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THE OTBLIS POST.
DUBLlff l
A EpCfl, t8^.>
Terms, §1.50
~n year in advance.
Tins Post is Tirar Official Oita an of
LaUREKS COUNTY. — CIRCULATION OVER
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Local Affairs.
Read new advertisements.
No cliristmns goods in Dublin yet.
Kerosinc twenty-five cents per gallon at
Wolfe’s. .
December was ushered * in With quite a
■Jjgfti.'Kum day. < *' - . ■ h
The whiskey question has been about
exhausted.
Mr. J. T. Kodgers>as invested in some
tkoroUgh-bml RcrkShire pigs.
The people are itt lower financial spirits
than we have ever sngi'them.
We spent four days in Johnson county
hist week, at the expeuse of these columns.
The Colvillcls again afloat, and if the
river keeps up will soon take all the eottou
in Dublin to the railroad.
The people of this county are highly
gratified Jwitli £the rcelcctiou of Solicitor
General Thus. Eason.
Our representative, Mtt Burch, lias in
troduced, « bill, to iucoipomte the Oconee
Itiver EjU’ijpiVpiit tjt/mphi^i .
To poyidelit'd with cotton at seveu cents
which wtire'icontracted when cotton was
fifteen, Wwiinip-hilL business.
^ You can buy as much with a bale of
cotton now as you ever could, and if every
body were out of debt you would hear no
complaint about the price of cotton.
John Graham's arm got aiught in a gin
band last Saturday and was badly gashed
and broken. Dr. Hightower thinks he will
not regain the full use of his arm before
Spring.
Read This!
You will save money by paying your
notes ami accounts by the 10th of Decem
ber; lifter then will be turned over to attor
ney for collection,
Dublin, uov. 18-3t. T. H. Rowe.
The rumor that Mr. R. T. Dominy is no
longer a candidate for Tiix collector is un
founded. He requests us to say to bis
frieuds and the Public generally that lie is
still in the field soliciting tlieir support,
(•' and will iu uo event cpmq down. 2t
It will l|e imppsifUJoj! for us to give per
sonal attention to oiir collections iu John
son, and we hope that our subscribers in
that county who have not yet payed, re
try man of them, will call upon our agent.
W. P. Hicks and settle at once. tf.
10,000 Tickets Per Hour.
x v-audidHttw iu Laurens and jlohawou are re
minded that the office of the Post is the
place to got their tickets printed with neat
ness anil dispatch. We arc prepared to
turn out 10,000 handsomely printed tickets
per hour. ’ tde
Dr. Hides, who offered the resolution in
the late mass meeting which bus been the
subject of so much discussion, agrees witli
the chairman Of the, meeting aud every one
else with whom we have talked on the
subject, tlnit the action of the meeting on
that.qucstion was, under the circumstances,
of ito Importance.
- 'J* t J lit? ‘
Tlic.editor .left for Johnson- comity on
publication day hist week, leaving the Post
with o-thc hoys,” which accounts for some
typographical crrrpns-ooe of them pretty
hard- on the Bible, or else on children :
“ ‘Bring u cliild up in the way he should
. go ; aud he w/Wdepart from it', or the. Bible
is false!’ ”
A good many subscriptions to the Post
are only for six months, and will expire on
the' 20tlf mst., that is, those commencing
with the first issue. When you see a red
cross on your paper you may know the
*“ time for which you have paid is dniwiug
to aldose. We hope all will renew their
subscriptions aud continue to take the
Post. :
Nearly all our Laurens county suhserib-
cm.bavu.pnid UP, Our Johhson friends
huve doubtless been just as willing and
rca(% respond ; but the trouble is we
lmvn’t haddbneto see them in person. In
order that thcy~may ribt feel slighted, we
have instructed our agent, W. P. I licks,
to give each aud all an early opportunity
to pay for ihe Post.
EH Shores was sentenced to the Dublin
Street. Brigade last Friday by the county
Judge for five months. It is probable that
Mr. Jack Clarke xyill ;pay his fine and allow
him to work out the amount on his farm.
He was prosecuted Ity Mr. Isaac Keen for
selling him a lot of almost worthless seed
cotton with just enough good cotton on
top to conceal the bad.
We intended while in Johnson county
last week to get up a letter for the Post,
but our esteemed friend Dr. J. W. Flan
ders, soon after our arrival in Wrightsville
invited us. to a superb turkey dinner,
where we became too full for uttcraucc.
