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00!h district, J A Ray, L A Gladden; A. L. Griffin. -I lOOdtli district. J I> Boone, 13! J Hooks. James Simpson. "130th district Tlios II .Iordan, It is always safe to learn,even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct even our, \\’j[| Murphy, Gordan Smith, friends. 13$3d district, II S Jiritt, J FI — Dicks, J E Page. j Let no man presume to give ad- 131 nth district, J F Sheppoad,! vice to others 1 that has not first W G Robson, — Webster, given good counsel to himself. SEW PAPER! The first ingredient in conver sation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor,and the fourth wit. THE People’S. He is happy whose eircuinstate, cos suit his temper ; but he isi more excellent who can suit his; temper to any circumstance. First among the things to be thankful for isa thankful spirit .Some people would grumble at the accommodations in heaven if they evergot there. If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it isof a good action done as it ought to be. without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it. u THE MERCURY M V T T o JT# 100 Spring Chickens * Want parties that havo BEEF CATTLE, Glutton & Chickens to ^ell, to call on me, I will buy chickens in lots of one up to oik hundred. AUTHOR ROBERTS, Sandeisville Ga. A} i*i 1 10th 1880 1y H "a tih Last. Lost on Wodnesdny last 01st ult. between Mr. J I Pugesle^’s and Sau- dersville, or aromut Smith rsville, a double cased, eeaichtd Levii* Watch stud chain and key on the cud. KIN ION CASON. npr 8—it Washington Co. Advertisements WASH IN'liTON COUNTY St IK KICK SACKS, Will 1 *ulil lu-forethi'Court house «io.-i- in Sim- .UTSvillf bi'uvivn the usunl hours of min, mi the livst Tuesday ill May hexl tho l’olluvviijg piujxrty Your hundred acres of land tnofe or less, lying on the waters of Ilia (Icouce liver, adjoining lauds of •1 W ITukur, Ashly VYiuli, (I. S. Young mid others, levied On as tlio property of estate ol II, I . Hobson to satisfy two Superior Court li fas issued from tlio Superior Court ot said county, olio in favor of A, I. Jlaines, tidin',-, vs \v. (j. Hobson, ndm’r estate H, T. Hobson, and one in favor of .1 U Young rs W. U Hobson ndm’r out. II. I’. Hobson, property poiuteil out by pluintills attorney and legal nollee given. A, M. MAYO, sueriff. UKOltlilA— \Viishingluii County^ " Wltereus J. T. Tin.ton, CimU'dlau. iipplies tc me for letters of Dismission from tlie guardianship of .Martini Ann ha lu ll. I liese ate therefore to tile and admonish nil con cerned, to be and appear at my olliee within the time piT-cribcd by law, nr,; show cause If any they can. why said letters should not be giuntod. Given tinder my Ini ml at olliee in bandersvllle, April 1, Jsmi. 0. C. I'.HOWN, Orrty. till One great reason why the great work of reformation goes on so slowly, is because we all begin on our neighbors, and nev er reach ourselves. ONI’, OF TJIF OLDKST M ACII INKS I: COUNTRY. Tliow "ho Imvr »u*ml 'I ho IVoplc. That life is long which answers life’s great endjtlio treethat bears no fruit, deserves no name; the man of wisdom is the man of j years. Trials are moral ballast that often prevents our capsizing. When wo have much to cairy, heaven rarely fails to lit the back to tlio burden; where wo have nothing to bear wo can seldom bear ourselves. Tlio burdened vessel may be slow in reaching the destined port, but tlm vessel without ballast is in imminent danger of not reaching it at all. .... Machine if US will I ivfi f It In nil utlu. iiudAUKNTH selling II j hud it just wluit the I'KOl’I.)'