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Tf 13 rex 1VU- > /?/ She Jerald- and ^iverttser IT THE HEWHAH milWtfG C* A. VT. MVKRAT, RkIimi V«»t«tr, OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CITY AfD COUMTY The Unflar Dos in th* Fight. I Itnon that th* world—that th* f**t hi; world — From th* peasant to th* klnr, Ha* a dlffernnt tala froa* th« tale I tell, And a different. *ong to slug. Bat for me, I eare not a alacle fl* If they aay I am wrong or I’m right; I ah all alwayr go In for thr weaker dog, The under dog In the fight. I know that the world—that the great bit. world- WUl never a moment atop To aer which dog mny be In fault. But will about'for the dog on top. But for me—1 ahall never pautte to aak Which dog may be in th* right; For my heart will beat while It beata at all, For tha under dog ti^tbe fight. Perchance what I’ve eakl were better not Bald, Or ’twere better I aald it i» e ;g But with "heart and with glaea filled ehoek t the brim, Here’* luck to the bottom dog. Tha Dos on Tap In the Plsht. HT C. D. SMITH, M. D. We know that the world, the great big world. Fr-*m the peasant to the king, H^ve the very mint tale, the tale we tell— The very same aor.g to alng. Hurrah for the (frg, the great big dog ! Be the btg dag wrong or right, The world will shout for the dog that win*— The dog on top In the fight. And as for men, they care not a fig Whether It be wrong or right; They always go for the stronger dog— They dog on top In the fight. No one ever stops to ask, you know, Whether It be wrong or right; Their hearts all beat. If they beat at all, For the dog on top In the fight. The poor little dog that bears the hate That comes from the big dog’s might, Can nothing do but ytold to his fate— The dog on top In the fight. Perhaps what we’ve said were better not said, - But then we are surely right; Let the big dog ki’l the l^tle dogdead— Ills dog on the top in the fight. Do They Conflict f Brad at reefs- Some time ago Judge Spter, of the United States Circuit Court ior the Southern District of Georgia, rendered a decision holding that the practice followed by certain companies of with holding from 15 to 20 per cent, of the amount- loaned, under the device of ne gotiating the loan, was usurious and ille gal, and that where the money lender who dealt through loan companies was shown to have carried on a settled busi ness where these rates, m addition to regular interest, were charged, he was presumed to understand the nature of the contracts the loan companies were making. In the absence of satisfactory evidence to rebut this presumption, the Court held he could recover only the amount received by the borrower and legal interest, and not commissions, which were included in the amount •tatedin the note, or mortgage. A different view has just been taken by the Supreme Court of Georgia, on a not very dissimilar state'.of facts. Accord- ing to this decision, where the lender of money neither takes nor contracts to take anything beyond lawful interest, the loan is not rendered usurious by what the borrower does in procuring the loan and using its proceeds, and the fact that the borrower contracts with one engaged in the intermediary busi ness of procuring loans to pay him out of the loan for his services, and does so pav him, will not infect the loan with usury, where the lender has no interest in such intermediary business or its pro ceeds* Some of those who are interest^ ed in companies in the South are of opinion that the two decisions are con flicting, and it is probable that the^ques tion will be brought ultimately before the Supreme Court at Washington. The Woolf oik Tragedy Eclipsed. KpeciHl to Atlanta Constitution. Albany, Ga., December 27th.—News reached this city to-day of a tragedy in Lee countv, which almost rivals the Woolfolk tragedy in the number of its victims, and eclipsed it in that, the criminal added his own dead body to the funeral pile. . The scene as de scribed is shocking in the extreme.. Nathaniel Head, colored, was always at outs with his family, which con sisted of a wife and six children. He was of a sullen nature, extremely jeal ous, and highly passionate. Ills wile lived in dread of him, and his children cowered in his presence, and always sought some place where his eye could not rest upon them. .„ . On Sunday, according to a boy who staved with the family, Read was taci turn and angry. II** would sit for an hour at a time with an ugly-looking dirk in his hand, which he would pass over his other hand, as if in the act of strapping it. Whenever the children woula come near him he would grit Ins teeth and mumble curses. After dark lie feigned sudden sick ness, and told the boy to go for a doc tor. Thebovran, and it was severa hours before he returned accompanied by a physician. They were astonished to find the house a smouldering rum, while the stench from the roasted corp>es was uneduvable. Not muon could be done in the way of investiga tion until daylight, when about lift} neighbors were drawn together. The bloody knife was found beside the well It was evident that Read must have cut his victims’ throats, seven in mum her as thev slept, and then set the house on fire.' In the well Read’s bodv was found.» A tright!ul gash w as in his throat, which must ha ve been in flicted just as he jumped into tlu well. The remains were all gatheied to- • There in an old story of, slavery days *iat at an immersion ceremonv an over toil r.us young clergyman hefd a stal wart negro rather longer than needed inder water. Caesar came up half- ■ro men, sputtering and rasping, and /hen he had caught his breath, cried .ut. Look here, you folks, ef you .