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Thf Home Jouiuvae,
Prices $2 Oft Per Ai'fintt). lb Advance.
EDWIN MARTIN* Eflftor & Proprietor.
THIS PAPEW IS HEAD EvfcBT Wiis XT
OKI TBOUSASD FAJIH.1XS
nr THE BEST SECTION 07 OTOMIX.
HUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27.
doTTCS in still trembling on the rag*
ged edge of eleven cents a pound.
Rev. J. B. McGehee will preach at
the Methodist Church Sunday U A. M
and at Bnf& 3. P. M.
We are in favor of the Grant boom.
Road him up with red liquor and nitro-
glvce/tufe and then let him spontane
onslycom-boom.
hi we had not been certain General
•Toombs was drunk when he wrote that
letter, we would accuse nun of Having
betrayed his countrymen to the Radicals
for a price.
Congkess convenes next Mondqy,
The session will be entirely consumed
in cutting didoes for political effect, and
the good of tbe country will not be wor
thy of the least consideration.
A large box shipped on a railroad to
Cleveland, Ohio, was found to contain
a live man, a flask of whiskey, some
sandwiches, and a kit of burglar’s tools.
It is supposed that be intended to rob
the express car.
Thanksgiving.—By proclamation of
his excellency, the Governor to-day is
set apart as a day of thanksgiving and
praise. We regret that such days are
Dot much respected of late. It is a
bad sign.
Thebe is a set 'of men' in Georgia
that would support Grant, Hayes, Ju
das Iscariot or tbe Devil himself, it
they only stood tbe thousandth part of
a chance to get a tenth rate office under
them; and yet these men call themselves
Democrats;
Bank Burned.—Last Saturday the
barn of Mr. John Bowman of this
County was bnfned, He lives near
Echeoconee in the northern part of the
county. It is supposed the burning was
accidental, ns there is no reason tp sus
pect incendiarism.
DkAtH-ov an Octogenarian.—Laat
Saturday Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson died
at bet-home in Crawford County near
the Houston line, aged 87. She was
the widow of Nimrod Jackson, who
died somG time ago at a very advanced
nge.
The report, of the commission investi
gating the complicity of Ameer. Ynkoob
Khan in the Cabnl massacre has been
forwarded to the Viceroy of India.
Nothing has transpired to alter th'e un
favorable opinion heretofore current re
garding his conduct.
Thu government in Cuba has been
officially informed of an attack on the
insnrgent leader Gniblemon in Santiago
de Cnba and the dispersion of his force.
Lieutenant Busello and Captain Castil
lo, both insurgent leaders, have surren
dered. The insurgent bands in Santa
Clara has nlso been dispersed.
The report of United States Treasur
er Gilfillau speaks of tbe year just pass
ed as one characterized by great trans
actions in connection with the refund
ing of war loans, and tbe resumption
of specie payments. It give? a fnll
Statement of the condition of the Treas
ury. and expresses the opinion that the
recent rapid rise in silver will solve the
liver problem in this country.
TeachHb—“Now, boys, qnadrnped
and biped, you know are two kinds of
animals. Qnadrnped, animals with four
legs, such as cow, elephant, horse, etc.
Biped, animals with two legs, such ns
—-well, ah . Yes there is a biped,”
pointing to a picture of a goose on the
wall, “and I am a biped, and yon are
all bipeds. Now what am I?” Pause,
One of the bipeds—“A goose, sir,
The arrest of Messrs: Davitt, Killen
And Daly in Ireland is commented on
variously by the Irish press, and the
■Irish Times and Freeman's Journalm*.
icise the arrest nnfavorably, while the
Dublin Daily Express applauds the ac
tion of tbe government. Mr. Davitt’s
arrest has caused much agitation among
the Irish population of Dundee, Scot
land. As yet no disturbance has aris
en, but a large number* of notices of
ejectment have been applied for, and
it is feared that if they nre executed
'trouble will ensne.
The Women’s Anti-Liquor Mob at
'.Fredrick town, Ojiio, was a Mealy affair.
