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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY 3IORYIYG, BY r i\ L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Where paid strictly in advance OO Where payment delayed 0 months 2 50 Where payment delayed 12 months... 2 00 CLUB BATES. Club of 5 or less than 10, per copy 1 75 Club of 10 or more, per copv ] 50 Clubs must be accompanied by the cash, or papers will be charged for at regular rates. /'t.dr- No attention will be paid to subscrip tions from other counties unless accompanied by the money, with 20c. pc/ annum additional to pay post aye, as the law requires that alter January next postage must he prepaid by the publisher, except to subscribers in the countv where the journal is published, in which in stance no postage is charged. ■7-iS" TIIE ABOVE TERMS W ILL NOT BE DEVIATED FROM IN ANY CASE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Per S. uare (1 inch) first insertion *1 OO Per Square each subsequent insertion.. 75 Liberal contracts made with regular adver tisers, an 1 for a longer period than 3 months. Ixtcul notices, 2()e. per line first insertion, 15c. per lin • each subsequent insertion. ANNOUNCEMENTS, gift" Announcements inserted in this column at !$5.50, where paid in advance. "tVj For Clerk of the Superior Court. ftko”* G r.onoE 11. Lester, having serv ed the people oi Oglethorpe county as Clerk of the Superior Court, and dis charged the duties of his ollive to the best of his ability, again offer himself as a candidate for i e-election—subject to the nomination on the fid Friday in No vember inst. For Sficritr. Jfey* JamesT. Jon nson is respectfully announced as a candidate for Sheriff of Oglethorpe county —subject to the nomi nation by the people o i the 3d Friday in November next. For Tax Receiver. JteaF' The friends .of John T. E: glvn'D announce his name as a candidate for Tax Receiver, subject to Democratic nomination, on the third Friday in No vember'next. Many Voters. For Tux Receiver. The friends of G. YV. Young 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. —a> ♦ For Tux Collector. JfeoY” J. G. ITartseield is a candidate lor lax Collector, subject to the. Demo eratic nomination. Friends. ■••■m.l IMI II mbMMM . II HKTMMi.i <OI NTV 3V:ewb. V. RICHARDS & B JO. \Ye invite the especial attention of our citizens to the advertisement in another column ol this splendid dry goods house ol Augusta. Our handsome and popular young countyman,Geo. Hall, who is now in their employ, proposes to his friends a plan by which they can he furnished with any goods in then line, at lowest Augusta prices, and lui\o them forward ed with express free. 1 his will certainly prove a great convenience to our citizens, who will no doubt avail themselves of this plan to secure first-class dry goods, Jit reduced prices, sel eted and forwarded by one in whom the\ can place every confidence. George Hall is known and respected by all of ear citizens as a young man of integrity, honor, and energy, and the Messrs. Richards may rest assured that'when they ft'‘cured his services they held the key that unlocks a goodly part of the trade of Oglethorpe. This firm now numbers ii their clerkatorial ranks some of the ci emo of Northern Georgia. They have Gt orge Hall, of Oglethorpe; Ed Snelson, of Athens ; and C. B. Vail, of Elbert-—a and superior yoting men. The firm of V. R. Hibbards A Bro. is the leading dr\ goods house in Augusta, and our citizens should always give them a call when they visit that city. PERSONAL. We s were happy to see a trio of our Athens friends enter our office Thursday morning—Wm. H. Hudson, lleury Mc- Carty, and Wiley Childers. The former, we ate grieved to learn, has left Athens and taken a position as Express messen ger on some line leading from Augusta. God never made a cleverer or better fel low than Bill Hodgson. Fncle Jim England, of the live firm of England & Orr, stopped in front of our office, this week, to “ shake hands.” V e were sorry to hear him speak oi go ing to California. He must banish that notion —Athens can’t afford to lose one *>lAffer best merchants and citizens. BLOWN HP. On Thursday last, J. J. Dixon, white, nnd Ssm Johnson, colored, while blast ing rock, in the upper part of the county, were blown up and pretty badly-burned in' the -face and eves, but it is thought neither of them will lsc their sight. DEATH. James Wagnon, son of Rufus Wag non, died near Woodstock, on the 3d Aged 4 years. A LOFTY FALL. Ben Paul, at W. J. Patman’s gin. fell from