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rtf LUMPKIN INDEPENDENT, LUMPKIN. GA., S ? HA&klSON, | EDITORS. SATURDAY ... November 17 1883 yaw- Suh*t.. tfiiutn umi A timer tine sue rtfs due on At-nut nd utUn by apcrtul walmct to the contrary. BUSINESS H0TICE Thm uM»nigut)d dsairs* to gives nolle* ta sB fla* patraus of Tax Ikokpcsdekt that h* alone is its ljnni oem maSaaer. Contraeta and all payments for anlocriptioa. job work mad adv«rtt**m*tita moat be made with and to kim. FinaneiiU ruatUrs eouneeled with or growing oat of bonine** had with the of. fle* moat b* and.r hia mnnngement. Any J “ * weald creels confusion and am** mimskr* to arim. Mr. Hobt B. fiaiTMonw li an *ditoria1 chnra* of the »*ir* apil Ineal departmaui* aud attend to fee s ffiii es ii. ■■ _law. W. KEY. Fi/xrr aioHT thousand eight bwo drod Spil sixty-five immigrants arriv •d in th# United States in October. Tamxakt Hall claims' to have con¬ trolled 58,000 of the democratic votes otet in New York city last Tuesday. Tn telegraph reports terrible die* •iters by land and *«a, which is geq arslly the cose os soon as cold weath¬ er sets in i n ear nest. Ricmows was ablaze with euthssi •sm #n .Ifonday night on account of the democratic victory in Virginia and tha defeat of Billy Mahons. It is announced that Governor Ireland, of Texas, will disregard the example bf his predecessor and will appoints day of thanksgiving in that state. Ooxomssxam Lankan, of Texas, repraaents a distriat comprising eighty-seven counties, Nome of which are a* large a* thoatata of M*m- who aetta. Paorzssoa Nkwtos says the earth reeeivee shout 3,000,000,000 of mete¬ or# every year, hut they only increase the siae of tha earth one inch in 100 , 000,000 years. Tbs democrats ol Virginia are rais¬ ing a fluid with which to hay a car* riage end boras* Tor presentation to th* Hon. John S. Bubour, chairman of their state committee. *'■ * -.......... rnir - -..... . . , CoxaiutssMEN »ro rapidly arriving *■ Washington and the contest for tha Speakership 1ms begun in earn¬ est. 8 . 8 . Cox, ifendall and Carlisle a*e the leading candidates. We would like to vets once for Sunset. It is now estimated lust tbe new postal nolo# nil) be used to the ex¬ tent ef $ 10 , 000,000 tbe first fiscal year. Both postraaaters and people are learning how thoy should be fill ed in, and the trouble experienced at first is rapidly disappearing. Ta* Philadelphia Times say*: "The ♦wo partis* start pretty nearly square for 1884 with the only odd* in the Ohio democratic victory, and the skirmishing of 1883 settles nothing beyond tbe fact that the gr< at battle of next year is entirely unsettled and must settle itself. Tbo party tha? now best servos its country in the eoming congress will best serve itself in the straggle for the proBidoacy." A Growing Evil. A communication from Benevo¬ lence, which we have answered,brings about some aeriens nil o',ions which wa propose to lay before onr readers Since the counties of Chattahoochee, Webstor and Randolph adopted pro¬ hibitory laws for the sale of whisky, we hare noticod an increased trnOc for it in the county of Stewart Men drink now who did not drink to ex three counties named have opened grog shops in three or four place* in she county of Stewart They have put the deadly poison right at the doors of ear cleverest and most in dustrion* farmer*, and by having the aeductivs drug ever near Ibetwj by i iro# of constant association it loses ia a measure its ferrois. Aud by foroe of 1 x tmple set them by older and more hardened men, who drop in to btjsce up agaiust the cool morn ing winds, this concoction of hell takes held, aud coils upon its victim with an anoconda's grip. Hard earn iags thst should go to obeer th* lov¬ ing wife end tender babes, are dropp •d into the whisky dealers till. La¬ bor i* completely demoralized end crime stalks abroad in this land, Imok to the heavy criminal docket of yoor county and your ever-full jail. The fertile hills and vales of btewart should blossom as the rose, but as ♦he trade in whisky lasts, her lands will be -oovared —not