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A Family' and Political Journal Devoted to the
Volume 1.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY, APRIL
utiiwest Georgia.
■guofcsstonal (Cards.
William E. Smith,
Lttorney at Law,
ALBANY, OA.
FFICE: In front of lb. Court Honr, up
■uln.orrr Trlfpiph Oflkr. jMll-1/
J.WKIGIIT.* D.H. POPE
WRIGHT & POPE,
attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. OA.
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ner Broad mod WaUiSugton »«.
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| \V. T. ION KM, J BMB W. WALTBBS*
JONES & WALTERS,
j Attorneys at Law,
ALU ANT. OA.
OAre urcr Oeatra* Railroad Bank.
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vasos a- a i,friend
[Attorneys at
ALBANY, GA.
Actlro nn-1 prpmptAltentlon given to col-
tionB in.I all irenural l.uiinest, Pinctlcc
|iu nil the courts.
office «v-r South. n Kxprnu Ollier, oj>po-
Sexatou Joseph E. Blown will i
please accept oar thanks for interest- j
ing public documents.
Sio transit gloria mundi Morning!
The death of three Georgia papers
opens up the week’s news.—Augusta
Chronicle.
General Presentments
GRAND Jli’BI OP DOCGHEKTY
COI'XTY, APItll. TintXI, 1881.
Qciaor, Florida, has had another
lynching. Louis Whittaker, colored,
charged with the murder of M
Jenkins, white, was taken from jail
and lynched by n mob of masked men,
on Saturday night
“Mahoke must call out a Democrat
ic Senator and kill him.” This is the
heroic remody suggested by the I’liila-
del phi* Record for the Senatorial
deadlock. If Mahonc will kindly pis.
tol himself it will hare the same happy
effect
Law,
And now tnc Bainbridge Democrat
steps in and asks a reasonable modifi
cation of the law establishing the
Georgia Railroad Commission. The
Editor wants the S. F. & W. By. ex.
tended from Bainbridge to 1’ollard,
Alabama.
|*i(<‘ Court lions*’
Janies Callaway,
|A.ttornev at Law
CAMILLA, GA.
tebSF-
JOSEPU A. CRONK,
i.TTOrUTET at LAW
111 BAY STREET,
S A VANN All, GA.
Pmctirp** in all the State Courts.
Refers toiler. T. M. Norwood.
ap*41*m
Albany, - - - - Georgia.
VFFfCB—OVER PuSi* OFFICE, WASHING
TON SrR»:f. jtnSwlvdl
’rowbriilge & Hollinshed
DENTISTS,
j\VAYCKObS, ... - GEORGIA.
Teeth extracted without pain. All work
nrnrrnntcd. Terms moderate. Will go any*
n hero on II. A A. and S. F. A XV. Railroads.
apl8*12in
[tV~ A. STROTHER, 30.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
fee over GiMs Drag Store
4’i orders left at Iho Drug Store will rerolro
prompt 'tioulloii. Jan 7*ly
>r. E. W. ALFRIEND,
J.KSPBCTKtJLLY trailer, hi. ••rrloes. In th.
Sew York is now swarming with
emigrants of many nations. At Csstle
Gcrden they'are sleeping on the stones.
The emigrant trains are not adequate to
carry ofT these people. Tho Steamship
Companies are chartering vessels all
over the world and putting them on
the emigrant business.
The Atlanta Constitution of yester
day, publishes a full report of the de
cision of the Supreme Court delivered
on Monday in the R >me Bank case, by
the terms of which the State is accord
cd priority over prior iepo,- itors. Fol
lowing the bank decisions is the report
of another decision of the Court, by
which the lessees of the State Road are
practically exempted from taxation.
