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TIIK KM. 1.1 At COIMIKIt
W. S. COLEMAN.
Editor *nd Proprietor
WIDAY. Ol.uMTttllKM
Orrt< il iMtuv* <*r (liuin O*.
Or>> to. ilruii <>r Pit k*x (V
SOU HY FOU THEM
The action n( llie lloum of Kp
>rciitan*r in refining the M -r
--rietta am] Ninth Georgia railroaii :
Hie privilege cf entering Atlanta,
one of the nmat deplorable LI hi
dera That body I a< made for a long |
while. The tact that this exu-n
--aiou would have beuefiited a very
large section and injure no body,
er anv section, is the only real
plot that coul 1 be male for any
railroad charter, lhal this is a
tact no unprejudiced mind will
dispute. We think the grounds
adduced as objeclioai to the bill
are utterly unfounded, and those
who most vehemently opposed ii
will live ft) See !he day when re
gret will be their only reward.
This section will remember them,
and their paliiolic(?) service will
meet its just compensation. The
bill was a harmless measure to all
sections of the State, and would
have benefit ted u large portion of
Georgia almost to an incalculable
measure. The question is settled
as to this Legislature, but Ihe
next will doubtless voice a differ
ent sentimeut on railroad legisla
tion.
A GOOD -S 476* 6 ASTI ON.
During Ihe last session of the
farmers association Mr. John W.
Withrow suggested that each far
mer measure off one acre of corn,
and when gathered, ascertain how
many bushels are raised thereon.
We would just iiko to know what
is the best average per acre
Gilmer soil would produce in
corn, besides there is a premium
offered by the association, if we
mistake not. At any rate such
information would be benfictal to
our fanning class in so much that
a spirit of rivalry stimulated by
the reputation, as well as the pre
mtum, of ratsig the most corn per
acre of any man in the county
We hope every farmer in tho
county who raised any fine corn
this year will make the exper
ment and see how much he can
improve on it next season.
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As to the Agusta and Chalta
aooga road we have only to report
this week, that all necessary
arrangements have been made to
put on a large force of hands
within a few days, Those who
have subscribed to its stock will
have no further excuse for delay
in paving the installments due.
The work lias now commenced in
earnest and it will not be loeg
before Agusta and Chattanooga
will be connected directly , byonc
of the best paying and shortest
roads connecting the great North
west with the Atlantic seaboniil.
Gainseviilo being about hall way
between these cities will in many
ways reap large benefits from the
road. It is greatly to our interests
to do our full share in pushing it
to completion.—Gainesville Engle
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Mr. T. B. Kirby, who for more
than seven years was connected
with the Eilijay Courier, has re
tired from Us publication and ed
itorial control, leaving Mr. W. S.
Coleman to steer the Courikr
alone. We opine that Bro. Cole
man will very greatly miss Mr.
Kirby, for we had always looked
upon Mr. Kirby as being a most
excellout newspaper man, but
Bro. Coleman is equal to the
emergency and will not suffer the
Courier to lose one bit of its bril
liancy and spriginliiiess. Our
best wishes allmd Bro. Coleman
and Mr. Kirby.—Canton Advance.
Out in the cyclone country it
is said women dou't wear bustles.
We don’t wonder that western
newspapers Lave a hard time to
live.—Kx.
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We received, too late for pub -
lication, from our Atlanta corres
pondent extracts from the speech
of Col. John P. Perry on the ex
tension of the Merrietta & North
Georgia railroad to Atlanta. The
speech was an able plea for the
road, but the Legislature, for rea*
ions best known to themselves,
declined to grant us equal privi
leges with other sectiou of Geor
gia
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The Cartersville Courant says.
M lf Uev. Sam Jones could bring
those that do not pay for their pa
per to the error of their ways, his
mission on earth will have been
satisfactorily filled. The mission
ary grounds in this respect is!
large aud inviting.”
THIS /A THh M .1 y.
