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THE STAR.
D«ugt»sVill<s Ga., January
27. IMS
IZTS:
CIIAS.O. 1‘BAVV, F.Jitnr and Pro|»ri'r'
Tuo ordinary lias ordered ah elec
tion on the question ’’whisky or no
whisky” in Butts county, to be voted
on the 11th- day of February. Tie
election in Floyd county *’ will take
place February 3d.
‘Hehath pi y onamlher man’ssor-
row, shall be free from it himself,
and he that delightrtliin and scbrneth
the misery of another, shall at one
time or another fall into the same
gulf-” ' . ’ <
When a man dies som s ‘hody is sure
to rake up all his foibles The L ndou
Christian Li'e, since the death of
Postmaster General- Faweett, tells
the w .rid that eighteen years ago he
*ook the chair, in that city,' of the
first puh'ic meeting ever held to
advocate female-suffrage.
SRorgdon tells an amusing story of
the old lady who started tip w!-e v
her grandson was about to take her
•umbrella, exclai ing.' -‘N T o now you
don’t. I’Ve had that umbrella twenty
three years and its never been wef
yet, and you aint gbi.hj;' to begin.’’
Reports from the peach orchards
along the IIudson river are to the
eff et that the bn Is are all ki led,
and that no peaches will he sent to
'market from that regipn this year.
These reports are probably greatl
exaggerated, as is the case . near y
every winter.
A traveler stopped at the Kenne-
saw House in Marietta a few days
since and left his valise to bo cared
for by the proprieto r. The next day
he was missing,and Upon opening h s
paper, satchel a bundle; of shingles
was found with which it is supposed
he meant to pay his board bill.
J' r . '• • A. ip Z— a ♦-
Col. John Gray’s cotton factory at
Adairsville has just started up again.
This will give wo:k to many hands
and thus add a great deal to the
trade of the little city. Col. Gray
said* a. few months ago that he never
would' start his factory until whisky
was voted out of the county. Just as
soon as prohibition was carried he
commenced getting ready for work.
Car iersui.le A merlcan.,
The colored brother is not receiving
much coddling just new from his
Northern friends. A negro has been
excluded from tab’e, and stateroom
ofa Steamer running out of Wash
ington City. They are not ,allowed to
take part in the-Moody revival meet
ings'in Wa8l>}agtOn v ar:d' in >Mas
sachusetts they have beeii excluded
from a skating rink. Really, t ie
negro should emigrate North in suf
ficient numbers to he more respected
But a negro rustling around in a
healed skating link would most
likely make many folks search for
fresher air.
The stove was heated up and the
victim seated on it; a rod of iron
was heated to a red heat and thrust
in his side ; it was drawn across his
bands, the skin burned to a crisp,
while the flesh sizzled and crept, lie
was tied to a tree, a fly leaf from a
receipt book was tacked to his bosom
bearing the following inscription :
This is the train wrecke v , who wreck
ed tht ti ain on December 221, tried
by judge Lynch and sentenced to
deatli. ° This should be a caul ion to
all other train wreckers.” He was
notified he had but two minutes to
live. Suddenly a volley was heard,
and thirty five shot guns and piste's
were emptied into bis body,his head
dropped to one side, his knees gave
way and the man was dead. Thus
passed away the life ofJofdan Parker
aged 65,who wrecked the train on the
nTght of the 22d of December about
60 miles this side of New Orleans,
resulting in the death ot the engineer
and fireman, all because the lv. R. Co
refused to'pay the old man $2.25
for a pig the train had run over and
killed.
The German newspapers report
that a very dcsructive insect has
been recently introduced into th
country from the United States. It
is described as as a moth, imported
with wheat or Indain corn, and
capable of producing itself rapidly
The appearance of this insect has
caused no little alarm, especially
among the millers, because in some
instances it has become necessary
aiready to suspend work in order to
free the. bins and machinery', which
were choked by the lodgment m
them of myriads of the pests.
Herr Kelicr, the well known entom
ologist has classified this small but
terfly, the worm lives only on flour
or meal, as a phy cide. This injurious
moth is said to have been first seen
in Holland in 1879, since which tune
it has spread enormously in
Germany. The remarkable park
of this story is that this insect, if
it exists in America at all, bas net
been talked of this side _ of the
Atlantic. If, indea'L it has its origin
here, it certainly must require the
seavoyage to develop its hurtful char
acter.
pitosnm riox.
“I’m for prohibition if you will
move it out of the State.” Such is
thetflimsy excuse we hear rendered
on our streets daily against prohibi
tion, and we are indeed sorry to say
by some who are looked upon as
good Christians—at, least members
of the churches. Now suppose the
people of the first county in ' he Slate
that prohibited the sale of liquors
had sat still and rendered such ex
cuses as these—what would have
been the result to-day ? v Vhy, eigh
ty moie counties woi d have been
selling liquor, and perhaps numbers
of graves would have been filled by
drunkards, and hundreds of ni >ow->
and orphans would have been tin own
upon the cold charity of our people.
