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A Sketch of This Gallant
Democrat
A LIFE OF DAILY DEVOTION
To Ilia Mind It Wax a Far Store
Worthy Ambition to Have Been a
follower of JE«ee and JTackaon
Thau, .to Barn Xacenae In tbe
Palace of Kings.
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We take the following sketch
Hon. Ben E. Bussell from the Savan
nah News:
Ben Bussell of Decatur county has
been the “head and front” of Demo
cratic offending in the Second Con
gressional District for the past twenty-
fife years, and stands today pre-emi
sent for unswerving devotion to the
cardinal principles of the party
His prominence as a journalist and
Democratic leader have attracted so
much attention to him that a brief re
sume of his career will be interesting.
“Ben” (as every one calls him) was
born some time along in the ’40s, and
is now just old enough for those who
know him to value him moie highly
' than before. Time has only served to
mellow and sweeten his genial disposi
tion, and “to know him is to love him*
and to name him is to praise.'
“Ben” is a born fighter of everything
that is non-Democratic or against the
South. He began this fighting busi
ness early—in the first year of the war,
and amoDg the first companies that
marched to the front to “illustrate
Georgia.”
When the Bainbridge Independents
volunteered for the war and marched
from her peaceful and shaded streets
for the din of carnage and battle, Ben
was at the head of the column beating
the kettle drum.
His position then seems to have been
prophetic of his future career, for he
has been at the head of every subse
quent movement for the disentbrall-
ment of his people and upbuilding of
his section; he has been “beating the
drum,” doing all the work and hur
rahing, while otners more fortunate,
if not less modest, have reaped all the
reward of political preferment.
Ben served the South during the en
tire war; was never home on a fur
lough, nor off on a sick list. He was
with the chivalry of the South at Ma
nassas, when they first wrote their
claim to immortality in the “purple
testament of bleeding war;” he wa3
with them at the butchery in the crater
at Petersburg, and he saw the stainless
drop from the nerveless grasp” m the
Wilderness; and when at Appomatox
the “warrior’s banner took its' flight
to greet the warrior’s soul,” it left
none more heart-broken at its loss than
this brave “drummer boy.” Ben was
sounding the morniug drum beat and
the evening tattoo on tbe tented fields
of Virginia when the demagogues and
third partyites, who now besmirch his
character and belittle his genius, were
being “spanked” to sleep to keep them
from crying over a “nigger rising in
the quarters.” He has stuck to his
country through “lean and fat,”
through fire, blood and water, and
now that ho is before his countrymen
for an elective office, It will be an ig
nominy and shame if his high claims
for their gratitude and indorsement are
to be ignored, “Pray the gods to in
termit the plague that needs must light
on such ingratitude.
At the close of the war Ben had
nothing left of which to be proud, ex
cept his record as a Confederate sol
dier. He is foolish enough still to be
proud of it. He would nSt exchange
that badge of honor for all the “gems
of Golconde.” To his mind it is a far
more worthy ambition to have been a
follower of Lee and Jackson than to
burn incense in tbe palace of kings.
Ben would still fight on this line if in
his presence you traduced the memory
of a brave Confederate.
He fought gallantly Jjo sustain the
Confederacy, and now that it exists
only as a memory, it is to him a sacred
one—sweet as the memory of a buried
lore. It is the nature of the man to be
sincere and steadfast. The success or
defeat of his principles or friends never
lessens his loyalty to either.
""itTwould make a lamp post laugh to
hear Ben relate his experience in work-
ing.his way as a ragged paroled “Con-
led” from New York to Savannah and
thence to Bainbridge.
Underlying, however, the drollery
of his relation of those perplexing incl
dents, there is
renowned than war.” nis dist inguisli
ed career as editor of the Bainbridge
Democrat has been a series of con
tinued struggles and exalted triumphs
for the people be loves. Taking up the
editorial tripod when the State if as
reeking with the filth of reconstruction
he has indeed been the Henry of Nav
arre, wbo3G white plume led the van in
the reform movement which culminat
ed in the overthrow of Bullockism and
tVhitelyism in Georgia. It required
“Sam Jones’ backbone” and iron-
ribbed integrity to be a fearless and in
dependent editor in those days. The
blandishments, of wealth and office
were the glittering guerdons which a
venal executive glaringly flaunted as
reward? for base and servile partisan
ship. But the time-honored Demo
crat, under the editorship of Ben Bus
sell, never “crooked the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift might
follow fawning.”
