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i The Wrig'nisviile Recorder
J-JSTO- 3UC. HUFF,
* EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
THURSDAY, SETT. 2 1886.
On Friday night at Hoiingbroke,
one negro shot and killed anther on
occount of a dog.
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A small boy in B&ngor, Me.,
thought it would be fun to tie paper
and straw to his dog’s tail and set
them afire. .The dog ran into the
, hoy’s father’s barn, which, with an
adjoining house, was burned to the
grobnd. Loss $1,000.
A Wisconsin farmer, going down
a hill with a load of hay, locked one
' of the wheels of the wagon. The
friction of the wheel upon the ground
Struck a spark which ignited the hay
and started a fire that required elev¬
en men to extinguish.
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A young colored man of Buffalo is
making money by giving the most
remarkable musical performances.
, He, holds his mouth open, taps his
skull with a beer mallet, and thus
plays times in tones not unlike those
1 of the xlyophonc. .He seems not on
,iy to have a wooden head but an emp¬
ty one also.
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Friday an old man about CO years
of age was in Rome, having in his
arms a 10-months.old babe. The
babe was nothing hut skin and hones
and the garments that were on it
Were ragged and dirty. The mother
of this infant about one week ago
stole away from her home, leaving
her child in the hands of her father,
an old man who is hardly aide to
take care of himself. Since then the
child lias been very sick, and if hot¬
ter attention is not given it may die.
Mamie Little,
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From the Milieu lleaeon
.This enterprising young lady ar¬
rived in Millen on Saturday evening.
.Her coming had been announced,
and many people were at the depot
to witness her arrival. She had little
t . . t - i *, anybody, \ and af
to say to however,
'ler Going declined accommodation at
several ot the hoarding houses, she
applied to the mayor,’who, in a fath¬
erly manner, advised her to get away
from town as soon as possible. This
advice she appears to have taken, for
she has disappeared, and nobody
knows the going of her.
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Dentil of Itev. David U. Duller.
Rev. David F. Butler died in Mad 1
it the the
ison on morning of 20th at 0
o’clock. lit* was widely known
throughout the state, lie had held
many positions of prominence, hav¬
ing been president of the Baptist
convention of the state of Georgia,
grandmaster of the grand lodge of
the stale, president of the hoard of
trustees of Mercer university, Macon
Ga., and also of the Masonic Female
college, formerly at Covington, Ga.,
and also of the Baptist Female cob
lego at Gainesville, besides many
other positions of less importance.
,He will be buried next Tuesday.
jT. 11. Clayton, of Atlanta, an ex
wholesale whisky dealer, wrote the
following facts in a private letter t<>
a friend in the North, who had it
published. More unblushing exagge¬
ration would he hard to imagine*
'“Prohibition is working ruin to At¬
lanta, while Macon, Savannah, Au¬
gusta, Columbus, Montgomery,
Rome, Birmingham are all moving
forward, the last two named experi¬
encing a big boom. We here are oc
cupymg our time in hitter strife'ov
cr prohibition and its results. Busi¬
ness here in all lines is at a standstill
nearly 3,000 houses vacant, real CSl
tale depreciated, assessments of real
estate increased to raise revenue, tax¬
es increased wherever the charter
will permit it; city can’t meet her
engagements with contractors for
street work, etc., etc. Atlanta may
.he put down as a finished city.
.While we are cutting each other’s
throats our neighbors will gobble up
Atlanta’s trade, which has already
.been done to a large extent, which
she will never regain for the reason
that while Atlanta grows weaker
'neighboring cities are growing stron¬
ger. Birmingham has gained over
T,000 iii population, and Chattanoo¬
ga nearly as much,'‘in’ [\io Wt*twelve
'months;'from Atlanta’,'and it is es*
ilimated that'oui- population has de
‘creased i‘6,000 in the last six or eight
’months.” ....
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Primary to Nominate Representative;
Upon consolidation of the returns
from the various precincts in Johns
son county of the Vote polled in a
primary election held on Saturday,
the 28th day of August, 1886, for
the nomination of a democratic can
dfdate for representative from said
county,(the following is the result:
E. S. Fortner received 347 rotes
W. W. Anthony “ 148 “
J. W. Flanders “ 137 “
'I’hc result showing a majority of
the popular vote for E. S. Fortner,
he is hereby declared the democratic
nominee for representative from
Johnson county in the next General
Assembly. By order of the Execu¬
tive Committee.
A. F. Daley, Chm’ii.
J. W. Flanders, Seet’y.
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COMMUNICATED.
Laston, Ga., August 31, 1880.
Mr. Editor: This morning finds
me at mother’s house, and you know
that means home to a hoy away.—
Somehow lie has a hankering for the
pantry as soon as he arrives; and
then here is the same old button on
the door, and that peculiar aroma
that belongs to mother’s safe.
