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’OG ,ETHORPE echo
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E . ERY FRIDAY MORNING,
IS\ T. IG. UAATT,
Editor and Proprietor.
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_ ' EW ADVERTISEMENTS^
€ A R PETS!
Gri iat Bargains in Carpets
F B CUSH OR CITY ACtEfTANCE.
\\ E AltF. NOW OFFERING AT VERY
tt low pries our
Br sholn, Three l*ly
aud Ncotcli lit strain.
Together with a large &ock of
\ IN DOW SHADES,
1 VUE CURTAINS AND CORNICES
J \MASKS, REPS AND TERRA’S, ’
1 tANO AND TABLS COVERS,
< OCOA AND CANTON MATTINGS,
' ALL PAPERS AND BORDERS,
L’GS AND DOOlt MATS.
James B. Bailie&Bro.,
205 Broad St., Augusta, a.
? uction, Auction.
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
iSii It tis 'Xls*
THE.ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Ms, CiotMi
BOOTS, SHOES,
Alixl ss4 Fancy Cioodw,
NOTIONS, &c., Sic.,
v .. NOW IN THE
PEOPLES STORE,
CR A W FORD, GEORGIA,
Will he sold at Public Oh tor v, to the highest
hinder. Until day of sale, the stock will !■
'sold at private sale at and JIELOW COST.
New is the tiu to secure rare bargains.
Save your (limes by the time the Auction
‘comes off, if you wish to bfiy niany good for
"a little money.
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OTAW Oh' GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
V> COrS’TY.—Whereas, John F. Smith
and Jane C. Smith have, by written petition,
:applied to me for permanent Letters of
Administration on iho estate of Cuthbert 11.
Smith, late of said county, deCbased—
Thm* are, therefore, to cite and admonish
oil concerned to be and appear at my otiiee on
or before the first Monday in May, IM7o, to
show cause, if any tiiey call, why said letters
should not lie granted.
Given under my hand and otcieial signa
ture, at my oflioo in Lexington, Ga., this 17th
day of M iireli, ik7o.
T. A. Ci ILI I AM, Ordinary.
OgMhorjfc' l>p]uty SherifTs Sale.
AITILL BE SOLI) ON TITIJ FIRST TUES
\ \ DAY in April next, within the legal
hours of salt'., ho to re tho (Court. House door, in
the town of Loxiruxtoit, Oglethorpe county,
one mouse colored marc ML:LB,Sil>out five
wars old, levied on as tin; property of Wil
liam Adkins, hv virtue of a fi. fa. issued from
Oglethorpe County Court, October term, 1866,
in favor of (Susan U. (Slayton vs. William
Adkins, Martha S. Adkins and Booker Ad
kins security. At. It. YOUNG,
March 9, 1875. Deputy Sheriff.
Administrator’s’ Sale.
Ry virtue of an order from
the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe
County, will he sold before the Court House
Moor in Lexington, in said county, within th
legal hours of sale, on the first TUESDAJf r N
April, 1870, the undivided interest of
heth , Smith, deceased, in one TRACS®.
RANT), in said county, containing Two ivl
tired and Fifty Acres, more or less, adjoljl A
lands of F. M. Mathews, S. IT. fttokely, V \
Tiller and others, lying on the waters of If \ '
"Stone ('reek. Sold for the purpose of pajTLA
debts of said deceased. Terms cash. x\
W. H. JARRELL,
Administrator.
March 2d, 1875.
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.— Whereas, AY. J. Flecman has
i>y Vritten petition applied tome for perma
nent Letters of Administration on the estate
of Mrs. E. U. Flecman, late of said county,
deceased —,
These are; therefore, to cite and admonish
all concerned to bo and appear at mv office on
"or before the first Monday in April, 1875, to
show cause, if any they can, why said letters
should not l>e granted.
jCfiven under my hand arftd official signa
"turo, at my office in Lexington, Ga., this Ist
dav of March, 1875.
maro-30d T. A. GILHAM, Ordinary.
