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EXECUTED XT THK SHORTEST NOTICE.
'HE cm CHARTER.
A> ACT
rn amend the Charter of the Town of
Athens and the various Acts Amenda-
torj thereof.
riec. 1. The General Assembly of
I the State of Georgia do enact, That
from, ami after the passage of this Act
the town of Athens shall be known and
rilled the City of Athens, and the
authority and jurisdiction of said City
.hall extend lor a distance of two miles
I m an air-lino in every direction from
l the College Chapel; aiid the municipal
| government of the City of Athens,
I ^haU,^nwt of. a eight
“ Hear Hac/i Man’s Censure, but Heserrv Tour Judgment.”
I-
VOL. 1.
ATHEISTS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 15,1873.
NO. 8.
the Council; and the Mayor and each | Mayor elected by the people, should
Aldermen shall take and subscribe, both be unable, from any cause, to
'o/'TOUatU.
a body corporate, under the name and
style of “ The Mayor and Council of
the City of Athens,” and by that name
anti style shall have perpetual succes-
ion, shall have a common seal, shall be
capable in law and equity to purchase,
h ive, hold, r'reive, enjoy, possess and
ret .in to tlietn and their successors lbr
tlie use of the City of Athens, any
e.'tatc or estates, real or personal, of
whatsoever kind or nature, within the
| jurisdictional limits of the C*ty of
| Athens, and shall by the said name be'
capable to sue and lie sued in any court
j of latv or equity in this State, and shall'
1 succeed to all the jxiwers, rights and
liabilities of the present corporation of
| the town of Athens. • *. 4
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
I the city of Athens shall be divided into
lour wards as follows: Ward number
one, shall consist of all that portion of
the city lying East of a line throogh
I the centre of Thomas street indefinite-
lly extended North, and running South
until Thomas street runs into the streef
before any officer qualified to administer
oaths, the following oath: “ I do
solemdly swear that I will well and
truly perform the duties of Mayor (or
Aldermen, as the case may be) of the
city of Athens, by adopting and en
forcing such measures as shall in my
judgment be best calculated to promote
the general welfare of the city of
Athens, so help mo God;” and shall
forthwith enter upon the discharge of
the duties of their office; and the
Mayor or Mayor pro tem, and any four
Aldermen shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of any business
before the Council. On all questions
before the City Council the Mayor
entitled to vote only in cases
attend to their duties, the Council
shall elect another Mayor pro tem.,
who shall thereby be clothed with all
the rights, powers and duties of Mayor
of the city, upon taking the usual oath,
and who shall serve only during the
absence of the Mayor.
Bee. 15. Be it further enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have full power and
authority to pass all ordinances respect
ing the streets of said city; to open and
layout the same; respecting public
buildings, work houses, public houses,
carriages, wagons, carts, drays, itiner
ant traders or peddlers, pumps, wells,
springs, fire engines, care of the poor,
street railroads, suppression of diso;
. ObdirJioii***i i#wtf dotue^
Bee. 7. Be it further enaded, That in other regulation or
upon the value of all the property
within die corporate limits of said city,
of whatsoever kind, real or personal,
which is, or may be, subject to taxa
tion by the laws of this State.
Sec. 25. Be it further enacted, That
hereafter it shall be the duty of all tax
payers, and owners of property other
than real estate in the city of Athens,
and they are hereby required to make
their returns, under oath, of the value
of their property in said city, held in
their own right or in the right of others;
S rovided, always, however, that the
fayor and any two members of Coun
cil selected for that purpose, together
with the Cleric oi the Council, shall
have power to supervise all returns
made by the tax-payers, and if, in
' " , any of such returns are
case the Mayor or any Aldermen while
in office shall be guilty of any wilful
neglect, malpractice or abuse of* the
power confided to him, he shall be sub
ject to be indicted before the Superior
Court of the couuty of Clarke, to be
governed by the law controlling indict
ments against Justices of the Peace,
and on conviction, the fine, if any, be
paid into the Treasury of.thaCity.
Sec. 8. Be it further inackcC fthat no
person shall be eligible as Mayor of th4
city of Athens unless he shall have at
tained the age of twenty five years, is
a citizen of the United States, and
shall have resided in said city for two
years immediately preceding Iris elec
tion. And no per.-on shall be eligible
as an Aldermen of said city unless he
shall have attained the age of twenty-
one years and shall have the other
qualifications specified.in thficase.of
Mayor.
