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SOUTHEKN BANNER : AUGUST 6, 1878. 3 €L2J CIS* T«V "WL r mu m rar ja: am w OF THE <iEORGlA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, AT ATHENS- AUGUST 13 h, 1378. - < - OFFICERS.' ' " Mi m,m mn " 1 PRESIDENT: Col. THOS. HARDEMAN, Jr Macon. SECRETARY: MALCOLM JOHNSTON Atlanta. Capt. T. G. HOLT.. TREASURER: • Macon. First District Second District Tliinl District VICE-PRESIDENTS Z Col. George R. Black Mr. Thomas W. Fleming Screven co. B iker co. Fourth District Filth Dist net Sixth District Seventh District...... Eighth District Ninth Di-lrict Col. James H. Fannin Col. \V. J. Anderson Col. L. F. Livingston.......... Cai*t. George H. Waking.... Col. M. C. Fulton ! Col. J. E. Redwine Troup co. ....a..Houston co. Newton co. Bartow co. McDuffie co. Hall co. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : FIRST DISTRICT. ; FIFTH DISTRICT. Dr. Petter Stotesborry .Clinch co. jDr. J. S. Lawton Fulton co. Gen. Geo P. Harris an...Chatham co. ,(3o!. Geo. W. Adams Monroe co. Amos F. Kahn, Esq ...M llingham co Capt. R J. Po.vell Pike co. SECOND DISTRICT. SIXTH DISTRICT. Dr. Jno. R Janes Terrell co. ! Ilenrv L. Giavcs, Esq.... New ion co. Capt. E. T. Davis Tliomas co. ; Col. A. J. Lane Bihb co. Col. C. M. Davi^ Calhoun co. j Col. E. C. Grier .'...Jones co. I; .THIRD DISTRICT. ! SEVENTH DTSTRiCT. M. J. Ilatcher, Esq Macon co. j Mr. W. H. Bonner Gordon co lion. John MacRae, Montgomery co. J Capt. Pearce Home Whitfield co ..Telfair co. Maj. S. M. II. Byrd... Pulaski—C M Boseman, S W Brown, Geo W Jordan. Quitman—L I* Dozier, J C Guiliord, Jasper Hill. Randolph—Hon Jno T Clarke, Hor. A'thnr Hood, O A Barry. Richmond—Dr J P II Brown, Fred Little, Rob’t Wiggins. Rockdale—J O Bohannon, W L Peek, R B Vaughn. A A Zachry. Schley—(Delegates not yet reported.) Screven—W Hobby, John C Dell, Jas Parker, Jr. Spalding—Jno W Patrick, A B Shackleford, J D Boyd. Sumter—A A Adams, J A. Ausley, J F Ross. Talbot—XV II Gorman, J L Dozier, Dr. Win Neal. Telfair- Frank Smith, John D McLeod, W J McEacliin. / :/ Terrell—J W Roberts, E Bellflower, C R Moore. * Thomas—L C Bryan, S J Jones K L Taylor. Troup—C W Mabry D N Speer, R S McFarlin Upson—(No delegates reported. ) Walker—J M Lee. J C Hall, A S Leet. Walton— ’ A F Stansell. S R Mitcham, R C Guthrey. Warren—J S Johnson, T N Pool, Win H Pilcher. Washington—H N Hollifield, Mark Newman, J N Gilmore. Wavne and Webster—(No delegates reported. Whitfield—Hon N L Trammell, Hon W Iv Me ore, H C Hamilton. Wilcox—(No delegates reported.) Wilkes—F W Barnett, C A Alexander. I Worth—J R Billups, J W Rouse, W A Harris. The following gentlemen will lie present as visitors and essayists: Cot. | Wm JLoRoy Broun, Prof. E M Pendleton, Dr George Little, Prof H C j White, Prof 1, II Cli.irboimier, Mr S I Gustin, Coi D W Lewis and Col Wm ! II Chambers ot Alabama. IDI^ITiCTO^'Sf. THE ATTENTION OF THE PU1ILIC IS CALLED To THE FOLLOWING CONDENSED DIRECTORS OF THE LEADING BUSINESS HOUSES OK . ATHENS, GEORGIA. Mr: T. co. i J. Smith. FOURTH DISTRICT. ! • RHIIITII. DISTRICT. Col. James M. Mobley Harris co. j