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ggggggggggggggg ROBERT S. HOWARD,/ Editor and Publisher. ( VOLUME I. £eggf Jldoerfeements. Notice to Contractors. WILL be let to the lowest bidder, before the Court House door in Jefferson, on Satur day, the 2d day of July, ISSI, the contract for building a lattice bridge across Middle Oconee river at Tallasce Bridge site, under the following specifications: One span of lattice bridge spanning the river one hundred and twenty feet, and fifty feet of tres tling on eacli side of the river, each fifty feet of trestle work to be in spans of twenty-five feet each. Said trestle work to descend from the bridge to within two feet of the ground, resting upon a trestle placed three feet in the ground and filled in with rock. This approach to be continued, with the same descent, by a stone wall on each side, the space filled in with rock and dirt. Each space of land-bridge to have five sleepers, equally divided on trestle; outside sleepers to be placed directly over outside posts in trestle. All outside sleepers to splice on caps, making a straight line for hand-rail. All sleepers to be six by twelve, twenty-five feet long. lland-rail.—Hand-rail posts eight feet apart, notched out to tit over sleepers, and securely spiked to the same. Posts to be 4 by G, 3 feet high. Hailing to be 4by G, notched down on top of posts and securely spiked. Hill of lumber for lattice to be as follows : Cords. —Cords, both bottom and top, to be 2.J by 12, 28 feet long ; itermediate to be 2.] by 10, 28 feet long. Lattice.—Lattice to be 2\ by 10. 13 feet long. All to be framed and well pinned together with two-inch white oak pins. Beams. —Floor beams to be 4 by 14 inches, 19 feet long, notched to fit over cords as shown upon plans; ends of beams to extend two feet beyond outside of cords. All beams to be placed seven feet apart from center to center. Lattice braces to lock across the top of each beam, so as to tie all snugly together. Each beam to be well braced bv substantial latteral bracing, as shown upon plans. All latteral bracing to be 3J by G inches, securely fastened to floor-beams by four forty penny spikes at each end. Every other beam to have a brace on outside of lattice, extending from end of beam to bottom edge of top cord, brace to be framed so as to fit under cord and against side of lattice braces, the same to be securely fastened to floor-beam at the bottom, and at the top to both brace and cords. Braces to be made of 4by G scantling. SleedekS. —Floor sleepers to be 4 by G, 28 feet long. There must be live lines, equally divided, under floor, running entire length of lattice. Flooring.—Flooring to be 2by 12,13 feet long, securely fastened down by spiking to sleepers, and a strip at each end spiked to intermediate cords. Pins.—All pins for lattice to be made of best white oak, two inches in diameter, holding their sides the entire length. Piers. —This bridge to rest upon two wooden piers, the same to be framed as shown upon plans. JSizcs of pier posts, 10 by 12, 14 feet long ; eight posts to each pier. Two caps 8 by 12, 15 met long; two mud sills, 8 by 12, 19 feet long; four braces, Gby 10, 10 feet long. Each pier to rest uf>on a crib, framed of timber, 10 by 12, 23 feet long. This crib to be notched together and se curely pinned at the ends. This crib to be framed to a sufficient heighih to suit depth of water. Size of crib in the clear to be 7by 20. Crib to be filled with rock to surface of water. Lattice to be weatherboarded on both sides and capped. All timbers to be good heart. Bond, with two good securities, in a sum double the amount of the bid, conditioned for a faithful compliance with the con tract, required immediately after the letting. The work to be paid for when completed in accordance with the specifiications, and to be completed in sixty days from the time of letting. Full and complete specifications can be seen at this office. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. Postponed Sheriff-s Sale. WILL be sold, before the Court House door in the town of Jelferson, Jackson county, (la., at public out-cry. to the highest bidder, on the first Tuesday in July next, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to-wit: One tract of land, containing twenty-five acres, more or less, lying in said county, on the waters of Turkey creek, about one mile below Jackson’s mill, and adjoining lands of McDonald, Davis and others, and known as the place where 11. C. Wil hite lived. About fifteen acres in cultivation. There is a good mill house and dam on the place ; also, a {mod framed dwelling and out-buildings and good orchard. Levied on as the property of It. C. Wilhite to satisfy a ti. fa. issued from Jack son Superior Court in favorofO. W. Hood. Prop erty pointed out by plaintiff, and notice given to J. Foster Daniel, tenant in possession, as the law