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"*cV •Real the new a lvertisements on this
writer from Ma lison, Morgan Cos.,
through the Southern IVtithnmn, urges t!ie
name of lion. Logan E. Bleckley as a candi
date for Governor. .
J? T lie latest news from lion. A. 11. Ste
phens Ls discouraging. There is very little
liope of his recover^’.
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**. irrepressible*’ Ileiulxdd is again
oiv the “ hoards.'’ This time he is before the
Courts to prove his sanity.
young man from Florida, on his way
to Emory College, Oxford. Ga., fell into the
hands of some “ three card monters” on the
Macon and Western railroad, and wasreliev
etf df aVirtut S2O0 —all lie had—and was com
peted to return home from Atlanta, a ©adder
and poorer man.
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wln the Mississippi Legislature on the
6tlv>Col, Lamar, at present a represen
tative in Congress, was nominated bv the
Democrats, as their candidate for State Sen
ator. The nomination is conceded to amount.
virtually, to an election.
There exists,” says the Atlanta cor
respondent of the Augusta Chronicle, ‘a
growing conviction that all exemption laws
ought to lie repealed. Mon of business ex
perience says no capitalist in the world will
seek 1 Georgia as long as she maintains such
a system of laws—laws that will not secure
creditors in their investments unless they he
dealing every time with an honest man.”
Referring to the statement that t lie
manufacturers of fertilizers had resolved to
to Hell for cash or its equivalent, the Rock
dam Register is forced to exclaim: ‘‘The
Lord be praised for that! May lie, in the
greatness of llis mercy toward the South,
keep them in this mind. Avery few cr< ps,
witlHiutgua.no or superphosphate debts, would
put the great* body of our fanners on their
feqt agai%: and if they’ should raise thei. own
provisions as well, we might look for a pros
perity in the future to which the past can
show no parallel. With direct Eur* pean
trade in addition, and proper enterpr'se in
thq establishment of manufactories, our chil
dren if reared in the practice of wise econo
my. will be only too rich—provided always
that the question of resumpthm is adjusted
judiciously.”
* i.i STATE TAXES.
pnblic mind has been agitated for sev
eral months with the discussion of numerous
plans ft*r reducing taxes and public expendi
tures. The suggestions have been various.
A leading one is the consolidation of offices
and the reduction of salaries. The ol ject to
be attained is very desirable, but we should
be careful that in efforts to shun Scylla we
do4*it rush on■ Charybdis. Public work may
be aheap though liberally paid. A low sala
ry is wholly thrown awav upon an inc: pable
and inefficient officer. The knowledge and
activity of a man of ability are fully equiva
lent to the pay lie receives. Merit is not
routined to a single branch of employment,
and if the public service offers no adequate
reward fur its exertion, merit will choose
soiflQ more promising occupation. Integrity
like talent cannot, be had without paying for
it. These,axiomatic truths are the basis of
thf% declaration of public economists that
“ there is real economy in procuring the best
of everything, even at a larger price.”
Thus saith the Atlanta Constitution. But
the worst feature of* the whole matter is. that
outside of the “rings” and little “cabals”
who control public affairs, generally speak
ing, there is no chance for talent, merit, qual
ification or fitness for business. No one dis
agrees \V}th our worthy cotemporary that “ a
low salary is wholly thrown away upon an
incapable and inefficient officer” : and when
ever a “ capable and efficient, officer” performs
a he should be paid for it, and
paid well; if a month’s work, do the same
tiling; if a year’s work, the same. But the
grerk mass o f the people —those who pay for
this work; and a majority of whom lal>or from
ten to fffteey hours per day from January to
JaniftCrV. are not inclined, in the opinion of
t he writer; to pay for two or three hours’ work
nn<T call it a day, or a month or two’s labor
and call it a year. If bankers and banking
<*orporations or the conductors of any private
enterprise are satisfied to “run” their busi
ness’ n this way, all right and proper. But
the hard^ earnings of the laborer, the farmer,
and tlie mechanic —which come alone through
the “sweat of the brow”—should not be so
lavishly expended in order that some politi
cal friend (whether capable or incapable) may
have an easy berth and live on the “ fat of
the'land. ’ Let the “ Public Work” be plac
ed mi .a footing with “private work,” and
then those who possess merit and fitness will
con*e in fair competition with each other, and
t he consequence will Ik? a natural curtailment
of public expenses. There will lie more
”wflrk" done for one hundred dollars than
five hundred now pays for. A great deal of
“preaching,” writing and talking is done on
the subject of economy. On all hands we
hear the cry that “Ialior” is too high and
must tie brongliLffown. Let this “ good
work, ’ lie commenced at the right place—the
greiit ftMuitam head—the head of the State
government—by paying for the “ work” ac
tually performed and letting honor and ilig-
Ui '&.spppurt theniseives.
