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Some men give according L> • heir
mentis, and sonic according to tlicii
meanness.
A man who cannot mind liis own
business is not fit to be entrusted with
a king’s.
A great many nu*n uro cottage
built; that is they have lint ono sto
ry, And they nrc fnrevor telling it.
A woman living in Cincinnati re
cently turned her mother into tho
street for non-payment of rent. 'I he
old lady was sovemy years old.
Always add fv 1 no or two on the
margin of a letter to a lady. lou
can’t imagine how much Fiitisfnct on
a woman obtains in turning a htt r
upside down to read a postscript.
‘Sleep on, my loved one, sleep!’
Thn is tlie language of the first four
months. Atrrthnt. ‘Get up, Sullie
Ann, and get breakfast; I’m hungrier
nor a bear,’ seems to answer the pu -
pose-
If some ol th! young mori-nndj
older ones, too—could pick cotton!
as fast as limy cm talk politics, there
would bo more money in tho land,
and less noise in the nir.
An oi l innid suggests tlmt "hm
men break their h< arts, it is all the ,
same as when a lobster breaks his
claws —another sprouts immediately
and grows in its place.
A railroad is to be built from the
city of Mexico t> El Paso, Tex *.
The money for theenterpr's*- lias been
subscribed in Boston, and a subsidy ;
of $95 ptr mile has been secured.
‘•Mr Smith,’’ said a lady at a fair
“won't you please buy ibW boquet to
send to the lady you !o\c . It
w. uldu't be rglit," said Mr. Smith;:
‘i am a married man.'’
Ti.cv were at a dinner party, and
he r. marked that ho supposed she
was fond ot ethno'og.v. She said she
was, but .-he was ru t very will, and
t:.O doctor had told her not to eat
an) tiling for desett but oranges.
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A bmy, Oregon, lias a brass band
containing t cive of tho foremost
young women in the city. It might
be supposed that they could put on
•airs’ without organizing a band.—
And it looks odd 10 see th -m r tam
ing In uio sober nfu I playing at a
political meeting.
New Carrots with Cream. 1 rim t
a quantity of the nnalle.-t new cairot
that can bo obtained, and boil them .
in salted water. When done, drain
off the water. Melt one ounce of but
ter in a sauce-pan, add to it a desert
-pooniul ol flour, pepper, salt, grated
nutmeg, a pinch of powdered sugar
and a small quantity ol cream. 1 ut.
in the carrots, simmer gently a lew
minutes, and sene
For nearly two wuoks a revival
meeting has been going on at the
Mi tbudist Church in Greenville un
der the direction of the pasttor, Rev.
W. T. Caldwell nnd ltev. Mr. I’arks
of the Chayljbeate Springs circuit.
Rut few have joined tue Church, but
great iuterest has been manifested,
especially among the young pco
plc. —Mcrriwether Vindicator.
Arlington Advance :Last Thursday
our county was visited by one of the
heaviest storms of rain and wind we
have witnessed for a long time, ihe
rain commenced about one o'clock
ut night, and lasted uut.il about sis
o’clock in the morning. Fences
were washed away, and the mills
and dams suffered to no little extent
r lhe water gin ol Mr. S It, Ward,
the house and several bales of pack
ed and seed cotton wcio carri.d
away, and a tine gin and condemcr
ruined. At Mr. llcmy Jennings’s
mill the abatements of the dam were
carried off and otherwise damaged,
wo suppose to the ext"tit of a hun
dred or so of dollars. Wc also lesun
that the dam at Mr. Joe Elders’
mill was also carried away, together
with his water wheel. Corn was
blown down, and ill many places, the
low-ground coin stands a lair show-’
ing of being ruined. Colton that
was open in tho fields lias been
knocked out and probably it will be
lost. The streams are still consider--
ably swolen, and many bridges have
hurt We hope it may be some
time before wo aro again visited by
suds another r..iu at least.
W. A. SI MU. ETON. Ed <■ Propr.
VO I, G.
[continued from last week. |
Tho Friendship Association.
Saturday, 9 a. m,
Opened with paayer by Eld. 31
Page.
Read ami con firmed minutes of
yesterday.
