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THBRLLMAV GOIMIKK W. S. COLEMAN, Editor and Publisher. BLUJAY. OA., KoVr'MBKU 5, I—7 — szazii— .■ . —■ ■— " ■ 1 ■■ OFFICIAL OkIAN op UILMKR 00. Official Organ of Pick 00. WE MEAN THIS. We mull have what each one iadueus. Mr. KTby'a retirement from the Courier renders it abso lutely necessary that ail settle up at once. We shall expect every nan who comes to town during Court week to call in and settle kia account, no matter who you are. No exceptions made. Some kayo promptly paid up as asked, others must. This will be our LAST appeal throucb the Courier —so settle up; we mean it. The Canton Advance wants Sam Jones to give its town a few of his broad aides. The great evangelist generally wakes up a town when he lake bold of it. Henry W. Grady was presented last week, so says the Dalton Ar gus, with a $1,200 silver service by the people of Atlanta. Henry la Atlanta's pet, and well does he bear the distinction. Governor Gordon has goue to the State orOhio to speak for the democracy of that State, and to vindicate the South from the Han derous attacks Demagogue Fora- Eer of that Stale has made. . ii ... - • .. The Senatorial race in this dis trict will no doubt be a lively con test, We sniff from the political gales that tnoro than one or two candidates will offer to immolate themselves on the altar of their country’s welfare. Let them eotne, the more the merrier. The Courier proposes to carry a free lance in this fight, if it wants to. The Dawsonville News says: "The town of Blue Ridge, in Far.* nin county, is ou a boom. The boom is committed to paper am! looks very nice.” We refer Bro. Monroe to last week’s Courier in which a state ment of (he progressol Blue Ridge was given. This section is on the uprise, and so will D.iwson coun ty when Bro. Monroe gets him a railroad. Come over and see us, and you will see a town not made en paper, but of substantial houses with energelio and pushing men. THE GEORGIA WE EELY PH ASS The recent change ef editorial management in the Macon T le graph has resulted in great good to that paper. Among the 1 girl* of Georgia journalism no paper •hows cleaner methods or a future brighter with promise than this daily, with Editor Richardson ai its helm. It recently contained the loltowing manly tribute to the weekly press of Georgia : “Among the visitors to the S'ale Fair ara a number of the editors of the weekly press of the S'ate. We believe that without, excep tion the weekly press of Georgia re unsurpassed by that ot any state in the Union, The smaller cities and the towns of Georgia should account themselves fortu nate in haying such newspapers as those which once a week visit the homes of their citizens. A mong these papers are many which may be considered models. In their high tone, in their dis criminating intelligence, in their lively spirit of enterprise, they are ornaments to Georgia journal ism. And we are thankful that we still have the genuine country editor in Georgia. A rare and delightful character is he whose native genius is untrammelled by auy of the conventionalities of the profession, and whose individual ity asserts itsell on all occasions. A fine fellow is the country edi tor. When this figure fades away journalism will lose some of its keenest wit, some of its truest in sight, much of its most incorrup tible houor. To the gentlemen or the week ly press the Telegraph extends the heartiest welcome. Whether they be enterprisiug men who are advancing metropolitan ideas and supplying city papers to rural constituencies; or whether they be lbs genuine representatives ol iiiicontamuia led country journal* ism with its sweat fresh humor, Bue native sense, its rugged hon esty, ami its immaculate integrity i wbatdvtr the clmc they may rop reseat) or whatever the sphere they may fill, the Telegraph wel comes toils home oue and all ot lb# representative ol the weekly frsss of Georgia.'' FANNIN COUNTY ITEMS. Ht Superior Court Meets and Transacts a Large Amount of Business.