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Tuesday Evening, October 4, 1881.
The Press Convention, which was
to meet next Thursday, will not con
vene at the exposition buildings until
the 12th.
Stirring events may be looked for
in the next few months. The trial ol
Guiteau and that of the Star Route
rogues will be full of interest to the
public.
Kansas, Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsin, have been visited
with heavy wind storms and .torna
does during the past week. Much
damage to property and crops having
been done.
D. J. Alexander has sold the Pike
County News to E. T. <fc i. E. Pound.
Dorse says he “does not know where
he will go or what he will do.” We
can tell him that he will be in some
other newspaper enterprise in less
than a month.
Mrs. Mary McElroy, the coming
mistress of the White House, is a
sister of President Arthur, and is
said to.be a very amiable and accom
plished lady —not fond of display but
greatly devoted to her two children,
a boy and girl.
M rs. Garlield will probably leave
h;r Mentor farm and go to Cleveland,
where she can better look after the
education of her children. Grandma
Garfield is quite feeble since the
funeral of her James. Poor old lady—
she will not long survive her baby,
as she loved to call our dead president.
A gold memorial medal of the late
President will ssln be issued from the
Philadelphia United States mint.
There will be two sizes, a five dollar
medal, which will be hail an inch m
diameter, and a ten dollar medal, an
inch in diameter. On one 3ide will
be a medallion of Garfield, on the
other Lincoln.
Tiie Charleston News says that an
erroneous idea has heretofore pre
vailed at the South to the effect that
a newspaper was public property and
belonged to everybody except the
man whose money was invested in it.
This idea is gradually disappearing,
and as a natural result Southern
newspapers are better and brighter
than thev were before.
To get even with the good Queen
of England aud her .sympathizing
in demonstrations of respect for the
memory of President Garfield, it is
proposed at the Centennial anniversa
ry of the surrender of Cornwallis at
Yorktown that it shall be arranged
to salute the English flag. The sug
gestion is a good one. The past bit
terness toward England has gone out
of the hearts of the American peqple.
It is only a recollection now.
We learn from the Athens Banner
that Hon. Emory Speer has been
asked by Dr. Phillips to take charge
of the defence of his son, Charles D.
Phillips, Jr., who is charged with the
murder of the convict Mathews. Mr.
Speer is one of the best criminal law
yers in the state, and if he accepts
the charge, young Phillips will cer
tainly have the best possible defense
in his trial.
- Also that the people of our sister
city Is waking up to the necesity of
a railroad from there to Jefferson’
Pitch in gentlemen and whoop her up,
without delay. Shut your eyes and
go it blind, build the road and count
the cost afterwards.
Arthur's organ, the New 7 York Com
mercial Advertiser, lias this signifi
cant paragraph: “The Federal offi
cers, from the collector of the port
down to the night watchman, may
rest their souls in peace. There will
be no removals tor political reasons,
and no Hayes civil service humbug
ging policy- will be canned on in the
custom house. Men who are capable,
honest and efficient officers will not
be disturbed in their places, even if
they have been engaged in defaming
Gen. Aithur. The President is just
the man to rise above snch things.
He will be found favoring that policy
which is for the best interests of the
country and the success of the Re
publican party. There will bo no
Hayes prescribing.”
Governor Colquitt said in his last
canvass, at our court house, that the
reason be did not renew the insurance
on the Agricultural College at Dah
lonega, was because it was not a state
institution, and therefore he had no
right, nor was It his duty to insure
it We tried in our humble way at
the time to convince the governor
and his wild followers, that ha had
neglected in this case a well defended
doty, but to have flirted a feather
against a cyclone would have had
about as much efieet. Now the leg
islature comes to the rescue of the
constitution of the state and says we
and it are right. Which ought to be
abolished, the constitution, legisla
ture or Colquitt for such expensive
mistakes and so many of them.
STILL SHE WAVES.
