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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO.
COUNTY NEWS.
FINE COEN,
We notice in the store of Mr. Stokely
half a dozen ears of as fine corn as we
care to look at. They are fron the farm
of Mr, Jack Edwards, of this county.
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.
In our next issue we will publish an
admirable oration, delivered by Mr. Dil
lard befoie the I. 0. G. T.’s in this vil
lage. It is a production of extraordinary
merit.
OUR TRAVELING AGENT.
Mr. 11. E. Brannanis our regularly au
thorized Traveling Agent. Postmasters
and all of our friends are requested to
solicit names, and thus assist in extend
ing our circulation.
LOBT ITS BILL.
The train, last week, ran over a flock
of geese, and deprived an ancient gander
of its bill. \Y c expect the owner will
]>r< sent hi* bill to t|ie Georgia Railroad,
and see if they will take it off.
WAGON SMASHED.
A wagon belonging to Mr. J. G. Eber
liart was carelessly left by the negro
driver on the railroad track adjoining
the depot. In switching otf some cars it
was mashed between two, and three of its
wheels entirely demolished.
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CORN SHUCKING.
Mr. Thomas Berry, living near this
place, gave on Friday night last an old
fashioned corn shucking, which was at
tended by a large crowd of suffrage
si ingers, who, by 11 o’clock, had shucked
and housed over five hundred bushels.
J. M. NORTON.
Crawford is indebted, in a great part,
to tl >ia gentlemen, our architect, for her
rapid growth. He it was who construc
ted most of the buildings in our town.
When he takes a contract, the frame of
the structure is never allowed to cool, so
rapidly does he work.
BORING WELLS.
Messrs. Brooks & Patman are. now en
gaged in boring wells in our town. This
one of the inventions of the age. They
commence on a well in the morning, and
by night have it ready for use. They
bore through either dirt or rock. Their
advertisement will shortly appear.
HARE & LATIMER.
This enterprising firm, of Lexington,
lias purchased the fine store and resi
dence of Mr. George Platt, for which
they paid the moderate sum of $5,000.
These gentlemen are enterprising and
go-ahead m. rchants, who have built up
a business that is a credit to our county
site.
CROP PROSPECTS.
We asked the opinion of ona of our
leading farmers the other day as to the
crop prospects, and what lie thought
would be the yield as compared to pre
vious years. He said that the cotton
crop would fall short at least one-fourth,
but that corn and small crops would in
crease at least a third.
WHIPPED.
A fifteenth amendment of this place,
who bears a Latin name and cuts wood
for the railroad, was very gracefully
frailed by a white gentleman not long
since, to whom he was said to be very
impotent. He did not exclaim, “ Lay
on, Macduff!” for be didn’t stop long
enough after receiving the first lick.
FINE COTTON.
We learn that Mr. T. B. Dillard, a
young gentleman attending school at this
place, has a patch of cotton that will
yield over three bales to the acre. Mr. D.
thinks it would have averaged at least
four bales had not the late unfavorable
spell of weather injured it. We under
stand that our young friend is just as
good a scholar as he is farmer. The
young ladies had better keep an eye on
Ben, for he is a rara avis in these degen
erate days.
THE CHAMPION TOWN OF GEORGIA.
This is exactly what we claim f or
Crawford. Last year she not only doub
led her number of buildings, but more
than thribled her population. The way
we account for it is—health, fine water,
splendid society, the best school in the
whole country, cheap living and thou
sands of other inducements not found
elsewhere. And the beat of all is, each
week sees nrw buildings going up, and
new comers buying lots. But we won’t
brag.
DE 'PUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
The following is a verbatim copy of a
notice written and posted by Brown, the
negro candidate for the Legislature from
this county:
Lexington Ga ept the 16 1874 ?
I hav Call a meting Publik forter let ala
men no his duty but tell ale men to cum tar
couart hourse at lexington on this oujunin?
Saturday but gentmeln Beau to pajd -ypftr
taxes before.
cume it i will tell you all ’the pertikuler of
the eecutire committey of U arrangement
come one come all. * this coming Saturday
at Lexington -
y° u - Terry Respectifuly *A, L, Brown,
TO SUBSCRIBERS.
As will be seen by reference to our
terms, subscription must be paid in ad
vance, or delinquents will have to pay
twenty-five cents per quarter additional
so long as payment is postponed. But
owing to the fact that but little cotton
has as yet been sold, we propose to give
our patrons until the first of December
next, when, if payment is not made, our
rule will be enforced in every instance.
