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Volume XXXVII.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY. APRIL
-1883.
Price $2.00 Per Year.
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EDITOIRAL NOTES.
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Chronicle from three to four days to
reach this office. How is that for a
‘‘fast mail*’ ayatem?
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II M. MCINTOSH * CO.
MV MOTHER.
O. for the olden days!
Those were the golden days—
Days that have fled.
O for toe mother love!
Earth has no other love
Worn In its stead.
Still, as it seems to me.
Comes she in dreams to me,
And her soft hand
* omb my fair hai<* for me.
With teuder care for me
Fashion its strands.
Is love n pain to me?
r riendship in vain to me?
Barren life’s way?
Sorrow rhe shares with me.
Whispers at prayers with uie,
“G. d bless my child!”
Slog like the birds to me,
opeaks loving words to me.
Covers rav bed;
O I have need for her!
M/ heart doth plead for her—
Mother is dead!
What are life’s thorns to her?
Life’s sunless morns to her?
Moons Hi t must wane?
Spring has no breath for her.
Autumn no death for her,
Lights ar«. In vain.
W hat arc my prayers to her?
Cumbersome cares to ber?
She is atre«t;
I uses bloom over ber,
snow-blossoms cover her,
Barth on her breast.
Dowd through the dreary years,
rorrowful, weaiy years,
lleres she .ny cry?
Are her hauda holding mt-?
* r i her arms folding me?
Is she still nigh?
President Arthur is slapping mos
quitoes, scratching flea*, and “dream
ing ihe happy hours away,* soothed
by the deep baritone of the musical
aligator in the swamps of Florida.
The Augusta Newt says that “in
many localities the peach crop will be
an utter failure. The great peach
farm of Mr. Parnell, near West Point
Ga., it is said, will make but fewshio-
ments, if any, Ibis year.*’
The Philadelphia "Time* intimates
that Secretary Chandler, having been
charged with stealing the State of
Florida in 1876, he has probably gone
down there to Bbow the President his
property
The Atlanta Constitution of yester
day starts off its report of the pro
ceedings of the Gubernatorial con
vention with—“Yeaterday's balloting
showed that the Constitution J s esti
mates of the vote was surprising]}
correct.*’ Shades of Mars !
The Macon Telegraph and Atlanta
Constitution got a little nearer to
gether with their gubernatorial figures
Sunday morning. The Constitution
was not so sanguine of Boynton’s
nomination as it bad been in previous
issues.
STEPHENS’ LAST WILL.
The Disposition ofHI* Property and
31 emeu toes—Care or Old Friends.
JH
Georgia, Tellaferro county. In the
name of God, amen! I, Alexander 11.
Stephens, of the State and county afore
said, being of sonnd mind and dispos
ing memory, do make and declare the
following to be my last will and testa
ment, hereby revoking and annulling
all other wills heretofore made by me,
and codicils thereto:
First, It is my will and desire that
my friend Quinea O’Neal, shall have a
home at “Liberty Hall” and comfor
table support out of my estate as long
as be lives.
•Second, Eliza Stephens, widow of
Harry Stephens, is to have a home In
the house she now occupies as long as
she may teel disposed to, free from rent
or charge.
Thud, I will and bequeath to the
children of my deceased brother, Lin
ton Stephens, the sum of ten thousand
MATT. BS IN GENERAL.
A visitor to Kid Janeiro writes
that the burial rackets in that lo
cality are covered with black, red or
violet material. b..»clcretl with gi»t
tinsil. gtvittg them the sprightly air
of bonbon boxes.
The mother of O-car Wilde has
long poem on Ireland in the Boston
Pilot Her conclusion is that
the Irish people, driven frantic, “will
take their stand in a mightier land,
'dCVond the broad Atlantic.”
Seven million rabbits have been
killed in Australia in less tbau
year, and yel the rabbit* do not *eem
to decrease in numbers. They may
dollars in money, the same to be divid-* yet drive out the British, as Lord
S?JE5. I Si *-' S lhev once di.I from
See* she my yearning t
...... .. —» n |„g tears? _
_. jteara-
i'itiful, burnii
From heaven’s height
Gomes she to talk with me,
Stealthily wala with me.
Morning and night.
Ah! os it seems to me.
These are not dreams to me.
Still thou ait here,
Walk in v licsides me,
Whatever betide me,
Mother so dc.tr.
When life’s “good-night** to me
Heralds new light to me.
In the nknown,
Unbending bliss for me
Shall be thy kiss lor ine.
Moth r, myown
GEORGIA NEWS.
—V&ldosta wants a $100,000 hotel.
^-Oats are beginning To head out
in Southern Georgia.
—A woman in Dalton sixty years
of age, has cut her third set of teeth.
—Pneumonia is prevailing to au
* alarming extent in and around
Sandersville.
—Sandersville has contracted with
Mr. L. B. Clay for the boring of an
artesian well.
—Davisboro has all at once evinced
a mania for Irish potato culture;
nearly all have planted a large patch,
and intend raising them for market.
