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Tfct Wrightsville Recorder
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Hu ron AN I* PROPRIETOR.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23 1886.
One of the negro preachers in Da¬
rien informs his hearers every night
that they have but a few more days
to live; that the 29th is the lay for
the world to come to an end. He
makes many of his hearers believe it.
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,A severe earthquake shock occurr¬
ed at Charleston, at 5:15 o’clock on
the morning of 21st, shaking houses,
causing the falling of loose bricks
and driving a large number of peo¬
ple from their beds into the parks
and open lots. The shock was felt on
the water, waking up sailors and
others peeping on board ships. Nome
pronuouce. this the severest shock
that lias occurred since the terrible
’ upheaval of Tuesday night, August
31st.
Relinking llie Young Triple.
.From the Fort I r al/> •// Mirror.
Rev. Mr. Breedlove, pastor of the
Methodist church at Marshallville,
delivered a very severe rebuke to the
young people of that place, on Sun¬
day, for misbehavior. In church, and
promised, if caught in the act, to
' point them out and dismiss the con
gregation. We trust the young peo¬
ple of Fort Valley will not so mor¬
tify their pastor as to cause him to
deliver such a severe rebuke.
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The negroes say that a ball <>f fire,
as big as a wash-tub, passed with a
whi/./.ing noise over Dalton a few
few nights ago, and at the same time
the moon, which had been riding
serenvly in the heavens, turned a
blood red color and danced a jig in
the sky. True to their usual super¬
stition, the darkeys believe , the al¬
leged phenomena to be signs herald¬
ing the coming of another earth¬
quake, or some dire calamity, as a
punishment to evil-doers.
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A house, with four children, was
^burned to the ground on A A Neal’s
plantation in Wilkes county ll e.l
nesday. The Bouse* was the borne i f
Anthony Fortson, his wife and four
children, the oldest about nine years
old and the youngest two. While
the negroes were all at church the
house burned down and the children
with it. The bouse was not locked
as is usually I lie ease, and it. cannot
bo understood why the children did
not escape. It is < bought perhaps they
died from suffocation. When the
‘digressed ing.houso the father too reached had fallen the in, burn- and
the floor had fallen to the ground.—
The four charred bodies of the chil¬
dren weie found all huddled togetli
or just below the spot where they
''had goneto sleep.
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Crawfordville Democrat : While
> in Langley, S. C., during the earth
quake, .Miss Leila Anderson, of this
'county, came very near being wash
ed away with that famous Langley
dam bridge. She and seven friends
and relatives bad been to camp meet
tug that night and on tlicit return
they reached the bridge or dam
which they bad to cross just as the
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\ earthquake struck them. I hey
were
in two vehicles. One portion of the
party had just driven across and the
! buggy in which Miss Leila was had
started on the other end when the
shock came, and drove the dam astin
dor. None of the party were hurt,;
lmt they had to go to miles around
the pond before they found whether
W not the others were drowned. A
Tew seconds earlier or a few seconds
later would have been the deaths ot
tour persons am. their horses.
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IIIM TU REVS CONFESSES. *.
IIK ACIvNOWI.KIMSKS THAT IIK Mt’KHKU*
I
KD TilK TWO WOMEN,
Fjneial to the Atlanta Constitution.
Mii.i.i:m;i:vii.t.K, Ga., September
21.—Frank Humphreys confessed
his crime to Sheriff C. IF. Ennis this
‘afternoon. His confession resulted
Vapiaiti from a talk between Humphreys and
Kimia last Sir..,lay, in
I’ajit.-iN! ......Id,ally ,M l.in, ,1m,
•ir«l.lm„i-,l,.rl,is ... ........ Mis,
1 tamos,that ho would do
moot Ilia tfod noxl Kri.lav ivill, a li„
IiV llo soht for’.!,« sliyriiV
thia’tifloriiooh anil told bin, Uiat bo
'.hoi an,1 WtKEa Vioth lailios, ami
whisky dioiX In,,', to.bo aot. II,. for.
tliorinoro told luiii that Kll. Horn.
ybroys d.od bosgmg Inn, not to hurt
lier xu rt her. Ills xvitc has been with
ieej> ^liiii today. lie begs her to try and
his acts and crime from his
'children when they grow up.
en.oo
GEN. DICK TAYLOR.
now iik shockki> 'nn: riot s \si> uai.
I.ANT STONKWA I.I. JACKSON.