—Notes and Observations, Etc. The regular tail term of Finnic i Superior Court lull session la-i I week in Morgantou, Ilia Honor Judge James H. Bro An presiding, ami Solicitor General George F. Gober representing the common wealth. An unusually large amount n( business was dispatched by the Court—more Ilian has been done in years before in (he same length of lime. M ist cases were small and did not involve much, but consumed the time of Court jusi ihe same as important ones. The Baugh Brick case, in which the Masonic Lodge at E.hjay is a party, was continued on account of the absence of some main wit nesses. The case of the Stale against John Stewart for assault with in tent to murder was tried, and ac quitted; as was the case of Jack i'inson for a like offense, with ihe same result. These were the most important rases on the criminal docket tried at this session. A young man, Richardson, was tried on a charge of seduction and was found guilty of bastardy, and was fined S2OO and cost, which was SBO, ortwelve months in the chaingang. A number of minor cases were tried and otherwise disposed of so that the docket was finished uu Friday night. Saturday morning was consumed in signing orders, passing sentences, etc. The rain poured down all week, and the usual “court week and rain” was had at this session, how ever, the Courier man met many of liis friends and acquaintances. The town of Morganton where court is held in that .county, is one of the oldest towns in North Geor gia. The place is high and dry— in the summer—being about 2,- 000 feet above sea level, and is situated on one ofjtlie healthiest ridges in Georgia. Air fresh from ihe top of the Blue Ridgo peaks envelop this knoll in its lifegiving buoyancy which, witli'its water, nnk-s Morganton one of the heal iliiesi summer resorls in all this up country. Some ol Fa mins most substantial citizens and leading men reside in this old county site, who have stood by and watched every fluctuation of her vicissitude and her fortune. The Methodist church at Morganton is the best church building in Ihe county. Its modest spire shoots up in the Southeastern portion of lhe town, and the sonorous ring of its bell-tonea echoes among its surrounding hilltops. Hon Emo ry Speer donated this bell, and Captain Jim Slate hauled it from Cleveland, White county, to Mor gaulon. How suggestivi I The doner a man of destiny, now grac ing a Federal judicial bench, the ol her following the quite way ol an unpretentious citizen. Tlia B.ibt'st chinch shows the touch of decay and the gnaw of the tooth of time. But the citi zens will soon erect anew and ap propriate church in place of Ihe old one. Morganton, among other feat ures, lias a number of handsome and lovely young ladies. With out these, of course, it would be no town hardly. The Courier man was the re cipient of many courtesies at (lie hands of Cap. J. M. Slate. Alto gether our trip was a very pleas ant one, —the hilly country be tween Blue Ridge and Morganton jolting one just enough during the drive in one of John Gray’s nobby livery stable turnouts. In regaid to how our efficient and fearless Solicitor General, Honorable George F. Gober, is esteemed by the press of his judicial district; we clip the fol lowing from the Mineral Bluff Gazette: “O.i* ol the most vigi lant Solicitor General in the State is the Hon. Geo. F. Goler, of the Blue Ridge circuit. Forcible in debate, but. alway 8 courteous to opposing counsel, he with stolid firmness insists that the law shall be vindicated and society protec ted. Though yet a young man, Mr. Gober has already reached a high standard in hia profession and is much respected by ir's fel lows and his constituent*,” Rev. Sam Jones raised #30,000 in Birmingham, Ala., for (he Y. M. 0. A. in two sermons. Sam always gets there when lis talks. He it now doing eflective work In Atlanta for the prohibitionists. ——' e USw m ■ I lid ms i, plant a I'crsa glove, fur each of ymir children. It wilt i ibe u*i hi vu#inrin you eta tanks fur ibcrn. WASHINGTON LETTER. After resting a few days, to re cuperate from the exhaustion ol Ins great tour of nearly 5 030 miles, through seventeen B'ates, lb -I'residtul, with characteristic en ergy and earnestness, has resumed tiis public duties —being now cheifly engaged in studying the various annual reports ofthedil lerent Federal D-pari meats, with a view to preparing his message lo Congress. There are at least three impor tant ( fleers to be appointed by the Executive soou—Supreme Court Judge, First Assistant Sec retary of Slate, and Minister to Mexico. C -ngressmen are comiug into the Cipital ou nearly every train, and those not now en route will probably be packing their bag gage soon. All of the Cabinet have return ed from their vacation, and are diligently at work, and the Su preme Court lias been in session severel weeks —the docket con taining a remarkable number of interesting cases. In tact, I may say that the Na tional Capital, please and at the pros pect of all the wheels of the Gov ernment resuming their revolu tion, is throwing off the airof dul 1 - ness that, to some extent, has en compassed it since the close of the short session of Congress, and all Washington