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THE SUN. IIAMTWKM.. HART * IM Nil, <■ XVwdnowlay. Jnn* a®. IT. BENSON & McGILL. Editors A. G. McCUBRY. Associate Editor. AN UNEXPECTED VERDICT. Tha verdict in the case of Ilill, charged with the murder of Simmon*. was not only a surprise to the people of Atlantn. but a complete surprise to nine-tenths of those who have become acquainted with the facts of the case. While the majesty of the law must be maintained ami society protected by due and speedy punishment on those who commit crime, yet we capi tally doubt but that a verdict of murder in this case will have a far more injurious ef fect on society and good morals than a dor.cn verdicts of not guilty in cases of this character. It is not every case that the party who reports to violent measures and appears to bid defiance to the law and its authorities is the real criminal, but lie who bv his base and condemnablc course of conduct renders violent measures neces sary. In this case the defense proved nil that they announced in their opening they would prove, and the evidence when fully made up presented Simmons, the man whom Ilill slew, ns a base libertine who invaded the sacred precincts of the home and became the seducer of the de fendant’s wife. While it may be. perhaps. , foing a little too far to hold with the 'ranch writer that when dishonor reaches ; our hearths law dies and murder assumes! the angel form of justice, yet w_c rather j hold with the sentiment of .Mr. Voorhccs. ; that whenever the blackened reprobate in - | vades the sanctity of home and there plants j the deadly upas tree, which witli its pois-1 odour exhalations blights the purity of the j family circle and all domestic happiness.; the injured partv can rise up in all his na tive majesty and strike down the base in truder. and the great law of protection will withhold the dread penalty which it ordinarily attaches to the shedding of hu man blood. We don't aec how this can injure society and tend to promote lawless ness. but by allowing all criminals of this class to know and feel that they are at the mercy of those whose happiness they de stroy will prove nuite a salutary check on 1 such violators of all law. decency and honor. A nd. without adding a word of I censure against the jury who tried this case, w ho for reasons satisfactory to them selves pronounced the verdict of guilty, yet to the credit of juries be it said that most generally in eases of this sort they decline to convict the slayer of such crim inals ; and in the past wo believe good and not evil bar. resulted from such verdicts. Crimes against tho family threshold anil domestic hearthstones have no other pro tection except from the party whose duty it is to protect. Although wo have bore in this law abiding land of ours the most elegant, trained and commendable senti ment. yet for an injured party to carry a case into tho courts to seek redress against tho destroyer of his domestic pcaco he would meet rather with contempt than ap probation. Such crimes are too great, the principles involved too dear and precious lor the tardy ceremonials of the law and there are very few individuals of honor and integrity who can lay their hands on their hearts and sav that if placed in simi lar circumstances they would not pursue the same course that Mill has done l>y in flicting summary punishment on the great est of criminals. Law is for the protection of government. Government is founded upon society. So ciety is shaken from its lirm base and hurled into fragments by any toleration of such crimes against it. Wo trust the case of iliil will be carried to the Supreme Court, and if no redress is obtained, then it is one of those cases that stands upon that high ground to invoke the pardoning power, and we believe there is a pure and lofty public sentiment here in the great State of Georgia that worships the shrines and altars of homo with too true and ar dent a devotion than to permit a fellow mortal to languish lor life in prison for doing that he felt to bra high and holy duty, and in defense of what was dearer than all things else on earth. THESE ARE Till SERVANTS. Congress did not adjourn as reported on the 17tl inst., but is still dragging its slow length along. If the theory of ottr gov ernment is true, that the law-makers whom the people delegate with authority to rep resent them arc their servants, we must say they