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the weekly constitution, Tuesday, June 13,1882.
STA'TE SPECIALS
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AFFAIRS AT ALBANY AND 1
WHERE.
:lse-
Oriao’a Great Boom —Homan Education—Hartwell
Happenings—Arrest* and Bearreets In Darien-
Mad Demand Bobl«ra— Dimnc We*-
... on a Con viola — Gala cavlllo Itema.
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KritlContmwwleMeelHit^wntll’Ulw-i: —
Griffin. Ga., June S.—It is rumored that
olonel Wcdlcgr’q visit to Carrollton, last week -A
„ as for the express purpose of taking steps to a ’
* extend the S. 0. and N. A. R. R. at an’early
day on to Chattanooga. As to the truth of
the rumor I cannot vioucli, but will say that
if it is true, Mr. Wadlcy never did a better
■ • day’s work in all bis railroad maneuverings
than when he fully decides to complete this
road. This is a now impetus to Griffin’s
a boom, and will shake • her from the “center
all'round to the sea,” making us lords of
" the fowl and ' the byu^, (also fruit)
We ain't sorry much ■> . anout the
>■' building of the M. & B. extension. Its not
j only a feather In otuf caps, but a whole ost
trich, in fact. . It has developed more “get up
and get” here than the oldest inhabitant re
collects to have seen since tlie 'original sur
veyor first circumscribed aur limits. More
new houses in demand now than was ever
known in the history of the place, and not an
unoccupied dwelling or business house can be
found except one, which I will proceed to
mention for the benefit of the public. ,Per-
liaps there is not a better opening in the en
tire state for a good solid investment than
Griffin now offers in the shape of a first-class
hotel building. If some outside en
terprising gentleman could be induced
to come here and take a view of the
surroundings he wouldn’t be more than a
minute in making up his mind that he had at
lost struck the right place. “There’s millions
in it”—the old Georgia hotel building, which
stands like one of tho lofty pyramids -of
Egypt, a monument of primitive architecture
and a first-class harbor for rats, roaches and
other vermin. This old wreck of a building
1 is the only unoccupied building in Griffin
and can now be bought for a mere song, aud
its location being within fifty feet of the pas
senger depot, gives it every advantage over
nil other competition in that line of business,
provided somebody will buy it, tear it
down, or burn it up,- and put up a
“hotel.” We don’t want anything tame
in that line; its to ben good oneor noneat all.
There are four hotels here and not one of
them present the appearance of a hotel build
ing. In this particular we are considerably
behind, and by many it is thought the pro
gress of the town is impeded. The advanta
ges of having, a genuine modem hotel struct
ure in a place or any place the size of Griffin
ire too obvious for comment, and to make a
ong story short it will, pay any man big in-
erest on the investment, to erect a good, sub-
•tantial hotel building in the city of Griffin,
. md now is the time to make a ten-strike in
Jiat particular while the reat of our citizens
vtc engaged in planning the the new railroad
enterprise which is to couple Griffin with the
Macon and Brunswick extension.
AFFAIRS AT ALBANY.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Albany, June 4.—A pretty serious shooting
aflray took place late yesterday afterpoon just
across the river in East Albany, in which two
brothers, Joseph M. and John Cooper, both
! well known young men, were shot witli a pis
tol in the hands of R. M, Johnson, a resident
. of East Dougherty, both the,Coopers receiving
severe wounds, that of John Cooper being con
sidered quite serious. The particulars of the
aflhir tiro meager add unsatisfactory so far as
learned. It appears that the Coopers, who
^ arc doing a small business in East Albany.
lmd made arrangements to attend a colored
picnic irith a stock of confectioneries, soda
water, etc., held on the place of Marshall
Merritt; ih cast Dougherty, some days ago.
Just "before starting, 'however,' they
■ received a note purporting to. come
from Merritt, refusing them permission
to come. This note’they afterward found
was written by Johnson, without the knowl
edge of Merritt. When the parties met yet-
terday afternoon, Johnson wag charged by the
Y‘Coopers .with the fact, which eventually
■'brought on the' difficulty. One acbo tint states
1 'that Johnson was not armed, but managed to
“ £et hold of tlie pistol of one of tho Cpopers,
with which tlie shooting was done. “Joseph
(“Cooper was shot through the right; thigh, the
•'ball passing through,'’ fortunately, without
breaking the bqiitr, ariatfas extracted by .Dr.
* Strother. The ball received hy* Joh'n Coeper
“struck him in the left hip and passed through
u tlie lower part of the abdomen, and was taken
out of the right groin by Dr. Hilsmah. It is
not considered necessarily fatal. Three shots
'nail were fired. At last accounts, Johnson
„.i -rnsstill at large, i: . > /
. Several months ago a party or association of
apitalists, as-we leam, from some where
1 bout Eufaula or Columbus, made a start
ooking to; the building of a cotton seed oil
nctory in Albany, at an estimated outlay of
some thirty odd thousand dollars. They pro-
j'ceedcd so far as to bnv or negotiate for the
' purchase of a lot near tho fair grounds. We
have not recently heard anything further
‘ from tlie project, and do not know whether it
'has fallen through or not. We learn, how
ever, that negotiations are pending between a
party or parties in this city, and others else-
' yhere, looking to the establishment of one
m a smaller scale, of a capacity of five or six
jarrels of oil per day, at an early date. Such
mono, it is thought, would about consume
the seed obtainable within moderate limits
wound here, and would be a more certain
investment than one on a large scale. It is
earnestly hoped that the enterprise may suc
ceed, even Hi the large one has been aban
doned. Cotton seed now brings readily in the
market here 15 cents per bushel.
The Dougherty county free schools, of which
there are. seven colored and two white, open
tomorrow for the summer session of ten
weeks: The two latter arc to be taught in
,m by Mrs. Mallory and Mre. M. A. Thorn-
;. rry, lieth of whom are experienced teach-
• • , as well as accomplished ladies. Dr. W.W.
