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T ALL WINTER
18 89 1889,
EDGAR L ROGERS.
On tbis dav will I begin my reign of
terror will give to to lilgli priced competition and
my trade a schedule of pri
ces that will talk for themselves.
I have bought more goods in all lines
this season than was ever brought to this
market before. My cash to buy with has
been all-powerful in my heavy purchas
es, aud to sell goods cheaper than any
house in Georgia, will be my chief aim.
I keen everything and it would be fool
ish to try to attempt to enumerate even
in part, my grand array of bargains that
1 h ave in st ore for the peop le.
CIO HI HU.
I still hold tire trade oa all grades of
clothing. Besides a full line of men's
arid youth’s and children’s suits in cheaper
medium prices, t have the exclusive
control of the celebrated Voorlieis, Mil
ler A [tuple, and Strouse – Bros, flue
clothing.
Dress G@@isl
This season ha, produced some rare
and pretty styles iu dress goods and
trimmings, business and 1 have made this branch
of my a special study. I chal
lenge the state to produce a fuller line of
novelties than I have. My stoeK of frin
ges’ braids, etc., are the products of tile
best specialty factory in the country.
BOOTS AND SHOES
A whole car load of boots and shoo 8
just received places me in the lead. Give
mo a trial and I will guarantee you a net
saving and of 25 per cent, on Jronr purchases
make a lasting customer of you.
1 can say without exageration that I have more of these goods than ant three
houses ill this section, aud prices will not ho in tile way of their sale.
8 ^-Ail For tlanuels, domestics jeans,_cassimeres, will be sold at strictly tickings, factory table linens, prices. Remember this.
uses, notions, etc., give me a look and he convinced. towels, calicos, trunks, va
I will sell all goods on a very close margin to strictly cash customers ou Sept. 15
Come to see me. I am the only merchant hero occupying two immense store
rooms and have the goods to sell. Tours Truly,
EDGAR L. ROGERS.
Barnesvillc, N. IS. Ga,. Sept. I 1889
Messrs. J. F. Howard, L, A. Collier and Edgar Cook aro with me aud in
viteall their friends to sen them.
PATRONIZE HOME
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA,
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CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND WAGONS.
FINE VEHICLES MADE TO SPECIAL ORDER
Repairing done neatly, substantially and with dispatch. IIo«r.t made Wagons
ir.-uitcd. A car load of
Tennessee Wagons Just Received.
Best hand made harness always ou hand. Wo can suit you. Don't lose
money by investing io worthless vehicles aud machine made harness. Dealers
Rough and Dressed Lumber,
UCvery kin-' of House Material constantly on hand, and cos .make anything you
want. Manufacturers, also, of
ENGINES AND
SAW MILLS, SYRUP MILLS FARM
MACHINERY, ALL MANNER OF CASTINGS
Garry a lull line of Pipe and Pipe Fittings and engine Fixtures, Can make
repair anything from a Baby’s Cradle to a Locomotive.
Smatmtiff® Macpliey
HEADQUARTERS FOR
©aEftagts* Baggies ami
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5 000 PLOW-HOES AT BOTTOM PRICES!
Barnesville, Ga,
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ZEBULON. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 1889.
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ARE TO THE ZEBULON, GEORGIA
FRONT WITH NEW GOODS BY THE
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In this Ime we carry Calicoes,
(ring-hams, Worsteds, Henriettas, Tri
cose, Sattcens, etc. Best Flannels from
15c to 40c per yard. Shawls, Jersey
Jackets, Toboggans, Fascinators, (the
very thing every girl needs und ought to
have,) and Simpson, Pacific and Windsor
Novelties in the greatest profusion.
Besides the above we have a Tremendous Stock of other Goods too numer
ous to mention, which will be sold at Lowest possible prices.
COME TO SEE US!
M YSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOT A OLIO EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTHV OF A KECbltii.
She was Shot—Capita! in Manufno
(uriiig A Barrel Machine—A
Veteran Horse—A Good Man—In
a Paris Hospit al, –o., –c.
