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STORY COLUMN.
TAKE BILL POSEY, ALIVE OR DEAD 1
tite last rtuiirokn nraiT and death of
THE TERROR OF THE INDIAN’ TERRITORY.
Ki faula, Indian Territory. June 22.
‘KuTIckI while resisting arrest,” is the return
to le mails by Sun-thlar-pee, of Ut.echee
Town. Captain of the Creek light horse, in
the case of Hill Posey, one of the most no
torious an 1 reckless dare-devils of the gang
of Texas, Indian Territory, and Kansas des
peradoes, horse and cattle theives. that have
infected this country for years. With head
quarters in Kansas and Texas, their trail lias
led through the Indian Territory from Cof
feeville, south, through the wilderness of the
Osage reservation, crossing the Arkansas riv
er near Guilder's ferry, through the Creek
and Chickasaw nations to Denison or Fort
Worth, Texas. Tens of thousands of dollars’
worth of stock have been stolen from Texas,
driven north through the territory, always un
der charge of some outlaw along the route,
driven by hidden and unused trails through
a country so sparsely settled that often days
elapse without a human being in sight to iden
tify either the stock or the theives. Picking
up cattle feeding on the range belonging to
Indians, their droves were always increasing,
until the loss of the citizens of the Creek na
tion became unbearable.
Among this band. Hill Posey, an escaped
convict from the Texas penitentiary, was a
skilled, daring, and influential leader. A
Spanish Mexican, with a claim to Indian
blood in his veins, Posey had made his head
quarters on Crane creek, Polecat and Arkan
sas rivers, drifting back and forth as occa
sion required, always armed to the teeth,—
With a long Spanish knife and three six-shoot
ing revolvers in his belt, and a double-barrel
Ilenry rifle loade 1 with buckshot, he was the
terror of the road. For several years he had
been a member of the gang in Texas. No
less than twenty-nine criminal indictments
ha 1 been found against him in various coun
ties in Texas. He had wealthy and influen
tial relatives in Limestone and other coun
ties, who had managed to screen him until
about four years ago. when he was arrested,
tried, and sentenced to five years in the pen
itentiary. He had served out two months of
his sentence, but so turbulent had he been
that lie had inspired a feeling of terror even
among the prison officials. Bucking, gag
ging. flogging, or showering failed to subdue
him. and he was placed in the chain gang
and set, to work on the streets under charge
of guards. While working one day with a
twelve-pound ball attached to his leg he
struck down one of the guards with a stone,
snatched his gun. and “stood off"’ four of the
guard. He called on the prison authorities,
with oaths, to come out and rearrest him, and
he would kill them all. Holding all the offi
cers at bay, he slowly retreated toward some
horses feeding near. Getting the horse be
tween himself and the guard, he coolly pick
ed up the ball, slung it over the horse, moun
ted, and rode off to his fathers house, where
he secured his own gun, revolver, and a good
horse, and crossed, the line into the Indian
Territory.
While at his temporary home on Crane !
creek, two deputy United States marshals at- I
tempted his arrest. lie assented, and asked
them intf> the house to dinner before starting j
for Fort Smith. With four revolvers pointed
at his head head, he coolly walked into the
house with them, placed chairs, and ordered
dinner quick for three, and went about mak
ing preparations for the start. Suddenly he j
reached under his low couch, brought out his i
six-shooter, sent one hall through the thigh
of one deputy and another through the eve
of the other and drove them from the house.
He ordered them to throw up their hands and
down their arms, and then ooollv asked for
the writ. This he destroyed. Then he com
pelled the officers to go in and partake of the
meal prepared fortl em, and let them go back
to report their failure.
Between Muscogee and Okmulkee he built
a block-house, surrounded himself with a set
of desperadoes, and bade defiance to all the
marshals of Texas or the Territory. Here
for fifteen months he had been on the scout.
During the day he never for a moment laid
down his arms. He slept always with his
belt of arms on the bed before him and the
sixteen-shooting Henry rifle in his hands. A
fresh horse was always saddled near the door,
and no man was ever permitted to approach
him unless he was covered with the inevitable
rifle. His reckless bravado led him out of pure
to mingle with crowds of men. vis
iting stores, whenever supplies were needed,
or taking a seat in church among the wor
shippers, armed, and taking care to keep the
saints always to the front.
