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VOL. XVI.—NO. 10.
COUNTY GOSSIP.
As it Comes to Us Over Our
Grapevine Telephone.
A FULL PAGE OF COUNTY NEWS
Upon Which is Recorded all the Hap
pennlngs of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—The year waneth.
—Selecting presents.
—Moving has begun.
—Nog time near at hand.
—Beautiful May weather.
—Wheat sowing in full blast.
—Real summer weather this week.
—Book agents more than numerous.
—This unseasonable weather breeds
sickness.
—Blank court contracts for sale at
this office.
—Just fifteen days and the holiday
fun ’ ”
opens.
—How about cotton seed to plant
next spring.
—See notice from Brooks and Craw
ford elsewhere.
•—The Christmas gobbler gobbleth,
but not for long.
musical —Lexington lays no claim to being
a eentie.
—A propitious week for getting the
last of the staple.
—Brooks has a beauliL.l line of
Christmas goods.
—We hear of several marriages to be
after the holidays.
—Holiday goods begining to he
brought to the front.
—To-day is the day upon which Huff
was sentenced to haiW
. »1bc common qualm.. r-"
—This lias been an unusually busy
week with the Terminal.
—Shopping parties from this section
visit Athens almost daily.
—A good ileal of building going on
over the county at present.
—Don’t forget the important milita¬
ry meeting for next Alonday.
—The hack makes occasional trips
to Lexington with passengers.
—Several Lexingtonians will spend
the holidays away from home.
—Cotton lias rolled in steadily this
week and the price remains good.
—A dozen cottages in Lexington
would find ready renters next year.
—Not as much complaint about last. a
scarcity of hands this winter as
—No further development in the
telephone line during the past week.
—There will be some business chan¬
ges in Lexington the first of the year. |
—Our town will be full of visiting weeks.
yong ladies during the next few
—Lexington’s building boom will
come like a cyclone alter the holidays.
—The tax-collector was in Lexington
Alonday and it was a busy day with
him. least
—The promise is for at a score
of hoarding scholars in Lexington next
year. ‘ —The alliance is busy making ar¬
rangements and contracts lor next
year. should effort in
—There be more
behalf of a school at this place next
year. —The colored people of this place
have a flourishing lodge of Knights of
Honor. had
—The Terminal an exciting race
with a mule Tuesday and came out sec¬
ond best.
—A boarding house on a large scale
is one of the probabilities for Lexington
next year.
—Athens is being numerously visited
by buyers from this section of Christ¬
mas goods. have
_Thanks to the many who res¬
ponded to our cross ma’rkjrequestsome
weeks since.
—The Wm. IT. Sims is now snugly
domiciled, a neat engine house having
been erected.
—The county hoard of education will
hold an important meeting in Lcxing
ton Alonday next.
—Our bottled snake, after living over I
two months without food or water, has
rich ed ut) the ghost. j
T a r,n» drove of £ ho<*s were in T ex
rngton • the fire of f the week, veck but hut tI they n
found rather slow sale
_Odelhorpc county has made hotter
average crops than any of her neigh
boring counties this year.
-Legal holidays, thanksgivings nor
me morial services do not disturb Lex
in’rion to anv great extent.
ll)rninmers and the traveling praise public of the
<renerallv speak in highest
convenience of the Terminal.
r, h f ... ra } , .if„?-in , -I „<• i
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out of debt u. 3 e , 1 ( A
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will hear this great tact in n.mo.
_One thousand dollars was the puce
named; for a two-acre day. building lot in
ibis place P the other it wasn t
soM. C should ,,
_f^xmMon’d yrt men u re
rail their former <rah..ntry and see that
visiting young ladies are royally enter
twined
-r/to Some of our neighboring papers will
^we erroneously intimate that
in'this is bounty. an or-anized band of white caps
A
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OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1889.
All in One Boll.
which Major Chatin would sends had us a cotton boll
it seem an ambition
to be a whole patch within itself. It
contains fifteen locks in a cluster, all
of which are ready for the picker.
