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tlic puffs- tenter. Dead! Ah, No. Friend of uv boyhood's happy hours, How oft I've wished thee back again. Thy inline to use is like the flowers That brighter grow through storm and pain. It seems brri yesterday we walked In cheerful ronrerse. hand In hand ; It seems hilt yesterday we talked *)£futbjr< we had planned. And now I stand beside thy grave And weep to, think, that thou art dead ! 4\ hilst over thee the willows wave, And wihl Iknvefs bloom above thy head ! Dead? Ah.no. There is no deuth, ThitswHmMoblwHly must de<a\'; But. with the parting of the breath, Th" immortal spirit lives for aye ! And, musinfHhus. I almost seem In sweet commune with thee again, Alas ! ’tis but a fleeting dream. Whose Inemorv brings hut grief and pain. Friend of ruv earlier, happier days, Companion of my later•years, I can miTspea!< ofthee in praise; 1 can but think of thee in tears 1 XXX. Detroit, September, I>>7o. STORY DEPARTMENT. a* X - - - W ALMOST A CENTENNIAL ROMANCE. It was Sundav.Jfffy 14. 1776 —just ninety nifle years ago to-day—and the rudely con structed fort at Booneslioro’ lay in drowsy silliness on the bank of the Ken tucky river. Daniel Boone and his friend and associate, Richard Callaway, had been absent witfee-early in the morning ; and the good wives, sharers in the toil of the early pioneer days, were enjoying the rest that the Sabbath brought even to the unbroken wil derness. In the grateful shade of a tree in one corner of the enclosure sat three young girls, just blooming into womanhood, and giving unwanted sharrn to the rough eviden ces of civilization which had but recently forced themselves upon the primitive harmo ny of the surrounding scenery. The eldest of these maidens was Elizabeth Callaway. ♦The experiences of life rather than the observance of nature seems to have given turn to the thoughts and tastes of the early settlers, so, that while the more classi cal, soft and euphoniousffname of Bessie 1 might have harmonized well with the rnur-' muring river an l kite soft and languid aspectj of nature in her summer garb, the hard, every- s day life of the adventurous dwellers in the dark and 1 ’ ;iy ground seem to comport best with the harsher name of Betsy. So Elizabeth was known simply as Betsy Calla way—not a name suggestive of romance, yet she was withal a gentle and loving girl, and had maiden fancies that gave the deep color of romance to one of the incidents of her life in the wilderness. She was just turned of sixteen, an 1 as she sat under the tree that sultry summer afternoon, ninety-nine years ago this day, the sun that now and then stolr" through'flic foliage and then played upon her roifhding form and athwart her well-set head s Joined to bring out more fully the lithe someness of her young womanhood,; the glossy blackness of her ravea tresses, and the rich olive Color of her dark complexion. The othergirls were younger by two years, and diiTooid. from her in appearance. Fanny Callaway w^,. fairer than her sister Betsy, but not mo*e ptensfhg in appearance. The third girl, .Jemima Boone, was also naturally fair, anti, filce !%mryf owed whatever fairness she may have lost to constant exposure to the weather. Nor were these young maidens without4heir fancies, too, for the wilderness mature its occupants-rapidly, and though but fourteen ingim counted the lives of the two girls, enyh }fu 1 a lover who was a hardy and bold pioneer and ready to encounter any dan ger for his lady-love Perhaps these young girls were silent and sat there communing with their own thoughts or thinking of their absent heroes, who had gone out that day with Boone and Callaway ; perhaps they were conversing about their matffmdfrkil arrangements; perhaps they were idly chatting about anything, and every thing an 1 nothing; for feminine nature a hundred years ago, and in the wilderness, was not unlike it is now. and in the most civilized communities. But as evening drew near, the last lingering breath of air seemed to lull itself to rest, and the July heat seemed to become sti LI more oppressive. The quick ear of one of the girls caught the sound of the river as its subdue 1 murmur floated up the river bank, and she proposed that they should ’go a'short distance below the fort to where a.canoe was lying, and drift out upon the bosom of the river to catch the coolness of the evening waters. Hardly were they seated, and prepared to push from the shore, when they detected a slight rustle in the brush, and in a moment more five stalwart and hideously painted In dians leaped .to the side of the canoe and pulldd it close to the shore. What girl of sixteen could be equal to such an emergency ? It was lief 6 t-lvnt the true heroine displayed herself. It was here that the sentimental girl, who had just been dreaming