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Jerald and giterlisq.
Ga., Friday, September 2d, 1887.
“BLOCKADING” WHISKEY.
How Revenue Laws are Violated by
Distillers.
Washington Star.
“Will you tell the public something
about the operation of the revenue
laws on the whiskey distillers ?” inquir
ed a Star reporter of an ex-revenue offi
cial who has had considerable expe
rience with that class of producers.
“Yes, certainly I will. And I think I
ran give you some surprising informa
tion in regard to illicit distillation of
whiskey under cover of apparent compli
mice with the-requirements of the law
This is accomplished by collusion with
the revenue officials. In order, how
ever, to make the subject clear and to
substantiate the charge, I must tell you
something about the origin and gener
al conduct of the business. The manu
facture of corn whiskey, is one of the
most fertile sources of revenue to the
fanners who reside in the mountainous
section of Western North Carolina,
Eastern South Carolina, Georgia and
East Tennessee, as well as in the Pied
montsection, or strip of lowland contig
uous to the Blue Kidge range. Before
1 lie original revenue act was passed at
the close of the civil war, no cognizance
had ever been taken by the general
Government of this branch of industry.
Nearly every small farmer, in the sec
tion indicated, numbered among his
possessions a still, mash tubs and all
, the apparatus essential to the prepara
tion of from live to twenty gallons of
whiskey per day. It had come to be
regarded as a legitimate product, and
one which the Government had no more
right to tax than so much hay or grain.
Accordingly, when the business had as
sumed inconceivably large proportions
and the Government in its search for
taxable commodities began to cast
around it a network of revenue regula
tions it found it had aroused the hostil
ities of a numerous class of people.
This belief, moreover, that the Govern
ment is oppressing them still exists,
and does much to complicate their re
lations with the officials. As soon as
the tax began to be levied resort was at
once had to ‘moonshining,’ or secret
manufacture. Stills were erected in
caves and out-of-the-way , nooks, and
the process was rendered as dark and
mysterious as possible. The Govern
ment had, however, anticipated this
move, and no sooner had the stills be
gun to operate than down on the heads
of the moonshiners swooped scores of
United States Deputy marshals, aided
in many instances by troops, and the
county jails were soon crowded with
offenders.
“The eventual outcome of the affair
was the passage of the numerous rev
enue acts which are now in force, and
which permit the erection of stills of 7i
and S gallons capacity upon compliance
with certain requirements. Every
manufacturer has to file a bond with
the Treasury Department and take an
oath that he will obey the laws, and
not distill more than the prescribed
quantity per day.
“How are the revenue officials organ
ized ?’’ interrupted the reporter.
“Each State is divided into revenue
districts, and a collector is placed in
charge of each district. It is the duty
of this officer to receive the reports of
his subordinates and exercise a general
supervision over the internal manage
ment of his department. Each reve
nue district is then subdivided into a
number of smaller districts, over which
a deputy collector is placed. It is a
part of the deputy collector’s business
to visit each still in his district and
measure the quantity of mash, as the
mixture of corn and water is called,
which each tub will hold. It is estima
ted that 280 gallons of mash are neces
sary for the manufacture of eight gal
Ions of whiskey. Four tubs, each hold
i ng 70 gallons mash, are, therefore, pro
vided for each day’s operations. And
here the first evasion of the law usual
l y takes place. Instead of having tubs
which will only hold 70 gallons of
mash, tubs which hold 120 to 140 gal-
lans are provided. Mash is, therefore,
supplied for the manufacture of double
the quantity of whiskey allowed by
Ltw. By some means or other the eyes
of the deputy collector are blinded to
this'bit. of deception, and the tubs are
entered as holding only 70 gallons.
