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OGLETHORPE SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL be sold on the first TUESDAY in
June next, befoie the Court House
door, in the town of Lexington, between the
legal hours of sale, one tract of Land, contain
ing three hundred and twenty-8 acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of P. A. P. Adkins, T.
B. Moss, W. L. Brooks and others, on the
waters of Long creek, near the town of Lex
ington, in Oglethorpe county, known as the
E. G. Brooks piece. (15)
Also, a lot of land in said county, contain
ing eight acres, more or less, adjoining lands
of Arthur Ha re, Dr. \V r . V. Aderhold, S. H.
Cox and others, near the town of Lexington,
on the road leading from Lexington to Ath
ens. ($5)
Also, a lot in the town of Lexington, con
taining one quarter of an acre, with a two
•tory house thereon, adjoining lots of William
Fleming, Carter, Wm. P. Gresham and oth
ers, and fronting Jesse L. Rowe’s shop, known
as part of the Old Hotel lot. ($5)
Also, one lot in the town of Lexington,
containing one aere, more or less, adjoining
lot: of Dr. B. V. W illingham, High Maxwell,
and Billy Sims, known as part of the Old
Hotel lot. ($o)
Also, one house in the town of Lexington,
on he corner of the street fronting Haire &
Latimer’s store-house, adjoining E. G. Roan’s
Hotel. ($5)
All levied on as the property of E. G. Roan,
to satisfy a fi. fa. issued upon a decree in Ogle
thorpe .Superior Court, in favor of James N.
Wall as trustee of Sailie N. Bra wner against
E. G. Roane. M. 11. YOUNG, Sheriff.
May Ist, 1877.
OGLETHORPE SHERIFF'S SALE
WILL be sold before the Court House door,
in the town of Lexington, between the
legal hours of sale, on the first TUESDAY in
June next, a tract oi' land in Oglethorpe
county, containing 1,000 acres, more or less,
adjoin,ug lands of George \\ . Mattox and
others. Sold as the property of C. C.Strib
ling, deceased, under an interlocutory decree
of Oglethorpe Superior Court, rendered at
October term, 1870, in the case of E. C Strib
ling, executrix, vs. Lumpkin & Olive and
other creditors. Bill to marshal, assets, etc.,
for the unpaid balance of the purchase money
of said lan 1, and for other purposes mention
ed in said decree. This property was bid off'
by J. E. Bell on the first Tuesday in Decem
ber last, but he failing io comply with the
terms of sale, it is now sold at his risk.
J. T. JOHNisON, Deputy Sheriff.
May 3d, 1577. * ($5)
STATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE
COUNTY.—Application for Letters of
Administration on the e tate of Joseph T.
Thomas. Mrs. Mary A. Thomas applies to
me for Letters of Administration on the estate
of Joseph T. Thomas, late ol' Oglethorpe
county, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish
all persons concerned, to show cause, if any
they can. why K t:ers of Adm.nistration should
not he granted to the applicant, Mary A.
Thomas, on or before the first Monday in
June, i-77. 1 Ids April 2-tli, 1577.
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Price cf I lour.
Flour in the New York market, has
ad vauced from three dollars to $4.25 on
the best grades from what they were
about Ist April. Un hover grades the
advance was two to two and a quarter.
l.uKi- Johnson.
We take the following interview with
St. Luke from the Athens Georgian :
“ Luke is a gem, but a little ‘off color
ed he is the greatest martyr this repor
ter has met with lately, and the earnest
manner with which he related how the
‘Executive Committee' of Oglethorpe
were imposed upon, and the injustice
with which himself and his associates
were treated, would elicit tears from
the stoutest-hearted man. Luke was
voluminous iu his conversation, and gave
some severe blows to the legal authori-
Ities which placed him in such an awk
ward position before the public. His
counsel, he said, was not supposed to de
fend him, and he felt that the noble
cause in which he was engaged should
have won for him the plaudits instead ot
the censure of the public.”
Religious Notes.
Tuts Rev. C. A. Williams preached a
most excellent sermon to the colored
people, in their church at Lexington,
last Sunday evening.
