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BREVITIES.
it is warm again 1
you seen the comet?
IdTThe days arc growing shorter!
SIT Whitehead's lemonade is cooling!
[~&'A marrying mania is about to strike
our town.
t tF’Ance Miller has raised the roof of his
storehouse.
Grove proposes to build brick
stores in the future.
the weather prophet, predicts
heavy rains for July.
think a street working would help
sonic of our highways.
CP’Don’t forget John Wbitihead's lemon
ade when you get thirsty’.
boys around this town have a
mania for scuffling and foot-racing.
Sluice cold, and only five cents a glass, is
the way Whitehead’s lemonade sells.
of the attractions of l'rof. Parker’s
exhibition was a South Georgia gopher.
IjF’This evening the students of the Martin
Institute close out their last working day.
S'®?’When Hill Randolph gets through with
Dot Brooks’ house it will have a handsome
front.
that cow for Dr. Hienhardt and
bring her home, for the Dr. is getting milk
hnngrv.
IV’John Whitehead says come and see him,
and lie will feed you and cool you off at a
moderate cost.
Up I’A 1 ’A weasel, which had been shot the
night before, was the attraction in front of
our office one day this week.
ItPlt is a hard matter to get correct in
formation from the railroad. No two agree
as to the size of the force at work.
SlP’Mr. G. J. N. Wilson builds a frame for
his watermelon vines to run on, and has had
the best of success with this method.
McDonald will have a first-class
hair-clipper and barber in town during Com
mencement, and “ don’t you forget it.”
SiTTho best stock of candies, plain and
fancy, oysters, sardines and canned goods
at Whitehead’s, at the Randolph corner.
[ IT Wo expect to hear of quite an addition
to the forces now at work on our railroads
just as soon as the crops arc “ laid by.”
SlTThc amount of increase in tlie cotton
planted in this county this year over that of
last year is estimated to be four per cent.
CP’When you come to town next week and
feel thirsty, call on John Whitehead and get
a drink of his lemonade. It will do you good.
From Dr. Seale we learn that the rain
last Sunday around Bethany church was un
usually heavy and did considerable damage.
llp’Tlic first building occupied by the Oco
nee (Baptist) church is now on Mr. Mai Dun
son’s place in this county, and is used as a
barn.
I'tPWhile returning from Mr. Alsa Moore’s
last Sunday evening, Mr. Frank Harrison’s
carriage turned over and bruised up the oc
cupants considerably.
I'pMt used to be considered quite a feat to
catch wild turkeys by means of a fish hook
and line, but it was generally safer to shoot
them, if y’ou wanted a turkey right bad.
I'ip’Mr. G. J. N. Wilson had quite a crowd
of ladies and gentlemen before him last Sat
urday, standing their examinations for cer
tificates, so that they could teach school.
Seale went over to Harmony' Grove
last Wednesday to preach the funeral of Mr.
Patrick Gober, a citizen of this county, who
had died the night before of cholera morbus.
t'lF'Thc concert to-night will comprise the
best musical talent of our city, ami the pro
gramme is an excellent one. So you may ex
pect an exhibition of more than ordinary
ability.
IIP Well, it has arrived at last, and they
arc now common on our streets. We mean
the absurd fashion for ladies to wear hoop
skirts, and look just like an inflated India
rubber barrel.
tdPWc have been requested to announce
that the Jackson County Singing Convention
will meet at Thyatira church on Friday before
the 4th Sunday in Juty and continue until
Sunday evening.
call the attention of all interested
to the fact that work is still going on and
likely to continue on this end of the great
Gainesville, JelTerson & Southern railroad
branch to Jefferson.
Don’t forget Miss McCarty’s concert
to night, at the Baptist church. We
looked over the programme, and can say that
it will be exceedingly interesting, and well
worth your attendance.
I“^Please notice that Atkins, Carr & Cos.,
of Maysvilie, have a few words to say in an
other column. They will be of benefit to you
if you will heed them. These gentlemen are
well known and are reliable.
tip Miss McCarty’s concert tonight is the
forerunner of next week’s entertainment, and
when formerly given as a part of the school
exercises, it was one of the most popular
features and drew the largest crowds.
i'jpMr. Dodd, the miller at Long’s mills,
informs us that he has already ground over
a hundred bushels of the new wheat. He
says it is not as good as was expected, but
that it makes a very fair article of flour.
tip We hear it rumored that at least two
thirds of the girls on the street leading to
Gainesville are engaged, and contemplate
taking in a ‘*pardner” soon. We can actu
ally spot three couples that are sure to go,
and if you dou’t think 60 just show us your
uiuucy.
annual meeting at Thyatira church
will commence on Friday before the third
Sunday in July*. The change from August
to July was made last year. Those who
contemplate attending will please note the
change. ,
Davis, the bos3 barber of
Athens, will be up to-day, and will remain
over until after commencement. This will
be your chance to get your face cleaned up
and your hair cut for the summer campaign,
and you will save a trip to Athens.
tlTOur town is musically inclined, and
the disease is growing. Almost everybody
plays, or, more appropriately, is learning to
play on some kind of musical instrument,
and the most of our married people know how
already to make music with a switch.
l-*PWc cannot tell how many hands are at
work on our railroad and the Jug Tavern
road, as reports are conflicting, but work is
being pushed on both roads at a rapid rate,
and if we don’t look out we will get a rail
road in spite of all efforts to the contrary.
