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WeilurMlaiy. I'rbrui]f M.
BENSON & McGILL. Editors.
A. G. McCDRRY. Associate Editor.
A\ I'XJI NT TABirr.
In this day of strikes, rings, combina
tions, Ac., it seems there is scarcely any
kind of business entirely free from huge
monopolies which are built up for enrich
ing a chosen few at the expense of the pub
lic at large. While the tarif! discussion
has in days past engaged to a very large
extent the attention of our most eminent
statesmen, and while on the Question of
general policy on anti-tariff system has
been a very popular doctrine with the
Southern people, yet it would seem that
apart from the general policy of a tariff
system the continuing a heavy duty on
printing paper and material is impolitic,
unjust and contrary to every principle ol
sound policy. These commodities in view
of the heavy import duty—or tariff—on
them, and in view of combinations formed
among the manufacturers in this country,
have advanced to an alarming extent.
The government might as well impose a
tariff on the meat and bread that sustains
life as to continue a duty on the news
papers. that are the grand civilising and
enlightening influences of the present day.
M e are glad to note that a bill is non
pending before Congress to remove the
duty on paper and printing material, and
the press and people all over the land are
becoming aroused on the subject. In our
humble opinion, our representatives in
Congress could not be engaged in a grander
and nobler work than in directing their
talents to the aecoinplisment of this much
desired end. In calling attention to this
important subject vve are not ‘blindly fol
lowing in the footsteps of those who have
been advocating this question just for the
sake of being *' amidst the host. but to
lift our feeble voice in behalf of what we
deem a most just measure. Every imped
iment to a general diffusion of knowledge
among our people should be removed, and
it should come, if practicable, as free as
the gentle breezes of Heaven or pearly
raindrops upon the scorched and burning
fields. In fact a general and wide spread
diffusion of knowledge among the people
of this country is the surest safeguard of
prosperity and liberty itself. Our whole
republican theory of government has its
basic foundation on the virtue and enlight
enment of the people. 'llion away with
all taxes and tariffs and all other obstacles
iu whatever shape or form that makes
knowledge costly and its diliusion obstruct
ed. M’o believe if Georgia's delegation in
Congress would lend their able efforts in
A MTTLi: FIG I’III XU,
The Atlanta Constitution of the 22d in
stant presents the result of a little canvass
ing ns to the Presidential sentiment in
Georgia.' So fur as the calculation goes, it
presents Mr. Tilden head and shoulders
above all the other prospective Presiden
tial candidhtes. We have always regard
ed Mr. Tilden as the most available candi
date since the shameful result of the last
election. We recognize the fact that Mr.
Tilden was not the choice of the South in
the last election, and is not the choice now,
if that choice were signitied apart from all
considerations of policy or expediency.
Hut the South desires a return to constitu
tional government, and the Democratic
party of the South desires the triumph of
those principles which are the best heritage
of freemen, and planted upon which it has
fought the political battles in the past.
Moved by such considerations, the South
will give her united support to any candi
date pledged to the cardinal principles of
good government, whether he may be ac
cidentally pledged to hard money or soft
money, or in other respects does not ex
actly come up to our preferences.
The attitude of Mr. Tilden in his very
conservative course during the late Presi
dential troubles, we have never thought
worthy of animadversion. lie remitted
the whole question to Congress, and those
who were disappointed at the fraudulent
result ought not, in all justice, heap their
censure on Mr. Tilden ; but on Congress
who committed the blunder, if in tact it
was a blunder. If the contending factions
in Xcw York \i ill cease their foolishness
and bury their animosities, we believe that
New York will stand a fair chance for the
Presidency in the person of Mr. Tilden.
With Tilden and Hendricks planted upon
a good platform, wc believe there is a fine
chance of retrieving in 18S0 the monstrous
fraud perpetrated in 187 G.
