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I 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. rati, j ... 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. 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