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J UNION & RECORDER. Augusta Letter. Augusta, Ga. * Oct. 15th, 1886.) Editors Union-Recorder: ~ Augusta is sorely in need of a good -washing. It is a long, long time since she f’-is enjoyed that luxury. Her houses pre- •<4nt a dingy appearance; the leaves of her trees are no longer green, but grey; ana everything and everybody is dust-coatecl. We live in an atmosphere of dust, home months ago we drank gallons of Canal mud in solution; now, we inhale| bushelsiol dry dust every hour. As the latter does not agree with our constitutions Q ul te as W'Cll as the former we’d gladly exchange it we had the opportunity. .. n „ nf1 I wrote you last week of the sudden and unexpected return of Grand Master VV oik- man Meynardie from tho Knights ot La- Ixir Convention at Richmond. A mystery 3, a ngs over the whole affair which the .; ross reporters have as yet been unable to kolve I tried to “pump” several promi nent Knights in reference to the cause of his hasty return, but to no purpose. All Ninels of rumors are afloat in regard to the Reverend Workman, but I forbear men tioning them. Enough is known however to authorize the statement that very many of the Knights are dissatisfied with their leader’s course. So great is the dissatis faction that he has been deposed from office, and Mr. W. M. Conner has been appointed in his stead. Some claim that this change is only temporary; others say that it is permanent. Mr. Meynardie is still con fined to his house under treatment of his physician, Hr. Sally.—The Colored Knights are said to be already disgusted with the Order, and show signs of rebellion. A prominent Knight of that race remarked the other day that his people had not been fairly treated by the white men of the Or der, and that he was “tired of this foolish ness.” In a very short time you may ex pect to hear of the re-openffig of all the mills. The Superior Court of this County is now In session. Thus far Jaut few cases of any ■public importance have been tried. The Grand Jury has been organized, and is now inspecting the condition of county af fairs. Judge HenrvC. Roney is one of the most competent, upright, and fearless men that ever wore the ermine. His adminis tration of justice has given entire satisfac tion to the bar and to the people of his cir cuit, and he will go before the next Legis lature for re-election with their strongest recommendation. If our Legislator's con sult the welfare of the Augusta Circuit, and tire wishes of the people therein, they will certainly return Judge Roney to the 'sench. The North Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church South will meet in Au gusta early in December. The local churches have already begun preparations for the reception of this large body. Com mittees have been appointed to canvass the different wards with a view to ascer taining what families will agree to accom modate delegates during the conference. Other denominations have offered their aid in this matter to their Methodist brethren. An alarm of fire was turned on from 623 last Tuesday at noon, and the Depart ment hastening (?) in the direction indica ted, found the old Sterling Mills in flames. The building was nothing more than an old tinder box, and was soon burnt to the ground. The Mill was owned by C, H. Coates and Co., of Philadelphia, and op erated by Messrs. Crane and Maxwell of this city. The insurance($10,000) will about cover the loss. The company is now erect ing a commodious brick mill on a site far ther up the c.inal, which will soon be com pleted! To them, therefore, the tire was not a catastrophe. The Sterling was one of the smaller nulls not closed during the present lockout. A tire also occurred last night on the corner of Taylor and 3d streets, which consumed the dwelling occupied by Sergt. Krewson, of the police. The Sergeant awoke just in time to save his children from suffocation. These and other recent .ires have brought the question of a paid tire department prominently before the people, and it affords a lively theme for discussion. The City Council has ordered an election to decide whether or not, the citizens will authorize the levying of a one quaxterof one percent tax for this pur pose. While the majority of the people desire, and wiii vote for a paid department, they object to the levy. It strikes your correspondent that a compromise might possibly be made on a tax or one-eighth instead of one quarter. At any rate the paid department is now a necessity, and must soon be organized. Augusta has