James Davison,. JSsq Gmeuc-cq. kmans, Esq. Richmond co. Sini'tn Was] Dr. 11. II. C'aVy Troup crt. ' Col T. J. • - NINTH DISTRICT. Dr. W. L. Jones Clarke co. Capt. J. N. Montgomery, Madison co. Dr. Jsio. S. Linton .....Clarke co. LIFE MEKBERS. Washington co. The following life members will quite probably atten 1 as well a- others who are life members have not yet given notice of their intention to be present. Hamilton Yancey, Rome; Judge D. B. Hirroll, Webster co.; John A. Cobb, America*; Mr S.iin’1 Burnett, Washington ; Dr. A Means, Oxford ; Col I> E Butler, Madison ; Mr S W Bloodwoth, Griffin ; E J Camp, Mil- ton co; Cap: J II Nichols, Naciochec; Cil’.J.isA Stewart, Atlanta; Mr Jre ll.liis, M too i .VI • 110 J.i’jih vi, Midi; Mr Will H R aesc. Mar shall v Hit* : Mr Henry J Peter, Macon; Mr Elen Taylor, Bolingbroke; Mr J.W Wilkins jit, Lee co; Mr N J Norman, Liberty co; Col David W Lew is, Dahlonega; Gen’i 0 C Horne, Ilawkiiisville. Col W L'*Koy Broun J K Respnss, Schlcv county, DELEGATES. Appling - (Delegates to be hereafter reported.) Baker—Jno O Perry, W W Dews, J T, Boynton. Baldwin—L Cnrri-igun, S E Whitaker, John MEdwards. a Banks—R 1-. Burgess, J R Sewell, D C Chandler. -**• Billow—S \V Lclan.Z W Jackson, Dr M J Dudley. Beech Island, (3 C.) II L May—soa, Tlios J Davis, M C Hammond. Berrien—J J Williams, L P Goodwin, James F Goodman. Bilb—Dr Lee Holt, S I Gustin, II D Lumsden. Brooks— C R Denmark, W W Groover, R J Denmark Bulb cl:—W I f C< ne. James Tie rue, C A Sorrier. Bryan—J II Blilcli, P XV Williams, J B Brown. B like—(Delegates to be reported. Ca.houn—C M Davis, F M McKeimey, A J Monroe. Campbell—S P Steed, J C Mixon, P II Steed. Carroll—II F Wilder, J W Carter, MR Russell. Catcosa—Tlios M Gordon, M D Lunsford, W L Whitman. Chatham—(No delegation. Cheroke—M S P.ideu, Thus N Dulaney, Jabez Galt. ! Claikcc—I) W Locklin, W H Hull, A IT Jackson. Clav—R E Kennon, F T Tennille, Jr., J L Tucker. Clayton—T J Toland, A J Camp, Jos II Huie, O L Wesley. Clinch— D J Simmons, Louis Strickland, II D O’Q, bn.. Cobb—Isaac II Florence, D C Camp, T L Varner , Coffee—Henry Love, John L Tison. Coweta—J II Goodwvn, Win G Hill, G P Smith. Dekalb— B B Braswell, II F George, J J Phillips, P B McCurdy. • * Dodge—G F Bullard, Dr T J Key, C C Smith. Douglass—E H Camp, Josiah Hatchett, XV A James. , . * Dougherty—T II Willingham, D A Vason, F V Evans Ear ly—B II Robinson, J B Mulligan, J L Harris. Etflingham—J D Groover, O E Smith. Elbert—(Delegates to be reported.) Emanuel - G S Rountree, E II Edentield.'Jolin L McLemore. Fayette—J A Carmichael, A C Dunbar, Larkin Harrison. Floyd—Geo S Black, Jas N Camp, J, Cohen, Fulton—A J Lyle, F Hardwick, E B Plunket, W L Maugiun. Franklin—J R Tucker, D D Holland, J S Doitcb. Gordon—James Rogers, R Peters, Jr, James Hat Ian. Greene—J O Brown, J J Sanders, C M Sanders. G winnett—Geo II Jones, John C Floyd, T D Speer. Glynn—James Posiell, W T Perriman, James M Cowper. l fall—John E Redwine, O B Thompson, XV R Holding. Hancock—R B Baxter, XV J Northern, J A Underwood. Harris — K B Mobley, Monroe Jones, James M Kimbrough, jlurt—C W Seidell, J