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THE FRANKLIN COUNTY REGISTE . —^ ■ ■ Ki&i T St |
Y ELLEN J. DORTCH VOL, XVI. NO. 23
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FRANKLIN COUUTY.
Its Soil, Health, Water Power,
Schools Churches, Railroads, etc.
SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION.
Old Gbntkman Frazier.
lu 1842 a A-scLer from South Ca¬
rolina livrmd William J lazier taught
| in Byrams district near where Union
[ Grove C’liunh now stands. The
school house was a bundled yards
from the I ub.ic road and abo-ut CO
yards north ef the split, g now used
by the church. It was built of logs
with huge ciatLs between, and had
a board roof and plank, floor, The
roof was very low, the cliim«.ey was
broad and built of sticks, the writing
desk like the one described a* Mount
2ui., li t nais were made of slabs
fioxii die saw mill, such as are yet
to be fouud in some out of die way
sciiool-houses.
The teacher had acquired tbe
soliiquel of Gentleman Frazier in
South Carolina, and was known by
that name here. He w:h about 00 or
05 years old, neat in appearance,
erect as an Indian, rather dark, and
was strikingly like George W.Adams
a distinguished Georgian who died
not long since.
A seven year old boy never eu
teved school with more bony ant hopes
or a more laudable ambition than I
entered the school taught by gentle
Hian Fraziir in 1842. Mr. Frazier
was supiposed to be a superior teach¬
er, and a great developer of the ju¬
venile brain. My father had sugges¬
ted Zti.it it was possible for me to
become a scholar, a nd to rise above
tae comino.i mass if I would only
try. I remember tlie exultation I
felt wheh, in answer to an inquiry
he said, 1 might even become a bet¬
ter scholar aud a greater man than
Uncle Ben. The sequel proved Old
Gentleman Frazier w as not superior
to Uncle Ben as ar. educator and
a trainer of children. Their
methods were very- much alike, but
Mr. Frazier lacked Uncle Ben’s boy¬
ish and cheerful good humor. He
talked less and whipped more. I
Was not lucky offender in
that school. TUarren Byram, Tom
Me Junk in and myself fell under the
ban of bis displeasnre, and be usually
made us sit together on a short bench
near his table. _ We were punished
frequently and sometimes severely,
but pro! ably always justly.
The school was large and flour¬
ishing'aud a goodly number ef grown
girls and young men wen; numbered
among the scholars. Tlie girls and
boys were allowed to play together
and associate freely, and tlie larger
girls and boys had a very pleasant
social lime that year. On Friday
coemngs we had an extra spelling
lesson, and sometimes reading.cx
eirises. At such times the girls
sprinkled the floor with white sand,
and decorated the large fire place,
wafts and joists with plants and
flowers. The little boys and gir.s
werc pressed into service and seour
ek the wood* lor blossoms, and
tbe bough* of large leaved luxuriant
butties. The little, low, open school
louse situHted far out m th. dense
forefct,detcr»(ed ludelv hut
quely without Md within, was a
pleasant sight to look upon; #»d
pleasanter still, to look upon the rosy
and blushing young women,
stalwart young nini and stuidy ehil
dren, alt in Buttdaf attire
GeutUrmm was a very dig.
nifiedold man, and mwd homwlf
in » stately way, li* » K 4 ***
deni of hi* time in temhinghi#**hoh
m how to deport th.m*!»c. in
«*-• w*
house, or meeting a person on the
highway or else when-, was (o raise
the hat with the right hand, bend
the body forward and make a back¬
ward movement tv ith the rigl t foot.
The rules of the s-choel reqiiiitd ns
to salute all persons that wc not on
tne way to and from rchoi I in that
way, and to go threngh a similar
performance on entering the school
house each morning. Air. Frazier
taught at that place several yean,
and alsi at other places in tha< part
of the county. He spent most ot his
life in the school house and was a
good teacher for that time. lie
moved to Alabama abiiit 1847 or’48
and died many years ago.
BURGESS SMITH.
In the year 1844 or ’45
. Smith taught school at Mount
He was a Methodist preacher
lived on Tugalo liver near where it
is crossed by the Air Line rail
Mr Smith was a good
scholar, a natural born teacher
a close student. He was far in ad¬
vance of the teachers of his
and even now, the teachers who
his equals are few and far fceteewn.