directs. T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff J. C. ELECTION NOTICE. Jnckwon County. It is hereby ordered that an election be held at the various precincts in said county, in manner and form as elections are held for members of the General Assembly, on the first Monday in July, ISBI, in which the question shall be submitted to the lawful voters of said county of fence or no fence. Those voting at said election who are in favor of fences, shall have written or printed on their ballots the word “ Fence,” and those who favor no fences shall have written or printed on their ballots the words “No Fence.” Managers of said election will keep, or cause to be kept, three lists of voters and tally sheets, which, to gether with the tickets and consolidated returns, must be forwarded to this office immediately after the election. H. W. BELL, Ord’y. .lackson County. Whereas, C. W. Ilood, Executor of /. S. Hood, deceased, represents to this Court, by his petition duly tiled, that he has fully and completely ad ministered said deceased's estate, and is entitled to a discharge from said administration— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can, on “the first Monday in September, 1881, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said count}’, why Let ters of Dismission should not be granted the ap plicant from said trust. (liven under my official signature, this May 110. 1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. .lacU-toii County. Whereas, Nancy Lyle and J. W. Lyle applies to me for Letters of Administration on the estate of James B. Lyle, late of said county, dec'd— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in July, 1881, why said letters should not be granted the applicants. Given under my official signature, this May 30, ISSI. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. acme's IS hereby given of intention to introduce at the adjourned session of the General Assembly, which will rt-convene in July next, a Bill with the following title, to-wit: “A Bill, to be entitled An Act to amend the charter of the Gainesville, Jefferson and South ern Railroad Company, to increase the number of Directors, and to confer on them the author ity to issue and sell the Bonds of the Company to raise funds to aid in the construction of said road, or any branch thereof, and for other pur poses.” June 3d, 1881. A. D. CANDLER. IfVAP N E RLISJi SAFCf PURELY VECETABLE^^^ r.-ratts --nmr&i llothers Wives, Oauglitcrs, sons, Fa* fliers, jlSinisters, Teachers Husim*** Men, Farmei's Mcehanies ALI, should be warned against using and introducing into their HOMES Nostrums and Alcoholic Remedies, flaveno such prejudice against, or fear of, “ War* ner's Ssife Tonic* flitters.” They are what they arc claimed to be—harmless as milk, and contain only medicinal virtues. Extract of Choice Vegetables only. They do not belong to that class known as “Cure-Alls,” but only profess to reach cases where the disease originates in debilitated frames and impure blood. A perfect Spring and Mummer Medicine. A TlioroiiglißM Purifier. A Tonic Aptizcr, Pleasant to the taste, invigorating to the body. The most eminent physicians recommend them for their Curative Properties. Once used, always preferred. Trial Size, SOe. Full Size (largest in market) si. THEMai Tor llu> Kidneys, Inver ;a:id I rinary Organs, use nothing but “WAIt.MEITM SAFE lilinilV AAl> BJVTSS TI’ERT.” It stands UNRIVALLED. Thousands owe their health and happiness to it. J@“We oiler “ War ner's Safe Tonic Bitters” with equal confidence. H. H. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N. Y. gggg HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED! .Justpublished, anew edition of DR. CULVER WELL’S Celebrated Essay on the radical cure of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness Invol untary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc. ; also, 'Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indulgence or sexual extravagance, &c. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' suc cessful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be radically cured ; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be. may cure him self cheaply, privately, and radically. Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and every man in the land. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad dress, post-paid , on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, THE CULVEItWELL MEDICAL CO . 41 Ann St., New York, N. Y. ; P. 0. Box, 45SC. MORE YET! Notwithstanding the heavy inroads up on our stock, we still keep enough of vs\av\\\a ivwA Wvwav^ Dry Goods on hand to supply our customers, and shall con tinue to add to the same as the requirements of the trade demand. WE ARE STILL OFFERING BAEGAIIS —iisr— Staple Dry Goods and GROCERIES. Call and price. We will take pleasure in show ing our stock. A. 11. BIiOCK A €O. Jefferson, Ua., April 29th. ISSI. THE TRADE! A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF BLANK BOOKS AND Stationery, LEDGERS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, WRITING PAPER . ENVELOPES, INK, MUCILAGE, INK STANDS, PENCILS, Etc. Churches and Ministers supplied with Books at publishers prices, by BURKE & ANDERSON, Feb. 25 Athens, Ga. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JUNE 10, ISSI. : SV.YYWY NYtSCTBIYLKm. THE PAINTED FAN. “ You won’t forget me, little one?” said Earl Lysle, in his softest accents, looking down with earnest eyes into the sweet flower face, so trustfully uplifted to his own. “No, I will never forget you,” answered the girl. And the blue eyes grew moist, and the red lips trembled. The promise broke down the last remnant of her strength ; the next mo ment she had burst into passionate, bitter weeping. It seemed as though the branches in the tree above them bent pityingly down upon them ; as though the sun lingered a moment in its tendcrcst sympathy, ere breathing his good night to the world ; though the robin checked his notes to listen to the sob3 which echoed through the silence of the wood, and stirred Earl Lysle’s heart as it had not been stirred before for many a long year. He had won the love of many women—won it often for the mere pleasure of winning; sometimes lie had won and worn it until it wearied him, but always believing that, had the condition been reversed, the woman would have done even as lie did. In this case he knew differently. When lie first met Lena Manning she had been a child. It had been his hand which had guided her wavering steps across the boundary line from childhood to womanhood ; he who had wakened her child heart from its slumber. For what ? For this! It had been in his life a summer-idyl, a pass ing folly ; in hers, the one spot from which all things henceforth must date. He was a man of the world ; she a child of nature, whose world henceforth was bounded b} r the horizon of his presence. “ Hush, Lena—hush !” he entreated, pass ing his arm about her waist. “Do 3011 really care for me like this ?” A passing pride stirred at his question. “Do you care for me so little that you can not understand it ?” she answered. “ Nay ! I love you very dearly—so dearly, Lena, that, might I carve out my own desires, and forget ray duties, I would never go back to the great city and the life which has grown wearisome. As it is, I must go; but, Lena, if I may, dear—if I can so shape my destiny —some day 1 will leave it all behind me, and come again, this time to pluck and wear my sweet woodland rose next to my heart for ever.” l’rctty words were very natural to Earl Lysle ; yet, even as he spoke these words, he knew that ere another year had run its course, he was destined to lead to the altar his heiress cousin—a tall, haughty brunette—whose let ter of recall now lay in the breast-pocket of his coat. “ But—but if things should go amiss—not as you fancy ?” There was absolute terror in the girl's tones—terror so great that, to the man, it seemed cruelty not to quiet it; and, besides, his heart was stirring within him to nobler, better purposes. Perchance he might avow to his betrothed the truth, that, instead of a marriage of con venience, he sought a marriage of love, and ask her to free him from chains which already began to gall ere they were fully forged. So he only drew closer to him the girl’s slender figure, until the blonde head lay on his shoulder, rs he stooped and pressed his lips to its golden crown. “ Have no fear, my little one. I will come back with the first snow.” • “ Y r ou promise, Earl ?” “ I promise !” ******* Lena had always loved the summer rather than winter. The leafy trees, the birds, the flowers, the blue sky—all had been to her as welcome friends, to be greeted rapturously, to be parted with almost tearfully ; but this year she could scarcely wait for the turning of the foliage, or the southern flight of the birds. She smiled from her window, ns she looked out one bright morning upon the first frost. •She laughed when people said that it would be an early winter. All ber painting—for she possessed great talent with her brush—depicted winter scenes —snow and ice. But just at the Thanksgiving season her father, a sturdy farmer, was borne-senseless, one day, to his home, and died before he re covered consciousness. It was her first real grief. She had lost her mother when an infant. It seemed to her that she could not have had strength to live through it, but that, as they lowered the coffin into the grave, a few flakes of snow came whirling down from the gray sky, and she welcomed them as heaven sent messengers of hope. When she came back to the quiet house, through whose rooms the dear, cheery voice would never more echo, she almost expected to find someone waiting for her ; but all was still and desolate. They