Renewed the invitation to visiting
brothers, Accepted by A.l Battle,
I). 1).. Tresideut of Mercer Univers
ity.
Renewed the call lor correspond
cuts.
Resumed t' o discussion on (lie
Mission R port, which alur remarks
by Kills. Bussey and Boykin whs
adopted.
Adopted the resolution offered by
Ed. B nion. On motion the hour o
ten was made the special for the i •
poiton documents.
Received Green Allison as a cor
respondent from the Buena \ istn
colon and Association.
Appointed correspondents to tho
Buena Vista colored Assoeiatmn, E
W Miller, E T Mathis, W A Guthrie,
W IV Mabry.
On motion of ol .1 A Ivey tho fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Whereas this Association lias wise
ly decided to ext-ml its missionary
work wherever the executive com
mittee may deem most practicable.
Therefore,
Resolved, That we call the ro'l of
the churches and requ- st. one or more
ol the messengers to pledge them
selves lo present the missionary work
belore their respective churches ami
report to the executive committee as
early as possible the amounts their
churches are w.lliug to raise for the
said missionary work.
The special order having anivod
the report on documents was read. —
Pending the discussion Ur. A J Bat
tle, of Mercer University, was invi
ted to present the claims of the in
st Ration o-.cr which lie presides.
Dr. Battle represented the claims
ol Mercer University in a clear and
forcible manner, lie said its profess
ors are equal to those of any institu
tution. 1 Rice of th in have been
with the institution almost since its
foundation. He said children of other
dcnoininatins were there. There are
only four pupils from this Associa
tion. We have a boy 47 years old
there. Mr. Eden, your beneficiary,
is a worthy, industrious and promts
ing young man, and you will have
cause to leel proud <1 him, Wo in
tend soon to rei.rganiz ■ the theologi
cal department which th) removal of
the Ruptiet Theological Seminary to
Kentucky has made necessary,
Pending the discussion the body
adjourned to hear preaching by Eld.
M R Wharton.
Saturday 2 v. M-
Opened with prayir by Eld. B \V
Bussey.
Renewed the discussion on the re
port on documents, Eld, Bussey of
fered a substitute which was adopt
ed.
A collection was taken up for the
bent lit uf Brethren Eden ami E G
Hillman with the following results:
For Eden, $125.40; lor E G Hill
man, $75.5.0.
It was decided to repeal the rule
requiring the appointment of some
one to preach a missionary sermon.
W W Mabry, J A Park and W J
F Mitchell were appointed a commit
tee lo nominate messengers to the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Sunday School convention was ap
point and to bo held on the sth Sab-
J bath in in July, 1881, at Mount Car
i mel chut ch in Marion county.
The following general meetings
i were appointed:
! Sharon, near Blown Staiion, sth
Sabbath in October, 1881.
Uuion, in Marion county, sth Sab
bath in April, 1881,
Tazewell, Mai ion county, sth Sab
bath in January, 1880.
The next session of the association
_A_ DEMOCRATIC FAM NEWSP APER,
13UENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA„ OCTOBER f, 1880.
was asked for by Elder Buss< y in he
half of the Bnpti.-t cliurcb in Amer
icas. Granted.
On motion of Eld Hi nion the res
olution requiring tlm coininiltee on
nominations to appoint a brother to
preach the missionary stumor. was
rescinded.
On motion a commilteo of three
was appointed to*nominate messen
gers to the (Borgia Baptist Conven
tion, W W Mabry, .J A Bark, and W
J F Mitchc l.
Suspended the lules and granted
lie request from the the S S Con
vention to appoint no Genera. Meet
ing on the filth Sabbath in July,
1881.
Read and adopted the iopart ou
nomination.
Read and adopted tho report on
deceased ministers.
Read and adopted the report on
temperance.
Read tho report of tho Finance
Committe and ordered it spread on
the minutes.
I'A11) OUT.
Ministers $40.30
Association purposes 53.00
Missions 80.50
Home missions
Foreign missions 18.85
Indigent ministers 3G.GO
Indian missions 171.80
State missions 50.70
bill) to Indian mission 1879 07.00
IF Eden ■ 10 00
SB work 8.00
Total $548.75
Read and adopted corresponding
letter.