The *uv. yon lb* route bv tin
I’icheiia mi 11 * work* it almost*
fompU-tp.l an,] several difli ulife* i
ar in Ihe way on said smut*.
Tirol d.Acuity is the heavy <-x
pans# of construclmg a bridg* ]
scmsl Ihe E nwali river near the i
Ledbetter bridge and also al Jas
per, where the grade will be ex
ceedingly heavy to get on tlt*
ii Ige that leads nut by Carter's
Tup second very material difficul
ty in Ilia way is the additional
length of ihe road making the
distance through Pickens at least
20 miles longer, and al Die same
lime going through a section o!
country already developed bv
railroads and tunning so nearly
parallel with oilier roads as to in
jure the stock of the road. The
money for the building of (lie road
must be raised by capitalists, and
in order to gel them to invest a
good showing as to the practica
bility of lbs route must appear
from the location of the route.
Hence wc say,‘'injure (he stock.”
A glance at the map will convince
any one that Dawsonville is on
the most practical, easiest and
shortest route, and money, talk
and infiuence combined cannot
prevent the direclois from com
prehending it."
The above from the Dawson
ville News has truth and unan
swerable facts about it.
THE FA EMEUS MEET.
The agricultural club of Gilmer
county met pursuant to adjourn
ment, vice president John W.
Withrow in the chair.
Ist, Cal'ed the roll and marked
absentees.
2nd Head and adopted minutes
of last meeting.
3rd Heard excuses for absence.
4lh Called for new members.
sth Called lor reports, received
report of the organization of a
farmers club for Cartecay district.
Gih Called for unfiuisned busi
ness.
7th Called for new business,
when notice was given that at
next regular meeting a proposi
tion would be made to so amend
the constitution as to require but
one vice president, also to change
the time ot meeting. On motion
postooned the election of vjee
presidents for the present.
Elected N. L. Odborn president
J. F. Pettit secretary and G. 11.
Randall treasurer. Notice was
given that Mr, Beal of Murphy,
Cherokee county, N. C , desired
specimens of the agricultural pro
ducts of tins county, also other
specimens of wood, timber, etc.,
to exhibit at the Peidmont fair.
Also that a sale of Mule colts
would take place at the stable ol
T. H. Tabor in Ellijay on Tuesday
of October term of Superior court.
Then called on Mr, J. W. Holt for
a speech when he delivered a
very interesting talk on the sub
ject of general f arming. Exchange
of ideas on the subject of farming
took place. On motion lhe thanks
of this club is hereby tendered
to Hon. J.T, Henderson commis
sioner of agriculture for Georgia
lor books and documents furnish
ed this club.
On motion adjourned to first
Tuesday iu Jan. 1888.
J. W. Witiirow,
J. F. Pettit, Pres. Pro. Tern.
Seely.
AD VICE LA
DIES.
Trust not to uncertain riches, but
prepare youreself for every emer
gency in life. Learn to w ork, and
not to be dependent upon ser
vants to make your bread. Sweep
your own floors and knit your
own stockings and darn them
when they need it. And above
all things, do not esteem too
lightly those honorable young
men who sustain themselves aud
their parents by the work of their
own hands, while you care for,
and receive into your company
those lazy,idle loafers who never
lift a finger to help themselves,
nor their parents nor anybody else.
So they just keep soul and body
together, aud get sufficient to
live in fashion, is the height of
their ambition. Young ladies,
shun the company of sucii charac
ters as these. Bid them good
night and kick them out of sight.
Young ladies, remember this,
and instead of sounding the praise
of your lovers, and examining the
cut of their coats, look into their
hearts and habits, and see if they
have trades, aud can depend up
on themselves. See if they have
minds that will lead them to look
above a butterfly’s existence
Talk not of the beautiful white
skin, and the soft, delicate hand
the fine appearance of the young
man. Let not these foolish con
siderations trouble your mind
When you marrv, be sure and gel
a man who is uot too lazy to
work. —Kx.
WAfiHiftaroK Ltrrtß.
