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\ lommissioner’s Sale.
■ . v;tU cofan order of the Snperior Court of
■ ■ ‘ son county, Ga., passed at the August
V; ] so. there will be sold, before the Court
rijjor in .Jefferson, said county, during the
■uVrs of sale, on the first Tuesday in De-
P riext. the following property, to-wit: A
B;. i>t of land, situate in said county, within
■ 7 ni fe of the town of Jefferson, bounded on
K .it! hy tlic road leading from Jefferson to
...n,wille. on the east by a branch dividing
■ 7t rom lands of T. L. Ross. on the south by
■7,if J. K. Randolph, on the West by land of
Hi V, Ross, containing seven acres, more or
■' on said lot is a small framed cabbin. Al
■ die same time and place, will be sold acer-
t, situate in Jefferson, in said county, known
K Mrbester Hatter-Shop lot, adjoining
tiergrass store-house on the south, on the east
I it occupied by M. C. Few, on the west front-
I street, on the north by lot occupied by M. C.
I r . containing one-fourth of an acre, more or
I . On said lot is a good brick building and two
I wooden buildings. Said two lots sold as
I property of F. M. Bailey and .J. L. Hailey, for
I purpose of dividing the proceeds. The sale to
■hn'luctcd by the undersigned Commissioners,
I mted by the Court for that purpose.
P. G. THOMPSON,
J. E. RANDOLPH,
J. A. 13. MAHAFFEY,
Commissioners.
I Administrator’s Sale.
U virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
lof Jackson county, Ga., will be Sold at pub
l it-crv, to the highest bidder, before the Oburt
I lie door at Jefferson, in said county, within
; legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
kcinber. 1880, the following property, to-wit:
1 tract of land in said county whereon Samuel
| //rooks, deceased, formerly resided, lying on
waters of Pond Fork river, adjoining lands of
‘ am Griffeth, Charles T. Glenn and others,
\ the old Brooks mill place now owned by the
I: Griffeth, said tract containing one hundred
I.eighty-five acres, more or less. All of said
li is in original forest and old field pine. The
Le is without improvements, but is located in
liod neighborhood apd has a considerable quan
lof good farming land on it in addition to any
I unt of fine timber, and an excellent water
Irer, capable of running saw mill, gin and other
Ihinery. The place will be shown to parties
I ring to look over it by W. Griffeth, AY. L.
lidolpli or Jesse Carter. Sold as the property
Hmuel M. Brooks, late of said county, dec’d,
jrthe purpose of paying the expenses of admm-
Iration and for distribution among the heirs-at
|f of said deceased. Terms cash.
W. L. GILMER, Adm’r
of the estate of Samuel M. Brooks, dec’d.
Administrator’s Sale.
jiCiREEABLY to an order of the Honorable
p Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga.,
| he sold at public out-cry, to the highest bid
before the Court House door at Jeflerson, in
; county, during the legal hours of sale, on the
Tuesday in December, 18S0, the following
roperty, to-wit: A tract of land lying in the
I unties of Jackson and Walton, on the south
lie of Barber’s creek, containing one hundred
[res, more or less, originally granted to Marabv.
Lid land is located in a pleasant community in
j neighborhood of Jug Tavern, and has upon it
splendid dwelling house nearly completed in
1 workman style, one tenant house, new gar
aand splendid young orchard, stables and corn
ps and very good lumber house; some thirty
[rthirty-five acres of the place fresh cleared land
per a good fence, and tne balance in original
[rest timber. Said place the one whereon the
ke Mrs. Caroline Cosby resided at the time of
r death. Sold as the property of Mrs. Frances
firoline Cosby, late of said count}’- of Jackson.
eased, for the purpose of paying the debts and
pr distribution among the heirs-at-law of said de
keased. Terms cash.
WILLIAM P. COSBY, Adm’r
on the estate of Frances C. Cosby, dec’d.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
I IP ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Decem-
I *' ber next, before the Court House door in
I town of .Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., with
■ the legal hours of sale, the following property,
-wit: Fifty acres of land, more or less, on the
nters of North Oconee river in said county, ad
■; "ling lands of W. C. Potts. C. W. Hood's mill
‘id and the homestead exemption of James H,
inis, being the place whereon James H. Burns
Presides. On said land is a good two-story
imed house with eight rooms and four chimneys,
! dkitchen and other out-buildings; about fif
acres in cultivation, the remainder in old
Is and forest; said lands lying within one
;dh of a mile of what is known as the Burns
Levied on as the property of James JI.