(Jen. Dick Taylor, a son of Old
Zach, was one of the bravest and
brightest of those who were led by
a mistaken sense of allcgiam e to
their native States to desert the old
flag and serve under the “stars and
bars.” (Jen. Taylor’s first remarka¬
ble service in the late war was in
Stonewall Jackson’s famous camp¬
aign in the Valley of Yirgiimia. At
Port Republic the Louisiana Brigade
carried the day and responded with
cheers to .1 ackson’s command- “The
battery must be taken!” Gen. Tay¬
lor was not a grert admirer of Jack
son, whom he described as a man
given over to lemon sucking and
prayers. On this occasion, riding on
the flank of his column, between it
and tlie hostile line, he saw Jackson
beside him. Taylor did not consider
that this was the place for the com¬
mander of the army, and ventured
to tell him so; but he paid no atten¬
tion to the remark. “We reached a
shallow depression where the enemy
could depress his guns,” said Gen.
Taylor, “and his fire became close
and fatal. .Many men fell, and the
whistling of shot and shell occasion*
ed much ducking of heads in the col¬
umn. This annoyed me no litltle, as
it was but child’s play to the work
immediately in hand. Always an ad¬
mirer of delightful Fncle Toby, 1
had contracted the most v i I lain i nous
habit of bis beloved army in Plain
del’s, and, forgetting Jackson’s pros,
ence, ripped out. ‘What ilie had s
are you dodging for? If there is any
more of it you will be halted under
this fire for an hour?’ The sharp
tones of a familiar voice produced
the desired effect, and the the men
looked as if they had swallowed ram¬
rods; but I shall never forget the re¬
proachful surprise expressed in .lack
son’s face, lb* planed a band on mv
shoulder, ami said in a gentle voice,
'1 am afruid you are a wicked fellow,'
turned and rode beck to the pike.”
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SEVENTY YEARS.
WIIAT IIAS lilCKN ACCOM l-I.ISII Kl> IS
Cltom ITS AMI I’KICKK IN THAI'
TIMK.
From thr Son Framlsro ('oil.
The Milling World, an English
publication, lias recently piinted an
interesting tabulated statement
which compares the prices for farm
products now with what ticy were
seventy years ago. From it the fol¬
lowing extracts are made:
181(5. 188(5,
intent, per bushel.... . .80.41 $0.99
()als, per liusliel...... .15 .11
( . ()ni | )lIS , M .,.......... .20 .1(5
lj a rl«* V , per bushel .15 .8(1
Uniter, per pnuutl. 12 .32
Cheese, per pound c: .10
Eggs, per dozen..... .12
Cows, per head .. . . 15.00 50,00
I lay, per Urn........ .... 5.00 17.00
Straw, per ton .... 4.00 15 00
Sheep, per head., .75 2.00
Farm labor, per month... 8.00 18.50
In the same direction is a table
which the Scientific American fum¬
ishes, giving a comparison of the
prices of manufactured articles in
the same years. It reads as follows:
1816. 188(1.
NUi*. per pound........ $ 1 . 1 , $ 0.12
P 11 p""ml........ u .04
Hroadeloth, per vard.... 10.00 4 00
W oolen Ma.lkotsper pair 15.no 7.00
Coilon doth, per yard., .30 .12
Calico, per yard., .25 .015
^d*- per bushel.. .....$1 to $1 $1.5 lo $25
It will thus l»e seen that while farm
products have increased very large
'*> price in the period comprehend
"i 'bese tables, the price of man
"taidurod articles has decreased in
almost the same ratio. Farm labor
is paid over 100 per cent more now
t i, a „ while the selling prices
of aU Uimls of fam F0( i, IC0 i, aV( ,
increased 100 percent and upward
and the cost of manufactured articles
has decreased to such an extent as,
taking the two tables together, to
show enormous differences in favor
i l ' lc farmer and against the matin
facturer. A volume of sormons for
| ' i!"^ l S!.r"° n,iSt ° a " b °
A Storyofthe Harvest Field.
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^ found ,<>un< that ll ^* she 1 had 0 beeiv 11 u ,on fright* l \
wore
filed than hurt.”
We Stand l»y the Figures.
Atlanta Constitution.
“Has Atlanta gained or lost busi¬
ness since the prohibition election?
This question has been discussed
heartily for some weeks, and the
weight of opinion has been one way
today and the other way to-morrow.
Fortunately, exact statistics are at
hand which settle the matter beyond
dispute, and prove.
“That Atlanta has gained largely
in business since prohibition went
into effect!”
There are eight railroads that car¬
ry Atlanta's freights. Every pound
of goods we sell goes over one of
these roads. If these roads show a
diminution of outward freights from
Atlanta, then our business has dimin¬
ished. If the volume of out going
freights has increased, then our bus¬
iness has increased.
Let us see what the railroad books
show. The East Tennessee carried
out of Atlanta, and billed from At¬
lanta, 7,191,000 pounds of freight in
August, 1880, against 3,472,000 in
August, 1885. There was the same
proportion of increase in June and
July. So over the East Tennessee
road Atlanta doubled her business
this summer over what she did last
summer, and the full inciease prom¬
ises to be even greater.
