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Jackson County Publishing Company.
M. Williamson, I N. 11. Pendergrass,
President. | Vice President.
T. H. Niblack, Secr'y Trcas.
Executive Committee.
W. C. HOWARD Ch'in.
G. J. X, Wilson, | K. J. Hancock,
JEFFERSON, GA..
NA'irSWAY >IORV, AIISII. 1,-5, ’j.
MR. BLAIRS LETTER
On the Presidency, will be found on our
first page. So far as the writer urges retrench
ment and reform as The Issue, above all is
sues, to bje made by the Democratic Party in
the coming campaign, we endorse him fully;
but we wish to be distinctly understood when
we decline to commit ourselves to his policy
any further. We, from the very outset, have
very positively and earnestly expressed our
opinion, that the Democratic Party should
unite on this one issue, to the exclusion of
all others, if possible. We must ourselves*
turn out all our Tweeds and all other corrup
tionists ; we must convince the country that
we make no compromise with traitors in of
fice or. for office ; we must let the people see
that the exposures of Radical rascality are
not made for the purpose, merely, of turning
out one set of thieves to install another ; that
our proposed retrenchment is not a political
dodge, but an honest, patriotic reformation;
then if we do not split up on minor questions
the victory is easy and sure.
If the recent Democratic victor}’ in Con
necticut means anything; if the swelling ma
jorities which swept like a tidal wave over
the country some time since and lifted so
many corrupt Radicals from the positions
they had shamefully disgraced, bear any sig
nificance to our minds, it is, that there is a
good old fashioned sentiment of honesty lying
at the bottom of the great heart of the nation.
We have no sympathy with those who believe
that the people arc all venal and that we
must enter the markets and out bid our ene
mies if we would succeed, but we give the
great mass of the people credit for the hon
esty which we claim for ourselves, and we
cannot think they are indifferent to the crim
inal trading of the Radical Party. We are
willing to admit, that the three hundred thou
sand office seekers may entertain such senti
ments, but wo must think thy.t he is “Fit for
st rategem and spoil.** or carries a bad stan
dard of American manhood in his own heart,
who would have us bclie\e that atl “Denmark
is rotten.”
Me admire Mr. Tilden and wc applaud his
efforts to restore the party to its pristine
purity, but wc propose that our delegates and
not, Mr. Hlair, shall nominate our candidate
for the Presidency. We do not object to dis
cussing the merits of different men, but this
broadcast of circular letters looks very much
like an effort to anticipate and control the
action of the convention. It is a little singu
lar too, that Mr. Blair should eulogize Mr.
Tilden so liberally for exposing political
gangrene and yet strike at Mr. Hill for
lending his aid to the same noble work. This
flippant repetition of what lias fallen from
the lips of many others, who should have
stood by Mr. llill in manly strength,
to our minds a far more serious danger than
all of Radical gold and Yankee venality;
and that is, petty jealousies among the lead
ers of our own party. These attacks on Mr.
Hill by those of his own household present
the saddest picture displayed on the great
panorama of our politics for the last five
years. The or}’ of‘imprudence’ and ‘impolicy’
raised against this noble man for boldly
speaking the plain, crushing truth in defense
of the South and in the face of the Yankees ;
the cry raised first by the shrewd Radicals,
caught up by weak and jealous Democrats,
and repeated by those who ought to have sup
ported and applauded him, is the foulest blot
on American manhood and the one dark stain
on Southern chivalry.—Shame ! shame ! upon
those who like Mr. Blair clamor for reforma
tion !—who call forthe exposure of fraud, and
would raise the banner bearing the one
issue, Honesty: yet would drag down that
champion of honesty, who bravely speaks the
truth. Many thought Air. Ilill “impolitic”
when lie spoke the truth about the horrors
of secession ; more thought him “impolitic”
when reading his “Notes on the situation,”
which startled the people from their paralysis
to see that they had still some rights left;
others thought him “mad” when he made the
“Davis Hall speech,” but later developments
vindicated the policy and wisdom of all. The
politicians know he has spoken the truth, but
the}’ feared the truth; the people know he
has spoken the truth, and they will honor
him for it. Many others did the same in
bitterer terms and harsher language, but the
burning eloquence and sweeping logic of Mr.
Hill went home to the hearts of the people
and the would be leaders dreaded the result.
