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TRUTH ATTEST
Some Important Maifmeou of W«u<
Known People Wholly Verified
or the Font P«ed
tie ThoniuTlIle
We made krief mention last week
of the bratal murder of Mrs. J. M.
Clevis ud her littli child. At thst
time bat few facts were known. We
are enabled, this week, to giro the fol
lowing additional paiticalan: When
Mrs. Clewis returned home abont fire
o'clock, the bodies of both wife and
child were found lying near the door,
both of their heads being crashed in
with an axe. (The bloody axe was
found near the back door.) The vic-
lims were not dead, but d^d in about
an boor. Drs. Cnlpepper and Mal-
iette were lent for bat could do notbirg
for the dying once. The murderer, al
ter the deed was committed, cut open
a wardrobe with the exe, 1 earing the
blood of bis Tic tints on the wood ; be
also broke open two tranks. He took
Sash, Cement, .laths,
Doors, Lime, Plastei
Blinds, Hair, Paris,
And Builder’s Supplies.
agents fob
Western Paint and Roofing Co.’s Non-
Corosive Paint, •
-'mention and signed by an" stanraed
! “name, the paper is responsible for
j “the sentiments exprev-ed. This can
“be disclaim .-d only when the paper
{ “sees proper to stsle to the contrary.
“Il is the custom with some journalists
"to break the ice by admitting comma-
“niesliens, and silently endorsing
“them, expressing sentiments they
"would not dan do.”
Such is not our idea of journ ilimie
responsibility, nor it the "well defined
rule,'’ as laid down in the first sen
tence of the foregoing, in keeping
with the policy of the more couserva-
tiro and progressive element of modern
journalism. The newspaper of to-day
is, or should be, a disseminator of
news and opinion, and its columns
should be open to both tides of every
question of public interest It must
be a conceited and narrow-minded
journaliat indeed who admits the arti
cles of such writers only aa agree with
him, or whose expressed op : nions upon
any subject must be in thorough accord
with bis own. And, unless the jour
nalist is going to adopt this one-sided,
arbitrary policy, it ia certainly not just
that be or his paper should be held re
sponsible for the articles or opinions
of others, even though he may admit
them over an assumed name.
We are living in a fast age, and no
one man is competent to do more than
shape the editorial policy of a journal
that pretends to keep pace., with the
times. Consequently, the responsibili
ty of the managing editor of the news
paper of to-day abonld not extend be
yond such articles as are written by
himself and bis assistants. Such arti
cles are made up in a way and so clas
sified in all well regulated Journals as
to be easily distinguished from com
munications, dippings, news items or
telegraphic dispatches.
Of cuurso il is right that a great deal
of care should be exercised in select
ing matter for the columns of a news
paper; but the main point which we
desire to make iu this article is. that
the paper is, when properly consider
ed, responsible only for the “senti
ments expressed" and originated in ite
editorial columns.
The journalist who has the courage
of bis own convictions (and we have
bnt little patience with or respect for
one who is without that important
chsrocteristic) has quite a sufficient
amount of responsibility resting upon
him when he defends the sentiments
or opinions adrtncsd in his editorial
columus.
»un:iw itr i w m fit sirntjirn
‘four or five plugiof tobacco out of one
of the trunks. In the other was some
: money, perhaps sixty dollars, which ie
failed to find. He took nothing else
failed to find. He took nothing else
except an old-fashioned shot-gun.
Mr. Clewis thinks, from the froth
blood pouring from the wounds and
from the condition of his wife and
child, that the deed had been
committed but a few minutes when he
arrived home.
The reason why the brute murdend
the innocent little girl is proi-ably due
to the fact that aha knew him, and that
talking plainly and being unusually In
telligent, aha would have told bis
name '
A colored man, oua Andrew Eo;er.
was arrested on suspicion, and tried be
fore Justices Mardre and Stephens.
The evidence, though circumstantial,
was sufficient to bind him over. There
was a strung disposition to lynch him,
as the community were perfectly sat o-
fied that he was the man. Wiser coun
sels prevailed and he waa brought to
Thomaaviiie and lodged in jail.
Threats being still made to take Dim
out, Judge Hansell ordered Sheriff
Hurst to take him to the Valdosta
jail, where he is now securely confined.
Rogers has a bad character. He has
served one term .in the penitentiary for
arson and is regarded as a very brutal
and dangerous character. The fact of
him being allowed a bearing; aa impar
tial trial by a jury, under all tbe cir
cumstances, speaks well for the law-
abiding character of the citixens of
Thomas county.
