Albany weekly herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1892-19??, August 12, 1893, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV '' ■”&? _ TiV 1" ' l ^vf,'lf'» * ■‘-tr J’y'i . 'f 9 ' it S \' ’i'J - ,2l:■ /. -v'f'TnO" t ■: VOL. 2. ALBANY, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1893. NO. 32. ;HRLICH’S Jity Shoe Store. IE LARGES! ANI) MOST COM PIlETE LINE OF SPRING 00000000000000 o HATS! HATS! 0000000 00000000 FOR GENTLEMEN BOYS AND £ CHILDREN. Shoes! *- • / k Shoes! DR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MISSES. BOYS AND CHILDREN. WE HANDLE ONLY THE WEST GOODS! “ IN OUR LINES, AND NO OTHERS. CALL AT Ehrlich’s Cily Shoe Store. THE BOTTOM LOCKED OUT OF PRICES ON 'RAW HATS! -AND- Kan shoes i your choice of any Straw Hat in our store at one-third its value, or m 50, Tan Shoes now $4.50. Dfo, “ •• “ 4.25. 9" “ 3-25- too, “ “ “ 3.00. “ “ “ 2.00. .50. E HAVE -DETERMINED TO- LOSE OUT Our Straw Hats and Colored Shoes, and now is 'OUR CHANCE -TO GET A- BARGAIN! ttzes are limited, so come early, for | your size is gone. [use & Cox Co. A LITTLE FALLING OFF. t’OMPABATIVK TAX VAI.i l: PUB DOUGIIKItTV VOIINTV. W. M. PI.EMING DEAD. Ail Ballr* Couitiiiinllr ITIounr. the (.«w of Ono of ll. Bni Clllnu. Tlt.ro lln. Brrn An lucrrn.o In Ihe Wrnllb of Ihe Cily—The HI,imp In the Conniy En.lly Ac* connlril Per. Tile tax digest for Dougherty coun ty for 1893 wns forwarded to the Comptroller General at Atlanta last Saturday afternoon. Through the courtesy of Mr. Sam Casper, the efficient nnd accommodat ing assistant of Tax Receiver Stnl- naker, the Herald is able, to pre sent to its renders some llgores nnd explantalinns that will not fall to in terest the average citizen. In the genesis of this article it must be hurne in mind that tills yenr linn, in the language of the financier, been an exceptionally “tight” one, made so by a concurrence of Circumstances, the nature of which are well known to tile casual newspaper reader. The whole country lias, and is now, weath ering a flnanoial crisis; there have been fnilures by the wholesale, and there is little wonder thnt values have depredated as tnuoli as they have. Bringing the mntter down to the State of Georgia, It is a well-known faet that the'tax values of this State have depredated about $15,000,000. This is according to the opinion of the Comptroller-General himself, who Ib in a position to know just what the counties of Georgia have dune during the past year and what they may be expeoted to do in the future. And, again, bringing the matter down to Dougherty county, we find that, unlike many of the richer ooun- ties, this county has gained rather than lost during the prevailing hard times. But, in order to get at the matter at once, It Is best to present the following statement before going any further. TABULATED STATEMENT. 180S. Value of Land f 810,001 Value of town property 1,375.120 Money, notes nnd necounts 101,sir Morohandiso 278,711 Dank stock. 177,000 Household and kitchen furni ture 158,307 Livestock of all kinds 148.180 Farming implements : Farm products for sale 4,00) All other property 71,471 Aggregate value for 181)2 Aggregate vnluo for 1803 1803 I 782,055 13813,101 373,011 201,412 1723100 100,072 1111,225 88,201 53121 57,410 8,011,804 8,581,420 Doorcase for 1803 f 88,878 Amount property owned hy Negroes in 1803 230,780 Amount property owned hy Negroes in 1802 281,801 Net increase for 1808.. 4 7.010 TOLLS 1802. 