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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, JANUARY 12,18fe0.—TWELVE PAGES.
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Macon, Ga.
Thk treasurer of the Grant fund at Bfc.
Louut reports officially that he has sent
7,000 circulars into the State asking for
subscriptions, without receiving a single
<vnt in reply. Grant used to livo in Mis
souri. ______
A Mashaouusetth man has invented a
M achine which lie Bays will tie a square
knot, hitherto regarded by inventor* as t
yond the power of machinery. It out to be
taught to all Bay State prcachore. The
old-fashioned knots theso fellows tie are
slip-ltnoU What they need is a knot that
will slip not.
“Ot course,
Tub New York Sun says:
nowspnpers make mistakes ns to facts, but it
is Hurprifing how few such errors are in com
parison with the vast amount of informa
tion they give. They must gain a reputation
tor truthfulness and accuracy to gain the
confidence of the public, anil, therefore, in.
■stead of preferring lies, they hate them
more then th »ir readers."
Mr. Wi
row, American minister to Per
sia, in order to get into a uniform has se
cured appointment as a general in the Illi
nois militia, and now the tailors of Cbicu.'O
are getting him up a rig that will make ti.
Shah's Sunday clothes look seedy. People
who know say that there is nothing under
the sun like an Illinois colones in full dress.
What then must an Illinois general be.
Thk Courier-Journal says: "'Cleveland
0., society is in a Mrmentover the marriage
of a young white girl with a colored servant
io he r father’s family. The girl is of a good
social pobition, 1ind her action has given
great pain to her relatives, while it has
brought the “negro question" very close
home to those Ohio persons who have shown
so warm a desire to settle it for the South
ern people.
farmer is a thoroughly advised individual
No matter how difficult all other profes
sions, that of farming, to the ordinary
lookers-on, seems easy, and the true course
cf the agricultural man perfectly plain.
Notwithstanding this, we propose to renew
the advice tendered year in and out at this
season. But that we realize the utter use
lessness of such an admonition, we
would he disposed to paraphrase Ar-
tcmuH Ward and say—to the farmer
about to go into debt-don’t.
But the Teleobami recognizes the fact
that the Georgia farmer, at least, is obliged
to go into debt. He must have money on
which to do business, and to get it he must
borrow. That is ull there is in it. Some
there are, indeed, not so situated; to such
we hav earnestly, don't go into debt. But
to those who must, we add—except for what
is absolutely necessary to your business.
Don’t use one cent of borrowed money
inpurchasing anything that can be avoid-
Hard as it is to borrow, it is even
harder to pay. The unnecessary goods are
paid for at prices far above their worth;
they are paid for with unnecessary labor,
unnecessary sweat, unnecessary night
planning, unnecessary heart-burning, care,
wrinkles, and with positive slavery—the
slavery of iron-ribbed circ mnstances.
But thero if moro than these. Every
farmer’s credit is limited; generally by the
number of plows he runs, when he is cred
ited at all. llow often does it happen that
he exhausts his credit by unnecessary ex
peases and finds himself confronted by con
tingencies affecting his planting interests
and no money on hand. Thus, then, the
farmer who makes unnecessary purchases,
really gambles upon the principal that he
relies upon to pay his debts.
And behind all this is even more. He
makes his debt when supplies are high and
pays for thorn when his products are low'.
It mutters little how cheap other things
may be when his crops are sold, the pur
chasing power of tbo money he receives
must bo expended upon debts based on
high prices, with interest ndded.
We are fur from saying that the farmer is
moro improvident than many who dejiend
upon the business and the money he
created. The truth is, he feeds the men
who abuse hint, and who, but for him,
w’ould havo to seek other communities or
become producers also, lint we do say that
the farmer will never bocoino independent
until ho does business upon the proceeds
of the crop that preceded, and not upon
advances, which are based upon the crop
that is yet to coiue. Tho only possible way
for him to achieve this independence is to
nvoid all but absolutely necessary expenses
for a year or two. Now is the time to
begin
ury surplus, but it will hardly prove a prof
itable
Mr. Ilntnmond’a rotation.
All papers upon this circuit of the Western
Union Telegraph Company report the orga
nization of the judiciary committee as dif
ferent from the reports furnished by Wash
ington and Western journals. Instead of
being fifth or seventh on the committee as
reperted in oar dispatches, Congressman
Hammond is, according to the Washington
Star and other papers, second. Thisjis
his proper position and it was upon the
error of tho press reports that our com
ments were based. The country has rea
son to be thankful that the report which
relegated Mr. Hammond to the middle of
his committee was erroneous.