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
VJp WHKittI.VS, Thomas 11. Tiller, Admin
istrator of the estate of M, W ilsoft Ayoods,
late of said comity, deceased, applies to me
for Letters I>fsimssory from said administra
tion —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all pc rsonfi uteres ted to he and appear at mv
office on of before the Monde,y, in April,
I#'l.to ..show faust* if at r they have, why
sii it letters should not he t rhe red.
Witness my hand an i official signature,
this 24th duv of December. 1874.
T. A. UvJL^AM,
ianl-HOW Ordinary C.
QTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
O U^rNTY%—Whereas, John Eseo has ten
dered his resignation as Guardian of Berry R.
Barbara and Ella T. Tiller, minors of M. C.
Tiller, deeM, and suggested the name of James
M. Eseo ns a snitahie person to be appointed
Guardian for said minors—
There are, therefore, to cite the said James
M. Eseo and all others interes'ed. to show
‘cause why said James M. Lgeo should not be
appointed as Guardian aS aforesaid.
Given under my hand and official signature,
the 2d dav of Fcbruarv, WA
T. A. GILHAM, Ordinary.
/GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.—
\J WiiEkkas, Beniamin P. Prewer hag,
by written petition, applied to me for letters
*of Administration nport the estate of William
Bradshaw, late of said county, deceased —
These are, themfere. to cite arid admonisn
all concerned to show cause, it any thujgfan,
why said larttenf should not be gran*!! on
the first Monday iii April next.
Given under my hand and official signature,
tit tny office in Lexington, this 22d day of Feb-
Vtiary. 1875,
T. A. GILHAM, Ordinary
LATEST COUNTY NEWS.
CIfTPS Alft} SPLINTERS.
The trees are budding and blooming.
A I’.un-a-way Tuesday, but no damage
done.
The old fields arouncl CrawYord are
full of—gullies.
Spring has come to the bottoms of the
newest pantaloons.
Remember the auction to-day and to
morrow. Goods will be sold very low.
We are happy to announce that at hist
report Air. Joe Lumpkin was*somewhat
better.
Our confm unity is extremely healthy,
notwithstanding the unfavorableness of
the weather.
Why was Miles Dillard’s cotton-patch
like a billious person ? Because it need
ed working out.
The sidewalk leading from Hargrove
& Johnson’s store has been widened and
put in capital repair.
You can now tell , whether a farmer
will use guano or not as soon as you get
within twenty steps of him.
Craweorp bad a re-union of laugh
ers last Sunday, gotten up in honor of
the arrival of P ‘honey, of Bairdstown.
Jap Hopk' moved into his new
house, quit h: ogs, and his friends
hope to yet • e i a member of the
church.
A farmer N ' -onnty plowed up a
nest of spreading adders last week. We
presume he got snake bit, as we saw him
swallow about a quart of whiskey.
We had a touch ot spring the other
morning, when it was as cold as “blue
blazes.” Winter sat down in a chair
that h'\d a chipel tack sitting up in it.
We were glad to meet, this week, our
friend M. J. Morris, of Athens. Of him
can be said, with truth, “ Here you find
an Israelite in whom there is no guile.”
Wit larn that so soon as Jim Harri
son makes a fortune on the old field he
has cleared near the Academy he will
commit matrimony. Girls, this is a for
lorn hope.
We learn that Airs. A. S. Dorsey and
Airs. Chappie are visiting some friends
in Crawford this? week. These are two
of tbe kindest and most popular ladies
in Athens.
The ladies in some portions of the
State -are at % loss where to buy tlfeir
spring fixings, as the merchants do not
advertise. We hope our dealers will
take the hint.
It is a remarkable fact that wearers of
long moustaches are fond of buttermilk,
soups and custards, and their indulging
in them has a very filling effect on the
pa ; ty opposite.
We neglected to mention, last week,
that the\ Baptist Church in this village
had received anew bell, and had a neat
and tasty cupalo built to their church, in
which to hang it.
