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Editor. Publisher A Job Printer’ TLRMS. — One Dollar per Year. Sixty Cents for Six Months. IS PUBLISHED ON EVERY WEDNESDAY, WatkiOsville. Ga., May 19,1880. Entered at the Post Office at W^ffehiSvilie Ceorgia, as SECOND CLASS MATTER. TOWN DIKECTOUY, B. E. THRASHER, Intendant. COUNCILS EN. Wm.A. Wnodt-, James Mauldin, I>r. D. M. Thomas Booth, John W.Johnson. Cunty ) 3»J s. H. M. JACKSON, Judge County CDUrt. JAM EG B. LYLE, Ordluaij, JNO. W. JOHNSON, Clerk Supe "rior Court and Tax Collector. B. E. OVERBY, SlierifT and T:ik Receiver. THOMA-S : BOOTH, Countv Treas tWVr. JAMIES Wm. E ELDER, County Surveyor. MAL[LDIN, Goroaer. Court Calendar, Western Cir¬ cuit of Georgia. ALEX. S. ERWIN, Judge. A. T. MITCHELL, Solicitor-Gen. OCONEE—Fourth' Mondays in January and July. JACKSON—First Moudaysin Feb¬ ruary and August. }.WVi;fON—'M.ird Mondays in Feb¬ ruary, and August. GWINNETT—First Mondays in March and September. IIALL—Tnird Mondays in llaich ar.d September. PANICS -— First. Mondays in April anil October. . FRANKLIN—Second Mondays in April and October. ItAMBERSHAM—Third Mondays iu April and October. HA !>UN —Fouith Mondays in April and October. WHITE—Monday after the Fourth Mondays in April and October. CLARKE—Second Mondays in May and November. f:ii'nc.n a ISUCTOJIV. • : ;Tv'jh south. ? , W .YTKINSVILf E. lit Salduuh,,.. ..Rev. •!?(’. Johnson, 2nd “ . . . “ W. .1. Cotter, 4th “ ...... “ Dr. MeCleskey FARMINGTON. 2d Sabbath... Rev. Mr. Wortham, 4th “ ...... “ W, J. Cotter, SALEM. ist Sabbath.. Rev. E. F. Anderson, fid “ “ IV. J. Cotter. TIGNEIRS, 1st Sabbath.... Ilev. W. J. Cotter. POWELLS MILLS. -2d Sabbath. ...Rev. W. J. Cutter. VEAL’S CHAPEL, fid Sabbath.... Rev. W. J. Cotter. FLAT ROCK. fid Sabbath,3 p,m. Rev. \V r . J. Cotter. 4th “ — .Rev. FT. F. Anderson, RAY’S. fid Sabbath .. Rev. K. F. Anderson, 4th “ .... “ W. .I. Cotter. PRINCETON & GA. FACTORIES. 1 st Sabbath.... IR v. W. J. Cotter, 2d “ .. “ Mr. Wortham. Rev. J. .T. Morgan alternate?, at each, i’otier. place, regularly, with Mr. BAtTisx cHruomcs. MARS HILL 1st it fid Sabs., Rev. II R. Bernard. OSCEOLA. 4th Sabbath, ...... Rev. Jno. Harris. FHEMANS’ CREEK. 1st Sabbath, Rev. W- A. Overton fid. “ “ A. A. Fluker. IlETlIA'lULA. 1st Sabbath, .... Rev. J. W. Butt:;. BIG SPRING. 4 Sabbath Ilev. J. \Y Dennington. PRIMITIVE BAPTIST cUVUvUES. MT. ZION. 4th Sunday, Eld U. M. McEfi-oy. BIG CREEK. 4lli Sunday. Eld. Aldman. CKBISIIA.Y i HI .;. iTJ.s. ANTIOCH. 1st Sunday, Eld. J. A. i UNION. 2d Sunday. Fid. T. M. r. GOSHEN MILL GRANGE, Tdoqls on the first Tin - I: y. of each month, at the Court |iuu*v. :n \\ at kiusAilie, x '/« the IV/c-A ,f (-cut UP cur.xi \ i: From a promise marie A retofore ■ Ii vr n ii ' delate ft*.- Repri'scntntivc. marl r-to J*. M. S HEATS. r-i the ftthln. y. — • Voters will support Mr, W. Y ELD R. a- u candidate for tic Lcgi* ur, it the . n- .ing election. MANY VolELS. TOTES. VfatkinsTllle and Surrounding County Itera^f tlatliored by Advance Reporters. Quite dusty. The nights 'nre [cool. . Crops are looking grassy. Spring chickens are scarce. The fishing mania is prevalent. Let us have a railroad boom. See [call for Board of Education. The “Lazy Club” in full blast again *y- See notice of Exemption of Personal Last Monday was the regular Ses¬ sion day of our County .Court. The Spring fights have opened! Gen¬ tlemen and fellotv citizens! If it is a free free fight count us out! -— The Athens District conference will be held at Watkinsville, July 7tb, embracing the second Sabbath. Wheat in the lower section of Oconee county is better than we first expected. Fall oats are also looking well. Miss Evie Jackson, of Athens, after spending several days in her native village, returned home last week. Jt is thelieighthof extravagance aud fyfiy hide it t° with invest in agold neck button, tie, and then a ten cent so iho Colonel says. The third quarterly meeting, for tho Watkinsville circuit, will be held at Salem, on Saturday (Tune. and Sunday, the 19th and 20th of