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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY. APRIL 0, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
THE ALABAMA’S LAST FIGHT
THE GREAT CONFEDERATE CRUIBER
LOST THROUGH A MISTAKE.
A Thrilling Account of Rer Plucky Fight
With the Kennnge In the KnglUh
Channel aa Told by the Ala
bama's Executive Otticrr.
Captain John Hclntoah KcU In Aprtl Century.
We now get our course for Europe, and
on the llth day of Jnne, 1804, entered the
port of Cherbourg and at once applied for
permission to go into dock. There being
none but national docks, the Emperor had
first to be communicated with before per
mission could be granted) and he was ab
sent from Paris. It was during this inter
val of waiting, on the third day after our
arrival, that the Kearsarge steamed into the
harbor, for the purpose, as we learned, of
taking on board the prisoners we had land
ed from our two last prizes. Captain
Semmes, however, objected to this on the
S ronnil that the Kearsarge was adding to
er crew in a neutral port. The authori
ties conceding thia objection valid, the
Kearsagc steamed out of the harbor with
out anchoring. During her Btoy we exam
ined her closely with onr glasses,
but slie was keeping on the oppo
site side of the harlior, out of the
reach of a very close scrutiny, which ac
counts for our not detecting the boxing to
her chain armor. After she left the harbor
Captain Senuues sent for me to' bis cabin
and said: “I am going out to fight the Kear-
sage; what do you think of it?" We dis
cussed the battery and especially the ad
vantage the Kearsage had over ns in her
eleven-inch guns. She was built for n ves
sel of war, and we for speed, nnd though
she carried one gun less, her battery was
more effective at point-blank range. While
the Alabama carried one more gun, the
Kearaage threw more metal at a broadside;
and wbilo our heavy mins were more effec
tive at a long range, her eleven-inch guns
gave her greatly the advantage at close
rango. She also had a slight advantage in
her crew, she carrying ono hundred and
* sixty-two all told, while we carried ono
hundred and forty-nine. Considering well
these advantages, we nevertheless decided
to engage her as soon as we conld ooal ship.
Captain Semmes communicated through
our agent to the U. 8. consul that if Cap
tain Winslow would wait ontside tho har
bor he would fight him as soon as wo conld
coal ship. I at once proceeded to get every
thing snug for action, nnd by Saturdny
we had finished taking in coals and had
scrubbed the decks. I reported to Captain
Semmes that the ship was ready for action.
The next morniog, Sunday,' Juno 19th,
between the honrs of nine nnd ten o'clock,
we weighed anchor, and stood out of tho
western entrance of tho harbor, tho French
iron-clad frigate Couronne following us.
The day was light and beautifnl, with a
light broeze blowing. Our men wore neat
ly dressed and onr officers in fall uniform.
The report of our going out to fight the
Kearaage hnd been circulated, nnd many
persons from Paris and the surrounding
country hod come down to witness tho en
gagement. They, with a Luge number of
the inhabitants of Cherbourg, collected on
levery prominent point of the shore that
would afford a view seaward. As wo round
ed the breakwater, wa discovered the Kear-
sage about seven miles to the northward and
eastward. We Immediately shaped onr
course former, called all hands to ipiatters,
and cast loose the eterboard battery. Up.
bn reporting to the captain that the ship
was ready for action, he directed me to send
all hands aft, and mounting a gun-car
riage, he mode the following nddrOss:
"Offioers and seapien of the ‘Alabama’:
Yon have at length another opportunity of
meeting the enemy—the first that has been
presented to yon since yon sunk the Hat-
Jtems! In the meantime you have been all
over tho world, and it is not too much to
say that yon have destroyed, and driven for
protection under neutral tl*ga, one-halt of
the enemy's commerce, which at the begin
ning of the war oovered every sea. This is
an achievement of which you may well be
proud, and a grateful country will not be
unmindful of ft. The name of yonr sjiip
has become a household wonl wherevor civ
ilization extends! Shall that unme be u>r-
ilehed by defeat? The thing is impossible!
