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HIE ELLIJAY COURIER.
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OBJBfcXI * ZtCBSIT, . Editois.
ELLIJAY, GA., APRIL 20, 1882.
Official OnffAn op Fanxin Cos.
Official Organ o? Gilmsk Cos
Official Organ of Dickens Cos
There are bills before Congress
asking for the erection df one
hundred and twenty-five public
lnfilding at a total cost of $17,000,
000
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The cost of maintaining the
public schools in this country last
year was about $78,000,000, about
$50,000>000 of which went for the
pay of teachers.
Most farmers do not .appear 'to.
appreciate the value of good
pastures. They seemed to forget
that their revenues are derived
from them. The largest yields of
rtiilk is during the time cows are
in pasture and requiring scarcely
any attention. The greatest
growth of wool ami the heaviest
gain in the weight of young ani
mals are made (luring the period
that five pastures lurnish all the
feed required for stock.— Ex.
ftome Courier: The Supreme
Court’of the United States decid
ed on Thursday, on a case from
Texas, that a State may lax tel
egiaph companies on messages
sent over the wires of such com
panies at its discretion, where
such messages pass between
points within the State limits.but
that the taxation of messages
which originate or go outside o!
the State is a regulation of the
inter state commerce,and as such
is beyond the power of the State.
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the State of Georgia now
yields over one million dollars
per annum in gold bullion, and
Her gold mines are attracting
general attention. The gold re
gion of Georgia is out of the
reach of railroad and telegraph,
and consequently little of the ex
tensive work being done is re
ported. Several companies, with
capital in excess of one hundred
thousand dollars are engaged in
working or establishing mills,and
the yield will be largely increas
ed from date. Ur. Little, the
State geologist, asserts that there
is more gold in Georgia Ilian
there was in California, and that
the annual yield might be in
creased ten times above what it
is now, and then not be particu
larly exhausted.— Marietta Jour
nal .
About the Farmer.
fs it not a living I act thal the
farmer now feels something ot
Che old inherited, dependent and
servile spirit which was so uni
versal among the laboring classes
in the centuries past and gone?
If he did not feel and show this
spirit, why should his rights be
so often ignored.his feelings hurl,
and he himself treated as though
he belonged to an inferior class ?
The man who boldly asserts iiis
rights and feels his equality with
others may be hated, but lie will
neyer be looked down upon. It
iB the manifest duty of the farm
er if lie is conscious of feeling
one particle of servility or inferi
ority to other classes to rise above
it j ust as quick as he can. He
it*ut educate himself and better
Ins circumstances, and elevate
his condition till he can feel the
assurance that he stands ou the
full level with the most prosper
ous and best educated classes.
He must think and etudy and
team aud work till he is fully
emancipated from the thraldom
of proyerty, ignorauce and men
tal inactivity which has hereto
fore characterized his condition.
He must work out his own salva
tion by patience and industry, by
observation, by experiment, and
the exercise of his indomitable
will. He must feel his nobility
and respedt himself as the son of
the Most High, capable of doing
great things and of achieving a
noble and high destiny. He must
build himself up into the stature
of a perfect man. Just to the
extent that he builds himself up
in dignity, self-respect, strength
of character, knowledge and
power of will, in that extent will
he gain a. conquest over nature,
make the earth yield her increase,
sad attain the ends of his earthly
existence, lhere is beyond per
adventure a bright future outlook
tor the farmer if he will shake
himself from sloth and be up and
doing with a cheerful heart and
determined will the work of to
day.— Southern Cultivator and
Vtxie Farmer.
EASTER DEOOBATIOMS.
BY W. P. RIVERS.
Adorning the Church of the Savior
On Easter with flowers i* sweet;
But better is Christian behavior,
And practical graces more sweet:
Adorning the pulpit amt chancel
To Christ oui Redeemer is due ;
But beauties of Spring cauuot conceal
The sins of the priest or the pew.
■‘Adorning the doctrine” is better,
With graces of heart never seen—
With deeds of the Law to the lottei,
And Purity’s wreaths ever green ;
The roses of virtue are brightest,
And dearest to Jesus our King ;
Humility’s lillies arc whitest—
The offerings best we can bring.
Esthctical blossoms have poweis
Na-cotic to soothe ns to rest,
But ethical lieauties ape flowers
the I lest;
Rhetorical the creature,
But their beauty™ and fragrance arc
"7'v naught, i
Unleshqhe great trutl/s of tlic Preacher
To practical fruitage be brought. *
Bring floweffrlprOtrist’s Easter morning,
With tributosoHMtc and of art!
But, Oh ! let the 'Christian’s adorning
Be truth in the life and the heart 1
To the sweet “Rose of Sharon”—our
Brother,
Bring the fruits of His Spirit of Love I
Their beauty excelling all other
Gives joy to the angels above.
For Jesus—bright “star of the morning”—
When Easter was bom out of gloom—
For His Church, and His Gospel’s adorn
ing,
Bring all that hath beauty and bloom 1
Bring Anthems and festival pleasures!
