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Y0L. XVI.—NO. 16.
COUNTY GOSSIP.
As it Comes to Us Over Our
Grapevine Telephone.
A FULL PAGE OF COUNTY NEWS
Upon Which Is Recorded all the Hap
pennings of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—Sowing spring oats.
—Garden seed on sale.
—Drummers everwhere.
—An oft' week for local news.
—Talk the county fair next fall.
—Chitterlings are ripe this week.
—Farming operations have fully be¬
gun.
—Rather variegated weather this
week.
—Small farms are in demand around
town.
—A regular beef market is a dire
necessary.
—Now for a snow and we'll admit
it’s winter.
—Wish we had a hundred bales of
cotton to sell.
—The Terminal freight business rap¬
idly increases.
—We’ve been borrowing from spring
again this week.
—Another big social event is to be
in the near future.
—Some farmers hauling guano while
the roads are good.
—Six months hence will find great
change in Lexington.
—The matrimonial wave seems to
have somewhat abated.
—Who killed the largest hog in pro¬
portion to age is the topic.
—The paint brush will come into play
in Lexington this summer.
—A fund for the Grady place. monument
is being raised in this
—The Echo job office gets work
from as far as Columbus, Miss.
—A new and improved form of mort¬
gage note for sale at this office.
—We merely ask what has become
of the telephone line to Athens?
—A considerable amount of sueing
is being done in our Justice courts.
—The stables at the Methodist par¬
sonage in this place are being built.
—A bad form of measles is preva¬
lent in several sections of the county.
—Several extra freight trains have
been run over the Terminal again this
week.
—Our young people should devise
some pastimes for these long eve¬
nings.
—We are anxiously awaiting foi tho
Blue Granite Company to make itself
heard.
—Local weather prophets predict and
some bad weather for February
March.
—The. rise of cotton lias enabled some
of our buyers to “get out” as they
term it.
—Home raised meat rather plentiful,
but corn is scarce with some in conse¬
quence.
—Lexington merchants expect than to
handle more guano this season
ever before
—Farmers are busy sowing spring
oats and making preparations for the
has been diisk.
—The air is loaded with the aroma
of guano. There will be stacks of it
sold this season.
—Several new boarding scholars
came in Monday, but there is room for
several more yet.
—We were wrong in saying the last
car of coal had arrived. There is one
more to come yet.
—A bi" sensation is brewing iu Sim
ton district which may be made known
at ‘ -Stockholders'in our next court
the building and
loan association will remember that to
morrow is pay day.
—Double the number of drummers
visit Lexington as did before tlie build¬
ing of the railroad.
—More farmers than usual are get¬
ting the advantage of the usual rise in
cotton at this season.
—Big trunks with little drummers
are now the order of the day. They
are selling spring goods.
—The small boy and the parlor rifle
now hold close communion, but the
robins are few and far between.
—The largest hog we have heard of
was kill by Mr. I. R. Hall living above
Crawford. It weighed 510 pounds net.
—It is not an uncommon ladies thing for a
bevy of Lexington to walk to
Crawford and ride back on the Termi
nal.
—Cotton continues to come to mar
the farmers j et.
—From the number of deeds being
recorded by the clerk it would seem
that eonsid'erable property is changing
h.nds.n the eountv.
—The staple took arise in the price
the first of the week, good cootton Tuesday, bring
ing 10 1-2 cents in Lexington of it in
What a pity there wasn't more
the hands of farmers.
PI #gktl)0fp.c £cl)o.
LEXINGTON, OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1890.
Off the Snow Sank.
J Yesterday was the rawest day so far
of the winter. We see from weather
reports that to the northwest of us
there was the first of the week a most
fearful snow storm. That’s what
brought us verterdav's disagreeable
weather.
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The bate Changed.
The date for the concert to he giyen
by the Winterville brass band has been
changed from the night of the 25th, as
mentioned last week, to the night of
the first of February. A most excel¬
lent program is being arranged and a
rare treat is in store for all who at¬
tend.
I Just One Cargo.
in Saturday last the Terminal brought
one cargo of freight which placed
thirty-odd dollars in the road’s treasu¬
ry. It consisted of four cars of guano,
all heavy ones. With many such trips
as this one the road will be able to
stand the dullness which must come in
the summer.
