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The Watkinsville Advance.
VS. G. SII.I.IVAN,
Editor, Publisher A 4 oli Printer.
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TERMS. - One Dollar per Year. Sixty
Cents fer Six Months.
IS ruaUSHED ON M RKV WEDNESOAV,
WatltiusvlUe. O#., May 2F, 1880
Rntcred at the I’.-il Offa'c *1 Walk in. v.l!« Oertt^ia,
»j SECOND CLASS MATTER.
PI N0TKS.
The farmer always finds mower
work to do in the summer than in
winter.
A negro in Macon stabbed another
in the eye with an umbrella on
election day, and killed him.
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The annual loss to the South by
the ravages of the cotton worm is
estimated to be 812,000.000.
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The young Karl of Fife has an
income of about 1390,000. Ho has
120,000*acres in one tract in Scot¬
land'
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A Texas editor was recently
knocked down and robbed of 82,
and one more newspaper passed in
its checks.
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Georgia has 6,804,054 acres of
wild land returns for taxation. The
average price is twenty four cents
per acre.
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The wife who has a smile for her
husband when ho comes into the
house will not drive him ton saloon
to got one.
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Governor Colquitt has offered a
reward of 8250 for the arrest of
any person foiling laud grunts and
using the seal of the State.
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Tiie Western and Atlantic Rail¬
road has given an order fur one
hundred new box curs, to be built
at the car works nt Chattanooga.
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Harry Skinner, of Powell county,
Ky., has thick hnir coming on his
bald head, and has lately cut
several teeth, although he is nearly
IK).
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We have had lovely mornings for
before breakfast walks .—Baltimore
.Lawim*. Why don’t you keep n
bottle in the cupboard and save
yourself steps ?— Boston B ut,
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The wool-growing business of
South-west Georgia is getting to ho
one of the. most prosperous products
of the whole country, and Albany
is the best market this s.ide of
Savannah.
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A calico war is being waged be¬
tween the merchants in Hawkins
ville. In consequence, calico can
be bought there at 6 cents a yard
which would cost 7 and 8 cents in
New York.
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A few days ago an election was
held in LaUrange fur Mayor and
Council men. The issue was pro¬
hibition and non-prohibition. The
non-prohibitionists carried the day.
The Reporter claims that the result
was brought about by unfair means,
it states that nearly one-third of
the votes cast were by negroes who
have not paid taxes, and says : "If
the election had been carried on in
n strictly legal manner, if the de¬
faulters had not voted, the anti-pro*
iiibilion majority would have been
very small, if indeed there had
been any nt all.
The practical consolidation of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad
with the Central and Georgia rail¬
roads has been at last effected. The
effect of fliis combination will be
seen, we trust, in the springing up
of a lively trade between the West
and the South. As one of the re¬
sults of It we hope to see an enlarged
and direct trade spring up between
Savannah and Europe. That re¬
sult certainly will follow whenever
the Democratic Congress musters
up courage sufficient to give the
country a tariff that does not wage
war on every interest but thoae of
A tueriean monopolists.'*^ Sparta
/» /marine.
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IU..VM bv • ...me .strono
U,.t ... . to ,
raer, ovm (
.od lon.r .cuon, ttto «rth «»d
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collision, with results which the
imagination can only faintly con
earths centre, but a htUeto the
r^‘T,T ,r; ,Tuf
margin. Besides it will give the
U ’ t ' 10 ea,r
pooling WMidiiur'^trike^of strike of obv our UmE little UTi' sate!-
Captain Wm. A. Wright.
Among the most gallant of
Southern youth, who left home an«J
comfort a 1 d all that makes life
pleasant to boyhood, for the hard
ships and trials of a great War, was
Wm. A. Wright, the eldest son of
General A. R. Wright. He c st
in his lot with that “taUered in
fantiv” w'iio bore on their bright
bayonets the most heroic cause
the nineteenth century J for four
tremendous years, and whose
lit>n», heroically endured, „ere
«*“ —»r,l Hie ever
received, save indeed that
respect or elevation of character
lhal kindle, .he «ml. of .he
brave. When but a mere strip
ling of 17 yean, on AugM
1 8 GZ, he lost his leg at the second
Manassas, while acting as ordi
nance officer of his father's splen
did brigade. It was while serving
ns aid to the General that this
misfortune befel him. With but
one leg, and therefore, dispensed
from military duty, lie voluntaiily
rejoined the army in March, 1863,
while his wound was yet newly
healed. In the tcr.ific fight at
Gettysburg lie was captured and
suffered the dreadful torment
imprisonment in the living grave
nt Johnson’s Island until May,
1804. Released on parole, he re
turned home for 60 days, was
exchanged, and again rejoined his
colors, which llew over the rem
nant of Lee’s Spartan Band before
the winks of Petersburg. There
until the army of Northern Vie
ginlft was reduced to a shadow
overwhelmed by more avoirdupois,
he clung to the banner of the
South until “furied forever," and
came buck to his mother State
maimed in body but glorious in
the performance of more than duty
and the consciousness of being of
those who endure to the end and
are faithful among Mie faithless.
