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UNOIN & RECORDER. OUR AUGUSTA LETTER. Augusta, Ga., April 15th, tsso. Editors Union Recorder The Chattanooga Air Line i> all the talk in Augusta. Our people are thoroughly awake upon this subject. They are confident tli at the road can be built, even without reference to its connections with other Southern lines, but they expect every railroad that will be benefited by the Chatta nooga, to come forward and contri bute to its success. A delegation from Augusta visited Charleston yesterday in the interest of this road, and were met by some of the leading men in "The City by the Sea.” Stirring speeches were made by Gen. Evans, Hon. Patrick Walsh, Hon. Chat,. Estes, Hon. W. D. Tutt, M&j. Branch and Chas. Z. McCord of Augusta, which made a deep impres sion upon the Charleston gentlemen. Mr. Walsh says: “There is no doubt of Charleston’s anxiety to join in the great work, if she has to begin anew where she did forty years ago and build a new line to Augusta.” One of the ablest addresses was made by the youngest man on the Augusta’dele gation, Charles Z. McCord. Mr. Mc Cord is a lawyer, the eldest son of our esteemed townsman, Z. McCord, late President of the National Bank. Though quite young he already en joys a State reputation, which was fairly won by his splendid address be fore the Alumni of the Georgia Uni versity at the last Commencement. As a member of the Board of Educa tion he ranks among the ablest of the many workers in this great cause, and is doing effective service for the youth of our county. But it is at the bar that his talents shine most conspicu ously. For one so young his knowN edge of the law' is remarkable; his ar guments sound and convincing; his addresses polished; and his style im pressive, and at times exceedingly el oquent. predict for Mr. McCord a brilliant future. Last Saturday your correspondent and his family, with a party of friends spent a most delightful day at Silver Bluff, on the Carolina side of the Sa vannah River. This is a historic spot. Hundredsof years ago the Spaniards under l)e Soto crossed the river at this point, and buried large chests of money in a field near by. Here also are to be seen the remains of an old brick house used as a fort by the Americans during the Revolutionary War, where a battle was fought. The river was too high for our par ty to catch any shad, but we more than filled ourselves with the good things spread out by the hospitable people of Silverton, oh ! such a din ner! It was one that only such peo ple as the Foremans, the * Boyds, the Bushes, the Browns and the West brooks could spread. Its memory re mains with me still. Augusta can boast of the ablest Professor of Pemanship in the South, viz : J. Alma Pelot. Ten years age lie was induced to accept the position of “Writing Master” in our schools. No regular system of writing was then in vogue. The children wrote as best they could. In less than six months there was a vast improvement in this art among the pupils : now the penmanship of our schools will com pare favorably with that of any Busi- ness Institution. But Prof. Pelot's wonderful talents show to great ad vantage in what is called Industrial Drawing and Embellished Penman ship, as well as in practical writing. He has recently finished a magnificent work of art as a memorial to an excel lent Christian lady, which surpasses anything of the kind the people of Augusta have ever seen. Surmount ing the whole, is a Passiflora vine, showing the five pointed starry leaf, the full bloom, half bloom and bud, known also in this latitude as May Apple—symbolical of Christian Faith. Under this wreath arch is an ex ceedingly beautiful Fuchsia, bending as if in graceful rest—symbolic of Faultless Taste. On right and left borders is the delicate and modest Smilax mounting upward in graceful beauty—symbolic of Tender Devotion. Midway the same borders is the beautiful Rose eminent among these valuable contributions of nature, sym bolic of Pure Love. Lower comers are rosettes of Pansv—Svmbol— Greene Street—our 5th Avenue— looks beautiful in her spring attire. Young and old, released from their long winter imprisonment, are daily seen enjoying the pleasures of its sha dy groves. Court convenes next week. As us ual there are a large number ol cases on docket. The one of most interest will be that of Valentine, wh<5 will doubtless be tried at this term. The poor fellow, criminal though he be, seems to have but little hope, and is spending most of his time preparing for his exit from this world. The Methodist Churches have be gun another series of Tent Meetings in different parts of the city. This is very praiseworthy in the several minis ters of that denomination, as these meetings reach many characters who never visit our