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Gentlemen Inclined to Go Well Dressed are Intoxicated
when They Take a Look at Our Stock.
COUNTY GOSSIP.
As it Comes to Us Over Our
Grapevine Telephone.
A FULL PAGE OF COUNTY NEWS
Upon Which is Recorded all the Hap¬
penings of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—Spring at last.
—One week of work.
—What a rush on the farms.
—And a fishing we would now go.
—Lots of loss time t© be made up.
—Never was a spring more welcom
ed.
—A thousand welcomes, Gentle An¬
nie.
—Pay your buildiug and loan dues
tomorrow.
—Pastures beginning to get some¬
what grseu.
—But one piece of property to be
sold Tuesday.
—See the Tax-Receiver’s rounds in
another column.
—Flower yards beginning to make
themselves seen.
—Driving beeves to Augusta has al¬
ready commenced.
—No guano haulers this week. Too
busy fixing to plant it.
—Big, little, old, young, black and
white speeding the plow.
—Easter comes Monday week.
Where’s the picnic to be?
—Several delegates to the Union
meeting are already here.
—All gardeners and all farmers tak¬
ing an even start this time.
—Rye and barley patches beginning
to relieve the want of stock.
—Granite and gold combined ought
to bring wealth to our county.
—Doctors have begun their spring
harvest and are somewhat busy.
—Lexington will be decidedly Bap¬
tist for the next two or three days.
—Cholera is thinning out the hog
tribe in some sections of the county.
—Our ’cycling club has already ar¬
ranged a Sunday trip to Washington.
—Workmen to begin work in the
quarries are looked for by every train.
—We regret that we have to leave
out Racket’s interesting dots this week.
—Don’t throw away your winter
clothes. We are to have March winds
yet. weather is liable to put pie
—This
nicky ideas in the heads of the young
people. sunshine of this week
—The warm
has caused fruit trees to burst into
blossom.
—A culprit from Jackson county
was arrested and jailed by our Sheriff
Monday.
—It’s nip and luck with farmers and
gardeners as to which shall make the
best time.
—The rush of farm work has mate¬
rially affected the attendance of couu
try schools.
—The branches around town are re¬
ported to be full of minnows. Thanks
to the high water.
—Our merchant farmers have been
making themselves exceedingly scarce
about town this week.
—An unusually large number of
suits are being brought for the ap¬
proaching term of court.
_Lucky is he who will make his
coal supply make connections with
warm weather this spring.
_Several of our correspondents plow have
doubtless been too busy editing a
to edit any dots this week.
—Will the Commissioners fill the
vacancy on their board next Tuesday
is the question of the dour.
-The the week week befo-e DUO.e court e is generally e -
^ the cotton planting time about here,
but u will no. be so - J •
—Mother earth has had a goo-l por
tion of her surface in this section
scratched within the past weeK.
—A fine cow craze has struck Lex
ington. Several valued at a hundred
or more dollars are owned here.
—The formation of a literary society
makes it probable that the Lexington
circulating library will be revived.
—We reckon our home merchants
have brought on some spring looks goods,
but you couldn’t tell it by the of
pur advertising columns.
THESOGI.ETHORPE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA.: FRIDAY, MARCH 2!>, 1895.
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! B. H. St W. P. DORSBY,
<< CLOTHING # FURNITURE. >
Our elegant stock of Xcw Spring Clothing is now ready
for the public's inspection.
We know we have as full an assortment of as good
goods ns can be found in the State, and our prices
are as low as the lowest,
Our line of Gents Furnishings. Neckwear. Hats, etc., is
our pride. We have all the latest styles and nov¬
elties in these goods.
IE. Sz ^7“- IF 1 . IDOXSSE'Sr,
115 to 121 Clayton Street, KTHENS, CM. Next to Davison & Lowe’s.
He Has Recovered.