Sheriff Sales.
GEOBGIA—Bales Cocim.
Mm «b« Court Hsm Vvnt
Ax obituary writer in tbe Montesu-
a Weekly alludes to the “angle of
ttriLLtomta
1V Scute. Dakar C-notr. Itt. « Ik* am
TtuaJ»y in Jinuu; ext, wiiaia U« lecml boon
<C mis Iks fallowing prop.it;, ta-«tr Ob* boms
Tax lattar on the first peg* thU
morning in regard to Georgia politics
. will doubtless be read with a consider
able amount of intenat.
■Tbs Republicans habitually snub
tbs colored brothor, bat Iha colored
brother marches op to the support of
tba Republicans all the some.
Axdsxw Jackson and James K.
Polk, two Prcsidtata commonly re-
—corded os from Tennessee, were both
born in North Carolina and in the.
county of Mecklenburg.
The Philadelphia Newt says tbe
monstrous beaver hats now worn by
ladies will neceritate the immediate
_ adoption of hoops to keep the wearers
from looking top heavy.
Well, Mr Constitution, oar manag
ing editor is absent, but in regard to
the Blaine-Brown boom we feel author
ised to say that we are solid on Joe,
but Blaine—Blaine—yon know. How
ever, let the boom go on.
It is said, aud on what is claimed
to bo reliable information, that a cer
tain Cabinet officer has, since bis ap
pointment to office.last March, pot in
to good places, in his own department
sixteen of birnear relatives. He ought
to bo popular with the family.
Tbs Brunswick Advertiser says
that Miss H. H. Sherman, of Atlanta,
a sister of Mrs. Wilder, of Brunswick,
has been missing since Monday, and it
ia suggested that she was drowned, as
she was tracked to a landing on a crock
where her shawl was found, but noth
ing could be found of her.
Dabwin was lately shown a photo
graph of Gaiteaa, and said that he had
never seen larger cars on any human
head. They were the ears of on ani
mal. The great philosopher on the
origin of man has found that very
large ears belong to a coarse and fero
cious nature. Experience teaches that
without the aid of evolution.
Tk» Shah of Persia fell violently
in lovq with the Princess cf Wales
daring bis visit to England some years
ago, and about once a year mokes a
tempting offer to the Prince tor her.
His last offer waa to give him two of
his beat wives, bis mother and his
grandmother, in exchange for Alex
andra, bnt Wales still declined.
Tax forthcoming report of the
Comptroller-General of the State will
show that the aggregate taxable prop
erty of Georgia increased by $15,000,-
000 in the year ended October 1st The
reductien of the previous year was
about $14,000,000. Before this their
values had been steadily falling since
1876.—Post-Appeal,
tV* dare say the young meu of the
present day have a desire for monoy
getting because they have a profound
experience of the narrowness of pov
erty. The trouble with not a few ia
that they want to be rich too rapidly
and at a fearful coat to health end
peace of mind. An inordinate love ol
money is like gluttony in other things
it—leads to misfortune and quenchea
the spirit _
A Maohinx called the Pine Wood
Still was tested at the Exposition lost
week. It converts pine wood into
spirits of turpentine, pyroligneous
acid, tar and turpentine. The product*
of a cord of piae wood when treated
by this still becomes to ha worth |1S
or $16. This ia certainly a groat in
vention hud ono that the people living
in a pine country like outs should
look into floaely.
A Cfxirris lady, now in New Yoik
went to hear Dr. Talmage preach last
Sunday, and in a letter to the News
in speaking of the loud applause, clap
ping of hands, omens, and grants of t
approbation from all porta of the
house, says, to one unaccustomed to i
such demonstrations, there was a sin- j
gulsr incongruity, hard to reconcile to i
tbe constantly recurring thought,
"This is God's own abiding place.’*
No one man, says the Philadelphia j
Record, Ought to have the power that
is lodged in the Secretary of the J
Treasury—to deal with fifty million j
dollars of government money as his
judgement or his whim may dictate, j
It is bad enough in a cose where tbe
money belongs to an individual who
controls its movement. A millionaire I
of such proportions ia s danger to the £
State; but bow much worse is tbe case J
where reepoowbility is unchecked by
March, Prie« d C*. v* ktqfiTtileijudTiale
4 Wakefield tb Hof*!a> i 1.U17. Property polaS-
edoatlBMldfllks. J. if. SOWELL.