Sec. 9. Be it furUier enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
ending to New Cemetery, thence a/ Athens' shall elect at the first meeting
[straight line through the center of last " f — u - * r —*— 1 -
nentioned street extended to city
.limits. Ward number two shall con-
| sist of all that portion of the city lying
[west of said last mentioned line, and
(East of a line through Lumpkin street,
it runs in said city indefinitely ex-
I tended. Ward number three, shall
1 consist of all that portion of the city
lying West of said last mentioned line,
j and South of Hancock Avenue, ex-
; tending to the city limits. Ward
number four, shall consist of all that
| jxirtion of the city lying North of
Hancock Avenue, and West of the
►aid Hue through Lumpkin street ex-
I ti tiding to city limits. Each of the
[ above mentioned wards shall be entitled
to two Aldermen.
Sec. 3. Be. it further enacted, That
i annual municipal elections shall be
Jd at such place in each ward in the
lAJ of Athens as the Council may
' (fire t, tin the first Wednesday in De-
cember, of each year, for a Mayor and
eight Aldermen, to serve for one year,
or until their successors are elected and
qualified; and the polls of said election
shall be ojx>ned at nine o’clock in the
forenoon, and closed at four o’clock in
the afternoon. No citizen shall vote
except iu the ward in which he resides,
either for Mayor or Aldermen, and
shall vote only for Aldermen of his
own ward; nor shall any person be
elected Alderman except for the ward
in which he resides.
S c. 4. Be it further enacted, That
all citizens qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly of Georgia,
and who shall have paid all taxes
i legally imposed and demanded of them
by the nuthoritiesof the city of Athens,
and paid into the Treasury of the same,
and shall have resided six months in
the •''late, and one month immediately
proceeding the election within the
jurisdictional limits of said city, and
no other person shall be qualified to
vie at any election in said city for
Mayor and Aldermen.
See. 5. Be. it further enacted, That
i-a il election shall be held under the
superintendence of three frce-holders
in each ward, who shall be appointed
by the City Council at least live days
before said election, and each of said
managers before entering upon his
duties shall take an oath before each
other, and they are hereby autluirized
to administer said oaths, that he will
faithfully and impartially conduct said
election, and prevent all illegal voting
of Council in each year, a Marshal or
Chief of Police, a Clerk of Council,
who shall lx; ex-officio Treasurer, Tax
Receiver, Tax Collector and Clerk of
the Mayor’s Court of said city of
Athens, and such other offices as the
Mayor and Council may deem neces
sary in the government of said city;
and all of said officer, unless removed,
shall hold their offices until successors
are elected e-'d qualified, anfi the said
Mayor and Council shall hrive power
to establish the fees anil - salaries;
which, when once fixed, shall not be
increased or diminished during con
tinuance in office, to take the bonds, to
prescribe the duties and oaths, and to
remove from office for a breach, neglect
or incapacity to discharge the duties,
at their discretion, any officer elected
by them.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. That
the Mayor and each member of city
Council shall be ex-officio a Justice of
the peace, so far as to enable any one
of them to issue warrants for offences
committed within the corporate limits
of the city of Athens, to suppress
riots or breaches of the peace, arrest,
confine, commit or bind over offenders
against the laws of the State, to an
swer for each offence before the proper
tribunal.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted,
That the Mayor of the city of Athens
shall have power to impose fines for
the violation, at anyplace in said city,
public or private, of any ordinance of
the city passed in accordance with its
charter, and to punish for contempt to
the amount of one hundred dollars,
and to imprison offenders in the com
mon jail of Clarke county, or city-
prison of Athens, for the space of sixty-
days, or both fine and imprisonment;
to require offenders to work out the
amount of the fine and cost on the
streets of the said city at the rate paid
street hands. The said fine after be
ing regularly imposed, shall be collec
ted by execution, to be issued by the
Clerk of Council against the estate of
said offender, if any be found, if none,
the offender may- be imprisoned or
work on the streets, as before provi
ded.
See. 12. Be it furthermore enacted,
That if any person shall be dissatisfied
with any judgement pronouuccd
against him by said Mayor, said per
son shall have the right of appeal to
the Council at its next regular moat
ing, by giving notice at the time said
.negai voung j u d gme nt is pronounced, or when the
goes to executenJe-aiETwhifeh
sJiquJiI any of the managers- sq —
fail
pointed fail or decline to act, then the
Mayor shall appoint others in tlieir
stead. Should the said managers have
any reasonable doubt as to the qualifi
cation of ahV voter, they shall hare
power til administer to him the follow-
the General Assembly: “ You do
solemnly swear that you have paid all
taxes legally imposed and demanded of
rouby the authorities of the city of
Athens; that you have resided in this
• tate six months, and- in the city of
Athens for one nihnth immediately
preceding this election, and that you
have not voted at this eledtion. So
Help you God.”
