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THE ECHO.
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OUR AGENTS.
For Jthe convenience of our subscribers in
this county we have ei .ablished the following author¬
agencies. The gentlemen named are
ized and will be glad to receipt for new sub¬
scribers or receive any renewals. They have
lists and can give you any information con
cerning your time:
Crawford—C. S. Hargroves.
Winterville— J. B. Winter.
Stephens—J. E. Freeman.
Maxeys—M. J. Nicholson.
Glade—G. II. Irbv.
Millstone—H. Phillips.
Philomath—Willlie Peek.
Bairdstown -C. T. Young.
Sandy Cross—J. C. Martin.
DBS, WILLINGHAM & REYNOLDS,
Practicing Physicians,
LEXINCTOS, GA.
i^vFFEIi their professional services to the peo
office. attending calls.
office when not
J. T. OLIVE,
Attorney at Law,
LEX1SGTOS. GEORGIA.
QFFICE in the old bank building, up-stairs.
MILES JOHNSON,
Steam Cyeing & Cleaning Establishment,
Clayton Street, Opposite Clinard House,
ATHENS, GA.
“]>AVISJIARRIS & BRYDIE,
tonsoral artists
ATHENS, GEORGIA,
f TAVING recently moved into their large and
H nicelv arranged shop in of the Broad Commercial street
Hotel Building, near the corner the
and College avenue, respectfully invite citi
eens of Oglethorpe to cail on them when they
want a clean shave or a stylish hair-cut.
FOUND AT LAST!
Jaelison Sc Brydie,
rrvAILORS, No, 51 Clayton Street, Athens, Ga.,
JL remove greasy spots; suits alter order. clothes Sample* to latest on
styles; cut or make to
hand. A 11 work guaranteed to gi\ e satisfaction.
We have but one price. sept5
CLINARD HOUSE
Convenient to Business.
CLAYTON ST., ATHENS, GA.
C< FECIAL rates given my Oglethorpe triends.
1 A Regular rates reasonable.
A. I>. ULIWARB, Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA. »
X OCATED in the centre of business and on
JL j the principal shopping square. moderate Clean rooms,
excellent table, of superior the service, of visitors rates, to the
Solicits a share patronage
city. B. F. BROWN, Manager.
ARNOLD HOUSE,
Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
X MOST respectfully announce to the citizens
JL of Athens, and the travelling furniture public, that and I
have iust refurnished with new
carpets, the Roane House, formerly the Dorsey
House, and am better Transient prepared than entertained ever to en¬
tertain boarders. guests C. ARNOLD
in the best manner. MRS. G.
Georgia Railroad Company.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER ,)
AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov, 8, 1884. j
COMMENCING SUNDAY, 9th inst., the fol
yj lowing passenger schedule will be operated
Trains ran by 90th meridian time—22 slower
than Atlanta time.
FAST LINE.
NO. 27, WEST DAILY. NO. 28, EAST DAILY.
Lv. Washington.7:55 Augusta....7:40 a m Lv. Athens......2:55 Atlanta....2:45 p m
44 a m “ pm
Ar. Wash’gt’n. 10:40 a m Ar Winterville.3.14 pm
Lv. Athens.....8:00 am “ Lexington. ..3.39 pm
Ar. Winterville..8:19am “ Antioch.....3.57 pm
“ Lexington. .. 8 :44 am “ Maxeys......4.07 Woodvilie.
“ Antioch.....9:02 am “ .,4.32 pm
44 Maxeys.....9:11am 44 Union Point.4.45 pm
44 Woodville. -.9:32 am Lv Washington.4.10 pm
44 Union Point.9:35 am Ar Washington,7.20 pm
Ar. Atlanta......l :00 pm \r. Augusta. ...8:15 pm
Lv Union Point.10:35am Lv Union Point.5.55 pm
Ar Woodville.. .16:47urn Ar Woodville...6.07 pm
44 Maxeys......11:12 Antioch.....11:27 am “ Maxeys......6.26 Antioch.....6.35 pm
44 am 44 pm
44 Lexington... 11:40 am 44 Lexington...6.52 Wiuterville..7.16 pm
44 Winterville. 12:05 pm 44 pm
Ar Athens......12:25pm 44 Athens......7:35 pm
REGULAR TRAIN.
