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THE JOURNAL.
J. D. HOVL, E.DITOR.
imhaov (;i:oiu.M;
THURSDAY MOUSING, Bay SL 77.
p«r DrlrfMlm lo ConrenUou.
C. BOYL. R. E. KENNON.
nt TerreW, of Clay,
A. Uool> and H. A. ORIITENDFN,
of Randolph.
Tlik UrargiH Convfiil'oa
And llic Tlininatvilk Fair.
The Georgia Press A*aoei»t:oa held
: l» a.Mtinfr, for the present year, at
Thoraseville mi the 23 1 and 24th inet.
The attendance, thought rot quite *o
large a* usual was quite rsspseiwblo
i» nnsibera. Tim ueual business *m
transacted. Col. Es'ill, of the Bt»v»nr
sah AVer#, preaided, an he always does,
t» the entire satisfaction of the body.
The old officers were all re-elected,
with the eicepliou that, Cha* P. Hxn
eell, el tho Thomasville Enterprise was
elec‘el Secretary vice 11. 11. Cabsoiss,
of the Monroe Advertiser. Approsri
ate resolutions in regard to tbs death
of Col. J. 11. Christy, ol the Athene
Watchman were passed. Gainesville
wss selected as the place for the next
meeting.
A detailed account of all the
proceedings would be of no iaterest
to most of our readers, and lor that
reason, and for ibe lack »f space,
wa will let this outline suffice, for the
present, on that poixs.
Os the noble, generous, kind, hospi
table, sultnred and refined people of
T!iOtnasviHe,and the welcome reception
and kind treatment we received at
their hands, we ean not speak in
terms of too high praise. They enter
tained the whole “pres? gang,” free
of eharge a* tho
Mjtchii.l llocsi,
a hotel recently erected by one of ti e
wealthy and enterprising citizens of
that place, and leased and kept by
Messrs A. L. Fabyen k Cos. Thia
house is second" to but one in the state
iw siae, and to none in beaatyjof ar
chitectural design and construction,
and pleasantness in all its arrange
ments and appointments. It was on
ly opened laat fait, but we understand
that it has been* crowded all tho win
ter and spring with boardaiaand tran
sient gursts. Notwithstading its already
Urge size, we learn that an addition
containing fifty rooms is to be built to
it during the summer. The propiia
tors haveciosed ihe house (or the pres
ent, as it is intended, mainly, for the
areotntcodation of pleasure and health
seekers who visit that healthy city
during the wsnter. It will be reopen
ed the firet of October asxt.
During their leisure houre, the
“pres* gang” made their head-quar
ters at the offices of Mossra Triplett
eud Hansel), editors of the Ttmss and
Enterprise, where they ’net a hearty
• -
welcome, a feast ol reason and a now
of soul and wins; the latter of
home manufacture, of excellent qual
ity and free and >!enly ae water, was
supplied by the liberality of the edi
ted aforeseid.
Ws visited th# Thomaavilte Library,
and found an elegant reading room
with walUliuad wtth booksand tables
covered with newspaper* and periodi
cal*, and, also, in nooks and corner*,
many curious article* as- a start for a
museum. We ware'told that Thom
atville has two moat excellent schools
which with her library afford unsur
passed educational facilities. Os the
>iiK or tus scum sa. aoricui.tvral
avc- mechanical association,
which was held on the 24th, we know
that we cannot daacithe it. No pen
ia Georgia but tbe graceful and pro-
HSte one of <Get “H. 11. J.” of the Ms
eee TelegranK and Ueuenger, eau ap
proximate a juat description of it.—
The display of fruits sod vegetables
surpassed any thing of the kind that
we erer saw or dieamsd of. Cab
bages, potatoes, turnips, beets, on
ions, squashes, tomatce*, radishes,
applet, peachea, tigs, grapes strawber
ries, sad everything else that grows
in this generous c'inmte were there in
inunetrous size and bouudiesa profu
sion. If we were to ssy how large
some of the specimens were we would
hardly be believed by any ore who
has never attended a fair at Thornas
tille.
