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Railroad Schedule.
BLAKELY EXTENSION.
Leaves Blakely dally at 7:30 a. in.; ar¬
rive# at Arlington at 8:30 a. m.: arrives at
Leary at 9:39 a. m.; arrives at Albany at
11-80 a. m, 4:20 arrives at
Leaves Albany at p. m.;
Zeary , at 5:58 p. m.; arrives at Arlington
at, 6:57 p. m.; arrives at Blakely at 8:12
£1^
Couoly Blpsetory.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Won. B. B. Bower; Judge; J. W. Walters,
Solicitor General; J. H. Conuu, Clerk,
fiprtng terra convenes on .second geceul Monday
«’u ifi'reh'. Fall term on Monday
to September.
C OUNTY OFFICERS.
Ordinary, .4.1. Monroe; Sheriff, W. W.
Gladden: Tax Collector, E, 8. Jones; Tax
Rwrfvor, Thos. F. Cordray; Treasurer, C.
p. Gee; County,School Commissioner, J.J.
Beck; bounty Surveyor, C. F. Norton; Cor¬
oner, A. G: Gadson.
• L. G. UaiSc^’S^ua^rly February, May. Au- scs-
Eioua 4th Jfonday iu Monthly
gU *r d ntU<ir 6essI0ns )
4 Ui Moudu y
COMMISSIONERS R. R.
John Colley, J. G. Collier #ud J. T. B.
^ Courts held 1st Tuesday in each
JUSTICES OF THE PF.ACE AND
notaries public.
574th District—R. ,T. Thigpen, J.P.; C.
F; . Blocker, N. P. and Ex-officio J. P.
Courts held third Wednesday in each
month. J. P.
112.3d District—J. I,. Tv ilkerson,
John - Hasty, N. P. Courts held second
Thursday la each month.
626th District—J. C. Price, .t. P.; N. W.
pace, , N. P. Courts held third Saturday
lb each month. P.
ja?3d bistrict—C. J. McDaniel, J.
tourts . held first Saturday iu each month.
1316—Thos. W. Holloway; J. P. C. L.
Snilth' N: P. Courts held 2nd Saturday
in each m,onth. IT. CTrlftln, J. P. John A.
1304— Fhds. held Saturday
tdrdray, N. P. Cdurts 1st
in each irioUt.b.
SSafcer Comely Olrsstopy
SUPERIOR COURT.
B. Bower, Judge; J. TV. Walters, So¬
licitor General! B* F. Hudspeth, Clerk,
Boring terffi cosvcaes on first Monday in
May. Fall terra on first Monday in No¬
vember.
COUNTY COURT.
John O. Perry. Judjre. Monthly ses-
sion« held first Mondays—Quarterly see-
eioae.
COMMISSIONERS R. R.
W. W. Williams, T. H. Caskic, J. W.
Thayer, W. L. SpeTlin^^.?ourt6 held on
firet Tuesdays in eai i month.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
T.GaIXy Tal'C oS^'r 8 ^
Odom
T*x Receiver, J. M. Odom: Treasurer, L.
O. Rowell; Surveyor, C. D. Brown; Coro-
nar, B. D. Halt.
JDSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NO-
TARIKS PUBLIC.
PTlst District—8. J. Livingston, J. P,;
wrCa'Mc^Ach'.'nonth ° UrtS 1St
900tn District G. T. Gallowav J. p ■
T. H. C'askie, N. P.; Courts held
Saturday iu each month.
957tb District—G. D. Lamar, J. P., II
8. Johnson, N. P. Courts held 3d Satur-
day in each mouth.
1133 District—L. J. Mathis, J. P.;R. E.
McCallnn, N. P. Coarts held 4th
e*r in raonrh.
OBITUARY.
Diki>:— Mr. A. G, Weaver, on
Nov. 11th, at his residence four miles
north of Morgan, Calhoun countv Ga.
The above;chronicles the death of
one of nature’s true noblemen.
He was born iuj Germany on Nov.
10th 1810, making him ou the#,day of
his death seventy-three years of age.
Before reaching man’s estate he bade
farewell to family and “fatherland”
to make’his home in America. He fi¬
nally settled in Albany, Ga. While
here lie united with the Missionary
Buptist church, of which institution
he Was ever"a devout aud exemplary
member. From Albany he moved to
Baker countyjand hence to Calhonu,
where he lias long resided, beloved of
all who knew him,
Viewed from every stand point his
life wus,a success. As a man of bus-
ines8 , he accumulated , , a good property
•
as a citizen he obeyed aud aided iu
sustaining tho laws of his .-'country “ J
A. , 3 » friend „ . , and .... neighbor he had no
superior, As t a .husband and father
a devoted wife and.’ three children
alone appreciate ... his virtues.]
can
I n every department of life his "was *
syroetl'y , of £ Christian, , . .