Hence we hear the cry, “Imprudent,” “Im
politic,” from the lips of those who fear the
truth. Away with all such contemptible pol
icy ! The party built on such a foundation
is sure to fall and bury the builders in its
rutns. Mr. Hill, now more popular than he
has ever been, can well afford to disregard
all such petty attacks, for
“Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers,
Ibrt error wounded writhes in pain
And dies amid her worshipers.”
BP*A Dispatch to the Savannah News
says the movement for the pardon of the
North Georgia citizens charged with il
licit distilling has failed. That the Gartrell
petition has never been presented to the!
members of the Georgia delegation for their
signatures, nor Ims it been laid befor the
Commissioner of Customs.
The Arrest of Foster Blodgett.
The Augusta and Atlanta papers inform
us of the arrest, at the former city, of Foster
Blodgett, whose career during the reign of
the “Bullock dynasty” all our people well
recollect. The Augusta Chronicle <s• Sentinel.
speaking of the matter, says :
Foster Blodgett was arrested in this city
Sunday morning and returned to Atlanta,
under arrest, Sunday night. Blodgett fled
the State in November, 1871. and has not
been in Georgia since. He has been living
most of the time in Newberry, South Caro
lina, but, so far as we can learn, no effort has
been made to bring him back to Georgia.
There are no less than five indictments pend
ing against him in Fulton Superior Court;
two for embezzlment; one for felony; one
for cheating and swindling, and one for lar
ceny after a trust delegated. These indict
ments were found in 1872, and since that
time Blodgett has b.een living within easy
reach of the Courts of Georgia. In addition
to these proceedings on the criminal side of
the Court, a civil suit was brought by attach
ment against Blodgett to make him refund
fifty thousand dollars that he had unlawfully
taken from the State. Blodgett seems to
fear no evil, says lie has Governor Conley's
pardon in his pocket, and that lie has been
willing to return to Georgia at any time du
ring the past four years. For ourselves, we
do not think Blodgett has anything to fear.
AVe have always believed, and believe now,
that there are prominent Democrats in Geor
gia interested in screening him from trial
and punishment, lie doubtless knows some
ugly things, and his silence is golden to cer
tain parties in the State. If he should lie
forced to tell all he knows some very bad
revelations may be the result. Neither Bul
lock nor Blodgett have been wanted in Geor
gia, or their presence could easily have been
secured a long time ago. We hope, howev
er, for the honor of the State, that this man
will not be allowed to escape without a fair
trial. If lie knows anything about Demo
crats let him speak and tell all he does know.
The party in Georgia is strong enough to be
able to punish its own criminals. No mat
ter how damaging may be his testimony, he
should he encouraged to speak—let his words
harm whom they will. We greatly fear, how
ever, that his arrest will come to nothing.
There are too many persons interested in
keeping Blodgett away and keeping him
quiet.
Most heartily do we join our worthy cotem
porary in the desire to have an “unearthing”
of everything connected with the affairs of
State during the administration of Bullock
and his friends. “ Let justice be done, though
the heavens fall!”
The Waiver of Homestead.
The Gwinnett Herald closes a short “com
mentary” on the recent Supreme Court decis
ion on this subject as follows :
“ Under this construction of the law, par
ties who desire money or credit can secure
credit without asking their neighbors to stand
for them. Mortgages, which had nearly be
come obsolete instruments for securing debts,
will now be the usual form for contracting
! debts.
“ It will be noticed that the Supreme Court
put their decision upon the facts of the case
then before t hem, which was a mortgage upon
a certain tract of land. There is a distinc
tion between a mortgage and an ordinary
note, and while the Supreme Court will prob
ably follow up this decision, by holding that
a waiver generally in a contract will bar the
debtor from sheltering under the homestead,
yet it will be prudent for parties contracting
on the faith of* this decision not to extend the
decision farther than the court has.”
And for the information of our own patrons
specially, as also the public at large, we make
the following extracts from some of our State
exchanges:
The Waiver of Homestead.—A deed in
Georgia conveying real estate is required to
be signed, sealed and delivered in presence
of two subscribing witnesses. The Supreme
Court has held that a man may waive his
right to homestead, and that his act ’in the
premises will preclude him from availing him
self of the benefits of the homestead law. But
the waiver of the homestead exemptions in a
simple note of hand is not a legal act. The
note must be signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of two witnesses. Observe the law,
and save trouble and expense.— Gainesville
Eagle.
