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. THE MEWENGKR. Jr\ - . N A r IKK, Editor. LAFAYETTE, GA, March 17,1881 | ltuck Creek. The Grand Jury that served our County week btforc last was com jmsed of able lain. With A. A. Simmons as foreman, they dispatch ed their business promptly and thoroughly. The presentments were short and business like. Fa miliar as they are to our renders there is hut one point in them we wish to speak of —the recommends tion as to a bridge acr ss Duck ( reek Coming as they do, fresh from the people, representing the whole County and reiterating the senti ment of two proceeding Grand Ju ries, the recommendation is forci ble. Tax-payers as they are, they feel that their fellow tax-ptyers will sustain them in nsking the Commissioners to have the bridge at that point built. It is n danger ous ford. Two lives have been lost there, and any one attempting to croes there in high water is liable to be carried down by the current. It has the strong claim of being on the main thoroughfare that runs through the largest valley in the Co. It is a leading mail route, and once bridged, there can be no interrup tion of the mail service by high ..water. There nre times when time is life, and the loss of it death. There are times when it is all im- portiynt to reach the friendly aid of a physician. A bridge across n stream like that is a requirement of modern civilization, and one which wo trust our worthy Commissioners will meet. We have faith that the people wiil sustain them heartily in the step. There nno important stream in the county that can bo bridged so cheaply, Mortgages. The credit system of Georgia is *t> indulgent and free, that the question of securing debts by mortgages, is one that is of great interest to creditors. The homestead of ourstate affords a hiding place for debtors, which has a tendency to increase the number of mortgages, ar.d gives —— additional ground for securing debt by mortgage, either on personal, or real property, or on both. In taking a mortgage, the first questing is: what is a mortgage? A mortage is a security for a deb/, but passes no title to the property mortgaged. In other words, the mortgaged property, if otherwise unincumbered, is subject to the debt, to secuie the payment of which it was given. The next question is, in what form shall the mortgage be? No particular form is necessary, that is, it is not necessary that each mortgage should bo clothed in the same language, leaving out names, dates and amounts, yet there are certain things that every mortgage must contain, or which should ap pear on the face of every instru ment purporting to be a mortgage. First, the creation of a lien must be clearly indicated. What is a Hen? A lien is a legal right in one person to hold, and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satis fied. In each mortgage this right must clearly appear. The instrument roust “clearly specify the debt to secure which” the mortgage is given. Specify, in this sense, means to designate any thing in words, so as to enable any one to distinguish it from other things by sight when seen and this must he done without any mixture of uncertainty. The instrument must, also, give such description of the property upon the mortgage is to take effect, that the property mortgaged can easily be distinguished from other property, or else it will be void on account of uncertainty. The mortgage “must be executed in the presence of, and attested by, or uppioved before a Notary Public, or Justice of any court in this State; or a clerk of the Superior Court, and by one other witness, if on real property, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court, within three months from it 6 date." It is perfectly safe to take and hold a mortgage without having it recorded, provided; the mortgager does not give another person a mortgage upon the same property, fir if the second mortgage is recorded within the time allowed by law, and is taken without notice of the first, the firet will be post poned to all other liens created or obtained or purchases made prior to the actual record of the mort gage. Mortgages may ho safely taken oa property that is hou.e.