with ripening •rchardf and vineyards fair, but with mortgages AU d laborers liens. Georgia ilatelilgenoe. —Albany bos several cases of deu gue. —Dry weather retards oet sowing •0 Sentb Georgia. —The river* ere too low tor tim¬ bers to fl. at down to Darien. —A Gilmer county man bae a bog that weight one thousand poonda. —The North Georgia Conference meets the 27th of this month at Dal ton. —A number of person* in a Ma¬ con boarding house ware potaoned by anting aoaca. —Real Estate in Thomaston l as increased in value 300 per cent, in the last three veers. ; v -Mr. John 0 Card and Dr Ed ward Fitsgerald, two prominent siti sens of Macon, are dead. —Aa alaraiwg droatb is r»p»fthd ■ “ " ■ ■ * '*** K*' W 'A - —Tbs Grand Jury of Thaansa ty recommends that. tbe liquor, li <v*nae of Thomasville he pot at fl 1, 500. — ll-scou has a fen year old book agent. By tbs time ska is grown, if she follows tbs badness, won't she hare cheek ? —The owners of the! Amos Hayes find thuir buhineisjfcso gr.-»d oD^the Chattalioochee river (hat they tai l put on another boat. —The body of H. Vs'eher w * found in a {thicket near-JIoBesu, iu Riehmoai county. His bead wo* riddled with buckshot. —Major W. T Crane has been ap (min ted poatmister at Clsrksviiie, in pl»*e ot Tboiqae M. Bradford, wh<> has resigned on account of old age and infirmity. —Tn the contested stack law ease from Wilkes county, Ju<ige Pottle decided that tbeiw ,wee no oppta from ’ the decision of tbo ordinary. The tones* mast go. 1 - . —The Romsjcottc* factory, which haa bean, in operation eighteen mouth#, has doubled i m raechmnry, nad itof rui night aud day. It is forty day« behind with orders. —-Mewry Harris, a middle-aged ne¬ gro lean, was 1 un over by a pasaen g»r train Monday nicht, at tha car alied in Atlanta, and wae #0 badly iu jrnreJ Ihaljta.died within a few min¬ utes. L Graham, of Enfsnla, who was a train hand oa the Southnes tftrn Railroad has knocked off the train ut Tohesofkse bridge and in¬ stantly killed. It wat bis first and last ride as a brakemun. —AT. S. Holman has just rrcisve the finest jersey bnll that has ever been brought to Athens. Hie name in Oondilnr, and is a eon of the fll-3,000 hull Pedro. His grand dam, Rucity brought $80,000. t —On Monday last workmen began tearing down tbe walls of the Kim¬ ball House, which bad a beeu left standing ever since the fire, prepara¬ tory to rebuilding, when a section of thirty-five feet feil upon a negro kill iog him. —The temperance people of Georgia are making strenuous endeavors to start n temperance paper in Atlanta. They propose to start oh a paid in capital of $2,MX) half of Use amount already having btfen taken. They hope to announce by the end of lb« present week that the stock is all sub¬ scribed aud raid in, and also the date of its first issue. —Mr. Sterling C. Jenkins, a high¬ ly respected and prosperous farmer who lives near Jones' Crossing, came to this city last night for tbe parpoee of delivering himself up to the of¬ ficers for killing a negro-yesterday s/trrnoou. oonld learn them The facts aa near as we are as follows : Charles Davis, colored, owed Mb. Jenkins an aecount which had been standing for some time. He had frequently promised to pay it, but had os frequently dieiegarded bis promise, Yesterday afternoon Mr. Jen kina went to Jones' Grossing aud met the negro there. He again ask¬ ed him to ps| the acouunt, ai d the negro became very iusaltiug Dur¬ ing Hie quarrel Davis drew a kmfi aud made aa attack upon Mr. Jen kies, who iu tarn drew a ravolver aud shot hie assailant dead. When Mr. Jsnkim reached the city last night he notified the coro ucr ot the unfortunate affair, and he left ou the next train for Jones'Croee ing for the purpose of holding an in¬ quest. > The esse will no doubt be investi ed by the grand jury, which is now in session, at onos. Mr. Jeakins and hit triends have no fears of th* result, as they olsim be acted in de¬ fense of his ewn life. Mr. Jenkins is a cousin of Mr. Felix J. Jenkins, of this city.