the top story, a distance of twenty feet. Billy Brooks says he was worse scared than hurt. STAND BACK. BOYS! On Wednesday last, a little daughter of Mr. John R. Colquitt, of this county, only seven years old, picked 97 pounds of cotton. Dido your faces, boys. THE CHAMPION. Little Woodie Arnold, seven years old. is now entitled to the champion belt among juvenile cotton-pickers. He re cently picked G3 pounds of clean cotton in three hours. STRANGE PRODUCTION. . We were shown by a gentleman some of the balls that grow on a tree near the Oconee river, in this county. Their shape is certainly a curiosity. They are about as large as the end of your finger, each equipped with a mouth, and reminds one very much of monkey and negro heads. They have each a different expression, some quite amusing. FIGHTING PREACHERS. A couple of negro preachers got into a dispute in the pulpit, in Elbert county, last Sunday, when one gave the other the <l—d lie. The insulted parson fell back on liis muscle, when a regular ‘'set to” followed in elmreh. They were finally separated by the congregation, and their dispute amicably settled—one being allowed to occupy the pulpit dur ing the day and the other at night. QUICK WORK. We learn that Davenport’s steam saw mill, not long since, received an or der for a house at 8 a.m. By-8 p.m. the stocks had been cut, hauled, sawed into lumber, the house finished, and a family living in it—all in one day. W. H. Kidd, saw log cutter and hauler ; L. L. Blackwell, sawyer; J. M. Doble, en gineer ; Moses Fleming, colored, head block turner; Wm. Davenport, colored, lumber bearer. Where’s the Oglethorpe now? W. J. Davenport, Sup’t.- . —-*■*■ FINE FISH. We are indebted to Messrs: Bunkley and Williams, baggage master and ex press agent on the day train, for a string of fine Ires!) fish. These gentlemen have made arrangements by which they will supply the citizens on the line of the Athens branch with fresh fish every Fri day. This is certainly a great conven ience, and no doubt our citizens will avail themselves of the opportunity to have a delightful mess of fish once a week any way. Both Bunkley arid Wil liams are kind, clever, hononable gen tlemen. OO*. CORN-SHUCKING. We learn that another corn-shucking came off at the farm of Dir. It. D. Slaton the other night. The hands finished up the “pile” about 11 o’clock, when they danced around the house. Their noise frightened off one. of the horses, which has not been found as yet. ANOTHER. Our correspondent “Buck Snooker” writes : “ I forgot to tell you that my friend, Will R. Ellis, ■gave a corn-shuck ing last Friday night. Ho had plenty of black-haws, goobers, and chestnuts to cat, and something to drink, too. He made a fine chance of corn for his force, about seventy barrels.” “FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.” Married, on Sunday morning, the Ist inst., near Antioch, by the Rev. P. H. Mell, William Augustus Marable and Miss Eunice Jane Bludsoe. On Wednesday, November 4, Liul Green, of Wilkes county, was married to Miss Maidie S. Mathews, at the residence of the bride’s mother, in this county. Married, on the morning of the 4th inst., at li o'clock, by the Rev. John Cal vin Johnson, Thomas Cochran and Mrs. M. W. Wilkins, all of Maxey’s, Ga. William C. Gilliam and Miss Adaline T. Campbell were married, near Maxey’s, on the 2ftli November, by the Rev. M. W. Edwards. W. J. Bell, of this county, was married to Miss Roberts, of Hart, last night, the stli inst. OGLETHORPE AHEAD. Editor Oglethorpe Echo: In your last issue I see a statement of the much-named Rabun family, and as a set-off publish the names of the Harris ; family: Orphelia Lucy Laurina Josephine I Harris. Tabitha Roselia Joanna Hawkins \ Harris. Nancy Ann Gilley Holland Harris. Soplironia Dawrinda Alamander Ara niinta Harris. Lige Walker, to prevent the Sheriff from calling his son, gave him the fol lowing poetical name: James Pipkins Delaware Christopher Holmes Faulkner Peter Syoliver Jehu Jones Walker. The above families were residents of Oglethorpe county. M. • HORRIBLE DEATH. A Negro Child Burned in a Cabin. Together vitl* a Dale and u HalT of .Seed Cotton. That the negro population of the South is rapidly decreasing is an undisputable fact. Like the Indian, we predict, in a short time a negro will be something of a curiosity. This happy fact is owing altogether to emancipation. Asa slave he was always well clad, fed, cared for. protected, nursed and attended to when sick, and the young received that atten tion and