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FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 30,
Mr. Jesse C. Wooten, editor^and proprietor
of the Newnan Herald, died on the 22d inst.
The Presbyterian church at Pennington,
N. J., was burned on the 25th. Loss $25,000.
A Washington dispatch says "Mr. Waite
■will qualify, as Chief Justice, in two weeks.
So that question is settled.
A bill is before the Georgia Legislature to
make it penal to vote without having paid all
taxes.
Hon. inlliam Law, an aged and distin
guished citizen of Savannah, died in that city
on the 23d inst.
Mr. William A. Thomas, of Savannah, and
dnring the war a citizen of Sandersville, died
in the former city a few days since.
A large cotton factory, in Glasgow, valued
at £150,000, was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 23d.
The Duke of Edinburg and the Grand
Princess Maria, were united in marriage in
St. Petersburgh, Russia, on the 23d inst.
Mr. Peter Sheror, a well known and esti
mable citizen of Augusta, died on Tuesday of
last week.
Secretary Richardson’s resignation is said
to be in the liaq/ls of the President. Let ’em
resign. There are a great many “good” men
who are “spiling” for office.
The British Parliament was dissolved by
royal decree on the 21th. 4 new election
will take place in thirty days. The new Par
liament will meet on the 5th of March.
Clay county raised last season 2,600 bales
of cotton, against 77,851 bushels of com.
Early county raised 2,233 bales of cotton,
against33,355 bushels of corn.
A little white girl was stopped by a negro
on South Broad street, Savannah, about noon
on the 21st inst., and her ear-rings deliber
ately pulled from her ears.
The London Times estimates that 74,000,-
000 bushels of wheat will be required from
this country to supply the markets of Europe
until the crop of 1875 is harvested.
Gov. Allen, of Ohio, has heen obliged, ow
ing to the palsied condition of his hands, (o
ask the Legislature to pass a law allowing
him to use a stamp instead of writing his
■signature upon official documents.
Mr. Lewis Zachery, during Gov. Cobb’s
administration Principle Keeper of the Peni
tentiary, and later a member of the Legisla
ture, died at his home in Newton county* a
few days since.
The Albany News published the death of
old mama Margaret of that county, on the
7th inst,, aged 116 years. Her husband is
■still living and is in his 120th year. Marga
ret was the mother of twenty-six children,
the oldest of whom is still living.
Poem Fellow.—Dr. Livingstone, the great
explorer of Africa, is again reported dead in
the interior of Africa. This time he died of
dysentery. The New York Herald should
immediately send on Stanley to find his
grave.
On the morning of the 21st, atShelhyville,
Indiana, a committee of ladies visited
all the liquor saloons, and other places where
liquors are sold, and held Sprayer-meetings,
imploring the dealers to give up their traffic.
At one or two places they were treated rude
ly, but were generally courteously received.
According to a German newspaper samples
of a lady’s hat of American invention have
been received in Germany from Paris, which
have the qnality of producing blnshes at will.
The hats are furnished with invisble springs,
which, when the wearer bows or moves her
head in a. certain manner, stimulate the arte
ries of each temple and canse a rush of blood
to the cheeks.
«et Ready ibr it.
It is with more than ordinary pleasure that
we announce the fact that the Senate of Geor
gia has passed an act repealing the lien law,
except so far as relates to landlords. That
it will also pass the House, perhaps before
this is in print, there is little or ho doubt.
We have, for more than a year past, urged the
repeal of this law, because we believed it to
be a curse to the country. A curse because
it encouraged the credit system, a curse be
cause its tendency was to induce the cultiva*
tion of other than provision crops, and a
curse from other reasons which we need not
now enumerate. We have yet to see the first
farmer who has followed it up, giving liens
from year to year npon his crop, that has
made money thereby. On the other hand
“their name is legion” who have sunk deeper
and deeper in debt, year after year, until
bankruptcy is the regular order of the day
in manyjcounties. That the lien law alone is
responsible for the deplorable condition of
the country financially we do not pretend to
say; hut that it has done much to bring i*
about is most certainly true. It has cumber,
ed the dockets of the courts of the country
with litigation, impaired confidence between
neighbors, merchants and friends, and had a
tendency for evil from the first to the last. A
happy day for Georgia will it be when it is
swept from the statute books, as it will be on
the first of November next.
Our object however, in writing this article
is not to speak so much of the evils that are
past, but to warn the people of a day that is
to come. The act that has passed the Sen
ate goes into effect on the first of November
next. After that time there will be no lien
law in Georgia,except as to landlords for rent,
etc. There will be no mortgaging of crops
to buy corn, bacon, and such articles as every
planter ought and can raise at home. That
merchants will supply these things on credit
without ample security, wo do not believe.
Hence all should prepare now for the coming
event. Write it down deep in your memory,
and re-write it, that “in 1875, I cannot buy
any supplies on a lien upon my growing crop.
I must therefore make preparation to pay
cash for all I have, or raise it at home. My
old com crib, so long of bnt little use, a poor
habitation for half starved rats, must be put
in order ; greasy hogsheads and boxes must
be moved out of my dilapidated smokehouse
and that hitherto untenanted and useless
building must be made ready. I must plant
ample corn for my next years supply, and a
little over. My sows and pigs must have
more attention, else 1 shall be, as usual,
short of meat next year. I must prepare to
live at borne, “or not lice at oil.” Keep these
thoughts constantly before you. Resolve,
and keep the resolution, to do your part faith
fully in bringing about a better state of things
in Georgia. Do not let the temptation to
raise a large cotton crop lead you astray again.
