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visions or country produce will be
acceptable, when the money cannot
be had.
A. M. C. Russell,
Proprietor Argus.
Locals are scarce this week.
Lailal Tuesday night, ISinst., at
Miller’s Hall.
—Sale day passed off Tuesday
without the sale of a singlo piece of
property.
—Thirty-six rabbits were bagged
Wednesday by a party of Buena Vis
ta sportsmen.
Mr. llushin, of the firm of
Messrs. Lowe & llushin, return
ed home tills week, from Charles
town, having purchased a fine
stock of Spring goods.
—W : are sorry to learn oi the se
vere illness oi' Mr. Blan Wallis, but
glad to know that lie is improving,
lie has been down several days.
Other members of his family are also
sick.
—The contracts for carrying the
mails between Americus and Buena
Vista, Geneva and Buena Vista and
Cusseta and Buena Vista have been
let out, A gentleman by the name
of Steed, has obtained the route to
Americus, Meshon to Geneva.
Let every farmer read the adver
tisement in this paper of “Cliufas and
Japan Peas.’’ If one-half that is
claimed for these crops by the best
authorities be true they are indeed a
godsend to the South.
28-Im.
—We have an interesting batch of
letters in to-day's paper, from our
correspondents, which will be read
with great interest. “Incognito,"
“Six Hammers" and Judge McCall
are new contributors and wo hope
that they will continue to keep us in
formed.
A party of young ladies and gen
tlemen visited the counlry Wednes
day, and their team sunk up to the
hubs in mud, in Uchee creek, greatly
to the discomfort of all —who were
compelled to wade out. At night on
.their return they were a tired and
muddy set. One deeply interested
proposes to give an account of the
trip in rhyme for our next issue, pro
vided he can find a rhyming distiona
ry—and does not get mobbed.
—The April number of the South
ern Cultivator is full of important
and deeply interesting reading for
farmers. Among its important aiv
tides we will mention : PotaSk Fer
tilizers : Why Commercial Fertilizers
do uot Pay ; Consumption of Cotton
in 1875 ; Reclaiming worn out Lands;
Fertilizer under Cqton ; The St. Do
mingo Yam ; The Food for Plants ;
Bee Notes for April ; Iron as a Pre
ventive of Poultry Cholera ; —and
many others equally important are
contained in it. The price is mode
rate, $2.00 a year in advance, and
every farmer should take a copy.
Address W. L. Jones, Editor and
proprietor, Athens, Ga,
No More Premium.
We have tried the Premiums plan
jpid it docs not work well, We have
received a large pumder of subscri
bers, since we offered premiums, and
but three of the number have paid
the additional twenty-five cents
pharged for the premium. It is
therefore, evident that the people care
nothing for the premium, and we
cease to offer it, as an inducement
from this date. Parties will hence
forth have to subscribe for the paper,
because they want the news from
Marlon county and no.t because they
peed stationary, tb
Death of Rev. D. N. Burkhalter.
The angel of death visited our
community on Wednesday night last,
and bore away upou his sable pin
ions, one of our oldest and best citi
zens, Rev. D. N. Burkhalter who
“fell on sleep” about 12 o’clock p.
in., April sth, 1876, after a brief ill
ness. His death is a sad bereave
ment to the entire county, for lie was
in every respect ono of her first and
worthiest citizens.
Rev. D. N. Burkhalter was in the
seventy-fourth year of his ago, when
tlio Master called for him. Ho was
born and raised in Warren county,
and settled in Marion county more
than forty years ago, being one of
its first settlers. Ho has been a pro
minent, public-spirited and valuable
citizen since his first arrival. He
first resided at Tazewell, then the
county site of Marion. Afterwards
he moved to Buena Vistn, which at
that time was called Pcaridge. At
one time he owned the entire site on
which Buena Vista now stands. He
founded Tazewell and is the father
of Buena Vista.
It was in a great measure through
his instrumentality, that the county
site was removed from Tazewell to
Buena Vista in 1847. lie presented
the county with the ground upon
which the Court House now stands.