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It Comes Soiling in.
The rise in the price of cotton du
that ring the past week developed the fact
much of it was still in the hands of
farmers. It has been rolling in
this week almost as it it wasmNoveni
her. We hear of one farmer who had
the eighty three bales on hand waiting for
high price.
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Meson's Second Week.
The roll of .Meson academy was
swelled to forty-eight scholars Monday
morning last, and there are yet several
others to come in. The prospects now
are that there will be seventy-five names
upon the roll before the term closes.
Prof. Weaver is proving himself am¬
ply capable to handle this number and
even more.
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To Talk Building and Loan.
There should be more stock taken
in our Building and Loan Association
than is by the people of this place.
To induce more to go into it, Mr.
J. W. Brumby, State agent of Home
Association, the will be in Lexington with¬
in next few days and will probably
talk many who have not in the notion
of taking stock.
He Didn’t Come.
Mr. Guill informs us that he was dis¬
appointed by the. non-arrival last week
of Mr. Haralson, the blacksmith whom
he had employed. If he does not put
in his appearance in a few days Mr.
Guill will be on the lookout for anoth¬
er. Mr. G. has fully determined to re¬
main in Lexington aud continue the
wagon and buggy business.
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In Cupid’s Meshes.
On Sunday morning last at 0 o’clock,
at the home of the bride’s lather, in
Simston district, Mr. Ora Mathews and
Miss Sallie Amason were united in wed¬
lock’s holy bonds,’Squire C. M. Witch¬
er have officiating. quite large This promising couple
a circle of friends who
wish for them the realization of their
every anticipated pleasure in life.
What of the Council.
Were it not that officers hold until
their successors arc qualified maybe
and Lexington would be without a mayor
council. The usual time for elec¬
ting being them went by without any notice
taken of it. Either the old coun
Cl1 ne "l one should look into the
condition of some of our streets In
several places they need immediate
attention.
' Our MaTservice.
Hardly a week passes that we do not
receive complaints that our papers fail
l0 re ach postotlice. We are powerless
to remedy the evil, and can only hope
that things will grow better in the fu
ture. It may be after 1892 before it
will do so, however.
The Military Company,
We are often asked what has become
of it. At present it is the hands of the
Governor and Adjutant-General of the
State. In December we forwarded ac
cording to for instructions a petition to the
Governor permission to form the
company, but as yet nothing has been
heard from His Excellency concerning
it. Maybe he is working on the mil
lers , , rule and , will get . to . us by , and , by. ,
Another Attempt to Wreck.
Monday night last, so we are told
another attempt was made to wieck ,
Capt. Hutchens' tram just outside of
Athens. This time a bar of railroad
iron was placed across the track but
the pilot of the engine struck and
! knocked it off, saving the train from a
wreck. This is the third or fourth time
j ! obstructions * rack ^ ^ have point, been showing placed that on there the
ls some scoundrel in the neighborhood
: mlol&hment" 1 '' 1 ''' wou ' < ’ ' )e " to ° ml '
puniM,mtnt -
j We are Going to Bevme.
About the first of February we are
1, W1 1
151 U 08 the name of *
even- Mnniwni ir S ad to say
' hi . w „ t " V? e ow pnce
: who haven't paid up had better bear
this fact in mind. Unless they heed it
they may be disappointed on going
, after their mail about the first Friday
j Saturday in next month. '
or
ABOUT PEOPLE.
The Echo's Eagle Eyes Upon
the Moving Masses.
VISITING AND BEING VISITED.
And Other Things Folks do Which Cet
Their Names in the Paper. A
Report from the Sick.
—Prof. 15. M. Gilham is getting up a
class iu penmanship.
j —John Knox has developted into
a full fledged mule trader,
—Dr. (.'bedel is having the interior
of his residence repaired and repainted.
—Rev. M. S. Weaver will fill Dr.
r Gibson’s ,., , pulpit , .. at . Crawford ,, . , tomorrow .
antl unc •
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—Mrs. W. N. Smith was quite sick
several convalescent. days the past week, but is again
—ill - . M. A. Pharr, of Washington,
has been visiting his daughters in this
place this week.