Bemember that you are in tho English
Channel, the theatre of so much of the naval
sslory of our race, and that the eyes of all
Europe are et this moment upon yon. The
flag that floats over you is that of a young
republic, which bids defiance to her enemy’s
whenever and wherever found! Show the
world that yon know how to uphold it! Go
to yonr quarters."
fn about folly-five minutes we were some]
what over a mile from the Kearsarge, when
she heeded for ue, presenting her starboard
bow. At a distance of a mile, We com
menced the notion with onr onc-Unndrvd
pounder pivot-gun from’onr starboard bow.
Both ships were now approaching each other
at high speed, and soon the action became
general with broadside batteries at a dis
tance of about five hundred yards. To
prevent passing each ship need a strong
port helm. Thus the action was fought
around a common center, grndttally draw
ing in the circle. At this range we used
'■hell upon the enemy. Captain Semmes,
standing on the horse-block abreast the
mixzen-mast with his glass in hand, ob
served the effect of onr shell. Ue called to
me and said: "Ur. Kell, use solid shot; onr
shell strike the enemy's side ami fall into
the water," We were not at this time aware
of the chain armor of the enemy, and at
tributed the failure of onr shell to our de
fective ammunition. After using solid shot
for some time, we alternated shell and shot.
The enemy’s eleven-inch shells were now
doing severe execution upon ouripiaiter-
deck section. Three of them successively
entered our eight-inch pivot-gun port: the
first swept off the forward port of the gun’s
crew; the second killed one man and
wounded several others; and the third
■truck the breast of the gun-carriage and
■pun around on the deck till one of the
men picked it up and threw it overboard.
Our decks were now covered with the dead
and the wounded, and the ship was careen
ing heavily to starlioard from the effects of
the shot-holes on her water-line.
Captain Semuies ordered me to be ready
to make all sail possible when the circuit of
fight should put onr head to the coast of
nance; then he would notify me at the
■erne time to pivot to port and continue the
action with the port battery, hoping thus to
light the ship and enable ns to reach the
ooeet of France. The evolution was per
formed beautifully, righting the helm,
hoisting the head-sails, hauling aft the four
try-sail sheet, and pivoting to port, the
action continuing almost without cessation.
This evolution exposed us-to a rakin)
fire, but, strange to say, the Keansrge die
not take advantage of it The port side of
the quarterdeck wee so encumlierr-d with
the mangled trunks of the deed that I lisd
to have them thrown overboard in order to
fight the after pivot-gnu. I abandoned the
after thirty-two-pounder and transferred
the men to till up tho vacancies to the
pivot-gun under the charge of yonng Mid
shipman Anderson, who in the midst of
the carnage filled his place like a veteran.
At this moment the chief engineer came on
deck and reported three fires put out, and
that he could no longer work the engines.
Captain Semmes said to me, "Go below,
sir, and see how long the ship can float,"
As I entered the- warm-room the sight
was indeed appalling. There stood
Assistont-Sxrgeou Llewellyn at his post, hut
the table anil the patient upon it were swept
away from Ihim by on eleven-inch shell,
which opened in the side of the ship an
aperture that was fast filling the ship with
water.
It took iu4 hut n moment to return to the
deck and rqport to the captain that “wo
could not tltat ten minutes. ” He replied
to me, "Then sir, cease firing, shorten sail,
and haul dovu the colors; it will never do
in this uinetaonth century for us to go down,
and the de ks covered with onr gallant
wounded.” l’he order was promptly exe
cuted, after which the Kearaage deliber
ately fired in o ns five shots. I ordered the
men to ston to their quarters, and not
flinch from the shot of the enemy; they
stood every rtan to his post most heroically.
With the firs shot fired upon us after our
colors were lown, the quartermaster was
ordered to sh >w a white flag over the stern,
which order' as executed in my presence.
When tho fii ug ceased, Captain Semmes
ordered me o dispatch an officer to the
Kearsage to ay tbut our ship was sinking,
and to ask th l they send boats to save our
wounded, as ir boats were disabled. Tho
dingey, ours tallest boat, bail escaped dam
age. I dispi ched Master's-mate Fullam
with the req i-st. No boats appearing, I
had ono of oulqnartcr boats lowered, which
was slightly injured, and I ordered the
wounded plac d in her. Dr. Galt, the sur
geon who was in charge of the magaziuo
and shell-rooi i division, came on deck at
this moment nd was at once put in charge
of the limit, with orders to “take the
wounded to le Kearsage.” They shoved
off just in tie u to save tho poor fellows
from geing he n in the ship.