New Yoekees are rejoicing over tbo
prospect ol' cheap ic«^during the com
ing summer, and this will inspire hopes
of the article being chcnp to iho con
sumers in other cities as well. Lead
ing ice dealers in New York think the
prices to private consumers will not
exceed 30 cents a hundred pounds,
against 70 cents and $1 last year. It
is known that the supply housed on the
Hudson and the eastern rivers id larger
thin ever before.
various hraiu'lu’ft ol Ills
irofesslon, to the
or-
1 P r
filleto« <i Albany and nirroun<Ungciuintry
ft* op|*oslio dinrt IIoiibo. on jPInmtioct.
HOTELS.
[THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SUITHV1LLE, OA.
Is Hie place to stop ami geta GOOD
KH'AltK MEAL.
’HE ALBANY HOUSE!
tlr.rriel.' /tames,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
|lhis House is well farnisbed and in ev
ery way prepared for tho accommo-
ution of the traveling public. Entire Bat-
faction guaranteed. Tho table is imp
lied with the best the country affords,
Kml the servants are unsurpassed in po-
[iteiiesH and attention to the wants of
nests. Omnibuses convey passengers to
ml from the different railroads prompt”
suit the
sep29 tf
Iv, free of charge,
time*.
Charges to
m mm blihdsi
| Cement,
Plaster,
The American Methodists are pre
paring to send a strong delegation to
tho world's council of Methodism,
which will be held in London next
September. The executive committee
proposes to select speakers who will
worthily represent the strong western
section of tho church. All branches of
the church arc cordially co operating.
Uisliop McTyiere represents the church
South in the cxectivc committee that
has ijjiarge of the whole matter.
CaRL Scum/, lias returned to journal
ism, liis Qrst article in the St. Louis
Westliehe Post being on the situation
in the Senate. He asserts that it is tlic
Republicans who are obstructing the
public business, and that the Democrats
claim, properly cnougli, that the Re
publican olan would be followed by a
repetition of the corrupt carpet-bagger
rule. “In fact/’ says Mr. Schurz, “the
tight over a few Senate offices is noth
ing else but a fight for the possession
of the Federal power in the future.
lit Senator Brown, the South has
what it has long needed—a man who
keeps hia temper, who never loses his
head; and who doesn’t attempt to tear
tho twinkling stars out of the vaults of
the blue ethereal sky when ho speaks.
If the Domocratic party, will profit by
the counsels of Senator Brown its sea
son of mistakes is over. From the at
tacks of tho New York Tribune upon
the Georgia Senator it is to be inferred
that the editor of that paper has caught
a glimpse of the real situation,—Atlan
ta Constitution. i
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■ iWmmadthadiTXamsaM-) namkR
The Waycross and Jacksonville
Railroad has been completed. aud°>o-
day the first train runs through. The
following notice sppesrs in the Sevan*
nah yews of Monday:
On Wednesday,27th insL,a tempor
ary schedule will be inaugurated on the
Waycross Short Line, anticipating the
formal opening on the 1st of May,when
the double dzilyjservicc between Jack
sonville, Savannah and Charleston
will be put in operation.
Until that date trains will leave Sa
vannah daily for Jacksonville, via.
Waycross, at 10 a. a, arriving at Jack
sonville 5:45 p. m. Leave Jacksonville
daily 7:30 a. a, and arrive at Savan
nah 2:50 p. m.
The through trains via. Live Oak for
Jacksonville will continue as before, in
addition to the above, until 1st of May,
when solid trains from Charleston and
Savannah will run through to Jackson
ville via. Waycross.
The Grand Dictator of the Grand
Lodge Knights of Honor, read his re
port at the late session in Savannah.
Hs presented an accurate account of
tho proceedings of the year, decisions
rendered and the condition of the Or
der, together with important questions
for the consideration of the Grand
Lodge. The Order in Georgia is shown
to bo in a flourishing condition and es
tablished on a Arm bts>s. Since the
organisation of the Knights of Honor,
in 1876, there have been only fifty-five
deaths in this jurisdiction. Daring the
past year there were only twenty deaths
and the pareentage of mortality proven
to be as small as any othsr State where
the Order is established. Daring the.
year six new lodges have been institut
ed, and an addition of three hundred
made to the membership. The total
membership in the State is now 2,-
378.
