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Twicro.
Ku 21.—I teamed from M r. J. C. Solo,
non the particular* of a pleasant little
aoriety event which unites Twiggs and
Wilkinson in still closer bonds. On Toes,
day last, at the residence of the brideto
mother, Mre.| Batter, Ur. B. F. Fitzpat
rick waa married to Mirs Fleets Butler.
The attendants were Mr. B. Butler and
Uisa Annie Beam, Mr. J. N. Burke and
Mbs Lucia Carswell, all of Wilkinson
county. Hie ceremony was performed by
Ber. F. W. Edge, in the presence of a large
nmnber of frienda, who had aasembled to
Witness the ocnsnmmatton cf the happy
< event. After the oeremony the guests were
tori ted to partake of a dinner, which my
Informant says was jost too gorgeous to be
dssorlbed After lingering long over the
table, the crowd dispersed and the happy
| oouple started for their new home. There
they found an elegant anpper awaiting
them, and Mr. and lfrs. Fitzpatrick, with
an ease ted dignity that would have done
credit to an older couple, received their
I Wends till 13 o’clock. Then the guests,
With best wishes for the future of the bride
> and groom, retired, and the fastis! dee we re
L I learned also of another of the many
[Alai mistakes resulting from the nse of
[ morphine oy people ignorant of its power
and deadly tffeeta. A negro preacher
[named Lina Minims had been in bad
health foraotn* time. Wishing to attend
the funeral of his father, bo rent to a phy-
[ ateian for an opiate to sustain him during
the trip. The doctor eent him three doses
.of morphine. Either because hedid not
^get directions, or beeeuse he did not think
ft enough to hurt Mm, he took it ell et
ones. On the reed hie wife notioed his
gdrowsiiMee and made repeated efforts to
■seme him. But going to sleep while
driving, his mnle nut away, broke hie
1 «y while crossing the creek end threw
H^emboth in the water. Bis wife saved
him from dimming, hot only to meet his
from bis imprudence. He never
[jnmad from the stupor.
L Bight hero in Twiggs oora tv, there is
&nto( the ohl dead trnns of Georgia of
ftmeh so much baa been written. Ten or
fifteen yean ego, Merlon was a thriving
rife"** containing fourteen stores, borides
fnhope ana stables, and numbering several
nmitaed inhabitants. But now, corn and
■frte." It it reported that Mr.
tttag will open a new store
ITS 0 "! 111 * ,#t ** "P
m of oar own.
UtteehMsfair to wax warm ere
jnsr.s’ffisSr&s;
»d is poshing his chances to rap-
> ooonty in the next Legislature,
o heeid Capfc F. D. Wimberly,
Qallimore and Joseph K. Boms
we pM-ible candidates for the
ion. Should ell these make the
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^a^ovgood Mns toiiaf ti mbe r,
is etscMMitaa if the choice will
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rare large port of the ooonty
•olomon, I noticed everywhere a
prospect. Corn to looking very
Cbnt ootten haa eaffsndsiight.
eat cool nlghta. O. WTp.
15 s (Usscgm Msefelg Sfeistpeaplj sttfr 3m*ensi' &
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GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
GATE KB ED UY SPECIAL
V unit EH V ON DENTS.
May 22.—Since my
interest has oocurr-
“strnok” hare
gradosl-
tha spirit
of the genius of our
our aspirations cityward
realise d rooms at present
Stock to the amount
one handled and fifty share#
in the "park and fair
enterprise. Considering that the
mt was inaugurate bz* i !vr
i ago, and that activo operations were
i lino* then, the developments are us
ing and dearly indicative of better
s to cone.
i harvest will not be materially af-
„Ji by tbo2reoent;atrooious behavement
1 the weather. If, however, Mr. Veunor
aliens a repetiton of snob deportment,
cannot say what will bo the effect,
.■fair it is, if they! eld is aaabnndantas
a evidences indicate, onr town will have
boom in real rotate unparalleled in its
’-oory, and beyond the wildest en^ mos-
gain- expectation*. Vacant lots will be
unfa demand and the moaio of the ham-
rand the saw will tell aatoryof prog-
i and enterprise, fabulous andmiracu-
k The political temperatnrp may rise
I fall, parties combine, and stocks do
te, but the age of enterprise is upon ns,
I tbs march of advancement still goes
i. The bottom, so long talked of, hat
t been reached yet—the ‘‘good time com-
” can now be dated, font is not far dis-
iaeen, I learn, is soon to enjoy a most
" nt treat in the shape of aneloon-
y entertainment. 1 learn that
». Cheney and Atkinson contemplate
t one of their delightful exhibitions
i* a Central City audience at no re-
* day. Throe young gentlemen, both
ured and talented, gave a performance
»recently, under toe direction of the
1st Aid Society. It was recherche in
r respect, and evoked warm commen-
t on every hand. Will the University
e please note this fact ? Both are old
H^er boys, and are well remembered by
I Maeon people, before whom they have
,peered frequently and creditably.
Mr*. Celia Blount, a highly respected te-
r of oor community, died Sunday moro-
gof heart disease. She leaves vacant a
in the hearts of her family and
' i that will bo hard to fill. J.S.R.
Taiboiton.
Mat 32.—Mrs. Phillip Steed died at her
ce near Talbotton this morning. She
I been an invalid for a number of years,
r age was about 73 sears,
be stockholders of the Talbotton raU-
I had a ptanio at Bostick Saturday last.
. Jim Dense says the free ride to the
i was the first dividend declared by
j roid.
A large party left town on a fishing frolio
l McCrary’s pond in Taylor ooonty.
J. W. H.
a backset, but, under the genial sunshine
of tbe past few days, it is recovering from
the shook. BmaU brain crops are very
fine, and promise an abundant yield. It
makes tbe bout glad to see broad acres
waving withtfta golden grain, a* it ripens
totbenarvest. A few snob grain crops
will sol re the problem of agricultural eeo-
Georgia farm
er* shall be independent.
Atwo-year-olaobildof Tobe Green,re-
riding five mites south from this place, was
burned to death one day this week.
The spirit of improvement has aronied
Greensboro from her Bip Van Winkle
sleep. One or two fine residences are in
course of erection, and the Baptists are re
modeling their church. When completed
the church will present an imposing ap
pearance, and be an ornament to the^oity.