The school house was made comfor¬
table under his directions, and was
furnished with good desks and each
scholar had a-seat and desk that be
could claim as his own, and where
others were not authorized to in¬
trude. He introducet the studies
of English grammar,geography and
Natural Philosophy, aud often gave
plaiu instructive and interesting
lect iues on astronomy and other
sciences. I have never seen any
man wnose powers of arresting and
holding the attention of children
were equal to hi?. The study of
branches above arithmetic was con¬
sidered an innovation, and was met
with some disfavor. Grammar and
Natnial Philosophy were tnought to
be too deep for children, and many
things taught m geography were
pronounced untrue, That the sun
was stationary and the earth round,
and that it revolved on its axis once
in twenty four hours, was too un*
reasonable to be believed. The chil¬
dren had unbounded confidence in
Mr Smith, and accepted all he sahl
as true, and accepted all that the
books taught, because he said they
were true. He soon ar med us with
arguments to meet the doubters and
wc had many fierce arguments, and
some times with no less a personage
than Uncle Ben himself, who took
the opposite side
Under the teachings and influence
of Mr Smith the children developed
rapidly, and as lie brooded among
the families of his patrons, bis influ¬
ence was fe.it in every house in that
community. I could mention a doz
zen names, iiiclndiug the most intel¬
ligent and spigbtly yeung men ever
raised in that part of the county
before the w-r, who rocicved an up
vcaid impiuJse at his Lands. As an
educator avd developer of children,
as an interesting talker, as a man ot
broad aud liberal vie.is and general
intelligence, and as an attractive and
powerful preacher, this county has
never furnished his serperior, and
it is doubtful if it ever produced ins
equal.
On one occasion the scholars enter¬
ed a piotest against some of bis mbs
and he readily exp’a’nea his reasons
for each rule laid down for our gov¬
ernment, but said if we 'xmld make
belter rules, he had no objection
w j, a t fiVir . lie received the school
j n t0 jtsort of mas* meeting anil him
^ ag f .| ia irman, and tU* question ot
^ lIofl taken up, every <tcho,ar
{llu j l)je 1(rir ;| ( .g eo f i r c-e
of OJ(in/on fin<l after a half days
Kuhn all the old rule* were
tpd^nd other* mere stringent
Bie conclusion, ho
manhood of his seLoinrs,
urged them to stand Vy th* law* ot
tbrf' own making, and to M#Ut
in inforeing them The* result wo#
the finent nMplin* and greatest ha?*
» HW *iy | h*v« ever seen in • »eh&oI,
Hi* goemmucut ?•+&»££*% wm tery
sm
CARNESVILLE, GA., TUESDAY JUNE 21, 1337.
of the school and with good results
in every instance,
Air Smith taught several years at
Mount Zion, afterwards on Broad
liver near where Air S K
now livts, and liter in Elbert county
where he died before the war. He
was the father of Dr Bon Smith
Uiberton, R:v AY P Sm th a
odist minister known to many of our
people, and J Ilenly Smith of
ta.
VICTORIA’S WEDDING CAKE.
A Jubilee Present Sent to the Queen
of England.
New York, June It .—A piece of
rich, moldy wedding cake with an
inch and a half of musty sugar frost
in x was sent by express last week by
the Canard stevmci* as a jubilee pres¬
ent to Queen Victoria. There were
tarnished siver leaves on the relic
and a fadeu bit of ivory sattin ribbon
kept it from falling to pieces. Her
m ajesty will no doubt be surprised
to receive such a gift from America,
but its genuineness is so well authen¬
ticated that there can be no question
that it was cut from the identical
wedding cake that graced the festive
board on the oecasiou of the mar¬
riage in 1840 of the young Alexan¬
dria Victoria to her cousin, the
handsome young Piince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg-G otha. IIow came
this relic in possession of a resident
of tlie United Stales? The Lord
Liculcnrut of Ireland in 1840 was
Lord Mulgrave, His wife, who was
noted as a leader of society, distri¬
buted a large slice of the cake among
bet friends. One of these was a Mrs
Kjkler, who lived at 7 Lower Sack
ville street, Dublin. Mrs Kohler
now lives, an 1 has lived tor many
years in Mount Vernon, with her
sou in law, Capt S M Saunders, G A
R. Capt Saunders, by the way, is the
roan who toasted Jeff Davis at the
banquet given in honor of the Con¬
federate leader about a year ago in
Savannah by the Chatham Artillery',
which action cal’.cd upon him in some
quarters howls of execration. Mrs
Kohler is considerably over 80 years
old and is exceedingly well preserv¬
ed. She is still a loyal subject of the
Queon, and has treasured the pro
eious piece of cake with jealous care.
