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VUII' A v MORNING AI 0. 1
TRAIN TIME AT COVING rON.
I>own Day Unssrligor Trail irrlVi at . 10.08 a.m
Ijp |)„y Passenger Train arrives at 1-A p.ni
jjowii Night I'uMonjxorTrainarrive*nt. l ..B.lo p.m
I'p Night Passenger Train arrive* at .I8 P.m
local pa rag rams.
T|,„ student* of Kinory College Have been com.
Ing 111 all this weiflc.
Whooping Cough prevails 1m soma -c'Uens of
tlie country.
Tliu contltiuod rain* in this section greatly re
tard toddcr-pulling operations.
(Mir aristocratic devil lum returned from liis visit
to the “ Blizzard Roost,” on Stone Mountain,
(Yamp colic lia* been “drawing up” some of tlm
Covington young men, lately.
The snake season has opened in this section,
■with a fair prospect of a large u dp.
Covington has a good prospect lor the establish,
mentof a Dairy Farm.
Possibly some elianges in tlm business firms of
our town will soon take place.
The meeting at Harris’ Spring church, last Sun
lay, was largely attended.
Prof. Darden i still pnogrqsslng with the Woik
of grading Railroad street, bJyond the crook.
Mr. /eke Harris is getting out lauiborto build
a now house.
Newnan has nothing to boast of but a horned
frog, and that cunie from Texas.
The Executive Committee of the Georgia Tress
Association metft to-iqorrow, ill Macon.
A young lady of Cullodcn, (la., has made herself
a dress out id six. yaHis id', gt oete. Economy !
Judge Hall administered juctidc with one eye
open, in Conyers, this week.
Rockdale Superior Court convened in Conyers
Monday morning, and adjourned Tuesday.
Judge Halt ife now considered the man of the
“Iron Will,” by the people ol Conyers.
Nancy evacuate and on tlm Ist of July, 1873 —by the
German troops.
The profession ot the Commencement writer is
about “ played out.’’
About five hundred persons are now “watering”
at Indian Spring.
Hut few of cur merchant* will go North this Fall
to buy goods.
The average Covington teeth now ache lor a
lire Dentist.
Mr. L. M. Grown reports the crops as being very
fine in his neighborhood.
Accepting numerous invitations of the diE
" rent members of the firm of Clark A Cos., pro
prietors of tlm now celebrated ‘‘Clark Nursery,’’
we rede out there, on Monday list in company
with Mr. O. H. Tucker, o( Midway. Upon arri
ving at the vineyard, we were politely showirthro’
tlie Wine Cellar, where the process of making wine.
out ot the pure juice ot the grape, without sugar
or ottier concomitant, is going on, Tlie grapes are
first beaten or bruised witli a pestle, then tliey are
placed in the press, and the juice is easily pressed
nnt, when it is put up in barrels or < ask*, with a
MphunCnlated tube in the bung hole to show wlien
the proeossot fermentation is through.. From this
we ascend to ttie packing and shipping room.
Here are employed about a dozen persons—mostly
women. Some are engaged in trimming up tlie
bunches of grapes, and putting them In proper
shape lor packing; while others are packing and
marking the boxes, preparatory for shipment.
The boxes and trays vary in size, and hold trout
one to eighty or even one hundred pounds, as may
be desired. They are now shipping from 1,000 to
1,200 pounds per day, anil are unable to till all
their orders. About hall a dozen persons are em
ployed in gathering the grapes, and bringing them
in to the packing room. The whole business is
under the personal supervision of gentlemen who
seem to thoroughly understand what they aredo
ing, nml Xvho take a delight, in showing visitors
through tlteir establishment. From lie re we were
conducted into the field of grapes, by Mr, f.urk
liart, and were accompanied by l)r. L. S. Means.
They have now, in successful hearing, fifteen acres
of grape vines. There are some fifteen varieties
of them, and all are of the fine t quality. The
Cone< rd, tlie Ives’ Seedling, thcCMutoiv, and the
AlVey, we have no hesitation In pronouncing tlie
finest and most deliciously flavored grapes wo have
ever tasted. While at! aro alike prolific, and nil
equally well adapted to tills climate, still these are
our favorites, and we doubt if a finer grape can lie
found than those above mentioned. The vines are
planted in rows 7xß feet apart, and they thus get
about 550 vines on one aero, or 8,250 on the fifteen
acre*. Now, the vines seem to have been quite
prolific this year, and we believe we saw but one
which had not "borne fruit, and that was a dead
one. If we mistake not, Hie yield per vim l is lrom
twenty to perhaps seventy-live pounds. It is quite
safe, we think, to put the average yield at thirty
pounds per vine, and we thus have 247.500 pounds
o'grapcs, which retail, in Covington, at from 8 to
10 cents per pound, and at 10 cents per pound in
Atlanta, by tlie crate. Now, wo presume that
a most liberal estimate for tlie cost of producing,
for the genera! waste in gathering, getting them
into market, commissions for selling. Ac., is 50 per
cent., and we find there remains 123,750 pounds of
not grapes, which, it is fair to assume, will average
10 cin's per pound, nml we thus have the healthy
s im of $12,378, a tlie net product of fifteen acn s
of grapes. And this same land, too, could hardly
lie made to yield live bales ot cotton under the
most favorable circumstances, Messrs. Clark &
Cos. deserve much credit for their enterprise in
building up thi now and important branch of in
dustry in our midst, and it gives us great pleasure
to see them meeting with stieh merited success.