—Gov. W. A. Smith, of Maxeys, vis¬
ited his sou. Engineer Newt Smith, iu
this place Sunday last.
—Miss Brisco, of Woodville, is quite
sick at the [home of her sister, Mrs.
Wash Brooks, near town.
—Vince Arnold hopes to he able to
resume his position upon the railroad
iu another week or ten days.
—Mrs. Mat Smith is expected home
within the next few days from her long
visit to relatives in Tennessee.
—Contractor W. B. Lester went to
Augusta Wednesday evening to see af¬
ter several large bills of lumber.
—Dr. Quigg filled his regular appoint¬
ments here last Sabbath and preached
to unusually large congregations.
—Reports from Mrs. Bessie Hill are
that she continues to improve, but is
yet quite low and not out of danger.
consolable —They say Jewett Callaway was in¬
until he in person went Sun¬
day to find out that the rumor was false.
—Hon. O. II. Arnold has been reg¬
istered on the sick list this week. The
bilious season has come soon with
him.
—Miss Daisie Arnold, of Woodstock,
entered school at Meson Monday last,
boarding nold. with her aunt, Mrs. J. T. Ar¬
—We had a pleasant call Tuesday
from Mr. Philander Moore, formerly
of Crawford, now with J. II. Huggins,
Athens.
—II. McWhorter, Esq., and Will Lat¬
imer had business in Athens Tuesday.
It is supposed that Will’s was of a se¬
rious nature.
—Miss Della Mathews, of Simston
district, is spending a couple of weeks
with her sister, Mrs. T. W. Crawford,
in this place.
from —Maj. R. Penfield, Ii. McWhorter and lady,
and Monday near last with spent their Sunday Ilamp, night
and family in this place. son,
—In answer to a telegram saying
her sister, Mrs. Graham, was quite low
Mrs. Stella Oliver left for Bainbridge
Wednesday* moring last.
—Mr. W. M. Jordan, of Jordan A
Smith, the popular Augusta cotton fac¬
tors, the staple was in Lexington Monday talking
to our buyers.
—Dr. Faust has had a well sunk on
his recently purchased lot. lie is only
waiting for the lumber to arrive to com¬
mence upon his dwelling.
thorpe’s —Only fairest Tobe Clark and one of Ogle¬
fact that can fully appreciate the
the same thought strikes two
minds far apart occasionally.
—Frank Upson, an ex-Lexingtonian,
now one of Athens’ leading young
lawyers, and yesterday was in Lexington legal Wednesday
on business.
—Mr. and Mrs. Hensley left Monday
morning last to return to their home in
Knoxville, Tenn. Their visits to Lex¬
ington friends. are always appreciated by their
many
—Misses Fannie and Cordelia Wat¬
kins and Sallie Goolsby, of Simston,
spent Sunday and Monday nights with
friends in Lexington on their way to
and from Athens.
—Clever J. Ed Howard, has, so vve
are told, served his connection with
IIuntel% Freeman & Co., of Antioch,
and accepted a position with Sims &
Pharr, of Washington.
—Contractor J. M. Norton, of Win
jnryiiin ’ will within the next week ' or
SrkTn , en ( i bave a j ar Xe „„ fo of h j at
this Hesneaks * of
movein Tir°i!flvnniria T his family here.
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Troubles it docs seem besi neve,- enmr
sinalv readv'to Two of our leS citizens me !
‘ sav Dozier’s so at Wednesdav
M r \V \ horse which he
day Mr. O. II. Arnolds famous black
became frightened treated at the Mr. engine at
the (lepot and A. in a
like manner. Both gentleman are in
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Red and White Onion Setts at
Little’s Drug Store,
j Crawford, Ga.
BROUGHT BY MAIL
From the Different Sections of
Oglethorpe County.
THE WORK OF OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
The News Items They Gather up In
Their Respective Localities to
Interest Our Readers.
WOODSTOCK.
CRICKET.
—People selling the last picking of
cotton and preparing for another crop.
—Mr. and Mrs. Will Peek have
moved to Athens, the where they will re¬
main during year.
—Mr. Jim Glenn, formerly of this
place, will arrive Edgefield, here Friday with his
bride from S. C.
