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Ballard & Atkinson, Proprietors.
Harlem Happenings
WHAT IS BEING DONE IN AND
AROUND HARLEM.
SQUIBS caught on the fly by sentinel
REPORTERS NEWS OF THE COUNTY CON-
DENSED.
All the sick are coirvalesing.
New'subscribers with every issue.
—Arrow ties $1,20 bdl Union bag
cing BS.
At A. L. Hatches, & Co s.
—The result of the election on
Tueiday stood: Olive, 350; Gray, 317.
—Use A. L. Hatcher & Co’s picnic
Hams only 10 c., lb.
-Dr. H. H. Steiner and family are
summering at their summer home
near Grovetown, in this county.
Road working is now the order
of the day with the farmers of this
county.
75 Barrels Flour to be sold at
astonishingly low prices at,
A. L. Hatcher & Co’s.
tVe regret to learn of sickness in
the family of Mr. Jno. A. Green.
—Drop in at Dr. Peeples’ Drug
Store and see how nicely every thing
is’arranged in bis new quarters.
*_Miss Susie Story, the belle of
Hephzibah, is visiting the Misses
Lamkin.
Miss Duella Ellington has return
ed after a delightful sojourn of several
weeks in the “Gate City.
Chickens and butter have been
quite scarce in the Sylvan City the
past week.
Miss Mattie Young has returned
from a pleasant visit to relatives and
friends in Thomson.
—Miss Laura Jones, one of Thom
son’s most estimable young ladies is
visiting her aunt Mrs. C. W. Arnold.
—Miss Ida Young, one of our most
gifted young ladies, is at home again
among her many admirers.
-—We are delighted to see our
friend C. C. Clarke out again after
ten days confinement to his room.
—Miss Georgia Connor, after
spending several weeks in the “Classic
City” and vicinity, returned last
•week.
Friend H. A. Cool; returned
Friday night last, from an extended
trip North. He reports a delightful
time.
—Miss Young of Harlem, who has
been spending some time in the City
with her aunt Mrs. G. M. Rockwell,
has returned home —Barnesville Mail.
—Mrs. Roland Steiner, of Burke,
is spending some time at the elegant
and hospitable home of Mr. M. I.
Branch, near Berzelia.
—The much needed rain came on
Tuesday evening last accompanied
by severe lightning and heavy
thunder.
—Good ra ins have fallen in all sec
tions of the country. Young cotton
peas and potatoes will be very
materially improved in consequence.
The first two bales of new cotton
shipped from this place, were from
the plantations of W. K. Jones and
C. B. Avary.
—Mr. J. W. Fielder, of Augusta,
was in oat town one day last week.
Come again, we are always glad to
see you.
—We notice a very dangerous
bridge in the southern portion of
town that is greatly in need of imme
diate attention.
—Now as the busy season opens
let the merchants of Harlem display a
little public spirit, in the way of
printer’s ink, to let the people know
where to make their purchases.
Our School under the manage
ment of Prof. Ellington is flourishing,
fifty-three pupils in attendance on
yesterday, the third day of the fall
term.
Danger! A neglected cold or cough may
lead to“Pueuinonia,Consumption or other latrl
disease. Strong's Pectoral Pills will cure a
cold a* by magic. Best thing lor dyspepsia,! a
digestion, sickJaeadache as thousands testify.
THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL
—soc, Tobacco slightly damaged
reduced to 30c lb at.
A. L. Hatcher & Co’s.
—lt is hard to uproot an idea in
the minds of some people. They will
bug a delusion; fondle and caress it i
all their lives. But if a sufferer with I
piles thinks he cannot be relieved, >
just let him try a bottle of Tablet's '
Buckeye Pile Ointment, ami be j
convinced that this preparation is a
permanent cure for Piles.
•—Read carefully the ad. of W. S.
Curtis, and remember that nearly all
the sufferers by the late fire in Thom
son bad their policies in companies
represented by Mr. C. All the claims
were promptly adjusted and l ow new
houses are rapidly going up in the
burnt district.
—Dust thou art, unto dust thou
must return. We accept this idea
with philosophic resignation, know
ing that when the grave closes over
us the worms will banquet there, but
when we see symptoms of worms in
our little darling, bow gladly we
accept such a remedy for them as
White’s Cream Vermifuge the best
preparation known for the expulsion
of worms.
M ■!>•• a pcrr'i is starvi-g with a full
before tiK-m. App'‘titegonc! Am
bition gone! Li io a burden II Whatis
tiie matter? The Liv r has ceased to
•io its proper work. The life channel
:re clogged. Poisonous fluids are
thrown back into the blood, which
st uiid betlirownont. fcMl’.t’li’Sß’LE
BEANS will surely stimulate tb.e live,
to do its work well, and headache, sal
lovyness and bad breath Will flee away.
