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Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
W ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in August
next, before the Court House door in the
town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
A tract or parcel of land, situate and lying in
the 257th District, G. M., of said county, on the
waters of little Curry’s creek, adjoining lands of
J. M. Wilhite, A. T. Hennctt and others, the same
being the place whereon S. G. Harnett now re
sides, containing three hundred and forty-two
acres, more or less. Levied on by virtue of a fi.
fa. issued from the Superior Court of said county
in favor of 11. 0. Guldens vs. S. G. Harnett. On
said land there is a tolcrabl}’ good dwelling house
and necessary out-houses, and a good orchard ;
about forty or fifty acres of said land in a high
state of cultivation, the remainder in old field and
forest land. Property pointed out by plaintiff.
Written notice given S. G. Harnett, party now in
possession.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
the dwelling house, lot and premises now occu
pied by and in the possession of Peter McLester.
in the town of Jeff erson, in said county, bounded
on the west or front side by Washington street in
said town, on the east or back side by the back
street, on the south by the lot now occupied by
W. A. Worsham, and on the north by cross alley,
and containing one acre, more or less. Levied on
as the property of Peter McLester, defendant in
ti. fa., to satisfy a certain Justice Court fi. fa.,
issued by 8. McCarty, J. P. 215th District, G. M.,
in favor of J. H. Pendergrass vs. said Peter Mc
-I.ester. Said dwelling is a good two-story frame
dwelling, newly finished and painted ; on said lot
is a good garden and small orchard, good well of
water, good kitchen, fcc. Levy made and return
ed to me by W. F. Hunter, L. C. Written notice
given to Peter McLester, the party in possession.
Property pointed out by plaintiff,
juiyf T. A. MoELIIANNON, Sh’fT.
/ 1 i.OKM i. Jackson 4'ouutv.
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Whereas, upon the report of road commission
ers. appointed reviewers to review, mark out and
report upon the public utility of making certain
changes in the Jelferson and Harmony drove road,
that said changes will be of much public utility,
as follows :
First, a change around the hill at the creek near
Mrs. Morgan’s, on the side nearest to Jefferson.
Second, a change near the place whereon Mrs.
Hood recently died, leaving the present road just
heyond the branch from the dwelling house on
said place and running nearly a straight line to a
point on the North Oconee river, 150 or 175 yards
below the present bridge, across said river; thence
nearly a straight line to a point opposite S. W.
Jackson's mill; thence the mill road about 200
yards; thence to the right across the creek just
below Mrs. Borders’ dwelling-house; thence a
straight line to where Jackson's mill road inter
sects with the Jelferson and Harmony drove road.
Unless good cause to the contrary on
the Bth day of August next, an order will be pass
ed granting said changes.
July Ith, 1870. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
| j COICUIA, Jackson Coimly.
Whereas, J. I>. Pendergrass applies to me in
proper form for Letters of Administration on the
estate of X. 11. Pendergrass, late of said county,
deceased—
This is. therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they
ean, on the lirst Monday in August, 1879, at the
regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said coun
ty. why said letters should not be granted.
Liven under my official signature, this J line 23d,
1879. junc27 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Q.HOKWIA, .lindiMtn County.
Whereas, N. B. Cash makes application, in
proper form, for Letters of Administration on the
estate of Breen Nance, col'd, late of said county,
deceased—
I his is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu
lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
on-the first Monday iu August, 1879, why said
letters should not be granted.
Liven under my official signature, this Junc 23d,
1879. junc27 If. W. BELL, Ord y.
0110KL1.4, .lackon County.
Whereas, R. J. Parks represents to the Court,
in his petition duly filed, that he has fully admin
istered the estate of G. \V\ Shambly, late of said
county, deceased, and applies for Letters of Dis
mission from said estate —
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors. to show cause, if anv they can, on the first
Monday in August, 1879, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why Letters
Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Riven under my official signature, this May 7th,
1879. H 7 W. BELL, Ord’y.
Notice.
VTOTICE is hereby given that at the August
Ay Term. 1579, of Jackson Superior Court. I
s hall seek to have removed the disabilities im
posed upon me by the granting of a divorce to
Xancy E. Gordon, whose relation to me as wife
"as dissolved at the August Term, 1576, of said
Superior Court.
