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Jackson Sheriff Sales.
iffII.I, he sold, before the Court House door.
)) in the town of Jefferson, within the legal
;i> of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tucsdav in January, 187$, the following proper
tv, to-wit: . .
Two tracts of land, lying in said county, adjoin
other, and also adjoining lands of the
estate of (hies Mitchell, deceased, J. M. Garner
others, one of said tracts containing three
inin'lrati ami live acres, moro or less, the other
,ijiit.nniag one hundred and fifty acres, more or
;,j,; levied on as the property of C. C. Thompson.
l,v virtue of. and to satisfy a ti. fa. issued from
wrier Court of Jackson county, under a decree
iniquity, rendered therein on the first day of
jlirch. 1577. in favor of K. 11. Camp and Sarah I*,
i imp, administrator and administratrix of It. T.
Cirithers, deceased, vs. said C. C. Thompson.—
Property pointed out in said ti. fa., and by plaint
iff kitty's. Charles T. Vearwood, tenant m pos
>■ -son. ($7.00.)
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
:i;,) two hundred and fifteen acres of land, more
irless, on the waters of the Mulberry river, ad-
Lining lands of J. A. Daniel, M. I’. Barnett, 11.
jJ.lLiniiolpli, sr.. and others; 50 acres in cultiva
!mii ;20 of which is good bottom land. There is
comfortable cabins thereon. Sold to satisfy a (i
(i, issued from Jackson Superior Court, 1). It.
Ivlevs. It. J. Park, sold to perfect title—Proper
tv pointed out by defendant. (*.>.00.)
J. S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
Dec. 1.1877.
To Contractors.
UTILI, BK LET. to tilt; lowest Bidder, before
II the Court-house door, in Jefferson, on the
first day of January. 1878, the building of the
bridge across the Oconee river known as the W y-
Lf. Wood Bridge—under the following specifica
tions:—Said Bridge to be built T 2 feet road-way.
md on level from the abutment on the far side
from the mill; fifty feet swinging span to arch in
river; said arch to he built on mud sills forty feet
I ag; uprights 12 by 12 inches, with piece oftim
hrßby Sin center of uprights; uprights to be
vd! braved with braces 8 by 10 inches, to extend
•ithin 12 inches of cap sill : cap sills 12 by 1-1
i '’hi's. well Bolted down with iron bolts ; the iron
i’hold swinging arch to be sweeds iron. 3 inches
( T\ l inch thick, and well bolted to king post;
filters to same to be 8 by 10 inches, and well bolt
ritop and bottom ; the other arch to he built by
letting nmd sill in the ground five feet end tilled
1 • with rock ; other timbers same as the arch in
tilt river; sleepers 8 by 12 inches put down, edge
'■p. five to spun—to lap well on arches : banisters,
■ plank, well fastened to uprights 3 feet high,
1 ?tit feet apart, morticed through and keyed un
frtioor plank ; said plank to extend two feet fur
■nef out than other flooring—for braces. Floor
-1 ?ll feet in length, 2 inches thick, well spiked
v n. All of said timbers to be good heart, but
11; I 'ill. and if hewed, to be well and smoothly
l,n e. and the work to be done in workman-like
jfianner. flic work, and each piece of timber to
! aspeeted before being placed in the water by a
' fnpotent person appointed for the purpose, so
! sj the specifications can be rigidly enforced.
‘ ” 'lie Bridge may be received whun built —full
■ * complete specifications can be seen at this
office.
B the same time and place, also, will be let,
, ■■■ contract for building the bridge, above and on
; “JHio river, known as the Bryant bridge, un
'• ho following specifications :—To be built five
■ l Uglier than the old bridge location, with one
, ' in the water near far bank from Jefferson. —
: } feet swinging span to said arch. The tira
nooring, &C., to ho according to specifica
l'ln fhe \\ ood's bridge, as given above.
11. W. BELL, Ordinary,
1.15877. Jackson Cos.
—Jackson County.
