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THE GAZETTE. TERMS. SUBSCRIPTION $2 a ypar Si for six months .—when paid in advance. Orders for the paper unaccompanied by the cash will not receive attention, unless from our au thorized agents. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at $1.50 an inch for the first insertion, and 75 cents each subsequent insertion. Advertisements are due for after first insertion; transient advertising payable in advance. READING NOTICES inserted at 20 cts. per line—so deviation. j. t. McCarty, . Editor and Publisher. Wednesday, September 3, 1873. Intelligent. TO THE GRAND JTJEY. There is one *f the public institutions of the county which we would suggest to the incoming Grand Jury the propri ety of investigating thoroughly—we al 1 ude to the Poor-House. And when we speak of an investigation, we do not mea# a visit to that institution, a walk around the premises, and a leave taking. We mean that the theory of running such institutions must be studied, and the Poor-House put on such a footing as to enable it to carry out its legitimate objects—which it does not now do. This institution is placed by law un der the management of the Judge of the County Court, which officer doubtles g manages it the best he can under the circumstances; but it is located too far from him to be under his supervision, and it follows, almost necessarily, that there must be irregularities of which he is not cognizant until it is too late to remedy them. We would not advise its removal too close to Elberton —that is neither desirable nor advisable —but it is absolutely essential, in our judgment, that it should be near enough for the proper officer to look after the farm, and see that the occupants are cared for. We have been led to say this much because of reports from there of occur rences some months past—of an old and helpless white woman lying in the most lilthy condition for days, without any one going near to minister to her com fort and wants. We did not publish this at the time, because it would have done no good, bnt reserved allusion to it until the meeting of the Grand Jury, so that it would be likely to meet with more attention. In some communities the Poor-House is a self-sustaining institution, and we are of opinion that the same could be done here, or nearly so; or, at least, a source of revenue might be created that would go far towards keeping up this home for the helpless and victims of pov erty. We therefore suggest to the Grand Jury the appointment of a committee to take this subject under consideration, and to prepare their report for the Jury at the March term of Court. Now Advertisements. Major Henden, the popular “Singer” agent, has an excellent Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine which he will sell “low down.” John W. Brown has just put in opera tion anew circular saw, and wants all who wish lumber to come and “ see it saw.” It saws cheap. A. C. Quillian, D. D. S., will be in El berton during next week for the purpose of practicing dentistry. Read his card. T. J. Hester, as agent of the celebra ted Cucumber Wood Pump, is preparing to pump the entire county dry. The Yankees are Coming. We learn that a detachment of yankee troops were in Hart county last week hunting up the illicit distillers, and it is said that their next field of operations will be Elbert. They have been success ful in Franklin, Habersham, and other counties above, in ferreting out “ still ” houses, and if there are any in Elbert, it would be well to “ close for repairs ” for a season. The “ Gazette" and Court Week, Next week being court week, we want everybody in the county who do not take the Gabette to walk up to the Cap tain’s office and leave their names and a $2 fee, and we will send them the coun ty paper one year free of charge. Will not our old subscribers wake up their neighbors? Cotton Picking. The more forward cotton is now open ing sufficiently for cotton pickers to have practice to get their hands in ready for the real work ahead of them. Some of onr planters report cotton opening quite rapidly, and we suppose it will not be long before the cotton gins are put in operation. A Bad Man Traveling in Elbert. There is a professed preacher, half ne gro, half Indian, traveling through the county in the interest of the M. E. Church [North], whose great object seems to be to get up a feeling among the blacks against the whites. We are informed that he tells the negroes that the white people