We regret that we inadvertently wrote a
local paragraph last week which, after our
attention was called to it, we noticed was
susceptible of a somewhat offensive inter
pretation. It was iu reference to Mr. 8.
J. Kellam’s trouble in getting bis Post
from tbc post office. From whut Mr. K.
told -^e-•presumed that some of his
friends took his paper from the post office
•wad'through forgetfulness or want of op
portunity failed to fqgvard it. We simply
desired to call attention to this fact, in the
^Jiop^of earning bis friends to either Jer-
ward his naper promptly, or let it remain
in till* post office—nothing more. If any
onq is offended, we beg his pardon and
promise to be more careful iu the future.
To the Voters of Johnson
County.
WiUGUTBVii.MJ Ga., Nov. 28th, 1878.
JStL Post:
I desire through the columns of your
paper to correct the wkle-spreud impression
that I am uo longer a candidate for the
office of Sheriff of Johnson county. The
report doubtless grew'out of my sometimes
jocularly telling my-friends that I lmd been
pushed out of the field. But I desire to
state positively that I am still a candidate,
and will under no circumstances withdraw
from tlie canvass, and most respectfully
submit my claims to the voters of Johnson
county. Of the weighty duties aud respon
sibilities devolving upon the Sheriff’s office
I am fully aware, and on thatnccouut have
been slow to get my consent to run ; but
since I have decided to become a candidate
I hope my friends throughout, the county
will give me their support, and disbelieve
ally report iu every word and in every syl
lable to the effeet that, I am not a candi
date. Jacob T, Snell,
tf
Condor Items.
Our academy is in L. C. Bench-
am’s hands, and will bo finished by
tlje 15th of January next.
Dont it make the turkey-bumps
rise on your back for vine of the can
didates ti> grasp your hand aud as
sure you, privately, he thinks yen
the best man in the whole world ?
“Mathy” Graham :s improving
slowly.
A stalk of nihlliii and an old
stump with mushroous on it, made
a party of ‘‘possum hunters” git
from one of Mr. Fuller’s swamp
fields.
A part of the whistle pipe blew
out one day last week and all hands
skedaddled, hut the man in blue.
Suppose whiskey selling is abolish
ed fiom our county. Wont the
“Loon Association” have a merry
Christmas ?
Take notice Mr. B- . all agents
are let alone by the Dublin Author
ities upon the payment of §10 and
changing their initials. Therefore,
parties wanting medicines will ad
dress I. J.- instead of P. J. Adams.
Linton Jones killed thirteen squir
rels and a partridge at fifteen shots.
Adams says he can prove by Jno.
Williams, he killed fifteen squirrels
at as many shots, in as many min
utes and within an area of as many
steps at Ocean Pond.
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Mr. Charles G. Bush is banking
up his turnips for future consumpt
ion. Parties desiring to grow this
crop, can purchase by the bushel
next spring, from him, and plant
like potatoes.
Tully isn’t as true to his Post as
was Horatius of old. Wo saw him
at the saw mill a week or so ago.
Come again,-
Judge Ilavnes, and Sheriff Mc
Lendon occasionly just for fun ride
over. We coulden’t account for their
smiles at first, but now wo under
stand whenever a man Bees either
coining lie splits for the creek. They
cant get a social chat, all afraid of
warrants.
Montgomery News.
Dr. W. II. Willson’s crib and fod
der house were burned on the night
of the 14th hist,, with all his corn
and fodder. The doctor thinks he
knows who did it.
The negro candidate for tax col
lector has abandoned the field in
ui8gust.
Ciipt. John Mathews of Steamer
Halcyon passed through town on
the 19th on his way to Darien. He
entertains high hopes of coining up
soon with lhs boat.
That crowd that the Grand Jury
found Bills against at Court for Va
grancy has disappeared.
The Long Pond Agricultural Club
will discuss at their next meeting
the subject of fruit growing.
Hon. T. B. Calhoun on going out
to his hog pen one morning last
week found seven of his fattest hogs
dead. He thinks the cholera will
get all his hogs before it quits.
The river is rising and the timber
ineu look better.
Mr. Daniel McMillan has grown
so much worse that the doctors had
to amputate his log. He will hardly
be able to come home soon.
A grand necessity elevates a man;
u small one degrades him.
England and Afghanistan have
commenced burning powder iu good
earnest.
Gordon After the War.
