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J. HOFMAYER. E. GUXDERSUEIMEE.
J. HOPMAVER & CO.
Paints, Oil, Glass, Putty
Will be ready in a few
days to give a detailed des
cription of the Large and
Splendid Fashionable Stock
of i >ry Goods received this
season.
All our Departments are
well assorted, and goods will
be sold at our usual small
profits. m
Just arrived, a fine lot of
our Baltimore Shoes.
J. HOFMAYER & CO.
VARNISH. ETO.
PERFUMERY,
FANCY GOODS,
TOILET ARTICLES,
DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES,
The best 5 and 10 cent Ci
gars always on hand. Pipes
and Smokers articles gener
ally.
FRESH TURNIP SEEDS
JUST RECEIVED.
FRESHG00DS&LQWPBiOES
CaS-Preseriptions filled with care,
day or night.
F, C, JONES, Agent, & CO
Albany On September 11.1B80-Iy
Attention of Our- City Council, FIRST Day
it would be & matter of ear-j Doagberfj cocufy Saperiur Court
prise lo our people to kretr hi v ranch j fionvener? yesterday, with JiidgB A. H.
AT HOME.
He wake of the Western corn.
The weather invites to the woods.
-AT-
Fut; Ms MM.
Spanish Laces—Black and Cream.
Crape du ChcneFans.
Mother Hubbard Collars
Pinafore Fiirettos.
Mousquittaire Gloves.
A ncmbek of visiting lawyers at onr
court.
Society promises much gayety
ter Easter.
af-
How comes
Directors?
on the fair, Messrs
Aete-tan water has
for analyzation.
been sent ofl
Albany dressmakers have their
hands full ju t n»w.
The dry good? and millinery estab
lisbments are crowded.
But few can understand the frerdici
in the Williamson case.
Japan plums go like hot cakes at
twenty-five cents per quart.
Tiie Grand Jury adjourned Thuia
div until the (bird week in court.
This Spring’s lop is so dadgasted
hot that winter darcan’t linger in it.
Me. F. F. Putney will bore an arte
sian well on bi3 place at Hardawat
Station.
It is probable that the county will
bore an artesian well on the Conn
House lot.
Mi Ms MM
Nuns Veiling—All Shades.
Spanish Oversuiting.
Linen Lawns—Plain and Figured.
Italian Satin—Checked Plaid.
Silks of Every Style.
I
Illisery MM.
French Chip HaU.
Horseshoe Bead and Flower Bon
nets.
Mother Hubbard Hats.
Hack Hat*—All Shades.
Mb. J. B. Bussey was sworn in at-
stenographic reporter of thi« circuit
Thursday.
Mrs. Bacon's art c*ass has remoy-
ed its headquarters to Mrs. Bacon'*
residence.
You may lead a man to water bt.t
you cannot make him drink. It is
different with whisky.
At this season the small boy aspiies
to get ahead of the early bird, so as to
use that worm for bait.
Cowabilly people kick a man when
he is down because they are afraid to
kick him when he is standing up.
"Will the city dispose of the sur
plus water from the artesian well
for the pnrposc of erecting a bathing
establishment.
MRS. B. G0L9NSKY,
BROAD ST.. ALBANY, GA.
Albany, Un.. March •JS-firndw
A. J, MURAT,
A an eighty-five years old and a
woman sixty-five, who live in the
lower part of Dawson county, Ga., re
cently ran away and got married.
The Easter services at the Episco
pal and Roman Catholic churches
promise to be beautiful. Both sanctu
aries will be decorated with flowers.
DEALER IN
SALTED MULLET, MULLET I0£
Trout and Mixed Fish,
VKR BARREL, HALF BARREL, QUARTER
BARREL AND KITS.
KISH AND ROE IN NEAT BOSTON PACK
AGES.
FREIGHTS VERY I.OW.
A I* ALA CHICO L A, FLA.
m a 24-2m
Ha. Albert Yossok, u native if
Germany and a former subject of Wil
liam 1, renounced that ruler and gov
ernment Monday and became a citi
zen of the United States.
Db. C. L. Schlatter, who has re
cently been made road master of the
Brunswick and Albany railroad, makes
frequent visits to our city on business
connected with his position.
Mb. Muse, father of our young bus-
ness men. by that name, is in the city
for a week. He is a prominent citi
zen of Atlanta, and thinks we have a
great country about Albany.
damaged Western corn is sold in t
market; and the evils growing oat of
this imposition apon oar dealers and
consumers are becoming sO great as to
demand the attention of oar city offi
cials. Most of the corn that is shipped
here from the West is either paid for
before it arrives, or most be paid for
before delivered by the railroads. Thus
the Western shipper has every ad
vantage of our local dealers, and when
the corn he ships proves to be moaty
or half rotten, as is now very frequent
ly the case, he refuses to make any
reparation or return the damages.