JAS. 11. GORDON, Applicant.
•J. B. STLMAN, Att’y. may3o-60d
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SELECT MISCELLANY.
A FORTUNATE ERROR.
Quite an interested and anxious group had
gathered in Mrs. Remington’s dressing room,
one pleasant morning in June. It consisted
of Mrs. Remington and her three unmarried
daughters, and the subject under such animat
ed and anxious discussion was where they
should go to for their usual Summer holiday.
It had always been an interesting subject,
and, to the maternal element, attended with
considerable anxiety, but, never such a matter
of perplexity, almost amounting to despair,
as now.
The contents of the various wardrobes had
been laid out and examined ; silks and muslins,
cambrics and lawns, sufficient, it would seem,
for a dozen, and yet the two elder Misses
Remington declared, with tears in their eyes,
‘that they had nothing, absolutely nothing,
fit to wear.’
It is noteworthy with what surprising
unanimity the two sisters agreed on this point,
who so seldom agreed on any other.
Mrs. Remington looked with dismay upon
the finery spread out before her, after listening
to the above assertion.
‘I am sure, my dears,’ she ventured to say,
‘some of these are hardly worn, and with a
little alteration— ’
‘Now, mamma, interrupted Bella, ‘why will
you talk so ridiculously, when you know that
there is not a thing here but what is wretched
ly out of style? And as to altering anything,
it always gives me a pain in the side to sew
—and I’m not going to the seaside all fagged
out, if I never go !’
Of course this settled that. It is a little
curious what a small amount of work will
‘fag’ a girl ‘all out,’ who can dance until the
break of day without the slightest incon
venience.
‘There is one thing certain,’said Lucy, the
second daughter, ‘ we must each have at least
one new dress.’
‘ I don’t know where it is coming from,
then,’ responded Mrs. Remington, sinking
down wearily into a chair. *lt was as much
as I could do to get your father to consent
to our going at all. It was two o’clock last
night before lie gave in, and then, I verily be
lieve, it was from pure weariness and inability
to keep awake any longer.’
Mrs. Remington said this with the air of
a woman determined to perform her duty’ at
all hazards, and anxious to obtajn credit for
the same.
But it seemed to have quite the contrary
effect upon Jessie, the youngest daughter,
who had not before spoken, but now burst
forth :
‘ l declare, if it isn’t a sin and a shame,
mamma, for you to worry’ papa so !’
Mrs. Remington cast a reproachful look
upon the speaker.
‘I will say, Jessie, that you are the most
ungrateful child I ever saw! I’d like to
know how much money I’d get out of your
father if I didn't worry him, as you call it.
But that's all the thanks I get for lying awake
at nights, scheming and planning how to give
you a chance to get settled in life.’
‘l’d thank you for not doing so. I’m not
going to Long Branch or Cape May. In the
first place I know that papa can’t afford it.
And then I promised Mary Crofton that I
would visit her this Summer.’
Though Mrs. Remington affected to be
displeased at this announcement, she was
secretly' relieved.
Bella and Lucy’ were very well satisfied
with this arrangement, too. Jessie was very
handy at furbishing up and altering dresses,
and if she was determined to bury herself in
a country farm-house she would not need to
do so much of that for herself, and could there
fore devote more time to them. And so busy
did they keep her during the two weeks that
followed, that Jessie was glad enough to see
the lig trunks all packed and waiting in the
hall.
To save expense, Mrs. Remington had ar
ranged to dismiss the servants and shut up
the house, with the exception of one room
for her husband, who was to take his meals
at his sister's.
‘Of course she won’t charge him anything,
so that will be one item saved,’ remarked
Mrs. Remington, as she regarded complacent
ly the effect of Bella's new dress which her
mangement had secured.
*As though papa would saddle himself on
them for nothing,’ was Jessie's indignant re
joinder, ‘ when Uncle William has such a
hard time to get along.’
‘Well, if your‘father chooses to pay when
it isn't expected of him, it’s his own loss.
For my own part, I don't see what’s the good
of having relations if you can’t make use of
them.’