In no part of the State was the war
against Bullock and his “pals” distin
guished by greater courage and ability
than in Southwest Georgia.
Bullockism first, and then Whitely-
ism were uprooted from tbe soil they
polluted. The overthrow of “Slippery
Dick” Whitely and his banishment to
the slums of Colorado are direct results
of Ben Bussell’s brave and unceasing
warfare against radicalism and every
thing that is radical in tendency.
The Second District will do itself
honor 8nd place the entire State under
obligations to it if Ben Bussell is sent
to Congress from that district. The
first man who nominated Turner for
the place he has so honorably filled—
what more fitting than he should be
Turner’s successor? Ben Bussell has
spent both time and money, many
years and many dollars, in advocating
the claims of office for others itt all
parts of the district. His vast work
has all along been unselfish and unre
warded. Since the first election of
Teta Smith in 1874, there has not been
a break in the continuous line of Dem
ocratic victories. In no single cam
paign from that time to the present
could the Democrats have won with
out his powerful pen and influence.
He is recognized throughout the State
as the leader of tbe Democratic hosts,
and a rejection of him and his claims
would, in the present state of affairs
bring untold disaster to the party at
large. Let those in the district whom
he has befriended in the past rally to
his standard and see to it that he is re
warded for his faithful services in be
half of good government. He has been
the herald to sound the battle cry in the
past for every one worthy of public
trust. "Wright, Fleming, Smith, Tur
ner, Hammond, Bower, Spence, Bush,
Mitchell and scores of others have been
the subject of his lofty panegyric. Now
that he is for the fir3t time ,before the
district it is proper that these, and the
many others whose political battles he
has so hotly fought, should arise as one
man and commend him to the people
as a Democrat indeed in whom there is
noguiltft G. F, W.
Waycross, Ga.
BUSSELL’S BE PLY."
Arfew days ago a puerile little sheet
published in ThomasvilJe contained
an article attacking Ben Bussell’
Democracy. Any one could see from
the feeble vein it was written in that
Whiskers Winter was in the last stages
of despair.
Ben Bussell ha3 made a reply to this
articieand his reply shows it to haye
been a campaign lie. We give below
Capt.- Bussell’s reply, which contains
enough of the attack to fully explain:
lo Capt. Albert Winter, Editor ct "tbe Xe-we.
Dear Sie—You are a fiuo writer,
and are regarded amoug the profession
as a bright newspaper man. Your
paper has ever vaunted itself as a fair
exponent of pubiic opinion. Fairness
is always to be commended in either
public or private-lile. In the heat of
a political campaign, and in tbe ex
citement of the moment even newspa
pers occasionally go wrong, 'but the
honest editor is always quick to repair
an'error when it is brought to hi3 no
tice. Upon this hypothesis, I beg your
Hunt’s Cure is the greatest reared
for skin diseases ever known. Bing
worm, Itch and all kindred disease
positively and permanently cured
Your money will be refunded if it
fails. Price 50 cents.
SONG OF THE-PEOPLE’S PABTY.
the sad reality of the
hardship .and deprivation to which the
unpaid soldiers of immortal principles
were subjected. Yet, in the face of all
this, seemingly sensible people have
the hardihood to refuse honor where
honor is due, and profess to regard
with indifference what are contempt
uously called “war records” and “war
heroes.”
Since the surrender Ben has proved
„hat “peace hath her victories no les3
Three times three are sixty-six,
Straw’s not needed for making bricks,
Crops depend on politics:
And the People’s Party knows it 1
Plough and hoe are both played oat,
The way to farm is to run about
To P. P. meeting, s.nd storm and spout:
And the People’s Party knows it!
Why should the farmer delve and ditch,
Why should the farmer’s wile _darn
and stitch ?
The government can make ’em rich:
And the People’s Party knows it!
When we’ve kicked the plutocrats
down stairs
And purged Wall street of its boils and
bears,
We’re all agoin’ to be millionaires:
And tbe People’s Party knows it!
Away with the infamous mortgagee,
No more we’ll be flaunted by such as
he,
Uncle Sam pays for all, d’ye see ?
And the People’s Party knows it!
O, this will be a glorious land
When things are done as we have plan
ned,
And we’ll have prosperity, fresh and
canned:
And tbe People’s Party knows it!