are not giving them their rights; that they belong to that branch of the Methodist Church which sustained the institution of Slavery; that they ought to break off their connection with that church and join the church that fought to free them; and that if they will do this, they will have schools in great plenty, and they will have all their rights guaranteed to them—and a mass of that sort of nonsense. The negroes among us are peaceful, orderly, and contented, and are deprived of no rights granted them by law—en joying the same rights the.white people enjoy—and any effort on the part of this emissary of Satan to get up a strife be tween the two races will only end in his own discomfiture and punishment. Let our people, among whom he has been treated with uniform kindness hitherto, keep a watch on the movements of this “worker of iniquity.” Killed by Lightning. Last Thursday afternoon, Mr. James Fowler stepped in an untenanted house on the farm known as the “Beck Place,” about tw r o miles from the Eureka Mills, and was standing in the door, when he was struck by lightning and instantly killed. The lightning, it appeared upon examination, first struck upon the shoul ders, and paseed down each side of the body, tore his boots open, and passed off at the feet. This young gentleman was about nine teen years old, bore a good character in the community in which he lived, and his death is much regretted. He was a son of Mr. M. G. Fowler, a tenant on Dr. Henry’s plantation, an industrious hard-working, clever citizen. We ten der the bereaved father our sympathies in this great affliction that has eome up on him. Eunaway Scrape. Last Monday morning, about two o’clock, our young friend W. B. Vail was holding a horse for a lady to get in the buggy attached, when—fortunately be fore the lady had approached—the horse became frightened and started off in a run. Mr. Vail held on to the bridle un until the horse had gone some distance, hop>ing to be able to check him, but find ing the effort unavailing, he let go and jumped aside, escaping unhurt. The horse continued to run until he com pletely demolished the buggy, and was taken up after day-break, with pieces of the shalves hanging to him. The gentleman went in search of an other horse and buggy with which to go to the depot, which, he fortunately found, and we suppose he reached the depot in time for the lady to take the train. A Badly Injured Crop. We hear with regret that the corn and cotton crop of Mr. Asa S. Bone, a clever citizen of Elbert, has been so badly in jured—the former by “rotten ear” and the latter by rust—that he don’t expect to make more than a fourth of a crop of either. We sympathise with friend Asa, and hope he will bear up under his mis fortune, hoping for “better luck next time.” We have heard of rust in cotton in other localities of the county, but this is the only instance we have heard of any great injury being done. The Circus is Coming. Messrs. Haight & Cos., proprietors of “The Great Eastern,” write us that their circus will visit this locality during the month of November. They say the Great Eastern has been greatly improv ed, and it is now the biggest menagerie, museum, aviary, circus, hippodrome and caravan in the world. With other at tractions, -they announce anew mammoth steam piano, whose music can be heard four miles. The little fellows should begin to save up their nickels in preparation for this great event. Cheap Com. We are told that com can be bought at Gainesville, on the Air-Line road, at 60 cents a bushel, and that in all probabili ty it can be laid down at Toccoa City at 65 cts. This being the case, it will not pay to send to Lexington Depot for com any longer. This new road is to be some advantage to our county anyhow, it seems, and it may prove the cheapest route for freight from the North. Sickness in Anderson. —Parties recent ly from Anderson county, S. C., report considerable sickness throughout the county. Several deaths were reported in the vicinity of Pendleton. FROM HAETWELL. The Railroad.— This is the all-absorb ing topic among the people of this cheer ful little village, all of whom are warmly enlisted in its behalf. Prominent among its most interested supporters are F. B. Hodges, Esq., an excellent commissary in war times, and C. W. Seidel, Esq., a veteran of the gallant Fifteenth. Suc cess attend their efforts to have access to the world by railroad. Improving. —We are glad to learn that our venerable friend, the Rev. Benjamin Thornton, of Hartwell, who was injured a short time since by being thrown from his buggy, is gradually recovering from his injuries. May a long life be his, and prosperity attend him. Crops.