Short-Hand Law Reports.
Judge 11 or kins, of the Atlanta Circuit—
and who is one of the best Judges in the
State—at the request of lion. John W.
Nelms, of Campbell county, has written an
able letter to the Atlanta Constitution, in
which he” “unhesitatingly declares, as the
result of his experience, that cither the law
should be repealed or else the work should
be done by short hand writers.”
The Constitution in commenting on the sub
ject uses the following language, and also
cites, as examples, the action of other States
in this particular. It says :
Repeal the law which has been on the stat
ute book since 1819. or employ short hand
reports— this is Judge Hopkins’ advice; and
there is certainly no man in the state who
more thoroughly understands the needs of
our courts in the trial of criminal cases.
Judge Hopkins favors a repeal of the law
spoken of, but as that law has existed time
out of mind, we shall assume that it will re
main unrepealed. If so, then as a matter of
economy, both in time and money, the legis
lature should provide for the employment of
capable stenographers. We must do that
very soon or increase the number of circuit
judges. The superior economy and wisdom
of the former course is too evident for argu
ment. and we propose at present to present
simply the action of other states under cir
cumstances more or less similar to those ex
isting in this state.
Mie states of New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts. Vermont. Maine, Michigan,
California, Kansas, Illinois, lowa, and Wis
consin, and Indiana, and several others em
ploy stenographers in their Courts. We
have the Indiana and the Wisconsin law
before us. In Indiana the appointment of
reporters is vested in the judges who try the
cases to be ri ported, and only such are re
ported as the judge or the parties desire. The
presiding judge names his compensation,
which si .* 11 not exceed ten dollars for each
day acti ally spent in court in the taking of
testinu ny. lie is required to write out the
full icport and file it with the clerk of the
ourt without additional pa}', but if parties
w:o t copies of it he may charge ten cents for
tcli hundred words. He is removable at the
treasure of the court. The Wisconsin law is
like this in all essential particulars, and so,
we think, are the laws of the different states.
The Indiana and Wisconsin laws are
working admirably, and their repeal would
be regarded as a public calamity. One Wis
consin judge certifies that the report of his
circuit saves at least one-third of the court
expenses, and enables him to do in six
months business what formerly required ten
months’ hard labor. The economy and con
venience of a short-hand report are undoubt
ed. Some of the judges say it shortens tri
als one-half, and permits the evidence of wit
nesses to be given more clearly and connect
edly. An lowa judge says it promotes jus
tice by its greater accuracy. It lessens ju
rors,' bailiffs' and clerks’ fees. It saves time
and money, and promotes justice. But we
did not start out with the intention of urging
the wisdom of such a law. We simply intend
ed to state what other states have done, leav
ing our legislators to draw conclusions for
the common benefit.
Congress.
“ Large bodies move slowly,” is a some
what antiquated though very true remark
when applied to the “augusttribunal” above
named. In vain we have scanned our latest
exchanges to find something that had “turned
up” in the Capital, but scarcely an incident
do we find worth mentioning. It is true, a
bill removing everybody’s “disabilities” was
introduced by Mr. Randall. Whereupon ex-
Speaker Blaine introduced a substitute, mak
ing ex-President Davis an exception to the
general rule. Mr. New, of Indiana, offered
a “fraternal resolution” declaring in sub
stance, that it would be a “ beautiful thing
for all the brethren of the IT. S. to dwell to
gether in unity,” and declaring the present
Centennial year a very fit time “to try the
thing on.” The resolution was unanimously
adopted.