J horeas. Mrs. Elizabeth Lay and C. 11. Reeves
••' application to me, in proper form, for Let
,7, “'■"Ministration upon the Estate of Richcr
i ■ '•'• dec and. late of said county—
ha- K therefore, to cite and admonish all per
l'7k°nccn'e(,“ the next of kin, to show cause, if
h \ 7V a 'V 011 die first Monday in January,
i.,.'7 l"j' t ourt of Ordinary for said County,
l etters prayed for* ly the applicants
' 1,,! t y granted, (liven under mv official
'■■ture. this Xov. 2!)th. 1877.
11. W. BELL. Ordinary.
.I.VCKSOX CurXTY.
' Vs T* .J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
It nun.. 1U Superior Court.
'■■-ilnn t’ourt that the defendant in
” ' aied case resides without the limits of
"ndanr an, l it also appearing that said
U ' S!i ‘ l ' s without tin* limits of the State
j , or tetH—.
li '‘"'fl:nt" , \v" rv * " V( l° re d that service upon the
i":i it] 7‘ “ “I- Ibiwe. I>e perfected by publica
,;:tiK ' News once a month for four
1 'l'ius to the next term of this Court.
J - B. SILMAN, ITttT's Att’y.
,t; "-"• hick. .J„dgO.S.C.
i• r rJ,7 ra ; 1 ,om die minutes of Jackson Su
o t'o Auust Term, 1877.
JTr— T. 11. NIBLACK. Clerk.
r 4 .
*’ Jackson <.'onnly.
f,./f;‘, ;irah "'lson applies to mein proper
! '.'illiam wV S Administration on the Estate
Hiis is m * dec'd, late of said county —
t! ts ' l Miow a 'l concerned, kindred and credi
>f the t' Ca,,se ' d any they can. at the regular
7 first Mn, ? Urt - Ordinary in said county, on
N 'boul.t . Ka \ ' n January', 1878. why said Let
'•l'f.,,, ,’ ot be granted the applicant.
'Ah, My official signature, this Novcin-
H. W. BELL, Ordinary.
THE FOREST NEWS.
I lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science. Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Administrator’s Sale.
AGREKABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, will be sold before
the Court-house door in Jefferson, within the le
gal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, at public
outcry, on the first Tuesday in January, 1878, the
following property, to wit—A tract of land in
Jackson county, containing two hundred and thir
ty-two acres more or less, it being all the land be
longing to Minor Lipscomb, dec’d, except the
dower laid of! to the widow of said deceased, ad
joining lands of Addington, Glenn. Human and
the dower tract of Nancy Lipscomb; about
fifty acres in cultivation; one hundred in good,
fair old field land, balance in forest. One settle
ment on the place. Said land sold as the property
of Minor Lipscomb, dec’d, for the purpose of pay
ing debts and for distribution among the heirs of
said dec’d. Terms Cash.
J. E. RANDOLPH. Adm’r dr bunts non
on estate of Minor Lipscomb, dec'd.
Dec 1 pr fee $7.50
Administrator’s Sale.
VGRKKABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, Georgia, will be
sold before the Court-house door in the town of
Jefferson, in said county, within the legal hours
of sale, on the first Tuesday in January. 1878, the
following property, to wit—One hundred and
three or lour acres of land on the waters of Wal
nut Fork of the Mulberry river, adjoining \V. N.
Straynge. A. M. Darks* Thomas Oaks. Elbert
Duncan and others. There is about sixty-five
acres cleared and under fence. There is a good
common log house, with rock chimnev ; the kitch
en is a log house, rock chimney; a well of good
water, other out-houses, smoke-house, corn-crib,
stable. Arc. There is another settlement on said
p'ace. good peach orchard. Sold as the property
of Noah Simpson, dee’d. for the purpose of pay
ing debts ami distribution. Terms. Cash.
N. W. SIMPSON. Adm’r.
dec 1 pr fee $7.50.
Administrator’s Sale.
