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1873 1879
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BY (AYK.TE mnißAPtl TO'ECHO
These are fair days.
i Nwiteg rain badly.
Winter next month.
Readout - supplement.
GnatsGnats !! Gnats 1
Many wells are yet dry.
Chills are all around us.
Grass is drying up again.
The Echo is booming nrvw.
......Johnnie Lofton is quite iririi.
I-exington needs more stores.
Dress according to the weather.
Now keep a lookout for meteors.
Me miss George Larimer's bogle.
We hear of much Sickness around.
Barley and rye seed are in demand.
Cotton is in a precarious condition.
......One-third of thecstton crop is open.
A!I kinds of birds are disappearing.
Fruit trees and vines have the rust.
Read all of our new advertisements.
Cow-peas are msre than magnificent.
Mr. T. J/Edwards advertises a negro,
Late corn is being devoured by bugs.
Fall goods are pretty and selling fast.
Our vs>ter-courses are very low again.
The 'possum crop is reported backward.
We’II issue two supplements next week.
.-...People forget favors, but injuries never.
......Never look a gift mule in the hind foot
? Musqoitoes continue to present that bill.
The saw-mill is the livest place in town.
There is a good crop of muscadines this
year.
sene can,
The tax-gatherer will soon commence
his labors.
Our correspondents are unusually new
sy this week.
The girl of to-day perfects her form
and—stays so.
Roane had to be blindfolded to have
his ugly taken.
The public well is being finished up
with dressed rock. *
■ Despairing old maids look languishly
even on rain-bows.
......Mrs. Hanson Moss left for her home in
Louisiana, yesterday.
Mr. J. Phillips’ advertisement is crea
ting quite a sensation.
....A sewing-machine resurrecter is per
ambulating the county.
A recent meeting at Center church re
sulted in six accessions.
......Athens now liae .professional boot
blacks and news-boys.
....Sweet potatoes scarce with many and
abundant with the few.
Few young men are afraid of a yellow
jacket when it has a girl in it.
The only dull business ia town now is
the traffic in marriage licenses;' ,
Among fashionable damsels the man
who ranks well is a rank swell.
Gottheimer & Stewart have their grand
opening of new goods tomorrow.
;. ..The property of the estate of Mr. Mitch
Lane will be sold in December.
Every watermelon should now be ac
companied by a pill or a coroner.
We learn that Mrs. Z. 11. Clark con
templates moving to Lexington.
Mr- Wright, of Richmond county, will
be the new Comptroller-General.
Don’t feed -a cotton picker if you want
him to get over 100 pounds a day.
The drummers that visit this county
are to a man first-class gentlemen.
.'Preaching at the Presbyterian church
Saturday night next, at 8 o’clock.
The flower named “ bachelor’s button”
‘is called because it is apt to fall off.
An excellent revival at Atkinson’s
church lately closed with uiue additions.
Dr. Bob Willingham is building a nice
tenant’s bouse near the Baptist grave-yard.
Times are getting so good that lazy men
have to stir around lively to keep outof work.
Mrs. R. J. Willingham accompanied
het mother home to Washington, to be absent
a month.
There are two things that can never be
thoroughly cured—a habitual drunkard and
pea-vines.
Mrs. Hanson Moss says if she can sell
her property in Louisiana she will move to
Lexington.
We hear of several heavy law-suits pen
ding over the settlement of certain estates in
this county.
man to take the lady’s arm, when serving
as her escort.
Mr. A. R. Robertson has put up a hand
some monument over the grave of CoL James
D. Mathews.
Read the advertisement of that model
■merchaut, John Winter. It came too late foT
notice this week.
A negro living in this county has been
known to pick 435 pounds a day—the best on 1
record, is it not ?
......Col. W. G. Johnson has refused $2,000
for his house in Lexington that he last spring
bought for $1,250.
Judge Gilliam boaght twenty bushels
•of oats this week— preparatory, we suppose,
•to boarding himself.
..V c were told \hat Mrs. Davie volunta
rily relinquished $5,000 of the property left
her by Mrs. Winfrey.
......Mr. Roane intends to dry off the bot
toms on the Brawner-litigation place and says
it cau be easily done.
Read the new advertisements of Haire
& Latimer and Witcher & Jarrell. They will
receive attention next week.
Messrs. Gottheimer & Stewart have en
larged their store by knocking down a parti
tion. A decided, improvement.
Do not wrap knives jnd forks in wool
ens. Wrap them in good, strong paper. Steel
is injured by lying in woolens.
Mr. Warnock Echols will move from
Siiuston and study law in Athens. Dr. Braw
ner has rented it for next year.
......The grading of the Hartwell railroad
Mtfinishetl, and now the cross-ties and iron
will be the next thing oil docket.
A lady married a Mr. Newman, and
her female friends tease her by saying she
slept every night with anew man.
laborers are anxious to make contracts
for another year, which shows that the exodus
fever has not reached this county.
The residence of Mr. George Latimer
has been rented by Mr. Willie Stewart and
will be put in fine repair forthwith.
....Some fences betweeu Lexington and
Crawford are intruding upon the public do
main. Commissioners, do your duty !
, We have a few more bushels of annual
clover seed for sale at Id cents per pound to
subscribers. Now is the time Te plant.
A forty pound cucumber and a one-and
a'half pound apple are products over which
Lumpkin county is making some ado just
now.
An exchange wants to know why a wo
man always sits on the floor to put on her
shoes. We guess its because she can’t sit on
the ceiling.
And Flata-u has been passing all this
time for a single man. We learn that a breach
of promise suit is pending against him in the
Flat-Woods. • ”
......Our Ordinary and Memphis are both
praying for frost. The one wants it to dispel
yellow-jack aud the other tliiuks it will pro
mote matrimony.
- Better lay in your coal now. Professor
Schaffer, of Pottsvlle, in a leoture before the
Society for the Advancement or Science, says
the anthracite coal fields will be exhausted in
the year 2065.
j , Col. Joe Baughn has returned fronflhis
jaunt to the mountains, looking pale and earn
elated. He had the misfortune to break his
, bottle, and with the contents vanished all the
pleasure and joy of his trip.
.....Miss Lila Mattox, of Wilkes, a most
brilliant and fascinating youug lady, passed
through Lexington last Friday, en route to the
Lucy ( obb, where she will complete her stud
ies. A bright future awaits her.
M e regret to learn that Mrs. Georgia
! Goolsby, of this county, is Iving critieallv ill
at the residence of her father, Mr. J. Y.‘Ar
nold, near Eiberton. Her sister, Miss Sallie
Arnold, is also quite sick. We hope soon to
chronicle their entire restoration to health.