Damaged corn thus .costs our local
dealers as much as good corn, and
they are compelled to sell it out here
for consnmptioc in order to save them
selves. The consumers thus become
the real sufferers, and a great many
horses and moles were killed in this
section last summer from eating this
damaged corn. And it seems that if
the evil is not remedied in some nay
the disastrous results of feeding sneb
inferior grain to the stock of this sec
tion wit! largely increase daring the
coining season. Already several car
loads of the half rotten staff have been
dealt ont here, and we think it time
the city should take the matter iii
hand and have every car load of corn
that is brought here inspected before
it is put upon the market. Will onr
City Fathers not take hold of this mat
ter for the protection of the com
munity? An ordinance conld be made
and easily enforced so as to relieve
onr market from this great imposi
tion.
Hazel Klrlce Tuesday Night.
Will yon permit ns? You will?
fben yon may tot believe it, but
Hazel Kirke” did surely capture the
town Tuesday night. It was not strange
tor the excellent actors of the Madi
•oi. Square Theatre Company could
not have failed to do their best for, the
iplendid audience who, not withstand
ing lont, holy week, passover etc, as
sembled at Willingham's Opera House
Tuesday night to hear the renown,
sdplav. Critics more eminent bare re
lieved us of a single comment upon the
nerita of each and every actor, and the
verdict of tbs audience Tuesday night
vould belie any invidious or harsh
jomment that pencil could trace.
I'here are none that deserve special
oention above others. No star. No
prand luminary to outshine the lesser
directions. Everything and every
body was evenly ballanced, and an
enthusiastic audience will long re
member the best dramatic company
that visited onr city duiing the season
of ‘81-’82. _________
Worth’s Educated Fig.
We hear of a bright pig in Worth.
Ho was a very young stray fellow, and
took up his abode at Mr. J. L. Boone’s.
Being an orphan he commenced ma
neuvering for himself, and would steal
up to the cows and sack from their
bags while they were laving down.
He received his nourishment regular
ly that way, the cows never in the
least objecting. He has grown consid
erably, and now meals the herd for
his rations every evening and does not
wait for them to lay down. He stands
up on bis hind haunches, braces him
self with his forelegs against the cow’s
tegs, and helps himself. He has been
weighed every week and has shown t
gain of four pounds a week, being now
about as round as he is long. He
has thoroughly established himself as
a pet and favorite with the cows as
welt as with the gentleman’s family.
Hansell, of .the Southern Circuit, pre
siding. As this is quite a busy season
for both merchant and farmer, (here
was considerable begging off from
jury service. The Grand Jury organ
ized and received the charge of the
Judge, which was able and im
pressive. The criminal docket was
first sounded, and the first case taken
up was that of the State vs. James
Jenkins, a colored man charged with
murder. After considerable trouble
a jury was completed, and the case
A Saa Wto Will be Bcaiuokind
in Albany Is a New talk Court
iioum.
The next witness called was Colonel
w, H. Beits a typical Southerner, of
& MfeMtdotuity Bepgftwehi
■, and in fhe old fatly is estimation
“my Billie’’ was the best kind of aTsOy
Betts belonged td a class of gam
blers bnt few of whom are seen now.
a-days. The loss of a ten thousand
dollar bet on a single hand at drew
low stature, with dark complexion, thin ; poker was nothing more to him than
visage-znd gray haii and he.tul. His | ihe buying of a cigar. Reverses never
version of the shooting corroborated ; disconcerted him in the least. There
that of the other v» imesses ex -ept in
ols particular, and that a very import
ant one. He testified that when Tracy
entered Darling’s saloon he said as he
passed through tii« crowd in which
Miller stood, “Tve co ne to kill you.”
The other witnesses all. Swore* that
whatTrscy said on entering was, "I've
come to treat you.’’ or "Come, and I’ll
treat you.’.’ After the shooting be said
be caught Tracy arid -in-id him while
Moore took the pistol from him.
proceeded with in the late afternoon. ! He saw Miller after the shooting Lold-
It is expected that the case will not j j"” *»is pistol across his lefi arni trj ing
consume any great amount of time.
Our people w : ll find Judge' Uansoll
a splendid officer, profound and agree
able, an old veteran and one. in whose
hands the scales of jastice will always
poise eveuly.
SECOND DAY
Our report of Monday’s proceed
ings left off at the beginning of the
trial of James Jenkins charged with
mnrder. After an impartial trial
Jenkins was found guilty, and recom
mended to the mercy of the court.
The next case taken up was that of
the State vs. Dick Scnrry, charged
with simple larceny, and a verdict of
guilty was rendered; and then Jack
George and J oe Pringle, charged with
larceny, were found not guilty. When
the reporter visited the court roost
yesterday the trial of David King for
hog stealing was in progress. The
coart room is continually crowded
with spectators upon the proceedings.
THIRD DAT
The case of the State vs. Dafitt
King, charged with simple larceny,
went to the jury in the afternoon of
Tuesday. lie was found guilty and
recommended to the mercy of the
court. The next case was that of the
State vs. Dennis McLendon,’ simple
larceny. Found guilty and rccom
mended to the mercy of the court.
The next called was that of the State
vs. Willis Dickinson, charged with
arson. It Will be remembered that
this is the case of the burning of Mr.
Z. J. Odom’s barn, stockade, etc. The
case went to the jury yesterday after
noon.
FOURTH D»Y.
