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THE MESSENGER.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA.
Thursday Morning, Nov. 18, 1880.
Rales of Subscript ion :
Twelve Month* $1.50
Mx Months. «5
Four Month* ~ .... ...... 50
Nu)[leCopiei 05
nvnriohly In advance.
A NXorM'F.M EXTS.
For Ordinary.
We are authorized to announce
the name of J. A. PARK, ns a can
didate for Ordinary of Walker coun
ty. K lection in .laruary next..
For Tax Collector.
We are authorized to announce
the name of Jacob Goodson Jr., as
a candidate for Tax Collector, of
Walker county. Election first Wed
nesday in January next.
LOCAL MESSAGES.
Beautiful weather on farmers.
Rend new advertisements in this
issue.
Mrs. Allgood, of Trion, is in the
village.
Beautiful weather the past few
day?.
Considerable sickness in our
community.
The sweet potato crop wa3 fine
iu this county.
Farmers are considerably behind
with their work.
Mr. Virgil Russell, we are sorry
to state, is quite sick.
Mrs. J. J. Patton is in the village
—stopping at Mr. J. A Miller’s.
Jud Clements the hero of the
Seventh returned to Li Fayette this
week.
Read new advertisement of Sci
entific American in this issue of our
paper.
Candidates how do you expect to
bo elected without announcing
your names in the Messenger?
Hon. J. W. Renfro, State Treas
urer, will please accept our thanks
for a copy of his annual report for
the fiscal rear ending Septemer 30,
ISSO.
We hope the government will
discontinue the mails altogether at.
this point, we would do a great
deal better if we were thrown en
tirely on our own resources.
Do you want good bargains?
Why, of course we do! Then go
to Mr. L. Payne,Chattanooga,Ten
nessee and get great bargains in all
kinds of groceries. Remember this
and call on him and see if what we
have said isn’t true. See his ndv.
We desire to say to our subscri
bers who failed to receive the Mes
senger last week, that it was no
fault of ours. Our mail was made
up and placed in theolficeoo Wed
nesday evening; but there was no
mail leaving this place Thursday
morning, and consequently the pa
pers lay in the post office till Fri
day morning.
Amid the changes and uncertain
ties of men and things generally,
we have heretofore consoled our
selves that there was one thing up
on which we could rely with uner
ring certainty, namely the Unitid
States mails ; hut even in this we
find we are mistaken, ns is evidenc
ed by the conduct of the line from
this place to Chattanooga which
leaves and arrives once twice or
three times a week just as suits their
convenience.
A correspondent from Cave
Spring writes us: Mr. L. G. Chil
ders who resides seven miles south
east of Cedartown, had from one
bee hive in one season six swarms
of bees, and in two seasons fifteen
colonies Miss Sarah E. Chil
ders, daughter of 1,. G. Childers,
only 8 years old picks 125 pounds
of cotton per day, commencing af
ter the dew drys off.
We received a communication
from Waterville this week ; but too
late to publish in full, we cull tin
following items from it: The people
of our community are very rejoiced
over Col. Clements’ election
Mr. Jessee Simms is having his
mill repaired and will soon have u
circular saw in operation, which
will be quite a convenience to our
community Farmers urebu.-y
sowing wheat, gathering corn and
picking the last of the cotton
Squirrel hunting is in order of wet
days. Your correspondent bus
killed since the first of January
1880 : 84 squirrel, 10 birds, 4 rab
bits and one disorganized pole cat,
an 1 have made enough to feed my
Democratic bove, till I can make
some mote.
MEIUHUOUIIOOD .VOTES,
Gathered Froai All Sources.
There are 13<K) hands employed
in factoii's in Chattanooga.
Cedartown Thursday night illu
minated and jubilated over Felton’s
defeat.
W. T. Cornelius, a highly esteem
ed citizen of Rome died in Thomas
ville, Ga., a few days ago.
Polk polled 1,594 votes Felton
956, Clements 651, Hancock 1,066.
Garfield 508. Clements got 356 at
Cedartown and his name only on
foor Garfield tickets.
A bale of cotton planted, worked
and picked by a man named Pa
teal, aged 103 years, sold at Rome,
a few days ago at auction, bringing
14 Jets., per pound.
Dalton Citizen : All up the line
of the Western and Atlantic road,
last Thursday night, bonfires were
blazing in honor of the newly elec
ted congressman, Judson C. Clem
ents.
Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, after a long
illness is able to be up again, but
inten ied to leave yesterday evening
for St. Andrews’ Bay, West Florida,
where lie expects to remain for
some time—perhaps through the
winter. — Home Courier.
Rome Courier: A man nam
ed Finkelstein attempted suicide
last Sunday morning on the Selma
train several miles below Dalton. —
It seems that Finkelstein was un
der custody of an officer who carry
ing him to Rome to answer to a
j charge ot larceny after trust, *
t (The Rome Bulletin says a petition
to the Georgia Legislature is be
ing circulated in that city, and we
presume all over the State, asking
for the repeal of the present convict
system, and the substitution of a
new system which shall be more in
harmony with the dictates of hu
manity and the spirit of the age.
Rome Courier: We publish an
Atlanta’dispatch reporting the fall
ing of hot stones in Cobb county.
We imagine ail is quiet since the
election, and that the supposed
st ne? were hot shot the Mariet
ta Journal turned loose on Felton.
I Something made it hot for the Par
son down there.
North Georgia Time*: Tillman
Gainitn, an old respectable citizen
of this county, met with a most
horrible death, while ginning cot
i ton at Mr. Daily Gregory’s gin a
few days ago. Ilis head was
i caught between two cog-wheels,
crushing out his brains. lle<x
p’red almost instantly.
North Georgia Times: Two white
men named Jackson and White
had a quarrel in the Ball Ground
District, this county, on Nov. 2nd.
Jackson drew a pi.-tol and sLot
White in the abdomen, mortally
wounding him. It is thought he
will die. Jackson was arrested
and is now in jail at this place.
A fearful collision occurred on
the Rome railroad Thursday morn
ing. As the passenger train was
running rather slowly over an up
l grade the freight train behind ran
into the nnr end id it, demolishing
an engine, two passenger coaches
and several freight cars. One lady
was fractured about the head, and
several gentlemen considerably
bruised up.
R une Courier: Lewis Billups, an
old colored citizen of this city,
while ascending from a well lost
his hold mid was precipitated to
the bottom, a distance of about 32
feet. Dr Boyd was summoned,
who attended him promptly, but
owing to extensive internal injury
j caused from the violent concussion,
could afford him no relief. He
died in about three hours from re
ception of injury.
Marrictta Journal: Charley Holle
num says, now forever more, in
sickness, in hoalto, in poverty’s
vale or abounding in wealth, he is a
Clements' man. He says lie lias a
! Clement attachment and will never
let go unless you cut off’ bis tail,
I and Hint a man that can beat Joe
Brown,Gen. Gordon, Wade Hump
ton and Dr. Feiton ought to be
carried to Atlanta and exhibited
until Congress assembles,
. Chalta. Times: Yesterday morn
ing as the E st bound Memphis
train was approaching Huntsville,
Ala., a negro was discovered leisure
ly walking on the track a short
distance in advance of the train.—
The whistle was blown and signals
given, but he did not leave the tr e.k.
and before the train could be stop
ped it passed over his body, mang
ling it into a dreadful wanner and
causing instant death It proved
to be the body of a deaf and dumb
negro named Jones, livingat Hunts
ville-. 4he ltuiaiiiß acre taken to
that city for burial. He haves a
family.
Rome Tribune: It is patent to
any observing man that our rail
road facilities are utterly inadequate
for the trade of Rome. The line
from Chattanooga to Rome and
from Rome to Columbus or La
grange or Carrollton, via Cedartow n,
must be built or our trade is des
tined to seek other markets. hor
weeks our merchants have suffered
for the want of goods, detained by
a block in the railroad freight de
partment here and elsewhere In
fact it lias proven detrimental to
the trade of our city, and in some
cases loss on goods so held lias lie* u
the result, li the two mails run
ning into Rome can’t do the busi
ness. it is the duty of our merchants
to eno.nurage, in every way, the
building ot oilier roads.
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Arkansas Letter.
RussEi.vti.t.E, Auk , Nov. 7, 1880.
Mr. Editor:
As doubtless many *>f your read
ers would like to hear from this
part of the country, and as I prom
is< (1 them before leaving Georgia,
that they should hear from me, 1
take this opportunity of writing.
Myself and family left Chattanoo
ga th u 27th of October, and la- (led
here the 29th, all safe and sound.
We had good luck on the way, ail
except Wm Ellison, he got strapped
in Argenta of 844, by a sharper.
Russelville is situated in the
western part of Polk county, in
north-west Arkansas, about ten
miles from Dover —the county site
—and three miles from the Arkan
sas river, and four miles from Dar
danelle.
