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FRANKLIN COUNTY REGISTER
KV ELLEN J. DORTCH VOL, VI. NO. 3 CO
a horrible place.
Th« Terrors of the
Okcfinokce Swamp.
| in 1,0 ‘ <a j? ** .. -
-'Ac were
ptefinokee swamp. c m reac i
ed the swamp at last. In the nucule
of a lake whose black waters were
,land cf perhaps 200 acres,
.itnsoruouy .th scrubby hushes. All over the
island thin columns or brown smoke
lOtiW be seen slowly rising.
-I don't understand wliat keeps
he water disturbed,” said one of the
, breeze.”
mm, “there is no
de debbiFs own pot. ’
“Hit am wild-eyed
laid black Sam, looking
tmd nervous. hm
We vlettJ Sam, ami P«t to
,orl witl. the ot ItTS coot me ln^ a
«* «* <* * “T
were lytns around in ahuniaiice. In
•i short To« tunc the raft was ready, and
ire p J o,resolves to the ,s,»»,l.
“It shakes,” exclaimed Duj out >
who was the first to land
Sain wa* the next one on shore
but lie at once stepped back on the
raft.
“I)e Lawd hub massy!” he said
‘‘I {ain’t stau’ dat.”
We all followed Dupont, and
found that ihe island was trembling
perceptibly.
“Perhaps it is a floating island,
suggested one of my companions. •
“It is nothing of the kind,” I re¬
marked, “I have lieard of it before
but wc are doubtless the first white
men who have landed here in forty
y« ars -”
do . know about , , u. , w ,
“What you
asked Dupont, quickly.
“Simply this. \Y hen Sir )
Lyell the famous British geologist,
visited this country, he explored the
Bwamp and examined this very spot.
He found it shaking all the time,
with fissures in the earth constantly
opening and closing, with this same
peculiar smoke rising from them. He
i-amc to the conclusion that the crust
of the earth was thinner right hero
than in any locality of the globe.
The volcanic action near the surface
causes the smoke, and also the> con¬
tinual bubbling of the lake- iliis
may have been going on for centuries
You know that, the Lilian word
Okefinokee means trembling earth.”
“Well, I cam* say that I care to
camp hero,” 6aid Dupont, “but as we
are here wa might as well explore a
little.”
This was the general opinion,
Sam was persuaded to leave lus
quarters on the raft and trust him¬
self to the unstable land.
“I hap found a geyser*” reported
one oi the men, Wild bad been
ling about on his own hook.
Guided Ly. him we went to a lirile
spring of boiling wafer that was
gushing foith near the center of the
f island. ° With , the , water , came jets . .
ot steam,Sand and blue mild* At
W. Pl.*«.rirektog «»so violeut
that it made ns stagger, and we
iroar or rumble.
"‘Marse Ross,” gasped Sam, “I
liras’ git outer h?ah.”
lie made a run toward the raft,
when a small fisSure in the earth
about » foot Wide yawned m dropped iron
of him. The pool -fellow
on (Ire roo'Hl in ««»r.
W, Mpna «. », ^ trind to
reassu're hue, but it was no use As
soon asle was calm enough to walk
h« made a break for the raft.
“Sam is the only sensible fellow
in the party,'’’.said Dupont, “There
is danger of breaking a leg m one
of these fissmes, and I don t sec
why a man could not be swallowed
-
lauglud at this. Sir
Lycjl hod apoke# of tho island as
a remarkable curiosity, but h«d not
predictad anv seriou* outbreak of
the force* of nature.
“8e« UiatT*continued Jlupunt.
1 boke.l, Ihe fissure which had
frightened Ham had closed up font
jdtdtfly I drew a tong breath. In
.
th c in it! st of such phenomena a man
^ feels small.Before I couLl
say any'
tiling there wis a deafening roar, a
thousand cracks opened in the earth
(and the sauke coming out of
i ground was so thick that we were
dvlnftBjStifled. Undoubteply it was
a genuine shock of earthquake—*
w , rietlling diff e r e ut f rom the light
trcmore preVlolu i r f elt .