Price, 25 cents per bottle. All druggists.
—Choice Victoria Flour 24 lbs.
60 cts, Nonpareil Flour 24 lbs. 70
cts., white extra C Sugar 14 lbs. for
SIOO, Rice best 14 lbs. for $1 00,
Coffee best Rio 8 lbs. for SI.OO, Starch
20 lbs. for SI.OO, Soda 16 lbs. for
SI.OO, Soap good 25 bars for SI.OO,
at the Peeples’ Central Business
House. '
“The cry is still they come,” after
administering White’s Cream Vermi
fuge to a child suffering with worms.
Therefore, do not neglect to use it
when you see unmistakable evidence
of their presence. A capricious
appetite, a cough, feverishness, pick
ing the nose, aud other signs familiar
to every experienced mother call for
prompt action. Administer White’s
Cream Vermifuge at once aud save
funeral expenses.
Win. Mulherin.
Augusta Chronicle: We are pleased
to see at home agian our shoe prince,
Mr. Wm. Mulherin, who sailed direct
from Boston and arrived in Savannah
yesterday morning, and was home in
the afternoon in time to attend the
Emmet picnic last night. Mr
Mulherin was one of the delegates to
the Irish National League. Mr.
Mulherin took a Western and Northern
tour before going into the shoe market.
He says he did not buy all the shoes,
but that he bought the largest stock
he has ever purchased, and that he
expects to have to double all of liis j
orders. Mr Mulherin says Augusta ,
is the best market in the South, and |
we are with him.
Merit Will Win-
A few years ago a young lady ac-.
cepted a subordinate position in the ,
public schools of this city. She was .
faithful, studious and ambitious. An j
opportunity was offered her to take a
term or two at the Peabody Normal, I
at Nashville, Tenn. This was prompt-!
ly and gladly accepted. In due time I
Miss Ida Young was graduated from
the institution, and entered at once '
upon her special work. One year ‘
ago she was elected to the Princi
palship of the Seminary for Girls, at
Washington, in this State. The
school had an unsuccessful career.
Miss Young took hold energetically, i
reorganized the institute, did a year’s
good work for her pupils, and, after
meeting all expenses, passed a snug
sum to the credit of savings. Miss
Young is happily illustrating Georgia
and her sex. The Chronicle wishes
this bright young teacher, years of
continued success, usefulness and
1 happiness. —Augusta Chronicle.
Too much cannot be said in
commendation of the true merits of
this accomplished daughter of Colum
bia.
—Fab better than the harsh treatment of
medicines which horribly gripe the patient and
destroy the coating of the stomach. Dr. J. H
McLean’s Chills and Fever Cure by mild yet ef
ective action will cure. Hold at 50 cents a bottle
For sale by all druggist.
“Wisdom, Justice and Moderation.”
HARLEM, GA., THURSDAY, SEPT EMBER 2, 1886.
Terror all Around I
A Dozen Shocks of
Earthquake.
People Terrorized and
Panic-Stricken !
CITIZENS AFRAID TO SLEEP BE
NEATH THEIR ROOFS.
The Damage in Au
gusta and Vicinity.
News From the Country
Over.
TWO S. C. R. R. TRAINS UNDER
WATER.
FIREMAN KILLED AND UNCER
TAINTY AS TO LIVES OF
OTHERS.
Tuesdayjnight about 9 o’clock our
little townjwas’shaken from center to j
circumference by an earthquake that |
exceeded by far anything of like
character in the history of this country.
While the shock was very severe, no
materal damage was done.
