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The Norcross Advance.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1873.
JAS; P. SIMMONS J r ... 0
JAS. U. VINCENT. 5 Lditore -
STATE' CO VENTION AGAIN.
jphe press of the State with groat
unanimity favor the calling of a
Convention to amend our State I
Constitution. In fact, we have
noticed objections to it in but two
papers published in the State, and
what makes it appear very strange
that they should agree on this im
portant subject, is the fact that |
they differ, as far as men can,!
about nearly everything else.
The natural conclusion therefore,
is that some local interest binds
them together on this question.
& may be that they tear ti e
motive of those who express so
much anxiety about a Convention
is to remove the seat of govern
ment back to Milledgeville. We
cannot answer for others, but we
assure our friends, of the Herald
and Constitution, that we are as
much in favor of keeping the
Capital at Atlanta as either of
them.
It is nearer the centre of our
State population, far more accessi
ble and better prepared to enter
tain the large crowds of people
who frequently attend our Legis
latures and Conventions than Mil
lidgeville is.
No, let things stand in that re
spect, as at present, but, a Con
vention we need, to get rid of the
humiliating policy of those who
frans'ed the Constitution which
now grieves and oppiesses those
to whom Georgia rightfully be
longs.
It is said we are too poor now*,
to justify the expense incident to
such Convention. Our poverty is
admitted, but We insist that, al
though our people are poor, they
are yet patriotic. Give our wise
and true men a chance to meet in
Atlanta ami remodel our Consti
tution to their liking, and at their
own expense, and they will prove
to the world that Georgia has
capacity and patriotism yet suffi
cient to take care of her own
municipal interests and her honor
as- a- State.
We were pleased to-see in the
Gwinnett Herald, of last week, an
approval of our plan on which to
get up a Convention, which will
jwrvcr at onse cheap, efficient and
highly honorable to the State
generally, and especially so to the
fathers of the land, of whom it
would be constituted. Our friend
Peeples, proved in that article, if
never before, that he is a man of
practical sense and capable of
training the public mind on ques
tions of the first magnitude.
THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE
AND GEN. J. B GORDON.
The telegraph brings ns the
news that Gen. Gordon has offer
ed a resolution in Congress for t in
establ'i-'flinMuit of the Franking
Privilege,and that he regards the
repeal of tbi* privilege th< worst
act erf tlrel.ist Congress. In this
©pinion we fully concur.
We know of no act on the part
of the United States Congress
which was prompted l>v so much
positive spite and hate atxi so ht
tie statesmanship and wisdom.
In the spring of 1872 the Demo
crats in Congress tried to make
the Radicals repeal the law before
lite Presidential campaign open
ed. Many democrats, however,
did not vote for the repeal be
cause they did not favor the re
peal in any way. The Democratic
press clamored for the repeal be
cause they knew it was abused
and also knew the radical partv
were using and would use it in
perpetuating themselves in office
The Republican party pledged
a repeal of the Franking Privilege
at Philadelphia, and when the
bill was introduced it was found
to contain not only an abolition
of the Franking Privilege but also
a repeal of the laws allowing free
delivery of newspapers in the
county where printed ami requir
ing the payment of postage on
exchanges. In the spring of 1572
the Democrats had clamored for
its repeal because they thought it
would deprive the Republicans oi
an immense political power. In
the lali the Republicans brought
forward the resolution for its re
pea), and for the sake ot consist
ency many Democrats voted for
it and the Democratic press play
cd mum. The Republicans, hav
ing uied it in the election of their
candidates in the Presidential
campaign, determined that the
Democrats should not use it in
exposing them before the country.
This called forth the acquiescence
of the Radical press. Neither
C n**- the Pre**
ed to the interest of th? country,
but both were prompted by parti
san purposes and spite.
We have never seen a single
logical argument in favor of tile
repeal. Economically considered
it is a failure, because it will pay
the Government nothing. Wniie
it. makes the P. O. Department a
few hundred thousand dollars, it
will burden the other Depart
men's with large postage accounts
lor which appropriations must be
made. These appropriations al
ready amount to nearly $3 FJJ.OJO.
The whole theory is; Rib P.-ier
to pay Paul.
We admit it was abused. Bui
shall we abolish any thing because
of its abuses, or shall we correct
its abuses’ We capitally donut
Gen. Gordon’s success in his com
mendable movement. The privi
lege may be restored to Congress
men and Government Depart
ments, but we can hardly con
clude that it wall be to the Press,
which to its wildest foil;,- clamored
so loudly for its repeal. Besides
this, the press has deservedly in
enrred the displeasure of C m
gressmen, inasmuch as newspaper
correspondents from Washington
have ceased to discuss measures
but are fanatics in abus»'ia men.