The next officer in the descending-
scale of rank is termed the storekeeper
and guager, and as he is brought direct
ly in contact with the distiller it i\ ill
be necessary to give an extended idea
of his duties. Every storekeeper is
obliged to file a 85,000 bond with the
Treasury Department and take an oath
for the faithful performance of his duties
before a commission is issued to him.
lie is then _ assigned to the charge of
one still and is personally responsible
for all operations. He is not allowed
- to carry oh any other business without
the permission of his superior officers,
and is supposed to give his entire time
and attention to the still to which he is
assigned. He receives pay for each diem
for the time he works. Some idea of
the construction of a still is essential to
the proper understanding of the duties
of this officer. A log liut is first built,
and in it is placed the distilling appa
ratus, which consist Chiefly of two large
copper retorts or stills, under which are
heating arrangements. Pipes lead
from each still into a tub placed-be
tween them, which is called the sing
ling tub. The beer, as the mash is call
ed after fermentation, is allowed to
stand in the tubs for ninety-six hours,
and then is placed in the retorts. The
pipes carry it into the singling tub.
The residue in the retorts is then clear
ed out, and the beer is replaced in them
from the singling tub by means of a
trough. The alcoholic solution next
passes trough a copper “worm,” or
spiral pipe, and, owing to its volatile
properties, is quickly condensed by
cold water. It is now raw whiskey,
and is conveyed by a pipe into the cis
tern.
This latter is a large cask which is
placed in an outhouse just large enough
to contain it,, and which adjoins the
still-house. There is no door, however,
connecting them, and in order to enter
the cistern it is necessary to go out of
the still-house. Only the storekeeper
is allowed to enter the cistern, and it is
against the regulations for him to leave
the door unlocked for a moment unless
he is present. From the cistern the
eight gallons of whiskey allowed by
law is carried to the warehouse and
stored. Revenue stamps are then affix
ed on .the payment of ninety cents for
each gallon, and the whiskey is ready
for shipment. It is a part of the store
keeper’s duty to both measure and
weigh the amount of com meal placed
in the mash tubs each morning and he
must see that the mash does not en
croach upon the three inches of dry
space which the law requires to be left
in the top of each tub. Before leaving
the distillery at night he is obliged to
measure the amount of mash and liquoi
which has been made during the day
and enter it in his official report. He
is provided with nine revenue locks, to
which he alone has keys, and these are
placed on the cistern, warehouse, meal
chests, and the pipes of the distilling
apparatus. In order to be doubly sure
that operations are not carried on in his
absence numbered revenue stamps are
affixed on three of the principal locks
in such a way that they cannot be re
moved without tearing. The numbers
of the stamps used each day are record
ed in the storekeeper’s report, and from
time to time special agents visit the
stills and ascertain if the numbers of
the revenue stamps, amount of mash,
whiskey, etc., correspond with the
storekeeper’s official statement, which
he is obliged to hand in by the fifth
day of each month, covering the same
items as the former’s, with which it
must agree exactly. It will be observ
ed, then, that there is no possible
chance for the distiller to make a drop
of whiskey more than the lawful quan~
tity unless with the connivance of the
storekeeper.
“But w'hat proof have you that the
distillers do make more than this ?” in
terrogated the reporter.
“I will answer that by a few figures
which I think are convincing. The
cost of distilling eight gallons of
whiskey is as follows: Three bushels
of corn meal at 60 cents per bushel,
81.80; half bushel of rye meal at 80
cents per bushel, 40 cents; half bushel
malt meal at 80 per bushel, 40 cents;
wood, 50 cents; two men at 50 cents
each, 81; barrels, 25 cents; tax on eight
gallons of whiskey at 90 cents per gal
lon,'§7.20. Total, $11.55, The whiskey
sells for $1.25 per gallon, making $10 for
the eight gallons. It, therefore, actu
ally costs the distiller $1.55 more to
make the liquor than he can sell it for.
With large distilleries it might be pos
sible to do this, as the ingredients could
be bought in bulk, but with tlie small
ones it is out of the question. A man
will not carry on a business in which
he is losing steadily each day, and yet
all the stills are in active operation.
The way it is accomplished is this. The
mash tubs instead of holding 70 gal
Ions apiece, according to the measure
ments of the deputy collector, hold
double that amount. Consequently
double the amount of whiskey allowed
by law is prepared. The regulation
eight gallons are placed in the ware
house and the tax on it is duly paid.
The remainder is carried to the little
retail liquor shop which is run in con
nection with each distillery.”
“But could it not be found and con
fiscated there by the. special revenue
agent?”