Gen. Alfred Austell, President of the At
lanta National Bank, says : “That decision
will have a happy and good effect upon the
credit of our people. It will be a great ben
efit to those men who have, not had a home
stead set apart, as what the exemption would
have embraced is now active capital. Those
who have already taken their homesteads can
not be benefited by it, but that is their own
fault—nobody clse’s. I think, too, it will
have a good effect in bringing money into the
State for employment in loans. I expect a
great deal of relief to follow this decision,
and the people need it bad enough, we all
know.”— Atlanta Constitution.
A AY oud of Caution. —lt has been sug
gested b} T several eminent lawyers, some of
whom are cx-Judgcs of the Supreme Court,
that a waiver of the homestead in a simple
note is not legal and binding. I refer to this
because several Atlanta merchants have com
menced using such notes. There is, however,
a form of note that can be used to which no
legal objection could possibly be made. A
note signed and-sealed in the presence of two
persons, whose signatures shall attest this
fact, will hold good in. any Court of justice,
be it a Circuit or Supreme Court of the State,
or any of the United States Courts. This is
a most important matter, and merchants
should be very careful to use a proper form
of note in all cases, of waiver of homestead.
—Atlanta Cor. Chronicle <s■ Sentinel.
Startling Disclosures of Grant & Cos.
The Naahville American says that in Hart
ford, Connecticut, last Friday evening. Unit
ed States Senator, Wm. E. Eaton, addressed
an audience of some twenty-five hundred.
In the course of his speech he made a rather
startling announcement concerning a matter
which he said had not been as yet made
public, but with which he was “thoroughly
conversant.” and its substance was that
when the New Orleans whisky ring comes to
be exposed St. Louis and other Western
cases of this class would seem insignificant,
for in New Orleans frauds would be traced
directly to the AY hite House and to President
Grant, who was familiar with all the facts,
lie claimed further, that men who had gone
there to ferret out the facts had been killed,
and that the Attorney-General had refused
to take steps toward punishing the mur
derers. lie knew this to be true, and he
knew that the Attorney-General and Presi
dent also knew it.
Lucy Cobb Institute Messenger.
Saturday’s mail brought us the second
number of the above newly fledged journal.
In a “literary point of view,” the little sheet
reflects credit on its managers. In the num
ber before us we find the following short his
tory of the “Institute,” and take pleasure in
reproducing it:—
The Lucy Cobb Institute. —ln the year
1857, an annonvmous letter appeared in one
of the Athens papers calling the attention of
the citizens to the importance of establishing
a fine female seminary in the place. The let
ter was favorably received, and in a week or
two another appeared, still urging the same
tiring. These letters attracted the attention
of Mr. T. R. R. Cobb who immediately took
the matter in hand, and with his unwavering
determination and perseverence, carried the
project on to consummation. Before however
the beautiful building, which now bears the
name of the “Lucy Cobb,” was completed, his
eldest daughter, the lovely Lucy, died. In
compliment to Mr. Cobb, the Trustees of the
school, (who had been appointed and who
had aided him to their uterrnost ability) nam
ed the school “The Lucy Cobb Institute.”
The school was first placed under the direc
tion of Mr. Wright who carried it on success
fully for several years. He was a Northern
man, and at the beginning of our contest for
freedom left the school and went North. It
was then conducted by Mr. Muller, assisted
by Miss Sallie Lipscomb, a highly accom
plished and excellent teacher. Under their
management, the school not only lived, but
flourished through the war, after this it was
under the charge of Madame Sosnovvski, and
still continued to improve and flourish. It
was then placed under Dr. Jacobs, a piohs
and highly esteemed Presbyterian divine. It
then fell into the hands of the present able
principals, Mrs. A. E. Wright and Rev. P. A.
Heard. The Lucy Cobb has, and still is
graduating Georgia's loveliest daughters, and
no doubt there are many, and will be many
more who will rise up and call her blessed. It
is but right that we should mention with
praise, the able, and efficient board of Trus
tees, whose active and lively interest in the
school, lias contributed greatly to its pros
perity and advancement.
