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Poet’s Store. Wbftt a funny name, yon will say, for a store ? Yet tlierc is such a store in Marietta, owned by A. Y Lkakk A Co., who are selling l be best class of Grocer ies. Hardware, etc., at lower pric.-s than you can buy them anywhere. I bey are paying the highest market prices for all kinds of Produce Go and see them when you go to Marietta and be con vinced that they are selling goods lower thnn any h mar in North Georgia. Store next to L. C. McClellan west side Pub lic Square. Feb. 25 -tf. <£l)c <£l)C(okiC ^Vbcancc. Ofllciul Organ Clierokge County. THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1880. ■ ■■■'■■ 1 111 Below we give the district, the time of meeting, the Justice of Peace, Notary Public end Lawful Constable of each MAGISTRATE COURT in this county. Canton —*02 District, meets 3d M' n- day. J. E. Hutson, J. P , It. F. Daniel, N. P., J. L. Harris, L C. IIickouy Flat— 1010 District, meets 1st Saturday. E. J. McConmll, J. P, W. W. Worley, N. P, R. B. Crenshaw and Will. A. Johnson, L. C. Wii.d Cat —1D19 District, meets 8d Friday. John Rag-dale, J. P., W W. Fleming, N. P., J. L Carmichael and Dopk Chapman, L. C . Woodstock—860 District, meets 4th Saturday. It. Herndon, J. P., W. G. Dupre, N. P., Nathan Booth, L. C. Bell's—817 District, meets 8d Satur day. J. B. O’Neil. J. P., Ki chen, N. P.,.Carroll and Reese, L. C. Fair Play —1028 District, meets 8d Saturday. Joseph W. Kuox, J. P„ S It Dixon, N P, J H Iledgicock, L. <\ Salacoa—960 Disnict, meets 2nd Satur day. J B Lewis, J P., S Jones, NP.,L Hobgood, L C. Ball Ground—1022 District, meets 2nd Saturday. Jbe. Byers, J P., James Price, N P., Brooks, L. C. Lick Svillet—1016 District, meets 2nd Saturday. Lawson Petree, J P.,G, W. Brooks, N P., Samuel Cox, L. C. LtTTl.E River—1174 District, meets . Wm. Buice, J. P., W. I. Christian, N. P., L N. Castlebery, L. C. Mullix’s—818 District, meets 8d Sat urday. ——Coker, J. P.,J. Thomas, N. P., Perkins, L. C. Cross Hoads—10('0 District, meets 2nd Saturday. T. P. Schelly, J. P., Fred Moor«, N. P., W. S. Willis, L. 0. Con’s Creek—1081 District, meets 1st Saturday. A. U. Conn, J. P, W. W Bagwell, N. P., I. A Ingram, L. C. Clayton’s—971 District, meets 1st Saturday. T. J. Stance], J. P., Miles Holden, N. P., Cook and Adkins L. C. Harhin’s (Walesca )—1008 District, Meets 4th Saturday. Jos. Sharp, J. P. J. G, HeanL_N. P.., Jas. Hughes, L. C. Sixes—1279 District, meets 2nd Wednesday. Win. Mullins, J. P., E. J Ellison, N. P., Godard, L. C. MAIL ROUTES On July the first all the routes leaving this place, except the Dawsonville and Dallas, were increased and otherwise changed . The following is the correct time of leaving, arriving and the con tractor of the different routes. Canton to Marietta, (No. 15030)— Daily, except Sunday. Leaves 6:30 a. in., arrives 6 30 p. m. President M. & N. Ga , R- It. contractor. Canton to Dawsonville, (No. 15125). —TrL-wcekly. Lea* * es Monday, Wednes day and Friday at 7 a. marrives Tues day, Thursday and Saturday at 5 p. m. Jno. C. Richardson contractor. Canton to Talking Rock, (No. 15,- 324). —Arrrivcs Monday and Thursday at 11 a. ui., and leaves at 12 m. Canton to Dallas,. (No. 15363).— Weekly. Leaves Thursday at 0 a. m., arrives Fricav at G p. m. After the 30th of September this route will be abolished. II. Wilson contractor. Canton to B:g Creek via Hickory Flat, (No. 15138).—Leaves Tuesday and Friday at 8 a. m., arrives on Wednesday ana Saturday at 4 p. m. It. J Smith contractor. Canton to Jasper, (No. 15362).— Daily, except Sunday. Leaves at 6 a. m., arrives at *6:30 p. m. M. H. Loyelady contractor. Office hours: From 7 to 11 a. in.; 1 to 5 p. ru.; and 7 to 8 p. m. The mails will be closed 30 minutes before their departure on each of the above routes. On Sundays the office will be open from 8 to 10 ». m. B. F. Daniel Postmaster. PENCIL FENN1NG8. “Husband, who is that man at the gate?" 