Mrs. Remington certainly believed in mak
ing her relations useful, carrying out that
belief to its fullest extent wherever it was
practicable, as some of them knew to their
cost. Even her love for her daughters partook
of the selfishness of her intensely selfish
nature, her chief anxiety being to get them
‘off her hands,’ and in a manner that would
be as advantageous and reflect as much credit
as possible on herself.
But they are gone at last, and Jessie was
at liberty to make her own simple prepara
tions, which it did not take her long to com
plete.
The father and daughter had a nice quiet
evening together. Jessie was going on the
morrow, and as sitting opposite him, pouring
out his tea, she saw the hard lines soften in
his care-worn face, and how happy he was ir.
her societj', her heart reproached her for
leaving him.
‘l've half a mind not to go, papa ; it seems
too bad to leave you here all bv yourself.’
But Mr. Remington, a hard-worked surgeon
in one of the poorest districts in the city,
would not hear of this.
‘I insist on your going; you have been
working hard, and need a change. My life
would be much the same, anyway.’
♦ You may expect me in three weeks, papa,’
smiled Jessie, as they parted at the station
next morning. ‘You'll want your little house
keeper by that time I know.’
And Mr. Remington went back to the
corroding anxieties which made him an old
man before his time, thanking God for this
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 11,1879.
bit of sunshine, which left its glow in his heart
long after it had vanished.
There were only a few passengers for
Sweet Leaf, a small county town in this State,
though there were the usual loungers upon
the platform of the station as Jessie stepped
out. But they soon scattered, leaving her to
stare blankly around for the conveyance that
she supposed would be v/aiting for her.
She walked all around the station, looking
in every direction, but not a vehicle was in
sight, except a neat-looking dog-cart, drawn
by a pair of spirited black horses wlio stamp
ed their feet and tossed their heads as if im
patient to be off.
A man stood beside the restive creatures,
who yet seemed to be under perfect control.
• Tiicre, Jennie ! be easy’-, Kate !’ he said,
patting the satin-smooth skin and speaking
very much as a mother would to a child.
The station agent was standing near a pile
of trunks and parcels.
‘ls this your luggage, miss?’ lie said, as
Jessie approached him.
‘ Y"es. I was expecting friends to meet me,
but they are not here. There must be some
mistake.
‘I know most of the people about here.
What might their names be?’
‘Crofton.’
‘ Why, bless me, yon’ve got off at the wrong
station. They live at Baybridge, five miles
beyond.’
‘When does the next train leave?’
‘To-morrow morning.’
Jennie looked the dismay that she certainly
felt at this announcement.
‘lt’s too bad, I declare,’ said the good
matured official, pitying Jessie’s evident dis
tress.
Then, as his eye fell upon the the owner of
the dog-cart, who was looking toward them he
added :
‘ Perhaps it might be managed after all.
Here’s John Manning, their next neighbor,
lie could give you a lift as far as their farm.
John, here’s a woman that’s got off at the
wrong station. She wants to go to Crofton’s.
I tell her that she can ride with you.’
The j’oung man removed his straw hat re
vealing a forehead broad and full, and whose
whiteness contrasted strongly with the health
ful brown of the cheeks below.
‘ 1 shall be very happy, if the young lady
has no objection to riding with a farmer.’
The admiration so clearly visible in the
honest blue eyes that met her own made
Jessie’s cheeks redden.
‘lf it will not be too much trouble.’
As the young man listened to those low,
softly-spoken words, he felt that nothing the
speaker could ask would be any ‘ trouble at
all.’ Springing to work, lie soon improvised
quite a comfortable place for Jessie by throw
ing a thick, soft rug over the seat and help
ing her up. After putting her luggage at
the back, he mounted beside her and drove
off.
Glad to be released, Jennie and Kate bore
them swiftly along the winding country road,
dotted here and there by farm-houses, nestled
down among the trees and shrubbery. As
soon as Jessie got a little used to it, she en
joyed her elevated and novel position, which
gave her a fine view of the beautiful country
througe which they were passing.
Her companion smiled at Her enthusiastic
exclamations and comments, seeming to take
pleasure in the pleasure so frankly and in
nocently expressed.
‘Do j’ou think you would like to live in
the country?’ he said, stealing an admiring
glance at the glad young face. *
‘Above all things,’ responded Jessie—‘that
is’, she added, after a moment's pause, ‘ ifpapa
could he there, too ; I wish he could be, just
for a little while ; he would enjoy it so ! Papa
was brought up on a farm, and it would seem
like old times to him. I heard him say once
that he wished lie had never left it.’
