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THE LUMPKIN INDEPENDENT.
By J. B. & A. W. LATIMER.
vol. xiir.
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LAW CARDS.
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T. D. Hihohtuweb, F. A. Bush
HIGHTOWER & BISH,
Attorneys at Law,
Lumpkin, Georgia
J.-ra. 1, 1884.
WELLEOM F. CLARKE,
AtfciLcy fit Law,
Lumpkin, Georgia.
Will practice in Stewart Coui ty.
Special attention given to collections.
Lumpkin, Ga., May 5, .1883.
• K G. SIMMONS
ATTOHN LY AT L \W,
AMER1CU3, GA.
Will practice iu all the counties o!
This Judicial Circuit, in the Supreme
Court «f the State of Georgia, and
in the District Court of ibe United
States, and in all otLer courts by
special .contract. jul\23-81.
MEDICAL GAELS
\V. A. GREGORY,
Physician & Surgeon,
Lumpkin, Georgia.
Oct.20-ly
J. E. &W. P. CART Elf,
Practicing Plnsicia s,
LUMPKIN, - GEORGIA.
Office South Side Public Square.
Oct20 ly
_
R. E. LEE BARNUM
Physician & surgeon.
Professional services tendered to
the citizens of Stewart County. Of¬
fice next door to Gregory's i;toro.
Lumpkin, April 12, 1884.
J. A. TilOILN VOX <1 Iff.,
Practical Dentist,
LUMPKIN, GEORGIA.
Will do all kinds of Dental Work
in a neat ar.d sulstsntin mavraer.
Office up-stairs in the Cuba House.
Operafing days: Thursdays, Fri¬
days and Saturdays.
Oct.23-ly.
Livery and Feed Stables,
LUKPKIN, GEORGIA
A. F. HOLT, PROP.
The undersigned is prepaired to
furnish the public with any kind of
team desired at reasonable prices, / t
HACK LINE
I will also run a Fine, Comforta¬
ble Hack between Lumpkin/and /every
Cutbbert, leaving Lumpkin
Monday, Wednesday and Anaking Friday,
returning same days and
connections with morning even¬
ing train. Only skillful dlivers / em¬
ployed. ffirCasli in advance wj|l be
aud packers. leqnir
ed for passage
Drovers will finctfa 1 irge and
commodious lot for lb mi- stock.
- F. HOLT.
Lumpkin, Sept, lrf, ly
A PRIZE Vllich “ad 8
ceive free, a costly of goods will
i^rnafaf'K'a’JS: succeed from/firnt hour.
sex, The bn ad
Co., Auju-tii, Mtfbe.
LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1884.
The Campaign of Scandal.
The personal scandals which jpow
from the staple of party contei ions
will be far reaching in their infect. It
is not merely a question whether
Blame or Cleveland sliallfee the next
President. The unscrupulous and
reckless politicians are establishing
precedents which may be followed in
future campaigns. If tbe result of
the present cauvass shall show that
all serious issues may be safely igno¬
red and the ballot most successfully
fought on purely personal grounds,
then American politics will have
reached the lowest depth of degrada¬
tion. It will matter little whether
good men or bad .lieu are nominat¬
ed f ir the presidency. The libeller
and the scandal-monger can reduce
every candidate to an equality of
infamy. A thoroughly dishouest and
brazen-faced politician has no fear
of such an ordeal. Ha is accustom
ed to abuse. He revels iu notoriety,
ibe ulligator is uot more insensible
to arrows. No accusation of dishon¬
esty or immorality can give him a
moment’s uneasiness. He does uot
trouble himself to answer them even
if they are untrue, uuless urged so
to do by tbe advice of his frieuds.
