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CjjepamiltonijsitDr
BY P. W. P. BOULLY.
Fill DAY MORNING, AUG. 7, 1874.
Public Meeting.
A meeting of ilic Democratic party
of Harris county was held at the
court-house in Hamilton on the 4tb.
The object of tho meeting being
announced by Hou. \V. I. Hudson,
chairman of the executive committee,
Mr. Dennis Miller was called to the
chair, and O. C. Johnson to act as
secretary.
On motion, the Chair was requested
to appoint a committee to draft reso
lutions for the meeting, and the fol
lowing were appointed:
W C Johnston, Hamilton district;
J A McCurry, Blue Spring; Flynn
Hargett, Whitaker’s; W D Cook,
Upper 19th; W FNuualee, Lower
19th; T H Kimbrough, Cataula; G
Hines Dozier, Waverly Ilall; James
Whatley, Dowdell’s; T N Sparks,
Valley Plains; S C Goodman, Good
man’s X Roads; Gains Tucker, Smith’s
X Roads; Nat Hutchinson, Whites
ville ; Robert Collins, Negro Heel.
During the absence of tho commit
tee, lion. W. I. Hudson was called
on for a speech, in which he said that
Harris was justly entitled tho next
senator. He had lotters from promi
nent men in Talbot, in which the
writers said Harris was justly entitled
to it. Some say Upson is entitled to
the next candidate. He thought no
one prcscut would grant this.
The committee here roturued with
the following resolutions:
1. That this meeting appoint six
delegates, to-wit, Flynn Ilargett, W
•C Johnston, J F C Williams, John
\V Murphy, It E Fort and Hal Moss,
to represent this county in a conven
tion to be held nt tho time aifd place
that may be agreed on by the coun
ties composing this, the 25th senato
rial district, to nominate a candidate
to represent this district in the next
Senate of tho State of Georgia.
2. That this meeting nominate the
Hon. W. I. Hudson, of this county,
as tho Dornocralio candidate to rep
resent tho 251 h senatorial district,
composed of tho counties of Harris,
Talbot and Upson, in the next Gen
eral Assembly.
9. That our delegates be instructed
to present tho name of Hou. W. I.
Hudson to said nominating conven
tion, and that they uro lioreby in
structed to cast the vote of this
county for him.
4. That wo suggest Talbotton as
the place of holding said convention,
and the 27th of this month as tiro
time; and roquest Talbot and Upson
counties to meet us by delegates at
said time and place.
5. That the Democratic voters of
Ilurris county bo requested to meet
at tbeir respective court grounds in
the several militia districts, on the
29th of this month, and elect three
delegates, who shall meet in conven
tion at Hamilton on the first Tuesday
in September next, and nominate
candidates to represent this county
in the next General Assembly.
Tho Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th wore read
separately, and unanimously adopted,
but much dissatisfaction was mani
fested at the sth. . After considera
ble discussion, it was adopted.
The Chair was requested to ap
point delegates to tho Congressional
convention, and tho following were
appointed:
WI Hudson, Flynn Hargett, Ilines
Dozior, J F C Williams.
•A resolution was then passed that
our committee bo requested to pre
sent tho name of Col. Jas. M. Mobley
as a candidate for Congress.
On motion, tho Chair was requested
to appoint anew executive committeo.
Tho proceedings were requested to
bo published in the Visitor, and the
meeting adjourned.
Mountain Mill Lodge, I. 0. G. T.
Ed. Visrroa —Tho following per
pons were initiated hy L* C. Hargett,
W O* Ti #• iU ooit •
Rev. S. W. Bartley, *M. TANARUS). Cook,
TV. H. West, Tlios. Jennings, J. C.
Buffurd, Grissom Davis, W. L. La
mar, Andrew Hubbard, Jas. Massey,
Francis Rasmore, Jno. Hubbard, Mrs.
Mary Hargett, Mrs. Hethio Roles,
Mrs. Missouri Davis, Misses Mollie
Bartley, Lou Dukes, Emma Smith.
We are glad to see a temperance
star rising in thiß direction, and hope
it may so shine that others, seeing
its good works, may be constrained
to follow. We wish the Worthy
Chief and members of the lodge great
success iu their temperance move
ment, aud hope this lodge may be
added to daily of such ns will prove
faithful to the sacred cause of tem
perance. Citizen,
IST” Plcasaut Hill Debating Soci
ety meets every Friday night, at 1
o’clock, at Pleasant Ilill Academy,
Harris county, Ga.
