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STORY DEPARTMENT. THE SLEEPING PREACHER. A MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENT OF CLAIRVOY- j ANTE IN ALABAMA. In these days of spiritual manifestations j and materialization of shadows, it may lie of interest to our readers to learn there is a first class medium in the neighboring State of Ala bama. who far outdoes all the Fosters. Humes or Rosses, and yet claims nothing for his ex traordinary powers but the great misfortune of an attack of sickness, that by its peculiar effects upon the brain has enabled him ever since to. as it were, disengage his soul from his body and send it on an exploring expedi tion. Not only that, but, under a chain of favorable circumstances, even while in a state of utter unconsciousness, he is transported to far distant places, and either writes or tells to those around all he witnesses; and the single instance has yet to occur in which he has tailed correctly to relate actual circum stances and facts. Marvelous as this may seem, the facts can be attested by living, reliable witnesses, such as no one would for a moment question. Nor does this party seem to be aware of his ex traordinary powers or to properl}' appreciate them ; for he deems it a signal punishment of heaven—one that he would gladly escape, lie scorns the idea of ever receiving money for anything he tells or does, lie is an humble minister of the Cumberland Presby terian church, and always feels humbled and humiliated after one of his trances. He is in middle age, and in all respects healthy. lie is a married man, and lives in North Ala bama. and though we withhold his name, as a notoriety of this kind is never grateful to him. wc nevertheless feel it due to society to tell them of this extraordinary man. frho could, if he wished it. produce a number one sensation as a spiritualist, and yet is content to pursue his humble path as a Christian and not impose his misfortune on the community as a gift. Yet there are those traveling all through the country exhibiting every phase of brain disease, epilepticism, catalepsy, etc., etc., as odic force, materialization and other kindred impostures, and thus attributing the, singular it is true, but well known attributes of certain nervous maladies, to the action of spirits. How often is the asylum peopled with inmates from the powerful etfccts of sup posed spiritual visitation, and even giant in tellects have succumbed to the powerful in fluence of superstition. Robt. Dale Owen, one of the most power ful thinkers America has ever produced, after reigning over the minds of all, by his deep and pungent reasoning on all scientific sub jects, at last succumbed to the influence of a detected imposter, and now raves in a mad house. If we*bring this case properly and fully before the public, one argument to de throne this dragon of society can be deduced, and the subject of this sketch will, we hope, pardon the use made of his acts in this ser vice to the world. We have been unable to gather, as we would like, any facts connected with his parentage, but we are disposed to believe there has been, either lately or recently,”some predisposition to cerebral disorders in his family. One thing is well known—that in every case of so-called spiritualists this taint exists in the immediate kindred. In this case of the subject of this notice lie had no evidence of unusual powers until after his youth. Then after marriage he had a severe attack of fever with congestion of the brain, and large quantities of quinine were used. So soon as recover}’ took place this condi tion began. He is familiarly known as the ‘•sleeping preacher,” and great curiosity is felt wherever he goes to witness one of these sleeping performances. We can not better describe this peculiarity than repeat a graphic description given of a sermon heard by our informant—one of the leading ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and a resident of Williamson county ; “ 1 and my wife were in Mooresville, Ala., at a protracted meeting, and Mr. came to assist. We all felt a great curiosity to see and hear him, having heard so much about him. lie stopped at I)r. Thach’s, we at Miss M alton’s. \\ e made Dr. Thach agree to let us know if lie got into one of his spells. Mr. preached at night a very fair sermon, but nothing unusual, and his voice was rather harsh and grating. After the congregation dispersed, we were sitting in the front portico ot Miss \\ alton s house, when a negro came running toward ns, saying the Doctor had sent for us to hear