His best policy—as long experience
has taught biin—is to divert atten¬
tion from his own vulnerable record
by instigating scandalous assaul
upon bis rival’s reputation.
will never be auv difficulty in induc¬
ing l a I men to run for the
cy and for every office iu the gift
the peop'e. But how about
really good men ? If the President
campaign of IS83 is to be tlia pat
tern tor its successors, pure, high
minded and hono.ible men will fed
less and less inclined to expose
untarnished names to the infamous
; abuse which awaits them.
i The decadence ot tho intellectual
; >ud moral stun lard aino >g the offic
h aiders of every grade is one o:
the most mournful signs of tin
times. Yi-ary ugo Congress was the
goal of every ambitious man. For
then a scat iu tbe Senate or tho
House was an boner. A distinction
then attached to a seat iu Congress
u-.»t inferior to that now belonging
to a seat iu the^British Parliament
A Senator of the United States was
presumptively one of the ablest and
purest members of bis party in the
State that elected him. Tbe same
was true, but with more exceptions
to tbe rule, with regard to tbe lower
house. Tbe Congress of our day is
full of nobodies. Tbe really compe¬
tent and entirely trustworthy men iu
eitber branch may be counted on
one’s fingers. To write U, S. S or
M. C. after ofce's name is to longer
au honor. American politics has be¬
come so foul a trade that honest and
ch an-minded people instinctively
shnn it. This is a great pity, for it
is never beyond the power of the
intelligmt and upright men of both
parties to strike Lands for the rescue
and save the couutry from further
shame aud disgrace. Perhaps the
inexpressibly vulgar tone of the pres¬
idential campaign through which we
are now passing may cause a reac
tion. It is possible that tbe country
may uot be for many years more
abandoned by the apathy of its res¬
pectable citizens to tbe wretched de¬
vices of base politicians. We will
not cease to hope. But the present
outlook over a field were the foulest
scandals contend for mastery is in¬
deed discouraging. It is food for
the saddest and profoandest thought.
— Journal of Commerce.
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A Record of Hot Summers.
Says an English paper : Iu 027
the heat \va3 so great in France and
Germauy that all springs dried up ;
water became so scarce that many
people died of thirst In 879 work
iu the fields bad to be given up ; ag¬
ricultural laborers persisting in their
work were struck down in a few
minutes, so powerful was tbe sun.
Iu 993 the sun’s rays were so fierce
tbat v eg»tation burned as under the
action ot fire. In 1000 rivers rail
fish were left dry in heaps, and pu
MM in » le hours. Ib. .tad,
that ensued produced the plague.
A Week] ,per, Published ia the Political, Social and Agricultural Interests of Stewart County.
mea ami anirna's venturing ia the
summer of 1022 fell down dying; the
throat perched to a tinder and the
blood rushed to the brain. In 1132
not on'y did the rivers dry up, but
the ground cracked on every side
and became baked to the
of stoue. The Rhine, in Alsace, near¬
ly dried up. Italy was viaicod with
terrific heat in 1139 ; vegetation and
plants were burned up. During the
battle of Bela, in 1200, there were
rnoro victims made by the sun than
by weapons ; men fell down sun
struck in regular rows. In 1303
and 1304 the Ruina, Loire and Seiue
ran dry. Scotland suffered particu¬
larly in 1625 ; men and beasts died
in scores. The heat in several French
departments during the summtsi of
1705 was equal to that in a glass
furuace. Meat could be cooked by
merely exposing it to the sun. Not a
soul dare venture out between noon
and 4 p. m. lu 1718 many shops bad
to close ; the theatres never open* d
tl)tir doors for several mouths. Not
a drop tf water fell duiing six
mouths. In 1753 the thermometer
rose to 118 degtees. In 1779 the
heat at Bologna was so great that a
great number of people were stifled.
There was not sufficient air for the
breath, and people lmd to take ref
nge under ground. In July, 1793,
the heat bee Tne intolerable. Veget¬
ables were burned up and fruit dried
upon the frees. The furniture and
woodwork in dwelliug-houses crack
ed and split up ; meat went bad iu
an hour. The livers ran dry iu sev
era! provinces during 1821 ; expedi
cuts had to be devised for the grind¬
ing of corn. Iu 1882 a protracted
heat was accompanied by storms and
earthquakes ; during the drought le
gions of mice over ran Lorraine and
Alsace, committing incalculable
age. In 1832 the beat brought about
cholera in France ; twenty thousand
persons fell victims to the
iu Palis alone. In 1815 the (her
motneter marked 125 degrees in
sin.
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Colonel Rion’s Danger.