-teadi d under the Constitution of 1877. 1 provided the mortgager is worth 1 over three hundred dollars in property either than household and kitchen furniture, an t provisions, fiat is, the properly not waived, must consist of household and kitchen furniture and provisions, which cannot be waived. If the mortgager will waive and renounce the homestead, and has sufficient property over and above the prop erty ntiove named, and will mort gage the latter with waiver of home stead, the mortgage is us secure with the incutnherance of homstend as without it. In few words persons who wisli to secure debts by tuking mortgages, will profit, and often save useless litigation, by properly executing mortgages, and recording them at once. It may net be amiss to add that it is a crime in Georgia, to sell or j trade mortgai c 1 property. In the Code of 1873, section, 4000, pat* 1 830, we find the followings: “No j person after having executed a mortgaged deed to personal prop erty shall be permitted to sell or 1 otherwise dispose of the same with 1 intent to defraud the mortgagee, unless the consent of the mortgagee be first obtained, before payment of the indebtedness for which the mortgage deed was executed, and if any person shall violate the pro visions of this section, and loss thereby is sustained by the holder of the mortgage, the offender shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine in double the sum, or debt, which said mortgage was given to secure; and upon failure to pay the fine immediately, the person so convicted shall bn im prisoned in the common jail for a period of not less than six months or more than twelve.” Men sometimes hide wrong be hind pretended right, and the object and end of law and right nre defeated. How harmoniously would the affairs of this w( rid together, if all would do right. Zenas. Letter From Ohio. Since my last letter I have made a trip tbrt ugh portions of West Virginia, Mary land,and Pennsylva nia, returned home on the morning of March 3d. —- J—.was very much pleased with the country through tyfiich I pussed, and the people I met. I must say that the farmers of Maryland and Pennsylvania are practical farmers. Their lands nre in a high state of cultivation. No fields turned to the commons. No briars and sprouts along their fences, but fino grnsses and healthy look ing wheat right up to the fence. Every one in cultivation is made to repay the farmer for all labor and money expended thereon. I could but contrast the stato of affairs there with that of North Georgia, Farmers of North Geogia! you have a country whose naturnl advantages equal, and in many respects are superior to many parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania. All you need is the sarao principle of farming applied. Ten acres properly fer tilized and cultivated is worth twenty acres under your old primi tive process. Maryland and Penn sylvania farmers are yearly im proving their lands by their system of farming, whileyou are yearly im poverishing yours by the primitive scratching process. Cultivate less, plow deep, manure heavy, cultivate thoroughly, and you will be sur prised to see the result. I know I am not capable of giving advice from practical experience, but am stating facts from general observa tion. And although it has been said by some one of your renders, that I had no right to be writing and dictating to Georgia farmers, still I propose to write a letter oc casionally by request of many of your subsciibers. And I don’t want your readers to think that I propose to dictate. I only have my opinions based upon observation; on the experience of practical farmers. I am interested in the general progress