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The Jackson Herald.
ROBERT S. HOWARD, Edilor.
JEFFERSON, <3-A..
FKK2VI .MORAIAXJ, Itarch IH. I^l.
Gainesville wants anew Court House an<l
an Opera House. Well, we bet she will have
llicm, for to have follows right after the want,
in that plucky little city.
It is rumored that Dr. Felton will be an
Independent candidate for Gubernatorial
honors iu this State next year, and that Con
gressman Blount will be in the same Gx on
the Organized track.
It is reported that Garfield lia9 requested
Grant to assist Lim in shaping his policy to
wards the Southern States. If this be true,
the South will not have such a nice time as
in the four years just past.
A revolution lias broken out in Venezuela,
South America, against the government of
General Guzman Blanco, and up to the pres
ent appears to have gained some advantage
over the government troops.
Keeper Nelms says that the number of
convicted criminals is yearly decreasing, and
that the decrease for the years 1878 and 1879
was about per cent., and that it was
about 15 per cont. for the year 1880. Yes,
but is there a corresponding decrease in the
commission of crime ? AH criminals are not
sent to the Penitentiary—they get no farther
than the Court House.
It was stated that Dr. Felton was after
Gen. LeDtic’s place as Commissioner of
Agriculture, but it turns out that LeDuc pro
poses to hold on to his place, as his commis
sion is not limited, and docs not expire on
the coining in of anew administration. Here
tofore, the custom has been for the Commis
sioner of Agriculture to rctiro with the ad
ministration that appointed him.
In order to effect and defeat the passage
of the refunding bill, then before Congress,
several of the National Banks surrendered
their circulation, in the hopes that their action
would cause a stringency in the money market.
The amount withdrawn from circulation in
this mnnnor was.over nineteen millions, and
the bankers came near attaining their object,
but Gually failed and the country was saved
from a panic. Now these banks want their
circulation returned to them, but the President
and Cabinet have decided not to grant their
requost, so they have been ©ought and pinched
on all sides. This scores one good point for
Mr. Garfield’s administration.
The following are the figures of Georgia’s
population as finally corrected: Whites
814,218; colored 724,624* Indians 94;
Chineso 17 ;*total 1,589,048. In 1870 there
were 638,926 white and 545,142 colored. It
will thus be soon that while the white popula*
tion in ten yoars has increased 175,292, the
negroes have increased 179,512, making their
relative increase much greater than that of
the whites. While the total population of
4,he country has increased 30 06 per cent,
the whites show an increase of only 28 82
per cent and the negroes of 34 78 per cent.
Ihe Chinese have increased 67 07 per cent.
Wc took the liberty, sometime ago, to ex
press tliQ opinion that Garfield's administra
tion would be intensely Republican. The
following, from a letter to the Atlanta Con
stitution from Washington, confirms our
prediction. Look out for Radical postmasters
from now on: “In regard to Southern ap
pointments generally a prominent Tennessee
Republican said to night: ‘-The man who
gets an office from Mr. Garfield in my State
has got to be a positive man in his Republi
can principles, and must also have been active
in his affiliations with our party. Iu other
words, lie must have the indorsement of the
Republican party and be a stalwart. Of
course a man must be fitted for the duties of
the office, but, everything else being equal,
stalwarts will be preferred. The Postmas
ter General Key policy will not be tolerated
by tfie present administration. It is wrong
in principle, vicious in theory and injudicious
in policy. We have enough stalwarts to fill
the offices, and I am assured that none but
this kind will be appointed, for none other
merit reward.’ ”
Big Luck for a Georgia College.
The following item we get from the Wash
ington letter of the Constitution, and
is reliable. It is a big streak of luck to a
deserving institution:
“ There is a big hearted man in New York
who has turned his attention to Georgia. A
lew weeks ago when President 11 ay good, of
Emory college, was in that city Mr. George
I. Seney, president of the Metropolitan bank,
entirely unsolicited, wrote his check for $lO,-
000 to complete the fund for the endowment
of the Lovick Pierce professorship at Oxford.