Tj T was not until last
j y Car that the Moors
I wou hj pnrmit any
r'T.'r ___ <m
f “-r, i n(nation . . of , tho
/ m <' x < l,
/fY JrX iLb oXt 1 - ^ -t cliff have dwellings long bee which n
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' ' ’ ‘ known to exist some
| ;/j , days’ of journey the City isouth- of
west
n yy» i,i Morocco. This
>• I k\r\ \‘k^ A cave dwellers is ill;
most exactly like some of ttoBe iti how
Mexico and bluer lorn tones which
ftWhaiaiogigts dug have explored. the solid Thedwel- and
lings wei-e out of rock,
many of them are over !MQ feet above
the bottom of tlte ritUily. Ihb ttce of
U t 1 '® is believed 1 ri that ^Yu.ft^nh ivte« r eotod
the
dwellings contain three rooms, the
largest of v^iich is about 17 )i y 7
feet ’ and tho walls of tho larger windows. rooms
are generally pierced who by these
Nothing SS is known as to cave
were.
.Twix T. South was married . i the other
day to Bnriiara Ba!z, as the latter lay, aft
it wns thought-, near to death from a
Wound from the pistol of a former lover,
This was in San FraimiscO. 80 nth said
to a reporter who asked about the wed
din g: “l don’t see anything 1 so very ro
mar rknble_about.it. have.been living
with her for eight years as her husband,
s-to*!;
I ought to have done long ago. 1
thought it would kinder square up my
account with heaven.” Barbara, who
seemed supremely at happy when rallied, the mar- and,
riago much took place, of once the doctors, and
to the surprise
perhaps to her husband, is getting well,
If is reported that two American art
ists, Messrs Strong and Tavernier are
the practically Hawaiian held Islands. as prisoners It for debt that m
seems
they d.d some work for the government
and that the administration, which is to
manner born, refused compelled to pay them; de
wherenpon they wore to
fault on their board bills, and when
they tried to return home to earn money
to pay their debts rtiey were refused
permission to embark. In Hawaii, it
appears, the writ of ne exeat is m full
force and vigor, when a man cannot
pay Jus debts they deprive him of the
means of evei paying them laml by keeping the
him a pns«ier m a where
laborer is not woitnj of his hire.
James Hiewart, near Clarkesville,
Os., who is described es a “very good
man^andjvary wejjjhqu^ht oTaod who
TABLE DAMASK
Makes its headquarters with us.
BOOTS, SHOES, RATS, ETC.
Our specialty is Shoes. We have the
finest selection ever brought to Zebulon,
and we feel that our stock will warrant
the assertion that we cun please every
body. Be certain to examine them.
was stopped in the street by Ben and
David CttluOj who charged him with
having insulted thoir sister, David
pointed Stewart and a double-barrelled told nirii to halt; shotgun adding: at
“Lay it on, Ben.” Bon, who had a big
whip, crowd did that lay assembled it on, and; said, ns one tho of whip tho
crooked like a bunch of firecrackers.
Stewart stood still until Ben ceased from
pare local fatigue, and then that he ran, the crying. “Crane
The paper says
bohs art) teit nicb yoting Mn’ Villa be
hjro tho wltippihg consulted a lawyer.
A iiesident of Now Haven owned a
borne of which ho was very proud, lie
was a handsome animal, a show horse,
ride, j„ 0t the .horse Wr ft Militia gMjeriil to
and one that wns often used on the
theatrical stage when a horse was need
ed. When the gentleman died lie left,
directions that the horse, who was
ed, years provided old, should be property of maintain- for tho
a sum money
purpose, imd directed Uiswife, when sl.o
was tired ktsepitig llitn; to tttro him
over to Col. Blakeslee of North Haven.
Here the tonchmg pari of the stoiwems.
The wife did nothing of the kind. Sho
sold the steed for $50 to a oitmen of
Bradford, who is working him for all lie
Wbrth.