Winn shore, S. C, August 21 —
Colonel James II Rion, of this place
is suffering with a peculiar hurt
which alarms himself aud his Hends.
When Lula Hurst gave her first per¬
formance in Columbia, about two
monlhs ago, Col. ILon was request¬
ed to go upon the stage and test the
girl’s power. He did so aud a lively
tussle ensued, which greatly amused
tbe assembly. Although a small man,
Colonel Rion is very strong and
wiry, and he uiade a very good stand
against the ‘Georgia wonder.’ After
the entertainment Colonel Rion dis¬
covered that in the struggle he had
ruptured a blood vessel in his arm,
and a physician who examined the
hurt pronounced it a serious affair
and advised tbe Colonel to be very
careful. Tbe arm continued to give
him much pain and he vainly sought
relief iu sundry remedies suggested
by his medical advisers. Lately the
injury has assumed an alarming
pba»e. Something in the nature of
blood poisoning bas set in and his
health is breaking down rapidly.
His friends are seriously troubled
about bis condition; The doctors
declare that if the blood poisoning
cannot he conquered death will be
the result.
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There was a banquet at Austin not
long since, at which Governor Lub¬
bock made a speech. ‘When I am
traveling in foreign parts,’ said the
Governor, enthusiastically, 'I am
proud to say that I am from the
Lone S'.ar State. When. I tegister at
a hotel I pick out a pen with a broad
i point and I write after ray name, in
j yig letters: ‘From Texas.’ ‘Yes,’
Vlrspered a g< ntleman who happen¬
ed to be present at tbe banquet, ‘and
w|ien the hotel cl-.rk sees it he asks
(dr ca-h in advance and puts tbo
inks. Tqxau up in the sixth story.’— Sift
-a
Baris is a beautiful city, but it
cosks a great deal of money to keep
it sp. During the past twenty years
moi than $130,000,000 bas been
spe^t on new streets, sewers,
worl and public buildings. The
cost If the Avenue de l'Opera alone
was 4l0,000,000.
TheNRoad to the Altar,
London Ti-tflA says that the fol¬
lowing story appears iu a recent
number of the GermKff serial, ‘Deut¬
sche Roman-Bibliothe'k,’ under the
title of ‘The Road, to the Altar.’
A younger son of the Duke of Ar¬
gyll having become engaged to Lady
-, as in duty bound, asked bis
.father’s consent. Tne Duke, how*
ever, answered : ‘Siuce my eldest
son, tbe Marquis of Lome, mimed
the daughter of tho Queen, our sov¬
ereign, he has become the head of
our house. You must obtain bis
consent. If you get that, you nmy
rest assured mine will not be refus¬
ed.’ To tbe Marquis liis brother ac¬
cordingly betook himself ; but from
him he received tho following an¬
swer : ‘As I am son in law to the
Queen, duty and respect require that
tbe matter should be referred to her
for her decision. I vvi 1 at. once lay
the matter before her.’
To tho Q leen goes the Marquis
immediately and informs b c r of his
brother’s wishes. The Monarch,
however, replied : ‘Since heaven de
prived mo of my noble, ever lament¬
ed husband, I have made it an in¬
flexible rule to take no step in tbe
affairs of mv house without first, re
furring tho matter to my brother-in
law, the Duke of Coburg. I will
write to him.’
■ The Queen did as she promised,
but from the Duke she received the
following answer, rastead of tbe con¬
sent she expected : ‘Your Majesty,
my beloved sifter, is well aware that
during the last four years important
political changes have taken place in
Germany, iu consequence of which
the centre • f gravity has been shift¬
ed from Coburg to Berlin. I there
fore consider it my duty to submit
tbe matter to tbe Emperor William,
for him to decide. I cannot take
the responsibility on myself.’ To
Berlin, accordingly, goes the Duke,
biqs ail audience of the Emperor
aud acquaints him with the object of
tis visit.
After considering the matter with
in himself a short time, the Emperor
said : ‘What l have fought for and
attained for my country is well known
to the whole world. People, how¬
ever, have no idea how my heart is
tortured by discord and disagree¬
ments iu tbe circle of my family and
among uiy Ministers. However, I
must honorably confess that the
Prince Bismarck is the wisest and
most clear sighted of my advisers. I
give-you tbe commission to refer the
matter to him aud let him decide.’