VGRKEABLY to an order of the Hon. Court
of Ordinary of the county of Jackson, will be
sold before the Court-house door at Jefferson,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in January. 1878. at public out ary. to the
highest bidder, the following property, to wit :
Ist. The i emaimler interest of the heirs of the
late Stephen Cowan, deceased, in the Dower of
the widow of said deceased, Mrs Samantha Cow
an ; said dower containing seventy-seven and one
half acres, by measurement and plat of same. On
said land is a splendid dwelling and good out
buildings; well, fine orchard and other conve
niences. About forty acres in cultivation : twelve
or fifteen acres bottom land cleared : about fifteen
acres of strong forest land, and balance good old
field pine land.
2d. The “ Bridge piece’’ of S. Cowan’s lands,
containing eighty five and eight-tenth acres. ly
measurement and plat, adjoining dower tract;
twenty acres good, cultivatahle land ; eight or ten
acres bottom hunt on Candler's creek ; about live
acres of original forest and balance good, fair old
field pine land.
Jd. The “ Upper piece” of S. Cowan’s lands,
containing one hundred and eight and one-half
acres, by measurement and plat, adjoining dower
and bridge piece ; not more than ten acres culti
vatable land on this tract —balance in forest and
fair old field pine lands.
All these lands are well watered, lying on Can
dler’s creek, in said county, and in a very desira
ble locality, near Gillsville, on Northeastern Rail
Road. Said lands sold as the property of said
Stephen Cowan, deceased, for the purpose of pay
ing the debts against the estate anti for distribu
tion among the heirs at law of said deceased.
Terms, cash. Plats of said lands may he seen
at the oflice of W. C. R. S. Howard. Jefferson,
Ga. Any one will he shown over the lands by
the adm’r, on application.
Z. T. SUPDETH, Adm’r on
decl pr fee sl2] Estate of Stephen Cowan, dec’d.
To Debtors.
VLL persons indebted to the firm of RENDER
. GRASS fc HANCOCK are respectfully re
quested to come forward and make payment at
once, as I am compelled to wind up all the busi
ness of the late firm. Your notes and accounts
will be found at the old stand. Any person wish
ing to make payment, will be waited on by Mr.
F. L. Pendergrass. N. 11. PENDERGRASS,
Oct (J Surviving Copartner.
Dr. H. J. DONG,
—DEALER IN—
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, &c
WEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE ,
Gainesville, Ga.,
HAS on hand, and will constantly add thereto,
a full line of Drugs and Medicines, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, &c., &c. A specialty made of the
most celebrated and thoroughly tested
MIXED PAIXTS!
Laudnum, Paregoric, &c., put up in suitable
quantities for country merchants.
Full stock of Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Lamp
Wicks, &c.
Machine and Train Oil
on hand constantly.
At this establishment will be found a choice as
sortment of Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, fine brands
of Cigars and Tobacco, Paint and Whitewash
Brushes, Patent Medicines, and everything kept
in a first-class Drug Store. Having made special
arrangements in the purchase of his stock. Dr.
LONG oilers his goods Low for Cash ! Pure
medicines, quick sales and small profits, is the
motto of this house, tall as above.
Physicians' prescriptions filled by a careful
and thoroughly competent Druggist.
March 24th, 1577.
Fall and Winter
STOCK OF
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
O
II ESS. T. A. tI>A.MS
* NNOUNCES tO'the public that she is now rc
/V ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies’
Bonnets, Hats. Laces. Ribbons. Trimmings, &c.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Lank of
the University, Athens. Ga. *^ e P
zsnv I gp* Great chance to make money.
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“The People's Journal,” Portland, Maine.
September 15th. 1877.
light JOB W7"OBK,
PROMPTLY EXECUTED,
Executed promptly, at this office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. DEC’R 22, 187?,
POET’S CORNER.
Fun Among the Poets.
Some years ago, a distinguished poet in the
State of Maine, after the birth of his first
child, wrote and published the following pret
ty poem :
One night as old St. Peter slept,
lie left the door of Heaven ajar.
When through a little angel crept,
And came down with a falling star.
