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THE SUN. tiUAXVF/I'TIOXK—One copy, one year, 1 1.50; sitr rnsnths. 75 rente. invariably in advance. A DVL'L'TI.SIXO.—On* •quart, find inner turn, (one inch). fl.OII; n.eh snhseqpient intertiun, 15 emit. Liberal u . hnn made to advertisers, according to the apace amt time that it occupied. TKUMS.- -Transient advertisements, Cash; contract advertisement* mart be settled pnonthlv. nr For an nonliving candidates Fire Jtollars—in variably in advance. Obituary notices, exceeding five lines, tributes of re st met, and all personal communications, or matters of individual interest, prill be ehanod for at regular rates. Xotiers of marriages, of deaths and of a religious character are requested and prill be inserted free. Short neivsy eompnuniea/ions are solicited; but pea are not responsible for the views of correspondents. JtFXSOX a- Sled ILL. I‘ublishers. If AItTXVKM.. HART COUNTY. A. s Wmlii<‘m<lh.v Mornliiur. Ailrn*t 15. 1H77. Hard to Please. A great many take a newspaper who never pay for it, and are often the hard est to please, and we would like to hire a man who would please everybody, especially dead-head subscribers. Our aim is to advance the moral, religious and industrial interests of Hart County, and we fight all opposition to the same, whether from high or low circles. We are not sectarian, and love and respect all good people, whether members of a Church or outside of one, or whether Jew or Gentile, if they are honest in their opinions and stand up to them, for the benefit of mankind in making them better. Now we hope those subscribers who intend to pay their subscription will not consider this as a strike at them. Our prophecy that the Russians would find the road to Constantinople a rough one has been verified, and already they are withdrawing their forces across the Balkans, having sustained a severe repulse at Plevna. Without interven tion, the war will be long bloody and disastrous. The communication of “ C.” is so correspondent with our own views on the duty of all good citizens as to the Convention, that we give it place in our editorial column. Tho Convention. Messrs. Editors: A sharp disposi tion to criticise the acts of the Convention is coming up from or manifested in differ ent parts of the State, which may betaken as a sign that, however well the Convention may perform its work, or good the instru ment they may perfect as the organic law of the State, there will be those to oppose its ratification. And while it is plain to be seen that the public generally is getting a little nervous over the protracted session of tho Convention, and especially anxious concerning its disposition to legislate stat ute as well as enact organic law (a business clearly out of the range of its duties), yet it is the part of wisdom to withhold com mitment against the creature that is to is sue from this body, till it comes and can be seen and judgment passed upon it. It is now quite likely that it will be hard to ratify this Constitution, although itinaybe a good one and much improvement upon the old; and, in case of failure to ratify, any one can see that we will all be the losers. Wait patiently, therefore, till the thing works out and you have time to care fully, intelligently and wisely study its pro visons, and then pass upon it uninfluenced and untramellcd by any influence save that of an earnest desire to vote for the best in terest of the State, which is your best in dividual interest; and by so doing you will at least always be satisfied with your own course in the matter. It will be remembered that several dis tinct issues were made on the subject of a Convention in the outset. There were those who opposed the calling of it on the ground that they thought it doubtful about getting the old Constitution amended (for the bet ter) and the experiment would be expen sive to the State. This class felt that some changes and amendments were wanting, but that these necessities, as yet, had not sufficiently defined the alterations needed —in other words, there was too much di vision amongst the people to rely upon any definite