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About The Hawkinsville dispatch. (Hawkinsville, Ga.) 1866-1889 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1874)
THE DISPATCH — 1 TIIUIHDAN MORNING, JAN. 1,1874. UEO. I*. WOOiW, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. tin; Urant'cn Want. At u meeting of llawkiusville Grange. N'->, 173, on Saturday last, ft committee was appointed to wait up mi oar Representative* in the Leg islature and a*k them to-use their in fltleuce in having the Georgia Lien law repealed. The committee was composed of Capt. K. W. Anders *u, formerly a Representative, and J. J. Watkins and J. W. March man. There are strong indications throughout the State that a powerful influence will Itc brought to bear upon the Legisla ture in having this law repealed. For our part we do not know what the farmers of Pulaski and cOntignou* counties think of the law ; whether its repeal would benefit or injure them. Perhajw many of them are apprehensive that if the Lien Law should lie repealed, they would die unable to obtain provisions to make another crop. Therefore they would be comp< lied to curtail their force and expenses, or make deeds to their lands as security for their provision debts. Rut many men, white and colored, who run farms, have neither lands or stock, what would they do iftbev could not obtain credit ? These arc mere reflections, and are for the consideration of that class mostly in terested. Rut tbere is one thing that farmers are very generally decided on, and that is, that there is not much profit in guanos of present quality and at present prices. I lik repeal of the Lien Law would certainly reduce the sale of this coaiuo lity iu all parts of the State. Manufacturers of fertili sers would not Ls* anxious to sell their mixtures and take a simple note of “1 promise to pay.” They couldn’t squeeze the farm tquite as close and do it as promo ly as they now do if there were no Lien Liw. This, may lx* one of tli • reason* why the people wish *he law stricken from the stat ute. If the farmers can stand it, the merchants have no right to object. “What is sanee fur the go. >sc i.light to lie sauce for the gander," and av the bov said whew he swallowed the wigglc»t and!, “ if they could stand it lie to uld.” It i.< ns plain ns the noon-day sun tlmt farming hits been a very poor business with the majority since the 1 iien law has been in o|M*ration; in fact it was passed innnetliulely after tile war, ami was intcutlvd should ex ist only for a brief period. We look tlpou tin' repeal of thia as we ili'l wlm-ii called upon to vote for (lively or Grant—-“anything for a change..” Things cannot get worse. VppoLktllii-iif sol' tile Sotllli ll'.'Uf jfin ('onfi'renre. flev. 11. .1. Corley, to llic delight of i host of friends, It as hee i returned to llnwkin-tville lo servo the citiz -ns j here aid at Longstrcel during the | year 1871. A petition, numerously j signed, was sent forward to the Con sere nee asking for his appoint ment to this charge. The following sp|ioiiitmcU, ana mg many others, were also made u F. A. liraneh. Fuel Valley and M‘i rshaltrille. \V. I'. Ilohmaon. Pi-mv W. M. !>. I loud. Il.tynev.ne. \V. 11. lingers. I’uiaaki. Wilcox Mission to lie supplied by K. M. booth. Montezuma to be supplied by H. B Felder. Vienna and Dooly Mission, (I. (J. Knahrv, K I. Bmi h. NnsLviUe, Herieti comity, L. A. Darsey. K. M. Lockwood, Darien. Kastman Mission. I). U. Pope. Jacksonville, W. K. Conley. South Coffee Mission to be sup pi ietl. Worth Mission, S. N. Tucker. Oglethaip, .1. 11. Wardlaw. Tile First to Mettle. Tint Comptroller-General stales tint Irwin county was the lirst toset tle liei tnaea in fuff tor 1873, an-1 that Hancock county was the second. This Is-a ft-.sAlu-r for Irwin county. A Kntlwinjf Heeling of t iratlffcr*. Sonic twenly-fix’e or thirty gran ges luil :i pulilivmeeting :it Aincri- Ctw a few day* agix. Delegates were there from Sumter. S-ddey, Lee. Ran dolph, Dooly, ami other counties. The following rosrlutiou* cmivnly the sense of the meeting : That every farmer should raise an ample supply of all provisions neces sary for the *up|*ort of their families ami st ick. That we use our endeav ors to get farmers to raise their own slock. That planters should u*e com mercial manures very sparingly, if at all. That it is the duty of every true Patron to pay at as early day as pos sible the d-'l»ts contracted to carry on their farming operations for the current year, as well as all other debts, they having been euntraeted in good faith on Itolb sides. Farms should run on the cash system, end to accomplish this great desider ctum, every farmer ought to institute the most rigid economy and strictest retrenchment at home, leax tng otT the wxuries and buying only the actual necessaries of life until studi time a* tiny arc able to pay for them. Raad the Dispatch for 1874. On hr Two Dollar*. Ourt orrespondcot “Alpha” and thw Georgia Laud unit Lumber Cos. e publish iu this week’s Quitch another communication from “ Vlpha ** relailve to the Georgia Land and Lumber Company. During the past year several articles of a similar na ture have appeared in oOr columns. Our correspondent charges -the- Ga. Land anti Lumber Cos. with having procured, for an insignificant sum, quit claim titles to large tracts of lands in Telfair and adjacent coun ties ; that these lands are the rightful property of the citizens of Chose coun ties. and were purchased by them at sheriff’s sales many years ago. the th.