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Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

The Committee or Military Affairs.
The Committee on Military Affairs will be in ses
sion the Office Of the Adutant General on Tuesda,
of each week, at O'Clock 4. NJ
Gk;r G,kpy rEkSaLp' I Gnsp chairmep.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

The Committee on Legal -4fairs.
The Committee on Legal Affairs will meet In the
Senate chamber on Iuesdays and Thursdays AZ 2.3j
7. NJ. A. II. WALKER, ,C,s;r,,.r
BYRON b. VERRILL, eha'rn'en'
Augusta, Jan. Is, ISL.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

Committee on Claims.
The Committee on Claims will meet in room No
II, on Wednesdays at , =. VI.
:! 9"fs%t5h =, W4n.H. BAKER chairmen.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

to call and examine her goods, which she has
MARKED DOWN In order to yeisoe stock for neW
Fa0 eooda. septEftiE1sb1S1
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

The Committee on Toens.
The Committee on Towns will meet in Representa-
tives Hall, on Wednesdays, at 80 T. NJ.
JOSEPH L. SMITH, C,a;r,,.,
G. W. MCALLISTER,I
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-02-21

Committee on Ways and Bridges.
The Committee on Ways and Bridges will meet In
Room No. 6, on Wednesdays, at O'Clock Z. NJ until
otherwise ordered.
+: F:d: Z. Wilkinson .I!iki chAirmen.
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Bethel.

Mrs. J. F. Cough has been very
sick for several days with bronchitis
and asthma. Miss May Smith has
been suffering for the last week
With rising on her hand. Miss
Pamphelia, daughter of William
Bee, after a protracted illness, died
Nov. Both, and was inferred on the
following day at 1. V. Pulley's.
Joseph S., son Of S. G. Hughes,
went to Arkansas about twelve
months ago, and died their recently
with typhoid fever. John F., son of
Bryant Smith, also went to Arkan-
saw not long since, and he is now
very sick with typhoid fever. A.
A. Smith went to Arkansas a few
weeks ago, and has already got
enough Of that country and is COM
ing back to Giles. He has tried
Texas and Arkansas but he likes
Giles county better than either of
them. Our young men continue to
go west, but nearly allIof them come
back again. Thomas o. Williams
left for GAINESVILLE, Ark, a few days
ago. DR.. j. A. Meadows and fami-
ly have been visiting relatives in
Athens, Ala. Mrs. j. NJ. Marbut
and children are now on a visit to
her mother, Mrs. NJ. S. Watson,
near Pulaski. DR.. V. o. Edmund
son is building a new house on his
farm near our village and will move
there soon. Several of our towns
men went to Pulaski Monday to
sell horses. They thought corn was
too high to feed on. 1t is now
worth go cts. to 81 bushel. Pork
is selling at 8 cts. Eggs advanced
to 20 cts a dozen last week, and
Harvey, Ruff and Little Jim have
been riding all over the county
hunting them. Little Jim went out
horseback with a hamper basket
and brought in three dozen. John
Parker found an auger hole in a
post last Saturday, and concluded
he would have a big gun. He
loaded the post with powder,
punched the pith out of a corn cob
and rammed the cob in the hole on
the powder; he then dropped a
coal of fire through the cob and re
ceived the load in his face, which
bruised and burnt him severely.
FRED.
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Prospect.

