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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO, PUBLISHED EVERV FRIDAY RORYIAU, 15 Y T. U,. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. AA here strictly in advance $2 OO \\ here payment delayed <> months 2 50 Where payment delayed 12 months... 5 00 CLUB RATES. dub of or less than 10, per eopv 1 75 dub of 10 or more, per copy ] 50 dubs must be accomjianird by the cash, or paper* will be charged for at regular rates. ?■&' No attention will be paid to subscrip tions from other counties unless accompanied by the money, with 20<\ per annum additional to pay pontage, an the law requires that after January next postage must be prepaid by the : publisher, except to suliseribers in the county where the journal is published, in which in- ! stance no postage is charged. THE ABOVE TERMS WILL NOT BE DEVIATED FROM IN' ANY CASE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. I’er Square (1 inch) first insertion 01 OO ! Per Square each subsequent insertion.. 75 , Liberal contracts made with regular mlvcr- I tisers, and for a longer period than 3 months. Local notices, 20c. per line first insertion, loe. per line each subsequent insertion. I ANNOUNCEMENTS. ! Announcements inserted in this column i (it $5.50, where, paid in advance. "?ssT For Tax Collector. tea?" J. G. Hartsfield is a candidate ! for Tax Collector, subject to the Demo- ! cratic nomination. Friends. ! For Tax Receiver. JSfcit' The friends of John T. England announce his name as a candidate for Tax Receiver, subject to Democrati nomination, on the third Friday in No vember next. Many Voters. For Tax Receiver. fS&frr The friends of G. W. Young an nounce his name as a candidate for TaxJ Receiver, subject to Democratic nom inat on, on the third Friday in Novem ber next. Many Voters. COUNTY IVEWS. j REPAINTED. We sec that Mr. Martin Johnson has had the residence of his mother, near this village, handsomely painted and ! othervvays improved. This is. one of the most desirable places in the connty. QUERY. Will someone be good enough to send ns the names of those youug men who. i are in the habit of writing and passing ! notes to young ladies during prayer I meeting ? AYe are very anxious to hand their names down to posterity. - — A SMART BOY, Little Frank Tiller, aged 11 years, and weighing 6f> pounds, son of our esteemed fellow citizen, TANARUS, R. Tiller, living near the Glade, picked 2(M> pounds of cotton in one day ! We claim for Frank the cham pionship of the State among boy cotton pickers. MR. J. J. C. McMAHAN. This gentleman is authorized to collect and receipt for subscriptions or other moneys due this office. Any contract made by him will he recognized and car ried out by us. Subscribers can leave money with any qf our merchants for us. CAREFUL. Our yqung friend Andrew A. is the most obliging elerk in town. A gentle man recently purchased;°f. him a five gal lon jug , and. Andrew, dppe it up for him in fine tissue paper. % He now thq Lord ljcyer tried' Job, properly—if he had puf him to wrapping up large jugs ip, thin paper he would rank as anything but the meekest map. COLORED. EXHIBITION. Lexington* Ga., Oct. 16, 1874. ; I take great pleasure, to announce to j the public that there will be a grand ex- j hibition and tableaux, at the A. M. E. i Church, in, this place, Qii.Tuesday *ven- ; ing, October 27. We respectfully invite our white friends to attend, and also our ; colored friends. Most respectfully, Chas. C. Caksilev j N. 11. —Exercises to commence pre-J cisely at 9 o’clock. oct23-4t NEW HORSE DISEASE. This week qujr friend Roan, of foxing-*! ton, brought, out. a. drove of fin*, horses, and as is customary vyitli drayei>, had their tails done up in nigs, to prevent the hairs being torn out on the cars. Ip . passing through Lexington with thgi# they were seen, by a lady, vyho privately informed her husband at efiniter that •‘Mr. Roan bad some beautiful horses, hut that they all had, the holtw-Jait, which appendages had to be split open, but that they were now up nicely, and she did so hope they would get well, as it was a pity to see such nice animals ruined!” Ice was formed in Washington on Wednesday morning. KU-KLUX. The Adventures of a Crawford Collector. A CANE FOR COAbKENNIONAL INTERFERENCE. 