Below we give a few telegraphic items from
Washington—the latest we have :
Washington, Dec. 6.—Gordon, of Geor
gia, introduced a bill to authorize the Secre
tary of War to adjust and settle the claims
of the State of Georgia against the Govern
ment on account of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad.
Washington, January 9.—There is much
speculation regarding the Texas committee.
Under ordinary circumstances Mr. Schleicher,
who offered the resolution Creating tlie com
mittee, would be the chairman, but in cases
where an investigation pertains to a particular
State, the usage is different, as in the case of
Louisiana, then Mr. Slayer, of Ohio, will
probably be chairman. The committee will
he announced to-morrow.
Washington, January 10.—Senate—Sen
ator 1L milton, of Texas, introduced a bill to
secure the speedy completion of the Texas
Pacific railroad.
A petition, signed by 23,360 Mormon wo
men, prays Congress to give Utah a State
government and annul Poland’s anti-poly
gamy law. They fear their relatives will be
arrested for polygamy without warning.
The ‘‘Philosopher’s Stone.”
The Southern Watchman , in remarking on
the success of the “ Athens Foundr} T and Ma
chine Works,” says:
“ The cause of its success is attributable to
the system adopted by its present able and
intelligent Agent. (Capt. R. Nickerson,) of
using only the best and most select material,
employing skilled workmen, and paying all
of its employees promptly.”
One-half the jMiverty, want and indebted
ness of the people of this country at the pres
ent time, is due to the miserable system of
trying to run a business on credit. If a man
has not means, or cannot command it, to car
ry on his farm or whatever lie attempts to do,
then let him go and “ hire out” himself till
he can “ raise the wind,” and not inveigle
hands and workmen into his employ and de
pend upon paying them in “chips and whet
stones.”
A Whole Town drugged and Robbed.
St. Joseph, Mo., January B.—At Osliorn,
Mo., on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Bail
road, Thursday night, burglars broke into
the drug store and stole a bottle of chloro
form, with which they drugged the whole
town and then robbed both hotels, all the
stores and many private residences. They
secured many thousand dollars and escaped.
The Dogs.
Almostevery “enterprise” has its surround
ing difficulties. The latest eye-opener we
have on the above subject is from the Gwin
nett Herald, whose editor, we believe, is a
first-rate lawyer, and is, besides, a member
of the Legislature:
u Perhaps the gentlemen who are continu
ally abusing the Legislature for failing to tax
dogs have not considered the question of
whether that body has the power to enact
such legislation as they desire. The twenty
seventh section of article first of the Consti
tution is as follows:
“ The power of taxation over the State shall
be exercised by the General Assembly only
to raise revenue for the support of Govern
ment, to pay the public debt, provide a com
mon school fund, for common defense and
for public improvement, and taxation on prop
erty shall be ad valorem only and uniform on
all species of property taxed.”
“ Dogs are regarded as property, and if
taxed at all, they must be assessed according
to value, just as horses, cattle and other prop
erty. A tax of a dollar on each dog would
be as unconstitutional and unjust as a tax of
two or three dollars on each horse.
“ If, on the other hand, a tax is levied ac
cording to value, the sheep-killing curs,
whelps and hounds that make night hideous,
would not pay any tax, for they are not worth
ten cents a cow-pen full. The idea of taxing
dogs according to value would be simply
ridiculous. The valuable dogs would be the
only ones taxed. Each county would have
to elect a dog killer, whose duty it would be
to go round and ku-klnx the non tax-paying
curs.” ,
Instruction to Legislators.
