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POETICAL.
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Saturday Night.
The week is past. (ho Sabbath dawns come on ;
Rest—rest in poare—thy toil is done;
And standing, as thou standcst. on the brink
< >f anew scene of being. calmly think
t >f what is gone, is,now. and soon sliall be,
As one that trembles in eternity.
For such as this now closing week is past.
So-much advancing time will close my lust.
Such as to-morrow shall the awful light
Of the eternal ‘morning hail my sight.
Spirit of good ! on the week's verge f stand,
Tracing the guiding influence of thy hand ;
That hand which led me gently, calmly still,
I p life's stormy, tiresome, thorny hill.
Thou, thou, m every storm hast sheltered me
Beneath the wing of the benignity.
A thousand graves' my footsteps circumvent,
And I exist, thy mercy's monument;
A thousand writhe upon the bed of pain.
I live, and pleasure nows through every vein ;
JFant, o’er a thousand wretches, waves her wand,
I, circled by ten thousand mercies, stand.
How can 1 praise Thee, Father? how express
My debt of reverence and thankfulness?
A debt that no intelligence can count.
IFhile every moment swells the vast amount.
For a week's duties thou hast given me strength.
And brought me to its peaceful close at length ;
And here my grateful bosom fain would raise
A fresh memorial to thy glorious praise.
FACTS AND FANCIES.
An lowa Court has decided that it is not
legal for a farmer to hitch his wife up with a
mule, no matter how anxious he is to plow.
There isn't one boy in a hundred who can
wait two minutes in front of a house and not
back up to a hitching post or against a tree.
They wondered at the short collections in
a Missouri church, and investigated, to find
that one of the collectors had tur in the top
of Ins hat.
If you haven't bought you anew hat yet.
young woman, shroud your old one in a
grenadine vail, look as distinguished as you
can, and no one will know the difference.
You know yourself that there is a certain
period in every boy’s life when he'd rather be
the ring-master in a circus than President of
the United States,
“Is this the Adams House?’’ asked a
stranger of a Poston ion* “ Yes,” was the re
ply ; “ it’s Adam's House until 3'ou get to the
roof, then it’s eaves,”
When a clown in a circus gets $125 per
week for giving out solid jokes, it is no won
der that a country minister on SSOO per an
num, part potatoes, oats, hav and shoulder
hams at that, should get discouraged,
The son of a clergyman was delivering a
college valedictory, when, in pulling out his
handkerchief, he pulled out a pack of cards.
“Ilulloa!” he exclaimed, “I’ve got on my
father's coat!’’
It was an Irish Coroner who, when asked
how he accounted for an extraordinary mor
tality in Limerick, replied, sadly : •• I can
not tell. There are people dying this year
that never died before/’
There are times when all of a woman's
self-possession and dignity arc required.
That is when she shows her first baby, a hair
lipped one, to an old beau whom she had jilt
ed for the sake of her present husband.
“ Doctor,” said a thick-headed youth to
Agassiz, “you once said that fish is the prop
er food for moil to cat who have brain work
to perform. How much ought l to eat to
tone me up properly?” “About two whales,”
was the reply.
When a young lady goes to an entertain
ment, and secs a lady friend accompanied
by a gentleman whom she does not know,
she doesn't enjoy the performance worth a
cent, as the whole evening is occupied in
wondering who the stranger is.
An Irishman was once indulging in the
very" intellectual occupation of sucking eggs
and reading a newspaper. By a mischance
lie contrived to bolt a chicken. The poor
bird chirruped as it went down his throat, and
he very politely observed : ‘‘By the powers,
me friend, ve’s spake a leetle too late.*’
She tried to sit down in the street car, but
was pinned back so tight she couldn’t. Old
lady peeped over her specs and asked her,
“ How long have you been afflicted that way?”
I he young lady blushed and made a ‘break.’
sitting down sideways, and holding her
knees together so tight that she looked as if
she had on a one-legged pair of breeches.
Old lady noticed her sitting in this side-wise,
cramped position, and whispered. “Bile. I
spose : I've had 'em thar myself—lLnces
ville (Ky.) Pltiimlt’ulvr.
“He.”
Highlanders have the habit, when talking
their English, such as it is. of interjecting the
personal pronoun “ lie" where not required,
such as, “The King he has come,” instead of
“The King has come.” Often, in conse
quence, a sentence or an expression is render
ed sufficiently ludicrous, as the sequel will
show : A gentleman says he has had the
pleasure ot listening to a clever man, the Rev.
cently lie began his discourse thus: “My
friends, you will find the subject of discourse
this morning in the First Epistle General of
tne Apostle Peter, chapter v., and verse 8. in
the words, * The Devil he goeth about like a
roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.’