■Lms, by virtue of and to satisfy a fi. fa. issued
' :n the Superior Court of said county in favor of
'tin X. Montgomery and Rufus Maroney, Exce
ls of Robert W. Prewitt, dec’d, vs. said J. 11.
■•urns. Fi. fa. now controlled by D. -J. Chandler.
Property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney, M.
;J Pittman. Written notice served on J. 11.
•' ms, defendant in ti. fa. and tenant in posses-
SloD > as the law directs.
T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
\\ T ILL he sold, at public out-cry, to the highest
’ bidder, on the first Tuesday in December
re -'jb before the Court House door in the town of
yrterson, Jackson county, Ga., within the legal
°urs of sale, the following property, to-wit:
ne tract or parcel of land, containing sixty-five
I 1 res. more or less, lying in said and
A . no *n as the place whereon Thomas Dalton re
' red at the time of his death. Twenty-five acres
!n the woods, the remainder in cultivation and
: ?ht acres of it in bottom land. There is also a
-o°<l dwelling and out-buildings. All situated on
■ the Jefferson and Lawrenceville road, and adjoin
ln? lands of James B. Lyle, George Moon and
' : ‘ ers - Levied on as the property of Thomas
l ‘ton, late of said county, to satisfy a fi. fa. is-
I front the Justice Court of the 243d District,
T ANARUS; ,L. ofJackson county, in favor of 1). R. Lyle
'/ I'homls Dalton. Property pointed out by the
, a 'ntiff iJ fi. fa. Levy made and returned to me
LN. McMillan, L. C. Notice given to the
tenants inpossession as the law directs.
y. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff J. C.
| |LOU4IA, Jackson County.
]j[|reasjC. F. Holiday, Administrator on the
F.II. Holiday, late of said county, de
i 1 ase, L applifc for leave to sell the land and real
j belonfcng to the estate of said dec’d—
-1 his is to Ite all concerned, kindred and cred
, jrsto shof cause, if any they can, at the regu
ar t l ern | of tfj, Court of Ordinary of said county,
tae first kmday in December, 18S0, why said
cav e shoulcliot be granted the applicant.
iooL lven Un <lr my official signature, Oct. 23d,
IsSO - 1 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Q-KOllGi, Jackson County.
h hereas. (I R. Duke applies to me, in proper
■Jin, for Lett's of Administration on the estate
° tv ‘ late county, dec’d—
. Ibis is to c| all concerned, kindred and cred-
L ors > to showbui.se, if any thej r can. on the first
Monday in Defmber, 1880, at the regular term of
Court of (Binary of said count} I ', why said
otters should t be granted.
,ly cn undenny official signature. Nov. 3d,
*O. | 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Administrator’s Sale.
PURSUANT to the last will and testament of
, , f )an ! e l Wheeler, late of Jackson county, Ga.,
dec and, will be sold, within the legal hours of sale,
before the Court House door in said county, on
the first Tuesday in December next, the follow
ing property, to-wit: One tract of land lying in
said county, on Graverly creek, one mile north of
the Iturrican Shoals, and within two miles of the
North Eastern Rail Road, adjoining lands of Da
vid Gilleland, Alsa Moore, King and others; the
place whereon Daniel Wheeler resided at the time
of his death, containing two hundred and eighty
five acres, more or less. On said tract are rea
sonably good buildings— dwelling house, tenant’s
houses, &c. About eighty acres in cultivation,
balance of said land in original forests and old
pine fields; twenty acres good bottom land, most
ly in cultivation. Sold for the purpose of making
distribution among the heirs of said dec’d. Terms
cas h. J. C. WHEELER, Adm’r
de bonis non, with will annexed, of Dan’l Wheeler,
deceased.