Sec. 6. & ;t farther enacted, That
Jr® or person* who shall receive
of votea ** *» d
£2-* and Aldermen, re-
nt * le dedtred; and in
case of any vacancy i n the office of
ST ?L- anj of ,hc Aldermen by
m fai, “re to elect, re-
iCouncil °^ Ce ’ . or 0tller * i60 * the
I tn cii a advertise a new election
ten dir« e '.? <a ? c y* giving at leaft
tiazeit/ , n . otlce , ,n ti* public gazette or
£f®J f doing the city printing. After
nnv L^ or and Aldermen nt
. y. ectton shall have been counted
cfcrtiihL! ,mna - 8er, k the y ^ali cause two
tuuhed cop.es 0 f the tally sheet* to be
made out, one of which shkll be deliver-
mul tl,P .x| May u r „ for U, ° time
andUm otUershaft be retained by the
Mayor shall submit
the returns of°xaUi
who shall consolidate^** **^? UI } cd >
iSBssfiaaaiSsasss
t lereaftcr, for the purpose of orgSffig
of
goes
notice shall supercede the said jud;
ment until the hearing of said appea
provided, thl party thus n(jfpfalin<j shall
give bond, with good security, m the
sum »t one hundred dollars, to be
judged of by the Mayor or any three
Aldermen of said city, payable to said
Mayor and his successors in office, -on
Sstraiaoli ro stand ana amae me judg
ment to be rendered in said case, which
bond may be forfeited for non-appear
ance, and upon a rule to show cause,
judgment may be rendered by : said
.Mayor and Council as on forfeited re
cognizances in the Superior Courts of
this State, and execution had accor
ding under such powers as are usual
for issuing executions, the same to bear
test in the name of said Mayor, and be
issued and signed by the' Clerk
Council.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted.
That the Council of said city, in the
hearing of any appeal case, shall have
the power to increase the penalty im-
r :d by the Mayor, should the cause
deemed frivolous; provided, uo
penalty imposed by the Mayor or Coun
cil shaft exceed a fine of one hundred
dollars and sixty days’ imprisonment.
And the writ of certiorari to the Supe
rior Court shall lie to all judgment of
the Mayor or Council imposing any
imprisonment or fine, under the same
rules and regulations as govern certi
orari in the Justices’ Courts of this
State.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted,
That the said Mayor and Council, or
a majority of the Council, shall have
power to electa Mayor pro tem.', who
shall be clothed thereby with all the
rights, privileges and duties of Mayor
elect, when and during the sickness or
abeence of the Mayor, upon taking the
usual oath, and not otherwise. And
if the Mayor pro tem., as well as the
appear to them necessary and proper
for the security; welfare and interest of
said city, or for preserving the peace,
health, order and good government of
said city; provided, such regulation
or ordinance is not in conflict with the
Constitution and Jaws ot this State, or
the United States.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have full power and
authority to remove, or cause to be re
moved, any buildings, steps, fences, or
nuisances, in the public streets, alleys,
sidc-wolks, or other public places, in
said city. They shall have power to
license all drays, or other vehicles, ten
pin of otheralleys, skating rinks, shoot
ing.galleries, auctioneers, or vendue
masters, and of regulating the terms
ou which such licenses shall be grant
ed, and of declaring the licenses void
when Said terms are not complied with.
They shall have . power ana authority
to control markets and marketing
within the city; they may establish
one or more markets within the city
and regulate the same, fix the hours of
sale therein, fix the fees, prohibit the
sale o^marketable commodities else
where within the city, aud to pass all
ordinances nessary and proper to reg
ulate the market and marketing within
the city. They shall have authority
to abate aft nuisances, or anv thing in
jurious to the health ot the city.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That
in aft cases of encroachments upon
streets, lauds or alleys in said city, the
Mayor and Council shall have power
to remove the same upon reasonable
notice, or to permit and sanction the
same for a fair and reasonable compcn
sation in money, to be paid into the
city treasury ; said Mayor and Coun
cil having due regard to the interest of
the property holders who may be affec
ted thereby.
Sec. 18. Be it further enacted. That
when the majority of the property-
holders of a block agree to pave the
side-walks in a particular manner, then
the Council shaft have the power to
compel the minority to pave with the
majority.
