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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1885.-TWELVE PAGES.
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HIE NEWS IN GEORGIA
GATHERED 11Y CORRESPONDENTS
AND 1‘ltOJI EXCHANGES.
Augusta liftd nine deaths last week.
Avera, in Jefferson county, is the newest
qiost-oflice.
There were twenty-one deaths in Savan
nah last week.
Covington is to have a first-class baseball
club next year.
Work has commenced cn the artesian
well at Quitman.
Trnde in Americns has been picking up
in the last few days.
Thomnston is to havo three cotton ware
houses next season.
The Methodists meet in llrunswick one
week from to-morrow.
Brobston is the name of a new post-office
five miles from Madison.
The store of W. B. Candler, of Villa Rica,
has been robbed of $j,954.
Rev. J. E. Sentell and lady, of Tcnnille,
Ga., is visiting relatives here.
Oranges sell at 25c. per dozen in Amcri-
ens, and Christmas is only a month off.
The Dawson Manufacturing Company
has received a car lond of now machinery*.
Mrs. J. W. Jones, of Fort Valley, has
taken charge of the telegraph offleo at Live
Oak.
Last week, six miles from Hamilton, the
residence of James Clark was destroyed by
fire.
In the Augusta warehouses there are 23,-
978 bales of cotton stored awaiting higher
prices.
We must have no ‘ ‘monkeying’’ in the race
for Congress in this district, says the Cov
ington Enterprise.
The marriage of Mr. George McDonald
■ and Miss Gertrude Gunn, of Cuthbert, will
take place December 2nd.
A Mr. Miller, of Ohio, wants to establish
a nursery near Rome. If successful, other
Northern people will follow.
Mr. Sid Trapp, a resident of Macon long
ago, bos sold his farm near Cuthbert and
has settled in Anniston, Ala.
A student at the University at Athens
blew out the gas the other night on retiring.
The arrival of other students saved him.
The Wilkes county prohibitionists will
contest tho recent election on the grounds
that one of the managers was not a free
holder.
Sevend negroes threatened to move away
from Lumpkin should Stewart county go
dry. Tlie election is over, the dry ticket
won and the negroes are still there.
Fulton county gave 22(5 majority for pro
hibition and Washington county gave
exactly tho same majority for anti-prohibi
tion. *
In Griffin Friday night while Phillip Mc
Call was turning somersaults he fell and
broke his arm. Thomas Nnnnally also
Broke his arm whilo skating.
A bouse on the plantation of Mr. Anson
Aldridge in Jefferson county caught on fire
a few days ago. A lot of negro children
ran out and left a holplcss infant to bo con
sumed by the Homes.
Last week, near Lafayette, whilo Joe
Taylor, a young ii an, was cutting wood,
he was approached by a tramp who de
manded his money. A scuffle 4milled in
which the tmmp was shot, but not serious
ly, as he made his escape.
An Alex Ktlicrlilge Case.
These are good reasons for believing
that the notorious outlaw and escaped con
vict, Perry Vinson, has returnod to his old
haunts in this region. If he is ever caught
again those who have suffered by his depre
dations will no doubt take the law into
their own hands, since it seems to be im
possible to keep him in the penitentiary.—
Albany News.
A Pair of Compliments.
Will somebody come to the front and
show us a newsier, cleaner or abler edited
paper than the Macon Tzlcobjxph?—Fort
Gaines Advertiser.
“Telegraph By-Play," in last Sunday's
Telegraph, is worth a year's subscription
to that paper. There are few better writ
ers in Georgia than the force on the Tele-
onAPH.—Baxley Banner.
A Cool Proceeding.
A drummer from Waynesboro says that
at the late fair in that town about twenty
thieves and sharpers were arrested. The
citizens took the law into their own hands
and after stripping off ail the clothes
from the gang turned them loose to mako
their way up North the best they conld.
Tho fellows begged some old clothes from
negroes and organized themselves into a
hand of tramps.—Albany Medium.
He Was Found Guilty.
A colored prisoner in jail wrote the fol
lowing letter to his father:
Marietta Cobh County Georgia November
the 10th 1885 Dear Father i will ask you if
you please get up the Money to By me out
Because i see tha Will find me gilty inspite
of all the lies We can tell i first thought i
could lie out of this But now i dont think i
can get up all the Money you can if you
don’t i am gone up.—Marietta Journal.
A llrute Captured at Last.
Some few months ago it won charged that
a negro named Bob Pascal, living near Way-
cross, murdered bis daughter by beating
her and hid her body under a log, covering
it with leaves. The grand jury of Ware
county found a true bill for murder against
him and the Governor offered a reward of
$200 for him. Last week another negro
named Charlie Brown caught Pascal and
turned him over to the shenff.
An Accidental Shoot ing.