—Miss Georgia Dyson, of Washing¬
Jim ton, after Bryan’s, spending of this a few place, days returned at Mr.
home Thursday.
—The cold wave did not remain with
us as long as some wished. Some of
the boys speak of going farther North
if it doesn’t turn cool soon.
—Miss Ella Peek, of our village, will
open morning. school at is the academy Monday
It her first attempt at
teaching and we wish lierirood success.
SANDY CROSS.
FOX.
—Horse drovers on the decline.
—Everybody gone to work in ear¬
nest.
—J. T. Steele pulls the ribbons over
the finest horse in town.
—Messrs. Stator, Spread & Co. left
for Monday. Lexington with their horses last
—The Alliancemen of this place have
purchased a lot from Mr. J. C. G. Ste¬
vens and are having erected a house to
hold their meetings in and will also use
it for a school house.
—Messrs. Ed and Dave Wright made
with three horses last year fifty-two
bales of cotton and plenty of corn to
furnish their place for the present year.
We’ll say to their best girls, you will
have to learn to be up before day.
—Your scribe is twenty-six years of
age, never rode on a train but twice,
never owned a deck of cards or a pis¬
tol. never killed a rabbit or squirrel
with a gun, only been to school thir¬
do teen that. months, and it took live years to
CRAWFORD.
PENCII.ER.
—Our citizens are all putting in some
good work for the Crawford House.
—W. Vince Arnold says (lowers are
very high, for lie paid 75c. for one bou¬
quet a few days ago.
—You don’t know what sweet thing
it is thai fails to make W. Vince Ar¬
nold sick. He sees ’em on Sunday.
—Horse drovers arc here nearly ev¬
ery ford day. So horse desire buyers come to Cra w
when you a mule or horse.
—Ask Bob Maxwell what he told a
young lady that the boys wore on their
hands to the party last Tuesday night.
—Stokely A Roland paid $95 freight
on one car of molasses a few days ago.
This county will he sweet for some
time.
brings —The Lexington crowds Terminal R. R.
over of passengers every
day. It seems to he doing a good bus¬
iness.
—Miss Addie Guill, of Woodville,
visited her cousin, Miss Willie Mon¬
ford, this week, returning home Tues¬
day morning.
—Prof. A. 8. Rhodes’ school is still
on the increase, numbering nearly 40
pupils. Miss Lizzie Cheney has charge
of the music department.
—Why do we blame the merchant
for wanting a good profit, wheu all of
us that sell gets as much as the article
will bear, both merchant, farmer and
mechanic alike?
—Miss Florence Shackelford left last
made Wednesday for her home. She has
many friends and all regretted to
see the time come when she had to
leave. Some of the boys desire to wear
crepe.
—-Mrs. W. Maxwell gave the young
people a “tackey party” Tuesday night.
They report lots of fun and a good
time. Mrs. M. is very kind to the
young people, which is appreciated very
highly.
—Most of the merchants are prepar
ed to sell guano very cheap this season. )
J. P. Armistead direct will contract for his j
company with the Farmers’ AUi- |
ance if they so desire. He will sell
dlfferent 8 radcs of g° ods -
toge.hj _ The Farmers’ Mii Alliance '^tSTfS and citizens i
a
their meeting at Armistead’s academy. !
This is the wav for settlements to do. :
a11 join for each others’ good. This is
only in keeping with tliat settlement. |
23d inst., Mr. Louis A. Aldman and
Miss Annie Sanders, Rev. J. F. Che
nev wishes officiating. the future We happiness tender our best
for of the
—Mr. T. Beese Watkins returned
last Thursday has to Conyers to see Dr
Travers, who been treating his canj
eer. Mr. Watkins is greatly pleased
with the Dr.’s treatment and says if
you will give him a trial in time he will
cure almost any ease of cancer.
—Tho Sans Souci Circle anticipates
putting will a new piano in their hall. This
be a desirable acquisition to the.
Circle, and will give much of interest
to its meetings. The Circle will give a
paid entertainment in the near future
which will be worth attending, as the
best amateur talent in the village selected will
take part in the various pieces
for the occasion.
—Mrs. IT. W. Grady received $2,000
from the Knights of Honor on Jan.
