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douglastille star A Family Feud Finish
THURSDAT.
SEPT, 22 1881
One Man Killed
Wounded.
and
The Mfnistreis. p On Friday morning about six miles
Douglasville is enjoying its season from here in his county on the Burnt
address a'.d education but inclined,
to be wild and had stated that he
!' left Jfacon because of having killed
Three others a negro. He was buried at Pleas-
| ant Hill church on Saturday.
| The injuries of W. II. Mitchell,!
Jr. are not serious, only a Slights
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Of theatrical performances. First- Hickory,road near the line of Pauld. Qn tUe , eft arni anc1 sho ulder.|
m » 1 _
•iiamnciS
& McSlreath,'|
there was the operetta and Fridayling and Cobo counties, was enacted - 8t ifc wag sli d that his ariDt
night were the minstrels, We were "one of the bloodiest tragedies in th'e^
unable to attend, but cttr devil whojannals of this part of the state. 1* Cook’sTnjuries are more serious*
enjoys and appreciates such saysi| Several years ago, it may be nece83ar ily fatal- Upon ex
it was a good thing. They speak of|many as ten or fifteen William H.£ jt wa8 found that he had
NO. f WFP MJTCKEL I S
•Atlsjata ©eoipgim.
Georgia vYesternl
i
week.
performing at Uowder Springs next| Mitchell and James F. Cook wll0 ^ rece j ve( j t ^ 0 stabs in the back. One' 55 Have formed a partnership for ttaepnrposegj
m , . . v. an< . 1 is about two inches to the left of the . *»-**,*» ^
If whose houses are in sight of each* , , , . . xi Sr- f ' ( pi )«
ft , , . f spine and the other in the spine.— .; - .As-, m W Ws W^O
m i.., vi._ . i . . ,1 he blade ot the knife jpenetsa g^jentSi Yoiith’Siaua Bovs eloUiimc. Gents 3
New Clerks.
All of our merchants have jtist re
ceived their annual Supply of Gil
live on adjoining plantations
..nhl" " uv,u " LY
spine.—
». . „„ „ , , .. , , iThe blade of the knife pei
£ between the two plantations and . . . . 0 {- t! e 3 pi ne .&ami Boy* l,Hundred and UnlaundredShi:
Hip house ' ie sot, P art lUe i 10 ° RJBliadi'tshi'd Wonts Tie*. Handkerchiefs, H
uue [louse*. j , /-»„*»„„ Powder S'lrin'rs 5* ey-Oomb and fancy (guilts. In fact ev
This dispute finally :' Dl - Fed 60 te T, 'tfilug Really kept h7a first class
1 J &rlvooQD^ hie wAiimls and lift IS now ,/
s Store,
IT IS COMING VERY SOOTf TT t§ tiC'i'ED, BUT
, , .atabout thirty yards from
l bn " d ; nt ?of Mitel,el-.:
he ladies "
rfe.
clerks. They are more
this year than formerly, ‘“' J “ w |;lead to a prosecution against Jlfitch-’>< , h
Are invited to calland examine them.I p jn the s ior Court ot p aa i dtne V loine 38 we as coul< ‘ be ext>ec ' §
They are all genuine, although some J » county> This resu lta t T in the itacatJ t ai ^ d "tJ^Mb^U’s ^SuuYIsf ote Hock of Ladies, mi*™ and children
are imp,,red and *ome a,e home| oeration of Mitchell in jail and cos^rSl^Lf to Lht
made. None of them are spunotasA ting him several hundred dollars.
.Since then each man has had a
■fractured about two
|the left, temple. Pieces of the bone j
:5cts,
to Three Dollars.!
se PU have been taken out and the brain is f ^rMEKRJSLR SUE PL A OB
erate and distinct fence and it is said.; visible . yHtchell is now in a V*ry|
that Cook would shoot the guinea : dangerous condition and tti'e physi-f
clans say that his death is hut a .
’ * i ....% It,. ... aftll in a QA.
No. S West Mituln.'U St.
Vil»-o! Jn->- : ti,ns Stn-e.
hmatter of time. He is still in a 80-
'mm
m
New Golds.
By a kind invitation of John P.
