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Poet’s Store. Wliat a funny name, you will say, for A store ? Yet there is such a store in Marietta, owned by A. Y. Leake A Co., who are selling the best class of (Grocer ies, Hardware, etc., at lower prices than you can buy them anywhere. I hey are paying tlie highest market prices for all kinds of Produce Go and see them when you go to Maiictta and be con vinced that they are selling goods lower than any house in North Georgia. Store next to L. C. McClellan, west side Pub lic Square. Peb. 23-tf. €l)c (£l)evokiC TVtoancc. Official Organ Cherokee County* WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 28, U80. f■" 1 11 ■" ' ' . Below wc give the district, the time of meeting, the Justice of Peace, Notary Public t-nd Lawful (’unstable of each MAGISTRATE COURT in this comity. Canton—71)2 District, meets Shi M< »• day. J. E. Hutson, J. P , H. F. Daniel, If. P., J. L. Harris, L C. HlCKOltY Fi.at— 1010 District, meets 1st Saturday. E. J. McConnell, J. P, W. W. Worley, N. P., H. B. Crtnslmw and Win. A. Johnson, L. C. Wild Cat—1010 District, meets 3d Friday. John Ilngxlale, J. P., W W. Fleming, N: P., J. L Carmicliael and Dock Chapman, L. C. Woodstock—800 District, meets 4th •Saturday. It. Hernd< n, J. P., W. G. Dupre, N. P., Nathan Booth, L. C. Bki.i.'k—817 District, meets Hd Satur day. J. B. O’Neil, J. P., Ivi chen, N. P., Carroll and Reese, L. C. Faiu Play—1028 District, meets 3d •Saturday. Joseph »V. Knox, J. P., S It Dixon, N P, J II Hedg» cock, L. < ’. Salacoa—000 District, meets 2nd Satur day. J B Lewis, J P., S Jones, N P., L Hobguod, L C. Ball Giiound—1022 District, meets 2nd Saturday. Jos. Byers, J P., James Price, N P., Brooks, L. C. Lick Svillkt-1010 District, meets 2nd Saturday. Lawson Petree, J P., G. W. Brooks, N P., Samuel CoxyL. C. Litti.k ItivKR—1174 District, meets . Win. Bit ice, J. I\, W. I. Christian, N. P., L N. Castlebery, L. 0. Mullin’s—818 District, meets 3d Sat urday. Coker, J.P..J. Thomas, N. P., Perkins, L. U. Choss Roads—10('0 District, meets 2nd Saturday. T. P. Sclielly.J P., Fred Moore, N. P., W. S. Willis, L. C. Con’s Ckkkk—1031 District, meets 1st Saturday. A. U. Conn, J. P, W. W Bagwell, N. P., I. A. Ingram. L. C. Clayton’s—071 District, meets 1st Saturday. T. J. Stnncel, J. P„ Miles Holden, N. L\, Cook and Adkins L. C. Hahkin’s (Walcsca )—1008 District, Meets 4th Saturday. Jos. Sharp, J. P. J. G. Heard, N. P., Jas. Hughes, L. C. Sixes—1270 District, meets 2nd Wednesday. Wm. Mullins, J. P., E. J Ellison, N. P., Godard, L. C. The following is the time of leaving, arriving and the contractor of the MAIL ROUTES reaching this place. Canton to Marietta—Daily, except Sunday Leaves 0 30 a. m., arrives 0 30 p. m. -Jessie Hendrix, contiactor. Canton to Da wgonville—Tri-weekly Leaves Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a. in., arrives Tuesday, Thursday aud Saturday at 5 p. m. Juo. C. Richardson contractor. Cynton to Talking Bock—Weekly. Leaves Wednesday at 8 a. m , arrives Thursday at 5 p. tn. Isaac llunuicutt, contractor. Canton to Dallas.—Weekly. Leaves Thursday at 6 a. m., arrives Friday at G p. m. Jno. II. Wilson contractor. Canton to IIickoiiy Flat—Weekly. Arrives on Saturday at 4 p. m., leaves 4 30 p. ra. John T. Ponder contractor. Canton to Jasper— Tri weekly. Leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 a. m., arrives Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4 p. m. Wesley Jones contractor. All routes will be increased after the — of July, except Canton to Marietta and Canton to Dawsonville. Mails opeE on Sundays at Clanton of- fice from b te 9 a. m. R. F. Daniel Postmaster, PENCIL PENNING*. “Let everyone, let old and young. Of every name, and every tongue, '1 he sad, the silent an 1 the gay, Come out, and.learn to play croquet ” Mr. Joe. Camp, of Newnan, paid us a visit lust week. Mr. 1». E. Barnshaw, of Smyrna, was up last Monday. Jewelry repaired or pictures taken at Owen’s, Marietta Mr. J. W. Jones ia visiting his home at Covington, Ga. Miss Laura Hutson has returned from her visit to Kingston, Tito l>est Sewing Machine made for sale by Ellis A Coggins. Regular meetings of the band on Tues day and Fiiday nights. Go to Ellis A Coggins fur Dry Goods. Groceries, Hardwire etc. Miss Polk Bennett lias returned home from her visit to Forsyth county. Watches, Jewelry and locks of all kinds for sale at Owen’s, Marietta, cheap. Athbhton, Keith, & Co s cotton mills, in this county, runs 675' spindles. Owen, Marietta, has the best apparat uses for taking pictures. Give him a trial. Checkers in back rooms are getting to be in vogue among the staid ones in town: Bo sure and attend the Sunday-school association which meets at this