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About Blackshear news. (Blackshear, GA.) 1878-18?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1880)
\i> i ISTOR If if • fins A 5 Lu? r '5 4 * 4 /||; VOL. “ilKS E. Z. 11 MU), £ditor, Proprietor ami "Publisher; lila-ksheur, P.eree County, Ha. Subscription per annumn in advance : : §1,00. THURSDAY, AUGUST it), 18S0. Contrast Advertising Bites. is ifigrOur lowest ral'js lor contract advertising as lollows ; One column one year $50 00. Half T> 27 50. Fourth „ I* 14 0C, Eighth Sixteenth „ n 7 5U »» 500. One hue „ ............... 10«>. All bills i unless otherwise contracted, after first iuseriioti. TEN PER CENT dis count wl eu electro! > pcs are iiunished. ' « TtfANSJZNT HATES. • Transient Advertisements first insertion $1,00 per squiv epsubsequent insertion 50 eenis 1 —J SPECIAL N 0 TICJES BLACKSHEAR LODGE NO. 270. F. A. M. M, Regular eoinmnoications of this Lodge ,^r\day will be held <>n Uie first and third Fri nights ineach m onth. C. T. L^timfk, W. M. J. A. Uaiu’Fk, Secretary. uihl St f For Re presen tatl ve. We bike this method of announcing the nauie ut U-miei it. Johnson, a candidate for Representative from Pierce at the ensu¬ ing .October thesuop 1 1 O clion, an we respectfully soiictt C rt of the ilizens of" Tierce couqty iu n.s e.eeiion. Citizens. tin: House ot Rcnn^iMitiitlvc, and solicits liberal share oi" patronage in his el ction. MAfv Citizens. PUtyFESSIONAL CARDS. 5. W. HITCH, ATTORNEY - AT LAW ULAKSHEAR , GA. 1'racliee regularly in the Brun-wiek Cir cuit. J«n--ly A. iS. ESTES, JR.,. LAWYKR, Blackshear , Georgia. lggrOffioe over B. D. Brantley’s Store. Ieb2?-ly A, E. GGCHRAN, ATTORNEY *- AT - LA W, Blackshear, Georgia. Practice regularly in the eftuiu.b eomposiug the brum-wick Uiieuit, and m the District and Circiii! courts ol the United Mates at Savannah < r il.c NiuthetTi Di-lriet ol Georgia. mayclG C. II. MAURY. a. j cuovA'rr, mabhy & crovvtt. ATJ 0 J\ N E Y - A T - LA W Brunswick, glokuia. PractKC lcgularl'. in t’..e count e* o! Glym Ware, Wayne. Camrti-ti, Cotlec, /piling, and Pierce of the RrunswuK Cir uit uaa Tel hi i" the Oconee Circuit '* a? PRACTICING PHYSICIANS. MEMcumimm. H.°SMITH DR. C. C\Sers his Professional service* to the I Jzens of Pierce and adjoining < cunlies. V/ Blacbshear, Ga., Merck 1889. mh 18tt DR- A. M. MOORE, Practicing Physician Ga. Blbcksheak, J3AK13ER SHOP. JOHN ALDRIDGE, p*jr f > T iHing ] shaving, dying, shampooing doMirUb dispatch. u. BLACKSHEAR, GA r u lA Y, AUG. 1880 I iTfi ifilis A VtlR]* Filing i\ew "StOP/i * in imiiiciTis. BY MISS LI AT CULM, OF ATLANTA. The I Veejely Neies OF SATURDAY, AUGUST28, Will contain the opeuiug chapters ot a serial story, writien expressly for the ING NE.VS SERIES, entitled “T/fE HEAT- 1IERCOTE8,” bv Miss Mat e’rim, of Atlanta.. The s-eeuc of this charming i otuance of home life impressed is laid in Georgia, author t he moral is wholesome, sought to bo by the characters are life-like and well delineated while the plot, wbioti is skil’Jdfy managed, devfops a domeetic«LUtcry of absorbing in tere^t. “THE HE4TAERUOTE wi.V run through some six or eight uumbra of the WEEKLY N E WF. Suf scrsber.-, to have tbe story com¬ plete, should send in their names before the 28»h inclaut. Subscription a year, §1 for six months. Money can be sent, by Money Order, Registered Letter, or Express at our risk. J. il. