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SOUTHERN BA N'N ER: JUNE
10 1S79.
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Tuesday, June 10, 1879.
THE AGRICULTURAL
LAND SCRIP FUND.
The Entire Proceeds Thereof
Necessary to the Fully Car
rying out of the Provisions
of the Act of the General
Government Making the
Appropriation.
TTiio 3-fca.-fco Jksp&e-ixl-tvxxal X
par mmttj bantad-.-fco Eo-
tatUsh and' laTairi'fcain -A---
Schools in -t'r.o XDii-
iorca-fc Scoticaa o£ tho Stato
.V GJi'iiorul and liainionlous
C'o^nllnu^lon inxl Co-Opo
ration ol" the Eduaatlonal
aiul A'raotltrul Agricultural
ncpnrl mcnts of tlie State.
A l’l.AN FOU HARMONIZING AND
l’oPUL ARIZING THE DIFFERENT
State Institutions for Litera
ry, Practical and Scientific
Education.
It is with no small decree of pride
that we can nunounco the fact, that
never before in the l.istorv ot'Gvorgia
were onr whole jHiople so fully aroused
to the inqxrtauce, or so deeply irter-
ested in the success of the great cause
of education as at the present time.
N\ :th the public mind tiius directed in
behalf of universal education conti-
dcntly-may we expect to see this*
great interest become the paramount
question with our legislative assem
blies both local and geueral. The his-
lory 6t the world goes to prove tluit
the education of the masses is not out
ly essential io their moral, social, and
material welfare, but proves the
only sure guarantee of good, honest,
free and enduring government. Ess
peeially will this prove true in our
own American country, since under
o-r new order el civilization, conse
quent upon the war, universal educas
lion becomes not only the safety to
whatever of prosjienty our country
may have herelolore attained, but
e ssentially pre-iequis.ie for the correc
tion and reformation of those evils
v hich now threateu the very founda
tion of our free, republican insliilu*
tions. With this presentation of this
great question and .which it would
teem required no special argument to
fasten it, as a sound conviction upon
every intelligent,* reflecting and anas
lytical mind, then is it not strange
that our public men have not, eie
this time, evinced more of that states
manship commensurate with the ne
cessities of the times, by seeking to
inungurale as reformatory legislation
that which would tend the intellectu
al, moral, and social elevation of the
masses ?
It is true that the poverty stricken
condition of the ccumry, especially of
our .Southern country, where the ne
ve sity is probably most felt, has prov
en a great barier to any very ex-
tended movement or legislation m this
direction. But since through patient
endurance, and a most commendable
preservanco on Jibe part of .a small
army of the friends of education, a
rather encouraging foundation has
been laid for this great interest, should
there be, can there be, any longer de
lay or hesitancy on the part of our
legislators iu building so important,
and so grand, a cause into such pro
portions as will speedily make ours
the highest and most rdvanccd oider
of civilization. What has here been
said in a general way we now propose
to apply specially, practically and di
rectly to our own State of Georgia.
The educational interest of Georgia,
while at a higher standard and per
haps eliciting more attention at the
hands ol the friends of this great
cause than at any previous time izt the
history of our State, yet it is in a great
degree, still the subject of unsettled
and at the same time much needed
legislatien, Besides our State Uni*,
vers ty, the diflerent Denominational
Colleges, and our Common School
System established by authority of
the State, Georgia has been the recip
ient, in common with all the other
States, of her pro-rata of what is
known as the Agricultural Land
Scrip Fund. This fund as is well
known to all was a few years since
given over to the Trustees of the
State University, and upon which
was established the State College of
Agriculture and Mccliauic Arts at
Athens Georgia. The interest upon
this fund, which alone is allowed to be
used for the purposes indicated in the
Act of the General Government mak
ing the appropriation, is about thir
teen thousand nine hundred and
ninety lour dollars per annum. Of
this amount about three thousand
dollars is appropriated to the North
Georgia Agricultural College at Dab-
loncga, Georgia. The increasing in
terest at this time in the different sec
tions of onr State, for the establish
ment of similar or auxiliary Colleges,
islcreating additional demands upon
thk fund. Thomasville, Milledgc-
vil/c, and probably some point in
CHcrokce Georgia, are all now ap
plicants for a pro-rata of the remain
ing fund. As the acts chartering
these institutions seek to make them
subsidiary to the State University, or
State College of Agriculture, of course
they will apply with as much justice
for their claims as did the College at
Dahlouega. Now, if in support of
these proposed Colleges the fund is
further divided, giving to each pro
portionately with Dahlonega, it may
be stated as an undeniable fact that
the fnnd will be so far reduced as to
niako it impossible for the main
College at Athena to carry out . the
specific requirements of the Act of
> i.e General Government! thus jeopar
dizing the whcle appropriation of the
Laud Scrip Fund. To carry out tho
previsions of the general act, under
which this Land Scrip was appropri
ated, the whole interest or fund ac
cruing therefrom, namely, #13.994.00
is Lately adequate, and certainly
necessary in its entirety, in order to so
prepare the College at Athens as to
accept any of the proposed institutions
as subsidiary or auxilliary to it as the
main or mother institution. Again
in order to make the College at
Athens, as it shonldlte and as doubt
less the General Government designed
it should be, free to all, without any
tuition fees whatsoever, of .course it
must be apparent to all, that it would
require the whole annual fund ‘now
prising from tho Land Scrip.