Gen. Gordon is certainly look
; ing to the interest of the whole
country, and especially will his
success benefit the country news
papers, which as yet have suffered
most from the repeal of the Frank
ing Privilege.
THE AIR-LINE RAILWAY.
We are informed, and from
source on winch we rely, that the
Pennsy!Vania l Central has bought
the interest of the Southern Rail
way Security Company in the
Air-Line Road. That interest is
said to be about half the stock in
this Road.
The Pennsylvania Central is
believed to be one of the strong
est and best managed Railroad
Companies in the United States,
and perfectly able to back its
stock in the Air Line. The indi
viduul stock-holders have very
generally, if not all, pa d in their
subscriptions. And,not withstand
ing all this, the writer saw Air-
Line slock sold a twenty-five
cents in the dollar at Administra
tors’ sale, on the first Tuesday ol
this month. How is this? The
busines of !hc road is better than
its most sanguine friends expect
ed before its completion, and no
well informed Railroad man can
doubt the ability of the Air-Line
alone, to pay off all its debts with
unusual promptness, with any
thing like an honest and skillful
management of its business.
Then while such men as Edgar
fhompson is at the head o; one of
these corporations and Col. Buford
presides over the other, the indi
vidiral stock-holders have good
reason to believe that the inter
ests o! the Air-Line are safe, both
as io the ability and integrity oi
I nose who control them.. And ii
we are right in this important par
ticuiar, .is it is confidently be
ne ved we are, the time is not far
distant when the stock in this
Road will be at par value ia our
null dels.
OUR ADJOURNED COURT
A great deal more business \va
transucled at the adjourned term
■>l Gwinnett Superior Court, last
week, than is usually done at such
terms.
Notwithstanding his great
Judge Rice would make a tai;
presiding officer now. if he could
o ily control his prejudices ag iin-t
those who have had the misfor
tune, at any time, to incurhis per
sontil displeasure. But few men
of his years however, can do tlu.t.
and so much should not he ex
pected irom one of his age and
peculiar east of mind.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is again
electrifying the country with hi>
wonderful wisdom and eloquence.
In Congress last week he spoke
upon the constitutionality of the
increased salary bill, h matters
not what cause he espouses be is
a great champion, and brings to
bear all the historical ami logical
tacts in its favor. The whole
country i> expecting much ol* the
“ biggest littlest man * in the na
lion, and if life last him. he will
not disappoint it.
(Special to the Herald.)
Washington, December 15,1873.
Samuel Bard was appointed
Post master of Atlanta to-day.
Il is considered certain that he
will be confirmed. Dunning's
troubles with dishonest clerks has
ind’wr l change.
A LEAF FROM A MEMORAN
DUM OF LAST SABBATH.
O, beautiful Sabbath day, rich
in the mallow glory of an undim
mad sun and richer in the stillness
of your bracing December air.
You are a spring like day. and
o ily lack the genial warmth
On su -h a time as gne* before the leaf,
When a’l the wood stands in a mist of
green.
And nothing perfect.”
But with me the
“ Hours pass drearily ;
Slowly, uncheerily.
Passes the day.
Life now seems drear to me,
She who was de t 1 ’ to me,
H is passed away.
To come back neverm >re—
To rest forevermore—
Ln realms above,”
In vain I ask your mellow sun
shine and your clear sweet sky
‘■Why did death come so soon ?
St rike ms' love dumb so soon ?
Ah, m • ! le ive numb so soon,
My darting love ?”
In thy loveliness there are no
emblems of Death and I know
Grief is a
“Cheerless, unsocial plant, that lovest to
d .veil
Midst sk ills and coffins, epitaphs and
tombs,
and as
“ I think, on this fir, joyous morning
Os my heart ail hi g uineas and gbcm,’
I remember the lines of the
poet:
“the meanest plant that grows, can give,
Thoughts that da often lie too deep for
tears.’
To the forest then I go, where
idyllic Tennyson says:
“From the plains, the woodlands and
groves,
What strains of wild melody flow t”
Out in the deep, silent forest I
recline beneath an old oak—‘‘sole
king of the forest all”—and, in
my longing, memory calls up the
felicitous discourse of the “talk
ing oaks” to Waller of Olivia's
chai ms:
“I swear (and else may insects prick
Each leaf into a gall)
This girl, for whom your heart is sick,
Is three times worth them all.”