LEAVE Athens....... . 9.30 a m
Leave W interville..... 10.00 44
.
Leave Lexington...... .10.18 4 ‘
Leave Antioch......... 11.01 44
.
Leave Maxeys......... .11.13 44
Leave Woodville...... .11.46 44
ARRIVE Union Point .11.55 44
Arrive Atlanta....... . 5.40 p m
Arrive Washington... . 2.20 44
Arrive Arrive MilledgevLUe.. Macon......... . 4.49 6.45 44 44
Arrive Augusta....... 3.35 44 '
LEAVE Augusta..... 0.50 a m
Leave Macon.......... 7.10 44
Leate Milledgeville.. 9.10 44
Leave Washington.... 11.30 44
Leave Atlanta........ 8.00 44
Leave Union P» int... 2.10 pm
LEAVE Woodville... 2.31 44
Leave Maxeys......... 3.01 44
Leave Autioch........ 3.14 44
Leave Lexington...... Winterville.....
Leave
Arrive Athens........
Trains run daily. Close connection to or from
Washington Uons on Mondays. Athena Double daily con nee
to and from bv fast mail.
JOHN W. GKEEX, Superintendent.
E. E.Dorset,G en.Fa--. Agent.
LEXINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1885.
THE IS I DENYING THE FACT!
That you can't get along without
I
And the all-absorbing question is:
Where Can We Get them Cheapest,
And at the same time get the best. My goods are staple and are quoted
regularly, so that there can be no deception as to prices or qual¬
ity. I have on hand and will continue receiving Fresh
Groceries, such as Sugar. Coffee, Lard. Hams,
Mackerel, Cheese, Meal, and GOLDEN FLEECE Flour
—none better; try it. Call special attention to my assortment of
Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries, Cigars and Tobacco, which is complete.
WINES, LIQUORS!
This is a special Department, and I take great care to keep it stocked with
the very best Whiskies and Wines to be had. So if you want to
buy them reasonably, make it a elsewhere. point to see Yours, niq before
squandering your wealth
W, BROOKS, Lexington.
R. C. LATIMER. W. A. LATIMER.
LATIMER BROS..
AT MASONIC BUILDING,
LEKIHGTON, GEORGIA.
1LbJL*I*IH BEOS*
Keep S. S. S., H. H. P., Brown’s Iron Bitters, Warner’s Kidney Cure,
Simmons Liver Regulator, Female Regulator, and all
Drugs usually kept in a first-class Store.
LATIMER BROS.
Have a good line of Dry Goods, Ilats, Boots, Shoes, Notions, warranted Stationery,
Hardware, Groceries, Tobacco and Cigars. Goods
to be as represented. Will sell as cheap as the
cheapest. Give them a cull and
• they will do you good.
latimer BROS • 9 MASONIC HALL.
With our unrivalled Stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS 3
CONSISTING OF
Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats,
Fancy Goods, Notions, Hosiery,
Etc., at prices that compete with
ATHENS, ATLANTA OR AUGUSTA.
jgp“We have about 250 bushels of Rust-Proof Seed Oats on hand and
for sale. Gall early.
ARNOLD & STEWART,
Brick Store, Lexington,
.
Y. B. CLIFTON 3
The Athens Photographer,
Will make you good Pictures at any time,
Fair or Cloudy, it makes no difference.
FERRIS & SON,
Merchant Tailors & Gents’ Furnishers
820 BROAD STR23ST,
SLE Ha? HJ 2% i XJL-
MESON AGABEMT,
LEXINGTON, GA.
rpTU? JL exercises of this Institution will be re
sumed on MONDAY, .lANUAltd 12 , 15S5;
and the Spring-Term will close on tlicSth of .July
with the AnnualjExliibitien. The Kail Term will
begin August 10th, and closo 10th of October.