With garlands His altars he drcsl 1
But, Ob! bring Hiui love and its treasures,
Whose adorning He loveth the best!
The Idleness of Girls.
The great mistake that most ol
our girl are making, and that
their mothers are either encour
aging or allowing them to make,
is that of spending their time out
of school 111 idleness or iu frivo
lous amusement, doing no work
to speak of, and learning nothing
of the practical duties and seri
ous cares of life. It is not only
in the wealthier families that
gills are growing up indolent
and unpracticed in household
work ; indeed. I think that more
attention is paid to the industri
al training of girls in the wealth
ier iamilies of mechanics, and
other people in moderate circum
stances where the mothers are
compelled to work hard all the
while. “Within the last week,”
says one of our correspondents,
“I have heard two mothers,
worthy women, in most respects,
say, the first, thAt her daughter
never did any sweeping. Why,
if she wants to say to her com
panions, I never swept a room in
my life, and yet takes comfort in
it, let her say it, and yet the
mother is sorrowing over the
shortcomings of that very daugh
ter. The other said she would
not let her daughter do anything
in the kitchen. Boor, deluded
woman ! She dil it herself in
stead,”
The habits of indolence and
helplessness that are thus formed
are not the greatest evils result
ing from this bad practice; the
selfishness that it fosters is the
wrong thing about it. How de
void ot conscience, how lacking
in the true sense of tenderness, a
a girl must be who will thus con
sent to devote all her time out of
school to pleasuring, while her
mother is bearing all the burdens
of the household. And the fool
ish way in which mothers them
selyes sometimes talk about this,
even in the presence of their
children,is mischievous in the ex
treme. “Oh, Hattie is so absorb
ed with her books on her crayons,
or embroidery, that she takes no
interest in the household matters
and I do not like to call upon her.
As if the daughter belonged to
a superior order of beings and
must not soil her bauds or ruffle
her temper by ;necessary house
work. The mother is the drudge;
the daughter is a fine lady for
whom she toils. No mother who
suffers such a state of things as
this can preserve the respect for
her daughter— and the respect of
her daughter no mother can af
ford to lose. The result ot this is
to form in the minds of many
gifted girls not only a distaste
for latror but a contempt for it,
aud purpose to avoid it at long
as they can live by some means |
or other.— National Union
LUCI US J. OARTRELL. I
For some reasons, which are
not necessary to slat*, the so
called organised have endeavored
to frighten General Gartrell off
of the gubernatorial Iract, but
the old hero will not be frighten
ed. He has been there before,
and knows what he is up 10. lie
has gone into this battle lo win
it and he will most surely do so if
he lives. And why should he not?
He was an able and distinguish
ed member of our National
councils before (he war, and dur
ing the dreadful contlict lhut
devasted our fair land, he illus
trated Georgia on many a bloodv
field of battle. •It was bis regi
ment, the 7th Georgia, that turn
ed the tide of strife on the close
i ontesled field of Manassas, and
gave to the Confederate army a
worldwide renown. Since the
war he has attended strictly to
his legal profession endeavoring
to build up the “waste places” oc
casioned by the ravages of the
war, and to support in decency
and comfort bis helpless ones at
home. In that he has succeeded.
But whiie doing so he lias saved
many oilier families from misery
and distress, for he “hath a tear
of pily, and a hand open as day
to melting charity.” To our cer
tain knowledge lie has defended
over ten thousand persons since
the war, in the different courts,
and two-thirds of them never paid
him a cent. He has seen none in
distress without going to their
relief. He was a gallant, soldier
—he is a statesman, and Georgia
will honor herself wh e n she
mattes Lucius J. Gartrell her chief
magistrate.— Critic.
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A Dance of Death,
One of the most start ling,weird
and realistic tragedies yet re
corded in connection with the
great small dox scourge which
has swept over the country oc
curred about three weeks ago. A
gentleman living in Richmond
gave a ball, and Tom Taylor, a
famous negro fiddler in these
parts, was called upon to furnish
the music A large company o>
ladies and gentlemen attended
the party and dancing was kept
up until the morning hours. Fid
dling Tom, who had complained
early in the evening of feeling
bad, had seemed lo grow wild
and his music grew quicker, so
that tiie feet of the young danc
ers, nimble though they were,
could not keep pace with the
rush ot his music. He sang out
the figures in a stenorian voice,
and, ins own music swayed liis
body to and tro like one bewitch
ed, while his eyes became blood
shot and his voice husky. Sud
denly, just before the hour for
breaking up the party arrived,
the fiddler tell Irom his lofty seat
hi delirium, and the affrighted
dancers crowded around him un
til one ot them stooping over him,
saw the livid splotches of the
dreaded red rash over his lace,
and cried“ Great Goit ! the
man has got the small-pox.” The
throng dispersed in a moment.