Mr. . We rushed over, entered the parlor, and Mr. was sitting in a rocking chair apparently sound asleep, eyes closed, and head resting back on the chair. lie, however, was singing in a low semitone of voice a hymn, and while he sang the room gradually filled up until not an inch of space was unoccupied. His voice had al together changed from its usual loud, harsh character, and was low, soft and musical to n degree I never heard surpassed. In fact, it reminded me of angels’ whispers. And then ft had a tone of inexpressible melancholy about it that reached the hearts of ever}' one present, and when he ceased to sing there was scarcely a dry eye in the room. At the conclusion of his song he began one of the most feeling, earnest prayers I ever heard, and in so piteous, beseeching a manner that nothing could resist him. This prepared us to expect some rare treat, and we were not disappointed. He took his text from Paul’s letter on faith, and yon know I have heard good preaching, but never did I hear his ser mon surpassed. It may have been the pe culiar circumstances under which it was de livered, and the charm that would naturally cluster around one in his condition, that ad ded interest to it, but certainly I never saw a greater effect produced. It fell as gentle ami pure as the snow. Still, in the same melodious voice, and the only gesture was a cluck of the fingers when he wished to empha size a point. To say it was eloquent does sot express it. It was simply glorious, chaste and intellectual, lie described faitli as a golden chain connecting Earth to Heaven, and man to his God. lie preached thus for alWmt thirty minutes, when at once his face, hitherto calm and unruffled, became perfectly livid, his- brow corrugated, until you could have laid your finger in the depression, and he clutched his left side with his right hand as if a violent pain had assailed him. This paroxysm lasted several minutes, when grad ually it began to abate, and he exclaimed. ‘Oh! what are all my sufferings here, if, Lord, thou find’st me meet ?’ And then his brow relaxed, his form again assumed its easy posture, a sweet smile passed over his face, and lie slept on quietly and calmly, and the crowd quietly withdrew from the presence of the unoonseioi?s preacher.” hen questioned about these somnambu listic sermons, he knows nothing about them ; not even a dream of it has left its shadowy trace behind. This is not the only result of his sleep. If he is sitting by a table writing when this “spell” comeson, he continues to write, but not on the subject that engaged his thoughts, and he awakes to find sometimes the strangest revelations, one or two of which we have appended. I)r. Blake, of our city, has a little daugh ter to whom her grandmother had presented a golden eagle and requested her to have a ring made of it and wear for her memory, which the Doctor attended to; but the ring being too large, it was worn temporarily by her mother. On one occasion, in assisting her cook, she laid the ring down in the kitchen, and on returning for it an hour or so after ward, it was gone. Of course ail wore dis tressed. and diligent search was made for it at every possible place, but no ring could be found. A few days afterwards, while the family were assembled at breakfast, and the j cook, whom, by-the-way, ail suspected, was in waiting, Dr. 8., knowing the great super stition of negroes, said to his wife lie inteud | ed to write to Mr. , of Alabama, who had I the power of finding stolen things, and relat ied several very striking incidents. The ne gro listened intently, and at last, seeming to ; be impressed with anew idea, she turned to | her little son, and told him to look under the window where Mrs. B. was in the habit of ! sitting. The boy went away and soon came I back with the ring. A day or so after. I)r. B. visited Alabama on business, and at a depot he met with Mr. er , I made use of your name to some good purpose the other day.” “ Yes,” says Mr. ,“ I heard you.” And then he re lated to the astonished Dr. Blake the whole circumstance, who gave the ring, who made it, the inscription on it, its loss and manner of recovery, even to the complete conversa tion at the table, lie also told Dr. Blake the whole transaction was on paper, and had been written by him while in a trance. Dr. Blake having never spoken of the circumstances to any one, was of course wonderfully astonish ed. This looks like clairvoyance, only the mind of the clairvoyant usually does no more than interpret the thoughts of those present, and this might have been accounted