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VOL, X.
LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA. YVEDNESDAY, APRIL 27 1887.
“ COMMUmOAIED.
ON ST.JOHN'S RIVER.
Will you be so kind as to allow
me space (or a short letter from
Fa. in our columns. Again 1 am
at the fast growing city of Jack
sonville, Fla. I left home on the
mcning of the sixth; arrived In re
on the 7th, at 7:35, p m.,amidst the
roaring of boats and steam car
whistles, with loud yells from
drummers for the best hotel and
boarding houso in the city which
a most deafens one's ears, or
doses one to hear that’s deaf.
Thi - city is composed mostly of
Northerners with much wealth,
and business is on a large boom.
I came down so quick from the
valleys and mountains with their
frosts and freezes, that 1 could
hudly realize the distance of over
lour hundred miles. Yet when I
find every thing green in its full
ness, with most all kinds ot vege
tables it makes it like the land of
summer, with nice showers. Now
here comes the ice peddler, dealing
it out to mix w ith the impel feet
water. Every sweet has its bit
ter.
I must tell you of the wharf
down there among the boats both
gteani anu sail Many were load
ed with vegetables and most all
kinds ol friuts known to the world,
just arriving from the islands and
lands where the frosts and winters
are unknown, here to deal out the
sweetest fruits to the mixed multi
tude of the traveling word. Yet
no one satisfied with the fullness
o' all.
There is a great move back
north this spen d summer.
This is ol.e way our sourtlmrn
land is going into the hands of
northern capitalists. No one has
the remotest idea of the of
our lovely southern lands that are
going, and fast going into the
H inds of the so called loan associ
ations. No one, nor newspapers
could have told me of the amount,
only from the hundreds of agents
I have met with in my travels
hrougli Georgia and Florida fo
il ve months past. I fear it’s rap
id y increasing. Is.there no liel]
lor remedy? It appears like n
onsuining fire destined to leave
th usands homeless without a
hope. When traveling down
through the low, flat, wet, p:ney
.vooos of Georgia and V orida,
w’a re the scrub palm leaf, and
gall berry grows, just here one
an c mmcnce putting a value on
i North Georgia home,yet through
dee many good people live, 1
nave often met numbers of child
ren *1 rough there. About one
third in number would be bloated
with a dropsical appearance w ith
out color of blood, often many men
the same way. Os course ludhs
always look well and better.
Oh, listen at the fire bells and
whistles, crying for help. The
gr, at and grand c d city of Si.
Augusti’’e is burning down, d wu!
The lire is raging in the top of the
old venerable and ancient Span sh
Cathedral, has tl rown from its
top t e telling clock for past ages,
to tick no rr.< re. At halt past five
this morning, we learn only ore
wo nan was consumed in the
fl mt-s, who was hired at one ho
tel. Only ft few days ago I hail
the great and highly
esteemed pleasure of visiting and
viewing this granu old ancient
ci'y, which history can only tell of
its numerous years, of 315. What
a proof the aged jewels must fall,
yet bright and inu-li loved.
I had the pleasure of visiting mv
father at h is home a few days ago,
in bis BGtb year, with his wind as
bright as bright as bright could be.
What a a gift to have a father,
and. ob, a mother. In my roeetin..
thousands of men, I have met only
one ma”. for the six past months,
older than my father, lie was in
his 92nd year, and lived near
Columbus, Ga. He wab quite a
stout man, living with bis tecond
wife, w ho is 83 years old.
I am thankful for the privdege of
enjoying the climate south this
past wmtar, which is attributable
to the kindness of my children.
o obn B. Alexander.
April 12tb, 1887.
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BEAR CREEK, TEX.
I iuj poie ycur friends want to
hear bowl we are getting along
! Here inj he|graiid_old 4 state of Texur.
I Well lam not prepared to boom
her up at present, as it has uot
rained hero s nee I wrote you over
two mouths ago, Creeks as large
as the Armuehce are as dry as
dust, and the little rain we had
did not du much good. The
ground is opening in large deep
cracks, and as the drouth has con
tinued so lung, and it being near
the hot season, it makes quite a
gloomy prospect. Funning has
been at a stand still for u time.