T Craft, T N McMullen. Heard—J C Brewer, J J Turner, J II Edmonson. Henry—J M McDonald, R Hightower, G G Weems. Houston—J F Troutman, J A Houser, J G Davis. Jackson—John L Elder, J R Shields, W J Colquitt, T D Erwine. Jasper—Robert Childs, R C Barnes, E H Gay. Jefferson—James Stapleton, R H Chappelear, J W Oliphant, Jerry Howard Jones—J W Barron, J T Williams, Sarn’l Barron. Laurens—J M Stubbs. John T Duncan. „ Rec—Joseph F Dea«. Liberty—W P Brewer, XV O Cassels, XV W Fraser. Lowndes and Lumpkin—(No delegates reported.) Macon—Hon L M Felton, Hon XV H Robinson, John Martiu. Madison—A F Comer, W II Long, J B Eberhari . McDuffie —15 T Rees, A II Sturgis, Dr W A Dumb Marion at d McIntosh—(No delegates reported.) Merriwether—J L Dixon, A J Snelson, XV S McLendon. Miller—J V Heard, S M Brown, A G licssou. Mitchell—W N Spence, J P Ileath, Dr Jno B Twitty. Monroe—A II Sneed, B. C McGough, R T McMullen. Montgomery—B B Chaney, II G McArthur, A P Clement*. Morgan—John II Morgan, El W Butler, Janus F Hanson. Murray—(No delegates repo ted.) Muscogee—Dr E C Hood, XV A Cobb. J M Leonard. Newton—IlT Bowie, A S Franklin, J W Walker, L]W (Jannan, C W Tuner. Ojonee—George C Thoma-*, George Gnlletli, Samuel B Ilardigree. Oglethorpe—D W M Durham, W H Gillian, B P Taylor, h’aulding—J R Prewelt, G A Owen, O F Brinile. Pierce—Benj D Brantley, Lemuel Johns in, A M Moo e. j p McLean, J C Middlebrooks, J 3 Lavender. Polk - Jno 0 Waddel, VI H Bunn, J S Noyes MectlntC Georgia State Atrrl- culturul Hot-lety Auirust tatii. COMMITTEE RECEPTION. MayoV J H Rucker. Ex-Mayor C G Talmadge. General W M Browne. t Dr W L Jones. Col Stevens Thomas.- Dr John S Linton. . ; >< . Maj Lamar Cobb. . ;/ j Col L II Cliarbopnier. t Dr J B Carlton. I Col B C Yancey, j ProfW W Lumpkin. Capt J W Brunibv. Dr James Camakj , R K Reaves. • Capt A S Erwiiu ■ * " i Dr James S Hamilton. F W Lucas. t- ., 1 Pope Barrow. Edwin D Newton. A S Dorsey. James M Edwards. Capt Reuben Nickerson. Dr R M Smith. R L B oomfield. Col S C Dobbs. comJirrrE e entebta i n m bnt. Prince Hodgson. R L A K Chi ds. John Hope Hull. J Cohen. W II Jones. Col II C B’.Tips James M Gray. Dr Wm King. George Palmer. J i ff Lane. Henry IJeusse. nji w JUf| , TLiK H (j:N 1877. WEW YORK. 1877. Tlic different editions of Tim tsoif during tlie nest year wilt bfe. the Same ns daring tlie year that lias just passed. Tlie daily edition will o I week days_bfcA^siieet of four pages, and on I Sundays a TineSV of eight pages, or oil broad columns; wlule tlie weekly edition will be a j sheet of eight pages of lliosimie dimensions : and character that ai | friends. I The Sex will continue to be the strenuous advocate of i3form and retrenchment, and oi the substitution of statcsmonshiji, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pretence, linbee'lity, and fraud in tlie administration of public affairs. It will coutcud for the government of the peoDle by the pcoplo and.for the people, as opposed to government by frauds in the ballot-box and in the counting of votes, enforced by military violence. It will endeavor to supply its readers —a body now not far