It is said that when Bernhardt was
studying for a play iu which she had to
f' of consumption, she used to visit the
hospitals and study reabsm m the
consumption wards. At last, one aftei
lloon > W J 1 1 0 sl, 'i wa * p0S8,Ilfi: 41) Tough
Ono ami delirouMj of , ttio , wards, row: to 8 netting young ^ posture - m
} 10 ,ma > ?“ ak “# h f
the actress, owed: Look there. There
conies agaiti that dreadful woman. She
is death itself! Wherever she goes Wo
die! Whenever she looks at one of us
that is the end! Take her awayt
her away!” and with a shriek the woman
fell dead. The Bernhardt visited the
hospitals no more.
Al , Ti of nr th e despatohes agree in Y.ank
,. "tt Aye; but whs he#a pru- was
ftsl ,p ( l c.„ h i g cagi, ]lfi 0 . 1.1 i. A ii
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. ®n’ , , t i ( i,„
closed its doors locked them
Bere . Dmv sl^J him to dSj ,,, ' what
, MteTeote TwJl? i,- , ^ . tatT otJtu -
and
owe—a bank cashier has gone to bis
death in the same way, and in each in
stancethecorporaUon which lie served
has left his wife to provide for their
children by her own labor.
p HK Baldwin locomotive works, in
pi,ii a d e ]phia, last year turned out 653
i ocolno tives, ’ the greatest number over
tllmcd ont b / y any J shop ^ in the same
Ume The h establishment gbeBt pre (tns 1882, TeBQnl when wa6
at t j ie 8am0 in
5^3 were turned out Three thousand
men wo ,j. e j 304 c i ayg ^ liia ke the 653
i ocomo t,ives, f and they Jh completed X one for
/om . )0urs {o minutes of
W0J j,j n g y me _ Jf stretched in reach a straight
]| se the locomotives would fiye
mites. Sinos thfey were established in
1831 comotives. the works lias turned out 8,975 lij
^^CitEsrEB^ Bg|L,awg, reoently hung at
:
Alice Waterman, was the first man to bo
legally executed in tho that formation .State for twenty- of tho
two years, From
State in 1840 to 1872, tho law made it
optional lifo imprisonment with tho Judges to murder, inflict death and
or for
there wete few hangings. Then capital
punishment wh^uhanging was abolished until ISW;
murder, was provision made a that penalty tho jury for
with the
should decide whether that or imprison
ment for life should he the sentence.
jftfc Wnidn dt Geneyfl) Neb ,, eloped
with a Chicago drummer, and brother and riaB and rmr
sued by her fattier a
detective, who found them in a private
house in Omaha. The brother drew a
thvolveir and with difficulty was prevont
chi from shtioting the drummer, who, in
turn, drew a marriage certificate and
waived it in the face of the father,
When the old man saw it ho said that it
was and all son-in-law right, and home ho. took his daughter
with him.
A » Ohio girl, who tired of hearing the
fi4rmeJ , s hi bet mttkm oaviiig, decided growl about she’d
K ,.,, win „ „ ot Anted
S( . c llbout it . Him live and tlireh
„ f uartors 8 ,, res 0 f i um l, kept si riot oc
t ouut { nvory p/„ (lo n ar expended in rais
, bushels tll0 ovo ot HU average sold yield it of for 35
to, The the acre, and
$142.10. cost Hi production for fertilizers, was
$98.12, including the $31.50 investment it
and the gain on was
phr cent.
A Mjchioan i,joh man has perfected cut a ms- for
w he can staves
seventemi barrels, completely clmiod,
0tO xm\ and eipialr/.ed, in fifty seconds,
Thereat jiisttwo staves to a barrel, each
gtave being, ft perfect ’half section of a
\ mne ' ] ’ 'n,e //yp machine jr increases tlw ca
j ( f j w . t ,,f j 0{ , unvisuro fifty
b al Tcd B ’ • and as ii labor-saving invention
re p rege n tg an advance of 60 per cent on
me thods. Tho inventor Inis been
working twenty years On the machine,
How Potter Palmer Huns a Hotel.