In the case of Miles Dickinson,
charged with arson, the jury rendered
a verdict of guilty after being in their
room bnt a short while. The court
next entered upon the trial of James
Williamson, charged with mnrder.
The jury returned a verdict of ‘guilty
of involuntary manslaughter in the
commission of a lawful act.’’ The
case engaged upon as we went to press
was the State vs. Chandler Brooks
charged with cow stealing. He was
found not guilty.
INTO A Limit SINK- .
Little Colored Girl is Eneulied
and Almost Drowned.
*No risk. Everything Capital not
Irvquirt-d. Wo will !"rnl*h you every-
J blue. Many are making fortunes. La-
V de* make aa much aa men. and boya and
girls umke great pay Reader, if yuu
want a hunin*** at which y**u c*n n»*k«» great iwy
all the time you work, write lor particular* to H.
Haixktt A Co. Portland. Maine. no4ly
A LL persons indebted to the estate of Mr-.
Y. V. Tanker ley are requred o make
immediate settlement, and all i eraou- having
claim* again*! sale estate will .make them out
and present them aocordlng to the tenia uf
law. . W. P. BURK-,
march!Iw30d Admin etrator.
cows
rpWENTY Choice Cows
JL for&ale.
ap.l t twt^
FOR SALS.
1th young calve*
M. T. CM LAV? AY
East Albany
BOARDING HOUSE
A. RATLIFF, Proprietor.
r\PEN t« the Public at Ill times. Only 55
' t t'entcjfor bleats, and IS Ceuta tor Lodging.
Give ns a call. A RATLIFF.
nurll-lT Fa-t vlbany.Oa.
Dr. and Mrs. McMillan returned
from the bedside of Mrs. McMillan’-
faiher Tuesday. The patient was do
ing as well as could bn expected, bu
hi. demise is considered a question of
time only.
W. 1!. Dixon, a prominent merchant
of Cutbbi-rt, was drowned fiaturdit
night. It appears that in company
wilh several men he went to his mill
pond, within two miles of Cuthbert,
and while there concluded to go in
bathing, and was drowned. He is
well known in commercial circles.
Taking effect ou and after Sunday, February
19th, 188:.
Leave* A lbany for Montgomery daily 10:25 am
Arrives at Albany from Macon daily 1^8 pm
Leave Albany f-r Macon daily ... . 1:46 pm
Arrives at Albany from Montgomery 4:38 pm
Leaves Blakely for Albany 6:10 a in daily ex
cept Sunday. 1 ,
A ^ r: .V C3 at Albany from Blakely 10:09 a m
daily except Sunday. '
^cpt Sunday 5 ” *° r 4:88 pmdailyex
lrow Athany 8:30 pm daily
' N ‘?^.i re i gh Y" aQj accommodation
tJHgl tor SmithvUle 5:5t) p m dotty
“SSjK- • rrtres at Albany from I
.Ule 6:« a m daily except Sunday.
JOHN A. 15 AVIS,
Those of our Worth county friends
who were in the minority at the r.-
cent election on “prohibition’’ in our
sister connty, now Tiring their juga
along with them when they come to
Albany. One of our leading mer
chants informed a News and Abver-
tiseb man that he had a number of
Worth county customers yesterday,
and that he sold every of them a jag of
whisky. _
Me. Charles A. Feans left Albany
a day or two ago for Union Springs
Ala. where he has associated himself
with F. Anderson in the hardware
bnsiness, the firm being Anderson &
Frank. It was ajoss to Albany when
Charlie Frank left here, and Union
Springs may truly be proud of her
new citizen. Upright, courteous
murder at Blaclukear.
A special dispatch to the Savannah
yews, dated from Waycross, says
that Joseph M. Lee killed Augustas
H. Long Thursday morning between
seven and eight o’clock, at Blackshear,
Ga., by stabbing him with a pair of
sheep shears. They became involved
iu a dispute about a mule, which led
to blows. Lee happened to have the
shears in his hand, and, in the excite
ment of the moment, plunged them
into Long’s breast, who fell and ex
pired in a few seconds. The Coroner’s
jury brought in a verdict of voluntary
m inslanghter.
Holy w«s.
This is Holy Week, or Passion
Week, in church chronology, and it is
very strictly observed by the Episco
pal and Catholic churches. The daily
services are unusually solemn, and
lovotiouB are nninlerrnpted by any
idmixture of worldliness. The ser
vices of Good Friday in this week
;ommemorate the death of onr Lord,
>nd are followed oil Sunday by the
Easter celebration, which closes the
Lenten period and joyfully proclaims
the resurrection.
The News and Adveetiseb returns
hanks to Mrs. A. Fields for a bum-h
>f small limbs broken from the Urge
Japan plum tree growing in her yard
in thia city, all heavily loaded with
the delicious ripe fruit. It was prettier
ihaa a picture, and the most delight
ful fruit we ever tasted. We learn
that the tree in Mrs. Fields’ yard is
very heavily fruited this season, and
the twigs sent to ns yesterday cer
tainly inornate that the Japan plnm
is a success in this country. The tree
is an evergreen, and ite natural beauty
entitles it to a place in any yard.