To which the not ungrateful Wai
ter replies:-
“ O; rock upon thy towery top,
All throats that gurgle sweet!
All starry culmination diop
Balin-de'ts to bathe thy feet I
*****
Nor evci lightning char thy grain,
But rolling as in sleen,
Low thunders bring the mellow rain,
That makes thee broad and deep f”
As I roam (he woodland from
which often
“I have led her home, my love, my only
friend —”
I remember the many, many fines
she use to quote in her sausy hu
mour and poetic felicity. Os the
cedar:
“ Oil, art th.>u sighing for L b non
In the I ng breeze that streams to thy J.”
cious East,
Sighing for Lebanon,
Dark cedaiO”
Or else as we walked along the
silvery branch, and talked of trees
a id poets, she weald lovingly r
peal:
“Un watched, the garden Jjoagh shall
sway,
The tender bl ssona flutter down,
Unloved tint beech will gather brown,
This maple "urn itself away.”
A gai n:
“ • he birch-tree swung h r fragant hair,
The bramble cast her berry,
The gin within the juniper
Began to make him merry.”
And again:
“But, Alice, what an hour was that,
When, after roving in the woods,
(’ was April then,) I came and sat
Below the chestnuts, when their buds
Were glistening in the breezy blue.”
And still again:
“ Why lingereth she to clothe herself with
love,
Delaying as the tender asli delays
To clothe h 'rself, when all the aoods are
green.”
But
“ A man's 1 est things lie nearest him,
Are close about bis feet ”
Yes
“ Wisdom is oftentimes n arer when w
stoop
Than when we soar.”
Here,then, are wayside flowers
—weeds whose frost-bitten hearts
may keep golden secrets—but o;
these often have I heard her say :
“Com*, funeral flow r, who lovest to
dwell,
With the pal • corse in lowly tomb,
And throw across the desert gloom
A s oet decaying sin 11.
( •!«*, press my lips nd lie with me,
Beneath the 1< in ly alder tree;
And we wiil sleep a pleasant sleep
And not a care shall dare intrude
To break the marble solitude
8 i p a vful and so deep.”
Then lovely Sabbath day, tall
trees an 1 lowly weeds say: |
“ What profl etli life’s little tale
That emit th thus in blank despair I
So soon my burning blood must pal.*,
fly str >ng heart faint, my senses fail,
And pulseless Death be everyn her I
B.ill 1 know that the wayside
weeds will come again, and will •
bloom again and so will my Love, I
not Here but There.
“ I kn **l—mJ 1<»! sweet m in -ries stir,
I hear th * watching Angel- sty.
(W* ss’ the place where J<stis lay.” i
Then, would that 1 could -ay:
“81 t p sweet,’dear love, win re Christ ha- j
s) ept.
There is no s eeter ’ed ;
Thy fleshy garments folded by
An els at thy feet and h.*ad.
Stretch out thine hand, <1 Saviour dear, ;
Then space is bridged from There to '
Her*.
Say sweet again to comfort ni'—
That * wbeie I am th re ye may le*.’ i
8o shall Faith see w tb glad surprise
H r Glory in her Sacrifice. ”
My darling Love
—“ for you I’ve gathered
This bunch of humble bloom.
Trusting it will o’er sonic life
Exhale a faint perfume.
I pray you take it kindly
Nor think I deem it rare:
Only a span of violets "*» !
TbGw i o— •' - r ,“
STATE* ITEMS.
The Columbus amateurs have
taken the strge.
Atlanta is in trouble over her
city mail carrier system.
Tiie new court-house at Thom
son was dedicated last Monday.
The prisoners in the jail at
Waynesboro tore themselves
tw iy on Munday night.
A negro inCilhoun county kill
ed a colored voter with his little
pistol the other day
Tae Griffi.i AYtztJ thinks there
will be precious little guano sold
in that section next season.
The hand and arm of Mr. Need
ham Lamb, of Sumpter county,
were terribly mangled recently in
the saws of a gin. He is in a very
critical condition.
A mm named Hudson got into
a row in Coweta county recently
with a young man named Mobley,
and was shot by Mobley’s father.
It is supposed the wounds are fa-
Ul.
COLUMBUS.