The Marietta Joyrndl frequently trans
fers dots from this column to their local
page, them “ Pencil Points. ’
Wouldnfc “ Scissors Points” be a more
approbate heading?
if HEN a boy shoots a flip at his little
vOther in the yard, and hits tire old lady
c ' has just come to the back door with
[>r l f e of slop**, he hardly eierlias any
1 pet ite. left tor supper.
ThijS Dew postal ejt/l will be unlike
I\os a now in use. The color will be vio-
VeL blue. The border aud all directions
as to where and how to write name and
address will be dispensed with.
When you go iuto an editor’s sanc
tum, be sure to read all the manuscript
you see lying around. It puts him in a
gMqd humor, and gives him a lofty opin
ion of your good sense and manners.
A MIXTURE of pitch and tar, laid on
hot, will protect a wall from dampness.
To be sure; hut when the man of the
house rests his head against that wall,
what will protect him from dam—what
you-eall-it.
A countryman who came to Craw
ford Monday morning, went to examine
Galloway’s engine while it stopped, and
set his watch 1' stearfi-gukge of the
engine, whic' ured eleven pounds
of steam.
It is now |u v Ito do away with
the water am ration at this place,
a- it is a usele nditure* We hop.e
it will be don . U>. in a few more'years
our town willp'j u,..reiy obscured by a
mountain df (4#*s
We are glad to c that our hint last
week in regard to the bridge near our
office has taken effect. As soon as the
paper was issued “ Uncle Dave” had the
place put in thorough repair. He is a
“ whole team” at any thing he under
takes.
Now is the season of the year for our
citizen? to begin to resolve that they will
get up before breakfast every morning,
and work an hour in the garden. It is
a very health-promoting exercise, and is
generally carried out just about three
roomings'
Wl are glad to see our fellow-towns
man, Dr. W. M. Willingham, getting so
fine a practice. If there is a man in the
universe deserving the confidence and
support of our people, it is Dr. Mark
Willingham.
FLIPPINGS.
A new disease— Fiiptomania.
Hide out. spat rows ! Tom Witcher has
a bran new flip.
Forty-odd small birds fcere killed by
flips last Shame !
PESFec*' nigger wffh a
mule aud Dick Aycock with a flip.
To see a Cow or hdg travel, “ make be
lieve” you are going to shoot A flip.
To be hit by a flip will make a sinn'er
out of a saint in one and a half seconds.
Winter says as soon as collections get
better he intends to treat himself to a
new flip.
What voung clerk V.asjt that left the
store with a flip, but had to come back
with a skip ? Ask little Rval.
Flanders had a little flip,
And buckshot it would throw,
And everywhere a sparrow went
Flanders was sure to go.
Red Martin has been looking sad for
some time, but Tuesday Winter present
ed him with a new flip, and he is now
happy.
Judge Gibson, armed with a flip, was
out Tuesday hunting for the man who
put that piece in the Echo about him,
±a£t week.
“'Have you got'Teligion?” asked the
Rev. Mr. Gibson of Jap Hopkins, yes
terday. “ No,” says Jap, “but I’ve got
the best flip in town.”
A Mule, astride which was a y#ung
contraband, was shot with a flip this
week. Up to the hour of our going to
press he had not stopned kicking.
Uncle Stephen, Cheney and ye Ed
itor are the only men in town not the
pYdud possessors of a flip. Jxitr . —Mat
Norton says he don’t flip worth a cent
liimseif.
We are thinking of selling ou the
Echo and establishing a glass eye man
ufactory in Crawford. If the present
flip excitement continues it will be a
profitable investment.
We would advise all the widows and
old gals in the county to lent uto shoot
flips. They could soon get ! Wanderer”
so that bv merely drawing one out would
make him “ get up and dust.”
The popular song now with our mer
chants, clerks, ministers and loafer.s—
I Want to be a youngster,
Aral with the boys I’d stand,
My pockets full of buckshot,
A flip within my hand.
