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t 0 tit € 0 tmtg Vol. 2. The Courier. FUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. 8UB SCRIPT ION RATES. One One copy,sfx copy, one months..............: year................. Sir One copy, three months............. 8 (STKtCTLT IN ADVANCE.) ADVERTISING RATES. space. lw In 3m 6m i y 1 Sqattre ? r- $ 2 50 $ 500 t 8 00 $12 00 / 14 N* 75 4 00 8 00 12 00 18 00 M to 50 5 00 12 00 18 00 25 00 00 8 00 16 00 25 00 35 00 It CJS 00 10 00 25 00 35 00 60 00 l 10 00 15 00 35 00 60 00 100 00 One Inch constttues a square, and ther# are twenty squares in a column. » Special notices in the local columnt, ten cents per line for each insertion. Professional cards inserted $8.00 a year The aboae rates will not be divfated from as they have not beeu made with a view to reduction * Advertisements must. take, the run of the. pa;>er, as we do not contract to k<*cp them in any particular place. Bills are due after the first insertion, ami the money will be called lor when needed. Abort communications on matters of public interest and items of news respect¬ fully solicited from every source. pub. All advertisements emanating from lie officers will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—75 cent6 per hun' dred words for each of the first, four inser¬ tions, and 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hun¬ dred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, with date and sig¬ nature, is counted as a word. JESSE E. MERCER, Editor and Publisher. Railroad Schedule. BLXKKI.Y EXTENSION. Leaves Blakely daily at 7:30 a. m.; ar¬ rives at Arlington at 8:30 a. m.; arrives at Leary at 9:39 a. m.; arrives at Albany at ■ 11:30 a. m. 4:20 m.; arrives at Leaves Albany at p. Arlington Leary at 5:58 p. m.; arrives at at 6:57 p.m.; arrives at Blakely at 8:12 p, m. County Directory. SUPERIOR COURT. Ron. B. B. Bower. Judge; J.W. Walters, Solicitor General:. J. H. Co*nam, Clerk. Spring term convene* on scvon« Monday (a Judy. Fall term on second Monday - in Docember. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary, A. I. Monroe; Sheriff. W. W. Gladden; tax Collector, E. 8. Jones; Tax Receiver, Thos. F. Cordray; Treasurer, C. H. Gee; County School Commissioner, J.J. Beck; County Surveyor, C. P. Norton; Cor¬ oner, A. G. Gadsop. COUNTY COURT. 1 L.G. Cartlcdge, Judge. Quarterly May. Au- ses¬ sions 4th -Vonday in February, yrugt aiki November. Monthly sessions, every 4th Monday. COMMISSIONERS R. R. John Colley, J. G. Collier and J. T. B. Fain, Courts held 1st Tuesday In each month. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AN1) NOTARIES PUBLIC. 574th District—R. J. Thigpen, J. P.; 'c. F. Blocker, N. P. and Ex-officio J. r. ('ourts held third Wednesday iu each month. J. V. 1123d District—J. L. Wilkcrson, second John Hasty, N. P. Courts held Thursday iu each month. 626th District—J. C. Price, 3. P.; N. W. Face, N.P. Courts held third Saturday 1n each month. J. P- 1283d District— J. N.J Trice, month. ■Courts held first Saturday in each R. R. Davis, N. P. J. P. C. l>. 1316—Thos. W. Holloway; 2nd Saturday Smith* N: P. Courts held in citch month. J. P. John A. 1301—Thos. H. Griffin, Saturday Cordray, N. P. Courts held 1st In each mouth. Baker Dounty Directory SUPERIOR COURT. B. B. Bower, Judge; J. W. Walters, So¬ licitor General; B. F. Hudspeth, Clerk, Spring term convenes on first Monday in May. Fall terra on first Monday in No¬ vember. COUNTY COURT. John O. Perry. Judge. Monthly ses¬ sions held first Mondays—Quarterly ses¬ sions. V COMMISSIONERS R.R. V7. W. Williams, T. H. Caskie, J- W. Thayer, W. L. Sperlin. Courts held on first Tuesdays in each month. r’nrrvry~TCFRS COt A TY OH r it A My. Ordinary, W. T. Livingston; Sheriff, G. T, Calloway Tax Collector, R. B. Odom Tax Receiver, J. M. Odom: Treasurer, L. G.JKowell; Surveyor, C. D. Browup Coro-, nar'B. D. Hall. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND NO¬ TARIES PUBLIC. •71st District—S. J. Livingston, J- P,; 5V. C. Odom- N. P.: Courts held 1st Sat¬ urday in e.ach month. 