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SUPERIOR COURT.
Hon. B. B. Bower. Judge; J. W. Walters,
Solicitor General; J. H. Coram, Clerk.
Bprlng term convene* c» second Monday
In July. Fall term on aeoeud Monday
is December.
C 0UNTT OF FICERS.
h '■
©rdiitarw,, A. I. Monroe; Sheriff, W„ W.
•laddsn; Tax Collector, E. S. Jones; Tax
Receiver, Thos. F, Cordray; Treasurer, C.
H.Gee; County 8chool Commissioner, J.J.
Reck; County Surveyor, C. P. Norton; Cor-
«a#r, A. G, G*<1 son.
COUNTY COURT.
L.G. Cartlcdge, Judge. Quarterly ses- Au¬
fiiout 4th Aloud ay in February, May.
gust and November. Monthly sessions,
•very 4th Monday.
COMMISSIONERS R, R.
John Colley, J. G. Collier and J. T. B.
Fain. Courts held 1st Tuesday in each
mouth.
JUSTICES OP THE PEA 0E AND
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
574th District—R. J. Thigpen, J.P.; C.
¥. Blocker. N. P. and Ex-offielo J. P.
Courts held third Wednesday in each
month. J■ P.
1133d District—J, L. Wilkerson, second
John Hasty, N. P. Courts held
Thursday in each month,
636th District—J. C. Price, J. P.; N. W.
Pace, N. P. Courts held third Saturday
in each mouth.
1983d District—C.J. McDaniel, J. P.
Courts held first Saturday In each month.
1316—Thos. W. Holloway; J. P. C. L.
Smith 1 N: F. Courts held 2nd Saturday
in each month. J. P. John A.
1304—Tho*. H. Griffin, Saturday
Cordray, N. P. Courts held 1st
in caeh mouth. A P
Bafcor Scanty Bfreetsry
SUPERIOR COURT.
B- B. Bower, Judge; J. TF. tVkltsrs, So¬
licitor General; B. F. Hudspeth, Clerk,
Spring term convenes on first Monday in
May. Fall term on first Monday in No¬
vember.
COUNTY COURT.
Jlobn O. Perry. Judge. Monthly ses¬
sions held first Mondays—Quarterly ses¬
sions.
COMMISSIONERS R. R.
W. W. Williams, T. H. Caskie, J. W.
Thayer, W. L. Sperlln. Courts held on
first Tuesdays in each month.
CO UNTY OFIICERS.
Ordinary, W. T. Livingston; Sheriff, G.
T'„Galloway Tax Collector, R. B. Odom
Tax R.eeetver, J. AL Odom; Treasurer, L.
G. Rowell; Surveyor, C. D. Brown; Coro-
qar, B. D. Hall.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NO¬
TARIES PUBLIC.
9Tlst District—8. J. Livingston, J.. P,;
W. C. Odom. N. P.: Courts held 1st Sat¬
urday in each month.
900th District—G. T. Galloway J. P.;
T. H. Caskie, N. P.; Courts held 2nd
Saturday in each month.
#5Tth District—G. D. Lamar, J. P., H
8. Johnson, N. P. Courts held 3d Satur¬
day to eaeh mouth.
11® District—L. J. Mathis, J. P.;R. E.
Mcfalltsn, N. P. Courts held 4th tfatur-
*%y ia.month.
Bill Mason s Bride-
BBETE HAUTE.
Hi*lf an hour till tiain time, air,
And a fearful dark time, too;
Takeja look at the switch-lights,
Fetch in a stick when you go through.
•‘On time?" Well, yes, I guess—
Left the last station all right—
She’ll come round the curve a flyin';
Bill MtwoujeOmes op-to-night.
You know Bill? No! He’s an engineer,
Been on the road all his life—
I’ll never forget the morning
He married his chuck of a wife.
Twasthe summer tho mill hands struck
Just off work, every oje:
They kicked up a row in the village,
And killed old Donovan’s son.
Bill hadn’t been married mor’n an hour
Up comes the message from Kress,
Orderin’ Bill to go up there
And bring down)tbe night express,
He l©ft his gal in a hurry.
And went of number one;
Thinking of nothing but id ary,
And the train be had to run.
