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The Snnrjyrs Organ For Wahiiso-
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—EDITOR.—
ri BLISHEH iiiul 1H0FRIF.T0II.
’HESPAY. Jt >1: lOlii
EDnORIAL.
Here* What mi? we i*('it»* <L>
with tlie wives who bout lheir h ,|s
ItaBclsV— Tel. and Jlrx. Plant a pnM
in every coituty in the State and use
the rah' hide fiwly.
Wir.teiinl is living
g vmnd to build the
pinerd on tin
Wiivn- s’ioivi
The Georgia St ite Sunday sehoo'
Association will hold Us Twelfth An
nual Session at Hone. (la.. 5\ (dm
<hiv, Thursday and Friday, July
22nd, Sited, and 24llu IS.Si.
Pclihcralnly Killing (iis Futlicr
! John 0. Day. nged twenty-one,
! shot and killed his father nt his
homo in chiron, Penn 1 , Juno 22.
The young man lmd returned
home intoxicated and had taken n
rillo outside to sliool pigeons as
| he said, he attempted t > kill n cal
j when his father asked him to de
sist. A dispute arose and the tiro
| men clinched and fell to tint ground
together. They were separated ami
j the gun was taken away from the
I voting man, who immediately en-
; tered the house and again secured
it. The father at the time was
! standing a short distance from a
front window and the sou, seeking
him I here, steadied his weapon
against a door and til ed. The hall
eiiteccd his lathei's hip ami pa-sod
•hough I he body, Tim wound'd
man gasped a few times ami tins
j dead' The murderer was arrested-
SO! lKt.KN (JIIIIS.
From I he ape of lift eon to twenty
the .Southern girl is i, joy to the be
holder. A e real a v complexion, with
sometimes, hilt not often, n faint
llnsli of pink under.icatli, soft eyes
with a world of dreanm in them, a
rounded figure, tiny hands and feet
and kittenish ways, make it no nnir
vel that tlu youth in:i l i-cHiu- of New
Orleans is nio- tly manicd at twen
ty-one or twenty-three, A girl of
twenty who inis no r ic'.vi-d half a
dozen oilers at least is socially a fail
tire. Girls are educated to marry
and to detest the lircnnist.-ire as that
compel them to earn tin ir living in
a less womanly wav.
Aitttiiaistrnler's I i-unission.
OF,OIK HA—Washington county.
ORDINARY Oh I 1 Il.l'j, Peri'v & Denton)
J. IV. Waller and J It. M in.n-r, Atftnlnis- 1 ^ I
Orators of Ihe is(«te nt Wiu.tl 1’nrker IhO- ol ■ L , t , ,, ^
" usliiiiaton County Superior Court,
.VuitIi Term )88.».
mi id i
tint* ill Will. I
nunly deb^nKed, npplie
Park ft Inti* ol
to ino lor l( i-
S. S. Prosser.
liiorlgngo forcclos-
iirt* <in realty.
t* rs of iii-inisrtion from th« lufnnntstiftiio
ol said t slnto nnd I will pnfia upon thf
application nit tin* 1st Monday in .Inly,
nt my oilier in Saudersviihv
Gm*n arid* r my Imnd nnd official sigtn
Inn, this Mill Marrli l-’Ko.
M. NEWMAN, Oidinarv.
CUIBHAKJ
mM
til'l l
.d ),
life
.STOMACH .
Hi
I. lob
Judge Forster is said to Imv
o law practice worth
Col. W. It. Johnston ami Miss
Man Kllen have ret timed lotliccitv.
$2>,000 a H hen ('ol. Johnston readied N. N.
year. Strange that a lawyer with
such a business should neglect it
to he beaten for goveimr.
and had purchased his ticket to F.u
rope, he received a cahelgrmii from
his attorney in London announcing
that Ii'.r presence was not needed just
at this timo.-—Trl. il Jim.
A child playing with matches i
has caused 232 houses in the Hun-1 The most prominent convert that
Imsyot declared himself nt the Rev.
gariatt village of Ncmedi to lie de
stroyed and mado bankrupt tin
w hole population'
.. ««•> **
The bV.v. Thomas Harrison, the
**bov preacher.” who has gone from
j -Sum Jones’ meeting in Nashville,
, l enn., is Goii. TV. II - Jackson, owner
I <>f tho great Hell Mead stock farm,
and brother i f Si nator Jackson, of
that State, In his public confession
L misvllle to Itenver, estimates that | he said that often during tho late war
tho thought of embracing tho Chris
tian religon came to him, but ulrib-
uting it to a fear of tho bnttlo he
would dismiss il. Ho resolved, how-
over that after tho war ho would do
so. After tho war he investigated
for himself, and thobesl light lie ever
received on tlio subject was “Green-
loaf on EvidenceI linvo faith it
is tho only life to live. I canto to
this conclusion nfter having tried life
in all itn phrases. ?Iy heart is now in
tho right direction. I have per
formed the duties of husband, father
and citlsensbip, and henceforward,
| God helping me, ] shall stand closer
to jjJ.Tirisl.and perform the duties of
a Christian.
Ii? has “converted” ■10,0(10souls since j
(lie beginningofhis evangelistic ca ;
reer.
Prof, lturdon Sanderson, one of the ■
ablest of Knglish physieans, said in I
a raeent lecture on cholera, that il |
the disease Intended to attack I.on |
don this year it would long ago have
been oil the march.
A I.iviugstoucounty, N. Y., wo.
niA'i is the mother of 27 children.
Injtlto lkee of these awful statist'es
there urn yet people in the Slate
of New York who are asking wl y
there ate so many men who don't
■tarry
—
The American hog holds bis
own, nnd pork packers look cheer
ful when men engaged in other in
dustries are despondent. From
March 1 to the present date 2.080,-
OUO hogs have been packed, as
iigiinst 1,815.000.
The strawberry crop of the Mas-
tern shore Maryland, is more prof
itable than the oyster crop. This
region promises to heeomc the great
late trucking garden of the Atlantic
const, and there is very little im
provable land in it that is not now
under cultivation.
General Gordons diary
letter from K1 Malidi to General Gor
don, telling him of the dentine.ion
taken with him.
Thp largest diamond in the world is
• lIcKiie Hie ( III lain IJi-.es.