Mb. S. D. Passes, of Worth, has
sent to the News and Adveetiseb a
small bunch of the finest oats we have
yet seen. They are very tali, and
everybody who has seen his patch of
one-half acre, predicts that he will
harvest forty bushels from it. It is
encouraging indeed to know that the
crop is so fine, and that there is such a
quantity planted.
Mb. C. A. McDonald, s young law
yer of Dawson, was found dead on
the railroad track at’that place Friday
killed by the cars, bat
letter to a gentleman in the|*
fflt is
Iu the Southern portion of the
city, within twenty yards of the color
ed free; school, is a lime sink. It is
located in a natural hollow, and, in its
primeval state, sacked in or absorbed
the water that flowed from the hillsides
around it. The water thus accumu
lating wonld form a pond, but in time
it wonld disappear by absorption into
the ground- When improvements on
Commerce street began to be made,
near where it intersects Jefferson
street, a pond of water was drained
into this lime sink, which has occasion
ed numerous cavings in aDd giving
away of the earth until a perfect chasm
has been made of the place.
Saturday, as a little colored girl,
named “Evelyn Jones, the seven year
old daughter of Dr. Hilsman’s driver,
was sitting on the brink of the place,
dabbling her feet in the water, the
earth upon which she was seated gave
way and she was soon struggling in
water, the depth of which can hardly
be estimated. Eaif Watson, a colored
boy, happened to be pear, and as the
poor girl came up the iast time he
seized and dragged her out. No sign
of life waB visible, bat Dr. Hilsmau
was summoned. By falthtul and hard
work he succeeded In bringing her
nearly to consciousness before he left
her. The physician tells ns that with
care she will be all right, but that on.
doubtediy she will hate a fever and
doubtless pneumonia before she gets
through.
This leads us to ask if the city can
not be held severely responsible for
the life of this little colored girl
should her case take an unfavorable
turn. Here, in a short distance of
colored school, is allowed a dangerous
lime sink. It has been known to exist
for a long time. On the top of
this the drainage from a street
is conducted to it, and it is not
known now whether or not the
school house, as well as surrounding
bqildings, do not rest upon a honey
comb, ready to crumble at any moment.
Let those Interested examine into the
matter.
List ot Letters
Remaining in thePoit Office at Leary,
Ga., March 1,1888:
Mrs. Alice Gregg, Miss Laura Yon,
If the above letters are not called
for in thirty days they will be sent to
the dead letter office.
Jesse E. Mercer, P. M.
Blaine Nerve. -
Hop Bitters, which are advertised
in onr column, are a sure cure for
ague, bilUonsness and kidney com
plaint:. Those who me them say
they oannot be too highly recommend
ed. Those afflicted should give them a
fair trial, and will became thereby en
thusiastic in the praise of their cura
tive qualities.—Portland Argus.
Balmy odors from Spice Island,
Wafted by the tropic breeze;
Sozodont in healthful fragrance
Cannot be surpassed by these.
Teeth it whitens, purifies;
You will use it if you’re wise
-aa!
to -tearty. tbe we*|>oii to take aim, and
said to Aim, “Don’t shoot, Charlie.”
The trite!ss also testified that he h?ard
no dispute before the .-hooting.
On cro-s-examiniition counsel for the
prisoner said: “Have you ever killed
a insn.”
Wimess—"Yes.’’
Counsel—“Two?"
Witnesses—‘Yes, three. But I don’t
see what thst has to do with this case
«s I was tried and acquitted in every
instance.”
Connsel—“That is all 1 have to ask
you.’’
The announcement of the colonel’s
numerous killings created a decided
sensation in court, the spectators in the
rear ol the room craning their necks to
get a good view of the little fellow who
so coolly admitted that he had “taken
in” three men. lie appeared in no
way disconcerted at these at
tentions and seemed perfectly at ease.
When asked by Assistant District At
torney O’Byrne to explain his iiuniei-
ous killings, be proceeded with delib
eration, but with an entire absence of
bravado, to detail the circumstances.
Ai the outbreak of the war of the re
bollicn, he said, he went to Pensacola,
Fla., with an Alabama regiment. A
man named Brown, who belonged to
the same regiment, insulted his wife.
When he went to obtain satisfaction.
Brown drew a pistol and shot him in
the lip, whereupon witness drew
knife aud killed him. In that caso lie
was acquitted. » His next difficulty wait
at We-i Point, on the Chattahoochee
river, Ga., where he killed a man who
had shot him in the arm in a bar-room
dispute. In this case a jury acquitted
him after five minutes deliberation. The
third little escapade was in Albany,
Dougherty county, Ga., during the
hor s races in 1867. A mail armed
•rith a revolver and a club
tried to kill him on the steps of
the hotel. Witness did not believe in
getting killed so easily, and, drawing
his revolver, shot the min dead. The
jury in this case acquitted him after
eight minutes’ deliberation. As the
colonel quietly withdrew from the wit
ness stand, every eye in the court room
was turned upon him, bat he bore the
scrutiny with supreme indifference.-
Xeio York Timet.