Sandeksville, November 27.—Pharaoh
Smith was shot and mortally wounded by
Dave Hicks in Walker's bar-room about
8:30 o’clock last night—both negroes.
Hicks was tender at Walker’s negro bar,
and in fooling with the pistol nn accidental
discharge occurred, with the above result.
Hicks lied and his victim is still living, but
his chances for recovery are very slim, the
ball having entered the skull just above the
inner corner of the left eye.
catching Guinn between him and the
ground, and crashing him so badly that he
was rendered unconscious, and so re
mained until his death, which occurred
about twelve hours after the accident.
Young Lawson was one of the best and
most studious boys in the town, and his
parents have the sincere sympathy of tlie
entire community in this hour of deep dis
tress. .
Straightening Out Tlielr llu«lnr*n.
Allkstown, November 25.—-Tho house
of Renfro A Melton is closed until they get
their business straightened out It is sup
posed that if the firm commences business
again it will he in the name of J. T. Melton.
One TIioumiiiiI Hollars Out
Dr. B. Y. Rogers, oi this connty, while
in MilledgeviQt on Tuesday, waa robbed of
over $1,010. He was stopping at the Ed
ward House, and while absent on the streets
paying some small debts his room was
robbed.—Sondersville Herald.
Will Mako Ills Future Visits Short
One of our young gentlemen, who had
been in the habit of staying rather late
when he called on his girl, was surprised
the other night. He went out in the hall
for a stiek of wood to reernit the
fire, when he discovered a pack
age in tho wood box, and taking it into
the yonng lady, was greatly astonished by
her telling him that it was a lunch prepared
for his benefit, as ho stayed so late every
night he called, that she knew he got hnn-
grybefore he left.—Fort Gaines Adver
tiser.
uln bed fellow fast asleep. — Stillwater,
Irwin county, correspondence Hnwkinaville
News.
A Couple of Failures.
J. U. Brawner & Son, merchants at Ca-
taulo, Harris county, have failed. The
amount of their liabilities and assets could
not he obtained. Most of the indebtedness
is to firms in this city. The failure is not a
heavy one.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
Yesterday morning Harris A James turn
ed over their stock of groceries and provis
ions to the People's National Dank to satis
fy a claim the bunk bail against them. The
bank officials immediately sold the stock to
Messrs. A. C. Dell snd A. J. Buchanan, and
the goods were put on the market at onco.
It was impossible to find out what the as
sets and liabilities of the firm were, os they
did not know whnt they were themselves.—
Americns Recorder.
Cnnght Just In Time.
Colonel B. T. Thompson got off the train
at the depot lost Friday with his little Bon
Charles, ubout 6 years of age. He put
Charles down on the east side of the cars
and bade him run home, while he crossed
over Hie steps and proceeded up
town. It so happened that Charles did not
do os bidden, but determined to follow his
pa up town.- It was no concern to him
that the train of cars was in the way. He
was in the act of passing under the nearest
coach, between the ponderous wheels,
when some one standing near happily saw
the danger and snatched him back just in
time to clear the track for the train which
had already started forward.—Newnan
Herald.
Journalistic Note.
After a throe months' trial tho publication
of tho Americns Daily Republican, wil
cease and return to the semi-weekly edition.
Want of patronage is given as the causa. It
was started merely as an experiment.
A Foot Caniikt In nOln.
A Mr. Sinkfleld happened to a most
painful accident several Jays since at J. W.
Brooks’s gin in this connty. By some
no ans ids foot was caught by the gin, and
the entire instep tom out, and dreadfully
mangling that member.—Irwinton Appeal.
Col. Iaiumr’s Appointment.
Hawxissvilu:, November 28. — Onr
townsman, lion. L. SI. Lamar, baa been
appointed by Governor McDaniel as a dele
gate from tbe Stale at large to the national
agricultural college which meets at Indi
anapolis, Iud., Decern 1 er 3, 1885.
One Cau-e of Tight Times.
There is now stored in tho warehouses in
HawkinsviDe about two t .ouaand bales of
cotton, owned by fanners mostly, and wait
ing for better pncin. Pntting the jmee at
$PI a bale, it is safe to say that if the cotton
now on hand was sold, there would be put
into circulation over $75,000.
A Singular Coincidence.
It is rather significant that in the town
of Florence, where there are only five wells
of water, and two of them ore owned by
barkeepers, that the other three should
have dried up immediately after the elec
tion, in sympathy no doubt, witli the move
ment that is now sweeping the country.
A gentleman from here lind occasion to
visit Florence a few days ago, and on ask
ing for water, he was told that he would
have to drink beer, as the water hod
“played" out since prohibition begau.—
Lumpkin Independent.
llutti County's Terror.