place next Saturdny. Rev. M. B. Tuggle preached at the Baptist Church last Sunday morning. No ,-ervices at night. One young msn, (or perhaps more) in town lias a new suit of clothes, but lie don't wear them. How is that? Won’t somebody marry, get up a dog* fight, run a foot-race or cr* ate a sensation of some Kind? Local news lias played out. Our town is loaded with guano ngain. Come on all ye thut want guano, but be sure you pay tor it with cotton option cotton. Rev. W. T. Laine, of the Georgia Ad cocatc\ and Mr. J. O. Perkins, of the Southern 'templar, of Atlanta, spent a day in Canton last week •All kinds of country produce bought and sold at Ellis’ A Coggins’. Up to the first of the month there had been shipped to points on the narrow gi.age road, from 3/arictta, 1200 tons ot guano, and yet eur farmer ft lends are not satisfied. Canton needs a inarryiag bo >m. won’t some one start it. If no one else will we shall have to accept Angelina’s pra posal, if she will accept us, and write her to come. The cotton reason has well nigh ap proached the end. A few bales arc oc casionally brought in. Some amang the best have been sold here recently. Stains are not all sought after. There was killed at the barn of the McAfe* House last week 53 pretty good sized rats. Some of the parties interest ed in (lie catching and killing say it was not a good day for kill ing rats either. Don’t forget to make vour arrangements to come to the May Celebration of the Cherokee county Sunday Schools, on next Saturday, the first day of May. A splen did programme* has been arranged, aud it will be such a time as lias not been seen in these parts in many a day. We were in Marietta a few weeks ago and called upon Dr. A. Reynolds, Jr., Dentist. He has his office neatly and conveniently arranged. Dr. Reynolds is a fine dentist and gives satisfaction in cvtyy instunce. When in Marietta do not fail to call on him, West Side Public Square, you will be made the happier by it. See his card in the Advance. 3/auried—By the Rev. C. M. McClure, on ;lie 25ttt inst., at the house of the brides father, Mi:*s Mattie P. McCandless, of this county, to Albert C. Shelton, of Cartersville, Ga. Witli hearts and hands united— Faith and love together plighted, May they travel on delighted Through life’s devious way. Miss Lotta Whitmore, at the McAfee House, lias organized un impromptu cro quet club by which our citizens pass an evening very pleasantly. Croquet playing is indeed a very nice amusement. There !s nothing like it— “It is a cure for. every ill— ’Tit better than the choicest pill, It drive* all gloomy thoughts away, Tnis fascinating game, croquet.” Exercinea for the Sunday ncIiooI Association The programme for the order of exer cises for next Saturday may tie found in another c dumn in this paper. In our hurry last week we oir.itt 'd the name of Rev. M. B. Tuggle to make the speech on "What n latinn has a Sunday school with the church ?’’ General Win. Phil lips will Ik; present and deliver the ad dress to the children and their parents. The exercises will be quite interesting and we hope all the schools in the conn'y will send a good representation. The Baptist and Methodist schools at this place have el. cteil delegates From the Baptist Messrs. W. J. Burtot', B. F I’eny and J. B. Hardin were elect*d delegate , with Mis.-es Mildred Galt Mattiu Dowd* and Mrs. M. (). Watson as alternates; the Methodist held a call meeting aud elect ed B. E Ledbetter, L A. McClure, D A. Warlick, as delegates; with M -see Lizzie Teasley, Oilie iVcClure, aud Mrs. ParJ ker, as alternates. Both schools will sing (or the prixe. We In pe every sclieol in the county will join in; no one has any ad vantage over t lie other. Let every nue that can be present, the exercises wiltfee interesting mid the day will doubllass lie pleasantly spent, Don’t forgot to hrinj^ youi dinner. For the benefit of the Association, un extra train will be run on thut day leav ing Marietta at 7:30, and returning leave Canton at 4, p m. Hound trip tickets will be sold at 73 cents—half fare. 