V.acon, whose removal from Albany was noted
several mouths since, has returned to his old
..oine and resumed the practice of his profes
sion, finding the climate in the-nelghb -rhood
of Savannah unsuitable for him. He returns
• a little broken in health, but Albany's climate
and artesian Water israpidlybringinghimout
• again. It is a bard matter for one »o leave
Albany for good, except to join the majority
beyonil the river.
Five thousand poundsof Worth county wool
'were sold in the Albany market yesterday at
•: 28% cents per pound. An association litis
been started in Albany with a fair prospect 'of
success, for the formation of an artesian well
ice factory company. Watermelons are be
ginning to pass through Albany from Florida
. nnd south Georgia for the northern and
western markets.
MAD DOGS AND ROBBERS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution:
Casios, June 5.—Our town is just now en
joying “the mad dog sensation.” .A mad do;,
. was on the streets yesterday, snapping at
everything that got within its reach. He bit
several dogs, and the owners thereof are tak
ing the right steps in the suppression of tins
epidemic by killing their animals. Ti.e
weather is very cool and the cotton is looking
very badly.. Many farmers are chopping,
all cotton up and planting the
ground in corn and sorghum cane.
Since last Tuesday our town has been under-
ping a great deal of excitement. Late i* the
vetting of that darfthe young men in charge
*f the store of R. T. Jones,(while he was on a
:isit to Conyers) missed their money from
- he -safe, about $125, and at first thought
pme one had'played a trick on them. But
after making a few inquiries \ found that it
Mare'foloratmen'and asj.halraln was TStvM A fUt? A P) -A MT) ppC'Tl
ingjfor Marietta the following pvcningjuur | r “ %
sheriff boarded the train and arrested TovaJgfP' gp
Madison, a colored ex-convict, from Atlanta, YTfr^E TROUBLEj'HEY GIVE THE UN-
and brought him back to jaifind found updn I j HAPPY WEARERS. *"
-Hiis person-about $15 fir money: Frank PaV-' 1 “ —
nam,colored, was afterward arrested but at the
preliminary trial this morning was released
tnr lar-t-nf OTriflpTirp-tn-i'OTivip.t- *TYrm Mnrii-
son waived trial and in default of a bond of
$300 was remanded to jail. He has confessed
,a.greatd£al which.has ledJo.Jhe Jindiog-of
nearly alkrhtrmissingTnoney; —
Handling the Bizor-Qneitlons Aniwered by • Bar-
b«r—Who Dye and Wno Do No:— the Ubiqult-
out Boolblack—An Hour with the Cobbler
and Wbat Ee Does to Save ibe Boles.
out of the road, hurting his front leg some,
but not ■ seriously. From where the monster
was found, it was a half mile to the creek,
and near by was a pig pen, which, it is sup
posed he was after. He measured something
over ten feet in length-and'weighed about
four hundred pounds. Mr. Renfroe brought
him to town that everybody might get a look
at the. intruder, and which was a curiosity to
many..
- FIRE AND POLITICS.
‘Have a shave, sir?'’ —- —■ --■> —
‘Yes, + want you to be careful and not cut
this pimple as you mow my face."
“All right, sir,” said the razor-wielder as he
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Nkwsax, mti* 5.—-This morning*,4ihile Mr. i t.
Allen Cfaamiter was threshing Wheat for Mr, a PP lied the signing blade of steel to the young
Nat. Teagle, in Lutherville, straw caught on 1 man’s face. ;
fire from the engine, and in a few minutes “ 1 1 1” exclaimed the victim in
had burned the thresh, straw and about 25 the chair, “you have cut right through the
bushels of .wheat. They were-at. work on a I * ■ ° 6
crop .from a three-acre patch that was expect- | pimple.-.
ed to turn ont over 100 bushels, and saved |.. “Begpardon, sir, beg 1 pardon; I was just
about 80 bushels. The fire was .within the looking out at Sal Jonesasshe trespassing the
***** •«““—
in their favor. .• ■ -’... take,” and before the man could ejaculate a
■ Congressional politics are getting: pretty I reply the lather brush had penetrated his left
lively, Hon Henry Persons will address our cat* and swept’across his open' lips, in a man-
citizens on the 8tB. He and Hon. P. F. Smith . . ’ , , .,
will enter the field for the nomination. Hons. ?« rto ma H e hln > kee P hla shut until
F. M. Longley, J. H., Fannin and H. Ex Har- | th ®^P. e r ra “? n JL“°'' er -
ris are also spoken of as probable candidates f. u .
from this end of the distrust. From the other , ^?. s ’« don.t dig your, rake in too
end Hons. Louis F. Garrard and W. B. Butt d , ee P-’ t h,S i the y ,°“ ne m ?, n con -
are looked upon as suitable and probable can- '5f„ c . ou l d v eep °P en
didates. It is not known whether or.no Judge I ' Tlt l ! ltt e • S v 9 n . tu, ! ed to tnterro-
Buchanan will run.
TRUCK IN SUMTER.
gate the man with the comb in his hand.
“How ptuch do you make a week?”
, “Well, I make between $15 and $22 a week,
Special Correspondence of The Constitution. | 9? c ?/ dl f n S t? season -average about $18 a week.