Ills influence lias been strongly felt,
in Marion, for good, in all her vicis
situdes of fortune. Long will his
memory remain green in the hearts
of his fellow-citizens, and long will
Marion exhibit the evidences of his
energy and devotion.
For many years, Mr. Burkhalter
was an itinerant Methodist preacher,
of well attested piety and great use
fulness. While in the pulpit he dis
played a superior order of talent, a
fertile and vigorous mind and a geni
us of eloquence, that would have
made him one of the first ministers in
the Methodist Church, had not dis
ease compelled him to relinquish the
field which his talents and gifts fitted
him to occupy. Several years ago
disease forced him to quit the itine
i-ant ministry and seek other occupa
tions. He bns since hold local
preacher’s license, ne has been a
faithful and humble servant of the
Most High.
We have been informed that he
has served his county as Representa
tive and as Judge of the Inferior
Court. In whatever position he has
been placed he has served faithfully
and well.
Mr. Burkbaltor possessed a firm
ness of character that few can boast.
His will was indomitable and bis
courage unflinching. When convinc
ed that he was in the right, he was
as firm and steadfast as a stone
mountain. His firmness was tem
pered with gentleness and mercy.
He possessed another noble trait of
character, that of leniency to his
debtors. A gentleman, who was
for years, his attorney says, that
thousands of dollars due him were
forever barred by the statute of limi
tations, because he would not press
those who owed him. He was for
many years, a thriving merchant of
Buena Vista, and through his whole
mercantile career not a stain attach
ed itself to his name.
He died in peace, with a full assu
rance of the reward that awaits the
aithfiil who “die in the Lord.” His
u'emains were interred in the Buena
Yista cemetery on Thursday (yester
day) evening, and were accompanied
to the grave by a large concourse of
friends and relatives, who feel that
their “loss is his eternal gain.” He
leaves a wife and several grown and
married children. Of him may it
truly be written : “Blessed are the
dead, who die in the Lord, ”
Prof. G. J. Orr lectures to-day in
Albany on the school question.
A iadj in Lumpkin has planted
some coffee seed, as an experiment.
The seed have sprouted and have
stems an inch long.
[Communicated.]
MAN KLILED IN MARION
COUNTY.
Isaac Hammell Killed by Mat
Walker.
Cut-Off, Marion Cos.. Oa., 1
April Ist, 1876. j
Mr. Editor:
A shooting affray on the planta
tion of Mr. M. Stateham in this dis
trict taken place on Wednesday
night last between a white man by
the name Mat Walker, and a negro
by the name of Isaac Hammell, in
which, the latter is thought to be
mortally wounded. Wild rumor
seems to give two sides to the affair,
as is generally the case, and will re
late them to you as they were given
me. Walker’s statement to some of
his friends, is that the said negro
gave some insolence on the planta.
tion in the evening while at work.
That he was pushing to finish plant
ing a certain piece of corn, and that
the negro’s wife was dropping corn,
when he (the negro) told Walker
that if his wife (Walker’s wife) was
dropping corn that he would not
push so, at which this brought on
some angry words when the negro
drew a single-tree on W. W. then
told tiirn that he would fix for him,
and when they quit work that night
W. got his pistol and cursed the ne
gro out, about the Gin House.
Walker, about dark, standing about
the buggy house and saw the negro
advancing toward him and said that
he supposed he was at that time
armed and ordered him to stop, to
which he paid no attention but kept
advancing, when W. told him that
lie would kill him if he advanced
any furthur. W hen the negro kept
advancing at which W. fired on him,
the'ball entering just below the
right breast. This is Walker’s state
ment, another white man by the
name of Adam?, speaks differently,
lie says that IPalker asked the ne
gro where he was going. He re
plied, r hat he was going to another
house, after a saw. When Walker
told him he could not go and to go
back, and that he wanted to kill him
and would do so, at that fired on him,
with the above resuit, these are
rumors as were given your corres
pondent.
Walker and the negro were both
laborers on Mr. Stateham's. farm,
and, Walker left that night, ad is
supposed left the country.