Mr. T. J. Orr has planted an acre.
—On one acre in sugar cane the
pas* season, Mr. Fordham, near
StephcnsviUe, made ten barrels of
syrup and four barrels of sugar, the
money value of which w’as $350.
—Things arc badly mixed in Grif
fin, judging from the following, clip
ped from the Columbus Times:
“Griffin, April 5—Dollie Thomas
cut Leola Mnghnm this morning
seriously, if not fatally, with a razor,
both colored.
—The prospects are now good for a
railroad to Sylvania. Two lines are
bidding for aid from citizens, one
from Perkin’s junction, on ihe Sa
vannah and Augusta road, and the
other from No. 6*.<, on the Central.
—During the war Valdosta lost her
town plat, and the names of the
streets, with few exceptions, were
forgotten. The town council recent
ly appointed a committee to rename
the streets, which has been done
satisfactorily.
—Young Echols, who died at
Rome last week after an illness of
forty-eight hours, was a habitual
smoker of cigarettes. The attend
ing physicians say that congestion of
the lungs, from which he died, was
brought about by that habit.
—Editor Freeman, of lho Coffee
County Gazette, rises to remark:
“We have been at work on this paper
for little more than a year, and if
our memory serves us correct to
day’s paper contains the first sheriff
sale we have published. Few
counties in the State can show such
a record.’*
—It is said that editor Burton,
now of the Cochran Banner, contem
plates starting a new paper at Bruns-
V-Jvick. Brother Burton will puli up
Iris anchor and set sail for a new port
upon the leas! provocation of any
newspaper man in Georgia. He is
an inveterate fiddler, and maybe that
has something to do with it.
—The quarterly report of State
Treasurer Speer was made to the
Governor last week. On the first of
January there was $1,207,108.96 in
the Treasury, and during that quar
ter the receipts were $365,217.54,
making a total of $1,672,326.50. The
•s. total expenditures for the quarter
was $500,916.43; leaving a balance of
$1,071,410.02.
—The folio wiug refreshing item Is
from the Quitman Free Press:
‘Thirteen wagons, ail in a drove, be
longing to Maj. Burton Bellamy,
most of them six mule wagons, were
in town on Saturday last loaded with
503 bushels of corn for sale. The
cavaladc of wagons extended fully a
third of a mile. A. J. Bountres &
Sou bought the corn at fifty cents.
It makes us feel better and stronger
to witness such sights as this, even,
as is often the case, we haven’t a
peck of meal at home our ownself.
However, we have interviewed Ihe
Major and he says our barrel shall
always have a “dust’’ in it as long as
be ia" around, and consequently we
are happy.”
“There is a painful rumor wh'ch we
hesitate t.» credit,’’ says the Augusta
Chronicle, “that Col. E. VV. Cole is
threatened with softening of the brain.
Victor Xewcouibe is, on Ihe same au
thority, reported almost blind and lio
possible hope of recovery.
If the two-thirds rule is adopted in
the Convention at Atlanta to-day a
dead-lock is sure to follow. If Boyn
ton lias the vote that the Constitution
gives ^him, however, there is nothing
to prevent his friends from adopting
Ihe majority rule, as those of Mr.
Stephens did Inst August, and nomi
nate their man on the first ballot.
hundred and sixty-sixdollareand sixty- '
six cents each. The share which would j
go to Bebecca Salter, daughter of my j
said brother were she alive, I bequeath <
to her two children, to wit: John and i
Agnes Emiline Salter. The share j
which would go to Emiline Stephens, j
daughter of my said brother, I bequeath j
also to the said John and Agnes Salter.
The other four shares 1 bequeath to I
Clam', Nora, Alexander and Uose Mary j
Stephens, children of my said brother.
Linton, cacti separately and severally. |
Fourth, I hereby constitute my sis- j
ter-in-law, Mary W. Stephens, testa- >
tnentary guardian ol'iiie property here-
Heligoland.
The ihiriy-loiirib annual session
of the Medical Association of Geor
gia will he held at Athens on the
18th, 19th and 20th in-'s. The pro
ceedings promises t*» be of interest,
and will be varied oil ttic second day
by a grand banquet at the Dupree
Opera House.
The Governor of Nebraska has re-
liTbeqtfeathedto John and AgnSEini- j quested that . it the IStli ill -taut each
citizen plant at least one tree. The
State is broad, flit and well nigh
line Salter, and also of the property
* 1 Nora, Alex-
Tiie agony of suspense will cease
to-day, provided there is no dcail-lock
in the Gubernatorial convention ; in
that event, it is hard to tell what will
be the result. It is to be hoped, how
ever, that a nomination will bb made
to-day in the interest of peace and de
cency. Any man who has been promi
nently mentioned in Ihe present can
vass will make a good Governor, and
no matter who of them is elected, the
people of Georgia will have no just
cause of dissatisfaction.
