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Newnaxi, Ga., Friday, April 15tH, 1887.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CITY AND COUNTY
.IAS. K. BROWN, Editor.
don’t you get up aomething of that
kind ?’ We get Mine ouch talk as this
nearly every day of oar life, and from
men, too,who have not and never will
do anything to help ‘boom Albany.’
They seem to think that the local pa
per ought to do everything—build a
city, boom it and support it on wind.”
Death of an Estimable Citizen.
The older residents of Campbell and
upper Coweta will remember the sub
ject of the following notice as Henry
Murray, a son of Alexander Murray,
who f jrmerly resided near Palmetto.
It will doubtless recall the memory of
The Sort of Boom That Pays.
* While othertownsare whoopingand
hurrahing about the alleged advan
tages eDjoyed by their respective lo- I <j syg long since gone, when Sandy
calitics—educational, manufacturing, a nd Henry were called upon to fur-
dommercial, etc.,—our sister town, n j 8 h music for all the social gatherings
Palmetto, has concentrated her ener- 0 f t jj e neighborhood. Of the family
gies in an effort to foment an agricul- 1 on ]y two are living—Pamelia and
tural boom, and we are glad to see it. . Catherine. We copy from the Aiken,
This is the sort of boom that pays, at c.) Journal and Review:
last. Other towns may squander time , opr. J. H. Murray died at his home
and money in trying to gain a little an Beech Island last Thursday, 31st of
cheap notoriety abroad, and set gins to
entrap the unwary if they are so
minded; but Palmetto, with a judg
ment and discretion that does infinite
credit to her intelligence, has turned
her attention to the development of the
rich agricultural resources of the ad
jacent cquntry, and is moving ahead
in adelerminedsortof way thatcannot
failcf success ultimately. The farmers
of this community are among the most
intelligent and enterprising in the
•State, and have succeeded already In
bringing thei r sect ion in to prominence.
A farmers’ club has been organized,
which meets in Palmettoonceamontb,
to which ail the farmers of the vicinity
belong. At these meetings interesting
experiences are related, new theoridB
discussed and practical suggestions
offered—all of which must prove ben
eficial to those who participate and
take an interest in the proceedings.
We can conceive of no movement
calculated to do so much good, when
undertaken "in the proper spirit. The
most serious obstacle to agricultural
development in the South is a lack of
system and co-operatiou. Every man
farms upon an. independent plan, and
not more than one out of teu succeeds
even under favorable conditions. The
farmer should b<* actuated and con
trolled by a spirit of mutual interest and
helpfulness. If he has tried some new-
mode of culture and found it practi
cable, let him explain to his neighbor
the advantages of the improved system
and induce its adoption. If be has
experimented with a new crop of auy
kind and found it profitable, let him
give to others the benefit ot his exper
ience, accompanied by such timely
and sensible suggestions as will in
sure due appreciation of the value and
importance of diversified crops. In
this way he cau not only subserve the
interests of a common enterprise, but
aid in furthering the individual suc
cess of his immediate co-lab irers to a
still more profitable degree. A spirit of
enterprisiug rivalry is thus infused into
the neighborhood, whose best effects
are observed in the increasing care
with which the hitherto shiftless far
mer prepares his land for planting,in an
improved system of cultivation, in the
adoption of labor-saving machinery—
in fine, in the employment of number
less latent forces and devices never be
fore called into activity, or even
known.
We are sLrongly in favor of local or
ganizations such as we have described,
and can conceive of no plan whereby
the farming interest may be more
thoroughly unified or effectively ad
vanced. By this means the farmers of
a community are brought together in
intimate association, and for a com
mon purpose, viz: the promotion of
' their mutual welfare and prosperity—
and upon no other occasion perhaps do
they assume so much 1 iberty in counsel
ling and advising with each other. We
need more of them, and it is a hopeful
sign that the farmers of the South are
beginning to appreciate the importance
of the need. The community that
boasts its farmers’club will always be
able to show a thrifty, enterprising,
intelligent class ot farmers, and a con
sequent condition of prosperity not
apparent in localities where no such
organization exists. The reasons are
obvious. Fraternization begets inde
pendence, aud where you find the
farmers of a community working to
gether, thinking together and acting
together, there are invariable eviden
ces of thrift and prosperity going to
prove the truth of this observation.
March, at the advanced age of 76 years.
Dr. Murray was a most excellent citi
zen, a Christian gentleman, and was
beloved by all who knew him. Ho
one stood'higher in the community
than did he, and no one will be missed
more by the community. He* leaves
one daughter and two sons, one of
whom is our present County Treasurer.
