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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1885.--TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS .IN GEORGIA.
gathered by correspondents
AND FROM EXCHANGES.
George D. Robinson, of the much-adver
tised house of Augusta, is dead.
Hr. G. J. Sloppy, a well-known citizen,
died last week at his residence near Plains
of Dura.
Alderman Cobb, of Americas, is the vie-
tin of chicken thieves. A mid on his place
tLo other night cleaned up all ho had.
The Brunswick Breeze was one year old
on Sunday, and it anniversarates with u
crowing rooster at the top of the column.
In Ainericus, Col. B. B. Hinton's bnggy
collided with a wood-wagon and was totally
wrecked. Colonel Ilinton escaped injury.
Miss Stella Smyth, of Augusta, formed
1,14'.) words out of the letters contained in
the word blacksmith, and won a doll for her
brightness.
Mr. Adam Glover, while hunting at Watt's
mill-pond, in Sumter county, killed two
wild geese. They were the first over killed
in that county.
A man living at Locust Grove, in Henry
county, con hoar distinctly the whistles of
engines on tho Central railroad, just thir
teen miles away.
Mr. C. W. Hancock, of Americas, has re
ceived a lettor from Miss Laura llaygood,
now in Chinn, giving much insight into
missionary work.
Tho clerk of the council of Rome esti
mates that the receipts and expenditures of
tho city government for the present year
will amount to $57,000.
A little negro boy on G. M. Harper's place,
in Sumter county, while fooling with tho
gearing of a steam pump, had one of bis
arms broken in two places.
A few flakes of snow fell at Hartwell on
Wednesday, and the same day a considera
ble quantity of ripe rasberries were found
on the bushes in Mr. J. W. Williams's gar
den.
^ In a swamp in Sumter county Messr-.
"ink and Clem Jowers and Prof. Layfield
caught and killed a large wild cat The an
imal had just made u meal of a litter of
pip*-
Rome is now by law entitled to the special
delivery of letters. An application by the
postmaster, with official statement of the
annexation, would secure Rome this con
venience.
At Fort Valley, Tuesday, as the Methodist
Church bell was being tolled during the
f unerul services of Vice-President Hendricks,
it craoked, and the man hod to discontinue
tolling it
The city election at Americas occurs one
week from to-day, and so far no candidates
are in tho field. E. A Hawkins, one of the
retiring aldermen, positively refuses to run
or serve if elected.
Fifty-three partridges were caught by
netting in one day recently by a Mr. Wag-
non, near Pleasant Hill, Clarke county.
He has a pointer to set thorn, calls off his
dog, tend drives with a horse.
The other day a man wanted to bet that
a half dozen men could not be found in
Waycross who knew which was the fourth
commandment. On passing the question
around it was answered in ten different
ways and only one was right.
Mitchell Lampton, of Ccdartown, died
Friday. His death was caused by choking
quinsy. A few minutes before his death
liu complained of a choking sensation in
his throat, sought relief by walking out in
his yard, but soon returned to his room and
in a few minutes was a corpse.
There will be three important gatherings
in Brunswick this week, viz: Superior Court
convenes on Monday morning at 10 o’clock.
Tho South Georgia conference of tho Meth
odist Church will convene on Wednesday,
and on Saturday the clans will gather for
municipal election.
The grand jury of Chatham Superior
Court has returned a true bill of indictment
against John Walsh for murdering W. H.
Dawson in the Marshall House, October
14. A true bill was also found against
Abram Wayman, the young negro who
stabbed John Rusu, the Greek fruit dealer,
on the night of September 10.
Henry Whitfield, allot Whitfield Ryels
and Joo Ryols, the negro who set fire to
the residence of Mr. F. A Exley, in Savon-
nob, on January 12 laxt,‘died at the jail
Monday morning. ' Whitfield was tried for
arson and sentenced to be hung March 07,
hut au order waa issued three days before
that time until the case could bo taken to
tho Supremo Court.
(icorsiii Farming*
Com raised in Terrell county this year
sells for 10 and 45 cents per bushel.
The progressive farmer is picking wlrnt
little la left of cotton, towing wheat and
killing hogs.
Mr. Jonathan West, of Cartecay, cnlti
vat* ,1 three acres in tobacco this year and
at the pricea offered for it, it will bring $00
per acre. —Ellijay Courier.
0. W. Millions*', of Worth rountv.
planted 000 stocks of scud cane this year,
from which lie mode.150 gallons of syrup.
Ten stalks of his cane made five and a hall
gallons of juice.
Mr. Johu F. Hendley, of this county,
mode ninety gallons of syrup from a plant
ing of 000 seed enne. From the same small
patch he saved 3,000 cane for aeod and al
lowed his children to chew up a thousand
stalks, making ninety gallons of syrup and
3,000 stalks of cane saved from a planting
of only COO stalks.—IUwkinsville News.