The negro Wm. Jennings, who came
near meeting with a tragic death at the
hands of his wife a few weeks since,
an account of which appeared in these
columns, was in town the other day,
having about recovered from the
wound. His refractory spouse is stdl
in jail, though, awaiting trial at the
April term of court.
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He Will Not Run.
Solicitor AV. M. Howard has been
spending this off week with courts at
home. Wheu asked about the report
sent out from Elberton of his candida¬
cy for State Senator he said he did not
authorize the report and knew nothing
at all of it until he read it iu the pa¬
pers. He has no idea now of being a
candidate for any political office.
Their Big Spring Opening.
As will be seen by referring to their
adyertisment on the first page of this
issue Dayison & Lowe will have their
usual spring opening of millinery and
dry goods next week—the ladies 3d, 4th, 5th
aud Gth of April. The especial¬
ly of this section have come to look
forward to these occasions with a great
deal of interest. This one will be the
greatest this firm has ever had. Make
it convenient to attend and you will
not regret it.
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The Blanks Here.
Ordinary Bacon received the blanks
to be used by applicants for pensions
for indigent ex-soldiers yesterday
morning. Mr. Bacon has been be¬
sieged for the past two or three weeks
by these who will apply for these pen¬
sions, and it seem that there will he a
number from this county sufficient to
take up the entire appropriation to pay
these peusions. Turn to our lirst
page and see what the Governor has to
say ou this subject.
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Nothing New to Report.
We have nothing new to report of
the quarries this week. Hands arc
expected at any time to begin the work
of excavating earth from the ledges of
granite and grading the new spur of
railroad. We are told that the Messrs.
Venable are busily looking after other
matters elsewhere just now which may
be the cause of delay in beginning op¬
erations, They will hardly let another
week go by, though, without starting
the ball to rolling here.
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Literary Society Formed. .
The young people met at the home
of Rev. M. S. Weaver Friday night
last and organized that literary L. society
mentioned in our last. J. Johnson,
Jr., was elected president; Miss Annie
Weaver, vice-president; E. T. Roane,
secretary; P. M. Stevens, Jr., treasur¬
er, and Benj. Gilham, critic, The so
ciety will probably meet bi-weekly, in¬
teresting programs of exercises being
prepared for each meeting. It meets
Friday night of next week at the resi¬
dence of Mrs. Knox. This society
will doubtlesp add much to the social
and literary pleasures of the young
people.
A Big Quarry Deal.
Papers were passed Wednesday be¬
tween Mr. N. D. Arnold and Capt. G.
W. Collins by which the title to what
is known as the old day quarry, near
Hutchins, was transferred from the
first named to the latter gentleman.
This is considered one of the best of
the many good quarries in Ibis section,
being the heart of the vast granite
fields in its vicinity. It has been
worked to some extent and the stone
taken from it is the typical blue world-wide granite
that is fast gaining such a
reputation. We understand that Capt.
Collins has had a longing eye on the
property for a long time, and now that
he has acquired it he will doubtless
make a big industry of it. It is cer
a valuable piece of property.
More Than Reported.
Since our last issue we have learned
that Col. Jas. M. Smith's loss by the
burning of his gin house last week
even greater than the amount report
ed , and “d-.0,000:ingly *30 000 is an exceedingly low low
^ h’o.OOO to construct. It was 100
f ip hnrh
b «dJe B a basement. The seed cotton
i that was burned was some choice cot
| ton j|r. ^ Smith had saved to tf gin last ao
ag tQ ve lbe geed for p i an nw- pj ve
hundred bushels of rye stored in the
ho „ S e was destroyed. Mr. Smith
tb j n ks he will save about one-third of
i the baled cotton m a damaged state al
so about one-fouth of the .five hundred
i tons of cotton seed. This,
[ will not reduce his loss to less than
$30,000.
DIGGING FOR
Operations Commenced in
Morgan Mine.