Below we give cullings from the
Augusta Chronicle from various sec
tions of the United States, detailing
the magnitude of this fearful visita
tion. As regards the statement of
affairs in Augusta, we can vouch for
to some extent, being > present and
witnessed the consternation that pre
vailed among its people up to the hour
of departure of the west bound train
for Atlanta:
Terror-stricken men, women and
children have remained in the streets
during the night, fearing to enter
their houses, and not half a hundred
citizens have slept since the first
shock during last evening. Last
night the Chronicle force was quietly
working away, and scarcely had the
request of the night editor to “Con
dense your contributions, boys,please,
we are crowded to-night, ’ been
responded to by the chief of locals—■
“Don’t fear us, sir; there is nothing
going on”—when the walls of the edi
torial rooms began to sway, the floors
to tremble, articles on the tables and
desks to rattle, pictures to full from I
the walls, and a general commotion
prevailed all around . The city edi
tor cautioned presence of mind, but a
precipitate rush for open air
was made. The scene is al
most indescribable. From eveiy de
partment of the paper the employes
rushed pell-mell down stairways aud
out of doors. Not a cry of alarm or |
signal of fear was heard as proprietor,
editor, foreman, bookkeeper, compos
itor, proof reader and telegraph boys
rushed wildly from the tottering
building, a plaintive “My God I ’ be
ing the only voice heard above the
noise of the clatter of feet and throw
ing about of chairs and tables. No
one knew what moment the tottering
walls would close together and bury
the half a hundred souls beneath its
ruins. Many a fervent supplication
went up on high and many a prayer
for loved ones at home and far away
were uttered. The sight of goods
falling from shelves, ink stands over
turning on desks, chairs falling from
upright positions, chandeliers swing
ing in their places, walls per
ceptibly moving, plastering falling
from the roofing, type jump
ing from the boxes, and the
thought that at any moment treacher
ous walls would separate body and
soul would have unnerved sterner
and stronger men.
OUT ON THE STREETS.
No such scene was ever witnessed,
and we trust never will be again, as
the one that was seen on Broad street
as the reporter reached there from
the third story of The Chronicle
building—ladies in Mother Hubbards
and other gowns, wringing hands aud
crying, clinging to mothers, fathers
and brothers. The scene was one
that could not fail to effect the strong
men, who tried to assure the distress
ed ones that it was all over. Hardly
had they become quieted before the
second shock occurred, and then the
whole of Broad street was lined with
i ladies and children—families who had
I all rushed from their homes. The
Chronicle detailed several of the staff,
who made a tour of the city. The
' scene on Broad.street, as the repor
i tors started down, beggared desenp-
• tion, ladies and; Ichildren praying
to God to save them. The street
’ scenes nre without equid, and there is
•no instance in the history of the city
that has ever caused such a panic of
fear- infants clinging to their mothers,
crying, and brave men giving way.
As the lower, portion of the city was
reached, in Robertson's alley, negroes
were found heaped together on their
knees shouting, praying and in dread
fear. Sounds of falling Jbricks from
housetops, chimneys toppling and
plastering cracking caused con
sternation. The entire populace was
by this time—the third shock—in the
streets. Mouses were all entirely de
serted. The night may be put down
as the most fearful ever realized here.
Invalids on stretchers and on mattress
es were in the middle of the streets,
and half-clad people, afraid to return
to their homes to clothe themselves.
Demoralized an was everything. The
Chronicle started to ascertain the
damage. It is of such a nature that
even an attempt seemed folly' People
were too broken up and frightened to
go into their homes to find out the
damage done.
VISITING THE DAMAGEII’I’I.ACES.
Dr. Campbell's was the first resi
dence visited. Pictaies were thrown
to the ground. At Dr Ford’s crockery
was broken, pictures and ornaments
on the floor and tables turned over;
the family were on the street, Mrs.
Ford on a lounge, Dr. Ford out in
the country attending patients.
Everything was thrown wildly about
all the houses on Broad street, and
the ceilings cracked in many houses.
At Mrs. Dugas’ the pitchers, mirrors
and furniture were thrown about.
Le.xius Henson was sitting in front
of his restaurant. Asking one of the
waiters who ran by “what is it?” he
got up and almost instantly a pile of
bricks from the eaves of the house
fell into the chair where he had been
sitting, breaking it to pieces. Bricks
fell from the Augusta Hotel, and
about the same condition of things
continued all down Broad street;
plastering down and pictures on the
floor could be seen in a number of
places. Messrs. Prager and Ham
mond both had their ceilings down
and their houses were all confusion.
The chimney of Dick Sancken’s
residence was jostled off, as was also
one in the rear of him on Ellis street.
In this latter house tiie walls separa
ted. Ab along the lower portion of
Broad, Greene and Ellis streets the
same scenes were painted over and
over.
AT MAYOR MAY’S HOME.
One of the worst wrecked houses is
said to be that of Mayor May. His
two chimneys nre down and grates
were thrown into the middle of the
floor. The Mayor and his family arc
quartered at Cap:. W. B. Young’s.
At Mr. W. D. Bowen’s, Mr. Nees’
and a number of uptown residences
the damage vas considerable, and
everyone was camped in the streets,
they declared, for the night. A young
lady on Upper Broad had a violent
case of hysterics, and a number of
serious fainting scenes are reported.
A colored man named Tom Parker
was hit in the head with a a brick
from a fall chimney.
CROCKERY BROKEN UP.