— The people of Hart county speak cheerfully of their crops. Cotton is doing well, except in a few localities, where the rust is doing some injury. Elberton. —Our little town has about stagnated. Business is at a stand still, and money is as “scarce as hens teeth. The only occupation our merchants and their clerks have is a game or two of “checkers,” and pleasant conversation the remainder of the day. Books are no trouble; they keep themselves, and the sendees of a book-keeper are dispensed with. The dull season is fully upon us. A little flurry yesterday—saleday; to-day the dulness seems augmented. Next week, being court week, the town will be enlivened a little, only to relapse and grow worse the week after. And so it will continue, until cotton begins to come in and the merchants open their new goods, when business will commence in good earnest, and the fall and winter campaign will be frilly inaugurated. Un til then we will have to exercise patience, and look with hope “for the better time coming.” Death of Eev. Wm. H. Adams. With universal regret throughout the county it will be learned that this es teemed citizen is no more. Death sev ered the tie that bound him to us on the evening of Monday last. Although lie had been ill for several weeks, hopes were entertained of his recovery almost to the moment when the angel of death smote him. Thus passed away one of Elbert’s most honored and trusty citi zens. A better neighbor and more re liable friend, a more affectionate hus band and father, a more honest and trustworthy citizen, was never known. Mr. Adams has been honored citizens with various offices of honor and trust—all of which he filled with credit to himself and to the entire satis faction of his friends. Asa member of the Legislature he was an honor to the community he represented; as a justice of the Inferior Court he was affable, but firm and inflexible ; as sheriff he won the title of being “ the best the county ever had;” as* a minister of the gospel he had the confidence of all who sat under his ministry; and as a private citizen he scrupulously conscientious, reliable, and honest, without fear or reproach. He was about sixty-three years of #ge at the time of his death. With the family, the relatives, the friends, and the entire community w r e unite in lamenting the death of this es timable citizen. Peace to his remains! An Ugly Kick. —We learn that a gen. tleman—agent for the Howe sewing machine—while examining a horse with a view, to purchasing, in the vicinity of Washington, was kicked in the face by the animal. The shoe struck him on the chin and cheek bones, crushing the lat ter on both sides the face, and demolish ing the nose almost. Saleday. —There was but a email num ber of people in Elberton yesterday, and there was but little news to be gathered. The sheriff sold fifty acres of land, lying near the Hart line, which brought about $1.50 per acre. “Dirt” cheap! The planters speak encouragingly of crops Considerable sickness—chills and fevers and billious fever—in the lower part of the county. Omissions. —The author of that “little piece ” entitled “ Crops and Bridge Build ing,” was guilty of two important omis sions, viz: the name of the writer and someone to read the manuscript—either of which would exclude it from our col umns. A Pleasant Odor. The vegetable garden furnishes a per fume at this season of the year which makes “Jockey Club,” and the other new-fangled perfumes slink out of reach. For “strong” it can surpass any of them. First Bale of Cotton for Elbert. We learn that Mr. John Thompson bought the first bale of cotton picked out in Elbert this year from Mr. Henry P. Mattox, for which he paid 20 cents. . The purchase was made last Monday. RAILROAD MEETING IN ELBEETON. According to previous announcement, a meeting of those interested in the con struction of the railroad from Walhalla, S. C., by way of Petersburg to Augusta was held in the courthouse yesterday. The meeting was organized by calling Hon. S. D. Blackwell to the chair; and electing H. A. Roebuck, Esq., Secreta ry- The object of the meeting was explrin ed by Mr. Geo. E. Heard. Hon. E. M. Rucker then made an able speech in advocacy of the route project ed—its advantages in distance, scenery, fertility of soil, the opening up of the immense water powers along