We have heard of a young man, not a
hundred milts from this plkce, who. a few
year* ago, purchased a b g plantation for
for $5,000, and agreed to pay $1,000 a year
until he paid for it Ho sowed it down
principally in small grain each year and at
the end of five years he hail paid for it, and
had something left He then concluded
that he wonld raise cotton instead of grain
and hired a lot of free negrocs-pnrehssed
males, farming implements, etc., sufficient
for a large cotton plantation. At the end
of five years from tho tune he abandoned
grain and commenced raising cotton bis
farm was heavily mortgaged and he was
hopelessly in debt His farm, mules, etc.,
were sold by the sheriff and he was left
where he started ten years before.—Liber-
ton Gazette.
A Nall Struck fkjnareljr on the Head.
There are more bogus and sensational
telegrams sent out of Atlsnta than a little.
Somebody down there oupht to hare aeoat
of tar and feathers.—Marietta Journal.
The Fewer Of the Prmuu
Since we threatened to call as extra sea-
■don of the Legislature to play havoc with
the railroads, the directors have seen fit to
- nut passenger coaches on the freight trains
and take passenger, too.—Baxley Banner.
nillslBS an 1’n It n I -licit We
A certain gentleman in Eastman
that the artesian well be taken up, cut into
sections ami sold for post boles, in order to
reimbnrte the town for the money expend
ed upon it.—Ksstmsn Journal.
A I.ucky Twice* County Uoy,
Mr. Tom Bond, the p.it ntea ot e pJ&tr
k a premium at the last fair,
sold the right for ten thousand dollars. He
has refused fifteen thousand for the right
for Canada. -Irwinton Appeal.
ltenare of Braun Collar Button..
. Mr. J. F. Thompson cut his neck with a
razor while shaving, eight or ten days ago,
afterwards wore a brass collar button which
poisoned hi* neck causing great swelling
and serious trouble.—Fort Gaines Adver
tiser.
Merely a Terlmlcatlty.
LaGiunoe, December 11.—The chief
ground for n new trial of John W. Smith,
convicted of murder, is that the sheriff went
into the jury room and asked if they would
soon agree instead of telling the bailiff to
ask the question. This was at midnight.
Accidentally Sliot.
LaGramie, Decemberll:—News has just
reached here that Capt. “Hal” E. Moss, of
Wliitesville. Harris county, was to-day very
badly wounded by the accidental discharge
of a shot gun. The load was received in
his side, just above the hip. Moss is a
good citizen and has represented his county
in the Legislature.
A Home-Mude Railroad President.
Major John H. Jones, president of the
Elberton Air-Line railroad, is the oldest
citizen of Elberton, this being the place of
his birth. He is now abont seventy years
of age, and is apparently os active and en
ergetic us a nmn of forty. The Major
claims to be the best horse-back rider in
the county.—Elberton Gazette.
The Preliminary Survey.
Mr. Arthur Fou, civil engineer, and his
corps of men have pitched camps near
Fuller's mill and hove commenced the pre
liminary survey of the Savannah, Dudlin
and Western Short Lino railroad. He rode
over a good portion of the conntry between
this point and Savannah daring last week
and reports the country much better than
.... -• —Doblin
On demurrer, Judge Speer held that the
plaintiff hod no just cause for action, and
be.dismissed the cone.—Savannah Nows.
Some Intensive Farming.
Mr. John D. Pearce, of the lower por
tion of this oounty, has become fully con
vinced that the system of intensive farm
ing is the most profitable uvsteui to he pur
sued in this country. We learn that he
made this year, on two acres of land, 3,900
pounds of seed cotton, or nearly three
bales of lint. He fertilized this small
patch with lot immure aud cotton seed,
applying about 400 pounds to the aero.
On twenty-one acres of land, cultivated
in the ordinary manner, with an applica
tion of fifty pounds of guano per acre, Mr.
Peurcc made nine holes of cotton or a bale
to a little over two acres. He made more
clear money on the two acre patch than he
did on tho twenty-one acres.
Mr. l’earce is an independent, thorough
going farmer. He runs only two plows
uml has made this year more than an abun
dance of com to supply his farm another
year, und has jast killed seven head of bogs
which netted him 2,505 pounds of pork,
one of his poikers weighing 441 pounds.
He pays as lie goes and never parts his
hair in the middle, and will hereafter pur
sue 'he intensive system of farming, ns ho
is satisfied that it is tho only system that
will prove to be the salvation of the coun
try.—Hawkins ville News.
he expected to find it-
i Post,
Flreil Upon by Unknown Parties.
Eatoston, December 10.—At William
Crews’s residence three negro men were
sitting in the bouse talking to a negro wo
man, when some unknown party placed
the muzzle of a shot-gun through a crack
near the door and shot the woman in the
leg, making a painful wound lint not dan
gerous. Some stray shot hit two of the
negro men.
IlawklruvIUe’i* City Fathers.