'Hush, my love, ’tis a candidate.” "Husband, why can’t he work like you? Has he nothing at home to do?” "My dear, whenever a man Is down, No cadi at home, no money in town, Too stupid to preach, too proud to beg. foo timid to rob, too lazy to dig. Then over his horse his legs he slings, And to the dear people a song lie sing-." Always meet promises. Tiie days are shortening. Read all advertiseuients. $7 a cord for chair timber. I Cotton is opening very faat. Fadder pulling time near by. Butter is distressingly scarce. We never take cold, but we blow. Send us i lie news from your section. We are ng tin a —well, we’re not a wid owef. We will soon begin to have cott in on our streets. Shiloh camp-inceting beams to night —Thursday. Many locals and personals crowded out of this issue. The matrimonial maiket seems to be fiat, so to speak. Our merchants arc begining to gut in their tall stocks. Colton and corn i-t looking very good i.ud promises well. Iliad the notice of chair timber wanted by Brumby A Bro. Camp meetings, courts and associations are death to chickens. R. Hirsch, of Marietta, left for New York and Boston last Saturday. Ti e convicts are at work at present upon the railroad below the depot. A great many from town attended the camp meeting at Holbrook's last Sun day. Brumby & Bro., Marietta, will pay $7 per cord for chair timber delivered at J/arietta, We will publish next week the cases a* they came up before Judge Lestir la-t week. Gen. Wm. Phillips, President M. & N. Ga. R. R., lias spent a portion ot this week with us in the interest of the read. We expect to receive in Canton this season not less than 5,000 bales of cot- ton—an excess over hud year of 8,000 bales. ' * 1 ' 1 ’■ The 6000 pound boiler of the Ball Ground saw mill company passed through this place yesterday, en route lor Ball Ground. A spirit of improvement has seiztd the people and we are glad to sue it. Im provements arc that which build up a community. Mr. Henry Moscly was arrested on last Tuesday by Revenue officers and car ried to Atlanta for violations of Inter nal Revenue laws. R. Hirsch will occupy the building formerly occupied by Merryman on or about Sept. 1. with a large and well se lected stock of Furniture, Mutresses and Crockery. Jim Grubb- a colored convict, attemp ted to commit suicide at camp last Mon day by swallowing the contents of a laudanum bottle, hut some how or ocher lie didn’t die. Frank Smith, a colored convict, escap ed from the camps near this place last Friday. A reward of 825 has been plac ed out for his arrest and apprehension in any jail in the State. The hands at work on the grading of the railroad arc now about two miles above town, near the residence of Col. Brown. At the rate they are now at work they will soon glide into Ball Ground, Jasper and then Ellijay, Bro. Combs. Last Sunday evening a horse attached to a top buggy and driven by a Mr. Smith of Cartersville, became frightened and ran away striking the buggy against a tree fronting th,* residence of Dr. Tuik, and throwing Mr. Smith against a tree. He was hurt very badly by the full and is yet confined to his room ut Dr. Turk’s. A negro woman, a convict, who is Mrs. Fuller’s cook, smothered her babe, about six weeks old, to death on last Tuesday night. It is the opinion of some that it was purposely smothered. If this be true she should receive the just punish- ment of the law for the murder of her * innocent babe. Your Name In in this Column. Mr. Dock Saye is clerking for J. C. Avery Jfc C»>. Mia. Lockhart is visiting tier parents at Cumming. See notice of timber wanted by Brum by A Bro., Marietta. Mr Marcus II. Fiald left for a visit lu Iudintt Territory last w«ek. » ol. R. F. Maddox, of Atlanta, spent a portion of the week in Taut u Miss Lizzie Teash y has returned It mie after a vi-it of sev« ral Wei k- t>> New nnr. If you want a ntee well liit irg dress or business suit go to niiscb’s, Mur etta, and have one made to order. Mr. W J Barton Is off on a visit; when last heard from he was going in the di rection of Fairborn, where his wife is. Mrs. J. P. Daniel. Miss M llic and Jen nie Daniel, aud Mr. Ben Daniel and wifi, ot Atlanta, arc visiting relatives at til’s place. The Marietta road leading from town to A L Ivinnett, overseed by Julies Galt, will !