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THE OTBLIS POST. DUBLlff l A EpCfl, t8^.> Terms, §1.50 ~n year in advance. Tins Post is Tirar Official Oita an of LaUREKS COUNTY. — CIRCULATION OVER 600 ~ t Local Affairs. Read new advertisements. No cliristmns goods in Dublin yet. Kerosinc twenty-five cents per gallon at Wolfe’s. . December was ushered * in With quite a ■Jjgfti.'Kum day. < *' - . ■ h The whiskey question has been about exhausted. Mr. J. T. Kodgers>as invested in some tkoroUgh-bml RcrkShire pigs. The people are itt lower financial spirits than we have ever sngi'them. We spent four days in Johnson county hist week, at the expeuse of these columns. The Colvillcls again afloat, and if the river keeps up will soon take all the eottou in Dublin to the railroad. The people of this county are highly gratified Jwitli £the rcelcctiou of Solicitor General Thus. Eason. Our representative, Mtt Burch, lias in troduced, « bill, to iucoipomte the Oconee Itiver EjU’ijpiVpiit tjt/mphi^i . To poyidelit'd with cotton at seveu cents which wtire'icontracted when cotton was fifteen, Wwiinip-hilL business. ^ You can buy as much with a bale of cotton now as you ever could, and if every body were out of debt you would hear no complaint about the price of cotton. John Graham's arm got aiught in a gin band last Saturday and was badly gashed and broken. Dr. Hightower thinks he will not regain the full use of his arm before Spring. Read This! You will save money by paying your notes ami accounts by the 10th of Decem ber; lifter then will be turned over to attor ney for collection, Dublin, uov. 18-3t. T. H. Rowe. The rumor that Mr. R. T. Dominy is no longer a candidate for Tiix collector is un founded. He requests us to say to bis frieuds and the Public generally that lie is still in the field soliciting tlieir support, (•' and will iu uo event cpmq down. 2t It will l|e imppsifUJoj! for us to give per sonal attention to oiir collections iu John son, and we hope that our subscribers in that county who have not yet payed, re try man of them, will call upon our agent. W. P. Hicks and settle at once. tf. 10,000 Tickets Per Hour. x v-audidHttw iu Laurens and jlohawou are re minded that the office of the Post is the place to got their tickets printed with neat ness anil dispatch. We arc prepared to turn out 10,000 handsomely printed tickets per hour. ’ tde Dr. Hides, who offered the resolution in the late mass meeting which bus been the subject of so much discussion, agrees witli the chairman Of the, meeting aud every one else with whom we have talked on the subject, tlnit the action of the meeting on that.qucstion was, under the circumstances, of ito Importance. - 'J* t J lit? ‘ Tlic.editor .left for Johnson- comity on publication day hist week, leaving the Post with o-thc hoys,” which accounts for some typographical crrrpns-ooe of them pretty hard- on the Bible, or else on children : “ ‘Bring u cliild up in the way he should . go ; aud he w/Wdepart from it', or the. Bible is false!’ ” A good many subscriptions to the Post are only for six months, and will expire on the' 20tlf mst., that is, those commencing with the first issue. When you see a red cross on your paper you may know the *“ time for which you have paid is dniwiug to aldose. We hope all will renew their subscriptions aud continue to take the Post. : Nearly all our Laurens county suhserib- cm.bavu.pnid UP, Our Johhson friends huve doubtless been just as willing and rca(% respond ; but the trouble is we lmvn’t haddbneto see them in person. In order that thcy~may ribt feel slighted, we have instructed our agent, W. P. I licks, to give each aud all an early opportunity to pay for ihe Post. EH Shores was sentenced to the Dublin Street. Brigade last Friday by the county Judge for five months. It is probable that Mr. Jack Clarke xyill ;pay his fine and allow him to work out the amount on his farm. He was prosecuted Ity Mr. Isaac Keen for selling him a lot of almost worthless seed cotton with just enough good cotton on top to conceal the bad. We intended while in Johnson county last week to get up a letter for the Post, but our esteemed friend Dr. J. W. Flan ders, soon after our arrival in Wrightsville invited us. to a superb turkey dinner, where we became too full for uttcraucc. We regret that we inadvertently