An English tourist, printing his observa
tions in a London magazine, declares that
“America has rot yet produced a Ringle
work of real artistic merit." And yet the
Joe Brown pike is on exhibition in six Geor
gia musenms.
“Forty
Says the New York Herald
seven million bushels of grain were shipped
from New York to foreign countries last
year, and not one bushel of them in an
American bottom. In 1804 there were two
small shipments under the flag of the
United States. Last year not one. Clean
gone. Of the one thousand one hundred
and ninety-one vessels wqich carried this
immense quantity of freight across the
ocean in 1885 more than half were British.
In round numbers forty-four million bush
els went in steamships and three million in
ships under sail.
date an alleged debt is as mortifying to us
as it is disgraceful to him. What rigui. has
Mr. Blount or any other public official to
pay off personal obligations with office?
Let honest citizens think of this. Don’t
let men who hope to profit by the cor
ruptness of James II. Blount tell you
that we are viliiying him simply
because we have been put out of
office. It is false. We are striving
for a principle— a Democratic principle,
which our forefathers have fought for twice.
We love our rights and we will maintain
them until the end. It is said that Mr.
lilount no longer cares for Congressional
honors, but that he lias his covetous eyes
on the office of Governor of Georgia.
Shade of Alexander Stephens! James If.
Blount for Governor! But flushed as he is
with triumphs, petty and contemptible
though they be, it is but natural that he
thinks he can reach his goal. But he is
reckoning without his host. He is now
serving the last term of his Congressional
career, and when that has expired ho will
be forever relegated to the shades of private
life, as he should be. James II. Blount is
man unworthy of trust, with a very ques
tionable public record and a career tar
nished by many acts of bad faith. The
fight is now on—the gauntlet is down, and
we sigh for tho official scalps of several.”
The Catholic Universe, published at
Cleveland, Ohio, puts the following editorial
in italics. It reads well, even from a Ma
con standpoint: “As things are trending,
stubbornness of the liquor interest is con
solidating a formidable opposition, which
rather than longer suffer from tho evils of
an nnbridled liquor traffic, would vote to
suppress it altogether. The very interests
of the suloonists would then, if less short
sighted, the nbsolute necessity now of a
conciliatory policy. Thousands in this city
who aro opposed to prohibition, on its mer
its, who justly repudiate tho exaggerated
false sentiment that condemns the very use
(not abuse) of liquor, as wrong in itself,
would now vote for prohibition rather than
longer submit to the dictation of tho liquor
interest, its imperious refusal to make any
concession, find its hitter agitation against
every reform. Were the issue distinctly
made between the extremes—nn unbridled
liquor tiuffio or prohibition—the latter
would sweep Cleveland and Ohio by a tre
mendous majority.
On Friday morning,last, when George
McCrum, a thirteen year old boy of Syra
cuse, N. Y., afroke, he toa^d himself
tightly in the embrace of his mother whose
body was cold in death. It was with diffi
culty that he could release himself and give
the alarm. Can any novelist imagine a
more thrilling cr pathetic incident than
this? Feeling the hand of death upon her,
the woman hod clasped her boy to her
boxom leaving him in her dying hour, a
meassgo of love and devotion such as no
tongue could huvo expressed.
Tho New York Evening Post says: "The
President’s somewhat vehement letter
about newspaper lying contains only one
inaccuracy, and that is in sayiug that 'there
never was a time when newspaper lying was
HO general and so mean as at present.’ We
think on the whole there is leas just now
than there tan been for twenty-five years.
The lying in the late canvass was, of course,
tremendous, owing to the character of the
Republican candidate. It was n&t possible
to Have him or defend him without a woe
ful disregard of truth. But this was an ox
ceptional period. For many years we think
there has been a tendency to improve*
ment"
8avs the Globe Democrat: “People on
this side of the Atlantic are apt to sneer at
the large salaries paid .to professional revi-
valistis of the Harrison and Jones order, but
these sums sink into absolute insignificance
by comparison with the amounts contribu
ted for Himilar purposes in England. The
last annual report of the Salvation* Army
shows that for the year ending September
30th, 1885, the total revenues of the army,
exclusive profits from trading headquarters,
amounted to over $380,000. With such an
example to look to, it is singular that Gen
r-ral Booth has as yet, found no successful
imitator among the astute denizens of this
country, particularly as it is stated that
that distinguished officer has the sole and
eKchixiv* control of the vast revenues, and
ex; ends the some according to his own will
and pleasure without sending an account to
anylK>dy.