Raise all of that great staple you can after
having put in an ample provision crop ; but
make the latter your specialty. O will it not
be a happy day in Georgia wheD, as of yore,
every farm will have its well filled bam and
larder; when corn sacks are scarce and com
cobbs plenty; when manure heaps, instead
of guano barrels dot the fields over; when
the good old days of confidence in each oth
ers honesty shall return, and a man’s known
integrity shall be his security for what he
promises to pay. When bankruptcy shall
be unknown and the taking of homesteads to
avoid the payment of honest debts forgotten
in the courts of the State. Aye, verily it will
be, and God speed the time when all these
things shall be.
At the last session of the Maysvllle Ky.,
District Conference of the M. E. Church, a
resolution was adopted to the effect “that
the use of tobacco, except for medical pur
poses, is unclean, impolite, physically inju
rious, and at leastvery improperin Christians
and Christian ministers, if not positively sin
ful.” Pretty strong on the “weed.”
Vice-President Wilson, when called on for
a speech in the Woman Suffrage Convention,
at Washington, last week, arose and said: “I
wish simply to say that I am under impera
tive orders to make no speeches on any sub
ject. I will add, however, that twenty years
ago I came to tie conclusion that my wife,
my mother and my sisters were as much en
titled to the right of suffrage as myself; and
I have not changed my mind since.
Dooly county made last year, cotton, 5,959
bales; rice, 31 bushels; wheat, 1,853 bushels;
rye, 17 bushels; barley, 4 bushels; oats, 13,-
808 bushels; com, 190,415 bushels; sweet po
tatoes, 45,843 bushels; irish potatoes, 1T151;
tobacco, 499 pounds; syrup, 32,664 gallons;
sugar, 1,445 pounds; sorghart syrup, 254
gallons; wine, 8 gallons; dried peaches, 14
boshele; dried apples, 56 bushels; peanuts,
2,665£; sheep, 9,243 head; hogs, 11,789 head;
mules and horses, 1,604 head; cattle, 7,332
head;,wool carded, 7,332 pounds.
The pension roll of the United States al
ready calls for over thirty milliqp dollars a
year. It is objected that to pension the sol
diers of the Mexican war would add many
millions to this already heavy burden. So
it would, says the Savannah News, but it
would give the poor “rebs,” who bore their
full share of the fighting that won Texas,
New Mexico and California, a share in the
distribution. If ft little extravagant, there
would he justice and fairness in it, which
cannot be said of all the extravagances of the
government
Commercial Failures foe 1873.—The whole
number of commercial and financial failures
throughout the whole country dnring the year
1873, is authoritatively computed at 5,181
against 4,069 in 1872. Total liabilities for
1873, $228,490,000, against $121,056,000 in
1872. In New York the failures were 674,
and the liabilities $92,634,000. Pennsylvan
ia is credited with 576 failures, with liabili
ties amounting to $31,415,000. These statis
tics are compiled from the annual statement
of the leading commercial agency of New
Ytok city, and are accepted as reliable.
The Christian Church Entertainment.
The entertainment given for the benefit of
the Christian Church, of this city, on last
Thursday evening, was was a very pleasant
affair, (with the exception of that abominable
whistle, and those rowdies who made so much
hideous noise.) The performance reflected
great credit upon the ladies and gentlemen
concerned in it. The Tableaux were new and
beautiful, and were represedted with great
fidelity and beauty to the scenes from which
they were taken. The spectators were so well
pleased with some of the scenes, as to demand
a repetition.
Miss Keene, of Dublin, Ga., a pupil of Prof.
F. A. Guttenberger, favored the company
with a new and charming song—“Maggie
Leroy”—whieh she sang with such exquisite
symphony and effect, as to cause a most
enthusiastic cncore. Miss Keene is evidently
a musical genius, and we predict for her, un
der her present efficient Maestro, a brilliant
future.
Prof- Guttenberger, accompanied by his
accomplished wife, and Dr. J. B. Roberts,
furnished the music for the entertainment.
Of course it was excellent and appropriate.
The performers, without exception, entered
heartily into the spirit of their work, and
the programme was carried through without
a blunder. All did well, and we cannot now
particularize.
As an evidenco of the good feeling exist
ing among the churches of our city, we re
mark that members of every denomination
in the city took part in the performance, and
f ho wed a cheerful willingness to aid their
brethren of the Christian Church. The
handsome sum of sixty-five dollars was realiz
ed as the result of the exhibition.
We cannot refrain from giving expression
to the general sense of the credit due to Miss
Tommie Warthen, who originated the affair,
and in the face of apparently innumerable
difficulties, carried it through to its most
gratifying and successful conclusion.
We heartily.congratulate the Church upon
the flattering prospect of its early comple
tion, which the success of last Thursday
evening will materially assist.
Address of Hon. T. J. Smith, Master,
Delivered before the Georgia State Grange, at the
Opening of fourth Session in Atlanta, January
21, 1874, and by a Unanimous Vote of thfi
Grange Ordered to be Published,
Brothers and Sllters :
I congratulate you here to-day, and in the
name of our Brotherhood, whose name is le
gion, welcome you here in State council. .