Dtr-kim Sbtig.
CHOICE CHEMICALS
SHALL PLANTATION ctx wiles from
Albany, eouu'ninx two hotdred and
•eves open land a soot mules, a good
tone wagon, and other necessary fraule-
ta. SM !b« fod.'vr. about Ota bushels eot-
wed and 1U batbelarora. Apply at
•dltwtf. - THIS OFFICE.
30. The names of Frelinghnysen and
Brewster for the Departments of State
and Justice will be sent in to-day.
SOOTH OEOKOIA COSFEBESCE.
Columbus, Ga-, December C.—The
South Georgia Conference of.the M. E.
Church South, convened in this city
to-day, Bishop G. F. Pierce presiding.
We are HEADQUARTERS for
WHITE LEAD,
LINSEED OIL.
VARNISH, KALSOMINE,
WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY,
LOST-
Affi. L. B.C. EVAN'S lo*t one note and
lvl. Grand Jury**ript as follow*: one day
after dale 1 proralw tc pay L. B. C. Evav, as
guardian of Emma C. Evans one hummed
dollars with interne from date.
G. tV. JACKSON.
Also, one Grand Jury wrint, amount flV
Vnreni.... Ten* luhi V,. r Ml.ii . .1 T_l
1 AT AND BELOW COST j
There is h large attendance of minis
ters and seven new applications wera
made to enter the ministry. The ses
sion will continue the balance of the
week.
a OttlTEAU sensation.
Washington, D. C-, Dec. 7.—The
Guitean trial while, fairly dividing
public attention here with Congress
and tha Executive, has just developed
a phase which created a decid d sensa
tion even ia theso exciting times. The
Wx cannot say what tho effect is on
the experts who arc watching his ev
ery word anil act, but the effect of
Guitcau's cross examination oc tbe
general public is to wciken belief in
the plea of insanity. There is a won
derful degree of method in Unitcon's
madness. Whether vans or insane he
has proved an extraordinary witness.
He has diseussed questions of politics,
ethics, law, theology and business
with a mental vigor, clearness nnd
readiness that would bo considered
exceptional in a person of onqurstinn-
ed sanity and ability.
And all Painting Materials. In fact, we are Headquarters in this Section for
all Goods in our Line.
(Often In Ike Court Uctun)
ALBANY, GA.
represent clients In the Albany elr-
Collections s spMla'.ty. decMUviy
now feature is in the fact, now believe
cd to be authoritative, that Mr. and
Mrs. Scovillo both knew of Guiteau’s
intention to assassinate President Gar
field in time to have prevented the act
The servant girl employed by them nt
tho time gives this information, and is
said to be able to back it up with in
disputable evidence. Tbe girl has
been tent for and will be used by the
Government aa a witness in rebuttal of
Mr. Scoville's testimony.
One Experience, irons Tinny.
“I had besn tick and miserable so long
and had caused my husband so much
Consisting of Dress Goods, Fancy Goods, Cloaks, Shawls,
Gloves, Laces, Ladies’ Neck Wear, Corsets, Hosiery,
Table Linen and Towels, Irish Linens, Silks,
Trimmings, Blankets, Quilts and Comforts.
Circular No. IS.
Orrtcs of tub Railroad Commekpom,
AtUuta.G«, December 1,1881.
rf 1H E maximum nte* allowed on totUIstnwfi
A on and after January lit, 1882. be tweat
(SO) per cent hlfbor than Clara K. of**Scandai
Kataa.” except when ratt* hare been agreed upo
between eUtnroet railmads for a km rale or mi
hereafter be agreed on by such roada.
ft. A. BACON. J4UE3 31. P3IITH,
. Secretary • Chairman.
JUST RECEIVED, A SELECT ASSORTMENT OP
Gent’s Clothing, Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Gent’s and Ladies’ Fine City
Made Boots and Shoes, Trunk*,
Satchels and Umbrellas.
An association of ladies, repros-iii-
Ing the different sections of the Doited
States, has been formed to place a me
morial portrait of Mrs. Potk in the
White House beside that of her hus
band, ex-President James K. Polk.
This will be the third memorial to the
wives of chief executives—Mrs. Madi
son being the first and Mrs. Hayes
tha aacond. Mrs. Polk, who is more
than three score and ten years, it in
good drcamsUnces snd health. She
was one of the elegant women of her
husband's time, and still popular and
much courted in social life.