We do not desire any subscriber who can
not pay for his paper in advance. We
are determined to run a first-class news
paper, and to do so successfully will
have to demand the cash. We com
mence The Echo unincumbered by
debt, every dollar on the purchase of the
paper having been paid, and so subscri
bers need have no fear that our contracts
will not be carried out. The support
already received assures the succsssful
publication of our paper.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Joseph H. Lumpkin, formerly
Oglethorpe correspendent of the Wash
ington Gazette, has moved to Atlanta,
and there embarked in business. Mr.
L. is one of Oglethorpe’s most promising
young men. We wish him success in
what ere he may embark.
Our handsome young friend, W. A.
Weatherly, of Athens, paid us a flying
call last Tuesday. He was on his return
from New York, where he purchased a
large stock of goods at very low figures,
which he will advertise in The Echo as
soon as opened. His firm desires the
patronage of our people, and knows the
best way to secure it is to advertise in
their county paper.
A CARD.
To the Citizen* of Crawford:
I learn that a pair of men, calling
themselves “ rope-walkers,” have been
trying to impose upon the people of your
town and saying that I have a lot of rot
ten rope, which I wanted them to use,
and other misrepresentations. My rope
was not too rotten for them to borrow to
practice on, and then try to steal. I
warn all persona to beware of them,
where ever they may go.
A. Halwick.
R. T. BRUMBY.
We take great pleasure in calling the
attention of our readers to the various
advertisements of this gentlemen, who is
one of t’ e first druggists in the State.
He has one of the purest and finest stock
of drugs in this section, many of his own
manufacture, which he sells at prices not
to be outdone in Atlanta, Augusta, or
elsewhere. His cologne and tooth pow
ders are superb. Read his advertise
ment, and if you want any article in his
line, be sure and give him a trial.
RELIGIOUS REVIVAL.
We learn from the Rev. J. G. Gibson
that a very happy revival has recently
closed at Mill Stone Church, in this
county, during which sixty new members
united themselves with the church. We
are glad to hear of such an outpouring of
the Spirit, and hope that the good work
will not cease until every man, woman,
and child in old Oglethorpe will be
humble followers of the Lamb of God.
LOOK OUT!
R. P. Tucker & Bro., the champion
wagon makers of Georgia, are deter
mined not to “ hide their light under a
bushel,” but to let the world know where
they can buy carriages, buggies, and
wagons at prices that would astonish
even grangers. Read their advertise
ment and give them a call.
DR. MOORE.
This gentleman, from Murray county,
has been visiting his friends in our town
recently. The Doctor is quite an emi
nent physician, and our citizens are very
anxious that he should settle in Craw
ford, but we have not as yet learned
whether he will do so or not.
Sambo Voting.
During the election Wednesday, all
manner of ridiculous mistakes were made
by the negro voters. Three attempted to
vote on the strength of guano receipts,
and one actually voted his tax receipt
instead of election ticket. An old dar
key said he “ liked Moss Dave mighty
much, but he couldn’t stand his flat
form.” Brethen let us pray.
Candidates who contemplate running
for county offices should announce their
names in time, so as to bring them prom
inently before the people. We will in
sert announcements from now until elec
tion day for $5 each, where paid in ad
vance. _
Mr. S. Martin, of Greene county, has
• cotton stalk measuring 8$ feet high,
and which has borne 182 matured bolls.
Hew is this for a section not in the eot
toahelL
It costs S2O In Virginia to kill a mock
ing-bird or rob a nest of its young, the
fine going to the school {feud. An admi
rable law, and we would tike + o sfe jt jn
force in Oglethorpe.
NEW FIRMS.
Messrs. Witcher & Jarrell will open a
fine stock of general merchandise in their
new store, now being erected, about the
first of December next. Both of these
gentlemen are too well known to our cit
izens for reliable business men for us to
recommend them. Mr. Jarrell is a thor
ough business man, and a clever, affable
gentleman, whom every one likes. As
to our young friend, Tom Witcher, he
could not do a mean action if he would
try. Every one knows him, and if he
as an enemy we are not aware of it. Being
of one of the staunch and reliable fami
lies of Oglethorpe, and educated to busi
ness under such a man as Mr. S. H.
Stokely, he is bound to succeed.
Mr. R. H. Vickers, of Wilkes couuty,
will shortly open business in the store
formerly occupied by J. J. C. McMahan.