Flotsl lie)! was simply a Paradise
ameng whose windingand intricate me
ets and perfumed walks vs were lost
sad bewilJeved. Caltivated flewers
and wild flowers of every variety and
•peciae,—flowers in boxes in bouquet*, ‘
in wreaths in crosses, in the form of 1
fairy houses,.and ia every other shape
end combination in which thedeiicate
bauds of tultnud ladies could arrange
t’ #m were there mingling and blend
iag their blight hues and sweet
perfumes in a thousand way* delicious
»n<f enrapturing to the sense*, but
very perplexing to the pen that would
attempt to describe them.
Hut, after all, the moet interesting
part of the fair, lo us was those fair
ones who were not protessedly on ex
hibition, and tor whom no premium
was offered. Even now, in oor lonely
desolate sanctum we ato cheered and
inspired by a vision of a sylph-like
form with blight sparkling eyes, mov
ing like s houri among the pel fumed
wa’fes of that terrestrial I’uradise,
and with soft silvery voice making a
luueic that angels in Heaven might
hear. And, if ire could only have had
the privilege of selecting;, awarding,
and bestowing a premium upon the
fairest of that living, breathing mov
iug group of fair flowers, why then,
well, bro. Triplett might enjoy aleae
the distinction and the glory, if there
are eny attached to the position, of be
ing an old bachelor wire-grass editor,
—that's all.
We have omitted in the above to
•peak of many things that might
have seen mentioned. We have not
spoken of tiie grand ball given by the
citizens, to the prewe association, at
the Mitchell House. It was a grand
affair, and much enjoyed by those
who are fond of, and participate in
•uch amusements. We have not spo
ken of the address of welcome with
which the citiiensof Thotrasvill greet*
ed us through the voice of her silver-
I tongned orator Capt. Hammond.—
i The address was a perfect jour of elo
quence, elegance wisdom, wit and dig
nity. Ws hope to give it to our read
era in full before long;
| We made many new and p'easant
: arquaintansee at Tbomaeville, — re
newed some vary pleasant old ones, and
, will only say, in conclusion, that eo
far as we, indivi.lu.aly, are concerned
j we would be glad the Press Associa
-1 tion would meet in ThomasvHle every
yeer.
Some of the opponents of a cenati
tutional convention would like to havs
our present constitution changed in
many respects, hut fear the test, and
claim th it the Legislature can make
the changes at no additional expense
to the people.
The Legislature ean change any of
the provisions of the constitution, hut
the very least lime in which it can he
done is two years, as an act changing
the constitution has to be passed by
two successive Legislatures and then
j submitted to the people. Two sessions
' of the Legislature will cost the people,
under the present regime, at least two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ;
that much must l>e spent before one
jot or tittle of the constitution can be
changed by legislation. We want all
this extravagance stopped right note,
without waiting two years, and with
ent spenoing such an enormous sum
of money. Besides our legislature
has spent more money every year for
the last four or five years talking
about changes in the constitution and
holding a convention than it will coat
to make half a dozen new ones.
| Georgia dees not need bali of a
| hundred thousand dollars worth oi
! legislation per year, and why pay so
extravagantly for what we do not
need. us call a convention of tb#
people and etop it. If Georgia had
been free when tbe present constitu
tion was made such a reckless squan
! derrsg of money would never have
1 been permitted. But she was then in
the hende of carpet-baggers. She is
now free. Let he rise up in her m<>g
esty and in her might and repudiate
and kick frem her borders the last
vestige of carpetbaggary, and be the
jGeoigiuef old, true to bersei? once
more.
The Cwlinrd l,enf.
" e are in receipt, this week-,
|of life first number that' we
have seen of a splendid little paper,
! called the “Collard Leaf,” published
in Warrantee, Gu., by Thos. 8. Huh*
ert. The paper ia small but well filled
j aid well gotton up. We hope our
j young friend Hubert shoes acquaint
ance we made at Thomaeville, last
week, a prosperous career io journal
ises,
B. B. Bullock was one of the roc
kers of our constitution. R. B. Bul
lock is to be tried in tbe superior
Court of Fulton county, in a. few days
for cheating and swindling the etate, j
and tor breach of trust in turning over
to H. I. Kemhall $130,000 of tbe
bonds of the City o( Atlanta without
warrant of lew. Yet, some people
had rather live under the constitution
made by him and euch as he, than to
trust tbe best men in Georgia tomake
a batter one.
