Newspaper Page Text
©Ijr Xa^un^i’
neOopyof thu Poperoaoyoar $2 on
ne Copy ot the Paper nix mouth* 1 oo
bneOopyof the Pnpcirthroo months r»o
Subscribers outside of Troup county, must propay
postage, at tlio rule or twenty con fa n year.
There urn no club ratea, but a copy of tlio paper for ono
year will be glvon to any one sending 0 yearly aubHuribera.
8ubHo.riptlonH inuat no paid in advanao. Tho paper will
bo atopped when tho time la out.
Professional Cards.
nit. *1. A. CIIAIMMiK,
DKNTALHUROEON,
LaG range, Georgia.
OFFICE over Pallia k flrny. rooms
formerly occupied as Prophitt'a gallery.
Charges very moderate. uo20t
DR. ENOCH CALLAWAY
O FFERS h's professional services to tho citizens of La-
Orange au i vicinity. Office at drug store of Calla-
way \ Waterman. Can bo found during thn night at Ills
father's * *
b residence.
rW-ly
THOS. IT. WHITAKER,
Attorney at Law,
LAGRANGE, GA.
Ofllco In T. 0. Cronshaw’s Counting Room.
hpROMPT attention given to business in Troup and
JL adjoining counties. Will tile petitions in bankrupt-
cy,Returns for Adm'rs and Guardiuns in Ord'ysCourt.etc.
Collodions spoedily made. janld-ly
L. M. I1AUHIS,
Attorney at Law «& Collecting Agent,
West Point, - - - - - Georgia.
REFERENCES:
Dun, Rarlow k Co., KcKtllop k Spraguo Co., Cochran,
McLean A: Co., E. S. Jaft'ray k Co., Now York; Darly k
Co., Haltlmoro, Md.; Crane, lioylstou, k Co., Cliarlua-
on, 8. C., W. C. At L. Lantor, West Polut, Ga. inay23-tf.
W*i
T. D. HIGHTOWER,
Attorney nt Law,
LAGRANGE, GA.,
In tho ooutitlcs o
atlou paid to tho ci
3 of Dallls A: Gray.
JAMES 8. WALKER,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, 80UCIT0R
IN CHANCERY AND PROCTOR IN ADMIRALTY,
E ESPECTFULLY offers his services to the public In
all tho duties of his profession. He hus porlcctud
arrangements to utto d to all multcre in the departments
In Washington City as well as in the District and Circuit
Courts ot the United States. Office up stairs in Sterling
Hall.
A.. V. llOBINON & HON,
Proft J 8sorH of Dtinoiug,
T EACH tho latest styles ol polite dancing. The
“REVERSE” in a waltz t Ught in a few lctf*on«.
Address the uudursigiied until the 1st of May at Ath-
ns, Ga.; atterwards, Madliou. Ga.
mr8U t A. V. ROUISON At -ON.
Business Cards.
CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE,
West Point, lieoryiu.
rpUE TABLES are furnished,
1 buslthe marketaffords. Co
attention to guests.
it is the DINNER HOUSE lor passengers .
eru and Western Trains.
ift'a tCrnnae
VOLUME XXXIII.
LA GRANGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 31, 1877.
NUMBER 22.
TIIB 1IOM1CMTI2AD.
W. J. MoCLUUE,
tiROCEIt AMI) COMMISSION MERCHANT,
EVANS A: RAGLAND.
A NEW SHOP IN LAGRANGE,
THE REPAIR OF WATCHEo AND JEWELRY.
(At R. A. Watts’ Old Staud.)
T HE subscriber respectfully begs to inform tho citizens
geuuraily teat he may be found at the above stand,
prepared to do work on Watches and Jewelry prompt*
ly, skillfully and ou short uotiee, ami on terms to butt
hard times. Pl.asu call ou me aud give mu u trial, and 1
promise to do my best to deserve aud w in a part oi your
generous patronage. 0 - lim DORIC BALL.
NEW WOOD 8HOP.
I WILL repair WAGONS or BUGGIES at reduced prices
for cash or produce. Will also mend FURNITURE,
or do any kind of wood work.
Shop at tne old staud, nearly opposite tho Presbyterian
church. 1 respectfully solicit tho putrouago of the publio
W. L. JETER, LuGruugu, Gu
I have for si o an ageut a NEW BUGGY, wuich you
cau get almost at your own price. aplo-Gw
Watches ami Jewelry.
THE
OLD JEWELRY AND FANCY 8TORE
Of LaGrange, Georgia.
ALBERT LEHMAN
H
AS now, aud will keep always ou hand at hla old
ataud, East side ol the Public Square, a good and
WELL-SELECTED STOCK UP
JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS,
Consis ting, in part, of
Gold, and Silver Watches, neg
Stem and Key-Winders, of thu best make. Pit
Splendid Gold and Silver Watch Chums,
O L, O O K S ,
of all sizes, makers aud prices.
MOT Solid Hilver Table Ware,
SILVER-PLATED WARE,
Of all kinds d styles;
Pocket, Tabic Cu lery , and Fine Razors,
M o *- -«• ■ a gJt T
I am still repairing all goods in my line. Too many of
*he cititi»aus of Troup and udjoiuiug counties have teBtcd
Bty work to require a word from me as to the character
it. I will, hpwcvei, wurraut all my work', If properly
Used, as I have always done, uud respectfully ask u share
patronage. Ijaul7-lyj , ALBERT LEHMAN.
1837. THE 1877
80UTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE
Rev. F. M. KENNEDY, D. D., Editor.
Rev. J. W. BURKE, Assistant Editor.
Rev. A. G. HAYGOOD, Editorial Correspondent.
THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME.
T ] r _ I PR. _
lished iu 1837, having for tho scope of its clrculatiou
Georgia, South Carolina, Florida uud Eust Alabama,
maintain* tho t >0811100 loug held by It us the equal of any
family uewspaper lu the country. Subscription TWO
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CEFTS per yeat, invariably iu
advance. Postage paid by the publishers. Ministers
furnished at half price.
To Advertlsars.