Recently the Governor of Texas made a re
quisition on the Chief of the Creek nation for
Bill Posey’s arrest and return to the Texas
officials. Chief Ward Coachman placed the
necessary papers at once in the hand of Capt.
Snn-thlar-pee of Utechee town, with orders to
bring in “ Billy Posey, alive or dead.” On
Friday last the Captain learned that Posev
had visited Okmulkee that day and had a
wounded finger amputated, and had gone to
ward the Arkansas river. All that night
with a posse of two picked men the Captain
followed on his trail, and ou Saturday even
ing they came up with him near Concharte
town, Polecatcreck, driving some stray horses.
He was well mounted as usual, and disdained
to run from three Indians. The Captain or
dered him to surrender and throw up bis
hands.
Posey reached for his ever present rifle, but
his lost finger was in the way, and before be
could bring it to bear a load of buckshot
went through his right arm, breaking it above
the elbow. As it dropped limp at his side he
dropped his rifle, drew his revolver with the
left, and emptied two of the chambers, and
then another mass of buckshot broke his left
arm. Spurring his well-trained horse, he
charged full speed at the Captain, knocking
him and his horse over the bluff to the creek
below. Posey then wheeled upon the posse,
who stood their ground, firing at him with
their revolvers. The orders to take him dead
©r alive must be obeyed. The fight was now
at close quarters. Riddled with bullets and
shot, and flesh torn from hips, both arms bro
ken, he continued to fight, trying to ride
down the officers. Capt- Snn-thlar-pee had
again joined his posse, this time on foot. A
well-aimed shot from his revolver tore off Po
sey's nose. It seemed almost impossible to
kill him. Still he refused to surrender.—
Then the last bullet from Captain’s revolver
struck him in the chin, breaking his jaw, and
and went crashing up through his brains. He
fell dead from his horse.— Chicago Times.
RELIGIOUS.
“ Mv Mother's God.”
At a fashionable party, a young physician
present spoke of one of his patients whose
case he considered a very critical one. He
said he was “very sorry to lose him, for he
was a noble young man, but very unnecessa
rily concerned about Ms soul, and the Chris
tians increased bis agitation by talking with
liim and praying for him. He wished Chris
tians would leave his patients alone. Death
was but an endless sleep, the religion of
Christ a delusion, and its followers were not
persons of the highest culture and intelli
gence.”
A young lady sitting near, and one of the
gayest of the company, said, “pardon me,
doctor, but I cannot hear you talk thus and
remain silent. I am not a professor of re
ligion ; I never knew anything about it ex
perimentally, but my mother was a Christian.
Times without number she has taken me to
her room, and, with her hand upon my head,
she has prayed that God would give her
grace to train me for the skies. Two years
ago my precious mother died, and the religion
sbe loved during life sustained her in her
dying hour. She called us to the bedside,
and, with her face’shining with glory, asked
ns to meet her in heaven, and I promised to
do so. And now.” said the young lady,
displaying deep emotion, “can I believe that
this is all a delusion ? that my mother sleeps
an eternal sleep ? that she will never waken
again in the morning of the resurrection,-'and
that I shall see her no more? No. I cannot,
y
l will not believe it.” Her brother tried tp
quiet her, for by this time she had the atten
tion of all present. “No,” said she. “bro
ther, let me alone, I must defend my mother's'
Go 1, my mother’s religion.”
The physician made no reply, and soon
left the room. He was found shortly after
ward pacing the floor of an adjoining room,
in great agitation and distress of -spirits.
“What is the matter?” a friend inquired.
“Oh,” said he, “that young lady is right.
Her words have pierced my soul.” And the
result of the conviction thus awakened was,
that both the young lady and the physician
were converted to Christ, and are useful and
influential members of the Church of God.
Is There a Special Providence.
