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:V- > - ■ -------- dli da »'——- « - . ... 7^-rp-rr -— —rrferr - "jp . — ■■*—■«■' ,, " w ? riT "* ®&<t S^rnli and gUt^rtiscr. Newnan, Ga., Friday, September 2d,1887. OVER THE STATE. Items of Interest Gathered from Our Best Exchanges. A new school for negroes is to be built at Gridin. ' Ex-Governor H. D. McDaniel’s father died last Monday. On January 1st next McIntosh’s new $10,000 jail will be ready for offenders. The Elberton Loan and Savings Bank will open business on September 1st. Whitfield county tax will be forty- five cents on the hundred for the year 1887. The State and county tax Will be $1.25 on the $100 in McIntosh county this year. There are about 15,000 cross-ties on the wharf in Darien, waiting the ar- el to take them Xorfch. requires a sale of $40,000. Add to this $2(1 $00 and there is at the lowest calcu lation $60,000 worth of whiskey sold in Greenville annually. The sales proba bly reach nearly $100,000. Some months since Col. Joseph S. Baugh u, an Oglethorpe bachelor, adver tised for a wife. Col. Baugh n was del uged with letters from all over the United States. In fact, more than he could conveniently answer. In his goodness of heart he distributed sev eral of these letters among his bachelor friends, who opened correspondence with the fair writers. At least three weddings will be the result of this cor- resi>onuence, one being a handsome young merchant of Lexington, who opened correspondence with a South Carolina belle. At the request of a large number of ex-Confederate soldiers, the managers of the State Fair have decided to nave grand Confederate soldiers’ day. rival of a vessel If the General Assembly sits until the middle of October, as it is generally believed tbit it will, the adjourned session will cost the State $100,000. A former member of the Legislature, now living in Athens, lias an autograph album with all the names of the mem bers. Several of them made their “x.” The day selected is Wednesday, Octo ber 26th. The reunion will not be con fined to ex-Confederates of Georgia; it will be a grand reunion of all the living ex-Confederates who can possibly at tend. A large number of leading Gen erals and other distinguished officers are expected to be present. An espe cial effort will be made to at least have a full roll call of the survivors of the battles that were fought on Georgia soil. fice to give him up at the presents tune; yet, under the circumstances, we have unanimously agreed to release lam for the remainder of l#s term with us, feel ing (as wc do,) a deep interest in his future welfare. , W. A. Wood, Chm’n, J. W. Sewell, B. C. Sanders, A. .T. Sewell, I. R. Sewell, E. W. Morgan, J. X. Sewell. Roscoe, Ga., Aug. 30th. patronize the Sunny South, for it is an honor to our section. E. E. SUMMERS. The notice of the Mayor of Macon to the gamblers to leave town has had the desired effect. A number of them left Friday, but there are some who say they will not leave under any consid eration. Aong the excursionists at Brunswick, Saturday, from Pine Bloom, were two fat colored children, brother and sis ter, one a boy of 7 years weighing 125 pounds, and a girl of 14 weighing 210 pounds. Sanders McDaniel, son of ex-Gover- nor McDaniel, was admitted to the bar at Walton court last week. Mr. Mc Daniel is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and took a good stand in his class. The little town of Buford, on the Air Line Railroad, has been nearly de populated. There have been forty people moved from there to Athens, and others contemplate doing so. The trains will quit stopping there if there is another such movement. A drummer accidentally dropped a handsome watch into a sewer through a sink, at Americus, Saturday. As the watch could not be recovered without tearing down a brick building, the traveling man pocketed his loss phil osophically and went on his way,' leav ing it where it fell. There is a lady m a Georgia town who has been married four, times, is a widow now, and, it is reported, isen- ! r aged to a young man. She is a widow ler fourth time, and has been divorced twice. The young meu jokingly tell that she “killed two of her husbands and let two get away.” The Hall county commissioners set tled upon 68c. per hundred as the rate of taxation for the current vear. but as the Superior Court will hold three weeks, instead of two, they have con cluded to raise it to 70c., m order to make sure that the county is not em barrassed in meeting its obligations. Dr. Eugene Foster, of Augusta, will submit to the council of that city & re