Mat 81.—Considerable interest la mani
fest here for the safety of one of our eiti-
rone—Mr. T. Jeff Jordan—who left hereon
Monday morning, the 16th insL, to visit his
father in Sandersville, Ga., to be absent
two or three days. Inquiry developed the
foot that he bad not been to hie father’s,
and the last aeoonntthat weoan got of Mm
is that be was seen in Maeon daring the
week. He left here with about two hun
dred dollars in cash, and it is also known
that ha baa three to Jve thousand dollars
in bank in year cjty- We IrorftmlMayta 1
tbe canae of Ida daisy, as Mr. Jordan to not
the "nn to leave a devoted family in so
much trouble and suspense. Will yon do
us the kindness to call the attention of your
police force to this oaee. Mr. W. J. Con
nor, of your city can probably give them
some information as to the day Mr. Jordan
was test seen in your city, etc. D.
Washington.
Mat 90.—Primitive customs are repels-
foffgsome attention here, ana hid fair to
keep pace with the demand for antiquities
ive part some timo ago.
Divine rorvioes, with foot-washing as a
prominent feature, in six miles of the city,
oould be enjoyed last Bun day.
Improved machines for cutting and
threshing tbe coming grain are coming in
by the dozens. L.
Ferry.
Mat 22.—The burning of CoL Ed. Mar
tin’s thresher and separator, notioed by mo
in the issue of the 20th, was censed by the
carelessness cf the hands in leaving fire
raked out of the iurnaoe of the engine too
near the crib of straw, and not by sparks
from the smoke stack. Within forty-eight
boon after the aeddent CoL M. had a new
separator in the field, and bo will hereafter
rive bis personal supervision to the work,
thus insuring against farther accidents
from careless men.
The oat crop in Houston la immense-
wheat only moderate. I hear of some oats
yielding sixty to eighty bushels per acre
without fertilizing. Corn and cotton are
likewise promising, labor abundant, cheap
and reliable, which latter some of ns credit
to onr no Honor law*
Politics sinoe the Bosbeyville fracas has
again subsided. Tbe Democratic party of
Houston is thoroughly organized, and is
thoroughly prepared for tbe coming cam
paign. G.
■Wedgwetlto.
Mat 22.—Milledgevilia and vicinity, as
all good communities ought to do, is so excitement subsided,
busy looking after “crape'’ and domestio The people of tbe county aro taking but
affairs that we have no actual news to tell.
Tbe city fathers passed a tremendous res
olution quarantining no. against tbe small-
S x r.nd forgot to place officers at the
pots to insceet tbo folks that arrive. So
far, wo have had nothing in that line worse
that! a Amall-Dox scare.
Rumor says that next week, on the las}
day of this month, a grand social event, in
tbe shape of agrauino party, with open
boose, murio and dancing, the presence of
oM folk, middle-aged ana young, married
and unmarried, tbe spacious lawn fronting
tbe residence to be lit np by the festive
Chinese lantern, to to be given by one of
onr most prominent citizen’.
Bum.
has been putting in some of Ms warmest
rays, and things have put on a much more
spring-like appearance. Cotton is be
ginning to revive, and the indications now
are that we will hove a very liberal stand of
the floeey staple.
While tourist*, invalids, unhealthy and
funUoving people are considering and de
bating as to where they wUl epend the
summer months and enjoy n vacation
for recuperation and reoreatk-n and
fascination, and what spring* and wa
tering-place# will bo most darirablo for
sport, most oondudve to health, and guar
antee most enjoyment I invite them to
an examination of the advantage* of Car
rollton. By giving onr city a visit, the
soencry, invigorating atmosphere, climate,
the pare and oooling water that sparkle* in
the mag like the dewdrop, together with
namcroas other inducements to the un
tie althv and pleasure for the gay, I think
would be an entirely sufficient reason toitv
fiuence a sojourn in onr midst.
Bo we would say come, oometo the foun
tains and drink of th* cool and bracing
waters, oomo and proa some pleasant boars
along tbe banks of the placid Tallapoosa,
come and join in the chase of tbe swift and
nimble buck, oomo and partake of the lus
cious fruits, oome and enjoy yourselves
abundantly, and should yon think you
would like to Bros your soda water or
lemonade “spiked,” yon had better bring
along the "spikes" as there anno dram
shops nearer than twelve miles.
Only ten more days from tr-day for the
r and nnfortunato criminals here in
to to live, to-wit: Harvey and Moon.
tremendously large crowd is expected on
e day of execution, June 22d. Tbe de
tail* of the day will bo eent assoon as the
execution u over.
The subscribers of the Teleobaph and
Msmexoxr are much pleased witn the pa
per, the daily being a very interesting and
mack appreciated journal. E. B. M.
A Correction.
Bnou, Mav 22.—Editor* Telegraph and
Messenger: We oooopied a rented building.
In your paper we aro represented as losing
$20,000. We did not lose $10 by fire. Onr
lose by pillage was from fflCO to $200.
Yours, CaamoHAXL & Aronson.
Smith's Muxs, JasfzbCountt. Hay 22.—
It has been raining slowly bore all day,
And the prospect is that we will have a
fine season in tbe ground before it clears
up.
The wheat crop nott being harvested in
this section is one of the very best ever
produced here. There was a large area
sown in fall oats, and they are about as
good as the land, under any circumstances,
could produce. Tbe yield will be immense.
Spring oats are not so good, but tbe
present ruin will greatly improve tbe pros
pect.
Crops of all kinds have been well worked
and corn is looking finely for the time of
rear: also cotton tbit was planted early is
looking well. Bad. stands are reported
from lato planting, but now that we are
having rain farmers hope soon to have
good stands on their entire crop.
Col. Tom Barney, of the Telxgsafh
and Messenger, gave us a call last week,
and I think his virit among onr people
will result in some good both to the paper
and tbe people.
Some excitement. wv> created in this
county last week, caused by the report of
a case of small-pox in the lower part of
tbe county. irpgn investigation it was
found to be a case of chicken-pox, and tbe
Cnthbert.
Mat 22.—A ease of small-pox was report
ed to be in our midst a day or two sinoe,
thereby censing some apprehension, if not
excitement, in tbo oommunity. Fortu
nately! t tornod out that the young man re
ported rick with it had some comparative-
lj lurmln— fitign$*it,
A gentle rain is falling this morning,
which will do crop# and gardens good.