Almost every paper in the State Ims, at
some time, told the Legislators (now in ses
sion) what was expected of them when they
came together again to enact and re-enact
and amend and re-amend, &c. We have at
last stumbled upon something to which we
most respectfully call their attention
A Law for Loafers. —Next to an efficient
“dog law” for the protection of our sheep
husbandry, (says the Chris. Index,) our com
ing Legislature should enact a law to punish
street-corner loafers, creatures quite as an
noying as the dogs that harass our farmers,
although less useful and respectable. The
Philadelphia Inquirer gives the statute in
force in Pennsylvania, and which is vigor
ously applied in Philadelphia; it is as fol
lows :
“ Be it enacted, That any person or per
sons who shall loiter or assemble upon the
streets, upon the corners of the streets, or in
the public places of any city, village, borough
or township of this State, being under the in
fluence of intoxicating liquor, or who, not be
ing under such influence, shall indulge in and
utter loud and offensive or indecent language,
or shall address and make audible offensive
remarks or comments on any person passing
along such street or public places, or shall
obstruct or interfere with any person or per
sons lawfully toeing in and upon such streets
or public places, shall be adjudged to be dis
orderly; that any disorderly person, of the
description aforesaid, may be apprehended
and taken before any justice of the peace of
the county, or police justice of any city where
such person may be apprehended, and it shall
be the duty of such justice to commit, such
disorderly person, when convicted before him,
by the confession of the offender, or by 1 the
oath or affirmation of one or more witnesses,
to the county jail, there to be kept at hard
labor for any time not exceeding thirty days,
or fine such person in a sum not exceeding
$20.”
Such a law for the protection of public de
cency, in the hands of a good Mayor and an
efficient police, would do wonders in ridding
our cities and towns of a pest which is a dis
grace to civilization, and a reproach upon the
civil government of Christian communities.
The Virginia Vesuvius.
TIIK PEAKS OF OTTER SHAKING.
A correspondent writing from the Peaks of
Otter to the Lynchburg News, confirms the
apprehensions expressed by that paper of a
volcanic eruption. He says : “ Now we don’t
know how you came to find it out, but the
fact is that we are having an awful time of it.
It isn't pleasant to have your crockery all
smashed, your dog scared and your cat run
off. Our theo/v is that the Peaks of Otter is
an extinct volcano, and there are many con
vincing arguments in support of this position.
To illustrate: A few 3’ears ago Dr. Von
Eichburg, of Germany, who spent more than
fifty years in studying volcanic phenomena,
and analyzed many of the stones found about
Mount Ilecla and Mount Vesuvius, visited
the Teaks of Otter and Flat-top mountain,
and averred that the stones there found were
identically the same in character as those
found in the vicinity of the volcanoes. lie
went even further, and said that the Peaks of
Otter was liable at any time to submerge the
town of Liberty with an avalanche of lava,
People laughed at the doctor then, but they
don’t smile worth a cent lately. The truth
is, that things here are, in the language of a
well-known darkey, “ awful onsartin.”- The
shock which shook up Lynchburg and waked
the sinners of tliat wicked burg to a sense of
their ruined condition, not only made things
tremble around there, but has kept up its
nonsensical gyrations ever since. Every
night somebody imagines the “top roclT” is
tumbling from its dizzy height on the peak ;
the store is closed, the distillery deserted,
and everybody wears a sanctimonious face.
The vibrations arising from this singular
phenomenon are understood to be from south
to north, and there is scarcely an hour that
they are not felt, the severest shocks being
always at night.
A Shrewd Woman.
The Liverpool Steam Packet Company,
wishing to extend its premises, decided to
purchase adjoining land, which was owned
by a maiden lady of uncertain age. The
lady sold the land cheap, but caused to be
inserted in the agreement an article to this
effect, that during her lifetime she and a lady
companion should have the privilege of
traveling free in any of the company’s
vessels. The day after the agreement was
signed she sohl her house and furniture, and,
having found a companion, went on board of
one of the company’s steamers, just alnnit to
sail for South America; and from that time
to this she has lived at sea and at the com
pany's expense. She advertises for some
lady who wishes to make the voyage as her
companion, and who paj*s her fare, and in
this way, it is said, has already accumulated
about ten thousand dollars. The company
have offered her more than this to cancel the
agreement., but this she refuses to do, and as
the life at sea suits her health remarkably,
there is no present prospect thrd her voyaging
wilj soon come to an end.
Report of the Department of Agriculture.
