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BELLTON, GA.,'SEPTEMBER 4, 1879.
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The Atlanta Dispatch will com
mence the publication of a semi
weekly paper about the 15th instant.
The Dispatch is a first-class journal,
and we are glad to learn that it is
meeting with success.
The second annual North Georgia
Fair will open in Atlanta, Monday,
October 20th, at Oglethorpe Park, in
Atlanta. It promises to be a mag
nificent entertainment, and we advise
everybody to go In force.
Somebody has been polling the
Georgia Legislature on their prefer
ence for the next President, as if that
body carried the settlement of that
question in its vest pocket. There
are some other people who will have
to be consulted before that matter is
settled.
We met a gentleman the other day
who has traveled over almost the. en
tire United States, and he says the
Air-Line Railroad is the best and
easiest riding road he was ever on in
his life. lie also spoke in high praise
of the officers and conductors.—Toc
coa News.
Rex hns issued his royal edict for
the grand annual carnival, which is
to take place in Atlanta, Wednesday
22d day of October. Os course, every
body will want to see a live King in
all his splendor, and this presents the
chance. Go by all means, reader—
you will never regret it.
The air is filled with rumors of in
vestigations, impeachments and cor
ruption in high places. “God save
the Slate and the Honorable Court,”
organized in Atlauta, over which
Chief Justice Warner is presiding
just now, is the humble prayer of
every honest patriot in the land.
The Mikado of Japan has hcen ask
ing Gon. Grant’s advice on interna
tional and domestic affaire. Grant’s
opinion would not amount to much
on these questions, but if Mike had
asked him anything about “bull
purps,” he could have gotten infor
mation that would have been worth
something.
The Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue reports that the tax on matches
produced a revenue during the last
fiscal year of three and a quarter mil
lion dollars—an Jnercase over any
previous year. From five-eighths to
three-fourths of the price of matches
is due to the. tax. We import no
matches now, but are exporting them
to a large extent.
Barksdale killed Dixon for the rea
son, as alleged, that Dixon had plan
ned to assassinate Barksdale. Barks
dale preferred to live, and “took the
drop” on the man who proposed to
kill him. That, so far as we can un
derstand it, is about all there is of it.
If the country insists on being excited
over it, we do not sec how it can be.
helped.—Washington Post.
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The Baltimore Sun says that the
fall trade is opening in that city under
the most favorable auspices. The
merchants from the Southern States
are already on hand and making lib
eral purchases, particularly in the
dry goods and boot and shoe lines.
The crops of corn and cotton in the.
South are so far assured as to encour
age a heavier trade than usual.
Senator Wade. Hampton is reported
by the Richmond, Va., State as say
ing to an interviewer that Thurman or
Bayard will be the next Democratic
nominee for the Presidency. Hamp
ton’s choice was thus announced: “I
prefer Bayard; I prefer him as a man,
I like his principles.” The Senator
thought that Sherman rather than
Grant would be the republican nomi
nee.
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One or two country newspapers in
Georgia are very careful about what
they say in regard to the Goldsmith
matter, for fear they will prejudice
public opinion against Mr. Goldsmith
If old man JEsop was alive, the pru
dence on the part of these journalists
would suggest to his mind the. prepara
tion of a fable similar to the one he
prepared about the gnat on the ox’s
horn.
Brother Blate, of the North Geor
gian, says he can’t send us any butter,
and asks whether “honey, syrup or
mountain dew” will answer the, pur
pose. Yea; send us anything, even if
it is old railroad iron, at the market
price, If we are allowed to credit it on
subscription. We have given up the
idea of eating butter long ago. We
don’t care which of the above men
tioned articles we take as a substitute.
Blats, have you never been desperate ?
Yes, Brother I^awshe—we have been
desperate for the past two months,and
the delinquent subscriber will have to
account for it some day.
LEE’S LAST BATTLE.
The Atlanta Constitution, of last
Sunday morning, contains a contribu
tion from the pen of that gifted and
Versatile writer, Henry W. Grady,
describing the last battles of General
Lee’s army, that we wish we could
j reproduce in the Georgian. But it is
too long, and we must content our
selves with giving to our readers part
of an editorial from the Constitution
of the same date, in regard to the
article mentioned.
