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THE FRANKLIN COUNTY REGISTER
ELLEN J. DORTCH VOL. XL NO. 15
TOM KELLER AND HIS
DAUGHTER NANCY.
Continued from last tveek.
Keller’s life had beta a strange
and eventful one. Powers beyon d
his control seemed to be ever work
ing against him. When left to hi
own moursss wiffiout being talked
by providence, falf, or destiny, or
his evil genius all his !
whatever was,
efforts were crowned with wonderful
success. But always Avhen the full
measureof human happiness w as just
Avithin his grasp, unexpected and i
overwhelming misfortune descends ,
upon him. He avus so constituted I
and organized, that life had charms ’
for him that were denied most men.
There Avere avenues through which
he could have drawn a high order
of enjoyment and contentment, fhat
were not accessible to every one. He
had beet sorely tried, he had born
he*vy bur peas and Ins idols had
been broken again and again, but he
had made little 'complaint and had
born himself bravely. Ily had been
formed upon, aad rudely buffitted by
fortune, but he had grown misanthro¬
pic, l is nature was net soured, he
wa. at peace with all the world, and
MnkMfMKM.
hiye reals past swiftly by after j
the death of M 1S . Keller, during
which Keller prospered beyond his
most sat-guiue expectations. He
had been engaged in draining lands
and opsening rise plantations near
the coast on a large scale, and with
great success financially, lie had
large sums of money on deposit iu
the fcauks In Charleston and Sav
vannah, and his plantation in Edge
— «n t. •-’.itu siluylelitod
profits, His daughter A>as as
and beautiful and promising
his heart could wish. Though
had often Irowned upon
and he had suffered from many
the world was bright,
his heart was light and he feit that
life was well worth living. He look •
ed forward to the consumatiui ot
ruauy cherished plans, chiefly ©i a
charitable and beneyolent charac¬
ter.
Tut few of these plans hoAvever,
were ever carried out, his eifi genius
still pursued him and he was once
more ihe victim of fickle fortune.
Thsbtnk in aaLjcIi most of his
mciiey was detjo*itcd, amcunticgto
many thousands of dollars, suspended
payments aud was thought to b e :i !
complete w reck, bmt wae brought,
again-t him to oust him from his well
prove ! and valuable lauds, based
upon some defect in his title A feAv
years mere found him a houseless
snd penniless wanderer, and it is
her® that our acnnaintsneo with him
ready begim>. He became a V
ol thi. county ho
te * "***. 'lL
b™uud , im,, f ofr«blo Zy.
pie among whom he had lived and
for whom he did so much,
a Jack of sympathy for him, t faa
wounded and affected him more deep
ly than the loss sf kis fonune, and
Without ant definite pUn for the fu
t»re he had txksn his child aid
hi. f... towards tho «...
He made no effort to do more
make a support for lumself
and child, and avoided
public i OUCv i as far as j osril. (■«. But
few people knew h i m
lit
»e)i‘P,
tma to hi* Rttie daugl . He 9 ti
tuurh of kis leisure t
ffig with. and jiistnt in
| reading and wiiting. It was known
| that lie had been » lYntish sailor
that lie had deserted the service and
that his wife had died when their
child was an infant, and tuat was
| | all. Tlie stories that U the little girl
Som " timeS toId ° f ‘ fc ll0US ^
audbeautifnl giounds where she lived
were taken with many grains of al
lowance. The frequent letteis wrote
to men bearing distinguished names
and the bulky packages that lie
sometimes received through the
mails, excited some interest and snr
prise among the quiet country peo
pie among Avhom lie lived, but the
nature of his correspondence AVUS
unknown. Distinguished men are
soon forgotten, and hum be ones
pass into oblivion sooner still. There j
are but few people now living >n
this county that ever heard of Torn
Keller and h» daughter Nancy and
none that ever saw them. It was by j
pi, e merest chance that his story
became knoAvn to the wiiter. Kel¬
ler was often employed on the farm
cf the Avr iters grand fat bet, from
whom he ree'eveU kind and consid¬
erate treatment, and with ay hose
family Nancy Keller lived for several
years, and where the place of a
mother was supplied as lar as it
^ )je doIU} lBcnfe dangers.