The leaves of trees will be dollar notes,
There’ll be diamond rings around the
beads of oats,
And silver tips on the horns of goats:
And the People’s Party knows it!
The cheese’ll be silver, the butter’ll be
gold,
The streams’ll run whisky, hot and
cold,
And Mugwumps will forget to scold:
And the People’s Party knows it!
The 6th ult.’ll be the 16th prox.
The girls will cease to think of frocks;
Jerry Simpson’s leet be sheathed in
socks:
And the People’s Party knows it!
So, hurrah, hurrah for the great P. P. 1
1—7 and 0—3.
A is B, and X is Z:
And the People’s Party knows it !
—New York Sun.
close attention to what follows.
Last week you made a. visit to Bain
bridge in search or certain files of the
Bainbridge Democrat, for the purpose
of “looking up BeiKBussell’s record.”
You evidently tailed,' but if you’ had
applied to me I would have furnished
you the files with pleasure, and then
you would have been spared the cha
grin, which as an honest man you
must feel—of misstating facts, which
you doubtless got by “word ot” some
unfriendly “mouth.”
You state after a preface of-consid
erable sarcastic taffy that “Bright Ben
Bussell’s friends are laying great
stress on his Democracy. To hear
them talk he is the embodiment of all
Democratic virtues.” “But then,”
you say, '“Ben mice supported B. F.
Bruton, the leading Republican of the
district in his day, against the regular
Democratic nominee for the State Sen
ate, and elected him.”
Here are the facts.
It was in the year 1S73, the year the
Democracy supported Horace Greely.
There were only two candidates iu
the field for the Senate from this, the
Sth Senatorial District, viz: B. F,
Brimherry, the Republican nominee
snd B. F. Bruton, independent candi
date. The bulk of the Democracy sup
ported Mr. Bruton, myself in the num
ber, and he was defeated. I might
add that Mr. Bruton supported the
entire Democratic ticket, and to all
Intents and purposes, was a Democrat.
This, in brief, Is a true statement of
what occurred twenty years ago.
For its vertificatioa, and elaboration,
you are welcome to the files ot the
Democrat at any time
You further state:
.“Again be made an anti-constitu
tional convention race in 18777 and
carried his county on the issue as to
whether the Bepubiicau constitution
of 1SU3 should remain iu lorce, or
whether Georgians should be uliowed
to make an organic law for themselves.
The majority against the convention
iu Decatur couutv was 1500, and at
that time the Bepubiicau majority
ranged in the neighborhood pi that
figure. Again, Mr. Bussell’s » partner
on the anti-convention ticket, was Dick
Whiteley’s old law partner, and what
ever was left of Whiteley’s strength in
the county was opposed to bolding a
convention. -It may be a little far
fetched to urge these things against Mr,
Bussell at this late day, but they are
matters of history, and in the Calm and
severe attitude of historian, the News
commends them to the loud-mouthed
astes in the district that make their'
voices the measure of their sense.”
Here is the truth, and put your ear
close to it. The convention issue of
1S77 was not regarded as a .political
party issue as you will see by the vote
of the state on” that question. There
were cast for a convention 48,339 votes,
and against a convention 39,103 votes
—total 87,443—m-'jo/ity for a-conven-
tion 9,337. When you remember that
Democratic majorities in the state
amounted to quite as much as the to
tal vote cast iu the convention elec
tion, you can readily see that it was
not a pariy issue.
Your own Senatorial District went
against the convention by a vote of
1315 to 794, and was rep.esonted by
two of Thomas county’s most distin
guished citizens, viz: Col. James L.
Seward and Judge A. H. Hansell.
Their associates from the other coun
ties were Col. J..B. Creech and lion.
II. Gay. The delegates from the
E'ghth D.istriet were Hon., John B.
Chiton, of Miller, Dr. J. B. T'witty,
of Mitchell, Ilbn. John E. Donalson
aud myself, of Decatur. The vote in
the district stood 073 votes for the con
vention and 25.0 against. John E.
Donalson, notwithstanding your in -
si'iuations, which are unworthy of
you, Was then, and is now, as true a
Democrat as lives in Georgia. If you
will turn to the history of that 'elec
tion, and as you are cairn and severe”
in that line, if not always accurate, I
think you will fully agree with me
that it wa3 not a party contest, aud
therefore relieve me of”the odium you
seek to cast upou my. life-long record
as a Democrat. As to your statement
that the Republican majority in De
catur crerapproximated 1500, the' facts
fail to bear you out.
