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The South western news., 1888-10-24
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Statistics Of the DiIoree5.

What becomes of divorced wom-
emp
A vast field OF unexplore4 terri
tory is opened by the question.
just as mules are su opposed to seek
for their death some spot where no
eye can behold them, SO divorced
women, once divorced, are believ>
ed to withdraw to some mysterious
limbo in which the rest OF their
lives is spent unobserved
But the Tribune has been at the
pains of collecting statistics about
them, and it finds that they can
accurately be divided into the four
following classes:
CLASH.
Remarked within a year rs pr. ct.
CLASS II.
Waiting for an offer. 10 pr. CT
CLASS II.
Fallen into evil ways. 10 pr ct.
CLASS ".
-, ~ -
DEVOTED to cclibacy -. .5 pr. ct.
These figures have beer compiled
from comparison of the divorce
lists with the marriage OF registers;
from the statements of judges, jus.
tees OF the peace, clergymen, law
yers, and court officials, and from
personal inquiry among those who
have been divorced. They can be
accepted as substantially correct, :
Chicago Tribune.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
Httention!

ToIsNoT, WILSON COUNTY c.
SEPT. 24TH, 1888.
THE G. A. .WooD co.
II N. 10Th ST , PHIL'A. Pa:
DEAR SIRs: My husband bought
one u your improved machines No
vemb r 23rd, 1881, and l cap say
today tn t don't see but very lit
tie difference in it now than when
it was bought. | don't think its
equal can be ftdnd. 1 am prepared
to say to one and all iu want OF a
machine to order of the CA. WooD
Co. and you will never regret it tor
NINE is rs good as new after seven
years use.
Respectfully yours,
Mrs. NJ. E: COPELAND.
OctS, 'SS, 13t.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
CENTRAL RAILROAD
GEORGIA..
NOTICE 10 TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

The best and cheapest passenger
route to New YORK and Boston is
via Savannah AM elegant steamer,
thence: Passengers, before pur>
chasing tickets via other rcuteGs
would do we'll to inquire first OF
the merits of the route via Savan ;
nah, by which they will avoid dust
and a tedious all,rail ride. Rate
include meals and srateroom on
Steamer.
Roundup tickets VII be placed
on sale June LIST, good to return
until October 31st, New York
Steane r sails tri,weekly. Bos-
ton Steamer, weekly from Savan'
nah.
For further information apply
to any agent OF this Company, or
to L I CHARLTON, G.P. A.,
Savanr ali. Ga
CG ANDERSON, Ag't. Steamers,
Savannah, Ga. my3O,tf.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
A SAD AFFAIR.
A Little Girl Breaks Her Neck and Her
Sister Dies From the Shock.

CHARLESTON, s. &. October Is.
a strange and sac story comes
from Bishopville, Sumter county,
in this state. David E. Durand
and his wife LETT home to spend the
lay, leaving their little dau shters.
Eva and Cora, with their BROTHER
in>law Late in the evening, while
the children were plying, Carues
vas inrormed that ora had allen
from a b d in the room in Which
they had been playing. Csrues
hurried in where she was and pick
ed her up, but she died ii a very
few seconds, her neck having been
broken by the fall The next
orning ETA died from the shock
caused by her little sisters death.
Their ages were seven and thirteen
respectively.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
Buddhism and Woman.
Bah IN the Netp York STAR

| do not think I will ever become
a Buddhist, and this is why. By
the bye, Dollie, my reading this
week has been very varied, and my
brain suggests library where the
books are arranged according to
size, and not either alphabetically
or in accordance with the nature
of their contents. l have gone
from Ohnet to Cugreve, from lola,
and from Zola to Buddhist. | have
found in the book ON Buddhism
this beautiful catechism that touch
es me very deeply:
@. "a hat is cruel?
A. The heart of a viper.
@. What is more cruel that thar
A. The heart of a woman.
@. What is tie cruelest of all?
A. The heart of a soulless, pens
niless widow,
Q. What is the chief gate to hell?
A, A woman.
Q What bewitches like wine?
A. A woman.
@. What are letters to man?
A. Women.
@. What is it that cannot be
trusted?
A, Women.
Q. What poison is that that APP
pears like nectar?
A. Women,
l have c5hcIuded that as these
opinions voice the Buddhist, I will
not go to India, although mss
ing the snake charmer is great
sorrow.
The South western news., 1888-10-24


