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THE VIRTUOUS COMMON PEOPLE.
Not long-ago we noticed some of
the excellent features of Major C.
H. Smith’s School History of Georgia
and at that time we referred to the
historical readings and sketches at
the back of the book. Two of these
pen pictures are drawn with such
pellucid purity of language and
such faithfulness to nature.that they
should be household classics and
familiar to every schoolboy’s tongue.
The picture of the common people
is here appended:
“The itinerant preacher had been
there, but not the schoolmaster.
The rude people, had been taught
how to live and how to die. Their
morals had been preserved but not
their manners.
“The Cotter’s Saturday Night in
old Scotland was not more humbly
devotional than the gathering of
these rough people at the log church
on a Sabbath morning. There were
none to molest or to make them
afraid. They came as best they
could—on foot, on horseback, or in
the farm-wagon. They came in
families, parents and children, lhey
sat upon the puncheon seats and
devoutly listened as the preacher
stretched forth his arms and said:
‘ Let us worship God.” It is a last
ly tribute to these people that while
Peir percentage of illiteracy was
sixty-six, their percentage of crime
was only two in one thousand adults.
In porttoner of the North where
illiteracy is from four to six percent
crime seems to have increased in an
inverse ratic, for as illiteracy de
creases crime increases, unless mor
ality and religion are taught in the
schools. And so since the war, when
railroads and revenue laws have
penetrated the mountain homes of
these people, crime has been on the
increase, and the moonshiner has
become an outlaw. There was a
time when his father and his grand
father distilled their fruit in a lim
ited and honest way, and worshiped
ped God, and violated no law. There
was a time when there were no locks
on their doors, and the stranger al
ways found a welcome—a time when
there were no hip-pockets for dead
ly weapons, were empty,
sufficient to
was a time when these
■Bi so loved their country that on
the first a’arm they picked theii
flints, shouldered their rifles and
hurried to General Jackson's call;
or, later, to fight the Indians in
Florida; or, still later, to old Vir
ginia to defend what they believed
to be their right under the Consti
tution. What a mistake to say
these men were fighting for slavery,
when not one in a hundred owned a
slave; when in a single county that
sent twelve companies’ to the war
there were less than a hundred ne
groes; when in the entire state only
fourteen per cent of the tax payers
were slave owners. But they tought.
They fought as their forefathers did
who resisted a little tax on tea.
though not one in a thousand drank
it.”
A WEAK SPOT IN WILSON’S BILL.
Hon. Tom Johnson, the free trade
congressman from Ohio, has made a
notable speech on the Wilson bill
and his utterance has attracted the
attention of the country. As a
Democrat he points out a weak spot
in the Wilson bill, and his utterance
is the more important as he is a large
manufacturer of steel rails and
'knows exactly what he is talking
-about
Speaking of steel rails, he said:
Take steel which I happen to
know something, ss I am a manufacturer
of steel rails. 1 appeal to the Democrats
of the House to j tin me in putting steel
rails on the free 1-st. The present duty
on steel rai sis sl3 44 per ton, which is
estimated to be equivalent to 60 44 per
cent ad valorem. Tne committee have
reduced this to 25 per cent. This seems
like a great reduction. But it is only
nominal, for 25 per cent is all the steel
rail trust want. It is as good to them as
1,000 per cent, for it is practically a pro
hi icory duty.
“Steel can be made here as cheaply as
anywhere else in the world, and wou d
not now be imported, save in exceptional
cases, even if tnere were no duty ; while
the tendency of invention and improve
ment is in favor of >be United States as
against Europe. Tbe steel made into
rails in this count y is from native ore.
What piti metal, billets, and blooms are
imported are used entirely in other iron
and steel manufactures. Now it costs
less than $2 a ton to make steel r dis from
blooms, including straightening and
punching. On today’s market e_eel
olooms are selling at less than sl7; st- el
rails sbonld therefore not bring over sl9.
They did fall nearly to that price a few
weeks ago, during a temporary break in
the steel rail poo). But that pool was
quickly reorganized, and the price of
steel rails was put up and is now main
tained at $24 a ton; so that by virtue of
the duty which keeps out foreign rails,
the pool is compelling the users of steel
rails to pay them 25 per cent more than a
fair price.”
Mr. Dalzell. “Does the gentleman
speak now from tbe attitude of a steel
rail mauufacturei?”
Mr. Johnson, of Ohio. "I do. My mill
makes about one-thirtieth of all that are
produced in the United States.”
“ Ibis new steei rail pool is composed
of seven manufacturers, headed by Car
negie, who absolutely control tbe product
of more than one-half of the rolled steel
produced in tbe United States, and wbo
have combined together to pay other
large tnauufactun-rs heavy annual sums
to close i neir works, discharge their men,
and make no steei.”