They have in the Nursery more titan 100,000 young
vines, or “settings," which they will put upon tlie
market the coming season, thus affording every
family an opportunity of producing a supply of
this excellent and wholesome fruit, as a dozen or
two of tlie vines, set in the garden , are amply suf
ficient to supply the wants of an ordinary house,
hold. To Mc'-rs Burkhart. Wrlborn,and J. F, It,
Anderson, we return our thanks tor their urbnnitv
and courtesy in showing us through their premi
ses. May they ever be prosperous.
Tin pm kageiof Atlanta Herald*, ffirCoMngtdn,
tailed to coinu to hand yesterday.
Two Indies in Madison hive fallen heir to twelve
millions dollars, in Franec, That’s healthy.
Several of our attorneys nrcin Atlanta In attend
ance upon the Supreme Court, tills week.
Col. IE. F. Maddox, ol Atlanta, passed down tlie
< i corgi a Railroad, Wednesday morning, on ids way
to Virginia.
MaJ. It, Wood, Treasurer of tlie Covington St
Osioid Si reel li. li.’t 'o., wants more ft. it. money.
Better call and see him.
Mr. Ki i.TATI Mixon, an old citizen of Oxford,
died at his home, on Wednesday last, ff Cholera
Morbus. Aged 78 years.
Mr. Henry I Iyer, of Altoona, On., is spendings
few days with bis friend;.: ami relatives about Cov
ington,
Tlie season for bull batting is here, and some of
our sportsmen arc preparing lor the campaign
against Hu m.
Mr. T. S. Toting was married to Mis R. J. Hol
lingsworth, on the 12th Inst., by Rev. 11. (Jtiigg.
May happiness tuid success attend them.
Col. A. 1,. Tyler, Vice-President of tlie South
Carolina Hallway Company, will please accept our
thanks for late courtesies extended to this office.
llcv. Mr. hinrebrew opened ids school at the
Covington Male Academy, on Monday morning,
with a fair prospect of a liberal patronage.
Tliis office has been affected with bad-colds for
tlio past week—consequently, an unusual amount
ot “ blowing” lias been done during that time.
We again have-to call tlie attention of tlie proper
authorities to the condition of the road between
Covington and Brown’s Bridge. It is vr’i^bad.
Mr. William Smith has favored 'the Editor with
some of tlie largest beets, and one of the best
Watermelons we have seen tlm present season—for
which he wid please accept our thanks.
And now comes Mr.'Cash Willingham, of Meri
wether county, who says that he killed 50 snakes
the Other day, with one blow of a stick l Still
they come. Who’s the next ?
Work on tlie Covington and Oxford Street lEatl
nad has been temporarily suspended—awaiting
(lie arrival of lb t'iron, which will be purchased in
Louisville, Ky.
A subscription will be circulated among the Cov
ington merchants, in a few days, for the purpose
ol raising a fund to have the road graded and mac
adamized at Petty’s Ilill. This is right.
Gov. Smith has appointed Col. F.. 11. Pottle, of
War rent oil, Judge of the Northern Circuit, to fill
the vacancy caused by tlie death of Garnett An.
drews, ot Washington.
Is there no wav to get the road through Aleova
swamp, at McGuirt’s Bridge, repaired before the
Fall rains and business commence? Can’t our
merchants club together anti ha-ve it done? It
ought to be fixed.
Rockdale county can boast of a lien tii.it builds
Iter nest in the top of a tree and then flies up and
lays an egg in it every day. This being a fact, we
expect to see Billy Moore writing poetry about
her in the next iseae ol tho HaVald 1
This office returns thanks to the proprietors,
Messrs. Clark & Cos., for a large tray of the finest
Grap s wv have seen, consisting of the Concord,
Ives’ Seeding, Clinton, and a half dozen other vi
riitics, which they sent us last Saturday.