He will manufacture and sell all kinds
of tinware, and keep a general assort
ment of furniture, coffins, paints, oils,
crockery, glassware, toys, etc. Mr. V. is
a stranger to us, but he is a very pleas
ant young gentlemen, and we. doubt not
will do a good business. If he only
makes as good a merchant as his counte
nance says he should, he is bound to suc
ceed.
HOW TO ACT THE FOOL.
The Page Courier gets off the follow
ing remarks. Read them carefullv, and '
take notice whether or not you hear a
rock fling about your head:
“No matter in what town or city you
live, when you want to buy boots, dress
goods, a piano, a sewing machine for
your wife, be sure and buy them from
an itenerant trader, or send off for them
instead of buying them at the same or
less rates from your local dealers, thus
keeping a townsman from enjoying the
legitimate profits npon tho same, and
giving it to enrich a rival section while
you impoverish your own. Send off for
everything you need; don’t encourage
home mechanics; cry down all kinds of
public improvements; talk politics all
day long, to the neglect of your business,
as if the fate of the country depended
upon you; never read the papers or ad
vertise your business, and send your job
printing to a neighboring city; if you
are a farmer, eschew all improvements
and farm on your grandfather’s plan.
Thus you can act the fool admirably.”
NEW STOKES.
Mr. R. S. Martin will soon have com
pleted a mammoth storehouse, just
above his present stand. When fin
ished, _he will stock it with one of the
finest lots of new goods ever brought to
Oglethorpe, and no doubt give notice to
our readers through the columns of The
Echo. He is too enterprising a mer
chant not to appreciate the value of
printers’ ink.
Messrs. Witcher & Jarrell are building
near McMahan & Stokely’s, of which
mention is make elsewhere.
Mr. Poyner contemplates erecting, at
an early day, a large double store near
the hotel.
Several other business houses are in
contemplation, but they are not as yet
settled facts.
WHERE WE PUBLISH.
By the vote of a majority of our sub
scribers, The Echo will be published at
Crawford. While we feel a natural
pride in the town of our residence, we at
the same time do not intend to forget
or neglect Lexington. We pledge her
citizens to use the same efforts for her
advancement as that of Crawford, and
devote the same energy to obtain its*'
local news. The citizens of Lexington
have always been noted for their hospi
tality and refinement, and we feel too
nearly identified with them not to rejoice
at the good fortune of this fine old town.
So we gladly extend to her citizens the
right hand of fellowship, and say to them
that the columns of The Echo are al
ways at their disposal, to battle for their
rights, and to advance their interests.
* COLORED SCHOOL.
The colored school near Crawford gave
an exhibition a few nights since, which
was attended by many of the white gen
tlemen of the town, by way of pastime.
The scholars acquitted themselves barely
passable in their dialogues and speeches,
but when it came to reciting such diffi
cult pieces as “Poe’s Raven,” “I am
Dieing Egypt,” “The Arab and His
Horse,” and the like, committed deliber
ate murder. The singing was really
good. If the colored population would
devote more of their attention to educa
tion, and less to politics, both they and
the country would be better off.
GIYE THEM TIKE.
The hobbledehoy* of Crawford, to-'
gether with moore of larger growth, have
organized a debating club. They meet
every week, and decide, at the rate of
three per night, questions that have agi
tated the minds of the greatest men of
the world for centuries past. The young
ladie* are very anxious to attend and lis
ten to the words of wisdom as they flow
from the lips of these young orators, but
we say to the fair ones, give the boys
time to practice, and vie feel assured,
from the material of which this club is
composed, that visitors will be well re
paid for their walk.
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Subscribe for The Echo and be happy.
THE GRANGE MEETING.
A Happy Occasion—Address by General
Colquitt—A Fine Dinner, Etc.
The dinner given by the Patrons of
Husbandry at Mount Pleasant, in this
couAty, was one of the happiest occa
sion of the season. A large and respec
table audience were present, composed of
grangers and their wives and families, ■
with many invited guests. A stand had !
been erected in the grove in front of the i
church for the occasion.
The meeting opened with prayer by
Rev. Joseph H. Echols, after which
Mr. J. J. Green arose and explained
the object of the meeting, and introduced
the Hon. A. H. Colquitt, by saying that
his name was a sufficient guarantee to !
the people of Oglethorpe for a patient
hearing.
General Colquitt then addressed the
audience in a lengthy appeal to the Pat
rons of Husbandry, fully explaining the
condition of the country and the object
of the grange movement, in a plain and
effective manner. He afterwards took
up tlfe question of direct trade, and in j
his usually able manner, convinced all
present, both merchant and planter, of
the benefits to be derived therefrom.