I now gave lie ordor for “every man to
jump nvorboan witli a spar and save him
self from the linking ship." To enforce
the crdi r I walled forward and urged the
men ovi rboardl As soon as the decks were
cleared, save oil the bodies of tho deal, I
returned to tie stern-port, where stood
Captain Semmes with one or tw o of tiie
men and his fiatliful stewnrd, who, poor
fellow! was deolied to a watery grave, as
ho conld not s vln. The Alabama’s sleru-
ort was now anuost to the water’s edge,
’artly undressing, we plunged into the sea,
and made an offing from the sinking ship,
Captain Semmes With a life preserver and I
on-a grating. I
Thu Alabama settled stern foremost,
launching her bo s high in the air. Grace
ful even in her eath struggle, she in a
moment disappea ed from the face of the
waters. The sea low presented a muss of
living heads, striv ng for their lives. Many
poor fellows sank for the want of timely
aid. Near mo I si w a float of empty shell-
boxes and called I a ono of the men, a good
swimmer, to exanjne it; ho did so and re
plied, “It is the qtetor, sir, dead." 1‘oor
Llewellyn! he perfched almost in sight of
his home. The young Midshipman Mafflt
swam to mo and offered his life preserver.
My grating was no(_ proving a buoyant float
Breaking over uiy head
uncomfortable, to say
“r. Kell, take my
almost exhaust-
gallant'hoy did not consider
h>s own conditiun, but his pallid face
told mo that his heroism was supe
rior to bis bodily suffering, and
I refused it. After twenty minutes or more
I heard near ino some one call out, “There
ia our flrst lieutenant,” and tho next mo
ment 1 waa pulled into a boat, in which woa
Captain Semuies, stretched out in stern-
sheets, ni pallid as death. He had received
daring the action a slight eontnaion of the
band, and the struggle in the water had al
most exhausted hit:. There were alio sev
eral of our orow ia the boat, and in a few
moment! we wera alongside a little steam
yacht, which had time among onr floating
men, and by throwing them ropes saved
many lives. Upi* reaching her deck, I as
certained for the ?rit timo that she was the
yacht Deerhound, owned by Mr. John Lan
caster of Englanl In looking around I
saw two French plot boats engaged in sav
ing out crew, aul finally two Coals from
the Kearsage. Ti my surprise I found on
the yacht Mr. Ftilman, whom I had dis
patched in the ilagey to ask that boats be
sent to save onr wounded. He reported to
that (our iliot had literally torn tho
casing from the chain armor of the Kesr-
been picked up; where shall I land yon?"
Captain Semmes replied, “I am now under
the English colors, and the sooner you put
me with my officers and men on English
soil, the better," Tbe little yacht moved
rapidly away at once, under a press of
steam, for Southampton. Armstrong, our
second lieutenant, and some of our men
who were saved by the French pilot-boats,
were taken into Cherbourg. Our loss was
nine killed, twenty-one wounded and ten
drowned.
It has been charged that an arrangement
had been entered into between Mr. Lancas
ter and Capt. Semmes, previous to our
leaving Cherbourg, that in the event of the
Alabama being sunk the Deerhound would
come to onr rescue. Captain Semmes ami
myself met Mr. Lancaster for the first timo
when rescued by him, and he related to us
the circumstances that occasioned his com
ing out to see the fight. Having his family
on board bis intention was to attend
church with his wife and children,
when the gathering of the spectators
on the shore attracted their attention, the
report having been widely circulated that
the Alabama was to go out that morning
and give battle to tho Keuisage. The boys
were clamorous to see the fight, and after a
family discussion ns to the propriety of
going out on tbe Sabbath to witness a naval
comb «t, Mr. Lancaster ageed to put the
question to vote at the breakfast table,
where the youngsters carried their point by
a majority. Thus many of us were in
debted for our lives to that inherent trait in
the English character, the desire to witness
“passage at arms.”
