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Jackson County Publishing Company.
M. Williamson. | N. 11. Pendergrass,
President. | T’ice President.
T. H. Niblack, Secr'y Treas.
Executive Committee.
W. C. Howakp Ch'm.
G. J. N, Wilson, | R. J. Hancock.
JEFFERSON,
N t ri ltOiV Mil 13, IH7H.
How Grant Carried Elections.
A Washington special to the Philadelphia
Times says that the interest in the disclos
ures recently made before the Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of Justice
in relation to the corrupt practices of the
Administration concerning New York elec
tions does not abate. On the contrary, great
indignation is felt by honest men of both par
ties at the President's action. A prominent
Republican denounces the abuse as follows:
“Even if no actual infringement of the law
is proven, the violation of the spirit of the
law is so manifest that it is humiliating to
every honest voter. As new facts come to
light about the case its aspect becomes daily
more discreditable. A few mornings since
a clerk of the Treasury brought to the com
mittee room a large pile of accounts and
vouchers for disbursements for election pur
poses in New York city in 1872. During
the last Presidential contest, as shown by the
vouchers, over $140,000 were expended in the
city of New York to elect the Republican
ticket, or about three hundred dollars to each
election district in the city, under the pre
tended cover of the Enforcement act. Eighty
five thousand dollars were spent, ostensibly
for the services of marshals and deputy mar
shals, from the ‘‘contingent fuud.” More
than fifteen thousand dollars were paid for
“extraordinary expenses,” among the items
being one of one thousand nine hundred dol
lars for cab hire, another for five hundred
dollars for a room at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
for the Supervising Inspector of Elections,
or, in other words the Republican State Cen
tral Committee. “Little Johnny” Daven
port received eight hundred or a thousand
dollars on account of “fees.” in addition to
the twenty-six thousand dollars which were
paid him, by order of the President, from the
secret service fund. No voucher can he
found in the department for the latter fund.
The mystery of Grant’s success in 1872 is
now easily explained.
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The St. Louis Convention.
Below will be found the list of delegates
to the St. Louis National Democratic Con
vention from the State of Georgia. The gen
tlemen composing this delegation will be
acknowledged, at once as “tried and true.”
Most, if not .all of them, have often been
“weighed in the balances” and have never
yet been “found wanting.” We cannot but
believe the “great. Democratic party ofGeor
gia” feel that their interests are safe in the
hands of such men. And to give “emphasis”
a9 it were, to what is repeated above, we
“borrow” the beautiful and at the same time
truthful remarks of our honored cotemporary,
the Covington Star, of the 3rd inst., whose
editor in speaking of the St. Louis Conven
tion, uses the following language :
Gradually the material for the composition
of the St. Louis convention is being develop
ed throughout this broad country. Last
Wednesday the “corner stones” for this forth
coming political temple were “blocked out,”
by the people of Georgia. And blocks of
pure and polished marble they are, too. They
will not only give strength to the building,
but they will beautify and adorn it. No
State of this union will send up an abler or
more dignified body of delegates than those
chosen by the peopie of Georgia, last Wednes
day. They will carry wisdom, strength and
moderate counsels into the political temple.
Who will not be willing to abide by their
choice, and support the candidate they select
at St. Louis to bear the democratic standard
to victory ? For our part, we heartily endorse
the whole delegation, and congratulate the
people-of Georgia upon their selection.
The following is a list of the Georgia dele
gation :
For the State at Large. —Gov. James M.
Smith, of Muscogee: George T. Barnes, of
Richmond *, John W. Wofford, of Bartow;
Rufus E. Lester, of Chatham.
First District. —John C. Nicholls, of Pierce ;
John J. Jones, of Burke.
Second District. —ll. G. Turner, of Brooks ;
E. E. Bower, of Decatur.
Third District. —Allen Fort, of Sumter;
W. T. McArthur, of Sumter.
Fourth District. —Obediah Warner, of Mer
iwether ; Mark H. Blandford, of Muscogee.
Fifth District. —E. P. Howell, of Fulton ;
John I. Hall, of Spalding.
