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f he Watkinsville Advance.
W G. 81 XLIVAN,
Editor, Publish er & Job Printer.
TERMS,—One Dollar per Year. Sixty
Cents for Six Months.
IS rt'BUIS HE'D ON l VERY TUESDAY,
Watkin sville, Ga„ August 24 1880 «
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Entered at thq IV:,: Office at Watkinsville Georgia,
as SECOND CLASS MATTER.
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Hot.
“Do! Ra! Me?”
Splendid rain last night.
Politics lively in Oconee.
Dr. White is kept quite busy.
“Stockade” whisky is the latest.
Locals are scarce as an editor’s
money.
Lightning rod men are quite nu¬
merous.
Prof. Barn tt, left for home last
Saturday. Farewell professor.
The Lazv Club was in full blast
last Saturday evening.
The Singing School closes to-mor¬
row night. The improvement is
great.
We return many thanks to Judge
R. M, Jackson for a nice treat of fine
peaches.
The State election comes off on
the 1st Monday in October—seven
week away.
A colored revival has been in pro¬
gress in the colored Baptist church
at this place for some time.
The fellow who took his chances
lost them on the road, as he came
to the church by himself.
The Misses Stroburgs, of Macon,
Woodis have been and on a visit to Mr. W. A]
family, of Watkinsville.
We wonder if the Singing class
will keep up their music after Prof.
McIntosh leaves. We hope they
will.
We learn that several parties
have been picking a little cotton.
This has not commenced in earnest
yet.
Our worthy Marshal left on a
visit to Augusta last Friday. We
hope time. Frank will have a gay old
The Athens thronivlt failed to
reach this office on Saturday as it
usually did. What is the matter,
Joe ? ’
.
We print now on Tuesday. Hope
ticular our correspondents will take par¬
notice and send in their
lavors, early.
Messrs. Murray & Thrasher, have
a new safe. It is amusing to see
ike get down to work on his patent
combination lock.
Look at our new advertisements
and go and see the men who ad¬
vertise in your county paper. You
can get the best bargains of those
that advertise.
Mr. C. II. Crow, of Point Peter,
Oglethorpe Sunday county, Ga., arrived in
could town on hardly evening last. We
get a chance to shake
friend Charlie’s hand, for his nu¬
merous other friends in town. We
were glad to see him.
And exchange says: “Pennsyl¬
vania Dutch girls make good pre¬
serves,” but it doesn’t say how
much sugar you take to a pound
of Dutch girl, nor how long you let
’em boil. The recipe for preserving
Dutch girls should be published.
We had the pleasure of a walk,
ever Mr. F. A. Crow’s crop a few
days since.. He has lots of good
corn and cotton. Mr. Crow is one
of our'friends, and a good farmer.
We are glad to sec that he has such
a flattering prospects for a good
crop.
Joe Stone has been elected to the
position of Librarian of the young
men's Library Association of Athens,
Friend Joe, is rising in the “pro
fesh t” May his shadow never grow
less, for if he does he will have to
stand twice in a place to make a
shadow 1
When you visit town do not
forget to call and see us and have
\ our name entered on our subscrip¬
tion list. This item is intended
for all that are not now subscri¬
bers. Remember, we want 3,000
more names.
Mr. Z. E. Mitidlebrnoks has
'* ought the county of rights for eighty.
Ax counties this State, for Lin¬
dsey I’. Hinaley’s Cotton Planter.
nd left on a prospecting tour hot
week. There is money ir. th*
Machine and we hope friend Mid
t’.ebrooks will make it a
; :.d get rich suddenly.
Wt have tried them and know
hereof we affirm. M«*r< Murray
Thrasher are clever gentlemen
■ ,1 are putting their goods at rise
"rtisetnent figures- See their large ju! ■
in the Advance and
X and see them.
>,owi* the t.uia to subscribe to.
U* ADVV'Ct. Gu’jr II * )«t.
We have a scholarship for sale in
one of the best Business Institutions
in this country. We will trade it
to some young" man for opportunity a cow an
calf. This is a rare
for some deserving young man.
