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OGLETHORPE ECHO PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY 77/ OS. C!A A 77) hditor and J*ropf*or Crawford, Ga., - - June 11, 1875. For Governor. Not only every Congressional district in the State, but nearly every county, Tias “ trotted out” a candidate for Gover nor. While among the various names BU KK we recognize several of good and true men, who would no doubt fill this responsible office with honor to themselves and the State, there is one name, we think, towers far above any yet proposed or could be named—that of the Hon. Charles J. Jenkins. In him we know there is centered all that we could ask or desire in our Executive—an in tegrity as pure as the falling snow, an honor against which naught can be pre ferred, a talent of the first magnitude, combined with an ability surpassed by no living man. “He has been weighed in the balance, and never found want ing.” Let our people center on him, and we feel convinced that when the Honora ble gentleman sees that is is the unani mous wish of our people, and that it is for the good of his beloved old State, he will again stop from his retirement and accept the position. So we to-day hoist the name of the Honorable Charles J. Jenkins for the next Governor of Georgia. “Justice**—(ln a Horn.) In the last issue of the Athens Geor gian we see a communication signed “ Jus tice,” in which the writer makes a side dash at the Echo and Crawford, on ac count of their small size, and consequent insignificance, and then proceeds to “ go for” our Athens correspondent, “ Musto pha, in anything but an amiable manner all because of the writer’s misconcep tion ofhis (“Mustopha’s”)reportof a bur glary—and makes some grave charges against the character of his letters. Now, we would let “Justice” know that the size of our town and sheet is a very sore subject with us, but we hope the day is not far distant when we will each attain a respectable size, and, per haps, be able to sport an “ efficient po lice force.” But of one thing we feel proud—although there are no “ stars and clubs” in our midst, we feel that we can boast of less crime and better order than Athens, even taking the respective sizes of the two places into consideration. We think we know “ Justice,” and if we are correct, he is one of ye Editor’s best friends in that splendid little city, although, like all of us, he has Be(e)n Culp-able, and guilty of naughty tricks. But lie is a splendid officer and kind, clever fellow. So we will let pass his slur at the insignificance of our town and paper, and say a few words in defence of our able correspondent. We will begin by saying that the gen tleman who writes for us under the non de plume of" Mustopha” is one of the first men of Athens—a man who would scorn a misrepresentation, and the last one on earth to make a covert or indirect attack upon any one. As to the charge that he is “ in tire habit of making misrepresent ations,*'’ tills we most emphatically deny. His letters are character food for their ■“ wisdom, justice, moderation ” and truth. True, errors have crept into his articles a few times, but they the fault of our 4evil, whom we have long since slain tend forwarded his remains to the grass hopper sufferers. We think “ Justice” misconstrued the paragraph m nqgard to the police force. | o*i it ore make ao eo mass end, for we feel assured that if aught was intended our correspondent will so state, and give his reasons in our next. If “Justice” only knew the high standing and character of the w riter, he would blush that he al lowed for u moment such thoughts as he jg&ve utterance to through the columns of the Georgian te enter his mind. For the police force of Athens we en tertain the highest regard. We feel to teach member a particular friendship, And if we thought their characters as officers or men were assailed, we would be the first to take up the pen in their defence. Chief Davis has been long known to us, and we feel that a braver .or (Cleverer man w ould be hard to find. To-night, before retiring, we will of n nap .a prayer that the eyes of “Justice” may .be.opened to light, and that he may be permitted to read .an artiele under standmgty. — 9 mm* New Hampshire is infested with a trouble somewhat like Xouisiana. Her Legislature has been in a broil for some time. ’ Grant should send Sheridan up. He is “not afraid.” The matter has been referred to the courts for adjudica tion. Truly the