(.From the Chicago News.
Colonel Daniel Lnmont—There is
a person in the hall who craves an
niuliancc.
I’residont Cleveland—Is lie from
Chicago or St. Louis?
(’olcncl I.amont—Uy my faith I do
not know.
President Cleveland—Veil, please
inquire whether he’s a colonel or a i
judge. [| lie s a colonel he is from j
St. l.cnis; if he’s s |i;dge lie is from
Chicago.
The I'm Ills ol I’rnlilltilion.
i Klluvillo, Ga., dime 23.—[ Special. ]
oalaiiisa 1 ^ •** sale ol whisky was prohibited j
in this county in 1875.
1’roperty giving in for taxation
that year was $041,11)8 I
of the steamer Ablins nnd of the 1’roperty giving in in SI 741,ltd
deaths of Stewart and the others . Showing an increase of i)!l,!)12 j
who accompanied him on the ill fated About Hirer \ ears ago the q nest ion
... , , was submitted to a vote of our i to \
voyage, with the precise documents! , , . , , *
1 r , M ( . 1 > pie to keep an independent eiiiiiliilate
! from running for the legislature on
| that issue, and the vote stood five
to one in favor of prohibition. There
t >on to be eat at Amsterdam, where was but seventeen white men in the
a special workshop is being construe* j county that voted fur the sale of
ted. This gem is south African, whisky, We had tried il “and found
aud wieglis 175 carats, thus being K"'" 1 ■" S” tills eounly is ..no
, . , ,, ol the pioneeis on the prohibition
li.i carats heavier than the “Grand ; .pu-stCm. ()ur , it iz.ciis are content
Mogul'’ belonging to shah of Persia, eland happy; the negroes respect
«nd hitherto the biggest diamond I'ul and obedient. 'J’lieru is seldom
known. 1 any violation of the penal law. There
| has been but one warrant issued
A Powerful text for the anti-ineo Inst September in till! county.—-
tobacconist is furnished by a soldier 1 GunahVa/ioa.
How on his way I* the Washington i
Insane Asylum, driven thereto by
the consumption of 10 pounds of! [Special to the N. ^ . World.]
eh swing tobacco per month. . ^‘‘^’r'Ws throughout Wash
‘ | ington are very mueli gratified over
He must have eaten it, one would ■ i)>>- report given by Senator Dan
\ oorhees of an interview he had with
the President. Senator Voohoes says
that Mr. Cleveland told him that lie
intended to uunove Ifepulilieati office
holder of any prominence at the ear
lies'., possible moment. “The Presi
dent,’’ said the Senator, “assured me
that not one ol them would lie left.
The only delay now would simply be
that which was absolutely ueccssurv
to secure good men to put ill their
places.” All this is eonliinatory of
what has been previously printed in
these dispatches upon the subject.
There is to lie a general change and
these eh a ages will come very soon af
ter the begining of the fiscal vear.
W hui a chief dies in Stika his
wives,pass to his next heirs, and
unlosthe.se relicts purchase their
freedom with blankets, they are
united to their grandson or nephew
as a matter of course. High-strung
young Si washes sometimes scorn
thece legacies, and then there is war,
all the widows resenting such an
outrage of decency anil established
etiipielte. it issai.l, however, that
henpicking is to small a word to
describe the way in which the wives
bully their lords. Woman’s rights
have reached a development among
the Sitlcans that would astonish the
woman sutlrage leaders,
Every IJejiiHitieiui Jliist Go.
plug
He i
imagine.
Under the Mexican law a creditor
«an have a debtor arrested on the day
the debt fulls due. The prisoner is
chained to a post five days, guarded
»i.V an officer. At the end of the
time, if the money i« not forthcom
ing th« mau’s laliir is sold to the
government for -10 cents a day for as
many days as will he necessary to
discharge the obligation. The inis
arable debtor is sent to the silver
mines, where he is chained to a gang
of felons and is compelled to work
•nidi"' ground. He sleeps under
if round anil never sees daylight again
until restored to freedom.
The ideal Christian community
would seem to be in Iowa, where mi
dor one pastor, Presbyterians, J!ap
lists, Cougrnga’.ionalist, and others
are harmoniously working together.
The Sunday school superiiitendant
and two of the Liible class teachers
are liaptists, one of the elders is a
t 'ongregalionalisl, and another is a
Lutheran.
The “City of Churches” is ilrook-
lyu, Noiv York; the ‘The City of
Masts is London; the City of Mon
iimeuts is Jiultiiiiore Aid.; tho “City
of Iiofuge” is Medina, Arabia, where
Mohammed took refuge, when driven
by conspirators from Mecca; the
“City of tho Sun" is Baalec; the
‘City of the Trines” is Galway Ire
land, the residence in J220 of thir
teen tribes who settled there; and
• ho “cleanliest city in the world” is
E t':, iu Holland,
A Itelie of Hie Aliolitioit Times
Front the Lowell Mail.
In removing a book ease at Hie
city clerk's office a small size paving
stone was brought to light, covered
with the dust of ages, which triuii-
H<ui says was hurled through Hit-
window of George Thompson, the
anti-slavery orator many years aco.
I.l older a i I ii . in I
and rl.onmall-ui
and i*i.ftlic"r.,-it-
i-l value in r:i-c
url-iidilv Iri-uVi-
—.— ari.-ine fruin wi-at
5lTTE^?7ra*
Middy acrvici-tlilo In eonvato-ci-nt-i and la
dii-s in di'tirala lii-aldi II i-< niori-nvor a
UH'fiit niedieine to lake widi oik- on tong
iimrnevs, nnd eomilera<-tn tlic i (livt- of nu n-
(at t-xlniiiatinn. For kuIl- liv all drllggiala
anti dcali.-rs gi-neraIty.
Klimll-I’iivtii \ ioleiit Eoi-iii,
A dispatch linn been received at
the War Department nt Washington
from Fort Davis Tex., raying flint
small pox has broken i.uf there in a
violent form, and that, there are no
facilities for taking care of the sick.
HI It I) it FA SON.
Tho old blind instinct theory of
bird architecture nppeats to have
(inite broken down. The proofs are
most convincing that blind instinct
has very little to do with the matter.