John Askew, President; Ilorschel
V. Hargett, Secretary.
Question for next debate: Which
is the greatest injury to a country—
War or intemperance ?
Affirmative—H. V. Hargett, Gris
som Davis. Negative—Seals and
Nawton Askew.
Largs Pju’l'ku.—Mr. It. G. Hood
has sent us a pepper fire inches long,
Our Texas Letter.
Johhson Station, Tfxa*,
July 4, 1874.
Brae Visitor.—l have been *<:>
busy that I have not written this k
ter as soon as I expected, and nt w
I will answer your questions, in pa
at least.
I wrote yon, in a general descrip
tion of the country, that there were
creels running through the prairie,
and that they all have more or less
timber along their course. This tim
ber famishes the fuel for the families
living at a distance from the Cr oss
Timbers. It is not unfrequcntly the
case, however, and especially in Ellis
county, that the firewood has to be
hauled from four to six miles. .This
cut and hauled in the fall, with ox
teams of from four to six yoke,
roads are as fine as pavement—-in
deed, better—and they haul no Ham
ilton loads, but just as much as crcu
be packed on a large ox wagon. Tho
matter of fuel is one of the disadvan
tages of the prairie, and consequently
the lands near timber are much high r.
In regard to water, during thtf win
ter season there is an abundance, but
during the summer it ia scarce.
Many of the streams go dry in
summer: where there is no permanent
stream convenient, the farmers have a
tank or artificial pond, forme! by
damming across a ravine. This is
sometimes mclosed, and is used, only
for stock. If favorably adapted for
bolding water, it becomes a water
ing place for stock generally.
There is no difficulty in getting
never failing wells of water, at the
depth of from 22 to 35 feet, any
where.
Now I will say a word in regard
to our climate. Of tho winters
speak my experience of last winte
There was no severe weather from
Jan. 20th—ice only a few times.
We had, I believe, three of what
might be dignified by the name of
Northers. The severest was in Feb
ruary. It wag quite a warm spell,
and about twelve o’clock a hank of
clouds rose in the north. We were
eating dinner when the first gust of
wind saluted us. In a few minutes
we had some little rain, and the sue;
den change made it very disagrees
bio indeed. I worked, however, all
the afternoon, but it was not agreea
ble to the flesh. I suppose, out
where there was no. protection by
timber, it would have been impossi
ble to have worked. The wind
blows incessantly flora the north ;
usually for about 24 hours; then
there is a lull, and the wind comes
directly from the south for about the
same length of time, and is almost as
disagreeable.
I rode all day on the open prai
rie during a very light norther, a
few days after I landed in Texas; but
fortunately it was going south, and
I did not suffer half so much as I
have in Georgia. Some of the citi
zens say there was not a very severe
norther last winter. Our last was a
long, but very light one, in April.
Our summer, so far, has been the
most pleasant I ever experienced.
There have not been three days that
we have not had a fresh south breeze
almost constantly. The nights are
perfectly delightful—not a sultry
night this summer—very rarely neces
sary to raise a window—generally
have to have covering, even in the
first part of the night, and almost in
variiably some time during the night.
The breezes a.ie exactly like tho sea
breeze; and riding on tho open prai
rie, which I did a few days ago, till
evening, just out of the school-room,
and not at all accustomed to the su’.i,
was not found to be at all disagree
able. So the great bugbear of Texas
climate, according to my exjgcrienoe
is an ••
The labor ift thtß section of the 1
State is mostly white; is worth, by
the month, from sls to S2O and ,
board, or half the crop—landlord
supplying stock and farming iin pie-!
ments. Fully ono-half tho farmer*
here are renters: they are new comers,
and are renting parts of farms for
the present, to get a start to improve
and buy land. I use tho word “ Jurat
ere,” because they are a different
class from the laborers, and are as
good citizens, in roost cases, as can
be found auy where.
This country is very inviting to I
young men who are not afraid of the
plow, and it is no disgraoe, as iB too
muoh the case io Georgia, for a young
man to labor.