After the war, Captain Wright
turned his attention to farming,
gallantly strove to support the
that grew around him.
In 1877 lie was appointed Clerk
of (lie Wild land Office. After the
impeachment of the then Comp
Iroller General, Captain Wright, by
unanimous Legislative recommen¬
dation, was appointed Comptroller
by Governor Colquitt, in 1879, lie
hns discharged the duties of his
office with signal ability and fidelity
with credit to himself and advant¬
age to the common wealth. Hi*
claims fora renomination are sub
milled to the Democratic State Con¬
vention which meets at Atlanta
next Atlgllst.
We believe that ids claims will
he recognized with noamity
seldom accorded to any public
man and officer. His noble self
sacrifices in youth have endeared
him to his fellow citizens. His
modest worth is equal to his valor
His intellectual and moral quali¬
fications for the position aspired
to are unrivalled, It is with the
greatest pleasure, tlut we endorse
him for tlio office, tooling that he is
eminently fitted for it ami there is
no ground for oppossing him in
any quarter.— Chronicle <(* Constim
(ioioihtt,
Governor A. II. Colquitt.
A writer in the Augusta
Chronicle ami Constitutionalist pre¬
sents the following terse summary
of the financial results of Governor
Colquitt's administration r
1 speak positively that it lias
been one of the ablest, most faithful
and molt successful administration
that our Flute has ever known, j
propose now and hero to prove
what l state.
1 When Governor Cdiuitt
the “>7 Mate was 7 borrowing WoO,
to meet the expenses and other
of the government. Be¬
fore, the governor had been in office
year this floating debt was dis"
charged in full.
2. At the governor’s accession the
o. t U ’ t4, , tax lev,ed I-. 0,1 tl,e l v °p , |e W! ‘ s
“ » 0 *“
cents, n reduction of two fifths,
, w ,
bom. by ih. to.-,.,,,,
g q-| u> crc jj that° t 0 f* g tat oAh! j
now M |,iah as of anv
:* J .
cent bond* ofthe Slate that formerly
old wilh difficulty at 95 are now
,kH No » B other o, | l*a« all been sold at
par. State con boast of
4. Claims of the State against
been dormant for the last fifty years,
have been collected by the energy
Governor Colquitt and his
a 8 int *. an,J poured into the treasury
-nosmall relief to the tax-payers,
5. During Governor Colquitt’s
administration the railroads in the
State have been compelled already
to pay $215,000 of back taxes, and
» * * if i
W111 Bnortly be obliged to pay a
like, and probably larger •mount,
™«k,n* the .hole _c...„n„, half „
million of dollars. i he Legislature
of 1874 passed a law imposing a
<•« on the property of railroad, in
addition to the tax on net income.
Coder .hi, Inn, o„ U,e of
1874. 1875, and 1870, 861,21197
were paid into the treasury. Under
Governor Colquitt’s administration
Gie railroads have been forced to
P n y U P 8215,000 more op the taxes
of these years, and will have to pay
a still larger sum. Prior to Gover
nor Colquitt’s administration the
highest annual income derived from
the tax on railroads was 815,27b in
in 1872,810,502 in 187b. in
U!, <ler Colquitt, 838,203, and 1879,
>5,805 were collected from this
so,1 *”"' > , and this exclusive of the
8215,000 back taxes already re
ferred to.
Governor Colquitt, in his
first message to the Legislature
recommended various measures of
retrenchment and economy in the
public service, which have been
since carried out, and have resulted
in a large diminution of expandi
ture. For instance; For two
^tears the saving in the expenses of
the lunatic asylum has been 825,000
a year, and out of a portion of the
amount thus saved the asylum has
been enlarged. The contingent
fund has been reduced from 820.000
to 810,000. The fund lias
been reduced one half. In the
comptroller’s report for 1879, we
find several large sums reverted to
’he treasury on unexpended appro¬
priations.
