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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY *IORMV<;, 13Y T. L. GANTT, Editor and Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. here paid strictly in advance qq W here payment delayed 6 months St 50 Where payment 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 j gjQ Clubs must be accompanied by the cash, or papers will be charged for at regular rates. No attention be paid to subscrip, tiens 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. THE ABOVE TERMS WILL NOT BE DEVIATED FROM IN ANY CASE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Per Square (1 inch) first insertion Si OO Per Square each subsequent insertion.. 75 Liberal contracts made with regular adver tisers, ami for a longer period than 3 months. Local notices, 20c. per line first insertion, 15c. per line each subsequent insertion. ANNOUNCEMENTS. FOR SHERIFF. IGF I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff at the January election. J. L. LANDRUM. COUNTY NEWS. THE MESON ACADEMY. As will be seen by notice in another column, this academy will open on the 11th of January next. To our citizens, the mere mention of the fact that Mr. Thomas B. Moss still remains in charge is enough to guarantee their patronage ; hut for the benefit of those at a distance we will give a brief notice of the advan tages offered by this school. The pres ent principal has been in charge of this academy for a number of years, (we be lieve from its erection,) and his compe tency as an educator is vouched for by numbers of our highest educated and most prominent citizens, who received their mental training from him. He is so pleasant, agreeable and kind in his manners, that he at once wins the esteem and respect of all with wlfofri he comes > in contact, and consequently exerts great control • over his pupils, who look upon him riot only a*s a teacher, but as a friend and protector. We do not sup pose, in point of competency, lie has a superior in the State. With his assistant, Miss Laura Moss, we are not acquainted, but all whom we have heard mention her name unite in pronouncing her one of the most refined, intelligent and agreeable young ladies in the county. It can he said, with truth, “None know her but to love her, none nanie her hut to praise.” Mrs. Shackelford, who has charge ot the Music Department, is a lady in every way qualified to fill the position. She combines, with a thorough knowledge of music, elegance of manner, refinement, and rare mental culture. It would be worth double the price of tuition for parents to have their daughters thrown daily in company with such a gifted lady, not to speak of the thorough instruction they would receive in music. A MODEL FARMER. Last Sunday, by invitation, we, in company with a friend, spent the day with Mr. Thomas J. Howard, one of our most scientific farmers. We, during the day, “ interviewed” his farm, and were delighted with all we saw. He is what we term a progressive farmer. Abandon ing old fogy ways, he has entered into the new order of things. W ith one ma ture of his farm we were particularly pleased—the different varieties of clover and grass patches he has planted. He also has the finest imported stock of all kinds, and the finest lot of home made bovs in the State. His daughters, too, are an honor to the name of woman, which the magnificent dinner we partook of, prepared by them, clearly evinced. We wish our county was filled with such men as Tom Howard, for then soon would our waste and deserted farms blos som as the rose. ORANGE ELECTION. At the annual election for officers of Cherokee Corner Grange, held on the 12th inst., the following ladies and gen tlemen were chosen: Master —Dr. T. D. Hutcheson. ’Overseer —J. R< Hall. Lecturer —Wm. E. Yancey. Steward —John B. Crowley. Assistant Steward —Theodore Daj. Chaplain —J. T. Thomas. Treasurer —0. H. Arnold. Secretary —J. F. Dillard. Kate-Keeper—D. M. Gaulding. Ceres —Mrs. J. F. Dillard. Flora—Miss Hattie Dillard. Ponoma —Mrs. L. J. Jones. Lady As’t Steward —Miss A. P. Dillard Installation of officers the second Sat urdsv in January, 1874. diagram OF THE PBOPOSED IMPROYEMEITT TO THE COURT HOUSE. (UPPER FLOOR,) : W... W If a i : 8 g ; i 5* £• t * iA 4 j D D : !ii I Judge i . $ 1 :£ ll 8 ■ : : Uc : ib k ; :9I i : f * : : :=i *z i • —o S_ : u ; : 5 '3 : * j ABBOT : F 4 NEXT WEEK. In our next we will publish an article from the pen of one of the most talented young ladies in Lexington. t “BILL JONES.” The excellent communication, signed as above, will appear next week. We would be delighted to hear from the writer often. BRICK STORES. We learn that next fall those live, en ergetic capitalists, Messrs. Arnold, will erect a row of fine brick stores on’the corner now occupied by McMahan & Stokely, tearing away the wooden struc ture now there. This is just what should be done. LADIES’ SUPPER. The members of the Baptist Church at Lexington propose giving a supper for the benefit of their church, at the Ma sonic Hall, on the night of the 23d of December, and they cordially invite the public to attend. Admission, 50c.; child ren, 25c. SEQUEL. We learn that at the corn-shucking given by Mr. Eseoe, reported in the Echo at the time, there were