LiPAn exchange says:—The demand for
religious readings is certainly on the increase.
The circulation of religious newspapers is
constantly extending, and secular journals
feel called upon to publish a large amount of
religious matter. The New York Herald
has for some time made it a point to give a
summary of Sunday pulpit services, each
Monday morning, and several other papers
give liberal quotations from religious journals
on Saturday. The New York Witness makes
it a point to publish religious news and the
New York Tribune reports sermons, lectures,
discussions, and essays with great fulness,
and surprising accuracy. It is now reporting
the great revival meetings at the Hippodrome
with remarkable taste and accuracy. It is
encouraging to observe the tendency of the
times.
Deeply impressed with the fact that “the
demand for religious readings is certainly on
the increase,” is our reason for publishing,
as we do, a column of this matter nearly every
week. In handing us his subscription not
long ago, an old and valued friend remarked
—“I want your paper ; I like it because it
has religion in it!” The secular as an aux
iliary to the religious press of the country,
may wield a mighty influence for good, in
this respect, if properly managed.
Gov. Smith Retires.
He Writes a Letter Declining to Bea Candi
date for Re-election—His Reasons for Re
tiring.
Atlanta, April B.—Governor Smith
declines to be a candidate for re-election.
This announcement is made in a letter which
he has written to some gentlemen in Colum
bus who addressed him on the subject. He
briefly states the reasons that influence his
determination in the matter. It had all the
time been his purpose to retire from office at
the expiration of his term, but the fierce as
saults made by some persons upon his admin
istration induced him to suspend this deter
mination, as he feared a candidacy might be
necessary to his vindication. But as it has
been made plainly to appear that no injury
has been done by these assaults except to
the assailants, he now feels free to return to
his original purpose. He therefore declines
to be a candidate for renomination. He
returns his heartfelt thanks to the people of
Georgia for the confidence they have reposed
in him and for the support which they have
rendered his administration, and congratu
lates them upon the present prosperous con
dition of the State.— Special to Chrn. <s• Sent.
Atlanta, April 10.—A. J. YVest. who was
taken from here on a requisition of the
Governor of New York, charged with obtain
ing goods under false pretenses, was brought
back from Augusta. Gov. Smith has revok
ed his order to turn him over to the Sheriff
of New York, on the ground of indictments
here against YY r est, which must first be tried.
Ibid. "
The Republic of Mexico
Is now passing through one of those semi
occasional revolutions for which that people
have been famous, we believe, from time im*
memorial. The Atlanta Constitution in sum
ming up the present status of affairs, closes
as follows :
The result is difficult to forecast. The
Mexican people are now in their normal con
dition, and a definite result need not be an
ticipated very soon. Of the forces in the
field, it is estimated that the revolutionists
have 23,000, and the government and loyal
states about 32,000 ; but if the latter arc like
those in Matamoras figures become very un
certain. President Lerdo has just levied a
special war tax of one per cent, on all prop
erty. This is anew and bold departure, as
real estate has heretofore been exempt from
taxation. No government has dared to tax
the and lands of the large propri
etors until now, but it is believed that the
tax will be collected without great difficulty
in the loyal states. The position of Lerdo's
government is not without its dangers, but
the best friends of Mexico have not regarded
the situation as critical until very recently.
The fall of Matamoras. under the circum
stances demands prompt action on Lerdo’s
part, failing which lie must step down and
out.
The National Democratic Convention
to nominate a President and Vice President
of the United States, will convene in the
city of St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday, 27th daj T
of June, 187 C.
From Washington.
Ia the Senate on the 10th, Mr. Wallace
introduced a bill to provide for the coinage
of goloid silver coin. It directs the Secreta
ry of the Treasury to have coined one dollar,
half dollar and quarter dollar pieces, bearing
the inscription of goloid silver, and consist
ing of 40 per cent, in value of gold and sixty
per cent, of silver. The one dollar piece is
to contain 9 3-10 grains of pure gold and
229 grains of pure silver, and the subsidiary
pieces of the new coins are to be legal tender
for all payments except customs duties and
the interest on the public debt. Finally, the
bill provides that Wm. Wheeler Hubbell, the
inventor of the goloid silver coin metal, shall
be allowed a royalty of one-tenth of one per
cent, as a part of the expense of coinage.
