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VOL. I. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One sq’r, first insertion $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion 50 3 sq’rs one month 4 00 3 sq’rs six months 12 50 3 sq’rs one year 20 00 One column, one year 120 00 One column, six month 70 00 l or a greater or less space the same pro¬ portion. legal advertising. In accordance with the act of the Legis¬ lature, legal advertisements will be inserted in the Recorder at the following rates, payable For strictly in advance: each 100 words 75 cents for each in¬ sertion for the first four insertions; for each subsequent insertion 35 cents for each 100 words. No advertisement considered less than f*0 words. Sc ifilFr solicit Oammunicotians on all subjects 0 ( eneral or local interest if authenticated by •name of the icriter. All Correspondence should be addressed, Recorder, Wrightsville, Georgia. ZW We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. nrrTTq xmo p xiiirXiXl a ppp may be found on file at g EO p Rowell <fc Go’s Newspaper Street), Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce where advertising contracts may be }made for it in New ork. (The Recorder is Registered at the st Office in Wrightsville as Sccond s ass Matter. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ROBERT L. RODGERS, A TTORNEY-A TLA W, -A.'blaoa.'ba,, Cha. Special and attention Settling to Estates. Collections, ju!2-ly‘ Convey¬ ancing A. F. DALEY, Attorney at Law, 'VC r x*xgIhL'fcs-N7-±lle, C3-& Will practice in this and adjoining counties, and elsewhere by special engagement. my22-lv J. W. FLANDERS, M. D., Physician and Accoucheur, - Wrightsville, Ga. Special attention given to practice of Obstetrics and the treatment of diseases of Women. Office at his residence. inj 22-ly E. M. Kennedy, M.D., PEACTITIOlSrEE, RECK EYE, GA. 13T Special attention given to practice of OBS'l’ETUICS and the treatment of Diseases of women and children. ju5-6m Hem-nry Cixrrell 3 Attorney - at - Law, Wrightsville, Ca. Residence six miles north of Wrights¬ ville. JSiTOflicein Wrightsville. iny22-ly MISCELLANEOUS. THE “GEM” 1 M. H. BOYER, Sandeps-v-ille, Gra.. Keeps Brandies, always Liquors, on hand Wines, the purest and best Cham¬ pagnes, etc. Lager Beer always on draught, in £3F' connection A splendid with Billiard the Bar. and Pool Room jyl7-6ra M. H. BOYER. J. C- JEHZ-A-JVOIXjTO JST, —ukaIjEr in— Groceries,Liquors, Cigars Tolaacco, Etc. Tennille, Ga. I take this method of informing my friends of Washington, Johnson and sur¬ rounding counties that I still continue in business at Tennille, and will be glad to see any and all of them at any time. 53 ^* Cool Lager Beer always on draught. ray22-ly J. T. & B. J. DENT, EIOIIT MILES WEST OF Wrightsville, Georgia. Keep constantly, on hand a fine assort¬ ment of Pure LIQUORS, LAGER, BRANDIES, WINES, ALES, etc., etc. Also Tolwcco, Cigars, Candies, Pickles, Ovsters, Sardines which and a full will line sell of Family in¬ Groceries, all of we at side figures. Give us a trial. Rcspt., mj-22-ly J, T. k B. J. DENT. <n > 3 ♦ “ SCIENCE AND RELIGION ; THE GUARDIANS OF LIBERTY." THE LAST DEAL. Confession ot a Reformed Gam¬ bler—A Sight that Made Him Swear Oft. “I never dealt again!” These words fell from the lips of a gentlemen well known in Leadvillc yet few recognize in the elegant, easy-going man who now commands the respect of liis fellow-citizens, the once cool-headed, imperturbable gambler, who, in his day, figured prominently along the Pacific Coast, and was almost universally recog¬ nized as the shrewdest faro-dealer in the West. “As for the game’s morality, that’s neither here nor there. When dealt upon the square, it is much like an¬ other game. It is not to he thought that the law will hinder men a bit if they want to play, and often they are forever cured of playing when they find it doesn’t pay. I dealt the game for twenty years, but I’ve quit now. I made nothing, nor lost any thing, and, but for a sight I once saw, I should probably be a gambler still. Hereby hangs a tale. Let me tell it: “Some three years ago I run a high-toned game at a certain place you probably know, for it strikes me I saw you there. It was a square