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Volume LVII. j Southern Recorder ^ ‘ « she ^ igig.* [consolidated 1872. Milledgeville, Ga., August 31, 1886.
Number 8.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
To all Whom it may Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, July Term, 1886.
W HEREAS, L. N. Callaway, admin
istrator upon the estate of W.
M. Sawyer, deceased, has filed his pe
tition in said court for letters of dis
mission from his trust as such admin
istrator.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors, to show cause on or by the
October term next, of said court, to
be held on the first Monday in Octo
ber, 1886, why letters of dismission
from said administration should not
be granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture. this July 5th, 1886.
52 3m.] D. B. SANFORD, Ordinary.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1886.
W HEREAS, Walter Paine, Clerk
of the Superior Court of said
County has filed his petition in said
Court for letters of Administration
upon the estate of William Paine, c.,
deceased.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, wheth
er heirs or creditors, to show cause
on or by the September Term, next, of
said court, to be held on the first Mon
day in September, 1886, why letters
of Administration upon the estate of
said deceased should not be granted
to said petitioner as prayed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture, this August the 2d, 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
4 lm.] Ordinary.
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For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of
the Lirer, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, indiges
tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatn.
lency. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach
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Petition to Sell Property.
To all Whom it May Concern.
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
Court of Ordinary, August Term, 1886.
TT f HERE AS, L. Carrington, Execu-
V v' tor upon the estate of Emmie
DeLauney Nisbet has filed his peti
tion in said Court for leave to sell the
real estate belonging to said deceased
for division, &e.
These are therefore to cite and ad
monish all parties interested, heirs or
creditors to show cause on or by the
September Term next, of said Court
to be held on the first Monday in Sep
tember, 1886, why leave to sell the
property of said deceased, should not
be granted to said petitioner as pray
ed for.
Witness my hand and official signa
ture this August 2nd, 1886.
DANIEL B. SANFORD,
4 1m.] Ordinary.
Baldwin Sheriff’s Sale.
W ILL be sold before the Court
House door, in the city of Mil
ledgeville, during legal sale hours, on
the first Tuesday in September, 1886,
the following property, to-wit :
One house and lot in the city of Mil
ledgeville, known in the plan of said
city, as the south-east corner of lot
No. 175, containing one acre more or
less. Levied on as the property of
Joe Choice to satisfy one Justice
Court fi fa in favor of H. Adler vs.
Joe Choice.
Also at the same time and place,
one house and lot in the north-west
ern part of the city of Milledgeville,
and the north-east part lot No. 98.
Levied on as the property of Wesley
Lofton to satisfy one Justice Court fi
fa in of Turk & Byington vs. Wesley
Lofton.
Also at the same time and place,
one house and lot in the city of Mil
ledgeville, and known in the iilan of
said city, as being in square No. 116,
said lot containing one half acre, more
or less. Levied on as the property
of Harry Banfield to satisfy one Jus
tice Court fi fa in favor of Turk &
Byington vs. Harry Banfield.
The above levies made by T. S. Bag-
lev, Constable, and returned to me
this August the 9th, 1886.
C. W. ENNIS, Sheriff.
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Mercer University,
MACON. GA.
Tlie fall term of this institution will open on
the last Wednesday (2#th> of September next.
The chairs of Latin and Greek hare been con
solidated into the chair of Ancient Languages, to
which frof. Wni. G. Manly, a distinguished
graduate of the University of Virginia has been
elected.
The Theological department, presided over
by Rev. James G. Ryals, D. D„ and the Law de
partment with Hon. Clifford Anderson as the
chairman of its faculty, offer special inducements
to students in these departments.
Of the Preparatory department, designed to
prepare boys for the University classes, Mr.
Emerson H. George, an alumnus of the Universi
ty, has been elected principal to succeed Prof.
T. E. Ryals.
Post graduate courses of study for the degrees
of A. M. and Pli. 1>., open to the graduates of all
male colleges have been established by the
authority of the board of Trustees. For cata-
lougues and oilier information, address
JNO. J. BRANTLY,
Secretary of Faculty.
July 20th, 18S6. (2 2ms.
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Land For Sale.
^E thousand four hundred and
seventy acres of land in the center
of Wilcox county, Ga., all in one
body, all fine farming land if put in
cultivation, though at present, it is one
of the finest timbered bodies of land
in Soutirwest, Ga. No ponds or lakes,
has never failing water, nine miles
west of the Ocmulgee river. Or I
will rent for a Turpentine farm. For
terms and price, apply to
B. W. SCOTT,
Milledgeville, Ga.
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Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year in
advance. Six months for sevenly-flve cents.—
Two dollars a year If not paid in advance.
