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SOUTHERN RANKER: FEBRUARY 5, 1878. Local Rates of Advertising A Job Work Local Noticca IS cent* per line, 10 cent! for cucii additional publication, no display allowed iu the local columns of this paper. Marriage and death notices arc published free of charge. Obituaries are charged for at the rates of ten cents per line. Aunonncemcnlsof candidates and communi cations favoring individual candidates, must be paid for in advanee. Advertisements not marked for any specified time, will be charged for until ordered out. i ub work tnnat be paid for upon delivery, i- ion tickets, cash upon delivery. — ■ Relating to Newspaper Subscrip tions and Arrearages. oectsioa or thk cmtrao statu scpbehs count. 1. Subscribers who do not give espreunotiee to the contrary, are considered wishing to con tinue their aubsc ption. 2. If aoteegilMm order the discontinuance of (heir'periedtaals., the publishers may continue o send them until nil arrearages arc paid. 8. If subscriber* negleet of refuse totaki S eriodicalsfrom tke office te which they are ireeted, they are held reaponaible until they have settled thuir bills and ordered them dis continued. 4. If aubscribers«Nevatoother pUoea^mboQt notifying publisher*, and the. papers are sent <o the former direction, they are held reepon' siblc. 5. The conrts have decidod that “refusing to take periodicals from the office, or removing end leaving them uncalled for is prime tacia evidence of intentional fraud.” 8. Any person who rooeivee e newspaper and toakes use of it whether he has ordered it or n»t, is held in law to bo a subscriber. 7. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound te give notiee to the publisher, at the c.udof their time; if they do not wish to con tinue taking it; otherwise the publisher is authorised to send it on; and the subscribers will bo responsible until an express notice, with payment of all arrearages, ‘is sent to tke publisher. The Directors 01 the Northeastern Railroad will, we learn, soon have a meeting for the purpose of faking into considera tion the question of aiding in the building of a Narrow-Gauge Rail road from Harmony Grove to Carnes ville. We hav^ seeD several letters from those in authority in Camesville to prominent citizens of Athens ask- ; ing their aid in the enterprise. Athens is willing to help her neigh bors aud friends in Franklin. We will refer to the matter again shortly. LOCAL DEPARTMENT. - , re** ; f t B!*„ wn PhyiloI^i^. iMMn Mspsid, Some time agi,lire T4t*a*Mif1. fleet or refuse totaketheir ten, of our city, went out limiting, and treading oil a bush for the pur pose of breaking it down, dislocated his leg at tho knee joint. He fell helpless to the ground and halloed in vain for help. Finding that his leg was swelling rapidly, and recognizing the fact that relief of some sort must be had, be crawled to a tree bard by, placed the injured •limb around the trunk, caught hold of it with his hands and pulled the joint in place, after which, he was enabled, under difficulty, to make his way home. Needs a Ballrond. What a blessing the extension of the Northeastern Railraod would be to the mountain counties beyond Lula. The good people of that country have no means of transporting their pro ducts to market and consequently the country remains et>inpaialiv»!y undeveloped. The other day a gentleman from White county brought to Athens in a two-hone wagon, 21 bushels of meal for which' htrryceived 7$ cents per bushel, aggregating $14.70. When We remember tke cost of cultivation, gathering, Ac., and then remember that it took tke farmer two days to get to market and two to return, and add tho cost of feeding his team on the route, we at once conclude that his profits were small and that those people need railroad comment ca>ion with the markets of the world Houthcm Cultivator. The February number of this time honered Agricultuia! Journal is on our table, and we have never noticed a more interesting table of contents than that of the present number. W# are glad that Athens has the h >U«r of publishing this influential and widely circulated magazine. TIIE HOLE OF IIONOH. From A. K. Childs A Co. From tlie Oglethorpe Echo. Friend Gantt:— * * * Yon now have the best advertisement we have put, and you are justly entitled to the same, as I can justly say your noble paper has done us more good than any paper wd advertise in, and as proof of this fact, we now