The Duke then directs his steps to
the Wilhelm, strasse, and sends in
bis card to tbe mighty Minister. Be
iug immediately admitted, he reads
the Queen’s letter, f nithful!y reports
the words of the Emperor, and begs
for a favorable decision. The Chan¬
cellor’s answer was given without
hesitation : ‘Why should the matter
require any decision of miue ? What
have we to do with the Duke of Ar
gjll or with his sen ? If the young
fellow wishes to marry, let him do
so, and be hanged to him.’
Wilkiu’B Provorbs.
Many are comfortable only when
others are not.
The political dance is not always a
square dance.
The argument of ignorance is often
based on the force of bigotry.
Clothes don't always make the
man—uuless he sells them at a good
profit.
The world is a great barber shop
and every man waits his turn to be
bhavbd.
No tombstones mark the graves in
the cemetery where lost hopes are
interred.
The bee that is loudly proclaiming
that the world owes it a living, goes
honeyless to bed.
Every man desires his own deeds
emblazoned in long primer—his neigh
bors in diamond type.
Men and horses differ. Tho latter
is worthless unless he is broke, and
tbe former is worthless if ho is ditto.
More money can be made in one
day’s strict attention to one’s own
business than by ten days minding
the affairs of one's neighbor.— White¬
hall limes,
W anted To Be ‘Cussed.’
The Rev. Mr. Megsoul rented it
small field and decided to raise a
crop of cotton. He employed oh old
negro who had w-orktd for many of
the planters, and treated hirn so
kindly that the old fellow was aston¬
ished. Such treatment soon became
tiresome. One day old Dan approach¬
ed Mr. Megsoul and said:
'Look hear, boss, whut sorter man
is. yersel’f, nohow ?’
‘A Christian, I hope.’
’’Ztckly, sab; dat’s whut I ‘lowed.
T'utber day when I let de mules
jump inter de fie! yer didn’ say
uuthin’ but tut cut.’
‘Y-s, I remember.’
‘’Z ictly, sab, ‘zuctly. An’ de udder
night when I forgot ter lock do smoke
house nu’ somebody stole de meut,
yer didu’ say uuthin’ but tut tut.’
‘Well, wbat of that., Dan*?’
‘W'y suh, ain yer gwine ter cuss
none ?’
‘I never used profane, language iu
ray life.’
‘Well den, yer karat raise cotton
Dis hear easy way doan suit mo.
At fust yer 'tut tut’ wuz mighty
pleasant an' I thinks ter myse’f ‘dat’s
de lies’ white, pusson I eber seed,
case ho doau buse me, but I tell yer
whut's er fuck, boss, I d ruther yer’d
cuss me den ter say ‘tut tut,’ ‘case I
knows dat yer feels like it. I’se been
in de cotlou rasin’ business all my
life, sail, an’ lessen yer cusses I ain’t
gwine ler feel at borne. Say sutbiu’,
sab, ter stir de ole man up.’
‘Since yer desire it, I will. You
iufomaf black scoundrel—’
‘Dat’s it., sail!’
‘Don’t interrupt me. I say, you
infernal black scoundrel, you stole
that meat the otuer night and you
thought, that I did not know it.’
•Look hear, boss, aiu't yer a little
too strong?’
‘I'll bo strong enough. I have
sworn out a warrant for yo-ir arrest
and, bv the way, here comes the con
stable.’
‘Good Lawd er massy,’ dropping
his bat,‘what sort er white pu33ou
is dis dot’s got er bolt o’ me ?
Thought somethin’ woul’ come o' all
dis kiu'uess.’
The officer came up and arrested
tho old fellow. He wore a sorrowful
countenance, and as he turned to
accompany the constable, be nodded
his head at the minister, and said:
‘Ise gwine ter keeper sharp look¬
out fur dese'tut tut’ men airter dis
Ef yer had er cussed mo iu de fust
place dar wouldu’ter been all dis
trouble.’