I)r. Tiffany, of Chicago, tells the story of a
remarkable case which occurred a few years
ago in Pennsylvania: “A dear friend of
mine. Dr. John M. M'Clintock, had been in
dieted on a charge which grew out of the es
cape of an alleged fugitive slave, and the case
attracted general attention. Pending the
trial, a Mr. Jacob Rlieem, whom I well knew,
and who is still living, was told that a con
spiracy existed to secure the conviction of
Dr. M'Clintock, and the conversation of the
conspirators was narrated to him by one
who had overheard them. This fact, if es
tablished, would end the case; but, unfortu
nately, Mr. Rlieem could not remember the
name of the man who had given him the in
formation, and so the case imperilled. Even
care was taken by Mr. Rlieem to recall each
event of the day when lie gained the valuable
knowledge, but it was all in vain ; his mind
was perfectly blank as to the party, and so
remained until the trial was begun. He was
put on the witness stand, sMll unable to re
member. He gave the conversation as detail*
ed to him ; and when asked to name his au
thority. spoke not a word, but east his eye first
up to the roof, and then around the court-room,
till, as it was fixed upon the entrance, he sud
denly sprang almost into the air, as lie point
ed Ms finger at a man just coming in, and
said : “ There he is ! That’s the man !’
On being called to the stand, the stranger
corroborated Rlieem in every particular, and
stated that he was a countryman living miles
out of Carlyle, and had not been in .town
since the day'lle' had* told Rlieem of what he
had heard, and had come in that day knowing
nothing about the trial.vnot suspecting that
he was wanted, and lgufftfefely strolled into
the court-house without motive, except to
gratify an idle curixteity, and ‘see what was
up.’ Tha lion. William Meredith, of Phila
delphia, one of Dr. M’Clintock’s counsel,
when he told the story, as he often did, always
closed by saying : ‘After that, gentlemen, I
cannot refuse to believe in a special Provi
dence.’ ”
Religion in Lee’s Army-
The -Rev. J. William Jones writes in the
Philadelphia Weekly Times: “As the great
cavalry chief. General J. E. B. Stuart, was
quietly and calmly breathing out his noble
life, be said to President Davis, who stood at
his bedside : ‘I am ready and willing to die
if God and my country think that I have
fulfilled mv destiny and discharged my duty.’
Col. Lewis Minor Coleman, of the Universi
ty of Virginia, who fell mortally wounded at
first Frederick!)urg. and lingered for some
weeks in groat agony, uttered many senti
ments which would adorn the brightest pages
of Christian experience, and among other
things sent this message to his loved and hon
ored chieftains: ‘Tell Generals Lee and
Jackson that they know how a Christian sol
dier should live: I only wish they were here
to see a Christian soldier die!’ Not many
months afterward Jackson was called to’cross
over the river and rest under the shade of the
trees,” and left another bright illustration of
how Christian soldiers of that army were
wont to die. Col. Willie Pegram, ‘the bov
artillerist,’ as he was familiarly called, left
the Uniuersity of Virginia at the breaking
out of the war as a private soldier, rose to the
rank of Colonel of artillery (lie refused a
tender of promotion to the command of an in
fantry brigade), upon mors than one occasion
elicited high praise from A. P. Hill, Jackson
and Lee. and at the early age of twentv-two
fell on the ill fated field of Five Forks, gallant
ly resisting the overwhelming odds against
him. IBs last words were: * I have done
my duty and now 1 turn to my Savior.’”
TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
Ciood Templars Directory*
JACKSON COUNTY.
Stonewall Lodge , No. 214,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge , No. 305,
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Harmony Grove Lodge , No. 437,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays.
Dry Pond Lodge , No. 444.
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Union Lodge , No. 450,
Meets Saturday nights before Ist and 3d Sundays.
Mulberry Lodge , No. 451,
Meets Sat. Eve’g 4 p.m., before 2d &4th Sundays
Sallie Candler Lodge , No. 455,
Meets Sat. Evc'g 3 p. m., before Ist & 3d Sundaj's
Kidd Lodge , No. 461,
Meets Saturday nights before 2d and 4th Sundays
I hope Tjodge , No. 469,
Meets Saturday night before Ist Sunday; and 2
p. m.. Saturday before 3d Sunday.