And Mary sat down by.the window
To wait fortha night express;
Aud, sir, if she hadn’t a’ done so,
She’d a been a widow I gues 3 .
For it must a been nigh midnight
When the mill hands left the l idge—
They came down, they drunken devils
Tore a rail from the bridge,
But Mary heard.’em a-workin’,
And guessed there was something
wrwig,
And in less than fifteen miniates,
Bill’s train would be along.
She couldn’t com: berejjto^ell as,
A mile—it wouldn’t a done—
So she jest grnbbed.up a lantern
Aud made for the bridge alone.
TUeojdown came the night express, sir
And Bill was in-akin’ her climb!
But Mary held the lantern,
A-swinging it all the time.
Wellj by jove! Bill saw the signal,
And be stopped the night express,
And he found his Mary cryin’,
On the track, in her weddin’ dress.
• for sir,
Cryin’ and laughin’ joy,
An’ fcoldiu’ on to the light—
Hello! liere’B the train—good-by, eir,
Bill Musoo’s on time to-night 1
A Sad Story-
We heard last week one of the sad¬
dest stories that we have ever listened
to. We heard it from ltev. B. H,
Sassnett, who was visiting relations in
the county at the time, that a friend
in Eufaula. Ala., bad committed sui •
cide. The story as told is as follows:
His friend was in the sitting room
at the time engaged in conversation
with a friend. His little boy dime in
while he was talking and troubled his
father, aud the father not wishing to
be disturbed gently pushed the little
fellow aside, telling him at the same
time to go away, nod as he did so the
little fellow stumbled and fell against
the stove, killing him instantly. The
father screamed and in doing so star¬
tled his wife who was up-stairs bathing
her baby. In trying to come down
stairs she fell and broke her neck.
The heart broken father and husband
weDt up-s.airsa short time after and
found that his wife had left the baby
in the tub and was drownded,. It was
more than the father could stand, aud
in a few minutes had blown his brains
out. Thus a family that had an hour
before been pertectly happy was each
aQ(J every member . dead. , . We have
never in our life time heard of a sad-
der story. Was this predestination or
Ou accident.—Sparta Sunbeam.
At the recent session of the North
Ceorgia Conference a glass of milk-
punch was placed before one of the
ministers who was known to be a life¬
long tee-to:al!er. The good man swal¬
lowed the punch, smacked his lids and
said, “Lord, what a cowl”
1
Nothing disgusts a younglover in
lavender pants so much us to find that
the piano stool ho has beeu occupying
for the last hour has beeu used as a
“twister” at the children's
ing party the night befere,
LEARY, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1883.
A Simple Story of tfitefestto/Toung
Married Couple*
After having been married some
weeks, it came into the bead of the
young husband one Snndsy. when he
had 1 'ttle to occupy his mind, t« sug¬
gest to his wife that they should plain¬
ly and honestly .state the faults that
each had discovered in the other since
they had been maaried. After some
hesitation the wife agreed to the prop¬
osition, but stipulated the rehersnl
should be made iu all sincerity aud
with an honest viow to the bettering
of ench other, as otherwise it would
be of no use to speak of the faults to
which marriage had opened their eyes.
The husband was of the sa me mi rid,
and his wife asked him to begin. He
was somewhat reluctant, bur his wife
insisted ^hat be was the head of the
house it was his place to take the
lead. Thus urged he begun hjs reci¬
tal. He said:
“My dear, one of the first fanlt*
that I observed in you after we b eguu
keeping bouse was that you a good
deal neglected the tin-ware. My
mother al ways took great pride in her
tin-ware aud kept it as bright as a new
dollar.”
“I am glad you mentioned it dear,”
said the wife, blushing a liftle, “here¬
after you will sea no spot on pan,
Pray proceed. ”
“I have also observed,” said the
husband, ‘ that you use your dish
rags a long time without washing
them and finally throw them away.
Now, when at home, I remember that
my mother used to wash out her duh
rags when she was done using them
and hand them up where they could
dry, ready for the next time Bhe
would need them- ”
Blushing hs before, the young wife
promised to amend this fault.
The husband oontiuued with a most
formidable list of similar faults.