of her ab sent lover and wandering through the realms of maiden fhffey with lovesick girls like her self, in an instant converted herself into the daring and hardy woman of the frontier; it was here that Bets}’ Callaway, without a mo ment's |Tsitation, determined to defend the honor and the lives of herself and her young compaiupns, and wrote her name in the an nals of Kentucky. Standing .erect in the canoe, she Seized the paddle, and at a single blow l;tia open to the bone the head of the foremost savage. The other Indians pressed on, but, stall undaunted, the brave girl fought them with the ferocity of a mother protecting her yontrg. Finally exhausted, she sankto the bottom of tlig canoe, and.with her trembling sister Mend was dragged ashore, and hurried off tp meet whatever fate might be in store for them. We have honored the memories of the he roes of Blinker Hill; we have reverently cel ebrated the be'easion when George Washing ton turned his back upon the delights of home and gave lus sword to a cause in which failure would be ignominy in death ; we are preparing to celebrate with impressive splen dor th? centennial of the memorable event that gave uA independence, and illustrated the exacted courage of the statesmen of 1776 ; let us pause for a moment to do honor to this brave girl, who battled so heroically with a foe that even strong men hesitated to encoun ter ; let us lift the romance of her rude life out of the common run of girlish sentiment and make her love one of the episodes of our history. - I The Consternation of the fort can well be imagined. The fathers of the girls soon re turned, and, before the night closed in. Dan iel Boone, at the head of a party on foot, and Richard Callaway, at the head ol a party on horseback, were offin pursuit. In Boone* • party was Samuel Henderson. .John H&lljsr and Flanders" Calftw.-fy. WTOT gtfve youths such determined looks and made them press on eagerly ? Was it only a knightly spirit that prompted them to the rescue of the forlorn and captured damsels ? Ah, as Samuel Henderson strode he was thinking of the olived-cheeked heroine, Betsy Callaway; and John Holder clenched his hands and ground his teeth when he thought of poor frightened Fanny ; arid Flanders Callaway almost forgot his kith and ki:v*%for thißlfing of his Captured Jemima %ofme. —IVc fertn j easily smile over it now ; but let any man | put himself in the place of any one of these young men ; and ask himself how he would feel in such a pursuit, knowing the girl he loved and hoped to make his wife was in the power of ruthless, cruel and treacherous savages. When the Indians started with the girls they made the younger ones take olf their shoes and put on moccasins; but Betsy re fused to take off her shoes, and as she wicked along she ground her heel into the sou to leave a trail. Noticing this, the Indians made ! Hie whole party walk apart and deviate from lthe course, so as to wade through - the water | and destroy the trail. Then the undaunted j Betsy broke off twigs and dropped them ' along the road, never doubting for a moment i that her father and lover would soon be in i hot .pursuit of them ; and when the | threatened her with uplifted tomahawk if she | persisted in this, she secretly tore off por 11ions of her dress and dropped them along ;the road. Boone’s party soon found the trail, and followed it rapidly, fearing that the girls might grow weary and be put to death. All Sunday night and all Monday the pursuit was kept up. On Tuesday morning a slender column of smoke was seen in the distance, and the experienced, eyas of tha hunter at once detected the camp of the Indians. A serious difficulty now presented itself. How were the captives to be rescued without giving the captors time to kill them?. There was but little time for reflection, as the Indians must quickly discover their presence. The white men were sure shots, and so they picked their men, fired upon them and rushed into the camp to the rescue. At the moment of the attack the girls were sitting at the foot of a tree ; Betsy, with a red bandanna handker chief thrown over hdr head,s while the heads of Fanny and Jemima were reclining in her lap. Betsy’s olive complexion came near serving her a bad turn at this juncture, for one of the rescuing party coming suddenly upon her mistook her for an Indian, and was about to knock her brains out with the butt of his rifle when a friendly hand intervened, and saved the girl from meeting her death just at the moment she saw liberty within her reach. The fathers and gallants carried their loved ones home in triumph and this romance of real life in Kentucky a century ago would not be complete without the information that the dreams of love and‘happiness that were so cruelly disturbed ninety-nine years ago this summer day were subsequently realized. Brave Betsy Callaway became Mrs. Samuel Henderson, and lived to tell her children and her children’s children. Littlv Fanny be came Mrs. John Holder: and Flanders ♦Cal laway took to his home Miss Jemima Boone, and thus commenced the friendly ties of the Boones and Callaways. It is a long time ago; nigh on to a hundred years, and all the actors in the romance have long since depart ed, but their memory is green with many of us yet, and we can well afford to give a few thoughts to the event that marked their char acters and the time in which they lived and loved.