*ho ,, perfect . . a
If there was any one thing; that
stood forth more prominent in Ids
character than others, it was his de-
votiou to his church in whieh he long
lield the office of deacon. Never was
there more admirably iu any muu
those three Christian graces, faith,
hope and charity.
H's faith was sublime in its sim-
plicit7. He died as he lived, iii the
hope of a blessed immortaiity. While
in matters of church discipline, he
was firm and uncompromising, at
times seeming st-ru, yet there never
existed a tenderer or more charitable
heart.
lie had an exalted ideal of what a
tlie life of a Christian should be, and
his own life was the counter part of
bis il-ul. Such indeed was .iiiis life,
that now in death, not one word can
be said iu aught but praise.
D. B. J.
fc. H. S. in the'Early County News
has this to say about Leary and her
people:
^ a J t " rd »/ 1 fan dow “ t0 Le *?7
and spent tlie day among those i
ring go-ahead people. Leary is just
spreading herself—shall I say like a
green bay? Yes, like a drop of molas-
ses On A greasy saucer. Since I was
flown lliere in itfe early mil, a big
cotton yard lias been erected, and sev¬
eral stores full line of goods have been
put in operation, and they are selling
goods rapidly. A big crowd was iu
town, and so far as I could see all the
merchants and their clerks had just as
much as they could do to supply, the
wants of their many buyers. It may
be gratifying to know that all tho old
ibercliauts, notwithstanding adverse
winds, will be oble to sail saf ;ly into
the pol't of 1884. About dinuer time
we were snatched up and borne away
by the cheerful, energetic, big-hearted
aud open handed editor of the Cal¬
houn County Courier. I soou found
myself breaking bread and devouring
backbone with him, after the most
approved bungry-ed itor style, Mer-
cer is exerting tiimself to extend the
circulation of his paper aud to give it
prestige. The Courier deserves the
support of the people aud should have
it. He is a whale, and when they get
the artesian we 1 in operation he will
be provided with watsr enough to
swim in. By the by, that artesian
well will be a success, or there is noth-
i n} r m the old saw “perseverance, &c,’
aud less in faith. Work on the well
will be resumed in a short time under
Uie direCti ° D ° f U ' e m ° St BkiI,£ul
es P4Srience and with the most
mproved appliances. These people 1 P
coogdeutly look forward to a bountiful
snpply of ortesian water in the near
iuture.
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Look at Massachusetts. There she
' “ ,th *'**1 . stone . of . Bonker ,,
11,11 Monument „ in place.”—Inter-
Ocean. And every pauper skin made
Rggfnl.—-Ex. ' - - —
LEARY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 o, 1883.
The Last of His Race.
A good story was told to ns the other
,1a v aho,,t n P^e-proud old noble,
-
I,lea,an tmve,in S tluo,, P l1 tIie R,,rnl
districts of Sweden. Over in that
country the people do not have quite
fts tnnc * 1 recpect for the titled aristoc¬
racy as in some other localities on the
coBtinent. One day this nobleman
came rolling up to a country tavern,
and as lie stopped his carriage, lie
called out in an imperious tone:
“Horses. landlord, horses here at
once!” .
“I nm very sorry to inform yon. my
lord, that you will linve to wait some¬
thing over an hour before fresh horses
can be brought in,” replied the land¬
lord .
“How!” violently exclaimed the no¬
bleman, “this to me? My man, T
demand horses at once,”
Then, observing two fresh and sleek
looking horses which werre being led
up to another carriage, lie said:
‘‘For whom are those horses?”
“They were ordered for this gentle¬
man," answered the landlord, point'
ing to a t ill, slim individual a few
paces distant.
“I say, my man,” flailed out the
nobleman to the slim gent, “will you
let me have those horses if j pay you
a liberal bonus therefor?”
“Not much,” answered the slim
man, “I intend to use them myself-”
“This to me!” exclaimed the noble-
man.
2That’s what I said,” replied tho
slim man.