Birds as nearly as possible imitate
the nests in which they were reared,
and bring to tho work a sort of rud-
imentry reason. As .Mr. Charles j
Dixon says, “.Manlius to lent ti the
particular art of house building)
practiced by his own peculiar race;
birds have to do the same.”
(Totvriiug the Auriuw Gouge.
The “Ethel \V. Stetson" is the
iimiiu of another new engine wliieli ■
now grttees tins A - (I. nnd S. rail
road yard nnd track, and Ihosi-;
dent Mitchell is the busiest man
in the county. He is just cample- I
ting his new depot warehouse, and j
a; putting on new cars every day j
lo accommodate the increased trnv j
el and constant excursions which I
crowd bis line.
I
Aug. Err wing A'ri cp.
It is stated that ex-Troasnrer J. AY« i
Ronfroo is now in Washington city
armed with a weighty petition urg
ing bis appointment ns I’ostmustei
of Atlanta. It is snid that in addi
tion to the support of both of tin
United States Senators from Gooi-
gia which Mr. ltcufroo lias in this
eundidaey, tho petition is signed by j
Gov. McDuniul, Chief .Tiistico Jack- 1
sail, Jnstieo Mark Blandford, of the !
Supremo Court, Ti easuror Haiilcmau -
Commissioner of AgricuUmo lion-
dorson, Mayor Hillyer, irun. J. Jl
I’olhil), Chairman of the Slalo Deni,
ociatic K.xceutivo Committeo, and
ipiitoa number of citizens of Atlanta.
To these liame.s added by report
that of Attorney General Anderson
nnd Jinlgo William It, llainiuouil,
of tho Atlanta circuit' Mr.lloi free's
candidacy was father urged by strong
personal letters from tho Govenoi
and the Chief Justice, It is also
said that in the face of this backing
otiior cnuliid lies have already ret in d
from what they naturally conceived
0 bo a liodeless sniggle. The alloguo
(candidacy is made tho occasion i'oi
thorough airing of Mr. Itnfi'jo’d
record as Treasurer of Georgia.
—Sav. Ni ich .
SHERIFF’S*' SALES
FOR JULY 1885.
Will b(i sold before tlic court house door
in the city of Sandersvilie Washington co,.
! Ooorgia on the lirst Tuesday in July next the
1 (iollowing i»iuperty to wit:
j 118 uoruK of land, moi’o. or Iofh, in tlu*
OUtli Dint. (i. M. in Washington county,
Oa., adjoining lauds of Jackson ltcufroo,
; and the North, on tho Last- by lands ol
i A L Gritlin, S >uth by lands of Jessei*
Prosser, and West by lands of Martha
; Wardswoitli Levied on as the pioper-
; ty of A L Grinin, to satisfy ii Superior
j Court Ii la in iavor of (r AV Haas vs A
, L GriiHu. i’roperty pointed out by
I pnlintiff's attorney, and legal notice given
' tocont in possession. This June 5th 1885
! Also at the same time and place will he
i os Id one tract or parcel of land lying in
\\ ashington county Ga, containing one hun-
| 11 red and fifty (150) acres more or less, being
the homestead of Mary 10. Jirantley alias
-Mrs. j M Brantley, adjoining lands of Wa.sli-
; ington Smith, William Smith, Wilson
Shealy and Rohm Young; levied oil as the
, property of Mrs. Mary K Rra-tlcy alias
' Mrs J M Brantley, to satisfy a Superior
| court Ii la in favor of William Stephens vs
j J ^ Brantley by reason of a Hina vit of J
iC Harman attorney for plaintiff, that the
i homestead is subject. Property pointed out
; iu Hllldayit and by plaintiJPs attorney and
i legal notice given defendant in posession.
1 Teis 5ih June JSS5.
C. A WALL, Slietifl.
1 3-12-
1'or I.• tiers of Guardianship.
GEORGIA -Wiiahington County
(.); PlNAhV’s OlTliT.
Rabun M. Hall, having in due form tip-
plied t<» the undersigned for li tters of gum -
! (huii'-hip oI the person and property of Hal
its Vutcs minor orplmn of Da thin • . A’ltcs.
! 1 ite of *m l v 'iinly, dconised, nnd f w ill pass
upon siiid application on llio first M-mduy
hi July 1885, at my » Hle<! in Sandt rsvdb*.
Given under my lmud otlicmlly this -Oth
i \ pi il, 1885,
M. NEWMAN, Ordinary.
5-21-11
l'"t Litters ol Adininistn.tioff.
(«E( )R<, IA Wuhliiu^ion County.
Oli DINAR Y\S' OFFICII,
;> ilDU'on lli im inti has in due form applied
to tint mob isigued lor littirs of iidniinis
trail *n on flat (Bliito of Mrs Anni
man, late ht said county, d
f'llss upon said applies
• lav in August, 1 b5, at m\ ifttue in Simlits
vil!. .
Given under ray Imnd
day of June, 18>5.
M. NEWMAN, Ordinary.
f. 25-It
Par bettors ol Administration.
GEORG1A —Wnsbin^ton County,
ORDINAKV iS OFFICE.
W. Miles »'ox has in duo form npplird te
tho undt I’signed for p« rmanent letters of ad
mininfration on tho astute of John Pox late
of said county, dectimod, and I will pass up
on snid application on tho first M today in
August, 1885.
Given under my hand and r fllulid higtm-
turo this -tlh day <>f June, 1885.
M. NEWMAN, Ordinary.
fi 25 It
Po Letters of Admiuistrutioti.
OEOIIG1A—Washington County,
ORDINARY'S OI’FICF,
S-llomou lloi-nmnn tuvi ill ilno fnrni up.
|-1 o 1 in tho muli THiijUi-il lor lulli-rs ol ml-
ministr iti-iii on tho t-mtoof Isn-io Hortuaao,
litoot riii-1 conn tv. ileconm J, imil I will , hikk
npon his nppiioiitto on (ho first .Monilsy in
AnKiist, KWi, ut niy oliioo in Hnnitorsvilh-.
(tivi-n iitoli-r toy tmml otiichilly, thi.s
2IU J ty ol Jimo. 18S".
M. NKWMAN, Ordinitry.
0-2r. it
'l ilt' («'n. .Stale s. S. Con veil) ion.