— Coitrirr-Jonrfnr.il. FACTS AND FANCIES. A baker’s dozen—twelve months in jail. Why is a proud girl like a music-box ? Because she is full of airs. Whj’- is dancing like new milk ? Because it strengthens the calves. llow can you shoot 120 hares at a shot? —Fire at a wig. When is a black dog not a black dog? —When he is a greyhound. When a kettle just begins to, boil, is it’s music that of a dull simmer? Western musical criticism: “Her voice is as tender as a pair of two dollar pants.” “Where do people go who deceive their fellow men ? asked a Sunday school teacher of a pupil. “To Europe,” was the prompt reply. • Josh Billings says: “There ain’t any thing that will completely cure laziness, though a second wife has been known to hur ry it some.” A young man in California began to read a paragraph about a mine to his sweetheart, commencing : ‘Yoba mine’—when she inter rupted him with : I don’t care if I do John.’ I must marry that girl, said a disconsolate young man. She whistles, and it’ll never do to trifle with the affections of a girl that whistles. An Indiana man said to a Bible agent: “I’m a Christian, but I’ll be blamed if I don’t grit my teeth when the Ohio river is on a level with the top of my corn,” A woman is very like a kettle, if von come to think of it. {She sings away so pleasantly —then she stops—and, when you least ex pect it. she boils over !— Judy. “Have yon caught any fish, bub?” asked a gentleman of a small urchin that was fishing, “Yes. sir, a good eel,” said he, exhibiting one about eighteen inches long. The Marshall Messenger regretfully re marks : “One by one the old pioneers of onr country pass away.” But this is not so sad as if they were to pass away two by two, or three by three.— Norristown Herald . Max Adler, the humorist, has married a young lady whose weight verges closely up on two hundred pounds. “My dear,” says he to her, “shall I help you over the fence ?” “No,” sa} r s she to him, “help the fence.” “Only a woman’s hair,” remarked Spivens, musingly, as ho gazed down into his plate— a “ red headed woman at that! It may be very sentimental, but it somehow does away with my appetite!” The heaviest snorer we have heard of is the man whose wife woke him up the other night, during a tempest, saying she did wdsh he would stop snoring, for she wanted to hear the thunder. A Yankee has invented a milking machine which can be carried in a pocket-book. Now if he were to invent a milch cow that could be carried in the coat-tail pocket, his machine would sell more rapidly. It is easier to raise a hundred dollars for the purchase of a gold watch to be presented somebody who does not need it, than it is to collect the same amount for some poor man, from the same persons who owe him the money. - Missouri paper. SUNDAY READING. Ten Minutes to Live- On board an English steamer, a little rag ged boy, aged nine years, was discovered the fourth day out from Liverpool to New York, and carried before the first mate, whose duty it was to deal with such cases. When questioned as to his object in being stowed away, and who brought him on board, the boy, who had a beautiful sunny face, and ty|S that looked like the very mirror of rum, replied that his step-father did it be- 1 <jause lie qould not afford to keep Him nor to pay his passage to Halifax, where he had aii aunt who was well off, and to whose home going. The mate did not believe the story in spite of the winning face and truthful ac cents of the boy. He had seen too much of stowaways to be easily deceived by them, he said ; and it was his firm conviction the boy had been brought on board and provided with foodby the sailors. The little fellow was very roughly handled in tnsequence. Day by day he was questioned and re ’questioned, but always with the same result. He did not know a sailor on board, and his father alone had secreted him and given him the food which he ate. At last the mate, wearied by the boy's DersLstence in the same story, and perhaps a Little anxious to inculpqte the sailors, seized him one day, and dragging him to the fore deck, told him that unless he told the truth in ten minutes from that time, he would hang him from the yardarm. He then made him sit down under it on the deck. All around him