'"Lie Southron did not sell to day
at sheriff sale, enemies fondly
hoped and its . friends had reason to
fear. Her independent banner still
waves over an independent head, and
after days of uncertainty we sleep
peacefully for a while again. Now
the late defunct execution was levied
s ) as to sell the first of this mouth,
as we believe, under the idea that as
nobody had much money at this time
of year, we would be cleaned up and
the Southron’s batteries silenced
forever; but thanks to some friends,
we have been temporarily relieved,
and we appeal again to our subscri
bers “without reference to race, color
0: previous condition of servitude”
to come in or forward us by the
“safest means and quickest route,”
what they are owing (and about one
year in advance.) This will only re
quire a small amount from each
friend of the Southron and place her
as firmly as the rock of Gibraltar
among the best weeklies of the state,
where she can wave her Independent
banner to the end of time despite all
the narrow contracted old shyloeks
(if they had sense enough) or sher
iffs in the universe.
THE RAILROAD QUESTION.
The Gwinnett Herald, of last week,
contains an editorial in which among
other things it says that the Gaines
ville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad
Company “have formed some sort of
connection with the Central Railroad
Syndicate, now eontroling the Geor
gia road,” the effect of which will be
to divert the trade, and travel now
coming to Gainesville and the
Air Line to the Georgia Railroad,
and finally to Augusta, &c.”
All the reply we have to make in
this matter is simply to say that we
know from the lips of those having
control of our road, that no sort of
a gument or arrangement either for
the present or future has been entered
into up to this present moment by
which the Central, any other road or
Syndicate gets control of the Gaines
ville, Jefferson and Southern, and
♦ if such a thing transpires no
one has any idea at present what it
is or when it will happen. The peo
ple here are the friends of the Air
Line, and could not be otherwise,
with any kind of reason, as this great
road made this great section and our
people what they are—a prosperous
people—surrounded with all the ap
pliances oi modern cmiization to
gera cTT short yea*? ago,
POSTMASTER GENERAL JAMES.
It is now w 7 ell understood that Mr.
James will retain his position at the
head of the post office department, at
least until the star route frauds are
fully investigated. We should be
v.-ry glad, personally, if Mr. James
could be retained in his present posi
tion for tw*o reasons: First, he is a
practical man of long experience
among the mail bags and has proved
himself competent in all the details
of the mail service. Second, he has
had the courage to tackle one of the
best organized frauds against the
government and will bring the per
petrators to justice if allowed to do
so, besides saving to the service for
honest purposes one and a half mil
lions per year. For these reasons we
feel sure President Arthur will keep
Mr. James just where he is, at present
at least.
EXTORTION
There is a great hugh and cry
about the proposed extortion in prices
of board and every thig else in Atlanta
during the Cotton Exposition. We
hope there is no reality in the charges,
but if there is, our railroad people
have it in their power to break up
the fraud by running out excursion
trains to the various towns along
their lines every evening and in on
the next morning at low rates with
full trains. Gainesville can take care
of one thousand guests at from $1.50
to $2.00 per day, and we hope those
interested in the good name of the
state will not forget it. Let our Air
Line Railroad make a note of this
fact and put on their extra trains.
THE ASSASSIN.
It is due to humanity and to the
memory of the late murdered Gar
field, the proclamation of President
Arthur, and other high officials, that
Guiteau, the murderer, should be
brought to a fair, open and speedy
trial. The sooner lie is punished, in
the most public manner for his helli
ons crime, the sooner will the exam
ple begin to work good in the cruel
hearts of other bad men, who no
doubt are this moment contemplating
wicked fame for assassinating some
other great mau. Thus depravity
must he checked by breaking the
necks of a few scoundrels, who con
eeive such crimes to be the short
way tc notoriety which they are too
low born to acquire in any other way.
The Color and Lustre of Youth are
restored to faded or gray hair by the
use of Parker’s Hair Balsam, a harm
less dressing highly esteemed for its
perfume and purity.
FENCE OR NO FENCE.
