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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. I w 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. 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