“Perhaps you are not aware who
am?’ roared the now thoroughly agi¬
tated aud irate nobleman, “I am,
sir, Field-marshall Baron George
Sparre, tlie last an^ only one of my
race. ”
“I am glad to hear tqat.” said the
slim man, stepping into his carriage-
“It would bo a terrible thing to think
that there might be more of you com¬
ing. I am iuclined to think that your
race will be a fo.it race.’’—Siftings.
Overcome by Superstition.
Philip Guyer, of Paterson, N. J.,
jost a large sum of money by theft
recently. lie suspected an old woman
iu the neighborhood, but did not
have sufficient evidence to warrant
bis making a complaint against her.
What made it the more suspicious
was that the old woman called every
morning to ask Mr. Gayer if he had
got auy trace of the thief. The fol¬
lowing story is told by a Paterson
police official: Mr. Guyer ascertained
that she was very superstltitions,
aud the next morning when she called
and asked if there was any news of
the thief, he replied:
“No; but I expect to know wlio it
was to-night,”
“How?” asked the woman.
“Do you see those nails? ’ said Mr.
Guyer, showing tlie woman three
very old and rusty nails. “Well, they
come from a coffin that had been bur-
i«d for a hundred years.”
‘ ‘The Virgin save us,” said the old
woman crossing herself.
“And do you see that paper?”
“I do.”
“Well, that is a prayer which I just
got from the priest.”
“And what are you going to do
with those tilings?”
“Well,” said Mr. Guyer, slowly
aud impressively, looking the woman
in the face, “to-night at 12 o'clock I
am to go into a certain yard where
there is a pear tree. I am to nail that
prayer to the tree with these three
nails. Every time I drive a nail I am
to repeat that prayer aloud. When I
drive repeat the prayer for the Inst
time the person who stole the money
will drop dead.
The woman turned pale, and dapart-
ed without saying a word. That
evening, about 9 o’clock, there was a
rap at hia front dosr. He went to the
door and there was no one in sight,
but on the sill he found a small pack-
age containing the money that had
been stolen.—Ex.
» i 7.7y^w — y . n ■ «w
Prof, william North — . Iiice T . says that
the CoDneoticut river between North
,a ™ p ' on aU ei1 eu WAS _ once °
feet deep ;md lo miles broad.
Spanking of the visit of the Semite
committee to Atlanta,{tlw Constitution
furnishes the follow ini? interesting
facts. «s given by our State schooi
commisioner.
SCHOOLS OF GEORGIA.
A few minutes later State School
commissioner oqled on Senator Blair.
He was requested to give the commit¬
tee his views as to the schools of
Georgia and the general condition of i
the people, which he did in a most j
satisfactory manner. He said that be-
fore the war the popular education
was the old field school. Then were
a few academics of good grade, hut
facilities generally were very poor,
The war left, the r.tata in a b id oondi-
tion to begin the school system, Her
taxable property had fallen from $612,-
000,000 in 1850 to $170,000,000 in
1866. A great mass of poor and igm-
rant ppople had become citizens, and
with her wrecked resources heavier
burdens had been inqiosed on tho state
A start Was ma le: but a feeble one.
Even as late as 1871 there were only
48,000 children enrolled on the Geor-
gift school books. Since Dr. Orr took
charge of tho school system the num-
her has gone up steadily. One year
it increased 50.000. Lsst year there
were 261,000 white children and 235,-
040 colored children of school age. Of
this 131,000 white and O5'0OO colored
were in actual attendance. Georgia
spent $581,000 on public schools lust
year. The law gives nothing to nor¬
mal schools. Our fund is small. Per¬
haps we do more witli the same amount
of money than is done anywhere in
the country. Schools av»- Ir e in every
militia district in the stale three
months hut they could not be kept up
so long if the law did not require the
people to supplement the fund, We
do the best we can with our means.
We are improving gut lu illy.
THE NEGRO l’lt >BLEM.
Thera are great difficulties whore
two racss arnto be cared for separrtely
The negro was greatly improved by
slavery. He came here a savage. He
was advanced and civilized aud Chris¬
tianized. His morals were not then
and are not now good, though is im-
proving, Chastity is not properly re .
garden among the negn,, This *
attributed m some degree to the fact
that the marriage relation was not ree-
trsnr^ though the Witness
thought at the time it ought to have
been. Negroes are learning rapidly
and a great number can readily read
write. Probably the reason who the
educated or young negroes are idle
and di-like to work is because they
were not trained t» industry as their
ancestors were when slavery. The
negro problem is y et in groat doubt,
They are improving in morals and ed¬
ucation gradually The only way to
elevate them is by common school
education and by tlie work of the re¬
ligious denomination among them.