Incognito.
LATER.
Monday, P. M. April 3, 1876
Mr. Editor :
Since writing the above, said Isaac
Hammed, is no more, having breath
cd his last at 9 o’clock this A, M,
supposed, from the pistoi shot wound
given him on Wednesday night the
29th alt., by the said Walker.
I.
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Bedding Potatoes.
Mr. G. W. C. Munro, of this coun
ty, contributes to the Southern Culti
vator for April the following experi
ment in bedding potatoes :
I am trying an experiment m bed
ding po atoes by digging out a place
as wide as I design the bed to be, 1
foot deep, on a good Southern expo
sure, throw the top soil on one side
and the clay on tlw other, filling up
with straw or leaves, wetting them,
and covering with the top soil thrown
out, then with 5 or 6 inches of vege
table mould or well-rotted lot ma
nure, placing the potatoes on this,
and covering them with a compost ot
bone or acid phosphate, stable ma
nure and vegetable mould. If in dry
hot weather they need water, pour it |
in the trench, which should b left
open at each end, and if many are
bedded holes could be made to admit
the water at 4to 6 feet apart. Cot
ton seed might be put on the straw
and leaves before the din. If t esc
are green, then rotting would act as
a hot-bed, and the decaying of the
leaves, their moisture and the air
among them, would I think, all have
a tendency to counteract drought.
What is your opiiAon of this experi
ment ?
gCgjrbSubsribo for the Argus- -It
jcgr'is the cheapest and baet._^cl
“The Lost Cause.” —A magnif
icent picture 11 x 18 Inch sin size,
bortu’il'ul in design atul artistic in ex
ecution. It represents a confeder
ate soldier after the war returning to
his home, which ho finds l<>nely and
desolate. In front of the ruined cot
tage, telling a sad tale of the miser
ies of war, arc t".o graves with rudo
crosses, on ono of which some friend
ly hand has hung a garland. To the
right the calm river and the rising
moon indicate peace and rest. The
stars, seen through the trees, repre
sent the Southern Cross. It is a
picture that will touch every South
ern heart, and should find a place in
every Southern home. One copy sent
by mail, mounted on a roller and
post paid, on receipt of 25 cents, or
three for 60 cents. —Address John
Burrow & Cos., Bristol, l’enn. Agents
wanted everywhere to sell our cheap
and popular pictures. $5 to $lO per
day easily made. No money requir
ed until pictures are sold. Send
stamp for catalogue and terms.
March 17-6 t.
Now Advertisements.
Application for pismlailon*
GEORGIA —Marion County.
Whereas Mrs. M.A. Butt, Administratrix of
the < state of W. M. Butt, deceased, has petition
ed for Letters of Dismission, all persons intor
o ted in said estate nro hereby notified to filo
tluir objections to the same within the time pro
scribed by law. Witness my hand April sth,
1576. JAS.M.LOWE,
apl7-3m Ordinary.
CSIUFAS AND JAPAN PEAS.
The introduction of these crops throughout
the south will enable us to koep our stock and
ii 11 our *moko<hnuses us cheaply os it can be
done at the West. The Chufa is platitod in a
ridge liko potatoes, yields on common land 200
bushels per acre of the richest feed, uuequaled
for fattening hogs, poultry—and childron. One
acio will fatten more hogs than ten acres of the
best corn, besides furnishing graziug all summer.
For the truth of these claims we refer to U. S.
Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, or
to any agricultural paper in the South. Price,
by mail, postage paid, 20c a package, 40c a pint,
7tic a quart, by express $4 a peck, sls a bushel.
The Japan Pei lully established its merits
several years ago, anti is now in universal de
mand. it grows upright like a cotton stalk, is
cultivated liko corn, find yields from 150 to 300
bushels ;iu acre on ordinary land. Stock of all
kinds relish it and thrive highly on it without
oilier feed Also excellent for table use (after
boiling about a week.) Price by mail, postage
paid, 15c a pa- kage, 30c a pin., 50e a quart.