900th District—Gi T. Galloway J. P.; T. H. Caskie, N. P.; Courts held 2nd Saturday in each mouth.. 957th District— G. D. Lamar, J. P., H Il» Bhww-t. «. Shttk, J. F.|*. *. Mcffulluu.N. P. Courts held 4th Aatur- m mnrnv L. G. Cartledge, ATTORNEY AT LAW, MLRGAN, GA., Will practice In the Ceurt* of the W. Georgia Circuit, and other Courts of S. by special contract. J. J BECK, ATTORNEY AT LAW. MORGAN, GEORGIA. Pron pt attention will be given to all business entrusted to his care. Collec¬ tions made a specialty. Money loaned feb 0 82. on »3od security. Dr. L S. Graves, - o- Practicing Physician Will answer calls Jay or bight. My charges are reasonable. L. S. Graves. feb 8 tf. Lemy, Ga. GRIFFIN'HOUSE 73 Ike undersigned begs leave to call the attention of the travelling public and to the above named house. Its fare accommodations will be second to none My charges will be reasonable. me a call. F. P. Griffin, aug 17 ct. Proprietor. A-W. Turner, WHOLESALE'DEALER IN Tolasco, Cijars aii Snuff, 85 liulherry Stosrt, 85. Macon, Ga. Send him your or<l e rs, and get the best goods for tli u lease money, jui 13 83. tf. T. W. Hammond, Livery ad Ted Stalk Good stock and comfortable vehicles. Terms moderate. feb 8 tf. —L. LOEWr- ■:o: W achmaker and Jeweler o Corner Broad and Washing2on street, at 8. Mayer & Glauber.) 'ALBANY, GA. All work sent to roe will be* promptly done and warranted. Satisfac¬ tion guaranteed where’VAhers fail.4 A nice selection of JEW EI^R Y always ou band. jul. 6. ly. PHILIP HARRIS, . Ventulett’s Block, Everythingjthat is kept in a First-class Jewelry store. Give me a eall before pur- chasingtelsewhere. No trouble to show goods. Orders filled aud delivered prompt- REPAIRING 5 DEPARTMENT. j ^headof all. I defy competition South or North j claim to be the best Practi- cal WatchmakTVkahd Jeweler Watches South and and in Albany. Repairing of fine Jewelry where jewelers South and North failed. Repairing of liae Watches a spec- laity. In no instance have I failed. They , are now keeping accurate time. Be suie to come to the right place; Phil.'. Harris, u Veutulwtt’s Block, Albany, Ga nov 15 i t r*owm\vrvcTYtTrmio fitDr.LaBaree. kfi»jTVij I It X ; in diseases fOthe Riiim.HC »»d a-bimy. J^SEKSteiSS£K»!SKa faff * K*/ £ *‘ £3 LEARY, GA„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1884. The Printer Boy# Dream- >V All LACE BRUCE. On a rickerty stool, by a rickerty door Of the editor’s room on the upper floor In the inner sanctum of pen and shears. Sat a printer’s boy of uncertain years Waiting for copy, and all was still Save the rasping scratch of a rapid quill. The carrier’s address was being boro Iu the old-time verse of the New Year's morn; And the editor wroto like a man iu spired, But the hour was late and the boy w»8 tired. Congressional Records, iu binding grim, And Patent Reports looked down on him— Plump volumes revealing the nation’s health And of books the editor’s ouly wealth. Large files of papers, dnsty and old, In unswept corners quietly told. That this paper was somehow a thing of dates, While the plums were leserved for happier fates. But the books and* the files and the edi¬ tor gray To the drowsy boy were fading away, And the narrow room seemed a gallery grand, Which was wrought with ca t ving on every hand. Beautiful volumes, quaint nnd old, Yellow vellums with clasps of gold , Arranged i i ebony cases rare, Greeted his visiou evergwhere. l, * • ’ •' * And he noted—the'books in tens were p acer., - • ... And a hundred volume# each alcove graced. Eighteen were closed with a braztn bar But the nineteenth alcove was still ajar; No parchment ht-re; the books were new, And the last was registered eighty-two; While n boy in feature resembling him Not ragged and soiled, but neat aud trim, Near the lower Ghelf he seemed to see t Placing another marked eighty-three, And an angel sat in a golden chair. Writing in character# bright and fair With noiseless pen; and tlie volume bore On the clear white margin, eighty-four But the vision vanished