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W« believe that the effort^to l build
cotton factory at Barnesville will succeed,
and it is our hearty hope that it may.
will be a great benefit to Barnesville; It
wjll attract custom, attract workmen
welfai rawnufincturing enterprises of
rious kinds. It 1* a long swinging
in the {right direction rad
history of our most
Southern cities show that
eateipvl*** are the great factors In
building up. Barnesville is a grand
town—It Is a Pike county town—and
{prosperity will be shared and rejoiced
not otrly over the county, but tbe
State of tho South.
I,AST week wo atated that there was a
move on foot, headed by Senator Colquitt
and Mr,|Candlar, to have the president
grant a genera! pardon to minor offenders
of the internal revenue laws. This effort
will Impartially successful as will be seen
by the following fiews from Washington:
“Senator Colquitt called on Attorney
General Garland today to learn tire con
elusion of the Presldentjand the (Attor
ney-General upon'tho Ppropnnition [sub
mitted to himjby Senat >r. Colquitt and
Representative Candler to grant agoneral
amnesty and pardon to minor offender*
tS, tntarnal revenue laws, which
eoooluaion the President had directed
th* Attorney-t eneraljto formulate. In
brief they are that as Inasmuch ns severs!
hundred *»»o« would have to be examin
ed ther r is not time to carry out the plan.
However, the President will grant olenr
encyjls many cases of peculiar hardship
a* he can oonider beforo March 4. .Wr.
tTolqnitt will present to him all the cases
In #hiqh I*e has tho faoU. They hqvonot
beetf.furuished him In most oases."
Gkoro.a, In* ifee number of divorce*
granted, Is way abend'd South Carolina
and Florida together. Coromivsionri
Carroll D. Wright’s report on marriage
ami at voice received by Congress on lust
Wednesday contains iheNollewlng inter
using Southeastern statistics, covering
the period from 18(57.>a 1888, on th*
number ot divorce I grauleJ.iWun tire
Hr jit iptiniuiunla! porlol : Ifl.H;
- ' 587; Florida, South
Carolina, ars.
Second quinquennial period—Georgia,
893; Florida, 310; South Carolina , 02.
Third—Georgia, 1,QT5' Florida, 025;
Sowd* Carolina, 0$.
Fourth—Georgia, 1,45t; Florida, 905;
Soul It Carolina none.
Divorce* granted in 1807— Georgia,
120, Florida, 32. Boulh Carolina, none.
1880—Georgia, 3-’0; Florida, TM
South Carolina, none.
Total—Georgia, 3,959; Florida, 2,128;
South Carolina, 103.
Near Mt. Zion ehuvoh, in this county
ther* live*;au aged invalid lady with two
daughter*. Tbsy.Uve on rented laud,the
husband and father havlug died several
years ago. But these seemingly depress
ing citctimststnqffs t)o not embar rass the
young women at all; they hold high heads
ami administer to the wanta of their in
valid mother with a solicitude that is in
dtedjcommendable. . Besides this [they
employ a negro woman to help them and
run a farm, 0 «e year they made ou
their farm a sufficiency of life* necessaries
and nine hales, of cotton—more than
tbree-fourths.of the men can do. These
fact* are ue by lie?. S. R. Koglasd,
pastor of Mt Zion M. K. (,’huvoh, at which
place the mother and daughter* are
members in good standing.
6:0 E.tATWNSION.
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Elsewherejwe print what tho
tution and the Tampa Journal have to say
of the probable extension of the Atlanta
* FloridWTailroad. Our roaders.aml es
pecially those along tire line of this road,
•re apprised of thejwoV thftt ryt extension,
if made In tbe right direction, means a
g,-eat (foffl, It means that th* stock they
now hold, aud which at preseut is prac
tically without value, will iocrease and
become one of tbe best investments.
In regard to the extension we hsve
few suggestions to offer, not in
rial spirit, but with the belief that In
cases out of ten the man that takes
vice it than he who gives it. In
their search for a good point it would
well for the authorittee to Investigate
advantages of Charlotte Harbor, which,
according to the chief engineer of
Florid* Southern railroad, is the best
ter on the coast—better than Brunswick.
This^rould also give ns most
route to Cuba, aud other advantages that
would make the Atlanta A Florida
piost important railroad in the South.