“We must ren for ir v I shouted
ng , V il J v to the ...t® -round.
*
rose in a dazed condition and saw
^ a tw f#ot of HS , yawuJng
chagm fully tbr2C fw5t rt ide a „d a
huudl ,. d fuet { U emilt ed a
v0 | utIle of sle . un , llu d with
ceivaWe rapidity closed up with
j anothcr jar that almost toppled us
over again.
We started on a run for the raft.
vv e all ask,'d this question at oiiet
vaft i„ right hot Sam was
Wo faced
■*»»<. , '» l •»««« .. ,. “
'« « ' ,e
missing man. Had he is I,is terror
taken the wrong direction? It
would not do to leave him, and there
was nothing to do but ietrace Oil’
steps. and
We yelled out bis “name tra¬
versed every fool of the island.
There was not a trace of our friend
Wo looked at each other with terror
stricken laces. Thu same thought
was uppermost m the minds of all.
Had Dupont been swallowed up in
the yawning chasm? It looked very
much like it. Again we resumed
our search, but without any better
g ^ ><i(gs ^ than bef no. Th, n wc gl ooii *
^ ^ ^ to the raft and
paddled to the other shore. I sugges
, cd t b a t Dui ,ont had rushcdoffwl.cn
the shock came, and bliude 1 by the
^ he ha( , 1)Crbap5 mto the
lake.
“No Marse Loss,” said Sam, gloonr
,ly, “He’s done swallowed up in de
botveis ob de yairili. Hit’s done hap¬
pened -beto’. I’se liccred many a
tunc dat Injuns and hunters wuz lost
hear just dat way. I nseiur laugh
at ’em as fairy tales, but I members
deni now and knows dem fur de
troof.”
Wc bad a new trouble io face.
People would not. believe our story.
At first they were inclined to think
that wc had killed Dupont, but that
theory was soon abandoned, and
it was held that our fricnc had drown
himself in the lako.
Under the circumstances there
was nothing to he gained by
discussing the matter with sr angers
We left ihe simple country people
sticking to (he belief that Dupont
was under the lake sc me where, hut
we knew as well as we knew any
thin<>- that be had fallen Jhcadlong
into the very centre of the focal, fires
raging so fiercely iu that slumboring
volcano.
----
.;ow« and Milk.
^ <lro( . c of hi „ }l 1>rice(1 upoded cow*
|, as boon secured for the territorial agri
“JX.'xSP.WtS.nS Dakota brindle cow
Qbicago. A native
tained to furnish milk for the institution.
Tho professorship of milking is still va>
cant.—Dakota Bell. _____
One of the largest wheat fields in the
world is that of ex-Congre*sman C. F.
Reed, of Stanislaut county ,C'al. It consists
*f iO.OOO acres in one unbroken stretch
^ bank of the 8 an Joaquin river,
«nd much ot the laud is protected by
«*>» “* ,h “ ,h *
’
^ richest is Mas Weil,
York. Tlie
who is rated at ^8,000,000.
Guns a* a weapon of warfare were
first used by the Moors in Spain at tli*
siege of Algearas in 1344.
Stop paying so much
freight, ani buy those beautiful
and tombstone* from A
1 [ Robertson, Athens, (Jn,
3f<»NKY TO LEND.
proj.aicd '
1 am again to liegOtJHW
loans on Heal Estate at 8 |wr cut
niabla commissslou •
J, If. FA UK*,
CARNESVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1887.
TIIK STANDARD OF M'S I NESS
l MORALITY.
i
j There
has has been an epidemic of
j defalcation, breaches of trust and
crooked Imsines transaction during the
| last few months in nearly all parts of
j the country, and thiscitv has not escap¬
'
cd it. Wealthy and prominent business
. T T"\
’ ’ ni!,lruml
schemes, have not hesitated to use the
| ^ , poue, wuh ... ivhudUhey ... „ w ere eon
j “ octe,1> or to 1SsHC friHUlulcnt
l8,wrP> .