<m t stop dis foolin’ first thing you »now some gentleman ’ll lose a vally- :;le nigger.” !A e advise Mr. Blaine to depend no longer on mere cable orders to the par- •y- He should return to bis native And at once and “stop dis foolin’.” If rm don’t, first thing he knows the Re publicans will join hands with the Dem ocrats in revising his beloved tariff. These arc baa days for Mr. Blaine. No Longer Isolated New York Kuu. It is rather interesting to observe with wbat solicitude the Republican •Senators watch after the interests of Mr. Riddleberger. Last session he was »n Ishmaolite. He always sat alone. He wandered down to the* lunch room and took a seat at a solitary table every day. The other Senators would take a 1 -ok at him and go by. If he had asked them to take a bite with him they, in all probability, would have recollected other engagements. Riddleberger says publicly that the only one of the Re publicans who had ever invited him to enter the door of his home was Senator Rainier, of Michigan. But now the at mosphere has changed. You never see the Senator from Virginia alone. Some Republican Senator is always chatting with him. He lias received invitations to dine at their houses. Some of them have introduced him to their wives, al though he has been in Washington four years without a presentation. He hasn’t lunched alone since the session opened, but always lias one or two companions. Don Cameron has even invited him to join the poker party that meets at the mansion of the Sena tor from Pennsylvania on rainy days. Riddleberger seems to enjoy it, and the Senators, now that they are get ting acquainted with him, say lie’s an uncommonly good fellow. So much for the power of attraction in politics. The Villl&n Yet at Large. Grlttln New*. Nearly a month ago the News pub lished a special from Spokane halls, Michigan, in which it was stated that a smooth-tongued stranger had imposed himself on the people of that place and had by misrepresentations so ingratia ted himself with the best people there that he finally married Miss Canon, the daughter of the president of the bank at that place, and in a few moments af terward fled to escape the conse quences that the discovery of his fraud would have led to. The description given of Wadsworth in the special so nearly agreed with the appearance of one H. O. Wood, who victimized some of the best people in this place a short time before, that the special created much interest and sev eral parties opened correspondence witli parties in Spokane Falls in regard to the matter, hojiing to find a clue to the man who so suddenly left Griffin. One of the parties mailed a picture of ‘ Judge J. Oakley Crawford,” alias “Major H. O. Wood,” to a party in Spokane Falls and received a reply, stating that it was a splendid likeness of “Arlington Buckingham Wads worth.” We sincerely trust that he may be caught up w'ith and severely- handled before he victimizes another community. That Old Slouched Hat. New York Sun Attorney-General Garland still re fuses to shake that old hat. He wore it when he first came to Washington as a Senator, and the top coat brought from Arkansas at the same time has been taken down from the hook again for another winter’s sendee. But the coat is all right. It does not fit him, and never did. It is too wide across the shoulders, and hangs like a shirt on a bean pole. It is not much the worse for wear, but the hat is in a condition of advanced decay. The braid on the brim is badly worn and shows a fringe, and there are several small holes in th<- creases in the crown. A law ought to be passed by Congress placing ir on the retired list, for it is totally disabled. Garland is by no means penurious. He is a generous man, and his purse is al ways ready to open at every appeal for charity, but his negligence in dress is a serious matter. Wnitney and Bayard have talked to him about it several times, but he always says that he likes old clothes better than ne\Y, and wasn’t cut out for a dandy. State News. Athens counts on" receiving 90,000 bales of cotton this season. The town council of Sparta has fixed the liquor license at $600, free to all. A great quantity of timber has been floated down the Oconee during the last two weeks. Tallapoosa finally gets the Chatta nooga, Rome and Columbus railroad, and everybody is happy. Louis Bray, living four miles east