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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORYIMG, I3Y T. L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. \\ here paid strictly in advance s|sg 00 W here payment delayed 6 months 250 Where payment delayed 12 months... OO CLUB RATES. Club of sor less than 10, per copy 175 Club of 10 or more, per copy j 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 countv where the journal is published, in which in stance no postage is charged. THE ABOVE TERMS WILL NOT BE DEVIATED FROM IN ANY CASE. ANNOUNCEMENTS. pSt-Announcements inserted in this column a* where paid in advance.-~&& For Tax Collector. I am a candidate for Tax Collector, at the ensuing election, subject to the nom ination of the Democratic party. Will thank my friends for their support in the nominating convention, on Friday the 20th of November, 1874. Thomas D. Gilham. For Clerk of tke Superior Court. JKsT* George H. Lester, having serv ed the people of Oglethorpe county as Clerk of the Superior Court, and dis charged the duties of his office to the best of his ability, again offer himself as a candidate for 1 e-election—subject to the nomination on the 3d Friday in No vember inst. For Sheriff-. JMaT“ James T. Job nson is respectfully announced as a candidate for Sheriff of Oglethorpe county—subject to the nomi nation by the people on the 3d Friday in November next. For Tax Receiver. 1S&" The friends of John T. England announce his name as a candidate for Tax Receiver, subject to Democratic nomination, on the third Friday in No vember next. Many Voters. For Tax Receiver. The friends of G. W. 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 VUters. For Tax Collector. J. G. Hartsfield is a candidate for Tax Collector, subject to the Demo cratic nomination. k Friends. COUNTY NEWS. HYMENIAL. Joseph T. Goode and Miss Lucinda Scoggins were married on the sth inst., both of this county, 'file bride was 25 and the groom 56. GOOD PICKING. A negro boy named George, about 14 years of age, living on the plantation of Mr. Tom Berry, picked one day recently 334 pounds of clean cotton. ♦♦♦ NEGRO FUNEBAL. The remains of a colored woman, the wife of Sam Freeman, of Athens, came down on the train last Friday. A large crowd of friends turned out to meet the corpse, which they took in charge and carried off for burial. FOE SALE. A first-class Wheeler .and Wilson Sewing Machine, with all the attach ments, can be purchased at a reasonable price, by applying to W. T. Hancock, Crawford Ga. BEAUTIFUL WORK. We were shown by Miss Sallie Cooper, of this county, some of the neatest and most tasty pine-burr work we have ever seen. A reticule particularly attracted our attention. It would take a premium at any fair. A GENEBOUS GIFT. We are under obligations to Dr. W. M. Willingham and lady for a large waiter of the most delicious and tempting delicacies that ever gladdened an editors eye. Will they please accept our thanks for their kind and generous remembrance ? very personal. An old gentleman of Lexington says he don’t think Cheney and Winter ugly men by any means ; that the Editor of the Echo and Mr. Stokely’s book-keeper are both a “ durned sight uglier.” The above is a sls advertisement. H. C. BBIANT. We were pleased to meet this gentle man on Saturday last. He was traveling for John W. Brumby, of Athens, whose shoe manufactory is noted for turning out the best goods now on the market. Mr. B. was born, reared and married in this county, and consequently has a double claim upon our people. CHIPS AND SPLINTERS. Butter is badly wanted here. * Crawford is sighing for a brass band. Wednesday last was a clear, beau tiful day. Pay your subscription if you wish your paper continued. We want a fire engine. Suppose a candle should explode ? Now is the time to harvest pump kin pies and farmers’ daughters. The sun is becoming lazy. He retires to his couch at 4:34 p. m., sharp. The dear ladies. There are over eighty new shades of ribbon this season. Every farmer should subscribe for the Echo, if he wishes to keep posted on home news. but sleepeth.” Will discharge his'bat tery next week. To think that a man should set up against the ladies of our town in the millinery business. Be careful, Tom. Red Martin is going about sing ing, “No One to Love.” Won’t some young lady take pity on his forlorn con dition ? The little folks are already talk ing Christmas talk, and the boys are saving their currency in anticipation of the good time they