50,000 U. S. TROOPS WANTED. One day this week, a solitary horseman was seen slowly wending his way along a lonely country road, not many miles from Crawford. His bright, restless eye and troubled look plainly told that he had missed his way; his jaded steed told that he had traveled far since the rising of the sun ; a large bundle of white papers, carefully folded, said plainer than words could speak that he was a col lector for a Crawford house ; his slim poeket book, which did not even make a bulge in his pants, showed that he had not collected a “ Red and his heavy clothing and large beard plainly told that he was preparing for winter. Twice had he traversed one piece of road, twice had he passed a trio of dimin utive contrabands, perched upon a fence, resembling, in their dirt and tat ters, scaree-erows; and twice was he eonvinusd that he had missed his way. At last, as a dernier resort, he ap proached the three young mokes, and proceeded to interrogate them in regard to the correct route to Mr. AVatson’s; but scarcely, like Balaam’s ass, did he “open his mouth and spake,” than off scam pered his audience, each secreting him self as best he could. The “solitary rider ” could not aceount for this sudden exit; but was finally enlightened as its cause by one of the scampers, who had succeeded in climbing a tall pine suppling, and so flattered himself that he was out of danger, exclaiming : “ I knows you; you can’t fool me, so you just as welt take off dal ugly kiver on your face ! You is one of dem Ku-Klux /” If a thunderbolt from heaven had dropped in front of his horse, he would not have been more astounded. To hear his heavy brown beard and moustache, which latter he had waxed and trained to curl in the most artistic manner, and the former, which had been the envy of the men and praise of the fair ones for the past ten winters, and that eye and face, which all knew to beam with intel ligence, denounced by a little negro as an ugly kiver! a mask ! was more than human endurance could stand. Quickly dismounting, he scaled the intervening fence with an alacrity that would have done honor to a trained AYil liani goat, reached the sappling which Ydift freighted with his tormentor, and tearing it up by the roots, captured the “varmint,” whom he deliberately tore into 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, pieces, scattering them to the four cor ners of the county, as a sad warning to future juvenile mokes who choose to in sult a “ solitary horseman.” True. ♦♦♦ A GOOD ONE. An Oglethorpe man, on a visit to the State Fair, imbibed pretty heavily of old Robinsmi County chained-lightning. Toward noon, feeling that the inner man needed something more substantial than his present contents, he walked into a restaurant, and order a “ (hie,hieh) —1 of a dinner !” The waiter instantly han ded him a bill of fare, the first word on which was raw oysters. Our friend, who was some “ half seas over,” not very clear sighted at best, and who had lately dug and ate potatoes until they were al ways uppermost in his mind, held the paper up before him, and after some five minutes’ hard spelling on the first line, made it out to be 11 raw potatoes.” He instantly called the waiter, and com menced the following tirade against the house : “ Waiter, what in the (hie) h—l did you (hie, hie) bring me nothing but (hie, hie, hie) raw potatoes for (hie) din ner for? I’ve (hie,hie) had nothing but (hie) these —-—roots at (hie, hie) home for six (liic) weeks !” FREIGHTS. w e see that the authorities of the Geor-_ gia Railroad have reduced the tariff of freights on that road from Covington, Conyers, Lithonia, Stone Mountain, and Decatur to Augusta from 60 to 45 cents per one hundred pounds. While they are reducing we would like tu call the at tention of Messrs. Authorities to pur lfftle station, and would say to those gentlemen we would like “ a little reduction in ours’.” There is a most tyrannical and qpjust discrimination made by the Geor gia Road not only Crawford, but all the stations on this branch, in favor of.Athene Our merchants, in order to secure any kind of equal rates, are forced to order their freights shipped to Athens, sixteen miles above here, and then re turned to them. By any other plan they ape sufyected to a ruinous tariff. This epprse is alike annoying to. both railroad men and'merchants—to tire former from unnecessary hauling