[if. IF. 0. in the Atlanta Constitution.]
t At the closo of the war the people
of Georgia turned to Gordon with al
most unanimous acclaim. Ho hold
the first standard raised by the dem
ocracy of Georgia, and led the cam
paign against Bullock. Awakoning
the -people with his magic cloqucneo
from the sullen apathy infix which
the advice of other loaders had pul'
them, ho gavo the Georgia democra
cy its first prestige and organisation.
As bravo and as dauntless in the
canvass as ho had been in the field,
he was every where - defying the fed
eral bayonets—rallying the peoplo to
stand up for their rights—denounc
ing the villainies of the republican
party!.
A GREAT CONTEST.
Having all the elective machinery
in their hands, the republicans de
feated Gordon, but ho had led tho
democracy through its first great
struggle, and had given it courage
and prestige.
When a senator was to bo chosen
in '’72, Gen. Gordon was put iu the
lit Id by his friends, The race was
most remarkable in many respects
ever seen m Georgia. He was con
fronted by the Hon. A. H. Stephens
aud lion. li. II. Hill. Tho buttle of
these giants was a grand one, Gor
don, much the youngest of tho three,
and much the “newest” man, was
nevertheless the favorite from the
start. Hoping to gain something by
the alleged superior ability of their
candidates, the friends of Messrs.
Hill and Stephens proposed that the
three candidates address tho general
assembly. Of course Gen. Gordon
accepted the gauge. Tho three
speeches wore of course very able,
hut it is known of all men that Gor
don’s speech created the greatest en
thusiasm and made the most votes.
Placed between the two ablest men
of Georgia he bore himself nobly,
justified his friends and confounded
his enemies. He was elected after a
sharp struggle, leading Mr. Stephens
heavily, and doubling Mr. Hill on
the first ballot. f
GENERAL GORDON’S RECORD IN Till-;
SENATE
is fresh in the minds of our people,
and has just received such an in
dorsement as was never before given
to any public servant of Georgia.
Evoij in tile - somite 1 ho made an im
mediate reputation. The condition
of Louisiana being under discussion,
General Gordon arose,’ as wo happen
to know, without preparation, and
delivered un impassioned and thrill
ing defense of the south—her record,
her sentiment. It ivas tho first
time that a sonthern man had spok
en thus openly and audaciously in
vindication of tho south, and tho
effect was electrical through the
length and breadth of the country.
It gave General Gordon a national
reputation, and since then he has
held his position as probably the
most prominent man the south has
furnished since the war, His influ
ence in Washington is enormous, his
counsels are always sought by the
wisest and best of bis party, and he
has (lone more than any other man,
probably, to liberalize national sen
timent and give the democratic par
ty chance of victory. His services
as an orator have been in demand on
every hotly-contested field in the re
public, and at the earnest solicita
tion of the democratic authorities,
he has campaigned, usually with
Lamar, through New Hampshire
and other states.
His speeches during these cam
paigns were models of statesmanship
and patriotic eloquence.
TIIE SECRET OF GORDON’S SUCCESS.
I do not think that the annals
will show a more admirably beloved
character than Gordon’s. I do not
think they will show a man who, in
the character o‘f a soldier and states
man, has acheived so lustrums and
so.broad a fume. In each field Ins
success lias been phenomenal, brill
iant and glorious. Iu the forum
aud on the battle-field he has borne
himself us a hero and as a man !
And there is-just one secret that
will explain his success. Of course
his personal gifts are adveutitous
aids to an end. Ilis marvelous elo
quence: his dauntless hearing; his
splondcd presence; his indomitable
energy; his far-reaching sagacity; all
these are mere trappings.
Baek of them all is the secret of
his power and his strength. The
people love him, and honor him,
and follow liim, because they can
trust him!
Iu peace or iu .vi’ar; in strugglo or
in calm; in victory or in defeat; in
all circumstances and under all pres
sure his groat heart is with tho peo
plo, aud his life is at their service.
No threats can deter him; no persua
sion cajole him; no flattery entrap
him; no uitluencb puvelmso; no pres
sure disturb him; no personal ambi
tion unsettle him. The people
know this just as his soldi era know
it, and the people will follow hini
just us Ins soldi era followed him, and
all thisubcouuse tliey can trust liim.
The Department of Agriculture.