The bill asserts that the combination will
reduce the size and weight and increase the
utility and value of the national coins.
Referred to the Finance Committee.
The subsidiary silver bill was resumed.
Mr. Sherman by unanimous consent with
drew the 3d and 4th sections of the bill
which then passed as follows: Section 1.
That there be and hereby is appropriated
out of any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated the sum of $163,000 to
provide for the engraving, printing and other
expenses of making and issuing United
.States notes, and the further sum of $48,000
to provide for engraving and printing nation
al bank notes to be disbursed under the
Secretary of the Treasury. Section 2. That
the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
directed to issue silver coins of the United
States of the denomination of 10, 20, 25 and
50 cents of standard value in redemption of
an equal amount of fractional currenc}-
whether the same be now in the treasury
awaiting redemption or whenever it may be
presented for redemption and the Secretary
of the Treasury Department shall provide
for such redemption and issue by substitu
tions at the regulat subtreasuries and public
depositories of the United States until the
whole amount of fractional currency outstan
ding shall be redeemed, and the fractional
currency redeemed under this act shall be
held to be a part of the sinking fund provid
ed for by existing law. The interest to be
computed thereon as in the case of bonds
redeemed under the acts relating to the sink
ing fund.
It is stated, as the opinion of General
Gordon, that the cotton tax will finally be
returned to the treasuries of each State, thus
relieving the General Government of the
trouble and expenses of detailed distribution.
Seventy millions of the tax collected have
reached the Treasury. In the distribution
proposed Georgia will receive twelve mil
lions, Alabama about ten millions, etc.
The testimony of a trusted emplojme in
the Solicitor-General’s office connects Gen.
Grant with the payment of the fraudulent
l’arkman-Brooks claim.
What Country Papers Do.
An exchange combats with considerable
vigor the argument that the city weeklies are
cheaper and better than the country papers,
because they give more columns of reading
for the money. Do the city papers, it asks,
ever give you any home news ? Never. Do
they ever say anything in regard to 3'our own
county? Nothing. Do the} r contain notices
for your schools, churches, meetings, improve
ments and hundreds of other local matters
of interest, which your country papers publish
without pay? Not an item. Do they ever
say a word calculated to draw attention to
your county and its numerous thriving towns,
and aid in their progress and enterprise ?
Not a word. And yet there are men who take
such contracted views of this matter that un
less they are getting as many square inches
of reading matter in their own paper as they
do in a city paper, they think they are not
getting the worth of their money. It reminds
us of the person who took the largest pair of
boots in the box, because they cost the same
as a pair much smaller, that fit him.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.
Whereas, J. M. Potts, in his Atlanta speech,
as written out by himself, affirmed over his
own signature, as published in the Atlanta
Constitution, and extracted into the columns
of the Forest Neics, of the 12th of February,
that he had “announced himself square out
in favor of a Constitutional Convention in
the published hand-bills and addresses circu
lated by him all over the county, pending and
prior to the election for members of the Le
gislature in 1874” ; and whereas, in his com
munication of to-day’s date in the Forest News,
he denies making any such statement in any
article written by him as that found in the
Forest News of the 12th of February, as ex
tracted from the Atlanta Constitution of a
preceeding date ; and whereas, in his card to
the Forest Neics of February 6th, he directly
charged me with a want of fidelity in dis
charging my private obligations in a business
transaction alluded to by him, and clearly in
sinuated, as understood by my friends and
myself, that I was opposed to the repeal of
the present homestead in order to evade the
payment of my debts, to say nothing of other
personal allusions that were wholly irrelevant
to the question in issue between him and my
self ; but notwithstanding, and in the face of
his allegations above referred to, the said
Potts, in his communication in to-day’s issue
of the Forest News, affirms that in his former
articles lie had said nothing with regard to
my non-compliance with my private contracts ;
and whereas, in a note to the editor of the
Forest Neics of February sth, and in a card
to the same paper bearing date February 6th.