‘I had a strong desire, when a boy, to go
to the city myself,’ said- her companion, ‘but
I am an only son—an only child since last
winter (here the speaker’s eyes saddened.)
‘ I promised my father, just before he died,
that I wouldn’t leave the farm while mother
lived, and I don’t know that I care to do so
now.’
‘I wouldn’t, if I were in your place,’ said
Jessie, with a wise shake of her head. ‘lt's
ever so much nicer here.’
The honest 3-011 ng fellow, whose heart was
in Ins eyes, inwardly hoped that she would
always think so.
•That is where I live,’ he said, aloud, point
ing to a house in the distance, and which
looked very pleasant and amid the green
verdure that surrounded it.
Young Manning drew the reins at the gate,
inside of which a pleasant-faced, silver-haired
won.an was standing.
‘ Here are your letters, mother,’ he said,
tossing down to her some papers and pamph
lets. ‘I hope you haven’t been lonely. I'm
going to take this lady to Mr. Crofton’s. Mv
mother, Miss Remington.’
The young man took leave of Jessie with
a feeling at his heart such as he had never
experienced before.
‘llow pretty she is;’ he thought; ‘and as
good as pretty, I am sure.’
‘What an honest and pleasant face ! I
wonder if I shall ever see him again?’
This was what she thought.
Jessie did see him again, and often. The
Mannings and Croflons were not only neigh
bors, but very intimate. Mary Crofton had
been strongly attached to Mrs. Manning's on
ly daughter who died the preceding winter.
She spent a good deal of time at her house,
and Jessie frequently went with her. Mary
was never weary of praising John ; ‘be was
such a good son, and so intelligent, steady
and industrious.’
John soon got over his shyness with the
girl who took so kindly to country ways that
it seemed as if she had always lived there,
lie used to walk home.with her. Mary con
siderately lingering at the gate to talk to his
mother, both well pleased at the turn affairs
were taking.
Then there were rides and walks, pic-nics
and social gatherings, at all of which John
and Jessie had a fashion of getting off by
themselves, a fashion that every one seemed
to humor and understand.
And so the happy days went on, each day
binding those young hearts more closely to
gether.
When Jessie returned to the city, which
was two weeks later than she intended, she
had a pleasant story to whisper in her father's
ear.
‘lf you love him and he is worthy of you,’
he said in reply to the query with which it
ended.
Jessie’s quick ear detected the sadness that
under-ran these words.
‘You know you promised to live with me
when I was married, papa,’ she whispered,
laying her cheek close to his. ‘ And on a farm,
too ! Won’t it be delightful?’
Bella and Lucy returned home with that
conscious air of subdued triumph and im
portance, peculiar to ‘ engaged 3 r oung ladies.’
IJavi g attained the end and aim of their
existence, there was nothing further for them
to hope or expect. From thenceforth they
were to repose upon their laurels, floating
down the stream of life with no thought or
care for anything but the present enjoyment.
Bella’s capture was a stock broker, owning
a fabulous amount—on paper ; Lucy’s was
the son of a millionaire, whose sole ambition
seemed to be to spend as quickly as possible
the money that his father had labored so hard
to acquire for his benefit.
They made no attempt to disguise their
suprise and disdain when they heard of Jesisc’s
modest conquest.
‘Only a farmer,’ sniffed Mrs. Remington.
•Never did I dream that one of my daughters
would stoop to that! But. I suppose, if you
have your father’s approval you don’t care
for mine.’
‘Of course j'ou can’t expect us to visit j’ou,’
said Bella, loftily. ‘The connections of
Charles Augustus are all of the highest and
most aristocratic character, and it couldn’t
be thought of.’
‘Certainly not,’ echoed Lucy. ‘ A wife has
to take the position of her husband, which is
something that you had better think of very
seriously.’
Jessie had thought of it, and very happy
thoughts they were, too.
The financial disasters of the three j r ears
that followed, made quite a change in the
surroundings of all the above, with the ex
ception of Jessie and her husband.
