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The OGLETHORPE ECHO By W. A. SHACKELFORD. The Oglethorpe Echo. ADVERTISEMENTS: Local Notices lOe. per line each insertion. Reanlar Business Advertisments, 81.00 per Inch first insertion. Each subsequent insertion. 50c. per inch. CONTRACT ADVERTISING: space. 1 mo. 3 mos. 6 mos. mos. 1 inch........... OUOOOl^lS 50 $ 5 00 $ 7 00 $ 10 SSgggg 2 inches........ 00 , 8 00 12 00 34 column...... 12 00 20 00 X column...... 20 00 35 00 X column...... 2S 00 45 00 1 column....... 35 00 60 00 Bills due after first insertion of advertisement SUBSCRIPTION: ONE YEAR....... £2.00 SIX MONTHS..... 1.00 THREE MONTHS. 50 Terms.—C ash in advance. No paper sent until money received. unless All papers stopped at expiration of time, renewed. five No club rates; but any one sending us names and ten dollars will receive the paper one year free of charge. Morey can be remitted by postofllce risk. money or¬ der or registered letter at our Entered at the post office in Lexington , Georgia , as second-class mail matter. B. CHEDEL, Surgeon Dentist, Lexington, Ga. TIT ILL, on request of parents, take pleasure in V T advising in regard to first and second den¬ tition of children free of charge. J. W. ECHOLS, Attorney at Law, Lexington, Ga. i \FFICEin Court-house. Will practice in all " f the counties of the Northern and in the counties of Clarke and Oconee in the Western Circuit. sep23 W. M. HOWARD, Attorney at Law ( Lexington, Ga. ^'vF t'ICK in the oM Willingham office, near the VI livery stable. Will attend all Courts. Attorney- at-LaWj, Lexington, Ga. TTTILL V practice in all the Courts. Office just ▼ hack of the brick store. H. M’WHORTER. Attorney at I .exixig-ton, Ga. /"vFFrCE m old bank building, next to hotel. Will practice in civil and criminal courts. J. T. OLIVE, Attorney at Daw? LEXINGTON. GEORGIA. QFEICE ill the old bank building, up-stairs, mm & GRANT, Insurance Agents, REPRESENT THE German American, Lancashire, London A, Georgia Home, Royal, First queen and other Class Insurance Co.s Rates reasonable. Farm property and dwell ngs a specialty. r.r'uir'ira r n-M j; 1 Cor. Broad and Thomas Sts., and u] >. s t a i rs cor. Thomas & Clayton sts, aprc-iy Athens, Ga. J. FR.IE3ND, MERCHANT TAILOR -AND Leader of Fashions. jUTAVING all the leading gentlemen in this sec JLl tion of the country for patrons, have made many suits for them and never failed to give per¬ fect fit. Clothing made in the most stylish and durable manner. Gentlemen are invited to call and examine the finest assortment of the most stylish fall goods that have ever been offered in this city. Respectfully, J. FRIEND, o!2 ly College Ave., near Broad St., Athens. HORSES AND MULES. npHE JL undersigned has just received a large number of MUSTANG PONIES. at his Sale Stables on Thomas Street, large Athens, ol Ga., and will continue All to stock keep guaranteed a stock horses and mules. as rep¬ resented. Special inducements to dealers. W. S. HOLMAN. Notice to Debtors. X>EING compelled to settle up the business of 13 the old mercantile firm of Smith & Willing¬ ham, all parties indebted to them, unless they come forward and settle by the 1st of November, will find their accounts in the hands of an offi¬ cer. We mean what we sav. Respectfully, G. W. SMITH, R. J. WILLINGHAM. EARS FOR THE MILLION. Foo Choo’s BaUam of Shark’s Oil. Positively Absolute Restores the for Hearing, Deafness and Known. is the Only Cure The Oil is abstracted from peculiar the Yello sp< ecies of small White Shark, caught in w Sea, known as Carcharodo.v Rondeletil Every Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues as a re¬ storative of hearing the were discovered Its by a Bud¬ dhist Priest about year 1410. cures were so numerous and many so seemingly miraculous, that the remedy was Its officially proclaimed universal over the entire Empire. use became so that for over 300 years no Deafness has existed amoug the Chinese address people. $1.00 Sent, bottle. charges pre paid, to any at per Hear W hat the Deaf Say! It has performed a miracle in nay case. I have no unearthly noises in my head and hear much better. I have been greatly helped benefited. deal—think anoth* Mv deafness a great er bottle will cure me. testify, both from experience and observation. Write at once to Haylock & Jentjet, 7 Dev Street, New York, enclosing $1.00, and you will receive by return a remedy that will enable you to hear like anybody else, and whose curative effects will be permanent. You will never regret doing so.”— Editor of Mercaitiile Review. Wfoa void loss in mails, please send money bv registered letter. onlr imported by HAYLOCK A rteAKents for America. 7 DrySt, Sew York LEXINGTON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1883. Martin Institute. The exercises of this institution, situated at Jefferson, Jackson county, 10th, Ga., will under begin control Wednesday, January 1883, and Rev. the J. of Prof. W. S. McCarty C. Grow. TUITION. 1st 2nd Grade, “ per annum....................,..$15.00 “ *• 20.00 ........................ 3rd “ “ “ 30.00 ........................ Music, per month............................... 