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SOLID SOUTH. JOHN B MADDOX, Editor. SATURDAY DEC 26. i8«r>. ______- :r; __ r - omyrm-tWtiPTI'i OUS YiiAS SsWOLJt 1^ rOTE. rO*<L. Today we dose our■journalistic' labors for 1085.. The dying year ushered in r-* Somo SOCTH , with . . t bright . promises. Through nil us varied changes Wi have endeavored to do our duty. Our friends all along havr* boon faithful and true. Uur hearts g« out in unbroken , . gratitude to all- „n We look back upon many a checker ed scene with pride and witness with overawed interest the fidelity of While everything .... today , , is • ablaze , . with Christmas sports, we mingle with its|festivitics, feeling that our year's work is done. Our works, 1,0111 , good 1111 iU,d md doU( i '""“i i ’ : 1 e '‘ forever. i hey arc now numbered with the things of the past. In many instances we might have done better, and it is possible * wccould l ave done worse, Lpon thcwl.ol. , , j we have no serious regrets for any thing, but are truly thankful that our course has been so pleasant as it has. At the funeral of 1885 we shed no tears. The past is g< no, ami our mistakes will lie corrected in the fut¬ ure. W'itbout regret to the past we say, good-bye. To the fut ure we opt n our hearts and hands and bid it welcome. SHOUT TMJGOBBLER’S PRAISE. Let poets slug the martyr’s fame, And spread Ids honors hare. For glories live notin mere name. But like to butter stuffed with hair. A richer strain my steps Invito Than songs of victors toil; A dreadful crash went out at night, And dead the gobbler fell. The strutting robe was stripped in haste, Head, legs and feathers tle.w : The While’fiery body sucks the dummy through. paste, w aves sweep The scenting meat any soul enchains, And leads its victim blind, As thousands eat their juicj gains And leave the poor behind. The surging hosts tramp in and out And swell the boldest strain, As ringing laughs fly out in shout And dread no dinting pain. Our scraping feet leap out in mirth, And bound not far enough, worth For hunger clasps uur Inner With hopes ol better Stull. Tims panting soul outilv your bound And sweep to purer light; sound For aching cares doth rise and In life's turkey light. Christman. The Macon Telegraph has this beautiful article on <’hristinas: Yesterday was Christmas, tiie day of the nineteenth century. Other holidays we have, days set aside in honor of great men, of dead heroes, of political significance, of thanks¬ giving, but none of these, in the es titnation of the people, yotmg a nd old, compare with (Juristnuis. its significance is so well known as to scarcely bear comment; it marks the birth of the man who, so lar as our knowledge goes, did mote tor the world than any who lias lived ill it. Kingdoms, empires, rebublics, have sprang front Ins footprints; made arts, inventions, sciences have been possible by his birth and life; the grand civilization under which We live in the enjoyment ol life, ot liber tv. of free thought ami free speech, dates hack to him; and fora vast percentage of the people who have arisen, perished, nro yel to come, the future is bound up in him. No won lerihen that the day, popularly j accepted should as the be anniversary crowned with of love his j birth, and honored with observance among all nations whose civilization is j founded upon intended him. the j It is not to convoy idea that the world s observance ot this great day is founded upon an appreciation ot these facts. I bust mas observance is a habit, a custom with very many people; us line dinners, relaxation from toil, its tun and fireworks, its home presents and friendly recognitions it must be cm fessed, make up the cay with these, But there are many who pass into the day with a ful recognition of Us significance. The world would be happier if there were more. It would constitute a fine vance of Christmas day, if every man, woman and child should strive on that occasion to imitate, for om e at lei»t. ll„.,n.n «l» Kav.lt pr..,..