— Cul"mbug Enquirer Sun. Geaeral Neva Items. —Cincinnati makes two-thirds of the coffins used t» the south. —In Roebaetar. N. T , l,7fH) fa males belong to the Knights of La bor. —Tbo womens’ branches of shoe maker* in New York number 1.3* 0 members. —The trade dollar has tnrned dp in Cincinnati and is now in circa* tatioo in that city. —General Butler's campaign is said by the Boston Journal to Lava cost him $126,000. — Governor Cleveland went borne to Buffalo te vote, nad that nnmata* qerly town: retorted by going repub¬ lican. iv* —Although he is defeated the re¬ publicans’euttfear Governor Butler, andsre wmaitanag whnt he will do next > ; . —The dum wo ra tic nisjerity ip *pw York city versed frofa.ffl.Jh3.fer s*>e ivtary of slate to 53,137 /or attor¬ ney geoerst —Almy, the prohibition candidate for gevemer of Mb«*«iL r.tt't*, re ciev#d 1,553 votes oat of a total of about 312,000. —Tbe Wo^hicgton Star, republi¬ can, believe* that Giaction# will be given the cold shoulder by the repuh licfiu national conventiea.” —Tbe lef.xlaturee ktely elected in N-'» Yvri;, N«w Jersey, Cooaecticnf and Virginia will not be required to cbeoee Uuiled Slates senators. —People in Alnlmma are enthusi¬ astic, over the gr,.at "boom" whi h the ats’e will‘have when tbe railroad now butldiDg, Open op the oosl A«d..s there. —Only fl fleas senators nad tw»0ty Ive representatieee have so far arriv¬ ed in Waabiegton. Tbe republicssa among then ere workiag foi Randull for speaker. —Governor elect Abbott, of New Jersey, carried 11 counties by major¬ ities Aggregating 12.430, while Judge Dixon’s majorities in 10 eanntiee were 5,780. —Maine h»* 91.000 miles of wilder¬ ness nnd the whole state of Mamoba selte could be sot down in the mid¬ dle of them and not be able to £nd its way out. Ex-Senator Colliding expreaer* the opinion tbnt the Democrat* will elect the next Prei idnnt of tpe Uni¬ ted States. Jadge David Dari* bold a similar opiuion. —Tbe Count de Peris ho* seclud¬ ed hinimlf at the Clmteau d’Eu, and is finishing the concludiag volume of his work on the American war,which he hopes to publish in 1884. -• Tl s Wilmington Every Evening publishes reports of the peach trade of Delaware Peninsula, showing that the total shipments of peachbs last eeaaon amounted to 8,608,706 baskets The quantity consumed by canncrs, dryers and evaporators for home use was from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 bus Lots. —The Mississippi mills at Wesson I ave doubled their capacity duriug the present year. Nearly $3,000,000 worth ot machinery- has been added to them, aud every inch of space utilised, and yet it appears that the mills are unable- to keep op with their brdeiwt tepecially in wooleu goods. w FRELIABLE FREEf ( SELF-CURE. * A ftcrorita preemption of on* of the met noted and miocmiuI ■nocfnlbn Vmm In the C. a (now fcn.1 round) lor ihornn-nf mu oaMIStu, U .VanAmS. b nm ano noaev. Son, pl«';o »o*lad onvolopc/Voo. nru,i»l»ui*nfl;llu AdSratt OIL WARD & CO.. LoaMau. Mo. ORIENTAL. BY P.H. MORRIS Eufaula, -Alabama. The Finest and Best Restaurant in South East Alabama. Fresh Fish Oysters and Game of all kind. JERSEY CATTLE I am prepared to Breed and fur nish the Purest Stock of Jereera. P. H. MORRIS. Nov. 17tf J. W. CHASTAIN I.ivebt, Feed & Sale STABLE, EUFAULA. ALA. Nov. 17 tf MARRIAGE»S COMPARATIVE WORTH of BAKING POWDERS. KOTALUteotaMrlte*}. --■g CiBlST8 {Alum Jowder). ...M 4' • 1 OtaAfl WAMVOWt, when treat. - rtiU (liam Fender)* t JLSA2Q3I (Alum FewiWr)% . ..| CLKTkUSri I . ■*» tZAJt....... « • • • **•*••»•*•••••* MOW FLAKS (Groff's. 84. Paul] • *: ■ > . ». .*■# uwm......................... co: *:r* v* • • • v *;* * v \ * * **f *♦••••..... : ? KA*rotrs»«t*»ftot fresh. *• • .< •I i *»; %* vt t i.~f; :• .*'3 ; v *rtl*!Cd>' • ‘ •, >** •'/ . ,*•1 > *•*.•> ait f V» -•'.-I f » ti**? , . i, s«* 7, • • SZFQBT8 OF GOTEEWMEWT CHEMISTS A* to PnUtgfMMt Wltalesomenpss of the Kbyal Baking Powder. ■ “ I havo tasted flnif . packags of Royal oi Baking Powder; ■*»<*& ryxirebaWHl In tit. twa of market, tad It composed of pure ana wholesome Ingredients. It is* cream tartar powter ot a Ugh degree merit, and does not contain cither alum or .. .phosphate., or other injurious »ub»taace«. Powder, . E. ti.Lovx, Ph.D.” t “It it a scientific tact that lie Royal Baklrig la atn^utcl^pu^’V (> It Hirst Koktox, Ph.D., President ot Steven* Inst ft ale ot Technology.” n t ham analysed a package of Royal Baking Powder. The material! of which it la composed are pore and wholesome. 