[Atlanta Constitution]
This important and valuable bu
reau Is again subjected to ordeal, a
bill to abolish it being under con
sideration iu.tjio hpijse. In view of
the gr6at benefits Unit have' already
accrued to the farmers of Georgia
from the establishment of the de
partment, and the broad field of use
fulness upon which it has justentered,
it is passing strange that an effort is
umdo t.o. $0 away with it. Tlie in
telligent, reading farmers and other
citizens of the state aro impressed
with the great valuo of the various
manuals which have, from time to
tiinoi, been issued by the indofatigible
Commissioner. Tho information
about crops, anil the timely and
practicable suggestions as to the best
methods of utilizing labor, rotation
of crops, composting, planting and
cultivating food crops, especially
oats, that, have appeared in the mon
thly and other circulars of tlie de
partment, must have resulted in ben
efiting our people to a degree beyond
all proportion to the small appropri
ation from the treasury. >So far,
however, from being’a burden on'
the tax payors of the state, it has not
only resulted iu conferring the gen
eral benefits alluded to, but has act
ually paid into the state treasury
from inspection fees, over and
abcjvo all expenses of every clnir-
actor, including the appropriation
for the department, propor, the snug
snip of §20,000. It is claimed by
those who would destroy tho force of
this argument that tlie infqieetion
fees are paid by tlie customers—the
purchasers of tho fertilizers inspect
ed.
This claim is confidently denied by
those best informed tin the subject.,
including some leading dealers in
guano ; but be this as it may, the in
spection laws, and the groat protect
ion they" afford to both dealers and
consumers, are so unquestionable
that it is a matter of but little mo
ment who pays the fees, where each
receives a benefit.
Application Tor Leave to Sell
Land.
GEORGIA— Laurens County.
Four weeks after date, application will
be made to the Court of Ordinary of said
comity for leave to sell 1000 acres of land,
lying on the east side of the Oconee river,
and commonly known as the Powers land,
belonging to the estate of II, p.'Fuquui, to
be sold for distribution.
Decl 1878-lt Dennis McLendon,
Administrator,
De bonis non cum tci-tnmento annexe.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
The contract for keeping up the Telfair
bridge on Turkey creek will expire on tlie
Oth day of December next. The public is
hereby notified tliut tlie county will not be
responsible for any damages that may occur
to persons or property at said bridge after
Unit date—until the new bridge is complet
ed. John T. Duncan,
Nov 29 1878-tf . Ordinary,
NOTICE.
GEORGIA—Laurens County.
Four weeks afterdate application will be
mode to the Court of - Ordinary of said
county for leave to sell the one-half undi
vided - ' interest of Wiley Lo<:k and Ann C.
Lock, minors, in lots Nd. 184 mid 105 in
the town of Dublin, bounded on the Soutli
by Madison street and on tho North by lots
belonging to Dr, R. II, Hightower.
mU 1878-4t Eliza Lock,
Guardian.
OATS FOR SALE.
500 bushels of. Yellow Rust Proof Oats
Sept. 18-tf. Holmes’ Cross Hoads.
For Tax Collector.
Believing that t|io office of Tux Collector
was never tilled more faithfully, or with
more general satisfaction to tax payers than
by Mr. B. B. Linder for many years, we
hereby suggest him as a candidate for that
office, subject to Democratic nomination if
one is held. Many Voters.
For Tax Receiver.
Believing thnt the Rev. J. L. White
will, if elected, discharge the duties of the
office to the satisfaction of the Public, we
hereby annouucc the mime of that gentle
limn as a candidate for Receiver of Tax
Returns of Laurens amity.
Aqg. 28-tf Many Voters.
Macon,
DEALER IN
furniture and Carpets.
COFFINSand CASKETS
. " , •*. / . I U i <TjXCT ■ aww.
of every description ami price, in Wood and Motel. Call and examine
Goocls.ahd prices. ^rAHht, exceedingly low prices.
oct Hftllm
VISITORS TO MACON
Next to Lanicrllbuso. ‘ : • I
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i /itert
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While in tho city, should not fail to call and cxnmino tho exton&ivo stook of ; j
STOVES, TIN-WARE, CUTLERY,
"■ LAMBS, CROCKERY, at
GLASS-WARE, WOODEN WARE'
AND
G^tpral Housedfipisliiiig Goods,
GEO. AV. BURR’S
No. 87 Cherry St.
PRICES DOWN TO LOWEST NOTCH.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
The Grand Charter Oak and Farmer Girl Cook Stove.
