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Jackson County Publishing Company.
M. Wili.iasHsox, I N. 11. Pendergrass,
l*retiilent. | Vice President.
T. Pi. Nirlack, Srrr'i/ 6,' Trcas.
Executive Committee.
W. C. lIowAKn C'h'm.
r. .T. N. Wilson, J It. J. Hancock.
JEFFERSON,
SATCKD.W 4IL\B S, 1877.
• “Tapping” our Exchanges.
Over n half-dozen men were hung in diffe
rent sections on Friday last, 15th.
A torpedo exploded on a Russian railway
train, killing everybody on board. The Turks
are avenged.
The first lot of new wheat sold in Augusta.
Ga.. at §2.25, and several larger lots changed
hands subsequently at $2. 00 to 2. 40. It is
thought the market there will settle down to
alnnit §1.75.
Judge Tarver, of Twiggs county, sold 11,-
500 pounds of wool last week in Savannah at
27.1 cents per pound ; and Dr. Buchan, of
Dodge county, sold 2.450 pounds at cents
per pound.
The TlmmasviUe Times patriotically ex
claims: “ The Fourth of July will he cele
brated by the Guards in old fashioned stylet
orati<*y,irending the fteclaf alien of Indepen
dence. prize drill, shooting, etc.”
On Friday,. Governor Colquitt pardoned
out of the* penitentiary Richard McFarland,
sentenced at the April term, 1875, of Chatham
Superior Court, for simple larceny, to a term
of six years. McFarland was ten years of
age when sentenced.
A Curiosity.' —A bird, about which no one
knew anything, was caught yesterday near
the hospital. It is the size of a hawk, with
hawk bill, black back, white breast, long tail,
long black legs and webbed feet. It is very
unfriendly in its disposition.— Col. Enq. \ltli.
In presenting the American negro with
offices, the Courier-Journal thinks, the dis
tribution should be a just one. Maine New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island and Connecticut should have their
quota of negro officeholders, according to
wealth and population.
The cases of the State against Bullock,
Blodgett and others has been continued until
August. A strong effort was made to have
the cases taken up immediately, and counsel
for the accused vigorously pressed the demand
for immediate trial, but Judge Ilillyer over
ruled the motion.
The anti-liquor crusade of the West has
extended to New Jersey, the exemplary city
of Newark leading the van. Anew political
party is talked of. whose platform shall be
the suppression of liquor selling of all des
criptions. not even excepting beer. New
Jersey is becoming quite a model State.
Americas. Ga., June IG.—On Thursday
afternoon Mr. Jordan Dykes, while fishing on
Liglitwood Knot creek, three miles south of
Andersonville, found the headless body of an
unknown white man, entirely naked, near
Dykes*.old mill. The body being decompos
ed it was evident that the murder had occurred
about ten days previous.
According to the Baltimore Sun correspon
dent. Chief Justice Waite, who presided at
the Kllenton riot trial, was not pleased with
his experience in South Carolina. lie did’t
like the composition of the jury on the color
line, and the impression produced on the
mind of the Judge was. that some of the
persons were guilt}’ and should have been
punished.
St. Louis, June 17 —Geo. W. Garner mur
dered Alexander C. Starks at Rockwell, Tex
as, in September, 187 G, and his execution
was to have taken place to-day. For the past
two days. Garner was permitted to have his
wife with him. When the sheriff entered the
coll,, lie found Garner and iiis wife dead, they
having committed suicide.
Dixon, 111.. June 13. —The jury in the case
of Rev. S. 11. McGhee, charged with poison
iog'liis wife, rendered a verdict this morning
of guilty, but fixed the penalty at the lowest
period of imprisonment allowed by law, four
teen years. MeGhce was the pastor of the
Christian Church at Ashton. His motive for
the crime was supposed to he a desire to
marry a young lady parishioner.
Baltimore, June 13.—The Washington
cemetery, Hagerstown, where the confederate
dead, who were killed in the battles of Antie
tam and South Mountain are interred, was
formally dedicated with appropriate memorial
ceremonies and graves strewn with flowers.