churches. Rev. War ren A. Candler is the leading spirit in this movement. Augusta owes him a debt of gratitude for the great good he has already done in her midst. It is the prayer of all good citizens that these meetings will result in great good. Houghton. MERRrWETHER, GA., ) April 16th, 1886. > Editors Union & Recorder: Farmers have been busy ploughing up their w'ashed lands and are plant ing cotton. Sir. E. Z. Brown has been visiting Nona. Bethel proposes to give an enter tainment for the benefit of her Mis sionary Societies, Home and Foreign, next Friday night. Dr. Evans preached at Bethel church at last appointment and did a great deal of good. May lie be spared a long while to his people. E. Among our Exchanges. Personal and General. ‘Think of me.” Lower borders of ivy. equalling in sentiment the lan- iruaare of the immortal bard w hen he wrote: “As the mn-flower turns to her god when he sets, The same look that she gave when he rose.” Symbolical of Fidelity. All this work ua.-<it nt* with pen and ink, and is considered the Professors master piece. He is nearing his 70th year, is that nod \ et his hand is ns steal of a man of twenty-one. In my last 1 wrote you that Capt. Bainl had tendered his resignation as Alderman. The citizens, or rather a hundred of them belonging to the 1st Ward petitioned him to reconsider his resignation, and continue in their ser vice. Hundreds more would gladly have signed this request, your corres pondent among the number, but it was never presented to them. Capt. Baird could not resist such an appeal and to the satisfaction of the entire community, will continue to serve his people in the common Council. On this account the “items of interest,” promised in my last will have to be indefinitely postponed. The friends, of Hon. J. C. C. Black, are delighted to know that he has ac cepted the invitation to deliver the address at the unveiling of the Ben Hill Statue. No better selection could iiave been made. Mr. Black is not onlv the most eloquent man in our Southland, but is a man of great abil ity, unspotted character, and pure Christianity. His private life so hum ble, so full of charity, so pure, so Christ-like, shines far more brilliantly than his public career. 1 know him well, am with him often—anti to know him is to love him. Georgia would honor herself by sending this true and noble son of hers to the United States Senate. jttH*. fit?? , — 1 :r—a Little is got by law', but much is lost by it.—Spurgeon. It is said that Mr. Blount is the on ly Georgia Congressman who opposes the Blair educational bill. At a Minnesota Station on Wednes day, thirteen members of a w'edding party were killed, including the offici ating minister, by the cyclone. Judge Crisp is developing consider able opposition in the Third district. The Haw'kinsville News comes out as a strong supporter of Hon. W. T. McArthur. Of the Georgfa members, Messrs. Barnes, Clements, Crisp, Norwood and Reese voted for Frank Hurd; Messrs. Blount, Candler, Harris, Ham- {ing mond and Turner against him. Mr. Moody says: There are some church members who can do nothing but find fault; put them on some com mittee; make them chairman, and W'hen they get to work, they will quit grumbling. The House of Representatives paid Hon. J. H. Blount a high compliment in passing his post office bill without amendment. Mr. Blount is one of the best informed and most business like members of congress. The cyclones in the Northwest have been something frightful. For two days in Minnesota and Missouri the wind’s wild work has been appalling. Houses are razed to the ground, and the dead mount up to the hundreds. The superintendent of outside poor in New York has -within the past few' days shipped back to Hamburg and 1 tel and a large number of paupers— men, women and children—the cost of their transportation, as usual in such cases falling on the steamship compa nies that brought them. Nine times out of ten, the woman who is worth her weight in gold marries a man who is not worth his weight in scrap iron. -AT- Joseph’s: Cotton planting is progressing rap idly.—Sandersville Herald. Wilkinson county is out of debt and has $4,089 in the treasury. The Georgia Baptist Convention meets in Rome, on Thursday the 22nd inst. The local option election comes off in Washington county to-morrow, W ednesday. Among the visitors to Atlanta last week, were Gen. Sheridan and Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar. The fruit crop was not seriously damaged in Putnam by the late frosts. —M essenger. Rev. Edwin G. Weed of Augusta has been elected to the bishopric of the Episcopal diocese of Florida. A petition is in circulation in Sum ter county asking for an election on the prohibition question. Several parties in Macon are to be indicted by the grand jury for violat ing the game law by shooting doves. Judge T. G. Lawson says he is not a candidate for Governor, but would accept the position, if tendered him. Considerable damage was done by frost last w eek to the early vegetables, and the peach crop is thought to be greatly cut off.