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ARRESTED FOR DRUNKENNESS
A Suit story Ucvcaled by tlie l'.llcr
Court.
One nlchttbU week then) wee lucked
up in the atation-linitae for drunlcen-
neae a man named Henry Clay Belcher.
He hae been known in this eection for
eeverel years, having taught eehool^et
Farmington,
ia a polishi
when eobc
pleasant a go
to meet. 4H
will serrc to point
tale. ' c
Before tho tfif
will*. 8. C.. a fan
Belcher. Thoy hoi
blood, and woreeun , — —
wealth conld in. They owned lAfee
alare properly, and entertained in that
princely atyle characteristic of the aris
tocracy of the , Palmetto State.' This
family was the centre of a select circle,
and fortunate indeed was tho person that
RUNNING THE BLOCKADE.
monthly Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Young Men's Christian Association will
be held at th.lr rooms on to-morrow
(Monday) atoning, the M tost, %t 1%
o'olock. A full attendance ia earnestly
desired. 0. G. TaLWauaii, Pres't.
B.E. Josk*, Sec'y.
A STORY OF THE LATE WAP.
1 B..W. Hcporter Interview* n
Lady Wlu> wai a Blockade Ban
ner in the Latter Part ef tbe ITar
Between the Statee**SaTed by a
Masonic Sign. * _ .
A lady from one of the upper counties
passed through Athens yesterday, and a
Be-We reporter learning that she was
once engaged in running the blockade
through tho Yankee lines and bringing
in Urge quantities of goods for the South
ern people, at once went insoarchofher.
He round the Udy stopping at her broth
er's house, and made known his busi
ness.
The ladybloclcade runner is a widow,
and lived in Georgia before the war. She
married and went to Mississippi lust be
fore war was declared and settled in De
soto county, below Memphis. DeSoto
has always been noted for being one of
the richest but sickliest counties in the
whole South. Cotton was* the principal
product of the county, and Memphis the
nearest trading point; hence all the cot-
conee county. Belcher
and educated man, and
a as entertaining and
eman as you would care
ife is an eventful one. end
a moral or adorn a
liea fail. ’
F80R1A>I8 OfTsQALYSKISr.
I, John Jr < tue, IK D 8., havii g pr ctl'p.i
hkus
etIdw to 1'0'p anrwhtare affileled at I hat*
bvon torihe pMitcwlrt awre.teatlfjr th»tiht
Cutlmrs UomtdlM eared m* oflVorJaala oi
8«ly Ski*, In eight day*, aftt- the doctera with
»t’om 1 had ooDtel'etf gave mo no halo oren
couraf'.’meat, JOIIW J. oaSf, l>. D. 8.
. FeopIO’. t.lldW.I«.
Tbe people'* candidate for County
Treasurer, V. W. Skiff, will hare a good
•upply of ticket* *te*cb of the precinct*
on election d»y, eud will here to trust to
the good people to *ee th»t they ere pro
perly distributed, as be i»p*ying no one
for that purpose. All nid In this, or other
ways, to secure free sod honest votes,
UlUlSI'.lUCJt, wuuse w.
* -. Newton, N.J
DMTBB89IKO ERUPflON.
Tour Cntieara Kemodlae performed a wonder
to| cure leataamdof on one our euitomara
an old nntleman uf seventy jreare of ora, who
Bf&ysi isas d w'2n& , iiVSn?;
Dir-TPAKFu.: OP B'AUtA .
H. E. Carpenter, Hrnderaon, H. V., cured of
Paoriaaia or Leproay. of twant j ytala’ ataodlDg.
br«utloura Ito-acdLa. Tho moat wonderful
tions, ani oosllively fifee* Sw or n
psy required. It I» guaranteed to «i V
posfeot MUlstsction, or money refuuddv
Price 35 cent* por box For sale b
lone A Co —If - ■
"Consumption can bs Cured."
Or. J. B. Conns, Owensvllle, Ohio, savs:
“I hare given Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil with hypophoephites to four
patients with better results thsn seemed
possible with any remedy. All were
hereditary cases of Lung diseases, and
advance)) to, that stage when coughs,
pain in the chest, frequent breathing, fre-
qutot pulse, fever, and Memacinatlon.
