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VOLUME I.
3temua ErontXere*. .
Mr.- F.-Sanders onr School Commission¬
er passed through this section inspecting
the schools last Monday, . He has treated
himself to a -.new,: Barnesville biiggy, and
we would tell what we-suspect, butedtia
best to refrain'.
Miss Mittie Harrison a lovely-young la¬
dy; of this neighborhood is spending some
time with Miss Leila Webb.
The-Farraem Attiftnce f of 04k i Grove*
will hold their next meeting at Ceres on
Saturday evening before the second Sunday
and they expect several new applicants.
Mr. A. M. Jaekeo.n is visiting his- father
and family in Pike county this week?"
We are informed that a young energetic
batchelor of tbeSe parts (that.rid.es in one
of these little red things) called to-sea -one
of the.fair rex several nights ago and was
so-completely captivated that his.mind nat¬
urally wandered from the road he was
traveling and he became lost in the.swamps
A neighbor hearing, his lamentations early
the next morning went to his assistance,
and directed, him homeward rejoicing <■:...
Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard Of Thomastou
are .visiting Mr. J. WebtAtid family.
Mies .William,,, Richardson an amiable
young lady, who has been spending some
time in your towu returned borne several
days ago.
Miss Mollie McNeiee an excelent lady
of our ville returned home from Macon
last Saturday, and Mr. — has one ot those
broad “Bandanna smiles.” Watchman.
* Trigblfnl!
For ~ eighteen . , , years T I , had . eczema. Du- _
ring the last five years the physician pro
nounced my disease chrome psoriosis ecze
ma. rhree years ago I was so weak and
rednged that I had to go to bed. where I
lay helpless for six montno. At this time
my feet, legs, neck and body were ninch
sivolen., My whole bony resembled a dead
fish, the scales dry, dead flesh falling from
me in thick flakes My wchng at night
during this six months was a terrible tort
ae Last Chris raas a yeai- ago l went
blmd,andmys,ghtdia not return for some
■ idler Tats sad plight continued right a
long, except that occasionally I would man
age to get .a day or two-at a time, until fast
spring Colonel H. J. Lamar, met mo and
gave me some S. S. 8. I began taking the
specific at cnct, and,have continued it .up
to now, -when I am well.
After 1 had taken the medicine two or
tires weeks I noticed a change for the bet
ter. The mending.was comparatively slow
for the urst . two .. months, when , 1 went on
improving rapidly. To-dap my skin is , as
clear, as pliable and as oily as ever. My
pains arc entirely gone, and more, I am a
gam able to earn my living
At one time I preserved the scales that
fell from my body, and they amounted to
inve pounds m one week.
\ ery respectfully, R. N. MtTCHELL.
tier Oilier Face,
A sixteenth street lady was calling.on a
K street lady the other day, and the small
daughter of the house kept walking around
her and studying her head intently. Final¬
ly the caller became so nervous she took
the child in her lap. “Well, Fannie, she
said, what is it ? You seem to be looking
fir ( somethiug, 1 was looking for your oth¬
er face, What do you mean . I don’t
understand, said the puzzled visitor. Oh,
wama said you were two-facer), but I don’t
only one ? You haven’t got two- faces,
have .you ? f
AUG. 1888
M». UnmettV Keplf.
Knoxville, , Ga., August 1st • 1888,
ME Editor: - I notice in the Journal un¬
der date of July 13th 1888-uuder the cap¬
tion; “A card from Mr. Saunders.,, in which
headdresses the citizens of the county to
deny him” and eetuie eertainchatges used against
as he alleges by me as Ms opponent
“and to show the injustice that has been
done him by scheming, designing, low down
and unprincipled politicians, who sail un¬
der false-colors of men-of honor and geiitle
menr who pretend or want to be shining
lights in society” &c. Now all these char¬
ges and those which follow after, (being in
the plural) Mr. Saunders evidently charges
my. constituents with. He has thus taken
the privilege to denounce them in such
,
terms without bringing aoy-speeial charge
against them, (as all special charges are a
gainst lae in person) and seems to be en¬
tirely malicious. Men certainly ought to
have the sight to exercise their political
preferences, without being attacked in the
public press with such epithets as Mr.