Ahebicds, June 3.—Although the shipment I of this goes to the proprietor, so it leaves
of Irish potatoes by Bosworth & Jossey was ru f,™ out *8 a we ® k Cor myself,
the largest ever made from this point, it Who are yoqr best customers,
teems it is not exactly the first of the' kind, I Clerks and young men about town. They
as Mr. J. B. Dunn has been shipping no- I aro ahvays very anxious to appear well, and
tatoes, in small quantities, for several 1 d , on t , s , eera to care for expense. They get
days to Atlanta and also Cincinnati. Mr. slaved from three to four tunes a week, and
Dunn has also been shipping other their hair trimmed onceor twice a month,
vegetables, principally snap beans, of which Whenever there is a party they are very irn-
he has sent several hundred pounds to the lat-1 *o look just so. .
ter place. Mr. W. R.Denn,of this county, who I ^ w t* 0IU do you have most trouble ,
has fine success in raising cabbages, shipped j Cid men on the turn of life. They make
on Friday to Atlanta 450 pounds of these des P era t e attempts to retnin,all the appear-
vegetables through Bosworth & Jossey. I give I ance »bf youth,.and invariably blame an un-
these items simply because they are the *u en i^ y , wnn ^} c or „ a toughening akin upon
small but sure beginnings of what promises Jj ar ^ er - Xhey^first try one .plan and then
to be in the near future anew and profitable a HOther, and _ so they keep on until at last
industry to pcop!e in this' part of the state, they give up in disgust. The other morning
Truck farming, with proper attention and I an elderly man earne in, and after lie was
careful handling of its products, can he made 1 shaved he inquired in a careless kind of way,
to pay handsomely in southwest Georgia, and wliat , kind of dye was used, and on being tola,
we hope that the ' time Is hot very distant I concluded to test it. IV e always charge fancy
when it will become ii source of considerable puces for dyeing, so when he stood up he
revenue to some of our agriculturists. I ? s ^ ed 9' v ., n . iu , c ^ cost -, ^ said ^—50. He
Tho Albany comedy club will giVe f e ? ledto l ^ ink lt Y 3 ? C u ea ?,V as , h ® , said he
an entertainment here at the h ad ,P a id a Savannah barber «>15 for the same
- 1 work a few Weeks before. Then I felt that
higher.”
.... . v , -. , ld for use of
young ladies and young gentlemen of our I ‘ . „ . ..
sister city, and their advent in our midst'is I A ot now. For three or four years after the
looked forward to with considerable interest. I war those who had passed their four courting
A large number of excursionists .will proba- J’ ea . M the service sought to prolong the
My accompany the club to this place. The j P en °d by the use of .cosmetics and dyes, but
•* ■ ■ - ■ — - 1 there is a great change now—only old bach
elors and .young men from ' country
towns resorting to it. TUe liorse-
csqne opera, and an old hut popular farCc
called “Poor Pillicoddy.” It is said that they
ore rendered by these amateurs in a highly
successful and creditable manner.
MCDUFFIE MATTERS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution
Our county is looming up as a gold mining
center, hut the proprietors arc so quiet about I ,„^ a T. e J’°9 r snoes blacked?
it'that the outside world is in real ignorance T ^e little imp asked the question, but with
as to the extent of the work done by them. I °, ut ^ or an answer he went on with
Mr. James Frank is my informant—a gentle- the.biacking, apd before, anything- could be
man who is reliable in every particular. He f a,d “ e } iad earned the right to a half-dime,
says the Tathams, who are Philadelphians, es > }*._}?. worth tt, lie said; ‘ I nearly
and who have been in our midst some thrte tinned rtty. knuckles against that ripped
years, are now running night and day a force I P' ace in yourgaiter.” 1
of fifteen to thirty hands, and are making ] ti. . ™. E c ?- BBLBg s
clear from $1,000 to $1,500 per week, i ®
(Mr. Frank) is mining, in connection with ] anifimtnwn
his farm, and runs abolit half \bo time and 4 mislay aroand loosu and ,vax ln " a
CORRESPONDENCE.
The 1 People of At'.ante to Mr. Grady—Hr. Grady-*
Rrply. '
Atlanta. June 3, IsSi—Henry IV. Grady, Esq.-
Dear Sir: We,-your fellow citizens of Atlanta, have
for a long time appreciated your valuable services
to the state of Georgia, both in connection with
the democratic party and the development of the
material resources of our commonwealth. It has
been with great satisfaction that we have seen the
numerous suggestions of your name for the demo
cratic nominaion for congressman from the state at
large. W'e feel that no journalist has done so
much as yourself for the material progress
of the south, and we wish to see the field of your
work broadened. We therefore earnesttly ask
that you allow us the use of your name In the com-
ing canvass, being well assured that your deserved
popularity throughout the state will easily secure
your nomination, and that no one could bear the
standard of the party more "brilliantly or more to
the satisfaction of the democratic masses of Georgia
Very truly, your fellow-citizens:
drovers from Tennessee and Ken
tucky, country members of the .legislature
and painters deem dye indispensable. There
uFhtng
where
cojald
:cd up
awls jay around loose and
con tt. i. l be seen on a shelf. The cobbler, lo
I ^ rom bis work as the youth inquired:
satisfied he 1ms a good thiug and will put ad- “What do you charge for mending shoes?!’
-^ na st» a m 1 ^ J'instoM WR mH “That depehds,” said Qrispih. “Fhr soleing
and heeling pegged shoes we charge fifty to
fl-lw. wfff l seventy-five cents; for the satnb to sewed
«me from Indianapolis.- He came witji s ], oes seventy-iive cents to a doUir.”
Icnty of cap.tal and is making thmra hum ip . rhave three-pair^at home^interrupted
nsvicintty. He has impressed us all as being I the innuirer ■ , in F
'e° od aa i‘l ^jentlemam Jhst r ,.^9 that job,'then T -in first' class style
acha.man we need nnd we hereby extend I-• t J
he inyitaaion .for. about a half dozen■t -fig . ,i, 4 i
-jar loads of just such- men.. There 1
is abundance of room for them, . The j ^ ^ring until ten or ^twelve at
impqrtanLiuining tranasaction of the day b^ . n5ght ai)d makc ^ $1 . 5010 $2 a day Qut
’USt come to light in the^ Saleof the olfl «'■ the leather
Columbia mine to a Newark, N. J. ( firm, with Thilteavecme
Mr. Baldbach at the head. This Property was a £o5?!l3 a We6k and I^hink I earn it” ?
worked very extensively before the\vg and | i
many were tlio fortunes made and lost : therd.