action. Truly, this was quite a common sense view of the situation, and even up to this late date in the trial of the matter, it is not certain but what that was the proper view to take, but there were those who believed the time had fully come when the needed amendments to the old Constitution could be made, and this class carried the election by a small majority; so that the matter took that direction, and it is on this line that we may look for re sults—the former differences having sub sided in the anxious expectation of both these classes for a good Constitution. Again, there was a third class who op posed calling a Convention on entirely dif ferent grounds from either of the above, and it is from this olass that strong opposi tion to ratification may be expected under any ami all circumstuuccs. This class, which inay be hotter known under the name of the Republican party, opposed the calling of the Convention because it was intended to undo what they bad done—a very natural inclination, if not commenda ble—and, secondly, because it was a Dem ocratic measure. Now. with mere party politicians, to be in power is the paramount object of al. their measures, and if a breech in the Democratic ranks can be effected or their own numbers augmented, the Republican party will willingly and gladly utilize tin subject of “ ratification or no ratification ” ' to bring nbout their desired ends ; and this, j too, in the face of the fact that the new Constitution is a good one. It is your business. Democrats and patriots to defeat such thing. This is not a question of par ty '( It is a question of a well regulated State, with all the blessings of a prosper ous people in every branch of activity and industry, as against a disordered govern ment, entailing temporal decay and moral degradation. So wait; bold your decision until the merits of the case are known unto you, and then when you come to vote on “rati fication,” vote from principle and not party motives. C. Tlie Teachers’ Convention. This body met, according to announce ment, last week at Toccoa. About one hundred were present, and distinguished professors from other States graced the oc casion with their presence. The exercises were opened on Tuesday morning, 7th inst.. with an able prayer by Rev. J. It. Smith, pastor of the M. E. Church at this place. Maj. Jno. M. Freeman, Mayor of the City, delivered the welcoming address. He spoke of our pure and bracing air and pelticid mountain brooks; of grand old Currahce; of the fearfully sublime Tallu lah ;of our beautiful Toccoa; of Yonah and Nacoochie; and of the undeveloped re sources of N. E. Georgia, and extended a cordial welcome to her eminent visitors. President B. Mallon, Superintendent of Public Schools, Atlanta, replied in an able ami appropriate address. The exercises were conducted according to the published programme, with some very slight changes. The speeches delivered were very interest ing and edifying, and the occasion will long be remembered by our citizens with pleas ure. The Convention adjourned on Thurs day at noon, after fully accomplishing that whereunto it was sent. In the afternoon, there was an excursion to Tallulah Falls, which returned Friday afternoon. All ex pressed themselves as delighted with the exquisitely lovely scenery, the hygenic virtue of the mineral waters and the trip generally. The teachers left Toccoa Sat urday, showering flattering encomiums upon our mountain city. Many of them pronounced this Convention as the most interesting they had ever attended. 11. Watermelons. “ Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh,” and therefore as the weather is hot and sultry, and the desire for good watermelons is abundantly in creased, so the writer desires to ask your intelligent readers a few plain questions in regard to the culture and raising of water melons, viz: 1. AVliat kind of land should they be planted on? 2. What time should they be planted? 3. How much distance should they have? 4. How many vines should be left in a hill ? 5. What kind of fertilizer, and how much should be put in each hill? 6. Should only one kind be planted in the same place, or would a variety be better? 