Keller lieter tor ... mtom
^ TT
ut lus caus ® * iith 50 1 ‘' L *
l ^ le ^ duua ui - a b‘e iawjeis,dnc
uci ‘ 9 ' 0 Uiu 111 >vimu
wss deposited would eventually pay
the last dollar lua to him. At last
the nevVs c*me lh»t his valuable
property had betu recovered ami
that he was still a wealthy maa. ite
hastened to tho house tnat had shel¬
tered his child so long and began
j yCTfMttxylT6'' I'iA'U' AY' Aj-Ak ''***?•
his Qid home. Beioie his depiurtlre,
he told the story of his fft'e up to
that time, which together with the
subsequent part of this story earn#
down to the writer as a soit of family
tradition. Continued
THE WHITE MAN OF THE
NEW SOUTH.
Indeed it is ihe Avhite man of the
South more than the black that has
been freed by the civil war. and the
greatest blessing that has so far ie
su.ttd to the (South from the tununei-
pation of the Southern slaves is its
effect i j < n the >. Lite nan cf tha
region iu transforming him from a
dependent idler, or “gentleman
j t j gUre> ” g U pp 0 rted by his slaves, iu
to an indepemlant, self reliant Avork
er. YVe speak of the typical, repre
sentative Southern white man, not of
all classes, for there were Avorking
white men in the old South and there
are idle Avhite men in the Ncav.
^ w j,j te man of *he new South
„ . mmc , „ c.mporo.l
th. »b»- «f Old South
«ho il not.» idler,l«.«t lost »»»■
0 f multUudious leisure. But having
n0W beeu sct free from that bondage
10 ,cisure and that contempt of
^hieff 1S inseparable from elavebold
^ representative of that
] ias ’p eC0 nie a netr man. and has on
j a new j, !( ,l,ation among the
j,,LlrioOM.ce. * the earth.
^ ol(lSout h had a contempt for the
work , r the now South hes a greater
contend for the do nothing and ho:i- the
work, it mattan not how white
est idler
his exeht uer. Ti x
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CRNESVILLE,QA., TUESDAY APRIL 12, 1887
FICKLE FORTUNE.
Vicissitudes of Life as Illustrated
the Governmant Departments.
That department life in Wasliing
ton is kaleidos copie is evinced by the
following incidents gathered from 1
toilers in Uncle Samuel’s vineyard:
A few years ago in one of the de
partments, seated side by side, were
two very attractive ladies, one from
Pennsylvania, strong iu her j{ eJ u b
liean sentiments and a grand daugh
t er of a former secretary of the ti#as
ury. Her companion; the daughter
of a surgeon in the Confederate army
wag a fearless euueiutor of her fSouth
an Dvmociahe views, which, to her
sorrow finally i(suited in her disniis
si) b Shortly l-ttvie this oeeured
her Republican friend made what
*'«upp«ed to he supposed to be
a brilliant alliance, having wedded
an official quite prominent in the
ad m inis nation oi the government,
The hulc iijnmei. from tne South
soon after also married, but she con¬
tented herself with a feffoiv clerk.
With the shillings of executive au
ihonty ircm Repuhliean to Demo¬
cratic bants the prominent officials
was removed to make room ior a
Demoeiai llis rule was obliged to
give up Lei beautiini carnage, her
social entertainments ana oilier lux¬
uries umil open a boarding iioute, the
resort oi so many poor women in rc
ctuc#u circiiiiiBiai.ee*. lu ihe mean
whim the daughter oi the Conteder
me suigerm, wno Jo*t her office on
account of tier Democratic express:
ion, had convened hex nusband to
her nay oi tiunaiii^, on ihe bUb/eei
ol i'WHUkf, lUui He not
not oi.ly viyeu tor oitvthffiTdpOut diu
good work ior the, Democratic i party
in his district, r^ewaa bkoh aiie,
leWardsu oy promouon, ana his
jjrevty luue wne ’is naturally v*ry
proud oi her uauijiaigmiig.
The treasury department seems to
contain more ltlUbtratisns of th . vi¬
cissitudes oi iite than and other de¬
partment. '.there are m that u*pari
mehl ladies whose brothers or other
male relatives have lined some o I the
Highest positions undvr our goAeru
ment, many of whom were born,
raised aim tau^ufed in lie wot-i al¬
tiuent eireums.unees. lot the vrmrl.
mg ot time has i>rought many chau
(i it. ii, rLt-ir lives, and from p©i*t'tl
dailg i u . IS an( ] wives they hare be
com* •‘bread winners” There is a lady
JU govt . rnm , nt employ who is a rel
atIve 0 { Nxpoiean I. Altnougb now
a grandmother, she retains many
j H . rrt0n!l j eharm. for which her fami
llas ever been famous, and if
p) ilin . Rumor speaks correctly, good
| 00 ki,ig grandma m*y he a bride
again-
\ lady noiv high in the court
c ]es of » European nation was onee a
in the Trcur,- ao,»tmo»t
^ foreign rcprefonistivc to the U».
