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discriminations be a satisfactory His
tory of Georgia ?
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Gn page 60, Ma j. Smith says:
“1836, a Charter was obtained for
the first railway in Georgia. This
was to run from Macon to Savan
nah.”
In the Handbook of Georgia I
find it stated that the Georgia Rail
road was chartered Dec. 21, 1831—
five years before the “first charter’
mentioned by the Major.
Then examining further I find it
stated in the Handbook that the
Central was chartered Dec. 20,
1833—three years previous to the
time stated by the Major.
This is a funny wav to write “his
tory.” ‘ ‘
I Jill Arp states that Gov. Troup
was born at Mclntosh’s Bluff, on the
Chattahoochee River, in Georgia.
He was born at Mclntosh’s Bluff,
on the Tombii/bi •: territor;/
thnt ioi'i- j'ormn a purl o/' Alabama.
How many more mistakes we
might find, if the weather was
sp- ..'ially favorable for hunting mis
takes, it is impossible to say. The
book is full of them.
And the appendix is worse than
the book.
And the index is worse than the
appendix.
I'he man who got up the index
was surely disappointed in love in
bis early life, and has let it sour on
him.
First, the appendix :
Major Smith seemed to feel con-
R -ious that the history had been
carelessly thing together with a
pitch-fork (not a good pitch-fork
either), so he sets to work to prop -t
up with an appendix.
An appendix r a real good scheme
if you build it right.
1 7.-«: I,itr.raturc o/‘ trcorfiia? is
the title to one of the chapters of
the Major's “appendix. "
Historical writings come first. C.
C. Jones i mentioned; so is Prof.
Lawton B. I vans; so is “Professor
Derry,” “Miss Rutherford.’' and
“Miss Fields.” Xo initials given.
Alexander 11. Stephens is put
down as the author of * a school his
tory of the war between the States,”
thus jumbling his two works together
in the funniest manner. One can
fancy the dismay that would ensue
in a school-room if the two pon
derous volumei of the “War be
tween tb.e states’’ should come for
ward and demand the right, to turn
loose on the cowering scholars.
’Twould bust up tl.e school, sure!
Then the Major tells us of Col. 1.
AV. Avery's History of Georgia, anil
compares it to “ Maei'ubi’j’i
Xot content with this whopper,
Maj. Smith, who has entirely over
looked that most entertaining work,
“Sparks’ Memories of Fifty' Years,”
deliberately inserts the name of
“Professor Sandford” among the
Historians of Georgia.
Presuming that Professor Shelton
P. Sandford is meant, we would fain
impure of .Maj. Smith whether he
considers the Professor's Mathe
matical Works a contribution to
Historical literature?
In tabulating his writers of poetry'
Maj. Smith forgets A. It. Watson
Joel C. Harris, Mrs. Anna Blount
Pardue, Mrs. Kate A. Dußose,
Henry Flash, Miss Fanny Andrews,
M. M. Folsom and Harry Id wards.
He ignores our : wo poetical Judges,
Logan E. Bleckley and James S.
Hock, either of whom will at anv
tim<- kill you off an enemy, with
deadly rhymes, upon the slenderest
provocation.
In the li- t of orators no mention is
made of Walter Colquitt, Hanse
Wright, young George Pierce, or
Tom Hardeman. A. IL Colquitt is
mentioned, but Herschel V. Johnson
is not. Gordon is named, but Emory
Speer, who downed him on the stump,
is not. Joe Brown is mentioned as
an orator, but Bishop George Pierce
is left out.
Yet L. U. Lamar said publicly
two years ago that Bi-hop Pierce was
the grandest orator he ever heard
Joe Brown was as much of an “ora.
tor” as an ox-cart is an Epic poem.
Now for the “Index ; ” The office
of this part of a book is to giv. yon
t ready reference to the contents of
the volume. So I have been told.
Now let us see bow the Major's “In
dex” is built.
<>n page 2, a very' int .-resting quo
tation is made fmm Hannah More.
Yet Hannah doesn’t get into th.
index at ail. Il ever again you
want to find what she said, you must
look it up in the book it self.
On page 3 appears an extract
from a Bpee< h if F Imuu l Burke of
England.