with—“John ny, c»me, This to the foreman, and then go heme. Wait, one line more—a merry cheer! To each and all a blithe New Yearl” Gone were the alcoves with carvings old. And volumes rich with clasps of gold. The patent reports came back again. The whitewashed wall aud the dingy den, And the angel that sat in glory there Was the editor gray in his old arm* chair. “Will you be home io dinner?” asked a Chicago woman of her hus¬ band as he was about starting for business. “No, I tliink uot.” he answered; I expect to be very busy. Besides, a new saloon is to be Opened jost around the corner from my offica, and I will drop in there and get a little free lunch ’ 1 •’ “Well,” said his wife, while a wave of fear swept across her face, be care¬ ful not to get hurt iu the rush.” Kee p the ,Done >’ moving. Don't saltitaway. Pay vour debts as fist as you can. Have patience with one metcl “"“’- *■“"“'•8° h-.me enter P riSe - «nd g^e your patronage to onr own mechanics. The following is a part of a very in- teresting interview between Bishop George T. Pierce and a Constitution reporter, on the occasion of the Rev- erened gentleman’s golden wedding celebrated at Sparta, Ga„ on Monday of last week: “The negroes are entitled to elemen¬ tary education the same as the whites from the hands of the stale. It is the duty of the church to imjirove the colored mini try, but rather by theo¬ logical training than by literary edu¬ cation. In my judgement higher edu¬ cation, so called would be a positive calamity to the negroes. Io would in¬ crease the friction between the races, produce endless sir fe, elevate negro aspirations far above the station he wa3 created to fill, and resolve the wh. 1 ■ race iuto a political fraction, full of Btrife, mischief and turbulence. Negroes ought to be taught that the respect of the white race can only be attained by good character and eon. duct. Their well-doing and well-be ¬ ing all right minded citizens desire, and Would rejoice in. Agriculture and all the mechanical pursuits ate open to them, and in them they might find lucrative employment. Iu these directums they may support their families, get property and become valuable citizeus. If negroes were ed¬ ucated, intermarriage in time would breed trouble, but of this I see no tendency now. My conviction is that negroes have no tights injuries, legis¬ latures, or in public office. Right involves character and qualification. The appointment of any colored man to office by the government is an in¬ sult to the southern people, and pro¬ vokes conflict and dissatisfaction, when if lelt as they ought to be, in there natural sphere, there would be quiet and good order. The whites can never tamely and without protest Submit to the intrusion of colored men i’f o places of tm t and profit arid ragpeii .br!ity: There never can be stabi 1 ' . and good Tv*.’ - except wljen intelligence and virtue presides nnd directs the affairs of the country. The negro ought to be protected iu nil his rights of person aud property by the righteous administration of the laws. He is entitled to respect aud kiud consideration iu all his pursuits and wants, while he himself is industrious aud upright and well behaved. The outlook of the future as to the material advancement of the country is hopefni. The influence of the churches, wisely directed, will save the country from the dangers into which unsafe leaders would bring it. I be¬ lieve that the people of tlie United States will remain a church loving peo¬ ple’ The agitation of the temperance qne8tio(1 is oue f i aug i,t, with gr. at in¬ terest. If the evil of intemperance, by legislation or otherwise, can be re¬ moved, one of the greatest evils of the country will have been wped out The means by which this end is to be attained deserve earnest consideration. The calender of crime show’s that in¬ temperance is oue of its most potent influences. One great danger of the United States is tlie lack of bread, controllingjstatesmanship iu its legis¬ lators—men who allow local and per- sonal