of me?’ she asked at
last.
We will wait, and I think that
I love you,’ he answered, quietly.
So two kept the secret of Roso’s
sorrow more easily than one, and
though her heart still knew its
pangs of grief for a time, the slim
mer brought change of scone which
was helpful to a spirit really brave
and innocent.
Dr. Wingrovo joined Rosa and
her brother at tho seashore, to find
brightness in the young girl’s eyes
again, and to the latter it was sweet
to call so kind and noble a man
friend.
Together they climbed the rocks
drank in the free air, watched the
sunsctB and the sea. Of old they
had been congenial, and now they
seemed more happily so.
There is usually a sacredness
about firBt. love, utid perhaps it is
expected of me to record the death
of my heroine of a broken heart
but I must tell the truth.
In the autumn Rose married Dr
Wingrove. Sho is one of the hap
piest wives in the world. The first
love fell from her like a false blos
som, while the second ripened rich
est fruit’.
Wisdom for Boy8.
Do you wish to make your mark
in the world? Do you wish to be
men ? Then observe the follow
ing rules:
Hold integrity sacred.
Observe good manners.
Endure trials patiently.
Be prompt in all things.
Make few acquaintances.
Yield not to discouragements.
Dare to do right; fear to do
wrong.
Watch carefully over your pas
sions.
Fight life’s battles bravely,
manfully.
Consider well, then decide pos
itively.
Sacrifice money rather than
principle.
THE MERCURY.
Entered as second-class matter,
at the Sandersville post-office,
April 27, 1880.
Two brothers, who were law
yers, practiced in the same town.
A certain gentleman requiring
legal assistance had been recom.
mended to one of the two broth
ers, hut had forgotten the Chris
tian name of him he sought, so he
called at the office of the first he
found and asked for Mr. Podger.
“That is my name, sir.”
“But there are two of that name
hero in this town ?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I consult the Mr. Pod
ger—excuse me for the allusion—
who wears a wig."
“Wo both wear wigs, sir.”
“Well, tho man I seek was di
vorced from his wife not long
ago.
"There you hit us both again,
sir.”
“The man to whom I was rec
ommended has recently been ac
cused of forgery—though, I trust,
unjustly.”
“There wo are again, my dear
sir. We have both had that in
sinuation laid at our doors.”
“Well, upon my word, you
two brothers bear a striking re
semblance. But I guess I have
it now. Tho one I am after is
occasionally in the lmbit of drink
ing to excess -Borne times to in
toxication.”
“My donr man, that vice is, un
fortunately, characteristic of tho
pair of us; and I doubt if our best
friends could tell which was the
worst.”
Well, you arc a matched pair,
certainly. But tell me,” continu
ed the visitor, “which of the twain
it was that took the poor debtor’s
oath a few months ago ?”
“Ha, ha, we wore both in that
muddle. I was on Bob’s papers
and lie was on mine.”
“In mercy’s name !” cried the
applicant desperately, “will you
tell me which of two is the most
sensible man ?”
“All, there you touch bottom,
my friend. Poor Bob, I can’t
stretch the truth, even to-'servo
brother. If you want the more
sensible man of the two,I suppose I
must acknowledge the corn, I’m
tho man.”
Sandersville, Washington Co., Ot.
Published By
JERNIOAN <6 SCARBOROUGH.
Subsenption, $1.50 per year.
DIRECTORY.
SOCIETIES.
Hamilton Lodge No. 58 F. A. M.
neets on the Second and Fourth Wed-
nes lays of each month.
Sandersville Lodge, No. 8 A. O. ET,
W. meets on the First and Third Mon-
iay nights of every month.
Neuman Lodge No 1651, Knights of
Honor meets on the First Friday
night of every month.
Harris Council No. 114 Legion of
donor meets on the Stwond and Fourth
Monday 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
rail of the Directors.
religious.
llaptisl Church.—Rev. J.SI. Adams,
Pastor, regular services every Second
Sunday and Saturday before. Prayer
meeting Tuesday nights.
Methodist Church.—Rev. Geo. C.