Sixth District. —J. W. Preston, of Jasper;
J. M. Pace, of Newton.
Seventh District. —W. 11. Payne, of Catoosa ;
P. M. B. Young, of Bartow.
Eighth District. —G. Whit. Johnson, of
Oglethorpe ; Chas. S. Dußose. of Warren.
Ninth District. —ll. P. Bell, of Forsyth;
11. 11. Carlton, of Clarke.
The Georgia Delegation Uncommitted.
The report comes to us simultaneously
from various sources that the Georgia dele
gation to the St. Louis Convention are for
Tilden, of New York, for President. This
looks very much like a trick to influence the
delegations of other States in advance of the
convention. We do not hesitate to say that
tle report is without foundation in truth.
Whatever may be tbe preferences of individ
ual members of the delegation, it is very cer
tain that the claims of the prominent Demo
crats who have been spoken of in connection
with the nomination for President were Hot
canvassed in the District Conventions bv
whom the delegates were selected, and that
the Georgia delegation will go to St. Louis
uninstructed and uncommitted to any indi
vidual or clique, and with the single purpose
of uniting in such action as will best promote
the harmony and secure the success of the
Democracy in the .coming Presidential con
tests—Suv.. Ne>rs.
The Presidency.
We received, by rnail ; last week, a copy of
the N. Y. Tribune, and also a copy of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, both of which, it
appears, are laboring, in behalf of Tilden as
the nominee of the St. Louis Convention.
There 19, doubtless, a purpose in distributing
these papers throughout the South at the pre
sent; especial!}' as they insist, in their col
umns, that he is the only man who will stand
any sort of chance of being elected by the
Democrats in the coming Presidential elec*
tion. Now, “as for us and our household,’,’
we are “ making haste slowly” in this matter.
We doubt very capitally whether the Demo
cratic party of our own section, really expect
to get their choice in the nominee of the Con
vention to meet at St. Louis ; but, to appro
priate the idea set forth by a cotemporary, in
common with the whole party in Georgia, we
shall be satisfied with “ any good man nomi
nated upon a sound platform, that the said
Convention may select”—whether, lie come
from east, west or north. As is remarked
elsewhere in |Miis issue, the whole matter is in
the hands of our delegates to the nominating
Convention ; and in their judgment and sa
gacity we have perfect and unwavering con
fidence.
♦ V
The “Nashville American” on Seduction.
The editor of the above most ably conduct
ed journal, in animadverting on the recent
conduct of two (so called) ministers of the
Gospel—Buffum, of East Hartford, Conn.,
and Kendrick, of Columbus, Ga.—after draw
ing a line of distinction between the ravisher
and seducer, closes his pertinent and pointed
remarks as follows:
“We are not able to speak of these
oiiences without using energetic language.
We feel that society—ever ready to swiftly
and violently visit punishment upon a mon
ster—does not look with the same degree of
horror upon the foul deed of the seducer. So
ciety does not seem to quite estimate the mis
ery he entails upon innocent households, and
the endless, incomparable, “sorrow’s crown
of sorrow” fastened upon his victim to the
end of her most miserable existence. The
seducer's victim usually lands in the brothel,
and what condition of existence may be pic
tured more painful than that? The ravisher
who slays his victim to conceal the evidence
of his crime is more merciful than the seduc
er whose cowardly selfishness condemns his
victim to living perdition, with a soul’s pol
lution the inevitable sequence! Murder is
less cruel than seduction. The crape upon
the door does not betoken that cureless
wound to loving hearts that comes and stays
forever with a blasted family name. The
cause of the seduced girl is the cause of eve
ry man who is the father of a daughter, and
of every brother who has a sister. The sanc
tity of a single home violated is the violation
of the sanctity of the entire community, if it
is m virtuous one. He who has the temerity
to violate either, under the cloak of his cleri
cal garb, or by what other disguise, conceals
the stealthy, slimy, treacherous approach to
the consummation of his wickedness, should
know and be forewarned by wholesome ex
amples, that the consequence is death—swift,
certain and terrible.”
Again. In an article pertaining to the
same subject, but more particularly alluding
to Kendrick, the author of the “Columbus
Horror,” the Macon Telegraph $ Messenger
speaks thus pointedly and forcibly :
Ilad he (Kendrick) been smitten like a mad
dog. or venemous serpent, by the handd of
outraged relatives, upon the discover} 7 of his
crime, no note of censure would have been
uttered in these columns.