- gutd nonce ; if they should take for ance then the greatest of a. the com mandments, “love one another, and plant an act of chanty hr t he way bide. We do not bpeak of the ciian ty which not only begins but ends at home, but of that which makes eve ry out man to some one's neighbor, needy one and a [caches lumping hand. Marked by such deeds, (■;hristinas would be Christmas indeed and the white dove of peace would 'fold its wings tiie over many a happy home when lights are hday ex tinuuished and Christ's birt glides again into the eternity time. SAM JOKES’ WIT. (Sontlivrn Bivouac lor January.) ! His wit is his Hist great power with the masses.' How" much his Gum-gin with this training it is difficult and birth to has to it! j <!o sav; Wliat ! i admit* only of suggestlop. Georgia’*? precise relation to genera , | ti((H of * j t m ., v an 0 j )( . n q lies - lion; this much' is true, so far as wit in the south is eon (•(*i*T)f*(i wp ‘ire ru i 4 * tli.jt Georgia ^ lias I ; ^ ^ ^ We krj(lW no Northern I j stale, nr with half her. dozen May states, the which j compare reason i not be that Georgia is one of four i I states in the South which are old i (vh to v , n tn „ ive a distinct ‘ people? The of tv , U) t o their rest them arc young ns yet to de \ clop any ‘ pnrtieuSariy distinguish • iri „ t ra j t& Why should wit be one of the ' Georgian? You will lrinU (f re Member that the climate of Georgia j s mi;d, that the soil is sutlieicnt.lv j generous to Lake from the mere effort j | 'r],‘ *i t <• ' x i^if*iK*t* any I)il temess oT strurr ! j Thisgives leisure, comparative j |Ms(1!i . ) u , ,y„. the poorer t .) H s reacli their wants with little more self exertion t han do the men U wealth. Then the rich alluvial i ^ plains ifre almost every where, in 0| . (!l Gco hl . divided by uplands , u . s;UH , Hdges. audthc state'full of v;t |j.-tios of rich and poor soil in immediate proximity. The rich planters of the lowlands are thus brought in immediate contact with l lie South poorer druses of the sand ridges, iii Carolina and Virginia the gap between the elapses is wide; in Georgia it has largely closed over. We have thus in daily contact the sharp contrasts of life with leisure in develop the natural result, a high degree of wit. Witness the number 6f w riters from Georgia who have earned a reputation in American lit¬ erature as wits; for example, Major Jones’ ( bin tship, Georgia Scenes, Hill Arp; and later, Uncle Remus, Old Dukesboriougii Si, - and perhaps best of all, Tales. To these add, on the stump, such men as Judge Underwood, and the elder ('ohjultt who, on one occasion, ran an opponent for Congress off the livid by'the effects of a single anec¬ dote on t he audience. What has nune bearing yet upon the point of reverence, as combined with wit, is .Jones’ familarity from childhood with that- remarkable class of men, the Old-side Baptist preachers. Men who, reared in the mountains, hud drunk in the fullest inspiration rtf nature j robust in manhood,- restrained by no conven¬ tionalisms ofTHe hr thought, w ith a side toward God as reverent and comber as the robed mountains among which they dwelt, insepara¬ ble tfom a freedom .of feeling and illustration asuiitnmed Mid grotesque as the lorents which roam, roar, and leap along their byds. Their am lienees were half the time in hor¬ ror, and mu’h of the other half in a roar of laughter. Yet these men were at heart true and reverent. Senator Hoar is behind a iiuth her of useful measures this year. lie has introduced a Dili to repeal the tenure of office law that p as passed to cripple President Johnson. Sena tor Hoar thinks the time has come w hen to the executive should be re¬ stored the original power to remove a subordinate official at pleasure. President Cleveland lifts evidently won the respect of tiie republican congressmen. Thore is a letter in the West IVint post office from Hanover, Germany, addressed tints: “To my Papa in TV est Point, Georgia, America.” Doubtless it w as w ritten by some lit lie child to a wandering father, and will never reach the hand of the one for whom it was intended. *----------- Col. W II. Harrison, of the execu tive department, has been studying Hm geography of Georgia the' following for a day or two, ami furnishes list showing the similarity in names ot a large number ot counties i »„<! towns in the State, There is a Newton in Laker county, a Coving- i ton in Newton county, a Macon l 4 j Bibb, an Oglethorpe in Macon, a i Lexington in Oglethorpe, and Jack j son .u Butts, a Jeiferson in Jackson, ft Douglass in t oiloe, a Douglassville j ( j n Douglass, an Appling in Colain Dia county a Baxley in Appling j county, a Moultrie in Collquitt, a | j udqintt in Mtiler county, a Bam bridge in Decatur, a Deeatur in Dc | .valb, a Cumunng in horsyth, a hor sytli in Monroe a Monroe in M al ton, a A outicollo in Jasper, a Jas per iu Fu-keus, a Dahlonega in | Lumpkin, a Lumpkiu in Stewart, a j i Danielsville Jlarjau. iu toa Madison, i. a Call.