As an advertising medium the Advocate has no superior
In tho States above named—Indeed it cau hardly bo
equalled In this respect—and tie attention of merchants,
manufacturers, aud other “Men who Advertise,'' is
coutideut y culled to its super or merits. It will pay
thera to try it. Rates of advertising reasonable ana indie-
criminating. Address J. W. BURKE k CO.,
P-t Macon, Ga.
The Brighost Little Paper Out! Neat, Sparkling, Nowsy!
SEND IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT ONCE
time lu charge of the “Children’s Corner” iu tin
Sunny South, will issue about the first of Murch, a little
paper to be devoted to the umusument and instruction of
the young, as well as to the entertaiumeut of those who
•re older.
Everybody from grand mother down to “Little Tot,"
will And something in It espeeially lor them.
It will be ueutly gotten up, buautiiully printed, a per
fect little gem throughout.
The auhscripiiou price is only 75 centa a year, or 50
cents for six months.
■ Let every little boy and girl get 75 cents at onoe and
gaud for “t'ouslu Annie’s" paper; or got four subacrib-
and $$, aud receive a copy true for ou yeur.
A beautiful picture will be* given to the little boy or
Mn j. j Q the first subscription. Bo quick, little
\NN1E M. BARNES,
Atlanta, Ga.
BUI who a
folka, Ad
MISS AN
VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE.
A
BEAUTIFUL Quarterly Jouru.1, flnoly Illustrated.
w and containing an elegant colored Flower Pluto with
first number. Price only 25cts for the year’. The
first number for 1877 juat issued in Germau and English.
VICK’S FLOWER A VEGETABLE GARDEN,In paper
50 earns; with elegant cloth covers. $1.
VICK’S CATALOGUE—390 illustrations, otfly 2 cents.
Address JAMES VICK, RocfaotfUr, Y<
WHY ITS ADVOCATES HIIOULD BUPPORT A CONVEN
TION.
(From tho ColumhtiB Times ]
Editor* Times: In my previous artiolna I
have touched upon hoido of tho reuHOUH, which
to my mind, ruuder a now constitution neoeB-
Miiry.
I will filute now why I nra satisfied tho con
vention will be held:
1st. Although there nre differences of opinion
in the Democratic party as to tho necessity ol u
constitutional convention, (he act submitting
(he question to thu people is essentially a Dem
ocratic measure, aud thu Democratic majority is
80,000. This majority must be overcome in
side of tho party to defeat tho measure, even it
the whole llopubliouu party votes against it.
There are but three classes counted on us in
opposition:
One class is the office-holders. They are not
threatened with uuy serious dangers, and if
they oppose tor fear of losing offleo, their influ
ence will bo overcome by those who have the
hope ot gaiuiug office. Another class is (he
freedmeu. Why should they bo iu opposition?
There is not a single right guaranteed to them
by the present constitution that can be taken
away; but grant that they cun bo deluded, aud
all who vole vote against a convention, that vote is
already counted iu thu ltepublican vote.
The main class inside of the Democratic
party upou which tho opponents ol a conven
tion rely, are the men who have tukeu home
steads or those who desire to do so. Their
learn have been aroused by the Republicans,
who endeavor to impress he people that this is
a Democratio measure, having lor its object the
destruction ot the homestead, aud they hope
by this means to divide the Democratic party.
It is the ltepublican lever. They hope to get
(he homestead men voting with the Republic us
against a convention, aud that once alienated in
this way they will oontiune voting with them,
ou the idea, that a ltepublican convention gave
them the homestead, aud the ascendancy ot the
Republican party will be uecessaiy to secuie
them in its eu joy incut! The color liuu hus beeu
tried; that welded the whites together aud gave
the Democracy 80 000 majority. The experi
ment now is to aid Hayes' policy of conciliation
by acting nu the tears ot the iioinesteud men
and thus divide the whites.
The necessity ot u homestead, or some other
mea -h by which the people could save hOine-
thiug from the wreck ot the war, was tally ree-
gi^zed by the D mucratio legislature ol 1865-
Many expedients were resorted to, but
iibouid In iouud which would aflect pant ob
ligations. The oouHiituiiou ot the United
SialeAilenied to the States the power of passing
y lay nupairi- g the obligation of contracts;
ail imUnteduesB created prior to that time was
protected by this provision. The people did
thet ask lor protection against future liabil
ities, lh\y expected to pay all future debts.
In 18dH, the people being still largely indebt
ed, the ltepublican couvtuliou passed a home
stead, wllch they knew when they passed it,
>uld not reach a single debt previously con
tracted. “They held the word ol promise to
the ear to break it to tho hope.” The Supreme
Court of the United States uctiug directly ou
the question, decided that all debts created prior
1868 were a lieu on the homestead, aud that
it was to those iebts subject to levy and sale.
The Supreme Cairt ol Georgia decided that the
homestead conta, icd iu the constitution ot 1868
was a mere trust held Ly the debtor for the ben
efit of the creditor, with the privilege in the
btor to use it duriug the life of himself and
wife, and to his children to use during their
minority; that liter these contingencies had
happened, the property reverted to the creditors;
which decision, 'whether correct or not, is the
law of the homestead until altered by some
power higher than tho Supreme Court.
This is the present condition of the homestead
of 1868. The occupants are mere tenants hold
ing for the creditor.
What are the consequences?
Tho land is allowed to deteriorate, the prop
erty is ouly kept in such repair as is ubsoluely
necessary. The homustead becomes more aud
more dilapidated, the lands Iubh and less pro
ductive, aud the debtor finds himself without
credit or money, having secured to himself the
inestimable privilege of liviug under his own vine
aud fig tree; which alas! bears no fruit!
Is it desirable to b&ve things remaiu in this
way, as they must remain uutil we have a con
vention ?
The decision of the Supreme Court has de
stroyed the value ot thp homestead; it,hus taken
away the tee-simple title; it has so encumbered
tne alienation that the homestead is rendered
paratively valueless to the present occupant;
without uiouey and without credit, be con not
cultivate it. This decision cau be reached by
the people in convention, but by no other pow-
They can give such construction to the
law of 1868, as will vest the fee iu the head of
the family.