At present thete is a 0100,00(1 hotel
that point and iis fishing industry is
sidered superior to any on the cfvast.
We hope the advpHtbilUy of ex
the A. A F. tft Charlotte Harbor will
least be investigated, for those who are
quainted with tbe advaui^jw o(
country, iis topography, etc.,
it* claims to recognition superior to
jurist 7 ftt named
COMMUNICATIONS.
Correspondent* will please mall their
communication* in time to reach n* on
Friday. Write proper names plainly—
the balance can be guessed at Dont
um.t a single Item of news.
OUU BAUNESVILLE BULLETIN.
Special correspondence Journal.
Uaruksviixe, Feb. 22 —Last Sunday
evening the series of meeting* closed at
the M. X. cburch, having been carried on
successfully two weeks. Sixteen will be
taken Into tire cburch next Sunday morn
Ing. Mr. Johnston will be absent this
week, at other churches assisting iu their
revivals. Tbe Baptist church will
ni rice s ser ies of meetings the first Sun
day in March. Appropos after hivng
such good meetings for the last three
months in Barnesvitte, it doe* not seem
to have done tbe editors of our county
much good. I would call attention, for
a moment to the 133rd Fsalm: “Behold
how good, and how pleasant it I* for
brethren to dwell together In unity."
CoKII.K. Douglas, of Hagerstown,
Maryland, a prominent lawyer, Is on
prospecting tour throughout Georgia
We are always glad to meet old friends.
Mr. Roe Hunt has a great deal of busi
ness In Zebulon berc lately.
Our Mathews hotel is conatantly full,
aud doing a fine business.
Mrs. and Miss Mettle Jacobs, from
Omaha, are her# for the winter. They
are stopping at the Hotel Mathews. Mis*
Mattie has been quite sick for several
days, but under tbe ever faithful cere of
Dr. J. ?. Thurman is convalescent.
Mr. M. A. Lambdin's wife bs* been
quite ill for severalfweeks. At
she is improving slowly.
Our Y. M. C. A. hs* increased to some
thing over one hundred.
Our doctors arc quit* busy at present.
Thursday morning we had three or
four inches of snow, and everything In
town turned out to have a little fun. Old
and yonng men together made everything
lively for awhile on Main street. Bash
nsss was entirety suspended till the fun
was over. One more unfortunate than
the balance was struck in the mouth
with a snow ball.
Our streets bsve been Improved wond
erfully since the boy* have been notified
to work out their street tax or pay up.
A lll.ACK BI'I.X.T a KKAXH POB I.inXRTT.
Last Monday we had quite an excite
ment on the streets for a few nrrnutes,
then it was all over. Marshal Latter re
ceived a telegram from Oqlloden to ar
rest Henry O'Neal, colored. After see
ing Mr. Gordy ami' perfecting arrange
ments to get the “drop” on Henry, which
he succeeded in doing, left him with Gor
dy ou the street a few moment* without
handcuff*. Henry’s son standing near
with a horse, ami Henry (seeing his last
opportunity mounted the horse and flew
for hi* life right down Main street Mr.
Gordy called to tho men to stop bim—
“shoot him 1 ”—hut everybody K a ’« the
fierce-looking animal the rbjlt-of-way.
About one mile from town the horse fell
and threw the ridoraud lost hi* hat. Mr.
Wellmaker chased him for several miles,
but could only bear of him just a mile
ahead atovery place on tho road. 1 It is
supposed that he is connected with a
gang of theives at Forsyth, Cullodau aud
Knoxville.
Till.'COTTON KACTOHY.
There was so mueh interest manifested
in tbe religious mooting here that the
men forgot all about the cotton factors.
On If’ednesdtiy evening a meeting was
called at tbe Mathews hotel parlor, obout
twenty-five being present. Most of the
stock has been t^kou up, and strange to
say, not a farmer *u present, only the
merchants of the town, although some
farmers have subscribed to It. Some com
mitties not being ready to report, It
was decided to have another meeting on
Friday evening at the Granite Hall, or
Opera House. Everything seem* to
point to success now. Wo will have the
factory, H. W. O.