been treated to two earth quake shocks in the last twelve hours. One at 4:50 a. m., and the other at 2:10 p. m. The latter was the severest, and caus ed hundreds to leave their homes and run into the streets. At the Houghton Insti tute the students and their visiting friends were gathered in the Hall listening to the reading of papers on “Earthquakes” when the shock came. At first there was a stir, and then a little movement on the part of the school, as if they intended to make a break ana cause a panic. A few words from the Principal, with the assistance of the teachers, formed the school in lines of march, and in this way they reached the ground without any one being hurt. City Engineer Davidson has recently re turned from Lowell, Mass., whither he went to examine into their system of water measurement. He has gained considera ble knowledge of this subject, and is pre- .pared to bring Augusta’s measurement up to the standard. Mr. Davidson is one of the youngest engineers in the Southern States. The many friends of Gen. C. A. Eyans are oiienug him congratulations on the occasion of his recent marriage to Mrs. Howard formerly of this city. Few men have such a strong hold upon the popular heart as Gen. Evans, and his hundreds, yea his thousands of friends, wish him and nis bride years of usefulness and happi ness. The matrimonial market is quite lively, and many brilliant marriages will occur later in the season. Rev. C. A. Lucas has inaugurated a se ries of lectures on Science and Literature at the Christian Church. Mr. Lucas is well posted in each of these branches of study, and the church will be crowded ev ery Tuesday night to hear the lectures of this eloquent divine. The Reaper came last Sunday night and cut down one of earth’s fairest flowers. Hut it has been transplanted in Heaven’s soil, and now gives out its fragrance in the garden ot the Lord. Miss Alma Corn wall, after lingering for months a patient sufterer, quietly breathed her last at her .ather s residence in this city. She was the joy of the household—so gentle and so loving. Like sunshine, she brightened all around her. Her angelic disposition drew many a friend to her side, and none ever came in contact with her without feeling the better for being* under the ennobling influence of her|presence. Hut she has gone iO a better world, and we should not wish to have her back. We should so live as to .loin herin the“Surmner Land of iSong.” Houghton. ♦ ♦ ♦ — S. E. Bearden has just received amost beautiful lot of Hats, Feathers, 1 lumes. Tips and all the latest novel- Lies in iriminings. Ladies in want of any goods in her line would do well to give her an early call. , A good No. 7, Cook Stove, with all 5? $ 12 *°0> sold before .at flu.00, at J. Staley’s. tf Holiness Meeting-Analysed. Editor Union-Recorder: Your writer was interested in 3 cmrcom mentson the “Holiness meeting, and it seems that you throw some doubts upon tho extraordinary pretentions or profes sions of those who do believe in a “second blessing ” It will no doubt cause some of vour readers to smile when they read this article trom the pen of one who unfortu nately, perhaps, makes no pretentions to any particular kind of belief, except a purely mental one. That the “Holy people” are right in their pretentions and assertions, cannot be doubted bv any one who has read and studied “Mental science,” for all thought is a science more or less. An idiot cannot think, and the mental imbecile has a nar row field for thought and feeling. But those sound in mind and body can reach out to the most delicate and sensitive of all feelings. If there is any truth in the belief in total depravity, there certainly is as great a field for belief in total holiness, and if all history is not a lie, there have been many, very many, who were totally holy in their feelings. St. Paul is a wonderful illustration, St. Peter, after he became thoroughly converted, was another case, for Christ told Peter, that the devil wanted to “sift him as wheat but that He had pray ed for thee, that thy faith fail not, and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” We all know the zeal of St. Peter after he entered with his whole soul and heart on his ministry. Now tor a little mental logic; for I do not pretend to go outside of mental operations. I lake no stock in anything but brain work, for that is the secret*of all thought, feeling action and desire. Now what is religion as we understand it. In its first and last anal ysis? It is the sense of dependence on God as the great central fact; and