motives to be the guides by which their conduct is gnag'-d. The same danger is to be leared in our eoiuts*. I explained to the bishop the pro¬ visions of the Collum bill, now before the senate, which proposes the aboli¬ tion of the territory of Utah, it- gov erument by a commission wliieh would enforce the law, aud the remarkable attitude of Senator Brown who would allow Morniomsm to shield ftself un¬ der the cloak of relig on, which would defy interference, and which the sen¬ ator would ouly attack through “an open Bible.” To all this Bishop Piere* li>teued with interest, nnd said’ Mo'inoiiism can never be reached through legislation, It must be re . (C i je d for i he crime that it is by the strong arm of justice. Bigamy is just as foul iu Utah as it is iri Georgia, nod a bigamist should not receive any more consideration in one place than the other. Abolish tlie territory. That congress has tl>e right to do. It is only when i) becomes a state that it can take its place as a sovereign com¬ munity. Pot a commission of deter mined and discreet m“u io charge of the territory. Punish sins of imjmii- tv jusr, as they are punished all over the Christian world. Arm the c >on- mission with plenary authority. Mis¬ sionary effort might, very property uid the secular authorities but one thing slionld Not be lost sight of, and that is that the evil must not, be merely talked about, but extirpated," What of divocies? The divorce law of the different states a e great curses of the laud. The laws of all the states on that sub¬ ject are licentious and disruptive of good order. Good peo.de do not ask the protection or relief supposed to be afforded by such laws. They are temptations thrown out to the weak and taken advantage of by the design ing. As in all such laws it is the wo- man who suffers the final iujnrv while the man goes forward seeking fresh victims to his evil desires. Marriage should be inviolable save for the one cause given in the supreme law.” MACKAY’S SCHEME He Proposes to so fix Things That the Public may Have Cheap Telegraphy. Macluiv’s Postal TelegrapU^Oom' pany 1ms sent an agent here to pro¬ pose to take tlie mk of huiiding a pos¬ tal telegraph line out of the hands of the government and build u, line at its owu expense that the post-office can use it as freely as if Senator Edmund’s plans should be carried out. It agrees to build the trunk lines between the East aud West, North and South, con¬ necting first with all the principal cities and then with every town that has two thousand inhabitants and over. It will estaldi.-h its own offices in all these places nnd will place a connection in each place with the post- office, wIiere an iustrumeut and oper ator will also be stationed. The com¬ pany als agrees to carry all kinds of messages, whether long or short, at a nf {*■ c**nt H word All the company a-ks of the govern¬ ment is to agree to sell the telegraphic stamps of the company and that the stamps shall be devi-ed and tnaonfac- tured by the governmentTwhich is to deduct from tlra sales the.eost of mak- jiig and handling the stamps, which are to be used upon messages as they are ..ow on letters. A message of 100 words, for instance, will require a lifty-cent stamp aud the stamping of the message will allow the company the means of estimating correctly its receipts without a complicated system of book-keeping. The Postal Tele¬ graph company ask the government to sell these stamps as a guarantee for their receiving enough business to warrant the outlay in extending their present system.