expect. A drove of very ordinary hogs reached here, by rail, last Sunday, which the drovers were asking B}c. for. They made no sales, and drove them over to Elbert. Now-a-days, if you see a man with the skin worn off the top of his nose and a fine net-work of scratches on the back of his hands, rest assured that man has been coon hunting. The trees are undressing and stand shivering in their bare limbs. The young men of Crawford cover their faces whenever they pass one, through fear the disrobed tree might be a female. Our young friend, George Lump kin, has left Athens. He is very popular, and will be a valuable acquisition to any business house that secures his services. The honorable name he bears tells his character. Now is the proper season of the year to get up donations for your minis ter, and carry him a few pounds of dried apples, a bushel of potatoes, and three yards of cotton, and damage his house to the extent of SSO. Cheney and Winter now go bird-hunting daily. They feel perfectly safe about either getting shot if they have to find a homelier man to do it. P. S.—This is an advertisement. The editor not responsible. Read Mr. C. S. Hargrove’s adver tisement and give him a call if you wish to purchase goods low. Mr. H. is one of our cleverest merchants, and when you buy of him you can rest assured you will get your money’s worth. A young gent of this county had to dispose of his favorite steed, and in vest in a mule, because his former sweet heart jilted him, and his hoi*se would persist in stopping in front of her house when he drove his second choice out. A farmer, well-dressed, bearing the appearance (unmistakably) of no debts, jand plenty of provisions raised at at home, backed up by healthy cotton bales, is the most cheerful sight in the world. He feels as independent as he looks. A young blood of Lexington, du ring the recent session of Court, was fined by his Honor for smoking in the court-room. He now uses a cob pipe, and goes behind an old stable on the outskirts of the village, out the range of the Judge’s jurisdiction, to indulge. Seeds and fruit cuttings in pack ages as large as four pounds may now pass through the mails and post offices at a comparatively low rate of postage. A oushel of orchard grass seed weighs fourteen pounds, which may be mailed in four packages for thirty-two cents to any part of the United States. and that-brother wears a brown felt hat worth $2, and he should come late at night from seeing some friends, with that hat crushed into “ forty-leven shapes,” the young lady should immediately seize it, and by strewing a rosette of velvet and some ribbons over it, she would have a hat of the latest style, worth about $lO. We have but one dissatisfied lady subscriber, and she writes : “I am thor oughly disgusted with your miserable sheet, that is always maligning some in nocent young man, and if it ever comes to our house again I intend to throw it rpon the floor and stamp it!” You had better reconsider that determination our fair one. Remember the Echo has (ii) eyes in its pages. There has been a separation be tween Flanders Moore and his sweet heart. She presented him pho tograph, which he on bended knees swore he would always wear next to his heart. While making his last Sunday evening’s call, he pulled his handkerchief from his back pants pocket, when lo! the phograph fell at his lady’s feet. She says he is either a liar, or else his heart 1 is not at the right place to suit her. CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL. Cloie of the Scholastic Year—A Pleasant Ocoasion. The Fall Term of this justly popular institute closed on Friday evening last, by a delightful little party, given at the Academy, to the scholars and their friends. Although ye reporter arrived at the hall at an early hour, he found himself preceded by a large throng of happy, smiling scholars, arrayed in their most tasty apparel, whose beaming faces clearly portrayed that their halcyon days were upon them; many married ladies and their “ worser halves,” fair maidens and their escorts, and last, but by no means least, huge baskets filled with all the deli cacies of the season, which the good ladies of Crawford know so well how to prepare. By mutual agreement, the younger portion of the assembly (including ye local) adjourned to the hall above, to enable the matrons and those chaps who had wives present (and were conse quently afraid to mingle with the fair ones) an opportunity to prepare supper. As soon as