All these cases have increased in weight
from ID to 28 lbs.’ snd sro not now need
ing any medicine. I prescribe no other
Emulsion of 0ml Liver Oil with hypo-
phosphites, Lime, and Soda, but Scotfa.
beliveing it to be the best,"
At Coat.
I will tall the balance of my Christmas
holiday goods at actual coat A good
opportunity for those wanting presents.
gained access thereto. For generation*
pie Belchers had preserved an honest
and spotless name. The prisoner in our
'enlahoose belonged to thin household,
snd he was the Idol of tho family. Hand
some, talented and chivalrous, then
teemed spread out before him the bright
est futnro that one could conjure. He
gradustedst the Osorgia State Universi
ty, and stood at the head of hit class. A
g mtleman who was in college with him
tells us that Belcher was one of ti>. moat
popular boys he ever kuew.
But these coed traits and apparent.
or Otherwise. Very respectfully,
Skiff, the Jeweler.
A dui! panful of
nlci&na wikis
is must die.
ECZEMA RADICALLY CURED.
Por tbs radical enr* of an obstinate ciso of
!es»m»of long • landing, 1 giro sntlrs crsdlt to
ba Cnt*e«r* Ufmedfes.
E B. RICHARDS >N, New Haven, CoMi
CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Are sold br All driiggU!*. Prior CuUear*,BOo,j
lt*so’vent, |l OQ: Hoop, **c Prot**rod bv tha
’oner Drug and < hemlea* Co., Boston, Haas.
e*d fbr ** How to Out# Hklu D aaaaaa,”
Sn a TITIPY tho Couiplasion aud Bkm by
J uAU using tho Cuttoura Boop.
blessing provrf but snares to,lead him to
lestruction. Jjf those days wine wag
mnsidered 4mt as essential at the
linner tables ofthe wealthy aa water is
30 w. The subject of this sketch fell its
rictim, and the thirst for strong drink
became engrafted Jn his nature. The
war swept away the possession of this
splendid family, and left HorirvClay
Weakness fla t relief tu one minute In
,tba Cutlcur* AoU-Palu Plaster. At
I !r-js‘*ts, 28 cents. decSdAwim.
tint Alexan-
tlon, producing a » very di-HKreeable
itching, after g**ttinK wnrm, as a common
attendant. Blind, Bleeding and Itching
Piles yield At once to the application of
Dr. Bosarko’a Pile Remedy, which act*
directly upon the parti affected, absorb
ing tfie Tumors, allaying the inten°e-
IHuhing and effecting* permanent cure.
Pri cc60 cent. Address Til** Dr. Bosoanko
MedioinpCo., Piqna. O. Sold by K. 8.
Lyud' iniiid Kua » A Arnold.
We Havo Trie? it.
“And would have it if tho cost was ten
times what it is,” says many ladies who
have used Tho Mother’s Friend before
confinement. Write Tho Bradflold Beg-
ulator Jo n Atlanta, Ga, for full particu-
pottror of MtdlcloestthuKo al Uulvtmtty
Kulghi of tb« Royal 4u.‘.rU» Order of tut Iron
Csvsi Krlgt t Coia»»nd«»rof the ItoTalsptnlsh
Oder of Isabel. Knlfht of I Roys I Prussian
Jrder Of tbs Red > aglr; Cbaraller of tho Legion
‘of Honor, etc., eto., leya:
’I4obl0 Co.’s C'icn Beef Tonio should
not be c.<n*buii<lrd with the bofd- of traiby
enre-slla. It ts in no sense of tho word amient
remtdr. lam thoroughly cenvaraeat with Its
mode of prepsratfon and know It to be not only
a letUimato pharmamitlml product, but also
remedy of Jbe high enmmundattons it baa ro-
celred tn sll pans of the world. It eoutalns
fcsa.tc.ce of Bovf. Cbea. Quinine,Iron and Callstip,
oblcb are dissolved in i-urs genuine Spanish Im-
pc rial Crown pherry.”
InvtliMltia to all who sro Run Down. N«rvons,
think when he clAsed his t
shower of fiowcnNmro.wn
of the loveliest gmB of the
terwards receivecf*s dipl
ed pn his journey Btrougb
such bright skies,’ that a fi
find the scenes so ehifted.