The Baptists in Georgia number near
ly two hundred thousand. The princi
pal college in the State is Mercer Uni
versity, Macon, Ga., with its branches :
Hearn School, Cave Springs ; Crawford
High School, Dalton; and Mercer High
School, Penfield.
The Rev. T. F. Pierce. Presiding El
der, preached two excellent sermons at
the quarterly meeting at the Glade last
Saturday and Sunday. There was a
large congregation in attendance on Sun
day, and quite an interesting and impres
sive communion season at the close of
the service. He also preached at Sandy
Cross in the evening. The next quarter
ly meeting will be held at Wintervilie,
on Monday and Tuesday after the sec
ond Sabbath in Jnly
COUNTY GOSSIP.
By Grape-Vine Telegraph to the Echo.
—Dull!
—Duller 1
—DulJestl
—Very dull 1
—Extremely dull!
—And getting duller!
—Too dull for comfort!
—Even the loafers are dull!
—Market, news and people dull!
—Razors, knives and appetites dull I
—Scissors and comprehensions dull !
—Headaches, sounds, perceptions dull
—Base ball is becoming popular again.
—Spring is “putting a head” on wheat.
—Corn is being ploughed the Ist time.
—The sultry season is near at hand.
—Frogs have begun to sing in tights.
—A fine grape crop is now promised.
—Trot out your candidates: time is
precious.
—And now “ the busy bee improves
each shining.”
—The season of strawberries and straw
hats is upon us.
—Green peas and new Irish potatoes
are next in order.
—Don’t fail to hear the addresses by
Col. J. T. Osborn.
—The wail of the yellow-leg chicken
is heard in the land.
Rod flannel petticoats will soon be a
drug on the market.
—Chairs are now appearing on the
sunny side of rural porches.
—A drove of horses, at high prices,
was in Lexington this week.
—Col. R. B. Mathews would make a
good delegate to the C> n. Con.
—The gladsome chirp of the spring
chicken is now heard in the land.
Ladies and gentlemen, shuck your
flannel and hunt of your merinos.
For a first class, reliable family of
hands, apply to Col. J. Washington Kidd.
—The Editor of this paper is ever open
to invitations to picnics and fishing-par
ties.
—Some lie in their graves, while oth
ers lie wherever an opportunity presents
itself.
—lt is whispered around town that a
wedding is to take place soon. Wonder
who it is ?
—There seems to he several executors
on the estate of Charles Grigsby, late of
this county.
Most men love little women, and by
a strange reciprocity little women love
most men.
—They call the new fashioned yellow
trimmed bonnet the “ omelette cranium
decorator.”
—Old bachelors, the eye* of the ladies’
sewing society are upon your tattered
garments.
Col. R. B. Mathews had thirty-odd
-beep drowned by the recent high water
on Long creek.
—Dave Arnold, the champion base
hall catch, has outdone himself and
caught—a cold.
—lt is now announced that a man’s
old vest makes the easiest and nicest cor
set ever invented.
—The sweet breath of spring comes
from her tulips, and the grass has grown
hyacinth the rain.
—The breath of heantv now betrays,
in addition to the usual balmy fragrance,
a love of young onions.
Col. John W. Kidd recently made a
tour to Goose Pond, and returned home
via Washington. Verbuin sat.
—Lexington has more fine clover
patches and more poor cows than any
town of its dimensions in the State.
Mr. J. W. Kidd started his plows yes
terday, and thinks he will commence
planting hv the middle of September.
—Mr. George H. Lester was the first
man to introduce clover into this county,
lie should have a monument when he
dies.
—Three sweet-shrubs tied up in the
corner of a handkerchief leaves the per
fume which tells that a Lexington girl
has been along.
—The pienician season is at hand.
Let our Sunday schools map out their
programme, gather up their baskets and
hie to the woods.
The cross looks that men (and wo
men, too,) give each other, remind us
that spring biliiousness has come, along
with spring violets.
—lf the Lexington boys don’t take
more interest in the Lexington girls they
don’t deserve to marry anything better
than a cross eyed woman with store
teeth.