Of our stock I will say hut little,
as it would be but a repetition of
what you have already published.
There is no scarcity of horses, lou
oan buy a very good horse, gentle to
ride or work—about auoh an animal as
Judge Wiliams’, or any horae of that
sine, for about SOO. Dr. Cameron’s
gray for #4O or $45. Same hoisoa
unbroke, from S2O to $35. A
horse, 15 to 18 hands high, from #<&
to #i;6. The market for horses te
poor, and they are accumulating nz
the prairie. Scrfue stock men are
now turning their attention to mule
raising, which will, I think, b“ quite
profitable. I have frequently beard
it said by men here, that they would
Jtefer an even number of cattle on
the prairie to horses. The cattle
business 3s profitable. Ail cows
calve once each year. The yetrttg
cows calve at two or three yckra
old. The steers are marketable at
your door at three and four years old
—are worth, this year, mixed, about
sl7 each. I know of one lot which
were hayed tome last winter, mostly
3’s, marketed at S2O. Milch cows
from $12.50 to $26.
It would do your eyes good to eoe
a $26 cow, and your b—y flood ’it
have one in Hamilton. You won and
want no more country produce, in file
way of butter aud milk, in exchange
for the Visitor.
I have two cows, worth sls each,
and wa use butter entirely for cook
ing for a family of five, and still V
accumulates; and besides, we all ah s
extr-miAt*/ pju.i vf vdStw—r® s **.
Notwithstanding all this, half of the
families do withont milk during the
winter, simply because they won’t
feed tbe cows, but turn them on tho
prairie.
I told you in my last, that tho
wheat was not good. In thrashing
it did not yield as well as was antici
pated. The average for this neigh
borhood is 15 bushels. The grain Is
fine, weighing 64 pounds per huahoi.
I wrote you in my last, that v/e
were ngeding r%in. We have lnd
but one light rain in about eight
weeks
Tiro prospect for com was very
fine, bat it ia now seriously suffering
f vain; and wfilev# we get rain in a
tow days, it will be out qnite short..
The prospect for cotton was, they
say, never finer. It is usually from
half-thigh to hip high; is not Buffor
ing yet. This is the cat-.'eet country
to cultivate cotton in I ever saw—
no crab-grass to contend with. There
is a piece of cotton, about 20 acres,
iu front of me, ou land that was
sodded last year, first crop. IV is
over knee-high—bids fair, if it was'in
<’' orgia, to make a bale to the acrye.
In* is as level as wheat,
t hero i another piece in the same
field hip-high.
The county is not suffering w.tb
a drouth, 1 here has been plenty of
rate each way from here, within 'four
mil-*. This is tbe unfortunate piuvj,
•*-&*- I|>.- *- r “
of rm\, and I hope, before this reams,
you, we will be blessed with a good
raio.
The health of tbe country is very
fine; the health of my family, although
unacclimated, was never better.
I frgot to answer your question in
regard to editors. Not being imme
diately iatorested in that business, I
can’t say what tho prospect is for
their entering the poor-house, but
will say that uchool teachers, judging
from personal experience, aud from
what I hear from Hamilton, can •
much better hero than with you.
Mrs. B. is well pleased with this
section, notwithstanding the fact"
that a lady’s duties here are much
! more burdensome than with you. Wo
do all our woik, except washing,
many of the ladies do this.
I enclose you the fangs of a taran
tula—rather ngly-looking fellows.
They are very vicious, showing fiek,
ou the least provocation, and leaping
at the object of their wrath. They
are very easy to kill—a very light
lick being sufficient. They are never
found about a yard--chickens seizing
them immediately. I have seen
only one centipede—a very email ofie.
Will some time send you specimens
of both.
If there are any points upon which
you would like to hear from me, let
me know through the Visitor (which
makes it visits regularly), and, if
possible, I will famish the' desired in
formatiou.
I know' of no other points of espe
-1 tal interest presented by this eoun
try, aud wifi, in an occasional letter,
. [** 7®*yStte-lujhit, ■vrope. ctc;,'
i Wt *rfigtofflgeneeac
I suppose this will be ■fery 4
able to many of your roaders, who
are already tired of these gasing
Texas letters.