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Will Open Boaiding House.
Mrs. Carrie E. Jarrell has rented the
I)r. B. Y. Willingham house in this
place and will open it as a boarding
house for school children next year.
We welcome this excellent lady to our
town and hope she may secure all the
boarders she can accommodate.
A Big School Promised.
The indications are for a large at
i tendance at Meson academy engaged next year,
I board having already been for
a number Weaver of pupils daily from expected the country. he
; Prof. is to
gin his arrangements for the school,
j and we ....................- predict for him every encour- ---------
! agement.
Attention, Oglethorpe Rifles.
You will hear in mind that Monday
next is the day appointed for you to
and meet to adopt uniforms. bylaws and There a constitution will
to select be
other important business before the
meeting, and wish every member, become as well as
those who to members
should be present.
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A Christmas Tree.
Sunday last committees and were Sunday- appoin
ted schools by the Baptist consideration Union
to take into a
Christmas tree for schools jointly.
These committees decided to got up
one to be on Christmas night at the
Masonic hall, fund and are already at work
raising a and securing presents
for it.
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We are Weather Blessed
Never in the memory of the oldest
inhabitant have we enjoyed so much
pretty balmy weather having at this season of
Hie, year as we are now. While
d is thus here we see that our Northern
„,„d an.I sins],. Truly arc vre fiooood
mU( | t)i0 eloinonts.
It Will bo F>-ea.
The Sabbath-school at Mt. Pleasant
church is preparing a celebration to be
given on Christmas day, and we arc re
quested to correct a report charged. that an will ad
mittance fee will he It
he entirely free and the public is invii
ed to attend. An interesting program
is being arranged and it will doubtless
be a rare entertainment.
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A Present in Advanoe.
One of the most handsome as well
as useful Christinas presents we have
seen m a long time is that received by
Mrs. J. Olive,Jof this place, the other
day. It is a beautiful top buggy, which
her’brother, Judge Lumpkin, presented
to her, he making the presentation in
advance owing to the fact that he will
be away until after the holidays.
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Will Contribute Again.
We know our readers will join us in
our delight at it promise from “Frank
O’Leary” during the to contribute to our The columns produc¬
of coming gifted year.
tions this writer arc always
elevating as well as entertaining and
will be. as they have been, read with
great pleasure. Our readers will look
forward to them with expectancy.
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Where the Gain Cornea in.
One of the largest cotton buyers graded told
us the other day that cotton had
from an eighth to a quarter of a cent
higher all during this season, and that
up to the loth of November very few
bales had classed lower than middling
and a majority of them good middling.
This is where the crop is turning out so
well to the farmers. Better price has
ruled also.
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His Christmas Goods.
feehlom ,, ,, 1S . su< , b a stock of Christmas
goods seen . in a town the size ot Lex
ington as that now offered by Lddie
Roane at his little store. It embraces
every vaniety of fruits and nuts, an el
egant line ot fancy candies and a varied
stock of tova.^ Eddie shows an enter
prise and desire to please his customers
that should be copied by some ot bis
older competitors.
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Another Loan Association.
The citizens of Crawford have taken
ma nv shares in the Southern Home
Building and will Loan Association home of At
lanta, and form a branch of
that institution. This means a contin
nance of this live town’s building boon,,
being 1‘anlsome already announced that sever
cottages will be erected
neiir future. There are few
more thriving n towns than Crawford.
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A Department of Peumanthip.
jf ]> ro f. ]{. AI. Gilham, of this place,
can make satisfactory arrangements
with Prof. Weaver, he will open a de
partment of penmanship and type wri
ting in connection with the other stud
ies taught at Meson academy next year
Prof. Gilham is an adept penman aud
a successful teacher of the art and this
special feature will be no small addition
to the curriculum at Aleson acacetnv.
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Something Real Handsome.