Hired farm bauds have been turn
ed off, or pa> stopped till it rains.
Some are leaving the country, and
others a ill iu a few days if the
drouth continues. We were in
tho edge of a light shower yester
day, though it bar dly laid tho
dust. Corn came up badly, and
was damaged by the cold wave
As it is so dry and inviting to the
chinch bugs, they are fast killing
the corn, who it and oats, an lin a
short time everything will bo dead
if there does not come rain io kill
them out, Some stockmen are
carrying their catt e to the Nation.
A short distance from hero they
had no rain last year nor up to
the pri sent. They aro in a de
plorable condition, especially the
poor class. The government is
issuing thorn scant rations for the
present, and s tould that stop they
would be compelled to starve, for
they could not get away without
railroads would give free transpor
tation That llioy would not do.
for you know corporations have
no sympathy, nor even a soul
Many of your r aders wo .Id like
to know why it is that the news
papers in Texas never give any
discouraging news from this slate
I can tell you. All towns where
papers are printed have land
; gents that advertise iu them, so
only the bright side is shown to
the public.
There is a vast amount of school
land west of here that can he had
on 30 years time, and very rich.
But it is a 1000 miles from any
where, and seldom eve” rpius ex
cepl in the winter, and if you don't
believe it just go f ml see.
I know a party that has been
trying to farm it out west, and bus
inado but one crop in 14 years, and
is yet hopeful that the Alurgbty
will make him prosper there. 1
think he is either boring in the
wrong place oi has a dull gimlet.
This is fine country, large bod
dies of Vo”y rich laud, easy culti
vated, plenty of railroads, hardy
to muk'et, schools, &c., but the
rain, it just wont come. There
are many clevsr people and I hope
sum; Christians here, but tboro is
more prolanity in Texas than ' any
o' the 14 states that 1 have been
in And considering that there is
a kind of loom regard for ibe
subbath, &c , were it not for the
cattle, &c., it might not raiu at ul.,
and should it uot rain soon I' wi'l
have to leave Imre for a more con
genial clm.o.
J. L. Neal.
April 15th, 1837.
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lIAB. liSHAM COUNTY.
in son e respect this is a go d
count y. Situated as it is on the
foothills of the Blue ltulge, it can’t
be surpasse; f t its beautiful
scenery, good wat t, and prf•< t
health. There are some good
lands ou the rivers, creeks and
brunibts. We have the Soquee
River, that runs almost through the
own of Clarkesritle,on which there
are some fine lands that produce
well.
The principle crop is corn; some
wheat on the uplands Rye, clo
ver, and grass al. do well on the
bottom lands.
The country is finely adapted to
raisiug stock, espeedy cattle, as it
is an easy matter to save enough
hay to winter them. Then when
turned on tue range, they are soon
ready f ur market, »ay from the first
'of July to November. They are
' diiven from all the upper counties
}of the State and the Western
Ipoiticn of North Carolina, and
shipped South. Seme horses and
mules nr*' also driven from these
seetious N'outh at romqwrutive
prices.
No corn Las been shipped from
the West to this point since l have
been here, a period of fifteen
months.
The people for the most part
are clever amt law abiding. V
great deal of produce is sold hero
from all purts Atest and North of
here, even into North Carolina,
consisting of eggs, chickens, butter,
meat, lard, hides, furs, skins, wal
nuts, and popcorn; some wheat,rye,
oat ), beans aud poas Wo blbo
have quantities of apples in the
fall and winter. Winter before
last the best sold at 40 cents
por bushel. Last winter they
were higher owing to the failure
of the crop in the mountains. The
apple .jure f ir superior to anything 1
ever saw in W.ilker County
1 his it one of the most wonder
ful sections I ever knew for its
wafer power. There are iu three
miles of this place two wo. 1 u
factories, ono of them large, und
built iu 1883. They require no
dam, and but a short race as nature
formed the dam with the solid
granite, and to groat is the fall
thatiu one hundred feet tney bare
forty feet fall. There are numbers
like ibis on the Soque River and
they are also found on almost all
the smaller streams. A cotton
factory is now iu the course of
erection. So you sec that though
we are in the mountains, yet there
arc vim aud enterprise in ihe peo
pie.