Chit has given up his horse-trading
mania atid gone to flipping it. He says
lie has just got to kill him some sparrows
—bacon all out, lard twenty cents a
pound, and nary dust of meal in the
house.
Nothing shows so milch enterprise in
a town as to see thirteen merchants and
clerks arranged around an old oyster can
in the street, shooting at it with flips,
and a minister standing by keeping the
tally-sheet.
It’s rare fun to shoot at a hog with a
flip, and hit an old nig on the shins. But
the civil rights bill allows no distinction
on account of color, and so a black ne
gro has the same right to be shot with a
flip as a white hog.
Nothing is so deep, so cutting, so
proud and self-important as the look
which the possessor of a hew flip bestows
upon us poor cusses who have not the
wherewith to purchase one. Ohl ’tis
terrible ! crushing!
SABBATH SCHOOL ADDRESSES.
The Rev. T. C. Boykin will deliver
Sabbath-school addresses ffltd exhibit
Bible scenes at-7-
Salem Church, Thursday, April Ist.
Lexington, Thursday night, April Ist:
Cloud’s Creek, Friday,April 2d.
Millstone, Sat’y and S’nday, 3d and 4th.
Fork Church, Monday, sth.
Union, Tuesday, 6tli.
During Saturday and Sunday, the 3d
and 4th, the Sabbath-school Conven
tion for the Oglethorpe District will be
held at Mil 473 tO 11G. Let every body at
tend the above appointments.
J. G. Gibson.
WILD LANDS.
Lexington, March 22, 1875,
Editor Oglethorpe Eho:
Please give me space in your valuable
journal to s&y that the Comptroller
General has sent me, to be posted in my
office, a list of wild lands upon which no
taxes have been paid. Parties owning
wild lands had better call and examine
the list, a£ thcle lAnds will be sold in
thirty days unless me taxes are paid at
once. There is tio time to be lost.
Respectfully,
T. A. GiuUam, Ordinary.
THAT HOG’S HEAD.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
Sinbe I le&rn from ye Reporter that
there might have been a mistake in the
printing of the article in your last issue,
headed, “ Latest Excitement m Lexing
ton,” lam inclined to believe that, in
giving us news of such a sweet nature,
vour illustrious Reporter undoubtedly
stuck his own head iu molasses, Which,
to say the least about it, look! rather
hoggish. Lexington.
Our friend Entrails” must not let
Murphy throw sand in his eyes in that
way—the article was “ sot up jftst as he
writ it.”— Up.
HISTORICAL sketches.
O
Th 4 Early Settlement of Georgia.
O-
BY ALBERT WINTER.
XUMBER I.
e propose in these sketches to give a
series of articles on the early history of
our county, with notices of the promi
nent citizens who have been residents of
it. Very few of the citizens of the pres
ent Jay know anything of the struggles
of the early settlers, and even their names
and places of residence are rapidly fall
ing into the mists that surround the
past. I hey are remembered as though
they belonged to a period very remote
and a country far removed. Sometimes
it may be that a transient thought of
them comes like an unwelcome visitor,
but it is thrust aside, aud the race for
wealth commenced ffnetv. Tills ought
not so to be. The surest safeguard against
corruption in the future is to keep fresh
in the minds of the people what their
ancesters have done—the dangers they
have met, the corruptions they have
overcome, the victories they have gained.
We know it is very fashionable, and lias
been since the days of the wise men, to
speak of the past as the good old times,
to dwell tenderly ou the memories or
traditions of the long ago ; and while it
would be folly to say that the fathers
and grandfathers of this generation were
perfect, still we imagine that the men
who now occupy the places of honor and
trust in our land would appear to no great
advantage when compared with the men
who controlled the earlier destinies of
our Republic.