7. What kind would you prefer, taking the fruitfullness of the vines, tho size of the melons and their quality all into con sideration ? 8. How often and with what instruments ought they to be worked to make the very best ? 9. Should the vines be topped, or should they be allowed to run on till frost? 10. Should muskmelons be planted in the same patch with watermelons ? 11. What time in the day should they be pulled ? 12. How can it be ascertained for certain when they arc ripe, without pulling or plugging? Now, gentlemen, please do not read this and lay it aside and fail to answer it, but answer all the above questions, and any others that may suggest themselves, and by so doing you will very much oblige A Melon Eater. Died. At Craftsville, in Elbert County on the 31st July, Robert, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Craft. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved family in their loss of their loved one, for none knew little “ Bob bie but to love him. Home is not home without him, yet weep not fond parents, while thou art sad he is happy. lie has fallen “ Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep, From which none ever wake to weep.” H. R. If you want any kind of machinery ap ply to E. B. Benson & Cos. ATTENTION, NORTHEAST GEORGIA. BUGGIES, PHAETONS, CARRIAGES, ROCKAWAYS, WAGONS, kc, OF THE OLD RELIABLE HODGSON IAHVIAGTVBI, ATHENS, GEORGIA. tnr THE T.AROEST STOCK IN THE SOUTH AT GREALLY REDUCED PRICES. "® Repair Work a Specialty. Unf The Best Selected Material and the Finest Workmen in the State. ""(88 Call and Examino before Purchasing Elsewhere. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. “YBB *)1 -76 WNCOITON C/HS& PRESSES FOR STEAM, JIAMDMpHQRSE power, sorghum mills Erc.crc. njfiCOlM WJNSMP & BRO. u n ATLANTA. CA. LUMBER NOTICE. I HAVE determined upon (lie following terms for this year, so that there can tie no misunderstand ing when tlie time conies to settle : For sawing lumber, if paid by next fall 37$ rents per 100 feet ; if not paid bv Jan. 1. 1878. 45 cents. Lumber for sale at 75 cents per 100 feet. After this date 1 will saw no more on shares. These terms will be strictly adhered to. August 8, 1877. 50-53 T. L. McMULLAN. WHEAT! CORN! MEAL! I WISH to buy 500 bushels of Wheat, for which I will pay $1.35 per bushel cash, at my Mill (the old Winn Mill). I have on hand Corn to ex change for Wheat, or sell for cash. Will keep Meal on deposit with T. V. SKELTON, at Hartwell, to sell or exchange for Wheat. 50-53 D. A. MATHEWS. .TO'HAVI GOOD.■HEAi’ni-THEKETTIIf OHDIjG *,4 If L^ssgsmmssffi FOE TAMPHLETS ’ADDRESS DR. SANPORD, -NEW ? YORK. ' wtf.v • 'ky.y. l • - . MFAA'4'Y<'AItI>B nil new styles with name, 10 cts. peat paid. J. 15. HUSTEI), Nassau, N. Y. 11 51 REVOLVER & CARTRIDGES for S3. A line nickle plated, seven shot, pocket revolver; a first-class article. Sent ('. (). R., or on receipt of price. G. \V. WILLIS, P. O. Box 2,718. New York. 11-51 X. F. Hr It VISA TS “ 1874 ” WATER-WHEEL Is deelnred the “STAXDARI) TFRItIXF.” By overOSOpersons whonseit. Prices reduced New pamphlet, free. N. F. BURNHAM, York, Pa. 48 51 jfl LADIEC Elegant la. itatieal^ohp ('oral TRIFLING WITH A COIJ) IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS. WELL’S CARBOLIC TABLETS, n sure remedy for COI’GIIS. and :i!l diseases of the THROAT. LTNGN. i'll ENT and MUCOUS MIJIBRAXE. rrr i s* oxly ix ru e boxes. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. C. N. CRITTENTON, 7 Sixth Ave.nce, New York. 88 * 53 GLENN’S SULPHUR SOAP. Thoroughly Cures Diseases of the Skin, lieaiililies the Complexion. Prevents and remedies Klieiiinafism and Gonl. ■ leal* Suits and Abrasions, of the Ctlti ele nn<i Counteracts Contagion. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Prices—2s Cents per Cake; Box (3 Cakes] 70 Cents. N. B.—Sent by Mail, Prepaid, on receipt of price. C. N, CRITTENTON, Proprietor, 7 Sixth Avenue, New York. 44-47 A GREAT OFFER IWi.'Si'.V-attS dispose of 100 I*l AXON A ORGANS, new arul second-hand of llrst-elass makers in cluding WATERS' at lower prices for easii or In stallments or to let until paid Cor than ever before offered. WATERS' GKAXO N<l IT ARE and I'l’lUi; II T PIAXON .V OItGAXN (inclu ding their ne-v SOUVENIR A- BO I I*ol It are the BEST HADE. 7 Octave I’ianos 8150. 