You say, after your usual slap at
“B. Hobbs, chairman,“that it is easy
to see that bright Ben Bussell is'being
held in the field to keep up a show ot
opposition to Hr. Stevens, but the
piuine is to l>e given to some one else.”
f thank God that I am not the man to
be hindered in my campaign for the
successor pure Democracy by such in-'
sinuations; I have henrd them from
other sources in the District—they are
systematic- If Democracy succeeds
over Ocalism, Third Part.yism and
Republicanism in the 3nd District, the
triumphant legions of my party, -if
ttiey so choose, can relegate me to tbe
rear. ----- .
If Democratic success is contingent
upon my retirement.' I shall only be
too sink myself among the fighting
files of the rear rank. In the mean
time, I sball continue the light, ready
at all times to make any sacrifice that
may be demanded or me for those
great principles which have ever
marked the history of the Democratic
party—the only party cp the earth
that has been, or can be of benefit to
thesouthern people.
Bex E. Bcssell.
Bainbridge, July 11th.
The above article is a complete reply
to Whiskers Winter's campaign ca
nard. - x
The editor of the jews axd Ad
vertiser has talked with some of the
older citizens of the Eight'Senatorial
District before Mr. Bussell made his
i reply ami their statements corroborate
his in every respect.
It is a question of veracity now be
tween good, honorable Democrats who
went through that campaign, and un
derstand it fully, and the Thomasvilie
News. It is entirely unnecessary to
ask which of the two is right. In the
desperation of certain and ignomious
defeat the discordant Stevens organ
brings up a false charge against a man
whose Democracy is as spotless as the
organ’s Democracy is spotted.
Ben Bnssell has never been arraid to
meet bis people face to face and tell
them in his brimming eloquence
where he stands, while his opponent
seeks thq byways rather than the
highways and lets his heoebmen bray
for him. The methods of one is like
the noon-day sun while that of the
other finds its comparison in the
shades, that come before the dawn
when it is darkest.
HENRY’S GDH WAS LOADED.
AND HE USED IT WITH EFFECT
ON GEO. JOHNSON.
IT WAS AN OFF DAY
GAME YESTERDAY WAS
NOT VERY CLOSE.
Two Meg-roc* cn ilio Steamir Ci‘.y cf f Clrcunmtances Conspired AgafnstffcJ
Albany Engage 111 a Scrap and |
Wind o;> by One Getting Shot.
Clubs Vests! day and WIUlo ino
Game was a Disappointment tbe
SENATOR WOOTEN.
It is with sincere pride that the
News axd Adaertiskr announces to
day the nomination of Hon. W. E.
Wooten as Democratic candidate for
Senator from this district.
Mr. Wooten represented Dougherty
county iu the Honse of I^presenta-
tives last session and made an enviable
record. He Teadily proved, himself to
be one of the most brainy young men
in Georgia and was a man of more
than ordinary influence on tbe floor.
As our Senator he will guard the in
terests of tbe district with the same
jealous care that characterized his
work in the House and he will make a
representative for the whole people.
Now that the Democrats of the dis
trict have nominated him as their
standard he rer it is sure that they
will see to It- that he is elected. It is
of no use for the News axd Adver
tise to tell the true and tried Demo
crats of the district their duty. They
know it, and haye never been known
to shirk.
It is said to be a certainty that he
will have opposition in the shape of a
Third party candidate. The News
axd Advertiser is no alarmist, but it
is Democratic to the core, and older
and wiser heads sniff fhe battle from
afar and say that a conflict is inevit
able.
With th8 gallant and^ eloquent
Wooten carrying the unsullied flag of
Democracy it wiil be an easy victory
if the party wiil realize the necessity
lor werk and go at it with the old-
time zest. Before the solid ranks of
Democracy this threatened danger
will melt away like the morning
mists before the golden orb of day and
with victorious hands Wooten will
plant our colors upon the captured
ramparts of the enemy and it will
wave in the" gentTe southern breeze
over a Democratic district.
Now boys-pull off your coats and
rout the enemy.
A shooting scrape down on the City
of AlbanyWeduesday morning created
excitement.
There was no serious result, al
though one of the participants carries
a severe wound as a memento of the
occasion.
