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TilK ELLIJAY OOUIIIKI!. t n. uiu. | t. B. KIKBV. ■ Bditoi*. •BML. ‘' - ~ . ---I ■■ r ■ m— — —— ELLIJAY, OA., DECEMBER 8, fl. OtFiclti. Oiiij*!* op Faknin Ca. Official C)i:a <*f <ii.hk C* Official Organ of I'ickkM Ci - To The Public. As has been announced, m.' connection wiilt the Oot’RlKK a. Kill lor Mini Publisher lias ceased l liHve fell dial it was necessarv lo lake Ibis sieo, not because ] have not been kindly receive, and liberally supported by ll good people of Ibe tnoinilaii country, but because of die Inc that l have been nimble, from the palrouase extfcnepwr~VT-inn current expenses am) afford tn.i family sin li a support as would render I Hem com fort a ole. J i parting with my readers it is n pleasure lo acknowledge lo tlien dial ‘*my lines have fallen ii pleasant places, ’’ and in tli < weary march of life my mini will ever revert to fny slay ii Kllijay as a resting place by tin way where kindnesses uni com forts have been bestowed wliicl have not only tilled the metis tin of my enjoyment but bring me under lile-long obligations to shoso who have been thus friend ly toward me. My Biicceßaorß, Messrs. Greet & Kirby, are young men of siei ling worth. With strong natural minds, made stronger by a strict course of moral deportment— close application and hard study, they nre eminently fitted lo fur nisli a paper handsome in make up, elevated in lone, and gener ally spioy in contents. I bespeak for them a liberal patronage. *VV. F. Combs. An Kxtraokdinahy Offer— A Book FiiKK.—The publishers o' that well known journal, the Sa vaniitih Weekly News, proposes lo give U> a|i new subscribers woo sent* ill ilie price ni' (he papr for One rear, $2:00,) before the Ist of Jan. 1882, and nil subscribers who re new before that date, n copy o/ any ofte of the novels of the “Morning News Library,” freeol charge. These serials are writ ten by Southern authors hud are printed in handsome quarto form in excellent stylo and on good paper. The Weekly News is a mammoth paper, and ranks with the best journals in (ho Union, ibis premium offer also extends to that oble agricultural journal the Southern Farmer's Monthly, and any one ol the novels will be sent free to those who subscribe to the Monthly for a year. Ad dress, J. 11. Kstill, Savannah, Ga. Tha Gainesville Southron ol November the 29 says : A serious calamity has happened to the people of Habersham county. During court, last, week, some bad citizen went into the Ordi nary's office and purloined all of the valuable papers belonging to the office. What the result may be, it is difficult to tellj it is quite certain that much contusion will result to estates and oilier mat ters pertaining lo (lie interests o: the people of Habersham How long will it yet be until -very Cos. in the Slate will be provided with pro Der vails or safes lor the preservation of the articles of the local governments. Perhaps the pecuniary losses and expense to the people in this case will amount to the yalue of filteen oi twenty safes. M. & N ’ Qa, E. R. Messrs. Editors : Having made a trio recently to Atlanta, eu loute I spent a day at the Camp ol the M. &. N. Ga. R. R., and have thought vour readers would be pleased lo know sumo thing of tue progress ol the enterprise Tnrougu the courtesy of Capl. W. W. Phillips we were permit led to ride over the works and are enabled lo report as follows : We have never seen a pretlirr grade than that from Canton to where the force is now at work. 1 Trams have not yet crossed the river North ol Canton, but w.llas soon as it is determined that i* is I sale In d<> no. and then tra.