Pond Fork Lodge , No
Meets Sat. eve’g, 3 p. in., before 2d & 4th Sundays
Rum and Murder.
Rum and murder are closely related in the
stories of the fourteen men now in the Tombs
in this city awaiting their trial for homicide.
Ballard brutally beat Carolin after they had
been drinking to intoxication, so that his
victim died after lingeringa few weeks. Ryan,
a bar-keeper, killed, Moriarty after a trifling
quarrel. Flood killed Ms wife Mar}' on ac
count of domestic difficulties. It is not known
that rum was one of the disturbing elements,
though it is more than probable that it added
to the recklessness of the passions that were
involved. Otto killed Harrington in a fight.
Four men are held for participating in the
killing of Reilly. It is not stated whether
they had been inflamed with liquor. Blake
shot and killed his companion McDonald,
with whom he had been making New Year's
calls, until the}’ were both intoxicated and
quarrelled about paying for the drinks. —
O’Keefe killed Fitzsimmons bv thrusting an
umbrella into Ms eve during an affray. Reno
'killed Herman, and it is not stated that he
had been drinking. Ford and Poole are hell
for having killed Ryan. Both of them are
notorious criminals, whose nightly custom
has been to lie in wait and rob the drunken.
Here are nine cases of capital crime, in which
three or four are manifestly casesof liquor
madness, and several of the others have every
indication of being but a phase of the same
demoniacal possession.
Could we add to this summary a list of the
deadly assaults since the beginning of the
year that have not resulted fatally, doubtless
a much greater proportion of these would
belong to the class of crimes evidently induc
ed by liquor. All this, however, does not
make us think that rum only is responsible
for violence and murder. We believe with
the Apostle Paul that “the works of the flesh
are envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel
lings, and such like,” and that the drunken
ness and revel!ings arc merely phases of the
same moral condition that manifests itself in
hatred and murders. Men who put their
crimes to the account of rum are compelled
to put the rum to tl.eir own account, so that
they do not succeed in getting the burden off
their own consciences. But while rum does
not lessen personal guilt and responsibility,
it is doubtless, like the revolver, the knife, or
any deadly weapon, a fearful instrument for
both self-destruction and brutal murder. It
is with rum that jealousy adds fuel to the
flames that are set on fire of hell. It is with
rum that wounded feelings are inflamed until
they burn with destructive hatred. It is in
rum that the torch of conscience is extinguish
ed and the wild beast rrges uncontrolled.
Many catastrophes which are attributed to
different causes would never have occurred,
if the devil had not carried the day by putting
the victim at a disadvantage through the use
of maddening or exhausting stimulants. If
the best of men need to watch and fight and
pray lest they be le 1 into temptation, or be
carried away by the storm of passion, is it
strange that ordinary men should fail and fall
when they impair their minds and enfeeble
their wills by potions of brain poison? It
is a burning shame that the community
should quietly acquiesce in giving every
possible facility to those who get rich by
helping the poor to become poorer, the bad
to become worse, the passionate to become
violent, and the brutal to become murderers.
—N. Y. Obs.
What is Moderate Drinking?
The advocates of total abstinence from in
toxicating liquors arc wont to condemn even
a moderate use of stimulating drinks, on the
ground that “ moderate drinking is the parent
of excessive drinking.” The Lancet ques
tions the correctness of the proposition, but
in its negative definition of what is meant by
“moderate” drinking the votaries of Bacchus
will find very little comfort. “The man,”
says the Lancet, “who begins the day with
a ‘soda-and-brandy,’ has very little respect
for his constitution, and if he does not alter
his habits, the}’ will alter his health. Odd
glasses of beer and glasses of spirits in a fore
noon do not come within the range of mod
erate drinking. That is not moderate drink
ing which adds fifteen or twenty beats to the
pulse, or which flushes the face. Finally, all
casual drinking is bad, presumabty, and not
moderate drinking. The system will not re
ceive food merely as a matter of conviviality,
at all sorts of odd hours. Still less will it
receive with impunity drink in this way.—
Drinking which disturbs sleep, either by mak
ing it heavy or by driving it away, is not
moderate. Moderate drinking is that which
consists with a clean tongue, a good appetite,
a slow pulse, a cool skin, a clear head, a stea
dy hand’ good walking power, and light, re
freshing sleep. It is associated with meals,
and is entirety subordinated to more conve
nient and less objectionable forms of food.—
That such drinking producesdrunkenness, has
yet to be proved, as it has yet to be proved
to be essential to health.”