What kind of people patronize you most,
propnewra,. That it contains m luilliona np , d£> o,clusivelv. dad lie setsthe cheapestanii
!i n £rs jl'ss
ciperl ' n “ 10 * n * k ' ? raftjSftRSKV J&vaSS mad? iJ
a success. , i I’ fit the foot always lasts one-tlmfi’ longer than
one bought out of a store:'. Besides, if you
MAD DOGS. . ', |
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
C’rawfokdville, June 7.—The adjacent
country is terribly excited oyer mad dogs.
would just notice it, store shqes are always
put up in pairs ofv 1 one good
one and one bad one. ‘ If you
buy a pair of shoes out of a store you will find
The other day a strange dog cante to Mr. Dug before six weeks that one of them is down at
Andrews^, whose residence is in the western the heel, while the other is comparatively
part of Taliaferro county, and from his ac- go 0l i. -phis is the way in which the whole-
ttons plainly showed he was mad. He chased sale s h oe factories get rid of their bad leather.
Mr. Andrews s little girl for over four hundred Cobblers are in favor of store shoes—it gives
yards, and was finally shot. The next day a them lots of mending.”
milch cow and several pigs that had been j “When is your busiest time?”
bitten became mad, and have subsequently I “i n the fall nionths, especially during the
died. A correspondent of the Democrat from I fi re t heavy rains. The wearers go out and
Fiucas district sends information that there Ke t their feet soaking wet, and then come into
are a number of mad dogs in that I the cobbler shop and want the work done
section. There are three or four right away. There, that is all you need done
on Sherer’s place that have been to your shoe. Seventy-five cents.”
biting the cattle. All the bitten animals have 1 There are in Atlanta twenty-four licensed
died. Two hogs on Mr. George G. Hixon’s | barber shops where shaving and shining is
place were bitten and have died. It is rer I done. These shops pay the city clerk a fee of
ported to me that Mr. Hixon’s buggy horse 1 $1.50 for record, ana a yearly license of $5 a
was also bitten. Much excitement, I am chair. This makes clerk’s fees $36 a year,
told, prevails in the infested neighborhood I There are sixty-nine chairs in use. which at
and the farmers have armed themselves and I $5 apiece give $345 per year license. A barber’s
are killing dogs right .and left. It is to be outfit, chair, mirror, bottles, razor, strap,
feared that if they are not immediately ex- oornb, etc.; costs $13, which sums up for the
terminated they will kill a vast amount of I siity-nine chairs in use $2,967. And now
cattle. I comes a fact Which will astonish all who have
I am told that a mad streak struck the j no t looked into it—the amount of money
dogs in this county some two or three years 1 spen t in keeping the face free of hair. A
ago, and the farmers were compelled to ore barber makes an average of $18 a week, whiclj
ganize squads to kill them out They sue- I fe divided between the operative and the
ceeded in almost ridding the county of (he I s h 0 p. Eighteen dollars a week, multiplied
worthless curs, but a new crop has since by 69, the total number of chairs, gives a
sprung up. I think this is a good argument total per week of $1,242. The sum multiplied
in favor of a dog law. I by 52-gives us as the aggregate of one year’s
The county is overrun with half fed, worth-I W ork the princely sum of $64,584. Then
less fiee and curs that should be extermi- | comes in the boy who blacks your shoes.
uat ed - They are of no earthly use. There are 38 bootblacks regularly employed
The county commissioners have let the con- | in the baiber shops, making anaverageof one
tract to recover the court house. A new I dollar a day. which is equally divided with
bridge over bittle river will also be built. I the shop. This is $38 a day, $228 a week
The ,fruit crop in this section is very | $11,456 a year. Th“en the cobbler comes
abundant The peach crop is extraordinarily U p with his bill, which is itself formidable
large. There are twenty-two cobbler shops in At-
lanta, paying clerk’s fees oi $1.50 each—$33 a
DINING THE CONVICTS. I year, ana $5 license—$110—total $143. Aver-
•Special Cor'esponfiencc of The Constitution. I aging $18 a week their work sums ud for the
Jasper, June 5.—Last Saturday the citizens I year $20,592.
of Pickens met at the convict camp, three From these figures it will be seen that At-
miles northwest from Jasper, and gave a din- lanta pays—
ner for the convicts. The place was literally cov- I For shaving her face .561,584
ered with people. ' At 12 o’clock a long table, I For blacking her boots — 11,456
wfiich was arranged for the occasion, was | For patching her old shoes —.— — 2D,592
loaded with eatables such as are often set in
honor to great men, and then the convicts I And not the least interesting part of this
were invited up, and they came ana did eat | bde is that there is a party in the city who is
and were tilled, and of the fragments that re- now engaged in the collection of this old hair
xnained each convict filled his basket and re-i-«—— =- — «=— *—•-*— „u:i„ _.:n
joited. After eating, several of the colored
convicts made speeches and returned thanks
to the citizens for their kindness, etc. One
said he wanted to live and die in Pickens,
wa- only 1.1G true that thief had robbed
their safe. They then suspicioned oneor Colonel Thornton was a great bird man.
for use in staffing furniture, while it is still
the privilege of the old shoe, after it has worn
its young life away, been patched, half-soled
and repatched to be still in demand on that,
most delightful occasions when from tbe[
for, he said, that the other dinner . had been hands of enthusiasm it is thrown after the:
given to the great men, but the citizens were ne wlv wedded pair as a sign of the good luck
mindful of the men who were doing the labor | ^ fondly invoked for them.
