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OGLETHORPE ECHO
t’riday .Horning, March 19. 1875.
PUBILSIIED WEEKLY BY
T. L. GANTT, Editor and Prop’r.
COMM! XICATIOXS.
Sandy Cross, Ga., March 10, 1875.
Editor Ojl'thorpr Echt,:
I saw in a preceding number of the
JCcho a suggestion that you devote a
part of your paper to agriculture and
agricultural experiments. I think the
suggestion a good one. That farmers
have different ideas and various plans of
doing one and the same thing is a well
established fact. By a combination
and comparison of these ideas much
.practical information would be obtained.
I last year gave particular attention to
the preparation and cultivation of a
two and one-half acre lot of cotton. The
lot was sown in wheat in the fall of
1872, and manured with seventy bushels
of cotton seed per acre. The land at
that t>me would have produced GOO
pounds seed cotton per acre without
manure. In June, 1873, wheat was cut,
taken out and hogs turned in to get the
scattering wheat. I prepared one-half
an acre of the lot and planted in tur
nips, manured with scrapings from under
an old negro hoine. This arrangement,
of course, prevented the land from be
ing pastured, and in the beginning of the
year 1874 there was a mass of dead crab
grass and weeds on the part not in tur
nips. I turned under the stubble imme
diately after Christmas, bedded just be
fore planting tune, running rows three
f-.t ten inches wide. The cotton was
chopped to one stalk in a place, one
and one-half feet apart; first furrow with
small shovel, then in same furrow with
scooter; manured with very light sprink
ling of stable manure, and one hundred
pounds Bradley's* Dissolved Bones per
acre in drill; then bedded with scooter
and turning plow; planted .May Ist
with Dickson and Iloval Arch varieties,
trolled in leached ashes'), four rows of
each consecutively across the lot, and
listed on with small ripper. On May
2d a rain fell, (somewhat allied to
those now fresh in our memory,) then
cleared off, and did not rain any
more until the first of June. I then ran
a board oyer, to give the cotton a chance
to come up. When well up, I managed
to plow it four furrows to the
row with small ripper. Nothing
else would take effect, especially on the
turnip patch part. It was plowed three
other times withjshovel and sweep, the
last time with sweep alone, with intent
to plow shallow and leave land level as
possible. The product of the two and
one-half acres was 4,078 pounds of seed
cotton, 200 pounds of which was stained.
.1 iie soil of the lot is a dark grey. Of
the two varieties, I like Dixon’s best, it
producing a great many more bolls and
some more cotton. The Royal Arch
bolls are* very large, three of them being
e'lual to fotir of Dixon's. Both nick well
Respectfully yours, C. A. Stevens.
F-S. “Mum and “Glade"—where
p.re they ? They say nothing.
EUt)r O’jlethorpe Echo:
1 i mv’lastl promised to give to your
many readers a good plan for raising
yam potatoes. It is now rather late for
many to fully realize the full benefit
of the plan. Take an old sedge field,
turn it with a good plow (in the foil
the best time, and before planting, cross
plow with small plow and harrow well,
so a * to got the turf broken and the straw
tnoroughly mixed with the soil. Open
rows with a good shovel plow* four feet
wide ; manure well with some good fertili
zer, composted with stable manure and
ashes; bed up as for cotton, subsoiling
•every furrow, narrow the bed, drop the slip
on top, pushing down with the end of a
board ; work as soon as you discover them
taken roots ; and keep the bed high dur
ing the working, and clean of grass. The
potatoe likes a dry, light soil. Plant
ing ;n such land' you are not troubled
with crab grass, which is the greatest
enemv to the potatoe, and you have the
benefit of the straw in making the land
lo<e - e and porous. Will someone give us
the best way to save them when dug?
H.
Ei/rt:rtox, ft a., March 16, 1875.