We were an humble, participant in
the struggle, and can bear testimony
to the correctness with which Gen.
Gordon portrays the facts. The world
will never know—the pen of the his
torian can never paint the sufferings
and hardships of the remnant of Gen.
lase’s army that followed him from
the trenches around Petersburg to
Appomattox. Day by day the gal
lant band who were participants in
that last march, are passing away,
and the world will never know and
consequently can never appreciate
the sufferings of those who surren
dered at Appomattox and fell by the
wayside, plodding through the mud,
half clad and hardly fed at all, fol
lowing Lee and his Lieutenants—
they knew not where. But it must
be recollected that these men were
the last of the noble hand of patriots
who had followed the fortunes of the
Confederacy in Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania for four long years.
The laggards, cowards, camp-follow
ers and “hospital rats” had deserted,
played out, or got out on one pretext
and another before the opening of
this last and hardest campaign. Gen.
Lee had with him the wheat, as it
were, of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, (excepting the noble dead,) the
all been “fanned” out dur
ing the winter of 1864. He knew he
.could have pitted his army at that
time against their weight in wild
cats, if he. could have fed them, but
here was the rub. The Constitution
says on the subject:
“We may safely challenge all lime
to produce a parallel to the courage
and the heroism exhibited by the
ragged veterans Who clung about the
knees of “Uncle Robert” on the day
that he surrendered them. Other
armies were as brave—other armies
had done as brilliant work—other
souls were as devoted, and other
hearts as true. But it seemed ordain
ed that upon these men should fall
the burden of the deadliest struggle—
that their hearts should be tried in the
supremest trial, and that theirs should
be the sacred duty of lighting up with
glory the surrender of a cause that
their valor could not save ! Language
cannot describe.—subtle thought can
not conceive—the agony that must
have swelled tip in the bosoms of
these heroes as they staggered, half
starved, ragged and barefoot, bleed
ing, torn and exhausted, through the
storm and carnage of those last fear
ful days. Fighting all day against
exhaust less legions, their faces lit
with the glare, of ceaseless musketry,
battle-stained and bleeding—and at
night putting their shoulders to wagon
wheels like beasts, or picking grains
of corn from their horses’ tracks, or
wrapping their tattered blankets
about them for an hour's uneasy
slumber! They know that their cause
was hopeless. They knew that the
end was near. They knew that noth
ing that human intellect could con
ceive or human courage could accom
plish could save them. And yet with
dauntless hearts and stern faces they
staggered on—swarming about their
riddled (lags, and pressing forward
after Lee or Longstreet or Gordon.
Many a young soul will kindle with
brave aspirations as it catches the
flavor of this superb example. Many
a widowed or motherless heart will
ache at the memory of her loved one
lost on those immortal fields, even
while she thanks God that he died so
gloriously and left so rich a heritage.
God bless these men wherever they
are this bright morning! Whether in
life or under the sod—God bless
them ! From the depths of a heart,
chastened by sacrifice but glowing
with pride, we issue to them these
words of reverence and remembrance.
“Woe shall betide this country if
she ever forgets or grows cohl to the
deeds of her soldiers. Wherever they
were, in Tennessee or Virginia, they
fought like heroes. The memory of
their heroism is the sweetest heritage,
the purest inspiration, the loftiest pat
tern we have. That the cause in which
they fought was lost should only make
their memories the more precious.
“There’s a glory in graves—there’s a
grandeur in gloom.” Whatever may
come to us iu the future—to what
heights we may climb, or to what
depths we may fall—let us hug the
story of their deeds to our bosom, and
honor the men who enacted them.
And at. last when the details shall
have become shadowy and indistinct,
let us blend them into a tradition that
shall hang about the hearthstones of
our homes forever and forever—the
glory of our hearts and the inspira
tion of our sons I”
DEATH OF GEN. JOHN B. HOOD.