“Now, observe, the 25 per cent duty
of the committee’s bill !• just as good to
the steel rail pool as the greater nominal
duty of the existing law, and will enable
the pool to keep the price up to the high
est point that they deem safe. For, with
a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem, steel
rails can not be imported ftom Europe
and sold in competition with tbe pool at
$24 a ton, tbe highest price it now chooses
to ask. So that the nominal reduction
made by tbe committee is actually no re
duction at all. It, will not add 1 cent to
tbe income of tbe government. It will
not reduce 1 cent the price of steel to
American users of steel rails, and it will
not diminish by I cent the profits of the
Carnegie p< 01. Hence Carnegie’s satis
faction expressed the other day, when
about to sail. It is true that if the pro
posed reduciion had cone earlier it
would have been < f some benefit to the
American consumer, for the present duty
of sl3 44 a ton < uabled the steel rail pool
up io a recent time to keep the price of
steel rails higher still. But a greater in
ternal competitio , caused by reductions
in tbe cost of-production, has •of itself
compelled them to come down to $24 a
ton, and a duty o' 25 per cent will enable
them to maintain th <r price as snugly as
does the McKinley law.”
Further questions from Mr. Dal-
is the protectionist con
gressman from Pittsburg, brought
out from Mr. Johnson the statement
that the steel rail pool had con
tracted to pay the Maryland steel
company $300,000 to shut down its
mills and not compete with the com
bination. In proof of this he ex
hibited a copy of a contract, by
which Robert F. Kennedy, Secre
tary of the pool, agreed to take from
tHe Maryland steel company 300,000
tons of rails at $25 a ton, at the
rate of 1000 tons a day, and in case
he failed to take them he was to
pay one dollar a ton forfeit. It was
understood that the.rails were not
to be taken, and not to be made,
f
but that the secretary of the trust
was to pay the forfeit of SIOOO a day
as a consideration to the Maryland
steel company for going out of the
rail business for the time being.
This strong testimony Induced
Mr. Dalzell to remark that he repro
bated trusts as much as Mr. John
i son did, and would co-operate with
I him tor their suppression. Mr.
Johnson’s reply was that the only
way to suppress this trust was to
take off the 25 percent duty left by
the Wilson bill, which was sufficient
to protect this pool against foreign
competition.
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Wild Land Sales.
Will be sold before the court house door in
Un city of Rome, Fioyd county, Ga., be
tween the legal hours of site on the first Tuea
-1 day in April 1894, the following describe 4 prop
erty to-wit;
Wild laoJ lots No. 14, containing one hnndred
and sixty acres, and ea-t halt ot lot No. 55 con
i taiidng 80 acres, all in the Fourth District and
Fourth Sect.’on of Floyd county, Ga. Levied on
by vlitue of tax flfas ireiied by John J. black,
tax collector, lu tavor of State & Co, vs. J.iha
' W. Jones for years flora 18H4 to 1893, inclusive,
as the property of the defendant. 1-9-3 mo
J. C. MOORE, Sheriff.
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Yes, your kidneys are one of the most
vital parts of your body. The are the
great
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and must be kept pure, clean and in their
normal condition if you want toerjjy
good health.
The Weak and Nervous.
have their kidneys affected. They need
oleanaiDg and restoring to a healthy con
dition, then tbe blood becomes purified
and the bloom of health returns. In or
der to cleanse your kidneys, use
Stuart’s Gin and Buchu.
It is the only reliable remedy. mole
cheap, and effective. It is an infalib e
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Sold by all druggists.
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Anngreeable Laxative and NERVE TONIC..
Sold by D-iggistaor sent‘by mall. 25c..60c,
and SI.OO per package. Samples free.
The Favorite TOOTH POWERS
jBkU HL V for the Teeth and Breath,2so.
For sale by D. W. Curry.
FOR SALE.
Two large, fine young
mules. Will sell with
good note, payable No
vember Isr, 1894-
ROME BRICK CO.
12-9 30
Application for Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA, Floyd County.
Wheiea- J. L. « htm'ters, adn Inisttator rs
AgmsL. Clianibe.’B, represents to tbe couit in
bls petition dulv filed, that he hie admini-tered
Agnes L. Chambers est te. 'lbis is to cite all
persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to
show caute, it an> tbevcan.wU. said adinirit
tr-tor ehouid not be discharged irom bis ad
ministr.tion and lecelve letters ot dismission
on tbe first nday in Apr!., 1894. This Jan
uary Bth, 1894.
JOHN P. D.4V18.
1-9-3 rnos Ordinary Floyd County, Ga.
Letters of Administration.
GEOKGIA, Floyd County.
To all wbom it maj concern: Cezar Stalline
havii-g in proper f- rm applied to me tor perma
nent letieie < i admini'tu tion on the estate of
Teuipy Stalline, l«t iof said county, This is to
cite ad and singular the credi or. and nextof
kin of Teinpy Stalllns to be and appear at my
office witbin the lime allowed by law and ebow
cause, 11 any tbe can, why permanent admin
istratic n should not be granted t-> Cezar Stallins
on Tempy Stallins’estate Witness o-y hand
and official signative this 10'h dav January,
1894. JOHN P. DAVIS, Ordinary.
1 12 4w
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA, Flcyd County.