The present ost/srop is said to be the beat
this section has ever made. H.
Indian Spring.
local columns
was ‘small-
first i»««ii-
in
■arresting the am
that haa been known
aro eool, and have
Keaa atkTledy, accompanied
Merritt, are at the McIntosh
G.
, and the other on
Thomas vllle.
MivSl,—White wandering in aoemetery
first engraved on the tombstone of a man
who died tearing betw—* ««-*■ —-*
twenty tbouaanddoUan, i
his son's:
Behold ye
stranlgets
pawing by u
you are now
soonsewasl
as I am now
so you must
be prepare
tor death
and follow
HnnballvUIa.
opinion of
—g *»»* termer# of
sxooston and Maeon oountiee as to the
comparative prospect of ootton with this
date test year. Hie universal answer iZ
te* It is smaller, than it has boeninyaars!
tea general
in the papers. I fear
tori planters and reporters aro so enthuai-
throffiSd^nStaH?*? Prospect# that
w&nTStSSSLf'SjB their report#,
PfTlGrftllv
way. All
ipesk. Onr people ■ are
cool about politics, ’any way.
they, want la a good and worthy man in
Office and aro willing to oonehide that such
an one may be found outside tbe limits of
onr county. When it cornea to State Sena
tor for this district, then Jefferson may be
heard from, u ‘ ~
round.
i she claims the man on this
little stock in politics, and there is notone
negro in forty who knows that there is
each a thing as an indei>cndcut movement
in the State. T.
Indian Bprlngs.
Mat 22.—There is no smell-pox iu Batin
county as reported in your paper on Sat
urday.
On* farmers have for several days been
preparing to harvest the finest wheat and
oat crop grown in our section for years.
It baa been raining all day and our peo
ple are looking happy, as it was needed.
Mr. T. J. Burney, the live agent of tbe
Macon Tzlbqhaph and Mmazzaan, spent
a few days last week among his old friends
here. *
Besides the two new bridges recently
•routed by the city council, tne ordinary
has let a contract to Bennett & Winn, of
Forsyth, to pul up a fine bridge across
Sandy creek at the ford near Lamar’s
mill.
going on all
may eey to onr
it men are wide
awake, and the big preparations being
made for comfort and pleasure has never
before!*an equaled.
Outside tbe hotels tbe stable and livery
bus in tea seems to attract more attention
just now than anything eae; so yen see
when tbe cars begin to ran. which it is arid
will be very toon, there will be no look of
conveyances to and from the depot D.
PralUbnrg.
Mat 22.—The copious showers to-dav
will arouse the cotton, as the northwest
wind of the past week has made the plant
on gray land look sic*, and to some extent
the stand to injured. Harvest has been
the frolio of tbe season for the past week.
The whistle of Messrs. J. B. Barker A. Co.’s
new steam thresher will soon be heard, tbs
engine of which they bought of some of
your Macon dealers a abort time sinoe.
Flams are abundant. The peach crop v
never known to be beter. Apple tree* are
weighted with fruit in some orohards. Gen
erally speaking, all are getting along well—
everyone attending to Ma or bar own busi
ness. Bo whisky to sold or used in onr
bur/.
We beard an able sermon yesterday, de
livered by Dr. J. 8. Searcy, a Baptist min
ister, who to on a free mission for the ben-
fit of our oommunity. The Doctor expect*'
to rive u«, in tbe future, Ms services one
Sunday out of each month, and your cor
respondent think* that onr people ought to
appredri* Ms kindness and oome out in
full force. Bono.
Mat 23.- As tbe South we* tern railroad
passenger train ran on the Flint rir.r
bridge Monday afternoon, a twelve-year-
old tramp was found perched on the trucks
under the passenger coach, stealings ride.
The train was stopped and the youthful
cosmopolitan roaraad from Ms perilous
position. M.
Locisvuxx, May 23.—This, like all other
places of its size, is at present vary dnlL
Nothing has ooeurred since the session of
ocr Superior Court adjourned to ripple
the monotony of tbe times ; and, judging
from present appearances, tha-passlng
traveler would never imagine that this
was once the capital of a great State.
Every one seems to be at his own leisure,
and about tbe only signs of UfO yon eee in
tbe evenings is, now end then, e small
group witnessing a game of “checkers” be
tween lome two of their number. In the
mornings the streets present more signs
of life, from the fact that then yon may
see a few wagons, or vehicles of some kind,
standing around some store door, with
both the driver's month end that of Ma
horses watering, as yon may aay,
for a peck „ of corn or ride
of meat. The most charitable view
we can take of the reason of
this dullness, is, that farmer* are at home
bending ell their energies to disenthrall
themselves from this bondage to tbe oora
and bacon dealer by making one good
crop, a thing not done here for several
years past—and Providence seems to be
smiling upon their efforts. Seasons have
so fkr been propitious and tbe grain crops
promise a bountiful harvest. The aeries of
bad crop years which this section has expe
rienced has lengthened the face and sad
dened tbe heart of many an honest farmer,
and no doubt brought hangar and want to
many home* where peaeeqnd plenty had
always dwelt So the farmers set out at
the beginning of this year with nothing but
hope to cheer them and with a largo major
ity that hope waa but a very faintly glim-
ring, and they have made a desperate
aggie and are atUl making it, ana look
to the saooess of IhU year’s labor -ae about
the test straw Thst r a left for them to
Onr town was favored a few days sinoe
with the genial faces of Captain Brantley
and Mr, Palmer, of your city, traveling for
S. T. Coleman i Co., which house, by tbe
way, does a good business here.
It baa been a little dull end dry for two
weeks past, bnt we were blessed with a
splendid rain teat night and everything
seems refreshed and full of vigor this
morning. W.
Hickory Grove.
Mat 22.—BcfresMng shower* of rain
now continue to fall, which is very much
needed at this time. Cotton-chopping is
the biggest interest at issue, and the ma
jority of the farmers are destitute of labor
for this occasion; 60 cents per day snd
board is now paid for day labor, and no
di«bt higher wages will yet be realized be
fore the choppng season is done. This is
quite a busy time with the people at large'
harvesting small grain, wheat and oats.
