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to c'litrsiltt.v Hornlnß, April 25, IHT7.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
you STATE CONVENTION.
I y Til- many friends of Du. I). O. OSIIORXK
announce him a* n suitable man to represent them in
the Constitutional Convention.
l~*' The friends of M*.l. .). II SKEI.TOX an
nounee hint as a candidate for the Coni-litutioiial ( on
\ ention.
The friends of I’srr. JOHN' PEEK announce
liltn as a nititable man to represent this County in
tlie Constitutional Convention.
Jte.!- Tlio troojw hnvo been w illidmwn
from ilit* Stiitt* House in Eouisiunn, and
we think this i.~ a virtual recognition of
the Nichole's {government.
Timely Warning,
We hope every farmer in the State
will read Thomas I*. .lanes’, Commis
sioner of Agriculture, circular, w hich we
give below. The prospect is that near
ly all of Europe* will be drawn into the
war, and there will be but little use for
cotton. Meats and breadstuff* are sure
to reach the highest prices ever known,
while cotton cannot bring more than
live cents per pound. Any farmer
planting cotton to buy Hour and corn
another year, ought to be taken out by
his neighbors and have his hmiit#—if lie
has any —knocked out with a pine knot.
In connection w ith the ( 'otmnissioner’s
circular, we reproduce editorials from
the two leading journal* of iho '-date.
Department os Aomrrr.Ti'RE.
Atlanta, April i7tb, 1877.
To the Formers of Georgia :
In view of the threatened war in the
east —which .seems now to he unavoidable
—it becomes ns ns prudent men, to avert,
us far as possible, its disastrous effects
upon our industries, bv a w ise forecast in
our farm economy,
The indications now arc that there will
be a protracted war. involving the leading
powers of Europe, the necessary conse
nuen*V of which will be a rapid advance in
the price of all food supplies. Even the
“rumor of war" has already caused an
appreciable advance in meats and bread
stuffs, and a decline in our great staph—
cotton. Unusually large shipments or pro
visions to the various European ports are
already reported, and must continue so
long as the war lasts.
The foreign demand for cotton may be
greatly reduced, and its price fall. below
even its present low figures.
In view of these facts, the farmers of
Georgia arc urged to increase their areas
in provision crops. It is not yet too late
to increase the area in corn, even if it has
lo Vie done by reducing the area in cotton.
JjCt farmers 'plant enough corn to insure
an ample supply for the ensuing year. Let
them plant crops for their hogs, and force
them forward to secure, as nearly as pos
sible. a supply of bacon for home consump
tion. Let them plant liberally in German
inillet and field peas to suppliment their
corn crop in feeding stock, in order that
more of their corn may be used for bread.
If the war should be averted—of which
there is. at present little probability—we
will have lost nothing by the above policy ;
if not, we will have provided against tne
possibility of loss or .suffering. In either
event, those who adopt the above advice
will have nothing to regret, while those
who do not may be compelled to purchase
provisions at ruinuusly high prices, and
pay for them with cotton at prices even
below the cost of production.
Very respectfully.
Thomas P. Janes,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
A thi ate CouttifutV'ti.
M ar between Russia and Turkey can
not be avoided. The fanatical Musulman
thirsts for it, and the enthused Russians
welcome it. Races and religions arc about
to grapple, and no one can measure the
conflict. Jt will at first be between Rus
siaarnl Turkey, but none of the other great
powers, unless it bo France, can keep out
.of it. The territory to be apportioned is
immense. England and Austria are deeph
interested. Will Austria let Russia control
the river that washes her beautiful capital?
"Will England permit Russia to hold Con
stantinople umi thus jeopardize her high
wav to India ? The war cannot boa small
affair—it may bo of greater magnitude
than any since the campaign of Napoleon.
What does all this mean to us gs a peo
ple? Is there any one so short-sighted as
not to Roe tlmt the South rdiould produce
her own bremlKtutfn, and as himli meat
as she can? Every aero that ran be put
into corn is an acre devoted to the general
! good of the South- to the retention of our
cotton-money nt home, anil to our pocuni
j ary salvation as a section. We cannot af
ford to raise cotton at war prices and pay
war prices for both meats and breadstutfs.
If we attempt it th f * fool-killer should
sharpen his scythe for the grandest cam
paign of his long and busy career.
Savannah .Win.