The Jackson New-i contains a lengthy ac-
connt of a strange animal seen by many
reputable gentlemen disporting on tbe
banks of Towaliga river, and in tbe water
in tbe neighborhood of Flat shoals. It is
described as being ahont tbe size of an av
erage male, and with all the characteristics
of a seal. It travels best in the water.
Numbers of citizens have been frightened
by it, and on Saturday a posse of men went
in search of it Some seem to think that it
is a seal that has escaped from some travel
ing uioungeric.
A Singular Accident*
Clem Johnson, colored, went out to pick
cotton last Saturday morning, accompanied
by bis little three-year-old boy and it being
rather cold, Clem set fire to a stuipp, and
after a while the child lay down by the fire
and went to sleep, and while in that condi
tion the stump fell on him. fracturing hie
skull and breaking his thigh and bruising
him otherwise, considerably. Drs. Starr
snd Jackson set the fractured limb, but the
unfortunate little fellow died from tho
wounds Monday.—Newnan Herald.
A« Good i
He Sent.
A few days ngo two men were in Smith’s
barbershop." One had rod hair and the
other was baldbeaded. Bed hair to Bald-
head—“You were not around whon_ they
were giving out hair?" Baldhcad -“Yea, I
was there, but they only had a little red hair
left and I wouldn't take that —Bowersville
Union. _____
Ills I'urmlng.
Mr. \V. P. Wall I is head in his connty
on a one horse farm. He has already
giannl and packed twenty-nine balea from
thirty acre* cultivated with on® mule,
thinks be Wil get three more bale,
rides thia crop Mr. W. has twelve other
plows whieli will make over one hundred
ial, s. Eaton ton Chronicle.
. ms TtuuiVsrlvtn* Turkey.
officer Demp-ey. of tbe Borne polica
tone, while going homa to breakfast on
Thursday, caught a wild turkey that nad
fallen from sheer exhaustion, having been
flashed on tlie mountain a abort tiniebelore
l,v a hunt! r. It waa a Urge fat gobbh rand
niade the offle* r's family a big dinner.
To Enforce Prohibitory Laws.
An important meeting of prominent citi-
zena of Thomson with the town council
waa held on Monday night of last week. for
the purpose of consulting, and if possible,
devising means to enforce the prohibitory
Uw in Thomson. While there are no pub
lic bar rooms in the town, it is stated that
there are at least five United States retail
licenses held here, and it is well known that
the prohibitonr Uw U constantly vioUted or
evaded. No definite action was taken.
Thomson Journal.
A Notorious Rascal.
Judge Lumpkin gave Sheriff Stewart an
order, we learn, to turn over the notorious
Ike Ethridge to the sheriff of Bibb county,
on application. He will probably be sent
back to the asylum by the Bibb county au
thorities, will escape again and return to
his burglarious calling in Hancock county.
It Un’t too much tossy, just here, that if
lbs authorities are powerless or indisposed
to protect the good people of Hancock from
tbU notorious rascal, who U said to be
crazy with meanness only, then relief will
be sought in some other way.—Sparta
Ishmaeute. [Ethridge escaped lrom the
asylum at MilledgeviUe. ]
Maliomet Goes to the Mountain.
About two years ago a young man came
to this county from his home in Texas to
visit relatives, and while here met a young
ladv with whom he immediately fell in love,
anil before be returned to tho Lone Star
State she had promised to become his bride.
Two long years hiul passed, during which
time a regular correspondence was kept up,
until at last both grew tired of waiting.
He wrote that it was impossible for him
to come, and urged her to go to him, he
providing the means. To this she consent
ed and on last Monday night Miss E. R.
Brock boarded the cars at this place for her
long journey to her lover, Mr. It. B. Taylor,
whose homo is at Thrifty, Coleman county,
Texas, and by the time this reaches our
readers we suppose the linppy couple have
been united and are drifting peacefully on
the quiet sea of matrimonial bliss.—Cal
houn Times.
Cultlviitlon oi in,. Cork Oak.
Twenty-five years ago Hon. N. R. Holli
day, of this conhty, received from the Rep
resentative in Congress from this district
several acorns from the cork oak of Franco,
which he took pains to plant very carefully.
He has now three beautiful trees from them
standing in the yard of his residence, which
are bearing yearly. A few days ego he gave
the Independent office several acorns from
these trees, They are veritable cuiioMties
of a beautiful mahogony color. Their
shape is nn extremely elongated prolate
spheroid, measuring five inches in circum
ference the long and two aDd a half inches
around the centre. Thu bark on these tre< s
(which are now a foot in diameter) is suffi
ciently thick to make excellent corks for
viols and bottles. It is s practical demon
stration that cork oak will thrive and do
well in this climate and latitude.—Lump
kin Independent.
Getting Itlil or a Witness.
