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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY NORNDG, 13 Y T. L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. V,’ v .;.re pai 1 strictly in advance <£* OO Where paynent delayed 6 months 2 50 Where payn out delayed 12 months... 3 00 CLUB RATES. Club of 5 or less than 10, per copy 1 75 Club of 10 or more, per copy 1 50 Clubs must be accompanied by the cash, or papers will be charged for at regular rates.* No attention will be paid to subscrip tions from other counties unless accompanied by the money, with 20c. per annum additional to pay postage, as the law requires that after January next postage must be prepaid by the publisher, except to subscribers in the county where the journal is published, in which in stance no postage is charged. P*- the above terms will not BE DEVIATED FROM IN ANY CASE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Per Square (1 inch) first insertion $1 OO Per Square each subsequent insertion.. 75 Liberal contracts made with regular adver tisers, and for a longer period than 3 months. Local notices, 20c. per line first insertion, 15c. per line each subsequent insertion. ANNOUNCEMENTS. £Sr-Announcements inserted in this column at $3.50, where paid in advancc.-f&b For Tax Receiver. 1 lie friends of G. L. Youxg an nounce his name as a candidate for Tax Receiver, subject to Democratic nom ination, on the third Friday in Novem ber next. Many Voters. 001 XTY NEWS. TO SUBSCRIBERS. As will lie 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 <>ur patrons until the first of December next, when, if payment is not made, our rules will be enforced in every instance. M e 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 \> demand the cash. AVe com mence \’riE Echo unincumbered by debt, evei \ dollar on the purchase of the paper Inc. big been paid, and so subscri bers need have no fear that our contracts will not lie carried out. The support already received assures the succsssfal publication of our paper. Advertisement. A man who don’t live more than 100 miles from here is tired of plowing, and too lazy to do anything else, wants to make some money by weaning mule colts. He says the plan is very simple —just keep the colt from its mother half a day, then let the colt come, and when it goes to suck “Egg-bag Beauty” will just stick lus head down on the other side, when the colt will see him, which will scare it so that it will never attempt to suck again. Price, $1 if brought to him ; if not, $1 and a meal’s victuals. No cure no pay. Egg-Rag Beauty. Notice of Stores’ Great Sore and Fain Medi cine, of his Own Discovery, and Manufac tured by Stokes & Lyle, Social Circle, Ga. I have cured, and will try to cure again, all kinds of Soros, of long or fresh standing, Piles, or Pains of any kind, with my SALVE LIN IM ENT 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, yott follow the direc tions. As I don’t furnish brains, I want no physician to supply theta for me. lam no practical physician, bat the boss of my dis covery, which has cured when physicians have foiled from New A’ork to the Gulf. oct9-4 WRITE FOR US. AVe are determined to publish a local paper, and to do so successfully, we call upon our frieads, all over the county, to keep us posted as to everything taking place in their respective neighborhoods. AY rite us each week of the marriages, deaths, roads, improvements, schools, crimes, magistrate trials* church, school, and crop news. In fact, there are daily occuring events in the county that would help render our paper interesting. You need not trouble to write it up— only give us the points, and we will fix that, OUR TRAVELING AGENT. Mr. R. E. Brannanis our regularly au thorized Traveling Agent. Postmasters and all of our friends are requested to solicit names, and ths assist in exteud ng our circulation. Twenty-four dollars purchased the whole city aud county of New York in 1025. SMALL ITEMS. AVeather getting rather winterish. Subscribers are rapidly coming in. First frost of the season on Monday night last. The fleecy staple is rapidly coming into market. Crawford is the highest point on the Georgia Railroad. Partridges are plentiful in the old fields around Crawford. He who by his biz would rise, must either bust or advertise. Crawford has more pretty girls than any other town in