Hawkinsvillk, December 10.—The fol
lowing citizens will ho supported for aider-
men of the town in 1886: S. B. Lawson,
•I. J. Joiner, J. Z. T. Fawn, B. Bell and II.
M. Bozeman.
llawkinsvilhfwill get two thousand more
bales of cotton than last year.
Mr. P. A. Robuck, near town, killed
hog weighing 53-1 pounds.
Knocked OITthe Top of n Train.
Adaiosvili.e, Decomber 10.—While the
down through freight wns passing through
the bridge near Tunnel Hill this morning,
T. C. Johnson, a brakeman, not noticing
the bridge, was knocked off and instantly
killed. His brains wero scattered over the
box-car on which he was standing when
killed. His remains wore left with his fam
ily, who live near the scene of the acci
dent.
The Absconding Ijunllord Captured
Last Thursday night the train from Au
gusta brought to our town Bailiff Jim Law-
son and Col. W. L. McElmnrray, who were
on the trial ot T. C. Lloyd, the absconding
stoward ot the Arlington House, of Waynes
boro. They found their man, and carried
him bock to Waynesboro, where he was
tried for chesting and swindling by the
county court, convicted, and sentenced to
pay a fine of $100 or eight months in the
chain-gang.—Millen Beacon.
MUIrdirvllle'i Hunk.
This is an establiahment of which Mil-
ledge ville is justly proud. It began busi
ness s year or two ago, nnd mode money
enough the first year to fit up a beautiful
office nnd pay all the officers, and then had
a neat little profit left. We understand that
it will declare a nico dividend this year.
The prospect of its capital being increased
by $100,000 or $150,000 ore very bright.
Home of the officers are corresponding with
some capitalists who have that amount to
invest. We know no investment that is
better than our bank.—Millcdgeville Chron
icle.
Heeded Not the Telegraph's Warning.
GazENVu-LK, December 10.—Your press
dispatches announcing the failure of the
Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent
Association caused great excitmenj in our
town yesterday. Dr. M. T. McGarrnhty, of
Atlanta, formerly of Newnan, spent several
months in the town and county this Sum
mer, soliciting insurance in this
A Urge number of our
from home and come South in search of
work. Their names were Grant Wilton and
Herman Baumbach. They applied for lodg
ing at the Btntion house last Wednesday
night and next morning announced their in
tention of returning on foot to their home
in the Northwest. They did not carry out
their intuntion however, but went to the
office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company nnd telegraphed their fathers
that they were sick and asked for money.
Yesterday morning Mr. L. L. Wilton,
oung Wilton's father, arrived in the city,
ie went to the city hall and informed
the chief of police that he was in search of
his runaway son and aske'd aid. Search
made for the runaways, which resulted in
finding them at 2 o'clock on Fourth street.
Police officers Tharp and llamp Wood ar
rested thorn aud oarried them to the station
house. Mr. Wilton was then informed that
his son had been found.
The meeting between father and son was
not ut all affecting. They shook hands;
the father suggested to tho son that it would
bo well for him to return to his home and
the son readily agreed.
to Mr.
THE THOMASTON TRAGEDY.
in this company.
A Urge number of our people swallowed the
bait, though they admitted at the time that
tho thing waa too good to lost. There ir
‘blood on the moon” for McGarrahty here.
Fatal lletnlt ofaCoru Shucking Spree.
Gtmnut December 10.—A son of
Mr. Robert Hied, near Rocky Mount, this
county, went to a corn shucking on the
3d, ana while Unite West very much in
toxicated. He did not return to bis home
that night, and wns not found until Bater-
day, the 7th, when a negro found a black
bottlo and the young man's coat just ont-
side of the shuek-pen. Upon further search
the dead body waa found. The young man
had evidently been dead some days. No
marks of violence were discovered upon
the body, and it U believed that the young
man died from the effect* of his spree. He
was 22 yean of age.
Launching sNcw Boat.
The boat U about ready for Uunching,
anil the directors have derided upon a day.
which will be next Thnnday, on the 17th of
December, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
sharp. The boat will be pamed at the same
tirno, and the directors will select an appro
bate name between now and the day of
The programme for the occa-
Tbomarton, December 8.—The particu
lars of the killing of Gnbe 1L Hays by
Robert H. Rains on Sunday evening, and
of which I wired you yesterday, are os fol
lows:
Lato Sunday evening Rains and Hays
were at a tenant’s honse on Rains's place.
When they started to supper Rains gave
Hays a drink, telling him it was brandy.
Hays, after taking tho drink, said it was
not brandy, but whisky. Rains said it was
brandy. Hays said he would be if it
was brandy. Rains said he would be
if it was not brandy. Hays said he
would be if it was
brandy. Rains said he would be
if it was not brandy. Hays then said,
Bob, do you mean what you say?” Rains
replied, “I do; it is brandy,” when Hays
drew his pistol and commenced shooting at
Rains. By the time he had fired twice
Bains hail got his pistol ont and returned
the fire, killing Hnys almost instantly.