A baby camel began its earthly ca
reer in Central Park, New York, on
Monday morning last. The youngster
is described as being about the size of
a colt, with long Iimbcrsome legs, and
without any “bump on its back. The
neck, which will develop in time, is
very short, and it would be impossible
for the animal to eat food on the
ground without laying down. His
mother was also born in the Park, and
the babe is therefore a full blood na
tive.
The Macon Telegraph and Mes
senger sounds a warning in the ears
of the press, to the effect that the Dude
may become a possible candidate for
vindication, and, as a matter of course,
a political power. The idea of the
Telegraph seems to be, that the press
has been so vindictive in pursuit of
the dude, that ere long the howl of
persecution will be raised, and then
there is no power known that will
continue him as a dude. There is no
disputing the fact that persecution is a
power in Georgia politics, and may
yet play a prominent part in the
present campaign.
As the purchase of Liberty HallUy
the State is very uncertain, the Craw-
forville Democrat suggests that the
Chairman of the Town Council call a
meeting of the citizens of Crawford-
▼ille at once to appoint a time and
make all necessary arrangements for a
meeting of the citizens of the couni y
for the purpose of organizing a Memo
rial Association, to be called Liberty
Hall Memorial Association, with the
view of raising money to purchase it.
The Democrat is satisfied that Lib-
terty Hall can be purchased. There is
an encumbrance of $10,000 on the es
tate, and Hon. John A. Stephens, Mr.
Stephens* executor, will be compelled
o sell he property.
The news from the State Democratic
convention is so uncertain and per
plexing as to amount to almost no
news at all. It was reasonably hoped
that the deadlock would be broken
and a nomination declared yesterday;
bnt the contending factions appear to
have been as far from a compromise
or an agreement upon a nominee when
they adjourned last evening as at the
close of the first day. Our dispatches
give the result of every ballot taken,
and it will be seen that Bacon and
Boynton continue to run so closely
abreast that neither one has bt en able
to throw any sand in the eyes of the
other. Last night's caucuses may
have developed a “dark horse*’that'
will lead the race to-day.
We see that the people of Green
ville, S. C., are about to put into op
eration a fruit canning factory. The
Abbeville Medium, referring to this
new enterprise says: “Thousands of
“dollars are wasted every year in the
“peaches, apples, blackberries and
“other fruits which we allow to rot on
“our places. Green corn, okra, beans,
“peas, and every other luscious edible
“can be preserved and we can have
“something fresh and appetizing
“through the winter when we most
“need such things.’* This wholesale
waste of fruits and vegetables every
year is not confined to South Carolina.
We doubt if it amounts to more in
any section tbau here in Sonthwest
Georgia, where vegetables of every
kind grow so luxuriantly. A canning
factory would pay handsomely here if
it could be made to pay anywhere,
especially since so many of our people
hare gone iuto truck farming. Can’t
mi have inch a thing in Albany?
like manner bequeathed to
ander and Rose Mnry Stephens.
Fifth, The share going to my niece,
Claude Stephens, 1 wish to go in any
way she may by written instructions
direct, by will or otherwise, even if
made before my death.
Sixth, The portrait of my brother
Linton, by Healy, £ leave to sister Mary
Stephens, his widow, to dispose of ns
she sees proper; and if she dies without
disposing of it, then to the Suite Li
brary at Atlanta.
Seventh, The portrait by the same
artist of my said brother’s first wife
which I intended for Emma Stephens,
her daughter, I wish if she shall so di
rect go to Agnes Emiline Salter.
Eighth, l wish sister Mary W. Steph
ens, widow of my said brother -.Anton,
to have all his letters which are in my
possession, except such ns she may
agree to let my executor have.
Ninth, If my nephew', Alexander
Stepheus, son of my brother Linton,
lives to the age of twenty-one years, 1
wish him to have if he desires them, all
the letters in my possession, which
passed between his father and myself,
Which ran through a period of nearly
forty years.
Tenth, According to a promise made
Micajah L. Jones, the house and lot
which he occupied at the time of his
death, and whereon his widow now
lives, I bequeath to his said widow,
Minerviu Jones, for and during her
natural life, and at her death to her
children by the said Micajah L. Jones,
and if her said children shall die with
out issue living at their death, then the
remainder to go to my nephew,
Clarence Stephens; Provided further,
that her son, Carey .lones, shall pay to
my executor the sum of two hundred
dollars, then he is to have said lot after
the death of his mother, and full titles
to this effect shall be made to him, the
said Carey, by my executor, and may
executor shall pay over said sum of two
hundred dollars to said Clarence Steph
ens. •%
Eleventh, To my nephew, Linton A.
Stephens,! bequeath my Baptist church,
Atlanta fair gold-headed cane, besides
what 1 have given him.
Twelfth, To my nephew, Alexander
Stepheus, son of my brother Linton, I
give my gold-headed Oglethorpe county
cane.
Thirteenth, To my niece, Mary S.
Lorry, 1 give my marble top center
table*, which belongs to my parlor.