Our people have for years been
agitating the question of turning out
crops and fencing up stock, and a few
years ago an act was passed,which is
incorporated in the code of Georgia,
from Section 1449 to 1453, inclusive,
authorizing the people of any county
by r complying with certain conditions
to test the will of the voters on the
subject. The last legislature passed
tvvo very 7 important laws on this sub
ject, that we this week present to our
readers. One, it will be seen, simply
amends the fence law contained in
tiie code, making it possible for the
people to vote oftener on the subject,
while the other provides for militia
districts to vote on the question all
to themselves. Our readers are aware
that we are heart and soul with the
advocates of “no fence.” Never can
our people expect to have other than
“scrub stock” so long as the stock is
allowed to roam at large among the
seed ticks, wild grass and browse
contained on our hill sides. What
we want is to fence up the stock and
sow grasses, clover, etc., for them to
eat, in addition to what can be gath
ered in the sedge fields of the country.
The fence law will finally do for North
Georgia what the Southron has labor
ed in its humble way to do for years
—make it a grain and stock growing
section. When this is done, pros
perity' will shine forth here in all its
beauty, and guano and provision
liens will be things of the past. We
understand that Wilson’s-distrlct, of
this county, will in all probability
vote on the question at an early day,
and for the good of the good people
of the bailiwick, we hope they' will
largely favor “no fence.” With their
geographical position, they can “close
in” from the outside world at a small
cost. The Chattahoochee fences one
side. A good portion of the Law
renceville road, from the three mile
post, near John Sisson’s, to the cor
ner of the district, this side of Mrs.
Young’s, is fenced, and we under
stand that the Mud Creek line, and
the line from the McClesky gold
mine to the Lawrenceville road, can
be fenced at a moderate cost. Under
the liberal provisions of the bill, the
tax payrnrs can pay their taxes in
work, and for these reasons vve can -
not see why every voter in the dis
trict should not be heart and soul for
the project. If Wilson’s district
adopts the law—mark the prediction
—it not be two years until her
farmers can get all the renters wanted,
wreed in self defence, to follow suit.
Reforms never move backward. Raw
ride traces gave way to chains; the
old wooden plow stock of the father’s,
is fast being superseded by 7 the more
economical and serviceable iron foot
ed plow-stock, and fences must go
the same way—they too much
valuable land; the material out of
which they are made is too expensive,
while the nJuscle exerted in their
erection should be used in feeding,
clothing aud educating the children
of this country. Reform has decreed
it, aud the fences must go.
CHARTERS GRANTED.
The following railroad charters
were granted by the recent legisla
ture, all of which are of interest to
and significance to our citizens, and
those who contemplate making
Gainesville their future home: The
Gainesville, Biairsviile and State Line
Railroad, chartered under a bill drawn
by General James Longstreet—(who
means; busines); the Kingston, We
laska and Gainesville Railroad; The
Gainesville, Cartersville and Rome
Railroad. One of these last mentioned
will certainly be built and form a
part of our Air Line from Norfolk
via to Memphis and westward.
A Washington dispatch says: “The
sub-committee ol the Senate Judicia
ry Committee, appointed to consider
the subject of a national bankruut
law, has determined to abandon its
purpose to visit the different commer
cial cities and confer with the busi
ness men in person. This has been
caused by the call for an extra ses
sion of the Senate. The committee,
however, expect to obtain the views
of representative men and bodies in
writing, and will be glad to receive
suggestions. They hope to be able
to frame a measure for submission to
the full committee by the time for
the annual meeting of Congress in
December.”
A Northern exchange concisely
sums up the situation in these words:
“The North has the money, the South
lias the mines. The South, too, has
her great forests with an endless
variety of valuable timber; hero un
rivalled water powers and sites for
manufactories; her fruitful fields;
her fine, salubrious climate; her mag
nificent bays and harbors, and road
steads and rivers. In fact, in all that
pertains to everything contributive
to progress, prosperity and power,
t his great southern land of ours is
unsurpassed if not unrivalled in the
vvoild. Recognizing this fact, North
ern money and Northern men arc at
last looking, not westward altogether,
but southward as well.”
STOP THE LEAK.