port on the practicability of building a levee to protect the town from floods. The estimated cost of the earthwork in the proposed plan is $31,000. For bulk head and gates, $20,000, making the total cost of the con struct ure $51,000. R. A. Brantley has challenged John H. Polliill, of Athens, to run twenty miles for the bicycle championship of the South, for $100 a side, said race to take place the first week in September on the track at Athens. Mr. Polhill at once accepted the challenge, and the race has been arranged to come off m Athens, at the fair grounds, on Friday, September 9th. The men who carry the mails to the country towns are tne poorest paid in the service. The carrier to W atkins- ville gets only 50c. per day, and this will not pay for the wear and tear to the horse and buggy. The contracts are generally given to some firm up Xorth, and they sub-let them to some one who can hardly live on what they get. The contractors make the money out of it. At Lexington, a few days ago, Oscar Wheeles, of Simpson district, shot and killed the fine Spanish jack belonging to J. W. Echols. The animal had jumped into Mr. Wheeles’ pasture, and, being vicious towards horses and mules, had caught Mr. Wheeles’ mule and was literally"chewing him up., Mr. Wheeles tried every way to get him oft, but nothing availed save the treatment he gave him. Fort Valley Mirror: There . use any longer holding to the delusion that we are going to make a good cot ton crop. It is going to be a very short one. Up to a month ago it was the finest we had had for many veal's, but about two weeks of rain and a subse quent crop of caterpillars, boll worms, rust, blight and every other disease known, has ruined the prospect for any thing like an average crop. Capt X. Fain, of Carrollton, has the inaugural address delivered by ex- President Polk, Xovember 14, 1S39, af ter his election as Governor of Tenney see. The address is handsomely printed bn a piece of white silk, ISxlS inches, and was presented to Capt. Fam s grandfather, and will no doubt pass through the hands of many generations •. to come, as it is a relic worth preserv ing The address is eonsiderea one of the ablest ever delivered by the dis tinguished ex-President. M. P. Carroll, of Augusta, has been employed by a number of parties to re cover the usurious interest charged on loans by the various banking compa nies who have been lending money in Georgia and South Carolina. He thinks there has been loaned not less than $100,000 in any county around Au gusta, and upon these loans not less than 15 per cent, commissions have been charged an(l <tedueted; cases 20 per cent. This is m addition to S per cent, interest per annum. The whiskey, tax in Greenville is $2,- 060 per year. Hence enough wliiskej Jonathan Bell, a prominent man of Oglethorpe county, died Sunday. He was about 80 years old, and a sterling Democrat all his life. Before the war he was very wealthy, owning consider able property in the county and hun dreds or slaves. The war completely broke him, and he has lived a life of qniet and repose. He has had his coffin made a number of years. He told his friends on Saturday that he would soon die, and to send for his coffin. He had it made waterproof, and had tliejnakers fill it full of water, screw the lid on and turn it over and over. They did so, in his view, and he was satisfied. He died the next day, and was laid away to rest. Resolutions Adopted by White Oak Farmers’ Alli ance, No. 6. Whereas, There is a bill before the Senate of Georgia known as the Brady bill, for the better protection of the fanners of the State in the purchase and use of commercial fertilizers. Therefore, be it Resolved, That the Fanners’ Alliance of White Oak, Xo. 6, ask our Senator to vote and use his influence for the passage of the same* Resolved, That we also request our Representatives and Senator to vote for the bill to abolish the Agricultural Bureau, as the same is of no practical value to the farmers of Georgia. Resolved, That we also ask them to vote for the measure known as the Hill biH, for the better protection of land lords and tenants. A. H. Young, L. W. Bowers, J. D. Johnson, Committee A gentleman of Gainesville has a fine milch cow that suddenly failed in giving the quantity of lacteal fluid she had usually given, whereupon our friend concluded that the cow was sick. Upon examination, he decided that her ailment was what is called the hollow tail.” He pursued the course usually adopted by cow doctors in such cases, and split the tail, inserted a quantity of salt, turpentine, etc., and bound