His remains were interred near Lang
ley, where lie others of the same fami
ly. A large concourse of relatives
and sympathizing friends attended
the funeral.”
el is increasing in interest and atten
tion wiiL each meeting and we hope
to have a good school during the sum
mer.
Miss Eula Stokes is at home from
the Convent Sch ol In Atlanta, for a
few days’ visit U> her family and
friends.
Misses Maude and Polly Hughen, of
Xewnan, are visiting their sister, Mrs.
L. R. Powell, and honored Jones’
Chapel with their presence last Sun
day- We are always glad to have them
visit our community and hope they
will spend the summer.
Mr. Tom Arnold, from near Palmet
to, visited our school last Sunday. I
suppose Tom has an idea of connect
ing himself with the school, as he nev
er goes to such places merely to see
the girls, as some vain young men do.
Mrs. Leila Cole spent last week with
her father and mother in this commu
nity. She returned to her home in
Atlanta Monday morning.
Miss Claude Vickers visited the
family of Mr. Hasten Herring last
week, returning to her home in At
lanta last Monday morning with Mrs.
Cole.
Miss Lowodine, Miss Bessie and
Mr. Word Redwine have been at home
for a few days from school. Miss
Lowodine is a Senior in Miss Bal
lard’s High School, Atlanta, and
will graduate next June. There are
eight others in the graduating class.
Miss Mattie Patterson has been sick
for a few days, but is better, and we
hope will soon be well again.
Mr. Edward Jenkins, the youngest
son of Mr. J. W. Jenkins, is quite
sick.
The drouth in Texas has already
caused great suffering in certain dis
tricts, and is daily increasing in ex
tent and severity. In some localities
there has been no rain to speak of
since September.
The Atlanta Constitution announces
that President Cleveland will visit At
lanta during the Piedmont Fair and
Exposition in October next, and states
that the announcement is made by due
authority.^_^___^_____
A disastrous fire occurred in St.
Augustine, Fla., last Tuesday night,
laying in waste the greater portion of
the town and destroying properly val
ued at $250,000.
to supply the varied demands. Socie
ty is as good here as in Georgia, except
iu the western portion of the State. The
water-courses abound in fish and there
is also aD abundance of small game in
the woods and* on the prairies.
“W. C. Smith.”
IN MF.MORIAM.
Albert Sidney Camp died March
6tb, 1687, in the 23d year of his age.
How sad for one so young to die,
with the prospect of a noble, useful
manhood;—to leave all the plans of
life unfinished;—and then how sad to
die away from home and mother, in a
stranger’s land! Yet we are glad to
know that he was ready to go. The
world is better for his having lived in
it and his associates are better for his
short, noble life. A loving, dutiful
son, a devoted brother, a true, faithful
frieud,—no wonder that everybody
loved him; no wonder so many hearts
are sad because God took him from
us.. God never meant -him to stay
with us long. He only lent him to us
to make us better, and that we might
behold one of His jewels. Have we
not often read: “Whom the gods love
die young?” While it is only natural
for our hearts to bleed at first, yet we
should not grieve for him, for he is
“safe in the arms of Jesus,” and we
shall know, “when the mists have
cleared away,” that it was best for
him to go first. He is free from suf
fering and sorrow, and so happy.
“Pray for ns there: we are laden with care;
Dark are our garments with mildew and
mould;
Thou, a bright angel, art sinless and fair,
And will never grow old there, never grow
Mr. Matt Crockett is very low with old ‘ ....
consumption. His family have our Hi» iremory will always be cherish-
sympathy. ed tenderly, and hit exam pie, we hope,
Mrs. M.’e. Bridges is also quite sick j will have its influence with his asso-
with influenza# ciates.
The school near Powelville, under J “He, the young and strong, who cherished
the care of Miss Sallie Overby, is do- Noble longings for the strife,
ing well and the pupils are making j
rapid advancement in the different
branches of study. The people ot the
community could not have chosen a
teacher anywhere that suited them so
well.
Mr. J. M. Coggius has oue of the
finest carp ponds in the country. He
built and stocked it only two years
ago, and now has a quantity of carp
that will weigh froiq four to five
pounds. Mr. C. is one of the most
prosperous farmers in the county.
April 13th. Asa.
SPRING MILLINERY
FOR THE MILLION I
The Handsomest Display of Spring Millinery ever Seen
in Newnan I
The Prettiest Bonnets, the Shajieliest Hats, the Tastiest Trimmings, the Handsotnest
AssortmetU of Ladies’ Notions, and Everything Else in the icay of
Ladies’ Head and Neckicear!