Some three weeks ago a negro named
Win. Hankeraon, in the CCth district, mys
teriously disappeared. He was on impor
tant witness against a negro named William
Garvin in a case of hog stealing. This fact,
coupled with other circumstances caused
the arrest and confinement of Garvin,nnder
the charge of murder. No trace of the body
could be discovered, and some began to
doubt that he was killed. Yesterday, how
ever, the body of Hankersin, chained and
weighted, with a sack tied over the head,
was fonnd in tbe Savannah river. Tbe
signs on tbe body showed that he hod been
murdered, and now no one doubts but that
Garvin killed him to get clear of his evi
dence on the hog stealing caae. Garvin's
case was continued and it is hoped that atn-
ilo evidence will come to light to convict
■im at the next term of the Superior Conrt
-Waynesboro Citizen.
A Tissue or Uc«.
In the Macon Teleorapb of yesterday,
which came to hand just as we go to press,
wu notice an extract from a letter purjiort-
ing to have been written by Miss Libbie 1).
Kelsey, a Yankee school-marm of Macon,
Ga., to the Ohio State Journal So far as
tbe letter refera to tbe action of the citizens
of Quitman, on the night of the burning of
tbe negro collcgv, it is simply a tissue of
lies from begimring to end. Mr. Parr,
whom she calls Prof. Ayrea, and the four
women were waited upon as soon as passi
ble by a party of gentlemen, consisting of
t e mayor, Aldermen Dukes snd Roundtree,
I)r. Snow and the editor of this paper.
They were invited at Irest two private
houses and were finally escorted by the
mayor and aldermen to the Commercial
Hotel, where quarters were furnished them.
Flits Kelsey's letter will receive further at
tention next week from the mayor of Quit-
man.—Quitman Free Press.
What Cured lllm of Drinking.
About a month ago a Bollock county
man, who never knew what it was to go over
a day without several drinks, happened to
take one too much. He went out where no
one could see him snd bowed his head low
to do the awful sea sick act. An old ram,
as mischevioua as wicked, saw the poor fel
low, and regarding it as an invitation to
play batting, took a running start and then
there waa a crash similar to that of two
Tcry locomotives coming together on the same
track. The man wee picked up, end for a
week lie shuddered at even the thought of
mutton. He swears that he will alwayz
v.iy> the prohibition ticket no^,
A Sad «% evident.
I'omttv, November 28.-Laat Wednes
day morning a very **d accident occurred
on on® of onr attest*, which reaultod in tbe
1 death of Guinn Lawaon, oldest son of
1 County Commissioner Lawaoo.
i i >*%oung s«?nUsmsn vu' ruling h* r-«-
f ''YdTv 1.'ic- ItatkrMhis horse wared up, and in tony
1 • • iin.splical.le nunaer fell over backward.
, be i good farm
t Ci -ntr.it for next
tonw: The farmer!
t of »hi->k
him i“ ride one of
ind feed and clothe
dollars in cash on
an, f»
Killed by n Falling Tree.
On Wednesday morning a Mr. Johnson,
who lives near Richland in this county, was
engaged in picking cotton and several mem
bers of bis family assisting him. As the
morning was an exceedingly cold one fires
were built in the field so thnt the children
could warm themselves occasionally. In
the field stood a dead pino treo, ahont fifty
feet In height, which was fired near the bot
tom. During the morning tho eight-year-
old daughter of Mr. Johnson approached
the burning tree to warm her hands. An
older sister looking up saw that the tree had
burned nearly through and was ready to
full. She called to her Mister to ran, who,
misunderstanding the direction given, ran
directly tho way tho tree was falling and be
fore sho had gotten beyond its reach the tree
fell upon the fleeing child and instantly
killed her. Her terrible death, surrounded
by the horror stricken family who were un
able to render her any assistance, is one of
tho saddest accidents* that ever ocourred in
Stewart count)’.
Georgia Opinion.
WHAT A LIAR’S TONGUE WOULD LOOK LIKE.
In olden times liars were punished by
having a hole bored through their tongues.
If this pnnishmnnt was inflicted for lying
now we know some men whose tongues
would well counterfeit Alcock’s porons
plasters. —Madisonian.
WOBSZ THAN A BASEBALL MANAGER.
The average traveling theatrical manager
hna less sense* than the baseball manager.
The baseball man who travels will secure
tho strongest nine he can find, every player
jreat in his place. The theatrical manogor
buys a lot of had pictures to put on fences,
hires one actor and a weak lot of duffers,
and starts out to starve.—Augusta News.
A SERMON ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTS,
Young Mrs. Winthrop will discount three
ont of four sermons in thfc" good it does,
and no one who witnesses it can go away
without n resolution to by a truer man nr
woman, a better husband er a more loyal
wife.—Augusta Chronicle.
AN UNCERTAIN FATE.
Alex Ethridge, tl.o Notorious Thief, lias u
Midnight Call.