Our friends til m’d re member that it
takes time to overcome such an evil
that has sucli strong foothold in our
nation. It will take a long time to
run it out of < iv State even, and it
must lie done by degrees, i be idea
of ruling liquor out of Dong’aayille
and Douglas county and allowing
Atlanta an i Fulton oo nly to set 1 it
is :dl bosli. Frohii it the sale o- it
here, and then . go there and help
them to do so-
Npw we admit there are some in
SUrraidst- who would drink liquor,
perhaps, if they-had to send to New
.Fork for it; but let them drink and
kill themsehe\ But the average la
borer could i ot send away for his
liquor; hence his family woo d g-t
the benefit of bis labor, and he would
soon fin i that he got along be tie'
without it. And then there are young
boys growing up—who are just as
sure to learn to play billiards and
drink liquirasit is for sale in Doug-
Iisville. lienee I say, for the good
of the business of our town, for the
good of the cl u eh, and for the g>od
of the poor people and their families,
and for .the good of your thildr n
and genera 1 prosperity ot our coun
ty, vote it out-.
DaiiIONEG v, January 20th 1885.
In 1861 »r ’65 a citizjn of this
county, whose name we prefer not
to mention now, left his wife ai d six
sm all children and, so far as is
.known,without the slightest provoca
tion.'Ibis woman and her children
were left so destitute that they ha 1
to depend for a while upon the
charitiesol Uienusand neighbors for
the bate necessities of lit, the
woman plowing, doing all manner
of man’s /tvork, and expo ing herself
to wintei’s old a d summer’s heat to
keep gaunt > linger from her door till
little^ children could grow large
enoigh to help her. She died two
years ago, after undergoing newly
twtn y y ears of privation and kau.-
ships, a physical wreck. The man
went to Ohio it scions, and there
married anolier wife, anti soon had
another large family growing up,
around hi n. To the surprise ot al ,
he arrived in our town one day last
week, accompanied by a grown s n
by the Ohio wife, compelled, I pre
sumc, by a desire ,o see hisolfspring
here, and his aged father, who still
lives in this county, an honest,
straightforward old man. One of his
sons,°who was two years o d when
deserted by this unnatural father,
but now a man and mariied, hap
pened to be in town the day his father
came in. And while doing some
trading around town, an oil citizen
who had known his father before he
left, said to him : ”1 saw your father
in town this evening.” He could
hardly believe it, but the young man
who remembered nothing of Ins father
and had only heard from him indirect
ly during all these years, torn by con
flicting emotions which cm better be
imagined than described, went out
to see if really bis falter was in town
He found him at one of the hotels.
The father seemed .to be very glad
to see the boy whom he had Left in
bis, mother’s lap. It is said ihat the
lather has accumulated good proper-
tv, and it is to tie hoped that he will
try to make ail the amends possible
for his unnatural treatment of his
wife and children, by doing all in his
power for the comfort and welfare
of his children. The poor deserted
wife was not spared to witness such
ajust restitution. Ttie meeting of
father and son under such circum
stances as these, makes a peculiarly
s’ range incident indeed. We do not
desire t > do i justice to the man,
and will say here that we obtained
our infor i ation from the son here
spoken of.—Con,
Bargains for Everybody!
At Tlio
The above letters are patent and mean
Douglas Ccux ty Bargain House.
EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO INSPECT TIIE
Largest fi» toe lx. of "O rT O O O cl »
In the county’, to which lias just been added an immense lin a of Men s,
Boy’s and Children’s
ReADY MADE
CLQ'
A.'W. McLarty
EAST BROD STREET, DOUGLAiSVILLE, CA.,
sells Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions, Clothing, Crock
ery, Hardware, Cutlery, Glassware, and all kinds of goods that are to be
found in a first class store in anyfpart of the country, cheaper than you can
getthe same kind of goods this side of Atlanta. He sells more goods, and
eea larger stock than anybody in town.
A. L.
ARCHITECT AND CONTRACTOR, DOUG.LASVILLE, GA.
Will draw plans and specifications for all kinds of Buildings and Btkiges
at reasonable prices. No charge lor drawing or specifications wher* be
bids on the work. Agricultural buildings and hotels a specialty. Refers
to any gentleman in t’ai
77 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA,, GEORGIA,
all in the newest styles and at PAN
IC PRICES!
Wholesale-and retail dealers in Dry Goods, Notions, Boots,
Clot Ring, etc. We are just beginning our business career
iiiTIgf Clh. U CtllC JUOl) B n wnoiwv/u V/IA.-.
and are determined to build up ourselves by selling good?
dealing. Give ns a call when in the city.