The threshers have begun their work in this
community. Mr. William Baevas, of this
county, state* that be sowed ten bushels of
rust-proof oate and expects to realize 1,000
bushels therefrom. Don’t take the writer’s
word for the a boro stitoment, but for far
ther references address Dr. J.H. Smith snd
I). E. Rumpb, Hickory Grove.
Chickens are getting ripe; revivals will
soon commence. Mrs. James Dickey has
aver 200, frying size also, Mrs. Howell
has so many she says when she goes to
eonnttbem they are so thiak the has to
enumerate them altogether to keep from
counting the same ones over again. Mr.
Editor, yon aro welcome at any time, pro
vided you are fond of cMckens, if not, the
writer will save yon a tutkoy—for Christ
mas. S. A.M.
Vienna
Max 23.—The oat crop is being harvest
ed, and generally speaking, is fine. Bain
in plentiful, and earn and cotton are doing
well. •
Our town continues to improve. Every
dwelling in tbe place is occupied, and
there is a demand for more. Building lote
are held at increased prices, in ant: dpstion
of the projected railroad through three
parts.
A newspaper will be started here shortly.
The movers in the enterprise oome from
an adjoining county, and were here last
week perfecting the neceesary arrange
ments. They are meeting with flattering
encouragement from onr citizens, ana
have every promise of snowss.
The report that a young married man
living near Vienna had cruelly ' mistreated
Ms wife, and then hung her, and which was
K blished in some papers, tarns out to
vs been greatly overdrawn, and to a
great extent untrue. No snob thing aa de
scribed has happened.
The Legislative race in this county has
began, Dr. Louis M. Moblfy having an
nounced himse.f a candid tte for the posi
tion. The Doctor has served in that ca
pacity once before, and with credit to him
self and his constituency. He will certainly
have opposition, but who it will be i* not
yet known. Q.
Albanw.
Mat 23.—By a special invitation of OapL
John A. Davis, Col. Wm. Wadlsy ,the south
ern railroad king and president of the
Central railroad, was induced to virit Al
bany, accompanied by Mrs. Wadley, and
spend several days in hopes that onr arte
sian water, together faith tbe recreation,
would be beneficial. We are glad to state
that both of them have been greatly bene
fited end express themselves at higMy
pleased with our little city and her people.
Uaj. h tollman, tbo general superintendent
of the South Western railroad
earns down in a special car
Sunday. Col. Wadley is now making a
personal inspection oi Lis entire road, and
having to go. out on the Blakely and Alba
ny extension, requested Capt. Davis to in
vite a small crowd of Ms friends, both old
and young, to accompany them on Monday
to Blakely, and he would have a day
of pietiure combined with business
The guests were Judge and Mrs. G. J.
Wright, Captain snd Mrs. L B. Weston,
Colonel and Mrs. N. Tift, Mr. and Mrs. H.
M. McIntosh, Mrs. C. M. Clark, Captain
B. Hobbs, together with Captain Davis’
family, about thirty in all, and a livelier
crowd never boarded a train. Promptly
at9 o’clock we were all aboard and off, ev
ery one determined to make the trip a
pleasant one for tbe old gentleman. On
the way down we saw nothing of him. He
took his seat in the rear of the ear with
Major Shellman, and we believe he aaw
every croee-tie from Albany to Blakeley.
Upon our arrival we look in tbe town,
while the married ladies spiead a magnifi
cent dinner in tbe depot building, prepared
for the ooossion by Mrs. John A. Davis.
At 2 o’clock dinner was announced. CoL
Wadley took the head of the table, with
Judge Wright at the other end, and then
and there commenced a tournament, not a
Munchausen one, bat an sating on*. "And
good gracious alive, how them men did
eat” (artesian water). Col. Wadley then
announced that his business being over,
that the train was at thb disposal of his
guests, and joined tbe party in general
amusements. If Mrs. Wadley bad'not
have been along he might have been caught
coquetting with some of the girls. It waa
quite a treat to tbe entire party, and they
will ever look back to it with pleasure.
The erors along the road look well, and
are in good condition, though notaalai
ae we expected to sc* them.
Blakely is quite a different town
from what we expected to see.
it is a beautiful little plaoe, well loo*ted,
and has commenced to improve since the
railroad readied it A good many new
store* are now going np.
Your rejiorter met Dr. Dorter and had a
•mall tournament, but when he told ns of a
man near three who made so many oate on
ton acres that there wasn’t room to stack
them on it, but had to be hauld to an ad
joining field, we retired to the train: but be
followed us, and told ns of another who
had two acres and couldn’t cut them at all
—just built a bouse over them and then
walked off and bragged of hU inventive
grijtatThe oat crop is good down there.
Judge Wright says the sweet milk down
there is not very good. F. C.J.
Um
Mat 23.—There were three negroes
sent to jail from this neighborhood yes
terday! for cow stealing. One of them
in Ma statement at the jail said that he
had nothing to do with the killing, bnt
that when the one who killed it offered
Mm a piece to help skin it, he oould not
turn Ma back on beef. Tbe principal has
only been out of the penitentiary abdut
a year. His firs’ offense was similar. They
were apprehended by two negroes, Peyton
Babey and Aaron Baby. The oow belong
ed to a white man. R.
Cochran.
Mat 24.—Last night Mr. C. O. Horsford,
of tide city, was married to Mire Hattie
Pipkin at the residence of the bride’s
parents near Cochran. Thu* do wo con
tinue to lose our belles, but our lose is
some one else’* gain.
Considerable anxiety is still felt tor Mr.
T. Jeff Jordan, of whom nothing has yet
been heard.
Politic* seems to have taken hold of onr
town. Her) end there can be found gronpe
of prominent men discaseing the political
question. Md.
' arroiuon.
Mat 2b—I learn that a man by the name
of Hyde killed ’ Shaw in Paulding county,
near Dallas, test week. They were em.
ployes-on the Borne extension of the
Brunswick road. The killing was held by
the court of inquiry, to be justifiable.
Hyde was the timekeeper of the force, end
Muis from Cincinnati. Shaw waa a con
tractor, from the same place. B. L.
Lexington.
Mat 22.—Hie rain oommenced falling
last night It has fallen gently nearly all
day to-day. It is exactly the kind of a rain
needed here to break the crust made on the
ground by the test rain nearly two weeks
ago. The ootton aeod will all now oome
np; the ootton already up seems much re-
by the change from the rooent
cold snap to this delightful rain. Cora
been somewhat retarded. in its
growth by the lato co’d spell, but is loosing
very well, lb* oat and wheat crops will
be enormous. Quite an interesting exhi-
bit-on or one of the Boyce patent reapers
_ or mowers was made hero last
m of the'eighth Congressional die- Friday tathe cutting of some oate
and that the great question is, “Who tor onr worthy Superior Court clerk, Mr.