Sparta, November 2G.—A party of ahont
twenty-fivo well nrrned meQ surrounded
the honse of Sheriff Stewart at 12 o’clock
last night and compelled him to go with
them to the jail and deliver to them the
notorious burglar, Alex Ethridge, alias Ike
Watson, who was recently rccnptnred in
Baldwin county. It will be remembered
that this man committed a number of bold
burglaries about Linton, in this connty,
more than a year ago. During a Baptist
convention near that place, he entered
the house of Mr. Ivey W. Duggan
and stole among other valuables, three gold
watches. After tliiB performance he was
captured in Macou for tomo similar deed,
hut in the trial he feigned lunacy so sne-
ccssfnUy that tho jury sent him to the
asylum. From that institution he escaped
in a short time, and was captured recently
and turned over to the authorities here. An
effort was made to hare him brought to
trial here, but Jndgo Lumpkin ordered the
ahoriff to turn him over to the officers from
Bibb county to he tried again there. The-
fear that Etheridge would again succeed in
his lunacy scheme and thus evade punish
ment and carry on his burglarizing seems
to have prompted this bold action by the
men who took him from jail. No news has
yet reached ns as to tbe fate of Etheridge.
A TRAGEDY IN DOOLY.
llrrams to b« Accounted For.
Last fall Dr. Easom, a clever and reliable
S entleman, well known in Americus, hail a
ream that he visited the residence of Dr.
D. B. Searcy, in Monroe county, and when
ho entered the reception roam found thet
Dr. Searcy was not there. In a few days
he received a notice by mail that on the day
preceding the night of his dream the doctor
died. Last Friday night he dreamed that
he entered tbe eame room and Mrs. Searcy
was not there. Tbe dream awoke him, and
recalling bu former experience, he awoke
his wife end told her thet his cousin, Can,il
ia Searcy, was dead. On Monday laat he
received a letter etaring that Firs. Camilla
Searcy died on the day preceding hia dream.
Dr. Searcy and Dr. hosom were consuls,
snd the letter has long been familiar with
them at their home. This is another phe
nomenon to he accounted for by scientists.
—Americus Republican.
A wily Bigamist.
There came here about two weeks ago one
Alex Cheney, from Appling county, bring
ing with him two wives end a cart he hail
stolen. Yesterday an officer, in company
with the gentleman who he bail taken the
cart from, came with a warrant to arrest
him and carry him back when be had
committed the theft, a distance of about
ninety miles. They came to Mr.
William Fletcher's awhile before night.
Mr. William and Ebb FUt'her
accompanied them to one John Cheney’s,
where they arreted him, an-1 brought him
back to Mr. Fit t. her'* ind guai 1 -1 him
■.:.t.1 I .. . 1- ii. in . a in ii iln-j • i.. i 1- ■ 1
tli.it they would lock him up in a :-"B
with another man. thinking they bad him
si ure. After limy all hail been asli-i-p, he
-kippi-il out at a t.uk il-i-.r they had for-
u-ott.li to !"< k. an 1 made Li, i - qic, leaiing
Vienna, November 27.—Calvin E. Powell
was shot and killed by John P. Clegg five
miles below hore yesterday evening. The
particulars of tbe affair, as gleaned from
tbe oouricr who came for the sheriff, are
substantially as follows: Powell had some
land rented from Clegg, a portion of which
wss planted in ground peas. Wednesday
Powell came to Vienna to consult a lawyer
in regard to Clegg, who he claimed was
gathering the neas himself. Yesterday
Powell snd his children were in the field
digging the peas, as also was Clegg, the
latter accused the former of talking ahont
nbout him, I’oweU denied this, and Clegg
drew his pistol and fired at
I’oweU, missing him. Powell then
stnrti-d towards home, telling
C’tgg he would have him arrested. Cleg)
continued firing and Powell turned am
made at him with a hoe. One of Clq
shots struck Powell in the breast am
fell, striking and cutting Clegg with the
hoo as he fell dead. Powell's little boy in
the meantime ran up and cut Clegg slightly
in the back. Powell died instantly. Sher
iff Keltsw and a posse havegone after Clegg,
who is under tbe guard of two men at his
house.
FoweU leaves an invalid wife and several
children in destitute circumstances. Clegg
Da man of family. Hia wife is in tbe asy
lum at Flilledgeville. He it a brother of P.
C. Clegg, of UawUniville.
A COLLEGE RUPTURE.
Terrell Superior Court—Visiting Lawyers-
Personal Mention.