St.lM seeing ut her d, 3 k
wa s umeh impressed by her beauty
Mutual fiiends arrangen a meeting
and, as a consequence, an Amerean
iad y. who kad through necessity
compelled to labor for her dai
, v bread, is now a lsading social light
1U a European country. The wife of
cabiwnt offio«.n<lor th. la.t ad
ministration was selected from
deskin the dspartmens where her
father had been Secretary. The
widow ot a gallant young naval
fleer, wh i 1 si bis life by a torpf
e everai tears ago, is a
cicr 1 _ * I. it the Navy Department, lak
mg can of herself and little ones.
Shelias, ’in fact, lmt assumed her
clcfical duties, for she was eo ein
ployed before she married.
One of the handsomest women now
m the government service once dis¬
pensed with gracious dignity the
hospitalities of a gubernatorial man¬
sion iu one of the Western States.
The granddaughter of Robert Morris
one of the signers of the Declaration
of Independence-, was employed in
the mint bureau for many years
Eje-Senator McDonald, of Indiana
better known ns •‘Uncle Joe,” won
his beautiful and accomplished Avife
from a desk in tlip .Treasury Depart¬
ment,
The to are main- similar instances
of ladies who have left off foiling as
government serfs to became tiie pre¬
siding geniuses of lovely homes, and,
on the other hand, maiiv Avho have
stepped from high social positions to
desks in the departments. A story
is told of a young lady, the, orphan
daughter of an army officer, who, to
assist in supporting nor mother amt
sister, applied for an appointment in
ehe Treasury Department. Jouu
Ohermttu was then secretary. The
courageous little gin called upon the
Secretary and stated her case. Who
said she was willing to do almost
anything that vvoula enable hor to
providi lor hor moilpn'.Y he Sjcretury
.-aid he Jnid nothing for her u Ll0 ’
out assured that ho would cheerfully
Sbsisi her whenever an opportunity
presented itself. The little guiiu
oistod that. tksi’Q was plenty ot worn
around the doparuueut. wiiien oughi,
to uo uoue, and sue expressed heroon
oa fymuig to turn uw netuU to any
fciaue oi omp.oymein. Out, (JOCtmu;
oO iiittb till; b* UiU*,tuj krtlo
uh iOo/i iOX a f/iytt'Ab ash Ot tiO*
• lie iuCii sU/iJU iO loVLi
UUU ukiboivujg KiUU I4ih Ooota Wuiu
uob VVfcil bii.QCU, leitu-U vviiu lu uCii
dara*ttiLu&toi9: ‘*Mv K>m&ximni, l ixnu*
oiiVlO La HOlUOLULU^ X C<UL do JlJl /jU
n you ui jooiiua me, and tint is in
jivi; your toots a tiiftt-elass sniue.
jUy case is more de-pernio man you
imagine, and I vvil accept me jioji
non as department hovtmack. 'i'iiti
Secretary was so uklomsued that it
was several seconds oaiwr# ne re
eo i eieu buffieieniuy m direct iiis
eieik io bate the youag lady ap¬
pointed to a •tUHi eien-.bhip. btie lias
sii.eo illumed anu isilulug W ell.
JL{ is evident that me greatest pie
o«iuuon« a t v ueers.iaiy W promol uit
ibtio'l'ffitiyn of the cholera inp, tips
country during the coining summer.
Y fssels which have touched th*
cholera infected ports of South
America me all the time coming to
our ports Only the strictest and
most intelligent kind of quarantine
can prevent tbs terrible sc-urge
from finding a lodgement on our
shores.
TO BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
thing, i. <lifflc.it, hut il tho
united testimony of the people in
e -ery walk of life, for more than
a quarter of a century, be good evi
dence, then dyspepsia, loss of appe
tite, headache, wakefulness aud do*
bilitation, from whatever cause will
, na y be cured by Dr. Harter’s Iron
Tollic .
f).iA. BsUer A Co li»ve pl»ved a lot < f
ferlilizcr* at \Vc»i Ii( wi rt-viUs f*r th«
conv fi.ltr r# of tliotc Yi'tiO \v is*l» to wiu
that place. Addri i D A
* Co if yon want to proet 5 fertilizers u
hat p'see.