Jachson Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House door in
the town of Jefferson. Jackson county, Ga.,
at public out-cry, to the highest bidder, on the
first Tuesday in December next, within the legal
hours ot sale, the following described property,
to-wit: One tract of land, containing twenty-five
acres, more or less, lying in said county, on the
the waters of Turkey creek, about one mile below
Jackson’s mill, and adjoining lands of McDonald,
Davis and others, and known as the place where
R. C. \\ ilhite lived. About fifteen acres in culti
vation. There is a good mill house and dam on
the place; also, a good framed dwelling and out
buildings and good orchard. Levied on as the
property of It. C. Whilhite, to satisfy a fi. fa. is
sued from Jackson Superior Court in favor of C.
W. Hood. Property pointed out by plaintiff, and
notice given to J. Foster Daniel, tenant in posses
sion, as the law directs.
T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff J. C.
Administrator’s Sale.
BY virtue of an order of the Honorable Court of
Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be
sold at public out-cry, to the highest bidder, be
fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said
county and State, within the legal hours of sale,
on the first Tuesday in December next, the fol
lowing lots of land, belonging to the estate of
Bailey Chandler, deceased, to-wit: One lot of
land, containing two hundred acres, more or less,
known as the home place, whereon the deceased
resided at the time of his death. Also, one lot of
land containing one hundred twenty-four acres,
more or less, known as the Walls tiact. Sold for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms
cash. J. W. H. HAMILTON,
T. K. SMITH,
Administrators.
Administrator and Administratrix Sale.
AGREEABLY to an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., there will
be sold before the Court House door, in the town
of Jefferson, said county, on the first Tuesday in
December next, during the legal hours of sale,
the following described property, to-wit: One
tract of land, containing one hundred and sixty
acres, more or less, on the waters of the South
Oconee river, adjoining lands of C. AY. Finch, J.
W. Wood and Dr. Mathew Doster. About forty
acres in good state of cultivation, balance original
forest and old field pine. One tenant house on
the place. Sold as the property of Pendergrass
& Hancock, for the purpose of distribution among
the heirs. Terms cash.
J. B. PENDERGRASS,
. Adm’r of N. li. Pendergrass, deceased.
SALLIE S. HANCOCK,
Adm’x of R. J. Hancock, deceased.
EOKGLi, Jackson County.
Whereas, the Road Commissioners appointed
by me, under petition filed in this office, to review,
mark out and report upon the public utility of
establishing the road in said county commencing
near J. D. Nichols, on the Athens and Clarkes
ville road, and running thence to the Hurricane
Shoals, as one of the public roads of the county,
having made their report in favor of establishing
said road as a public road—
This is to cite all concerned that, unless good
cause to the contrary is shown on or before Tues
day, the 23d day of November next, an order will
be finally granted establishing said road as one of
the public roads of Jackson county.
Given under my official signature, this October
22d, 18S0. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Jaek§on Count} - .
Whereas, John AY. Glenn makes application, in
proper form, for Letters of Administration, de
bonis non, with will annexed, on the estate of
.James Glenn, late of said county, dec’d—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any, at the regu
ular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
on the first Monday in December, ISBO, why said
letters should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, November
3d, 1880. 11. AV. BELL, Ord’y.
QEOKGIA, .liiclcxon County.
Andy Orr, colored, has applied for exemption
cf personalty and setting apart and valuation of
the same ; and I will pass upon the same at 10
o’clock A. M., on the loth day of November, ISBO,
at my office. 11. \Y. BELL, Ord’y.
Xotice to Debtors Creditors.
ALL persons who are indebted to the estate of
the late E. H. Borders, deceased, are re
quested to come forward and make immediate
payment. Also, all persons who hold any de
mands against said estate are requested to present
their claims, properly made out, to the under
signed. Parties interested will please take no
tic*. E. A. BORDERS,
cct 22 Adm’x of E. 11. Borders, dec’d.
Cocßade
FEED CUTTER !
J. R. COKER,
Atjett for Jackson ami Madison Counties.
Vvvce OvvYv^
I WILL visit the farmers of the above named
counties as rapidly as possible, and exhibit
my lmchinc, which 1 guarantee to be the best and
cheapest oh the market.
oct 29 J. R. COKER, Agent.