• the .round ©wn.T” Inrimori
F-T. Berry. Tbe work waa well done be-
tore a tergewowd of spectators. There is
no doubt but that a few years smore will
witness the use of these reej ers all over
the count y, as they are certainly labor-
saving machines.
The county authorities here have recent
ly learned the whereabouts of a fugitive
fromjustioe who fled from this county
' *“ -fo, for the do'.blo
Jar on the same per-
Lonisville Is not only doll in a business
point of view, bnt even polities is not as
much exciting here aa in some portions of
tie State. This seems strange, too, no
donbt, to some, when yen know this is a
portion of the eighth
Wet, an
will bet .
every ooonty in the district we can bear of
swilling Tacrifloe for his oountxy’sgood,
but as yet no one hero has raised Ms era-
nium for a target. It is not because Jef
ferson is less able than other counties in
the district to produce a successor to Ste-
tens, for we have two or three who would
l the position with credit to themselves
and good to the country, but their ambi-
in is to doubt
HU
can’t get a thoughtful man in town to
a boggy ride wUb one of those op
6on, a young white girl about eighteen or
nineteen years of ag*. It is believed the
fugitive will be arrested and brought here
lot much agitation yet lu polities, as
the people aro too busy in giving their
crops as good a “sand oi” a* possible,
while the days are long and the grass yet
in its infancy,but when politics 3oe*crys-
tallize in this county tbe Democracy will
give no uncertain sound bnt will ask of all
Its candidates from governor to the county
offloers that they be not smirched with the
hybrid fire of Indepeud.n'.i-m and Radi-
slism. OaLETHOBFE.
THE GEORGIA PH ESS.
Whst the People Think and Do.
Bnaaizn county wool sells at 28 cento a
pound.
An extensive saw mill is being erected at
W<ortown*
KDAUS oouuty is still stirred np on
the fenoe question.
Mm Man Oantbl of Coffhe ooanty, wts
recently killed by lightning.
An interesting meeting is -being held in
the Methodist church la Valdosta.
Bzixiazazzr darkeys continue to soore
police points in the city by the sea.
Tan naval store business of southeastern
Georgia is in a flourishing condition.
Adjdtamt-Gkszbax, Baud is kept pretty
busy inspecting volunteer companies.
In projected military encampment at
Borne seems about to prove a failure.
Columbus will soon have a daily mall to
White Sulphur Springs, Meriwether county.
T»z child that was bitten by a mad dog,
in Aiapaba, has sinoe died of hydrophobia.
Thb revival meeting in Katonton still
oontinue-', under encouraging cl ream-
Tirol* is to bee balloon ascension in At
lanta soon. We suppose General Gartrell
will “go npJgt
Contzm iijgetling over its scare, n£d
will soon remove its quarantine restrictions
against Atlanta.
Boms is vigorously vaccinating against
the email-pox whiah has mdde its appear
acoe hard by.
Miss Fankik Hinaisoif, of Gedaifown,
has been stricken with paralysis and is not
expected to reoover,
Mb. IV. M. Vaughn, an dd and worthy
citizen of Futuatn county, died last week,
at an advanced age.
Thu trial of Eoholi and Johnson will ooet
Clark oouuty not less than $2,600 in the
opinion of the Banner. ,
Editob Perham says that “the oat orop
of Brooks county is perfectly wonderful,
and is already made."
Bit. J. H. Campbell, a faithful and
aged minister, continues to hold open air
meeting* in Columbus.
Akothxx ootton mill will soon be in op
eration in Columbus. Georgia will, ere
long, be a great manufacturing State.
Captain Las, of Blaeksbear, has been
sentenced to one year in the penitentiary
tor killing a man by the name of Long.
Putnam county stiH keeps up its agricul
tural dab. There are many other counties
that would find it profitable to do like
wise.
Wiare glad to learn that the "Keno”
men down in Savannah are in trouble.
Good gene-ally arises from trouble of this
sort.
Fbom the Berrien County Newt, we learn
that a daughter of Mr. James Swindle, of
that oouuty, was killed recently by light
ning.
Tbi friends of Maj.J. L. Warren, in the
First district, think ot presenting him as a
candidate for Congress, in place of Mr.
Black.
Atlanta will have a new match factory
in operation in a few days. Atlcnta needs
light, and intends to have it. This is
right.
CoMMEBCtAL travelers—sometimes known
as “drummers," are now permitted to stop
over in Conyers, even when they bail from
Atlanta.
Tbe editor of the Coffee Gazelle has been
presented with “the largest spring turnip”
that he ever saw, and so he feels “set np”
tor the present.
Gantt and Sr Hawkins are thought to be
secretly importing large qnanti tiei of ar
tesian well water from Albany, for me
dicinal purposes.
J. J. Pioxrkm has annclhnoed himself as a
candidate for tbo Legislature from Coffee.
He ought to have let “many voters" make
the announcement
Quitman ia determined not to be behind
Albany on tbe artesian well question. Per
ham Is going to bore it himself if he can’t
.uy other
get it any <
■ way.
try, but the
Thzsi were fifteen deaths in Aogusta tor
the creek ending May 20th. If the people
of Augusta wish to enjoy good health they
should move toMacou.
Tubs is said to be a relation of Ananias
'living down in Savannah. Hie old gent'o-
man has numbers of them np in Atlanta—
belonging to the curbstone crowd.
Eablt peaches are being shipped from
Georgia to New York. There’s a vast deal
of money in this bosineu, and some of
onr people are sharp enough to see it
Athens claims to handle cotton choaper
than Aogusta, and Augusts disputes the
claim. Macon ought to handle it cheaper
than either of them. “There are millions
Kit."
Watcboss is troubled by the rapid in
crease of population—so much so that the
Reporter begins to epeak in terms of pity
of the compare live insignificance of Sa
vannah.