—Catnip has begun to show its green
leaves above the cold earth, and now why
can't the felines cease their racket for a
while as they steal down upon the juicy
provender?
—The bumble-bee bumbleth in the air
and the merry twitter of the martin is
heard. “Spring time has come at last,
gentle Annie”—so dry up vour tears,
sweet lass, for you can now enjoy wood
land rambles and moonlight nights with
your adored to your heart’s content.
—Fathers of marriageable daughters
will now do well to look after the relia
bility ofthe front gate. No young man,
however honorable his intentions, likes
to have 150 pounds of gate to drop on
his corns, just when he wants to devote
all his courage and presence of mind to
the momentous question.
—The days gradually lengthen out;
forests assume their liveries of regulation
green ; the silver throated birds carol
their morning song; the red-bug begins
to prance; a bran new boil perches itself
upon the hack of Uncle Jim Johnson’*
neck—and everything betokens the ad
vent of another gladsome spring.
Fine Oats.
Gen. L. Martin Johnson, near Craw
ford, reports a fieid of oats in full bead.
A Picnic.
We learn that a picnic will be held
to-morrow (Saturday) at Lumpkin’s mill.
Hail and Kaln.
On Friday evening last there was a
slight fall of hail at this place, during a
shower.
Excursion to Charleston.
Bear in mind, that $2 pays for a round
trip ticket from Augusta to Charleston,
on the 9th. Be sure and go.
Early Vegetables.
Mr. George Latimer is eating English
peas. We hear of another family who
had a mess of new Irish potatoes.
Cool Mornings.
For the past week we have experienced
very cool mornings for the season, fires
being by ho means uncomfortable.
Frost.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day nights of this week we had slight
frosts—not heavy enough, however, to
injure vegetation.
Building: Lt Sold.
Mr. Samuel Lumpkin has purchased a
lot from Mr. Roane, rear of Mr. Gotthei
mer’s store, and will erect a handsome
law office thereon.
Dirt Broken.
A well was sunk last week by Mr.
Brantley Johnson, on his lot near the
Academy, preparatory to erecting his
steam gin a grist mill.
Parlor Concerts.
We learn that the Musical Club of our
village will commence at an early day to
give a series of parlor concerts. Besides
delicious music, refreshments will be
served to the audience.
Cotton Up.
We notice around Lexington several
fields of the staple up, with a fine stand.
A full crop has been planted in this
county, which, if the European war con
tinues, will command about two cents.
A Cnriosity.
A horse with a heavy moustache, the
property of Dr. Moore, of Crawford, was
the sensation in Lexington last Saturday.
The moustache is peculiar to the Mus
tang breed, and is no curiosity with the
Texans.
Henry Thomas.
This man, Orderly Sergeant of the
Crawford rioters, but who was discharg
ed for lack of testimony to convict, hav
ing failed to get work in this county, has
emigrated to Athens, and is now in the
employ of Eves & McGintv.
Death of a Good Lady.
Mrs. Theodosia Carter, wife of Mr.
Magnus Carter, living near Beaver Darn
Church, died last Monday at her home.
The deceased lady was about 70 years of
age, and a pure and consistent member
of the Primitive Baptist Church.
Accident to a Child.
Last week the little daughter of Dr.
W. M. Willingham, of Crawford, while
playing with a gold eufif-pin, chanced to
-wallow the same. Happily no harm has
resulted from the accident, the little one
being as sprightly and well as ever.
Military Notice.
The members of the Oglethorpe Guards
are hereby ordered to be at the Masonic
Hall, in Lexington, at 1 o’clock p. m.,
the third Saturday in May. Every mem
ber required to be present at that time
and place. By order of the Captain.
Sale Day.
On last Tuesday, not exceeding a
hundred visitors were in Lexington, far
mers being busily employed at home
with their crops. But one tract of land
was sold—loo acres, the property of Win.
G. England, which was bought by Dr. J.
S. Sims for sl4l.
Idea Abandoned.
For a while the ladies and gentlemen
composing the Lexington Musical Club
contemplated the idea of visiting Craw
ford, Woodstock and other points in our
county, for the purpose of giving enter
tainments, but we believe they have
abandoned the thought.