The telegraph brought the sad in
telligence of the death of Gen. John
B. Hood, in New Orleans, last Satur
day, of yellow fever. His wife pre
ceded him only a few days with the
same disease. He leaves eleven small
.children, two of whom are prostrated
with the fever, and little hopes are
entertained of their recovery. Gen.
i Hood was a noble man. and will long
live in the memory of the Southern
people as one of the great Captains
developed by the late war, who did
his duty nobly, honoring all the com
missions ever entrusted to him by the
(United States or Confederacy. His
j helpless children are left in destitute
circumstances, but will doubtless be
provided for by a generous people.
General Hood left absolutely noth
. ing. The benevolent association, the
army of northern Virginia, and other
I parties at New Orleans are at work
I preparing to raise a fund for the sup
-1 port of the children. With his dying
; breath he bequeathed his children to
the soldiers of the South. The citi
zens of Atlanta subscribed nearly one
thousand dollars on Wednesday.
OFFICIAL BONDS.
It is due to the people that the
bonds of county as well as State of-
Dmm ehrmlri bo placed on record and
open to public, inspection. This would
afford greater security of the solvency
of the bom), for the real condition of
a bondsman as to pecuniary respon
sibility may be known to only a few
persons, and may be very different
from what conimwwjepute represents
it to be. The instances are numerous
in which official bonds have been
found to tie of little value, and it was
ascertained that the public officer was
virtually without security. Let the
•people generally know who are (he
bondsmen of their officials, and the
real pecuniary status of the sureties
will be more apt to he correctly un
derstood.
It is also due to the commercial
community that a man's liability as a
bondsman should be generally made
known. Under the existing law the
bond acts as a lien upon the property
of the surety for the amount specified,
and it ought to be recorded like other
mortgages. There would be nothing
invidious in this, for it is only carry
ing out the rule adopted as to other
liens. It is the province of legisla
tion to make the security of the pecs
pie from loss by defaulting or incom
petent officials as nearly perfect as
possible, and at the Mme time
quaint the community with it when
the county or the State holds a contin
gent lien on any man’s property. —
Atlanta Dispatch.
A Minnesota man writes to the
Salem (Mass.) Gazette as follows:
“A discovery in the treatment of
diphtheria has been made here. A
young man, whose arm had been am
putated, was attacked with diphtheria
before healing took place; and instead
of the matter incident to that disease
being deposited in the throat, the
greater portion appeared on the
wounded arm, and the diphtheria was
very light and easily managed. His
j doctor profitted by this, and in his
next case of diphtheria blistered his
patient’s chest, and on his blistered
part the chief deposits appeared. This
was also an easy case of the disease.
The theory' of the doctor is that diph
theria usually appears in the throat
because of the thinness of the lining
of the throat. Hence when the blis
ter breaks the skin upon any’ other
part of the body, the disease appears
there.”
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It is a pleasure to witness the en
terprise which of late years has made
Athens the center of attraction for
North-East Georgia; business men
are on the increase, and parts of the
city that never knew a respectable
store, can to-day be held up as a
model of improvement, both in exten
sive stock and well regulated business
arrangements. These facts can be
easily accounted for as energy and
brains has taken the place of the old
slow gait, -which would, if not suc
ceeded by modern ambition, leave our
city nothing more nor less than a
mere country village.—Athens Watch
man.
A party of Italian children recently
arrived in Philadelphia, all of whom
had been purposely maimed by the
loss of an eye or a limb in order to
more thoroughly fit them for the bus
iness of begging. They were in charge ■
of three padrones. No arrests are
reported.
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A nine year old girl fell from the
almost perpendicular side of Stone
Mountain on the 28th ult. Fortu
nately her fall was arrested by a pro- '
jecting ledge, and she was rescued by j
a young man let down to her by
means of a rope. It was a narrow
escape from a thousand feet fall.
NEWS ITEMS.
It is never too late to do good—then
sow more turnips.
Athens wants a first-class hotel and
a daily newspaper.
Nueces county, Texas, pastures
nearly 700,000 sheep-
A factory at Gainesville turns out
four hundred pair of shoes per week.
The cotton crop, this year, will be
large enough to give every man a
shirt.
Wine made from Florida oranges
j three years ago is now said to taste
like sherry.