and handling, and to the latter.from haying to wait on their goods a longer time than should be. We hope the proper authorities will look into this matter, and give our merclu n s ct leas! an equal showing with Athens. THE FRUITS OF CIVIL RIGHTS. A gentleman from Greene county brings u< the following, which he said was rumored, but he had not learned names or particulars. We give it just as related to us: A negro man, one day this week, en tered the house of a widow a white lady), and seating himself before the fire, proceeded to inform her that he had come to il tahe her daughter to a colored party; that the civil rights bill had passed, the colored man had the same rights as the white man, and if the white ladies did not chose to go with them they could be made to go !” The impudent brute was finally ousted by a younger brother, who is said to have cut his throat, but this our informant does not credit. GENERAL TOOMBS. This old war-liorse of Georgia is in at tendance at Lexington Court this week, looking as fat and independent as ever. For General Toombs we entertain the most unbounded respect. He ranks first among those true patriots who stood by the South through her greatest afflic tions, and was one man who was not afraid to do and to dare. AVith an honor as spotless as the falling snow, a patriot ism pure as the water that flowed from the rock touched by Aaron’s rod, and a heart as kind and tender as it is brave, we feel that when that Great Day shall come, when the deeds done upou earth will be brought to light, the good recor ded. against this great man will so far outshine his few transgressions that the Recording Angel will drop a tear upon the latter and obliterate them forever. IN A BAD FIX. A young man living near Wolfskin, in this county, recently started to call on some of the fair ones. During his trip he was caught in a shower, and so had his “ store clothes ” thoroughly saturated with water. This did hot, however, de ter him from his visit. Reaching the house of his adored one, he requested a suit of her brother’s clothes, in which he might array himself, while his were be ing dried. They were, in due time, transferred to his carcas, and his clothes to a chair in front of the fire. But dur ing his absence from the room, as ill luck would have it, the fire was commu nicated to his [the ladies will please stop reading here] drawers, and soon nothing was left of them but one leg. Fortunately, however, there was cloth enough left in this piece to make John Robinson a cir cus tent, two pairs of drawers for the largest man in the county, and three sheets. IMPROVING. From a gentleman just returned from a trip over the county we learn that im provements are going on in every section —new dwellings going up, old ones are being renovated, and receiving coats of paint, barns, stables, and out-buiklings have a fresher and more substantial look than formerly, fences, as a general thing, are iu good order, and, in fact, every thing is gradually recovering from the desolating effects of the war. Lct.our people now make a mighty effort and throw aside the lethargy and despon dency which has invaded the country since the late struggle for independence; let them stand together in one solid and immovable phalanx when we hold elec tions ; let them stand aloof and spurn all Yankees and Yankeedom—buy noth ing from them you can possibly do with out ; let them strive to live strictly with in themselves and for themselves, and all will yet be well. DR. W. M. WILLINGHAM. We invite the especial attention of our citizens to the card of Dr. W. H. Foster, in another column, wherein lie gives notice that he has retired from the prac tice of medicine in this county, (having determined to locate in Augusta,) and recommends Dr. W. M. Willingham, his successor, to their confidence. While our county lias lost one of her best phy sicians in the removal of Dr. Foster, she has reason to congratulate herself on still retaining bis successor, Dr. Willing ham, who is fresh from the best medical schools of America, and although as yet a young man, ranks among the first physicians of the land. Dr. F. may rest assured that liis former patients will lack for nothing that medical skill and strict attention to duties can supply. We con gratulate Augusta on having such a val uable acquisition to her