The Kmlgrstinf Negroes.
The excitement in some of tho adjoining
States of or the emigration of negroes to the
West is altogether uncalled for, unless the
Tbleorath is greatly mistaken in its under
standing of tho situation. Such flurries
havo occurred before and from tbe same
districts. Texas, Kansas, Arkansas and
Liberia have all been the occasion of sud
den rushes of this description And no one
bos been harmed.
Tho truth is, there are many sections in
these Southern States where the quantity
of available labor far exceeds tho quantity
of available capital. In all sections, nearly,
is to be found a large non-producing negro
population; working on part time,
or working not nt all, and living on the
labor of kindred or by food surreptitiously
obtained As a geueral thing it is this pop
ulation, that, charmed by the promise of
big wages and little labor elsewhere, suffers
itself to be hurried away. Tho country is
better for their absence; their kin and
neighboring cribs, fields and hog pens, es
pecially. Unfortunately, the mnjonty drift
hack in course of time.
We have never known
fanner, who paid his hands,
to find any difficulty in securing
three times as many has he wanted. Those
who defraud and oppress the negro may,
in course of time honest labor cotuoa
more in demand and can choose for it
self—find difficulty in tilling their lands,
but even this fact will l>e of benefit The
time when fair treatment and fair wages
cannot secure labor for plantations in any
part of the South, is a long ways off.
The capacity of tho iron fnrnace stocks
in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, ac
cording to the Age of Steel, is 710,000 tons,
of which 695,000 tons are coke trons. Al
abama is credited with 365,000 tons, Ten
nessee 205,000 tons and Georgia 50,000
tons. The output in 1885 was 425,000 tons,
and it is assumed that 710,000 tons is a cli
max to which production might bo pushed
by an advance in No. 1 coko iron to say $18.
It is said that thousands of tons of this
grade were sold in 1885 at$12, and asitgon
erolly requires some approximation to
profit to induce tho employment of labor
and capital, it would seem to be a plausible
inference that $17 to $18 would represent
profits of 40 to GO per cent. The
sales of Southern irons in the East
last year are stated at 28,000 tons, of
which Alabama furnished more than 80 per
cent. The significant fact is noted that the
decline in 1873-74 from $94 to $16 and $18
for No. 1 coke, closed every coke and char
coal furnace but two, and these lost money,
while the necessity of selling thousands of
tons of the some grade nt $12 in 1885 did
not close or auspend a furnace. How many
more undeveloped industries aro possible in
the South, which, after ten or twelve years
of practice and intelligent improvement,
could pay handsomo profits from results
which in the early stages of production
would entail heavy losses? In this case
would seem that the economy of produc
tion has been much improved by improved
mechanism and skill fly 20 to 25 per cent
In his silver speech. Senator Macllierson
drops this bit of history: “The effect ot the
law of 1834 was the expulsion of >ilver from
the country—an expulsion so complete that
even the small change left us. In 1853 we
were obliged to issue a silver fractional cur
rency in a debased condition, but no attempt
was mode to restore the standard silver dol
lar to circulation. It is, there tore, to be
kept distinctly in mind that in 1853 the ac
tual use of silver as an unlimited tender
with gold was decisively abandoned. In
short, a double standard was publicly ad
mitted in the delmtes at that time to be
hopeless. In 1853 it was decided by Con
gress to abandon its use, and in 1873, with
out having a single dollar ofjdlver, we en
acted the demonetizot’on of that metal.
There was no silver, why demonetize it,
c qit upon the fair presumption that having
the power of option under tie :aw to pay
either in silver or gold coin we elected to
g ey in gold coin. In short, the practice
1^3 was m %de law iu 1873."
Progress In Japan.
Of all tho far eastern nations the Japanese
have shown themselves the most progres
sive. They earliest recognized the advan
tages of western civilization in trado and
education, and brought themselves under
its influences. The manner in which the
change was made, the bound from the pent
tip centre custom and prejudice, the quick
evolution from exclusivenose, accomplished
with scarcely ajar throughout the body
politic, stumps the Japanese statesmen
men of more than ordinary mould.
The incident described in this luoming’i
telegrums shows the progress of liberal
thought iu Japan. High mass for the dead
king of Spain was attended by Japanese of
ficials in full dress, something that had not
occurred before in three centuries. Irnog-
ue on Englishman or an American surrend
ring the prejudices of three hundred years
and violating race instincts to honor a na
tion known to him chiefly tiy name only! #
In Tro« 1 Is.