It was a noble deed, but it docs not appear
to have satisfied one of the parties, that is Mr.
JSeney himself.* I have it on good authority
that he has authorized President Haygood to
draw on him for $*230,000 more to erect a
building which the growing need of the college
demands.”
Pictorial Illustrations. —“The useful
ness of pictures in a general way is seen by
comparing the keenness of observation, the
general intelligence, the accurac}* of knowl
edge exhibited by children brought up in the
midst of an abundance of wholesomo illus
trated literature, with the comparative dull
ness of vision and narrowness of information
shown by those who have not been so privi
leged.” The foregoing, which we take from
the “Canada School Journal,” truthfully ap
plies to the 3,000 Illustrations in Webster's
Unabridged Dictionary, in which more than
340 words and terms arc illustrated and de
fined under the following twelve words:
Beef, Boiler, Castle, Column, Eye, Horse,
.Holdings, Phrenology, Ravelin, Ships, Steam
Engine. Timbers, as may bo seen by examin
ing the Dictionary.!
Railroad Notes.
Wc informed our readers sometime ago
that wc had some railroad news of interest to
them that was worth relating. Other matters
pressing upon us have prevented the relation
of it before now. * It was generally known
that there had been enough money subscribed
to make the road bed and put down the cross
tics, but that these expenditures would about
exhaust all of the funds on hand, and it was
hoped that when this much of the work was
accomplished that, by means of bonds or some
outside help, the iron and rolling stock
could be secured. Nothing definite had been
determined upon up to sometime ago. Now,
however, the matter is arranged all the way
through, and has been done through the in
strumentality of the Air-Line Railroad. Dur
ing the meeting of the stockholders of that
company in New York, last month, Gen. G.
J. Foreacre, the able Superintendent of that
road, made arrangements to help our road
when the proper time arrived. So that hence-
forth it is all plain sailing, and there is but
one possible way for the matter to fall
through, and that lies in our power and con
trol. In other words, our share of the funds
is all that is required. We ourselves are the
delinquents, and with us must rest the blame
for slowness in the enterprise.
It is known that a good many of those
who have subscribed have failed to meet
their assessments, and have expressed a dis
position to lag behind so earty in the progress
of the work. This has a dampering effect
upon the balance, and the result does not by
any means stir up or push the work forward.
Why this is the cause we cannot divine, for
the parties who have subscribed are good
and can pay the amounts they have agreed
to contribute to the enterprise. Then what
is the trouble ? As to the cause of this in
difference wc leave others to surmise, but as
to its effects it will take no prophet to fore
tell. It means no railroad until you come
up and perform your part of the contract.
You are just keeping your ownselves out of
reach of the profit and benefits that will arrive
from the advent of the iron horse in our
midst. You are not putting off the evil day ;
you are shutting yourselves off from many
profitable days that will surely come with the
railroad. Every day that we lose now is
putting us at least ten days behind the pro
gress of the rest of the world, and it will be
ju9t that much more difficult to catch up in
the race. The news is most encouraging
from the works. Hands are coming in rap
idly. They would come more rapidly if there
was more money to pay them with. The
contractors arc pushing the work. The men
whom you have placed at the head of the
enterprise ars prudent and energetic. The
management is first-class. The prospects
cannot be more encouraging in every partic
ular. Only one trouble, and that is amongst
those who will he most bonefittod by the en
terprise. They must indeed be blind, to thus
stand in the way of their own prosperity. Wc
do not mean this as a complaint. We are
just giving the facts and the effect of your
conduct. The matter is one of your own
volition, and we have spoken only as a re
minder, Prosperity awaits you. We can
see it if you cannot, and you must pardon us
if we get impatient at 3 T our tardiness. We
know that your intentions are good, but you
must move up; take a quicker step. The
railroad is a coming, and you must quicken
your pace, if you want to go with the rest of
the world and not get loft.
A Little Advice.