At thq conclusion of the addrqss din
ner was announced, and of well
filled. baskets appeared in the:hands of
the lovely ladies present, who, .with the
assistance of the gentlemen, soon spread
upon, the benches a bountiful and, de r
lightful dinner, and extended a cordial
invitation to all present to partake. The
agent of The Echo says he indulged in
sweetmeats to such an extent that he was
dreaming all night of being an old field,
which myriads of grangers were, endeav
oring to “ break up” with vqry long
tongued rooters. And afterwards trans
formed into a night-mare, and worked
all night to a sulky-plow.
Everything passed off as pleasantly
as could have been desired, and the
assembly left for their different homes,
every one expressing themselves as de
lighted with the speech, the dinner, and
the occasion.
REMOVAL.
By reference to our advertising col
umns, it will be seen that Messrs. Mc-
Mahan & Stokely have moved into the
store formerly occupied by R. S. Martin
& Cos.„ their former establishment' being
too small for the mammoth stock of new
goods just selected in market by “ Crit ”
in person. In his store will be found
something to suit the taste and fancy of
every The ladies will find lovely
worsteds, calicoes, ribbons, laces, and
numerous otheT little nick-nacks that
they know so well to arrange to advan
tage in the adornment of their face and
form. Gentlemen can be fitted to as fine
a a suit of clothes as they could desire,
cheaper than can be bought elsewhere,
handsome cassimeres, hats of every
shape, quality, or color, neckties, plain
and fancy, fine boots or shoes, or any
thing else they require. The farmer cau
buy his'corn, bacon, sugar, coffee, molas
ses, bagging, ties, and other plantation
supplies at extremely low prices. And
the best of all is, when you buy of Mc-
Mahan & Stokely you may count on get
ting just what you buy. They are relia
ble in every sense of the word.
A GOOD MOVE.
We are glad to learn that a movement
is on foot to organize a military compa
ny.at this place, and that many names
haye already enrolled. This is just
what should be done in every district in
this and other counties—let our citizens
meet, organize, arm, and drill, and thus
be prepared for any emergency. We
hope that our country will never be sub
jected to another war, but from the pres
ent appearance of the political horizon,
we very much fear that the next Con
gress will heap such indignities upon
us that “ forbearance will cease to be a
virtue,” and we will be driven to arms to
defend our rights and protect the honor
of our families. So it behooves every
man capable of bearing arms to join
some military organization, and thus
“ prepare for war in time of peace.”
WRITE FOR US.
We are determined to publish a local
paper, and to do so successfully,"we call
upon bur friends, all over the .county, to
keep us posted as to everything, taking
place' in their; respective neighborhoods.
Write uS' each week of the marriages;-
deaths; roads, improvements, schools,
crimes, magistrate trials* church, school,
and crop news. In fact; there are daily
ocfturing e.vents in the county, that
would help render our paper interesting.
You need not trouble to write it ujh—
only give us the points, and we will fix
that. - - - ; ~
Notice of Stokes’ Great Sore and Pain Medi
cine, of his Own Discovery, and Manufac
tured byfitokes A Lyle, Social Circle, Ga.
I have cured, and will try to cure again, all
• kinds of Seees, of long or fresh standing, Piles,
or Pains of any kind, with my SALVE LIN
IMENT AND- TONIC. For Five Dollars, in
advance, I send a package which, if it fails to
give satisfaction, I will .redeem, and return'
the money: Provided, you follow the direc
tions. As. I *tlon’t furnish brains, I want bo
physician to supply them for me. Lam no
practical physician, but the boss iff ray dis
eoverv, which has cured when physicians have
failed from New York to the Gulf. oct9-4
THE DEMOCRATS.
Meeting in the Court House—Able Ad
dresses—Resolutions Denouncing the
Civil Rights Bill.
Lexington, Ga., Sept. 28, 1874.
Pursuant to call by the President, the
Democratic party of Oglethorpe county
assembled at the Court House, Hon. G.
F. Platt presiding.
The President then stated the object
of the meeting to be the more thorough
organization of the party, and to devise
a plan of action to be pursued in the
elect ion, to be held on the 7th of October
next, and announced the meeting ready
for the transaction of business.
By order of the President, the Secre
tary then read the names of the Execu
tive Committee of the county at large,
and of the Executive Committee of each
militia district.
It was then moved and carried that a
committee of one from each militia
district be appointed by the President,
to retire and prepare business for the
meeting.
