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TII ESV N. : HARTWI 1.1.. HART rot VTA .(i t.: , . (klofctr 1X79. BENSON & HcGHL. Editor*. A. G. McCURRY, Associate Editor. lowa rocs Republican again. Thk Athens Manner will be issued as a daily after November Ist. The Oglethorpe Echo is now an eight paper—the only objection we havo to it. I'm: Blue Ridge Echo says it “ Did hope to see Renfroe and all other darn rascally officials of Georgia brought to justice.” Oh, .Johnnie! you naughty boy. Thk body of l)r. F. .J. LeMoyne, the great advocate of cremation, was crema ted at Washington, Pa., on the 10th. He ■was 81 years old at the time of his death. Ohio has gone Republican by a con siderable majority. The Democrats will lose a prominent U. S. Senator. Garfield or Sherman will probably fill Thurman's scat. The Markham House, Atlanta, has been leased to Messrs. Huff A Brown for one hundred thousand dollars. It is said that they intend to make it the leading hotel in the South. It is said a rose would smell as sweet by any other name. We believe it; and we had just as goon be swindled by a Radi cal State government as a Democratic one —let them smell as thoy may. “ Elzey Day,” Judge Andrews’ daugh ter, says Washington, Ga., was named after George Washington when he was but a Colonel under Braddock before tho Rev olution. It was the first place ever named for the great patriot. And it was the last place in which the Confederate cabinet ever held a meeting. - The Cartersvillo Express comes to us this week clad in mourning for the wife of the editor, S. A. Cunningham. Her death was a peculiarly sad one, she having under gone a surgical operation on her lungs, which was resorted to as the last chnnce. Our hearts beat in sympathy with yours, brother. October Winds are sighing. —Boston Post. October leaves arc dying. —Buffalo Express. These morning chills arc trying. —Chicago Journal. Dead flies around us lying. —Detroit Free Press. And about two-thirds of the politicians *ro engaged in the same business. We have neglected to say anything be fore now in regard to our County tax, which, as will be seen from the notice of our Ordinary, amounts to only 15 cents on the SIOO. There are very few counties which pay as little tax ns ours. All those who place any blame for high taxes on our Ordinary, are in error, hot them pitch into the State officers and government. A young man who lost a hot of oysters with three of his friends, said ho wouldn't pay it unless ho was four stew. —Cincinnati Saturday Night. lie has since made a hot with nine of his friends, and says lie in ten stew pay this time if lie loses.—Yawcob Strauss. 'Eleven stew them himself, if no ono else will.—tiris. Although ho 'eight stew. —Cincinnati Commercial. Woa, cotnc ! that 'stew much of the good thing. A (JUKAT many Editors seem to think that a State officer must he paid a princely salary to keep him honest—that five thou sand dollars is little enough for any of the lucky boys about the old Kimball Opera House. We can lay our hands on a dozen men in the little county of Hurt who would make liist-class treasurers, and would be glad to get the office at $2,000 ft year, and could act honest and save $1,500 out of that. A little State officer need not think it iucumbout on linn to entertain old 'Lysses Grant, or any other old dead head that goes spunging around among shoddy towns and cities. If Grant comes along, give him ten cents and let him go to the grog shop and get a drink. The General Assembly adjourned Wed nesday night last. In many respects it is the most notable session ever convened in Georgia. Its great length—its investiga tions and impeachments, etc., will give it prominence in the annals of the State. We believe that in the main its actions meet the approval of the people. As an evidence of this \vc cite the small amount of grum bling that has been indulged in, the people seeming to appreciate the enormous work before the .Legislature. Hut wo are glad it is over, and hope that Georgia will never have occasion for such another lengthy one. It has been a working body, and the inem . hers will enjoy, doubtless, the long rest ing spell that is now afforded them ; not withstanding. some of them will miss the $4.00 per day. Two hundred thousand dollars is about the amount this protracted session has cost the State. “Dig About It and Dung It.” Abbeville (S', C.) Malium. We commend the eighth verse of the thirteenth chapter of St. Lake to the seri ous consideration of the advocates of the State Agricultural College: “ And he an swering said unto him. Lord, let it alone this year also, till 1 shall dig about it, ami dung it.” The idea of an Agricultural College in this State is so supremely ridiculous that it will be laughed out of existence before it •ever gets started. THE INTEREST BILL. The following is the full text of tho in terest bill passed by tho late General As sembly, which has been signed by the Governor and is now a law : An Act to regulate and restrict the rate of interest in this State, and for other purposes. Section 1. The General Attembly of the State of Georgia do enact , That from and after tne passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person, company or corporation to reserve, charge or take for any loan or advance of inonoy, or forbear ance to enforce the collection of any sum of money, any rate of interest greater than eight per centum per annum, either directly or indirectly, by way of commis sions for advances, discount or exchange, or by any contract or continuance or de vice whatever. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That any person, company or corporation violating the provision of the foregoing sections of tins act shall forfeit the interest and the excess of interest so charged or taken, or contract to be reserved, charged or taken. Sec. 3. lie it further enacted , That the legal rato of interost shall remain seven per centum per annum, when the rate per cent, is not named in the contract, and any higher rate must be specified in writing ; but no event to exceed eight percent, per annum. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted , That in all suits hereafter brought in any of the Courts of this State upon any account, note, bond, bill, or other evidence of in debtedness, bearing date after the passage of this act, wherein a greater rate of inter est is claimed than seven per cent., it shall be incumbent on the plaintiff in such suit or action to show affirmatively by proof that no greater or higher rate of interest than that testified in the contract so sued upon lias been taken, received retained or in any way or manner received, so as to be thereafter had or taken by any device whatever. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted , That all laws and part of laws in conflict with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved October 14, 187S*. In regard to this bill, the Atlanta Con stitution, which has all along been opposed to the bill, says in its issuo of the 18th : There is great commotion in commercial circles consequent upon the passage of the Awlry bill. It is the measure designed to make 8 per cent, the legal rate of interest in this state and to punish the taking of a higher rate of interest by any bank, per son or corporation, The bill was signed on Tuesday and is now a statute of the state. To say that its enactment is a pub lic calamity is to draw it mild upon the real terms by which it should be charac terized. As it goes into effect and the people begin to realize the obstruction that it is to the wheels of trade iu this state they arc abusilig it unstintedly. As to the effect the bill will have upon the operations of the banks, and what they propose to do about it, the Constitution further says : The stoppage of the discounts is the fea ture of the bill which aims a fatal blow at the banking business. Heretofore, under all the interest laws the banks have had the privilege of discounting notes and bills of exchange at current rates and to the mutual advantage of the customers and themselves. Uuder the new law such transactions are prohibited except at rates largely inadequate to compensate the banks and the consequence is the refusal to dis count bills of exchange or to renew any outstanding bills rcceivalde to the banks. The result to the commercial community is almost disastrous and requires the great est exertions to keep ahead of this sudden and unexpected pressure. The only good the bill can do will be that reaped by mer chants who charge time prices for supplies. Instead of making 8 per cent, they will be enabled, the banks refusing money to pur chasers as heretofore, to advance rates on time hills and make 20 to 25 per cent., in stead of 8 to 12 as heretofore upon bills due them. What will the banks do? That is the great question of the day. One of the best hankers in the city said yesterday that the only solution of the difficulty for the banks was to rctiro from business. The only way to go forward at paying rates was by n total disregard of the law but the law of the code, unrepealed by this act, requires bank officers to tile semi-an nual statements with the Governor nnd swear the bank had the prccedingti months violated no law of the state. To charge or take by any device more than 8 per cent, and then to make tho oath would be per jury. Hence, he said, his advice to those owning tho bank was to wind it up as speedily nnd with as little expense as pos sible. Another prominent banker express ed like views and said they prevailed among the hank owners all over the state. Meetings of the officers of the various banks will shortly he held to determine what is best to be done. In the meanwhile monetary affairs arc in an unsettled state and confidence weakened. The attorneys of several of the banks have examined the law carefully nnd see no escape from the rigid and sweeping provisions it contains. When the law is properly understood it will be one of the most unpopular acts ever put upon the statute books. The Atlanta Dispatch, which is in favor of the new law, has this to say about it, and we are inclined to think with it: The opponents of the new Georgia law say that the money which has been brought here and loaned will be driven from the State by our reduction from 12 per cent, to 