Dawson, November 24.—It is reported on
tbe streets today tlmt through some dis
agreement between Prof. McClellan, presi
dent of the Southwest Georgia Male and
Female College, at this place, and Mrs. Mc
Nulty, a member of tho faculty, in charge
of the female department, the latter,
with her daughter and sister, Miss Ellen
Flartin, also teachers, have retired from the
faculty snd have remove 1 their effects to
Firs. McNulty's |residence. After tho rup
ture all hpt seven of the etudenU followed
Firs. McNulty, leaving the presi-
ident with tho remaining seven. It is not
known what the outcome will be, but it is
hoped that a compromise satisfactory to all
parties concerned may be effected, os the
coUege is one of the institution* of this sec
tion and all the parties are highly respected
and beloved by both students and patrons.
Our Superior Court convened yesterday
morning at It) o'clock. Judge John T.
Clark delivered a learned and well-timed
charge to the grand jury.
Several visiting members of the bar are
attending court. Among whom we note
Judge C. B. Wooten and Judge D. A.
Vason from Albany, Col Wm. Guerry and
Fir. Hinton from Americas, sndCoL G. W.
Warwick from Smithville. We learu that
Uo criminal cases of any magnitude will be
tried, and it u presumed that the attention
of tbe court will be principally directed
civil matters.
“.Stump)" Folsom, of the Americus I
corder, is with us. We were also pleased
to meet CoL Fladison Jones, of your city.
The venerable Judge Clarke is assisted in
his duties as clerk of tbe court, a position
which he has ably filled for thirty years | ing 1,
past, by Editor W. K. I’ilibury, of tbe Ap
peal
tho ground. Since tlicD the town 1ms beon
in a stato of excitement, and various were
the threats made by the negroes, to tlie ef
fect that the town in ite entirety shonld be
laid ia ashes. Every night guards litre
posted throughout the td.vn, in order to
irevent these threats from being executed,
lilt our vigilance did not extend fur
enough, for on Saturday night
tho torch was applied to tlie
cane mill and gin house
of Jndgo J. (). Martin, and this valuable
property, costing more than #3,000, was de
stroyed. No insurance could bo lind, so it
was a complete loss, This morning nt 11
I'clock, in accordance with an announce
ment previously made, the citizens, white
and black, assembled at the court house to
discuss the Hinder and to endeavor io come
to nn honorable settlement of the trouble.
After the meeting had been called to order,
speeches were mode by several gentlemen
expressive of sorrow for the unfortunate
event. A negro arose and stated, without
nny evidence whatever that the house
was burned by t*>e whiten, thnt
unless the white people would give the as
sociation ten acres of land, thoy, the ne
groes, wonld not be satisfied. Iu short, the
negroes turned dictators and tho whites
were afraid to assert their manhood. Mr,
Editor, it seems to the young, who have
some truo blood in their veins, and who are
yet to enter the political nrenn, that this
meeting was ns disgusting and cowardly as
it was hypocritical.
Trusting that the papers of Georgia may
look with less contempt on the cowardice
shown by the older citizens of oar town
than do the younger people of Brooks
county, I am, very respectfully, X.
THE QUESTION IN SAVANNAH.
IIow It 1* Viewed by tlie l'roh!!>Itlonl*U ancl
Anti Prohibit loiii-t*.
Several of the prominent prohibitionists
of the eity were interviewed yesterday.
They were all of the opinion that nn elec
tion will be hold here beforo long. Augus-
votes on the question in January, and
the Chatham county tomperance folks wnnt
wait until the Richmond county cam
paign is over.
Ex-Governor St. John, Bain, of Kon-
tncky, Finch, and half a dozen other prom
inent speakers and workers have volunteer
ed to come to Savannah in February and
assist in the campaign. A subscription is
being raised in tlio North, it is said, to be
nsed in the campaign. One New Yorker is
said to hare subscribed $10,000. It
suggested to several that Savannah is the
strongest liquor town in the State! Not
withstanding this, the temperance people
express great confidence of carrying Chat
ham.
The conservatives and the liquor men said
yesterday that a contest is to take place.
The liquor men, to be sure, have good rea
son and they mean to take time by the fore
lock. They will act on the defensive, while
the other side will mnko the attack. To
counteract Rome of the force df the pro
hibitionists, tho more prominent “antis”
will try to got a high license for Savannah.
The “antis” believe that a high license
will conciliate hundreds of conservative
•voters who, under the present law and in
discriminate system, will support the drv
movement The purpose of the higii
license men, therefore, is rather shrewd,
and strenuous efforts will, it is understood,
be mndo to indneo the city council to fix
the license nt n high figure. 'Atlanta was
termed a high license city, the license
them being $500. It is likely that the figure
will be made considerable more than that
here it the high license people can have
have tbeir wav.
The liqnor business Id Savannah is esti
mated at over $2,000,000 annually, and by
some as high as $3,000,000.
From the jubilant oxpresaiona of the pro
hibitionists, it may be reckoned as certain
that within tho next few months Savannah
will he the battle ground on which even a
fiercer contest will be waged titan has been
waged in Atlanta for the past six weeks.