An oration was delivered by Gen. Fitz Hugh
Lee, of Virginia. About four thousand peo
ple were present.
Mr. S. A. White, who formerly lived in
Baldwin county, was murdered by a negro in
Cuthbert on the fifth of May. The negro has
been tried and convicted, and sentenced to
be hung on the 15th instant. Swift justice
has overtaken him. Surely all can afford to
await the results of law, when trials can be
speedily had and violators so swiftly pun
ished.
T'annie allace, the American giantess,
who has traveled with many circuses, died at
her home in Vernon county, Minn., on Fri
day. Ilcr real name was Mrs Ruth Benton.
She was fifty four years old, seven feet four
inches in height, and weighed 585 pounds.
Her. collin was seven feet eight inches in
length, three feet six inches in depth, and
four feet wide at the middle. It required
eight men with a block and tackle to lower
the coffin into the grave.
A sad and fatal accident occurred at the
saw-mill o Lipscomb & Magonirk, two miles
Irom Douglassville, Douglass Cos., on last
Tuesday. Mr. W. T. Crumley, aged 19, who
was engaged in hauling stock to the mill,
and while unloading a very large stock,
measuring 15 feet in length and two feet in
diameter, he was thrown over the log, which
caught one of his feet and rolledover his body,
crushing every bone and breaking his neck,
killing him instantly.
There is an old gentleman in Hillsborough
county, Florida, named Enoch Collins, Sr.,
who is the father of twenty-nine children.
He Ims been married three times; the first
wife had fourteen children, the second six,
and the third nine. He had eight sons in the
Confederate army; and, what is a little re
markable, ail of them returned borne after
the war. He lias been living in tiiat county
for. the last thirty years, lie is now aged
seventy years, and lias always been, and is
still, a successful farmer.
The Constitutional Convention.
The indications are, judging from the very
latest advices received before going to press,
that “ Convention” has carried the State by
nearly, if not quite, ten thousand majority.
And though the meagre vole throughout the
State, proves what was feared by some before
the election, i . e,, that “ the people,” after all,
were not so entirely ripe for a Convention as
some writers and newspapers would have the
public believe, still, viewing the matter from
the present standpoint, we congratulate the
citizens of the Grand old Commonwealth on
the result; and we rejoice that, thus far, the
question has been settled —no more to be re
vived. From one elective excitement to
another, the people have passed within the
last ten months, and we, in common with
many friends, were apprehensive that from
this fact alone, the recent election would be
treated with indifference and unconcern ; and
indeed, this apprehension was increased as
the lime for taking the vote was brought into
consideration. But now. we feel that “all is
well!” The people of Georgia have risen in
their majesty and declared, by a large major
ity (out of so small a vote) that, hereafter,
they intend to be controlled and governed
by men and measures of their own choosing ;
no longer to draw wisdom (?) and counsel
from the foreigner and the alien ; no longer
to *? live, move and hay* their beisg” under
the dictates of an “ instrument” framed,
foisted and forced upon them at the point of
the bayonet.
The issues and interests have passed from
the people to their respective delegates for
the time, to be manipulated by them and then
returned for the sanction of those at whose
hands the delegates received their authority.
All eyes are now upon these representatives ;
all hearts quiver in sympathy and hope for
their success in this sovereign enterprise.
May they be governed by “ wisdom, justice
and moderation and inspire the people
that, in the future, their State government
shall be established and operated prin
ciples of “ wisdom, justice, moderation” and
economy.
When the first rays of the rising sun strike
the huge eastern sides of the great pyramids
°f Egypt, they give out a deep melodious
sound, as if in praise to the vivifying light.