Cotton is all gathered, ginned
and nearly all sold. Wheat is about
sowed and looks splendidly. Hogs
are all killed. Corn is scarcer than
was ever known in this neighbor-
hood except during the war. l
heard a miller say this morning he
couldn't supply one third the appli-
cants for meal at 81 per bushel.
We must look at facts and govern
ourselves accordingly. Unless those
who have money will furnish the
poor class with corn, somebody
will suffer. l know of several col
ored families in these parts that
havn't bushel Of corn, and land
owners are slow to employ such,
and these are becoming depressed
in spirits and speak of going to 9th
er states by scores. A great many
of the white population, on account
of the 1908, Spoford debt, etc,
would go to other states. 1t is
best always to look at the bright
side of things and to remember
and act upon the adage, "where
there's a will, there's a way" l
have always said and still maintain
that a man can do as well in Giles
as anywhere on the globe. There
will be drawbacks and adversities
wherever man may roam. Be con-
tented then and make the best Of
your needs. Go to work, be eco
nomical and all will work well. Mrs.
r. B. Ransom of Nashville is visi-
Ting her mother, Mrs. Z. j. West
moreland. Mrs. Spivy of Arkan-
sas, daughter of L. L. Westmore-
land of the same state, is visiting
her many relatives at this place.
Miss Josephine Borland of North
Carolina returned last week to her
former home, and 1 understand
will make this her future home.
Mrs. II. b. Reese is some better at
this writing. Mrs. Jno. r. Har
grove died last Wednesday, bein G
paralyzed. Excessive trouble is
supposed to have caused it, as the
last words that she spoke were,
"Will trouble kill meP' She was
the mother of Fletcher Hargrove,
who killed NJ. p. Ezell. You can
see the wrinkles all over Jno. Hills
face. It's a girl. The health OF
the community is very good. DR.
Cardwen was just sick enough to
keep him from Sunday school last
Sunday.
learn that one or two whose
names l have used in my articles
have become offended. Nothing
was further from my thoughts and
1 specially disclaim any animosity
Indeed, it does not lie in my nature
to offend and l would not take ad
vantage of my privileges as a cor
respondent to treat any one I'm
kindly. All have said was meant
for pleasantly and any other con
suction can be attributed TO my
awkwardness Of expression. / vii
take special pains to escape such &c
cusations until the ides of August
JUBA.
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CAPT. f. w. HOLT.

We regret to learn that the exigencies
of fortune have induced our fellow-citi-
zen, Capt Elijah w. Holt, TO leave, even
temporarily, this community and go
west, but the rising generation cannot
content themselves to ''let well enough
Alone" and remain where they are.
Hence he goes, as q forerunner, to look
at the situation and provide for perma-
nent residence, IL Inducements are pre-
scented that will warrant the removal of
himself and family.
Thus, we are likely TO lose one Of our
most useful citizens, from the character
istic yesrning of our sons and daughters
to try fortune in q new country. We
part with Capt. Holt reluctantly, not
simply for the reason that we believe
this one of the best countries on earth,
and the last country to emigrate from
but we know him to have been for the
last thirty years one of our most ac-
tive men IN all enterprises involving the
public welfare.
Capt. Holt Is and has been eminently
4 working man, in all things abreast OF
the progress OF the age, a co-worker in
the material, moral and educational adj
vAncement of this community, and as
such, we recommend him wherever he
may 90. A. III. ABERNATHY,
EU Co Sup't
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A Good Mothcr Gona.

Mrs. G. X. BURRow died two mile
east OF Lynnville, Nov. 10th, OF billion
colo. She WAS born Dec. 10th, 1911
and was near 20 years Of age, the age
allotted to the virtuous. Her father,
Alex. Barron, moved from North Car
olina TO near Elk Ridge church IN IsO6
or z, where Mrs. BurrOw was born
within one mile Of where she died. In
1919 the family moved 20 Alabama. In
1886 she and John Burrow we're mar
ried and seven children blessed this
unlon, five sons and two dauRhters,al Of
WHOM lived 70 be grown. Only three
sons survive the mother, with the faith
or. They sorrow not a. those who have
no hope, for they know In whom their
mother trusted, for their Savior was her
consolation through long life, and she
died In the triumphs OF living faith
Her last words were, "I am going
home She made public profession
OF religion at the early age OF twelve
and Joined the Presby terien church. Ia
later lite she was Identified with the
Cumberland church and lived a jealous
defender OF the iaith. She never lot an
! oppOrtunity pass 20 speak word FOR rs-
/ iigiuu. The bible wac her handbook,
And she kue0 more ~ II from memory
than anyone the writer ever knew, Who
/ la. tried her repeatedly in various
ways. Select for her a verse anywhere
Goa the bible and she could repeat tbs
consecutive verse. She moved with her
son two years ago 90 VIE r. she died,
near whore she wa born, she being
away from the scenes 0i her childhood
some 50 years. Her husband has Lost
Else consolation OF y devoted wife, and
/ The sons mother - devoted a. ever
bore that sacred name. Mag they emu
late the example she ha- - uobly set Of
| living ear the cross that they TOO may
wear the crown.
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Bunker Hill.