Pending the appointment of the above
committee, Col. J. D. Mathews was
called for and addressed the party in a
feeling and eloquent speech, of about an
hours’length, upon the political situa
tion.
At the Conclusion of the above speech,
it was moved and carried that the Exec
utive Committee of the county, and of
each militia district, compose the com
mittee and suggest .business : for the
meeting, and that they retire and be em
powered to invite any number of the
party to a participation in their pro
ceedings. -
The committee then invited all mem
bers of the party to attend their
meeting, and retired to their rooms.
After an absence of some two or three
hours, the committee returned, but from
prudential reasons made no formal re
port.
It was then moved and unanimously
carried that we instruct our representa
tives in the next Legislature to vote for
the call of a Constitutional Convention.
In response to frequent calls, Capt.
Pope Barrow then addressed the meeting
in a forcible and stirring appeal of about
half an hours’ length, upon the termina
tion of which he offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, in mir judgment, the Civil
Rights bill, now pending before Congress, if it
should become a law and be carried into ef
fect, would destroy some of the best institu
tions of our State, paralize our industry, and
blight our growing prosperity, and would, in
all human probability, in the end, plunge the
South into the horrors of a war of races, and
and being convinced that its enforcement by
arms would eventuate in the hopeless degra
dation of the white race, without any corres
ponding benefit to any other; Therefore, be
it
Resolved, That being firm believers in the
moral, intellectual, and physical superiority
of the white race over all others, we, as white
men and freemen, will never yield our assent
to the doctrine which tends to the degrada
tion of ourselves and our children to the level
of an inferior race.
Resolved 2d, . That we appeal to the white
men of the North to put themselves in our
place, to pause and consider before they put
upon us this atrocious measure, the
wretched fate that must certainly befall the
weaker race in our midst as well as the un
told sufferings of the white men and white
women of the South.
Resolved 3d, Thar in onr judgement, the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
and of this State, as they now stand, furnish
equal protection to the rights, of every de
scription, of all the citizens; thereof, and ac
quiescing in the present status, we willingly
accord to all, \vi tbont regard to race or color,
i the same impartial participation in the bene
fits flowing therefrom that we claim for our
. selves.
It was then moved and carried that
the proceedings of this meeting be pub
lished in The Ogxkfhokpb. Echo,
the Augusta Ch/nmiete &Hewtfinel y and
the Augusta Co**siiMhmal*i„
The meeting then adjourned, subject
to the call of the President,
G. F. Platt, President.
J. T. Olive, Secretary.
CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
Among the many advantages enjoyed
by our citizens* none surpass the above
named first-class institute of teaming,
presided over by-Mr.'J. F. Cheney, who
ranks among Xhe leading educators of
•the State... H-eis assisted - by Miss Alice
Edwards, Risj.'iboaaer pupil, who com
bines eleg&ncfe of manner, grace, and re
finement .with: a weil-stbred mind.. Mr.
G. s govegfis his pupils almost entirely by
rkindneSs, and the rod is rarely resorted,
to, Heis loved and respected by them
all, and a look from him will go further
toward ; subduing a rebellious urchin
than a- severe chastisement from most
teachers. Aside-from the high standing
of this school And its tewrhefs, &rfr lowa
itself presents advantages not found in
other piacesMbesides health, refinement,
and good., society, Crawford is strictly a
moral village, for out of all our young
men, not one is addicted to the use of
intoxicating liquors, given tu profan
ity, or any -immorality whatever. Part
ents and guardians could not find a bet
ter or cheaper place to send tho fhitflrrn
or .wards to receive a thorough educa
tion here; ' - ■ . -
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Advertisements labor while the adver
tiser sleeps.
OUI ATHENE DEPARTMENT.
Improvements.
Athens is rapidly improving. Wo
took a stroll over the city a few days
since, and found handsome new buildings
going up on every hand.
Work on the new college building is
being pushed forward with great rapid
ity, and we hope soon to chronicle the
completion of this edifice, which will be
an honor to the University, Athens, and
the State.
The row of brick store* on Thomas
street, being erected by Messrs. Newton
and Lester, w ill soon bo ready for occu
pation. They are in a good location,
but their style of architecture is chat in
vogue 11,000 years before the flood.
Dr. Harris is erecting in Cobbham a
very handsome residence, on the Swiss
style of architecture.
Mr. F. Phinizy has just completed,
opposite the Lucy Cobb Institute, a cot
tage, on a similar plan, which presents a
very handsome appearance.
