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JIJi.XSOX if McGILL .
Fuhlirherr.
HARTWELL, HART COrXTY, U\.t
WoflncMlny Mornlnit. Mnrcli ‘AH, 1H77.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR STATE COX VEST ION.
r-jf* The ninny friend* of T>x. D. O. OSBORNH
iuinonnci> him an n nnitnfbto* man to represent them in
thn r<W*H tut ion al Cnvnitton.
The friend* of Max J. 11. SKELTON announce
him a* a ewidlitate for th<-Constitutional Convention.
Good Times Coining.
The universal growl of hard times
is becoming monotonous, is in fact nil
humbug. The times are easier in point
of fact than they have been since the
war. Money is nearer its value, and
real necessities of life are cheaper. The
people make the times hard by extrava
gance, and extravagance has been
caused by the immense slip-shod credit
business. After the war, instead of
practicing saving economy, the people
lured by the fabulous prices of cotton,
plunged into worst kinds of excesses in
speculation and all its concomitant evils. J
But this state of affairs could not go on
always. Debt settled itself upon indi
viduals as well as the government until
universal bankruptcy came to warn us!
to more economical thoughts and methods I
Our County, from its natural position,
has not been involved to the same ex
tent as those sections favored by quick
transportation and easy access to the
markets, and besides its resources have
just begun to develop. A spirit of prac
tical economy is beginning to pervade
all classes, and the bright morning of
prosperity is dawning upon us. The peo
ple of this County have not bought
guano this spring as usual; have quit
talking politics and gone to work.
Hard times has been the erv for the last
century and will Ik 1 for the next. God
helps them that help themselves. Any
man practicing industry, economy ,and
perseverance can make a good living
and lay up something for a rainy day,
in this glorious County, the healthiest
spot on the globe, with water better than
the nectar of the gods, where anything
but tropical fruits can ho grown to per
fection, and the people quiet and order
ly. For cash a man can buy anything he
wants here as cheaply as it can be
bought in any market, with freights
added. We have good schools, plenty
of churches, with nothing to prevent
both our spiritual and temporal pros
perity.
Hayes and His Henchman.
AVe take the following article from
the Abbeville [S. C.] Medium, which,
like all of its editorials, is replete with
practical wisdom aud appropriateness,
and is worthy of a careful perusal:
The gullibility of the Southern peo
ple is actually astonishing. There is no
accounting for it upon any principle ot
reason or common sense, lliis trait ap
pears to our discredit in the wholesale
adulation of Hay its, the Fraudulent
President. Nothing is too good to be
said of him and no promise he makes
too great to he relied on. The truth of
the matter is, that nothing lie says
can be depended upon. He is not in a
situation to be independent, and even il
he was really inclined to do right by us,
his surroundings would preclude the
possibility of any such thing. Fair
promises arc easily made and as easily
broken. This is the history of the Rad
ical party. Kvery change of adminis
tration since the close of the war have
♦been ushered in exactly in the same
way. The intentions of these men have
aiwavs been disguised by fair words.
Hayes lias commenced in the same
old way, aud our people have again Keen
misled. Tie is incapable of acting as
he pretends lie will. It is not in him to
do right. A man who has the audacity
to steal the Presidency will not hesitate
at lesser outrages on the rights of the
people. His educatiou unfits him for
seeing the situation of the South in the
j proper light, and his votes ns a Con
i gressman show that he has been in
J hearty co-operation with our worst ene
j lilies. The “ leopard cannot change his
I spots.” Already he has eomnienced his
grand game of deceit. Already he is
playing fast and loose with the hopes of
1 our people. He is “all things to all
men,” and gives one side the same as
surance lie does the other. Instead of
solving tin* question before the country
lie is searching around to find a pre
tence to decide it from a partisan stand
point. He hesitates, and has not the
moral courage to hreuk his party
shackh sand lie a man.
Our people must not he the dupes of
his designing promises. He is a broken
reed. We must stand up nmnfulllv in
the assertion of our rights and give heed
to no offers of compromise. We have
already done too much of this without
any profit to us. Every concession of
principle wc have made has been to our
disadvantage. If the fair words of
Hayes mean anything, are followed up
by the performance of his promises it
will belie all his former life. Grant
made good promises. It all amounted
to nothing. Let us not again make
ourselves objects of just contempt by
any abject fawning upon the fraudulent
ruler at Washington. It is unmanly
and unbecoming a free people. We are
tired of dirt eating unless it paid better.