That the Schools or Colleges now
proposed in the diflerent sections of
the State, should be fostered and en
couraged, is equally apparent to every
friend of education in our midst, and
as equally important. Then the pro
blem is,* how shall this be done with
out detriment or embarrassment to
either the College at Athens, or the
proposed Colleges at other, points in
the 8tate ?
Well, we submit the following as a
most practicable, and which we believe
will prove a most popular and ad
vantageous solution of the whole
question. There is now paid into the
State Treasury, by the State Agricul
tural Department, as a revenue from
the inspection of fertilizers, about
twenty-one or two thousand dollars,
over and above what it costs to sup
port that department. Now this ex
cess of twenty one thou-and dollars
paid into the treasury, is a clear profit
to the State, aud is paid by the Far
mers of the State. We hold t hat our
State Government has no well found
ed or legitimate grounds to expect so
speculative a revenue from any of its
Departments,or indeed anything more
tban the support and maintenance of
such departments, the benefit or pro
fit to the commonwealth being iu the
general advancement aud progress of
those interests for which such depart
ments were inaugurated. Then with
these facts, or conclusions it seem»
but just, that this excess of revenue
drawn in a general way from the far
mers of our state, should be appro
priated or directed for the education
of their sons. J U st think of the much
abused and antagonized Agricultural
department of our State being made,
The. Ohio Democratic Plat
form in FolL
Coluhbub, O., June 6.—The fol
lowing is the pint form adopted by the
Democratic Contention of Ohio?
Resolved, That the Democracy of
Ohio demand free and fair elections,
and to that end denounce all interfer
ence with elections by tho military
power. That the experience of this
and other countries Las abundantly
proven that the presence of troops at
the polls is destructive of the freedom
of elections, and is incompatible with
the existence of free institutions. That
the laws enacted by Congress which,
under the pretense of regulating the
manner of congressional] elections, in
terfere with the election of State offi
cers and overthrow the laws of the
State governing the change of such
officers, arc unconstitutional, and for
that reason ought to be repealed
That they are also instrumentalities of
fraud, fo-ce ana corruption, by which
the party in power uses the money ot
the people to corrupt, and thousands
of irresponsible officers to harass and
coerce the voters, and especially by
force and fraud to deprive our natur
alized citizens of the right to vote
and for other reasons, also, said law,
ought to be immediately repealed.
Resolved, That impartial janes are
essential to the administration of jus
tice, and thereby to the preservation
of liberty. That no man can be se
cure in his person or property where
the juries are picked and controlled
by the government for despotic and
partisan purposes. That under the
federal jury laws now
Ingersoll’s Oration.
Foj Ingersoll Preache s lhs
Brother’s Funeral Sermon.
Great Escitsmenil
“Dear Friends -I _... W1
do that whch the dead oft promised
he wouldrflo for me. The loved and
loving brother, husband, father, friend
died where manhood’s morning
almost touches noon, an-J while the
shadows stiU were foiling towards the
W«t. He had not passed on life’s
hghway the stone t at marks the
highest poiut, but beiug weary for
a moment, he laid down by the way-
side, and using his burden tog- a pillow
fell into that dreamless Aleetf-ihat kis
ses down his eyelids still. While vet
in love with fife and raptured, wi’li
the world ho passed to silence and
pathetic dust. 1 et, after ah, it may
be best, just in the happiest, sunniest
hour of all llie voyage, while eager
winds are kissing evrry sail, to dash
against the unseen rock and iu an in
stant hear the billows
Fo
roar alx^ve a
sunken ship. For whether in mid
sea or ’mong the breakers of the far
ther shore, a wreck must mark at
las’, the end of each and all. And
every life, no matter if its every
hour is rich with love aud every mo
ment jewell with a joy, will, at its
close, become a tragedy as sad and
deep and dark as cui l»e woven from
warp and woof ot mystery and death.
This brave and tender man in every
storm of life was oak and rock, but’in
the sunsliiue lie was vine and flower.
He was the friend of all heroi# souN.”
VOODOOISM IN 9*NKS
COUNTY.
A. Lai-go Portion ot jttia Citi
zens In Arms.
Banks county is usually very quiet,
but they must have a little excitement.
8incc the'ordioary has cut off their
ism and witchcraft.
There is a place on the Grove river,
known ns ♦‘The Quarter,’’ where sev
eral families of negroes reside. And
at this place lives a dusky maid, who
wr.s wbeil by » colored-gent, but his
THE
[Berlin (,'oi rc - pun Jeiidcnt London Tune?.]
fil can not conceive, how a, man cm
live without a belief id a revelation of
p QoJ, who ordera all thiugn.fo.- tho
■best* iii.a supreme judge frotu whom
there is no appeal, and in a future
life. If I were not a Christian, I
;\vou’d not remain at my-post a single
hour. If I did not rely on God Al
mighty^ I should not put my trust in
‘princes. I havo. ^enough to live on
ami am _sufficiently genteel and- dis-
c '. , ' orc< l l frbopa .tinauislled without tTie^cluyicellor’s
have turnea'fnetr attention tusocdoL- should I goon Wring
iudefaiigebly, incurring, trouble aud
annoyance, unless covinced that god
has ordained me to fulfill these dulits?