3.00 Spring Term is 26 weeks; Fall Term, 14 weeks. The dividend arising from the Martin En¬ dowment of $15,000, invested in Ga. R. R. is confined to resident pupils of Jackson coun¬ ty, and has secured to the institution a per¬ manency, dignity,competency and a thorough¬ ness institutions. in its departments Many families enjoyed have by moved but few to Jefferson to avail themselves of this dividend and the superior educational advantages of a first class institution. Board can be had at fram $6.50 to $12 yer month. Arrangementa can be made to accommodate hoarders at about the cost of living at home. For further par¬ ticulars apply to J. E. RANDOLPH, jan-4-6t. Sec’y Trustees. $500 REWARD. F TpIVE who hundred will get up dollars a better reward Liniment to anyone for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Burns, Cuts, Stiff Joints, Sprains, Bruises, Stings of Poisonous Insects, Toothache, etc. The money will be returned to any one not satisfied after using a bottle of the Turkish Liniament. For Scratches, Sweeney, Windgalls, Fistula Sore Back, Stiff Joints where and in all cases Liniments are used on horses, it is unsur passed. rubber Every bottle is stopped with an in dia stopper to prevent loss of strengh For sale by Druggists generally. Preuar 50 by Dr. E. S. bottle. LYNDON, Athens, Ga. Price cents per For sale by Dr. M. G. LITTLE, Crawford. JOSEPHJACOBS Proprietor of Jacobs’ Pharmacy WHOLESALE DRUGGIST, -and MANUFACTURING CHEMIST, —DEALER IN Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, etc., ATHENS, GEORGIA. THE “CONSTITUTION ? 9 FOR 1882 3. Is better equipped in every sense than ever bc lore to maintain its position IN THE FRONT RANKS OF SOUTHERN JOURNALBt It calls the attention of the reading public to the following points that can be claimed. Namely* that is 1. The largest and best paper m Georgia, Ala¬ bama, the Carolinas, Florida and Mississippi. 2. More reading matter than any paper in the South Atlantic States. 3. The fullest telegraph service and latest news. 4. The brightest, best and fullest correspondence 5. The completes!; election returns. 6. Verbatim Legislative reports. 7. Official Supreme Court reports. The Great Georgia Paper—Better Than Ever. No Intelligent Georgia Can do without il. Every Georgian should take a Paper from the Capital during the next three months. The Daily Constitution $10 per annum; $2 50 3 months; $1 00 1 month. Weekly $1 50 a year: Club of ten $1 25, w ith free copy to getter up of Club; Clubs of 20 $1 00, with free copy. Address THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Railroad Company. OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, \ /COMMENCING AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 16,1882 5 lowing SUNDAY, 8th inst., the fol passenger schedule will be operated on this road: FAST LINE. NO. 27, WEST DAILY. NO. 28, EAST DAILY. Lv. Augusta... .7:25 a m Lv. Atlanta.. ..2:50 p m Lv. Athens.....7:03 a m Ar, Lexington.7 ;G5 p m At. Lexington..7:59 a ta Ar. Athens....8:00 p m Ar. Atlanta... .12:50p m Ar. Augasta.. .8:20 p m REGULAR TRAIN. LEAVE Athens....... 9.05 a m 3.10 p m Leave Wintervillc.... 9.47 “ 3.37 44 Leave Lexington..... .10.30 44 4.06 44 Leave Antioch........ . 11.01 44 4.24 44 Leave Woodville...... Maxeys......... .11.17 44 4.33 44 Leave .11.52 pm 4.56 44 ARRIVE Union Point. .12.10 p m 5. lO 44 Arrive Atlanta....... 5.55 44 6.40 a m Arrive Washington... Milledgeville.. 2.55 44 Arrive 4.49 44 Arrive Macon......... 6.45 44 Arrive Augusta....... 3.55 44 6.20 a m LEAVE Augusta...... . 9.00 am 9.00 p in Leave Macon.......... . 7.05 44 Leave Washington.... Milledgeville... . 9.10 44 Leave . 11.20 44 Leave Atlanta........ . 8.20 44 8.45 p m Leave Union Paint.... . 2.00 pm 9.50 a m LEAVE Woodville..,. . 2.23 44 10.05 44 Leave Autioch........ Maxeys......... . 2.56 44 10.37 10.28 44 Leave . 3.09 44 44 Leave Winterville..... Lexington...... . 3.37 44 10.56 44 Leave . 4.24 44 11.24 44 Arrive Athens........ . 5.00 44 11.50 44 Trains run daily. Close connection daily to or from Washington on Sundays. Double mail. connec¬ tions to and from Athens bv fast JOHN W. GREEN, Superintendent. E. R. Dorsey, Gen. Pass. Agent. MONEY LOANS TTTILL VV be negotiated on five years’ time on by im- la B. Nelson, proved of Atlanta, farms in Ga., Oglethorpe in county of $300 ami sums upwards. Application must be made through me. I have sent on several applications and have not foiled togetthejmoneyon any yet made. All can obtain it whe have lands of proper value and ’ good titles. All desiring me to make their app lication for them would do well to call on me back as soon far as convenient, with their it title takes paperB time as as they have them, examinations, as gome to prepare papers, make etc. If vou want the money and have proper landed security I can tell you how to succeed. If your land is mortgaged, or a balance of purchase mon¬ ey is still due. or there be an execution against you that troubles you, come and see me and I may relieve your trouble bv helping you to get the deew-tf money. J. f. OLIVE, Lexington, Ca. DAVIS & HARRIS, TONSORAL ARTISTS ATHENS. 