game, as I will leave anyone to say —a thriving game, for I dealt for half the bloods iti town, and often I had as many as five lay-outs at a time, with too much business on hand to even get time to rest. One even¬ ing a young chap strolled in, with a sort of curious stare on his face, and I concluded right there that he was green. He was fair-haired, and had a pair of blue eyes and clear-cut fea¬ tures—an innocent-looking young fellow if ever I saw one. It only re¬ quired a "lanop t.n convince you that he. was a stranger in the gambling room. He soon was at home, though, for I saw in his blue eyes the love of play, and after that evening he was a constant visitor. lie played his pile right up and up, and never growled if his luck was hard, and on every card he’d stack the limits up in the blue. Take it altogether, his luck was hard—-.sometimes the hard¬ est, I think, I ever saw. I’ve known him to lose at a single deal seven double shots. “Business for me, of course, hut somehow it almost seemed too bad. I couldn’t say a word, though, and yet I liked the boy. He had lots of the filthy. I think from the day he began, he must have dropped a cool $100,000 on the game, and he never growled. “We both quit gambling the same night—he poor lad, for sufficient rea¬ sons, and I, because I loathed the game. It was in this wise: “His coin gave out in a deal or two, and he put up a diamond ring just to see his ill luck out, you know. The chips soon went. He had a pin, a flaming stone in massive metal. He passed that in without a word and drew $500 cold. So help me God! I wished him luck as heartily as any player there; hut no, his last stack went my way on a losing ace. He drew $300 more, I think, on his watch and chain, and tried his line of bets again, but his luck was gone. 31 y God! I’ll never forget the pale, haggard look that crossed his face, but he was game. He never uttered a word, and kept his chair like a pillar of stone. For a moment he seemed dazed at his re¬ verses, but suddenly his eye caught the thin, worn circlet of dull gold on his little finger. He looked at it a little while, and a dark wave of hot, crimson blood passed over his face, for this circlet seemed to cling even faster than the flashing gem he had passed in before. He at last stripped it off his finger and handed it to me. It came reluctantly, this worn, old ring. ‘What can I have on this?’ he asked. ‘I don’t know what its value is, but I’ll redeem it first of all.’ It might have cost $5 new, but it was worthless then. Still I passed out a fifty stack in return, just to let him try again. Ho planked it down in WRIGHTSVILLE, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880. the pot, and then low upon the table he laid his folded arms. Well, for a wonder, his lack changed, and he won three times. He took no notice of me as I told him when the limit barred, and so we played two fifty on each card. Would you believe it? In the deal the pot won out and never lost! And still he lay with his face hid in his arms. The deal was out and I shook him up, but not a muscle moved, and, raising his face, I started hack in horror at the glassy expression of his eyes, for the boy was dead. “I’ve often wondered to myself since that night what thoughts went flitting through his brain as he bowed his head and hid his face from our sight, what pledges of a better life, regrets for a fortune he had thrown away with a lavish hand, and loath¬ ing of his irrevocable course. Who can tell? We can hut guess at them, but can never feel. His face showed years of hell endured in that brief game, hut it was not until the Coro¬ ner’s jury sat that I learned all. Be¬ fore them was developed the fact that the ring which had changed his luck, as it did his existence, was oue given him by his dear dead mother years before. Poor boy! I never dealt again.”