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TIIE ELLIJAY COURIER.
1. B. GIIEF.R. | T. B. KIRBY*
UKE SB. dL KIRB7, - Editors.
ELLIJAY, GA, MARCH 16, 1882.
Official Organ of Fannin Cos.
Official ‘Organ of Gilmer Cos
Official Organ of Dickers Cos
Phillips Acquitted.
The readers of Lite Constitution
will remember Ihe details of the
death of a con net named John
Matthews alias John Massey, who
died a few months ago at tlie
camps of the Marietta and North
Georgia Railroad, alter having
been severely whipped. Opinion
was divided as to the cause ol his
death. Some took the position
that he was beaten to death
while others pronounced it a case
of heart disease, the fatal result
of which was hastened by the
whipping. An inquest was held,
and Charles Phillips, who had
charge of the squad of convicts
with which Massey was working,
was charged with the murder of
the convict. —Phillips had betak
en himself to parts unknown, but
subsequently was arrested or
gave himself up, and on the day
before yesterday was tried for
murder in the superior court ot
Cherokee county. Judge Brown
presided. There was a heavy ar
ray of counsel for the prisoner.
He was represented by George N.
Lester, General Phillips, Senator
Winn, Mr. Teasly, Charles Phil
lips, H. N. Newman and W. H.
Simmons. For the state appear
ed Geo. F, Gober, the solicitor
general ol the county, and Mr.
Frak L Haralson, of Aallanta.
The state’s lawyers were energet
ic, and did everything in their
power to secure a conviction.
The attorneys for the defense
were fully as energetic. The case
occupied the entire day Thursday,
and was given to the jury at a
late hour. After supper the jury
returned a verdict of ‘“not guiltv.”
It is said that the failure to con
vict lay in the fact that the phy
icians testified that they did not
ovf whether it was ilie whip
ping or heart disease that caused
the death of Massey.— Atlanta
Constitution.
The Liquor Law.
Comptroller-General Wright
lias just finished sending out
blank books to the ordinaries and
tax collectors of the various coun>
ties in the state, to be used in
carrying out the law passed by
the last legislature, requiring
liquor deajers to register.—The
law is not generally known of
among saloon-keepers. It re
quires that alter the first day of
April, 1882 sellers of liquor shall,
before engaging in business, reg
ister their names with the ordi
nary of the county in which they
propose to carry on business. A
special book is kept lor that pur
pose. [t is then made the duty
©f the ordinary to notify the tax
collector of his county and the
comptroller-general of the state
of the registration ; and • the
comptroller is required to keeD a
register of the same. The tax
collector is also required to keep
a record of the name of the liquor
debtor. When the register is
made the dealer is required to at
once pay to the tax collector the
entire year’s tax, and the law
provides that a failure to pay the
tax or to register is punishable as
a misdemeanor. The tax collec
tor is required to give inlorma
tion against the offender, and his
failure to do so makes it the duty
of the comptroller-general to pro
ceed against him for the amount
due by the defaulting liquor deal'
er. The books are furnished by
the comptroller-general to the
ordinaries and tax collectors.
The tax collectors are to make
quarterly reports to the comp
troller general and remit to the
state treasurer. The act does not
relieve saloon keepers from the
operations of United States laws
or local laws. The grand juries
of the counties are required to
examine the registers, and to in
dict offenders. Odb dollar is the
Ordinary’s registration fee.—Ma
rietta Journal.
Raising Turkeys.
Select by weight the largest
fowls to breed from; if possible,
have the gobblers from two to
four years old. The gobbler and
hen should not be related to
each other. Have no more than
four liens to each gob’er.and don’t
starve them during the whiter.