Kow, my friends, with your leave, we will di
vide the subject of our text to-day into four
heads: Firstly, we shall endeavor to ascer
tain ‘who the Devil he was.’ Secondly, we
shall inquire into his geographical position,
namely, *\\ here the Devil lie was.’ and ‘Where
the Devil he was going.’ Thirdly, (and this
is of a personal character.) ‘Who the Devil
he was seeking.’ And fourthly, and lastly,
we shall endeavor to solve a question which
has never been solved yet —‘ What the Devil
he was roaring about.’”
A Knowing Druggist.
“Will you please fix this up forme?” ask
ed a woman of an East-end druggist, to whom
she handed a prescription.
“ Yes'm. in a minute,” answered the vender
of restoratives, as he examined the prescrip
tion with a trouble;! eye.
Failing to decipher what was written, he
leaned forward, with elbows on the counter,
heels up, and eyes intently fixed upon the
prescription. Becoming vexed, lie asked,
“ who wrote this?” whereupon the woman in
telligently answered, “thedoctor.*’ lie again
fastened his eyes on the paper and slowly
deciphered, “Oleum jeeovis asscli ;*’ having
done which, he was still at a loss to know
what was meant. In the midst of this per
plexity he observed a friendly physician pass
ing. He lost no time in telling the woman
to wait another minute, and then called the
doctor, of whom he asked : “ What the devil
is oil of jackass?”
“Jackass oil. I presume, sir,” said the doc
tor ; “ but if you mean what is called for on
this prescription you had better call it cod
liver oil. as that’s what “oleum jeeovis asseli”
s gnities.” —Conrc r. Jouvtuil.
“ Well, John,” said a Sunday-school teach
er to anew scholar that had been gathered
from the highways. ** how old are you :” “ Six
years, mum.” “Have you any brothers or
sisters?” “One—Bob —that's all.” “llow
old is he?” “Dunno, mum; but lie’s just
commenced for to chaw terbacker.”
“ I’d like to be a edytur,
All* in my xanktum stand.
The door a standin’ open
An' a big club in mv hand ;
Then let the cuss who didn't like
Some article I’d writ
Come softly o’er the threshold,
I'd reckon he'd get hit;
I'd hand him one rite on the gourd,
Among his brains and things.
And send him flumixin’ up thar
To sport a pair of wings.”
Adjourned Spring Term, Jackson Superior
Court.
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS OF TIIE GRAND JU
RY, JACKSON ADJOURNED TERM, FEBRUARY
COURT, JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA., JUNE
14th, 1875.
We, the Grand Jurors, chosen and sworn
for February adjourned term of Jackson Su
perior Court, sitting at the above date, re
spectfully beg leave to make the following
General Presentments :
1. We have examined the books of the
Ordinary and the County Treasurer, through
our appropriate committees, and find them
well and neatly kept. The books of the Re
ceiver of Tax Returns, the Tax Collector
and Clerk of the Superior Court, have, for
want of sufficient time, been passed over un
til August Term.
2. We further find the Jail in an unsafe
and bad condition ; and though to seme ex
tent impracticable, we respectfully recom
mend that the Jailor keep it in a more clean
ly condition.
3. We also recommend that from and after
the present term of this Court, that the Tax
Collector pay the County Tax at the same
time that the State Taxes are paid, and that
lie be allowed no insolvent list until he has
issued executions and they have been duly
returned without property being found.
4. We recommend that the bridge at J. N.
Thompson’s mills have anew covering, and
that the McLeskey bridge be moved to its
proper place and repaired.
5. We also recommend and appoint James
L. Johnson a member of the County Board
of Education to fill the vacancy of Washing
ton Arnold, resigned.
G. W e recommend that the Commissioners
of Roads and Revenue levy a tax sufficient
for County purposes.
7, To His Honor, George D. Rice, pre
siding, and Solicitor General Emory Speer,
we tender our cordial thanks for the able and
efficient manner in which they have discharg
ed the duties of the Court, and for the cour
tesy and generosity extended to this body.
ALEXANDER A. HILL, Foreman.