A Now Steeple.
The Baptists of Lexington contemplate
having a tall steeple built to their church
and the design is already in the hands of
the architect. Thischurch is the finest in
the county, and when the improvement
spoken of is made will be quite an addi
tion to our town.
The Tank Removed.
Last week haiKls were set at work buil
ding anew water station at the Grade, a
few miles below Crawford, and as soon
as it is completed, the long-complained
of nuisance will be abated at Crawford.
We suggest that her citizens celebrate
the event by a torch-light procession.
To the Rescue.
A certain negro living at Crawford,
whose name we will not give at this
time, did his best to raise a company of
blacks to come to the rescue of the late
rioters, while confined in the Court
House. The negroes very wisely decided
to have nothing to do with the matter.
Sewing Society.
The ladies of Lexington have formed
a sewing society, for the benefit of the
Presbyterian Church, and they are desi
rous to secure as much work as possible.
Let our old bachelors turn over their
wardrobes for repair to the ladies of this
society, and for once in their lives put
in a appearance.
Doom or the Rioter*.
A penitentiary guard, named Gentry,
passed up the road on Monday evening,
and Tuesday morning he brought down,
heavily ironed, the Crawford rioters.
They will he put to work for Grant, Al
exander & Cos., on the Pouliain farm, in
Greene county.
The Atlanta Constitution.
In another column will be found the
prospectus of this splendid paper—the
New York Herald of the South. It is an
honor to the South, a safeguard to our
State, and a pearl beyond price to its
thousands of readers. Banish the Con
stitution, and we lose our best friend and
most communicative companion.
That May Party.
Agreeable to announcement, the dar
keys of Lexington had their May party
Tuesday night last, which, of course, was
largely attended. But when the perfor
mance was about half though the festivi
ties v ere brought to a sudden halt by the
falling of the stand, tbe same seriously
injuring one little contraband and maim
ing several others.
Announcements.
W. G. Johnson, Esq., will be
supported for delegate to the Constitu
tional Convention, at the primary elec
tion to he held on the 12th inst., by
Many Friends.
ggp’Cot,. J. D. Mathews will be sup
ported as a candidate to the Constitu
tional Conventian by Many Friends.
Ratified.
But little interest was manifested, on
Tuesday last, by our people, in the elec
tion on the fraudulent bonds, as will be
seen hv the small vote polled. Not a
vote was given in this corn ty in favor of
their payment. The following is the
vote of the precincts as far as returned :
LEXINGTON.
Ratification 101
ANTIOCH.
Ratification 1 33
BEAVERDAM.
Ratification 23
Jail Improvement.
Our County Commissioners, at their
meeting last Tuesday, ordered the follow
ing repairs to be made to that pile of
rubbish, styled the county jail: “Un
derpin with rock, putting the same rock
hack; fill with rock laid in lime mortar
and cement. Make a solid block out of
2-inch plank, by nailing each layer cross
wise ; make it 10 or 12 inches thick. Put
on bars of iron to match with old floor;
then nail 2-inch plank, 8 inches wide,
edgewise, until you form a floor. Cover
the new floor with inch plank.”
Caged Again.
Henry Lester, one of the Crawford
rioters who was not convicted for the
lack of proper evidence, was re-arrested,
the other day, for stealing a couple of
hales of cotton, belonging to Haire &
Latimer, from the platform at the Craw
ford depot—the theft being committed
some months since, but only last week
did detectives succeed in ferreting out
the thief. Henry was tried before Jus
tice McMahan on Monday, and now,
in default of a S3OO bond, re-reposes in
the Lexington jail, to await the action of
the Superior Court.
Forward Wheat.
We have received from Mr. Maston
Bray, who lives near Salem, in this coun
ty, a specimen of very fine wheat, well
headed out.
Mr. O. H. Arnold had on exhibition,
Tuesday, a sample taken from a 10-acre
field of the same sort. It was as high as
a man’s shoulders, well headed, and was
a mixture of the little white and Dan
Johnson wheat.
At this time our wheat crop presents
a most promising aspect, and if no dis
ease strikes it, we predict the most boun
teous harvest in a number of years.