7. Not only has the income
the Slate, thus reinforced by this
economy and vigilance, been suffi¬
cient to meet the annual expenses,
but It lias been found adequate to
redeem $250,1X10 of boiuk net } 11
due, by which thousands of doli;.!
hi interest are saved to the State.
And it should be remembered
that all these fatisiactury k-stilts
have been attained in a period
severe financial depression, during
which large drafts were made upon
the treasury to meet extraordinary
expenses, such ns those of the con
stitutimial convention, the double
session ot too Legislature, and the
bounty to our crippled soldiers
These are achievements which, I
should suppose, “sensib o men’
might well “feel like rejoicing over.”
Wherein do they display “in com
competency or neglect of duty ?’>
What “salient features do they dis¬
play ? Ability, energy, vigilance
economy, fidelity.” Is not this
proved, Messrs. Editors? Let any
one look at the governor's first
message, and ho will find that all
the reductions that have been made
in the expenses of every department
ot the government were therein
suggested and recommended by
this incompetent and neglectful
executive ! I renew my appeal to
tlm good men of all denominations
to rally round and re-elect Colquitt,
because his administration of the
State government has boon eminent¬
ly successful, as the facts 1 have
cited fully prove; because he has
vlone more than any public man I
knmv to ' ,issi ff«te sectional preju.
dice and ill-will, and because he
* in ® inclination and finds
z
yard of . ttr Lord and
Jesus Christ,
GEORGIA- *0 co8rk County.
Ordinary’s Offire, May, 1810.
Thomas J. Smith lias applied for Ex*
<■•>>!"”'» IVrs.maliv and I will pass
Upon the same at 10 e’eloek, on the
n tb d»v of June, 1880, at n.v effi.-e.
May ,, 18 th, 1980.2t.
.1 ( •. ItoilC ’
Gsoeml Repairer . . of
Gillie Pktflk WafpHPQ
All » ^ •» ««x* work can he
.
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a. h.
Keeps , constantly on hand a largo
8U W' - V i>f #
LUMBER AN ® shingles,
st bis Steam Mill, near K.i»tville
= 8hio*J(M from «> to W.50 per tlious-
THE BICKFORD
automatic ss; knitter
II will knit 3 Mt of web 5
fiflmm minutes ’ Em machilc
warranted helfcu, and lo day just
as trprenuuvd. buuk acuvmpauln A mayhem ruck in
unmiun
machine.
<*«»* u dtapes s j“* all sizes narrows complete. and Knits wi.
»
over 50 different garments Socks, stockings,
T J, T*SSSSb!?T™»iet T £n 7
5
p ro fi t j n manufacturing knit
Farmers can treble the value ot their
. hy converting I, into kni,
B
^XcuTaSl . low . prices ... ^."'3 be »“u,' o. .
very will made.
For full particulars and lowest
r prices * u for the best Family Machine
BICKFORD KN ITTING MACHINE CO.,
Urattlehorro, Yt.
apr21,1880—ly
James . UauUlin ,
JI^Boot and Shoe
MAKER.
Watkinkvilm:, Gboroia.
Has removed to his old stand, and is
better prepared than ever to do all kinds
of Boot and Shoe work. Repairing a
specialty, nt lowest prices.
done ALSO.—Dressmaking in the best and Hair work
suit the times. manner, and prices
to awl 4 , 3 m
Jjeri Ifatker. Col.,
B A R 13 E R ,
Watkinsville, Ga.
teaE“- Can be found at bis Shop
next door to H. C. Durham’s Con¬
fectionery, on Saturday evenings,
arid Sunday mornings until 10
o’clock, a. in. marlO 80-tf
NOW IS yOUR
— TO EXCHANGE —
C 0
] will keep at the store of
J. . 0 . F 0 BBSILI,
CORN MKAh for
SA L K 0(i EXCJJA KG
48 pound, cf Meals fer 5G pnuuds of
'.iT. I’tfs'MK Ci lning
r ro TOWN,
eau bring tliclr Corn and get their
Meal Without Delay i
Highest CASH prices paid
FOR GIT ,\T NT.
IIKNIIV JHSNlNVfS.
m»r!7.1880-tf
91, H, Tilien's
E-Torse mid Mule
MILLIN3RY STORE.
Cor. Claj ioii aiul Jackson !Ms,,
ATHENS. ,1A.
I have in Store a good axsoi'Inwnt of Sad
dies A„d Harness. Bfidlcs Collars, whips,
Saddle Blankets, Horse Covers, ,Yc.
