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penings of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—It is just one week from Thurs¬
day—Ohaistmas.
—The 20th is the last day for pay¬
ing state and county takes.
-Mr. M. L. Minor and family,
of Redan, have moved to Atlanta.
Santa Claus is coming, you will
find him at Hollingsworth S.
—Mis* Annie Powell has returned
from a delightful visit to Covington,
—Mrs. R. W. Trotter has been
quite sick with fever for several
days. *
—The Union Sunday school will
have a Christmas tree .during the
holidays.
—Mr. T. P. George is slowly re
covering from a long and severe
spell of fever.
—A largo and fine line of dress
goods that will please the ladle- at
J. C. Johnson’.
—Mr. T. P. George will move into
his new house in the grove at the
Methodiat church soon.
Try BLACKDHAUIIT tor
—Our municipal ... election docsn „
come off until the first Wednesday
iu January but it- lively now.
—Mr. Will McKnight and
Mo T.r Williams \ have l bought Mr. * F.
Wesley’s > store , house on Mam w street.
iissrs ,
m„ probably alio, tho « of
nasML ,!a :
X hc right way to cure
is to eradicate the poisonous
which causes the disease, by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
—Glance over our columns
buy your goods from those who
fer your trade, and you will be
tain and get bargains.
—The legislature has passed a
providing for the taxation of
roads by municipal authorities as
now done by the atate and
— Pret utmirrn ha c nnir
from near Stone Mountain
there
ing elect teacher for
-It is said that CoUL J.Gti
of Conyers, will receive a
in the state school
He is a brilliant and
young man, and will fill the position
satisfactorily.
—It is with regret that we learn
that Messrs. P. K. and J. L.
and their families will move to At¬
lanta next year. We don’t see how
we can give them up and trust that
they may yet decide not to move.
—The Methodist parsonage is
being repaired and repainted and
the new'pMK-G Rev. John W. Stipe,
of McDouoogh, is expected to move
here Thursday, and preach next
Sunday morning and night.
—“Every newspaper man,” says
an exchange, “has at fome time in
Ins business experience met the man
who > Hiow take* more papers than he
read.’ ” Yes; we have met “one
or two” of that kind in this county.
—Col. David Cagle announces
Ids candidacy for re election to the
office of Mayor of Lithonia. His rec¬
ord is known to our people and if he
It re-elocted he will continue to faith¬
fully discharge the duties of the of*
inris of Block’s
400 pounds of stick
> pounds of mixed
oxes of raisins; 20
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G AND EVERYBODY.
—Mr. B. D. Cross’i-y’s dwelling is
nearing completion.
—Oo out to tt»e school meeting at
the academy to-night.
—Dr, Gibb*, it is said, will be the
next to cast aside single wretched¬
ness. So may it be.
BLACK-DRAUGHT res eons Con*tfp«t!on.
—We will try and arrange to have
correspondents from every section
of the county next year.
—Mr. John W. Weckes and fami¬
ly, of near Decatur, have moved to
his place near here. To such noble
citizens a hearty welcome is extend
ed.
—Mr. J. L. Johnston has moved
to town and is occupying Mr. Jones
Wiggins’ house.
—Mies Ida Johnston, one of our
most charming young ladies who has
been attending school at Oxford, has
relumed home to the delight
of her many friends,
—Miss Ida Edwards, one nf Cov
ington’s handsomest and most popu
far young ladies, visited Miss Leila
G »y Sunda y
—what you owe so you can
better enjoy Christmas,
They are still arriving daily
—Xmas goods—something to
please everybody at Hollings
worth's.
r-Mr.Coly „ Warren, of Atlanta, .
WM l,uwn °" 8 VW,t Snnd ^'
“ 0ur hm ™ Cm Bt ™ 1 * n ° l 1,1
® good condition as they should be.
“ ,ve ? £?“*■ ^ , b ? for 8 the f
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dance at the residence of Mr. T. E.
Anderson . , _ Friday night ... last,
f" ~t i ej - *•“- w “ “ rb .“" d *’'
last and paui our sanctum, a visit.