for here, but that it was written out. lie visited Dr. Thach, of Mooresville, a good deal, who will corroborate all these statements and give more. One dark, drizzly night, Dr. Thach noticed him while asleep put his hand to his eye, making a telescope of it, and appear to look through it at some far distant object. “ What are you looking at. Doc?” says the Doctor. ” I see a ring,” “Where?” “In front of the hotel, in the mud.” The hotel was two hundred yards away. “ Well, get up and let’s go to it,” says the Doctor. Mr. at once arose, walked out the door into the darkness, and Dr. Thach following him, lie took the centre of the very muddy street, and went un hesitatingly to the front of the hotel, stooped down and picked up a gold ring, and handed it to his companion. It was down in the mud. At another time, with the same companion, lie saw some money, and being bid to go af ter it, the Doctor still following, he went to a stable lot and picked up a two dollar bill. Doctor Thach saw the money as soon as the other this time, it being light. © © He told a friend in. one of his visions he saw, as if a long while ago, a vessel with a large quantity of gold on board and sailing for this country. He saw a mutiny on board, and the men and officers murdered. He saw the schooner run into the mouth of a certain creek on the sea shore, and at a certain spot, washed in a certain was, he saw them re move the gold to the shore and at the Same time' scuttle the vessel. Three men only were engaged in it, and they buried the gold at a well-marked spot. Here they separated, and, being afraid to come for it, soon it trans pired that they were all three killed or died, and the gold was left undisturbed in its hid ing place, and there it still rests in its bed. “Wiry don't you go and get it ? Would you know the spot ?” “ Y'es, I can go there aud put my hand on the box, but it is ill-gotten gold. It is blood money, aud it will carry a curse with it.” And no argument would ah, ter his determination or make him reveal its hiding place to any one. lie had a daughter attending school at Dr. Ward’s in this city. On the night of the com mencement, he was in a trance—we linow not what else to call them—at his faraway home in Alabama. All at onoe he sprang forward and exclaimed, excitedly, “ There, we are in the dark.” 11 is wife said to him he was mis taken, the light was burning. “Oh ! I.mean at Ward’s. I was attending the examination* and now it’s all dark.” When his dauglitef returned she told them pf the accident of the gas going out while4he commencement exer cises were in progress, leaving them all in darkness. He has other and diverse powers. One day he carried Miss Walton’s mail from the office. Handing her a lettcf, he says, “This is from brother MeD.” “ No, this is from his wife.” He only backs her letters for her.— “ No, this is from him, and he writes to you about so and so”—and he repeated to her its contents. At another time he said to his wife: “ A letter directed to me from Nash ville. passed on to-da} r by mistake, and it contained so and so,” and he repeated the contents of the letter, as was seen on its re turn from the other direction. It is said among his neighbors he can read an}’ letter through its envelope. The whole neighbor hood apply to him when any thing is lost, and he can always, if asked while in a trance, answer correctly. Even the rogues have be come fearful of his power. But the most singular of all his perform ances, and equal to the pretensions of the best Spiritualists, is the last circumstance we will relate. There are thousands of others, but we deem it only necessary to give a rep resentative case in each branch of his powers. The Methodist Conference year had closed, and the new minister of Mooresville had come. On Saturday Mr. frequently spoke of his curiosity to hear the new preach er. lie was sick all Saturday night, so much so that he could not sleep. After breakfast Sunday morning, he told his wife he would take a nap and then go to church. lie was sleeping so sweetly at the regular church time that his wife would not wake him.