Mr. Stephen l pson, of New York, has
placed his daughter at Madame Sosnowski’s
school in Athens. We wish Mr. Upson could
be induced to locate in Lexington, for he is
one of the most pleasant, instructive and intel
igent gentlemen it was ever our lotto meet.
Travelers on the Athens road.^'ridav,
discovered the body of a colored man suspend
ed from a tree near the place of Mrs. King.
His name was Ben Winfrey, and as he had
been in serious trouble about his wife a few
days since, it is supposed that he hung himself
to avoid further trouble. The coroner’s in
quest concluded his death to hgve been suicide.
The widow Pulliam, who created such
an excitement in Elbert county recently be
cause of a popular suspicion that she had been
mysteriously abducted, has been heard from.
The Eiberton Gazette publishes a letter which
she has written to her father, in which she
says she is about seventeen ni'les above Tal
lulah Fails, and that if she lives to get back
she will mend her ways and lead a better life,
j " by she U away she does not state, but only
: mysteriously says; “If I live I hope to be
back by the 25th of November. My doom is
j only three months, but it appears to me like
I twelve.” The Gazette thinks her mission
1 from home is of a delicate nature.
THE ECHO TO ESLAKBE.
'O rtetherpe fwatr will Dave a. tfWtoSM
Paper. A New Pristine OMee, and Other
Inpmvements.
| Oa thfUSHh day of October the Echo
villbefive years old. It was ar inten
tion to celebrate this event by reducing
the price of subscription to ”.*1.50. but
upon h protest from all the -subscribers
t > whom we mentioned the matter—they
1 contending that £2 was as cheap as they
asked—we have decided to give them
. even more than this difference in an en
larged paper. About the third week in
October the Echo will appear as a 56-
column paper—the largest weekly in the
South, ami will contain more reading
matter than any four or fire ordinary
county papers. This enlargement will
entail a considerable additional cost
upon us, but we intend to swell our sub
i seription list to 3,000 copies weekly and
we want our friends to set to work and
help us do it. _ The people yf this and
adjacent counties have stood manfully
up to us and we intend to give them a
j Newspaper that they may be proud of.
To the merchants and citizens of Ath
ens, too, are we indebted for a princely
patronage. They appreciate the trade
1 of our people and most magnanimously
divide their profits with the local paper.
East Saturday we received 5345 worth
of advertising in that progressive little
city, Messrs. James A. Gray & Cos. con
tracting for *l5O worth. This is a firm
that kno%vs and appreciates the value of
printer’s ink.
To enable us to facilitate our work we
have just closed a contract with Mr. J.
J. Norton, a well-known contractor, to
build, by the latter part of next month,
anew and commodious office on Church
street, into which the Echo will move.
It will be conveniently arranged and
well lighted, and adjoining will be built
a reading room for the benefit of our
patrons and the public.
As soon as our subscription authorizes
—which we hope and believe will be by
or before next spring—we will put up
a mammoth steam power-press.
To make these necessary improve
ments to our business will require a
large cash outlay, and we are depending
Upon our patrons for the money. Let
each subscriber set to work and get us
another name. It can be easily done
and will help us a great deal.
The Echo now has a large and gener
al patronage through the counties of El
bert, Madison, Ilall, Jackson, Walton,
Clarke, Oconee, Greene, Taliaferro and
Wilkes, and a splendid general circula
tion in this and other States—especially
Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas
and Arkansas.
Until our enlargement takes place sub
scribers must bear with us. We have
more advertisements than we well know
what to do with, and the reading mat
ter will be necessarily cramped for a few
weeks. We will issue supplements,
however, and thus bridge the chasm.
OEHERTIMC THE ROOST.
Clear Case of Ilats Leaving a Sinking Skip.
The Colonel Stuiadt* on the Burning Deck.
For some weeks past the famous old
Bachelor’s Roost in Lexington, like its
inmates, has shown visible signs of de
cay. At night the occupants xvere arous
ed from their virtuous slumbers by a
cracking of timbers and a perceptible
settling of the building, and upon step
ping out on the piazza in the morning
they would find that it was parting from
the main house and gave hourly signs
of total dissolutiou. Like faithful mar
riers aboard a sinking ship did Col.
Morgan and Judge Gilliam endeavor to
save the home that had sheltered them
for nearly a century by sacrificing their
meagre stock of xvorldly goods. With
their confiding innocence they thought
it too heavily stocked with weighty fur
niture, and day by day continued to
throw overboard articles that even a
blind rag-picker would pass by in dis
gust, but in their eyes of inestimable
value. First xvent the Colonel’s box of
flint rocks, that he yet believes to be an
unexplored Golconda; then his Honor’s
chest of old winter clothes with a circus
picture of a nude woman pasted on it —
the only image of woman ever permitted
to invade this sanctuary; then all but
txvo of their chairs; their cords of emp
ty match boxes; and one by one the ac
cumulated nothingness of years—but
still the old Roost continued to give
way and its demizens shivered upon the
bare floor. The Colonel had pasted over
the door the gallant sentence —
“ />.V T fJll'ft If THE ROOST!"
advised that, to still further lighten
the load, Judge Gilham and him
self discard the use of socks and draw
ers and curtail their allowance of food.
With a heroism that was truly noble
and grand did these veterans on the al
tar of bachelorhood accept this last re
sort. But this sacrifice, too, was in
vain. The old shanty was still subject
to periodical convulsions, which increas
ed in number daily. At last the Judge
could stand the pressure no longer. Some
one told him that the Bible said “ Self
preservation xvas the first law of nature,”
and he determined to bid no longer de
fiance to this sacred edict. He rented a
room in Col. Mathews’ old office (a ver
itable relict of the flood,) and is there
located, solitary and alone. Among his
clothes he brought a fine stand of bed
■ bugs, which, by crossing with the ones
he is sure to find in his new quarters,
will doubtless raise up an improved
breed.
A rumor having reached our ears that
Col. Morgan also intended vacating the
Roost, yve called at that domicile and
intervieyved him on the subject. We
found the old man wearing the look of
a martyr to principle, who was prepared
to sacrifice his life on that altar. lie lis
tened to the creaking Avails with a hero
ic indifference, and a halo of determina
tion surrounded his brow.
When yve made known our mission
and announced the report our aged
friend cast upon us a withering look and
replied:
“ What! Desert this sacred spot be
■cuvase a few timbers groan beneath the
accumulated glory of ages? Did Napo
leon leave France until he was carried
away by force of arms? Did Hanibal
desert his beloved Carthage until borne
from thence in chains? No, sir; yvith
this Roost lias I linked my fate. It is
the only bride I ever knexv and to it I
am wedded, for Aveal and woe, until
death or a general tumbling-in parts us.