K! it or (iolft h crrpe Echo:
Me had the pleasure of visiting old
fdlvvton ’as 4 week. Being Court week,
things locked a little brisk. Court
opened on Monday, and held until Sat
rday. We were sorry to see that the
•'-ri ninal docket was very cloudv, but
’.'was cleared up without much damage
. • any of the personal subjects who
■.ere confined between the rock walls
of Captain Sanders’ Hotel, from the
fact that Judge Van inrer had been so
•vise and so cautions in committing to
h these poor thirteen creatures, to await
eir trial at this last term of the Supe
.r Court. We understand that Judge
wisdom anti knowledge was
■ great that he committed tie majority
- aese prisoners oij such small grounds
* "at they were imperceptible to the Grand
So much tor a County Court.
W e were also pleased to see how much
vn-rgy was manifest*! by the Director*
of the E. A. R. R. in getting up stock
i to lay the iron on the road, which work
i will commence in July. Hurrah for old
; Elberton ! They are bound to have it
1 at any cost.
Those Elberton fellows are always
l ready for a good deed. They don’t mind
i investing in st(ck of different kinds. We
| noticed that their funds were getting
i rather low, for it took about twenty of
them to make up one joint share of cer
tain stock, and after the share was
made up, they were already speaking
about getting dividends, and were very
| much afraid that there wouldn’t be any
| declared. The last heard from them
i they were offering to sell at a liberal
! discount. Visitor.
Thjgreatest discovery at Pompeii is
that of a woman making a fire in a cook
stove while her husband is in bed and
asleep. She was a noble woman.
The Second Adventists have held a
series of meeting in Oshkosh, Wis.,
and have figured out that the world will
next come to an end on April 14. M< re
April foolery.
A German lady at Montgomery, Ala.,
has presented her lord and master, poor
man, with five squallings and hopeless
ly healthy brats. This thing has got to
be stopped. A prohibitory tax will do.
Two of the children of the old negro
who was the original of Mrs. Stowe’s
“ Uncle Tom ” are livingin Indianapolis.
Moses Magruder, the oldest, is 104vears
o.d.
Mrs. Hahn, the heroine of the four
babies of Baltimore, disbelieves the re
port that a Chicago woman has perform
ed a feat similar to her own. She says
it is impossible.
■€*
U. S, Senate.— This august body has
been in extra session since the 4th of
March, for the consideration of Execu
tive business, &c. Ail the new Senators,
including Andy Johnson, are in their
places.
LATEST GEORGIA NEWS.
The shad season has opened at
Augusta.
Georgia railroad stock sold iast week
for §BO to §BO 50.
The first crop of sand-flies is ripe in
Bruuswick.
Maj. Lamar Cobb, of Athens, is re
ported to be dangerously ill.
Foster # Blooftt sues Messrs. Gar
trell and Stephens for $1,200, and Messrs.
B. H. Hill & Son for $1,900 damages.
Mrs. Sarah Palmer and Mrs. James
F. Smith, two highly esteemed citizens
of Washington, died last week.
Has the average negro any rights that
a mouse-colored mule is bound to
respect ?
A white man in Meriwether county
recently killed a negro woman with
whom he had been consorting, because
she wouldn’t go with him to Talbot.
In addition to the case of the couple
mentioned in another column, there are
now sixteen other cases on the divorce
docket of Fulton Superior Court.
Shortly after the war, it is said, Mr.
Lee Jordan was offered $450,000 for his
eight plantations in Southwestern Geor
gia.
The small pox has appeared at several
points along the Selma, Rome and Dal
ton railroad, and it is feared it will be
carried to Rome.
Mr. John D. Colley has severed his
connection with the Washington Gazette.
His successor is Mr. Charles A. Choice.
Dr. H. F. Andrews is proprietor and
editor.
The flood at Chattanooga was not so
serious in its results as we had heard
from rumors prior to the opening of com
munications with that point. The water
lacked four feet of reaching the high-wa
ter mark of 1867.
Mr. Wm. H. Fleming, an under-grad
uate, and at present a student at the Uni
versity of Georgia, has been unanimous
ly elected by the Faculty to the vacancy
caused by the death of Professor C. A
Atkinson. Mr. Fleming is from Augus
ta.