ten opos sums on the supper table. A Good Tem plar says there were only five, our in formant being blessed with double sight that night, occasioned by well, you all know. HORSES STOLEN. Mr. Seisson, of this county, while on a visit to Washington, Ga., had the two horses he was driving stolen from his wagon, and has not, at last accounts, re covered them. We learn that several suspicious looking characters are prowl ing around in various portions of this county, without any known object. Our friends would do well to lock up their stock at night. THE ROADS. We are happy to say that the condi tion ol the public roads were never bet ter than now, occasioned partly by the dry weather, but mostly owing to the superb manner in which they were worked. The worst places have been raised in the eeutre, to allow the water to run off, and now, no matter how much rain we have, our highways will never become impassable. All honor to the Commissioners and our public-spirited citizens. HEAVY PURCHASE. A party of neighbors, from the lower part of this county, clubbed together last week and went to Athens to buy then next year’s supplies. They purchased of Center & Reaves, and spent about $4,000 in cash. A merchant, who examined one of the bills, says the sellers could not have made over SIOO profit on the entire sales. So much the better for the farmers. Does not this single paragraph speak volumes in favor of the cash system ? A BOLD THIEF. We learned, this week, of one of the boldest and most high-handed attempts at stealing it has ever been our province to record. One night recently, some of the hands on the plantation of Mr. Sep Cox, of this county, he ird a noise at the corn-crib, and going tnither, discovered a wagon and oxen standing before the door, the vehicle partly loaded with corn. The thief, gaining some intima tion of the party’s approach, fied in haste. Subsequent investigation proved the wagon and oxen to belong to Mrs. Colberts, a widow lady living near, which team the would-be thief had “ borrowed” (without permission) to haul his stolen com away ir. Can even C lit ago heat this for darinj ? Judge E. 0. Shackelford Suggested as a Candidate for the Constitutional Con vention. Editor Oglethorpe Echo : I was greatly pleased to meet last week at Crawford, my old aqd tried friend, Judge Shackelford, now the senior of the bar ot Oglethorpe county (if Col. Mathews is not an exception), and the senior, too, of the bar of the circuit elsewhere, except General Toombs. I found out that the Judge was examining into shipments of cotton, looking up evidence in a heavy case, in which he had just been employed. His examina tion consumed about a day and a half. He worked like a Trojan, ransacking boxes and old books, nearly wearing out his hands, and, in fact, breaking off sev eral of his strongest finger nails. It is generally thought that he has a strong grip on his case, and that if he does not recover the $20,000 sued for, he will at least much alarm the defendant and their counsel. He is said to have one of the Lexington bar associated with him as a striker. The Judge has won much fame as a lawyer. Of late, he has had to refrain almost wholly from speaking. His de fence in the Superior Court of this coun ty, some five or six years ago, of George Long, the colored man wrongly charged with the murder of a white girl, will never be forgotton. This, the great ef fort of his life, has left him insufficient voice for argument. At its conclusion, he was carried by anxious friends into the Clerk’s office, and put to bed on a table, and his head pillowed on a chair, where he lay in profound weariness un til the close of the exciting trial. Stim ulants had to be freely used upon the patient. Since then, the failure of his voice has kept him from making any elaborate argument, but neither his standing or practice has declined. I have always heard that Bill Dougherty was a wonder fully successful lawyer, while he gener ally packed the necessary speaking off on associates. And so Judge Shackel ford now only shapes and directs the conduct of <?ases. He invents and sug gests points and ai-guments to be made by his colleagues. I have just learned, with pain, that he was forced to attempt an argument of a case tried in Lexing ton last Saturday night, by W. G. John son, Esq. The Judge’s speech consist ed in handing to the court a sheet of pa per containing a calculation, and his say ing that he would leave the matter of his fee entirely to the court, withput further argument. After this oration the Judge walked out to get fresh air, and told some of his friends, who found him panting and fanning himself wildly with his hat, that such ef forts exhausted him and hurt him in wardly. A stimulant was forced upon him at once. It restored him, and it was pleasant to his friends to learn from him that he had opened his case and elaborated it so satisfactorily that his junior, who was to follow in the argu ment, could by no possibility go -wrong. His friends solicit him earnestly to avoid these over exertions. While his mind is more than enough for them, his physical strength is utterly insufficient, lie can long enjoy, we hope,, the exer cise of his sound judgment, accurate in sight, and superb management, which