This may not affect cases where the reversion
has been sold and purchased, i ut it will cover
all cases where the reversion has not been sold.
If a convention is held iu July, there will have
been but .ew reversions sold. I have heard ot
one case in Dougherty county, under an execu
tion from the Uuited States court. This is a
pioneer. Postpone uotiou twelve mouths, aud
many homestead reversons will be sold, rights
will have become vesled, uud constitutional con
ventions will be powerless to defeat them. The
reversion to every homestead iu the State will
soon pass into the bauds of creditors tor nomiuul
sums,and we will have the spectacle of u people,
ones tree-holders,occupying lauds the legal title
to which will have passed out "of them. Tiiis
will lead to endless litigation. It the occupant
of the homestead is wasting the timber or other
wise damaging the reversion, “bills to stay
waste" will be filed, receivers appointed, endless
litigation would grow up, iu which the lawyers
will have a feast, and starving homestead men
will tiud that the present homestead is but a de
lusion aud a snare. How many homestead men
ate there with means enough to employ coun
sel to resist these actions upon the part of
creditors? There is not a class of men in the
country to whom a convention is as impurtont
Its it is to those who have taken or expect to take
the homestead for present indebtedness. The Re
publicans wish to deleat a convention, that they
may still operate upon the tears of the debtors,
aud make them believe that the UM'endaiiey ol
the H- publican party is necessary to secure ihe
homestead. They wish to keep this issue open
to divide the Democracy, and unfortunately too
many Democrats, alarmed by false fears, are un
consciously lading into the snare.
Where is the danger ot a convention to home
steads?
Why should the convention not vest the fee,
and stop this sale of reversions ? Every credit
given since July, 1868, has been with the under
standing that the debtor could secure to himself
aud family real estate worth $2,000, and person
al estate worth $1,000. This applies as well to
those who ba v e taken the homestead as to th* se
who desire to take it on debts oreated siuoe July
1868.
Why should the convention out off this right?
Is it not a part of every contiaot made eiuce
July, 1868? Has the power to take the home
stead not been on* of tho elements that lessened
credit and increased risks, and was it not nu Im
portant factor in dutcrmiuiug prices, rates of in
terest, etc.?
This being so, why shoald the homestead ho
roduoed iih to any debt iuomred up to July,1877,
when the convention convenes?
Would it be just to reduce it on past occur
rences? I think not, In whose interest will
the convention bo induced to do au act of injus
tice? Not iu tho interest of thu creditors surely,
for they are iu tho minority. Besides, this con
stitution has to be submitted for ratification,aud
tho members are accountable lo their constitu
ents for whom they have acted. Tho debtor
class are largely iu the majority. II the consti
tution does not suit Ihetu, they can defeat it. It
their members deal unjustly by them, they cau
hold lhem accountable.
I think for these reasons that it is to the in
terest of every man who owes more than he cau
pay, and looks to a iioinesteud lor relief,whether
he lias already taken a homestead or soon ex
pects to do so,that a convention should bo hold,
and the title to his homestead relieved oi the dif-
Acuities that now surround it.
I am discussing tilings us they are; I am not
discussing the policy oi the present homestead
law as applied to debts create i aflor July, 1877.
I doubt whether hut Jew men who have home
steads would uot prefer to have* the amount re
duced as to future debts and made inalienable.
A mau with a $2,000 homestead and no money
and no credit would be better oil if he could
subject a pari of what he has to future debts so
tli.it he might have means t» cultivate and im
prove the other part. Ho would have his p es-
eut homestead secured as to pu t debts, and it
bo can get aloug \ithout credit for the future,
the amounts of future homesteads will bo a mut
ter of no consequence to him; but if ho wauls
cash or cred-t it is iudispeusably necessary to
him that he should have the power to dispose of
or incumber a part of that which he has set apart
under the present law; otherwise credit is an
impossibility, aud without cush nr credit laudH
can uot be utilized, and instead of prosperity
every year will but add to the disliess conse
quent upou this destruction of publio confi
dence, which destroyed, paralyzes industry aud
convert a garden spot into a wilderness.
It men who are interested in it could Ree this
homestead question iu its true light, they would
be a unit in iavnr ot a convention. They hav<-
more interest iu holding a convention than any
other class of people, for they are equally inter
ested iu nil other questions, aud they are exclu
sively interested iu having these sales ot “the
reversion" nipped in the bud.
Ah to the removal ot the cap.tal, as that of it
self would be no cuuse lor culling a convention,
it is no cause lor deltatmg the call. Atlanta has
its advantages aud disadvantages; so has Mil-
lcdgeville aud other points; but where the pre
ponderance lies is a quebtiou upou which public
opinion is divided, but I do not think it is a
question that will very seriously enter into the
cauvasH outside of Atlanta. Thu only possible
damage to a convent ion, iu my opinion,may arise
trum the lukewarmness of its triends and the
very small vote that will possibly be polled. Il
its advocates will be active we ahull have a new
Constitution and remove oue ot the greatest dan
gers threatening a division oi the Democratic
party. Until we do have a convention the Re
publicans will continue to cry of dunger to the
homeBtead. If yve have a convention that ques
tion will be out ot the way and without reduciug
the present homestead as to past debts, ditfieul
ties in tbe present law can be removed and a
homestead us to future debts fixed on a basis
more satisfactory to debtor uud creditor. New
life will be given to agriculture aud othei indus
trial pursuits.
I expect my remarks on the power of a con
vention .to relieve the present homestead train
the effects of the decision of the Supreme Court
may be the subject ol legal criticism. I have
considered the question fully and urn satisfied
that the correctness of my conclusion cau be
maiutaiued. But a controversy on that question
would occupy more of my time aud your space
than either of us would care to devote to it.
Thanking you for the use ot your columns, I
bave said all I desire to 6iiy ou the convention.
Respectfully, It. J. Moses.
MRS. IIAl ES’ DINNERS.
A PROTEST AGAINST NEWSPAPER CRITICISM.