Tb*-Treasusry l>*|>rtment was!
without aw ••Asia) k*i4 a abort
time lbia wa- k,-—H-rratarr
Bayard having b< n ab.ent and j
Assistant Hartal ary i*ortr hav.ity
reaignad rather precipitately and
returned to bia home in Ten- i
ne*or. It it liiiprnl among 1
the < lli nal goaaipa that the re- 1
aigiialion ol ti.a Ex-Governor >* *
due to a serious diaagn-rin* n<
Mr. Bayard over the controveray j
of the dispute fi.heriea question. ,
At h ast there was no formal fare-1
well between throe distinguished ;
gentlemen, as Mr. l'otler leli
before Ihe return of Ihe Secretary i
from Massachusetts, whither lie
had gone from Biniadelphia. 11l
is opinion of tneuy that the New j
England trip was far the purpose
ol consulting with well posted
Damocats in that section with the
view of securing the service ol
suitable men wiio will act for our
Government in (be settlement of
the fisheries troubles with the
Canadian authorities. The policy
of our Stale Department seems to
be to bring this tioublesome
problem to a speedy and satisfac
tory solution. In regard to the
purchase of hands by the Govern
ment the President openly expres
ses the opinion that (he press
criticism upon the Treasury De
partment in declining to accept
auy of the offers of bonds last
week, is inconsiderate, and the
Executive goes on in this forceful
and vigorous style to warmly
defend the financial methods ol
Secretary Fairchild, which, ol
course, have been adopted with
his own sanction. Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Maynard
has just rendered a decision,
allowing interest to some plain
tiff's who recovered judement
against ex-Presideut Chester A.
Arthur, while he was collector ol
customs at New York, before he
dreamed ol the Presidency.
The question of whether both
a man and his wife can properly
be in tho Federal Service has
come up for consideration. Civil
Service Commissioner Oberly
says that there is no legal prohi
bition of such a family monopoly,
but that departmental rule is
against it. On the contrary, Sec
retary Fairchild, being question
ed about the subject, by one ol
his fair “countesses”, who felt a
decidedly personal interest in the
matter, informed her that there
was no ruling against such a prac
tice by the present Administra
tion, and he advised her to go
ahead and “fool their salaries.”
The periodical scandal has again
come to the surfaco-this time in
the Post office Department,—the
persons concerned being a liepub
lican chief of a division, who has
been left undisturbed in a good
plane, and one of his young lady
clerks. Both will have to go in
disgrace, for the Postmaster Gen
eral holds a written record ol
their guilty love, furnished by
some envious associate in office.
There are those who think with
good reason, that some of the
Government Departments are
seething cesspools of moral eor-
ruption, but that, it will be a diffi
cult if indeed not an impossible
task, to ferret out and expel in
dishonor these loathsome lepers
in comparison with whom a cham
eleon would be as white as the
drifted suow. If I should put in
print all I know it would create a
commotion second only to the
startling revelations of the Pall
Mall Gazette. And such are the
relics of the Republican regime—
the grand old party of high moral
ideas. God save the mark! It
will take the great Democratic
parly a long time to cleanse the
Augean stables, but that glorious
task will be nobly uerlormed, ev
en if it requires a quarter of a
century’s wrk.
Offerings of oyer five millions of
four and a half per cent Govern
ment bonds were opened by the
Treasury this week—of which sum
a little more than four millions
were accepted—prices ranging
from 107.98 to 109 for registered,
and Irom 107.9S to 109 tor coupon
bonds. President, and Mrs. Cleve
land and many prominent officials
of the Government have to-day
to participate in the Philadelphia
pageant in honor of the Cente
mial of the adoption of the Con
stitution of the United Stales, and
the celebration will no doubt be
full worthy of the immortal in
strument that it commemorates.
A PPI yi? Send six cent*
IX. -1- 111/J vj for postage, anc,
rveeire free, a condv box of goods, which
wilt help you to uroie money right away
than anything else iu this world’ AlLof
either ex, succeed from first hour. The
broad road to fortune opens before the
worker* absolutely au-e. At one*,
area* True Jt Os.. Augusta. Maine.