We waste our time in moments,
our money in dimes, and our happi-
I ness in trifles.
Over one hundred persons are con
fined in the Memphis jail and they
keep remarkably healthy.
The municipal election held at
Wilmington, Delaware, Monday, re
sulted in a sweeping Democratic vic
tory.
A dispatch from Yokohama, Au
! gust I.3th, stated that General Grant
would leave for San Francisco on the
i next mail steamer.
! Wm. V. Findley, of Deer Creek,
Miss., lias a stalk of cotton four feet
and 3 inches in height, and has on it
357 bolls and squares.
Mr. J. 11. Lewis, editor of the
Greensboro Herald, died a few days
since at the home of his father. Hon.
Miles W. Lewis, of consumption.
The fair of the Northeast Georgia
I Fair and Stock Association, begins at
Athens on the 7th of October, and will
last five days. It will be first-class in
every respect.
In one township in Wake county,
North Carolina, are over ten men,
all over eighty-five years of age, who
each djiy do good farm work and are
healthy and hearty.
“Castle Thunder,” the famous old
prison in which both Yankees and
Confederates were confined during
the war in Richmond, Va., was de
stroyed by fire on the 26th ult.
Wade Hampton (the younger) and
■ his bride are staying at the White
. Sulphur Springs, Va., and are said to
■ be the handsomest young pair who
s have been there this summer.
When a British financial organ
■ talks nf Eitrope srnrling within the
next few months £2,000,000 in gold to
I this country, it does look as if the
boom of prosperity was upon us.
The Atlanta Phonograph thinks
i that the Governor has a magnificent
I opportunity to immortalize himself,
i In the opinion of that paper he will
do so if he immediately pardons Sam
Hill.
The committee that was entrusted
with the election of a professor of
mathematics for Newberry college,
South Carolina, have selected Mr. G.
G. Sale, of Georgia, and a graduate of
the university of Athens.
A wagon train has been established
between Macon and Butler for the
transportation of goods and to avoid
the payment of freight on the rail
road. A few days ago a trip was
made and a saving of 33J per cent,
was realized.
Tulare Lake, California, is still said
to be receding. Should it continue to
fall as rapidly as it has in the last two
years, it will be but a few years till
the bottom of the large lake will be
■ dry land. Crops are being raised this
year on land over which a steamer
sailed three years ago.
The Secretary of the Interior has
j approved the recommendation of the
■ Superintendent of the Census with re-
I gard to the number of Supervisors of
i the census that Georgia should have.
I and that she will he entitled to five—
the same number that is allotted to
! Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia,
j It is said that Mr. Hendricks, who
so generously gave up his own plans
and desires to Lake the second place
on the ticket with Tilden in 1875, has
advised Tilden to assist in making
i Judge Church the Democratic candi-
I date for Governor of New York this
i fall. But Tilden is understood to ad
! here to Robinson, whom the Tam
many leaders declare they will not
| support.
When Mr. Hudson, of the House,’
remarked that “newspapers were a I
curse to the country,” was he actua- j
j ted by truly patriotic motives, or was |
j it because his local paper withheld ,
I from him that cordial support to I
I which he thought he was entitled?
I This question is respectfully referred i
to the local papers, with the privilege '
of an explanation from that large j
minded individual.—Elberton Gazette
REPLY TO JUSTICE.
Editor Georgian : I notice a com
; munication in your last issue,charging
1 the good citizens of Bellton with mak
ing false statements to the Georgia
i Legislature, and an appeal for inves
tigation.
In the first place, this estimate was
not made by the property owners, but
by two citizens of the town, who did
over estimate the property of those
in whose interest that article was
written.
If the grand jury’s attention was
called to one act in the life, of the
author of the article, he, “Justice,”
; would go where the woodbine twineth,
with •bracelets.’ Examine the records
iof marriage license of Hall county,
I and you will be convinced.
Who insinuates that I swore a false-
■ hood in making my tax returns, is a
: liar and a coward, and guilty of mal
i feasance in office, and I am prepared
’ to prove it.