11 replenish the same every
the season. I respectful! y Invite an Inspection of my goods and a fair comparison of price*.
1 cannot be undersold, and am bound to please.
Thanking my friends for their generous patronage in the past, I respectfully ask a contin
uance of the same, which I hope to merit bv dealing only In first-class goods and selling at
living prices. Give me a trial. MRS. J. S. WILLIAMS.
Col. John A. Stephens, late Ad
jutant-General of the State, died at
bis home in Washington, Ga., last
Tuesday.
John T. Raymond, the eminent
comedian and humorist, died sudden
ly in Evansville, Ind., last Friday.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Georgia Teachers’ Association.
This Association will hold its twen
ty-first annual meeting at West Point,
Ga., May 3d, 4th aud 5th, next. The
President will make trie discussion of
.methods a special feature. Some of
the most prominent educators of this
State and Alabama will read papers
The following is an abbreviated pro
gramme of the exercises: C. B. Chap
man, “The Back-ground of Science;”
S. P. Sanford, “Methods in Analytical
Arithmetic;” Otis Ashmore, “Science
in the Scho >l-room;” E. B. Smith,
“Normal Schools;" C. L. Patton,
“Methods in Geography j" S. C. Cald
well, “The Recitation,” O. D. Smith,
(Ala.), “Why Should I Study?” Hon.
R. A. Denny will address the meeting
on “Legislative Attitude Towards Pop
ular Education;” Lectures by Dr. I. S.
Hopkins and Rev. C. B. LaHatte.
Reduced railroad rates will be granted.
A boat excursion, a banquet, and a
social reunion of the teachers will be
enjoyable features. The hospitality
-of the good people of West Point is
proverbial, and the teachers will be
entertained free of charge. For far
ther information apply to W, R, Thig
pen, Secretary, Savannah, Ga.
Palmetto.
Mr. Editor:—The time of the sere-
nader is now upon us, and we may
t repare to listen to his inspiring music.
It was our good fortune to listen to a
delightful serenade a few nights ago,
and we hereby take occasion to ac
knowledge our thanks for the same.
Come again, boys.
Miss Berenice Steed has been the
guest of Sirs. Frank Cooke for several
days.
Alias Jennie Camp, of Newnan, has
been visiting Airs. Coehran.
Alias Harrington,.of Texas, is stay
ing.with Miss Ella Griffith. She is a
charming young lady and quite an
addition to our little city.
Bishop Key, of Alacon, preached at
the Alethodist church last Sunday, de
livering a most admtrabla discourse.
At the close of the service a collection
for repairing aud making some addi
tions lo the church was taken up and
about $1,000 raised.
We understand that one of our
young men will have some photos tak
en soon. Wonder what he will do
with them? Ah!
Aliss Chester Bell, of Atlanta, was a
guest of Airs. Dean several days last
week.
Miss Jennie Lou Upshaw spent Sat
urday aud Sunday in Luthersville
with her parents.
Air. Will Kirby, of Newnan, came
up last week to attend school here un
der Prof. Pendergrast. We extend
him a cordial welcome and trust that
he will receive much benefit.
Prof. Pendergrast has an honor roll
for the primary department, and be
low I give you the Dames of the suc
cessful oDes for the past week: Alaud
Colquitt, Alahel Ballard, Eunice Duke,
Ida Beckman, Alattie Barfield, Ettie
Pendergrast, Moses Kelly, Alfred Kel
ly, Calvin Steed, Willie Dean.
The Atlanta and West Point Rail
road is building a nice park here, near
the depot, and we will soon have a
nice place to spend a pleasant hour.
The town also speaks of building a
park.
Dr. J. L. Askew has moved into his
new and handsome residence. There
are quite a number of new houses in
Palmetto now. Nixie.
April 13th.
Puckett Station.
Mr. Editor:—As you solicit corres
pondence from different parts of the
county, and as “Uncle A.” has not
written from our little village in some
time, I decided to give you a few dots
this week—not with the intention or
hope ol supplying his place, because
we enjoyed hiB pieces and would like
for him to continue.
The literary school under Prof. F.
A. Quilli8n’s charge in increasing in
interest, uew pupils coming in every
week. The Sunday School, (with a
superintendent who has served faith
fully for ten years,) receives new' pu
pils occasionally. Dr. Bradley deliv
ered a pointed lecture to the teachers
last Sunday, which will undoubtedly
have a good effect.
Mrs. Wm. Brannon has gone to
Birmingham to visit relatives.
Mr. Henry Martin, who has been
suffering several weeks with a linger
ing disease, is yet quite ill, and but
little hope is entertained of nis recov
ery.