“ Hampton’s Nephew.”
A postal card was received by Deputy
Sheriff Johnson, last week, from Griffin,
Ga., offering a reward for the capture of
a horse thief whose description fully cor
responded with that of the young blood
■who stopped in our town a short time
since and announced himself a nephew
of General Hampton. The horse and
buggy he was driving also exactly tallied
with the description given of the stolen
property. As the thief was seen to take
the train a day or so after leaving Lex
ington, it is surmised that he disposed of
the property in either Elbert or Wilkes.
Personal Notes.
Dr. M. H. Thomas will be absent next
week, in attendance on the Dental Con
vention.
Dr. Moore, of Murray county, and a
most excellent gentleman, has located in
Crawford.
Mr. A. S. Oliver, of Elbert county,
is at Crawford, reading medicine under
Dr. W. M. Willingham,
Dr. Foster, of Augusta, we are pleas
ed to learn, speaks of returning to Lex
ington and settling among us again.
Rev. J. G. Gibson’s name is proposed
by his friends as a delegate to the Con
stitutional Convention. He would make
an able representative, but then who
can fill his place during his absence?
Col. W. G. Johnson, the author of
these splendid reviews of the State Con
stitution now: appearing in the Echo,
has consented to aiiow the use of his
name as a candidate for delegate to the
Constitutional Convention. The Colonel
has made the Constitution a study, and
and we do not know an abler or more
suitable man for the position in our sec
tion. Read his preface to the homestead
review in another column, and 6ee if it
don’t coincide with your views.
The pic-nic season will soon be open
and the red-bug* will be in their glory.
MEETING OF THE CITIZENS.
Aud what they Did East Tuesday About
the Couveutton Matter.
Pursuant to a call in the Oglethorpe
Echo, a portion of the citizens of Ogle
thorpe county met in the Court House.
Hon. Arthur Haire was selected Chair
man and called the meeting to order. J.
T. Olive, Esq., was then requested to act
as Secretary.
Col. J. D. Mathews then explained the
object of the meeting to be for the pur
pose of taking into consideration the
manner and time for selecting the dele
gates to represent this county in the
Constitutional Convention, to be held in
July next. He then also stated that he
had talked with many of the leading
citizens of Madison and Elbert couuties.
and that they thought that a proper basis
for representation was the basis in the
lower House of the Legislature, to-wit :
Oglethorpe two delegates, Madisoa one
and Elbert one.
Upon motion of Hon. J. T. Hurt, a
committee of six, consisting of Col. J. D.
Mathews, W. G. Johnson, Esq., Mr. T. L.
Gantt, Hon. J. T. Hurt, Hon. VV. M.
Willingham and Hon. A. F. Pope, were
appointed to propose suitable business or
resolutions for the consideration of the
meeting. The committee then retired.
The Hon. D. W. Patman was then
loudly called for, and responded in a
forcible speech in favor of a convention,
and was loudiy applauded upon its con
clusion.
The following gentlemen were then
successively called, and responded in
unmistakable terms in favor of a conven
tion: Hon. T. H. Dozier, Mr. J. F. Che
ney, Dr. Henry Kinnebrew, Rev. Jos. H.
Echols and J. T. Olive, Esq.
The committee then returned and re
ported the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted :
u Resolved, Ist, That we, the citizens
of Oglethorpe county, recommend to the
people of Elbert and Madison counties,
composing, together with Oglethorpe, the
30th Senatorial district, that we adopt,
as a basis of representation in the Con
stitutional Convention, to be held in July
next to revise the constitution of Geor
gia, the basis of representation in the
General Assembly—that is, Oglethorpe
be represented by two delegates, Madison
one delegate and Elbert one delegate;
and that the people of this county will
cordially supj ort the candidates presen
ted by the people of the said counties,
and in the event that either of said coun
ties fail to make a nomination, then the
people of Oglethorpe county will vote for
some citizen of said counties to repre
sent the district in said Convention.