medical ranks as Dr. Foster. Truly, our loss is her gain. WRITE FOR US. W e are determined to publish a local paper, and to do so successfully, we call upon our 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 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. John Mathias, a white blacksmith of Cartersville, raped a little girl in that place on Wednesday, and left on the train for Atlanta, but was captured at Marietta, COURT PROCEEDINGS. Visiting Lawyers—List of Cases Tried. Court, tlii-i far. is passing off very quietly. There baa been an unusual large attendance every day. and an unu sual small amount of tangle-foot enibibed. Judge Pottle presided, and, as usual, is giving universal satisfaction. The following is a list of noted visiting lawyers, who are in attendance : General Toombs, Washington. Judge W. M. Reese, Washington, Colonel Edwards, Elberton. Col. M. AY. Lewis, Greensboro. Colonel Hester, Elberton. Col. Charles Ifußosc, Warrenton, M. P. Reese. Colonel Grant, Union Point. Gen. D. M. Dußose. Frank Little, Sparta. The following is a list of business transacted up to the hour of our going to press: Thirty judgments (plain cases) for debts entered. Josiah Pollard vs. Wm. B. Lester; case for damages in a horse trade. Ver dict for defendant. George AY ash ington Maxwell vs. Julia Maxwell, both of African ’scent; libel for divorce. A total divorce granted. James S. Sims vs. Swepson H. Cox; partition of mines and minerals of gold, copper, parites, paint, slate, iron, silver, illuminia, and various other minerals. Verdict for defendant Cox, generally, against valuable mines and minerals of value or profit. Attorneys for defend ant : Toombs, Reid, and Mathews ; for plaintiff: AY. G. Johnson. Wilcox, Gibbs &Co.vs. Isaac R, Hall; suit to recover payment for alleged worth less fertilizers. Verdict by a special jury for defendant Hall. Court will last all the week. CORN-SHUCKINGS. Since our farmers have taken to rais ing their own provisions, the pleasures and happy gatherings of olden times are again coming in fashion. None of these gathering are freighted with more true pleasure and joy than the old-fashioned corn-shucking, alike to black and white. We hail this as a good omen, and will count the year we commence to make our own provisions as the hegira of the South —that day will she be indeed free, not only from the tyrants of the North, for she can then stand aloof from them, and watch them scirm and suffer for our trade as they made us suffer by their thievery and oppression, (God grant the dyy may soon come, and we believe it is now beginning to dawn upon us,) but free from the merchant, the factor, and the .extortioner. That day the farmer can set his hat on the side of his head, cast upon his former masters a withering glaee, and whistle at them, “ Root Pig or Die!” # There were two corn-shuekihgs last week, that we heard of,, one at Mr. AY. W. Berry’s and another at Mr. G. A. Stewart’s, both of whom made so much corn that they, like the rich man the Scripture tells about, had to tear clown their barns and build larger ones. They had better take warning at his sad fate, ancl give their surplus to the poor, [which is the editor of the Echo.] AN INTELLIGENT OFFICIAL. A North Georgia friend sends us the following, which is an exact copy of a summons served upon the party named by the Mayor of Belton, Ga.: “ Belton, Ga., Oct. 8, 1874. “Pink Williams You are hereby required Laying all other business asid be and apperc before the Mayors Coart to be hell in said town on the 9th hist at 8 o’clock in the morning a. m. to answer the Chargas pending against you for vio lating see 380 in getting Drunk quarrel ling fighting using vulgar and profane language hooting and howling on the 12th Sept this you will fail not Ac “J. P. H., Clerk.” TAKE NOTICE. I would respectfully ami earnestly call upon those indebted to the firm of It. 