as one feels that dependence according to the strength of their emotional feelings, the more faith, the more belief, and the more dependence they will have in God. It is but a mental proposition and true to our very natures. Love or tender emotion enters into our feelings, according as the Deity is viewed in sl benign aspect, and as a hearing Father, who will give goed gifts to his children when asked in relying faith. The course of our thoughts bear the im press of our feelings. All belief is the de cided test of the strength or our feeliDgs. All belief contains an intellectual element, and the outward expression of a belief is manifested in activity, and tho feelings; ior belief without activity, is a cold sort of a feeling; hence, those possi ssed with an idea, arc ardent in their expressions and actions. It is but a part of one’s mental makeup, and is simply true to itself. What foliies we all have seen, in some pure girl throwing herself into the arms of a noted libertine because she loved him with her whole soul, body and feelings, and in response to the clanger she was run ning, would say—“I love him so much he will reform for ray sake.” Or marrying a drunkard with the same plea of a blinded love, and a hope of reformation on his part. Is there any religious feeling as strong in the human soul as love, blinded love, hope ful love, self sacrificing lov®? If there is I have never seen it, and I have seen about as much as the average man. Who is it that has not seen some one wrapped in one Idea, some pet project or object on the brain, and It was his dally, hourly talk during the day, and his dreams at night. Wholly given up to one absorbing thought, and then to say, In the light of such daily occurrences, that a per son cannot obtain wholly religious feelings if they so desire? History is full of such characters, John the Baptist was such a man. Mary Magdalene was such a wom an when she became converted; and many who obtained the eminence of saints were suchpecpie, The whole thing is mental and nothing else, lor we cannot think without a brain and the more intense the workings of our brain, the more expressive our thoughts. Suppose for Illustration, that your writer is a skeptic, is there not a mental process which makes him one? Suppose he had lived in the days of Greece and Rome would he have prayed to the hundreds of Gods worshipped by those people? He might or lie might not, he may have believed with Julius Caesar, that the Gods were the religious fiction of the brain. AH religion is thought based on reason and innate feelings and these feel ings are greater or less in every individual. So much for a slight defense of those who believe in sanctification. As a mental pro cess, I believe in it, as thoroughly as I be lieve in my own existence, and I reason from my own nature. It is a direct, posi tive, desired feeling so courted by those desiring a more holy life, and the mind is trained to sneh thoughts, and hence, the second blessing they feel. R. M. O. A Stranger in the South. Cutlabert Liberal. Mrs. E. Q. Smith and Mrs. Brock, of Seattle, W. T., arrived in Cutk- bert last Friday, and Captain Flewel- len, Mrs. Smith’s father, is, without doubt, the happiest man in Cuthbert. They came by the Canadian route, the distance travelled was five thous and miles. Mrs. Brock was born in Oregon, and has lived in Idaho and Washington Territories. She is fa miliar with most of our Pacific coast. This is her first visit South or East, and she is perfectly delighted with our climate and people. So charm ed was she with the pleasant atmos phere last Saturday that she could not remain indoors. Quite a number of ladies of Cuthbert have called on her during the week, and they all agree that her presence in Cuthbert will be quite an addition to our so- iety during the winter. The Czar of Russia a Crank. London, October 21.—Rumors are current that a terrible state of con fusion and alarm exists in the Czar’s household, owing to the hallucin- ary dangers to which the Czar is sub ject. It is said that on seeing adjut ant walking rapidly toward him re cently, the Czar seized a sevolver and shot the adjutant dead. Other ac counts say that the adjutant made an attempt to kill the Czar, and the latter fired in self-defense. St. Petersburg, October 23.