Wm. J. Ford, late Ordinary of Worth Cos.,
and brother-in-law of Hon. W. A. Harris,
committed suicide, on the 4th inst., at Isa
bella, by shooting himself with a pistol. Fi
nancial embarrassment and other troubles
are supposed to be the cause.
£ocuf Jc (fteucraf Directory.
JEFFERSON TOWN GOVERNMENT.
W. ]. Pike. Mayor; Col J. A B Mahaffey, G.
J. N. Wilson, J E Randolph, F. M. Bailey, Al
dermen; R S Howard, Eso., Clerk & Treasur
er ; 11 J Randolph, Jr. Marshal.
MAIL SCHEDULE.
From Jefferson to Athens —William 11. Bird,
Contractor.
Leave Jefferson, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 2P. M. Arrive at Athens by
7 P. M.
Leave Athens, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at 7 A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by 12 M.
From Jefferson to Gainesville — J. N. Ticitty,
Contractor.
Leave Jefferson, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday at IP. M. Arrive at Gainesville by
7 P. M.
Leave Gainesville, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 7A. M. Arrive at Jefferson by
1 P. M.
From Jefferson to Laicrenceville—William P.
Betts, Contractor.
Leave Jefferson Saturday at IP. M. Ar
rive at Lawrenceville Monday, by 12 M.
Leave Lawrenceville Friday at 1 P. M. Ar
rive at Jefferson Saturday by 12 M.
Rooonl —J. C.
Jefferson Dist, Xo 245 —S McCarty, JP; Jeff.
Lanier, N P and Ex J P
Harmony Grove Dist. Xo 255—J E Wilson, J
P ; W J Goss. X P and Ex J P
New Town Dist. Xo 253- Thos L Smith, J P ;
Tlios J Stapler. X P and Ex J P
Clarkesboro' Dist, No 242—F M Holliday, J P;
J W Hardy. X P and Ex J P
Santafee Dist. No 1042—S G Arnold, J P; W
R A Boyd. X P and Ex J P
Chandler's Dist, No 240—J G Burson, J P ;
C 11 Reeves, X P and Ex J P
House's Dist. Xo 243—A A Ilill. J P; M C
House. X P and Ex J P
Jack Randolph's Dist, Xo24B—M T Sims, J P ;
J A Straynge, X P and Ex J P
Miller’s Dist. Xo 455—A M Chandler* J P; W
P Newman. X P and Ex J P
Wilson's Dist. Xo 405—Sanford Wilson. J P;
N P and Ex J P not qualified.
Harrisburg Dist. No 257—W G Barnett, J P;
J W Prewitt, X P and Fix J P
Cunningham's Dist, Xo 428—James R Brazel
ton, J P ; T K Randolph, X P and Ex J P
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Baptist Church, Rev. F. M. llaygood. Pastor;
preaching every 3d Sunday.
Presbyterian Church, Rev. /. B. Graves,
Pastor; preaching every 4th Sunday. At Thya
tira, 3d Sundav. Mi/.pah, Ist Sunday.
Jefferson Circuit, M. E. church, (South.) Rev.
Wm. A. Farris, Pastor. Jefferson, Ist and 2d
Sunda} r . Harmony Grove, 3d Sunday. Dry
Pond, 4th Sunday.
B©“Prayer-ineeting at Methodist Church (Jef
ferson,) every Wednesday night. Sunday school
at 9 a. m., at the Methodist church.
MULBERRY CIRCUIT—M II Eakes, PC.
Lebanon Church.
Ist Sabbath, 11 o'clock ; J Ross and W Seymour.
2d Sabbath and Saturdaj r before. M II Lakes.