Wo trust that tlje S
bring brightfer thin^s for
and that he will ru
courage and true
characterized him, a
ing yoke. He wilj,4
weak kidneys Be wars of Imitafona.
IUr Majesty’s mvorlte Coeurtlo Glycerine
Used bv her Royal Highness the Princess of
Weirs sod tLe BODlUty. For ibo Hkln, goaplts-
ton. Erui ilons, Cbs|»pfng. Roughnooe. 9L00. Of
drags 1st*.
Hit# 00/8 Oenulno Bymp of SarupartUa
>m guar an toed aa tho host Sarsaparilla fn the
market.
pinnacle he is so peculiarljhfittod for.
~ALLSETTLED.
The Covington dc Bacon Ballroad,
MAcoKi Dec,_,-3f>hr-[8peciftl to Consti
tution.] To-day your correspondent pair
a visit to the CoyipgtOB and Macon rail
road shops, sad i<mnuhinosT^jd lilelj
EOROIA. BANKS COUNTY.—I boroby cor
r ttry that tho abovo order !■ a true extrae
-m the mlrute*of BanksMtnorjor ramit. Thl
t. Z’.lh 188$. L. N. TURK, C. B. C.
If. C.Bafdy- t *trajre BmkrwMrlttr
va. j court, 8oj.t. lens, 1SW. It ap-
Nancy M. Hardy.) nearlug to the court, by tlio re
turnee! the 8usnfTI« this case, that the defon-
(taut docs tot lire In said county, and It farther
arr -srlno to tho court that she < oos not faotde «n
this a: tv. it u ordered by the court that mtvIco
bt perlrctvd on dele- dent by publication ef this
order one*’ * month for four months, btfjro the
m«-xi tons ot this court, > tho Banuor-Watch-
ss F-fii-ti¥ s«teasr , i
id will aeon be
a will be ran oat
r wajr. This,wilt
if Funning back-
rant the other,
ung hauled in on
heaps up pretty
.there and headed eifii
obviate the necessity
ward one way and Ic
Some cotton is still
tho road, aud trav« I
well. Traios are now
fifteen milea above Chntc
struction force onlvawait
more iron to complate.ths
Round Oak. Bak)grfl>1)l
lias laid off hil town u
and quite a number of lot
Harper’s Weekly.
ILLUSTRATtO,
Haann’s iYttxir maintains it* posi
tion as tho leading illustrated newapsper
fn America: and ita hold upon public es
teem and confidence waa nover stronger
than at the present time. Beside* the
picture, tlAitr-KR’a Wbeklt always con
tains instalments of one, occasionally of
two, of the best navels of tbe day, finely
il uatrated, with ahort stories, poems,
sketches, and 'paper* on important cur-
Absolutely Pure.
Th'I Pow !er never variu. A u'ml of purify,
strength and wholesoaoncsi Here eettHorr lcal
thsn tha ordinary kl^ds. and cannot bo to d In
compotltion with tho mnHUude of lnartori,short
wtflrh , Alum or Pnosrhato Powders. Sold only
fnotnsl ROYAh BAKING POWDER CO., 108
Wall Street, N. Y. dsriJMAotf.
said that the roads do not oWa cither of
them a cent, and aa protff ofjthe fact he
exhibited vouchers showing- that Qrip-
pen, who waa for a short time an em-
pluve of the read direct, fall' been p«4
up in full. Tbe faCt^ •• h#fcg™ them,
are, thatCrippen waa dismissed from tbe
service of the road for good reasons.
He further says that were
in the employ of OontWtor.Holme^ a
sub-contractor on the road, and that if
any one ia due them anything, it ia Mr*
Holmes. Col. Probe! iayi tljey have
never presented their cltiUU at the of
fice, and if they bad, ea Jjfrtt wwld
have been made to adjust the mat er.
He. states that two men <»ore that the,
compsnv' waa due them money, when
thn books tejil show diffe/eialy, and that
out of theio proceedings a criminal pros
ecution will prolmbly grow.
Itsccin«, reelly, aa i? wfappagW
this entorpriae ha* baan «<?** impeded
by such things, and iU lofcrresta have
rent tuples by the moat popular writers.