Burke is not indexed at all. Much
is -aid in the history about religious
PEOLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, DECEMBER 15, 1893.
| denominations, but the Baptists are
I not indexed, nor the Christians, nor
the Presbyterians, nor the Episco
palians.
The Hebrews are mentioned in the
text, but excluded from the index.
! 'l’he Catholics are indexed as Pa-
I pists.
Gen. Gage is mentioned in the
text; not in the index.
Col. Campbell, mentioned on page
3!>, is not indexed.
The English officer Capt. Brown,
mentioned on page 11, is not in
dexed.
Col. Pickens, mentioned on page
11, is not indexed forthat page.
Col. Hamilton, mentioned on page
41, is not indexed for that page.
Carr’s Fort is mentioned on that
page; not indexed at all.
Brier Creek, mentioned on that
page and others is not indexed at all.
Gen. Prevost, mentioned twice on
that page, is not indexed at all.
'l’he City of Augusta, mentioned
on that page and very many others,
is indexed only for page 12.
Gen. Lachlan Mclntosh, mentioned
on page 41, is not indexed at all,
Indeed a panic, seems to have
struck the Indexer early in his task,
and the further he went the more
hopelessly he floundered.
Let tis turn to the next, page 42.
Count D’Esting is mentioned five
times; but not indexed for that page
at all.
Gen. Prevost, mentioned, but not
indexed.
Capt. Maitland, mentioned ; not
indexed for that page.
Gen. Lincoln, mentioned ; not in
dexed for that page.
Gen. Clinton, is mentioned; not in
dexed at all.
• harleston, mentioned on this page
and other,-, is not indexed at all.
Augusta is mentioned again , ncq.
indevd for that page.
Here are two pages 41 and 42,
taken merely' at random, and they
are o lazily indexed that we are in
clined to suspe< t that Bill Arp him
self is the guilty party.
| On page 61 it is mentioned in con
nection with the We.-leyan Female
College, that “Bi'-bop Pier- e” was its
first president. In no other place in
the book does the author mention
him.
But the index does not name him
at ail.
• The Baptists are again mentioned (
no index reference.
Penfield mentioned; no index
reference.
Macon mentioned : no index ref
erence;
Enough has been shown to prove
that the man who pulled the index
together was as careless about it as
the man who pushed the appendix
together.
And enough was shown to prove
that whoever raked the appendix
together was as slouchy al otft it as
the individual who scraped the text
together.
♦ » •
The book concludes thus:
“The general condition of the
State is prosperous. Her population
is increasing, her factories are multi
plying, and her towns and cities
growing. Her farmers, in common
with all citizens of the State, have
recovered from the results, and every
kind of business diligently followed
is rewarded with satisfactory returns-
The whites and the negroes, as a
rule, are living upon the same soil in
peace and harmony, and vv eke it not
i’oi: the '< i;ii’i-i.i:i> soldiers and
THE WIDOWS OF THOSE WHO LOST
rHEllt LIVES IN THE CoNFEDEKATE
Si'KVKE. Til EKE vvoi LD BE NOTHING
10 DETRACT FROM THE FULL COS
TENTMEN'I AND HAPPINESS OF THE
1-EOl’l.B.”
So ends this “History of Geor
gia ” with as cruel and as erroneous
a statement of the condition of the
country as anv chronicler ever
1 i
• penned.
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This work is no history. The au
j thor has brought to the task none of
‘ the application, thoroughness, accu-
■ racy, impartiality, and wise-selection
! of material, which is necessary to the
1 historian.
The “Empire State’’ is entitled to
■ a , better performance than is here
j offered to her acceptance.
A history so full of errors of com
i mission and omission ought surely
not to be made a standard in our
schools.
We have the right to demand that
the permanent historical narrative of
j our State shall be written from the
: li- di standpoint of conscientious dili
gence, impartiality, and absolute
truth.
: This narrative before us is not so |
; written. Its injustice to the living
I and t<> the dead, its imperfect account
iof the main events of our growth
and progress, are ho glaring that
j they can only be explain«d upon the
I idea that the author is controlled by
.an easy-going carelessness which
shrinks from the labor of research,
and from the toil of mental compari
sons and
To adopt this book as a standard
for our schools, and to have it taught
to our children as the official record
of our great State, her notable men
i and their notable deeds, were a grave
injustice to the Past, to the Present,
and to the Future; to our ancestors,
ourselves, and our posterity.