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. A CONCEDED FACT THAT ZDIRiTT GK3-IST Sell the best CIGARS for the least money, If you don’t believe it call aud sec C. II. SMITH’S T LINB. bSl Will al»6 sell yon two fiolm cents, good as is ordinatially sold lor o«. cl IT IS AN OUTSIDE LINE OF MY Buai ness, lienee 1 will sell you cigars very cheap, “I mean busiuess.” aulltf. Cl. K. SmTK. Wanting a School Teacher by the first of September 1880, to take charge of a small school, Address, slating terms &c., J. T. COLCORD, au-19 lit. EXETER, Ga. Tax Receiver. I respectfully announce to my friends and fellow citizens that I aiu a candidate for the above office, and solicits the suflerag* of my friend*. R. M. Ckowford. Repiesentative. By solicitation of many friends, I an¬ nounce myself as a candidate ibr the House of Representatives from Pi ere-', at the Oct. election, and if elected 1 shall try to the best of iny ability to discharge mv duty, both for the the county'and audservants State. Public officers are and all trusttes times, amenable of ihem. tlie people, at to August Respectfully, A. K. SMITH. 19, 1880. Bhu-kshear Ga. uTaetemrined Offer The sLnnah publisher lo J place the Weekly News the hands ot everybody in Georgia and Florida who wants a first-class news and family journal; and to that end we offer to send the paper from this date (August 14th) to March 14th, 188o, lov one dollar. Thu, will cover the election and inauguration oftbe Dem ocrauc candidates. Send in youi dollar and get the biggest and best newspaper in the 8oulh. Address J. H. Estjll. Savannah, Ga. In the first place according to science ^r. he has Tanner done couldn’t it, its of do no it. consequence. Now that — El. Free Press. - •**?**■ {Reading matter O'l 4thpage.) C ’>itou is begi iniflg t» open lively. Aspiration for offiee in oar oouuty is “red hoi. 5 ’ We are yet a Colquitt man, tooth ami toe nail. Two burials at trie colored grave van! last week. To grow fat aud be wise contract and ad¬ vertise. Watermelons have played out, comnara tivelv _ Whoopee 4 25 . . 1 cents for one etgar in onr county, Corporation C an-, was in sessi till Sa.il Silt urdav, nut ijnieb Business I)i - . A. M- M ure is County School Com mission or. Lust Saturday was a dry day (?) iu a horn J^^iu we go for the fl^“eock bmm, Eng less amt Colquitt. Is not Douglass goiugio send us a single subscriber. ing We favoi the the principle of their of every body be allowed use own opinion. raiding Tiie rivers have been booming since the set tn. Robertson & Austin are promising us an advertisement. Gray & Hemby have suspended weather. work on their brick kiln unti^ydry Read the notices in this issue of Mr. J. H Estiil’sand consider them to your advantage. We made an error in the “ad’* of V\T. G Brantley’s last week. Its all wriglit this week. As she past our sanctum window she had, Jher handkercheifto her face, as though, she was weeping in despaii. "We contemplate enlarging the News about - /’ rni of Nov. if had luck befalls us, T W^lftrtckfand contemplates havi fall and winter goods in store by the 4b, proxime. The News is read by nearly five persons to each paper giving it an equivolanfc to 1500 circulation. Since the exodus of the fleas the goats and flies are superabundant. Be sure you are right and then go-a-head. Mr. Lee, one of the firm of A. T. Lee & Bro. was iu town last Monday. Warm weather for social hops—don’t you think. The Heathsrcotes. This is the title ot a new serial story by'Miss- Mat Crirn, ot Atlanta, the first chapters of which will appear in the Savannah Wceklg News of Saturday, August Aun.na* 28th. oof k WWbrmt Without anticipating, am; nfr | we may assure t lie lovers of pleasant fiction that a rich treat awaits them in perusal ol this charming Story of entire, home life. Subscribers, to have if should ... send , . then ., . at * natnes „ once. . Subscription, six months, $1; one