Roseola and mnmps have been In the
community ever since Christmas.
Rev. Air. Quillian, of Luthersville
preaches for us on the fourth Sunday
in each month.
Farmers are busy planting cotton.
April 13th. A. P. S.
Turin.
Mr. Editor:—So “Old Fogy” thinks
I got a little “involved” in my state
ment concerning Roger Williams’
connection with the establishment of
tlie first Baptist church ia America.
Wherein he considers “R. A. T.” “in
volved” is in the statement that “Rog
er Williams set up no creed; neither
was he the founder of a sect." “Old
Fogy” did not prove to the contrary.
He says “in Chambers’ Encyclopedia
I will find that Roger Williams was
the founder of the first Baptist church
in America.” Well, others have said
the same, but that does not make it
true. Air. Ford, in his history of the
Baptist church, says, .page 254,) “Be
fore Roger Williams was baptized or
his church organized, there were Bap
tist churches and Baptist ministers
throughout New England.” He goes
on to say: “But historic facts prove be
yond doubt that Roger Williams was
not the fouuder of the Providence
church; aud, further, that the church
he established, aud which crumbled
to pieces four months after it was
gathered together, was net the first
church (Baptist) in America. * * *
Williams, indeed, touched, the Bap
tist standard, but ere he raised it his
hand trembled and it fell. It was
seized by a steadier hand; at New
port it was raised, and far and near
they came to it.” Quoting again Mr.
Ford spy's: “Eighteen years after the
‘Mayflower’ landed,when every man in
the colony wasEnglisb born,and before
Roger W illiaihs was baptized, a church
of Baptists was founded in America.”
The eitation given above does not look
much like Roger Williams was the
founder of the first Baptist church in
America.
Airs. Dimsy Brown, an aged lady of
Fayette county, is lying very low and
not expected to live.
Air. George Harwell and Aliss Lou
Knott, of Whitesburg, were married a
few days since.
Airs. Georgia Gay exhibited to the
writer some hen’s eggs that measured
six inches in circumference.
Mrs. Frances North has been quite
sick for several days.
Capt. Benton and Prof. Moses have
started up a saw-mill near the McIn
tosh road. R. A. T.
April 13th.
How sweet it is to imagine we can
see him in Heaven, with a crown on
his bead, singing: “Holy, holy, holy
Lord God Almighty.”
“Never here, forever there.
Where all parting, pain aud care.
And death and time shall disappear—
Forever there, but never here.”
"And there shall be no night there,
neither sorrow, nor crying, nor pain,
nor death, and God shall wipe away
all tears from our eyes.”
His vices. If he bad any, sleep with
him, and his virtues are now our sol
ace and consolation.
“Green be the turf above tboc,
Friend of my childhood days;
None knew thee but to love thee.
Nor named thee but to praise.”
A Friend.
Flotsam and Jetsam.
There appeared recently in the obi
tuary columns of the Public Ledger of
Philadelphia notices of the deaths of
twenty-five persons, nine men, six
teen women, wh« had lived to or be
yond the advanced age of 80 years.
Civilization is advancing in Hol
brook, Ari. The citizens of that town
are not saying anything about their
churches or schools, but many of them
point with pride to a new saloon
which “is elegantly carpeted and
magnificently rugged with rich and
quaint designs of the Navajo manufac
ture.”
The other day Prof. James G. Alay,
of Salem, Ind., concluded that he bad
taught long enough and closed his
school. He chose as the day the fifty-
eighth anniversary of his marriage.
He had been teaching for sixty-five
years, having.spent 21,192 days in the
school room, aud still, at the age of82,
was an energetic and successful teach-
he was an all day hearer. The great
snow storm of February, 1846, which
closed nearly all the churches in the
coun'ry, did not keep Air. Adams
from the house of God He was one
of thirteen persons present in the
Second Presbyterian church at ■Wash
ington, and returned home through
the deep snow at the close of the
service. -
Of three daughters whom Air. LoDg-
feilow has immortalized in that live
ly . poem, “The Twilight Hour,”
Alice alone remains unmarried. She
lives in the old “Craigie House” at
Cambridge with her bachelor uncle,
the Rev. Samuel Longfellow, now a
man of some 70 years. Edith Long
fellow married Richard H. Dana,
whose father wrote that very popu
lar sea story: “Ten Years Before the
Mast.’' Anna Allegra Longfellow, the
youngest daughter, married, two years
ago or more, Joseph G. Thrope, Jr., a
young Boston lawyer, formerly from
Michigan, a brother of Airs. Ole Bull.