3d Sabbath, 11 o'clock, Joseph Kenney.
Fbenezer Church.
4th Saturday and Sab., 11 o'clock. M II Eakes.
2d Sunday, 11 o'clock, J Ross and W Seymour.
Center Church.
Ist Sab. 10.1 o'clock, and Sat. before. 4 o’clock,
M II Lakes.
Concord Church ,
Ist Sunday, 4 p m, ; Saturday before, 10.1, a m ;
M II Lakes.
])eth lc.h cm Ch urch.
3d Sab. and Sat. before. 11 am: M II Eakes.
At leu's Fork Church.
Friday before 3d Sab., 11 am; M H Lakes.
g£iY“Sunday School at the respective churches,
9 o’clock, a in., every Sunday.
SUPERIOR COURTS—'WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Geo. D. Rice, Gainesville. Judge.
A. L. Mitchell, Esq., Athens. Sol. Gen.
JAOIvSoX COUNTY OFFICERS.
IT. W. Bell, Ordinary.
T. 11. Niblack, Clerk Sup Court and Trcas.
J. S. Hunter. Sheriff,
AY. A. Worsham, Dep. Sheriff,
Geo. W. Brown, Tax Receiver,
Jas L Williamson, Tax Collector,
J L Johnson. County Surveyor,
M P Caldwell, Dep. Surveyor,
Wm Wallace, Coroner,
G J X Wilson, County School Comm.
State Goveremnnt of Georgia.
A 11 Colquitt, Governor,
c . f Isaac W. A verv,
oec ys Ex. Dep t j. uncs W Warren.
N C Barnett. Secretary of State,
John F Jones. Clerk.
YY L Goldsmith, Comptroller General,
Rob't M Hardeman, Jas M Goldsmith.
(Jerks; db. Wild Land oificc, Win A
Wright. •
J W Renfroe. State Treasurer,
John W MmlVhey, Clerk
It N Ely, Attorney General,
R A Murphey,J'B Baird, T C Howard,
H (J Jackson. Clerks
Haralson, State Librarian.
Gustavus G Orr, State School Comm'r,
Mark Johnston, Clerk.
Geo B Little, State Geologist,
Ass't Geologists, Dr A It McCutchin, W
S Schley, C A Locke, It II Loughridge, M
F Singleton.
Thos P .>ancs. Comm'r of Agriculture.
Clerks, J S Newman, J 11 Smith, Rob't
J Redding. W F Janes.
R E Lester. Pres't of the Senate,
W A Harris. Sec'y of the Senate,
O A Bacon, Speaker House of Reps.
E P Speer, Clerk of House of Reps,
J P Harrison A Cos.. State Printers,
Iliram Warner. Chief Justice Supreme C't.
LE Bleckley, Jas Jackson, Associate Jus
tices Supreme Court.
Henry Jackson. Supreme Court Rep.
/. D Harrison, clerk.
SALARY OF OFFICERS.
Governor, SI,OOO Currency,
Secretary of State, 82.000 Currency.
Comptroller General. $2,000 Currency,
Treasurer, $2,000 Currency,
Attorney General. 82,000 Gold.
Commissioner of Agriculture, $2,000 Currency,
Geologist, $3,000 Currency.
School Commissioner, 82.500 Currency,
Judges Supreme Court. 83,500 Gold,
Judges Superior Court. 82.500 Gold,
Solicitors' General, 8250 Gold,
Reporter Supreme Court. 81.000 Currency,
Principal Keeper Penitentiary, 82,000 Currency,
ltesidenUPhysician Lun. Asylum, 82,500 Curr'y.
Governor's Secretaries (two) 81.800 Currency,
Clerks in Departments (each) $1,600 Currency.
Cnilcd Slates Inoreriiment,
EXECUTIVE.
President—Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, to
March 4, 1881.
HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS.
Sec’y of State—William M. Evarts, of New Y’ork.
Sec'y of Treasury—John Sherman, of Ohio.
Sec’of War—Geo. W. McCrary, of lowa.
Sec’y of the Navy—-Richard Thompson, of Indiana
Secretary of Interior—Carl Schurz, of Missouri.