6KOR6IA, I PAVING recently moved into their large and II nicelv arranged shop in the Commercial Hotel Building, near the corner of Broad street and College avenue, respectfully invite the citi zens of Oglethorpe to call stylilh »m them when they want a clean shave or a hair-cut. for Sale or Exchange. I hare a beautiful vacant lot within 100 yards of the Depot at Decatur, and fronting two public streets, worth $1,500, and a lot abjoining of x an acre with a two-roomed frame house, fruit and shade trees, well, &c., worth $600, which I offer to exchange one or both for framing lands, or first-class town property, in Newton, Walton, Morgan, Greene or Oglethon>e counties on favor able terms. This proi*erty is strictly Gilt Edge, on or ad<lre», E. M. WORD, Decatur, G*. DARBYS PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article tor Universal Family Use. For Scarlet and ■ Eradicates ■ Typhoid Fevers, | Diphtheria, Sali¬ MALABIA. | Sore vation, Throat, Ulcerated Small Pox, Measles, and all Contagious Diseases. Persons waiting on the Sick should use it freely. Scarlet Fever has never been known to spread where the Fluid wa» used. Yellow Fever has been cured with it after . black vomit had taken place, The worst cases of to it. Fevered and Sick Per sons refreshed and Bed Sores prevent¬ ed by bathing with Darbys Fluid. Air made Impure harmless and purified. For Sore Throat it is a sure cure. Contagion destroyed. For Frosted Feet, Chilblains, Piles, Chafings, etc. cured. Rheumatism Soft White Complex¬ ions secured prevented. by its use. Ship purity Fever the Breath, To Cleanse the Teeth, it can't be surpassed. Catarrh relieved and cured. Erysipelas cured. Burns prevented. relieved instantly. Scars Dysentery cured. Wounds healed rapidly. Scurvy cured. An Antidote for Animnl or Vegetable Poisons, Stings, 1 the etc. Fluid used during our present affliction with Scarlet Fever with de¬ cided advantage. It is indispensable Wm. to F. the Sand- sick¬ room. — ford, Eyrie, Ala. Scarlet Fever Cured. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. I testify to the most excellent qualities of Prof. Darbys Prophylactic it is both Fluid. As a disinfectant and detergent theoretically and practically quainted.—N. superior to any preparation Lupton, with which I am ac¬ T. Prof. Chemistry. Hon. Darbys Fluid is Recommended by Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia; Rev. Chas. F. Deems, D.D., Church of the Strangers, N. Y.; Jos, Rev. LbContk, A. J. Columbia, Prof.,University,S.C. Rev. Geo. F. Battle, Pierce, Prof., Mercer University; Bishop M. E. Church. INDISPENSABLE TO EVERY HOME. Perfectly harmless. Used internally or The Fluid externally has been for Man or Beast. have abundant evidence thoroughly that has done tested, and we it everything here claimed. For fuller information get of your Druggist a pamphlet or send to the proprietors, J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Manufacturing Chemists, PHILADELPHIA. -AT The Music House of the South PIANOS, ORGANS, Musical Instruments. G.H.U.-E.I.OJ.-L.P.Q.S An extended visit among the prin¬ cipal Pxano and Organ Factories has enabled us to make the finest se¬ lections of Instruments ever brought to Augusta. Stock, which Our will be replen¬ ished weekly will be from the best Manufac¬ turers, the largest and most complete in the South. Our prices the lowest, and terms of payment the easiest ever offered. Sheet, Music and Music Books — large discount from publisher’s prices Best Italian Strings and everything desired in the line of Music. Save money by visiting or corresponding with G. 0. ROBINSON & CO. Special IVotice. TT'ROM this date the services of Mr. C. II. Tay X 1 lor, as Tuner and repairer for us. terminates. All orders for same will receive the prompt at¬ tention of Mr. T. Harry Oates, who guarantees entire satisfaction. G. O. ROBINSON & CO. Augusta, Ga., Oct. 3,1882. ummk Wuj ' I EDM •• • . . ;■ • . i; tij i I i •:< ; ti. ill I ;•!<}jeftfttu. it. find It contains to cus •; -' v..r • N.iovt ■ i: !•**•>:<. fnj til. rUnHioriB, prices, accurate ’.o’-’: and Valuable directions for planting • Jti'-s of Vegetable nnd Flower Seeds, ! r : Trf.es, '’to. In valuable to all, e»]>ec ' (-hxrdev.e-VB. Fend for it! ' ~ " " tTRoiT Mich. p \JT EORGIA, Oglethorpe county.—A nplica tion for letters of Dismission.—Whereas, 8. Phillip Stewart, G. Stewart, dec’d, applies administrator on estate of of Dis¬ A. to me for letters mission from said estate: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons interested to show cause, if any they can, why said letters should not be grant to said Phillip G. Stewart on the first Monday in May, 1883. Given under my hand and official signature this 3ist day of Janu¬ ary, 1883. THOS. D. GIIJIAM, Ordinary. pi EORGIA, Oglethorpe Administration.—Wh colnty—A npl lica YJf tion for Letters of ere as, of administration W. A. Shackelford on applies the estate to me of for Harrah letters B. Shackelford, dec’d: These are therefore, to cite and admonish all persons interested to show cause, if any they can, why said letters should not be granted to said W. A. Shackelford on the first Monday in March, 1883. Given under my hand and official signature this 5th day of Febru¬ ary, 1883. THOS. V. GILHAM, Ordinary. OTATE OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY. O —Application for Letters of Administration. .