Mr.. Editor, if you will allow me
small space in your valuable pa
per will proceed to relate the haps
and mishaps of our locality, as the
pen of Civis seem to be silenced.
Henry Wells, son Of Mrs. Matte
Wells, met with painful accident
last Wednesday which will proba-
bly, result in the loss of one of his
eyes. He bored hole in a scant-
ling, poured powder in the hole and
was blowing a coal of fire to catch
the powder, when it flashed up and
burnt his face and eyes severely.
Miss Mabe Davis is convalescing
from protracted illness of typho-
malarial fever. Miss Maggie Nc
Cracker, daughter of John G. Nc
Cracker, is also very sick with the
same disease. Bell Davis, our en-
terprising bachelor merchant, is i'm
proving from a severe attack of in
hammatory rheumatism, which he
thought would prove fatal, when he
said that his light was most out and
his wick was very short, and had
his favorite bird dog called in to
bid him goodbye. Rueb Thornton,
the delighted papa, exclaims with
smile from ear to ear that his Gar
field is a daisy. w. H. Wells is
still improving and is able to be
out. DR.. r. G. Kennedy is with US
again. He contemplates locating
in Lincoln county to distribute
pills to the suffering and those who
wish to suffer. I. II. Holt and fam
lily, in company with E. L. Bass, we
understand will emigrate to Texas
soon. We dislike to give up such
useful citizens, but wish then sue
cess wherever they may see fit to
cast their lots. A party Of our
young gallantss had quite a set
back recently. They donned their
best regalia, and set out for the
house of one of Lincoln county's
most substantial citizens to attend
a party, where they expected among
other pleasant things to whisper
soft nothings in the ears of the
gentler sex, till the eve sma' hours"
when 10! and behold! arriving at
their destination, only one fair belle
greeted their anxious gaze. They
tried to hide their disappointment
with many "ahems'' and 81 was
passing this way and thought 1
would drop in a moment, just to see
how you are all getting along"
They finally slipped out at the back
door by two at a time, mounted
their jaded steeds and rode quietly
back to our village, where they
found comfort in a gentle snooze.
They don't want to hear anything
about that party. Elder w. II.
Dixon will preach at Mars Hill the
third Lords day in. this month at
three o'clock p. IN. Captain E. w,
Holt will probably accept a situa-
ton to teach in Ellis county, Texas,
and will be off soon. Mr.. c.. b.
Barnes has declined the idea of go
ing to Florida this winter. MoDA.
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A dearth of items of Importance
is the reason of absence from the
CITIZEN for the last few weeks. A
point like this cannot afford mate
riel for a regular correspondence
without incorporating long list of
minor personals, and that does not
suit the general reader. Farmers
are done their crops, and are busily
engaged in preparing for the next;
porkers have been removed to the
smoke house and people are feasting
on spare-ribs and fatty bread. You
"city fellows" don't know what it is
to tickle the palate until you sit
down to a pone of fatty bread baked
brown, and a glass of cold sweet
milk. That's good enough to make
a fellow feel pleasant way down in
his boots. Our village is manifest
ing a spirit of improvement just
now. Another residence will be in
course of erection. 1t will be on
the cottage style and is situated on
main street and on the most beau
tiful site in the city. G. c. Vaughn
is to occupy it and engage in the
mercantile business another year,
in connection with J. NJ. Parker
l presume Parker & Vaughn will
be the style of the firm. Rev. j.
w. Bell and lady have taken up
their lodging in our midst for the
ensuing year. We wish them a
pleasant stay among us. Miss
Alice Parker has returned from a
protracted visit to relatives in Ala
bama. Her amiable disposition and
genial spirit insured her pleasant
stay. Mrs. j. w. Parker of Boden-
ham honored our village with her
presence last week. Time is deal
ing gently with her we presume for
her conviviality is not the least i'm
paired. Jas. w. Vaughn has
closed out his business on Pigeon
Roost and will give us the benefit
of his presence in the future. MIR.
and Mrs w. G. Chapman made q
prospecting trip to Lawrence coun-
ty the other day and rumor has it
that we stand a chance to lose them.
Miss Nora Cheatham is slowly re-
covering her health and usual fresh
ness and bloom. The holidays are
coming on and the young folks are
preparing for a gay time.
KULLY.
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Family Reunion