18th., being the first company in which
her husband was insured to pay the
policy. This shows what kind of a
company the K. of II. is. The compa¬
ny is on a solid basis insured, and doing gentlemen? a great
work. Are you
If not, see C. S. Hargrove at once and
put in your application. He will see
you through.
MAXEYS MATTERS.
l’RT, JB.
—“Pet, Sr.,” looks familiar around
Maxeys.
—Messrs. Downer & Smith have
closed down their ginnery here for this
season.
—Maxeys will try long. and get She up an is not en¬
tertainment before
dead yet.
—Joe Nicholson spent Sunday with
his best girl, and we might add Sunday
night until late hours.
—-It is an established fact that the
Maxeys hoys are too refined to appre¬
ciate such music as some folks make.
—Dr. Durham spends the winterprac
ticing medicine and the spring in farm¬
ing. He has already put up las ash
hoppers.
—Some very strong testimonials are
out on the results of Davy Crockett gu¬
ano, and from the best farmers. Look¬
out for them.
—Trade at this place Saturday was
flush. People have found out that the
merchants of this place don’t want the
whole earth is why it is so.
—Col. J. VV. Moody, one of the clev¬
erest men in the county, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Greene county, hut down
with him. lie carried the girl away.
alligator —Master sent Ralph him by Brightwell his mother has from an
Jacksonville, Fla. it is quite a curios
ty to all of us.
—People are sowing more noticed spring oats
this season than we ever be¬
fore. They are determined to raise
them at home.
day —We noticed the only That good sign when Sun¬
for springtime. is a
certain fellow shaves the winter has
shaved. gone. See if Judge Colclough ain’t
—The Knights of the Cross held their
annual election of officers on Sunday
last. Only a few changes made. Sev¬
eral new members to initiate at next
meeting.
—We notice that there is more mon¬
ey in the country, and bettor satisfac¬
tion among the people than has been.
We look fora revolution in this old
country.
—Miss Eula Burgess, one of Greene
county’s lovely young Indies, is visiting
Covington this week. She left on
Wednesday month. last and will probably he
gone a
—Prof. M. M. Kilpatrick will have
charge this of the The school professor at this place again
year. ranks among
the best of teachers and no doubt will
have a fine school.
—The darling little pet of Maxeys is
spending her some time Mrs. in Greencsboro T. Bright
while mother, A.
well, is in Florida. Little Bessie will
be a big addition to Greenesboro’s ju¬
venile society.
—Col. Jno. T. Hurt speaks of leav¬
ing Maxeys. This has been the talk
for more than a year, but the Col. has
become so much interested in the vir¬
tues of the place we guess he will stay
another season.
—Detective Joe Nicholson, of this
place, captured a negro boy on Wed¬
nesday last who belongs to Mrs. Roane,
of Lexington, and delivered him over
and took the reward of twenty-live dol¬
lars offered for his capture.
—Dr. Durham and the writer intend’s
taking in the intertainment at Mr. Jess
Armistead’s, near Crawford, to-night.
The doctor as well as ourselves appre¬
ciate the pleasant snubs of such pretty
young ladies as live in that community.
—Mrs. F. A. Hurt, we learn, will
move to Maxeys very soon and open a
boarding house in the Birchmore dwell¬
ing. This will be ouite an advantage
both to Maxeys and the traveling pub¬
lic, and we bespeak for her a liberal
patronage.
—Mr. R. S. Gilliam is probably the
best farmer in the 2.'!4th district. He
made from 35 acres of common land 30
bales of cotton, all averaging well. lie
uses the guano brands moderately, Davy Crockett but always buys
best - is what
mad. » „.uc t « t 0„.
—William Bailey, son of S. Bailey,
of this place came near being killed by
a mule mule and buggy Sunday throwing evening last,
The ran away, the boy
We ... notice .. that ..... there has . been ,
fiuUc a ovelv change .n our old friend
»“ d chum, Dr. Nicholson, espceiallj
ashes dusted from about his collar. All
of this was brought about by a lady.
Mr. Ed., why don’t vou get married,
too? [’Cause we can’t. Why don’t
you?—E d.]
$1.00 A YEAR.