of Athens, made this year fifty bales of cotton with two plows. The earth is being cleared away for the foundation of the new $30,000 Bap tist church of Brunswick. It- is thought that twenty more stores conveniently located in Athens could be rented at a handsome, profit. Dr. E. S. Lyndon has already invested about $12,000 in improving the old Witherspoon planing mill at Athens. Jackson countv will soon be dry. On January 1st the last license will expire, and then the barkeeper will have to go over to Madison. Mayor Hodgson says he is confident that Athens lias over 10,000 popula tion, and is in favor of the census being taken early in the new year. The Waverly Hotel, of Thomasville, A LARGE STOCK IN, AND NEW GOODS ARRIVING CONSTANTLY! PRICES LOW, AND GOING LOWER! The best time to buy goods is when you have an opportuni ty to get them cheap, and the only safe assurance, that you are getting them cheap is when you buy from those who deal exclusively with manufacturers. We deal only with the lar gest manufacturers, importers and jobbers, and possess ad vantages that can only be appreciated by those who take the trouble to compare our prices with the prices charged by oth er dealers. We say this in no spirit of boastfulness, but sim ply to let the people know that we have firms in Newnan that enjoy precisely the same facilities for buying that the Atlanta merchants do, and the fact that our expenses are from twenty to thirty per cent, less is too apparent to require mention here. In addition to a heavy line of GROCERIES, we have now in store a choice stock of DRY GOODS, CLOT H- ING, BOOTS, SHOES, etc., including everything kept in a strictly first-class establishment. Our “Bay State Shoe” con tinues to lead the town, in style, finish and general superiori ty. Our stock of Clothing is complete and handsome, and comprises all the late styles, figures and shades. In fact, we have everything, and are determined not to be undersold. Suppose you come and see for yourselves. We should he glad to have you call around anyway, even if you do not wish to buy. Seats free; no charge for looking. HARDAWAY & HUNTER. THE PLACE TO GET THE MOST GOODS FOR COTTON SEED MEAL! cether and buried near by. Great ex- j destroyed*by fire yesterday mom- citement prevails. ; ing, together with a dwelling on an ad joining 1<>t. The house was filled with citement prev “Don’t You Daro to Touch. That Tariff.” j guests! hut no lives were lost New York Herald. _ j Lsist week L. E. Gay, of Cuthbert, In spite of Mr. Blaine’s rigid orders |,j s cotlou crop of 127 bales, for Mr. Thomas M. Browne, oi Indiana,, a j w p; c h he realized $6,075 So. besides Republican of the straighte-d Kind, de-j t j,j s he made 1.500 bushels corn, andSoO Clares in an interview published elsc -j bushels oats, all from twelve plows, where that the .tariff on^ht to be re- ; „ Babv ^ king” all the world over, vised, ami lie names -aitmioei, tm j xs r *„j e should be as quiet as possi- we suppose he mean-.- ts»-- i !! u W.Ga i ble. fail not to provide it with Dr. some woolen inamilactures and hard-1 ware as pr-per suojects tor revision ol dunes. . i This -,s trulv horrible Blaine say V il ' . lican member, ol tne •’ Committee pf the late What will Mr. i leading Repub- '•Yavs and Mean? Douse—-almost . •! menibe; of tiio committee * to declare tor tariff revision. Bull’s Svrup for all the ailments inci dent to its condition. It is a safe, rem edy. A Nashville doctor's prescription' for a lady suffering with neuralgia. A new bonnet, a cashmere shawl, a prnr of gaiter boots—untl «‘i bottle of wva- twin Oil. The lady recovered imme diately, of course. THE LEAST MONEY IS AT J. R: HERRING’S! * - • I lay down the broad proposition that I can sell, and am actually selling, goods cheaper than any house in town, and am prepared to sustain this proposition with irrefragable proof. Observe the following, as a starter— Will sell all-wool Jeans for 30c. per yard. Ten cents is all I ask for the best Dress Gingham. Dress Checks at 7 1-2 cents. There is no such bargain in town as my 50c. reinforced lin en bosom Shirt. My stock of Gent’s Furnishing Goods can’t be beat, either for style or selectness. CLOTHING, I am somewhat overstocked on Clothing and am determin ed to unload. Am now selling good, stylish suits 15 per cent, lower than any house in town. It looks ruinous, but time flies, and I don’t propose to let the season fly away and leave me with piles and piles of winter clothing on hand. Not if I jean help it. Overcoats are going the same way. SHOES. I have the best assortment of Mens’, Ladies’ and Children’s ! Shoes in town, both in fine and low grades. Everything ‘down. Will sell a tip-top Shoe for $2.50 that has never sold for less than $2.75 heretofore. A splendid Brogan Shoe ’for $1.15. Every pair of Frank D. Weyldman’s fine Shoes j sold up^n an absolute guarantee. An attractive assortment of Hats, all shapes, shades, sizes and prices. I have the goods and are bound to sell them. Don't forget this when you make up your mind to buy. It means a great deal. •- * ’ • GROCERIES. Am selling Flour lower than anybody. -For the present I can quote different grades as follows:/ Good, $4.50 per bar rel; Fine, $5.00; Better, $5.50; Best, $6.00. In fact, I have everything in the Grocery line, and am selling at rock bot tom prices. I am not trying to excite: your curiosity, merely; am anx ious to do you good. ’ *' ' ./ He that pondereth these facts will.surely _be- profited.