—-The illness of the Czar which was first noticed five years ago, when he began to suffer from heart dieease, epileptic attacks and rheumatism; the only phy sician who had courage to tell tne truth was Professor Hoffman, who was thereupon made a victim of furi ous rage. The Czar has not been since consulted. The patient’s symp toms have gradually increased in severity and he is now suffering from a complicated affection of lungs. Trains are running daily from Clin ton to Macon, and track laying is pro gressing on towards Monticello. The cane and potato crops in Clay county are larger this year than for several years past. The wells in Sylvania are drying up. Several of them have already failed. Watermelons are still offered for sale at Perry. Hon. Abram S. Hewitt. This gentleman, now the democrat ic candidate for Mayor of New York, says: “I believe that in this country of universal suffrage the average condition of the working classes has steadily improved, and that they will continue to receive, by means of the judicious and not difficult - application of the principle of association, an in creasing share of an ever increasing product, provided the right to indi vidual liberty, which necessarily car ries with it the right to private prop erty, is preserved, and the democratic idea of government by the majority, and not by any class, or combination of classes, is sternly asserted and firm ly maintained.” Chinese Missions and Macon Hoodlums. Chinese mobs have recently destroyed 1 the property and put in much jeopardy the lives of American Missionaries in Chi na. who after Ions: continued efforts were succeeding well in their work for their •Master’scause. Revenge for the horrible murder and robbery of tne Chinese on and near our Pacific coast by the white ruf fians of that region, was the cause of our missionaries being so treated in China. And now some of the hoodlums (it is to be presumed) of Macon, are persecuting and threatening three poor Chinese there, in order to drive them away. Are the Christians of Macon going to permit such crimes, which are likely to still more en danger our Missionaries in the tar East, to be committed there? Will not sympathy for our brethren, who are the victims of such outrages in China, stir them up to protect the Chinese strangers in Macon? Effects of a Dream. Sumter Republican. Several weeks since Mrs. R. A. Guerry dreamed that her husbaud, who has been dead several vears, ap peared to her and said: “Rhoda, I have not come for you now; but in four weeks from to-night I will come for you.” She told this to her family next morning, and some of them put it down. Exactly four weeks later Mrs. Guerry was taken down sick, and has not been able to sit up since. Her physician and friends say that there is yery little hope of her ever getting well. She is a sister of Rev. P. S. Twitty, presiding elder of the Americus district. In Memoriam. 1 mw«" Rebecca Florence, daughter of Ben jamin F. Sanford, of this county, was born January 19th, 1857, and died at her father’s residence October 19th, 1886. Her disease was Consumption, from which she was a great sufferer for many years. She was baptized many years ago by Rev. T. J. Adams, pastor of Island Creek Baptist church, of which she was a consistent mem ber to the day of her death. She was a faithful worker in her Master’s vine yard. She leaves to mourn her de parture, her father, one of the very old men of the county, and three sis ters. The drought is general throughout the State. A better hay crop than the present was never made in Washington coun- ty. _ LIST OF ADVERTISED TETTERS Remaining in the Post-Office at Mil- ledge ville, Baldwin count}’, Gn., Oct. 16, 1886. If not called for within 10 days, they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Acock, Jesse N. Mack, Elizabeth Andrews, Florie E. Prosser, M. A. M. Alexander, Maria 2 Roberson, FI01*- Baker, W. P. ence Bell, Dora Sanford, Lucinda Cass, T. C. Smith, Moses Fogus, Lela Sibbersteen, A. L. Ghaley, Sarah Ann Scogin, John Green, Elorgia Tennill, John A. Hollerman, Malin-Winn. L. J. da Office Hours.—General delivery window will be open from 9 a. m., un til 5 P. M. Money Order window will be open from 9 A. M. to 4 p. m. J. G. Fowler, P. m. COTTON MARKET. The following is the Cotton Market for Oct. 25th, 1886. Savannah—Middlings, 8J. Charleston—Middlings, 8b Augusta—Middlings, 8J. Milledgeville—Middlings, 8£. LrvERPOOL—Middlings, 5£d. New York—Middlings, 9J. Gold par. Dr. Gann’s Diver Fills Removes Constipation, prevents Ma laria, cures Dyspepsia, and gives new life to the system. Only one for a dose. Free Samples at T. H. Kenan’s, Druggist, Milledgeville, Ga. Without beautiful hair no woman is beautiful. Is yours falling off or faded? The loss is vital. Parker’s Hair Balsam will preserve your hair and give back its gloss and youthful color. Clean, elegant, perfect. Pre vents dandruff. 