Now, I ask “Justice” to name the
■ individuals who have committed such
an unpardonable outrage upon the
I State. Then we will compare figures
with bis constituents. Please be ex
plicit. and write Prohibition after the
names of those you represent.
M. Buick,
Real estate owner in and about
Bellton.
Remember, that every subscriber
to The North Georgian has the whole
of the money which he pays for the
paper returned to him in the best
class of reading matter. That is. the
whole avails of the subscription list
of tlie paper do no more than pay for
| the making up and mailing it to sub
i scribers. Whatever profits are made
; in the publishing of the paper comes
j from its advertising.
General Hood leaves four sets of
' twins, the youngest three weeks old.
SHERIFF SALES.
i Georgia, Banks County.
Will be sold, before the Court House
I door, in the town of Horner, said county,
on the tirst Tnesdnv in October next, Ire
tween the lawful hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
One hundred and fifty acres of land,
more or less, in said county, the place
whereon E. M. Smith lived at the time of
his death, adjoining lauds of.!. M. Brooks,
Perry Lewallen and others. Levied on to
satisfy a tax fi fa issued by P. A. Waters,
jT. <’., vs E M. Smith tor the State and
| county taxes for the year 1878.
i Also, at the same time and place, one
I hundred and fifty acres of land, more or
less, adjoining lands of Abner Massey,
John English and others, in said county.
Levied on by virtue of a tax ti fa issued
by P. A. Waters, T. <’.. vs. J. A. Dill, for
Iris State ami county taxes for the vear
1878. Levy made and returned to me bv
| A. A. Turk. L. <’.
B F. SI DDATH, Sheriff
sept4-t d
EXECI 'To R'S~SALIL~
Georgia, Banks County.
I Agreeably to the last will and testament
■ of David Evans, deceased, will be sold Ire
fore the Court House door, in the town of
I Homer, within the legal hours of sale, on
j the first Tuesday in October. 187!», the fol
, lowing property, to-wit:
One tract or parcel of laud, containing
j 177 acres, more or less, the place whereon
' David Evans resided at the time of his
. death, lying in the 465th district <l. M. of
Banks county, Georgia, on the waters ol
Grove River, adjoining the lands of Mrs.
Elizabeth ('. Henderson, A. W. Heiid-r
--son & Brothers, and others. Oti the place
flier,* is about .'Kt acres of river bottom and
some 50 acres of upland in cultivation, -to
acres of old pine fields and the remainder
in original forest. On said laud there are
three log cabins, ami a pure rock well of
water, flue corner of said land lies with
in a few hundred yards of the Northeast
ern Railroad. Terms cash.
JOHN F. EVANS,
septl-td Executor.
Georgia, Banks County.
David A. Meaders applies to me for
Letters of Administration, with the will
annexed, on the estate of John H. Mor
gan. late of said county, deceased:
Therefore, all persons concerned, are
hereby notified that said letters will be
granted the applicant, at the October
Term of the Court of Ordinarv of said
county, to be held on the first Monday of
said month, unless good cause to the con
trary be then shown. September 1,18711.
septl-td T. F. HILL, Ordinary.
' MORTGAGE SHERIFF'S SALES.
Georgia, Banks County.
| On the first Tuesday in October next,
j will be sold, at the Court House door, in
the town of Homer. Banks county, Ga.,
I between the lawful hours of sale, and to
' the highest and best bidder:
One store house and lot, lying in the
; town of Homer, and on Main street,
fronting the Public Square, ami adjoining
I lot of Dr. A. D. Chenault, containing one
i ninth (1-9) of one acre—levied on as the
j property of A. J. West, W. C. J. Garrison
: tenant now in possession. One house and
lot. adjoining lands held in trust by L. N.
Turk, A. C. Moss and the Baptist church
lot, containing one acre and a quarter,the
; same being well improved—levied on as
the property of James J. Turnbull, bv
virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued from the
Superior Court of said county, in favor of
John Mize, as administrator of Clarkston
Mize, deceased, against A. J. West and
James J. Turnbull. Propertv pointed out
in said fi fa.
Notice given to parties in possession in
! terms of the law.