Read and adopted the reioit on
Publication, after remarks by T C
Boykin, M B Whaitoti, B W Davis
and A J Bat 10.
Read and adopted the rt port on
Sabbath Schools fitter remarks by
Wm. Wells. T C Boykin and I B
Denver.-.
Read and adopted report of special
committee to nominate messengers
to tlm Georgia Baptist Convention.
Instructed the messengers to the
Geotgia Baptist Convention to fill
vacancies.
The following reso'utious ’ were
adopted:
Resolved , Ist. That the collection
to be taken up to-morrow be divided
tietVcen the ex cutivc committee ol
this association and the Statu Mis
sion Board, with the understanding
that the State turn its portion over
to the S S Evangelist lor S S work
within the bounds of this Associa
tion,
1 iesolved, 2nd. That tho Baptist
Convention having nt its last session
relinquished the support of indigent
ministers. Resolved, That our ex
ecutive committee be instructed to
take this matter inchatgo and look
after those within our bounds.
Resolved, 3rd. That the clei kbe
instructed to have as tnanv minutes
printed as the funds for that purpose
will allow. 2nd. That the clerk re
ceive S2O 00 for his services from the
Association fund, and that the bal
ance of said fund be turned over to
our executive committee to be used
as it may deem best.
Resolved , 4'h. That the thanks
of this Association are hereby ten
dered to the brethren and sisters of
tile Buena Vista church and to the
citizens generally ol the hospitable
town ol Buena Vista and communi
ty lor the very elegant and cordial
manner in which they have enter
tained this body, and to our Metho
dist brethren for the use of their
house of worship so freely extended
to us.
On motion the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, That the executive com
mittee be directed to authorized the
Treasurer to pay out the contribu
tion as directed by the churches,
Adjourned.
Prayer by A J Battle, D D.
Kiirto and his wife slept on the
porch ot their residence, at Gaines
ville, Texas, one warm night last
summer. In the morning it was
found that the man had b.-cu mur
dered where lie lay. Noll singer, who
had been Mrs. Kline’s suitor before
her marriage, was convicted of the
crime ami hanged. Lately Mrs.
Kline was supposed to be dying, and
she then confessed (what had never
been suspected ) that sho was Noi'l
singtr's accomplice in the murder.—
She lias recovered, and will be tried.
AFRICA'S MILLIONS.
Wesleyan Advocate,]
Anything like accurate census ta
llies of lho population of the “Dark
Continent'’ are, as yet, out of ques
tion. But il is evident that l lie old
geograph rs only guessed at the
popnlition ami guessed 100 low. Be
low we give the i; tifinUes carefully
made up bv a French Geographical
Society, The figures are startling
indeed. Does not common sense say
that the means for the cvangclat'on
of these unknown mi'lions are tight
here in the Southern States of this
Union? The African Methodists of
America ought- to come together and
all white Me'hodists ought lo help
tin m evangi-lizo Africa. Read'the
French estimate as follows:
In the Soudan the population is
80.000,000, or about 53 persons per
square mile. The town of Bula on
the Niger, for example, contains (id
ly 90 000 inhabitants. East Africa is
rated at 30,000,000, and Eqnntoilal
Africa at some 40,000,000 souls. A
late authority on ethology sels down
the negroes as numerically 139,000,-
000: the Ilainililcs 30,000,000; the
Bantas, 13,000,000; the Foolalis, 8,-
000,000; the Nubians, 1,500,000; the
Hottentots, 50,000—making a total
ol 182,550,000. These figures—only
approximate, of course—arc consid
ered too low both by German and
British geographers, the former esti
mating tho population as high as
200,000,000. Much hope has been
epcatcdly expressetd of ho future
of Afiica, which is rich in mineral
products, and capable of maintaining
a prosp ious commerce with other
parts of the globe.
H NTS ON CALLING.
Do not stare around the room.
Do not take a clog or small child.
Do not linger at the diner hour.
Do not lay aside the bonnet at a
formal call.
Do not fidget with your can, hat or
parasol.
Do not make a call of ceremony
on a wet day.
Do nut turn your back to one seat
ed near you.
Do not touch the piano unless in
vited to do so.
