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Yolums YI.—Number 4 W-* .
Weightsville lin & Tsnnille and Dub¬
& Wrightsville R. R.
W. ami Ge»1
To take effect Nov. 15. 1880.,
T Y ooaui kort«.
,
NO. fi —SO. 4
a . a. p. m.
Lv Dubim
I*v Condor
Lv Bruton Or. IS
Ar Lovett P
Ar Wrightsville 5,20
LwWeigii Iw Harrison tortile 53
Ar Teunille mv4$t° ^50 «,30
going
C w -»L
m-ti. Tt*ff AM.
Lt T ennlHi 7.30 fotete
At 8,00
i.k~Wr:ghtovilte A; 3,50
Ar A.r Lrtvett Bruton C'r. *•+■?*
Lt Condor
Ar Dublin
Central Southwestern &
Montgomery & Eufaula
RAILROADS.
All trains of this system are rnn by Central
Or (20th Meridian time.)
Savannah, Ga., December 6th, 1885.
On and after Sunday, Dec. 6, 1885, Pas
senger trains on these' roads will run as f»l
lows:
GOING FROM ATLANTA.
Lt. Ar. “ “ “ • ** “ “ " " “ '• “ t Jacksonville............ Albany Macon Fort Columbus Savannah Blakely Eufaula Montgomery Augusta Perry Thomaston Carrollton Atlanta Gaines (1 d d'No. c <1 d d d No. s d e No. d No. No. No. ties No. d s d No. d No. 52......... c e 52......... 25........ 21........ 1 17 s........ No. ......... s 52....... 5....... ........ - No. 25..... 1 27. .. ^ M A o 6:00 o> ** aac,ac.c. a* ac.« * «s « 333BS3B3E333S3:
Lt. Atlantad No. 2.. 2:45 p m
Ar. Thomaston d e s.. 7:15 p m
“ Carrollton........
Macon........... ......6:25 p m
“ Augusta..........
•' Savannah........
41 Jacksonville d.... . 8:55 a m
- Fort Perry Gaines.... ties No. 23 . 8:45 p m
*'
** Blakely....... Albany d No.
" 3 10:45 p m
,4 JEnfaula.......
•• JtoatgMBaery CatuyalMis ....
.“ -
I.r. Atlanta d No. 54... t .......6:50 p m
Ar. Thomastou...........
•* CarrolUon.............
" Macon d No. 54....... 10:40 p »
“ Augusta............... Savannah d No, 54..... 6 ;00
“ a m
..
*' Jacksonville d......... .. 12 noon
“ Perry d e s No. 27...... . .12:00 p m
•“ Fort Gaines e d s No 27 .. 4:38 p m
4 ‘ Blakely d e No. s No. 25.... .. 7:10 p m
*' Albany d 25...... .. 2:45 p m
41 Eufaula d No. 1....... .. 4:01 p m
«< Columbus d No. 5...... .. 2:15 p m
“ Montgomery d No. 1... .. 7:25 p m
Wleepiug cars on No. 54, Atlanta, to Pa
vannaU; through sleeping and sitting cars
■on No. 2 to Jacksonville via Albany and
Waycross. Passengers for Wrightsville,
Louisville and 8yivania, Ga., take train No
52. Traius Nos. 2 and 52 make close con¬
nection Ifjt at Albany with trains of 8. F. &
W. for Southwest Georgia and Flori
•da points. Train No. 2 connects at Albany
with B. & W. R..R. Trains 52 and 54
■connect at Srvannah with 8. F. & W. R’y
for all Florida points.
COMING TOWARDS ATLANTA.
Lv. Jacksonville via Savannah d 7:20 p m
“ Jacksonville via Albany,
“ Savannah d No. 51..... . 8:40 a m
“ Albany d d numlier 26... 26 . 12:40 8:15 p m
“ Blakely c s numper . a m
4- Fort Gainesdesnumber 25.. 10:05 a m
“ Perry des number22... . .2:00 p m
“ Eufaula d number 2... .• .10:55 a m
4 4 Columbus d number 6... .11:40 p m
“ Montgomery d munbet 2 . 7:40 a.ni
44 Augusta d number 18... .10:25 a m
“ Macon d number 51...... . 5 -40 p m
“ Thomaston.............
" Carrollton d............ . 5:00 a m
Ar. Atlantad.............. 10:30 p m
Lv. Jacksonville via Savannah d, 8:20 p m
Jacksonville via Albany
44 Havannali d number 53.. 8:10 p m
’* Albany..,.............
44 Blakely... Gaines............ .• •.......... V.
“ Fort
'* Perry................. Eufaula...............