Wilkerson county is disposed to put
on airs over a colored person one hun
dred and five years of age. Ten years
ago he was blind, but he has regained
his eye-sight, aud now he can thread a
needle with his hands tied behind him,
and split rails in three languages.
A planter a few days since, in the
neighborhood of Buford, found a lump
ot gold wortli about seven dollars in a
sack of Sea Fowl Guano. The bird that
laid that golden egg has not been heard
from since. Sea Fowl, in consequence of
this finding, is likely to become quite
popular.
This is our description of the weather
a* it is now dispensed; "Dirty days
hath September, April. June and No
vember; from January up to May, then it
rai neth every day. All the rest have
thirty-one without a blessed gleam of
sun; and if any ot them had two-and
thirty, they would be just as wet and
twice as dirty.”
The Atlanta Herald has a very inter
esting account of Coi. Lee Jordan’s
plantation*. Col. Jordan owns and
cultivates 2TO';fi acres, the original cost
of which was §450,00n. He has 800 labor
ers but is gradually adopting the tenant
system. He raises twice as much corn
as he needs, §ix overseers superintend
the plantations, and raise from 1.400 to
2,000 ot cotton. No fertilizers are
used, as CoL Jordan believes them to be
productive of caterpillar. Formerly he
spent §12.000 per auum in guanos and
phosphates, but now makes his own
manure. ,
FREIGHT EIBT.
BY GEORGIA RAILROAD.
LEXINGTON.
Arnold & Barrow, O H Arnold
S Black, G VV Brooks,
B T Collins, £ Oav,
J M \\ Glenn, J \V Howard,
T R Howard, J Holmes,
M M Martin, T B Moss,
W T Patman, Smith A Youne,
S Smith,
ELBERTON
B T Almond, J c Almond,
II ( Black, Mrs A Bradshaw,
D M Carlton, J L Clark,
H K Gairdner, J a Harper,
B P Herndon, T J Herndon,
J H Jones & Cos, J W McClanahan,
A C Mathews, Swift & Arnold,
A B Thornton, Tate A Almond.
R White,
MISCELLANEOUS.
C AR PETS!
Great Bargains in Carpets
FOB CASH ofm ACCEPTANCE,
VITE ARE NOW OFFERING AT VERY
W low prices our
Brussels, Three Pf.v
und ticoleh Ingrain.
Together with a large stock of
WINDOW SHADES,
LACE CURTAINS AND CORNICES,
DAMASKS, REPS AND TERRAS,
PIANO AND TABLE COVERS,
COCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS.
WALL PAPERS AND BORDERS,
RUGS AND DOOR MATS.
James &. BaiMßro,
205 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
Auction. Auction.
7
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
& ’27(,h MarcJi,
THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
J]VU Hnfl,l f! P 1 ir* rr
ill f KM*); ujuukliu,
driHTo ounrQ
ij .j j & f jj 0 1 i : 'U lO*
lints,, Fancy O oods,
NOTIONS, &c„
NOW IN THE
PEOPLE’S STORE,
CRAWFORD, GEORGIA,
Will be sold at Public Outcry, to the highest
bidder. Until day of sale, the stock will be
sold at private safe at and BELOW COST.
Now is the time to secure rare bargains.
Save your dimes by the time the Auction
comes off, if you wish to buy many good for
a little money.
Oglethorpe Deputy Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD ON TIIE FIRST TUES
DAY in April next, within the legal
hours of sale, before the Court House door, in
the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe county,
one mouse colored mare MULE, about five
years old, levied on as the property of Wil
liam Adkins, by virtue of a fi. fa. issued from
Oglethorpe County Court, October term, 1866,
in favor of Susan R. Slayton vs. William
Adkins, Martha S. Adkins and Booker Ad
kins security. M. H. YOUNG,
March 9, 1875. Deputy Sheriff.
Administrator’s’ Sale.
By virtue of an order from
the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe
County, will be sold before the Court House
door in Lexington, in said county, within the
legal hours of sale, on the first ’fUESDA Y in
April, 1875, the undivided interest of Eliza
beth Smith, deceased, in one TRACT OF
LAND, in said county, containing Two Hun
dred and Fifty Acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of F. M. Mathews, S. H. Stokelv, T. R.