1803. White 480 407 Colored 1,854 1,0181 2.143 2,180 From tile above it will be seen that the county is, oompared with last year, Just $83,378 behind on the aggregate values. This shortage can be easily explained. Last year Dougherty county had a board of equalizers. They were vested with absolute power, nnd when n citizen returned bis prop erty for so much the board .increased it as they Baw lit. This law was repeal ed by the Inst Legislature and this year the tax receiver was compelled to accept the returns as they were made by the property holders. Be sides this there were, this year, two large concerns in the county that were in a state of liquidation and adminis tration, and thefie two alone showed a falling oH of $30,000. When this, and tlic fact' that there was no board of equalizers this year, is tnken into ac count, it is ea«ily explained wily the county has shown a loss of $83,378, As an evidence of tile truth of this it mny be shown that in 1890 the aggregate values were$8,321,881,while in 1801 they were $8,580,851—an increase of $207,973. In 1802, the values went up to 8,044,- 804—which year ushered in the hard tunes, nnd the control of the equali zers who sent up the figures a great deal. So. instead of the county hav ing fallen off $83,878 for this year it has really gained more than thnt amount, » In-town property there has been a gain of $18,071 since last year, which is accounted for by the unprecedented low price of cotton last year nnd the consequent decrease in farming in terests this yenr. In polls the whites have lost and the Negroes gained, while the total in crease is only 23. As will be seen, the Negroes have gained in amount of property owned as compared with last year. This is very gratifying, as Negroes who are property owners are better citizens than those who are continually going from one piece to another and who never accumulate anything. There is little need to say any more just here. Take the above figures nnij 90 BROAD STREET. study them for yourself, bearing mind .that there are several small items on tile digest not included in the above. The aggregate,' however, in cludes everything—and. many things 1 that will interest you. Mr. W. S. Fleming died at his home in tliia city at Imlf past 10 o’clock on Saturday night, after an illness of about four weeks with typhoid fever. It is hard for those of his friends who remember him as they last saw him in life, in the full vigor of health, and manhood to realize that “Old" Fleming is now no more, and thnt they will never see his manly form, nor be greeted by that plensant smile which he had for all, again. Even after it broiime known thnt he was dangerously ill, it, was hoped that ills strong constitution would finally prevail against the burning fever by which he had been prostrated. But nlns! for human hopes. His condi tion grew worse despite the constant attention of skilled physicians and faithful nurses, and at the hour above named, surrounded liy those who had anxiously watched by his bedside for days and nights, ministering to Ins every known want, he peacefully breathed his last. His death was calm and peaceful, his lifo going out as if ho lind fallen asleep. In the death of Mr. Fleming Albany has lost one of her best citizens. He was a man who enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He was one of Nature’s noblemen, and his word was as good ns any man’s bond. He had friends among ail classes, and, though quiet and of a retiring dispo sition, he possessed the elements of sturdy manhood In a marked degree. Even bis own family were surprised at the number of strong ties of friend ship that were developed by his fatal illness. Strong men, who had become attached to him in the daily walks of life, were drawn to his residence by the sad news of his death, and there mingled their tears of sorrow with those of the bereaved family. Mr. Fleming was born on the 24th of September, I860, and was, therefore, in the forty-third year of bia age at the time of hia death. His aged father, Col. Thomas W. Fleming, of Baker county, two brothers and three slaters, of hia immediate family, survive him. The wife of bis bosom, whose maiden name was Miss Lizzie Jones, daughter of Mr. Enoch C. Jones, formerly of Baker county, but now a resident of Atlanta, and two children, Master Strothjr Fleming and Miss Ruby Fleming, h.'e the representatives of his own family who are left to mourn Ills death. He was a kind and devoted husband and an affeotionate, indulgent father; and the loving wife and de voted children whose hearts are torn, nnd whose loss by tile deatli of tills noble husband und model father Is irreparable, have the deepest sym pathy of the entire community. The funeral took place from the Presbyterian church at 4 o’clock Sun day afternoon, nnd, despite the fuct Mint a rain wns fulling at the time, the church wns filled witli tile sorrowing friends of tile deceased and ids be reaved family. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. W. W. Brimnj, and the In terment took place in Oakvicw ceme tery. THE FORTH GEORGIA. AN AIIVSINO ACCIDENT. How the Nkirl Como Off nnd Slow Tc Wns Put Bncli. Monday morning, a most amusing scene took place on Broad street in front of the Muse <fc Cox Co. shoe store. Two dusky damsels, whose odorifer ous summers would, perhaps, reach the ’teens, met on tiiis highway and in dulged in some pleasantries—consist ing of various pushes and shoves. “Listen to a tale of woe.” In the scuffie the smaller damsel slipped, and, to save herself from falling, grasped the skirt of her friend, wbicli skirt, not being securely fastened, came off and fell to tile ground. The wearer of the skirt had not adorned her person with a view of such an accident. She wns dressed with due regard to tile warm weather, an'd the majority of tier undergarments were conspicuous for their absence. She backed up agninst the wall, In sudden confusion, with the blushes mantling her ebon cheek, holding her umbrella in front of her shrinking form. Tile little bootblacks, with a sodden accession of modesty, fled down the sidewalk. Now came tile “tug of war,” or rather the tug at the skirt. As the un fortunate damsel would attempt to pull on her skirt the umbrella would become displaced and n prolonged “ki-yi” from one of tile aforesaid boot blacks would cause her to retire in confusion behind her improptu screen. After several vain attempts to replace the refractory skirt, a dusky knight- errant came to her rescue and hustled her into the jirivaoy of a staircase, near by, from whence she was enabled, by aid of a pin, furnished by her res cuer, to emerge “clothed nnd in her right mind.” A BBIEP ■IIHTOBYOFTIIIH UAL. I.ANT BBDIIflENT. A Pilling Tribute to Ben. Doles, ihe Brave Commander-Cnpi. Hea ler nl Tnlbollon. The annual reunion of the Fourth Georgia Iteglment begnn at Tnlbotton on Wednesday, August 2nd. In Thursday's Constitution the fol lowing compliment is paid to Capt, Jno. T. Hester, of this city, by tlic Talbotton correspondent of that pa per : “The spoeolies were inspired in a marked degreee by the occasion and tlio surroundings nnd'ellcited contin uous applause. Especially was this true or every utterance of silver- tongued Capt. J no. T. Hester, of the Fourth Georgia.” The same correspondent gives tile following history of the, gallant Fourth Georgia Rogimcnt: THK UIBTOHY OF T1IK KKCUMKXT. •If you are worn ont, run down nnd nervous, Magnetic Nervine will re store your health. Sold by Sales-Davis Drug-Go. The companies composing the Fourth Georgia Regiment were muB- teredInto service the latter part of April, 1801, The following companies were in tile original organization of the famous Fourth Georgia Regiment s Company A, Capt. Curly, Talbotton, Ga. Company B, Capt. Robert Smith, LaGrange, Ga. Company C, Capt. Fulsome, Jeffer sonville, Ua. Company D, Capt. Fontieroy Todd, West Point, Ga. Company E, Capt. Y. G. Bust, Al bany, Ga. Company F, Capt. Mays, Calhoun, Ga. Company G, Capt. Bartlett, Montl- cello, Ga. Company II, Capt. Doles, Mllledge- ville, Ga. Company I, Capt. Porthro, Ogle thorpe, Ga. Company K, Cspt. W. L. Johnson, Amerlcus, Ga. The regiment was ordered to report for duty at Norfolk, Va., and upon ar rival there was quartered at Gosport navy yard, which had just been aban doned by the retreating Federate. It was still smoking! Shortly after ar rival the companies composing the regiment^ under instructions from the war department, effeoted their regi mental organization by the election of the following named oflloers: Colonel, George Doles, of the Bald win