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THE OGLETHORPE ECHO
BETtmN OF THE WAICDEBEB.
E*> President GRANT landed in San
' Francisco last Saturday, and was the re
cipient of the grandest public demonstra
te i ever known upon the American con
tinent. It is now an accepted fact that
the Republican nomination for President
will bo tendered Gen. GRANT, but his
acceptance is yet veiled in doubt. We
believe, that he will be their standard
bearer; and it is tiseV' 5 to deny or ignore
the fact—he is to-day the strongest man
in their ranks nr.d'will be hard to beat.
The capitalists r.f the North, East and
West will rally arorand him almost to a
ma i—and money holds the balance of
power in -his world. They want a strong
Government to protect their moneybags,
and they believe that Grant can and ;
will •give it to them. To meet this ad
versary the Democracy must make a
Stubborn and desperate resistance. They
must nominate a man as bold and fear
less as Grant, who will meet force with 1
force. There must be no division or con
tention in our ranks, but the Democracy
of the Union must pull together as a
man. We cannot afford to again place
oar liberties in the hands of this tyrant.
The consequences are too fearful to con
template. The inauguration of Grant
would he the death-knell to the few
rights now accorded the South. Ke bates
our section and we return his hatred
with interest. There will be no persecu
tion too great, no humiliation too vile for
him to visit upon our defenseless heads.
The whirlwind of his wrath would sweep
with pittiless force throughout the
length and breadth of our sunny South,
and each State be again turned over to
that merciless horde of varnpyres, who !
like starved vultures only await the sig
nal of their chief to again swoop down
upon their prey.
REGULATING LEGAL ADVERTISING.
We see that this bill was called up in
the Senate, last Saturday, and again laid
on the table for the present. We hope
the Senate will not do the weekly press
of Georgia such a gross injustice as to re
quire them to work for the public at a
price that will ultimately drive nine
tenths of us to the wall—which the bill
will accomplish, if passed- Even with
the amended rate fixed by the Senate on
the House bill it is far less than the
average transient rates of newspaper. If
they are determined to meddle with the
matter, let them say the price shall not
exceed $1 per square for the first inser
tion, and 75 cents for each subsequent
publication—the accepted scale for ad
vertising throughout the United States.
This is now the maximum charge for le
gal printing by Georgia papers. It is un
fair to make a paper with a circulation
of 2,000 work as low as one that does not
exceed .‘IOO copies—and that is what this
bill will do. As we said before, this act,
if passed, will sound the death-knell of a
large majority of our county organs. It
should be entitled, “A bill to extermi
nate the weekly press of Georgia and to
build up the monopolous dailies.” We
arc yet to see the first line in a city daily
denouncing this bill. Oh, no ! They are
to reap a rich harvest from the wreck of
their weaker and more obscure brethren.
Ilut we hope and believe the Senate will
come to our rescue and prevent the
enactment of so unjust a law. Were it
referred back to the House to-day we be
lieve it would be overwhelmingly voted
down.
LEGISLATIVE ABSENTEES.
We notice a number of papers agita
ting the question that members of the
Legislature should be docked for lost
time. This we think a penurious patri
otism that is indeed contemptible. Very
few members in either the Senate or
House but have made a great sacrifice of
their pecuniary interests iii accepting
office. The unforeseen and necessarily
extended session of the present Legisla
ture has detained them much longer than
they comtemplated, and no reasonable
man will object to an occasional visit
home by members when they can be
spared from their post. They are in the
service of the State from the day the ses
sion convenes until its adjournment, and
it is out of their power to accept any
other business during that time—hence
it is the duty of the State to pay them
for every hour of their stay. These men
a are making great persoual sacrifice of
their own business by remaining in At
lanta so long, but they see its vital neces
sity and so have nobly remained at
their post of duty. Attributing to this
unexampled patriotism mercenary mo
tives is as silly as it is contemptible. We
feel proud of their brilliant record, and
when their glorious and Hurculean task
is finished, a cheer for the session of '79
will ascend throughout our entire com
monwealth, Caching from the mountains
to the seaboard. They are heroes all!
ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE
The late Constitutional Convention
certainly made a mistake in substituting
bi-ennial for annual sessions of the Leg
islature. At the time of the adoption of
that instrument we thought this clause a
good one: but subsequent events have
demonstrated clearly to us the folly of
the change. In the first place, bi-enuial
sessions are no saving to the State, for
the accumulated business of two years
will require just twice as lengthy ses
sions as were that body to meet annually.
Secondly, we think it unwise to leave
the varied interests and departments of
our State Government so long neglected.
Oishouest officials could accomplish a
groat deal in two years, especially when
they have no master to watch over them.
Again, the accumulated business of two
years renders the thorough investigation
of a department almost impossible. To
return to annual will necessitate
a change in the Constitution and a rati
fication by the people. We suggest that
our present Legislature pass the bill and
we think the voters will sustain it.
THE HEBO-MABTYR,
From the tone of many papers of this
State, the outside world would be lead
to believe that Comptroller-General
Goi.psmith —who basjust been impeach
ed for high crimes and misdemeanors—
i> an outraged and persecuted innocent,
who suffered martyrdom at the hands of
of the Legislature for his friends. Away
with such fulsome, fawning whitewash
ing of a blasted character! Let us call
things by their right names. A martyr!
Yes, our peuitentiary is full of such
martyrs and heroes. Mr. Goldsmith
had a fair and impartial trial before the
Senate, and so conclusive and damning
was the evidence against him that his at
torneys could not even put up a plea in his
defense. The extent of the law-was me
ted out to him, and our only regret is
that it was too lenient. We have no
merey on a man who robs widows and
orphans—even if it is for his friends. But
.Mr. Goldsmith has paid the penalty for
his crimes, and weieagg biai in his retire
ment to private life.
THE TEST I. A TEST IKON ATUSTA.
■ Dr. *Jane&, the Commissioner of Agri
culture, has tendered his resignation to
tire. Governor, which was accepted, and
Col. M. W . Henderson, of Newton, ap
pointed in liis place. Col. 11. i em
phatically the right man, and we may
now expect, great things from this de
partment. There are many ugly rumors
afloat about Dr. Janes’ administration.
The committee to investigate this Bureau
lias not yet reported. The Doctor says
he resigned on account of the personal
. antagonism toward himself, and which
was injuring the Bureau.
Ibis week aresolution was introduced
in the Legislature censuring Gov. Col
quitt, but it was overwhelmingly voted
down. 'I his was just and right, for the
Governor is as far from any intentional
wrong as an unborn child. Severe and
cutting thrusts were also made at him
by several speakers.
I he Legislature referred the case of
Capt. Nelms, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary, to the Governor with pow
,-erto act. It is said he will resign.
Ihe impeachment trial of Treasurer
Renfro was to have commenced yester
day. It is thought that he will be im
peached, bnt not deeitizenized,.
An early adjournment of the Legisla
ture is now probable.
LATEST NEWS FROM ALL SECTION'S
The I.hiiil f flie Free.
—The fever in Memphis is abating.
—1 he Democratic party in New York
is badly split up.
—A 13 year old girl at North Star,
Mich., is a mother.
A perfectly white snake has been
found in Abington, Va.
—A Louisville girl of sixteen has been
twice married and twice divorced.
—Numbers of people in plague-strick
en Memphis are on the verge of starva
tion.
—There is a movement among the j
negroes of North Carolina for an exodus
to Kansas.
—An old lady was struck by lightning
while kneeling at prayer at her home in
Stafford, Can., recently.
—The Portland Argus says that Blaine
spent 820,000 of his own private fortune
and 8250,000 in Republican funds to car
ry Maine.
—Ben Butler has received the en
dorsement of three conventions of Mas
sachusetts for Governor. He will no
doubt be elected.
