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J. H. HODGES, Editor act Publisher.
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Perry. Thursday, January 15.
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The season is at hand for our
F-k.ce: $2.00 Per Annum In Advance. Wet8 to make their positiTe
preparations for planting, and it is
directly to their interests to know
{positively what they need in the :-g eiia t ej i a which Davis threatened
. wa y ° f manure ’ and their P nrcha " I to use the force of the Confeder-
- There, are sis thousand liquor, ses of commercial fertilizers should j ate to ' C0erC8 any Southern
— -o. 1 accord with the demands of the
Several months
Sherman related in su’c
„ „ . , ,, Augusta has abolished the drum-
company _of mends-that he had: mers ^ ax<
seen a letter written by Hon. Jef-j
! ferson Davis to a friend, now a j A. A. Lanier, of .
member of the United States ^as a pound liog.
saloons in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Cotton is reported to be still
in bloom at Bronson, Plorida.
The Carnesville, Ga., Register,
is edited by a lady, Miss Ellen
Dortch.
At Sumterville,: Florida, straw
berry, tomato and egg plants are
in full bloom.
It is estimated that 78,787 lives
were lost in disasters on land and
■ sea during last year.
It is estimated that the lead
mines in America yielded 100,000
tons of pure lead last year.
Mbs. Belva A. Lokwood has
’’petitioned congress to see that the
votes cast for her in the late pres
idential election be counted.
The Blackwell Durham smo
king tobacco company lost heavily
by a fire that occurred at Durham,
N. C., one night last week.
A Chinese banker, Han-Jua, of
Canton, is said to be the -wealth
iest man in the world. His prop
erty is estimated to be worth
000,000.
The Georgia tax law, by which
dealers in pistols and cartridges
are required to pay a special tax of
$100, goes into effect on the first
day of April, 1885.
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Several accidents have recently
occurred on railroads in Plorida,
resulting in the destruction of a
number of cars, and the severe in
jury of several persous.
The Valdosta Times has donned
a new dress and enlarged to eight
columns. We congratulete Bro.
Pendleton on this evidence of pros
perity.
The largest orange tree in Flor
ida, on Lake Hancock, is 21 years
old, 58 feet across the boughs, and
at one time last year had twelve
thousand oranges on it.
During the year 1884 the mints
of the United States coined silver
to the amount ef $28,119,978, and
gold to the value of $28,726,852; to
tal coinage of gold and silver $51,-
846,830.
Catt. C. W. Folger, only sou
of the ex-Secretary of the Treasu
ry, Charles J. Folger, died at Ge
neva, New York, laat Sunday, of
consumption, aged forty years.
The House of Representatives
of the 44th,45th,46th and 47th con-
gressess of the United States pass-
> ed appropriation bills for public
buildings calling for the expendi
ture of $30,657,184.
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Hon. Wm. Markham, Major-
Ben Crane, and Mr. Joe. Ormond,
prominent citizens of Atlanta, are
critically ill." Neither of the gen
tlemen named are expected to re-
. oover.
soil they propose to cultivate.
Manure is universally accepted
and used as a specific for poor and
worn-out- land, yet the word ma
nure embraces in its definition a
scope almost as wide a3 the word
medicine. The land is a sick pa
tient that needs recuperation. The
work it has preformed, or rather
the draught to which it has been
subjected, has taken from it the
essential parts of strength. That
these may be restored manure,
or medicine, is administered. The
land that has constantly been
planted in cotton for a number of
years, does not possess the same
plant food as does that from which
successive crops of corn, oats,
wheat, or potatoes liave been gath
ered. This being a fact, the ma
nure that would supply the deficit
in the land in the first instance,
would not serve in the other.
The land should be doctored
upon the same principle that a
physician adheres to when he ad
ministers medicine to a sick per
son. First find out the elements
of plant food needed by the land
and the crop to be cultivated, and
then apply the manure which sup
plies those elements .as desired.