The people are giving out expressions of con
gratulation and high gratification that dele
gates have been chosen whose records speak
so happily in the past, and authorize such
high expectations in the future. Let these
Hon. delegates bear in mind that they arc
sent to make an organic law for a tax-ridden
people and, it might be added, a bankrupt
State. Let them lodge with the people the
right to dispose of their money—not give the
right to the Legislature—for that body has
violently abused it. State aid must be pro
hibited, and that by the inflexible power of
Constitutional law. Let them reduce sala
ries; let them depart from the “ one man”
government ;• give the people the right to se
lect more State officers ; let official terms be
shortened; let, as far as practicable, the pri
vileges of education be equally and fully ex
tended to all alike. But, we will not further
suggest to these honorable representatives—
many of whom, in the past, have been weigh
ed in the balances, “ and not found wanting.”
We wait in patience and satisfaction for their
work.
Georgia Crop Reports.
Through the mail, the report of Commis
sioner Janes, for June, has been received,
and for which the usual acknowledge
ments arc herewith tendered. Finding the
following analysis of the report in the Augus
ta Chronicle <5- Constitutionalist, it is trans
ferred to the columns of the News :
l)r. I hos. P. Janes, the State Commission
er of Agriculture, has issued his report show
ing the condition of the planting interests of
Georgia on the first day of June of the pre
sent year. Owing to the unusually cool and
dry weather which prevailed during the month
of May corn was not as good on the first of
June as at a similar date last j'ear —the fig
ures showing an average of 106* in 1876 and
94 in 1877. Ihe rains which have fallen so
abundantly, almost too abundantly, since the
first ol the month have, doubtless, greatly
helped the crop, and a}'ield of fully as great
to the acre as the yield of last year may be
confidently expected—while there lias been
a gratifying increase in acreage. The condi
tion of the oat crop is as good as could be ex
pected, and a great deal of this very valuable
grain has been planted throughout the State.
Dr. Janes reports the wheat crop at 107, or 7
per cent, better than the average. We fear,
however, that recent rains have done it inju
ry by causing the grain that had been shock
ed to sprout in the field. The information
given about the condition of cotton is not
very definite nor very satisfactory. The
drought of May must have caused bad stands
on all clay lands (the baking of the “crust”
of the soil preventing the seeds from coming
up) and greatly retarded the growth of the
plant. The same thing, however, prevented
grass from getting the start of the planter and
the crop may yet prove an average one. The
average condition is now put at 46 in North
Georgia and at 94 in other sections of the
State. For the first time in several years
there is good reason to expect a very fine
yield of peaches in all portions of Georgia.
The crop is now reported at 111 (11 percent,
better than an average) and it is not proba
ble that it will sustain serious injur}' before
maturity. Labor is efficient and sufficient
for the demand and Dr. Janes declares that
farmers, generally, are in better condition
than they have been since the war. This is,
indeed, cheering intelligence and there is no
evidence of its incorrectness. The planters
did not have as many supplies to buy this
year as they did last, and next year there
will be a much greater decrease in their pur
chases. In all probability cotton will sell at
a low figure next December, hutif it be a sur
plus corp it will pay the planter better than
the higher prices of provision purchasing
periods.
tdPML R. Hannah, a respected and well-to
do citizen of Gwinnett county, committed
suicide by shooting himself through the head
with a pistol, on the 15th instant.
“View of the Future of Georgia.”
A worthy young gentleman, who has occa
sionally furnished something for our columns
under the worn de plwne of “Sherwood,”
sends us the following, compiled from Com
missioner Janes’ “Hand-Book of Georgia,”
issued some months since. Our young cor
respondent being a gentleman of fine judg
ment and enlarged views on all subjects
pertaining to the welfare of his native Com
monwealth, we have no hesitation in com
mending the article to the attention of our
readers:—
“Set back 25 years in the race, we must
look for a correspondingly long period for a
new development—remembering, too, that
the relative progress of other states will have
been going on in geometrical progression.
But notwithstanding these discouraging
circumstances, the future of the State, if 'fio
untoward event again occurs to check our
natural progress, is full of hope. The pro
gress already made by ourselves, with our
own means, gives unmistakable assurance
that we will, at no distant day, become opu
lent as a people and have a grand develop
ment of our State. Georgia will come to be
known, not merely as an Agricultural, but
as a Manufacturing State. Manufacturing
Capital will come to the Cottonfields, and
with it will come denser population, greater
general wealth, and higher organization.