Then the old memories of child¬
hood! how they come trooping up
in the mind of the hoy ot 30 years!
Yonder is the old place, the old
house, the old trees, and old environ¬
ments. Right, here is where father
used to sit and read the Bible at eve¬
ning prayers, and oh, what sacred
awe steals over me as I stand here
around the old hearthstone. Here
is where the foundation of character
was laid. Sacred in their memories,
deav in their influence, and eternal
in their power. Lost they cannot he.
But I commenced to tell you of
our district conference at Reidsville.
We were received with open hearts
and open doors by the hospitable
people. It wrsmy happy lot to share
the hospitality of Judge V W Smith.
The district was well represented by
the laymen. You can better imagine
my gratification to report on tern
perance the first county in the State
logo prohibition. There are ni-e
counties in the district and only two
sell whisky—-McIntosh and Laurens.
lt pains me to write these exceptions
The Conference will come to
Wrightsville next year.
Yours, truly,
II. A. Hodges.
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Select Good Men.
From the Savannah Morning Heirs.
Some very important matters will
come before the Legislature of this
State to ho elected this fall. There is
no occasion to enumerate them. Ii is
very generally known what they art-.
It is necessary therefore that good
men—men who are sufficiently well
informed to know what ought to In
done to promote the best interests of
the State, and who h;ivo the integrii
ty and courage to act in accordance
with their convictions—should bo
selected for legislators.
In every county there are men
who would like to go to the Legisla¬
ture—some for tho honor which is
attached to the position, and some
t.s engineer schemes out of which
they hope to make money—but they
are not always the ones who ought
to he elected. Of course there are
among those who push themselves
forward some first.class men, hut Un¬
people would act wisely by not ac¬
cepting them too readily. Before
nominating them there ought to he
a pretty thorough inquiry respecting
their qualifications and the reputa¬
tions they sustain among their
burs.
As a general rule, the people do
not realize the importance of sending
able and honest men to the Legisla¬
ture. They are too apt to nominate
some one of those who persistently
seek office, and who may he totally
unfit for the place they seek. The
people are too apt to think that al¬
most any man will do for the Legis
latim, and readily assent to the nom¬
ination of any man who lias a glib
tongue and makes plenty of plausi¬
ble promises.
Georgia is a great State and her
interests are great.. Her prosperity
may ho accelerated or retarded by
legislation. If wise laws are made
prosperity is pretty certain to follow,
but if the laws'are had the people
become dissatisfied, immigration
ceases and investments in railroads,
factories amt enterprises of one kind
and another ceases.
There are men qualified to serve
the State in a legislative capacity in
every county. Let them be found
and sent to Tevise the laws and to
nifltke Dew ones. Let the next Legis»
lature he one of which every citizen
of 'the State will feelproud.
FIGHT ABOUTTHE BOOKS
THE DUBLIN AND AVEStUUn RE¬
CEIVERSHIP MUDDLE.
TREASURER JOHNSON EF.FUSES JO
TURN OVER THE COMPANY’S ROOKS
AND PAPERS UNTIL A HEARING IS
HAD ON THE RILL I’OR A PERMAN¬
ENT RECEIVER—THE MATTER TO
RE TAKEN INTO THE COURTS AT
ONCE—WHAT ROTH SIDES SAY
AROUT THE MATTER.
From the Savannah Morning Heirs.
The Savannah, Dublin and Wes¬
tern people do not take kindly to a
receiver, and are going to make a
fight on every possible point to cs>
cape a permanent receivership.
Yesterday Mr. Sam II. Jcmison,
counsel for Ferguson «fc Co., made a
positive demand for the company’s
books. Treasurer Johnson refused to
hand them over to the temporary re¬
ceiver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Johnson and
Mr. Jemison both got mad. Mr. Jem
ison said to a News reporter that he
was tired of fooling and proposed to
go ahead and make Treasurer John¬
son give the hooks up, if there are
any hooks, and if there is any law in
Georgia by which it can he done.
MR. JEMISON TALKS.
“Mr. Johnson might just as well
have told me whether or not he in¬
tended to comply with Judge Boyn¬
ton’s order the first day I came down
here,” Mr. Jemi.-oii remarked.
“1 have other business to look af¬
ter, and do not want to triile arguing
the case with Mr. Johnson. I will do
that before the court. IIo has em¬
ployed counsel, and says that the or¬
der does not include the hooks. They
tried to point out the difficulties in
my way. That is my lookout. Even
if I haven’t ai.y ease at all they
ought not to he concerned for me.”
TO APPLY l-’OR A RULE NISI.
“What will your next move he?”
Mr. Jemison was asked.