>•- worked out this week, beginning this m<>rning. Mi.-s Fanuie Harris returned to Car- tersville, her home, last Monday evening after a visit ot a few weeks to her broth er at this place. At noon one day last week Col. It. F' Payne addressed the citizens ot the comity at the court house upon his can- did»cy for the Senate. Miss Cornelia Brown, who for some few wreks lias bten visiting rilativesat aud near tli'6 place, returned to her home in Atlanta last Friday. Mr. T. M. Collins announces himself in tins issue for the office of Tax Collector lie is well known to the citiicns ot Cher okee aud wi'l make a lively race. Mr Jahez Galt, our present efficient Clerk, is annnunced ir this issue for re- election to tlie office he Inis so well and ably filled during the past two years. Col. T. M. Acton, one of tbe fat men of the Constitution, was among us last w. ek soliciting subscriptions to his pa per, which is lire best in North Georgia at least. While in Atlanta last week we'stopped at the Wilson House, the proprietor of which is our firmer fellow-citizen, Capt. J. L. Keith. The meals are always sump tuous, iuvltiqg and cheap. Don't forg t to chII at tho Wilson House w4ien in Atlanta. You will be kindly treated and fed well. Mr. Odian W. Putnam announces him- sell in this issue for re-election to the office of Ordinary. Judge Putnam has made us a good Ordinary for the past four years, 1ms reduced our taxes, made good and substantial improvements and put our county out bf debt. He went into the office four years Hgo with the intention of bringing the county out of debt; he has done so and left money in the treasury, besides placing a substau tial iron bridge over t.»e Etowah river that North Georgia may be proud of. and making other necessary improve ments. Frightened to Death. We learn that on the night of the 0th inst, a party of men armed with clubs, pistols, a sufficient amount of iiqu<>r and unlawfulness) went to tiie house of J. W. Southern, who lives about 15 miles East of this place, near the Franklin gold mines, with the intention of "thrashing Southern,” but was prevented from do* ing so only by the sad srquel of the trag edy which we give below. Mr. Jenkins, of Atlanta, the father-in law of Southern was visiting Southern and was in his room at the time the parties came to the house, upon hearing the loud aDd bois terous talking and threats, cocking of pistols, and shouts for Southern to come out lie was so badly excited and scared that he at once dropped to the floor dead. The parties was then prevailed upon to leave as they had sea e 1 to dei.th Mr. Jenkins. His remains were dicsscd and put. away in the earth on last Tues day . Ouo ot the party has since been arrested, four others are known, but we will not now give ther names. The cit izens in that part of the county are quite indignant at this cruel outrage and were in hot pursuit of the parties when last heard from. We sympathies with the bereaved ones; and triMt that the guilty parties may soon be arrested and justly dealt with. GENERAL PIIE.HEN TM EN T8 OF liRAND JURY. AU GUST TERM 1880. We the Grand Jury .or tiie August Term, 1880, of « In rwkee 8up< ri< r Court,' beg leave to make 1 lie following Gum.ral Presentments: ^ County Officers, We have examined the record* and