This is one offense that overleaps all law
and mercy, and should be visited with sudden
and terrible vengeance. Indeed the statute
affords no adequate punishment in the prem
ises. and every aggrieved party must be a
law unto himself—and so does public senti
ment and every jury of the country decide.
Still, the mind shrinks from such scenes of
violence, and now that the wretched culprit
lives, let him not be destroyed in cold blood,
but the law be permitted to take its course,
and the anathemas and scorn of an outraged
community be heaped upon his head forever.
One moral, however, growing out of this
heinous act shouhi come home to every pa
rent and household in the land, and that is,
never to permit intimacies between our daugh
ters and any one in the form o f man. The
Devil himself was once an angel of light, and
humanity, even in sacerdotal vestments, is
proverbially frail. „
Distance, maidenly reserve and a rigid and
uncompromising adherence to the most frigid
and formal rules of etiquette in the inter
course of the sexes, should be taught and
insisted upon from the earliest childhood of
our daughters.
Thus armed and panoplied, the feeblest
woman is safe in the presence of the most
hardened libertine. There is a moral power
and grandeur about a virtuous, single-minded,
pure-hearted woman which is irresistible.
Parents, will you.remember this in the rear
iug of your daughters ?
“ A Move in the Right Direction.”
Here is an example we hope to see follow
ed throughout the State. It is often remark
ed. “What is everybody's business is nobo
dy’s business,” hence violators of law go
unpunished. Let it be made the duty of
someone individual to attend to the matter in
question, and there will., soon be a marked
change in the conduct of a great many of the
drones and violators of law and morals :
Richmond county Grand Jury, recom
mends that the county Judge shall appoint a
public prosecutor, at a salary of twelve hun
dred dollars per annum, whose duty it shall
be to prosecute all violaters o f the law. espe
ciallj - vagrants, retailers of liquor without li
cense, selling liquor to minors and drunken
men, false tax returns, hunting on Sunday
and killing birds at certain seasons of the
year.
Some time since a fine hound was sent by
express, from Macon, to Mr. J. W. Crawford,
of this city. Soon after receiving the animal,
Mr. Crawford took it out on a fox hunt. Du
ring the chase the dog disappeared and no
one knew what had become of it. A few
days ago a citizen of Augusta who happened
to be in Macon, saw the dog on one of the
streets of that city. It had traveled all the
way back on foot, over a country that it knew
nothing about. When it is remembered
that it had been brought to Augusta in a
close car, the case appears to be more re
markable.—Chronicle A- Sentinel .
Correspondence of the Forest News.
From the Federal Capital.
Washington, D. C., May 6, 1876.
POSTMASTER GENERAL JEWELL
Is a disappointed man. A year ago, he loom
ed up on the political horizon as a Presiden
tial candidate. To-day, it is conceded that
he will not occupy either the first or the sec
ond place on the Republican Presidential
ticket. Assuming the role of a reformer, he
essayed the task of breaking the mail con
tractors’ ring in his Department, but failed
to succeed. Spencer, Hinds & Cos., backed
by Grant, were too much for him, so he suc
cumbed. Hinds, Kittle, and other contract
ors, were detected, not only in bribing Post
Office officials, but in manufacturing a coun
terfeit stamp to be used on fraudulent bids
for certain Western mail routes. One of the
parties was arrested for this little breach of
etiquette, but escaped punishment through a
legal technicality. As I have before intima
ted, Jewell started out as a Reformer. He
had not gone far in the work of reform, how
ever, before, to use a slang phrase, he '‘struck
a snag.” lie found that, in his efforts to ex
pose and punish fraud, he was placing him
self in antagonism to some of Grant's favor
ites, and, deeming discretion the better part
of valor, ceased his labors in the direction of
reform. Until lie began his crusade against
•abuses in his department, he and p rant were,
warm personal friends, and could bo seen,
almost every Sunday afternoon, walking to
gether on the outskirts of the city. Now,
their intercourse is confined simply to the
interchange of a few civil words at the semi
weekly meetings of the Cabinet.
ONE RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC INVESTIGATION.