“ Columbus.............
“ Montgomery........... d number 8:40
“ Macon 1.......... a m
41 Thomaston des number 34.. 8 30 a m
“ Carrollton.........
Ar. Atlanta d number 1 12:40 p m
Lv. jacksonville.via Savannah d
" JacksonvilJc via Atlanta 7:32 p m
" Savannah
" Albany d 4:10 a m
44 Blakely
*' Fort Gaines
44 Perry des No. 24 6:00 a m
Eufaula
Columbus
Madoii Montgomery d No. 8:40
1 ' a m
14 Thomaston d e sNo, 34 8:30 a m
“Carrollton
Ar. Atlanta d No. 1 12:40p m
Sleeping carson trains from Savannah
to Macon and Atln nta to Augusta. Coirnec
tion at Atlanta with all diverging roads
eastern and western points and local
tions. Through sleeping and sitting
on train leaving Jacksonville at 7:20 p. m.,
via Waycross, Athuita and Macon.
D—Dally. W*. D E Gen’ISup’t, 8—daily except Savannah, Sunday.
Rogers,
T. I). Kline. Sup’t S TPR R, Macon ,
W. T. Shellman, Traffic 8avanni}|i Manager. pp,
G A lv HITEHEAD, A.
Jt, Smidt, Atjantn, Ga. G J?
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Wrightsvifle,$a.,' March 11, 188G.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.*
A. F. DALEY
Attorney at Law,
Wb£i"^±J_L® , Gha.
M ill practice in this and adjoining
counties, and elsewhere by special
engagement, jan 7, 1886.
WALTER R. DALEY,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT i AW,
Wrightsville Ca.
jan. 7 1886.
VERNON B.ROBINSON,”
Bachelor ofLavv andStlicitor inEquity
Wrightsville, Ca.
Moderate fees charged, and satisfaction
guaranteed. Collections and Criminal
Law specialties. jan. 7, 1886
J. E. HIGHTOWER,
Attorney at Law,
D-u-TDlixL Georgia.
jan. 7th 1886.
Dr. P. M. JOHNSON,
Lovett Georgia
Calls promptly attended day or
wight. jan. 7-1886.
Dr. J. M. PACE,
practitioner ok
MEDICINE AND SURGERY,
Wrightsville Georgia. . .
Calls promptly attended day or night.
Office at-OuTLAw's Hotel.
G. W. McWhorter. M.D.
Wriglitswrille, Ca.
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Calls Promptly Attended.
jan7-188G.
Office over Arlinc & Daley’s store.
Dr. O. HICKS.
Physical! and Consulting
Surgeon.
Dublin - - - Georgia
jan 7 1886
F. H.SAFFOLD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sa,XL<3-©2rs~s7 _ ±l±© - Ca.
Will practice in all the Courts of
the Middle Circuit and in the coun¬
ties surrounding Washington. Spe¬
cial attention givsn to commercial
law.
Money loaned on real estate at 12
cent 7,
V V
XmIO lStTCS
■$•
A.
Certain and Ferment Cure
FOR
CONSUMPTION
Catarrh, Bronchitis,
COLDS, CGDGHS, INFLUENZA,
Sore Throat, Shortness of Breath,
CLERGYMAN'S SORE THROAT,
4l)d ofher Diseases of
PRICE, $1.00 PER BOTTLE.
LARGE SIZE, $2.00.
A TURPE&fiSIMFARM.
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THK MW. -WMA+WT.. 0.„ E
““ u f E flW 111 <■**«*•
MnnStj/it flw;,- Car, XmaOr Banner.
It not 1 long qntil I had bar
was
gained with a vonpg man
me to the “turpentine farm/’ of
Sharpe Bros., three miles away. My
story might be more picturesque if
lonohaire/rr T ^ -i ^ j • ™ )
the e 8 ‘‘«*ckjfe c acker, w.w a drove T^Tr. a twenty,- f° f
dollar "bag of bones.” Hu. m, story
'» inu.nd<„l t » bot , ot , ,f , i, rathe, lL »“
starting, and tiuth ,compels
describe him as be'ug a
young follow of two.,t,-two, neatly
dressed, and he drove a bngh bay
that would have done no discredit to
Tennessee. An hour after leaving
„ the little way station at vvNjich the
train ktf me I was comfortable dom
idled in the unpretentious home of
a [hospitable native. With all his
hospitality, however, I had to insist
on liis taking me in. life excuse for
not receiving mein household was
that Ins wife was unwell, and the
vvork of the household developed up
on his “little daughter.” Of course
the existence of a little daughter that
could keep house, made me more
anxious to stay there. The “little
proved to be a
ble handsome, darkeyed young lady
eighteen summers and 150 pounds^
seemed both able and willing th.