nourishment so necessary to rear them. But as a freeman his situation is re versed. He is left upon his own resour ces—his natural barbarian instincts again resume their sway, and he is fast drifting into his old barbarous customs, which, when brought into contact with enlightenment and civilization, is sure to result in the utter extermination of the inferior. The free negro cares not what a day may bring forth—he lives only for the present ; winter finds him scantily clad, with scarcely food sufficient to sus tain life; their hovels are dens of filth and vermin ; their children, when anv are born unto them, are left to take care of and rear themselves, and it has even now come to pass that a negro child is a rare sight. The race knows not the meaning of the word virtue, for they live more like brutes than human beings (if such they are). These remarks do not apply to every negro, for there are some colored fami lies who reflect credit upon the race— they conduct themselves in a creditable manner, try to lead honest lives, bike proper care of their young, and vote the Democratic ticket. But in our remarks we allude to them as a race, not as indi vidual and isolated cases. One of the most melancholy cases of these poor unfortunates occurred in our county on Saturday last. A house owned hv the children of F. M. Smith, about one mile from Lexington, on the Wash ington road, was burned. The house was occupied by two negro women, named Eliza Robertson and Harriet Gilbreath, the latter a daughter of the former. At the time of the burning there was in the house, alone, a male cluld, about live months old, which was entirely consum ed, together with one and a half bales of seed cotton, and everything owned by these careless and unfortunate creatures. The mother (Gilbreath) was, with other children, in the field picking cotton, and the grandmother (Robinson) was in town at church. The cotton belonged to Mr. Thomas M. Smith. The fire occurred about 3 o’clock p. m. Carelessness the cause. A FOWL DECEPTION, A family in this county was the own ers of a hen that was guilty of a strange deception, that caused her death. Last year she was the belle of the barnyard and the boast of her mistress, who point ed her out to visitors as “the best lavin° - hen in the county;” and many the time and oft has the presiding cock of the walk been forced to engage in battle with some rival chanticleer who aspired to a place in the affections of “speck,” the name by which the subject of this sketch was known. But to continue with our narrative. After supplying the table of her owners with eggs for a twelve month,* she all at once ceased to bring forth fruit. She would go to her nest, set thereon, then jump off cackling, but when the anxious mistress would rush to the nest to secure the long-looked-for “chicken fruit,” she found—nothing. At last patience ceased to be a virtue, and the death of “speck” was discussed and decided on by the family. Bhe was accordingly beheaded and picked, and on being cleaned, was found to contain a sack, that would hold a quart, which be ing opened, was discovered full of hard eggs. Did any one ever hear of the like before ? A BEET THAT CAN’T BS BEAT. Our friend of the “noble ear rage and virtuous look,” Mr. Stephen Stokejy, presented us with a beet that can’t be beat by any beet in this or any other beat, county, or State. It measures twenty-nine inches in circumference. Uncle Stephen thinks he is a better far ! mer than merchant, but we can’t hardly accredit that when we consider he start ed life working at thirty-three cents a day, and by economy, honesty, good I management, and successful merchau ! dising has reached the topmost round in j commercial life. He is certainly a self -1 made made. SALE STABLE. Messrs. Gann <fe Reaves, of Athens, have opened, in connection with their livery, a sale stable, which they have stocked with the finest lot of horses and mules ever brought to this market. Any one desiring to purchase such stock should be certain to -call on this firm and examine theirstables. On one thing j they may rely—whatever Jina Reaves or I Dave Gann tells them about an animal is true. “A CHEAP 1IOTF.I.” The Adventures of an Oglethorpe man in the “Gate City.” Editor Oglethorpe Echo : There is a gentleman in this county whom we shall call Captain—well, by the name of a man who used to roam over the seas, who is particularly noted for his dignified manners and “noble bear ing.” lie is a lean man, however, and may not resemble the "fat man” in an other