Negro schools are hardly so good as
white schools in Georgia, and it
difficult to procure good teachers for
them,
MORE MONEY WANTED.
What we need in Georgia is more
money. The state can give more, but
not enough to curry out a good sys
tem of schools. Our hope is in na.
tionul aid to edncathni, tlie money
to he distributed on a basis of illiter-
acy. The hill which would have
given $10,000,000 a year for five yeurs
would have given Georgia $840,000 a
year. This amount would put us
where we could care for ourselves in
five yesrs- The demand for technical
and industrial education is premature,
The great demand and need of our
people is lor common English odu-
cation. Tha witness differed from
those who declare that the state is
getting poorer. He hud observed the
people in all sections of it and is sure
they a.e growing richer and mare
prosperous ail tbs while. The iron
indusiry is being developed. Timber
hinds of untold wealth are being
' opened. Agriculture is being made
,u °re iutelligeut and acres that used
to bring aim isr. nothing now produce
nearly a hale of cotton to tlie acre;
Manufactures are springing up every-
where. Dr. Orr expresses great hope
that the two races, which lie says,
must lie together pi 1 ways here would
continue and improve their present
c fl ' endly „ re,atlous ‘ Hls l ' 0 P es are
high for Georgia. One of the greatest
needs to her development is national
aid , to . education. , ..
American Traits
Why does that gentleman rise from
his seat?
Because lie gets out at the next
But we have not got near the next
yet.
I beg your pardon. Erom an A im r-
ieau point of view, we are very near
R ’ s ^ e9s ^ )ilu !i mile away,
Sep ’ ho r,,sl " 8 wildl 7 Towards the
tlnor; ft j d now he is on the platform,
R 1,0 " ot in
The only danger he d.ieads is the
dan B« of lo3sin g one-quarter ot a
second.
Ah, we are almost at the station
now. Will he not wait uiit’q the cars
Bto P ?
No, indeed; that would be a waste
of precious time.
There ho goes. Good heavens! he
has fallen. The cars have run over
himl
Yes. such things often happen in
Ametici; but you know where ono
man is killed, half a dozen jump off
successfully. The chances of death
are only one in six ar thereabout*,
They ha.ve picked him up. His lips
move. He is speaking,
“Yes, he says, “I die a true Ameri-
can. 4 ’
Poor man! How ravenously he
seizes upon his food! Hus lie just
been resoued from shipwreck, after
wetks of starvation.
Wliut an idea! No, sir; lie is a
business man whp bar dropped in for
a lunch.
But see how he bolts his food, I
fear lie will choke himself.
There is no danger I assure you.
He is used to it. Americans nevor
chew their food. Think of tlie time
lost by the masticating mo'tal.
But is lie uot iu danger of contract
iug dyspeysia?
No; he has it already. His mother
took care to provide him wi h that
accomplishment wheu lie was a b >y.
But soe how red he has beco ire in
th " f \ CC ’ He must be suffering,
m <>uhtcdly; it has just occurred
lj bu that ho was to meet auother
J ^ mtiT *
•
(>f
^ ])fi Jjjw ^ ^ Mn ^
^ Ue W1 „ sun . ly be , ate
No ’ 1 a business " Slne88 mm mm can tfl 1 do do much rnuch 1» i n
five minutes.
Tho waiter has just brought him
soinetning.
Yes, it is pie; it will slip down easily
Ton my word, it is gone!
And lie, too.
But a man cmnot eat that way and
live lone.
No, ho will go oflf iu a apoplectic fit
in au hour or two, perhaps, though
possibly he m .y live a few months to
enjoy the delights of indigestion.
But do you Americans never chew
vour food,;
My dear sir, do you take ns for
ruminating auim ils? Cows; chew,
Americans eat their food.—Hawkeye,
Joseph Pools, an Irish Fenian, ex-
presses himself alter having received
the death sentence of an English
court, iu the following way;
Before lie wus sentenced, Poole
spoka at length iu earnest ami at
times excited terms. Hr emphatic#l-
ly denied that he murdered Keuny.
He admitted that In wa*a member of
the Fenian Brotherhood, aud said
that he would be proud to go to the
scaffold for being a member of it.