Chemical analysis will supply the
knowledge of what is needed, and
common sense the method of ad
ministering. The farmer who can
not analyze his own soil, can bet
ter afford to pay-a chemist for that
service than to run the risk of
doctoring his sick land with the
wrong medicine.
The February number of Dem-
orest’s Illustrated Magazine con
tains several articles of unusual
interest, among whcih are “Rem
brandt and his Art,” “Madame
Adam,” “The Story of Thorwald-
sen,” and “Old .and New Indus
tries for Women,” by Jennie June.
Mr. Barnard’s serial, “A Strange
Girl,” is. continued; and several
good stories and poems, household
and art suggestions, fashion and
“Current Notes” give additional
attraction to this excellent publi
cation. The frontispiece is an oil
picture suited to the season dedi
cated to Saint Valentine.
Staie that did not yield a cordial
support to the Confederate gov
ernment. This statement was de
nounced as false by Mr. Davis,
and Gen. Sherman declared he
would produce the letter? The letter-
has not been produced, though the
question has been considerably
discussed. In the U. S. Senate
last Tuesday the subject was intro
duced by a resolution calling for a
historical statement of the public
policy of the Confederate govern
ment.. This was done by the re
publicans, evidently for the pur
pose of making political capital
against the South.
The New York Senatorial con
test has narrowed down to Wm.
H. Evarts and Levi P. Morton,
with the chances apparently in fa
vor of Evarts, it having become
known that Jay Gould favors the
election of Evarts, and is willing
to pay liberally for the accom
plishment of his desiies. The
World says the senator-ship will go
to the highest cash bidder. This
is in direct accord with republican
usage,-and it is not likely that the
regular.programme' will be chang
ed in the contest. Frank Hiscock
and Chauncey M. Depew are
among the dark Jiorses who' have
slight hopes of winning the prize
should a deadlock ensue between
Evarts and Morton.
It is said that the Exposition at
New Orleans will not be in .perfect
shape before Feb. 1st, though the
exhibits now in position make an
immense aggregate show taat is
worth travelling many miles to
see; It is said that the agricultu
ral exhibit is the most striking:
feature. The financial difficulties
of the management are about con
quered, and the show will-be an
immense success.
The Poultry Messenger, Cuckoo,
Virginia, is the only journal pub
lished in the South devoted to
Poultry and Pet Stock. It is ably
edited, is filled-with valuable -in
formation, and is more than worth
th§ subscription price, 50 cents a
' year.
The Nejv Orleans correspondent
of. the Savannah News says the
Georgia exhibit at the Exposition
is not wholly in. shape yet, but
that it is sufficiently advanced to
leave no doubt that the display
will compare favorably with that
of any state.
The New York World of. last
Sunday consisted of 20 pages, and
besides the vast amount of news,
editorials and communications, it
contained 35 columns of “want”
advertisements. The World is the
leading democratic newspaper in
the United States.
Gen. Sherman has written a
long article against Hon, Jeffer
son Davis that can possibly serve
no good purpose. It contains only
the opinions and beliefs of Gen.
Sherman, and such from a bitter
enemy cannot be accepted as facts.
Gen. Sherman evidently does not
desire the enmities of the war to
f. Davis is honored
people for his
ies, and his patriotic
That he conceived
y, and no word
m- uttered by barn-burner Sher-
can lessen that esteem one
Ben. Butler has brought suit
for $25,000 damages against the
Boston Herald, for the publication
in November, 1883, of an article
reflecting upon his conduct during
the war. If he is successful in
this instance, Butler can reap a
rich harvest by sueing every paper
published in the Southern States.
Official reports made* since the
war disclose the fact that the force
of the Confederate army consisted
600,000 men, not more than 400,-
000 men being in the service at
any time. The Federal army con
sisted of a total of -2,850,132 men,
the largest number in service at
any time being 2,-320,272.
The volunteer presidential cabi
net architects are still busy, but
the opinion prevails that Mr.
Cleveland will himself be the mas
ter builder in that business. • Mr.
Cleveland has already gained ike
complete confidence of the great
mass of -the democratic people,
practicing politicians excepted.'