have some very faithless servants. They have a crowd that refuse to work, and the sooner that the people have the power to terminate the contract, turn them off and take into their employ better ones it should he done. Two great evils seem to be afflicting some members at Washing yon—an inability to vote when it is neces sary to do so. and an inability to occupy their •* scabs ” when they are neither sick or otherwise excused. Such quibbling and tinkering, and staying away trom the post of duty is a great violation of the trust which the people conferred, and it is calculated to bring the body into well merited contempt. Measures important to the country have to be acted upon and members refuse to vote and the Republi cans try to dignify it and call it filibustcr ing. They star away from their seats when they ought to be attending to duty, and resolutions authorizing the Sergeant at-Arms to go out and drum up members and force them to attend have to he passed. These are great servants indeed. They are never absent when the five thousand a year is to be paid out of the public treas ury. which is put there bv the sweat, toil and industry of the toiling masses of this country. If a farmer employs a servant to do a day's work for him and agrees to pay him fifty cents for it. and instead of working he lies about in a shade, he does not deserve his pay. What then of these great servants who promptly draw their five thousand c year, ami yet cannot fore go their recreation and enjoyment to stay in their places the short space of time the public duties make it necessary. One great evil uiflicts our entire country and the sooner that it is broken up root and branch the better : the theory ever since the war seems to have been that the gov ernment and public treasuries were great institutions for the conferring of bounties and fat places, and the question with these servants has been how much we can vole ourselves or further our personal interests, and how little we can do? Public servants who act for the people ought to deal with the people's money and the people's inter ests with the same rigid economy and the same faithful industry they do their own private interests. Then we believe better times would prevail, fat offices would be cut off. big institutions, that it takes a host of money to run. would be discontinued and the burdens of the people lightened. the old ante helium prosperity prevail. O' - .* Sw market is about blushed EDITORIAL MELANGE. Mrs. J. J, Hnr'ly. of Toecoa, is quite ill. A panther was killed in Libert recently. Excursion trains are all the go on the railroad* now. Congreas did not adjourn on the 17th. ac ! cording to promise. Ilawkinsville recaived 30.000 pounds of 1 wool m two days last week. The Hartwell Sun is never troubled with eclipses.—Atlanta Constitution. The Constitution has received cotton blooms from Monroe and Wosv Point. We are under further obligations to Sen ator B. 11. Ilill lor important public doc uments. Sam Hill goes to the penitentiary for life for killing Simmons, the man who pol luted his wife. Madame Potts, the woman who is to walk from Philadelphia to New Orleans anJ back in six month*, is forty years old. The Register prints an estimate of the cost of building the Cnrncsville railroad at (?;! i.i12(3. This docs not include rolling stock. James Alford, the rolling mill murder er. was sentenced to be hanged by Judge Mil Iyer last Saturday on the Bth day of August. Some fiendish scoundrel entered the cow lot of J. 1). Carter. Craw ford ville, one night last week and cut his fine cow’s tongue out. Governor Colquitt has accepted an invi tation to address the Sunday-school cele bration at the Baptist Church in Carnes villc on the 13th of August next. The Anderson (S. C.) Intelligencer has had a bright, new head put on it. It is some lighter than the old one ; not so the editor's —it is chock full of weighty ideas. It is mighty easy to be a Governor— don’t have to work more than one-third of your time. Mrs. Potts is foolish for walk ing Ao hard for $3,000 ; sho ought to run for Governor. The negro immigrants to T.ibcria are about to get in a fix. Tho native Liberian tribes have formed an alliance for the pur pose of driving the American negroes out of the country. Dr. Hamilton has been elected Repre sentative from PeKnlb to succeed Colonel Alston, and Mr. John Birch has been elected in Towns to till the vacancy