BEEO B Eli'S Sl r CCESSOJ1.
ltev. Dr, Meredith Announces that
he Avill Accept the Call,
At the close of liis sermon at the
Congregational church, yesterday
morning, Rev. Dr. Meredith said:
“I have a word to add which is more
personal. It need he but a word
just noAV,' became so much is under
stood between i s, and because there
will bo further opportunity to say
what oitgltt to he said. You have
known sointhing of the sore perplex -
jty Avh.yh hits hpen upon me
for weeks past. I have never found
it so difficult to decide what avus the
right thing to do. The question be¬
fore my mind has been so evenly bal
attend on its tAyo sides that ] have
simply been brought to a standstill
lienee I havo waited snd kept you
waiting, contrary to my purpose and
desire,thui holding yon m uncer¬
tainty beyond the limbs of anything
1 had a right to impose on you.
Having now reached a decision l
hftsiim to n:a/re it known to you. It
seems clear to mo that it is God’s
will that I should take up the work
iu Brooklyn. Of course 1 may be
mistaken, but that, is my convicting
My work in Boston however is such
that it cannot be suddenly tmniua
toi.. I. «ou >viU icr me 1 ftop/e to
tie you. pastor tor some meatus jet
inis worn is not luieuduvl its my rs
siguatiou, hut simply to make known
iu you tue eouciusum rcueued in my
own mmu.—Jiosion Uiobe.
AVihb i IjEOCiA ililsa 1 ilAi RblAb
iioalhts.
i honsanu. oi dinners every yeai
reave pleasant homes m me emer
to cU ed muUK ami inaac long and te¬
uton* pHjjiiina es to newer (Suites
a lid temioTitt. not tlnveu to it by
necessity, but by a eliioiuc respess -
ness. an idea that it is possiolo
si ni‘‘Aviiere else to got on a little tas¬
ter in tne world, lu nine eases out
ot ten the m«n womu be better off
where he i-, but lie is never satisiieu
until lie mis made at least one or two
change-'. Homes are destroyed in
Hie most ruthless maimer in pursuit
oi thi o ph an to in ol bet.tr ing cue’s
silt—homes which can never
be really restored to the. fam¬
ily, for horn* is something more
than iho roof whi -h shelte.is us.!
r l’he asseciations of childhood, tin*
fri.lids of early days, the memories j |
of the past, the aneostral graves
upon the hillside—are these nothing'/’ :
It will take more years that most "of j
us can afford to build np a now home |
and get into the feeling with which !
avc .icgard our old one, be it ever soj
humble.
BUCKLEN S ARNICA.
'The be-t Salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rhemn
fevers, corns tetter, eh aped
cuts »I ,raiD » and al1 sk,n
. aud positively euros piles, or no pay
required. Jt is guaranteed to give
perf«ct satisfaction, or insney re
IMee 25 «... per b<». F»
sale by Dr. H. II. Freeman.
John Merry mat) & Co Ammonia
ed dissolved bone is the most reliable
guano on the market. For sa !e at
Avalon nnd Mm tin liy R D Y'ow
& Co.,
$ 1.00 IX adyane
THE INEQUALITY GF TAXA¬
TION.
Comptroller General W A Wright
is one of tho best informed and most
efficient officers of tho State. 11a
has given much study tiflie question
of taxation, and whatever ho says on
that subject is worthy of attention,
lie says dint under tho present sys
(cm of taxation iu Georgia there is
no such thing as equality. Tho
owners of land fail to make proper
returns, many of them not placing a
fair valuation on titer possessions,
fn one ease the owner of land will
value it, at *5 an aero, Avhile in anoth¬
er case bis next neighbor, who OAvnes
much better laud, w ill value his at
only *2 an acre. In suggesting a
remedy for the Inequality of taxa¬
tion Comptioiler General Wright
recoinnv uds the method ot assess
ment presented by a grand jury
of Laurens county. The method
oqutemplates making tho Tax receiver
u commissioner of taxes, tvith the
power to classify land according to
his os.hnatc or their ualtic.
classes are suggested: First, well
unproved lauds; second, improved
lands;third unimproved km Is. The
assessmeuts are to ho graded thus.
First class, Ur an acre! second class,
an acre; third class, *3 an acre,
Of course the assessments would
vary according to tha value which
the Commissioner of Taxes fov any
given county might doom just for tho
lands in that county.