Governor Gordon has issued an
order that blanks for applications
for bounty under the act Of Octo.
her "a, Disappointing for the pay.
ment of money to disabled soldiers,
he prepared and forwarded to the
Ordinaries of all the counties by
January goth, next. and the pay
ment Be promptly made as soon as
such applications are returned to
the Executive office, and examined
and approved. This order is issued
to relieve the clerical force Of
the Executive Department from
the heavy pressure of work usual
during the session of the Legis-
lature,
The South western news., 1888-10-24
DR.. T. 2. PARKS
MEDICAL 1NFTT5EEAR Z i.
Dawson Georgia.
Near the SOUTHWESTERN NEWS Office

DR. T. P. PARKS of Indian and Spanish blood, is making
marvellous cures his Of the sick His light not hid an
boe but his remarkable work be verified by the best
me and black witnesses in midst Dr. Parks office is crowded
D day day with patients who long distance to be
% Ills office has become fcass urmary The calls OF humans
come FIRST for thai all patients treated alike He treats
Fh Consumption Kidney Diseases, Weak Backs, Rheumatism,
% Stiff joints Liver Complaint Malaria and turns off none those
through znes3 his Office he lets them alone Dead
% not asked tor patronage An of prevention is better than
@ Medicine in time Dr. Parks HE PREPARES HIS
OWN MEDICINES.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
Women sis he Jatro~s.
Ahd',ta Constitution.

AaG'ita Constitution.
The approaching execution oftwo
wBmen, one IN Ohio aud one in
Massachusetts,, has revived the old
discussion about the propriety of
inflicting the death sentence upon
women.
So far as the enormity Of their
crimes is c8hcerhed, it must be adj
mitted that some female criminals
have proved themselves monsters
of cruelty aad meanness. And yet
in all civilized countries men hest
tate a long time before they give
their consent to the hanging of a
woman. he Washington Post
voices the sentiment of perhaps a
majority when 1t says.
Legally and in justice thee
women should hang, but there is
feeling higher and better than mer.
ciless justice under the law, and
that feeling should be honored in
the Observance. 1t is abhorrent to
the nature Of the best men, or even
the worst, to puta woman to death,
and 1t is a credit to the executors
of our laws that so far in our his
tory very few women have been
hanged. Men must in the nature
of things, hold oman in higher
esteem than they do their fellcwmen;
there are about our mothers, sisters,
wives and sweethearts, a reverence
and a romance, which makes them
sacred. and through them this sa..
credness extends in greater or less
degree to all women. Woman is
the weaker vessel. the dependent
one, and though she may commit
grievous wrong there cannot exist
against her that feelihg of measur-
ing her punishment By her crime,
which men must exercise in DEAL
ing with men,
Murder is the only crime for
which a woman can be hanged,
women are not by nature murder
GUS. They are the source Of life,
and the maternal instinct, SO long
as it is in its normh condition, can
not be other than in violent anita
gonism to death.
The woman who kills is crazed,
and should not suffer the ultimate
penalty. setting aside the argument
advanced above. The governors f
Massachusetts and Ohio have an
opportunity to set the example of
a new code in penal ethics, and
there is scarcely d sane person in
all the land, and certainly no fggis-
lat've or judicial body, which will
not commend a Communication of
sentence in the cases of these two
women. Then let the legislature
follow and enact statute in which
the blood of a woman shall not be
shed by the hand of the Law"
Possibly this errs on the side of
sentimentalism. but the views ex-
pressed will be endorsed by many
of the wisest end best people in the
land. It Is easy to believe that the
woman who brushes her gentler in
stincts so far as to make her capa-
BILE of murder is not ofsouud mind
Such a y oman is moro fit for life
time term in an asylum than for
the gallows, IN an age when en-.
lightened statesmen are seriously
thinking of sbolishing capital pun
ishment altogether it ought lNog to
be very difficult to secure the ex-
emption OF women from the death
penalty.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
4 Prominent Merchant ii tcEable.