caused by the death, of Hon. S. Y. Jamison. Gainesville Engjlc : Tt is a little singular that the only objection to Governor Col quitt should grow out of his Christian char acter. Why don’t somebody attack his administration on its merits or demerits? Judge Sneed, of Augusta, has decided that a woman is not an old maid until she is 35. Some of the moan old bachelors say the Judge has been bribed, and they will carry the case up to tho Supreme ; Court. The Gainesville Eagle commenced issu ing n dtyly Saturday to run during the commencement week of the Baptist Sem inary and Gainesville College. This might without disparagement be called a weekly daily. The motion for new trial was heard by Judge Ilillycr in the case of Edward Cox. convicted of the murder of Col. Rbt. A. Alston, on Friday last, and thb motion was overruled. The case will go to the Su preme Court. In Crawford county recently, the wed ding supper was prepared, the bride in waiting, but the tardy bridegroom stag gered in with the benzine all inside of him instead of the lamp. The bride very prop erly. refused to jnarry him. Prince Louis Napoleon, only son of the late Emperor of France, was killed the Zulus recently. lie was decoyed into an ambush. He is said to have been very brave and venturesome. His body was re covered, but was stripped of clothing. The members of the Legislature are buy ing paper colars and packing their carpet bags for Atlanta next month. On account of the fearful amount of local legislation to come before that body, we believe the session will be unavoidably long and te dious. South Florida has just passed through the severest and longest drought ever known there. The orange trees on what is called pine-land have not an orange on them, and numbers of the trees have died. The hammock groves will probably yield a third of a crop. The bill making silver coins of a smaller denomination than a dollar convertible in to legal tender money at the United States Treasury when presented in sums of S2O (ir multiples thereof, and legal tender for all debts of ten dollars and under, lias re ceived Mr. Ilayes' signature and is now a law. On a recent Sunday, before preaching at a Presbyterian Church in England, Hr. Taltnage was met by an immense crowd which thronged the streets, and they lifted his carriage from the ground and ho him self was carried bodily to the Church. It was the greatest ovation ever paid to an American preacher in London. The Anderson Journal says a man. by the name of Hembree, brought his little bov. seven years old. with him to town, took him to’the bar-rooms, got intoxicated himself and made the little fellow beastly drunk. Some of the good citizens found the little fellow and cared for him. The father should have been taken into a back lot any given one hundred lashes. Palestine is to have a narrow-gauge rail road from Jaffa (Joppa) to Jerusalem. A Cincinnati man has taken the contract for building it. The distance is forty miles. Wc presume the great fame of the E. A. L. narrow-gauge has reached the Holy Land. We think it likely the passengers will not be numerous, and thcre_ will bo no punching of thousand mile tickets on that road. Congress adjourned yesterday. —Hart- well Sun. If it did. why in the mischief don't you send the poor follows word, so they can come home. You get up a good paper brethren. but you are ahead of the proces sion this lime.—Toecoa News. Now. brother Wilson, you hush; we'll catch you napping some of these days, in fact light now—-the terrible ghost at Lb ertv Hill Church turned out to be a big lightning-bug. The so-called independent papers of the State talk glibly enough about " ring rule.” but it is a noticeable fact that everyone of them have some especial political god and sneeze vigorously whenever he dips his digits in pulverized tobaccb. A tig for such independence—an independence that makes one man Ibemere dog to another s barking.