it up nicely. On going out the next day to see how “Bossy” was get ting along, he caught a half-grown pig, which he Kept in the same lot, busily engaged in sucking the cow; and this accounted for the falling off of milk for table use. Americus was entirely out of small change Saturday, and considerable an noyance to bankers, merchants, far mers, and people generally, resulted. Small change, such as dimes and nick els, commanded a premium, and was exceedingly scarce even then, while the supply of silver dollars was ex hausted early in the day in the pay ment of cotton checks. Such a state of affairs will hardly exist again during the season, however, as all the banks clubbed together and sent to the Treas ury for several thousand dollars in nickels, dimes and dollars, which will arrive about the middle of the week and will supply the demand until the cotton picking season is over. Gov. Gordon has determined to insti tute suit against Hon. James M. Smith, a lessee of convicts, for the purpose of recovering the money due the State for and on account of escaped convicts. The law declares that for every convict that escapes from a camp tne lessee shall pay into the treasury the sum of $200. Several convicts have escaped at different times from Mr. Smith’s camp in Oglethorpe county, and notwith standing he has requested a hearing from the Governor, at which he would set forth his side of the matter, and notwithstanding several appointments have been made by the Governor for that purpose, Mr. Smith has failed to appear. Saturday the Executive deter mined to begin suit for the recovery of the money, and to that end instructed his secretary, Judge James T. Xisbet, to prepare an order to that effect. Earthquake Shocks in South Caro lina. Special to Atlanta Constitution. Charleston, S. C., August 30th.—As the anniversary of the great earthquake approaches, alarm ana excitement in creases. This, added to by the frequent recurrence of the shocks. Three nave occurred between 11 P. M. Sunday and 6 A. M. Monday. These were felt in Summerville, Augusta, Columbia, and at other points in the northern part of the State. The disturbance was very slight in Charleston, which would indi cate that the center of the trouble is moving northward. Xevertheless the excitement here is very great. A large number of white people have left the city on summer ex cursions. The negroes are greatly de moralized, holding nightly prayer meetings in churches, and many con versions occurring nightly. House hold labor is utterly demoralized. Among the whites a vague feeling of uneasiness prevails, but there is no in terruption to business of any kind. Until the 31st of August passes, there will be no abatement of this uneasiness. Columbia, S. C., August 30th.—To morrow night, August 31st, being the anniversary of the great earthquake, all the colroed congregations tliougli- out this section will meet in their churches for the purpose of holding —thanksgiving services. Almost the entire colored population will be in attendance, and they will keep up their weird exercises of pray er, shouting and singing until dawn of day. Many of the negroes fear, and some verily believe, 'that another se vere earthquake will occur to-morrow night, aqd as the time approaches the nervousness and excitement of the col ored people increases. Xo earth tremor has been felt in this city since Sunday night last at 9:55. [There have been no disturbances since the above report, Ed^ A Card. Mr. Editor:—In order to correct a false impression that might otherwise be made by the late action of the board of trustees of Roscoe Academy, we send vou this short communication for pub lication. Mr. Edgar T. Whatley, the principal <KH» per veai. - OT - —-- . , of our school at Roscoe. having lately must be sold to bring a gaip of $2,000 [been chosen principal of the male de- hpfore a cent 'of profit accrues. At 10 I partment of Hearn Institute at Cave cenr it takes $20,000 to bring a j Spring. Ga., a meeting of the trustees IN MEMORIAM. Askew.