“No. They are easily avoided. The
present system, and it is equally im
possible for an honest man to act as
storekeeper. And I venture the asser
tion that out of the many hundreds of
small distillers in this country there is
not one which does not blockade whis
key.”
“Are not the collectors and higher
revenue officials aware of the state of
things ?” queried the reporter.
“Yes, of course they must be, or else
they are more obtuse than i think pos
sible. But it is a matter for Congress
to take hold of. It needs legislation to
reach the bottom of the difficulty.”
“What do you suggest as a remedy?”
“There are two ways: One is to re
duce the tax and allow more whiskey
to be made. This would enable the
distiller to realize a legitimate profit,
and remove the temptation to ‘block
ade.’ The other way is to give the
storekeeper a regular yearly salary.
By this means a competent and honest
set of men would be obtained and the
stills obliged to suspend operations. It
would be a matter of indifference to the
storekeeper, however, whether the
stills closed or not, as their salary
would go on; whereas, how they are
thrown out of employment. Why, I
know instances where the storekeepers
not only allow the distillers to block
ade, but actually share their pay with
them. The men now employed as
storekeepers would not ordinarily make
more than fifty cents a day, arifi they
are. well satisfied to give the distillers a
dollar rather than have them fulfill
their threats of closing the stills.”
Two darkies who had been separated
for several years found themselves by
the asperities of fortune in the same
Dakota metropolis, and at the happy
reunion the following dialogue was
heard:
“What yer doin’ in this town, Sam?”
“O, I’se a journalist.”
“A journalist ? Started a paper o’ yer
own, ’spose.”
“No, not yet; I’se ’sociated with the
Daily Hooter."
“What part o’ der staff’s yer on ?”
“O, jess at present we’s havin’ a boom
and I’se editin’ bills o’ fare for der
Gran’ Central, and real ’state bulletins
with a han’ press.”—Duluth Paragraph
ed
To Whom It May Concern.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
The estate of Nelson Thurman, late m
said county deceased^ belng^nrej.resented
and not likely to be represent,,, —
concerned are required to show cause in the
Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first
Monday In September next, why such admi
* Monaayl “^Y d not be vested in the County
persons
istration sho^.%. —■ ■ - . ... 1Bj _
Administrator. This August o.h, 1887.
Attm w. H. PERSONS. Ordinary,
and ex-officio Clerk C. O
Pr*s fee *3.00.
To Wnom It May Concern.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
The estate of Richmond Sewell, late of
said county deceased, being unrepresented
and not likely to be represented, all persons
concerned are required to show cause in the
Court of Ordinary of said count j, on the first
Monday in September next, why such admin
istration should not be vested in the County
Administrator .^This Augjst 5th,
Pr’s fee *3.00. and ex-officio Clerk C. O.
Herald AN ®'^® t \, BB This A ugus t Sd.ltp*
lisbed in said county, -yy. jj. pER^O^®^
Printer’s fee $.10.25
Backward, turn backward, O Time in
thy flight; give us a frost again just for
to-night; I’m so weary of weather so
hot; the sweat it produces would fill a
bright pot; weary of collars that wilt
like a rag, weary of toiling away for
the swag. A snow-storm or blizzard
would go very nice; put me on ice,
mother, put me on ice.
“Do you call this a band of picked
musicians?” said a hotel manager to
the leader of a summer band. “Och !
dot vos so; I bick ’em minesellef,” re
plied the bandmaster. “Well, then,
you picked them before they were
ripe/’ ’
The Future of Our Boys.
Baltimore American.
It stands to reason that all boys can
not achieve wealth and fame, but as
the years go by the proportion of the
fortunate ones will constantly grow
larger. What is needed more than any
thing else to add to the usefulness and
honor of coming generations is a higher
and fuller appreciation of the dignity
of labor. We have in mind the expe
rience of a Maryland boy who was left
several thousand dollars by his father.
He did not squander it, as many boys
would have done, but he determined to
spend it all, and he did it in such a way
that it became the best investment that
he could have made. He went into one
of the railway shops of the city at
nominal wages and paid the rest of his
expenses out of his little fortune. He
learned all he could in a practical way
there and then entered a first-class
school of technology. By the time he
graduated his money was all gone, but
he was able to earn his way. He kept
on learning, and the consequence was
that he soon rose to an excellent posi
tion, and to-day he is in receipt of a
splendid salary and is considered one
of the best men in his profession in the
country.