'I lie Excuritlou Train. Ou m xt Saturday un excursion train will be run for the accomodation of all wishing to attend the exercises of the Cherokee County Sunday School Asaoci. ntion. leaving M riettn at 7:30 a. m.,and stopping at cvejy immediate station on the road, arriving ut Clinton 0:45. lie turning immediately utter the close of •he * xe'ciscs. Only half fare will be chnrgcd all who secure tickets. Tickets will be sold at every station and by tlie conductor, all not availing thems* Ives of tickets will be charged lull fare. Dollar of 17DO. Last week we happened to get into our possession a United if totes Silver Dollar coined in the rear 1T0O - 81 yhnrs ng ( >. We believe this to bo the oldest dollar in circulation in Georgia, ut any rate it is the oldest we have seen, but having been connected witli the newspapers for m:v- erul years have i-ot been able to get a glance at many dollar*-so it is with newspaper men. It is our purpose to keep tbis old coin just as long as possi ble, or until our paper, ink and postage money gives out. oyer thU Couni t. From all parts of the county heard from tii* peaches are damaged. There is some sickness in the vicinity of C.iToUee Mills. Every body lias t>e* n t«*» busy for any news of any importance The people Inm* noi the time to law, and crimes are becoming 90 uncommon there has been nothing of that sort transpired. 80 fur as known the wheat crop in this comity is not very promising. Owing to so n.uch rain tanners are generally behind with cotton planting The steam saw mill ot J. I*. McCon nell, at Sutallee, has recently been saw ing lumber on a big scale. Rev. P. H. Brewster, formerly of this county, but »«w of ( lierokce county, Al abama, paid a visit to bis old home in Fair Play District ricently. A lot of fencing below ibe mouth of Slmal creek, on the Foster Mill proper ty, was recently destroy* d by fire. The meeting at New Hightower on las! Sunday was will attended. The Rev. K. B. Brooke, of Bartow, was pres ent, and at 10 o’clock delivered an able address on Subhatli Schools, tor tilt Item-fit of the one lately established th*r*; and, ai H o'clock he preached one of his doctrinal cermnrs from Matthew, 3d chapter and 1st verse. Tiie people over in Salacoa wants a blacksmith to establish a shop ho they wont have so far to go. Pkioonnkk. (ifDd l’ W LOCK ITEMS. Railroad Survey. The pirty on the survey of the M. & N. Ga Railroad have gotten about 10 miles from town. They have changed the route us surveyed at first some little crossing the river above town nbout three miles, just opposite Mr. Burton's. As stated in our last issue work will be begun ns soon as a route is permanently located. * Programme for Suiuluy-Ecliool Association The Sunday-school Association of Cherokee County, meets nt this place on Saturday May the 1st. It is earnestly hoped thut all schools will send a good representation, for unless sn interest be manifested in this way we can but expect a failure to be the Jesuit. Then let all come and we will insure them that the day will be pleasantly and profitably spent. In espousing the cause of Sunday- schools a noble work is being done. The following is the programme for the occa sion : 1. Song. 2. Prayer by Rev. J. J. Keoter. 3. Song. 4. Welcome address by Rev. B. E. Led better. 5. Song. G. Speech : “What relation has a Sun day-school with the church?”—Rev. M. B Tuggle. 7. Bong. 8. Speech—Judge Jas. O. Dowda; “L, it the duty of every believer to work for God if he does not fee) like be could do good ?” 9. Song. 10. Speech to the children.—Geg. Win. Phillips. 11. Speech—Ret. C. M. McClure: “Why stand ye here all the day idle?” 12. Song. DINNER. 13. Bongs for the prixe. 14. General Business. W. J. Barton, Ch’no. President making uud who is the great unknown are tlm popular topics of day ; kindly greetings and the in arty shaking of the hands, indicate thut votes will be wanted in the near futme. An 1 xcursion train fn Canton, for tlie purpose of uccoinaduting all who desire to attend the exercises of of the County Sunday School Association at that place on the first day of May, will arrive at tliis place at 8 30 a. m. Half tare will be charged for the round trip. O ir Academy budding i- now in pro cess of erection, and will be completed in a few weeks. Tic school will open adout the first of July. Everybody here uppers to be busy, especially the farmers, I know of no one who lias leisure enough to assist in inking the census. r J he Supervisor will have to look elsewhere for enumerators. Can Canton furnish them? [Oh, yes. Several have made applications—n.ore exp ctc l to. Ed ] Green peas and potatoes are coming in. J enjoyed the llr>t mess at my house tliis season on tin: 25th inst. [The response to “W. A. J.” on the stock law, fence nr no fence, question, will appear in our next issue. Sorry it reached us too 1-ite tor this issue* Kd.J MILL CREEK ITEMS. Severe winter lias relaxed, by the agreeable vicissitude of the spring. The farmers uie esnsid* ruble behind with their crops on account of the wet weather. I have boen informed that Mr. II. C. Kerr, of Cobb, will begin work on his soap stone quarry soon. It is near Leba non, in this County. The moving nnd rebuilding of Bethcs- da Church at Lebanon will be comple ted soon. Fratricide : Near the South East cor ner of this county, there was a end acci dent occurcd on the lGth