“COLONEL” THORNTON'S REPUTATION.
Special Correspondence 61 The Constitution.
Flowery Branch,-June 5.—Little John
Orr, of this place, has shipped Colonel M. E.
A Bold Alligator.
| From the Dublin, Ga., Gazette.
Saturday Mr. W. L. Renfroe was in Dublfa
and never left for home until very late. iCh
E W Marsh.
S M Inman,
Hoke Smith,
RD Spalding,*
J B Goodwin,
Howard Van Epps,
Tom Clayton,
L J Hill,
J T Pendleton,
Jack Spalding,
J D Owings,
John Morrison,
G W Presnell,
Joel Hurt,
J F Kiser,
C J IVeinmeister,
JosL Maude,
Robert C Clarke,
Jas P McDonald,
J RMcKeldln.
Mark Berry,
A R Logan,
Joseph Thompson, Jr.
John J Lynch,
J D Cleaton,,
J W Roberts, \
E D Poindexter,
Luther J Glenn.
A M Perkerson,
Howell C Glenn,
W H Venable,
O J Culberson,
Samuel Weil,
Alex C King,
J Hirsch,
W A Gregg,
Charles E Currier,
J W Rankin,
John B Daniel,
Wallace Rhodes,
II T Phillips,
H S Wilson.
W S Gordon,
G H Coffin,
W S Gramling,
Thomas M Clarke,
G W Adair,
Ed C Peters,
Walter A Taylor,
M Hirsch,
Er Lawshe,
M Rich,
Q Rich,
W L Calhoun,
Clareucu E Moore,
James F Cummings,
John Reardan,
James F Alexander,
M L Tolbert, .
George W Parrott,
J H James, .
P Romare, 1 !
J F Parrott,
W B Cox,
B F Wyly,
J O Harris,
D Abbott,
Benjamin E Crane,
D B Langston,
G T Dodd, ,
■AmosFpx,
John.AFitten,
C M Gbodman.
James A Anderson,
John H James,
W F Westmoreland,
JP Stevens,
WmT Newman,
C K Maddox,
Elias Haiman,
Joseph Spiro,
D Keller,
NBTorbett,
RR Smith,
Max Wolffe,
Adolf Wolffe,
H L Harman,
VV E Austin,
George W Welch,
Sam Spiro,
T Lieberman,
J Rosenthal.
Asa Mayfield,
J H Sullivan,
A Boyce,
W A Boyd,
N Cannon,
T J Grubb,
i Marks;
GAWqltcr,
N F Pain,
D Keller, Jr,
W.W Rankin,
Joseph H Johnson,
A F Lee,
B D Vittur,
Carl Vittur,
Andiyas Debens,
W J Bagby,
J H Corley,
W J Davis,
L L Hunnicutt,
A P Stewart,
C S Chintran,
D G Wylie,
J D Carter,
W A Wilson,
P J Kenny, 1
W W Nutting,
ECahn,
Wm Stewart,
W G Smith,
Leon P Sawtell,
J Craddock,
Hugh Gordon,
SC Kicklighter,
John Keely,
Walter R Brawn,
S W Day,
Smith Clayton,
J W Rucker,
H H Dickson,
John Moser,
Charles Beermann,
HG Kuhrt,
Ed Calloway,
JT Brock.
Richard Peters,
James E White,
James Bridge, Jr,
Charles E Hannan,
Thornton a Large owl with the request that | his way about half a mile from Rocky creel,
he will sell it for him, - as he heard t.bnr | on the Whitehead plantation, a huge ailigattr
struck his horse such a blow as to knock hilt
MC Kiser,
F P Rice,
Julius L Brown,
A Hass.
John H Flynn,
B F Abbott,
D M Bain,
WD Ellis,
M E Maher,
Jno J Falvey,
C F Malone,
F W Redw'ne,
ScipleA Sons,
IIC Leonard,
A M Reinhardt,
J B Redwine,
Jos L Logan, Jr,
RJ Griffin,
R F Atkins,
F M Jack,
F W Kelley,
B Barker,
J C Kirkpatrick,
Wm Erskine,
J P Daniel,
II V Barrow,
Henry Hillyer,
John T Cooper,
C D Hill,
J D Robinson,
S H Venable.
, C W Hunnicutt,
J P Harris,
Edgar A Angler,
L H Beck,
Wm M Crumley,
W A Heath,
R L Barry,
EIV Marsh, Jr,
B B Crew,
P H Snook,
Henry Jackson,
John W Nelms,
G G Holman,
C H Swift,
Frank E Block,
Jack Adair,
C D Meador,
G M Berry,
C E Harman,
E P Chamberlin,
E Rich.
George S Lowndes,
R S Waters.
C H Williams.
T H Brown,
J D Robinson,
C A Howell,
Hugh T Inman,
James VV Harle,
R H Richards,
VV P Inman,
T H Bell,
William VV Austell,
Robert J Lowry,
VV L Abbott,
VV J Garrett,
J J Toon,
James VV Morrovv, :
.PhilipDodd,* t. : ; :
Edward S McCandless,
. A Rosenfeld,
S Rosenfeld,
C M Cady,
C H Strong,
S H Phelan,
J VV English,
Mark Johnston,
O T Terry,
J VV Goldsmith,
Thomas D Meador,
VV A Griffin,
F Rouschenburg,
R Starks,
P H Smith,
M Weakley,
John Withers,
J B Hudson,
VV Addier,
F Booker,
R Fitzpatrick,
Sam Morgan,
Frank Banks,
A Ebernez,
George Proctor,
Charles Vaughn,
. R Allen,
John Booker,
VV Boyce,
VV A Buis,
VV Ellen,
VV Fateh,
N L Haiman,
N Hudson,
D Hunter,
Tom Hnnter,
R Jones,
VV King,
A R&uchenberg,
D J Lee,
W W Boyd,
Albert Beilin grath,
Fred L Stewart,
J A Christian,
Jerry Lynch, *
A P Woodward,
James VV. Loyd,
G H Tanner,
E H Thornton,
A A Shields & Co.,
C S Johnson,
Geo H Bradley,
Joe T Lawson,
E VV McNeal,
VV J Tanner,
O A Sanders,
Sam VV Small,
James R Wylie,
VV G Drake,
Paul Jones,
R F Maddox,
C L Wilson,
Wm L Peel,
VV D Luckie,
L W ScoviUe,
Jack Johnson,
J C Kimball,
George Hillyer,
Patrick Calhonn,
H H Cabaniss,
C K Busbee,
and over 800 other citizens of Atlanta.