So long as one plank lays upon another
it shall be my Jiome and habitation and
its fall shall be my funeral pyre. When
Gabriel shall sound his last trump my
weather-beaten soul will arise from the
debris of this grand old temple of happy
and emancipated mankind!”
We listened with awe to these noble
sentiments as they dropped like parched
peanuts from the lips of our aged friend,
and have our pencil ready sharped to pen
the closing scenes of las career.
t "
(iraj’s.
This name falls like the deyv of heaven
upon the spirits of dry goods buyers. It
signifies to them splendid goods and loav
prices. This fall they have eclipsed the
State with their grand and glorious dis
play. Read their hand-bill ad. in the
Echo to-day which xvill tell you all
about their stock. They spend §l5O in
advertising in our paper alone and xvan
ted to charter a whole page. This house
is a representation of “ young head on
old shoulders. Mr. Robert Gray, one of
tho livest young merchants in the South,
is supported on the shoulders of that old
reliable mercantile veteran, Christopher
Grav. We will shortly give our readers
a full history of this splendid establish
ment and tell them of the thousands of
cheap and beautiful goods to be found
there. It is an Alladin’s palace.
♦♦♦—
A Bcautiliil .Store.
One of the prettiest stores we ever en
tered is that of Parker, O'Farrell & Cos.,
on the corner of Thomas and Clayton
streets, Athens. It has just been com
pleted and is now occupied by one of
the cleverest firms in Georgia with a
bran-new stock of goods. Everything is
as neat as a pin. The proprietors are in
timate friends to the Editor of this pa
per and xve can knowingly, unequivocal
ly and enthusiastically recommend them
as honest gentlemen, born merchants
and the unadulterated extract of su
preme cleverness. One thing is certain
—they must have a big trade"from Ogle
thorpe and xve intend to see that they
get it. Advertisement next week.
♦♦♦
A MatlsJuno.
Mr. Sock Pruitt, of the Athens Banner,
is said to own the finest madstone ever
found. This is a strange formation,
found in the maw of deer, and is a sov
ereign cure for all poisons. They are
worth many times their xveight in gold
dust and are very rare. The strangest
thing is that if you allow one to fall its
curative properties vanish. Old hunters
say that as soon as they kili a deer they
can tell by its appearance if it contains
one these stones. The mad*stone owned by
Mr. Pruitt was given to his father by an
old friend from Southwest Georgia while
a member of th*Legislature before the
war.
A SAD SUICIDE.
Mr. Jmmtm H. Jhm, Famrrl r it l!Hi< ■!,
Takes His Owi Lite ia an 'Athena Store,
Beemaoe'Credii is Kefssed llim.
We learn that one Mr. JamesS. Jones,
of Madison county, accompanied by tv
friend whose name we - did not learn,
! x-isited Athens, on last Wednesnay, and
j after getting to the city they separated,
| each one intending to do some trading.
At about 1 o'clock the announcement
was made on the street that a man had
j committed suicide in the store of Mr.
F. 11. Lynch. A large crowd soon col
lected at the store, but no one was found
who could recognize the wounded man.
! lie appeared to be a stranger to alia At
; last someone called in a man from Mad
ison county, and he, at first, failed o
recognize him. oo account of the blood
on his face and head. At last it was de
termined to remove him to the Station
House, when, in removing, his compan
ion recognized him as James S. Jones,
xvhom he had accompanied to the city
that morning. He knexv of no cause for
the rash act, and says that Jones left a
wife and two children and was an en-
I tirely respectable man.
Upon inquiry, our informant learned
| that Jones had tried to buy some goods
: at some store and xvanted them charged
to him. "Tliis xvas refused, and lie im
| mediately xvent to the store of Mr.
Lynch and bought a pistol and had it
loaded, and xvithout paying for it, placed
, the muzzle just behind his right ear and
i discharged it, the bullet entering his
| brain and felling him to the floor. Dr.
W. M. King xvas at once summoned,
and after probing the wound pronounc
ed it fatal. Mr. Jones xvas still living
xvhen our informant left Athens, but
was breathing heavily and slowly, and
was expected to die in a short while,
j Mr. Jones is a step-son of the Rev. L.
j W. Stephens, of Elbert, and is well
; known to the Editor of this paper. He
was a handsome young man, Kind, gen
erousand noble. We nave noideaxvhat
j could have caused the rash act.
I His mother was at once notified by a
| courier of the terrible tidings, and we
[ deeply feel for her and the rest of his
| family, all of xvhom are our old and
| tried friends.
The Author of Hog Clover.
! We are told that this valuable forage
plant xvas first imported to this county
by Dr. Henry Hull, pf Athens.
Photographer in Town.
Mr. L. A. Green, a photographer, has
arrived in Lexington and pitched his
tent in the Masonic Hall. He requests
all those xvlio desire their pictures taken
to give him a call.
—
The Equinox.
On next Monday is the equinox and
the sun xvill rise and set exactly in the
east and xvest. Storms and a change of
xveather may also be expected- Let us
hope it xvill not bring frost.
Wrong Name.
Dr. J. 11. Alexander xvrites us: “You
got the name of the ‘ Hog Clover’ xvrong,
and to make it intelligible to Botanists
had better correct it. It is ‘ Medicago
Lupulina.’ I suppose the ‘ Lupulina’ to
be a diminutive of the Latin Lupus (a
xvolf), thus signifying literally Little
Wolf Clover.”
Shamrock.
The veclit or old-field clover, which it
is stated was brought to Georgia by Sher
man’s raiders, is said to be nothing more
nor less than the fatuous shamrock of
Ireland—a plant that has been immor
talized both by song and story. It has
covered our fields and is rapidly rooting
out that arch fiend, Bermuda grass.
:— •
Within an Ace of Front.
On Thursday night of last xveek the
thermometer registered 50 deg., xvliich
xvere in 10 of a frost—and 10 degrees are
very easily overcome. For txvo weeks
past the nights and mornings hax-e been
downright cold and we all tremblingly
await the advent of the xvinter king. A
frost iiow xvould sound the deatli-knell
to our ootton prospects.
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The X. E. ftcorgin Pair.
Extensive preparations are being noxv
made to render this a grand success.
Neither labor nor money is spared and
a splendid programme is offered. Ath
ens and Northeast Georgia is ox'erfloxv
ing with enthusiasm. Oglethorpe must
fall into line. The interests of Athens
and our people are one and inseparable.
Let is lend our aid to making this fair
the event of the season. Next week xve
xvill issue xvitli the Echo a large supple
ment, giving all information on the sub
ject. Watch for and be sure to read it.
A (houseof Base.
Mr. George Latimer and family moved
this xveek to Atlanta, Mr. L. having se
cured a situation with Longley &?Rob
insou. The removal of this family is in
deed a loss to Lexington. They were
our near neighbors, and better ones we
never knew. The best xvishes of our
entire people attend them.