She felt, howev. r, tLat as Victoria
only has a jubilee once in fifty years,
she would yield upjbe novel memento
to to the Empress Queen. Of &5Urse
the Queen of England must not have
express packages sent dirict to her,
especially in ihese days or dynamite
“The divinity that doth hedge a
King” necessitates parcels and letters
being forwarded to the Right Hon¬
orable the Lord Chamberlain. 'The
cake has been sent this functionary,
ami it now remains to be seen what
the Queen will have to say to Mrs
Kohler wtien she receives the pack¬
age with the antique contents.
B. B. VwtXEXTIKB.
WIIAT CAN BE DONE.
By trying again cud k.eptng up
courage many tilings seemingly . un
may he accomplished. Hun
of hopeless cases of kidney
liver eom . ( ] aill t have been cured
by J Rlectrlc muWt after everything
him failed. Bo don . , t think ,. ... there
else
i» no erne foi you, but try Electro
Bitter*. There i* no medicine
NB f t . u U pme ami so perfect a hlotd
(
.g Ehctne Bitters will
* h.« diserau.
Vi*b*te* . , . and , all «, m.
of the kidney*. InvaluahUt In
linns of nomneh and dv*r, and ov«r>
r<fM4 , # jj mdary diffieulues-Large
im , y H fty «„ts at M M
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THE NEW EMPIRE.
An article in the Chicago Journal
of Commence very ably sets forth the
many advantages of the South, by
comparisons. After a review of the
climatic influences which restricted
the North and tic institution of
slavery which bounded the develop¬
ment of the diversified industrial civi¬
lization in the South, the
says:
“This much of the past and pres
ent. What of the future? rhe
highest condition of the nations de¬
velopment and civilization is at
preeent with the N ortliem belt of
States, Atlantic to the Pacific. Com¬
petition is severe, tne territory is oc¬
cupied, the spirit of adven'.uie and
enterprise cannot be accommodated.
A new field is demanded. A sur
plus of intelligence, activity, energy
skill, wealth and waiting ’ power is
in the North; it must have new in¬
dustrial worlds to conquer.”
And in comparing the advantages
of the South and North it is shown
that the Southern States can produce
everything the North cm produce
anj cotton and rice and jute and ra¬
mi lie which the North cannot pro¬
duce, carry on all out door business
one fifth longer and at one-fifth less
climatic disadyange of fuel, fodder,
planting and early harvesting,
Their water *>owcr is equal, the nau
igablo waters equal, and the advan¬
tages of a better coast shipping, a
territory really in every way one fifth
more valuable, one fifth more capa¬
ble of suppuirting civilization, and
of development of wiftlth; ibid yet
the total population of both white
and black, is but half that of the
North. The North having in 1880
20,543,879 inhabitants^ while the
South had 13,798,002.
The assessed valuation of the real
estate of the North was also $11,
063,602,149 or over si# times greatei
than that of the Southern States,
which has b it $1,887;466.088.
The value of land lo eacli inhabi¬
tant at the North was 1425, while
with double the amount to eac h in
habiiaat in tlra S mth the value was
but #188.
Each owner of one h mdred acres
at the North could sell at auction
and buy live hundred at the South
while at the same time each five
acres at the Soufh is intrinsically
worth six acres of the North for all
practical purposes.
And thus the long start which tbe
North bad in the race for develop
me t is shown, and tbe reason for
this lead is s li 1 to be “simply the
want c,f au energetic, systematic
development of the natural pesour..
set of tke S u h.
IAL3F8 CF r JHL W 1111E
HOUSE.
hav e found that U:eir snnetmus ex
cessive duties produce a low- weak
tired and tiemulous state of’the sys¬
tem, and that iron restores richness
and color to tlie blood, i atisaya Lark
a natural healthful tone to the diges.
live organ, and phosphorous mildly
stimulates the brain,—all e, mbioed.