That evening we landed in Southampton,
and were received by th6 people with ever;
demonstration of sympathy and kindly feel
tog. Thrown upon their shores by the
chances of war, we were taken to thei*
hearts and homes with that generous hospi
tality wliiehthrought to mind .with tenderest
feeling our own dear Southern homes in
antebellum times. To tho Rev. F. W. Trcm-
lett of Belsize Park, London, and his house
hold I am indebted for a picture of English
home life that time cannot efface, and the
memory of which will he a lasting pleasure
till life's end.
number of orders for making clothes, a
tailor named Hughes hurriedly left 8yKa
ma, and the Telephone says a number of
young men of that place are losers.
Mayor Freeman has been wrestling with
a case of chicken pox, and his face resem
bles a target that had been used at a shoot
ing match where number eight shot were
fired at short range.—Cuthbert Literal.
The prohibition election, to take place
in Newton county on the 22d of April, is
exciting public interest The antis and
prohis are working with great zeal. The
cft8_ race will be warmly contested by both
parties.
An attempt to rob Rosser & Neal’s dry
goods establishment in Covington one night
last week proved unsuccessful, the burglar
being promptly met by Mr. Charles Echols,
who sleeps in the store, with a seven-
shooter.
Harry Reeves and Tom Bell, two negroes
in Dodge county Thursday, engaged in a
free fight with each other. The result was
that Harry was cut in three places—once
iu the right arm and twice in the left
shoulder.
Mrs. G. H. De-Jarnette, for many years a
teacher in the Americas public schools, ten
dered her resignation to the board of educa
tion Friday. She left Americus to accept a
similar position in the Alexander free school
at Macon.
A large delegation of Americas business
rill ~ "
Diseases front Pimples to Scrofu
la Cured by Cuticura*
Hundred* of letter* in our possession, copie* of
which may be h*d by return mall, report this sto
ry; I have been aterrible sufferer from Diseases of
the Skin and Blood; have been obliged to shun pub
lic places by reason of my disfiguring humor*;h*ve
had tbe best physicians; have spent hundreds of
dollars, and got no relief until I used the Cuticur*
remedies, which have cured me, and left my skin
and blood as pure as a child's.
Covered with Salt Itlicum.
tact died from It 1 believe Cuticur. would have
uved her life. My urns, breant .ad head were
covered for three you., which nothin* relieved
cured until I used the (— " ‘
a Cuticur. Resolvent, internal-
OVER THE STATE.
shell upon the ememy, that they struck the
sides ami (ell Into the water.”
Captaiu Window, in his report, I think,
states "that hit ship waa struck twenty-
eight times!" anil I doubt if the Alabama
was struck a greater number of times, I
may not, therefore, be bold in asserting that
had not the Kearsage bean protected by her
iron eublee, the result of the fight wonlil
have been different. Captain Semmes felt
the moro kt nly the delueion to which ho
fell a victim {not know ing that tbe Keur-
eage .was cL.uu-clad) frugi the fact tliut ho
was exceeding hie instructions in seeking an
action with the enemy; but to seek a fight
with an Iron-clad he conceived to be an un
pardonable error. However, he had the
sutiefaction of knowing thutshe was classed
on a woolen guu-boat by the Federal gov
ernment; also that ho hnd inspected her
with most excellent glasses, and so far oh
outward appearances showed she displayed
no chain armor. At the name time it must
be admitted that Captain Winslow had the
right unquestionably to protect his ship and
craw. In justice to Captain Semmes 1 will
state that the battle would never had been
fought bad he known that the Kearaage
wore an armor of chain beneath her outer
coverta*. Thus waa tbe Alabama lost fay
an error, if you please, but, it must be ad
mitted, a most pardonable one, and not
until ‘ father Neptune" claimed her as his
own di 1 she lower her color*.
The eleven-inch shells of the Kearsage
did fearful work, and her guns were served
beautifully, being aimed with precision nnd
delibirate in file. She came into action
agn bccntly. Having tie speed of us, she
oat
took Lor own position nnd fought gallantly.