Mrs. Ashford, wife of our friend, Mr. Cloin Ashford, called on us last week, in company with Mr. A. and several of the school Misses. Of the most lovely delegations at the Miy convention, our little town sent as fail- representatives, iu the per sen of Misses May Richardson and Lizzie Cotter. A young man in town says, that he would like to dance a few “sets” hut he doesn’t want any “shad-tail” coats, white vests, or white kids, in liis any moie. The Gcshcn Hill, Sabbath School celebration will hold its annual picnic at that place on May tke 29th. A good time is anticipatedand a jovial welcome to those who attend. , If it requires thirty five -.op, lubpY ing hard with a seine 150 fp to catch seventeen pounds one day, hew many minnows e^ e jAttle hoy catch in the branch w ith a dip-net ! Several long articles appearing in our columns to-day, necessitates the leav¬ ing out several locals and other comuni cations. We would ask our, friends to please send in their favors ’ by Satur¬ day’s mail to insure prompt insertion. The President arrived in town, for the purpose of ro -organizing the ‘-lazy club,” but a citizen, whose qualifica¬ tions for the office were superior, had superceded him. The present incum¬ bent cau sleep standing,' Gur trip to Farmington was crowded out of this issue. Suffice to say, we had the pleasure of meeting many of our friends, and return thanks to Mrs. Bart Middiebrooksfor one of the best vegetable dinners we have seen for a long time ; consisting in part of po¬ tatoes, beans, and in fact, vegetables of most every kind. Tho beaus were posi ;ively the first of the season. Now is the time to subscribe to IiiU i Advance. Only 81 a year. COUNTY NEWS. NEWo NOTES FROM OOR KEOU EAR CORRESPONDENTS. ' Our „ County „ , „ Tawas, and , Surrounding „ \..la S e 5 -What Wo Are Doing Mat.ara and Things Lacom gail y No ted. Slioif^joi ktia 11 s iaT' 1 'iYes local Points from H%h Bboafe and Surrounding Section. __ C,,tn,i) " o ras *y. •' Warm anj dry. Wheat will be a failuy-. • n Gats „, „„„ are , being . ruined . by met. t Mr. Ike Lowe has been quite sick, A piano tuner can find a job ' in this neighborhood. " ' Mr. ii. M. W hitehead has been quite unwell for several days. Marbitt h. (’onally’s wife has been very sick for some rime. Friends •, Jim Allgood and L uac Os inent are through cotton chopping. Dr. I . Jackson has the grassiest cot ton patch in the District* More help 1 ueeJed, daekr, A B. Jackson says lie bad a field of oats that fas fine a few days ago, that w not head. one ot our best citizens, Mr. Sanford heafih Moiidavauormng, be undhif ^ Jam. - weiu «Sm luw-nevs and on their return In '■ auplained ot feeling dead or numb. Jimmie advised him to walk, but he found that he was not able to irei out of die buggy, lie soon lost his -[joeih, H tng^ e’.ra v.d L. live.1 tid U ' V1H h f ! b ' on Saturday. , v 1 eaee to “ , LIBERTY. The Vicinity of Liberty—The Southern Portion of Oconee County. Fine weather. Farmers are slaying tho grass. Cotton and corn looking fiourishing < Mr. F. P. Griffith has a brag trotting horse. Some fields of corn will average half log high, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Jackson have to Madison county to see thuir sick Mrs. Geo. EberhSrt who is ill. Mr. G. E. Grttfeth hiyed a swarm of the other day, forty feet above the ground, the highest bee-hive we ever seen [Communicated.] Ma. Editok. —I had the exquisite of attending a Sabbath School May. It at Liberty on tho first of was a memorable and a most ehjoyable occasion, and all present to join in the mirth and festivi¬ of the day. The school room was simply beautifully splendid.' and the singing was Mrs. Wat. Ray also gave us some nice instrumental music. Mr. James Willoughby made us a humorous speech in which he gave the trials and tribulations of his first trip, in his early boyhood days, to Augusta. It was indeed amusing, aud we learn that lie designs writing it out for the columns of the Advance- We also had a splendid dinner, of viands that would tempt an epicure. It was