Clement W. llood,
James A. Sailors,
Simeon 11. (Ironic,
Sylvester Roman,
Jasper N. Thompson,
William M. Garrard,
James 11. Elder,
James M. Glenn,
Willtam W. Roberts,
Charles T. Nash,
Thomas J. Carr,
William B. Bolton,
Thomas Bennett,
Abel T. Year wood,
Vincent Dalton,
Wade 11. M alls,
John O. Browning,
Jacob W. Vandivere,
Warren I). Elrod,
Memory J. C. Statham,
William R. 11. Statham,
Hilliard J. Randolph.
Legal Weight.
The following is the Legal Weight of a
bushel, as fixed by an Act of the General As
sembly, approved February 20th, 1875 :
Wheat, .... f,O pounds.
Shelled Corn, - - - 56 “
Ear Corn, ... 70 “
Peas, - ... 60 “
I’ve, - 56
Oats. 32 “
Barley - - - - 47 “
Irish Potatoes, - - - 60 “
Sweet Potatoes, - - 55 “
White Beans, - 60 “
Clover Seed, - - 60 “
Timothy, - - .45 “
Flax, - - - - 56 “
Hemp, - - - 44 “
Blue Grass, - - - 14 “
Buck Wheat, - - - 52 “
Impeded dried Peaches, - - 33 “
Peeled dried Peaches, - - 38 “
Dried Apples, - - . 24 “
Onions, - - - 57 “
Stone Coal, - - 80 “
Unslaked Lime, - - - 80 “
Turnips, - - - 55 “
Cora Meal, - - - 48 “
Wheat Bran, - 20 “
Cotton Seed, - - - 30 “
Ground Peas, - - - 25 “
Plastering Ifair, - 8 “
USEFLL TABLE EOlt FARMERS.
4 inches make one hand.
5(5 lbs. Corn make one bushel.
50 lbs. Kve make one bushel.
60 lbs. Wheat make one bushel.
60 ]l>s. Clover Seed make one bushel.
106 lbs. Hour make one barrel.
200 lbs. Beef or l’ork makes one bid.
.‘52 lbs. Oats make one bushel.
00 lbs. Potatoes make one bushel.
If pounds make one stone. •
miles make one league.
G feet make one fanthom.
A porch of stone is HP, feet long, I.] feet thick,
and 1 foot high. or 21;] cubic feet.
A mile is 320 rods—l,76o yards—s,2Bo feet—
(53,360 incites.
An acre is 1,610 square yard—43,s(so square
feet—0.272,010 square inches.
COUNTING.
12 units are one dozen.
12 dozen one gross.
20 units one score.
* 5 scores one hundred.
PAPER.
24 sheets one quire.
20 quires one reams
2 reams one bundle.
5 bundles one bale.
Recipes. —To drive cabbage worms away, put
China tree leaves on them. To kill lice on them,
take one gallon of ashes, three spoonsful of salt,
ami one of sulphur; mix and sprinkle it on while
wet with dew. A sure remedy.
GEORGIA ROAD LAWS,
PUBLISHED FOR TIIE USE OF
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
And Overseers of Jaekson Cos.
Sec. 1. —All roads laid out for public use by an
Act of the General Assembly, if not otherwise pro
vided. or by an order of the County Comissioners
of Roads aiid Revenue, are declared to be public
roads.
Sec. 2.—They shall be cleaned of all trees,
stumps, grubs and bushes, at least thirty feet wide,
and of such limbs of trees as may incommode
horsemen or carriages; stumps must be cut as
nearly even with the surface as possible, and the
carriage tract must be at least five feet six inches
wide.
Sec. 3. —That the several County Commissioners
of Roads and Revenue of this State, with the con
currence of a majority of the Road Commissioners
of their respective counties, may designate such
public roads in their respective counties as in their
discretion should be so designated as second-class
roads.
Sec. 4.—That all roads so designated shall be
cleared of all stumps, trees, grubs and bushes, at
least twenty (20) feet wide, and of all such limbs
of trees as may inconvenience horsemen or car
riages ; stumps to be cut as nearly even with the
surface as possible, and the carriage track must be
at least five feet and six inches wide.
Sec. s.—That the road laws of this State now in
force, so far as the same may be applicable to
second-class roads, shall be observed in changing,
working and otherwise managing the said second
class roads.
Sec. G. —All bridges or causeways over small
water-courses, and causeways over swamps or low
lands sliall be made and kept in repair bv hands
subject to work on roads; the pieces shall be laid
across the road at least sixteen foot long, well se
cured. made fast and covered with earth.