have over one hundred of,our celebrated cook stoves now used daily in Ogle thorpe county, and we are still ready to accommodate your good people with more. Permit me tp.compit ment you on your enlarged paper, and wish you great success!. Your friend. W. H. Jonkl It naturally affords us great grati fication to receive an endorsement of onr humble efforts from patrons and friends; but upon the reception of such a flattering testimonial from such a prominent business man as Mr. W. H. Jones, representative of a firm of the importance of A. E. Childs & Co., we can hut exclaim in the lan guage of the girl when her sweetheart tried to kiss her, “O, you overpower me!” The popularity of A. K Childs & Co. in this county is not altogether owing to tiie humble hut sincere efforts of the Echo in their behalf, bnt mainly to the fact that our people well know, in trading uilh them, they will get the best of go-ids at the lowest prices, and that they will lie honorably and fair'y d-alt by. This The £nth Over tlte signature of the North east Georgia Railroad Bonds was not confined to Athens alone. All along the line of road, on Friday night last, bonfires were had, houses were illumi nated and there was general rejoic ing. Lula, we learn, not content with illuminating her houses, set fire t<n all the stumps within a half-mile of her corporate limits. Snook’s Furniture House. W e direct the attention of those of our readers who thide in Atlanta to the advertisement ofP. If. Snook. Mr. Snook says he is not afraid to compare prices with any Southern house. From the amount|of goods he .sells we conclude his prices must he reasonable. Ktlwan Dissolved Done. We call attention of the farmers to i he advertisement of Etiwnn Dis solved 1 Bone and Acid Phosphate, for sale l»y E. Bancroft. These fer tilizers are equal to any in the mar ket. Jackson <fe Thomas for defendant. Verdict for plaintiff for $58 30. There were no criminal cases tried. Several true hills were found and were sent down to the County Conit, The Oconee Fair Association, rej>- reseoted by G. C Thomas and B. E. Thrasher, attorneys, by petition, was incorporated—which is an excellent institution, Mr. E. K. Lumpkin, our talented County Surveyor, concluding that “ Variety is the spice of life,” made application for admission to the bar. His Honor, Judge Rico, appointed as a committee to examine said appli cant, ft. D. McDaniel (Senator) on Common Law, Alfex 8. Erwin on Plead hi" ’ and Evidence, L. W. Thomas on Code and Acts, Lamar Cobb on Equity, R. M. Jackson on — — •, and P. G. Tliompsun on Criminal Law. Mr. Lnmpkin passed a fine examination, and was corapli men ted by the court on the same, and exhorted by the court npt to get away with his clients* money. Oconee county people can’t he | beaten—they are good natured, | clever, educated, and- out of debt, both as regards their private affairs and county affairs. Hurrah for Oconee county! One wont—Jim Lyle, George Thomas and El Thrasher are three of the best fellows that you will find anwhere. They are all young lawyer*, aud promising, too. Their bright stars will not long revolvem the dust, Fresh Fashion Faneles. i if they keep improving as they have is one of the largest and finest ostib. | ,|, m( r|br some time. lishSMMa of the kind s-mtii o; Bulri* V’ OnnmM. more, and they have built up a trade that is an honor to our section. To illustrate the folly of sending off for stoves and tin-ware when you can dp so much better by buying in Athens, we will relate the ex|>erieuco n£a subscriber, who was offered hyUr. Jones a superb " Times” cook stove, all complete and with a kitchen full of ware, delivered free at Lexington | depot, for $25. But Mr i.ocal Blendtngs. —Alfouso married well—th. month—only Packing and drayage Freight Missing pipe (afterwards pur chased of J.) Missing cooking utensi’s 50 1 £5 50 1 75 Wlslt© Hcwlna Machine. Mr. J. Bancroft has a Depot for, ibe sale of the celebrated White Sewing Machine, on College Avenue. Prompt and strict attention will be paid to repairing all kinds of sowing machines. See advertisement. A miinieHtlon. We had a pleasant call Jlhe other day from Mr. L. Smith, of Planters’ Stand, Madison cefonty. Mr. S., together with his neighbors, is very anxious to have the cdJ anti- liclluin post route between Acames- ville and Fort Lamar, via limiters’ Stand re-established. Wdj volun teer our services to bfipg tho matter before the proper aud hope ere long to