—“ Uncle Daniel Drew”, as he
was familiarly known on the streets of
New York, died suddenly in that city
this week, aged 82 years.
—A negro Sunday-school went on an
excursion to Shelter Island, N. Y., but
a landing was not permitted, the owners
and hotel men drawing the color line j
across the wharf. A lawsuit for damages
follows.
(•eoriria Echoes,
—A rich tin mine has been discover
ed in Murray county.
—The coal mines near Augutta appear
more valuable than first supposed.
—Thirty-six persons joined the Meth
odist church at Social Circle last Friday
night.
—ln Dooly county a drunken white
man shot a negro through pure deviltry
and fled.
—There lives a man in Johnson coun
ty eighty years old who never looked in
a mirror in his life.
—The stockholders of the Greensboro
fair association have determined to have
a fair some time in October.
—Morgan county has come down to
hard pan prices for jurors. Hereafter they
will draw only one dollar per day, instead
of two, as heretofore.
—A writer from North Georgia to the
Constitution warmly suggests the name
of Hon, Ferdinand Phinizy for the next
Governor of the State.
—The grand total of the taxable prop
erty of Georgia, as made up in the Comp
troller-General’s office and printed in the
Constitution, shows a valuation of 8225,-
093,419, but a decrease of 81,128,299 on
last year’s estimate.
—An Augusta dispatch announces
that J. J. Dargan and Joseph H. Earlie,
ofSummerville, S. C., came to that city
on Saturday night to fight a duel. Dar
gan was arrested and gave bond, but
Earlie escaped, It is believed they have
gone to North Carolina to fight.
—We are glad to learn from the Sparta
Times and Planter that the venerable
and beloved Dr. Lovick Pierce, who was
lately reported to be in a very critical
condition o. health, is now gradually
gaining strength, and his friends hope
that bis long and honorable career of
usefulness is not yet ended.
—The verdict of guilty rendered by
the Senate against Goldsmith on eight
of the specifications take away his pres
ent office and forever disqualify him from
holding office again in Georgia. There is
no appeal, no commutation of sentence,
and death alone will remove his disabil
ities.
—Rumors are afloat in Atlanta that
investigations and arraignments are not
to sfop with the present State House of
ficials. It is asserted that investigations
into the books of former regimes in some
of the departments reveal matters capa
ble of extensive investigation. Ex-
Comptroller Madison Bell’s books will
bear straightening out, while Dr. Angier,
Bullock’s Treasurer, is as liable to punish
ment as was Goldsmith. Altogether,
the Legislature has got its tail curled,
and is disposed to probe matters to the
very bottom. In this determination they
will be sustained by every honest man
in Georgia, no matter if the session lasts
twelve months.
Foriffii Xt'w.H.
—Last Saturday a negro king in Afri
ca liberated half a million of slaves.
—The insurgent bands in the districts
of Holguin and Santiago de Cuba have
been broken up into small parties.
—England has now on her hands a
captured King. She hardly knows what
to do with Cetywayo. He’s a bad nigger
—Thetragedy in Afghanistan deepens.
The garrison of Herat, about 300 miles,
west of Cabool, has also mutinied and
murdered their officers, and the country
south is also in revolt, so that all com
munication with Cabool is shut off. The
British have to conquer Afghanistan
again.
ATHENS STILL AHEAD.
Astonishing as it may appear, yet it is nev
ertheless a tact that Athens is a stride ahead of
Atlanta, or any other city in the State, in
some very important commercial enterprises.
This section of country, and especially Ogle
thorpe county, has long felt the need of a first
class establishment, where the farmer, the
merchant, the mechanic, the professional man,
the laborers and etfrubody else, could get their
wants supplied without having to visit forty
different stores for that purpose. Now, this
great want is at last fully supplied by an old
established merchant in Athens. He has just
returned from New York, where he purchased
everything to complete a frst-class variety
stnrr. So when you go to Athens—it makes
no difference what you want—whether at
wholesale or retail, call on JAMES H. H LO
GINS, proprietor o/Me Great Southern Vari
ety Store, and he will supply you at prices
as lotr as the lowest. He is now prepared to
supply country merchants with small crates
ot Crockery, prepared and packed in New
York, to suit the country trade, and he espec
ially desires merchants to examine his prices
(Width tie will send on application,) before
sending their orders to other markets. He
will supply you with Lime, Cement and Ker
osene (HI in lots of one barrel to one hundred
barrels as cheap as you can get it from any
market in the world. He has Lamps, Glass
ware and China of all grades, Family and
Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats,’Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Collars, Leath
er, Harness, Wood and Willow Ware, Cigars
and the largest stock and greatest variety of
fine and cheap Chewing Tobacco in the eity.
Now, you have all heard of the Nrre* B
dersoj the A'orld, and we are now going to
tell you of the Eighth Great Wonder of the
World, and we want every uiau, woman and
child that reads the Oglethorpe Echo to
go to Athene and see this great wonder — it is
Ltie Fire Cent Qsupter at J. H, HUGGINS’,
ivhere everything is sold for only fee cents,
and vou can get thousands of things that you
uewf, too. When you go, carry along a few
nickels and bring back a wagon load of House
hold Goods. Don’t forget the place—it’s at
J. 11. HUGGINS, No, 7 Broad st, Athens, Ga,
CURRENT TOPICS.
Twelve years ago Texas sold but 75,-
000 bales of cotton ; last year she sold
over 1,000,00<1 bales.
Fifty years ago, the 15th of next
mouth, George Stevenson’s first engine
took the track on rails.
A negro in Waco, Texas, caught a
number of large rats, and alter skinning
them sold them for squirrels.
A number of persons boarding with a
Mr. Dixon, in Chicago, were poisoned
a few days ago by eating some pressed
ham.
At Dunders, Minnesota, there is a
goose thirty years old that laid fifteen
eggs and hatched out nine goslings this
year.
Madame Minnie Shaw, only 271 inch
es high, has just’given birth to a tine boy
weighing six pouuds, near Fort Wayne,
j Illinois.
. Upright Legislator—“ What, sir!
You take me for one who can be bribed ?
1 You insult my sense of honor. But in
case I was such a man, how much would
you give ?”
Lieutenant Carey is going to sue the
Paris Figaro, which said that he being a
sworn Communist aad hater of imperial
ism, manceuvredso as to lead the Prince
Imperial into danger, and then deserted
him.
A deposit of 8115 was made in the
Por amouth (N. H.) savings bank n
June, 1835. Last Tuesday the book was
presented at the bank for the first time
since, and the treasuer entered in it
81,310.70 dividends to July, 1879.
It is announced that the Mammoth
Cave, Kentucky, has been purchased bv
a company of Eastern capitalists for
8200,000. The interior will be illumi
nated with electric lights, and telegraph
wires will be introduced in the cave.
A colored woman at Granbury, Texas,
has given birth to twins, one of
whom is black and the other white.
Milk-and-cider, as it were. The husband
of the woman don’t know whether to
consider himself a white man or to get
mad and raise a fuss about it.
A pawnbroker named Turner was
found dead in his chair in his pawnshop
last week in the city of Cincinnati. Aset
of false teeth were found lodged in his
throat, completely cutting off the opera
tions of the tesaphagus and the epiglottis.
It was from this that he died.
Slaves on the plantations around San
tiago de Cuba have demanded their lib
erty, and are running away. A Madrid
dispatch announces that the Government
wilf propose to the Cortes that liberty be
granted to the slaves on July 1, 1880, on
condition of seven years obligatory labor
with wages paid.
The tenacity with which toads cling to
life is well examplified in the case of one
which was resurrected from a catch-basin
on Chapel street, in New Haven, yester
day. After a seven years’ imprisonment
in solid cement this toad, when released
from his surroundings, hopped offjust
as if nothing unusuafhad happened.
