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LOCAL ITEMS. Kew Ad vertis( i|iei|ti, Notice —Geo. N. Smith. Letters Dismission Administration—\V. A. and J. M. Colclough, Adm’rs. Important to Planters—Standard Fertil izers—Branch & Smith. Augusta, Ga., and Norton & Weaver, Greenesboro’, Ga. Tlie Best Known—Patrick & Cos., Wades boro, N. C. Administrator's Sale- M. C. Smith. See McCall, Copelan k Co.'s column. Hightowers & Co.'s column shows a bold front this week. fr,, * Cotton. Middling, ----- IJ’jC Strict Middling, - - - 14)c Augusta —Mar-h 4 Middling - - - - - -15 J Low Middling, - - - -15 Sale Day. Last Tuesday being Sheriff's sale day, several tracts of land were sold at fair prices considering the scarcity of money. # Tlio Southern Cultivator For March, lias been received. It very justly stands in tlie front rank of agricuh u-‘ ral publications, and the present No. nn fully up to the standard of excellence. > I scriptioii $2 per annum. Published at Athens, Ga., by W. I-. Jones. Printers Are a queer set; at a printers' festival, lately,the following toast was offered~“Wo man—-second only to the press in the dis semination of news!” We are of opinion that the ladies are yet undecided whether to regard it as a compliment or otherwise. Phrenology. The Illustrated Annual of I’hrenolgy and Physiognomy, for 1875, has been received, and contains an abundance of valuable in formation. It also contains considerable poetry and a large amount of miscellane ous matter. No one should be without it. Price 25 cents. Address Samuel R. Wells, 389 Broadway, New York. Xnrnm Eseapt*. On Saturday last, Perry Gaston and his wile (colored persons,) came to town in a wagon, ami remained until quite L <*. On their return home they attempted o ! rd Town Creek, which was very tnltcli swo! ten by recent rains. The result was, the drown ing of his mule and a very narrow escape from a watery grave for Perry and his wife. Arthur's 22or.tr Iltiga/Jne For March, comes into our office like a ray of bright sunlight. This is one of the best i o sehnld Magazii es in this br ad land. It is always full of interesting and instructive matter. We heartily commend it to the favor ami patroi :;ia of our huh friends. Subscription $2 per annum. Pub lished by T. S. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia, Pa. —**- t Mr. .Solan A. t litiinoion. Formerly of our county, but for a few years past a citizen of Eatonton, Ga., who •lost a leg while battling for the Lest Cause, has, owing to the bungling mat her in which the amputation was performed, been forced to submit to a second operation.— His numerous friends will rejoice to learn •that be is doing well. ■X> • hrowiiftl. We learn that two negroes, aged about 18, were drowned, last s 'abbatn. in tie Oconee river, at Poiillai.i’s Factory, undet bhe following circumstances : They procur ed a bateau and were amusing themselves in rowing about, the pond, getting into the current, they were unable to manage the boat and were precipitated over the dam. IliNliop Geo. F. Pierce. This eminent divine arrived in our city on last Saturday and remained until Tues day. On Sabbath morning and evenin'.) and again on Mo day evening, he preached with his usual power, to lar e and apprecia tive congregations. The Bishop never for gets Emory College, and we are pleased to learn that his appeal to our people for help tore-build the College Chapel, was not in vain- Vick's Floral Guido. No. 2, published quarterly, by Jas. Vick. Rochester, New York, at the verv low price of 25 cents per annum, has been ceived. Its mechanical execution is s,p rb and its contents excellent. The ladies will find it of immense value in their flower gardens. Iledieal Cnrtl. The especial attention of the public is di rected to the Card of Drs. Godkin & Holt, which appears in our columns to-day.