“The blizzards out in Dakota are so
terrible,” said a man just in from the
north, “that the people string clothes
lines from their homes to their out
houses in order that they may pass to
and fro during the prevalence of one
of these storms without running the
risk of losing their way in their own
yards. One cannot see th r ee feet
ahead in a Dakota blizzard, and if he
once loses his bearings he is almost
certain to drift out upon the prairie
and perish before assistance can reach
him. With the aid of a rope a man is
enabled to grope about his own yard
with comparative safely as long as he
doesn’t let go.”
Bell County, Texas.
Mr. Editor:—I send you a copy of a
letter received in February last from
Dr. W. C. Smith, formerly of Coweta
county, Ga., but now of Temple, Bell
county, Texas, which you may pub
lish in full or in part, as many friends
are desirous to know something of the
country as well as to hear from him.
M. S. Smith.
Grantville, Ga., April 7th.
.A:
The Experience of Many.
The Albany News and Advertiser
has been trying for several months to
generate a boom in that city, but if
we'may judge from the following de
spairing remarks in a recent issue of
the paper it has received but little en
couragement r
“Sometimes it makes us’ sick, some-"
times it makes us mad,and then again
it makes us sorry, when a town loafer .
' or some otberdrone in the hive accosts'
raus with, ‘Wbv don’t you boom the
one earKof tkoc. am
Powelville.
Mr. Editor:—Spring has come at
last and the warm rays of. the son
seem to have infused new life into all
mankind as well as vegetation. Cot
ton-planting is the order of the day in
this community. I don’t remember
to have seen our farmers so well up
with their work at this season before
in ten years. They are nslng guano
extensively and planting large cotton
crops that they may be able to pay
for the guano next fall—all of which
I think is bad policy.
The last cold spell killed all the
peaches and cherries; but those who
have apple orchards will not be en
tirely destitute of fruit. I would sug
gest that all our farmers plant large
watermelon patches aud invite the
“For the information of many friends
I will say this is the best farming
country I ever saw. The lands are as
rich as the best bottom lands in your
conntry, 'hough in some localities it
is malarious, aud the water is - not
good in summer. All the water is
limestone, and warm. Springs, wells
and all are alike. Nearly everybody
that comes from the old States are dis
satisfied fora year or so; but after that
they are well pleased. The weathor is
much more changeable than in your
country. To-day it is warm enough
to go in your shirt-sleeves; two or
three days ago there was ice four inch
es thick; to-morrow morning may be
freezing again. The wind blows brisk
ly all the time from some direction,
winter aud summer. The nights nev
er get sultry in summer, but are al
ways pleasant. The sun shines much
hotter here than in Georgia; hence,
the sun’s rays are more Intense, but it
is pleasant in the shade. The people
never use umbrellas or parasols; they
can’t carry them for the wind. This
accounts, also, for the men wearing
broad-brimmed hats. They tie them
on and are thus protected from the
sun.
“Just in this belt, (which is called
the black belt,) and away from water
courses, it is healthy; but on all water
courses it is sickly. The water dries
up in many places and leaves boles
filled with stagnant water, that pro
duces malaria. The Brazos river Itot-
toms, about 30 miles distant from this
place, are the finest and most produc
tive lauds in the world, bnt the local
ity is extremely unhealthy. East of
the Brazos, the bottoms are not so
good. It is generally timbered and
sickly. Bell county is in Middle Tex
as, which embraces all that territory
That German who has invented a
simple method of deadening the sound
of the piano deserves a monument of
solid gold. The contrivance consists
merely of the application of fine flan
nel to the frame between the strings
and hammers of an up-right piano.
The sound can be graduated at will
without injuring the quality of the
tone.
The equestrian statue of Andrew
Jacksou in Lafayette square, Wash
ington, is sometimes pointed out to
strangers as a representation of Gen.
Lafayette. To prevent such blunder
ing, the name of “Jackson” has been
cut on the base. It will please a vast
Dumber of good Democrats to know
that Jackson is still remembered
about the White House.
Airs. Cleveland, Julia Gardiner Ty
ler, Airs. James K. Polk, - Airs. R. B.
Hayes, Aliss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland,
Airs. Julia Dent Grant. Airs. James A.
Garfield, Airs. Harriet Lane Johnson,
Airs. Ellen Arthur McElroy, Mrs.
Patterson and sister of President John
son and Mrs- Semple, stepdaughter of
the first Aire. Tyler, are the living la
dies of the White House.”