Many more than we have space to
enumerate, when be declared be could
think of nothing more worthy to men¬
tion.
‘ Now, my dear," said he. “yon
must begin and tell me *11 the faults
you have discovered in me sinoe we
have beeD married.” The wife sat in
silence, her taco flushed to. the tem¬
ples, and a great lump name into her
throat which she seemed to be striv¬
ing hard to swallow.
“Proceed, my dear, tell me all the
faults you have discovered in me,
apare uone ”
Arising suddenly from her seat, the
little wife burst into tears, and throw¬
ing both arms around her husband’s
neck, cried:
“My dear husband, yon have rot a
fault in this world. If you have one
my eyes have beeu so blinded by my
love for you that so long as we b»ve
been married I have not once observed
it. In my eyes you are perfect, and
nil that you do seems to be done in
the best manner, aud just as it should
be doue."
“But say dear,” said the husband,
his face reddening and his voice husky
with emolieu, “just think, I have gone
and found all manner of faults with
you. Now tell me some of my faults;
I know I have many—ten times as
mauy a* you ever will have. Let me
hear them.”
“Indeed, husband, it is as I tell you
you have not a singie fault as I can
see. Whatever you do seems right in
eyes, and now that I know what a
good for nothing little wretch that I
am, I shall at once begin to work to
reform, and try to »ake myself worthy
of yon.”
“Nonsense, my dear, you know that
sometimes I go away and leave you
without wood cut. I stay up town
When I ought to be at home. I spend
money for drinks and cigars when I
ought to bring it home to you,”
“No you don’t,” cried the wife,
“you do nothing of' the kind. I like
to see you enjoy yourself. I should
bt unhippy if you should do otherwise
than exactly as you do.”
“God bl< s-* you, wife,” cried tho
dow subjected busbind, “from this
moment you will not have a fault in
tlie world. Indeed you never had
a fault; I was joking; don’t remember
a word!” and he kissed away the
tears that trembled in the little wo-
man’s efrs.
Never again did the husband scru-
tenize the tin-ware nor examine the
dish rag; never so m non as mention
oue of the faults be hud enumerated;
but soon afterwards the neighboring
women were wont to say:
“It is wonderfnl bow neat Mrs.-
keeps everything about her house,
Her tiu-ware is as blight as a new
dollar, slid I believe she irons her
dish rags." And the neighboring men
were heard to s ty. “VYhat a steady
fellow has got to be of late,
he don’t spend a dime where he used
to dollars, and can never be kept
from home half an hour when he Is
not at work. He seems to worship
that wife of his."—Ex.
Eli Perkins on Women Masons.
Eli Perkins is a Royal Aroli Masou;
and at alMasonic celebration in Wash¬
ington recently, undertook to answer
the question, why women can not be
Free Masons, as follows.
“Women sometimes complain that
*hey ate not permitted to enter the
lodge and work with the craft in their
labors, and learn all there is to be
learned in this institution, I will tell
the reason, I learn that before the
Almighty had finished His work, He
whs iu doubt about creating live. The
creation of the living and creepiug
things had been accomplished, nud the
Almighty had miide Adam, who was
the first Mat-on, and oreated for him
the finest lodge in the world, and
called it Paradise No. 1. [Laughter.]
He then culled all the beauts of the
field and the fowls of the air to pass
before Adam, for him to name them,
which was a piece of w ork he had to
do alone; lhat no confusion might
thereafter arise from Eve, who he
kueW would make trouble if she was
allowed to participate iu it, if he
created her beforehand. Adam being
fatigued with his first task fell asleep,
and when he awoke found Eve in the
lodge With him, Adam being senior
warden, placed Eve as the pillar of
bea-.ty ia the South, and they received
their instructions from the Grand
Master in the East, aud whan finished
she immediately called the craft fiern
labor to refreshment. Instead of at-
tending to the duties of her oflice s
as she ought, she left her station, vio¬
lated her obligation and let tu an ex¬
pelled Mason, who bad no business
there, aud went around with him,
leaving Adam to look after the jewels.