The second edition of the New Orleans
Exposition is in financial trouble.
The first oue wait a financial failure, des
pite liberal government aid. This one can
not hope to meet Mardi Gras if the city
council does not buy it and run it.
Tbe fact is that the exposition but 'ness
suffering from overproduction. When one
becomes necessary or important, private
capital will take it in hand aud run it suc
cessfully for some interest, but it will be
long time yet before the World can stand an-1 Biouat
other exposition.
IUfering to Tub Telegraph's recent re
marks upon Congressman J. H. Blount, tho
Jackson News says: “No voter can misun
derstand tho foregoing timely and fearless
editorial, taken from one of the stAunch and
leading journal* of Georgia—a paper with
ith a national reputation and undeniable
character. ‘Mene tekle’ is written on
the wall for James H. Blount. No man
who is without “convictions or principles"
can long bopo for success in any walk of
life - certainly not in political life, where
convictions and principles are vitally essen
tial to his continued retention therein. Mr.
Blount is not the best or most capable man
in this district by any means. As a states
man he is a most woful failure, os a scheme r
he is even not a success. His hypocrisy
is w*ell known in Butts county; his double
dealing a by-word. The Telegraph has
done a public good in exposing this man.
It should receive the sanction and support
of every honest man in this district. It is
no wonder that the Tbleoraph alludes to
Blount's mercenary character. Any indi
vidual who im&giues that our expo** of J.
H. Blount in his true character in the last
issue of tho News was prompted by any sin
ister motives, must now certainly see the
fallacy of such a supposition if they are un
prejudiced. Mr. Blount has not onh been
proven to be ungrateful, but here we
have the leading paper not only of Georgia,
but a newspaper known all over
the Union, who charges him with
being guilty cf far graver charges. The
good people of Butts county will not be
misled by a small number of men in Jack-
son who affect to “pooh, pooh!" the
tion made by the News that Congressman
not a fit man to represent this
Shreds anti Patches.
Perhaps Mr. Cleveland, when he goes out
f office, will start a great moral journal or
.school for the propagation of truthful cor
respondents.—Exchange.
It costs tho nation on nn average $3,000,
000 fnr Congress to meet and repeal the
laws already in force nnd pass worse ones
in their place. - -Transcript.
Sonator Stanford is undoubtedly correct
in his assertion that “silver is the poor
man’s monoy"—that is, when the poor man
can get the money.—World.
The Hog is an important addition to the
literary publications of Chicago. Indeed,
tho hog is the production of the best pens
in this country.- - Chicago Times.
now until tho end of the session the
people’s treasury will he kept busy dodging
tbe people’s misrepresentatives.—Philadel
phia Timos.
Why need we through the record spell
Of Gladstone and his fiendish crew?
The l’s compose one-half of hell.
And "ho" makes up the residue.
—Attributed to Archdeacon Denison.
Strange, indeed, that a single glance
the amount of one’s indebtedness makes
him mad, when we have boen looking over
our unpaid subscription lists for many
months without uttering an unkind word
to those in arrears.—Ellijay, Ga., Courier.
Prohibition has triumphed at Atlanta, Ga.,
and the wet party must stand up to the
trough, drink or no urink. The experiment
of turning half or two-thirds of the popu
lation of a hospitable and wide-awake
Southern city into arrant hypocrites and
sneaks will bo wutched with interest at the
North.—Philadelphia Record.
1 One of the incidents of the White House
reception on New Year’s duy was the ar
rival, arm in arm, of Civil Service Commis
sioners Edergton and Eaton. Thoy en
tered the red room as the bond struck up
some selections from the “Mikado," and
they shook hands with tho president to the
tun* of “He is tho Lord High Executioner."
Could a more apt illustration of the eternal
fitness of things be imagined?—Tribune.
Gossip that is idle is very busy.—Pica
yune.
When it comes to painting the town the
ab-stainer isn't half the man the red Stainer
ia,—Merchant Traveler.
In Kentucky a man named Breckenridge
or Clay can gets 10-oent drink of whisky
for a nickel—Merchant Traveler.
Abram Hewitt will not get what he wants
in the way of chairmanships unless he
wants nothing.—Philadelphia Press.
In the election of a Senator is Missouri
sn ounce of cabbage seed will outweigh a
pound of brains.—St Louis Republican.