Georgia. Prayer meeting is held in the Baptist church every Sabbath night. R. P. Tucker & Bro. are trying to give away some splendid wagons. R. S. Martin & Cos. are anxious for those indebted to them to “fork over.” A settled fact—That Jasper Hopkins hanged a suck-egg hound on a telegraph pole. One of the belles of AVashington has been visiting her friends in Crawford this week. A matter of surprise—How McMahan & Stokelv can sell goods as low as they do and not'fail. The weather during the past week was unsurpassed for maturing and gathering the cotton crop. If someone would haul a few cords of good oak wood to Crawford they could sell it like hot cakes. AVe disposed of 300 extra copies of the last issue of the Echo, and they did not near supply the demand. The cotton crop is turning out badly. It is now thought that only two-thirds of a crop will be gathered. The old gallery, near the hotel, is be ing demolished, to make room for a sub stantial row of new r stores. Mr. 11. J. Pace was taken suddenly ill last AVcdnesday. AVe hope his sickness will prove of short duration. The cheapest, safest, and most conven ient mode of sending small sums of mon ey is by post office money order. Country wagons are now coming in rapidly. One would be surprised at the amount of business done in our town. AVhcn six young ladies sit down to talk about anew dress-pattern, a small boy with a tin horn is a refuge for the weary. AVhen an iron vessel, stove, or stove pipe is cracked, the opening may be stopped with a cement made of ashes, salt and water. Tin chestnut crop this year is remark abb ood. The woods around Crawford ai\ all of them, and the children and squirrels supremely happy„ The colored population congregate at their church near here every night, and cavort around until the “wee sma’ hours aya**- the twal.” This is too much of a good thing. A fine pet hog, weighing some 200 pounds, belonging to Air. Norton, of this village, has come up missing. AVe doubt not but some suffrage-slinger has “ taken him in out of the wet.” Another corn-shucking took place at the farm of Mr. J. J. Dillard on AVed nesday night last. One of the bhovs, who was on hand,says “everything went lovely and the goose hung high.” This is the season for a nice cold in the head. Some of our readers may be grateful to know that frequent teaspoons ful of lemon juiee and sugar will posi tively relieve the afflicted headquarter. Now is the time for candidates to an nounce their names. AVe charge only $3.50 to publish them until the day of nominating, the third Friday in Novem ber next. Maimed Confederate soldiers half price. A heavy freight train passed Crawford on Tuesday. AVe surmise that the mer chants of Athens must be receiving new goods. AA’hy don’t they let the people of Oglethorpe hear where to find them, as they are anxious to purchase ? It is not high crimes, such a robbery and murder, which destroy the peace of society. The village gossip, family quar rels, jealousies and bickerings between neighbors, meddlesomeness and tattling, are the worms which eat iuto all social happiness. Mrs. Bogle, of this place, is prepared to accommodate the ladies of our county with the lafce*at styles of millinery. She is a lady of excellent taste, and ladies desiring to be fitted to the latest styles of dresses, and “ a perfect love of a bonnet,” should give her a call by all means. AA r e return our heartfelt thanks to those subscribers who so promptly paid their subscription, and hope the good work will go on. If it is not convenient to call at our office, leave the money with Air, J. J. C. McMahan, who is authori zed and prepared to receipt* for same. One of our young bachelors says it is awfully annoying to have some other fellow’s clothes left in one’s room by the washerwoman. Sunday morning he put HV another fellow’s shirt, but couldn’t wear it. Although it was ruffled around the bottom, the sleeves were too short to put cuffs on, and there was no place for a collar. FINE POTATOES. A\ r e were shown this week by Air. H. J. Pace three yam potatoes, the net weight of which are over eleven pounds. The potato crop this year is remarkably fine, the roots being both large aud numerous. They now- sell in market at only fifty cents per bushel. HIGHLY IMPORTANT. AVe learn that a Justice of the Peace of this county decided, a short time since, that