Last Sunday morning we received a copy of the
Eastman Times dated Feb. 7,1873. Now, Eastman
is only 54 miles befo-v Maeon, on the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, and we can’t see why it did
not cone to hand at the proper time, unless it ■< as
held back by some enterprising post office clerk In
order to cqjlect postage on it after July 1,
Messrs. 4V, P. Anderson, Dr. j. J. Hearing, Maj.
R. IE. Wood, O. S. Porter, J. T. Corley, ami Gen.
J. P. Simms, were unanimously elected Trustees
of tlio Covington Male Academy, on Wednesday
afternoon last. One vacancy still exists ;at least
the vote was a tie between MV. S. L>. Hight and
Mr. J. M. Pace, which results in no election.
Miss Thomas, of Oxford, had an adventure with
a snake, a few days since. She was assisting in
the renovation of some mattresses which had been
sunning during the day. Keeling something rather
cold under "her sleeve, she gave her am a sudden
shake, and or.t dropped a Highland Moccasin Iy,
feet in length, which had affectionately crawled
up there.
Wiliie McDonald, of Augusta, a very bl ight boy
of 10 years, was burned to death by the explosion
of a kcrosine can, at Stone Mountain, on the after
noon of Monday last. Ilis mother has been spend
ing the summer at the Mountain, hfid the little
fellow was playing with a match near the oil can,
when it besante Ignited, and the fatal explosion
followed. lie expired in a little while, and his
r mains were carried tb Augusta for interment.
Tlie Atlanta Constitution will please accept our
thanks for a complimentary ticket to ride on their
“ Special Engine," on the Macon ft Western IE. IE.
during the month of August. Weshall not be
surprised at anything these energetic men may
do, hereafter ; and if they start a “Special Train”
to tlie moon to carry tlie Constitution up to the
“ man” in that classic orb, and send us an invita
tion to accompany them on their first voyage, wo
shall accept that, in the full expectation of “go
ing up” by that line, Success to them.
A gentleman who has recently returned from
Arkansas, tvalked into this office, on Tuesday last,
with a double-barreled shot gun in his hand, and
a dark scowl upon his face, and without waiting
to know what he wanted, we involuntarily dodged
under the “stone” table, where we remained until
tlie teilovv left, which was not long, though it
seemed to us about a thousand years. Now, we are
as brave as Julius Caesar, (since lie left), anil will
kick all such intruders down stairs, hereafter
so fetch alotjg your “double barrels.”
Gen, K. came very near getting-snake
bit, o.ie day this week, by a large Highland Moc
casin, in his garden, lie was gathering tomatoes
at the time, and had reached down to pull a
tomato near the ground, when ho discovered the
head ot the reptile not more than two inches front
liis hand, He procured a hoe, and dealt his snake
ship a heavy blow, which severed the head from
tlie body, and caused it to disgorgo an immense
rat it had swallowed but a few' minutes before.
To this fact alone, no doubt, flic General owes liis
fortunate (scape,
Rockdale Superior (Lie Art Convened in C’onyiU*
on Monday morning, the day appointed by law —
present, hi* Honor, John {.Ball, Judge presiding,
and Thomas ILCabantsa, Solicitor General, Ow
ing to the absence ot attorneys, and tho sickness
ot the family of Col. Ferry, of the local bar. a vast
amount ot business was continued. Will, the two
days tlie Court retnslnrd In sosston, the docket wit*
cleared ot n great number of eases. Several crim
inal eases, of minor Importance, worn tried, nml
nfier Imposing flne* aggregating W%O, the Court
adjourned until ‘‘court In course.” The people
arc still please,i with tli" new oflle rs, andifrc sat
isfied that no Circuit lias either Judge or Solicitor
who tire superior In ability ev politeness.
Wo have a Circular on our t dilc from tlie B >nrd
ol Directors of the Maeon and Cincinnati IyU*.l woy
Company, who own the charter ot fhe 'Oemulgco
and North Georgia Railroad, trorft wlddTt It ap
pears that It Is necessary to obtain subscription*
nlong the line of the road to the amount of $500,000
to secure its construction. This scirvi iptinn may
he paid In land, labor, material, or rush, on tlie
condition that tlie subscription is not to be paid
until tlie road shall be completed toihetifieot the
county w here the subscriber resides. The city of
Macon having subscribed already $250,000, In aid
of tliis great work, it appears to be a safe invest
ment fi rmy people. It certainty would develop
an ex ten sir* territory North of this, which i now
scriouly depiceHted'in value for want ot mean*
of communication with the markets of tlie world.
We hope our town will givcil a liberal subscrip
tion.