- 0ffimls ho,<,inR i ,0sitions of
trU8t havc W8ort « l ‘ u f °W to ^
; t,,on< ' y to ca,T V 0,1 speculations or to
'
ml,,btcr to (heir pleasures. Partners
have violated their obligaious to their
firms and clerks lias robbed their ein
ployers of small sums, at different times,
until their stealings amounted to so
much that they could no longer be eon
ccale 1, or they have taken thousands
of dollars in a lump and tied.
The standard of morality in the busi¬
ness world appears to be lower than
ever before, and is a reasonable cause
for alarm among thinking men. li is
about impossible to pick up a newspa¬
per without finding an account of a dis¬
honest transaction of some sort. Un
less something is done to bring about
a more Iiealthy. condition of affairs,
there will be such a lack of confidence
teat it will be difficult to carry, on busi¬
ness with the case and facility that are
necessary to handle its increasing vol
lime. Men having large interests at
stake will hesitate to trust their em¬
ployes, and will he afraid to invest in
companies and.institutions which they
have reasons to think are controlled by
men who gamble in stocks dr grain, or
whose employes are known to lead fast
liyes.
This low standard of business moral¬
ity is largely due to two things—a dc
sire to get rich quickly, and to fast
living. Men who have a good business
and an income sufficient to enable them
tc live comfoi-tably, want to he million¬
aires, and make a show like their
wealthy neighbors. They therefore
take risks which frequently turn out
badly, involve them in financial trou¬
bles. The temptation then comes to
do a dishonest act, with the hope of
recovering what they have lost. One
false step leads to another, and discov¬
ery anil ruin follow-.
Young men just begining a business
career too often live beyond their
means. Finding their salaries too
small to meet their increasing expenses
—expenses that arise ft om fast living—
they resort to dishonest methods to fill
their purses. They see older men who
hold responsible positions spending
money in ways that neither creditable
nor reputable, and they quiet their con¬
sciences with the thought that they are
doing about as the world docs. Of
course they come to grief.
Two things must be done. Ait effo t
must be made to raise the standard of
morality, and the laws against all kinds
of dishonesty must bo enforced. The
thoroughly moral men of every com¬
munity must cease to countenance
everything that is not strictly honest
Mid legimate in business. Tlu y
must refuse to have anything to io
with a man who is dishonest, even
though lie lias never been charged with
■rhue. The laws must be enforced
(gainst all alike. The bank president
or hank director who goes wrong ought
lot to be shown more consideration
ban the boy who robs his employers
iiH.—Macon Telegraph.
ALL MEN ARE NOT BAD
Neither aio all prepared remedies
unrelinWe.This is proven by the re
su/ts following tho ti*o of Dr
If Mid* Inn kmc kr dv*|^|»*in
MMduls, jnundne,
pid liter and (joneial utukw-s*
An elegant lot of iado-a
1 ^* ®n<l ii
WIIAT CLEVELAND WILL SEE
A lie-united Nation, Clad to Wel¬
come it* Chief Magistrate
Wherever he Goes
Commet ting on President Cleve¬
lands coming trip the New York
Herald says:
“Mr, Cleveland will see what no
other President since Mr. Pierce
could have seen—a united country, a
country glad to Welcome its chief
magistrate wherever he goes, the
open hand and beaity welcome. If
Mr. Buchanan had made such a pro¬
gress he would havc found
mistrust in the South and siillontiess
in New England, faces reddening
with the anger that was soon to
flame into war, a sectional sentiment
that would have''made, sincere atteii'
lion to a national elicit' magistrate
impossible. While Grant and Gar¬
field and Hayes would have had a
courteous welcome in the South, it
would have been a ccttrte-y disagree¬
able from its ostentation. It is to
bo regretted that this feeling exist¬
ed. and an inquiry into its causes
would bo painful.