Fourteenth, to my faithful servant,
Alexander Kent, I give the sum of two
hundred dollars for his kind attentions
to me.
Fifteenth, To Jane More the daughter
of Harry Stephens, and Quinea and
Fanny Stephens, 1 give the sum of ten
dollars each.
Sixteenth, To Dora Stephens I give
the gold watch which she now has in
her possession.
Seventeenth, To alLthc other of my
old servants I wish my executor to
give such articles of furniture or other
things as mementoes, he may see fit
and proper.
Eighteenth. My property, I think,
upon a fair valuation is w orth twelve
thousand dollars. A’ll this after pay
ment of the foregoing specific legacies
.and charges, I give to my nephew,
John A. Stephens, who is hereby con
stituted executor of this will. All the
remainder of my estate, consisting of
re:il and personal property and every
thing of value I may die possessed of,
including my library, manuscripts,
etc.; I bequeath to him ou condition
that he shall pay all my debts and tUb
foregoing specific legacies. The pay
ment of the legacies to the minor child
ren of mv brother Linton and Rebecca
Salter’s two children, I wish to be in
three annual installments if my execu
tor shall desire. The interest on all
legacies to commence one year after my
death at the rate of seven per cent, per
annum. Jin this way the minor children
will have plenty to pay their annual
school bills. And my said executor
may be able by sale if necessary to raise
the funds to meet his engagements
without embarrassment. I will also
add that I have never before given to
ray brother Linton’s children anything
by a few' small presents, while I have
given to my brother John and his child
ren quite as much perhaps, if not more
than I now' leave to Linton’s children.
And 1, with my brother Linton, have
also given to the children of our sister
Catharine Grier several thousand dol
lars—the exact amount I do not now
remember, nor is it material—but quite
as much as I feel able to give them.
The foregoing four pages penned by
John A. Stephens, my executor, and
written at my dictation, I have care
fully read with the three interlineations
on the thini page and the erasure of the
word “it” in the second line from the
bottom on same page, and pronounce
the whole as the eighteen items now
stand to be correct and as I wish and
will it.
In witness whereof I have hereto set
my hand and seal, this 15fh day of
July, 1881.
Alexander H. Stephens.
Published and declared to be his last
will and testament and subscribed as
such in our presence, who were called
on by the testator to sign it as .witnesses
in the presence of the testator,
the presence of each other.
J. J. Kent,.
J. T. Chapman,
Jas. D. Waddell.
treeLss ami the policy urged by the
Governor it a wise one. The time
w ill corue when il will have to be
adopted bv otiie* Stairs.
It is :» cu-tora among the Chicka
saw Indians to release convicts under
seiitcucc of death on p irole of honor.
It is a tradition among the tribe that
no one, under such circumstances,
Ijhs ever failed io appear at'thc lime
aud place appointed fo the execu
tion.
In a lecture at New Yo»k, Friday
night, Lillie Dovcreux Blake said:
“In this republic it i« a crime lo be a
woman; and she is punished for her
sex. If « woman ins Ices a mistake il
is telegraphed all over the country
If the blunders of in n were treated
in the ramo manner, the papers
would he full of uothitig else.’’
Mu. Vanderbilt, the head of the
ho'isc, is said to make some people
hold lhoir hrealh when (hey see him
drive. A man worth $200,000,000
and nearly sixty-five years old, driv
ing himself at a weight of 230 pounds
in a wagon n eighing 184 pounds, nt
a rate of a mile in two minutes and
a-lntif, on a road crowded with fast
teams, i« thought by “Gath’* to be “a
prt^y healthy, ruddy specinn n of
the richest citizen in the world.”
BABIES WEDDED.
Strange Spectacle In a Kentucky
Home Yesterday.
Cincinnati, April 6.—One of the j
most youthful couples that were j
ever married in Kenton county, Ky.,
were joined in wedlock last night.
The groom is George F r Kyle, aged | *
fourteen years, son of George F. Kyle,
and Lizzie May Hollingshe&d, aged
thirteen year*. * They were married
last night at the residence, of the
groom’s parents, near South Coving
ton, in the presence of a few of their
most intimate friends. The bride is
an orphan, and In Order to obtain
a liicense to wed, the groom’s father
qualified as her guardian, and he
then consented to the issuing of ihe
license and gave his assent to the
marriage. The combiued ages, of
the twain is only a few years more
than the lawful matrimonial ago in
On Thursday la*t a bill was in:ro
duced in the New York Senate, and
immediately ordered to it* third
reading, to prevent any attempt to
personate or represent Jesus Christ
by any show, play or dramatic rep
resentation, whether free or for an
admission fee and declares a viola
tion of its provision* a misdemeanor,
punishable by a fine of not l#*ss than
$100, and ini prison men t for not le.-s
than six month*.
and in
A Bostonian
Was Made at
Who
Home.
W*ll Street N«ws.