WATCHES.
We iave a number of the celebrated AVaterbury
Watches, which we are enabled to dispose of at a
small advance on the manufacturer’s prices, thus
saving the profits of jobbers and retailers. They
are full size, excellent time-keepers, stem-win
ders, handsome in appearance and very durable,
and from every place in which one is sold, orders
for from six to a hundred and upwards follow.
They retail at from $lO to sls each. Sample
watches will be sent by mail, registered, on re
ceipt of $5. Wc refer with pleasure to the Pub
lishers of this paper, with whom we do business.
Address
MERCHANTS ADVERTISING AGENCY,
oct 29 52 Broadway, New York.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1880.
[For the Forest News.
A Letter from Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 27th, 1880.
Mr. Editor :—Some one has said, “Times
change and men change with them.” That
this saying is true I cannot doubt, when I
remember that one month ago I did not dream
of being in college, as I really am, with my
chum J.; of eating my daily meals at the
same table with him, or of reasoning (and, of
course, differing) with him on such subjects
as the price of shucks, foreknowledge, corpo
ral punishment and politics in Georgia.
We left our county and State seething and
hissing in the political cauldron, while every
politician was trying to get his “paddle” in
the pot and stir some ingredient of his own
into the mixture. That the State stirred
for Colquitt and “ paddled” Norwood back
into privacy and penitence, was not the fault
of the politician. Be that as it may, we Geor
gia boys are proud to know that when the
ladling on the Gth of October was at hand,
the people, who had stirred for Colquitt,
proved their sturdy oak and hickorj’ ladles
too stout and large for puny demagogues and
planning politicians to handle.
But enough of politics. You have already
had too much of that, so I leave it, and will
begin at the beginning, if you will allow the
Irishism. I will not pause here to relate the
pangs of separation ; to recall the sorrow of
friends, for, thank heaven, we can claim many
as such ; to tell of the eloquent and masterly
manner in which J. spoke of the philosophy
of love and office, sundered associations and
electioneering labors ; but to friends I would
say that “ Home, sweet home,” and “ The
girl I left behind me,” were soon the burden
of thought and song, and formed the subject
matter of an affecting duet in our vehicle.
We boarded the Northeastern at Harmony
Grove, changed cars at Lula and were soon
conveyed over that excellent road, the Air
Line, to Atlanta. We reached that place at
eleven o’clock F. M. utterly worn out. J. had
decided to carry me to a hotel which an ac
quaintance of his had once kept, giving that
fact as one reason for so doing, and saying
that we had tried all the other first-class hotels
and should now try this. (Allow me to re
mark here that J. is a smart bo}’, but he
hasn’t quite as much judgment in choosing
hotels as Joe Brown has in matters of State
policy.) I was too tired to disagree, so we
started off the train, intending to seek that
“ first-class” hotel. But as we reached the
platform we found ourselves, bandbox and
umbrella, in the hands of a ruthless mob of
porters—large porters and small porters,
white porters and black porters, red porters
and yellow porters, long porters and short
porters—each pulling, lugging, clawing,
scratching to get us and our baggage in his
possession. We don’t know why porters
were invented, least of all the Atlanta por
ter. We can’t believe he was invented for
beauty, ornament or utility. We have thought
that he was made for the police to utilize and
for travelers to . We do know that he
has a “bench-legged and jimber-jawed” dis
position, a voice like a steamboat whistle, can
use more adjectives than the Atlanta Post,
has the “go” of the Phonograph in a bad
cause, and comes at you “red-eyed and
hump-shouldered” generally. We escaped
from that horde of pests, however, and were
soon in dreams—l at home and with my
friends; J., judging from his groans, in pur
gatory and with a bad attack of the colic.