SHAFTS ARE BEING SUNK,
In an Attempt to Strike the Main Ledge
of Gold Bearing Quartz Which
Has Never Yet Been Struck.
It will be a big surprise to most of
our readers to be informed that gold
mining operations are now actually go¬
ing on in Oglethorpe county. But
such is a fact.
Amost everybody knows the history
of the Morgan and Guarantee mines in
the flatweods section of the county.
Both were worked for a length of time,
but after awhile were abandoned—not,
however, because there was no gold.
Assays of the ore taken from both
mines showed plenty of the precious
metal, but an abundance of baser met¬
als for which the gold had affinity
made it too expensive to extract it to
make the working of the mines profit¬
able. This trouble was greater in the
Guarantee than in the Morgan mines
and the owners of the latter have al¬
ways entertained hopes that it would
yet be profitably worked.
They have all along entertained an
idea that they had never struck the
main ledge of gold bearing quartz, and
have been confident that, could this be
located, they would strike it rich and
realize large profits upon working the
mine. -Ever since work in the mines
was abandoned, some ten or twelve
years since, they have intended making
a thorough search for this ledge, hut
for first one cause and then another
they have postponed beginning the
work until a few days since, when a
force of hands was put to work, exea
vatiug and siuking shafts in a search
for the ledge. We are told that the
work will be persistently carried on
until success crowns their clforta or
they are thoroughly convinced that
their hopes are in vain.
This work is being done at the in¬
stance of Mr. Jas. John, now of Chica¬
go, who is one of the owners of the
mine. Dr. Jos. Wise is superintend¬
ing the work for him. Dr. Wise tells
us that he has instructions from Mr.
John to make a thorough and search¬
ing prospect for the ledge which it so
confidently believed exists. As soon
as he was s© instructed he put a force
of hands to work at once moving dirt
where there were appearances of ledges
and sinkiug shafts in the hill where it
is thought to exist. As yet he has on¬
ly a small farce at work but should in¬
dications crop out of nearing the ledge
more hands will be given employment. find
Dr. Wise is confident that be cau
the ledge. he found there will
Then should it
be a resumption of aperations in the
mine on a large scale. This would be
gratifying to this entire section. We
may all be anti-goldbugs in politics but
wheu it comes to extracting the pre¬
cious metal from the bowels of the
earth in our immediate vicinity our
sentiments are liable to be changed
somewhat.
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Fresh lemons at Uoy Callaway’s.
It Had Been There.
Fora few minutes the other eve¬
ning Ed. Maxwell was the richest man
in town. Recently he acquired grounds. a strip It
of land off the academy is
a tradition that an old miser once bur
ted an immense amount of gold some
where in that vicinity. On the eve
ning uamed Ed. was haying the strip
of of land land plowed. plowed. The The plow plow struck struck a a
rock rock which which showed showed that that it it had had been been
quarried. quarried. Examination Examination showed showed that that it it
bad been placed there for the a tradition purpose.
Ed.’s mind reverted to
above named. Excitedly he moved
the rock, and some brick were exposed
to view. \ lsions «f piles ‘ of gold float
fd before £d Spade 8 and pfeks were
quickly brought into play and a neatly
constructed vault was unearthed. Ld.
shook hands with himself over bis
2 »od luck. At the bottom of the
was found an old pot. “A whole
full of it!” Ed. exclaimed to himself.
! Thi 3 was tenderly brought Ed. to the sur
face. ’Twas empty.
himself with the firm belief that it
gold) was once there. But it
i been removed.
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World’s Fair Highest Award.
PURELY PERSONAL.
—Judge McWhorter visited his par¬
ents in Greeue county Sunday.
— Ordinary Bacon did the unusual
Monday last and spent the day in Ath¬
ens.
—Mrs. II. McWhorter and children
will go to Washington tomorrow to
visit her parents for a week.
—Messrs. J. L. Johnson and P. M.
Stevens, Jr., united with the Baptist
church here by letter Sunday.