Washington, January B.—The statistician
of the Department of Agriculture has com
pleted the compilation of official returns for
the past month, and finds correct the general
assumption of the lower yield of lint in pro
portion to seed cotton. Otily two States,
Arkansas and Texas, report a larger propor
tion than in 1874. The Atlantic States,
which have previously made low estimates
of aggregate productions, all return a smal
ler yield of lints to seed in comparison with
the previous crop, and none of them over
thirty pounds to each hundred pounds of
seed. The average decrease in all the States
is four per cent. This reduction is attribut
ed in most eases to excessive moisture, and
result in imperfect development of the boll;
in some to the effect of early drought in pre
venting full maturity. Cotton grown in
fields heavily dressed with commercial fertil
izers is found to have a greater proportion
ate development of seed than of lint. The
average qualit} r of fibre is somewhat lower
than last year. Arkansas and Texas furnish
the only exceptions to this statement,
though the average depreciation is slight in
Louisiana and Alabama. It is greatest in
Mississippi and the Atlantic States. The
proportion of the crop gathered on the Ist
of December was 90 per cent., and reported
as follows: North Carolina, 89; South
Carolina. 95 ; Florida, 93 ; Georgia, 92; Ala
bama, 87 ; Mississpi, 75 ; Louisiana, 83 ;
Texas, 94; Arkansas, 76; Tennessee, 78.
In analyzing the monthly reports of the
season, the average conditions from June to
October is made 98| per cent, against 83 in
the same period of 1874. This would indi
cate a crop of about 4,400,000 bales, with an
equally favorable autumn and an equal
proportion of lint. The loss of four per
cent, in yield of lint makes a reduction of
176,000 bales, and the difference in maturing
and gathering since October points to a
future reduction of two to four per cent.,
with a margin of 100,000 bales for contin
gencies. After the first week in December
the season’s reports, taken together, indicate
a crop of not less than 4,050,000 bales nor
more than 4,150,000 bales.
LlTLast Wednesday, Gadson Davis, col.,
went to the residence of Rev. S. E. Bassett,
finding none of the family at home but
Miss Ellen Abbott, who was sitting in the
front portico doing some crochet xvork. As
soon as he discovered that the young lady
was unprotected, he went to her and tapped
her on the head with a stick, ordering her,
with oaths and threats of taking her life, to
prepare him dinner. She went to the dining
room and placed some cold victuals on the
table. He then informed her in an impudent
manner that he didn’t eat on a naked table,
and must have a cloth, which she spread for
him, he telling her during all this lapse of
time that he intended to kill her after finish
ing his meal. There were no biscuits on the
table, and he ordered her to go and get him
some. She left the room and ran hurriediy
towards the house of Mr. Smith, screaming
for help and protection. The black scound
rel heard the noise and left the house in short
order. He was identified by the young lady,
and forthwith arrested by the officer. He was
tried Friday before Justice Maddox, and sent
to jail in default of a S2OO bond. We won
der if the people in this section will be forced
to teach these black devils another lesson ?
Fort Valley Mirror,
This black fiend did not, we opine, give
expression to the whole of his intentions;
and the question arises, what shall be done ?
From the frequency of these occurrences,
the fact, we think is readily deduced that the
law —severe as it is—is not adequate to re
strain these devils in human form from their
diabolical purposes. What then, shall be
done ? We are as far from being an advo
cate of mob or lynch law as any one in the
country can be; still we are compelled to ad
mit that from the numberless complaints of
this growing evil seen in the papers east and
west, north and south, our conclusions are
that the dead carcass of a single raper dan
gling from the limb of a tree—and not al
lowed to be removed—would do more to
wards putting a stop to this terrible crime
against all law, human and divine, than a
hundred hangings under the slow, uncer
tain and tedious intricacies of our common
law. And we only ask the reader of this par
agraph—whoever he maybe—before he makes
up his mind to compliment us with a “vote
of censure,” for the public utterance of these
sentiments, to imagine himself the husband,
the father or the brother of the victim of one
of these incarnate brutes. And further, let
him ask himself, “who is safe under the pres
ent status of affairs ?”
legislatures of twenty-three states
arc now all in session, according to the foi
lowing list of them :
♦Alabama—ln session before the holidays.
♦California—ln session before the holidays.
♦Florida—Meets Tuesday, January 11.