Mr. W. B. Lester is building a neat
little cottage on his father’s land and
will shortly occupy the same.
Mr. Thad Olive has moved to his
farm, Vacating the Robinson lot.
A Xew Corn.
We were shown last Friday the shuck
from an ear of corn, raised by Mr. Fiel
ding Dillard, the seed of xvhich he ob
tained in the mountains, which is a nexv
variety in this section. The shuck is an
imperial purple, and we learn is used by
the old ladies of North Georgia to dye
yarns and cloth. It is said to make a
beautiful and lasting shade of purple.
The ears from this com are of medium
size. Mr. D. is noted for his extensive
and prolific varieties of corn, he making
it his business to improve the seed by
crossing the best kinds.
—
Death of Mis* Hattie Arnold.
Just as xve xvere going to press the sad
and startling announcement reached us
of the demise of this pure and beautiful
young lady, daughter of our esteemed
friend, Mr. J. W. Arnold. Miss Hattie
xvas just budding into xvomanhood, and
was sincerely beloved by all xvlio knexv
her. ’Tis sad to be thus cut oft' in the
bloom of life, but ’tis best for the deceas
ed. A bright crown axvaits her in heav
ed. Our heart bleeds for the’hereaved
family. They should take comfort in
reflection that the belox'ed “is only gone
before.” We learn that her death xvas
caused by a cold contracted during her
recent tour to the mountains.
The Jail Committee.
This committee met last Monday to
act on the reception of the new jail and
we learn that it resulted in a “ bust up.”
The committee contended that the con
tractor was obligated to dig the well;
while Mr. McGinty thought it an outside
job—and on this rock they split. We
hope an amicable adjustment will yet
take place, as the building is certainly a
superior job of work. The committee
deserve credit for so manfully standing
up for what they conceive to be the
rights of the county. They are the class
of men to handle the public money-bags
and their names should be placed upon
a roll of honor. Litigation would con
sume enough money to dig a dozen wells.
♦♦♦
Hon. Amos T. Ackerman.
This gentleman spent a day in Craw
ford recently and charmed the people
with his pliable tongue and instructive
conversation. He is rather gloomy about
the future of this section, and thinks for
the next fourteen years no perceptible
advance will be made in our prosperity.
Politically, we have no more use for Mr.
Ackerman than the devil has for holy
water, but are bound to accredit to him
an intellect of the first magnitude, and
acknowledge that he can see as deep into
a millstone as the man that picked it.
We think, however, he is now looking
at Georgia's future through partisan
glasses, manufactured especially for dis
appointed Radicals.
A Parsonage.
The members of the Lexington circuit
are again agitating the parsonage ques
tion. We learn that a movement is on
foot to buy the Callaway cottage and re
surrect the same, but several, members
are opposed to investing in this piece of
architectural dilapidation, prefering to
build anew house. This we think the
wisest plan, for a comfortable four-room
house could be built for about .*6OO,
which is only $l5O for each church to
raise. A parsonage is badly needed, for
there will not be a vacant house in Lex
ington next vear, we think. Mr. Mid
Johnson is offering to sell beautiful lots
in his grove at SIOO an acre, and there
| are three parties now' with an eye on
them.
■Sg, See Gray’g 15c Jean*.
See Gray’* 25c Twill Flannel.
&St- See Gmy’g 750 Brogan*.
See Gray’* 85c Brogan*.
OCR CORRESPOMDEICE DEPIBTMIIT.
LATEST FROM ATLANTA.
Impwekanu all the Race and Knlfin.
■ ion* Fearing la. The Immense -Sums sio
ton from the State. Dr. Janes Now on
Toast. The “Echo” Contribute., 40 Votes
to tiupeach Renfro.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16,1879.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo :
The Legislature, I presume, is claiming the
attention of the country just now, and there
fore something in the way of a letter from the
Capital will, I hope, be of interest to your
many readers.
The House, during the past week, has pass
ed quite a number of Dills, but few of any gen
era I Interest—some of which are general laws
and some local.
Investigation and impeachment is the main
excitement now. The impeachment of Gold
smith is drawing to a close. He has tendered
his resignation to the Governor and abandon
ed his defense and given up the gbost. The
Governor, however, refused to accept his res
ignation and the impeachment will never
theless go on to a filial conviction. He (Gold
smith) has probably robbed the State, if re
ports be true, of more than sloo,ooo. Conip
troller-Geuerals of Georgia will, henceforth,
be honest or else step down and out. There
is no doubt of his guilt. The laborx of tne
Legislature in his case have not bean in vain.
$122,000 a year have been collected for the
past five years more than xvas necessary for
the legitimate expenses of the government,
and yet it has all always been absorbed. The
belief now is that it required that amount to
make up for the stealing. 1 learn the special
tax on whisky returned to the State by Gold
smith was, for the whole State, SIO,OOO, when
the amouut ought to have been near, if not
quite, $75,000. In this ease the State has lost
not less than $50,000 a year. So in the matter
of insurance taxes. The auionut returned, as
collected, was very far short of the truth. So
I might continue to enumerate.
The legislators do not exult over the fall of
Goldsmith, but feel sad that a prominent Sun
day-school man should thus turn out. Just
so it has ever been. Those who desire to play
the rascal often put on the garb of Christian
ity, to more eflectually deceive. 1 believe
Goldsmith was the head of all the Sunday
schools in the State. Let his late be a warn
ing to all future office-holders in Georgia.
The committee to investigate the Treasurer
have made a report of the evidence in his case
and accompanied it with a resolution impeach
ing him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The evidence shows that Renfroe, the Treasu
rer, has been receiving interest ou deposits of
the State’s funds. He is convicted of receiv
ing himself between $5,000 and SIO,OOO. Per
haps he has received much more. The House
has been discussing the resolutions of im
peachment in his case all day to-day. The
vote has not been taken yet, but tne indica
tions are that they will pass by a very large
majority. Renfro has a great many personal
friends and influencial family connections;
i besides, the banks of Atlanta with which he
! has deposited the State’s iunds are legging for
! him. A great effort is being made to save
‘ him from impeachment. Some of the House
—who are mt to lie reiiedou—are making ex
traordinary efforts to save him. But he will
have to go. Renfro sent in his resignation
and proposed to pay the State back the inter
est collected by him on deposits, but this the
House will refuse. The Governor dare not ac
cept liis resignation. If he were it would not
save him.
The committee on the Principal Keeper of
the Penitentiary have reported. This com
mittee are divided. About half censure and
the other half exonerates. His ease will be
disposed of next Friday. No doubt he has
done wrong, but his wrong is not so serious as
that of others.