The family Of our friends J.. N.
and j. E. Matthews met in Pulaski
last week for the first time since
directly after the war. Mrs Mat
thews, their aged mother, lives with
her daughter, Mrs. Summerhill, in
Pulaski. She is 81 years of age.
The children were all born near
NJ urfreesboro and number five, and
are named here in respect to their
ages: I. F. Matthews Of Spring
Hill, Mrs. Summerhill of Pulaski,
VIM. Matthews of Obion county,
and John n. and Jas. E. Matthews
of Pulaski. 1t will be a memorable
occasion in their lives and perhaps
the last that will bring them all to
gether.
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Enumeration meeting Saturday
immigration meeting Saturday!
immigration meeting Saturday!
ME Immirration Meetinr,

The report of the meeting at the
court house Monday is so full and
covers the ground so nearly that
we have little to add now. No man
can read the astonishing array of
facts and the clear cut logic of fig
ures without being convinced that
men from almost any state can bet
ter their condition in Tennessee.
We specially call upon those who
contemplate leaving to read careful
ly the comparative statements and
see that Tennessee offers advan-
tages in every way superior to
those offered by the states to which
they would go. The facts are alb
solutely unanswerable. The only
difficulty is being removed by this
movement. Our resources are I'M
developed and not utilized, but un
der the inspiration of this move
ment and by the aid of those whom
we would induce to come, we hope
to be awakened from our lethargy
into a knowledge. of our surround
ings and possibilities. and throwing
aside our thriftless and proftless
methods of work, pick up the new
ideas of progress and WELD them
to the pulling down of the strong
holds of sloth and inactivity. With
halfthe vigilance and industry used
in other states, Tennessee can be
made immensely rich. 1t looks like
folly to thus parade our resources
before a people that ought to be
fully awake to such knowledge, but
right there lies the difficulty. With
twice the capacity per acre of pro-
duction and twice the advantages
in many other respects, Tennessee
is losing her people who go to those
states thus doubled. 1t is amazing
and can be accounted for on no
other hypothesis than that they do
not know these facts. They are
statistical facts, taken from the
census and official records, and
these cannot lie. Our light cannot
stay under a bushel longer and
those who are now leaving are get
ting out of the way of the Jugger
naut of progress that is commenc-
ing to roll over Tennessee and to
crush out ignorance and inactivity
and laZiness.
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Cedar Grove.

Prof. E. w. Holt, who is much
liked by the people of this commu-
nifty as a teacher, closed his school
here last week and will leave about
the 18th for Texas. Our Sunday
school has been suspended on &C
count of bad weather and roads.
The first quarterly meeting for
Trinity circuit will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday next. Dan Anthony
has been very sick with typhoid fe
yer. Oily Pride. who has been as
sisting in running the Villains q
Watson saw mill has been down with
the rheumatism for several days but
is up again and will leave for his
home at Culleoka Tuesday. have
the privilege and pleasure of pub
fishing one Of the happiest occur
rences that has taken place within
the bounds Of our neighborhood for
some time. 1t was the marriage of
Mr.. Charley Pittard to Miss Meta
Harwel. They were married at the
residence of the brides father, MIR.
Sam Harwell, Tuesday evening at
7 o'clock by the Rev. r. L. Pagan,
Thus two of our noblest young peo-
pie have been united to travel
through life together. May none
of the many sorrows incident to
life be known or felt by them, but
may the cheering rays Of the sun OF
prosperity shine upon their pathway
and their lives be spent in a success
sion of happy experiences If Mad
am Rumor speaks the truth 1 will
have other marriages to report soon.
Miss Bette haultsby, who has been
teaching school in Limestone coun
ty, Ala, for two years, has returned
home to remain. Charley Sirlef
and Will Msultsby, sr., went with
Mr.. Vaughn and family to Texas
Some of our farmers are complain
ing of losing their sheep with some
unknown disease. Our roads are
in bad condition, yet nothing like
what they were last winter at this
time, which speaks favorably fol
the new law and the unusua
amount OF work that was put upoI
them last summer. Warren Har
well received a fall that disabled
him from work Thursday. He wa:
engaged at the saw mill.
f. w. G.
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EIktOn.