♦Georgia—ln session.
lowa—Meets Monday, January 10.
Kansas—Meets Tuesdaj% January 11.
♦Kentucky—ln session.
♦Louisiana—Meets Monday, January 3.
Maine—Meets Wednesday, January 5.
♦Maryland—Meets Wednesday, January 5.
Massachusetts—Meets Wednesday, Janu
ary 5.
Minnesota—Meets Tuesday, January 11.
♦Mississippi -In session.
New Jersey—Meets Tuesday, January 13.
New York—Meets Tuesday, January 4.
Ohio—Meets Monday, Januarj\ 3.
♦Pennsylvania—Meets Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Rhode Island—January session at Provi
dence.
South Carolina—ln session.
♦Texas—Meets Tuesday, January 11.
♦Virginia—ln session
♦ West Virginia—Meets Wednesday, Jan
uary 12.
Wisconsin—Meets Wednesday, January 5
Of the twenty-three legislatures eleven will
be controlled by republicans, and twelve by
democrats, the latter indicated by asterisks
in the list of states.
is said “there is some talk of en
forcing the law or re-enacting a law taxing
watches and jewelry in this state at the com
ing session of the legislature. It is estimat
ed that there are $50,000,000 worth of jewel
ry in this state on which there is no tax paid,
(this estimate is not 'rom official sources),
and at the present rate of taxation this jew
elry alone would realize $250,000, and it
would come from a class of people who are
able to pay it, and would serve to increase
the revenue of the state, or else reduce the
rate of taxation, and either is a most desira
ble object <6 lio attained Const K
Teaching Children Courage.
Courage is a vital element of Christian
chivalry. 0 Without it indeed neither truth
nor fidelity to promise can be hoped for.—
The coward is sure to lie when truth means
punishment, and sure to retreat from his en
gagements when they involve peril. We need
valiant souls that have learned to endure and
scorn pain, and to face danger fearlessly and
promptly when duty requires. Some parents
evade this vital part of training by glosses
and deception. A mother who had taken her
boy to the dentist’s to get a tooth out. will
often say, if he is shrinking, “ Sit still, my
boy ; it won’t hurt you.” Now, she knows it
wiil hurt him, but thinks if she can only get
him by this device to sit still and let the
dentist get hold of the tooth, then his discov
ery of the pain will not hinder its extraction.
This is a double mistake. It destroys her
boy’s confidence in her; for he detects her in
a lie. And though it gets the boy this time
to sit still, it is under the delusion that there
is pain and to scorn it. This makes the dif
ference between the cowards and the heroes.
A regiment of poltroons could march up to a
battery as cheerfully as a regiment of heroes
if they thought there was no enemy at the
guns. The difference is that heroes know the
danger, and yet face it valiantly.
A correspondent sends the following
reminiscence: When Congressman Lamar
was returning home at the close of the ses
sion of congress in 1860, a newsboy on the
Memphis & Charleston railroad insisted that
he should purchase a book he repeatedly
offered him. Annoyed by his pertinacity
and anxious to be rid of him, Mr. Lamar
said to him, with a wave of his hand, “Oh
pshaw! don’t bother me so. I wrote the
book.” Quick as thought the little fellow
answered, “Ah ! now I know. That’s what
makes it so darned hard to sell.”
The Western Circuit is second upon the
Supreme Court docket. The counties are
arranged as follows : Clark, 1; Gwinnett, 1;
Hall, 3 ; Jackson, 3 ; Oconee, 1.
CIRCULAR.
KUnfiti iusfifttfe,
1876.
JEFFERSON,
Jackson County, Georgia.
Cliartrrcd, X#v. 2()(h, I *IM.
KndoAred, Deo. Oth, 1
The Spring: Term et* 1M?0, will open on
Monday, the 24th of January, and close on the
Gth of July.
CORPS OF TEACHERS.
Professor J. W. GLENN Principal.
Professor S. P. ORR A* si riant.
Miss M. E. ORR
Miss Lizzie Burch Music.
Primary Department.
Professors (tLENN and Orr have been associat
ed with the best educators of the South, and have
kept abreast with the advance of the profession.