Her Mining resources will be developed—
Gold, Coal, Iron, Lime, etc., etc.—also her
immense natural advantages of commercial
situation,/ Middle and Eppcr Georgia will
be sought for the climate as well as for other
advantages, and will have a largely increased
! white population.
Georgia has the greatest diversity of re
! sources and powers of adaptation, and is
recognized as the Empire State of the South.
Her career is in the future. Her great hope
is in her own people. Mr. John C. Reed, in
his book, The Old and the New South , says :
| “The best inheritance of the New from the
-Old South is the Southern people. . . .
There is a great residuum of progressive
energy, of intellectual strength, and moral
j wortli in the people of the Southern States.
They need not fear a comparison . . .
with the most enlightened communities.
Great men . . . such as the South have
given birth to, in unbroken succession, are
the unmistakable signs of a great people.
. . . The rank and file of the Confede
rate armies have given proof that the men of
the South must be classed, in all the elements
of complete character, with the best that the
world has ever seen. . . . Crime (before
the war) was so infrequent that a single morn
ing of tlic term of a rural court, nearly always
sufficed to dispose of every indictment; there
was little want or pauperism; virtue was
everywhere the rule in private life, and there
was seldom even the suspicion of corruption
in government or the administration of jus
tice. The history of this people since the
war shows that they are possessed of the
best Anglo-Saxon mettle.”
It is the character of a people which con
stitutes a State, and in this we have abiding
confidence. Not crushed by loss, Georgians
are still full of pluck and energy, and think
not of succumbing, but only of how to meet
the new exigencies. Their resources are
great in versatility and power of accommo
dation, and a proper use of their natural
advantages will make them a noteworthy
people.”
For Shame I
CAPTURE OF YOUNG MOCKING BIRDS —THE
SPECIES GRADUALLY DISAPPEARING.
It is a noted fact that the mocking birds arc
becoming rarer every year on accout of the
raids made upon the young by professional
bird catchers and amateurs. Thousands are
annually caught in Georgia and shipped to
the North and sold at high prices. We saw
yesterday a large cage containing one hundred
and fifty 3’oung mocking birds not fully fledg
ed. These birds were caught in Bulloch
county, Georgia, and were in charge of a man
who was carrying them to Baltimore. This
case is an evidence of what is done in the
matter. Something certainly should be
adopted to put a stop to this plundering of
mocking birds’ nests. If it is not we may
expect to witness the total extinction of the
celebrated song bird of the South. Year af
ter year the number of birds is becoming
smaller. A special act of the Legislature
makes it a penal offense for any person to
catch young mocking birds in Richmond
county. A similar act should be adopted
with reference to the whole State, and its pro
visions rigidly enforced, else the mocking
bird in a few j’ears will be known only as a
tiling of the past.— Aug. Chron. Cunst,
A ii"list Flower.
The most miserable beings in the world are those
suffering from Dyspepsia and Liver complaint.
More than seventy-five per cent of the people in
the United States are atllictcd with these two dis
eases and their effects; such as sour Stomach, Sick
Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Palpitation of
the Heart, Ileart-burn, Water-brash, gnawing
and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach, Yel
low Skin, Coated Tongue and disagreeable taste
in the mouth, coming up of food after eating, low
spirits, itc. Cos to your Druggists, Pendergrass
& Hancock, Jefferson, Ga„ and S. Seegar,
Harmony Grove, Jackson county, Ga.. and get a
75 cent Bottle of August Flower or a Sample
Bottle for 10 cents. Try it. Two doses will re
lieve you.
Foreign War Notes.
A Pesth dispatch says : In order to avoid
ground for the intervention of Austria, Ser
via will maintain an armed neutrality. This
has not prevented the conclusion of a treaty
between Russia and Servia, enabling Russia
to transport troops through Servia. Already
7,000 men are marching towards Galdova
and Turnsevria.