This Convention wifi linlj its 12th nunn- 1
sossi-m in Itonio, on tho 224, 2 4 nnd 21th
“Rule Nisi.”
Il it|>|ipiimig to ilie ooui't by tho po
ll ion ol I’oi i v A Donlon that S. S.
I’m- - or on tint lltli tiny of Mnv 1N84,
exooiltoil mill ilolivoioil n niiii'lgngc oil
a ooi'tniii Han't or jin reel of land 1 \ i n lt
in s.-iiil o.unity, to-wil : ‘ <)no Itmnlrod
mi l Ittoaly sovou iicros, nim-o or loss,
lying mill In-big in iho ll'Jtli district
(b M , \\ ii si i i ii gl • >n ('mimv (in., ml-
i- iiig laloNol ('. L. l’ros.i-r, \V. 11.
() (juiiin, i., Mi-Cnv mnl mhors, for
1 hi- pui| oso of sooiiring tho piiymout
of ii oi-rlnin proiiiis.siiiy tmlo for ouo
hmnb'oil and sovonty live ilnlhirs with
!awfu! interosl mid ton por coni allor-
novs tVos inailu on tho lltli ilny of
J/.iy i.'s.sl, mnl pnynhio to Iho said
I’-mtv A Denton, mnl duo on Iho first
day of Si ptomht r LSSt, whicli -,ii4
nolo nnd niortL'-igo, the. snid S, S. l’ro--
sor rofnsos lo pay.
il i- lliorolbru ordoron 11■ ill iho snid
S. M. I’r. .-..or pay into IhisciiMrl hoforo
tho next term ihcronf, tho prinoipnl,
lawful intori sf. mnl ti ll par cent ultor-
l. mnl I will | noys I'oi-s duo on sni 1 noli) nnd mort-
Iho lii-l Mon- ,-ni-o, mill iho cost of this suit, or ill
on failure of snid S S Prosser uml O L
Prosser so to do the equity of rede! p-
lion in and to send mortgaged promises
he forever thereafter burred mid fore
closed.
And it is further imlered tluit this rule
he published in the Snndersvillo Merru-
r.v for four months or ii ropy served oil
tiie snid S J- l’rosser nnd O L Prosser or
llieir speein! ngi’iil or nttni'iie.v nt least
i In iv lnolltlis before the next term of
lliis court.
By the court ] John Walter Ruliison
March term 1 S8-‘> | Pi'litiniicrs nttornev.
II. \V. CAUSW FILL Judge S (J WV
True extract from tin*, minutes of the
Superior court of Washington enmity
March terin lSfjh. This March 81 1H1T>.
A M MAYO Clerk
let'll nil the rent' i he cum t will proceed
iully Hits 23d nx I" justice may appertain.
i And it is I’m tin r orderoil tluit this
- rale lie published in the -Saiult rsville
J/i-reury, u newspaper puldisheil in
siiil i-ouuty of Wnshiiigt once u
inoutli for limr months, or served on
| ill-- di-fi ud.'inl, the said S. S. Prosser,
his special agent, or nllorney, three
mont s previous to the next term ol
I this court. This J/nn-li Mill 188o.
R. W. GiYRSWFILL
Judge 8. C. W. C.
Trim (xlract from the minifies of
ihe Superior Court of Washington
County ,1/areh term ISs.'i This .1/nrcli
•'list 1885. A. .1/. J/AYO, Clerk.
Washington County Superior Court,
March term I8 s r>.
1 ’erry A ! lenton i
vs ■ mortgage foreclosuro
(). L. Prosser \ on really.
“Rule Nisi"
It appearing to the enurt hy tho pe-
titinn of Parry A Denton, that (), L.
Prosser on the lltli <1 ->y of I'eliruiiry
I •;!•’.>5, executed and delivered a mortgage
mi a certain tract or parcel of land lying
in said enmity tn-wit: “One hundred
anil twelve acres uf land more or less,
lying in tie'Otllli District G. M. Wash-
ington ('-ui ity said Slate, adjoining lands
el Ji.ly next. Tho county Sjorctarios a ,e of S. S. Prosser, W. J. (>'<Jitimi, \V
desired to repott tho number of schools in
llieir respective ooun'.ivs together with the
I lall, John Lawrence and others for tho
purpose of securing the payment of a
e.rtain proniissory note for one liuudred
, ... , , , ee.riain pinmissory note for one hundred
iVl'o S in-etary ^th tew < 'T* ’AAV?!
vt mi mi, Mr. 3. ('. Courincy ol Ailsutn, f,.- < 1 , n1 ''••'•rm ys fees, made on the lltli
I'.ire lie- ldlli ol July,
tiuu desired.
Their prompt uttc-n-
Wrighlsvi 1) 1’,,'corder, Gibson EnUrptise
and tSwuiushoro Finn Forest | I asox'opy.
lay of February IsHI, ami payable to
the snid Perry A Denton and due on tho
first of September nfter its (late, which
said ante and mortgage the said O. L.
Prosser refuses to pay.
It is therefore ordered that the said O.
L. Prosser pay into tliis court on or l>o-
■‘('illioilv Onsfiliilo ioi- Is.sr,,
Olio toiieber's Iostitutu will h» hold llii- _ .
your in (lie city of Atlanta, coimmneing Jii- lore the, the next term thereof, the prill-
ty 27tli nnd eonlinulng lour weeks. Alt the ] cipnl, interest and nltnriieys fees at’ore-
liiaoliers t.f the St-ito of i iery grade nro in j su'd, due on said note nnd mortgage, ami
ul-,1, IIH lire also Soho- 1 'Hi-wrs and nl! otlni ,|,e cost of this suit, or in default thereof
e.itiz.'-i.s inti [i-slnit in t-jitcmioniJ mntl.-r-.
Tin re will he sepnralo bn 1 I.dlh and irccom-
n< dn ions b r llit; colored leaohor-, lint tin-
same instruotors serving tbu wliito teaober-
will ti 'U-li tliem nisi
K|>eclnl arrangements will ho mavln wltU ,
tho liob Is mid 1 oar-ling liouses, aud lib- rut : month for four months arseivi-d on tlio
rates will be given by tlio railroads. Too | siriil O. L. Prosser, his special agent or
S'ate SelnK I Oiuninissioni r w.l take great I attorney, three uiiililhs previous to the
pleasure In lurni-hhig lo n-1 who may address ; „,. x f term of this eiinil. This March I I
him lor further iiitimu-itiiiu n printed stale- J{. ||'. (! A US It’Kl ,L
<»NE III \ lilt 1.1) YEAUS OI,I>,
Tin: Anasr.i Ciiuusnuj: was cstah
lisht'.i id ITfio, hut is still young, vigor-
tins ami progressive, ami fully up lo the
requirements of a fir-1 class newspaper.
