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B SBT s. HOWARD,/ ' flitor and Publisher. \ )LJME VI. £egnf Idoertisements. It---' : - ■■ \ 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. } SI.OO For Six Months. 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.