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Official Organ of City and County.
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W. T. CONN & CO.,
r HOLES ALE DEALERS in. Sta-
. pie and Fancy Groceries, Tobac
cos, Cigars, &c.
Milledgeville, Ga., Feb. 20tb, 1869.' 5 6m
The Edwards House,
O FFERS the best accommodations
for Transient and Regular Board
ers. Special inducements for College
students.
WARREN EDWARDS.
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 1, ’86. 26 ly
WOOD YARD!
W OOD delivered at any time.
C. H. BONNER.
Milledgeville, August 3rd, 1886. [4 lm.
Wood
[5 2t.
barley, at
pre-
stu-
Bran and Mackerel cheap at
& Co’s.
Genuine seed rye and
Massey & Ennis’.
The commission to revise the .jury
box met yesterday.
Boarders Wanted.—I am
pared to accommodate college
dents on reasonable terms.
W. H. Hodges.
Aug. 16th, 1886. 6 6ts.
Two whole weeks of Superior Court
is a new experience for Baldwin coun
ty.
The General Presentments of the
Grand Jury will be found elsewhere
in this paper.
We are indebted to Capt. Walter
Paine, Clerk of Superior Court, for a
synopsis of the business transacted
by the court the past week.
The success of prohibition in Bald
win is due to the able legal manage
ment of the contest by Judge D. B.
Sanford and Capt. C. P. Crawford.
Judge Lawson decided that the cost
in the prohibition election contest
shall be paid by the county. Wit
nesses who were not sworn will not be
entitled to pay.
Our worthy Mayor is enthused over
the prospect of securing the school of
Technology. When a measure re
ceives his endorsement he puts In ef
fective work.
A revision of the jury box wiil be
made by the commissioners appointed
for the purpose, and the juries for the
next term of the court wall then be
drawn by them.
A. C. Smith is putting the finishing
touches on his new brick store near
the Asylum. Mr. Smith deserves cred
it for his progressive spirit and we
hope to see him succeed in' his busi
ness.
Supplies for the Asylum.—We
invite the attention of merchants and
manufacturers to the advisement of
Mr. L. J. Lamar, Steward, inviting
bids for furnishing supplies for the
Asylum.
Mr. C. H. Ferris of the firm of Fer
ris & Son, merchant tailors, of Au
gusta, will visit this city during the
first of September, with a complete
line of samples. Any orders that may
be given him will receive the personal
attention of the firm. See advertise
ment in this paper.
In accordance w ith a call of the Ex
ecutive committee, a mass meeting of
the Democratic party of Baldwin
county will be held at* the Court
house* to-day, to select delegates to
the Senatorial convention, and nomi
nate a representative for Baldwin
county.
It is thought the recent decision of
the Superior Court by w'hich Baldwin
county goes dry, will have a good ef
fect in securing to Milledgeville the
school of Technology. This will be
some comfort to the antis who advo
cated ‘‘the sale” from a business
stand point only.
We are glad to note that the village
of Midway is far from being at a stand
still. Several new cottages have been
erected in the past year. There are
a number of very desirable vacant!
lots in different parts of the village
that we hope to see occupied ere long
with comfortable cottages if nothing
more.
The old capital comes to the front
once more in her bid for the school of
Technology. Old memories will be
revived and friends of the historic old
town throughout the state will bid
her God speed. Atlanta, as she con
templates the symmetrical propor
tions of her new' capitol growing from
an annual tax upon the people of
Georgia, w'oukl do a graceful act by
coming to our aid in this matter.
Every man, and especially one who
has a family, should nave constantly
in view the owning of a home. If lie
does not own one by the time he is
married he should lose no time and
shirk no economies to secure one.
Make the start by buying a piece of
land and build a small house if it is
not practicable to build a larger one.
It is easy to add Jo it. Every man
should aim to be a freeholder in this
country where land is so cheap. It
makes him a better citizen and it cer
tainly is a duty he owes to his family
to establish them a home.
Mayor Sam Walker and Capt. W.
T. Conn, of the committee appointed
for the purpose, visited Macon last
Thursday to lay before Hon. N. E.
Harris, chairman of the commission,
Milledgeville’s bid for the school of
Technology. Mr. Harris promised to
see that the offer received due con
sideration from the commission. The
board will visit this city and inspect
the property offered before they de-
* upon a location. It is without
doubt the most desirable and advan
tageous suggestion yet made for the
location of this coming institution of
OU r great state, and it is confidently
believed that no other bid will be
,. uua l to it. It has been suggested,
ii ca^e we secure the prize, that the
president of our college, General D.
H. Hill, would be a most suitable man
to* preside over both institutions.—
Economy in the inauguration and
management of the infancy of a new
institution will be a forcible appeal to
many thinking men.
It is the policy of the Temperance
people, as declared in their conven
tions, to keep the question of prohi
bition out of politics. Let us adhere
to that principle in our county poli
tics and stick to democratic princi
ples. If prohibition does not give
satisfaction another contest may be
had in two years.
The fire alarm was sounded at noon
Saturday. The fire proved to be in
a kitchen on the lot of Mrs. Herty.
The fire department responded
promptly, but were denied the pleas
ure of throwing on water, a few citi
zens having, in the meantime, extin
guished the flames. The damage was
slight, and consisted mostly of tearing
shingles from the roof.
Messrs. T. T. Windsor and C. G.
Wilson have removed their factory
for the manufacture of the Champion
Spark Arrester to the “Pace” church
building near the old Factory site.
A machine shop that promises to
grow into large proportions has thus
been started.
If Milledgeville only had some
wholesale firms that would handle
boots and shoes, dry goods, drugs
and hardware, it would help her won
derfully. It is a rare opportunity
for such enterprises. Good business
men could reap a fortune right her$.