A negro who glories in the sin
gular cognomen of Reelus Light-
• u.ng stole a steer-on Friday from
Airs. Thompson, of Lee county,
and sold it to a colored butcher
of Girard — Euquirer.
AMERICUS.
At tire meeting of the City
Council on Friday morning Mr.
John E. Hall was appointed Clerk
and Treasurer for the unexpired
term of 11. D. Randall, deceased.
1 —Republican.
ROME.
Fhe panic has cutoff the supply
of “regulars” from the Mayor's
court, and only occasionally of
late has his Honor been fortunate
enough to gather together a suffi
cient number of delinquents to
sit in judgment upon—Commer
cial.
BLAKELY,
The bar-keepers in Cuthbert
are alter the Grangers. They got
up a Grange Punch Property
sold very well at an administia
tor’s sale in Calhoun county last
. week. Carn brought OOcents per
bushel, sugar-cane $lO5 pe bun
dled, an ordinary mule $135, and
j other things in proportion.— Ear-
I /// County S< ws.
BAINBRIDGE.
On 1 aursJay last, a negro boy
was indulging in tlto dangerous
sport of riding on t he cow-catcher
o', the ea”ine while shifting cars
al. -he depot. The engine begin
ning to go at rather rapid speed,
the Loy got frightened and jump
ed off - . As he did so, the cow
catcher struck his head, end fract
ured his s till so badly, that h e
ll ied the next day.— Democrat.
CONYERS.
The negro, Albert Wade, has
been committed to jail to await
his trial at the next session of
Rockdale Superior Court, for
making unlawful threats against
the Marshal. The case of
George Sims, the negro convicted
ot rape, and sentenced to be hang
ed on the 23rd ot January next
A'ill be carried to the Supreme
Court. Upon the evidence alone
he stands a veryslim chance for
a new trial.— Examiner.
Bainbridge Sun : Business is
rapidly rev.ving, and the effects
| of the yellow lever seem fast di
, minishing. Nearly all of our lead
ing merchants are selling out at
cost, in order to raise money to
assist them across the channel,
i created first by the panic and as- ;
terwards augmented by the fever .
] an 1 the suspension altogether of!
■ busin ss. Our merchants have 1
had a hard time of it. Things ap- !
I pear more prosperous now, how-!
I ever, and we are led to hope that
I our business troubles are nearly ;
! ended ; all we require is courage
I for the present and faith in the fu
j tore.
SAVANNAH.
The ship Mayflower, which ar- '
■ rived <»n Saturday last from Liv- i
I erpool. made the passage in twen-
; live days and eight hours. An
’ election of the Directors to man- :
■ age the affairs of the .Southern
Bank of the State of Georgia for
the ensuing year will take place
at Savannah on the 13th ol Jan '
I nary next. Saturday morning
i a lad named Thomas Atkins a son
| Oi Mis. Atkins, formerly of Atlan-
I .a. but now residing in Savannah,
w. accidentally and fatally shot I
.by his older brother Joseph Ed
I a aid Atkins, an employee of the
j Advertiser and Republican office. ’
Joseph was attempting to takeoff’
nis coat, and in so doing acciden
tally discharged a pistol that was
•in one of his pockets. The ball
I lodged in the back part of the
younger brother’s head, causing
: his death almost immediately,
the body of the deceased was
taken to Atlanta last evening.— i
CONDENSED NEWS.
Five of the freshman class of
Vermont University are fresh wo
men.
The majority for the new Con
stitution of Philadelphia is esti
mated at 15,000.
A hundred years ago it only
took 1,200 lamps to light Paris.
Now it requires nearly 40,000.
Vanderbilt paid SIO,OOO for a
trotting mare the day alter cut
ting down down his employees’
salaries ten per cent.
Mr. Jay Cooke and family arc
about to vacate their elegant res
idence near Germantown, and will
board in Philadelphia during the
winter.
There is more carpeting made in
the Nineteenth Ward of Philadel
phia than in all the looms ol the
rest of the United States and
Great Britain.
“How does that look, eh said
a big fisted Wall street man to an
other man, holding up his fist.
“That,” said his friend, “looks as
if you’d gone short of soap.”
A New Yorker, named Saunder- ■
son has sued twenty-eight papers
tor libel in connecting him with
the Bowen scandal. He wants
the modest aggregate of $6,000,-
000.
General Badger chief of police
at New Orleans, is raising a brig
ade to serve in Cuba, and Colonel
Behas is raising a brigade of ex-
Confederate soldiers for the same
object.