The Swainesboro Herald tells how a
lot of hands working on a plantation near
that place, one day last week came upon
a drove of twenty-five ’possums, and be
sides these the varmints were hanging on
the adjoining trees and lying in the corn
ers of the fences in such numbers as to
be uncountable. It is unaccountable
how they got there.
Some notion of the desolation of Mem
phis may be gleaned from the fact that
on Sunday last, the seventh Sunday since
the outbreak of the epidemic, not a
church bell pealed forth upon the air,
and but one service of any kind was held,
and that at the Hernando Street Protes
tant Episcopal Church, where Dr. Dal
zell, the minister, with two ladies and a
gentleman, held morning service.
The sad news of the death of Mr. H.
Lf Stuart, the generous New Yorker who
lately presented the State of Georgia with
the portrait of Dr. Crawford W. Long,
the discoverer of anaesthesia, is atinouno
ed. It occurred on Tuesday at the house
ofMrs. Long, in Athens, where he has
been a guest, and where he was stricken
with the paralytic stroke which ended
his life.
Brigham Young mixed the Mormon
Church property with his own in a way
that, in law, left it all at his death as cne
estate. The executors, who are Mormon
dignitaries, undertook to separate the
two equitably ; but the heirs, consisting
of the original and only lawful Mrs.
Young and her children, have had a re
ceiver appointed, and it looks as though
they would finally get the entire amount,
A negro man went into the house of
Judge Sheats, living near Villa Rica, in
Carroll county, anti got under the bed
in the •room occupied by the Judge's
daughters. When one of the young la
dies entered the room to retire she ha] -
petted to look under the bed and there
she saw the villain. She immediately
left the room, locking the door, but the
negro raised a window and escaped. He
was afterwards caught and is now in jail.
The British outlook just now must be
rather an unpleasant one for the minis
try. The war in Zuiuland is not entire
ly ended; the struggle in Afghanistan is
renewed and An Afghan force is said to
be approaching the Russian frontier; a
war with Burmah is probable at an early
date ; the land question bids fair to con
vulse Ireland; and in England there is a
very severe depression in the labor mars
ket. But it is historical that very much
worse situations have been retrieved.
A man in Kansas, who represented
himself as a “ practical farmer,” visited
all the fairs with a prize pumpkin, and
took the premiums every time. It meas
ured seven feet around and weighed two
hundred and thirty pounds. Several
days ago, at Counsel Grove, a rival farm
er attempted to tap the pumpkin, in the
absence of its owner, to get some of the
seeds, and be discovered that it was
made of wood. This beats the ingenious
Connecticut invention of bass-wood cu
cumber seed.
Mr. E. L. White, a New York Tribune
correspondent, who has recently travel
ed through Utah Territory, estimates that
of the 125,000 Mormon population only
one-third are living in polygamy ; that
is, only one-tenth of the male adults
avail themselves of the privilege of
having more than one wife—poverty and
other considerations preventing the rest.
Of these, only a portion have married
since the law of 1862, and a prosecution
must follow within five years of the crime,
which consists in contracting any mar
riage subsequent to the first when the
first wife is living.
Dr. Folsom relates to us a remarkable
case in his practice of yesterday. No
such is mentioned in the authorities. A
child was born with the whole of its in
testines lying outside of the abdomen,
having prutruded through an opening
near the umbilicus about the size of a
quarter of a dollar. After enlarging the
orifice and manipulating an hour be suc
ceeded in replacing the intestines. He
is confident, from appearances, they have
been outside all through the foetal life,
as the child did not seem to have suffered
from it, but as soon as replaced it nursed
with the usual vigor.
The Cuba Association of Planters has
published and laid open for subscription
an exposition to King Alfonso, asking
ior permission to foment immigration, in
view of the forth-coming and unvoida
ble abolition of slavery on the island.
They propose to import from 25,000 to
30.000 Chinamen yearly, whom they con
sider best adapted to endure the climate
and the fatigues of Cuban field labor.
In addition to these Chinamen, they pro
pose to bring Irora Spain and the Cana
ry Islands 10,000 workmen, continuing
the importation in this manner until
the number shall have reached 2)0,000
men-
Tlrel of Waiting.
The wives of several of the Crawford
rioters, who were sent to the penitentia
ry about two years ago, have took unto
themselves other husbands. The law
gives them a divorce.
A Stray Nulls
Monday night Willie Deadwyler went
ont ’possum hunting. lie drove :o a
point where lie “ took to the woods’’ a
mule attached to a sulky. Upon his re
turn from the chase he found the animal
missing. Several days afterwards he
found it wandering aliout down the
railroad.
The Eqninox and No Rain.
This change passed in our county with
a good deal of wind and dust and a few
drops of rain, but not enough to lay the
dust. A good season is badly needed
now. The planting of fall crops has
been‘delayed on account of the drought,
and cotton is suffering about as badly as ,
it did last summer. The ground is too ;
hard to plow.
A Stranjfp Circumstance.
Mr. Lacy Banks, of this county, is
about 70 years old. He notv lives at the 1
spot where he was born and reared; was
for a longtime a Justice of the Peace in
his district, once ran for Ordinary, but
has never in his life been to Athens.
When we consider that Athens is our
commercial emporium and lies at out
door, this is a rather singular circum
stance.
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I'iiilliikiii Ynms.
IV e have received from our clever
friend, Willie Stewart, some of thelinest
sweet potatoes seen this year. Now
Stewart lias no farm to our certain
knowledge, and where he obtained this
acceptable gift is veiled in mystery. If
the patches of any of our friends have
been robbed they- had best compromise
the matter, as there is now no earthly
chance to recover their property.
Pettv I,a recur.
I lie negro race is undenitbly improv
ing in this county, so far as honesty is
concerned, as the riddance of our jail
from offenders shows.. We hear but few
complaints of thieving of any kind. This
speaks well for our colored element, and
we hope they will continue to show so
good a record. There are mean men
and rascals among all races, but it is the
duty of good citizens to denounce and cry
down crime wherever known.
J>i<l Guano Ray ?
The unanimous verdict of farmers is
that they lost heavily be using commer
cial fertilizers this year, some claiming |
that it was an injury to their cotton.
This is not attributed to any decline in
the brand of guano but to unfavorable |
seasons. For the past three years we j
believe our farmers have lost money by
using gnano. Less and less is purchased
each season, however, and we believe in
a few years but little will be bought.
Gen. Toombs Eclipsed.
Our big-hearted friend Phillips, of the
Millstone Store, read where Toombs
gave a barrel of flour to a blind man on
the streets of Atlanta. Now Phillips is
a man who won’t allow any body to get
ahead of him, so he cast his eye around
to find the most needy and worthy ob
ject for a similar denation on his part.
Of course the Editor of this paper was
selected. And the flour was tip-top, too.
Phillips has got a sort of corner on floui
in this county, and can sell it cheaper
than any man in Georgia.
Mrs. T. A. Adams, Millinery.
This excellent lady, whose taste is
proverbial in our county, announces the
arrival of her fall and winter stock. She
this season lias bought very heavily and
is enabled to offer extraordinary bar
gains in every line. Mrs. Adams’ was
the first advertisement ever published
in the Echo, and each season has it re
appeared. She receives a splendid pat
ronage from this county, for our lady
readers know they can be better suited at
her establishment, for less money, than
anywhere else.
ItctarniMl Home.
We see by the Athens papers that Air.
C. W. Davis, the famous photographer,
has returned from his visit North, and
his premium gallery is in full blast.
That this will be gratifying intelligence
to the many friends and patrons of Air.
Davis we have no doubt, as we know of
a number who have been anxiously
awaittng his arrival. You ean now
| make arrangements to have your family
photographed, feeling confident you can
find Air. D. at his camera, and, if possi
ble, turning out work superior to all
previous efforts.