Watch them closely about laying
time, as they nearly always hunt
a nest the day before they depos
it their first egg. Make a gooJ
large nest in some building that
you can cofine them in, and next
morning after they hunt their
nest, catch them, and shut them
up in the place where you made
the nest, lor alter they have laid
one egg they will always go
back to that nest. If they choose
a good place of their own accord,
I let them alone; though 1 but a
few common lien eggs in the nest
and takeout the turkey eggseve
ry day, and keep them in a cool
place, as beat injures them quick
er than cold, provided it does not
freeze. 1 let each turkey set the
Hirst time she wants to; but let
no young turkeys run with a com
moil lien, for if they do so half doz
e times, they are more trouble
than fifty running with a turkey
hen.
The advantage of letting tur
keys set on their flirt laying of
eggs in this: the young turkey;
are hatched before the weeds
and grass get high enough to wet
and beloul them in the mornings.
I watch them two or three days,
that no weak ones are lost; then
they get no more attention, only
feeding when they come to the
house. On no account, give them
raw food when small—l feed
mine on corn bread ; sometimes
soak it in sour milk and some
times giye them curd. Never
shut them up unless it rains
I) aid.
I have been raising turkeys for
several years, and have never
had but one sick one yet. Most
of my chickens died with chol
era last fall, and one of my tur
keys took it very bad ; his flesh
had turned dark colored when I
found him. I gaye him a pill of
assafoetida the size of a pea and
about a tablespoonful of equai
parts of sulphur, cayenne and
rosin (thought it would either
kill or cure him) aud he got well.
I gave the others sulphur twice
a week for about a month, and
none ol them took the cholera.—
Rural World.
Confidence in Self.
Rely on yourself; lake it for
granted that you can accomplish
your plans. Never say “I can’t”
—they are ignoble words. He
who does not feel within himself
the power to conquer fate, is not
a man in the true sense of the
word. Of course it is a misfor
tune for him, since he can never
be of any benefit to himself or
anybody else. Heaven help the
woman who marries him ! Some
body says, “Oh, I don’t like these
self conceited folks!” My
Iriend, self-conceit and self con
fidence are two qualities as dif
ferent as light and darkness;
and though the self-conceited
man may not be the most agree
able of companions, we infinitely
prefer him to the creeping, cring
ing. craven spirited fellow who is
never ready for an emergency,
and who like Uriah Heep, spends
his life in trying to be “umble.”
The man who says “I will do it!”
—who says it from his herrt, and
means it, too—who bends his
whole energy to the work, al
most always accomplishes it;
and then people call him lucky
and successtul, and all that sort
of thing, when, in fact, his luck
has been brought about by his
own perserving efforts and by his
confidence in himself. Fortune
detests cowardice; and the man
who will not be conquered by
trifles is her prime favorite.—
Southern Cultivator.
Elegance and Purity,
Ladies who appreciate elegance and pu
rity are using Parker’s Hair Balsam. It
is the best article sold for restoring gray
hair to its original color, beauty and Ins,
Useful Hints for Measuring Land.
Almost every farmer has sorhe
way of measuring land, and the
most common way is to step off
five paces for a rod. and call sixty
by sixty-five paces an acre For
ordinary purposes this mode will
answer, but when # lha exact
measurement of a piece ol land is
desired, it cannot be depended
upon as being accurate.
A light pole just sixteen and a
half feet long is a cheap and con
venient measure, but a four rod
tape line is much better.
A plot of ground eighty yards
wide by sixty and one-half yards
long, contains one acre. •
A plot of ground seventy yards
wide by sixty-nine and one sev
entli yards long, contains one
acre.
An exact acre can be found by
the following table of distances;
A plot of ground five yards
wide by 968 yards long, contains
one acre.
A plot of ground ten yards
wide by 484 yards long, contains
one acre.
A plot of ground forty yards
wide by 121 yards long, contains
one acre.
A plot of ground 220 feet long
by 198 feet wide, contains one
acre.
A plot of 440 feet long by nine
ty feet wide, contains one acre.
A plot of ground 110 feet wide
by 369 feet long, contains one
acre.
A plot of ground 240 feet long
by IS£ feel wide, contains one
acre.
One acre contains 160 squrae rods,
4,540 square yards, or 43,560
square feet.
Ono rod contains 80.25 square
yards, 572,25 square feet.