This demonstration of its numbers, as well
as its intelligence, bespeak for us a brilliant
future. But eight months since we were or
ganized, having then fifteen Granges. How
is it to-day ? This demonstration shows—
numbering nearly five hundred. This speaks
trnmpet-tongued for the grand success that
awaits ns. And this extraordinary increase
but develops the fact that Georgia intends to
maintain in this, the grandest straggle ever
entered into by the farmers of our country,
her former proud position among her sister
States, of being “The Empire State of the
South” in doing her full duty in bringing
about a co-operation of her farming interest.
I heartly congratulate you upon the remarka
ble success that attended the efforts of our
worthy deputies prior to their suspensions at
our Macon meeting in October, which but de
monstrated the wise policy of having onr
State organized by an election of a few wise,
discreet and prudent brothers—those that
have given dignity to our order, and were a
willing sacrifice to our cause.
The eyes of the oppressed farmers all over
Georgia—yes, all over the land—are upon us,
and looking with confidence and much earn
estness for some plan of action; whilst we
may have a few selfish enemies diligently
scrutinizing our movements.
Conscious of the weight of responsibility
nnd of our duties, you will, after making com
mon stock of the individual wisdom and ex.
perience of each of us, devise for onr order
in this our proud old State, a line of future
action, which, in our judgment, will, at the
earliest possible time, bring relief to the de
stroyed, dejected and disappointed of our
class. No one else, no other class, has the
power to remedy the evils npon us.
We are assailed by the outside world as be
ing involved, embarrassed, and on this un
fortunate account, wanting in dignity and in
consistent in attempting to co-operate.
Why, brothers and sisters, should we he
branded ? This is but convincing proof that
we should co-operate. What class is it that
do not bind themselves together for their pro
tection? Do not railroad men, merchants,
professional gentlemen, mechanics, nay, even
the boot-black and bnrglar, band together
and hold their associations ? Why all these
co-operations but to drain ns of our little
and hard earnings ?
In the face of all this most formidable ar
ray, is it not indispensable that we, the tillers
of the soil, encountering the great perplexi
ties of the day, should fortify ourselves by en
trenching against such formidable odds?
Who is it present but that has been disap
pointed time and again in his effort in cul
tivating the soil ? Either from short crops
or low price, disaster of late years invariably
befall us ; and the consequence is we wind np
onr annual operations in disappointment,
disgust and chagrin.- And for this we are
branded as unfaithful to the trust confided
in us. Brothers, we know better, and an
honest intention should not be so assailed.
In our co-operation, we should be endorsed
by all good men of whatever vocation, for
the destiny of this country, for weal or for
woe, is now suspended in the balances, and
npon our Success it all depends. Let us not
be intimidated by these charges. Let ns
beep our faces to tne front, determined to do
all in our power for the prosperity of our
canse.
Are we not equal to the emergencies? If not,
wo are not entitled to the respect we claim
and which is conoeded us by thoughtful men
everywhere.
In organizing our plan for the future, for
the protection and advancement of our order,
let us with clean hands and pure hearts set
about this great, grand and good work. Let
each one of us lay upon the common altar of
this our order, whatever we may have of self
ish ambition or of mercenary motives, and
joining hands and hearts, let us covenant to
gether npon this very threshold of our State
organization, that the meetings, the counsels
and the labors of the order in our State shall
be dedicated to the cause of justice and hu
manity. Let us pledge one to anohter that we
will labor faithf ully, patiently, earnestly and
persistently to purify the moral, social and
business sentiment of our State, bearing ever
in mind that if we do triumph in the unequal
contest upon which we have entered, we must
fear God, obey onr laws and maintain our hon
or, not forgetting that a good Patron is al
ways and everywhere noted for his or her fi
delity. We are proud to reiterate that the
principles and motives underlying our organ
ization cannot be successfully impugned, and
we have the great satisfaction to know that
wherever our aims and objects are best un
derstood, support is there readily attained.
The people are the source of all power to gov
ern in this land, and thank high Heaven, are
wakening up all over the country. Yes, in
every hamlet the farmers and their wives are
waking up. God bless them ! They are in
council here to-day, and for a like purpose.
Duty calls yon. The depressed condition
of our'class calls loudly upon you as repre
sentatives of the great producing interest of
Georgia, and as representatives from your re
spective granges. You are here to codsider
the sad condition of onr class, and of the
whole country, and to discuss the great ne
cessities of the hour. You are here to bring
about a more perfect understanding in our
interest, as also a more perfect union of the
farmers of our country. Let us sot about this
gaeat and good work.
Being made your presiding officer without
experience in such a position, you will readi
ly comprehend the embarrassment of my po
sition, and I must therefore beg your forbear
ance ns I feel assured of your hearty co-ope
ration with me in our common cause, to make
this session of our State Grange a blessing to
tfie State, as also to our common country.
Much business of importance no doubt will
be presented for you r consideration, and I
am sure by your prudence and wisdom it will
be disposed of wisely. As farmers in council,
let us prove ourselves equal to the repnire-
ments of the occasion. Let us be orderly, re
spectful, charitable and forgiving, one to an
other—work in harmony, and much good will
be done. Should a selfish and impatient
course be pursued, then much apprehension
will exist as to our future.
I beg of you, I pray you make yourselves
self-sacrificing, and let us dedicate ourselves
to our noble cause.
‘'Gordon, of Georgia,” on the Financial
Question.