and welfare of the people, of Georgia, and would like to see (and hope to) her advanced in her fanning interest equal to any other State, for when the farmers are prosperous, all branches of business flourish in like proportion. Now, friends and farmers, you that have limestone land, burn ynurlimeetone and get them out of your way, and spread the lime over yonr fields, plow deep and make good deep j soil, and gather and apply every thing of a fertilizing nature and see if you can equal, yes, excel many of your Northern neighbors in farming. I spent Sunday, February 27th, in Frederick City, Nd., and to while away the day, walked over the old Morocacy buttle field. The Con- I federate dead have been removed to the cemetery. There lies a long row of Georgia's ions. The 4th, 12th, 13ih, 18th, 21a»r 2Glh, 31st, 38lh, 60th mid 61st Georgia, I re member seeing represented there. ] noted hut two names of the 60th, which are John Langford and Wm. Coleman. Many are marked un known. A marble slab marks the head of each in a beautiful ceme tery. Accept thatika for late copies,of the Messenger. With many good wishes to all your readers. I am respectfully, T. A Cooper. Athens, O, March 17, 1881. BARTOW COUNTY. Dear Messenger: Last week we stood on the summit of a mount in your county, gazing into a crystal stream which sprang from a crevice of a massive rock. It crept silently at first, as if fleeing from the dark earth, which had so long hid it ] from the outer world. Hut as in teres ting space increased, it expre-e ed its delight by a gurgling laugh as it bounded faster and faßter over the stones snd pebbles which lie in its course to the nearest descending point of ttie eminence, and i*s joy by reflecting trancendent rays of light from its rippling silvery form. Nowon the verga of a percipitate rock, it moves slowly and gently, seeming to admire the beautiful McLemore's cove an 1 valley below. It lingers hut a moment, and leaps down the precipice to rocks below, repeating the sent down, down, till at the bese of the height, it resumes a more placid form, rolling slowly as if contented to linuer forever in the fertile valley, hut meeting com rades who have more or less daring feats to relate, they murmer to gether and are loßt to our view. Like the stream, the attractive val leys below bids us descend, hut in a less hazardous manner, and still like the stream when below we al most felt contented to remain for ever, and who would not? If a far mer, the black fertile soil, not sur passed in the State, should con vince him that it is a land of plenty; hut if sceptical he has but to enter the barnyards of the owners where forage doors stand open totlie cat tle, calves in the shuck houses, turkeys in ajjj hogs reel ing with fatness, will surely result ! in convincing him. Jiut before lie j departs we ask him to visit the dining room, and —well we advise him not to taste every dish —for too surely will sickness follow over eating. Your professional men never seem content with a comfort:.b'e present, and fortunate future. That is all. except one class. Your Court was in session, and it appeared as if the virtues of your people bid that class, the lawyers seek a field of labor elsewhere. So they are doing—we refer to Hon. J. C. Clements, who stepped from your province of tranquility, witli a soul hrimlull of love tor his State, to a field where such noble char acteristics as ho posesses havo long boen in demand. We Hartownians in the future will always open our doors to such excellent persons. If you have any' more send them to the front. We were highly pleased with your readers, your county — and not least, yourself—because all seemed to bear good fruit. Within your limits we met Miss Lavinia Gholston, one of our most lovely and accomplished roung ladies. Warn your readers to lessen their attractions, that her visit may not be prolonged. We are now in a pleasant valley at home—greatly rewarded