Lincoln's birthday is said to oome only
four times a year in Savannah. Tho quar
terly return of this mournful event ia cele
brated with startling enthusiasm by tbe
Wahooe. M
“Spbino chickens do not seem to be
springing mneh this spring” seems to have
u many authors as "the beautiful snow”
poem. Gantt iatbe last one to set in a
claim to it
Ton Messenger says: The Katonton boys
take Sundays for visiting their sweethearts
in and out ot tbe eounty." Well, isn’t love
"the fulfilling of the law!" That is what
the Book says.
Mb. J. IX PosDxz, late local editor of
the Boinbridge Democrat, has aooeptedthe
position of easisi ant editor of the Atlanta
Phonograph. We congratulate the latter
paper on Ms aooearion to its editorial staff.
A noao down in Lowndes ooonty has
been greatly tormented by another man’s
hogs. He killed them to get rid of them,
ana devoured them for spite. So the coa
lition crowd losses another voter.
Thb Atlanta “canal scheme seems to be
dead," says tbe Constitution. Is Kimball
the only man eapable of starting a new en
terprise in the Gate City? Corporal
Thornton ought to see that this canal ia
built
Conns Examiner: The grain crops
were never better in this section, and for
tunately a much larger area has been plant
ed than tor a number of years. Mr. J. H.
Almand, Sr., expects to gather 1,000bnshels
of wheat
Th* Post-Appeal is not satisfied with tbe
verdict against Echols and Johnson, and it
is anxious to know “what punishment is to
be inflicted on Bartow Rountree?” The
P-A is evidently a "colored” paper, with
’colored" views.
The darkey that stole CoL Hanooek’a
watch bee been sentenced to ten years in
the penitentiaryv Thus the insidious work
of breaking down the coalition party goes
bravely on. Corporal Thornton’s attention
is called to this matter.
Th* Valdosta Times says: “Bill Willis
has a mare which folded a pair cf colts last
Tuesday." Well, that is all right, but it to
somewhat indefinite. How did the mare
fold them, and what eras the character of
the wrapper? These are the points on
wMch we are groping for information.
A comamon ot fruit growers and oth-
ers.who are interested in the sMpment of
fruits to the Northern markets, has been
called to meet in Atlanta on Thursday,
May 26tb, at 2 o’clock p. m. A large at
tendance is expected.
Thb darkeys in various portions of the
State are going heavily into the baseball
business. The average darky praters any
sort of a game to honest labor in the field.
And a great many white men ore down
with the same complaint.
A bunbbxd local editors, more or lens,
are responsible tor the following announce
ment : “flips plnms are now offered tor
sale in this market.” The spring poet is
losing an opportunity in failing to utilize
this striking fact—a fact that strikes below
the belt.
Tna-preacher in charge of the Coffee
county circuit fail* to grt a support from
his members. He ought to quit preaching
to them. It is a waste of time to preach to
people who will not pay their '■hurch due’.
They are bound to go to tho Devil, and it
isn’t worth while to worry about it.
Co«ORK3fiMiv Clements has been having
young flmd shipped for the riverain bis
district This will make Paraon Felton
•green-eyed. While itdoea not lessen his
need of “relief,” it decre&aes tho probabil
ity of bis securing it.
Oatkbrllabs have made their anneaz-
anoo in Dougherty county, and are paying
their attention to the orange trees. They
are' merely whiling away the hours until
ootton gate within their reach. They will
not interfere with provision crops, and this
fact is worthy of the remembrance of far-
.era.
Thb Sabbath-eohool convention of Col
quitt county ie going to discuss the ques
tion : “Is thero good derived from theSon-
day-ecboals?” It is a queer idea that a
Sunday-school convention should advertise
ite doubts as to tbe propriety of the busi-
ra which the Sunday-schools ore en
gaged.
Watcboss Reporter: The present exoel-
tent oat erop of Georgia, now being gath
ered. will put a stop to tbe purchase of
Wet tern oora in tbe sections whore the
people woe short of that important oereal.
Htowantiesonthelineof the Savannah,
Jl<««a and Western railway have never
failed bnt one year sinoe the war (last
year) to laise more than a sufficiency of
oora to do them, and that was occasioned
by the partial failure of the oat erop for
two years in snooesrioe.
, Th* Chronicle protests against the throw
ing away of oora cobs.
T£* "oe birds are playing havoc in the
grain fields of Houston.
Thb revival meeting in Eatontonoon-
tinces with nnnbatod iiitaroot.
WAnmoroi shipped its first crate of
peaches of this year's crop on Monday.
Thu farmer# of Bntta county are prepar
ing to take a rounu on tbe fence, qnostion.
I* is said that about seventy reapers have
been sold by one firm in Madison this
Mb, Abeam Pmaox. an old citizen'of
Washington county, died aaddonly on Set-
urday morning.
Sum ooonty, In the neighborhood of the
Spring, haa been aroused into a newer and
more vigorous life by the railroad.
Wn learn from the Madisonian that Mr.
O* He Wagnoa had a fine cow* ft cront and
four hogs killed by lightning, last Seek.
Thi business man of Griffin aro wisely
considering the question of how that thriv
ing city can obtain greater railroad facili
ties.
Savannah is hard after Macon on the
building boom. This is indie ntive both of
present prosperity and of faith ia the fu-
ture of the State.
The Constitution oontinnes to receive
"special telegrams” by the alow moil. It
is on out rngo^agaiost which our contempo-
Meal sells in T-nmplrin & t $1.40 cents
per bushel. It the farmers would raise
their «>ra. instead of buying it, meal
would be choaper.
Bbothxb Btwqton declares that Fort
YaUey is going to have an artesian woll,
witiwnt fail The people of Fort Valley
are full of enterprise.
_ Mire OA*zr* Buxton was married to Mr.
Frank Preddy, jn Columbus, on Sunday
last, by Bev. J. W. Boward. Congratula
tions to the happy ooople.
Thx Augusta darkeys celebrated the
adoption of the fifteenth amendment on
pomp - They
Collector Clark, of the Atlanta district,
has given place to Collector Johnson. It
was a Radical dog fight, and we feel no in
terest how it terminated.
Th* Constitution reports the emall-pox
as no longer aggressive. There has been
no sew case in nearly a week, and the
scare is about at an ond.
Da. Gardner, of Atlanta, is to be tried
in tt|e City Court to-morrow, as we learn
from the Constitution, on the charge of
concealing a sraall-pox case.