from a minion of souls— with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy accounts of current events, and trill employ fur this purpose anjuncroiis and carefully selected stuff of reporiCrc and correspondents. Its re ports from Washington, especially, will be full, accurate, and fearless; and it will doubtless continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred ol liliY UOUUS AND liliOlKUlHS. TALMADGE, HODGSON & CO. Wholesale Grocers AND PROVISION DEALERS, * College Avenue.; . HOUSE, BETTS;& CO., Wholesale and R,tai! , DEALERS in GROCERIES au:l WHISKIES, Broad Street. LAXIPKIN & PITTMAN. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES aSXTC ENERAL Merciiandisc, College Avertuc. ■ i MILLINERY. ’—^ miss maria McCarthy . . MILUNERYJAND FANCY GOODS, . College Avenue. ^ luuimluK AND CKWKKUV, ; j. H. HyGGINS, T Wholesale und.lietail GROCERIES, CROCKERY & GLASSWARE, _> No. 7, Proad Street, , ( T- FLEMING iloN^ T Hardware, JDEUPREE mare 1 DRY WOODS. - RJTESE & LANE, Dry Gooife, Nations,'Shoes, llatk', fete., etc., BROAD STREET. tlie publie by dyfeudiug the rights of the people against the eiicroaelimeuts of unjustitied power . Tlie price of tlie daily Sux will be 55 cents a mouth or $6.50 u year, post paid, or with the Sunday edition $7.70 a year. Tlie'SuxDAY eiitiou alone, eight pages, $l.ig a year, post paid. Tlie WfczxLv Sex, eight pages of 56 brhad columns, will be furnished during 1877 at tut rate of $1 ajotft post paid. The benefit ‘V. this large reduction from" the previous rate'for the Wekkly car. be enjoyed by individual subscribers without the necessity o mnlflllff 111Y At tllO CnmO '.’into ?♦* nnv nt , r M. G. & J. COHEN, Wliolesale and Retail DEALERS in*CLOTHING * DRY;GOODS, Boots and Shoes, Broad Street.' _ MERCHANT TAILQR,Cutting aSPECIALTY One door below iLong’s Drug Store, Broad St. liKUCKRIKS AND PRODUCE. F.*B. LUCAS, Proidubc Broker' * ' NO. BROAD STREET. ‘ W. A. BURfoS, DEALERS hi GENERAL MERCHANDISE No. 2, Refugee Block,.Thomas St, Athens, Ga sueh jier-on who sends us ten or more sub scribers from one place will be entitled to on*- copy of the paper for himself without charge.# At one dollar a year, postage paid, the expenses of paper and printing are barely repaid; and, considering the aiae of the sheet imd the quality of its contents, .wo arc confident tlie people will consider Tu* wnttrSi'a tbo cheapest news paper published iii the fl orid, and wc trust also one of tlie very best. Address, decia. THE SUN, New York City, N. ■ REAVES & NICHOLSON, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS, Corner Broad ami, Thomas S'reets. qrlMlMS'oKlacH ^College Avenge, Nekton House Block. JuiiN Junes, Bcstauraiit, MEALS .V'li AIM^atoruitfe, -iXcKSON ST. vv. FLEMING, ‘ iBOORSELLER AND'STATIONElf, Corner Broa J street and College Avenue. ROOTS AYD SHOES. [SNEAD & CO., Retail Dealers in LADIES & GENTLEMENS BOOTS & SHOES Broad Street. JOWN W. NICHOLSON & CO.'