If I were not per uaded that this
German nation of ours, in the Divine-
. . ly-appointe l orders ot things, is dess
suit was not acceptable^, the .mud baeonn, sown,Ullage* and-
'• fNod l should throw .up
not only to support itself, but to - , , -. - „ , , , -
edcuate the sons of the agriculturists P? c ^ * i 104 * controlled, and that the
of Georgia? This it seems to us, of justiceand free
He climbed the heights, and left all
. superstitious tar below, while on his
• , , 1,1 e^edence, forehead fell the golden dawidn,*- of
juries may be, aud have been, so
would be attaching a granduer to
the department which would not
only make it strong in the affec
tions and advocacy of our whole peo
ple, but cause its heretofore enemies
and antagonists to hide their faces in
shame. This direction given this ex
cess of the inspection- fund, would
certainly give to the Agricultural Col
leges in the diflerent sections of the
State a larger amount annually, than
they could possible expect as their
pro-rata share of the Agricultural
Land Scrip Fund. From the ad
vancement scientific and progressive
agricultnre is now making in our
Estate and from the experience of the
past few years, we may safely calcu
late that iheluud arising from the in
spection of fertilizers, will annually
increase instead of diminish, mak
ing the fund thus directed a certainty
to these Colleges. Agaiu this plan
would leave the Land Scrip Fund in
iu entirety, with which to make the
Agricultural College at Athens, what
llie General Government designed it
sh- uld be, and thus supported and
with its doors thrown open free to
all, then as the mother state institu
tion it would be really and truly pre
pared to accept these other institu
tions ns auxilliary institutions in the
great cause of scientific and agricultu
ral education in Georgia. Beyond,
all this sure and solid organization and
foundation given to this branch of
our educational system, it would have
the effect to harmonize and popular
ize our whole system, and then, with
such co-ordination and co-operation
in the diflerent departments
of our educational system, may
we begiu to hope for Georgia
that advancement which will soon
place her in the lead in the great
cause of education. We trust the
attention of the legislature, which is
to meet in July, will be directed to
this question, and instead of hearing
the accustomed abuse of the Agri
cultural Department* it inav be fos
tered, encouraged, and made the me
dium of educating the many neglect
ed sons and daughters of i.ur grand
old State.
The State University.
And tiie North Georgia Agricul
tural College
Atlanta Constitution.
Governor Colquitt has appointed
the board of visitors to attend the ex
amiaationsand commencement of the
State university at Athens The ex
aminations will begin the latter part
of June and the commencement will
begin on the first Sunday in August.
The board will also be present at the
commencement exercises of the Atlan
ta university, colored, to which the
state makes an annual donation of
eight thousand dollars. The follow
ing gentlemen compose the visiting
board :
Jas. Dunbar, Buena Vista; Mark
Johnston, Atlanta; Jno. W. Glenn,
Jackson county; II. H Jpnes, Ma
con ; Clias. M. Neal, DeKalb county;
H. C. Mitchell, Atlanta; Jas. White,
Taylor county; C. P. Craw fori, Mill-
edgcville; Kev. Thomas G. Pond,
Albany ;\Vm. D. Harden, Savan
nab.
The following visiting board has
been appointed to visit the North
Georgia agricultural college, where
(-oiiinicncement begins on the 22d of
the present month:
Evan P. Howell, of Atlanta; A. II.
Cox, of LaGrangc; E. W. Beck, of
Spalding;It. N. Ely, of Atlanta;
R E. Lester, of Chatham; J. R.
Brown, of Cherokee; D. M. Martin,
of Spalding ;C H Smith, of Bartow;
\t rs v t it i
M. G Boyd, of White; F. L. Haral
son, of Atlanta; P. F. Lawshe, of
Hall • J. J. Methv’ll, of White; 8. A.
Corker, of Bnrkc; Mark Johnston, of
Atlanta ; W. A. Curtis, of Rabun ;
Henry Jackson, of Fulton; Judge R.
H. Clarke, of Atlanta, and A. D.
Candler, of H&IL
It is presumed that nearly all, if
not all, of these gentlemen will at
tend the closing exercises of tlie insti
tutions which they have been appoint
ed to examine.
Read This
We are compelled to have wbat is
due us on our subscriptions. If those
in arrears, have not the money, let
them bring us’corn, fodder, eats,
meat, chickens, eggs, butter, or any
thing of tho kind which will help us
to live
He wasn’t the green boy from the
country, bat lived in town, .actually
asked us what threshing machine we
were agents for as be examined our
huge power press.
The commencement exercises of the
Lucy Cobb institute, will commence
on tue 15th of Jnn&
John 8herman has Mowed Lis bu
gle in Atlanta. His agent was inter
viewed by the Constitution.
Atlanta is now in extscies over fire
fino thoroughbred Jersey cows.
4m
government require that these laws
be changed so as to secure fair, im
partial and independent juries in the
federal courts.