the Savan nah river, etc., etc. The speech of this gentleman was able, and eloquent. The arguments used were forcible and con vincing. While this was not the route many of the people in the county desir ed, he thought the people should unite in securing one road, and that would lead to the building of others. Tliis road would be of incalculable benefit to the county, whose advantages he would not attempt to enumerate, and which would be difficult to imagine by those who were unacquainted with their w'orkings. Altogether it was one of tho best efforts we ever heard from Mr. Rucker, and we are satisfied it did great good. This was followed by some remarks from Ilobt. Hester, Esq., in his usual happy style. Mr. Hester thought the people should unite in an effort to build a railroad. He was in favor of any rail road in Elbert, he did not care whence it came or whither it went. He produc ed a maj) to show the great network of roads traversing northern States, look ing on the map like a spider’s web, and how few and far between they were in our own State. He said we could not expect to keep up with the progress of the age unless we exerted ourselves to have railroad communication with the re mainder of the world. After the speaking, resolutions were adopted favoring this route for the great road to the West, and recommending the appointment of delegates by the meeting at Linconton on Saturday next to attend the railroad meeting at Chica go on the sth proximo. Mr. Editor : I am not an advocate of Judge VanDuzer, to defend his blunders —if any—in the Fortson bridge matter. I think, individually, tfiat he was mistak en in that transaction, and that it resulted grievously to himself, and disastrously lithe county. That has passed, and the voice of censure and regret has been heard on every side. The whole trans action will probably be investigated and passed upon by the incoming Grand Ju ry, who are really the guardians of the county and whose business it is to in vestigate the conduct of the county offi cers, and to point out to the people their omissions and frauds, if any. While pur County Court Judge may not have come up to the measures ex pected of him in the case of the bridge, it is not just to take that fault—if fault it be—as a text to blame him for every action, whether right or wrong. I see in your last issue the Judge is arraigned by a correspondent styling himself “Oleander” for the offense of in humanity, for not burying, at the peo ple’s expense, a pretended pauper negro child. I think it unjust to the Judge and the people to say that this child was a pau per. I will admit that its parents are poor, but poverty resulting from vice and indolence should not be considered pau perism, and such indigence has no right to look to the public purse for support or even burial for these children, while their parents are sound and able-bod ied. In the case of this child both parents are young, sound, and healthy. True they are profligate and vagabondish in their habits. Must the people, through their officers, offer rewards for vice and vagrancy, instead of punishing these vi olators of the law? Let adultery and vagrancy receive the reward justly due them, and there will be less semblance of pauperism, calling for the sympathies and “crockodile tears” that may be shed by a thousand “Oleanders.” Judge YanDuzer did right in not burying that little negro at the county’s expense, over whose bier “Oleander” so sadly and disconsolately weeps. He had no right to bury it while its* parents could pay for the same by money or la bor. Establish such a precedent and the Judge will have more to be condemned for, by constantly issuing orders to bury so-called paupers all over the coun ty, and the honest laboring and proper ty holding tax payers will have more grounds to complain when they know that the fruits of their toil and labor is taken from them to encourage rice and laziness. Justice. Death. —William Ayers, a former citi izen of Elbert, died hi Wilkes county last week. A Fifteen Cent Chicken. On last Friday morning, there might have been seen on the public square, a young looking female, of about seventy five summers, of African de-cent. She had in a basket three feathered bipeds, priced fifteen cents for the largest, and ten cents each for the remaining two.