Hon. Emory Speer is in danger of being
made a cat's paw by the Republicans, if
we are to judge from the following para
graph from the Washington correspondent
of the Augusta Chronicle:
" The contest over Rule 21 and amend
ments thereto continues to agitate the
House. Mr. Speer, though defeated, con
tinued yesterday to offer amendments that
were generally verbal and not substantive
changes, and then the row began. There
was a most amusing discussion on such
words as •‘germane” and “identical.”
Scotch metaphysics were nowhere. Mr.
Speer was. ns on similar occasions, sturdi
ly backed up by Mr. Garticld, Mr. Reed
and the Republicans generally, and antag
onized by an almost solid Democratic
body. This is giving Mr. Speer much
prominence, but I question if be is not
going too far in wliat may be a good cause
inopportunely agitated. With all duedef
erene.’and much humility. I think he puts
himself into too agreeable an attitude to I
the Republicans and too sharp and almost
isolated antagonism to his party friends, i
whom he has much exasperated. If he
does not have a care, the smart and crafty
Republican*lefcdera, while patting hitn on
the back, in an admiring way, will use him
for their own purposes and almost without
his suspecting it. This is the wsy it
strikes me and many others. I may he
wrong, but this is the present outlook.
Hons. A. 11. Stephens, W. 11. Felton
and Emory Speer are on the same political
string. Unfortunately the peculiar politi
cal tenets make these gentlemen wake up
in the wrong pen sometimes. More re
cently they have been marshalling their
forces against rule twenty-one of the
House so as to prevent nny general legisla
tion in appropriation bills. In voting on
this question they found themselves array
ed against the great body of Democrats in
Congress, and keeping time to Republican
inu-uc. The country may possibly go to
pieces under the guiding direction of such
accomplished statesmen as Messrs. Thur
man and Bayard, but we are inclined to
think that the muttering thunders so fanci
fully pictured will end in nothing but the
breaking of lh old lady's soap gourd—or
such like.
News Items.
Atlanta is building anew court bouse.
The North Georgia Argus has suspended.
The w ife of Comptroller Wright died on
the ltlth.
J. M. Fowler, of Eellton, Ga., has a'cop
per coin 003 years old.
Joseph Strickland, of Gainesville, aged
103 years, died on the 18th.
A brute in Coweta County recently out
raged bis daughter, and tied.
The town clock on the courthouse at
Washington, Ga.. is nearly a hundred
years old.
Dan Ilrighcrty, has been sentenced to be
hanged in Thomasville, on the 17th of
March, for rape.
Rev. Dr. J. B. Jeter, one of the most
prominent Baptist ministers in the South,
died in Richmond, Ya., on the 18th, aged
78 yenrs.
Both houses of the General Assembly
of South Caiolina passed a bill to facilitate
the completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad,
on the 19th.
The Republican executive committee, at
a meeting on the 18th, resolved to call a
State Republican Convention to meet in
Atlanta on the2lst of April.
Sparta Times and Planter : Gen. Gartrell
is being freely spoken of in connection
with the Governorship, and if he was as
well known as some others, he would be
hard to beat.
bmi..ii proved to be a chorus of yells from
the next door children. He grew despe
rate, procured a bottle ot l)r. Hull's Haby
Syrup and sent it to Mrs. S. with his com
pliments. lie was a bachelor.
Another attempt was made to blow up
the Czar of Russia last week. This time
the mine was sprung under the dining
room of the Czar's winter palace. Happi
ly the imperial family were a little late in
dining, and escaped. A number of guards
were killed and the room badly torn up.
Constitution : The election of delegates
to the Now York Republican state conven
tion has progressed far enough to show
that Grant will get a clear majority with
out any difficulty or doubt whatever.
George William Curtis was beaten in his
own district, and the whole current sets
towards a third term. Rlaine is getting a
few delegates; but Sherman will not have
a dozen friends in the convention.