Rains gave himself np, and on yesterday
was carried before Justices J. 0. Zorn, Jr.,
and O. C. Cleveland, and after an impartial
bearing was discharged.
The municipal election in this place
passed off very qnietly yesterday, ana re
sulted in the unanimous election of the citi
zens’ ticket.
HOW REID DIED.
It Now Looks as if a Marder Had Been
Committed.
Greenviu.k, December 12.—The death
of young Reid, mention of which waa made
in my last letter, turns ont to have been a
tragedy. Whether intentional or not on the
part of his associates, remains to be deter
mined by law.
The facts, as far as can be ascertained,
are as follows:
Emmet Reid, a young man of perhaps
twenty-two yean of age, went to • corn-
shucking in his neighborhood. When the
com was shacked the shucks were penned
by two white men who declare that they
did not know that Reid was lying in the
pen while they were packing the shucks.
While Riedlwas missing, a negro was heard
to say that he w as in that shuck pen and
“it 'ud l>e a long time fore ho comes out o'
dar." Whereupon llied's father, who is •
highly respected farmer, had a search made.
Iliad's body was exhumed, and and a post
mortem examination at the coroner’s inquest
revealed that the deceased came to his
death by strangulation. Several negroes
were arrested, but they were discharged,
the evidence against them not being suffi
ciently strong. Col. Tom Atkinson, of this
place, was sent for to conduct the invent!-
S tion, hut be refuses to talk much about
c esse until more is developed.
A JUSTICE COURT SCENE.
A Witness who Conldn't Stand a Cross-
Examination.
Tom Cook, justice of the peace, held his
court in Wilkinson Jc Ashley's lawoffico ono
week ago yesterday afternoon. A negro
bad been arrested charged with attempting
to wreck a train in this county soveral nights
before, and he was before Justice Cook for
committal Thera were two witnesses.
One was put on the stand and the other was
required to stand outside of the door.
Wnen the first witness was under heavy fire
from the cross-examination, he became
badly tangled. Lawyer Hlater took advant
age of his ground and pressed him tightly
—telling turn that he had convic
ted himself of false swearing and that tho
awfnl rate ot a term ot yean in the peni
tential? was beyond all doubt his portion?
The witness shuddered, swooned nnd fell to
the floor in a faint The outside witness
must have caught something of the proceed
ings going on within for when he was culled
for he was not to be found. He hsd skip
ped. When the fainting man came to he
was allowed to take a position near the
door. When all eyes were turned from him
he saw his chance and out of the door he
shot and ded like a convict jumping his
guard. The incident canned quite a laugh
ter.
Justice Cook discharged the prisoner.—
Yuldoeta Times.
sion will be about as follows: There will
be s speech by some gentleman, not yet se
lected, after which a dag, hearing the name
of the new boat, will be hoisted by several
young ladies, which will be followed with
music by the band. The name on the flag
will be veiled, and will not be uncovered
until the boat ison the water.—Montezuma
Record.
An Insurance Case.
Dora W. Gibson, of McDnffie county,
sued tho Continental Insurance Company
of New York in the United Statas Circuit
Court. On Pebnuury 14, 1882, Mrs. Gibson
applied for a $4,500 policy on certain pi
erty, and she paid the company's gsnt
premium, and gave him installment notes.
It was understood that these notes and the
cash were to bo returned if the policy was
not granted
On February 22 the Atlanta agent rejected
the application. The agent in McDoffiie
county was notified, bnt be did not notify
Mr*. Gibson until after her house was
bnm* *1, which happened February 25. The
plain tiff's ground for damages was the fail
ure of the company to notify her of the
rejection of her application, and she claimed
that in consequence she was prevented from
insuring her property in some other com
pany. The defendant showed that the
company was allowed thirty days in which
to accept or reject an application.
TLAYED OFF DRUNK
Anil Learned n Secret That Put a Man in
Jail.
A few days ago we made mention of an
attempt, of some unknown party, to i
sinate Frank Daniel • white man living on
Mr. R. J. Hightower’s place, while be was
sitting around his hearthstone with his
family.
The guilty party concealed his identity
until Inst Saturday, when one Ira Stephen*,
a white man who has been working at
Mixon’a mill at Wright* ville, for aome
time, waa arrested by the sheriff of Johnson
county at the instance of a detective by the
name of Holmes.
It appears that Holmes had been on hia
track but n abort while when he (Holmes)
went to the aforeaaid mill three weeks ago
and began to work aa a day laborer, lie at
once became intimate with Stephens, who
returned hia friendship. The hut of hut
week they both went to TennUle, bought
jug of liquor and returned to Wrightaville
in a hilarious condition, apparently.