-n Governor of Georgia having or dered them sold for taxes. The history and antecedents of the Company have iieen reviewed at length iu the varions communications, and doubtless our. readers are well acquainted with-the fhctft- a» set forth by “Alpha.’* We are informed that Mr. William E. Dodge and family of New York claim thc.y kiu.Ls.and that an agent re sales in this State whose duty it is to look after them, pay the taxes as sessed, prevent trespass upon the timlier, eject |»crson» “squatting” up on or cultivating the same, and In certain eases to enter suit in the Uni-! ted States Court to force others to | a I land on places upon which they have lived for many years, hut which were included in the quit claim deeds oh- j tained by Messrs. Dodge A Cos. From i the mere fact that the agent is pre- ! paring to carry thesa matter* into the , United .States Court we inferTKnt the j pimple of the respective counties can- j not Ik* trusted as jurors, nor the Hu- ' (terior courts permitted to bear tlictn. If this lie rrit an imputation ujmui the : li meaty of the peopk» r it is tosuy the I least of it, a in:* n i festal ion of an utter j lack of conlidcncc in tliem. Rut we j w ill not dtueuas this point. The right t*» ]».»**,•** these lauds i* a : question of much Importance to the , |K-ople nlwive named, and. to nnyre or j le** extent involves the pr )sp >rit v of | the State, for so long as their title Is I in litigntiiyn. no person will purchase I or improve tlism, thus keeping a large • seo|K* of country contiguous to the | Railroad from lieeoming peopled, as I it would in ft few year* were no one i contending for tlieir ownership. Thi* ’ iH-injr a fact, we see the imjrortance of: the tnatter. It seems that when Dodge k Co’s agon'.* went aniongat these people and made it known that they had ti tles to the lands in ipiestiou, and that their titles were genuine, many per sons willingly compromised by relin quishing their titles and IsMlig allow, <sl only a |K>rtion of what they claim ed. By this means I lodge A Cos. have probably gotten permanent foot hold. and the |H-r*ons compromising with them may never attempt to mo lest them. Hut there are others wild' would not compromise or yield to Do'lge k (’<>*s titles, and upon these their agent or agent* are threatening prosecution in the Unit--• Stale’s Court at. Savaiwnih,. where Dodge A Co’s predecessors carried similar ea se's many years prior to the war. It is this latter class that we most <leep ly sympathize with. They are poor in this world’s goods. Their houses •and little farms are all they have. The war swvpt from them whatever ►other wealth they may have pos sessed, It has Ixvtva liard struggle with the Soutlwm pcopU <»ja-'e the war. They have toiled hard. They have lived hard. They have not the means to give their children that ed ucation they should have. Year after year these people dig from th« earth their daily food, or obtain it by means of selling timber from off their uncultivated lands. Do you wonder, then, that they refuse to give up this, [their only means of supporting their ; families ? They have lived long years upon this property undisturbed, in herited it from their ancestors, paid taxes upon it. purclmsed anil sold it among themselves, and never dreamed of being molested in its ownership. Now, if Mr. Dodge lie the charita ble mn. that Christian-hearted fWji ltoman that he Is reputed to be, this [ is the grandest occasion he will ever have to exhibit hi* charity, or stating it more pro|>crly, his genrronity. He bought these lands for a mere song. It is stated that for the sum of ten thousand dollars, lie procured the ti tles he has to probably over one hun dred and fifty thousand acres. He rolls in wealth, and is a great man witli his people. They laud his noble acts, and even sent him to Congress to make their laws. Although using his voice and casting his vote in favor of every me bmre adopted against the South's inten**t, and beiiijr intplu-ateri with other |wr*oua iu tie tin tiding y* own Government of large »tnns of money, we can forget all that if he * will wipe it out by ortleiing hi* agent* and attorney* to cease their lawsuit* against these almost helpless jteopie. j and returning to them the land* he bought for a trifle, and which he claims under doubtful title*, to say th* least. We could almost cease to forget that a Legislature composed chiefly of scalawags, adventurers and negroes had divided the noble old ! county of I’ulaski and given to the biggest part of it the name of “Dodge,” notwithstanding tharc were 1 many Georgians who could have home the honor a* gracefhlly and as acceptably to our people a* Mr. [ Do<lge. Yet the people were in bum ble circumstances, ahd needed a I Court Kotlae. ftnd to obtain it con ferred Upon Mr. Dodge the honor of Mtftiug their county after him. We Say It is a great honor. We can nev er think of l>odgc without coupling the name with that of the brave and noble Cot; xt Pulaski who sacrificed Kls life in the 'Savannah harbor in de fence of American liberty, ere Geor gia had grown to be the Empire State of the South. Let Mr. Dodge reflect what a great mau his admirers in this section thought him to he. Let him remember the great honor oonferred upon him. Let him then, not forget that “charity covereth a multitude of i sins,” and leave these oppressed peo ple ia peace. He i* rich— they • are 1 poor. He may be generous, but they would be just. They love their little homes, and their native soil is hallow ed with the memories of better 1 times. ' .