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The subject of pearls in North
Georgia rivers continues to be an all
absorbing topic with many.
Numerous parties have gone out
from Rome, some, the best people in
the city, and have searched the rivers
fo’JKhe mussels in whose depths the
longed for prize nestles.
Many report finds, bnt usually the
pearls are small. However, severe]
valuable ones have been found. One
gentleman secured a pearl worth S2OO.
The following correspondence from
Calhoun to the Sunday Constitution
will prove very interesting reading
just now:
The great pearl excitement which
recently developed in Arkansas has
appeared in upper Georgia. Not long
since Jack Bennett, a farmer who
lives about twelve miles above Rome,
on the Oostanaula river, read one
night in a newspaper an account of
the wonderful discovery of pearls in
the rivers and lakes of Arkansas. The
following morning, with his 1 t.leson,
he went down on Johns creek, a trib
utary of the Oostanaula river, to look
for gems. Wading into the stream, a
basketful of mussels were soon gather
ed. They were taken out on the
bank and opened up. Out of the lot
he secured several fine specimens,
some of them being as large as peas.
They were sent to a lapidary in Bal
timore, with instructions to realize on
them if they had any commercial
value. To his surprise, a few days
ago he received a check for SIBO. This
put the neighborhood in a fever of
excitement, the result being that en
tire families are camping on the river
and creek.
Charlie Sims,a little son of’Squire
Sims, found a pearl of large size and
very brilliant. He sent it to Chat
tanooga and received S4O for it. At
Rome numerous parties have been
bringing in pearls of small size, and
occasionally one of great value.
Frank Wyatt, living near Calhoun,
on the Oostanaula river, learned of
the pearl discoveries and began to
search the banks of the stream and
has collected quite a large number of
specimens. All streams in this
vic nityabo ird n pca ’hbeiring mus
sels, and for many years children
have collected the gems r nd used
them as luck I alls and marbles,think
ing they were the eyes of the mussels.
Various rumors are constantly afloat
about wonderful finds in the streams
of North Georgia and Alabama.
Nearly ever waterway in the south
ern states is inhabited more or less by
mussels.. They are imbedded in the
mud of the bottom or banks of the
streams. For centuries they have
been passed by unheeded, no one
dreaming that they were of any value.
Now their attention has been directed
to them as a source of profit, it is
probable that every stream will be
thoroughly and systematically* picked’
and great results are expected.
As far back as the time of DeSoto
pearls were found the waters of North
Georgia. The following account is given
by Abbott in his history of the Spanish
adventurer:
“The rivers in the vicinity of Chiaha
(now Rome) seem to have abounded with
pearl oysters, and large numbers of beau
tiful pearls were obtained. The natives
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MRS. CURTIS, NEW YORK,
Tells Her Experience With
Ovaritis.
A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied
by a sense of tenderness and heat low
down in the side, with an occasional
shooting pain, indicates inflammation.
On examination it will be found that
the region of pain shows some swelling.
This is the first stage of ovaritis, in
flammation of the ovary. If the roof of
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Do you live miles away from a doc-
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•' For nine years I suffered with fe
male weakness in its worst form. I
was in bed nearly a year with conges
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with falling of the womb, was very
weak, tired all the time, had such
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Was also troubled with leucorrhoea,
and was bloated so badly that some
thought I had dropsy. I have taken
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Vegetable Compound, and several of
her Blood Purifier, and am completely
cured. It is a wonder to all that I got
well. I shall always owe Mrs. Pink
ham a debt of gratitude for her kind
ness. I would advise all who suffer
to take her medicine.”—Mbs. Annie
Cubtis, Ticonderoga, N. Y.
nearly spoiled them all by boring them
through with a red hot iron that they
might string them as bracelets. One
day the cacique presented DeSoto with a
string of pearls six feet :n length, each
pearl as large as a filbert. These gems
would have been of a’most priceless
value but for the action of fire upon
them.
Pearls were also found in the Savau
nan river, as Spanish and Portugese his
torians record. These assertions have
always been perplexing to students of
history, but the finding of pearls in Ar
kansas and their discovery in Georgia
and Alabama tends to establish their cor
rectness.
The pearls grow on the inside of the
shells of mussels, which are so plentiful
in southern waters that they sometimes
impede navigation, as at Mussel shoals
on the Tennessee river. Their forma
tion is supposed to be accidental. The
theory of the United States fish commis
sion is that a grain bf sand is sucked in
by the mussel with its food. Every nine
months the mussel throws off a milk se -
cretion, which form a new coating of
mother of pearl inside the shell, white,
blue or pink. A coating of this sub
stance forms around the intruding grain
of sand each year, and in the course of
time the pearl is formed. The condi
tions, however, must be just right, and
in where there are but few
shells the best pearls have been picked
’up in the largest quantities.
Running sores, indolent ulcers and
similar troubles, even though of many
year’s standing, may be cured by using
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, It soothes
strengthens and heals. It is the great
pile cure.