Wo, the Grand Jurors, chosen and
for the April Term, 18bL of
Dougherty Superior Court, bog leaTe to
make the following General Present
ments :
We have, through proper commit
tees, examined the reports and books of
the several officers o! the county, and
find them all neatly and correctly
kept
We have examined the vouchers,
records and system of accounts of the
Clerk and Connty Treasurer, and find
them perfect. Herewith we attach a
copy of his report:
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury.
I herewith respectfully submit to
your honorable body Tny report as
treasurer of Dougherty County, also
the books and vouchers showing the re
ceipts and disbursements since last re
port to Grand Jury, October Term,
1880:
Dr. RECEIPTS.
Oct. 5, 1880, To bal. on hand
“ Jury fees...
“ Countycourt
“ Licenses.. .
“ Taxes, 1880
“ “ w’d l'«!
$224 63
9 00
100 00
200 00
5.969 10
32 30
3,256 25
on hand a lot of lumber for bridge and
fence purposes, for which they, paid
$125-
In appreciation of their faithful ser
vices we have re-elected J. L. Boyt
and C. U. Mayo, and associated with
them A. W. Cosby, as the Board of
County Commissioners for the ensuing
year.
We have examined the vouchers and
books of the School Commissioner, and
find them correct According to his
report there were in 1880, taught the
full term ol three months, ten white
and twenty-seven colored schools in
the county, in which were taught 213
white and 1394 colored children, which
shows that 50 per cent, of the entire
population of school age of the county
are availing themselves of the advan
tage of the free public schools.
We find that the receipts'and dis
bursements are as follows:
83 it Year.
Number 34.
Amount on hand Jan. 1,1880
Received from poll tax, 1879
“ back.
“ State, 1880..
$7 57
1,407 97
54 00
1,375 54
Total $9,791 28
DISBCBSEMESTS. Cr.
By Public buildings, roads &
bridges account $1,546 83
Jail 667 28
Court 572 00
General 393 95
Pauper 535 19
Jury 409 50
Taxes remitted, 1880. .. 3 83
County court 554 00
Jno. Jackson 525 00
J. A. Davis 525 00
J. A. Davis 572 00
Salaries and Commissions 81 40
“ •* 326 75
Bal. on hand April 4,1881 3,178 55
Total $9,791 28
All accounts against the county, as
well as all contracts, have been prompt
ly paid at matnriiy. A contract bas
recently been let to fence that partof the
pauper farm lying east of the Newton
road, that will be completed during the
present month, and after paying for
which and the expense of the present
term of court, a good balance will be
left to defray the current expenses of
tho connty.
The books of the County Commis
sioners showing tho business transact
ed in their court is alio tendered.
All of which is respectfully submit
ted. W. P. Burks,
Treasurer.
Judg) W. T. Jones has authorized
me to report one hundred and eight
dollars collected by him in County
Court. \V. P. Burks,
Treasurer.
Gkoroia—Douoiikrty Co.»
Personally caine before me, W. P.
Burks, Treasurer said county, who be
ing sworn, says that the foregoing re
port of receipts and disbursements are
true to die best of his knowledge and
belief. W. P. Burks.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
April 5, 1881,
'A. J, Omni.
Ordinary Dougherty Co, Ga.
By reference to Uie tax digest we find
that the total amount of taxes due the
county was $10,668.03 ; tax collected,
not on digest, $56.73; total, $10,634.76.
Amount pud treasurer as per
vouchers $9,257 65
Collector’s commissions 305 20
Insolvent list 93 18
Cash on hand 400 00
Balance due county 578 73
Total $2,845 08
Cr.
By amt. paid teachers. $2,257 65
“Renta; 72 50
“ Printing and incidentals 31 00
“ Commissions. 212 00
“ Balance on hand 27193
take the case in band, collect tacts, pro
ceed in proper form and lelieve the said
Chambers of the injustice done him as
soon xs practicable.