- ' To our (Nil Friend* and Hub- Mribcts. Wc shall regret to part company with any of our subscriber* in dis tant sections of the country. Rut these are trying limes, and de.uand close attention to business. We arc endeavoring to give our readers a better paper than ever, and we feel assured our etfcorl* are appreciated by the large number of new subscrili ers wc are daily receiving, and the renewal of old once, together with earnest and friendly letters from ev ery portion of the country. Yet there will probably be many who will not think to sen I us two dollars to continue the Dispatch anothcry ear, belierng llwt we will send it along anyhow and receive our pay at some future day. We earnestly ask them to not think thus, for while it is very painful to draw the pencil act os* tlieir names, we shall be compelled to do some of them that way, simply because limy live along way off, an l wc cannot see them personally about the pay. It is two much trouidc and expense, then, to send the piper and attempt to collect the money af ter ward. Os course we arc making money on our paper or we would not print it, hut the protit on each sutweritwr is small, and these mites have to be looked after, tir profit will be untight. In the cour t;* of a year wo print prob ably eight hundred column* of en tertaining and instructive reading ■natter, and when our friends th.nk of this they will certainly agree with us that two dollars is a small sum for a good paper a whole year, th“ fact the paper is worth far more to any family than the price we ask Lr. it. To stop it would be their loss, and to continue it at our risk and expense, would tie a severe lo*>w to us. We hope all our old friends will renew as early as pose Me. •> A* yet we l»ve not vobnitarHy stricken any names from our hooks, and will not until we cair hear from or see them personally. At least we will allow ■them a reasonable time. Those who wish Ur form clubs can do so. We will setvl six pa|iers one year for ten dollars. Kemit your money by registered letter or ex press. Tin Goat-git La'id and Lumber Comp my on thm Rampage >remt Excitement and Activity Amongst Their Agcata and Attorneys United States Court o:i the iimln. Tslvair (’m m, Qa., I DecewdM-r *26. 1873. j Editor Dif/tuteh ; Since my last article hr your col umns of 23d Octolier, wherein char ges were piefericl that plainly showed the Georgia Land and Lum ber Company U> lie the "biggest swindle in the Slate.” In that arti cle, as well as this and others, they were requested to correct any nuss statenieots made, this they have not and well know they can not do. lienee, they stand branded as an un serupuions crew of Land Grabbers, as m incorporated monopoly of Bul lock's region, that is and h:y£ been oppressing and injuring the citizen* of this section. My object, Mr Editor, and fellow citizen*, is to reiterate ail that I have written as the wh»de trntli, and noth ing but the truth, and dare the Geor gia I.and and Lumber Company, its “scalawag and carj»et-!>ag" agent*, its attorney* or any one else to prove that my charges arc not correct, and all will admit that the half ha* not lieen told, the most intrrc*ling de tail* are yet to l»e narrated. And I assure you Mr. Kriiti.i it is not a pleasant task to thus continue narrating facts relative to the acts and doing* of this iucor|>or.»t*d mo nopoly, but justice demand* it, auti right nmat prevail ; coming posterity would rise up an I curse our uatnes. if we (quietly submitted to the wrongs ami insults ptacticed upon us by this crew of Ijanri Grabber*. They care very little about what tlie peo|de or press may assert, ami Less for their own character*, it is the mighty dollar they are after, and tla;y will continue to rob the widow, Ute or phan an - the crippled soldier of all they have. A gentleman remarked to me that he thought their greatest forte was in worrying,insulting and taking wid ows and crippled soldiers lands from tliem. Perhaps they think tlie Uni ted States Government allows tli„» in n large pension and that they hare no use for land. Allow me to Inform them that the “best Government the world ever saw” is not so generous in this direction, and no probability of its beioj able to grant any more [tensions until they can atop tli? Dodge leaks in Custom Houses and the Grant back salary grabs. I noticed In yottr columns some : time ago that Mr. W. P. Eastman ik~ nied being one of the Georgia Land and Lumber Company. Such mav now be the case, but he did not in form the public that he was the man who came out here fresh from down East immediately after the war, when everything was In confusion, and batched op one way or another tips Quit Claim Title* that the present Georgia Land and Lun lier Company ape