Editors Chronicle <t* Constitutionalist: I see with
puiu that the secular press all over the couutry
is ridiculing Mrs. Hayes lor not allowing wines
mi tho table at the “White House." I beg space
to enter a moat solemn protest against such a
course. When it was first announc' d that wine
would not be used ou the President’s table, I
had uo special thought about it, save a feel ng
of pleasure that there was one woman in “high
piaces" that had nerve to do right, though hun
dreds clamored agninst it. It was an example
lung to bo set, and more thau ever needed to be
followed.* But when the press of the country
turned the galling tire ol its ridicule upou her
for it, the whole phase of the question was
change .. It was uo longer a lady ruling wine
from her table, though she be the chiei lady of
the nation, hut what the couutry sm s is a united
press pouring its contempt ou the very thought
of it.
It is her own table for the time, aud to man
as well as God she owes the duty ol using it
right. But il it were our country’s table, aud
she merely in charge of it, by what law, human
or diviue, is she to be ridiculed for seeking to
put do »u that foe Irom which, more than all
others, her country iB suffering? Every year
thousands of our noble men fall victims to the
wiue-oup—hundreds of thousands of orphans are
turned out in wretchedness, and mil ions upou
millious ot capital squandered and worse than
squandered. With this deadly evil staring us iu
the face aud spreading its terrors Irom the Atlan
tic to the Pacific, it should be the work of every
pulpit and every patriot to build up uuoh a pub
lic sentiment us will bunish the “oup," not only
Irom the President's table, but Irom ever}’ other
table in this laud. Your papers have much to
say about the President’s Southern policy. I
would speak for his wile’s patriotic policy—a. pol
icy that “kuows no North, no South, no East,
no West’’—aud should have the cordial support
>! ail Christmas uud all patriots, of all classes
aud all sections. A. J. Jarrell.
MISS MILLY DI2 GRANVILLE.
INTERVIEW WITH THE FAMOUS LADY WITH THE
IRON JAW.
“My name is Milly De Granville; I am twen-
t\-three years old and I can lift 400 pounds
dead weight with my teeth," said the young la
dy with the iron jaw, as she c/itne forth smiiiug,
alter the performance ut Buriium’s yesterday
ulic noon, to meet a reporter of tho World.
Fifteen minutes before the latter had sat in
mute astonishment while this youug woman,
clad in perfectly fitting and becoming tights,
waived a kitchen chair iu her teeth, or by the
lip end of its hack held it at right angles to her
comely figure, while all the multitude applaud
ed. Now he stood alone in the presence ot a
lashiouablu young lady with pretty diiuidtd
checks and large gray eyes that twiukh d good-
naturedly beneath a perfect garden of flowers in
(he Hlmpe of a Spring hat, and which looked
honestly at the reporter as tho ubovo startling
announcement was made. The transition from
k statuary lo Parisian vitality was too sud
den, the reporter stood speechless.
“Wh. t! you don't believe me 1 See !" And
the Spring bonnet went down gracefully, while
with an awiul incisive oliok a set of beuutilully
white and even teeth.came together on thu buck
of i mahogany chair, which straightway was toss
ed high up over the young lady’s head, held
there a moment, triumphantly returned to its
1 gs, and then complacently sat down upou by
Miss De Granville.
“Well, will you," said tbe reporter, curiosity
overcoming finer instincts, “allow me to inspect
those remarkable teeth ?"
'Ot course," said Miss De Granville, a beam
ing smile at t e same time supplying the op
portunity. “I uever”—with difficulty aiticulat-
ing through a widely opered mouth— 11 'called
upon a dentist in ail my lile and never hud a
moment’s toothache."
Accurately described, aud without any poeti
cal reference to pearls, Miss De Granville’s
teeth are perfect, which, cousideiing the fuel
that for the last six years she has put them to
such uucomuio i uses as the lifting of water
oasks aud Shetluu^pouies, is somewhat remark-
uble.
“Yes,” mused the youug lady as the reporter
expressed th’s opinioc. “My lei th are pretty
good, but it't not iu them tbut my strength
mainly lies; it’s here (touching the back of her
neck), and hero (dropping her baud lower ou
tbe spinal column) that I get the musole. I
tell you I’m awfully strong." Here Miss De
Granville panned, blushed aud nervously patted
the carpet with a little foot aud swung fragile
parasol in her jewelled fingers. She didn’t look
like Sampson.
“Do tell me how you ever ' , ame to start in
liis remarkable line of business?" said the re
poster.
“Oh, yes. Well, you see my mother had—
bus still—a wouderful set of teeth. Why to
this day she can bite a hickory uut same as you
would a peanut. My father uever hud tbe
toothache, neither, to tho day he died. When
i was a little girl I used to go round the house
lifting tilings. That was in Canada; I was born
in Toronto. After a while wo moved to Penn
sylvania. Then ma got married again, and I
went to Chicago lo earn my own liviug. I uiut
a bit ashamed of it, sir. I used to be a diniug-
roow girl iu Buriium’s Hotel iu Chicago. We'J,
you see, the other girls used to know how
strong I was, und I used to lilt the chairs in my
teeth just to amuse them. Oue day the man
ager of the Alhambra came to diue at tho hotel
aud caught me liftiug oue of the diuiug-rooui
chairs. ‘Why, little girl,’ says he, ‘you ought
to go into the theatre.' So I asked him to take
me, and he took me,and I weut, and I’ve blessed
him ever Hiuou.’’
“Theu you have beeu very successful?'
“Successful 1 Why, I should say so. You
see D’Atulie the man with the iron jaw, UBed to
have it all to hiniReli; but of course, when a
woman could do the same things, it was a bigger
card, and I can lift more than D'Atalio could.
He was ouly a little fellow, you know."
“Gracious?" was all the reporter could say,
gazing with amazement upou the trim figure ol
Miss De Granville.
“Yes, I couid; but D’Atalie is dead now; so
we won’t say anything about him, and, besides,
his wite—tbe woman who used to fire off a can
non ou her shoulders, you kuow —is a triend ot
iniue, though she will uever come to see me act.
It makes her :hink too much of poor D’Atalie,
she says. Yus," continued the lady, showing
her teetb, half sadly. Aud theu she unaffected
ly uurrated her eventful lile Irom the time she
lifted the diniug-room chair iu Chicago to the
present moment, dwelling upen the ustouiHh-
ment of the South Americans at a recent visit
she has paid thut country.