The total vote polled in the late
presidential election was 10,040,-
868. Cleveland received 4,910,975;
Blaine 4,485,022; St. John 251,433;
Butler 133,428. Cleveland's ma
jority over Blaine was 65*953.
Last May Gen. Grant borrowed
$150,000 from Wm. H. Vanderbilt,
and as security therefor Gen.
Grant delivered to Vanderbilt’s
attorneys mortgages upon his real
estate’ and personal j roperty,
swords, medals, works of art, etc.
Recently those mortgages were
foreclosed, and the proceeds of
the sale were at once presented to
Mrs. Grant as a gift, thus cancel
ling the debt, Mr. Vanderbilt only
stipulating that the medals, relics
and souvenirs should be eventual
ly presented to the United States
government,'and preserved in the
historical archives at Washington.
Judge O. A. Lochrane, of Geor
gia recently visited President-elect
Cleveland, at Albany, N. Y., and
since then he has been mentioned
as the probable Postmaster Gener
al under Cleveland’s administra
tion.. He endorses Cleveland as a
mon of eminent business ablilty,
courageous and honest, and one
that will strengthen the democrat
ic party. He does not declare
■that'he will be a member of tbe
Cabinet, but is evidently- pleased
that such- s.n ©pinion prevails.
A dill t.hat..prbvides for govern
ment regulation of commerce be
tween the states, has passed the
House of Representatives, and its
strongest friends, believe it will
pass the Senate and become a law.
This has been a pet measure of
Congressman Reagan, of Texas,
for several years, and its passage
is an almost national endorsement
of the principle upon which the
Georgia railroad commission was
constructed.
The Mormons of Utah,- growing
restive under the government re
strictions thrown around them, are
engaged in a movement to estab
lish a colony in New Mexico.
Fifteen state legislatures will
elect United States .Senators this
month. ' There is only one of
doubtful on the political
South
A rkan-
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The East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad has encoun
tered financial difficulties, and the
Georgia division, extending from
Rome to Brunswick, has been
placed in the hands'of a receiver.
The road has prayed for an in
junction, and litigation before the
courts is now pending. Mr. Geo.
I. Seney, recently a director of the
road, has resigned.
The Mormon Church is said to
have more missionaries than the
American board of foreign mis
sions. This statement should teach
legislators where lies the vulnera
ble point of the monster, polyga
my. Let each state in the Union
enact laws for the suppression of
these missionaries, and polygamy
in the United States will die of
its own stench.
The following patents were
granted to parties.‘in Georgia for
the week ending Jan.'6, 1885, re
ported expressly for this paper by
Jos. H. Hunter, Solicitor of Amer
ican and Foreign Patents, 936 F
street, Washington, D. C.: Wm.
F. Edwards, Covington, cotton-gin
rib; EL D. Terrell, -Covington,
convertible plow; Jas. S. Lamar,
Augusta, cotton chopper.
The largest crowd ever seen in
Washington City is expected to be
there on the 4th of March to wit
ness the inaugurrtion of President
Cleveland.
Macon is to have “fire alarms”
distributed throughout her -limits.
J. T. Wilson, Jr., formerly with
the Gainesville Eagle, has accept
ed the position of publisher of
the Gwinnett Herald at Lawrence-
ville.
Carl Schurz will lecture at Au
gusta on January 23.,
A candy manufactory will soon
be in operation in Athens.
Talbotton’s newly-elected city
council favor prohibition.
Senoia’s new council will put
the liquor license at ten thousand
dollars.
The'mayor of Americus receives
a salary of $750 per annum.
Postmaster Burnett, at Rome, is
unable to pay money orders. for
want of funds. A number of peo
ple hold orders which the office
cannot cash.
A silk quilt made by Mrs. M.
F. Holder, of Cochran, contains 72
squares and 4,608 separate pieces.
Mes. H. did all the work herself,
and she was 52 years old the day
it was finished.
The Governor has received no
tices ofcontested elections from
several different counties in the
state.