Sec. 7.-—The Commissioners of Roads and Rev
enue must lay off their respective Counties into
road districts, and apportion the roads and hands
so as to divide the labor and expense on account
of roads, causeways, and bridges, equally through
out said Counties; all of which proceedings must
be entered on the minutes.
Sec. B.—They must cause to be kept registered
in a book in their Office, a list of all public roads
and road districts in the County, to be added to
and corrected from time to time as new roads or
new districts are laid out, or old ones altered or
discontinued.
Sec. 9.—On application to them for any new
road, or alteration in an old road, they shall ap
point three Road Commissioners, residing as near
where such road is intended to pass as possible,
and if tlioy find it of public utility they must pro
ceed to mark it out, and make their report under
oath to such County Commissioners that it was
laid out and marked conformably to law.
Sec. 10.—If such County Commissioners, on in
vestigation had, is willing to grant such road, or
make alteration in an old road, they shall cause to
be published a citation for thirty days at the door of
the Court House, and in a public gazette, if there
is one in the county, giving a particular descrip
tion of the new road or the alteration, notifying all
persons that on and after a certain day therein
named, said new road or alteration will be finally
granted, if no good cause is shown to the contrary.
Sec. 11.—All persons, their overseers or agents,
residing on land which such road goes through,
except the applicants for the road, or alteration,
must be at the same time notified in writing, per
sonally, or by leaving it at their most notorious
place of abode, that they must put in their claim
for damages, or forever be stopped.
Sec. 12. —All public roads established without a
substantial compliance with the provisions of the
last named sections, are void.
See. 13.—Applications for the discontinuance of
an old road, in whole or in part, must likewise be
made to such County Commissioners in writing,
and be likewise published, before it shall take ef
fect.
Sec. 14. —All public roads shall be laid out the
nearest and best way to the place to which they
are intended, and as little as can be to the preju
dice of any private person's enclosed grounds.
Sec. 13.—A1l male inhabitants, white and black,
in this State, between the ages of sixteen and Vifty
re ars, shall be subject to work on tiic ivy die
roads, except licensed minsters of the gospel.
Sec. 10.—The same road hands shall not be com
pelled to work on more than one public road,
which must come within three miles of their resi
dence, except in opening anew road, when all
road hands of the road district are subject to work
upon it.
Sec. 17.—Road hands are not required to work
exceeding five days at one time consecutively, nor
more than fifteen day's altogether, in twelve
months, unless sudden emergency require the im
mediate repairing of the roads, causeways and
bridges within their respective districts.
See. 18. —The several managers or employers of
male persons of color shall, whenever required,
furnish the overseers of the road district with a
list, in writing, of those who are liable to work 011
the public roads, signed by them, under a penalty
of pay'ing three dollars for each male person of
color so liable to road duty, and whose names are
not furnished, to be collected as fines for not work
ing the roads.
Sec. 19.—Overseers of roads in their respective
districts sliall summon all persons liable to road
duty within the district, at least one day' before
the time of working.
Sec. 20.—Such summons must state tire road to
he worked, the time and place of meeting, and the
implements required.
Sec. 21.—Such overseers shall superintend the
working on the roads assigned them by the Com
missioners, cause the same to he worked and re
paired in the best possible manner, and make are
turn to the Commissioners in writing, within five
days after each time of working, of all defaults and
deficiencies which may have taken place.
Sec. 22. —When any road, or bridge or cause
way may become suddenly impassable, it is the
duty of such overseer to call out as many hands
as necessary, to repair the same, after giving one
day’s notice.
Sec. 23.-—They shall take notice of the time such
hands are employed on such special workings, and
shall excuse them from road duty an equal num
ber of days out of tiro whole number all hands are
required to work during the year.
Sec. 24.—Every individual liable to road duty
who. being duly summoned to work, shall neglect
to obey such summons, and to carry the imple
ments as ordered, or. appearing with or without
the implements, neglects or refuses faithfully to
work, shall be lined not less than one nor more
than three dollars for every day that he or they
fail to work, or be imprisoned at the discretion of
the Commissioners.
Sec. 25. —If any other instrument than ordinary
farming tools are necessary to keep the road in re
pair. the overseer may receive them in exchange
for the labor of hands, or may apply to the County
Commissioners, who may authorize him to con
tract for such as may be necessary, and pay for
the same out of the County Treasury.
Sec. *26. — IF hen a person liable to road duty
makes an application to the Road Commissioners
for a portion of road for himself and hands to work
and keep in repair, they shall parcel off to each
applicant some equal and just portion of said road,
to be increased or diminished according to the
number of hands, and to be judged of by the Com
missioners.