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, ami the best possible way to prove that my estimate of them. w.as cor rect is for them, on# and all, to- come forward and pay off old scores, or so much as they- eaai<, and show at least a willing mind to help those who, on* their part, have aided them. R. S. Martin.. —_ HORSE KILLED. A-fine mare, belonging to Mr. W. A* Cunningham, of tjaisvcouaty, killed, her** self, a few andp vfrw since, bv running against a tree. WEDNESDAY'S TRAIN- BEHIND TIME. Tlie night train on this branch was some three hours-behind time, caused by its crowded condition. Nothing else the matter. Mr. W. W, Groover, of Brooks count}-, has sent a report of his experience with a two-horse farm to the Atlanta Fair for competition. He realized $3,257.70,. his-- expenses being 81,015, leaving a clear profit of 82,212.70. ATHENS NEWS. Brumby has a full assortment of goods in his line. The streets begin tfi have a lively ap pearance once more. A fine drove of sheep and shoats came to Athens last Friday. Holman is selling off his stock of horses and mules very fast. Many of the merchants bought their goods in Charleston this fall. Saturday night there wits allegro dance over the river, followed by a fight. A large quantity of cotton was brought to town Saturday, to pay guano debts. An ox was driven up Broad street Monday with horns about three feet long. Three large brick stores are being built at the corner of Clayton and Thom as streets. The Chief of Police, Davis, with his assistants, keeps everything quiet and in order about town. Jim Wilkins is selling good heating stoves at from $5 to SB. Everything else low in proportion. A first-rate sermon was preached at the Primitive Baptist Association by Mr. Eubank, in the morning. The factory dam in this city ha< been thoroughly repaired, and the factory is again in running order. J. F. Wilson & Cos. have a handsome and cheap lot of. furniture. Oglethorpe people can’t do better than give them a call. Drs. Pope and Lowrance are putting up a neat brick office on the upper part of Broad street, next to Flisch’s confec tionery. Miss Sallie Arnold, daughter of the former pastor of Oconee Street Church, of this city, died suddenly at Thomson, a few days since. The dancing season has commenced with the negroes. They almost nightly have a dance in town. Saturday night never escapes. A stalk of cotton was in Judge Pit tard’s store the other day that held bolls enough, on it to make two and one-half pounds of cotton. An honest colored man of this place found $25 in cash, and', gave it up to the owner voluntarily. Barmnn should se cure him as a curiosity. They are at work on the Presbyterian Church steeple, and are planting trees around the church. The minister, Mr: Lane, is a pure, upright man. The omnibus ran foul of the mail hack a few evenings since, at the depot, breaking one of the wheels of the latter so badly that it was rendered useless. I. M. Morris has brought on a fine assortment of new and fashionable goods, which he is selling very low’. The peo ple of Oglethorpe had better call on him if they wish rare bargains. Airs. Ware, an old and highly respect ed lady, widow of the late Dr. Warc, of this place, died suddenly Thursday mor ning, the 15th inst. She was one of the oldest residents of Athens, beloved and respected by all who knew’ her. Saturday afternoon, two men were riding out in a buggy. As they approach ed Cooper’s livery stable, the single-tree slipped off, falling under the heels of the horse. lie attempted to run, and gave several severe kicks, but they succeeded in holding him in the road until he was quieted, when he moved off all right. A negro at Cooper’s stable was kicked on the tliigli a few davs since by a horse he was harnessing, but was not materi ally hurt. A horse is in poor business when he attempts to hurt a negro by kicking him, uhless he hits the only vul nerable part about the darkey, viz.: the shin. A gqntleman by the name of Davis has purchased Motes’ gallery. He is said to be a fine operator. Wren, the former operator, leaves shortly for Jacksonville, Fla-. Htj is a clever fellow and a good operator. Athens will miss him. Davis appears to be quite a gentleman. We expect he will do well here. Two negro men, employed at work about the new College building, had some words. While one was stooping down to pick up mortar, he received a blow over his head and shoulders, at the hands of -his opponent. The negro who received the blow is not hurt, but the portion of the hoe that struck his head is said to be untit for use until repaired by a blacksmith. The lady who was urging some friends to dinner felt disgusted when her 8-year old son came in and said, “ Mrs. Jojnps says she can’t spare no bread, and Mrs... Fox ain’t to home, so I