claiming these lands under, lie did not tell the. public what a nice spec lie made out. of Dodge & Cos., when he sold yut to them, these lauds that cost him little or nothing at sfl| ®*»d *5 jicr acr-, tiiat is the price] named iu bis deeds to thesopjtrtfes, ss the records of the different bunn- 1 ties show. He did not tell the pub lic that be held hack a great many of the most valuable lots, and that he was still claiming them. 1 think. Dodge & Cos., to say the least, has been badly humbugged, ami il re ports are true they have already found it out. Mr. Kastman, their agent* and attorneys, arc tire only ones that have realized much cash. He made his pile in the outset, and, of course, has very little lo say, but lie yet stands branded as lie princi pal instigator of all tiri* land grab bing. The acta and doings of tlieir •’scalawag" sub-agents will be looked into at the proper time; they arc too sm: 11 tisli t*> fry while the large ones are on hand. The writer wishes it tinder* ood, :>* souse of their sub agent* are very great men, that they will not bo entirely forgotten. Tlieir agent* and attorneys itave lieen on double and ly 'us the £u*t three week.*, preparing to moke a entry witli several suit* in the United .'Rates Court against eittx-in of Telfair county; the amount in volved iu any one of the cases would barely exceed tltfi jurisdietioti of onr Justice Uourta. Legal cap has been in great <lc m.md amongst tlieir attorneys. Uni ted States Marshals have been seen perambulating the rural districts. (A*e» r excitement has prevailed wH.lt the .weak-kneetl of tlriu swvtiou ; Irwt rejiort says they have hit upon a crowd Ibis time that wiN tab. pb as ure ire aKiwweriug Uteir .summons in the IB*tri.-t Court at Savur iah witb otrD ever even offering to eotnprm mine. What a strange tale! van il be lie lieved ? for hundred* of ottr citizens have given shcin half their lands just to keep out of that much dreaded Couit. It is tube hoped they will Ik* prepared lor a speedy trial and not let tlieir eases hang fire and never bring them to a hearing, as they have j lieen doing in our Sti|N>rior Courts for i a number of year-*. Why is it they [ have decided to bring action in Uni- ' ted Stales Court without ever allow ing a single rase to lie brought to a ! (inal hearing in our Siq crior Courts? Their Counsellors, who arc so well paid, and take such pleasure in per- : securing juror native Georgians in! the interest of this incorporated mo-; nop*4y, might inform the people why i ,it is that eases properly under the ju risdiction of Justice C mrts are com meiieed in the District Court. Tlie writer reasserts that the great object tld» Company has in view is to keep “irp r*show ot claim to these lands, until they can effect a sale or inort gajar of them, like their predecessors. It is yet to be seen whetlK'r an hon e*t Legisla’ure will uphold such an incorpora'.ion when all (he fact*are laid liefore it. In the meanwhile let our persecuted citizens stand firm in inaintainancc of their own rights, and not implicate themselves in fraud by compromising, or dealing with them iu any way. Our cit'zens are |>oor, and not able to keep up expensive law suits, Individually. Consequent ly. if till* monopoly eoulinues tawing j them, they will lie compelled to* unite togethei “en masse” and thereby de fend their interest at less cost. This they’ will do as a last resort. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. When it does the Georgia Land and Lumber Company will be numbered among the things that were. Then a new era will dawn upon this persecu ted section ; new life and hope will abound in the hearts of this people, tlie sc piney woods will then flow with milk and honey, tin; State, the coun ty, and even the Macon and Hiiinv wick Railroad will sec ami feel the great change. More anon, A LMIA H>o. T. R. Lyon, R e pres.: n tat iva of Dougherty county, is opposed to a convention for the purpose of re modeling the constitution, but favors three amendments to that instilment as follows : First, the rem >val of the CtpiUl from Atlanta to Mdlcugeville. Second. The cutting down of Homestead* taken thereafter, to one half the size Os the present prowl ston: ■, Third. The increase n r tha Poll tax to three dollars to be need tor educational purposes. Two bushels of com wiH pay fur the Dispatch one year. [ Paying County OtHver*. Houston county had the liveliest grand jury recently that ha* done service for some lime. Among other important business, are find the fol low! tig recommendations; * Relieving as we do that the County Tessurer is entitled to change only per oeot for receiving and paying out, instead of 2$ per cent for receiveittg, *hd 2} per cent for paying ont as now charged. We neon mend that representatives use their influence to have an act passed at its next Ses sion to explain and settle this ques tion. - Relieving further that wc have among us many gpod men who are willing to exercise our county olik-es for the perquisites thereof we respect fMilv urge our representatives, at the next session of the Legislature to pass a Taw repealing the laws that allow extra pay. Item* from Hrri*. The ways of Providence are mys terious. A follow-block, weighing se eral hundred pound*, fell upon the head