Col. W. T. Tiiomp-on, editor of ttia
Savannah Morning Newt, has bean
nominated for the convention.
We have yet to hear of a single
prominent and distinguished white
man in tiie State of G.'orgre, who is
opposed te the convention. We al
lude to such men a* A. If. Stephens
Cliae. J..Jenkins,Gen. Kobe?! Toombs,
Judge Hiram Warner, 11. V. Johnson,
James M. Smith, Gen. A. R. Lawton,
Col. John Screven e’e., etc. The
rent of opposition run* far below the
standing and ability of such men as
these-.
Hon. Charles J. Jenkins, a man
whom the people of Georgia once
mad* their Governor but who- was
driven from bis seat by federal bayo
nets |bns been nominated and will
be elected to the convention; and
yet there are raeti wl.o had rather
live under a constitution made by
radical carpt t-hnggers, and that calls
Georgians rebels, than to trust such
men to make anew one. Shame!
Sharne! !
Judga Hiram Warner, who has
been on the Bupretne Bench of Geor
gia nearly ever since the creation of
the world, and, of course, is thoroagh
)y familiar with our laws, and is
moreover regarded as one of the best
and purest man of the State, is in
favor of a constitutional convention.
Where is the men of equal standing
and ability that is opposed to it?
Col. John Bcravrm, of Savannah,
late President of ’lie Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, has been nominated for
the constitutional convention. There
will be no abler or better man in that
august body when it assembles than
Col. Screven.
Ben. E. Russell, editor of the Bain
bridge Democrat has been aoinim.ted
by the anti-eouveationists of Decatur
county, as a candidate fur the conven
tion.
The Newt and Courtcr, of Chatlestnn
8. 0., has this to say in regard to an
occurrence Hat took place notfarlrom
Dawson a short time ago. It will be
[erceived that that paper makes a
slight mistake as to the locality of the
occurrence;
“The saying of Hamlet that “The
funeral haked meats did coldly furnish
forth the marriage table,” was practi
cally illustrated a few days ago io
Georgia, although in this case the
man, not the woman, offended the
proprieties. In April last the wife of
a Mr. Caraway, a farmer, near Atlan
ta, in tha* B‘a‘e, was found lying in
her own home, brutally murdered.
Suspicion was directed against Cha*.
Tommey.anegro.and being arrested he
confessed to haring enmmited the
crime. The husband ol the murdered
woman was apparently overcome by
grief, but prevailed upon the popu
lance not to lynch tha murderer, who
was safely lodged in jail, tried, con
victed, sentenced to death and exe
ecuted on Friday last, and now comes
the curious pert of the story. On
that morning Mr. Caraway, the be
reaved husband, bought a license for
a second marriage, put it in his pock
et, witnessed the hanging, and then
quietly went off and got married. It
is not every man who can thus crowd
a double amount of enjoyment into a
single day, and Mr. Caraway my lie
congratulated on the nerve and cool
ness he displayed. Xerxes is said to
have wished that someone would in
vent anew pleasure, and ce-tainly the
idea of witnessing the hanging of
your first wife’s murderer, with a mar
riage license to unit* you to a second
paid for and carefully stowed away in
your vest pocket, ought, we should
think, to he sufficient to satisfy the
most epicurean old barbarian, either
aneien-fc or modem.”
The Griffin Ifews sayd; “Charlie
Sesgraves,a young man,twenty-three
or twenty-four years old, and son of
Mr. Benjamin Seagraves, a respec
table farmer of this county, was found
on Wednesday hanging by a trace
chain from tho limb of a trse not far
from his father’s houre No cause
can be assigned for the rash deed,
other than what he him-elf says in a
note which was found by his friends.
In this he states that be had contem
plated killing himself far a lon;r time,
and that while he knew it would be a
sad blow to his reiati<es, he did not
wish them to grieve for him. He
willed his land aud other property to
bis mother, after tbs payment of a
few small debts, ft is thought by
some that he was laboring under a fit
of mental aberration, which was to
some extent hereditary with him
Charlie Seagraves was a quiet, moral,
and respected young man, and his
death is vstj much regretted by all
who knew him.”