Holmes, playing off as a drunken man. be
gan to teU of aome mischief he bad done
in Florida for which he had to leave the
State. Stephens, feeling some what am
bitions, In a like manner related the circum
stance of hia shooting Frank Daniel where
upon Holmes bad biiu arrested and lodged
in tail
He was brought to Blackahear* mill for
a commitment trial on yesterday and U
sufficient evidence is diaclos* *1 to sustain it
he will be brought here and confined until
the January term of tho Laurens Superior
Court—Dublin Post.
iiuMi w m:i> i:m \i>.
TheTwo Ct>llf|;i Hays Who i;,tn Auay from
Toledo.
A few days ago the Taurojurer contained
an account of tna escapade of two young
men from Toledo, Ohio, who b«*l run
According
, Wilton tho ;
_ young men
ran away from college, accompanied by an
other named Mitchell Mitchell was caught
in Cincinnati and returned to his parents.
There was no cause for the escapade, except
that the young men had made themselves
too intimately acquainted with dime novels
nnd determined to see the world.
Mr. Wilton and his son returned to
Toledo last night. Young Baumbach ac
companied them to Atlanta, bnt declared
that he would not return to his home, as
his mother and he do not get along well to
gether.
A BAD JOHN SMITH.
The Terror of One Fortton of Georgia Sen
tenced to lie Hanged.
Casboiaton, December 12.—Judge 8. W.
Harris has* just adjourned a special session
of Heard Superior Court, called by Judge
Simmons at the regular term thereof, to try
John nnd Ann Smith and a Mr. King,
charged with the murder of Bonner Barker.
John Smith is a remarkable mnn, being
only about 30 years of age, five feet high,
black eyes and black moustache, yet he has
been the terror of the southwest portion of
Carroll, all ot Heard, and Randolph connty,
Ala. He has been arrested on more differ
ent charges tbnn any man in the State, and
has np to this time succeeded in getting ont
of them. Ouce he was convicted in Ala-
abmnn of some charge and senten&xl to the
chningang. The sheriff was taking him to
jail and hnd hold of his shoulder. Smith
slipped his coat off and left for Heard conn
ty. Sheriff Hewitt, of this connty, ran
him oat of bed one very cold night, and
John roosted in a tree thirty feet from the
ground the remainder of the night It was
on his account that some few years ago one
of the lluckabee boys killed Hob
Craven. He has been by our pres
ent sheriff arrested seven time*
different charges. He was bold and
daring, while also he was cowardly. He
killed poor Barker while Barker's wife was
begging him not to do so. He killed him
for nothing on earth, bnt simply because
he had the devil in him; bnt the judge has
sentenced him to ho hung on the 5th of
February. The people say he shall hang,
and it may be that they will lynch him be
fore the time.
Judge W. C. Adamson, O. P. Gordon, of
Buchanan, of Coweta, and
resented the dc-
neral Reid and
Hon. Albert It. Cox proseented the case.
King and Ann Smith were discharged.
The preliminary examination at YillaRica
of Stone A Embry, charged with robbing
Candler's safe, resulted in a discharge of tho
defendants. They will sue Candler for
daman..
McLendon & Co. have failed.
•lunge ". v*. Auauinuu, w
this place, Jnilge Buchanan
Ladden, of Atlanta, repre
fense, while Solicitor-Gen
CURED HIM OF FITS,
A Hartwell plan's Experience in An Atlanta
Hoarding House.
Everybody abont Hartwell knows John
Dunn. John, although scarcely out of his
teens, is all of six feet in bis stockings and
has as geo 1 a stock of brawn and muscle os
anybody of his age and size. He is a per
fect specimen physically of the gtmts homo,
and we doubt if a man in Hart cun “homo"
com and cotton than ho.
John give* a vivid description of bis ex
perience while in prison in Atlanta for an
‘infringement of the revenne laws,” which
is hut a delicate way of informing the pub
lic that he bail been engaged in tin
shine business.
After John bod served bis time and was
told to go and sin no more, he determined
to stay ono night in the great Southern me
tropolis as a free man. As John's pane
was rather depleted, he began to search for
a cheap boarding bouse. A man referred
him to a widow lady's house where he
secured tapper, lodging, breakfast, all for
tho moderate charge of 75 centa. The
widow informed him that robberies were
frequent, and that U he bad any money ho
hail better give it to her for safe-keeping.
John handed over $7, the extent of liu
worldly affluence.
John was put in a room with several sin-
see to sleep at night without a light, and
they let him have his way abont it John
occupied a bed to himself and the others
another tied. One of them remarked that
he was subject to fits, nnd asked it he
■honid have one in tho night for the crowd
to catch him and hold him to keep him
from hurting anybody.
John retired, but not to aleep. Visions
of robbery and murder thronged bis brain,
and he got more and more “oneasy.’ He
kept one eye fixed with dreed fascination
on the other bed.
Along abont midnight he saw the qni
on the other bed suddenly begin to shiver
and jerk, and.all the men jumped oat of
bed,*cryiug out: “He's got a fit!—he's got a
fit!—come and help ns hold him!" The
out of bed,
ashing,i
to be in
Along abont midnight he saw the quilts Ocmnlgee J. T. Carey.