Respectfully submitted, .
Thos. J. I. Patillo,
J. T. Hester.
• Jakes K. Krxu.
B. M. Ccokwkll,
A. M. Williams,
S. P. Salter.
Total $2,845 08
We have reason to believe that the
interest manifested in these schools is
increasing; and the system of appoint
ing teachers will be improved by
strict examination of all applicants for
this position, thus ruling out inoompe-
tent instructors.
Tho term of Mr. Georgs Walker, as
a member of the Board of Education
having expired, we have re-elected him
for the ensuing term.
Upon investigating the condition of
the public buildings, we find that the
“poor houses” are in very good condi
tion. Tho jail is in need of new steps,
repairs on the windows, plastering of
the keeper’s room, and the erection of
a new fence aronnd the entire premi
ses. In addition to the above repairs,
we wonld suggest that a bar of iron be
pissed between the window frames and
ceiling of the cells. The Court House
building is in a good condition. We
earnestly recommend, however, that
instead of the benches now in nse tor
jurors, our Commissioners provide
comfortable seats before next term of
court. The steps leading to the court
room should be re-coverod with bag
ging or matting. The fence around
tlie Court House yard needs some re
pairs.
The roads and bridges of tho coun
ty have received due attention at oor
hands. In the western 'part of the
county’ we find that some of the fool-
logs have been washed awty by the re
cent freshets, and we recommend that
the Road Commissioners have them re
placed. Tho bridges across Pi ne Island
should be rebuilt this year. The oth
er bridges in that section of the coun
ty are in good condition, excepting
some little repairs needed. Some of
tlic roads recently worked in the eas
tern part of the connty have been badly
washed, and need the prompt attention
of our Road Commissioners. The
bridges in that part of the county are
in good Shier.
The returns of all the elections re
cently held in this county have been
carefully examined by a committee
from this body, and found to be in ac
cordance wt tb law.
We appointed a competent commit
tee of jurors and citizens, in compliance
with the law, to viait the Penitentiary
Convict Camps, located in this county,
known as Penitentiary No. 2, and they
submit the following report:
Albany, Ga., April 18,1881.
To the Honorable Grand Jury,
Dougherty Superior Court, April
Term 1881:
Me. Foreman and Gentlemen:—
Your joint commmittee of jurors and
citizens appointed to visit that portion
of the Georgia Penitentiary, located in
this county, and leased to CoL B. G.
Lockett, beg leave to submit the fol<
lowing report:
We visited the plantations of Colonel
Lockett, known as Royston, White
Hill and Balls places, on the 13th and
14th days of this month. We were
kindly received by CoL Lockett's
agents at each place, and afforded every
facility for investigating the condition
of the convicts under their charge.
We found the lessee was auiying
ont his contract with the State in good
faith. Every appointment on his
premises is arranged to insure the corn-
tort, health and humane treatment of
his prisoners. The stockades are not
only secure, but roomy, clean, well best
ed, and ventilated—the bedding is kept
in good order for comfort and health.
The food furnished i< wholesome in
qualify, clean in preparation, healthful
in variety and plentiful in quantity—
the tick are duly cared for, bring re
leased from labor, nursed kindly, and,
when necessary, attended by a compe
tent physician. Religious services are
held monthly in each camp by a prop
erly appointed chaplain, upon which all
the convicts are required to attend.
The general discipline is excellent end
calculated to permanently benefit, as
well ar punish the criminal. In short,
after cueful inquiry into every con
ceivable subject connected with the
welfare of the convicts, we are glad to
report the entire management as credit
able to the lessee, and an endorsement
of the wisdom of the State in adopting
this mode of punishment.