Last year, Murtagh was awarded the print
ing of the list of delinquent tax-payers of the
District of Columbia, and brought in a bill
for $lO per inch, aggregating $96,000. The
District Commissioners cut down his bill to
$50,000, which he accepted under protest, and
immediately brought suit for the balance,
$46,000. This suit is still pending in the
District courts. Despite this, he has again
been awarded the printing of the tax list by
the District Commissioners, who advertised
for proposals, but received no bid as low as
Murtagh’s, whose figure was but fifty cents
per inch, for each publication. Last year the
list was published six times, and this year it
is to be published but three times. This
year, he therefore proposes to charge but
$1.50 per inch, whereas, last year, his figures
was SIO.OO for the same amount of . space.
According to his last estimate of a proper
compensation for the job, he should have been
satisfied with $28,800, last year, instead of
$96,000, which Ire claimed and still claims.
With the exit of Boss Shepherd's gang, it
was hoped this District would secure a better
administration of its affairs. The result
shows, however, that the Commissioners' ap
pointed by Grant, at the instance of Boss
Shepherd, are the mere creatures of the infa
mous ring which, engulfed the District in
hopeless bankruptcy, and brought disgrace
upon the national name.
The Georgia Teachers’ Association which
met iu Savannah last week, elected the fol
lowing officers : President—B. Mallon, Atlan
ta ; Vice-Presidents—First, S. P. Sanford,
Macon ; second, W. S. Bogart, Savannah;
third, G. A. Holcombe, Louisville. Ga.;
fourth, Joseph T. Derry, Augusta ; fifth, G.
J. Orr, Atlanta; Secretary—J. 11. Chappell,
Bethany ; Treasurer—W. B. Bonnell, Macon.
The Virginia Educational Journal was adopt
ed as a medium of publication. The phonetic
method of teaching was discussed, and Prof.
Sand ford read a “History of Arithmetic.”
Major W. J. Davis, of Louisville, Ivy., deliv
ered a lecture on “Sunlight and Starlight.”
•
LiPThere are fifty-three Saturdays and fif
ty three Sundays in 1876. So those who pay
on Saturdays will have to pay their hands
for fifty three weeks’ work, while the hands
do but little over fifty-two in the j T ear. This
circumstance also affords one more day than
usual for people to attend church on and
preach and be preached at. We don’t know
when there will be fifty-three of each of these
days again in one year, but 1881 is to have
fifty-three Saturdays, and 1882 fifty-three
Sundays.— Philadelphia American.
Reward Paid. —The Governor has paid to
Sheriff Amos, of Randolph county,-Ala., the
reward of $260 for the capture of Charles
Kelly. The reward for the capture of Ed.
Kelly is also dependent upon his conviction,
and if, after trial, he is convicted, it too will
be promptly paid.— At. Const.
Nashville, Tenu., May 6.—ftishop Geo.
F. Pierce will preside over the North and
South Georgia and Florida Conferences. The
North Georgia meets November 29 ; South
Georgia December 30, and Florida Jan. 11.
Crawfoiidville, May 4. —had a Jail
delivery here this morning, about 2 o’clock.
One white man and three negroes made their
escape by boring through the wall with au
auger. Nothing has, as yet,.been heard from
them.
Augusta. May B.—Jas. McEvoy, who kill
ed Jas. J. Gregg at Graniteville, S. C., is to
hang on June 30th, at Aiken, S. C.
The Camilla Enterpriie says the very cool
nights of late, “ have damaged cotton to a
limited extent, causing it to die out or turn
3'ellow.”
Commissioner Orr is making an education-i
al tour of the State and delivering addresses j
at various places.
Texas United States Senator.—Gal
veston. May 6.—Governor Richard Coke is
elected United States Senator.
The Republicans attempted again yester
day to force the committees to make all in
vestigations with open doors, but the reso
lution was rejected.
A terific rain storm and tornado passed
over some of the Northwestern States Sunday,
destroying much property.
It is generally believed that the English
Government will discharge Winslow at the
expiration of the ten days unless the United
States will give the guaranty "hitherto re
fused.
“ Hold me close, and don’t take long steps,
dear,” is what the Americus RepidALcan edi
tor overheard a sweet feminine voice say
to her escort the other night, a9 they were
on their way to church.