We remained in Atlanta the next day, and,
among others, met our present Commissioner
of Agriculture, and had the pleasure of look
ing through his office. We found him very
earnest and anxious to do all in his power to
advance the interests of agriculture in the
State at large. We think the object of the
office a good one—one which should meet
with the hearty co-operation and sympathy
of the people. I think the farmers of old
Jackson should give all the aid in their pow
er to scientific agriculture iu the State and to
its mouthpiece, the present Commissioner, by
making experiments and reporting the re
sults. The day of primitive farming and
clumsy tools has passed—men are waking up
to the fact that farming is a science, and that
improvement in that, as in everything else, is
the order of the age. He who does not pro
gress retrogrades, and is left behind. The
Commissioner is preparing to send out larger
supplies of cereals than ever before. Let our
farmers make themselves known to him and
introduce improved grains into our county,
and increased prosperity will result. I am
anxious to see my county among the fore
most in the State, and I deem the above of
material importance in attaining this end.
I noticed, on my route to this place, that
manufactories were springing up, and that
our people are beginning to manufacture their
cotton at home. I have often wondered why
our people shipped their cotton North while
water-power sufficient to manufacture the cot
ton crons of the whole South was wasting
itself at their very feet. In our county alone
we have water power enough to run the
spindles of the Union. We have already one
railroad in our midst; in a few short months
another will pierce the centre of our count)’;
and hand in hand they will drag us, as it
were, into closer and more intimate relation
FOR THE PEOPLE.
with the outer world. Let capital and energy,
therefore, assert themselves, and give a lucra
tive foothold in the Eden of waters in our
midst; let old Jackson set the example of
home manufactories, and other counties and
other sections will follow her example ; and
then the South, independent of Wall street
monopoly and cotton-king rule, will rise to
place and power among the nations of the
earth.
1 write on this subject, not as a dreamer,
nor from the mere desire of writing ; hut as
a young man born and raised in the South,
seeking her welfare, and telling his people
what he believes be true.
I have often beard of the fine lands of
Tennessee, but, for my part, I do not think a
home here more desirable, or better in any
way, than one in old Jackson. I find many
differences in the culture of the land and the
products. We pull fodder—Tennesseeans
never do ; we raise little hay and much cot
ton—people here have a large acreage of
grasses and very little cotton, though the lat
ter is increasing. And you may tell the d —l
of the New’s office that buckeye trees here
are as large as the largest poplars in Jackson
connty.
But I wish, before closing, to tell } T ou that
the News is appreciated by J. and myself
more than you can imagine. We shall look
forward to its coming with great anticipations,
and peruse it with greater pleasure. We wish
you and it all success. Ours is a large coun
ty and a growing one—let its people show that
they can support a paper, and support it
liberally. But do not think your paper is our
only visitor. Carlysle says “Great men are
often unknown, or what is worse mis-known.”
Judging from the fourteen-page, gilt-edged
letters coming to J., I should conclude he
was not “unknown,” but certainly “miss
known.”
But I have rambled off into a far longer
letter than I anticipated. I have written very
hurriedly, having very little time to devote to
letter-writing.
Hoping that you may find something in my
exceedingly hasty letter worthy of passing
notice, I remain.
Respectfully, F. A. G.
A Cheerful House Wakes William Arp
Feel Glad.
His Fear of the Olden Preachers Portrayed,
and Ilis Love o f the Jolly Pulpiteer of
the Present Day Set Forth—A
Few Quaint Remarks.
The great fair is over and thousands of
people had a good time. I don’t know that
there was very much to see, but they saw
one another and heard a great deal and mix
ed up their knowledge and wit and humor,
and left all care and trouble at home and
come back brightened up and in better health
and spirits, and all have something to talk
about and laugh about for weeks to come. I
like these gatherings of the people, these pro
miscuous assemblies, where one man or one
woman is as good as another and better too."
It makes human nature kind and charitable,
and takes the stiffening out of the proud and
the vain. I wish I conld have been there
with Mrs. Arp and the little chaps with a
pocket full of money, but the whole family
couldent go, and so we had to divide ’em
and postpone our part of the frolic to the
next fair. Old folks ought to take more re
creation than they do, for after they have
spent the flower of their youth and their mid
dle age in working and toiling to raise up a
whole passel of children they are entitled to
rest, and have a good time as they close out.