HE. GRADY’S REPLY.
Atlanta, June 3. -Messrs E VV Marsh, M C Kiser,
S M Inman, Frank P Rice, Hoke Smith, Julius
Brown, R D Spalding, John H Flynn, and
others: In answering your kind letter of the
Sd instant, I shall take advantage oi the personal re-
lations I bear to most of you to go beyond the
merely formal reply for which you ask. I must
beg that my friends throughout the state whose
etters I have been unable to answer otherwise wilj
lake this, with my earnest thanks asa reply to their
favors.
About one month ago my name was suggested as
a proper one for congressman at large in the state. I
attributed this suggestion to the partiality of a
brother journalist, and paid it little attention. But
since then it has met with general discussion—over
fifty democraUc papers in the state have given it
editorial Indorsement—I have received letters
from nearly oue hundred counties offering me
support aud inquiring as to my purpose—and your
letter so overwhelmingly signed demauds at my
hands a formal answer. I mention these things
solely that 1 may he discharged of any haste or im
pertinence In declining to accept an office that has
not been really tendered to me.
I cannot deny that 1 have appreciated deeply the
expressions of kindness with which my name has
been received, aud that I have been strongly tempt
ed to Improve what appears to be a most flattering
opportunity. To represent the people of Georgia
at the national capital is an honor fit to crown the
the most illustrious life at the end of many years.
The mere suggestion of such an honor to a young
man is enough to Btir the blood iu the dullest heart
and kindle an ambition that cannot easily be
quieted. While, therefore, I have taken
steps to secure the circulation of my name, but on
the contrary have told every one who approached
me on the Subject that I was not a candidate and
did not expect to be, I frankly confess that I de
layed any formal decision of the matter in the hope
that I might see ray way clear to accept the sug
gestion of my friends and enter the race for this
most honorable prize.
I regret even now that I find it impossible to do
so. When I was eighteen years of age I adopted
journalism as my profession. After thirteen years
of service, in which I have had various fortunes, I
can say that I have never seen a day when I regret
ted my choice. On the contrary, I have seen the
field of journalism so enlarged, its possibilities so
widened, nnd its influence so extended that I have
come to believe earnestly that no man—no matter
what liis calling, his elevation or his op-
portuuity—can equal iu dignity, honor and
usefulness the journalist who comprehends his
position, fairly measures his duties and gives him-
self entirely and unselfishly to his work. But jour
nalism is a jealous profession, and demands the
fullest allegiance of those who seek its honors or
its emoluments. Least of all things can it be
made the aid of the demagogue, or the handmaid of
the politician. The man who uses his journal to
subservehis political ambition or writes with a sin
ister and personal purpose, soon loses ljis power
and had best abandon the profession he has bet ray
ed. Within my memory there are irequent
and striking examples of men who have sacrificed
the one profession, only to be sacrificed in the oth-
History has not recorded the name of a single
man who has been great enough to succeed in both.
Therefore, devoted as I am to my profession-
believing, os I do, that there is more of honor and-
usefulness for me, along its way than in anyother
path, and that my duty is clear and is un
mistakable—I ant constrained to reaffirm in
my own mind and to declare to you the reso
lution I made when I entered journalism, viz: that
as long as I remained ill its ntuks I would never
become a candidate for any political office, or draw
a dollar from any public treasury. This rule I
have never broken, and 1 hope I never sliatL
As a matter of course every young man of health
and spirit must have ambition. I think it has been
the curse of the south that our young men have
considered little else than political preferment wor
thy of an ambitious thought. There is a fasetna-
tlou about the applause of the Hustings that is hard
to withstand. Really there is no career that
brings so much of unhappiness and discontent—so
much of subservience, sacrifice and uncertainty as
that of the politician. Never did
the south offer so little to her young men in the di
rection of politics as she does at present—never did
she offer so much in other directions. As for
me, my ambition is a simple one. I shall be satis
fled with the labors of my life, if, when those labors
are over my son, looking abroad upon
grander and better Georgia—a Georgia that has
filled the destiny God intended her for—when her
towns' and cities are hives of
dustry, and her countrysides the exhaustlcss
fields from which their stores are drawn—when
every stream dances on its way to the masic of
spindles, and every forbst echoes back the
roar of a passing train—when her valleys smile
with abundant harvests, and from her hillsides
come the tinkling of bells os her herds and flocks
go forth from their folds—when more than two
million people proclaim her perfect independence
and bless her with their love, I shall be more than
content, I say, if my son. looking upon such scenes
as these can stand up and say, “My father bore
part in this work, and his name lives iu the memory
of this peoDle.”
While I am forced, therefore, to decline to allow
tlie use of my name as you request, I cannot dismiss
your testimonial, unprecedented, I believe, in Us
character and compass,^without renewing my thanks
for the generous motives that inspired it. Life can
bring me no sweeter satisfaction than comes from
this expression of confidence and esteem from the
people with whom ! live,and among whom I expect
to die. You have been pleased to commend the
work I may have done the old state we love so well.