—Maria Askew was bom Feb ruary 15th, 1814; married May 15th, 1884; joined the church at- Xew Hope, bv experience, in 1835; died June 1st, 1887. “I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth on Me though he were dead, yet shall he live.” Such are the beautiful words given us as a bea con in God’s holy book of life. The church, through her committee, can only express praise for the long, continued and steadfast devotion of our beloved sister. It was here the Holy Spirit first whispered to her the forgive ness of sins, through the blood of the lamb. It was here the courage was given her to rise up and join the ranks of those who are battling for the blessed Saviour, and know how great is her re ward. She is to-day in that bright and beautiful land, happy in the love of the Crucified One. For her there can be no mourning, in the sense of desolation; no desire to call her baek to this life; only a sweet memory that connects her indissolubly with the life of the great I Am. To an exemplary Christian life that crowns her to-day with a halo of glory, are added the virtues of a true and faithful wife, a loving and careful mother, a kind and steadfast friend. Behind this loving mother is left a large family of sons and daughters. Tne seed that she has sown in their hearts has brought forth fruit that is to-day crowning with happiness the lives of her children. They have joined the faithful few and are striving to so live that they may join again that beloved mother, no more to part, but to live throughout eternity, joined hand to hand, pressed heart to heart, with this beautiful Spirit, And the companion of her joys and sorrows, that faithful old soldier of the Cross, when he has laid down the burden of this life, will join his loving wife in the land whose greatest charm to them will be, no more parting, but a constant companionship m that beautiful, beautiful land. Then husband, children, fight on! She has gained the battle; to her has been given a crown of glory, and to you will be given the happiness of her com panionship if you only prove faithful and never depart from the faith of this blessed Spirit that now rests in the arms of a ©nee crucified, but now risen and exalted Redeemer. J. T. Kirby, J. S. Plant, A. H. Bohannon, Committee. By order of the church: A. Ii. Bohannon, Clerk. Xew Hope Baptist chui'ch, Coweta Co., Ga,, Aug. 27th, 1887. Camp.—Died of typhoid fever, at Puckett Station, Au rust 18th, 18S7, Mrs. Alice Camp, aged 25 years, (5 months and G days. How short the sentence, to contain so much sorrow! It is no fancy that “Death loves a shining mark.” In her brief life, the loving daughter, the de voted wife and the consistent Christian were beautifully portrayed. Cultured in taste, elevated in desires, and genial in influence, a large circle of relatives and friends will sorely miss the loved one. Gifted in surrounding home with attractions, how the bereaved will long for those busy, tender fingers, and that tireless, unselfish devotion that crown ed her home with womanly graces! She was an ardent, faithful reaper, and the Master has called her to share the harvest home of the righteous. The Methodist church loses in her a zealous member, but she is enrolled in the “church triumphant.” Her dying tes timony throws a halo over her tomb. Her father tenderly asked her* “Alice, do you know you are dying'?” Turning her sweet blue eyes upon him in love, she said, “Yes, pa, but I am going to heaven.” He said again, “Alice, are you in your right mind ? Do you know wliat you are saying?” She replied, “Yes, pa, I do know. “My child, can you see where you are going?” With the energy of faith she replied, “Xo, sir; but I feel it.” “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” We will leave our precious Alice in the arms of Him who died for her. Bereaved husband, sorrowing parents, relatives and friends, press forward to the “gates ajar,” where Alice stands with outstretched arms! How we love her, how we miss her, no words can ever tell! Earth is poorer since she left it; heav en richer, sweeter, by her angelic pres ence. A Cousin. TO Be Given Away. The Sunny South will distribute over $500.00 in gold and valuable presents among its patrons on the 1st of October next. Some one of them will get $100 in gold, some $50 in gold, some $10, some $5, and some will get silver watch es, sewing machines, breech-loading shot guns, and valuable books. One single present consists of 27 handsomely bound volumes of all the household poets, Byron, Bums, Bryant, Brown ing, Moore, Longfellow, Foe, etc. This one present is worth $40. Everyone who subscribes for the Sunny South or renews his subscription (whether thqir time is out or not) before the 1st of Oc tober will have a showing atthe’se pres ents. Send to the Sunny South, Atlan ta, for slips showing the plan of distribu tion. Everybody in the South should OFFERS THIS WEEK: Worcestershire Sauce at 2 5c. per bottle. Bird Pepper Sauce, two bot tles for 25c! Two 25c. bars Soap for a quarter of a dollar. Two pounds best Laundry Soap for ioc. JUST ARRIVED: A Select line of Toilet Soaps at jobbers’ prices. The largest variety of the