Resolved, That the Republican mi
nority in Congress, by refusing to
vote supplies to maintain the govern
ment unless the majority would agree
to the use of troops at the polls, and
also to the maintenance of the uncon
stitutional, corrupting, violent and
unjust t lection ’aw aforesaid; and
the President of the United States,
by his unprecedented use of the veto
power, in order to perpetuate said
laws and the use of armed men at the
]mils, have shown a spirit of faction
and a devotion to party success, in
stead of the welfare of the country
anJ th£ preservation of its constitu
tion and liberties, that demands the
condemnation of the whole American
people.
Resolved, That President Hayes,
by his frequent interposition of "the
veto in order to defeat legislation
that was plainly constitutional; that
in no way interfered with the inde
pendence of ,any other department
of the government, and had received
the most nurture consideration of
Congress, has showu an utter disre
gard of the consideration and princi
ples that induced the insertion of the
veto power in the Constitution, and
utter disregard of the welfare of the
people.
Resolved, That we declare it us
the sense ot the deinocra-.-y of Ohio
that not a dollar should be appro
priated by Congress to pay soldiers,
marshals, deputy marshals or suDer-
visors of elections to interfere with or
control elections.
Resolved, That tho efforts of the
rcj.ub'ican j.artv to /open and keep
alive the war feeling between the
North and South are to be condemn
ed by evorj- lover of his country.
Resolved, That we reaffirm the fi
nancial principles heretofore advo
cated by the democratic party ol O iio,
o, that the issue of money in any form
and the regulation thereof belong to
the general government alone, and
ought not to the delegated or en
trusted to individuals or corporations;
that we, therefore, oppose the per
petuation of the preseut rational
banking system as a means of control
over the currency of the country, and
demand the gradual substitution of
treasray notes for national bank cur
rency, to be made receivable for all
dues and legal tender equally with
coin, and such government issues to
be regulated upon principles estab
lished by legislation or organic law,
so ss to secure the greatest possible
stability of value.
Resolved, That, after changing the
valuation ’of all property from the
scale of paper money by which the
heavy burden of debt now resting on
the people was changed to that of a
coin basis, the change then made in
the metalic standard itself by the de
monetized of silver was a mon
strous fraud upon the people, cun
ningly devised in the interest of hold
ers of bouds, that shoull be con
demned as a violation of every princi
ple of honest dealing and a covert as
sault upon the fundamental rights of
property; and we, therefore, demand
the full restoration of silver to its
original place as a money metal, the
same as gold.
Resolved, That the rapid increase
of the interest bearing debt of the
government under the present ad
ministration ought to excite the ap
prehension of the people. We de
mand that the further increase in the
bonded debt in time of peace be
stopped, and it lie put in process of
the’grander day. He loved the beau
tiful Jmd was wi-.h color, fo m and
music touched to tears. He sided with
the weak, and with a willing hand
gave alms. With loyal heart and
with the purest hands, he faithfully
discharged all public trust. lie wasa
worshipper of liberty; a friend of the
oppressed. A thousand times I have
heard him quote the words: ‘For
justice, all platen temple; and all
seasons, summer.* He believed that
happiness was the only good, reason
the only torch, justic - lie only wor-
otlier words the grand bounce. He
v- w ai vengeance - on her, and told
her that lie would have her bewitched,
and that he would throw a spell on
her that would cause her to wal, by
day and have a dozeu Or more fits'by
night. She at orce eoir.me: ceil hav
ing fits and her step father summoned
all his friends to help kill the witch.
And’-thoy brought others until the
crowd'kmmmted to about a hundred.
They would meet evfery night with
guns and pistols. They would -iay
up all night shooting anti yelling to
keep off the witch.-
The citizens thinking there was
something else at the bottom of it all
besides trying to kilt a witch, had a
meeting, Mr; Brown was sent up to
Homer to consult the authorities. It
was decided to break them up. Col.
Freeman Walker collected a few of
the tried aud true Banks County
Guards and immediately sent a cou
rier to Harmony Gr »Ve to Major
Bill Gos3 to collect up- as many as
he could around Harmony Grbvc and
that they would charge the enemy
f.ou^ w » points aud completely route
them. Last Friday night Major
Gos's took command ot bis company
.unit proceeded to the scene of action.
They arrived about 11 o'clock and
found Col. Freeman' Walker
PRATT GIN CO.!
OF PRATTVILLE, ALA.
good L should throw up the diplo-
,inat\c .profession this very moment.
Orders and titles have to me i.o at
traction. The firmness that I have
showu in combatting aU nianuir of
absurdities for ten yean past is solely
derived from faith Take away my
faith and you destroy my patrotism.
But for iny strict and literal belief in
t ic truths o^Christi n'ty, but tor my
acceplai ce ot the miraculous ground
work of religion, you would not have
lived to see what sort of a chanceloi
Iain. Find me a saccssor as firm a
bi liver as I am and I will resign at
once. But I live in a generation of
pagans. - I have no desire to make
pres lyes, but am constrained to
confess my iaith. If there
is among us self-denial aud de
votion to king and country, it is a
remnant of religious ’belief uncon
sciously clinging to our people from
the days of our sires. For my own
pa: t, I prefer a rural life to any other
Rob me of the faith that uitites me to
God, and I return to Varzin to devote
myself industriously to the product of
rye r.ud oats.
ship, humanity the omy u-ligo’n, and already on the ground, l ick -ts were
love the only priest. ' He "added to
the snm of human joy. and were every
one for whom he did some loving
service to bring a blossom to his grave,
he would sleep to night beneath a
wilderness of flowers. Life is a nar
row vale between the cold and barren
peaks of two eternities. We strive
in vain to look beyond the heights.