The picture of the “colonel” is easi
ly recognized by those of our citizens
who remember William H. Betts,
gambler and desperate character, who
killed a mao in this place in 18G7, by
the name of Amerson. Amerson was
a worthless sort c-f a fellow, always
full of drink and desire for a fuss. He.
was a plasterer by trade, and came to
Albany to work on the Towns Hotel,
(now the Bogen House) and it was
soon after the completion of this struc
ture that he met his death at the hands
of Bill Betts. The deed wa« done with
the sams coolness that Betts always
displayed. Amerson approached him
and began the row,' Betts telling him
to goaway. Amerson madeajdemon
stration as if to reach for a pistol.
Betts got his pistol out first and fired.
Amerson fell dead, and his pistol fell
on the pavement beside him. Betts
fled and remained away some time,
when he was captured and brought to
trial. After quite a residence in jail,
he was tritd, Judge Strozer then being
the presiding Judge. Judge G. J.
Wright and Gen. Henry Morgan de
fended him, and, as Judge Wright re
marked yesterday, “We’ve never gotten
onr mony tor it either.’’ Betts was ac
quitted. He went to Alabama, iden
tified himself with the Republican par
ty, and secured a handsome position
in the Governmeut employ at Wash-
go
of
ington. He ran foi Congress in the
Third District ol Alabama io 1874. but
was defeated. Jle returned to Wash
ington and has 1. -en engaged in the
government service ever since.
But Bill Retrs has been a tearful
man. Quick and cool, he always “got
tbo drop” in any shooting scrape. The
writer remembers when Bill Betts was
confined in the jail at LaGrange for
killing the victim alluded to above at
West Feint—a man named Aaltman.
Betts’ nonchalance over the matter
was the sublimity of cheek. Although
prisoner in tbo jail, he was never
locked in save by himself. His apart
ment was magnificently fitted out, and
he wonld invite’his friends to visit him
ia the evenings. Wine, joke and a’ lit
tle poker enlivened these occa
sions invariably. Then he wonld
down town, play billiards
an evening until a late
honr, and return and lock him
self in for the night. He always car
ried the key to his oell. He was a poet
loo, and contributed several effusions
to the village paper upon which the
writer was then an apprentice. When
he was bronght to trial it was before
Judge Hiram Warner, and the trial
a big one. William H. Hulsey,
then the Solicitor-General, Judge
William Dongherty and probably Hon,
Nat Hammond, appeared for the
prosecution, and several members of
the local bar, besides Georgia’s giant,
Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, appeared for
the defense. The trial occupied sev
eral weeks, and Mr. Hill made one of
his best efforts. As related above, the
jury was ont bnt about five minutes.
The three men that Betts has killed
do not constitute ail he has done in
this tine. The reckless, daring life of
gambler kept him nearly always in
brawl. In’ Montgomery, Ala., there
an old one-legged printer named
Ferry who owes his crnthches to
Betts. In this case Betts’ conscience
got the better of him, and after com
promising the matter in court by pay
ing a round sum, he made Mr. Perry a
present of a house and lot
still living,his mother resides in Alont-
a splendid, highly caltivated
-old. lady, Mrs. Lanier. Like Buck
■j Bili Betls “never shook his
He always provided for her
was always a place for him to get a
stake, and he kept his credit gilt
all the time. His palmy days are
donblless over, but it is probable that
if those New Yorkers-wanted a fight
and a bad fight aud one right qnick,
all that would have been necessary
was for somebody to step on the toes
of “the little fellow.’’
Com MUNICAVED. |
The niulMlppl Horror.
Editor News and Advertiser:
The writer has a brother-in-law,
whose house is in the Mississippi
‘‘swamp,’’ as the low-lands bordering
the great river are called. He had
just fairly started in life, bought
him a farm of the richest lands in the
world, and built him a comfortable
home npon it, when the recent floods
came. After the waters had covered
the floors, he rippei up a part of it,
and, with the plank thus obtained,
made him a boat In that boat, with
his wife and two-year-old baby, he
floated out from his house on Friday
morning, leaving the floor four feet un
der water. It took them until the fol
lowing Thursday evening to reach land.
Thus the brave husband, with his hero
ic wife and helpless babe, battled wilh
the waters through seven days and six
nighls. What must have been their
hunger and fatigue and suffering, as
(lay and night they kept up their cease
less battle for life, traveling a track
less waste of water; battling now with
a fearful current; now struggling for a’
passage through one of those fearfnl
jungles of wood and vine; now anchor
ed in the darkness and longing for day,
with the exhausted mother giving her
babe rest on her aching lqnhs, always
drenched with the cruel rain; always
faint, but brave and hopcfnl and pray
erful until the land was reached.
Mr. B. writes: “We left on Friday
morning and landed on dry land Thurs
day night. I am the proudest man you
have seen, to know that Sallieand baby
are safe, although we are all sick, with
out a change of clothing and without
money. We lost everything but a few
dollars I happened to have iu my pock
et, and our land which I have not seeu
for. water since the second of March.’’
I have given the above to the pub
lic as an interesting instance of the suf
ferings and straggles of the people
who were unfortunate enough to have
their houses in “the swamp,’’ and to
elicit gratitude to God that our homes
are not visited by any pestilence, and
prayer and sympathy for those over
whom the floods have gone.
R. T. H.
Jambs callaway, - - - - -
Camilla, Qa., April 6,1882.