Out of the wreck of Mr. Remington's
practice, nothing was left but the honor and
integrity which shone all the more brightly
from the temporary gloom that shrouded them.
11 is wife took their altered fortunes very hard,
fairly fretting and worrying herself into the
grave, where she was laid a few months after.
Penniless and unfitted for anything, higher,
the husbands of Bella and Lucy were glad to
accept positions, one as collector for the firm
in which lie was formerly a partner, the other
'a third-rate clerkship.
Jessie does not see much of her sisters, but
much country produce finds its way to them
from the Manning farm.
Almost every pleasant afternoon a gray
hailed, placid-looking old man can be seen in
the porch of the farm-house, frequently with
a grandchild on either knee. It is Mr. Rem
ington, who often thanks God that one of
his daughters married onty a farmer.’
Travelling Threshers.
An Honest Old Farmer Tells llow it Cost
Him $6 a Bushel to Get IHs Wheat Clean
ed—Pointed Comparisons.
Last Saturday, while idling away a few
hours with the Lazy Club, our little band re
ceived an addition, in the person of a good
and pious old farmer, Mr. B. The old gen
tleman had alw.-yys worn a pleasant smile and
copperas pants, baton this occasion the smile
was missing. His left eye was blood-shot,
and the other looked a mixture of hell-fire and
hydrophobia. One corner of his mouth bore
a murderous, cut-throat expression, while be
maliciously masticated the end of an old
hickory walking-stick with Ids mouth. We
ail saw at a glance that the old man was red
hot and still a-heating about something, but
thought it unwise just then to propound an
inquiry.
Our conversation was about the big wheat
crop and the yield reported by certain far
mers. Whenever the word “thresher'’ would
occur wc noticed that an angry scrowl would
pass over our old friend’s face.
At length someone innocentty remarked
that the threshers were making money this
season.
“ Aani the threshers and all who run them !*’
shrieked the old man as he left our crowd
and moved to a seat on the Court House
steps.
Knowing the former acknowledged piety
of the old fellow we were shocked, but scent
ing a local, followed him up.
To our confiding inquiry lie made this re
ply :
“Up to yesterday at dinner I was a pious,
God-fearing man. I have always raised m3’
corn and bacon, and no man can say I ever
owed him a dollar. I have always herea
fore carried my little wheat crap over to
neighbor C’s and had it knocked out with
his'n, but this ) r ear I decided to get a thresh
to come tp my house an do the work at home.
I never makes morn 50 bushels, and so cal
kilated that the3’ would clean that out sorter
between meals. Well, yesterday morning I
heard the machine over to C’s and sent John
ny over tliar to tell ’em to come b3 r my house
when they got through. We were just gwine
to set down to dinner when I hearn a blast
from the cussed bugle and looked out. Sakes
alive, what do you s’pose 1 seed ? The whole
lot was civered with white men, niggers,
mules, oxen, dogs, wagons and threshers,
and I never seed a crowd more entirety at
home. Two negroes were tearing down my
oat stack and piling it in to the oxen, five
more were emptying my corn-crib by the
hamper basket and others cleaning out mv
fodder loft for the mules. A j’oke of steers
had just broke down a panel of the garden
and cleaned up the few things the dry weath
er had left, while another patch of niggers
had just finished strippin’ my June apple
trees. TLey’d turned my two horses out in
the road to put ther’n in the stables, while a
big black nigger had broken the leg of my
breedin’ sow cause she was pickin’ up the
grains of corn they drapped. If you ever
seed distruction and confusion it was thar-
The white men were cussin’, the nigers fus
sin\ the mules brayin’. The forage toting
squad kept at work, and when T tried to per
-1 itely remonstrate the look of contempt they
gin me was awful. They kept talking about
dinner ! dinner! dinner! so I went and told
the old ’oman and the gals to fix ’em up some
thing quick. They cooked what I thought
enough to run two Baptist 'sociations, but
the posse cleaned it up and licked the dishes.