wrote a local paragraph last week which, after our attention was called to it, we noticed was susceptible of a somewhat offensive inter pretation. It was iu reference to Mr. 8. J. Kellam’s trouble in getting bis Post from tbc post office. From whut Mr. K. told -^e-•presumed that some of his friends took his paper from the post office •wad'through forgetfulness or want of op portunity failed to fqgvard it. We simply desired to call attention to this fact, in the ^Jiop^of earning bis friends to either Jer- ward his naper promptly, or let it remain in till* post office—nothing more. If any onq is offended, we beg his pardon and promise to be more careful iu the future. To the Voters of Johnson County. WiUGUTBVii.MJ Ga., Nov. 28th, 1878. JStL Post: I desire through the columns of your paper to correct the wkle-spreud impression that I am uo longer a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Johnson county. The report doubtless grew'out of my sometimes jocularly telling my-friends that I lmd been pushed out of the field. But I desire to state positively that I am still a candidate, and will under no circumstances withdraw from tlie canvass, and most respectfully submit my claims to the voters of Johnson county. Of the weighty duties aud respon sibilities devolving upon the Sheriff’s office I am fully aware, and on thatnccouut have been slow to get my consent to run ; but since I have decided to become a candidate I hope my friends throughout, the county will give me their support, and disbelieve ally report iu every word and in every syl lable to the effeet that, I am not a candi date. Jacob T, Snell, tf Condor Items. Our academy is in L. C. Bench- am’s hands, and will bo finished by tlje 15th of January next. Dont it make the turkey-bumps rise on your back for vine of the can didates ti> grasp your hand aud as sure you, privately, he thinks yen the best man in the whole world ? “Mathy” Graham :s improving slowly. A stalk of nihlliii and an old stump with mushroous on it, made a party of ‘‘possum hunters” git from one of Mr. Fuller’s swamp fields. A part of the whistle pipe blew out one day last week and all hands skedaddled, hut the man in blue. Suppose whiskey selling is abolish ed fiom our county. Wont the “Loon Association” have a merry Christmas ? Take notice Mr. B- . all agents are let alone by the Dublin Author ities upon the payment of §10 and changing their initials. Therefore, parties wanting medicines will ad dress I. J.- instead of P. J. Adams. Linton Jones killed thirteen squir rels and a partridge at fifteen shots. Adams says he can prove by Jno. Williams, he killed fifteen squirrels at as many shots, in as many min utes and within an area of as many steps at Ocean Pond. ■ * Mr. Charles G. Bush is banking up his turnips for future consumpt ion. Parties desiring to grow this crop, can purchase by the bushel next spring, from him, and plant like potatoes. Tully isn’t as true to his Post as was Horatius of old. Wo saw him at the saw mill a week or so ago. Come again,- Judge Ilavnes, and Sheriff Mc Lendon occasionly just for fun ride over. We coulden’t account for their smiles at first, but now wo under stand whenever a man Bees either coining lie splits for the creek. They cant get a social chat, all afraid of warrants. Montgomery News. Dr. W. II. Willson’s crib and fod der house were burned on the night of the 14th hist,, with all his corn and fodder. The doctor thinks he knows who did it. The negro candidate for tax col lector has abandoned the field in ui8gust. Ciipt. John Mathews of Steamer Halcyon passed through town on the 19th on his way to Darien. He entertains high hopes of coining up soon with lhs boat. That crowd that the Grand Jury found Bills against at Court for Va grancy has disappeared. The Long Pond Agricultural Club will discuss at their next meeting the subject of fruit growing. Hon. T. B. Calhoun on going out to his hog pen one morning last week found seven of his fattest hogs dead. He thinks the cholera will get all his hogs before it quits. The river is rising and the timber ineu look better. Mr. Daniel McMillan has grown so much worse that the doctors had to amputate his log. He will hardly be able to come home soon. A grand necessity elevates a man; u small one degrades him. England and Afghanistan have