Clarke, Pastor, services every Sunday
morning except the Second when m
holds services at Tennille. Prayer
meeting every Thursday night.
ChristianChurch.—Rev. J. M. Am
mons, Pastor, services every Fourth
Sunday. Prayer meeting every Wed
nesday night.
MUNICIPAL.
Mayor.—J. N. Gilmore.
Glei'k and Treasurer,— Wm. Oalla-
her.
City Council.—S. J. Smith, J. O.
Pace, Dr. J. B. Roberts, J. T. Tapper,
j M. Newman.
City Marshal.—J. E. Weddon.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary.—Hot\G. C. Brown.
Sheriff—A. M. Mayo.
Clerk Sup. Court.—S. 31. Northing-
ton.
'Pax Recnvcr.—J. Hermann.
Tax Collector.—W. R. Thigpen.
Treasurer.—O. H. Rogers.
Surveyor.—Morgan L. Jackton.
Coroner.—John Layton.
SUPERIOR COURT,
Convenes on ihc Fourth Monday in
May and September. Hon. H. V. John
son, Judge. Hon. J. K. Hines, Solic
itor General, S. M. Northington, Clerk.
CO UR I OF ORDINARY. .
Hon. G. C. Brown, Judge, nit on
the First Monday in every month.
THE PEOPLE’S
Figures Speaking for Themselves.
[ALBANY ARHUS.]
The current Republican state
ment that the Democracy wholly
or mainly lelies on the South
is easily seen to be incorrect when
the figures of elections are rightly
considered:
1876
Democratic vote in the North
2,670,686
Democratic vote in the South
1,014,072
Excess of Democratic Northern
vote over Democratic Southern
vote - 1,059,Olfl
It is also true that in New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio,
Indiana, IIli 11 is and Wisconsin the
aggregate vote cast for Mr. Tilden
was greater than that cast for Mr
Hayes. These figures speak for
themselves.
Tho Result of a Lie.
Owen Buck, of Oceanicn, Mary
land, had a vicious, kicking horse,
which lie was anxious to sell. While
trying to make a bargain with a
probable purchaser, he remarked:
“That horse is so gentle that my
little girl could go up behind him
and twist his tail, and he wouldn’t
raise a hoof.’’ The little girl over:
hoard this lie, took it for the truth,
tried the experiment on being left
alone with the horse, and was kill
ed by a kick.
Dr. Tanner is annoyed by pro
posals from contractors. These
individuals seem to have an idea
that the doctor will need a vast
amount of food as soon as his fast
is ove r , and the wish to take the
contract to furnish the supplies.
One St. Lous man writes to
11 him as follows: “Dear
Sir—When will you receive seal
ed proposals to fill up your ‘long
hungry ?’ We have several large
houses here that will be glad to
furnish you with a sufficient quan
tity of watermelons, onions,cucum
bers, etci, shipped to you as soon
as you wish ” Evidently the im
pression is abroad that it will take
a car load, of stufl’to fill up the doc
tor,
Be mindful of things past, and
provident of things to come,
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Violin Strings, Violins, Boxes,
Bows, Rosin, Harmonicas, Ac-
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and
DYEING!
the benefit of inquirers
those wishing to have
Dresses, Coats, Pants Vests, Ac.,
dyed; below will be found a sched
ule of prices. Thankful for past
favors I solicit a continuance pf
the same:
Coats, $1.00 to $1.50
Pants, 75 “ 1.00
Vests, 50 “ 75
Ladies’ Dresses.... 1.50 “ 2.00
Childrens’ “ .... 75 “ 1.00
Shawls, silk 1.0Q “ 1.60
“ wool.,..,.. 50“ 75
Cloaks, waterproof. 1.50 ‘‘ 2.00
Saeques 25 “ 50
Mittens.. 10 “ 15
Feathersi. 10 “
Silk Ties 10
Kid Gloves, black.. 25
Stockings, 3 pairs.. 25
.■ Ribbon per yd..... ® 10
Handkerchiefs, silk , 10
Dying loft at either the Mercury
office or at Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery
store, with instructions as to color*
will be attended to.
MRS. C. C. SCARBOROUGH
may 18, 1880.