KATES OF TUITION:
Primary Class, per quarter....... .$4 00
Intermediate Class, per quarter. . 5 00
lligUcr LngUsU l Aass, per quarter.......... 7 00
Languages and Higher Mathematics, pr. qr. 8 00
Contingent Expenses, per quarter.......... 25
No student received for less time than one
quarter, unless by special agreement; and no de¬
duction for sickness less than a month.
Board can be obtained at reasonable rates.
For further information apply to Geo. 11. Les¬
ter, Secretary Board of Trustees, or
TIIO’S. 1L MOHS. Principal.
Lexington, Dec. 10, 1884.
PURE DRUGS,
Of best Quality.
PATENT MEDICINE
Of every Description;
PERFUMES & EXTRACTS
In endless Variety;
CARDEN SEEDS
For all Seasons;
And everything olsc usually to bs had at a first
class Drug store, anil a complete lino of Lamps
and Lamp Goods and Fancy articles. All pre
Her iptions carefully filled by guaranted an experienced in pre
seriptionist. Satisfaction every¬
thing at
LITTLE’S DRUG STORE,
Crawlord, Ga.,
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EXPERIENCE.
“ Calvert, Texas,
May 3,1882.
“ I wish to express my appreciation of the
valuable qualities of
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
as a cough remedy.
“ While with Churchill’s army, just before
tho battle of Vicksburg, I contracted a se¬
vere cold, which terminated in a dangerous
cough. I found no relief till on our march
we came to a country store, where, on asking
for some remedy, I was urged to try Ayer’s
Cher n y Pectoral.
“I did so, and was rapidly cured. Sinca
then I have kept the Pectoral constantly by
hk, for family use, and I have found it to be
an invaluable remedy for throat and lung
diseases. J. W. Whitley.”
Thousands of testimonials certify to the
prompt cure of ail bronchial and lung
affections, by the uso of Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral. Being very palatable, the young¬
est children take it readily.
PREPARED by
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co. ( Loweii,IV3as8.
Sold by all Druggists.
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COUNTY CURRENCY.
COMMENTS CONCERNING COUNTY
CARELESSLY CULLED.
l'nwiint Though Is nr The Echo’s T.onf
er About IMIterent Thing.of oo Ureal
Importance.
There has been some kind of a balm
thrown over the stagnant ponds in this
county to stop the miasma that generates
Texas fever. Ilut few have been taken
with the disease this winter and some of
them have gone only to return. It would
be good for the diseased if it could be
forever eradicated from their systems.
At present it takes only three lawyers
to look alter the material crime insterests
of Oglethorpe county, and they are not
kept very busy. It would be better could
we get along with none, but those we
have are worthy limbs of the law, and
we gladly put up with enough misdeeds
to keep their souls and bodies together.
The whole county is in a holding
breath state on the prohibition'question.
It is frequently talked of in a quiet way,
but no great move will be made by eith¬
er side until some of our neighbor coun¬
ties have decided the question. Then it
will, in all probability, be lively. When
the proper time comes we will roll up
our sleevs and wade into the melee.
Week before last we congratulated
ourselves on being free from tramps, and
to show that advertising pays, four that
were died in the wool put up at the
Roane House that night to leave next
morning before paj ing tlieir bill; and ev¬
er since we have been almost daily visit¬
ed by them. Had we thought of the re¬
sult we would have said nothing about
them.
Since the passage of the stock law the
improvement in cattle lias been more
than pcrccptable. Scrubby stock has
been killed out and we see nothing hard¬
ly now but large, healthy, tliriving-look
ing cattle that pays for the trouble of
keeping and giving them attention. Nor
has the improvement ceased. In a few
years we will have nothing bHt fancy
cows, sheep and goats.
Spring oats will be the farmer’s sal¬
vation this year, if lie can get suitable
weather for planting them, and then
have better seasons foe growing them.
Alany have depended upon tlieir oat crop
and only made arrangements to get corn
enough to last them until harvest.
Should there he no harvest they will be
ill a pickle, as many of our merchants
say they will sell no more corn.
A county Court is sometimes spoken
of, and favored by many. There are
many advantages as well ns disadvanta¬
ges in such a court, which we will riot
attempt to discuss now. The greatest
advantage we see in it is that it will do
away with keeping, or trying to keep,
prisoners in our jail for six months.