15?’Last Sunday, just about dinner time,
the much needed rain put in its appearance,
and for some time it made matters interest
ing. We learn that it was general, (but much
more water fell in some localities than others)
with the exception that it did not extend
more than four or five miles down the Athens
road.
S t? Wc stated last week that the Air-Line
road would pass free all delegations who
desired to go to South Carolina to see the
operations of the stock law. Upon inquiry
we find that wc are mistaken, that the local
ofiieers have no such authority. We regret
having created a false impression, hut thought
that wc were getting our information from a
trustworthy source.
UfPOur friend Green Barnett wa9 forcibly
made a convert to the stock law last week,
in the following manner: "While driving a
yoke of oxen, with a loaded wagon, along the
Harmony Grove road, on Thursday of last
week, a bull started in a run towards one of
his steers and made him turn out of the road
and upset the wagon completely. INIr. Bar
nett just did escape from the falling lumber.
i~#’We presume that most of our readers
have noticed the strange visitor in nur heavens
in the shape of a large comet. You can see
it about nine or ten o’clock at night, near
the north star. In fact, you cannot help but
sec it, if 3-011 will only take the trouble to
look for it. Next week we will tell our
readers more about it, as by that time the
astronomers will have their opinions made
up about it, &c.
Bacon, the lunatic, is about to tear up
our fine new jail. Mr. Worsham, the keeper,
has had him confined in the cage for some
time past, but last week Bacon scoured a
piece of wire and picked the lock and opened
the cage door, which gave him the liberty of
the whole room in which the cage is located,
lie then tore the plank olf of the walls and
went into the cage and shut himself up, and
fixed the door so that it took two men and
plenty of work to get it open. Before g ling
in lie made a hammer out of one of the tum
bler locks, and knocked off the hasps on the
cage door so that it is impossible to fasten
the cage. Mr. Worsham lias moved him into
one of the other cells, and Bacon busies him
self tearing up the walls. How he docs it is
a mystery, as he has no instruments of any
kind to work with. At the present rate of
! destruction, the jail will not be in a condition
i to hold an infant by Court week.
Sunday School Celebration.
The annual celebration of the Jackson
County Sunday School Association will take
place at Wood’s Camp Ground, on Saturday
before the fifth Sunday in July, 1881. An
essay, speech and three songs will be expect
ed from each school, and the various Super
intendents arc requested to see that their
schools comply with this request.
It is requested that each school send two
delegates on the day previous to the celebra
tion, to attend the delegates meeting and as
sist in making out programme and all other
neccssar}' arrangements.
The Executive Committee will also meet
at the same time and place.
Rev. Robert J. McGarity and Rev. Frank
S. Hudson have been chosen orators of the
day, and have accepted the same. Speeches
may be expected from other prominent gen
tlemen.
Delegates will please bring names of
speaker, essayist, songs, and statistics of
their respective schools.
It is earnestly desired that all the Sabbath
Schools in the county attend the celebration.
Come one, come all.
W. B. Johnson, President.
John 11. Craig, Secretary.
MARTIN INSTITUTE.
Public Exercises, Beginning July 3d, and
Ending July 7th, 1881.
Sunday, July 3d, 11 A. M. —Address by
Prof. John W. Glenn. Subject: Schools in
Heaven.
Monday, July 4th—Examination, Primary
and Middle Classes.
Tuesday, July 5th —Examination, Middle
and Advanced Classes.
Tuesday, July sth, 8 P. M.—Juveuile Ex
hibition Reading and Declamation.
Wednesday, July 6th, 10 A. M. —Essays
by Young Ladies.
Wednesday, July 6th, 4 P. M.—Anniver
sary Address M. L. S., by F. A. Glenn.
Wednesday, July 6th, 8 P. M.—Declama
tion.
Thursda}', July 7th, 10 A. M.—Orations.
Thursday, July 7th. 11| A. M.—Literary
Address, by Hon. L. E. Bleckley. Subject:
Wisdom.
Examinations at the Institute, other exer
cises at the Methodist church. The public
are invited to attend all.