of a colored citizcu of Ribb ftpouiity the other day. Beyond a , few scattering symptom* of vertigo, [the negro was uninjured. A constable iu Marshallvillcscrvcd a warrant on a negro the other day w ith a pistol. The arrest was as sud [ den as it was serious. Columbus grand juries, when they go into retirement, take with them a Bible, a hymn book, several deck* of cards, a vial of rose water a>id a bottle of whisky. v - T'te La Grunge fteporlrr wants to know it it would “supprise any (tody if A. 11. Stephens runs for Vice Pres ident with Grant in l»7fi?” The grand jury of Houston county recommend that a Stitc Con veil, ion be calks) as early as practicable. Col. J. R. Sneed, well known as the former editor of the Macon TWe •jrm/th and of ihe Savannah Jlf/nibli cau, will aSHiMite editorial control of the Atlanta Herald in Juntury. Col. Sneed is a vigorous and versa tile writer, and his connection with the Herald will increase the interest ami influence of that paper. A Bullock county planter writes us [ ftial a German on hi* place, with one mule, made sixteen oak:* of cotton, | weighing five hundred pounds each, and three bundled and li lieen bush elk nf corn. "The Board of Trade of Albany Ga., at a recent meeting determined to order from New York fitly or one hundred pairs of English sparrows, ! to bo used as vn experiment iu de termining fwrw fto' flrey e:w» rely iqxsi ' them in the destruction of the cotton erftierpdlvr, >’-dv ’.ftnitley will liriiq ?h<*m from New York without charge, a**»f has ordered twenty pair for his l>er*onid lienefil. ft Is said that in mmy portions o ’ the Sftte people w.ll b,- e-> ii nrllu I l<» see their property g»t > stle in or ler to pny their taxes. Thj Court II mm iu N'j.v'.d, Hi knr county, was destroyed by lire last Wednes lay night, togit’ior with all kb i county ro: >nh. It is su.i poseri to have been the work of an incendiary. The agricultural return of M«»igan county for tlie year 1314. shows the following for cotton and corn : cot ton—2s,l3(l acre*, yielded '.1,022 bales, average |>*r acre, 500 pom Is seed cotton, K>o pounds lint; bale to two and threespinrter acres. Coni— -16,216 acres, yielded 1.50.417 buslu Is. average 8 bushels |K.-r acre- Postponement- - Koi ktii 'Sier ;’o\ of.kt in- PchucLibkaktop Kkviu ky A O.vuo to tiik Public.—The frusiec.* of the Puldic Library of Kentucky ami tins mamngemetil of the Gift Concert an nouiit i-tin- |Mwt|s>neiiiriil of the Fonilh Gilt Concert until Tuesday, the .’Jlst ot .March next. The isililic will readily understand the causes which have made this postponement necessary. tlie financial panic, which has lor the last two months paralyzed the business o| every set-lion oft hi* country and Europe, has pi evented tiiousan-D rout investing in tickets. The t-f-i lemies |tervading almost 111.- entire So.itli have cut *|J a large and avail-tide tn.vkct. And, too. the public judging Irom Ibc effect of llie>e cause-, have expected a |s>st|smciiicut and iiare dcclineo to invest without a more positive assurance of the drawing taking plate on a lived dav. All interested desire a full drawing.' Inrt4er tbs- reasons just stated this ishiM not be had on the 3rd of December, hot the short ja»sii>onriiicnt now announced will securr it. Tha management have met with unpre cerb-nlvi succ ss The sales of tickets, the proceeds nl which have already la-cn received, amount to ovkk a mii.i.ion ran. i.vhs. with nienher* of agencies in this ismntry yet to heat from, and all those in Enr-qK-. 'Thus a drawing (scaling the gil'® ~nc* halfi could la- Ind now. Ink the manage ment deem it la-st to have a postpone ment and a fn'l rirmting. Ti-is postponement Me Mile of j ,tU the tiekrt* tin’l \ Ft 1.1, DRAM t ING Tlmt this determination will meet i with the approliation of nearly every one | interested is made apparent liy the very j utnuerons letters received from every sec ! lion of this omntry and the Canadas a-k --ing for a postponement. This action of the management will j work no detrimaif to any but will l>e for I the .rood of all. By it the fortunate ticket : holders will r- ceivc their gifts in full xvliile | it will not affect those who do not draw ! jilts. j lit making this announcement the | management emphnUeM]f *tntr that thrrt ( n/mll fit nn/utihrr /rmtjpmawHt and ts • this j end all agents will lie im|>eratively re i quired to close up ami transmit their ac j eounts to this office h>- the Slat of Match. THUS. E. BHA LBTTF.. Agent Public Lihrary Ky. Notice to Debtors And Creditors GEORGIA —Irwin County. All persons having demands against Mo ses McCall, dechascd, late of said county, are hereby untitled and required to pre sent them properly attested to th • under signed within the time prescribed by law. , And all persons indebted to said deceased i are hereby required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. This De cember 18,4873. SAMUEL B REID. i —* » Administrator. Jinl «w Seymour, Tinsley A Cos., Wholesale Oroeersj, Ivla-con, - - - Oa- We Offer to the Trade a full an-.l Compleie St<* k of- Groceries of every de scription. We guarantee onr Uihkl* and will sell on ns favorable term* and price* as offered in any Market. tV : are agent* for. tli* Lucy Minton To bacco. and the Sixteenth Amendment Ci gar*, which are So widely and favorably known. janl Sm Drs. J- P & W R. Holmes IIKATISTS, Successors of Dr. G. NV. Emerson 84 Mulberry St., Maoon. Ga- DRS. HOLMES’ cure diseased joins or scurvy, cure abscessed leelh, fill teeth beaiililully and permanently, extract tri 11, w ithout pain, insert porttal or full sets of artifirial teeth. Guarantee all work. Pri ces reasonable. REFERENCES— I)r G W Emerson. Dr F M KVnfP-dy, Rev J \V Burke. Mr R H llutelilng*. Mr It \V itoaner, Macon . Capt I* T Pitts, Capt R T I)r Sain Per.