commenced burning powder iu good earnest. Gordon After the War. [if. IF. 0. in the Atlanta Constitution.] t At the closo of the war the people of Georgia turned to Gordon with al most unanimous acclaim. Ho hold the first standard raised by the dem ocracy of Georgia, and led the cam paign against Bullock. Awakoning the -people with his magic cloqucneo from the sullen apathy infix which the advice of other loaders had pul' them, ho gavo the Georgia democra cy its first prestige and organisation. As bravo and as dauntless in the canvass as ho had been in the field, he was every where - defying the fed eral bayonets—rallying the peoplo to stand up for their rights—denounc ing the villainies of the republican party!. A GREAT CONTEST. Having all the elective machinery in their hands, the republicans de feated Gordon, but ho had led tho democracy through its first great struggle, and had given it courage and prestige. When a senator was to bo chosen in '’72, Gen. Gordon was put iu the lit Id by his friends, The race was most remarkable in many respects ever seen m Georgia. He was con fronted by the Hon. A. H. Stephens aud lion. li. II. Hill. Tho buttle of these giants was a grand one, Gor don, much the youngest of tho three, and much the “newest” man, was nevertheless the favorite from the start. Hoping to gain something by the alleged superior ability of their candidates, the friends of Messrs. Hill and Stephens proposed that the three candidates address tho general assembly. Of course Gen. Gordon accepted the gauge. Tho three speeches wore of course very able, hut it is known of all men that Gor don’s speech created the greatest en thusiasm and made the most votes. Placed between the two ablest men of Georgia he bore himself nobly, justified his friends and confounded his enemies. He was elected after a sharp struggle, leading Mr. Stephens heavily, and doubling Mr. Hill on the first ballot. f GENERAL GORDON’S RECORD IN Till-; SENATE is fresh in the minds of our people, and has just received such an in dorsement as was never before given to any public servant of Georgia. Evoij in tile - somite 1 ho made an im mediate reputation. The condition of Louisiana being under discussion, General Gordon arose,’ as wo happen to know, without preparation, and delivered un impassioned and thrill ing defense of the south—her record, her sentiment. It ivas tho first time that a sonthern man had spok en thus openly and audaciously in vindication of tho south, and tho effect was electrical through the length and breadth of the country. It gave General Gordon a national reputation, and since then he has held his position as probably the most prominent man the south has furnished since the war, His influ ence in Washington is enormous, his counsels are always sought by the wisest and best of bis party, and he has (lone more than any other man, probably, to liberalize national sen timent and give the democratic par ty chance of victory. His services as an orator have been in demand on every hotly-contested field in the re public, and at the earnest solicita tion of the democratic authorities, he has campaigned, usually with Lamar, through New Hampshire and other states. His speeches during these cam paigns were models of statesmanship and patriotic eloquence. TIIE SECRET OF GORDON’S SUCCESS. I do not think that the annals will show a more admirably beloved character than Gordon’s. I do not think they will show a man who, in the character o‘f a soldier and states man, has acheived so lustrums and so.broad a fume. In each field Ins success lias been phenomenal, brill iant and glorious. Iu the forum aud on the battle-field he has borne himself us a hero and as a man ! And there is-just one secret that will explain his success. Of course his personal gifts are adveutitous aids to an end. Ilis marvelous elo quence: his dauntless hearing; his splondcd presence; his indomitable energy; his far-reaching sagacity; all these are mere trappings. Baek of them all is the secret of his power and his strength. The people love him, and honor him, and follow liim, because they can trust him! Iu peace or iu .vi’ar; in strugglo or in calm; in victory or in defeat; in all circumstances and under all pres sure his groat heart is with tho peo plo, aud his life is at their service. No threats can