“ Resolved, 2d, That we recommend to
the people of Oglethorpe county that
they select, by ballot, on Saturday, May
12th, 1877, at a primary election to be
held on said day, at the precincts of the
several militia districts in this county,
two candidates to represent the county of
Oglethorpe in the Constitutional Con
vention, to be held in July next; and
we further recommend to the people of
the county that they attend said prima
ry election, that there may be a fair ex
pression of public sentiment, and that
there may be harmony among the peo
ple in regard to their candidates for the
Convention.
“ Resolved, 3d, That the returns of said
elections shall be forwarded, as soon as
they can be, to George H. Lester, Cleik
of the Court; Thomas D. Gilham, Ordi
nary ; Arthur Haire, Chairman of meet
ing; Paris Pace, County Treasurer, and
Thomas B. Mo3s, County Commissioner,
whose duty it shall be to consolidate the
returns of said election and announce
the two persons having the highest num
ber of votes cast as the duly nominated
candidates, to represent this county in
said Consiitutional Convention, and to
give notice of said nomination to the
counties of Elbert and Madison.
“ Resolved, 4 th, That these proceedings
be published in the Echo until the day
of the primary election ; that written no
tice of said elction be given by Arthur
Haire, President, and J. T. Olive, Sec
retary, of the meeting, at two or more
public places in each militia district;
and that the Elberton Gazette and the
Athens papers be requested to give them
at least one insertion.”
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
Lexington, Ga., May 1, 1877.
New Advertisements.
See announcements.
Read legal advertisements.
James M. Smith offers for sale cheap a
small engine.
John M. Kidd proposes to dig ditches
and clean wells.
T. A. Burke advertises his superb stock
of books, stationery, etc.
Read the announcement of the cele
brated Mendelsohn Piano Cos.
G. O. Robinson & Co’s flag waves tri
umphantly over ail competition.
M. G. & J. Cohen are offering unpre
cedented bargains in spring goods.
R. T. Brumby advertises the largest
and purest stock of drugs in this section.
Witcher & Jarrell request guano pur
chasers to come forward and sign notes.
Peter Keenan, the champion boot and
shoe man, offers great bargains in bis line.
Several desirable lots in Crawford will
be sold at public outcry on sale day next.
O. M. Stone, of Augusta, is offering a
6-horse engine, besides other machinery,
very low.
P. J. Berkman, of Augusta, is adverti
sing his celebrated Fruitland Nursery,
the best in the country.
Miss L. J. Leckie is advertising bv far
the finest and cheapest stock of milline
ry ever offered in Augusta.
George A. Oates tells our people of the
rare bargains in musical instruments
that awaits them at his store.
Mrs. T. A. Adams is out with her
spring announcement, and offers great
bargains in the millinery line.
M. S. K -an aats that our citizens call
an I exam ne his heautiiul Hock when
they visit the Ga. R. R. Convention.
The Tri-Weekly Georgian.
We acknowledge the receipt of this
live and interesting paper, published at
Athens bv H. H. Carlton & Cos. Such
an enterprise is worth as much to that
city as another railroad and two cotton
factories. If the citizens allow it to col
lapse for want of patronage, their reputa
tation for enterprise, thrift and even
good hard sense will greatly diminish in
the eyes of the outside world. Men of
Athens, foster aud cherish your little
tri-weekly as you would a member of
your own family, and our word for it, in
less than a year’s time it will develop
into a full-fledged daily. Terms only $4
a year—richly worth twice the money.
Subscribe at once and get the news a ball
day ahead of the Augusta and Atlanta
dailies.
Honorable Mention.
The following named students of Pleas
ant Hill School received the highest
grade in their respective classes, tor the
months ending March 23d and April
20th. Ail graded students are in three
classes, first being highest. Grade ar
ranged from 0 to 10.
For the month ending March 23d :
First Class —Miss Willie U. Sims : Re
citations, 9 1303-3564 ; Depo r tment, 10.
Second Class —Miss Ida W. Carithers:
Recitations, 9 6260-17391; Deportm’t, 10.
Third Class—Miss Georgia F. Glenn:
Recitations, 8 3-10; Deportment, 10.
For the month ending April 20th :
First Class—S. C. Waggoner: Recita
tions, 9 36-41; Deportment, 10.