One summer as the blessed beams
Of morn approached, my blushing bride
Awakened from some pleasing dreams
And found that angel by her side.
God grant but this—l ask no more—
That when he leaves this world of pain,
He’ll wing his way to that bright shore,
And find his way to Heaven again.
John G. Saxo, not to be outdone, and
deeming that injustice had been done to St.
Peter, wrote the following as
ST, PETER'S REPLY.
Full eighteen hundred years or more
I’ve kept my gate securely tied ;
There has no “ little angel” strayed.
Nor one becli missing all the while.
I did not sleep as you supposed.
Nor leave the door of Heaven ajar,
Nor has a ” little angel” left.
And gone down with a falling star.
Go ask that blushing bride and see Jtt
If she don’t frankly own and say
That when she found that angel babe,
She found it in the good old way.
God grant hut, this I ask no more—
That should your number still enlarge,
You will not do as done before.
And lay it to old Peter’s charge.
Scissored Paragraphs.
Pat, what makes you start, after that, rab
bit when your gun has no lock on it.’ ‘Hush,
my darlint, the rabbit don’t know that.”
A lady in Maine boasts hair eight feet, and
one inch in lenirth, and that she has refused
an offer of $2,000 for it.
A colored man of Liberty county, over
eighty years of age, walked eight miles dur
ing the worst part of the rain last Wednesday
to vote the Democratic ticket.
Two young men went over from Augusta
to Hamburg to fight a duel. When they
reached the ground one of them declined to
fight, whereupon the other knocked him down
and gave him a beating.
“Mv dear.” said a husband in startling
tones, after awaking his wife in the night.
” I have swallowed a dose of strychnine!"
‘‘Well, then, do for goodness sake lie still, or
it may come up.” —lndianapolis Journal.
l)r. Willie A. Carlton, a rising; young
physician of Athens, was married recently
to M iss Annie M. Price, of Macon. The
grootn is a nephew of lion. 11. 11. Carlton,
the able chayalicr of the Ninth.
The Virginia (Ncv.) Enterprise says : “In
the Consolidated Virginia office yesterday
we saw $500,000 worth of silver bricks, and
outside sat a beggar. Both were types of
Nevada —the latter the more common type.”
The First Presbyterian Church of Colum
bus have disbanded, their choir and gone back
to the “ good old ways” of congregational
singing, using a little cabinet organ, which is
placed immediately in front of the pulpit,
“Silence in the court!” thundered a Ken
tucky Judge the other morning. “Half a
dozen men have been convicted already with
out the court’s having been able to hear a
word of the testimony.” — Courier-Journal.
A St. Louis widow has had three husbands.
She has on hand a law suit to break the will
of the first, another to recover the insurance
money on the life of the second, aud a third
to obtain alimony from the last.
Berry Mooney, a native of Lumpkin coun
ty. aged forty years, died at Todd’s Valley,
Placer county, California, in March last.
His widow, who still resides at Todd’s Valley
desires to hear from her husband’s relations
in Georgia.
This Happened in Connecticut. —There
was a queer divorce case last week. An old
lady over seventy was granted a divorce from
a husband who deserted her fifty-one years
ago. He has since contracted a bigamous
marriage by which he now has grown up
children. — Li'tchfield Enquirer.
Mr. Ferdinand I’hinizy, of Athens, lias
commenced the building of a huge hotel at
Sulphur Springs that will be larger than the
Piedmont at Gainesville, and will accommo
date over 200 people. The Air Line Road
has put up a depot there, and will run a sid
ling for the benefit of visitors to the springs.
A bill has been offered in the South Caro
lina Legislature, and will doubtless become
a law. which provides that all executions in
that State shall be in private, with only the
officers of the law, the clergy, the family of
the condemned man, and two or three spec
tators in attendance.
As advertised, the wild lands in Gilmer
county were sold last Tuesday, and a large
crowd was in attendance. 3.040 acres wore
sold, ranging from three to twenty six dol
lars a lot, the total amount paid being two
hundred and twenty-two dollars and seventy
five cents. Just think of getting one hun
dred and sixty acres of land for three dollars !