8. Now. all we have to say is to ask these opponents of the act to name a single State in the t'niou where they can loan money more advantageously than in Georgia under her new interest law. They cannot name one. Then why‘try to create a furor in favor of a rate of interest which in thopast lias bankrupted both lender and borrower? Our banker friends, who are so troubled, arc themselves victims of the high interest they now so earnestly desire. Let them count up their losses under this glorious high interest law, and make a list of their oldest and best customers, and see how few of said customers escaped financial graves. Now, while nine-tenths of the bank cap ital of the nation is employed under a six and seven per cent. law. it seems reason able to suppose Georgia banks can stand 8 per cent. General Grant, on being informed of the sweeping Republican triumph in Ohio, ex pressed much gratification. He said with much emphasis that Ewing, as a represen tative of false and dangerous financial doc trines, deserved defeat. For many years the country had been struggling to reach a sound financial basis, and it was inexcusa ble in any man to take a position which would again debase the currency and im pair the pnblic credit, Condensed Milk from the Press. Speaker Randall: The thing seems to have set in for the Republicans, and 1 don’t see how we are going to stop it.” Gov. Colquitt has appointed cx-Gov. James M. Smith, Samuel Harnett and Maj. Campbell Wallace as Railroad Commis sioners. Crawfordvillo Democrat: Gen. Toombs says that Renfroe swore be was guilty, but 17 Senators (Renfroe's friends) wouldn't believe him on his oath. Blue Ridge Echo : High, low, Jack Jones and Goldsmith, and it turns ont that Rcn froo is as innocent as a lamb. The tide of life is ebbing fast. Mark our prediction. Cartersvillo Express: A good many farmers arc storing their cotton, awaiting better prices. Take caro you don’t get bit. “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,” so to speak. Tho oldest daughter of Mr. J. T. Faulks, of Laurens county, fell headforemost into a well the other day. The water was fif teen feet deep, but the young lady was rescued uninjured. A white man and a negro made their es cape from the Warrcnton jail last week, by means of a false key with which they un locked the cell door, and by burning a hole in the main door. Fennel tea is a simple remedy to quiet the baby, and this innocent article is em bodied in Dr. Hull’s Baby Syrup, which puts the baby to sleep without the evil use of opiates. Price 25 cents. Cartersville Express: The announce ment is made that for the first time in the history of Georgia the local mills find wheat in sufficient abundance to run them without drawing supplies of wheat from the North. Atlanta Phonograph : A solid South makes a solid North. Just so long as we all vote one way in the South, just so long will the- Demagogues of the North, iby preaching sectional doctriues, array that people against us. Sparta Ishmaelitc : We are glad to note the fact that General Gordon, in his- cen tennial oration, made a graceful allusion to Greece and Rome. It was certainly a fine stroke of oratory. Heaven bo praised for the gift of Greece and Koine ! South Carolinians propose to erect a monument to the memory of John C. Cal houn. The granite shaft is to stand on the western side of the Siencca river, near the old Calhoun mansion, and within a few yards of the Piedmont Air-Line railroad. Franklin Register : Judge W. F. Dow ers passed through town last Thursday go ing out West, looking after the interest of the Rome railroad via Gainesville. He says before ho dies he wants to see a rail road completed to the county site of old Franklin. Atlanta Constitution : It is to bo borne in mind that tho recent investigations did not save a dollar to the State, and that the wild land investigation was hushed up be fore it had restored to the people the money already stolen from them, These facts are very solemn ones. Tho Memphis Avalanche proposes that tho old town be entirely depopulated and destroyed, and that anew Memphis be built at a place known as Bartlett, eleven miles distant. It suggests that “half a dozen railroad tracks ’’ could do all the transporting between the new city aud the river. A Jackson county man by tho name of Smith, in Athens on 17th, done the biggest eating on record, viz: 36 eggs, 1 two nound can of oysters, 1 pound of crackers, j pound of ham, and two small loaves of bread, 6 cups of coffee, and washed all down with a quart of water. No bet; reg ular breakfast. Hawkinsvillc Dispatch : Some of the Georgia newspapers (if it is not a stretch of veracity to call them such) are sending their papers for one dollar a year, and “ drumming ’’ advertisements for their col umns at seventy-five cents an acre. They take in payment anything equal to a mess of chitlins or a broken codec mill. Franklin Register : lion. F. B. Hodges, our worthy State Senator from the 31st, was in town a few hours last Monday. He is of the opinion lie will never regret per forming his duty in voting to convict Ivon froe. The counties of Franklin, Hart and Habersham should