— Their character, as gentlemen and physi cians, are too well known to require any commendation at our hands. Their office is on corner of Main and Greene streets, north of Court-House. ltd timed Homo. In behalf of the county, we welcome < u ,worthy representatives, Hons. L. B. Willis fnd L. D. Carlton, to their homes. They fave served tlieir constituency ably and faithfully during a most laborious session c*f the Legislature. We congratulate them upon their public record, which reflects Credit upon them and honor upon the coun ty. May ilie noble oi l county which gave birth to Early, Stocks, Dawson, Nisbet and a hosts of such men, whose names arc re vered throughout the State, be ever thus ably represented. —A wild cat was captured in Lump kin county, a few days since, which weighed 30 pounds. — —There were o.nly two merchants in Antericus, Ga., twenty one years ago, and now there is a movement on foot to light the city with gas. — —Augusta wants anew Union Depot. The one now used is inadc /quale for sis railroads. [For the Herald.] Home Enterprise. Editor of the Herald: —Knowing the interest you take in any enterprise calcu lated to add to the prosperity of our peo ple, and believing that, we are all interested in the success, and responsible, in some measure, for the failure of such enterprises in our midst, I write iperely to call the at tention of your readers to one such, which has been in operation long enough to prove itself worthy f success; ami 1 do this the more boldly since 1 see that they have been, and are, making use of your columns to insure success. 1 allude to the Tan Yard of Messrs. Brown & Moncricf. I think a visit to their yard will satisfy any one that we need. not. go out of our counly for good leather; and a visit to their shoe shop, presided over by Mr. It. Ilu.-lbcrt, will equally saiisfy all, that we need not go to Boston to get a good, ser vic able shoe. It is these small industries, well patronized, that make a country pros perous. I write this without llio knowl edge of the parties interested. Veritas. Tt is stated that Chattanooga is submerged, hut Lookout rnoun tain still has it- highest peaks above high- water mark. a 4BR— — \ a ,-ff : i is t i." iiiad.' !n have all the roisters removed from Atlanta They wake up the police. —'-3?S • '<*■ —America consumes nearly twice as much French eba . pagne as is imp Ti ed, and New J>rsey keeps mum when asked where the other half comes from. —t % — ,l We summons him,” says the N. Y Herald, of Grant, '• to imitate men of illustrious and immortal name.” Just think of it ! The Herald might just as well summon a jackass to iipitate (lie vocalization of Adelina Patti.— [Courier-Journal —9 * ’iP —The -Museum of Natural History at Central Park. New York, has had sh'pped to it from New Zealand three skeletons of the great fossil bird, the • Moa.” 'J' esc will be the only speci ue. o- in the -outitry. These birds stood li icon fe-t in beiglit. arid their leg b .;es an- like those of a horse in size, only I<i 1 ger Imagine a bird that lays an egg fourteen inches in length. lt is estimated that over bOO horses and mules have been sold in Albany since the Ist of January —The fa n pis of Newton county are considerably behind with their lartn work in consequence ol the excessive c ild and wet weather since Christinas. Aii old inhabitant of Talb J. coun ty. Ga . i enarks I but "in ore wheat has been sown in Talbot than has been since the war, and that tlie planters arc going to work with greater earnest than they have since (he niggers gut their !rcc locomotion - CSC*. Waresboro claims a very penjnrk* able women who belongs to a very re markable family. This lady gave birth to five children in one year—triplets in January and twins in December 13cr mother bad previously given birth to triplets, her sister is the mother uf three pairs of twins, and each of her daughters have given birth to > riplets. Competing communities, will plegse tab ulate and forward their statistics as promptly as posiihle. —Tt is rumored : n Washipgton City that tbi‘ ('fingregation of the Western Presbyterian Ohnrch will extend a call to Rev. David W ills 1). D.. of Atlanta, (la The Dr. is at present sojourning in Washington, and the Ch onicle says : “ lie is one )f the- most eloquent Presbyterian ministers in the country, and siuce his anieai here has gathered withiri the walls of that church the largest congregations ever seen there.” The excessive rains of last week, savs an exchange, culmina ted on Thursday last, in a regular break-down spree in North Geor gia and Tennessee Three bridges on the State road were washed away. Tunned Hill partly caved in and water ran through it for sev eral hours with a depth of three feet, the telegraph lines were bro ken, several persons were drowned, two or tlitee killed by falling houses and committing various and divers other tin warrantable acts, which all bear record that it was the worst spree the elements thereabouts had taken for twenty years. The