Mr. Roberts; the wonderfully able
and astute President of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad, started out a chainman
ina surveying party. Mr. Frank Thom
son, the Vice-President of the same
road, was an apprentice in the Altoona
shops. Mr. Samuel Spencer, of the
Baltimore and Ohio, and one the best
railroad men in the country, was a
clerk not many years ago at Camden
station. Instances innumerable could
be cited, and the moral of them all
would be to learn a trade and to trust
to industry and- application for promo
tion. The future of our boys is the fu
ture of our country. We have not the
slightest doubt that it will be brilliant
and substantial; but the individual
cases of marked success must always de
pend upon the capacity and industry
of the individuals. Boys who look up
on life as a serious problem, that must
be worked out and not played out, are
able to take care of themselves. The
idlers, who expect to live off of money
which they do not earn, are the drones
in the great national hive of indus
try.
“That is a rather shabby pair of
trousers you have on for a man in your
position.” “Yes, sir; but clothes do
not make the man. What if my trous
ers are shabby and worn ? They cov
er a warm heart, sir,”
Application for cnarter.
GEORGIA-Coweta county: ^ ^
To the Superior Court Of ^ M
petition ofR-E Jarqes W. Colloy,
land, Thomas E. William
Glenn Arnold. Thomas A -. william A.
G. Arnold', Nathaniel O. Se well, John
Post. MalberrvS. Smith, kw John p,
F. White, w Arnold! John L Bean,
Lnvejov. Sr.. ^°^ n T h * n t\ Stafford, Thomas
Henry T. Shores, John IK** u Sadler,
M. Lester, James R. Colton, w ^ Morgan
Sam H. bill. werVaVl of said conn-
Rnpson and ArthurM.pe county of
ty, and William J- Garrett, of ^ne^ into ^
Fulton, shows that they ha een ^ q{ the
association under the . ami Picturing Com-
“GrantvilleGinnlngandManufactur* ^
panyU that the oyect of said^n ^
to erect and operate a siea gU ano fac-
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
Daniel Swint, adminis’rator of Regina W.
Brandenburg, late of said county, deceased,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of
said county for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to said deceased, all persons concerned
are required to show cause i* said Court by
the first Monday in September next, if any
they can, why said application should not be
granted. This August 5th, ^ pERSONg
Printer’s fee $3 00. Ordinary.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
Andrew J. Sewell, administrator of Milton
N. SeweU, Sr., late of said county, deceased,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of
said county for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to said deceased, all persons concerned are
required to show cause in said Court by the
first Monday in September next, if any they
can, why said application should not be grant-
ed. This August 5th, 1387. ^ pERSONS>
Printer’s fee *3.00. Ordinary.
Binghampton has, perhaps, the most
conscientious butcher in the United
States. When the ordinance was pass
ed that dogs should be muzzled he put
a baseball mask over every link of sau
sage in his market.
Application, for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
C. A. Bolton, executor of Peter Owens, late
of said county, deceased, having applied to
the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave
to sell the lands belonging to said deceased,
all persons concerned are required to show
cause in said Court by the first Monday in
September next, if any they can, why said ap-
plication should-not be granted. This August
oth, 1887. w . H. PERSON J5,
Printers’ fee *3.00. Ordinary.
I
with power to sue »nd be p_ laws binding
use a common insistent with the laws
on themselves not mcon. .ten t to pur -
on themselves noi mco..-^ a^tes, to pur
of this State and of the Ijniieci -3u» "r ^
and run by said corporation for the purpo
ufacturing cotton seed oil and commercial fer
11 Petitionera* further show the capdtal
stock or said association is ‘TJ'^nJtof said
dollars, and that six thousand dollars of saia
capital stock has been, paid in. .
Your petitioners pray the passing of an or
derby said Honorable Court granting this
their application, and that they and tl
sociates and successors be incorporated fo
and during the term of twenty years, with
privilege of renewal at expiration ofthattime,
for the purposes hereinbefore set lbrth.
