Georgia Historic Newspapers

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. 'The Carroll Froo Press says that
R ; " Jordan, who lives W%&ngl
- Hill, Carroll. co'inty, riiado from
Bgacres in wheat 453 bishels
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A nogro was drowped in Etowah
- wiver last week. < "7
5:58;{ _N. ©. Barnett, the present
Becretary of @:'Btabe is again a
B R onan. sanaped - from
Haingsvillojail last woek
- " fol. P, L. Mynatt, of Atlanta,
_, as been a candidate for some
@W(}nngmss for the 'Atlanta
. digtrict, has como down. .
~ Rockdale county sclected lam
mond delegates to répresent them
in the sth Qoggrdésaonal‘d:istrict.
The Demgerats of Muscogee
county met in Columbus last weak
~ and recommended the Hon. Hen
ry R Harris for Congrees from the
#th digtrict. - -
. A negro was drownod near Ath
< pha last Saturday while in a pond
’bftthing. N {
A man was drowned in Rome
while ‘in the river bathing last
weok. ' <‘
A man was killed by lightning
mear Deeatur, Ga., last week. :
A little child was smothered to
death in Atlanta last Saturday.
Hammond secured the delegates
from Spaulding county to the sth
Congressional district convention
to be held inAtlanta soon. |
A man by the name of Calhoun
gnicided at Augusta last Sunday.
It is thought that Campbell
gounty will favor Jackson for Con
gress from the sth.
* Tt geems now that the Hon. Hen
ry R. Harris, of Merriwether coun
ty, wil have a “walk over’” in the
4th Congressional district.
. There are three candidates for
State Treaswrer, viz: Speer, the
present Fergumbgnt; Humber, of
Muscogee, and Hardeman, of Bibb
county. |
— A fourteen-year-old girl wag out
raged near Lion, Michigan, the 27th
inst., by two tramps. Her father
has offercgd SSOO reward for their
arrast,
Col. J. 8. Murphy, & prominent
«citizen and president of the Mobile
Insurance ‘company, was found
shot dead near Mobile recently..
CArcAco, July 28.—0 n Bunday
afternoon; while a party was yacht
ing on the lake, Miss Mamie Louis
fell overboard. Otto Mulhart, own
pr of the yacht, though unable to
awim. plunged in to rescue her.
Both were drowned
InpraNarorts, July 28.—The
Journal special from Waorthington
Ind,, reparts that the west span of
the narrow gage railway bridge a
¢ross White river gave way to-day
under a passing train, precipita
ting the coaches’and passengers in
to the river. William Hibbets, of
Bwits City, was instantly killed.
James Hay, a well known color
ed man of this county living in the
eastern part of this, the Carrollton
distriet, died at his home on last
Monday. His death was not unex
ggcted. a¢ he had been sick for a
bout two months, from a complica
tion of discases. The deceased.
-although a colored man,
was well thought of by all who
knew him. By industry and fru
gality he acquired quite a nice lit
tle competency, hig estate being
within the neighhorhood of 4 or
$5,000. He was a man of the strict
“est integrity and his credit for the
amount of property he owned, was“
as good wo presume, ag any man
in the county. He wasagood fai
mor and it was as such that he a
mazsed HNis property, We have
heard his farm frequently spoken
of a 8 o model of neatness: aud Sys
tem - Carroll Free Press,
‘he editor of this paper has long
known the above colored man, He
has aiways beena very humble ne
gro,and we think that Carrsll coun
ty has not a botter farmer. He had
about 150 acres or move of cleared
land and the fence around 4t the
best we ever saw—averaging from:
73 10 9 feet high all around, He
- made from 20 to 30 bales of cotton
& year and alwoys made corn,
svhgjfifin ats for sale. He run
ffflm s:i plows.
v« Superler Court.’® |
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T Fv, bookey.
~ John Mclntosh vg, Howard and
flnnt, settled. py Ao
© G. M. Roberts vs;;r}!‘q;ia.s Miller—
dismissed at plaintifi's sost.
E. J. Newmai 've. E."W. Bates,
returned to Towér court,
J. A Wyin & Bro. ve. Taliafers
ro & Alewine ~judzement for pls
J. 3. Wilson vs. A. L. Richavds—
protest dismissed at plaintifi’s cost.