Look at This I
Strayed, a milch cow, of a brindlc color,
with a bell on, with both points of her horns
; sawed off, and with some white on her face.
Was last seen at Bud Reinhardt’s, Saturday,
July 25th, in Randolph’s District. Any in
formation will bo thankfully received by
J. H. Reiniiaudt,
July l-2t Jefferson, Ga.
Personal Mention.
Miss Mattie Venable lias returned.
Misses Bohannon and Owen, of Harmony
Grove, were in the city last week.
The prettiest woman in Harmony Grove
is married. What a pitty ; we are so sorry’.
lion. G. E. Deadwyler and Mr. Madden,
of Maysvillc, were in the city for a short while
last week.
I)r. Daniel and lady, of Daniclsvillc, have
come up to spend commencement and take
Miss Clara home.
Mrs. Ware, of Oconee, was in town last
week, visiting her daughter, Mrs. M.C. Few.
She was accompanied by Henry Youngkin.
Miss A<la Carithers, of Walton county, is
in the city, and will grace our commencement
with her presence. She is the guest of Miss
Mary Carithers.
Mr. Scab Barker, one of the enterprising
members of the firm of Barker A Camp Bros.,
found time to take in the Harmony’ Grove
exhibition last week.
We are happy to slate that Brant Maxwell's
shaking was not caused by chills, but owing
to the fact that lie is the boss lemonade shaker
at John Whitehead’s.
We acknowledge a call from Mr. J. W. L.
Smith, of Walton county, and one of the
proprietors of the Walton News, while passing
through our interesting village last week.
The firstyear that Dr. Seale preached he was
the regular pastor for twenty-four churches,
and his gross receipts for the year was one
hundred and fifty dollars. It will always be
a mystery to us why he did not get rich that
year.
Miss Luna Johnson and Dr. McElbannon
returned last Monday’. The Dr. has been
writing poetry since his return, and is down
on record as a well-wisher to the Gainesville
&. Jefferson railroad. He says he wishes it
was done now.
Mr. Malvolio Dunso n, alias ‘‘Old Foggy,”
requests us to state that at the proper time
and place lie will preach the funeral of the
world. We got an idea of what his subject
would be and a sample of his style one day’
last week in Harmony Grove.
Two young men from Athens arrived in
our city last Friday’, thinking that Miss
McCarty’s concert would come off that night.
They made the best of their mistake, and
started to Harmony Grove to take in Brof.
Barker’s exhibition. In order to prevent like
mistakes in the future, they should subscribe
for the Herald.
On our way over to Harmony Grove last
week, we were exceedingly’ gratified to learn
that our good friend, Judge Colquitt, had been
such a successful farmer this year that the
grand prize of the Lazy Club, of Apple Valley’,
had been awarded to him. As we passed
along the road we caught a glimpse of the
Judge in his brag patch, but an unusually
large million stalk soon hid him from our
view. However, we saw that lie was puffed
up, and that something unusual had occurred
to fire his usual placid temper. We were
satisfied as to the cause, when someone
pointed out the handsome form of the Lazy
Club’s overseer, and told us that Judge Col
quitt had been so fortunate as to secure for
himself the personal attention of that im
portant personage.
“ Fence” or “ No Fence.”
On next Monday, the fourth day of July,
you will have an opportunity to record your
vote on this question. If you are in favor of
the present order of tilings, and do not care
to change, you will write on your ballot the
word, “ Fence.” If you arc a stock law man,
and want to do away with fencing, you will
write on your ticket the words ‘‘No Fence.”
If “no fence” carries it will be six months
before the law goes into etfcct, and if “fence”
has the majority it will be two years before
another election can be held.
Having mentioned last week that a com
mittee of citizens from Coweta county had
been over into South Carolina, to investigate
the workings of the law, we are now able to
state that they are most unanimous in their
praise of the system, and some of them were
“fence” men when they' left.
Monday, when you vote do so with judg
ment, after carefully considering what you
think is for your best interest, and nobody
has got a right to question your right to act
j for your best interest as you see it.
MONEY! MONEY!!
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS!
The stockholders in the Gainesville, Jef
ferson and Southern Railroad Company are
hereby informed that more money is wanted
at once, to continue the. work on the road in
Jackson county, and it is hoped and expect
ed that every one will now come forward and
pay up, as all risk of the funds being diverted
from the construction of the road has passed
away. The building of our road will now be
pushed rapidly to completion. I expect to
call on each stockholder in a few days per
sonally. Wiley C. Howard, Sec’y,
and Collecting Agent for the Company.