Recognizing the strength of tho liquor in
terest in this city, all of the arailahlo tem
perance force will be marshalled in the siege
of tho citadel—Snvannah News.
ITorrlble Sijjlit at
Norwich, Eng., Not
ble sight was witnessed
ing oi' Robert Qoodale,
for the murder of his
September 15th last
as used and the drop
the trap was sprung
violently, and Guodale
from his body. The spi
stricken and bcca
inquest was held. The hangm in said Good-
ale a head looked as if it Lad be.-a cat off
with n knife. Ho had thin vertebra-. Tin*
hangman was sober and cool and collected
when lie sprung tho trap. Go--I do’s death
: in-! .ai,-a. -a. an 1 r h in >r.i
merciful than by strangulation. The jury
render- .1 a verdict in an-ordsneo with tho
facts, attaching no blame to the hangman.
A GEORGIA WIDOWS FARM.
A Lady Who Grace* tlie Cotton Field, tlie
Cook-ltooni and the l’arlor.
Near Villa Rica, in Carroll county, lives
the widow Green, whose husband died
twenty years ago, leaving her without
means and a large family of little children
Her present home is thus described in the
Campbell News:
Instead of the log cabin left [her then,
she lives in a handsome frame dwelling
furnished with all themodern conveniences
and snrronnded by a large yard that is it
self os neat as a parlor.
Hundreds of chickens are scattered
nbout the piece; lordly turkeys strut around
ready for the Christians holidays; a large
pen wss filled with fat hogs that would now
uversgo nearly 200 pounds each, and yet
were onlv put up the day beforo,
and so fur hsvo cost nearly noth-
g in the comer of the barnyard
ugo bam, its lower floor honor-combed
with stalls and the upper oue filled with
feed and looking more like a livery stable
than a country bam. Fine young colts
were racing each other; sleek, we iMed
tie were quietly gathering as tho evening
shades came on, looking as though they
wonld never need nny of the corn that vas
stacked to the shingles of an immense crib.
Within a stone's throw is her gin honse,
thresh and evaporator; good houses wlu-reiu
are sheltered the buggy, carriage and farm
ing tools, while back of tho dwell
ing stretches sway throe hundred
scree of land, all the cleared iiortion in the
highest state of cultivation. No complaint
there of hard times. All years arc good, all
crops bountiful Erery where smiling peace,
plenty and happiness. It looks like living
when you go there, and they do live like
kings. The sons raise the food, the dang'
ten cook it and it is needless to say that
is well done. They entertain a great deal
of company and their fare blends the
purity nnd sweetness of home victuals
with tho variety of a hotel But
this noble woman has done more than live
well She does not owe n dollar, has money
at interest, has raised all those children,
taught them how to work, given them a
good education and sent them into the
world honored, nxefnl, prosperous «*— and
women. One son is still at borne nnd looks
after the faint. The youngest danghte,
just blushing into glorious womanhood, L
also st home and graces alike the cook room
and tie parlor, her rare beauty being
equaled only by her varied accomplish
ments.
It'll.1C f'.r 1 li.-ri.
ForTLAND, Oiegon, November :Ml—A
special to the Oregonian from Adams, Uma-
tilla connty, this Sti.t.-, says: George H,
Reach wa* hung by vigilant* s four miles
south of hen to-day, having been forcibly
from *"ine officers who were Lring-
pU
After he
* on ta.
i of horse st
■J the followini
ife at Wi
A 15-sto
-i head was severed
*t iters were horror-
k at t!i - " U'-, An
BUZZ. JiL///. BUZZ.
The Busy Bees Heal
ing: the Nation.
From tlio Mountains to tbe Son,
Praises Come Wafted
to B. B. B.
MOTHER AND SISTER.
B. B. B. Co.: Fly mother and sister lmd
nlcernted throat and scrofula, nnd B. B. B.
cured them. E. G. TINSLEY,
June 20, 1886. Columbiana, Ain.
GOD SPEED IT.
B. B. B. Co.: One bottle of B. B. B.
cured me of blood poison nnd rheumatism.
May God speed it to every one.
W. It. ELLIS,
June 21, 1885. Brunswick, Go.
TWENTYFIVE YEARS.
B. B.,B. Co.: Ono of my customers, J.
B. Rogers, was afflicted 25 years witli a ter
rible ulcer on his leg. hut B. Ii. Ii. has
ncnrly cured him. B. F. MEDLOCK,
June 22, 1885, Norcross, Ga.
BAY HORSE.
B. B. B. cured me of nn ulcor with which
had been tronbled fifty yean. I am now
os fat os a bay horse, and sleep better than
anybody, and B. B. B. did it oil.
It. It. BAULTER,
June 21, 1885. Athens, Ga.