There arc on this globe about
one hundred and twenty nation
alities, ruled over by nearly as
many men,for only three queens-
Victoria 1., of England; Puinite.
of the Sicely islands, and Rana
vola 11., of Madagascar.
THE CROPS.
NEARLY 3) PER CENT. DECREASE IN
CORN —TEN PER CENT. DECREASE
IN HOGS —OVER 8 PER CENT.
INCREASE IN WHEAT.
Jacksonville, 111., Decern
ber 14—Reports dated December
Ist. read at office of National Crop
Reportoi* correcting previous es
: timates, indicates fur the corn
ciop of 1873 in comparison with
that of L 872, as follows: the States
of Illinois, -Tianesota, 'Wisconsin,
lowa, Ohio, Tenues ee, an ) Mis
souri, which states tint the prod i
i uce ia lb? aggregate o'.’ over one- |
■ half the cnJ ife crop of th? United- I
• Stat?:-: a loss of twenty nia-c and;
; two-tenths per coal.-
The heaviest is in Kansas, i
j being forty per coat., :inl the
I lightest in Wisconsin, being 11
per cent.; in lowa over 25 per
cent.; in Ohio nearly 2Jpei - cent.;
and in Missouri 22 1-2 per cent.
Returns relative to the total
quantity of hogs fattened for mar
kei this season as compared with
last, indicated in the status above
mentioned, and in Georgia and
■ Arkansas show a total falling off
I of 10 per cent.
Os this per eentage the loss in
Illinois is 4 7-16, in lo’wa 4 4 10, in
Ohio 9 per cent., in Missouri 7 3
10, in Wisconsin 71 2 per cent.
Correspondents state that, in or
der to supply the demand from
packers the reserve of stock nogs
have be« n drawn upon quite ex
ten* ively, and that as a rule the
supply of hogs for market is near
ly or quite exhausted at points ol
production.
The partial returns from Illinois.
Missouri and Georgia as to the av
erage of winter wheat sown this
season indicate an increase in
those staples es 8 8 1<) per ce .t.
over the average sown in the fall
of 1872. The condition and pros,
pects in nearly all the Territories
are more favorable than in De
cember, 1872.
An old miser, owning a farm
found it impossible to do his
work without assistance, an 1 ac
cordingly offeied any man food
for performing the requisite labor.
A half starved man hearing o!
the terms, accepted them. Before
going into the field in the m im
ing. he was invite 1 to breakfast;
after finishing the morning meal,
old flint thought it would be sav- :
ing of time if they should place
the dinner upon the table after
breakfast. This was readily
agreed to by the unsatisfied stran |
ger, and the dinner was soon oe-i
“Suppose, now," said the frugal ;
farmer, “we take supper, it will ‘
save time and trouble,you know.” ,
“Just as you like,” said the ea .
ger eater, and at it they went,
“Now. we will go t<» work,” said
the delighted employer.
“Thank you." said the laborer,
"T never v’ork after supper.”
WASHINGTON I'I’EMS.
Wa ihisgtox, Dec. 16, 1873.
The House passed a bill to repeal
the bankrupt law, but providing
that all pending proceedings in
bankruptcy shall be continued
under the existing law, except
that all fees, costs and charges
shall be rdn-ccd to one-half the
present rates.
The Supreme Court adjourned
in respect to Nelson.
The motion to reconsider the
confirmation of Shepherd was
voted down. Ho is now Govern
or.
Curiosity as to the fate of Judge
Williams increases.
Gen. -Spinner, at his desk to-day,
goes to Florida during the recess
for his health.
The Committee on Appropria
tions of the Senate egreed to re
port the House bill giving the
navy four millions dollars with
out amendment.
The Dost master General is be
fore the committee on Post-offices
and Post-roads explaining the re
lief to the service by’the abolition
of the franking privilege. It is
understood that he opposes any
modification of the present law.
The Military Committee have
commenced the investigation of
the freedmens' Howard Defalca
tion.
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people, of either kx, young or old, make i
more money at work for us in their spare i
momenta, or all the time, than at anything i
else. Particulars free. Arldress ;
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Alpharetta Hotel.
COLONEL ROBERTS, Proprietor
AND ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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CHEAP HOMES,
! Ai4 ON LONS THE
L'OH SAI.E IV
GWINNETT COUNTf.
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The lands which were advertised Los
sale in lAwreiwevnic, on the first Tues
day in tin's month, by the subscriber, were
not sold at auction, as was intended, in
consequence of the money crisis now pre
vailing, and the heavy rain whicli fell duu
ing sale hmirs.- A ininiinnm prino was
fixed on each tract, however, and a few
were sold at private sale.