Sec. 19. Be it further enacted, That
the said Mayor and Council of the city
of Athens shall have power to tax all
theatrical performances, circuses, me
nageries, legerdemainc performances,
lectures, (giving discretionary power to
relieve lectures,) panoramas, or any
other performance, exhibition, show
orentertertainment, of whatever kind,
for profit, within the corporate limits
of said city.
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have power to take up
any horses, mules, cattle, hogs, goats,
dogs, or other domestic animats run
ning at large within the limits of said
city, and to pass such ordinances as
may be deemed by them necessary and
proper for the regulation of stock with
in the city.
See. 21. Be it further enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have sole power to grant
licenses for the sale of spirituous or
malt liquors, in any quantity, in said
city, and to affix the price of such
licence, and the terms and regulations
on which licenses may be granted to
keep billiard and bagatelle tables,
wituin the corporate ft in its of said city
of Athens. Without a license from
the Mayor and Council, no person shall
sell spirituous or malt liquors, in any
quantity, in said city, or keep any bil
liard or bagatelle table at any drinking
saloon, place of entertainment, public
house, or other place of resort, in said
city; and any person or persons so of
fending, shall be liable, - for such
offence, to a fine of one hundred dol
are, to be paid in the treasury of said
city, on conviction by the Mayor there-
~*} r~V i —prisonment in tjie citv prison
of Athens, or county jail of Clarke
county, not exceeding sixty days.
Sec. 22. Be it further enacted, That
the affd,Mayor aad Council shall have
full power and authority to elect, by
ballot, three freo-holders as city assess
ors, to assess the value of all real es
tate lying within the corporate limits
of said city and subject to taxation,
and which said assessors shall make a
return to said Mayor and Council, at
such time as they shall appoint, and
said Mayor and Council shall place
such assessment so returned in the
hands of the Clerk of Council of said
city, who shall enter the same in his
book*, with other taxes, aqd the same
shall be collected as other taxes of said
city; provided, no real estate shall be
assessed and taxed for a greater
amount than that for which the owner
woulej sell the same.
Sea 23. .Be ft further enaded. That
the said assessors, before they enter on
the discharge of their duty, shall take
and subscribe an oath before the May
or, faithfully and truly to assess all
the real estate within the corporate
limits of the city of Athens, and to re
turn such assessment to the Mayor
and Council thereof, and shall receive
for their services such'sum each as the
Mayor and Council aball order.
Sec. 24. Be it further enaded, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have full power and au
thority to levy and collect an annual
tax of not exceeding one per centum
property in tirti same, tb
any such returns thus
made,
incorrectly
by affixing or assessing such
higher value as, in their opinion, may
be proper and right; provided, such
assessment shall not exceed the amount
for which the owner would sell the
property.
Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, That
if any tax-paver or owner of property
other than real estate, shall fail or re
fuse to make his, her or their tax re
turns, within the time prescribed by
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens, said Mayor and Council shall
have full power and authority, either
by themselves or their authorized agent
or agents, to make a just valuation of
all such property not returned, and col
lect double tax on the same.
Sec.’ 27. Be it further enacted, That
said Mayor and Council shall have
power and authority to enforce and col
lect a double tax of any person or per
sons, agents, firm company, corpora
tion or association, who shall fail or re
fuse to pay his, her or their general ad
valorem or city tax, within the time
prescribed by said Mayor and Council.
Sec. 28. Be it further enacted, That
all taxes levied by said Mayor and
Council, shall be collected as follows:
An execution shaft be issued hy the
Treasurer of the city, directed to the
Marshal or Chief of Police of the city,
against the estate, real and personal,
of the defaulter, and the Marshal or
Chief of Police shall proceed to levy
the same, and after advertising for
thirty days, shaft sell the property lev
ied on beford the court house door of
the county of Clark, on a regular
Sheriff sale day, and between the legal
hours of Sheriff sales. The said Mar
shal or Chief of Police shall put up said
property and shall offer the same in
parcels, until he gets a bid sufficient to
pay the taxes and cost due, and shall
then knock off the property to the
purchaser and make him a deed, which
shall be as effectual to pass the title as
the deed of the person against whom
said execution was issued.
Sec. 29. Be it further enacted, That
the said Mayor and Council shall have
power to authorize by ordinance the
Marshal, Chief of Police, or any police
man of said city, to summon any or
all bystanders to aid in the arrest of
any person or persons violating any
ordinance of said city, or law of this
State. Any person or persons failing
or refusing to obey said summons shall,
on conviction before the Mayor, be
fined not exceeding one hundred dol
lars, or imprisoned not exceeding sixty
days.