respect; but he certainly loves his money, as will be seen by a trip he recently made to Atlanta. He went to the Fair, fixed out in his best “store clothes,” having left behind the cares and troubles of every-day life for a week of pleasure in the “Gate City.” He bought a first-class ticket, and proceeded on his way joyfully enough, for awhile. But, alas 1 them Bti were gone, and then the thought of paying the hotel bill for the week flitted across his mind, and he was troubled. Four dollars per day at the Kimball House would ruin him—the rates at any of the first-class houses were more than he could bear. He was really in distress until the train ran into the car-shed, where all was bustle and con fusion —the porters called boisterously for guests for their respective hotels. The Captain was on the look-out for his man, when happily for him an old “ nig” walked up to him and whispered in his ear, “Cumgo long wid me. I keeps a cheap hotel—good far.” That was enough. The Captain went. After reg istering his name, he was conducted to his room—not a very decent one. The bed had not been made up, and the dir ty appearance of things in general made the Captain suspicion something; but it was cheap, so he brushed off the dust, bathed his face, and went down to sup per. Imagine the Captain’s fury when he walked into the dining-room and found the table filled with “cullud pes sons,” and he the only white man pre sent. lie had got into a darkies’ hotel. The Captain “ chawed baceo,” cursed, stood on his head, and llung rocks for a while, and took tire next train for home, and “swars” he will never go to Atlanta again. Mum. COURT OF ORDINARY. At the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, his Honor, T. A. Gilliam, presiding, on Monday, 3d of November, the following business was transacted : George il. Lester was appointed ad ministrator of R. R. Mitchell, deceased. T. B. Moss was dismissed from the ad ministration of the estate of Mrs. TX 8. Hanson, deceased. George W. Callaway was dismissed from the administration of the estate of John M. Callaway, deceased. The application of M. F. and I. S. Tiller to have their guardian, James M Smith, removed, was dismissed. Leave to sell the real and personal properly of Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards was granted to the administrators, 'A 7 . 11. and T. J. Edwards. Thomas C. Jennings was appointed administrator of the estate of George W. Bolton, deceased. A HEAVY SALE. - This week Tom Witcher was trying to sell a customer some smoking tobacco. After much “palavering” a trade was struck, by which the purchaser was to take all, the tobacco in the house at six teen cents per pound. Torn went to work and counted out one hundred and thirty boxes of smoking tobacco, and got Andrew Arnold, the celebrated jug wrapper, to do them up for him. The bill was made out, and Tom licked his heavy moustache, thinking of what a profitable and heavy sale he had made. Tli(3 customer eyed the package curious ly, and pointing to several boxes of sl-a -pound chewing tobacco, quietly remark ed, “ Thar’s some tobacco you hai-n’t wrapped up yet!” ’Tis useless to add that Tom wilted, and made his customer a present of a good supply of the .weed to rue with him. So instead of making a big sale, it was only a big “ sell.” TINE POTATOES. We are indebted to our kind friend, Mr. John W. Bacon, of Lexington, for a bountiful supply of tile finest potatoes (both sweet and Irish,) we have seen in some time. One of the former was 'quite a curiosity, being in the shape of a snake, when in its coil. Mr. B. is pro prietor of the. Lexington Hotel, and is known to all travelers as one of the best and most popular landlords in the State. Any one visiting our county without stopping at his hotel misses one of the institutions of old Oglethorpe. That kind and clever gentleman, Mr. Royal Stokely, handed us two potatoes that weighed over six pounds. Can any of our practical farmers beat them ? MORE NEW GOODS. Our friend McMahan, of the firm of McMahan A Stokely, has just returned from market, where he laid in another fine stock of the newest fall calicoes, together with a full stock of groceries, boots, shoes, wooden ware, etc., which they will commence to open to-day. There were never a pair of more honora ble, high-minded gentleman associated together than the members of this firm, and customers always know, in buying i of them, that they are sure to get theig money's worth. fisoh s.ixdy moss, The Crops—A Review of the Aim3 and Use fulness of the Grange. S AXL>Y CKOS!?, 0ct.31, 1874. Edit tr O'/fetkorpo Echo : Your paper meets with many admirers, and justly so. too, since it contains news in which we aie all interested—the local news oi’ the noble old county of Ogle thorpe, lately honored by the election of Elder I>. \V. Patman and Dr. T. D. Hutcheson to the Legislature. 