With such a court many of them could
be tried and disposed of each month.
The small number of loafing negroes
throughout the comity in comparison to
the numbers of former years is notable.
This year it seems that they have been
either driven by necessity or made it a
matter of choice to hire by tbe year to
some wldte man, and not depend on dai¬
ly labor or pilfering for a living, ft is a
healthy sign for the country.
In this county J wc are not very strict
on vagrants, yet we have but few of them
and , they give us but very little ......i.i„ trouble.
\i v ’ ' e (1 ,lavt i.„„„ ' nPV ,<fr er Known known a ,l neirro n f ? or white woree
man arrested as such ill this county, not
that we do not observe the laws of the
land, but because we manage some way
to keep down this class of law-breakers.
They are a curse to any section, and we
are glad we are not so cursed.
The amount of bacon being sold by
our merchants is a subject of general dis¬
cussion. Never before have such enor¬
mous amounts been disposed of so early
in the year. Some are inclined to con¬
sider the fact an ill omen, but we don’t
It shows to us that our people are calcu¬
lating for the future and laying in their
, supply . while ..... it cheap. .... Why
year » is
not buy it now rather than later on when
prices are higher?
There are more than one or two men
in this county who are all the time un
easy about cyclones and tornadoes ; and
it seems that their fears are not unfound
ed. • TLeo J hey art* arc fronnent frequent ennmrh enough In to keep keen
theinael veH ever impressed upon a mind,
and damaffin? ” enough * to cause crave
fears. Yet they are predicted . more r fre
quent than ever during the spring and
summer. Pit* will be as numerous as
wells if some change is not made in the
.
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Homf nOME of of our our people people are are taking talcing advan- ajvan
tbe northern loan association
represented in this county by J. T. Olive,
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he can pay it back when due, we don t
know but what it is a good idea to bor
row ibis money if it cannot be had at a
less rate of interest. Fifteen per cent.
interest on money is , better than . twenty- . ,
"" c : e,lit ’
no matter wliere the money comes from.
The trouble with most of our landowo-
VOL. XI—No, 20.
ers is though tlieir lands are so incum¬
bered as to keep them from giving the
security required by these northern cap¬
italists.
It is bad to notice the general neglect
of truit trees and orchards throughout
the county. It is now time they were
receiving attention and being trimmed
and worked, yet we see very little of it
being done. Fruit is not a troublesome
luxury, as many think, but diet Intend¬
ed for summer and to keep down many
diseases. It you will notice those who
have no fruit you will see the good it
docs. Get your trees in trim within the
next few weeks.
We feel pretty bad over the partial
destruction of the out crop. It is euough
lo discourage a farmers to have as prom¬
ising a prospect as was two weeks ago,
and then see it destroyed in a few days.
But such is life; wc need not expect ev¬
erything to-work out for the best, or just
as wo would have it. Only let the back¬
set spur us up to strenuous efforts to
make up for the loss with some other
crop. Never give up, and success will
come in some way.
“We are going to start out behind this
year,” said a planter the other day. “It
only likes about fifteen days until corn
planting time now, and we have not
ploughed a furrow.” Rather had ; but
the fifteen days part astonishes us. The
first week in March used lobe the time
for planting corn, but King Cotton’s ed¬
ict lias changed it to tbe, first of April.
If we.will use every suitable day between
now and then, enough will be planted
to dn the county if it turns out any thing
like it ought to.
We have heard tho question asked,
“Why is it that so many other counties
in the state are out of debt with money
in their treasuries, while Oglethorpe is
always behind ?” It is a pretty hard
question to answer, but suppose it is be¬
cause the people of these other counties
are taxed heavier for county purposes
than we. Our commissioners have been
almost too close in this line. We say
levy a sufficient tax and save the pay¬
ment of interest. Don’t that strike you
as the better plan ?