TO THE
Milling Public
rIK awti w|gni4 ukn plur- la n>-
alt w|hi ■ asrtcmplalr MM.t|
•it M-painM Mills, la ttw lari m*t ■><
dwrsMc 11. l M will Ur t tla-tr baa
■ateirW u> rnaautt Ua b> fon- employing
**f rioting nalnru with Mlxr*. llmltv
la-tnc tally |irr|-aml. after year* ••( itali
u*l | nctior, In dw all kind* ■>( Util work
iln Ihe taat workman-t'kc manner, lam
I Aieut fur all Mrs of Kill lumen
of It**- ro-mt improvi I pattern*, amt rum
! attire to art I tltera at Manufacturers' ana
, ImpnrtMS’ |>ric, including Ike ceirltratnJ
UOOK.AI.TSI I.VIINK AMD THE
Leffel Double Mue Water Whee:
; French Burr Moot*, Eureka Smutting
Machines, etc. Also,
E. Van Winkle & Co'a
SAW MILLS, .MILL SWINDLES,
SHAFTING, GEARING, ETC.
In short, anything in the line of M i
1 .Machinery.
Now, if you want anything in my iim
I promise satisfaction in wca kmanship and
price. Call on or address
J- W. DUGKETT
Mill Contractor,
Dec. ELM AY, GA
J.WTjGIIAY’S
-AT
BLUE RIDGE, GA., ‘
Is open at all hours for customors.
Persons transferred to and from Mor
ganton at very Reasonable Rates.
Don’t fail to call on the man who has
tine stock, elegant vehicles and atten
tive drivers. Sale and feed stab'e
also in connection with Livery Stable.
DUGKETT h DUNN
ARE READY
To do any kind of CARPENTER work
in best of style and at once, or LUMBER
on shot t notice is furnished by us. We
have two Saw Mills, Plaining Mill, etc.,
which enable us to do work as rapidly and
on as short notice as any other carpenters
in the country. The personal attention of
J. W. Duckett given to such contracts.
Cult on or address,
DUCKETT & DUNN,
Eu.ijav, Ga.
THE BARBER SHOP!
AT THE
Hightower House
At which plape Will Weaver, the ever
polite and accoiAmodating barber, can al
ways t* tfßhid, rfehdy to atteud to cus
tomers. 9 10 tf.
lIALESMEH
ywA_rvTEJ>il
To solicit orders for onr reliable Nur
sery Stock. Good Salary and Ex
penses or Commission. Permanent
employment guaranteed. Address -at
once, stating postage,
Snell & Howland, Nurserymen
4 7 2m. St. Louis, Mo.
ARBUCKLES’
name on a package of COFFEE Is a
guarantee of excellence.
ARIOSA
COFFEE Is kept in all first-class
stores from the Atlantic to the Faoific.
COFFEE
Is never good when exposed to the air.
Always buy this brand in hermetically
sealed ONE POUND PACKAGES.
uns
CORDIAL
l-o Gre.d Southern Remedy far all
TROUBLES
AS.3 CHILDREN TEETHING.
Tilin' are v C rv few who do rot know of this
u ‘ tir.uvtnc alongside of our xr.contains
> ■■ s bat very <Vw lvalue Hie fact, that
P-rp.e berry, vir.ch sc mnpv of us
eaten in <mst eYf-rv shepe. there is a orin
tll ‘* >u it tuning a wonderful effect ob the
/''• Hr. Iligg.r'A Huckleberry Cordial is
• te 9rkat roptiikun KKJiEDY that restores
tue little on- teething, aud cures Hiarrhc**
Dysentery am! Cramp Colic.