The importance to be attnulied to the
coining conflict in Europe oonm>t he over
estimated by the agsiulttiiritH of the South.
The effect already apparent upon the grain
and produce markets of the world renders
it very important that onr planters should
prepare for the inevitable results which
will follow the conflict in the East, namely,
the rise in the prices of grain and provis
ions, and the fall in the price of cotton.
Russia supplies, in round ligures. about
one-third of the grain consumed in Europe,
and the consequences of the blockade of
her Southern provinces will he a deiic.it,
which must in a very large measure he
I supplied by the tinted States. The South
will supply but little of this deficit, as she
, will need every bushel for home consump
tion, while the diminished consumption of
cotton, which will follow the general break
ing up of the industries of peace, will les
sen the abilityof the Southern planter to i
supply himself and laborers from the meat
and grain markets of the West. The plant
ers of Georgia will therefore net wisely of.
i before it is too late, they would follow the
suggestion af the Commissioner ot Agri- 1
eulture of the Staleof Georgia, and prepare
for the emergency which will surely fol
low the war between Russia and Turkey,
even if it does not involve any of the other
great powers of Europe.
Alluding to this subject a Virginia pa
per says : “ Would it not he wise for the
planters from Carolina to Texas to prepare
in advance for high prices of food and low
prices of cot ton ? They should raise hogs,
cattle, sheep and pitch greater crops of ce
reals. for in tin 1 event of a general war they
would find little demand lor their staple
product, but war prices for their meat,
[bread and plantation supplies generally.
This suggestion, we think, is worth their
gravest consideration, and as soon as hos
tilities begin every Southern Governor
ought to address a proclamation to his
people calling on them to prepare to make
their plantations self-sustaining.'’
Oglethorpe four*.
Oglethorpe, May 25,1877.
The Superior Court of this County has
been in session during the past week. The
noted Eberhart-Stribling murder case was
tried. The defendants severed, and the
State fleeted to try John Eberhart, Sr.,
' who, after trial of three days, was found
not guilty.
The case against Jacob Eberhart was
| nolle prossed by the State.
The case against John N. Eberhart was
i continued to the next regular term in Oc
tober.
Luke Johnson, colored, the ringleader
I of the riot at Craw ford, in March last, was
tried and found guilty, and will probably
! be sentenced to the penitentiary for the
term of ten years, the longest term. The
remainder of the rioters were tried on Mon-
May and will, doubtless, follow* their chief.
S.
VI Men.
Messrs. Editors : There are twenty
one men in this County who can hold all
the County offices, or give them to whom
they please; from the fact that there are
just that many who arc worth more than
the Homestead ; and if the bonds of any
other men were taken and came to the test
they would not be worth a cent. There
arc some as good men as ever lived who
took the Homestead, to keep from being
broken up by the results of the war and
by old security debts made upon the faith
of negro property which went up with the
war.
Three thousand dollar gold valuation
Homestead was made to protect the broken
down aristocracy, and the time has past
when it can benefit any honest man.
Before the war, laws were made to protect
honest people. Since the war. the whole
tendency of law-making has been for the
benefit of rogues and dishonest people.
The poorest man in this County before the
war could get credit; since then, if they
get it it is at such an extravagant profit or
interest, whichever you choose to call it,
that it will break any man.
Only yesterday, I heard a poor man of
fer to give a deed to a snug little farm to
any man who would lend him twenty-five
dollars. And it is an every day occur
rence that poor men deed away their land
for pitiful sums of money, with the privil
ege of redeeming it in a c rtain time; and,
as every one is afraid to give them credit at
any fair price, they arc broken up, and the
Shylocks get the land; and in twenty
years a few men will own all the land and
poor men will be servants, unless this vil
lainous Homestead is repealed.
A day or two ago, two men were talking
about the difference in cash and credit
prices before the war and now. One said
before tho war he weflt to Benson's store,
and wanted to pay cash for some goods,
and asked what difference he made in cash
and credit. Mr. Ueueu laughed at him
and said he made no difference. Now. lie
he would make 25 per cent, difference with
the best man in the County, and most of
merchants make fifty per cent, difference.
Well, now, Major J. 11. Skelton, if
elected to the Constitutional Convention is
in favor of abolishing the Homestead, and
libr the manliness to make no secret of it.
although ho does not profess to be the
‘“foremost ” naan in Hart County.
Vonrs. truly. - Citizen*.
State Xew.