The Herald's Washington representative
sends that paper, of Wednesday, the follow
ing:
It was refreshing to behold Gordon, of Geor
gia, to-day, when he rose on the financial
question. Gifted with native eloquence and
a confidence in the mastery of his subject,
eschew manuscript, he gallantly grappled the
difficulties of his theme. Gordon, who was
late Major-General in tile Confederate army,
and present at the surrender of Appomattox,
is a fine, soldierly appearing man, of erect
mien and bristling with intelligence. He
spoke scholarly and argumentatively, and at
times reached somewhat the ideal of the grand
advocate of his stricken and impoverished
section. While some doubt had arisen of his
reconstructedness, he gave expression to such
national loyalty and deep feeling for the hon
or and dignity of the whole country as would
warrant the opinion that the stern school in
which he had served during the rebellion
brought him out only the purer for it, like
refined gold. He tempered the discussion
with such beautiful sentiment that one might
have said it was not a case of “hard cash,”
bnt sympathetic fealty. In the course of
Gordon’s argument, whieh was very good
and masterly in figurative allusions, he drew
a painful yet practical view of the present
condition of the South. It had become un
profitable to plant cotton, and during the
coming year not more than one-third of a
crop would be planted, The South was suf
fering lor banking facilities and currency.
He ably reviewed the case as presented by
those who preceded him, and said the panic
was produced by the rigidity, non-elastieity
and insufficiency of the currency, the system
of which had made us a nation of speculators
and gamblers. He endorsed the views of
Logan and Morton, showing what the ill ef
fects of a return to specie payments would
be and what the benefits of issuing more cur
rency, whieh would largely flow to the South
and relieve it from the heavy interest amount
ing to twenty-five per cent.; which it has to
pay to borrow money. He scouted the idea of
specie being a preventive agaist panics, and in
stanced the cases of England and France in the
past. He referred to what England had done
through inflation in the cultivation of cotton
in her Eastern colonies. He closed with a
fine peroration, saying that it was time the
agricultural interests of the South shoul j re
ceive special consideration in the legislation
of the country. Concentrated capital was ham
mering at the doors of both wings of the
Capitoi for a hard money system ; but he,
speaking for the South, was for more
money with an elasticity, convertible and
interconvertible, and hoped the day would
soon come when would issue such a currency,
founded on the credit of the whole country.
In conclusion he said that the day the Govern
ment issues such a currency in dollars, not
promises to pay, that day we would have an
other Independence Day in enjoying an in
dependence from our own and foreign specu
lators in gold. The effort was a very fine one
on the whole, and significant in the extreme
as showing overtly that the South joins hands
with the "West, and that the granger influence
is quietly bnt steadily asserting its strength
and may be said now to hold the balance of
power. j
How Augusta was Saved.
Under this head the Constitutionalist re
lates the following:
When Gen. Sherman had captured Atlan
ta and was preparing to march seaward, he
paused like a bird of prey, as if uncertain of
the exact spot upon which he would swoop. '
During this m mmentous interval of uncer- j
tainty, a distingushed Georgian, who had al- j
ways remained a “Unionist,” though his fam- j
ily differed with and opposed his views,
journeyed toward the rains of the unfortun
ate Gate City, in earnest quest of the body of
a gallant son who had fallen in one of the
man}' conflicts of Gen. Hood’s army. The
Federal commander received this sorrowing
and stricken father with mnch kindness. He
declared that the tramp of his legion would
soon be on the road to the ocean; that he hesi
tated only concerning the points intermedi
ate which he should strike, right and left, as
he clove a pathway to Savannah. General
Sherman guided the conversation finally to
the city of Augusta. Ho seemed to know that
mucii valuable property had been accumu
lated here, and the temptation to harvest it
as the spoil of war was almost irresistible. Gra
dually, however, memory traveled back to the
days when he was stationed,a young soldier,
at the Arsenal on the Sand Hills, there arose
before his view many faces of friends who
had made the time pass most happily for him.
The General seemed to soften as he recalled
these earlier days and those generous friends.
He eagerlj- inquired for one gentleman more
particularly, who still survives among us, a
patriarch of the noblest type of manhood, a
model of the grand race of men, whose heads,
like Heela, may be crowned with snow, but 1
whose hearts, like Heela, are hearts of fire.
“Tell me of Mr. T.,” said the Genera], “and
what of his daughter, whose wedding I at
tended long ago ?” The proper information
was vouchsafed, when, returning to the
theino again, as though it had never left his
recollection, even amid the smoke of battle
and the horrors of civil commotion, Sherman
said : “Somehow, the face of that lovely bride
has made an indelible impression on me.
She was the handsomest girl I ever saw.”
Soon afterward the interview ended, and,
while partiug from his guest, the General
ejaculated : “Good bye, sir, good bye ! I
thank you for this visit and the memories it
has evoked. 1 will not go to Augusta or harm
it in any way, if I possibly can avoid doing so /”
The Pork Packer's Alarm.
Chicago, III. January 22.—The Daily Com
mercial Bulletin, of this city, will publish in
its issue to-morrow the third onnnol state
ment of the pork packing'of the West, The
returns from 389 points and twenty-one ad
ditional estimated, give a total of packing
of hogs to date 4,760,000. Estimated for tho
remainder of the season, 304,000. Paeked at
these points last season, 526,000.