Our Marshal, Mr. Frank Booth
has had the streets put in good
order. We think Frank deserves
the thanks of our citizens tor his
efficient manner in working the
streets. He did not slight any of
them so far as we are able to learn.
Frank is a clever gentleman.
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.Ir. Arthur Long, was in . our city .
last Monday. lie appeared very
much frightened when he saw the
portable by engine drawn through
town three mules ! He didn’t
understand what the people wanted
such a railroad as that for over in
Oconee. We think his fright was
from some other cause, as wC saw
him going towards the Court
House, and when he approached
the Ordinary his voice shook
but terribly. We don t know why,
he was fearful nervous.
When the present generation of
negroes pass away, it is a serious
question. What shall we do for
cooks ? The coming race of dusky
maidens depend on the men, for
support, and no dependence can be
placed in them. begin Our young ladies
had better to take lessons in
cookery.— Oglethorpe Echo.
Bro. Gantt wishes the girls to
skirmish around after something to
cook, and do the cooking, and he
reckons that the voung men will
try and get the water.
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The Athens daily Banner of Au"
gust 19th has this to say of us:
We had the pleasure of calling on
Brother Sullivan proprietor of the
Watkinsville Advance, at Watkins
vilie yesterday, and must express
ourself highly displayed pleased with the
thrift and energy through¬
out his office. The Advance is a
sterling weekly and deserves a
That liberal the patronage people. of from Oconee our people.
the demonstrated appre¬
ciate Advance, is
by the repleteness of its subscrip¬
tion medium list, it has and as an advertising
no superiors.
Behm’s Commercial College, at
Chattanooga, business Tenn., is one of the
very best Institutions in
this country. Our young men
ought to know something of the
business that he may soon have to
enter. To do' this a commercial
college such as the above is the
very thing to patronize. They
employ enced teachers, none but the and most experi¬
knowledge of business, and a thorough situa¬
a
tion is sure to be at the next place
you try fo- employment. Book¬
keepers, clerks and all should be
trained in the way of the world.
Circulars free. Address Behm’s
Commercial College Chattanooga,
Tenn.
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n , ’‘1^ ^ ' frolic
e Y* 8 a ls ) in g
last * Saturday. They earned . a seine
some bread, meats and a box of
sardines, &c. ATer several hours of
hard work, and the losing of about
a half barrel ol prespiration more
or less, with a heavy pulling of the
seine they succeeded in capturing
about five of the finy tribe, an inch
lv g ’ and hardly V18lble
S,® t^ „ l H ^lf n \ ° rm0US P «°r de ‘ T, U n8ters \ Wr , t 8tle „° r f
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I worked ir. hard ,r and e , S eioseiy ’ and A t l , to he clean l ? 0y3
them. After a short time dinner
wasanounced ready and they re
paired [he to they cool shady banks of
creek to recuperate the “inner
man.” This lasted for some time(?)
A fter dinner we suppose, we were
dulged not present, in, from some the dancing fact was in¬
that one of
the boys stumbled into a wasp nest.
This was kept up until the close of
the day, when they began to cast
lots to see who should haul the
seine home. The fish were toe
heavy for them, and only four are
foundered. We heard two of them
remark that their toe nails were
have coining off. They say that they
enough fishing for one season.
Two devils did a fishing went,
And they caught only five for dinner,
To cleaning them, their intentions bent,
The small unlucky minner 1”
The above is by the special poet
ofthe Advance prepared specially
for the occasion.
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Yesterday abounded in small
sensations, the first of which was
the arrest of I*. C. Sawyer by the
police. It seems that Mr. Sawyer,
as we learn from the chief of police,
had paid no taxes for years, and it
became necessary to leyy upon his
property near the foot of Cherry
street. Not wishing to move the
property, Chief Hurley carried
down, yesterday, a list of the articles
1 vied on, to get Mr. Sawyer to
sign it and an agreement to hold
the same a3 agent. He was met
before he entered the premises by
Sawyer, who while kept him covered by
a carbine he abused him
considerably. The ceief then came
up town, and with two officers met
Mr. Sawyer near Ihe post-office,
where, alter some difficulty, he
was disarmed and captured. Two
warrants, based upon the facta
stated, were sworn out against him.
and . m . default ofbatl be w.s , lodged , ,
ln ^ at< ’ n ^ t J TU V -
The New York Free-Trade Club
finds its work growing, and a strong
than the dub can conveniently >
furnish.