So far I am well pleased with the
country.
The uplands here are not the
best; but they produce corn, wheat,
cotton, vegetables and sucdi 1 i
well. The bottom lands are heavi
ly timbered, anil produce extreme
ly Well.
Laborers wages are good, I am
getting $26 a month, and the money
every Saturday night.
There are a great many Georgians
here, and you know what the term
implies to say they are Georgians
still.
Russelville has four churches,one
Presbyterian, one Methodist Church
South, one Episcopal and i ne Bap
tist church.
The Baptist State Couv« ntioti is
in session,here now, there was a
very able stum m prea- h d to-day
by a Texas Divine.
There is about 100 bales of cot
ton sold here daily, and a great
deal of business done here general
ly.
Please send me the Messenger,
for I am lost with out it. Also send
me a couple of back numbers that
I may know whether the Hon. J.
C. Clements was elected or not.
Yours truly,
John M. llaui*.
Attachment Again.
7b the Editor of the Mtssemjcr:
‘•1 toid you so," I knew the
mule colt” was the swifter “arii —
mule ’ofti e two. Your rac£ hor
ses run well, when they are. proper
ly groomed, have a smooth track,
and a sharp jockey, But it takes a
mule to beat a r»ce i:i an open field.
Did you ever see a horse lead a
mule across a forty-acre field? No,
sir, the mule uses his head to such
an advantage iu the race that lie al
ways takes the lead, and comes out
winner. The 7 1 ii District is the
largest forty-acre field you ever saw;
and when the old race horse of na
tional fame came up by the side of
that “mule colt,” commonly called
"Jud,” to lead the race by 5,000
feet, I shook my head, and said 1
never saw a mule beat across such
a field. It cannot lit done. It is
all together too mountainous. The
mule lias run in this field too long.
The race horse will he left behind.
A mule is a wonderfuL’ani—mule.”
He has got a lot of sense. By a
compound action of head and heels
he always comes out first best. A
mule always does his own kicking
and braying, and the result is usu
ally satisfactory to himself.
James A Garfield is the man. —
W. 8 Hancock, is a General in the
U. 8. Army. I feel like the man
who sent the following dispatch to
a frier.d at Vernon, Indiana, just af
ter the October election:
“You need not i lug the courthouse bell,
With joyous peal in Vernon's hound,
Indiana has gone to h—II,
Suppress the (I—d bell’s sound.”
I am sad and yet I am glad,
I am glad and yet I am sad.
Respf ifully,
Attachment.
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Subscribe for the Walker County
J/cssnger.
“Alexis” W rites Again.
November 10111, 1880.
Dear Meneenyer:
You ran lianily what a
lively touch h is .u-enwith flit fir
mers (luring the hist six wi Us—
rowing out* mol wheat in il gather
ing corn uiui | ot.atoos, fortmoitelv
the weather has been very fivoni
hle for such work -so the turners
have been 01 usually busy —hardly
hail time to go to the election ; hut
enough of them <1 id malt, out in
go, and see Unit the root I'u go 1 i
right, mol that thp poor '•/■/. -id (the
i orunt iz' il) wJtc* • life was an nearly
until. Oil |m|. ,\f ill) that his Kin .
\ ilia vilalitv »as only niiole
rent by a faii.t wiggle of the tail,
was resii*eiiitiei|
The fact is, tins name lizard I as
displayed woml-rful vitality. It
rose np—shook itself and gave one
mighty wiggle waggle of his honest
tail, which swept all over the entire
Seventh Congressional District, and
gave the renowned champion of In
dependentistn a contemptuous
swish in the face, which split thp
smile upon his face square into and
sent him back to the walks of pri
vate life. How are the mighty fal
len ! The fact is he was a .fonil, and
the great fish of Independentism
swallowed him with all I,is Drills
for thr«*e terms, and then finally
vomited him up on the dry land of
disappointment. Mountains of Ca
toosa and Walker, no dew nor rain
upon you.
The prospects are that there will
he an immense breadth of wheat
sowed this ' ear. Two tilings tend
to promote this, as follows : Ist. A
good wheat crop is expected after a
failure. 2wi. This years crop n!
wheat is so inferior that it can well
be spared to sow.
1 am going to try (or a club for
The Baptist Sun. Ai.exis.
Dot lings From Siibligna.
| Editin' Messenger:
i The great election day for 1880 is
i past, and quite a number of people
1 are happy, while others arc ei-'
; down, and it seems that the day of
; ri miming with them l as arrived.