— Just as the congregation began to pour out he raised up, and his wife said : “ Yon were sleeping so soundly I did not disturb you to go to the Methodist church, and so you miss ed hearing the new preacher.” “ No, I heard him.” Ilow could yon hear him. and I know you have been asleep all the time.” “ Nevertheless I heard him, and to prove it, I will show 3’ou.” And he wrote down at once a text divided into various heads, and made a synopsis of the sennon, giving the leading arguments. This was shown that evening to the Metho dist minister and others, and they all recog nized it as almost the literal sermon. lie once heard Dr. Baird, and in some re spects differed with the Doctor. On going home, he went to sleep and answered the Doctor, much to his great amusement—for he was present. It was said to have been a masterly.criticism, abounding in figures of rhetoric and very sarcastic in tone. It is unnecessary to repeat all the wonder ful things he does. It is said that if asked where any missing article or property is, while in his trance, he at once sees it, and is able to tell its precise location. A boy stole his wife’s breast-pin, and on being informed of its loss. Mr. . without any hesitation. named the party who had it, and it was re covered. How can these thiugs be ? That they are so, is unquestionable, as Drs. Provine, Baird and Blake will testify, but how they are so, puzzles the scientific mind. Mr. scouts the idea of spirits aiding him, and will not, under any circumstances, receive money for any in formation, nor will he give the informa tion, if asked for it, at any other time except while under the influence of his epileptic or cataleptic exacerbation. There is some cere bral disturbance, a superexcitation or rather a hypersethesia of the sensoriura that pushes his mind or soul free and untramelled into space, and thus, uninfluenced by surrounding objects, it sees clearly all things happening around. We see often the same thing, to a limited extent, in the case of somnabulists. They, with closed eyes, will walk over houses, near precipices, &c., with impunity. Why ? Because from a peculiar nervous exaltation the optic expansion ceases to be the only mode of conveyance to the brain of objects, and every nervous filimeut becomes pro tempora a retina. This is a temporary cata lepsy, and an unusual or overpowering amount of hyperesthesia would produce like greater resu Its . —Nash v ilie Amer ican . SUNDAY READING. Sunday-School. TEACHERS MUST NOT GROW OLD. There is some things which a teacher must do, and there are some things which a teacher must not do. lie must not grow old. He must have access to the fountain of per petual youth. It is said that there is a pre judice against old age in the pulpit. It is an unreasonable one. It cannot be tolerated in the school room. There is no valid objection to gray hairs. The common opinion that gray hairs may be accompanied by wisdom, is not altogether without foundation. Gray hairs may not, in all cases, be in jurious ; but they must be the covering of a brain that shelters a young mind. The body must grow old ; the ear must become dull; the eye must become dim. But not so with the mind. The mental eye may be kept un dimmed. Decreasing strength of body may be accompanied by increasing strength of mind. If the mind is used as it ought to be used, it will lose none of its vivacity, fresh ness and force, till near the time when its tabernacle is to be taken down. Men's minds grow dull as years roll on, because they fail to give them due exercise. They have acquired, it may be, a competency, and are not compelled to exert mind and body ;or they may become indolent. The man of business forms habits that are well nigh mechanical, which interfere seriously with mental exertion. He may continue his business, though his mind grows old. But this is not the case with the teacher. Ilis mental powers and susceptibilities must be kept young, or lie cannot act by sympathy on the minds of the young. No man can confer any considerable amount of benefit on other minds unless it is in sympathy with them. The great power of the teacher is the power of sympathy. The teacher need not grow old. His con stant contact with the minds of the young, the exercise of mind necessary to rouse, stim ulate, direct and control the mental activities of his pupils, will prevent his mind from los ing the vigor, freshness and sympathy char acteristic of a young mind. It is a common remark, which must be the result of common observation, that teachers grow dull as they grow old. The remark, as *a general rule, is not true of teachers truly so called. It is true of some who occupy the positions of teachers, and who think their business is to communicate knowledge by reading lectures to their students. When those lectures were first composed, they were interested in them, and hence their delivery awakened interest in others ; but as time roll ed on, they lost their interest in truths so often repeated in the same form, and of course became dull. The same effect will follow the continued repetition of any fQrm of instruction. The teacher who would not grow old, should never use the same illustrations and thoughts over and over and over.