. Sam Ennis Acquitted.
Grand Opportunity
The trial of Sam Ennis for the kill
ing of Deputy Marshal, C. N. Hay-
good in this city on the’27th of last
February, to6k place in the Superior
Court last Thursday. The State was
represented by Solicitor General
Whitfield, and the defense by Hons.
Seaborn Reese, D. B. Sanford and J.
F. Little.
The following gentlemen were se
lected and qualified as Jurors: W. R»
Fenn, Thos. Smith, E. H. Thomas,
John Scogin, A. F. Wynne, U. M.
Erwin, J. W. Goodson, W. M. Tuck
er, Dawson Wilkinson, Warren Ed
wards, C. M. Gibson, ’Joel Goddard,
One day was consumed in the trial.
After the hearing of the evidence, the
Solicitor General made a strong argu
ment in behalf of the State, followed
by Hon. Seaborn Reese in an elo
quent and effective speech for ,the
prisoner. The Jury retired after re
ceiving the charge from the Judge,
and after a short absence brought in
a verdict of “Not Guiltv.”
UMMim
Out
—AT-
P. J. CLINE & CO’S.
A War With Mexico.
Many persons imagine that a war
with Mexico would be a trifling affair.
But that is a great mistake. Mexico
has a larger army than the United
States, and the government has paid
much attenticn to military discipline,
and equipments of every kind. The
Emperor Maximillion, to establish his
throne upon a sure foundation spent
large sums, and practiced a discipline
in liis army that would have been
creditable to any country, in Europe,
yet he was overcome by the Mexican
soldiery, captured and shot. The
Mexicans are upon their own soil, and
our army would be an army of inva
sion. There is no one in our country
that would doubt the result of the
war. We would be succensful, but at
much greater expenditure of life
and treasure than most persons would
imagine. The war would be 'no holi
day affair, and the loss of life in our
brave soldiery alone, would be too
heavy a tax to be endured by plung
ing into a hasty and unnecessary war
that may be averted by considerate
and peaceful measures.
Our government would be disgraced
if it did not sacrifice its last soldier
and dollar, were it necessary, to de
fend its humblest citizen against Mex
ican tyranny and injustice. All that
we mean is, We should not hastily
plunge into an unnecessary war at a
fearful and heavy sacrifice of life and
treasure. We have seen nothing in
the Cutting case that demands of us,
as yet, to throw aside diplomatic
means for its amicable settlement.
When such measures fail then, we
say, let all differences be swallowed
up in national patriotism. That man
dies gloriously who yields liis life in
the defence of his conn try, or the
humblest citizen to whom his country
owes its protection. If Cutting, is
deprived of his righty and safety by
Mexico, let him find both in Jiis coun
try's flag and its heroic defenders.
We have just completed our annual Stock Taking and for the
We will sell our entire stock of Spring and Summer Dress Goods, con
sisting of Zephyr combination suits, canvass cloth, all colors, armours, al-
batros, serges and Nun’s veiling in all the different shades, muslins, linen
lawns, both solid and figured,
At Exactly WHAT THEY COST!
Our buyer is already in New York, and we are determined to make room for our Fall
stock, and will not carry over Summer goods, if there is any money at all in the country to
buy them.
50 pieces Satteens at 5c per yard, worth 8 c Ererywherel
100 pieces real nice Spring Calico, at 3i,c, and a few more figured Lawrns, short lengths,.
at
2^c
per
yard.
The anti-prohibition party are re
quested to meet at the Amusement
Hall in Milledgeville, on Saturday,
August 21st.
W. T. Conn, for the Legislature.
Captain Conn having consented, his
friends will present his name to the
Democratic Convention which assem
bles on the 17th instant, as a candid
ate to Represent Baldwin coun
ty in the next General Assemblv of
Georgia, He is the man for the tiines,
and let him be nominated.
Many Friends.
August 12th, 1886;
Land For Sale.
:o:-
T OFFER for sale 234 acres of land
1 lying near Stevens Pottery, in Bald
win county. New house, fresh land,
good well of water, young orchard—
land all under fence. Any person
wishing to buy will find me on the
place, or can address me at Stevens
Pottery.
H.
Aug. 16th. 1886.
M.
WILLIAMS.
[6 lm.
Portrait Painting.
CD
T,/flSS M. G. Lampiev desires to
1V1 engage in the taking of Oil and
Grayon Portraits durintr the Collefire
vacation. Her prices fo g r Sayon por
traits are for life size; ^10.00; and two-
thirds size, 8.00. For Oil Portraits,
life size the charge will be $25.00.
I he public may have an opportunity
of seeing a specimen of her skill in
this art, placed on public view at the
Post-Office. Miss L. lias a class in
drawing at present and would be
pleased to have additional pupils.
Milledgeville, Ga., July 27, 1886. 3 1m
25 dozen ladies’ Lisle thread Hose, solid colors, at 25c a pair.
50 dozen ladies’ Lisle thread gloves—real nice quality, at 10c per pair.
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Our Entire Stock of Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’
STTXTS,
Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Straw Hats at less than one-half the price
they can he bought elsewhere.
We have accepted the Agency of the celebrated Gold and Silver Shirt and Gold and Silver
Cuffs and Collars. They are the handsomest goods ever offered in this market. Gold
Shirts, $1.00; Silver Shirts, 75c. Cuffs and Collars to match. Don’t fail to ask to see them.
y§^“Remember this sale is for the
the goods at the prices advertised.
Milledgeyill?, Ga.,Aug. 2d, 1SS0.
Cash and Cash only, and when vou come you will o
** c_.
PETER J. CLUE L CO*
Milledgeville, Macon and Griffin.
10 ly.