Special to the;Jonip»l.
llAUNKaviu.K, F$b. 88 rd.—On Friday
evening, Feb. 22, the stockholders of the
proposed cotton factory resumed busi
ness at 7: 30 o'clock at the Granite Hall.
Col. J. J. Rogers proposed that Col. J.
A. Hunt take the chair, which was tgreed
to, aud Mr. J. O. Walker acted as
tary.
Enthueastio speeches were made by J.
J. Rogers, J. A. Hunt, J. B. Johnston,
V. O. Marshburn, J. P. Thurman, 8 . N.
Woodward and Col. Il'hittaker. Encour
aging letters were read from CapL F. Jf.
Farley of Savannah, and Major Hanson,
of Macon, both of whom toJne from five
to ten thousand dollars worth of stock.
After it was known that w* needed
018,000 more it was raised in a few minu
tes, whereupon Col. J. J. Rogers propos
ed three cheers for Barnesville pluck.
As the list of names were rear! over (the
stock holders) there was round after round
of applause shouted forth from overy lip
when the names of !$r. King of Zebulon,
and J. K. Gardner of Milner were called
out as stockholders.
As the sixty thousand dollars have been
subscribed we are ready for business.
Col. J. J. Bogers made a motion to ap
point a committee of lire to wait upon
Capt Farley of Savannah and .Vaj. Han
son of Macon, aud ask them to attfn
the next regular meeting, at which an
eleotlon of officers and board of directors
wilt take place.
So yon may publish it to the winds,
now, that Darnesville will have a sixty,
and probably, a hundred thousand dollar
cotton factor/. H. W «.
Special *».((£. •'«u*»*l.
Barnksyiu x, Februtry 15.—An article
published in the Constitution sent from
here states that J. J. Rogers, Capt. Pow
ell and J. L. Kenedy are th* principal
stockholders. Right here we would like
to atato that some of our merchants and
citizens gave very liberally, and might be
termed as the “widows mite."
Just to show you hots the atockho'.der*
stand, I will give a list of them from
memory, or as nearly as I c»u. There
nifty be some overlooked, in fact, 1 \iayt
forgotten the exact amounts subscribed
by some, as some have increased and
oilier* doubled tbe original amounts:
J. J. Itogsrs, *1,004.00
U. J. Powell, 6 , 000.00
J. L. Kennedy, 3,000.00
Stafford A Son, 3,000.00
Dr. J. L. Fogg, 2,000.00
J. A. Hunt, 2,000.00
V. O, Marshburn, 2 , 000.00
C. II. If athew* A Son, 2,000.00
J. B. Milner, %000.00
tkr. Perdue, 1 , 000.00
Henry R. C. Chambers, 1 , 000.00
Cap!. J. A.Stafford, 1 , 000.00
C. H. Brown, 1 , 000.00
J. W. Hightower, 1 00000
J. T. Blalock, 1 000 00
W. H. H. Buah’ 1000 00
E. L. Rogers, 1 000 00
J. A. Blalock, Granite War’hse
P. F. Mathews, 1 000 00
T. IP, Cochran, 76000
"Geo. W. Hum!, COO 00
Dr. J. P. Thurman, aou no
J. O. IPalker, 500 00
J. C. Collier, 500 00
A. O. Murphey, 600 00
J. E. Gardner, 800 00
G. E Hugulcy, 200 00
J. II.Tey or, 250 00
C. O,. Summers, 200 00
K. L. Swatts, 200 00
Ed. Marshburn, 100 00
/lev. J.B.. Johnston. 100 00
Tiro*. P. Graham, 10000
J. L. (Fright, . 60 00 .
Not*.—C aptain r. M. Farley *n<l Msjor
llsnaoo will secure the ladsm-* «* >*>• •*«-’* *®
make one hundred thousand doUuru,
Barnesville Alliance, No. 405, with del
egates from Monroe, Pike and Lpson
counties held a meeting hc e Saturday,
Feb. 23, for ihe purpose of reining, or
making Nirrangemoiits to rent a ware
house. Tire mstter wa s '.liorougbly dis
cussed, but no final conclusi >n was reach
ed There is some probability of their
.
'reuling Mr . J. A. Blalock’s-knownbet
ter as the Granite Warehouse.
U. W. G.
A STOUT n-ITU A SEQUEL.
Special correspondence Journal.