The hogs packed this season are equal to
4,774,000 of last year’s average weight. The
estimated decrease in average weight is ten
per cent—showing a decrease of 175,000,-
000 pounds in the aggregate weight. The de
crease in the production of hams, shoulders
and sides is estimated at 106,000,000 pounds.
The falling off in the yield is estimated at
seven pounds per hog—being an aggregate
decrease of 46,000,000 pounds—equivalent to
14.300 tierces.
Tbe State Grange.
The fourth session of the State Grange cf
Georgia, was held.in Atlanta on Wednesday
and Thursday of last week. There "were
about three hundred and fifty delegates in
attendance. CoL T. J. Smith, Worthy Mas
ter of the State Grange, presided. Mr. E.
Taylor, the Worthy Secretary, was at his
post, discharging his duties promptly. He
informed us that there were four hundred
and seventy-three Granges now organized in
the State. Upon this, and seeing the large
number of delegates, we came to the conclu
sion that the Grange is the biggest thing in
America.
Dnring the session, a company was organ
ized for Direct trade with Europe, with a
capital of $100,000. If carried out properly,
this will be a great move for the Patrons of
Husbandry. Success to the movement.
The session was harmonious in its action,
nnd we trust will be of great practical advan
tage to the Order.
New Advertisements. $100 HEW ABB.
A Grand Zoological and
Calestlienic Aggregation.
'Mi
Georgia Legislature.
During the past week but few hills have
been finally acted upon, the time having
been devoted principally to ■ the reading of
bills tbe first and second times. A number
of important measures have been introduced
which require time and great care in their
disposal. We are inclined to the opinion
that annual sessions are too often. The
country would be the better for less legisla
tion and more enforcement of law. Should a
convention be called, this matter ought to
receive their most earnest attention.
The Methodist Church.—The general min
utes of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
1873, now in press, shows that there are 1,-
364,027 members and probationers of the de
nomination in the United States, and there
are 76 annual conferences, 14 bishops, 22,846
itinerant nnd local preachers, 14,499 church
buildings, valued at $66,432,580; 4,677 par
sonages, valued at $8,542,554; 18,041 Sunday
schools, having 197,180 officers and teachers,
with 1,318,603 scholars in attendance. The
conference collections, exclusive of salaries,
amount to $1, OSS, 339. The number of deaths
among members was unprecedentedly large,
18,9000. Dnring the year 490 chnrches and
192 parsonages were built, an average of over
nine churches and four parsonages a week.
Wooton A Andrews, Proprietors
A RE happy to announce that on Mondax
February 2d, their nnrivaled Congress
of Animals and Grand Aggregation of emi
nent Calisthenic Talent! The Menagerie
contains a vast collection of Beast, Birds and
Animals, among which will be found, Bis-
mnrck, the only African Elephant ever im
ported to America, A den of permoming Roy
al Tigers, a Striped Zebra, Malayan Tapir,
Milk-White Peruvian Llama, African Lions,
Chattering Monkeys, genuine Leopards. The
only Brazilian Tiger. The Aviary of Tropi
cal Birds.
In the Calisthenic department will be found
The Wonderful Bellmonts, in their majestic
feats in mid-air, Happy Jack Lawton and Bil
ly Andrews, the great original clowns. The
Wambolds, Whitney and Davenport, Hasha-
mo, and Fred. Levatine, in all their different
acts, and Gymnastic performances.
In addition to all this
A Grand Galloon Ascension
will take place in the afternoon.
Admission 75 cents. Children nnder ten
years 50 cents. WOOTEN & ANDREWS,
jan 30—It
Notice.
T HE change which I was to make, I have
declined, I will yet remain in Sanders
ville and carry on my same business, and
will still buy fat beef cattle for which I pay
the highest market prices. /
E. C. ELLISON.
jan 30, 1874—tf
Th 1 Columbus Enquirer has made diligent
enquiries among the largest planters in that
section, and all concur in the determination
to so pitch their crops the present year as to
be able to control their cotton next season and
sell when they please, There are few who
will raise meat They say they can raise com
and sell it for more than enough to counter
balance the cost of bacon. They claim that
owing to the present system of labor and its
i responsibility ,and tbe almost impossibility
of framing sufficiently protective laws, that
they cannot guard against the stealing of
swine. They openly declare, however, that
never again will they be put into a position
where they are forced to buy com.
J. F. Temple & Son’s
C ELEBRATED Porcelain Lined Iron Cyl
inder Pumps, for sale by
J. T. LAVEIGNE.
jan 30, 1874—4t
New Advertisements.
Wanted
A Situation as Teacher of a small School,
or tho position of Assistant in a high
school, by a lady of experience and fine suc
cess as a teacher. Terms reasonable. Address,
stating terms HERALD OFFICE,
jan 30—tf Sandersville, Ga.
Notice.
A LL persons are forewarned against hiring
or harboring Crawford Roberts and fam
ily, to-wit : Nancy and Ellen, Matthew, Char
lotte, as they are under contract for the pres
ent year, 1874. and have left my employment
without any provocation, and I am deteriain-
cd'to prosecute anv one hiring or harborin]
them. ’ WM. J. JOINER,
jan 30—It of Johnson county.
Bags, Rags-
C LEAN Linen and Cotton Rags, bought at
the HERALD OFFICE,
jan 30, 1874— If
For Sale.