dam ages sustained amount to about 8100,000 —One thousand years from now the earth will tumble into the sun and be destroyed. If it isn’t ask ing too much for an “old man.” we'd like to keep our grip until that time just to see the hopping around. —— To believe a business impossible, is the wav to make it so. GiSORCIA Crecce 4 oiinty. Win. A. and John M.Colclougb, Ad ministrators of John Colc ough. deceased, apply for Letters of Dismission, and such Letters will lie granted on the first Monday in June, 1875, unless valid objections thereto ar* filed. Given under my band and official signa ture, this Mao h Ist. 1875. JOEL F. THORNTON, Only. mar. 4,1875 —3ms Local and Business Notices. Arrival of Trsiins at Grecnes bor' -■ PASSENGER TRAIN. Fioin Atlanta, . . 11:2 A. M. From Augusta, . . 1:10 V. M- Moil. 1 TRAIN. From Atlanta • . . 3:33 A. M. From /viigiista, . . . 1:14 A. M. May 29 11. H. KING, Agent. FOR Sale or Blent. i\. fine farm containing (80) eighty acres, (50 acres original forest), within two miles qf Greenesboro. Apply to feblltf. \V. M.WEAVKR. (IS TIE! I WILL sell LIME for agricultural pnr -1 poses, ON TIME, and on terms to suit purchasers; 18. k2M>. Feb. 25, 1875—1 m BSend ivventv-Five Cents I \IsV | to* the j .tp, . 1 Eennesaw Route Gazette,’j ***safo ~£ SjAtlanta, Ga., and thatspi-j gey paper will be sent to! FI3XTS. javoe monthly for one year ! Richest thing out! Special Notice. T HE Stockliolders of the Greene Coun ty Fair Association, are hereby personally notified, that unless they pay to me their pro lata share of an Execution against them in favor of the Greenesborough Brass Band, Executions will be issued against them severally foi their proportionate parts of said claim. H. E. W. PALMER, Feb 25, 1875—ots* Att’y for Band. Btcnlii IVtmhl In* Impossible if the proclamations of the alcoholic nos trum-mongers were true. But, alas! their terrible excitants send thousands stagger ing to the grave. Instead of adding fuel to the fire of disease with such deadly com pounds, try the cooling.venovatiug, purify ing, and regulating effect of that inestima ble combination of herbal juices and ex tracts, Dr. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters — the sole specific for Dyspepsia, Physical Debility, Headache, Bilious Colic, Liver Complaints, Gout Rheumatism, and Chronic Constipation. Feb 1 Great Inducements. FUIICHGOTT, BENEDICT & Cos., v\. 11E offering $500,000 worth of Dry Goods, Carpets, etc,, at their Atlanta, Charleston and Jacksonville establishments at manufacturers and importers prices.— Call and be convinced that ! lie jobbers and middlemen’s profits is devoted entirely to the benefit of the purchasing public. An early cat) is respectful ! v solioi'ed. Satis faction guaranteed in every respect. FDRCH3OTT, BENEDICT h Cos, IT?*All orders above S2O, sent free of charge to any part of the State. Samples and price list sent on application Januarp 7 1875—3 in Get the Best. I HAVE Dickson's Cluster Cotton Seed, which l procured direct, last season, and from which 1 made a hale of Cotton (400 pounds,) to the acre, on eirhf acres. These Seed are pure, as I got then), and are from Cotton picked before frost. Price $2 00 per bushel j or I wilt take common seed in exchange, allowing 15 cc-nts per bushels for them. Apply soon, .also a well broken young Mule for sale. Wm. 11. BRANCH. January 7. 1875—2ir.s Administrator's Sale. CtIIOSSUA. Thomas County. 1 Agreeable to an order from the Hon orable Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold before the Court House door in Greenesbnro’, in the county of Greene, on the first Tuesday in April next, the fol lowing property, to-wit: One-half inter est in what is known as the Oconee Cotton Millr, in said county of Greene, belonging to the estate of Jacob Rokeabaugh, late of Thomas county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs. The property herein offered for sale consists of about 300 acres of land, more or less, on the Oconee river, embracing a shoal in said river, and constituting one of the REST WATER POWER localities in the State, with a Ft dory Brick Building of five stories, over one hundred feet lung, and tilled with machinery for manufactur ing cotton. There arc about thirty build ings on the place for operatives. This is one of the best opportunities ever offered in tlib State for profitable investment in a large water power manufactory. Terms on day of