Madison Yeoman : All adjoining coun
ties have newspapers; why should Madi
son be behind her neighbors? They have
newspapers which have proven important
factors in the advancement of their inter
ests. Had it riot been for the influence and
support of The Hartweix Sun and the
Elbertou Gazette, neither Elbert nor Hart
would have experienced the advantages of
railroad fac litics. It may be well to men
tion the fact, that before and at the time
the Oglethorpe Echo was removed to Lex
ington. real estate in that town was greatly
depreciated; now it is worth more than
double its pi ice then. The same result
will be realized in Madison county, if its
citizens will but take hold and sustain the
paper.
Hot drinks should l>o avoided in day
time during cold weather, as they have a
tendency to weaken the lungs and effect
the throat. Take Dr. Hull’s Cough Syrup
for all cases of coughs, colds and hoarse
ness. Price 25 cents a bottle.
Indepcndentisni.
Albany .Yto.
What <loes it mean ? Professedly a free
dom from tho rules and restraints of or
ganization, conventions and other such po
litical machinery. Practically, it is a
scrub race for office, with *• every man for
himself and the devil take the hindmost."
as the rule governing the contest. The
Independents make great parade over their
liberty of opinion and action nntrammel
ed by party pledges, or by the actions
of conventions or caucusses. Indepcnd
cntisni may he right ns an abstract princi
ple. If all men were good and pure, if all
politicians were patriotic and wise, if there
were no great issues at stake, and no vile,
unprincipled olhce-scekers, greedy of po
sition for the opportunities it would give
them to plunder and steal and ruin people,
if all these good things existed, and none
of the evil, then Independcntisin would be
right and propef. As it is, the case is far
different.
FARMERS!
LOOK WELL BEFORE YOU LEAP!
I desire to call the attention of farmers to the fact that lam Agent for the
following Fertilizers:
Zell’s Economizer,
AT 430 POUNDS COTTON.
Which Ims a high reputation with cotton planters of Georgia, Alabama, North
and South Carolina, and contains all the essential properties to insure a good
crop.
Empire Guano,
Which has given entire satisfaction wherever used, of which I have abundant
testimonials to prove.
Colgate Manure,
Which has an analysis as good if not better than any on the market. And last,
hut not least,
The Ober Acid,
AT 350 POUNDS COTTON.
Which is as good as anv made in the world, as can lie testified to by large num
bers of the best informed farmers of Hart and adjoining counties.
I wish to state ns an unmistakable
FACT !
That I will sell my Guanos nt as low prices and upon as liberal terms as they
can be obtained at any other point. Come and see.
„„„ W. H. STEPHENSON,
HaitTi7ell, G-a.
ROBERT S. FINDLAY. JOHN C. ROBERTS.
FINDLAY, ROBERTS & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
MIME, CUTLERY, CIS, CHAINS, ETC.,
Uo. S So-u.tlx Calvert Street.
BAITIMORE, MP.
A Medicine Should not be Guagcd
Hv the suddenness and violence of its ef
fects. Self-evident as this proposition
would seem, there are many foolish per
sons who are content only with a remedy
which acts abruptly. Hit
ulily of this class, find their *• best holt,"
as poor Artemus Ward termed it, in the
sale of violent purgatives. So long as they
wrench the bowels of their dupes suffici
ently, they arc pretty sure of a certain
measure of success. If instead of such
pernicious rubbish, Hostcttcrs Stomach
Hitters be used, the results are widely dif
ferent. The bowels arc relieved, but al
ways gentlj\ by this pleasant laxative,
which does not weaken but invigorates
them, ami endows the co-operative organs
of digestion and bilious secretion with ac
tivity and regularity, strengthens the con
stitution and physique, and while it is
safe in its constituents, is sufficiently
prompt in operation.
A Irons Bnby.
Nothing is so conducive to a man's re
maining a bachelor ns stopping for one
night at the house of a married friend and
being kept awake for five or six hours by
the crying of a cross baby. All cross and
crying babies need only Hop Hitters to
make them well and smiling. Young man,
remember this. —Ed.
