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Columbia Sentinel, i
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT HARLEM
GEORGIA.
entered as second-clam matter at the
POST OFFICE IX HARLEM. GA.
THURSDAY, MAY 13 1886
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Is to inform you that your subscrip
tion is due, and as we need the
money, kindly ask all in arrears to
come up and give us a helping hand
bv paying up their subscription.
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CITY AND COUNTY DIRECTORY
CITY council.
J. W. BELL, Mayor.
C. W. ARNOLD.
W. E. HATCHER.
W. Z. HOLLIDAY.
M. FULLER.
county officers.
O.D. DARKEY. Ordinary.
O. W. GRAY, Clerk and Treasurer.
B IVEY. Sheriff.
O HARDY, Tax Collector.
J A GREEN. Tax Receiver.
J.’ C. GOETCHIUB, Coroner.
MASONIC.
Harlem Lodge, No. 27« F. A. M.,meets 2d and
4 th Saturdays.
CHURCHES.
Baptist—Services 4th Sunday, Dr. E. R.Cars
well Sunday School every Sunday. Superin
tendent— Rev-J-W. Ellington.
Methodist— Every 3rd Sunday. Rev W E.
Shackleford, pastor. Sabbath School every
“tfirtK’lS’DWriet, G. M., 4th
Saturday. Return day » days before. p
A Georgia Cake Walk.
AJ WCIDEIT OF LIFE AMOSG THE
COLORED PEOPLE.
Calling the Dancers to the
pi oor __The Band Begins to
Play and the Cotillion Pro
ceeds-After Which Time is
Called for a “Cake Walk”—
How the Affair is Conduct
ed.
[Atlanta Constitution.]
Darien, Ga., May 4.—“ Cake walk
to-night Admission 25 cents.”
This announcement led your cor
respondent to witness a display of
Ethiopian grace the other night, the
occasion being a cake walk. On
entering, the sonorous voice of the
presiding judge could be heard re
questing the band, consisting of a
melodian, a banjo and a drum, to
to play a quadrille and the youthful
part of the dusky assembly proceeded
to dance. After about ten minutes
the judge donned a gigantic pair of
spectacles, and pulling an equally
formidable watch from his vest pocket,
he announced that the time for the
cake walk had arrived. The list
containing the names of the contest
ants was scanned and the names of
the first pair were called. The names
here given aie fictitious, from a desire
to give no offense. Mr. Josh Green
and Miss Jemima Johnston were
first on the list. Josh pulled his red
handkerchief out so as to make it
more prominent, adjusted his collar,
and, walking proudly across the floor,
he bowed politely to an intensely
obscure maiden of about 275 pounds.
She gracefully accepted the proffered
arm; and when the dulcet strains of
the melodian again became audiole,
Josh and Semima, arm in arm, start
ed out on the scrupulously straight
chalk line. The pair, however, pro
ceeded on their conrse clumsily. The
judge looked displeased, and it was
generally concluded that the cake was
safe. Caesar Smith and Laura Mc-
Callum came next. Caesar bore his
head like a conqueror as he led
demure little Laura to the starting
point But the proud bearing of
Caesar did not avail him. He started
off on the wrong foot. The whole
audience noticed it, and while the
judge frowned, all knew that this
meant no cake for Caesar. Then
came Jim Black and Lorina Gray
and six or seven other couples, who
all did comparatively well. A pause
now ensued. The judge looked
significantly around the room, while
loudly calling the name of Joseph
Marshall Purcell. A veteran cake
walker of seventy-five summers ap
peared. On being asked if he was
ready, Joseph replied “I is,” and pro
ceeded with a cavalierish air to select
a partner. The hopes of the preced
ing contestants seemed to fade away
like flowers in the autumn. On all
sides the cake was conceded to Joseph.
The judge, however, announced a lie
between three, and Jim Wheelright,
one of the winners, was appointed to
cut the cake. It seemed to puzzle
Jim how to divide a round cake in
three, but he, after a little considera-
tion, cut the cake into two equal halves.
One of the halves he subjected to a
similar division, and started for the
door with the lion's share, one of the
original halves. Jim was brought
back by force, and the judge appealed
to. The judge said the only way out
of the difficulty was to out Jim Wheel
right's part in two also, and rollihg
one of these parts into a piece of pa
per, bo pocketed it and left amid
tumultuous applause.
—Sick headache, in the bane of many lives;
his annoying eompaint may bo cured and
Sreveuted by the oooaaional use of Dr. J. H.
[cLean’s Homoeopathic Liver and Kidney
Piilete, they are pleasant to take no larger than
a pin head,'and are the ladies' favorite for bil
iousness, bad taste in the mouth, jaundieo, for
leueorrhea and painful menstruation.
For sale by all druggist.
He Eats Buzzards.
The Wild Man «f Chirol Wh« Lives in the
Louisiana Swamps.
Jeanerette Item: West of Mississip
pi river, in the State of Louisiana in
the parishes of St. Martin, Iberia and
St. Mary, lies an indescribable system
of lakes, passes and bayous, intercept
ed with a vast area of swamp lands.
This country has been and continues
to be source of timber supply for the
Teche region, which is sometimes
called the sugar bowl of Lou isiana.