Those below were not sold,
and are now offered at the price to each
annexed, to-n it:
The Northeast corner of lot number fll,
and a part of uuniber 148, containing about
7j acres. This p’aee lies one mile south
ol the Coui t-homfi, in
the Covington road. There is a dwelling
house, stable, .ell of first-rate water,* a
young orchard, and about lorty acres of
pretty level gray land in a good conditio i
I for a crop next year; the balance is all in
! the woods. Price $lO per a--re.
; The Soiftheast corner of the same’ Tot,
j and part of number 148, making another
tract of about 75 acres. This is all in the
woods, and contains a good deal of branch
bottom, with a beautifuF biiFding spot, on
the same road. Price $7 per acre.
Tire Southwest corner of number 141,
This is all in the woods, lies well and is
well timbered, except some ten to fifteen
acres, which is a pine old fine. The soil
is goou anti a large proportion* of
bottom hind. Price $7 per acre.
The Northeast, Southeast and South
west efftarters of lot number 140; Contain
ing, according to original survey, sixty.
: two a-nd'a half acres each. The Cov ngton
. road •runs nearly on the - North eh st line of
1 this lot, and a right of way to the lower
side of the lot from the road wiil be .-e
--servo.'. These three tracts are al! in the
woods, well watered, and on each could
be opened a nice little farm. Price of
each per acre'.-
As many of the above tracts will be «bl<t
together us may be desired, or any person
; applying can ha, c either alone.
A tva-’t 22,’i acres, adjoining Wm. J,
1 Born, Drl-Jlitehcll and Colonel N. L. Hut
i ehins' hiiids' l>in inside of th»» town cor
j poration, and good red land, well watered,
i a’l ready f >rihc p’..>U’gh'.- Pt i. es:s per a r >
I The Gorui n place,wiiiroQ acres of w<s».-'
; land, in the Southe-st corner of number
'i 130. On this place there is a g: o 1 dwelling
■ house, with seven rooms, and a poor crib
■and stable', one and a fourth miles from
the Court-house, ow the Jefletson road/
Then is a first-rate spring, well improved
and surrounded by the native forest trees,
near the house, and' about 75'acres of tirst-
I
rate red land, now all lying out. The
houses and fences are in bad condition,
but can be made good wi.h but reasonable
cost. The two- tra'ct’s contain 175 aerth;.
. Price $1,200. Any competent judge would,
on seeing this property,-pronounce it very
cheiip.-
The llollin iworth place, on the same
road, two mi cs from' the Court-hobdo.
This place contains 250 acres, number 207,
! and lias always been considered one of
the beM farms irr the imigl»lx<rhood .• Im
provements fair, about one-half cleared,
and the other in the woods. If desired,
this lot nill be divided into two equal
parts, by running a line across the road,
so as to throw one-half on the side next tu
K. T. Terrell, and the other next to J. M.
Ambros’ farm, and the purchaser can
have choice of sides at the price asked,
which is $lO per acre.
Also, about 75 acres in the Northeast
corner of lot number 130, on the same
road, and adjoining the lands of J. M.
Ambrose and others. Os this tract about
25 acres is old field, and the balance all -
wood lands. There is an old house place
on the road, two and three-fourth miles
from town, and several fruit and shade
trees around it— a beautiful place for a
residence. Price six dollars per acre.
All these lands lie in the fifth district of
said county, and n ithin eight or nine miles
of the Air-Line Railroad, and to enable
persons of small means to soeyre homes
f >r themselves and families.are offered on
the following easy terms, to-wit: One
fourth cash,one at two years, one at three
and the other at four years, with Interest
at ten per cent.
William E. Simmons, Samuel J. Winn,
or Dr. T. K. Mitchell, would show the
property to strangers wishing to see it.
For further partic liars, address
JAMES P. SIMMONS,
Norcross Georgia.
nov I2tf
REAL EST.VIE AGENCY-
In response toYrcquent inquiries of par
ties living at a distance, and also in order
to promote the interest of Norcross and
vicinity, I hereby inform the pubMc that I
wiil act as Real Estate Agent for all pi r
tles living In or near Norcross, and le
spectfully solicit the call or correapond
kiicc of all parties desirous of purchasing
land in or near Norcross.
-'>ptl2-tf TH"-. BERING. M. i».