In conclusion, we urge upon the
rand Jury the necessity of ferward-
g a petition to the Governor for the
pardon of Reuben Chambers, colored,
- ' ' Tift’s
Total $10,634 76
We arc informed by tlic collector
that the balance due the county will bo
available within the next thirty or sixty
days. Wo find tlic amount collected
for school purposes to be $1,254 59;
amount received from State, $1,375 54;
total, $2,630 13 ; all of which bas been
paid over to the commissioners. -
We recommend that the tax collec
tor be more prompt in [collections of
the taxes in -the future, issuing execu
tions when tax payers do not comply
with legal notices.
The sheriff repnits that he has no
public funds in his hands as a county
officer. His books and jail record arc
all kept in compliance with law.
The dockets of the ssveral justices of
the peace have received our attention,
and we find the entries all properly
made.
Upon duo examination we find that
the books of the Connty Solicitor tally
with the report submitted to this body*
excepting tbo case of James M. Crim,
convicted of misdemeanor, and fined
$20. We find that said Ciitn, who Is
now in Dawson, has not paid the fine,
and has been'allowed to remain at
largo. We recommend that this fine be
collectedat once by the Sheriff; and we
trust that no repetition of like eases
will do allowed.
Ilis honor, Judge Jones, reports col
lected costa in cases tried or settled be
fore him, as Judge of the Connty Court,
within tho list twelve months, $247,50.
$100 of which amount was paid by him
to the connty treasurer last November,
thus leaving a balance in his hands of
$147.60. We have fixed tbo salary of
tho county Judge at $900 per annum.
Tho records of the County Commis
sioners have been closely examined,
and vouchers compared with the same,
showing a detailed account of their
transactions, recorded in fulL We
folly approve the acta of said officers in
the discharge of their several duties.
We report, by authority of one of tho '>' c good . TiMSOa l ° let .
r-v j .niaii. beBeve the said Chambers innocent of rode
We haTe appointed Rev. Howard
Bunts, colored, as Chaplain to the
Penitentiary.
We recommend that if no authority
exists for the payment of Commia-
sioaers of this connty a law be pars
ed allowing them each $3 00 per diem
for each day’s actual public service as
suSh office!s.
We also recommend tha*. all criminal
cases in this county, below felony, be
at once transferred to the County
Court as the law directs, and that here
after the County Solicitor shall look
closely to this business.
.We recommend that the Senator of
this District and Representatives of this
connty use their best efforts to procure
a change of the law making
the Tax Collector of Dougherty county
ex-officio Sheriff for the purpose of col
lecting tax fi fa’s issuing from his office.
Farther, that Tax Collectors be re
quired to make a ceitified copy of all
taxes collected not entered on their di
gest (as now required by law to be re
turned to the Comptroller-General) and
deliver said copy to the spring term
Grand Jury for their examination.
That Tax Receivers be required to
enter upon their digest all liquors deal
ers and other special taxes in their
county, as other taxes,bot in a separate
place on said digest from other pro
perty, thereby directing the tax collec
tor from whom collect and the amdnnt
to be collected, also serving to famish
the amount of taxes to be charged to
Tax Collector and tha amount to be
used as aschool fund
Whereas the County Court is letting
oat to the proprietors of Penitentiary
Camp No. 2. prisoners convicted of of
fenses less than felony, we do earnestly
enter our protest snd 4 recommqnd that
in the future the County Commis
sioners establish a chain gang for the
pnblic interest of Dougherty county.
We renew the reqaest made by the
Grand Jury of the Spring Term 1880,
that the Connty Commissioners shall
purchase and place on the Court
Honse a pnblic clock for the benefit of
the citizens of the connty, and that the'
Court Honse Grounds be improved as
heretofore recommended.
We especially call the attention of
the Ordinary to the taw directing that
officers oF court shall pay into his
hands all monies arising from fines
imposed for violalations of the Sabbath
laws, and by’him applied to establish
ing and maintaining Sabhatli schools in
this county.
We thank His Honor, Judge Hood,
who presided first week of this term,
and Ilis Honor, Audge Fleming, for
expressions of kindness and able
sistance rendered us in the [discharge
of our duties, and to Solicitor-General
Walters, for active, diligent and effi-
ciet services, etc.