seq r -established. thought he could do better in Ac id :<s Herndon appeared on Tues- wrote to his factor to dpy ni gl»t' £*$ befofqtflao' pfr tins largoi afid most' select audiences that . vor assembled in Deupree Hall. Her varied programme was carried out to the letter and all of her im personations were rendered with perfection. Especially did we fall in love with her recitation cf “ Curfew must not ring to-night.” Miss Hern don possesses dramatic talent unsur passed by none, and equaled by few. Run Oil'. The day-train on the Northeast Railroad had a run off near Harmony Grove, yesterday, in consequence of breaking an axle of one of the pas senger coaches. We have not heard of the extent of damage to either cars or track, but suppose it is slight. The engine was sent forward to Athens with the mail and returned to get the train. —W asherwoman’s twenty-eight days. —Agnes Herndon wears rose-color and White, with stockings to match. —Valentine’s day on the 14th and Hayseed , George Washington’s birthday on the 22nd insts. —Bridal slippers or bools are trimmed vith flowers. —Large cords arc no longer used on sttylish dresses. —Long tulle veils, studded with silver stars, are worn. Flat pockets of lace are Been on the most elegant dresses. —Metallic ribbons are pop alar for trimming light dresses. N‘*w silks have a polka dot, or flower in satin of the same colwr. Neckties for ladies are out of fashion ; cravat hows are worn in stead. —Cashmere stockings in pale shades of blue, embtoidered with damask roses, arc requisite. —One of the prettiest ornaments lot the hair for the evening is a gauzy butterfly in gold or silver. —Low slippers are of tiie same eolor as the evening dress, and are worn with stockings of the same shade. — Princesse dresses o_f black or white lace over white satin are the latest imported novelty for fall drosses. —The newest design for an orange-knife, shown at Tiffany’s, is in solid silver, the edge finished like a saw. —Old fashioned penciled or reti cules are worn again, suspended from the side to hold the hanjkeruhiel and fin*. —Port cm j unties composed of Russia leather in tfco form of ahorse shoe, mounted with nlv<«, are the latest currency holders. —A bonnet composed entirely of dark green leaves, with a hunch of bananas at the back, is displayed in a shop window on Sixth avenue. when I rank you as the forcmftlt manufacturer of the day,* — Mr. GBifrohl has sold piaiio-s and organs to several of our most promi nent citizens including James White, E*q., Prof. Schirmarker and many olheri, also to the Lucy Cobb Insti tute. We are informed that Mr. Guilford is a practical musician - end workman, and stands at the head of * his profession as a pianist and organ ist. Our readers are probably all aware that J. Ksty & Co., now'stand at the head of organ manufactures, as has been proven lately by statistics given in New York. Mr. Guilford has been acting as their general agent for the South for eight years past, and we wonld moat assuredly advise our readers to correspond with him before purchasing else where. City Council. —For real first-class blue weal her, ijmivbigt- lb. desired .article The j Tmw|ay and Wednesday - last were Slowing is his statement: * * * Times cooking stove $25 00 hard to beat. —Superintendent El wards’ resi dence is uearly completed, and has quite a comfortable and cozy appear ance. —The baker and bis cu.tomer A kindred nature show; The latter needs the “staff of life,” Tiie former kneads the dongli. —The most surprised parly out Rundal Hrown. Grand total $29 10 t Are you not now convinced that \ the place for our people to purchase * wsw ^ r * Beecher, when his offer of a s’oves and tin-ware is in A»hen*. Gil? i r ®ducli»n of So,000 in his salary was | accepted. Ocnnuo Superior C ourt. j _ Thc following may he S e.l on a The January term of this court | tombstone in a town near Dublii.: began on Monday, 28th January,} & Here lies the body of John Mound, 1878. His Honor, Judge George D. i b«*t at sea and never found. Rice, looked in better health than we —Sergeant Bates no longer totes have seen him for some time—lie 1 flags around the country, hut carries looked, with his fine heaver on, as if | bricks in Chicago. <)! the many he had just got in from Gotham. He ! shrinkages in values, this Bates all. —You all remember hanging up your stockings a short t'mo ago (or was promptly at his post on Monday morning, waiting to ileal out justice ^ " to the sturdy veoinanrv «f Oconee '„i;. 