The feelings of a small boy can
U better imagined than
half an hour crawling under a goa
pel tent to find that it U not a
cus.
: Gold and silver as entirely
disappeared Italy' and the from circulation in
paper money is at
about twenty per cent discount,
Italy has a national debt of over
£940,000,000!
At the rate watermelons have ar
rived thus far, it is probable that
between 000,000 and 600,000 will
be sold in Boston the present year,
; The first receipts were from Geor
' gia, arriving about July 1.
The belle of the Pequot house,
New London, this season, is Miss
jicStea, of New Orleans. Miss
McStea is brilliant, beautiful and ac
complished one of the loveliest
exem piers of southern womanhood,
and it is said her charmes are fully
appreciated at New London.
A boyish novice in smoking
turned his deadly Said pale he: and threw away
cigar. “Thars sum
thin’ in that air cigar that’s made
me sick.” “I know what it is,”
said his companion, pulling away:
“What?” “Tobacker.”
A little boy of seven had been
ordered to take claret by the doctor.
A person dining with the family,
said to him: “You should put a
little water with it; it brings out
the taste.” “That’s very fine,” re¬
sponded the seven-year-old, “but
I prefer the taste left in.
Six thousand five hundred pounds
of flesh were hosited by means of a
block and-tackle out of the steam¬
ship day Hermann, at Baltimore, on
last week. he flesh all be¬
longed to a huge elephant which
in turn belongs to the Cincinnati
Zoo.
A party of scapegraces meeting a
pious old man named Samson, one
of them exclaimed: “Ah now
we’re safe! We’ll take Samson a
long be with us ; and then, should Philis¬ we
set upon by a thousand
tines, he’ll slay them all 1” '•My
young friend.” quietly responded
the old man, “to do that I should
have to borrow your jaw-bone.”
The country about Augusta is
suffering with a grasshopper plague.
The News says never in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant has there
been such a vast number of grass¬
hoppers on the farms around the
city as there is the present year.
A walk through the fields scares up
millions of these voracious inserts,
every sprig and spire of grass being
loaded with them. One planter
says that they devoured his grass
crop, and another that he wouldn’t
make a peck of corn to the aore;
they had completely eaten up every
ear and nubbin.
of Yesterday Barnard and afternoon Charlton the locality lane
street
was the scene of a lively fracas,
which, of course, had the effect of
bringing the out a large fraternity. c ragregation It
of eolored an
pears Uose that a light did mullatto learn woman,
name we not had
her ire aroU8ed agilirmt co l ored in .
div i dun i named John Parish, and,
enc0U(ll , r „ illg him near the corner
of t , Je Btreets drew her little
. rpVl) , u1k1 *. ,, r ,. sen u ng U to his
| hea(j th tn Tho cap cl
ttlld John narrowly
caped having his caput perlomted.
With a silent prayer of thankful
"ess for that had cap, Jolm snatched
the J> pistol from -the woman and
vi gor | u8 ly iL gl 'J d her f ace . He
th wa e(1 f u ii ow<K i t,v the ltl e
2i lmlrin . • « 8 lance " 0 tb « crow< . •
l?,?™ D ° ™™'*-- i > avannah
At 6o’clock yesterday afternoon as
the switch engine on the Selma Rome
and Dalton railroad was round¬
ing the curve near tho foot of South
street, a small negro bov who had
been swinging on the rear end ofthe
engine fell off and the engine passed
over his left leg at the ankle, almost
entirely severing the foot. The lit¬
tle sufferer was immediately carried
home and Drs. Roberts Battey, G.