We cannot refrain from commenting upon
the meeting of the colored people that was
held here last Saturday, and we will offer a
little advice to our colored citizens, although
we are well aware of the fact that it will not
be heeded. While the speakers in that meet
ing uttered a good many truths, they at the
same time hid them with misstatements so as
to mislead those who were in the dark and
wanted light upon the subject. While we arc
not disposed to defend the action or work of
the Jury Commissioners, yet we are willing
to stand to the assertion that there is not a
man upon the Commission who wonkl be
afraid to put a colored man or men upon the
jury if he thought he was qualified under the
law. While they may err, and possibly have
erred, in their work, it has not been know
ingly done; but from an inability for any five
men in Jackson county to know everybody
in it. The TaW is necessarily defective from
the fact that there is no way to remedy it.
We admit that there may be in the eight hun
dred colored voters in the county some who
are competent and qualified to sit upon a
jury, and that there may be lots more who
are better qualified than some who arc in the
jury box, but our colored friends will find
five white men out of the jury box who are
fully qualified to be in it to where he will find
one colored man in the Same condition. Y'et,
the five white men do not complain because
they are_so unfortunate as not to be known
to one of the five Commissioners ; they do
not blame them, but the law.
" The time when the CQlored man was denied
his civil rights by the white men of the South
on account of liis color is rapidly passing
away, and it is remarkable that the dying out
of the prejudice is keeping pace with the
progress in uprightness and compentency of
the colored man to exercise the duties of
citizenship. But tiiere is a higher law before
which all must bend, regardless of color,
previous condition, or Constitutional amend
ments, and that is moral integrity, coupled
with the necessary modicum of ability, and
this essential, we are sorry to say, our col
ored brethren do not possess.
We would, therefore, advise our colored
friends to qualify themselves in this particu
lar, and then they can reasonably demand
admission to this empty honor.
Want to be Jurors.
Agreeable to the call published, quite a
large crowd of the colored citizens of the
county met in the Court House in this place
la9t Saturday. It was not generally known
what the purpose of the meeting was, and
many were the conjectures made in regard
thereto. All speculation upon the subject
was put to rest when Henry MeLestcr was
called to the Chair and explained the busi
ness before the house.
lie said that the colored people of the
countv had been called together for the pur
pose of taking action in a matter in which
they were, as he thought, most shamefully
cheated out of their rights and deprived of a
most material part of their privileges a3 a
citizen. That there are eight hundred col
ored voters in this county, and two hundred
names in the jury boxes, and yet not one of
those two hundred is a colored man. That
this was wrong, arnMhat the} T were there to
take some measures to secure the representa
tion that was so dear to them. lie then took
his 3cat, and, upon motion, was made perma
cent Chairman. Mr. Ap. Horton was then
called upon for a few remarks upon the sub
jeet. lie is the same that run for the Legis
lature last fall upon the color line. Horton
is a good speaker, and has got ideas in his
head, and his speech was to the point in more
than one respect, and while he stated at the
outset that he was not prepared to make
much of a speech upon the subject, yet it was
evident that ho was full to overflowing upon
the Question, and was well up in the facts.
We would like very much to be able to give
his speech in whole, but we can only give
one or two of the leading ideas, so that you
can get the drift of the argument. After go-
ing over the points made by the Chairman,
and elaborating them more fully, lie said that
they blamed nobody with the omission except
the five Commissioners, and he presumed
that they had overlooked them because they
were not known, and that this was the object
of the meeting, to make themselves and their
wishes known, so that the Commissioners
would in the future recognize their rights,
lie said that it was impossible for the color
ed people to get justice as long as they were
tried by white jurors, and, as evidence upon
this point, he instanced the fact that when a
lawyer plead a case for a colored mart he al
ways asked the jury to give his client justice,
even if he was colored. He grew eloquent
along here, and clinched his arguments with
illustrations and anecdotes, and made the
assertion that the Georgia chain-gang was
black because the jurors who convicted them
were white. He said that the colored people
were fully as competent to sit upon juries as
the white people, and instanced the fact that
they stood their ground in competition wifh
the whites in educational matters. lie then
spoke of the duties of a juror, and said that
he was pretty well satisfied that he Oouhi
make a first class juror. Their l&tentiorf wks
to ask humbly and respectfully for this right,
which they thought they were entitled to en
joy as much so as any other privilege of citi
zenship. He said that they paid their taxes,
were liable to be called upon as citizens to
defend the country, work upon the roads, &c.,
and he did not see why they were not enti
tled to have their names put in the jury box.