W. A Htringer vs. Josse Waddelk
Fjectnent—judgment for plaintiff,
Edward, Webster =T ar,vs.
C. C. Taves, ojectment—judg
ment for plaintif, '
. Taylor & Dean ve. Scales & Son,
ejectment—judgment for plaintiff,
W, J. Brown, Jr., vs. Thos. Phil
pat, ejectment—judgment for
plafift. =
W. M. Music vsB.J. C.&J. N,
Brown, certierari—dismissed at
plaintifl’s ¢ost. R
J. E. Crawford vs. M. C. Wilgon,
certiorari—sustained and case dis
missed at plaintiff's cost.
W.D. F. Mann vs. J. C. Mann,
appeal—verdict for plaintiff,
Barbara Davis vs. A.J, Wilder, |
account—judgement for plaintiff.
L. G. Smithvs. Adam Goldin,
ejectment—judgement.fo: plaii;tifil |
E. R. McWhorter vs.R. N. Bal
lew§ Er aArL~verdict for plaintiff.
J. A. Wynn&Bro, ve. W. L. Dri
ver, trover and bail-left to arbitra
tors. : ; 5
Wyley&Green vs. A, B. Jagkson
& Co., complant—verdict for plain
tiff, i
G. P. Nix ys, T. S, Latham, ap-’ri
peal—verdict for defendant. ]
~ J.E. Jackson vs. G. M, Roberts,
false imprisonment=-mistrial, ~
CRIMINAL DOCEET, 3
- Btate vs. Wm.. Gentry, mizde~
meanor. Plea, guilty. Fine $lO and
cost. P el
State ve. C. L. Walker, migde=
meanor. Plea, guilty. Fine s§6"§fifi-";
cluding cost. : =
State vs. Young Mann, migde
meanor. Plea, guilty, Fine $lO and
cost. |
- State vs. John Hamil, two cages
dismissed on demand. |
State vs. Wylie Parish, misde
meanor, Verdict not guilty. ‘
. State vs. Pate and Boatright, 591-1
ling liquor ta minors. Nol. Prog.
~ Btate vs, John Barnwell, misde-!
meanor. Verdict guilty. Fine SSO
including cogt. ;
~ State vs. W. J. Reeves, misde
meanor. Not guilty. ‘
State vs. John Coley, misdemea
nor. Nal. Rrog,
State vs. J. T. Barnwell assault.
Verdict guiliy. )
State vs. T. R. Rowell, assault.
Verdict not guilty.
State vs. M. 0. Kennmore, mis
demeanor, Ve dict guilty. Fine S4O
cost. 3
State ve. Ed Hunter, burglary.
Nol. Pros.
Buried Under the Corbing.
Cerasear, Ga, July 28 —Harry
Hull, colared, a noted well-digger
of this place, while eclegning out
Mr. Philetus Jackson’s well, about
twelve miles in the couniry, yoster
day lost his life hy some
old curbing and dirt caving in up
on him while be was in the bottom
of the well, which is 60 feot deep,
The old curbing and dirt fell thirvty
feet, -covering up the man 'to a
depth of five feet. Friends dug to
Harry and found that he was killed
by the falling plank. This reminds
the writer that a calord man was
covered up in a well near Cuthbert
twelve years ago and actually lived
in the bottom of the well a week or
‘more before he could be rescued,
although several sect of dirt and de
bris-haddallen in yupon him. Thous
gauds of people visited the scene
%ring the week only to be horrifi
ed at the pleadings of the poor man
for help. Death, however, came to
the rescue, after which ho was ta
ken out and buried.
An Eastman fam’ly - received a tele
gram from the West anncuonceing tha sud
den demise of a relative, and they
replied, “Send on the remains at
once.” |No telegram was received
in answer, butin a tew dayg a let-}
ter.came gaying: ‘““There aint no;
remainsg, He war kied by o mul.’m{
Burlington Fress Press. *
News of n horrible wurder comes
from Murray county, whereby Mrs.
Pottit, wife of Piuk Pettit, lost her
life at the hands of her husband.