life’s contract. It is a pleasant thing to see
them grow old gracefully, and always have
a philosophic smile to make glad the family
circle. A eross old man who is always
grumbling about something and complaining
about waste and extravagance and the fash
ions, and everlastingly telling how he was
raised and how hard he had to work is a sort
of respectable nuisance in the household, and
nobody dares to tell him of it. I believe
that man is naturally a cheerful animal and
he ought to live according to nature if he
can. The civilized world is improving in
this respect. We do not see so many long,
solemn faces as they used to in the days of
the Puritans, when they named their children
Faith and Hope and Charity, and Obedience
and Sanctification, and Praise God and the
like; when Jonathan Edwards and the other
preachers of that day preached the curses of
God and the terrors of judgment until the
people held on to the posts and braces of the
church for fear of falling into the horrible
pit; when the children grew up with an aw
ful oppression clouding their tender minds
for fear they were elected and foreordained
to be lost. lam thankful that we have in
our day a more cheerful faith. I remember
when we children were awfully afraid of
preachers, for they were solemn as the grave
and seemed to be somehow connected with
it. The first hymn I ever learned was “In
Adam’s Fall we Sinned All.” But they are
not so now. Ido not know a more cheerful
and happy class of brethren than the preach
ers, and they are always welcome to the
household. They tell us enough of the terri
ble consequence of sin and bad conduct, hut
they tell more of our Creator's love and en-
join upon us most affectionately, to love mer
cy, deal justly and obey the Lord our God—-
to help the widows and the fatherless, and
be temperate in all things. I have no fear
of a man who will live up to our preachers.
They are good citizens and good patriots,
and vote the democratic ticket, and are as
fond of good eating as anybody. I always
did love to hear a preacher ask a blessing,
and see him eat at a bountiful table. I used
to wonder if those good people the Bible tells
about ever had any fun. Jeremiah, I know
was a weeping and lamenting most all of his
life, but then Solomon bad a splendid chance
|to enjoy himself and maybe he did but he
winds it all up as vanity and vexation of
-spirit and wishes he had never been born.
Reckon he had too many good tilings and
got overloaded, just like a boy can eat too
much pie and cake until he gets sick and
don t want any more for a month. David
played off a little joke on Saul when he cut
off a piece of his coat tail in the cave and
Elijah joked sarcastically with the Philistines
when he told 'em to call their god a little
louder, for maybe lie was asleep or gone off;
on a journey, and Samson had all sorts of a
frolic when he tied three hundred foxes to- j
gather by the tails and set ’em all on fire.
Well, wc do know they had a good deal of
music and dancing in those days, and I
reckon they enjoyed themselves after a fash
ion, though they had no fairs, nor circusses.
nor railroad excursions, nor election days,
nor owls balls, nor Christmas holidays, and
the children had no candy, nor chewing sum.
nor marbles, nor tops, nor Indiana rubber
balls, nor picture books, nor china dolls. I
wonder what the poor little things did do for
amusement. They dident go to school, for
there was none to go to. What a time their
poor mothers must have had with’em always
a hanging around until they got big enough
to go off and hunt deer and foxes and take
care of the sheep and cattle. Everybody
ought to cut loose from business once or
twice in a while, and take some recreation
and have some reasonable amusement. It
helps digestion and makes people live longer.
AATien a man gets tired digging, it relieves
him to go to chopping, for its brings anew
set of muscles into play. Jesso with the
brain, which is all divided up into compart
ments. and a man can keep doing one thing
and thinking about it, until it wears out one
part, while all the others are sound. Then
he dies or goes crazy, and the doctors sav it
was over work. Lawyers and doctors live
longer time any other class, and though they
sometimes work hard and think deep they
are always joking and telling yarns. Preach
ers live long too, and a clear conscience may
have something to do with it, but then they
go round among their people right smart and
see the best side of everybody. Editors o!
weekly papers with a patent outside, they
say don’t die at all, but I woulJent insure
one to live fifty years who writes as much
and as often as Joe Harris and alwaj’B writes
as well. Merchants average pretty well af
ter they have lived through two or three bust
ups and got ahead of bank notes and heavy
discounts and laps over.