—Whereas, Maggie E. Am strong apples to ine for Letters of Aarainistratson on the State of Joseph Armstrong, dec’d: These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons interested to show cause why said letters should not be gran t ed on the first Monday in March, 1883. This, Jan. 30,1883, THOS. I). GILHAM, Ordinary. /-I EORGIA, Oglethorpe cocxTV—AnpUca liam Mathews, from oec’d. applies to me tor letter, of dismission sakl estate; These arc, there should not be srranted to said John T. England on the first Monday in May, 1883. Given under IT r±FX>RGlA tion for Letters Oor-BTHORPT. of Adraimstration. Gor-xy—Applica- — where as, John T. England applies to roc for Letters of Administration on tbe estate of Booaer McEJroy. aud colored, dec’d: These are, therefore, to cite admonish all persons interested^ to show cause, if HU y they can, why said letters should not be gran ted to said John T. f nglnnd on the fi«t Monday in SMALL-POX and PITTING of Small Pox PREVENTED A member of my fam¬ Sma\i-pox. ily was taken I used with the Fluid ; the patient was not delirious, was not pitted, house and was about the again in three weeks, and no others had it. — J. W. Park¬ inson, Philadelphia. Diphtheria Prevented. The physicians here successfully use Darbys in Fluid the treat¬ very ment of Diphtheria. A. Stollknwrrck, Greensboro, Ala. Tetter dried up. Cholera preve nted. Ulcerf* purifie d and healed. In cases of Death it should be used about the corpse — it will prevent smell. any unpleas¬ ant The eminent Phy¬ sician, J. MARION SIMS, M. D. t New York, convinced says: “I am Prophylactic Prof. Fluid Darbys is a valuable disinfectant." FIEND IN FETTERS. The Yahoo Invades One of the I.ending Ex¬ ponents of tbe Civilization of the Age, in Which Adventure He Dooms His Own Seal and Winds Up His Romantic Career. [Post Appeal.] Startling intelligence was received last night from Cartarsville giving the details of the capture and incarceration of tbe demoniac yahoo whose paneful presence has been a source of alarm and terror to the inhabitants of tha Stale living along the line of tbe W. & A. R. R. The ferocious savage after paralyz¬ ing the bravest bloods of Acworth on Monday as detailed in these columns, passed on unmolested towards the hy¬ perborean North. He was next heard from at Chicamauga where he desecra¬ ted that far famed field of battle by de¬ vouring the putrid carcass of a dead dog that had been killed about a week preceding. The inhabitants of that classic region, though a brave people, were not prepared to tackle the mons¬ ter without a direct and peremptory order from the government, and the fiend in consequence ranged around the at bis own sweet will. After devouring the dead dog the yahoo turned his attention to a forest of fine persimmons, a fruit that finely flourishes in thatsection, but upon eating one lie left tbe spot, apparently disgusted with their flavor, and proceeded to discuss the merits of a decomposed buzzard, whose feathered frame lay rotting by the road side. The historic bird, with its sable plumage, whs devoured in ten minutes time, and the insatiate mons¬ ter picked his teeth with the tail bone. Having thus feasted himself, he squatted on his haunches, preparatory sleep. to refreshing himself with a sweet He remained in this position so long as to excite the astonishment of several persons who bad been watching his manoeuvres from a distance, and they were emboldened by witnessing his harmless attitude to venture nearer. Tw«, of the bravest of the number crept up noiselessly to within a hundred yards of the carrion savage, when they observ¬ ed that his eyes were closed and that ho was apparently in deep slumber. Af¬ ter satisfying themselves upon this point they proceeded to a critical exam¬ ination of his person and effects. Tbe former they found to about tally with the description of him which they had read in the Post-Appeal. hue, His beard, of a glittering, reddish was about five feet two inches in lengtli and bung in graceful neglect around bis enormous flank, which looked to be about eleven inches iu circumference. The volute curveture of the found spinal cords of his legs were to have been accurately described. His feet were some sixteen inches long, but a singular phenomenon was observed about his toes, the interstics of which actually contained a vegetable resembling growth the in appearance much rag weed of our Southern clime. When his feet were placed close togeth¬ er, they formed a unique and original green plot, much resembling an Atlanta park, only a little larger. The soil that feeds this anomalous growth is well fertilized by the odiferous moisture emitted by those small members that farm the extremity of the foot. Ilia horse hide lay in repose beside him, and near it was observed and antiquated skillet, the contemplation of which lat¬ ter suggested the harrowing be possibility candi¬ that the strange being disguise. might a date for Govenor in “He evidently toteth his own skillet,” the mused one of the men, as he eyed the historic utensil meditatively. At sound of his voice the Yahoo moved as if about to awake, and they beat a hasty retreat. returned the village and They band to of fifty organ¬ with ized an armed men, the intentions of capturing the human carrion, hut when they reached the spot the savage had departed. 