—We appreciated a call Tuesday
from geDial aud joyial Editor Tom
Mosely, of the Danielsville Monitor.
—Mrs. Emma Willingham, of Wash¬
ington, will spend some time with rel¬
atives and friends here after next
week.
—Miss Rosa Stcyens, of near Bairds
town, is spending the Shackelford, week with her
sister, Mrs. W. A. on
church street.
—Mr. Charlie Bacon, and wife, of
Maysyille, spent Saturday and Sunday
last with his father, Mr. Juo. W. Ba¬
con and family.
—Judge and Mrs. Howell Cobb, of
Athens, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. F. M.
Alexander Saturday last. They were
making their annual visit to the scenes
cf their younger days.
—Soote Beed denies that he is going
to farm this year but he has been much
interested iu the hauling of some gua¬
no in the direction of Simslou district
this week. He may have been only
helping her big hud.
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TAKES A TURN.
John Saxon has Warrants Sworn Out
for Mrs. Dillard and Son.
Renewed interest was awakened in
what is known as the Dillard murder
case on Thursday evening of last week
when John Saxon, the son-in-law of
the murdered man, who is now under
iife sentence for the murder, swore out
warrants against Mrs. Patience O. Dil¬
lard, wife of the deceased, aud her
son, J. I. N. Dillard, chargiug them
with being accessories. the
It will be remembered that Cor¬
oner’s jury that served at the inquest
over the remains of the murdered man
implicated these three parties, investi¬ but
gate when the the grand true jury bill came to returned
case a was
only against Saxon wt.ile Mrs. Dil¬
lard and son were set free.
Saxon was tried and found guilty.
The evidence being circumstantial, the
jury recommeuded him to the mercy
of the court, which made his sentence
life imprisonment. He appealed for a
new trial which was refused. The ap¬
peal was then carried to the Supreme
court which also refused a new trial.
Thus finding himself denied of fur¬
ther opportunity to clear himself, Sax¬
on virtually acknowledges his guilt
and takes this step to implicate the
other parties named.
They were arrested Friday and had
their commitment trial before Justice
E. I. Reynolds Saturday evening, the
trial exciting a great deal of interest
The court refused to commit Mr. Dil¬
lard, but maiuly upon evidence given
by Mrs. Dillard herself at the trial of
Saxon, to the effect that she knew of
the murder but that threats of Saxon
made her afraid to so testify at the
Coroner’s inquest or to say anything
about it until the trial in the Superior
court, she was bound over under a
charge of accessory after the fact.
Her bond was placed at $1,500 which
she readily gave. jail
This will keep Saxon in our un¬
til April court as he will have to ap¬
pear as a witness in the trial of Mrs.
Dillard. A great deal of interest will
be manifest in the trial.
Messrs. Geo. C. Thomas, of Athens,
and P. W. Davis, who have been Sax
on’s attorneys, will doubtless assist
Solicitor-General Howard in the prose
cution cution and and Judge Judge II. II. McWhorter McWhorter will will
appear appear for for the the defense. defense,
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Mr. Maxwell Withdraws.
—
Mr. Editor: >«ot wishing to cause
any further deadlock in the election of
a Commissioner to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. M. L.
Rains 1 hereby withdraw my name as
a candidate for said vacancy. Thank
jne my friends for the interest they
have taken in me, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Walter Maxwell,
I Crawford, Ga., March 28, 1895.
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California dried Deaches at The
t> iuickci, , * ci...
Several _ . good . young mules . at , close ,
1 prices at Maxwell’s Htables.
In our furniture department we receive new goods daily
selected with the greatest care. We can always
interest you in this department.
We are now receiving a complete assortment of Furni¬
ture in Oak. Mahogany and Curly Burch.
A word to the wise:—Wc have the stock to select from
and our prices will always be such as to meet any
competition. We will interest you.
CRAWFORD ITEMS.