RAILROAD TALK,
Four bottles of D. B. B. cured mo of a
severe form of rheumatism, and the same
number of bottles cured my wife of rheu
matism. J. T. GOODMAN,
Conductor C. R. It.
MAGICAL, SIR.
The use of D. B. B. has cured mo of much
suffering, as well as a case of piles of forty
cars' standing. Although 80years old, I feel
ike a new man. B. B. Ii. is magical, sir.
GEO. U. l'RAZIElt.
WONDERFUL GODSEND.
My three poor, nfllicti d children, who in
herited a terrible blood poison, have im
proved rapidly after the uso of B. B. B. It
is a Godsend healing bidm.
FIRS. S. FI. WILLIAMS,
Sandy, Texas.
EASTSUOKE TALK.
Wo have bn handling B. B. It. ahont
12 months, and can snV that it is the bast
selling medicine we handle, and the satis
faction seems to be complete
LLOYD A ADKINS,
Juno 23, 1885. Brunswick, Ga,
VERY DECISIVE.
The demand for B. II. 11. is rapidly in
creasing, and we now buy in one gro-^ lota.
Wo unhesitatingly sny onr customers aro
all pleased. 1I1LL BROS.,
Juno 21, 1885. Anderson, S. 0.
TEXAN TATTLE.
* * One of our customers left his
bed for tlio first tim • in six month*, after
using only one bottle of II. 11. II. lie hud
scrofula of a terrible form, tlmt had re
sisted nil other treatments. II. 1). B. now
takes tho lead in this sorliuu.
LIEDTKE BROS.,
Juno 1(5, 1885. Tut.-r, Texas.
Never Known to Fail.
The popular Blood Purifier of the day is
It i» the honest ''triad anil true" Old In
dian Cure that has stowi ,je teat of time.
It win cun- any r.i Di-.... or Skin
Di'i-ose ai ising from .,ap a blond.
An excellent tOQio au'l appetizer. Noth
ing equals it for fomah complaints. A
purely v-.-g- t.il 1.. pi--p.ir.iti.-n, c.-nt.lining
no Du roUry or other mineral potion.
Sold by lea ling druggists.
iTHE 0. I. 0. CO.,
I’erry, Ga,
octl ilAmAwlv
Notice- -^ock and Fenc/ 1 kaw,
futonou, JONES COUNTY N.,t„.. ,, h*rrt>r
n il*At A I- Mi. Ii r r st... k I a* t r t ImUni.
tho 4t-nh O. 31. DUtrK-t. Join * County, Go.. U uow
on A!# in thin ott.-o with the number of
ram-t—*ml vnlcM boos sood cause be Dhown to
the contrary—an order of election on tho fence
nueetion fur ►eI«1 district will be Krantodoo the iitb
a*jr of November next. Take notice.
WitneMtnjr hand officially, October 17. l-^s.
OrtttwH It I I..IN» * i. -1,:.,ir\.
Notice for Leave to Sell Land.
GKuKGlA. JuM S I'ul'N jy utter
date I will apply to the court of urdinary *,f Jonen
county for an order to *ell all the land* bclonionii
to the rotate of 3In. Sarah I*. Roberta *1... .x~. il.
Nov. 3,1383 vr. A llAI.L, Ad mini* trat«»r.
novlOwt
(3KO&aiA.CaAWYO&DCUUM7Y - x*nth K. Ault-
man h&a applied for exemption of per*-, natty and
*eltu.|{ apart and valaati<>uof hom-Mcad out thn
• - 1 ; 1 • t • il 1 : - j . II..1. I. -Il'iA
Anltiuan, and 1 will paasui>on tbe Kamo at 12 o'ciocx
M.on the l.ihdar of Dacmct-r. I-' nt :;.a . nice.
November 18th, liM. QXD. L. ttWn&ONttsa
nov34 wit*
Administrator’s Sale,
OKORGIA, JON i S COUNTY-11}
der from the coart of ordinary *>f
will mU before tbe court hou». «1«
Clinton, cn the SniTto -dav in Ja
in the local h ura of wale, fifty ». r
inf to Um estate of lira. 8*i ah L. J
in Jott" -uty, n: . xt.- on C- i)i
i-art*i. !Ul.!winr«Mnty|Srt *1:
Walk*-r and oth* r». Fair lend, m
lof cabin-> th.-r.-n. Convent' nt t
Tin: NICCKIION Tol*.
ISitd M*tr <>r \flkalr* Itrport
iON. November - P.-lito
IVar >ir: I u.uiM l».«
,n>our valuable ,.i M '. r. to U
til** fjirtH thllt I “11..W.
b*- morning «»f tb»- 17th irut.x
tlif r*> coll. '. u;v, Ll.
Advice tn Mothers.
Mllg .if i 1 ' 1 ■ »- .7
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O: Mt.DIt'MM/tD
-ill b* think
L.Of tit.
rwsb M.». on.