-ACAtson, x>n last Monday we visi'el
his store to see the largest stock of fowls ot Mitchell when in his
goods that was ever brought to (Cook’s) field and then throw them
Douglasville, There we found e ve-\; into Mitchell’s fields. f mi conscious state. His wound was
i-ything that is needed to supply man,;! f eur ^ ant ^ not Dn ‘T ex ' dressed by Drs. Pool and Cotton, p
Or beast. Mr. Watson bought these,; isted with the men, but the families Ootoner Mitchell was soon notifi
'each ed (> f the homocide and he at oricep!
goods at low cash prices and is preA would have nothing to do With
pared to give the best bargains ever other. The neighbors have made suramt)n ed a jury and hold an inquest/SI
Call and ex-v repeated attempts to settle this dif- over the body of Nottingham. The < yt”''
fiference but with no success. It has j ur y consisted of J. B. Dudcau ioie-j
Ebeen the prediction of those who ffian an( j q R. Eason, R. P. Crider I
we bevebee, ^
’ »«««»»«*> taw a seri |H, Walker, J. W. Bingh in, J. irfj
We do J During the past week this bad ^^ Smith, L. Hendrix g
. „ , , . . : After heaving the evidence OR. fill Atonic; and is w-su-ranteil a Sjteedy_am.l
feeling has been intensified by tue . _ -p certain cure for Fever and Hliills
tlip those presei t at the homocide, (tie - . a - u d Fever, Intermittent or OitiU fe-
ver, -Kemittent Fever, Dumb Ague.
offered at this place,
amine for yourself.
Beware.
fy the yrunf
who visit Powder
cautious about eating dirt,
not know that any of our young gen
tlemen exercise that propensity, huts hogs of Jfitchell getting into
J:
, r \
is i - ■ us:j
Ague Cure
a purely vegetamle iiitfcT 'and power-
l and is warranted a speedy (ind
f tasswell
HAVE BEAT it & COME in bh the HOME STETCII at J. S; JA.MB9
NEW BniSL’ STORK
UNDER ODD FEf.tOVVS It A Li.
Cook. On this account
if they do, they must dispense with fields of
Jt is the men had several disputed and
jury returned the following verdict,
it wh’le at Pbwder Springs,
tan
Nottingham came to his
death from a gunshot from a gan in
Periodical or Bilious Fever, ami all
malarial (lisomers. ' In ’ mtess&sctic- dis
tricts, the rapid pulse, coated tongue, thirst.,
■' , ” , , whifh w F Nottingham Oeatn irom a guusuou IIOIU <1 gau 111 j lassitude, loss of appetite, pain in the haefep
said that real es'ate at that place has quanels in which w. h. xxotcingtum b , , : : am i loins, and coldness of the spine and
.v ,|?a young man in the employ of JTitch- , the hands of James t. Clo„ an, 1 we exn . ( . llljtieS) are only premonitions o£
19 y ell took quite a prominent part and ; ti e jury believe from the evidenced-
,, , .. . , i\. is claimed by the friends of Cook § that it was done in self defense.” U, and profuse perspiration _ .
piece of dirt t. e size o. a pea. w uc ; lhafc jf ott i n gi ia m flourished his pis- j. g. Dmcar, foreman, and others, y *,|her p'oUowus ndmira/MomThog
one of them ate. |tol about and cursed and abused / It -; s reported that for a whiles; ^ ar ° f ti 5 0 “™» “SpecifilR^^s.vwps/S(!|
advanced to such a high price,
two citizens had a law suit about a .
DOUGrLASYILLEi - GEORGIA»
wiTh Tiie largest and best stock of
DRY GO0D&CMOCER1ES,
EVER BROUGET TO THIS MARKET.
STOCK CONSISTING OE
THE
An EloitCment: IfCook.
The usual quiet of DouglasviUe A On Friday morning Jfitchell’s hog
Was disturbed last Wednesday night ' again made his appearance in Cook’s
:-y the report that a couple had left field. Cook with his two small son’s
Atlanta an ’ were to be mdrried at , an d his step son, Joseph 4. Mahaffy
^ihis place at ;hai b ime. Upon an 1 e
investigation tile penpl pusher of
The '.r iT g
hog with dogs.'
d/itched accompanied his son W. H.
Mite ell, Jr. a stiil younger son and
in the field
tied but,
;r a.sc'Ttened (0 be N(>ni ha:|1 went
& ,t0Ulri J" 3 where -> u'tticuUy.