A Boston capitalist who has just
returned from a trip to the lumber
regions of Wisconsin struck a coun-
tiv hotel one night (Juringa blizzard.
The landlord was doing his best to
heat up and make everything com
fortable, bat, after his heels had
been frost-bitten within six feet of
the bar-room stove, the Bostonian
hinted that he would go to bed.
“Stranger in these parts, ain’t
you ?” whispered the host
“Yes.*’
“From Bosting, ain’t you ?”
‘Yes. 5
The death of Postmaster-General
Howe leaves in active public life
only three men who, with lrm, occu
pied seats in the United States Sen
ate when President Lincoln called it
together in special session at the out
break of the war. They are Senators
Anthony and Sherman and Daniel
Clark, United States District Judge
for New Hampshire. Not more
than half a dozen other members of
that Senate are now living; among
them being Mr. Doolittle, who was
then Mr. Howe’s colleague. The
Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin,
and the chaplain, Dr. Byron Sunder
land, also yet survive.
Appreciated.
Neios and Advertiser:
The young ladiesjof Albany, many
of whom were at the matinee con
cert on Friday evening last, may be
assured of one thing, that the fioral
testimonials so generously bestowed
by them at the lime, were not only
appreciated hut highly prized by the
recipients. It is not considered fair
to tell tales out of school, and yet I
can scarcely refrain from saying,
'that about the last object of interest
seen in the hall after the matinee wae
over, was a tableaux, or rather trio,
their faces radient with smiles, and
standing by a table literally heaped
with the most delicious bonquets. It
was a picture of itself, to witness the
loving tenderness and care with
which the gentlemen handled and
gathered together these fragrant
flowers, vowing to bear them away
and keep them to the lost leaflet as
precions souvenirs and mementos of
Albany’s host of bright eyes, which
on many occasions smiled approval
upon their vocal efforts to please.
I trust these agreeable and pleas
ant gentlemen, Messrs Winans, Mof
fat! aud Lndwick, will, at their de
parture bear only pieasaut recol
lections of their brief sojourn in Al
bany, and return some future day
and favor onr people with Bimilar
delightful entertainments. S.
The Country Happy.
CiacinhaU Times£tar.
A generous feeling prevails North
and South, East anti West. The
cheerful signs of thrift and growth
are seen on every hand. The roar
and ring of traffic make mery music
all around. The people arc satisfied
with the condition of national affairs,
and are paying strict attention to
their own affairs. Party hacks and
demagogues may lash one another
on the backs, and try by all their
petty tricks to stir up strife and ex
cite a popular feeling against the ad
ministration. But they simply play
the knave or fool. The people are
content, and throw up their hats for
Arthur.
“Well, I’ll make an exception in
your case and give you your choice Hleh Hoclc Sprlne Water,
between a room where the boys will As a Cathartic and Alterative, thii
likely sit up till 3 o’clock and play water stands superior to all. Jr. the
old sledge, or one next to where me treatment of Dyapepsia, Constipation,
and the old woman will begin jaw- Torpid Liver and all diseases under
ing and fighting about 10 and keep ! the head of Liver and Stomach,
it up till square daylight. You look j The usual cathartic doee is one
likeaman of culture, and 111 make | glass full taken before breakfast,
it as comfortable as I can for yon.” | Sold by all first-claas druggists. Ad-
The Bostonian compromised by | dress .rderB to the High Rock Spring
taking a north room with seven I Company, Saratoga Springs, K. Y.
panes of glass broken ont of the win- j Weloh «fe Muse, wholesale and re-
dow. tall agents.
THE STATE TBKtSt'RI. '
Treasurer Speer’. Hcport—Balance
in ilic Slate Treasury.
State Treasurer D. X. Speer made
liis qonlerlr report to the Governor
last Friday, of whicn the following is
a eynopsis:
The balance in the treasury, Jan
uary 1st, 1883, was $1,207,103.96. The
items are all interesting, is for in
stance, ou side of receipt-, tbe drum
mer's tax ’ast year wits only $306.00;
insurance fee., $2,935.00; railroad
tax for 1-883, $75.00; premiums on
.ales of United Stater bonds, $20,-
10000; fees of inspectors of fertil
izers, 1883, first quarter, $38,521.44;
the rental of the W. & A. li. IL, for
the quarter, $75,000; general tax of
1882, $209,944.33; and other items
which foot up $365,217.54, or with
last balance, $1,572,326.50.
Ou the expense side civil disburse
ments were $21,190.92, lor tbc qu.tr- ihe grand old Commonwealth. The
ter, we suppose; public debt, $115,-; bride is not a voluptuous-looking
0{I0; the school fund of 1882 is ) girl, and, in fact, resembled a child
15,460.75; for 1883jt is $183,393;! that had not passed the spanking age,
llantu University tor the ' year, j and the groom was not much her su
perior iu this respect. The bride
was modestly and neatly attired, and
resembled a little girl that was dress
ing for her first attendance at a
children’s party. The twaiu were
evidently quite fond of each other.