After Horton’s conclusion, the meeting
decided that it was not large enough to deal
with the subject, and concluded to call an
| other meeting, to be held here on the second
Saturday in April, to take final action in the
premises. With this agreement, they ad
journed.
PARKER & CAMP BROS.
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We have within the last few weeks
opened up a first-class stock of
FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES,
it- > J
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CIGARS AND TOBACCO,
STAPLE VllY GOODS, IIATS AND SHOES,
All of which we are offering at
HoclsL Bottom Prices
i
Our Hoods Andtdusfltt? From Manufacturers For Cash,
•J. ; Oil - /4& >■. ’■ cn I'■ '■
And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest.
G-IVE TT£3 -At.
K\\A\v CoV\.*\\\ecA W c KVctw\. W\vuV W e
Respectfully,
PARKER & CAMP BROS.,
Feb 05 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
dEXXUSTA. HALL 7
DEUPREE BLOCK, ------ Athens, Ga.
For *mxc Spring Trade l
A/FERCHANTS and housekeepers are incited to inspect the splended stock which is offered at
J3X prices that cannot be surpassed in Atlanta or Augusta.
China, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps,
CUTLERY, PLATED WARE, WHIPS,
Tin, Wooden and Willow W'ares.
Jobbing price list figured to the lowest notch—saving freights and danger of breakage.
Sept 17 ' Broad Street, Athens. G-a
Jim' JWucrtisciiients.
Notice to Tax-Payers!
Jwill be at the following named places and
dates, for the purpose of receiving your Tax
Returns for the year 1 SSI :
Randolph’s, April 4th, May 2d and 17th.
House’s, April sth. May 4th and ISth.
Chandler’s, April Oth, May sth and 10th.
Santer Fe, April 7th, May Gth and 20th.
Clarkesborough. April Bth and 18th, May 9th.
Human’s Store, April 11th and 29th, May 23d.
William (jriffeth’s, April 12th and 27th, May
2Uh.
Maysville, April 13th and 2Gth. May 25th.
Harmony Grove, April 14th and22a, May 12th.
Nicholson, April loth and 20th, May 11th.
Center, April 19th.
White’s Mill, April 21st.
Nunn's Store, April 25th.
Benjamin Atkins', April 2Sth.
Jasper N. Thompson's, May 3d.
Williamson’s Mill, May 10th.
Apple Valley, May 13th.
Maddox’s Mill, May 16th.
James M. Stockton’s May 26th, (forenoon).
DcLaperriere’s Store, May 27th.
I will be at Jefferson every Saturday till first
of June, at which time my books will be closed.
J. W. N. LANIER,
Tax Receiver Jackson County.
TT 13 Jh "frTQI £3O to SI,OOO ; 2 to 32
Stops. FI AMOS $125
dress Daniel F. Beatty, Washington, N. J.
WANTED! *65 to
BS& ias Sa ink $l5O per month.
Steady work all spring and summer. For particu
lars address J* C. McCURDY &CO., Philadelphia,
Pa.
flower fresh & RELIABLE.
True to name, in 7 for 25c
fvjl.JgU R'a JvJ?O neat packets, withjlS “ 50c
cut, description and culture. Catalogue|3s 1.00
free. F. E. McALLISTER. j Post
31 Fulton St., New York.]- Paid
TVvt Udxs\\ O') Tfc* yfovUW
HALFORD
SAUCE!
SOLD BIT ALL GROCERS.