Second Class—Miss Ida W. Carithers :
Recitations, 9 4-7 ; Deportment, 10.
Third Class —Miss Georgia F. Glenn :
Recitations, 9 31-39; Deportment, 10.
For the first month Willie U. Sims
makes the highest grade in school; S. C.
Waggoner for the second.
Number enrolled during public school
which closed April 27th,sixty-six.
I). W. Meadows, Principal.
Ceinmiinlcatioo.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
As the time is drawing near to vote on
the Convention question, we should be
gin to look about to determine what to
do. All will agree that it is important
to select the best men we have. We
should vote for men to represent us,
should we oppose and vote against a
convention. A large proportion of our
county people are farmers, and we have
quite a number of farmers well qualified
in every respect to represent us, and the
old saying is true, if you want business
well attended to, get a man interested to
attend to it. Professional men are indi
rectly interested in the success of the
farmer, but the farmer is directly and
vitally interested.
The present indications are that the
Convention, if held, will be composed
largely of professional men, and as I
have a liking for my kind, and have no
axe to grind, I will give my preference
frankly. I expect to vote for farmers and
men intel.ectually as well qualified as
any men in the county. I will suggest
William B. Brighiwell on this Bide of
the county, and Dr. W. M. Davenport of
the Glade district, on the other side of
the county. The gentlemen above na
med know nothing of this suggestion,
and I do not know that they will serve.
I hope they will be nominated on the
Saturday appointed. Voter.
Antioch Depot, May 3,1877.
A Fast Da/ for the China Mission.
We give below a communication from
Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist Church
South, calling upon that Church to ob
serve a day of fasting and prayer for the
divine blessing upon their missionary
work in China. We commend the Bish
op’s call most heartily to the preachers
and people:
“ What I felt moat deeply on my part
ing with the native helpers in China was
the solemn request they made that I
should call on the people of God in Amer
ica to pray for the outpouring of the
Holy Ghost upon the infant Church iri
China. I can never forget the tone of
the request. Surely it was the Spirit of
God that inspired it.
“ No wonder these men feel their help
lessness. They are but a handful in the
midst of millions. They are as sheep in
the midst of wolves. Henceforth they
are in my heart for life and for death I
can never cease to call upon God in their
behalf.
I am moved to cal! upon the Church at
home to give (me day to fasting and prayer
for this one thing—that the Holy Spirit
may fall upon the missionaries and na
tive preachers in China. For this pur
pose I name May 4, 1877.
“ Let prayer be made by the whole
Church on that day—
“l. For the blessing of God upon the
schools, that the pupils may be enlight
ened by grace, aud brought to the knowl
edge of Christ.
“2. That the native Christians may be
confirmed in the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, and made strong in faith by his
power.
“3. That the Holy Ghost may come
upon the missionaries and preachers, so
that the word ol God by their voice may
be made mighty in overturning the fear
ful idolatry of the land, under which it
groans.
“4. That the work of awaking and
salvation may go on with a power never
before known in t'.ie history oi our Mis
sion here.
“ Will the preachers appoint prayer
meetings in their charges on that day for
thio special object ? Will all the people
come together fasting ? If the preachers
neglect it, will the private members come
together of their own accord ? If the men
fail, will not all the women of the Church
unite in fasting, and join in groups, if
practicable, or at least in their own
houses, in calling upon God for the sal
vation of China Y” E. M. Marvin
Hoag Kong, Jan. 13, 1877.
GEORGIA ECHOES.
—Mr. James Adams, of Elberton i*
dead.
—Gainesville is to have a cotton fac
tory.
—Bainbridge sells bitters 2} cents p*r
dram.
—No Marshal ha3 yet been appointed
for the State.
—Brinkly, the Newnan wife murderer,
hangs, June Istb.
—Athens celebrated Memorial Day In
a handsome manner.
—The hog cholera is doing great dam
age in Jackson county.
— The Georgia small grain crop w m
never more promising.
—Senator John B. Gordon wasbornin
Upson county in the year 1832.
—The Hon. H. 11. Carlton will be the
next Congressman from the 9lh.