Blues; lieutenant colonel, Capt. Matthews, of the West Point Guards; major, Charles Wbehead, of the Al bany Guards; quartermaster, H. K. Daniel, of the Sumter Light Guards.; commissary, S. H. McCombs, of the Baldwin Blues, Tlie theatre of active war was now in-front of Richmond, that oity being threatened by the Federal army under Gen. McClellan. The Fourth Georgia got in in time to participate in the closing battle of Seven Pines, where it received a veritable baptism of fire. Immediately after this battle the Fourth Georgia liegiinqnl was as signed to Stonewall Jackson’s corps, and took aotive part in the following notable engagements in the Army of Northern Vlrglnin: Kings Sclioolhouso, Seven Days’ bat tles (including Malvern Hill), the des perate struggle at South Mountain, the still more terriflo lire of Hharpsburg, where the brigade commander, Gen. Ripley, was wounded. Col. George Doles wan now promoted to the briga dier-generalship of tlie brignde, and held this position until ills unfortu nate death at Cold Harbor. Adjutant Phil Cook was made lieutenant-colonel of the Fourth Georgia Regiment ns a reward for exceeding gallantry on the field. Dr. T. N. Nelson, of the Albany Guards, and gallant Dr. W. II. l’hilpot, of the Southern Rifles, were appointed respectively, surgeon and assistant surgeon of the regiment. The regiment established cainp Mra remainder of the season nnd until April 1802, at Cainp Jackson, near Pig’s Point, Nansemond county, Vir ginia. The drat event of importance was the attack of the Harriet Lane on Pig’s Point, early iq 1802. A detach ment of the Fourth Georgia, (Captain W. L. Johnson, of Sumter Light Guards commanding) supported the Confederate batteries. Then caine the awful days or Fred ericksburg, when Virginia’s fields ran blood, of Chancellorsville, where the battle cry was “charge and remember Jackson!” At Gettysburg, where tlie light was something too terrible ever to be for gotten on earth, Colonel R. E. Winne was killed In the first day’s charge here. The battle of the wilderness came next, then Spottiylvnnia and Cold Harbor, where General Doles was killed. He was shot through the heart. A braver man never led his men to battle. Lieutenant Colonel Phil Cook was now made! brigadier brigade and It wns henceforth known as Cook’s brigade. General Cook re ceived a aevero wound nt Clmncellors- villo and a half dozen others in the numerous battles following it. At Lynnhburg, Washington, D, O.; Sheoker’a Gap, Fisher's Hill and Pe tersburg the Fourth Georgia bore a conspicuous and honorable part mid when they surrctldered at Appomat tox, decimated to a mere handful of men, they were proud of the fact that the Fourth Georgia lind never lost Its organisation as a regiment and n part of the time they were ‘Stonewall Jaoksnn’s men." To-day that handful of heroes are the honored guests of their old comrades in arms, tlie South ern Rifles of Talbotton, They who wept 111 the lifted ainokc of tlie battle, laugh together here to-day. Their cannon, mute and menningiesa, are stared in the gloom of deserted navy yards, and the bones of their war horses bleach Into Impalpable dust freni tlio senshore to the valleys of Virglnln; many nre pliyslcnlly dis abled, lame and halt and blind, but their lost limbs were wllllug tributes to their country’s cause, and the still rankling wounds nre their “glory spots." God bless them! Talbotton loves every one of them, and is proud and happy to fling wide her gates and let them in. “Weloome to the Gallant Fourth Georgia” ia seen in every hap py faoe, and smiles in even the sum mer air, “shot thro’ with sunshine.” - --J1 Hnve your eyes attended to at once. EYE GLASSES A N D SPECTACLES! SKILLFULLY ADJUSTED. Eyes Examined Free. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Harris Wll.i, BE BIAVr BECEIPTH. SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS. ALBANY. GEORGIA. Album- Warehousemen Trj Their llund at Uueselug. WATCHES! There is no doubting the fact— Albany is going to handle lots pf cot ton tho ensuing season; or, at least, that’s what the knowing seem to think. This morning, a IIkiialu reporter called on the different warehousemen of the oity, and put the following question; “How many bales of ootton—Includ ing wagon and railroad receipts—will Albany receive the ooming season!” Mr. West, of West & Co.—“Pretty bard question. Let’s see; as there is no harm In guessing, J would Bay that about 55,000 bales will cover the re ceipts.” At the Alliance Warehouse Mr. T. J. Pinson said: “Now, that brings on more talk, but! will guess 50,000.” Mr. Woolfolk, at Carter & Wool- folk’s: “I believe Albany will get no less tlinn 80,000 bales—maybe more if the railroads don’t discriminate against us, which it not likely to be the case.” Mr. R. A. Hall: “Well, let’s see. 1 don't know of any territory that Al bany lias lost, and I think we will get (10,000 bales." Mr. Camfleld, of Camfleld & Gana- way: “There is no way to get at it, but I am confident thnt tho receipts will not fall short of 06,000 bales.” Mr. A. W. Muse: “I guess 52,000 bales, but it Is a pretty hard question." From the above it will be seen thnt 60,000 is the lowest guess nnd 05,000 the highest—a difference of 16,000 bales. But, after all, there is not much disparity in the guesses, and it bIiows that Albany is going to handle a great deal of ootton this year.' Tills speaks well for the oity, for, it must be remembered, Albany la not the oonceded market for nil this cot ton. There are other cities who (cater to this staple, but it is generally brought to AIbnny because the prices paid here are better than other mar kets and because AIbnny is a better trading and shipping point. Tlie merchants sell good goods cheap, nnd the farmers avail themselves of these advantages. Albany, as in the past, will continue to be the cotton mart for .Southwest Georgia. FOR BARGAINS IN FINE WATCHES, JEW ELRY, WEDDING PRESENTS AND NOVELTIES, CALL A7 THE LEADING JEWELRY STORE. GEORGIA. FOR THE CELEBRATED LANDRETH Garden Seed CALL ON J. 8. Mriiul & Co. HFTKBN WERE BAPTIZED. A fllorion* Religion* Rerirnl At Hit* Enoa. Mr. M. P. Callaway returned to the ci ty Saturday morning after spendlnga week at his plantation and attending q protracted meeting at Mt. Enon Baptist church, near Glim Pond, in Mitchell county, and gives a report of the meeting that will bo gratifying tc all Christian people. The meeting was oundneted by tlie Rev. Mr. Bncli, of Tifton, assisted by Mrs. Coles, who has been most suc cessful as a missionary worker. Fif teen converts were baptized and re ceived into the church, and the meet ing resulted in a religious revival throughout tlic neighborhood. The meeting closed Friday night, and tlie people of (Sinn Pond nre thoroughly in love with tlie Rev. Mr. Snell after his work in their midst. Seven Tops, White Globe, White Egg, ... — lS] Red Top Globe, Yellow Aberdeen, Cow Horn. We also carry the most complete line Mm PHIL HARRIS ALBANY, ■■■'■Ml ••’".s-ii We have 150 pounds of his best and freshest Turnip fjeed. We do not claim to be the onlyonewlio sells them; others limy do do. We have nine varieties: The Flat Dutch, Purple Top, Rutabaga, iSs! FRUIT JARS Kver opened in Albany. When in need of auything in this line give us a call. We can save you money. : aSofl J, R. deGRAFFENREID & CO. BROAD STREET. - . - NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. / “Among The Very Uriah MM.” From tho Atlnntir Constitutions Among t|ie very brightest of the sirtall dailies of the State is Tub Al bany Evkkin« Hkrald. Editor Mc Intosh andtfiis young men are putting in some briMiant work on thaj paper. . ; Tho firm of Penllpld Jt McIntosh, engaged in , tlio Restaurant lmsinc/»» at the Union depot, in the eltv of Albany, 6u M is this day dissolved ty . mutual consent. M. It. Fenfleld assumes all ‘ liabilities nnd will collect all indi said firm. W. R.* r :> w Albany,G a.,

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Albany weekly herald. (Albany, Ga.) 1892-19??, August 12, 1893, Image 1