But she tarnished her glory when she fired
upon a fallen foe. It was high noon of a
bright, beautiful day, with a moderate breeze
blowing to waft the smoke of battle clear,
nnd uoiliing to obstruct tbe view at five
hundred yards. The very fact of tbe Ala-
ban i ceasing to fire, shortening sail and
bnuhng down her colors simuitaneonsly,
uiu-i have attracted tbe attention of the
officer in command of the Kearsage.
Agaia, there is no reason given why the
Kearaage did not steam immediately into
the midst of the crew of tjie Alabama, after
their ship had been stink, and, like a brave
and generous toe, save tbe lives of her enc-
mif s, who hail fought so nobly aa long as
they had a plana to stand upon. Were it
no* for the timely presence of the kind,
hotted Englishman and tbe two French
pilot boats, who can tc'.l the number of ns
tl. it would have rested with onr gallant little
»Lip beneath the water* ot tbe English chan-
n- L I quote the following from Mr. John
I-tneaster's letter to the London I>*ily New*:
' I presume it was because he would not or
enud not eave them himself. The fact i*
that if the captain and crew of the Alabama
had depend«l for safety altogether upon
Captain Winslow, not one of them would
have been saved."
When Mr. Lancaster approached Captain
I Semmes and acid, “I think every man has
Upson county is to have another vote on
the fence question.
The North Georgia College at Dahlonega
is without a president.
In Upson county Thursday the frost did
great damage to the gardens.
Greensboro has nominated a prohibition
ticket for mayor and aldermen.
A president is wanted for the Baptist Fe-
malo Seminary at Gainesville.
Hon. D. M. Roberts of Eastman is a can-
delate for Senator in the Fifteenth district.
It is said that John Coffee, the Merritt
murderer, is hiding near Harmony Grove.
EldridgeCntts of Americas has been made
official stenographer of the Ocmulgee Cir
cuit.
The cost of the two weeks' session of Dooly
Superior Court is estimated at three thousand
dollars.
Tho father of Otis Ashmore of almanac
natoriety, once Uved and taught school in
Buenn Vista.
There are five churches in Buena Vista -
three for white people and two for the col
ored population.
Two negro girls indulged in a street fight
in Americus Friday, in which one brained
the other with a rock.
D. G. Ilillyer, Jr., of Rome fans been ap
pointed to a position to tho Treaanry De
partment at Washington,
Seven thousand and five hundred dollars
have been appropriated for the improvement
of the Oomnlgee river,
J. O. Smith of Colquitt county owns a
hen that always perches upon tho limb of a
tree to lay and never breaks an egg.
Upson connty did not suffer mnch from
the recent storm, although the Flint river
was higher than at any time Bines 1802.
Coley Thomas, oolored, for breaking into
a market house in Sumter connty, was cap
tured and given aceU at Americas this week.
A company of aawmlU men from the
North visited the section about Hawkinaville
this week for the purpose of bnying t timbered
lands.
Cora planting having received what little
attention it will get from the from farmer*,
they have now turned their attention to
cotton.
The pupils of Prof. Branham's Academy
at Kylvania nailed np the doors and boy
cotted the I’rofessor. They had struck for
an off day.
The funeral of John Drake, the wife mur
derer, hanged at Thomnaton, was largely at
tended, tiie negroes coming from all sections
to be present.
The Kendall Comedy Company have boen
in Aiueriens for the post three nights. They
have a military band and give very credit
able performances.
A great many shad are now being caught
in tbe Ocmulgee river. Some fishermen
brought five to Hawkinaville the other day
that weighed thirty-two pounds.
We counted sixty wagons at one time in
sight last Saturday on our streets- and
nearly everv one was loaded with some kind
of fertilizer.—Eutonton Messenger.
A bell tower and band stand is being
erected at tbs intersection of South Wayne
and llnncock streets in Milledgeville. Tin
tower will be seventy-five feet high.
A day or two since an Albany lady said
that during the war sbs paid *20 for one
spool of thread, $2110 for one pound of tea
and gave $100 for a simple gingham dress.