8. Daaa Haras, Btata Assayer , Maes;” The loyal World’sixposition, Baking Powder received the highest Centennial, award Philadelphia, over all competi 1«7G; tors the at ho Vienna ISIS; at the ; at Ltnericau InsUtnt., and at State Fairs throughout received the country. high, emphatic, and uni¬ Mo other article of human food haa ever such Boards of versal endorsement from eminent chemists, physicians, scientists, and Health all over the world. Nor*.—Tbs above Humus Illustrate* the comparative worth of varlona Baking Powder*, as ah own by Chemical Analysis and experiments made by Prof. Schadler. A one pound can of each powder wae taken, the total leavening power or volume In each can calculated, the result being as Indicated. This practical test for worth by Prof. Bohadlar only proves what every observant consumer of the Royal Baking Powder knows by practical experience, that, while it coat* a fsw cents per pound tnort than ordinary kinds, Ik Is far mors economical, and, besides, affords the advan¬ tage ot better work. A single trial of the Royal Baking Powder will convince any fair minded porton of these facts. * ♦ WMtatas flsgisas mows some of the alum powders to be of a higher Indica¬ degree Of strength ttWhave than other powders ranked below them, it IS not to be taken as ting that any vain*. All alum powders, no matter how high thoir strength, are to be avoided at dangerous. Ofl DRESS PARADE. We nro yet in tbo Hold with oar frig flying, and I Junta. the main good looking and clever ihrmeru in Georgia who bar# kindly patronized tan in tbo past 4o oontinno thoir fa Ton. I .always ready to receive hud accomntodat« nil who pro prompt at •'*3* ‘ ' ' ‘ RrLL CALL. .a. JUST IE SEASON! HEADLESS LAKE WHITE FISH FRESH AND FAT. ._L__(h-4- * ’• HEADLESS MESS MACKEREL. FRESH AND FAT. THIS 78 TtfE FISH HOpRR VOLUUBUS, EVERYPACKAGE GOOD, OR MONEf REFUNDED. Patent Flour; Huston and other grades. RU T PROOF O ATS. BAGGING AND TIER. WINES AM D LIQUORS. And everything on your List oi Planter’s Supplies! ow Goode Me always need on* a atnnderd of excellence well known. Those of whom l have aciotnmo dated dariug the past saw-on will please note, that finuk Dr; ( s corn* at plnint, me quicker end than any other cetn answer at roll call prompt ly ou or before October 1st, whim nc couuts are All due, and oblige me. it will be a eouice of regret to me to close on my Ledger any account. •mu* Lostfcfil$ht to Memory Dear' Columhns i* the best Colton mar ket in Southwest Georgia, and here i* (be place tqcome. We will welcome and sell them cheap aud guarantee satisfaction. Re collect, s ROLIM JEFFESSOA, 133 W&l Side Broad Street, ' J.-V COLUMWJ3, Gs. 8 Oct 20-6 m , 6UARAITCD CURE F«t SCRO sfmus, R HE UMUTISM, MEURALGIA, AND AU. DISEASES OF THE :»] BLOOD asd SKIN THK WILDERS I MQ8T NHJElFUIi SARSAPARILLA i BLOOD AND PURIFIER AMD t J amSTtmtOMAL t POTASH , /.ITERATIVE 'Vi™' "O EVER USED. . F stool 7 . A. V. MIME, 1 CE .Si.OO;i WOHWTOB, LOUISVILLE, KY. New Advertisements Fashion's Fancies! Everything that i* new, nice and nobby in Headgear for Ladies for tbs coming sea¬ son, conaia* mg of Lais’, Glim's BONNETS, & Hissas HATS & Vrimmed and nntriiomed. Velvet*, Satina. Ribbons, Feathers, Birds’ Wings and Fancy Veatbcrs, A full lincof Cor.o’.s, Gloves, am; all the novvlliea in ncekwe.ir. A Complete stock of Clowes, Dolumnx, l’alutots, Zephyr Shawls, » te. Onr Jewelry and Neck rear de¬ partment was never more beautiful. Mrs ColvIn & >iista Donnelly Columbus, Git., Oct 13-1 in TilOMS GILBERT, s2 Handolph St, Opposite Test Office, COLUMBUS, GA. TJ Steam Boofc-.HfUpl PowerPJ 1 "fl¬ i /5 tee • * j Steam Job Printer, Book Binder & Paper Box Manufacturer. order."