make him so able and formidle a lawyer in his silence, And this is the proper place to depre cate the jealously and envy which he excites among the other lawyers. Many of them have often succeeded in their cases by making points which they had stolen from him, and then afterwards denied his seal merit as a lawyer. The county officers have long been the better for his gratuitous counsels. He was for many years the trusted ad viser of the Inferior Court. The pre sent accomplished Clerk of the Superior Court gratefully acknowledges his obli gations to the Judge. Charles Fox onee said that if he were to put in one scale all the knowledge that he had got from his learned friend, Burke, and in the other all else that he knew, he would be in doubt which would out weigh. And I believe that Mr. Lester would hesitate to sav whether he had learned more else where than he had from his old friend Shack. The people rewarded the Judge some years ago by conferring on him the of fice, the title of which he still bears. Nor have they forgotten the advanced position which he took in politics in 1870. It has been said that the best of a man’s greatness is to find him ahead of his age. After the nomination of two Democrats in the county as candidates for the Legislature, the Judge deeming our fight too tame, boldly an nounced himself as an independent can didate, patting himself upon a platform of a single all-important plank, namely, the inys~,*diate impeachment of Bullock. It is now agreed by the knowing that this action of the Judge, though it ap peared premature at the time, commenced and. set to work the train of events which finally scared Bullock out of the State. News has lately come that wher ever the unhappy man goes he is still haunted with a fear that the Judge is af ter him. But it is time that I declare the pur pose of this communication. I have ex patiated on the merits and the career of my subject not because I believed them to be unknown—for they are household words—but as my justifying reason for confidently suggesting him tor the next Constitutional Convention. Let the people of Oglethorpe keep the Judge in mind, dwelling on his many qualifications, his age and experience, resolving to send him to that Convention whenever it is held. He will not waste the people’s money by making long speeches. But he will outsit all in the committee room, and look more wisdom in the hall than any other member. He is free from the ordinary clannishness of lawyers, and he would not sacrifice everything else to the interests of his profession, as they too often do. To sum up, in one word, Judge Shack elford is the man of all for Oglethorpe to send to the next Convention, I have only to add that while much of the information contained herein is derived from him, still that this com munication is not made at his sugges tion or instance. Oglethorpe. THANKS. The proprietor of this paper takes this method of returning his sincere thanks to those citizens, both white and colored, who so promptly responded to the call, and gallantly and successfully fought the flames during the recent fire of his dwel ling. But for their heroic efforts, our loss would have been considerable, be sides the destruction of much valuable property. Among the colored men who merit our especial thanks we would men tion Henry Thomas. He was first on the ground, and never quitted his post, in spite of flame and smoke, until the last spark was extinguished. LEXINGTON DOTS. We had the pleasure of an introduc tion to Rev. P. Hanson Moss, of Alaba ma. This gentleman is on a short visit to his parents. We understand he will preach in the Baptist Church next Sun day. Mr. W. D. Foust, of this county, killed a hog last week that weighed 212 pounds net. The hog was pigged last April. At six weeks old it only weighed 5 pounds. Mr. Emal Gohzihbelazinqualheimer, a gentleman from the Faderland, was showing some horsemanship on last Sun day to some small boys. The horse “ taught ” he would show some of his’ll by landing about 140 pounds of dry goods and Switzer cheese, in the shape of a Dutchman, by one of our shade trees. It is feared the tree will die. Brantly, of the Chronicle , was in town last week. Oh ! what kind feeling he has for the Echo ! He cannot ex press it! We think it doubtful if the whole Southern Express could. ATHENS IN A NUT-SHELL. Athens has been crowded with shows lately. First, Harry Watkins and troupe, then the opera, next came Brown’s The atricals, followed by Robinson’s Circus. Monday there were between six and eight thousand spectators present. The riding was fine, and the animals unsur passed, but not all shown that were ad vertised, Next week the Berger Family will exhibit at Deupree Hall. There is an occasional runaway by a horse or ox with a wagon, but never any damage done. Tuesday there was a mile race came off at Watkinsville, between Captain Brumby’s bay mare and Holman’s grey filly, for SIOO a side. Collins is building a new brick store, as also a Mr. McGinty. for" RENT. To rent, for next year, a house, con taining three large rooms and a pantry, in the most business portion of Crawford. One room would answer admirably for a store of any kind. On the premises is a kitchen ; also splendid garden