The Macon Teegruph says; ‘ \fr A
M. Pounds was krllWat Stewart’s Mil!
in Jones county on last Wednesday
eveniug by a young man by the name
of Lincoln. It is reported that the
parties had met at a store near the
mill, and after diinking together, had
proposed a wrestling match in which
Pounds cauie off second best. This
aroused his anger to such an extent
that he showed fight, and followed
Lincoln to the miH, where he was em
ployed, and Lincoln struck him in the
bead with a hand spike, breaking the
skull aud causing aimoet instant
death.”
Postmaster General Koy and the
Postal Commission arrived at Atlanta
on Saturday. A grand banquet and
an entertainment were among the
pleasures of the trip.
A leiv tVnrdv on lh«- lottlrtt
tiou question.
Txkmki.l Ct cxtt, May 2(5, 1877.
, Mksssks. Editoxb:
A few woids on the subject of a
Constitutional Convention, as thot is the ab
sorbing topic of the dai In our community.
I can give only a/«<* ot the many reasons
for holding a convention. It is the only way
in which the people car get relief Irom their
heavy taxation. The opponents ot a con
vention. say that it can be done br legislation,
but the experionce of th* p**a six
tenches us that the legislature either earn
not or will net give us the action needed to
reduce our heavy expeuses and lessen cur
taiew. With all their annual talk about re
trenchment and reform, the per diern and
v ileage of members of the legislature re
mains about the same as wheu Bullock, one
of the chief builders of our present consti
tution, fled the rextsr to escape the piiTrSih
ment due for his many misdeeds.
Bat let us figure a little, aa ‘figures don't
lie,’ aud see how it is and bow it ought to be.
By transferring a great deal of local bust
ness front the Legislature to the Superic r
Courts, where it can be well done ’.n a lew
hours at each session of the court, we
th ink the annual session of the legislature
could be shortened at least fifteen days.—
Thia would reduce the sessions to twenty
five days. Then reduce the per diem of the
members and attacheea of the General As
aembly to five dollars per day, and their
mileage to 10 cents per mile,- • pay for cier
gical work in the Senata $87.90 par day,
and, in Übe House, SIOO.OO per day, this
being what they got from 1861 to 1864, when
their work was well done, aadf we have bv
these simple chancta, as a short calculation
will show, a saving of $40,662 each year in
the one matter of legislation. If, in addi
tion to this, the people, in convention as
sembled, should see ptoper to change
the meetings of our Legislature from once
every year to once every two years, there
whould be a further reduction of expense,
taking the session of last year as a criterion
of $111,163 00 in two yearr, or half that
sum each year, which added to the
amount saved by the reduction of aaiaries,
above spoken of would make a saving of over
$96,000 each year. Tbit is ensught to pay
I for two conventions, and it is absurd to talk
about the c 9« of convention, when a few
simple changes like that* that can be made
without detriment to the State’s interest will
effset such a vast saving. It is like talking
about Ibe coat of a stopper to atop a wasting
leak in your syrup bar-el.
Under tha reduction that we have spoken
ot and with aeisions once in two years and
40 days to the session, our legislature would
tost us only about $29,000 per year, whereas
it now costs us over SIIO,OOO per year—
more than four times as much.
Before thsi*Xr,we had about 100 counties
with, 1 think, eievan Superior Court Judges,
at a salary at SI,BOO each. We now have
about 187 counties, with twenty Judges at
a salary of $2500 each, an increase iu our
expenses, in that matter, of $28,200 00, gold,
jD tha jugdashipe alone, outside of the pay
of the Solieitera General and costs to the
couotie*.
We see that the amount to be raised in
the state, this year trp taxation, is one mil
lion seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars, — ajarge increase over the taxes of last
year. WAh, a state debt about twej've
millions, and) such tasetron as the above,
can the opponents es convention point out
a remedy agaiast such wholesale extrava*
gtDce but by calling a convention?
Some say they are in favor of aconventioa
and would vote for it, but are fearful in the
matter, as there are a fern lawyers nominated
as delegates, and they fear the constitution
will not be submitted to Che people for rati
fication or rejection. Let us not assume s*
much,—let us have no more night mares on
thia point. The lawyers are in iavor of sub
mitting the constitution, when made, to the
people and will so vote. The act calling a
convention says it shall be submitted to the
people, and we are eatiafied, Messrs. Editors,
that the delegates to the convention will
not disregard tl.e instructions ol the body
that created them. A large majority of the
Legislature refused to vote for the bill call
ing a convention unless it should be submit
ted to the people before it would be allowed
to meet, aud that the constitutution made by
them, should be brought hack to the people
tbr ratification or rejection.