—Sandersville Herald. The citizens of Haw'kinsville have alreadv agreed to subscribe $50,000 to assist ‘in constructing the proposed railroad from Atlanta to Haw'kins ville. The Ordinary of Macon county has ordered an election to take place on the 5th day of May to determine whether or not whiskey shall be sold in that county. With the advent of spring, that good old lady, the Milledge ville Union and Recorddr, hops out on the car pet in a bran new frock, with the eight-page •mbellishments. Like w hiskey, the old girl improves with age.—Carters ville Courant. Bacon takes Coffee.—Pearsons, Ga., April 15.—[Special to the Atlanta Constitution.—At a mass meeting held at Douglas during the superior court now in session, Hon. J. M. Wilcox and Mr. Daniel Gaskins were appoin ted dnlegates to the next state con vention, favorable to Hon. A. O. Ba con for governor. Fulton county will have one drink ing saloon, prohibition notwithstand- The garrison of the United States soon to be established in At lanta will own a commissary, from which beer, wines and light liquors will be dealt without paying any tax, State or Federal. Mr. H. Werner, of Atlanta, will probably be the post trader, and his fortune is assured in a very little time. Frank Leverett w r ent to Monticello on business last w r eek, and reports the town generally greatly dis gruntled because of the location of the Covington and Macon depot two miles away from Monticello. The C. & M. road has surveyed a route from the main line to Jackson, which it proposes to build to make connection with the Georgia Midland at that point.—Eatonton Messenger. The Atlanta Journal furnishes the following: “A Judge of the United States Court at Aberdeen, Mississippi, the other day charged the grand jury that in cases where jugs and pack ages of liquor are imported to prohibi tion localities and paid for on delivery, the parties sending the same art* lia ble to indictment for violation of the revenue laws of the United States. This is an important fact which Ful ton and other counties in Georgia will do well to note.” Crinkled Seersuckers, in all the popular shades. CKncled Seersucker IPIRnsTTSI In beautiful isli Styles. Shades—Linen Fin- For Gentlemen We have the newest styles of Neckwear, Shirts and Collars— Hosiery and Underwear. Look at our Elegant Cashmere Capes! Just the thing for a Spring Wrap. At JOSEPH S. Milledgeville, Ga., April 20, ’8G. 8 lv Some of the friends of pronounced gubernatorial candidates, are doing an impolitic thing in their allusions to General John B. Gordon in disrespect ful terms. If any fact has been estab lished beyond a peradventure, it is that the people of Georgia by an over whelming majority have approved of the conduct of General Gordon, in re signing his senatorial robe and if taunts force him to come before the people he will not be easily beaten.— Hamilton Journal. Hon. L. Q. C. Lamar, Secretary of the Interior, arrived in Macon yester day morning. During the day he was the guest of Col. Anderson Reese and Maj. Wm. H. Ross. He dined with the former and took tea w'ith the lat ter. He was the recipient of much at tention from his old friends and the citizens generally. He will remain in Macon to-day, and w ill be the guest of the Hon. Thomas Hardeman at tea. The Secretary’s visit is purely one of recreation.—Telegraph loth. The will of the late Ann Jane Mer cer of Philadelphia, bequeaths her estate in Montgomery county, known as “The Mount,” as a home for the support of old or infirm Presbyterian clergymen who do not use tobacco in any form or shape, and $100,000 to maintain the home. The residue of the estate is bequeathed to her execu tor, “to be by him applied and appro priated to such religious and benevo lent uses and purposes for the glory of God and the extension of His king dom in the world, and for the welfare of suffering humanitv as he mav see fit.” The supreme court judgeship is be ginning to arouse some comment. The Madisonian says: The next legislature will elect tw r o judges of the supreme court hi place of Judges Hall and Blandford. We know' of no man in the State better qualified for that exalted position than Judge Lawson, of this circuit. Nor do we know one that will be elect ed who will be more acceptable to the bar and people. We state this more cheerfully since w'e have learned that he declines an election to the judgeship of the Ocmulgee circuit. As long as he was willing to «erve* in his present office we were unwilling t-o part with him. Should the legislature elect Judge Lawson