(fommunicationß.
For the Forest News.
Readers of the Forest News, listen ! “Three
to one ! Well, we have fought against greater
odds, in defence of the right, and came off
conqueror.”— Beppo.
Bully I bully ! bully ! for “ Beppo.” Don't
he bark loud ? Look out, Messrs. Mahaffey,
Potts and Duke ! I would not be in their
shoes for one quart of ground-peas.
“Beppo” is still barking at the meeting
held in Jefferson on the first Tuesday in
April. Mr. Mahaffey's information was suf
ficient to convince “Beppo” that he did not
write, facts concerning said meeting; hence,
he had to drop his tail and acknowledge, like
a clever fellow, that he did not see any game
when he barked. And now what seems to be
the matter? Oh! the “ring” question.”—
And upon this, in ray opinion, he is as bad
as the man who sold the grocer eggs—“sick.”
Yes; / would say, rotten. But the gentle
man still insists for more information, and in
sinuates that said meeting was controlled by
a “ ring”—a ring from the country, I pre
sume he means now , as he was forced to with
draw the charge that the Jefferson “ring*’
controlled said meeting. We would inform
“ Beppo,” merely for past time—(not that we
are anxious for him to know any more than
he does about said meeting, for he is not our
Lord nor Master) —that we were present at
the meeting about which he barks, and it was
composed of good and respectable citizens of
Jackson count}’ —native born—and who would
have as little to do with “ rings” as he, “ Bep
po,” himself would have, though his pen is
the only evidence we have of his innocence.
And now, “Beppo,*’ if you still assert that
said meeting was controlled by a “ ring,” }’ou
assert that which is not true. The reasons
for holding said meeting, and the time, and
the authority, we shall not consume our time
to inform }’ou. The next meeting we have,
we will send yon a ticket, and conveyance—
provided we can procure a long-eared animal;
and if there are any offices to be filled, we
will give you a chance—*/ it is that which
pinches you.
We think if the good citizens of Harmony
Grove are going to do the barking, they have
made a had selection in choosing “Beppo”
as their leader—not that he is lacking for
O
learning, by no means, for we learn from
friend Duke “ much learning hath he”—but
he barks when there is no game to be seen,
and they know all huntsmen consider such as
very bad leaders; but it is a privilege which
belongs to them.
We learn from “Beppo” that committees
have been formed in Harmony Grove to hold
those who have never seen an engine. We
hope “ Beppo” has the honor of being one of
said committeemen, as he has seen “heap of
them, lots of times,” in the great city of At
lanta.
• ” Let us have peace,” Bro. “ Beppo.”
Truly, &c., Curry's Crkek.
Doyson, alias Jackson co., May, ’76.
For the Forest News.
Editor Forest News: —He so kind as to
I permit me to explain to your Harmon}* Grove
| correspondent.
Dear Sir: —l must think your head is too
level for you to presume for one moment that
I would object to the citizens of Harmony
Grove managing their own political affairs,
and even scrutinizing closely the actions of
the balance of the county in that particular.
I can say. sir, with a clear conscience, that I
desire justice to be done between man and
man ; and I say the same in regard to local
ities. I imagined your barking might be
turned into lamentable howling from this fact:
that if you set yourselves up as a sort of in
dependent section, (as I thought the tenor of
“ BeppoY’ letter indicated,) that you might
not succeed in getting a man who would rep
resent your interests so faithfully during the
next session, and that the condition of affairs
might be seriously changed. I meant that,
and nothing more. But as you claim to be a
part of us, you still have our kindest regards.
I must state, in justice to myself, that the
petition to repeal the liquor law in force at
Harmony Grove, and also to incorporate the
town, was handed to me by the gentlemen
who, I suppose, got it up. I told them plainly
that I could not have any thing to do with
the repealing of the law ; they then requested
me to hand it to Mr. Duke, which I did.
“Uncle Jake Lookout,” I have not the
slightest enmity in my heart for you, but have
ever been your friend ; I think, however, that
you are throwing stones at me for another
man. If you alluded to me when you said,
“when, where, and how speeches ought to be
made,” in your article, please so state it in
the next issue of the Forest Neivs. Your
silence on the subject will be considered by
me as evidence that you did ; if so, I promise
you a tight fit the week following.