For the Information rff our readers we give tlie
experience of a gentleman who Inis made the test
of transplanting trees in the night instead of tlie
day time, which we find iu the Western linralist
lie gives the following irs the result: “He
transplanted ten cherry treeswhile iu bloom, copi
mcniing at four o'clock in the afternoon. Those
transplanted during the day light shed their blos
soms, producing little or no fruii*, white those
planted in the dark maintained their condition
fully. He did the same with ten dwarf trees, after
the fruit was one-third grown. Those transplanted
during the day ahed their fruit'; while those trans
planted duriug'tlio ntght perfected their crop, and
showed no signs of injury from having been re
moved. AVi tli each of tlieee'trees'he removed Borne
earth with tlio roots. The incident is fully vouched
for; and if a few more similar experiments pro
duce like results, it will be a strong argument to
horticulturists to do all such work nt night."
Tlio following, says our patriotic exchange, is
what an enthusiastic friend of the American Cen
tennial Celebration propose* as a programme for
a general rejoicing throughout tiiis broad land of
Ours on that eventful occasion : “At precisely 12
o’clock, noon, on the 4th of July, 1870, (Washing
ton City time), let all the guns, bells, locomotive
and other loud whistles, tlie trumpets, drums, or
gans and other musical instruments, with tho tens
of millions of singing voices of our great land
burst forth in sounds of joy and praise. All tlie
telegraph lines shall be silent, at the command ot
the United States Government, from 11.45 A. M..
to 12.15 I’. M., and then let the great battery at
Washington send tlie electric flash and click over
the vast iron maze to'every city, town, and village
of our land, and even to Europe, Asia, Africa, and
flic isles of tlie sea, as far as. £ha lines can, at that
moment - , be secured; and at this signal instantly
let-thc cannon thunder for tlie death-knell of op
pression, let till tlie mighty steam whistles proclaim
the grand march of civilization amid the Western
wiids and the isles, ns well as the city and tlie fer
tile plains, and "bid the shimbrrtug millions ot
heathendom awake and join the happy iqitfbns in
singing Hie sublime invocation 1,6
“ Drain God from whom ail blessings flow.”
Massey’s Excelsior Improved Cotton Gin.
Persona in fTiis and adjoining counties wishing to
buy a Cotton Gin, arc invited to call at our store
in Covington and examine tbe above Gin, which
vve have on exhibition.
Anderson & PeLaney.
The Roll cannot lie broken on Massey’s Excelsior
Cotton Gin by any lair means. A 'twelve year old
boy can feed it.
Massey’s Excelsior Cotton Gin is Rat proof, so
there is no dnffgerdf file Brush being dcstoyed by
them. Aeder.-on it DeLancy are the agents.
The Local Broad-Ax.
praise good deeds -condemn the ill.
Hew to the line—let chips fall where they will.
The Enterprise fairly shoot flic earth
in certain portions of this coiinty last week.
.The colored revival is getting in full
bloom about now.
......The Marshal can't hear to beer the
sound of a Vrass band 'On tho street.
The bear of Covington “wooled” tlie
bull of Oxford Monday night. Both cullud.
Most of our farmers have finished pull
ing fodder.
A protracted meeting is now going on
in Starrsville. Rev. Mr. Harris is presiding.
.Coh;rfiun;oti tin effect washing at Shoal
Creek, in "Newton county, next Sunday.
Covington surprised visitors nt Indian
Spring by the benuty and graee of her Indies.
A large number of young wild turkeys
have recently been seen on Yellow River.
A man in this county gathered 96 pota
toes from a bill that had been grabbled before.
Mr. Marion Moss had the first sack of
new corn ground at Harper’s mill this year.
Dr. E. V, Branham has returned from
tho Sulphur Springs. lie looks well.
A Covington drnjman tried to eat up a
“brother of the cart” on Thursday.
The Sunday School scholar continues
to whine foi a Celebration;
Mr. Luther Hays, one of the oldeit. res
idents of this county, has raised a beet which
weighed, eight pounds.
This is a good sefisotl forbur merchnfcts
to ‘pull’ now clerks. A clerk that is gathered
now will keep until next Sprittg.
....;.Dr. Cox has bought a now buggy and
l.oirso and can how efld his frlenda over the
country in style.
Burney, of the Atlanti tterald, grows
eloquent over the beauty of the visitors at In
dian Sprittg. Alas! those visitors are nothing
to Burnpy.
.Jones lias whitened the front of liis
Livery Stable and placed a now striped sign
up 60 people can find the placo by night as
well aa day.
V e lire pleas'd toeea tha cheerful faces
of Messrs. K. Y. Hill ami Addison Barnett
among the returned students of oi l Emory.
A pood Dentist non find permnncnt em
ployment in Covington il ho will confine him
self strictly to the business,
Hilaries K'dlov will be sentenced til the
September term of Newton Superior Court.—
Clmiles will not be Inin 'hut will probably go
to the Penitentiary for life.