The bell of a Baptist ebureh was toll
ed as a signal. Fifteen women, armed
■with hatchets, responded quickly. More
•were expected, but their hearts failed
them at the last moment The small
but determined riotors went first to "Kel
ley’s bar-room, which was the largest in
the village. The proprietor hnd locked
his door and fled. The hatchets were
pfied -and an -entrance-quickly gamed.
Then all the casks of liquor weie
chopped open, tho bottles -broken and
the furniture ruined. The next move
ment was against O’Conner’s establish
ment. O’Conner effected a compromise,
by which he was allowed to put bis stock
aboard a railroad car for shipment, biit
hiBbottles were destroyed. After warn
ing two druggists against continuing
the sale of alcoholic chinks, the women
gave three cheers jfer themselves, and
dispersed,
BOOT LICKING.
There is in this country, and Georgia
especially, a-spirit of toadyism cr sy
eophanqy that is a supremely disgus
ting to every manly, right-minded citi
zen. Let a maD get a little notoriety,
whether it be in the line of infamy dr
that c f true her*ism, and at once there
flocks around him a circle -of mincom
poops and flatterers who deserve to be
placed for safe keeping in the peni
tentiary orasylnm, it is a small matter
which. We respect a great man 1 , espec
ially a good man, and we love to see him
honored, bnt why can he not be treated
with a quiet dignity, without flattery or
undue self abasement. The country
is so full of professional boot licks that
onr talented men have all gotten to be
lieve themselves almost superhuman.
Look at Ben Hill, Stephens, -Toombs,
Johnson, and a score of others we
might name. They are in many re
spects great men, bnt there has been
cultivated in them a vein of self esteem:
that has reached a degree of arrogance
pride, and vanity, that ir quite mekJdra-
roafic in the extreme, and detracts
largely from their influence and useful
ness. This is plainly seen in * not only
politics, bnt in eclffisiastical affairs,
and religionists get puffed up with a
worldly pride, and bear themselves in a
vain glorions .manner that ill becomes
professed followers of the meek and
lowly Jesus. This base sycophancy ex
tends its homage to great criminals, es
pccinllv to those that evade the just
retribntion of the law. A few years ago
all London went mad over Mabel Gray,
a remarkably beantifnl, and desperately
bad Woman > and lords, ladies and cler
gy were In her train. In America
great thieves and the worst murderers
nre followed after and fawned upon
Every petty politician Las a corps of
clackers, be in tnrn echoes tbe Belf
praise of some greater bnmbug. News
papers descend from their i.oble calling,
ftnd devote tlicir nclumns chiefly to tbe
basest boot-licking and most disgusting
timeserving.
The Conn try needs an amendment in
pnblic sentiment. The parasitic cling
ing to leaders must be done away with.
We must have more individuality,
more general information, and indepen
dence of thonght and action, in short,
more manliness.
The press should lead ofl in this re
form. All exaggeration of the virtues
or abilities cf men in local or personal
mention should he avoided. Tho press
should not condescend to pi iy stool-
pigeon for nnv man. It sbonld not hes
itate to criticise official misconduct,
or expose the peccadiloes of those
who assume, to be guides or leaders of
tbe people.
In a word the deceitful gloss sbonld
be taken off of men. and they sbonld
be esteemed for their true, honest worth
Take the shine thrown around many
of our prominent men by interested
friends away, and they won Id stand be
fore tbe people in more distressing me
diocrity on account of the air of
achieved greatness that they study to
assnme.. Onr Rdvico to all men is—“be
your own self,” never boot-lick any one,
and never let your head be turned by
flattery.
HOUSTON SUPERIOR COURT-
Court convened Monday at half past
eleven o’clock, his honor Judge T. J.
Simmons, presiding. The jurors were
sworn in by Solicitor General Bartlett,
and the grand jury, having selected J.
T. Walker Esqr, as Foreman, were
charged as usual.
In the afternoon the case of Saulsbu-
ry, Respess, & Do., vs. Jas. A. Spivey
and Mr. C. N, Burnham was taken np
from the Common Law Docket. This
case consumed the balance of Monday
and the greater part of Tuesday, when a
verdict was rendered in favor of defen
dants.