— A young man of our acquaintance, who has the honor to be like ourselves in his admiration for chickens, stepped up to the old negro, and offered her thirty cents for her fowls, making ten cents each. The old woman said, “No, no, niassa, you can have all of ’em for thirty cents, but you must pay me fifteen for dis rooster.” For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits & Geu’l Debility, in theirva nous forms, Ferro Phosphorated Elixyrof Caluaya made by Caswell,Hazard & Cos. .New York, & sold by all druggists,is the best tonic. Asa stimulant tonic for patients recovering Irotn fever or other sickness,lias no equal. Taken during the season it prevents fever & ague Mother intermittent fevers |]ch) ♦ pu' PS,PUMPQ CUCUMBER WOOD! THE BEST IN USE! By applying to Elberton, Sept. 3. T. J. IIESTF.R, Agt. iDmilrliTY FOR SALE. The undersigned ofiers for sale one half of the lot in Elberton known as the‘‘Lamar House’'lot. Call soon for terms, &c. s3tf J. L. DEADWYLER. BUY YOUR LUMBER CHEAP. NEW SAW MILL THE undersigned has started bis new CIRCU LAR SAW-MILL and is now prepared to furnish lumber in any quantity, Price, $1.45 per hundred. Mill at the residence of JOHN W. BROWN, sep3,tf Araandaville. I SWIM Mfflil AT A BARGAIN! A WILCOX k GIBBS SEWING MACHINE, nearly new, in excellent order, to be sold cheap. Call and see it. J. W. IIENDON. O- (SALT ILLIisr 3 DENTIST, WOULD respectfully announce to the people of Elberton and vicinity that hi will be in Elberton during court week in September, prepared to do any kind of work in his profes sion in the best style on reasonable terms. Call at S. V. Davenport’s boarding house, where he may be found. Kotice lor Leave to Sell l.aud. APPLICATION will be made to the honora ble Court of Ordinary o Elbert county, Georgia, at the first regular term after the expi ration of four weeks from this notice for leave to sill the lands belonging to the estate of Adkins Oglesby, late of said county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. WILLIAM B. OGLESBY, Sept 4,’73. Administrator. WORKERS WAITER For WOOD’S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE, which, with its Premiums, is one of the most attractive in the country. Price of Magazine. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Commissions liberal, effering a lucrative and agreeable business to those willing to give it proper attention Yol. XIII. begins with July, 1873. Examine Clubbing & Premium Lists. Two first-class periodicals for the price of one. For specimen Magazine and other information, Address, WOOD’S HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE, Newburgh, N. Y. S. E. Shutes, Publisher. ANDREW .MALE HIGH SCHOOL, ELBERTON, GA- P. E DAVANT, A M., - - Principal. GEO. Q. QUJLLIAN, - - Assistant Fall term commences Monday, Aug. 19, 1872. rpHE course of instruction in this institution _L is thorough and by the analytic system. The pupils are taught to think and reason for themselves. Boys will he thoroughly prepared for any class in college. Those desiring aspeedy preparation for business can take ft shorter course in Analytic Arithmetic, Surveying, Book keeping, &c. The discipline of the school will be firm and inflexible. An effort will be madein all cases to control students by appealing to their sense of duty and honor, but at all events the discip line will be maintained. Rates of Tuition: Ist class, $2.50 permonth ; 2d class, $3.50; 3d class, $5 —one-half in ad vance. Board in good families $lO permonth Rockbridge Alum Spring, Va. This celebrated watering place is now open to receive guests. Those who are afflicted with Scrofula, Grandular Swellings, and Cutaneous Eruptive Diseases, Tetter Eczema, &e., Chronic Diarrhoe, and Dysentery, Dyspepsia, Bronchitis, Chronic Thrush, Dropsy and Piles, should lose no time in coming to this fountain of health to be healed. For the cure of many of the) above diseases this water stands unrivalled among the Mineral Waters o. the United States. JAMES A. FRAZIER, Proprietor. l >llr '*)'! A&entn wanted I Allclaneeiorworkliißpen pin, nt either lex, young or old, mnko more mootin', work lor unin their spare momenli, nr nil the time, then l am thing cite. PurUculam free. Adtlrcu G. Sllneou A Cos., for Hand. Maiuc. Prentice Mulford thus writes of his ex perience at the Vienna exposition: “Of course I got lost. I couldu t find the ‘ Ausgang.’ This, m German, means ‘the git out of the way place.’ I must have walked seven inileß in that maze of buildings before the 4 Ausgang ’ presented itself. I knew it would come sooner or later. I knew that if I simply stopped and stood still the ‘Ausgang would come around where I stood. I think about five hundred other people were similarly lost, for they kept coining up to me and inquiring in all sorts of langiiages where the ‘Ausgang’ was. I said to them: ‘I am simply a worm of the dust like yourself. Yesterday, or the day be fore yesterday, or last week, or may be last year; I managed, with a great deal of difficulty, to get in here, and I’ve been wandering around ever since, trying to get out.’ Some said ‘Yaw,’ and some said ‘So.’ ” Observations. The weather is warm. Fodder is ripening. Sweet potatoes are all the go at our house. Chickens are “skase” about here. A7 OTICE FOR LEAVE TO SELL LAND.— Application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Elbert County, Georgia, at the first regular term after the expiration of four weeks from this notice, tor leave to sell the lands be longing to the estate of Dillard of said county, deceased, for the benefitr'bf thd heirs and creditors of said deceased. vf* „ D. M CARLTON, PETER CLEVELAND, JAMES \V. JONES, Aug2o-4t Executors. P. WEIL, ATHENS, HAS just returnsd from a trip to Europe with a large stock of genuine FRENCH CALF SKINS And other materials, ami is better prepared than ever to give satisfaction to all customers. All Work Warranted. Boots sl2 00 Double 501ed...513 00 Shoes 0 00 “ “ 7 <*<> Gaiters,...s7, SB, 900 “ '• $1 additionl Any of the above sent on receipt of price, ng 13-6 in Sheri Q’s Sale. WILL be sold before the Court House door in Elberton, Elbert county, on the first Tuesday in September next, between legal hours of sale, the following described poperty, to wit 1 730 acres of land, more or less, joining lands of Wm. Burden, Wm. Rice, Wm. T. Maxwell, and others, whereon Allen C. Daniel now lives 1 Levied on as the property of Allen C Daniel, to satisfy fi.fa from Madison Superior Court in ra vor of B. S Ware, endorser. Also, 50 acres of land, joining lands of John Bowers, Mis. Higginbotham, and others, lying in the upper part of Elbert county. Levied on as the properly of Jonathan G. Nelms, to satisfy tax fi.fas. W. H. 11. ADAMS, t August 6, 1873 Sheriff. 7he Oldest Furniture House in the State PLATT” BEOS. 212 & 214 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA., Keep always on hand the latest styles of FURNITURE Os every variety manvfactured, from the lowest to the highest grades CHAMBER, PARLOR, DINING-ROOM, AND LIBRARY COMPLETE SUITS, OR SINGLE PIECES. At prices which cannot fail to suit the purchaser UNDERTAKING, In all its branches, METALLIC CASES AND CASKETS, of various styles and make; im ported Wood Caskets and Cases, of ev ery known design and finish ; Cof fins and Caskets of our own make, in mahogany, rose wood and walnut An accomplished undertaker will be in at tendance at all hours, day and night An Unparalleled Offer! We want to add 100,000 Subscribers to the sub scription list of the SOUTHERN MAGAZINE Dlimu 1813. Will yem* be one of tliem P We think you will'when we tell you that we will give you $24 for $4.50! Howl Look and see. We will send the SOUTHERN!.;MAGAZINE, the subscription price of which is $4 per,annum, and A Splendid Steel Engraving, 29x35 INCHES, THE BURIAL OF LATANE For $4.50. Retail Price of Engraving, $20.00 Wo boldly assert that no such liberal offer has ever been made by any Magazine North or South. Wo do not ask you to subscribe until you see both the Engraving and the,Magazine. and to en able you to do this we have appointed the Editor of this Paper our Agent. He will be pleased to show you both. _ Tl ItYIII IX BROTHERS, I'ublitthers, Baltimore. of ScLteclnle ON THE GEORGIA AND MACON AND AU GUSTA RAILROADS. On and after Wednesday, June sth, 1872, the Passenger trains on the Georgia and Macon and Augusta railroads will ruu as follows : Georgia Railroad—Day Passenger Tram. LEAVE ARRIVE Augusta 8 20 a m I Atlanta 6 40 p m Atlanta 815a m | Augusta 530 p m Night Passenger Train. LEAVE ARRIVE Augusta 8 15 p m | Atlanta 6 45 a m Atlanta 8 00 p m | Augusta 6 00 a in Macon and Augusta AN U.—Day Passenger Train * LEAVE ARRIVE Augusta 12 15 om I Macon 730 p nt Macon 030a m | Augusta,,...,l 15 p m No change of cars between Augusta and Macon Passengers from Athens, Atlanta, Washing ton, or any point on the Georgia Railroad and branches, by tailing the Day Passenger Train will make connection at Caniak with trains for Macon. Pullman's (first-class) Palace Sleeping Cara on all Night Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad; and first-cl ss Sleeping Care on al. Night Trains on the Macon and Augusta R. R. S. K. JOHNSON, Sm>L