Att'y Ge.i'l—Chas. Devons, of Massachusetts.
Postmaster Gen'l—David M. Key. of Tennessee.
LEGISLATIVE.
President of the Senate—William A. Wheeler,
of New Y ork.
Secretary of Senate—George C. Gorham, of
California.
Speaker of House of Representatives—Samuel
J. Randall, of Penn.
Clerk—Geo. M Adams, of Kentucky.
Pendergrass & Hancock,
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THEN BUY THE N Y. ENAMEL PAINT CO.’S
CHEMICAL PAINT,
AND SAYE ONE '1 lIIRD 'I UK COST OF PA INTI NO. ami got a paint that is MUCH HAND
SOMER. ami will last TWICE AS LONO as any other paint. Isprepared ready for use in WHITE
or ANY COLOR desired. Is on many thousand of the tinest buildings in the country, many of
which have been painted six years and now look as well as when first painted. This CHEMICAL
PAINT has taken FIRST PREMIUMS at twenty of the State Fairs of the Union. SAMPLE CARD
OF COLORS SENT FREE. Address.
N. Y. ENAMEL PAINT CO., 103 Chambers St., X. Y., or MILLER BROS., 109 Water Street, Cleveland, 0.
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HOUSE PAINTERS
ATTENTION!
BAXTER, BELL & CO.’S
PURE LIQUID PAINTS
OR
HOUSE PAINTERS’ COLORS.
\\ e beg to invite the special attention of Deal
ers and Consumers to these PA INI'S. They are
manufactured from the very Best and Choicest
Pigments. and mixed or thinned with only
STRICTLY* PURE Linseed Oil and Turpentine,
and they cannot he excelled in covering capacity,
durability, fitness and beauty of finish. They
will neither chalk. Hake, or peel off, and work
with perfect freedom under the brush. They
weigh from 15 to 16 lbs. per gallon, which, of it
self. POSIT! YELY demonstrates their purity and
superiority.
The various compounds known in the market
as Chemical Paints, contain only about 50 per
cent, of Paint; the balance is water, introduced
into the same by the use of an alkali, to combine
it. The last mentioned Paints, so-called, only
weigh from 9 to 10 lbs. pergallon. which we think
clearly proves their lack of opacity or hodv.—
When water is mixed with Paint, it not only de
stroys its body, but, to a very great extent, its
adhesiveness, which all practical men know is o'
the highest importance to preserve, in order to
make a durable Paint.
We think, from the statement we have made,
that buyers cannot fail to AT ONCE perceive that
their interest will he best promoted by bin ingour
Liquid Paints (i. e. Pure Paints), in preference tc
the so-called Paints referred to.
Sample cards and prices sent free on applica
tion. BAXTER. BELL & CO.,
18 Murray Street. New York,
Manufacturers and Dealers in all Paints, Colors,&c
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To tk* l lVoi*l*iiis-4'Ss****-. —AYe are now pre
pared to furnish all classes with constant employ
ment at home, the whole of the time, or lbr their
spare moments. Business new, light and profit
able. Persons of either sex easily earn from 50
cents to $5 per evening, and a proportional sum by
devoting their whole time to the business. Boys
and girls earn nearly as much as men. That all
who sec this notice may send their address, and
test the business, we make this unparalleled offer :
To such as aie not well satisfied we will send one
dollar to pay for the trouble of writing F nil par
ticulars. samples worth several dollars to com
mence work on. and a copy of Home and F’ircside.
one of the largest and host Illustrated Publica
tions, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want
permanent, profitable work, address.
scp9 Geo. Stinson & Cos., Portland, Maine.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser, having been permanently cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it.
he will send a copy of the prescription used (free
of charge), with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will find a sure cure
for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis. Ac.
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad
dress. Rev. E. A. WILSON.
194 Penn St.. Williamsburg!), New York.
Jackson Countv.