Sec. 30. Be it further enacted, That
said Mayor and Council shaft have
power to establish and fix fire limits,
and from time to time, in tlieir discre
tion, to extend and enlarge the same;
within which fire limits when so estab
lished, it shall not be lawful for any
one to erect other than fire-proof build
ings or structures of any kind what
ever, without the consent of Council
previously obtained ; and should any
erect, or cause to be erected, within
such fire limitssoestablished, any build
ing or other structures of anv kind
other than fire-proof, the said Mayor
and Council, after giving five days’
notice, shaft cause the same to be re
moved at the expense of the owners of
such buildings or other structures, to
be collected by execution, as in other
cases; and ssid Mayor and Council
shall have power to determine what
buildings or other structures are or are
not fire-proof. Said Mayor and Coun
cil shall also have power to remove
any forge and smith shop when, in
their opinion, it shaft be necessary to
insure safety against fire. They shall
have power to cause any stove, stove
pipe or other thing which shall endan
ger the city as to fire, to be removed
or remedied, as their prudence shall
direct
Sec. 31. Be it further enaded. That
the said Mayor and Council of the city
of Athens shaft, during the month of
May in each year, appoint five fit and
proper persons, who shall constitute
the Board of Health, three of whom
shall be a quorum, to meet weekly, or
as often as may be necessary, to visit
aft and every part of the city, and to
report to the Council nuisances which
are likely to endanger the health of
the city, or any part thereof; and the
said Mayor and Council shall have
power, upon the report of the Board
of Health, to cause any such nuisances
to be abated and their recommendation
carried oat; at the expense of the party
whose act or negligence caused such
nuisance, or of the owner of the prem
ises, as the Council may elect.
Sec. 32. Be it further enacted. That
the said Mayor aud Council of the city
of Athens shall have the power, upon
the recommendation of the Board ot
Health, to cause the owners of lots
within said city to drain the same, or
to fill the same to the level of the
streets or alleys on which said lot or
lots are fronting; also, to compel the
owner or owners of cellars occasionally
holding water, to cause the same to tie
emptied of the water, or filled up, if
necessary; and in case the owner of
said lot or lots should fail or refuse,
after reasonable notice to him or his
agent, to comply with the require
training the same, it shall be lawful
for said Mayor and Council to employ
some one to do the same; and for the
amount so expended, the city Treasur
er shall forthwith issue an execution
against llie owaer of said property, to
be collected from said lot, or any other
property belonging to him, and a sale
under said execution by the Marshal
or Chief of Police, shall pass the title
to the property sold as completely as a
sale under an execution and sale made
by a Sheriff of tbi3 State. The said
Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have power to fill any
vacancy that may occur in the Board
of Health, and this act maybe pleaded
and shall be & Complete defence to any
action brought igainst the said Mayor
and Council, for either of them, or any
value of thfrioct.done bvv’-JB. lender its provisions,
icn-to - evnbcrai/'T.untrfc^u^Siccs -j
lanco of it.
See. 33. Be it further enacted, That
the Mayor and Council of the city of
Athens shall have authority to compel
all pe rsons within corporate limits of
said city, liable to road duty by the
laws of this State, to work on the
streets of said city, for any time not
SPIBITU1USX.
A communication to the South Car
olinian, which we judge to be from the
n ofj. Wood Davidson, gives the
lowing account of a recent interview
with Dr. Slade, the celebrated spirit
ualist :
“ I have seen the famous Dr. Slade,
who .rivals Bos tor in medinmistic feats
of spirit marvels. He gave exhibitions
both of physical manifestations and of
trance-clairvoyance. In a sconce of
half an hour I had ample t'me to see
them both pretty fully. I shall give
two feats of what he calls physical
manifestations—writing on a slate and
moving furniture. Tlie room had
nothing extraordinary about it that I
could see. A plain folding table in
the centre, and several chairs were the
main features. He sat upon the south
jptirau- j and X upon west ride of the table; near
enough to touch hands conveniently.
He asked me to put my hands, touch
ing each other, upon the top of the ta
ble; and then put his lightly upon
miue. He then asked if there were
any spirits present. Some wrapping,
apparently in the table, he informal
me, meant yes. He asked if any one
I/egfri Notices/
■WILL BE SOLD before the Court
V V Borne door, in the town ot leOenon, Jack-
aoa county, Ga„ on the FIRST TUESDAY IX
DECEMBER NEXT, within the legal hour* of
•ale, the following property,to wit:
Fear handred acre* of RAND, situate, lyingand
being in said county, on the wateraof Budhlocreek,
See mllo Southwest of Jefferson, on the Federal
Road—the place where S. W. Stephen* formerly
lived, sad known a* the Stephens place. Sg}d
place u well inciDved.