indeed au occasion to he long rcmcm bered by all present. Q. AIT ESSAY. The Influence of Woman. The following essay was read at the Goshen Ilill Lodge, Knights of the Seven Pillars, by Miss Mat tie Veal: No thoughtful student of human higtory, who has marked the rise, establishment, and fall of nations. can over-look the influence oi woman in shaping and determining the_ position destines is the of key man. the Her know¬ social to ledge of a nation’s greatness—the exact measure of refinement, cul¬ tivation, and moral altitude pertain¬ ing to a people or an ago. There may be a question as to what constitutes tho true, legitimate sphere of woman, as there may be a question as to what constitutes a nation’s glory; but there can .tot be a doubt as to a mother's influence over her son, or tho paramount agency which woman wields in the exaltation or debasement of her offspring, in elevating a people to the meridian splendor of ' mi perishable her renown, or in sinking race to tho lowest depths of unutterable shame and depravity. Well then, when woman revels is obtain dissipation and pleasure can man the blessing of noble man hood ? Never. As woman des¬ cends in the scale of nnrality and intelligence, later, follow. iqan will, sooner or And since woman’s happiness depends so entirely qpqn man, I would urge my sisters, if only from selfish motives, to exert their influence in behalf of all that is noble and elevating, Of the worst foes that V.-omcn has ever had to encounter, wine stands at t the head. The appetite fof strong drink in man has spoiled the lives of more women—ruined more fortunes hopes for thorn, scattered more for them, brought to them more shame, sorrow and hardship—than any othej; evil that lives. The country numbers tens of thousands of women who are widows to day, because their husbands have been slain by strong drink. There are hundreds of thousands of homes scatered all over the land, in which women live lives of torture, going through all between the changes of suffering that lie the extreiqes of fear and despair, because those whom they love, love wine better than they do the woman they have sworn to love. There are women by thousands who dread to hear at the door the step that once thrilled them witI , p] e asure, because that step has learned to reel under the influence of the seductive poison, There are women groaning with pain, \. hilo we read these words. fl ,, m bruises and brutalities inflict* Y 1 J"‘*bands toady mad by . J l)er he ® c;ln 11Q ™nggeca lion vn any statement made in re g‘ ll 'd to this matter, because no human imagination can create anything worse than the truth, and ! truth. >o pen is Tho capable sorrows' of portraying and' the horrors ot a , yife wit h a drunken husband, or a mother with a drunken aon are iiS n °f the °f 1,plJ as can be reaphed . tn this world, 1 at least, iho shame, the the sorrow, the sense of disgrace for herself and her children, the poverty —the fear unfrequeutly and the fact the beggary of violence. tlie lingering life-long struggle and despair of countless women with drunken husbands, are enough to * a ‘ l ke all women cui.ic wine, and en where .8 a S e unitedly the to oppose it as worst ene 5 y of tv A lips giving the invitation 'effects'’*oV tlm” mischifyoug drau dit upon their friend*’ 0 , woman ! woman! is it roitr time this thing were stopped ? Have you Are they u husband, a brother, n eon? stronger than their neigh burs w ho have, one after another ardsf dfopped Look mto tkesravoi of n round you see the aW)lal|t»D» that C?rtnk hua wrought then among your whether ac 3 and decide you have a socmi custom respectable which leads hundreds of thousands of 1 r Tm d9, i t h - %, JjU'l im ,/ our 0 I resident,. haa- r the moral courage to banish wine from the table at her social receptions. H is an omen for good. There are some things that man can do, and thi^ js one t you can disgraceful make drinking unpopular and among the young, You can utterly discountenance all iou know that no voting man who drinks can safely 'be