Times.”
AY e are heartily sick of this meaningless
cry. Times are about as good now as
they ever will be, unless men use their
tongues less and hands more. We think
the country is in a most healthy condi
tion, and men who work hard and man
age well have no cause to complain of
their lot. We have for several years
in succession been blessed with good
crops, and peace and plenty now smiles
upon the land. If we are not notv ex
periencing good times we never will.
Let us cease our complaining, go to work
and continue to improve our condition,
and return thanks to the Giver of all
good for the manifold blessings he lias
vouchsafed his ungrateful and unwor
thy servants.
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A New Store and a I.ive Merchant.
Our wide-awake young friend, F. H.
Kroner, of Winterville, has an advertise
ment in the Echo to-day. He has a
bran-new house and a fresh lot of
goods. There is not a pound of “hard
stock’’ in his store. His goods were
bought only a few days ago, and are all
fresh, stylish and first-class in every re
spect. He got a discount on his bills by
paying cash, and generously intends to
divide the saving with his customers.
AY e have known Frank Kroner for a
long time and can confidently and fear
lessly recommend him to our readers.
He is as clever a gentleman as we ever
knew and is thoroughly identified with
our county. What ever he tells you
about his goods yon may go right home
and swear to. lie has a splendid stock
of goods and don’t intend to keep his
light under a bushel. Frank Kroner is
the soul of honor and reliability, and
will carry out to the letter every prom
ise he makes.
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Does Farming I*ay ?
Yes, better than any other business
you can follow, when properly conduc
ted. No business is profitable when left
even in part to the care of thriftless em
ployees. Look at such men as Bob and
Raltn Arnold, A. AV. AA’ilkins, James AI.
Smith, the Howards, Witchers and like
characters in every district of our coun
ty, and then say with proper manage
ment a farm won’t pay! These men
have made money from their farms eve
ry year since the war and will continue
to do so. Air. S. 11. Stokely says his
lands pay him a larger dividend upon
the investment than any property he
owns. Buy only for cash, stick close to
your business, and our word for it, you
will make a good support and accumu
late some money every year. AA’liat bu
siness but a farm could have afforded to
pay the usurious advance of 50 and 100
percent, for supplies? and this is what
many planters have done year after year.
OUR CORRESPOMfIEWCE DEPAfITMENT,
WINTERVILLE.
REFORM.
Oats sown in August have the rust,
Mr. Kroner iias employed Jas. 8. Sims
as salesman.
We are glad to hear of the enlargement
of the Echo.
Cotton picking has become general all
along the line.
The fall crop of young rabbits and part
ridges are fine.
Hon. James M. Smith was at home this
week on a short leave of absence.
Mrs. Nancy Williams, an aged womar,
1 died in Madison county last week.
Mr. John Winter is fast filling up and
running over his store with new goods.
j Prof. W. Kuthfield, last week and this
, surveyed the lands of the late W. F. Mathews.
! ’Possum hunting and killing sheep en
gages the attention of the 15th amendment’s
| stump-tail.
j Last Tuesday week Messrs. Pittard
: & Hutcheson gined 10,500 pounds ofseedeot
j ton—l3i bales.
! V wagon load of boys from Athens
i cam elown to Winterville, last week, to play.
| ball, out found our boys in the cotton patch.
No game —good.
The first sign infurled to the breeze in
Winterville was last week and reads thus:
“F. 11. Kroner, Dealer in Groceries, Dry
! Goods, Shoes, IXats, etc.”
The same old, old story—the history of
each succeeding fall repeats itself—cotton com
menced selling at a high figure and then a
tumble. Look for another rise and a heathly
j one in the spring.
- ;
pondent, will say we don’t propose to run for
office again, hut if we do, will receive as many
votes as he (“ M.”) will at next election. Come
| home and learn how to pick cotton.
not necessarily make him “ down” on" the
Agricultural Bureau, if he did roost near the !
i Commissioner’s old home. Our convictions 1
are the same as they were before, “ Sum.”
Your statement, last week, of 435
! pounds of cotton being the highest on record,
is incorrect. Henry Clark, col., during the
war or before (then property of Mr. Z. 11.
Clark,) picked in one day 712 pounds of cot
ton. This can be backed up by “gilt edge”
living witnesses. The negro is still living and
i is with Mr. Brantley Johnson,
Last week this section lost, by- violent
death, two of its members. Mr. lames Jones,
who suicided in Athens, had, we learn, been
partially deranged for several weeks. This,
without doubt, was the cause of his lamenta
ble act. Yet rumors are afloat of domestic
trouble, excessive drink, ill success in busi
ness, etc. But they are without foundation,
ill-. J. was a quiet, unassumng, educated young
man, and beloved by his neighbors. The oth
er was Wm. Dunnaway, who lived in less than
a mile of Mr. Jones, and their deaths were
about 14 hours apart. Mr. D. was engaged !
in working in a well in Oconee county, that
was filled with gas, and when he made his
hist trip down he discovered that he couldn’t j
stand it, and gave orders to he drawn up; but
being overcome about half way, he fell out
of the bucket, and was suffered to lie there and
suffocate by- two cowardly negroes whom he
had engaged as help. When assistance arri
ved life had become extinct,
CRAWFORD.
HANS.
Cotton bringing more here than in Ath
ens.
Hurrah! for the Echo!—s6 columns
can’t be beat in tiie State.
Mr. Luthie is missing from town very
often of late. “ Something broke, ’
The guano merchants are getting in
their little change ready for the cotton.
I don’t know who “ Us” is, but I agree
with him in regard to the “ watermelon
patch.”
Messrs. M. IT. Arnold & Son have se
cured the services of Mr. John Hawkins dur
ing the winter.
We notice anew engine at the depot
for Mr. W. T. Patman. It is of the Water
town make. Will Tom is always up with the
times.
Dave has always had a desire to do bu
siness on the city styles. I notice he has fenc
ed in a regular book-keeper. I also notice an
addition to his st ire-house.
Uncle Dave Me. has been blowing con
siderably among the boys about what a nice
time he had while in Conyers—that he rode
on the street cars, visited the park, etc. I
don’t know about the park. Perhaps he went
to the cemetery; but I know that there is no
street cars in the city. 1 imagine he rode in
an old hack built in i7OO. Ke thought he was
in the car and was just as happy as if he had
been tiding on Fifth avenue, X. Y.
■ .
WIAXEY’S.
SEPTEMBER.
Farmers grumbling.
The shortest crops ever known.
Mrs. Durham is quite sick in Athens.
There is a good deal of sickness in the
neighborhood.
Powell’s Factory is paying Augusta
prices for cotton, deducting freight.
Miss Lillie Fleming, of Athens, and
Miss Dawson, of Atlanta, arc on a visit to Mrs.
A. T. Brightwell.
Miss Nc-llie Gilbert, of Atlanta, who
has been spending several weeks with Mrs.
Hitchens, has returned home.
How is it that in Greene county labor
ers can be compelled to comply with their
contracts, while fu Oglethorpe the land-own
ers are completely in the power of the labor
ing class, who work only when they please?
ROCK-FENCE.
LED BIRD.
Chestnuts and chinquepins next.
...... W e say hurrah for the steam gins at
Antioch.
Mr. Samuel Wooten, of Wilkes, was in
our midst last week.
The cotton crop is not as good as was
anticipated some time ago.
The thermometer stood within a few
degrees of frost several mornings last week.
Our gold mine is beginning to be the
most public place in the county. We have
many visitors daily.
The Rev. Mr. J?igham, our P. E., spent
the night with Mr. and Mrs. Wynne, of this
community, last Saturday.
The Seedticks and our Patch club will
play a match game of b. b. at Howard’s bridge,
on next Saturday, at 1 o’clock a. m.