Levied on by virtue of two tax fl. £u v against
E. J, Hamilton, for the yean 1870and 1871. Levy
made aad returned to me by J. W. Deeter, L C.
Written notice given tenant la noeaeealon.
September 3d. 1872. /. Dl JOHNSON,
nov 8 Deputy Sheriff.
OEORGIA, HART COUNTY.—
v Ordinary's Offlee, October Mat. 1*73.
Mr*. Elizabeth Hilly ha* applied for exemption
of penonality, and setting apart, and valuation of
Homestead, and I will pern upon the same at 2
o clock, on the 16th day of November 1873, at my
ofice.
»ov s F- C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
longer than fifteen days. Provided, would write on the slate for us/ and
nevertheless, that such persons shall 1 the reply came, as he interpreted it for
have the right to discharge said duty I me, “ We will try.” He then took an
hy the payment of a sum of money not 1 ordinary school slate, with a wooden
to exceed three dollars. | frame, aud put on it, after clearing
Sec. 34. Be it further enacted, That both sides, a bit of slate pencil, less
the laws militating against this act be,
and the same are, hereby repealed.
L. N. Trammell,
President of Senate.
T. W. J. Hill,
Secretary of Senate.
Jos. B. Gumming,
Speaker of House.
J. D. Waddell,
Clerk of House.
Approved August 24th, 1872.
James M, Smith, Governor.
Office Secretart of State, 1
Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1872. j
This certifies that the foregoing
twenty-six (26) pages of written mat
ter, contain a true copy of the original
on file in this office.
Witness, my hand and official seal.
David G. Cotting,
(seal.j Secretary of State.
SATED FROM THE GALLOWS.
Escape of a Condemned Murderer in his
Wife’s Clothing
COMMISSIONER’S SALE.
TN PURSUANCE OP A DECREE
-L from Hart Superior Court, September Term,
1873,1 will aeU in Hartwell, Hart county, on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER next, within
the legal hour* of public sale*, the Mize and Sew
ell tract of /.AND, lying on Beavenlam Creek,
adjoining land* of Fred Human, Gnatavu* Wynn
and other*, aud containing Two liunbred and
Twenty-five Acres, more or Tea*. Terms c**h.
JNO G. McCURKY, Commissioner.
October Slat, 1872. novl-tt
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Georgia Railroad Schedule
NOTICE OF CHAHGE OF SCHEDULE
GEORGIAand MACON and
At/GUSTA RA1LRODS.
OL
Shoal Creek Factory and Mills
FOR SALE.
oetll-td
On Friday of last week Martin Bay-
nard, a desperate character was to have
been hung at Hendersonville N. C.,
for complicity in the murder of Silas
Weston and his three children, for
which crime George Baynard and
Goven Adair, who were the first con
victed, had already been executed.
Five thousand persons were assembled
at Hendersonville to witness the third
act in the tragedy, but it failed to take
i ilace. A correspondent gives the fol-
owing explanation of the matter:
During his imprisonment the wife of
the condemned man was faithful, con
stant and devoted in her attendance
upon him. A day did not pass that
she was not in his cell for several
hours, and at the last minute, with a
heroism worthy of a more noble cause,
she saved him from an ignominious
death upon the scaffold. The night
that was to have been the last of Bav-
nard’s earthly existence had arrived,
and upon the earnest, tearful and sor
rowful entreaty of his wife, the jailor
compassionately allowed her to pass
the few remaining hours of his life
with him in the cell. Morning broke,
clear and bright, and already the as
sembled multitude were astir, eagerly
awaiting the arrival of the hour when
the executioner and the scaffold should
do their terrible work.
About six o’clock A. M. the woman
came to the jail door to bo let out,
with her bonnet drawn over her face
and a handkerchief pressed over her
mouth, through which her heart-brok
en sobs burst as the jailor passed her
through the outer door of the prison.