one of the su preme court judges, it will have hon ored itself and the state. In thus ex pressing our preference, we believe w'e voice the sentiment of the people of this judicial circuit. OLIO. He who gives promptly, gives twice as much. Occupation is the necessary basis of all enjoyment. If we fail in our good resolutions w r e cannot do better than to tr\ again. Patience is the best remedy against calumnies; time, sooner or later, dis covers the truth. Self-reliance with a plenty of ambi tion is the basis on which all men at tain to greatness. No errors ^.re so trivial but they de serve to be' mended, and no sin so slight but it should be repented of and renounced. The deputy marshals who fired up on the people and murdered eight of them in East St. Louis, will be prose cuted for murder. He who does not make new acquain tances, will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. Whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoev er things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, * * think on these things. —Phil. iv:8. Dan Small, one of the desperadoes who recently escaped from Sanders ville jail, has been recaptured, and now grins behind the bars again. Clay county went wet on the 8th inst. by a majority of 44. The vote was, for the sale. 509. against the sale 465. A column of colored voters from the river plantations it is said, turned the scale in favor of whisky. The election passed of quietly. Morgan county is anxious to vote on the liquor question, but is unable to do so on account of the county not being included in the registration bill, though named in the head notes. The comptroller general decides they must wait for legislative action. ’Schoolboy Strikers Cooled Off. —St Louis, April 16.—An incipient schoolboy strike for shorter school hours came to an untimely end to-day through the instrumentality of sound thrashings administered to three ring leaders. The thirty-second annual parade of the Macon fire department came off last Thursdav and the Central City put on her holiday attire. Death of Mbs. Mays.—Mrs. Seaborn J. Mays died Tuesday night at two o’clock. She’ has been sick for some time, and death relieved her of her sufferings.—Au gusta Chronicle. The Poultry Convention met in the Ag ricultural Department, in Atlanta on the 15th, and effected a permanent organiza tion as a National Poultry and Bench As sociation, with W. H. Grady as president. There was a small attendance. A nation al meeting was called for Atlanta from Jan. 15 to 23,1887. An Athens merchant, who started on a capital of $2,000. the first year did a busi ness of $25,000. Since prohibition went into effect his business has far exceeded this. ^•CAPITAL Tickets only $5. fcfTv?->■ V PRIZE, S75.000.-ffs .Shares in proportion. Louisiana State Lottery Company. “We do hereby certify that we supervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Quar terly Drawings of The Louisiana .State Lotte ry Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, fairness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this certificate, with fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its advertise ments.” Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in the Louisiana State Lotteries which may be presented at our coun ters. J. H. OGLKsI5Y, Pres. Louisiana Xat ! l Bk. J. \V. KILBltETH, Pres. State Nat l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat'l Bk. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Legis lature for Educational and Charitable purposes —with a capital of $1,000,000— to which a re serve fund of over $550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitu tion adopted December 2d, A. D.,1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Extraordinary Drawings regularly every three months instead of Semi-Annually as heretofore* beginning March, 1886. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE, FIFTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS E., IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY, May 11th, 1886—193d Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each, Fractions, in Fifths in proportion. LIST OF PRIZE8. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000 1 do PRIZE 25,000 1 do PRIZE 10,000 " 16000 12,000 2000 10,000 1000 10,000 500 10,000 200 20.000 100 30,000 50 25,000 25 25,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of $750....$6,750 9 . “ “ 500.... 4,500 9 “ “ 250 2,250 2 PRIZES OF $6000 5 “ 2000. 10 " 1000. 20 500.. 100 200., 300 “ 100.. 500 50.. 