We have learned why there is so much
sueing in our justice courts. Our mer¬
chants have adopted a plan of taking
notes for whatever amount a customer
falls behind in payment for the last
year’s supplies and then getting judg¬
ment on it right away, so that should the
debtor show title to any property the
creditor will be ready to nab it with the
oldest execution. Many of the judg¬
ments will lie dormuut for several years
and then made good, unexpectedly to the
person against whom they are.
Long Staple Cotton.
A groat many persons have been en¬
quiring about sen-island or long staple
cotton ; and to give them desired infor
mation [ ask the courtesy of your valua¬
ble columns.
Long staple cotton should be planted
in rows four or five feet apart. I should
be dropped in the drill two feet’upart,
and only two stalks left in the hill in
hoeing. It should be planted in March;
or earlier if tbe season will admit. Plant¬
ed as indicated a peck of seed will plant
an acre, or at a least a bushel will plant
three acres of land.
Last year I produced three bales bales weigh¬ I
ing 1,826 pounds ; two of these
sold in Bavannali—the and two weighing
786 pounds—at $21o. I 28J have 2!l bale cents—net¬ hand,
ting me bring one on the throe
and if it should 26 cents
bales will net me $850. I produced this
crop on six acres of ordinary land—well
manured with a ricli compost. 'Hie cul¬
tivation cost me no mote than other cot¬
ton. The picking costs $1 per hundred,
or in the aggregate $10; ginning on the
improved Horn gin—$1.00 per hundred
—$19.89; bagging and ties, $0.20, show¬
ing a net profit of $287 on six acres of
land—which is certainly paying thirty
three per cent better than a short staple
cotton. Decatur county will produce
long staple cotton as well as the western
counties of Florida. We can also pro¬
duce ns fine a cotton in length and
strength of staple .—ISainbride Jkmocrat.
Facts About (lotion.
Cotton was first grown by the early
colonists in 1621, but it was notanartic
le of general home consumption or of
export for many years In 1748 seven
bags of cotton-wool, valued at A-l 11s od
a bag.were among the exports of Charles
ton, »S. C.; anil alter toe revolution the
growth and exportation of the sea island
cotton had commenced,seed having been
stained from one of the leeward isles.
Originally the cotton was separated afterward from
.be seed with the fingers, and
among "f l hen. r ® he employment of a Tmo long
Bow fitted with a number of Hiring* which.
being vibrated by the blows of a wooden
mallet while in contact with a bunch of
^ Rt) i, whfiftk the seed and dust from the
[Ser ^ ^ Jjubreuill a vv filthy
of New Orleans, invented a clean
j n g machine, which was «o far successful
as to give quite an impulse to the cotton
culture in Louisiana, and several other
inventions were subsequently used in
other sections of the .South, but eon of
t | iem accomplished the desired work. In
1794 Eli Whitney, then residing in Oeor
gia, discovered the saw gin, which re
jsArMSr.tSS r ^ pounds dav instead of
3 a one
[M)Ull( j i | le had been able t#do by baud.
This wonderful labor--aving raacliine has
- xert-d an influeuce on the indn-.rial
interests of the world, and has placed
^ H|)J „ ur na ti„nal ex-.ort*.— At
lanOi ConttitutUm.
Give your lx»y Smith** Worm oil.
HOME-SPUN FUN,
SPUN FROM YARNS PRODUCED IN
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
A Few of The Solemn llnppeniiings (hat we
Kim Ipon in Our Wauderiugs. The Lust
Work, of Our Fighting Editor Before lie
Left for the West to Chaw up n Whole
BhiiiI of Wild Indians that Uncle Sam Can’t
Manage. Tackle Him.
A FULL GRADUATE.
To be teased about the mistakes he
made when he first went to clerking did
not set well with Aunt Wash by a long
jump. It made him as mad ns blazes to
be laughed at about them, so he decided
he would, by bard study, learn to be a
graduated clerk, believing that that was
the only way to stop the fun. He stud¬
ied the names of goods by day and would
read up on them by night. Colors both¬
ered him more than anything else, and
being asked for pink and not knowing
what color it was, resorted to an encyclo¬
pedia for light on the subject, anti fou ml
that pink was a pnlo red. In a few days
a young lady asked for soma pink lawn.