She walked slowly off with a feeble
gait, bowed figure, and wailing pitiful-
ly, giving vent to her great grief, as
she was soon lost to the sight of the
gaping guards and mormidly curious
spectators. Breakfast time came at
eight o’clock, and the confident and
compassionate jailer, with a meal—the
last doomed man was to have eaten—
comprised entirely of tempting delica
cies, repaired to the cell. Ihe bars
were removed and the heavy iron door
was swung back, and the jailor enter
ed, when a sight that mode him
shake like an aspen leaf met his as
tonished gaze. In the further end
of the cell, instead of the condemned
mar, cr iucbed up in a corner, was a
woman in her night clothes. The
plates and dishes with the breakfast
fell from the jailor’s hand to the floor
and were jbroken into fragments. He
tried to speak, but could find no words
for utterance, and, as he stood in ac
tual despair, the crouching figure
arose, and, in tones of a woman who
thinks she has done a praiseworthy
action, said: “Weft, as Martin is
gone. I reckon I had better eat the
breakfast,* and she forthwith began
picking up the scattered portions of
the raeaL
Baynard had esceped in his wife’s
clothes and was doubtless by this time
far beyond the reach of the connty of
ficers. The sheriff, a« soon as appris
ed ef the circumstances, set out in pur
suit of the criminal with a posse, but
in vain; for, after scouring the coun
try for miles, they returned without
their prisoner. The assembled crowd
gave expression to their chagrin in
various ways, none the least of which
was an anxious desire on their part to
see the woman hanged in the place of
her husband, and, indeed, many of
them were firm in the impression that
such would be the case. Having come
to see a-^hanging,” they were not par
ticular as to who the victim, whether
than half of a pea, and held the slate
under the table leaf, up against it, just isT-tJu^orCrm"
in front of me In a moment I heard
a noise, such as pencil moving on slate
would make; and when it stopped he
brought the slate up, and on it was
Wjritten the name of a very near rela
tive of mine, deceaseed. I felt under
the table leaf where the slate had been
to see if there was any apparatus for
moving the* pencil there, but found it
only an ordinary plank. Dr. Slade,
observing my movement, informed me
“ they” had seen it, and that he would
try it again, on top of the table, so as
to show it more plainly. He then put
another small piece of pencil on the
table, and, removing the name written
on it, put the slate over the piece. Im
mediate the scratching noise was heard
again, and this time continued several
seconds. When it stopped, Dr. Slade
turned the slate over, and I read upon
it about these words, (I did not copy it
verbatim, but the idea I give ):
“ There are several of your friends
and relatives here, and they would
like to write to you, but are unable to
do so to-day.”
“ This was signed with a name
which he informed me was that of his
deceased wife.
“ During the seance Dr. Slade di
rected my attention to one of the chairs
at the side of the room opposite me,
and across the table from mq,
He informed me that he saw “ one
of them” at the chair, and that they
might possibly move it. He asked
aloud if they would move the chair,
but there was no response. He then
placed his hands touching mine as be
fore, on the table; and instantly the
chair moved from the wall to the ta
ble, gliding along the carpet and stop
ping with a jolt against the table. The
distance traversed by the chair was
about two yards and a half.
“ I give these as specimens of that
class of phenomena; and give them as
exactly os I can, without going into
tedious details, just as they occurred.
If there was any trick or sleight of
hand in it, I was incapable of detect
ing it.
“As to the rest of the seance—the
trance clairvoyance—I have not space
to give details; and, besides that, the
porsonality involved would render
them unsuited for public use.
“ Spiritualists believe these phenom
ena to be spiritual. I give phenome
na, and leaxe theorizing to those pre
fer it J. W. D."
New York City, Oct. 14.
\\7ILLBE SOLD before the Court
VV door. In Hartwell, on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN DECEMBER NEXT, during the lesal
solo hour*, in accordance with a decree rendered
in the Hart Superior Court, at September term,
1873, in caae of Wm. Knox a d A. Corn of, execu
tor*, TI- Mary A. Knox aud other*, the SHOALS
CREEK FACTORY AND MILLS, together with
the tract of Land on which they arezituated, con
tat ingMTenty-five acre**, more or leu.
Tne Factory and Mill llouee* is comparatively
new.h
Th Mill la in splendid running order, with one
rork or wheat and one for corn.
Thef Factory bu 6 96 spindle*, 408 in good run
ning older, with necessary preparation* for the
same ; also, a new line abaft. Theahore machine
ry ia driven by n 26-inch Double Turbine wheel.
Connected with the Factory area SAW MILL,
TURNING LATHE and WOOL CARDS
Ou the premises areg ood D welling* and a oeat
Store Route.
Tkdms of Sat.e—One-third cash, the remain
der due in two inatallmenta of one and two vear*.
Purchaser will receive bond for titlea, and be re
quired to give two approved aecuritier For fur
ther particular* apply to the underaigned, on the
promise*, or address them at Parker’s Store, Hart
county, Ua.
Sold a* the property of A. Cornog, and eatate of
Samuel Knox, for dlvlslsnand distribution.