BEST IK THE WOBUtli
.. '."IP" 1 :? Bi-Curb Sod* la of a
■llzlitfr llrty tvlilte color. It mity
appear Whitt., e t writ lit ed hr II
•elf, hot a CuniMI.IION W ITH
n A: '*.■ I "AHJt
HBinER” BUAAO will show
Hi© Here nee,
Seo Hint yore r'rh’ncr teda tm
riwt c .*"o RC,aos!o-.|d he A 1.1,
hlfllLAtl ht iJSs.t.'itFJ ued for
food.
A fimplo bt -rrm lr\ < f fh 3 c.nnparatiri
▼•lu tit minrint) rsi* aof 14 t d;too c *
r.raei t sinsinful cf each k ind wi !i about n pint
cf water (hot prtirned) in clear p.as*'-a, tuning
until All u thorough/ <'.i*moivc J Tho delete
iioua insoluble itntUr in 1h mfcGor Sod i will
l>e shown alu r settling some twenty minuter or
•ooncr, by ihe tmlky 1 p-c irancol thn aolution
md the qn*tity if fixating flocky matter ac
cording to quality.
Be anre and ask for Church 6: Co.’s B*'+ and
•re that their name is <n the package and >uu
will pet Ibo puupt and whitest rattle. 'J ho us*
ct rhia with sour iniik, in pretatvuce to Baking
J’uwder, saves t wenty time* its cost.
flee one po ind package Lr valuable informa
tion and read carefully.
SHOW THIS TO YOUR 6ROCEI.
( x KORGIA—HAKT COUNTY.
f When'S* (’. A. Webb lm* applied |n ir.r St
letter* of administration on the estate of M. I’.
Webb, late of said county, deceased. These are,
theivfore. to cite and admonish all concerned to show
cause, at ntv oil;re, on or before the tirsl Monday ill
March next, why Haiti letter* slmuhl not be granted.
(liven under ntv baud and official signature. tbU
January ‘Jtitb, IrrO,
F. C. STEPHENSON, Ordinary.
Atlantic Acid Phosphate can he had on
the best terms at Benson it Co.'s Bowers*
ville, a'id E. It, Person A Co.'s. Hartwell,
P. P. PROFFITT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
HARTWEIX. A. 179
C. TXT- Seld.ell,
.. a m u N n jji a ■ jl I’ • B "jl tT~,
II ART WEI, 1.. GA. 179
DAVID E. MAGILL,
- VAX. - VittAVN,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Prompt attention given to nil claims for collection
178
A. G. McCURRY,
Attorney and Connsclor at law,
Hartnell, Georgia,
'AYT’ILL practieo regularly in tbr counties of
IT Hart, Klliert, Madison anil Franklin, ami lie
for tlie Supreme Court of tlio State. Klsew here by
contract. Special attention given to the collection of
claims, ami when rieiire.l the best of references furn
ished among tlie business men of Atlanta. Charles
ton, Baltimore or New York. UUice in the Court
House. 175
COLUMBUS
Insurance and Banking
Company.
Established iu 1859. Cash Assets 8455,117.
Deposited in Georgia U. S. Bonds $25,800.
179 C. TV. SEIDELL, Agent, Hart well. Ga.
JfcSAWINQ THE LOO.
THE EREIT SUCCESSwI ~
frarEErPL uprotid^lShP*^
Lubor Savt n. GIANT RIDING SAW MACTffRS
ta fully demonstrate.] by ine number in oee and mu
present demand for ibein. It uwi Lear, of any size.
One man can saw Dime log. or cord wood In one
day and seller than two men can the o and way. It
will eaw a two tool loj In three minutes. Erery
Rirmer isenla one. Township agent, wanted.
Bd for Illustrated Circular and Terms.
AMren W. W. DOST WICK A CO..
178 Etna at.. Uaclanall, O.
CAETIOJI —Bewere nf all imitators and in
fringers. We own Are perfect patent, on iheae Giant
Riding Saw Machines. Wc warrant every Machine.