~ TTUWHSH MeFCHuHt IN fFcuOfSs
Old moneybags mopes in his Office
all day,
A6 snappish and ct3sa as bear;
The clerks knew enough to keep
out of his way,
Lest the Merchant should gfum-
bic and swear,
Even Tabby, the cat, is in fear of a
buff,
Ora kick, if she ventures too near
They all know the master is apt to
be rough,
And his freaks unexpected and
queer.
What makes the old fellow SO surly
and grim,
Ard bt have so con ounGe lly mean
There's certainly something the
matter With HIM
Is it his stomach, OF liver, or
spleen?
We've guessed it his liver is slug
gish and bad.
His blood is disorderen and foul !,
It's enough to make any one hope,
lessly mad.
And greet his best friends with
a grbRl.
The South western news., 1888-10-24

The situation in Indiana appears
to he less complicated than that in
New York. The issues in that
state are squarely defined; there
are no confusing factions there and
the contest between the parties
there will be of the regulation
style.
We bellows that Mr.. Cleveland is
elected.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
The Situation.
atlanta Constitution

atlanta Constitution,
According to kilograms, the re-
publicans propose to transfer the
campaign bodily to New York
state. This is an admission of
weakness in the west, and it is a
sign that the democrats are going
to win; tor while there are faction
fl hts in New York city, it is to be
noted that both fectfons among the
democrats announce that they are
in favor of Cleveland world With
out end, They declare that they
will not sacrifice the presidential
ticket nor permit it to be sacrificed,
and in this fac. lies the salvation
Of the democratic party. New York
must be carried if the party is to
yin, and there can be no doubt
that it will he carried if the demot
cratic factions vote for Cleveland
and Thurman.
The South western news., 1888-10-24

SOME of the engineers think
that Augusta viii have to build a
dyke TO protect hersel g inst fu
ture reshets. 'Fhe llfoni,!e.
hor ey r. takes tie position that a
dyke is insecure, and wien it
breaks. the consequences sre dis
IS ms There is a disposition in
ANUS 10 rust luck, in the hope
Eat it wi he orty years or
NOR before SMOTHER had food
tones,
The South western news., 1888-10-24

It is said that a Eufaula man
drew $4,000 in the Louisiana lot>
terry recently. His success will no
doubt Re attended with considera.
bic loss to many in that city aud
section who will attempt to do
Mew!pe.
The South western news., 1888-10-24

Itch, Prairie Mango, and
Scratches of every kind cured in30
minutes by Woofford's Sanitary 10
lon. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by w G Kendrck,
Druggist, Dawson. Ga.
The South western news., 1888-10-24
OLD Bill RiNOSeEY
Slightly Defective in Eemory but a Good
Earn-SpiRner.