The Russians are still concentrating around
Kars. Great preparations are made on the
Danube, though no efforts will be made to
cross under two weeks.
The court martial trying the officers of the
gun boat Safi, which was destroj'ed by tor
pedoes in the Danube, has concluded its la
bors. It is believed the prisoners will be
sentenced to be shot.
The favorable progress of the Turks in
Montenegro will enable them to operate on
the Russian right wing when it crosses the
Danube.
Large numbers of the Sisters of Mercy are
constantly visiting the Russian camps and
hospitals, and this is taken as an indication
that numbers are sick.
Hundreds of Turkish soldiers are deserting,
owing to ill provided condition of army.—
Their condition is growing daily worse and
worse. They arc poorly fed and clothed,
and arc in want of almost every necessity.
The Russo-Turkish War.
The following “compilation” from the press
dispatches of our daily exchanges will inform
the reader as to the progress of the “War in
the East,” since last week’s report:—
London, June 17.— : As regards the Eu
ropean seat of war, the principal point wor
thy of remark has been the extraordinary
stringency of the precautions taken by the
Russians to prevent anything transpiring re
lative to their operations. This increased se
crecy, taken in conjunction with the issue of
decrees for new loans and a large addition to
the army, is interpreted by some, seemingly
with good reasons, as a sign that Russia no
longer hesitates, and important events may
shortly be expected as soon as the Danube,
which all accounts agree is falling, is in a con
dition to permit operations. Of course, un
der these circumstances opinions relative to
the locality- of the Russian advance must be
formed from indications observable from the
southern bank of the Danube. T hese obser
vations seem still to indicate somewhere not
far from Nicopolis a3 the spot where the most
serious effort will be made.
The Russians are making a notable concen
tration of troops at the mouth of the Bode
and Aluta, across which they have thrown
bridges.
There is scarcely any doubt that the troops
concentrated between these two rivers form
tho operating army. It seems as though the
Russians would not make an attempt to cross
at this point of the river whilst energetically
engaging Rustchuk with heavy artillery.—
This latter conclusion is supported by the ar
rival of a good quantity of heavy artillery,
especially mortars, at Giurgevo, and the fact
that the Russians have occupied the island of
Stokou, opposite the town, and are establish
ing batteries there despite the Turkish fire.
In Asia the principal feature this week has
been the partial withdrawal of the Russian
right wing, and the closer investment of Kars
and Batoum. The total Russian force avail
able for the active operations in Asia Minor
is about one hundred and forty thousand.—
Of these, forty thousand are around Kars,
and thirty thousand between Kars and Ba
toum. and thirty thousand between Kars and
the line of Bayaxid and Toprak Kalch, thus
leaving about forty thousand for the centre
against Moukhtar Pasha, forty thousand in a
strong position. These figures show that the
Russians have no men to spare. If they in
tend to keep the country they have so far oc
cupied, though if their object were simply to
effect a rapid advance and defeat the Turks
as a preliminary to a peace, there is nothing
to prevent their doing so. It is confirmed
from several sides that the Russians are not
bent on rapid operations of this latter kind,
but, on the contrary, are doing their work
thoroughly, and are sy-stematically taking the
administration of the country as the3 r ad
vance ; thus the former Sandjak of Schura
gel is now completely incorporated with Rus
sia under a Russian civil government. It
seems in obedience to this plan of consolida
ting their conquest and making all sure be
hind them that the Russians will make no at
tack in the direction of Erzeromn until their
center and left wing arc quite free and pre
pared to co-operate therein.
Ragusa, June 17.—Intelligence has been
received from Sclavonic sources that there
was a sanguinary engagement, lasting through
out Saturday, between 10,000 Turks and
3,000 Montenegrins at Rasnaglavika. The
Turks were defeated and pursued to Spuz,
leaving 2,000 dead on the field.
Constantinople, June 17.—Telegrams from
Moukhtar Pasha, dated the 16th inst., say
the Alasachada division, which started from
Delibaba on an offensive reconnoissance in
the direction of Toiler pass, was attacked by
three Russian columns, but repulsed them
with a heavy loss after five hours’ desperate
fighting. Meliemet Pasha, commanding the
Turks, was killed. The Turks returned to
their former position.