Fire WOrks Such “ waS nCV *
er before seen. Hollingsworth,
—There will be no pajier issued
from this office on the 80th except a
«*»U »beet for legal advertisements,
—John Temple Graves, is to de¬
liv;r an address at the banquet of
the New England Society on the
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HaT W, * E OF caroui, a Tonic tot Women,
—If yo« waut a good wagon at
the lowest possible price, write to or
c*U and see G. \V. Mambriek, Saap
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—Five hundred ladies and chil¬
dren’s Christmas hats at 5, 10, 25 eta
and on up, and they are going fast at
J. C. Johnson’s.
—The bill granting mor; power
and privileges to our town has been
pawed by the bouse and senate and
will be a law as soon as the Govern¬
or signs it.
—Let all Royal Arch Masons re¬
member that, Lithonia Chapter meets
on Friday, Deo. 26th. There will be
work in all four degrees, beside the
electron of officers.
Xmas is most here. My
Xmas goods are already here.
Call and see them. W. H.
Hollingsworth.
—H. W. Gibbs went to At¬
lanta yesterday and bought a Sue Jot
of Christmas goods—so be certain
and call at the drug store before you
buy your Christmas presents.
—Prof; J. C. Hardie’s school closes
next Friday and the pupils will give
an exhibition at night that will be in¬
teresting and instructive. Our citi¬
zens should give the children a
crowded bouse.
WcEtBErS WIWE OF CAI1DUI for Wesk Serves.
—The DeKalb primary was held
last Tuesday, A determined fight
was made upon the old officers be
wTentE wW^SelfVvn
found that the friends of Gen. Gor¬
don had carried tbe county by over
two bupdreu majority.—Gwinnett
Herald. It ia an old saying that you
the news," and this is indeed new*
to oar people. If there was any is¬
sue of the kind made in the primary
except by a very few individuals we
are oot aware of the fact.
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LIVELY JACKSONVILLE.
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Local, Personal and Other
Items Gathered
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OUR LOVELY SUBURBAN TOWN
By a Special Correspondent, and
Dished Oat to Our Readers
In Short Paragraphs.
No sickness at all in Jacksonville.
Now, would you let your Frankie
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Pound party in Jacksonville
Christmas night.
It is about time for the unfort¬
unate debtor to “fold his tent like the
and silently steal away."
Master Bobbie Mills, of Law
renceville, has come to Jacksonville
to live with his sister, Mrs. R. S.
Fowler.
Miss Ilillia Nash will spend the
in Beaver Ruin, Gwinnett
The boys are sad, and
wear long faces in spite of all
anticipated gayeties.
The fame of the sociability of
this lovely village has spread abroad
in the land, and “the boys” flock in
from every point of the compass.
The number of visitors.this week are
as the sands of the sea—innumera
ble.
Not much to do here this week.
Everybody taking a rest for Christ¬
mas. There is always a calm be¬
fore a storm ; watch the skies
over this burg Christmas night;
you will see a miniature display
of tho aurora beauralia.
There will be at least one turkey
feast in Jacksonville Christmas.
It is said that some are born for
turkeys, some achieve turkeys and
some have turkeys thrust uj»on
them, but yo correspondent belongs
to the great majority who never get
any turkey at all. 8o mote it bo.
The B. P. U. is on a boom. There
is a surplus in the treasury, new
members are being initiated weekly,
and the skies of the order are clear
from the zenith to the horizon.
There will be a new era in the an¬
nals of Jacksonville when the B.
P. U. gets fully ready for business.
A disappointed congregation as¬
sembled at the home of Mr. Wtg
gins last Sunday. Rev. Mr. Hemp¬
hill failed to meet his appointment,
on in his fami¬
ly. Mr. WeCleUaod, of Lithonia,
conducted the services, and deliv
ered an interesting and instructive
talk.
At the request of a number of cit¬
izens of this place a meeting is here¬
by called to assemble' at the resi¬
dence of Mr. W. J. Wiggins on
next Wednesday evening at seven
o'clock, to decide where to have the
Christmas tree, appoint committees,
etc. Let everyone in Jacksonville
come out.