Tha care that baa been successfully ex
ercised In the past to make tUirn’a
.Weekly a ufe as wotl a*, a welcome
visitor tc every bouiehold irlU not be
relaxed in tbe future. ’ .
HARPER’S PERIODICALS, PHR YEAR
Harper's Weakly.
Harper's Magaiine 4 00
llarpet Baaar 4 00
Harper* Young People, 2 00
Harper's Franklin Square Library,
Ono Year (52 Number*)..... 10 00
Harper's Handy Series, One Year
(62 Number:) 15 00
Postage Frea to all subscriber* lathe
United State* or Canada.
The Volumes * tha Weekly begin
RiciViEPOES
TC3ACC0 OlBTSuF'
timois mentioned
n with tbe Number
ipt of order:
been n ra'iroad 'com
the pr*|MR* '
far dlfferait race
The amount fq
been attached ia
never 6e trout
Qase into my
that 1 have not a -
bead, and yet Inal
ache sine* I cornu
finger nail: on l ri
plied for a patent
and wilt run it in
furniture alert.
Dr. and Mrs. W
at Mr*. Nobte’a.
Rock College nn
has reached All.
(nee Dp. u j, $ ^ ebb , nd family, of Atheu
You are feeling denroased, yonr appe- apent a few day* of this (gaek to Jaffa
tit® is poor, your are bothered with Head- win. Jo* wa* rawed hare, and ia held
ache you are tldgetty, nervous und gen- the highest esteem tor all our ctlUena,
•rally out of surts.snd want to brace up. Married, at the reridencS e( the bride
Brace up, but not with sUmulsms aprtog f.ther, Hr. Jsowa b. Wills, on Sund.
medicines, or bitter*, which hare for ; the 26th instant, by Bar. A. J. Kells
Ke. very Cheap, wbiaky, «d I Mr. W. T. Stav.n. andM.« Matti.
which .timuUte yo.1 for art boor, and j Will*, *U of Jackaon county. .
then leaves von to a worse condition than On* night toet waak a Mr. Robert
before. What yon want ia an altenUf* living near Dry Pond, wu attacked
... I,t uvl start hoallhv lalo sanrn listen i.v m m*fl <!n?. but PSCS
Planters Motel*
The Messrs. Scofield, of the Cliff
House, Tallulah Falls, have leased the
the Planters Hotel, Augusta, Georgia,
the leading hotel of that city.
Planters Hotel*
The Planters Hotel, Augusta, Georgia,
under the management of F. H. Sc F. B.
Scofield, ’rill be superior in all its fea-
tureaand appointments.
Notice*
The National Bank or 4 TMK *®
Atnenb, Ga., Dec. 14 1888.—The annual
meeting of tho stockholders of this Bank
will be Held at their banking house on
Tuesday, the 11th day of January, 1887,
at wnich time will bo held an election
for directors to serve for the ensuing year.
Decl5dtd James White, Cashier.
Cotton Market.—Owing to holidsy in
both New York and Liverpool there was
no market yesterday.
Th* Students.—College re-opens
Monday, and most of tho students Imve
returned. Several new boys have regis
tered.
Emancipation Dat.—To-morrow is
emancipation day, but the colored people
of Athens never celebrate it it will be
observed in tho other Georgia cities.
Children’s Pa'ktt.—The y-ung friends
of Mr. Monroe Hearing enjoyed a de
lightful evening Friday. 'J he time was
fully occupied with games, dancing and
a lovely supper.
Loafers.—We would like to see the
vagrant law enforced ii^&inst that band
of negro politicians, who block the streets
and sidewalks. They are fattening from
money received from the sale of their
votes.
Bets—Several bets areoflfcred on the
result ofthe City Attorney’s election. It
, probably hinges on the contest in the
second ward. Council meets next Wed
nesday, when the question will be de
cided.
New Year.—The old year went out in
cloudsj rain, mud and slush. The New
• • Year was ushered ill with bright sun
shine, brisk, bracing air. Nature nmiles
upon the opening year. May her brighr
promises meet a !mppy'fulfillment.