I remain, sirs, yours, very respectfully,
May Bth, 1876. J. M. Potts.
For the Forest News.
Miss Almira Mayfield : You say you
arc a candidate for matrimony. If you are
the candidate of the Jefferson Bing, I can
give you no encouragement. It will be vain
to attempt to persuade me to listen to any
thing you may have to say in support of your
claims. I can neither hear nor understand ;
for I have Ringphobia, of the very worst type.
I do not think, however, that you have been
put forward by the Ring. I believe you are
an independent candidate ; therefore, I wel
come your proposal to correspond as highly
flattering to me. But allow me to suggest
that, while we need fear nothing from Messrs.
Duke and Potts, who are my friends, this
“ Beppo,” who is u stranger to me, is barking
and snapping at ever}* thing; I don’t like
him ; let us get closer together.
Yours, truly,
May 10 th. Micager Williamson.
For the Forest News.
The Crops, &c.
Cedar Rock, Ga., May 9th, 1876.
Editor Forest News .—Sir Please allow
me space in your paper to tell the public and
the “balance of mankind” something in re
gard to the crop prospects of our section.—
Wheat is looking well, and the corn crop, con
sidering all the drawbacks we’ve had, is quite
promising. lam gratified to say. Mr. Editor,
that the farmers around about Cedar Rock
are going to “ live at home” hereafter, instead
of depending on the West for their corn and
meat; and we hope to hear that other sec
tions of “old Jackson” has adopted the same
schedule. As to the fruit crop in our section,
I have to inform you that the peaches are
nearly all killed, but we will have apples in
abundance. Some of our farmers are “ can
celling” the subject of sheep husbandry ; and
think it will pay better than anything else in
the way of stock-raising—as what is made in
this business is clear profit.
Hoping to give you a more interesting let
ter next time, I have the honor to be,
Yours, &c., Joko.
Cruelty to Animals. —The first case
“under this head” was up in Atlanta last
week. Result, a fine of $15.00 and costs.
“ The Lost Cause.” —A magnificent picture
14 x 18 inches in size, beautiful in design and ar
tistic in execution. It represents a confederate
soldier after the war returning to his home, which
he finds lonely and desolate. In front of the
ruined cottage, telling a sad tale of the miseries
of war, are two graves with rude crosses, on one
of which some friendly hand lias hung a garland.
To the right the calm river and the rising moon
indicate peace and rest. The stars, seen through
the trees, represent the Southern Cross. It is a
picture that will touch every Southern heart, and
should find a place in every Southern home. One
copy sent by mail, mounted on a roller and post
paid, on receipt of 25 cents, or three for GO cents.
Address John Burrow & Cos., Bristol, Tenn.
Agents wanted everywhere to sell our cheap and
popular pictures. $5 to 810 per day easily made.
No money required until pictures are sold. Send
stamp for catalogue and terms. April-8-Gt.
31cm Udocrtisemeiik
TAX RETURNS
For 1876.
LAST CALL!!
Tax-Payers of Jackson county are respect-
X fully informed that 1 will lie at the Court
House, in Jefferson, on WEDNESDAY, 24th,
THURSDAY, 25th, and FRIDAY. 26th of MAY,
for the purpose of receiving the returns of those
who have not as yet given in. Books will
POSITIVELY he closed at the end of that time.
I am, fellow-citizens, vour obedient servant,
may 13 GEORGE AY. BROWN. T.R. J. C.
Splendid Thresher for Sale.
r |MIE I NDERSIGNED offers for sale a splendid
X WHEAT THRESHER, all complete, ready
to go to work. Has only been run about twelve
days, and is as good as new. Will be sold cheap
for cash. may!3lm. AY. (1. STEED.
~~ LOST,
ON Tuesday, May 2d. in Jefferson, a yellow
brindled CUR SLUT —no tail, ears cropped
close—answers to the name of “ Tritt.” Anv
reasonable expense will be paid for her recovery
or information that will lead thereto. Address, ‘
AY. G. B. AY A DELL,
may]3 Jefferson, (la.