Rest assured, that you have to-day repaid me am
ply for the past, and have strengthened me for
whatever duty may lie ahead. The hope
that I may be able in the future to justify the sen
timent yon express and to merit the words In which
it is cenvcyed will give additional charm And in
spiration to my work and a more earnest purpose to
my life.
Again thanking you. gentlemen, one and all, and
regretting that I am forced to decline a request in
which I know many of you are deeply interested,
am, yours very gratefully, Henry W. Grady.
Death for Her Bridal.
From the Arlington Advance.
It is with feelings of sadness we chronicle
the death of Miss Lavonia Rye, which occur
red Friday night, the 26th ult., after a short
illness. Miss Rye was a young lady of great
amiability of character and universally be
loved by those who knew her. One day pre
vious to her death she would have been a hap
py bride had not death, with its icy hand
claimed her for its victim.
FORTUNE’S FAVORITES!
Who They Are, Where They Live*
and to What Extent She
Blesses Them.* The Won
derful Record of the
Past Year.
Struck by Lightning.
From the Dalton Argus.
On last Sunday a shade tree in W. C. Rich
ardson’s yard was struck by lightning, and
killed four chickens sheltering under it.
An Old Subject Always New.
From the Athens Banner.
Bustles project right from the waist line.
From the Dublin Post
Boat-riding on the river is a popular pastime with
the belles and beaux just now.
From the Dawson Journal.
The sweetest thing in the world is a beautiful
innocent girL
From the Jackson News.
A Jackson girl dtsirous of being vaccinated, was
at a loss for some plan by which she could have the
operation performed without showing her arm to a
young physician. The use of pads to rive shape
and size being inexpedient she concluded to be in-
occulated by an old married man, who, you know
never takes any notice of these things.
From the Covington Enterprise.
Two weeks from next Wednesday our sweet
school girl graduates will receive their diplomas.
The senior class this term are as good and modest
as they are intellectual and beautiful. There is a
tender sublimity in listening to the trembling voice
of a fair young girl maid who is reading her. fare
well composition before an admiring audience To
each member of the class we ask that the blessings
of hope and love will be with them now, hence
forth and forever. Some of us old fellows who got
1 VS. co “I*! ,ioa .' i ( rom hie roil call Of this grand
old institution feel a peculiar interest in the wel
fare and prosperity of every young lady who has
the honorof being educated by its worthy, compe
tent and popular faculty. ■ 1
A partial list of the prizes paid by tho Louisiana
State Lottery Company during the year ending May,
1SS2, together with the names and addresses given '
to the Company by tho holders, omitting those who
have requested it. , .
Receipts for the amounts arc on file at the office,
of the Company.
DRAWING OF JUNE 14. 1S31.
Alexander B McCrosky.'Somerville, Tenn....^50/00
John Halle, P Obox 2119, New York city 10,000
Salomon Apfel, 574 W 8th st, Cincinnati,
Ohio.... ......‘.f.. ! 5,000
William F McCaffrey, 62 Monroe st, New
York city — 5,000
W C Pendleton, 12 Bradley st, hew London,
Conn...... •••— 5,000'
E Mathews, 25 West Chestnut st, Louisville,
Ky .7. 2,500-
Charles Brennecte, cor Ctlt and Kentucky
sts, Quincy, 111 2,000'
Paid National Bank of Dallas, Texas- 2,000
Samuel S Sharp, 106 Castle st, Boston. Mass... 2,000
George Albert, 5» Master st, Philadelphia, ^
A Beriin. Marksvilie La 1,000
icob Bender, New York city 1,000
L Kelly, Brooklyn, New York 1,000
James D Cottingham, 25S Light si, Baltimore,
Md 1,000
A K Lovejoy, Minneapolis, Minn 1,000
, New Orleans, La 1,000
John Kitte, 138 Walnut st, Cincinnati, 0 500
RH Campbell, 41 River st, Cambridgeport,
Mass — 500-
DRAWING OF JULY 12, 1881.
P S Kearney. Tailor with Warner & Searies,
Vicksburg, Miss 15,000’
Jesse E Webb. Gay st, Westchester, Pa 15,000 •
John Benz, 7 Hope st, Utica, New York 10,000
James O’Gorruati, 36 North Delaware ave,
Philadelphia, Pa 2,500
_ R Hendrickson, New York city. 2,500
S Stein, S B Pond, Union Square, New York
citv 2,500 •
M A Bowen, care Richard Morris, J06 Front
st, Now York city 2,500
DRAWING OF AUGUST 9,1881.
Felix D Lester, M & O R R shops, Jackson,
Tenn 15,000'
George W Barkdoll, 625 Cherry st, Norristown,
Pa 15,000
William W ehaw, Lakeside Foundiy, Chica
go, 111 5,000
Mrs H , New York city 5,000
Mrs D Mack, New York city... 2.500
Charles Burch. New York city 2,500 ■
S Belmonte, 520 Magazine st, New Orleans,
La 1,250 ’
Henry Ziemor, East New York, N Y 1,250
N A Frier, through M M Pool & Co, Bankers,
Shawneetown. Ill - 1,250 ■
Truman Bartlett, 59 Tremont st, Boston, Mass.. 1/250
DRAWING OF SEPTEMBER 13,1S81.
John Conners, Engineer L & N R R, Memphis,
Tenn 15,000 •
Simon Silverman. Indian Bay. Ark 15,000
Hynes Wathen, Vincennes, Ind, collected
through First National Bank 10,000
. Albany. N Y 5,(XX)
G A I’rinz, Cullman. Ala 2,500
Emily Moir, 737 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, N Y... 1,250
E J Short, Warsaw, Ind 1,250 •
DRAWING OF OCTOBER 11,1SS1.