Last Sunday we saw a red headed young
man, with two red headed yonng ladies,
driving a red mule to a red buggy. They
were going to New Hope Church.—Dawson
Journal.
A contract has been closed between tbe
{overnment and the authorities of the Amer-
cos, Preston and Lumpkin Railroad to carry
the mails over their road, to go into effect
Monday.
A lady iu Campbell county has just
woven sixteen yards of jeans and is now
spinning warp and filling for summer
clothes for her family, and she is fifty-eight
yean old.
One night last week thieves entered the
stnoke house of Mr. Jim Hay, aliout three
milts from Dawson, and robbed it of
three sides of bacon, three shoulders and
four hams.
Mr. Sam H. Rhodes of Crawfordville
while on one of the late fishing excursions,
caught a very fine white perch that meas
ured fourteen to length and six or seven
inches brood.
Monday night, near Ty Ty, a white man
men will go to Brunswick Sunday night to
attend a railroad meeting to be held there,
looking towards the building of a branch
from Americus to tap the B.- and W. 11. R.
at Isabella.
The total indebtedness of Newton county
as found by the last sitting of the grand
jury is $36,5(10, to which an additional sum
of $8,000 will be added on account of the
damage done by recent rain storms, making
a grand total of $44,500.
Mr. J. V. Oliver at Bronwood had the
misfortune to lose five hundred panels of
fence last Thursday by fire, which left his
entire crop unprotected. Neighbors and
friends promptly aided him and by noon
Saturday his fence was replaced.
On lost Friday A. J. Thompson & Co., of
Cochran, received a cargo of guano from
Port ltoyal, S. C., which had been jnst a
week on the road, and perched on one of
the sacks, when the cor was opened, was a
beautiful hen, seemingly happy and con
tented.
Last Sunday morning a negro boy, Rener
Turner and a negro mnn had a difficulty
near Ledbetter branch in which the man
seriously stabbed in tbe left breast by
the boy. Dr. Brooks dressed the wound
and the man is doing well.—Fort Gaines-
Advertiser.
Mr. James R. Andrews, near Haddock's,
Jones county, on a stogie hunt a few days
ago, killed four wild turkeys at three shots
—three gobblers and one ben. He killed
two gobblers at one shot, and one gobbler
and one her at two shots flying, the longest
shots he ever made.
A mulatto girl, 16 years of age, named
Catherine Burney, was fatally shot about
five miles above Sylvania on Saturday, by
Washington, colored. Ho was carelessly
handling a shot-gun when it was dis
charged, tho contents entering the side of
tho girl's bend, killing her almost instantly.
The big rains of Monday and Tuesday
have caused the wutein of the Flint river to
rise higher than since the freshet of 1861
Head, Face and Body Raw.
Joljr
body wore almost rew. My head was covered .
scabs and sores, and my suffering wss fearful. _
hod tried everything 1 bad beard of in tbe East and
West. My case was considered a very bad one I
have now not a particle of Skin Humor about me,
and my case is considered wonderful.
Decatur, Mich. Mss. 8. E. WHIPPLE.
Eczema from Head to Feet.
Charles Eayre Hinkle, Jersey City Heights, N. J.,
writes: “My son, a lmd of twelve yearn, was com
pletely cured of s terrible case of Eczema by the
Cuticur* Remedies, From the top of his head to
the soles of his feet was one mass of scabs." Every
other remedy and physlclaus had been tried in
vain.
Cuticura ltciiicdics
Arc sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 50c.; Resolv
ent, $1.00; 8oap, 25c. Prepared by the Potter
Dhco & Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.
Send for “llow to Cure Skin Diseases.”
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vJ IIL j Humors cured by Cuticur* Soap.
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Capclne Planters alone merit implicit comma
They have won their great popularity with 5?,
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medical profession, by their unequal**,.*
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your guard against worthless imitations » «,!*!■
leading names, such as “Capsicin," “Cmmw
“Capucin,” "Capsicine,” etc., as certain
ing druggists way try to palm them oft onrmJ
E bicc of the genuine. It is better to deal wrCZI
ut reputable at d honorable druggist*
Benson’s and see that it bears the “Three *3
trade mark and has the word Cspcine cut i?3
centre.