\ Covington youth is “swinging 'round
the oirch)” in Oglethorpe ond Elbert counties
this week. Whv not nek tho'uld man" nnd be
done witli the thing T
A party of married gentlemen left, rmvn
on M >nd 'v to tuVe a three davs’ fish on the
river. Wo would like to sec the animal one
of these lienedipts rmje the first night he went
up the creek to bnv some worms !
Col. Charlie M. King will nerept tbe
compliments of this office (nr invitations to the
Somei Hop. nt Floral IlnH. in Greensbo-o, last
night. A “severe headache” and cramp in
the -foot prevented our attending.
W. B. -Tones hn several iTovet-widow
er* bearding with him. That man’s wife ran
fix up a meal which makes Pardon’s mouth
water and his frame tremble witli admiration
ns he fastens the food for a bitr.d to hand en
counter.
A gentleman is r.ow Tn tills county who
expects to fight n duci with a prominent man
in the South, at some distant day. Tie is fa
miliarizing himself with the pistil and shoots
quite accurately with that weapon. The anti
cipated duel has heen'postponed ones, but the
parties c m never be pacified until blood wipes
out the insult which has licen given,
A Covington man stopped his paper be
cause his son's pheclings wero hurt with us.
‘For the want of his $2 a year wo have about
made up our mind to go bare-footed this fall.
If we must die let us die in peace, and for the
sake of humanity don’t run a follow crazy and
starve hire to death by stopping your paper.
Jack Parker was arrested in Covington
last Saturday on a warrant charging him with
an assault on one Duke, some time last Spring,
at which timo Duke was severely cut by
Parker, lie was properly released on bail
and is free once more. His case will come
before the Courts next month we learn.
The courting season is upon it*. Visi
ting has commenced and the sight of anew
quilt can bo seen stretched across more than
one garden gate. Even the report comes tn
the car of tho 'Court’ that our quiet little town
will havo five or six marriages this year.—
Who the happy man is who will “warm his
feet’’ fir3i hafe net bee’n put upon the bills ye'.
......The protracted meeting at Mount Pleas
ant for the past two weeks lids awakened the
citizens of that community, Rev. W. IV.
Wadsworth has presided, and seventeen new
names have been added‘to the Church. This
young minister inny well feel gratified at the
glorious and good work he has accomplished.
May he be spared many long years to preach
tbe word of God to mankind.
......\ young lady from a distance, who at
tended school here last year, will accept our
thanks for a box of choice fruit and plants. It
is pleasant to know that our absent friends
have not forgotten us, and these little acts of
kindness always awaken bright memories of
their friendship in our heart. Let the crown
of everlasting happiness be placed upon the
marble brow of our fair friend, is our sincere
desire.
A young ladv in this county arose the
other morning from her couch and supposed
she had been the only occuptintof the bed the
night before. To her great surprise and aston
ishment when the bed was being made up a
huge Itlghlsnd moccasth, larger than a nyin’s
arm, discovered coiled up the
sheets, nnd to all appearances it had been by
the side of the sleeping gir! nil night. In nti
attempt to kill the snake it caught the quilt
in its mouth and two teeth were jerked from
the reptile’s head before it would lot go. Tho
above is true and the young lady is w ell known
to many of our citizens.
Most of the girls will return next week.
If water-melon and flea time were over we
might 1-11100 our hand on eiir heart—or on
somebody else’* heart—and sav that we were
extremely happy in the sweet consolation of
knowing That their smiles would again make
bright the social circlesof onr dark nnd gloomv
city. But a fellow-feeling, which makes all
tho world akin, makes us wish they had re
mained away until cold weather.
......Eleven babioß were seen on onr street
one cverdng last week, including two pair of
twins. Young man, if you have nnv idea of
matrimony buy you a donble-scatpd cradle with
noiseless rockers, or steer clnr of this countv,
if you ever expect any hnppinss on this earth.
The sight of twins generally causes the hair
on a youpg man a head to take a sudden up
ward turn toward the skv, and immediately
the former idea of “two hearts that beat ns
one,” being all he desires, fades suddenly from*
his mind nnd he trembles at the thought of
“what miglitliave if he bad never been
permitted to witness the performances of a
first class “baby show.’’
......A bale of cotton was sold in Covingtcn
on Monday for fifteen cents a pnflnO, which
was picked, ginned and packed in tho fall
of 1803. Tho rope and bagging was of Con
federate manufacture and presented a novel
appearance. The owner had been offered 42
cents per pound for ten bales of cotton of the
same crop in 1865, but lieid it with tho expec
tation nT getting fifty cents, One by one the
bales were sold at prices much lower than the
first offer, until on Monday the hist cn\o was
hauled from tho old shed and let go for 15 els.