order could be enforced, partners were selected, and many of the popular plays and games indulged in, until supper was announced, when first the scholars and then the guests adjourn ed to below, where they partook of a supper that would tempt the appetite of the most fastideous. After all had finished, one might have collected some thing near “ forty baskets full” (i. e., if they were not too large.) We will not dwell upon the attempt to blast our shining reputation—made by some har dened sinners, who had not the fear of hereafter before them, —in filling our pockets with crackers while we were in tently engaged in devouring our ninth quarter of pound-cake. Neither will we touch upon the manner in which we were “ cornered” by three of Crawford’s handsomest married ladies, whose hard looking husbands had furnished us with food for locals since the first issue of the Echo. Suffice it to say, we were most disastrously defeated, and beat a hasty retreat, which was covered by Jasper Hopkins, our “ fighting editor,” who did his duty nobly (particularly when it came to “ laying-in” supplies). We now publicly retract all that we said about these universally-acknowledged ugly, rag ged-socked, bird-shooting, ku-klux “ kiv ered” husbands, and will promise to “ go and sin no more.” The end of our retreat found us again up stairs, where the Principal of the school was introducing Mr. Royal Stoke ly, (who is, next to ye Editor, the finest looking gentleman in the city,) as the worthy competitor of Winter and himself for homeliness. What an outrage upon civilization ! what an impossibility 1 But we will now return to the young people, who, by this time, had thrown aside their unnecessary reserve, and were fairly engaged in those little games and tete-a-tetes which they will, in after years, look back to as a bright spot in their past life. That occasion will ever be remembered by them, and when over taken by old age, will delight to sit and ponder over that happy occasion, at the close of their school. [We know how it is ourself.] Nothing afforded us more pleasure than to survey the happy, guile less, innocent faces of the girls, and the manly, cheerful, noble countenances of the boys. To give our readers a more correct picture of the hall and its occu pants, w r e quote the following beautiful lines of Byron (with a tew slight changes made by ourself, to fit the occasion): '• There was a sound of revelry by night, And Cralfcbrd’s citizens had gathered then Their beauty and their chivalry, and bright The lamps [and candles] shone o’er fair wo men and ugly men; Numbers of hearts beat happily; and when No music arose with its voluptuous swell Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again And and went merry as a marriage bell—” until the hour of 11, when all returned to their homes, each and every one pro nouncing it one of the happiest and most enjoyable gatherings they had ever at tended. The pupils will leave school with pleasant impressions, and return to their studies next session with renewed energy. Nothing is freighted with more true, unalloyed pleasure and happiness, and results in more good than those little parties at the close of the scholastic year. Too much honor cannot be given Mr. Cheney, the worthy Principal, for the rapid advance the scholars have made in their studies. All of his patrons express themselves as delighted, and well they may be. He is a gentleman of refine ment, education, courteous manners, and exerts, in a mild yet decisive manners, unbounded control over his pupils. They concede it a pleasure to be governed by such an instructor. His former assist ant, Miss Alice Edwards, deserves a full share of the honors which the rapid ad vance and proficiency of the scholars have reflected upon the school. She is a young lady of rare ability, gentle, kind manners, and so pleasant and agreeable that we invariably, after quitting her presence, find ourself whistling “ Would that I were young again!” The music department is presided over by Mrs. Chaney, a lady in every way competent to fill that arduous position, which the proficiency of her pupils clear ly demonstrate. She not on ly qualifies them to perform upon the pianV' in an ) r assembly, but a natural ease and grace 18 imparted to hef scholars which the asso ciation with such a lady is sure to give. Parents or guardians having children under their charge whom they desire should receive a thorough education, at a moderate cost, should be sure and send them to