Radicals contest every .inch of ground before retiring. Four teen years of plunder Ims made them bold and defiant, but the honest people have asked them to step aside, and they will have to do so. WHAT’S THE NEWS? —The grasshoppers are in Virginia. —Mrs. Tilton still loves her husband. —The new twenty cent silver coin is ready for distribution. —The Cotton States of Congress will meet in Raleigh, N. C., July 13, 1875. —A Milwaukee Judge has decided that a husband is no relation to bis wife. —Mrs. Oates and her husband are said to have made up, after their violent quarrel. —Ben Butler’s reappearance in the contest for the next Massachusetts Gov ernorship is anticipated. —A church in Monroe county belong ing to the Primitive Baptists was sold by the Sheriff recently—a rather queer proceeding. —Gen. Tom Thumb, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has taken thirty-two degrees in Masonry, the highest attaina ble save one. —Phil Sheridan, the brigand, was married to a Miss Rucker, of Chicago, last Thursday evening, at eight o’clock. Poor Miss Rucker! —A violent storm in Indiana has done much damage to property, sweeping rail way bridges and delaying trains. Four persons are reported drowned. —Another den of rascals and rascality has been unearthed and ventilated at Columbia. The Mayor and his Aider men have been invited to resign. —Poor Little America and her centen nial! Japan has just been celebrating the two thousand five hundred and thir ty-fifth anniversary of the Japanese em pire. —President Grant’s forty-eleven rela tives in office have been photographed and grouped in a single picture, to circu late among Democratic conventions and the people generally. —The first cotton blooms of the season came from a plantation on Eagle Lake, in Texas, not far from the coast. The blooms were exhibited at the Galveston cotton exchange last Saturday. —The Fiji Islanders are getting along in civilization at a rattling rate. A few months ago they closed out their coun try to John Bull, and up to date thirty thousand of them are dead from measles. —The Sun publishes a very remarka ble statement in connection with the Beecher case —to the effect that Mrs. Tilton fully confessed her crime, not only to her husband, but to her brother and to bis wife. —Some thief in New Orleans has a mania for stealing coffins. He ruined the business of one undertaker, a few days ago, and will no doubt undertake another job of the same sort unless close ly watched by the police. —At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the colored Masons of New York, on Wednesday, the Grand Master said the colored members and lodges had been sadly impoverished and disheartened by the failure of the Freedman’s Bank. —A Milwaukee girl who had been reading the scandal accounts, asserted re cently that she felt a little bird singing in her heart, but subsequent events proved it to be only a garter-snake she had swallowed when drinking at a spring. —ln the United States there are 8,654 Masonic Lodges, 543,474 Master Masons, 496 Commancleries or Encampments, 40, 410 Knights Templar. In Georgia there are 286 Lodges, 13,921 Master Masons, 8 Encampments, and 367 Knights Templar. —A puzzled St. Louis man writes to inquire how it is that the sewing machine companies of the United States cannot sell a machine in their own country for less than from £6O to $.90, and yet can make a reasonable profit by selling them in Europe,with cost of transportation ad ded, for from S2B to S3B. —Some three -years ago Mrs, Elizabeth M. Roe, of Cherokee county, Ala., plant ed a coffee tree, which grew three feet the first year, and now measures about two inches in diameter, and has four large branches, about two feet from the root of the tree, and is some six feet high. This year’s sprouting is fully two feet. —The cause of the failure of masked robbers to compel the cashier of a bank at Great Barrington, Mass., to open the safe last Friday night, was the fact that the safe was provided with a “ chronom : eter lock,” which prevented it from be ing opened by any one until the hour arrived in the morning at which the clock relieves the bolt. —How would you like to have your sugar whitened with the bones of men who died for their country? They are apparently having it that way in France. They have formed a factory for the man facture of animal charcoal at Metz, which is supplied with bones from the battle fields over there. This product is used in refining