’’ ' 1 ’ Irwinton—It. B. G. Walters.
the
lit!—come and help us
“fltitied" individual also t
his eyes glaring and tt
grasping an axe that happened
room started toward John, wl
the middle of the room. John thought be
saw through the deftly arranged scheme to
rob him, and exclaiming; “That follow
bain't got no fit!” let drive with his alec
hammer fist end struck Fitz William on
nose, felling him to the floor.
Fitz Pale ick hastily scrambled out of the
room on all-fount, with a Fitz Hugh colored
liquid dowing from his nostrils. John then
slammed the door to and picking np the ax
which Fitz Morris had dropped, and plac
ing his back against the door, quietly asked
it any more of them were likely to ha'
fit. They all swore that they never hail
had a fit in their lives. John told them
that be had just $7 to bet that he could care
the wont case ot file in Atlanta in two sec
onds by the watch—no core no pey.
John wee not farther molested," bnt he
says he has hud enough of the Gate City.—
Hartwell Son.
Hcxoabt raised 114,900,1*") bushel* of
wheat in 18"*I, the avenge crop lning about
fourteen and a half bushels per acre.
A mnnntT of nearly pore native silver
weighing thirty-five povnda* wee found by
apr.-i dor in tha mountains near To u,
Arizona, recently.
Ex-Gov. Bishop, of Ohio, b S3 years old
bnt when attacked by a dog recently he
easily cleared by a running leap a fence
which the dog conldn't jump.
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
Fifth Day's I'roccciIlngt-IlpaillnQ; of the
Appointment*.
Brunswick, December 14.—Conference
opened at 9 o'clock, Bishop Wilson in the
chair.
Passage of character was resumed.
Report on temperance was read by C. It.
Pringle—quite a lengthy and strong docu
ment.
Several other reports were read and
passed on.
N. B. Ousclcy locates at his own request.
J. M. Marshall, on retiring from active
work, made a touching talk, and a collec
tion waa raised for him.
Thanks were offered to railways for favors
nnd to vhe citizens of Brunswick for enter
tainment.
Obituaries were read of J. J. McGrath,
Cspol Rexford, J. R. Littlejohn, B. S. Roy
id Bishop I’ar’.e*.
The following ore he appointments for
1886:
Savannah District—J. W. Hinton. Sa
vannah Trinity, T. T. Christian; Wesley
Monumental, W. C. Lovett; New Houston,
P. Wardluw; Springfield, W. C. Wade;
Guyton, J. M. Lovett; Sylvania, K. T.
Evans; Bethel, T. J. Niece. Millen, W. J.
Flanders.
Waynesboro—J. R. McCloskey.
BetliaDy—H. R. Felder.
Louisville—J. D. Simmons.
Gibson—Milton Ferrel.
Davisboro—O. G. Minclcdorf.
SandersTille—G. S. Johnson.
Washington—F. W. Flanders.
Macon District— J. II. McGohee. Mul
berry Street, J. O. A. Cook, First Church,
, II. Wynn; East Macon, J. M. Austin;
Jones's Clinpcl and City Mission, 8. A.
Dorsey and W. F. Smith; Macon circuit,
J. Carr.
Gordon- V/estry Lane.
Jeffersonville—J. S. Lewis.
Cochran—W. J. Robertson.
Hawkinsville—E. J. Burch.
Terry circuit—J. W. Domingocs and C.
W. Snow.
Fort Valley—M. F. McCook.
Knoxville—E. L. Patrick.
MarsboUviUe and Montezuma—B. F.
Breedlove.
Byron Circuit—To bo supplied.
Irwinton—L. II. Greer.
Snow—J. O. Harrison.
Vienna—C. E. Holand.
Wesleyan Female College—W. C. Bass,
C. W. Smith.
Orphans' Home—L. B. Payne, J. B. Cul
ler.
csleyan Christian Advocate—J. W.
Burke, assistant editor, agent.
American Bible Society—H. P. Myer.
Columbus District.—3. S. Key. Colum
bus—St. I,nke, G. G. N. MucDonnell; St.
Paul, W. Lewis, Broad Street, W. A. Hack-*
abeo,
Cataula— L. R. Leonard.
Hamilton—W. McGregor.
Talbotton—W. SI. Hayou.
Talbot—M. D. Morehouse.
Butler—C. D. Adams.
Geneva—T. SI. Christian.
Buena Vista—B. S. Anthony.
Marion -W. W. Ttdwcll.
Lumpkin and Providence—R. Reid.
Florenco—Cranford Jackson.
Cusaeta—C. J. Williams.
Paine Institute—W. C. Davis.
.Interirax district.—P. 8. Twitty.
Americas—J. O. A. Clark; Sumter, C.
Davis; Magnolia, II. C. Prentiss.