W. Holmes and F. P. Lovelace
were called and rendered -the nec¬
essary medic al aid, amputating the
limb below the knee. The boy was
about twelve years old, and was
named Eddie Harper. The railroad
officials have had a great deal of
trouble in preventing small boys,
both white and black, from swing¬
ing on tho engines and trains, and
have repeatedly threatened to
punish them, but with no eff-ct,
and at every opportunity they con¬
tinued to jump on and off. Only
two boy or three days ago a small white
ran under a freight car while it
was in motion and narrowly es¬
caped injury. In fact, it has been
the greatest source of wonder to the
railroad employees that there has
not been an accident before.
Neither the engineer or fireman
was aware of the presence of the
j boy on the rear o the engine until
the accident. This should be a
! warning to parents to keep their
j children away from the railroad,
. On the arrival of every train there
are always a number congregated at
i the depot—some are sent on
errands, but the majority have no
business there and should be sent
home and prevented from making
a Tribune. play ground of the depot .—Horne
An interesting curiosity is a let¬
ter written by Martha Washington
from Mount Vernon on the 6th of
ce.pt of some syder. Washington’s and speaks
of her own and Mr.
“helth.”
The common wine* of Italy aro
Tin.,* # wine at Terractna which
cost at that piece about two cents
for more than two quarts.
The New Orleans Price Current
says: “Asan evidence of the im¬
mense success of the new Morse
cotton compress the following state¬
ment will convey an idea, .and it is
by no means exceptional case: The
British ship Ben Lomond, of 8S7
tons register, cleared at New Orleans
by her agents, Messrs. Forstall,
Ross tt Clayton, with 4,363 bales
cotton under deck, none in cabin or
crew spaces, weighing 2,054,848
pounds, making 2,316 pound to the
ton measurment. Thisis the largest
cargo per ton ever taken by a sail
vessel from an American port. Tiie
larger Dart of this cargo was doubled.
The cotton was tied by hand (by
colored men), and consequently
without the 20 per cent, advantage
claimed for steam ‘band pullers.’
Not more than three years ago the
average cargoes of ships from this
port did not exceed 1,425 pounds
per ton register; and for other
modern built presses the average is
now about 1,725- The above cargo
of 2,316 bales, without tie-pullers,
therefore exceeds recent average
compressing by 35 per cent.,
or 524,773 pounds in a single cargo
ofa small sbiD like the Ben Lomond,
and at the rate of freight received
makes a gain of £820—say $3,936.”
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A Detroit gentleman has owned
a canary bird and a small cur dog
about three years. The two pets
have, in fact, known each other
intimately all their lives, and they
have been on uncommonly cordial
terms, considering the radical dif¬
ference in their respective natures.
On Wednesday last thebird escaped
from its cage, and very soon after¬
wards the dog disappeared. When
Mr- Lapham opened his front door
yesterday morning, there stood the
dog with the truant in his mouth.
Remarkable as it is, (lie bird was
alive, and it now occupies its old
quarters, not particularly “chipper”
it is true, but still in passably good
health.
The Georgia Campaign.
It is a mistake about the demo¬
cratic party of the .State being dis¬
rupted. than It nominating will take something
more a convention
to split lint up the glorious party,—
Tu ton /iepixter.
Hon. Alexander II. Stephens,
Dr. Felton afid ether Georgia “In¬
dependents” relused to run for gov¬
ernor people against Colquitt. These
are anxious to see the war
go ©a, but they do not propose to
cord* do any fighting ..—/‘lutwidphia Re¬
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
TVi -J Iw people
My friends are hereby notified
that I am a candidate for Repre¬
sentative in the Legislature from
Oconee county. If I get enougu
votes to elect me, (which I hope to
do,) I will serve my country and
the State to the best of mv ability,
augl0,1880.t-d. W.W. PRICE.
Jjooli Out.
Man ay friends will support Mil
ford Roach for Representative of
Oconee county at the ensuing elec¬
tion. A full expression of his far¬
mer friends is solicte.t.
MANY FRIEND8.
i'« llir PnbUc m
Many Voters will support Mr. W. Y
ELDEit, as a candidate for the Legis¬
lature at the ensuing election.
MANY VOTERS.
apr7, ’80-td
To the fotern of Oconee
COITJYTYI !