*1 he Eqnity docket was then opened
and the case of Nathan Bass, trustee,
vs. D. F. Gunn, taken np, and a spe
cial jury stricken from the Grand Jury
empanneleJ to try it. This pnt an end
to the principal work of tie Grand Jn
ry for the present. This case consumed
all day yesterday and is still going on.
Both panels of traverse jurors were dis
charged by Judge Simmons until to
morrow.
Six trne.biils had been’fonnd by the
Grand Jury up to Tuesday evening.
Fifty odd citizens of Fort Valley and
vicinity will ba summoned befcie the
Grand Jury to-morrow to investigate
the lynching case.
The attendance on this term of the
court has been quitelarge.
We will give aj full resume of the
p rocee din gS next week.
Apologetic.—We never hesitate to
apologise for any injury The Hoke
Journal may do an} one; and hence we
regret to learn that it was the canse of
C. M. DuPree Esqr., of Byron, getting
a severe fall the other day. He bad
been to the post office and returning
home was impatient to see the county
news and opened the paper. His animal
got frightened at the rustling of the pa
per and ran away: Seeing a large stamp
in tbs way, Columbus jumped out of
the buggy and was pretty severely
bruited up. Just then the team
dodged -the stump, ran about a mile
and a half down the road, and stopped.
We regret this the mors because
Columbus is an appreciative, and unself
ish, active friend of ourself and onr pa
per. We hope it will not do so any
more.
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P
Devhatig.—Our people were mnch
pie sid with the Globe Dramatic Com
pany which performed three nights iu
Cooks Hall last week. They gave us
Enoch Arden, East Lynn, and The
Child Stealer. It is by far the best
travelling Uwipe that ever came to onr
town, and we wish .them full appreci
ative houses wherever they.go. They gen
erously-donated a fi.-urdi -erf ■thtir re
ceipts io oar Public Library,
PROCLAMATION-
STATE OF GEORGIA.*
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
In grateful recognition of the Divine
Providence which has rewarded our la
bors with plenty £and protected our
homes from pestilence, I, Alfred H.
Colquitt, Governor of Georgia do here
by designate and appoint Thursday, the
,27th. day of November instant, to be
observed as a day of thanksgiving and
praise: And I do earnestly recommend
that all the people of tira State do, np-
on that day abstain from their nsunl vo
cations, and assembling at their places
of worship, reverently unite iu praises
and thanksgiving to Almighty God for
the blessings that ha ve crowned the year,
and in humble prayer for the continu
ance of His favor to us and our posteri
ty*
Given at the executive offices in At*
ta, this 15th day of November, in
the year of onr Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine,
and of the independence of the
United Slates of America the one
hundred and fourth.
ALFRED H. COLQUITT,
Governor.
N. C. Babnett,
Secretary of S f ate. nov20—It.
Prepare tor Oonierence and Christmas.
LADIES. SUPPLY YOUR TABiE WITH THE BEST IN
THE MARK):?.
F J. D. CARVER.
New Advertisements.
Opsn Day and Night.
-KEIVIYES^W
RESTAURANT & SALOON
Fourth Street, between Brown House
and National Hotel, MACON.
9
Meals Served . in Private Rooms-
CHEAPEST & BEST.
B@»Al! the Snbstantials and Delicacies
of the season always on hand.
T. H. HARRIS, Agent.
NEW HARNESS SHOP.
L, S, TOUNSLEY
PERRY, <JA,
Will make and repair Harness and
everything in that line in the best Btyle.
Also make Mattresses. Exchange New
Harness. for old, or for HideB, Tallow,
Beeswax &c.
“Cheapest and Best” is my motto.
lean furnish you with clioioe new sugar cured Hams. _ Snow White Flonr.
Very Finest Teas and Coffees. No. 1 and Mess Mackerel in Kits. Dried Beef
and Beef Tongues, Buck-wheat, Rice, Grits, Oat-meal. Cream-Cheese, Goshen
and Tennessee Batter, Northern- Apples, Cabbage, Beans, Potatoes, New Syrups
and Molasles, Cauued Fruits, Meats, Vegetables, Salmon, Sardines, Preserves,
Jellies, Jams’ Pickles, Sausages, Mince Meat, Fruits, Confectionaries, etc. etc.