Potter Palmer used to give even more
of his personal attention to his hotel
than he does now, but of course lie
<touldu’t become personally and familiar
^ ly acquainted with all his employes. An
Wend of bis tells this “Mr
Palmer one day saw one of his call-boys
a * niwt tl " , " all > D “ a V ily ’
UmUgUtWUy Very
promp .) draw’ , - . , ,
^ 8 Mm to bin ^ pay ami leave
} boy no wordg
- possible,
, ]fc Ho , cft )lg good-looting H00n a 9
Jn a few momeuU a lad, t
neatly dressed, applied to Mr. Palmer
f or a position. Mr. Palmer remembered
that lie had just dismissed a call-boy,
«ml asked the lad if ho wanted that
The boy said he .lid, and drew
f mm iu H pocket a letter of recommenda
tion from a hotel proprietor in another
c iu% w here he had worked. In a few mo
merits be was at work again.”
‘‘Againi” hoy. As
“Yes; it was thft same he off, changed soon
ft8 j le wttg discharged ran back ask for
ni s clothes and hurried to
the |e vacant position. Under a uew and mmo
went upon the pay robs, to
liaained to become a Uwirnle of the ragu-
NUMBER 43.
GROCERIES.
Iu the Grocery line we offer you the
best patent Flour (“Home, Sweet Home”)
at #1.45 per 50 lbs. BeBt ICenncsaw
Cheese always on hand.
PURE FANCY CANDY.
Pincst lot of Fancy Candies in the
world.
PROMINENT PEOPLE,
Colonel North, the “nitrate king,” is an
Englishman.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s favorite
diet is bread and butter and pineapple.
Edward Burgess, the noted fdblti de
signer, of Boston, is forty years of age.
President Harrison is not a reader of
books. But he keep tip with the news
papers.
W henever Edison, the inventor, the band appeared played
at “Yankee the Paris Doodle.” Exposition,
King „ Humbert, of Italy, has bought a
1,0 Lorre -
Mns. Philip H. GenwofSlJ SHKiirBAa padliOT cliil
mZ!Z whief ‘ ’
the
James HMSELL Lowell, ’’
wi Whitby, •! England. Bis friends deny (ament
l'umors of his Intention tomairy agum.
Gknukal John C. FKKBmont is now
seventy-eight years ..id, mid his friends say
he looks good fm tenoi fifteen yeai s M wo.
Quern Victoria Kaiser welcomed William, her by imperial
grandson, young nice kisses-one each giving cheek.
1,1 Vwo real on
Arumek Abdallah, tho probable succes
sor of Jiadjiu flosmin flWe'i KHwi, !T6fsian
Minister to this Country, Persia, weighs 347 pounds
and is the fattest mart hi
It is not generally known' that Mr. Glad
stone lias only four lingers on his loft baud.
Tho index linger was shot off, forty-seven
yeal-s ago, by an accident in the hunting
livid.
Alexander Mackenzie, ex-Premier of
Canada, is in delicate health. Mr. Mac
kenzie iv as offered the doubtful honor of
knighthood ten years ago* and refused it.
Ho is a bricklayer by trade.
Charles Dickens, the reader, hand long
novel in manuscript which ho has never had
the courage to publish. Ho realizes that his
work would be compared with his father’s
and ho does not dare to bravo the test.
Mrs. Delta Stewart Parnell, tho
mother of the man who has made the
amelioration of the condition of the Irish race
his life work, is slowly dying of old ago and
its attending infirmities in her home at
Bordentown, New Jersey,
Ira D. Sankey, the Gospel companion singer, who in
has been Evangelist Moody a and Great
much of his work in this country
Britain, has bought a farm in Suffolk spend Countv, tho
on Ixmg Island, and will probably
remain der of his life there.
F. C. BubnAiui, the present editor of
London !'unch , was, in ca/'iy life, a member
of a Catholic ecclesiastical establishment at
Bayswater, near London. His intention was
to become a priest, and he was even admitted
to tonsure and minor orders.
Old Joan Hanks, the boyhood friend
and distant relative of Abraham Lincoln,
has died at his farm, near Decatur, aged
eighty-eight years, It was on his farm, and
while in the employ of Hanks, that Lincoln
became noted as a rail-splitter, and it was
old John Hanks who, in I860, introduced tho
rail-splitting feature into the excitement of
the Lincoln campaign, furnishing rails from
his farm split by Lincoln.