There are in America over 4,000,000
farms, large and small. They cover
nearly 300,000,000 acres of improved
land, and th ir total value is some
thing like $10,000,000,000. These fig
ures are not, of course, cotnpiehensi-
ble. They simply convey the idea of
vastness of area and equal vastness of
importance. The estimated value of
the yearly product of these farms is
between $2,000,000,000 and $3,000,000,-
000.
It is worth knowing that an anti
dote for poison oak, ivy, etc., is to
take a handful of quick lime, dis
solve it in water, let it stand for an
hour, then paint the poisoned part
with it. Three or four applications
will never fail to cure the most ag
gravated cases. Poison from bees,
hornets, spider bites, etc., is instantly
arrested by the application of equal
parts of common salt and bicarbonate
of seda, well rubbed in on the places
bitten or stung.
Vermillion Station, Minn., was
grievously pained at the passage of
the high license law, which compelled
the four saloon keepers of that town to
pay $500 license into the town treasury.
Finally a solution to the vexed ques
tion was found. The four saloon
keepers were sworn in as-special po
licemen of Vermillion, and their sal
aries fixed at $400 a year each. In
this way the village of Vermillion li
censes its saloon keepers at $100 a year
each to sell liqnor.
The German papers allege that many
German industriesare seriously affect
ed by over-productiou. The disastrous
competition In the chemical trade is to
be followed by efforts to reduce pro
duction to the level of the demand.
Associations heve been formed to see
what can be done in the iuterestof the
potash, saltpetre, soda, Prussian blue
The great staple product of Califor
nia is wheat, of which about 50,000.000
bushels, worth more than $40,000,000,
are raised iu a good year, four-fifths
of which is exported. This wheat is
almost wholly raised on large ranches
by contract. The wheat grower is no
more a farmer than he is a miner or a
miller. He lets out his plowing and
seeding by the acre and borrows money
from the banks to pay the bill, giving
security on the growing crop. In har
vest time a contractor comes on the
ground with his harvesters, threshers
and separators, an outfit costing as
much as $5,000. He briDgs his own
crew of twenty to twenty-five, men,
who move about from place to place,
living like gypsies in the open air.
They gather in broad fields of grain at
the rate of more than 1,000 bnshels
per day, and leave the crop neatly
piled up in sacks, to which the ran
cher has not piit bis hand from first to
last.
We are told of a strange clock that is
said to have belonged to a Hindoo
prince. A large gong was hung on
poles near the dial, and all about
on the ground lay a pile of artificial
humau heads, ribs, legs and arms.
The whole number of bones in the
pile was equal to the number of bones
in twelve perfect bodies, but they ap
peared to have been thrown together
in the greatest confusion. When the
bands of the clock indicated the hour
of 1, out from the pile crawled first
the number of parts ueeded to form
the frame of one man, part coming to
part with a quick click,and .when com
pleted, the figure sprang up, seized a
mallet, and, walking tip to the gong,
struck one blow. This done, he re
turned to the pile and fell to pieces
again. When 2 o’clock came two
arose aDd did likewise: and at the
hours of nooD aud midnight the
entire heap sprang up, aud, march
ing to the goDg, struck one after an
other bis blow, makiDg twelve in all,
then returning, fell to pieces as before.
Gold Watohes Free to All!
We have the prettiest lot of Cards
and Scrap Pictures of any bouse in
America. Our solid Gold and rolled
Gold Jewelry is the very best. To in
troduce our goods in every house in
the country at once, we make this lib
eral offer: The person telling us the
longest verse in the Bible before
June 15, will receive a lady’s Solid
Gold hunting case, stem-winding
watch, worth $60. If more than one
correct answer is received, the second
will receive a geutlemau’s hunting
case and stem-winding Gold watch
worth $50; the third a Solid Silver
watch worth $25; the fourth a Gold
finished watch; each one of the next
ten an open face Nickel watch. Ev
ery person competing must send 15 cts
silver (or stamps), wrapped carefully,
for which we shall send you a pack of
samples of our lovely cards, a large
sheet of embossed scrap pictures,
prices and agent’s terms, a 32-page
book of over 250 illustrations and a
plain gold ring made from 18k. rolled
gold plate. We warrant every one
for five years. Name this paper and
write at once to W. C. Griswold^ &
Co., Room 9, P. O. Building, Center-
brook, Conn.
YOUR EYES
PROPEHI.Y FITTED WITH THE BEST
SPE-'TACLES
EYE-GLASSES
W. E. AVERY,
THE JEWELER,
NEWNAN, ,GA.
CLOCKS!
Buy a Clock from mo
With a guarantee
That insures your Clock
Against a stop.
I live in your town,
Where I may be found
’Most every day
Doing what I say
(This is not spring poeUy.)