1 hut we would say to the despon
dent ones, to remember that the
race is not always to the swift ; nor
the battle to the strong and intelli
i gent if so their grief would have
! been turned into joy, and the joy
of others into grief
It is reported that.l. M Lawrence
has sold his lands adjoining Cant.
Atkins, to F. XI. Lawrence, of Dry
Creek.
The past week Inis been very un
favorable for cotton picking.
Hub little wheat sown as yet.
Radius.
Nov. Bth, 1880.
EiKtor Mencmjcr:
We learn from the farmers that
the yield of cotton and corn will
both he much less than was untici
; pated. We learn also that the num
ber of poik hogs are few, so we rea
dily conclude that our county is
not in a very flourishing condition.
( and then upon the top of all this
Garfield, the Radical President, is
elected, so it seenin our destiny is
fixed, and that we are destined to
laho* and toil the remainder of our
lives to support the demagogues of
the North.
Weather cool and bracing.
Rad tut.
November loth, 1880.
Tt'iim Gleanings.
Thion, 11. t., Xov. !l, ISBO.
Elidin' Messenger:
The friends of the Hon. J. C.
Clements, manifested their happi
ness at his election to Congress on
Saturday night, by a grandjtorch
light procession with music.
Miss Peggy Morton died at this
place, this morning about 11
o’clock. N. H. Coker.
Malice.
I hereby inform my friends, to
whom lam very gtap ful for past
kindnesses, that 1 inn now with II
15. Parks it Co., Rome. Geo., dealers
in ladies dress goods and trimmings,
men and hoys’ custom made cloth
ing, jeans, hats, cups, hoots, shoes,
and in short an unbroken line ol
staple and fancy dry good- and no
tions.
When you are in the city 1 shall
be pleased to have you call and see
me, as I can offer you these goods
at prices that will justify you in
purcliasi g.
Respectfully,
J. W. Ci.o«k.
Rome, Oct., 1880 4t- inf.
Notice.
We want to buy 3 or 4 good, hea
vy mules.
Tunis Ma.n’f’u Co.,
G. R. Myers, Sec. Treas.
A World of Good.
One of the most popular tneoi
vines now before the American pub
lic, is Hop li;tti rs. Yuli see il
everywlieie. People lake it with
good i-liecl. it to.ilds them un
It is not ms pleasant to the tuaic a
some other Ritters ns it is not e
whisky drink. It is more like tin
old fashioned hone set ten that has
■lone a world of good. Il you don't
feel just light trv Hop Hitter*.-
Xuiidi .Net r<
1 h-' Fleas ires of II ipe.
When the l ody s bound with
pain an it'.lense loin it g '• r relii I
biiog- hope. Tliti may brn-hlcn
the. tl.n.g hut il lloee nut cure.
At ati l e at- 11,' ■ liiev lYi-Vomu is
S.icli a It lend as V\ arm i n Sale Kul
nev and Liver Cure, bringing home,
health and happiness and the joys
of a renewed I if-.
A new hook on t'*e horse and
his disea&es, by 15. J. Kendall M.
I)„ containing one hundred pages,
and sixty-five engravings. This is a
eainpnPensive, valuable wort and
worth ten times its cos' to every
one owning a horse. For sale at
this ofliee anil sent Post-paid on
receipt of price, 25 cents, in cur
rency or stamps. Address all
orders to Messenuer. I/iFayette Ga.
m
Christ, Gerber, Wholesale Hard
ware, Toledo, Ohio, says: —The Ex
celsior Kidney Pad has accomplish
ed mote for my wife in three weeks
than all the medicine she lias taken
in three years. Refer all skeptics
to me. —See Adv.
Host Goods, Lowest Prices.
15.-t Quality, PORE SILVER
Thitnl es. For 25 CFNTS. And
ENGRAVED Free Os Charge. Or
two old ones for one new one.
VEAL A SON Rome Ga.
Clois. I. R sdter, lUsSummit Sh,
Toledo, Ohio, says: I would not
take one thousand dollars for inv
Exielsioi Kidney Pad, if 1 could
not get atiotlu r. 1 have gained m
three nioiiths thirty pounds. —See
Adc.
iiiiil Nets.
15 feet bug ami 15 feet w ings 84 (Kb
20 20 " “ 5.00
Veai. it Sox. Rome. Ga.
It is the universal cry all over
Hu- land that ‘Kendall's Spavin
Cure’ is a positive cure. Read the
Adn rlis mi-id.