When the farmers of our present
Constitution provided that members
of the General Assembly should re
ceive four dollars each day, and
ten cents per mile for each mile
traveled by the nearset route in going
to and returning from the eapitol,
and that sessions of the General As
sembly should last only forty days
and be held only once in every two
years, they thought they had legisla
tive expenses down to a fineness, so
that every farmer could sit quietly at
home and make a calculation very
nearly approximating his yearly ex
penses for legislative purposes. But
the Solons of that (thought to be)
wise conclave, fell far short of their
expectations in this, as in other par
ticulars, and we, the common people,
can only stand with our eyes distend
ed and see our money scattered lav
ishly for pretended services, while we
wonder what use a constitution is,
any way. The average legislator, no
matter what may be his circum
stances at home, so soon as he reaches
the eapitol, commences to look round
for some means to pay expenses. The
more risky 7 ones invest in cotton
futures, but those of smaller capacity
and more religious scruples, drop on
what is known as the “committee
dodge.” This consists in getting on
all the committees possible, and vis
iting the various penitentiaries, luna
tic asylums, blind asylums, and deaf
and dumb asylums. Now every rail
road in Georgia, furnishes legislators
free tickets, and ninety 7 nine case
out of an hundred they are “wined
and dined” free of charge, and still
at the end of every session the legis
lature passes a bill to pay legislative
committees “expenses” while on these
trips, This opens the flood gate, and
every 7 committeeman sits quietly
down and makes out a bill against
the state he has sworn to protect, for
railroad expenses, meals, etc., while
on these trips and walks down to the
treasury and draws his “extra” pay!
The lunatic asylum committee that
visited Gainesville, Toceoa, Canton,
Carrelton and other places, “looking
out” a place for a branch asylum(!)
we are told, all charged railroad and
hotel expenses, when every one of
them were armed with free tickets
and were given free hash and lodg
ings here, we know. Now is this
honest dealing? Is it fair? Wo ask
the old horney-handed sons of toll?
We answer by saying that in our
judgment every-* county should send
of the money paid their representa
tives, and where they have received
these “extras” they should be
“whooped up” before an indignant
community and hereafter left at home,
where their betters serve for nothing
and board themselves.
FRANK L. HARALSON, ESQ.
It is a source of great pleasure to
the hundreds of friends of the above
named gentleman, to note his rapid
rise in the legal and political world.
Our firm friendship for him prompts
us to make more than a passing no
tice of his recent confirmation by the
senate to be state librarian, for the
next four years. Mr. Haralson
moved here four years ago a stranger
to the community. Governor Col
quitt appointed him librarian. By a
strict attention to the onerous duties
of the office lie made a firm friend ot
every man who ever had any business
in his department. He so dignified
the office that the present legislature
made it one of I‘olir years duration,
the encumbent to be confirmed by the
senate. As soon as the law passed,
Governor Colquitt sent to the senate
the name of Mr. Haralson for their
confirmation. He was unanimously
confirmed—a faint tribute to his
worth as an officer and a citizen.
In addition, Mr. Haralson is a law
yer, equaled by no man of his age in
the state. He has given evidence of
it in representing the defence in a
Humber of trials for murder, and bis
name appears on the supieme court
docket as arguing a number of civil
cases involving large interests. The
office he now holds will give him
plenty of time to study, surrounded
as he is, by all the law books of any
consequence. We know his friends
throughout the state will be as glad
as we are at the good fortune that
attends him.—Atlanta Gazette.
MAULDEN’S MILLS.
Ed. Southkon. —We are all busy
picking and hauling our cotton to
the gins and realizing cts. lor it.
We can •hardly live at that price.
Gins and saw mills are all busy.
Syrup making is also going on in all
directions. Corn and potato crops
are good. Our people ure making
their arrangements for the next crop
year.
John Maddox lias sold his farm
for $1,050. 11. C. Bucket is likely to
sell his adjoining.
Dock Cooper thinks lie has the
best cotton patch in the district, but
I think Mr. R. C. Sloan can beat him.
R. T. Wofford is working right along
in his blacksmith and wood shops. A.
A. Maulden’s mills are busy grind
ing and he has a good stock of dry
goods, etc., at his store. Upon the
whole, this section is getting on very
well. Kit Kakson.
THE FLORIDA SOUTHERN NAR
ROW GUAGE RAILROAD.