Mr. Jasper Goddard killed a bog
last year which he had kept 18
months and which only weighed 22
pounds. He says he concluded that
something was wrong, so he joined
the alliance and bought him another
pig. This one he only kept 12
months, and when he kilted it, it
netted him 800 pounds of meat.
His query is, “Was this because
the latter was an alliance hog f ’
Probably it was; maybe the alliance
fed it.
CUTS FROM THE CORNER.
Correspondence New Eka.
News scarce this week.
Mr. P. J. Wesley will comuience
workou New Bridge soon.
Tbe chain gang left New Bridge last
week. They have located in Arabia.
Rev. Luke Robinson has moved to
Dr J JL. Johnsontjlace
Mr. Echols wiil complete the pillars
at New Bridge next week if the weath
Berry’s dog went mad last week
while out hunting. Mr. Lee shot a
squirrel and when bis dog went to pick
it up he had fits.
Mr. John Kimbrelt 'has moved to
Polk county. We wish him good luck
if to grow he will soon
be
with tbi
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FOR MAYOR.
I hereby announce mvsclf a candi
date for re-election to the office of
will discharge u [ Lltho the " i:, duties > an “ of *** the of
fice to the best of m v ahUitv.
DAVljU CAGLE.
Lithonia, Ga,, December 15, 1890.
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OFFICERS ELECTED,
At the last regular communica
tion, Dec., 12th, of Liljhonia Lodge,
No. 84, F. A. M., the Allowing ierve offi
cere, were elected to for the
ensuing E^ year.
J. Maguire, W. M.
J. L. Johnson, S. W,
Peter Malcolm, J. W.
E. S. Steadman, Secretary.
W. J. Bishop, Tit-usurer.
R. W. Milner, S. D.
W. H. George, J. D,
T. W. Youug, Tyler.
Alex. Sey, j- Stewards.
E. Braswell,
The lodge is on tbe biggest boom
in its history—it has ah much work
as it can well do.
MACEDONIA NEWS.
Correspondence Kxw Eba.
Mrs. M. A. Howard is having her
dwelling repaired.
The farmers of this community are
through gathering their crops.
Mr. Tom Shaw killed a hog last week
that weighed 328 pounds net.
Mr. Jodie Fowler, of the Gate family City,
visited Mr. B. G. Mitchell and
last week.
Mr. R. Park killed three hogs Inst
week that weighed 798 pounds net. Age
ten and a half months.
The young people of this community
enjoyed a sociable at Mr. lien Mitch¬
ell’s last Wednesday night.
Mr. Toro Lee and wfe, of this com¬
munity, have moved to Atlanta aud
will make it their future home.
Little Miriam Stephenson, from near
Lithonia, is spending this week with
her grand-father, E. Park, of this com¬
munity, ;
FROM DUN WOODY.
Correspondence New Eva.
After a long absence I wiil try and
give you a few dots.
Very little wheat planted in this sec¬
tion.
Mrs. Mattie Graham lias a flourishing
school at the new acath my.
J. H. Lewis has bought a house and
lot and has moved to our town.
Tho health of the people in this
part ot the county nevsj w ntbetter.
Tbe farmers are ntx.t* d- iie gr **- —
and hog killing Is the*»rder of
Mr. Editor come to y alli¬
ance meeting at Dun peopW, witty and get ac¬
quainted with our
Mr. Henry Spruill, who got so badly
powder burnt two weeks ago, ia nearly
well. He was loading some shells when
two pounds of power took fire and burnt
his face and hands very bzdly but for¬
tunately it did not burn bk eyes.
Tbe ]>eople ore very well satisfied
with the election so far as it went in
this part of the county but the Squires
neglected to bold an election in Cross
Keys, thereby causing old man Akins
defeat as he beat Teat teu to one two
years ago hs that district atul he beat
Teat aud Williams both five to one.
The people in this end of the eounty
think it hard that thqy could not liave
a voice in the election, j
PEA :ALS
Correspondence New E»a.