Constable’s Election.—W. H. Ful
ler, Esq., appeared promptly at 6 a. m.
at the court hbust to 6p®n the polls, but
owing to the fact thgt only one free
holder came up, after waiting the legal
time. His Honor declared the e'ection
off.
8. Raphael Sc Co.—Mr. S. Raphael,
merchant tailor, moved into his new quar
ters on yesterday, and wtll be ready to
take orders this week. Mr Raphael is
the well known and popular cutter who
has been with Mr. Cohen for the past
few years, and will undoubtedly have a
good patronage.
That Reported Duel.—Mr. Howard
Williams, the friend of • Dr. Westmore
land in the rumored trouble between
that gentleman and Col. Smith, pissed
through Athens and we learn went out to
P!*a««nt H H to see Col. S. This looks
like business. Th« Atlanta Constitution
still refuses to allude to the subject.
Opeka House.—We are informed by
the managers of tbe opera house that
they are to have several of the finest at
tractions on the road during the present
month, which will be very gratifying to
the theatre going people. Among the
attractions no Louisa Bafle, on the 13th;
Boston Quintette* Club, on the 20th;
• Monte Christo, on 29th'; Annie Fix ley.
on the 31st, and others.
. The Old Reliable.—Having sold out
my entire business, stock and material to
Klein & Martin, I can now be found with
them at the old Hodgson shops. Thank
ing all my friends and customers for
their patronage and favors of the past,
I earnestly solicit them ail to 1 call on this
young enterprising firm for anything in
their line. I will tn the future, aa in the
past, do my utmost to aatiafy my custom
ers by givinr them the best work to be
found in the South. P. Benson.
Wednesday’s Election.—Next Wed
nesday our voters will fcs called on to
elect officers to manage the affair* of the
county of Clarke for the next two years
All the candidates in the field will make
good officers. Mr. Skiff is at a disad
vantage in the race, as the people thought
that he was onlr running as an advertis
ing dodge. This, however, le not the
fact, at Mr. Skiff ia in dead earnest and
will be in tbe field until tbe last vote is
counted. Mr. Bkft if elected, will make
a good treasurer, and*will faithfully carry
out all of his promises to the people.
Mr. Skiff h certainly ia the race and
wants your rotes. **
lit Hard Luck.—Mr.J. H. Dorsey has
been having very bard lack in the last
few days.; A great many of bis males
and Jwreas have been taken with pnen-
monia and bar fever. Ip coaeaqwace of
W ’ th!i»' the street cars bare beejs quite
irregular lately. However, he has pro
cured tha services of on© of the beat
home men in the South, namely: Mr BiL
ir MsBy engaged in
PERSONAL AND MINOR ITEMS.
This blizzard is the worstyeLs
Yesterday wa^learaud pold. „
The Jersey boom in Athens his taken
fresh impetus.
Campaign whisky floated by the gallon
last night.
Athens will have crushing spring trade
this year.
The blixzvrd .almost blighted ^few
Year yesterday.
-Small grain begins to look splendidly
in the country.
The election will make the first three
d*y* of this week lively enough.
The banks closed yesterday, but col-
lectioni will open brisk to-morrow.
Mr. Guy Hamilton returned from Au
gusta last evening;
Senator W. L Pike, of Jaokson, was
recognized on the street yesterday.
Dr. Mark Willingham hat 800 hushels
of the Bart oats for sale at f 1.
The livery stables are making big
money out of the candidates.
.The old bailiffs will hold over until
their successors are elected.
’ Mr. James S. Hamilton, jr., is ia At
lanta.
Wiley Childers, the iron king of El
bert, is in the city.
The Athe"R3um reception will be held
!at*?r in the m-rnth.
Mrs. H. L. Cranford has returned from
a pleasant visit to Atlanta.
Hon. Edmund Thrasher, of Watkins-
ville, was ip the city yesterday.
Dr. Mark Willingham returned home,
after spending several days with friends,
Judge Hutchins writes that ho will
hear the contested election case next
Tuesday, in Watkinsville.
Mr. Linton says that several largo tax
payers are yet behind. He closed his
books yesterday.
The Augusta News says
der’s election is conceded, but Raoul will
content in tho courts.
The Augusta Chronicle says there
will be no rebellion of the tax-payers in
Augusta.