Jones Sheriff Sale.
GEOnOIA, JUNKS COUNTY,—WILI. BE SOU J
the first Tuesday iu May, Ibwi.at the courti!3.
door, in said county, between the legal boniH
sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the folSJj
property, to-wit: 217 acres, more or let* Jj
in the Eighth District of -aid county, and boon
uorth by lands of E. W. Finney and John HT
don, east by John C. Green, south by Robt c
don sod Zach Gordon, and west by 8. B. GUti.
Raid land levied on as the property of H;. ‘ »*1 il
Gordon to satisfy an execution United fro* j J
Superior Court iu favor of Willi. B. SparlanT
R. A. Gordon, Zach Gordon ot. al. Tec *
session notified. This April 5th, lftsfl.
H, J. Hi I LIES, SWl|
Stock Law Notice.
QKORGIA, JONES COUNTY.-NOTICE IS E
ll by given that a petition of freeholder of D
ion’s District, G. M., No. —, Jones conntr,
for an election for stock law in said district Un
ou file in thia office; and unleM some valid a
bo shown to the contrary an order for naid e
will be granted on Monday, the 2fith i
April, lHHfi, at hour of 11 o'clock, a. m. Take n
witness my hand officially,
March 29, lftaO—aprti Uw4w.
It. T. R0S9,
n 17 I
J. W. MICE C0\
THE FASHIONABLE
DRY GOODS DEALERS]
Would invite the attention of the public to tho magnified
line of 1
SPRING i<l SUMMER GOOD!
Th* KtoamboM 1 *Montezo^a'liMnow^iinpI now being shown by them. Great care was exercised ini
below the Drayton bridge, and win have to selection of this 6tock, and it is replete with the latest style
wait for tlie water to fall enough for it to . , - ! . ^ ,,
Pakh under tbe bridge before it can return 11H till tUQ HOW QHQ fllSlllOn&blc fllbriCS for the SCtlSOH.
^Oneof tbe'most attractive features of th. I WHITE GOODS AND EMBROIDERIES, |
“ elc 8 ant 8t ° c A k J U8 t received. LACE SUITINGS in Edge
tonste in again securing CoL 0. A. Niles, at i' lOlincCS and All-OVCrS.
“t ,ro “ Mr 1 Orancl Openin'** Monday!
We invite everybody to call and look through the prett
est stock in the city. J. YV. RICE «& CO.
A NEW PROPOSITION
their correspondent from Atlanta, Mr.
Nilea ia a finished echolar nnd high toned
lentleman, and his words written or spoken
lave weight with the people,—Greensboro
Howe Journal.
A dastardly incendiary applied the torch I
to Mr. W, J. M. Oriner’e barn, at Excelaior.
on Tuesday morning. He barely saved his
stock, tools, vehicles, ete. The neighbors
gathered np and tracked the incendiary to
and from the bam and to a hnnse in the
neighborhood. This is the fifth or sixth | _
house that has been burned in Mr. Orlner'x Dry w ______
n tt r to^c W om h ^flo?*hl - v.accented th. I whiskvmcn are closing out for cost, and in order to keopi
invitation extended by the Americus flro with the procession and maintain a proper equilibrium, 1
B. SMALL guarantees to soil
Stonewalls ot Griffin, Nos. 3and6 ofMucoon _ , , , ... „ ,
Groceries, Provisions, Tobacco, Guan|
—AND—
MERCER CULTIVATORS
and the Alerts of Montezuma. Other com
panies are expected who have not yet acted I
upon the invitations. In all, abont ten
visiting companies will participate. The
track lias been inclosed ana is being put to I
splendid order, andsll the necessary arrango-
incuts made to entertain royally the visitors. [ for cash or on time, wholesale or retail, at prices that can
Tuesday’s storm. be discounted. Call at the old stand, or send your orders t|
The Damage Dons In and Around Amerlcnr*
All day Tuesday the clonda were dark and
low, ami towards the close of the day a
heavy wind, accompanied by thunder and
lightning came on. Those of our people
who haifcyclone pits sought refuge to them,
fearing a cyclone. The wind was very vio
lent to this city the greater port of the
PROHIBITION PLANTER !■
jitT the greater port of the | (All Iron.)