It has long been apparent that tho
State’s system of taxation needs re*
modeling. There is, perhaps, not a
county in the State in which unfair
returns are not made. Tho subject
lias frequently had tho attention of
grand juries, W n early always
out definite effect. In somo instances
unfair returns hav.e been reetilied but
the r.sult, as far as receipt, at tYm
Statu Treasury were conceded, has
been almost imperceptible. A radi¬
cal reform is needed, one that will
effect every county in the State.
Tho method of assessment recom¬
mended by the grand jury of Lau¬
rens comity is good, but it hardly
goes fm^enough. One should bo de¬
vised which will not only prevent
unfair returns on land, but which
Avill Insu re fair returns upon al!I class- j
es ol taxable personal property. I
Soma attempt to prevent inequality
of taxation ivas made during the last
session of the General Assembly. It
would be A*"eff 1 “r the law makers t,o j
follow up tho matter during the smn
mer session. Nothing is of more
imi , ortauoc w the State. Complrol.
lt>| . GuDCm1 W right thinks that if
property is rightly assess'd thv tax
rate will be reduced fully ©ae-halt,
and there is no reason to d«ubt the
correctness of his estimate.—Savan¬
nah News.
For l.c best sewing machine o 11
he market address, F. A. Malay *t
1 Tcccoa, Ga.
McConnell & Bro, have n splendid
assortment of tobacco snd Avill give
clisap puces.
1
All kinds of garden seed, Ivaffi
corn, Millet, Barley &e. t for sale by
Dr. II. M. Freeman.
4#a
Sewing Machines at McConnell &
ro .
Goal rings A Watch chaius at
McConnell A Bro.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WY¬
OMING.
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One of the prettiest and most
prominent members of fashionable
society here this winter is a lady who
has the proud distinction of having
voted fov her husband when he was
running for Congress. Thi lady in
question is Mrs Joseph Carey, wife
oi' the delegate from Wyoming terri¬
tory. Mrs Carey, while in no sense
a‘strong minded’ woman isan n'dent
believer in female suffrage. She has
seen the practical workings of the
system m Wy lining; and pronounces
as absurd tbe commeu argument that
the right of suffrage unsexes a avo
man.
At an evening party recently
where Mrs Carey had given utter¬
ance to these sentiments. Senator
Wade Hampton blandly interjected
the remark,
‘But of course you voto as your
husband instructs you/
Mrs. Carey’s black eyes snapped
“mrrily as »ho ‘eplied. p
‘Indeed we do not, The first lime
m Y husband ran for office I
a « ailist him au<1 my’mother suppor
lC( l him. Iho k next time a\c both .
°PP°® e< l him. In each we
bought the other man would make
the b ftter officer. 1 mention ibis to
show you that in our family at least,
the women use their right suffrage
about as they please. Moreover,- the
eouierriug of this power upon wo
man has a good moral effect, espeai.
ally upon those whole husband s
are politicians. You may bslieve
that where every woman is permit¬
ted to vote, tl o wives of politician
ai ’ e very chary about about unduly
cnUcising hotter women. To do
so means the creation of enemies ior
your hwbaoUa, who can uork/ffma
in J W if til0 V cKooae - lb ia a
powerful check upon the tongue I
assure you.’ Washington Letter iu
Exchange. t
Commenting upon the statement
that the '«YiJmmgton, Wrighltville
mid Ons/ow railroad is owned and
eon trotted by negroes, fh* New York
Herald says: Colored passengers will
never have to take a back seat on
that road.” What the colored pas¬
sengers asp ic to are rack seats on the
ears. Ai present they uie seated for¬
ward. 3y Luiidirg a few more
railroads, and tvith 'the help of con
gi e.-sin L ,j of the Blount calibre they
may get any kind of seat desired.
Macon. Tele geaph.
j l LADIES OF THE WHITE
HOUSE. ’
liavo found that tbeir sometimes ex
evasive duties produce a low. weak
tired, and ti emulous state of the sys¬
tem, and that iron restores .lichness
and color to the blood, caffsaya bark
a natural healthful tone to tho diges¬
tive organ, and phosphorous inildiy
stimulates the brain,-ill eombinad
‘
n Hftrtei a 8 iloa Tl , :li c .
The Avalon High Grade Acid
» ! « b l R I) - You ' & Co at Martin
ri 1 Y r J ia kafir.ttcla-s firiilt* «r.
MONEY TO LEND.
I am again piepareu '« >* ouatu
laansou Real Estate at It ce it.
a reasonable coinmis win
March 10lh ’87. J. B DARKS
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