U Iml Thcj Kay About Uic Convent lon.
To tuj; Editors of Tiik Si n :
Wc hear a great deal about the Conven
tion. Some want the homestead reduced
to one thousand dollars, as that will an
swer all purposes for common people, and
the present one is to benefit rich folks.
Others want it extended from “shore to
shore.” One man wants the General As
sembly’ reduced so there will only’ be 0(5
Representatives and 34 Senators, making
100 men at a salary of two hundred and
fifty dollars per annum, which would save
the State a large sum and secure better
men. Another wants it fixed in the Con
stitution that no preacher or priest of any
denomination shall be clligible to the Leg
islature. Another wants the Supreme
Court, Guano and sewing machines abol
ished ; that they were a greater curse on
tho State than war, pestilence or famine.
A man standing near by said. Oh, no, the
Supreme Court is the lawyer’s heaven, and
poor follows, they ought to get a little in
this world, as they have a slim chance in
the next —and what would become of At
lanta ami her 100 lawyers. Few agree upon
what should be done. Some want white
folks made niggers, some want niggers
made white folks. The result will be a mon
grel Convention, if any. Our opinion is
there will he none. Yours truly, Sam.
State Xws.
Teceoa lias invented a pair of mineral
springs.
The Southern Watchman says business
is dull in Athens.
The farmers of Worth county are pre
paring for large cor-', crops.
A bed of asbestos has been discovered
in Douglas county. Asbestos is worth
SSO a ton.
Two young men in Wavne county want
to marrv. Each otters live hundred acres
of land for a wife.
The Columbus mills have taken since
September Ist 7.503 bales of cotton against
8,970 last year, showing a decrease of 1.4(57.
A man named Arwood killed his neigh
bor, Bozeman, in Pickens county last
week, by breaking his skull with a pitch
fork.
Mr. Ben. Gilmer, of Albany, was acci
dentally shot the other day. lie otters his
gun for sale at fifty cents, and guarantees
it to shoot.
The llartw’El.t. Si x is a live sprightly
weekly, ami we wish it much success un
der the new management. Southern
Watchman.
Mr. Elisha Coleman, of Emanuel county
killed a monster wild cat recently. One
of the cat's feet was as large as the foot of
a common dog.
A Worth countv farmer has four hun
dred acres planted in oats. He says he
has been making money since adopting
diversified farming.
The Augusta Constitutionalist and the
Chronicle amt Sentinel have been consol
idated, and will hereafter be published un
der the iname of the Chronicle and Con
stitutionalist.
The Southerner and Appeal says that
nine homicides have been committed in
Twiggs county within the last eighteen
months, and but one execution has taken
place, and that was by mob law.
Georgia's most expensive luxury is her
late Legislature. Over one hundred thou
sand dollars vanished from the treasury at
the late session. The clerical force in the
House is said to have been paid eleven
thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
La Grange Reporter : We arc glad to ob
serve that, in old Wilkes county, there is
a pressure to bring forward Gen. Toombs
for the Constitutional Convention i! it
should bo called. There is no man in the
Slate whom we should prefer to see in t at
Convention. If his counsels should pre
vail in that body, the people of Georgia
may rest assured that a Constitution will
be framed in perfect accord with the wish
es of the people, and that it would reflect
the true principles, of good government,
and result in a systcurof organic laws that
w ould protect tin* interest of the whole
State ami secure the right* of every citizen.
General Toombs is an bouest and consis
tent man. His record is without a blemish
ns a trnc Georgian, and we love the true
Georgians better than anybody else, and
the sooner these give directions to the af
fairs of our grand old State the better it
will be for the people, their interest am
their ultimate prosperity. M e have tried
sufficiently, t lie so-called “progressive
ideas of the present generation,’ and we
find the people are becoming worse govern
ed every year, and that they are all the
poorer under the rnle of such ideas. W o
nave never been of those who advocated
these false ideas. We have longed to see
the day when the old regime ol Georgia
politics should gain ascendency, and when
honest and fair government should prevail
as it did in the time of our grand common
wealth —when such men as Toombs. Steph
ens. Herrien, Dawson, the Craw fords. Mil
der. and men of their character, were the
ruling spirits of Georgia polities and con
trolled the alfairs of our State. Gen.