‘
the work of the little family.
There was an of comfort in this
“cracker” home that made it attrac¬
It was a surprise to me, who
had read 60 much of the absolute
of the homes of the farm
of this section. It is true, the fare
was plain, consisting chiefly of pork,
turnips, cornbread and biscuits
coffee; but this was certainly dis
with no niggardly h*ml,
more fastidious panon than myrel
have been pleased. I am ful¬
convinced that much of tbc prat¬
about miserable table of the peo¬
of this section is by writers who
know nothing whatever of the mat¬
I have been much among these
people and believe I represent them
fairly. The writers on this, as on
other subjects, write before
they have studied it. Of the good
things prepared by this “little daugh¬
ter” I ate for several peaceful days,
that will long be remembered. But
I set out to tell of the turpentine
farm. I will have more to say of the
people and their life at another time.
Taking this as a sample a “turpen¬
tine farm” is about five miles wide
and ten or twelve miles long. Of
course these figures may vary, but I
shall write of this particular one as
though all were alike. The first thing
necessary to a “farm” is the right
kind of pine trees, and enough of
them. The rosin pine is the “long
leaf,” and it might be said the long¬
bodied, for I have seen them near
eighty feet to the first limb. When
the turpentine has found a suitable
body of timber he selects a place
near the center oil which to erect his
“still” and pitch his camp. In acorn*
forlablc house “the boss man” lives,
while in cabins at convient distances
lives the “luggers”—regular “tur¬
pentine niggers’,—who were born
and reared to the lfe, and have nev¬
er known anything else. The first to
be done is to “cut the boxes,” which
is done in the winter. A
box is a notch in the side of the
near the ground, and is thirteen
es broad, six inches deep and
between a quart and half a gallon
crude or virgin turpentine. The
ting of these boxes is the most
tuiesque if not the most
It was a crisp, frosty
when I started, in company with
Sharpe, to the “boxing squad” on
lower end of the farm. The sun
just gliding the frost-work on
loftiest pine boughs, and an
al bird chirruped forth his little
For you must know it js early
in South Georgia, even in f
It was 7:30 o’clock when we
the camps of the “boxer*,” and a
litary negro was ready to go to
There are thirty in this squad, .and
L as they are paid by the box—li
cm box _. hey C .„ g0t0WOTk
b» they plw. and quit when the,
w ' s! '- By 0:50Marly the entir. crowd
as ^<ly, Ue { 5~- and wd work Kve began. ^ sbade It from was
*
ter,est Afllcan to the lightest mulat
?*** thei ‘°’ and ** jokeS and
»*"J Che “boss ere man as is armed * 8 , th with f« r a *** thin
twelve inches square, ruled in
nftlTOW I,ne8 » fGr keeping.ifount of
L j boxes ^ and r^d^ a stout ’, hiobhrv stick
,j, riou , „, T<ttrio Thi»i.
• . „. - . . » ..•;
with a gauge. These
^ nogroea can average 190 hoc
^ ^ ^ ^
™ Uy , counted ‘ ed and and cl^dited credited!*) to the the
cona
nght mao. How it redone is the fun
h .
rhisboard, earned^ by the v boss
, | aD » 18 a «»% board. Eadntt
haa a nurafcer °» that boa ^ d and
v ’ hen he cho P* a box hc cslU out
number. 1 hese men are scatter
over two or three acres of territo
'7 ftnd * ora<;t * me several calls out at
a,ld in -»«<* a Pfuliar sing
style that the untrained ear has
'dear whrf’<iill, but the “tally-man
'sriey makes a mistakes. “Mark six!”
quiet looking fellow in a
r H ; shirt. Atthe sameinstantanim
nae ' “Ibiw, with a throat like a
*?^’ _ boin ” , yells out: “iliree, oh
R?ei w,th a < l l,ck » ri « in K inflection
0,<l lbt ‘ * ast tbr ee.’ “Hi, oh! boss
man, mark dat yaller fer No. 9’”
sings out another. And so on and
much more through tbe day. The
“turpentine nigger” has no thought
for the morrow and is happy. ‘Some
of these niggers,” said iny friend,
“have never been out of the piney
woods. They are born turpentine
niggers, as their fathers before Them
. ^ . ^ **
18
will have cut 180,000 or 200,000 box¬
es, which will then be divided into
“crops” 100,000 each, and each crop
put into the hands of one man to
“raise.” This is done by first “cor 1
cering” the boxes and then “chipp¬
ing” the trees, an inch at a time, to
about two or three feet above the
box. All this cannot be explained on
paper without illustrations, but is all
foe the purpose of exposing more
“face” for the turpentine to run from
The second year the face is worked
higher up the tree-sometimes fifteen
feet.