for our visit to your county. Thank you, kind Editor, for indulging us, and ! promise our return only when you can infurm us that odd would be j even. Rufus Oror. KOTli: I’KK CS: Veal A Son, Jewelers. i Gold American ..even; 850.00 1 Ladies Gold Watches 20.00 j Gents’ Silver American Le vers 10.00 1 Gents’ Silver Swiss 8.00 : Gents’ Nickel American 8.00 Gents’ Plated Swiss 5.00 Composition Swiss 3.00 Seth Thomas Clocks, fine 5.00 | Plain Mantle Clocks 4.00' Medium Good Clocks 3.00 ! Common Clocks 1.00 j Fine Gold Opera Chains 20.00 Solid Silver Teaspoons, per sett 5.00 j Solid Silver Forks, per sett... 12.00 j Silver Plated Teaspoons, per sett 1.00 ! Silver Plated Tablespoons, per sett 2.00 Double Lined Violin, Bow and wood case 5.00 Solid Silver Thimbles, (name engraved on) 50 Heayy Solid Gold Wedding 1 Rings, (names engraved)... 5.00 1 Stationary and Portable E gines, Gins, Saws, Corn Mills & Cotton Presses, A Specialty. 13. £| o US, (EllTTAnooui, - - TENNESSEE. R. P. MOORE. J - p - McMILLIN, JR MOORE & M C M ILLIH, DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, SOAPS, PEBFUMEBY, Toilet Articles and Fancy Stationery, Also Southern Agents tor nu.ujt brothers mixed paints, 22.1 £Wav L hct ftijeet, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. * C. SUXDQUIST. P. BKNGTON, Manager. A. T.. PETBRSON. The Sundquist Manufacturing Company., Manufacturers and dealers in all hinds of FURNITURE, MATTRESSF.S, PILLOWS, EIIIED RKM’S CARRIAGES, METALLIC EASES A.\D WOODEN COFFINS, Rock I3ottom Price®, Orders from a distance filled promptly. No*. 162 and 164 Market Street. t'll ATT A N OOGA, TEX N ESSEE. O. JL. MOROSS CO., GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, —AESO DEICERS IN DR. PENDLETON & CO.’S Cu’tno and Phosphate. THOMPSON & EDWARDS Raw Rone Phosphate. WALTON, \VRANN & CO. Ceiehraied Plow Strand Guano ALSO FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. Chattanooga, Toms. : MaPBMMMMMIMnBMinU-WMaDDiMWJra" MWII IHI IMMIWDjIO»TrOTII VECKTABLS K(S| A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY tef For Internal and External Uce, Is a 6USE CURE fcr all the Disease* for which It Is recommended, a-j Is ALWf.N S PLHFECTLY SAFE In tho hands of jdjSfrytf.i "if. ■ • • :*■ even thy most Inexperienced persons, p it is » «*nre ard quirk remedy for COUGHS* SORE THROAT, Cillkl.S* tsi:id!wr troubles: affords •»>«<««< relief I,; \ Rhl in the most rr::h>.o*' / r*u .-f DTPUTUEUIA, find is Ilia b«»t R' l.novtu remedy so” ltilM' 'ii-\TIS3I aud Mll'lfALGlA. fjPlml THE OLDEST, td I,&M FZOST WIDELY KNOWN | ft |& FAMILY MEPiCINE IN THE WORLD. |W It bus tooTi »r»c*d v.’illi Mich rcnderffil suncem in all |(2'\ part* the uorhl i r ('RAMi’S, dTOLEItA* DlillUHCtA, Mi wta \Wt\\ 2j*|&Ki dysentkuy, *n.i .-i huwel co.>it.laints. a* u « 1 Bh caneiderfU an urfailian r» for theee di*e ut*. 1 Slj 1(1 TM. HAS STOOD THE TEST OF CONSTANT i , S\» Mt USE !IS ALL CCTRIES AND CLIMATES. i B §fLltS»r3fc*P It is KECODIRrT:MIJ2U> by rhysirtaae* Missionaries* I [B •'2* fcfiJf.i, Ministers* rtlauuurm of Flnatulious* U ork-Miaps, **-<» ■2 2a 'Six's BSk'- Fnctortea, Nurse, in liespituls-it short, by Lrsry.;t»dy H/ffl Kt'.f evorruhrro who ban ever glvan it a triaL II iffi PH IT 13 WITHOUT A RIVAL AS A LINiIHEHT. i iy It should always ta used for ruin in the Hock and Ultle* 1 is 822® and &#■*«.;* fptedy and permanent relief in All CtTMS of ll:ui»es, ' i 2."' U ■*7 tremjfj Cuts* Sprains* Severe llnrns* Scalds* ©to. V *?, JItESI NCV MJIII.V CAN SAFKI.Y BE WITHOUT IT. It vSC 4N . - - '-v* annually smc many t me» its cost. tn u view* billa, and x*A jrk* fflfrwww brink** it yrithin r< t»* !i of all. It lo sni 1 a*. £.»c. jOc.aac. Si. JC UTilliO Crnfm* a i-otile,and can l* oUnineu from all oru^h-istß. PERRY DAVI3 & 3QM, Frovfdencc, R. 1. F;opri atari MUNSON WAOON COMPANY j MANUFACTURERS OF Farm & \A/APfl^ n in I Spring nnUUnu 9 Peter Henderson’s I j * . ! ■ COMBINED CATALOGUE OP 1 Buggies & Phaetons. j WE DO NOl WANT AGENTS! | *J WE OFFER OUR B o ar Grounds In I STANDARD TRADE VEHICLES } I mA mnr tvo a tvp I ° ,,r Grceiihouwei* for Plant* B 1U lllL IjhAJDL* I B(eoverius: 3 acre* in glasa) 9 arc B 1 Btl&o largent In America. ! Work that has an established ropula- IPETER HENDERSON i CO. | tion, and that can be handled with sat- || 35 Corilandi Street, New York. g| iofaction, both to buyer and seller. yagonißß3atl^jra!ff:tgzr?KiiaßSPlgi Send for designs and prices to ; » a«.hi.w..i«l .a.p»Tm«Jo ROBINSON WAGON CO.. ! 