Toombs has not bean relieved of his (sir
called) political disabilities by the federal
government. He has refused all the while
to sue for pardon at the hands of the infa
mous oppressors of the Southern people,
and stood out manfully and gloriously
against the right of a barbaric government
to say whether or not lie should be an
American citizen. For this we admire his
pluck and his consistency in the position
that he is not a criminal nml, therefore,
desires no pardon from a government of
oppression and usurpation, bet Wilkes j
county honor him and serve the State by
electing Mr. Toombs to the Constitutional
Convention.
The Fort Worth (Texas) Democrat says :
Bill Arp. late of Georgia, the man who
furnished the witicisms and odd savings,
which Charles FI. Smith prepared and
published some years ago. was accidentally
killed near this place (Decatur. Texas.) last
Monday. March sth. He fell from a wagon
loaded with corn, the wheel passed over
his neck, killing him instantly. When he
left home in the morning he told his fam
ily he would never again he permitted to
enter the house alive: and strange to say,
he was in tifty' y'ards of tiie house, on his
return, when the sad accident occurred,
which terminated so fatally. He was a re
markable man; perfectly illiterate, but
replete with original ideas and witty sav
iegs, be rarely ever spoke without saying
something pithy.
It has been extensively circulated in our
country exchanges that lion. Win. Brown,
Representative of Fayette county in the
last Legislature, had been killed in a per
sonal difficulty. We arc glad to be able to
state that such is not the case, that gentle
man being alive and well. The report had
its origin in a personal difficulty between
his son and another person in Fayetteville
recently.
A correspondent of the McDuffie Jour
nal, writing from Atlanta, says: “The
Constitutional Convention will beheld, and
it is to be hoped that it will move the Cap
ital back to Milledgeville or somewhere
else, anywhere in preference to Atlanta —
muddy, dirty, dusty, cold, corrupt Atlanta
—it is a veritable Chicago in every respect
but size. 1 '
Etheldrcd Miller, of Gwinnett county,
is 93 years old. lie was a soldier in 1812.
and was present at organization of Gwin
nett countv in 1819. lie plowed during
the past season, and is still active for one
of his years.
A young man in Thomas county while
out turkey huntingrecently, saw the bushes
shake and fired at what he supposed was
a gobbler, lie was much astonished to
discover that he had slain a colored man.
JOHN T. OSBORN,
ATTORXEY AND COTXSELLOX AT LAW.
KLBKRTON, GEORGIA,
Practices in any Court where he is employed. Reg
ularlv attends the Courts of the Northern and Wes
tern Circuits. HI
U N. CARPENTER,
ATTORNEY-A T-LA W,
ELBKKTON. GA.
Practices in Elbert and adjoining Counties. Prompt
attention given to all eases put in his charge. Hi
W. N. HOLLAND.
NITITII .1. W. GOLDSMITH. (Sueessor to
IV W. M. AR. .1. LOWRY, who remain as Spe
cial Partners), Grocer, Commission Merchants, and
Agents for the sale of Standard brands of Domestic
Cotton Goods, Hazard Powder and Fairbanks'Scales,
55 East Alabama Street. Atlanta, (ia. Solicit con
signments of Cotton. Produce, etc. Make liberal ad
vancements on same and prompt return of Sales.
We have a Fire Proof Warehouse' for the storage of
Cotton. All orders addressed as above, will receive
prompt attention. 31
B. E. SEABORN,
WITH
HART & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, IRON,
Steel 21 till Agricultural Implements.
CHARLESTON, S. C. 29-32
J. C. CARTER,
WHOLESALE GROCER,
51 & 53 EAST ALABAMA ST.,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
Orders from Prompt Paying Merchants So
licited.
Will Guarantee Prices as Low as any Respon
sible House in this City.
3. J. C. CARTER.
TO THE PUBLIC.
r RESPECT FULLY call your attention to my continued reduction in prices, and
large receipt of new Goods arriving by every Steamer from my Factory. Business
has now reached large proportions (having increased materially during the last year.)
I have been compelled to enlarge my Warerooms, w hich arc located on Broad Street,
facing Monument Street, (known as the Eagle & Phoenix Hotel.) The dimensions of the
building are seventy feet front by one hundred and twenty-live deep, three stories high.
They' are said to he the largest and finest Warerooms in the Southern States.
My Stock will compare with Northern and Western markets for price and selection.
Thanking you for past favors, and awaiting further and esteemed patronage, I remain
Yours respectfully,
G. Y. I>GRAAF,
Successor to E. G. ROGERS , Wholesale find Retail Furniture Dealer and Undertaker.