Mr. Julius Cohen made a mistake at
tho Commercial Hotel hanquet yesterday,
and poured walnut sauce in his coffee.
harlie Rice has returned from A tlan-
ta. He is developing into one of tho best
newspaper men in tbe State.
Mr. 0. H. Arnold, a prominent and pros
perous merchant of Lexington, was in
the city yesterday.
There was a good deal of swearing off
from bad habits among the boys yester-
day. ‘ -
Let all of our merchants resolve with
the New Year, to plant a big advertise
ment in the Banner-Watchman.
The Colored voter was out in force yes
terday to support Watt Brown, the negro
candidnte. They would probably have
elected him.
Mr. Geo. B. Lumpkin, of Oglethorpe,
speaks of moving to Athens and opening
a store for the sale of agricultural im
plements.
Tho wounded Chicago policeman and
his wife arc boarding at the Commercial.
The city hss pensioned him. He is a
splendid looking man.
Dr. Jefferson Heard, of Lonisiana, and
Mr. Bedford Heard,of Elbert, who have
been visiting their father in Athens, n-
turned home yesterday.-
Athens did a flno' Christmas trade.
Tho provision trade has good ,thc
past' week. Other lines have been
scant.
The car carried a number to the recep
tion of Judge and Mrs. W. B. Thomas, at
their elegant new house on Milledge Ave-
uo last evening.
A HORIBLE MURDER-
A tfsgro Man Soaked with 01’ and Set on
Fore.
[Speoial Dl«pich to iho (.lobe-Demo-rat.)
Cairo, 111., December 28.—Henry
Hays and Tom Mehan, two young men,
were jailed here to.dav, charged with»the
commission of-fmo of tho worst criirfes
tho annals of tho criminal courts of
Illinois. On Sunday evening last, in a
saloon in the upper part of the city, the
two worthies began teasing an inoffen
sive colored man named Tom Spicer, em
ployed about the place ms porter, and fin
ally began chasing him around the saloon
armed with a can of turpentine, with
which they threatened to deluge him.
Tho negro was finalfy caught, thrown
upon tho billiard table, one holding him
while the other deliberately turned tur
pentine upon his breast and abdomen,
finally turning a goodly Quantity in the
leg ot his pantaloons. Then in a high
glee a match was struch and the unfor-
tunato victim sot on fire. The flatnes
sprang high and ran rapidly ovor the
poor man’s body. Becoming frightened,
tho young rufiins sought to extinguish
the Haines, which thqy did after a des
perate struggle, but not, however till
8picer had been most horrible burned
from the ehin to the r kle. The auffor-
er lin cered until aftornoou, when death
arsuel. Tho men were jailed without
bail, and it is to be hoped they will suffer
tho extreme penalty of the law-
NEW YEAR’S DINNER.
The Commercial Hotel Feast* Oar
Itu*lne*» Blea.
Mr. Stanley, tbe generous and public-
spirited proprietor of the Commercial
Hotel, yesterday g*7e a magnificent New
Year’s banqqet to the business men of
Athena. Every firm in the city was rep
resented at the tables. A finer dinner
we never sat down to. All the market*
were ransacked to get delicacies for the
occasion, and the viands were certainly
splendidly prepared. Mr. Stanler cer
tainly understands running a hotel, and
he la making the Commercial a credit to
Athens. He is i liberal, public-spirited
gentleman, and has the good will or all
our people.
I WM UUIICU w/ viistv VIVJ, na aaiuiu —
railroads then through the country.
“The war came on, and soon af er the
first gun was fired,” said the-lady block-
ader, “my husband took sick snd died,
and left me alone with a Urge number
of negroes and a big cotton crop to culti
vate. I did not despair, but went to
work and had the cotton crop cultivated
and gathered. About this time the Yan
kees captured Memphis aud came down
into DeSoto and took off all ror negroes.