Slightly Defective in Eemory but Good
Karn-Spiansr.
Boston Globe.
A horseback traveller, In Tennes
see, approached an old fellow who
Sat on log, near Richlaud station,
and asked him if he had lived long
in that neighborhood. The old
fellow Scratched his grizzly Beard,
looked about him, whistIed softly,
, and then said:
Il lived here when Andrew
Jackson made his famous state bank
speech, standing right out tEvle on
that stump"
You dont't say sol"
Yes, l do
what is your name?
Those who know me best and
who consequently respect me most,
refer to me as the Hon. William
Hindsley, but tile more ignorant.
aud consequently more familiar, call
me old Bill
Very productive land about
here, SUPPOSE the stranger said
so do L.
Good place for watermelons2'
'Tolerable. l raised few last
year that were putty good size. I
know IA passul of us took one, rip
ped it in two with old Uncle Jim
McDaughIin's cross cut saw, hulled
out the meat, gof in the shell and
padded atross the high water
You don't say sor
yes | do
Good place for corn p
Only tolerable. | raised some
last year, though, that was putty
good size. Passul Of us one day
shelled one of the ears, put the cob
on at Goosotree's wagon and
hauled it to saw mill
what forY
TO have it sawed into lumber
You don't
Yes, / do Nr. Hindsley broke
ia.
That's a pretty big stump out
there said the stranger.
Yes, pretty good size
"Was the tree very tall?'
About 200 feet
You
Yes, I do
How long has it been cut down
4 cut it down last spring was a
year ago
Thought you said that Andrew
Jackson stood on that stunp'
Oh. no; 1 said he leaned against
the tree
Yes. l remember now. Timber
grows very rapidly in this country,
doesn't it?'
Yes, pretty pert. l neglected
chopin down some black oak
sprouts in my field one day, and
the next morning we chopped down
several of them and split item iAto
fails
well that is remarkable. Now,
that great tree that was so tai, how
long was that growirg?'
We'll, l tell you. 1t came up
summer before last, and was grown
by the next May
4 thought you said Andrew
jackson leaned against that tree?
Oh, no; | said he user to own the
land where the tree grew
The stranger rode away, and
meeting a man shortly atterward,
asked bim il he knew don. William
Hindsley
Yes, / know old Dill.
Know him pretty welI?'
yes, well enough to know that
out here at the station if a man re
peats anything that old Bill says
We fte him a bushel of meal.
Suppose the indiscreet man re-
fuses to pay it?
He CAN'T help himself, for the
matter has been decided by the ST.
| preme court. A fellow named Ben
Harden contested the case, and It
broke him up
SOME of the engineers think
that Augusta will have to build a
dvke to protect hersel g inst fu
ture resheis. Fhe lifonirle.
hor ey r. takes tie position that a
dyke is insecure, and wien it
The South western news., 1888-10-24
For Sale.

Seventy aces Of Ind, four and
one hall niles rom Dawson. Six
acres cleared and under fence, and
enough rails spill tofence tsp ocres
more. Cabin and rool well of wa
ter Oh the place. For particulars
enquire az 'D'' ' sOg2S
The South western news., 1888-10-24
Ode AMI Ends Gathered BY Constitution
Reporters

They were all ed:-Roscoe.
the Office boy, brings in this item:
81 was going out to Salt Springs
on the train from Douglasville to
Chautauqua, and l heard Judge
Van Epps say he was in the court
once during the trial of a man
charged with carrying concealed
weapons, and before beginning the
examination of withesees, the so,
licitor said that there was a lawyer
In the court room who had on his
person at that moment a concealed
weapon. II the lawyer would
come up and lay down his weapon,
and sign pledge never to carry
concealed weapons again, he woult
not be prosecuted, but if he refused
to do so, he would lie convicted.
Then there was a commotion among
the lawyers, and one of them came
up, laid down his pistol and signed
the pledge. i am glad to see that
you have come up, said the solici.
tor, but you are not the man was
sp aking Of Then there was an.
other connection, and, after lit
tie delay, another lawyer came up
This is not the man yet, said the
solicitor; and ano her lawyer came
up an signed the pledge, and an
other and other, until nine lawyers
had laid down their weapons and
signed the pledge"
Bonfire of dried Tcngue-Rev.
Villa II Henry Strickland, late of
Gainesville, Ga, now pastor of
Central Baptist church, reported
at the Baptist Ministers conference
on Monday morning that he had
in arranging his study and assort-
ing his books and sermons, com,
mitted $50 old sermons to the
flames and that he had $50 more
on the condemned list to be burned
soon. When asked how many
sermons he owned, he replied, lone
thousand" When asked, why did
you burn these" he said, "they
are old, stale, fiat and couldn't
consent to preach them any more.
| make and preach better sermons
than those nov and why should |
preserve these productions, which
no longer expect to use. TOO
many sermon barrels standing
around are suggestive of indo-
Ience." He stated further that
these earlier efforts had not been
preached at all for ten years, Some
difference of opinion was expressed
in the meeting upon the wisdom
/ OF the bonfire
The South western news., 1888-10-24