We think it much better to hold a couveu*
tion now than to wait, as seme suggest, for
more prosperous times ; beaause the longer
we wait the deeper in debt we get, and we
ueed now a constitution sorted' to the times
and the wants and circumstance* of the
people. We are willing to leave it the wis
dom of the convention to frame a consti
tution that will sow, and in the future, re*
do nw to the prosperity and wellfare of the
whole state. To say that a convention elect,
ed by th* pecpls would fail to do this would
tell to the world that Georgians are incapa
ble of seif-government. We cannot bnt be
lieve that, with the above and other facta
scaring the people in tbe face, they wili eee
the necessity for a convention in the money
line, and if they den’t rise up as one man
and hvve thsese reforms made, they deserve
to have these high and heavy berder-s of
taxation continued upon them, aad also to !
continue io have their money wasted and
squandered aa it has been done and will
continue to he done amfer the carpet bag
Bullcck constitution.
Tours for the right,
TERRELL.
A Wrr Bain. —A clergyman, meet
ing a littlas boy of his acquaintance,
sairL‘•ThU i a qu j tea * t ormy day, my
f,°. n : • ir »” answered tho boy
this is quite a wet rain.” The cler
gyman, thinking to rebuke euch hyp
erbo'e, asked if he ever krew of any
other than a wet ram. “I never knew
personally of any other.” returned the
boy 'but I have read in a certain
book of a time when it rained fire and
I brimstone, eod 1 guess that waa not
j a very wet rain.”
Making —Low-quartered, hanp !
sewed, bo* toed, French calf skin :
ahoosmad« to fit. Wert 'vframmtvd i
FnceSo.OCporpKr. TtTLwT'!
ssto£2o=, ttiL.Tß,,"**
Calhoun Department.
CS. SIMMONS, : Editor
KOJt TDK COXBTfTUTIOWAI. CONTEXTIOW
DKI.KKGATIIS 9TH BKW DIS.
P. E. BOYD, of Calhoun,
I. 11. HAND, of Baker,
R. T. NESBITT, of Early.
Trip las TlioniHsvill«>.
Theuk are times in the expetience
of almost evert one when the mind becomes
wasry and inactive, and ar stupid apathy
: steals over ones entire being. At such times
nothing sets to much like a charm in ‘dri
ving sway dull care,’ and reviving one‘a
whole nature, as to |»y aside business and
the thoughts of business, and to give on»‘e
self wholelv to recreation, to l eco-ae one of
a bend formed for fun, frolic and enjoyment.
Therefore, we spent the larger portion of
last week iu the beautiful and flourishing
little city of Thomaaville, in attendance upon
the Georgia Pr ss Association, which con
vened on Wednesday, the 28rd instant, and
the Floral and Horticultural Fair, which was
held on the day following. We had quite a
pleasant time curing our sojkmrn, and had
hoped to give our readers, tLis week, a full
and complete history of onr trip—what we
saw, heard and did while in Thovnasville,
and give a griphic account of the beantiea
and attractions es this picturesque little city,
but fate has seeD proper to place us on the
sick list, aDd we will have to be content with
only a brief synopsis ; besides the Senior
Editor of the Journal was present, and
will doubtless “do up” every feature of this
grand occasion, and preseaf itt to the readers
of the paper “according to Hoyl.“
I We found the people of Thomasville
courteous, hospitable and attentive, xnd
fully up to the standard in every particular
intercat conducive te the happiness of their
invited guests. The Georgia Press Associa
j tion (of which body we now have the honor
of being a member,) was entertained at the
Mitchell House free of charge, and alt the in
terest possible was manifested to make oor
stay pleasant. The address of welcome was
delivered inAn able and eloqnent manner by
Col. llamm&nd, a prominent member of the
present legislature, from Thomas county,
and responded to on the pan ol the press by
Dr. J. D. Heyl, the Senior Editor of this
paper, in the absence of the regular appoin
ted respondent. Dr. Hoyl's address, though
impromptu, was an able effort, appropriately
rendered and brought froth immenee ap
| p'ause from the entire assembly, and many
were the cocdplimests bestowed upon him
by bis brethren of the quill.