Atha Baugh has recovered from
slight attack of fever, and will go to
Pulaski in a few days TO resume
business. Perkins Carter came
home sick one day last week, but he
also is up again. James Borland
arrived here Friday from his pro
tracted visit to Hillsboro, n. c.
One of his sisters came home with
him. Miss Ophelia Scruggs is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Farrar, in Lin
coin. Sunday was visiting day
here. Among the visitors we note
the presence Of Messrs. Ed. B. Craig,
Will Alternately and James (Tige.
Bowers OF Pulaski; Mr.. Rayborn
Daily Of Elkmont Station; Nr.
Buchanan and lady of Pleasant
Plains, and Mr.. Robert Whitnore
and Miss Rochelle Of Mulberry vii
lage. We extend a hearty welcome
TO such groups of bright eyes and
smiling countenances. Come again,
please. William Bass and lady,
after spending nearly all of the
summer and fall with us, went TO
Bethany, where he will assist in the
building of the parsonage. Rev.
w. b. Lowery is now safely en-
sconced in the new parsonage at
Midbridge. Last Sunday just as
Rev. w. L. Rowland was nearing
the close of a beautiful sermon on
charity, an alarm Of fire was given
which caused considerable excite
ment and broke up the congrega
ton. DIR. Williams Office caught
fire from some unknown cause, and
two bales Of cotton stored therein
we're considerably damaged. a
pleasant time was enjoyed by quite
number Of our young ladies and
gentlemen on last Friday evening al
musical entertainment given by
Misses Addie and Ada BiedsOc
William Bass with his violin and
Miss Ella Nelson and others ac-
companyiug with the piano, rendered
the occasion delightful and the
| splendid music. Our first quarterly
meeting will be held on next sun
day and Monday. Nrs. John H.
Hargrove, whom7ve reported as be.
.ng 50 III, in our last letter, died OF
apoplexy Nov. 30. Her illness was
Of short duration and her death
quite sudden. She was the mother
of Fletcher Hargrove who killed
Eel. Thus dies a broken hearted
mother. ScRIBBLER.
1 .
Gilt EdgcTOnlc at Corner Drug Store
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No.49
A KILLING BEAU.
Possibilities Of Facial Expression
Exemplifed,

A Pulaski beau who spends all
MS money for clothes, all his
thoughts upon girls, and the balance
OF the time posing for a mash be-
fore the looking-glass, concluded to
attack a belle of our village who had
resisted many extra proposals, and
he Immediately set about learning
the latest and most killing attitudes
and parlor saws. He borrowed the
privilege of locking himself in an.
other gents room where a large
mirror is suspended and forthwith
set about his task OF working I'M
his eountenance TO the point where
1t would do the most good in his
contemplated conquest. The occu.
pant was watching him through a
window near by and he reports his
antics before the mirror. He
Strengthened his collar, ran his hand
through his hair to give it literary
Regl'ge. and thus expressed himself:
Now, my dear Adolphus, there
are not exactly forty centuries look
ing down upon you to night, but
perhaps your future hangs upon the
hazard Of a look. We cannot tell.
me dashing Vis vis, what turn
affairs may take, nor yet what pun
or flashing jest or nimble retort
may aggravate and put to test our
powers of repartee; and if, forsooth,
we have not ready poised a glitter
ing shaft of wit and pointed cpl
gram, we may be sat upon in meta.
phoric sense-just merely. The
strength of our appearance lies in
the expression. of our mouth, and
oft have we been told by gentle
danes who yielded their devotion
at the shrine of our invincible looks
that this dainty aperture, used by
the vulgar to safe their appetites,
was like a careful cut across the
velvet bulge of a ripened peach,
whose edges gently curved revealed
in modest bushes the glories Of an
inapproachable tint-while others
mouths look like hole made in a
green pumpkin with meataxe."
His image in the glass seemed to
understand him perfectly, having
doubtless met him face to face be
fore, and without further detail Of
the many excellent and ne'er-to-be-
forgotten expressions that dropped
out of his "peach slice, wen give
a panoramic view of the facial
pageant when he entered the parlor:
He enters, bows profoundly, ex-
tends his hand and essays a pleas
ing smile thus;
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immigration meeting Saturday
immigration meeting Saturday!
Immigration meeting Saturday
Concert Next Week.

The ladies of the Cumberland
church are preparing for a concert
to be given next Wednesday night
The rehesrsals give promise of an
extra entertainment. Mrs. j. H.
Russell of Columbia, whose sweet
and cultivated voice Pulaski has so
often had occasion to admire, will
assist in the concert, together with
a full array Of our own amateurs
The object of the entertainment is
so worthy that we very much desire
to see large attendance, and we
are satisfied that those who delight
in artistic music will be richly en-
tertained.