nATEETs Procured. VIVA. G.
Henderson, 925 + ST., Wash
ington, .. G. Formerly of Exam
lining Corps y, S. Patent Office.
IL years experience. Send skstck
model 0rotor reports as to pqtsstss
- Iity. Csfrespeadercdao lisitSdy
The South western news., 1888-10-24
Central r. +. Of GEORGIA.
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The Southwestern Division

Liz southwestern Division
Lv Macon 10 l5am ar 5 bpm
ar IT Valleys II 22am 4O1pm
" Mar'vikle II 39am 3 46pm
3" Winchester II 45am 8 39pm
Mte'zuma* II DIAM 315pm
" Oglethorpe 1212pm 308pm
" Anderson 1228pni 2 46pm
" Americas II 50pm 220pm
" *Smith'le / bpm / 33pm
Bronwood | 48pm 15pm
" Dawson 203pm 1OOpm
" Shoiiman 2 25pm 1234pm
" Cuthbert* 2 48pm u 0Sam
" Morris 3 90pm II 4Oam
" Hatcher's 8 1Spm IL 30am
" Georgetown 33lpm II 13am
" Eufaulak 3 47pm II 05am
"Spring Hi'*4 25pm 10 21am
" Midway* 4 4pm 10 O2am
+" Un'n Spr'gs*5 12pm 8 35am
L" Pike Road 6 d6pm S37am
Mont'gry'F 6 40pm 8O5am
Ar Perry u 25 m
Itv " 2 OOn,o
" Adams 2C7pm y 38pm
" Leesburg 2 25pm u 21pm
Ar Albany 2 55pm Lv II 55pm
" IT Gaines 4 35pm " 10 15am
" Clayton 5 93pm Lv 8 0Oam
Trains going North Read up.
#Telegraph station. Connects
at Fort Va1y for Perry; at Smith.
vile for Albany and Blakely; at
Cuthbert for Fort Gaines; at En-
faula for Clayton:
-:O:-
M. S, RELKNAP, Genl. Manager.
W, F. SHELLMAN,
Traffic Manager
E. T. CHARLTON, G, P. ACT.
CLYDE BosTICK, T. P: 8gt.
SAVANNAH, Ca
, 1888-04-18

would vote for the Government. M. Gle
menceau returned to the charge, but in
vain, and the order Of the day pure and
and simple was adopted by 349 votes to
SO. 1t is believed that the Council of In
quiry will hold its first sitting in the course
of three or four. days.-Daily Telegraph.
, 1888-04-18