The committee to investigate the Agricultu
ral Bureau are hard at work. They are ma
king some progress. Rumor has it that they
have so far discovered many irreguU.ri ies and
are likely to dig up others more damaging.
The whole concern is no doubt full of corrup
tion, and .if the vote were to be taken over
again would be abolished without any oppo
sition of consequence. The Commissioner, it
is reported, is about to resign in order to save
himself. “ Leaf by leaf the roses fall.”
Your editorial commending the Legislature
for its actings and doings was highly appreci
ated by your friends and the Assembly gener
ally. It sounded a great deal better, and
looked more decent and manly, to encourage
a body of men engaged in a great undertaking
which, if successful, will benefit the present
and future generations, than to be writing of
them as if they were a set of rascals, knaves
and ignoramuses—like, for instance, one of
your correspondents, who wrote some time
s nee that the people of his neighborhood were
training hounds to run the Legislature out of
Atlanta next winter. He ought to run for an
office in his county again, to see how many
friends he has. The Legislature, in these in
vestigations and impeachments, have to fight
the blood, the flesh, and the devil, and need
the support of an honest and intelligent con
stituency. Let me say again that your edito
rial on the Legislature contributed at least
twenty votes in favor of impeaching Renfro.
With such able endorsement the Legislature
will yet clean out the Augean stables. M.
WOODSTOCK.
HET.
Base ball.
Needing rain.
Picking cotton in a hurry.
Sowing oats in abundance.
Col Tom. Daniel, of Greene county,
smiled upon the boys again last Saturday.
With a little more rain and a late fall
the pea crop of our district will be very fine.
The young people had a grand socia
ble atCapt J. H. Wright’s, one night last week.
Let’s have nother.
Died, Sept. 15th, 1879, Mr. Howell Har
rison, at the residence of his son, Mr. W. H.
Harrison. He was 83 years of age.
The beautiful and accomplished Miss
Della Callaway of Wilkes, spent a few days
with the Misses Drake, last week.
Messrs. Ed. Dorsey, from M. G. &J.
Cohen’s, of Athens, and McWhorter, of Anti
och, paid us a pleasant visitone day last week.
Messrs. Peek A Oliver are getting as
much sawing as they can do. They also have
a gin attached to their steam mill; so bring
iu your cotton.
The beautiful and accomplished Miss
Anna Turner, of Centreville, spent a few days
with Miss Cora Glenn, last xveek —and a cer
tain young man was happy.
The Patch Club, of Woodstock, and the
Seed-Ticks played a game of b. b. last Satur
day week. Score stood—Seed-Ticks, 30; the
Patch club, 18. They will play another game
next Saturday week, at Chandler’s Hill.
The Fountain camp-meeting was a suc
cess, notwithstanding the split up among the
trustees. We never saw better order at a
camp-meeting in our life. We hope the trou
ble between the trustees will be settled, and
let old Fountain be a camp-ground for gener
ates to come. It has been a camp-ground
from my earliest recollection and I hope it
will remain one.
“Our ville” seems to be troubling some
of the correspondents—N. S. N.” in partic
ular, who says, our ville xvas never pronounc
ed but once, and that time by a Woodsawyer,
etc. Now, I don’t know “N. S. N.,” but
heard that he xvas a country school teacher
So I suppose that accounts for his abnormal
state of mind.
Col L. A. Greene, the artist, and his j
beautiful and accomplished daughter, left I
here last Monday for Lexington. The Colonel ■
is a first-class artist, and we xvish him success. !
Give him a trial and be satisfied for vourselves. !
M iss G. made a number of friends in our com- j
mnnity, especially among the young men. A j
certain young man is noxv heard singing, “ I j
xvould not live always, I ask not to stay.” j
Poor felloxv, he mourns and refuses to be com- !
forteu.
THE GLADE.
BEPPO.
Picking cotton with a rush.
Pea patches and late roasting-ears fine.
Mr. Charley Vincent, of Athens, is in
our toxvn.
Mr. Frank Glenn, of Jefferson, was xvith
us last week.
Cotton is turning out very xvell; farmers I
are somewhat bouvant.
Mr. J. Z. Cooper and family, of Athens,
were among us this week.
v ....Xew babies are plentiful—principally
boys. Many happy parents.
A postal card that passed through tills
mail last week deserves preservation.
Mr. Victor Murray, of Atlanta, was on
a visit to his brother, at the time of his death.
Grease up that sorghum mill and don’t
alarm the people that a steam gin is at hand.
Our Justice Court conx-ened this wees,
at which was present several members of the
Lexington bar.
Mr. F. V . M. Dowdy, of Jackson eoun
ty, and his charming relatives, Misses Ida and
Mamie Jackson, are visiting Mrs. Mathews’
family.
death of Mr. Willie H. Murray, of tvphoid
1 fever, xvliich occurred on Monday night last.
His remains were carried to Watkinsville.
A CARD.
Patrons, remember that, very early this
• year, I notified you, through these colamns,
that I would ride for half-price mileage, with
the distinct understanding that I be paid
promptly by November Ist, at which time
my professional year closes. I expect and
require that you pay me promptly by or be
fore that day, and if you fail to do so yon need
not call on me after that day, bnt call npon
uiv attornev into whose hands I expect to ,
place, for collection, everv note and account
not settled by that time. If you wish to settle
your bills you must call at my office, for I can- !
not afford to ride ten times as much to collect
as Ido to make the money. No deductions •
allowed on bills.
Very truly, W. H. Jarrell.
September let, 1879. 1
GRAY’S FIRST GUN!
Opening of the Kail and Winter Trade!
SISO 9 QQO WoFijh of Dry £roodg 9
BOOTS AND SHOES,
TO BE THROWN ON THE MARKET BY THE REGULATORS OF LOW PRICESI
All of our Kentucky Jeans, Flannels, Woolens of Every Description, Together with Domestics.
W ere bought before the advance in prices, so we are in a condition in this line to give advantages never before offered.
DRESS GOODS I
In this line we have to say that no merchant, either wholesale or retail, can compete with us in this department
BLACK SILKS, CASSIMERES AND ALPACAS!
Ihes’, as ( ur own importations, cannot be touched in shade, weight or quality outside of one of our numerous
SHOES!
This department is second to none in the State. AY e have made LADIES’ AND GENTS’FINE SHOES a specialty '""’‘Uprising the well-known makes o*
Dixon, Hess, Canfield and other prominent manufacturers. Besides, we have received 200 cases of BOOTS AND SiiOKS, suitable for Fall and
Winter, in every style and size. See our prices in these goods before buying elsewhere.
3=31 -A_ T
165 cases from BANKRUPT STOCK. One glance at this Department will speak for itsel?,
WHITE GOODS AND LINENS!