Mr. C/noland, however, represents
the national sentiment as it lias been
seen in no administnitim since the
first years of Mr. Pierce, before the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise
came with evil omen to menace the
Union. Mr. Cloveland is the I'lcsi
dent of the whole pcoplv. Tiicre
were no bayonets henind the ballots
which elected him; no reflected imp
onet power gleams in the authority
he wcilds. The intellect, the culture
the wealth, the character of the
North and South will unite to do him
honor. The soldiers of the Union
will receive him as the first repre¬ '
sentative they have seen of that en¬
tirely reconstructed Union which
they imperiled ilicit lives to save.
As an evidence of their sentiment—
a restored Union and a people in
concord, i nation saved against the
folly and madness of so many of its
leaders, a Union such as Wash inl¬
and Jackson governed, a union of
interest, sympathy and tradition,and
not merely of geographical lines—
the j on in ;y of Mr, Cleveland will
have ii national value. And where
ever lie goes he may take with him
the assurance of a hearty welcome
not merely as a chief magistrate, but
as a man.
WATTEUSOX ON CLEVELAND
“lie is an honest man. He is a
plain, direct man. Ho has shown
himself a courageous man. As a
watchalog of the treasury, lie is. not
like tho little mousing terriers ii.
Congress, who affect that office, but
a great shaggy Fi*o, who saves the
money of the people by the barrel
t ,d protects the acres ot the people
>y the million. He has plenty o?
i orse Sense, a lid has learned more
1C last two yea is than in all h’>
to before, if the country goes any
otber for a president it will surely
re worse. He will be re-nominu -
. d and I think re-elected, and th
:ople can say they retained hiu,
I’arsen Primrose s.-inl of the wife
a had chosen, *s she had chosen-
31 wedding gown, “not for a
lossy api.ca.ance, but for tbote
ualities tnat wear well.”
A WONDERFUL INVENTION
The Cosby attachment for the
s iWing inachine i« now Ding offer
( d for sale in this county uy Mr.
If 11 Higginbotham. ,It is highly
t'-coniineiuled by |s-rsoiis who have
Lave used it, a«d a purchaser is
found lit iilnmst every house whore
ilmye js u sewing machine. Itssim
■ |j»ity rmkos its us« ensily acquired
choupne-r places it
the reiu tt of all.
Manly A Hro h#vu a An* lot
i
wo :en as VOTER’S.
The figures as given below, abun*
dantly sustain Dr. Talmage’s po*i
lion, a* voiced in a recent very pow¬
erful sermon. The point made by
the distinguished divine was to tie
effect that lie believed flic true pol
ic_' in the matter of woman suffrage
was to let such as wished to vote,
There is no denying the fact that
some masculine females, sonic fitted
by nature and inclination to perform
(he functions usually allotted to the
sterner sex. When such anomalies
aic found, tl e less opposition offered
them, th • better. After all but few
will prove so unwomanly as to leave
thoir queenly office ot wife and
mother to niing’e in (lie i(u*< and ex¬
citement of the ballot. To oppose
si eh as persist is but to advertise
them, and adu recruits to tho'i" lints.
In a recent speech on the subicct
Senator Ingalls says: “Tie women
of Massachusetts have betrayed an
insensibility and indifference to
their enfranchisement which is
shocking t o the philanthropist an l
discouraging to the patriot. There
are347 cities and towns in the State
Jn 170 of these, from 1870 to 1880,
not one woman has ever registered
or voted. I ii 200 or more than one
half, no woman lias ever vote t,
though in thirty of these a few have
occasionally registered. By the
State census of 1885 there were
442,01(1 male voter* and 4SO,;) 10 fe¬
male voters, nnd of these, in 1880,
there were 42lU who registered and
IPII who voted, jr Jess than off
per cent of those who registered and
orn* in 204 of those who were c*cgi
file. The population in the interval
frum 1880 to 188b increased nearly
o0 » 0,, ° " ,i “ V< ’ U ‘ M '”
0 -eased 284.