Democrat in polities, honest and fearless
in the, advocacy of all good measures—
the origin of no ring or clique, it has no
friends to reward. Or enemies to punish.
The purpose of the Ciiunxici.K is In ad
vance public good and to support such
measures as u i!l inure to the mural, so
cial, educational advancement of (lie
State aud country.
The column of the Clinoxtci.K are freo
from the taint of sensationalism ami the
depravity engendered hy immoral pub
lications.
< )ur telegraphic news service is full
nnd complete. The ('iiitoNlui.t-: contains
nn average of nine thousand words per
day from the New Yoric Associated
Press. This service is supplemented hy
our able and talented corrt-spolidi'iils a
Atlanta and Goluinliiii, w ho are iiulcfa,
tigalile in their Inborn to give our read
ers the latest news and the most inter'
csting letters.
()itr accomplished nnd brilliant asso
ciate, Mu. Jams.s U. U.isn.u.b, of the ed
itorial stall', sends our readers lik graph
ie anil interesting letters from Washing
ton during the session of Gongress.
The (.'iiiioxua.K. publishes the full tel-
egraphie service of i.lie New York Asso
ciated Press,
T KIIM.S:
Morning Ivli'.ion, (i inns So 00
•' 1 year 10 011
Fveiiiug Edilinn, (i mob 3 on
“ 1 year 0 00
Weekly F.ilition, (1 inns 7-’>
•' 1 year 1 2d
•Sunday Glironiclo, I year 2 00
Tilt- Kveniilg ('linniiclc is the largest
mnl elie.anest 1) illy paper in tho South
ns it publishes all the telegraphic news,
ami all tho news of the morning paper,
and is tent to suoserioeis „t i'U per year.
The Weekly is now a ten page paper,
hut in April it w ill lie twelve pages - 84
columns. Ii, is filled with important
news.
Tlie Sunday < fiironieln is a large eight
tlage paper, and ctmiaiiis fifty-six col
umns of matter, fcipeceimii copies free.
Address
ClIHO.NtCBF, A
(IO \ ST I TUT tON ATilST.
J’.'.tiui i.YY.u til, President, Augusta. Gil
nr. Samel Ilodgen’Alternative Compound SiraVnarli
with Io'liut* I otasli. 1 111;) ooniuuiinJ i* niicai., ..
nriicle or
|The Great Blood Purifier !
■ Dn*.compound m purely ' V H
j "V •"gredient is perfectly- l.ar.,d'e)., bf ; '
having tail'llseteeleil from roots and herbs po , s . "i‘„ "' ,l
m 'die d properties, when combined forms a 4!rt
fill' clllcie.it and plcusam medicine li,r the removal
"'cut cure of am. diseases arising fro,,, „„ i,„P‘’ r -
I.H lie system, viz: On|mre state
Chit/*, MeumaUm, Scrofula or AiW„ p..-,
Sraldhrail or Inter, Chronic Sore Euen -riij-h
Chrome Sore;y>f all kind* /Ml,, ^ s$hS
hhmmahm, 1‘nmargand Sceondan, S,mhi/L'
,™, MM:, / Z
A o ne,!, and /lladder; renovate, and u,cu,oJ e , l
,1/stcni; act, genii;/ on the botvels. A, ah
and lor general delntitg, it i, „ „w,t excellent rlmlT
CAMPBELL brothers'*
Druggists, 8o’u Miintiliieiurers. For sale hv nil liJT*’"•
Fr.ceJ, per buttle, or U^or |i. Liberal di^Zf’
'ro/>ri.-lor, and Jlanufaelurer, of
:thioipan
guNTMEMT!
A nov**r failing iviihmIv for BiinJ, IRooJin^, Itchinir, in-
tcinal or Rrotniiliii^ l*il<*s. Givis almost iiistaulanuoiiHio-
li» f. uml will * Ilift a |m’Milan 1 t ctuv. Price $! per Gc»tt*u v
or 0 lor $5.
TESTIMONIAL No 1.
CAMPBELL BK()S-it tiflor.la me |ieuulinr ptenxure to
| IcfltilY to thp urent Glicacy nfyour Kthiopiau PileOiutmenL
! I was mi inUMOc 8*llcror from ProUnJiiiK Pile*, and a fev
applications of this woii'lcrfuI romedy speedily c Heuted ;
pormanent cure. Truly,
J M II AW KINS, 70 South 11 iirh St.
min.NlAL No l
> al'cetcd with 1’IIph fur twenty yenrH 1
•. I in ill v us- a the IvtliUipUn PlL olnt-
ut*ei|. It KMVt
■ riIIV, llmt I
Him 1.41-
trl.-.l every
incut, lllul |"l!iu| it tin* >«•!•> Iit-t |'lt |)('|'ilt|i
mo ulni't-l iiibiunt ri I Uf uiul Iiiik eil'e. it U u j eru.inieiit
, , . Ko A. lilKLAND,
I- ortuorly of Itn,hit In, now ofllreen, l'ltlllips \ • o. Nunlivlllo, Venn.
Campbell Bros. Druggists Nashville, Tenn.
tSiNTMBfiS,
FOR SALE BY A. MATHIS
■HtCGGIST, KVYUEHM
YII.I.E, 44,1.
Gun, Pistol and Machine
REPAIR SHOP.
RUING all you PISTOLS, GUNS, nnd SEWING MACUINS If vou
J wanl llietn put in tfood oi'dcv at n roasotmblo price, to " ’’
; the enn t will tiroceed as to juslirti umy
, apoertiiin. And it is further (iMeit-il
that this ruin b- puhlisheil in the Sand-
i er.'Viile Mercury, a ul'Wspaper published
in knid county nf Whslnngtim, once
W atciiua,
AND JEWELRY
BLI’AIUF.D BT
I tul^o S. t !. IE. ().
r IVuo (‘xlract from tin* minutes of tho
Superior court of ll'.i liiimton county,
Man li term 18'5. A. M. MAYO Clerk.