Walter Rountree, of Quitman,
University Student, Killed In Ath
ens.
Mr. D. W. Rountree; of Quitman,
passed through the city yesterday en
route to Macon, where he expected to
meet the remains of his younger broth
er, Walter J. Rountree, who was shot
and killed in a difficulty between Uni
versity students and some negroes, in
Athens, at noon on Tuesday. * Walter
Rountree was the son of Mr. A. J.
Rountree, a prominent citizen of Quit-
man, and was a student at the Univer
sity. Particulars of the difficulty in
which the young man lost his life have
not yetreaehed ns.
SOME FARTICOLARS.
Since the above was written the fol
lowing brief particulars of the fatal af
fair reached us by yesterday’s mail:
Special Dispatch to the Constitution.
Athens, April 5.—Walter Rountree,
the student wjio was shot yesterday,
died this morning. Twelve of onr
beat citizens composed the Coroner’s
jury and rendered the following ver
dict: “The killing of W. J. Rountree
was by a pistol shot wound fired by
Frank Johnson. It was a premeditat
ed murder. Enoch Echols was acces
sory, present, aiding and abetting in
the commission of the crime.
R. L. Moss, Foreman.
From the Athens Banner.
Last evening, about sundown, just
as onr merchants were closing their
stores for the day, a report was circu
lated that a student had been killed by
a negro near the courthouse. We has
tened to the scene of the tragedy, and
in passing up Clayton street found a
large crowd of both white and blacks
congregated . in front of Miles John
son’s establishment, while the police
were endeavoring to make them dis-
; ierse, but apparently without effect
"'rank Johnson and Enoch Echols, the
perpetrators of the outrage, were ar
rested and in the building, which
caused the assemblage of the crowd.
Passing on, we started for the court
house, the scene ol the shooting, bnt
met on the way a baggy, guarded by
students, containing the wounded
man, who proved to be Mr. Walter
Rountree, of Qnitman, Ga., and a board
er with Mr. J. G. Edwards. It seems
that there had been some previous dif
ficulty between Mr. Rountree and the
negro Frank Johnson, (who is a son of
Miles Johnson), and on the Iast even
ing as several of the students were tak
ing a stroll, in disjointed parties, the
said Johnson, with a friend named
Enoch Echols, decided that they
would have a bloody settlement. So
arming themselves with pistols they
started in pnrsuit of these young men.
In passing a pair of s’ndents, Johnson
asked if they could tell him the way
the two Messrs. Rountree went. The
yonng men, suspicioniog nothing
wrong, told them the direction. Quick
ening their pace Johnson remarked,
“We’ll catch them yet” Mr. AUie
Berckman says he was some distance
behind the two yonng Rountrees, and
his attention was attracted by a shoot
ing in their direction. He hastened
forward just in time to see the
negroes with pistols in their
hands firing at his friends. He did
not see the two white men shoot;
hut saw Mr. Walter Rountree fall.
Another stodent says the brother to
Mr. R. shot one time at Johnson. Dr.
Camak, who also witnessed the affray,
does not think the yonng men attacked
fired a shot From what we'ean learn
the negroes shot at yonng Rountree
seven times, one ball taking effect back
of the neck, breaking the spinal col
umn, and the wound must necessarily
prove fatal. Drs. Benedict and Ger-
dine are both attending on the wound
ed man, and the latter gentleman does
not think his - patient can survive
throughout tiie night, and says that he
cannot possibly last many days, as he
Is even now paralysed from the breast
down. His principal wound entered
the baok, ranging between the last cer
vical and the first dorsal vertebra.
After probing the wound the doctors
conld not decide whether the ball had
. entered the spinal marrow or not. It
If she is is reported tiiat he is also slightly
wounded in ■ the head. Soon after
their murderous deed Johnsou and
Echols fled and took refuge in Miles
Johnson’s shop, where they were ar-
reAled and afterwards conveyed to
inti
---The Macon Telegraph gives out
hints of another new political coali
tion. It says it has authority for
saying that Gov. Colqnitt has invit
ed Hon. Thomas J. Simmons, Judge
of the Macon Circuit, to a confer
ence for the purpose of forming a
political combination by which
Judge Simmons is to be made Gov
ernor. We would not give a parti
cle of credence to this were it not
for the fact that when the Governor
was in Washington City, not long,
since, he did make similar prospo-
sals to Mr. Stephens, which were
declined. Mow this same policy of
naming his successor seems to con
tinue with our Governor, and we
hear of proposals to the Judge of
the Macon Circuit If it is true, as
the Telegraph seems to think, it is
indeed passing strange that onr
noble Governor, re-elected by such
a large majority, should wish to
foscstall the action of the conven
tion which will meet this summer.
What can he the object? Is it to
spike that minority which created a
little unpleasantness? Is it to pre
vent them’from having any voice in
the next election ? Or is it to mad
den members of the press into ani
madversions npon his conduct, so as
to appeal again to the people for
vindication ? Why not let the peo
ple have their will ? Why attempt
this early to have a “packed’’ con
vention ?