A DESIRABLE building lot, adjoining the
xl. Baptist church in the city of Sanders
ville. Will be sold reasonable. For particu
lars apply at tbe HERALD OFFICE,
jan 23, 1874—4t
Royal Prolific Cotton
SEED,
F ROM the five bales of cotton grown npon
one acre of land by T. C. Warthen last
year, are now for sale by the undersigned.
Those wanting these seed will please call at
once, as we have only a limited supply.
WARTHEN & WATKINS,
jan 23, 1874-4t
Strayed or Stolen.
A Bay mare of medium size with one small
white spot on the nose, was turned out
or stolen otft of the Parsonage lot in Sanders
ville on last eight the 27th. If any one find
ing a stray animal of this description, will
please report it at the Parsonage in Sanders
ville ns early as possible, will do me a great
favor for which I will endeavor to satisfy him.
J. W. DOMINGOS.
Sandersville, Ga., jan 30—tf
Scabbobo’, Ga. , January 24, 1874.
Editors Herald:—Yesterday a new Grange
was organized at ML Carmel church, Bulloch
county, to be called “Bay Gall” Grange, with
the following officers :
Capt. J. B. Hussey, W. M.,
Joseph Burke, Esq., Overseer,
Oliver Finch, Lecturer, *
R. Y. Lanier, Steward,
R. M. Williams, Jr., Assistant Steward,
Rev. R. M. Williams, Chaplain,
Thos. B. Hendrix, Treasurer,
Francis Daughtcry, Secretary,
W. M. Johnson, Gate Keeper,
Miss Carrie A. Williams, Ceres,
“ Jane A E. Saunders, Fomono,
Mrs. M. E. Williams, Flora,
Miss Fannie L. Williams, L. A. Steward.
Yours truly S.
The number and the extent of New York
State banks have almost doubled within six
years. The capital on September 13, 1873, wt}B
$26,958,890; loans and discounts, $71,073,-
544; due depositors, $70,733,491; total resour
ces, $116,536,734.
Heath of Jlr. Jesse IV. Avant.
We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Jes
se W. Avant, in Fort Valley, Houston Co. He
was a son of Mr. Isaiah B. Avant of tills coun
ty, and he was well known to many of the
readers of the Herald. He was esteemed by all
who knew him, and his death will be regret
ted by many of his friends and relatives We
tender our sincere sympathy to his aged
parents, who themselves, are-apparently near
life’s close. When God shall cail them, too,
may’they meet their lost son in that better
world to come.
We knew Jesse in our boyhood days, when
we attended the same school, and we always
liked him. He was ever generous and kind.
He served through the late war, with a cav
alry company from Bibb county, and we
believe was a Lieutenant of the company,
and made a gallant soldier. May his soul
repose in peace.
Wa take the following from the Houston
Home Journal, with regard to him:
Mr. Avant was a lawyer of ability and good
standing, and was regarded as a very exem
plary man. • He recently moved from Knox
ville'to Fort Valley, where he went into part
nership. with Capt L H. Branham. He
married a daughter of Col. G. P. Culverhonse,
of Knoxville, and leaves a wife and four little
children to mourn his loss.
Lowell, January 26. A palpable earthquake
at Ckilmsford, Mass., shook bnildings and .
caused alarm. i
Starving Families in New York.—The New
York Sun of Tuesday publishes three cases of
starvation in that city. First, the case of Mic
hael O’Connell, a painter by trade, and his
family, consisting of a wife and two children
a boy and a girl, in Thomson street A re
porter found the man in his wretched bed, re
duced to a skeleton. The woman was so
emaciated as to be nearly helpless. The
children were nnder thirteen years of age,
and were actually starving for food, the fath
er having been without work for two weeks.
The man, it was thought, was
beyond help. In the same neigh
borhood in the house opposite, Mrs.
Sarah Abington, aged sixty-two years, died
of starvation. The taird case reported was
at Fordham village, on tho Harlem railroad,
where a respectable and intelligent woman
and three children' were discovered freezing
and starving, the hnsband and father lying
on his death-bed. Relief was promptly af
forded.
Sotthern Small Grain Crops.—The Eufau-
la News sounds this cheerful note. We buz
zard nothing in stating that the sale of seed
oats and other small grain in our market, has
been larger this season than ever before. The
farmers of the country are determined to
abridge their purchases of corn, and to this
end very nearly all of them will sow small
grain. It cannot but be regarded a hopeful
omen. They know, and all of them acknowl
edge, that so long as their corn cribs and
meat houses are in the Northwest, they can
not hope to make themselves as independent
as they might be. It is to be greatly wished
thnt their attention may be speedily directed
to the raising of all supplies necessary for
home consumption, as they were ac
customed to do in the olden times.
We may then expeet the day of liens, mort
gages, poverty and distress to pass, but not
before.
STILL [ON HAND,
Watches,Clocks and Jewelry
R EPAIRED cheap for cash at Panic Prices
by A. J. JERNIGAN, at his old stand
next door to L Hermanns. Also keeps a fine
lot of
CLOCKS nnd SPECTACLES,
Violins, Banjoes, Accordeons, Harmonicas,
Bows, Bridges, Strings, Music Boxes, Candy,
Cheese, Nuts, Crackers, Raisins, Oysters and
other Confectioneries and musical instru
ments for sale
HE STILL
Keeps and to arrive soon a good lot of Wil
low ware, such as Lunch, Traveling, Shop
ping, Market Baskets, Ac.
jan 30,1874—6t
Picture Frames,
A FINE lot for sale at
T. C. GLEN’S GALLERY,
jan 30, 1874—6t
THOMAS WOOD,
Aext to “LANIER HOUSE”
Macon, Georgia.