Vienna, June 18.—Crossing the Danube
will be postponed until the arrival of the
fourteenth and thirteenth army corps at the
front, which will not likely be before 28th
inst. At present the eighth, ninth, eleventh
and twelfth corps, about 100,000 men, are
concentrated between the Aluta and Giur
gevo.
St. Petersburg, June 18.—Advices from
Russian headquarters in Armenia report that
the garrison of Kars have made another des
perate sortie. The Russian left wing, under
General Ilcinman, repulsed the attacks and
inflicted severe losses on the Turks. The
Russian cavalry at Ivirfala succeeded in turn
ing the Turkish flank and rear by a bold
movement. Fighting was very brisk. The
Turks lost 200 and the Russians 11.
The relative positions of Russia and Eng
land towards each other are assuming an im
portant phase According to a St. Peters
burgh correspondent, the Czar of Russia is
said to be uneasy and suspicious; seems to
think “Johnny Bull” is playing a doubl game }
and therefore insists that England must fight
or keep neutral. Count Schonvaloff, the Rus
sian Ambassador to England, is instructed to
represent to Englond the serious concern of
the Emperor, and to intimate in plain terms
that Russia would not care what attitude
England adopted, provided the present inde
cision and suspense were put an end to.—
Count Schonvaloff has been instructed to say
explicitly that war would be preferable to the
present uncertainty,, which is of considerable
advantage to the Turks, while actual hostili
ties on the part of England could not be more
disadvantageous to Russia.
A Brief Poem.
“ To Poets —We must hereafter insist on
brevity.”— St. Louis Republican.
ANSWER —TIIE BALLAD OF TIIE MERCHANT.
Trust.
Bust. Frank Fox.
Death of A. R. Watson.
Macon, June 19. — Mr. Asa Rogers Wat
son, the great southern poet and editor, died
in this city this evening, of gastric fever.—
His death has oast a gloom over the city, as
he was one of our most popular citizens and
was generally beloved.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Council Chamber, June 18th. 1877.
Council met at 8£ o'clock, p. m. Present and
presiding. F. M. Bailey, Mayor pro tem ; Alder
men, Mahaffey, Randolph and Wilson.
Heard the reports of the various committees.
On motion, ordered, that J. E. Randolph be
paid fifteen dollars out of town funds, for amount
of overpaid tax, for the year 1877.
On motion, ordered, that the sidewalk on the
cast side of Washington street, be fixed at once.
On motion, Council adjourned.
it. S. Howard, Clerk.
Americtjs, Ga., June 19.—lion. J. M.
Clarke died this morning at twenty minutes
to five.
fjpThcse items from the (Athens) Southern
Watchman : —
Accident. —We regret to learn that Milton
Matthews, Esq., a highly respected citizen of
Jackson county, residing eight miles above
this city, on the Northeastern Railroad, met
with a painful accident one day last week.
He was sitting on a fence, and by some means
either fell or was thrown off—considerably
bruising his back in the fall—though we are
pleased to state that this injuries are not con
sidered serious.
A Remarkable Perch. —We learn that
Christy Nichols, son of our esteemed friend,
Capt. J. T. Nichols, at Gum Spring, caught
a perch in his father’s fish pond last week,
10| inches long, 5 inches broad, and weigh
ing 2 pounds ! Can any body in this section
Perch above that ?
Ac quitted. —Mr. James O. White, after a
full investigation of the case before Judge
Herrington, on Monday, was honorably ac
quitted of the charge of murdering an infant
whose body was found in the river a few days
since. Mr. White was ably- defended by Col.
Emory- Speer.
The Missouri Press Association was open
ed with prayer by Elder Berry, bnt we’ll bet
a mule that it closed with juniper berry and
old ry-e.
And old bachelor seeing the words “fami
lies supplied” over the door of a shop, step
ped in and said he would take a wife and two
children.