JBut, reader, before you close your
eyes to information, cwue aud see,
and I agree to foot tbe bill from the
time you laud iu Dallas till you are
ready to return, if I don’t prove the
Country to bo just such as I repre
sent it.
I‘iease inform me where I can pro
cure the Uill-Stcphens controversy
H. M. £.
N. A. S. Road, —Dr. Fiewellet, *
announces that, i ntil the 16th of nex;
month, parties of six or more leaving
Uoluntbae aud returning the same i
day, will he passe, ♦‘•- round trip
for cno fare. This is a good m***ngi
went, but wa think a still better one
would be to put down the fare to
ha'fpriosi The low! travel would
thereby bo considerably increased.
As it is, ao inducement is held out to
any !mt those living in Columbus.
New Paver —-0. D. Borman, of
the Talbottou Standard, hao bought
out R. C. Floyd Cos,, of Columbus,
ami W going to atari a daily pajrer in
that city very scon.
Mece Mention.
An abandoned woman in Memphis
poisoned her paramour, and then at
tempted to poison herself. She was
arrested.
A man in Chicago was arrested
while firing his store.
A boy ia Baltimore, while flying
a kite from a tbird-story window,
fell to the pavement, and was killed.
A fine gold ring was recently found
inside an eel at Pensacola, Fla
DcVotie, of the Columbus En
quirer, lately handed a Macon news
boy fifty cents to pay for a paper.
DeVotie waited an hour for the boy,
who Went after the change, but he
failed to return.
Kimball has returned to New
York. He said he would come back,
but thi- Is doubtful.
As tho Florida train rolled into
tbe Savannah depot the other day,
a little boy spied his father, and
jumped out of the window before
his mother could catch him. Strik
' \yv if.*, ground rolW over the
Vifir Into the middle the track, i
and the last car paassd over pfe, ;
fortunately without hurting Mm,
A violent s.ortJLf rasa asw luf ’ in
Moravia destroyed fifty he, ie, and
many lives were lost and vihoyartbs
ruined.
A clergyman’s wife in
was killed by falling down a .flight of
steps.
The Standard says a negro in Tal
bot county .likes n good rope by
taking hundreds of small hickories,
beat:>. 4, o>za into a frazzle, and then
twisting thrim. Re sells thirty feet.
oi it hr 25c.
The first bafo of the new cotton
crop was received nt Galveston on
tho 27tu ult. It raised in
I)-Witt county, Texas, weighed 442
pounds, chased middling, arid was
sofd at auction for 27c. per pound.
Twenty sunstrokes occurred at St.
.Louis on the 28th ult —half of them
fatal.
A terrible landslip has occurred at
Alarra, Spain. The overhanging
rocks fell on and utterly destroyed
tl.£ village. Over 200 lives were lost.
By the explosion of a magazine at
tpaiza, Spain, thirty men were killed,
and many wounded.
The Carrollton Times of July C4th,
; *;*•: “ One bushel of wiTOM will
ihyftt*- it" l 'llMpy 1 .'V-vni ’"O'-'; 1 • h*
, i hut of August’, 'nwnwHai jtSAx pa
j per, we should say.
The flood at Pittsburg, Pa., caused
a loss of fully 200 lives, some 150
houses, several bridges, and hundreds
of cattle, horses, sheep, etc.
The Carrollton Times says two
boys were fishing, and had their fih
tied in the water, to keep them fresh.
Seeing a moccasin coiled round the
i fish, they 'pulled them ont, and as
the snake still stack, they took him
intp a field and killed him.
The grasshoppers are reported to
have destroyed a million and a half
bushels of wheat in Minnesota.
The misunderstanding between
Toombs and Stephens has been amic
ably settled.
The Radicals have renominated
Whitely for Congress in the second
district. As- Whitely is for social
equality, this of itself should be suffi
cient to ensure his deficit,
The fimt barrel of Hew Sow fo
ot) ved in Liverpool this year was
mu.de oi' Georgia wheat It sold
for £5.
One boy killed another vfith a
stone, in New York, tho other day.
A garter snake was killed in De-
Kalb county, the other day, and
when out open, fifty young snakes,
w> ten inches long, issued
the _ ~
■ h **—- Vdvo ottrnt off
t; w the root, and fallen aoross the
track, caused a train to ran off on a
Michigan railroad, whereby six men
were killed aud several wounded,
James Dunning, who robbed tiie
Atlanta post-office last year, was
lately captured and brought to At
lanta. He has given bail in the sum
of SIO,OOO.