trusted with the happiness of any woman, and that ho is as unfit as a man can be woman’s society. Have this under¬ stood, that.evefy young man who drinks is socially prescribed: Place temptation in no roan’s way. If men will make beasts of them¬ selves, society let them do it in other than yours. Recognise the living, terrible fact that wine has always been, and is to-day the curse of your sex. And, lastly, let every woman use all the influence sue possesses against the whisky traffic. Young men sometimes think it pays to sell conscious liquor, notwithstanding the fact that the business is mean and dispicable, because they see how readily wealth is accumu¬ lated brave by it. Young man can you tne woe which God denounces against those wlnwput the bottle to their neighbors lips ? Search thp chronicles of the past. Where arc the whisky-sellers ? and their chil¬ dren? Most of them, in firqnknrd’s am ves or convict’s cells. Could lustory ot liquor-dealers be written, '2% 'll,™‘1&: ‘STSSSi I,., it wi.ui.i Hu., p.» v n "'T‘- g every young man to shun a bust r:; r, ' 5,s,ho " irao . i , r T -v TT t holdolthjsqucsUouof trahu- wnh both hands the I mss whisky and pulp.t sliouht show it up m its true colors. 1 hero is no occasion for soft words and velvety erili-. cisms. Let us use words that speak truth. The whisky trailic is a shame to those who a us engaged in it and a curse to the country that tolerates it. Moral suasion is a farce when applied they to men who care tor noth¬ ing so make money. There are some people we should talk to of their evil ways with tears in our eyes ; the whisky seller is not one of them. We arc persuaded that good people should unite to make traffic. war—unending They should war—upon employ the known every weapon to the law. They should use, vigorously and wisely, every legal means for crippling ATgaT and destroying the business. All preventive measures should be employed. Sober working people should not allow a bar room opened when they can prevent despicable it. It is in all its forms a trade. It is a crime of gigantic proportions against the human race, A nest of Cobras cr rattle shakes would Jt be a be mercy checked, compared controlled, with it. must overthrown. Whatever will brand it with Contempt) whatever will lessen it whatever by one bar room tend or by one glass; will to put bo down—that we are for. II it writing, preaching, prosecutions few the violation of law, heavy license fees, local option, or a general. wholesale yyar upon it, root and branch—that we are for, with heart and soul, till the end come. have so declared ourself long fore this time, Bo now we say, God's natqo and, man’s, out with and down with it. Now is the best tipie to Only 81 per annum, JAMES E. MURRAY. j 1. W. THRASHER. fURRAY&THRASHE]{, Watkinsville, Georgia, T" returning crar thanks to our friends for their very liberal patronage the past, v.c would again renew our offer of one of the Larges! and besr selected STOCK I GOODS! Ever brought‘to this section, and ask the people of this and adjoining counties give this Stock a carefql examination. In !>ry Goods Our Linos OF JEANS. BLEACH ED and BROWN DOMESTICS, STRIPES and CHECKS, • PRINTS, <J ataridard makes, from (if. to 9c. per yd. LADIES TIES. DRESS GOODS and low price*. Our ETC., ETC., ETC. la full at FANCY lmd the careful GOODS selections, and in DEPARTMENT ie and xuality can’t be surpassed. i la* most st) We have the best hue of It c a fI y-Jrl a d e Clothing lhc bs large, o{ of the clas best styles felHwra- and material, and 82.75 bought with a view to meet wa "* H ali " “ f I' u Suits from up. Tlic Bepartmonfs of Drugs, Hardware and Staple mid €®0CERiE3 ^ always full, with prices a* low as rhe lowest. This largo stock is in store and in und i(1 a days will he foil and complete. We again aak you C a!l and examine. MURK A Y & THRASHER. Watkinsville, Ua., May 5, 1880, NOTICE!! ««■* »«*«•*. The Board of Education will meet at the Court Hows*, hi Y^tkinsville, Ga., the 1st Tuesday in June. Members C.f the. Board will please