This fellow bad beeu expelled from
the Grand Lodge; with several ethers
some time before. Finding that Eve
was no longer trustworthy, utid that
she hud caused Adum to neglect his
duty. and had let one iu whom be had
expelled, the Grand Master closed
the lodge und turned them out, sotting
a faithfnl tiger to guard the door with
a flaming sword’ Adam repented of
his folly and went to work like a man
and a good Mason, in order to get
reinstated. Not so with Eve. She
got angry about it aud commenced
raising Cain; and did it again when
she got Abel. [LauUhtir.] Adam; on
account of his reformation, was per¬
mitted to establish lodges snd work
the degrees, and while Eve was al¬
lowed to join him in his works of char¬
ity on the outside, she was never
again permitted to assist in the regu¬
lar work of the iraft. Hence the rea¬
son why a woman cannot become au
inside Mason—Ex.
Life in the Arctic regions as described
by one Professor Nurdenskj old’s
companions in his late expedition,pres¬
ents somewhat different experiences
from the usual picture of existeDt in
these latitudes. Home of the expedi¬
tion stopped ut Waigatz Island, and Dr.
Notoorst t“D» how they walked abbut
in their shirtsleeves on the slopes, cov
ered with butterflies aud bees swarm-
ingaround’ ’’Sometimes the heat was
so great that one would have been sat¬
isfied with less in many a snmmer nt
at home. We richly enjoyed a bath in
the spring. Tile mosquitoes were
very annoying, so that we had to use
both netting apd gloves. Evexy day
brought us a rich harvest of petrifac¬
tions of tropical plants such as fiu«,
plantains magnolias, etc., and while
at work on the slop- s we could feast
onr eyes on the innumerable icebergs
around us of every variety of shape.’,
AIT APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA
From the Woman’s Christian Tem¬
perance Union.
The Woman’s National Christian
Temperance Union hare appointed the
23d of December as a day of thanks¬
giving and prayer to God for the rapid
advancement of the temperance cause
throughout the world. The progress
has been so marvelous of what was
considered a few years ago a “forlorn
hope” that God lias surely been in it.
working upoD the hearts and consci¬
ences of men and women, and stirring
them up to duty, and to the perform¬
ance ef His will.
“The morning light is breaking,
The darkness disappears.
The son of earth are waking
To penitential tears.
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean
Brings tidings from alar
Of earth's remotost nations
Prepared for Zion’s war,"
And the light that is breaking is so
full of "promise” to the wretched and
hopeless, to the captive and the sin-
burdened, to the helpless aud defence¬
less, and to the suffering and perishing
"s to appear almost like the second
coming of the Star of Bethlehem.
Let God’s people, then, everywhere
take courage, and rejoicing with
thanksgiving, help along in the work.
W« cull upon our owhi state especi¬
ally to return thanks for the glorious
victories gained, and the good benefits
received! Our sister states are looking
towards ns with interest and for ex¬
ample. God grant that wo may sot
them a noble one of a speedy and last¬
ing reformation!
Tho’day set apart in the anniversary
of the women’s temperance movement
in our country, mid as it falis up*>n
Sunday the ministers throughout the
states are requested to preaoh the a gos¬
pel tempeannee sermon ou morn¬
ing of the 23d, and the people request¬
ed to have temperance mass meetings
in the afternodfi or at right, at which
collections shall be fakfen as a thank
offering to the cause and donated to
the Woman’s Temporanoe Christian
Union to help them in their work.
The funds will be used mostly In the
distribution of temperance literature
for the purpose of arousing and keep-
ing aiive the interest upon the subject.
Many gaod people may be willing to
help us who are opposed to “total
abstinence” and “prohibition.” We
hope they may help us. And to them
we most earnestly ask the question
that, if the original “blessing” has
been turned (through misuse and adul¬
teration) into the most blighting curs ft
to the human race, and is so reckless¬
ly destroying souls that are so prec¬
ious in the world to come, so as to
keep two kingdoms (heaven and hell)
at constant warfare for the possession
of them, then is not right to beg God’s
deliverance from such an evil, and to
do all we oan to banish it from our
midst?
If we are wrong iu our work, may
God pardon it and “bring if to noth¬
ing.” If right, may He bless and di¬
rect and prosper!
To those who are opposed to us, we
claim leniency for the aake of onr mo¬
tive and the good hoped for. To those
in sympathy witn us, wc ask their
prayers and their encouraging help.