In view of the fact that the capital was not
removed back to Milledgeville. it is probable
that Bishop Pierce transfers! the Rev. H.
11. Parks from that city to the First Metho
dist Church of Atlanta to succeed Rev. Dr.
Harrison, so that he might be a capital preach
er aS well as a popular man. — At. Cor. Sav.
News.
When you have cast aside a garment as
useless, you have no idea what a rich treas
ure it will be to some poor mother who will
gladly sit up all night and remodel it for her
child to wear to school. Already we hear
afar off the faint sound of the Christmas bells.
Must they ring for the gay and prosperous
alone ?—Shall we not each begin now to pn>
vide something for those who will otherwise
have no Christmas presents ?
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Nearing the “ Last Dilch."
SORE STRAITS OF THE CONFEDERATES IN THE
LAST DAYS OF THE WAR.
If the Confederates did not “die in the la9t
ditch,” at all events they went nearer to it
than most of them will ever care to go again.
In the spring of 1865 a barrel of flour sold
in Richmond at $1,200, while a pound of ba
con was worth fifteen dollars, and sugar sev
enty-five dollars a pound ; turkeys were twen
ty-five dollars a pound; butter fifty, eggs,
dollars a dozen, and apples five dollars
apiece, while all the necessaries of life were
dear in proportion. There were those favor
ed children of fortune whom want did not
come near, but by' far the greater number of
Confederates learned from experience what
actual hunger meant. Sherman’s march to
the sea, Sheridan's desolating tramp through
the Valley of the Shenandoah, after which he
boasted that if a crow should fly across the
fertile country from Staunton to Winchester
he must carry' his rations with him or starve ;
these were the death wounds of the Lost
Cause—want and hunger, the deadliest foes
with which the armies had to grapple ; and
Jeff Davis himself virtually ended the con
flict when lie sent the provision train, which
should have waited for Lee at Amelia Court
house, on to Danville. Fitz and his stafTdid
not surrender at Appomattox with the rest of
the army, but made a daring and hopeless ef
fort to find their way across the country and
join Johnson. The next day they stopped
for an hour at the home of the writer, a day’s
march on the journey to North Carolina. A
hasty lunch was prepared for them, to which
i he st art’ did just ice ; but the General sat apart,
his head bowed on his hands, scarcely tast
ing the cup of ‘ real coffee” which had been
made to do him special honor. Only once,
except when asking as to his route, etc., did
lie rouse himself; then a lady present spoke
bitterly' of the number of stragglers who had
poured through, the country and past our
gates. ‘‘Madam,” he said, “the men were
not, to blame; they' fo lglit, like devils as long
and longer than their rations held out; they
never straggled until the officers told them to
jo and get something to eat. The rations
from Amelia to Appomattox Court-house were
an ear of corn apiece for the men, nothing for
the horses ! Could men do more ?”— Phil. Cor.
Weekly Times .
Infants in Court.
SIX CHILDREN UNDER ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Columbia, S. C., December 10, 1877.
'Fhe Supreme Court room in this city, to-day,
presented a spectacle of peculiar and painful
interest, six little children of both sexes be
ing present under the charge of murder. The
eldest of these children has not yet reached
the age of eleven years, and two of the num*
ber are girls. Their names are Harmon Fal
law, Henry Fallow, Robert Fallow. Mary Fal
low, Anna Fallcw and William Ellis. The
five first named are the children of the same
parents—respectable people of E Igefield co..
and the last named is an adopted child in the
same family*. The circumstances of the kill
ing which caused their appearance in the
court to-day, were in brief, as follows: The
children were at work picking cotton in a field
near their father’s house about a week ago.
when a negro youth named Willis Asbill,
about eighteen years of age, who had been
discharged from Mr. Fallow’s service and or
dered to keep off the premises, joined them
and commenced ill-treating them and inter
fering with their work in various ways. Fi
nally he went so far as to strike one of the
boys with a stick. The resentment of the lit*
tie laborers culminated at this affront and
they at once made a combined attack upon
their tormentor with stones, sticks and knives,
which they employed with such effect as to
inflict a severe injury upon the head of As
hill, which, as is alleged, brought upon him
an attack of cerebro spinal meningetis, result
ing in death a day or two ago.