Washington ('utility Superior Court
March term 1885.
nn nt iRvit»n lull detiiilH
It is int< rule 1 tlut this Institute shall lie in
ul mi n co of an j tiling In irtofore seen in Geor
gia, both in the llttemlatDM which is
«xpeeteil. ntul in the nutuber ol inbtruotoih
and led itroih on special topics.
The S*uio Bchot I Comini* ►loner will bo in
ebntge ol the Jm-titnto ami will ro^uluiH
ive inslrr.utiou in tho school 1 iws of Hie j jj ,... v c. i
Suite. S'ljieiiolendent W. 11. Bilker, ol Si- j ’ , c . l
vAiinab, J- iperintcnJent R. M. / ttler (*t ; . ^ L ' r 'j~ 1 c (,ft
M icon, S i pet ini. ndi-nt W. F. Slaton nf At- 1 We,• I (."realty
1 intn, and Pi* si-lent J. lion is (Jhnppdl, ol i t Rule Aid
iho Ai-ih inn M'lilo Ni'i tn.il ti-dli g«, will hi j Tt appearing to the court by tlio pe-
he ir-sti i.i-t iis m wtuvt may tic termed tin- titinn id Perry A. Deiitun that S. S. Pros-
regular branolK a, viz : Sp.iiing, Reading, j „or on tlio IO1I1 iltiy of March 1888 ex-
IViiiiinti-liip, (irammar, (i.ogriipliy nun ! ei-uled and didiveretl n on a
Vritt ,n. ti.-. Thcsf gcntli m.u, by long i x r c- I ,„ u ., „ r Wl j,|
nil,'-, a-, wtlasby mm,,, 1 qu. lilica iocs l c.mutv to wit: ( hie hi cl anil twelve
nro (mux-nth hlled lor Iho work iiKhi^ne»l • ■
II,. m. 'I he.-;, will also lm bmlvue.t.on give,. : 2 1 >' 11,1 'i''" 1 ...' Ui.sh. ly" gand
in tin* Niitiuul ScieoccK, iu tho higher M itb.- , .' ri V* u - l ‘ ,< ' f* *'*•» . ^Ltsh*
« nmticH, mo. ! indton eotinty and Ma‘e. ol (ic.ortria ami
A distiiiguisliM'1 corps of instruotors have akjoininp; iands on the north if (). L.
I eon hocured in spe< iu! hu! j ict.-i. AmouR | PmsM'r, L ist by Win. < J’Rhiin, South by
'In ri* are Rev. Hr U 11. Tucker of Atlmta. Levy Ali t'oy, and we t by Ira Cham*
I’r il. II. A. tv’i'inp of Emery College, Hits, (Jeor^e. and Win. null, for (Im
d i it J. II. ( o Id 1I -Ij Ij ,, <d \\ oflord Col- j purpose, of seeuriu^ the. payment of a
lo *, *». ( His. higII and Phtllips ot 1 enn- j t . t .,| a in piomissory note for one hundred
! Hom'd'T>. Tick', M,nn” l.l!.'!).. <ft La.'caster! , , l " llar ' i i " i',! 1 lawflil interest and | ten per
j Petin., ft tiDin of wotld-wiilo reputulioii atlm m’y■- h‘ (, s, m ido oil t U*. 1 >th day ol
j among educational men. March 1>SJ uml payable, to the said I er*
Oar high s.dio.d n-ai-bciH an, dimostly in- and Diuitoii and duo tin the first day
• iu 1 to intend. Ti-achi-r s Instilati-s. scon- of September IHStt, which note, and
nr or l-ittr, mn-t h'-com-n permmout fcaturi , mintgitgi: till, .said IS. !S. l’tosser refuses
if our oducidional R\Rt«ui. By nvnihiip : ti) pay.
Hum a Ives <t tjm ad van ago < * fTmed now to |( j s therefore ordered that said S. S.
j te.iGicr-pnp. rt they will U qmiliHml lor the ! , WiT ,, ly illtlJ t | lis n>urt on or by the
Aork to which niutiv o them wt themselves >*. , . ' ;• ,, . , .• r .,
1 ho hereafter called ’as Im-titnt- fustraetors 1,1,1 ,lllv 1,1 ,u ’ xl "'" ,1 ,l “'
tiiTsravrs ,i. unit,
JBRHIGAN
MILLINERY STORE.
The uti'li-rsigiics w ill open on April
the first, a Mi linnrv Store ut Davis-
liom Git., wherothey will keep a
nice mock, consisting; of till <gi,<uIk
usually k. pt in u millinery store.
Give ns a call.
Mrs. Sal I ic Sessions & Sister
March 21! '85. Davislioro Ga.
10AUDJNG
lOUSE.
Boaril enn lie litiil at the resilience
of Mr. A. W. Jackson, north eml of
Harris street, at reasonable rates.
M 10-'s5—If.
A. J. JERNIGAN
DLALKRIN
■’J. X H XUIJI'J
On Jotnignii btroel, Next to Air. Hcnj. W'liiihlon's Residence,
THE WHEELER AND WILSON NEW NO. 8
IT I-S LIGHTEST RUNNING
AND HAS NO NOISY S1IUTTLP1
IT IS NOT DANGEROUS TO
HELTII i.IICE HEAVY RUN
NING AND NOISY SHUTTLE
MACHINES.
AGENTS WANTED ’
SEND FOR PRICE LISTS AND’
TERMS.
ADDRESS
WHEELER d: WILSON MFG’GO
ATLANTA OA,
M. D. DAVIS
SANDH’ SVILLK. (
Speeltieles ,V l-Iyt; OlaiM-s.
Gold Speetaeles,
nnd Kyi! Glasses,
Silver and White
Metal Speetaeles,
and Eye Glasses,
Steel Spectacles,
and Eye Glassos,
with line Lenses
I'o r sal e a t
A. J. JERNIGANS
J t-avKi.itv Stokk.
lirst day nf the. next tenn thereof, the
principal, interest and attorneys fees,
afureraid due on said note anil mort
gage, anil the cost of this suit, or in ile-
I'ault thereof the court will proceed as to
justic ■ may appertain, and it is further
nrilereii that t lie rule be puhli-hetl in the
Samlcnivillo Mercury, a newspaper pub-
i)( tho lit. Vernon li.iptist AH«ootiitton to be | lished in said county, ime ti month for
S a'.e S .hoot Uoiniuissionei'.