There was none ot that style of love
there is generally displayed at a wed
ding, and when the minister pro
nounced them mau aud wife they
faced each other (or a moment, and
suddenly the childish groom bash
fully embraced his diminutive bride.
It was a rather strange sight and
looked more like a children’s mock
marriage than a so'cmn reality. The
couple are not wealthy, and their pa
rents are only in ordinary financial
circumstances.
Justice to a Deserving Citizen,
The day after the Bibb county
Democratic convention was held, Ihe
Macon Telegraph took occasion to
ridicule and criticise Col. John P.
Fort ralher harshly for the part he
took in the meeting. It occurred to
us at ihe time that the strictnrea of
onr Macon contemporary were very
unjust and severe, and we therefore
take pleasure in reproducing the fol
lowing, which we find in a letter
written from Macon by “H. H. J.”
to the Atlanta Post-Appeal:
The writer is again constrained to
come to the rescue of an irreproach
able gentleman—Captain John P.
Fort—for the part he took mthe late
Bibb county citizens’ meeting. It
will be remembered that Captain
Fort, in view of the number of de
serving aspirants for Gubernatorial
honors before the.Convention, offer
ed a resolution to the effect that the
delegates from Bibb should be sent
unfettered by any instructions what
ever. For this he has been severely
censured without cause. We' arc
sure that the Captain meant no dis
paragement of ’ iC claims of Major
Bacon, but merely wished to treat
with proper respect and considera
tion the other gentlemen who had
announced themselves as candidates.
Personally we believe tint he favors
Mr. Bacon’s nomination. Hence, the
injustice of tho strictures against
him. Georgia does not contain with
in her limits a more incorruptible
and deserving citizen or one pessess-
od of greater independence, public
spirit and sterling worth than the
subject of these remarks—Captain
Fort. It bodes ill for the harmony
and perpetuity of the Democratic
party u hen such men are assailed
for tbc mere assertion of their indi
vidual opinions. If is pleasant to
know that this exciting aud damag
ing contest for the vacant chair of
tho illustrious Stephens is rapidly
drawing to a close.. Then let the
irotr-ribbed Democracy disappoint
the hopes and predictions of their
radical enemies by at once falling
iuto line and reforming in serried
ranks for the next Presidential strug
gle. The life of the glorious old or
ganization can never go out, because
it is fonnded.upon the original con
stitution of onr fathers and the eter
nal principles of truth and justice.
All who lead a closely confined
life arc more freqncntsabjects ot con
stipation, headache and indigestion.
If you will use Bailey's Saline Ape
rient it will cure you entirely. Pleas
ant as a glass of soda, cheaper than
pills and never fails.
A Disappointed manlier.
Texas Sifting,.
There lives in St..Louis a very
sensible old German named Muller,
who keeps a store. He hasadaugh
ter, but her name is not Maud, she
does not rake tho hay on a summer
day and angle simultaneously for
susceptible old judges, her name is
Mina. Not long since she attracted
tbe attention of one of those unfor
tunate creatures called “mashers,” so
called because their noses need
mashing about ten times a day. He
found out where she lived, and next
day au unkempt nrchin brought
Miss Mailer a personal note, marked
“strictly confidential.” The contents
of the note were to the cfiect that lie
loved her for herself alone; also that
he had something very important to
communicate to her, hence sheshonld
meet him at 10 o’clock sharp at the
corner of Biddle and Tenth sheets.
The following postscript was added.'
“P. S.—That my darling may make
no mistake, remember that I will
wear a light pair of pants and a dark
cut-away coat. In my right hand I
will carry a small cane, and in my
left a cigar. Yours forever,
Adolphus. ,
As the urcbiu8aid he was told to
wait for an answer. Miss Muller took
the note to her father aud requested
him to write au answer. The old
man did so, stating that his daughter
would be at the appointed place at
the tinio specified, by proxy, he, her
father, having authority to represent
her at the proposed caucus. The
postscript read as follows:
“P. S.—Ijet mine son of a gnn may
make no mistakes, I vill be dreshed
in mine shirtsleeves. I vill vear in
mine right band a glub; in mine
left hand I vill vear a six shooter,
forty-five calibre. Yon vill recog
nize me py de vay I bats you on dc
head, a goople of dimes twict mit dot
gluo. Vait for me ou de corner,as I
have somedings imbordant to inform
you mit. Yon (rent,
“HEiumcn Muller.”
For , some unexplained reason
Adolphus was not on hand when lie
was wanted, much to the grief of
the old mau, who meant all that he
wrote.
Allan
$8,000, and State University at "Ath
ens. $8,000; balance due on new
Code. $9,000; L-gislative pay-role,
$49,892 83, aud a total of ail items,
$50(1916.43. Balance iu the Treasury
1st April. 1883, $1,071,410 02. The
general balance is the Same, $1,572,-
316.50 Tlie items on tbe receipt
side number 36, and 37 on the ex
penditure side, including the Treas
ury balances on both.