R. D. COLE
MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
NEWNAN, GA.
We have recently added to onr stock a complete line of Builders’ Hardware, con«Ut| n|#
LOCKS, HINGES.
SCREWS, NAILS.
BLIND HINGES.
WIRE NAILS,
SASH CORD, ETC
We also have a large stock, and can furnish promptly—
FRAMING LUMBER.
FLOORING. CEILING.
WEATHERBOARDING,
PLASTERING HAIR,
LATHS, LIME, CEMENT,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS.
[Our Patent Tire-Shrinker.J
Wo have the following second-hand Machinery for sale cheap—
TWO 6-HORSE ENGINES, ON SKIDS.
ONE 6-HORSE ENGINE, ON WHEELS.
ONE 10-HORSE ENGINE, ON SKIDS.
Complete stock of SAW-MILLS, ENGINES, CORN MILLS and BOILERS. We solicit
comparison of prices. feb!-ly
NOW LOOK OUT!
OR YOU WILL
MISS A BARGAIN.
L_ . No matter how bad and destructive
lying between the Brazce and Colora-; andglauber salts industries. It was ■ ahoy maybe he rarely' becomes so de-
The Schoolmaster of the Re
public.—So Noah W T ebster has been
called, and two or three generations
have grown up under his training,
from the youngest school child in
Webster’s Spelling Book to the college
graduate and toe man of letters in
Vi ebster’s Unabridged Dictionary.
This latter has been rebuilt and added
to until it ia like a great University,
comprising not only its main trunk of
Lexicography, but its minor-branches
in a Biographical Dictionary of nearly
10,000 names, a New Gazetteer of the
World with 22,000 Titles, with valua
ble information in condensed form
under each title, anti a variety of oth
er useful things in its elaborate Tables.
Its latest addition, the Gazetteer,
must be of great use to the many who
do Dot possess the more bulky and ex
pensive Gazetteers. ' What more can
we ask in a Dictionary than we now
have in Webster's Unabridged?
I. P. BRADLEY
Has the goods and they must be sold, for he wants the money. A splendid line of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS
AND HEAVY GROCERIES,
Cash or credit, or which the very lowest figures are marked. Toe many goods for
the season. They must be. sold at some price.
A BIG LOT OF -FRESH
SPRING WHITE AND STRAW GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY.
A SPECIAL LINE OF
CLOTHING,
Guaranteeing Fit and ■ Quality, on which I can Save You Money. Conic and
see me and you will be sure to l>uy.
Mr. D. P: Woodroof is with me and will welcome his friends.
I. P. BRADLEY.
And selling the best and
cheapest Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, Spectacles, Silver
ware, etc., to he found in this
section. Call and see me for
anything in.my line.
Respectfully,
W. E. AVERY.
town? Don’t' yon see what .they are them next July or August,
doing over in Birmingham and othev . Mr. L. P. Redwine is giving some
towns? What we need is more capital attention to the poultry business this
and a big hotel. Why don’t you get j spring, r/e has several fine breeds ol
up a stock company and build a big fowls, among which may be men-
hotel? Look at Thomasville. Al- Honed the Plymouth Bock, Wyan-
bany has superior natural advanta-1 dottes and Dork Bramahs. He is pre
gee to those of Thomasville, or T paring an incubator to hatch his
any other town in Southern or chinks. Mr. R. is a real genius and
Southwest Georgia. And you ought to I will doubtless succeed in his newven-
aet up a big land company. These j ture
find companies boom a tows. Why
editor of The Herald axd Adveb- j $25 per acre, and are advancing. Near
tiser and your oorreepondeut to visit | the growing towns the average, price
dd rivers. West of the Colorado, ex- ; stated that the production of soda
cept low down, (say from Austin j alone in Germany was 400,000 hun-
down) is a stock-raising country and ] a red weight in excess of theconsump-
generally too dry for farming purpos- j tion.
es. The lower portion of toe State, ‘
except river adjacencies, is also devo- ; There lies in a New York hospital an
ted to stock-raising. TheWairie latch aged and almost friendless invalid
in that section are toe fiat for drain- whose name was once famous in the
age. In Middle Texas toe prairie i world of letters. George R. Graham
lands are undulating. Farther west ! was for many years the leading pnb-
these undulations assume the propor- j lisherof Philadelphia. For Graham's
tions of mountains. j Magazine Edgar Allen Poe wrote most
Lands In this belt sell for $10 and of his beet works. Graham was at one
time part owner of the Philadelphia
North American. He was, twenty-
"t
i
, wgmm _ . »ty-
! per acre is $50, One man can cultivate five or forty years ago, a power in the
| more of this land thaii two coujd in literary world, bnt would now be in
Georgia, and makethreeUmeaaa much the poorhouse were it not for the
per acre. People do not work here as kindness of a philanthropic Philadel-
ln Georgia. If they did, one man phian.