The News of Our Sister City
Told in Paragraphs
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
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Things That Transpire in and Around
the ri.v City Likely i to i Interest nt .... ( the , h „
Curious Public in General.
—J. P. Armistead has plenty of gu
auo on hand.
—Mrs. Sallie Maxwell is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Carrifhers, at Winder.
—Miss Fannie Dorsey, of Palatka,
Fla., is visiting Miss Sallie Hargrove.
—Miss Tennie Wilkins lias been
quite sick for several days, suffering
with tonsilitis.
—The young people had residence a very
pleasant sociable at the el
Mr. f ->ittle last Friday evening.
—Miss Camilla Willingham has re
turned from Atlanta, where she has
been to complete her studies in art.
—Mr. Burnett Moore and wife, nee
Miss Birdie llopkius, of Zuher Springs,
spent last Sunday with the latter’s fam
ily i n this place
-Prof. O. C. Hopkins, of Oconee
county, was m.nglings with friends in
this place Sunday last. He reports a
flourishing n school.
T*, ,e ,™any , friends . , of , Juo. T ,, M.
Stokely damage will be glad the to know he won
his suit iu Supreme court
against Moss A Ca., of Athens.
—Mrs. J. M. Poyner returned home
yesterday with after spending Noah some time of
her brother, Amason,
Wilkes county, who is quite feeble.
—Mr. A. S. Wilkins and J)r. M. G.
Little sport the finest turnout in
Crawford. The buggy was made to
order by Tucker Bros', and the horse
by Holman & Scott, of Athens.
-Arthur Hunter, who has been at
tending the medical college m vacation, Angus
ta, is at home for his summer
during which he will again ho found
at his old place-the drug store. We
welcome him back.
THE UNION MEETING.
Program Made Out for the Three Days'
Exercises.
The Union Meeting of the Sarepta Bap
Association will convene at the
tist church in this place this morning
at 10 o’clock. Following is the pro
gram of the three days’ exercises:
FRIDAY, MARCH 2 !).
10 a. m.—D evotional Exercises hy It. T,
Pittard.
11 a. u.—Sermon by H. F. Elliott; orgarii
zation.
2 !'• M.-What isachurchof Christ? Din
cuss 1011 led by W. II. Young ami J. f. lie
"T-iiO p. M.—Preaching.
SATURDAY, MARCH 30.
J:30 A. M.- Prayer service hy J. W. How-
10 a.m. —What ate the grand purposes of
church organization ? Discussion led hy It.
F. Riley and J. G. Gibson.
H a. m.— Preaching; duties announcements.
2 e. M. —The and responsibilities or
individual church members. Led by W. M.
Code and .1. W. Martin.
7:30 t. M.—Preaching.
SABBATH, MARCH 31.
10 a. M. —S. S. mass meeting by Thus. It.
Moss.
tl A. Sf . —Preaching.
7:30 P. M.— Preaching.
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Notice to Teachers.
The teachers of Oglethorpe counties, county,
as well as those in adjoining Oglethorpe,
who have pupils from are
\ hereby instructed to send to me by
| mail ma ii or or otherwise by the 5th day of
April the number of days they have
taught school up to and including the
I 29tb day of March, 1895. This is im
portant as this is information necessary
! quarterly to euahie itemized me to ma statement j ie out rn y to ]r the ^
| | State School Commissioner. Failure
to do this may alTect the amount 0 f
money the teachers will receive at this
j paymeut. John F. Cheney,
School Com. Oglethorpe Co.
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When You Want Lumber.
j of In Mr. another O. F. McRee, column appears dealer in the lumber card
and builders’ supplies of all kinds.
1 vv « a11 k n° w Mr - Mc - t0 be thoroughly
reliable and , fully up on all questions
to building and will nothes
Mate to entrust him wilu our orders,
He will also make out estimates fer
building.
OUR LITERARY SOCIETY.
An Appeal for Encouragement and Co
Operation in It.