“Got plenty of it, mum, in different
shades. This, I think, i- the prettiest.”
And he threw down a piece that was pale
blue.
“That’s not pink, said the lady. “It
is blue.”
“I see,” said Auntie. "But if pale red
is pink, ain’t pale blue pink, too, of a
different shade ?”
lie missed the sale.
TAi.KINU AS ROME TALKS.
Dr. Reynolds never lets ail idea slip
that will engracc him in the opinions of
his patients. If lie goes to see ail edu¬
cated patient he calls everything by its
doctorlogical name, always longer thnn
your arm, and legs, too, but if lie goes to
see uneducated folks lie calls them by
the names iie supposes his patient uses.
He oven goes so far as to say “cliist” for
“chest,” when ho thinks lie is among
people that talk that way. In other
words his intention is to “talk while in
Rome ns Romans talk.”
Nil many days ago he was called to
see a woman whoso mansion was a log
cabin, and the surroundings correspond¬
ing. He left, as a prescription, to put a
inusturd plaster over her “chist” so that
it would he entirely covered.
When lie made his next cull he asked
after the plaster, and was astounded
when answered :
“Doctor, we ain’t got no chist, but put
the plaster on a trunk, thinking they
were about the same. It took a mighty
big ’un.”
The patient died.
TRULY CONVERTED CONVERT.
Negroes arc strange animals. Or rath¬
er they are more of a cross between an
animal and a bird, as they mimic what¬
ever is done by the whites ns would a
monkey and repeat whutever is said by
tlieir enucassion friends as would a par¬
rot. They carry this mimicing business
into their churches as well as elsewhere,
going tlirough the motions without, in
many instances, ever being buptized by
the Holy Sp’rit.
Not long since, soon after the whites
had had a revival at one of our churches,
the colored population had one at their
church and many “jined.” The preach¬
er appointed a day to baptize them, and
a large crowd gathered to see the work.
The applicants were standing around the
pool, and the preacher led the first into
tlio water, soused him under in an off¬
hand manner, and came near strangling
him to death. When the applicant came
out of the water coughing, pulling and
grumbling, another of the applicants
looked at him intently for a while and
rcinnrked :
“I jess tell yer, some of yer is gwirie to
git drownded at yer d—n foolishness yet,
if yer don’t mind.”
He broke up the meeting.
THE SNOW. THE SNOW.
We bad no idea a disease called “writ
'ing poetry on snow” was contagious un¬
til last Friday. We have no idea when
we were close enough to Tennyson,
Longfellow or Shakespeare to contract
the serious malady, but it developed it
se jf on the day above named and we
rou ]j m ,t refrain from writing:
Good '/j^j^'Vi/ronKhUiVi^ Lord, pity and send
us no morel
„ comP8 n ke chips of elder pith,
Mon- than we have any business with;
,fllt can endure it better than to sleep with
Jou Smith,
*' < ’ r,tu » 8 “ , " ch “> «*»"’■ J - ,>oster -
H’s of no use—it’s only a pester—
It’s only a bother, a cold-toe infester;
But the same might be said of T. Rufus Lester.
It bites onr finders and freezes our toes,
And drifts in banks on George Smith’s long nose,
Whate, *« R hi made for the following shows.
as should the dinger little Willie Deadwyler.
j t * g made into delight croup-giving frozen snow eyesgleam, cream
Ami ate with that makes onr
As does Walt lister’s when on Miss —they
| t increases the figures of the coat dealer’s hill,
And doubles the flow of the juice from the still
That tangles up the legs of Latimer, WU1.
it causes ns to hunt for the mutton snot,
massstsssss.
But the sun cemes out and drives it away,
we<- nTii^ L-g- uf I«cl^l“away,
< And is imt pushed for room).
Thcsnow, «ho .now; ithas madeof« a poet,
Though b> th we lines you d liardly know it.
r ° r ,H ' uhc '' tl,uir rh 3 ,rac «»«*
Of But poetic they’ve rhyme taken they slightly wits, and smack; until they
our i
back, for Editor Shack.
Won’t you fee! sorry i»oor