A tew weeks belore the party
took place Bob Jackson, a negro
who had been discharged Irom
the small-pox hospital, stole seme
of the clothing of the inmates
and sold them to different per
sons as new. Among tiie buyers
was Tom Taylor, the fiddler, and
he caught the dreaded disease
from the inlested clothing, lie
died next evening. Three other
persons who bought the clothing
caught the disease, and two of
them died last night. None of
the attendants at the party caught
the small pox because they were
inoculated that night before they
retired.
The only punishment inflicted
upon-Bob Jackson, the negro who
stole the clothing, and thus kill
ing three people, was the initia
lion of twenty five lashes on his
bareback, — Marietta Journal.
The Highest Rank,
Made from harmless materials,
and adapted to the needs of fad
ing and falling hair. Parker’a
Hair Balsam, has taken the high
eat rank as an elegant and relia
ble hair restorer.
Murder/
Q. Tuesday evening April 4th
about dark, our cu itihi unity was
startled by tiie announcement
that a student of the University
had been fatally shot by a color
ed youth. The facts of the case,
as we gather them, are as fol
lows :
Mr. Walter Roundtree, of Quit
raan, Ga., and one or two oilier
students, were taking an evening
walk in Cobbham. They were
met near the Courthouse by
Frank Johnson, son of Miles
Johnson, and a negro named
Bunch Echots, when a dispute
arose between them, and insult
ing words were used by the ne
groes. Walter Roundtree, (who
was unarmed) kicked at Johnson,
when the latter drew a pistol,
and took deliberate aim and fired,
the ball entering the back of the
neck, inflicting a fatal wound.
Bartow Roundtree, his brother,
had a pistol and fired at Johnson,
but missed him. Alter exchang
ing two shots, Johnson lied down
street, pursued by Barlow Round
tree, .and the latter by Fehols.
In dodging a rock thrown by
FShols, Roundtree fell, when
Johnson turned and emptied ev
ery chamber of his pistol at
Roundtree. The whole affair was
witnessed by Dr. Camak and Mr.
Robert Childers, who followed
the fleeing murderers to their
place of refuge, Miles Jolnn-on’s
shop, where they were captured
and safely placed in jail.
Soon alter Mr. Rountree’s
death, Coroner Jennings sum
moned a jury, and ail inquest was
held over Ihejiody. The follow
ing is the verdict :
Tiie deceased came to his death
on the sfli day of April, 1882,
from the effects ol a pistol shot
wound inflicted on the 4th day of
April, ISB2, in the city of Athens,
at the hands of Frank Johnson,
(col.) and said shooting was de
liberate and premeditaled innr
der. We find that Enoch Echols,
(col ) was an ac essory, aiding
and abetting the act. We also
find deceased was a resident of
Quitman, Ga., and son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. J. Roundlree. —Athens
Cronicle.
Georgia Gold Mining,
A movement is on loot to es
tablish a government assay of
fice af Dahionega, Ga. Up fo the
war there was a branch mint at
Dahionega, and the records show
that over twenty millions of bull
ion passed through it.
Georgia lias seventy odd gold
mills at work. One is giving a
monthly product if ihout $7,500
Prom a caretul look over, no good
reason can be given why this
belt will not produce $300,000
per annum this season, and ure
pared will) sufficient machinery,
by January next, to produce
$500,000 monthly for the year
1883. The ore is there.
All that, is required lo make an
immense yield is energy, good
management, scientific superin
tendence and modern automatic
machinery. In their rather crude
ways of working the mica, slate
and oilier more decomposed rocks
ol this region, it costs but twenty
five cents per ton to mine and
mill good bearing ores.
flood gold veins, assaying from
five to fifty dollars per ton, from
one lo twenty mites from a rail
road, with water, fuel and . labor
plenty and cheap, can be bought
for from one thousand U> twenty
thousand dollars, which, if in the
Rocky mountains, five hundred
miles from any place and all the
wav up lull, would be worth half
a million dollars. A great and
properous future awaits gold mill
ing, on an extensive scale m
G e orgi a .—Ra ilroad Re corder.
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The Atlanta Post-Office.
The arrest of no less than three
ot the clerks.and other employ
ees of the Atlanta postoffice, and
the discovery that the peculations
of one or two of them have been
going on for some time, evidences
either a very loose administration
within the establishment,-or a
strange neglect of supervision
from Washington. The integrity
of the postmaster himself has not
been questioned, but it is very
questionable whether he lias ex
ercised, or is physically capable
of exercising, the vigilant admin
istration which such an office
needs. The developments now
going on furnish additional proof
of the great need of “civil service
reform” —a reform which will se
lect men of important and re
sponsible positions with regard to
their capacity, and not simply to
their party services or position.
Instead of exercising vigilance
and pressure lo compel their of
ficials to pay assessments for car
rying elections, the chief concern
of the several departments of the
Federal Government could be
better directed to administering
the affairs of the country commit
ted to their charge with efficien
cy and fidelity. If this is done—
if ever it is done again—we shall
have fewer instances of such long
continued oeculations as are re
ported to have occurred in the
Atlanta postoffice. —Rome Cou
rier.
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