9 o’clock, On Wednesday night, about a freight train stopped near Chicamauga favorable to water and wood up, which opportunity was seized by the monster, who lurked in the vicinity, to board the train and get a free ride. The train moved off with the demon on board. The first man apprised of this fact was a brakeroan, who was confronted so paralyzed the bivul- by the shock when he pian horror that he fell from the mov¬ ing train in a swoon, and has not been seen. The whole crew of the train within a half hour had learned ofhis presence, and after recovering from the paralytic shock that seized them when he was di-covered, nine lariats, three carbines and a pistol were brought into requisition to effect his capture. He was carefully tied to a brake on the top •f a box car and placed under a guard of two men armed with Winchester six¬ teen repeaters and orders to shoot him on the spot or in the head if he attempt¬ ed to make his escape. in this manner he was safely trans¬ ported to Cartersville, where the author¬ ities were informed of the hairy demon’s capture, and requested to give him a lodgement in the county jail. succeeded in In an hour’s time they placing the wild man behind the bars, where he exhibited all the character¬ istics of a caged hyena. He was per¬ fectly nude, wearing nothing but the historic horse hide. On his little finger a gold ring was seen deeply imbedded in the flesh. Several questions were asked him but he declined to speak or explain his identity. A mysterious gloom surrounds his oriein, which will probably be dissipated by the electric light of a legal inquiry by the properly constituted eourts of the country. A WONDERFUL STORY. How n Georgia Ex-Slave Hit* Become Pom HCHM'd of H i* .">Ia*ler’» Estate. [Constitution. 1 Yesterday a prominent citizen who has attained a competency, and who can afford to take life, leisurely, settled himself into an easy chair in his office and remarked. “I can tell vou a «t«ry of real life that j » full of romance. It illustrates the truth of the old saying that truth is tran£ypr Thf than fiction ” reporter became attentive and i ; the prominent K citizen proceeded: there lived in ,.j ant ;. war times Meriwether . , county a don t care s jrt of “e a negro Jack Wilson wh© could nei tber „ read nor - write write, ne He had naa gamea gained his nis freedom in some way or other, and gam- 1 e d his livelihood by acting as a sort in of director general to famous horses his neighborhood. Jack became attach¬ ed to a servant girl who was owned by a man named Gates, one of the wealth¬ iest men in Georgia, who owned thou¬ sands of acres of land, and with his fam¬ ily lived in lordly style. The servant girl was a bright mullatto and Jack was a shade darker. They made a match of it, and were married under the order of things that existed in war times. At the same time Jack had a slave time wife in Virginia, but she was a9 black as coal. When the war closed and the slaves were declared free Jack took his partner for life, and by living with her for a stated period, she became bis wife according to law. As soon as he was married, Jack showed a sudden spirit of industry that astonished everybody. His careless habits were thrown aside and he went to work with a will The wealthy Gage, his fell master, died and the broad acres to the possession of the heirs. Jack still work¬ ed on the place, and was saving and careful. The Gage family l£had los everything except their land. Hunt dreds of slaves were freed by the new order of things, and the vast and prince¬ ly fortune was gone. The heirs could not adapt themselves to the situation. Finally pressed, they sold fifty acres of land to Jack; then they wanted more money, and Jack stood their security at the LaGrange bank and when they were unable to pay he would take up the notes at hank and trade for worked ft piece with of the Gates plantation. He a vengeance and all his family worked. man ered citizen of the county. He was industrious and prospered. In the meantime liis old master’s children con¬ tinue to sell him parts of the old home¬ stead. Finally he owned it all and was rich. Three years ago he decided that it was his duty to provide for his old Viginia wife, so he sent for her, and she, with her children, came to him. She was given a house on the plantation and is well provided place for. Jack owns fifteen now the magnificent of about of White hundred acres in three miles Sulphur springs in Meriwether county, He is sixty years old, and his children are all settled around him, and all are contented and happy and industrious. He owns fifteen or sixteen mules, and is noted for keeping the best stock in the county. His credit at the Fa Grange bank is good, and be can bor¬ row all the money he want on his sim¬ ple note of hand.” “How much is he worth?” “I should say about thirty thousand dollars, and every cent of it has been made since the war. It is a remarkable story of how