Fresh Oysters eveyr day. , _ .
In fact any and everything to be found in a First Class Grocery and Confec
tionary Store, All Fresh, New and Fine, and as Low as any House m the orate.
Goods Packed and delivered on cars Free of Charge.
Satisfactory orders will receive prompt attention.
g. D. OAH-ViER-
104 CHERRY STREET, MACON GEORGIA,
Nov 27 1869—lm.
J. W. RICE & CO.,
dealers IX
QRY GQODS, NOTIONS. CARPETS.
J«t THE T ARE THE LEADERS IN LOW PRICES-
stocks in toe State—thereby giving their patrons the advan-
They keep one of toe best and largest stocks in toe State—theri
All tage of toe largest and handsomest assortment to select from.
M Thtj haTe established a big reputation for FAIR and LIBERAL DEALING, and their patrons
• have no fear of being swindled.
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Their several departments are kept fully up to the requirements of their trade.
§th Thev have an efficient, experienced and polite corps of salesmen, who delight to show
goods-
If you want anything usually kept in a
IBMii SSI If §St
OR
CARPET ESTABLISHMENT,
and want to save money, give them a call before buying. They will please you if it is in toe cower of
mortal man.
Us:
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
WE ARF RECEIVING DAILY OUR IMMENSE STOCK, CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Clothing, Trunks, Hats, Caps,
€mmEsr 9 Tmw&BE 9
AND GROCERIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
We also carry a good and well assorted stock of
WE ARE AGENTS FOR
Dealer in
Toys, Fancy goods and confectioneries
At Wholesale and Reteil,
Sole agent for W. J. Lemp’s Celebrated
st. SilSi meh»- in
Oct 23. . 71 CHERRY ST., MACON, 6a
Watches. Jewelry.
Solid Silver.
e§ to wrnTE®, r. iqsesqws
No. 20 Second Streer, - - - - - Macon, Qeorgia
For Fine Watches and Jewelry
_A_-t Very Low prices.
PLATED U WA^E* 1 Spocia * ty * A I ar E° assortment of CLOCKS and
Oct 23.
W. T. JOHNSON.
W. BOND.
S.H. BOYNTON.
j- T. Boro
stm» rnmrnm %
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
3$ Tfeipdi Stcfftg RDaaoB* d©©t*fta,
(CHRISTIE JST’S OXjZ>STa^D.
Wh ora ire will keep constantly on band a well seleetod stock of
PBLVtSEC GROCERIES,
Ve Guarantee Satisfaction both in Quality and Price of Good*.
Best and Cheapest
PLACE TO BUY
FURNITURE,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Rugs, Window
Shades, Wall Paper, Matresses
and Burial Cases,
is AT
*W.c&3 E3.P.TAYL,OR’S,
COTTON AVENUE. MACON, GA.
Cotton Presses, Cane Mills, Kettles and all T? T£ A T REV IYAI
kinds of Gm Gearing,
ALSO AGENT FOR THE CELEBRATED
WHITE SKWIWG ndACHIKTE,
We would be pleased to have you call and examine our stook before purchasing
elsewhere. Yours truly,
JOHN F* LEWIS & CO.
Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 25,1879.
MQEEP mVEB IB MQEEr MMOEf
IN HAWKINSVILLE, GA.
Manning’s Old Corner,
(AS IN THE DAYS OF OLD,)
Headquarters for Low Prices.
B. MANNHEIM
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Has jnst received from New York and Baltimore a large and select stool:
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ATTENTION FARMERS!!
LOOK TO YOUR INTEREST.
I am before you again with that re
liable Fertilizer, known as Black’s.
It is useless for me to multiply words,
Just call on me at Perry and let me
•show yon some certificates from 4he
Best farmers that usedittbiB year, 1879
Th^y all speak well o£it and advise yon
to use it. I-guarautee it when pnt up
and used according to Form ala,
Respectfully
IS. H. GATES
Nor. 20—1879—tf.
Consisting of Ladies’ Dress Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions,
Hosiery, Jeans, Domestics, Gents’ Famishing Goods, Tranks, Valises, Umbrel
las, Blankets, Saddles, Bridles, Hardware, Crockery, Glassware, Wood and Wil
low Ware, Etc., Etc.