. wiint. It makes the sh id tie I cl< et leh, i tins . usllv, lines t lie widest runup |nf work, iimlwlcs the bobbins withnut running the w in ks of Hie Mu lling. Write for descriptive cir culars tm I piirtlcithir In It. .!. A A. F. KUHN FUJI. Agents, J npr go lust)— Cm Wmllcy. On. Thou in,lNu a Pustmastkii. Flower Plants for Sale, l ; ine lot of Fuchsias Fine dou ble 1'lowering Geraniums, Pine lot of Gloxinias, Fine lot l ube Roses, Dolcheo- deria Tubil.lora of varied kinds and China Pinks of all the different varieties. Prices from 10 cents to #i.oo. Those line Photographs anti Ferrotypes taken still at the old stand. 1'. C. GLEN. County A lantern-jawed young man stopped nt the post-cilice recently, and yelled out: “Anything for the Wattses ?’ George Poteet, our polite post master,replied, “No there is not,’ “Anything for Jane watts “Nothing.’ “Anything for Ace Watts ?’ “No.’ “Anything for Bill Watts ?’ “No, sir.’ “Anything for Tom Watts?’ “No, nothing.’ “Anything for ‘Fool.Toe’Wntts?' “No, nor Hick Watts, nor Jim Watts, nor Sweet Watts, nor any other Watts, dead, living, unborn, native, foreign, civilized, or un civilized, savage or barbarious, male or female, white or black, franehised or disfranchised, natur alized or otherwise. No, there is positively nothing for any of the Wattses, either individually, sever ally, jointly, now and forever, one and inseparable. The boy looked at the postmas ter in astonishment, and said : “Please look if there is anythin for .Jhon Thomas Watts.’—Mex ico Ledger. NAMES OF JUSTICESHIP THE PEACE AND TUElli DIS TRICTS. 88th District, — Jackson. 89th district, Wilson shealey, 90th district, 91st district, Wm.Davis. 92d district, w P smith, 93d district, R T Pounds, 04th district, J I Davis, 95th district, w L Brown, 96th district, w (J Duggan, 97th district, R M Brown, 98th district, Geo E Franklin, 99th district, A J veal, xOOdth district, A II irawick, 13(>th district, James Barron, i253d district, W M English, i3i5th district, S E Blount Hoard of 1 ion. Educa- Proprietor PUBLISHED BY FOR SALE al Jmig&ifg Store Ck lil'.i'He 1 a—\\ tisiiliigtou county. Whereas, w. 11 Anust roiia, Jr., iipidies fur per manent letters of AiliuiiilHtriittou im ;tlii* cstn.e uf \V. l-I. Armstrong, sr.. lulu of sulci uuiinty.iU'cuiingil. These mi 1 tlii'iiTiui! to i lto nml iiilimmlsli nil per sons cougurui'il, to bu uml iippi'iirat my olliee with in tin' time pi'csi ilbi d by imv, uml show cuttsc if tiny they have, \v liy suicl letters sliuulil not be grtin- tcil. Given limit r my huiulut olliee in .mi- ilersvllle, this April 1.1c,si). 0,1', Ui.uWN, Ortl'y. (i i'Si'ltui A W’nsHtigfdl) C y'untV. I.uliuiti Mallard Imiii.g upplieii to mo to have lYhy Jordan. miie r uiplinn of Kitty Jordan, tfc- eetisi'il, b unci to iter. I hose lire thereioie to cite till persons concernocl to slum eniise, If tiny tliey luvu, why tlio until Mi nor should not I e liouinl out. i lie Miiue will be heiii'il nt my olliee. Ill Handers- ville. nt lo oYloek n. in , April 13, lsstt. at c. c. nnowx, ortl'y. gKoiIGIA- -Wiisiiingum County. Wliercus, M. e. M .n il, ben., Ailtn’r on ostnto of II. .lolmson. ilee’il iipplies to me lor loiters ut Dis mission from Mild osiuto. These uni tliei'eH ri' lo rite uml uilmonish ull per- souu-eoiieei'iKtl. to be uml up)etif at my olliee with in tlio lime proscribed by luw, uml show reuse, jf any they have, why Mild letters shun.cl nut be gran- t il. Given miller iiiv Immlat olliee in Simdersvillo this March HI, l.ssO. O. C. HltUVVN, uril’y, 11 l .oi.G IA—n'usliiiigaui County. Whereas, Coleman .,. Cringle. Guardian, applies for letters ot Diamissiou limn the UiiiirUlmmlitpof Anna 3’. lie berson. minor or'ptriiii ol Hubert Itoh- etsOll, lie. eiiM'd. I lie-e me tlielelbro to cite uml admonish ull unil lllgu.iir tlie klmlroil uml ereilltors ot suitl deceased, In lie imil uppeiiriit myi lll « within tlie time pre sents d by iuw uml allow itiuso it uny they have, w hy siild’li'tu'i's slioulil not be gruntod. (iivon miller my lniml ut ollleo in Miudersvllle, this April 1st, lKSO. c. c. intoW.N, ord’y. opf’ 4/ X GOTO The Board of Education will meet in the