this school, and they will never neglect their selection. Aside from its educational advantages, Crawford pre sents numerous inducements not found elsewhere—health, sobriety, sociability and railway communication. How Charles Got the Name of “ Go-by.” Editor Oglethorpe Echo : Many years ago, there lived in the eas tern part of this county, an old gentle man, one of Oglethorpe’s best citizens, who was noted for his good living, and was especially famous for the extraordi nary melons that he raised. At one time he had a collection that were finer than usual, which he watched very closely. After awhile he discovered that some one, under cover of the night, had been plucking his favorite fruit. This exas perated the good old gentleman until he was tempted to say and do ugly things; but being a Methodist he thought it best to do things by rule. His plan was, to sit up for the nocturnal plunderer and make him ashamed of himself. So, the night succeeding his discovery he secre ted himself close to his largest melon, and quietly waited for the expected de predator. Away in the wee hours of the night the patient old gentleman was re warded for his long watching by the ap pearance of the “ taker ” of water melons, silently passing from one to another, looking for the best. He shyly traversed the whole ground before coming to that melon; but at last he did thump it; and was in the act of expressing his perfect satisfaction, by pulling it from the vine, preparatory to taking it away, when the good old man, in a kind voice, quietly whispered to the colored boy, “Go by, go by that one, Charley.” Charley was dumb-motionless. He was caught, and so pleasantly too, that he was completely overpowered. The good old soul persuaded Charley that it was wrong to take things that did not rightfully belong to him. He has never done the like since, that any one knows of ; but the name of “ Go-by” has fol lowed poor Charles down to the present day. Nothing excites his combative ness more than to call him by the epithet received on that, to him, memora ble night, as will be seen by a notice which he has recently posted in a very conspicuous place. Here it is— “ A KARD. “ Dar is certin fokes in dis summunity, dat ’tends to ’spectibility; but who I’me bound to say hab got no raisin er tall, dat is in de habit ob calling me by de ragus name ob I Go by.’ Dis ’suits me to de highes expedition, coss I ’fess to be a gemman ob de fuss sability. I zires by dis kard to ’spress my attemp for dem as is got no mo breedin dan to call a gemman outen his Christan name. If lis ’dressed by dis coushus name er gin somebody gwine ter git hurt, and I shall be sho to dishiate from dis de naburhood ob my chilehood, “ Specfully “ Charles Emanuel Latimer. “Neighbors, beware. “ O. C. USS” maxeyTdepot.: What a Voter Wishes to Know—Good Sug gestions and Pertinent Queries. Maxey’s Depot, Nov. 17, 1874. Editor Oglethorpe Echo: There are some things I wish to know and some I don’t. I don’t care to know, who “Mum,” “P. Y. McCooly,” and “ Glade” are, nor do I care particularly to know who “ Little River” is, only to inquire of him if you did try the “ wheel of fortune,” sure enough. I wouldn’t believe it if you were to confess it. I would really like to know r , however, why the presentments of the last Grand Jury were not published in the Echo? also, why I never see any advertisements of the county officers in your columns ? There are over 300 subscribers making the same inquiry, and if those 300 sub scribers know themselves, and they think they do, they are not going to vote for any candidate at the coming county election who does not agree to give his county paper his advertisements. The present incumbents can do as they please, as they have but a short while to remain in office. Voter.” The Echo has near five hundred sub scribers in Oglethorpe county.