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We reserve the right to demand cash in advance, both for subscriptions and advertising, when we sec fit. 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. AfiiEATS WANTED for the Best and Fastest-Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing Cos., Atlanta, Ga. apl 1 3m HOP BITTERS?! (A Medicine, not a Drink.) CONTAINS HOPS, m CIIU, MANDRAKE* | DANDELION, SI I Asdthu I*rm!ST axd BestMedtcalQuau- it TIK3 OF ALL OTUEU UITTEKS. | THEY CURE All Diseases of tlieStomach. Bowels, Blood, H Liver, Kidneys, and Urinary Organs, Ner- IS voumiess. Sleeplessness and especially " Female Complaints. SIOOO IN COLD. % Will be-pald for a case they will not cure or® help, or for anything impure or Injurious f found in them, jjj Ask jour druppist for llop Bitters and try Kg I them before you sleep. Take uo other, p D T. C. is an absolute and Irresistible cure for K Drunkenness, use of opium, tobacco and ■ narcotics. ■■■■ Send fob Circular. HBHB All shove ?old by dru--ist*. 11l ? Hop Bittera Mfg. Cos., Rochester, N. Y., * Toronto, Ont. ■ 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. 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CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, LAMPS, CIIANDALIERS, LANTERN'S, &c., &c., 25 per cent, lower thean ever before known in this market. A full and complete line of HOUSEFURNISHINC GOODS! Such as Buckets, Brooms, Seives, Frays, Lnives and Porks, Table and Teaspoons, Coffee Mills, &c. Also, a complete 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, Aladin and “ Red C Oil.” Staple Dry Goods, Groceries, Canned Goods, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CARS, LEATHER, Etc., Etc., at prices as low as any house in the State. DON’T FORGET TIIE PLACE. Oct. 1 J. H. HUGGINS, No. 7 Broad Street.