W e then set to work for the hongry crowd of
niggers, and they cleaned out in an hour
enough rations to do ray family till Christ
mas. But this ain’t all. I only made 47
bushels of wheat and they charged a tenth
for threshin’. They’lowed they didn’t put
down for less'll five bushels, and then made
me keep the toll until called for and so thej
will git pay in dry wheat. I hove a sigh of
relief when they moved off and then went to
inspect my losses. My corn crib was empty,
my fodder loft cleaned out and the last bun
dle of oats gone. The lot and stables were
knee deep in forage, left by the animals.—
\Yhi!e I was a-standin’ ruminating on the de
struction of my entire crap, the old ’oman
came to tell me that I must shell some corn
and go at once to the mill, as there weren’t
a dust of meal or flour in the house, and that
the men had not only eat up our j’ear’s sup
ply of bacon, but her entire stock of chickens.
So I came to town to-day to see if I can't git
Ilaire & Latimer to run me till I can make an
othercrap. I never before axed credit, and was
it not for that extarminating travelling thresh
[ would to-day he an independent man.—
Why, the machines are more destructive
than a cj’clone, tornado ami hurricane com
bined ; more ravenous than Egyptian locusts,
grasshoppers and Sherman’s whole army;
more annoying than the yaller fever, black
plague and free niggers; more cheeky than
a fruit tree agent, a Greencsboro’ lawyer ora
town cow. Why, I had rather have the devil
and all his imps turned loose on my place a
week than for a traveling thresh to squat
there agin for half an hour. In coming to
town this morning I had to pass along the
road taken by this agent of satan, and the
whole country looked like a blight had pass
ed over it. The corn-cribs were guttered, not
a blade of forage was to be seen, and I didn’t
see the first sign of a chicken. The only
thing they left was the straw. Not counting
the damage and custification done my pro
perty, I calkilate that it cost me nigh on to
S3OO to git out that 47 bushels of wheat, or
about $G a bushel. I s’posc you now know
the reason I was so obfusticated when them
lazy varmints over thar began to talk about
threshers making money. Well, as thar ain’t
a mouthful at home to eat, 1 must sec if I
can’t hunt up something. If you hear of me
dying before craps come in, just write at the
head of my Mutuary, ‘This man was starved
to death by a traveling thresh.’ Good-b3’e.”
Oglethorpe Echo.
An Extraordinary Runaway.
A GROOM OF SEVENTY-FIVE ELOPES WITH A
BRIDE OF FORTY.
Augusta was treated to a genuine sensa
tion yesterday. Monday afternoon Mr. G.
P. Curry received a telegram from Col. Whit
G. Johnson, of Lexington, asking him to see
the ministers and judicial officersof Richmond
county and ask them not to marry a couple
from Lexington, who would probably come to
Augusta for that purpose, as the groom, Dr.
Jas. S. Sims, had been adjudged an imbecile
and a guardian had been appointed for him.
Mr. Curry complied with the request and also
the chief of police, to whom he showed the
telegram. Yesterday Chief Christian receiv
ed a telegram from Col. Johnson asking him
to be at the depot when the Georgia train
came in. The Chief was at the train prompt
ly, and met Col. Johnson and Samuel Lump
kin, Esq., who informed him that their ob
ject was to prevent, if possible, a marriage
between Dr. Sims, of Lexington, and Mrs.
Atkins, of Oglethorpe county, as Dr. Sims
had been adjudged an imbecile and was not
able to contract marriage. Chief Christian
promised his assistance, but further develop
ments showed that nothing could be done.
In order, however, to properly understand the
matter, it will be necessary to go back a
little.
Last February, Dr. Sims, who is about sev
enty-five years of age, a man possessed of
considerable means, variously estimated at
from twenty-five to fifty thousand dollars,
was adjudged an imbecile by a jury in the
Court of Ordinary, Judge Gilham presiding.
The steps which led to this result were taken
by the Doctor’s children, Col. William H.
Sims, and Mrs. John B. Morton, and his son*
in-law, Rev. John B. Morton. Col. Sims is
lieutenant-governor of Mississippi. On the
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM*
( SI.OO For Six Months,
10th of last February Col. Sims, who was
then on a visit to Lexington, after consulta
tion with Col. Johnson in reference to his fa
ther, I)r. Sims, decided to make application
to the Court of Ordinary for the appointment
of a commission of lunacy to try the question
of Dr. Sims* 9anity.