where a party rented land from an other for a part of the crop, the owner of the land had the right to appropriate a part of the products of said land before harvesting, as the landlord is part owner in the growing crop. A SUPERB PAPER. AVe are in receipt of the Savannah Ad vertiser, one of the best dailies in the State. It is ably edited, handsomely printed, and only $7 per annum for the daily. If any one desires a first-class daily or weekly from the seaboard, wre cheerfully recommend this excellent paper. GORED BY A BULL. One of the numerous bright little boys of Air. Royal Stokelv, feeling his Span ish blood begin to rise, sallied forth and attacked a bull yearling, near his home. The bull, as well as young Stokelv, had his “ dander up,” and was anxious for the fray. At the first round the bull overturned his opponent, and so came out victor. No damage save a skinned cheek for the young belligerent. ♦♦♦ MARRIED, On the morning of the 15th inst., at the residence of the late AVm. J. Park, by Rev. AVm. A. Florence, Air. J. AV, Bacon, of Lexington, Ga., and Airs.. Car rie Thompson, of Oxford, Ga. If the wishes of numerous friends could be realized by the happy pair just united, their future would be many years of uninterrupted happiness, ending at last with a rich reward for their many kind deeds while on earth. L. CHILD BITTEN BY A DOG. A little child of Air. Benj. Paul, of this county, one day last week, went into a neighbor’s yard for the purpose of get ting a bucket of water, when the little fellow was attacked by a ferocious yard dog and severely bitten. Dr. Adihold was called it, and his wounds dressed. AVe learn that this dog has frequently bitten children, who chanced to enter the yard. If we were the father of that child we would speedily send his dogship to the happy land of canine. THE ECHO. This issse of the Echo, owing to the numerous trials and tribulations incident the publication of anew paper, will be found lacking that interest and amount of reading matter we desire or intend it shall contain in the future. AVe have not as yet succeeded in securing a full exchange list, and our force Ts short. So we ask that our readers will bear with us a few issues, until we succeed in get ting under good headway, when we guar antee to publish a paper that will please all. NEW HOTEL. AVe learn that a movement is on foot to erect a large hotel at this place, near the Echo office. Such a building is sad ly needed here. The present hotel, kept in good style by a most estimable family, is entirely too small. Only this week a gentleman was desirous of engaging in business here, but had to abandon the idea, owing to his inability to secure board for himself and family. Mr. Nor ton, our architect, proposes to erect a suitable building if someone will lease it for five years. This is certainly a rafe chance to embark in a sure and profita ble business. THE SENIORS. This excellent debating society, com posed of our young men, meet every other Saturday night and discuss some interesting subject. These debates are always attended by the ladies, which adds double interest to the occasion. The points are generally well taken, and dis cussed in a manner that would do credit to more experienced heads. The Presi dent, our popular and handsome young townsman, Alartin Johnson, decides all questions in accordance with the “ law and the testimony.” His decisions never fail to give entire satisfaction. He pre sides with the ease and grace of a Pal merston. This society is undoubtedly a success. STEALING A RIDE. Some time since an old hen, with four chickens, w r ent to roost on the couplings of a freight car at Athens. After night the car was coupled to the train and carried to Union Point without disturb ing the brood. On the return trip they still remained in statue quo until their arrival at Crawford, >vhen one of the chicks flew off; another stopped at AVin terville to take its morning drink, but the bar being some distance, w r as left. The old hen and two chickens reached Athens safely. The last we heard was that McAlpin wras hunting up the owner, so as to collect fare. Taken altogether, it was a most fowl affair. The cotton crop of 1873-4 amounted to 4,170,488 bales. ALL FOR LOVE. Story of Young Men who Would A-Wooing Go. WORSE THAN SNIPE-HUNTING. A couple of the young bloods of Craw ford visited