The staple was beautiful and timo only in
creased its snowy whiteness. At 42 cents
the ten bales of eotton would have brought
$2,000. That amount properly handled and
shrewdly invested would by this time have
made a very pretty fortune for its owner. ]! (I t
as it was we don’t suppose he leulixcd scarcely
anything from it,
We learn there was sumo very had con
duct indulged in by a party of young men du
ring religions services at Stnrrsvillo last Tues
day night. This wicked behavior lias cursed
so many of onr Churches of lato that none of
us have failed to notice it. It is a common
occurrence, and it is r trim go that a Christian
people have horns it in patience and romnined
silent Cos long. Beth sexes indulge in unbe
coming hr litTvior on such occasions, and it is
high time something was done to slop it. II
peofile must ot jty themselves let them do so
nu'side of the walls of a church. If society
approves of such conduct, then tho church
should endeavor to organize a society of itself
and brand those who conic to Indy worship and
disturb thp oonerognrinn ns unworthy of re-',
cognition. Our minister* should condemn in
plain words from the pulpit such action*.—
It i useless to point out what misbehavior is
and Ims been in onr churches. Tho law pro
tects the church, nnd cvev mnn tins a perfect
right to worship God under Ms own vine and
fig tree without molestation or disturbance.—
\Vljr close your cjttj and shut oprs- to
the great c'iis that are drinking tlto vory life
and prosperity from nttr religious institutions?'
This subject is worthy of. thy serious consid
eration (if all the people. This is a demoral
izing epoch we are passing through. Crimes
enough are ditilv perpetrated to dntnn a thou
sand worlds. Gor otify hope lies in the spot-,
less purity of true religion. And how can it
remain pure if our churches are converted in
ti place* of social enjoyment during services ?’
We blush to think of the outrages that have
been heaped upon the holy sanctuary. L>t
our ministers endeavor to at i-i- t attempt to
crurch cut these nuisances—th 'sc curste-
.Rr. tpERS.OF the Enterpkisk :
—Some davs since the peace of our minds was
disturbed bv an article in the Covington En
terprise. stating that three young men who sat
up at Mrs. C. L. Bnwker’p, on Sunday night,
10 Inst , acted very disgraceful!y, much to tbe
disgust nnd annoyance of Mrs. Bowkor and
the ladies present on the occasion. Through
tlto kindi o s of the Editor we are permitted to
sneak for ourselves. The circumstance as
represented in the paper, was evidently re
ported to the Editor a* true. Hnppy for us
lie was misinformed. One of us is charged
of having taken tin tho e- din and tossed it
about tl e room. This wo positively and em
phatically deny. We have rend of many black
deeds and atrocious crimes, but wo have never
heard of one so inhuman and barbarous. A
person who would do such a thing, must of
necessity he in the lowest stages of demorali
zation, and in the utmost depths of degrada
tion and ruin. Such a person ought to be stig
matized and stamped with dishonor, so long
as he inhabits this mundane sphere. With
such views we would n< t have acted thus.—
We beg you to weigh w< II the evidence against
ns and see if there is cause of dishonor before
yon consider us disreputable chaff. The paper
intimates that we made threa's about the au
thor. We made no tnreats. It was our first
intention to treat tljis matter with silent con
tempt, bat for fbar lest silence should appear
to give consent wc felt constrained to answer.
Som* body, we know not, neither do we care,
has whipped tho devil around tha stump most
infamously instead of speaking tlto trtith. We
challenge him for his witnesses; moreover we
will punish him to the extent of the law if he!
will give us his name. We have been brought
up in good society and when we are charged
with infamy it “biteth like a serpent and
slingeth like an adder," We respect Mrs. B.
a- we do o’! ether ladies, and deny of having
done anything that could havo offended het\
Then do not reproach us far a report so ground
less. Let not this ignominious charge be
brought against us forever. Nay i when we
nurse* ves have left the sands of timo and
sleep in the cold and silent grave awaiting our
final doim let not this shame he associated
with our memory. May this charge so heath
en-like and savage be numbered with the in-;
credulous and sink beneath oblivion’s dark
and rolling tide. We have returned the brink
bat that was thrown at b c , now let ‘business’*
cease before somebody gets hurt.
VOLXG lIEOT OF MIDIVAV.