" HOMES IN TEXAS ’
IS THE TIILE OF
A New Illustrated Pamphlet
Descriptive of the country along and tributary to
the line of the
INTERNATIONAL & GREAT NOTHERN RAILROAD,
and contains a good county map of the State. It
also contains the name and addresses of Farmers
and Plnntcrs in Texas who have
FARMS FOR SALE OR RENT,
and those who will want Farm Hands for next
year. A copy of this book will be mailed free to
those who desire reliable information about Texas,
upon application by letter or postal card to
ALLEN McCOY,
Gen’l Freight and Pass'r Ag't. Palestine Texas.
WoyYWaa'&Xcvw YauVy ouA
FAST MAIL TRAIN.
ON and after Wednesday, January 19th, 1881,
trains on the Northeastern Railroad will run
as follows :
TRAINS. .NO. 1. ] NO. 3.
Leave Athens 4.30 am 3 30 pm
Arrive at Lula G.3Q a m 5.50 p nt
Arrive at Atlanta... 9.46 a m 12.40 p m
TKA rNt*. I NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Atlanta 1.00 a m 3.00 p m
Arrive at Lula 6.30 a m 5.55 p m
Arrive at Athens... 11.30 a in 8.45 pm
All trains daily except Sunday. Trains 1, 2
and 3 connect closely with all east and west
bound passenger trains on Air-Lino Railway.
Train No. 4 with west-bound passenger train on
Saturday night only, when it will wait until 9.45
p, m., when by so doing a connection can be
made.
Passengers leaving Athens at 4.30 a. m. con
nect closely at Lula with the Fast Mail train for
Atlanta, time 5 hours and 13 minutes —making
close connection for all points west and south
west. LYMAN WELLS, Sup’t.
Inducements Extraordinary!
AT THE MAMMOTH
China, Crockery and Glassware ISoiixc
OF NOHTII-EAST GEORGIA.
JAS. H, HUGGINS,
No. 7 Broad Street,- Athens, Georgia .
HAVING just returned from the Eastern market, we are offering the largest, inos* varied
best selected stock of
CHINA, CROCKERY,
GLASS WARE, LAMPS, CIIANDALIERS, LANTEIIAS,
Ac., Ac., 25 per cent, lower thean ever before known in this market. A full
and complete line of
HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS!
Such as Buckets, Brooms, Seivcs, Trays, Knives and Forks, Table and Teaspoons, Coffee
Mills, &c. Also, a couvplete stock of Table Linen, Oil Cloths,
Napkins, Doylies, Towels, Etc.
SILVER PLATED WARE!
A handsome stock of TRIPLE-PLATE SILVER CASTORS, TABLE and TEASPOONS.
Prices SURPRISINGLY LOW.
Kerosene Oil by the Car Load. Also, Ala din and “Red C
Oil A Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Canned Goods,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, LEATHER , Etc., Etc.,
at prices as low as any house in the State. DON’T FORGET TIIE PLACE.
Oct. 1 J. H. HUG-GINS, No. 7 Broad Street.
l\7rATqrßT.lil! MARBLK!
A. R. ROBERTSON,
DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE
Monuments, Tombs, Head & Foot Stones,
LARGE and SMALL CRADLE TOMBS,
Marble and Granite Box Tombs,
AT ALL PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASERS.
A Large Lot of Finished Monuments and Tombstones on
LLandfor Sale and Ready for Lettering.
My Yard is Full of Marble, and Ready to Fill Any Orders.
GIVE ME .A. CALL, ATT D GET IMTST PRICES.
A. R. ROBERTSON,
Monumental Builder, Athens, Georgia.
ISAAC LOWE. JOHN COHEN
laOWE tfe COHEN,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
WINES, Etc., E3tc-
ALSO AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED
Stone Mountain Corn Whisky.
Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens, Ga.
Feb. 2o
LOOK AT THIS!
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COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES.
JUST RECEIVED
300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES,
3000 Dozen Wash Pans,
100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans,
100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans,
And a large stock of goods in our line which will he sold
CHEAP FOB CASH.
A. K. CHILDS & CO.
Feb. to Opposite Reaves, Nicholson A Cos., Athens, G*.
JOHN COIIEN.