AN INVITATION DECLINED.
The letter written by Mrs. Cleve¬
land to Mayor Ilewitt declining t<>
nward the flags to the New York
Veteran Firemen, shows that she is
keenly alive to all moperties ot her
station, and that she does not propose
to partietpale in any public celebra¬
tion in which the President is nat it
factor. While it is possible that
no slight to the President was in
tended by the mayor of New York
and thcAIdern.cn who compose the
committee having the celebration in
charge, they must certainly feel that
they have been put in an awkward
position. It is not likely that any
similar committee will make the
mistake which has resulted so dis
advantageousfy to the Gothamites.—
Ex.
GOOD RESULTS
D. A. Bradford, wholesale paj er
deulcr of Chattanooga, Tem\, writes
that he was seriously afflicted with a
severe cold that settled on his lungs
had tried many romelies without
benefit. Being induced to try Dr
Kings Nev Discovery for Consump
on> jj,] so and w«s entirely cured
by the use of a few bottles. Since
which lHue he nas kept it in his house
&r a, ‘ ftn ‘ l <,ol,lft with beet
esults. This is the experience
whose lives have
uv* d by this wonderful discovery,
Tria/bottles free at Dr. IT. 31.
Freeman’s < ug store.
FOR SALE
A sclio/ai'ship in the Louisville
Business Colb ge, inelieling l»e<*k
keeping and jumniiinship, 'I’his j»
mo of the best business colleges in
America. For term* apply- at
Shoos, tobneco, j'-aus. all of the
la-"t (jnaltl)mid at the lowest price*
at Alt-Jwitiros ,
Ills ARTLESS 1IEATAEN
WAV.
Wong Chin Foi is a Chinaman
who avoirs himself a heather, wuh
out a qualm of conscience or the
slightest change in hisenhonted color.
Do has some heathenish ways, moro
over, that distinguish him from
many of the civilized and enlightened
children of this Christian count")’,
^
Some years ago, in the course of his
wanderings m the west, he deseend
«d Peoria, 111., and Announced a lee
the price of admittance being
fixed at Siocts. An unaccountable
apathy in regard to Chinese heathen*
pievailed in the metropolis of Cen¬
tral Illinois, and the lecture, finan¬
cially speaking was a failure. After
paying hall rent Mr. Wong Chiu
Foo had only one do’Lir with which
to meet a printing bill of several
times that amount. Instead of use.
ing toe money t o pay his railroad
fare out of the city lie turned
it over to the printers whom h
owed, and walked out o’ the city in
his artless, heathenish way. 'I here
is tradition in i'coria that he after¬
wards paid that printers bi’l in
full.
IT ALWAYS PAYS,
Newspaper advertising, trut hfully
saxs an esteemed contemporary, has
become ... indispensable ,, clement , , of f
an
business , . wlioc lig;ti
success i a e
trade seek- legitimate custom in the
vin-i-d channels of business life. Ad¬
vertisiug was once a perfunctory
mattei, bringing little return to
either advertiser or publisher: but
the last q imter of a centers Ins en
revolutionized journalism, ad
vcrlisiug arid general business metli
orls, and advertising has become a
business art. It is now the one
hief agent by which a wisely con
ducted business can be made immi¬
nently successful, and tiie advertis¬
ing columns of the progressive news
nuper exhibit equal freshness and
genius with (lie news departments.