Mr. Prince Hodgson is building a neat
and tasty little cottage near the residence
of Mr. J. Pipe Talmadge.
Mr. J. C. Hardie is building a well
arranged, slantindicular dwelling, on the
Hardie style or architecture, on the bln ft’
near the Northeastern Railroa 1 Depot.
The Veronee Hotel still stands near,
looking, in its unfinished condition, like
the skeleton of some mammoth mon
strosity.
We note many smaller houses spring
ing up on even r side. Athens is cer
tainly “on the improve,” and rapidly
too.
Too Good to be Lost.
Scarcely a man exists in Athens who
has not, some time or other, received a
share of Jim Saye’s dry wit, for lie spares
no one. The best thing, however, he
ever “ got off” was the manner In which
he served a Yankee officer shortly after
the war. The officer (a Major) dashed
up to Cohen’s store, dismounted, and
throwing his reins to Jim, who was seat
ed on the sidewalk, demanded, in a very
authoritative manner:
“ Watch my horse, sir!”
“ Y-v-v-ery w-e-e-U, s-i-r,” meekly re
plied Jim, who did not deign to touch
the reins.
Yank strutted into the store, a id the
horse, seeing himself at liberty, began
to slowly walk away. Before lie had
reached Bishop’s store, however, he
dashed around the corner at full 6peed.
The Yankee having finished his purcha
ses, came out just in time to see the rear
end of his steed disappear. In great ex
citement, he asked of Saye, who sat inno
cently gazing up the street:
“ I thought I told you to watch my
horse, sir!”
“ I d-d-i-i-d w-w-wa-a-t-c-h h-h-i-m,”
said Jim, “ t-i-I-1 h-e-e g-o-t a-r-o-u-n-d
t-h-e c-o-r-n-e-r, a-n-d I c-o-u-l-d-n-’t
s-e-e t-o w-a-t-c-h h-i-m n-o f-u-r-t-h-er.” 1
’Tis useless to add that Jim Saye was
never asked to watch, that Yankee’s steed
again.
First Bale of Cotton.
Below we give a statement of the first
bale of new cotton received in Athens
since 1866, and bought by one firm,
! Center & Reaves. It will be found very
interesting, as it is a fair criterion for
t all of Northeast Georgia, We are in
debted for its compilation to Mr. Wm.
OTFarrell, their handsome and gentle
manly book-keeper.
1866, Sept. 12—weight, 555 !t>s—price, 35c—
sold by Col. John Billups, Clark county.
1867, Sept. 16 —weight, 504 lbs—price, 20<5—
* sold by Col. 11. C. Billups, Clark county.
' 1868, Sept. 9—weight, 462 lbs—price, 30c—
sold by R. T. Durham, Clark County.
1869, Aug. 28—weight, 447 lbs—price, 31c —
I sold by John Giles, Clark, county,
| 1870, Aug. 29 —weight, 435 lbs—price, 20c—
sold by John B. Patman, Clark county.
1871, Aug. 22—weight, 418 tbs—price, 22c—-
sold by Col. John Billups, Clark county.
1872, Aug. 24—weight, 443 lbs;—price, 21 Jc
sold by Robert R. Murray, Clark county.
1873, Aug. 28 —weight, 438 lbs —price, 20c- —
sold by Samuel F. Wood, Oglethorpe county.
1874, Sept. 12—weight, 455 lbs—price, 18c
i sold by T. P. Downer, Oglethorpe county.
Stars SMne Forth at Midday.
The citizens o-f Athens were somewhat
1 startled last week at observing the stars
shine forth, with aR their brilliancy, in;
'broad daylight. Bright meteors were
! seen shooting across the sky* and to look
'at the heavens one would suppose it
night. Can any of our learned savans
explain this phenomenon ?
<P.& —We will add that our informant
£& a Good Templar.
A Good due.
’ One of Athens" eigsir manufacturers,
whose name We suppress m consideration
of a box of Phi-iTappa’k, recently visited
ETberton and insisted on putting up at
i -“‘Sander*’ hotel,” which is the pet name
1 for the jail. v This is no joke, if vn did
* Team it from -a fester.
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A Snake in m Mefim.
k About a month since* Mr. A_ &, Dor
sey purchased a few late watermelons,
and on cutting one open, found snap 'y
coiled up therein a young moccasin, i ear
nine inches long. His snakeship wj s
kiMed* guil tho^melon left untouched.
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Keep Us Posted.
We ask ir Athens friends to ke< pui
informed as to the local news of their
' city. We intend to publish a live paper.