We recommend that these present
ments be published in the Daily and
Weekly News and Advkbtiskb.
LconanPE. Welch,
*Foreman.
James K: King,' Jno. V. Smith,
T. J. I. Patillo, Joseph Ehrlich,
J. Ventulett, 11. T- Mash,
J. M. Kendall, A. Sterne,
II. L. Dnnn, J. I*. Davis,
Shadrick Atkinson,W. E. Sutton,
J. M. Gatewood, W. E. Mitchell,
John T. Hester, J. L. Boyt,
Eli Nelms, Frank V. Evans,
F. C. Jone-L Taliferro Jones.
Superior Court—April Term, 1881
State op Geobgia—Docohebtt Co.
It is ordered by the Coart that the
General Presentments of the Grand
Jnry be entered on >be minutes of this
Court and published in the Doily [and
Weekly editions of the Albany News
and Advertiser.
It is further ordered that the ap
pointment of Commissioners for
Dougherty connty'be and the the same
is hereby confirmed.
Wm. 0. Fleming,
J. S. C. A. C.
-1 certify that tha foregoing is a true
extract from the minutes of said Court
April 22,1881.
W. P. Burks,
Clerk.
Ill It ASIDE AND BCrLKB.
An Ample Apolojry Graciously He-
mItmL
Washington, April 22.—Senator
Burnside took occasion to-day to
make the amende honorable to Sen
ator But!erTor|.vords spoken in de
bate on Wednesday. The conduct
of the Senator from South Carolina
on that day has been highly com
mended,while judiciously refraining
from the unparliamentary Ianguago
which the case seemed to justily,
Senator Butler, it is understood,
NOTES FHO.TI REURIEN,
lost no time, outside of the Senate,
in requesting a retraction of the of
fensive language, if it was meant to
be so, or else a public statement on _
the floor of the Senate that it wart and destroving
not so intended. The result of the
reported conference was the follow
ing from Senator Burnside iu the
Senate to-dav: “It was very far
from my mind, as far as anything
could be, to impute personal un-
tru tlifuluess to anybody on that side
of the Chamber, much less the Sen
ator from South .Carolina, with
whom my relations have been al
ways of the most friendly nature,
peculiarly so, and I would bo the
last man on the floor to impntc to
him any personal dishonor or any
personal uutruthfulness. Anybody,
no ma:ter who be is, anywhere in
this country, who draws any other
inference from what I then said,
draws a wrong inference, and I do
not think he is borne ont by tho lan
guage. My language was emphat
ic, and I intended it to be so; 1
meant it to be so. I was replying
to a general charge made by that
side of the Chamber, and unfortu
nately for the Senator from South
Carolina and myself, who were such
good friends and who had never
been in collision in debate before,
iye happened to be the two people
to meet. It wonld have been as
unfortunate in the case of any other.
To this Senator Butler replied:
Mr. President, I am qnite sure,
without the disclaimer on the part
of the Senator from Rhode Island,
that he did tibt intend to impute
any dishonorable conduct to me. I
understood him to say that he was
denouncing the chargo generally,
and making no porsonal application
of his remarks to me. My relations
with that Senator have always been
friendly and kind. I know his
kindness of heart is so pronounced
that he is incapable of making a re
flection of that kind on a brother
Senator. I am happy to hear what
he has said public, and I accept it,
of coarse, in the spirit he has made
it, and I am sure as far as I am con
cerned our former relations have
not been disturbed in the slightest”
H. J. R.
he is charged, and is
We suggest that
Solicitor-General to
Stonewall Jackson and the
Tonsncs.