were the passengers and sailors of the mid-day watch, and in front of him stood the inexorable mate with his chrono meter in his hand and the officers of the ship by his side. It was the finest sight said our informant, that I ever beheld, to see the pale, proud, sorrowful face of that noble boy, His head erect, his beautiful eyes bright amid the tears that suffused them. When eight minutes had fled, the mate told him he had but two minutes to live, and advised him to speak the truth and sYtYe his Fife; but he remarked with the utmost simplicity, and sincerity, by asking the mate if he might pray. The mate said nothiug, but nodded his head and turned pale as a ghost and shook with trembling like a reed shaken by the wind. And then all eyes turned on him, the brave and noble littler fellow—this poor boy whom society owned not, and whose own step-father could not care for him—there he knelt with clasped hands and eyes turned up to heaven, while he repeated audibly the Lrod's prayer, and prayed the Lord Jesus to take him to Heaven. Our informant adds that there then occur red a scene as of Pentecost. Sobs broke from strong, hard hearts, as the mate sprang forward to the boy and clasped him, and blessed him, and told him how lie believed his story, and how gald he was that he had been brave enough to face death and be willing to sacrifice his life for the truth of his word. Procrastination. A lady who found it difficult to awake as early as she wished in the morning, purchas ed an alarm watch. These watches are so contrived as to strike with a very loud whirring noise at any hour the owner pleases to set them. The lady placed her watch at the head of the and found herself ef fectually roused by the long rattling sound. She immediately obeyed the summons, and felt better all da} r for her early rising. This continued for several weeks. The alarm watch faithful}' preformed its office, and was distinctly heard so long as it was obeyed. But after a time the lady grew tired of early rising ; and when she was wakened by the noisy monitor, she merelev turned herself and slept again. Iff a feiv days the watch ceased to rouse her from slumber. It spoke just as loudly as ever, but she did not hear it, because she had acquired the habit of disobeying it. Finding that, she might just as well be without an alarm watch, she formed the wise resolution, that if she ever heard the sound again; she would jump up instantly, and that she never more would allow herself to disobey the friendly warn ing. Just so it is with conscience. If we obey its dictates, even to the most trilling particualars we always hear its voice, clear and strong, blit if we allow ourselves to do what we have some fears may not be quite right, we shall grow more and more sleepy until the voice of conscience has no longer any power to awaken us. When I look upon the tombs of the great, every motion of envy dies; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire forsakes me ; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tombs of parents themselves. I reflect how vain it is to grieve for those whom we must soon follow; when I see kings lying beside those who have deposed them, when I behold rival wits placed side bv side, or the holy men who divided the world with their con tests and disputes. I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the frivolous competition, factions and debates of mankind.— Addison. Presbyterian says :—lf there is to be a general revival of religion in our land in the year before us, the churches must speedily begin to work towards it; at least the sense of its need must be so deepened in the hearts of the people of God, that their pjrayers will begin to ascend, and their hearts be lifted with longing for the blessing. The revival will have come when the church shall be thoroughly aroused. ... A recipe for a revival would be a foolish, al most a blasphemous thing, for a revival is the work of God, and man’s devices are very vain when God does not work ; but a revival will surely come in any church when the minister and people feel with fresh and quickening power the tremendous facts that men around them are lost, and can be saved only through the mercy of God in Jesus Christ. CiFTlere is a center shot from the Ob server: —“ In our humble judgment, the reli gion of the day needs backbone more than anything else. The practical preaching which the age requires must exalt the requre ments of the divine law to the high standard of the gospel, showing the inconsistency of sin —any and all sin—sins of omission and commission, of thought, word and deed, with that holiness which is of the heart; shrinking from fraud, falsehood, unfaithfulness, impu rity in thought, speech or behavior, as from the plague, and seeking after God and liis righteousness as the goal of