September30th, 1872. WM. KNOX,
A. COKNOU,
octIB-td Executor* Sampel Knox, deceased.
mors*. s;ii72.
AND AFTER WEDNES-
^ oAY, June 8th. 1872, tho Paucnger Ttsiaa
on the Georgia and Macon and August* Railroad*
wUl run as follows:
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
Dag Passenger Train will
LcaVc Alignst* at.. * 20a.m.
Leave Afliata at. ....—8 IS a. a*. «
Arrive at Atlanta at — * tfepn.
Arrive nt A (frusta at —S 30 p.m.'
Night fatsenger Train.
Leave Augu*Ual...._._....Tv„. —8 13'p. m.'
Leave Atlanta at * Oup. m.
Arrive at Atlsnia at ...... • 4Sa. v.
Arrive at A^fH
MA CON AND A UG VST A R. R;'
Day Passenger Train:
Leave Augusta at - —If W a. mV
Leave Macon at —. 6 30 a, m.
Arrive in Augusta at— 2 45 p. nt.
Arrive in Macon at - 7 40 p. m.
Night Passenger Train.
I«tf Augusta at 8 15 p. m.
I .cave Macon at. — 10 00 p. nt.
Arrive in Augusta at - 6 00 a. iu.
Arrive iu Macon at - ——. 4 15 a. m.'
Passengers from Atlanta, Athena, WaihinglulV^
and stations on Georgia Railroad, by taking tbe
I>*y Passenger Train will mske connection at Ca
mas with the Train for Macon.
IT l*uUm*n’s(Fir*t-CIa*»iSleeping Car* on *11
_ _ht Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad;
anu First-Class sleeping Carson alt Night Trains on
th* Macon and Augusta Railroad.
S. K. JOHNSON, Bupt.
OEORUIA, HART COUUTY
vT Whereas, E. T, Gaines and John M. Brown
administrators of Richard S. Gaines, deernmd, pe
titions tor a discharge from said administration.
Therefore, all persons concerned arc hereby re
required to show cause, if any they have, why said
administrators should not, a( the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, to bo hold on
the first Monday In January next, be discharged
from said administration.
Given under mjrl hind at mynflice, tills the 7th
day of October, 1872. F. C. STEPHENSON,
(GEORGIA, FRANKLIN CO.—
vT Court of Ordinary of laid county.
Whereas Larkin 1>. Scwetland William J. patrick
administrators of Willis Cheek, late of said county,
deceased, petitions the conn for a dlacharge from
saiil administration :
Therefore, all persons concered, ore hereby re
quired to show cause, if any they have, why said
Administrators should not, at a regular term of
aald court, to he held ou the first Monday In De
cember next, be discharged from said administra
tion.
By order of said court, at a regular torm thereof,
held this the 2d. day uf Sept ember 1872.
sept. 14 A. J. MORRIS, Ordinary.
A Palace Built of Ice.—In the
year 1740, the Empress Anne, of
Russia, caused a palace of ice to be
built upon the bank of the Neva. This
extraordinary edifice was fifty-two feet
in length, sixteen in breadth, and
twenty feet high, and constructed of
large pieces of ice cut in the manner
of free stone. The walls were three
feet thick. Tho several apartments
were furnished with tables, chairs,
beds, and all kinds of household furni
ture of ice. In front of the edifice,
besides pyramids and statues, stood six
cannon, carrying balls of six pounds
weight, and two mortars, entirely
made ofice. At a trial from one of
the former, an iron ball, with only a
n ter of a pound of powder, was
off, the ball of which went through
a two-inch board at sixty paces from
the mouth of tbe piece, which remain
ed completly uninjured by the explos
ion. The illumination in this palace
at night was astonishingly grand.
An improvement on station indica
tors for railway care, has just been
perfected. The invention consists of
a band of ribbon of suitable material
having the names of the successive sta
tions upon it, stretched across the cen-
tre of the dome of the car, or in other
convenient places, and coiled on drums
which are connected by verticlal shafts
with gearing beneath the car, operated
at periods by a driving wheel coming
in contact with short sectional rails
located at suitable points between the
stations, so as to indicate the name of
the place as the cars arrive.
goiltjr or innocent, as long u their
~ w.p.y . morbid curiosity was gratified. It is
menta of aud Mayor and Council, by ] believed how that Baynard will never
filling up 6aid lots or cellars, or by be recaptured.
Ordinary.
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This Shows what tho Plan
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MORE OF IT USED TSAN ANY
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B6L- Planters who used a few sacks
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