Hut, did the East Tennessee gain
business at the expense of the other
roads? If so, the city’s gain is lost.
At the Central there was almost a
blockade of outgoing trains; the of¬
ficials reported a heavy gain in bus¬
iness, and the books showed a gain
of 70,000 pounds in ihe first three
days of the month. The West Point
road reports that the business for the
three summer months of 1880 is at
least 30 per cent above the three
summer mouths of 1 885. The (Geor¬
gia Pacific reports that the increase
lias been so marked as to provoke
comment from all the depot and rail
mad officials. The Western and At¬
lantic road makes up its books on
July 1st and presents them to the
lessees, but the officials state that the
demand for extra depot accominoda
lions and extra local freight trains
lias been marked, and is constantly
increasing. The Richmond and Dan¬
ville received freights billed from
Atlanta 85,091 in.Jule, 1885, and
89,702 in 1880, an increase of -jo per
cent, and the increase for August is
even larger. The Georgia railroad
books are kept in-Augusta, but the
increase of Atlanta tonnage this slim¬
mer lias beet; so marked that, it lias
been a common topic about the do
pot.
This testimony is positive and ir
ret lit able. In spite of freight, dis
criminations, the freightage billed
from Atlanta (which means goods
muniifaclhred or sold in Atlanta)
has increased on every road leading
out of tin* city. This iner-ase runs
from 20 per cent, to 100 per cent.
The way-billr show that Atlanta
freight is eontautlv reaching new
territory. Against these plain »-m
pliatio figures, no amount of opinion
or compjaii.t can prevail. Commer¬
cially, Atlanta is lidding her own,
and pushing ahead as rapidly as her
best friend could desire.
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The Camilla Clai ion draws a pleasi
ing picture of the religious concord
which 'prevails in Mitchell county,
anil in conclusion, says:
Fifteen years ago this was a new,
wild country. Thousands of dollars
worth of whisky was annually eon
sinned, and a banoom stood at every
crossroad. Camilla and Pulliam were
full of them. Long ago every eoiiu
try barroom quietly closed for want
of patronage. The people moved up
and the barrooms moved down. <)„
ly two in Camilla and one in Pelham
have eked out an existence. Finally
thc ,, * l’ 00 !* 1 , 0 rose "I> qu.otly . . and , voted
to prohibit . the sale altogether after
the first of next January This great
temperance movement has been
brought about without the flourish
° f “T 1 *"" l, 'e noise of stump
^ pooches, ami has let t no ill feeling
nml no .bickering* in Its tonic. Good
men tar. Woo at cork,a„,l«»iM.
Miorol, S l. work I,arc they dorr.
; Mi,cl,,11 c-mcly |,r„l,ibitio.iists liav,
i boon suooossful by,a,iso theii- r.oal
•».! «w*y bavoboo., made thooioro
'*<*"«• * lo.ll Tkob*|.
i»8 |.r„bibiliom.„ aiul llio loading
; whisky mon aro tmlay fas,, warm
i friondw
| I Wo J. nkins, of llir.............
\ recent I v visited v*ai»esv!lle ami ear
ried oft’ about forty negroes to work
on a new railroad’rnnning into J>irm
inghaiu.
A COOL HEAD IN TIME 0E DANtJKR.
HOW MR. AVKBII.L 8 AVKIJTHE KXCL'R
SIOK TRAIN OX TUB NIGHT OT THE
Earth cii'AKK.
Charleston JVeics and Courier.
It is not generally known, yet it is
nevertheless true, that, but for the
coolness, judgment and prompt ac¬
tion of Mr. J. II. Averill, master of
transportation of the South Carolina
railroad, on the fateful 31st of Au¬
gust, the excursion train from the
mountains, with its precious freight
of passengers, would have been
wrecked and numbers of persons pos¬
sibly killed and maimed. When the
terrible shake began Mr. Averill was
at his residence at Summerville, sun
rounded by his family. Leaving his
wife and terror-stricken children in
charge of bis father. Mr. Averill,
knowing that the excursion train was
abaut due at that point and fearing
that the culvert might have been de¬
stroyed, hurried to the railway, and
found that bis fears bad been realiz¬
ed. and that the culvert was so bad¬
ly wrecked that bad the train come
along its total destruction would
have following. Hurrying back to
his office he procured two torpedoes,
which he instructed his assistants to
place at intervals on the rails above ;
the culvert, and stationing himself
at that point with a red lantern, he
saw the train, a moment later, rush¬
ing towards the station. The first tor¬
pedo exploded, and the conductor,
warned by that notice and the sight
of the danger signal, stopped his
train about two bundled feet from
tins dangerous spot. Half a minute
lost at this juncture, and the excur¬
sion train would havcbeei. hurled to
-lestruction. Little did the passen¬
gers of this train know what a cat
astraphe awaited them, and how
death and its terrors were averted
by the foresight and timely action
of this faithful and efficient railway
officer.