This week AY. A. Latimer has opened
. . )Ut UDOU his shelves a line of the
the line of chiua and glassware that
has ever been seen in this place, which
is attracting much attention. Latimer
also has a full assortment of fruits can
dies and nuts for the holiday trade.
Everybody knows that Latimer will
not be excelled in his stocks of fancy
goods.
CRAWFORD ITEMS.
The News of Our Railroad City
Told in Paragraphs
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Things that Transpire in and Around
the City Likely to Interest the
Curious Public In General.
—You can’t guess where Howard Ar
nold went last Sunday.
j —Rev. J. G. Gibson is in Atlanta on
’ business this week.
important
J^t‘ i>___ llaprist^hureli^Jext’sSndS ™___» u.n.. _.m ______.1.
the
uiwht
-The Lexington Terminal hit. (he
! grit again one day last week but no
damage
| —Prof. Rhodes’ school closed last
;
1 January. Friday, lie will open again tlie <>th ot
!
—Miss Blanche Armor, of Wilkes,
spent a few days last, week with rela¬
tives here.
—Harry what and Dave lady say that they refer¬ can
guess young we had
ence to last week.
—Rev. ,T. G. Gibson preached a very
tine sermon at the first Baptist church
last Sunday night.
—The buggy wheels that are on top [
of the well shelter this week arc an or¬ j
nament to our town.
—<»ood ... col on , brought 9.5-4 ri^ht ]
along this week, so the farmers contin- i
ue to bring in tho stuff.
—IT note Jesse Armistead has grow¬
ing in his turnip patch one that meas¬
ures its inches in circumference. It is
a large one, you bet.
—The Lexington Terminal now car¬
ries the mail from here to Lexington.
John Moore won’t have to visit Lex¬
ington so often after this.
—N. J. Bennett, traveling agent for
the Southern Home Building and Loan
Association, was here a few days since
and met with good success,
—We were mistaken in regard to Air.
E. L. Johnson’s getting burned out a
few days ago. He got his furniture out
of ,i l0 j. 00 m. but several things were
stolen after they were put in the yard,
—Married, in Athens, Rev. J. F.
Cheney the officiating, on the 10th inst.,
at home of the ‘bride’s father. Air.
W. T. Cooper and Miss Mamie Lee
Reynolds. We remember Tom well,
and wish him, as all other Oglethorpe
boys, well. Tom has made a wise
choice, the bride being one of Athens’
hellos.
Will Remain in Lexington.
whether Alany times Prof. have we been asked
or not Afoss will contin¬
ue to make Lexington his home. We
are glad to answer that lie will. lie
tells us he will take next year as one
of much needed rest from liis long ser¬
vices as teacher, after which he will ci¬
ther engage in some other business or
give his farm his undivided attention.
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Christmas Gifts.
Skiff, the jeweler, will give to the
unmarried young ladv who will produce
the most words from the letters spell¬
ing “Skiff, the jeweler” a first, prize of
a plush dressing ease; to the oue pro¬
ducing the next largest number a pearl
handle gold pen. Names and list of
words should be sent in before Christ¬
mas. invited Oglethorpe ladies are especially
to compete for these prizes.
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An Old Citizen Afflicted.
We regret very much an affliction
which has befallen Air. Reese Watkins
of Simston district, one of the oldest j
and most respected citizens of the eoun
Some two months since an ulcer
-
0 us 80r „ Inade its appearance on his
f, K;e increased in size and re
fused to heal until it is feared it is a
cancei .. ]Ie is at present in Convcrs
under treatment of Dr. Travis, a ape
( .j a ]j s i an ,i W e are glad Improvement to know ihat
hc has h of lin 1 ,
Want*# a Battallion.