Tiller and others, lying on the waters of Mill
Stone Creek. Sold for the purpose of paying
debts of said deceased. Terms cash.
W. H. JARRELL,
Administrator.
March 2d, 1875.
: QTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
: kj COUNTY.—Whereas, W. J. Fleeman has
by written petition applied to me for perma
nent Letters of Administration on the estate
of Mrs. E. O. Fleeman, late of said county,
deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all concerned to be and appear at my office on
or before the first Monday in April, 1875, to
show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not be granted. „
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, at my office in Lexington, Ga., this Ist
day of March, 1875.
mars-3 and T. A. GILHAM, Ordinary.
(GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
X Whereas, Thomas R. Tiller, Admin
istrator of the estate of M. Wilson Woods,
late of said county, deceased, applies to me
for Letters Dismissorv from said administra
tion—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all ]KrsoRS interested to be and appear at my
office on or before the first Monday in April,
1875, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
Witness mv hand and official signature,
this 21th dav of December, 1874.
T. A. GTLnAM,
janl-90d Ordinary O. C.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Whereas, John Esco has ten
dered IPs resignation as Guardian of Berry R.
Barbara and Ella I. Tiller, minors of M. C.
Tiller, deed, and suggested the name of James
M. Esco as a suitable person to be appointed
Guardian for said miuors—
There are, therefore, to cite the said James
M. Esco and all others interes'ed,
cause why said James M. Esco should not be
appointed as Guardian as aforesaid.
Given under my hand and official signature,
the 2d day of February, 1875.
T. A. GILHAM, Ordinary.
G 1 EOLGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
Wh f.seas, Benjamin P. Brewer has,
by written petition, applied to me for Letters
of Administration no >n the estate of William
Bradshaw, late of said comity, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all concerned to show eaasy, if any they can,
why s lid Letters should not be grUnted on
the first Monday in April next.
Given under my hand and ©ffieial signature,
at my office in Lexington, this 22d day of Feb
; rnarvj 1875.
T. A. G tut AM. OsHnn.
NEW ADVERTISEME N Tg.
1875. New Spring Dry Goods! 1875.
KEAN & MORRISON,
Augusta, Georgia,
ARE NOW RECEIVING A SPLENDID STOCK OF
FOREIGN & DOMESTIC DRY GOODS!
PRINTS, PERCALES, TABLE DAMASK,
PLAID & STRIPED HOMESPUNS, NAPKINS, TOWELS,
BLEACHED & BROWN SHIRTINGS DRESS GOODS,
AND SHEETINGS, HOSIERY AND GLOVES,
COTTONADES. LINENS, NOTIONS, Sec., Sec.
We direct especial attention to the finest stock of
Embroideries and Sash &Gros Grain Ribbons ever brought toAugnsta
MERCHANTS SUPPLIED AT NEW YORK PRICES.
Avery small advance at Retail.
Terms Cash. REAM & MORRBSQN .
LOOK! PEOPLE OF OGLETHORPE!
ORS, &> CO. 3
GROCERS AMD PFOV
At Old tml of ng'.Mui & rr, aIS V f
~ * * • aim u w w * a ii
KEEP A FULL LINE OF G )OD IN TH 111 LINE ,\*E OFFER. E'-PFC- •
INDi t El tLN ,A
ri of id t m r. to v ar o
’'F •i i . av , l “ n ' m ' i! ST ' ro t'-" re.-r -r,...' iL>i ;t mty I.vuse m the c : tr, and can seP t
a . s ). tlvA* *?, iCUi 1 !- * >l< ’ if 1 , U it ior ui i: i. i y u-i, :t.i iwe w.ii convince vou.
A full line of I ANCY GROCE NILS tor
WEDDING OCCASIONS, FISHING PARTIES l PICNICS.
Our Motto: Cheap for Cash I
ORR & CO,
Hill, Gil, Era.
WE are now offering the following GUANOS al prices to suit the times
Barry’s* (Itemieal ForfiH*ei‘ —Cash SGO; Time, $65.