In concluding the interview Miss De Gran
ville stated that she has always enjoyed most
excelledi health, but has been recently informed
by a doctor, that a pain occusiona ly felt iu her
eyes is Ihe result of coutiuued pressing upon
the nerves of her eye teetb, and that she tears
Hhe will eventually have to abandon heavy lift
ing. It is her intention to visit Europe next
fad.
An old fatiuer informs one ot our exchanges
dial crossing cotton with corn will materially
injure the crop oi the former, as he has ascer
tained Irom experience. He therefore warns
farmers agaiust resorting to it. Tbe statement
which he inukes ought rather to iuduce them to
put iu the corn. Il by this menus the cottou
crop should be cut off oue-lourih, and tbe corn
crop increased oue-luurtb, so much the belter lor
the plauters, as all the conditions point to high
prices for gram and low prices lor cotton next
wiuter.
San Fbanoisoo is laughing over the ingenious
suicide ot the love-siok Barou Vou der We
Having wriiteu a tenderly reproachful letter to
the faithless oue, aud disposed of ubout $4,001)
to bis relatives, he obviated the necessity of a
funeral by swimmiug out to sea with a vial ot
poison iu his mouth, aud there made his exit
from this world of sorrow in an artistic and
thoroughly graceful style.
There was a lively time iu Titusville on Sun
day night. A youug white woman, aged eight
een years, a daughter of well-known and very
respectable people, was married to a negro. The
preacher was making out tbe certificate as the
irate father came down upon him. The “oul-
lud” groom and white bride escaped to the house
of another “cullud brudder," but the lather fol
lowed, and took his daughter home. The moth
er swooned when she learned of the transaction.
Disappointment in love is given as the foolish
reason for the young lady’s action.—Pittsburgh
Post. ^
The debts of the Homburg gambling bank
were sold at auction recently. There were
bonds given by uulortuuate players—dukes,
oounts, barons, duchesses, countesses, officers,
artists, merchants, lawyers and diplomatists—in
all amounting to $600,000, and they were sold
at $1,300. *
In couseqneuoe of tbe business stagnation, ag
gravated by the war rumors, more than iorty
thousand working-men iu Moscow, were, at the
latest advices, without employment. A similar
stute of affairs exists throughout Poland,uud the
huuger-typhus is said to be prevalent in many
districts.
A Frenchman, writing a letter in English to a
friend, aud lootyng iu tbe dictionary for tbe
word “preserve," aud finding it meant pickle,
wrote as follows: “May you aud your family be
pickled to utl eternity."
This is tbe latest way of putting it: “There
were two elections. Iu tbe first Tildnn was
elected; tbe Democrats consented to have an
other, which elected Hayes."
A fashion journal says: “White velvet dresses
give a roundness to the figure." They give ah
awful laukuess to the figures ou a hundred dol>
lar bill.
An unsuooeBslul lover was asked by what
means he lost his divinity. “Alas I" cried he, “I
flaitered her until she got too proud to speak to
BJel"
THE CONVEN riON HILL.
The following is tho full text of the conven
tion bill a<> filially passed by both branches of
tbe legislature :
A DILL,
To l)o entitled “Au act to | rovido foi ihe hold
ing of a convention of tho people of eorgia
lor the purpose of revising ihe conslitutuu of
said stale."
HiicrioN 1. Be it enacted by tho Reuale and
house of representatives and it is hereby en
acted by authority oftbesmie, that immedi
ately after tlio passage of this bill, his excellen
cy. the governor he, and ho is hereby autbor-
zed aud required to issue his proclamation, or
dering an election to bo held iu eacli and ev
ery county of ibis Rtato, on tlio second Tuesday
in June 1877, for delegates to a convention ol
people of Georgia to convene at the capitol
iu the city of Atlanta on tho second Wednesday
July, 1777, for tho purpose o f> rovlsiug the
constitution of said state.
Provided, nevertheless that nt the election of
delegates provided lor by the pet, the voters
iuy have written or printed ou their badots tbe
ord “convention" or the words “no conven
tion." Aud if a majority ol those voting ou the
question of holding or uot holding a oonveu-
veuliou shall vote lor holding a convention, the
governor shall by proclamation so declare, and
order delegates so elected to assemble according
to the provisions ol this act,and it a majority
ol those vutiug on the question of holding said
couveution shall be opposed to said convention,
it shall be the duty of the gi veruor by procla
mation so to declare aud order thut the dele
gates so elected do uot assemble and tho con
vention shall not be held.
Section 2. Be it further enacted by tbe au
thority aforesaid, That suid election shall he
held and conducted by the laws of the state, iu
the same manner uud at the same places us
elections for members of the general assembly
are now held iu the stute ; and tho returns ol
said election shall be iu the same muunur for
warded to the governor, who shall issue certifi
cates of election to such persons, chosen as del
egates to said convention receiving the highest
number ot voles.
Section 3. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aloresuid, That representation iu said
couveution shall be based upon population, iu
the ratio of oue delegulu to every six thousand
inhabitants, and to this end each senatorial dis
trict iu the state us the districts are now arrang
ed shall constitute uu election district from
which delegates to said convention shull be
chosen.
follows a statement of the number oi
delegates from each district—which we oum.>
Section 4. Be it further enacted by the au-
tliprity aforesaid, that in said election uuy per
son shall be entitled to vote who is entitled to
vote lor members of the generul assembly under
the preseut constitution aud laws of this State;
and that any person who is entitled to vote ut
tUis elec ion shall be eligible as a delegate ot
said eoustiiuiioiml couv. utiou.
Section 6. Be it lurlher enacted by tbe au
thority utoresaid, that the • oustituliou adopted
by the aforesaid convention shall be submitted
to the people ol Georgia lor ratification or re
jection, and that every person entitled to vote
for members of tbe general assembly under the
present constitution aud laws of this ^ate shall
be entitled to ratify or reject said submitted
constitution.