This c’imate is very healthful,
and iu the summer wo have a great
many visitors from the lowlands.
Numbers of persons who live iu
Augu-ta, Charleston aud Savannah
have residences in this section und
come lioro to spend the s minor.
Tue health of myself aud family
has been tolerably good since we
hare been here. Hat there has been
onsiderable sickness in this tc:-
tion this winter and spring, mostly
measles. Several have died. V7i
~ad measles last year.
T. H. 101 wards.
CHINA MISSION.
Dr. W. A. Park, of the China
tfiss'on of the M 10. Church
South has cha'go of the hospital
jstab'isbed by the Mission U >pri
it Sue ow, China. The followin
extracts f'om the report of th<
Cummi tee on the s ate of tin
ll.urcli made to the Co. fercuc
ield Shanghai, will show how ill!
pcrlant is the iveik he is doing.
“I 1 is with intense gratilicuLioi
dial' wo have noted <he stonily
advances of our medical work
making its way, as it has, tlivougl
in ny difficulties, until at lust w.i
lind developed in our Sucho
Hospital one.of our inoit effective
agencies for carrying on mission
work
During the lust year a desiraU
addition lias been mad i iu die way
of a ref idoueo for the native mana
ger, thus lillipg up the comple
rn nt of bail lings needed for ihe
present use.
1307(1 is tlie total number of pa
tients treate I during the year. Os
t.iis “number 5(1 were opium pa
tients.
We (ind most gra'itying evidence
of ihe carefulness and skill of our
medical missionai ies in the fact
that of (he 23 important surgical
operations peiformed during .he
year all are reported as having boon
successful, tiood work has bjn
done in the way of training natives
to be helpful assistants iu our mod
ieid department. During the year
eight students have been in regu
lar attendance at lectures and clin
ics, ami from the reports of their
progress we feel justified in hoping
that in the near future we shad
through their agency be able to ex
tend the beuefils of our medical
work to other parts of the field
occupied by us.
The idea ol self support seems j
to have ben kepi l enetantiv in !
view. All who arc t.eatsd pay a
small consul mg fne, nlmi iv pay
for their ine.ii lu -s a > w. 11. itjj«,
opirii unljr iu C ..uuiiuce tho e
having the rare o our in- d a.
work would do web to advacce
along this line as rapidly as tney
No. :>8
run without injury nt ether point .
No lent lire c ft he report in more
; giaifying than that indicating the
! ready ancu-s given to I lie people
by our hospital work. They come
in great numbers seeking health
for tlioif l> .dies mid thus oppor
j tumty is given us lo point tueiu to
i the great Ileal r of H mis.
Respect u ly submitted,
0. F. It hid, )
D. B. Andf.uson, vCou.
A. I’. I’.lßKHlt, )
TACI'.
One of the most dramatic events
in the oratorical career of Henry
Ward Beecher,” said Mayor (Jni
ringtou, of Richmond, Vi., to a
Wo. Id reporter, “occurred iu Rich
raoud live yea s ago tins Spring,
during his lecturing tour through
the South. Tue announcement
tli it he was to lecture at Mozart
llall >»n the ‘North and Sou U’
tilled tnoold building. it wus h s
first aopearancc in Richmond since
the war and lie was rather doubt
ful r bout tho kiud ot reception he
would get. When ho walked out
on the stage ho saw before him
several of the loading genera's on
the losing side In the fourth row
of the orchestra sat Gen. F.tzliugh
Lee and just behind him Genera'
Rosser, while near by wore ex-
Gevenor ‘Extra Billy’ Smith and
Goveuor Cameron. No applause
greeted the great preacher as he
stepped before the footlights. Tue
ladies leveled their opera glasses
at him with cold curiosity and
the tnon looked coolly expectant:
s nne hissing from a crowd of tow
dies iu t! e gill ary did not toud to
disp.l the ehi.iiuoss of the recep
tion
“Mr. Beecher surveyed the au
lionce calmly fora nl 'limit, uo«l
then, stepping directly in from of
General Bee, he said, ‘i have seen
pictures of Gen. Fitzliugh Bee,
md I judge that you are tliu man;
tin I right?
‘The Generd, slightly taken
aback by this direct addrets, nod
ded sliilly, while tho audience bent
forward breathless with curiosity
as to what was going to follow.