\ugustus De Grummund, -188 M st. Washing-
ton, D C 15,000
M Scbmidt,440 W 32d st, New York city 15,000 •
John C Dieffenback, West st, N Y city 5,000
, collected through H D Cook, Jr, &
Co, Bankers, Washington. D C 5,000
Alexander Urios, 54% Division st. New York
city 2,509
J G Raux, Edwards, Miss 2,500
M C Caspari, 245 Argyle st, Baltimore, Md 2,500
B R Howard, Aberdeen,-Miss 2,600
DRAWING OF NOVEMBER 8, 1881.
John T Garvin, M H R R Station, Bartlett st,
Roxbury District, Boston, Mass 15,000
Russell, 144 Main st, Norfolk,' Va, collected
through Exchange Nat Bank 15,000 ■
L Edwin Motter, Emmittsburg, Md 5,000
. collected through J M Seixas & Co,
New Orleans, La 5,000
John Beatty, 101 Christopher st. New Xork
city 5,000
Frank Weibel, 71% First st. New Orleans, La.. 2,500
B F Jacobs, Warrensbuig, Mo..... 2,500
DRAWING OF DECEMBER 13,1881.
A 7. Ackerman. Milford, Del 20,000
Miss Mary J Biggins, Prospect and Frederick
*ts, Washington. D C 10,000
W Powell. Washington, D C 10,000
. collected through J Drouelt, Fire-
... xnAn ' s Ins Co. New Orleans. 10,000
W G McConnell, Toledano st, near St Charles
st, New Orleans, La 10.000
Wm Page, 2022 Carson si Pittsburgh, Pa 5,000
J M Walker, Danville, Va
W HPortloek, collected through W 1 ; Camp
bell & Co, bankers, Florence, Ala
collected through George H Theard,
ifleans
i,000
2,500
2,000
2G1 Royal St, New Orl
L De Poorter, Edgard P O, St John the Baptist
parish. La...
P T Simpson, fil Royal st, New Orieai'i£'.'.'.7.'.™
Capt Tlios '.Vail, 36 Palmyra st. New Orleaus,
George A Brigh'i,"Si'rmL I iis.....'..".'...'!7.7 "
James Casey, New York city
G A MacDonald, New York city ...7.'777
JohnM Reux, 3230 North N si, Georgetown,
F Sitco, 607 W Girard ave, Phn7ieii>iiia P;i
John H Skidmore, 30 Cross st, (Charlestown).
Boston, Mass jqq.
DRAWING OF JANUARY 10.1882.
M Davis, Morning Sun, Shelby County,
Tenn oq qqq
Sebastian Lehman, 793 Larimer sti Denver/ ’
2,000
1,000
1,000
500
500
500
500
500
10,000
5,000
True A Heath, 126 Norih''Main'st,''coneord',
. N H
Paid State Nation Bank of New Orieans "for
account of Bank of Commerce, Memphis.
lenn :: r 2 sno
L Sanders, 321 Broadway, New York’...’." 7.7.” 2^500
„ „ DRAWING OF FEBRUARY 14, 1882.
M Doyle, tojJKcnt ave, Brooklyn, N Y 15 C00
Herman P> Hartjen, 100 Raymond st. Brook-
lyn, ^i i *. qqq ,
^ Co. New Orleaus, for account
of T o Bu**h »fc Co, Mobile, A1h„ 5 qqq
M ^lichaelis, 3-15 Blue Island ave, Chicaga
Henry Hamilton, Chicag*. Ill o’xno
James A Colen, New York city. i o/o
Edgar Ackerly, 308 Second st, Newark "New
Jerse y I........ 1,250-
DRAWING OF MARCH 14 1882.
Eugene B Philpet, Savannah, Ga « oo«
B L Holt, Quitman, Nodaway county. Mo... ’ l.s’ooo
Wm Vance, Abingdon, Mass 5 non
J ° h Mich igan ““ Alb€rt Sase1 ' s i*"Lakes (
Samuel EPaimerViiM^ik'^avenuer'New 5,000
*OrK............... ...... o rft/i
John Burrell, Rockland. Mass i'rtn
Edward G Gruet, 17 Mulberry Place, Newark,
LevUrtden, through State'Baiik'o'f'Madiso'n" 7,23 °
Miss CampbeiV, 727 Eighth st,' LouisViii'e "ky i’fso
George H Count, New York city. ’ y *
WimKoehnlein, Bridgeport Ohio"!"" fmn
James Karn, 290 Penu st, Pittsburg, Pa...7.7. 1,000
DRAWING OF APRIL 11, 1882.
bouisSanser. South Calhoun st, Fort Wayne,
s L Hatfield, 126 Princeton * TfimKSSS; ’
State Senator J E Judkiiia Littie Rock AriT s’nm
Pbilomortelmureat, 315Charteds^Newfe ’
■J ™;. et ‘ er ' rtCarondolet st NewOrleantLa.' 25no
J W Cohen, 630 Pennsylvania ave. Washing *
ton, DC o 1,250
DRAWING OF MAY 9, 1882.
Bt an °
W Mai, 1 * 6 ”’ 77 River «•" Cambridgeport; ’
Freight Line, 32 Court Square. 43 Frank-
t Rt, and 75 Kilbv st, Boston, Ma>s 2 500
of Comnierce,
C M Stinson, Fairfield, Iowa7.'.".'77".7.77”7' 1 250
of% a u U ist°nM
will personally arrange an dctaUs m,^ suiH^&
the extraordinary Semi-Annual Drawing f ^
Louisiana State Lottery Company at Ne w 0?le»^.
Tuesday, June 13. 11,279 leans.
S 1 I M. A. Dauphin C07^pvpmh c**
R ashfngton, D. C. For full particufaraseethe id v.V
paper? 01 °* 1116 Company 111 aaothre part of thS
juueT—diwit top col nx rd mat
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