1 think if the people will respond to your request lor correspondence from different parts of the county, your-paper can bo made doubly interesting ; hence, I am willing to contribute my mite, hoping to elicit from all parts a genere: ■ response. M e have had frost i.ree consecutive mornings,- which apparently dethroned King Cotton, and wrote despair on the face of his subjects ;but the fact is now developed that but little damage has been done, and that on bottom places, near creeks. I am happy to inform you that nearly enough corn will he made in this section to supply man and beast next year—an exception, compared with several years past. This result has been brought about by increased acreage and good seasons. One is led to inquire into the cause of tais change in the planting of t his coun ty. In the beginning of the year 1873, a mystic order made its advent into this country, called the “Grange,” and said to be a farmers’ concern, the ostensible objects of which were to knock out mid dle-men and advance the agricultural, •social, moral, and intellectual standard of the farming class. It was discussions and resolutions of this order which brought about increased acreage in bread stuff*, and inaugurated a system which, if adhered to, will bring peace, happi ness, and plenty to our homes and fire sides. But while much good has been effected, is it not true that some wrong steps have been taken, and others in eon temptation, which weaken the order and destroys much of its usefulness? One great error was the taking in of members not farmers, therefore not eligible, nor materially interested, sinks into the Grange. This error, however, sinks into insignificance when compared with oth ers now being enacted. Starting out ] with the avowed object of knocking out 1 middle-men ! Is this grand scheme be ing carried out? Nay ; on the contrary, we see farmers trying to be middle-men all through the country. Hence, we read of Savannah River Valley Association, the object of which is to establish Grange warehouses ; Clark County Council Co operative Stores, Cotton Tie Associations, and last, but not least, Direct Trade. Verily, it will take the last farmer in the country to officer these enterprises. Who will take care of the farms now ? Shall the merchants ? The shoemaker fixes the last and plies the thread upon the boot, preparing some lad for the conjugal hour ; the doctor put* spurs to his foam ing steed, hastening to his patients bed side ; but it seems now that we would re verse nature and pay no attention to adap tability. Farmers, return to your homes, leave the merchants in their legitimate and useful sphere, attend the meetings of your Grange, work, act diligently, drive the ploughshare of thought through the heavy clods of ignorance, and awaken to life and vigor the slum bering energies of our people. Granger. P. S. —Three cheers fur “Glade;”the same for “MeCoolv.” THE ELECTION. The following is the full returns from the various precincts in the county. As will be seen, but a small vote was polled, owing to the fact that no opposition was ofl’eted by the Radicals, and hence a carelessness among voters in the matter. ■Some few were opposed to the views lately expressed by Mr. Stephens in re gard to tbe thing in the Presidential chair, and so would not have voted for him had even opposition been offered; but the majority of our people remembered, with gratitude, his past able and honor able career, and looked upon his present unpopular stand as a stroke of policy, and, if necessary to secure Ids election, would have sacrificed both their time and money. The following are the full returns: LEXINGTON. AII Stephens . . 203 I J D Mathews .. 3 T C White - : 2 PLEASANT HILL. A II Stephens _ 22 WOODSTOCK. A II Stephens .. 19 BEAVEtiDAM. A U Stephens H GOOSE POND. A 21 Stephens g;> maxey’s. A H Stephens... t]l Total Vote Polled 344 Newspaper Postage.