And your petitionei^will evCTjg^, etc.
GEO. A.‘ CARTER,
Petitioners’ attorneys.
I certify- that the above is a true extract
from the minutes of poweta SuMrior^urt.'
Give Them a Chance.
That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very won
derful machinery it is. Not only the
larger air-passages, .hut the thousands
of little tubes and cavities leading from
them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be
there, your lungs cannot half do their
work. And what they do, they cannot
do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any of the fam
ily of throat and nose and head and
lung obstructions, all are had. All
ought to be got rid of. There is just
one sure way to get rid of them. That
is to take Boschee’s German Syrup,
which any druggist will sell you at 75
cents a bottle. Even if everything else
has failed, you may depend upon this
for curtain.
Road Notice.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
A. B. Brown and others have made applica
tion to have discontinued the public road
commencing at the old Williamson Ferry
road, on the B. M. Clarke land; running in a
southeasterly direction through the lands of
B. M. Clarke, Mary C. Hill, R. D. Cole & Bro.,
M. A. Houston, C. R. Pierson and Wm F.
Wood, Intersecting the Carrollton and Oo'um-
bus road near the gin-house of W. W. Thom
as: And the Commissioners appointed to in
vestigate said matter have made their report
on oath that said road is of no public utility.
All persons are notified that said road will,
op and after the first Wednesday in Septem
ber next, be finally discontinued, if no new
cause be shown to the contrary. This August
3d 1887 J. A. HVNTER,
’ * Chairman County Commissioners.
City boarder (to farmer)—“This milk
seems pretty poor.” Farmer—“The
Jjf.vn omb nrbatit nunrht. tn hft.
iastur’ here ain’t what it ought to be.
City boarder—“And yet I saw lots c
milk-weed in the fields this morning.”
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, l e
ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refund
ed. Price 25 cents a bottle at A. J. Lyn
don’s Drug Store.
Libel Tor Divorce.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
Willis Pratt i
Georgia Pratt.
In Coweta Superior Court,
March Term, 1887.
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It ippeariu, totheConrtby thereturnofthe
• Application for Charter.
GEORGIA—CoWeta County:
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of J. D. Boyd, of Spalding coun
ty: J. M. McCrary, of Meriwether county; W.
M. Sasser, C. F. Sasser, J. A. Sasser and S. O.
Smith, of Coweta county,—and all of said
State ./-shows that they, and such other per-
sons »s may be associated with them, desire
to be incorporated and made a body corporate
under the name of “The Senoia Fertilizer and
Manufacturing Company.” The principal |
office of said company will be at Senoia, in |
Coweta county, '.The capital stock of saia
company wl’l be (*25,000) twenty-five thous
and dollars, with the privilege of increasing
to (*100,000) one hundred thousand dollars, di- i
vided into shares of (*1001 one hundred dollars .
each. The business of said company not to 4
begin until (201 twenty per cent of the capital ?
stock has been paid in. The officers of said
company will consist of five directors to be
chosen annually by the stockholders; from
the said directors there shall be elected a pres
ident and a secretary and treasurer.
The objects of said corporation shall be the
manufacturing and selling of commercial gu-
anos and other fertilizers; ginning and pack
ing cotton and compressing the same; for the
manufacture of wood into ax-handles, hoe-
handles. plows, spokes, wheel-barrows, and
into such other articles and forms as may be
desirable, and for the sale of the same; and
sheriff in the above stated case that tliedefend
ant does not reside in this county,and it further
appearing that she does not reside in the State;
it is therefore ordered by this Court that ser
vice be perfected on the defendant by the pub-
licatlion of this order once a month for four
months before the next term of this Court in
The Herald and Advertiser, a newspa
per published in Coweta county, Georgia, ana
defendant appear at said term and answer
and defend. WILLCOXON & WRIGHT,
Petitioners Attorneys.
James S. Boynton, Judge Presiding.
for a fTsuch either purposes as petitioners may
desire, not inconsistent with this charter and.