'i Madison county O’possum, served * * * -! Chrirtni.is gooilit-, .md just to think thoritics lie route fj I.lst of I.ettx The following list of It vertised in the Athens* i January 26th, 1878: Prof. W. Amende. Francis Bungorce. James Boose. Henry Banks, Jr. Andrew Cooper, M***. Aggs Craffor William Guggs. Sarah Loueus. C. A. Locke, t Mrs. George Lull Rev. L' Pierce., Miss Mary Lum Toney Pope. Roberts & Jo. G. IL L. Thur rs are ad- Office, rost it]) by Rindiil Brown, is the best eat ing in the world. On Thursday night last, ho baked two of these timid night prowlers, surrounded the car casses with nice yellow yams, and in. 1 vited a few of his wliite friends to ! take supper with him. All who at tended, were enthusiastic in their praise of Randal as a server-up of O’possum. Prices ltcducud. We, the undersigned, recognizing the faet that the price of all commod ities has been reduced, and believing that a reduction in our business, on a cash basis, would benefit us, as well as our customers, we have, therefore, concluded to reduce onr charges as follows, which will go into effect on the first of February next: Single shave 15 cents; shaving by the ticket 10 cents, hair-cutting 25 cents, shampooing 25 cents, and all other work in proportion. Very Respecfully, Sapp & Bridyk, Reid & Harris, Barbers. county. Though Judge Rice is getting along j of , ,, e CaM J lul in years, yet his intellect is fresh and i keen as ever. We are prepared to j say that we have never seen a mail j with a more keen aud quick eompari- j son than Judge George D. Bice—as } the boys would sify, lie catches legal argument “ on the fly.” The eases disposed of at this term of the court were as follows: 1. Francis Jacksou, plaintiff', vs. Isaac Lowe,-administrator of 11 E Best 10 coiil- Kalvarinaki da Uri f.ir in the ci ty a sr. Happiness and prosperity depends to a very great extent upon good health. All those suffering from Hoarseness, Cold, or Cough, should try Dr Ball's Cough Syrup. It cures. that January is already knocked out .f 1878. —Bob Iugersoll says that he had rather live on earth with the one woman lie loved, than to live in heaven with all the men. Somehow or other, on this subject Bob’s ideas a d our own, congeal. —In hi< speech, iu New York, on the 28th ult., liigcrsoit said: “If iiappincss ever dies, clergymen will be the pall-bearers, for they do not Hill, deceased—verdict for plantin’j add to the pleasure and happiness of for $500. Jackson & Thomas for ! this world.” Council Chamber, Athens, Ga., Jan. 29, 1878. 4 o’clock p. m. A called meeting of Council was -held tius evening, present His Houqr Mayor Ilucker and Afdermea Ilairtp* ton, Burke, Lucas, Talmadge, Hodg son nnd Kemp. Tho Mayor stated that the meet ing had been called for the purpose of considering the amendments to Sections 234 and 285, introduced by Alderman Burke at last meeting of Council. The amendments having been read twice were adopted as follows: Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the city of Athens, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of ti e same that the word “ month ” in the fifth line of Section 284 be stricken out, and the word “week” inserted iu line thereof, aud that the word “ year ” in the sixth line of said Section be stricken out, and the word •‘month” inserted in line thereof, and that the words, “ tor one year, one hundred dollars” be added after the words “twenty-five dollars” in the sixth line of said Section Be it ordained further that the word “month” in the third line of Section 285 be stricken out, and the word “ week” inserted in Hue there of, and that the word “year” iu the fourth line of said Section he stricken out and the word “ month ’’ inserted in line thereof, aud that the words, “ for one year, one hundred dollar be added, after the word “ dollars” iu the fourth line of second Section Council adjourned v \V. A. Gim.ei.and, Clerk. Contraction. The business distress of tho coun try lias grown in recent years with the contratiou of the currency. As business misfortune is itself ft cause of business misfortune, the disasters in business have increased even more rapidly than the contraction of the machinery with which business is done. Tho currency of a country is properly measured, not merely by in dicating the volume in circulation, but by naming tho volume compared with the population for whose busi ness it is the machinery. The