Mr. Gould is in Florida. Mr. Gould was
drawn thero by a newspaper letter repre
senting Florida os n good Stats for poor
men. - Courier-Journal
Senator Vest declared he was not a Mug
wump, and Senators broke down two ta
bles and four chairs to get an opportunity
to shake hands with him.—Dallas News.
A patriotic town; Gentleman looking for
a place to establish manufactory—“Isthere
much public spirit in this town sir?" Citi
zen—“Plenty of it Every man in town is
a candidate for the postoffice."—Harper’s
Bazar.
An old soldier in a Pennsylvania poor-
house lms just received pension money
amounting to more than $12,000. Every*
body is glad to read this, because, in Penn
sylvania, the roofs of poor-houses are Nome-
times stolen, leaving old noilier»exposed to
the weather. Courier-Journal
A very embarrassing situation of affairs
has arisen in Cincinnati, where a ballot box,
popularly supposed to Lave been stuffed
with bogus Democratic tickets, has been
opened and found to contain a large num
be* of fraudulent Republican ballets. Of
course the Democrats pat them there to
bloat tho imputations of their adversaries.—
Chicago Herald
Mr. Beck improved the first opportunity
after the reassembling of Congress to ask
Mr. Morrill if he had understood him to
attack the administration in his recent
silver speech, and Mr. Morrill was kind
enough to reply that he hail not, or words
to that effect. Mr. Beck does not look like
a man who would quarrel with the sutler.
Chicago Herald.
TELEGKPH BY PLAY.
The Lesson of n Little White Coflln—A
Theological Student's Predicament. •
A year ago I visited a friend in a neighboring
town.
ie was happy In the possession of blessings much
be desired. He hail a comfortable home, an
amiable wife, and lovely children. The last were
girls, two tiny little beings, free from guile and full
of sweetness. The older was in appearance a little
gypsy. Her complexion waa dark, and her hair was
raVen-Uued. The younger suggested sunshine.
Her complexion was bright and clear almost to
transparency, aud her hair waa goldeu-hued,
No words of mine could suggest even a fair*, idea
of tbo depth of the affection cherished by the father
and mother for their littlo daughters. They loved
each other, but their love for their little daughters
scarcely ended at idolatry.
Under the ceaseless pressure of household cares,
mothers are prone to lose patience with their chil
dren. Notwithstanding her idolatrous love of her
lttt-c daughters, my friend’s wife waa no exception
to the rule. The little ones were just at the age
when children begin to feel an awakentug of
Ul capabilities. They asked innumerable questions,
often, of course, at times when the mother conld
not answor them. It was to the day I visited my
friend. The presence of a stranger excited the chil
dren, and they plied their mother with questions
until she lost patient*^and harshly ordered them to
leave the room.
They went away, with quivering lips and tearful
eyes.
The gray-haired father of my friend’s wife was
My dear.” he said, "I will not say that you have
made a mistake, but, should your little
softly out of life before the year ends, I am afraid
that you will regret j^ ur harshness."
Ten days ag > I vb'.ted my friend again. His
homo waa in sadness. Diphtheria had seized upon
his golden haired little daughter, aud the physician
had but just gone, leaving no hope behind hitn.
That night the little sufferer died.
Next day I stood by the side of a little white cof
fin. Within it lay the lifeless form of her of whom
my friend bad delighted to say:
"She ia one-half of my heart.”
The mother came in.
Hbe gazed upon the little white face a moment, and
theu turning to her father, who stood by her side,
she exclaimed in tones which I shall never forgot.
"Ob, my father. I remember your words. I would
give my life it I had never let her hear from me a
single harsh word!’’
In a glass case down at Clay's, there is a little
white coflln. What mother’s little daughter, pare
and undeflled, will lie within it pale and silent, be
fore the last day of the year shall have passed
awaj ?’’
The theological students of Mercer University
frequently called upon to fill the pulpits of country
churches within a radius of fifty miles of Macon.
The plan is a geod one, because it affords the stu
dents opportunities of practice and does not hurt
the churches.
Among the brightest young theologians whom
Mercer is manufacturing, is the ltev. L. W. Parrott.
Within the recent past hs has been ministering ac
ceptably, as the preachers say, to a church in Hous
ton county When he goes down to wind up the
brethren for another week, he spends the time
with first one member of the congregation aud
then another. Not long ago he went down and de
livered an unusually acceptable sermon. It pleased
the wealthiest and most cultured members of his
congregation, and, as a resalt, he was invited to
spend the night with one of that class.