Mr. J. P. Smith butted his horse, one
day this week, but he tried that portion of his
head where the hair was the thickest and so
saved himself.
Madam Rumor has it that, since a cer
tain young lady left AVoodstock, one of the
young merchants has been to Lexington—and
now he is happy.
Mr. Smith, one of the employees work
ing in our gold mine, was left to remain in the
shaft the other night, and came very near
freezing to death.
The beautiful Miss Kate Lampkin, of
Athens, who has been spending several weeks
with her friends and relatives of this commu
nity, left for her home last Tuesday.
We had the pleasure of meeting Miss
Willie A. Hardaman, of Monroe, who is on a
visit to Miss C. 11. W., of this community.
She will leave for her home this week, accom
panied by her cousin, Miss Cora Wise.
will debate lor tbe>r query, “Should the
negro be colonized ?” We answer, No—we
want the old, flat-nosed, gizzard-footed, kiukv
lieaded, thick-lipped boys awhile longer.
Mr. Deverell showed Mr. J. W. Kidd
a quartz, that w-as taken from the Sale mine,
Lincoln county, and at the same timeclaiming
that the ore was taken from the vein on Mr.
Id. B. Mathews’ place, which he purchased
from Air. Kidd; and we learu that Kid
has become so troubled about this that he
now wants to go to .Texas. It was only a
joke, old fellow —don’t leave for Texas yet.
Though Shaking Like an Aspen Leaf
AVith the chills anti fever, the victim of ma
laria may still recover by using the celebrat
ed specific, Ilostetter’s Stomach Bitters, which
not only breaks up the most aggravated at
tacks, but prevents their recurrence. It is
infinitely preferable to quinine, not only be
cause it does the business far more thorough
ly, but also on account of its perfect whole
someness and invigorating action upon the
entire system.. Testimony is concurrect, pot -
tive and ample showing the decisive nature
of its effects, and that it is no more palliative.
Physicians concede its excellence, and there
is a constant influx of communications from
persons in every class of society avouching
its merits, and bearing witness to its superi
ority over other remedies for malarial disease.
It is especially popular throughout the West,
wherever fever and ague prevails, as it does
in many of the fairest and most fertile por
tions of the vast region.
ATHENS COTTON MARKET.
Corrected weekly by MOSS & THOMAS, Cotton
Storage and Commission Metchanu, Clavton
street, Athens, Ga.
Athens, Ga., Sept. 17,1879.
Low Middlings tiic
Middlings p c
Good Aliddlings Uj(o,9ic
WITCHER & JARRELL
Are Agents for the
Celebrated Wood-Axle Wagons,
Made by J P Xisox,
Salem P O, X C.
JZsi- See Gray’s 25c Twill Flannel,
Sgu See Gray’s 75c Brogans,
See Gray’s 15c Jeans.
JAMES J. BALDWIN. COX, HILL A THOMPSON
J. J. BALDWIN & CO.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic Liors, fines, Etc.
Also Agents for the Celebrated
STONE MOUNTAIN CORN WHISKEY.
Corner Broad and Jackson Streets,
-Athens, Gra.
SIMSTON.
ift.UE JAY.
And the chills continue to shake us.
The roads from Simston to Athens are
! fine.
We learn that Mr. W. S Bush’s babv is
quite sick.
I Jno. P. Faust drives the best turu-out
in this preeinct.
Bethany church is wrestling with the
mission question.
The mills are becoming crowded again,
owing to low water.
Major M. B. Amason has made anoth
er round—a fine boy this time.
Cotton pickers get thirty cents per
hundred and board in Simston.
......“Big John” went fishing the other
evening—caught one sucker.
The dry weather is playing havoc with
I turnip, pea and potato patches.
Mayor Cauehble is paying “hisdis
| tresses” to a widow in Simston.
Capt. J. W. Bridges bought a fifty dol
lar sewing machine the other day.
Mr. J. D. Hill ha? sixty acres in corn
that will yield eight barrels per acre.
Henry Bains has been confined to his
room for ten days, from a mule kick.
Young birds are getting large enough
to shoot, and they aie very numerous.
Cotton is opening very fast and it will
all he gathered by the middle of November.
Abe Faust, colored, has a very fine crop
Abe is a good negro and deserves his success.
Rev. Messrs. Ellis and Gibson gave us
some good sermons at the Chapel last Sabbath
week.
Warnock Echols has moved from the
Fleming place and Dr. Brawner will soon
movi in.
Madame Rumor says that “ Duco” has
gone to Athens to become a preacher. So
mote it be.
Double barrel buggies are becoming
very common. There were several at the
Chapel last Sabbath.
What a pity that the Legislature didn’t
investigate Janes before they gave him anew
lease on the State.
That laughing man from Crawford was
at Bethany, last Saturday and Sunday. Can
you guess who he is ?
Rumor tells of the approaching mar
riage of one of our Simston belles. Won’t she
invite us to the weeding ?
The chills, oh ! the chills! They shake
you by day and heat you by night. Several
of our citizens are down with them now.
We spent a very pleasant evening at
Mr. J. I). Hill’s on Wednesday, of last week,
where we met Miss Hill, of Washington, who
is a bright and interesting young lady.
Comptroller Goldsmith, in his future
lectures to Sunday-schools, will insist, no
doubt, upon the truth of that Scripture, “ The
way of the transgressor is hard.” Go it, Leg
islators! The yeomanry will stand by you until
the last stall is cleaned.
Mr. Henderson has found agoldmineon
Mr. Wm. Bridges’ place, worth SIO,OOO (?) Mr.
Amis, accompanied hv Mr. Henderson, is
looking for one of the same value on his (Amis)
place. Who knows but Oglethope will rival
the Black Hills ?
.. ..A special correspondent of the Phila
delphia Times has expressed our views of the
Hon. A. 11. Stephens much better than we
could do ourselves. He says: “ Mr. Stephens,
of Georgia, is a man whose age, experience and
unblemished personal character give him a
degree of i mportanee that is scarcely warranted
either hy his past services or his present wis
dom.”
WOODSTOCK.
IIET.
Rah ! for the “ Echo !”
Most too cool for cotton.
Cotton coming in —slowly.
Wonder where two certain young men
went last Sunday ?
A good manv visitors in our village last
Saturday and Sunday.
We know a certain M. D. that is badly
stuck. We recommend pea-vines.
Our merchants are receiving their fall
goods, which they are selling remarkably
cheap.
The accomplished Miss Pope Binns, of
Wilkes, was the guest of the Misses Drake
last Sunday.
A match game of b. h. will be played
between the Woodstock club and the Seedticks
at Buffalo bridge next Saturday.
Dr. Knnebrew and Mr. John Haire, of
Lexington, spent last Saturday and Sunday
in our community, the guests of John L.
Wright.
The beautiful and accomplished Miss
Lizzie and Tommie Callahan, of Bairdstown,
were the geests of Mrs. C. C. Wright, last
Sunday.
The beautiful and accomplished Miss
Fanny Ilubut, of Warrenton, is visiting rela
tives in our community. We wish her a
pleasant visit.
The beautiful and accomplished Miss
Fanny Watkins, of Simston, spent last Satur
day and Sunday with the Misses Drake, of
this place- We hope she will repeat her visit
again in the near future.
A negro man got his arm cut at Mr.
Ed. Arnold’s saw mill, last Monday. He was
cleaning the saw dust away from the saw and
fell against it and cut his arm. Nothing se
rious.
The Quarterly Conference commenced
at the Methodist church at this place last
Thursday week, embracing Saturday and
Sunday. The Rev. R. W. Bigham P. E. was
in attendance and preached several instruc
tive sermons. There was a large crowd
present.
A certain young man told ayonng lady,
not long since, that ho has had the support of
a family on his hands for several years. The
young lady told him immediately that she
had no use for widowers. That young man
has never known the blessedness of married
life.