Mr. William Jones has mo vedto At
louts.
a visit Mr. J. Sunday. E. Law Hr 1 Id* parents
Mr. George W right is recovering from
a slight attack of fover.
There is lots of cotton iu this com¬
munity awaiting an advance in price,
Mrs. A. A. ‘ *
Norcroes, paid her mothe
munity a visit last riundaj
A (h nee at the reMdeuc
lou Ueo^woiT wss bug*?! by
Mr. Dock Frasier, who 1 working on
the E. T. V. and Go. rail md in South
Georgia, was up on a visit recently.
Mr. George Miles &»d Miss Annie
Holcomb aud Mr. Bw -shanan and Miss
Ids Miles, of Atlaau &, were here last
Sunday
Mr. F. M, Headers* a. e
merchants, haa dispose «f his
ty ami will to JS ‘ '
move
will i
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r kinds, all
T.L.l tedt.
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CLARKSTON BOOMING.
The Little City is Rapidly
Building Up.
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MANY ITEMS OF INTEREST
Gathered by Our Special Corres¬ ■
pondent That Will Interest
Our Many Readers.
Prof. Johnson has moved into his
residence.
Mrs. T. L. Johnson visited
Constitution last week.
The Baptists have bought a large
for their new church.
Mr. F. L. Hudgins’ new house will
be finished and will show what
prosperous farmer can do.
Rev. A. It. Lovejoy and wife vis
Newnan during last week.
Mr. John Rockwell, of Oxford, has
been visiting the family of Mrs.
Capt. E. A. Warwick, of the G.
P. Road, spent a few days at his
home here this week.
Mr. J. J. Yerner will return hotue
from Columbia, S. C., where he has
been on a business trip, next week,
We understand the pastor at the
M. E. church, Kev. Reynolds, will
move into the parsonage in a few
days.
Rev. Mr. Buchanan, of Conyers,
was in town this week looking for a
home. We would like very much to
have Uncle Henry with us.
The festival given by the ladies
aid society of the Baptist church on
Friday evening was largely attended
and the proceeds will do much to
wards seating the uew church.
Some of our farmers are still hold
ing their oottou. We hoard one man
say the other day he could have sold
some of the cotton he had on hand
once for 10J cents. It is bad policy
for a man to hold cotton—I got my
lesson long ago—better sell when
green and run no risks of money
stringencies, etc.
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NOTICE TO SEC RET ARIES.
Tbe secretaries of sub-alliances of
cmroty alliance, will
Had to me lists of delegates, and
quarterly report at least ten
at Duuwoody, Ga.
Db. Laixebstedt, Sec.
anola, Ga.. Dec 13, 1890.
Fora Quarter.
'-five cent* you can
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d a larger bottle for
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4-Fall and Winter Goods.-*
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I have in stock one of the most Elegant
Line of Goods ever
Shown * in * This * Met!
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I buy only the very best goods in the mark¬
ets and if you will only glance at
my stock you will find
this to be true.
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BIG STOCK.
<J am formated h Shorn mtf tuAlmeU
test tine of §tmrai JHenlmMe eve* 4
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brought to ?)eJ>a(b county—md the goods
mere bought Qheafi and wilt have to to be
tiotd the Same way*
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CAN *. SUIT * EVERYBODY;
I have on hand a fine line of gents and boy‘s clothing
shoes, hat9, dry goods, dress goods, hardware, queensware, anil
crockery, patent plantation medicines, supplies, cigars, buggies, tobacco, fancy family
groceries, wagons, everybody^- carts, etc.—in
tact everything to supply the need* of they
THEY MUST s
■■■I’ And they will be sold—for they going at low prices-—;!
are
bought them for “Cash,” and, therefore, secured them cheap,
I sell for “Cash” and they are being sold cheap.
Furniture-Furniture a Specialty
It will afford me pleasure to have you examine my im¬
mense stock and get my prices before you buy—I am confi¬
dent I can please you in quality and price. Come and s«c
my stock. Yours Respectfully,
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I am prepared to do all kinds of Denfc! Work in
style and at reasonable prices.
Plates are a specialty, and we go an n tee sadsfee*
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