Petroleum V. Nasby,
D. R. Locke, Petroleum V, Nasby, editor Toledo
Blade, writes: “I had on a forefinger of my right
hand one of those pleasant pets, a 'run-roand/
The finger became inflamed to a degree unbeara
ble and awe'Ion to nearly twice its natural size, *
friend gave me Henry’s Carbolic Halve, and in
twenty minutes tbe pain had ao much subsided
to give **'■ —*
^ B fair night’s rest, which I had not had
for a week. The inflammation left the finger in a
day. I consider it a most valuable article.”
Ono Henson's Capclne Plaster
is worth a dozen of any other kind. Between the
numerous varieties of porous plasters there is bat
choice. Benson’s plaster is modern, scientific,
prompt in action, safe, pleasant to wear,cleanly, and
cures ailments in a few hours which no others aie
able even to relieve. This fact is testified to by 5,000
physicians, pharmacists an ddruggists, voluntarily,
aud over their own written signatures. Imitations
of Benson’s plaster, under the names of "Capsicln,"
••U».t>siriiin." •■Canr 'n." •‘CaT»ei^.^n,». ,, «♦,»
‘Capsicum," "Capr In,” "Capcicine," etc., are
offered for sale. These are shameless. Purchasers
may protect themselves against imposition by e
amintog the article tendered by the dealer. Aak
for Beuson’s Plaster and see that the "Three Seals"
trademark is on the face cloth and the word “Cap
trademark is on the face cloth and the word “Cap-
cine" is poroused in the middle of the plaster it
self.
Jones County Sheriff Sale.
GEOROIA, Jones County.—Will be aold on tha
first Tuesday in February next, before the court
house door iu said county during the legal hours of
sale, for cash, the following property, to-wit: Ono
patent Herring’s Iron safe, oue grist mill and mill-
house, one twenty horao-power Nagle engine and
one two-horse wagon. Raid property being at
OordonvtUe, near the ZacharUh Gor
don, in said co\»iry. kb o, one four-horse wagon,
or.6 fit Wagoh. ofki FiWBmAY SepAfalor Vo. i, 9U*
forty saw Pratt cotton gin with condenser and feed-
all of whicn last mentioned property is at Sugar
‘i, in said county, and being difficult and expen-
to transport Also, at same time and place,
four-horse Farqubar engine now in front of th*
court-house. Said above described property levied
on as the property of It. A. Gordon to satisfy a
mortgage ft. fa. issued from tbe Huperior Court of
Jones county In favor of Robert Gordon vs. R. A.
Gordon. Raid property pointed out in said mort
gage ft. fa.
January 3. iwfi. R. J. PHILIPS,
jadSwit* Sheriff Jones county.
Hill.
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CraWford County SherifTSales.
GE RGIA, Cn.vwroBD County.—Will be sold be
fore the court-house door in tho town of Knoxville,
Ga., vritliiu the legal hoars of sale, on the first
Tuesday in February next, the following described
property, to-wit: I
Oue lot of land No. 52, In Crnwfoid county,
bounded on the north by lands of J. E. Ashen, east
byHtephen My rick, on south by W, R. Davis, west
by Mr*. A. C. Ashen. Levied on as the property of
K. Askcn to satisfy a mortgage fl. fa. issued from
e Huperior Court of said county in favor of W. T.
Maynard, against tbe said J. E. Asken. Property
pointed out in said fl. fa.
Also, at the same time and place, the south-west
said c
quarter of lot of land No. Wi. in tbe find district of
untv, known a* the Bea*ly place, hounded on
rth by lands of Bet Hancock estate, on south
lands o! M. F. Jordan. Levied on as the prop-
y of Mrs. M. D. Stroud to satisfy a tax fl. fa. vs.
Mrs. M. lh Stroud. Levy made by H. Bond, tax
collector, and handed to me.
Also, nt the sutue time and place, lot of land No.
‘ in the seventh district of said county. Levied on
the property of Edward Andrews to satisfy a fl.
issued from the County Court of said county in
favor of R. D. Hmith vs. Edward Audrews. Prop-
I shall harrow neither tbe feeling* of tbe reader
nor those of the Rev. Mr. Parrott by detailing the
elegance of the reception tendered him at the hos
pitable home of his host. It may be said, however,
that the supper was a foast, and that several an
cient roosters and hens mourned their offspring in
consequence.
Tbe hour for retiring arrived.
The host conducted the reverend guest to tbe
company room, wished him a good ntght’a rest,
and departed.
The weather was very cold.
Rev. Mr. Parrott disrobed, and then tripped over
to the capacious bed aud turned down the cover.