I)o not handle ornaments or furn'-
ture in tin room.
Do not make a display of consult
ing your watch.
Do not go to the room of an inva
lid unless invited.
Do not remove the glove when
making a formal call.
Do not continue lo stay any longer
when conversation begins to lag.
Do not remain when you find the
lady on the point of going out.
Do not make the first call if you
are anew comer in the neighbor
hood.
Do not open or shut doors or win
dows or alter the arrangement of the
room.
Do not enter a room without first
knocking and receiving an invitation
to come in.
Do not resume your seat after hav
ing arisen to go unless for imprtant
reasons.
Do not walk around the room ex
amining pictures, while waiting lor
the hostess.
Do not introduce politics, religion
or weighty subjects for conversation
when making calls.
Do not prolong the call il the room
is crowded. It is better to call a clay
or two afterward.
Do not call upon a person in re
duced circumstances with a display
ol wealth, dress and equipage.
Opgi.ika, At.a,, October 6 —Dr. J.
I). Trammell, of Uussota, Ala., and a
negro, were killed this evening by
the explosion of a steam engine.
Mysterious Ocourrenco.
On InstTlinrsdiiy a buggy, c ntniu*
ing a pair of harness, a valiso and a
small hand satchel, was found in the
public road near the shanties of sec
tion Master Peter Cosby, 2 miles
from llowind, and about the same
(distance lioin Bostick’s. Ou being
i opem-d ilie valise disclosed a suit ol
i nice cassimere clothing, 3 shirts, &c.
In the clothing was found the min
utes of a Primitive Association. No
clue to the owner of the buggy and
| contents has as yet been had. and up
| to Sunday noon t lie afliair was sti l
(wrapt in mystery. —Talbotton lleg
-1 ister.
j A W onxau Kills a Man for Refusing
Her Leap Year Proposal.
Fort Smith, October (i.—A few
days since the daughter of old man
Adams, a white man skulking in the
| Cheek Nation, shot and killed the
| post master at Tulsa, named Clinch,
j because he would not marry her.
! Biding ou a white horse, he was rid
i ing bv the log shanty ol the Adam
ses, when the woman hailed Irrn with
| a revo’ver hidden under her apron,
| anc standing in front of the house,
asked Church also a white man, ihe
usual leap-year question, to which he
I gaye an emphatic “no.” Deliberate
ly stie raised the pistol and sent a
forty-live caliber bullet turongh his
heart, lie stll sat on his horse, the
blood running down either flank,
when she again took aim at the
heart,*the ball crashing through aud
splitting the shoulder-blade.
The man f li dead at her feet, and
she then dragged th: body to the
side of the road, to>k off her apron
aud spread it carefully over the dead
face, caught her pony, and riding to
a neighbor, told what she had-dono.
In the qiiiant language of flic Iron
tier she said: “Yon uns will find his
body down by t lie road, and you’d
bi tter take care of it before lhe hogs
eat it ’’ Sac then rode to another
neighbor, two nyles the other way.
passing by tiic bodv as site went
fhen piloting one of the neighbors
lo the scene of the murder, she dis
mounted and coolly went about her
work. Through fear of lynching,
however, herself and and father took
their skill and started down down
Arkansa river, but were finally pick
ed up by the Indian police, and are
awai ing trial in tho United State
jail at t is place.
IMAGINATION.
It is impossible for human beings
to be cheerful at all times. Indeed,
wc are so constituted that we must
nave something to be wretched about..
11 our actual circumstances do n t
admit o! tiiis oonsumaton, then out
lives is a wotlcl of imaginary evils,
and we weep as though we had real
sorrow. Instead of taking a bright
and cheering vie w wc seem never to
be quite happy unless we put an “if’
or a “but” in some where. Wc al
- keep an oyc out for a storm
cloud, and make ourselves unhappy
over the posibility of its coming,
whether it actually comes or not
We once heard ol an invalid who in
sisted to his physician that ho was
growing weaker and weaker every
day and that the end was not very
far off, “Why, Doctor,” he said one
day, in querulous tones, “a month
ago I could walk all the way around
I the park rounder, an I today I was
so weak that I could walk only
half around and then back again.”