take notice and fttten d. Teachers 1 expecting'io $vooD take charge of the public rPft&fr: need not oxpect to be examined E. F. S. C.,0. C. mavl9 ’ 2t ' - . , _ _ GEORGIA- -Oyqruiic County. ‘Ordinary’s ,/■, T880. r t u i , T , liud I will pass tho i t \h,v r tviu op W ’ ° 1 ' <iiuar ^ “ay 18th, 1889, 2t J. €. Bone, Gen end Reft:fwer of Guns, Pistols, Watches. CLOCKS, ■ Near Watkinsville, Oconoo County, Ga. All as cheap as good work can be dene by anyone and guaranteed. Call on Dr, D. M. White, and ho will in¬ form you as to my whereabouts, mayl9,1880. A. II. Jackson, supply Keeps of edistantly on hand a largo LUMBER AND SHINGLES ! at his Steam Mill, near Eastville. Shingles and. from 82 to 83.50 per thous¬ mitvf),1880-8m.* Lottors of Dismission. (; CORGI A—Ocoxre County. 15 F . Anderson, as ndmims ‘ f “«ir • said estate. These are therefore to citc all(1 llcIin0 nish a]! pnrties or ■.*. mi mv oiiice, on * 01 * before tne first u'-ui-ps slioVrid noth.ierm.tr? Giv U! , (1( ,. lllv li:iml „ (1 omc ; (l] si j n;ltnn , nkWatkinsvlUe. This May- J j ...j ’ J. U. LYLE, Ordinary. i inayfijLSbO-dm (i KO Lit JIA — 0(‘(1.\KK C'm'KTY. Mary G. Hale, as administratrix oflirantly Hale, late of said county, deceased, applies to me lor hitlers of dismission from said estate. These are therefore to cite mid admonish all parties or persons interested to lie and appear at my oiiice, on or he.ore the first Monday in July, 1881), to said show cause, if any they can, why letters should not Ik 1 granted. Given under my hand and official signature, at Watl ins ville, This March LS 1st, 1880. J. II. LK, Ordinary. apr.7, 1S80-tf it». A. H. DURHAM, of I ijk. l-'Uc w. m. m:un \A], 1 Lit*.; Sparta. of Mnxcyn, Drs. A, F. a VJ. M. Durham, SPECIALISTS, Surgery, Chronic Diseases of Male and Female, and Venerial, Operate for Cross Eyes, Cataract, Stone in tho IVurlder, &c. Will Harelip visit patients or Cleft Pal¬ ates, ip any part of the State, in consqltation or to perform surgical operations. Ad¬ el n i;-, with stamp, Jins. A. F. & \V. M. llrn/iA.M, inn?3l,’.8Q tf Athens On. Jjevi Walker, Col., .1 j * , ./V . 1 . V y 1 . y > JH ^ i.V _ f t Watkinsvii.i.k, Ga. , f ,y Gan he found at fiis Shop next door to II, G.- Durham’s) Con¬ fectionery, on Saturday evenings, n1 " 1 'Sunday mornings until IU o’clock, a. m. marl0’80-tf The Watkinsville Advance, . * • / 4. The Largest, Best and Cheapest i! v» 11ST THE STATE. the Weatoprepared reasonable to do all kinds of JOB WORK at abort notice on most terms,'"’ • CARDS, LABELS, NOTES, Letter Heads, Circulars, « NOTE HEADS, ENVELOPES; ETC., ■ —-....... Ani, in fact, we do— ■ P- * J 0 B W 0 R K M OF ALL KINDS: s Executed in the best • • X manner, <1 J Now is the Time to Subscribe, ONLY SI i*cr Year. OOc. for 6 Months [Its Circulation is Daily Increasing. IT IS THE BEST MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISERS. I )o not fail to write us and get our MOST LIBERAL TERMS A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE YOU AS WE MEAN BUSINESS. CALL AND SEE US. VOW PRICES & HONEST WORK OUR MOTTO! DONTYOU FORGET IT! Call on Vs r Jor tinythinq in Our Line, Address, W. G. SULLIVAN, li ATK.INSVILLE P W. B. LANGFORD, Manufacturer and Dealer in CARRIAGES, v WAGONS, Buggies and Plantation Work A SPECIALTY. Have also in connection A BLACKSMITH SHY Patronize Home Enterprise* WHEN YOU WANT A NEW WAGON OR BUGGY. W. B. LANGFORD, Watkinsville, - Georgia, ORDER YOUR Saw Mills and Grist Mills and Cane Mills Plantation Machinery, Engines and Boilers, Cotton Screws, Shafting, Pulleys, Hungers’ Journal Boxe;-, Mill Gearing, Gudeons, Turbine Water Wheels, Gin „ '. ‘ and ~ T. Q ;nors, Diston’s Cir¬ Li * cular Ssnvs Gurnmers a d Files, Belting and .uJL Babbitt Metal and Brass Fitting, Globe and Check % Valves and Whistles, Guages, Etc., Iron and Brass r Castings and Gin Kibe, from GEO. K. LOMBARD & CO., FOREST CITY FOUNDRY & MACHINE WORKS, (Near Water Tower,) 1014 to 1024 Fenwick Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Heir Repairing promptly done at lowest prices.