O'l’ll'BS. —All persons are hereby warned not
-Li to Fish upon the lands of the undersigned,
under full penalt y of the law.
May 13th. ' -J. <l. .JUSTICE.
A Proclamation.
GEORGIA.
Bv JAMES M. SMITH,
Gorentor of said State.
Whereas, Official information has been re
ceived at this Department that'.a band of horse
thieves have been operating recently in the coun
ties of Oglethorpe and Jackson, committing divers
thefts therein, and that they have hitherto eluded
the vigilance of the civil authorities—
I have thought proper, therefore, to issue this
my Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of
Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars
each for the apprehension and delivery of said
thieves, with evidence sufficient to convict, to the
Sheriffs of said counties and State.
And I do moreover charge and require all of
ficers in this State, civil and military, to he vigi
lant in endeavoring to apprehend said thieves, "in
order that they may be brought to trial for the of
fence with which they stand charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, this the twenty
fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-six, and
of the Independence of the United‘States of
America the One Hundredth.
JAMES M. SMITH. Governor.
By the Governor :
N. C. Barnett, Secretary of State. may 13
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Genuine Herlona
COTTON SEED FOR SALE, AT
50 Cents per Bushel!
By LENDER GRASS & HANCOCK.
IdP’Call early or they’ll all be gone ! a22
Warning to Trespassers.
A LL PERSONS arc hereby warned not to
Hunt, Kinli or otherwise TrespnsH upon
the lands of the undersigned. Under Full Penalty
of the Late. [fo] S. D. MITCHELL. '
Medical Card.
TAR W, P- DeLAPERRIERE having complet
-L' 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. aplo
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale^
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesdav ■’
next, before the Court House ,bL ,B .
town Of Jefferson, within the legal hours r" l,|
the following property, to-wit: * of s alc,
One tract or parcel of land, situate in s
ty, adjoining lands of Robert Fleeman i > C ° Ulu
Lyle and others, Containing two hundred B
acres, more or less, forty acres of which ■
good state of cultivation, the balance in ls -*!‘ a*
forest and old pine field. On said land j, ° r, B>Ual
comfortable dwelling and necessary out-I * :i t J 00 *!
Levied on as the property of C £ Flconi'a!!'* ?■
iffy two fi fas issued from Jackson Countv
missioners Court in favor of Jackson <• , oln -
C S Fleenian, former Tax Collector p! v s
pointed out by defendant. ’ r °pcrty
j inayG AY. A. AVORSILYM, D.Sl’fr
Also, at the same time and place ahnv
ed, will be sold the following pronertv * ,Cn * 10 ®*
Two hundred arid five acres of land more St :
on the waters of Sandy Creek, adjoining hJi
II B Gober, L CDunson, Lord, and others of
dwelling and necessary
seventy-five or eighty acres of cleared land IS 0 *! 1
fresh, on said place. Levied on as the pro'rS?- T
the defendant, by virtue of afi fa issued ’ of
County Commissioners’ Court, Jackson cJOU tlle
AYilliam Thurmond, Tax Collector forls"n V*
tice served on defendant as the law directs i> °*
ci ty pointed out by County Commissioners
nia Ylff J-S. HUNTER,
Die. w. s. ai. i:\A>in;ie.
surgeon dentist.
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos r
July 10th, 1875. 6m *’ (,i -
NOTICE
CALL A AY AY HOUSE
Aio. 151 :imi 17 ICroad Ktrccl '
Atlanta, G-a.,
XT A S changed hands, and re-furnished R,
11 of rooms and first-class board. Stran
visiting Atlanta, will find it to their advanta-M
patronize this house, as it will he kept in excel] °
style at reasonable prices. Everything win' j
done to make it the home of guests and” visitor*
Porters at all trains. C. MILLICAN ’
April Bth, 1876. Proprietor,
Jackson County.
George Gathright vs. Sal lie Gathright—Libel
Divorce. Rule to Perfect Service
It appearing to the Court that the defendant
does not reside in this county, and it further an
pearing that she does not reside in this State it
is, on motion of counsel, ordered that said defend!
ant appear and answer at the next term of this
Court, else that the case be considered in default
and the plaintiff* allowed to proceed. And it i
further ordered that this Rule be published in the
Forest News once a month for four months pur.
suant to the next term of this Court. This Maid
3d. 1876. M. M. PITTMAN, Pl’ff’s AtVy.