is delighted that the long term, which will proba bly continue far into next sum mer, is near at hand, for you must know that the presence of the Na tional legislature is almost the life of this beautiful city. Recognizing the fact that Wash ington has again become the great centre of news and politics, the newspaper correspondents are flocking in and resuming their work on the famous thoroughfare which is fainiliuly known as “newspaper row.” One of Ihe Senate Committees is already in session—that of which Senator Cockrell is chairman, which was appointed to investi gate and report upon the method of conducting business in the de partment. Each bureau has made a detached report of the class ol work done by It, and fhe manner of doing it —making altogether, alter beirg carefully condensed two volumes of convenient size. One gratifying result of (his in vestigation is the discovery that all of the work is much nearer up to date than when the Democrat ic Administration came into power. The information thus gleaned, if it serves no Other good purpose, will be useful as a book of refer ence to those not familiar with the methods of conducting the public business. In Republican platforms and newspapers one frequently sees the brazon assertion that no ras cals have been turned out, and no government money found missing under the Democratic regime, for, as a matter of fact, as shown by the records of the Postoffice Department, former Republican postmastnrs .are proved to have defrauded the government of e nough funds to more than pav President Cleveland’s salary for eigtit years—tlie amount purloin ed being a lour.d half million. These rascals have not only been turned out. but they have been compelled to turn in their ill got ten gains, and the United Slates is so much the richer for the rule of reform Democracy. Then, another considerable item is the stealing of #30,000 by the Repnblican financial clerk of the Patent Office—the two together footing up #530,000, and further more, I doubt if the half has bem told. Still, the dear good Repub licans—immaculate souls that they are—have stolen nothing Irom Uncle Sam—that is, if we accept their bold assertions as facts. Piesident Cleveland shows his true Democracy and his earnest desire for llie success of the Detn ncratic candidates on (he New York S ate ticket by contributing his good wishes and five kundren do.lars to the party compaign fund; and Col. Laniout, the President’s private Secretary, also sends a lib eral contribution for the same pur pose, accompanied bv a cheering letter. The third and fourth-class post masters of the country want more pay, and will meet in convention fn this oily iu a lew weeks to urge their wishes upon the attention of Congress, with strong hopes ol securing the desired results. Yoaaf rnsii, ptsnt a Pecan grove. In a fi’w years It *lll bes tortuue *ltuo*l wltb* out labor oi expense. ITCKLNB SHERI Ff~S SALES. GEORGIA- PICKENS CUISTY. will h* told before (a* Mart kMM dovr <il mkl oust j la (batowa of Jasper oa tbe Ini Tuaadajr la Dece*b*r l*T. witb-a lb* legal hour* of sale, to lb* blfb t binder fur ••ash, the following dcsenb etl i.roporty to wit; Tb* undivided one hair lium( in *a<l to part of lot of land ' No. It* in ibe I3tb dint, and 3d **etlon of •aid i-ount)-, with conditional line* an follow*: comment-in* at tbe north went corner of anid lot of land, and tbence running aouib along the original we*t Hue of aaid lot ol ln<l to tbe public road, known aathe Hood road, to a corner near (be reaideneo af John Brock, tbenoe a •outk easterly direction along aaid read lo a rock comer made to Patterson Hood by K. A kina, tbence a north easterly di rection to a black oak tree an tbe original east line of said lot, tbence north along tbe original east line of said lot, to Ihe original north east corner of aaid lot, and thence weat along the original north line of aaid lot to tbe commencing corner, tbe said land containing one hundred and twenty ive acreo more or lesa. Said land levied on as tbe property of E. Akin*, hr virtue of and to aatiary an execution is sued from tbe Superior Court of taid county in favor of H. D. McDaniel Gov., against Martha Rider, principal, sad K. A kins surety. Tenant in possession no tified in terms of the law. fee SB.IO. Also at the time time and place and in tbe manner ateresald, will be sold for cash tbe following described property to w it: Lot of land No. 131 lying in tbe 13th dist. aud 3d section ot Pickens county, said laud levied on as tbe property of W. M. Davis aad Alfred VV. Davis by virtue of and to satisfy two fi. fas issued