certainly feel proud of Capt. 11. for the able manner in which he has performed his duties all. during the session of the Legislature. A long-standing order of the post-office department has required that all postal cards having any portion of the message written on their face should be treated as unmailablc. Eirst Assistant Postmaster General Tyner has rescinded this order to the extent of holding that such writing shall not render them unmailable per sc, nor prevent their being forwarded unless it makes the address illegible. The public are cautioned, however, that by writing any portion of the message on the face they will incur a risk of tnc cards being missent or delayed. It costs the Government from four mil lion to eight million dollars a year to feed and care for 30,000 roving Indians. Last year these Indians oost the country $4,029,- 280. in 1875 they, cost nearly twice as much —or about S3OO apiece. This is alto gether too high and Congress should take steps to secure cheaper board for these wandering wards of tne nation. Up to the current year a recently compiled table shows that we have expended on the roam ing remnants of tho red meu $181.(XX),000, and the Indian agents are doubtless wil ling that we should annually add to this aggregate a very handsome sum. Mr. Sharp S. Reynolds writes to the Gainesville Eagle that he has discovered perpetual motion. His plan is to make a wheel threo foot in diameter, out of steel or some other metal ; let the wheel haw one heavy place iu it. so when you start it let the heavy side be on the top side ; let it go ; the weight of it will bring it most to the top ; hare the heavy part magnet ized : have another wheel over it, station ary ; have it faced with loadstone, so when this part comes up it will lack a little of coming over the top, the loadstone will draw it over, then the weight will carry it on. Atlanta Constitution : Hardly had the order that declared all postal cards with any portion of the message written on the face unmailable been rescinded, when a new and even more idiotic order was issu ed by the Postmaster-General to the effect that all letters not fully and properly ad dressed should be sent to the dead-letter office. This order, if enforced, would send to the dead-letter office any letter di rected to “New York City” instead of “ New York, N. Y." If a man in Griffin sends us a letter bearing the address. “ Constitution Office, Atlanta,” it must. CHAMBERLIN, BOYNTON A CO. Ha/ve th.e 3L.axgest and Airiest Store in. me State. Their Stock of STAPLE and FANCY DRY' GOODS, LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, SILKS, LACES, EMBROID ERIES, LADIES' UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVES, NOTIONS and FANCY GOODS has never belore b Equalled in the State, CARPETS, CARPETS, CARPETS, CARPETS. Our Stock of Carpets, Oil Cloths, Window Shades and House Furnishing Goods is immense. Our display in this department alone is well worth a trip from Hart County to Atlanta to see. IXIT/YT7C! We have all of our BOOTS and SHOES made to order and GUARANTEE FAERY Hi OXIUHiO. PAIR, and our stock in this department is unequalled in Georgia. Samples sent from our Dry Goods department on application. \N e cordially invite all readers of IHK HARTWELL visit our Store when in Atlanta. __ m & Chamberlin, Boynton § Cos., ri SWA 69 WHITEIIAI.I, STREET. ATI.AXTA^CA^ All Iron (iooils h.TC advanced'in tlie Northern markets as XJolo llig Do not delay, thinking that prices will be lower, for Every- L.-—?gc thing Indicates a Decided in the price of all Iron under Mr. Key’s obstructive and peda gogical order go to the dead-letter office, because the altogether superfluous abbre viation, “ Ga.,” was not added to it. Postmaster James, of New York, has de clared the order inoperative to bis office for want of room to store unmailablc letters. It should be rescinded, and the Postmaster General should in the future endeavor to extend the facilities of the people, instead of the business of the dead-letter office. Constitution 16tli: The Telegraph says that in east Macon last Sunday afternoon, Mrs. C. 11. Bodwell was very seriously burned, and is now lying in a very preca rious condition. She was engaged in pre! paring the evening meal, and was stand ing at the fire-place, when she fainted and fell forward, face downward into the fire. There was at the time on the coals a pot of boiling coffee, winch was overturned, the contents frightfully scalding the unfortun ate woman about the bead and face. No one was in the room at the time, and Mrs. B. was found in the prostrate position above described. She was taken out when it was found that the hair of her head in front and above her ears had been entirely removed. Her left eye-ball protruded from the socket, lying upon her cheek ter ribly scalded and inflamed by the heat. Remedies at hand were promptly applied, and such relief given as was possible un der the circumstances. She was still alive, but was suffering intensely from her inju ries. The other eye from the effects of the fearful scalding has also come out from the socket, and is swollen almost to bursting at last accounts. Cold piercing winds and driving rains seldom fail to bring on a Cough, Cold or Hoarseness at this season, and l)r. Bull’s Cough Syrup should be kept in every house. For sale by all Druggists. A Wise Deueon. “ Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family well the East season, wnen all the rest of us have een sick so much, and have had the doc tors visiting us so often.” “Bro. Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time ; kept my fam ily well and saved the doctor bills. Three dollar's worth of it kept us well and able to work all the time. I’ll warrant it has cost you and the neighbors one to two hundred dollars apiece to keep sick the same, time.” “Deacon, I'll use your medicine here after.” Let Us Pray. ITawldnsville Dispatch. Probably as we go to press with this is sue of the Dispatch the Georgia Legisla ture has adjourned sine die, and the mem bers are packing their grip sacks and set tling their hash bills. Now if the Gov ernor intends to issue a thanksgiving pro clamation, let us have it. The Iron Boom. Atlanta Constitution. The unprecedented advance in the price of iron within the past week, has material ly effected almost every branch of manu facturing enterprise and quickened the pulse of industry and trade in every direc tion. We shall not stop to enquire into the causes that have led to this remarkable re sult, but we may rejoice that new life and vigor have been infused into the business of the country and that more prosperous times arc dawning upon us. The tires have been rekindled in many a long silent furnace, and idle men are again gladdened with the prospect of plenty of work. This renewed activity in this important branch of industry, in which some of the I States of the South are so deeply interest i cd, has already effected another great Southern interest —that of coal mining. We learn that the mines of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee are all full of or | dors, and that in the latter State the miners have struck for higher wages. I What effect this may have upon the price of domestic coal remains to be seen, but we understand that the coal-dealers of At lanta have all ordered large stocks in an ticipation of an advance, and that the price is not likely to be effected here. From present indications we think it safe to predict that the year 1880 will be the most prosperous the country has seen since ’7O Public School Notice. The school year in this County ends the 10th November, 1 -79. All accounts of Schools taught must be in my hands by that time, or they will be too late for this years apportionment Teachers will please take notice that their accounts must be certified to a# correct by one or more of the Trustees of their respective districts, liefore handing to me. C. W. SEIDELL. Cos. School Com. Hartwell, Ga.. October 13, 1579. 165 W. H. STEPHENSON IS RECEIVING NEW GOODS! Daily ami selling Cheap for C ash. HIGHEST TRICE PAID FOR COTTON IN CASH , OR ON ACCOUNT. Expects to do a provision business another 3 T ear, and sell Guano*. Have done a little credit business this year, and hope everybody that ha* bought on time will come forward and pay up, and enable me to run them an other 3’ear. Bring on your Cotton at once, the money is waiting for you. Come to the sign of the BIG STAR, and get the most goods and the best goods for the least money. Determined to please you, if I have to give my goods awa3*. lil Investigation i p. I I. BOWERS Has just completed his large and commodious store house in ROYSTON. where I he has removed his entire business, and with the Goods on hand and arriving will hav® the Largest aid Most Attractive Stock of Ms . on the E. A. L. R. R. He will not enumerate, for he keeps almost everything. He is anxious that the public investigate his prices and sec that they are _iA.t ihb Boarxoi^ci He will pay Athens prices in CASH FOR COTTON, and if you owe him will give you almost any price if it will induce early settlements, as lie must have money to pay hia debts. Come and see. s. P , ,3. P. H. BOWERS. n. K. GAIRDNER, M’ALPIN ARNOLD, TUGS. GAIRDNKR. GAIRDNER, ARNOLD £ GO., ELBEETOU, GhA-, HAVE IN STOCK A FUEL SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS k GROCERIES T77"lx©lesa,le B3eta.il IPxices. STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, € lot mm, Boots, Sloes, Hats, Hardware, Crockery, Wood-ware, AND ALL OTHER GOODS OF ALL KINDS NEEDED BY THE PUBLIC Meat, Bagging and Ties, Salt, AND OTHER STAPLE GOODS, We now have in stock 25,000 j’ardsof Bagging and 1,000 bundles of Arrow Ties, which will be sold at prices that will DEFY COMPETITION. We invite our Hart County friends to call and price our goods before purchas ing elsewhere. Bagging, Ties, and Meat a specialty—since we receive them weekly by th car load. Highest Market Price FOR COTTON IN CASH, OR ON ACCOUNT. 171 We will sell Kerosene Oil at 15 cents a gallon by the barrel, or 20 cents by the gallon. E. B. Benson & Cos. If you want good lard, you can get it by the single pound at 10 cents from Jas. M. Webb. THOMAS C. CARLTON, Attorney - at - law, ELBERTON, GA., AXTILL practice wherever employed, in belli \Y Federal and State Courts, im