The couple had not been' living
happily for several ycars, Pettit
went to ngith Ala., where he stayed
until late Saturday, jwhen he came
honie. He inguived of hig eldest
daughter of the whereabouts of l‘xcrl
mother, Being informed that she
was in the kitchen, he at once ap
proched her and demanded that
she reiurn tho deeds for a trac of
land he gave her when they werce
married She refused to do thig, In
an instant Pettit flew into, & rage,
and drawing a large pistol fired
four bullets in her breagt, and she
fell to the floor a corpse. The eries
for assistance by youdg fladies
brought several gentlemen. to the
scene, and when they attempted to
arrest the murderer he tarned on
thein like a beast and made his es
cape. Several shots wert fired at
him without effect. Peftit ig about
40 years of age; the sccond finger
of his left hand is missing,~Congti
tution, v g
Last week Adam Kdwards and
Adam Hamilton, two negreeg, who
live on M., J. J. Morris’ plantation
about ten miles 'from Thomson,
got into an altereaticn over a fight
which occurred between their chil
dren, when Edwards scized a rifle
aud ghot Hamilton in the region of
the heart, from which he died in a
few moments. Bd wards immediate
ly made his departure for paris un
known and as yet has not been
captared.: o i aEe
Col. Primus Jones, of Baker, the
first bale man, has about 300 acres
planted in cotton this year, 125 a
eres of which islapped across four
oot rows. He hag cotton open, and
shiefivst bale is hourly looked for.
onl ome:stalk is_{6Fty" grown Dolts,
\which gives some idea of how his
cotton is fruited.
Brakotown Bets.
The Postmaster Ganeral has ad
vertised for sealed bids .for carry
ing the mail from Draketown. to
Temple twice a week. Services to
commence the 15th ¢f August.
Two malitia distiicts in Paul
ding have just held elections on
the Jquestion of ‘*fenee” or “no
fence. “No fence? carried it by a
considerable majority. Two more
districts arve to vote soon.
Mr. W. C. Waldrep sowed 50
pounds of Burpree’s Welcome oats
on 24 acres. He threshed out 213
bushels, and says that at least 50
per cent. of them were not gather
ed from being blown down and de
stroyed. :
A yprolracied mettlag concucied by
Pev. M, F, Waddell is 'n progres at
White Oak ghurch ian Puuld'nz. Seven
were baptised Sud-; wmoriing.
Prof, Geo. D. I'.azier has ra'sed a to
mato of the yoriety called Tiiden wh'ch
weishyg one powd. M. J J Algright hsa a
beet 20-I.lcles loag. b 4
We have heen hlessed with fine soa
gons and ¢oops are look ng beyter, Our
town is rex Iy all goaea courting and
news iiems o e se. ‘ce, % Jom, i ;
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A& Desgerate Negro Lyneched. |
Ganvesren, Jehy 235.-—A f.:;)?ibfz\l to the:
New: om @hmevon ssya that this morn
ing a negio was fovnd spapended to a‘
tree close {o the hildze seross Little riv
er. An investigaiion showed that the
negio was the same who recoat!y robbed
the vegidence of Tevi My, Lightioot and
attempted to outrage Mrs. Lightioot, He
was . capturved this moraing ‘abont 20’-
clock by reconnitering pasiy and hung.
He confeaged the ciime and gayve the
nane of Win, Emith {rom Dallag,
- Hon. Cli%o-d Andersan, Atioiney Gen
eral for the siate, decide: that wild-lsads
gol for taxes must be adveriised for 90
days else puichzsers at such salea get no
titie: ¥
Tbe cotton worm is vavaging the
cotton crop in lower Egypt. The
prospect is inat it will be very poor
The Nile is dow very much lower
than at any time since 1878 when
400,000 persons perishod from fam
ine.~-Constitntion.
JOSEPI L. CORD, LRLIY N, COBB.
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COBB & COBB,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
CARROLLTON, - = i bA,
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Collections and ejectment suits
w gpecinlity, Prompt. aitention to
all business introsted 1o Yie, Send
us yowr eliiins; we will-colect
them if we ean, . 6
| ©lo Repregontatiye.