Their long experience as Professors in College
and Academy, and the past seven years of pros
perity in this Institute, are the vouchers we offer
to our future patrons.
Misses Orr and Burch have been eminently
successful in their departments, and have each
year risen higher in the affection of pupils and the
estimation of patrons.
RATES OF TUITION.
For Elementary branches,per annum ....$20.00
For Geography, History. Arithmetic , Eng
glish Grammar and English Composi
tion, per annum 30.00
For higher branches — Mathematics, Philos
ophy. Chemistry , Rhetoric, Logic, La
tin, Greek and French, per annum 40.00
Music, per annum 40.00
Book-Keeping and other branches of a Commer
cial Education will be taught to those who desire
such instruction. Fees for the frst Term, SB.OO.
Second Term, $5.00.
BSsT’The Tuition will be charged for the Term,
unless for Providential cause, a special contract
be made. No deduction for less than four weeks.
E 3ST ID E 3STT.
The Institute is endowed with one hundred
and fifty shares of the stock of the Georgia Rail
road and Banking Cos., the dividends upon which
are applied to the part payment of the tuition of
every student in school, without reference to
where he or she may reside. This will reduce the
above low rates of tuition by a large per centage.
We are also offered three scholarships in the
State University, to be competed for by our stu
dents.
RATES OE 80-A.EE, See.
Board can be had in the village at from SIO.OO to
$12.50 per month. Arrangements are made to ac
commodate a large number of boarders.
fifST’The entire cost of tuition, board, books and
all else except dress, per annum , need nqs cost
more than $150.00, in the highest classes.
We know that these figures are very low when
compared with the expenses of other Colleges and
Collegiate Institutes of the South; but patrons
need not fear that their sons or daughters will re
ceive a cheap, superficial education in Mari in
Institute, or that their Morals and Taste will
be formed to a low standard under the present
corps of teachers. The course of study, the mode
of instruction and the discipline are those adopted
by the best male and female Institutes of this coun
try and Europe ; so that young ladies and gentle
men can either complete their course here, or they
can transfer (as many have done) from our classes
to the same classes of any good College.
Persons of limited means can here secure for
their boys and girls all the advantages that only
wealth can purchase in most other places.
Martin Literary Society furnishes superior facil
ities for literary and forensic training; contact
with students from all parts of the country is a
constant stimulus to ambition; and above all, we
can confidently affirm, that one must be high-toned
in moral character to secure an honorable position
'among the pupils themselves.
The teachers now in charge have all been in
their present positions for seven years past, and
understand their departments peifectly; on an
average, about one hundred and fifty (150) stu
dents from this and the ad joining States have ma
triculated during each of the past seven years, so
that we think it may now he claimed that the
school is fully established and will be permanent.
ADVANTAGES OF LOCATION.
Jefferson is a retired and remarkably healthy
• s,tuatefl eighteen miles north of Athens.
Children boarded here will be as free from temp
tations to extravagance or immorality as at any
town in Georgia. ' J
J. E. RANDOLPH,
Secretary Board of Trustees. I
3lcio JUoei’tiseutfntg
FOR SALE OR EXCHAVftp
TMPKOVED PROPERTY in the corpn,,, ,
its of the city of Athens, assessed last s •
at $750.00, will be sold on good terras
price, or exchanged for other property imnr
or unimproved, if suitably located either °
near Jefferson or Athens. For particnuJ
dress M. STAFFORD. Forest News Offio.
ferson, Ga. Ce ’ *1
Sfegr Athens Watchman and Georgian
EORCSlA—Jackson County!
Whereas, II M Appleby and R S Chen v
ministrators, tie bonis non cum test am ml a
of William Appleby, late of said county,
cd, represent to the Court, in their petition hT
filed, that they have fully administered said xf
ccased’s estate agreeably*to the law and s .i,rj
ceased’s will— aiU
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concern j
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any Jh
can, why said Administrators should not be
charged from their administration, and receive’
ters of dismission on the first Monday in i.
1876. *
Given under my official signature, at office i
nary 4th, 1876. WILEY C. HOWARD
declo Ordinary.