were dreary weeks that followed— the more dreary that she found a heavy mort gage lay on the farm, and that when all things were cleared up, there would be left to her but a few hundred dollars. FOR THE PEOPLE. “He will not care,” she murmured. “It will prove his love for me the more.” The week after the funeral, set in the first heavy snow-storm, and the papers told how it had spread from one end of the country to the other. Lena was almost barricaded in her lonely home, but she sat all <lay, with folded hands, looking upon the soft, feathery flakes—watch ing the drifts grow higher and higher—and knew that it was all bringing summer to her heart. The neighbors came to take her in their sleighs, when the sun peeped out again and all the earth was wrapped in its white mantle. They said that her cheeks were pale and her hands feverish, and that she must have more of this clear, bracing air. But she shook her head and refused to go. Could she leave the house, when at any mo ment he might come ? Besides, she had sent to him a paper with the announcement of her father’s death, and this must surely hasten him. But da}' succeeded day, until week follow ed week, and still he neither came nor sent her word. The snow-clouds had formed and fallen many times, and each time her heart grew sick with longing. She loved him so wholly, she trusted him so completely that she thought only sickness or death could have kept him from her. The hours dragged very slowly. Her lit tle studio was neglected. She sat all day, and every day, beside the window, until one morning she wakened to know that the first robin had returned, and the first breath of spring was in the air. He had failed to keep his promise to her. That same day they told her that the farm must be sold. Many neighbors offered her a home, but she declined them all. A sudden resolution came to her. She would go to the city where lie lived. Her pride forbade her seeking him, but maybe, if lie were not dead, as she often feared, she might one day meet him in the street, or at least hear some news of him. The hope of meeting him—of hearing him —vanished, when she found herself in the great metropolis, and realized its size and immensity. She had secured a comfortable home with a good, motherly woman, but her purse was growing scanty, and she could not tell how long it might hold out, unless she could find some means of support, when one day, saun tering idly on the street, glancing into a shop window, she saw some fancy articles, painted by hand. Gathering up her courage, she went in and asked if there was sale for that sort of work, and if she might be allowed to test her skill. From that hour all dread of want vanished, and, now that hands were busy, she found less time to brood and think. “ I want a fan painted,” the man said to her, one day. “ You may make an original design, but it must be very beautiful.” Lena’s heart had been very sad all day, as, at evening, she unfolded the satin, and sat down, brush iu hand, to fulfill this latest order. “It is a gift to an expectant bride,” the shopkeeper had said ; and the words had re called all the long waiting, the weary dis appointment, those words might bring. And, as she thought, she sketched, and the hours crept on and the evening grew into night, and the night into morning, and still she bent over her work, silent, engrossed. The next day, the gentleman who had given the order for the fan sauntered into the store. With an air of pardonable satisfaction, the man drew it from the box. “Thcyoung artist has outdone herself, sir,” lie said. “I never saw a more beautiful piece of work, and the design is entirely her own. I—” But lie chocked his sentence. The gentleman had taken the fan in his hands, and was examining it with startled eyes and face, from which every trace of color had fled. Could it be that the word Nemesis was painted upon the satin ? No, this was all he saw. On one side was a woodland scene, while, seated on a log beneath the leafy branches of an old oak, were two figures, one a man, and one a woman. Ilis arm was about her waist. Iler lips seemed to move, her whole expression was full of love and trust, and his of promise. A little laughing stream rippled at their feet. A bird sang overhead. Where had he seen just such a scene be fore ? He turned the fan on the other side. Summer had vanished. It was winter here. Naught but the fast-falling snow drifting in white heaps upon the earth. “ Who painted this ?” he asked, in hoarse, changed tones. The man gave the name and address. How well he had known it! but how came Lena here ? And what was this which stirred through every fibre of his being? Could it be that his manhood might yet redeem him ? With swift steps he walked to the house of his betrothed. Stately and beautiful, she came into the drawing room to greet him, and bent her head that he might touch her fore