At Smythe's stoie, the scene of bro
ken statuary, crockery, vases, Ac., was
viewed. The sensible proprietor
said: “Thank God it is no worse.”
The demolition ofcrockery was great.
Mr. Smythe said the hanging articles
swung four and five inches.
The consternation at the Union
Depot was great. Everybody left the
depot, piling pell mell over each
other —the ticket seller leaving his
money, the engineer his engine ami
the conductor his train. A negro
woman fainted and a young reporter,
in his desire to get out of the way of
the engine (os he though one was on
the track und coming through the
depot,) fell over the woman. The
picture of the hacks ami 'busses
flying in every direction without an
! idea as to where was best to go for
' safety, wiih thrilling. Those present
say that the scene can never be for
i gotten. Treasurer Richards was in
i his office, and he says he is satisfied
| the shock cracked the railroad build
' ing-
IN SUMMERVILLE.
The scene in Summerville, as re
ported by our special messenger, was
I terrible. Women, who arc in the ma-
jority, seemed terribly frightened,and
every one was demoralized. \\ e
learn that the chimney of Maj. Riley’s
bouse was shaken down, and the
plastering and pictures are shaken
down. Hie same occurred at the
residence of Mr. Eugene Verdery, Mr.
Fleming and others.
THE FACTORY DISTRICT.
The shock did not seem to be quite
as heavy as in the thickly settled por
tion of the city. Around the Au
gusta Factory the people were hud
died together and were singing and
praying. The front of Sirs. Hill’s
boarding house, on Fenwick street, is
nearly gone. The chimney had fallen
from the shake.
aT COLUMBUS, GA.,
A terrible shock of earthquake
swept over this city' from the south
west nt 9:48 to-night, shaking the
Ouildings fearfully nnd since then
there have been ten distinct shocks,
but none having the force of the first.
The first shock lasted fully three min
utes and it looked as if the buildings
would be shaken down.
Several chimneys were thrown down
in different parts of the city, but no
casualties are reported. The streets
were filled with ] eople getting away
from their shaking houses, and chil
dren screamed in terror.
AT SAVANNAH, GA.,
Several chimneys fell, nnd ninny
buildings suffered other damage of a
similar nature. Clocks were stopped,
and lamps and ornaments shaken from
tables and mantels. No buildings
were demolished, so far as is known
at 10:30 o’clock, and no lives were
lost or injury to person reported.
AT Langley, s c.
A severe shock was felt here at
9:55. Houses were badly shaken up
and glasses broken.
The dam has broken in about a
dozen places, and the South Carolina
track is washed away for a
thousand feet. The engine of the
Charleston train is laying in about
fifteen feet of water, on its side. The
fireman is killed. The body has not
been found yet. 'Hie engineer is
badly' injured. The Bath dam is
broken also.
The shock was very perceptible at
the following named places: Macon,
LaGrange, Union Point, Covington,
Atlanta, Louisville, Ky., Nashville,
Tenn., Lexington, Ky, Chicago, 111.,
St. Louis, Mo., Charleston, W. Va.,
Mobile, Ala., Memphis, Tenn, and
Pittsburg, Penn.
The latest news from Charleston, is
that the extent oi the earthquake was
more severe in that city than any
where else. 'Hie loss of property in
that city will go up in tiie millions.
Between 75 and 100 lives are report
ed loss, and it is feared when a can
vass of the wrecked districts is made
this number will be augmented.
SLATE* ROCK.
A NEWSY LETTER FROM TRAVELER.
Slate Rock, August 27th, 1886.
Editors Sentinel:
I have just returned from Hancock
county', a long promised visit to old
friends and acquaintances, and to
make my visit more pleasant 1 took in
Culverton camp meeting. The camp
ground in all its appointments are
first class. It is near tiie home (while
upon earth) of that man of God,
George I’. Pierce, whose greatness
consisted to a large extent in his
goodness.
Here 1 met a few friends and ac
quaintances of one generation ago
they are nearly all gone. It is sad to
see these grand old families disinte- j
grating. It, took time, money and
good blood to build them up ami we
seldom see u man or woman who have
raised a son or daughter superior to
themselves. 1 heard a jolly old man
whose head is level, but white with
the frost of about eighty winters, say
that if Heaven was as good a place as
Hancock county was forty years ago,
it would be good enough lor him.
The preaching was pronounced
good by all. Dr. Boring the Presid
ing Elder, now in his eightieth year,
said he never bad listened to more
faithful preaching. Congregations
were unusually large, but the meet
ing closed without any accessions to
the church. Some were discouraged,
others thought that good seed had
been sown that would yield abundant
fruit, in days to come. 1 was ( special
ly struck wiih Methodist zeal would
that all other orthordox denomiiia-
Terms, $! A Year, En Advance.
tions had more of it.