Nkah Jackson, Feb. 1», 1SM0.-1 desire
a small space in your Journal to write up
our town, Jackson.
We are now on one of those big booms
of which you frequently resd, but do not
often see. Some of our merchants who
employ live or six clerk* are kept busy
from Monday until Saturday night, load
ing wagons from Butts aud adjoining
counties with bacon/ flour,, syrup and
other family and farm supplies, Your
r eaders will probably ask wiry this over
whelming flow of trade to Jackson
while other towns aronnd are apparantly
lifeless? ‘Ti* a fair qusatlon. I will »ns
wer:
First, we have the most enterprising
merchants of any town in Georgia, m>
larger than Jackson. Where is tbe town
in Middte Georgia where you can load
twenty-five to fifty wagon* a day with
pacou at 7 emits, best y s t rst fitusr at #§
per barrel; corn 04 cents, syrup from 25
to 45 cent*? Ti.ey boy the faitner’s
ton and all other produce that he has
sell, and keep everything that the farm
er want* to buy. to
Second, th* public roads loading
Jackson are kept Iu fine condition for
travelling public. Hence, farmer* can
to Jackson easier tbao to other town*
But f would have it distinctly under
stood that tills Is not Intended as an
vertisement, for | have no Interest in
Jackson whatever. My object is to call
the attention of tho pjople of Zebulon
and Pike county to the cause* that
ated largely—in frat had a controlling In
fluence, in building up Jackson.
Now, for th* application. Wbat Jack
ton la doing nmy bo done a* well in Zeb
ulon, yea, better. The location is all
that heart could wislu You havo a
er and richer teritory than Jackson has.
Now 1* the time to prepare for the fall
and wicter trade. Have a good cotton
market Supply your stove* "iU 1
which the farmer must hava Sell
small profit—better sell 060,000 worth
goods at 10 per cent piofit than
worth at 25 per cent
Tou may be lacking in gi*od road*
which most of your trade must, pass,
let your merchants do those thing* aud
the farmers will soon see the necessity
good yoads. Lk
L. D. 0
MEANSVILLX MENTION.
8 per ini ©or-f‘"p©m.en«’e Journal.
MrASsviu.K, February 25.—Mr. John
W. Ferguson, one of our exporters, ex
ports weekly a car load of wood. Mv.
Ferguson bas cut about two hundred
cords and will sell it low down
The oats *r# just peeping up, and th*
snow last week gsv* tbe fsr mers a good
deal of joy, but to their regret it was fol
lowed by sleet, tnd then by rain wVch
melted tbe suow.rad mad* thing* worse
than before.
Corn ground is being prepared 0 n$ I
think, from outside '.»% that the farm
ers are fixing to metre enough to do
them. Plsnt plenty of coin, wheat, oats,
potatoes and the surplus in cotton.
Miss Maid* Tyus, our school te aoheta
has a better school *b# had one
week ago. Hope it will continue to in
crease.
Dr. W. L. Jones, of Macon, was In our
village Wednesday on busincsv Gn the
four.b Sunday he will p'each at vhe
Congrega.ioual church. Let all come out
to hear him.
Pi aver meeting at th* Baptist church
every Sunday n';,ht
I move, aud second th* same, that a
peti.ion h* gotten up asking General Su
perintendent Tioy to change hi* ptesent
night schedule a* it is ve>y unsatisfacto
ry to a en(s sou.h o* Zebulon.
W* see Mr. Lyman Jffavo wi.h emiles
on bis fsce. hi* bands in his pockets and
a silent expression that seems to sav :“1
am pf *hi* (r»'n, on which I have
so often tightened the brakes." Lei tom
rise up. Perhaps be will be president
next.
Miss A nni* Slade of your town visited
our Burg Saturday and Sunday.
£v-and. S yr,
PILLS THE TAIL OUT OF THE
BAltNESVILLK PEACOCK .
To the editor of the Journal.
Zcbvlok,'F ebruary 25,1880.—It seems
that ibere is * horrible incubus, in the
form of Zebulon’# prosperity, brooding
over the mind of the editor or business
manager of the Baroesvllle Gasrettejor,
at least, a haunring fear that something
may happen to advance Zebulon’s inter
ests in some degree.