- lie must study and prepare for each lesson, separately, fully, freshly.— S. S. Times. A Short Story for the Girls. A bright was playing croquet, and knocking her ball with the intention of placing it in position so that she could pass through the wicket when her time to play should come again, was somewhat displeased to see it roll too far, so that she was still out of position. Without uttering a word of com plaint, however, she walked quietly to the ball, and with her foot rolled it to the place where she had endeavored to have it stop. Another, engaged in the game saw it, and kindly reproved her; told her it was wrong, and if she learned to do things which were wrong in small things, like a game of pleas ure, she would be more likely to do so in large things, when she would be thrown into the great struggles of life. To this she read ily responded, “Why, I saw grandma place her ball before the wicket in the same way awhile ago !” And no argument could con vince her but that it was right to take advan tage of her playmates, because she “saw her grandma do the same thing.” Thus an innocent little girl chanced to be the observer of an act by one to whom she looked for an example, and thus a little mind was poisoned, which, no doubt, was previous ly, perhaps, as pure as the fresh-fallen snow. In this way seed is often sown in the child, which must sprout and bear fruit, and “Oh ! what shall the harvest be ?” How careful we should be to avoid the appearance of evil, and remember that, in the smallest deed, the ej'e of some person looking to us for an example, may be upon us. Homey from the Scripture. —Do not think it enough if j’on learn to spell and to read, and to say the words of Scripture, but seek to learn the truths of Scripture. Do as the bees do. A bee when it sees a flower does not fly around and round it, and sip it and then off again like a foolish, idle butterfly. It settles on the flower and then sucks the hon ey out of it. You should do as the bees do, you should settle your thoughts on what you read, and try to stick the honey out of it. Almost every verse in the New Testament has its honey. Almost every verse contains a spiritual truth fit to nourish some soul or other. —Maria Hare . PiPße just and fear not. THE.FARM. Figures—The Employes of Farmers—What They Are Paid—What They Receive. Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The farmers of the South employ too many hands. The}’ charter too many ears. They deploy their forces over too wide a field. They can't give them that oversight neces* sary to successful operations in business. They employ too many at high salaries to furnish them meat and bread. They employ nten in Chicago, St, Louis and Louisville and pay them more money than one farmer in ten makes. Let us take the State of Georgia. In 1873 her farmers bought of the West about sixty-five million pounds of meat, ten or twelve million bushels of corn, two million bushels of oats, barley and other g-ain. something near ten hundred thousand barrels of flour. The amount of hay con siderable, but I could not say how much. To transport the above articles —together with other products not mentioned—from the Western markets they chartered that year about twenty thousand freight cars, or an average of about sixty cars per diem. For these cars they paid out daily the sum often thosuand dollars, or a grand aggregate for the year of three million, six hundred and fifty thousand doba-s. Besides these cars and the regular force to run them, they paid large salaries to over a thousand shipping clerks, book-keepers, and. other employes in Chicago, Cincinnati. Louis ville and other cities from the lakes to the sea-board. The salaries paid to these men in one year would amount to one million five hundred thousand dollars—enough money if multiplied by five to construct factories enough to manufacture .into goods all the raw sotfon Georgia could produce after pro perly supplying all her wants. The farmers of Georgia also employed that year one hundred and twenty-five thou sand negroes to work in the cotton fiehls. As wages to said hands besides board— which, of course, is included in the forego ing estimate—ten millions of dollars were paid. This estimate embraces the principal items of expense for employes and hirelings. If we add to these items the expense of clothing, sugar, coffee, and other necessaries (so