The services of Col. James M. SMYTHE,are en
gaged as General Assistant.
The “FEDERAL UNION” and tlie“SOUTHERN
RECORDER” were consolidated, August 1st, 1872
the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and
■ he Reeorderin its Fifty-Third Volume.
The Mysterious Photograph.
The Great Irish Meeting at Chicago.
The delegates numbered about four
teen hundred. Among them w r ere
Hon’s. Michael Davitt, Win. O’Brien,
Jno. E. Redmond and Jno. Deasey,
members of Parliament, who w r ere
greeted with raptuous applause. Many
splendid speeches were made by for
eign and home delegates. The ven
erable Mrs. Parnell, mother of the
Irish Leader, was called* upon and
her few thrilling W'ords brought down
thunders of applause in Irish elo
quence and cheers. The speeches,
generally, were splendid specimens of
Irish oratory, brimful of noble and
patriotic sentiments. In reading their
splendid efforts, we were’ remind
ed of the days of O’Connel, Burke,
Curran and others, and felt that such
a people ought to have a Parliament
to add to the splendors of parliamen
tary eloquence as well as the reality
of political justice. This great meet
ing showed that the battle for Irish
freedom will be w T aged to the bitter
end.
Augusta was well represented by
John F. Armstrong, Eugene O'Con
ner, Thomas Murray and Wm. Mul-
herin. Numerous telegrams say that
the first named gentleman could have
been elected President if he could
have been prevailed upon to accept
the trust. He was selected to serve
on the National League committee on
resolutions; Mr. O’Connor’on Perma
nent organization. Mr. John Fitzger
ald of Nebraska, was elected Presi
dent of the Irish League in America.
Mr. Parnell continues to be looked to
as the great Irish leader with the de
voted attachment of Irishmen in Eu
rope and in America.
The Augusta Academy.
The Board of Trustees elected the
following gentlemen for the positions
named. For Principal of the Acade
my and the Academic Department,
Prof. C, H. Withrow; Assistant in the
Academic Department, Prof: Jcseph
Ganahl, Jr. This department em
braces the schools of English lan
guage, the Classics and Mathematics.
Professor of the Scientific Depart
ment and also of Military Tactics,
Prof. F. W. Greenleaf.
Professor of the Primary Depart
ment, Prof. H. S. Jones. This de
partment will be free and limited to
thirty-five pupils. The tuition for
the High Sohool is $15 per term. We
copy the facts, in reference to this
long established ahd valuable Institu
tion, from a notice of it which we find
in the Augusta Chronicle of the 18th
inst. That paper pays a high and
just compliment to Prof. Withrow and
members of the Faculty. It says “our
only regret is that the name of Col.
Rains, w ho since the war has been at
the head of that Institution, severs
his connection with it.” Doubtless
the community, generally, entertain
the regret expressed by the Chronicle.
As an electrician, and in every depart
ment of science connected with the
position so long ’Iheld by him, Col.
George W. Rains has no superior, and
his disconnection with the Institution
is a source of much regret. The Col
onel says: “The Institution has my
cordial wishes for its future success.”
The British Parliament.
Portrait Painting.
TTISS M. G. Lampley desires to
JLVi engage in the taking of Oil and
Crayon Portraits during the College
vacation. Her prices for crayon 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.
Public may have an opportunity
of seeing a specimen of her skill in
this art, placed cm public view at the
Post-Office. Miss L. has a class in
drawing at present and would be
pleased to have additional pupils
Milledgeville, Ga., July 27. 1886. 3 lm
This body assembled on the 19th in
stant. The Queen’s speech was very
short. She said in substance that Par
liament was assembled mainly for the
consideration of necessary financial
legislation. “I am confident,” she
said, “they will secure prompt atten
tion.”
Earl Granville, Liberal, asked in the
House of Lords that the new govern
ment make a clear statement of its
contemplated Irish policy. The Duke
of xYrgyle, Unionist, made a long
gpeech in which he described Mr.
Gladstone’s policy as a misera
ble fiasco, of running up to the mast
head the flag of Mr. Parnell and the
Irish nationalist party.
Lord Salisbury said the government
would take every step to maintain
social order and protect individual
rights. In the House of Commons,
Mr. Gladstone said the conduct of the
Irish policy should remain in the
hands of the government. What has
happened has confirmed him in the
belief that he had not erred in the
main principles of his scheme.
Lord Churchill said the Govern
ment had decided to appoint a royal
commission. [Derisive laughter on
the Parnell benches.) As matters
stand a verdict of wilful murder has
been found against nine policemen.