The usual affidavit of Hou. D. X.
Speer follows the balance sheet, and
it is attested by Hon. James S. Boyn
ton, Governor.
Tbe Truck Perm Spread
Sarannsh New*.
Five year* *go ili^* t»nly truck
fa ruling known in Georgia was
around the suburbs of a few of the
chief cities, conducted on a small
scale for the local markets. About
that tiun: a small beginning was
made in Lowndes, Brooks and Thom
as counties along the line of the
Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad, to plant fruits and vege
tables for »he Northern markets.
Year by year the business has in-
crea.-ed from that date, spreading
down that road io Savannah, west
ward to Bainbridge, southward to
Middle Florid*, and northward lo
Camilla, Albany, Atucricus, Mon
tezuma, and poking Macon, on to
Griflin, East Point and the country
around Atlanta, where, according
to newspaper account'*-, a genuine
interest is daily increasing in the
business. The country south of
Macon is aNo waking up ou the sub
ject. In Pulaski county the people
have become so wed satisfied that it
is a safe and profitable business that
many of them have entered upon it
the present year, and a member of a
business firm iu Hawkiusville will
be established in Cincinnati for the
purpose of linndiMig the produce to
be shipped there from the Ocmolgee
region. We can scarce y take up a
Georgia or Florida journal, that does
not contain something about the
opening of new truck farms or the
triumphs of tlic old, and the rail
road companies appear to be eucour-
agiug the spirit of this industry to
the utmost, because t j- y arc now
satisfied tbit it will inrre-se the bus
iness of the roads. It i* no longer a
question of fhe salt? o^Uiel*^produce
in the Northern nmrk'-is. It is n.iw
settled that all such goods arriving
there at the proper lime and in
proper condition, will bring re
munerative prices. Neither is the
business likely to be over-done.
The population of the country will
in ;reuso sufficiently to keep up the
demand, and when it is considered
that the Southern produce does not
come into competition with the
Northern, it uili be seen that each
section has alternately the entire pop
ulation or the country for its cus
tomers.
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than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in
competition with the mnltitnde ot low test, short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold omjr m
ROYAL BATING POWDER CO.
novt-dwlT Naw York.
Sheffield k Bell
Have now on hand for tbe coming a
. a comp’ete stock of
WATT PLOWS,
One and Two-Horse,
With all the attachments. We arc also agents for the
grofcssiouaX Cards.
>. A. VASOV. A. IL ALFltlEHli
PA SON & AJLFRUEiND
Attorneys at Law.
ALBANY, GA.
Active and prompt attention given to c
cctions and all general business, Practice
n all the courts.
Office over Southe n Express office, oppo
site Court House. janC-dtf
V. T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS
Attorneys at Law.
office ovei
ianl5-ly
James Callaway.
A-ttornev. at aw
CAMILLA, GA
feb2f.
Trowbridge & Hollinhead
DENTISTS,
.7AYCROSS, - - - - GEORGIA
Teeth extracted wiiiioat pain. All work
arrauted. Terms moderate. Will go any-
here on B. A A. and 8. F. A W. Railroads-
apl8-12m
S. J. ODOM,
Attorney-at Law,
(Office in U» Court House)
ALBANY, GA.
yyiLL represent client! in the Albnnj cir-
decWUwlj
Do iron Know tbe Prisoner?
Unknown Exchange.
“Do jou kiiurv the prisoner well?”
a c ki'd the nltornev.
“Never knew him siek,’’ replied
the witness.
‘ No levity,’’ said the lawyer, stern
ly. “Now, sir, did you ever see the
prisoner at the bar?”
“Took many a drink with him at
the bar.”
“Answer my question, sir,” yelled
the lawyer. “How $iong have you
known the prisoner ?’
“From two feetnp to five feet ten
inches.”
“Will the court make the—”
“I have, jedge,” said the witness,
anticipating the lawyer; “1 Lave an
swered the question. I knowed the
prisoner when he was a boy two
feet long and a man five feet ten.”
“Your hono—”
“It’s a fact, jedge, I'm under
oath ?” persisted tbe witness.
The lawyer arose, placed both
bands on the table in front of him,
spiead his legs apart, leaued his
body over the table, and said:
“Will you tell tbe court what yon
know about this case?”
“That ain’t his name,” replied tiie
witness.
“What ain’t his name?”
“Case.”
“Who said it was ?” .
“Yon did. Yon wanted to know
what I knew about this case; his
name is Smith.”
“Your Honor, please,” said the at
torney, pinching his beard out by
the roots, “will you make this man
answer?”
“Witness!” said the Judge, “you
must answer the questions put to
you.”
“Land o’ Goshen, Jedge, hain’t I
been doing it? Let the blamed cuss
fire away. I’m ready I”
“Then,” said the lawyer, “don’t
beat about the bush any more. Yon
and the prisoner have beeu friends?”
“Never!” responded the witness.
“What! wasn’t you summoned
here as a friend?”