Hum lias found out that the population
of Wnrrenton is 718.
Atlanta is referred to by a complimen
tary exchange as “* the city of suicides.’’
Hon. A. If. Stephens states that he
will vote for speaker, even if he has to be
carried to the house of Representatives.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Au
gusta Chronicle predicts that the Dctno
cratic party in Georgia will go to pieces
before the ne*t election, llow unfortu
nate !
On lust Saturday night Elbert. Lewis a
colored preacher, broke in the smokehouse
of Mrs. Gardner, at Wrights boro, and
stole about twenty pounds of meat— Mc-
Duffie Journal.
Last week Frank Franklin, a negro who
was engaged, or who was a witness to the
Crawford riot, was arrested near town by
Messrs. John I) James and Joseph L.
llcadwylcr. —Elbert on Gazette.
( 1 EOUGI.WHART COUNTY.
" T I miUXA RY'S OFFICE. April *4. 1577.
liKCtllX ,1. MORRIS applies for exemption of per
sonalty and valiTsfi.m and seltln" apart of home
stead. and 1 will pans upon tlie name Ma\ 15, IS", at
my otliee. F. C. STEPHENS<IX.
'35-36 Ordinary.
SPRING,IB77.
M. (I. it-I. COHEN.
OFFER tliia season I'XFRFCFDFXTFD TtATI
UAIXS in every department of their extensive
business. Immense lines of
DRY GOODS,
Clot bloc,
lint*,
4'tTj *
Nhoe*,
!K(tin|,
Fancy Good*, .
Fiiriiiliiti£ Good*,
NOTIONS,
At LOW PRICKS as will please *he closest
buyer*.
Samples sent on application.
Remember,
XO. 5 BROAD STREET,
A THE NS, aA.
COHEN’S PRICE LIST:
Best CaNro. 7c
Fine Yard-Wide Bleached 10c
Elegant All Linen Towels 25c
Beautiful Striped Piques 10c
Ladies' All-Silk Fringed Ties 25 to 35c
Fine Victoria Lawn 15 to 20c
Striped Victoria Law n 20 to 25c
Elegant Summer Under vest 50c
Ladies' White Host*—Extra Length 121
Men's Brown Enirlish Half Hose. 12j
Fine Hamburg Edging and Inserting 5 to 25c
Ladies' Fine Cloth Gaiters #1.25 to #2.00
Men's All Wool Suits #IO.OO
Men's All Wool Suits—Fine #12.00 to #15.00
And Immense Lots of other Goods, at correspond
indlv Low Prices. 35-38
WALTER E. FISHER,
with
Crane, Boylston & Cos,,
JOBBERS AN D IMPORTERS OF
DRY GOODS , and
OTIOXS,
32 CHARLESTON, S. C. 35
Hart sheriff’s sale.
Will be sold, before the Courthouse door in
Hartwell, on the Flint Tuesday in May next, within
the legal hours ol sale, Twenty-Five Acres of hand,
more or less, udjoiniiu: lands of the estate of Henry
Tyler and IVI/.er Levied on as the proper
ty of l’el/er Undjjers. Property pointed out by
•lames Kit e, plainiiff. Levied with Justice's Court, ti.
fa. issued from the ninth liistriet G. M. Levy made
by .1. B. Alford, lawful Constable, and returned to
me. April ltd, ISTL
J It. 11VOS Sheriff
y,
!.. I’ASSANO & SONS,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY.
Gloves, Trimmings and Smail Wares,
268 WEST BALTIMORE STREET,
BAL TIMORE.
GRAMLING, SPALDING &'CO
WHOLESALE DHATC QlTnrC LEATHER. SHOE
DEALERS IN DV H/10, O 111 FINDINGS, &c.,
:isi >. Mto No. It Oeontiir t.iid No. 15 I.ine Street, ATI.A XT A. UA. 35
.T. O. CARTER
WHOLESALE Gil OGEE,
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.
I. H. HALL k CO„
3 to lO Market A 223 A 22.1 Fait Bay,
t IXARI.KMTOS, H. t .
BOOBS,
SASHES.
BItINDS,
All kinds of Manufactured Wood Work at
unusually low prices, to suit the times.
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE,
PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS, <frc.; Ac.
We hate the best ready mixed paints.
| all colors, guaranteed to give satisfaction.
All of the above has our special super-
I vision: can oiler inducements to all pur
i chasers.