From Capt, B~K. Smith, of the
steamer, the News axd Avedutisek
learned the facts of the light.
Tuesday Capt. Smith employed a
negro by the name of Henry Taylor
as cook on tbe steamer. Wednesday
morning breakfast was not on time
according to George Johnson’s idea ol
it. George is a deck band. He made
some remarks about the late meal
that offended Henry and hot words
were exchanged between the two.
Finally George got some rocks and
prepared himself to fight
This enraged Henry and he got out
his pistol and gave George a dose cf
lead. The ball entered the left side
and struck a rib and ranged upward,
lodging just under the skiu of the
throat.
The wounded man went at once to
Dr. W. L. DaVis and his wounds were
dressed and the ball cut out. The
wound is not serious.
Henry was placed under a $250 bond
by Judge Roberts, and. the trial will
be held a3 soon as the wounded man
is able to attend court.
tSoye Promise to Redeem Them
selves Today.
Rasinea; Good.
Tnere are several wholesale mer
chants in Albany and they sell an im
mense amount of goods to merchants
in the territory tributary to this city.
In conversation with a member of a
large wholesale firm yesterday the re
porter was Informed that so far this
mouth business had been very good,
somewhat better than usual for July.
July is usually considered by bus
iness men generally in this section
an off month for business and it i>
usually yery dull. It seems that for
some oause trade in the country towns
has been snore brisk this summer and
consequently Albany’s wholesale bus
iness has been better.
It is thought that the general econ
omy practiced by the people early In
the year ha3 made business better now,
and the people have raised more sala
ble products which has brought in a
little cash, to tbe thrifty country-peo
ple who are now spending it. The
outlook for Albany’s business tbe
coming fall is not (jiscouraging by any
means, and the merchants here will
reap their share of the business.
Bright people are the quickest tc
recognize a good thing and buy ft. .Wc
sell lots of bright people tbe Little
Early Risers. If you arc not bright
tbese pills will make you so.
A Bad Case.
Citizen (to beggar)—You are totally
NOT A TIME TO DESERT,
There is no doubt that a very consid
erable number of Georgia farmers are
strongly attracted towards the Third
party. They are tired of long waiting
tor prosperity, says t ie Macon Tele
graph, and the new party has the
charm of novelty. The legislative
propositions of the Democratic party,
intended to give them a fair chance in
life, are reasonably sure to accomplish
the purpose intended, and'are accepta
ble to our discontented farmers; but
they have been pending a long time
and the farmers grow impatient.
They begin to fear that these proposi
tions eau never be enacted into law be
cause of the steady opposition in the
North and West to any’political move
ment which fiads its chief support in
the South. In.short, these farmers are
disheartened. They Rave iewt their
courage, and though they might not
regard a secession to the Third party as
a surrender, it would be a surrender iu
fact. They would be giving up the
fightjhsy and their party have waged
deaf, you say ?
Yes, sir,”
I can’t understand that.”
Probably not. I’ve no doubt that
it’s difficult for you to realize that 1
can’t hear a word that you say.”*
We truly believe De Witt’s Little |
Early Risers to be the most natural,
most effective, most- prompt and
economical pill for biliousness, indi
gestion and inactive liver.
ToTrrjan Helen.
From Friday’s Daily.
Asa whole yesterday’s game was
not very exciting.
But today’s game will be a redeem
er. •
Iu the first place the full team
from Valdosta did not come. They
only had^ix men, but they were ball
players sure and well known in Alba- -g
ny they having played with Montezu
ma in previous games. Four of their
men were detained at home on ac
count ot business matters and it was
impossible for them to getaway.
Three men from Albany filled out the
nine and they defeated Albany.
The Searcy brothers were intro
duced as tbe battery for the visitors '
and McKay took the box lor Albany
and Gagen caught him.
The score was 12 to 9 in favor of the
visitors.
Despite tbe general tameness of the
game there wa3 a number of goodj
plays made and at times the game was”*^
exciting. Albany’s full team was not
in the game and of course it was diffi
cult for the new men to play good ball
together.
There was a considerable amount of
kicking about the game, and a great
many people were disappointed, bat
no more so than tbe managers of both
teams. If the full visitiug team had
been in the diamond there would have
been a great game, but under the
circumstances the matter could not be
bettered and the game proceeded.