he wrote, over his own signature, that he was
not in Atlanta to “ throw mud” with me, and
that he would “ settle our difference” when he
returned to Jackson county, “provided he
possessed the spirit and pride of a gentleman,”
thus making the impression that he would
adjust the matter in the way gentlemen usually
settle difficulties involving their veracity;
and whereas, in his article in the Forest News
of to-day’s date, he again “ throws mud” in a
most undignified and billingsgate style—al
luding, as heretofore, to my private matters,
and also to a member of my family, to say
nothing of personal allusions to invaluable
friends not known in this controversy, and
who have no connection with it, and has thus,
as above specified, rendered himself obnox
ious and contemptible, and no longer entitled
to be considered as an honorable, hightoned
and dignified gentleman—l do, therefore,
publish to the world that the said J. M. Potts,
in denying his own published statement, is
an eater of his own words ; and I further pro
claim him to be destitute of the true princi
ples of a gentleman, a dealer in billingsgate,
a defamer of private character, a detestable
brag, and a most malicious and infamous liar,
of whom I shall take no further notice.
April Bth, 1876. GREEN R. DUKE.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Anew daily paper is soon to be started in
Atlanta, J. E. Bryant as editor. It is to be
radical in politics.
The voice of Bob Toombs has been heard
in the United States Supreme Court for the
first time since 1860.
The Cuthbert Appeal heard of farmers a
few days since borrowing money at twenty
five per cent, to buy bacon and corn with.
The Atlanta Times thinks the recent home
stead decision of the Supreme Court will
work mischief to the poor men of the State.
Ex-Governor Brown says the recent home
stead decision of the Supreme Court should
not be headed “joy to the people,” but “joy
to the bankers and brokers and capitalists.”
Mr. Metcalf, a Pittsburgh manufacturer of
cutlery, says the Georgia and Alabama ore
is as valuable for making cutlery as the
Sweedish ore, hitherto exclusively used.
The Rabun Gap, or rather Blue Ridge
Railroad scheme is reviving a little, and a
meeting of its friends will be held in Charles
ton next month. It would be a very valua
ble road to Georgia and South Carolina.
The Cuthbert Messenger repels with indig
nation the Rome Courier' 1 s charge that the
members of the Georgia Legislature are
“mostly broad-mouthed, flopeared jackasses
—especially the Senate.”
A Rail Splitist. —Robt. B. Howard, son
of Mr. T. J. Howard, in this county, cut the
timber and split 218 rails between 12 o’clock
noon and sundown. He will be sixteen
yeary old next November. —Oglethorpe Echo.
Whitson G. Johnson, Esq., of Lexington,
is suggested to the stockholders of the Geor
gia Railroad, as a suitable gentleman for a
Director. Mr. Johnson would fill the posi
tion with credit to himself and profit to the
company.
The Geneva Lamp says that the Supreme
Court has decided, in the case of Mrs. Caro
line Cottingham vs. W. J. Weeks, that a
widow may recover for the homicide of her
husband whether the homicide be the act of
a natural or artificial person, or the result of
intention or criminal negligence.
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States (Southern Pres
byterian) is to meet, May 18, in the First
Presbyterian Church of Savannah. The
opening sermon is to be preached by Rev.
Moses D. Hoge, D. D., the Moderator of the
last Assembly.
The law now requires mortgages on real
and personal property to be recorded in
thirty days instead of three months. Mort
gage on personalty must be recorded in the
county where the property is at the time of
the execution of the mortgage, if out of the
county of the mortgagee’s residence ; also in
the county of his residence.
In Rockdale superior court, the case of
the state vs Isham Kelley, charged with the
offense of being an ‘accessory in the assas
sination of Capt. Hardeman, in Newton
county, a few years since, and which was
transferred from that county here for trial,
was continued for the term, and the defen
dant discharged upon his own recognizance.
—Rochdale Register.
Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscriptions
and Arrearages.
The following laws in regard to newspaper sub
scriptions and arrearages have received the sanc
tion and are published as the decisions of the
United States Supreme Court:
]. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, are considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance of
their periodicals, the publishers may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the olfice to which they are di
rected. they arc held responsible until they have
settled their bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other places without
notifying publishers, and the papers are sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5 The Courts have decided that “'refusing to
take periodicals from the office, or removing and
leaving them uncalled for is prima facia evidence
of intentional fraud.”
6. Any person who receives a newspaper and
makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not,
is held in law to be a subscriber.
7. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound
to give notice to the publisher, at the end of their
time, if they do not wish to continue taking it;
otherwise, the publisher is authorized to send it
on ; and the subscribers will be responsible until
an express notice, with payment of all arrearages,
is sent to the publisher.