AFTER SEVENTEEN TEARS,
A Watch Chain Is Recovered That Wat Lost
In the Woods.
Abcut seventeen years ago, before
Mr. L. B. Matthews moved to this
city from. Youngstown. Ohio, he was
on a visit here says the Cartersville
News. During this visit he went over
into Cherokee county, and one day
while hunting his silver watch chain
became detached from his person and
it was lost in the' woods. All search
was unavailing and it was never heard
of until a few days ago when it was
handed him by a friend.
Since Mr. Matthews’ visit to Chero
kee county, seventeen years ago, the
woods in which the chain had been
lost has been cleared and for several
years has been a cultivated field. One
day last week a negro girl was dig
ging in this field and she unnearthed
the chain. She showed it to some peo -
pie who had remembered Matthews’
lost and thus it was that the gentle
man's property was restored to him
after so long a time. The chain was
taken to Bolt's jewelry store where it
was polished up and itnow looks tfs
bright' and unternished as when first
bought.
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THE HOME TKIBUNE, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1827.
TRIBUTE or RESPECT.
Notice of the Death of Mrs. W. T. Williams
Which Occurred in Fort Worth Paper,
The following tribute to the memory
of Mrs. W. T. Williams, who died at
Hermitage, Ga., appeared in the Fort
Worth Daily Register of Sept. 16th. It
reads as follows.
Died, at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. J. T. Watters, Hermitage, Ga.,
Aug. 20, Mrs. W. T. Willian s, of Rome,
Ga. Mrs. Williams was the mother of
Mrs. T. Y. Wright, of this city, and
spent the greater part of the last year of
her life in the home of her daughter.
Many doubtless who met her on this
visit will recall her kindly and gentle
manner. She was 67 years of age, but
time had touched the noble brow so lov
ingly that no traces of his footsteps were
visible among the smooth bands of au»
burn hair.
Mrs. Williams, was an old fashioned
mother, embodying in her character
all the graciousness. goodness and
sweetness which that term implies.
The wise man says of such a one,
“Her children rise up and call her
blessed;’’ “Her husband safely trust
eth in her. ’’ She was a Christian,
and bad been a Methodist for more
than forty years. Faithful in the
little things of life, she lived every
day for eternity, and when the sum
mons came, her work was done and
she was as one who waiteth for the
bi idegroom.
Quietly, painlessly, as the child
sinks to rest on the mother’s breast,
she puts off this earthly house of her
tabernacle and went to be forever
with the Lord.
Last year when the flowers bloomed
she was with us and the children and
sweet grandchildren, who hovered about
her loved presence, anticipating every
want, dreamed not that her feet had
already pressed the bank of the shadowy
river. And yet the absent, far-off look,
as one watching for the light, might
havs told the story, had we loved her
less, of a spirit that was pluming itself
for the glory world.
SFor years she walked in the solitude
of widowhood, but no complaining
murmur passed her lips.
She filled the measure of her days
with loving service for others end
thus proved the true nobility of ex
istence. How luminous the light that
shines from such a life’s sunset and
how uplifting the thought, that its
radience will increase as long as time
lasts. What higher encomium can be
bestowed upon us than to say: “She
lived to do good.” How preferable to
monuments of brass and of marble,
even to the worship paid to learning
and genius, is a celebrity like this, for
to be greatly good and beneficent is
the highest evolution to be attained
on earth.
To the loved ones who mourn for
her as only he can who weeps for his
mother we would say—“ Look up.”
‘•The star is not extinguished when it sets
Upon the dull horizon; it but goes
Io »h ne in other skies, then reappear
In ours as feeble as when it rose.
“The sun dies not when the shading erb
Os the eclipsing moon obscures its ray;
It still is shining on, and soon to us
Will burst undimmed into the joy of day.”
Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth; yea, saith the
Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works do follow them.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 3, 1897.
Mrs. Williams was the wife of the
late Capt. W. T. Williams, who was
well known and greatly respected. Mrs.
Williams was Miss Orlena Vance, born
in Jefferson county, Tenn., July 29th,
1330. She was married to Capt. Wil
liams Nov, sth, 1848.
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■* dreaded effects of early vice, which
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SEALED CASH BIDS FOR THE FURNISH
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Fridav, October 1. 1897, the right to reject any
and all bids being reserved, camples of fl »ur,
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1,500 lbs. southern white corn meal as wanted
120 lbs. full weight candles (sixes)
500 lbs. best leaf lard or cottolene.
300 lbs. good sugar cured hams.
500 lbs. best ice cured side bacon.
50 lbs. best pin head or rolled oatmeal.
1 bbl full weight No, 2 shore mackerel.
3 bbls best pearl grits.
2 bbls best rice, not fancy.
1 bbl best hominy.
1 bbl best white beans.
2 bbls, standard granulated sugar.
3 bblj. New Orleans Y C sugar.
3bbls prime New Orleans or Sou'.h Georgia
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2 bags Rio coffee.
3 boxes Octagon soap.
Beef and mutton delivered on the premises
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