-: I n line G- • * - ' ' " J;TRki3ERBlNG. T.'”. • 1 Salesmen—W; T. DanieTand L. 41. Hill. We offer for sale Cotton Seed Meal, or would exchange for Seed where parties desire to do so. At present prices of Meal and Seed, thirty bushels of the latter would pay for sufficient Meal to manufacture one ton of Guano—requiring, in addi tion, the proper proportions of the cheaper ingredients—Acid Phosphate and Kainit. We give below reports as to results obtained from Meal, properly composted. Hon. J. T. Henderson, in his report of the Soil-Test of Fer tilizers, conducted under the direction of the State Chemist at Athens, Ga., says the object of the experiment was— ‘To teat the result of fertilizing with a cheap composted fertilizer compared with equal quantities of high-priced commercial fertilizers. A compost was made of the following substances in the relative proportion named, viz: Acid Phosphate 1250 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal 500 lbs. Kainit 250 lbs. “This was applied on one portion of the plat side by side with three standard fertilizers, A, B. arid C, each at the rate of 3u0 lbs. per acre. The plat contained four sections, whose area was each one-half acre. RESULTS IN SEED COTTON : Compost, 899i lb. per acre. Standard Fertilizer, A, .. * 795J “ “ “ B 948* “ “ “ C 863* No Manure 456 “ ECONOMIC RESULTS PER ACRE COMPARED WITH NO MANURE: No Manure, Compost, Standard Guano, A, “ “ B, “ “ C, • ’ost of Fertilirer. Value of Product. PER ACRE. Gain IjOM. $0 00 $1? 20 $ 0 00 $0 00 3 10 35 62 14 82 6 00 31 82 7 52 6 00 57 94 13 74 6 90 34 54 10 34 ‘The mixture described above produces better results than the average of tha three fertilizers used in competition with it. As it costs about half as much as tnesa it is much more profitable,” Special prices made to clubs, and full directions given for mixing the compost. McBRIDE & CO., Newnan, Ga. jy We would caution our customers against mixing and selling this compost, unless the State inspection fee of 50 cents per ton is paid. There is no law, however, to prevent a farmer from manufacturing fertilizers for use on his awn land. ARNALD, BURDETT & CO. OFFER FOR SALE Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phosphate and Kainit, on time or for cash, or exchange for Cotton Seed. FULLER & NORRIS, •{ DEALERS IN J- STAPLE *»d FANCY GROCERIES. DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC, •{ AND GENERAL CATERER8 TO THE DRY UOODS AND GROCERY TRADE >■ JUST RECEIVED: 1 Tierce Magnolia Hams. 2^Tierees Choice Leaf Lard. * 5 Barrels Choice New Orleans Syrup. 1 Barrel Nice Cucumber Pickles. 1 Barrel Mango Pickles. Another Barrel Cocoanuts just opened. 200 Lbs. Fresh Roasted Coffee to arrive this week. And an endless variety of good things for the Christmas We extend a cordial invitation to all. trade. FULLER & NORRIS. Greenville Street, next door to Reese’s Drug Store. NEW, ASTONISHINGLY NEW! DIRECT FROM NEW YORK I I have just returned from New York with a stock of FINE DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, TRIMMINGS, HATS and SHOES, which will surpass in assortment, quality and prices anything ever brought to Newnan. I have by all odds the most elegant line of SILKS, CASHMERES, TRICOS, GREYS, WOR STEDS, LADIES’ GOODS, BLACK GOODS, etc., ever offered to the trade in this city, which an examination will verify. In FINE DRESS GOODS I can offer a handsome line of Black Silks, $1 26 per yard and upward. Same goods would cost in Atlanta $2 50 and $3 00. Tri- cos and Greys, (different shades.) Ladies’ Cloths, (different shades.) Black Goods, 25c t.o*$l 50. Cashmeres, 20c to $1 50. In TRIMMINGS I can furnish Silk Astrakhan, in all shades. Beaded Trim mings, in sets and by the piece. Velvets in all shades, brocaded and plain. Silk Brams for trimming. A complete line of BUTTONS, for Fine Dress Goods, suitable for all shade* and grades. JERSEYS, all grades and styles, 75c to $2 50. An elegant, line of LADIES’ CLOAKS, ranging all the way from $1 to $30. I have a handsome lot of LADIES’ SHOES, the beat in the market, without. ! exception. I can sell a No. 1 Ladies’ Shoe, neas, aim dressy, for 50. The very best hand-made Shoe, all sizes, $4 50. A full line of MISSES’ and CHILDREN’S SPRING-HEELSHOE8} ali sizes. A large lot of LADIES’, MISSES’, CHILDREN’S and INFANT’S HOSI ERY. ali sizes and qualities, IromlOc to $1 per pair. yjp- 1 will undei-v 11 Atlanta or quit business. 1 MEAN EXACTLY WHAT I PAY.- Try me. E. S. BUCHANAN. " MCCLENDON & CO., PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BINDERS; NEWNAN, GA.