The Grand Ball given at He Mitchell House
to the members of the Pi ess, was a most
brilliant affair, largely attended and the la
dies present on the occasion, in point of
beauty end loveliness, would vie with those
of any other city in Southwestern Georgia.
There were also present quite a nomber of
chaiming yi ung ladies from Savannah, Al
bany, Americus, Valdosta, Quitman and
even Florida, that added much to the enjoy
ment of the occasion. In this department
of the Press Asrcciation, we represented
;he Journal to the best of our ability, and
we are quite sure the Doctor did hit duty,
also, and enjoyed it, as he was placed under
the special charge of a ocainoittee appointed
for the express purpose of seeing that be
bad a fair oho wing.
The fair was a grand success in every
particular. The horticultural department
consisted ©t vegetables of every conceive,
ble variety and some of them the largest
and finest we have ever witnessed.
Floral Hall presented quite an inviting
appearance indeed. The waits were adorned
with garlands of evergreen and the fragrnce
dispensed by the various flowers was trul)
refreshing. Every conceivable space was
bedecked with an immense profusion ol
wild and cultivated Sowars, giving sufficien 1
eid nee of the industry and superior taste
and culture of the fair ladies ol Thomasvilb
and Thomas couity. Mr. S G. McLendon
the gentlemanly Becretarv of the snsociatien
whose cleverness, by the way, is only equal
ed by liis goed looks, snd to whom we are
under obligations for courtesies rendered,
informed us that the number of visitors to
the fair was largely in excess of sny pre
vious one ever held, and the attendance was
estimated at between 1700 and 2000.
The people of Thomasville are liberal and
enterprising, and fully alive to every inter
est that will tend te the pleasure of those
who go among them. The city furnishes
many attractions that win the sdmriation
of her visitors ; chief aroeng thei* is her
hotel, situated right in the
heart of the city, and erected at a cost of
over one hundred thousand dollars. This
hotel is well furnished, well kept, and in
point of architeotnal beauty will compare
favorably with any hotel in the State.—
Thomasville also has two staunch journals,
of which she might justly feel proud. The
able editors, Messrs. Triplett and Hansetl
are elever, courteous and hospitable gentle
men. and the writer, as well as every other
member of the Press, have been placed un
der listing obligations to thorn for their
untiring energies and efforts to make our
viait pleasant .Long live the 71 met and Em
fernrss*.
There are imey points of interest at
Thomasville whieh we might bring forth
and comment upon at length, hut foi t*e
rotaon act foriß at the begins ng we will
have to •or beat and co e ud* this article by
-tating ttia « the citiaens of Thomasville and
Thomas county are truly a live and pro
gres ive people, an<Tthe county, in point of
horticultural and pomologfeal persuite, noW
ranks second to none in the State. The
subject of grape culture ia now becoming
one of considerable importance with her
citnens, and many are pirauing it tired
vantage. The wine produced from the
scuppernong, the Concord grape, etc are
as fine aa any domestic wine we have'ever
£ '* r T™ fn L er "T <**•■> portion
of Southern and Snuthwastern Georgia
would only torn their attention to grape
qt ' i,# con(Hent ‘hey
would fihd it a source of revenue to them*
selves and advantageous to the whole coun-
Baik—This immediate section was
visited on Monday evening last with
a refreshing shower of rain, there by
laying the dust, coolmg the atmos
phere, and mateiioly benefitting ail
kinds of vegetation-.
Vacation.— I n order that the chil
dren might have a little recreation
a D (I ba released from the mono‘ony
of the school room. Prof, W J
JHolwy, dike .Bound Top academy,
has given two weeks TaoetioD. and
requests us ro state -.hat the exercises
of the school will be rssutnsd %>u the
2r;d Monday in June.
FxHsox.iL*—Mias Alice Fs2nfit»,
of Dawson, accompanied by the
charming Mias Lilly Keaton and Miss
Cullie Hall, of Damascus, is spending
a portion ot this week ia our little
town. They form an interesting trio,
whom every onfi delights to honor.