Farmers ought to live as long as anybody
and they did use to in the good old days
when a man could stand in his piazza and
look over his plantation and see fifty or a
hundred of his niggers at work, and fill his
cribs full of corn, and send his cotton to Au
gusta. But now it’s nip and tuck with the
best of us, and it’s a struggle to make buck
le and tongue meet; and the niggers won’t
come when wc call ’em. and this sort of life
is not to our general health and harmony,
and I’m afraid will cut off a small of slice of
our longevity, and if General Hancock ain’t
elected that will take off another slice, and
if you bear a man up this way a singing
“This world is all a fleeting show.” you may
bet it was me. But as Dau’l Webster said,
I ain’t dead yet. Hope springs eternal in
the human breast, and when the worst comes
I will still hold up my hand and exclaim, all
is lost save honor. Yours,
Bill Aril
Gen. A. R- Lawton.
The editorial correspondent of the Citron
ide and Constitutionalist, dated Atlanta, Feb
ruary 1,187 G. contained the following refer
ence to General A. R. Lawton, then a mem
ber of the House from Chatham. We take
great pleasure in reproducing this notice of
General Lawton in the columns of the Citron
ide and Constitutionalist:
‘ General Lawton whose convictions last
year were against a convention on the ground
of expediency alone, opposed the compro
mise. lie is one of the purest and ablest
men in the State, and I could say with truth
in the South. There is nothing small in the
man. lle has neither egotism nor pomposity,
neither assutnacy nor servility. Firm in his
convictions, he is candid in the expression
of his opinions and always courteous and
dignified. A gentleman of the most liberal
culture and of the highest legal attainments
he stands to-day the peer of any man in
Georgia. There is nothing negative about
him. His views on all questions are broad
and national, and are expressed with precis
ion, force and elegance, which always com
mand respect, and never fail of the impres
sion that he is a man of great character, of
spotless integrity and of superior ability.
He is not only a patriot, but a statesman—
a man who has never sought office, but one
who would do honor to Georgia, either as
her chief executive officer or as one of her
representatives in the Senate of the United
States.
I have deemed this due to the exalted char
acter of the distinguished member from
Chatham. To him is due the credit of the
measure which harmonized the conflicting
views of the friends of the convention. With
such men in a convention to frame the or
ganic law, the people need have no appre
hension as to the result. The rights of all
persons will be preserved under the new con
stitution, and the best interest of the State
will be subserved.’ %
We do net know that we could add any
thing new to those opinions expressed in
1876. They were intended to cover the
whole ground of admiration for General
Lawton. We know for certain that time has
strengthened our convictions and that noth
ing can be taken away in eulogy. General
Lawton is a man of growth and. as such, his
mental and moral nature has advanced since
1876. He has been popularly mentioned for
the Senatorship of this State to succeed Gen.
Gordon, and in this noble ambition we hear
tily' second wiiat we deem to be a genuine
voice of the people. Like Gen. Hancock.
General Lawton is a spotless character.
He cannot be successfully assailed individu
ally or professionally. He has ever been
true to himself, his people and his Maker.
His ideal is a lofty one and will alwavs b:
!> TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
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so. Fie has been tried in many ways ami
found faithful in all. Fie has been wise in
peace and valiant in war. fie has ever pro*
fered principle to selfish gain, and has never
deserted his fellow-citizens in an extremity,
for his own peculiar usufruct. True to them
in past misfortune, he will not forsake them
should a dark day come again. He does not
promise incredible advantages if the Sena
torship should fall to his lot, but he may be
depended upon to illustrate the common
wealth with dignity and talent and securo for
her all that law allows and that personal in
fluence can compass. The Titmous art of
giving everything to everybody, bv procla
mation or resolution, is easy of accomplish
ment on paper; it is dificult to bring to pasa
in Congress. We have no doubt that, if
elected to the Senate, Gen. Lawton will nt
every way be acceptable to the whole poo
pic and that the people will be proud of him,
lie represents the spirit of conciliation ami
noo antagonism. lie is equipped to meet iiv
debate the best of his opponents. No scan
dal will ever attach to his name. The prac
ticality of his career is only matched bv the
chivalry of Ids soul. He combines the sound
sense of the North with the high spirit of the
South. Nothing is more attractive, winning
and influential at Washington than such a
combination of intellectually and moral qual
ities. We may be sure that on the grand
arena of the Senate he will hold no second
place and that lie will stand among the foro
most of his peers. Georgia could have no*
worthier, purer, abler Senator, nor one who,
faithful to the glories of the past, is no ad
mirably endowed to sustain the greater aspi
rations of the future. —Aujustn Chronicle anti
Constitutionalist.