best brands of Smoking To bacco in the State. A fresh lot of French and Hand-made Candies just re ceived. T. E. FELL & CO., DEALERS IN HARDWARE AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC. NEWNAN, GA. SEASON GOODS: Milburn Cotton Gins, Feed Cutters, Cider Mills, Buckthorn Fence Wire, Patent Buggy Wheels, Grass Scythes, Snaths, * ' Belting, L^ace Leather, Wagon and Buggy Materials, Granite Iron Wares. VICTOR COTTON SCALES, The best Wagon Scales in the market for the money. A FEW WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES. That will be sold low for cash, or on the In stallment plan. T. E. FELL & CO. Newnan, Ga., April 1st, 1887. SYRUP MILLS! SYRUP MILLS! We are agents for the fa mous "KENTUCKY” SYRUP MILLS, recently improved, with steel shafts, anti-friction journal box es, iron frames and patent oil ing device. WE HAVE MILLS NOW ON HAND I^EADY FOR DELIVERY. Order your repairs now for ENGINES and be ready for the early cotton crop. R. D. COLE MFG. CO, Newnan, Ga. Notice to the Public. Having been appointed by the Honorable Superior Court of Coweta county as Receiver for the property of the Willcoxon Manufac turing Company and having given bond and security for the faithful performance of that duty, I notify all persons whatsoever not to trespass upon the land, timber, or tenement- of the aforesaid corporation, warning ail would-be trespassers by these presents tha' they will be proceeded against hi the strides' terms ofthe law. For the true performance of the above I have signed my 'name and given my bond with security. Mr. Geo. .Booth will act-tor me whenever 1 am absent. „ . HARRISONS SARGENT, Newnan, Ga , July-5tb, 18S7.- Receiver NORTH’S CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE! [BEFORE TAKING.] f AFTER TAKING.j A SURE PREVENTIVE -AND- AN INFALLIBLE SPECIFIC FOI CHICKEN CHOLERA! Has never failed to effect a cure when promptly adminis tered. Tried and endorsed by hundreds, who willingly testify to the sovereign virtues of the remedy. It is manufactured in fluid form and can be administered without difficulty. One bottle will save $50.00 worth of diseased poultry. PREPARED BY . THE NORTH CHOLERA CURE CO., NEWNAN. GA., And sold by all druggists at FIFTY CENTS and ONE DOLLAR per bottle. Full directions with each package. SMITH & WESSON HAMMERLESS PilSTOL! THIS IS THE LATEST AND FINEST PISTOL MADE. FULL LINE HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE. Will trade for fresh Eggs and first-class Butter, at the^New Hardware and Seed Store. A. POPE. A. J. MILLER & SON, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. RATTAN CHAIRS AND SEATS FOR SUMMER. ALL THE NEWEST STYLES IN PARLOR GOODS FROM $33 PER SET TO $300. BEDROOM SUITS IN ALL WOODS AND AT ALL PRICES. The only complete assortment of Upholstery Goods in Atlanta. Prices that cannot be beat. Call or write. 42 and 44 Peachtree Street. MASSEY’S EXCELSIOR GINS. THE BEST GIN ON THE MARKET. Gives Perfect Satisfaction. PRICE REDUCED TO $3 PER SAW. FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS $1 PER SAW. GEO. H. CARMICAL, Agent, Newnan, Ga. HARNESS! HARNESS! Forced to sell at low prices 200 sets of Stage, Buggy and Wagon Harness. Also, a large lot Collars of all kinds. 100 dozen good Plantation Bridles at 50 cents each. * Highest price pa’J for hides. T. <£. BURPEE. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL. KINDS OF FARM MACHINERY, BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC., DON’T DELUDE YOURSELF TO THE CONTRARY. For example, we have now on hand (though they are going right off every day,) E. Van Winkle & Co.’s Gins and Presses, Smith’s Improved Gin, (which is the old Pratt Gin, remodeled and improved,) Brown’s Gins, Carver Gin Co*’s Gins. We are also exclusive agents in this section for the sale of F00S’ SCIENTIFIC MILLS, for grinding food for stock and cotton seed for fertilizing purposes. It Is the best and most useful machine a farmer can have and will pay for Itself in one year. We are also agents for the WHITE HICK - ORY and the HICKMAN WAC carry a full line of BUGGIES, C AX ‘ VGES. PHAETON.** and HARNESS, all d very best manufacture, and they mpst brf We are young aed want to build up a Nation; hence, money is not so much an ohp. jt as the sale of aDy of the above mentioned articles, well knowing that forevery sale effected oui reputation for fairand honest dealing become 1 * more firmly established, We always divide profits with our customers. .This is conli- dential, but nevertheless- true,'AMD MEAN IT. Come and sec us, ARNOLD, BUKDETT A CO. Newnan. Ga., Jnly -isi. 1887.—3nr.