The best talents of business houses
is now employed to write advertise¬
ments, the columns of the most
widely read newspapers are employ
c,l from day to day to present them
to the world, and they arc read be
cause ihey arc entertaining to the
reader as tv< 11 as instructive to the
buyer,
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
On page 2o of the Agricultural
list of the Piedmont Exposition ca¬
talogue appears the. following:
Maddox, Rucker & Co., Bankers
and Cotton factors, Atlanta, Ga., of¬
fer for tlic best bale of upland cotton
MOO in gold. Second best 8S0
Third best 880. T| e bales to weigh
not less mail 4b() pounds, and to b°
exhibited in the name of the pro¬
ducer .
mX'KLEN’S ARNICA SALVE
The liest salve in the world for
outs, bruises, snips,ulcers, snlf rheum
tores, corns, sores, tetter, chapped
hands, cut bluins, and all skin crup
tions; and positively cures piles, or
no pay mpercd. It is guarantee?
give satisfaction or money refunded.
For vale l.y II M Free man.
FOR SALE
Two elegant Chicago cottage
I gans of the most desirable style
and upon libera! term*. For par
Mail firs apply at this office.
.fimt revieved by .Manly A Hro «
i lino ussortinent of men* hats.
$1.00 PER ANNUM
AX OLD STORY EXPLODED.
Some of the Northern writers of war
history have shown a disposition to
make their narratives picturesque at
the expense ot truth. In very few in¬
stances have they ever revised their
campaign documents; When they
have once made a statement they stick
to it and Ignore all the proof that is
offered by the other side.
Everybody recollects the old story
about John Ili-own on his way tu the
scaffold. The Northern historian* **y
that their hero bent dawn and kissed a
littlr negro child. Poets and artists
have pictured this scene, and it will
doubtless never be eliminated from
the history of that period.
Yet nothing of the kind ever ojc-ur
lod. There is not the slightest founda¬
tion for the story, Pe.ahap* the most
satisfactory contradiction i* the. one
made by the Ho-. Andrew Hunter,
who was the prosecuting attorney tor
tin- State of Virginia in the memorable
trial of John Drown, In a recent ac¬
count of the case Mr. Hunter says that
on the day of the execution he saw
everything that occurred, Brown,
Oil his march to the gallows, wan eom
pletely surrounded by soldiers, It was
impossible for a negro to get to him.
He was not within reach of a negro
child, and certainly did not have an op
flu one.
u reputable eye
witness ought to settle . the miittei, „ but
0
northern people ... tor
o 11 will not. The
generations to conic will take stock in
the episode, and Mr, Hunter s honest
effort to furnish the facts will simply
irritate them mid excite their wrath.
Of course nil this is discouraging,
but it should make ns *R the more
in curliest about vindicating the
truth of history, last us Dfet the
facts pointed for the benefit of some
future Maemilny.—Atlanta Const!.,
tulion.
queer people.
The courts often bring oncer peo¬
ple to light. A few days ago, in
Cim inniitti, a woman was asxvd in
court wh)’ she changed her religion.
She replied that she had changed it
because, being sepa-nled from tier
husband,she wished to avoid meeting
him in neaven. She evidently w-a*
under the impression that the dif
tcrent kinds of religion separate peo¬
ple in heaven as effectually as they
separate them in Ibis world.' Ex.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD
D, Pennington, of Palmetto, Ga
.
a well knoan and prominent phy
*iciitu says; During mv career ir.
the practice of medicine, I used a
great deal of fie prej»r*ation known
as Mother’s Friend, and want to re
commend it to every woman and
to my b,other physicians, It mikes
labor easy, hastens delivery and re¬
covcry, f nd insjros safety of both
mother and child- No woman can
lie induced to g > tlirougn the oniml
without it after once using it. I have
also sold it ns a druggist, with the
best of satisfaction- It is certainly
,vorth its weight iu gold.
All druggists sell it. Eor pmticu
rs and full directions address.
Bkai>tiei.u Kboi i.atok Co. Atlanta,
Gcorgia,
AIOTICK TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS.
All pera oils having demands aga
list the estate of J as A t IV ade
late of Franklin county, deceased, are
hereby notified to render in their do¬
num Is to the undersigned according
to law, and al! jwrsons, indebted to
saul estate are required to make ini*
mediMa payment. This June 28th
1887. J. \\*. Osboru
A dm ’tor#