Tuos. E. Watson.
Carlisle and the Double Standard.
New York Press. w
j In his speech at the Chamber of
Commerce dinner on Tuesday night,
■ the Secretary of the Treasury said :
“ I have never been able to under-
. stand what is meant bxja double
measure of value, and I have never
found any one who could tell me.”
The Secretary has been most unfor
tunate, both in his studies and in his
acquaintances. There are few au
thoritative works upon finance in
which the matter is not explained,
so that even a much less Comprehen
sive mind than the Secretary’s could
understand it. He may "discover in
: J evens, for example, not only a clear
, ' statement of the case for the double
I standard, but a demonstration of its
j practicability which he will find it
I hard to overthrow. Alex ander Ham-
■ ilton explains the double standard in
i his famous report upon the Mint, and
. so plainly that Jefferson accepted his
argument and the American people
put the system into operation, main
‘ taining it for nearly one hundred
years. Mr. Balfour lately said that
, there is not in Europe or America an
eminent economic teacher over sixty
years of age w ho is not a bimetallist
---that is, an advocate of the double
standard. There are wells of knowl
edge, therefore, from which Mr. Car
lisle may drink if he will. The trouble
with him, it may be feared, is that he
is not really thirsty for that kind of
information.
At the French Monetary Confer
ence in 1869, Baron Rothschild said:
“It is the general mass of the two
metals (gold and silver) combined,
which serves as the measure of the
value of things.” He added with a
: significance not then realized as it is
now: “The suppression of silver
I would amount to a veritable destruc
tion of values without compensation.”
j It must be evident that if all values
i rest upon all money, the practical an
nihilation of half the money will de
crease values. Tn other word:-, the
remaining money will have its value
so much enhanced that by compara
tive scarcity that a greater quantity
of commodities will be required to
i get-it. V W L
When both metals are employed
as lull legal tender, the debtor has
ian option to pay in either. Now it
j is true that the values of gold and
silver are rarely equal. .But when
silver, for example, is a little cheaper,
the demand, under bimetallism, is
concentrated upon it by the desire of
debtors to gain the advantage. This
tends to advance the value of the
metal, while, the demand being taken
from gold, that metal necessarily de
> clines m price. The total result is
; to produce an equilibrium. This
, theory appears to be sound, ami the
practice of the world for centuries
j has proved it to be so. Fnderthis
i system gold and silver have kept
: close together when the excess pro
- duction of one or the other was far
, j greater than it is at the present time.
’ Doubtless, as Jevons remarks, with
1 the double standard either gold or
silver is the standard at some given
i | moment; but doubtless, also, both
j together insure such stability for both
, ' and for the values of ail other com
modities as cannot be had by use of
one metal alone. The production of
1 the precious metals is not susceptible
■ of regulation like tiie production of
t potatoes. It is largely dependent
: upon chance. But the chances of a
sufficient supply for human needs are
at least doubled by using both metals
’ rather than one, and the chances that
values of commodities will have fixed-
I ness are thus also inert ised.
Mr. C arlisle thinks it is enough for
the purpose of commerce that silver
shall be used for money as we now
use it. But we have the single gold
standard, under which even the value
of silver is measured 1-y gold; and
with this arrangement silver stands
with paper money, dependent upon
! gold; xvith the result that all prices,
■ including that of silver, fall as gold
advances. If this extraordinary
movement, which never appeared
until the civilized world adopted the
j single gobi standard, can be explain
ed m any other manner, mankind will
welcome the attempt. I’he facts are
! indisputable and we believe that no
. other explanation of them is possible.
Nor will there be any cessation of
the operation of the destructive force
1 until there shall be general return to
that use of the double standard which
was employed by the most highly
civilized nations until late in modern
times.
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I
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I Hit ir own use or for sale can buy of me
I for $1.25 per box, F. O. B. ears. Quality
i and condition guaranteed to be first-class.