a slave succeeds his master in the ownership of a vast landed estate. I passed the place a few months ago, and the Georgia wife came to tho door to give me a drink of water. Everything was neat and clean about the place, the yard was newly swept, the barns appear¬ piles of ed filled, and in the lots I saw manure carefully sheltered. It is a model Jack’s plantation. place, hundred Why I hvaeseenon and eighty a acres of corn tinder one fence.” “Is he educating his children?” “Yes, although he cannot read and write, he sees the advantage of an educa¬ tion, and is giving his children the bene¬ fit of schooling. Tin?story done is n right true here one and shows what can be in Georgia, by pluck and industry. The old adage is true : “there is more in the man than there is in the laud.” A Bewitched Negro. About a mile from James Forsyth by lives a colored man, William name, who thinks “a spell” has been put throw on him which he finds imposible to off. His story is about this: About two months ago “before the circus came,” William saw George Banks, Fori the well known colored painter of ayth, out near his crib. He went out and bad a few words of conversation with George, in which George made a gesture toward him with his hand, ae compared by the remark: “William, that’s a good mule, and you ought to fatteu him.” “Right dor,” says Wil liam, “be tl.rowed a spell on me, I come back to de house wid my eyes runnin’ water, and my eyes never did run water before.” George went off. Next morning when William was going to feed his mule, gs he got near the barn door, he blind was, to use his own He language, “struck as a bat.” went back and told his wife of it. After he gotso Lain, he could see a little, he went out and on he the found ground, on little each powder, side of the doer, a which looked like guano. This he says was the poison which George had put there to bewitch him. He had heard his old master say that the best way to destroy tbe power of such spells was to throw them in pile running of the water. So he gathered up one branch “spell” ana ran with it to a not far off, and threw it into the water. Then he went back for the other, and carried it to the water on a board. When he took it from the ground, it “smoked like a tar kiln,” and it burned a place on his left side just over the region of the heart, which he says is still sore, He also says that there is a spot in the top of his head which burns as if it were red-hot. He accuses Harrison Hathorn. George Bank’s .son-in-law, of being in league with George in the bewitching, Sl’e .tool dFr.i.p'to/ofb s a-, ur*. Tr 1 tota l,i. er places and put poison in them to ariwn kfor 'cb loro tormf" dread, JW datsort.’’ He is in great danger, think ing that he is in mortal it he goes out of doors, and even in the bouse he is not exempt from the paneful influ, ! ences. George, who i- a very intelligent B man, has assured William that he , ias not done anything harmful to him; and a number of white men have tried to convince him of the absurdity of lm notions, but it is of no avail. He knows | he is bewitched. His wife ;«White believes it „ strongly. She *aye: gen tlemeas says it amt nothin. I knows William is got a spell on him. Nobody couldn’t make me believe be aint old Marster from Heaven, and he wouldn’t hardlv do it*” And so a wor tby, industrious, thrifty colored man has been lying up in house for two months, the victim ofbliud superstition :A\ a nd a prey to melancholy. ^ Tf It is r ridicu rn ! ]oug, but Z-l at the Hanue time pitiable. ■---, m , r _ avoid freight delay, breakage and . You can Crockery, Glassware hard stock by buying McBride & Co. dow Cases from VOL. IX—No. 19. A GHOST! Something Else Kicking up an Excitement in Yal afloat a. [Valdosta Times.] For some weeks we have been hearing rumors of mysterious rappings aud oth¬ er manifestations from an unseen source at the old T. B. Griffin house, occupied by Mr. J. H. Pendergrast, a jeweler liv¬ ing in our town, and we called on him a few days ago for particulars. Hs told us about as follows: He is in the habit of carrying his watches home at night for safe keeping and one night several weeks ago he was startled, while laying awake, at a strange fuss, something like a rapping in the next room. He at once thought a bur¬ glar was in the house, and rose hurried¬ ly, but found no one. The next night he heard a similar noise somewhat near¬ er and more strange, and he was sure the burglars were in his room and were go¬ ing to attack him. He sprang up, seized his pistol with one hand and a match with the other. When he had lit the lamp no one was in the room, but just then the door tremendously leading into an he adjacent room jarred and shout¬ ed, “Hold on! don’t break thedoor down! I’ll let you in iu a minute'" Butting his actions to his words he opened the door with one hand while he lu-ld a cocked revolver in the other. Imagine his sur¬ prise when he found n« one in the room. The door leading out was fastened down as he had fixed them at night fall. He made a search all over the house, under the house, about the yard, and looked for tracks, but could find no signs of a human. The next He night a system of taps