“I will apply to Judge Boynton
Monday morning.” he leplied, “for a
rule nisi, returnable wherever and
whenever he pleases. It can be heard
either in his dirt riot, or out of it. II
the hooks are all right I can’t under,
stand why Mr. Johnson should re¬
I use to turn them over to the reeeiv
or. Mr. Cohen is under £5,000 bond
and is certainly entirely responsible.
To a News reporter Mr. Johnson
said that his lawyer told him that
there is nothing in the order about
turning over the hooks. It is under¬
stood that the defendants will take
the ground that it is not obligatory
upon them to turn over tho property
until there iias been a preliminary
hearing.
THE LINE OF DEFENSE.
It. is supposed that the defense will
he chiefly upon technical points.
The defendants claim that Judge
Boynton simply granted an injunm
I ion enjoining the directors from sell¬
ing the road.
The prayer of the orators in refer¬
ence io the appointment; of a per¬
manent receiver asks that a proper,
discreet and responsible person In
appointed receiver to take charge of
the Savannah, Dublin and Western
Company, its property and franchis¬
es of every kind whatever, to hold
and to use the same, to receive and
to preserve all the rents, issues, tolls
and profits arising from the same un¬
til the final order of the court.
The hearing on the rule nisi, if one
is granted, may take place in Savan¬
nah, but there is no certainty that it
will.
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Booming the Jug Trade.
A Central railroad man, says the
Savannah News, was talking about
the effect of prohibition on business
in Atlanta. He said he could not
see any difference except in the jug
trade, which is all going to Macon.
Saturday is the big day and the jugs
are sent out from Macon by the hun¬
dred. All of the dry counties that
used to send their jugs to Atlanta to
he filled now send to Macon and the
saloon men there are doing a huge¬
ly increased and at the same time
profiitable business.
If there was to be another prohi¬
bition campaign in Atlanta, the rail¬
road man said that it is understood
that the Macon liquor dealers would
send money to Atlanta for the pro¬
hibitionists to use. The charge has
been made, he said, that Macon deal¬
ers helped the Atlanta prohibition¬
ists in the last fight, hut that repoit
is not generally credited. Atlanta
people, however, have no doubt but
that in the future Macon will be
unanimous for 1 prohibition in Atlan
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ta.
He Toed The Mark.
The attention of the citizens of
Millen wds called to a scurrilous let¬
ter Whitten by one George Jackson
to the Boston Herald, and was nat¬
urally at once resented with that de¬
termination characteristic to the
“Georgia Cracker.” The enclosed
document is the fruits of our inves¬
tigation, which speaks for itself. We
desire the article published, and also
the libel, that the “Georgia Cracker”
may know who and what Mr. Jack
son is should theie misfortune be to
meet with him: “Millen, Ga., Aug.
25, 1886.— To the citizens of Millen,
who represent Scriven county, and to
the citizens of Georgia who repre>
sent the empire division of the South,
and to every citizen of the Southern
States who have bad the misfortune
of reading a scurrilous report of the
“Georgia Cracker’and the indecency
of Southern people through the Bos¬
ton Herald, as willfully and rnalien
ously misrepresented by me, I, this
day, Aug. 25, 1880, state and give
my signature in the presence of well
known citizens of Millen that I have
proven myself a liar and a man who
communicates lies to Northern jour¬
nalism for a support. Gkoeuk Jack
son’. Witnesses: William M. Brin
son, E. W. Mead, Dean Newman, S.
II. Hadden, J. Charles Wallace. Per¬
sonally came before me the annexed
witnesses, who, on oath, doposeth
and sayetli they saw George Jackson
sign tho above libel, Aug. 25, 1880.
[Soul.] B. K. Bell, N. P. S. C.”
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Our little quarrel with Mexico ac¬
complished one good result. It set
people to studying geography. The
ignorance, not only of the masses,
but of many se-called educated poo.
pie, on this subject, is surprising. 1
doubt if geography is studied as
much now as it was a century ago—
I mean really studied, not idly skim¬
med over in the rush to obtain that
indefinable tiling we call “an educa¬
tion.”
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Wrightsviile, - - - Georgia.
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Come to see me and call for what you want; I can furnish you. In the
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My'U Thanking my many friends and customers for their past generous
patronage, and requesting a continuance of the same, promising to give
them good goods, polite treatment, and “LOW PRICES,” I am
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Ga., april 20-Cm
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To do all kinds of
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IW Having had an experience of Thirty-five years in the business, I
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E3T Trine Carriage "WoxrTsz a. Speciality.
^HORSE-SHOEING done under my personal supervision.
All work guaranteed, df Dealer in all kinds of BURIAL CASES.—>
Night calls answered at residence on Elm street. Soliciting the patronage
of the citizens ot Johnson and surrounding counties, I am,
april Very respcctf u lly, J. T. LaVEIGNE,
15, 18SG- tjan 1. TFrightsville, Ga.
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