I Money can be sent to me, or deposited
n DeSoto County Bank at Arcadia, Fla.,
I subject to my order, when certificate
I of freight or express ageu i is presented
showing that sufficient fruit has been
shipped to cover the order Address
D, I). CliEWs, Jii >
Crews; file, i'la.
References given on appl cation,
ROLL OF HONOR.
T. T. Alexander, Marietta, Ga.
Oscar Parker, Atlanta, Ga.
E. A. Wilson, Thomson, Ga.
A. IL Sturgis, Thomson, Ga.
Peter Richards, Thomson, ' la.
Jno. T. Wilcox, Shell Bluff, Ga.
R. L. Durham, Elder, Ga.
Geo. -R. Doolittle, Sandersville, Ga
J. J. Poston, Davisboro, Ga.
Stanley Kittrell, Davisboro, Ga.
K. C. Smith, Reidsville, Ga.
J. M.iTowery. Gainesville, Ga.
Maj. C. E. McGregor, Warrenton,
Ga.
J. T. Lingo. Commissioner, Ga.
J. I. Lewis & Co., Commissioner,
Ga.
J. D. Dobbs, Canton, Ga.
Darby McGregor, Warrnton, Ga.
Dr. A. L. Nance. Gainesville, Ga.
AV. F. Smith, Flovilla, Ga.
T. T. Cheeley, Tennille, Ga.
Frank Burkitt, Okolona, Ga.
J. F. Durrett, Temple, Ga.
J. S. Floyd. Hornes N Roads, Ga.
J. D. Bozeman, Q litman, Ga.
A. W. Newsome, Wrightsville, Ga.
J. J. Whigham, Louisville, Ga.
S. 11. Rhodes, Crawfordville, Ga.
Mab DeGeer, Medicine Lodge,
Kans.
C. S. Meadows, Wrightsville, Ga.
J.' <). Sharp, Temple, Ga.
A. J. Hall, Hughes Springs, Tex.
S. A. Walker, Thomson, Ga.
T. C. Hayes, Carnesville, Ga.
J. W. Wilson, Hamilton, Ga.
Jno. Pearson, Altamaha, Ga.
H. C. Fulcher, Cusseta, Tex.
Paul L. Smith, Crawfordville, Ga
IV. T. Askew, AV arthen, Ga.
E. E. Munn, Prescott, Ark.
H. AV. Reed, AVaycross, Ga.
Liberty Co. Alliance, Johston Sta.
Ga-
AV. J. Lawson, Fish, Ga.
J. E. Tillman, Statesboro, Ga.
R. Herrington, Equity, Kans.
AV. IL Paulk, Cairo, Ga.
H. IL Shivers, Warrenton, Ga. •
B. B. Barnum, Eureka, Fla.
W. M. Palmer, Atlanta, Ga.
T. Hardy Brown, Thomaston, Ga.
J. M. Henry, Haynesville, La,
Wm. AA’alden, Grange, Ga.
AV. H. Westbrook, Blount, Ga.
AV. IL Brown, Covington, Ga.
Joel Luper, Augusta, Ga.
J. L. Durham, AVoodville, Ga.
J. D. Middlebrooks, Douglasville,
Ga.
Dr. O. B. Sally, Augusta, Ga.
J. AV. Williams, Upatoie, Ga.
J. E. Harrell, Edison, Ga.
AV. B, Parker, Conyers, Ga.
AV. L. Peek, Conyers, Ga.
T. J. Young, Broxton, Ga.
B. F. Ray, Camilla, Ga.
J. K. Neyman, Key, Ala.
J. F. AA’illis, Thatcher, Ga.
S. <Amend, Tallapoosa, Ga.
H. A. Holliman, Mitchell, Ga.
J. T). Hargis, Gonzales, Te.x.
.1. AV f Harper, I’endarvis, Ga.
J. M. Gilbert, AVashington, <fia.
J. L. Cartledge, Augusta, Ga.
R. Naramore, Blakely, Ga.
J. B. Goodwin, ('olumbus, Ga.
J. L. Buxton, Keysville, Ga.
J. K. Lewis, Swainsboro, Ga.
E. T.. Tucker, Como, Colo.
R. F. Standfield, Lovejoy, Ga.
AV. A’. Carter, Hartwell, Ga.