deter him; no persua sion cajole him; no flattery entrap him; no uitluencb puvelmso; no pres sure disturb him; no personal ambi tion unsettle him. The people know this just as his soldi era know it, and the people will follow hini just us Ins soldi era followed him, and all thisubcouuse tliey can trust liim. The Department of Agriculture. [Atlanta Constitution] This important and valuable bu reau Is again subjected to ordeal, a bill to abolish it being under con sideration iu.tjio hpijse. In view of the gr6at benefits Unit have' already accrued to the farmers of Georgia from the establishment of the de partment, and the broad field of use fulness upon which it has justentered, it is passing strange that an effort is umdo t.o. $0 away with it. Tlie in telligent, reading farmers and other citizens of the state aro impressed with the great valuo of the various manuals which have, from time to tiinoi, been issued by the indofatigible Commissioner. Tho information about crops, anil the timely and practicable suggestions as to the best methods of utilizing labor, rotation of crops, composting, planting and cultivating food crops, especially oats, that, have appeared in the mon thly and other circulars of tlie de partment, must have resulted in ben efiting our people to a degree beyond all proportion to the small appropri ation from the treasury. >So far, however, from being’a burden on' the tax payors of the state, it has not only resulted iu conferring the gen eral benefits alluded to, but has act ually paid into the state treasury from inspection fees, over and abcjvo all expenses of every clnir- actor, including the appropriation for the department, propor, the snug snip of §20,000. It is claimed by those who would destroy tho force of this argument that tlie infqieetion fees are paid by tlie customers—the purchasers of tho fertilizers inspect ed. This claim is confidently denied by those best informed tin the subject., including some leading dealers in guano ; but be this as it may, the in spection laws, and the groat protect ion they" afford to both dealers and consumers, are so unquestionable that it is a matter of but little mo ment who pays the fees, where each receives a benefit. Application Tor Leave to Sell Land. GEORGIA— Laurens County. Four weeks after date, application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said comity for leave to sell 1000 acres of land, lying on the east side of the Oconee river, and commonly known as the Powers land, belonging to the estate of II, p.'Fuquui, to be sold for distribution. Decl 1878-lt Dennis McLendon, Administrator, De bonis non cum tci-tnmento annexe. SPECIAL NOTICE! The contract for keeping up the Telfair bridge on Turkey creek will expire on tlie Oth day of December next. The public is hereby notified tliut tlie county will not be responsible for any damages that may occur to persons or property at said bridge after Unit date—until the new bridge is complet ed. John T. Duncan, Nov 29 1878-tf . Ordinary, NOTICE. GEORGIA—Laurens County. Four weeks afterdate application will be mode to the Court of - Ordinary of said county for leave to sell the one-half undi vided - ' interest of Wiley Lo<:k and Ann C. Lock, minors, in lots Nd. 184 mid 105 in the town of Dublin, bounded on the Soutli by Madison street and on tho North by lots belonging to Dr, R. II, Hightower. mU 1878-4t Eliza Lock, Guardian. OATS FOR SALE. 500 bushels of. Yellow Rust Proof Oats Sept. 18-tf. Holmes’ Cross Hoads. For Tax Collector. Believing that t|io office of Tux Collector was never tilled more faithfully, or with more general satisfaction to tax payers than by Mr. B. B. Linder for many years, we hereby suggest him as a candidate for that office, subject to Democratic nomination if one is held. Many Voters. For Tax Receiver. Believing thnt the Rev. J. L. White will, if elected, discharge the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the Public, we hereby annouucc the mime of that gentle limn as a candidate for Receiver of Tax Returns of Laurens amity. Aqg. 28-tf Many Voters. Macon, DEALER IN furniture and Carpets. COFFINSand CASKETS . " , •*. / . I U i <TjXCT ■ aww. of every description ami price, in Wood and Motel. Call and examine Goocls.ahd prices. ^rAHht, exceedingly low prices. oct Hftllm VISITORS TO MACON Next to Lanicrllbuso. ‘ : • I • !