OUR PRELCR1PTION DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS SUPPLIED
WITH TIIE BEST AND PUREST GOODS. AND PKESCR1PT.OSS
FILLED ONLY BY COMPETENT DRUGGISTS.
COME TO HEADQUARTERS.
trouble and expense, no one seemed to
know what ailed me. that I was com
pletely disheartened rud discouraged.
i CALL AND EXAMINE GOODS AND PRICES.
! MEAN BUSINESS.
Ox Saturday last a bill waa filed in
the Superior Court of Chatham eounly
by ptpt D. G. Pune and others,
praying for tbe appointment of a re
ceiver to take charge of the Coast
Line Bailroad. Judge Tompkins, after
bearing the bill, granted tbe prayer of
tbe petitioners, and appointed Cot. J.
H. EitiU Receiver, who gave the nec
essary bond, $50,000. Monday
morning the Eaceiver took charge of
tbe road and appointed Mr. Frank La
mar Superintendent and Mr. John M.
Parse, Treasurer.
EAST ALBANY, GA.
ABTUSUvtagoa th« last aid. cf tbe riwr
ecu tlae. brttlfc toll and money t,
idtaftaclr cotton to too But Albtny Won-
w udbuvtac IbotTgo. do from A. BaTUFF.
opmrytklwauffy iMtnlln ■ Ira-dx.
Jr 7 !"*»•“* “in eot bo undersold by toy
gOoc4o,fcra» UMSBiWiS
m y»!d, boaoo me cuuno boo to ay aim
a. BATUFF.
BaO AlOcey, October 1», 18»1.
Soothing Stbuf. It will relievo the
poor little snfferer immediately—do
pend upon it; there is no mistake
about it. There is not a mother or
earth who bos ever used it who, will not
tell yon at once that it will regulate the
bowels, and give rest to tha mother
and relief and health to the child,
operating like magic. It is perfectly
oafs to naa in all cases, and pleasant to
nil <• Ik. n—o—tn.lnn nfVn.
H. G. POWELL
TboaasvIIl*, Ga^wlll bxUi a first-clas*
V Pbotogjphte Studio oa the Jewish
aa^-wv^gABftg bsz
nvwUrS pnoo^d’tottao' cod' iaShpboto?'
MOA “* - on. . M lk nf . ■u’
the taste, and is the prescription of Sons
of *ho oldest and best female phyatcisnt
and nurses in the United States. Sold
emywhare. 26 cento a bottle.
lliiOWtoL
Brunswick & Albany B. E.
rnro w. n. „ »
W oteb A March Book Scon*.
P.e-.Boor In alnd Albioy ba nova bod o
racily InKlauM, cod aa, act bare another
A'* 11 y«.rra.'ra at tat
opportunity. d.tr
Tax daily papars si a coming out
promptly with tho President's message.
It ia voluminous. In the Macon Tel
egraph and Messenger it consumes
eleven columns of solid brevier. In
the face of this fact tba man or person
who would expect this paper to repro-
'that's all.
IQNliY $20,
l , STATIONS,
duce It ia a base idiot-
Should any genius rise up and synop-
mao it down to three aticks-fnll we will
publish it. Otherwise oar patrons
will have to look to the Macon Tele,
gnaph for the President's monage
this year.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH ON DELIVERY, WITH
^chUttemllu.
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OUT ANY EXCEPTION
Pntsn>KNT A. B. Hillsdale, 'of
Hiram college. Announces that Mrs.
Garfield has appointed him tbe editor
of General Garfield's works, with in
structions to collect, edit and cany
them through the press is speedily as
consistent with thoroughness and com
pleteness.
NOW IS THE TIME
To Hbto Tour Horses Shod.
M B.HENBT PZ.O.'IIMEB, ronaoriy
bor-e-sbuor for toup’o Cirou; I* at ray
•bop, aud Is prepared to iboa tain la tbe
vei y boot ityle. Dbeaied boot! a iptritkf.
PHILADELPHIA
Singer Machine!
This commission covers
the speeches, addresses and published
papers of General Garfield, but has
ncthiog to do with his life.
FOSTTOITES
Administrator’s Sale
OF PLANTATION.
acJs toaocare ibt ptjmpct. sola »: th* ri.k of
B. B. Octz, the high-.: b:Jd«r at »!«Dm.«, XSSI,
and wb® xefoMd to comply with bis bid.
JAMLi L BROWN.
Admlc&ntordebonU ao&of u*ezy* O.Browi.
TKAIK.GO!
N ‘ Baer—aaaa rnraaw.
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