—— - ►.-«>*-.
JH. Ymiiiii S. s. F'omt'iiiitm,
'UO-JU.VXIMB OF THE Sl'NDAV S '-1IO0L
CON VI-: NITON,
1 old with the llui risen ctmrclr at 11 A . M
ot: Friday boforo tho lit'ii -Sauihiy in Au
gust, 18-5.
1st. Intrnduotory tPriuon from Dout. 31;
12-13, by It. v. T. 0. Boykin.
2 1. 2 P. M Reports from the Kdrools by
Snpcriutoudi-iits, Pastors, and otbe-rs.
3d Appuintmioits of Committees on 1st
Nomination ol odici-is: 2d, New l'lans and
Methods; 31 On our Needs, Ac.
-fib. Address - Tlio Wants ot our Schools
and Row to Supply them. General discus
sion led by Dr. 0. I. Davis.
S.ITI-J1DAV ( ,U A. M.
6th Reports of Committees and othci bus-
tour inontiis, or serv ed on the said ,S. S.
Prosser, his special agent or attorney
three months previous to tlio next term
of this court This March 1 Hit 188?' .
Jt- W. GARH WELL Judge SU1Y0
True extract from the minutes of tlie
Superior t'unit of YYashinglim county,
Mart'll Term 1885. This March 81st
1882. A. M. MAYO C'c.'lt,
Watches A Jewelry. CHICAGO
COTTAGE
ORGAN
Wtttclus, Clocks ix ifevvelry,
REPAIRED.
flan fittniuoil a Bfcan(lar<1 of cxcollcuco wl.toli
adtuitaof iionuporior.
It coiitaiiia <jvory buprovemont Uml IuvcuUto
t'oniua, ukill uml uiouuy cun jiruflucc.
American land ^
uiortgagi-eo. of | mortgage ‘rule nisi’
London limited ( to Ibreelosuru.
vs. j March term 1S85.
S. S. Prosser | Washington
v). I.. Prosser J county Georgia,
UCWi I'resscnt tlio Hon. R W Carswell,
mil. How to nrnus-e pastors and churches j s:1 5
lo tho impoitance of Sunday school work, 1 . Jt tlppcttnilg to the court hy tlio po
led by Rev J ,! Hvmati I titinn of (lie American Freehold Laud
7th. IJovv to secure more and better teach- I mui^ , |' of JT 1 '’" l,i !" i ‘f 11 tl,,lt
i t i \ t if. i I on Him 30t Ji day ot ./aim,Try in the. year
' ’ ’• “ ' ‘ ' | of our Lord eighteen hundred ami eigli-
8lh. the Sunday School ns a help to the : , y two, S S J’rosser () L 1’rosser of said
chmcli nnd l'linii'y, hy Rev.-J. L. Jackson ot | county made and delivered to said
tho Uethauy Academy. j Ymerictm J'Yeehold land murtgago Go.
2 i'. M. -'.lth. Business. | of lamdoli [liiiiite-.ljaiul tliat afterwards,
lUtn. Address—ilovv to mal o tho Sun.lay 1,11 11,0 tltii'U't i11It day of January 1832
School Col.,-Minn ot the Vt. V- rum. Asso ! seelu ' l! , tl>«P’fym':ut of said instrument
cinliou ol the g,-cates, possil Ic value, by ltcv 1 V.^‘'i' 01:0,1 to tho A'uoncan
rf u ... . *. * , , » ^ utv - I'rcclioltl land mortgage co. of Lunilou
H. J. KunJi anti llev. J. A. Doxii.Mbod. [ Limited J thoir deiul of inort«?a«?o wlmro
lltli. How to study and touch the Bible, i by he conyoycd A F laud aud mort^’e
OcDeriil cliscu si on led by Rev. T. J. Beck. ; no. of Loudon, 221 acres of land in D!hh
Sunday (id a m. I,list. G M of said county and more ful-
12tb, Handay bulmoi exercises by Bov. T. j ly described in fnrcgniug petition, coil-
C. liovkn . tlilioiied llmt if said 8 8 Prosser and O
1 '* K 1 ' . D '(■M -;13ib. Sermon on l’ai-ental Du- ! L Prosser sliouhl pay off and discharge
R9 f- , r t- , tn-s ,y \ 1. G. jfi.ykiu. said inortgagc. note aud interest iiutes,
Wiits W I $ib*v'4S8'dt Teach,-rs* an l* 1 1*’ll 1 f?iM"i J,n P 0 " n *' r,entf5 ' 1 'iccortiitig tnitsteimra.nl effect, then
‘ i itc tie is and all ft ten its of the Sunday ,1... .1 i l i ......
Tho Old, Well Tried. Wonclerfu
Health ftonswins Romacnes.
STRONG'S SANATIVE PIUS
D-i.
I nil rt.it
1 J* t
J.uiioiM’t’s ajiil till Iui ij.Ik ot the* Sunday , l . i T r , 1 • i .
; School, fit us unite onr Itloris to make tin’s I P,' ef mortgage and said llo.O
session of tl.c eDmcutiou of tho grcnUst I , ulll , . Y ou1 ,'
! possible Vil-ie, ihnt tho great causa umy iv- A ". (l 11 nu'llicr appearing that said
c-eno fresh impetus nnd ill bu itispiied | 0 pt'omissory notes remains unpaid. It is
thi-i work ibat has b<vn i lltm'foro ordered that said CiS Prosser
STRONG S rcUTuPAl iTLL2 v
IHicmauf • -:u. !11- 111.- i. t „,. -. : -. . , ..