Isy express, $3 per peck. $lO per bushel. These
seeds are so scarce aud costly that we cannot
make any discount to wholesale dealer or granges
When Southern planteisgrow their own stock*
teed and fatten their own hogs we shall hear no
more of hard times and “middle men” for this
will put an end to both. If you fear to invest
largely it will cost but a trifle to try these seeds,
and unless your experience differs from all oth
ers you will bo forever thankful for the trial.
Address,
A. F. WHITE SC <-0.,
upi7 1 m Nashville, Ttnn.
THBHTJTB.
Everybody should read the
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ery voter in this setciou to take a paper and
keep fully posted on Staloand National Politics,
we will send th- Mirror postage paid from now
until tne ioth of November for only $£,25, Send
along your names and money.
W. T. CUIUSTOPriEK,
apl7-3t Fort Valley, Ga.
25. £5. W. 15. Ilintoai,
iTTORSEYS AT LAW,
*
BUENA VISTA. GA
Will practice in the Courts of this Statee
and th; District and Circuit Courts of th.
United States. mch.3l-ly,
600 WANTED!
I want six hundred hides to tan on shares,
and assure tho public that the work will be
well and satisfactorily executed. Bring your
cow hides to me at Buena Vista and have them
tanned, in the best manner.
Boots and Shoes.
I will also be pleased to receive orders for
making boots and shoes in the best styles and
at the lowest prices. Repairing done neatly.
ALEX. SMITH,
Buena Vista, Ga., Mob 31,-3m
S3SIGAGE SALS.
WILL bo sold on the first Tuesday in June
next, between the legal hours of sale, 1 bay
horse, Logan, as the property of Wily Wyatt,
to satisfy a mortgage fi fa, O. C. Bullock vs.
Wyatt,
D. A. MADDUX,
mh3l-Cod Deputy Sheriff.
bTilum WffiKLl Tils.
Oolumtous, Gczx.
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The Times has the best and fullest tele
graphic dispatches-especially ift its reports
of Georgia and Alabama nows —of any paper
in the State. This is no empty boast —we re
fer to our columns daily for proof. Our
commercial dispatches are now ample and re
liable.
Price of the Daily Times, $8 per annum,
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New Advertisements
tiiej
iiis’ rif pom
Having bought th right of sale for Marion,
Schloy, Wobster and Sumter counties for the
Lillis Adjustable Treadle
For all Sowing Machines,
wo are prepared to offer this important im
provement to all who may desiro it. Price,
*5,00.
Wo refer, as to its merits to any physician,
tho Press of the country and all who have
tried it. Liberal terms to agents.
S ANTHONY & SONS.
mb3i,-ia AMERIOUS. Ga, -
Marion’lCounty Sheriff Sales.
WILL bo sold before tho Court Ho ass
door in Buena Vista within tho legal
hours of sale on tho first Tuesday in May
next, the following property, to wit:
One Lot of land, containing 2024 acres more
or less, No. 214 in tho 31st District of origin
ally Lee. now Marion county. Levied by vir
tue of a fi fa issued from the Superior Court,
of said county, in favor of Harold, Johnson
,fc Cos. transferees vs Jacob Peeples. Sold to
satisfy said fi fa. This 29th day of March,
1t76.
A. W. DAVIS.
inh3l-lm. Sheriff.
H. L. Frfncil J. 8. Eas n*
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Public Square, Americas, Georgia.
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CLOCKS, IBWHIiY,
Sterling Silver aud plated ware, Spec
tacles, Cutlery, Violin Strings, Sew
ing Machine Needles, for all
kinds of Machines, Oil,
&c. Agent for Mar
vin’s Safes.
All goods guaranteed as represented, anu at
as low prices as the same goods can be
bought forin any market.
AMEPJCUS, GEORGIA.
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Horses, Buggies, Carriages and ITaeks to let
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Awarded the Highest Medal at Vienna,
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Broadway. Sew York.
(Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.)
Manufacturers, importers & Dealers
OHROMOS & FRAMES-
Stereoscopes and Views,
Album*, Graplicscopes ami Suitable
Views.
