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T II E s U N. SVUHCIIIFI S. — Ontrupfj vm #1 50; lie 7." 11 #*'V *t/i uif tfr.'V. .4 UVLItTlsi \ o. One iquarr. tir.t fnttrtaiV., (out i:, hi. SI.OO . aui .ui.a., Utnl iitici liu 7I •• lit. Liberal lUdiuhani made to <tdrrrtticn. acrurtling tv the /xli iT and Hint Unit it. emi/oid. TFHMS. TrtU’.rii ntadrrth mmttt. Cash ,■ nmtraft adrrrtiti tiunix intuit he fettled mntithlu. ur i 'or annuoni'ni'j citndidutcs I'n'f I lollare—in- UfmOly in Albans*'. %fiitnarg notice*, efretdingfff lint*, tribute* of re §fhft, and all or matter • of ifftiridual intn'tft. wifi * * eharped far at regular rtufet. .\nticrx r*f imirrutpos. of Utedftt fljitf of a religion# #hlltU'tf r art repwntid avd vid be inserted free. Short nnrgif ti,m with iso tit** (Trf td; but ire eerr net reejnnuibhfot tht t it tea of **frt**poiedrntu. hr. Stiff <f J JrOILL, ISiblithert, imnunit. n.%irr t'orvrv, u a.s 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.