! If he had only thought a moment, lie
J would have discovered that to walk
half way round and back again, was
just as far as to walk all the way
around. The best way to live is to
live as well you can, and the only way
to take care of the future is to let it
take care of itself.
TRA CTtON ENGINE.
Mr. R. S, Kendricks, of Talbots
Valley, produced a decided sensa
in our towu last Tuesday by steatil
ing through with Gciser Tracion En
gine. A self propelling steam en
gine is something decidedly new in
our county, and on account ol thoir
convenience they will be more exten
sively used. --Talbotton Register.
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, $2 00
MAXIMS.
lie is happy who has conquered
laziness once and forever.
Teach subjects and not books; prin
ciples not facts.
Borrow is a summons lo come up
higher in Chiislinn character.
D. licaoy is to affection what grace
is to beauty.
If you would h ive a faithful ser
vant and ono that you like, serve
yourself.
Under the freest constitution igno
rant people are slaves.
At the first it is no great matter
how much you learn, but how well
you learn it.
A boro is a man who spends so
much time talking about himself that
you can t talk about yourself.
It is a fact worth remembering that
it docs not take half as long to make
a wound as to heal it.
One may do a veiy good action
and not be a god man; but he can
not do a bad one and be notbad man.
As the surest health is less per
ceived than the slightest malady, so
he highest joy touches less than the
smallest sorrow.
Agony of Getting Up.
The greatest trial in the life of a
Southern farmer boy is gett ng up
summer mornings,’’ remarked a gen
glleman ns lie sat with a party of
friends. “When I was a boy the
voice of my father calling me in tho
mornings struck terror to tho core of
my heart. Just about daylight, in
that hazy time of day when you can
gap in listless bliss and stretch into
paradise, the old gentleman would
stpp up on tite foot ol the stairs and
call:
“John; oh John !”
“Ye-es, sir.”
“Get up. Broad day-light. Get
up and feed the horses wliilo your
mother’s getting a biteto eat. Hurry
up! We must finish that corn before
it rains. Are von coming ?”
. No answer.
“John!’’
“Are you coming?”
“Yes, sir.”
Who could get up at snclt a time?
Who could break a spell born of heav
en? Another stretch; the refreshing
air comes through the window. How
delightful! A winkling struggle be
tween conscience and a delightful
doze. I dream th it I am up. I go
out to thestable and begin putting the
gear on my horse. In tying the hatne
string I lift the horse’ from the ground.
He goes up in the air, and catching
hold of tlm hattie string, I ttoat with
the animal out of the door and around
the lot.
“Git out of this bed, sir,” and tny
father grabs me,
“I -I thought I was up. I’ll get
up.”
“Get right hero, ’and ho hands me'
my pants. I take hold of them, but
my eyes are so heavy I can’t see. 1
feel strange. I seem to bo doming
from tho spring with a bucket of wa
ter.
“Pat cm them breeches, I tell you. j
Well, if he hasn’t gone to sleep try
ing to put on his clothes !”
“Finally” I put on my pants and
reached for my jacket “Hurry up!”
says tho old gentleman turning from
the door to sec how well the work is
progressing. 1 sit on the side of the
bed and begin putting on my socks.
The old gentleman has gone down.—
I pull on one sock and lean tny head
against the bed post. I loso all
presence of mind. Again I doze.
Whack, whack, whack!
I'm up. Oh, dng-gon-it. I’m up.
I won’t do it any more. Oh, oo ugh !
“Come on, tins minute, sir.”
Everything is clear. Inm wide
awake. I hoar the steaming tea ket
tle as I pass tho kitchen dor, and
even whistle as I cut oats for the
horses. I suppose that nearly every
Southern boy whose parents were
not wealthy has gone through a sim
ilar experience.
New York Evening post: Of all
ot iters,the newspapers,in their tempo
rary excitement, should keep t cm
sclvos selt-posseseil, just and truth
ful . It is to them the public looks
for facts and guidance. How shall it
act aright it even the news ot tho
day is steeped with falsehood and
tinged with prejudice ? Let the press
lake sides, if it pleases, and as it will;
let it discuss public questions with
all the force and earnestness it can
summon; but let it remember also
lit at its fust duly is to be fair and
hottest; to tell the truth of all par
ties; to expose tho real character of
all candidates; to report the condi
tions ol public sentiment as they are,
not as represented by the exngcra
tions or hopes of those whose wishes
alone are fathers t.> ilia 5 * time
TH* Newspaper Law.