We cry a loud and the only answer
is tho echo of our wailing cry. From
the voiceless lips of the unreplying
dead, there comes no word; but in the
night of death hope sees a star, and
listening love can hear the rustle of a
wing. He who sleeps here, when
dying, mistaking the approach ot
death for the return of health, whis
pered with his latest breath: ‘I am
better now.’ Let us believe, in spite
of doubts and dogmas, of fears and
tears, that these dear words are true
of all of the countlcse dead. And
now u> you, who have been chosen
from among the many men he loved,
to dO' the last sad office for the dead.
We give his sacred dust. Speech can
not contain our love, there was, there
is no stronger, manlier man.”—
inf/ton Rost.
extinction.
Resolved, That the attack made
upon the State Legi-lature in the Re-
puMican platform Is wholly unde
served, aud that the Legislature, iu
its Arduous work of edifying the laws
of the State, in reduction or fees and
salaries of county officers and the pas
sage of a law to protect the ballot and
prevent bribery at elections, deserve
the commendation of the i>cople of
the State.
Resolved, That it is the duty of
onr government to maintain to the
fullest extent the doctrine that a inan
may in good faith change his habita
tion and become a citizen of any oth
er country. We should protect in
every part of the world all our nat
uralized citxuns as we would our i,a-
tive-born, and should resist all im
proper claims upau them by govern
ments to which they no longer owe
allegiance- We demand .that the ex-
isting treaties wi»h all fonign gov
ernments be rigidly enforced, and
that early steps be taken to obtain
from the German Empire a fuller
recognition of the right of expatria
tion and of the right of our natural
ized citizens returning or haring
property thero by a modification of
the treaty existing between us.
Extract from Washington city, jet*
ter Chronicle Ss Constitutionalist,
(J. R. R)
The recent oration, in the most ap
proved Pagan fashion, of the nottori-
ous Colonel “Bob’’ Ingersoll over
the dead body of his bro’.hur, is the
latest social sensation lure. Asabk
word-painting it is as much a curiosity
as the fantastic inscriptions upon
Chinese idols. But neither iu true
poetry nor aught that constitutes the
iniu tible glory of geruiue inspiration
can it compare tor a solitary morneut
with the burial service of the Christian
Church. “Bob’s elaborate verbal
sky-rocketing might have answred
a dog as well as for a man. The
spiritual element has no place in his
calculation aud only the beast remains.
No wonder a “piercing scream” from
the woman of the dead man’s family
followed closely upon the Colonel’s
thrown out and every precaution taken
to prevent a surprise a guard was put
arouml the house where -he bewitched
girl lived and one negro captured who
•aid he was on t-uard to kill
the witch. About this tifiio one of
the pickets came in, in :l terrible state
of excitement and said that there was
a large number of negroes down in a
piece of woods that he could hear
them walking on the rocks, the two
companies were at once thrown on' as
skirmishes and tnarchrd through the
woods but the bjrds hdd flown It
seems that some while man had in
formed the negroes that there would
be a raid on them that night and they
had dispersed,‘it was thought that
there was at least a hundred and fitly
negroes there in the early part of the
night and had dispersed when they
had got the news that Major Goss,
and Colonel A\ alker were raising a
battallion
The two companies staved all night
and disbanded next morning with or
der to hold themselvas in readiness to
go at a moments warnin'*:' How it
will all turn out is hard to l-.dl.it may
be more serious than it’Mfftwfr.ht to
'be, 1 *- -m»v'
mocking and hopeless stump speech.
The Colonel is, I take it, a vulgar,
moneysgetting infidel, who peddles
blasphemy for pelf. Or else he is to
be pitied as man who honestly at
tempts to annihilate his soul. A grea
ter than he was not contented in the
effort to displace the Creator from
the universe, for it is written of John
Stuart Mill that his was a mind
that could not find God and a heart
that could not rest without Him.
How the Census will be Taken
Arc Manufacturing tlie Daniel Pratt Gin, with revolving heads and aif adjustable Seed Bo-
with which every public Ginuer of Cotton in Northeast Georgia is familiar.
We use no Shoddy Stock in the Manufacture of cur Gins, I
And employ none but Skilled Mechanics to do the work. The Feeder and Condenser ih^i*
now older with our Gin wc consider superior to any on the market. The above Cut rqirc.-ej
the position of the Gin Feeder and Condensci when in poaition for work. 4
Prices Reduced to Suit the Times.
Liberal Discount to Cash Purchasers. Every Gin is Guarcnteti
to give Perfect Satisfaction.
Agents. T. ELEMING & SOX, Athens, Ga.,
W. J. GOSS, Harmony Grove Ua.
Who will SELL O’JR GINS AT FACTORY PRICES. may,27.4a. |
S5000.00 ~
WORTH
Crockery, Glassware & Lamps
Recent Post-Office Rulings.
Pocket-knives arc uninailal-le.’