Barry’s Aeid —Cash S4O; Time, .*45.
Five dollars per ton added for cotton option of 15c., delivered in Augusta bv Nov 1
Carolina Fertilizer—Cash SSO; Time $65. ™
Bussell Foe’s* Superphonpiiate—Cash $.55 ; Time SGS.
C’at Inland (iluano—Cash $43; Time SSO.
The above subject to a cotton option of 15c., deliver at purchasers’ nearest denot
Also, Sardy’s Fertilizer. 1
Planters would do well to give us a call before purchasing, and examine our Fertilizers
Pamphlets, containing certificates, etc., furnished on application.
*■. HARGROVE & JOHNSON,
Garden Seed, Flower Seed, Grass Seed,
Clover Seed, JTrti-e Lead and Oil.
We have jast received a large lot of the above articles, which we offer very cheap.
LONGS & BSLLUP S 7 Athens, Ga. i
WILCOX, CIBBS & CO’S
MANIPULATED GUANO
Price, pei* Ton,
With Option of Faying in Cotton at 17 Cents.
Call and get Circular, and Certificate of men who have used it.
M’MAHAH & STOKELY,
ian29-2m AGENTS, CRAWFORD, GA.
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!
To No. 12 Broad street, Athens, Ga,
The Largest and Cheapest Furniture Establishment in Korth-Last Georgia!
J. P. WILSOK & CO.
Furniture, Coins, Burial Cases, Etc.
TK'i" Give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. janls-lv
SUMMEY, HUTCHESON & BELL,
(SUCCESSORS TO SUM.MEY & NEWTON,) Dealers in
Hardware, Cntlary & jpaU Sip
Factory Agents for the sale SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, J KtO',' W AGON COT
TON GINS AND MILL FINDINGS, ’
jan-29-ly Deupree Block, Athene, CJa.
HARK! WHATS THE MATTER AT'
R. S. MARTIN’S
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES
AT UNPRECEDENTED LOW PRICES!
gztr- Come one, come all, and see for yourselves, the following prices:
Good Coffee Sugar, 9 lbs. for sl.
Extra C, white, 8 tbs. for sl.
Coffee, beat, 3J lbs. for ?1.
Coffee, good, 4 fts. or sl.
Soda, 3 tbs. for 25c.
Starch, 10c.
Turpentine Soap, 4 bare 25c.
Matches, per doz., 40c.
Khot, 1/mv Own and tea, 90c.
Tobacco, sound, GOc.
Tobacco, finest, 8 >c.
Pine Apples, 2 tbs., 30c.
Oysters, 1 ft. can, 12K-.
Strawberries, 2 Tbs., 25c.
Also Pickles. Sardine*, and
Crackers of all kinds. •
Stick and Fancy Candies.
Ha*** - Come and
MISCELLAN EOUB.
COTTON CHOPPER e
IMPROVED $
Moreen 1 S
J-yrtor. $.
Dutrl and OalUrMar &
combined, **S. COBH
I*.A.VI EB g
ment. t: 60 trtra. All n
wTncd. Agent, mat-
•1. Send etamp tor nine- Of
_ Circular with nb O
D. c. c. ft 0. Cos., r.r Q
I would again ca’l the attention of Farmer*
o this oelebrateo L VBOR-SAVING Machine.
It has l>een
GREATLY IMPROVED
since last year, and is now WARRANTED te
do all that is claimed for it. One of the Ma
chines is on exhibition at Messrs. Hargrove &
Johnson’s, Crawford, Ga. For Circulars, Tes
timonial-.. etc., apply to C. S. HARGROVE
or mvself.
JOHN H. TILLER,
Agent, Point Peter, Oglethorpe county, Ga.
FRANKLIN HOUSE,
Oipoitc Doupree Ha!*,
ATHENS, GJA >KGIA.
iSS'C 1 h.s popular 'is strain open to
the public. Board, •:.* p*-i •1.-. x.
W. L Jt.Si'i.n .1 to.,
feb4-ly Proprietors
At the New Store.