The above dons not touch the issue, With
the exception of the coffin being carried about
the room the charges against two of fheso fel
lows are said to to trie. The coffin
raised, to “feel tho weight,’ water was pour
ed on a sleeping chap, and other unnecessary
noises were made which did “offend” the lady
of the bouse. Those “young men” knew who
reported the affair to us and they should de
mand a public retraction from him. If they
have been wronged we desire that justice b
done them. But wo cannot —wo will not re
tract the a-sertion tliai their conduct was
heathenish on this occa-ion, until they have
done this. We have nothing persona! against
the hoys hut it is our duty ns a journalist to
show such conduct to the world. Witch detor
rod by fear front publishing such charges—
if they are well authenticated —we hope nn
outraged public will burn our office from un
der our head and throw our body to the winds
as food for the vultures. When these ‘young
men’ compel the reporter of this occurrence t
fully retract the charges he |:af. brought-upon
them, we will cheerfully beg each of their
pardons for publishing it, and brand the man
as a falsifier uud a scoundrel, but not before.
Will they have the manhood to demand this
public retraction 1 Time will show'. Some
body is guilty ot a malicious falsehood, and
the public should know who it is even ij’ some
body “does-get hurt.”
["Official .J
NEWTON ISO OUT OF ORDINARY, 1
At Chambers, August 21 si is;;!, j
HIS Excelfonoy, the Governor, having as
sessed four tenths of-ofte per cent. rid va
lorem, on the taxable property of tho State,
for the State taxes for tho year 1873, it is
ORDERED That tho following assessments
bo and they arc hereby mode, as tho County
Tax of Newton County for the year 1873, for
the purposes therein sot forth, and that the
same he collected by the Tax Collector of New
ton County and paid over to tlie County Treas
urer of said County by the Toth day o£ .De
cember 1873.
I. ' m
For Ordinary County purposes find for
building and repairing the County bridges,
fifty per cent, ad valorem , on the State tax on
property.
h
To support tlto County poor, ten per gent
ad valorem on the State tax on property,
Ilf
To pay Grand and petit Jurors—for the
years 1573, fifteen per cent, ad valorem on the
State tax ou property,
IV
To pay the County Indebtedness, twenty
five per cent, ad valorem on the State tax on
property. J. W. 15. SUMMERS,
oOd. i Ordinary,
Th fi olden Ham.
. * • > i %
Best Sugar Cured Ham in market,—
Just Received,
ANDERSON & Df.LANEY.
To Smokers.
i
jt w The Finest Cigar* la town can l*e found nt
J. K. Davis’ Book store. < i :ir- Emm sto 90 el*.
Kentucky University
1 .orated at .Whlnfl 1. the home of Henry Clay nnd
<d I Tram-ytyavrin. >lx Colleges in >|'-ration,with
tlilrtv proVrrHwy, end uou tiwbuii*(tom 88 State*.
Entire l- lor Chile fltijU* year, *2O. except In the
Lrw, Medical, ntul CnmnieMai <V>fle*i*i. Hoard
from s’to s5 tier week. Ear catalogue, address
J.IL ltuw'UAN, Regent, Lexington, Ky* liu-M
Variety Store.
A (iI’NKRAL VARIETY ol everythin?, to lie
found at (iTT.fcs fi. WHITTF*’*
t ’ovlngtoii, G
POSTPONED
Newton Sheriff* Sale
VSTILL BE “ 44 Be Tore the Court Holts* door
\ V in the City of Covington. on the First
I’ncwlay in Sept, next, within the. legal hours ot
sale the following property, to wti; . ~.f
One thousand and sixty acres of, land, tpor
or less, in tjie Oth District of N.ewton c'tintv,
adjoining lands oT.Tamps Harwell, F. M, Whit
taker, M. D. Henderson, Thomas C. Pavi*, W.
It. Griffin, and William TT. Gaither, nnd b thu
place purchased I>v W. F. Davis, from F. 11,
Gay, levied nn as the propertv of W. F, Davis,
to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from Newton Superior
Court in favor of H. It T. M. White vs. ♦Jowtoo
Manufacturing Company, prinoipai. nnd dViit.
11. Phillips and W. F. Davis, securities on ap
peal. ’
NEWTON ANDERSON, Sheriff.
Newton Sheriff Sales
WILL he sold before the Court House do9r
| In the city of Covington on tho fir|t
Tuesday in Septemh’r next within tho le*ul
hours of sale the fallowing property to-wit:
One thousand acres of land more or less in
the first distriott,originally Walton, now New
ton county, being the plantation on Which
Robert Howard now lives, levied on as the
property of said Robert Howard, to satisfy it
fi. fa. issued from Newton Superior court in
favor of Daniel 11. Wilcox A Cos., vs. Robert
Howard, ■ , „
ALSU Three Hundred and Seventy acres,
more or less, known as parts of Lots 212 aud
213, in thp first district originally Walton, now
Newton County, levied on as the. property ,of
Williams J. Terrell, to satisfy a fi. fa, prautyl
from Newton Semi-Annual County Court. In
favor of Green B. Turner, vs. William A.