Photographic ’Materials.
XVe are Headquarters for everything in the
way of
Stereopticns and Magic Lanterns,
Being Manufacturers of the
Micro-Scieutific,
Stereo-Panopticon,
University Slcreoptlcon,
Advertiser’s Stcrcopticon,
Artopicou,
School Lantern,
Family Lantern, People’s Lantern.
jSich style being the best of its class in the
market.
Catalogues of Lanterns and Slides with di
rections for using sent on application,
this advertisement for refer
ence. "02^
Any efterprising man can make money
with a Magic Lantern. feb2s-tf
Ofie Massa’s Grave.
JO4LIIS is the title of anew and beautiful work
of art which we have just published. It
is 14 x 19 inches in size, artistic in design, finely en
graved and printed on heavy plate paper. In tho
fore ground is seen a young Confederate soldier,
who has just returned home from the war, looking
sad and thoughtfully at his father’s grave which is
shown to him by an aged negro servant. To the right
the calm river indicates peace and rest as well as tho
harbinger of brighter days to come. It is a picture
that will touch every Southern heart and should find
a place in every Southern home. One copy will be
sent by mail mounted on roller and post paid on re
ceipt of 25 cts., or 3 copies for fifty cts. Address
JOHN UUllftOW tSi CO., Publishers,
Bristol, Tenn.,
AGENTS wanted everywhere to sell our cheap-and
popular pictures. $5 to SIU per day easily made. No
money required until pictures are sold. Send stamp
for catal >guo and terms. feb2s-lm.
Agents for the Arg
The following are our duly author
ize.i Agent*, to reoieve and receipt for
subscriptions, advertisements and Job
Work, at their respective places.
L. yV . Wall Tazewell, Ga.
J. 0. Royalls Rcdbouo Ga.
Juniper Hills.
BERT WHITE
CORN MllAXj
IN ANT QUANTITY - AT
EIGHTY Cents Per lUJSHEL.
CASH 1 O A-SIT 1
I. V. CHANDLER.
February 25th, 1870-lm
raj.-'g-jgaij-jL!!. ' ' ■
THIS PArm IS ON Flu: WITH
IVhare Adr.rUiUs GuuuauU saa bo mwlft
AMERICU3, ----- GA.
THANKFUL for past favors I respect
fully solicit a continuauce of tho
patronage of tho good people of Ma
rion. Prices reasonable, and extra in
ducements offered those at a distance to
visit my office. Rooms on Lamar St,
two doors from R C Black’s Shoe Store.
September Bth.
MASON WORK
I take this method of informing the
citizens of Buena Vista and Marion
county, that I am prepared to do any
kind of mason work, such as plastering,
brick laying, building chimneys or
brick bouses, any kind of stone work,
(£ - 0
I am prepared also to do any' kind of
work on graves, as walling them up with
brick, etc,
LEONARD CUQUILLARD.
Buena Vista, Dec 24tli 1875
'ffilOTOffl UTiTffl*’
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TALBOTTON, GKORGIA.
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G. W. MAXON, Associate Principal.
Gbaded High School fob Bors A Young Men
Spring Term begins Jan. 17th, ends Juno 30th
Fall Term begins August Ist, ends Nov. 17th
EXPENSES :
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“ Intermediate " " SO,OO
*• Grammar '* ** 40 00
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Incidental Fee, per month, 26c 2.50
fjfoard paid in advance,for the Term, per month 10,00
All expeuses for Six Mouths, including Board, Tui
tion, Washing and Incidentals, SBO, SO2 or 98. For
One year, paid in advance, $l4O, $l5O or $l6O, accord
ing to Class. Dec. 24-lm*
“ySk 1875 1876 7
FEMALE COLLEGE
DUR Scholastic year is divided Into thre* terms!
beginning September 20th, January 3rd, April
Ist, and closing Commencement Day, the last
\Vedncad2y in June.
CHARGES PER VERM.
Board and Tuition. $59.00
J/usic and use of Piano 19.00
Payments in advance or monthly.
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