Jlea> ililueriisciiieuts.
LAST NOTICE TO TEACHERS^
1877!
PERSONS wishing a License to teach in the
Public Schools of Jackson County, for three
months of the present year, will meet in the Court
House at Jefferson, on 30th inst., 9o’clock, a.m.,
for examineation; and those wishing to make con
tracts to teach, will apply to their Trustees for
the schools they wish, and meet the Board of Ed
ucation on the 7th July, pros ~ at the above men
tioned place and hour. Teachers in other coun
ties, having pupils from Jackson, will meet the
Board at Jelferson, first Tuesday in November
next, for the purpose of having* their accounts
against this county approved. For the above
purposes, it will be useless to apply at any other
than at the times herein specified.
By order of the Board of Education, J. C.
Cl. J. N. WILSON,
June 23 It Ex. Of. Sec. to B’d.
—Jackson County.
A\ hereas, W. A. Worsham, adm’r, with the
Will annexed, of the estate of Elisha Lay, dec’d,
late of said county, represents to the Court, in his
Eetition duly tiled ami entered on record, that he
as fully administered the estate of Elisha Lay,
aforesaid—
This is, therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said administrator
should not he discharged from his administration
and receive letters of dismission on the first Mon
day in October, 1877.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
June 19th, 1877. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
A C C&OPy a day-. sur <\ made by our
1U ■■ sCkj Agents, selling Chromos,
Crayons, and Reward, Motto, Scripture, Text,
Transparent. Picture and Chromo Cards. 100
samples, worth $4. sent postpaid, for 75c. Illus
trated Catalogue free. J. 11. BUFFOIIIPS SONS,
BOSTON. Estab’d IS3O. June 23 77
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons having claims against the estate
of Isaiah Totherow, dcc’d, late of Jackson
county, are hereby" notified to present them, in
terms of law, and those indebted to said estate
will please come forward and settle the same as
required by law. without delay.
JunelG J. C. WHITEHEAD, Admr.
MAKE VOL It RETURNS.
UNDER THE LAW, it is the duty of all Ad
ministrators. Executors, Guardians and
Trustees, managing estates or trust funds under
the jurisdiction of the Ordinary of Jackson coun
ty-, to make annual returns of their actings and
doings as such. These returns arc required, by
law, to be made to me by the first Monday in
July, each year. Therefore, those interested, will
please take notice and govern themselves accord
ing- H. W. BELL,
June 9 Ordinary- Jackson Cos.
PENDERGRASS & HANCOCK
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
A Neiv and Select stock of
CLOTHING,
Ladies’ Hats,
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, RIBBONS, <frc
Boots and Shoes,
Gents’ Straw and Fur Hats, Hardware, Crocke
ry and Glass Ware.
CALL AND EXAMINE THEIR STOCK.
GF’They sell to suit the hard times.
Juno 2d, 1877.
Pendergrass & Hancock,
dealers in
ALMOST EVERYTHING.
June 2d, 1877
Charles Corbett,
PLAIX #• ORXJME.YT.IL
PAINTER,
OFFERS his services to the citizens of Jackson
and surrounding counties. He is prepared
to do all kinds of Housc-Pajnting, inside and out
side—plain and ornamental. Special attention to
painting Buggies and vehicles of all descriptions.
Charges to suit the times. Address, CHARLES
CORBETT, Camp's Mills, Gwinnett Cos., Ga.
May 26th, 1877.
KBlft®B
&WINQ Machine
SAmi - &
& Best.
v -r A gents Wanted—
W 4 4th St. . h St.
M
COHEN’S
PRICE LIST
—TO
Suit the Times!
O—
BEST QUALITY CALICO, AT 7 UTS.
BEST Y D-WIDE BLEACAED, 10 CTS.
ELEGANT WIDE PIQUE, 10 CTS.
FINE DRESS MUSLINS, 12| CTS.
BLACK GRENADINES, 25c. TO sl.
SPLENDID VICTORIA LAWN, 15 CTS.