To all whom it mav concern: Notice is hereby
given that on the first Monday in February
next, I shall appoint an admiui -trator on the
estate of J A .--tansbury, late of said county.
This is to cite all and singular the creditors and
next of kin oi J A Dansbury to be and appear
at my office within th ; time allowed i-y law and
‘ show cause, if any they can, why permanent ad
-1 ininislralion shoula not l e granted to C W (Ja
iler wood or some other fit »i d proper person on
J A Ktansburt’s estaie. Witness my hand and
official signatuie the Bth day of January, 1891.
1-42-4 W JOll K P. DAVIS, ordinary.
Public Land Sale
By virtue of the power vested in me as assignee
of two mortgages, one eiecuted by W B. Mc-
Elroy oiathe 12th day of apri ,1886 and recorded
in the office of tbe clerk ot the superior Court
of Fl jd County <>e rgla, in the book .'K” of
mortgages page 255, No. 2 .6, on the lltb day of
Mar, 1886, and the other executed by Wilson B.
McElroy . n the 9<b day ol July,ißß6 and recoiU
ed in the office oi the cle- k of the Superior
Court ot Floyd County, Georgia, in book *L”
ot moitgages on pages 171, 172 and 173, No. 136,
on the 220 d d-y of July, 1-86, 1 will sell at the
court bouse in the city of Roma Floyd County
Georgia between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.
and 4 o’clock p. m. on tbe firet Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, at public outers and to the highest
and best bidder, tor cash, the following des
cribsdproperty, to wit;
All tout certain niece or tract of land situated
in tbs County ot Floyd State of Georgia,known
as lot No 329, 22nd District and 3rd Section, be
ing the same conveyed to W. B. a CKlroy by
F. M. Dcmp ey containing one hundred and
four and one half acres more or less a-joining
land l of Dodd and Butler Kenedy on the East,
Mouth itv W. M. Pe.ry, Vest by G. W. Smith
and North by James vtcElroy
1-9 4w B. I. HUGHES Cashier.
Application for Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA, Flow'd County. 4 .
iirhereas, Sumuel B'tinKnouscr, Administra-
W tor ot Hattie McK-nkie. deceased, repre
seats to ’be court that be has administere
Hattie McKcKenzie’a esiate. This is to cite all
pt rsoiiß coijcc -Du i. kindred and creditors, to
show cause if any they can, why said adminis
trate! should not be olscharged fr-m his admin
istration and receive letters of dismission on ths
first MoLdsy in April,
' J'JHN P. DAVIS, Ordinary.
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Look!
Look!
Yes, all we ask is that you look
over our line of bargains, for we
know you will then be convinced
that what we have been proclaiming
are stern facts.
We have a tremendous line of
beautiful remnants in Dress Goods,
of all styles, shades and qualities,
which we will sell at less than half
price. Now, here is a bargain lor
ALL.
No more superior line nf Under
wear was ever placed before an ap
preciative public than we carry this
season. We have sold stacks of
them but more must go, and our
prices will move them off.
In our Hosiery department are
bargains that merit the inspection
of every purchaser. We curry the
best brands and the best best dyes
—only such as will come up to our
guarantee. We can meet the de
mand of the trade irom a stand
point of quantity, siz°, color and
price. A fine stock of gents half
hose which are gaining the day.
An unprecedented line of bargains
in Blankets. Come now if you want
a genuine drive. The very best
goods at low figures. Also a win-j
ning stock of Comforts. Quilts, Coun-j
terpanes, Heavy Flannel Goods, <fcc. ■
In our Dress Goods department
arc many winners. A beautiful dis
play of style, quality and variety.
Some bargains here that will amaze
you indeed. We will save you
money if you will only inspect these
bargains.
A lovely line of Ladies’ Wraps
going at cost this week. The cold
blasts of winter have jugt commenced
You cannot afford to go through the
season with your needs unsupplied.
We will give a big rebate this week.
Big inducements in our carpet and
curtain rooms. Only one’s eyes can
do this department justice. We
cannot paint the bargains as big as
it really is, Remember this week’s
Watch this Column,
THOS. FAHY.
COAL “ ’
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AST TENNESSEE COAL CO JELLICO COAL MINING CO.
PROCTER CO»L CO. { R fT E \ S D H ] STANDARD COAL CO.
MAIN JELLICO COAL CO. CENTRAL JELLICO COAL CO.
INDIAN MOUNTAIN COAL CO.
ROB’T. wTIRAVES & CO.
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REPRESENTING
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Imbracing all the leading Jellico Coal Mines and
SOLE
For the Red Ash Jellico Coal.
Round Coal one to two ton lots $4 25 per ton. Black
Lump one to two ton lots $4.50 per ton. Larger quantities
cheaper. Special prices made on car-load lots. P. O. Box
134. Te lephone 100. 1-13 2m eod
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