F INE Furniture, Parlor and Bedroom
Suites in great variety, Chairs, Mattress
es, Spring Beds, Feathers, Ac., Ac.
Carpets,
A fine assortment of all qualities, Rugs,
Mats, Mattings, Window Shades, TFall Paper.
A Magnificent
New Stock
Opening at Tennille.
T HE undersigned beg leave to inform our
customers that our Mr. J. C. Harman,
has just returned from -Northern markets
where he has bonght one of tbe largest stocks
we have ever offered at
JSTo. 13, O. J?’. I t.
Everything has been selected with care,
and bought on the most favorable terms.
Remember that we bonght before the
FINANCIAL CRASH,
and can sell you bargains. We defy compe
tition. We pay nearly
SAVANNAH PRICES
for COTTOY on Collections.
HARMAN BROS.
Tennille, Sept 26, 1873—tf
C TATI! OF GEORGIA, Emanuel county.
lO By John V. Coleman, Ordinary. J
Whereas. Levina L Kent and John L. Kent
make application for letters of Dismission
from the Administration of Andrew D. Kent,
deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, and show
canse if any they have why ,saii letters should
not be granted.
Given nnder my hand at office in Swains-
boro, this January 12th, 1874.
JOHN C, COLEMAN, Ordinary,
jan 22, 1874—m3m
The Handsomest. Metalic Cases and Caskets
made, and the Cheapest.
Also Caskets and Coffins in Rosewood, Ma
hogany, TFalnnt, Cedar and common Wood.
Orders by telegraph promptly attended to.
Sunday and night calls answered from the “La
nier House."
Call and Examine STYLES and PRICES,
jan 30, 1874—3m
Montgomery Sheriffs’ Sales.
O N the first Tuesday in March next,
will be sold before the Court-house door
in Mt. Vernon, Montgomery county, the fol
lowing property to-wit:
Three hundred acres of land, more or less,
lying in 51st district of said county, said
lands levied on as the property of TFilliam A.
McLeod to satisfy one Justice Court li fa is
sued from 61st district ,G. M., in favor of
Alexander Wilkes vs G. M. T. McLeod as
principal, T. W. Rogers and G. W. Adams as
Administrators. Property pointed out by
Plaintiff. Levy made and returned to me by
a Constable.
Also, at the same time and place will be
sold two hundred acres more or less, one
iel McMillan. Levied on as the property of
George W. Cooper to satisfy a li fa issued
from the Justice Court in favor of W. B. Gaul-
den vs George W. Cooper and Joseph Phillips,
levied on and returned to me by James Mor
ris, Constable.
N. M. ARMFIELD, Dept. Sheriff,
jan 20, 1874—tds
S TATE OF GEORGIA, Emanuel County.
Bx John C. Coleman. Ordinary.
Whereas, Malcum C. Coleman has filed his
petition for letters of Administration on the
estate of Armendn I. Coleman, late of said
county, deceased,
These are therefore to cite and admonish
all and singular the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law and show
cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Swains-
boro, this January 12th, 1874.
JOHN C. COLEMAN, Ordinary,
jan 23, 1974-30d
O N the 10th of .January inst., WILLIAM t
WOODS borrowed a r.iule from th,. i ’
dersigned, in V. ishingtnn countv. iindi*-\ U
tences of going to his uncle, in the lower ‘ "
of this county, and to return on the fop !?.
ing Sunday. Said Woods having absconded
with the mule, the undersigned will give s
reward for the man ancf the mule, orVxO
for either returned to him in Washington
county. Said Woods is about 33 years ofru-c
5 feet ten inches high, sandy complexion ’
light hair and beard, is intelligent and uses
good language in speaking. He also has r
scar on the right side of his head, whieh can*
not be seen but can be felt, and which he savs
was made with a sling shot. When here he
pretended to be very pious, and claimed to
be a carpenter, shoemaker, or anythin^ do
sired. °
. Tbe mnle - is * Tery fine mare mnle, of larae
size, mouse colored, about six years old and
has a knot on her right shoulder, which to
the touch feels like it had a bone in it and
when standing sets her right fore foot a little
out. It is believed that the absconder with
the mule has gone in the direction of Flori
da. Any information in regard to either the
mule or the man, will be greatfully received
-TT-q l v W ' HAKT> Tennille.
Savannah hews and Florida Union
wi.1 copy, each, three times nnd forward bill
to the above at Tennille, Ga
jan 23, 1874r-3t
j7 t. tapper,
THE CELEBRATED
PLOW-MAKER,
TUTISHES to inform the public that he
TT has located in Sandersville, for the
purpose of trying to serve every one in want
of good plows, or any other plantation or
Blacksmith’s work of any kind. Having fol
lowed the|business for thirty-four years, fears
no competition. Customers will get the val
ue of their money in work. My terms will
be strictly cash or country produce in ex
change on delivery of work.
I also wish to sell plantation rights for the
Celebrated cooper Plow, and Rhode’s Patent
Excelsior Cotton and Guano Drill with my
improvements, a sett block will be furnished
to parties who buy the right of the Cooper
Plow. I offer to sell the rights for Washing
ton county only. Call and see me at Bailey’s
old stand and I will sell yon plantation rights
very low. Come one ! come all! !