Chief Justice Fuller and Judge Har
lan are almost always together, au.l are
daily seen walking to Field and from and Judge tho Capitol Bradley in
Washington. Judge at each other
are close friends, anil Judge aro Blatebford and s
Judge house Lamar frequently. walk drive in company
or
every pleasant afternoon. Judge alone,” Miller but ho in is
his walks or drives "goes it
the friend of every Justice, and of his society all is
gladly welcomed by any them at
times.
The German powder factories nro all at
work night ana da y t.irning out They the
smokeless powder for the army. Austrian are
also crowded with orders for tha
and Italian Gpvttfnmetsa, both of which have
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PARRY LEE,
A SPLENDID ADVERTISING AGENT.
THE LABOR WORLD,
The United Hebrew Trades claim a mem
bership of over 3000,
All of the slate quarries of North Wales
are to bo worked by an English syndicate.
IT is a matter of history that inventions
tfllioh have eased labor have increased wages.
John f^wwmne, note in Vena® New ago York, a is pww writing
the labor movement
a IRbor novel.
In Holland, anew law children for the regulation of
the labor of women and in factories
hft«s been adopted.
an Immense new cottonmill. with a at -
is to bs bulit “* Ha,b
a wobiotqwoman's society has been cs~
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These has been trading a great co-operatiro growth of manu- estab
f at .(, ul jug- jmri Great Britain within tho post
ni
few yeal . 3
A MABTKE cai bridge . penl;ot 25S - „n feet the long, Pennsylvania weighing
r0 ad moved a
good tons in twelve minutes; it was moved
forty-ilvofeet.
TnK Brotherhood of Painters mid in Decor*.- Balti
ixn ~, of Anirrlca, -rrhit-h was f oimct–l
more two years ugo, htw now branches in 130
American and Canadian cities, with a large
membership.
Tins American Flint Glass Workers’ No
ticmal Union, in its latest report, shows a
yearly income of *100,000, and a total mem
.bershipof union r-955. ill the entire There trade. are lei §
men
discharged‘from Fewer passenger tho Missouri conduct s bee»
Pacific road, it
is said, than from any other railroad in the
West. Many of the conductors in tho road’s
service have been with it from the start.
A letter has been sent by William
O’Brien, the Irish M. P., to Thomas O’Flynn, Bos
manager of the Irish National Colonist,
Mass., asking Ireland his assistance iu prornot
mg j nv r industries in with American cap
ital.
There are two large carpenters’ societies
in the United States. One is the Amalgamated
Uni.ni ..f American Carpenters, members. comprising The other
4.J4 branches and Brotherhood 25,228 of Carpenters,
is the American
which has u much larger membership.
There are several Ireland, spinning in connection mills in with tho
County Down, employers have built villages for
which the
their employes and let the houses to them.
They also own the village store from which
the employes must purchase everything they
need.
The rapid growth of the Italian barber
shops in New York city is alarming theold
time barbers. The Italian notonly five-cent in shaving Little
shops are now to be found
Itsfy'Wmd the other quarters in which swarms
of Italians have taken up their abode, but
also in other localities up town, down town
and on both sides of the city.
Tk the reports are true, the London street;
car drivers seem to have anything but a
pleasant time. They aro required to work
fourteen hours a day and aro given only one
day’s rest in fourteen. Their pay vanes
from one dollar to a dollar and a quarter a
day nominally, but a system of fines for the
slightest infraction of discipline reduces
these rates.
At a conference of the bakers’ anions held
recently in Berlin, Germany, it was resolved
that t [ u) working day should not exceed
twelve hours and that the weakly t wages It
should ba at least twelve marks {§4.80).
W as also resolved that Sunday labor should
t)B discontinued and that organization should
still go on in spite of obstacles railed by the
Government. -
The Great Bear’s Nest gold mine in Alas.
ka, recently purchased by theDukeof Slither
land and a syndicate of perfectly English capitalists, worthies*,
has turned out to be will foot
Th* loss to the syndicate rip 8 ?»r
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