>• ” y(VT*’fw ; )'L>)!Ki; i /itert htii.'-y While in tho city, should not fail to call and cxnmino tho exton&ivo stook of ; j STOVES, TIN-WARE, CUTLERY, "■ LAMBS, CROCKERY, at GLASS-WARE, WOODEN WARE' AND G^tpral Housedfipisliiiig Goods, GEO. AV. BURR’S No. 87 Cherry St. PRICES DOWN TO LOWEST NOTCH. SOLE AGENTS FOR The Grand Charter Oak and Farmer Girl Cook Stove. Repairs for tho above always on hand, oct 8041m . TRADE NEVER BETTER. .-iV-iJ'l I ■■'D -->V it ' t! /(reft} r, l> -Uitl ' 't'tysftifc (if H alt vhlit jjj " hull Tvfi-oh.U S’, tOnoitUs hntt ; lli bhw ; fihm ui* 500 Cooking and Heating Stoves on Hand, Enameled and Plain Grates, Tinware for all domandB. Full line of ,l ' 1 Wood and Willow Ware. The largest and host line of PLATED'GOODS in tho city. CROCKERY, GLASSWARE and ' Mu g ^ || House-Furnishing Goods for sale by oct 80-lhn Oli-srex* 2sTco?1jO:n. 4? Third Street, Macon On. but* f f -jt tva. ! i»i> J s bit* i 'Htt> GEO. S. OB EAR, 92 Clierry Si:. Come and see tho fiuout assortment of Crockery, French China, American China, HOUSE-FURNISHIN G GOO I >S, Stamped and Tin AVaro, Toilet Sets, Agate Iron Ware, &o. Out* lory of all kinds. Agent for tho celebrated Excelsior Hot Blast Cook Stove. Alilb, Churtor Oak, Sunny South, Cotton Plant, and other desirable pat terns. oct 30-3m Dublin Ga., Nov. 18th 1878 M Post: Yielding to many and repented solicitations and os'pecially tlie oii< Sheriff of Laurens county. For Tax Receiver- Hd. Post-. Please announc'd lit)'. A. J. llilbiin ns a candidate for reelect Ion to the office of Tiix Receiver at the ensuing 'election. He 1ms <11 led t he office wit Isfactorlly to the public for ThaniJI tlle 1111,4 two and we recommend him iniiny ninny (item- (nf deiice they repose in me. I pledge myself, if*elected, to discharge tlie duties of the ofiico to tho best of my ability. Reap tf ill ly, tde. Dennis McLendon. NOTICE. Wim. be let to the lowest bidder, before tho Court House door, ill tlie town of Dub lin, on Saturday tlie 21st day of Diicemlier next, the keeping of Blackshear’s and tlie Dublin Ferries for the year 1878- The contractors will la: required to give bond with good security in the sum of one thou sand dollars for the faithful performance of their duty und for all damages to persons and property that muy occur through their negligence or carelessness at said Ferries. Buhl bond to be given the same day, or the hhl will be void. .John T. Duncan, Nov. 21st 1878-41 Ordinary. T T I For Tax Receiver. I hereby respectfully submit my name to the voters of Laurent county ns a candi date for Receiver of T:ix Returns at tin ensuing election. oct 2!5 tdc IT J Walden. Election Notice for County Officers. An election will be held at the seveni precincts iu Laurens county on Weclner day, the first dav of Junuury next, to; Clerk Superior C’oiifl and, Treasurer, Blier-’ Sept. 4-tf Many votkus For Tax Receiver. Believing Unit Mr. W. G. Wright will make nn illlcient olilccrjf elected, we here by submit Ids name to the voters of Laur ens county as a suitable candidate for the oflice of Tax Receiver, tde. Many Voters. J—u' mt: FOR SHERIFF. Wrightsville, Ga„ Sept. 80tli, lid. Pod: , Plensc announce iny name ns a candidate for Sheriff of Johnson county. If elected I will discharge tlie duties of tho office to the best of my ability. sept 80-tf Jacob T. Bnell. For Tax Collector. Ed. PotU Please announce Mr. W. W. O’neal as • candidate for Tax Collector, tfc is % worthy citizen, and eminently miulifled to credit to himself and fill Hint office with credit satisfaction to the Public. Aug. 28-tf Many Citizicnh. Money! Parties indebted to tlie undersigned for medical services are requested to come for ward promptly and settle. I have served you to tlie best of iny ability, and expect similar treatment. Vet-hum sat, oettMf I, II. Harrison. For Sheriff. , w , The undei.dgnwl take pleasure in an. Iff, Tax Collector,' Tax Receiver, Coitmer.uomicing the name of J. C. Hcarlstrough as a suilabic candidate for sheriff for the ensuing term and arc assured from his promptitude in business he will make an efficient officer if elected, uov. 13-tdu Many Voters. aud County Surveyor for Laurens county This notice published in accordance will Section 1822 of the code of Geo-gin. tde John T. Duncan. Ordinary. m