Someone has shown the Ameri
ous Republican a tomato weighing
two pounds aud measuring nineteen
inches in circumference.
The Americas Republican states
I that a negro preache- in that place
t killed his own obild shortly after its
; birth, and that the mother of the
ild w&s Ins own daughter. This is
.-'bpmblo.
| During the Chicago lice several
. jiftola went off. A ball from ocq,
sruck a man in the hand, and anutner
tent through a looking-gl&8 in a
Wagon.
Rev.'Henry Boera, the patriarch
of Amerioan Methodism, was ono
hundred years old on tho Bth of last
Jone. He has been a preacher 73
iycArs, ' ?'■
J. H. H A M I L T O -N,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BAGGING, TIES, BACON, CORN,
SALT, SUGAR, COFFEE. '&o., 4e<
FLOUR! FLOUR! FLOUR!
A Large Stock of Best Brands at prices which defy competition.
ALWAYS ON HAND A FULL STOCK OF
Plantation & Family Groceries & Provisions,
Junction of Franklin, Warrefi and Oglethorpe Sts,
CQLUMBUS - - 1 GEORGIA*
No charge for Drayage. feb2l-lyr
BOATRITB & CLAPP,
> 7
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in .
Dry Goods, Clothing*, Hats, Boots, Shoes, &c.,
Have Just Received Their
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Best Spool Cotton 7<)ie. Prints 10c. Tw I*oooß ami au oittov
at very low prices. 4—4 Bleached Goods 10@12^e. —worth 16c.
COi-utrars, Ga., May 1, 1874, mayl-3m
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1874 SPRING MILLINERY 1874
CHEAPER THAN EVER, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!
MRS. L. A. LEE
HAS NOW OPENED AT HER STORE,
75 BROAD ST-, COLUMBUS, GA..,
A Magnificent Stock of Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hats, trimmed and
net . med. Flowers, Parasols, Fans and Ribbons. Hosiery, Gloves and
Corsets. And many other novelties, which she offers cheaper than ever.
Orders faithfully attended to. may 1-3 m
GRAND ATTRACTION.
NEW CLOTHING STORE.
THORNTON & ACEE,
78 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, GA,
Having received their new stock of
SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING,
For Men’s, Youths’, Boys' and Children’s wearfoflfer superior inducements to the trad*.
Having carefully selected their goods with on eye to the wants of the trade, and the fiuan
. ial condition of the country, and having purchased their entire stock for Cash, they art
eonlili and to offer great bargains to all buyers of good clothing.
TUeir stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap.
Give them a call. aplo-6m
J. W. PEASE & NORMAN,
COLUMBUS, GA,,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
®ej<basjc
ksihbv sjnseiE© a inßAimßSb mj 0
Rosewood seven octave Pianos from S3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woods & Cos.
Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banjos,
mouth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and music
books every few days, and anything wanted and not in stock, will be
on red and furnished at publisher’s prices. nov7-ly
- < —g
W. J. CHAFFIN,
B DOK-SEIjXiER. tfc STATION 88.
AND DEALER IN' '
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
OTROMOS, VEAMBS All© MOTOBSMSS,
NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.]
A- V ITTICH- C- M- KIHSELr
WITTICH & KINSEL,
r rSACTiCAn -waretHiaKAHs,
fSWSLKRS ill BSMMES9*
SO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA,
.VATCnfiS jjfifßL SWffiMEJ ®
JIWGLRT JPJSAIT®®
All of tlxo Batost Manufactures-
An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought in
New York, and is hereby offered at the Lowest Cash Pbices. j
*■ XAMi5 s, gold and silver Spectacles and Eye-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladle* ana
g*tts’ Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of bcautifnl workmanship, and every
_ , T> of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store.
Eie iilsOTi andAgents
for t' e Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly color favor with erery
bo.l idng specks or eve-glasses. tranches. Hair Jewelry, -■ _
tcb. Clock and Jewelry repairing in all its ’ rtwK , nn .l,le charges.
|Dn )nd setting, or any new woTk made to or** oo&4-lyt
* • i " Engraving promptly executed*