From a promise made heretofore
I now announce my name as a can¬
didate for Representative.
inarl7-td it. M. SHE ATS.
NEW ADVERTISES! i M.
W frj ULLI VAN
Fashionable
| )p.ESSMAKER a d MILLHTE j{
Watkinsville, Ga.,
Begs leave to offer her services to the
ladies of Watkinsville and vicinity
as a dressmaker and milliner. Hats
and Bonnets re-triuimed and renovated,
tlrcssiuakirigarul fanov work neatly and
cheaply executed. All tin) latest maga¬
zines and patterns always oa hand,
^satisfaction guaranteed. Prices liberal.
Give her a trial. aug24
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Fair Association.
LEGAL NOTICE. TO STOCKIIOL
DEK8,
By virture of an order of Clarke the
Honorable Superior Court of
County, Ga., (His Honor K. H. Pot¬
tle, Judge ofthe Northehern Circuit
presiding). Notice is hereby Stockholders given
to all who claim to lie
in the original “Clarke County Ag
ricu tural Fair Association,’' to fill
their claims for a distributive shares
of the proceeds of the sale of the
“Fair Grounds’’ in Athens which
of has decree been sold under and Stockhold¬ by virture
a of said Court,
ers must verify their claims by affi¬
davit, and file them in the Clerk’s
Office of said Court on or before the
seccrnd. Monday in November next,
the first day of the next terra cf
■aid Court.
July 23d, 1880.
Clerk, John I. Hvuaixs,
Clarke Superior Court,
The Largest and Most Complete Stock of
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STOVES & TINWARE EVER OFFERED
IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA.
Sign of the u Big Itcd Stove,” Opposite Heaves & Nicholson, Athens, Ga.
W. H. JONES, Superintendent,
aug 17,’80-6rn
Harness Shop.
The undersigned wishes to infoi'm
the public that he is now ready to do
all kinds of work, New Harness made
and repairing old Harness, are my
specialties. All work first elans and
reliable. I can be found at my
ready to do all work, at any time.
Call on tne and see. S itisfaetion
guaranteed, w. E. It A mils.
Juno30,1880.3-m. Watkinsville, Ga.
GEORGIA—Oconef. County.
\\ herons, David It. Richardson, ad¬
ministrator of Pres ey Garm r, do, eased
applies to me fori eavo to soli the real
estate, to-wit: A tract of land in the
county aforesaid, joining finds of Isa¬
bella Harris and othere, containing
sixty therefore acres, more or less These .we
ed to notify all persons interest¬
to show cause at my office on. or
before the first Monday in September
sext, why said leavo should net be
granted. Gieen under my hand at
office, this tho 2d day of August, 1880,
JAMES R, LYLEv Ordinary.
nug2 30d
0EOIIG1A—Oconee County.
Whereas, Ann E. Hodges applies to
me for Letters of Administration on the
islate of John T. Hodges, late of said
county, deceased. These are therefore
to oite and admonish all concerned, to
show cause, at my office, on or before
tlie first Monday in September next,
why said letters should not fie granted.
JAMES R. LYLE,
aug2- 30d (h’dirmry.
GEORG1A—(Iconee County.
Will be sold before the Court House
door in tah town of Watkinsville, Ooo
nee County, State of Georgia, between
the legal hours of sale, on tho first
Tuesday in Sept, next, tho following
property, to-wit: All that tract or par¬
cel of laud, situated, lying and being in
said county and State, known as the
Ramsey place, containing one hundred
acres more or less, adjoining lands of
Aaron Crow on the west, .Jesse K But¬
ler on the south, Zaok Alexander and
J ug Factory road on tho north; three
miles nortli west of Watkiosvil le. Lev¬
ied on as the property of the estate of
Burr Harris, deceased, to satisfy a (I.
fa. issued from Oconee Superior Court,
returnable to '.he July Term, 1«80, in
favor of l>. R. Richardson vs K. liar-.
ris, administrator of Bnrr Harris, de¬
ceased. Property pointed out by Wil¬
liam K. Harris, Agent ofMrs. K. Har¬
ris administratrix of Burr Harris,
deceased. Wi itten notice served on
Mrj. K. Harris this day. This 3d
ol Aug. (1880. SB. B. E. OVERBY,
Printers’ fee Sheriff.