The Macon Telegraph reports that during
the siege of Vicksburg in 1863. a minnieball
entered the left side of Mr. Barrel B. Crooms,
just below the armpit. The surgeons could
not find the ball, but Mr. Crooms lived to
come back to Macon, where he has lived up
to this time, his residence being in East
Macon. In December last he suffered con
siderably from what appeared to be neuralgia
in the side, and he became considerably
emaciated. In a few days after this pain, he
was astonished to find that the bullet of 1863
had worked its way across his body and come
out on the right side. From that time he
has enjoyed good health and even yet marvels
how the ball could pass his heart and lungs
without endangering his life or causing him
trouble. Mr. Crooms treasures the ball as a
curiosity.
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Harmony Grove.
BY OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
—Rain last Sabbath.
—First crop beans dried up.
—The chickens arc dying with cholera.
—llarraon}’ Grove has a barber shop again.
—Mr. C. M. Wood is settiug out a berrauda
grass lot.
—Mr. XV. P. Daniel, of Athens, was here
last week.
—Frying chickens are still very scarce, and
will bring fair prices.
—Lemonade stands were plentiful on the
days of the exhibition here.
—Mr. J. W. L. Smith, ofthe lFaltonffouuty
News, was with us last week.
—Some of our citizens have their heads
turned towards the mountains.
—Mr. W. B. Barnett has sold his plantation,
and speaks of going West next fall.
—Poets are numerous in our village ; we
can find poetry all about on trees and fence
corners.
—Mr. Cornelius Stephens, of Oglethorpe
county, was visiting relatives in our village
last week.
—The exercises at l’rot'. Parker’s exhibi
tion were very interesting, and a good crowd
was on hand to bear witness.
—We have a mineral spring in onr town
that the water probably would help some heart
sick or consumptive individual.
—lf you think persuasion will not have
any effect on the young lady, go and sec the
mamma, and it will all end to suit some
people.
—Mr. J.N.Twittv, whohas been sojourning
in the mountains for some time, gave us a
“ pop” call last Saturday, and is looking better
than we ever saw him.
—Mr. James Y. Carithers, of Athens, Miss
Ada Carithers, of Walton county, and Miss
M. E. Carithers, of Jefferson, attended the
closing exercises of our High School.
-—Messrs. John T. Deadwyler and John I.
Pittman have just returned from Moore’s
Easiness College, Atlanta, Ga., with more
penmanship attached to them than Carter had
oats.
—The May peach trees bought from the
Nashville fruit tree venders a few years ago.
turn out to be a knotty variety, that will
probably ripen or fall off about the Ist ot next
October.
—There has been more gossip in our town
during the past six months than was ever
known before ; in fact, it seems to be a grow
ing evil, and more contagious than the mumps
or measles.
—Crops are looking well since the rain.
Corn silks and tassels can be seen in the early
planting of the corn crop, and everybody
seems to have put on new energy and have
gone to work with a vim.
—Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey’s lecture on love, at
Prof. Parker’s exhibition, is said to have
stirred up the young people to a considerable
degree, and it. is said a certain old gentleman,
of the weight of about 200 lbs., and a widower,
was completely carried away with the subject.
—lf everybody will turn out and vote for
“no fence,” I am satisfied that we will be
comparatively a happy people in five years.
The iron wedges in Jackson county, if sold,
would pay a great deal towards making fences
around our pastures, and we could make fires
next winter out of the old mauls.
—A petition to the Legislature on the
temperance question is agitating the minds
of some of our people. Why not petition to
prohibit the sale in any quantity in the State,
and then we can’t get any without going so
far after it that we will soon not want any
more. There is not many snakes in Georgia
no way, and it is highly probable that some
thing would answer the purpose of liquor on
such occasions.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: “ Augusta
has now the following factories in its limits,
or within a few miles, all of which, however,
may be counted a3 property belonging to it:
Augusta Factory, 25,000 spindles ; Enterprise,
30,000 ; Globe Mills, 5,000 ; J. 11. Connelly’s
Mill, 1,500 ; Summerville Mills, 4,000 ; Sibley
Mills, 30,000 ; Graniteville Factory, 33,000 ;
Langley Mills, 11,000 ; McCoy’s Mill, 1,000 ;
total, 140,000 spindles. To these may be
added the King Mill, with 30,000 spindles,
making a grand total of 170,000 spindles.
These mills have a total capital of $5,235,000,
and when the Sibley and King mills are com
pleted will employ about 5,000 operatives.
Asa general rule there are five persons
dependent upon each operative, and the mills
named would, therefore, have about 25,000
people dependent upon them. The King and
Sibley mills will thus add full}' 10,000 to our
population.”
Air. Win. King, of Dooly county, owns an
apple tree thirty-five years old. nearly five
feet around, and which spreads its limbs over
a range of nearly forty-two feet.
The Covington Star says a case involving
a half dollar recently consumed two weeks of
the valuable time of a Gwinnett county Jus
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