Imoks of tiie Ordinary and find them neatly kept. He has'submitted a state ment of the nidi btcdiHsa of In* county to date as follows: Our new di bt on g. neml fund $915.05 Our m w debt on pauper fund 8398.60 5 Our Superior Court ot Fib- . ruary 1 rm 1880, for Jury aud oilier expenses, $709 00, Total 99.018 05.5 The above Mu en.entcovers the indeht- nine s ot die county to this date, and Glows a sun. I lei debt than our county lias ever earned for any previous yearn, the same date, and by doubling this amount it will cover die debt accruing for the present year, unless it Incomes necessary to erect some public wo ks or bridg s of which v:u are not now apprised. Sheriff andClf.uk T lie offices and books of the Sheiitf and c Ink are neatly and properly kept. Treasurer. We find tiie books of the Ticnsitnr neatly kept. He has submitted a report showing the amounts roceivid by him and the amouuts paid out, accompanied with proper vouchers: The riceipts from ..11 sources, $6 394 80 Total amount paid out 86,886.34 Leaving a balance on hand of |7.96 Tax Receiver. We Imye examined tl.e Tax Reclever’s Digest and find it ueatly kept. There an parties who have, in our judgment, given in their property far below its val ue, and we have made suck changes in the asscsmenls as in our judgment we thought proper. Tax Collector. The Tax Collector's books show that he lias faithfully collected and accounted for all taxes. ' Ju ticks and Notaries. We have examined the dockets ot the Siveial Justices of the Peace and Notaries Public, an.) find them not ail kept ac cording to the requirements of the law. PuiLic Loads and Bridges. We find die roads in many portions of the county poorly worked, and in many places not been worked since last spring. We are well aware that the roads have been in bad condition to yrork until very recently. We are uwureth.it a general recommendation to have the roads work ed lias not proven to be a good one, and we recommend the commissioners of each Militia District where Sheir roads are not well worked, to call their oveJseeis to gether at once and levy a fine upon each overseer who lias not worked his road properly; but to give them a resonable time to work them, with the understand n.g that the fine will be remitted provid ed they work the roads within the time allowed them. We recommend our Ordinary to have the necessary repairs made on the bridge known as Hawkins' bridge, across Little river, as it is now considered unsafe, and also all the necessary repairs made on all the public buildings in tbe county. We recommend tbe Ordinary to build a bridge across Shoal creek at or near Donaldson's old furnace, as soon as in his judgment the finances of the county will justify it. Pujjlic Buildings We find the public buildings gome- what out of repair. We recommend one large iron cell built in the south end of the jail house, on the second floor, aud two windows put in ti e same room, one on the east side and one on the west side for ventilat ing the cell; and a n w shingle root on the jail of good heart shingles. And we also recommend that the gutters, valleys and saddling of the court house be paint ed, and all the leaks in the rooi stopped, and the chimney heads lepaired, and that the plastering inside the court house be repaired. The committee appointed by this body to inspect the convict camp in this coun ty, uuder the charge of the M. A N. Ga* R. R. Company, report that the enmp is in good coddition, and well managed. The quarters are pleasantly and con fort’ ably located and arranged. The convicts are healthy and stout tanking men, and have the appearance uf bt inf well flOj for and humanely treated, nnd the c«H» victs tfarmselves testify to the same. Th# convicts are in fine spirits. Working wtll a> d ilie gradb g «»l' the road is progrMc- ing rapidly towards Jasper We