THE BOOM GROWS.
A Lumber Yard and Planing
Mil! the Next Enterprise.
TPEY ARE WHAT WE WANT.
A Prominent Contractor Bids for a
Piece of Property Upon Which
he Wishes to Establish Them.
Before last week’s Echo had reach¬
ed half its readers there were property
deals on foot in Lexington which will,
if they-are consummated, make the
boom much more solid as well as much
larger. < )no of the most important of
these was a hid by a prominent con¬
tractor and builder for what is known
as the Cox lot, opposite the Echo office
and adjacent to the Terminal railroad
yard. We had a talk with the gentle¬
man and he told us that if he succeed¬
ed in buying this property he would
build him a residence on the site of the
house which now stands on the lot, but
that his main object in buying the lot
was to get a suitable place to establish
a lumber yard and planing mill. This
lot is admirably located lor this pur¬
yard, pose, and joining as place it does extending tiie railroad the
at one to
track of tho Terminal. Such an enter¬
prise would put the boom on a solid
footing. This contractor has already
built no several towns. IIis presence
in a place seems to put it in the heads
of citizens to build, and should he come
to Lexington and establish his contem¬
plated building enterprises here than we will see more
done we have ever
dreamed of. Every enterprising citi¬
zen is anxious to see him come.
Another enterprise which will do
much towards increasing the population
of eral the enterprising town is in contemplation citizens. the by sev¬
Itis for¬
mal ion of a land and improvement com¬
pany, which will buy a number of lots
conveniently several situated and erect there¬
on cottages for rent. Just now
there is a demand for such houses, and
as they are built this demand will in¬
crease. It is proposed to build at first
ten or a dozen three and four-room cot¬
tages , finish them up comfortably and
neatly and make them desirable for al¬
most any small family. They can be
built cheap and will rent cheap, which,
it is calculated, will induce many fami¬
lies from I lie country to move here at
least during educational tho school term in order
excellent to get school. We advantages doubt of the our
not
money invested in Ibis enterprise will
pay handsome dividends to the invest¬
ors.
Since our last there has been no fur¬
ther developments in the then mention¬
ed residences in contemplation, Messrs.
Joe and Frank Smith have not ns yet
decided upon sites for the homes they
wiil build, but they have fully deter¬
mined to build in the near future some¬
where.
There are some business houses in
contemplation which have come to light
enlarging recently. his Mr. G. W. Brooks speaks of
Be is store also thinking by adding of another moving
story.
his guano warehouse lo another and
more suitable lot and greatly enlarging
it.
The Echo is not behind in the boom.
Its business ami outfit has outgrown its
present quarters, and it is negotiating
for a lot on the square upon which to
erect for itself a larger homo more con¬
venient to the business portion of town.
This enterprise depends to some extent
upon the action of delinquents. Let
them ly forward help the matter by coming prompt¬
and turning in the dollars
they are due towards this improvement.
There are several improvements
spoken of for the summer. The wood¬
en store in which VV. J. Cooper & Co.
are placed now doing business may be re¬
with a modern two-story brick
structure; and at the same time Ar¬
nold Sc Stewart may tear away the
wooden annex to their store and re¬
build it in brick. These improvements
will add much lo that part of tire
square. Talk
about the new hotel grows more
and more. That a better and larger
building than the one now used as a ho¬
tel is a necessity no one denies. We
arc encouraged to hope that a stock
company will be formed soon, and a
handsome structure erected upon the
site of the present Roane House. Noth¬
ing would tend more to boom the town
than a neat and commodious hotel kept
as well as is our present hostelry.
Besides the above mentioned enter¬
prises several transfers of property are
rumored. Several of these mean more
residences. Everybody is alive to the
boom, and he who is not talking lots
and building is considered a dead and
disloyal citizen.
j ~ Where to Find Them. "
Those wishing o procure school
books for their children will find them
j at Messrs. Arnold & Stewart s. of this
i 0 «>r " them as chean as they can be had
^m^vea h -re!u“nience This feature on their part
T f,j| to the
KMrapp^i.U.Uof.«bj.,ibe, in t section and they should
al patronage,
Red and White Onion .Setts at
Little’s Haro Store,
Crawford, Ga.