commenced. kept awake all night trying to ferret out the mystery but without no avail. This thing kept up from night to night for several weeks. A part of the time his mother in-law occupied occupied a himself room adjacent and wife, to and the one by wall-four the thing would get in the inches thick—between the two rooms and rap three time consecutively. Mr. P. would cull out to know who it was—what it was, and so on—but got no responses, but the rap, rap, rap. Onee be asked if it was a mason —if so give the sign in raps. No response, lie then said, if yon are a mason rap three times—and rap, rap, rap, was the response. Some days Mrs. P. and her mother would hear the noise when they were at home alone. One day she heard it like some one walk¬ ing overhead and it went to the head of the stairs and started down, she went to meet it, but when she get to the foot of tho stairs there was nothing to be seen, and the noise ceased. At night frequently they would hear a noise in the fireplace like some one break¬ ing sticks, and raanv are the other man¬ ifestations which they cannot believed explain. iu Mr. P. says he has never ghosts, and it was a long time before ho could be convinced that it was not some one trying to tob him, but now he is sat¬ isfied it is no living man—let it bo what it may—and he is no longer disturbed. He does not think it can or will hurt him in any way, and when he hears it now he turns over and goes to sleep. This appears to bo another Hurrency affair. It sounds very much like it. We give it as it is given to us. The curious may inquire further. An Opelika Sensallnn—Two Young La¬ dles Startle the Town. [Columbus Times.] We learn that Opelika was on Fri day and Friday night tlin subject to 0H1,ibl a sen more 8ta ' «>. if P ?’ tban the t . recen t BRr ' es /> Tu" «I»> . d , J"" rder8 , - In8 . ** ( ad of beln . K th « work of angry men this time .t was all c « U8ed ,‘ wo f a,r K*r!s who must have been inspired . by Dunbars danng to bave da even attempted Umm such Clara a lh 'M V * r ! y JJ 1ornl "B and **"7 Iio8 '- d ? u K bter8 of “ r -. W,1 r I'am Boss, according to a constitutional walk, custom left their home.to take a Alter getting some little distance from home, it occurred to them that if they could get up a lit le sensation it would >«t be too delightful for anything.’ motb Se v, : nil bou rH r> a88<:d - a " d tbe ; t bomo . b8Carne little at « at a uneasy he prolonged , absence of her daughters but B aTe no a ! a ™ 08 she 8 ”P osed tbftt be y wf ‘. rc 8, ’. ,ne friend8 - 1,1 tb *gening, however, she . became unea »y of suspense, and bad inquiry made all over town among her friends but to no avall ‘ “Night’s deep darkness covered the ® flr h wltb ,t8 soreness and the mother’s suspense grew into misery, "? to agony, i he whole of Opelika was « lar,n « d “ nd tbe »•»" tur ,,ed out ?" masse to search , for - the missing . girls . Band8 w > lb bl « ,n K t orcbfiH P roceeded to »cour the surrounding , . county. One of the parties got on the trail of tbe « lr ' 8 ’ mean on their track, for we ^ocertau, they wore comparatively short dressed,) and tracked them several f? tbe 1 ' 88 road - ‘/“W' tb V?" 8 , if ? Li’i ! 'a ' also a man’s , Ioul piay then sugges fed itself and the enegy of the ea c "'creawd. The searching continue 1 until 2 a. m yesterday, when the g.rls *ere found ten miles from Opelua at the house of a rela.i e. The young lad.os told the seekers , , heir joke, as they termed it but w they remembered that they had old their.motber nothing of their pedestrian blMding t. to lb . fate of he r children ' A Hunters Story. The Valdosta Times records the adven «. resofa localVport whose shot is always d <-« b th « fathered tribe. Once he «»■ »“ f he Carolina coa.t hunting rice birds-for game birds they are. and who d » p » «*? I»k« btrdson toast?-when he suddenly saw a black cloud rising in thesoutbwes and rapidly moment-wondered spproach ng He «wed at it a ^ der— ^ iati 11 and wa ? looked n ? * ccom around I ,ao J. for e shelter, ^ h M e was about to start for a neg o ao . d^nt^when^he^scover^ I' 1 ?, 1 , .”? ,® (Wt- S' riee S hirds He K gun and . had int* ,, Ml WS3S cartridgeH, He opened hre. « fcoon the *ndti be moon ^p.««, but he kept up tbefire. When the last cartridge dark was ihat empty be could* it was still dark, and so not see ,. his way, so l ne t fi Q nwn ftnf 0 i out two cigars before the cloud of birds ^ missed R, over and davlight K came again f ty on , t our cotemporary , ; please , tell t n ua t-e number of birds killed. Cotton Mills In the South. IN. Y. Sun.] We observe that certain unhappy Pennsylvania manufacturers are bewail¬ ing the idleness of their looms conse¬ quent on the erection of numerous cote ton mills in the South. So far from con¬ sidering this the as an unfortunate circum¬ of stance in manufacturing interests the North, it should bo bailed as one of the most encouraging Bigns of the time. With a radical change in the labor sys¬ tem of the South, it was impossible that she should remain simply a pruducor, and the best evidence of her full deter¬ mination to regain under new conditions her former importance.in the markets of the world is her effort