Obtained Cheap through the failure of an Importing House. Table Linens, Napkins, Doylies, Towels, White and Turkey Red Dfetnasks, etc., shall be sold for
THE BENEFIT OF OUR PATRONS!
Corsets, Hosiery and Notions I
Never before was there such a variety displayed in Northeast Georgia. It will be a pleasure to se 4e*good*.
BLANKETS!
Paying no attention to pretended advance in prices, we have thrown 50 cases on the market at prices never before quoted in this sectioh.
FACTS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION :
WERE THE PRICES OF QOODS BEFORE GRAY OPENED THIS WELL-KNOWN BRASS H HOUSE
WHO INAUGURATED LOW PRICES? Ask yourselves who can buy goods Cheaper and suit the people better than GRAY, who has conducted the most*
Extensive Stores in the prominent cities of Georgia for the past fifty years.
These undying truths are placed before you, and though you may never deal with the house, if they change you from the dreadful road to ruin, if they induce
to bury your credit system in the ruins of oblivion and trade only for Cash, we shall be satisfied. We have facilities that no other house can boast of. We are
not under the expense of book-keepers or collectors, as OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH, and besides the Old Reliable CHRISTOPHER GRAY is always
in market, thereby saving a buyer’s expenses every season, which is an important item in itself.
All Orders for SAMPLES promptly attended to and Express Paid on any Package over $5.00.
With sincere thanks to onr Friends and Customers for their continued favors and confidence towards us, and Yvitb
earnest sympathy for those who have felt the affliction of that great pestilence known as Credit, which has to-day left many a home in poverty.
THE REGULATORS OF LOW PRICES:
GRAY'S, ATHENS GA.
WINTERVILLE.
REFORM.
There was a wedding put down for last
night in East Madison county.
Mr. Harlan Conaway, of'Centreville,
was here on a visit a few days ago.
erdam expect to take in the Tugaloo Associa
tion, in Franklin county, next Sunday.
Last Saturday, Mr. John McLeroy drew
off his pond and caught between 5 and t> bush
els of fine fish. There was joy in the house of
Muckle.
The boys tried to scare one of their
crowd, one night last week, by waylaying and
playing ghost; but Young America did’t scare
worth a cent.
Edwards is having his mouth
“ set,” so as to be ready for the Association.
When he is in “ order” it takes a cotton-gin to
beat him feeding.
......A negro was found hanging near Mr.
Win. Deans’, last week. He had been dead
sor 6 days, ’tis thought, lie hung himself.
He was demented.
Married, 11th inst., at the residence of
Mr. James Tucker, by B. H. Barnett, Esq.,
Mr. John E. Sorrow and Miss Mary E. Kidd—
all of Oglethorpe county.
Last Sunday a rattlesnake, with 9 rat
tles, was killed in Ml. W. J. Pitted’s yard,
and one in Wintervile with 10—and it wasn’t
a good rattle-suaix day, either.
An Albany. Ga., paper says the cotton
crop in that section has been cut off 50 per
cent, by caterpillars, but you can’t convince
Wall street that the crop is short until they
buy and count it—say about next April.
Elders Morgan and McLeroy preach
ed at Beaverdam Church last Friday. Elder
Morgan is an educated and refined gentleman
and an excellent preacher. We are glad to
note there is a prospect of his becoming a cit
izen of our community. His home is in
Jonesboro, Ga.
The following advertisements appear
in a Chicago paper, that is rather novel to we
“ Southern heathens,” viz.: Wanted, a girl to
wash dishes ; 2 smart boys to run with a ped
dlar ; A good and tidy serio-comic sentimen
tal lady singer; A lot of pop-corn and a pop
corn popper. To Exchange—A restaurant
broiler for shirts ; a S7O fiddle for a buggy;
$1 paid for dead horses; $2 for dead cows.
SUM
School closed.
Next week and the Association.
Cotton pouring into the new gin.
Coile Bros, are sawing ’Squire Wilkins’
lumber.
“Samoth” is a great man for the women.
He never says ladies.
Logs sawed, lumber delivered, and cot
ton ginned with dispatch at Coile Bros.
Our cotton compress is no failure. It
works like a charm —all done by machinery.
The Knights of Jericho will celebrate
their anniversary in October. The Lodge is
seven years old.
county this week. He’s down on the Agri
cultural Bureau.
A debasing society has been organized
at Jones’ Academy. The subject for discus
sion to-morrow night is, “ Which is the great
er evil, pride or intemperance ?”
The Sunday-schoool children continue
tc donate their nickles. We’ll be proud of
you at the Association. Remember, too, it’s
always more blessed to give than to receive.
We understood there was a wedding to
have taken place, last night, up the country
somewhere, but as we are not well acquainted
with all the parties, we prefer not to say any
thing about it. Vale.
And now we’ve got but one thing more
to say, and that is this—let all join in the cho
rus with Bill Arp and.blow his own horn,
toot—toot—toot —to-o-o-o-t-00-o-o-o-o —o 1.
WOLFSKIN.
JEEMB.
Cotton fields are white,
......Freedmen want thirty cents per hun
dred and board for picking cotton.
Two more cases added to the sick list.
Charley Cumming and Tommie Bird have
been quite sick.
’Possum hunters make night hideous,
driving sleep from our humble couch, and
profanity to the lips of the profane.
I “ Harry” says the turnip crop is all
1 that could be asked. Now, we’d rather have
: a few other things with our’s. Perhaps lie’s
i like Col. Sellers.
j Our school closed, Friday of lat week.
Miss Smith is an excellent teacher and a most
estimable young lady, and we wish her abun
dant success wherever her lot may be cast.
| Mr. J. D. Elder lies in a very critical
| condition, in consequence of injuries received
by a fall from his buggy. [Since the above
, was written we learn that Mr. Elder has im
! proved considerably.]
I A burglar made an unsuccessful at
| tempt to steal some bacon from Mr. R. G.
! Brooks, last week. They had prized up the
smoke-house and taken out a log, when Mr.
! Brooks heard the noise and went to see what
was the matter. When he got out they left.
He has no clue as yet to who it was.
! Mrs. James M. Griffith died on Thurs
day night of last week, after along illness.
; She had been in bad health for a year or two
but in all her sickness she never complained,
but seemed resigned, and bore it all with
, Christain meekness. The deceased had, for a
number of years, been a consistent member
j of Veal’s church, and died in the blessed hope
,of an immortality beyond the grave. Her
little daughter, Fannie, a bright little child
of eight years, died of diphtheria just the
morning previous. Three deaths in one house
In the short space of five days. The bereaved
1 have the sympathy of the entire community.
See Gray’s 12ic Alpacas.
See Gray’s 15c A'psvas.
See Gray's 20c Alpaca*.
SoeGray’, S* Alpaeai.