Its object was not commit murder,
but to free Ireland from the ty ran ical
rule of England. He believed tint he
was persecuted because he was an
enemy of the government under which
ho had the misfortune to live. Poole
asknowledged being m Kenuy’s com-
pany on the night of the murder, but
declares that he had no hand in strik-
ing him down. He had belonged to
the Brotherhood since he was 18 years
old. but lie had never belonged to any
vigilance committee. His purpose
was to w<dt until his countrymen
were prepared to strike a blow for
independence when he would co-oper-
ate with them. Iu couclusiou he
afraid , ., die. _ Fare-
said, ., “Iam not to
w. II alp farewell Ireland. Three
cheers for the Irisu ‘ Republic, ' ’ to ii—
with English tyranny.
No. 17
Chief Wiggles worth, of Austin, is a
givat dog fancier, i\ u d his kernel* are
nearly stocked with the choice breeds
»f bird dogs, shepherds and other
blood varieties. One day lie met a
hosotn friend on the uvenue and accos¬
ted him.
‘ I wish,” ho said, “that you would
f !i " "P to my house to-morroiv. I
want to give you h pointer, a valua¬
ble one.”
“Oh. thank yon I” exclaimed the
delighted friend, ‘,1 shall Ccrtuiuly
call.”
1 hen tho friend in the anticipation
of the expected present of a fine bird
purchased a breech loading shots
^ !I "’ 11 thousand or.two cartridges, a
game bag, tmd $10 or $15 worth of
amm,1 nition. The next day be ap¬
peared at Wigglesworth’s lesidenco
vith n handsome nickle-plated dog
collar in his hand.
“Ah, good morning," said Wiggles*
worth; ‘T uni glad to see you.’’
“f Came,” explained tho friend,
•‘after that poiuler.’’
“Oli, yes; I came mighty near for¬
getting that. It is this: You talk too
much with your month on tho out¬
side.”
The Dickie-fluted dug collar and
• he bosom friend moved sadly up the
street.— Siftings.
‘•You know Blank, don’t you?”
qnered a citizen, as he entered a Gris¬
wold street office yesterday.
“Yes.”
“Have you any influence with him?”
. have."
“Weil, I may
“Then you are the man to go to
him. lie Ims a sou about sixteen
years old!”
-Yes.’-
“That b »v is on the road t» ruin be¬
cause Ids father is too gool naturod
uud to.) much wiappedjup in busin-ss.
Heems to me it is your duty to go to
that man and 1.11 bi n m a fr;endly
waythathemust exeici.se more gov¬
ernment or liiu boy will be lost.”
“I don’t think I’m iho man,” re¬
plied the other, as lie chewed at a
biottiug-pad aud gazed out of the
window.
.‘But why?”
** * ■** about the
same age, and I’m just going up to
the police court to pay a tine of $20
f«r him smashing up Saloon furniture.
T’ry the m-xt—Detroit Free Pre-s.
• *
“My dear,” ezedaimed Mrs. Jay
Gouhl, picking np a new diamond
paper weight, “this will never do. We
must economize,”
“Well, shall we give np the steam
yaclii?” exclaimed Mr. Gould, light-
iug a cigar with a $50 bill.
‘‘Oh.no. We can’t spare that.”
“How about sealskin sacques?’’
“I have oniv nineteen now, and
of them look fit ^ ^ •
nono
2 Why not stop buying diamonds?”
“Mercy! What are you thinking
^ The doctor says I need exercise.
atul how 0(in Iget exerci , e if l don>| .
K o shopping-*”
“Very true; but, as you say, some-
tiling must be done. Ah, I have ill
I will just order another reduction of
w; ,g es ”_E X ,
• ----- - ■ —
The English laugeage is planted in
Great Britain, almost the entere North
America, Sandwich I•‘lauds, Australia,
New Zealand. East India, Gibraltn,
^ a ^ n South Africa. Libsra, and tlie
«
British West India Islands, In num-
ber it can bo classified as follows.
Great Britain and Ireland 35,000,000
elvdi'ncr 1Clt ^
jlie Cainda 9 7,000,000
United States 55.000.000
Australia and New Zealand 4,000,000
East Indies 1 , 000,000
throughout the*"
world and including Lilie-
ria and the Sandwich Is-
lauds 2 . 000,000
Total 104,000,000
Oue hundred years ago it was only
spoken by J. ss flian 19,003,00) people.
It is the only language on the conti¬
nent of Europe placarded iu the shops
and hotels as being spoken there. It
is prdicted that one hundred years
hense ij will be spoken by over 300,-
000,000, and will become the commer¬
cial and court language of ull civilized
nations.—Hawkeye.