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CHATTANOOGA MAEKETB
- WEEKLY.
Wheat old SI 05 to SI 10
“ new 75 to SI (K)
Curii, sacked 45
Flour 8550 to 86 50
Corn Meal ... .55
Rullt Meats 5-1 to 8
Bacon (is to !)
L.rd 8}
Rutter 121 to 15
Chicken*, y oung 10 to 13 .
old lfi
Eggs 9 ,
Dried Apples 3
“ Peaches. 4
Black berries —nominal.
Feathers, prime to choice...3s to 40
“ duck 20
Beeswax 18 to 20
Cotton Rags 11 to 11
Tallow —noniiiiiil.
Wool, unwashed 25 to 28
“ tub washed 35 to 40
“ cotteil and burry 12 to 20
Hides, dry 10 to 13
*• green 6 to 7
Potatoes 50
Onions 50
Tomatoes 50
Beans 50
Ochre 81 00
Squashes 75
Cucumbers 81 00 :
Roasting Ears per <loz 8
Cabbages “ ...75 to 81 00
Ginseng Root 90 to 81 00
Pink Root 15 to 18
KOlli: PRICES:
Veal & Son, Jew eler*.
Gold American 7.ever* 150.00
Ladies Gold Watches 20.00
Gents’ Silver American Le
vers 10.00
Gents’.Silver Swiss 8.00
Gents’ Nickel American 8.00
Gents’ Plated Swiss 5.00
Composition Swiss 3.00
Seth Thomas Clocks, fine 5.00
Plain Mantle Clocks 4 (K)
Medium G >od Clocks 8.00
Coiiiii on Clocks 1.00
Fine Gold Opera Chains...... 20.00
Solid Silver Teaspoons, per
sett 5.00
Solid Silver Forks, per sett... 12.00
Silver Plated Teaspoons, per
5ett.’,...,. 1-00
Silver Plated Tablespoons,
per sett 2.00
Double Lined Violin, Bow
and wood case 5.00
Solid Silver Thimbles, (name
engraved on) 50
Heavy Solid Gold Wedding
Rings, ( namte engraved ... 5.00
At the Balloon! At the Ballooil!
H iAi rnpri* Pfttlrrn* H jj
£ VV 1 superior to nil others fiS EL
B 'M HlflifVlur pnlidogiio. g
jj / . jj
FOR LOW PRICSS
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST.
Eteri IliiiiK |fiinr»nlrr«l rcpreit'iiflrri or moiirv rr
rrlimdrd.
Since w« have ileciilcd nut In sell out, our New V..ik buyer has been piling in
the good* by the car loan, until every burner i- full aid running over
WITH BARGAINS ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
!!>:•«•** Goods, Vrlion*, I'r.iiiy Guods, lliilim i y Goods,
(ktasimerrs, Jcnits,
4'itllonadcs, Print*. Hotur*lic*, Ladies l.iiit-n Suit*.
TH£ ZCI. GOUNTER Is FULL OF NEW AND USEFUL ARTICLES
at a much less price than you can get them elsewhere.
THE 2»CT. COUNTER HAS MANY ARTICLtS THAT WOULD,
t'ost you 25 to cOjuiit at other places you will suve money I»y making your i.»ui
chase* at the lIAIAOON.
THE SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT.
The largest variety of first class Machines in the Stale, such as,
The Eldridg*. White, Royal, St John. Weed,
Victor. Remington Domestic, Ameri
can, Davis, Singer, and Wanzer.
*
The W r ’ vz tal Shiger are our <-hcape<t machine?. Persona winking cheap ‘2nd
Ha«.d i»u»« hi"i*>, pan always find a good nsMirtment. Kxchange new itfa*
chine- lor old ones. Sell lor cash an on monthly payments.
Don't full t" caii as the liuHooa before buying anything in our line.
IL E. rSOUDEK,
Chattiiimoga, Tennessee.
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•L F. It AUDI.AIt'. It. V. .IOXKS.-
WARDLAW & JONES,
At the Old Stand of Reece Brcs., in DeSoto,
Dealers in all kimls of
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
ALSO BAGG'NG AND TIES,
ami all kiinl of supplies, usually kept in !i llrst class grocery store.
V\ c have a in euiinectioti with our stoic a large commodious stable and wagon 1
yard.
The trade of Walker and adjacent counties especially solicited.
(ejjf-We pav tlci highest market price for all kinds of country produce, and self
"Ur goods at “rock bottom prices.” WAIIDLAiV & JONKS.
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