-k 1• y I mg in the direction of B.il j (■round will begin in earnest . Capt. I’iullips informed ns ilia’ the convict force would be kepi on the grade aipl dial die track laying would be done by an ex ! ra force, which would ho em ployed for dial especial purpose. I’lie grading is now complete to Mr. Cowart’s, three miles North and Ball (■round, and Major Wai ace. die < flicieul, engineer, lias a force of axemen nearer Jasper, .dealing oil* the light ol way. Altogether the prospects for the •arlv completion ol the road h origlit in lend, and ere another .ar passes signs will be erected it every point s here our public hoioughliires will cross Ihe rail T-natvflileTi will read —"Lookout or Ilia engine when die whistle ■lows.” w. f. v Henley's Eeply. Jasper, G a Nov. 11. (Published l y request.) Mr. fugle begins to crawfish. Still we a* a old him, clothed in bis ministerial robe silting i,stride the fence holding n govern* .nent distillery on his distoitcd lines with me hand, while with the other he puts ihe head of his private secretary and says, “go write the things which I speak unto thee and place a revenue stump theneon. And hark I fail thou not te write that Henley lias retracted, in as much as be lias produced some of my nrgunicut and lias clearly provcu Ids first statement. ” Then tho scribe bent the knee of obeisance to his master and said, yea lord 1 and seized ids stenographicnl stylus mid wrote the IMindcnuiH pastoral wools which fell from tlic amazon connatural confabulating lips ot him that set upon the fence with his legs distended so as to cover many degrees of latitude; and now, under the heading “retract,” bearing dote Oct., 22, the lead ers of the Cociubu arc permitted to pur* sue, without price, the wonderful revelc* lutionr of this great high priest unto his woiidc fill admirable private secretary. We hardly think it neefssary to Kay any thing in reply to Mr. oagio’s fallacious argument of the 10th tilt., as a retraction. We will breriefly review the grounds on wldck he does to. The gentleman ac i now lodges to saying; Altai a man could •JjM.jh ot fanning, of, mj&ney, ami eveaoT the gospel— -and linn g4c on to say. *‘l would now a*k, docs iby obc infer yom tbe #<vc that I said it was no barm f.w acbim.h member to still?" I Mere we would again state Hint we never | i nve accused Mr. Cagle of saying this in so many words, but we slated that be pro duced some argument to that effect. Now, Wliat did Mr. Cagle intend "for ns to understand from these remarks? lie surely intended them to mean something. In liis last article, be failed to tell us bow lie proposed to apply these rtmaiks The it are only two ways in which lie can apply them, lie mast either apply them to the stilling question, or tho expulsion of John McMahan for these wore the subjects that were under consideration on t but oeea* sion. Now, suppose we make the latter application and see bow it then reads. A man can make idn of anything, there fore the oxclue > u oi McMahan was right. A man cau become 60 anxious to make money that lie will place his whole affec tions on it, and go into sinful practices (1 dlou t mean to say that he wi 1 run a gov ernment distillery to get money of course) and thus make a sin of mouey, and there fore, the clinch did right in exirelling Mc- Mahan. A man ran shelter himself behind tiie gospel, and so use it as to make a sm of it, therefore McMahan ought to haye lieen excluded from tiie church. 31 r. Cagle further says: “Mr. Hen ley as serts that I said I did not believe that the wickedness of the people bad anything to do with tbe drouth. I said it because I believed and argued that God rules tbe weather. Does that argue that it is no harm for a church member to still ? Is Mr. Henley so dull of comprehension as all that? Now that Mr. Cagle has bright ened Up our comprobenaioo, U comprc bensibility of his a>y weather argument is brought before ua in unmistakable terms. He means to say that Betheny church ex pelled Johu McMahan because theie was a diouth last summer. Poor sinful 31c. These nre grave charges that Mr. Cagle ar gues against you. Now, if we misrepresented.Mr. Cagle in our first statement the n the above is his argument, ottiPrwise he argues tiiat it is no harm for a member of the church to engag ed in stilling and be can take that horn of tbe dilleinma lie prefers. Again Mr. Cat-le says: “If I had no better foundation for argument than he” (refering to myself) “hs i would close my mouth m silence.” Well, we think the gentleman may begin to pull the puckeriug string, ami when he succeeds, he will have stopped one of tbe biggest hog botes he ever tackled ia his life. \\ c did think that we would bring in some other argument in Mr. Cagle's case tbis time and had gotten up more proof for this article, hut as he seems to he satisfied witli what he calls our retraction, and as 1 iie ratlor begged the question in M artic e, we will withhold the pr '4ft *h’uit we have mi ntanuMtripl fi* tkc future. V Ah Mr. fugle act nted to ilrink Mwfcdf **• Itltli) 111 MVprfM'hlcil Wi! OmIcoi) UflKitt a foim r article, to announce his fUttl&p, I lli.it i*. win th<-i or not h<* Uioujiit lei a nieinlMT of tl,*.