-»i n —
Couldn’t Telia Lie.
Coming up in a cable car last
night from Cottage Grove aveicno an
au elderly man remarued to his com
paoion:
‘They may heat Jim Blaine, but
I doult it.’
‘Why ?' was the response.
‘Well, I judge the man by the boy.
I knew him dowu in Pennsylvania
forty years ago. He was a most
charming lad, and he had a way of
gliding along in the world as if he
was greased. He and I were hauled
up in school once for stealing apples
during recess, and we agreed to tell
tbe same story and stick by eacb
otbor. When the teacher asked me
what I had to say I made the expla¬
nation that bad been agreed upon,
but Jim elaborated bis story at great
length. He was an orator then as
well as now, and when he had got
thongh the teacher took me by the
ear aud said:
‘I am pained to discover that you
are a liar,’ and then he pelted me
over the head witL a ferule. Just as
I began to holler Jim crept up to
the teacher and begged him to stop,
saying: ‘I'll forgive him aud I hope
you will. I bear him no ill-will.’
Tbe teacher was so impressed with
his magnanimity that he hit me once
more for luck, and then ordered me
to my seat. It may bo possible to
beat that kind of a feller, but ho nev
er wag downed in those days.’— Chi¬
cago Herald.
----i—
‘Why docs D'una git more beaus
than 1 ?’ asked the elder sister. ‘I
can't kcow, uuless it is she is a little
archer,’ said mamma, with a quiver of
her lips.-
Terms $t.50 Pei* Ahiiluii.
Transportation.
There is a good and safe inland
Navigation along the Georgia coast#
from Savannah to Florida, connect¬
ing with the river St. Johns, of tho
latter 3tate, a distance of 200 miles.
Georgia has 2,390 miles of railroad
completed and in operation, or nbout
one mile of road to every 488 inhab¬
itants.
The rivef Savannah is navigable
for steamers the year round from its
month to Augusta, a distance of
about 250 miles, and thence,- by flut
or ‘keel’ boats, to its confluence with
the Broad, about 100 miles further
by water.
The Altamaha and its tributary,
the Ocmulgee, are navigable by
steamers to Hawkinsville, in Pulaski
county, a distance of 340 miles, and
will soon be open to Macon, GO miles
higher up. The Oconee, another
tributary of the Altamaha, is open to
steamers to the Central Railroad
bridge, in 'Washington county, a dis
taace of 340 miles from Darien.
The Chattahoochee, including the
Apalachicola, is navigable from the
Gulf of Mexico to Columbus, a dis
tance of 400 mites.
The Flint is navigable 150 miles,
to Albany, in Dougherty county, and
can be readily opened to a much
higher poiut.
The Coosa river runs *0 miles in
Georgia, and ia open to Greensport,
in Alabama. Its tributary, the Oos
tanaula, is navigable 105 miles above
Rome, and work is now progressing
to open it 30 miles further.
In addition to these, may be men¬
tioned' the Sat.Ha, St. Mary's, Oob
lochnee, Ohoopee and Ogeeebee Riv¬
ers, aggregating about 150 milts,
making a total of about 2,000 miles
of river navigation within tho State.
Poison in the Postal Note.
It has been discovered that mirnir
oub cases of arsenical poisoning are
due to the persons afflicted having
handled the new postal notes. The
coloring matter of these notes is im¬
pregnated with arsenic, and persons
in tbe babit of weetiug their fingers
on their lips to count them have be¬
come afflicted with sores on the
mouth. The clerk in the money or
der department who issues the
notes used a wet sponge, but got.
sore in his fingers, and now wears
rubber tips on his digits when count¬
ing the notes, which might well le
called filthy lucre. M ray complaints
have been received iu tbe depait
niei.t from affl cted persons, but noth
ing but advice eojld be obtained in
satisfaction. One gentleman, a well*
knowned publisher, was so ba liy af¬
flicted that bis body became horri¬
bly swollen and bis life was despair
of.— hew Yo r l: Truth.
Intelligent Domestic.—‘I s your
master at home ?’ asked a Deputy
Sheriff at the door of a palatial resi¬
dence on Mudison avenue.