from Ibe Justice Court of tbe lOMtb dist G. M. of said county, in favor of John Richards against tbe aaid A. \T. Davis and \T. M. Davis. Levy made aud returned to me by We. A. McCoy L. C.. and tenant in possession no’ified in terms of tbe law. This the 28th day of Oct. 1887. JOHN E. JOHNSON, fee 35.50 Sheriff. GEORGIA— GiImer County. M.H. Spivey, administrator of Mary C. Penland, late of said county deceased, bas applied for leave to sell the following lands belonging to tbe estate of said de ceased: lots of land Nos. 290 and 291 in tbe2slb dist. amt 2d section ot said coun ty for tbe benefit of heirs and creditors. All perssns concerned will show cause, if any they can, why, at tbe November term 1887 of ibis oourl, tbe said adminis trator should not be allowed to sell as applied for. Given under my hand and official signature, th<g tbe 8J day of Octo ber 1887, J.C. ALLEN. Ordinary. GEORGI A—Gilmer County. Pursuant to an order from tbe court of Urdinary of said county, granted at tbe September term 1887 of said court. I will sell in the manner governing administra tor’s sales at the court bouse door in said count; within the legal hours ef sale on tbe first Tuesday in November 1887 the following described property to wit: one undivided half-interest in and to 40 acres muie or less of parts of Ists of land Nos. 48 aud 81 in tbe 11th district and 2d sec tion of said esuaty, the same being prop erty of tbe estate of L. H. Smith, deceas ed, it being tbe entire interest ol L. H. Smith in the estate of L. P. Smith as set foith in the terms and provisions of tbe will of the said L. P. Smith. Fifteen acres more or less of bottom land tberesn lying by the Ellijuy Tiver and near the town- Terras cash. This the 28th day of Sep tember 1887. T. W. CRAIGO, Adm’r of L. U. Smith, lateof said county deceased. GEORGlA—l’ickene County. To all whom it may con-ern: Thlrty(3o) days after this date all parties interesl ed are hereby notifiied that* tbe legal advertisements for tbe county ol Pickens in said State will be changed from the Elluaa Coukikk to the Pick ens County Herald, a paper to be pub lished at Jasper, Pickens county, Geor gia. This the 2nd day of Nov, 1887. E. Hood, Ordinary, John E. Johnson, Sheriff. S. K. JlcCutciikn, C. S. C. fee 32.85. Of Said County. State of Georgia, I Pickens County. J To all whom it may concern: John M. Bwofford has in due form filed and entered on record an appl.cation to the undersigned for permanent letters of ad ministration on Ihe estate of James ftwof ford, late of said county deceased; and this is, tlieiefore, to cite nil parties con cerned to bliow cause, if any they can, why on the first Monday in December 1887, I should not pass upon said application and grant letters ot administration to the said applicant, John M.Swofford. Given un der my band and official signature, this the 28th oay of October 1887 E. HOOD, fee $3.95. Ordinary Pickens County. IT WILL PAY YOU If you propose going West or North-West, to write to me. I represent the Short Line. Fked D. Bush, D. P. A., 114 6m. Atlanta, Ga. "'COUGHS,CROUP AMD 10N_ * “SVtf MULLEIN. The sweet rum, a* gathered from a tree of the Ke name, growing along the imall streams in Southern States, contains a stimulating ex* recurrent principle that loosens the phlegm pro nuctng the early morning cough, amT stimulates the chi Id to throw off the false membrane in croup end whooping-cough. When combined with the healing mucilaginous principle In the mullein plant of the old fields, present* in Taylor’s (iteuoKEK Remedy or Sweet Gcm and Mcl- I.ein the if nest known remedy for Coughs, Croup, aSTsSiS nptwn unit eatimatas ofUu'*tiif*ilvrU*inc. 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Sitetrito itv r yi viU Bias year ftiHty Mws ail tht latest ievelopeneat if tkis satire Section. The Courier is theyoScial organ ot Gilmer and Pickets comi ties. Political, religions and iadustrinl movements made a spe cialty. lour wife wants it, yonr children ean’t do without it, and you will be at a loos to know who your next jurymen will be, to see the grand jnry presentments, to know the latest election news, the current events of the day, and what your next neighbor is do ing, unless yea are a subscriber. Give your name andUddress to our varioas'ageals, or call on or address, WALTER &. COLEMAN, XSlllfay, da. HACK LINE! -OF O. F. CHASTAIN, MORGANTON. GEORGIA, Will run from Morganton to Miner*. Bluff, daily, to meet the trains. All persons traveling can be accommodated on his line. A ftill Livery Stable outfit will be kept for order. 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