And as the 23d of December is a day
set apart for this especial purpose we
hope the efforts will be made in onr
behalf tlioughout the entire state.
Wa beg that “temperaDca people”
especially will exert themselves to
make arrangements for the occasion.
Respectfully,
Mrs. W. O. Siblky,
Augusta, Ga.
State President, W. C. T. U.
Mis* M.H. Stokes, Secretaty,
Atlanta, Ga.
Mes. M, A. McCalla Treasurer
Atlanta, Ga,
cate McCalla Bros.
Some meD are born lucky. Recently
one in Ohio carried off and married a
very wealthy deaf and dumb girl.
Just think of it—rich deaf and dumb?
What a wife! What a happy man.
One of the saddet-t sights of these
hard times ia to see a woman with a
five foot hunband tiying to alter his
pail's to fit her six-foot soil.
No. ig
Mahone’s Bp tath
Thrdownfall of Muhoo#iarn In old
"Virginia, at the reo.mt election, was
enthusiastically celebrated by the good
people at numerous places in that
gram! old state. Among the" jollifica¬
tions over Mahone’s politicul deatir
was a rousing one ia Din widdie county
where they buried the petty boa In
ofhgy, and over the grave placed a
wooden board with an appropriate’
inscriptiou a^followa:
Little Boss Biluk.
Died Nov. (5, 1883’.
Here lies the body of Billie Mabone,
Dead as a dog, dry as u bone;
Little in soul; little in figure,
Came to his death by swallowing a’
“nigger.”
Here is the spot where the little boss
lies,
And everybody laughs and everybody
cries,
• ‘ shea to ashes and' dust to dust,'
As God will iiot take him the devil 4
must. ”
Seeing is Deceiving.
Here is a row of ordinary capital'
letters and figure*.;
SSSS83XXXXX333338S883
They are such as are made up of two"
parts of equal shapes." Look carefully
ut these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
very little smaller than the lower
halves—so little that an ordinary eye
declares them to be of equal size.
Now turn the paper up-sidV-down
and. without any careful looking, you
will see that this difference in ►iee is
very much exaggerated; that the real
top half «>f the letter is very much'
smaller than the bottom half. It wilf
be seen from this th»t tbers ia a ten-
den c 7 in the eye to enlarge the npper
pHrt of any object upon Which it looks,
-Ex.
T drinking lately A
violent f* terms wa» Ly English clergy-
‘ n an
a meeting held to further the
establishment of courses of instruction
i(1 P r * ctic * 1 cookery iu the elemeutary
sc * )0 °^ 8 - He s«ii: “If i had njonn
^ ier ® 'would be much less t«a
drinkiBg among people of all classes.
Excessive tea drinking creates a
generation of nervosa discontented
people who are for ever complaining
of the existing order of the universe
scolding there neighbors and sighing
after the impossible.Iauspeet that over¬
much tea drinking,by destroying the
calmness of the* nerve«,is actings* a
dangerous revolutionary force among
US’”
A« a party of tonriats were being
rowed aerose a lake In Scotland, a'
s^imll of unusual fierceness came op
and threatened to capsize them. When*
it seemed that the crisis was realty'
come the largest and physically
strongest of the party in a state of most
iutensefear, said: “Let us pray:”
“No. so, my man," shouted the bluff
oldboatmau, “let that little man rray^i
you take an oar.”
A Corner on Hams-
The Banner-Watcbmun says 164 $"
Mitchel Str'oud, colored, ot that coun¬
ty lias a pig five months old that has
sight legs. The pig has use of and
walks with all the legs, and seems
he ilthy, with the prospect of living
be a bog.
Whst do you say, Hiirrjf, 'Whefi the la¬
dy gives you cake?” said a mother to
her offspring’ when she wished to
teach a few manners, “Why," was the
reply, ”If it’s good’I say gimme some
more.’’
The attempt to steal the b 'dy o
the fat girl who was buried at Balti¬
more the other day will probably be
biamei on the printers, as it is known
that they are fond of a fat take.
Nearly all tho post oflices in Texa*
are in charge of females. It works so
well that the males now arrive and de
part every hoar in the day. -