sale. M. C. SMITH, mar 4 Administrator. Medical Card. firs. GODKIN & HOLT, II AYING associated themselves in the Practice of Medicine, respect full. tender their services to the citizens of Giieexes horo’ ami surrounding country. March 4, 1875—tf IJpst It n own. WE will send for 25cents one paper of our celebrated collard seed (BEST KNOWN.) In rich soil they grow five feet in diameter. Address PATIUCK & Cos., Wadetboro' , N. C. m-J Will secure THE 11EST family paper vj) J. (Pee Dee Herald ,) and a paper of the celebrated collard seed. The Herald is a large weekly paper—cheapest in the Southern States—always one or more orig inal serial stories in it, with several short stories —enough humorous reading in one paper to make any one laugh for a week.- - We refer to all the prominent papers in N. C. Address HERALD, Wadesboro’, N. C. March 4, 1875—tf Notice ! A OTICE is hereby given that ED. TER RILL and bis wife MOLLIE, who are un der contract with me for the year 1875. have left my farm against my wishes. All persons are warned not to employ them under penalty of the law. GEO. N. SMITH. Februarv 27. 1875* marltfl Important to Planters ! W E call the especial attention of the planting public, to the following Standard high grade Fertilizers: . SAIfDY'S SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. SARDY’S rHOSPHO-PERUVIAN GUANO. IIUSSELL COE S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME, And CAT ISLAND GUANO, Which have been generally used throughout the South wilh most satisfactory results, and have established a reputation an 1 proved equal to any Fertilizers in use for (dol ton. Corn and Southern products generally. These Fertilizers are offered to Die farmers of the country with full confidence in their merits ami at reasonable rates. Information fumi-hed on applicdion to our Agents. # Send for Circulars find Price Lists. BRANCH & SMITH, General Agents, AUGUSTA, Ga. Norton & Weaver, Local Agents, GREENESBOROGa. mar 4,1875 —tf Offer this week, Worsteds at 10 and IS 1-2 efs. A large Sot Calicoes. All wool Nlu wls, worth $4 50 for 83 50. Balmorals, cheaper than eves*. Colored bed spreads, 82 50, Cotton comforts. 81 75. Colored Blankets, very large, 82 50 per pair. Cassisneres. worth $1 25 to OOc Cheapest Sot of Jeans, Flannels and Linseys ever offered in this market. Cadies traveling Satchels, from $i 25 to $3 50. Ladies Hats and .Sailor flats at cost. Ladies FURS at Oust Ladies BELTS, from 25 cents to 15 cents. SASH RIBBONS, 15 per yard. PLUMES, verv Cheap Intifants’ WHITE CAPS. CORSETS, JO cents to 7o cents. Large stock of Hosiery and Gloves. Mackerel in kits, -Si oO to SI 15. Hauie Strings, 10 cents each. Haines and Traces. Bark COLLARS. special attention to our stock of Laundry Soap. Fits Cured Free! i\ NY person suffering from the above disease is requested to address I>r. PRICE, and a trial bottle of medicine will be for warded by Express, FI6IIE ! The only cost being the Express charges which, owing to my large business, are small. Dr. Price has made the treatment of FITS OR EPILEPSY a study for years, and he will warrant a cure by the use of his remedy, Do not fail to send to h : m for a trial hot tie; it costs nothing, and he WILL CHIU aoc, no matter of how long standing your case maybe, or how many oilier remedies may have failed. Circulars and testimonials sent with Free Trial Bottle- Be particular to give your Expiess, as weli ns your Post Office direction, and Address, I>r ClliS. T. PRICE, 07 William Street, NEW YORK. Feb. 18, 1875—1 y MM main street ; KEEX ES ISO KOI 11, A. J. T. CULVER, LWAYS keeps on hand the choicest— LIQUORS, CIGARS, annd TOBACCO. His BILLIARD tuii.:: Is new and elegant. Call and see. Feb. 18, 1875—Oms 1 1 EORGIA—Kreoiif County. Whereas Wm. L. Bet lieu applies for an Exemption of Personalty, and I will pugs upon the same at my office at 10 e’clock, a, m\ on Saturday, March Cth, 1875. ‘JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Feb. 10. 