‘Naw, sor,’ responded the now ser¬
vant girl.
‘ >Vhere is he ?’
‘At Nowport, sor.’
‘How do >ou know be is at New
port ?’
‘Sure didn't he tell me if iny sus¬
picious lookin’ cbnri’Actbers called to
say so 1'—Brooklyn Eagle.
♦ m --—
Willing to Pay a Good Pkicf —
Mrs. Blaine—‘I notice that Mr. Bon¬
ner has purebassod Maud S. for $40,
000.
Mr. Blaine—‘Yes.’
Mrs. Blaine—‘That seems to be au
enormous sum to pay for a horse.
You would never have given $40,000
for Maud S M J» m e S ?’
Mr. Blaine—‘No, but I would give
$40,000 for her record.’
A Clever Scheme. —Said Jones:
We’re going to run Blifkins tor judge
this fall'
Said Smith: ‘B1 if kids I What does
he know about law T
‘Nothing at alt. He never saw a
law hook. That’s the reason We are
going to run him. We think that if
he is ignorant of law we mia } get a lit¬
tle justice .’—Denver Opinion.
• m 1
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‘Schooners’ of beer sail the 8ea 6f
trouble, and many a mariner is
wrecked when ‘half setts oyer.’
MO. 27 .
BUSIN DIHECTOIIY
M. COBB0TT,
DEALER IN
Driesjicis, PERFUMERY; Ctaicais,
FINE SOAPS,
Fancy aiid Toiler Articles*
Cet.-lC-ly -*
CORBETT HOUSE,
M. CORBETT, Pr6p.,
Lumpkin. - Georgia.
livery Attention Given to the Ac
eommodation .( comfort of Guests !
Oct. 1 -1
E. M. SHERAAI,
MANUFACTURER OF
PLANTATION WACOM,
Plow Stocks, Ete.
BlaclsmituIng & Wagon Repairix^;
Oct. 20 ly
A. H. SIMPSON,
Di£.V_iER fN
uu, i
STAPLE DRY GOODS, SHOES, &G
Coffins, Burial Cases, Bsd&teads,
Chairs E.c.
W. W. STOKES,
Dealer Ik
Fail! & Fail Grice®
CANNED-GOODS, TOBACCO,
Vigors und Staple Dry Goods.
Oet IU ly
W. A. GREGORY,
DEALER IN
Fancy & Family Groceries y
CANNED GOODS, CONFECTION*
ARIES, STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Tinware Em
Cct.20
M. M. & W. J|. GRIFFIS,
—DEA IE US IX—
Family Groceries, listt,
BEER, WINES, TOBACCO, CIGARS
Splendid Billiard and Pool Tables.
^fS*Noi-th Side Public Square,
W.S. GIL LIS,
DEALER IN
F amily
Groceries,
Plantation Supplies,
Country Produce Etc *
South Side Public Square.
Lumpkin, Ga. Jan. 1,1883’.
FIBE INSURANCE
Insure your dwellings, Furniture','
Merchandise. Gin Houses, and otheit
property. None but first-class Coat-'
panies represented. Rates low.
J. B. Richardson, Agent.’
Sept.24th-188l-tf.
zs
Slieram & Miller,
—DEALERS IN—
COFFINS, CASKETS AW
Burial Cases
Can furnish afiy style of COFFHSf
wanted at reasonable prices,
AST-Repository at Shebam's Shops;
Lumpkin, Ga., Sep 1,
ret
Glob© Cotton Planter
The Best Now In Use f
Call and see its perfect work.
S'. S. EVERETT, Agent;
Lumpkin, Ga. Jan. 20.
SI KI.CS CARRIAGE
And Rlaek$»iith Shops#
Haviifg purchased the atiove ttalU
known Shops froth Mr. D. W: Surles
I am now prepared to manufacture’
to order any kihfl of Wagons or Bug¬
gies that ihay be tvaiited. Skillftti
mechanics arc employed and the bhst
of materi d will be used iff all work;
Special attention giyeff to tepairiug;
and fill work promptly attended to.
Terms Cash.
0- A. STJRLEli
Lumpkin, Ga , Feb. 1, 1884;