Since the year of 1880 a solitary
individual has lived on and near the
borders of Lake Chicot This mys
terious hermit would have no conver
sation with persons who would chance
to meet him. His equipage consisted
of a rude boat, an old musket, a spear
and some fishing tackle. He was
never known to visit the habitation
of man unless he needed ammunition,
and this he procured at Bayou Cheue.
He has been here so long that he is
almost naked and presents a horrible
aspect with his shaggy beard and
disheveled hair, now grown to an
enormous length.
On the 15th of last month he pad
died his boat to Mr. Cassidy’s camp
on his timber land, in a starving
condition, and begge.l for the neces
saries of life. He is truly a horrible
looking specimen. He has the leg of
a pair of pants tied at one end and
stretched over his head as a substitute
for a hat. Bis body was an alterna
tive of rags and nakedness. Mr.
George Walker, a citizen of this place,
chanced to interview him. He says
he speaks good English; that his
name is John Miller, and he was born
and reared in Seneca county, Ohio,
near Tiffin. At the age of eighteen
he went with a gold-hunting expe
dition to Colorado, and drove an ox
team across the plains. He remem
bers nothing about his age, but must
be forty or more.
He says he came to this country in
a boat; does not know the date; he
merely knows the change of seasons
by their visible effects. He has the
appearance of a man who has had
his intellect dwarfed by long strifes
with the elements. His shaggy beard
reached to his waist. His color, when
captured, resembled the earth upon
which he lived. His hands were also
of the same color. He always hesi
tates and coughs before answering
a question.
Mr. Walker asked him if he did not
want to be taken to town, where he
could be taken care of. He said that
he thought that he was living in a
very healthy place, and would be aL
right soon. Me states that buzzards
are better to eat than owls, he believed.
His manner of capturing them is very
ingenious. He drives three stakes
out in the lake and sets a steel trap
on top of them, then he secures it in
such a manner that when Mr. Buz
zard lights on it, it sinks down in the
water. Disliking it he flies up on the
trap and is caught and devoured by
this human hyena.
Burial Outfits.
We have in stock a large lot of al 1 styles o
ROSEWOOD AND WALNUT
Cases and Caskets.
White Marbleized Cases for infanta and chil
dren of elegant styles, with glass full length.
Besides these, wo have a full stock of Coffins
of imitation of fine wood, which are very hand
some and cheap.
We also have a full line of
Dressing Material
for inside,and Ornamental Plates, etc. We are
prepared to sell these goods as low as any Un
dertaker in the State, and parties wanting such
goods will find it to their interest to try ns be
fore going elsewhere.
J. F. Hatcher & Co,,
HARLEM, GA.
IN FOR THE VAR.
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Slaughter of The Innocents
AT
No. 1, Railroad Street
BARLEM, GA.
R. L. LAMKIN
Still in Front
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With the biggest announcement of the sea
son. He is going to make things lively for
the citizens of Columbia.
Realizing the power of that commodity generally known as
‘cash,” he has determined to sell
Goods as Cheap
As Augusta or Anywhere Else.
Will keep constantly on hand the following
goods, which he guarantees to give satisfac
tion :
FLOUR, HAMS, SUGAR, MEAL,
D. S. SIDES, COFFE, GRITS, LARD, TEA, RICE,
SALT, CRACKERS, STARCH, SOAP, SODA,
TOBACCO, SEGARS, SNUFF, SYRUP,
• MOLASSES, CHEESE, HARDWARE, ”
TINWARE, WOODEN WARE, CANNED GOODS
Dry Goods.
Boots, Shoes and Domestics
IMPROVE YOUR STOCK!
I he Trotting Stallion Strathmore, Jr., will
make the Spring season at my farm in Co
lumbia county, four miles west of Harlem.
PEDIGREE.
Strathmore, .Jr., is by Strathmore, Sr.; first dam, Melrose by
Administrator ; second, Mattie Price by Woodford Membrino ;
third, Miss Taylor by Peck’s Idol; fourth, Carrie D. by Don
Juan ; fifth, Romance by Sir Leslie.
TERMS :
$5 single leap, $lO for the season, sls for insurance. Fifty
cents Io the groom in all cases. Special rates may be made for
three or more marcs. Apply to
S. C. LAMKIN,
HARLEM, GA.
JESSE THOMPSON & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
DOORS, SASH & BUNDS
Mouldings, Brackets, Lumber,
Laths and Shingles.
DEALERS IN
Window Glass and Builders’ Hardware,
Planing Mill and Lumber Yard,
Hale Street, Near Central Railroad Yard, Augusta. G a .
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GIBSON COTTON SEED PLANTER
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Price List:
The Gibson Cotton Seed Planter, complete SIO.OO Meh.
The Gibson Attachmeht for Dow Law Planter 4.50 each.
The Gibson Attachment for Farquhar Planter 4.50 each.
Apply to or address,
W. S. LAZENBY,
HARLEM, GA.
W. D. BOWEN,
Manufacturer and Dealer In
Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Caps,
Catridges, Fishing Tackle, Etc.
1028 Broad St., Augusta, Qa.
All work and repair done with neatness and dispatch. •
Globe Hotel,
AUGUSTA, OA.
J. W. Gray, Proprietor.
In dose Proximity to Oper* House, Telegraph Office., Express Office, Poet Office. On the
Principal Retail ««|nare of the City Rate* according to location of room.
Lata pass th» Hotel every ten BMBUt.a.