Lexington one night this week, for the purpose of calling on one of the fair daughters of that classic little village. One was a stranger, bearing a Nimrodic name, and the other a resident of Crawford, by business a changer of the hues of buildings. They reached Lexington after nightfall, having accom plished their jonrnev on “ fooLbaek,” and instantly repaired to the house of the fair one, to wham the stranger, who wc shall designate as Aigh, was intro duced by his companion, who shall be here known as Bee. Mr. Aigh, being a young man of very captivating manners, soon so far outstripped Bee in the good graces of the fair one, that the introdu cer began to rue the step he had taken in presenting so insinuating a gen tleman to her whom held his heart strings as a boy would the cord to a kite —to be elevated above the clouds or dragged to the earth, at the pleasure and will of the holder—and began to re volve in his mind various schemes to get his dangerous rival from the field. At last, thanks to a naturally stregetic mind, or the God of Love, who took pity upon his disconsolate situation, a bright idea en tered his cranium, which had been able to contain nothing save the image of his adored one for months past. He plead indisposition, and insisted upon his for mer friend (now rival) accompanying him, as he felt “ kinder bad all over,” and didn’t feel able to sit up longer. Aigh, being of a naturally sympathetic temperament, readily consented to quit instanter the delightful realms he had just discovered, and accompany his friend. The young lady so far relented as to contribute a vial of camphor to bathe his fevered brow, and the old lady gave a bundle containing a bunch of boneset and six pods of red pepper, to make the u poor gentleman” some tea. After they had quitted the house, Aigh was conducted around for some time by Bee, who began to recover very rapidly, and at last left, “ for two seconds,” in a strange street. Bee, feeling himself once more clear of his dreaded rival, made rapid strides back to the house he had quitted but a short time previous, with a clear field ahead. Aigh patiently waited two seconds, which slowly grew into two hours, and then into four. At last, seeing no sign of his friend, he began to retrace his steps, and reached Crawford just as the king of day began to illumine the eastern horison. He quietly crawled into bed, without offering up his usual prayer, and was soon wafted to dreamland. He arose next morning at 9:45, and after borrowing and loading nine double barreled shot guns, andstrapping around his waist sixteen seven shooters and three old sabers, filled his pockets with rocks, and started in pursuit of his tor menter. -——— FASHION DOTS. Jet trimmings hold on. Ladies inclined to embonpoint should wear tightly gored skirts. All cashmere overdresses must match exactly with their silk underskirts. Etiquette requires bridal gifts to be sent a few days ahead of the event. A white silk can be turned and reno vated in fifty different ways. The - simplest dress a young lady can get is a w'hite tarlatan. The most stylish hats for young ladies are “ Rubens” felt, turned up with a sil ver buckle, bound with velvet of the same shade, the crown swept with a rong ostrich plume which touches the shoulder. +*+ THE LADIES. Nothing is more cheering to the dull and monotonous life of the editor than visits from the ladies. Their presence is always a bright oasis in the dark and sterile -waste of his existence. AVe al ways feel better after our sanctum has been honored aud brightened by the presence of the fair ones, and renew' our task after their departure with redoubled energy. AVe are always happy to see them in our office, and will take great pleasure in showing them the various stages of newspaper making. GOOD SAWING. The Oglethorpe steam saw mill cut last 1 week, in 1 hour and 48 minutes, 2,005 : feet of lumber. L. Reynold, sawyer; AVillie Glenn, head block turner ; Thos. Cook, colored, fireman; Jordan Smith, lumber bearer. Beat it if you can. J. L. AVilhite, Supt. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. • - Rev. C. A. Conway, a Methodist min- j ister, will preach in the Baptist Church at Crawford on this (Friday) evening.! Services commence at 7 o’clock. IT’S TIME. The depot at this place is being replas tered on the inside. This is a good move, for the sketches and writing on the walls were not calculated to interest either an artist or an orator. A YOUTHFUL NIMROD. Little Harvey Jennings, of Lexington, \ only seven years old, recently shot and killed a squirrel. Harve says he is prac ticing for the next war, when he expects to do good service, with blue coats for targets instead of grey. THANKS. M e return our thanks to the Secretary of the “ Old Wilkes County Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Association ” for an invita : tion to attend their fourth annual fair, to be held at Washington on the 27th, 28tli, 29th, and 30th of this month. Take Heed. —All persons who have watches, clocks, jewelry, etc., at W. T. Hancock’s shop, had better come soon and pay for their property, for I am needing the money. octl6-tf W. T. Hancock. MR. J, J. C. McMAHAN. This gentleman is authorised to collect and receipt few subscriptions or other moneys due this office. Any contract made by him will be recognized and car i ried out by ns. Subscribers can leave money with any of er merchants for us. NOTICE. All persons who have joined the mili tary company now being formed in this county, are requested to assemble in Crawford to-morrow (Saturday) evening, at 2 o’clock, for the purpose of organizing and electing officers. Any one wishing to join can so do by handing in his name. octl6-lt 11. E. Brannon. W. T. HANCOCK. We invite special attention to the card of this gentleman, whieh speaks for itself. Mr. H. came to our village about a year since an entire stranger, and by his gen tlemanly bearing, courteous manner, and general worth, made a warm friend of every acquaintance. We take great pleasure in recommending him and his business wherever he may go. POYNER HOUSE. The traveling public will find here an excellent hotel, kept by Mrs. Poyner, whose greatest care is to see that her guests want for nothing. The rooms are scrupulously neat and clean, the beds such as never found in boarding houses, being so comfortable that it is almost an im passibility to arouse the sleeper in time for breakfast, the table supplied with an abundance of the best the country af fords, and the charges very moderate, TAKE NOTICE. I would respectfully and earnestly call upon those indebted to the firm of R. S. Martin & Cos. to lend them a helping hand in this, their “ day of deep distress.” I hope that the confidence I have placed in my. old customers has not been mis placed, and the best possible way to prove that my estimate of them was cor rect is fox them, one and all, to come forward and pay off old scores, or so much as they can, and show at least a willing mind to help those who, on their part, have aided them. octl6-tf R. S. Martin. CARD FROM A. L. BROWN. Lexington, Ga., Oct. the 13, 1874. Mr. T. L. Gantt — Dear Sir: I deny of writing any such notice as I saw printed in your last -week’s papers, and I hope your honor will allow me to cor rect it, as it was somebody else ; for lam sure it was not my writing. A young man by the name of John Smith has written some, but I cannot say this is his, or I cannot say it is not. But I know it is not A. L. Brawn’s writing. . Please correct it. Very respectfully, A. L. Brown. ANOTHER CHANCE FOR DENIAL. The following is a letter from a suf frage-slinger, of the colored way of think ing, which we publish according to copy : ‘ “ OCober 7 1874 “ muss Mary pleas sen have Not got me my Aig bi that time Littee boy if you pies Hamsun Mann dinnt think white Ey Ways hard of ine for not comin to see you I word fread of you yard dog pleas tell t me how old that I wus I wud be glad ta here from it at this time | Miss Mary Johnson at homes Harrieon Johnson his Name.” Will some of the advocates of the Civil Rights bill translate the above? THE DAILY SUN. The above is the title of a handsome little daily, published in Savannah, by Mr. Wm. Rankin, the former head book keeper of the News. We are well ac quainted with its proprietor, and can ! assure our readers that the Sun is bound I to be a success, for it is backed by the two great ingredients of successful jour nalism —perseverance and enterprise, j The subscription price (daily) is only $3 . per annum, or at the same rates for shorter periods. We feel confident that many of our readers will not neglect to j avail themselves of this opportunity to secure a No. 1 daily paper far a