GREENE COUNTY.
The Appalachee Association.
Editor Oglethorpe Echo :
On Tuesday morning of last week we startl
ed to Greene county, to attend the annua
meeting of the Appalachee Association.
We went through Watkinsville, Farming
ton and Salem. Watkinsville presents very
little life, but perhaps more now than any
other time—brushing up and preparing for the
fair that comes off next month. In this aud
“ blowing” for the fair every citizen of the
county consists of a committee of one—aud of
course they will succeed.
The crops along the route from the Georgia
Factory to Salem are about the same as in this
section. Two-thirds of a cotton crop will be
made.
Farmington shows signs of improvement,
and will some day be a pretty but small vil
lage. Salem exhibits signs of decay and will,
ere long, have a name only in history. Old
age seems stamped upon this town, that flour
ishen extensively about fifty years ago.
From this place to Greshamvi lie, in Greene
county, no crops, comparatively speaking,
will be made. It will take ten acres of the
best cotton near this place to make a bale, aud
the upland corn is proportionately poor.
We arrived at New Hope Church, Gres
hamville, at 12 o'clock, and found two or
three hundred people in attendance. All the
local ministers were present, and Elders M. M.
Landrum, Irwin and Stratum as visitors. The
usuai routine of business was transacted, w ith
preaching by Elders Butts, Bernard, Brooks,
Stratton and Edens.
We were handsomely entertained by that
genial and whole-souled Christian gentleman,
Capt. Win. McWhorter, and his interesting
family. Indeed, the people seemed to vie
with each other in their hospitality. We will
not forget these good people soon.
The church is situated on the ridge dividing
the water-shed of the Oconee and Appalachee
rivers, and nature has built a railway route
all the way from Farmington to this place.
The people in the Fork are greatly troubled
about getting to market, on account of the
hills near the river. We were told that five
dollars could be made where one is now, were
the contemplated road from Athens to Eaton
ton in operation—lands being iS per acre and
ean easily be obtained.
We passed the line of the cyclone of 76 or
77. The up-turned clay roots tell the tale of
destruction more forcibly than can be written.
For a breadth of six or eight hundred yards
nothing is left to tell the tale save those hil
locks that will remain for hundreds of years.
OUR AUGUSTA LETTER.
Avgusta, Ga., Sept. 21,1879. !
Editor Oglethorpe Echo:
Since my last there has nothing of any
striking importance transpired in our city,
save the general stir incident to the opening
of fall trade, and from the hustle aud bustle
of drays, wagons, carts and trucks on our
streets, the idea is readily conceived that it
has already set in with a vim that indicates
very busy times for the next eight or nine
months.’ Cotton ha* commenced coming in
pretty pertly. Fall stock* of merchandize of
I very descr.ptiou are being dailv received,
I and judging from the huge piles of boxes,
j bales, trunks, hogsheads, barrels, crates and
casks that are to be seen unloaded dailv in
I front of stores, on Broad street particularly, it
would seem that our merchants are determin
| ed to oiler inducements that cannot fail to se
l cure for them a liberal share of the trade of
| this portion of the State. If the handsomely
- decorated and exceedingly attractive show-
I windows that meet the eye as one strolls aloDg
Broad street is to he taken as an index of
I what may be found within, there is no ques
j in my mind as to what will be the result of
| their commendable determination.
The New Market House received it finish
ing touch and is considered one of the best ar
ranged buildings of the kind in the South.
The first story is the market proper, while
overhead has been fitted up a public hall, ca
pable of seating comfortably twelve hundred
persons. The walls are ha ndsomely frescoed,
a neat stage and drop-curtain placed at one
end, while at the other a suit of comfortable
rooms are provided, thus rendering the hall
suitable for either shows, balls, concerts, fairs
or public meetings. Anew clock has been
put in the steeple, and the familiar sound of
the old bell once more greets the ear as its
clear, ringing tones reverberates through our
streets, indicating the divisions of time so
concisely arranged by the ingenuity of man.
The spirit of improvement is still in full
blast, and over a tjpzen building permits have
been issued during the past month for the
erection of dwellings and stores. Aside from
the good work thus going on among our citi
zens, the city has also caught the infection, and
by resolution of the Council has pledged its
faith tea projeet that will no doubt meet the
approval ot every one, and that is the con
version of the Parade Ground into a hand
some Park. This can be accomplished by a
comparitively small outly. After becoming |
properly enclosed it can he gradually beauti- j
fled by being laid off with walks, tlower beds
interspered with choice shrubbery and sever
al small fountains, etc., thus rendering at a
pleasant promenade for “ye old folks,” and a
safe and delightful resort "for children.
There has recently been erected on Upper
Greene street a very handsome church, in the
Gothic style, exceedingly attractive in appear
ance, and known as the Second Presbyterian
Church. It is in chargeof Rev. Mr. Goetchins,
who is an eloquent and eminent young divine.
I understand that in Summerville (Sand
Ilill) the wooden structure of the “ Church of
the Good Shepherd” is to be removed and an
elegant edifice erected in its stead. The
architectural design of the buiiding is unique
in all its appointments, and is to be of differ
ent colored brick and stone, and when finished
.will represent a cross. The contract has been
awarded Messrs. D. H. fc J. T. Denning,
which is a guarantee that the work will he
neatly and substantially executed, thus ad
ding another attractive addition to our sub- j
hurban village. The pastor of the cnurch is
Rev. E. G. Weed.
Richmond Camp-Meeting closed last
Wednesday evening. There was a large at
tendance during the entire meeting, and on
Sunday our city appeared almostdesert. Ev
ery vehicle that could be procured was
brought into requisition, and as the weather
was fine, everybody that could secure a con
veyance attended. There was great interest
manifested in the services, and I understand
quite a number of persons united themselves
with the church.
The weather has been exceedingly dry for
the past two or three weeks. We have not
had a rain of any consequence during that
time. Forage of every description is coming
in freely-and being disposed of at very low
prices.
The health of the city still remains good.
There is some sickness hut nothing of a seri-
ous nature.
Augusta is making rapid progress in the
matter of population. In 1860 it was about
11,000, and at present it is compiled at about
27,000, thus entitling us to a free mail deliv
ery, which I am informed will be put in
operation some time next month. And in
this connection I would state that we have 7
banks; 16 schools—l 2 white and 4 colored;
26 churches—lß white and 8 colored; 26 se
cret orders— 24 white and 2 colored ; 6 clubs
and societies ; 12 fire companies; 6 military
companies ; 2 daily papers, and last, though
not least, we have 6 railroads that are tribu
tary avenues of no Itttle commercial impor
tance to our city, as we are thus placed in
communication with the surrounding country
at almost every point of compas.
The excitement in reference to the approach
ing municipal election has almost entirely
subsided, and everything has assumed a calm
that forebodes stormy times when the political
storm cloud is again probed ; but it is to be
hoped such will not be the case, and that the
quiet state of affairs existing at present may
continue during tli balance of the canvas.
Mr. Mathew S. Kean, one of our prominent
merchants and highly esteemed citizens, died
in New York on the 17th inst., whither he
had gone to purchase goods. His remains
were brought home for interment last Satur
day. Augusta.
THE GLADE.
BEPPO.
A good shower.
Kinder equinoctial.
Why don’t farmers sow oats?
Potato patches are looking fine.
No bay has been saved this season.
Our farmers are complaining of the
poor pea crop.
Several weddings on the tapis for the
coming winter.
Miss Kerling, of Elbert, was the guest
of Miss McCoy Tiller last week.
Mr. Jesse Jarrel and his excellent lady
paid us a visit last Sunday.
Rev. P. F. Brown preached a masterly
sermon to a large audience last Sunday-.