The Washington Chronicle suggests
l l lat ert t ! ie ^ com e l )a U* es ° ,r AN '\dkes,
an< , > Hancock ,™T ’ counties ir eenc, organize arreu
themselves into a jattahon to be called
00m , s Battalion. h . suggestion is
a ^ one if all the counties named
had military (.omp.inic. , as they shoe d
!>»'?• Oglethorpe future hopes if to have one he
m the very near favor can
gamed with the authorities of the State
who have in charge the issuing ot
arms. !
1
He Wouldn’t „ , go Dead.
Some two weeks “Nig,” the little I
terrier belonging to Mr. J. T. Arnold,
of this place, was attacked with every
symptom of poison, which as the owner [ ,
thought proved fatal, and he had the
remains of his pet consigned to agullv
oil his premises. Tuesday last a negro place
passing the supnosed last resting
of the canine was surprised to find him
sl ;jj a jjj vf . |, u t almost starved fed’ He
was brought to the house, and
2/rimcy bids fair to escape bis final end for
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(VF*mrd1 sTorv fife-r A Fnnkeri^foin J.m rlacked have a
th reo b-nIdin-r
*' lth a]1 the grades of . iirnituu.; ...... and
from thecheapes to the finest
do not pro] 5 so to be undersold by j 1
anv house i = the State.
PURELY PERSONAL.
e are „] a( | ( 0 no ( e (] ia t y[ r s. Lat
imer continues to improve.
—Jos. J. Smith made a business trip
to Atlanta Friday and Saturday last.
—Miss Lucy Clayton Johnson visited
friends and relatives in Lexington this
week.
—Miss Ruby Thurmond, of Athens,
visited friends in Lexington Friday and
Saturday last.
Mt. —Rev. Ford church Mcllee will preach morning at
Pleasant Sunday
next at 11 o clock.
| Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Johnson, of
} Athens, are visiting friends and rela
| tives * u 1 * 11S vicinity this week,
| state —Rev. that W. he F. will Smith preach requests at Center us to
church ‘o-morrow and Sunday.
—Miss Camilla Willingham, of Craw
ford spent a few days the first, of the
week with relatives m this place,
—Miss Gallic Fanning, of near Wash
in S to "> visited Miss Kate Callaway,
near town Monday and Tuesday last.
— It was a sweet little miss who came
Friday last to brighten the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. Stewart, of this place.
—Mr. 11. C. Zuber, one of the prom¬
inent citizens of Falling Greek district,
paid the Echo an appreciative visit
Tuesday.
—Airs. J. 0. Orr and son. Towns, of
Athens, visited their aunt, Mrs. Shack¬
tlie elford, of this place, several daysduring
past week.
—Messrs. IV. G. Johnson, J. T. Ar
nold, W. J. Cooper, Eugene Lester and
Lee Callaway represented Lexington in
Athon8 Tue s«lay.
—Miss Mamie Hurt, of Maxeys, so
popular in spend Lexington, is expected with next rela¬
week to tlie holidays
tives in this place.
—Mrs. IL W. Grady, daughter and
son, of Atlanta, have been on a visit
to her sister, Mr. W. M. Howard, in
this place, this week.
—Messrs. McWhorter and Howard
report a pleasant visit and successful
hunt in Greene last. week. Judge
Lumpkin joined them Saturday.
—The people of Moore, Lexington who has will driven ever
remember John
the mail for the past year. He has al¬
ways been obliging and pleasantly so.
—Judge Lumpkin and wife amt Mr.
A. S. Richardson and wife left Tuesday the
morning to spend several weeks Alabama. at
old Richardson homestead in
—We are glad to has be able to report sick
Alartin Leary, who been quite
at the home of his father, above Craw¬
ford, for several weeks, as much better.
—W. Al. Howard took his first rabbit
limit the other day and was perfectly
carried away with the sport, He will
accept rabbit dogs as Christinas pres¬
ents.
— We had a pleasant call Wednesday
from Rev. W. B. Dillard, who will lie
stationed at Dahlonega next. year. He
is one of the rising conferenc. young divines of the
North Georgia
JUST ONE CROP.