'File children were at once arrested on a
charge of murder and brought to Columbia,
where their case came up to-day, as above sta
ted, in the Supreme Court, on application for
a writ of habeas corpus. After a touching
argument by counsel, ably seconded, it may
well be believed, by the almost infantile ap
pearance of the affrighted prisoners, the court
granted the writ, and the bail was allowed in
the sum of $3,000 for the appear
ance of the defendants at the next
term of the Court of General Sessions
for Edgefield county. The case has excited
the keenest interest in this community and
is without paralell in the history* of the State.
The case of ex-Gov. R. B. Bullock was
called up this morning in the Fulton Super
ior Court, and Gen. Gartrell, the leading
counsel, announced that his client was ready,
and had been, for trial, but Attorney General
Ely desired further postponement on account
of absence of witnesses for the State. Judge
McKay objected in behalf of Bullock, but
Judge Hillyer decided to set the cases down
for Tuesday, January’ I.— At. Cor. Sav. News.
Nice Little Girl: ‘Oh, do let roe see you
Jr ink ?■ Captain Crogson : ‘TThy ray (Tear ?’
Nice Little Girl: ‘Because, ma. says you
drink like a fish.’
Salt in Agriculture.
Few persons realize the Value of salt in
agricultural operations. In large doses it is
of course an injtiry’, destroying everything
vegetable it comes Into contact with. In
heavy soil it is also an injury, as the tendency
is to make it still heavier, and thus whatever
good it might have in one respect is outweigh
ed by the other. But in light, sandy soils,
or those elevated tracts of land not wet, but
which are liable to become dry In slimmer
time, it has been found of the greatest benefit,
and this chiefly on accout of the property' it
has of absorbing moisture from the earth in
dry weather. It is for this perhaps as much
as for any chemical quality that it proves so
beneficial in these cases. Usually wheat
does best on rather heavy’ though not wet
lands; but where salt has been used on light
soils as good crops have been gathered as on
the most favored heavy soils. In the far
Western States, where rain does not fall often,
and the danger to crops is chiefly through
droughts in the summer time, salt in light
doses ought to prove beneficial, and in the
sandy soils of Delaware, Maryland and Vir
ginia, it might be employed to a much great
er extent than now with profit.
It is chiefly for the moisture it seems to
draw from the atmosphere, that it has often
been found of so much good for asparagus.
The asparagus requires an immense deal of
water in the make up of its stalks, though it
does not like to grow in wet ground, and this
moisture the salt supplies.
It has also been found of excellent benefit
in raising turnips, beets, cabbage and other
succulent vegetables. But it must not be
forgotten that it is an injury in soils already
wet or heavy, and therefore good as it is in so
many cases, an indiscriminate use of it will
result in disadvantage. In this respect it is
like lime and some other things, in which
even “salt will not save it.*' —Germantown
Telegraph.
The New Coachman.
Tiie boj' should have known hotter at his
age than to let out family secrets, but he felt
too grateful to the other boy for the use of
his stilts, and he softly remarked :
“ Father wasn't at home at all last night,
and he hasn't come home yet.”
“Gone off?*’ queried the owner of the
stilts.
“ He's down town somewhere, we expect,
and ina says she ain’t going to run after him
if lie don't come home for a month.
“Did they have a fuss
“ Kinder. You see we had to let the coach
man go, ’cause its hard times. Yesterday af
ternoon ina wanted pa to black up and drive
her out in style. lie kicked at first, but when
she got mad he caved in and fixed himself up
so you couldn't tell him from a regular dar
ker. When lie drove around ma called him
Peter, and ordered him to back up and go
ahead and haw and gee around, and lie got
up on his ear and drove back to the barn.—
'Them dud’s came off n him like lightning,
and he was so mad he didn’t stay long enough
to wash the black ofTliis ears.