Section 6. Be it further enacted by the au
thority utoresaid, that the sum ot twenty-five
thousand dollars or so much thereot as may be
necessary, be, aud the same is, hereby appro
priated to pay the expenses of the said conven
tion if held, and his excellency, the governor, is
hereby authorized to duiw his wurraut on the
treasury lor the same.
Section 7. Be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid thut all laws aud parts of laws
in conflict with this act be, aud the same are
hereby, repeuled.
WIDOWS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
CREATURES IN THE WORLD.
Winter-kept apples, old wine, a clouded meer
schaum, a vase urouud which tho scent of tbe
roses still hangs—all these have rare, ripe, eia
uesceut flavor that suggest, but cau uot expres:
the charm of the widow. A young widow is
perhaps the most interesting object in nature
or in art. She represents experience without its
wrinkles or its gray hairs. She has matronly
beauty aud maideuly freedom combined. She
is grief with a laughing e e—sorrow iu a house
of festival —a silver moon iu a sable cloud. Sbe
is too sweet for auythiug 1 Like all good things,
be can ouly be oreated nt a great sacrifice.
Mrs. Browning says that a man mu*t be pretty
thoroughly spoiled before he can leave a widow.
This black swan this mournful Pboeuix—
rises ouly out of the funeral urn that holds the
ashes of a husband's bear!. Poets, statesmen
heroes and philosophers have each felt the in
definable influence of the widowhood. ItR
quality is not strained. It falls alike upon the
just aud unjust. Edward Plantageuet married
thu widow Elizabeth Grey, though he knew that
she brought civil war for her dowry. Ned
Walker, Joe Addison, Sam Johnson, George
Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, John Wesley
John Hemphill, Tony Weller, Ben Disrueli,
and all tho boys married widows.
Henry the VIII, was so fond of them that he
took two, aud King David was so pleased with
Abigail, tbe widow of Nabal, whom he took to
wile, that he turned Balhsheba into a -widow in
order lo marry her. When Judith ceases her
cogitations over tho virtues of the late lameuted
Manasses of Betula, puts off her moaning aud
adorns herself in brave attire to set out for the
camp of Holoferues, we feel instinotively that
she will come back with his heart, his crown or
head, whichever she goes for.
When the old widow, Naomi, counsels the
young widow, Ruth, how to lay snares in the
harvest fields of her kinsman, aud spriug her u
on the threshing-floor, we kuow at onoe that the
wealthy bachelor, Bo&z, might as well order the
wedding garments. Allan Ramsay wrote a song
telling how to woo a widow. He might as well
have left directions how to get away safe. Oh,
no, the pretty widow is the most beautiful and
fas iuating creature to be found on earth to-day.
It is she, aud she alone, that knows how to send
a teilow's heart clean into his mouth. Pity there
ain’t moro of ’em on this earth.—Ex.
“AS OTHERS SEE US.*’
COMPLME1TS OF THE SEASON.
A low Scraps of Testimony, which go
to show that tho LaGrange Re
porter ought to be read by
overy person in this
Section.
HEAD .ml SlUSt'MIlK-ii
The premium
St list III Hi; and UF.AI)
the cummitUiu.— Huvannaii News, Aov. 2,1873
LaOiianoe Hbpoiitkh.—Tills splendid weekly wan
awarded tlio premium, laid week, at the State Fair. We
iiigratulate Hit). Watormau-tu this, hi* hour of triumph.
Whil.
c ju plaint
outd hu
i offer; and a
ist ami propel
The IsuGrunuo ltepor
eeklloa in the Slate,
oiu UH.—Darien Tintbe
one ot tho mod populur
noedb no commendation
Me, Sept. 24, 1875.
The LaUrnnge Report'
und beat edited pupeni 1;
liberal patronage il reeelvoa.—Xcw’nan //«raW,A’ou.ll,'75.
The LaGratigo Reporter la in the 32inl year ot its exig
ence, und is on.- ol the lies
ilton Visitor, Jan. 14,1870.
cekliea in the Htuto.-
Tlie LaGrange Reporter still bears off tho palm t
c«t country palter in the 8t.de—or in the South, bo
0 have Been.—Atlanta J Jerald, Oct. 24, 1875.
i the
The LaGrange Report,
beat conducted weekltc
bright, uud well lilled. Mr. Wat-
practical printer, a “trained jouriiullni
oroua writer—not a particle ol “gush”
*” * ‘ ‘ the Report
among the neatest and
in the Htuto—ulwuytt dean and
riuan, the editor, in u
Idh composition,
hub a good local
ii evidence ol ita iueritH, and
Huoceed.—Franklin Sews.
iu the State.—Carroll County Timet, Oct. 8, 1875.
Friend Wat
Darien Timber (Jaietlc.
\ that Btcrliug Georgia week-
3 run a newspaper,
It ATEN OF
, . w. S W. a W.
I $1501 $226 $330
I 2 75 4 00, 5 JO
! 8 73 1 6 251 7 00
I 4 761 0501 H 10
. I 5 75 7 75 111; 00
8 751 ft 1011150
7 75 11025 1800
1800 17 25121 75
Hoi'll 110 50 22 50128 75
1 col’n 118 25121'. 00'34 00
ADVliffcTIIIWVG.
nrjfrTg: 5 m . 12 m*
$3 50 $650! $700 111100-flYi0ft
0 25 1 11 25! 15 00 1«II0 25 00
I H 00(1200 i 1550 I 22 001 112 t'O
9 75 | 15101 min' 28 001 39 0U
1150 IS00 122 101 34 00 4«l 00
15) 15 I 21 00 | 21’00 40 00 58 00
15 00 I 21 00 29 50 45 00 00 0 I
25 50 14.' 50 j 6050 80 00 J Vi Dll
34 2") 154 50TM)I) 1(0 0(1 1M7 (HI
4 I “r, 05 no 8900 131 00 160 < 0
lementa 26 per omik extra; ape
Educational.
c%i
IIKG TER
tin877, ai
rr
A uury lutlffl877, and cIoho J
following
□ 13th, 1877, with tho
FACULTY:
R. MAY80N, A.M., l'rculdcut, Profeaoor of
Hf.v. G. G. Smith, A.M., ProfoMor ol Rhetoric and
Geology.