Sec. 27.—Persons to whom portions of roads are
thus apportioned, must make annual returns to
their respective Commissioners, whenever they re
quire them,- of the number and names of their
bands liable to road work, and after they have re
ceived and put in good repair their respective por
tions. such bands shall not be transferred to any
other part of the road, or compelled to do any oth
er road work, so long as they perform their work
satisfactorily to the Commissioners.
Sec. 26.—1f the applicants do not accept the por
tion of the road assigned them by the Commission
ers, they must still work in common with the oth
er hands of their road districts.
Sec. 2b. —If, after having accepted such portions,
they neglect te keep them in good repair, they are
liable to all the penalties and forfeitures to which
Commissioners are liable for neglect of duty, be
sides the usual road tines on the hands.
Sec. 30. —If such Commissioners assign any per
son a portion of road thus to work, which, taking
into consideration his number of hands as com
pared to the number liable to do road duty on such
road, is not an equal share of the labor, any white
male road worker of the same road and district
may complain to the County Commissioners at any
time, and on giving such person three days notice
thereof in writing, said County Commissioners may
summarily hear all the evidence, and if they be
lieve the complaint is just, they shall revoke such
grant by the Commissioners, and so have them in
stantly informed.
Sec* 31. —A1l defaulters must file their excuses,
if any. on oath before the Commissioners, who
must meet at some place within the district for
lining defaulters, of which place of meeting they
shall give ten days notice, m writing, at one or
more of the most public places in the district, and
no other notice shall be necessary.
Sec. 32. —Such Commissioners must issue exe
cutions under their hands and seals, or their war
rants of arrest, as the case may be, against each
defaulter who fails to render a good excuse, di
rected to any lawful constable, who shall levy and
collect the same as executions from the Justices
Courts, (or. as the case may be.) arrest the de
faulter and bring him be fore the commissioners to
abide the judgment of the same.
See. 33. IT hen such ji.fas. or warrants are
collected within ten days thereafter, the amounts
must be paid to any one of the Commissioners, one
half of which shall be paid to the overseer having
had charge of the hands fined ; the other half to the
County Treasurer, to be used in the building or
repairing of bridges.
Sec. 34.—1f constables neglect their duty in col
lecting such fi.fas ., or fail to pay over the money,
or fail to make such arrests and bring the parties
arrested before the Commissioners, they shall be
subject to rule and suit at the instance of such
Commissioners, as though the Ji.fas. or warrants
had issued from a Justice's Court. In all cases
where executions may he issued against road hands
in the employment of others, notice to the employ
er of the existence of such execution shall have
the force and effect of a garnishment, and shall
operate as a lien on what is due or to become due
from such employer to such employee, and may be
collected as in cases of garnishment.
Sec. 35.—The liens of such judgments are the
same as any other judgment, and claim according
to their priority in the distribution of money, ex
cept that no property is exempt therefrom, and if
illegalities or claims are interposed, they must be
returned as though issued from a Justice’s Court
in which the road district is situated in whole or
in part.
Sec. 36.—Overseers arc authorized to make use
of any timbers for the use of the roads, and may
make contracts with owners of land for other tim
ber, if indispensable, and if they disagree as to the
value, the overseer shall appoint one arbitrator,
and the owner another, who, without further for
mality, shall assess the value, and if they disagree
to call in an umpire, whose decision is final. The
valuation so awarded must then be reduced to
writing and signed by the arbitrators, and upon
the production of the same, with a certificate of
the overseer that he used the timber assessed,
must be allowed by the County Commissioners,
and paid out of the County Treasury.
Sec. 37.—They shall measure all that part of
the road to which they may be appointed, begin
ning at the Court House, and at the end of each
mile set up a post or mark on some conspicuous
place, which shall designate the number of miles
from thence to said Court House; and the overseer
in the next adjoining district, shall likewise begin
to measure and mark at the last mile post in the
district thus measured; hut when sucli shall end
at some country line, he shall, by some post or
mark, designate the distance from such county
line to their respective Court Houses.
Sec. 38.—They shall, at the fork of each public
road, place, in some substantial and conspicuous
manner, a board or other mark, designating there
on the most public place to which each road di
rects; and if any road is altered so as to make
the fork at some other place, or as not to make
necessary such sign-boards, they shall be remov
ed or replaced, or either, if necessary.
Sec. 39. —If any overseer fails to comply with
the provisions of the two immediately preceding
sections, he forfeits not exceeding fifty dollars, to
be imposed and collected as other lines against
him.