* cl.urrti to has fade.! to do so. Wiiy so | Mlbj-C’f A' V cioct lie tcftl*' to j lo the readers where be stand*T | clings to tin- fence top, and w.icn til? I it generally umlcrsloud, that he wilt ’■t on the wet side. Mr. C.imbs, former editor of llie C'<*' I nnving seen proper to change his amt to cast l.is lot in more pleasant il now Inc- me* ..nr duly to aiinoMUiyoi the readers of the Courier that oor >Ai* necti.ui ns editor of the Picaens Conijj Depart meat Ceases with this number o paper. Jolts 'V. HtNllfr; Dec. 3rd, 1881* Willi ibis issue of tin; Con at eu, as “ill be seen from the above, the coi>nectU*td Prof. J no. VV. lJcnlcy, the dustrious ami worth y Editor of (lie pit* entt County Department, ceases. sj.,- reviewing the files of the CornißK, k|| that ivc can truly say he has done hi At as Editor and has faithfully Ihc department, and in departinj tlid-- fioni, docs so with all due respect to self. He is a man of education and A finomeut, whose thoughts arc elevafij. His communication were well interesting and full of common gen* l . The columns of the Cockikii will alwu] be open to tbe reception of articles bis pen. \ Atlanta Letter- ' Atlanta , Ga ., Nov. 30i!i, Dkaii Comma :—Our mountain friend do- not seem to he a .mke to the great ini portance of the Exposition. It was opesej Oct. 6*li, and ill close Dec. 31st.; it M s World’s Fair and deserves the special studs' of every farmer in Gilmer county and w other comities. A visit to this “big sbvwk (as it is frequently called) will give a son more Ideas and information at one than can be obtained by any amount <4 reading or study that any person lias tin.e •to spnie that may lie thus used. What will bo see ? The list is too lorg lo enumerate— just Learn few of tht-i without any other comment than see the articles or displays in the most per fect form. ■ Cotton from all over the world; ci ttoa thread made fiwu the seed cotton, friiagv Ibrouglrevery process until it is IkivcA^^ cotton machinery,guiK, presses, dye tfec., A.—a comp!- te exposition of eu.fi n and its manufacture. Wool and silk are shown up in ovary form just us (be cotton is. Hopes, cosct age, bagging, belting, wire fences, sewing machines, scales, saws, plows, wagons, him! ware of all kinds, steam engines, fire engines, guns and pistole, paints iwid .oils,, dye stuffs and flags of all nations—would all Stick out conspicuously if a |K-:-tou could look into a man’s dreiun of the main Building. In the Railroud Building you will beautifully arranged, tiie products of tln field, mine and forest, as fouud aloiijVviic line of the several roads— Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe It. !(< St. l<ouis, Iron Mountain ami Soutbarn LUI H; Cincinnati Southern Ify; Western *SE Atlantic R. R; hast Tenn., Virginia Ga. R. R; Alabama and Great SoatlieAi Ry; Richmond and Danville U. It; yuf* nandoab Valley R. R; Georgia Pacific Ut* It; Savauaab, Florida and Wertem R. R; Louisville and Nashville Ry; Nashville, t.battanooga and St. Louis Ity. They show to any articles that are curious, w that exhibit special ingenuity iu the maker of tbe article. Thus you will have before you any article of interest that you could see in mouths of travel over these railroad* and you can see them without the tumult and expcuscs of going over the roads—re*' member in g that these twelve railroad*, cover most of the territory south of Mason and Dixou’s Line and west of the Rocky Mountains. . In the Art and Industrial Building you will fiud by tho wholesale, aud every ex hibit tastefully arranged, almost every ar ticle in American commerce—excluding,of course, the products in tbe other building. Monuments, manufactured tobaccos, books, bed steads, pianos,.organs, organinas he-no tea, coffees, chocolate, canned fruits and meats, halting powders, soaps, shoes,misce meats, needles, buttons, soda