A bull haa been on the rampage in Sa
vannah, snd an asa is constantly on the
rampage in Atlanta, so those two cities
may be said to enjoy a lively time.
Wheat harvesting is now near at hand.
The scarcity of forage in past years ought
to warn the farmers to use great diligence
and care in saving the chaff and straw.
Quitman Free Press: “We are often
a’k'idwhat has bacome ot the Lam»r-
Speer controversy. Speer has bean salted
down and Lamar is now after large game.”
The academy in Madison salfereatthe
hands of petty thieves. Brother Blackburn
gives the offenders a gentle caution, which,
as a matter of cour?e, will not be needed.
Peaches have been retailing in Savannah
at twenty-five cents each. Of oourae. eat
ing them has been oonfined principally to
the “bloated bondholders" of the city
preaa.”
Governor Colquitt proposes to attend
the session of the State Sunday-School
Convention in Savannah. It is in the line
of his duly, as well os in that of the- Sena-
torship.
A mad dog caused some excitement in
Columbus on Saturday night. Hs bit a
small dog and came near biting two men,
but was killed before ho did any further
damage.
A number of marriages are on foot in
Columbus. That is right. Men that have
no One to take care of them are in a sad
way. Augusta famishes mournful illustra
tions of this fact.
The experiment with the electrio light, at
the Muscogee mills, on Monday, worked to
tho satisfaction of all concerned. It is
probable that the whole city will be lighted
op by electricity.
Ttia health of Augusta ts on the mend.
The Chronicle reports that thero are no
new casus of malarial fever. Augusta is
usually a very healthy*city, and it is won
derfully beautiful.
Large shipments of vegetables from the
port of Savannah to Northern cities are
being constantly made. Tho business is
mnen more remunerative than ootton rais
ing in the interior.
The Post-Appeal very naturally comes to
the aid at Bcb IugersoU against the at
tacks of the Democratic press—growing
out of his disreputable oandoet in the star
route esse ngaiimt Dorsey.
Da. Deewbt. near Griffin, it going into
the business of ttock-raising under condi
tions very favorable to suocess. We are
always glad to note the inauguration of
enterpruos oi this character.
Quitman Free Press: “We arise, Mr.
Speaker, for the purpose of putting our
selves on tbo record ns one of those who
did not write to Mr. Stephens importuning
him to become a candidate for governor.
That’s alb”
Th* wheat crop of Morgan is said to be
the largest ever raised in that oonnty. All
the wheat that is consumed in Georgia
ought to be raised in Georgia. TMa&a
duty that the farmers owe to themselves
and to the State.
Tbe people of Athens owe it to them-
selves and to the interests centering there
to put a check upon the growing issolenoe
of the negroes ia their midst. Athens can
not bear np under the fearful load of ne
gro supremacy.
The Independent says: "Lumpkin girls
are /ooliehly fond of boiled onions." At
what point does k the foolishness oome in?
Boiled onions are the very thing tor the
Lumpkin girls, and they would be foolish
not to be fond of them.
Wn regret to eee that the varianoe in the
Democratic party in Houston is unromov-
ed. The interests of that grand old county
demand absolute harmony in Democratic
circles. Houston cannot afford to fall into
the of tho Ryyflifftlft.
It is very important tor the fruit-grow
ing interests in Georgia that better facili
ties for shipping to the northern and east
ern markets should be provided. The fruit
enterprise is a growing one in Georgia,
and it should not be hampered by a want
of transportation facilities.
Drunken, insolent and belligerent ne
groes famish most of tbe polios oases in
Savannah. The punishment inflicted on
disorderly people in that city is peculiarly
light, and this fact doubtless aocount’, in
part at least, tor the great prevalence of
disorder in that oommunity.
Wn learn from the Mercury that he en
terprising firm of Orr Brae, are introduc
ing all kinds of agricultural machinery into
Washington oounty. It is one of the lead
ing oounties in the State in all that pertains
to material progress. Some of the beet
farmers in the State live in Washington
comity.
Tnn late frosts nipped th* young cotton
in onr northern counties. It would be an
excellent thing if half the cotton in tbe
State—properly distributed through all of
a buggy ride
grangers.
A darky, named
nah coalitionist, wi
stealing a ham from the
Lester. He fled and era* caught by Watch
man Walsh, whom he tried fit out with a
long knife. A bystander came to the
officer’s assistance and the coalitionist anus
secured. He will go to the chain gang on-
leas Corporal Thornton should abolish it
before the trial ia concludod.
Grama Sun: Mr. M. J. Patrick haa
three acres of wheat from whioh he expects
a yield of ono hundred and fifty bushels.
It is planted in the Dallis rest proof varie
ty, and the stalks aro as high as a man’s
head, and is well fruited, there being from
fifty to sixty grains to the head. Mr. Pat
rick will take meat pains with the wheat,
os he expeote to pot it on the market tor
sawing purpose* next fall. It is a beatifnl
sight to ioqk upon the wheat aa it now
Madisonian: "We repeat, there can be
bnt two parties in Georgia—the Democratic
and the Republican. There may be several
factions in opposition to Democracy, bnt
they all gravitate toward Republicanism
and Africanizing tho State.” Brother
Blackburn is dearly right Every Mow
struck at tbe Democratic party in Georgia
is a blow in fnrtheranoe of the ends of
Radicalism in tbo State. The triumph of
the coalition in Georgia means the African
ization of onr State.
Savannah News: “Saturday morning
Coroner Sheftall waa summoned to hold an
inquest on tho body of a child that had
been accidentally drowned at the residence
of lier mother on Friday night, in the
southwestern portion of the city. It ap
pears that the child, Mary Belle Floyd,
ugod eighteen months, was playing about
the room, and approaching a tub nearly
full of water leaned over it, and losing her
balance tumbled in. Before the aooaant
was discovered tho little one was drowned.
The jury rendered a verdiot in aooordance
with the facts.”
The following named parties are required
•by law, under heavy penaltyfor failure, to
register ae liquor dealers: Wholesale deal
ers in either spirituous or malt liquors or
intoxicating bitters; retail dealers in either
spirituous or malt liquors or
thd ootton racing oounties
raising of
• killed
every year. The raising of provision crops
would then bo more popular with our far-
’ Hr* bachelors of the Evening Newt are
laboring manfully to get the Nuptial En
dowment Association under way in tbe
city of Augusta. There sad-eyed gentle
men are in that forlorn condition in which
a fellow is prone to cry out, “Any, Lord!”