inst.; Joseph Coker’s two little sons respectfully ag*d nine and seven years, they were at work and become playful, the youngest threw a stone and struck the eldest on the tem ple, which produced death within five hours. May this accident be a warning to all little boys. The bereaved parents have our sympathies. Plow Boy. BALL GROUND AFFAIRS. J. S. Foster, our blacksmith, is getting a good run of custom. The guano surely lias spoilt this season —we smell it eyerwhere we go. A young man about 16 or 17 years of age passed down the other day on bis way to Canton tn trade, and see the rail road cars, as be had never expienced the sight. On bis return he said he did not see them but saw their tracks. We have a man hero who weighs 220 pounds. At a long distance it is hard to tell which of the two is the largest, ths man or the town. HICKORY FLAT SHOTS. Shota are very wutree this week, bvl with your pejmiimion I will flrecffafzw, Mud, slush slosh —rata and more rain, 1 lie Rev. Mr. Waddell, of Cmn'iilqg, will prcacl* at tins place th«*3td Sabbath in May at 11 o'clock a. M. ^A couple of our colored population be came badly frightened at what thtf thought a ghost in the graveyard a fl)t nights ago, amt since it has been ascer tained who his gho-tship leal? was it map safely be said that they bad cause to bf frightened. Tin* click *>l the cotton planter oan b% heard throughout our m-ighhorhood, Let everybody attend the association* Let us hear Irom “Plow Boy” often-^ be is interesting. It is rumored that our merchant will take unto himself a wife at an oarly dap. So be it. After lingering some time with tb*| most dreadful disease, consumption, Mft- Moloek passed into another life on th% 32nd inst. llcr remains were interred || the graveyard at this place. Rural, OPR Hi TnKLINOS Notlii 1 g very special from this srotioi. With the amount of rain having fell recently our farmers seem to be clogged with their work. The gin dam and mce of Capt. J, B« Richards was washed out on the ltd lost.. The hreaknge caused a large wheel to be completely demolished, and eleo other machinery and tbu house •lightly damaged. Some of our farmers have planted cot ton and others are planting. Ali.<>NS, WA L l.HC’A *GLEA NI NUB. Wiili-sca affiirs have boon delayed aomta what f r several weeks. The reason l| that your correspondent has been travel ing, looking over the country. I ndt satisfied that our own old Chcrokeo !| hard to beat. Did you tvej travel in aft old buggy that made a busines ot broafct ing down every three miles, and alwayi the farthered from a shop of any otbey place on the road? If so you Can sympd- tise with n*. Hud it not been for tht glorious discovery of hickory withes, nr.d their utility, .your humble correspon dent would now be languishing in the pin** woods of 3/urry. where the plaintiff sighing of the breeze in the pine lx ugb| ami the shrill voice of the tree toad would be his only company, but thankt ;o our Daddy's early instruct ion we can make a good buggy (except tho iron) of withes, ot which accomplishment wg boast. , The frost aud freeze did some damage in our neighborhood. The peaches and odi r fruit tlmt was in bloom wav killed, and my opinion is tnat we will be com pelled to pinch ulong on corn whiskey another season, provided the corn is made, if not we will all have to drink pop skull. I visited the court held by Judge Mo- Gutchcon in Dalton during my absence, I think the Judge would make a good Congressman. Tin Judge will pleaae pardon us ns wt* do rot want to injure him in any way. Under all existing circumstance* WO think that wc will have the pleasure of writing up a wedding in our uext. Quote who? The Sabbath-school at Walcsca seemt to be in a flourishing condition and well attended, which speaks well for tiie com* inanity. By-the way, like to forgot to tell you of a mule wc heard of in Murray county, that acts in the capacity of house dog t and is general muley. His muleship be longs to a lady. Her husband nor any one else cannot go about the mule, unlest it is confine*], and can only be bridled by the lady; carries bur washing to the branch. No one can go insido the yard without holloing. We will c*usc for fear some one will thiuk thi< a large mule tale, but the above facts can be substan tiated and numes given if necessary. 3/ore anon, Major, SfXW MILL DOTTS. Mr. Editor:—As we have not any thing in your paper from oar section w% will give yon a few dotts, We have a good saw mill in full oper ation. The mill i« plcaLmtly sit uated between Mill Creek and Lit* tie River, near Newt Barne’s. We will •ay a little about this gent, he is on* of the cleverest of men, and never out of sorts. Mr. G. Arnold was around to u» a few days ago.,