••'•r- ... » . . o! ''V
wh.ilr- V;-. n! '.'la:'.... * The , wo parties
'’'-‘“adaughter of h
some of the jury refused ti sign the
vtrdict. ' j
Later—Since writing the above
Judge W D. Nottingham of Ferry
has been here and has carried the-,
remains of his brotheipto Macon. II.
assured us that tiu- rumor in regar 1
to Ins brother having killed a lu-ggnj
"Toiiies," in the'market. The prepara
tions made, from these mineral, poisons,
although they are - palatable, and may
break the chill, do not cure, hut leave the £,
malarial and their Own drug
the system, producing quinism, nuimcsa,«. • 1
1-iugiiig..in the cars, headache, vertigo, and ||Hlnuhoyb)
other disorders more, formidable than the j
disease they were intended to eery, j
Avon's AfitTj Ccru thoroughly eradicates j
tlfese noxious poisons from tlie system;
ami always cures the severest cases, _. It jy
DelainS,
Velvets,
Muslin?,
All styles of Prints^
-hehtir.g.
Valence,
Wcrs eds;
Lawnsi
Checks.
Ebirt’ngC
Gitjflnuugj
&k , Ac;,
Alapacag,
piques,
IRiids,
Jlomespun*,
Drillings,
Linens,
S&e.j &c:, &C-,
youitg bt^v is 0 diug'iter ot a p-o'ni
in Micon is a mistake.
ployed couitstl and wtl
f ' . . . ... -
shoot,it:^ of hi/ lir01;'.in
ly i m-stiiiat,e I.
; Warrants h-t
Cook and Mahaffy.
He has eiu .
t iv
t-
x’t
contains m> quinine v mineral, or any thingG
■ - i'.ya88..:lh,u. m'..sr. delicate na-Ai
exbeHeii' above 4
is hppt
iwea tho 4..
" .» "me. ' V
. y;.t;ST.;-ra;; f ;;e#y
Wl.U
I - < ■ J5sr~
The - wo parties' then sepm'SH-d' ly i westigatc i. % • Avr;*'« Acttn .
. .. ... . but so -n met agtlin in some wood- Warrti- t- Vnr b--.fi i--’> "l a :"ff; ( .... „ 1S 4
f iiYrt' tub ysicitrn of^tlib same ciiv. j n ,.hc field where words ensued when jCook and Malmlfy. Against, Ma- wniPK ’
Tlicv arrived her. Wedrieglav of- Nottingham advanced toward Cook „ilmffy for assault vvit.h -intert. to innr condition. ‘ I;
to noon and were married at the with his hand in his pocket. Cook’s ’dcr and against C.mk for mttrdei. • KYh warrant it when taken according to _
re?icl<5nfbe of Mrs. Whitley that friends claim that Nottingham was i he state ^ represented oy J. a p :
>Edge and R,. A. Massey ar.d the de-g Prepared by Dr. d. G. Ayer & Co., *
’, r A«iy
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1 m 1
».5t.flst'sr E
In the Dry Goods ar
f Notion li" p, we have it
"alsothe Largest &
Die state is represented by
bight by Rev. T 3. Johnson. AR attempting to draw a weapon
the request cf the voung gentleman j,Mitchell’s triends say that Nottings Tense by A. L. Bartlett,
we witheld the names ot the can- h nra had no -weapon. Cook ordered
trac'd tig n rtW nnd the Star tvbshes Nottingham who was about
them a bright and happy future.
A;
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,<? Answei 4 this—^Is there a person -
twelve --living whoever saw a case of aauej.'
J feet from him to stop. At the game '.billidusnessi nervousness or neural- '
Etime he raised his musket which he; gia that Hop Bitters will not cure, f.i
personal. if had with him and fired. The wholeV ——r—; i y rl |1
$ Vr- Joseph G. Camp, after hav**-'contents of the mnsket hit Notting-*J ^ v J ' 31 ’ .if!
ifig completed h's coursent A’hens 'ham directly in the center of the A fa> m on tne ine o -° » - ,j
M . le , ^ . u , , 1111, Douglas counties situated onbwee.i
verv cr - ditaldy to himself, left lor breast, tie turned, walked about. t.wn lm ,lr.,
Dom" last week to engage ; n the thirty yards in the diiectiou of
w j]] Mitchell’s house Without saying a
word, dropped and died without a
groan or struggle. As soon as Cook
Practical and Analytical Chemists;
Lowe!!, Mass.
