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The Jackson Herald.
ROBERT S. HOWARD. Editor.
JEFFERSON-, GA.
FRIDAY MORYIYW, April 8, 1881.
Stop and Calculate.
We are well aware of the fact that the peo
jieople of this county do pretty much as they
please and follow their own counsel in most
matters concerning themselves, hence we are
blit little disposed to give them the benefit
of our wisdom. We do not intend to vary
upon our rule in the present instance, but
we feel constrained to make one or two re
marks in regard to the policy of farming now
so popular in this count}’. Our farmers plant
too much cotton and neglect the grain crops,
and if they do not stop it this county
will be bankrupt in less than five years.
To substantiate our views, we just ask every
candid reader to review the cotton and bread
stuir quotations fur the last six months. Cot
ton has been down, and at no time paying
bt a small per cent, over the cost of produc
tion, and for the last two months it has been
a drag upon the market. While the crop was
short in our county, the largest crop ever
made has been the story told by the figures,
and the manufacturing centers are glutted
with cotton made by the South and sold for
less than cost. On the other hand, breadstuff's
have remained firm at living figures all the
time, and now they are climbing to points
Uiat recall the prices just after the war. Now,
take a look at the prospects and present op
erations of the planters. We find in the
South every preparation for a big cotton
crop ; everybody is trying to put in an in
creased acreage for cotton. So far the wcath
er and seasons have had no serious effects on
the proposed plant, except to retard the
preparation of the land. The arrangements
about grain crops are rather limited, in fact
extremely short, and this is coupled with the
evident fact that it is extremely doubtful as
to how our wheat and oat crop will turn out,
even if the weather had permitted the sowing
of average crops. In the Northwest, where
we are to get our bread if we don’t make it,
we find that everything has been retarded by
the severe winter, and the prospects for a
large crop of corn and wheat is very gloomy.
Asa consequence, prices are up and still
climbing, and until the new crop can be nafe
ly estimated the outlook will be anything
but encouraging. Now, these are plain facts,
and if we go on in the face of them, and take
no heed or counsel from the lessons they
teach, we may expect to have nothing for our
labor. 4
Railroad Talk.
Mr. Editor :—Railroad talk seems to be
all the kind of talk that is worth talking in
and around Jefferson and along the proposed
line of the J., G. & S. road, and as your cor
respondent has nothing to aid in the construc
tion of said road but talk, you will excuse him
for talking all that he can.
John Ploughman says, “A long tongue gen
erally goes with a short hand.” We arc most
of us better at saying than doing. We can
all tattle away from battle, but many fly when
the fight is nigh. Some are all sound and
fury, and when they have said their say all
is over, and amen.
Oh, that the man had a mouth big enough
to say all he has to say at one go, and have
done with it; but then one had need get to
the other end of the world till his talk has
run itself dry. Bellowing is all very well,
hut the cow for me is the one that fills the
pail.
This is John Ploughman's opinion, and in
the main he is correct. But then where a
man has nothing to give but gab, j'our cor
respondent is of the opinion that he should
be allowed to put in a reasonable share of
that; not too much, for if he did some of
those who are spending their time and money
might get tired of too much jawbone, and
want to hide themselves in a “quiet loft or
saw pit to get rid of it.
Hallowing does very well if it is done at
the right time and by the right man. My
opinion is that the old man whose wdfe killed
the bear while he was in the loft looking on,
hallowed at the right time. I don't know that
he was the one that should have done the
hallowing, but as the old woman didn't do
it, and the bear couldn’t do it, I suppose he
couldn’t be blamed for hallowing, even if he
had done so until he was as flat as a pan
cake. So, Mr. Editor, you will allow me to
hallow a little.
The railroad from Jefferson to Gainesville
is a fixture. , Mr. Niblack and your friend
took a ride up the road last Friday, the 25th
ult.,'and found Mr. Blackstock with his hands
moving dirt in a hurry. The road bed is being
graded rapidly, considering the (lisa Ivan
tages that the contractors have had to con
tend with.
Messrs. Blackstock & Gould want 60 more
hands, and will pay them 00 cents per day.
The hands who are working for them are
well pleased, and say they receive their pay
promptl}’.
Those who have subscribed stock to the
road as a general thing arc paying in their
installments promptly, and the Directors say
that the structure will be completed to the
river by the first of September next.
The iron and rolling stock will be ordered
immediately, as the terms therefor have all
been agreed upon.