31 era ctdocrfisemctits.
Medical Card.
DR. W. P. DeLAPERRIERE having complet
ed his Medical course of studies at the Uni
versity of Georgia—his native State—locates at
his father's old stand, where he will practice
Medicine in all its branches, and will treat dis
eases with the most approved remedies known to
the profession. Returning thanks for the confi
dence manifested by the liberal patronage bestow
ed during his past course of practice, he hopes by
a careful and constant guarding of every possible
interest of patients, on his own part,' together
with the assistance of his father, to merit a con
tinuance of the same. attention giv
en to diseases of children and females. apls
SPRIYG AND SUMMER
STOCK OF
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
O
rtUCN. X. A. A DAVIS
ANNOUNCES to the public that she is now re
ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’
Bonnets, Ilats. Laces. Ribbons. Trimmings. &c.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the University, Athens, (ia. April 15
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
TVTILL be sold. on the first Tuesday in May
’ Y next, before the Court House door, in the
town of Jefferson, within the legal hours of sale,
the following property, to-wit:
1 ive hundred acres of land, more or less, on the
waters of Curry’s creek, adjoining lands of J E
Johnson, Johnson Freeman, JW Nicholson, and
others ; lying on each side of the road leading from
Jefferson to Athens; three miles from the former
place. Supposed to be about 150 acres of said
land in cultivation, the balance in old fields and
forest land, with a splendid dwelling and neces
sary out-buildings thereon. Levied on as the prop
erty of the defendant, E M Thompson, by virtue
of a fi fa issued from the Superior Court of said
county. M Williamson vs E M Thompson. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff. Notice served on E
M Thompson, tenant in possession, as the law di
rects. aplß J. S. HUNTER, SlFff.
STILL ON HAND!
N. B. STARK,
800 l and Shoe maker, at the old and well
known corner, Northwest of the Court House,
under the Forest News office, is still ready to
make to order or repair Boots and Shoes of all
sizes, shapes and qualities. CHEAP FOR CASH.
January 29th, 1875,
and terms free. TRUE & CO., Augusta,
Maine. marll
iSTOTI^
CALLAWAY HOIX
*• 13* and 17
Atlanta, G a .
HAS changed hands, and re-fumih„,
of rooms and first-class board < \
visiting Atlanta, will find it to their ad < ran ?ers
patronize this house, as it will be kept i,' t*
style at reasonable prices. Everyth]
done to make it the home of guests J n f *>H L
Porters at all trains. U. Mil Mo
April Bth, 1876. ' p^AX,
ESTBAY NOTICEANIHub;
GEORGIA, JA CKSON COUNT Y. * l^
AGREEABLY to an order Of the ()rd'
said county, the following pronortr
cd as estrays by J S P Ritchey and I)
holders, in 255th District, GM, will
the premises of L H Shankle, the taker 1 S
county, on Friday, April 14th, to the
der, to-wit: Three barrow hogs -two ? 3
marked with a crop and hole in right p-ir . .VI
crop in left ear—the right ear mark
be torn out by dog; one spotted black •
the other two of a dark or smutty color wnU"*
white about the neck and shoulders - s ' o , Uhßo|> t
years old. Valued by appraisers at *ll V
cash. apl 8 J. S. HUNTER,
EOItdA, .laiclisoii C'oiuiiy
George Gathright vs. Sallie Gathrio-ht ra ,
Divorce. Rule to Perfect Service ,0f
It appearing to the Court that the def, j
does not reside in this county, and it furth
pearing that she does not reside in this st
is, on motion of counsel, ordered that said if’ 5
ant appear and answer at the next term f .
Court, else that the case be considered in 1V* 15
and the plaintiff allowed to proceed, .y, ,[ ■
further ordered that this Rule be published' *
Forest News once a month for fourmnno,
suant to the next term of this Court Tv w®'
3d, 1870. M. M. PITTMAN,
Granted: * ’ 83Ut >-
GEO. 1). RICE, Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jari CA „,
perior Court, February Term, 1876.
march2s T. 11. NIBLACK, Clerk
500 Hides Wanted
to o:isr shares
HAVING one of the best Tanneries m a
State, a good supply of Bark, and a first
Tanner employed, I want all the hides I can
Tail on Shares, one-lialf for the oih Pr
Every hide will be carefully marked and boot*
and satisfactorily accounted for. Hides bo®*
at Athens prices. I have no partner, nor rZ
process. J
I am sawing every day, the very best Pi ne n
Poplar Lumber, of all dimensions, cheap for Cni
Citizens of Jackson county, give me a trial, and
will guarantee satisfaction.