cog^ mend the z-nl. the < ff >rts nnd the untfr* ing energy <>f the President, Gen. W*, Phillips, in the advancement of this et« terprise. We recommend and fix the per diem of jurors lor the ensuing year at 91.50, In taking our h ave of his Honor, Judgi Geo. N Lester, we give greatfu 1 exprst* ■ion of our fillings for the ability and dispatch w ith which he has conducted the business of our court, and we return our thanks to the Poi.citi r Qcii ral for the assistance rendered, nnd for his tnaiy couitesics shown this body during t||g session. We n commend that these presentments be published in the Clli.ROKKK AovaNCI Bra-elton, William G., Fon.nnu. Worley, Alson, Clerk, Simpson, John N Gordon, Jarrctt. Maylmgli, Wm. J McLain, James.* Williams, John L Matthews, Joseph A Uorncilison, Jas. W d/oore, Thompson, Hnnnicutt, Geo W Smith, Anthony 8 Bug will, William W Sargent, Ephram B Merritt, George W Brannon, James 0* Stevie, Charles S Chriotain, Charles 0 ifollen. Pi ter M Donald, Malcolm Jf Pay , William I) .i|n|bro< k Green U% Worley, Ladson. .. Ordered (lint the foregoing Genera] Presentments be published in the (.HER- okkf. Advance, as requested by Grtltd Jury August Term, 1880. Gko. N. Lr ter, J.S. 0, Tiios. F. Greek, Sol. Gen. IN MRMJltlAM. We arc pained to chronicle tho death of one of our most respected and honor* id citiz us after a lingering but not paluful sickness of some months. JuotS Jas. O. Dowda, who died at his home in Canton ou the night of the 18th ioft. His remaius were intern! iu the citizen’s cemetery at this place Sunday morning. Prayer was offered up by Dr. Parker. Judge Dowda was horn in IredeU county, N. C., in the year 1995, and la 1848 moved to this county, where be hit , vi r suMjeJUved, loved and . honored by all. who knew him; he having Ailed unity positions of honor and trust in th!| county, nnd always satisfactorily to the people. "J, never heard anyone sty- naught against Judge Dowda," Is prow erbinl hero w here ho has for se many year* lived No one was ever freer of envy, malice, hatred and* uncharitable- ness than was Judge Dowds, but instead it was bis duty, aB he supposed, to quell all tbe envy, malice and batted that might arise in others. None wee more charitable, generous or public spirited than he. Judge Dowda was one of the best posted men in the Bible. His illuf* tuitions were drawn from the remember ed. bright aud sacred poetry of Job and David, the wisdom ot Holomcn, and the prophetic inspirations of Ezekiel and Isaiah—in word a from the Bible—which made him uusually interesting in con-* versation. But the indulgent and fond father, the devoted husband, the kind neighbor nnd the public spirited citizen is gono from r.mong us. The voice of censure or praise is the same to him who lies in yon* der churcli yard in his narrow home— the cold und silent grave. We feci as sured that he has recovered his wasted strength . nd refreshed his fatigued fac ulties in the balmy breeze ot Ilenvec'l happy home. We tender our sincere condolence to the widow, the fatherless, relatives and friends, trusting that when they and we too come to die, wc can bg as fully assured of meeting our God w was the man whom all loved, Judge Dowda. May he rest, sweetly rest, who could hut exclaim— "By Thee, thro’ life supported, I pass the dung’rous road; With heavenly hosts escorted Up to that bright abode.” Cumin unreal ion. Editor Advance : Amid tho cxcite«M meat and anxiety over the approaching • ret ions for President, .Congressmen, Gove-nor and other State officos, the im- po dance of selecting competent men to fill the various county offices sjenia to bg in » great measure lost sight of. We erf glad however, to see that the trends of Capt. T. N. Dulaney have suggestedhl« candidacy for Tax Receiver. HU elet* tics will give entire satisfaction to the Adr. tf. People