4 on Will liiid that my harness is made
of _ the best Western Le.,ther, a 1 hand
made, l cut and lit horse collars and
do a t kinds ot repairing at short notice,
better baggy wh ps i make a specialty and a
assortment cannot be Yofiml in
the city. 8 udd es down at rock bottom.
M.V harness cannot be beat in price*
and quality. When you visit the city
please honor me with your presence.
continuance Thaeking you for past fi-vors, l hope a
in the future,
a pr. 7,1880,<>m
Murray&thrasheR, JAMES E, MUKUaY. | 1. W.~THRASHER. ~
Waikinsville, Georgia.
In returning our thanks to otir frietids for their very liberal patronage
t,ie past, we would again reuew our offer of one of the
Largest and besi selected
STOCK flf GOODS!
Lvtr brought to this section, and ask the people of this and adjoining counties
give this Stock a careful examination. In
OF JEANS, l>ry Goods Our Lines
BLEACHED and BROWN DOMESTICS,
STRIPES and CHECKS,
PRINTS* of standard makes, from 6c, to 9c. per ^
LADIES TIES, ‘
DRESS GOODS,
^ Wl and at low price*. Our ETC., ETC., ETC.
We have the beat lime <rf ‘ xuamy can i oe surpaaKd.
Boots Shoes Ladle’s and Mens’ Hats Pans
Ready-Made Clothing
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1 * ° f iI ‘ nlw,lr<, ^
FStKCY GROCERIES,
•™ *5**y* WI. prk>es u low a. rbe lowest. ewimleie. Tha large stock U in store ^Tu and
‘ "a n *«»<"' 3£Sro..a»Moo, .»» » few day* will W full »od We ^hkashkr. again *»k to
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REST
SIMPLE. DURAIHJC.
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CHAEP,
IR‘NEI'TISSARY :‘EW‘INU in MACfilNl-‘u ever ' [um
fly .m .5
Business Card.-?*
James r Jl. Lyle,
ATTORNEY AT
31. Ah Jackson,
Attorue> & Cou mclcrat I^w
»»D judge of the
ffimilfP 'o'VMH*-* vil«#l| fl 5 ntt«tn tf-mll-t
Watkinsville J Gn
wm |iraclice n c „„ Its
except the County Court Oconee
n.»rl7,WMy
3i. 8. Thrasher,
ATTORNEY AT LAW ?
Watkixbvim.k, Ga.
{TjT~ Will practice in the Courts
Oconee and adjoining counties,
marl 7, ’80-1 y
John T Anderson,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Watkinsville, Ga.
business Prompt attention given to all
entrusted to his care Office
in Court Iloase. marl 7,’80-ly
O. fc. Thomas,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Watkinsville, Ga.
mar 10
€has. (Bruckner,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
Ai James O'Faxreli's Store,
J Broad Street.
y Athens, Ga.
Prices are as low as anv one can
do g' oii work, and every iob war
ranted give satisfaction. '
£ Come
and see = mnrlOly
3 . Ah White, Ah 9
f R ACTICIN P f hysiciaJV,
Watkinsville, Ga.
ff f~ t\ ill be found at his office when
not called off. mai-17,’80- tf
9r. % J(. llder
tlS V.'bo luis recently completed an extnj course of
i’L J *1KS in the
Jefferson tfedical College,
Ofriakddphia, Vx>
Offers Ills j rofes.sional services to (he pu&
lic at large. I laving been thoroughly tutuved
in (he system of his grand-fathers (fTr.
Lindsay Durham’s) practice, he proposes to
make the following diseases a specialty:
Chronic Pleurisy, Bronchitis and Rheu¬
matism. Diseases of the Heart, Kidneys,
>ktn, I.iver, spleen,Scrofula, SyphilHs (pox,)
(ionon*hrea, Old Ulcers, Dfopsy, Dyspepsia,
ity Neuralgia, [harrehness/J lvpdepfic hits, Impofency, .Steril¬
cifd Abortion, etc. Very spe
attentions given all diseases peculiar to
females. Office and residence, a! Wm. H.
Rishop s about 2 miles from Fattningtc >11 on
road leading from the aforesaid place
V\ atkinsville. AH communicaCions strictly
private, and promptly attended to. P. O.
Watkinsville. (la. niari7,’8o-iy
James T. Wilson,
—Mnnufoct’.ircr of and Dealer in—
FURNITURE, Burial CAS22,
m
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H
fS&Z
C t > h i.’ r N s, &c.