It is tlfe duty of a mail currier to
receive mail matter properly “prepaid
and inclosed iu United States stamped
envelopes, when one mile or more
from a post-office.
A paper printed in one county and
published in another cannot be sent to
subscribers residing in both counties.
A' mark dulling attention to some
particular paragraph in a newspaper
does not sbuject’it to any additional
postage. . * '
Crayon drawings are subject to let
ter rates ol postage, the same as any
other matter produced bv pen or
pencil , •
The postal laws prohibit the ex
change of postage stamps of on» de
nomination for those of other dei.Omi-
Tlie circular recently published by
the Seeretary of the Interior, giving
the particulars in regard to the organ
ization of the census service states that
the census is to be taken under the
direction of officers to-be styled super
visors of census, one or more for each
State and Territory, not excecdiugjc.iie
hundred r.nd fifty for all the States
and Territories, to be appointed by the
Presklent, by and with the advice of
the Senate. Application for appoints
incut to position of supervisors may
be addressed to the Secretary of the
interior but nomination will not be
made before December next. The
actual work of enumeration within
ea-h supervisor’s district will be per
formed by officers styled enumerators
who will be disignated to the superin
tendent of cesssus at Washington by
the supervisors Application for the ap-
}Mnnunenl of enumerators should be
addres ed to the supervisor of the
district in which the applicant resides.
The enumerators will not be allowed
more than 4,000 population each, and
therefore the work will be speedily
done The census office at Wash-
ington has been organized by the ap
pointment of Mr. F. A. Walker su
perintendent of ceasus. No ap]>oint-
ment aud clerkship in that office, not
alreedy determined upon, will be made
prior to May 1st, 18S0. Applications
tor appointment in the census office
will therefore be in ample season if
received at the D-. pnrtment of the
Interior by April 10, 1880. No pref
erence in appointment will be given
to any one by reason of earlier appli
cation Appointments in the census
office will he made only upon exami
nation, to determine the qualifications
of the applicants for the positions
sought.
J;
THE-
Hull’s Victory.
Remember
The highest market price will be
allowed tor provisions or provender,
furnished ns in payment for subscrip
tion arrears.
“The acquittal of Congressman
Hull, of Florida,” says ths Washing
ton Post, “is wormwood aud gall to
the average Republican editor. An
infam usly partisan jury indicte 1,
notorious, partisan judge conducted
the trial, a bitter partisan United
States District attorney prosecuted,
but a Republican jury refused to con
vict The outrage was too gl ring.
Mr. Bisbee, who ho]>ed to gain mis
represent the State of Florida, will
now be forced to turn his ataention
to oilier methods of subsistence and
plunder, aud will probably soon pass
out of sight to meander down the vale
of kindly oblivion in company with
Abijnh Gilbert and others whose
names it is not possible to recall
without effort It has been a long
time, however, since the malignant*
have been so disappointed. They
deemed it a sure case. With one o
Conant’s juries, engineered by the
renegade Settle, it was not imagined
for a moment thrt there would be a
miscarriage. The “organs” have so
often pictured their victim in a Btriped
suit that they had begun to look up
on his conviction as a fact accomplish
ed, and heuce there is no oonsolatiou
to be found outside of a cave.of gloom.
Wo thank aud congratulate Mr. Hull
in the name of the Democracy of the
entire country. He has made a hero
ic fight and won a great victory. It
was deemed of great importance by
the radical'managers to neutralize the
vote of his State in any possible
Presidential contest by depriving him
of bis seat, and the only way to ac
complish it was by the farce of a tri
al and a forced conviction. He has
defeated them at every point, and de
serves, as iudeed he will receive, th9
reward and approbation of all honest
and fair men everywhere.”
_ Reporteto the Commissioner of Ag
riculture, from all parts of Southern
and Southwest Georgia, indicate the
spread of a fatal disease among cattle,
hopes soon to stop the epidemic.
Some part of a publication must be
printed in the county wh rein tho
claimed office of pul,lit ation is located,
to enable the same to i>e sent free to
subscribers residing it said fcoriiiW.
(See ruling No. 3.)
There is no law exclitdi g :! postal
card* from the mail* bcc.m-Je' of
notices of indebtedness beiug printed
or written thereon, but no indecent
language, terms or epithets will be
allowed in such notices.
All letters having o; e full •; ate pr.*.
paid must, lie forwarded. Second and
“third class matter must be fully pre
paid
When a newspaper has lieen re
fused by the party addressed it is
simply the duly of the Post mu? ter to
notify the publisher that sftcli is the
ease,, after which, if the tmjier con
tinues to arrive in the mails, he should
place it with other waste paper, to be
sold at the end of the quarter.
Tha postal law forbids th.' renting
of boxes in post-office- to two families
or firms.
A printed business card may lie
mailed at .third-class rates, provided
it lets no writing upon ii other than
the address.
Regular newspapers cannot be ad-
milted to the mails at pound rat?-
wNen a handbill or circular is in
closed
A publication not enti fed to he sent
in the mails at pound rates cannot be
sent as ah * exchange” at thc pouncl
rates.
Postmaster at other linin' letter-
carrier offices are o’ liged to distribute
local (county) neyspapers, intended
for regular sub-cribers, from the boxes
or general delivery of their offices free
of charge; provided the same are
properly dried, folded aud addressed.