to handle her vast crops in the factory as well as in tbo field. Some temporary inconveniences may be felt in certain milling localities in the North, but the country at largo cannot by fail to he beneficial eventually this new business interest in the Southern States. Failures in Georgia. Rradstroet’s Budget, of week before last, records the following list of failures in Georgia: Carnesville—H. C. Johnson, general store, has failed. general Cedartown—Huntington & Wright, ties, $12,000; store, have assigned. Liabili¬ assets, $10,000. Columbus—H. Strauss, general store, has failed. J. S. Williford, saloon, has failed. Ducker—G. W. Haynes, general store, has failed. He had a branch store at Walker station. Hamilton—J. H. Cowsert& Co., gen¬ eral store, have had a mortgaged fore¬ closed. Roswell—J, B. Watson, general store, has failed and sold out. Savannah—J. G. l’ownell, stationer, has assigned. St. Mary’s—Fox & Burns, general store, have failed. Tliomaston—H. Pollock, dry goodi, has been closed by the sheriff. Warrenton—N. Gallaher, general store, lias assigned. Liabilities, $33,000; nominal assets, $30,000. A. Lucky Farmer. What a Georgia farmer can do is told ns follows by the Campbell county Nows: Last year Mr. J. I). Ozier, of Corinth, Mississippi, of Ozier the originator long and proprie¬ tor the staple silk cotton, offered a premium of fire hundred dol¬ lars for the best yield of cottou (from his seed) on three acres of ground in this district, which embraces the states of South Carolina, Alabama and Geor¬ gia. Mr. H. H. Collins, a promising and well-to-do young farmer of Camp¬ bell county, in thisState, planted three acres of Ozier long staple, and entered the contest for the $500 premium. Mr. Collins raised five bales from his three acres, and the sample of his staple left with us was as fine ns wo ever saw. On last Thursday Mr. Cellins received the following letter from Mr. Ozier: Cor¬ inth, Mississippi, Jan. 9, 1883. Mr. H. H. Collins—Dear Sir: The decision was had to-day for the $500 premium awarded for the greatest yield of Ozier L. 8. cotton for the states embraced in your district, nnd the award has been given to through your affidavit You can draw on me your bank for tbe $500 as above.” Thus it will be seen that Mr. Collins carried off the $500 premium, which in addition to about $250 ler the cotton rained, makes n rather snug sum from three acres. We learn that Mr. Collins’ cotton was also rated as second should best in grade of all samples sent, and he have received the premium on grade as well as yield, as the bale which was awarded the premium tin grade had been through the Clement attachment. This is a high compliment to Campbell county, but a higher one to one of her most enterprising, industrious and suc¬ cessful young farmers. GEOUUIA’S GROWTH. A Few Wonderful Farts and Figures Show¬ ing tlin Rapid Increase ol'Onr Population. “Richmond” has the following in a recent Atlanta letter to the Augusta Chronicle: “Let me give you a portion of the golden story of Georgia’s imperi¬ al progress. Tt makes a tale of State growth of which any citizen can feel proud. I will present, as far as practi¬ cable, the advancement from 1870 to 1880, and them from 1880 to 1882. It will be seen that the decade from ’70 to ’80 shows astonishing results. But the start of two years into the decade from 1880 to 1890 is simply amazing in its on¬ ward rush. In 1870 Georgia's population was 1,» 184,109, ami in 1880 1,542,180, an in creasp of 358,071 or 25 per cent. Her voting population was in 1880 321,338, an increase of 200 per cent, due to col¬ ored enfranchisement. The State had 303,000 families, or 5.09 persons to a family; living in 289,474 houses, or 6.83 peasons, 5.14 families aud 4.91 dwelling# to a square mile. We have 24.48 acres to a person and 124.Sfc acres to a family. Our females are at the rate of 102.191 to every 100,000 males, shewing how well we care for the women. We have 724,- 685 colored people. The increase has been 89,000 in 1880 for every 85,322 in 1870, evincing good treatment of the colored. The significance perceived of our growth in population is immigration when has it is known that our been small. We have only 10,315 for¬ eign born citizens in Georgia, foreigners or less than 2 per cent—being 675 The de¬ to every 100,000 native citizens. crease in ten years was 274 foreigners to every 14)0,000 natives, the State in 1870 having 949 foreigners toj every 100,000 natives. New York has 1,211,438 for¬ eigners and IlliiKiis 583,592. Georgia has furnished to the Union ef native Georgians, 1,719 068, of which 933,091 are white and 786,007 colored. * Georgia has given Alabama 95,782 citi- : zens, Texas 61,407, Arkansas 36,715, South Carolina 7,641, Mississippi 29,- 169, Tennessee 19,481, Louisiana 15,172, and 32,601 to Florida. If Georgia has contributed.liberally of her manho#^ to her sister State, she has drawn with a proportionate liberality from them. South Carolina gave her 50,195, Norm Carolina 24,156, Alabama 17,009, Vir¬ ginia 14,606, Tennessee 10,717, and Florida, New York, Mississippi and Maryland from two to five thousand each. 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