Saunders uses. As to the charges he brings
agamst me, I will, proceed to answer in
their order. He charges, first:- That it
was charged by me “that he wanted to
make the race in the last campaign as an
charged iu dependent candidate against’.’ mo. I
that I had been reliably informed
that he canvassed among his intimate
friends in his interest as an independent
candidate. I am able to substantiate the
charge by the testimony of reliable citizens
to the satisfaction ol any fair minded con
scientious man. I charged further that if
Mr- Saunders had been a loyal democrat
he wculd not bave beea seeki (with otb .
e r s) to prove me guilty of forgery, in which
attempt they failed. If he had been a
frie ud to me, as a nominee, be would not
have attempted such a thing f only \ a few
days prior ~ to the last ek , c ion . u of
which I am able to prove by reliable tes
tb))0ny
Ue second: That I
him lvith h „ vi BperiirtIie £ greater
a ni ht at MoGw ro s in revelry and
bauobe „ T fas charge was made by cth
er pgrti who Btetod , hat Le spent *
***** , ,. 01 . * , e “«* . , , there drinking, . . .
a “ d bl 8 card * has been
;^tant,atod ° f W,D , . , by « ,uentlon others. " d I « hayeno t0 morn recol- thftB
o-four , persons, and then not with
f ny lnt " on
" 1 I
* altac \ Mr ’ Sa f Jer8
jTwT “ “ kt9 °“
bis demerits, w but on my own merits, and
ju . ,, the „ ,, last , campaign ^ . on my ^ official „ . record,
j will sUte citize in conclusioa
that i do not recognizo the eS8 as tho
mediuD! th , ougb whicb t0 eut6r in .
t0 controversies and so far as I am con
cei . ned> thig re l wil! end lbe matter with
me . If Mr . Saunders believed my J con
stitucncy to bfi go incousiderate as to be .
licve any ^ gtatemeut oade by me , and
so destitute of honor md principle as to
be actuated thereby, why did he not,
any true man should, hold me personally
therefr: V Respectfully,
r II. M. Burnett-.
A couple of de piaved young men who
live near Canton procured some sort of a
paper, which they represented to two youug
lad.e as being marriage licei ses, and then
got “one of the boys" to pronounce t ie.
ceremony which the girls thought male
them mam and wife, and in this way the
scoundrels are reported as having accom¬
plished their desire.
'JTlie Talk at Taylor
Mr. Editor: As nothing has appeared
in the Jocbnal from this* portion of the
countyj I thought a few lines would not be
amiss. Polities we thought would simmer
down after the nomination, but the tie in
the contest for-sheriff has caused the polit¬
ical caldron to bnbble with more vim than
ever. This being Mr. Smith’s district the
battle ground will consequently be here.
We are in mortal dread of the conflict.
Our field hospitals have been established.
The litter bearers selected to hear the
wounded off. And as we have no Grace
down here, it will be Hart(d)ly possible
that any of us will be saved.
The boys from the 3rd have decided to
have the political obsequies of their defeat¬
ed candidates conducted at Union and
Woods academies ; also to eiect a monu¬
ment in perpetuo memento. Saunders has
retired to the quiet retreats of the sanctum
of the school room, “To teach the young
idea how to shoot,” and to clerk for the
patrons of Society Hill Academy.
McElmurrav to Echcconnco swamp says
he has got business enough of his own to be
commissioner over, and has decided to let
somebody else attend to county affairs.
J. Z. Smith—To Sweet Water swamp
to serve writs and processes on. General
Greon, keep his crop within its imprisoned
bounds, count the number of bolls on cot
toD stalks and conduct to and from the
field any one to judge his crop, as all good
sheriffs do,
Marshall—The last seen of him, he was
under whip and spur, with his under lip
considerably drooped, and there is nc tell¬
ing where he has landed. The boys think
he is out titho gathering
M.H, MaElmuvray, one of our most live,
and energetic farmers, lias cotton open of
this year's crop. lie also has 6 or 8 acres
of corn ol the prolific variety that is ahead
of any thing I ever saw, numbers of stalks
have eight to ton and more, shoots. If
seasons are favorable be will make forty or
fifty bushels per acre. One of his little
sous while pressing some weeds away from
about a log, where the dogs had treed a
put his hand within sis. inches of a
i attic snake, which be killed.
reptile had 16 rattles and a button
"Rtl DlaTRSCT.
The appointment of » county court so¬
licitor lor Dougherty county hangs tire.