Granted :
GEO. 1). RICE, Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson 8s
perior Court, February Term, 1876.
march2s T. 11. NIBLACK, Clerk.
500 Hides "Wanted
TO T-A.3NT ON SHARES-
Having one of the best Tanneries in thf I
State, a good supply of Bark, and a first-rate
Tanner employed, l want all the hides 1 can get*
Tan on oite-laailf for tlic oilier.
Every hide will be carefully marked and hooked,
and satisfactorily accounted for. Hides bought
at Athens prices. I have no jwrfncr, nor paid
process.
I am sawing every da}’, the very best Pine and
Poplar Lumber, of all dimensions, cheap for Cash.
Citizens of Jackson county, give me a trial, and!
will guarantee satisfaction.
F. S. SMITH.
Jefferson, Ga., March 18, 1876. lm
BIXBY*§
“BEST”
BLACKING.
A COMBINED POLISH BLACKING AND LEATHER PRE
SERVATIVE.
Experts and Professional Bootblacks ia Mv
T ork. and all other large cities where tin* Hid
ing has been introduced, ftekuoirledye its svpenot
tty over all imported or domestic Blackings in um,
as an Elegant Polish and CONSERVED of Lcathrr.
NOTICE.
BixbyVs “Best" Blacking has a Red and llliie
i Label. Ho not bo deceived by accepting wr
; ‘‘Standard'’ Blacking in place of -‘Best." Kb
I Standard has the label stamped into the tiae*m
This brand is made to compete with other Ames
! can and French Blackings, but is inferior to our
| “ Best.”
! Bixby's “ Best" Blacking will so re its entm
east in the wear of your boots and shoes.
HOUSEKEEPERS TRY
Bixby’s French Laundry Bine.
IN SIFTING BOXES
The most convenient and economical package,
and the only combined Bleaching and fflucmg
Powder in use.
S. Jvr. BIXBY &c CO.,
Maiuiliicturing ( licihWs
Nos. 173 & 175 Washington St., New lort.
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
TZEiZE WELLS
TEA COMPANY.
201 Fulton St., New York.
The difficulty of getting pure Teas of really tin
quality in the United States, has induced f
Wells Tea Company to ship their Teas in seu
ed packages direct from the gardens in which the,-
are grown, and as a further guarantee of their •
ing delivered in their genuine state, they entr ,Jk
the sale of them only to reliable Agents—the
of the nearest Agent to you is printed at the >
of this advertisement — so that the Teas
through none but responsible hands, and wilj
delivered at your own door as fresh as when tfl.
left the gardens of China and Japan ; thepfl ce ‘
so is printed on each package, so that no error
occur.
Everybody buys Tea. t(£
Everybody wishes to buy it at first lianas
best qualities at the lowest prices. ,
Everybody desires—when they find a Tea
able to their tastes—to be certain of gettirtj. •
same article always. , , j
You can have all these advantages l)yhiiy> n r
THE WELLS TEA COMPAQ
Because they import their own Teas,
them at wholesale prices—without the six ° rec
intermediate profits usually charged. .
Because the quality is better at the pn cC
is sold by any other house. ■ $6
Because their long experience in a ,, a j
Japan enables them to make better selection?
ordinary Dealers—and to import them with? 1,
advantages. ul )j t f
Because they absolutely guarantee the <)'■ ’
of all their goods—and keep them to one 11 0 ,
able standard, so that you can always u.
them.
Because they do business for cash ® ni -
therefore make no extra profit from good <■'-
ers to cover losses by bau debts. j jt-
Because their Agents are responsible - T(( j
liable men—who deliver Teas precisely a*
from the Company. , u fill
Because having once tried these Teas. )°
not need to go elsewhere hereafter. j^r-
WANTED— A Druggist, or other firsb^■**j ! ?t> tP
chant, in every town and city in the tnim? A
to whom will be given the SOLE AGL
that locality.
Address, for terms and full particulars,
TIIK W EMN TlvA
P. O. Box 1560. 201 Fulton St., acy
April Ist.