Aside from the material which belong
to history proper, there are scores of in
cidents, too trivial to be embodied in such
works, that possess a weird interest to
those who live in the localities where
they have transpired. And it is to the
perpetuation of just such stories and tra
ditions that we address ourselves in these
sketches. After the lapse of inP.ny cen
turies, and through the smoke of battle,
the memory of the wars that for so many
years shook the English nation to its
very centre are as fresh as though but a
few yeftre had passed since tlieh bloody
scenes were enacted. Every individual
feat of daring is treasured up, every in
cident is remembered, and the pulses of
the youth of Britain beat fast to-day
when they hear or read of the deeds
their fathers have done. Our own war
for independence furnishes many deeds
of courage or of endurance that would
put to *the blush the degenerate sons of
sirs who would do and dare everything
in defence of right, and scattering through
its years of darkness and bloodshed were
deeds done by men who never knew the
impulse of ambition, and who never
thought that the voice of fame would
weave around their names a garland as
unfading as man’s hatred to tyranny.
Iff the year 1717, sixteen years before
the first settlement was made in Georgia,
the Palatine and Lord Proprietors of the
colony of South Carolina granted to Sir
Robert Montgomery all that tract of
land which lies between the Savannah
and Altamaha rivers, giving to this im
mense grant the name of Margravate of
Azilia.
There is in the Georgia Historical
Society at Savannah a pamphlet written
by Montgomery himself, setting forth, in
glowing colors, the beauties of this wide
dofnain and his plans for settling it.
But like marly other massive schemes in
connection with the early settlement of
this continent, they came to naught, and
Montgomery dying soon after, his grant
was revoked, and the titles to this vast
expanse, comprising nearly half of the
present State of Georgia, reverted to the
British Crown.
As early as the year 1725 the Carolin
ians built forts along the banks of the
Altamaha to prevent the escape of their
negro slaves into Florida and to overawe
the Indians. Florida was then held by
the Spaniards, and as the two mother
countries were almost constantly at war,
the infant colony of Carolina suffered
greatly from the depredations of the ras
cally Spaniards. It seems that even at
this early day the Spaniards had offered
freedom te all of the slaves who would
escape into their domain, thus giving
the first impulse to the excitement and
contest over the sons of Ham, which ex
citement will culminate the Omniscent
only knows where.
The Trustees for establishing a colony
in Georgia held their first meeting in
London in July, 1732. The charter was
read, which charter granted to the Trus
tees all the lands between the Savannah
and Altamaha rivers. It covered sixteen
octavo pages, and dwelt at length on the
duties of the Trustees to the colonists.
A fact which speaks volumes of the in
tolerant spirit of the age, isjfhe section
which excludes Roman from
all benefits under its provisions. They
were not excluded from the colony, but
held their property and liberty only dur
ing the pleasure of their Protestant
neighbors. This seems to the liberal
spirit of the prent day as the very es
sence of tyranny and bigotry, but we
must remember that the public mind and
conscience had but lately escaped from
the harsh surveillance aud the domineer
ing tyranny of the Romish Church, and
it was but natural that the people should
feel strongly when they had suffered so
deeply.
In November, 1*32, a few months after
the meeting of the Trustees, 120 persons
sailed from Gravesend, in the ship Ann,
for the New World. They were under
the command of James Oglethorpe, Esq.,
and after a voyage of two months arrived
off the bar of Charleston, Mr. Oglethorpe
went on shore and was received with
great honor by the Governor, and ob
tained an order for Mr. Middleton, the
King's pilot, to carry the ship into Port
Royal, and for a small craft from thence
to carry the colonists into the Savannah
river. They tarried at Port Royal sev
eral days, ami were treated with great
courtesy by the officers of the garrison
and the gentlemen of the Neighborhood
During the time the colonists were re
freshing themselves after their long voy
age, Mr. Oglethorpe went up the Savan
nah river and chose a situation for the
town. He entered into a treaty with
Tomo-chichi, the Chief of the Indians in
the vicinity, and as long as Oglethorpe
remained at the head of affairs in the
colony the settlers were not molested by
the Indians.