This road which was chartered
from Macon, Georgia, to Tampa,
Elorida, will be under contract within
ninety days. Forty miles of the road
are already completed from Palatka
to Gainesville, Florida, and the grad
ing is going on rapidly from Gaines
ville southward by way of Miconopy
and Ocala, and northward by Lake
City* to Dupont, in Georgia. About
live hundred men are at work on this
road in Florida, where the public
lands donated wtti be amply sufficient
to construct the road through that
state; and when it is known that
such men as Wrn. H. Astor is one of
the directors, no one will doubt for a
moment that the work will be speedil} r
completed all along the line. We call
attention to this line of projected rail
road because it is narrow guage and
penetrating such a vast extent of
country south of us; and to show
that the day is not far distant when
the system comuienced at this point
will be extended north via Ball
Ground to the Tennessee system, and
south to connect with the Florida
Southern. Everything now points in
the direction we indicate and will
certainly be consummated at no very
distant date; then our little moun
tain city will take a leap in growth
aud commercial importance that will
astonish the present inhabitants
beyond their most sanguine expecta
tion and brightest anticipation. We
advise our Athens friends to cooper
ate with us and assist in pushing the
line from Jefferson to this city.
THE HAND-BOOK OF FORMS
“The Hand-Book of Forms,” pre
pared by Silman <fc Thompson, will
be issued from the press in a few
daj-s. The work has been examined
with great care by several eminent
lawyers, who pronounee it a most
desirable work, not only for attorneys
at law, ordinaries, county commis
sioners, clerks, sheriffs, coroners,
justices of the peace, and others en
gaged in administering the law or in
executing its process; but, also, busi
ness men in general.
Judge L. E. Bleckley, after exam
ining the forms, paid the work a higlf
compliment.
The joint committee of the iegisl
lature, appointed to investigate the
manuscript, reported as follows:
The joint committee of the senate
and house of representatives, appoint
ed under the resolution of December
81880, tQ examine And reportjjpon
the 'Haud'Book ot Legal Forms, pre
pared b) r Messrs. Silman & Thomp
son, of the county of Jackson, sub
mit the following report:
The manuscript was presneted to
the committee after the commence
ment of the present adjourned session
of the general assembly. It was
divided by the authors into live parts,
one of which was thoroughly and
critically examined by each member
of the committee, after which the
whole work underwent such examin
ation as the limited time and oppor
tunity would permit.
The committee are satisfied from
this examination that the forms con
tained in this volume are safe and
sufficient, as well as concise and ac
curate, and therefore adapted to the
general wants of those who wish to
use legal lorms.
11. D. McDaniel,
\V. P. Price,
J. B. Estes,
Pope Barrow,
Henry llillyer.
Lady Beautifiebs. — Ladies, you
cannot make fair skin, rosy cheeks,
and sparkling eyes with all t.ie cos
metics ot France, or beautifieis ol the
world, while in poor health and noth
ing will giv3 you such rich blood,
good health, strength and beaty as
Hop Bitters, A trial is certain
proof.
■ lIiMJIHI-W 111 MUM 11 'I 1 IMITl'miM I m'w.mw -iftfPrjg-AIILI.I I . .*^l.l—
A. LILLY & GO.,
Manufacturers anti Wholesale
Dealers in
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF
!. s limn u nn.
Goods sold at our Gainesville House at
Factory Prices.
FREIGHT ADDED.
Merchants South visiting the Atlanta
Cotton Exposition will flml a full line
of Samples of our Goods, from which
they can select and order.
LOOKOUT FOR
“THE GOLDEN SIGN/ ’
And call and see us at our Stand on the
Grounds.
Yours Truly.
C. A. LILLY & CO.
XSOMFtEU jmKFORO,
ATHENS, .G-j£l. 9
SUCCESSORS TO REAVES, NICHOLSON & CO.,
Are now receiving their immense hall Stock of
JDxzr o-OOds, Q-rocerles,
Boots Siioes,
HATS AND CAPS, CLOTHING, PIECE GOODS, YANKEE NOTIONS
Every style and kind.