Chedel’s feet passed through here, last
week. He purchased two large hamper bas
kets, in which to carry them to Lexington.
Mr. Hill’s squad of convicts, who have
been at work on Hon. J. M. Smith’s, passed
through here to-day. He will return with
them in about two months.
The two Sunday-schools at the Glade
are working harmoniously, pleasantly anti
profitably together. The Methodists have
kindly offered the use of their church, which
was accepted.
W. J. Davenport, Jr., is well fixed for
ginning quickly and satisfactorily. He has a
feeder and compresser attached to his gin, and
on the yards he has a pair of Fairbank’s stand
ard six-ton scales. “ Bring in another horse.”
A CARD.
Patrons, remember that, very early this.
year, I notified you, through these columns,
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. 1 expect and
require that you pay me promptly by or be
fore that day, and if you fail to do so you need
not call on rue after that dag , but call upon
my attorney into whose hands I expect to
place, for collection, every note and acconnt
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 Ist, 1879.
Tanning on Scares.
At the solicitation of my customers, I have
decided to recommence tanning hides on
shares, for parties who so desire. The high- j
est cash price paid for hides at my tan-yard
in Lexington. W. KNOX.
Why throw* away money on a poor 5 ct. ci
gar, when you can for ten cents invest in
BLACKWELL’S FRAGRANT DI RHAM
BELL SMOKING TOBACCO, ten times as
long a smoke, and twenty times the true en
joyment, comfort and pleasure? Look for the \
Bull on each package.
“ What is pride my son,” asked a father.
‘‘lt’s the smokingofpoLrci gars, when BLACK
WELL’S FRAGRANT DURHAM BULL
SMOKING TOBACCO would yield a purer
and more fragrant smoke, for less money,”
replied the youth.
Why should we complain of hard times?
Crop prospects were never better, cotton bring
ing a good price, the health of the city good,
and \\. T. BLACKWELL & CO. storing
away 6,000,000 lbs. of fine Sweet, Mellow To
bacco for the fall trade, so we all can have a
good smoke.
They are learning on the other side of the
water which is the spurious Smoking Tobac
co. Orders are coming in dailyJrom foreign
countries for BLACKWELL’S FRAGRANT
DURHAM BULL SMOKING TOBACCO.
Purge out the Morbid Humors of the Blood
bg a dose or two of AYER’S PILLS, and you
will have clearer heads as well as bodies.
??§,See Gray’s all-wool 75c Bl’k Cashmere.
TbrrT See Gray’s Ladies’ Fine Shoes.
3g&.See Gray's Gents’ Fine Shoes.
jjyySee Gray’s Gents’ Fine Ilats.
See Gray’s most complete Stock in the State
2P?S~ See Gray’s all-wool 42c Bl’k Cashmere
See Gray’s all-wool 65c Bl’k Cashmere.
Gray’s 12.50 White Blankets.
EW ^ EW (jjT OOOB !
f. h. kroner,
Wlnterville,
DRY GOODS, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES,
Wood-ware Tin-ware, Baarqrinpr anc 1 Ties
and A FULL LINE OF Groceries AND Notions.
-He will make a specialty of Factory Checks. Stripes Shirting an-1 ‘
the lowest Athens prices. lions prices given for cotton. t<n fc vf<i_. b w- r(
and a discount taken off for the cash, and this I propose to share w ltli mj k 2 *• ■ *
vited to call and examine. v :
ROBERTSON, TAYLOR * CO.,
Successors to Geo. W. Williams & Cos.,
Cotton Factors
AND
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Nos. 1 & 3 llayne St.. CHARLESTON. S. C,
HENRY C ROBERTSON, " sep!2-3m
ROB’T H. MAY & CO.,
AUGUSTA., GA.,
.1J jr CT lit fR S Of .I.V/I n JBJ hK H 8 j.V
OmtacEs, Buggies. Buttons,
Rockaways and Plantation Wagons and Harness of all kinds.
Also, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Carriage and Wagon Material, Saddlery Hardware, Oak and Hem*
loek Sole Leather, French and American Calf Skin. Shoe
Findings, Rubber ami Feather ltelting. Strain Harking.
Whips. I'inhrellas. Lap Sheets. Fly Nets. Ilorse
Covers. Saddles, ltridlcs. Halters, Ar.. Ac.
A full assortment of goods in all the above branelie- are now in stock, and we are receiving tin
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ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
O TATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUX-
O TY.—By virtue of au order from the Court
of Ordinary of Oglethorpe county, will be sold,
on the first* TUESDAY in October, 1879, at the
Court-house door, in said county, within the
legal hours of sale, the following* tracts or par
cels of land, situate in said county, belonging to
the estate of Dr. W. W. Davenport, (dec’d) to
wit.:
The “ Home Place”—it being the tract of land
whereon Dr. Davenport resided at the time of
his death—containing One Hundred and Fifty
live Acres, more or less, adjoining lands of W. 11.
Jarrell, W. J. Davenport and others.
Also, at same time and place by virtue of au
thority aforsaid, will be sold the place known as
the “ Store House Lot,” containing one and l-10th
Acres, more or less, adjoining lauds of W. G.
Tiller, and Home Place of Dr. W. W. Dav enport
(dec’d,) the same being an excellent location ami
well lit for the business for which same was in
tended.
Also, at the same time and place and by virtue
of authority aforsaid, will be sold lot of land
known as 4 ‘ Mathews* Tract,” containing One
Hundred and Fifty-eight Acres, more or less, ad
joining lands of W. IL Jarrell, J. A. Broach, F. M.
Sorrow, Mrs. M. F. Mathews and others.
Also, at the same time and place and by virtue
of authority aforsaid, will be sold the place
known as •* Office Lot,” belonging to said estate,
containing Four Acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of Tiller Bros., B. 11. Witcher, W. H. Jar
rell and Home Place of Dr. VT. W. Davenport
(dec*d) and others.
Also, at time and place aforsaid and by virtue
of authority aforsaid, will be sold tract of land
belonging to said estate, known as “ Lot No. 1,”
situate on Broad river, containing Nine Hundred
and Sinty-one Acres, more or less, adjoining
lands of J. B. Martin, R. F. Turner and by “ Lot
No, 2,’* of lands of dec’d
Also, at same time and place and by virtue of
authority aforsaid, will be sold Tract of Land
belonging to said estate, known as “ No. 2,”
lying on Broad river, containing One Thousand
One Hundred and Forty-seven Acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of Mrs. Mary H. Glenn, Lot
No. 1, and Lot No. 3, of lands of dec’d.
Also, at same time and place and by virtue of
authority aforsaid, will be sold Tract of Land
belonging to said estate, known as “Lot No. 3,”
situate on Broad river, containing One Thousand
One Hundred and Fifty-one Acres, more or less,
adjoining land of John Eberhart, Jesse Ham
mond, Obediah Stevens, Mrs. Mary II Glenn and
others
Also, at same time and place and by virtue of
authority aforsaid, will be sold Lot of Land be
longing to said estate, known as“ Ij>t No 4,”
lving on Millstone Creek, containing Three Hun
dred and thirty-nine Acres, more or less, adjoin
ing lands of John Eberhart, Mrs Pass, J M W
Glenn and *• Lot No 3” of lands of dec’d.
Sold for the benelit of Creditors and Heirs of
said deceased
All of said Tracts of Land being in a high state
of cultivation, and except “ Lot No 1.” being
well improved Terms of sale cash
This August 26th, 1879
w'j DAVENPORT J Administrators
r\ EORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
O
BENJAMIN W. HEARD 1
—ani> — I Petition to Probate
R. W. WOOTTEN, ( the Last Will and
Executors of Judith W. [ Testament in Solemn
Winfrey, deceased, and Form of Law.
heirs at law. J
Court of Ordinary, )
At Chambers, S
September 3d, 1879. y
WHEREAS, a petition has been Hied in the
Court of Ordinary of said county, by B. W. Heard
and K. W. Wootten, Executors and Legatees of
Judith W. Winfrey, deceased, praying the Court
to pass an order notifying all the heirs at law
and legatees of Judith \V. Winfrey, late of Ogle
thorpe county, deceased, to be and appear be
fore the Court of Ordinary, to be held on the
first Monday in November next, 1879, it being
the regular term of said Court.