For tbe past six or eight weeks the
readers of that most estimable (?) sheet
have been treated to a series of abuse
and vituperation, in greater or less
quantities, leveled at the heads of our
officers, our paper, and oar town in gen
eral. Now, at first, we wer e inclined to
treat the matter with silent contempt in
tbe hope that the editor of the Gazette
might see the error of his way and cease,
but so far there has been no improve
ment and—the thing is becoming monot
onous.
First, our Ordinary, an excellent offi
cer, and one of the heat men in tlis
county was al tacked, openly abused and
as a traitor to the best inter
ests of his oonsti! uents and l he people at
large; and why, pray? Simply because
he saw lit to transfer the coun y adver
tisements from the Gazette to The Joub
kai.— a matter that is left en.ireiy to the
discretion of every public officer, a mat
ter io which no mao has a right to inter
fere, unless that discteiion is grossly
abused. Nsxt, This Journal comes in
for iis share of these scu ii’ous attacks
and base insinuation*. Because, for
sooth, Mr. Lee chances to be ,Ire lucky
man, and pocket* the proceeds of the
coun.y adveriisement*. A ve, there’s the
rub. This is ‘‘the straw that breaks tbe
camel’s back f’
We are Sony, i nde d, (hat the laws of
the state do trot force a compliance with
Bro. Jfac’s wishes in this respect! For,
like many of his weak brethren in tbe
flesh, the tenderest spot about Ills anat
omy is his pocket. Fill that, and you
render him happy. Diminish it, and you
sat in motion ait the Imps of darkness
that claim an abiding place in his psych
ological organization. Such is poor,
weak human nature. But we are di
gressing. thus his
Not content with venting
spleen upon oar officers and paper, ho
must need* go further, and an Intended
sarcasm, or a covert sneer, is occasional
ly indulged in at Itobaluu’s expense, and
every attempt made to engender feeling*
of hostility between the people of Zebu
ion and of Barnesvii'.#. For instance :
“Although Mutton will not stoop (!) to
uotiee Barnesville," etc. And again,
when one of our citzens, (for reasons sat
isfaclory So himself, no doubt, if not to
Bro.(0fac)ordesed bis Gazo.te stopped,
we find this comment: "This goes to
show tho spirit entertained by the Zebu
ion people towa.d Barnesvijle,” or words
to that effect. “The spirit!” What
spirit, in Heaven 1 * name? Tbe spirit
that prompts a man to pa ionize home
instilurions. to the exclusion, if need be,
of all others? Jfust not Barnesville, even
Barnesville, plead guilty to the same
«b»r£cr ITas no. lbs 1 - n h ua S. of her
prayer been, from tbe day of her foun
dation to date, “Lord, bless me and mv
wife, my son John and his wife, us four
and no more?” Then wut hold up your
hands in holy ho-or when Zebulon
claims the same privilege?
In last week's issue of the Gazette we
no.ice a remark made by a Barnesville
young lady, that upon visMng Zebulon,
ah* saw nothing on tbe streets except a
few culokens and a Barnesville man.
Now, this remark is ut*pr)y nnnoticeable
except a« an index to the contemptible
spirit of ridicule w th which we seem to
be regarded by certain Barnesville peo
ple. W# know not who that young lady
was—indeed, we find that very few woro
aware of her visit fo Zebulon—but she is
evidently Id the tame category wi.b oih
er citizens of her town, aud we are sorry
for her, as we are sorry for vhem. I’oor
thing! It has been the lesson of her life,
taught her from earliest iufancy, ami she
know* no better.
Now, Mr. Editor, wo have heretofore
viewed *te bfl.tle from a distance, con.
Meat that you would snoceasfullv hold
your own with your gigantic (?) contem
porary, but wo feel that your tight is our
fight, and w* would like to inform the
Gaze-ts that, al,hough w e, of Zebulon,
are not measuring strides with the great
metropolis of Bike, still we do claim
self-respect, and demand the respect
us an intelligent people and as fellow
citizens of the s sme coun y.
ConnssrosDENT.