IYCHER & JARRELL,
Who keep nothing but
New Be First-claes Goods,
Have just received, in ndd’tion to-neir already
large am! \ve:i-'i ’•*etd stock of
OrwQ-.ola !‘,f t R-,nfo C|™
• ] Ujli-DiiLj ulv>| Duliio) uMioJ)
Gi*: r; ; w, Pr Lions, Pte.
A large- stock of
F> \ ( J/’A'YT comprising Hams, Sides
'-CW_. \ / i.l . and Shoulders, ptirchaaed
prior to the late rise in prices, which will
be sold ( HEAP for the cash. To arrive in a
few days, a large lot of
CORK and FLOUR,
which will tv soM r*s LOW tor the money as
can belnul eieewUj-e.
■Remember, that we Sell nothing but the
PLS ; of everything. Give us a call before
bur mg elsewhere.
YOUNG MEN
YY'IfO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA
* * liA l ION for Business, will find supe
rior advantages at
Moore’s Southern Business University,
Atlanta, Ga.
The largest and best Practical Business
School in the South.
Students can enter at any time.
oct3o-lv tl. F. KOORE, Pres’t.
NEW STOCK,
NEW STOCK!
R.T.BRUMBY&CO.
Athens, Ora.,
HAVE NOW ON HAND:
PI RE V. HI! E LEAD, atsl4 per hundred
A ENETIAN RE dry and iu oil.
VARNISH, of all kinds.
TURPENTINE and PAINT P.RUSIIES.
ANILINE DA E, red, ldack, and purple.
The largest and finest selected stock of
Cheap and fine PERFUMERY,
SHELL BOXES, BABY BOXES,
COLOGNES,
Belle, Atwood's, Caswell & Hazard’s Get
man, Hoyt’s, Wright's, and Brumbv <t Co’,
had ’ and pints, elegantly put up in cut
glass h.’itles, etc.
IVORY TEA THING RINGS.
ARNICA COAT PLASTER, white, blaek
and flesh color.
Shaving and To iii PLUSHES.
Tiie finest se!>- -thm of Imp-HAIR
BRUSHES ev > r ft... n tftscii. f. i briefc
mas P.v- :.ts. o;.ie existing >: •
LADIES’ CACLOi S, for the rr tb.
Fine PUFFS 1 I LY V. HIT!
Nail and I.dj.i-t--’ F;i J SUES.
OTTO OF ROSE, n small v<al.
SHAVING COMPOI NT), in mug*.
CAMPHOR ICE. LIP BALM,
ROSE CREAM.
POWDER PUFF BOXES, 2oc to *2 each.
Fine TO i LET SOAPS.
SA POLIO. 2Ac per package.
And a host of other articles too numerous to
mention. We want the people of Oglethorpe
and surrounding country to give us a call
when they visit Athens, and examine our fin*
stock.
MRS. HARLOW’S
Electric Life LiMmeut
for the cure Of Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Headache. Sore Throat, Bronchi-
Ls. Pa n in Chest, S de, Plurixy, Paralysis,
Cramp fx)he, dl Spinal Affections, Bone
1 e]o ft <ar -uncle, Cm-., Sprains, Burns, Brui
ses, ( hilbtams, etc. Ii not as represented th*
" lf ' n '7 L . r ;‘/ 1 u ! 1 . ,,,d - For **ie i>v McMahan
* r T. Fleming A Cos.,
and Me\\ Imrter, Voung A Cos. jan&dm
disl®t;on.
T ,f i; , P '\! !TN,:BSII IP OF LUMPKIN A
-1 ''LIVE was J.s.s jJvetL by mutual con
sent, *.i the Ist day of {January 1*73, as to all
lui si ness arising oi> a adri ft er that date.
Each member of“thttinn .remain* in T.rt,
INGTOX, Ga.. and continues the practice of
Law in the Northern Circuit—and elsewhere,
by special c intract;
o SA^ LKi ' MPKIN may he found in the
Ben W u.lingii am office, fronting lot of E
G. Roane. °
J. T. OLIVE may be found in the oftee
lately neonpied hy Jew C. £O4.