—Washington . Dis¬ patch in tlie Chicago News. Health Hints. Don’t go to bed with cold feet’ Don’t stand over hot air regist rs. Don’t lie on the left side too much Don’t inhale hot air or fumes of any acid Don’t eat iu less than two hours af¬ ter bathing Dog’t sleep in a room that is not well ventilated. Dou’t eat the smallest morsel unless hungry, if well Don’t start a day’s work without eating a good breakfast Don’t eat anything but well cooked and nutritious food Don’t take long walks when the stomach isentirley empty Dou’t sing or hollow when your throat is sore or you are hoarse. Don,t wear thiu or light soled shoes in cold or wit weather Don’t forget to take a drink of pur® water before breakfast. Dou’t forget to cheer gently aud amuse invalids when visiting them D >n.t jump out ot bed immediacy on awakening it the morning Don’t strain your eyes by reading on an empty stomach or when ill Don’t eat between meals, nor enough to cause uueasiness at meal times. Don’t fill the g ish with soot, sugar or anything else to arrest the hemor age when yon cut yourself, but bring the parts together with strip of adhe¬ sive plast r No. 28 Plantation Philosophy. Yong man, stick ter pu’pose. Forked lightnin ’ niu’ no sign o’ ruia De fool neber tries tries hide de leaves o’ lamin’ A smart man has more^ter worry him den a fool has. De brighter ’plow w’ars de fnstes’. No main aiu’ so great airter we once knows him. Debullfraug hellers de loudds’ when yer ka«u see him I alius feels sorry fur de yong feller whet is smart befo’ Ids. time De flow¬ ers whut blooms de soones’ is soones’ ter die De laugh what doan’ come nocliul gratos mighty harsh on de humar year De dry, hoarse laugh o' de owl makes a chicken feel mighty oneasy ------• — — ... -...I., A ceitain gentleman, whose fortune beeu made iu r* 1 o d ft ck , wh >se name is familiar all over the country and who has a showy establishment not ten miles from Boston, took unto himself to console the loneliness of a brief widowhood, a second wife, one •f Chicago’s fair daughters, Mrs, A. a lady of the neighborhood, went to call upon the bride, and in a lapse • >f the rather; dragging conversation, made some casual remark upon an oil painting of ft female head hanging uponjthej’parlor wall ”Is it a portrait of one of your hus baud’s familyi 1 ’;ihe asked. “I seem to see a faint likeness •Well, not exactly one of the family the hostess replied; ‘ it was a picture of his first wife once, but it wasn’t a very good likeness, so we had the eyes changed and u feather put in the hair, and keep it for a fancy head.” A young man who had beet? assisted away from tlie home of a girl whose socioty he yearaed for wrote next day to the cruel parent as follows; ’I did not mind what you said to me, though your language was pvetty rough; but when youxkieked me with that number eleven boot you imi slut II make no father your daughter. If she in style of feet, and any of your v in the use of*thein, I feel that i * not bo entirloy happy with her ,#• An enterprising Arkansaw editor having in vain made numerous gifts to increase the circulation of his paper finally offered the followiug induce¬ ment. “The publisher of this paper, hnving recognized the demands of the community, has decided to offer a quart bottle of whiskey with each year¬ ly subset apt ion ” It is said that editor lias rented a warehouse in which to store his subscription books. Two colored women were baptised in the James river. One submitted quietly, while the other came out of the water all excitement, shouting: ‘ ‘I saw Gabr’l! I saw Gabr’l, right in tlie bottom ob de ribber! Brass mjr heart for dat visbuo ob glory.” * ( Hush your mouf, Dilsey,” said the less excitable one; “dat was nufiin but a big terrapin. I done seed that myself,” Wrightville Recorder ; "Whiskey has not been sold within the limits af onr county for several year#, and we can truthfully say that no eounty iu tho State of Georgia, has made more rapid strides in the development of her resources than Johnson eounty has since the prohibition of the whisky truffle. A young man who bad been going with a Vermont girl for some time, ami had made her several presents, asked hei one day if she would ac¬ cept a puppy. He was awful mad when she replied that her mother told her. if he proposed to her, to say uo. Mahone says that he will not resign his seat in the Uuited States senate, and that the recent resolntious of tho Virginia Legislature calling upon him t# do so will not affect his conduct id tho least degree.