1 ftr Be* Gray's Bilk Mohair at i5.
MAXEY’S.
SEPTEMBER.
The pea crop is not as good as expected.
There is a good deal of sickness in this
neighborhood.
Tudge W. B. Ilrightwell has been quite
ill and is sick yet.
tions were made for fall crops.
The Messrs. Eider have finished their
gin-house and will move their engine down in
a few days.
Messrs. Gilliam & Birchmore have a
fine engine that they propose to loeate at Max
ey’s, for the benefit of the public.
_ Most of farmers think the cool nights
will result in a total failure of the August
crop of cotton. If this be so we will not make
an eighth of a crop.
Jt-fu See Gray’s 75c Silk.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL SECTIONS
The laAiMl or the Free.
—Memphis prays for an early frost.
—Aleck Stephens wants Hancock for
President.
—The next election will be held in
Ohio the first Tuesday in next month.
—Dennis Kearney proposes to burn
Grant in effigy upon his arival in San
Francisco, and the Grant men threaten
to run him out of the State if he does.
—Philadelphia papers tell of the ar
rival in that city of a party of Italian
children, all of whom had been purpose
ly maimed by the loss of an eye, or a
limb, in order to fit them for the calling
of begging. They were in charge of
three padrones.
—The legitimate result of the repeal
of the duty on quinine is now being felt
in a substantial manner. At first home
manufacturers refused to supply the mar
ket, except at a higher price, but the im
ports increasing, the drug has fallen
twenty-five cents per ounce, and willun-
S doubtedly go yet lower.
—An attempt to force some negroes
into one of the Illinois high schools a
! few days ago was bitterly resented, and
j they were turned away in short order,
[ with the intimation that if they aftempt-
I ed to again thrust themselves where they
j were not wanted the police wonld arrest
! them.
j —ln Cherokee country, North Caroli
| na, where several converts had been
made by the disciples of the late Brig
ham Young, the people became so excit
ed recently that three of the Mormon
preachers were taken to the woods by
mountaineers and flogged with hickory
switches. Several of the converts were
caught, and similar punishment was in
flicted upon them. The carpet-bag Mor
mons were driven out of the country,
and will return at once to Utah.
—The Edgefield, S. C., Advertiser of
the 11th says: The eclat which Abbe
ville has been enjoying lately is about to
be overshadowed by the yellow glory of
Edgefield. The old Hollow Hill mine,
worked on a small seal 'a some twenty
five years ago by Cart. James Dorn and
I)r. M. \v. Abney, Las again revealed
deposits of incalculable richness. Mes
srs. Rufus ati'j Wm. Dorn have been
lately throwing a pick therein, and the
specimens they have gained far exceed
any we have ever seen in the rough.
A Washington dispatch to|the Cincin
i nat * Commercial says prominent colored
I men just arrived from the South report
| that all attempts to dissuade the blacks
from going W’est and North this fall are
futile, and that nothing remains but to let
them go and give the matter a practical
test- They report that the exodus will
set in in dead earnest the latter part of
October, and that where one went this
spring five will go this fall. The move
ment, however, will not be confined to
to Kansas, but all the Western States
will receive accessions.
tieurgla Echoes.
—Julia Johnson, the Clayton county
murdress, has been sentenced to the pen
itentiary for ten years. She is charged
with the murder of Mrs. Bettie Farmer,
of that county.
—Mr. John Childrews, aged 23, was
married to Mrs. Barlett, aged 59, in Tai
lor county, at the bride’s residence, on
last Friday night. The lady was a wid
dow of three months, possessed of consid
erable wealth, and the groom was one
of her employees.
—Says thfc Cartersville Free Press :
The current rumor this week now is
that Governor Colquitt is a candidate
for re-election to the governorship. If
he is not nominated by theso-called Dem
ocratic convention next year, he will run
as an Independent. How much of truth
there is in this rumor we do not know. It
is enough to say, however, that he has
the slimmest kind of a chance fora sec
ond term.
When fillings cavity dentists some
times place a dam in the patient’s mouth.
When a tooth is being extracted, the dentist
is relieved of that duty. The patient supplies
all that are required.
Bring along vour cane-mills. Sorghum
cro], fine.
Winter is most here and the roads have
not been worked yet.
Potato and torgum patches promise a
ood yield.
ATHENS COTTON MARKET.
Corrected weekly by MOSS A THOMAS, Cotton
Storage and Commission Metchants, Clayton
street, Athens, Ga.
i , Athens, Ga., Sept. 17, 1879.
Good Ordinary pjc
Low Middlings jq c
Middlings ioj c
Good Middlings lojc
iSsgu See Gray’s 15c figured Dress Goods.
See Gray’s 20c figured Dress Goods.
'SSc. See Gray’s 25c Damasse.
■
WITCHER A JARRELL
Are Agents for the
Celebrated Wood-Axle Wagons,
Made by J P Nison,
Salem I* O, N C.
* •
.MESON ACADEMY.
Editor Echo—The live highest for the third
quarter are: Frank R Smith, 91; C W Shackel
ford, 91; Albert Sidney Johnson, 90; Miss Clau
dia A Thompson, 90; Miss Georgia E Knox, 90.
The highest average for this quarter is 91, and
the lowest 72. The highest for second quarter
was 92 and the lowest 59, which gives a better
general average for this quarter.
Sept. 15, T. B. Moss, Principal.
WILLIE MURRAY.
The Glade community was shocked bv the
death of this young man, on the night of the 15th
Inst. He was the son of Mrs. Sarah Cooper, of
Athens, by a former husband. He had resided at
the Glade for several years, where he gained the
confidence and esteem of the entire community,
as the many anxious watchers bv his sick bed
aoundantly testified.
By his honesty, integrity and kind-heartedness
he had become remarkably popular with those
who knew him best, and his associates fee 1 that a
valued link in their social charm is broken A
few weeks ago Willie was strong in vigorous
young manhood, but typhoid fever selected him
as the victim of its relentless fury, and despite
the skilful nursing, anxious watching, heart*
throbbing* of loving friends, [and the earnest
prayers of his devoted mother, his young form
was stilled in the icy embrace of Death, and his
spirit sped its flight to the God who gave it.
About twenty-two years closed his earthly ca
reer. How short the stay on earth! How bright
the prospects of his budding manhood! But how
soon the slanting shadows came athwart his ‘
flowery pathway and spread the pall of imper
ishable gloom over the earthly scene.
How certain it is that death'will come, bnt how
uncertain the time of its approach?
Let the young be admonished and be ever
ready.
If words of sympathy and tears of compassion
would soothe the sorrows of the bereaved moth
er her tears would soon he dried; but how vain
all earthly comfort! How plaintively the heart
cries out for the absent one!
May God temper the winds!