Letters of Disinl.ssmii.
GEORGI \—Oconee County.
Whereas, Aaron Crow, Administrator
of Margaret W. Parker, represents to.
the Court, in his petition, duly tiled and
entered on record, that he ha* fully ad¬
ministered Margaret W. Barkers estate.
Th’s is therefore to cite all peisons
concerned, kindred and creditors to.
show cause, if any they can, why said
administrator should not be discharged
from his administration, and receive
letters of dismission on the first Monday
in September, 1880.
JAMES R. LYLE, Ordinary,.
june7jb,’80-3m
GEORGIA— Oconee County.
Emory F. Anderson, as adminis¬
trator of the estate of Milly Klutts,
late of said county, deceased, applies
to. me for letters cf dismission from
said, estate. These are therefore to
cite and admonish all parties or
persons interested to be and appear
st my office, on or before the iiipt
Monday in September 1880, why to show
cause, if any they can, said
lettors should not be granted. Giv¬
en under mv hand and official sig¬
nature, at Watkinsville. This Aug
3d, 1880. J. It. LYLE, Ordinary.
aug3,1880-1 m
j 'D. I C. HURLEY,
I have piCONEE j3 iI\EET, p. . HENS, pA.
removed my carriage and wagon business to the
HtulLi t oii i3rotJtiers» < )ld Stands
where with improved machinery and fine Northern Workmen I wilt
build and repair in die best manner vehicles of every description. I also have a
lot of tine buggies built by Hodgson Bros, which I will sell at a low price to
make room for my new wagons. My work is all guaranteed and my prices rea¬
sonable.
0. C. HURLEY,
ai.gl7,’801y Athens, Ga.
Trip: ONLY GRADUATED DRUGGIST in tTmSECTION in CHARGE:
bfiifiummmxs A s’PEUIALTi',
Sole I’roprietor of Jacob’s Brilliantine and Lowrance’s Tooth Powder
JAMES E. MURRAY. I. W. THRASHER.
Murray&thrasheR,
Watkinsville, Georgia,
Tn returning our thanks to our friends for their very liberal patronage during
the past, we would again renew our offer »f one of the
Largest and Best Selected
STOCK f GOODS!
Ever brought to this section, and ask the people of this and adjoining counties to
give this Stock a careful examination. In
Dry Goods Our Lines*
OF JEANS,
BLEACHED and BROWN DOMESTICS,
STRIPES and CHECKS,
PRINTS, of standard makes, from 6c. to 9c. per yd.
LADIES TIES,
DRESS GOODS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
CROCKERY,
GLASSWARE,
MOORE’S SCHOOL INK,
FfNE CIGARS and TOBACCO,
STATIONERY, is full
and at low prices. Our
FANCY GOODS DEPARTMENT
Has had the most careful selections, and in style and xuality can’t be surpassed
We have the best line ef
Boots Shoes Ladle’s and Mens’ Hats Caps,
We have ever had,and at prices that defy competition. Our stock of
Ready-Made Clothing
L* large, of the best styles and material, and bough t with'a view to meet
the wants of all class of purchasers. Suits from $2.75 up.
The Departments of Drugs, Hardware and Staple ana
F^NCY GROCERIES,
are always full, with prices as low as rhe lowest. This Urge stock is in store and
tn transit and in a few days will be full and complete. We again ask you fo¬
cal) and esamiue. M UR it A V ScTllHABUKK
Watkinsville, Ga., Mey $ f 1880.
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Athens Pharmaceutical Co„
-MANUFAUCRF.RS and dealers in
I<A!M andKTANDAEto
iBini
Elegant Plmrmacueutical Preparation Toilet Requisites.
JOSEPH JACOBS,
ra, eat.> swniasNV^RD^inFt
Corner Claoton Street and College Avenue, ATHENS, GA.
nr.r 7,’80-tf ______
Rare J; Standard Medicines on Hand ‘