HERMAN HCHIllMACHEU, Profeaoor of French and
UUd
* JENNIE Me FAIL, Teacher of Calistheuic
uut in Latin, etc.
i LUCY CARPENTER, AHHlhtant Teacher oi En-
glibh Li.
Mas FANNIE j. MAYSGN, Matron.
HERMAN KCIf JR MACH EU, Professor of Music.
Miss LUCY’ CARPENTER, Teacher of Art Department.
will ho procured when the necessities of the
Collei
id their )
This institution graduated its first class in 1H40,
since that time hus sent forth tundreds Irom its clussii
walls to mould und bless society.
i a high eminence overlooking
iruuge uud the surrouiuiiug
, .if'iuiu iii.iu me “tir of tlio city aud yet sulfi-
icar to church and tho conveniences of bubincss.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT,
e happy to announce that thu «ervlces of Prof. H.
cher have been secured au the head of this de-
d enough iu u country where hiH
If you desire to leuru
BOARDING.
Hoard in the College, including lights and fuel, $13.60
Washing will cost * i.oo per month. Charges
* e-huli in udvunco.Aud baluuoo ut
Eaeh pupil boarding iu the Col-
luruiah one pair sheets, oue pair
Prize Weekly.—Savannah Register, Sept. 25,1876.
Tho LaGrange Reporter is a splendid weekly—both in
ii ak«-up and editorial ability. Mr. Waterman wields a
trenchant pen, and is fully abreast ol tho times.--StaU
Line 1‘rcts, Sept. 25, 1875.
r, 1876.
Thut old and excellent newByujn-i,
porter, so loug u lavorite visitor to the homes aud' fire
sides of the people of Meriwether.—Meriwether Vindicator
The LaGrange Reporter is oue of the very best pub
lished, and is the best printed paper iu the South. It
took tne gold medal in 187-i, at the Georgia .State Fair, for
being the best printed und best edited paper in the State,
desiring a ilrst-class paper irom Georgia, can do
r than to forward $2 to the LaGr .uge Reporter
•ear.—Opelika Weekly Timet, Oct. 23,1875.
e of the best weeklies in
The LaGraugo Reporter ranks among tho foremost
coaly papers of thu State. Mr J. T. Waterman is uu
editor oi culture, who is couscientiou-ly and successfully
curing to aet p the Reporter up to thu standard ol a
lass Southern weekly.—Christian Index, Sept. 23,'76.
lord
liealthfuluess,
tures offering peculiar advantages,
i m 7 y .
THE QUARTERLY REVIEWS,
BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.
THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING^.
Al BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK.
Contlnne their authorized reprints ol tho
FOUR LEADING QUARTERLY REVIEWS.
EDIMIURUH REVIEW. (Whig.)
LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW. (Conservative)
WESTMINSTER REVIEW. (Liberal.)
BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. (Evangelical.)
—AND—
BLACKWOOD S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
The British Quarterlies give to tho reader well-digested
information upon .he great events in contemporaneous
history, uud contain musteriy criticisms ou all thut is
li'csh und vuluable iu literature, us we.l us u summary
thu triumphs of science aud art. The wars likely to co
ulse ail Europe will form topics for discussion, thut will
treated witn a ti oroughuess and ability nowhere else
be found. Blackwood’s Muguziue is luwous for Btorii
essays and sketches of the highest literary merit.
TERM8, INCLUDING POSTAGE:
Payable strictly in Advance.
A celebrated gourmaud ouce said: “To en
joy a stuffed turkey thoroughly, there should le
only two preseut—yourself and the turkey."
Seeing is not always believing. There are
many men yon can see and yet not believe.
Vesuvius (the world's great safety valve)
again threatens an eruption—always uncon
trollable by human effort. Eruptions of the
physical system, us Boils, Pimples, eto., are
Nature’s safety means to waru tbe sufferer that
his blood needs entire purification—most quick
ly and effectually accomplished by using Dr.
Bull’s Blood Mixture.
•f th.
The Faculty hus been strengthened by providing fully
lor the chuir of English Language and Literature.
EXAMINATIONS.
There M ill be three examination* of all the classes each
RnTflecSiifi hrsMvill be held at the close of the Fall Term,
third ut the close of ttfe 8V, r i U K Term, uud the
In addition tu ihe regulur studies of the course, these
exumiuutiouH will embrace the elementary studies. Geog-
Rev. ATTIOUS G. HAYGOOD, D. D., President and
Proicssor ol Mental and Morul Science.
Rev. gEO. W. W. STONE, A. M., Vice-President and
For jiny on
~ S-ff
Review •
For any two Reviews -
any three Reviews
For Bluckwoud uud one Review ■
For UltckM'ood und two Reviews
For Bluckwoud uud three Reviews 13 00
For Blackwood and the lour Reviews 15 00
10 00
12 00 1
4 00
7 00
10 00
per mouth,
lor bottrd u. d tuition"
the middle of the tei
lege will be req uired
pillow cases, one coverlet, und half dozen
For further information uddrees,
3 Met. J, U. MAYHON. Prenidcut.
EMORY COLLEGE--1877
OXFORD, GEORGIA.
One mile from Covington depot, between Atlanta and
Augusta—Georgia Railroad.
'HUE SPRING TERM BEGINS THIRD WEDNESDAY
JL in January. - **
Special attention is called to the desirableueas of Ox-
-> — a place to educate young men, its location aud
social and religious tea-
r of Greek Language and
Lauguage and Literature.
A. 8GUMP, A. M.. Prolesso
Literature und ol Hebrew.
JOHN F. BuNNELL, A. M.. Professor of Natural Science.
It. M. MclNTOSH, Pr<'lessor oi Vocal Music.
RUFUS W. SMITH, a. M., Principal of academic Pc.
partmeut.
TERMS:
Tuition, spring Term, iu Academic Department: Pri-
aary Classes, $25; Academic Classes, $31.
Board, iu good luwilics, including all expenses for foel,
lights, etc., irom $10 to $20 per mouth.