J. G. Gibson, j
Crawford, Ga., Sept. 17th.
Don’t Blow any More,
T>ut go to Dr. J. W. Gurley and get cured j
of that Nasal Catarrh. Most cases cured in
two to six weeks. Treatment painless.
67 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. j
THE FRESHEST LOCAL MEWS.
Base Ball* and Bats at the lowest prices—the
best Ball made only sl, at Burke’s Book Store,
Athene, Ga.
You can buy Books and Stationery cheaper at
Burke’s than any where else in Athens. K<*
member that he is not now at the comer, but
two doors below, at Stern’s old stand.
For Selling, 50c. | Storage, 25c.
M. O’DOWD
Cotton Factor
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Corner Campbell and Reynolds Sts.,
Opposite Sibley & Wheless,
Augnsla, Ga.
Personal attention given to weighing and sell
ing. sepl9-3m
$25.00 REWARD!
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, on the 10th
inst. a negro boy, by the name of II E.N RY
LHIFKIN. (he may change hi* name; about
16 or 17 years old; wefghs 140 or 145 pounds; 5 ft
7 1-2 inches in height; has a scar on the right
hand about where the thumb joins the wnst,
from 1 2to 3-4 inches long 7 rather Homan about
the mouth. Said boy is a minor and is bound to
me until 21 years of age. Ail persons are hereby j
notified not to give employment in any manner ,
or harbor in any manner said boy, as I will pros- j
ecute any or all so guilty. I will pay a reward I
of £l3 for his apprehension, with information, !
to me at Crawford, Oglethorpe county, Ga., or 1
will pay a reward of 84.1 for his delivery to ine .
near Crawford. I think he is in Wilkes county,
about Washington. THOS J EDWARDS* j
September 13th, 1879 eepl9-tf j
SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
SUMMER SCHEDULE.
CIOMMKNCISG SUNDAY, JUNE 15th, 1879,
1 trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Leave Augusta 8:15 a. m., 3:45 p. m. j
Arrive Charleston 2:00 p. m., 10:40 p. m.
Arrive Columbia 4:35 p.m.
WEST.
Leave Charleston 9:05 a. m., 11:00 p. m. '
Arrive Columbia 6:15 a. m., 9:40 p. m. ;
Arrive Augusta 3:15 p. m., 8:00 a. m. I
Close connections are made with all trains to
and from Athens, Macon, Milledgeville, Atlanta,
and the West and Southwest.
By the 3:45 p. m. train from Augusta close
connection is made with Northeastern Railroad
of South Carolina, arriving at Wilmington 0 45
a. m., Richmond 4:40 p. m., Washington 9:55
p. m., New York 6:45 a. rn. Connecting also
with Bay Line Steamers at Portsmouth.
Through sleepers to Wilmington.
This line furnishes the only connection eittiej
to Charleston or the East with trams of < .t-urgia
K. R. arriving in Augusta in. the evening.
A full line of excnrsjpn tickets are on sale to
all Summer Resorts reached bv this line.
On Wednesdays and Saturdays connection is
made at Charleston with steamers for New
York. Round trip tickets, good until November
Ist, including meals and .late rooms, only S2B.
Diagrams of steamer, kept at office of W. M.
Timberlake, Agent New Tort and Charleston
Steamship Company. 227-Broad street, Augusta,
Ga.
Tickets on sale at Union Depot Ticket Office..
P. R- SLEDGE, Agent Acguspa-
JOHN B. PECK,
General Superintendent, CharlaatOfiK C.
D, C. Allk!*, Gen. l’ass’ger and TicMt AgX
Charleston, S. C.
1 ARE READY!
GOTTHEIMER
& STEWART
Lexington, Ga.,
Have just received and opened their
Fan Stock j
COMPRISING In part a
A Keantifu 1 Line of Dress Goods,
In all the late style®, at very low prices.
WHITE GOODS
In endless variety at reduced figures.
A Large Stock of Notions,
Comprising all the novelties of the season
Cassimeres, Jeans and Factory Goods
At Book-Bottom Price**.
BOOTS AND SHOES
Of nearly every make and quality, very low.
I3ST CLOTHING
We defy competition from any quarter.
A SPI.KMIII) 1.1 NIK OF II ATM
Of various qualities and shapes.
OUR STOCK o MILLINER!
Suchutf Udiee’ Hat*, Bonnet* Ribbon*, flower**
Laces, Tiesan<l Scarfs,Glove*, etc., is complete
w itli all the latest styles.
We keep .also on han't a full stock of
PROVIStOHS
And Farm Supplies
Of all kinds, which we will sell just as low as
the same goods can he bought in this section.
BAGGING AND TIES
Always on hand at low prices.
Will Buy Cotton
and pay the highest market price.
In fact, our stock comprises everv a-tirle o
General Merchandise needed by the people of
this section, which we are determined to sell at
the lowest living prices. Give us a call and ex
amine our goods and we guarantee to please you
in every respect. Our aim is to live and let live,
and our motto shall ever be “ Quick Sales and
Small Profits 1” Very respectfully,
GOTTHEIMER & STEWART.
JOHN WINTER
Winterville, Ga.,
WILL be-UNDERSOLD.
GOODS
AS CHEAPASEVER
COME & BE CONVINCED.
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If yon want DRY GOODS go to IIAI RE A
LATIMER’S.
If you want CLOTHING go to HAIRE 4
LATIMER’S.
If you want GENT’S IIATS go to HAIRE A
LATIMER’S.
If yon want LADIES’ HATS go to IIAIRE 4
LATIMER’S.
If yon want WHITE GOODS goto HAIRE 4
LATIMER’S.
If you want NOTIONS go to HAIRE 4
LATIMER’S.
If you want BOOTS and BI.OGASS-go to
HAIRE 4 LATIMER’S.
If yon want GENTS’ DRESS&HOES go to
HA IKE 4 LATIMER’S.
If von want LADIES’ IpHESS SHOES go :o
HAIRE 4 LATIMER’S.
If you want DRUGS, SOAPS ami PERFU
MERY go to HAIRE 4 LATIMER’S.
If you wm HARDWARE go to HAIRE 4
fcATI.MfcR’S.
If von want-SA DDLERY, Etc., go to HAIRE
’ 4 LATIM'iiR S.
If you want GROCERIES go to IIAIRE &
LATIMER’S.
If- you want STATIONARY go to HAIRE 4
LATIMER’S.
If you want TIN and WOODEN WARE go
to HAIRE 4 LATIMER’S.
If you want anything ueaallv kqpt in a
lrat-das* a tore, and want to get the worth ot
your money, don’t fail to call on your old friend*
at tjieir
MAMMOTH in LEXINGTON
5 The Higher Mufeft Price Paid for Cotuu.