“And what did 3 T our mother say ?” asked
the other.
“Nothing. She looked a little sad around
the mouth, but she'll fetch him to it if it takes
all winter. He might as well come home and
begin to learn how to burn cork.” —Detroit
Free Press.
Treating at Elections.
The law requires each Senator or Repre
sentative before taking his seat to take the
following oath.
Every Senator or Representative before
taking his seat shall take an oath or nflSrma
tion to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and of this State ; that he has not
practiced any unlawful means, directly or in
directly, to procure his election, and that he
has not given or offered or promised or caused
to be given or offered or promised to any per
son, any money, treat or thing of value with
intent to affect any vote, or to prevent any
person voting at the election at which he is
elected.” (Constitution, Art. 3, Sec. 4, IT 10.)
llow then, (asks a writer in the Elberton
Gazette ,) can a candidate treat in the face of
this oath, to procure votes, or influence any
one to vote for him. unless he intends to per
jure himself; then how is he fit to represent
the’people as a Senator or Representative ?
Again, (says the same writer,) the law im
poses on the voter a very strict caution about
this thing of treating.
It says no person shall vote who if chal
lenged shall reftise to take the following oath :
o o
“I do swear that I have not given or re
ceived, nor do I expect to give or receive any
money, treat or other thing of value by which
my vote or any other vote is affected or ex
pected to be affected at this election, nor
have I given or promised any reward or made
any threat by which to prevent any person
from voting at this election.” (Constitution,
Art. 2. Sec. 2.) And the law punishes it by
confinement in the penitentiary. (See Sec.
4560 of Code.)
This subject is mentiened just now, that
the people may not forget it in the future.
The fflfarr who tried to rival the roses on his
fair one’s cheek coirfd not do it till he tried
brandy and seltzer, and" then they paled be
fore the roseate splendor of his nose.
i TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM*’
f SI.OO FOP. SIX MONTHS.
[GEORGIA STATE MUSICAL CONVENTION
The twenty-second Annuel session of the
above Convention, met Fellowship church,
Hart county. Ga.. Qct. 26th, 1877.
On motion of H. H..BroWn, called for dele
gates, and letters, and received from Grove
Level chufcch„ Banks country, Ga., Mr. 11. C.
McDonald, Miss M. A. Mangum and Miss
M. E. Brown ; from Cabin Creek church. Jack*
son county, Ga.. Mr. A. M. Benton and C. G.
Benton ; from Shiloh church, , Madison conn*
[ ty, Ga., Mr. A. F. Veal, L. C. Breckinridge
and Miss 8. A. Veal; from Fellowship church,
Hart county, AV. C. Ginn, T. C. Bowers,
Miss T. A. Brown and Miss Tabitha Smith,
and from Union church, Madison county, Mr.
J. M. Sailors and P. D. Hardeman. .
Then, on motion, went into the election of
officers by ballot, which resulted in the elec
tion of A. 11. Brown, President, Nathan Wil
liams, Vice-President, G. W. Strickland, Sec
retary, R. G. Chambers Assistant Secretary.
The president appointed the following busi
ness committee to arrange business for the
Convention : R. G. Chambers, J. M. Browiii,
11. C. McDonald, F. 11. Scarborough and
D. AY. Hutchinson.
The following is the report of the commit
tee: We suggest that A. 11. Brown, fl, T.'
Compton and I). AY. Hutcherson, each lead
in music 20 minutes. Then adjourned to Sa
turday morning, Oct. 27th, 1877.
10 O'clock, a. m.— The Convention met
pursuant to adjournment. One tune by the
chair. Prayer by AA r . B. Vickery, First les
son of music led by C. G. Benton. 15 minutes,
followed by 11. C. McDonald, 15 minutes/
After a recess of 15 minutes, the Conten
tion re assembled. First lesson of music led,,
by F. B. Scarborough, 20 minutes,- follow edf
by M. A\\ Vaughn, 20 minutes.