Sec. 40.—1f any overseer omits to do his duty
with respect to the roads, bridges, and causeways
under his charge for as much as thirty days from
the time the necessity for any immediate work
occurs, unless hindered by extreme bad weather
or other providential cause, he shall be indicted
for a misdeanor, and on conviction shall be fined
or imprisoned, at the discretion of the Court, and
is also liable for all damages at the suit of any
person injured by such omission.
Sec. 11. —Hands liable to road work employed
as laborers on the line of any railroad in this State
belonging to an incorporated company, or b}' any
contractors constructing railroad, are exempt from
work on the public roads, prodded the public
road overseer having charge of them respectively, is
paid two dollars and fifty cents per day for each
hand so liable, which money shall be expended in
hiring hands to work on the roads.
Sec. 42.—1f any overseer, within twelve months
after his appointment, neglects faithfully to dis
charge the duties required of him, he is subject to
a fine not exceeding fifty dollars by the Commiss
ioners under whom he serves, who shall notify
him of his neglect, and unless a good excuse is
rendered to them within twenty days from the
time of such notice they shall issue executions
for the line assessed.
Sec. 43.—1f any person shall alter any public
road or cut any ditch accross, or alter the location
of any bridge, or make any new bridge necessary
by bis act, without first obtaining an order there
for, be is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con
viction thereof, shall be fined not less than twen
ty-five nor more than one thousand dollars, and
snail be liable besides, by suit, for all dam
ages any person may sustain thereby.
Sec. 44.—When any person shall make any
fence or cut any tree, or make other obstruction
in or across any public road, which is not remov
ed in two days and a safe and convenient way
at the time of the obstruction made for trave
lers, he shall pay a fine of twenty-five dollars
for each obstruction, to be recovered b} r execu
tion issued by the Commissioners, as in cases
of road tines, and shall he liable for any damages
caused by the obstruction, from the first to the
last, if the person injured used ordinary caution.
Sec. 45.—There shall be three Commissioners
for each road district, any two of whom may act,
and in case there is only one in a district, that one
is invested with all the powers of the three until
the vacancies are filled.
Sec. 46. —Such Commissioners are appointed or
re-appointed by the County Commissioners bi
ennially at their first meeting in the years of the ap
pointments. and whenever necessary, to fill va
cancies at any time.
Sec. 47—Those thus appointed are compelled to
serve, unless excused by such County Commission
ers who shall receive for such excuse providen
tial cause only.
Sec. 48. As soon as appointed, they shall be
notified thereof in writing within ten days there
after by the County Commissioners, and if such
appointees do not, within ten days after receiving
such notice, file their excuse in writing, under
oath, in such County Commissioners’ oflicc, they
shall l;e considered as having accepted.
Sec. 46.—1 tis the duty of Koad Commissioners :
1. To appoint, within fifteen da} s, one or more
persons in their respective districts as overseers
of the road.
2. To apportion the roads and hands under
their charge at the same time as equally and fairly
as possible, and to furnish the several overseers
with a list of the roads and hands under their res
pective charge.
3. To hear and determine upon all cases of
'default, or other violation of the road laws, with
in their jurisdiction, (if not indictable only) at a
Court to be held by them twenty days after every
road working, or as often as emergencies may re
quire. and to issue executions or other process
against the convicted.
4. To keep a book in which to enter— First.
The several hands in their respective districts
subject to mad duty; to what roads and to what
parts thereof assigned, and under what overseer,
changing and correcting it from time to time, as
may be necessary. Second. A list of all defaulters
and persons fined—the amounts fined—amounts
paid—what disposition made of the money—what
executions issued and unpaid.
5. To pay to the County Treasurer, as soon as
collected that portion of the line money belonging
to the county, to be used in the repairing and
building of public bridges and causeways, and an
nually, on the first of December, to report to the
County Commissioners the condition of the public
roads and bridges in their respective districts, the
state of the finances, what executions are out
standing unpaid, and their condition.
0. To inspect, from time to time, the public
roads, bridges and ferries within their districts,
notice the characters of the repairs and observe if
such road is regularly posted and direction boards
put up as required by law. and if said bridges
and ferries are in proper repair.
7. To exercise a general supervision over their
respective overseers, and to fine them for neglect
of duty and to see that persons are indicted for
the offences set forth in the road laws.
8. To administer all oaths, relative to the road
laws, connected with their duties.