Dr. N. C. Osborne, Dallas, Tex.
J. L. Stanley, Tison, Ga.
N. M. Hollingsworth, Midway,
Miss.
IL L. Tliurmon, Schochoch, Ky.
S. D. Durham, Maxey’s, Ga.
Geo. AV. Cropps, Ft. Gaines, Ga.
J. J. Tally, Lovelace, Ga.
B. A. Manly, LaCrosse, Kans.
Dr. Abram Nell, Hardeman, Mo.
Jesse AVimberly, Waynesboro, Ga.
F. D. Wimberly, Cochran, Ga.
S. C. Bartholemew, Little Sioux,
La.
J. R. Mathews, Villa Rica, Ga.
P. G. Rowland, Henderson, N. C.
L. C. AVylly, Patterson, Ga.
M. Jackson, Fain, Ga.
J. AV. Hogan, Cat Creek, Ga.
C. H. Ellington, Thomson, Ga.
R. D. Nash, Cadley, Ga.
Fred’k Hall, Augusta, Ga.
11. B. Leverett, Bullochville, Ga.
V. B. Newman, Tilden, Ky.
J. R. Leard, Hartwell, Ga.
Wm. Brown, Enon, Kans.
T. AV. Jackson, Louisville, Miss.
L. 11. Coe, Eastanollee, Ga.
D. B. Gilliland, Jacksboro: Tex.
J. L. AVomack, Danburg, Ga.
G. H. Seig, Americus, Ga.
J. K. Lewis, AVaynesboro, Ga.
D. B. Wells, Draneville, Ga.
A. i . Jackson, Bishop, Ga.
S. J. Fountain, Gordon, Ga.
A. AVardall, Huron, S. D.
R. G. Maxwell, Outlaw’s Bridge,
N. C.
G. AV. White, Hickory Grove. Ga.
Jas. T. Skellv, Jewells, Ga.
AV. B. B. Cason, Jewells, Ga.
AV. A. Hoss, Thomson, Ga.
.1. T. Boggs, Liberty, S. C.
Dr. E. E. Parsons, AVashington, Ga.
-Vmos Shaw, Thomson, Ga.
O. S. Jones, Prescott, -Ark.
C. L. Roberts. Cat Creek, Ga.
R. S. Gaines, AA T ebster Place, Ga.
J. AL Perry, Rockdale, Tex.
.1. AV. Carnes, Vienna, Ga.
AV. F. Brown, Bowman, Ga.
J. P. Sutton, Cleoe, Ga.
P. L. Johnson, Alillen, Ga.
D. O. McLucas, Inman, Ga.
H. D. Cushman, Attica, Kans.
B. 11. Brown. Oscarville, Ga.
AA’. IT. AA’estbrook, Blount, Ga.
D. F. Peel, Lawtonville, Ga.
C. K. Goodwyn, Astoria, Tex.
J. C. Killebrew, Montezuma,Ga.
.1. >S. Colvard, Bowman, Ga.
T. F. Butts, Aladison, Ga.
J. S. Sibley, Alarietta, Ga.
A. A. Martin, Powder Springs. Ga.
J. A. AVash, Gilbert, Ga.
J. E. Maguire, Lithonia, Ga.
Thos. Guest, Locust Grove, Ga.
B. T. Bramlett, Pototo, Miss.
J. G. Bonner, Eatonton, Ga,
J. O. Hays, Temple, Ga.
J. 11. Davenport.- Douglasville, Ga.
IN A FEW DAYS
D. H. DOUGHERTY & CO.
Will Take Stock.
FOR TWO WEEKS THEY WILL
SELL ANYTHING IN THEIR
STOCK FOR LESS MONEY
THAN TIIE SAME GOODS CAN
BE BOUGHT ANYAVHERE.
THEIR STOCK IS MUCH TOO
LARGE TO ATTEMPT AN IN
VENTORY UNTIL A LARGE
BULK OF IT IS LOLD.
GUTS.