—Gainesville Engle. Tilts above forresponds so closely with our ow n ideas* that we had an idea of put ting it in without giving credit. Lolt+r from Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga.. June 18th. 1879. Editors Sun : The Hill-Simmons mur der case was concluded nt a late hour last night. The chnrgo of the Court and the verdict of the jury after tho facts of the case had been developed, was contrary to ! the expectations of a majority of the peo ple who had witnosaed the inal. It was the general opinion, before the trial had 1 begun, that Ilill had killed the deceased without anything authorizing such ah net; but it soon’becamo evident that the prison er had been gravely wronged, the sanctity of the marital relationship invndcd. and his homo outraged, and it was the almost unanimous expression of the citizens of At lanta thnt Ilill did not slay Simmons with out sufficient cause. The charge of the Court was said to lie by competent juflges. a most rrtnnrknble one. General GBprell made the concluding speech for the |ffison er with utmost confidence that he was right, which was an able and conclusive appeal for the vindication of one who hnd been grossly wronged. The people, not only of Atlantn. but of Georgia, are shock ed with the charge of the Court and the verdict of the jury. Says the Marietta Journal : ‘•Judge Hillyer’s charge in the Hill-Simmons murder case amounted to about this : Gentlemen of tho jury, pny no attention to what the lnwyers have said in this case. Retire, gentlemen, and re turn vour verdict of guilty.” Judge \V. F. Bowers is in the city in the interest of the Hartwell Railroad. The Chamber of Coinmerco will probably meet to consider tho matter and to get up more subscription. Our Sunday-school Governor has return ed once more. No telling how long he will remain in Atlanta. A good deal of excitement was coated to-day by the exhumation of the remains of some persons b v the employees who are digging the foundation for ex-Gov. Brown’s Mock on Wall street. It is supposed that they are the remains of some soldiers who were buried there upon the eve of evacua tion of the city in IS'H. Atlanta is improving wonderfully. New houses arc being erected daily, and the de mand for lotß upon which to build is in creasing. T. T. 11. Keep Up Law in Hart. Messrs. Editors : The election is close at hand which is to decide whether wc shall keep up our stock or let them run nt large. We desire the greatest good tor our farmers, and would like to submit the fol lowing for their consideration : That the Stork Law is a good thing for onr fanners is certain, though 1 am aware there arc many good men who oppose it— some of them my best friends. If the law is adopted, it will he a stepping stone to prosperity and wealth in the county. Un der the present system onr milk, butter and beef costs ns more than it is worth. When this county was sparsely settled, and there were hut few cattle to range the forest, they could live through the summer very well ; hut onr farmers now are not satisfied with cultivating a little corn patch, drinking a little bine milk and eating a lit tle white frothy, hotter. There are hSny* dreds of miles of fencing kept up in this little county to keep out the roguish stock of lousy negroes and lazy white men. who have no other care or pride in them than to go to Shacfcr’s or Benson’s and get a lit tle bacon. flour and corn, and guano enough to pay for their provisions : but even these people would he benefit ted greatly if the No Fence plan was adopted. If they are renters, the man renting to them would he bound to furnish pasturage ; for a reasonable amount of stock. 1 need | not say that farming is the main intereßt in i this county—all know that. Now let us , do all wc can to take care of that interest, and by doing so build up the county. ’I he No Fence law will advance farming from 25 to 50 per cent. All reasonable men will admit this from the fact that the labor of j the farm under the present system will be curtailed that amount, and we all know thnt every vnllor cur in the county ought to he curtailed by cutting off his tail close Ito his cars. Some opponents of the law send up a melancholy howl that the law will grind the poor man to the quick. That’s what’s the matter with Hannah ; they are not quick enough, arid dread any change that will give a little present work I or trouble, no matter how much good it may do in the future. lam about as poor ns any man. and am very anxious to he I ground. There are very few poor men in this county who are sharp enough not to need grinding. So ••hist ” the fences and let the grinding begin. Mit It such a law the industrious people of Hart will pros per. and let the drones leave the hive and tlcc if they desire to the mountains of Ilep sadnin. or sonic other dam. Tibs law might injure some of the little or hig townites, who turn their poor cow upon the range