J. T. TAPPER.
Sandersville, jan 23, 1874.—tf
INSURE YOUR LIFE
T HOSE who have given the subject of life
Insurance due consideration, readily ad
mit its importance, and the main point is to
select a good and reliable Company. These
points will be found
IN THE UNIVERSAL,
which is a well established and thoroughly
reliable
Life Insurance Company.
Its principal office is
In New York City,
and every Policyholder is protected bv the
laws of the
State of Yen York.
This company has been in successful oper
ation ever since January, 1865, and lias is
sued nearly 20.000 policies since that time.
The Universal has paid all jnst claims that
have been presented, and all policies are paid
in 30 days after notice is r .-c i. 1 at ti: office.
The Company has $139 -A u.-\sf r for <•-, erv
$100 of its liabilities.
It is a strong and responsible St< •••?: Com
pany, and its rates of premium or- fr- : 20
to 25 per cent lower than any mutual ..<.;:ipa-
.ny, and has certain good,features which no
other Company in the United States offer.
The undersigned has been appointed as
Agent at this place, to solicit in Washington
county, cr any pare of the State, and will
take pleasure in presenting the excellent fea
tures of Tee Universal to any one desirous
of insuring.
Call at Herald Office and receive printed
documents.
ROBERT L. RODGERS, Agent.
Dec. 12, 1873—tf
Lost
■\TEAR this place on tbe 27th nit., a Fawn
_i_l Colored Sette Dog, has white face and
nose, and when last seen had on a heavy
leather collar to which was attached an iron
ring. If the collar is ran over, a white ring
is shown around the neck of the dog—flesh
mark. The dog is well trained, but is valu
able only to his master. Answers to his name
(Pat) with great readiness, and was raised
about Augusta, Ga., and may perhaps try to
return to that place. A most liberal Teward
will be paid for his delivery to the under
signed or for information which will lead to
his recover^. JOHN M. STUBBS.
Dublin, Ga., jan 9—4t
Notice!
H AVING purchased the entire Stock of
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, and Milline
ry Goods of Mrs. H. McKinnon, I am pre
pared to sell on as reasonable terms as any
other establishment in the city. The stock
of Millinery Goods is the best in the county.
The patronage of the citizens of Sandersville
and surrounding country is respectfully so
licited. THOS. McKINNON.
jan 16, 1874—4t
tfr <tjOO Per day! Agents wanted!
LO *P^I/a11 classes of working
people, of either sex, young or old, make
more money at work for us in their spare mo
ments, or all the time, than at anvthing eLse.
Particulars free. Address G. Stinson & Co-
Portland, Maine. jan 16, 1874r—3m
Best Brands Flour.
O NE car load Flour, of best brands, just re
ceived and for salo at I. HERMAN’S,
jan 16, 1874—2t
Salt! Salt!!
O/A Sacks Salt, best quality, to be sold at
O V/ reduced prices, at I. HERMAN’S.
• jan 16, 1874—2t
Best Brands
E OBERSON County, (Ky.,) Whiskey for
sale at 1. HERMAN’S.
jan 16, 1874—2t
P OT WAKE and TIY WAKE.
A prime lot of each just received and for
sale by BRANTLEY & PRINGLE
Nov. 14,1873—tf
G eorgia stripes & shirt-
ills*. Three bales received and for
“K 2 7. & PE ™° 1E -
Sou.tlierii iSTursery •
I WOULD respectfully call the attention ci
farmers and the people generally, to mj
Nursery near SwainsborO, Ga. I am prepar
ed to fnmish Apple trees that I will warran:
to be grafts of genuine fruit, and to suit th:
climate. Address all communications to
JAS.
nov 7, 1873—3m
H. EDENFIELD,
Swainsboro, Ga.
Notice.
H AVING dosed out my business at No. 1
C. R. R., - parties indebted to mew
find their notes and accounts in the hands
Mr. H. M. Fisher, at Bay Springs. Tho
indebted will find it to their interest to sett
at once, before the claims are placed in ebarg
of an officer for suit J. S. WOOD,
jan 9—It
S UEII RVE.—A small lot on hand and
for sale by BRANTLEY & PRINGLE
Nov. 14,1873— tf
S A ET ! SALT !—A car load just receiv
ed and for sale by
•Nov. 14—tf BRANTLEY & PRINGLE.
Rice! Rice!! Rice!!!
2 TIERCES just received and for sale by
BRANTLEY & PRINGLE.
June 27, 1873—tf
O ATS .—Seed and feed, kept constant!
on band by BRANTLEY & PRINGLE
Nov. 14,1873-tf
CENTRAL HOTEL
Augusta, Georgia.
In the centre of the City, and of busin'
With Rail Road, and Steamship Ticket offi
in Rotunda, where all information will
given as to thearrival. and departure of tram
Mrs. WM. M. THOMAS,
aug. 29, 1873—tf Proprieties:
Miss MARY. W PEER
T AKES pleasure in informing her fries
and patrons that- she is now receivin'
beautiful assortment of
[Millinery Goods,
of the very latest styles, which she is prep*
od to sell on the most
Reasonable Terms.
Her stock embraces a full assortment of th
and other goods, and
SURPASS IX BEAUTV
Any ever offered before in this market,
and see for yourseltes.
Sandersville, Bept 20, 1873—tf