KulMt*d by a Couple of Oulethorpe’u Voimc
Parmerci.
It is a noticable fact the young farm¬
ers of the present day are the most suc¬
cessful. It is not ail easy matter to
explain this. The plans of farming
now are different from what they were
even ten years ago. Like in ail other
lines of industry there are improved
methods, improved These implements, old has im
pioved notin ways. instance the taken farmer The*
every to.
farmer is naturally slow to adopt chan¬
ges, hut the youug farmer taking hold
with them at first soon masters them
and is experienced not long in neighbor outstripping clings his
more who
on f° Hie ways of long ago.
In one verified particular in instance this have by we
seen this county, a
couple of boy farmers who are making
a decided sueces of their vocation.
They conducted are verifying the business fact that principles farm¬
ing business, on that there is
is a paying as
much or more to be made, by it than
by any other straight out avocation.
They run a twenty-five mule farm and
the following is a record of their crop:
:5(K) bales of cotton.
4,000 bushels of corn.
12,000 bushels pounds of of meat.
1.1)00 peas.
.500 bushels of wheat.
GOO gallons of molasses.
1,000 bushels of potatoes.
With oats, hay and other provender
in propotion. raising this big these
Bessidos crop,
young farmers have found time to saw
a large lot of lumber, build a number
of tenant houses, run a mill and public
gin, sell about as many goods as the
average town store and do numerous
other things. All of which have been
personally supervised by them, and
that is the secret of their success. But j
reckon we had better say who they are. I
j jee and Jewett the Callaway, two of the ^
cleverest boys sun ever rose upon.
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Male No Mistake. ’
If you have made up your mind to buy
Hood’s Sarsaparilla do be induced t» take any
other. Hoods Sarsaparilla by i* peculiar medi
virtue of iu peculiar.™.. ■
” nat,on ’ proportion andI preparation, curative
I
from impure blood or low «tate of the system
a unequalled, lie sure to get Hood’s. \
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Km* rOl IVnits lIllliS, CaiBiieS, ml i<*s CJ<iCk ft-tcW
ers an( ] t<>YS, go to
EDDIE L\', ll ,T 1. KOANL.S. P , -.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
A Last Sad Tribute Paid the
Dead Chieftain.
THE BELLS OF THE TOWN TOLLED
At the Hour of His Funeral and the
People Meet to do Honor to
His Great Name.
Wednesday, when the town clock had
ceased to strike twelve, the hour an¬
nounced for the funeral of Ex-Presi¬
dent Jefferson Davis in New Orleans,
the bells of the town began to toll in
sad commemoration of the occasion.
What pangs of grief must each stroke
of these bells have sent to the hearts of
every Confederate soldier in their hear¬
ing. They were forcible reminders that
the remains of the greatest and most
beloved of their leaders was being con¬
signed to the dust from whence it came;
that the soul that occupied them had
down to its reward; that the lips whose
commands they had so bravely and
willingly obeyed were silent.; that the
great mind which had planned inactive; so many
a victory tliev had won was
that the hands which had guided the
helm of state when their souls were
tried were folded in death; that the
steel-grey eyes into which many of
them had looked and saw all that was
manly, noble and good depicted, which were only
closed in that long sleep
Gabriel’s trumpet shall awaken.
And so it was with sadness they and
other citizens repaired to the court¬
house to pay the last sad tribute to the
dead chieftain. It is a matter of re¬
gret that sufficient notice could not he
given of the meeting that, more of the
old ticipate. soldiers Not and one citizens would Jcotrld have not,‘par¬ willing¬
ly staid away, but deemed it an honor
to have joined in any service designed
to commemorate the name of one whom
all the nation honors and rather praises. slitnly As
it was the meeting was interest and
attended but lacked not of
sincerity. called order by motion of
It was to a
Hamilton McWhorter to elect (i. W.
Smith to the chair. The motion unan¬
imously prevailed. motion elected
Geo. C. Smith was on
secretary with W. A Shackelford assist¬
ant.