We trout they will succeed in theft matri
monial plans, with the aid of the aseocia-
Auoubta Evening News: Since the at-
' was m ude to blow np Mr. Vander-
an infernal machine, eome of onr
_ ;a amateur oats farmers arc afraid
receive a package of any description,
and the inoet intimate frienda are also
ufrasd to keep company with them. You
AUUUBl
tempt wa
biltbyan
Augusta 1
bitters; druggists who sell either spirituous
or malt liquors or intoxtoating bitters—
whether sold for medicine or any other
purpose; distillers who distill spirituous
liquors and sell products of their distillery
except such as sell spirits manufactured of
apples peaches, grapes or other fruits
September 16th, and parties concerned
would do woll to give the matter immedi
ate attention,
The following from the Madisonian
shows the drift of intelligent sentiment in
Georgia in the matter of the partisan en
dorsement of Emory Speer’s political
court e by the oorruepouding secretary of
one of the nnivemty societies. The Txnx-
gbaph and Messenger does not ask that
the societies of the university shall de-
nonnoeindopondentism: bnt ft does do*
raand, in the name of the future of that
institution, that its societies keep out of
politics. No friend ot tbe oniveieity can
occupy any o’her position. Tbe Madiso
nian says : Secretary Frazer, of the De-
mosthenian society of the Slate Univeraity,
has assumed the championship of Hen.
Emory Speer. Ia onr opinion, the faculty
will gain but little for that adtool by suf
fering one of Us literary societies to dabble
in polities. We have heard several warm
friends of the university express the same
opinion.
MACON’S ENTERPRISES.
Their Condition—Art Exhibitions—
Academy ■( Music, Etc.
We have frequently been asked how the
numerous projects 2 enterprises of Maeon
are getting along. As these inquiries oome
mostly from those who have a chronic hab
it of believing that there is no good in
Nazareth, and that the enterprises spoken
of have no other basis than air, we have
thought best to run over tbe list and give
the status of eaoh.
the ELBonia light.
The oompany for producing the electrio
light has been formed and the apparatus
ordered. An engine will be purchased to
day, and tbe application for charter aa
well as a list of subscribers will appear in
to-morrow’s paper. There are more sub
scribers now than tbe company have burn
ers, and the stoek will have to be neoeeea-
rily increased. This is an assured feet,
and Maoon will be lit np with the light.
ACADEMY or MUSIC.
Local archi’ecte ate at work now upon
plans for this institution. The ground nas
been purchased, stock paid np, end it now
only remains tor tbe plans to be adopted.
The directors are unwilling to erect a
building that will not embraoe every mod
ern idea, and for that reason mooh time
and care is being bestowed upon the plans.
Thi* is also one of the certainties.
ART exhibition.
It ia manifest to every thinking person
that much time should be given to the get
ting np of an art exhibition that will court
col ectiocs from every part of the world.
The people of Maoon have not the money
to spare jost at this time to expend on an
exhibition such as is proposed, and beno*
it has been thought beet to postpone any
definite action iu the matter until the lat
ter part of the year, when it will Motive all
the care snd attention the most enterpris
ing of onr people can give to IL -
to vigorously push a butinest,
strength to study a profession,
strength to regulate a household,
strength to do a day’s labor with
out physical pain. All this repre
sents what is wanted, In the often
heard expression, “Oh! I wish I
had the strength!” !f you are
broken down, have not energy, or
fee! as if life was hardly worth liv
ing, you can be relieved and re
stored to robust health and strength ,
by taking BROWN’S IRON BIT
TERS, which Is a tree tonic-a
medicine universally recommended
for all wasting diseases.
*•
* gpt N. Frttnon* St, Baltimore
During the was I was in
jured in the stomach by a piece
of a shell, and have suffered
from it ever since. About four
■ ssasssssrfifc
months, and the best doctors
in the dty said I could not
live. I suffered fearfully from
indigestion, and forever two
years could not cat solid food
and for a large portion of the
time was unable to retain even
liquid nourishment. I tried
Brown’s Iron Bitters and now
after taking two bottle* I am
. able to get up and go around
and am rapidly improving.
G. Deckle.
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS la
a complete and sure remedy for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Weakness and all diseases requir
ing a true, reliable, non-alcoholic
tonic. It enriches the blood, give*
new life to the muscles and tons
to the nerves.
The reasons for the delay in
market hones have already been
city’s finance* are not such as would war
rant building, such a house as th# people
want True, ire oooldetpct a wooden shed
w, bat it is plain to everybody that when
do have a market house it should bo on*
now,
wo
of which ire may be proud. It will be built in
1883 beyond a shadow of a donbt, and until
then it would be a nseltes waste of labor
to work upon the idea.
The new cotton faotory, ootton
press and ootton seed oil factories are
simply waiting for the consummation of
trades by which the necesaary land can be
purchased upon which to ereot them. We
have all the evidence necessary that they
will be pnt np assoon aa these trades for
sites can be effected.
The shirt factory will
about the firat of July,
been secured and every
footed.
The planing mill of Hives. Mansfield A
Go. ia now being erected. Nearly all of
tbe machinery is m Maoon to-day.
There are hnmeroos other enterprises
that will blossom ont in th* falL Non* of
them have been abandoned, and by Jan
uary oil wilt be in full blast By that time
the chronic non-bolievere in Macon’s pros
perity will not have any foundation what
ever to base a sotittffy growl.
We present this morning the advertise
ment of Mr. W. H. Pillow, fruit and
duoe commission merchant, who has
moved here from Jacksonville, Fla. He
has had several years’ experience in his
•Une of business, and having fine facilities
tor disposing of fruits and produoe, he can
make it to the advantage of producers to
deal with him. We bUThim welcome and
with him snooees.
SUMMER Sunday School, IfrerroL
Temperance orSciioouAuwEtHuLICu
or Convections, cannot do better than to exam
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SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS cannot help
being token with onr truly golden trio of Sun-
dAY-school lingers.
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School Teachers will not tell to use
Sour Bells (Mcts.) for Common Schools; i
Welcome Chorus (SI) for High F
LOVERS OF GOSPEL MUSIC WILL I
Male Voice Choir (GOets) hy
as it haa* capital set of tunes am
easy to stag and of moderate compos.