I certify that the above is a true extract
from the minutes of Coweta Superior Court
at the March adjourned term. 1887. This July
■ifith 1887 DANIEL SWIjS T,
ibtn ’ Clerk Superior Court.
Some one says “Alcohol will -clean
silver.” So it will, my boy, so it will;
it will clean it out.
A Woman’s Discovery.
“Another wonderful discovery has
been made, and that, too, by a lady in
this county. Disease fastened its
clutches upon her and for seven years
she withstood its severest tests, but her
vital organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly and could not
sleep. She bought of us a bottle of
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption and was so much relieved on
taking first dose that she slept all night
and with one bottle has been miracu
lously cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther
Lutz.” Thus write W. C. Hamrick «x
Co., of Shelby, N. C. Get a free trial
bottle at A. J. Lyndon’s Drug Store.
owner of the distillery and liquor shop
buys a whiskey cask which is regularly
stamped. As the contents of the cask
run low it is refilled from the distillery,
A period will elapse of perhaps six
months between the visits of the reve
nue agent, and if the distiller suspects
trouble he is prepared with another
stamped cask.”
“It is evident, then,” suggested the
reporter, “that the trouble lies with
the storekeepers, who permit more
than the lawful quantity‘to be made ?”
“That is it exactly, and then- conni
vance is easily secured. A storekeeper,
as I have stated, receives $2 per diem
for the time he works. If the still to
which he is assigned shuts down he re
ceives no pay whatever. When a store
keeper is assigned to the charge of a
still the owner of it tells him plainly if
he is not allowed to ‘blockade,’ as this
species of smuggling is termed, he will
stop work. And if the storekeeper re
plies that he intends to have tliq law
conformed to the still is at once shut
down. There, you have the two horns
of the dilemma. The distiller cannot
afford to manufacture according - to
law, and the storekeeper cannot
afford to make him, becausq he
will at once shut down the
still and the storekeeper will receive
no. pay.. You will see, therefore, that
it is impossible for the small d^tillec to
How Prentice Got His Passes.
Pbocion Howard in Chicago News.
I was an apprentice on the old Louis
ville Journal. George D. Prentice was
the editor and Paul Shipman was the
man of all work. There were no city
editors nor managing editors in those
days(’47-56). James Guthrie, of Ken
tucky, had been Secretary of the Fed
eral Treasury, and probably learned a
lesson or two in economy. When re
tired he came home to Louisville and
was elected President of the Louisville
and Nashville Railway Company. .His
first order was to prohibit all passes ex
cept to employes. There was to be a
joint discussion at Bowling Green be
tween Lazarus W. Powell and Archibald
Dixon. Mr. Prentice told Shipman to
go and report it, and wrote h letter to
Mr. Guthrie for a trip pass out and
back.
The request was refused. The next
morning the leading editorial paragraph
in the Journal read as follows: “Want
ed—Any man or woman who has a
complaint against the Louisville and
Nashville Railway Company to write
it out in full for these columns.” By
night that day the Journal office had a
bushel of communications.- The next
morning Mr. Prentice had me bundle
them all up and sent me to Mr,-Guthrie
with the following note: “Hon. James
Guthrie, President L. and N. *R’y
Herewith find divers and sundry letters
touching the management of your road.
Send me three annual passes in blank
Or I’ll print every d—d one of- them
The '‘Journal does not ask passes; for
what it prints,.but for what it suji-
presses. Yours,' G. D. P.” I carried
Out of 319,120 miles of railroad in the
world, the United States has 139,073, or
seven-sixteenths.
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
To the Superior Court of said county:
The petition of A. C. North, Joseph T. Kir
by, Jack Powell and I. P. Bradley shows that
they have formed themselves into a company
with a capital stock of one thousand dollars,
all paid in, to carry on the business of manu
facturing and selling for gain medicines and
r-inedies of all kinds, and esnecially “North s
Sure Chicken Cholera Cure,” with principal
place Of business at Newman, in said coupty.
They prav to he incorporated uuder the
name and stvle of “North’s Chicken Cholera
Cure Company.” themselves and their asso-
Y (Jill 3, » il l* ttlv j/i i • iiv 5' w . .
piration of that time; with the privilege, also
of increasing t he capital stock to not over for
ty thousand dollars. W. Y. A TK I N SON,
y Petitioners’ Attorney.