The chair requested the Air. meeting. McWhorter In
to state the speech object Mr. of AlcWhortcr, who
u pretty participate in the
was too young to
struggle which immortalized Mr. Davis
delegated that duty to Col. W. G. John¬
son,Who was a member of the first
regiment of volunteer soldiers from
Georgia accepted by the Confederate
States.
Mr. Johnson arose with tears in
his eves, lie knew Air. Davis, had
seen him several times and loved him
and his evident grief bespokejhis object of affec¬ the
tions. After stating the
meeting, eloquently and touchingly did
he pay as high tribute as ever fell from
the lips of a subject to bis ex-chieftain.
For a half hour Air. Johnson did befit¬
ting honor and‘citizen to Mr. Davis as the soldier,
statesman and all his re¬
marks met with a hearty response from
his audience.
After Mr. Johnson had spoken calls
for Hon. J. T. Olive were made. lie
arose and offered the following tribute
and resolutions which were unanimous¬
ly adopted by the meeting:
One of Georgia’s truest sons and most
eminent divines, Dr. I\ II. Alell, who
has himself crossed over the river into
the land of unending peace and glory
beyond its shores and is now re-united
with his adored chieftain, once said of
Jefferson Davis, while a prisoner of
war at Fortress Monroe:
“What though he may be a solitary
captive in a sea-washed fortress? The
very waves, wild and free, that beat
against it as they recede will hear his
namo and fame to the remotest shores,
and his very prison house, meant to he
his living tomb, will acquire immortal¬
ity front its association with him, and
by his presence he transferred into a
shrine to which the liberty-loving sons
of all lands will resort.”
Such was the estimate, nearly a quar¬ and
ter of a century ago, by a and great effect of
good man of the influence
Mr. Davis’ example and career upon
the good and true men of the earth,
Nor was it overdrawn. Greatness in
prosperity aud success is not to be com
pared with that greatness "disaster, which rises
supreme above defeat and
ru U)
He who . sacrifices himself ,. , er for the a e
of a great principle ami becomes its
grandest martyr w.l never be forgotten
by those who love the right because earth- it |
>* r *g ht an<l who valucs
virtues the courage which makes a
n,)ble nian »tand firmly by his convic-,
D° rm an ' 1 the faithfulness which keeps |
him true to them, no matter what fate ,
betides. Such a man was Jefferson I>a
vis, and so lie will rank in history jet.
to he written.
If his prison is to be immortalized
b( . (;alme of i,j s sufferings within its
„ ]oorm . walls, what will be the sacred
«'» flowed spiff honored his las.
resting place? II vve could he permit
ted to look into the ages yet to come,
we would see gathered around this
blessed .spot the true, the noble and the
brave from every clime and quarter of
the globe mutely reverencing and si- ;
lently praising the virtues of the Souths •
most famous son. More imperishable
$1.00 A YEAR
than bronze or marble will be his mem¬
ory, glory more lasting his than printed records
the of deeds.
The people of his own loved country,
exln'pV^ 1 h " is
u„atul his' "
will teach their children that he proved
failure in a righteous cause was better
than success in an unholy one, and fa
there will urge them to emulate his
lofty courage and sublime devotion to
truth, lint not to the Southland alone
will his undying fame be confined.
Even the North will one day recognize
his merit and his sincerity, and far be¬
yond is all dear the seas the wherever hearts of the human lib¬ of
erty to sons
men his glorv will abide.
Therefore, be ir resolved by the sor¬
rowing people of Oglethorpe death county—
First, That in the of our great
and venerated chieftain, Hon. Jefferson
Davis, we recognize the temporal end
of the Confederacy’s while most prominent
martyr, and we express our un¬
shaken loyalty to the Union of our fa¬
thers and its imperishable principles
honestly he did, and faithfully believe administered, as
ever wo yet and trust
that in the administration of our gov¬
ernment there yet may prevail those
principles for which Mr. Davis strug¬
gled ,Second, and faithful That to which he died. and
we will revere
cherish his memory while life endures
and inculcate in our children an affec¬
tionate reverence for his lofty virtues
and unyielding fidelity to principle.