Sec. 50.—They are authorized to pay overseers
one half of the fine money, as compensation to him
as informer.
(The next section refer to Grand Jury present
ments against Koad Commissioners for neglect of
duty. It is deemed unnecessary to include those
sections in this publication.)
Sec. 51. IF hen any public road maybe on a
road district line, and the County Commissioners
has not specially assigned it to any particular
district or set of Commissioners, the Commission
ers of each district shall co-operate in arranging
the hands and appointing the overseers for such
road.
Sec 52.—The books such commissioners are
required to keep, must be furnished by the County
Commissioners at the expense of the county, and
out of the road money, if any, and when full,
must be deposited in the office of the County Com
missioners.
Sec. 53.—After the Commissioner has faithfully
served through the term of his appointment, he
may obtain from the County Commissioners a
certificate of such fact.
A copy of the above Road Laws is furnished
each Road Commissioner and Road Overseer of
Jackson county, that they may know the law and
enforce it.
Wm. Seymour, 4 County Corn's
W. G. Steed, V Roads and
W. J. llaynie. ) Revenue.
JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
PROFESSIONS.
Physicians... J. I). & H. J. Long, J. J. Dos
ter. N. W. Carithers.
Atty’s at Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike,
J. A. B. Mahatfey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman,
P. F. Hinton.
MERCHANTS.
Pendergrass Sc Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley
& Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson.
MECHANICS.
Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Sen’r;
J. P. Williamson, Jr.
Harness Maker... John G. Oakes.
W agon Makers... Wm. Winbura, Monroe
Ray, (col.)
Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland.
Blacksmith...C. T. Story.
Tinner... John 11. Chapman.
Tanners. ..J. E. & 11. J. Randolph.
Boot and Shoe-Makers... X. B. Stark, Sea
born M. Stark.
HOTELS.
Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph.
North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins.
Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth
Worsham.
Liquors, Sugars, &c... J. L. Bailey.
Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J. D. & 11.
J. Long.
Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith.
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COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY.
Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal; S.
P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant;
Miss Lizzie Burch, Music.
Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal.
Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge. Principal.
Harmony Grove Academy. —lt. S. Cheney, Prin
cipal.
Murk Academy. —J. 11, McCarty. Principal.
Oak Grove Academy —Mrs, A. C, P. Riden,
Principal.
Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell, Principal.
Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwyler, Prin
cipal.
Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park. Principal,
Chapel Academy. — W. 11. Hill, Principal.
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ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes
days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and de
parts same days at 12 o’clock, M.
Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes
days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A. M., and de
parts same days at 12 o’clock. M.
Lawrcnceville mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur
days, at 12 o’clock, M, and departs same day at 1
o'clock, P. M.
F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’y P. M.
Useful Information for the Millions.
A note dated on Sunday is void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from one intoxi
cated, cannot be collected.
If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release
the maker; he must pay it.
An endorser of a note is exempt from if
not served with notice of its dishonor within
twenty-four hours of its non-payment.
A note made by a minor is void.
Notes bear legal interest except when otherwise
stipulated.
Principals are responsible for their agents.
Each individual in a partneship is responsible for
the whole amount of the debts of the firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.
The law compels no one to do impossibilities.
An agreement without consideration is void.
Signatures in lead-pencil are good in law.
A receipt for money is not legally conclusive.
The act of one partner bind all the others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced.
A contract made with a minor is void.
A contract made with a lunatic is void.
To ascertain the length of day and night.—At
any time in the year, and 12 hours to the time of
the sun's setting, and from the sum substract the
time of rising, for the length of the day. Subtract
the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the
remainder add the time of rising the next morn
ing, for the length of night. This rule is true of
either apparent or mean time.
RURAL DIVINITIES.
Flora —The goddess of Flowers.
Pan —The god of Shepherds and Hunters; fa
mous for his whistling which fatigued him so much,
that lie invented pipes to blow on.
Plutus —The god of Riches; represented with
wings.
Pomona —The goddess of Orchards and Fruit
trees.
DOMESTIC POSTAGE.
Newspapers, Magazines, and Periodicals
sent from a known office of publication,* or by
newsdealers 4 to actual subscribers, postage to be
prepaid in bulk by publishers and newsdealers, at
oflice of mailing, and go free to subscribers.
Letters 3 cents each J oz.; Drop Letters at let
ter-carrier office. 2 cents ; Drop Letters at non
letter-carrier offices, 1 cent.