regarded) for the fam’lies of Georgia far mers and planters, we would have for ex pense account for one year, so far, about thirty million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Now add the prime cost of all articles shipped from the West and we have the sum of forty-two million nine linndred and fifty thousand dollars. This expense account could and ought to be curtailed two-thirds. Now, if we add to the above the unavoidable expenses of the farmers in that yea* —taxes—Federal, State and county—and other incidental expenses, such as tuition, pew rents, and so forth, we would place to expense account the sum of fifty millions of dollars. Georgia, in 1873, raised a little less than six hundred thousand bales of eottan. Say it brought an average of S7O per bale, the ag gregate is just forty-two millions of dollars. Suppose the farmersof the State sold that year watermelons, fruits, vegetabes, etc., to amount of three millions of dollars, we find that the year's operations left them just five millions in debt. This debt was made with coiton at 15 cents, and we find the farmers trying to work it off with cotton at twelve to thirteen cents. The farmer is a wonderfnl inH v'dual. lie never stops to apply the multi plication table to lbs business. Has no use fo *it w'.),ile he is goi lg it blind. Meantime, he charters about the same number of cars, keeps in his employ abuot the same number of Chicago and Louisville clerks and book keepers, and employs about the same number of field laborers in the cultivation of cotton, lie tries to live as well as he did tlu-ee yea-s ago. and uses the same quantity of whisky and tobacco. lie likes to go in the same style he used to go in when laborers were property and labor cost but little. He ex pects to pay off that $5,000,000 debt and make money yet, running his schedule and pl.ancng nothing but cotton. lie has not stopped to consider the causes of his indebtedness, but attributes it all to bad seasons, short cotton crops and the low price of cotton. ‘ ' What would cotton be to-day if every Georgia planter had made srice the war, the crop he planted for? Scarcely five cents, I trow. I never saw one yet that made over two-thirds of a chop, and the majority only about a halt crop. A full cot ton crop by the planter’s count would bank rupt the world. One crop fully up to their estimate would be enough to last two years. It is to be hoped for the good of all classes of society, that the planter may never realize a full crop of cotton. And it is to be hoped that the farmers of the South, and especially the cotton growing States, will stop that train of cars nearly two hundred miles long, and discharge every man on board from the conductor down to the brake men. Let them stop that $10,000,000 down South and use it to develop her water power. Let them discontinue the services of that corps of shippers, book-keepers and what-not and build up the country with the money pa ; d to them. Let them take out of the field just one-half of the negroes employed making cotton and supply their places with their own [sons. Let them take one-half of the acres devoted to cotton and plant it in corn, wheat and oats. If they will do this the day will dawn in the midst of darkness and “hard times” vanish from the land as a morning vapor fleeth before the sun. Follow the insane policy of trying to run all the South and give employment to every Shade hunter from the lakes to the sea, and your poverty will come as one who traveleth (drawn by a Keeley motor), and your want as an armed man. He that tilleth his land shall have bread in plenty, but he that hires everybody shall find his own stomach empty enough. Be wise, Southern men—Georgians, be brave, and quit yourselves like men. Dig deep in the earth to plant your grain, and you will find the inestimable prize of true happiness. Nothing to sell and nothing to buy will give very little trouble and secure plenty to eat. Contentment is happiness, and freedom from debt is actual wealth. Work to this end and you will gain great riches. Just try it.' Will you? 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On Orders not exceeding 810, 5 cents ; over 810 and not exceed ing 84<V 20 cents ; over §lO and not exceeding .SSO, 25 Cent's. • i FBLFLL TA BLE EOll FARMERS* 4 inches, make one hand. •• 50 lbs. ’Corn make one bushel., 50 lbs. Rye make ono bushel. 00 lbs. Wheat make one bushel. GO lbs. S*fed make Ond bushel. 190 ll>s. Flour make oi\e parrel. 20niT)s. Beef or Pork makes orie Vbl. 32 lbs. ' Oats make oi>e bushel. GO lbs.. Potatoes make oue bushel. 