He had, however, during his short
short stay at the fashionable caravan
sary, made the acquaintance of a few
persons who afterwards were Of great
use to him in his business. His com
paniOns across continent were nice
people, and here put him in the pro-
per channel. He was introduced into
that select society, and although his
reign as a lion did not last very long,
the bold young fellow knew what
benefits his acquaintance could bring
to him.
W hen he found that 'the ladies
are not at home this evening"" Sgd
ney got into the habit of waiting in
the office about dinner time each eve
ming, and as the ladies passed through
from the restaurant to the elevator he
would politely escort them witha word
OF two loud enough 10 have the peo-
pie around hear and see that he was
known in good society.
This had It's effect in one Ease at
least.
Johns became acquainted with a
now deceased young aristocrat, and
through him found his way into
various aristocratic clubs of the city.
The CosmDS. Union Pacific and BO-
hemian clubs we're so many pied 0,terre
for him. In tact, the Bohemian Club,
az the Pacific Carriage Company
knows to its sorrow, was his steady
address.
The members of these various clubs
took kindly 10 Johns. He was polite,
suavp and well connected, One Of
the chief members of the Cosmos in
troduced HIM everywhere and when
H. de lay Swaron, the heir to a mil
lion pounds, passed through the city
two months ago from China on his
tour of the world, Sydney, who had
been introduced to him by the Cos
mos Club gentleman, levied m assess
menl of G100 on the traVeIer-''untiI
the banks open"
The Cosmos Club gentleman heard
OF this later, and before the stranger
got away he made good the loan Sgd
ney Johns had negotiated on the
strength of his Introduction. This
made exactly 5000 the acquaintance of
Johns had cos, the Cosmos member,
who consequently tired OF the mem
Der of ParIiament's son.
In The mean time Johns became nm
intimate at n mansion where m0iSOn
0mverte was held to him ut all times.
This was Il great relief to him, as tn"
home dinners there came IN positive
ly aprOpoS when John Somali closed
The account Johns had run there to u
stIpendous figure. Johns might not
have hurt himself at the MaiSon Riche
only hat in an unguarjed moment
ON July 4th last, "the banks beng
closed" he borrowed $40.
These debts were left behind by
Johns when he suddenly quit the city
last Saturday, and are only mention
ed incidentally. They are but small
affairs compared to his delinquencies'
ut Balfour's, Guthrie & Co.'S and
other important firms.
TohuS did not diStrihuta his faVOrs.
, 1888-04-18
AN ENGLISH SWINDLER IN
CALIFORNIA.

4 ian PAy NAhaA - W. NJ ~ SSS $3.50
is hard to remember, consequently is
NOT reproduced here, but the Bohe-
mian Club has something to replace
"Chippy get your hair cut" of old,
It was sung to the tune Of "Captain
links of the Horse Marines" and the
hero OF it., who "li,ed beyond his
means," is Captain Sydney ST. Johns
lateof her Majrsly's Eighth Hussars,
stationed in India.
Captain Johns. as he was generally
called, has ripped local society up the
back for the past few months. There
was nothing remarkable about him,
however, to bring about such a dis
play Of anatomical surgery, except
ing perhaps that be was "English,
quite English you know" and he took
well with the Anglo anIacs.
Captain Sydney Johns, the junior
son OF AN ex member Of parliament,
came here about one year ago. f1is
wtr,Irobe was pIethoric with white
neckiies, dress suits, riding breeches,
lawn tennis suits and trousers well
creased back and fore, but he did not
come here with the paternaI blessing.
"Get thee gone from thy home, my
son." had said the old gentleman, who
had become tired of squirting the
Young mans affaurs. "Gpt thee gone
t" a foreign land and earn thine OWL
living.
There were other little irreguIari-
ties that "pa" knew not of aud from
which Sydney was quite pleased to
get away, which fact greatly Softened
the aSperities Of parting. Besides the
old gentleman, in his goodness of
heart, had also said that he would for.
ward the youth $50 each month for
six months to keep the wolf from the
door, after which time, Sydney, he
thought, would have learned enough
of the ways of the world to provide
for himself.
The ex-membrr of parliament was
quite right in his forethonght. The
mounts he sent his sou periodically
were disposed ofin a royal manner,
the dispenser seeing life in all its as
poets and gsIning therefrom know
ledge of much value.
What Sydney did in other places
is not known yet, but what he did
here is quite fresh and will bear re-
counting.
The fact that Sydney was of blue
blood could hardly be overlooked. An
immense dnub Of the "ris,ocratic
fluid was the most prominent mark
ON one side of his face. It vas apve.
natal stamp Of Burke's perr"ge, be-
ginning in his reddish benrd, that he
carefully parted in the middle, and
reaching over his temple to the roots
of his hair, taking in en- PEASANT part
Of an ear.
Sydney's accent was English, of
course, but he affected a still stronger
twang, seeing how well it cook" on
his travels.
On his arrival here he had his
s'luggage" sent to the Palace Hotel,
where he remained just TWO days, the
caterers there having had the impu