Oglethorpe—R. F. Williamson.
Ellavillo—J. T. Lowe; Schley, W. B.
Burke.
SmithviUe—J. B. Wardlaw; Weston, W.
F. Clarke.
Dawson and Dover—A M. Williams; Ter
rell, J. Langston.
Shellman—P. B. Bryan and D. R. Mc
Williams.
Cuthhert and Georgetown—F. A. Branch.
Springdale—B. S. Kentell.
Fort Gaines -B. F. Riley.
Andrew Femaio Cil egc—H. W. Key,
president.
Thomasvtlle District.—3. O. Branch.
Tbomasville—E. H. McGehee.
Blakely—J. D. Slauldcn.
Leary—To be supplied.
Newton—E. A. Sands.
Albany—G. W. Matthews.
Camilfa-J. B. K. Smith.
Pelham W. D. Heath.
Cairo-J. W. Stubbs.
Itehoboth—To lie supplied.
Atapulgus—J. T. Ainsworth.
Uainbndge and Wbigham—F. II. Cramp-
ler.
Trinity Circnit-J. R. Wilbert
Ccdartown—A. E. Conaway.
Boston—J. S. Jordan.
Quitman and Dixie—J. W. Western.
11 'aacross District.—W. J. Floyd, preside
ing elder.
Wayeroaa Rtation-E. M. Whitney.
Valdosta—R. M. Williams.
Waresboro Circuit — W. L. Carter.
Camden—C. F. Bickley.
St Mary’s Station—J. B. Griner.
.Folkston Mission—8. W. Brown.
Hometville Mission—W. J. Stallings.
Slaterville—To be supplied.
Mill town—J. M. Foster.
Stella Circuit—A A. Elleiwood.
Moultroy Mission—P. C. Harris.
Lowndes Circuit—D. It Weaver.
Summer—J. E. Sheppard,
Alapaha—T. T. Parker; L
aion, It M. Booth
Drmstclek district.—J. D. Anthony, pre
siding elder; Brunswick, Goo. C. Clarke;
Wayne ville Mission, A Clarke, A D. Phil-
lips.
Blackahear—J. M. Henly.
Baxley—W. G. Hixson.
Prentiss—'
Ooode.
Graham—J. E. SentilL
PLAYED DETECTIVE,
And Picked Up n *••*>,OOO Reward Offered
l.‘i'it »’asltlcr.
Fort Scott, Kan., HpeciaL
About a year ago one Smith, cashier of a
hank at Great Bcml, Neb., abscomlsd, tnk
ing with him the greater part of the as * la
of the Great Bend Bank in cash, am* uniting
to abont $65,000. It was supposed that in
had tied with his wife to Scotland. This
theory has been proven erroneous by Mr.
William Webb, of this city, who having
come into possession of a photo; nq>h of
Smith and bis wife, recognized Mrs.
Smith at Eureka, Butler countv, a few
days ago, from whence he followed the lady
to Recce, a new town on tho Wichita road,
about sixty miles west of this city, where
be found Keith about to open iqi a new
■took of dry goods. ihebb promptly
charged Smith with the crime and caused
him to be arrested, nnd he is now in jail at
Eureka. An investigation into Smith's af
faire shows that ho has considerable real es
tate and other property in the vicinity of
Reece, which nos iuI been attached. Smith
admit* his identity and the authorities at
Great Rend have been notified. By thin
stroke of lock Webb has earned $5,000 re
ward offered for tl.e arrest of Smith.
Wedded to llnm.
New York World.
One of the imported iniquities of tho ef
fete nations of downtrodden Enrope is the
ineradicable propensity to cat raw- ham.
This appears to be one of the vestiges of
feudalism or barbarism ngninst which tho
paladium of our liberties offers no defense.
You may enfranchise, ennoble, enrich a cer
tain order of human product, hat ho will
eat b{s ham raw in spite of the star-eyed
goddess aud the onward march of intelli
gence.
A t Bit O WN’8 IIO TEL
FIFTEEN DAYS.
No Cure, No Pay
Knowlnz that the unfortunate have been Imposed
upon b? unprincipled pretender., who clurg. bear
iljr la advance.
; Little Rivor Mis-
-To be supplied by G. W. J.
Aidicville-H. N. Hentaon.
Eastman and Ckaaneev—I. J. Anslcy.
Dempsey circuit—R. 1). Gentry; Frazier
Mission, D. G. Pope.
Jacksonville circuit—W. M. C. Conly.
Mcltac—J. M. Williams.
Spring HID circuit—H. C. Bruton.
Spring Hill High School-C. C. Hines.
CONVICT LABOR ON FARMS.