— Ed. Echo. QUEER. There is a tract of land lying in this county, next to the Madison line, which formerly belonged to that county. By a special act of the Legislature that tract was transfered to Oglethorpe county, but a tract lying the other side of that land was not transfered but remains in Madison. Hence, the proprietor of that tract has to pass through a portion of another county to reach his own. . HUGE. A gentleman of undoubted veracity informs us that he saw last week, near Martin’s Ferry, a snake that would have measured nine or ten feet; and the cir cumference of his snakeship was only equaled by the story. I A BRILLIANT OOGASIONv Thfl Nuptials ff Br. W. M.' Willingham Miss £ ©. Gftv4r Our was i. nva<^ Wednes day evening lt, and robbed of ohe Of its most gifted anu popular W un o a ies. We refer to the marring 6 * 1 ' Willingham and Miss L. C. the former of Lexington and the la . of “ Woodlawn,”the handsome residence of the bride’s mother near this place. Everything combined to render it the most brilliant wedding ever known in Oglethorpe. Nothing was lacking. Only the relations and most intimate friends of the bride and groom were pres ent (some hundred or more), but in this assembly was found the elite of Augusta, Washington and other sections of the State. The ceremony was performed at 9 o’clock, the Rev. Thomas Pierce, of Un ion Point, officiating. The following were the attendants : Dr. Foster Miss Julia Calloway. Dr. Robert Willingham Miss Emma Farr. The bridal gifts were numerous and magnificent, clearly illustrating the love and esteem in which the happy pair are held by their friends. We but re-echo the wishes of our en tire county, and Crawford especially, when say, may Heaven’s choicest blessings be ever showered upon them, and may their journey through life be one of unal loyed happiness and pleasure, and that no cloud will ever arise to obscure, even for an instant, the sunshine of their ex istence. We do not fear contradiction when we say the bride is the most popular young lady in the county. She is loved and honored by all of our people, whose hearts she has won by her kind, pleas ant and obliging manners. Our little town will sadly miss her presence ; but we feel somewhat consoled at our loss when we consider that she is joined to as honorable, noble-hearted and high toned a gentleman as was ever created, who will protect and nurture his fair charge as he would his own life. If any one is worthy the hand of Miss Lizzie, it is Dr. Mark Willingham. LEXINGTON. “Citizen, No. 2,” will Take a Little Sub mitting “in His’n.” Lexington, Ga., Nov. 19, 1874. Editor Oglethorpe Echo : I hear that the County Commissioners recommend a pair of new shoes for blind Bill; and the town pump also needs some repairs, which will amount to about three dollars. Mr. Editor, this county is already in debt over $1,300 ! Would it not be well, before such an important step is taken, to submit it to the people, who will have to foot the bill ? I think that this, and the suggestion of “ Citizen No. 1,” should be submitted at the same time. I sug gest December 35th, 1872. Citizen No. 2. ► P. S. This is sure enough from Lex ington. ATHENS MILL. Editor Oglethorpe Echo : I notice in your paper of the 13th inst. you ask why the City Mill at Athens does not grind any man’s grain and take the toll as the other mills, which the law requires. I reply the City Mill is a mer chant mill, and does not propose to grind grain for any one —they purchase and sell. We have adopted this plan, as we find it most satisfactory. Every custo mer knows w'hat he is to get before his grain leaves his h ands, this leaving him free to choose. Yours respectfully, R. L.' Bloomfield, Agent A. M. Cos. A CORRECTION. Editor Oglethorpe Echo : In an article of your last issue, I am made to say, “ Mr. O. and the other negro.” Ifldidsayit, it was uninten tional, for it reflects upon Mr. 0., and I meant nothing of the kind. “Buffalo.” DETERMINED. A young gent of Lexington, through the removal of his intended’s father, was cruelly separated from his adored one. He corresponded, however, regularly, it usually requiring thirty cents to carry his love-freighted missives. Hisaffi&nced always placed one single stamp on her letters, and so our young gent had to pay the rest on delivery. So far from “ ab sence conquering love,” it only served to increase the flame in this instance, as the constantly increasing postage proved. At length our friend concluded that Un cle Sam or the postmaster at Lexington was trying to speculate on his attach ment, and so he posted over to this point to mail his letters on the train, and was seen the other morning trying to get cheaper postage rates out of Moore. Such is life! COMMUNICATIONS. We wish it understood that we do not endorse all that is published by corres pondents. They give their views, not ours. Our columns are open to all, to discuss any question of public impor tance. Any one can have a showing, so long as their articles contain nothing persona’. BEAVER DAM. Seme More Pertinent Queries id Regard ta County Advertisements. Near Beaver Dam, Nov., 1874. Editor Oglethorpe Echo