The day after Mr. Oglethorpe returned
to Port Royal being Sunday, it was ob
served as a day of Thanksgiving for their
escape from the perils of the deep. All
the gentlemen of the neighborhood as
sembled, and Mr. Oglethorpe provided a
bountiful dinner, among other good
brings a hogshead of punch, a hogshead
of beer and a quantity of wine being
provided. “And,” continues the quaint
document from which this extract is
made, “all whs disposed in so regular a
manner that no person was drunk and
no disorder happened.”
The colonists embarked for the new
town on the 30th of January, but were
forced to return on account of a storm,
and did not reach their destination till
February Ist. The first house in the
lielv colony was built f clap-boards, was
begun on the 9tli, and soon the place
where had so lately stood a forest unbro
ken presented a busy scene. The neigh
boring colonists sent Colonel Bull to as
sist’them, together with four negro saw
yers, and the General Assembly also sent
a gift of 100 cattle, besides hogs, to the
colonists. Colonel Bull also assisted
Mr. Oglethorpe in the marking_ out of
the town, and to this day ofie of the most
charming thorough tares of Savannah is
called Bull street, after hiin.*YThe view
from the bluff on which the city “stands
was a fine one one to the eastward, the
c-Ve ranging as far as the islands in the
sea, while to the westward the river me
andered through forests that came down
to the water’s edge.
When Oglethorpe landed at Savannah
he had with him the journal kept by Sir
Walter Raleigh during his earliest voy
age Along thr coast of North America;
and from the latitude given by Raleigh
and other marks, he had every reason to
believe that it was tlieflrst point at which
Raleigh landed on his first voyage. And,
indeed, the Indians told Oglethorpe that
about half a mile from the city there was
a high mound, under which was buried
their chief King, and that lie had desired
before he died to be buried there, as it
was on the very spot with which lie had
talked with that great and good man.
There are many incidents connected
with the early history of Savannah, and,
indeed, the whole of the lower part of
the State, but to dwell on them all would
swell these sketches to a great length.
We have only touched on tire first set
tlement of the State to build, as it were,
a foundation of what.may follow..
In our next we will bring the history
down to a period just ante dating the
War of the Revolution.
Onee more we would call on all those
who have any books that would throw
light on the period just referred to to
send them to me. And, besides, there
are doubtless many traditions of the
war for independence that would prove
of great interest to the masses of the
people. The celebrated Nancy Hart of
ten visited the lower part of this county,
and although nearly an hundred years
have passed since she proved such a ter
rible foe to the enemies of her country,
surely all memory of her heroism has not
faded out. My heart is in the work, and
though my materials are very scant, if I
receive proper encouragement, and those
who can will aid me, I am sure I will
succeed.
PUBLIC ADDRESS.
The Rev. J. G. Gibson will deliver a
public address before Crawford Lodge.
I. O. G. TANARUS., on to-morrow (Saturday/
night at 7j o'clock. The public gener
ally are invited to attend. 5Ve hope
there will be a full attendance of the
Lodge p resellt. .T. F. Cheney,
Chairman Com.
“FRANK.”
Again we have the pleasure of present
ing our readers with some very beautiful
lines, in this issue, from this gifted poet
ess. 5\ e have another article from her
pen for bur next. 5Ve would be pleased
to hear from her everv week.
AN ORIGINAL WARRANT.
The following is a verbatim et literatim
copy of a warrant issued by a Magistrate
in the county of Hart. It is in strict
accordance with the affidavit upon which
it is founded:
Georgia Harte county
To Any sheriffe debuty sheri&‘ e6rt>nv
constable or Marshall' of said state
Greeting J R Fain Makes oathc before
me that on the seventhe dav of Novem
ber in the yeare eighteen Hundred and
seventy Fourein the county a fora said
Mackcagv Dutten did commit the offence
of Through ing one Rock at J R Fame's
Head of the wait of one & ahalfc lbs and
Hit Him on the Heade on the left side
Above the yefcre withe A dedly wepon
and threatnifig. bis life C' -prarv to the
Laws of this state and GoG* order there
offe towards sitissoiis yofl fire there fore
commanded to arreste the Boddv of
the said Maecagia Dutten And bring
Him Before me or some rither Judicia
officer of this state to be delte with as the
Law directs you will also Levey on a
sufficiency ottfie property 6f said Mecagy
Dutten to pay the coste in the cvente of
His final conviction Here An faile not
Wm C.. Gary N. P. , - .