— Leadvillc Chronicle. - The Country Newspaper “Devil.” This is what T. E. Willson, day editor of the New York World, but who has been in his time editor-in chief of a country newspaper, and therefore knows whereof he speaks, says about the “devil” of a country newspaper office: He is the “boss” of the country office, accountable to no man for his short comings. Upon his shoulders rests the dignity of the profession, as well as the proper management of the paper. The editor may unbend and go a fishing “with the hnj-o,” J».t the uevii never does. The editor may take a hand at a game of baseball, he may even go to the office with shoes unblack - ened, hut the devil never docs. To keep tip the general average of tidi¬ ness the devil not only blackens his shoes, but his face as well; and this, gentlemen, is the reason why the devil is grimy in feature; not, as commonly supposed, because he is under-clean. Upon the light and elastic shoulders of the “devil” de¬ pend the whole internal economy of the office. He is everywhere—when he is not wanted, and never where he is—at home. Woe to the editor whose copy is not on time! Woo to the compositor whose “stick” is thrown down carelessly in the wrong place! Woe to the luckless foreman who does not measure his steps! Better for all and each that they had not been born. I have studied the devil in his place of power and in the sanctity—if §uch a word may bo per¬ mitted—of his home, and in both places it needs a long spoon to eat with. - “Is THIS the Rinktum ?”—lie came to the door on tiptoe, and cau¬ tiously poking his head in, in a sug¬ gestive sort of way as if there was more to follow, inquired: “Is this the editorial rinktum?” “How’s that sir?” “Is this the rinktum—sinktum— sanktum—or some such place, where the editor lives, moves and does his lying?” “This is the editorial room. Yes, sir, come in.” “No, I guess I won’t come. I jes’ wanted to see what a rinktum was like, that’s all. The great Jehosa phat! ain’t she dirty, and don’t she loom up with old papers and trash! Looks like our old last year’s corn crib—only wuss. And this is the rinktum? Well, I mus’ he goin’, good day.” And he departed from the “rink¬ tum.” The only philosophy worth a cent for everyday use is that which sus¬ tains a woman against the fear of rats when her candle suddenly blows out down cellar, and that isn’t worth much if the stairs are handy for a run. A MINER’S LUCK. Returning Wealthy After Long Absence—He Finds His Wife Another Man’s AVidow. Mt. Vernon, O., July 14. —A case coinciding with the romantic inci¬ dents narrated in the story of Enoch Arden has been brought to light in this country. Although the parties most interested have tried to keep the matter quiet, yet your corres¬ case, which are as follows: In the month of February, 1854, Madison Robeson married Miss Hettie J. White, of Howard township, this county, and lived happily with her for five years. The fruits of the marriage were three boys. During the gold-mining excitement of 1859 Robeson got the “fever” and left for the West to seek his fortune, his ob¬ jective point being Pike’s Peak. At first he wrote at regular intervals long and interesting letters, giving glowing descriptions of the country and his prospects, then his letters came less frequently, and finally ceased to come at all, Years rolled by, and nothing was heard of the derelict husband or his whereabouts. Ilis family concluded that he was dead, and had either met with some mining accident or had fallen a vic¬ tim to the vengeance of the red man. Then a Philip Ray put in an ap¬ pearance and sought Mrs. Robeson’s hand in marriage. She finally con¬ sented, afid after a lapse of fourteen years from the time her husband left, was married to Philander Marlow, and left, with her new husband and her children, for Iowa, where they purchased a small farm near Deco¬ rah, and took up their residence there. Her second husband died two years after their removal to T/xwil II..i- o.->ri<5 liavo flrrxwn to rnatl hood; one of them is married, and with his mother is still living on their little farm near Decorah. A few days ago a stranger arrived in this place who proved, Enoch Arden like, to be the long lost Robeson. From his brother-in-law, Mr. J. II. Milless, a business man here, he learned the whereabouts of his wife and her sec¬ ond marridge. Robeson tells a ro¬ mantic story of his wanderings and adventures, and of his luck and ill luck. lie says that after leaving this county he wont direct to the Pike’s Peak country and engaged in mining there, hut after a short stay, left for California. There he was not successful