Dyer. Williams J. Terrell, makers, and Benja
min F. Carr indorsor:
NEWTON ANDERSON, Sheriff.
July 30, 1573. _
Newton Sheriff Sale.
WILL tic sold before the Court itohse docr
in tho city of Covington, on tha First
Tuesday in September nest, within the iagl
hours of sale, tho following property, to-wit:
One undivided half interest in a Store House
and Lot in the city of Covington. on the. north
side of public square, now (then) need pied by
T. J. Shepherd nnd F. M, Cheney as a stem
house and sbop, adjoining' (then) house of J.
S. Anderson and Wm. Barry, and known m
tho store house formerly occupied, by Hurst &
Uro. Levied oh as the property of A. L.. C.
Horst to satisfy a fi fa issued from Newton
Superior Court in favor of Wm. P. Andsrson
A Cos:, vs. A. L. C. Hurst. Levy made by G.
M. T. Bower, former Sheriff,
NBVVTON ANDERSON, Sheriff.
Aug. 5, 1573. ■ >;* *3l.
(ILOIItiU. ffnVton Comity,
Wf J LEER AS, M. A. J'HAUtt, Executor rtf
tv TVrmelia A. T-harp, repvystyits to. the court',
in hi ■ petition doty ft ten I and entered on record,
that,he has ftthy executed liis trust! TMs'ls
therefore', to cite nil persons concerned, hindred
and 'oajiitors. to show cause, if any they can, whv
said J.i.eeutorshould uot be discharged from tit*
trust, and receive letters of dismission, on the first
Mondav in October, 18*73.
J. W. B. SUMMERS, Ord’v
July 2, 1*73.
(•EOIMvtA, Newton Conuty.T
WHEREAS, M. A. PHARR, administrator ol
Ale v utder Pharr, represents to thocourtt,
to Ids petftion duly fifed and entered on
that lie has titliy xdmhtf'-tiTml, Alexander Pharr's
estate; This is, therefore, to cite alt person* com
derped, kindred and creditor*, to show cause, M
any they can. why said adiftmtdrnlor, should not
la- discharged trout ids administration: and ret
eeive letters of (tlsmiksion, on the first Mgnulay in
October, 1873. J. W. B. SUMMERS’, Ord’y,
July 2, 1873.
GROTWST\, Newton County.
TTTIIF.RLAS, John TANARUS,. Pitts of said county,
tV Ims applied for letters of Administra
tion on the estate of John W. Pitts, late of
said county deceased. This is therefore to
cite nil and singular, the creditors and, next of
km, of John W. l ilts, tobo and appear at my
office, within the lime preforioeddiy law, ana
show cause if nnv they can v'hy, permanent
ndmistratinn should not be granted. to John L.
Pitts on John W. Pitts,' estate.'
July 2t, 1873. J. W. B. SUMMERS, Ord’y,
(iEORtJI.I, Newton County.
TIE 11EAS, Nancy P. Marks,- executrig
TT of Robert Marks, represents to .-the
Court in her petition, duly filed nnd entered
on tbe minutes of the Court, that she has fully
executed her trust; This is therefore to situ
all persons concerned, kindred nnd creditoita
to show cause if any they can, why said,
utrix .should not be discharged from the
•m i menvo letters of dismission on the first
. Monday in November 1873.
July 24, 1873. J. IV. B. SUMMERS, Ord’y.
- rq —Myr
GEORGIA, Newton Comity.
VT7HEREAS, Wiley W. Osborn, Adytipis-
V V trator, do bonis non, of John Conner^
decensed, has applied for leave to sell the reel
estate belonging to tha ?state of said deceased,
consisting of 135 acres of land, being part
lot 258, in the Ist Pist., of originally Wal/on
now Newton county, being tho dower assigned
to the widow of said John Conner. Thiiv iy
rhcrcToro to cite all persons interested, kin.
dred and creditors, to file their objections if
any they have, within the timo presqrihed by
law, else leave will he granted tosell said land
on the first Monday in September. . r ~
July 24, 1874. J. W. 15. SUMMERS, Ord’jt.
GEORGIA, Rockdale County. * T
N 'O'HOE IS Hereby given to all person's'
concerned, that on tho day of Juno
1873, Benjamin Gregory, lato of sdid couhty,
departed this life intestate, and tto person hafi
applied for administration on the estate of gaid'
Benjamin Gregory. That in terms of the law
administration will he vested in the Clerk of
tho Superior Court of said county, or soma
other fit arid proper person, unless some valid
objection is made to his appointment.
A. ('. McCALLA, Ordinary.