i As you solicit communication from different parts of the county, I thought I would contribute a few dots to your spicy little sheet. I say little, not be <ytjße it does not contain considerable reading hjatuC r , (for it does have more general and news than almost any other weekly pushed in the State.) But because of its dimension*. In the beginning I wish it unu? v 3U/0 1 that I do not wish to subject myself uf the scathing criticisms of “Mum,” “Mc- Cooly,” “Glade,” “Granger,” “Little River,” or any of the rest of your able correspondents; but, sir, I would like for you to publicly announce who “ Lit tle River” is. I hear considerable spec ulation as to who it is. I think, sir, if you ever expect to have any use for a “fighting editor,” now is your time. How dare he accuse you of such things as trying your hand at the “ wheel of for tune, etc. Mr. Editor, the citizens of this county will hardly believe such re ports unless they know the author. You may have given someone else fifty cents, as a certain one I wot of did, to try the aforesaid wheel for you, but I hardly think it possible, as well you. know reason. But as I promised to say - 110 . ing about your correspondents, I sl* pass on for fear I may. Mr. (well, you know who I mean), I was going to say Editor, but i won’t, as I have already made use of that word too often, where are all those county advertisements that you were going to have in the Echo ? I have not seen any that have been ordered there by the county officers. The impression prevails that you are en titled to them. If so, why are they not inserted in your paper ? are you waiting to get a paper full before putting any in, or have they not .been given to you 7 Your 300 or 400 hundred subscribers iu the county would like to know some thing about this matter, and that before the convention meets to nominate coun ty officers, for if the present incumbents will not give their influence to their county paper, the voters of Oglethorpe county will nominate and elect men who will. Your paper is entitled to them, and your subscribers, there being three times as many of them as any other pa per has in the county, will see that you get them. I have nothing to say against the Chronicle and Sentinel, neither do I blame the proprietors for wanting our official advertisements, but if we expect to sustain a county paper long, it is every citizens duty to give it his support and influence. As I don’t wish to weary your patience,. I will close by saying I am glad to see that the merchants of your village are going to close their stores on Thursday,, in obedience to the Governor’s proclama tion appointing that as a day of Thanks giving. May the united thanks of our whole people ascend to Him who doeth all things for the best, is the desire of your Subscriber. ATHENS IN A NUT-SHELL. Hope is said to be doing a lively busl— ness in the Singer Sewing Machine lino,, selling them rapidly. Dr. Ed. Newton has been here about a week or ten days, looking as well, pleas ant and agreeable as ever. Monday afternoon two highly respect able and clever young gentlemen wero before Mayor King for fighting. The steeple of the Presbyterian church presents a very neat appearance, since it has passed through the hands of Veronce. Ben Culp says they don’t U3e hot cof fee now in his circuit, and it has been at least a year since any has been thrown in his face. Report says a minstrel troup has been formed here, headed by a very clever fellow who was formerly in the photo graph'business in this city. Rose and Harry Watkins performed Monday and Tuesday nights at Deupree Hall. Monday night they played tho drama of the “ Hidden Hand.” North Carolina and up-country wagons are coming in pretty frequently loaded with apples, chestnuts, and other com modities that are usually brought from that part of the country. Sock Pruitt says he is bound to be elec ted to the office of Clerk of the Court. The gentlemen who are candidates for that office are all worthy and well quali fied. So Sock may console himap.lf that if he is beaten it will be by a gentleman. Not long since, Gann & Reaves brought on as fine a lot of mule as were ever seen in Athens. They are selling at fair prices. Both these gentlemen are good judges of stock, and none know bet ter how r to suit the market in quality and prices. Tjvo very cle men from the country had a fight * k, in Thomas street. One gave he lie, which word brought a * n °inated in a reg ular fight %| lO to th( City Trei much poo