spot, un a new fence. Rent very low. Apply to J. M. Poyner. LOCAL SQUIBS. Farmers are requested to bring in butter, chickens and eggs for Christmas. For eggs ye editor will pay the highest market price. A team, belonging to J. H. Duncan & Bro., of Elberton, ran away last Thurs day. Cause, carelessness of driver. R. S. Martin will sell many articles at auction during Christmas week. Red is selli g goods at lowest living prices. He sells his best sugar at eight pounds to the dollar, and everything else low in proportion. Mr. S. H. Stokely is offering 13£c. for cotton in payment of all accounts. Now is your chance to get more than the market price for your cotton, and pay your honest debts. Witcher & Jarrell are now in full bl ast with a fine stock of new goods. Mr. F. McElhanon will sell a lot of fodder, shucks and cotton seed at public outcry next week. The Crawford High School will open on the 11th of January. Go to the ladies’ supper. ATHENS MERCHANTS. WHERE TO PURCHASE YOUR SUPPLIES. When our merchants and farmers visit Athens, we request of them to first try those merchants who patronize their county paper, and give them the prefer ence. Below we give a brief notice of those houses we have not mentioned as yet. We will frequently, through these columns, urge their claims upon the people of Oglethorpe. Our readers will please bear in mind those firms previ ously noticed by us. J, H. HUGGINS. This staunch and reliable merchant comes out in a large double-column ad vertisement, telling our citizens of his magnificent stock, and the rare induce ments he can offer. The Colonel has one of the largest and finest lot of plan ters’ supplies, dry goods, groceries of all kinds, crockery and glassware in Athens, which he sells fully as low as can be had of any man who don’t steal his goods. To show our merchants the way he sells crockery, we will tell how he got a drum mer for an Atlanta crockery house. The drummer priced his articles to the Colo nel, and stood quietly expecting an or der, when the latter calmly told him that he would like to fill him (the drummer) an order at these prices himself. He then quietly escorted that individual to his cellar, where he showed him his stock and told him what he (Huggins) sold at. Mr. Drummer left in disgust, swearing that no man could undersell Huggins in crockery unless he stole his goods from the manufacturer and had them shipped free. Our friend and Ogle thorpe’s former citizen, Linton Stephens, will be found with Colonel Huggins, ready to sell his friends goods at the lowest prices. J. C. WILKINS & CO. If you want to buy any article in the stove or tinware line, be sure and call on Jim Wilkins, opposite Huggins’ Plant ern Store, and there you will find the best stock and lowest prices in the city. Wilkins is a high-toned, honorable gen tleman, and just what he tells a custo mer will be found true. He is too honest and honorable for his own good. This firm is also.prepartd to do all manner of tin work, such as roofing, guttering, etc., in the best manner, and at prices that defy competion. They have in their employ Mr. M. M. Maddry, the most finished workman in the State. Several of our friends have promised us to trans fer their work to this firm, and we hope every subscriber will give them a trial when they visit Athens. GAILEY, BARRY * WEBB. Christmas is upon us, and here is the place to lay in your supplies so cheap that you can afford for that blessed holi day to come four or five times during the year. They are closing out their large stock of wines, liquors, fancy and canned goods, candies, crackers, toys, etc.,atless than cost. Merchants and families would do well to purchase their Christmas goods of them. They can save freight. Rempmber, you have but a short time to secure these rare bargains, as they are bound to close out by the first of Janu ary We hope this fine young firm will again embark in business next year, as they are too enterprising merchants and clever gentlemen for Athens to lose. LONGS & BILLUPS. This old and reliable drug house is also soliciting the patronage of our people. As they are better known to our citizens than we ourself, it w r ould be presumptu ous for us to recommend them. What ever they say of an article is true, and when one buys a bill of drugs, or paint, or anything else of them, he knows he will get just what he ordered, full weight and measure. They have now on hand an unusually large stock of drugs, fancy goods, perfumery, paints, oils, varnighes, glass, putty, etc., which they are desirous of selling at their usually pries. G. HAUSER. This gentleman is out in a card thjgrj week, advertising his fine cigars and |i|| bacco. Hauser’s cigars have always taken the premium at every fair at they were exhibited, and when a man gets one in his mouth he never throwlajj§| away until it scorches his lips, so de lightful the flavor and the ease with which it draws. Besides the quality of his goods, Mr. H. has another claim upon our people. Although an alien, when the tocsin of war sounded, he. shouldered his musket, entered the Southern army, fought us only a brave man can fight, leaving one of his liml son one of the bloodiest battle-fields. TALMADGE, HODGSON A CO. Last, but by no means least, comes