They have been arrested and sent to
jail. This looks bad for Churchill and
Salisbury. The United Ireland of
Dublin (Parnell’s organ) reiterates
the declaration that there will be war J
to the knife against the new Premier i
Salisbury, “The people of Ireland,” j
it says, “will resist him with despera-
On a business trip, by private con
veyance, I had occasion to pass
through that triangular section of
country formed by the three rail
roads connecting respectively, Chat
tanooga and Cleveland, Tennessee,
and Dalton Georgia, and to stop at
the little town of Ooltewah, in Ten
nessee, on the road from Chattanooga
to Cleveland.
About two miles before reaching
Ooltewah, I observed a crowd of peo
ple gathered at an humble farm-house
by the road-side, and asking the mean
ing of it, was told that “old Mrs. Os
borne was dead.” Being a stranger
and feeling no particular interest in
the deceased, I made no further en
quiry, but drove on to Ooltewah.
Reining up at the village tavern, I
got out and approached a party of
men on the stoop to enquire about
some parties I desired to see. I soon
discovered that they were very much
excited and deeply interested in con
versation about the “Mysterious Pho
tograph.” Naturally I asked an ex
planation of it, and this is the story
that was told me:
“Old Mrs. Osborne, the mother of
farmer Osborne, living two miles east
of town, had been a bed-ridden inva
lid for many years.” “Last Tuesday,”
I was told, “she was lying as usual,
in the same little room she had occu
pied for years, her bed being near a
window, glazed with 8 by 10 glass,
when a terrific thunder storm came
up and, through the window, as she
lay in bed, she saw the lightning
strike and shiver to atoms a large,
tall pine tree, standing near, and, it is
supposed, she felt the shock, for she
was so frightened and prostrated that
she rapidly sank into an unconscious
condition and so lingered until the
next day, when she died.
When the neighbors went to lay her
out and prepare her remains for bu
rial, they discovered, to the great as
tonishment of all, and the infinite su
perstitious dismay of many, that on
one of the panes of glass in the win
dow, against which her bed stood, was
a perfect photographic likeness of her
as she had appeared in her neat cap
and gown, lying in bed, for years
past.”
Her care worn, suffering face and
her neat white cap and gown had been
seen so often it was perfectly familiar
to all the neighbors for miles around,
and as each new comer glanced at the
glass, he drew back in amazement ex
claiming, “Yes it is her likeness.”
Appearing rather incredulous, a tall
intelligent Tennesseean urged me to
“drive back and see for myself.” Ask
ing him to accompany me, we drove
back. I expected to see some, hitherto
unobserved, flaw in the glass, which
the superstitious might contort into
some sort of fancied resemblance, just
as we may discover shapes in the dy
ing coals,*or trace resemblances in the
fleeting clouds, but what was my
surprise, instead, to see, not an im
perfect pane of glass, but a perfect
one, with a faint, though perfect pic
ture of an old woman in cap and
gown, with care-worn face, lying in
bed.
As to its resemblance to Mrs. O., I
could not vouch, never having seen
her, for she was then buried, her
death having occurred three days
previously, but my companion, who
had known her well, assured me the
likeness was perfect.
Most of those present attributed it
to some supernatural or superstitious
origin. I account for it on a hypothe
sis, which though I admit I cannot
satisfactorily explain, seems to me the
only reasonable one.
That section.is known to be rich in
mineral ores, Iron, Lead, Silver, Gold
Manganese, Nitre, &c. Now that pane
of glass, from long exposure, had lost
its bright, glossy surface and become
dingy and partially apaque, with a
somewhat irklescent film, caused per
haps by imperceptible vapors from
those minerals, deposited thereon in
the successive years of her illness.
Perhaps fumes, or vapors of nitrate of
silver—which we know is what photo
graphers use—(generated from the ni
tre and the silver in the earth there,)
were in some manner deposited on
the glass, thus making it, what pho
tographers call, a “sensitive plate,”
just as they render their glass plates,
or paper, sensitive to impressions, by
coating them with nitrate of silver
dissolved in callodion, and that this
glass, being thus rendered sensitive,
some suddenly altered condition of
the atmosphere, or action of the ele
ments, perhaps that very thunder
storm and vivid flush of lightning,
may have occurred just at the in
stant when Mrs. O. may have been in
a proper position and imprinted her
likeness on the glass.
But be that as it may, the picture
was there, and though not distinct or
highly enough finished, to have been
delivered to a customer by a first-class
artist, it was certainly a correct pho
tographic likeness, imprinted on that
glass by some natural process and not
by the hand of man, and is a mystery
for scientists to solve. Whatever be
came of the picture I cannot say as I
left next morning and have heard no
j more of it. But one thing is certain
i it was there as above described.