-Uv. Mr It.- - ert Barron, Rev Jos Carr, Clinton ; .Vnrk H Johnson. Bor rough* k Wing, Atlanta ; Dr llollingshcad, Fort Valley; Dr James Knapp. ST. MARY’S SCHOOL, Raleigh, N. O. For more than thirty years this School has been conducted l»y the Itcv Aider! Suedes. D. I). His son, the Rev. Bennett Smedes, A. M is bi* a- distant. Bishops Atkinson and Lyman are If* visitors. For acce**ibility and healthfulness nf situation, extent and convenience of hiiil<liiig« and grounds-, and great m.Hleralion. consider ing it* advtmtagcs iu its charges, the School challenges a comparison with any similar institution in the United States. For aetretilai and hitler information ap ply to Messrs. Jito. Henrv A Son, of Haw kinsvilh-. or to the Head of the School at Raleigh. N. C In connection with the foregoing notice, l recommend Si Mary’s to the attention of parents and other* who have gill* toed ucale. lam il.patron of the School, there fore, I spe ik what l know, when 1 say that Bt. Mart 's i* all that is elainual for it. J NO. HENRY. Jan l ts H awkins Till© Noliool, FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Tiiis School will open on the second Monday in Jwnnaiv. I'Eif ,'js f land 41 pei month. No deduction except lor protracted sickness. M N M -CALL. A M„ Principal. janl If School Notice! NLrw. I j(me Will resume hei Scload exercises on Monday. January sth, 18Jt. Tit'- rati** ot' tuition same as heretofore. ; i wit: Ucgtllar course fl .ait |a-r inonlh Mu-ic on Piano o o#|K-r month PuplK charged Iroiu the time llirj- enter unti :h<- en I ot tlie term, unless in i-aw-s of protracted sickness. janl ft MUSIC SCHOOL. Spring Term, 1874. Daring the Sarin; Term of Mr. McCall's School, f will continue to give lessons in Music ai the late residence of Dr. llyan, now occupied by Mr. Davies. TERMS five Dollars psr month. General review every Friday, with lilack-hoard exercise*. Music hours so regulated as not to in terfere wi'li recitations at school. Pi him furnished pupil for practicing, iv-hollar* can eiiier at any lime. Tui tinn always dates from lime of enter nice. Lessons will be given at residence ot pupil it desired, Mllß. J. II MITCHELL, llawkinsville, Jan. Ist, 1873. ts IS/E-unicipal Election. Mayor's Ovticr, ) II XWKIXSVtI.I.K, G.v , > December 29,1873. I Notice is hereby given that an Elia-lion will la? held : nl the Court House in Hawk in ville. (fa.,*on the second Saturday in January A. I).. 1874, lor the purpose of electing a Mayor and six Aldermen for said lows, for the next municipal vear. JOHN If MARTIN. Mayor. janl If Personalty- GEORGIA—Pm. A SKI Coistv. Whereas. John T. Ard applies for *x eniplion of Personalty, and this is to no lily all persons concernetl that I will p t«.* ii|>on the same on Saturday, tenth day of January, 1874, at eleven o’cloek a*, m. This Deeenila-r 211. P. T. McGRIFP. janl-2t Ordinary. Homestead Kotice. GEf >RG I A—\V IIA'OX t'OI NTT. Whereas, Eliza J. Johnson has applied to me for setting part and valuation of Personalty and Heal Estate, and this is to notify all ' |>ersons concerned that I will pass upon the same on Tuned ay, January 13, 1874, at 12 o'clock, a. ni. This l)c --cemlier 29, 1873. SMITH TURNER, Ordinary. jan l 2t (Printer'* fee $2) Personalty. GEORG t A Pulaski County. Whereas, Mr*. Saphroni* A H Oliver applies for exemption of Personally, anil this is to nrtfify ai) persons concerned that I will imus ait mn the same ou Salurdav, tenth dav ol Jiinua-y, 1874, at 11 o'clock, a m Tiiis December 29 P. T. MeGRIFF, Ordinarj-. janl 2t (printer*' fee s2® IX Willis Calls. Wbo will Ans^Br? Tli is is no “duu," geo;krtien, II Is A slra pie request that you will dll (tun pay all. if yon can. nml It n#t »il| • portion of rotir accounts for Previsions furnished to make your crops- It will he impossible lor me to assist you another year unless you come forward and pay what you can of the .amount now due. Many of my customer, have resjKinded nobly to my rails heretofore, and 1 thank the.ii for tlieir promptness. Those who are yet tiehind 1 believa will come up to the beat.Of their ability. I have not lost confidence in mankind, not in the ability of onr ;K-oplc to recover from their present financial einbnrrt»*ment». J. 8. WILLIS, H* wktnsv (He, Ga., December 31, 1878. J;ml If STATE OF GEORGIA,) t Pulaski County, f The Old Court House Will lie sold at public outcry to the high est bidder on the first Tuesday In Febru ary next, at Hawkinaville, Ga. This sale w ilt include the brick in th«\ghiinney and ilia pflkov .lUiliT the house—reserving.qul.v such Ixiok cases, shelving and furniture ss we may .desire for the use nf the new building; and also the use of the House ns it if, until such time as the County Judge can have the new House ready tor