T announce myseli wfil‘ for
the Hotge of Ixt? i # ' fi‘vé’ Wthis
State. Tam no .s,t.nfix" r £ tho people o
this county, having fis‘f‘){é'sémsgme peo
pleof the l"o_fuwt\,‘ Arlnéfinfly, voting al
ways in fl‘l‘t,t. ‘:,\{.lmvrust ol !']g'e .i)eoplo. I so
\Hvirt vour voies inthe coming eleetion
pl'nmi.’..i\l;\r‘yo_ll. i 61'..:0._1,(».], to represen
your integests to the hest of my qb}jjy,
A " " 0. TALIAFERRO
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IT RUNS THE LIGHTESTE
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HAS NO NOISY ‘,‘S‘I,ID.'I"I‘LES.!
It is not dangerous to hezith like
the Heavy Russpva and Nossy shut
tle machines.
AGENTS #ANTED.,
Send For Prige List and Terms,
WHEELER & WILSON Mfg. Co.,
Atlanta; Ga.
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NEW HOTEL.
J.P. BOATRIGHT
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Has just opened a new and
FIRST CLASS HGTEL :
at Bremen, Ga, PFare as good as
the country affords at moderate
prices. Call on him; you can get a
good meal at any fime. 12m.
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
—FOB=
1884
The Oldest Newspaper in the
South,
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for 1884 will be abreast of the times and
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o reward nor enemies to punish, Its
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pnd support only such measures as will
nure to the morals, social, educational
and material advancement of the State
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abors to giveour readers the latest news
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Mr. James R. Randall, of the editorial
stafl, will send our readers his telzraph
and Interesiing letters ftom Washington
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Cugroxic 1 & CORNFITUTIUTION A LIST,
PRTRICK WALSH,
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C. W. AUL? . & BRO,
BUCHANAX. .~ AV A,
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Manufacturcisof Fuiniture,
- Will sell you a
Bedstoad - eomplete for - - » $2,00
é)mm giable - - - - 9,‘)9
Small squace table - - - 1,75
LCentre table (ash) - dlog it " 2,50
Waghgtan - . : - 2,00
Safe . . - - 4,50
Apd will make you anything you wont ad oy fignres.
K We alsg make the fimous
- WATSON ROTARY HARROW,
Every fazmer should have one. A tew reasons why it 18 the pest hitr
rows made: fst, ‘it pever chokes or clogs, but refievesitgelf at every
revolution—2nd, it will hoarrow all aroxind a stump or tree and neves
stops—3d, in sowing grain, Lt will not drag i heaps, but leaves the
grain aBit is gown.—4th, it is the ightect ¢ w2t of gy hagrow made,
Come and see it. :
We areagents for
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Sawmills, Engines, Cotton Ging and
Other machinery. Also, Manufacturer’s agents for
Wheat and Corn Miils. s
‘We call special atfention to the wheat and corn mill,
VAT TINT AT TETEN 7Y s
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.
It will grind one hundred bushels per day, with a 4 horse powes v
gme. It is the lightest ruaning and best mill made. Come and gee vy
r write for Cireulave and Prices.
- DEALER I * 7. .
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GENERAIL MERCHANDISE,
BUCHANADN, = = = GrA..
I have now on hand a full and complete line of
Dry Goods & Greeries, Hats, Men's and
Boy's Clothing, Hardware and Crockery
~ and g speciality of
g , el >y O
MEN’S & LADIES’ SHOES,
The best selected stock ever brought to this market. I haveon hand
a full stock of Meat and flour, Coflee and sugar, Tobacco & snuffe
| horse shoes and pails and all kinds of farming tools—all at
| ROCK BOTTOM PRICES,
~ Come and examine my stock before making purchases, and I wili
convince you that T am selling Cheap for Cash or Barter,
I want 10,707, raw-hides, for which
I will pay thfifghest market price, Bring them along. T will gell you
a good brogan shoe for $1,25, a good Ladie’s shoe for SI,OO, a good
Calf Gent’s Boot for §3,25. Also, T have a full line of Burial materis
on hand; and in fact, everything usuallay kept in a first cluss
store. Thanks for past patronage, I invite continuation,
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THE LEADER OF LOW PRI(JE%\
- I want all my old customers to know that Tam still at my old stan ¢
and have on hand a well selected stock of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes
and Hats; and also, a full Stock of Groceries, Hardware, (Glassware
and Furniture. I also keep on hand, at all times, Fggh moal, which 1
will sell, together with all my stock, cheap. Come giick and price my
goods. T mean business. Call at my store south .fi‘,‘nf the court hous«
Buchanan, Ga. :% 2
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