Under the peculiar circumstances
of 1880, when Gov. Colqnitt cried
ont that his character, his good
name, was at stake, the people be
lieved and rallied to his rescue, and
they sent instructed delegates. Bnt
no snch circumstances exist now.
The vindication called for was com
plete. He never did anything which
that stubborn opposition said lie
did. I. W. Avery has written a
book and proclaimed to the distant
ages the innocence and merits.of our
Governor. The great jury of the
people at the ballot box said “not
guilty.” Why then this attempt at
combinations? Why seek confer
ences with certain men ? We have
the Democratic organization yet.
Let the convention select the candi
date. Our Cfesar mnst have been
feeding on great meat of. late lo
usurp the prerogatives of the con
vention We are reminded of Car
dinal Woisey. He “ventured, like
wanton boys that swim on bladders,
far beyond his depth.’’ And to
Cromwell, his friend, he said his
ambition was too great.
It is said the Governor expects
Gen. Gordon and Senator Brown to
aid in the movement. We trust they
will not do so. Indeed we hope the
Governor will reconsider. Senator
Brown has done an immense amount
of work during this session of Con
gress. Upon every important mat
ter we find him ready. The ques
tions of finance, the Chinese matter,
the Mormon subject, have been
handled with that strong common
sense for which he is so remarkable.
And his position on the tariff, we
think, will he finally sustained by
the people. Gov. Brown has fully
restored himself into the affections
of the people. He has reached the
highest point of public esteem. And
we will be loth to believe he will
come down from his high place to
join in a petty contest as to who
shall be the next Governor. The
prestige of conventions received a
terrible shock by the action of the
convention of 1880. As to who is to
blame is no longer a vital issue. But
any tampering with the convention
this year, any combination or coali
tion movement to name the Govern
or beforehand, any secret, work to
pack the convention, will destroy the
prestige of Democratic conventions
and the confidence of the people in
them. If this coalition is formed,
and its purpose carried out, then the
Democratic party of Georgia will be
broken into a thousand fragments, as
a glass dashed against a rock. If
true, then President Arthur need
not be dallying with Longstreetand
Felton and Albert Cox for a new
party. Georgia will be bound, band
and foot, Fromotbens-like, and de
livered over as prey to the enemies.
Thoughts like these bting to our
mind Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of
Macon. Who in all this broad land
has been so true to Georgia as he ?
Who has spoken so eloquently for
her iu her limes of distress?- Were
the prize for Congressman at large
in our hand, qnickly would we cast
it upon his honest brow. Of all the
oratais who spoke in AtUnta at the
great exposition, none equaled
Thomas Hardeman, of Macon.
While fully acquiescent, yea, very
progressive now, he retains tjje
charming individuality of the South
erner.
--Since the rain (the night of the
blow) the snnshine has been sum
mer-like in its warmth, and the re
salt is rapid drying of the soil. The
oats are suffering much for rain.
They have that yellow cast which
dry weather produces. The wells
that went so dry last summer are
not affording enough water yet.
We. see no way for Camilla hut to
have an artesian, of course. But we
advise a different trade from that
which Albany made. It won’t do to
take all the chances. For instanco,
the last well for Albany was not
oostly. It was the other two.
The Albany Mews and Adver
tiser never has told U3 what will
be done with the well with the
pump in it. [It is only about three
feet from the other, and has been
pinged.—En.M. & A.j That water is
evidently mineral. What about the
new water ? Is that mineral or just
dear free stone? [We refer you to
last week’s paper for an answer.—j
Ed. N. & A.]
—Dink Davis finished planting his
large cottofi T crop on April 1st.
Dink is a splendid farmer, and it is
not necessary to ask Hamilton about
it to find it out.
—John Wilson, tax assessor, will
see the good people of Pelham on
Monday, the 10th of April; and at
Maple’s Wednesday, the 12th; at
Gum Pond Monday, the 17th. Wo
will announce his 2d round in time.
—Charlie Baggs, who lives now
at Poore’s Mill—indeed owns that
place—represents bnsiness as lively
at the mill. The large turpentine
business there is progressing finely,
and Charlie seems to enjoy living
ont in the wilderness. We hope
soon to pay him a visit and get Pete
to go, too, so we can have a fish
fry.
—At this season of the year cattle
men are mnch annoyed to rid their
cattle of ticks. We heard a man
of veracity, a deacon in the chnrch,
give a never failing remedy for
cleansing the cattle of these pests.
His remedy is simple. He simply
turns the cattle into the oat patch,
and in a few hoars the ticks fall off
in complete surrender to hunt other
pastures.
One swallow does not make a
summer, nor does one experiment
establish a principle, bnt onr infor
mant heard of this, so he' tried it
aud got rid of all the ticks on his
cattle. Anybody donbting this, I
will furnish the name of the author.
He is a reliable man, lives near Ca
milla, is fat and sleek himself, and
loves for his cattle to be the same
way.
Those who have or expect to hare
children, or the care of them, should
call at your Drug Store and rat a cir
cular of Dr. Moffett’s Tekthixa
(Teething Powders), It may.be the
means of saving their child’s life.