this splendid young firm. There you will find the largest store—the finest and best selected stock of goods—the greatest variety —the cleverest boys in the whole world—and the cheapest prices. They do an immense wholesale business, and sell as low as can be bought in Atlanta or Augusta. The firm is composed of live, energetic young men, whose motto is, “ Upward and onward !” They ask competition no odds, for they well know their goods and prices can't be beat / GLADE. He '‘Snuffs the Battle from Afar"—Sound Arguments in Favor of Cotton—“ Hum.” November, 14th, 1874. Editor Oglethorpe Echo : What is the news from the seat of war? We have been listening to the booming of the big guns, and the occa casional crack of a musket, till anxiety has almost unnerved us. Has asy blood been shed ? We heard it was imminent. Do ask the combatants to keep cool. We fear our old county will be depopulated unless these heroes? are stopped. To be serious, we were glad to see a call for the establishment of an agricul tural column on your paper. It will be an excellent medium, though which the people in the county and elsewhere can have a weekly talk with each other. It will be pleasant and profitable for them to dismiss, at least for awhile, all politi cal subjects and turn their attention to the material of the county. We would be glad to see the subject of Corn vs. Cot ton thoroughly discussed. A few’ days since we heard one of our most intelli gent and successfu 1 fanners express some surprise that public speakers and news paper correspondents are constantly calling on planters to raise corn to the exclusion of cotton. He cited us to a number of men who came out of the war almost pennyless and settled on lands not well adapted to growing corn. These men bought their supplies, fertilizers, etc., on a credit, and went to raising cot on. It w’as hard work and hard living at first, but they have beeu in a mea sure successful. Lands and stock are paid for, and some money laid up for a rainy day. Serious doubts were expres sed as to whether they could have ac - complished this by raising corn enough to meet their demands to the almost en tire exclusion of our staple. On some of our farms, if every acre of arable land was planted in corn, the net gains at the end of the year would be a mere trifle. ’Tis said, and truly too, that we are in debt. Cotton', guano and credit are ru ining us. This may be true to some ex tent, but the real cause may be attribu ted to our extravagance, for many dis like to live on common things Luxu ries go better. By closing the -oor of credit we may check our wastefulness. This is true. But while the non-credit system might benefit one, the usefulness and prosperity of five would be greatly hampered. It is not the system but the abuse of it that is ruining us. Let the people live economically, plant cotton wherever it wil 1 pay best, and all will be well in a few years. It appears that the Grangers are de termined to oust the middlemen, or some other men. It may ultimately prove to be the men nearest io “ law,” that they have ousted, while the middlemen will be still in the ring. Already quite a number from this county have bought their groceries and domestic goods for next year of the Athens’ merchants. This is to be regretted. Or rather it is to be regretted that our county mer chants cannot, or will not, offer such in ducements as to get this custom. We are proud to see Athens getting a heavy sum of.trade, but we would be prouder to see it given to our own county. Her prosperity should be our chief aim and delight. But so long as Athens contin ues to offer greater inducements than our county towns, the people will and ought to give her their trade. And now, Mr. Editor, please pardon me for referring briefly to the “ dish of sarcasm,” of that “Solon in the Wilder ness.” We will say here, in justice to ourself, that we deprecate anything like petty and uncalled for thrusts among correspondents. We even disjike to see children crooking their fingers at each other. It makes ’em spiteful. A faint suspicion flashes through our mind that this was what spoiled your able cor respondent when he was a brat. But he VT. ‘■’ 'EA. —In his ’ " \ i yOU Mr. Beecher a wonder that the youth mnocei. „ _ , a suffer tated his example, that is, crooked i . . l or our We did not think ?re were writing 1A “extinguisher” in our last. In there aretvfo classes of persons that can-, • not be easily extinguished. Those that have no ideas of their own, and those that “know it all.” Unfortunately, we ± belong to the former, and equally unfor- jp tunate is the “right thinking man, in longing to the latter, <xt least mi his own -,• estimation. F . UlB * We, too, will wow perform the ntes of an interment. We sink his liG rary “ bosk” into a timely grave, lest some helpless wanderer should willingly disturb 1 his slumbering gi we wiite thereon the simple but ~ I>am ’ phrase i ,ades, that is “ Beware—he nays nothing !” ' “ suffering q about that ■ m . / is PHOTOGBJLPHIC. ’ , W I H . Mr. Wren, recently of Athens hi— merly of AVashington, D. C., spet addresses permanently locating in Crawfeter Office, the practice of his firs* is one of the best artists in and would prove a valuable to our village.