We learn that a little daughter of
Mr. Smith, in the upper portit n «>f the
county, came near being drowsed one
day last week while fishing in the
race at Cordray’s mill. In moving
around she happened to step on a
louse plank which threw her into the
water, and alter si ■ king twice, was
fortunately rescued by a party of
other girls present The above should
serve as a warning to parents not to
allow their children to visi‘*ech n’acos
unless accompanied by parents them
selves or s»iue one else of mature
age-
TO THE CITIZENS
OF
Calhoun Count.y'4
fJ'HE undersigned bus purchased the right
1 ot Oalhnun county for tlie sale of
HERNDON’S DASHLESS CHURN
and is now prepared to furnish this Churn
fur the small sum of $3.00, with lam ilv |
right for a period of 15 years included.
This Churn is universally couceded to be
the best and cheapest no* in use, and will
produce butter in from 3 to 8 mi nu t s.
Call ow or add'e-s
«. V. PACE, Ag’l,
Li'at't, Cla.
May Jt>, ts.
CAL HOF IV SHERIFF SALES.
\\ 7 ILL be sold before the Conri-house
V t door, at Morgan, on the fiist Tuesday
in JUNE next, between the legal hours of
sale, the followiug property, to wit :
Town lot, number not known, io ihe vil
lage of Arlington, in the 4th district ol said
I county, containing two acres, mure or less,
; on which the dwelling house ia situated and
whereon T. .1. Petry now resides. Levied
| on as T. J Perry’s property to satisfy a tax
I fi la, State aud Couuty vs T. J Perry tor
taxes for 1876.
Also, at the same lime aod place, the
reversion in tee simple to lota of land Nos.
114, 116, 176 and east fractional part ot No.
52, all in,the 4th district of said county, af
ter th. expiration of the Homestead Estate
thereiu, assigned to the defendant, aud his
wile by the Ordinary of Randolph Cos., Ga ,
the same being described and defined in me
plat ol said Homestead <rf record in the
Clerk’s office ol the Superior Cuurt ot Ran
dolph county ; said reversion being lev ed on
as Ihe property of the defendant, to satisfy
a fi fa from Randolph Superior Court in
favor of the Central Rail Road A Banking
Cos , vs Henry Have.
‘ J. W. COLLEY, Sheriff
April SO, 1877
STEWART'S
ADJUSTABLE TREADLE
FOR OPERATING
Sewing Machines Without
f\4ti cj if on t.rji nr.
'PHE most, complete method of propelling
I the sewing machine. It saves four fCtha
the lahor and entirclv avoids the caus of
physical injury ; endorsed by the medical
fraternity. It can be attached to any srdfn
* r 7 Bowing rnarhfne without removing’ the
machine from the hosee. No sewing ma
chore should be used without this important
attuchment. SeDd for our ei-cnlur, which
explaina the orineinles. yfddress
NEW YORK TREDLE MFG. O,
64 Oortlandt. Bfre P t i n. Y
Tom B. Artope,
1 DEALER IN
MARBLE & 6RANITE WORK,
H AtOJTUJn KJTTB, HE el D STORES,
Box Tombs, Vases, Iron- Railing*
COPINGS, BUILDING WOKS, Etc.
Corner Jtrroi and sr.d 7 shl.r free., apporife J W. Burke It Co.’*, rear of boss & Coleman s.
MAOOIST, - GEORGIA
Orders solicited. \ j BALDWIN, Agent'at Db*B<i.
“A DECIDED ADVANCE.” X\\
y u Ages' Am*r. /«u. Fair.
WILI.CQX Ac OXBBS I
(MsAstlka Id "f every nsrkht.)
KEW
AUTOMATIC
SILENT BEWINO MACHINE.
Awarded the grand " Gold Medal of Progress" of
the American InMltnte, Nov., 1875, and tb* “ Seoti
I>‘gaey Modal." of the Franklin Institute, Oct.. 1875
No other Sewing Machine in the
World has an “AUTOMATIC TEN
SION,” or any other of the charac
teristic features of this machine.
Correspondence and investigation invited.