Atlanta has again come to the
front with a champion pedes
trian. We had hoped that last
season wound up the pedestrian
business in Georgia.
There is a blind Baptist preach
er in Rabun county 101 years old.
Mr. W. T. Christopher is now
on the editorial staff of the Monte
zuma Record. Chris, promises to
make things lively.
The dwelling-house boom in
Cochran continues. One moneyed
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building eight neat cottages in
that town.
A few days ago young Ellis
Miller, a son of .Andrew Miller,
who lives about 11 miles east of
Camilla, near Poore’s Mill, was
out bunting. Hi3 dog “freed” a
rabbit in what is commonly known
in that Section as a “eiayroot.”
The lad-thrust bis arm into tbe
bole to feel for tbe game, when it
was bitten by what must have
been a rattlesnake. Whisky was
abundantly administered, but the
sufferer died in great agony the
next day.
‘ In Haralson county Wo young
ment went to an illicit distillery
to buy a dram. The m-m who
was iix charge- of the. distillery
said; “I have no whiskey here,
but if you will run tbe shebang
until I can go to the bouse, I’ll
bring you some.” The young
men turned in and ran the distil
lery for a, few minutes. It became
known that they had done the
work, and they have been arrested
and put under bond for their ap
pearance for running an illicit dis
tillery.
■ Enoch Waldron, a Baker county
colored farmer, made last year on a
one-horse farm, on common pine
land., $400 worth of cotton, 180
bushels of corn, with ample sugar
and syrup to supply his family for
this year.
The two-story brick building
known as Odd Fellows 1 Hall, at
Hawkinsville, and belonging to
Anderson Lodge, No. 24. I.O.O.F.,
was resold at Sheriff’s sale on
Tuesday last to satisfy a mortgage
in favor of C. T. Lathrop; The
property was bought by Lewis,
Leonard & Co., for - §4,350, which
was about enough to satisfy the
mortgage, but not enough to satis
fy the claims against the lodge.
It is a fine building, and cost much
more than it sold for.
The Savannah Times says:
Messrs. D. C. Bacon & Co., have
just closed the largest building
contract ever made with one firm
in Savannah. This is a contract
with the Panama Canal Company
to furnish ninety frame houses.
These houses will be built of the
best material in sections, so that
they can be easily adjusted and
erected where desired. They will
be shipped from* this port to As-
pinwall direct, and delivered to
the Panama Canal Company. This
is a big contract, and in carrying
it out the firm will be enabled to
give employment to a largely in
creased number over their present
force. We regard this as an im
portant transaction, or ., benefit to
Jour teommiujity and port.
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A glorious harvest is at hand and pros
perity will soon prevail. Thousands ot
families who have been wanting Pianos
and organs for many long yeays will
BUY THIS YEAR. Anticipating the
demand, we have
DOUBLED GiS I? COfaTsiACTS
WITH SV3AKE53S,
and laid in an immense stock of SUPERB
INSTRUMENTS FROM TEN LEAD
ING MAKERS, which we shall offer on
our usual easy Installment Terms. To
accommodate those who wish to buy
now, and hold their cotton until later
wemake this
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2E5TX ■§?■ 33 3T5. S .
CASH PiilCEK WITH
VilHEE MONTHS TIME.
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Lowest Rock Bottom Gash Prices,
REQUIRING ONLY
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$10 CASH DOWS ON AN OltUAN.
And allowing three monter time
ON THE BALANCE.- WITHOUT INTE3-
' EST OB ADVANCE OF PRICE.
Those who buy under this plan; an
find themselvas unable to complete pay
ment after the three months, will be.given
further time, by agreeing to pay our reg
ular installment prices, and complying
with our installment terms of payment.
Should they pay one-half of the amount
due at three montbs,or make a large cash
payment, an'equitable price for the in
strument will be arranged. All will be
treated fairly, and charged prices in ac
cordance with the time required for pur
chase. AIL purchasers under this special
offer are required to sign our usual form
of Lease Contract, and furnish references
as to their responsibility. Instruments
will be sent on the usual fifteen days
trial, when references are given.
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