could make from twenty-five to thir- '
ty bales of cotton, and corn enough to John Quiney Adams, in the closing
do him. There are bnt few negroes 1 yean.of bis life, attended the Sunday
here, and it is consequently a hard ; morning services at the Second Pree-
place on women, They generally do . byterian church when be was ia
their own work, both in town and i Washington, when bis health permit-
won Xif. Wood is fcarce, but enough j tod. No distance, no storm prevented;
graded or loses bis self-respect suffi
ciently to throw mud on a circus poster.
ENJOY LIFE.
What a truly beautiful world we live
in! Naturegives usgranduer of moun
tains, glens and oceans, and thousands
of means of enjoyment. We can de
sire no better when in perfect health;
bnt how often do the majority of peo
ple feel like giving it up disheartened,
discouraged and worn out with dis
ease, when there is no occasion for this
feeling, a» every sufferer can easily
obtain satisfactory proof that Green’s
August Flower will make them free
from disease as when born. Dyspep
sia and LiverComplaiot are the direct
causes of seventy-five per cent, of snch
maladies as Biliousness. Indigestion,
Sick Headache, Costiveness, Nervous
Prostration, Dizziness of toe Head,
Palpitation of the Heart, and other dis
tressing. symptoms. Three doses of
Avgust Flower will prove its wonder-
in] effect. Sample bottles, 10 cents.
SMOKE
‘NEWNAN GIRL”
CIGARS.
CLEAR HAVANA FILLER
PRICE, 5 CENTS.
WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED?
HOW CAN WE SAVE MONEY?
The latter I can regulate; the former I can assist yon In.
I have on hand a large and well selected stock of SI’RING GOODS, and they must be
sold. My stock of
SPRING CLOTHING
Is complete and wil! please the most fastidious. Come and .see them. Boys’ suits from to
«** Men’s Suits from $7 50 to |2U. All I want is a chance to show them;—the good* will
My lineof T>RY GOODS consists of Ginghams. Lawns, Muslins. Dress Linens, Table Dam
ask, Checks, Bleaohings, Sheeting, Shirting—in fact, everything and anything in the way of
staple Dry Goods and Notions.
A big line of Men’s and Boys’ Straw Hats; can't be beat in town for atyie or price. Alao,
a handsome lot of Men’s soft and stiff* Hats.
I sell the best hand-made Shoe in town for the money—both for Genta and Ladies* My
stock was selected with care and comprises all the late novelties and styles. A large lot ot
medium grade Shoes always on hand.
GROCERIES.
My stock of Groceries consists of Corn, Meat, Flour, Meat, Syrup, Sngar, Coffee, and ev
erything needed to refresh and sustain the inner man. This department is replenished every
week and all goods sold are guaranteed to be fresh and sound, or money refunded. Will
sell low for C'Asn, or Ox Time for approved paper.
Get my prices before buying elsewhere; X can make it to your advantage to do so.
Greenville Street. J r. HERRING.
inleOec
CARRIAGE AND WAGON
REPAIR SHOP!
We arc prepared to do any kind of work in
the Carriage, Buggy or Wagon line that may
be desired and in the best and most work
manlike manner. We use nothing but the
best seasoned material, and guarantee all
work done. Old Buggies and Wagons over
hauled and made new. New Baggies and
Wagons made to order. Prices reasonable.
Tires shrank and wheels guaranteed. Give
OS a triaL FOLDS A POTTS.
gcTmhFiEmary u, tag?-
MY SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK
IS COMPLETE.
SUITS FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN
IN ENDLESS VARIETY.
PRICES GUARANTEED LOW AS THE LOWEST.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
GEORGE MUSE,
38 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
W. C. AYCOCL
WHITESBURG. GEORGIA.
MANUFACTURER AXD DEALER IN
DRESSED AXD MATCHED FLOORING, CEILING AND ROUGH
LUMRER, LATHS, SHINGLES, ALL KINDS OF MOULDINGS,
SAWED AND TURNED BALUSTERS. BRACKETS,
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, ETC.,
Ut Blinds are wired with patent clincher wire machine, which never break* looee. Cor-
wspnndepeayMcWedatplsj^cjjtlprices givenoq-bUIKhr-boUdlngs. Vrfte lor priMSJ” 14