and left for British Columbia, hut in a short time re¬ turned to California. From there lie went to New Zealand with a mining churn, hut meeting with bad luck again returned to California. When he arrived in San Francisco he found a letter there for him from a former mining companion who had gone to Australia. lie acceded to the requests of his old chum and left for Australia, where he resided for several years, was successful, and accumulated several thousand dol¬ lars. He then determined to return to this country and to his family. Arriving in California, he was led into unfortunate speculations and lost all the money he had saved in Australia. lie then returned to mining and worked for seven years in the mines of Nevada, Idaho and Two the Leadvillc mining excitement broke out, ho left for that place and located and worked what proved to be rich claims. He now owns twenty residences in that city and runs a large hotel and livery stable, and is worth $300,000. lie claims that ho wrote several letters home, but re¬ ceived no answers, and concluded that his family was either dead or had left the country, he ceased writing. He left yesterday for Iowa to see his family, make atonement for his conduct, and have them re¬ join him and enjoy the luxuries at¬ tendant upon his large fortune.— Cleveland Herald. In peace prepare for war, particu¬ larly where it is a single piece of pie and two hungry boys want it. Twins. The following amusing story is told by the Quitman county corres¬ pondent of the Cuthbert Appeal: “There are twin brothers living in this county so much alike that it is hard to distinguish one from the other. One of them tells a laughable incident that occurred when they first came to this part of Georgia. They stopped in Cuthbert to make some purchases. One of them walked into a hardware establishment to buy pots, ovens, skillets, spiders and other utensils indispensable in a well pro¬ vided kitchen. The articles were bought, paid for and left in the care of a clerk until called for. The pur¬ walked out, and in a few min¬ utes his brother went into the store to make similar purchases. The politely informed him that had just made a purchase of the articles and they were then in the store. The second purchaser told him that he guessed he was mis¬ taken, as he had never been in the store before. The clerk was aston¬ ished. He thought his man was simply joking. He looked at him in amazement. But the brother was in sober earnest, and repeated that it was his first visit to the store. Seeing that it was perfectly useless to try to convince his customer that he had been in the store before, the clerk dwindled into silence and sold his man the very same utensils. The goods were delivered, and some time after the second brother’s exit, the first brother entered the store and asked for the goods he bought. The clerk was confounded. Stepping from behind the counter and rolling up his sleeves, he exclaimed: “Stran¬ ger, I have had enough of your con¬ founded foolishness, and I am tired of it. You have made fun at me as long as I intend to put up with it, and now yon nave got ^ atop it. You think you are mighty smart, and if you fool with me two—” At this critical moment the second brother stepped into the store, and. seeing how matters were, made a hasty explanation, when all three en¬ joyed a big lauixh.” Josh Billings on Marriage. By awl means, Joe, get married, if you hav a fair show. Don’t stand shivering on the bank, hut pitch rite in and stick your head under and shiver it out Thar ain’t any more trick in getting married than there is in eating peanuts. Many a man has stood shivering on the shore until the river run out. Don’t ex¬ pect to marry an angel—they have been all picked up long ago. Re¬ member, Joe, you hain’t a sain’t your¬ Do not marry for beauty ex¬ clusively; beauty is like ice, awfully and thaws dreadfnlly easy. Don’t marry for luv, neither; luv is like a cooking-stove, good for noth¬ ing when the fuel gives out. But let the mixture be some beauty, be¬ dresaed, with about $250 in her pocket, a gud speller, handy neat in her house, plenty of sense, tuff constitution and by¬ small feet, a light step; add to sound teeth and a warm heart. mixture will