A Postmaster cannot use the post-
office boxes as a medium to advertise
life business without fully prepaym**
all pottage, the same as any one else
would be required to do;
The Poe - jffice Department mips
that no po t office shall bis kept in a
bar room or a robnt directly Connect
ed therewith, nor must any mail bo
opened ordelivered in'ithy' such roOra.
Letters, 'passing through the mails
cannot lawfully ho opened by any
officers of the law • for the purpose of
detecting criminals.
The Post-office Department.is not
responsible for matter lost: in the
tuailA
It is no part of a Postmaster’s busi
ness to inquire of a person receiving
newspapers, prepaid at pound rates,
whether they are suiscrihcrs or not,
nor is there any re-triction in tha
Crockery and
DEALE R,-
headquarters!
FOK-
Cheap Crockery.
500 Dozen Plates Assorted Sizes.
500 Dozen Cups and Saucers, 35 to 75 cts. a sett.
100 Dozen Assorted Dishes, 15 cts. to SI 50 each.
150 Dozen Bowls, all styles and prices -
25 Fancy and Plain Toilet Setts.
25 Diflerent kind Pitchers.
A good asso tinent of Plain and Decorated Tea Sctss.
Sidney Lanier the post-musician,
says the Philadelphia Times, lectured
in Baltimore on Monday n'ght upon
“The Music of Shakespeare’s Time.”
In tlie poet’s day, said Mr Lanier it
was one of tlie requirements of a gen
tleman’s education to be able to sing
at sight a three-part song and be able
to play the viol. There were musical
instruments—the virginal, flute,'viol,
etc.—in the house for the use of. visi
tors and also in the barber shops
The body of the melody of Shakes^-
peart’s time^ seventy years before'
Bach and a century and a half before
Beethoven, consisted only of the
Gregorian chants or hymns, ns varied
by contemporary composers*
\Ye return thanks to our friend,
the editor of the Athens Chronicle,
for kind words in response to the in
quiry of onr anxious, inquisitive,
and independent friend of the Cat-
tersvillei*Vee Press. Mr.' *
French China.
25 Dozen a-rorted Plates.
25 Dozen assorted Teas
Dinner Setts 125 pieces $40.00 each.
A good assortment Plain and Fancy Tea Sells, and everything
in tlm China Line. ' ~
Glassware.
100 Dozen Goblets. 10 Different Styles, 40c. a sett up.
50 Dozen Tumblers, 10 Different Styles. 25c a sett up.
10 Dozen Breakfast setts 4 pieces 75c. a sett to 100."
20 Dozen Molasses Pitchers 2’> 0 . to 75c. each.
• 1 reserve Dishes, Sugar Dishes, Pickle Dishes Jkc., Caodv Jars Fru't |
Stands, Castors and every conceivable article in the Glassware line 25.
per cent, cheaper than any house in North-East Georgia.
Lamp
Goods.
50 Dozen Lamps, 25 different styles, from the German Student $G.50 to
tne 15c. -Bra^s Lamp.
25 Dczen Lanterns 50c. to 81.25.
Hall Lamps, Swinging Lapps and Wall Limps for Churches, Stores Ac., i
prices guaranteed Cheap as the Cheapest. 1
Important.
Come up end settle for jour si/6-
scriptibn. The old business must be
closed up. '
Consumption Cured.—An old
physician, retired from practice, hav
ing had placed in his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of
a simple vegetable remedy for tlie
speedy aud permanent cure for Con-
Cutlery. '
f ssor,muut T,bIe < P<K:k<!t Cntki-y a.i<l Sclaaora exer before offered..
House Furnishing Goods.
Table ai.dTtoi Spoon, Iron aud Brittanu, Brittanhi Coffee and Tee Pote, Lamp Mkta CLim. Fr
Cleaners, in fact every artic.e under the above head kept constantly on hand. ^ * **
Groceries.
A complete stock of Family Groceries always on land.
Dry Goods.
Afull line of Staple and - Domestie Dry Goods a Nice and Laryc Stock of Data.
Harness and Collars
Prices Very
BOOTS, SHOES, • LEAthviw
Oils.
SeX^^ Oa^r^ .^ Tamieis 0=1, MacLinciy Oi. srd
Lime! Lime! Lime!
,
tions, also a positive and radical cure
for. Nervous Debility arid all Nervous
Complaints alter having tested its
woudorful cut'ative powers in thoa*
sands of cases, has felt it his duty to
make it known to Ids suffering fel
lows. Actuatud-by this metive and I
desire to relieve' human suffering, a
wrll'send free of charge to all who de
sire it, this recipe, with'full directions
for preparing and using, in german,
French, or English. Sent by mail
by addressing' with' stamp, naming
this paper, W. W. Sherar, 149 Pow
ers* Block, Rochester, N. Y.j
'apnl.lst.3m.' ‘ : !
The Eureka Barber Shop
mid heavy losses are reported. Dr.’,J number a pefsou inay i ec’cTve excepi
Janes is investigating the matter, and in the ease of free country ntws-
. r -,, .country news
papers.— Western Postal Review.
SAPt* et raw«ye*
Broad $tWt, Atbcnfi Go.