mere song. ENCOURAGING. WHAT IS THOUGHT OF THE ECHO BY THE PEOPLE. From numbers of flattering letters re ceived by us since the first issue of the Echo, we cull the following : Stephens, Ga., Oct. 14, 1874. Capt. Gantt — Dear Sir: The first issue of your valuable journal has been received with gladness, and read with delight by its subscribers in this vicinity. Youradvice, “subscribe four theEcHOand be happy,” should be taken by every* cit izen in the county, and every one pos sessing any degree of public spirit should subscribe at once. Are we more inter ested in Queen Victoria’s family than | our own? Should we take a greater in | terest in the State of New York than in ! the State of Georgia? Is there any inter ; est to the people of the county greater i than that required in the progress of old I Oglethorpe herself? The Echo answers j no. Then why not throw aside a little j of our selfishness, support a good paper , published at home, a,nd transmit at least an item to posterity ? With much success, 1 remain yours ! truly, J. F. S. Athens, Ga., Oct. 9, 1874. • Mr. T. L. Gantt — Dear Sir: The welcome Echo to hand, and like its pro prietor, seems small to glance at, btit is full of rich, spicy, as well as sound read ing matter. Shall look forward with j pleasure each day for its arrival. “ I | could not but scringe for Bill in his aw- I ful misfortune in losing his teeth, still j worse his dilemma at the gate, and when ! the trace came unl.Lehed. Yours, very truly, J. B. S. Friend Gantt ; —’The Echos, in its swadling clothes, came duly to hand. The appearance of the infant is quite creditable, and resembles its papa in tone and address. Long may it cry out, and its wail be heard from the snow-clad hills of Maine to the gold region of Cal ifornia. Your friend, J. C. W. ATHENS NEWS. Cotton is coming in pretty brisk. The prospect* are good for a large at tendance of students at the University. Ho man arrived last Wednesday from Kentucky, with a fine lot of horses and mules. Report says a number of negroes are about to emigrate from. Clark, since the recent election. The Rev. Mr. Arnold has left Athens, and the Rev. P. A. Heard is now in charge of Oconee Methodist Church. The Rev. Mr. Ivey and Miss Mars" Wright were married, last evening, by Rev. P. A, Heard, in the Oconee street Church. There was a fight last Tuesday after noon, between two white men, but we did not learn their names. Both were arrested. The wife of the late Hon. William L. Yancey has been spending some time in Athens. She left last Wednesday night for her plantation in Alabama. On Tuesday last, a horse and mule, at tached to a wagon load of cotton, took fright in Broad street, ran away, and broke one of the wheels badly, the con cern belonging to Pettus Lile, of Elbert county. Wednesday afternoon the Athens Guards paraded on Broad- street, in ful! uniform, Captain Mitchell in command. The marching was fine, and the evolu tions performed well. The colored band played for them. It has been ascertained that the ova rium of a fowl is composed of 690 ovule-q or eggs; therefore a hen, during tie whole of her life, cannot possibly lay more than 600 eggs, which, in the natu ral course, are distributed over nine years, in the following proportion : First year after birth, 16 to 20; second, 100 to 120; third, 120 to 135; fourth, 100 to 115; fifth, 60 to 80; sixth, 50 to 60; seventh, 35 to 40; eighth, 15 to 20 ninth, Ito 10. It foHows that the pr ! duce of hens after their fourth year wil not pay for their keeping, except who they are of a valuable and scarce breec A stranger gets puzzled in St. Lou ! He picks up the St Louis Democrat, a. I finds that he is reading a Republic paper. Incensed at the fraud, he ca it aside and grasping the St. Loi Republican finds that he is readin: Democratic paper, Then he rings i bell violently for the hall-boy and wau to know “rif everything in St. Louis i brazen deceit.” A gentleman in Wellesville, N. Y., buked the practice of “ treating.” being asked to take a drink he said preferred, if agreeable, to take a loa. bread. The treater accordingly bou a ten-cent loaf, which the gentleman ■ sept to a needy family. At a recent sale in Zeiglersvill, B, county, Pa., a wagon was sold, that been standing long enough in one p to permit a walnut tree about five in in diameter to grow up through the of the wagon.