The public woul d be surprised to know
a narrow escape the Capital bank
of a “run” owing to John L. Adam*
Jfaceo, but th# depositors quickly be
reassured that there wai no occa
for alarm as regards tue solidity of
institution. When it became known
th* city that the Capital
bad lost 021 , 000 , and perhaps more,
of the depositors became staakv
wanted to “draw out” but when
Bodkins brought out of the
large piles of greenbacks and
stacks of silver aud displayed them
in full view, and when the largest depos
itors not only did not draw out their de
posit* but added thereto, reassuranee
went all along down the line, there wa*
run, and th# Capital hank allowed its
to remain floating to the breeze:
deposit# paid on demand.” Cash
Hodgkins may become as famous as
the receiver in th* Tolleson bank case
his six!r-cenis assets. All tb« a
vailable cash assets that Cashier Hodkins
holds from tbe Adams failure are 011,65,
mostly in countcifeit com, and one dol
lar of Mexican money, that were found
a little bag in th* safe of Adams A
which is not much of a stand-off
an indebtednesa of $ 21 , 000 .
The Govenor has given careful consid
to the contest for the office of
of Upson cot.nty, aa-gqed before
ggveral days ag-.q and only reached
decision last Thursday. Ho decided
favor of John F. luster, rLtowed wfio. accord
to the returns, gn®Mered a majority
the votes cast, a commis
to issue. Mr. l^fcn ^Br was the the old
aud James was oo?-
MILNEIl MA TTERS.
«e«vcnw*den<*e Journal.
Milked, Feb 2 ..—Milner is decidly
prettiest little city between Macon
Atlanta and Is one of tbe most im
bnsiuesa places iu Pike county .
Iras about 700 inhabitants and is sur
by the best iarmtnqjamts in the
county. Her merchants arc as clever as
the cleverest; and all appear to be doing
well. 1 be amount ol business increases
with each year, aiies aro good and collec
tions, as a ude, is satisfactory, The
merchants and the alliance hug each oili
er closer than twin brothers; so you see
that everything is lovely with them and.
"the goose hangs high-” The merchant
is serene and happy. Among those most
worthy of mention, o.‘ our businessmen,
is J. L.Crawley, W. G Tyus, L.
Ho’mia, E.' Berry , Duncan A Childers,
Gardner A Canthen, Martin – Howe.
Head, Gardner A Co., Rice – Hunt,
Crawley A Head, B. D. Martin, Darden
A Lindsey, W. I Dickey, J. M . Reeves
and B. P. Ferguson A Co.
Mr. Thomas Hardaway ofCharleston,
S . C., is visiting biff.t–otber and sister
tills piace.
Capt. Relus Rivers of Milner has ac
cepted a position in Jonesboro as ware
houseman.
Mr. TV. C. Branan ol Milner 1msmov
ed with his interesting family to Gordon,
Ua., where he will accept a position
with the Central railroad.
Mr. James Maury one of our most wor
thy citizens slipped and ieil yesterday,
dislocating one oibishqs. Dr. Joe J.
towns* nd was sent Ur and Boon had
trim resting comfortably. Mr. Maury
lost one of bis legs during tbe war i.nti
walks with a wooden leg which slipped
ana caused him to fall.
Mrs. Caroline Woodworth, wife of Hon
T. S. |X. Woodworth , at tJij;h Falls, has
been confined to her bed several months,
from injuries received from a fall, ft is
hoped by her relatives an. many friends
that she will soon be well.
There has been'ab mt the usual amount
of guano sold hero, up to dale, The
st eels are crowded nearly every day with
wagons loaded with guano end plantation
supplies.
Elder W. T. Godard was called to For
est Station fast week to preach the funer
al of Mrs. Francis Stanley.
Wo learn that Mrs. Laura Hunt, who
was so teverely burned last week, is
(nought to be in a c ideal condition and
there is some (eais .hat she wi'l not re
cover , but we hope .'or the be.!*,-.
Mr. A’Irn BeevefftJ Aniston Ala., is
visiting his parents inldi-ner.
Mrs. Col. J. A. Hunt of Barnesville
visited relatival in Milne.- last week.
M jBOaX.