Thankful for past favors, we solicit a
liberal continuance of the same.
Address
I. H. HALL & CO.,
Charleston, S. C.
Or our Agent*,
E. H. BESSON A t 0.,
34 85 Hartwell, <.
W, 6, ASHLEY & CO,
(Successors to Jenniugs & Ashley,)
33 Mouth IlrontS Street,
ATLANTA. (IV.
K EEPS constantly on hand at M holesale
. and Retail the largest and cheapest
stock of
Doors, Sash, and Blinds,
in Georgia. Also Mouldings, Mantles,
Yaranda, Brackets, lialluster, Window
Glass, Putty and
B Ull )E RS’ 11A RI )WA RE.
IVrite us for price list and special prices.
Terms ('ash.
EDWIN BATES, ) CltAHt.lt* K. 11ATF.*, )
THOB. U. MctiAlfAN, ( JAMES 1\ OIIIUK6. $
EDWIN BATES & CO.,
JOBBERS OF
Dry Goods & Clothing,
Nos. 122 & 124 Mefci?.g Street,
;n CH VItLEKTON. N. C. 58
W. Y. HOLLAND.
NITITH .1. W. GOLDSMITH. (fW**or to
IT W. M. A R. J. LOWRY, wlie remain sn Spe
ei.il Partner*), Groeer. CommiMHion Merchant*. and
Agent* for the sale of Standard Brand* of Domestie
Cotton Goodie Hazard Powder and Fairbanks' Seales,
55 East Ala I with a Stri'l, Vtl/iiita (in. Solleit eon
signmelits of I otton. pHtluee. ete. Make liberal ad
vancement* on *Miue and prompt return of Sale*.
We have a File I*l*oo# Warehouse for the storage of
Cotton. ALI order* <la* above, will receive)
prompt attonfio*. ji
BURKE’S BOOKSTORE,
ATHENS. GEORGIA.
O
(4 001 >S nold at lowest priced tor eauli, and wat-
Jf isfat-tion guaranteed.
•ehool Hooks.
A full lino of School Rook*, such as arc in com
mon use, at publishers' prices.
•tnt^.Miery.
Pens. Tnk, Paper. Envelopes, Slates anil Slate
Pencils, Ac., at lowest prices.
('ro<|ii<*t. Rate Ball*. A*.
Croquet, at. various prices. Base Ball*, from 25c.
to 81.50. Base Ball Guide for 1e77.
Pianos anti Organ*.
The best makes, at lowest prices, J cannot be un
dersold. and will give as good bargains and as long
time as any one in Georgia, or elsewhere.
Ingazines anti Newspaiwr*.
Subscription forwarded for any Magazine or News,
paper, published in this country, at regular subscrip
tion rates, and satisfaction gimrauteed.
kaloly Mn I the*.
The American Safety Parlor Fusee—the only per
fect safety match in the world—free from jsiison—
will not ignite exeept on the box. and the cheapest"
match ia the world. For sale by the gross, dozen, or
single box.
Picture Frame*.
Picture Frames and Glass always on hand.
Flames made to order, and perfect salisfaetitm guar
anteed in price and style of workmanship.
Anything in my line, not on hand, ordered at short
notice, and orders respectfully solicited.
T. A. ItCRKE.
34-59 Atlie ■■*, ka.
J. MYERS. S. MARCUS.
MYERS & MARCUS,
* JOBBERS IN
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS and SHOES, HATS, CAPS, Etc.
No. 271 RrtMul Afreet, Aiigiisln, (in.
32 35
W. H. SATTEItI lla.l). Vf. A. HOLLAND.
“ REDTOP^SALOON.<
FINE WINKS,
WHISKIES,
II RAN DIES,
CIGARS, and
TOR A CCOS.
VERY THING done up in the little brown jug.
3 SATTERFIELD A HOLLAND.
HIDES, IMS.
Tl r E wilt from this date barter, Boots, Shoes,
11 Leather, Ac., for Hides, and allow a very
reasonable ju ice for the same.
30 41 J. W. AYEKB A SON
DR. W. H. McCURRY, Dentist
HARTWELL. GA.
Will di) all work in the Dental line. He uses the
very best materia) and guarantees satisfaction. Ho
can he found at the Drug Store of A. G, MeCurry A
Cos., w hen not professionally alwent. 28
OKI papers for sale sit this office.