and who would have to lose a little perspiration in making a pen to keep old Rrindle in ; but for the good of the farmer, for whom this law will be made. 1 believe the most of them are wil ling to he tlius situated, except ” C. W. S..’’ who groans when he thinks about get ting a few rails to pen his cow. and says. " this law will be a public calamity.” just from the fact. I suppose, that ho will be compelled thus to do. This law will im prove stock by reducing their number. Every one knows good feeding is the life of stock, and the fewer we keep the better we can feed them. There are many other benefits wc could enumerate, but we have always noticed that long-winded preachers never make any converts. No Fence. TEACH ERS&?TOPEJ?.I?.;-P MOXTH during \ tt'ATIOX. For fall particu lars address, J. MeTRI>Y A CO.. 1 :,0 IMiilntlelpliln, Pit. DEAR SIR: is J KIt'I.KR. SHOT OCX*. REVOLVERS. Address Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg, Pa. aiirnnmc The only combination of the NulsrS|3!}N rue Jamaica Ginger with choice wmil will# ” • \rumsties and French Brandy for Cholera. Cholera Morbus, ramps and Pains, Diarrhoea and I H (Ui AI P A Dvsriitery. Dyspepsia. Flatulon w n Itl HI U H ,v. Want of Tone and Activity in the Stomach and Bowels, anil avoiding the dangers of Change Oltiorn of Water, Food and Climate, blab till Ask for Rniifnrd'a Jamaica Ginger. calami-: hack. ’ J) BF.K9ONB C Arc INK POROUfi PLABTF.K is f>r Innunes* <>r weakness of the hack Rheumatism ami all local ache* and pains iho heat remedy known. It was invented to over come the slow notion of the ordinary Porotn* l Master*. It relieve* pain at once, and cures where other plasters will not even relieve. Sold every where by Draggist-s. Price. 25 Cents. “ VEGETINE,” Sav* n Boston phvnb ian, “ ban no roual as a Wood puiitler. Hearing of its rnnn.v wonwvtol rnrMafter .ill other rwm dteo had railed, I v isited the Labor:, lory, and convinced myself of its genuine merit. It is prepared from harks, roots, and herbs, each of which is highly effective. and they are compounded in such a manner as to produce astonishing results.' VEGETINE la the great Blood TurKler. VEGETINE Will core the worst case of Scrofula. VEGETINE i la recommended by phvrlclans and apothecaries. VEGETINE • Has effected some marvelous cures In case* of l Cancer. VEGETINE Cures the worst cases of Canker. VEGETINE Meets with wonderful success in Mercurial diseases. VEGETINE Will eradicate Salt Rheum from the system. VEGETINE Removes Pimples and Humors from the lace. VEGETINE Cures Constipation and regulates the bowel*. VEGETINE Is a valuable remedy for Headache. VEGETINE Will cure Dyspepsia. VEGETINE Restores the entire system to a healthy condition. VEGETINE Removes the cause of Dizziness. VEGETINE Relieves Faintness at the Stomach. VEGETINE Cures Pains in the Back. VEGETINE Effectually cm es Kidney Complaint. VEGETINE Is effective In its cure of Female Weakness. VEGETINE Is the gTeat remedy for General Debility. VEGETINE IS THJC BEST SPRING MEDICINE. VEGETINE Prepared by H. B. STEVENS. Boston, Mass. Vegetine is Sold by A Ir iff 'iff Public School Notice. :lto. e. The following Trustee* for the Public Schools of llart Countv were appointed last year, and are now in office, to wit: With District. J. M. Thornton, H. P. Shelton, D. P. Cleveland. lll'JfA District. Ira M. Brown, XV. F. Brown. Wm. Fleming. UUth District. J. F. Craft, J. M. McKerlev. J. D. Brown. UlstA District. A. M. Ayers, A. D. S. Chandler, F. E. Burton. 1116th District. Wm. F. Bowers, B. D. Johnson, Marion Cheek. 1117th JHstrict. J. M. Roberts, S. -C. Fisher. J. M. Merritt. lllStfi District. J. F. White, R. B Thmnton, A. J. Teasley. 11IW District. Jas. L. Brown. \Y. A. banders, Wm. Peek. If any of these Trustees have resigned, they will notify me at once, so new appointment* can he made; or if any of them have not received their commis sion* they can get them from me. The duties of Trustees are . 1. Thoy have a £**mTal supervision of the schools in their respective districts 2. They should visit the schools in their districts as often as practicable. 3. They are the medium of keeping the schools of their various districts efficient. and any contest or ii regularity occurring in their districts they will re port and advise with the County Commissioner. 4. All teachers applying for schools in their re spective districts, should have the consent and a recommendation to teach, signed by one or more of the Trustees. 