Highest Meital at Vienna and Philadelphia.
E.&H.T. ANTONY &Cos.
591 Broadway, J\'ew York'.,
nniiufacUirers. Importers t nealcr* In
Velvet Frames, Albums, Graphoscopes,
STEREOSCOPES AND VIES,
Fugravings, (hroinus, Photographs,
And kindred goods—Celebiitiee, Actresses, etc.
X HOTOGRAmiC M ATEEIALS.
We arc Headquarter* for everything in the way of
STEREOPTICOXS & MAGIC LAXTERXS
Each style being the best of its class in the market.
Beautiful Photographic Transparencies of fltata
ary and Engravings for the window.
Convex Class. Manufacturers of Velvet Frames
for Miniatures and Convex Glass Pictures.
Catalogues of Lauterns and Slides, with directions
for using, sent on receipt of ten cents.
•?tt jsn to Cist Rpr.
ANOTHER • \
TUMBLE
IN GUANOS!!
READ I READ!! READ!!!
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vuwWv comwwvc*\a\X \Wvcv o\Yue\ %
XWvwu* Wve, cvX $ 67.50,
o* 450 X\>%. coXXow.
Solu/bl© ZEPa-clfic G s/t tli.©
SSU223.G price as Old. 23-
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VW. vv v c wovv- CVX ox ’
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aQ X\ns. YoXXovs. \ncv Xo\nA
o\xX’vo*N Vd cXs. XV>. YoX
\sX VwcAX.
These are the best Guanos to be had, and the
prices the lowest ever offered.
For cash we offer bargains
never before to be bad.
Now, conslrii overyt&m i else is lift we til
tlis reduction demos your notice.
BENSON & GO., Bowers?!, Ga.
E. B. BENSON k GO., Hartwell, Ga.
BHHtf jpstsnfetf qpmwous
fpAPCINE Mmm PLASTER
A WOltD TO THOSE WHO USE POROUS PLASTERS. It iarrCTlly' ackswwledged' fcV that
BENSON’S CAPCTNE POROUS PLASTERS ARE SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS.
The jrroat demand for them lias canned a muni er of un scrupulous parties to malic and sell worthless imi
tations under similar Bounding names. As tin; marker is flooded with interior piaster* selling at aav price
it is important for the consumer to know which is the best. It ts well known that some of the cheap Ras
ters have been examined and found to contain injurious ingredients which .noke them dangerous t* it**,
causing paralysis and other diseases. CaVTIOX— See that the word CAVCIXE ou each planter it cor
rectiv spelled. li*‘2
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% imtSEIIOLO Xi:FD JJ-Abook on Tla
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Address Dr. .Sanford, 10*2 llroad v. ay, New York Cits
COMPOUND OXYGEN “K:
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and other Chronic Diseases by tlie new Oxygen Treot
went, now ready and sent free. Drs. ST A lUCKY A.
PALEX, llO'Jand 11 li Girard St., Philadelphia.
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3 Ekukman St., orr. Post Office, Nkw Yoi:k.
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Ml A |\ |l \ Orjrmia 13Slops.3set Reeds.2Knee
j XlLlt UO Swells, Stool, Book, only $96 Holiday
Newspapers Free. Address
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AGENTS WANTED For the 7.V-7 and Fnxtext
Selling Pictorial Bools anil Bibles. Prices re
duced :i:i per cent. National Publishing Cos., At
lanta, Ga.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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•FI'iVWIVVW'VVWMvye>-• - -
JOHN r. SHANNON,
A TTORXE Y-A T-LA IT,
F.I.BEKTON, F.KOKCIA,
Practice* in the Counties of Elbert, Hart. Madison
and Franklin, ami in Ihr Supreme Court olaewher,
whoa employed. . *1
THOMAS C. CARLTON
Attorney-at-Law,
ELBEII O.X*GA.,
practice wherever emploved, in both
n Federal sad ‘ fate Courts. lft