About a week after the boxes are
“cornered” the dipping coinmeccs.
Barrels are scattered through the
woods, and two men, working each
crop, fill them, after which they are
hauled to the “still.’’ The crude tur¬
pentine is nearly the color of gum
camphor as we buy it from the stores,
and is about the consistency of very
thick sorghum. After the boxing is
done the most important man on the
turpentine farm is the “wood rider.”
It is his business to go from one
to another and see that all this cor¬
nering and chipping is properly done
TThen it is remembered that these
180,000 boxes, spread over a territo¬
ry 5x12 miics, must be seen every
week, it is plain that his place is not
an easy one. “It takes a full, sound
limn with no soft spots to make a
woods rider” says the experienced
turpentine inan.
There are many interesting fea¬
tures about the turpentine business.
In the first place, it must not be im¬
agined that this vast body of timber
is bought by the turpentine man. It
is not even leased—only the turpen 1
ti.ne trees. For these the operator
pays one cent per box the first year
and reduces the rate one-thrid each
year thereafter. One tree often furn¬
ishes four boxes. They average about
two boxes to the tree. The boxing,
cohering, chipping and dipping, as
well as the barrel making, are paid
for by the piece. After tbe first
the per cent of the turpentine
rosin decreases bo that the profit
much less. One interesting
is, how long will th# present
of rosin pine hold out? It is
ly being destroyed, and that
Terms—$ 1.00 per-annum.
A TRICK OF THE IMAGINATION
HOW A WILKES COUNTY MAN
frightened at a log.
Wdmhinyfton Chronicle.
Mr. D. M. Short, not long since,
after eating his supper concluded to
walk over to a neighbor’s and sit till
bed time. On his way he had to
pass through a piece of woods and
Mr. James Booten’s cotton field.—
before he passed through the
woods he saw a lo 6 a few ste P 8 in
front of him and imagined .So it was a
right of objoc. uuulo
>*r. Short very nervous, but finally
he summoned up «.v
W«* *• ims S ina, T “*”■ «.
<*** * •** ll *« '»K ">•« •'«
StilJ thinking it he a man, he became
80 f r ‘gl ltened th»]t his hair stood
stngnt np on ,. his , iitad, like the quills
of a porcupine. IPhile in this di*
Iemiua his attention was attracted
by a sma jj do{? mu „cliing a bone a
few Bteps f ,. OIn hira , taking the dog to
be* panther, or some other ferocious
beast, and that it had killed the man
and was devouring him. He jump¬
ed the fence and started across Mr.
Jag. Wooten’S cotton field at break
Beck speed, calling “Jim, Jim, Jim,”
at every jump, expecting every mo
ment to be overtaken by tbe savage
animal and torn pieces, While
in his flight for dear life, a ootton
stalk caught hiscoat tail. H^-thdUght
it was the man-eater and that the
crisis had come. Straining every
nerve and muscle to their utniait to
expedite his speed, and looking back
at the same time, he ran over a large
stump and foil to the ground in a
swoon. While in this state of un¬
consciousness he fancied he was sur¬
rounded by all the savage beasts of
the jungles of India, with fiery eyes
and bloody mouths ready to devour
him. After consciousness returned,
be picked himself up, bruised and
bleeding, but the panther ili all bis
horrible and deniotidike appearance
was gone, and the little dog with
his bone was not to be seen.
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The lovely Queen Margherita, of
Italy, is at present in painful trouble
on account of her royal spouse’s
beard. About a year ago it began to
turn gray. This was too bad, as his
Majesty is only forty years old, and
in the eyes of Her Majesty, the
handsomest man in Ualy She pur¬
chased a bottle of patent hair-restor¬
er, and ordered His Majesty to use
it. King Humbert demurred, but as
the Queen insisted, he first took the
grecaution to apply it to the tars of
one of his hounds. The next day
the canine’s ears were a bright green.
When the Queen asked next morn
ing if IIin Majesty had used her rem¬
edy, King Humbert begged her to
apply it to her pet parrot, and let
him know the result next day. Her
majesty took the bottle and left the
room, but lias not mentioned the sub¬
ject since. The King’s beard is now
almost white.