™,., Madison ,,, . a : Calhoun m Gordon, a Georgetown ; Quitman a Qmiman in Brooks. a Dawsonvide m Dawson county, a btvson in Terrell a banderavdie in \\ astiingtou, a n Hblnngtoa in Wilkes. The above list refers only . to counties and countv sites. Togo j further and hamlets and hunt with up the small similar towns names in | character would be a laborious un j dertaking. ---------- This is a secret, Mr. Isaac . Uingsworth says music is the sweet est thing in the world except girls,” j but that he can’t sing well on *c j count of a web iu his throat. David Whitmer, who difid in Mis souri, last week, was the last suvi vor of the ••witnesses’’ who with Joseph Smith bwMdtSbe P^tes of gold on which.the drigiow mserilml. *S* Win* * Mormon wwe mer’s muaculous own discoveiT account of the the liook allied ot Moimon is well kaow®. He did not seethe vision which Smith maims to lom- seon aud he d.d uot go to tHp hill wIilic ofnttn ciu a ^ fonnd the golden plates hut he did see the plates covered with mean ingless bierogiyphies, and in the presence of two oroilier men lie heard Smith, acting ostensi bly under supernatural the power the ehar and intelligence, translate actors, and as Smith dictated he and his companions wrote, lhis was the origin of the book. . A few days later he and the others were on the highway together when a great light broke upon them, a mysterous power srrjote them to the earth, and a voice, awesome in its scope, commanded them to bear wit news to tbc-trutli o t tlist wlijcli they had seen ami heard. Whitmer was highly esteemed by his neighbors He as a man of integrity and veracity. was an intelligent man, but was not intelligent enough to discover the imposition by winch he bad been hoodwinked. Rev. Sam Tones has closed the re¬ vival meetings in St. Louis, in which lie, in connection with Mr, Sam Small, of Atlanta, has been very successful. He left St. Louis last Monday for Knoxville, Tennessee, where lie will preach unless called to the bedside of bis sister, who is quite ill. The next evangelistic work will be in Cincinnati, w here In) will hold a series of revival meetings during January. Then he goes to Springfield, Illinois, where lie will labor for two weeks from February 1st. It is expected that he will re¬ turn to St. Louis next September. The old fashioned whipping post was revived in Gainesville Saturday. A small boy was caught in the act ot robbing R. P, Tallman <fc Co’s mon¬ ey drawer. His mother begge’d• to have him w hipped instead of Carry¬ ing his case into court. Where upon Mr. Delac.v, a member of the firm. gave, the boy 3‘J lashes upon ids naked hack. The child'was about 12 years of age. ‘•Why is a lire engine always called‘she,’ asks someone. We can not tell, unless perchance it is be¬ cause all the men turn and.Jook af ter it when it pasties along the It refit.’ says the Lowell Citizen. Such ig¬ norance is painful... The en^ne is called “she” because it wears,long after hose and all the boys run it. » * A leading’ Philadelphia Ledger suggesting 'dHig£<ist ele writes to the t aippane as an infallible remedy for hydrophobia. He says the active medical principle is in the loot and is called inulin, and lie gives a ...num¬ ber of cases to prove that it neutral izes the virtu re of hydrophobia. The cases cited relate both to human beings and animals. He gives the mode of using the remedy as fol lows: “To one and a half ounces of good, sound elecampane toot, bruised in a mortar, add one pint of new milk; boil to half pint, strain off. anti when cold take at a dose in the morning fasting. No food should be taken for from three to five hours af terwards. Repeat the. dose on the third morningto intervene, and again on the fifth morning. The above quantity is for an adult, for cbild ten, given in proportionate doses, say to one of 12 years half the quail titv.” He thinks it is only a pre ventive after being bitten, and says nothing will cure hydrophobia after the patient shows signs ot madness, If there is anything in this, elecatn pane may do away will the necessity for