Hirters ...... non Ionic.
A nice ^ India# and gent*
||jm)rr shoes it H C S J B Mo
K(tt|r<>
— *
Tbn hwi d<jur torth* * B< niu .
FARMER GILLETTE’S HOBBY’
j )[e Govern. *11 Ills Doings, Even to
G-tting Religion, by the
Moon's Phases.
Harris Gillette, a well to do rid
farmer of Sidney, N Y has the hobby
of strictly governing all his doings
by ihe phases of the moon. Inter¬
viewed on the subject, he unfolded
his creed as follows:
“I always go by the moon’s chan¬
ges, because then I A*now I’m light.
I sec a great deal m the papers about
how to choose a cow, but I can toll
you a rule worth all the rest. If a
cow is born when the horns of the
moon point down, then she will lie a
good milker, but if born when the
horns point up, then she will run to
nothtr g but skin and bone. I always
sow mid plant in the new of the
moon, and have better crops than
my neighb'rs. I always iuild feuees
when the horns of <he moon poiut up
and put on the stakes and ridtrs
when the horns point down,then they
we p ull together, and |iny fences,
fnevor fall down. Our school house
contrary to my advice, was roofed in
the full of the moon, and it leakes
badly, and last winter all the child) en
had the measles. J once attended
camp meet’.ng and got -converted in
the dark of the moon, but I soon
backslided wonderfully. Since tl en,
I got con vei led m the Tight of the
moon, and my religion lias stuck lo
me ever since.”
BRUTALITY OF AGES BOILED
DOWN.
The evictions in Ireland me simply
the brutality of a’l ages boiled down.
There is not one civilized redeeming
fcatuiu about them from the begin¬
ning to the end, and they will yet
bring the curse of the civilized world
upon the English government and
people if they are not discontinued
—Manchester Union.
HOW ABOUT BUFFALO WJL
I LIAM?
Whether one likes or dislikes the
Maine statesman, the fact remain* s
and commands attention, to wit:
That there is no man living in the
United States whose-comings and
goings attract so much public interest
as those of James G Blaine........Cin¬
cinnati Enqiiiicr.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD
Dr. Peiininati n, c, 1 almctto, Ga.
a well known ami prominent phy
ccian says. Duiing lira ejfur m
the practice of medicine, I used a
great deal of t.;,. prepMatiou known
as Mother's Fr'ci fl, -*u <1 v : »t to re
comm end it to every woman and
to iny b.other physicians. It makes
labor easy, hastens delivery and re¬
covery, **ml ins ires safety to both,
mother and child. No woman can
be induced to g > threflgn tb.i oiiiea
without it after on>*e using it. I have
also sold it as a drutgwt, with (he
best of fatiEfnctii u. It is certainly
worth its weight iu gold.”
All druegi* ; s sell it. For particu¬
lars and full directions uddrns.
Brndfiehl Kegnlat.i Co., Atiunta Ga,
If yo» want u got d » 1»w * f to
buci o call on W C. & J. II.
tire for Bju Franklin
Mi*a Kittle Rnndtll has jussi re~
received a lot of nice Udiet
$ l .00 PER TEAR in ADVANCE
RED-HEADED GIRLS AND
WHITE HORSES.
“Here is a red-headed girl and
yonder is a *hUo ho'so,” remarked
ja well known sporting man who was
walking down (T fi nal street with a
report or.
“What do you mean,” he was
asked.
“Didn’t you ever hear that before?
Kvetytime you meet, a re 1 bended
girl you will meet a white horse.
Half a block further another red
headed girl was met
“Where’s your white horse now
asked the reporter.
“There’s one turning the next
corner,” he replied, and sure enough
around the corner came a white
horse drawing a dray.
“They never fail, i tell you. I
have been “Here’s a red-headed gir'
and there’s a white horse,” for fifteen
years. I have never got left yet.”
■Atftcr parting the reporter met one
more rod-healed girl, and looking
for the white horse was not surpris
op to sec a car pass drawn by two of
them.
BEST THE WORL/T EVER
KNEW.