1 Cincinnati, o. i • NOTICE ! asrOTIC E3 ! rf'j'liaiijK© in Kusiiies^j -li Til K- Bail | o o n! B a| l\filHr oonl Ball , oon! On end after Jana* »ry I*l, ISfx. 1 x j*l i, i* my enure stocu of IHiV CittOSIS a i rtsmnw< iricpK (n iKNiire a Kpffiiviaif. This sale will he E * „,(*! YELYgFOR CISIS ORRAYIt- ABIiH PAPER, WITHOIT A\ EXCEPTION. Country merchants w ilt do well to took orer’these har&ai»K before making their purchases. I'in<!ia’i£ my ~~ The SEWING MACHINE DEPARTMENT.’ ! v '’cw--..-'---V* ¥■ ©rowing: so rapidly lam EtlWo pip. ui compelled lohave more room. FiW<i 4- . - , , . ! r . -a -rZ*"- a>>( 1,1 10-.accompllsh this have decided to close out jf \ I \ ,M y Dry Ciioods and bring the /wW«4p4 SBW,H« UtCUIVES l. (be front. In this announcement I will take occasion to mention the'Sewing Machine, which I offer for cash or on the installment plan. Prices and payments to suit the purchaser. Before buying a Sewing Machine call and examine the largest stock and greatest variety' in the State. The White, Domestic, FJili idge, Household, Reining ton, St. John, Weed,sVietor, American, tUsover At Raker, Wilcox A t»ihbs, Wautzer, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson. From the above assortment the most fastideous can b(‘pleased. Prices ! from $lO to SGO. lam using the Elcetsior Needle which is the best I Sewing Machine Needle made. Cheap needles don’t pay. Mr. Barrett, I a first-class'machinist, is in my employ, making repairs to please all who try him. Bring forward your old machines and have them re I built, or exchange for new ones. parties indebted to me for Dry Goods' will confer a favor by 1 calling early and paying up. All accounts not settled by cash or note i before March Ist, 1881, will be turned over to an officer for collection. Thanking tny numerous friends and customers for their liberal patronage during the last seven years, I trustjthat they may feel inclined to avail themselves of this closing out and make my loss their gain. Respectfully, H.H.SOUDER. February 30th,' 188 S, I will increase lintterick’s Paper Pattern Department to four times its present size, thus affording tny numerous patrons a better opportunity than heretofore enjoyed of i having all the Latest Styles, for all ages and sizes as soon as they are I brought out. H, H. SGOBER. XXXIJp ortant To the Citizens of North Georgia. J. J 5. PYRON, Proprietor of the “GREAT ONE PRICE CASH EMPORIUM,” 305 ami 307 Market Street, CAHTTAXOOCIA, - TEXXESSEE; has been for several years earnestly engaged in building up and perfecting bis “EMPORIUM,” and has now firmlyrestablished his One Price Cash System of doing business. So that when the people of the various sections adjacent; to Chattanooga come into trade,Rlrey can buy goods just as cheaply as the mo s o pert “city shopper.” o Tlie One Emporium Exhibits for the Fall and Winter of ISBO, a Mammoth Stock of DRY HOODS, CLOTm.Hk, SHOES, HATS, SHIRTS, XOTIOAS CARPETS, PREACH MILLIN ERY ami DRESS MAKIXCf. The largert stock by far ever shown in Chattanooga. 'The entire building (3 stories high) being tilled io its utmost capacity. Whenjyou want to buy goods at Rock Bottom Prices, and in a store where old and yonne, rich and poor, are sold at exactly the same,prices,'without a i exception. Go to I J. B. PYRON, 305 mill 307 Market Street, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. . S. Especial attention paid toTilling orders.