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His Gorgeous Guess
A good-looking, wi-ll-hchavi-d stran¬
ger had been stopping in a country
town in this State for three or four
days, says the Detroit Free Dress,
u lion one day, as a dozen men were
hanging around the hotel doors, a
humble youth with white eyebows
lowering bead passed along, leading
a calf. Both traveled as if it were an
every-day thing, but no one thought
of this until afterwards.
“Boy!” called the stranger from
the hotel steps, “what do you ask
for that calf?”
“Won’t sell him.”
“How much does lie weigh?”
“Nigh upon 100 pounds.”
“It can’t be. Gentlemen, I’d like
to wager that I can come nearer that
calf’s weight than any of you.”
.\ dozen citizens got up and walk¬
ed around the calf and squinted their
eyes and mentally estimated. Then
a sort of pool was formed to scoop
the stranger, and $25 wascontribut
ed.
There were eleven guesses to his
mu*, and they ranged from 147 to
158 pounds. He guessed 158.1, and
when the animal ^was placed on the
scales the stranger was only two
ounces short. As he raked in the pot
and the boy and the calf passed on,
a man drove up in a buggy and call¬
ed out:
“'J’li is ’ere game has been played
all over the country and it’s time to
move on somebody. Where’s the
villain?”
“Hero I am,” answered the strati
ger.
“I arrest you. Get into the buggy.”
His satchel was ready and begot
in, and it was a whole day before the
villagers found out that the man
with the buggy was a confederate
employed to do that very tiling.
Colored Men Making Money.
From the Valdosta, Times
Among the many thriving and en
terprising merchants in Valdosta
there are at least three colored men
who arc doing remarkably well. Win
Jones, who occupies one of Nelson's
new brick stores, on Patterson street
has a large stock well displayed, and
is doing a heavy business. Bill Jones’
note goes at par right along, and
for a number of years. He is a good
citizen and is not wanting in friends
among his white neighbors. Lucius
Baker and J. O. Ross are also color¬
ed men who are fast building up as
merchants in Valdosta. These men
have good stocks of goods and arc
conducting quite a creditable busi¬
ness ecah.
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Hardware, Tinware and Woodenware.
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T.Lincier,
Wrightsville, - - - Georgia.
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
Of all kinds. Stock complete in every department and prices to suit.
Conic to see mu and call for what you want; 1 can furnish you. In the
DRY GOODS LINE
I keep everything from a box of hair-pins to a bolt of homespun. In thv
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
From a box of sardines to a t ierce of bacon. I have the goods—“ocean*
of ’em,” and am going t-> sell them, because my prices are low.
2 ' Thanking my many friends and customers for their past generous
patronage, and requesting a Continuance of the PRICES,” same, promising to giv*
them good goods, polite treatment, and “LOW 1 am
Very Respectfully, LINDER
June 10-tf A. T.
New Store, New Goods, New Fit m *mtl
NEW PRICES!
FANC Y:aF> FAMILY GROCERIES,
f J inware and Woodenware—Nice line.
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Notions,
And other things too numerous to mention. (diiic Sales, Small Profit*.
Tlie Lowest Prices Talkies "blxe Calce I
J 11 ill he at the “Colo Cutlinr /,” and Jton't ) on Fonjet ft!
H At the RENTZ BROTHERS’ Old S and..^l
My Stock is now full and complete. Mv Having just been bought, th*
Goods are fresh. Call to see me, get my prices and test my goods.
Respect fuliy, etc., J. R. Brantley,
Wrightsville, Gil., april 29 (ini
J. T. LaYEIGNE,
Formerly of SANDERS VILLE, has located in WRIGHTSVILLE, occu¬
pying the old Livery Stable building, where be is prepared with
G o o (I M a t e r i a 1 and W o r k m en 1
To do all kinds of
Buggy, Wagon and General Blacksmith work!
p-'> Having had an experience of Thirty-five years in the business, I
feel confident of giving entire satisfaction to all who patronize me.
CS lETim.© Carriage 'Wox'Ikr. a SqDeciaU'fcy.
HORSE-SHOEING done under my personal supervision.
All work guaranteed. Z Y, “Dealer in all kinds of BURIAL CASES.—
Night calls answered at residence on Elm street. Soliciting the patronag*
of the citizens ot Johnson and surrounding counties, 1 am,
Very respectfully, J. T. LaYEIGNE,
april 15, 18815- tjan 1. IFrightsvillfc, Ga.
SCHOFIELD’S IRON WORKS, I
Adjoining Passenger Depot, MACON, GA.
M A N TFACTTIIKUS OK Till-: IIT.I) AM) AVKI.I. KNOWN*
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Address J. S. Schofield & Son, Props.
Match 25 1886.—ly. MACON, G-A.