I ceitify that the above is a true extract from
the minutes of Coweta Superior Court. This
July 27th, 1887. DANIEL SWINT,
J Clerk Superior Court.
the laws Of this State; to buy and hold such
real estate and personal property as is neces
sary to the successful carryingon of said man
ufacturing enterprises; to take notes, deeds
and mortgages, and other securities for goods
and property sold as they see proper; to sue
and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and
to have a common seal. , .
Wherefore, petitioners pray that this peti
tion be filed in the Clerk’s office of the Supe
rior Court of said Coweta county, and be re
corded and published as required by law, and
that said Court pass an order incorporating
them under the corporate name aforesaid for
the full term of twenty years, with the right
of renewal after that time, with the full power
to carry on the business aforesaid and to ex
ercise all powers necessary to successfully ac
complish the objects and ends contemplated
by such incorporation. And petitioners^ will
- - W. W. HARDY,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
ever pray, etc.
The within and foregoing petition for char
ter of “The Senoia Fertilizer and Manufactur
ing Company,” was filed in office and record
ed on the minutes of Coweta Superior Court,
August 2d, 18S7. DANIEL SWINT,
Clerk Superior Court.
TO COUNTRY PRINTERS!
ciatcs\u"d H successorsVfor tiie term of; twenty c or rmlete Newspaper Outfit
years, with the privilege of renewal at-the ex- i u *U
a: ..r +!...♦ xirifli t hp nrlvilPSTP. HI SO.
For Sale!
Tlie Terdict Unanimous.
W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Inch,
testifies: “I can recommend Electric
Bitters as the very best remedy. Ev
ery bottle sold has given relief in every
case. One man took six bottles, and
was cured of Rheumatism of 10 years’
standing.” Abraham Hare, druggist,
Bellville, Ohio, affirms: “The best sel
ling medicine I have ever handled m
my 20 years’ experience is Electric
Bitters.” Thousands of others have
added their testimony, so that the ver
dict is unanimous that Electric Bitters
clo cure all diseases of the Liver, Kul
nevs or Blood. Only a half dollar a bot
tle* at A. J. Lyndon’s Drug Store.
£egai Hotices.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
• L r . B. Wilkinson, guardian of John H. and
E. B. Broadnax, having applied to the Court
of Ordinary of said county for letters of dis
mission from his said trust, all persons con
cerned are required to show cause in said
Court bv the first Monday in September next,
if any they can, why said application should
not be granted. This Al ^ u || 5t p ^ R g5 N s?
Printers’fee *3.00. ’ Ordinary.
Tax Assessment for 1887.
Court of Commissioners of Roads and Reve
nue of Coweta County. August Term, 1887:
Ordered, That there be collected by the
Tax Collector of said county for county pur
poses, for the year 1887, the following:
1. To repair court-house, jail, bridges, and
other public improvements according to con
tract. seven cents on the hundred dollars;
2. To pay Sheriff. Jailer, County Judge,
commissions of Tax Receiver and Collector,
County Treasurer, Coroner, and other officers
entitled, four and three-quarter cents on the
hundred dollars;
3. To pay expenses of bailiffs at court, non
resident witnesses in criminal cases, fuel, ser
vants’ hire, stationery, and the like, three-
quarters of a cent on the hundred dollars;
4. To pay jurors’fees in the Superior and
and County Courts, six cents on the hundred
dollars;
5. For the support of the poor, four and
and three-quarter cents on the hundred dol
lars;
6. To pay all other lawful charges against
the county, one and three-quarters of a cent
on the hundred dollars:
Making in the aggregate twenty-five cents
on the hundred dollars, which is hereby lev
ied for the purposes aforesaid on all the taxa
ble property of said county for the year 1887.
This August 3d, 1887.
J. A. Hunter, Chm’n.
J. N. Sewell,
J. D. Simms,
P. O. Colli ns worth,
W. W. Sasser,
Commissioners of Roads and Revenue.
Order to Make Titles.