Transient matter embracing newspapers,
circulars, and other printed'matter, seeds, cuttings,
bulbs, roots and scions, books, merchandise and
samples, 1 cent for each 2 oz. Registered Letters
S cents in addition to regular postage.
Post-Office Money Orders. —Attention is
called to the Money Order system, as a safe and
cheap method of transmitting money through the
mails. Orders are issued in sums of not ynore
than fifty dollars. Larger sums can be
transmitted by additional Orders. On Orders not
exceeding $lO, 5 cents ; over $lO and not exceed
ing S4O, 20 cents; over S4O and not exceeding SSO,
25 cents.
INTEREST RULES.
For finding the interest on any principal for any
number of days. The answer in each case being
in cents, separate the two right hand figures of
answer to express in dollars and cents :
Four per cent. —Multiply the principal by the
number of days to run ; seperate right-hand figure
from product, and divide by 9.
Five per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 72.
Six per cent. —Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 6.
Eight per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 45.
Nine per cent. —Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 4.
len per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 30.
Twelve per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right hand figure, and divide by 3.
Fifteen per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 24.
Eighteen per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 2.
Twenty per cent.—Multiply by number of days,
and divide by 18.
Twenty-four per cent.—Multiply by number of
days, and divide by 15.
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PROSPECTUS
OF TIIE
FOREST NEWS,
PUBLISHED IN
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
lßy tlio JaekMon <’oHiity''l*iilrliliing
C'oni|:i ii v.
Fully believing that the material and social inte
rests, not only of the people of Jackson, but of all
the contiguous counties, would be greatly enhanc
ed by the establishment of a printing office and
publication of a newspaper at the county site, a
number of citizens have associated themselves
together under the name and style of
The Jackson County Publishing Company,' 1
And propose issuing on the 12th of June, a paper
bearing the above title. Asa
Political Organ,
The “NEWS” will ever be found the exponent
and defender of a high standard of Democracy—
founded on those principles of State Rights and
State Sovereignty, which, though now fettered by
the chains of tyranny and despotism, are bound,
at no distant day—under the guidance of a benifi
cent Providence—to burst asunder the shackles of
imperious usurpation, and shining forth more
luminous and effulgent than ever, will add fresh
lustre to the political firmament of the “New
World.”
Tt will be the constant endeavor of those having
charge of the columns, editorially and otherwise,
of the “FOREST NEWS,” to make it a
“NEWS-PAPER,”
In the broadest meaning and acceptation of the
term ; and in addition to the “General News of
the Day,” the state of the markets and other
commercial intelligence, in a condensed form, such
Political, Literary and Agricultural matter will be
introduced from week to week as will tend to
make the paper a most entertaining and welcome
guest in every family to which it may find access;
while, at the same time, the most scrupulous caTe
will be exercised in preventing the appearance in
the paper, of anything at which the most refined
and delicate taste could take offence.
Further detail is deemed unnecessary; suffice it
to say, that it is the intention, as far as possible,
of those having charge of this enterprise, to con
duct it in such a style—in manner and matter'—as
to reflect credit on the people of Jackson as a
whole, and to confer honor on the ‘“‘•Grand Old
Commonwealth” of which Northeast Georgia is so
important a part and pai 3t*l. Especial attention
will be given to the chronicling of
Local Events
And occurrences, and also to the dissemination of
such facts and statistics as will have a tendency
to develope the resources, mineral and otherwise,
not only of this immediate section, but of “ Upper
Georgia” generally. Asa medium through
which to
ADVERTISE,
TIIE FOREST NEWS is respectfully commend
ed to the attention of Business and Professional
men, Farmers, Mechanics and Working-men of all
classes. Its circulation will be principally among
an enterprising people whose wants are diversified,
and those who wish to buy or those who wish to
sell—either at home or abroad—in village, town,
city, or the “Great Trade Centres,” will find the
columns of the “NEWS” an appropriate and invi
ting channel through which to become acquainted
with the people rf this section of the country.
As an inducement to all those who desire to avail
themselves of the advantages herein offered,
Liberal Schedule
Of Advertising Rates will be found in the proptf
place, to which the attention of all interested
are most respectfully invited.
Terms of Subscription,
$2.00 Per Annum. SI.OO For Six month*
&3F Address all communications, &c., intends
for publication, and all letters on business to
MALCOM STAFFORD,
Managing and Business Editor ,
Jefferson, Jackson Cos.,
June 12 th, 1875.
gfjT'All kinds of Leather and Lumber, kef
constantly on hand and for sale by
June 12 J. E. & 11. J. RANDOLPH.