When the vacancy occurred, Gov. Gordon
was absent trym home, aud since his return
pi Atlanta hi»daughter. Mrs. Barton Smith
has been critically ill, and he has been at
her bedside uearly all the tune. It will
probably be a week or two yet before the
app.mfnent will bo reached. John 1).
Hope and Sidney J. Jones are, we believe
the only applicants.
Macon, Ga , February 8 3887—I have
known K. N. Mitchell many years, The
last, two yeas or more fie has been a chari¬
ty inmate of the Bibb county .hospita 1 , and
the facts as stated by him in the above are
true and sorrect. . 8. S Baemon,
Sup’t Bibb County Hospital.
Treatise on Blood and Skin..Diseases
mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
Monday afternoon Wilson Cooper and
his brother Thomas were fishing in the
Ogeechee river, near Sylvania, aud in mo 1 -
ing about in the bateau Wilson Cooper a •
cidentally discharged a rifle which they h; d
with them, shooting Thomas in the hip.
The wound is not necessarily dangerous.
NUMBER 28.
Sandy-Point Siftings.
Sandy Point, Ga., August 1st, 1888
Fodder putting ia : the -order, of the day.
Vegetation has suffered from the dryness,
but we had a good rain yesterday, which
,
seems to revive the vegetable and animal
kingdom.
Mias- Mattie- A^ant, - one of Unoxvillefa.
faseinatmg-young,ladies, has left us after
a stay of a few days stayv
Drs, Holly and Yarbrough two popular
physicians, have several patients in the -
neighborhood of Sandy Pdint;
Dixons church has been blessed with a.,
great revival; many names wera added to
the Church-book. Some were new converts
while others- had beten.- members- in tirne
past, they have turned their faces Zion¬
ward again. May God in his mercy help,
and sustain them all in their new resolu¬
tions, and at last receive them in his king¬
dom, is the desire of their friends.
Mrs. W. K. Eubanks has a square in
iher garden,-planted-in watermelons. Some
•
of them are as fine as can be raised here¬
abouts and better ones never were grown.
She- kindly invited some of ns around tc
.
eat melon. The invitation was gladly ac¬
cepted by all. It would have done you
good to see us melon-hungry mortals eat
\Ye ate fearlessly and without regard tc
consequences, as there were two doctors
with the party. All agreed that it would
be “physician heal thyself” instead of 0 >
Doctor heal us. Even Dave had to give
up after agreeing to eat as much as Dr.
—
but we can’t give him away. Just s k Mrs.
Eubanks who ate most of the watermelons
and she will tell you Dr. Holly.
T ucatan, my dear boy you seem to be &
little ofi, from the manner in which you
are rattling around. Great Sett 1 can it be
that Yucatan, the great strong Yucatan, of
Ceres, is mad ? It. was cnlj a few short,
days ago that an emb@l*it physician advis
C8 > should we ever have a friend who
showed the least signs of in sauity, to in¬
sanity, to insist that they should immedi¬
ately sent to the asylum, so that they retell,
obtain immediate relief. Now friend so ' nc
thing must be
one suggested “Red eyo.” We know that
can’t be so, then you nmst be crazy. We
would never speak of ‘the teachers” only
• u the highest of terms. - TVo have a strong
lellow feeling for them and mould advance
their cause. As for tho “combinations"'
we know nothing about them. Thus far
have stood utterly alone, sad as the reve
latiou may seem, yet we feel strong.
You speak of thOvold widower, just as i
^ere was only one on this mundane sphere
of ours. He must be a dangerous rival
In the fifst place you are guessing at ran¬
dom. The widower wo had refeience to
is a kind good old man, and even offered to
act as our second should cccasiou demand,
but we don’t apprehend any danger from
that quarter as you and the gray eyed bi n
nett, (Ye gods ! what a frock of nature'
will be duly installed at miliedgeville be¬
fore we have to resort to the duel.
Dave.
Fasted Six Weeks.
From Seattle, Washington Terr rory,
comes the taleof a man who can evidently
give long odds to Dr Tanner and still win
in a contest. He is John L*ary, no Li.
man, who, while in search of work, \v;»
stricken with,paralysisof the lower li; te,
Outiu the woods, yet wauabed to roach a
deserted cabiu, wbere ho lay for six .weeks
entirely witnout food or fire, and V/ih nc •
w .ter until it rained, wh'cb was some
weeks after the attack-.