Court House in San-; dersvillo on the lirst Tuesday in: May at 10'J o’clock, for the trails action of business. Trustees arc requsted to notify the Board cith er iu person or by letter of the number of schools required, and names of Teachers recommended for positions in their several sub- Districts. All persons having bus iness with the members of the Board can meet them at the time designated, By order of MACON WARTliEN, President, Ho It ATIO N. 1101.1 FlEI.I), Secretary. */nin of For \ iolins, Accodeons, Bows, (Strings, Rosin Boxes, Nr. Buy Impreve Weed Jernigan & Scarborough, SEWING MACl ilNE. only .v,:'T work warranted 'till' LA 7 KST 0 UT, 117 Til A /. /. ATTACH MUSTS, STYLE UK i. CUT. FOR SALE liV «sJ ®x?nigan Sandkksvu.i.k, Ga. April iOth 1880 The Board of Health will visit tlie private and public lots and surroundings, at an early day, for the purpose of examining tlie same and recommending to Mayor and Council such action as is then thought best. All persons are hereby notified to have till tilth of every kind, that will endanger the health of the City, removed by that time, or, tin! Board of Health will re commend it done by Council at t>ceu pa n t’s ex pense. By order of Board of Health. Wm. GA LLAI1ER, See.t’y. At Sandersville, "Washing ton County Ga, every Satur day. The Kercury Old Meltable Wishing to inform tlie citizens of Washington and adjoining counties that having again open ed a first class BOOT AND SHOE SHOP. I am prepared to furnish my old customers and as many new ones as may come with boots and shoes of tlie best stock that can be bought and at prices as low as tlie “Butchers.” I am new receiving my Summer styles and samples, and die citizens are invited to call and examine my stock and new fixtures be fore making other arrangement for summer shoes, bine Boots Shoes and Gaiters made on short notice, also i guarantee a lit or no sale. Repairing ddne with neatness and dispatch all not to cut in the eye, bind under the arms nor pinch around the toes, 1 low sill blow vi* gentle |j|vt£pji f All uinul.g I ho k'UVeK Tt ithhcs, Sii.g uli Hug ye heavenly muwh, Vtliiie l wieiid your boots uiuj slioicn. Call at North corner public square, up stairs, sign Premium Boot Shop. 13. C. MOLT, Agt. apr 3—2111 Hoot and Shoe v.:.' a? • O he O 'S P. ROAD COMMISSIONERS. 88th Dist. W E Martin, Dr. J S Wood, Joseph Jackson. 89th Dist. Dr G L Mason, J A Hunt, Abraham Wood. 90th Dist. Jus H Palmer, R 0 A Hodges, M L Jackson. 91st district, S H 13 Massey, R. G Lindsey, J 11 Hartley. 92d districJ, Dr G W Salter, J W Welch, W P Smith. 93d district, D G Watkins, J F Tanner, M A Joiner. 94th district, O H P Beall, J 13 Newsom. N J Jordan. 95th district, W H Harrison, G N Prince, Ellis Johnson. 9Gth district, John L Garner, J J Brown, J W Harrison. 97th district, E W Rawlings, J It N Walden, win Martin, 98th district, A L Cullen W A Smith, W D Rains. \\ ill be devoted to Literature, Science, Agriculture and Gen eral Intelligence. It will contain all the latest News of Wash ington and adjoining Counties. WATCHES, CLOCKS and JEWELRY , REPAIRED BY Jernigan. msHs»masiaiT«grj;A;^s>t?^i?ag;'aHg,.taESi3aK^s«ii Rates of Subscription. G. A. REINHART respect fully informs the citizens of Washington and adjoining coun ties, that hi! has opened a Boot and Shot; shop in Sandersville, next door tp Pringle & Orr’s store on Bayne's street, where lie respectfully solicits the patron age of tlio ladies and gentlemen. All work done in tlie best style and of the beet material, apr 3—2m L W. McCARTY. Tki Duly FIRST CLASS FAINTER IN YOUR SPEC T A C L E S, FROM One Year, ,1.50 Cash in advance. On hand and fur Sale SPEOTA GLEE, NOSE CLASSES, die. 'ILL work for anybody tha LygfJ feels disposed to pay a rca sonablc price fora good job. THE AUGUSTA STORE Jernigan, has nice new Jew* elry, Clocks, and Sewing Machines for sale cheap.