B. F. BPDDATH, Sheriff
augi-liOds
i Georgia, Banks County.
M hereas, Jane E. Jordan, Administra
tris of the estate of Floyd R. Jordan, late
i said county, deceased, petitions this
| Court for«discharge from said administra
. tion:
I Therefore, all persons concerned, are
I hereby notified that said discharge will
i be granted the applicant at the November
I term of the Court of Ordinarv of said
county, to be held on the first Monday in
November next, unless good cause to'the
contrary be then shown.
This August 4, 18711. T. F. HILL,
aug7-dm Ordinarv.
YMF
FOJt PARTICULARS SEE
JOE FOWLER.
ALL PERSONS LIVING WEST OF
7*. the Chattahoochee River, who desire
to have their cotton ginned at my gin. will
have free passage over my bridge, coming
and going. Gin for the wed, or the 3ith
of cotton. Splendid house to store your
cotton in. Sixty-saw Gin—finest make in
the world. Everybody gets their own
•seed. House, Engine and Gin brand new.
jML Buice.
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PoiiMion ZVotice.
/ kN the Uth day ot March, 1878, Congre-ss
x " passed an aet which gives a pension
to all soldiers of the war of 1812. who
served 14 days, or were in any engage
ment. ami to the surviving widows of
such soldiers, no matter when married.
Proof of loyalty not reuiiiml.
Also restoring to the Pension Rolls the
names of all persons now sarviving who
were pensioners for service in the war of
1812, or any of the IRd an wars, whose
names wen- stricken from the Pension
Rolls at commencement of the late war.
Proof of loyalty not required.
I am provided with the necessary blanks
ami will give special attention to these
claims. M. W. RIDEN,
Attorney at Law and Claim Agent,
augjl-tf Gainesville. Ga.
him m.
BRING ON YOt’R
Wheat and Rye!
I will pay the highest market price for
YVlient mid
Io those indebted to m<* either by note or
account, or exchange goods at the
LO WEST CASH PRICE.
Call and gee me when yon come to
town, and get prices before buying else
where. J. N. COGGINS.
' July 17-»f Bellton, Ga.
A(’TFAIz BUSINESSr
STUDENTS ON CHANGE AT
SfEim FOR
Circulars mailed free tn any addreati.
may2!U»m B. F. MOORE, President
wmT h. sTmpkins,
-I r T O RA’ E J' A T LA H',
HARUONV GROVE,
| JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA,
FIAITHFI L ATTENTION given to
Collections ami all other Business.
Clients’ money never spent, but promptly
forwarded. aprlT-fim
JOHN M. FJNDLAY,
SSI udon! at
GAINESVILLE, GA.
WILL give prompt attention to the
Collection of Claims. Ofti<-e with
j •!. R. EHtOM N* Son. aprl7-3m
‘irjTGA'RTRELLT - '
ATTfHtSEY AT LAW,
ATLANTA, GA.
PRACTICES in the Vnited States Cir
cuit and District Courts at Atlanta,
and the Supreme and Superior Courts of
Stuff mayls-tf
«A W EEK in vour own town,
and no capital risked. Von can
give the business a trial without
expense. The best opportunity
ever offered for those willing to
work. You should trv nothing
else until yon see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. No room
to explain here. You ean devote all vour
time or only your spare time to the busi
ness, and make great pay for every hour
that you work. Women make as much as
men. Send for stiecial private terms and
particulars, which we mail free. S 5 outfit
free. Don’t complain of hard times while
you have such a chance. Address.
H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine.
& 1 Rft A to S6OOO a year, or Sft to S2qu
mluv V a * n J our own l°cal>tv\A
r No risk. Women do as wen
as men. Many make more than the amount
stated. No one can fail to make money fast.
Any one ean do the work. Yon can make A
from 50 cts to $2 an hour by devoting
evenings and spare time to the business.
costs nothing to try the business.
like it for money making ever
fore. Business pleasant and
able Reader if you want to
till best pa\ine business before tliM
scud us your address and we will g
purtieular- and terms flee ; ,-ampM
also fieo: you can then
mind for yourself. Address,
George .Stinson A Co., Portland;^!line