* AH descriptions Drhg, including of Boxen Bill, m-de Powder to and Stock. Prescription Boxes alway* kept id Printiog an Book-Binding of Ev¬ ery Description at Lowest Prioes. Oct. 13 1883. Livery and Feed Stables, LUKPRIN, GEORGIA* A. F. HOLT, PROP. The undersigned is prepaired to furnish the pnblid with any kind of team desired at reasonable prices. HACK LINE I will also run a Fine, Comfort,a hie Hack between Lumpkin and Cuthbert, leaving Lumpkin every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, returning same days and mskiug connections with morning nnd evtn train. Only skillful drivers cm ployed. •#*Cash in advance will be jequir ed for passage and packages. tST Drovers will find a 1 irge and commodious lot for their stock. A. F. HOLT. Lumpkin, Sept. 1st, ly O- o. x>. We desire to call the attention of the Ladies to the elegant assortment of Silks and Velvets That we now bwe on exhibition, among them a beautiful tin#.of the eels* brated UADZIMIR SILK-S iu Black ».iol Color*. We have to combine wittl these goods a full liue of PLAIN and BROCADE VELVETS in colors to match exact. Without pirUeuiatizuig, we say that we have brought out as fine aud aa complete a ID IRs ~5T GOODS Stock in every department as can be found iu tbe state, end we are prepar¬ ed to match prices with anybody and everybody. NO NONSENSE! NO SECOND PFICEI Bat everything marke t iu plain figures Every thin, woman and ohil<L Vtdfc. and poor alike, can buy the goods at tbe marked price—m> more, *0 toes. •* • ’■ •»*'• * m .v. ■*' • - . , . f , , , $3,000 Worth of Jerseys, C^baks ftftd Wr^ps for Ladies, at prices way under the market. A D >n't think of buying- until you see what we can do for von. ' J UEXTIEMKN REAUfRIK: We carry a larger stock of GENTS' FURMh'fflNG GOODS than any three houses in Columbus, and sell thi m twenty percent, cheaper, becaue # 1 we sell for spot cash. We carry a large stock of Ladies’ and Gent's Hand-- •' kerchiefs combined of over one thousand dollars. How's that for Cotm&bnsf We sell three thousand dollar* worth of Dress 8 b,rta per annum, prtnei- 1 pally ia the celebrated big depaiment E'ghme Come Shirt- Onr slock of Men's Hosiery and uwfier wear a and see it.' BI.ANCHARD & BOOTH, 123 lii-oad Street, Columbus, (Georgia, Oct. 20 MclLUMBON & Co. CHEAP CASH STORE, No. 51 Crawford Street, Columbus, Ga. We are now receiving the beat line of Groceries that can ba procured for ny market—evervthing fresh, Good aud Cheap. Cheap because we sell for Cash en !y, bay Iron first bands and have the money to discount our bills.. We ask a share of the patioaage of ibe city aud the anrronnding country. A. trial with ns w.ll insure ns a aood business, and.do much good to those who pat¬ ronize us In connection with our Grocery Wholesale and Retail business, w* will keep a good assortment of Staple Dry Goods Which we will sell as cheap as can be sold in the city. WHISKIES* CIGARS ' * TV’E CHALLENGE T ilE 1VORLD ON. Are receiving to-day 100 barrets IRISH POTATOES, Smooth Skin Early Rosa ill sound, large and good, which we bought in advance of the rise, and fail ran It cheaper than can he laid down tr»m any u i.iku at (Lis time- L-t n't ioct and see u» before buying sinew bore. McLENDON & Co., No. 54 Crawford Street, Columbus, Georgia OiiO-Hr’-tf ■ ) Wholesale A Retail U J Kock Building, North Side Public Square, OTin HBERT, O A Will duplicate any bill ef Groceries from reliable houses in Eufaula or Colum¬ bus. Try us and be convinced. Sept. 8 th, 1888. tf IT WILL PAY YOU TO CALL ON H. J. Thornton SOUTHERN CLOTHIER &MERCHANT TAILOR. COLUMBUS, 6A His Fall Stock of Clothing, Hats Furnishings, and Piece Goods w are arriving daily. For quality, beauty and elegaa - taste -displayed, and w LOW PRICES !ilH market* There ia examing none to sort oaa. style, A month qnality in and the Easter addition to being every the first make, ia ders while the factories ami.ng to place hie or¬ Kh J; tained in buying that will were not crowded, he ob¬ j defy competition. MERCHANTTAILORING This department is on a Doom as th* P s are arriving and persona are placing their order doily. Select your, pat tern at once.