keep in any climate will not evaporate. Don’t marry pedigree unless it’s hacked by A family with nothing pedigree generally lacks sense. - An exchange says, “if this country is remarkable for anything it is re¬ markable for unadulterated patriot¬ ism. Out of that fact has grown up the political maxim “once a candi¬ date, always a candidate.” The same elicited the pointed and forci¬ ble remark from a distinguished ex Congressman that “when a man once gets in office he can never re¬ tire like a gentleman, hut waits to be kicked out like a dog.” If this is correct, the approaching campaigns are likely to show as much patriotism in Georgia as in any other State of this broad Union.— Rome Tribune. The New York Tribune, the offi¬ cial Garfield organ, has not mention¬ ed the name of Arthur editorially since his nomination. NO. 11. Lemonade a la Tanner is the latest name for a familiar beverage Some people put stockings on their their hens to keep them from scratch* ing, but a better plan is to “shoo” them. “Mamma, what arc twins made for?” Her precocious brother re¬ plied: “So that cannibals may eat philopcenas.” The Boston Post has the news from Washington that the Republi¬ cans are preparing to const in Gar¬ field as Hayes was counted in. “Ah heavens!” cries Nana, senti¬ mentally, to her visitor; “when one is adored by a magnificent captain like you, nothing can ever make her love again—unless it is a major.” A man has invented a chair that can be adjusted to eight hundred different positions. It is designed for a boy to sit in when he goes to church. The man who loafs his time away Around a one-horse grocery, while his wife takes in washing to support him, can always tell you Just what this country needs to enhance her prosperity, -- — - A New York paper can't see why preachers should be buttoned up and choked up to distinguish their calling any more than lawyers or editors. No good man is required to hang out a sign that he is good. -.««»►. He was a little verdant, or he never would have said: “Perhaps we had better walk on till we com* to a settee, when *we can sit together.” “Oh, no,” she replied sweetly; “you sit down in the chair, and I will b* the settee.” -■ . “Ladies and gentlemen,” said an Irish manager to his audiene* of three, “as there’s nobody here, I’ll dismiss you all. The performance of this night will not be performed, but will be repeated to-morrow oven* ing.” iml “You see,” said a lively old Aber¬ deen bachelor, on being advised to get married, “you see I can’t do it, because I could not marry a woman I didn’t respect, and it would be im¬ possible for me to respect a woman t hat would consent to marry me.” Lawyer Lockwood,of Washington, has been married twice and says proudly ihat she “never asked either of her husbands for a dollar.” No¬ body doubts it. When a woman of genius marries, she expects to sup¬ port her husband, and her husband, with loving reciprocacy, expects to be supported .—Burlington Haiclceye. “Yes,” said a witness, “I remember the defendant’s mother crying on the occasion referred to. She was weep¬ ing with her left eye— the only one she had—and the tears were running down her right cheek.” “What,’’ exclaimed the Judge, “how could that be?” “ Please your honor,” said the witness, “she was awfully cross-eyed.” CANDIDATES NOTICES, FOR TREASURER. 'T'HROUGH A THE SOLICITATION OF many friends, I hereby announce a of Johnson county, at the election to be held on the First WEDNESDAY in January, 1S81, and would respectfully solicit the support of the voters of said county. Respect¬ fully, MATTHEW M. SHEPPARD. jy!7-tf* FOR ORDINARY. r pHE FRIENDS OF JOHN M. HIGII X tower announce him aB a Candidate for Ordinary of Johnson county, at the election, to be held on the First WEDNES¬ DAY in January, 1881, and aolicit for him the support of the voters of said county. jy3tf MANY FRIENDS. _ FOR REPRESENTATIVE. r piIE FRIENDS OF CAPTAIN W. L. A JOHNSON announce him aa a Can didate for Representative Johnson county, at the forthcoming election, andaolieitfor him the suffrage of the voters of said county. If elected he will again fill this responsible perfect position satisfaction with strict his fldeUty and to the of constitu¬ ents. MANY VOTERS. » jnl9-tf*