M. Pasteur’s experiments or treatment. A MAN OF THOUGHT. The ^ Atlanta C-mitol in reiVrimr to (h e ai J W. Q reen General Augnsta”and Man -’cr of the Port Royal and Spar tnnhnrg Railroad, in addition to his position as General Manager of the Geor< v ia Railroad, n't* says; regard Major \ Green as one of lhc >e8t ra Uwu V nien in t&e South, or ifi f . lct in the*wiu»lc country. He combines in a peculiar degree broad kloa9 of administration with detail, Htf has the miwt thorough acquaint iUU . e , vUh particulars, and at the 9nnie timr a | arge SJO pe of plan. He is „ gentleman of decision and- W ol judgement, cloaked under .he finest Sliav itr, 'judaement the best common sense, the CiM >lest ami the most un ' voiding finnress is The troth ideal is that Major i^ Green 1 one “Umrv of the Til,' rai | road Georgia Railroad, under j his ntan a g emont) is lIle model 1Hi Wl4V af tIu . coontrv and is a monument to his OOUSU n iroate skill/’ ______ i Application lor Homestead, . v,, .. . i Vo ™to f me ft>r exemprion of tiersoualrv and sot ting apart and valuation of iiotw»tMd, i and 1 will pass upon the same at my of Heeat 10 o’clock a.- m. on the Utli rtay January, 18S6. O. Szamans, _ All who wish bargains call on S. J. Richardson A Cowan. They ar. gelling at cost. "/;I:V‘V/'L"‘:I.V;"..n”-;.‘::;-;f Ifl-rigw-y. ' ,jrx.‘ ‘, J‘ L K‘ * I .\ ‘ firm I: ‘: ‘ fl“ /’ i. “WV , ‘3 7 $3; / gr; {’ .‘ 3L” _» 25,”? ' >\ R5“ 1:." 5f; 1'? A , “t. A Ruptures instantly relieved by Fry‘s ce1~ ebrated truss. The only Tums giving an upward and inward presmre same as holding ruptum up with N0 thigh the ham]. N0 pressure on flu: premium hark. straps: to chnfo. First and medals award d :11; (.‘incinnanti exposi tion 1894. For sale by Dr. Wm . H. Lee, (Jonym's, (5:. The ‘the “mun :30. 50 ledial funny ought 911mm?! to 1‘ . alum. then. 5*.- . geo. _ Saved His Life. mV. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave Kv-says lie was, for many year; badly afflicted with Phthisic, also Diabetes; the pains would were ai most nnenduruble and some times almost'throw liim in convul aions. He tried Electric Bitters and got relief from the first bottle and after taking six bottles, was entire ly cored and had gained in flesh eighteen pounds. Says he positive¬ ly believes he would have died, had it not been for the relief afforded by Electric Bitters. Sold at fifty cents a bottle by Dr. W. II. Lee, Brad field’s Female Regulator scien- a, pnreiv Vegetable Compound, all de tifically prepared. Will cure rangeroents or irregularitcs of the monthly sickness. Send for our Treatise on “Health and Happiness of Woman,” mailed free. Bkadfikld Kegci-atok Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Miraculous Escape. W. \V. Reed, druggist, of YVin chesta, Ind., writes: “One of my customers, Mrs. Louisa Pike, Bar tonia, Randolph Co., Ind., was a long sufferer with Consumption, and was given up to die by her physicians. She heard of Dr. King’s New Discov¬ ery for Consumption, and began buy¬ ing it of me. In six months’ time she walked to this city, a distance of six miles and she is now so much improved site has quit using it. She feels she owes her life to it. Free Trial Bottles at Dr. YV. H. Lee’s Drug Store, IJueklen’H Arnica Salve, The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, f e¬ ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil¬ blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay re¬ quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cets per box. For sale by Dr. YV. H. Lee. Hr. J. G. Westmoreland Cures Piles without the knife, ligature in less or hot iron, w ithout pain, permanently. and than a week, perfectly Cancer and and other ulcers Female diseases, application, Con¬ treated Ids special and sumption, Asthma, Nasal Catarrh, and Bronchitis is by his special model of In¬ halation. 55C, S. Broad st., Atlanty, Ga. TUTT’S PILLS 25 Y EARS 1H USE, Th« OroAtert Muctirsl Triumph of tkd Ag*I SYMPTOMS OP A TORPID LIVER. r,o»ofuiip«tlto. Vmia la the head, wish * dull neusatlon In the hack yut, Pain under the shoulder blade, Fullneae alter catlna, ritbeiiU* Wr.lta«il«it» exertion of body or mind. Irritability oftemer, lew spirit*, with a feeling of having r*ylrc£.