head with his lips. “ Helen, do you love me ?” She had known him for long years, but never had she heard such earnestness, such real passion, in his tones. It was as thought his very soul hung on her answer. Strange, she had never dreampt his love for her was more than friendship, such as she had felt for him. A tinge of color crept into her cheek. “ I have promised to marry you, Earl, lou know that I am fond of you, and I highly respect you. Will not this satisfy you ?” “ No. I want all the truth. Is your heart mine—all mine, so that, to tear me from it, would be to tear it asunder? - ’ “No, Earl. If it were for 3’our happiness or mine, I could give up my lover and still hold my friend and cousin.” He seized her hand and carried it to his lips more fervently than he had done even in the moment of his courtship. Then, taking the fan from his pocket, lie unfolded it. and told her all the tale of his summer romance. “ I thought I could forget her,” he said, in ending, “ and that when the snow fell and I did not return to her, she would cease to re member me; but see, Helen! She still re members, and I still love. I do not know what brings her here. I have heard nothing from her since last summer. But, tell me, cousin mine, what must Ido ? I leave it all to 3'ou.” “ I said that I would bo 3 T our friend. Now, I will be hers as well. Go to her, Earl. Tell her all the truth. Then, if she forgives 3’ou,. moke her your wife. If she is alone in the world, as perhaps she may be, bring her to me. She shall be married from my house, as my sister. I accept this fan, not as a lever's gift, but a pledge to the truer, more honest bond which henceforth hinds us.” Lena was exhausted after her sleepless night, and throwing herself on the lounge iu the sitting-room of her kind hostess, she had fallen into a dreamless slumber. Long Earl L\*sle stood and watched her, until the magnetism of his glance aroused her. She thought that she was dreaming of the fan ; but as lie stooped and took her in his arms, she knew that it was reality. She listened silently while he told her all —even his struggle for forgetfulness, and his ignorance of his own heart and its demands. She heard that she had sent the paper with the news of her father’s death to the wrong address, that he had known nothing of the long, lonely winter to which had succeeded this wonderful, glorious summer-time of hope. Poor child 1 She had no room for pride in the heart so filled by his image. She forgot that there was sore need for forgiveness. He loved her now ! Of that she was as sured ; and after all, the snow had only lain upon the ground to warm the earth, and foster the rich, sweet violets, which now bloomed and clustered at her feet, ready for her to stoop and pluck them. Perhaps some women, in their pride, would have rejected them. She could not; but, stooping, kissed them, then transplanted them to her heart, there to shed sweet fragrance forevermore. The Yankee Wore the Belt. It was during the Crimean war that three officers, one a Englishman one a Frenchman and the other a Yankee, who had joined the allies, got into a dispute as to which was the best swordsman. The dispute finally grew so hot as to end in a challenge to mortal combat, the survivor to wear the laurels. As dueling was contrary to army regulations, and the afiair coming to the ear of the command ing officer, he at once took measures to put a stop to it, but as all the officers were anxious to witness atrial between those noted experts, lie hit upon a plan that would test their skill and at the same time not transgress any of the “ rules.” v There were three prisoners under sentence of death, and the commander decided to let the belligerents act as executioners, and the one that would perforin the duty with the greatest skill should be declared the victor. So on the day appointed, a large number of officers were present to witness the trial of skill. The Englishman was the first one called upon, and singling out his man, drew his sword with a flash, and with a single stroke severed the head from the b )dy. Great applause followed. Then the Frenchman’s turn came next. He, drawing a narrow ribbon from his pocket, tied it around the neck of his victim; then, turning his back upon the prisoner, his sword flew from it3 scabbard, and he, turning on his heel at the same time, with one stroke cut the head from his victim, splitting the ribbon through the centre. Tremendous applause followed, and the universal opinion was that he would certainly be the victor. • Now came the “ Yankee’s” turn. Ilecalmty walked up to his man, drew his sword with the rapidity of lightning, and, giving it a flourish around his head, sheathed it as quickly and, turning, saluted the commander. Hisses and groans went up from the crowd, and the commander sternly asked him what he meant by such contempt. The Yankee, turning to the man he was to have slain, said, “ Will you please to spit, sir ?" The man attempted to comply with the request, when his head rolled off, it having been so quickly severed that he did not know it until he went to move iiis head. The Yankee wore the belt.