Cardinal Points to Kemember.
xhat Acker’s Blood Elixir ia a specific remedy
for neuralgia, rheumatism* malarious and oth*r
reran, scrofulous tendencies, and all forms of
blood -poisoning. It purifies the system, rouses
and develops the nervous energies, enriches the
blood, promotes appetite, dispels langour, and re
stores the body to robust health. For sale by F.
C. Jones, Ag*i A Co. i
CAMILLA ADVERTISEMENTS,
A IfEvr Supply
SADDLES^HARNESS
A t reduced prices, just received.
Call and ■ *
est Saddles and Harness ever
ket,
in this mar-
Ilartsfleld db Baggs.
Camilla, Ga, March 8,1882.
Guardian’s Sale.
GEOBGIA—Mitchell County.
T>Y virtue of an order from the Court ot Or-
-D flinary of Lee County, State of Georgia,
granted at the March Term, 1883, will be sold
before the Coart house door in said county of
Lee, on the first Tuesday in May, between the
legal hours of sale, lot No. fifty-three (63) ly-
ing,beipg,and situated in the Ninth District of
Mitchell Connty, containing 250 acres, more
or less. Terms cash. J. B. McDANlEL.
Guardian of Mrs. A F. Givens and J, T. Cook.
Sheriff Sales. ~
GEORGIA—Mitchell Co.
TK7TLL be sold before the Coart House door in
T f Camilla, Ga., on the first Tuesday in May
next, between the legal hours of sale, the follow-
* roperty, to-wit: Lot land No. (262) two hun-
and sixty-two; also one-half undivided In-
Ninth District of said connty, by virtue of a Su
perior Court fi. fa. from Chatham County, in fkvor
of Thomas Rcrutchin vs. William W. Cheever,
maker, and John B. Suns, security, property
pointed oat by plaintiff attorney. Tenant notified
in writing.
This March, the 28,1882.
G. W. SWINDLE, Sheriff.
Sheriff Sales.
GEOBGIA—Mitchell County.
TETUjL be sold before the Court House door In
TT Camilla, Qa., on the first — -
next, between the legal hours of sale, the r
icgproperty, to-wit: House and lot in the town
of Camilla, known aa the Wakefield Johns Lot.
whereupon Dennis Hopkins now lives, fronting
Depot street, one acre on the South. J. H. Pal
mer on the East and South, and J. W* Pearce on
the West, containing one acre with all Improve
ments thereon, to satisfy a tax fia. fa. State and
County vs. Wakefield Johns. Levy made and ra-
irned to me by G. W. West, Constable.
This March, the 29,1882.
G. W. SWINDLE; Sheriff-
Albany MarKets,
The following are generally
prices, and to buy at retail higher price*
would have to be paid.
MEATS.
Bulk, clear rib sides %ib
Bacon **
Hams « is
Shoulders ** 9
„ CORN AND MEAL.
Com, white $ bushel
Corn, mixed “
White meal......*. u
vn ^ FLOUB AND BRAN.
Flour, best loo lb
“ family. *
u superfine...
Bran w
Chickens, spring, small each
Hens «•
Sweet Potatoes bushel
Tallow......
Fodder 9
_ ^ Hn>ES AND 3K1NS.
Hides, dry flint. $ib
grefan ....... 1 u
Deerskins u
Coon skins each
Wool. yn»
LEATHER.
Country kip... aan>
Choice kip-..
French calf. .each
Sole hemlock .an>
Oak hemlock **
FAMILY GROCERIES.
Coffee, beatJttio.
V 'per gal.
110
10S
1 10
600
5 0J
4 50
.4 2i
? 1 85
20
25
4
20
75
85®10
Syrup, country...,
“ golden
„ . OATS AND RAY.
Feed oatb 9 bushel
a 100 lb
IODUCE.
^ lb
...^ doz
^sack
Hay
COUNTRY PJ
alt, Liverpool
“ Virginia
Sugar, crushed
^ granulated..
u extraC
“ intin cans....
P tatoee, Irish
Tea, black
“ green
Dried Apples..
50 Xb
.perbbl.
Peaches..
15 20
2*
75
K
115
ICO
25
1-
*5
225
S*
ls>
4 CO
GOO
100
11 30
10
1C
OCB COTTON MARKET.
The following is.a correct statement
of Albany’s cotton receipts to date sinco
September 1st, 1881:
Amoont stock on hand Sept. 1.... 97,
Received yesterday, bales 1
”-telved pterions lo dale- 21,670
TotaI — 22,642
Shipped yesterday jt
Shippedprerions to date 20,582
T »tel 20,594
Amonntonhand....' 2,046
'iojtf
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s*
Market dnll and unchanged,
Tim receipts at all porta up to Friday night,
March 34 were, for this year and tbo past
fire years, as follows:
1880^1. . .5,075,OOO 1877-78.. 3,901,000
1879- 80 ...4,4So,000 11S76-77.. 3,734,ooO
This makes the total receipts at the ont
ports 784,000 bales leas than last year, and
190,000 less than two yean ago.
The total crop for the past five years wa
as follows:
1880- 81... 6,589,00011877-78.. 4.8H.OOO
1879-80... 5;757,OOO 1876-77.. 4 485 oZI
1873-79,.. 5.073,000 \
COTTON.>
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