BOLD DY ALL DRUGGISTS EVEKYWHERF
study of 1 w If Mr. Camp
devote to his cIk sen profess’on.those
talents which nature has kindly bes
towed upon him, we predict for him
ti brilliant fu’nre,
' is es Annie and Allie Lee of
Conyers were in town last Sunday
visiting friends.
fired at Nottiugham, Dfitchell
A farm on the line of Gobi;
Douglas counties, situated on Swee
water creek, containing two hu dfv
acres of cleared land, five ternn
houses and on- hundred and sixt
five uncleared acres. One mile from A
Georgia Pacific Rail Hoad.
j S. R. Cochran,
Bryantville, obb Co. Ga.
once sprang upon Cook and W. II; j
Nitchell Jr. diew a snife and stabbed | FOR SALE
Co ik in the back twice. As he j Ff fteen hundred acres dfland si-
stabbed Cook the second time Mao oated on Dog River in Doug’asg 1
haffy who had picked up the gun county south west of
Douglasvillef;
up the gun;
— nine miles, including a grist mill,
Mrs.Ki -g of Athens, relic of the which Cook had saw mill and a gin. For terms
Kin<r is in tcfwfl- visit- young mitchell a blow across — • , to
left arm and Shoulder which caused f
ap-g
m Mrs. T. T. Smith, her grand
d inghter
iif£ S. ■'{■-. --v7
Dr. H. M Edjke, wel 1 known in
newspaper circles, is in town. Dr.
As on his way to Alabama anrl
1 locate nea” Gadsden wlere he
wilie gage in the pnctice of med-
cine.
rn
i f r.
Harness a specialty at J. P. Ivat-.'
son’s, .
Good Saddles frotn $1,5(1 to $12,50
at J. P. Watson's.
Full set of single harness for $4,50
at J. P. Watson’s.
Largest stock of goods ever brought
to town at J. P. Watson’s,
J, P. Wa'son.
Reese Watkins,
and Ben Watkins,
Daniels Mills, Ga.i
him to relinguish his hold on the
knife whichfemained in Cook’s back.-
Mahaffy then turned his attention ,
to Mitchell who by this time had
thrown Cook and was on him. This
blow knocked Mitchell senseless,—
He was hit about two inches above
the left temple and fractured the . ,, ,
then q u0nces< Tals noUce Wi ‘i dnly run
skull.
A veil digger who can b'ast rock
can find employment by applying at
this office.
Tile Third anil S.nsS Ca«l.
| All persons who are indebted ,to
us either by note or account must
’ come far ward and settle without
further notice or abide the conse-
started for Cook's house
they had gone about two hundred j
yards Cook’s little son discovered
J/ituhell’s knife still sticking
Cook’s back an ; drew it out.
,,, ■ < for fo-ur weeks,
W hen :
must have mon
Price & Duncan,
in jj
The Lightest Running Machi^
ever Made.
THE MOST POPULAR AHD BEST OF Al*.
Ins Bobbins aro ffound ivilliout Ennoini 0
Unthreading the Machine.
1?0 GETTING OUT OF OB,DEB.
ttrUesi fsi&o’|ine for Agents to Sell
Send for Illusttated Circular to
People’s ifiilacMM Co, f
Wadley, Ga., TJ. 8. a
WOO~VrE8EIVTI
For a Maclilno that Tfill
S&TST as and
aa tMa ones
Notice;
All persons i debtvd ter Harper||
s»'& 1 urner for block smith work, and
But little is known of Nottingham'..^ G. h. Turner for groc'eiies an-||fc
the man that was killed. He had "notmed to come forward h d s~ ttle.u the Kinx of Saw Machine's. It
been in the county but a few weeks, j LIaKper <fe TURNER, |^' gawa off a 8 foot log In 3 minutes.
'He stated that he was from Macon | G. R. I URNER.
and that his father who Is now dead f
was a physician of that
a 1 so
that he has a brother who is a law-
notice. ver at Perry and is judge of the '3 iSOtice, i
All persont indebted to me are no- conn ty court of Houston county, nesday octobivota'issnjfe v'pmrinUcf 1 ' tnc
tified to come up and settle or I lives in Macon. Not-, “X
will procetd to collect my claims A 113 ,. „ , -n bridge at twelve c’cic.k,
by law. lingham himsalt was a man of good^. jvedgs, 1