B rom the camp ground I went with
a party of friends to the Jewells Mills,
Ogeccliee Riyer. The mill started up
I think in 181,2 or 3. This mill has
I been very much improved in the last
■ lew years, they now works up thirty
i bales of cotton a week nnd give em
’ ploymcut to ninety hands. 1 was in
formed by the polite and gentlemanly
Superintendent, Mr. Bradly, that they
were unable to keep up with orders.
Hie average working people hero
seemed to lie well to do and content
ed and up to this time hii'c stood
doot from labor organizations and if
they are wise they will make haste in
this direction slowly.
Our little party by special invitation
spent a day at tiie David Dixon farm,
here we were met and welcomed by
Jeff Worthen, a nephew ot Mr. Dixon,
who had spent t wenty -five y ears with
his uncle and to judge by the looks of
the farm ho hits caught both the theory
mid practice of bis distinguished
uncle. Our Hille party in a few mo
ments felt a home welcome mid were
soon out sight seeing. Every thing at
this farm is carried on upon a grand
scale, 'the garden contains 8 or 1U
acres and here 1 think can be found
the best variety of fiuits aud vege
tables in the State, if not on the con
tinent. Mr. Wortl.en said he hud
rather cultivate one hundred acres in
corn or cotton than this garden. It
was a treat to visit the ica house and
when asked to lake a glass of domes
tic wino tbirty-fhe yeursold, of course
I was too well raised to refuse. Ono
of the parly said that if ho had been
with Moses in the wilderness mid bud
come iu loss n fountmu flowing with
such wino ns that he never would have
left until it went dry. Corn upon this
farm is planted seven by three feet or
twenty-one hundred stalks per acre,
I mean now upon upland, with peas
in the middle, some would call it a
row of pons mid a row of corn.
Twenty-one hundred good ears of
corn will make twenty-one bushels It
looked like more stalks had two good
ears than one, nnd the ears were
about twice as large ns corn planted
uh is often done 4by 3 feet distance
Distance in corn planting lends en
chantment to the view. Cotton rows
on this farm nre four feet wide and
when practicable laid off north ujid
south. 1 heard n Washington coin
ty man say that the Dixon negroes
were the best trained hands he ever
Haw said that lie hired three of them
to pick cotton lust full nnd the three
averaged through the season pie
thousand pounds of cotton per qay or
three hundred thirty-tl roe and a
third pounds n piece amt added that
they picked their cotton clean. He
was surprised nt this and watched
them to see how they did it, and I
found that they took light hold of tho 1
pods or locks und missed the dend |
leaf which is always found at the Lot- I
tom of the bole mid m case of any ;
trash or leaf they picked it off with I
the mouth.
The <rop of both corn and cotton h
IriiH been badly damaged by grass and
wet weather nnd on white dump land S
corn is almost a complete failure.
Cotton bus improved very much in‘l
tin, hint twenty days and the monthb
of August ho inr has been very favor-H
able especially on gray or white land, p
Tim best information 1 could get oug
my little trip to Hancock and baek,|j
was that the cotton crop was aboiitH
one tliiid off, cotton on bottom andfi
white pine land fully one third off, redd
hmd is fine, heavy gray land with clayfl
subsoil is also good. I saw no oneß
who claimed more than threo-fourthsq
of mi average crop. This togeijier |
with the loss of the small grain crop,
1 mean wheat und fall oats, is a luirdj
lick on the farmers al least on tljosei
who are in debt and m e trying tojiuy
out by the use of the tools of Jhirt,
trade—-tho plow and the hoe,
Spring oats were generally poor—butl
Jeff Worthen made eighteen humfred'
bushels on one hundred acres, turasli4
ed out and measured up. This jwas
a small crop for tho Dixon farm
yet about twice as mu< h ns Hie average
of farms g( nerally. So it seems that
when a farm is trained to inakjng piig
crops they seldom make little ones.
Very respectfully,
Hr, k hvndochc, to tiie bane of many
thiM annoying <*<*nipaint may be <maint£
prevented by the <»ecaMional uae of
McLoan’M Homa opathic Liver and Kulnc;
tH, they are pleawapt to take no largfiFthai
a pin bead, and arc the ladicH* favorite for bil
ionane-HM, bad tautc in the month, foi
Jencorrhea and painful menatruatfon. ”
For Male by all druggiat. h
—Hotfl Kosland, Grovotow.j| if ;
filled to overflow with
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