1875—2 t m VI anting. x\_LL persons are hereby warned not to employ GEORGE PARK (colored) or Ins wife.JANE, as tliey are under contract with me for the present year', and I will prosecute any one who hires them to the full extent of the law. SAMUEL I). LINTOX. Feb. 18, 1875—3 ts ,S|K‘<‘hil \oticp. rn 1 TIE Stockholders of the Groene County Fair Association are hereby personally no tified that unless they pay up their pro rata share of an execution I hold against said Association, I will be forced to havo executions issued against them severally, for their proportional parts of said claim, f'apt. \V. M Weaver is authorized to re ceive and receipt for moneys so paid. feblßtf JAM. N. ARMOR. Consumption Cured. To the Editor of the Herald, — Esteemed Friesd: Will you please inform your readers that I have a positive Cure for ('oiisiiitipilon and all disorders of the Throat and Lungs, and that, by its use in my practice, I have cured hundreds of cases, and will give s**sffs , for a case it will not benefit Indeed, so strong is my faith, I will send a Sttlil |S<“ f rer, to any sufferer addressing me. I’lease show this letter to any one you may know who is suffering from these dis eases, and oblige. Faithfully yours. Ir. T. Fj r.l UT, G 9 William Street, NEW YORK- Feb. 18, 1875—funs Dissolution. r r 1 HE copartnership heretofore existing under the name ofChas. A. Davis & Son, is tliis day dissolved by mutual consent. Ei‘her member ot the firm will act in clos ing up the business Chas. A. DAVIS, Sr. Ciias. A. DAVIS, Jr. Ja.v 25—lm. s t EOKGI I—ree**c County. VT Whereas James Smith, Executor of James Atkinson, deceased, applies for Let ters of Dismission, and such Letters will be granted on the first Monday in May 1875, unless valid objections thereto be filed. Given under my hand and official signa ture this February Ist, 1875. JOEL F. THORNTON, Ord’y. Feb 1, 1876--3mr’ CAROLINA FERTILIZER. Standard THIS FIRST-CLASS FERTILIZER HAS liEEN useil fur years with the most satisfactory results. It is Compounded with great care, of the y-nj-est materials, under the supei vision <> r a First-Class, practical Chemist, ami Standard guaranteed. AI Tinto---Aov. !*,t .... (•<) OO , Or, Middling Cotton at 15 cents per pound. fIS VRHtIGTT & (MSWKLL. Auguste. u NORTON & B IIAVBK, LOCAL AG KN IS, Grven>'xhoni\ (in. January 28, 1875—8 ms The Celebrated je w mu m: m. s ANIMATED BONE. T 1 HIS unrivaled Fertilizer stands at (lie head uf the list of Commercial Manures. It is prepared, with great care, of best material by competent chemists, and guaranteed to come fully up to the established standard of tir!-class Fertilizers. The celebrated planter. DAVID DICKSON, of Oxford, (la., says of it : “The El- REKA is the best commercial manure 1 have ever used.” CASH PRICE: Per Ton, 3,000 Pounds, #SO Oft ; 1713&E13 I*er Ton, 3.000 Pttuutin, 800 OO With Cotton option. NORTON & WEAVER, AWK\T3. Greenes hero", tin- January, 28th—8m. Soluble ®s. ~W m A sihsjiA G r A \ o. rn 1 HIS exedilent Fertilizer is a pure Standard article, unsurpassed by any Commer cial Manure on the market. It is Compounded of the very best material, under the immediate Superintendence of our own Chemist, and every sack subjected to a scrutinizing analysis by the State Inspector of Fertilizers, before being offered for sale. It has been extensively u-ed, and invariably given entire satisfaction. Sting rich in plant food, it is adapted to Cotton, Corn and small grain. TlSmiS-Cnsli #SO OO Time—Payable Xov. Ist ... . OO OO 1C W. L H A SIN A Cos, MiißiifiH'lnro rs, BALTOiOUE, Aid. Norton & V. raver, Jan. 28 1875 Sms Local Agents, Greenest orough, Ga. at PATENT SUPER-PHOSPHATE OF LIMB .1 CID PHO & PIL E TE. * Planters will find the above Commercial Manures of the first quality, and infe rior to none in producing satisfactory results. They are prepared of the best materi al by experienced Chemists, and have invariably given entire satisfaction. The SUPER-PHOSPIIATE OF LIME is a complete manure, suitable alike foj Cotton gj)d cereals. The ACID PHOSPHATE is rich in Solubl Phosphate, and carefully prepared lot composting with Cotton Seed and other vegetable matter. TIS K MS—Patent Suppr-Phosphate of Lime. CASH, So!) 00 TIME —Payable Ist November 60 00 with optioti of paying Middling Cotton at ! 5 cents per pound. acid cash 533 00 TIME Payable November Ist 38 00 WILLIAMS, L.IiWSTON A CRANE, AGENTS, ATLANTA, G4‘ Norton & Weaver, January 28. 187,)—3ms Local Agents, GREENESBOKpiGIL_G^^ The Augusta Hotel. CORNER BROAD AND WASHINGTON STREETS. ;{■>: flllS HOTEL has been thoroughly renovated and furnished throughout. It will reopened on the Ist of OCTOBER for the rece; tion of guests. The Traveling Pu } e will find excellent accommodations and a well supplied Table nt fair prices. FliEl*. S JIOSIIEB, Frop’r. JOSIAII MOSHER, Superintendent. oet 8. 1b74—,6n.£ K '\:. ■ . ' GUARANTEED.