In my Grocery Department will be found Bacon, Flour, Lard, Sugar, Coffee,
Cbeese. Mackerel, Soap Starch, Etc. Also a full line of as good Liquors as can
be found in this; market;
My stock of both Dry Goods and Groceries will be found to be full and com
plete in every particular, and 1 guarantee my prices to be as low as can be afford
ed by any house this side of Savannah. When you come to town be sure to give
me a call, and I will convince you that my store is indeed Headquarters for Low
Prices. Very respsctfnlly,
Hawkinsville, September 25,1879.
P. F. BROWN & SON,
DEALERS IN
EMTS, SmES. META BUf® CMPB,
Jackson Street, " Hawkinsville, Ga.,
HAVE JUST OPENED
A Shoe Store,
WITH EVERYTBI G PERFECTLY NEW.
‘NO
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We bny direct from the manufacturers for.cash, therefore we are able to sell
very low for cash. The Best Custom Work a .Specialty, and Every Pair War
ranted. If we sell a. paper bottom or shoddy shoe we will ietum ike money or
give another pair inihe place. Call and examine before buying elsewhere.
Swfkinfyillc, September 25,1879-
INDISTIN
taSw AMI el ell Ceafetiten*
Planters from all sections within reasonable distance are cordially invited sad
can make it to their interest to bring their cotton here for reasons as follows:
1st. We have good fire-proof warehouses to receive it, where your cotton
will be safe and bandied with care.
2nd. The crop is going to be short, therefore yon need good prices, and h«re
is tbe place to get them.
3rd. Hawkinsville has tbe advantage of two good sound Banks, with plenty
of currency to pay yon for yonr crops when delivered here.
4th. Hawkinsville has solid live men in her trade, who Lave nearly all bo ug
their stocks in Northern markets, therefore can sell yon goods cheap.
5th and last, but not least, the subscribers, now at tbe Old-Manning Corner,
come to the front with an Entire New Stock, unsurpassed by anything ever be
fore offered in this market. In it you can find anything and everything that is
bought at a store. Our Stock is too Exlensive-to enumerate, and was bough*
from first bands, therefore we paid no middle men profits. When yon bringi*
your cotton come and see us, and we guarantee you will go to your homes satis
fied that all we hare told you is true.
gept. 18—tf
JOHN HENRY & SON.
DOWN IN FRONT!
MAKF. WAY FOB BTJINESS MEN!
Read my Advertisement. I don’t propose to Bore
You, font I Mean Business;
F OB toe past seven yrere I have hern among yon, mjr bnsineae at preeent alone win ibow vriifcw
gucceaa I have met. I have worked to make my store
HEADQUARTERS IN THE CROCERY LINE,
And it is unnecessary to say I have succeeded, And though I have had many enemies,--<“woe be an te
him of whom all speak well!’) who hare tried to injure my business,and have bankrupted thenjsew»»
trying to undersell me, I have persevered with an in.aH.hfr ambition, and am to-day able to exhibit >*
you
Such a Stock of Goods, and at Sncli Fearless Figures,
That they cannot be duplicated by any house in the city of Hawkinsville. I have studied the lnterf. I
of my padrone, and knowing them waB^iave purchased such goods as they need and will be forced
bny at the astonishingly low Sgures at which I have placed them, My slock consists of
BACON, FLOUR, TOBACCO, WHISKIES, DRY COODS
BOOTS, SHOES, EARTHEN AND WILLOW-WARE,
BAGCINC AND TIES A SPECIALTY* 1
And millions of other
which I propose to sell
Houston and Pulaski co
friends visit him at
fit of the low
A careful e:
rton of my stock and .prices wilut once convince you of
THE ADVANTAGES OF DEALING WITH
And such examinationyoB .are earnssilr reonested {o o ake. Thanking you for the many yiit fsvor :
.arjd.tmstiagyonwin
CJonsiaer Your interests,
Aid visit my establishment, I remain, Truly yonrs,
». J. EPSTEIN, HawicinsvUlc, Ga.
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