—The spring courts are adding largely
to the Penitentiary Light Brigade.
—A Lincoln county negro, while in
toxicated, fell off a foot-log and was
drowned.
—M. Y. Griggs, the marshal ofSparta,
was convicted last week of the murder of
Mr. Rozier.
—Ros* Henderson, negro, of Dahlone
ga, cut the throat of her new born babe
and threw it in a ditch.
— A silver mine will be opened soon on
Dr. Dobb’s place, near Rome. The ere
is rich in silver and copper.
—The fruit crop, especially peaches,
promise an abundant yield this year in
Middle and Southern Georgia.
—An Atlanta mechanic met hia death
the other day by drinking Schiedam
schnapps. Beware of schnapps I
—A petrified turtle was found by two
gentlemen while fishing in Georgia wa
ters in Hall county a few days ago.
—When Gen. Toombs said he bad
made Hon. A. H. Stephens his Executor
he knew what he was talking about.
—The Baptist. Female College will he
located in Gainesville, that city having
offered strong inducements to that end.
-Ex-Gov. Smith is strongly in favor
of a Convention, and says it will surely be
called. He is willing to go as a dele
gate.
Eatonton had another destructive
fire last Thursday. This makes four
fires in that town within the last six
years.
—A man’s throat was horribly cut one
day last week in Savannah by the wife
of a man to whom he had sold some
whisky.
—Two young white girls were assaulted
in the streets of Savannah on Friday eve
ning last by a negro and one of them
severely injured.*
—The Early County News says the old
est negro in Georgia was buried in that
county last week. He was fivescore and
thirteen years old.
—A pleasure boat off Brunswick re
cently capsized, and the occupants, nine
in number, after drifting about for nine
hours, were all rescued.
—Beck, the murderer of Shpmltu, wa*
hung at Summerville on Friday last.
He professed himself prepared to die, and
his last works were words of warning to
young men to abstain from the use of ar
dent spirits.
—A Lumpkin county man’s hogs did
not grow to suit him, and he tried a lit
tle strychnine to “ loosen their hides.”
He did loosen them—several died in a
few minutes after it was administered.
Men can stand strychnine in whisky, but
it kilb hogs.
—The Northeastern Railroad, which
has been operating not quite twelve
months, can, up to this time, show bet
ter business receipts than any other for
ty miles of road ever built in Georgia
could during the first year of its exist
ence.
Mr. John Wilson, a young gentle
man ofThomas county, informs us that
one Win. Melton Murphy, hailing from
Dale county, Ala., married Miss Janie
Wilson, sister of our infomiaut, some
time in February. Shortly after this it
became known that Murphy had a wife
and two children in Alabama, while it
was also reported that he had another in
Florida. Before the necessary steps
could be taken to insure his just punish
ment, Murphy left for parts unknown.
The injured brother desires iis to make
Murphy’s villainy public and requests
the passing of him around by the press
generally, that he may not bring to grief
some other unsuspecting lady. Murphy
is of medium size, dark hair, light com
plexion with blue eyes, aud limps in
walking. He is about thirty years of age..
Thomasville Enterprise.
—Macon Telegraph : Col. T. J Smith,
of Wa.->hington county, was in the city
last evening, and gave us the following
account of a tragedy enacted on his place
yesterday morning: On the morning of
the 24th, among my various squads of
convicts, one of eight men was started
out in charge of\James M Michael, one of
my most experienced guards, and when
within a short distance of the field of
work—clearing up new ground—one of
the prisoners, Moses Butler, of Rich
mond, felled him with an axe, which was
followed by a second blow by George
Washington, of Muscogee, either of
which would have killed him. After
the fatal blow they pilfered his pockets,
first getting a key that locked the pris
oners together on a chain. They also
got from his person ninety dollars in
money—took his double-barrel gua and
repeater, and, after getting off the squad
chain, cut their shackles off with axes
and made for Oconee swamp, about one
mile off. There were eight convicts in
the squad, all of whom escaped save one
who fled for the camp to tell the awful
story of the killing. Later advises re
port that three of the scoundrels have
been captured, and men aud dogs are in
hot ptirvu.t of the other*.