“C. Sharp.”
Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 12th, 1886.
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Aug. 20th, 1886.)
Editors Union-Recorder:
Since my last letter, your wander
ing correspondent has visited Lan
ham Springs in this county, and at
tended the annual pic nic of the Edge-
field Hussars. This is an occasion
that brings together the people living
in this section of the State. And it
was a grand occasion. They came
from the North and the South, the East
and the West. Thousands of people
were there. They came in carriages
in buggies, in two-horse wagons, in
one-horse wagons, on horse-back, on
mule-back, and on foot. And they
traveled miles to get there, and risls
ed their lives over the worst roads
this side of the North Pole. Just
think of sitting in a buggy with your
wife or sweet-heart, with the horse
drawn back to the dash-board, and
horse, and buggy, and all, sliding
down a hill of rock at an angle of 22}
degrees. Were it not for the fact that
I was partly raised in Edgefield,
would never have driven over such
roads. But we got there a little sore,
it is true, but safe and sound. We
found an immense crowd already
gathered, most of whom were “trip
ping the light fantastic toe” under
neath a spacious covered platform
Hundreds more poured in from every
side, until, by twelve o’clock, the hills
and valleys were alive with people.
Let not my readers imagine that Lan-
ham’s is some pretentious health re
sort. No such thing. It is simply a
shady grove in a valley surrounded
by hills, and is the headquarters of
the Edgefield Hussars, the finest cav
alry company in this county. In the
centre they have built a large cover
ed dancing platform, and once a year
they invite the whole of Edgefield,
and their friends from adjacent coun
ties to be their guests. On this occa
sion thirty-seven carcasses were cued,
and three tables, each fully 150 yards
long, were literally filled with good
things made by the ladies of the
neighborhood. After that dinner
there wasn’t a hungry person in a
radius of ten miles around Lanhaiu.
The Captain of this Company is no
less a person than Ben Tillman, the
“Moses” of the Carolina farmers. His
name is a house-hold word in this
State, and his reputation has extend
ed beyond the borders. Two or three
years ago he found the State Agricul
tural Convention in the hands of law
yers and politicians, as he said, and
all legislation against the farmers’ in
terest. He wrote an article in one of
the papers complaining of this state
of affairs, and calling on the farmers
to take matters into their own hands
and control the State. The infection
spread like wild fire. County Conven
tions were held by the farmers; Till
man’s views were everywhere adopt
ed; and a few months since a State
Convention was held in Columbia,
which advocated the establishment of
an Agricultural College, and called
upon the farmers to elect men to the
Legislature who would carryout their
views. At first the politicians were
badly frightened, but the black-eye
given the farmer’s movement in the
recent Gubernatorial Convention,
when Gov. Sheppard, Tillman’s can
didate, was defeated, has re-assured
them. Capt. Tillman is constantly
called upon to address farmers meet
ings and is now absent in Laurens
for this purpose. He is a fine looking
man, barring a defect in one of his
eyes, and has thrown his every ener
gy into the movement he has inaugu
rated. The objections that an impar
tial observer raises against this “Mo
ses” and his plans, are 1st, the attack
made on lawyers, and in fact most
professional men, and 2d, the ceasless
warfare waged against the South Car
olina College, and the Charleston Cit
adel. These attacks will cause the
defeat of the movement, if persisted
in.
I met Senator M. C. Butler at Lan-
ham’s Springs. He had just returned
from Washington, and was on his
way to Ashville, N. C., to spend a few
days. He is in excellent health, and
says he feels as young as a boy. The
Senator is one of the handsomest men
in the country, and has all the grace
and dignity of a prince. A farmer
coming into the little group, com
plained that his crop was poor,
“Well”, said the Senator, “if I were
to call up every farmer in Edgefield
county, and ask them what kind of
crops they had, each one would an-
wer, “O General, my crop is mighty
sorry.” And yet I have seen many
splendid crops since coming into your
midst. They call lawyers liars, bat
farmers can beat them.”
Col. James F. Bacon, so long con
nected with the Advertiser of this
place, has purchased an interest in the
Chronicle, and has editorial control of
that paper. He is one of the ablest
writers of the South Carolina press,
and has done much for his native
State. His style at times is bold, but
oftener gentle, easy, and graceful. Mr.
Bacon is a gentleman of refined cul
ture, and so fascinating are his ways
that he captivates all who come in
contact with him. His paper will re
ceive an extensive patronage through
out this State.
The Edgefield Advertiser is the old
est paper in South Carolina. It is
owned and edited by Mr. Thos. W.