uss. Cash payment required on the day of sale. The’btllldlng to be tdrfeitetl il* not removed within ten ditys after delivery. JNO HENRY, JHge Countv Court, P. O. janl ts. A < l ar<l. On examination l find I have done Mr J M. Stoke* nn unintentional wrong in stating I had paid him taxes for another person. As l wish to do no person an in jure, l nr-vks this s'atement. W. A FERGUSON. j ‘fil H’ Homestead GEORGIA- Pei..aski Coustt. Wheeras, Miss Sarah J. Arnold applies lof setting apart and valuation of Home stead and Personalty, and this is lo notify all persona concerned that I will pass up on the same on Saturday, tenth day of ■lanuarv, 1874, at eleven o'clock s. R This I *ec 29, 1*73 P. T. McUIMFF, Onlinary. jant-2l(Printer’s fees 2.) r Ifiir ShSTiif’s Sale. Will Is-sold within the legal hours ot sale, la-fore the Court House diair in the town of Mcßae, Ga., on the first Tuesday in Februart’ next, li«r following property to wit : Town lots number -Ti and .16, containing one-halt acre, each; and town lots number 2l and 22, contii.ning one t'oiinh a--re, each ; all in the tow n ol Jack s«nville, in said county. Levied on us the pro, erty of John McDermid, Jsr., to salisly -me lax ti-fa lor tin- vear 1873. Properly uuinted out by said McDermid. Levy made uml returned to me by G. \V D lrvin. Constable. W. LANCASTER. Slierilf. janl Ids Pulaski Sheriff’s Safe- Will Iw sold before the Court-house door in the town of llawkinsville, between the legal hours ot sale on the fir«l I'uesday in February next the follow ing property, to 'Wft t fauofland ?«o. 2(1, in the 21st Dis trict ot Pulaski county, Ga Levied on as the property of Wm. 11. Pearce lo satisfy ttvo County Court fi-la * iu favor of C. W. M Wvntte vs. said Pearce J. w. Lancaster. J'iieriff. janl tds (prii.tMix'fee $3 stl) Personalty. GEORGlA—Pulaski f'ounty. Whereas. Mary J.- ('rns-y, colored, h;>- piies Ibr Exemption of Personalty, uml ibis i* to notify all persons concerned that I will pass ii|hiii the same on Saturday, tenth dujr of January. 1874, at II o'clock, t tit. This December 29 P T MeGKIFF, Ordinary. janl 2t GE< )R< J! A—Pulaski County. Whereas, John 11. Martin applies for letters of aUministration on the estate ol Julia M. Wniglit. late of Pulaski county, deceased : These see,, therefore, to i ite anil udmoui*ii at 1 persons roneerned lo be Kid *p|tc ir at my office on or la-fore the first Monday in February next to show cause, if any, why said letters should not ne granted the applleaiit. Given uoder. ma hand and official signature. Ibis De eeinlM r 2V. P T. McGRIFF, Onlinary. janl tw (printers’ fee $3 50) GEORGlA—Pulaski County. Whereas, Tims. C. Allen applies fur let ters of gtiartliiinsiiip ol the persons and property of Mor\ I), and Ida M. Harrell, minors ot Ilenry Harrell, late of Houston county, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned to Is- ind ap|iear at my office on the first Monday in February next, to show cause, if any, why said letters should not Ik- gran ted l lie applicant. Given under my hand and official signature, tins Decrmls-r 29 P T. McGRIFF. Ordinary. janl 4w (printers' li'e |3 50) (with LATEST IMtTtOVKWF.NT,) FOR 20 YEARS THE STAND ARD OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. OVER 800.000 IN USE. If you think of baying a Sewing Ma chine it will pay you to examine the records ot those now in u*c and profit by experience. The WHEELER & WIL SON stands nlone as the only light run ning Machine, using tlie Rotary Hook, making a lock Stitch, alike on both sides of the fabric sewed. All shuttle machine* waste power in drawing the shuttle hack after the stitch is formed, bringing double wear and strain njam both machine and oiierator, hence while other niachuM* rap idly wear mil. the WHEELER k Wlie SON Dste a lifetime, and proves an eco nomical investment. Do not believe all that is promised by so called “Cheap" machines, you should require proof that year* of use have tested their value. Money once thrown away cannot be re covered. Send for onr circulars. Machine* sold on easr terms, or monthly payment* taken. Ola machine* put in order or received in exchange. Agents wanted. WHEELER A WILSON ME'G. CO’S. OFFICES. Savannah, Augusts, Maeon and Colum bus, Ga. W. B. CLEVES, Gen. Art, Savannah. Ga. POSTPONEMENT! Fourh HUM HFT CONCEPT —w* -«m TstuueutT or fww. flia-C lIMT if lilTifTY Over a million in Bank Success Ak.ssured. A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN OnVoesdky. ibit of MCarch ZVcxt la order to me t the general w eh and npeeia lion of the paWir ad the ttchet holder, lor the tv l psyment of tlw msgn Brent git. sai'iian< i-d Tor ihe Fourth brand Hit tCoucert or the Pujilti Uhrsry of Keultn-k . t‘e matugement ■ arc (let.-nnlned to posipo ue tk. Com ert and Drawing ant l Tuesday, March 3ist, 1874. They have alt only yea bed OYER A MZXIUOK »0 3.1,1 AS, rad h» e agient mnny agent, yet to hear from. No do W Hi rntertalael of the *a'e of every t ck et hefore the Drawlnx: hmt.wbntk- r atlare ktld or not, the Concert nnd nrabli:-.