Thml , That we extend our sincere
and sorrowful tribute of love and sym¬
immediate pathy to the stricken members of his
family, and join in the com¬
mon grief of a nation for a nation's de¬
parted hero.
Fourth, That we request the publica¬
tion of these resolutions by the ()<. .,r:
tiioki’K Echo and such other papers
as may feel inclined.
After Mr. Olive, Messrs. \V. E. Faust
J. T. M. I fa ire, E. 1. Reynolds, J. S.
Uaughn, J. ,1. Daniel, Thus. I). Gil¬
liam, Geo. II. Lester, A. Ilairc, J. J.
Guill, Bacon, W. T. \V. Young, Smith A. Olive, W. II.
ane G. responded to
calls made for them, all uniting in be¬
speaking their admiration of and rev
cranee for the dead hero, and with one
accord defending those principles of
government Jt indeed he upheld.
though was a pleasant meeting
sad, and was a befitting
tribute to the memory of the purest
man, the grandest statesman, the lira
vest soldier the South ever produced.
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McELREE’S WINE OF CARDUI for Weak Nerves.
A CONVICT KILLED.
Two Attempt fin IChfuim’ at Niultli’w rump
ttml One In Killed by (lie (Jiiartl.
Tuesday Inst a messenger came from
Smith’s convict camp in this county
after the coroner to hold an inquest
over a convict who had been killed at
that camp that morning.
When they were being taken out to
work two of the convicts made a break
for by liberty the guard and though they were shot
at (light- Another they guard continued their
on horseback
pursued heading them the fugitives offal bridge and succeeded in
a over which
they had to pass. When lie hailed
them one of the negroes jumped at him
and got hold of his gun. Thev scuffled
awhile, but the guard secured the gun,
and so seeing the convict seized a
guard bludgeon and the made for him, when the
fired, entire load lodging in
the negro’s breast producing instant
dentil. He was sent up from Greene
county for a long term, The other ne
gro The was verdict captured.
of the coroner’s jury was
that the killing was done by tho guard
in self defense and entirely exonerted
him from any blame.
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tite by taking feel like Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Thousands it will
make you a new person.
have found health, and relief from suffering
by the use of this great blood purifier, when
all other means failed.
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KICKING ABOUT TAXES.
A (General Howl Hf*ln« Knltifii! About the
Heavy Inureane.
Taxes this year are about twenty per
cent, higher than they were last and
twenty-live percent, higher Of than thev
were theyear previous. course this
occasions small a pretty general of questioning
and no amount kicking upon
the part of many tax-payers. We can’t
blame them, we’d kick, too, if we
thonght it would do any good.
Alany have a mistaken idea that this
increase is in the county tax, but it is
not. The county tax assessment lias
been the same—five-tenths of one per
cent.—ever since 18715, hut the increase
in the State tax has been heavy. The
main cause of so great an increase this
year is the tax levied to raise #365,000
for the public school fund under an act
of the last winter’s session of the I.esr
islaturc and the long, expensive . ad
journal session There of the Legislature this
summer. have been other causes
of course for the met ease, hut these arc
the main ones
But it mature not « at the causes
he they do pot lessen the amount ot
kicking by the people, laxw, no mat
ter how light, arc always considered
burdensome by most people, and, ot
course, considered when they are unendurable. heavy they But are
almost
they arc not as heavy in Georgia of yet other as
thev are in a majority the
States of the Union Theyare lighter
than in an\ other Southe rn . tate, so
those who have investigted the matter
tell us Therefore we should not com
plain, but rather congratulate ourselves
that we live in a county where the tax
es do not mcrease and in a State where
they remain lighter than in any sist
State.