didn’t get any butter.” The friends thought they had better ~ dine elsewhere, and the lady thought so, too ; but she taught that boy that the way of the transgressor was hard. Now is the time for candidates to an nounce their names. We charge only $3.50 to publish them until the day of nominating, the third Friday in Novem ber next. Maimed Confederate soldiers half price. Subscr be for the Echo. letter from the cslade. The Echo Meet* with Admirers—A Word of Warning. Point Peter, Ga., Oct. 19, 1874. Mr. Editor — Dear Sir: — We mu>t thank vou for the Echo. Though we have had hut two issues, vet these arc so full of spicy and interesting reading matter that the Echo has already en deared itself to every family in this community, and is looked upon by old and ypungas an “elder brother.” We read, with avidity, every line of your last issue, and wished there had been four times as many. But hold your ear closer, Mr. Editor. Are you not puffing “ them depot fellers” too much? We fear you are. Now, some of them were rwaivd in "these parts,” and we know them well. “ Birds of a feather flock together.” We have always found them good on three things : telling tales, eating chestnuts, and marking their goods high. And yet there is a virtuous man, whom I have often noted in their com pany, but I know not his name. A good, portly man, corpulent, of a cheer ful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble’ carriage, and I think his age some fifty, or inclining to three score ; and now, I remember—his name is Stokely. I see virtue in his looks. If then the tree is known by the fruit, as the fruit by the tree, then kindly I speak it, there is virtue in that Stokely : him keep with— the rest banish. Alav the career of the Echo be “ up ward and onward,” is the sincere wish of the people of tile Glade.- THE ECHO. Opinions of the Press. Friend Gantt, formerly of the Athens 1 Northeast Georgian , has established a live weekly journal, called the Ogle thorpe Echo, at Crawford, a thriving village on the Athens Branehofthe Geor gia Kailroad. Air. Gantt is a smooth and racy writer and his paper will be beneficial in many respects to the entire 1 people of the county. We hope they will not see him and his family cry for bread! Patronize him, gents. — Green*-- boro Herald. New Paper. —The Oglethorpe Echo “ unfurls its banner to the breeze,” with T. L. Gantt, Editor ami Proprietor. The first number is before us, and to say it is neat and tidy in aj - pcaranee, tells only half the story. It is* full of interest and will be liberally pat-*- ronized. We send you a cordial greet ing, Brother GantG — Covington Enter prise.. We are glad to place upon our ex change list, the Oglethorpe Echo, a new weekly just started in Crawford, by Air. T. L. Gantt. It is neatly printed, tastefully edited, and bids lair to estab lish itself as a first-class journal.-Suc-- cess to its energetic proprietor ! nah Daily Sun. TO SUBSCRIBERS.. As will be seen by reference to our terms, subscription must be paid in ad va.nec, or delinquents will have to pay twenty-five cents per quarter additiona 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 patr<ms until the first of December - next, when, if payment is not made, our rules will be enforced in ever]/ 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, evejy dollar on the purchase of the paper haying 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. Notice of Stokes’ Great Sore and Pain Idedi 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 Sores, of long or fresh standing, Piles, or Pains of any kind, with my, \S A f ■k K LIN IMENT AND TONIC, .For Five IMhir. in i advance, I send a package which, if it fe It: .to > give satisfaction,.,! will redeem, a id i -tuirr.j the money; Provided, you follow the direc tions. . As I jdqn’t furnish brains, 1 want i: physician to supply them for me. I rni no practical. phv.deiaß, but the boss of my dis covery, cured when pnysieians luivo failed from New York to the Gulf. cttfM OUR TRAVELING AGEE7. Mr: JR.rE. Brannan is our regular.y thorizej Truyeling. Agent. and all of,our friends arc requ. st.-d,*?;-’, solicit names, and.thu- assist hi extern.- ng our circulation, . - - The citizens of Quitman, appr •io-mlad an attack from the negroes on Lund, y night last and airanged to give them a warm and all is n agaiirt a- <[h( ,