Wiilcox & Gibbs S. M Oo. f
(C<*. Bond St.) SBB Broadway, Nev "ork.
brown HOUSE
K. E* BROW ID A 80.%, RfoV’s
TABLE always supplied with the beat the
market afford*. Polite and attentive
porters. Oh rgr t moderate
tail.* V day at home. Agent* wanted. Outfit
*“ and terras Ire*. TKL’K A ro., Augua
ta, Maine,
11 A sP3Tll¥ PIANO & bKGA>
■Mini! Bg6llß ‘^
DA IS IP DF. BEATTY,' .
Jrr*ry, i 3 •’
Hard Times
ItdrUTEl) BY 89
ALLISON &. SIMPSON,
*- Lithbert
Prices for Dig Is«ne of tlPy Joaniai.
Randolph County Seetl Ry*
Runtiolpl. county Rust IW Oats
C It Bseoa, 9j to 10
C R buik sides, ti» 9
Biicon shoulders, 7i to 7$
Bulk Shoulders 7| to 7
< anvuss hams, I2j to 13$
Lard, best leal, 12$ to 13
A Sugar, 13 to 13$
Ex C Sugar, 12} to 13
C Sugar 11} to 12$
Coffee, best Rio, 24 to 25
Coffee, medium. 22 to 23
Bagging, 14$ to 15.
Meat, 80c
" I'ite corn, sacked 80c
XX tain'y flour, per Lbl,sG.so
family flour, per bl;I, #8.50
C heek & V\ hiteiock’s choice $9.75
bait, Liverpool, $1.65 to $1.75
It, Virginia, $2.10 to $2 35
Bgjn.t.tHHMStow.a,.
Syrup, 75 to 90
New mackerel, per kit, $1.25 to $1 75
New white sash, per kit $1.15i o $1,50
Nails, _() to -5 lbs to the dollar.
Nails by tlie keg, No 10, $3.50!
New buckwheat
Tobacco, (torn 50 to 75 ct* p er p OUBi
fanuff, best by the jar 75 cent* P
1 owder, best Orange rifle, by ,h. k.g
cents »’
Shot, $2 60 to $2.75 per sack
Avery-S plow stocks aud extra plow
points, $4.50 to $5 P
Cook stoves from sl2 to SSO
Office stoves from $8 to sls
Best axes $1
Best trace chains 6}, 10, 2, 75 s«nt9
Flow hames 50 to 75 centsperp.it
Plow linos 20 ; 0 25 cents per pare
Flow hoes in abundance from 35 els
' o $1
Heel pins 12} to 16 cents.
Flow rods 25 cents
Single trees, well ironed, 60 ets
Single tree irons 45 cts per ast:
Iron wedges, 50 cts
Andirons from $1 to $3 per pair
f'ad irons, all sizes, 8 cts per pound
Hollow ware of all descriptions, pots
ovens, spiders, etc., etc. *
Painted 2 hoop buckets, good, 2* ts
25 cen's
Good well buckets 65 te 75 cents
Well eliain°, all sizes
Tubs of all ►ises and descriptions
Iron—plow, tire, round aadoval, from
4$ to 5 cent*.
Steel—all sizes, fiom 7$ to 8 cents.
And numerous oiher Goods in tbs
Hardware Line too numerous lonian
tion. All we ask isfot those wishing
to purchase, to rail and examine our
immense stock before purchasing
elsewhere.
e will dup'icate any Bill in our
Line within two hundred miles of thia
place, freight added, and in many
ini tances rave you the freight and
ex| eure of going aud retarding, hotel
bills, etc.
Call and examine, and you will be
welcomed and greeted by a host c?
the mos accomodating young grntlfl
men this side of anywhere.
Will pay cash for meal or corn 75n
per bushel
Messrs. Brown, Hay, Gamble rnd
Toombs, cordially invite tlieir friends
tucali aud see them at the well knosn
store of
ALLISON & SIMPSON.
A'*r. 2nd Am
be found at my
Always to
ORTFI side of Conrt HousaSquare, neir
JLv the Milt. Thankful ktr the very liber* 1
patronage in year* past, I agsin respectfully
*“k a shore of the same, and assure you *»t
islcatiop'.- Watches Dlocke, Jewelry, Moiictl
Instruments, Gut.?-. Pistols and Sewing
dunes repaired. Watches damaged by
work especially solicited.
JlISm JP.ALLE.V
Old Stand,