“ ‘Then,’ Haul Mr. Beecher, h s
face lighting up, ‘1 wan to offer
/ou tins right han I. which, in its
>wn way, fought against you and
vouih twenty five years ugo, hut
vhjch I would now willingly sacri
ice to matte the sunny south pies
lerons and happy. Will you take
h, General r*
‘Toeiewasa moms.it's liesita
ion, a moment of deathlike still
toss in the hall, and then Fitz
liugh 800 was on bis feet, his hand
was extended across tho footlights
nd was. q.tickl j mat by the warm
grasp of (he prei clioi's.
‘At first there wus a murmur,
half jf surprise an I half of doubt
u ness, from the audience; thou
tiuo.'e was a hesitating elapoing of
•an s, arid before Beecher hod
unloosed the band of Urbert K.
Bee’s no, hew—now Gov rnor of
/irginia—there were cheers such
is were never before heard iu old
Mozart, though it hud hieatlie
scene es many a war an i political
noeiiug.
“Well that was only the begin
uing of the enthusiasm.
“When the noise subsided Mr.
Beecher Continued: ‘When 1 go
hack homo I slut 1 proudly teil that
I have gr»S| e I the bond of the
nephew of tho groat Southern
chieftain. 1 shad ;oil my people
thiti went t< the 0 n ode ate
.apoal with a heart fid ol love
for the people w.ioiu my principles j
nice obliged ura to oppose, and '
that 1 was met half way by the I
brave Boat theme is who can for
give us well as tbay can fi H ht.
“Fite minutes of applause fol
lowed, and th n Mr. Beecher,
having gained the hearts of his
audience began the lecture and
wus airplane 1 to the echo. That
night he entered his carriage aud
drove to his bote 1 ail sio its
such as had never greets i a N o to.
em man in Bi luin.nd siuee thi
war/”
In Atlanta tue Department of
Agriculture displays as! ingle
made of ueorgia pine in 1785,
wiii ti, n twitlistoi ting its service
o 1 1- tsa s n i s a v.c ho se
roof iu i,*vb c ujiiVjKafj u .i‘d aud
bOUii 1.
B -foro the wedding day she w.»V
dsar and lie was her treasure, bait
afterward she became dearer and erf
trenail er.
A Jity of Bi .mil 111 I Wttoipfi,
Detroit, Mich., is noted for Its'
healthy, I umlsome ladies, whits r
t e leading physicians and drug
gin s there attribute to the aeueruf
use and popularity of DV. Il uaerh
Iron Tonic.
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Marslui IC. Griffeiti was p'.ow
ing in his field in Dooms county,'
with his gun resting on the piow
dock. The plow stiUCk a rock*
causing the stock to bound and
tho g' nto d.scliarge. The load
entered the loft arm of Mr. Grif
feth between the shoulder and the
elbow, making a fearful woend. Mr,
was taken to his home and
n e iical attention called, it wuft
at once decided to -remove tbs
wounded l.mb into which the shot
had plowed wiib cruel laceration.
Saturday evening Dts Elder,
Gwiuu and Carithers amputated
the arm at the shoulder. Mr. Grif
fuili was doing well.. Ho was one
of the strongest men in Oconew
county, ail i will doubtless survive
this affliction.
It will not disappoint you. ft
is the best article known for puri
fying the blood and building up
tie health and s leugili. For 2.5
years ago erysiplelas broke outiii
blotches on my f ce: 1 found no
euro until I used I’irker's Tonic
two years ugo, Il is lha medicine
for me.—Fl G. H.
Miscellaneous AJsiitsintent
H P. lUMFKiN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
lai’uyettc, ■ • t.cergla
Will practice ill nil th# roiirls
’ronipt and careful atteiilton given ~i
Hisiliess.
MONEY LOANFJ
OS I,VI rlt if VI.1) I k HUM
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iiiiyiinioiiiit that c.ui lie secured, on
nun one m live years time
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| Q. A. LEWIS, Fropt’f.
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Within ten steps of the depot. The
ome o, the eoinmercial tmvctfri. I
.aye recently bought the property
{flown as the Dolt' Green flonse anil
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