Sho s, fl a{&,
ru Atla'nta,
cheap and Ivir
C L 0 A K SI C 1 0 4 II SI C L 0 A K SI
In L adies and Misses
them in all desirable colt
tails and Jackets we take the lead, W
ors.aud at prices to suit the times. We h
mem in ail ueairaoie.-colors, mui ai. prices iiisuh uic ume-a n u
prices.oii.everylhing fullv TWENTY PER CENT., and our pri
just so low that com petition is riot to be dreaded. All we ask is th
call and see us before buying elsewhere, and we wll endeavor to
you some money, and, at the same time, save a little for ourselves.
Thankful for past favors, we solicit a continuance of vour ya
~ N. DORC-ETT &
S.
WE NEED
All parties indebted to us will find their notes and acconntsin the hands
of olficers for collection uuless they pay them by the first of December. W e
"mtotice.
We have thi- day fi'ed in the office of the
Ordina v of Douglas county,. a, petition to
erect, two gates across the public road lead
ing from the n s'dence of E. it. byinks, by
wav of the esidence i f W, 0. Dorns, in said
countv, and iute sectir.g the Dong a viile
and Villa Rica road at the residence of
John Perryman. One gate to he erected
aaross said road, near the residence of said
,-tninks andouegae to be erected across
<Wd road near the land line between the
lands^f said Dorr s and Mrs.. L r Watson.
Said petition tiled January 6th 1885 and to
be heard by the said Ordinary on the first
Tuesday in Febnary, ^ C
E B Spinks, -
W. J. Hollis.
, A.or, HlhtS on •Econom-i-
O OttageSleal House Building, eon-
need money so badly that we will sell goods cheaper than any-
body S. A. McELREATH & BIIO,
65 BROAD and 54 FORSYTH STS., ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
6 6 Horse Power Engines on IFbeeis.
5 6-Horse Power Engines on wheels,
3 10-Horse Power Engines on wheels,
2 12-Horse Power Engines on wheels.
2 20-Horse Power on Skids.
8 24 Inch Separators on wheels.
2 Saw Mills, 25 feet Carriages.
6 Sulkey Plows, 8 Twine Binders, 7 Reapers.
6 Mowers, 4 Manure Spreaders,
2 Flvii g Dutchman Plows, 4 Grain Drills.
6 Sorghum Mills, 3 Feed Corn Mills, 6 Harrows.
With Cora Mills, Pumps, Wind Mills, Plows, etc.,,etc.
79 n'BTTE'UALL STIiEET, vlTA
i)K&.
Wholesale and ret ail dealers in Groceries and
Flour, Bacon, Hay, Corn, Bran, etc., mad
dus. and call to sec us who i in the
honest dealing are any indue
Ct i m ra! ssi o n M e re! t a n t a,
7 ca specialty. Send us yout or—
3 city, and if low prices, good goods and
incuts we wiii sell you.
W, S .DUNCAN & G O.
79 Whitehall Street, Atlanta,
Kuxmicut & B@llin.g?ath
WHOLESALE and retail DEFERS IN
COOEmC AND HEATING
35 and 38 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Ga
A. P, St 3 wart
— WHOLESALE.DEALERS IN—
Stoop-oiss and Tin st X' o .
—CELEBRATED—
‘ e < II E O K” and “IRON KIN G” SOVEg !
PLUMBE S, GAS and d 3v M EJ ES.
Copper Smiths tn alt ot its Branches !
Don’t Forget we Have Moved from 69 to 9 Wlrilehall Street, Atlanta,
sian
BJGDOG” ‘BIG DOG.
Farmers’
ore.
jEStisst Sroad Street Co Oa..
Sells Dry Goods, Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Hard
waie, Cutlery, Glassware, Groceries, Tobacco. Cigars, and
ALL KIND OF GOODS
bat are t.o be found in a first class store in any part of the country’ Cheap
than you can get the same kinds of goods anywhere else. Ffe sell more
goo is, give greater satisfaction and keep a better assorted stock than
anybody in town. TFlmn you come to market, don’t forget the place.
Remember we pay the high st market price for cotton and all kinds
of country producc._j|F|
SELMAI, SMITE & C.0, ? PROPAIETCmS,
Doug'lasvllles
Greatest want
NOW STJPPKIED WITH A FIRST CLASS
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>k of Fresh and Pure Prescription Din ’S, the Standard Patent
lMeditines, Toilet Gooes, Perfumeries, Combs, Brushes Oils,Paint*, Yar-
l shes; To acco Cigars, and everything else kept in a Retail Drug Store-
Ifid anything in the drug line, you ean find it of the best quality
riptions carefully compounded at all hr u s. day or nig11 by
ee Libei al discounts to practicing physicians, Give us seal
ease you. HUDSON & DGE.