Much depends upon the 1 iberality of the
people on this side of the river as to how
soon the road will reach Jefferson, and as I
am doing my share of the talking, I feel con
fident that the locomotive whistle will signal
its approach to the depot in Jefferson by the
25th of December.
Now, then, let every one that can give aid
to the enterprise, especially those who desire
to have the advantages that a railroad will
bring, come forward and do their best in
every conceivable way they can to bring the
work forward, and if I am present, and I
promise to be D. V., when the cars first reach
here, I will pull off my hat and hallow just
as loud and as long as I can, provided hal
lowing will be of an}’ benefit.
Yours,, for progress,
R. A. Seale,
Jefferson , Ga., March, 1881.
The Prospects of Jefferson and Jackson
County.
Having noticed the outlook of our town
and county in a former article in a general
way, I now propose to consider our educa
tional and religious condition and prospects.
The facilities in this county for educating
the youth as compared with those offered a
few years ago are very encouraging. A few
years ago there were but few schools in ses
sion during the whole of the year, and nearly
all of these had but a meager patronage. But
now the county abounds in literary schools,
many of which are of a high order, conduct
ed by able and reputable educators, and
liberally patronized. On the line of the
Northeastern railroad alone there are no less
than three excellent schools, while on the
other side of the county tbe people manifest
a deep interest in education, and new insti
tutions of learning are springing up and oth
ers are in contemplation. It is needless for
me to say that Martin Institute, at Jefferson,
has done excellent work in the education of
the young, as its numerous pupils in various
counties will abundantly testify. During
the last twenty years it has educated in whole
or in part scores of men who are now filling
important places in and out of the State.
Hut what this Institute has done is, in my
opinion, not a test of what it can and will do
in the early future. The Institute has an
annual income from its own endowment and
from the State common school fund of about
twelve hundred dollars. This sum it is be
lieved will make the tuition comparatively
free—as free as it is at Dahlonega. With
the tuition as free as is consistent with the
employment of first-rate talent, its usefulness
in the future will far out reach anything that
it has done in the past. Should the Trustees
of the Institute be faithful to their trust, as
I believe they will, and not be frightened
away by the cry of selfishness, sectarianism,
&c., and adopt some such plan of free edu
cation as was recommended in the Forest
News of last June or July, and the eminent
success of the Institute is assured.
I notice with pleasure an increasing dispo
sition on the part of the young to study the
sc ence of music. There i9 and always has
been a great deal of musical talent in the
human family, and the cultivation of this
talent not only qualifies us to voice forth the
praises of God, but in many respects marks
a peoples progress.
Those engaged in teaching are suc
ceeding finely, and the demand for music
teachers in this county has perhaps never
been so great at any former period as now.
In the religious status and prospects of
our county there is much to encourage us.
Without claiming exact accuracy, I count
thirty-nine church organizations in this coun
ty, distributed among the various denomina-
follows, viz: one Universalist, one
Anti-Missionary Baptist, two Christian, two
Protestant Methodist, three Presbyterian,
fifteen Missionary Baptist and fifteen South
ern Methodist.
The majority of these churches hold ser
vices once a month, but several of them meet
for preaching twice a month, and I believe
it is sa r c to say that the majority of them are
conducting weekly Sunday Schools. These
various denominations have built, since the
war, not less than fifteen houses of worship,
and nearly all of them are well finished, large
and commodious. As already intimated,
there is more singing and better singing in
families, schools, and in all religious meet
ings, than formerly, with a tendency to cor.,
tinually improve.
Should our religious progress be as marked
during the next decade as it has been in the
past, and I see no reason why it should not
be, onr county in tins respect will scarcely
be surpassed by any in the State.
A. J. Kelly.
Profit, $1,200.
“To sum it up. six long 3’cars of bed-rid
den sickness, costing S2OO per year, total
$1,200— -all of this expense was stopped by
three Bottles of llop Bitters, taken by mj r
wife. She has done her own housework for
a year since, without the loss of a day, and
I want everybody to know it, for their bene
fit.— N. E. Farmer.
Dots From District. *
Editor Jackson Herald :—We are glad
to meet tbe Jackson Herald, with its new
name, after having arisen from the ashe3 of
the burnt “Sanctum Sanctorum.” We have
been a subscriber to the paper ever since it
took its origin in the “ Forest.” And we
think the name of which it boasts now is the
most appropriate name that could have been
given it. We think, too, that it has greatly
improved in print and reading matter.
Mr. E litor, it has been some time since we
gave you any “dots” from Miller’s. We don’t
know as any thing has taken place about
which to write that would be worth the set
ting up in printer’s type. The winter has
been such as we never have before seen.