Horrors!
Two thin cotton sheets were all that he found
with which to keep out th* frosty air.
Somebody bad blundered.
Rev. Mr. Parrott, entirely too considerate to
tlfj the good wife of bis host by requesting the
loan of more cover, pulled the mattress from the
bed, placed th* two shells on tbe slats, adjusted
himself upon the sheets, and then covered himself
with the nsattress.
Imagine that the curtain ia down for th* night.
Rev. Mr. Parrott reappeared at th* breakfast ti
ble next morning.
"Ah, Brother Parrott," smilingly exclaimed the
unconscious host, "how did you spend the night?”
Dead silence greeted the question.
"Ahem! As I remarked. Brother Parrott,” said
the hoot, "how did you spend the nlghtr*
Dead silence again.
The host repeated his question.
By close attention to the movement of his Ups
Rev. Mr. Parrott understood hi* host’s question,
He pulled out a pencil and a slip of paper and wrote
tneee words:
"Not well."
The breakfast was finished in silent*.
After the Rev, Mr. Parrott loft, th* host remarked
to his wife:
"Surely a miracle; Brother Parrott is as dumb
Administrator’s Sale. ’
GEOROIA. JONES COTNTY—By virtue of an or-
er of the Court of Ordinary of Jones county, I
will sell st th* court house door in Clinton on the
first Tuesday in January, 1886, the following prop
erty belonging to estate of John J. Glover, decoased,
situate on the east bank of Ocatilgee river, and
known as Glover's Mills; viz.; One-half interest in
e Uioumuu (1,000; acres of laud, iuciuuiug Micro-
the half interest in one large three-story first-
class merchant mill: oue saw mill; gin and gin house
said mills and sttuated thereon; also one good
ferry established across said river, and all In good
repair and daily operation. Also one store-house
and lot at Juliette, on th* East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad. All this property ia within
one mile of the railroad. Fine water power; good
farm land; good improvements, and in good con
dition. Hold for division. The other half of said
property is owned by Dr. W. P. Glover, who desires
i ood partner to purchase tills interest
terms, cash. November 12,1885.
W. P. OI.OVF.R.
Administrator and Surviving Partner.
To Rucli of our Northern contemporaries
os aro waging war against imprisonment
for debt we say, let the fight proceed with
vigor. The faciKtiea for combat, and tbe
cbancea for aucc*»a are, in this case, better
on the outside of the breastworks. The ed
itor who waits until he gets inside to fight,
district in the National Legislature. The j might be accused of having “personal in-
Chic vgo threatens to try one on, acd is 1 despicable character he displayed in de-i tere»U to serve."
Twenty minutes after, th* host and his wife dis
covered the cause of list. Mr. Parrott’s dumbnesr.
His novel mods of spending the night with six
inches of cover on top and th* fourth of an inch
under him, had given him such a cold that he had
completely loet his voice.
Here is an incident of the sinking of the steamer
Chipley near Fort Gaines, a few days ago, which
has never found its way into print
When the news of the disaster reached Fort
Gaines, the people of that town ruehed down to tbe
river to gain whatever information waa afloat
While eagerly straining their eyes up the river they
beheld a cotton bale alowly floating in their direc
tion. Perched upon its top wcr a figure which
supposed to be on fire. It waa aa red aa the
■tripe of that Ilk upon a new United Htates flag.
When the bale of cotton arrived opposite the wharf,
a well manned boat put out and soon towed it and
its freight ashore. To the infinite surprise of the
assembled inhabitants, the freight removed itaelf
and stood up. It waa nearly seven feet high, and
waa arrayed in a suit of red flannel underclothes.
With a graceful wave of tbe right hand, it stalked
up the street to the hotel, registered its name, and
called for tbe beet room.
It waa a Western drummer that had escaped from
the sunken steamer.
I was walking down Mulberry street a few days
ago, and waa accosted by a negro man who asked
me in the humblest tones for ten cents. 1 knew
him well, but for elx months or more had lost
sight of him. Noting my hesitancy, he said that
he did not want the money to buy whieky with,
to get him something to eat He lud been *lck
long time and bad been deserted by his friends,
laid a dime in his black palm and walked off.
A few years ago this negro's voice waa heard
above tbe misguided Republicans in convention
assembled. He waa one of the leaders, and
movement of hi* party in Macon waa made unless
bis advice waa sought and obtalqfd. He was flush
with money, and was held in high favor by
white members of bis party. He waa one of
shi Jlng lights of hi* party and aspired to office.