To measure corn in the crib —
Multiply tiie length, breadth and
height together, in feet, to obtain
tlie cubic feet; multiply tins
product by four and strike off the
right figure, and the result will be
shelled bushels, nearly.—South
ern Cultivator.
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Fruit Growing in the South.
The many experiments which
have b,een made in fruit growing
in the South since the war, both
by those pursuing the business
for profit and those pursuing it for
pleasure and personal enjoyment,
should, by this time, have set
tled the question as to what kinds
it is most profitable to grow
The variety of climate and soil
in what is Known as the South,
carries with it the inference of
variety in production as well in
fruits as in other things. So that
tests becomes necessary in eacli
locality, regardless of success or
failure in every other locality.
Therefore experimenting should
be continuous ; but when adapt
ability lias been discovered and
success achieved in any particu
lar furit,it would be wise to be
gin to look to it as a source of
profit and as a branch of business.
It is thus that some sections of
our country, both within and
without the South have discover
ed and are pursuing a profitable
employment—profitable beyond
that which had been previously
.pursued.
The consumption of fruit is
rapidly increasing, the wealth
and growth of cities, together
with the increased facilities for
quick transportation Dromoting
it. The South has the promise at
present of increased population,
in her cities and largely incrased
railroads facilities, net working
the whole country with railroads
connected with the great trunk
lines leading to the North, East
and West. California, Florida
and Minnesota send the fruits
adapted to and grown in their
climates, all over the country and
even to Europe. Why may not
Mississippi and Louisiana and
other Southern states do the
same and the same extent when
they shall discover what is best
adapted to their soil and cli
mate? -Planters Journal.
Silence of Friendship.
Only,real friends understand
silence. With a passing gue'l or
ceremonial acquaintance you leel
under no obligation to talk, you
make an effort to entertain him
as a matter of courtesy ; you may
be tired or weak, but no matter,
you leel that you unis', exert
yourself. But, with a very dear,
intimate Iriend sitting by you,
there is no feeling of this kind.
To be sure, you may talk if you
leel able, pouring out all of con
fidence, relieved and refreshed
by interchange of thoughts aud
sympathies. But if you are very
tired, you know yon do not need
to say a word. You are perfect
ly understood, and you know it.
You can enjoy the mere fact of
J’our friend’s presence, and find
that it does you more good than
conversation. The sense of that
present and sympathetic affec
tion rests you more than any
words. And your friends takes
it as tiie highest proof of \ our
friendship and confidenne, and
probably never loves you so viv
idly as in these still moments.
No matter that twilight is falling
and that you cannot see eacli
other’s laces—the presence and
the silence are full of brightness
and eloquence, and you feel they
are enough.— Southern Cultiva
tor.
•<■ ——
Home.
I never saw a garment too fine
for man or maid; there never
w.s a chair too good for a cob
bler or a cooper or a king to sit
in; never a house too fine to
shelter the human head. These
elements about us, the glorious
stars, the imperial sun, are not
too good for the human race.
Elegance fits man. But do we
not value these tools a little more
than they are worth, and mort
gage a house lor (lie mahogany
we bring into it? 1 had rather
eat my dinner off the head of a
barrel, or dress after the fashion
of Jolm the Baptist in the wilder
ness, or sit on a block all my life,
than consume all myself before I
got to a home, and take so much
pains with the outside when the
inside was as hollow as an empty
nut. Beauty is a great thing,
but beauty of garment, house
and furniture are tawdry orna
meats compared with domestic
love. AH the elegance in the
world will not make a home, and
I would give more for a spoonlul
of real hearty love than for whole
ship loads of furniture and all
the georgeousness all the up
holsterers in the world can gath
er.—Dr. Ilolmes.
A Woman’s Experience,
Mothers and daughters should feel
alarmed when weariness constantly op
presses them. “If lam fretful from ex
haustion of vital powers and the color
is fading from my face, Parker’s Ginger
Tonic, gives quick re’ief. It builds me up
and drives away pain with wonderful
certainty”—Buffalo lady.
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