the soul’s aspi ration and hope.” There are moments when the two worlds, the earthly and the spiritual, sweep by near to each other, and when earthly day amt heavenly night touch each other in twilight. THE FARM. Improved Farming. We copy from the Atlanta Herald some ac count of the operations of an agricultural club in Clayton county, Ga., called the Phila delphia Farmers’ Club. It has adopted the mode of diversifying crops and providing first for the needs of the farm for its own con sumption —-cotton afterwards. The Herald states the results as follows : This club, composed of forty-three persons of Clayton county, has worked a reform in the planting interests of that county that is simply wonderful. Out of its forty-three members there is not a man who does not raise his own provisions; who is not, as a matter of course, in a comfortable situation. The average profit made by the farmers of Georgia is less than 3| per cent., as shown by their own returns; the average profit made by the forty-three members of this club is 10 per cent. Since this club has been or ganized, land lias gone up over 50 per cent, in the section covered by its influence, and in many cases lands have quadrupled in value. Its members have more orchards, more poultry, more sheep, better hogs and cattle, and make more crop on less land, than any other forty-three farmers that can be pick ed up anywhere, outside of similar influences. The reason is quite simple. In the first place, these farmers meet monthly and dis cuss, in a practical way, fertilizers, new methods of planting, new crops, new machines, the best variety of seed, and the thousand and one matters of the farm ; so that each member really has the benefit of the wisdom and experience of the other forty-two. At certain intervals, the club, in a body, visits and inspects the farms of each of its mem bers ; each one learning something at each farm visited, and being able at the same time to drop a hint that will do the proprietor some good, Whenever there is anew labor saving machine, that promises to work well, invented, the club purchases it and gives it a trial; and, thus, experiments in machines, guanos, new crops, new breeds of stock, etc., can be made at comparatively little expense. The club lias a good circulating library, and subscribes to several good agricultural pa pers. which, at one cost, are served to fifty readers. With all these advantages, the Philadelphia Club has fairly regenerated old Clayton coun ty, and we bid it God speed in its good work. There ought to be just such a club in every county in the State. If there was, it is our honest conviction that we could double our products in five years, and very nearly double the value of every acre of farming land in Georgia. Talk About Raising Hogs. A correspondent of the Zanesville Courier treats that paper to the following talk about hogs : Never undertake more than you can feed properly. Always choose the best of breeders. AH points considered as to breed, the Chester White is the best large breed, and if making money is the object, (and that is the object,) they are the pigs to raise. The point to be settled is, at what age can the most lbs., worth the most money with the least cost per lb„ be obtained ? My opinion is, a pig from 15 to 20 months old, well fed, or in other words, fed out. A brood sow is much the hardest hog to feed on the farm, and if kept more than 2h years always be comes ravenous ; will catch lambs, chickens, '&c. Hence the fewer and more productive of that glass of hogs the better. A pig has got to be two or three months old before he weighs very much. We now have oitr pigs three months old on the first of June. Now if you have a clover lot, turn them in, give them a little corn, some milk, 4-c., twice a day. You will be surprised to see how your pigs do grow. Keep right along. It is now after harvest. Turn your pigs into the stub ble. Continue swill as before through Au gust. By the first of September it is high time to put up your killing hogs into a small lot, or better still, a good pen. Feed just what your hogs can eat, all the time, of the best corn. Throw the refuse to the pigs. If you have your hogs in a lot, don't try to shut out your pigs ; there is not the least danger in the world of hurting them by keeping them too fat. If you wish to fatten thoroughly, you should have a good dry pen, solid and dean floor, and keep it neat and clean.— Ground or boiled feed pays much the best. If not handy to a mill, an old salt kettle or sorgho pan built upon a flue, will be sufficient to boil feed for a dozen pigs. If the weather is warm, feed when cold. If the weather is cold, say December, feed whilst a little warm. Add enough salt to season. If you have had mast, or your hogs have any signs of kidney worms, feed one-half table-spoonful of cop peras twice a week per head until you are satisfied your pigs are all well. If you have a sick hog, give him one table-spoonful of copperas per day until a cure is effected.