— Pittsburgh Telegraph. \ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. I SI.OO for Six Months. Union Sabbath School Association. Ben Smith’s Union Sabbath School Associa tion met at Masonic Hall. The business was 1 commenced by the president reading the 65tU Psalm, singing and paryer by Rev. B. T.- Thomas. Read and received the president’s 1 and superintendent’s reports. The following, are the schools that were represented : Harmony Grove.— W. W. Parks, supt.; J. K. Hughes, Rev. B. T. Thomas, Mrs. Bertio Parks, delegates. Apalachee.—B. A. Blakey, supt.; T. O'. Morris, W. S. Mitchell, S. T. Maughon, delegates. Midway.—E. S. Ethridge, supt.; Rev. M. S. Williams, Miss Lolla Ethridge, Miss Ella Hawthorn, J. O. Hawthorn, delegates. Concord.—Z.F.Stanton, supt.; N. J.Kelly, M ss Dora Wills delegates. Pleasaut Hill.—Dr. S. 11. Freeman, supt.; Miss Mattie Watson, delegate. Nazareth.—R. J. Pentecost, supt.; J. W. Meadows, sec’y. Masonic Hall.—W. H.H. Hill, supt.; T. W. Iloloway, sec’y ; J. M.Tucker. W. 11. Hughes, Miss Netta Christian, delegates. The order of business was suspended for the purpose of offering some resolutions in regard to the dcatli of Bro. Lovick Betts, who was a life member of the Association, viz: Whereas, since the last meeting of this Association it has pleased God in his provi dence to take from our midst our much esteemed and beloved Bro. Lovick Betts, who was a life member of this Association, and in which he showed forth his love and anxioty in the cause of Christ, and the adornment of the Sunday school work in our midst. But while his rdisence is mourned by this Associa tion, as we view his vacant seat, our thoughts arise to the paradise of God where he is engaged in a more noble service in the praise of God ; striking the sweet notes of praise in ’ the congregation that shall never break up; where pleasures never end ; “ where the wick-- ed cease from troubling and the weary are at ' rest. 1 ’ Resolved, That in the death of Bro. Betts we mourn the loss of a loving, faithful member of this Association, but feel that our loss is his eternal gain. Resolved, That wo tender to his bereaved wife, children and relations our heart-felt sympathy, and that wo join with them in striving to meet him in that blessed abode. Resolved, That the above preamble and resolutions be signed by the president and secretary of this Association, and that a copy be furnished the family of our deceased brother, also a copy be sent to the Walton 1 News for publication, and a page in our record be set apart for this memorial. On motion all members of Sabbath schools wishing to make any remarks for the good of < the work be allowed to do so. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. On best mode of securing attendance. J. M. Tucker, chairman. Received and adopted. On singing.—There being no written report ready all the choristers of the schools present were appointed as a committee to submit a. report during the evening session. On best mode of opening and conducting Sabbath Schools.—E. S. Ethridge, chairman. Received and adopted. Duties and qualifications of superinten-. dents. No written report. O.i motion, the Sabbath schools of this Association are requested to unite with their respective county Associations that they may be represented in the International Sunday School Convention. COMMITTEES APPOINTED. On the best mode of securing attendance. . W. W. Parks, J. M. Tucker and J.O. Haw thorn. On singing.—G. O. Jones, W. S. Mitchell I and S. E. Freeman. On opening and conducting Sunday School. —Rev. B. T. Thomas, T. W. Iloloway and T. O. Morris. On duties and qualifications of Superinten dents. —N. J. Kelly, M. M. Williams and A. J. Mayfield. Elected officers for the ensuing year n- W. W. Park, president; B. A. Blakey, vice president ; N. J. Kelley, secretary and treas urer ; M. S. Williams, agent; S. H. Freeman, marshal ; E. S. Ethridge and S. E. Freeman directors in singing. The next annual meeting of this Associa tion will be held at Apalachee church on the l3t Saturday in Ma}', 1882. The general celebration will be held at Pleasant Hill on Saturday, 30th of July next. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Jackson Herald, with the request that the Walton Neivs and the Gwinnett Herald copj r the same. Ad- < journed with the benediction by Rev. B. T. Thomas. W. W. Parks, President. N. O. Kelly, Secretary. There can be no doubt there is teue economy in a kindly, considerate trcatracht by man of the domestic and other animals. The motto of all who have any property in or care over them should unquestionably be, “Humanity is the best policy.” NUMBER 16.