V\*nett it is considered that at this season ot
the year sudden and dangerous attacks of the
bov\, y are so {Vequent, and wo hoar of so many
' K * curr *nc before a physician can be
in, it is Important that every house
hold should provide themselves with some
sieedy relief, a dose of which will relieve the
Pat.t and save much anxiety. Or. l>i£era*
Ifuckleherry Conxia! is hsimple remedy which
**>* ,s piea-ed to take.
*• wnts a bottle. Manufactured b▼
A -\ I TKK A. TA V LOB, Atlanta Ha. 7
Triv K*7TTT?roVc**ll^iM-iT^tTr , !*weerTrura
Mullein will can* Coughs. Croup and Con
l*rce ycts snd <1 ft Uttfe.
If You Want a Good Article of
1 hue ToßAcco.ask vour dealer for
• "Oldßip.”
Oakland Academy.
LOCATED AT CARTECAY,
GILMER COUNTY, GEORGIA.
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THE FAEE TERM
OCTOBER 84th, 18§7.
Exercises Continue till the End of Spring Term.
Tue undersigned, with competent assistants, will give thorough
instruction in the branches usually taught in a first-class high
school.
RATES OF TUITION:
Ist, 2nd and 3rd classes, $1 00 per month—Spelling, Reading.
Penmanship, Primary Geography, Intermediate Geography, Pri
mary Arithmetic, Common School Arithmetic, Webster’s Diction
ary, English Grammar, Composition, Declamation,
4ili Class, $1.50 per month —studies begun in lower classes
completed, Pnysiology, Natural Philosophy, Algebra, Geometry,
Trigonometry, Rhetoric, Composition, Declamation, French, Latin
Grepk.
To those who wish to contiuue their studies, instructions will
be given with reference to entering, regularly, the Freshman,
Sophomore, or Junior classes of any of our colleges.
Speoial courses wit! be arranged for teachers of public schools,
who feel the need of better preparation for their work.
Board can be had in good families, at low rates. Students can
arrange to board themselves.
Morals of community good. Convenient to the different
churches. For further information, write to
GEO. W. GRINER, A. 8., Principal,
Cartecay, Ga,
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to RICHARD K. FOX,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
Pomona Hill Nurseries.
POMONA, n. c.,
Two and a half miles west #f Greens
boro, N. C. The main line of the R.
& B. R R. passes through the ground*
and within 100 feet of the office. Salem
trains make regular stops daily
each way. Those interested in Fruit
and Fruit growing are cordially invited
to inspect this, the largest nursery in
the State, and ene among the largest in
the South.
The proprietor has for many years
visited the leading Nurseries North and
West, and corresponded with these of
foreign countries gathering every fruit
that was calculated to suit the South,
both native and foreign. The reputa
tion of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such
that many agents going out from Greens
boro, representing other nurseries try
to leave the impression that they are
representing these nurseries. Why do
they do it 1 Let the public answer.
I have in stock, growing (and car
show visitors the same) the largest anc
best stock of trees, etc., ever shown oi
seen in any two nurseries in North Car
olma. c insisting of apple, peach, pear,
cherry, plum, grape, Japanese persim
mon, Japanese plum,apricots, neotarine,
Russian apricot, a mulberry, quinces.
Small fruit: Strawberry, raspberry,
currant, pecans. English walnuts, rhu
barb, asparagus, evergreens, shade trees
roses, etc.
Give your order to my authorized
agent or order direct from the
Correspondence solicited. Descriptive"
catalogues free to applicants.
Address,
J. Van. Lixdley,
6-9 lj. Pomona,
Gtulford county, N. C.
THE CELEBRATED
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PoßT jt m
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Orer 23 years in practical use in every
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Cheap ! Practical! Handsome 1
and Economical.
These Fountains are shipped ready for
use. No generators or other extras to
buy. They dispense the most healthful,
pure, delicious soda in existence, and will
staud by the side of aDy S4O 0,000 as
Fountain and sell five glasses to its one.
A child has often made SSO a day at a
public gathering with one of these Fount
ains. Just the thing for picnics and fit
for the finest store. Send for Catalogue.
Address. CHAP AN & CO.,
Madison, lud.
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