year; $2. Address J. II. Estill. Savannah, Ga. They say Mr, C. S. Youmans toid the Con venticn that he had children in the city and * M, W f’ 8 ““f t Dan is yet t>> learn the ropes. The rep >rt says rh t DicV-on substituted Col. Hitch to east his vote for Colquitt and * ie voted for Jester. Rise < and expi nn. Mrs. M. h. Brown pr >prietress <>s the aTw! w hear lhM lhero h be a „ ew fi r ,„ „p ene d i„ u.w„. Me-.tr. A. J. Miller and Thos. J. Byrd. Success to them should they commence. The “Potlickers” is one among our latest organizations. They -.lfidst on whatever they can get. • Well wasn’t Hon. J. C. Nicholls quite about the Capitol during the Convention ? the Our addiUon lUt of of G-dj*. R. M. Crowford and A. -f N NO. 23. We learn via of a private letter to •Capt. onr Typo, from Pliipsburg, Me., that Frank 8. Higgins’ 'tiew vesel ‘ Bell Higgins” was launched on the 7th mat., and will soon begin to take a cargo of Ice lor the city of Savannah. Mr ,7. M. Downs was down in town eaily last Friday morning with a stalk ot china cane which was vu v line. Why not the sorgatn business p>.y in this country as well, or better, than many others that ;nv carried on in this and other seeti »ns? Arciiy P. Brantley is absent from town on a trip to New York. May he enjoy his first visit to the booming city and return shortly with renewed energy . He goes hence to buy a large stock of fall and winter goods. Exeter, See notice Ga., of Mr. J. T. Colcord, under caption “Wanting a School teacher,” in this issue. Ex¬ eter, is a pleasant little village and possesses great amiability, and a school teacher would have a pleasant location. We are the recipient of a copy of the Columbus Sunday Enquirer , this tin; murunig. The Enquirer shows creditto office of its publication and ranks with the best Journals of the day in the State. Thanks brother King, we place the Enquirer ou our exchange list and hope you will continue to send it. ' ' ll i DuPont Okefenokean is press • claims or of county. Brd?Ppt WWv ' Wnffir' some where else tor none comes as we ever see. Mr. J tekson Aspinwall, has apked us to contradict the statement we made last week by saying that Mr. D. M. Williamson and Miss .Susan Aspinwall were married without license, that our informer was badley mis¬ taken. Norwood Anti-Colquitt, for the has shouldered Governor ex-Senator office of at the November election. The hist day will tell the tale by rolling up for Colquitt about 50, 000 majority. HANCOCK & ENGLISH, Are the National Democratic Nominees for I resident and Vice President and A. H. Col(j|litt<orG(>vernor f.ir the and A N Smith , 8 cheapest place to buy goods in town, I respectfully say to all that 1 buy my goods low down fur cash, and will not be undersold by any body. I deal in all kinds of goods adapted to the use of the farmer the laborer an< j m jj 0 t], er classes of people. 2t Mr. A. N. Smith, has declared him sell a Candidate tor the House ot Rep resentatives at the October election. Mr. 8., is one of our most spirited aud eu i e, ^ si,, f , “' ‘ rcl, ( a ". 1 . 8 and ,Wak# w ‘ ll H ^ ond One Mr. Hunter and two young men By t ie name ot White killed, near jlarley Davis' a few days ago, fifteen rf mfo 8r jake8, an old one and her tee/ younz lon| one. which was about two and the old one rix teet. We are perfeeuv im,«nial t„ all Can didates that have announced their names for office in the News, ami will take sides with none—ot our own accord. By promise we are under obligations to all for pay. Our columns arc open to those who paid as for the space Any thing sent in by candidates or “«r friends of reasonable length will be 8eluent of our own