7 l-;t do 8170 not used a year. ♦•2" stop Organs 850. -4 stops 858. 7 stops 80S. H stops 875. lO stops 888. 12 stops 8100 cash, not used a year, in perfect order and warranted. LOCAL and TRAVELING AGENTS WANTED. Illustra ted Catalogue Mailed. A liberal discount to Teachers, Ministers, Churches, etc. Blieet music at half price. HORACE WATERS A SONS. Manufacturers A Dealers, 40 East 14 th St., t'niou Square. X; Y. 4S-51 Henry Franklin. Samuel Franklin. FRANKLIN BROTHERS, Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants, REYNOLDS STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SOLICIT the continued pntmnagc of their friend* and customer* in Hart County, as they bavooneof the most convenientnud roomy wurehouaea in Augusta, they can guarantee satisfaction. J if Groceries and Provisions supplied. 50-61 the Mmmm mills. rpiIESK Mills have hern rebuilt, and are now in first rate order for grinding wheat and corn. A sharo of J, tlie public patronage is reapectfully solicited. TIIK WOOL I'AKII.S have also been put in good order, and are now ready for business. All wort warranted. August 3, 1877. 50tf F. K. HARRISON, EDMO.vm T. BROWNE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN MEN’S AND BOYS’ IIATS, CAPS AND STRAAY GOODS, Also, LAIIES’, MISSES’, and CHILDREN'S HATS, 43 HAYNE STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. Opposite Charleston Hotel. 50-61 WT If OTrimWamT Has just received a lot of Fine R nl Mil IVVmIA fc&PIES’ EATS ' * x 1 Gil KV 1* aUf j Motions; a lg o a j 0 t ot good IX)W BACJON. SYRUP MACHINERY. Wa JOMVSOAT & €Qe , ATLANTA, GA., Manufacturers of Clegg’s Patent Portable COPTER EVAPORATORS and Galvan ized Iron Evaporators. Agents for CANE MILLS. FRUIT DRYERS , GINS COTTON PRESSES, Portable and Stationary STEAM ENGINES. THRESHERS , HORSE POW ERS. FAN MILLS. HORSE lIAY RAKES. GRIST MILLS, SMUT MA CHINES, BOLTING CLOTHS, MOWING MACHINES, BfC. EraTOur Evaporators are the cheapest on the market, and none better “©8 Send for circulars and prices. TURNIP SEEDS . 1,500 lbs. Fresh TURNIP SEEDS. All sorts Landreth’s Best GRASS SEEDS, SEED OATS, RYE, BARLEY, WHEAT, &C. FERTILIZERS FOR WHEAT !!! AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &C. Mark W, Johnson & Cos., Atlanta, Ga., July 9, 1577. 47-72 ROBERT S. FINDLAY. JOHN B. ROBERTS FINDLAY, ROBERTS A CO, [SUCCESSORS TO WARD BROTHERS, ESTABLISHED 181C.] IMPORTERS OF ITART ) \\ r ARE, CUTLERY, GUNS, &C., 46 j) SOUTH CALVERT STREET BALTIMORE, Ml), I mmumr IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN WHITE GOODS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, Gloves, Trimmings and Small Wares, 268 WEST BALTIMORE STREET, BAL TIM ORE. MARBLE TOMBSTONES, SE.&BB, &C. aRE A T RED VCTION IN PRICES A. R. ROBERTSON, DEALER in Monuments, Head and Foot Stones, Slabs, Marble Box Tombs and Cradle Tombs. Specimens of work always on hand and for sale. It is a saving of money to buy your Monuments and Tombstones in Athens, Ga. r Marble Yard adjoining Reaves & Nicholson’s Cotton Warehouss. 44-95. JOHN T. OSBORN, ATTORXEY AXD CO TJX SELL OR AT LAW. ELBERTON, GEORGIA, Practices in any Court where he is employed. Reg ularly attends the Courts of the Northern and "Wes tern Circuits. 31 LAUD FOR SALE. TnE undersigned proposes to sell his TRACT of LAND, 282 J acres, lying on the headwaters of Beaverdam Creek. 200 acres under good fence: 100 cleared; 15 acres of Bottom Land, well ditched; 35 acres of fresh upland, and all the cleared land in a High state of cultivation : Good Dwelling- House, and all necessary out buildings ; Good Or chard, Good Vineyard. Good Well and Good Garden. Come and examine the crops and taste the fruit and grapes, and give me a bin, as I am determined to sell at a bargain. Terms Made Easy. M. M. JOHNSON, 48-54 Bowersville, Hart Cos., Ga. J? B. HODGES, A TTORNEY-A T-LA W, HARTWELL, HART COUNTY, GA., Will promptly attend to all business intrusted to hijj [ care, and collecting made a specialty. 3Q