Everybody has been gone into winter quar
ters ever since the first of last November,
and just made their appearance about two
weeks ago. We think, from the feeling of the
icy winds from the snowy mountains for sev
eral days, that they will have to go back into
winter quarters and stay till spriDg. We
have not even heard the cry of tbe whippoor
will nor the voice of the turtle dove vet, and
it the 2nd of April.
Notwithstanding the cold winter, wheat
and oats look exceedingly well. The area
sown is large, and all entertain hopes of reap
ing abundant crops. Our friend J. W. Ilcart
ly, after cutting his wheat last summer,
planted about eighteen acres in corn, and
the consequence was, covering up the wasted
wheat a good stand come up, and bids so fair
to make a good crop that he has concluded
to let it stand. Old men say it will make
the best wheat of any on his plantation.
The fanners are putting forth every effort
to make good crops this year. Some have
planted corn, but if we are any judge they
had better have it in their cribs, because it is
a very scarce article in our midst.
Buying provisions and guanos now-a days
is popular. Thousands of dollars are being
buried in our mother earth this season in the
form of guano.
We would like to have a railroad to run
by our houses. Wo have a location for a
town. All we need now is a railroad and [ ost
office and a name for our town. \Ye cannot
think of anything good enough nor big enough
to name it. Francis.
April 2nd, 1881.
Talbolton Herald and Standard: “Latt
week a gentleman living in the western part
of the county came to Talbotton and was be
lated on his return home, so that when he
reached Belleview it was dark, lie stopped,
went into McDowell’s store a few minutes,
and on coming out discovered that his horse
and buggy were gone. Ilot pursuit was im
mediately organized, an old gentleman came
near bursting the wind department of his
horse, and our traveler started afoot in pur
suit. No trace of the missing buggy and
horse could be found. So the owner of the
articles returned to Belleview and to his ut
ter astonishment discovered his horse stand
ing right where lie had left him when lie went
into the store. The night being dark he had
simply missed the animal in his wild search
after an imaginary thief.”
31cto llitaetfiscmeuts.
V. W. SKIFF,
DEALER IN FINE
WATCHES $ JEWELRY,
Clocks,
Solid Silver and Plated Ware.
Tie Diamoi Spectacles anfl Eye-Glasses,
Fine watches adjusted to heat and cold, and re
paired in the best manner. Hair Jewelry, and
all other kinds, made to order and neatly re
paired.
Sign of flic “Red AYatch,”
BROAD STREET ATHENS, GA.
April Ist, 1881.
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Fastest-Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles.
Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing
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Jackson County.
Whereas, upon application to me, in terms of
the law, by one-fifth of the qualified voters of the
255th District, G. M., of said county, asking for
an election to be called in said District, that the
question of the restriction of the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors in said District may be submitted to
the voters thereof—
It is hereby ordered that an election be held in
said District, at the usual place of holding elec
tions in the same, on Saturday, the 7th day of
Maj% 1SS1; that those voting at said elections who
favor restriction shall have written or printed
on their bollots the words, “For Restriction,’*
and those who oppose shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, “ Against Restriction,”
and that the managers of said election shall keep
duplicate list of voters and talley sheets, certify
and 'sign the same, one of which shall be filed
with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county
ami the other forwarded without delay to his Ex
cellency the Governor. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
April 6th, ISBI.
vidministratov 1 s Sale.
BY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Gwinnett county, Georgia, will be
sold before the Court House door in the town of
Lawrcncevillc, on the Ist Tuesday in May. ISSI.
the following described tract or parcel of land
situated in Jackson county, Georgia, and belong
ing to the estate of Jessee Osborn, deceased, to
wit:
One hundred acres of land, more or less, adjoin
ing the line between Jackson and Gwinnett coun
ties on the west, the lands of I. N. McMilian, on
the east, Martha Benson, on the north, and on
the south by the road leading from Lawrcncevillc
to Jefterson, and being the place whereon Mr.
Shellnut now resides.
Also, nine acres of land, more or less, lying in
Gwinnett county, on the south side by the Jefter
son road, adjoining lands of Mr. Pentecost on the
west, TV'. P. Thurmond on the south, and the
Jackson county line on the east.
Sold for the purpose of distribution among the
heirs of said Osborn, and to cavry out his last
will. ROBT. 11. BRADFORD,
Adm’rde bonis non.
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Kerosene Oil by the Car Load. Also, Aladin and “ Red C
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