The petition was signed by Col. Sims;
Rev. J. B. Morton and Mrs. Morton. The
matter was investigated the next day by a
jury who, after hearing the testimony, decided
that the Doctor was not of sound mind, and
the Ordinary appointed a guardian in the
person of his son-in-law, Rev. Mr. Morton.
On the trial the petitioners were represented
by Col. Johnson, and Dr. Sims by Mr. Lump
kin. The latter stated to the Court and jurv
that he was satisfied that the Doctor was not
of sound mind and that the appointment of a
guardian was the best thing that could be
done for him,
A short time after this Dr. Sims employed
Messrs. John C. Reed, Hamilton McWhorter,
J. T. Olive and Phil. Cook, Jr., to make an
effort to set aside the guardianship. A mo
tion was filed to set aside the judgment of
the court, on the ground that the Doctor had
not received ten da\’s notice of the proceed
ing in lunac}\ The counsel for the children
contended that the law only required notice
to be given to the three nearest adult rela
tives of the defendant living in the State,
that those three relatives had signed the pe
tition and thereby waived the notice, nnd
that no notice at all was required to be givefi
to the defendant. The other side held that
the law did require such notice, and that if
it did not it was unconstitutional, null and
void. The question, then, in effect, came up
upon the constitutionality of the law, The
Ordinary refused to set aside his judgment,
whereupon the defendant appealed to the Su
perior Court. The question was argued be
fore Judge Pottle at the April term of Ogle
thorpe Superior Corut. The Court held that
ten daj’s notice should have been given Dr.
Sims, and therefore set aside the judgment of
the Ordinary. To this the other side except
ed, and the case went up to the Supreme
Court, where it is still pending. Dr. Sims’
counsel say they made a proposition to the
attorneys for the petitioners to go before an
other jury in the Court of Ordinary and try
the whole question instead of going to the
Supreme Court, but that this proposition was
rejected. The attorneys for the petitioners
saj’ they did not want an interregnum be
tween the setting aside of the judgment and
the second trial, and they did not wish to
subject life Doctor and his children to the
mortification of another public investigation.
They say they have never feared to test the
issue on its merits.
Dr. Sims’ wife died last December, and
some time in January lie commenced paying
attention to Mrs. Atkins, who was divorced
from her husband a few years ago. Monday
last Dr. Sims, accompanied by Mr. Reed,
came to Augusta and stopped at the Augusta
Hotel. Ycsterdaj' afternoon Mrs. Atkins,
who is about forty years of age, reached the
city on the Georgia railroad train, with Mr.
McWhorter and Mr. Cook, at the same time
with Col. Johnson and Mr. Lumpkin. Dr.
Sims had gone over to Hamburg early in the
morning, and there he was joined by Mrs. At
kins soon after her arrival, and the twain was
quickly made one tlesli by Trial Justice Get
son. No marriage license is required i.i
South Carolina.
Mr. Lumpkin had started over to Hamburg,
but upon receiving information he deemed re
liable, which icd him to believe that the par
ties had gone on to Graniteville, turned hack.
Col. Johnson, who had gone in another di
rection, reached the house where the marriage
took place, about five minutes after the cere
mony was performed.
The bridegroom and bride remained in
Hamburg after the marriage.
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Counsel for Mr, Morton, the guardian, hold
that the ceremony yesterda}- was no marriage
at all, and will be held so by* the Court,
Wc understand that the bride is worth
about fifteen thousand dollars in her own
right.
Counsel for Dr. Sims say they would have
never consented to the marriage if they had
not been perfectly certain that lie was of
sound mind and discretion.— Chronicle and
Constitutionalist.
—Dr. Jackson offers the opinion that the
refusal to take proper physical rest when
tired from labor is one of the most powerful
inducements to the consumption of ardent
spirits. Men work until they get so tired
that they cannot wait to feel sensibly rested
by the progress of change which goes on in
the system from the suspension of labor.—
They either want to work more hours than
they are able to do. or, when they have done
as much as they feel themselves at liberty’' to
do, they are so tired they cannot rest. They
therefore get rest in artificial ways, by re
sorting to eating and drinking. Some drink
tea or coffee, but the great majority of tired
people in this country—and the larger share
of our people are tired—drink ardent spirits
in some or other of its forms of preparation.
They fall back on stimulants instead of the
intrinsic vitalities of their bod ies.
NUMBER 5.