The managers of both teams have
personally assured tbe News and Ad
vertiser that the visiting team will
present their full nine today, and
their famous pitcher will occupy the
box.
Then Albany will play ball. It Is
positively announced that Gagen will
be in the box for Albany and McKay j
will catch him. Now that you have.T*,
these assurances lrom gentlemen you
need not hesitate to go out and expect
to see the best game of ball of the sea
son. There are a large number of
people in Albany who have a desire to
see Gagen do some of his famous
work in the box.
He will do it today, sure, because
he will have the strongest team
pitted against him that Albany has
ever plaved. Clever and jolly Sander-
lin, MeXiazie, Wickers and the Sear
cy boys, of Montezuma are here, and
Good low, of Valdcsta, and theotheis
will be in today.
Just because circumstances have
prevented some good games as ex
pected, give them one more trial. You
all know the kind of players those
Montezuma boys are, and the others
are equals, so ‘there you have a good
team, and one that will briDg out Al
bany’s best work.
The News axd Advertiser makes •/
this announcement on positive assur
ance that it will be just as represented,
and with a game like that in view the
people of Albany will certainly not
stay away.
Go out and encourage the boys today.
They have represented Albany M^ell
this season and deserve to .
patronized, for Albany may not have _
an opportunity to witness many more
good games this season.
4
for twenty years just when braver and
more hopeful members beiieve it is
about to be won-
We bave confidence, however, that
on election day nearly all these farm
ers will vote the Democratic ticket.
When they approach the polling place
they will realize that praticaily they
have only one choice. Tiieir vote
must count.for or against Cleveland.
If cast tor Weaver it will be entirely
without effect except .that it will be
subtracted, from the Democratic
strength, giving Harrison to that ex
tent a better chance oi being eieeteil.
In effect, tbe vote' will be cast for him.
No farmer, and especially no Southern
'arraer, should help toelect Harrison,
whose policy, continued thirty years,
nas rnaJe the farmers poor, and id its
latest development threatens th?
Sonthern farmer with complete disas
ter. In voting, even indirectly, for a
continuation of that policy, the dis
contented farmers of Georgia would
show a degree of folly of which we
cannot believe them capable.
Thy heart is a restless sea,
Scourged white by windy whips;
A fathom deep
Lies dreamless Sleep
With Silence at her lips.
Thy heart is a garden sweet
Wherein all grecnne33 grows,
Whose blood was shed
That burns so red
The blush upon the rose?
Thy heart is a desert voice
That ever lureth men.
Uarecking scath,
Upon a path
That turnetb not again.
Thy heart is a palace fair,
„ Where all the world is gnest;
With one straigiit room,
Where none may come,
Save he who ioveth be3t.
Thy heart is the world’s desire,
For which men strive in vain.
Yet thy Jove lost
Were worth the cost
Anothers’s heart to gain.
—[W. G. Yan Tassel Sutphen in July
Scribner.
Tlie Guards Entertainment.
Preparations for the entertainment
t« be given by the Guards as mention
ed by the News axd Advertiser a
few days ago, are gomg on actively.
The program will be a most interest
ing one and it is safe to say it will be.
one of the most interesting and pleas
ing entertainments ever given in Al
bany. It will be on the evening of
tbe 30th, and the audience should be a
large one.
The broom drill by the young ladies
will be an attractive feature and is
something that everybody will want
to see. The entire entertainment will ,
be one worth attending.
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Carpenter, of Gnoilland,
“1 tried Chamberlain’s
Mr. John
Ind., says:
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
for diarrhoea and severe cramps, and
pains in the stomach and bowels with
the best results. Id the worst cases I
never had to give more than a third
dose to effect a cure. In most cases
one dose will do. Beside
sides it s other
good qualities it is pleasant, to take.”
25 and 50 cent bottles for sale bv Hiis-
man & Agar Co.
The Baptist Concert.
The ladies of the Baptist church are
preparing for another one of those de
lightful entertainments for which they
have made an enviable reputation.
It will be early in August and yon
may rest assured that it will be one of
rare excellence.
New music, ordered especially lor
ibis occasion, will be rendered and
Judge W. T. Jonts will deliver the
lecture of the evening. It is hardly
necessary to attempt to say anything
about this part of the program for he is
well known as a most charmiDg and
entertaining speaker and he will de
light the large audience with one of
his roost charming and eloquent
speeches.
The date for this entertainment will
soon be announced.
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