After a few year*, he meets a Democrat and begs
for ten u-ute. He is hungry, homeless and friend
jauSwiw
“m!?.
RIVIERE.
Sheriff.
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Administrator’s Sale.
GEORGIA. JuNKM COUNTY—by virtue of an or-
der from the court of ordinary of Joues county, I
will sell before th# court house door in the town of
Clinton, on th* first Tuesday in January, 1H86, with
in the legal houre of sale, fifty acres of land belong
ing to the cst ,te of Mrs. Sarah L. Roberta, deceased,
in Jones county, situate on Commissioner Creek,
near the Baldwin county line, adjoining D. B. UlU.
Walker and others. Fair land, mostly cleared; two
log cabins thereon. Convenient to railroad. Hold
to pay debte and distribution. Terms cash.
aeciw4t
W. A. HALL, Administrator.
Crawford Sheriff’s Sales.
OEORGIA CRAWFORD COUNTY.-Will be sold
before th* court house door, in the town of Knox-
vUls, Ga.. within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in January, DMM, the following described
property to-wit: Bouth peart of lot of land number
seventy nine (70), containing 101 Jg acres, more or
lees, all of lots numbers forty-seven (47), forty-nine
(40). fifty (50) and fourteen and one-half acres (14H)
off of the south side of lot number forty-six (45),
containing seven hundred and twenty-three and a
one-quarter acres of land (723>j), more or less, the
same lying and being in tbe Seventh district of
originally Houston, but now Crawford county, and
known as the Wheeltr place. Bold for the purchase
money due on said land. Property pointed out by
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plaintiff's attorney. Tenants in possession notified,
levied on as the property of M. L. Cooper to satis
fy a A fa. issued from th* Superior Court of Hous
ton county in favor of Mrs. J. L. Byington vs. M.
L. Cooper. December 1st. 1885.
dec5 law4w M. P. RIVIERE. Sheriff.
Stock Law Notice.
stock law for (Finney's) the 299tb O. M. district of
this county, is now or file in this office, asking for an
election thereon, and, and unless some legal cause be
shown to the contrary at this office on Saturdsy.
the Zid day of January, 1HM, at II o'clock, a. m., an
order for same will be granted.
Witness my hand officially.
JanSwJl
T, BOSS, Ordinary.
STOCK LA W NOTICE.
ORDINARY’S OFFICE. JONES COUNTY, OA„
December 24th, 1885.—Notice is hereby given to all
K reons concerned that a petition according to law
s t«eu filed in this office asking an order for
election on Stock law in Roberta's, the ButtbOeorgia
militia district of this county, and unless some le
gal cause be shown to tbe contrary at tha office on
Saturday, tbe Itith day of January next, at 11 o’clock
a. m... such order wtil be granted. Witness my
hand officially. R. T. ROSS,
dcc2Pwat Ordinary.
Jones County Sheriff' Sale.
GEORGIA. Jones County.—Will be sold on the
first Tuesday in February next before the court
house door iu said county, between tbe legal houre
of sale, for cash, tbe following property, to-wit:
ode gnat mill uear GonlonviUe, in said connty,
said property being difficult and expensive to
transixirt, will be sold where it is at present loca
ted. without removal to the court-house. Said
grist mill levied on aa the property of B. A. Gordo*
and Zachariah Gordon to satisfy a mortgage ft. fa.
issued from the Superior Court of said county ot
Jones in favor of M. J. Hatcher k Co. v*. B. A.
Gordon and Zarhariah Gordon. Paid property de
scribed and pointed oat in said mortgage ft. fa.
January 3. 1886. S. J. PHILIPS,
jan5w4t Sheriff Jones Co., Ga.
Jones County Sheritt Sale.
HIG 01FF.K. To in trod tx
GEORGIA. Jones County.—Will be sold before
tbe court-house door in said county, during tho le
gal hoars of sale, on the first Tuesday In February
next, one acre of land, with the storehouse thereon,
situated at Sugar Hill, in said county, and being o*
the north side of tbe public road leading from
Hillsboro to Cornucopia, and bounded by lands of
John Gordon. John Garland and said public road.
Levied on aa the property of R. A. Gordon to satisfy
a tax fl. f*. a*.»iu»t tbe said R. A. Gordon forbta
HUto and county taxes for th* year 1885. Amount
of tax A. fa. 547.38. with advertising fees and costa.
January 4,1886. K. J. PHILIPS.
Sheriff and Tax Collector Jones county.
Jan5w4t*
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