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Old Abram Johnson, a darkey,
who remembers heaving of Washing¬
ton, who knew both the Adams’ well,
lives a few miles from Americas. He
was born in “Ole Virginny” in 1795,
and knows a great deal of what hap¬
pened lang syne. Ilis last master was
Henry Payne, and hc has a son liv¬
ing over fifty-six years old. lie has
lived with his present wife fifty-nine
years, lie has seven great-great¬
grandchildren and twenty-two great¬
grandchildren. The count on the
others gave out. Old Adam is a gay
old lark, takes his toddy, chews to¬
bacco, smokes his pipe and has fun
with the young people.—Americus
Republican.
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Wanted His Mother Forgiven,
Wolf.
Ollie, who has been a naughty boy,
has just finished his evening prayer,
when mamma says: “Are you
going to ask God to forgive
“O yes. I s’pose so. Please, God,
give me for being a bad boy,
forgive my mamma, too, for
very wicked (a long breath while
tries to bring some evidence of
assertion—then an inspiration)
Bhe killed a fly, Lord, that you
Lko a
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KILLED HIS FOUR CHILDREN. .
JOIIK HOWELL OX TRIAL ROB TUB
SLAUGHTER OR I11S INNOCENTS. - s
IIonksdale, Pa., March 1.—The
trial of John Howell for the murder
of his four children at Stamieka, iu
October last, began here to-dayv*
The Howell family consisted of Mr!
and Mrs. Howell, one son and fonii
daughters. Early on the morning
of October 23, Mrs. Howell wiiV h, er
oldest daughter, aged thirteen i
reii r8 »
went to a neighboring village, leav¬
ing Howell at home with the oth^r
four children, aged respectively 11,
^ o\.i, £v« o’clock
in the evening they; returned home.
On entering the house they were
horrified to find the father lying in¬
sensible upon, the kitchen floor With,
two bullet wounds in his body.—r,
Stepping into an adjoining bedroom,
a still more horrifyng scene met the
vision there. Upon two beds lay
the four children, all dead, Stncd
he has been iu jail he has talked to
no one not even to his counsel, bat
has occupied Ins time in pacing his
cell. In answer to the usual ques¬
tion “Guiiity or not guilty?” he iner6- i
!y shook his head. Samuel Nevv
combe, to whom Howell confessed
his awful crime, testified that he was
with the prisoner during the tlifle
days that followed the tragedy, and
that Holland repeated 1/ said to him:
“I have murdered my four innocent
children.” Upon being asked if-lie
did not wish to recover and becomca
better man, so that when he died be
might meet his children in heaven,
he replied: “No! No! Why, I mur¬
dered them. They would not want
to see me, and I would be ashamed
to meet them.” The case will prob¬
ably dose to-morrow, and it is the
general belief that he is insane, and
will not be convicted of murder.
Routed By the Greek Alpha&e!!
l‘Mlonion Messenger.
Brack Goolsby tells of a little boy
who was sent by his parents to enter
school in his neighborhood. Just as
lie arrived at the school room the
class in Greek was called lip to re¬
cite. As he entered the door, one of
i lie big boys rose, and looking at'liim,
began to call the Greek alphabet,
“Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon,
/.eta, eta.” When lie pronounced
the last letter the little fellow turn
ed on Ills heels and ray as ii for life,
not stopping until he arrived at,
home. Ilis mother met him and
wanted to know what was the mail
ter. The little fellow said, “Mam¬
ma, just as I got in the school house,
one of the big boys got up and cried
out, ‘Alfred, beat him, d--n
pelt him, help to eat him,’ and I just,
left that school house in a 1,un
and don’t want to go to «c1k o1*
how.” .
Benevolent Old Gent (to wretch#}
tramp)—Here’s a quarter for you.——
Now go 10 work, iny good man, and
some (lay you’ll strike a fortune.
Wretched Tramp (confidently)—•
Oh, I’ll get there some day. Thert’s
lot of rich old gentlemen in Phila¬
delphia, you know.
Yes.”
And there’s plenty of dark
nights.”
“Yes.” .
“Well, sir, when I meet tbe rich
old gentleman and the dark night, at
the same time, you bet I’ll strike a ;
.
fortune in short order.”-—Philadel¬
phia Call.
Two weeks ago, Mr. W II Wood,
who lived near tbe line of Wajto.fl
and Gwinnett counties, left his home
and was not heard of until tile Sun¬
day following. In that interval the
country was being scoured by feiends
and relatives, hoping to find some
trace of the missing man. It turned .
out that Mr. Wood weni to Conyers, ■
where he sold his horse for *100, and
took the train for Chattanooga.—
From that point he wrote his wife
that he had been robbed of all but*
*20 of his money, that he was going
to Corinth, Miss., and for her lo sell
their effects and follow him.