Mr. Howell, one of-the proprietors
of the Atlanta Constitution, recently
said of Stonewall Jackson:
“His gening lay in two things—
the thoroughness of discipline and
his devotion. I do not think he was
a mau of great natural ability. He
coaid not talk at all. He was not
an entertaining person. He,was a
rigid military man; educated at
West Point, he had learned his les
son well, and applied it unflinching
ly. I remember a single order
which he enforced, which, in my
mind, accounted for a good deal of
bis sneeess. It was that whenever
we stopped on a march the wagons
must go to to the side of the road,
and be unhitched with their tongues
pointing to the road, so they could
be driven either up the road or
down. Now that would seem to be
a simple thing, but it accounts for
the remarkable celerity of Jackson’s
marches. Suppose a man would
stop aud his wagon tongue would
point the wrong way, and at a cer
tain hour in the morning wo wonld
begin the march, and that tho wagon
would block up the road? If there
were many such wagons the inarch
would be delayed a certain time to
got ship shape. Jackson
ind down his lines every
day, morning and evening, to see if
such orders as these were strictly
carried out'’
A STRANGE PERFORMANCE,
Freezing a Corpeo and Patting
Hot Brick to Its Feet,
A few weeks since an old lady of
respectable famUy connections, liv
ing in the town of Oreno, near
Bangor. Maine, was taken ill and
died. Living iu the same house
were two maiden ladies oi some
what advanced age, and of eccen
tric habits. After tho death of the
old lady, the two old maids placed
the corpse in a cold place that it
might be frozen. It was kept there
for several days, ms the story goes,
until it was frozen stiff. In the
meantime it was noised about that
the old woman bad died, bat no
funeral^ services’ having been
held, mnch cariosity began to be
manifested by tbe town people as to
what had been done Vith the re
mains. On the ninth day after her
death, a resident of the village
visited the house where the death
had occurred, which was situated at
same distance from the village
proper, and to his great horror
found the conise upon a lounge in
the honse, and on its head a hood.
A hot brick was at its feeL The
two old maids were sitting by as
unconcerned as thongh nothing un
usual had happened. When asked
what they meant by such strange
actions, they replied in substance
that they “dressed np the old lady
to have her look natural.” “She
looked kind of cold,” added one of
the old maids, “and so I thought
I’d put that ’ere brick to her feet.”
The visitor hastened back to town
and reported the discovery, -ind the
old lady’s remains were subsequent
ly buried with proper ceremonies.
Alapaua, Ga. April 23, 1881.
Our village was thrown into a
blaze of excitement yesterday even
ing when the news reached us that
the turpentine still of Wood burn &
Ball, three miles west of this place,
was burned at 3 o’clock. With
considerable difficulty, we were en
abled to gather the following facta
About 2 o’clock Mr. J. H. Griffin,
who was attending to the still
struck a match to light bis pipe,
when the gas in the] still tub igni
ted, ec.ting fire to the still-hou6e
all. the rosin and
splints on hand. As soon as the
tub caught on fire it was turned
over with the hope of checking the
fire, bat this proved disastrous, as
the flame followed the liquid and
set firo to everything. Mr. J.
H. Griffin was seriously burned
about the faco and bands, and reach
ed home about dark for medical
aid. The loss is not so great in the
burning of the still-honse and con
tents, but in the delay in getting a
new cap and arm—they being de
stroyed—will require several days,
causing considerable loss in tbe
overflow of boxes. The lora is es
timated at between one thousand
and twelve hundred dollars.
Messrs. Woodbucn.* Ball have
been greatly retarded in their busi
ness, owing to the severity of the
weather. For the past two weeks
they were making rapid progress
and turning out a first-class article
of spirits and rosin. It will proba
bly be two weeks before they can
get under headway. Fortunately
for them, the still was not damaged.
Onr farmers are jubilant over
the past few days of summer weath
er. They say that corn is growing
at the rate of half an inch every
twenty-four hours.
Jack Easters, living seven miles
Albany ward ofthls place, is plough
ing over his corn. Jack probably
might set an example for some of
onr farmers if they would watch
him closely.