-d aouio duty, Weariueae, Dizzineee, Fluttering at the . Heart, Kota before the eye*, Headache over the right eye, Restlessness, with ttU'ul dreams. Highly yolorsd trine, had CONSTIPATION. adapted TTTTT'S PILLS are especially to each eases, one dose effects such a change of feeling ns to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the ApvetUe.sntl cause the body to Take on h'lenh, tuus tbs Action system 1 * nourished, t»lge*tiveOrk«ns.H£«ul»r snd by their Tonic Stools on the era pn-liuv i. 1 'rt-e itr>o. II gifurra v st.«K. V • TUTTS HAIR DYL Ghat Rato or Whirkjckb ckangsa to a Gimst Itoack by a single application of Ibis pre. It imparts a untuntl color, act* instan i anoously. SoM by Druggists, or seiit by express on receipt St.. of New ft t. York. Office, 44 Murray CLINCMAN’S smst OBACCO REMEDIES m.» nude none of tho loom Won. ! arm Cum on record. ; I u“ I 1 ; /-.* • ' ft w THE CLIJiGMAH TOBACCO OINTMENT TI TION 1 K MOST uiark^t KFFKOTITK f<»r Pile* ASVRF, PKEP. 4 I'HK KA on th« 4 f#*r lirbliif Ru newer ini fed to jiv* um inapt relief. Will cons Anil V'lcers. Abstew, Hfltola. T»tt#r. Balt Rbeum Barber’s Itch. Rin« wonDft. Puupm, Soros and Boiih. Price 50 vtn, THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO CAKE Wound* NATCKR*S Out* (IWN REMKBV, bvmnK, Erysrp*!**. Core* Boi}*, a\ 1 Oarbnacles Baug Fc*l vn«. Ulcer*, bore* 8ore Ejt?, S«'te Throat.B inw'nt* Corn*. Neurabfia.Hhrucjatiain, Orchitis licat. Milk Rh*u malic Gout. Colds, Coughs, Brouchiti*. inserts. In Lef. Snake attajs and Doc Bites. Stings An. tat t «U TocaJ Irritation and Lr.flMuniitior fKuu whatever Price *5 rim THE CUNOMAK TOBACCO PIASTER urine Prepared ice, uccordlrtjr he PCUKsT it* the meet SEOATlTK scfenUtfc TMsJlKDlEVTS tt» oil Tobacco flour, and is compt»unded specialty recommended with the purest Croup. Weed Oaks tiie Breast, for or of and for that class ol irritant or infls mots tort maladies. Aches ard Pains where, from trt» delicate a state of the eystom, the *f the patient Tobacco i» unable Cake. to For bear Headache the stronger application 6nd Pains, it is inralucble. ot other Aches Price 15 era. Ask your druggist for these remedies, or write to the CUNSMAN TOBACCO CURE CO. DURHAM. U. S. A. REAL BARGAINS DKY" GOODS, SHOES, etc. at ’JJ. F. IIAFPER & BRO.’S.' Call m Heavy line of canned goods, etc. STOCK, Cheaper than ever before, at II. F. HARPER & g U cities ill fancy 1{0 , S. N OY eand Hir F HARPER & BB.O’S. FANCYGROCERIES, TOBACCO a »d CiOy ” ' at Low Prices, always on hand at U. F. Harper & Bro’ k Well Paid Employment can always be secured by you, if you are a competent SlIORlm J Term "While Shorthand and Typewriting claims our sole attention J students can receive the very best tuition in PENMANSHIP, APd'ru MFTIG and BOOK-KEEPING at greatly reduced rates. If Ytm ermndl come to us WE CAN TEACH YOU BY MAIL AS THOROUGH. Send for Circulars to either Professor Nashville, H. A. IIALE, Tenn. Principal Louisville, Shorthand hJ tute. Address him at or Ky. ever is the most convenient point for yourself. J. S. McLEAN, L -MANUFACTURER OP’ L F1I BOGGY !li WAGON HAMS ! I everything the Harness line. Made of the best materials t And in and'tin WORKMANSHIP FIRST CLASS. ! Keep always in stock a full line of the Best Harass, lias, Brsecli. Use I Blankets, and anything you need in the harness lines at Astonishing Low Prices! I Eoots e,n.cl de ■ I I to order. Any kind of a boot or shoe you want made to suit you. jgS(F“All kinds of repairing done at reasonable rates yW J. S. McLean, Commerce and Railroad streets, Conyers, Ga. MILLINERY! P. A. COWAN & RICHARDSON Return thanks to their friends for past favors and ask you to call and Examine our New Stock of MilleneRY, THE CHEAPEST THAT WE HAVE EVER BROUGHT TO the CITY! WE HAVE A LARGE LOT OF NEW STYLE Ms, Isnsts, Fte, Fins, Eisss, III, ALSO, 7 A LARGE LOT OF j Ladies’ and Misses’ Hose! Jersey Gloves from 35 cents up; Velvet Ribbon from 5 to 35 cents per yard; Laces from 1 to 50cents; Velveteen from 50 cents to $1.65; Plumes from 15 cents to Sj>5; Handkerchiefs from 5 to 50 cents each; and EVERYTHING in the MillineRY Line! CALL AND SEE US, P. A. COWAN & RICHARDSON. STRICTLY CASH! Quick 821168 and Short Profits. STRICTLY CASfl! G. W. WEAVER & BED. -NIGHT’S CORNER ARE OFFERING SPECIAL -BY THEIR SPOT CASH SYSTEM. -KEEP A FULL'XINE OF- GiEM MffldMDlSE, -AND GROCERIES. -HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR Cou.i3.-in:3r 3?x iduce Ci it See TIue 233mm 111 Prim as m} 21% 11mm;