sugar. —At a prayer meeting an old man got up and prayed for a son now in a felon’s cell for the crime of murder. Another old man tremblingly joined his prayers, adding that he, too, had had a son, but he had been murdered. Their names were made known, and the fathers of Edward S. Stokes and James Fisk, Jr., stood for the first time face to face. —The old engine house at Harper’s Ferry, in which John Brown and his Eartv were stormed and captured, is used yAn .undertaker as a hearse house. The loop holes which the insurrection ists made have been bricked up, but the outlines can be readily traced. The places on the floor where one of Brown’s sons died and the other was mortally wounded are pointed out by the villagers, although the blood stains that remained for several years have faded out. —A letter from Kansas City, Mo., re lates that a poor farmer of Bates county went into a grocery store in that city for the purpose of getting some flour. He had no money, but offered to mortgage bis team .for oue hundred pounds of flour. The merchant refused to let him have the flour without the money, whereupon the farmer picked up the flour and put it in his wagon and left town. The merchant sued him, aud the jury gave their verdict as follows : “ Defendant shall have the flour for his consumption, and the mer chant shall pay the costs.” GEORGIA NEWS OF THE WEEK. —That was a bloodv affrav at Berzelia Tuesday. —The Milledgeville Every Saturday has “ succumbed to the pressure.” —-Augusta is really to take the prize for a big test of the civil rights case in Geor gia. —The Washington Gazette nominates Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as Governor Smith’s successor. —There is a negro in Newton county who returned some chickens that he had stolen to their roosts. —Quitman estimates her present sup ply of babies at 175. The coming crop will probably be as large. —Col. Lewis Tumlin, a well known politician of other days, died at his home in Bartow county, one day last week. —A few days since an Augusta car penter, while boring some post holes in the ground, found S2O in silver in the hole. —A new post office has recently been established at Harlem, Columbia county, on the Georgia Railroad, twenty miles from Augusth. —The residence of Mr. Newton Reese of Madison county, was burned last week, while the family were absent, together with all it contained. —A difficulty occurred nearßockmart this week between Win. Lowry and Wm. Price, which resulted in the shooting and killing of Mr. Price. —Mr. Clarence Hill,son of Hon. Josh ua Hill, died suddenly, on Monday morning last, at the residence of his fa ther, in Madison, Georgia. —The Board of Directors of the Geor gia Railroad, Tuesday, declared a semi annual dividend of four per cent., paya ble on the fifteenth of July. —We congratulate the stockholders of the Georgia Railroad upon the election of Col. S. K. Johnson, General Superin tendent,by the Board of Directors, Tues day. —lt is stated by the Greensboro Herald that a one-third interest in the Belle- Greene copper mines in Greene county has been sold to Northern capitalists for fif ty thousand dollars. —Hon. Jefferson Davis has been invited to deliver the address before the “ Phi Kappa” and “ Demosthenian” societies of the University of Georgia, at the ap proaching commencement. —On Friday last, the negro Alfred Orange or Aring, who killed another ne gro sometime ago, in a fit of jealousy, was hung in Atlanta, He met his fate, it is said, with stoical indifference. —A colored youth was caught throw ing rocks at the lightning express which runs between Athens and Union Point, He was captured by the conductor and put through a course of hickory sprouts. —There is a turkey hen near Warren ton, which lays two eggs l every day, when she is in the notion of “ nest hiding,” and there is also a fourteen year old boy who weighs 200 pounds, and don’t half try. —Henry S. Schreiner, of Savannah, was arrested in Baltimore this week, on a telegram received by the Marshal of Police of Savannah, charged with kid napping his own children, aged respec tively four and six years. —A Greene county man is making a little pocket money by sending the roots of Bermuda grass to Kentucky. Bermuda grass is the kind, and the only kind that we know of, that will take root, and grow, and flourish on the top of a red hot stove. —A colored man and a depraved white woman, who, it is said, occupy the same house in Darien, were walking