—ln regard to i the new postal law, we state that news papers now go through the mails free of i postage in the county where published. That part o£ the law.took effect on th first of July.. The other .sections of the law go into operation the first of next January. ATHENS IN A NUTSHELL. Specially Reported for the Oglethorpe Echo. Butter continues very high. A good article brings 43c. per pound. A large drove of fine fat beeves arrived here Saturday last, for this market. Luckcy & Yancey have a splendid sup ply of jewelry, watches, etc., which they sell at low figures. Weatherly & Cos. sells first-class bacon shoulders at 12}c.; and superior harm at 18 Jo., per pound. Hunter & Beusse are driving a line gray horse to their delivery wagon—too fine for so ignoble a calling. The firm of Burke <k Hodgson will dissolve at the end of the year. No two cleverer men ever did business in any city. Sunday is a harvest for the livery sta ble men. The darkies will have vehicles ] to i\ . out, if it takes their week’s wages to pay for them. The Newton House is getting a fair run of custom, and well it may, for Cli nanl keeps his table supplied with every luxury the market affords. Sunday was a clear day. The differ ent pulpits were occupied by their re i spcetivc ministers, and notwithstanding : the cold weather the seats were general ly filled. Cotton came in freely last week, Satur # * ' day being the last day of Oetobor. The : farmers appeared anxious to meet their | guano contracts, which expired on the Ist of November. An owl perched itself on the comb of a house Sunday night, and Monday i morning he was found dead in the yard. | Whether he froze to death, or died from i disease, no one can tell. An accident occurred not long since, !at the Pioneer Paper Mill. The steam blew one of the heads out of the dryers. Fortunately, no one was injured. The | dryer is now at the Foundry for repair. ! That clever gentleman, Captain N ieker ; son, the Superintendent of the Athens Foundry, is again to be seen on the street, after a severe spell of sickness. He is so kind, so cheerful, and so useful a citizen, that every one seems glad that he is recovering. We have heard, with deep regret, of the death of Mr. Singleton Lucas, son of F. W. Lucas. He died suddenly at his home in South west Georgia. He was a high-minded, honorable gentleman. His death is universally regretted by every one in this community, R. R. Godfrey, living near the city, is a most successful farmer. With four hands he has made 18 bales of cottoi* 100 barrels of corn, sold SOO worth of j ; fodder, S2O dollars worth of shucks, $152 worth of hay, cut haule(h and sold S4OO worth of wood, raised and fatten ed his own bacon, and has housed enough of every kind of food to support his plantation another year. No use in an industrious man leaving Georgia to “go West.” A clever young man of this city, who all like, passing Talmadge & Hodgson’s store a few days’ since, made some cheer ful remark to one of the Talmadge boys, who seized him by the leg, and with the assistance of some of the young men about the store, carried him to the count ing roam, and “Modocked” him in first rate style. Of course they were all par-, ticular friends. The Talmadge hoys are good at practical jokes. Speaking of them, there arc no cleverer young men in the city. Their store is well supplied with every thing to tempt the appetite,, which they sell as low as can be bought in town. CIGARS. If you want to enjoy a good smoko, step into a store and ask for one of Kal i varinski & Liebler’s celebrated cigars. and if the merchant does not keep them, !go to someone who does ; and if after i trying one of their brands you ever buy any other, you deserve to smoke a clay pipe and oak leaves the balance of your life. In fact, their cent-a-piece cheroots are as good as some dealers ten-cent ci ! gars. Dealers who desire to give their : customers perfect satisfaction, should al i ways buy of Kalvarinski & IJebler, under the Newton House, Athens, Ga. See their card in another column. “ WQODIAWN.” This beautiful country seat, the horn ? of Mrs. M. J. Oliver and heraeeompiLslp ed daughter, has been lately repainted, and now presents a hand-out? appear ance. We love to look at these grand old mansions. They bring to mind those good old arite beltuiti days—before ma*. beautiful South was overrun and down irodden by. the vandals of the North ; tiKs.e days when the negro was a happy, contented race, and the country knew naught ; but prosperity. But those good cJLd days are gone, we fear never to re turn, MS. J. J. C. McMAHAiT. This gentleman is authorized to eoller 4 - and receipt for subscriptions orotlur moneys due this office. Any contra, made by him recognized an 1 c r ried out by u -m SubsAib subscription money wit' a. jy of our mercy - V