The newspaper law says if any
person orders his paper discontinued,
lie must pay all nrreuges, ortho pub
lisher may continue to send It until
payment is made, and collect the
whole amount. Also an acton for
fraud can be instiluted against any
person, whether lie is responsible m
a financial view or not, who refuses
pay for his subscription.
Any person who takes a paper
regularly Bom the postofflee—wheth
er directed 10 his nnino or another'*,
or whether lie has t-übscibed or not--
is responsible for the amount..
The courts have d-cidi <1 that re
fusing to lake newspapers or period
icals from tho postoflice, or remov
ing an leaving ill un uncalled for is
prima facie evidence of iiiternuticm
al fraud.
NO. 6
Kings Mountain Centennial
tty Telegraph to the Morning News. ]
Charlotte, October s.—The cer
emonies t< -day at Kings Mountain
were preliminary to what is to follow
for the next three days. There were
two thousand people present, and
tho exercises included a reunion of
the Slates, ThitccTobrudon was held
on the very buttle ground and near
whero Ferguson, the British com
mander, tell. Tho association lias
cleared off ail area of twenty-five
acres ou tho battlefield for the cere
mony.
Kings Mountain is one of the
spurs of tfic Bine Ridge, and is pic
turesquely I-c ited on tho line be
tween Ihe States of North an<l South
Carolina. The crowd assembled at the
grand stand near Furgusou’s grave
at 11:30 a. in., and after prayers*
speeches were made by the Horn
Daniel Fowler of North Carolina-,
Governor Jeter, of South Carolina;
Rev, l>, E. Butler ol’ Georgia, Judgtr
Nixon Nandiko of Tennessee, Oer>"
crals \V. Williams of Arkansas, and'
T. M. McGill of Mississippi.
The reunion was grand and inspir
ing, and the speeches were cheered
to tho echo. Hundreds of wagons
aud other conveyances were arriving
at dark, aud tho camp fires look
ike an army had suddenly organized.
The programme to-morrow includes
an i lustration of the battle under tho
immediate command of Genii’al
Hunt, of the United States army.—
The weather promises to be fair, and
the crowd will lie the hugest ever
assembled in tho South on such an
occasion
Elophants on a Bender
Ban Francisco Post. |
An exciting but luckily harmless
incident, which happened to W. W,
Cole’s circus, now enrouto for this
city, is thus detailed by W. R. Hay
den, the managing advance agent.—
In goiug from Nevada to Colfax a
part of the circus went by rail, a
distance of seventeen miles, while
another part went across the country,
which is only twelve miles. In tho
latter body were tho elephants, three
of which got loose and went on a
pasear ott their own account. Three
days elapsed before they were recap
tured, though their ♦racks were
closely followed in men on horse
back. During their pedestrian jam
boree they went through an Indian
camp at night, but never woke up a
siny 1 1 soul; tore up fences, went
through orchards, consumed quanti
ties of Iruit. took a run of three miles
down the railroad track, and as far
as known were not seen by any otto
in tho district, which is well settled
up. Uprooted fruit trees testified to
their love of fun, and the number of
fences which had to bo rebuilt after
their “bender” is incalculable. They
appear to have been good natured all
the time, but to have traveled most
ly at night, anil rested during tho
day in the woods.
A WISE PLAN.
Fveiy man should mind his own,
business, and only that. It is hard
to tell hint so in plain words; yet it
is one of the simplest rules ol con
duit, and tho most useful that man
kind can adopt in their intercourse,
with each other. There is a
deal of Paul Pry in the heart, or
wonderful inquisitiveness in regard;
to the personal and private affairs
ot friends and neighbors. This spir
it makes more mischaet in the com
inanity than almost any oth,cr cause,
and creates more malice, en,vy and
jealously' than ea,n be overcome in a
century. Let every man mind his
own business and there will not be
bait the trouble in the we-'d *'•-*