— Never kill your hogs until they are so fat that they have to make two or three trials to get up. By this time, if you have made good selections, your hogs will weigh from three hundred and fifty to five hundred pounds, at fifteen months. Well fed pork always com mands a belter price for two or three reasons. First, in a large hog there are but a few more pounds of bone than in a small one. Second, there is a great deal more lard in proportion, and in the third place it is wholesome, and it looks ver3 r nice when some of your friends come to pay you a visit to have such large pieces to help them to. The same rule holds good with hogs that does with other stock, perfection or full growth. Periods of Gestation. The following table is extracted from an article in Blain's Encyclopaedia: PERIOD OF GESTATION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. >S' hortest Mean Longest period. period. period. Days. Days. Days. Mare 322 347 419 Cow .240 283 321 Ewe 146 T 54 161 Sow 109 115 143 Coat .......150 156 163 Bitch 55 60 63 Cat......... 48 50 56 Rabbit .'. 20 28 35 Turkey 24 26 30 Hen 19 21 24 Duck 28 30 32 Goose 27 30 . 33 Pigeon 16 18 20 To Prevent Rust on Plows.—A corres pondent of the Rural World says : None but the plowman knows the advantage of having a bright plow. The writer has tried a great many articles to prevent plows and other agricultural implements from rusting. There is nothing so good and hand}' as patent axle grease. I have used tallow, paint and Japan varnish, but the axle grease is always con venient and easily applied. Remember that you should study the wants of your soil as much as of your household.— A poor soil makes a poor household. L. 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An active, energetic, live Business Man, to work the MOBILE LIFE IN JACKSON COUNTY. Address R. O. RANDALL, July 17 Cenenil A"enl and Manager, Borne, Ga. TO WjY AjYD CO UNIT DIRECTOR Y. JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS. Physicians. ..J. D. A 11. J. Long, J. .T. Dus ter, N. W. Panthers, J. 0. Hunt. A tty's at Law... J. P>. Silman. W. T. Pike. J. A. B. Mahaftey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman. P. F. Hinton, R. S. Howard. MERCU A XTS. Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley A Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. MEG HAN If'S. Carpenters... Joseph I’. Williamson, Sen'r; J. P. Williamson, Jr. Harness'Maker... John G. Oakes. Wagon Makers... Win. Winburn, Monroe Ray, (col.) Buggy Maker...L. Gillelnml. Blacksmith.. .o. T. Story. Tinner... John 11. Chapman. Tanners. ..J. E. A H. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark, under Forest News office ; Seaborn M. Stark, over W. S. Thompson’s store. 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. Crist and Saw-Mill and Cin...J. D. & 11. •J. Long. Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. o 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 Groce Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin cipal. Marie Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Oak Groce Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Ridcn, Principal. Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell. Principal. Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwylcr, Prin cipal. Park Academy. —Miss V. C. Park, Principal. Chapel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal. Holly Spring Academy —W. P. Newman, Prin. o ARRIVAL AND DERA RTURE 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. Lawrencevillc 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. MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS. Jefferson District, No. 245, N. 11. Pendergrass, J. P.; 11. T. Flecman, J. P. John M. Burns, Constable. Clarkesborough District, No. 242, F. M. Ilolli dav. J. P.; M. 13. Smith, J. P. Miller’s District, No. 455, 11. F. Kidd, J. P. Chandler’s District, No. 246, 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. Brazle ton, .J. P.; T. K. Randolph. J. P. Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O'Kelly, J. P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. & Ex. Off J. P. Mmnish’s District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood. J. P. Harrisburg District, No. 257, Wm. M. Morgan, J. P.; J. W. Pruitt. J. P. House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. Santafee District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J. P. S, G. Arnold, J. P. Wilson’s District, No. 465, W. J. Comer, J. P. AMERICAN WASH BLUE, FOR LAUNDRY AND HOUSEHOLD USE. manufactured at the AMERICAN ULTRAMARINE WORKS, NEWARK,* N. J. OUR WASH BLUE is the best in the world. It does not streak, contains nothing injurious to health or fabric, and is used by all the large laundries on account of its pleasing effect and cheapness. Superior for white washing. Put up in packages convenient for family use. Price 10 cents each. For sale by grocers everywhere. Al ways ask for the American Wash blue, if you want the cheapest and best. American iltramarinc Works, Aug7st Office, 72 William St., New York. BLANKS! MAGISTRATES’ EXECUTIONS, PRINTED AT SHORT NOTICE, A t the Forest News Office. M CXI VITAL OFFICERS OF JEFFERSON. W . F. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr., G. J. N. Wilson, R. .J. Hancock, Aldermen; T. H. Niblaek, Esq., Clerk A Treasurer; J. 11. Burn*. Marshal. JACKSON SUPERIOR COURT. Hon. GEO. D. RICE, - - - Judge. EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Gen 1 County officers .* WILEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordinary. THUS. IL N1 BLACK. - - - Clerk S. Court. JOHN S. HUNTER, - Sheriff. WINN A. WORSHAM. - - - Deputy “ LEE J. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer. JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax Collector. CEO. W. BROWN. “ Receiver. JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor. WM. WALLACE, - - - Coroner^ G. J. N. WILSON, County School Commiss’% Commissioners (Roads and Revenue.MVbS' Seymour, W. J. Haynie, W. G. Steed. Meet on the Ist Fridays iii August and November. T. H. Niblaek, Esq., Clerk. COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTOR Y. METHODIST. Jefferson Circuit. —Jefferson, Harmony Grove, Dry Pond, Wilson’s, Holly Springs. AN .A. Far ris, P. C. Mulberry Circuit. —Ebenezer, Bethlehem, Con cord, Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A. L. Anderson, P. C. Chapel and Antioch supplied from AVatkins ville Circuit. PRESBYTERIAN. Thyatira, Rev. (1. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Sandy Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor; Pleasant Grow, Rev. G. 11. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah, Rev. Smith, Pastor. .. # BAPTIST. Cabin Creek, W. li. Goss, Pastor; IlarmjjßJk Grove, AV. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, R<*.‘ J. M. Davis, Past.; Bethabra, Rev. G. L. Bagwell) Pastor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Walnut. Rev. .J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crooked Creek, AV. F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church, Rod A. J. Kelley, Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rev. W. A. Brock, Pastor; Kandler’s Creek, AV. F. Stark, Pastor ; Mountain Creek, AV. H. Bridges, Pastor. PROTESTANT METHODIST. Pentecost, Rev. R. S. MeGarrity,‘Pastor. “ CHRISTIAN.” Bethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor. Christian Chapel, Elder AV. T. Lowe, Pastor. Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor. FIRST UNI VERSA LIST. Centre Ilill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; Church meeting and preaching every third Saturday and Sunday. FRA TERN A L DIRECTOR Y. Unity Lodge, No. 36, F. A. M., meets Ist Tues day night in each month. H. W. Bell, AV. M.; Jobn Simpkins, Sec'y. Love Lodge. No. 65, I. 0. O. F., meets on 2d and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J. B. man. N. U.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec’y. Stonewall Lodge, No. 214,1. O. G. TANARUS., meets on Saturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays in each month. J. B. Pendergrass, W. C.T.; Miss M** ry F. AVinburu, AV. R. S. Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of H., meets o“ Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. <!**• E. Randolph, M.; G. J. N. AVilson, Sec’y. Relief (colored) Fire Company, No. 2, meets o n 4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry Long, Captain; Ned Burns, Sec’y. Oconee Grange, No. 391, meets on Saturday fore the first Sunday in each month, at Galilee, a 1 1 o’clock, P. M. A. Cl Thompson, W. M.; L. *• Bush, Sec’y. N MARTIN INSTITUTE , \l7 ILL open on the 23d of August. Parents an' y y Guardians will find it well worth the trouU* to inquire the expenses and character of instruc tion here, before deciding where to seek educate for those under their charge. They will Rn 4 ponses little over half as much as in most i stltu * tions of equal grade, and for its character, we re fer them, with perfect confidence, to the palf**! and pupils who have known the Institute, with 1 present corps of teachers, for yrars. Apply to J. E. RANDOLPH, Secretary Board Trusted* Or J. AV. GLENN, July 31 st, 1875. Principal- To All Persons Concerned- NOTICE is hereby given that the office of County Judge, for the county of Jackson, located at Jefferson, the county site of said co tv, and in the office of the Sheriff io the yO Bouse. M. M. PITTMAN. Sept 25—2 t County Judge, Jackson