Adams, a deep thinker, a ripe scholar,
and a fearless writer. The Advertiser
has a circulation of about 12,000 cop
ies. Prof. W. D. Seymour, so well
and favorably known in Georgia, is
Principal of the Edgefield Academy.
He has built up a fine school, and is
making it more popular every day.
Miss Jamie Wardlaw, is his first a»-
sistant, and is one of the most accom
plished teachers that can be found In
the profession. Her manner is so
charming that she makes a friend of
any one at first sight. Miss Anna
Carmichael has charge of the Prima
ry Department, and ably discharges
her duties. The Academy now ranks
among the first class schools of the
State.
In my next I shall give your readers
a history of the many bloody affairs
that have occurred in this far famed
village. Houghton.
Some Sound Democratic Doc
trines. Hostility to a high protec
tive tariff; to extrav r agant appropria
tions; to holding money in the treasu
ry; to a gold currency alone, demand
ing both gold and silver, as establish
ed by the constitution.
Demanding payment of the public
debt instead of holding money useless
ly in the Treasury.
Demanding the expenditures of the
Government to be kept to the lowest
needs COnsistent with its absolute
Holding the public lands for the
benefit of the people and prescribing
that use of them by law.
The Tariff.
This questison is rising like a swell
ing tempest in the West, and is rap
idly gaining strength in Ohio where-
Republican power has so long tri
umphed in vaulting pride and resist-
less force. In that State eight Demo
cratic members of Congress, perhaps,
fearful of losing their positions ku<
Congress, voted boldly against the
Morrison resolution to consider tfcfr
tariff question at the late session of
Congress. The recent Ohio Demo
cratic convention repudiated the*
Congressmen and they are trembling
in their boots lest they may be defeat^
ed at the next election. There » a
a spirit abroad among the Democrats
to hold their representatives to a
strict accountability for their acts oa
this vital question. That was shown
m the recent Ohio Democratic con
vention. * What will, what can the
representatives hom
that State do, in the premises, when
the convention denounced the pres
ent tariff as legalized robbery? Hovr
can they have the boldness to offer
themselves for re-election in face of
the declaration of the Democratic par
ty which so recently assembled in
convention. To do so would require
the most brazen effrontery and the
most utter disregard of the expressed'
wHl °f the party in convention assem-
bled. We infer that the Democratic
party of Ohio is in dead earnest It
brought all its talents, all its great
power, intellectual at least, to bear
upon this question of the tariff and
denounced it as robbery.
The eight gentlemen who represent 1 '
the party in Congress, and refused to
take action with the democratic ma
jority in Congress, must obey the par
ty or walk out. On this subject there-
seems to be a revolutionary crisis.
To disobey tlie deliberate action of
the party in Ohio, must and will sev
er their connection with it. It has
come to this, in Ohio, that to be a.
democrat a man must be an anti-high
taiiff man. And what is true in Ohio
is becoming true in every other State!
The people are determined to put
down legalized robbery. Their safety
and prosperity demands it. And what
is true of Ohio is rapidly becoming
true in every other State * in the Uiu
ion. The sickly declarations about
the utility of a high tariff, and espe
cially, its reducing the price of goods
is exciting general disgust. If the
tariff averages 45 per cent duty upon
goods, it adds 45 per cent to the price
in the United -States, and, all over a
revenue duty, goes into the pocket of
the manutacturers, and not into the-
United States Treasury. The people
have been dull in understanding this
but their eyes are getting opened and
the high tariff and its advocates are
rapidly becoming doomed to public,
reprobation.
The Rasures Case.
Col. Jno. A. Baker a prominent
lawyer, writes to Col. H. H. Bee, of
Austin, Texas, that Rasures was mur
dered. He was an American citizen
and demanded a trial as a citizen of
Texas. Col. Baker has put in a claim
for $100,000 in the name of the widow
and heirs of the murdered Rasures
Gov. Ireland, of Texas, authorized
the following reply to Col. Baker.
“If the heirs and family were living
in Texas at the date of the murder, tlie
claim for damages is prop* r and the
governor of Texas will have no hesita
tion in endorsing it.”
The New “General Grant” Pos
tage Stamp.—The Postmaster-Gen
eral is introducing for sale at the prin
cipal Post-Offices, “The United States
Letter Sheet Envelope,” a unique (de
vice for correspondence through the
mails. It is a combination in oaa ot
a letter sheet, envelope and the new
postage-stamp of the denomination of
two cents, bearing the military por
trait of General Grant. They will be
sold at the rate of twenty-three-dol
lars per thousand, in any desired
quantities, separately or in packages
or pads of 25, 50 or 100 each, or folded
in encased packages of 25 each, espe
cialiy adapted for use when traveling.