through Little Jones street on their way home, when they were attacked by a crowd of negroes and brick-battcd for some dis tance, —On the 28th of May a doctor was called to attend a negro woman ten miles below Bain bridge, on which day she gave birth to a male child. On the 29th a female infant was born unto her, and on the 30th she gave birth to a child of the neuter gender, having no sexual marks whatever about it. The first child lived twelve hours, the others but a few moments. The last born was the largest, and all were well formed chil dren. The woman bad three separate and distinct labors. —A Walker county correspondent gives the Southern Christian Advocate an account of a family in that county as fol lows The father, six feet five inches ; mother, five feet ten inches ; daughter, five feet ten inches ; first son, twenty six years old, six feet ten inches ; second son, twenty-two years old, six feet seven inches ; third son, twenty-one years old, six feet seven inches ; fourth son, nine teen years old.sixfeet; fifth son, fourteen years old, six feet. Total fifty feet four inches. -* - —This week a negro man was brought to Jonesboro en route to Atlanta jail, charged with having committed a rape on a white girl. The particulars, as we get them from the parties in charge, are as follows : Early Sunday morning, about six miles below Fayetteville, as a young girl, 13 years of age, by the name of Millsaps, was returning home from a neighbor’s bouse where she spent the night, she was attacked by a negro man, by the name of George Speer, and trea ted in the most brutal manner. The ne gro with open knife in hand seized the helpless girl, and under,threate of cutting her throat and by force, violated her person. —Revenue Officer Leatherwood, of Huntsville, Artis killed last Saturday night near the foot of Sand Mountain, some twenty miles from Gadsden. The Sarticulars are as follows: Mr. L. took inner that day at the house of a man who has two or three small distilleries, the man of the house not being at home. After dinner he went in the direction of the still houses, and that is the last that has been seen of him. On Sunday morn ing his loose horse was found at a house in the vicinity, the saddle being bloody, as well as the shoulders of the horse. His satchel was attached to the saddle, containing his pistols and papers. His body had not been found up to last ac counts. ji s EM eNT s - All persons are notified that scour SMITH and MARY SMITH, colored, are under contract with me for the present year. Any person giving employ ment to these parties will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. JASPER KINNEBREW. Bairdstown. Ga. jell-2t Oglethorpe Sheriff’s Sale. 'll TILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT YY House door in the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe countv, between the lawful hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY” in July next, one tract of LAND, containing one hundred and forty-nine acres, more or less, adjoining P. L. Wheless, David Graham and others, and one roan HORSE, about fourteen years old. Levied on as the property of William Cun ningham, to satisfy a fi. fa. obtained in Ogle thorpe Superior Court, in favor of Rufus L. Moss & Cos. vs. William Cunningham, and other fi. fas. in my hands against said Cun ningham. Have given the notice required by law. —ALSO— At the same time and place will be sold one tract of LAND, containing one hundred and eighty acres, more or less, adjoining Frank Tiller, Mrs. Tiller and others. Levied on as the property of Green Bell, to satisfy a fi. fa. obtainable in Oglethorpe Superior Court, in favor of Z. H. Clark, survivor, etc., for the use of Geo. W. Callaway, administrator of John M. Callaway j deceased, vs. Green Bell, and other fi. fas. in my hands. Have given notice in writing required by law, —ALSO— At the same time aud place will be sold one HOUSE and LOT, in the town of Lexington, containing four acres, more or leas, separated from the lot of Mrs. Cox by the road lead ing from Lexington to Athens, and from lot of James R. Boggs by the road leading from Lexington to Hcrmon, and separated from the Old Hotel lot by cross street. Levied on as the property of Edward Young, to satisfy a fi. fa. obtainable in Oglethorpe Superior Court, in favor of the trustees of the Baptist Church in Lexington vs. Robert Monteith, B. A. Gresham, S. H. Cox, James Norton, R. Mor gan, Edward