14 pounds make one stone. 3 miles make one league. 0 feet make one fanthom v . - A perch of stone is 40| feet long, 11 feet thick, and 1 foot high, or 24] cubic feet. A mile is 320 rods—l,7Go yards—s,2Bo feet— Q3,3G0 indifctk ;; ; An acre is square yard—43.sGo square feet—G,272,640 square inches. or ti in.-'l <: b :.!• • ?. ,n, RGB AL DIVINITIKS, Flora—The goddess of Flowers, Pan : —The god ofShepherds and Hunters; fa mous far his whistling which fatigued him so muoh, that he invented pipes to. blow on. PLUTES —The god of Riches ; represented with wings. Pom(EVA —The goddess of Orchards and Fruit trees. INTEREST RULES. For finding the interest on any principal for any number of days. The answer in each case being in cents. sepaiate 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-nand 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 G. 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. fen per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 3G. 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 IS. Twenty-four per cent.—Multiply by number ot days, and divide by 15. A Useful Table. —To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation, the following ta ble is given by an agricultural cotemporary: Five yards wide by 078 yards long contains one acre. Ten yards wide by 484 yards long contains 1 acre. Twenty yards wide by 242 yards long contains 1 acre. Forty yards wide by 121 yards long contains 1 acre. Eighty yards wide by 101 yards long contains 1 acre. Seventy yards wide by G9£ yards long contains 1 acre. Two hundaed and twenty feet wide by 108 feet long contains 1 acre. Four hundred and forty feet wide by 00 feet long contains 1 acre. Eleven feet wide by 398 feet long contains 1 acre. Sixty feet wide by 726 feet long contains 1 acre. One hundred and twenty feet wide by 3G3 feet long contains 1 acre. Two hundred and forty feet wide dy 1811 feet long contains 1 acre. COUNTING. 12 units are one dozen. 12 dozen one gross. 20 units one score. 5 scores one hundred. FOREST NEWS CLUB RATES! To those wishing to get up Clubs, the f lowing liberal inducements are offered • 10 For Club of Five Subscribers, . & “ “ “ Ten “ . “ “ “ Twenty “ . With an extra copy of the paper to the De son getting up the last named Club. *** THE CASH MUST ACCOMPANY ALL CLUB ORDERS IdPTo any person furnishing a Club of Ten responsible subscribers who will p* v u the Fall, an extra copy of the paper will L given. County and Coton lircdortf JACKS OX SUP EE IOR COURT Hon. GEO. D. RTCE, - - . Jud EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. deni. COUNTY OFFICERS. WILEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordintrr THOS. 11. N1 BLACK, - - - Clerk S. JOHN S. HUNTER Sh WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy * LEE J. JOHNSON, - - - . . JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax ColletW GEO. W. BROWN, r c S JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Sumy J WM. WALLACE, - - - CwS' G. J. N. W ILSON, County School Commiss'r Commissioners (Roads and Revenue.)—W® Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet oa the Ist Fridays in August and November. TANARUS, R Niblack, Esq., Clerk. MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS. Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pcndemaw J. P.; H. T. Flecinan, J. P. John M. Rurni Constable. Clnrkesborough District, No. 242, F. M Holli. day, J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P. Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. F. Kidd, J. p. Chandler’s District, No. 24G, Ezekiel Hewitt J. P.; J. G. Burson, J. P. Randolph's District, No. 248, Pinckney P Pirkle, -J. P.; Jas. A. Straynge, J. P. Cunningham's District, No. 428, J. A. Brazk ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P. Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O’Kclly J. P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. & Ex. Off. J. p'. Minnish's District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood, J. p, Harrisburg District, No. 257, Wm. M. Mortnu J. P.; J. W. Pruitt, J. P. House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. Santafec District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J P S. G. Arnold. J. P. Wilson's District, No. 4G5, W. J. Comer, J. p, FR A TER NAL DIRECTOR Y. Unity Lodge, No. 30, F. A. M.. meets Ist TW day night in each month. IT. TV. Bell, \X. M.; John Simpkins. Scc’y. Love Lodge, No. 05. I. O. O. F., meets on 2d and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J. B. Sil man. N. G.; G. J. N*. Wilson, See’y. Stonewall Lodge, No. 214, I. O. G. TANARUS„ meets on Saturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays in each month. J. B. Pendergrass, W. C. TA NARUS.; Miss Ma ry F. Winlmrn, W. R. S. Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of 11., meets) oi Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. Ja.). K. Randolph, M.; (J. .). N. Wilson. Sec’y. Relief (colored) Fire Company. No. 2. meets on 4th Tuesday night in each mouth. Henry Long. Captain; Ned Burns, Sec’y.. Oconee Grange, No. 391, meets on Saturday be fore the first Sunday in each month, at Galilee, at 1 o’clock. I*. M. A. C. Thompson, \V. M.; L.T. Bush, Scc’y. CO l XT J' CH ( R ('ll DIR EC TOR Y. METHODIST. Jefferson Circuit. —-Jefferson, Harmony drove, Dry Pond, Wilson's, Holly Springs. TV. A. Kar ris, P. C. Mulberry Circuit. — Ebcnezer, Bethlehem, Con cord. Centre and Pleasant Grove,* Lebanon. A.L Anderson, P. C. Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkint* villc Circuit. PRKSnVTERf AN. Thyatira, Rev. G. H. Cartlcdgc, Pastor; Samir Creek. Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor : PPeasant Grovr, Rev. G. H. Cartlcdgc, Pastor; Mizpah. Rev. Neil Smith. Pastor. BAPTIST. Cabin Creek, W- K. Goss. Pastor; Harmony Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman. Pastor; Zion, Her. ■J. M. Davis, Past.; Bcthabra, Rev. G. L. Bagwell, Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Pastor; Walnut. Ilev. -J. M. Davis. Pastor; Crookfi Creek. W. F. Stark, Pastor: Oconee Church, Rev. A. J. Kelley. Pastor; Poplar Springs. Rev. W. A. Brock. Pastor Handler's Creek, W. F. Stark, Pastor; Mountain Creek, TV. 11. Bridges, Pastor, PROTESTANT METHODIST. Pentecost, Rev. It. S. McGarrity, Pastor. ~ - . “CURTIAX.” : Bethany ('lmrch, I)r. F. Jackson, Pastor. Christian Chapel. FJdcr W. T. Uovrc, Pastor. Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor. FIRST UNI VERSA LIST. Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; Churdj meeting and preaching every third Saturday aw Sunday. JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS. Physicians...J. D. &H. J. Long. J. J. Ik*' ter. N. W. Carithers, J. 0. Hunt. Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, TF. I. Pik*- J. A. B. Mahaft'ey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitm* P. F. Hinton, R. S. Howard. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stank? H & Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. I Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Senfii J. P. Williamson, Jr. Harness Maker. .. John G. Oakes. Wagon Makers. .." Wm. Winbum, Monrtf I Ray. (col.) Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland. Blacksmith. ..C. T. Story. Tinner. .. John 11. Chapman. Tanners... J. E. & H. J. Randolph. ,1 Boot and Shoe-Makers. ..N. B. Stark. un<k; J Forest News office; Seaborn M. Stark, over*’-* S. Thompson’s store. HOTELS. Randolph House, by Mrs. Randolph. North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins- B Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Efiz' u! ' i W orsham. Liquors. Segars. Ac... J. L. Bailey. Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin...J. P- * f| J. Long. Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. o rOUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. | Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn, Principal . - B P. Orr. Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assist* 11 ' || Miss Lizzie Burch, Music. Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal- Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge. Principal*. Hj Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney, 1r! I cipal. . . Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal- I Oak Grove Academy— Mrs. A. C. P. Rl(lf 1 Principal. . . Academy Church.—A. J. Mitchell. Princip* l '. Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwyler, cipal. * . , Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park. Princ'P** | Chajiel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal- H Holly Spring Ann demy —W. P. Newman. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF fl Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Me . ■ days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M.. an parts same days at 12 o’clock, 31. -Irwin 1 * I Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on " Y ■ days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A. M., a parts same days at 12 o'clock, M. fj Lawrencevillc mail arrives at Jefferson on - j ■ days, at 12 o’clock, 31, and departs same o’clock, P. 31. P M- I F. L. Pendergrass. Pip ) 1 • I