Mr. Cunninham’s school is rapid
ly increasing. He is a number one
educator and well posted in the art
of training the young. Alapsba
has done well In seenrlnghis sorvi
Josh Ralls.
and
it.
Whr a Letter
Because yon forget
in So.
to address
Because yon forget to pnt a stamp
on it.
Because you forget to write the
town or State on the envelope.
Because yon used a once cancell
ed stamp.
Because yon cut ont an envelope
stamp and pasted it on yonr let
ter.
Because yon used a foreign stamp.
Because yon wrote the address on
the top of the envelope, and it was
snrely obliterated by the Post Of
fice dating, receiving and cancelling
stamps.
And because you put your letter
in a blank envelope, and scaled It
and forwarded it to— the Dead Let
ter Office, where thonsands of valu
able letters are daily destroyed be
cause the people are either ignorant
or careless of tho postal laws.
And to tbe above we would add
a few reasons why an answer don’t
Because yon do not sign yonr
you sign so indistinctly
it cannot bo read.
Because you do not give name of
Post Office.
Because you do not give name of
county.
Because you do not give name of
State.
Because you write with a pencil,
which is rubbed oil and illegible.
Because you use ink so pale anil
dim it cannot be read.
Because you write so poorly no
one can read It. . /
Because you do not enclose stamp
to prepay postage on the answer.
Office Commtnloncr of Laud
Immigration.
Atlanta, Ga., April 22,1881.
Editors News and Advertiser:
I ask pardon for this intrusion
upon your columns. I preferred to
work quietly and let the results
speak for themselves, but the fol
lowing erroneous statement in the
Atlanta Constitution of this date
makes it necessary that I should
do so:
“The agricultural bureau of North
Carolina is organized upon a more
liberal scale than that of Georgia—
its expenditures running over $25,-
000 a year. About $5,000 each is
given to the geological survey, the
fish commistioncr and the ex
perimental farm, and half as much
is di ■
Cotton is an exceedingly cruel
master to those who are most ser
vile iu their obedience to its be
hests.
tion. The bureau is supported by a
special tax of $500 levied upon each
brand of fertilizer sold the State.
This takes the place of the inspec
tion fee system of Georgia. From
this source about $30,000is received,
every dollar of which goes to the
ieultural bureau. In Georgia
ut $60,000 is realized from tho
ion of fertilizers and yet the
■ _ tural bureau is pinched—the
fish commissioner works for nothing
immigration commissioner
his place in digust after
. wo years for nothing, and
the geological survey, after being
half perisiwd, is abandoned. Such
a pennywise., and poundfoolisb
economy will-be apt to show its dis
advantage in a contrast with the
progress made by Carolina under a
more liberal adminUtratioq.”
As a State official I have no con
nection with the agricultural
bureau. My office is in one of the
most central and prominent locali
ties in Atlanta, (opposite the Capitol
and Post Office) is furnished with
specimens of the minerals and
woods in Georgia, aud will soon
contain manufactured fabrics show
ing the capacity of Georgia factories
to make one hundred different varie
ties of goods. Visitors call on me
daily, and my wholo time is, and has
been since the adjournment of tbe
Legislature, constantly devoted ex
clusively to immigration and get
ting facts about the lands for sale in
this State.
I have mailr-il to farmer- f-.ur
thousand circulars like those enclos
ed with this, one of which describes
the arrival of immigrants at Savan
nah direct from Germany, and be
fore the first of May, I will mail
six thousand more. I have mailed
to Northern people in various parts
of the United States, in the last
three months, three hundred pam
phlets descriptive of Georgia, and in
the next thirty days will mail one
thousand more. Two thousand copies
of my pamphlet, translated in Ger
man, are now being distributed in
Germany. The work done for more
than two years conld not wisely be
abandoned until the Legislature has
finally disposed of the subject. I
have never had greater faith in the
success of immigration, both as a
means of selling laud and obtaining
additional labors, than at present.
Respectfully,
Francis Fontaine, Corn’r.
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