147,1475 & 149 BROAD STREET, AU6USTA, 6A,
UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Sunday and Night calls 102 Greene Street n
HAKE OR BREAK.
—— j
We expect anew stock of
GOODS, SHOES, HATS, CROCK
ERY and HARDWARE noon. In;
fact, will keep as before a little of ecery
thing except Liquors, Playing Cards and
Tombstones.
For cash —well the bottom is knocked
out, and you will be surprised to see at
what astonishingly low prices everything
is sold.
To those who have paid us up, we will
sell again on time. Those who know
themselves to be Vote and bad jxty will!
please not ask credit, ns they cannot ex
pect anything but a refusal. We know
them as well as they know themselves.
For our knowledge we have paid dearly,
and we have an abiding something, or
things (notes or accounts) that continu
ally remind us of fair promises not fid
tilled. Bo they will not be forgotten,
even if their names should not appear
on our new Ledger. Besides, we have
not the money, if we had the inclina
tion, to supply the whole country with
goods on time. Hence, will accommo
date those only who care for us and show
their appreciation by paying up at least
once a year.
E. B. BENSON & CO.
WE “HAVE
A large lot ot FLOOR, which we otter
low.
A good assortment of TOBACCO.
GARDEN SEEDS, and the earliest as
well as the most prolific CORN
on the market.
Several varieties IRISH POTATOES.
Cheap MOLASSES —Three Grades of
NEW ORLEANS SYRUP.
Bark and shuck COLLARS.
PLOWS, NAMES, TRACES, and
BA CKBANDS.
Also, a very large lot of IIOES, at very
low prices.
For a 5 mile smoke, try one of our
long CIGARS.
E, B, Benson & Cos.
P B. HODGES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W,
HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA,
Will promptly attend to all business intrusted to his
cans and collecting made a specialty. :g
JOHN P. SHANNON,
A TTOItXEY-AT-LA W,
ELBERTON, GEORGIA,
Practices in the Counties of Elbert. Hart, Madison
and Franklin, and in the Supreme Court; elsewhere
when employed. 30
JjOW places,(Kick J^ales r
G. O. ROBINSON. UIIDKX A RATES.
G, 0. ROBINSON & CO.
L. P. Q. S.—
AT TIIE
Augusta Music House!*
P I A N O S.
NEW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES
To Cash Buyers.
SSO TO SIOO BAVEI).
EIGHT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED
MAKERS ARE REPRESENTED.
THE LARGEST STOCK.
THE GREATEST VARIETY,
THE REST MAKERS,
THE LOWEST PRICES.
A GOOD STOOL AND COVER
With Freight Paid to any Point.
EVERY INSTRUMENT W ARRAN T
\ ED to Give Entire Satisfaction.
t /W\ PIANO*, f, >r small monthly payments,
X- V/V-/ arranged to suit all responsible parties.
O R G A N Sv-
Church, Hall, or Parlor.
lot R ot tlie ISES'i MAKERS, including the ceie
brated MASON A HAMLIN*, which have been as
signed. by the Judges of the United States Centen
nial Exposition, “The First (tank In tile
sev€*ral Requisites of suelt Instruments.
Superiority Everywhere Acknowledyed!
Firat Prize at the “ World's Fair," in Paris, 1867;
at the '■ Vienna Exposition." in 1873, and the Expo
sition ot Linn, Austria. 1875, always receiving the
higlies medals in competition with celebrated Euro
pean makers. New styles, new improvements, and
elegant new designs, as exhibited at the Centennial.
*)/ W k ORti.IVS at factory prices for cash, or
\ / small monthly payments.
■ O
Musical Instruments,
Of Every V ariety.
SHEET~MUSIC
MUSIC BOOKS,
The LatoMt l*nMirations.
Orders promptly filled at Publishers 7 prices.
Pest Italian Sinners, and evervthina; pertaining to
a hr.st-ela.ss Music House.
PIANOS AND ORGANS FOR RENT.
T lining and Repairing by a first-class workman, of
•■in years practical experience. Orders from the coun
try will receive prompt attention.
• . ROBINSON A CO.,
Augusta Music House,
265 BROAD ST.. AUGUSTA. GA.
[)R. A. J. MATHEWS,
SUR GEON AND PHYSICIAN,
first floor masonic hall,
_1 HARTWELL, GA.
J)R. GEORGE EBERHART,
PR A CTICING PHYSICIAN,
OFFICE, Next Door to J. \V. Williams. •
3 HARTWELL, (jA.