Bill Arp on Newspapers.
Your papers are a great comfort to mo : in
ever\ r number I find something to put away
in my mind and memory; something that I
did not know before and that will be of ser
vice to mo in time to come. If a man can
he can get a good education by taking
a good paper; he can keep up with the world”
and make himself an entertaining member in
societ\ r ; lie can talk upon almost anv subject.
Book-learning is a very good thing, but I
know a man who has a power of that, but lie
never reads the newspapers and he passes
for a fool in liis neighborhood. Some papers
are not much in appearances, but I never took
one that didn’t pay ine some way more than
I paid for it. One time an old friend started
a paper away down in southwest Georgia and
sent it to rue, and I subscribed just to en
courage him, and after awhile it published a
notice that an administrator had an order to
sell several lots of land at public outcry, and
one of the lots was in my own county. So,
I inquired about the lot, and wrote down to.
my friend to attend the sale, and run it up to
fifty dollars. He did so, and bought the lot
for me at thirty dollars, and I sold it to the
man it adjoined, for a hundred dollars, and
so I made sixty-eight dollars clear by taking
that paper. My father told me that when he
was a young man lie saw a notice in a news
paper that a school teacher was wanted in a
distant county, and lie went down there and
got the situation, and a littlo girl was sent to
him, and she grew up mighty pretty and sweet,
and he foil in love with and married her.
Now, if he had not taken that paper, what do.
you recon would bavebecomeofme? Wouldn’t
I be some other fellow, or maybe not at all ?
An unusual romantic marriage took place*
in Barnesville last Wednesday, which the
Gazette thus graphically describes: “In all
the history of matrimony many interesting
and many romantic marriages have been
placed on record. Last night Texas and
Georgia joined in consummating a marriage
a little romantic. Some two years or more
since young Mr. Lee Dallas went with his,
father's family from Upson county to Texas.
Near him in the Lone Star State was a rela
tive of Miss Lula Goodrum, of Monroe conn-,
ty. This relative managed to get up a cor
respondence between Mr. Dallas and Miss
Lula. The correspondence produced an ex
change of pictures. Now imagine two young
people courting each other's pictures, and
you have what might seem to some Young
America a prosy business, llut vivid imag
ination, high appreciation of the photograph-,
ic art and easy susceptibilities brought the
young couple through the mellifluent chan
nel of epistolary correspondence to a happy,
engagement. Arriving in Georgia last Wed
nesday, Mr. Dallas, when all were enjoying
he day of rest, found .the young lady's where
abouts, and. for the first time, enjoyed the.
reality of smiles approximating connubial;
sweetnoss. Amid the gushing gladness of
the first meeting, the time and the place and
the minister to tie the holly knot, were all
decided on, and, as Mrs. Smith would say,
the advesperatc coulds of matrimony approx
imated colligation, yesterday evening undor.
the direction of Rev. L. J. Davis, pastor of
the Methodist Episcopal church of Barnes
vilio. This morning the young couple hoard
the train for their home in the Lor.e Star.
State, amid the congratulations and part
ing sobs of loving friends and relatives.*’
The pretty sweetheart of a Peoria pugilist
was the Goddess of Liberty in a political
procession. He set out to walk on the side,
walk abreast of the car on which she rode,
and whip every man who made any disre
spectful comment on her. He knocked down
five offenders in the course of as many blocks
and then, attempting to chastise a party of
four, got abound drubbing.
Hundreds of iron stools for cotton pickery
are being turned out by the Novelty works,
of Little liock. Ark.
Not a Beverage
“ They are not a beverage, bat a ruedicjac,
with curative properties of the highest de
gree, containing no poor whisky or poison
ous drugs. They do not tear down an already
debilitated system, but build it up. One
■ boltle contains more hops, that is. more real
hop strength, than a barrel of ordinary beer.
Every druggist in Rochester sells them, and
the physicians prescribe them.’ —Evening
Ex on ll r ' P;tV*vs.
NUMBER 23.