- *t|l jun>ltlrel. and uii'-qalvncalty Uac place on ihe dav uu. Bi,-d trany remain nn-old they wit he caorrlled. and the prlae« will He red eed In proportion t« the tm solu ticaeU. Only 0.00 tl- tertr have b;-e« i-.a<-d nnd 12,000 Cash. Oifts. #1,500,000 will I, di.lrilnttvd am ngtne tieaet bo der. The ieaetr are i rioted in ct npou-. of tenth, nml all fractional p -rt- wilt bu i-prrvcoied ia :ho drawing jn-t a* wh le tl act. ate. mv or ozm One Grand CikPh - SI*O MS One Urjiml f »t*h «.ln, - . lUO. (iO One r»i»n One (fimiii UHflh Gift ... One.Uraad I'ftfih Gift. .... 17. H»» 1 * Citsb fliif », $10.0(1 est. D. 1 O.uOO O Otftft ol XUUB each, | u.OOO S<i (Vh Oiftii of l.dlH each, M','oo W C««H Qttbof 5 0 inch. 4 OKs 100 C>D*h llift* of ♦bleach, wjon 15*7 C\»A Oi’lftuf Sfltfteh, 4'r.000 fid Ca-h of 900 each. ftO.OM* '•<s < *a«a Gif 8 o r lU-* • sea, 82 .VD U4W Cfl»h (iiflk of st) rach, V-O.O# Total. t»*. all cjfln. ant tim;U> sl.j*n v >* v Th chmorra for a gift are an one to Bv»\ ’ PRICE OF TICKETS.- Who e ti'keti fur. Tenth-, nr -giwi ('oftlMOi. $-'». Kiev* n Whole Ticket* f*»r |Vf>, t.M Ticket* f.M- $1 .me 1 Jft NN hole Ticket* for f.») 0; fT Wn«>l* Ticket* or itsO 1 . dNsroint on less than s:»► \f rt'* of Tit kH* The KiHkrth ($i t Concert **Ul iw '«* ducted In all n»p|*t*cfs like she ?hire ft iht h have * ready hreu given, and full particular* may W nhinifil from »irrunri, whir • *iU be * nt ice from thi* office to n l whoupply fi>r them. Ord* * for ticket* ftnd application* f, r ajjfticirt* *IU Dc attended to in he order I ic> a<• re ched. and it I* hoped they will h« *en» in promptly, that there may be no di*nppoiiitineijt or and lay in duini; all. Libera) term* give* to tho*e wLo hoy to pell - are pei» mj torially n q !red M “cilie ni» tlK‘ir a • oust* and return aii fit.**.id tide v(4 liy the A tti dav o March. TIIO& E. BHAMLETTB, j A cut I’nhlir l.lhnrjr Kv.. and Man* «r <»ifi Con | OUT. nWe Ub ary Building. tvll K Will jm Farm Next Year l \ VVe make this r.j u> nil th use farnt j er* who are iinli-htt-il t« us, and have any l I’ecllng lor tut-n pre-sstnl lor inoitvy. Wc ; made yotirplow«, .-.lua-d your horws, Umiti j yottr blacksmith auil \v«m»l work, sold you j buggies and harness, and now \ve need the ( motley. Ottr neeessitles arc greater now I than ever before. Every dollar helps tis. j Our,d<-bt» art billing duv, m l wc cniumt I buy a |*>und of iron on lime for over thirty i Jays. We expect to run our shop nrxl i year, and ho|ie to Itc able lo aecnuunodatc j yorf again. This we eunnot do unless you j step lortvar.l and pry us. We know the times are hard, and that btrmers U-el the ; effeet of I, »w prices ol cotton, but we • an j not help this mUfnrlttilf. \Ve will lake e.ottim, au I will allow more than the cash ! jtriee. We need it. | , WILCOX, MILLER ALO ilei-4 1m FAIR WARNING I I All jiersons imlebtrel to WILL COX, MILLER i C 0„ by note or m e -nn* -Itu- the fir.-t of JanH ary, 1873, an.l p.i--t doe. arc notified lo pay between now and the First Div cf January Next. All failing to pay by that time will find tlu-ir notes and lu-ronnh- iu die hands of rOtkLLFJ'TING OFFICER, as we intend to make a i hnnsr io our business. WILU'OX, MH.LER& CO. y 24 lil juljaiil. A PT*f.F<’.>TH)N FOB Bridge Charter. STATE OF GEORGIA, I PI'i.AKKI Cot NTT. f To the Superior Court of said County; Your petitioner., Cornelius M Boze man, Sr., Mi D. Willcox, James Kinds en, Ritel W. Ain'erson, Henry Waterman, Patrick T. MeGriff am! L ('. Ryan, allot said Stale au.l rtMmly, respcclftllly apply for a charter incorporating them, their ass.M-.ate* ami successors for twenty years, as a laslv-piditic and corporate under the ns in .-nid sfyle »f “tui; HAWK'.xsVtiA.r. nniia.K tx>*r.\NT," with power by this name to sue am! he sued.to have and use . OomtHbnsealMlotthl tiny so desire, to hold, purchase and sell such real estate or other property, as may be necessary for carrying on the business and undertaking, hereinafter described, and to adopt such a constitution, by laws, rule* and regulation* and amendment* thereof, as the stock holders ol said corpo ration may deeiu advisable and proper to carry out the ptirjXMe ol said incorpora tion. The business of said cor|airntiiHi is to lie the building, keeping and using tor profit a toll bridge across the Ocmtilgce river in Sitid county. On* of the abutment of said bridge to real in the cotporule limns ot tha city of llawkinsville. Ihe capital stork of said e»r|M>ratioii is tola- twenty thousand dollars with tho privih-gc of mcre.ising tt to fifty thousand dollars per cent ol twenty thousand dollars has been actualiv paid in. The officers of said corporation shall la, such as may hereafter be chosen by Ute stock-hohfent, under stnli by laws, rule* an<l regulations as may hereafter U- adopt ed by said' stock-holders untler the author ily for which they herein applv. AU written conveyance* ol pnqirrtv of the said corporation, anti all its notes, drafts, acceptances *g,) other evidence* of debt shall be signed by such file rs as may be authorized to do so bv the by-laws, rule* and regulations of said corporatio*. Theprincipal oflirer ol said corporation is to be '■> said wmnty in the city of Haw kinsviUe. and said bintinew to Iw carried »n in said city of llawkin*vilie, *nd in. said county ot Pulaski. L. C. RYAN, Petitiooer*’ Attorney. Filed in office October 241 h. 1878-. K. A. BURCH, Clerk. A .r tc extract from the minute* ot P®. laski .Superior Court, October 24th. 1873 E. A BURCH, ? Orit