Last week we printed the news that
Po’k county wgs wet eg-in. The
Cedar town Standard has thisto say of
it: Ju gs Maddox paralysed Cedar
town and Polk county Monday in one
statement. And that was that the pro
hibition law nnder* whiclt Polk county
has been dry since May 1st, 1882, was
null and void and irad been so from the
beginning. The Judre further stated
that should a person be br< ugh. before
him gudor that law lor selling liquor in
Polk county; and such person had
regU-ced ns a liquor dealer awl had
taken out license, he should dismiss the
care. Tlr's was a bombshell thrown into
Cedar«ow.i and created a great deal of
excitement and cdtieism amor.g the
citizenry. The Judge’s ruflng was
emphatic and indexible, aad looks from
tbe present standing of the ease as
,hough Coda-town w-eie fated to lie
cursed again, for a time, at least, with
barrooms An e.Tort yr being made to
procure privilege, at least. Tho city
council, at their meeting last night, had
we learn, two applications beforj them
lor license to sell liquors ir\ the corporate
limi.B of The city. One was from. A
DoUghetcy, and th* other from
H. Cooper. Polk county people have
rested confidently iu the be’ief that their
day *f si.ugghng and fighting with the
liquor tv*ilic was over— except in cases
of blind tigers, and are rudely aroused
■Togi their fancied recqylty by this
decision of Maddox, and will be
to re’Ion. tSbould the
. ordi
Council pass a license
it means open barrooms—and do
people el Cedar .own and Polk coun
want them? And if they do not want
they bavettie r remedy at hand—a
bill aad another election on the
by the people. And again,
the C'ty Council refuse to pass a
ordi^nucc—what good will that
under the decision of Judge Maddox?
would hinder a ttcre of banoom s
from being opened just outside the city
limits—under a State and county license?
is inrdwn into a prettv
muddle all of sudden, aud will
probably not get out of it for some
lime—not, indeed, untit the people, the
rulers of this tree conn.rv of ours , rise
and say what be done. But wouldn’t
it he queer, afler proudly feeling (or
seven years that they were an impos
sibility, to have regular, old fashioned
barrooms in dKlartown?
On the eve of every presidential inau
guration now-a-days there is a revival of
the talk about our drifting away from Ihe
simplicity of the fathers. Because Thom
as Jefferson rode up to the cap' tol on
a gray mare , tied b*r to a swinging limb,
and then walked in to take the <ja|h of
office, some people pretend to think on •
modern inaugural ceremonies entirely
too pompon*. This country has changed
very much since Jeffetson a time An
imposing inauguration pleases the peo
ple and expresses the popular regard for
the dignity of the greatest office on earth
When we were young and poor plain
were becoming to us- Now
wfeheve acquired year*, and w©ajth
there as a* reason why we should not
once m four years.-,
SPENCE – SMITH,
MAifUFACTCKEJSa Mr JINF.
Buggies, Wagons and Phsetons,
AND DEALERS IN HARNESS,
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
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-TO DO A GOOD THING
FQ'R 2 EBUL 0 H
—-AND QUITE THE PROPER THING
For Pike Countyl
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ZEBULON, GA.
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Cll; Dlmtary.
CnoacilEs. Baptist—Preaching every
second Snndsy ami Saturday beforo.
Rev. J. W. Beck pastor. Sabbath school
at 10 oelofck a. in.
Sunda;^ Jb thoiijHt—Preaching every
Rev. S . U England pastor.
Sabbath school at 3 o’clock in the *f
ternoon.
Masonic —Meetings every second and
fourth Saturday at 7 o'clock in the eve
ning.
CoesiTY cociiT—Monthly term on third
Monday ; quarterly term, third Monday
in March, June, September and Decern
tier,
Court or Ordinary— First Monday.
County Commission ers - First Tues
day.
Ai.uance— County Alliance second
Saturday,
Zebulon Alliance second and fourth
Saturday at 1 o’clock p. m.
non kt» musky, cBEAriRTUiK
STKR.
Six per ceut money to loan. Part lea deairing
to borrow money on real estate as security, in
the county of Pike may negotiate loans by ap
pivlug to the undereltf tied on hotter term* than
with any other company in the state. I negoti
ate lorn* through a tJeorgw comp»n«1 .at reduced
costs to borrower. Call on, or a-Hires me when
in need t>f money.
J. J. Uooeks,
Barnesville, Ga.
GC TO
George – Hardnett
For the Best Whisky in
the market!
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.
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JOB PB1STKB,
llupc. - Pike - t'sansy,
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