Repairs for tho above always on hand,
oct 8041m .
TRADE NEVER BETTER.
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500 Cooking and Heating Stoves on Hand,
Enameled and Plain Grates, Tinware for all domandB. Full line of ,l ' 1
Wood and Willow Ware. The largest and host line of PLATED'GOODS
in tho city. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE and ' Mu g
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House-Furnishing Goods
for sale by
oct 80-lhn
Oli-srex* 2sTco?1jO:n.
4? Third Street, Macon On.
but* f
f -jt tva.
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GEO. S. OB EAR,
92 Clierry Si:.
Come and see tho fiuout assortment of Crockery, French China, American
China,
HOUSE-FURNISHIN G GOO I >S,
Stamped and Tin AVaro, Toilet Sets, Agate Iron Ware, &o. Out*
lory of all kinds. Agent for tho celebrated
Excelsior Hot Blast Cook Stove.
Alilb, Churtor Oak, Sunny South, Cotton Plant, and other desirable pat
terns. oct 30-3m
Dublin Ga., Nov. 18th 1878
M Post:
Yielding to many and repented
solicitations and os'pecially tlie oii<
Sheriff of Laurens county.
For Tax Receiver-
Hd. Post-.
Please announc'd lit)'. A. J. llilbiin ns a
candidate for reelect Ion to the office of Tiix
Receiver at the ensuing 'election. He 1ms
<11 led t he office wit Isfactorlly to the public for
ThaniJI tlle 1111,4 two and we recommend him
iniiny ninny (item- (nf
deiice they repose in me. I pledge
myself, if*elected, to discharge tlie
duties of the ofiico to tho best of my
ability. Reap tf ill ly,
tde. Dennis McLendon.
NOTICE.
Wim. be let to the lowest bidder, before
tho Court House door, ill tlie town of Dub
lin, on Saturday tlie 21st day of Diicemlier
next, the keeping of Blackshear’s and tlie
Dublin Ferries for the year 1878- The
contractors will la: required to give bond
with good security in the sum of one thou
sand dollars for the faithful performance
of their duty und for all damages to persons
and property that muy occur through their
negligence or carelessness at said Ferries.
Buhl bond to be given the same day, or the
hhl will be void.
.John T. Duncan,
Nov. 21st 1878-41 Ordinary.
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For Tax Receiver.
I hereby respectfully submit my name
to the voters of Laurent county ns a candi
date for Receiver of T:ix Returns at tin
ensuing election.
oct 2!5 tdc IT J Walden.
Election Notice for County
Officers.
An election will be held at the seveni
precincts iu Laurens county on Weclner
day, the first dav of Junuury next, to;
Clerk Superior C’oiifl and, Treasurer, Blier-’
Sept. 4-tf
Many votkus
For Tax Receiver.
Believing Unit Mr. W. G. Wright will
make nn illlcient olilccrjf elected, we here
by submit Ids name to the voters of Laur
ens county as a suitable candidate for the
oflice of Tax Receiver,
tde. Many Voters.
J—u'
mt:
FOR SHERIFF.
Wrightsville, Ga„ Sept. 80tli,
lid. Pod: ,
Plensc announce iny name ns a candidate
for Sheriff of Johnson county. If elected
I will discharge tlie duties of tho office to
the best of my ability.
sept 80-tf Jacob T. Bnell.
For Tax Collector.
Ed. PotU
Please announce Mr. W. W. O’neal as •
candidate for Tax Collector, tfc is %
worthy citizen, and eminently miulifled to
credit to himself and
fill Hint office with credit
satisfaction to the Public.
Aug. 28-tf
Many Citizicnh.
Money!
Parties indebted to tlie undersigned for
medical services are requested to come for
ward promptly and settle. I have served
you to tlie best of iny ability, and expect
similar treatment. Vet-hum sat,
oettMf I, II. Harrison.
For Sheriff. , w ,
The undei.dgnwl take pleasure in an.
Iff, Tax Collector,' Tax Receiver, Coitmer.uomicing the name of J. C. Hcarlstrough
as a suilabic candidate for sheriff for the
ensuing term and arc assured from his
promptitude in business he will make an
efficient officer if elected,
uov. 13-tdu Many Voters.
aud County Surveyor for Laurens county
This notice published in accordance will
Section 1822 of the code of Geo-gin.
tde John T. Duncan.
Ordinary.
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