&ex officio J. P. 1 ‘ “* *
SAD DEATH.
It is our sad duty to chronicle tlielde
mise of the youngest daughter of Mr;
Richard Gauldiug, of this county. She
was a most estimable young lady; and
died as she had lived, a Christian;
Mayor Murphy, of Lexiiigton, visit
ed Crawford last Sunday, to inform iis
that we made au omission in the bill-6f
fare o’ that memorable mackerel dinner,
and should have added chici-ehr. The fltr t
that Mr. Winter found h chicken while
breaking an egg had entirely escaped our
mind, arid so we hasten now to announce
the fact.
All merchants who desire the patron
age of the people of < Iglethorpe would
consult their interests by advertising in
the Echo. Our people pledge themselves
to trade with those merchants who pat :
ronize their county paper.
To-day is Good Friday.
The Legislature re-enacted the law
exempting all persons over 60 years of
age from jury duty.
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The excitement in Stewart county over
certain spiritual manifestations is on the
increase.
:
Dr. R. H. Hard way, of Thomas vllle,
has cabbages, lettuce, beets, turnips,
radishes, onions and strawberries ripe,
and tomatoes in bloom.
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With all the privileges giyen by the
civil rights bill, some of the colpred
gents can’t understand how it is that
they are still on the chain gang.
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The refined and progressive toWn of
Washington, in Wilkes county, taxes
literary entertainments. This is the
town, we believe, where the commission
ers discussed the propriety of compell
ing Sunday-school Superintendents to
takeout licenses.
A storekeeper of LaGrange got rid
of a troublesome goat by saturating him
with kerosene and setting him on flfe r ,
and starting him the street*.
The goat was caught and killed to re
lieve him of his pain. The storekeeper
got rid of the goat, but it cost him a V".
Cad Wagner tackled the civil
rights law in Mongomery, Ala., Friday,
and fought it successfully. He refused
to sell first-class tickets to negroes, and
was arrested and taken before a United
States Commissioner, who quashed the
indictment, and Cal was discharged.
Good for Cal.
“ What do I care about the Teecher-
Bilton affair?” said an old toper home
ward bent the other day. If Airs.
Bilton is right, then Mr. Meecher is
wrong, and if Mr. Boulton js
then Mr; Frank Milton don’t amount
to anything'; any way. What’s the odd ?
All preachers are c’rup, sir, c’rtip.”
NOW IN STORE.
A change of name does not make any
difference with us. We sell everything
just as cheap as though Crawford had
never undergone any change of namei
and are Bcnt-on keeping it up unless
we get so gantl that we can’t keep pace
without a little moore reduction in price:
We have just received a large lot of bed
steads, which we will sell at from $4.50
to $6 each ; a nice lot of mattresses at
from $6 to $lO, and chairs at $6 to $lO
per set. Besides, we have the best lot of
flour, meal, corn, meat and oats wc have
every received, which will be sold as loMr
as. can be bought elsewhere. We are
jhst nice lot of fish in kits
and half barrels, which we will sell
cheaper than ever. Also, a good stock
of sugar, lard, molasses, syrup, potatoes,
tobacco, nails, rice, coffee, candles, and
the best stock of pocket cutler}- we have
ever bought. Can suit any ode in a
pocket kf ife: “We have them from 2oc
to $2. Call and see us within the next
thirty days, and you can get a bargai
without fail. McMahan & Stokely.
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Cut This Out, it May Save Your Life.
„ livintr but what
There i: no f rso "J , 'L u ng Dbwu*.
them. Dr. A. L ■ , in this country
has lately been in wan derou cures
from German}, and ic jy vou
astonishes every oneit tt > ■
cents. G. G. Green, oodbury, >• *>•