. Wholesale'and Retail SHOE AND HAT DEALERS ’ [Deuprce Building. ) G. HAUSER, Manufacture mid Dealer in SEGARS, FIFES AND TOFACCO, AGENT For Oconeeclite Tobacco, College Avenue. {NEWTON house A. D. CLINARD, PROPRIETOR,* ! Board $2, pei' diay. KALVARINSKY & LIEBLER, Wholesale and Retail DEALERS IN SEGARS AND TOBACCO, College Avenue. James White. lo th I’rof W H Waddell. sJ * M Capt \V D Mitchell. si W J Morton. j E G Potter. R K Bloomfield. f Hamilton Hearing. L C D McKie. J II Carlton. L W Thomas. t c Dave Borrow. l W D O’Farrell. U XX Joseph Fleming. S u Table ol.’ Weights and # t Meas- a ures. i Wheat .60 Shelled corn 56 Corn in the ear 70 Rye 60 Peas 56 O its 82 Barley 47 Irish Potatoes .... ....68 Sweet Potatoes 55 White Beans 58 Cantor Beans 46 Clover Seed 60 Timothy Seed 46 Flax Seed 56 Hemp Seed 44 Blue Gra«s Seed It Buckwheat ...52 Dried Peaches 38 Dried apples.:. ..A\ O lions ..57 Salt 60 Stone coal ..88 A. all 40 Bean 20 Turnips 55 Plastering Hair 8 Unslaeked L : me 80 Corn meal 48 Fine Sa’t. ... 54 Ground Pe:is J. 32 Cotton S?cd 30 “DILL HEADS AND LETTER .LI Heads done on shonotirt i e. pEORGIA, Clarke County.— vT YVhereas, Sarah Ada Henderson, Execu trix of Matthew II. Henderson, deceased, ap plies for leave to sell part of the Real Entate of said Dec’d., to wit: One Ilouse and Lot in Athens, m said county, known as the Wilson in September n xt why said leave at be granted, f Given under my hand a*'office, this 5tli of illy, 1878. ASA M. JACKSON. Jul ily 9-5w. -dinars'. BY It AND HILl.IARDS. J. M. ALLEN, At Exchange Sa’oon. j.iekson Street, WHISKEY, WINES AND CIGARS. ALSO Unlliard Sit'oon. J. II. D. BKUSSE, Retail Liquor Dealer, ALSO BILLIARD SALOON, . . {Jackson Street. ARTHUR EVANS, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, at Dr. E. Smith Lyndon’s Drug Store, Deupree Block. K. M. MARKS, Peoples’ Exchange, beer, wiNfcs, Whiskies nu a iTQUotfs, * • College *YvcnneJ<'*t) ■GANN & RE.AVES, SALE AND L.VERY STABLE, Tliomas Street. .RUCKER & HULL, . COTTON AND PROVISION BROKERS, Office 21, Thomas St., Warehouse Corner Clayton and Tliomas Sticcts. DETROIT FREE PRESS. ‘REE PRESS is one of tlie very few them papers having anv considerable (10I,I> AND SILVER WARE. W. A. TALMADOR, Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler,’ COLLEGE: AVENUE, Sole agent for Moses’ Eleqtro Galvanic Spec tacles and Lazarus & Moriscs perfected Specta cles aud Eve -Glasses. ‘ A. K. CHILDS & CO., Dealers in STOVES TINWARE * HOUSE FURNISHING .Goods, Corner Dr*,:.'' and Thomas Streets. Fire Insurance. | FIRE INSURANCE,' S. J. M AYS, Agent, FOR FRANKLIN PHII.ADK -FHIA. Lynchburg Virgin’u, UNDERWRITERS N iW YORK. There is his paper It lias advocated all rtieas- e pr Du J. R. CRAWFOLD,-. On Daniels vi lie road, 11-2 miles from Athens, dealer in general merchandise. Best furnished wagon yard in tlie State. urine the present year Tub l rue Press blish articles from the pens of various in position to know the needs of their and can suggest beneficial changes. It :r desires to hear from p’anters, fruit- :rs, stock-raisers, miners, and manufactu- Jts communications will interest thons- All deportments in the Fkei: Press will be maintained lind made full of interest to all readers, and it hopes to' make many new l'rieud r. Address • , DiTiioir Frxe Press Co., Detroit;, Midi. P. LEWIS, Dealer in Family .Groceries, also Frnits, Nuts, Canned LGoods. Confectioneries, &«., Broad Street, - - ATHENS,“GA. Ourrlugc Maker. ■ ' BURPEE & BKO., {Builders ol CARRIAGES, WAGONS, AC., Spring street. Athens, G.i. I!. II. CARLTON, E liter and Proprietor of the SOUTHERN BANNER, No. 7, Granite Row, Athens, Ga. More reading matter tlmn nny paper in N E.Gc. For Sale. A second-hand Wheeler ds Wilson Sewing Machine; has been but little used and is iu per fect order. For aele cheap for cast.. Apply r* *cg29-tf. THIS OFFICE Watclunaker anci Jeweler, (Singer Machine Office, Coljege Avounc) ATHE1TS, (3EORCSXA- work done in first class style and at reasonable rates. Give me a coll. np-il 23-6m SIMMOFS Liver Regulator. Hepatine Comp. Cathartic Pills. Tutts Pill, Poms Plasters. Worm Candy and Vermifuge, Sarsaparilla, Bucliu. Tutts and Harrtbleton’s Hair Dye. Aniline prepared for use. Long’s German Cologne. Long’s Cologne. Lead, Oil, Glass and Varnish. Morphine, Opium, Chemicals. .Hair Brushes and Combs. Perfumery, Toilet Soaps. And everything in the Drug Line, at lowest prices at C. W. LONG & Co.’s . Drug store, Athens, Ga. septll.ly. 3-A.lxa; HEAKRIs, Boot and Sh.062-L£alcer T ATHENS, GEORGIA, (Oveb Jacobs & Michahl’s Stork.) First class work turned out on short notice, at liberal prices. Give me a call and get goo* 4 UVERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE, material and fine work. marchlS-tf OPIUM and Mor.jhin® habit oared. TbeOrlSl nal abstilut* CURE. i«udBtam? book oa Opt am Ev,lng. to W- B. Squire^ U'crtUuttS. Greene Co.. lad. ATLANTA & Air-Line,*. CONDENSED TIME CARD. ATLANTA —TO— ESA.S'X’Jaiftasr CXTTJEHas t VIA RICHMOND. Leave ATLANTA 4.00 i- it Arrive ut Charlotte 6.15 p u Arrive ut Danville 1-16 p si Arrive at Richmond 8-23 r sj Arrive at Washington, D. C., Via. E., F. &P. R. R l.U> a si Arrive at Baliiniore.. S.15 a si Arrive at Pliiladelpliiu 0.4*’ a si Arris-e at New York ,....9.45 a si Anive at Boston.....’ 8.30 P si Leas-c Atlanta 4.00 p v Arrive at Charlotte 6.15 a k (via. VIKOINtA SIIHLAM: ROCTC.) Arrive at Danville 1-i6 p xi Arrive at Lvncliburg. 4.00 p >i Arrive at Wasliington City 1.30 a u Arrive at Baltimore 3.15 a si Arrive ot Philadelphia 6.40 a si Airive at New Y’ork 9.45 a m Arrive at Ikiston 8.30 p si Passcl.ger Trains on this load going East ar rive at Lula, 5.25, P M Leave Lulu. 5 26, I* M Going West, arrive at Lula, 9.25, A. M. Leave Lula. 9.26, A. M. ‘ ‘ ' Tram, Athens, Goorgia- GANN & REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will be found at their old stand, rear Frank lin House building, Thotras street. - Keep al- ’£^1 Freight and Accommodation ways on hand good Turnouts and ca.-eiul dn- • Eust Brr ivcs at Lnia, 10.5, P. M. Leave vew. Stock well cared for when entrusted to Lula, 9 26 P M. I : Jl our care. Stock on hand for sale all rimes, j (vest, atrii e at Lula, 10.28, A. M. dcclStf. Leave Lnla. 10.40, A. M. j Throu"li Tickets on sale ut Union Patsenger JOB WORK OFJAI.T. r ESCRIP- tJ tion i»eatly done at tb 1 *'office | HOUSTON,jGei*. ras*».vt l!chct Ap^’t