The Lexington Literary Society was
organized by the young people last
Friday night with very auspicious pros
pects of reaching an ultimate success,
very much of which, probably, de
pends, not only upon the persistent,
enthusiastic, persevering work of each
individual member, ’ but largely upon
the co _ operatlon an d encouragement of
thecitizeus of the town, whom we assure
that the society—each and every mem¬
ber of it—has the whole town and its
interests, aside from its literatuie, at
heart.
If it has been your former custom to
bold the infant enterprises of this or
any other nature up to the contumely
of lb e pessimistic degraders of any
good we beg you to desist in this in¬
stance and give our little undertaking
your hearty approval. If you have
looked with gloating pleasure upon the
downfall of other less ambitious soeie
ties of this order, look upon this one’s
rise w ith the same feeling and you will
ere long behold deserves it crowned and with the
success it you the lirst
one to acknowledge it as a pride.
The society has for its purpose the
enlivening of the scientific latent tastes for
higher literary, and parlia
mentary knowledge, aud therefore, the
instilling nd of a desire for higher educa
tlon f “• ,ler attainments; the ex
Pension of the mind into more scope
f ? r the comprehension of broader fields
ol . learning; the ol the nitel
preparing
lectforthetruecnjoymeiuoftheclas
sics rather than the baser gratification
t0 be gained b y the pe-usal of the
blood anti thunder trash so fatal to the
morals of the younger reading literary public, world
that is circulating In the
today. At the
its next meeting society will
he entertained with a recitation by
Miss Annie Weaver, a musical rendi
tion by Misses Bessie Weaver and Lo
la Maxwell, and Mr. Benj. Gilliam
will discuss the subject, “Howto
™ ke a li lel ' ar Y 80 ?]. e, Y successful.”
perfected Its organization and . will will be be launched thoroughly
it upon
'ts mission with success for its cyno
sure and with its escutcheon unstained,
and Hoping to have that encouragement humbly
co-operation we crave. I
subscribe myself its inefficient
Locamst.
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Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia.
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Miss Bacon's Arithmetic Errata.
]* a ge 231. Answers—to 1st exam
p]ej £1080; to the 5 th, $084; to the
17th, $087 1-2.
There are, besides, a few minor ty
pographical errors, but none it is
hoped, that will occasion any trouble.
Miss Bacon will be glad to answer any
questions from young the book, teachers in re¬
gard to the use wishes of call its meth
odg , etc. She to special at
tention to the “Suggestion to Teach
ers” iu the first part, and would em¬
phasize the necessity of proceeding
very slowly with young children. The
]ess0Uf) ^ tfce book 0 „ ,, t t0 be 8upplc .
men ted by a great deal of drill given
by the teacher. Take the numbers in
succession and never let a child uDder
lake a new number till he has learned
the contents of all that precede it.
Slow and accurate work pays in the
end. The slate or written work in the
arithmetic should be done with great
ueatness, the teacher noticing punctua¬
tion, spelling, well-made figures and
arrangement and never tolerating slov¬
enly, iuaccurate work. In the school¬
room habits of order, correctness and
dispatch may be acquired that will af¬
fect all after life.
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When you want anything to read
g0 to the Racket Store. The most,
complete *, line of novels to be found
* > lert ” , 7 hun(ired un l ul diffo (llII( rent r «nt
authors such as:
fgj F. Clara C. Phillips. Augusta.
Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Alexander.
Kev. DeWit Talmage.
Onida.
Harry Roekwoo.1. Rosa N. Carey.
Florence Warden, Rider Haggard.
Edw'ardm/ioe. Itobt. Ductiannan.
Frank Barrett.
James Grant. Hugh Conway.
“ku,W. E. John A. Strange Young. Winter.
And many others, all o! which I
rent for 10c each or sell them for
20c. each, 0 for *1.00.
The Racket Store,
Ed. T. Roane,