vol ume of currency a country should have must be determined by still un- other circumstance—the epareeness or the compactness of . the population. The city, with its various credit, de vices, bills of exchange, notes, checks, drafts, clearing houses, needs compar atively little money capita, while the millions of people scattered thinly ever an undeveloped continent need u much larger sum per capita. In this cum try, after the close ol the war oa element of enormous contraction wss suddenly introduced iu onr financial system by rhe addition to the union of the dollarless states that had attempted to secede* The same quantity ol cur rency was spread over a va&teuitory and among millions of moneyless peo ple where it had not been used. The* annual increase of population, current cy remaining the same, is of itself an element of contraction. The results of contraction are before the people. They are the bankruptcies strewn over the last twelve years, the prostration of all industry, suffering accompanies hard times. We present a statement of the amount of contraction that has actually taken place. On the 30th of .Tune, 1864, the amount of paper money issues outstanding, consisting f greenbacks, postal currency, treasu ry notes, seven thirty notes, tempo rary deposits for which certificates were issued, was $1,125,877,034,53. ii that year there were but 520 fail ures in the country, and the aggregate liabilities were but 18,579,000. We give below the story of the contraction for the thirteen years: Paper Money plaintiff, and Lyle and Erwin for j defendant. 2. C. .H- Phinizv, plaintiff in fi. fa., : vs. Win. Mum’y,’ defendant, nnd Frank Murray, claimant—verdict for plaintiff in fi. fa. Cobb, Erwin & Cobb for plaintiff nnd Lyle nnd Speer for claimant. 3. James II. Thompson, plaintiff in fi. fa , vs. Unity Lodge, 1. O. O F., defendant in fi. fa., nnd John Bird, claimant. Erwin & Cobb for plain- taiff; Jackson & Thomas, Barrow Bros, for claimant. Mistrial—the jury having stayed out one day and night and could not agree. 4. J. H. Huggins vs. J. D. Hop. kins. Appeal from Justice Court. Erwin A Cobb for plaintiff, and Ijiicas A Ware to THrlr Cus tomers. We have given you liberal credit and now ask all who owe us cither large or small sums to come and pay promptly. jan 15 3t. ' j ‘ A Friend to Our Road.—In thb midst ot our rejoicing* let not oul* people forget the service* rendered tho Northeast Road by Madison Davis while representing our county in the Legislature. Though differing with our people in politics, yet, bis record and his vote, ns a legislator, show that he was ever a true friend to the Northeastern Railroad, Atneuif most important and valued enterprise. KxtentiTs Xsnlr Boslatsv Probably few of our readers are sware that G. P. Guilford is the most extensive mtfsic dealer in this part of the country. Mr. Guilford has sold Pianos and organs within the past month, in Charlotte, N. C., Charles ton. Anderson, and other cities in Soutb Carolina, Pensacola, FIs., Mo bile And Selma, Ala., dud all. over the State af Georgia. He has lately re ceived the appointment of General Agent for the “ Weber Pianos.” Jlena de Mutrska says in her letter, u The fame which the Weber Piano has amongst European artists* led me to exptei mu'db, but your instruments surpass that' expectation. I ant not paying yon too high a compliment Years Paper Money- Per Capital 1865... ..81,651,282,473 $47 42 1*66.. .. 1,803,702,726 50 76 1867... ... 1,330,414,667 36 68 1868... ... 817.199.773 22 03 1869 .. ... 7 0,025,989 19 85 1870... ... 740,039,179 . 19 19 1871.. ... 734,244,744 18 47 1872 .. ... 736,394,902 17 97 1878.. ... 738,291,749 17 48 1874.. ... 779,021,587 17 89 1875.. 778,176,256 17 33 1876.. ... 735,358,832 15 89 1877 . .... 695,443,394 14 60 What is the result of reducing the money of the country from fifty dol lars per capital to fourteen, a reduc tion of almost three fourths ? For the first six months of the year 1877 the number of failures in the conntry was 4,7 49 and the indebtedness involved was $99,606,17 i. The agony of bank ruptcy has been multiplied more than twenty-fold. And the end, even the worsC is not yet— Cincinnati Enqui rer. .. 1 The professional staticians at Wash ington City,' of many years’ experi ence in the business, arc having a harvest time this winter in furnishing statistics and other data for letters and speeches to the many (would-be) financial leviathans in Congress. *"