LOW FOR CASH
WE respectfully call the attention of the pub.
lie to our
Stock of Dry Goods,
Which will be sold at greatly reduced prices an!
STICTLY FOR CASH!
We wish to sell them out by the first of March
We earnestly request all who are indebted t
us to come forward within
THIRTY DAYS
And settle by CASH or Aok,
As we desire to settle our old books within that
time. Respectfully,
PENDERGRASS & HANCOCK.
Jefferson, Jan 8, 1875.
To the Public.
I HEREBY tender my thanks to the public ge.
nerallv, for past favors, and solicit a contina.
once of tfie same. In order that I may sustain
my business in such a manner as to make it
acceptable to the public, I earnestly request all
Who Owe Me,
To make iimnediatepayment,
Circumstances compel me to make close collw.
tions. In no instance can 1 allow accounts rnadt
during 1875, to run longer than the 20th day el
January, 1876. If I could otherwise carry on ibj
business, I would most cheerfully do so.
jal Most respectfully, F. M. BAILEY.
1876!} TERM. (1876!
MAR TIM
INSTITUTE!
SPRING TERM
Will open on the 2Jfth Juii'iu
r PIIIS is a school for the times. The .course of
-L study is the one usually prescribed in .Male
and Female Colleges ; but it is modified for the*
who wish to prepare for Business or Agriculture
Our students enjoy good health, form no expen
sive habits ; but may acquire good taste ana in
extensive acquaintance. The cost of
Board and Tuition
PER ANNUM, for six years, has averaged only
$ 139.70 in the highest,
an and SiZo. G 5 the lowest classes.
Student* may also obtain one #f
three offered us
in tlie Slate I'niversitj.
particulars, apply to
J. W. GLENN, Principal
Or J. E. Randolph, Sec. Board Trustees.
Jefferson, Jackson Cos., ft
December 25, 1875.
SPECIAL NOTICE
persons indebted to the firm of J. DA
11. J. Long, are most earnestly requested to
come forward and settle their indebtedness either
by Cash or Note. The death of the Senior mem
ber of the firm, necessarily dissolves the partner
ship, and it is important that the books be closed
at once. H. J. LONG,
Nov 6, 1875. Surviving Partner.
MRS. T. A. ADAMS,
Broad Street , one door abort National Basic.
ATHENS, <3--A.-,
KEEPS constantly on hand an extensive stock
of SEASONABLE MILLINERY GOODS,
comprising, in part, the latest styles and fashion!
of liiidies* Hats, Bonnets, Ribboa*
■ju'es, Flowers, Gloves Ac., which will w
sold at reasonable prices. Orders from the coun
try promptly filled. Give her a call. 4183 m
$5,000 REWARD!
THE WELL KNOWN
H. COHEN,
OF GAINES VILL%
JJAS opened the largest stock of
Toys, Fancy Goods, Jewelry
Notions and Confectioneries,
Ever Brought to George
Which he sells both Wholesale and Retail
pressly to merchants, at
Lower Prices
Than can be bought from any othar
house in the State. I buy my Goods
New York, direct from the importers. If [
from Jackson county should visit Gainesvili*<
invite them to call and
see MY show!
Bigger than Bamum’s, free of charge.
men who have sweethearts and ladies with
without them are all iavited to come and *■*
nice presents.
ere I to attempt to name one-half of the
number of articles on exhibition, it would c 0 .
the whole of this newspaper. Don’t fail co ®
and see fer yourselves. Respectfully,
H. COHEN.
Nov 27 3m GAINESVILLE, 6*-
“ THE LIVE STORE f
DEUPREFS CORNER, ATHENS, W.
HUNTER IBEUSSE
HAVE in store and will keep constant? *
hand, a large stock of
<lotliin. adapted to the seasJn ; Casimc**
other Cloths ; Ladies’ and Gents’
and Family Groceries; Boots and Shoes, u?° rC) i >
V> are and Crockery, all descriptions; Gsn*®
Sheetings. Yarns, Ac. All the above g°°"J
been recently purchased at low figures, tn V
be sold at reduced prices. Call and be con
IIUXTER A BEL SSI-
Oct 30 Iy Deupree s t or"