Martha C. Hawkins vs. W. A. Hawkins. Libel
for Divorce in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
the above stated case resides without the limits of
said county, and it further appearing that said de
fendant resides beyond the limits of this State-
Ordered. by the Court, that service be perfected
upon defendant by publication in the Forest
News, a newspaper published in said county,
once a month for four months previous to the next
term of this Court. J. B. SILMAN.
,Att*y for PPtf.
Cranted :
CEO. D. RICE, Judge S. C,
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su-
Derior Court. February term. 1877.
March 24th. T. IT. NIBLACK. Cl'k S. C.
Errors of Youth.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility. Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the
sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who
need it, the recipe and direction for making the
simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience
can do so by addressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN.
dec3o 42 Cedar St.. N Y.
iJ. H. REAVES, ) I Qff/’ty J If. A. ROW RANGE
DAVID Cl ANN, I lO / l%\W. L. WOOD.
THE ATHENS
Furniture Manufact’ng Cos.
I RELIEVING that Athens ami the section of
) country around should have and will cordially
support •; F % IRST-(’LASS
Furniture Depot
FACTORY,
We have entered into a partnership, bought out
! the store of J. F. WILSON & CO., and the Fac
tory and store of (i I LLELA XD. WOOD & CO.,
and are determined togive the business a fair trial,
under the firm name of the
Athens Furniture Afau’g Cos.
At the stand of J. F. Wilson <fc Cos. we propose
I to keep a stock of
FURNITURE
equaled by few and surpassed by none in the State*
Mr. JAY O. G A ILLY has charge of this depart
ment. and will he pleased to wait upon any desir
ing goods in this line.
At the stand of Gilleland. Wood A Cos., we will
keep a large and well-selected stock of
Coffins, Burial Cases, &c.
Mr. W. L. WOOD will give his persona! attention
to this department.
All Kinds of* Repairing
Done at short notice. In this es!ablishinent a
specialty is made of
/’/ CT! At E Fit. I. I//A 'G.
Any style and design of Frames made at short
notice. .
Our machinery for Dressing, Sawing and Turn
ing will he kept running, as usual.
Give us a trial, and be convinced that Athens
can compete successfully with any city in the
South in the sale of Furniture. Jcc.
Athens Furniture Man’g Cos.
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Original Goodyett r\ s*
RUBBER GOODS.
I u leant zed Uiddnr in every Conceivable Form ,
Adapted to Fnircrsal l sc.
ANY AItTIVI. E UNDER FOUR ROUNDS WEIGHT
VAN RESENT U.Y 31 All..
WIND AND IVATER PROOF
garments a specialty. Our Cloth surface Coat
combines tiro yncnients in one. For stormy weath
er. it is a Perfect 1 Voter Proof, and in dry weath
er. a
NEAT AND TIDY OVERCOAT.
By a peculiar process, tlie rubber is put between
the two cloth surfaces, which prevents S nielliny
or Slickiny, even in the hottest climates. They arc
mode in three colors—Blue. Black and Brown.
Are Light, Portable. Strong
and Durable.
Wc are now offering them at the extremely low
price of $lO each. Sent post-paid to any address
upon receipt of price.
When ordering, state size around chest, over
vest.
Reliable parties desiring to see our goods, can
send for our Trade Journal, giving description of
our leading articles.
Be sure and get the Original Goodyear's Steam
Vulcanized fabrics.
BesT’Send for Illustrated price-list of our Cele
brated Pocket Gymnasium.
Address carefully,
GOODYEAR’S RUBBER CURLER CO.,
697 Broadway, Xew York City.
P. O. Box 5156. feb24-6m
&Q£|ffcCant he made by every agent every
- month in the business we furnish, but
those willing to work can easily earn a dozen dol-
Frs a day right in their own localities. Have no
room to explain here. Business pleasant and hon
orable. Y\ omen, and boys and girls do as well as
men. We will furnish you a complete Outfit free.
The business pays better than anything else. We
will bear expense of starting you. Particulars free.
Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their sons
and daughters, and all classes in need of paying
work at home, should write to us and learn all
about the work at once. Now is the time. Don’t
delay. Address
scp9 True & Cos.. Augusta. Maine.
1 PROGRAMMES, Circulars. Ac., for schools
and academics, printed at this office.