1000 25... Special Department —OF— Toiacco! CigarsI We wish to call the attention of the Merchants of this sectio' ? our special and recently organized department. Our facilities for handling Tobaccos in large quantities is 8eo-- to none of any house in Georgia. We have over twenty brands of Tobaccos and can suit anybodv • either quality, quantity or price. Our trade in these goods is increasing daily and we hare ^ pie testimony that our goods are giving satisfaction. ® We have recently purchased and now have in stock, a large ± 6 sortment of all grades of Cigars, and are now ready to meet all he- orable competition in this line. In Snuffs, we have different kinds and any size packages. See our Goods and Hear Our Prices Is all we ask. We will certainly sell you. W. T. CONN & CO, Jobbers in Groceries and Tobacco No. 22 and 24 South Wayne St., Milledgeville, Ga. April 6th, 1886. 29 lv uei Would have been written on the Waitzfelder Building over the door of L H. WOOD k CO If they had not sold good goods cheap and worked hard to attract business. Our extremely low prices and meritorious goods have in creased our business hundreds of dollars above what it was last Spring, and profiting by our experience, we shall continue to give Bargains to Consumers! Throughout the coming season. We invite attention to a lot of NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, which we bought low and are selling accordingly. SUGAR IN BBLS.. AND HALF BBLS., COFFEE BY THE SACK OR DOLLAR’S WORTH AND TOBACCO BY THE BOX OR PLUG, are our specialties. We have a few packages of Mackerel, Macaroni, Preserves, Pickles and Buckwheat to close out at greatly reduced prices. Wojteep the celebrated FLOATING SOAP, 3 bars for 25c. i ir~Call and get our figures. L. H. WOOD & CO., A i No. 18 S. Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. iril 20, 1886. _ mi, 31 ly 1967 Prizes, amounting to $265,500 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the oilice of the Company in New Orleans. For further inlormation write clearly, giving full address. l’OSTAJ. NOTES, Express Mon ey Orders or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express (all sums of $5 and upwards at our expense.) addressed yr. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La., or 31. A. DAUPHIN. Washington, D. C. New Advertisements, f For Sale. WANTED—LADY to represent in her own locality an old firm. References required. Per manent position and good salary. GAY & BROS, 16 Barclay st., N. Y. ANTED- —LADIES to work for us at THVvN | LU • their own homes, $7 to $10 ■I per week can be quietly made. 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Only subscription edition authorized by Mr. Jones Bteel portrait and t**-, aimllc Jones’ card de nouncing pi rate editions. Address Mr. Jones’ pub- . i’ pub lishers. CBAU -ON A STOWE. Cincinnati, Q April 20, '86. 41tf. THE SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR AND DIXIE FARMER. 44th YEAR. The Great Farm, Industrial and Stock Per iodical of the South. Parker’s Tonic A Pure Family Mediciaa that Never Intoxicates If you are a mechanic or farmer, worn out wuh overwork or a mother run down by family or household duties trv Parker’s Tonic j HXSCOZ Ol CO. 163 William Street, New' York. Sold bv all Druggists in large bottles at one Dol lar. All Aboard for Savannah. Make P.0. Money Orflers payable and add® Registers Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La, April 12th, 1835. 40 4t I will sell to parties desiring to wit ness the Chatham Artillery Centen nial Celebration, tickets, at the ex ceeding^ low rate of one cent per mile each way. or round trip tickets at $3.75. Will sell from April 2^>th to May 8th, inclusive. Good to return until May 10th. The exercises com mence in Savannah May 3rd and continue ‘till 3Iay 8th inclusive. A. D. Nisbet. ,Ag‘t, It embraces in its constituency the intelligent, progressive and substantially Successful farmers, of this section, and as an advertising medium for the Merchant, Manufacturer, Stock Raiser and Professional Man, is arsolutely unequalled. Space judiciously employed in its columns is always remunerative. Advertisements, per line, 30. Subscription, per anuum, $1.50 Address, CULTIVATOR PUB. CO., P. O. Drawer 8. ATLANTA, GA We will send the Union & Recorder and Southern Cultivator one year for $2.50. BARNES A MOORE. Publishers Union A Rfcordbr, Milledgeville. Ga The Franklin Publishing House Is the Leading Book, and Job Prin- ing, Blank Book and Electroty- ing House in the South. CONSULT US BEFORE PLACING ORDERS, JAS. P. HARRISON & CO., GEO. W. HARRTSON, 1 32 & £4 W. Alabama St,. Sec’y and Treas’r. j Atlanta. GA. Tax Notice. r j HE TAX BOOKS of Baldwin coun ty, will be open on Thursday April 1st, and close June 1st, 1886. All persons are notified that under recent acts of the Legislature, each person is required to give in his Taxes, by filling out a Blank Return, which will be furnished by application to me. HUNTER McCOMB. Tax Receiver. March 29, 1886. 88 3m. Stamping for all kinds of Embroid ery, done by Mrs. Mary Morse, 1 3o 3t.]