The fashionable.Tonsorial Empo
rium of Sapp arid Brydye baa been
fully completed in all its first class'ap
pointment 0 , and they are now- pre
pared to give the greatest satisfaction
in prtistio, barfaeriug They are. sup
plied . with five ohaira each presided;
oven by a first class artist.: Attention
promptly given, and no waitibg res
quired. They are constantly in re
ceipt of the very latest New York
fashions, lor cutting and dressing hair,
shaving,, etc- Ladies will. be waited
on at their residences. Determined
to make our establishment a real first
class, fashionable, Tonsorial Empo
rium, such ns Athens has long heed
ed, .we invite the publio to. give ns a
call where they will ever meet with
prompt, courteous, and. skillful atten
tion.
pnl * ,0 “ 4 fn U,e ,n " ke *> in VWftiUc *
All Kind* Barter Boaght and High**t Market Prices Paid.
JAS. H. HUGGINS. N T o. 7 Broad St., Athens, Ga.
QEORGIA CLARKE COUNTY.-
Whereas, Mr*. K. D, Lumpkin, Executrix
of Frank Lumpkin decets d, applies to me fer
leave to Mil SOsbarn* of the capital stock of the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company be
long to the estate of raid deceased. '
•Theae am therefore to notify ana cite all con
cerned to allow mii at .ii y office on or before
the first Monday in Maly next why raid leave
shonld not be grunted.
Given under my band at-office this 20th of
May 187#,
ASA M. JACKSON, OWrriary, :
mny.27.S0d.. i; If.
fjWNKECBEKiyir’d. CALK-Will sold
V/ before the Court House door in the Town of
n atkinsvillc, between the le al hours of wile,
n? Ta !? d *. y iu Jai y next, tlie following
property, to-wit; lonr hundred aud thirty acre*
7',“ 07 less, belonging to tho estate of
X?. !- rV‘'r7 ' r *u lc ![' dee d., end known *» thi
it w .J **?£'* homo place, throe mile. Weat
of Watkinavifie, on tlie road leading from
10 High Shoal*, adjoining finds of
TV ii Thompson, 1*. W. Uutelieion, J. C. Fed-
ot J>* r »' Levied on to satisfy a A. fa.
gtaod by the CommiMioiicm of &>•<!• and
Kevenne of Oconee County ve. Robert B. Mar-
roy.Tox Collector,« Principal, and Emory F.
ff l T e n°^i r * uon with the will
O-Thnwber, annexed, fi, &. dated May «th
"tjtten noti.-c served on tenant in pos-
MJaion, this May 9th 1879.
. may 13th.80d. a E. OVERBY, Sheriff
L'XECUTliR’S SALK—I*or»nant to an order
ill of the Court of Ordinary ot Clarke County
will be cold before the Court House door of
said county during tiie legal lionrs of aole'on
the irat Tue^ay m Jnly next, the following
property to-wit: one nndiviaed Half internet in
and to a house aud lot in the mtv ot Athene,
on Foundry Street, and .said county,
“copied^by J. J; ; Head a* a Store and
Wagon Yard, conWuiug one ba'f (}4) of on
acre, more or leas; also one undivided half in-
t*en to the Sight of Wav foi-NoriheaatRait-
roadi W ’M* wide through, lard of Johotban
Hampton andTIiomos Crawford, deceased fce*f
ginning at the Mineral Spring to tho lino of
Homptonand Deariug. To be aoldaa the pro-
Sse? TV'TnaCnah^ r * W,tfri1 dect “ t4for
JON ATHAN H AMATON, Ex’r.'
rjEORGIA CLARKE C0DN7Y.—Whereas
y* Batory F. Anderson applies to me for let-
tew of administration de oouia non with tlie
writ annexed An the estate of Jacob KlntUof
debased* ^ nner ^ Clnrke now Oconee oo^
Tbeae are therefore to cite and admonish alt
r°!l 0p f? e< V o *“ ow c*“»e a> my office on or be-
fore the firet Monday in Jnly next, wbyaeiJ
letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office this 15th day
of May 1879.
may.20.80. ASA M. JACKSON, Ordinary.
At the enuie fine and pi oeond' on the same
term*, will beiold Jth« other undivided half in-
may.S7.30d. •
2?ublic Sdaoblsl
Notice ia hereby given that the Pnblio Schools'
of Chtrku : countv will bo opened on nnv data,
optional with the Teacher,'from: Jnly Is*, to
Sept. 1st. 1879. All persona, desiring to tench
in the same will make application to t ho under-
fignod ,on anv date from 1st. to tho 15th of
June. H. E. BARNARD, C. S. C.
mny.27.3t.
' <
/lEgHSIACLARKE CODKTY.-Wl.ena
Ur Will-m C. McKee applies to mo for letter
of Administration on the estate of Mary Big
°7 ecid county deceased.
These - are therefore to cite and admonUh all
pemons concerned to show cause at my o&co
Qnt Monday in Jnly next, why
sa jd rhould not be grunted.
^Given under my band at office, this 9d day of
May 1879.
may.20.S0d. ^SA1L JACKSON, Ordinary,
0k 8II& m and Morphia* haMtrarfd.
OPIuMHSri'S*
Hfl * •rU.lmUu. Urvcnv Co., 1&4.