> J OD- J JJt'.'fitHts lKMI'l
H» (l"!iv;«!«• lflilillfs, .tiling J.ixl Ufa-.’ , "'
jin'iiiwbysi.. in. «»‘i L'lyinff viaor ami in-nPh
iFi.'i.t iy b.
ot.ii,;. lies] •
•i to tlu salvation ot tho «'tnd O L Prosper pay into this court by
••J >' i | l tytTiiil y, the first clay of tho next term thcioot',
'*'»UI Dy i)rtiRj
Jiijtii I. • ♦
>>. a- M’^l’i F'UCJ.D,
A, W, J. odd,
1 F.xooutivc Gommittee.
I M riglit'vilto, Dublin and S-vttinsboro pa
per; plemc copy,
| il);'- principal, interest aud costs line
said mortgage and notes or show cause, to
j the contrary if there be any, ami [that
W ix T. R- R- Com puny.
Tennilie Ga., April 2-4tli 18R5.
On anti after Mu.v 1st this com
pany will sell single trip tickets at
till regular stations at (-1) four cents
pei; mile.
Passengers failing to purchase
tickets will lie charged one (I) cent,
per mile extra hy the cimililetor, and
will also place on sale at Wrights j
villi! and Tennille ollices milage tick- -
ets at the following rates:
For 2U0 miles $7.00, for 300 miles
$10,00, for 400 miles $13,00, for 500
miles $15,00. By order of.
W.'lS. THOMAS,
’Gen'I Stip't.
Wi'iglifsvillc A Ti'iinitlc It. It.
Tennille Ga. March 30 1885.
' On and after Sunday April 5th 1885
j agents of this company will sell
I on Slxoavs o.xi.v re urn tickets (toon
! to uin'fiiix oxi.y on tin.' bay sold and
, the day A fir i-:u til tlie following pri-
; ces:
Tennille to Harrison and return 50c
j •> “ WrightsYille “ “ 75c
| Harrison “ ' “ “ 50c
“ “Tennille “ “ 50c
Wrighlsville “ “ “ “ 7.5o
“ “ Iliirrison “ “ 50c
By order of \Y r . B. Thomas
(len’l Superiiitendant
W. C. Mathews
Treasurer.
HEADache
pul all Bilious Complaints arc relieved l>y taking
WRIGHT S INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS
tiuei? Vegetable; flu Qrlfl-jj, Pries 25c. AU Diujjhu
Is,capable of seating 1000 |>co-
ple and is arranged for T1JEATRI-
< A L SHOWS, G< 1NGERTS Ac. It
is situated in THE HEART OF
TIIE CITY, and is the ONLY HALL
in the city that will answer for
SHOWS. APPLY TO
E. A, SULLIVAN
Manager, ,
SaudersYille, Ga.
F 2 ly—7th 86
Grand Jury.
Drawn for September term 1883,
O .S' Young
E S Sti ange
Thoao run illont Or^ann ftio celebrated for vol
ume, quality of tono, quick leftponBo, variety of
cotuDiuatioii, urtiutlo doflltfu, bcmity iu lluibh, i>er-
foctconstructioH, DmklDH tnem tho n.i 6t uttruct-
ivo, ornamental mid doblvublo organs for homos,
Bchoolo, churches, lodges, uoelcticD, etc.
ESTA11L1MUK3) ItEPUTAT10N,
1I]\’E<IUAIaKI> FA€IIi!TICH f
ti 1 i l JTaSaED WO It It IIEW,
in:.ST MATE It IA Ij,
COMEINIJD, MAEE Tlllfl
THE POPULAR ORGAN
Instruction Bocks nnd Piar.o Stools.
Catalogues and l’ricoLiBtB,on application, fuse.
The Chicago Cottage Organ Co.
Corner ItunJolpk anil Ann StruotH,
CHIChGO. RI
IVm GalJvher
Shade Duke,
H E Jlurjihg.
IF M Eniflirh
Janie, W Jtil!,
•fame, 11 Palmer
John Ii Hodge,
John E Harrixun
! John Tag I or
Oil I' I trail
J IF Veal
Jrsxe II Jlramvel
I Ij Jo,eg
Geo. IF MW,
Wnij Jl Eraneia
J E Newnome
S 'M Hilcheock '
K J N- lYoldelx
B in Marlin .
L Jade,qfi Mag ■
1) E Chamber,
IF A McCarty
1C T Pound,
P E 1 Might on
11 (1 Ufirri,
IF J Askew
Dr. A,a lleech
Geo D Wart hen
Traverse Jury Drawn For 1st Wool
Jno. P. William, Jcnk, J. Tanner
Mile, Dinner
Gut. IF. Stla,
’T. D. Ilatckin,
Sidney Taylor
John IF. Layton
E. D. Garrett
T. A. Gurry
1‘. D. Logan
G.S. Wa l
Eli Wilson
IF. O. Hroum
Alex IF. Tanner
Ja,. If. Pulley
Jno. E. Tanner
It. 11. Wicker
W. II. Duke,
C. G. Pawling,
L. G. Shunting
J. A. Itedgood
Tho,. L 1). Tarim
J. (J. Amerson
O. J.- .McMillan
If. A. Pawling,
IF. Jf. flodge,
S. M. "Ilrook,
, JoM P. Piddle
If . J, Jordan '
A. S. Mitchell
Traverse Jury Drawn. For 2nd Wc
Isaac G. Green way M. IF. Pourne
John P. Smith
J. Trank Pranh
Quick end Easy Cliild-Birtli
Thousands of won.en over tho land testi
fy to tho wonderful effects of this great rem
edy; it will not only shorten labor uml lessen
the intensity of imlu uml suffering beyond
expression, hut better than all, it thereby
greatly diminishes tho dungs* to life of both
mother mid child. This great boon tosuj
faring woman Is Iblnuft' Liniment, or
Mother's Frltn f l. Prepared nnd sold by J.
Bhadficlp, Atlanta. Ca. tTfild by
Drutruhts. Price botrtc. Sent
by Express on receipt of prico. Jk
11. C. Wilson
IF. J. Jordan
Geo. M. llrantley
Hubert Frank
Emanuel Price
DP It Warmmack I. A. Smith
A. S. Smith JF. J. Joyner
P. P. Scions A. 11. Adams
IF. A. Smith 91s< H. R.- 'lhHU
S. L. Parsons J. C. Hamilton
Ja,. E. Marker,i
IF. D. Walker
W. L Mathis
L. Lay'on
J. Q. Jordan
.IF.L. Knight
chi A. (Juinn
J. E. Wed don
Juhn F. Hartley
(j. O. Walker
J. A Vinson