15 lm. To The Public. A LL parties due Col. Thos. Johnson, for mules and horses are hereby notified that their accounts are due, and an immediate settlement is re quired. Apply to the _ undersigned who will transact all f° r him. E. K. CHAMPION, Ag’t. Oct. 5, 1886. 13 tf Wanted at Once. A GOOD TINNER. To one who un- derstands Jobbing Yv ork and Roof ing, I wall give constant employment. None but a good sober man need ap ply. Apply by letter only, with ref- erences, to j STALEY. Milledgeville, Ga. Oct, 12, 1886. !4 tf Notice.—A bill to be entitled An Act to fix the license or tax for sale of intoxicat ing or malt Liquors In the city of Miiledge- vilie and Baldwin county, Georgia, at ten thousand dollars, will be introduced in the next Legislature of said State. Oct, 25 1886. W. H. CARR’S MILLINERY —AND- mtoriuml Always in the Lead! Our Milliners the Best! Our Stock the Largest! Our Prices the Lowest! The OM Hardware Store •:o:- Still open and ready to serve my old and new customers clieape- than ever, in all kinds of 1 'Hardware, Stoves, Coal Grates, Tinware, &c. -I have just received a large lot of- Rubber Belting, Rubber, Hemp and Soap Stone Packing and Lace Leather, Which I will sell as low as the lowest. I have one lot of Stoves I will sell less than cost. Call soon before they are all gone. Don’t forget that the Old Hardware Store cannot be undersold. JOS. STALEY. ggpPvoofing and Guttering done at the lowest prices and war ranted to give satisfaction. Milledgeville, Sept. 28th, 1886. ^ tf Unparalleled Stock! I visited Baltimore, Philadel phia and New York, and am now ready to show one of the Hand somest lines of Millinery the La dies have ever seen in this citv. All the Latest Novelties! Cloaks, Shawls AND Wraps. Corsets, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery. Notions! Notions! Everything in this line usually kept in a first-class Notion house. From week to week, It will be to your interest. W. H. CARR. MiUedgeviUe, Ga., Oct. 5th, 1886.118m Pall Goods arriving daily, and our immense storeroom put to its hardest test. The building is filled from cellar to garret. We have in stock and on road: 1.000 Barrels Flour. 150 Barrels Sugar. 200 Boxes Tobacco. 225 Cases Sardines, bought before the advance. 200 Boxes Soaps. 200 Cases Potash. 50 Sacks Peanuts. 100 Sacks Coffee. 50.000 lbs. Red Rust Proof Seed Oats. 230 Boxes Crackers. 75.000 Cigars. 200 Cases assorted Can Goods. 1 car load Lard. 100 Boxes Cheese. 600 Pails, 80 half barrels, and 25 barrels breakfast Mackerel. And an enormous lot of other goods too numerous to mention. With better facilities than we ever had before, we are prepared to dupli cate the prices of any house in Georgia. We do not ask you to buv of us, but just let vis price you our goods and we will surely put you on our long list of customers. W. T. CONN & CO., Wholesale Grocers. 22 & 24 S. Wayne Street, Sept. 21st, 1886. .Milledgeville, Ga. 29 ly No. 17 South Wayne St.' T. E. WHITE & CO. YY e invite all our Patrons and Friends to come and examine our new goods, which we are daily receiving. We can suit any man’s pocket book, both in quality and price of goods. We do not pro pose to make any cuts on prices but will sell you what you want and Guarantee Satisfaction on all Goods. We would say, particularly to our regular patrons, that at all times, we will try to fill their orders with the Nicest and Freshest Goods, the market affords. We do not buy in very large lots, but buy often. By this means, we can always sell fresh goodpj We call particular attention to Our Stock of Flour, which is complete. We have on hand “White Swan,” “White Loaf,” “White Satin” and “Jersey.” The above grades are patents. Then we have also “New Constitution,” “Moss Rose,” and “Odd Trump.” If you want nice white bread, buy good Flour and the best Lard. We have the finest Leaf Lard on hand, which cost very little more than poor stuff. Our stock of Canned Goods, cannot be excelled. Fancy Candy , and Crackers of all kinds. Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Spice, &c. In fact, anything you may want. Bran for your cow at lowest price. Mognolia Hams, Breakfast Bacon and White Meat. Jersey Butter, always on hand and on Ice. We invite our country friends to call on us and get prices, we will sell them their goods as cheap as any one. Tobacco by the plug or box. Remember the place. GREEN STORE! No. 17 South Wayne Street, Milledgeville, Ga. , T. E. WHITE & CO. , Ang. 31st, 1886. 31 If.