LEATHIE rn SHOE FINDINGS.
In short, every department of our immense Supply House is full, an
will be kept so of fresh goods, which we intend to sell at
BOTTOM PMCEjS.
We have also arranged to sell cotton for our customers free of charge,
and will take pleasure in doing so for the very highest market price, when
ordered sold. aug3o 2m
“ PAINT YOUR ROOSS.
Tj. T>. YEARWOOI),
' GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA,
Is Agent and Superintendent for this section, in putting on C. 11. Lane
Co’s, Memphis, Tenn.,
FIRE AISD WATER PROOF CEMENT PAINT,
All Roofs, Iron Fronts, Fences, Etc., painted with it are warranted to
give entire satisfaction.
READ WHAT THE'TpEOPLE SAY.
We, the undersigned, having tried all kinds of Roofing Paints for the
past'twenty years, and having found none of then* tint would* answer, we
had- our roofs painted by Messrs. C. H. Lane & Cos., with their Fire and
Winter Proof Cement Paint, in 1878, and we find them in as good condition
December sth, 1579, as when first put on.
[Signed.] Sledge, McKay & Cos.; Cub bins <fc Gunn, Machinists; R. C.
/Brinkley;, John Cubbins, President of Water Works; John Overton; Dr.
Sarner, Jewish Rabbi Congregation B. E. E, Memphis, Tenn.
k We, the undersigned, had our warehouse room roof painted some six
; months since by Messrs. C. 11. Lane & Cos., with their Fire and Water Proof
’ Cement Paint, which has come up fully to our expectations and to what
they recommend. We take pleasure in recommending it to the eonsidera
tion of all who may have iron or tin roofs to paint, as we think it the best
we iiave yet seen or used.
[Signed.] Dußois & Cos.; Mrs. M. K. Jones; M. Banks, Trustee State
University School of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and mayy others.
LULA TO THE FRONT
C. "W. A.sl.3iiry,
SUPERINTENDENT FOR J. 11. IIUGGINS, OF ATHENS,
Is now receiving the largest Stock of Goods ever seen in Lula, which
will be sold as cheap as in Athens, Atlanta, Gainesville, or anywhere else.
He keeps full lines ot
3Dr37- OfoocLs, Olotlh-Im.gg',
BOOTS, SHOES, YANKEE NOTIONS, GROCERIES,
And everything else kept in a first-class Store.
In Groceries and Family Supplies
He has Bacon, Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Teas, Spices, Rice, Grits and all sorts
Shelf and Bottle Goods. Also, Drugs and Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Etc.
All goods sold at cash prices, and merchantable barter taken in
exchange at the highest market prices ang3o-3rn
DT_ S.
Dealer in General Merchandise,
FLOWERY BRANCH, GA.
I wish the Public to know that I am still to be found at the Old Stand,
with a fully supply of all kinds of
3VE ercliandise,
From a Cambric Needle to a car load of Flour, and I don’t intend to be
undersold by anybody in Georgia.
Call upon me before making your purchases, and if I can’t please you,
I will direct you elsewhere, as l want you to make the best possible "bar
gains in your purchases. aug3o-3m
Prank GB ZOsuTrie,
FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA.
Dealer in
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
YANKEE NOTIONS, CLOTHING,
Boots, SHoioes and Hats,
ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES, FLOUR, MEATS AND PROVISIONS,
TOBACCO, CIGARS AN D GIG A R ETT ES
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC WINES ana LIQUORS.
lam also prepared better than ever to handle Cotton this Fall, hi and
will pay the highest market price in cash at all times; or will store and
make reasonable advances upon it. I desire my customers, who are going
to pay up their Guano notes in cotton, to do so as early as possible.
NEW STORE AT BILLTON.
3. Eria,2a.t
Is keeping one of the nicest little Family Supply Stores in upper Georgia
His stock of Meats, Flour, Meal and all kinds of Groceries and
Staple Dry Gooas
Are purchased fresh every week, and therefore are always nice and cheap
No old stock to shove off. Call and examine his goods ‘before purchasing
Satisfaction guaranteed. aug3o 3m