Wherefore it is ordered by.the Court, That the
following named persons, executors and legatees
ami heirs at law of Judith W. Winfrey, deceased,
residing in and out the State of Georgia, who are
named as legatees in said will, be notified that
the petition will stand for trial in this Court on
the first Monday in November next, 1879.
And it is further ordered, That the publica
tion of this notice be made in the Oglethorpe
Echo, published in Eexington, Ga., for sixty
days, to wit:
Mrs. Ann Eliza Blakely, Palo Pinto, Texas.
Dr. Faulkner Heard, Center, Fayette county, i
Texas.
Benjamin H Bradley, 1
William Bradley, /Florida.
Mrs Ann Eliza Hull,
Mrs Mary Nicholas Hull, j
Jesse Heard, 1
Nathan Heard,
Elisha Heard, ! Mississippi.
Mrs. Henrietta W Heggie, J
Mrs. Caroline Riddles, 1
And three children, names } Alabama,
unknown. J
Given under my hand and official signature, |
this 3d day of September, 1879.
TIIOS. I>. GILHAM, |
augls-60d Ordinary O. C. 1
OTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs. j
Parmelia S. Perkins, deceased, are requested to
come forward and make payment; ami all per
sons holding claims against said deceased’?* es
tate will present them in terms of the law to the
undersigned. August 18th, 1879.
JASPER KINNEBKEW, Adm’r
of P. S. Perkin-’ estate.
r OTICE TO DEBTORS .—AUnpersons indebD .
ed to the estate of Dr. W. W. Davenport,
deceased, are hereby notified that if the claims
due the estate are not paid by the first day of ;
November next, suit will be commenced thereon,
as the estate must be settled up by that time.
W.'.L DAVENPORT, S Administrators.
'V r OTICE.—AII Creditors of the Estate of Th*m
xN as 8. Gresham, late of Oglethorpe county,
deceased, are hereby notified to render in to me
an account of their demands within the time
prescribed by law. All debtors of said estate are
required to make immediate payment to me.
July 21st, 1879. GEO. H. LETTER,
Lexington, Ga. Executor of T. 8. Gresham.
'VOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
aA All persons indebted to the estate of Mrs.
Judith W. Winfrey, deceased, are reque-ted to
come forward and make immediate payment, to
avoid cost; and all persons having claims against
said estate are requested to present them in terms
of law. This Aug. 28th, 1879. B W HEARD,
One of the Executors of Mrs J W Winfrey, dec’d
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFTCE, 1
Avgusta, Ga., July 12, 179. j
Commencing SL’ND \ Y, July loth instant,
trains will run as follows:
Leave Leave
Athens 9.15 a m Augusta 9.85 a m
Winterville.. 9.45 “ I.WashingtonlO.4s
Lexington... 10.20 “ I Macon 7.< s “
Antioch 10.48 “ ; Milledgevilleß.sß “
Maxevs 11.05 “ | Atlanta 7.45
VVoodville... 11.21 “ I Union Point 12.55 a m
Arrive j Arrive
Union Pt 11.45 am i Woodville... 1.15 in
Atlanta 5.0*1 pm : Maxcv- 1.35 p m
Milledgeville3.3s i Antioch 1.50
Macon 5.25 “ I Lexin-ton... 2.12 “
Augusta 3.28 •’ Winterville.. 2.47 “
1 Athens 3.15 “
Trains run daily.
Close connection made at Augusta and At
lanta for all points North and Northwest,
East and South. S. K. JOHNSON, Eup’t.
E. R. DORSEY, Gen. Pass. Agent.
See Gray’s FIVE CENT COUNTER.
2cm- See Gray’s Remnant Counter.
See Gray’s 5c Calico.
vfs, See Gray’s Grand Cash Counters.
| pSr- See Gray’s all-wool 50e BT'k Cashmere.
—Twenty persons have surrendered
in Santiago de Cuba, in the immedi
ate neighborhood where the insurrection
j ary bands are distributed.
--Jonah’s tomb has been discovered.
REAVES,
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& CO,,
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES
AND
Staple Erj Goods.
AGENTS FOR
Athens and High Shoals Goods,
Hazards’ Powder, &c.,
AtHens, Ga.
the
Georgia State Fair
At Macon,
October 21st to Nov. Ist, 1879.
The Most Magnificent and Best Oppointed
Grounds in America.
Liberal Cash Premiums
In all classes, and the Largest offered by
any I air in the United States.
TBOTTING AND BUNKING EACE3
E\ ery day by some of the
MOST NOTED HORSES ON THE TURF.
Music will be furnished bv a celebrated
MILITARY U4M>.
Many of the Prominent Statesmen
Now before the public will attend the state Fair
as visitors, and several will make addresses.
GREATLY IKKI>F( El> RATES
lor freights and passengers on all the Railroads
in the Mate.
„ A cordial invitation is extended von to be an
ierrt.rv ‘‘.V,'“'"rite to the
,lt for a Premium List and a I
cither information.
HAUPKMAM, Jr, President
L I Lit IMisTON, Gen’l -on.’!
MALCOLM JullNst.N, Secretary
A. B. BRUMBY’S
SCHOOL FOR BOYS,
I’einee Avenue, - - Athens, Ga.,
Re-opens MONDAY, 1 Sept., Is7*.
liiTiox: Ki to 86 a month, according to age
grade, etc. Board: kid a month, in advance. ’
" H - "Adi.ki.i wrote: < Ido not he
cessfn? Dr. Iliimnvas -nr
ccsstui teacher among tho-e wh* .i„rit *
my of
pared students for the University of GrorgmJ’
•ui; -.{in • P. O. Drawer 2e7, Athens, Ga.
SAM’L A NELSON | LEW IS A NELSON
NITS, SNBi THUS
inf “ rm their customers ai. i
FALL STOCK?,f tbCy are receiving their
Boots, Shoes and Trunks
scifEw v xir? e^ ial i at,en, , ion lo onr STANDARD
Our MranJ i,,Mi ,h '"' -'Me- having
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careful andVt ° r,1 “r- will have our
arena and prompt attention
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21 Hiivne St., Charleston. S. C.
FAIR, fair. FAIR
THE SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OFTHE
EE!tmF.HRMIin
O, K-".s to the public at \\ nf kiu*ville. Ga.. n
Monday, Oct. 13th,
continuing FIVE I) \Vs which i t-. ,i.. ~, „
the close of the North Ea-t
cm-, w Inch commences October ; t h ThuUnar-
Descan enter at both and compete for 1
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UUU *" al -”” uM •
For all information, Premium Li-t, etc, address
JOHN W. JOHNSON
-cpi.-lm Secretary, etc. " ' T i.o-ui i. ~....
GINNING fiTs TWENTIETH.
I in. Lexington steam Gin is now under ti.il
■””! "*1- -ca-m. I "iii gin f„r tt.e
Ibrn sfl i 1 jnrnrantee clean sh| aud a fir-t
--41 I have a!.-o in oupniiion *.,* < pu p
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Cotton Factors,
Commission Merchants & Insurance Aa’ts
At their old stand, cor. Campbell A Reynolds -t-.
Augusta, Cia. ''
Selling Cotton per bale, 3Stnraire- ft- t
month per bale, 3.ie. :
l bv V Av'Vlal ; an ‘J’ Ii “g persenali; supervised