fountains,' artificial limbs, clothing aud hats, cologne, stoves, window curtains, billiard tables, dentist’s articles, jewelry and. silver ware, aud plated ware aud a pair of $10,000.00 diamonds, pearliue, china and 'decorated .porcelain and china, chairs, trunks, pii©*. tographs aud oil paintings and steel .en gravings—and ten thousand other things te a sort of bash of what is to be seen in that building. The Department of Public Comfort is perfect in its arrangements and does come jU so well for a person to rest in while be is in tbis whirl and erase of sight-seeing: If tbe people will come down from tbe ! mountains aud open their heads, eyes and hearts and take iu this Exposition of solid facts and tangible substances they will re*, turu to their homes better, wiser and hap pier person.-; ami a power will rise out of it that will t-MtM farms to be better tided, (tsl I di of slmy snd ratlle to feed wfcri.' now 11m n- arc coinimrutivi-Iy BOSH*, i awl i <ls lr> Ik- k.-pl in IK-lt*-r rt-|ir, and i {ri|nii.K.!< to It miiisli, and church.- to lie ! be better atl< mb d.an.l make “still* 1 homes rfatl i . decay and r> I from want of u*r, or (tot** preserved rejoicing in a d.ff.lent Tdtn. in fine, the wauls of a happy and 'contented ftcople wilt Ik- in t and Um- im peluser energy to do till] duty will lie given here that cannot lie done elsewhere. With kindest remembrance, Kxabf. CHRISTMAS TREE. (Comiulinicated.) Christinas is llie day on whicli tin* nativiiy of llie Savior is ob served. Tiie institution of this lesliva! is attributed by llie spu rious Decretals of Telespiiorus. I .vlio flourished in Ibe reign of Anloniiis Pius (138-161, A. L>). but llie firsl certain traces of ii are found about the time of the Emperor Coniinodtis. (ISO-192, A. 1).). while ibal ruler was k- ep.ng conyt at Nicoineilia, lie learned ilisil a multitude of Christians bad aSFembled lo c It brute the birlliday of Jesus, ordered the church doors lo Ire closed and sol lire lo the buildings, and llie worshipers perished in tho fliuics. I’fieie was no iiiiiformity in llie period of observing ll.e nativity of Christ among I lie early church es; some held it in May or April, others in January. Il is altnosl f certain that, the 25dt of Decem ber cannot be llie nativity ol Ulirisl, for then il is tiie Light ol the rainy season in Jmleu, and shepherds could hardly be watching their Hoc! s by night in the plains. Curiitmas became tbe parent rof a A>real many let i vals, such as those of tbe Virgin, an t irom llie 5 ii lo the Blh century, gariherod round it many lestiv Is, then called a Christinas Cycle. The great reason ol the cele britlion of tiie 25tli of December, is that tbe heathen nations re garded the winter solstice as the most inporlaul point in the year, j when everything had n renewed Uife. A great many of the Ger- 1 beliefs reinfiiiig t<. Shis passed over from heathenism to Christianity and have partly survived to the pres out day. lienee also originated, at a latter period, the Christmas Trees, adorned with lights and gilts. Thus, Christinas became a universal festival for young and old, liigli and low, as no other Christian festival could have be come. So as it is-naturally a Christian Hlolliday of merriment and joy. there can be no harm in still ob serving- it. As Christmas is i early .on hand, and the people goi eral ally want a Christmas Tree, here vibll be no trouble in gelling it ftp. So let’s arrange by next is sue of the CoiJRiKR, have all the committees appointed and'go lo work. We shall want everybody r to help. J l wont be much expense, but the source of much joy and good feeling. PATENTS Kuo to act ns Solicitors for Patent,-, Caveats, ks. Copyrights, etc., for the United States, aba, Ragland, France, Germany, etc. We thirty-five years’ experience, jb milled through us are noticed in the SCI UKRIC.vx. This large and splendid illus kly paper. $ 3.20 a year,shows tho Progress , is very interesting, and has an enormous l. Address MUNN & CO„ Pc tent Solici 1. of Scikntikic Amkrican, 87 Park Row, Hand book about Patents free. THE ftSNui Co-Operative Stove Cos. tfcLEYELAND, OHIO. CHICAGO, ILL, ST. LOUIS, MO., ST. 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