Over Reaves, Nicholson & Co., Broad Street,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
*». ALSO-Vic; x R K ft»r the purpose.
marjt/Bojin
Now is the best time tosubscribe
§1 per annum,
ISTew Athens Advertisements.
TUB ONLY GRADUATED D RUGGIST in this SECTION
ELIQSQKI PT“ “1%.. \El ECU L'I‘Y.
Sole Proj.ric.o, of Jacoh’. BrimanlinTand l„„,»ne.’, Tooth Pmvd c! .
ISlTlOiViEISUl
STOVES! r- STOVES!
P’c'vji?
-AND- -AND-
v>— fi*
TIN-WARE. m ■ i-,—. • T1N--WAEE.
BEST IN THE MARKET !
-AT
i. C. WILKINS J
mar24,lS80-4m Broad Street, Athens, Georgia.
The Cheapest Crockery House in N. E. Georgi. o *
|A Cordial invitation is extended by
to their many Oconee county friends to' visit their
Crockery* and Glassware Store.
Merchants and house-keepers can save money by buying from them
Crockery, Gkttvtcre, Lamps, CUIery, Tinware, Wco&nware,
WHIPS & FANCY GOODS,
Best Goods with Prices at the Lowest Point )
Everything guaranteed LYNCH & to be as represented.
m.nr24'S0-3t» FLANIGEN, Broad Street, Athens, Ga.
j , I ■I I
I
The compliments showered on our display "of Dress Gnls h-i
the past week, added to the large sales in this department, \ -
thatour styles and prices unusually attractive. convince us
are Attention is calle!
to our elegant stock of
SUMMER SILKS.
Consisting of all the latest Paris designs, of our own importation, this
week, as a fitting introduction to the
SPRING SKAN 0 V
We offer the most surprising inducements vj
„ ever presented, in this line of
Consisting of all the latest and most desirable materials in the market In
IONARI F THl\T\TlNrs &t ^\°, Sll,ts f J >i ' e Bnssementaries, p G, ’ n ' !s ’ We bave black a!! and colored UASH
in C a Fr »
L cades, r I p amt ‘7 Languedocs, , ' e J nges ’J° Breton, matc, Valencennes, J Dress Goods. Torchon Also, Demassee Bro¬
52 f?. waSS^isif^'Ssi and Russian La
as&ti lot ss. xrt ’ i
of “ ,f!e E ” , ' s ever offered
white goods.
An immense stock of these Goods, bought before the late advance.
consisting of Piques, Victoria and Bishop Lawn* linen 1 r
hr ?” n<1 8 ! S° 1 and’ ™ <>gan!
dieT d e*. Tu Tuck ngs.Swtsses, Ure fi a - °m Mulls, o 3. Nainsooks, in n ” w ^ades Percales, of Lawns Ginghams, Cotto
Suitings, Calicoes, in all the newest and most beautiful patterns ~ Abd
an immense stock of Towels, Napkins, Doyles, Table Damasks &<■
old prices. Great bargains in tins Department. All of these goods ,
0 * 6 '’ W UC ‘ enab * US t0 COMPETE WITH wer
AMERICA ANY HOUSE IN'
SKJgesas; NOVELTIES.
ss tarsaavt
SHOES: OUR SPECIALTY.
m all the most reliable makers, such as •¥#*//'»• Ties, &c..
anti Hens, ’ bes^goodf^!" .., 1 !*
the l States, every pair guaranteed no humbug. The
in mted at low prices, at the Old Reliable Paris Store '
. Wen,s Youths^'Childrens' Hats* in all the Latest Stifles
. Maas, Youths’ and Chiidrens’ Clothing. '
antoed. the In addition wSTbSCllibSfti^Americn to Gentlen- •" U ^ mmm F arme 1 oo 8 h nt guar
have added our v ■ i ^ ^^ment.
ue this
French, English and German Suitings
“bt« T - lm ,h “ m«k«
money, * oave your Time bv bn» JingGood* rf n, ^ u from . t0 ht the f °r Old no Reliables, sale. Save your
M, G. & J. COHEN,
•prT.’St.Mf ATHENS, GA.
Pharmaceutical Co.
RARE and STANDARD
Elegant Pharmncueutical Preparation Toilet Requisites.
JOSEPH JACOBS.
ttl«UK«3Jt&WT.
Comer Chtolou Street and College Avenue, ATHENS, GA.
npr 7,’80-tf
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