Y’oung, L. J. Deupree, G. W. Callaway, administrator, B. M. Johnson and J. D. Mathews. Have given the notice re quired by law. J. T. JOHNSON, June 7, 1875. Sheriff. Oglethorpe Sheriff’s Sale. WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT House door, in the town of Lexington, Oglethorpe county, between the lawful hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY in July next, one tract of LAND, containing two hundred and ninety-five acres, more or less, adjoining lands of I. W. Johnson, A. M. Sorrow, James S. Sims and others. Levied on as the proper ty of William H. Kidd, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Hosea C. Giddens vs/ William H. Kidd and Robert J. Wright, obtained in Oglethorpe Superior Court. One fi. fa. in favor of George H. Lester and John A, Hun nicutt, adm’rs of Lewis J. Deupree, dec’d, vs. William H. Kidd, obtained in Oglethorpe Superior Court. Have given the notice re quired by law. —ALSO— At the same time and place will be sold one tract of LAND, containing one hundred and forty acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Frank Howard and others, the lands on which E. M. Harwell took the homestead. Levied on as the property of E. M. Harwell, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of Lewis J. Deupree vs. Eg bert M. Harwell, maker, and George W. Whitehead, endorser, obtained in Oglethorpe Superior Court, and other fi. fas. in my hands against said Egbert M. Harwell. Have given the notice required bv law. J. T. JOHNSON, Sheriff. June 10th, 1875. LITTLE STOREfsCORNER HERE THE CITIZENS OF OGLETHORPE will alway find the Cheapest and Best Stock of FANCY GOODS, LIQUORS, GROCERIES, LAMPS, OIL, Etc. J. M. BAREY. Broad Str., Athens, Ga. ap9-tf MILLINERY. MRS. T. A. ADAMS, Broad street, Athens, Ga. Keeps constantly on hand a select stock of Millinery and Fancy Goods. 3m MRS. HARLOW S Electric Life Liniment For the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Headache, Sore Throat, Bronchi tis, Pain in Chest, Side, Plurisy, Paralysis, Cramp Colic, all Spinal Affections, Bone Felon, Carbuncle, Cuts, Sprains, Burns, Brui ses, Chilblains, etc. If not as represented the money refunded. For sale by McMAHAN & STOKELY, Crawford, T. Fleming & Cos., and McWhorter, Young & Cos. janß-6m In Oglethorpe Superior Court. JONATHAN WATKINS) Rule m*i vs. > To Foreclose B. F. DURHAM. j Mortgage. IT APPEARING TO THE COURT BY the petitkm of Jonathan Watkins that on the 19th day ofj&a-uary, 1871, B. F. Durham, of said county, was indebted to Jonathan Watkins the sum of Forty-five Dollars, to be paid on the Ist day of October, 1871, for value received. And it farther appearing by said petition that B. F. Durham, to secure the payment of the said sum of forty-five dollars, executed and delivered, on the 19th day of January, 1871, to Jonathan W atkins, a mortgage on forty acres of land, more or less, in said coun ty, adjoining lands of Jonathan Watkins and others, conditioned to be void if said sum of forty-five dollars should be paid at the time agreed upon. And it further appearing that the said sum of forty-five dollars, with the interest due thereon, remains unpaid—it is, therefore, Ordered , That the said B. F. Durham do pay into Court, by the first day of the next term thereof, the principal, interest and costs due on said sum, or show cause to the contra ry ; and that on his failure to do so, his Eqtii ty of Redemption in and to said lot of land be forever barred and foreclosed. And it in further ordered, That this rule be published in the official gazette of said county once a month for four montlis, or a copy thereof be served personally upon the said B. F. Durham, or his agent, or attorney, at least three months previous to next terra of said Court. I certify that the foregoing Rule Nisi is a true extract from the minutes of the Superior Court. This 6th day of May, 1875. je4-lam4m ’ GEO. H. LESTER, Clerk. PROFESSIONAL CARDS, OF ONE HALF INCH, inserted in the Echo at only $5 a year, if paid strictly in advance. rjMIE BEST AND SAFEST INVESTMENT A is a year’s subscription to the Echo. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Garden Seed, Flower Seed, Grass Seed, Clover Seed, X’ni’e Lead and Oil. W'e have just received a large lot of the above articles, which we offer very cheap. LONGS & BILLUPS, Athens, Ga. DRY~GOODS BOOTS AND SHOES, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS! FOR SALE CHEAP FOR CASH! WE CAI ACCOMMODATE PROMPT-PAYING CUSTOMERS UNTIL FALL, CALL TO SEE HAIRE & LATIMER, At their Mammoth Store, LEXINGTON, GA. === O os 33 oy O e=, • GROCERIES jo" 2 M II! C/2 <== m " r—, co American Wash Blue For Laundry and Household Use, MANUFACTURED AT THE Amer’n Ultramarine Works, Newark, N. J. Our Wash Blue is the best in the world. It does not streak, contains nothing injurious to health or fabric, and is used by all large laun dries on account of its pleasing effect and cheapness. Superior for whitewashing. Put up in packages convenient for family use. Price 10 cents each. For sale by grocers anywhere. Always ask for the American Wash Blue, if you want the cheapest and best. AMERICAN ULTRAMARINE WORKS, my7-2m Office, 72 William st., New York. CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS. R. P. TUCKER & BRO., CRAWFORD, GA., Ha ving rebuilt -mp—, their Shops, and thor- r.JITV oughly stocked them the best tools and a full supply of the finest seasoned LUMBER, are now prepared to manufacture, at short notion, every descrip tion of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ROCKA WAYS, PH .ETON S, WAGONS, CARTS, etc., etc. We will also do all manner oi Blacksmithing and Repairing, am. guarantee all our work to give perfect sati faetion. We sell our TWO-HORSF. WAGONS at from S9O to $125, and eve rything else LOW in proportion. oct9-tf Furniture farelouse. 0 THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE REMOVED to No. 12 Franklin House Range, Broad Street, ATHENS, GA., where they keep con stantly on hand a large and beautiful stock of FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, to which they invite the attention of the pub lic, and which will be sold ASTONISHINGLY LOW! Coffins I Burial Cases Furnished AS LOW or LOWER than by any other establishment in the city. The citizens of Oglethorpe are cordially in vited to call and examine our Stock when they visit Athens. We will sell them Furni ture CHEAPER and MUCH BETTER than they can purchase elsewhere. Will take great pleasure in showing them onr stock. Be SURE and give us a call. J. F. WILSON & CO. T. A. SALE, DENTIST, LESTER’S BLOCK, ATHENS, GA. . Work warranted and prices moderate. ’ YOUNG MEN WHO WISH A THOROUGH PREPA RATION for Business, will find supe rior advantages at Moore's Southern Business University, Atlanta,, The largest and best Practical Business School in the South. Students can enter at any tipie. oct3o-Jy R. F, HOOKE, Prei/t. MANSION HOUSE Thirtf Door 4U°Ye Globe Hotel, Broad St., Augusta, Ga, MRS. R. JLROBERDS, (Late of Gainesville, Fla.,) Proprietress. BOARD, $2.00 PER DAY. janS-tf Fine Boots & Shoes HENRY LtJTHI, pRAWFORD, GA,, IS NOW PKfcPAREp \J to make, at short notice, the FINEST BOOTS and SHOES. I qse only the best material, and warrant my work to give entire satisfaction, both as to finisp and wear. REPAIRING AND COARSE WORK also attented to. ocfti-ly James G.Bailie&Bro., 205 Broad St., Angnsta, Ga. RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR ATTEN TION to a full line of the following Goods, which will be sold as low as any other house: Carpet Department. English Velvet Carpets, Floor Oil Cloths, English Brussels Carp’s Table Oil Clojths, 3-Ply & Ingrain Carpets Stair Carpets A Rods Venetian Carpets, Mattings, Druggets, Cheap Carpets, And Door Mats. Curtain Department. Curtain Materials, Window Shades, Cornices and Bands, Hair Cloths, Lace Curtains, Wall Papers A B’dr’s Muslin Curtains, Beautiful Chromos. Grocery Department. Choice Fam’y Groceries I Baskets of all kinds. Duifield Hams, | Wood Ware, English Crackers, I Brooms and Brushes Dyspeptics’ Food, | Plantation Supplies. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS and CUR TAINS made and laid at short notice. TAX NOTICE To Tax Payers of Oglethorpe Cos. I WILL VISIT THE SEVERAL DIS TRICTS for the purpose of receiving'Tax Returns for 1875, on the following days: Grove Creek, at J. J. Green’s—May 17th. Woodstock—May 19th and 20th. Limston, at Amis’ Mills—May 21st and 22d. Goose Pond, at Eberhart’s Store—May 26 A 27. Glade, at Davenjwjrt’s Store—May 28 and 29. Bairdstown—June 2d and 3d. Falling Creek, at Maxey’s—June 4th and sth. Bowling Green, at Antioch—June 9 and 10. Big Creek, at Barrow’s Mill—June 11 and 12. Grove Creek, at Sandy Cross—June 14th. Crawford—June 16th. Pleasant Hill, at Chandler A Power’s Store— June 17th, 18th and 19th. Beaverdam, at Winterville—June 21st. Lexington—Every Tuesday until July Ist. JOHN T. ENGLAND, myll-tjyi* Tax Receiver O. C.