5. Teachers in the fall, at the end of their schools, will lirst present their accounts to their Trustees, who will, by one or more of them, examine the same and approve them. t. They should endeavor as much as possible to establish a uniform rate of tuition ; in tine the gene ral welfare of the schools are in their hands, and they have a general supervision of all the schools in their districts, both white and colored. By order of the Board. C. TV. SEIDELL, County School Commissioner. Hartwell. Ga.. June sth, 1879. Hi TKB HARTWELL HIGH SCHOOL S. M. 8080, Principal Female Dcpm’t. S. W. PEEK. “ Male riXHE FALL SESSION opens on MONDAY. JL JUNK 83d, 1879, and continues live Scholastic Months. lt.it cs of Tuition Per Month. Fourth Class—Spelling. Reading. Writing 81.50 Third “ —Arithmetic. Geog. Gram., (com.) 2.50 Second " —Higher English Branches 3.03 First “ —Higher Math , Classics, &c 3.50 One-Half Tuition will he due at the beginning of the session. Pupils will ho charged from time of en tering until close of session, and no deductions will be made, except in eases of protracted illness. This School had many advantages that recommend it to Farents and Guardians— The locality is remarkably healthy, and the moral liv of the place is unsurpassed in any town In the State. Board can be obtained with good families at from Five to Seven Dollars per month. Only Ten miles from Elberton Air Line Railroad, with daily mail line. Strict rules of discipline will lie enforced, and any pupil, too large to be dealt with otherwise, will be expelled and not suffered to enter the School again. A music class will he taught by a competent teacher. For further information, apply to either of the teachers. H 5 (•x EORGIA—HART COUNTY. T Whereas. J. H. Duncan applies to me for perma nent litters of Administration on the estate of W E. McCurry. deceased. This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to lie at my office on the first Monday in July next, to show why said letters should not be granted as the law directs. This Juno 4th, 1879 F C STEPHF.NSON. Ordinary GRAND CLOSING OUT SALE Previous to Stock Taking. JAMES M. GRAY & CO., JJVI offer for the next 30 days' the most Extensive Stock of Goods ever thrown on this market. PRICES TRULY MARVELOUS, WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER, OF DRESS GOODS KlßMtSjiCkil Lins, 111 111 CISMf Ilill Biii, HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, Such as Notions, Doyles, Tabic Linens. Colored Damasks, Sheetings and Towels, far below Cost. Hosiery and Fancy Goods. Our Ladies' and Children's Hosiery Department contains the most attractive features ever before offered, Corsets, Ribbons, Ladies’ Ties, Parasols, &c., even reduced to such prices as that a pi rsonal inspection is necessary to convince one of a real and unprecedented sale. Special Attention to our Remnant Counter, Where short lengths of the Finest, as well as the Cheapest fabrics cah be found suitable for Children’s Dresses. Polonaises, Overskirts or Trimmings ; also sev eral other articles of Dry Goods, which mu3t be sold on this counter without regard to Cost. ALL REMNANTS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES. It is needless to add that the Regulators of Low Prices will do in the future what they have done in the past, and solicit only one visit to convince the pub lic that they mean a REGULAR CHEAP SALE, Which must tend to convince our patrons that there is in reality the most un parallelled sacrifice of Dry Goods in the annals of history at JAS. ML GRAY & CO., 143 NO. 4 GRANITE ROW, BROAD STREET, ATHENS. GEORGIA. CF* Will send samples when requested. We pay express on all orders amounting to SIO.OO. J. M. Gr. & Cos. L. LIXDER. T. E. VICKERY LINDER <fi VICKERY, In tlie Erica Honee, HARTWELL, GA., have jnst received a large stock of DRY ROODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRDGS, &C„ ■which they are selling cheaper than the cheapest. Give them a call, and be convinced. 1M ~~ X SOMETHING NEW! GOOD AND CHEAP! •V ; • .4* is\ yi innN OMLoLUUni f FLY TRAP! \ ■ '■ .•-V-..-* t, / V; •- >. .fc*? I' •- - ONLY f k 50 CENTS. :'t I FOR SALE BY E. B. Benson & Cos. E. W. MARSHALL. W. H. SNOWDON. E. W. MARSHALL <£ CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreip mil Domsstic Dry Goofls, Notions anil Mil, 9 & 11 Hayne Street, Charleston, S. C. m