* But what do they liopie who cling
to tbo ideals of the Old South? Cer¬
tainly, not the lestoration of slavery,
and th# recovery of wealth and pow¬
er by that means. Indeed, it is not
wealth or piowcr that tecy are think¬
ing ot when they turn away in dis¬
gust from vhc picture of a New
South which shall suggest the Old
South by contras 1 only. Ah, no;
not that, but the generys ho pituL
ity, the ch ivalric spirit, the punctili¬
ous courtesy, the knightly hand, tha
Christian knee; the clean firesides
and the holy altars, once cherished
iu the hearts and homes of tbc
pmudest,anu purest aristocracy the
world has ever known.-YPiciyun?.
STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
What is wanted in this city is
more liberty of the individual man
and less government. The legisla¬
tive committee oi the Knights of
Labor arc working for despotism and
not for free institutions.—New Y ork
Sun.
GOOD RESULTS.
D. A. Bradford, wholesale pa) er
dealer of Chattanooga, Term., writes
that he was sciiowdy afflicted with a
severe cold that settled on lus lungs
had tried many reme lies without
benefit.Being induced to try Dr
Kings New Discovery for Consuinj
tion, did so and was entirely cured
by tbe use of a few bottles, Since
which time he nas kept it in his house
for all coughs and told* with Les
results. This is tlie ex) crience oi
thousands whose lives have been
saved by this wonderful discovery.
Triaf bottles free at Dr. II. M.
7'Veeman’s drug store.
ALL MEN ABE NOT BAD.
Neither «*e Ml prepared remedies
anmllaWe. This is prov 111 by tlm
rasult* following th» u*« Dr
Harters Iron tonic for dvsjujHim,
r hen w .tism, «rotul«, jauudiee, to,
j n " r * i " 1 ^
THE KITCHEN GARDEN IN
JULY
Weeds will now grow apace, and
thj rake, ho*, and cultivator must
be kept in motion. The asparagus
t»t>s should u >t be cut aw iy for de
o 'rations; etc., to any great extent.
Next year’s crop will depend upon
the growth of tlu j year’s to,.a; but
few weeds will grow m the shad.'* of
the tops; pnU out tho.-e that app<ar
.... Plant Refugee 'Jeans for lake
use and for pick’ing... .Plant quick
growing varieties of sweet corn for
late use.... So w eai ly beets to afford
an abundance of t’tugs which are
better than spinocii in midsummer
.... When the encumbers for pickles
are up, dust the plants with ashes
or plaster to keep off the “bugs” ******
Do not allow sweet potato vines lo
to root at the joints. When hco<ng
move the yioes... .Keep the toma¬
toes from the ground. If no trellis
has been provided, lay brush under
them, to keep the fruit off the
ground.—American Agriculturist
for July.
THE BEST FARMER.
The farmer who has a hundred
bales of cotton prilled up under tin
shed of his gin house may strike the
passer by as a tin ring son of the soil
but the neighbor who has his cubs
loaded down with corn and his smoke
house redolent with the aroma ot
home cured bacon is a better farmer
and a richer man than the farmer
wit'i the hundred LiTcs of cotton,
plenty of debts at the factor’s office
and no provisions on which to feed
his family. Tbe successful farmer
is the farmer wbo makes what he
n eds to eat and lives at home.—
Charleston News and Courier,
THE SHERMAN FIASCO.
The fiasco tnaili* by Sherman in his
Springfield speech .... become more ap*
(
parent the widet are *ha ro ipecac* "it
bring. It is one of tbe most lamonts
ble cases of a lost opportunity that
wc remember. The impress km has
prevailed «mne years that Mr Sher i
man was fated never lo be President
but few expected he would destroy
with his own mouth, such chances as
were open to him at quite so early a
in the pireliminary canvass.—
osfon Herald.
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST
COLLEGE.
m
Tlie Join-ncrcial College of Ken¬
tucky Un v ie sity, rjdcved the High¬
est Honor i iH Gold Medal at the
World’s Exposition over all other
Colleges foa System of Book-keeping
aud Business Education. It i* situ¬
ated in tlie beautiful, h.altky and
renowned city of L-xriugtlm, Ky.
accessible by the leading railroad*.
Arrange ur.w to cuter this College,
us btmUuts cun enter at any tim.e
Read cdveitiscmeiu of this Collie
in another column ami write for par*,
ticulars to its President, Wilbur R ‘
B-uith, Lexington, Ky
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outs, bruises, so,eApdcers, salt’ rti
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