SUPERB SWISS MUSLIN, 25 CTS.
BEAUTIFUL SILK ) OK . „
SCARFS, \ 2o and 85 CTS.
Gents’ Suits,
FURNISHING GOODS,
Hats, Shoes, Etc
Correspondingly low. And, in fact, a full
assortment of everything at
PANIC PRICES!
CALL AT
M. G. & J. Cohen’s
No. 5, Broad Street,
ATHENS, GA.
ATHENS, May 15th.
New and Pure
DRUGS,
Chemicals, &c.
C. W. LONG A CO
Athens, Ga.,
HA\ E the largest and best selected stock of
DRUGS, CHEMICALS. &c., in this part of
the State.
We will sell anything that families and Physi
cians may need,
AS CHEAP
As the same article can be purchased anywhere,
and we warrant our stock to be
Fresh, Genuine, and of the Best
Quality in Market.
We offer to Painters ami all who need Paint®,
St. Louts Red Seal Brand Lead , at 12|c.
Pure Lead, at 11c.
Good Lead , at 10c.
Oils, Brushes and Turpentine,
AS CHEAP AS CAN BE LAID DOWN
FROM ANY POINT.
CALL AND EXAMINE AND GET OUR PRICES.
#@~Our Stock consists of everything in the Drug
Line. C. W. LONG & CO.,
Old stand of Longs <v Billups,
May 5,1877 —ly Athens, Ga.
Spring & Summer
stock: of
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
MRS. T. A. ADAMS
ANNOUNCES to the public that she is now re
ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’
Bonnets, Hats, Laces, Ribbons. Trimmings, Ac.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the University, Athens, Ga. April 14
DAY’S -A-G-TTE TOISTIC
GIVEN AWAY
To all persons who have Chills and fail to be cur
ed. It is not often during these hard times, that
we ever hear of anything being given away, hut
in the present case we have an article that will
bear the closest scrutiny, and severest test in every
sense of the word, and feel determined to place it
before the public in such a manner that there
cannot be a “ doubting Thomas.”
To all who may be afflicted with any form of
Ague, or chilis and Fever, we make the proposi
tion
To all Persons
To cure you with one bottle of Day’s Ague Tonic.
It never produces partial deafness, dimness of
vision, buzzing or roaring in the head, or any of
those unpleasant symptoms that follow the use of
Quinine, it does not contain arsenic, strychnine or
any other poison ; it acts finely upon the liver
and bowels without the use of nauseating pills ;
it can be given to those whose stomachs reject
Quinine, and the cures are prompt, effectual and
permanent.
Procure from any Druggist or Merchant, one
bottle of Day’s Ague Tonic, use as directed, and
if it fails, return the empty bottle, and the money
will be refunded to all
Who have Chills.
This is surely a fair proposition, yet strange to
say, none have beer returned to us. Druggists
and merchants say it gives more complete satis
faction, and sells more readily than any chill rem
edy they ever sold.
Sold I>3' Druggists and Merchants generally, at
one Dollar per bottle. sep 2 1876. ly
postponed Serif’s Bnlc.
Jackson Deputy Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL he sold, before the Court House door,
in the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday in July next, the following property,
to-wit:
Eighty acres of land, more or less, adjoining
lands of T L Ross on the South, on the West by
lands of W}’att Wood, on Southwest by lands of
W M Duke, and hounded on the East and North
east by the Middle Oconee river. On said place
is a dwelling house and necessary out-buildings;
twenty-five or thirty acres in cultivation, the re
mainder in forest and pine fields. The place where
on P F Lamar now resides. Levied on by T W
Jarrctt, Bailiff'of the County Conrt, JC, to satis
fy a ft fa issued from said Court in favor of Reese
& Lane vs A C Thompson. Property pointed out
by defendant, and levy handed to nc b/ said 1
W Jarrctt, County Bailiff as aforesaid, who ga'*'
P F Lamar, tenant m possession at the time of
levy, usual notice in writing.
W. A. WORSHAM. D. Sh%
June 2, 1877. ($7.)