A year’s tuition iu College may be awarded by tho
Principals ol the Academic Department, and of Collins,
worth institute, at Tuibotton, to the beBt scholar in those
sehuols. Two tree scholarships are offered to local
preachers and laymen iu eac . Presiding Elder's District
North Goorgiu, South Georgia uud Florida Coher
ences. For particulars, consult Presiding Elders.
wood or ot one Review* will bo sent to one address for
$12.80, four copies oi tho lour Reviews and Bluckwood
$48, aud so ou.
1870 I such periodicals aa they may subscribe lor.
Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to clubs
in be allowed unless the money is remitted direct to the
-ublishers. No premiums giveu to clubs.
Circulars with further particulars may be had ou appli-
FARMERS’ HIGH 8CHOOL.
MALE AND FEMALE. CLASSICAL AaD COMMERCIAL.
Located two miles northeast of Houston, Ga.
THE ONE PRICE SCHOOL.
I^XERCISES BEGIN first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1877. Six months, first session; four
r months, second.
LEONIDAS JOKER, Prof. Mathematics, Principal.
Mbs. EMMA T. HENLEY, Music and Primary De
portments.
B. H. MATHEWS, Penmanship and Book-kooplng.
TERMS, PAYMENTS, 4:0.
1. Each pupil will be charged $2.50 per scholastlo
month, regardless of age or branches studied.
2. When tuition is paid in advunce only two dollar* per
mouth mtIU be charged.
3. Putrons uot paying in advance, will be required to
give their notes payuble at the close of tho session; said
notes subject to credit for sickness protracted one week
or longer.
4. No deduction for absence will be ijaado except for
sickness protracted oue w*oek or louger.
5. Music ou piano with use of instrument, $3.5C per
month.
C. Board, in good families near tho school, can be hod
at re ' * '
o
jan!8-3m
cation.
THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO.,
41 Barclay 8t., New York.
Want boarders,
Want a situation,
Wautu salesman,
Want to sell u
Want to sell a horse.
Want to buy a house,
Want to buy a horso,
Want to rent a house,
Want to sell a carriage,
Waut a boarding place,
Wuut to sell hardware,
Waut to sell real estuto,
Waut a job oi carpentering,
Waut a job ol blacktmnthiug,
Want to sell millinery goods,
Want to sell a house aud lot,
Want to advertise to udvantage,
w "* ‘find any ono’s address,
sell a pieco of lurnituro,
buy u second hand carriage,
Want
Wuut
Want
Waut
Want
Waut to find
find auythiug you have lost,
sell agricultural implements, I
H ud au owner for lost proparty,
Advertise in
the Lagrange reporter.
BOOK ACENT8
AND GOOD 8ALE8MEN
Are “COINING MONEY” with the ftunous
biiia
CHEAPEST __ _
and the BEST TO SELL. Critic* vie with each other in
praistug it, aud the masses buy it.
Ageut in Charleston, 8. C., reports 97 orders; one it
Ninety Six, 8. O., 106; one in Va., 247; another in Mem
phis, 2('U orders, taken in three weeks.
FU~L PARTICULARS FREE. Ad frees
J. B. FORD, k CO., Publishers,
t?8 • 27 Bark Place. New York.
Db. Habter’b Iron Touio, at Callaway & Wa
termans.
Veoetinb, the great blood purifier, at Calla
way t Waterman's. Try it.
SOUTHERN
FEMALE
CQLLECE.
LAGRANGE, GA.
FACULTY.
President, Mathem
Rev. A. R. CALLAWAY, Bollcs Lcttres and Natural
Science.
Mbs. M C. COX, Botany and English Branches,
Miss A. M. OOX, Modern Languages.
Miss ELIZA R. TOOLE, Primary Department.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT.
Miss SAL LIE C. OOX, Piano, Orgau and Violin.
Miss ALICE M. OOX, Piano, Guitar, and Vocal Music,
| ART DEPARTMENT.
j J • M. TOMLINSON, Portrait Painting, Theory of Col*
ore, eto.
Miss M. E. STAKELEY, Drawing, Paintiug in Oil, Water
Colors, etc.
This institution has boon under its prosent menace-
ment lor nearly twenty years. Tho teachers in all tho
departments have loug hold their present positions, aud
have practically demonstrated thoir fltnsBs for the places
Tho department of Natural Sciences is Buppllod with
an exceUeut mineral cabinet, charts, chemical and philo
sophical apparatus.
Tho Music deportment Is furnished with eight pianos,
charts, Ac.
The art facilities aro ample for thorough art culture.
Drawing, Vocal Musio aud Caliathenics/rac of charge-
Unusual advantages aro ofienul in penmanship; aud
the training lu ull departments Is thorough and practical.
The pupils of this College bavo repeatedly borne off pre
miums for excellence in music aud art.
The expenses have beeu reduced to a specie basis.
Tuition, literary or music, per annum, $50. Painting,
$25 to $60. Board, per annum, with washing, lights snd
fuel, $155. The c llegiato year of nine and a half imouths
opens the last Wudu sday in September and cl'tei tho
2uth of June. No deductlou for lost time except for pro
tracted sickness. For catalogues containing psrtlcuUrs
address
14 I. F. COX, Proatdant.
VICK’S FLOWER AND VEGETABLE GARDEN
I S THE most Beautiful work of tha kind in the world.
It contains nearly 150 pages, hundre a of fine illus
trations, and aix Chroma Plates of Flowers, beautifully
drawn and colored irom nature. Price 50 oents in paper
oover; $1 in elegant cloth. Printed in German and Eng-
VICK’S FLORAL GUIDE, Quarterly, 35 oents a ye r.
VICK'S CATALOGUE—800 Ulustratlomi, only 2 6*nte.
Address JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. J.
MEUD8.
FIELD, GARDEN, FLOWER, TREE, HEDGE. AC:
W E offer our usual large end complete assortment.
embracing the most desirable varieties and of beat
quality, and mull pbiokd list, to any address, on receipt
ot stamp. Seeds of all kinds by pocket, ounce, pound,
and quart, can be sent by mall, to any p, O. in tha U. S.
EDWARD J. EVANS k OQ..
Nursery and Seedsmen,
fork, Psnatylvania,