DON’T SPEND YOUR MONEY FOR TRASH. BUT COME TG
OUR CHRISTMAS SALE, AND GET SOMETHING OF VALUE
THAT WILL GIVE COMFORT AND PLEASURE, SO THAT THE
RECEIVER AVILL LONG RE-MEMBER THE DONOR.
We Guarantee
That you can buy NICE, NEW, FRESH GOODS from
us for less than yon can buy auction and bankrupt odds and
ends. We xvill sell everything as leaders. Silks, woolen dress
goods, black goods, cloaks, capes, jackets,-blankets, comforts,
Eiderdown quilts, white spreads, lace curtains, draperies, un
derwear, shirts collars, cuffs, tics, hosiery, hankerchiefs,
gloves, mittens fancy goods, notions,, laces, embroideries, dress
trimmings, jewelry, soaps, knit caps, table linens, towels nap
kins, stamped linens, shawls, domestics, ginghams, pants
goods, flannels, etc.
SHORT LENGTHS IN SILK VELVETS
AND WOOL DRESS GOODS.
You can own any of these short lengths for less than hall
original value. Many of these short lengths are quite enough
for a dress.
We don’t deny the fact that we are doing the biggest glow
hosiery, handkerchief and underwear trade in the city
Prices always talk. Don’t let your neighbor get the best of
you, Come early.
D. H. Dougherty & Co.,
46, 48 and SO Whitehall street Atanta, Ga.
A WORD TO j
THE AFFLICTED. •
Save, oh, save yourselves from those
“blowing” young doctors who claim to i
cure everything and have no experience ■
m practice. If you are diseased, and sen- j
sible, you will seek a doctor of experi- j
cnee. 1 have been practicing medicine
thirty-six years, and can cure all curable I
diseases-in quick time. AVill treat all I
cases at my office or by mail.
I keep on hand my guaranteed
Electro-Hagnetic
Emenegogue Pills,
for removing all menstrual obstiuctions,:
at $2 00 per box ; Uterine Capsules, fori
$2.00 per box : Pile Cure, 50 cents, etc.
Female complaints a specialty.
Correspondence solicitude. Advice l
free. Address
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6 1-2 N. Broad street, Atlanta. Ga
Cleveland’s Message. ,
The President’s message is quite lengthy, I
but it failed to tell Congress the most ini- j
portant of all things in giving relief, ff
he had told each congressman to use one i
bottle of FEED’S BILE DRIVER, get
their systems thoroughly eleansod, anil
get their friend to take P. B. D. also, it |
would have been a big hit for Grover.
Price, SI.OO per Ixntle ; sl> 00 pr-r dozen. I
Feed's Bile Driver stimulates the liver, ;
and is good for any disease caused from i
the liver being ost of order Save a doc
tor bill by oruei zxg a sample lot o( six I
bottles, sent for $4.50 C. O- D. by express. :
See advertisement in another column.
Order from. J. O. Waters, Butler, Ga. i
’ Something 3Tew!
' T HAVE A RECEIPT FOR THE CURE
11 of the
Opium and Morphine Habit.
■ This prescription cured a man who took
j one bottle (60 grains) of morphine per day.
All who are afflicted with this dreadful
disease should procure this remedy with
j out delay, and be cured with the least pos
i sible cost and without pain or hindrance •
j from business. For additional informa/
tion, address
G.W.SHEaRES. M. D,
Rayle Wilkes Couny, Ga '
Myerlaybefree
i Gold and Greenbacks may be abundant}
; but none will succeed in growing rich
1 except those who practice Economy,
i Economy is Essential to Success,
j A good lesson in Economy can be learnect
Iby buying from us. AA'e sell the BEST
i goods at the BEST prices and on the
; BEST terms.
Groceries, Hardware
and Plantation Supplies.
' Our stock is comglete and all good
! kept are first-class. AVe study the inter-
I ests of the Farmers, and keep on hand
i such Goods as are best adapted to their
' needs. AVe buy close and sell close and
will make it to your interest to give us
: your business.
SMITE BROTHERS,
j TENNIUJE, ga.
ISAYE moneys shoes
jßy Bonding $2 25 to DUGGAN AV AT
I KINS. Sandersville, Ga., for one of their
complete outfits for repairing and mend- ’’
ing Shoes. Every family should have an
i outfit.