I concluded that it was be *t for me to
come back to Georgia and make my
home with my father. So leaving all
of my cotton packed «p under the gin
house, I left for the old red hills of Geor
gia. Alter being at home for several
months, l heard that cotton was worth
one dollar per pound in Memphis in
greenbacks, and I informed my father that
I intended to return to Mississippi and
run the blockade into Memphis with the
cotton, and bring out things for the fam
ily and the Southern soldiers. My father
tried to persuade me not to undertake it,
as I might get into trouble from both
sides, as tho Confederates would arrest
me for carrying cotton into Memphis,
and the Yankees would send me to some
of tho Northern prisons for bringing
contraband goods to the South. I did
not heed liu warnings, and twcT weeks
later found me in DeSoto coui^v, Mis
sissippi, with a pair of oxen hitched to a
wagon and two bales of cotton on it ready,
with a crowd of other ladies, to run the
blockade. It was a perilous undertaking,
as Gen. N. B. Forest, with his gallant
command, was making frequent raids
around Memphis, and any one caught
smuggling in cotton was arrested and
bad their property confiscated. This
did not deter me, and together with a
party of nice ladies, who could have
counted their wealth by tho millions be
fore the war, started with a little boy
seated on top of the wagon driving. Our
first trip we made without meeting any
of Gen. Forest’c cr Gen. Vandorn’s com
mand, and safely arrived at the picket
posts of the Yankees They did net in
terfere, as they were only too anxious
to get all the cotton they could.
Arriving in Memphis we readily sold our
cotton for one dollar per pound, and I
found, after settling, that I had over $800
in greenbacks. "We did not know much
abodt the money or its value, but found
that one dollar would buy a great deal
mpje. u Memphis, than the Coni
mdtiojr in theuBpatho^.I. purchased a
laigi ly* qf go$3t sno medicines that I
ia? w the BuuUiern soldiers nceden, and
concealed thfm about my ferson.or cov
ered tht 5 in up in the wagoiu., I bought a
splendid pair of cavalry boots for my
brother, who was then in tbe Confederate
service, but the troublo with me was
how to get them through the Yankee
lines, as I knew thoy were contraband
and would bs confiscated. I put tbe
boots on over my shoes and brought
them through witbout being detected.
After our party had bought all thej
could, we started with our wagons wel
filled and the little drivers, toirether with
ourselves, well loaded with things con
traband. Our only fear now was tho
Yankee pickets, as they would not iet us
carry anything out if they could help it.
Major Morgan was in front, and I was
fearful we would all be arrested and
sent to a Northern prison. The outer
picket post was reached, and we were
halted. I saw at a glance that the offi
cer in command wore a Masonic pin and
tknew he must bo a Mason. I had taken
ladies’ degree in Masonry, and at
made myself known to him, and it
served me well. The officer in command
passed the whole party through without
even examining our wagons. Our first
trip wAs very successful, and turned out
not only profitable to ourselves, but did
a great deal of good for.the Confederacy.
I ran the blockade after my first trip
several times and disposed of *11 my
cotton at a big price and brought large
quantities of things needed by tlm Con
federate government through the Yankee
line*: I have bad a great many narrow
escapes while running the blockade, but
I managed always to come out cafe and
am now willing to live a quiet life for
the balance of .paydays*”
JACKKO* COUNTY.
[lleraldj
A number of houses near Nicholson
have been burglarized during the past
week/ k ,
A gentleman In Newtown District had
a fine mule stolen last Satuday night.
It has been reported here that Frof,
Self, well known in this county, commit
ted suicide lately.
Judge N* L Hutchins decided that
John L. Aibury is the legally elected
Mayor of Jefferson.
Married at the r***idence of Mr. Jdmee
Rodges, on the23d inat., Mr. A. 8 Wenn
to Misa Lula Wills. .i.. i
M arried, on the 24th instant at Homer, ,
Ga., Her. Mr. Mb.ris officiating, Mr. L. B.
Prickettand Mias Belle Garrisoq. aaaiT
A colored man cqme to Jefferson last
Sunday to return a set of marriage licenses
that had qot been used. He proposed to
allow the Ordinary 25 cents for his trou
ble in writing the document.
Mr. Foster Dsnlol will make Center
bU homenejjiyear.’ He and Mr. Rid
ing are going into business there.
Mr. J. N. Webb and family, of Athens^
spent a few day* of this V(eek in Jeffer
son. Joe was raised hire, snd is held In
the highest esteem by all ouf citizens.
Married, at the residence of the bride’s
father, Mr. Jxmea E. Wills, on Monday,