We have for sale a quantity of first-class
printing material, comprising the entire out
fit formerly used in printing the Newnan
Herald, as well as type, stones, chases, and
numerous other appurtenances belonging to
the old Herald Job Office. Most of the mate
rial is in excellent condition and will be sold
from 50 to 75 per cent, below foundry prices.
The following list contains the leading ar
ticles
I
Prouty Press, good as new.
250 lbs. Brevier.
150 lbs. Minion,
50 lbs. Pica.
50 lbs. English.
50 fonts Newspaper Display
Type.
25 select fonts Job Type.
8 fonts Combination Border,
'tor
Flourishes, etc.
Imposing Stones, Chases,!
Type Stands and Racks. J
Tho Prouty Press here offered is the samt
upon which The Herald and Advertis
er has been printed for several months past
and is discarded only beeause the publishers
have found it necessary to procure a larger
press. It has been in use about four years,
and is capable of printingan S-column paper.
Full set of rollers and chases’go with the press.
Address
Letters or Dismission.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
W H. Johnson, administrator with the will
annexed of E. A. Johnson, having applied to
the Court of Ordinary of said county for let
ters of dismission from his said trust, «ii per
sons concerned are required to show cause in
said Court by the first Monday in October
next, if any they can, why said application
should not b'e granted-. This JuneJOth, 1887.
W. H. PERSONS,
Printer’s fee *5.31. Ordinary.
conduct business honestly und6r the j back.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA-Coweta County:
Mary M. Argo having applied to the
Court of Ordinary of said county for perma
nent letters of administration-on the estate of
Elizabeth S. Little, late of said county deceas
ed, nil persons concerned are-required to show
cause in. s^iid.Court,by the .first Monday in
presses.- AUUJ.O, vjr. JL. X : September next, if any they can, why said ap-
.V J- , , ., plication should not be granted.* This August
the bundle and brought the passes: w. H. persons,
: Printer’s fee *3.00. - Ordinary.
Coweta Court of Ordinary, j
At Chambers, July 19,1887.)
The petition.of James F. Bevis, Martin.!.
Davis, J. T. Armstrong. Thomas C. Lane and
Frank S. Loftiu to reouire Joseph E. Dent,
executor of William B. W. Dent, to make ti
tles to a certain tract of land in the town o
Franklin, in Heard county, in accordance
with his bond attached to said petition, as
trustees for Franklin Academy, in Heard
county, being read to the Court, and the facts
therein stated shown to be true; it is
Ordered by the Court, That Joseph E.
Dent, as executor of William B. W. Dent;
Fannie J. Wootten, of Coweta county, Geor
gia; M. L. Wood, of Fulton county, Georgia;
Mary Pace, ot Smith county, Texas; J. H.
Dent and E. C. Wrisrht, of St. May’s parish,
Maryland; Sarah H. Meadow, of DeKalb
countv, Georgia; W. B. W. Dent, of Smith
county, Texas; S. J. Elder, administrator of
Martha E. Elder, of Coweta county, Georgia:
and Ann E. Goldsmith, of Fulton county,
Georgia,—heirs-at-law of said William B. \V .
Dent, show cause, if any they can. at the Sep
tember Term, 188!, of the Court of Ordinary of
Coweta county, Georgia, to he held on the
first Mondav in September, 1887, why titles to
the land set forth in said petition should not
lie made to said James F. Bevis and others,
trustees, and that a copy of this rule ai ?d of
said petition be served on sail parties resident
in Georgia fifteen days before the next Sep
tember term of this Court,'and a copy of this
rule be served on W. B. W. I*cut and Mary
Pu-e of the State of Texas; J. H. Dent and
E C. Wright, of the State ol Maryland, by
publishing i,ht- same for thirty days before t he
next September term of this Court In The
chases’go with the press..'
NEWNAN PUBLISHING CO.
Newnan, Ga.
A.P. JONES.
J. E. TOOLE#
JONES & TOOLE,
CARRIAGE BUILDERS
AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE, r
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Lagrange, ga.
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Manufacture all kinds of.
Carriages, Buggies, Carts and/|
Wagons. Repairing neatl) .
and promptly done at reasorix '
able prices. We sell the Pet 1 !
less Engine and Machinery.