Mowtog'down°a few^nc*»*and°treem e ^TTio I ‘eithcr^wcTordrv seed oi^rollel* tilU *’ * b °^ rUD “• P Unt *
3: Aepo ho^The“toring iiSit . 1T *ILL PROHIBIT PLANTING CROPS WRONG .nd wasting yonr pm i
Deoule. was entirely demolished, bnt no one I *°P nnmb<ir J ou Wttnt - d “ Unce »P* rt - * or “>« »>y
31. .1. HATCHER, Mnoon. Oh.
lay night, . ..
named Murphy went into the smoke house
of s willow lady anil filled a sack with meat
A farm hand fired into the smoke house
killing Mnrphy.
Thursday night, near Sylvania, Henry
Kemp, a negro, waa accidentally shot in
tlie stomach and it is feared he will die.
Another negro named John Lule had been
fooling with a pistol.
Ur. Hibbard Brown, who is now chief
cook at the hotel at Camilla, Georgia, wjs
(onr Tears cook forWm. H. Vanderbilt, and
for eighteen months was chief cook on Jay
Gould's steam yacht the Atlanta.
After a stay of a few weeks and getting
deelSdemAwlm
A. B. SMALL,
141 atnl 1 t:t Third Street, Slaeoii,fl$J
people, wa* entirely denioliebed, bnt no one
was seriously raiured, though one or two
were hurt by falling timbers. In tbu bouse
a colored woman wa* very aick with pneu
monia, and she wu* thoroughly drenched
with ruin before she conld be removed to
another house near l>y. All tho fencing
along that road was blown down. Un Mr.
U. S. Lockett and G. A. Herndon's place,
near by, the fencing was down. One house
on Lockett's place waa lilted a little. Mr.
J.D. She;
down,
from town
totally dest
down. The fencing along that road was
down also. We are told that near Friend
ship fonr or five negro houses were de
stroyed, bnt no one wa* injured.—America*
Recorder.
Groceries and Supplies.
...» „„„„ ___ Wo are offering Groceres and Supplies to farmers for
raherdai«o had some fencing bimra I money and on easier terms than Any House ill
from town a^Mro^MttUment'vriis almost 1 Where good papers are made, wo guarantee \ve will *V<1
totally destroyed, five honsee being blown 111 Oil J)fOllCl/. We also Sell goods for Cash at VCr)' ‘1
Jaix-m Tbo f..*w>iti>w alnhif Unit foa,l UTr.E ! ^ . __ .. *' . I
rates. Cull and sec us.
WARE & OLIVER)
130 Third Street, Macon. 6*1
A Family Poisoned.
Dr. R. E. Canon and family, of Carters-1
tilie, were poisoned recently from eating I
tome meat, cooked in a large brass kettle, a
qnantity of vinegar Wing poured upon it, [
producing a powerful !>oUoning agent Tbe
l)< ctor worked with them several hours be-1
fore he got them out of danger.—Marietta |
Journal.
A Captnln's Fortunnt« Discovery.
Cspt. Coleman, schooner Weymouth, (dying !
tween Atlantic City and New York, had been trou
bled with a t ough ao that he waa unable to sleep, I
and wu induced to try Dr. King's New Discovery I
for Consumption. It not only gave him instant re-1
lief, bnt allayed |he extreme aorensas in his braul* [
His children were similarly affected and a single
dose had the aaue happy effect Dr. King’s Sew [
Disco rery is now the standard remedy In the Cole-
man household and en board the schooner. Free
trial bottles of this Standard Remedy at Lamar,
Rankin k Lamar’s drug store.
—General J. A. Hill of the llth Main#, I
baa just suffered second amputation of an!
arm U*t to Uio elbow at th# Deep Bun I
fight in 1*01.
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as'ilfe'5 $ 'i-ARM AXHUALFOUl
gjy aua balm vSSnxra&sBI
KLIZSTS cccne 3jKSa.5!«S-
W. ATLES BURPEE & CO., PHlUCStPiM
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