A Strong Protest by the CUDens of Ilenrne,
Texas
Hum, Tn., December 13.—The prac
tice adopted by the State penitentiary board
of farming out convicts to wealthy planters
and hiring them to railway corporations has
for several years been severely deprecated
by the labor element of the State. This
feeling has been greatly augmented by re
cent assertions that convict labor on the
large plantations in the Brazos bottoms
U to be increesed in a few
days by the importation ot several hundred
convicts. This hescellsd ont Tn*"if**t*n
from citizens of llearne, in which they de
clare that the importation of convicts is
ruinous to the business interests of the
town and the laboring men of the commu
nity, ami will not be tolerated; that one-
half of the force of the penitentiary is now
employed npoti plantations in the'vicinity
of ltcorne, and that any increase in th*
number will be notated. The dissetisfac
ti ’i is general, aud threats of r. leasing th
entire force of eonvicta now employed or
freely and openly made. Ciycuhin. are Ic
ing texttcred broadcast calliin; f
DR. WILBUR
nas adopted thU'j Ian.— 1 That bo will sharps nothin*
for advice, consultation or treatment until the pa
tient pronounces himself well. The only charge
being mads la for medicines need during the treat-
lie
Treats sucoeaafully chronic and long standing dis
ease*. as those of the Head. Throat and Lungs;
Liver, Kidney and Heart Complaint*; inveterate
diseases of the Htomacli, that havo deAed all other
method*, those fearful diseases of the Nervou* .Sys
tem. arising from whateve r cauase: Scrofula. Drop-
ST. Parah*!-, Fits, Fevar Here*. Contracted Cords.
Lnlarged and Btiff Joints, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Sciatica, lkme Deformities, Halt Rheum. KryaljwUa.
Scald Iliad, Ill-conditioned Ulcers, Hyj hilt*. Nasal
Polypus, Asthma, Hay Favar, IU«e Cold. Winter
Oottgns, Chronic Diarrhoea and Dlab* t< •* AU may
be cured by this wonderful system, if not too far
advanced. Rone tUaeaaf cured when all methods
have failed.
Ladles who --
to their sex. can c
laurance of speedy relief and permanent cure with
out subjecting them to tha embarrassing procedure
|pf examination, which tnnlne cases ont of ten hr
■Decnaanr. The Doctor particularly invite* all
ke that nave been given up by other tdiyalcians.
a »j*Tbe Doctor will remove one Tape Worm Free
of Charge; also straighten the Ant caaeofCro**
Lyse that presents itself at the hotel free.
Consultation and Examination FREE.
OFFICE HOURH FROM 10 A. M. TILL 0 P. M.
Tumors and Cancers removed without pain or
the use of the knife.
TESTIMONIALS.
Mrs. F. A. Nlcbol, 3W South Hummer street,Nash-
villa, had backache, bearing down, all gone, tired
feelings, dlxay head and other femaio comp! vinu
ifor several years and waa cured in four months by
Dr. Wilbur, without being subjected to tho ember-
nusing procedure of an examination.
Miss Laura Uenderoon, 10* Leonard street, Chat-
UiuMtga, had an ulcer on her arm six inches long
over three years, nke went to eminent U. Ds. in
Cincinnati. Lynchburg, Atlanta, Rome and Chatta
nooga, and none of them could cure it, bnt ad\ l-. «t
her to have the arm cut off aa tha only remedy to
■ave her life. Hhe also bad a terrible case ofQ»-
Itarrh which rendered her breath offensive. Hhe
heard of Dr. Wilbur's great snceees, and tried him
i her i
Mr. Hunt, manager ot Clarendon Hotel. Memphis,
baa a girl now In hia employ named Ward, who hast
not aeon out of her right eye since ll*?Mod the left
one waa nearly gone. Dr. Wilbur restored her sight,
so now she worts every day at the hotel.
Miaa Johannah Long, Savannah avenue Knox
ville, waa blind for o\er one year. Dr. Wilbur re
stored her sight aoahe now la at work.
Mr. Chao. Fowler, of Chattanooga, a well known
citizen, hadjxwn treated for different dtseaiea for
*. Pierce.
* years. He lost Afty pounds of I eeh. Dr. Pis
World's Dispensary, did him no good. I’r. _
bur gave him two doses of medicine and he was re
lieved of a tape worm 3d feet long tn t* n hours, ami
la to-day a well man.
Mr. Thomas Long. Hall's croaeroada, Knox conn
ty. Tenn., waa aedt'afa* a post for seven }uare.
Dr. Wilbur cured him.
Mr. C. L. Ik n- n. of Lrelngton, Ky..wa« leaf for
fourteen year*. Hia fattier waa a physician, ami
to >k him to ese soma very emim ut M. Ds.. hat did
him no good. Dr. Wilbur made him all rt^bt in a
abort time.
Mrs. Vlney Means, s cot, l street, waa sterllft
for eight years, and had backache, leu. ) rrh<» A, dl//y
bead and many o«her f. male complaint*. Dr Wit-
bur cured her without subjecting her to use etuhar-
raseiDg procedure of an examination.
meeting to L« belt! h*
at which «i. hint*.- uctio
lHli
taken.