Then a short business session Was held,- (
and renewed the invitation to delegate's and.
received from Holly Springs church, Elbert
county. Mr. G. W. Ward. 11. J. Ginn. Miss
M. E. Moss and M. E. Parks; from Union
Grove school, Oglethorpe county, Mr. Ben
jamin Kidson. J. J. McCarty, Miss S. McCar
tv and M. F.idson. School taught by B. Y/
Mcßee.
The question of organizing county convene
tions was agitated by V. Vickery', and
after some discussion the following resolutions'
were adopted. On motion, volunteers were
called for the purpose of organizing such'
conventions, with following result.'
From Jackson county, C. G Benton, A.- M/
Benton and J. I. Ray; from Elbert county,'
J. M. Parks, E. AA r ard and AV. M. Vaughn ;
from Madison county. F. B. Scarborough,
11. T. Compton. G. AV. Strickland, R. S. Wik
liams, J. M. Sailors, P. D. Hardeman and
R. G. Chambers ; from Oglethorpe county, -
J. F. Butler, Benjamin Epps and John Chris
tian. and from Banks county, A. 11. Brown - ,
11. C. McDonald and J. Thompson. Then
adjourned 45 minutes for refreshment.
1 O'clock, p. m. —Re-assembled. The first (
lesson of music led by AA r . V. Vickery, 5(1
minutes, followed by Isham Diar, 20 minutes.
Recess 10 minutes, after which music was led"
by K. AJekerv, 20 minutes, followed by ,f. F.
Phillips, 20 minutes, then followed by J. M.
Parks, 20 minutes. Recess 10minutes, after
which held a short business session.
On motion, resolved that the next session
of this body be held at Liberty' church, MadP
son county’, Ga., on Friday' before the fourth*
Sunday in October, 1878'.
On motion, a committee Was appointed
for the purpose of ascertaining of the citizens
around Libert}' church, as to whether they
will entertain said convention. The names
of the committee are as follows : A. 11. Brown,
11. C. McDonald, D. A\ r . Hutcherson and 11.
T. Compton.
The Count}' Conventions will he organized
at the following churches: At Harmony
church, Elbert county, on Friday before the
third Sunday in November, 1877. AV. V. Vick
ery and John Diar to attend ; at Veal’s Chap-'
el, Oglethorpe county, on Friday .before the
third Sunday in January, 1878, AV. V. Vickery,;
Isham Diar and A. 11. Brown to attend ; at
Union church, Madison county, on Fridav
before the fourth Sunday in March, 1578,’
A. 11. Brown. AV. V. Vickery, Isham Diar
and H. C. McDonald to attend: at Oconee
church, Jackson county, on Friday befote’,,
the third Sunday in February. 1878, A. H.
Brown, A\ r . V. Vickery, 11. C. McDonald and 1
D. AV. Hutcherson to attend, and at Grove
Level church. Banks county, on Friday hefore
the fourth Sunday in February. 1878, D. AV/
Hutcherson, A\ r . \ r . Vickery, G. AV. Strick
land and Isham Diar to attend. Then ad
journed till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Sunday Morning, Oct. 27, 1877.—Con
vention met pursuant to adjournment. Pray'
er by Rev. Asa Duncan. The first lesson in’
music was led by G. A\ r . Strickland, 20 minu
tes ; followed by 11. C. McDonald, 15 minin
tes ; followed by D. AA r . Hutcherson, 15 min
utes ; then followed by J. V. Vickery, AV. E.
McCurry and 11. T. Compton, each 15 mir?
utes. Then adjourned 45 minutes for re
freshments.
1 O’clock, r. >r. —The first lesson in rrttr--
sic led by Isham Diar 20 minutes; followed*
by AV. V. Vickery, 20 minutes ; then followed!
by A. H. Brown, time unlimited, to bead
judged by the President.
A vote of thanks was tendered to the peo
ple around Fellowship church, after which t
the convention adjourned.
A. 11. Brown, Pres’t..
G. AA\ Strickland, Sec’y.
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