“No, sir; I was summoned here as
a Presbyterian. Nary one of ns was
ever Friends. Hafe an old line Bap
tist, without a drop of Quaker in
him.”
“Stand down!” said the lawyer,
in great disgust.
“Hey?”
“Stand down.’’
“Can’t do it. I’ll sit down or stand
np.”
“Sheriff, remove the man from the
box!”
Witness retires, muttering: “Weil,
if he ain’t the thick-hcadedcst cuss I
ever laid my cye3 on!”
THE ALBANY HOUSE!
Merrick Barnes,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
TUiis House is well furnished and in ev*
JL ery way prepared for the accommo-
Jation of the traveling public. Entire sat-
sfaction guaranteed. The table is sup
plied with the best the country affords;
ind the servants are unsurpassed in po-
•iteness and attention to the wants oi
quests. Omnibuses convey passengers Ic
ind from the different railroads prompt”
•y, free of charge. Charges to snit the
ime8. ' sep29ti
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A sumueb of years ago, gambling
became snch a rage in Eatouton,
Georgia, that the grand jury returned
forty indictments at one term of
court. Among those arraigned were
a number of prominent lawyers.
After pleading guil'y, Judge Cone
fined each of them $10 aud cost, and
lectured them severely upon the
uselessness and immorality of snch
habits and the viciousness of the ex
ample which they were setting foi
the youth of the country; then, com
manding Ihe defendants to take their
seats, with a solemn face, but a
merry twinkle in his eye, he turned
to the clerk and said: “Now, Mr.
Clerk, enter alter these cases, ‘Stale
of Georgia vs. Judge Cone, gaming—
special information by His Honor;
plea of guilty,’ and lice him $100
and costs."
This Oil is abstracted from peculiar species of
small White Shark, caught in tbe yellow
Sea, known aa Okcharodon Kondeleth. Ev
ery Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues as a
restorative of hearing were discovered by a Budd
hist Priest abovt the year 14(0 Its cures were so
numerous and many so seemingly mirac-
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over the entire Empire. Ita use becime to uni
versal that for over 300 years no Deafness
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Sent, charges prepaid, to any address at $1 per
Hear What the Deaf Say.
It has pe-formed a miracle in my cast.
a have no unearthly noises io my head and
bottle
le will cure me.
benefitted.
a great deal—think another
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Character abtolide, as the vriter can personally testify,
both from experience and observation. Write at once
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P iACHTREE Street, opposite Governor’s
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will bo resumed on Wednesday. September 6,
1S82, with a corps of experienced teachers.
The object of this institution is to afford the
advantages of a thorough education embrac
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Collegiate Departments. Special attention
given to the study of Music. ModfcJ. Lan
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French and German teachers ar$ employed.
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Piles! Plies!! Plies!!!
A cure for Blind, Bleeding, Itching
and Ulcerated Piles, has been discov
ered by Dr. William, (an Indian reme
dy,) called Du. William’s Indian
Ointment. single box has cured
ihe worst chronic case of twenty-five
' years’ standftg. No one need suffer
five minutes^after applying this won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions and
instruments do more harm than good.
William’s .Ointment absorbs the tu-
mois, allays the intense itching, (par- |
ticnlsrly at night after getting warm j
in bed,) acts as a poultice, give in- j
stant and painless relief, and is pre- j
pared only for Piics, itching of the j
private parts, and for nothing else
For sale by all druggists and mail
ed on receipt of price, $100 P. R.
Lance & Co., Proprietors, Cleveland,
Ohio. Welch Sc Muse, wholesale and
retail agents.
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A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BANE
of the present generation. It is for tho
Cure of this disease and its attendants.
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LOADING SHOT GUNS.
CAETEIDGES,
PISTOLS,
Brass and Paper Shells
Always fn slock at lowest prices.
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-1 TSipril
BROAD STREET. ALBANY. GA.
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ALBANY, - - - - GEORGIA,
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Doors, Lime, Plaster
Blinds, Hair, Paris,
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Western Paint and Roofing Co.’s Non-
Corosive Paint,
WHICH WE SELL UNDER A STBICI GUARANTEE
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Etc.,
We take pleaaure In announcing lo the citizens of Albany and •, rurrouDdiog country, that ire ‘have
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ii fo. the laboring classes. Mr, W. 1*1. KEY, aesietedby.Mr. NV J, CRl'tiivR*
charge of this branch of me business, and, as our aim Is to please, we gu.rantee saiisiac
who may favor us wiih their patronage.
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Nervous System la firacedTthe Muscles
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HIM!
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COLUMBUS, GA-
THE BEST IN USE.
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Z. RIVAL, n Planter at Bayou Sam, Lo., says:
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cause the tevela le srt naturally, with-
S. W. GUNNISON,
% Hae'enlarged his business, and i3 now opening the largttt stock Of
Hardware, Crockery, Stoves,
HOUSHFURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
has ever had during )us t long busine:
career in Albany,
signs In
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