F. S..SMITH
Jefferson, Ga., March 18, 1876.
,T. A. B. MAHAFFEY. \V. S. M'CARTI
iutahaffey & McCarty,
Itl a t t o r neys at law,
Jefferson, Jackson- Cos, Gi
Will practice anywhere for money. Prompt u.
tention given to all business entrusted to thr
care. Patronage solicited. Oct3o]v
BIXBY’S
“BEST”
BLACKING.
A COMBINED POLISH BLACKING AND LEATHER fIE
SERVATIVE.
Experts and Professional Bootblacks in N
York, and all other cities where this Black
ing has been introduced, acknowledge its superm
ify over all imported or domestic Blackings in oh.
as an Elegant Polish and CoNSEKVER of hath?
NOTICE.
Bixby’s “Best” Blacking has a Red and Him
Label. Do not be deceived by accepting 0*
“Standard” Blacking in place of “Best.” Tb
Standard has the label stamped into the tin com
This brand is made to compete with other Amen
can and French Blackings, but is inferior to 00
“ Best.”
Bixby’s “ Best” Blacking will sare its tntir
cost in the wear of your boots and shoes.
HOUSEKEEPERS TRY
Bixby’s French Laundry Bine
LY SIFTIY"G BOXES.
The most convenient and economical packigf.
and the only combined Bleaching and Bluein;
Powder in use.
S. 3VE. BIXBY Sc CO.,
Ma nia fa during ChoinixK
Nos. 173 & 175 Washington St., New York.
April Ist.
PURE TEAS —IN SEALED PACKAGES,
Direct from China and Japan.
DELIVERED at YOUR OWN DOOR, fresh from
the GARDENS of their GROWTH.
Imported direct by
THE WELLS
TEA COMPANY
201 Fulton St., New York.
The difficulty of getting pure Teas of reality
quality in the United States, has induced T®
Wells Tea Company to ship their Teas in w
ed packages direct from the gardens ill which*l*.
are grown, and as a further guarantee of they*
ing delivered in their genuine state, they enty
the sale of them only to reliable Agents—the D ®;
of the nearest Agent to you is printed at the y
of this advertisement—so that the Teas P
through none but responsible hands, and will
delivered at your own door as fresh as when ,
left the gardens of China and Japan ; the price'
so is printed on each package, so that no error
occur.
Everybody buys Tea.
Everybody wishes to buy it at first hand?"
best qualities at the lowest prices.
Everybody desires—when they find aif 1 ‘“ tf
able to their tastes—to be certain of getting
same article always.
Ton can have all these advantages by l" 1 )"
THE WELLS TEA COMPAQ
Because they import their own Teas,
them at wholesale prices—without the six ° r :
intermediate profits usually charged. , u.
Because the quality is better at the P rIlC
is sold by any other house. . . t
Because their long experience in f
Japan enables them to make better
ordinary Dealers—and to import them vitn r
advantages.
Because they absolutely guarantee the '
of all their goods—and keep them to one ® f
able standard, so that you can always r .
them. . J
Because they do business for cash onl
therefore make no extra profit from good c 1
ers to cover losses by bad debts. j t
Because their Agents are responsible
liable men—who deliver Teas precisely as ru
from the Company”. a
Because having once tried these Teas. 7
not need to go elsewhere hereafter.
WANTED— A Druggist, or other
chant, in every town and city in the 1 ?>’
to whom will be given the SOLE Abb
that locality.
Address, for terms and full particulars.
THE WELLS TFA
P. 0. Box 45G0. 201 Fulton St., 11
April Ist.
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SEND 2oc. to GEO. P. ROWELL & Wdft
York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages. *
lists of 3,000 nexvspapers, and estimates
cost of advertising.
Warning to Trespassers* (
ALL PERSONS arc hereby warned
Hunt, Fish or otherwise
the lands of the undersigned. iflh
of the Law. [fs] S. D. Mfl* 11 *