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i ig harm. 1 here is general y some¬
thing to allaj qi> Urns of this kiue i
the ' i«lgem* ■ r is * a v ora b e an 1
the s rr b V—.. ect near and i to us
But returning to the Journal -
and no subject engrosses so much oi
my attention—its home patronage
has never been commensurate with
its deserts. In its best days—and
these are its best da}S—it has not
• half the subscribers it ought to have
i Too many men content themselves
with one paper, and decide in favor
of city weekly, because ... the
a it is
bigest. In buying a coat the same
principle would lead them to select
t ie largest the merchant had, only
because they got more for their moil
ey in it than in one that tit. These
isame men will spend from ten to
"twenty dollars a year for tobacco,
but declare themselves too poor to
invest more than two or three dollars
a year for newspapers. Can such
men rear intelligent children ? To
do so, under the circumstances, would
be little short of miraculous.
See that your children torm early
the habit of reading, and then sup¬
ply them with who.esome literature.
No newspaper can engage their at*
tention as their home paper and none
will give (hem so much information
of the kind they most need to tnaxe
of them useful citizens.
But, you say, our home paper is
poor and is not worthy of our sup
lion. Well the best and quickest
w.iy of ridding a community of a
poor preacher, teacher, or editor is
by according them a liberal support.
Good pay makes them restless, gets
them off their balance and in a meas
ure frightens them, They thought a
poor preach nec.ssarily meant poor
pay. When their success attracts
competition, they beat a retreat, or
staying show ihe fittest must survive.
Good pay gets good talent, the best
pay commands the best.
Now friends--of the county—
come and run us off with your liberal
patronage. We are under promise
to go when we have money enough
to warrant a move—say half a mill
ion.
The correspondent of the London
[\m s w.king from the advance post
o the B: : tish a: my in the bon tan
sa vs ; ” hue Arabs seem to be more
b.ke wil 1 b. \sts than human beings,
Even women and children fight in
their ra».k>, and whe our men sought
to afford aid to some of the enemy
who could not walk the latter
ed toward them with their spears be
tween their teeth striving even yet
to slay a Kaffir. These traits some
what diminish the sympathy which
we should otherwise (eel for such
brave antagonists. Were their
it/ . shown in the heat of battle
would be excusable, but these
es hours after were animated by
'
fiendish desire to injure those
sought to relieve their
Even the nobler animals have
idea of gratitude, and Arabs
henceforth be regarded in the light
the most savage of the worst
tion of beasts of prey. The fact is
they are maddened into brutality
fanaticism.”
LOCAL POINTS.
Farm work is a little behind on
count of the tardy advance of spring,
but the farmers are putting in good
licks to make uo for all time lost.
The dance at the Hotel last Tues
day 11‘ght was said, by the
who attended, to have been a most
enjoyable entertainment. The young
ladies were beautifully attired in ball
costumes that enhanced their natural
charms, and never appeared lovelier.
heir gallant escorts in the usual
dress suit cf black cloth, nevfr ap
P e ire< ^ to better advantage. An ex
cellent supper, presided over by the
hospitable host and hostess was ser v
ed at the usual hour, and discussed
with zest by the merry dancers. At
a late hour the merry strains of the
Italian band ceased and the couples
dispersed to their homes.
The Sabbath school at Central
Academy over the mountain of which
Mr. Henry Jones is superintendent,
has nearly a hundred names enrolled.
The house is too small to accommo¬
date the large number that are ex*
pected to be added during the spring
and it is proposed to build an harbor
that all may be received. The super-
i; te V t ex tc:s t. herd a Sunday
school < elebrati m sometime in Mav.
Mr. Van food, who graduated
with non or. l;* the u.e deal college
in Baltimore a year ago, an i who was
afterwards appointed hosp tab surge
on, has advanced another steo in his
profession. He lias been appointed
to the position of city physician and
surgeon. He is a former Harris
county boy, and we feel a sort of per
sonal pride in his success, We are
glad to inform his friends in the
county of his advancement,
The citizens of Troup County met
recent y in the court house in La
■ Grange for the purpose of advancing
j the interest of temperance in the
county. After appointing an execu*
: tive committee for each district to
j meet once a week to compare notes
and look after the voters on the day
of the election, Judge Longly offered
the following resolution :
Resolved. That it is the opinion
of this meetiug that the sale of spirit
nous liquors in the county of Troup
ought to be prohibited, and we pledge
ourselves to do all we can to place
this county along with her sister coun¬
ties who have already declared in
temperance and prohibition.
An election was appointed to be
held the 13th clay of May, when the
question will be decided. Our sister
county is leaving us in the lurch, a
prey to the evils resulting from the
sale of spirituous liquors.
Our entire community is pained by
the death of the venerable David
Richard Williams. His recent home
was in Hamilton. He was long a
resident of Troup. Only a few days
since we penciled a n n te of his visit
here. During that time ic grew worse
and returned to Dr. Dan Williams’s,
his brother in Harris county. On the
31st ult., at 6 p. m., he quietly breath
e l his last. Rev. R. H. Bulloch
preached the funeral sermon the fol¬
lowing day at the family burying
ground of the late Win White, three
miles east of Salem church, this coun¬
ty. The sermon was a touching one
to the living and highly appropriate
to the life of the deceased, who had
lived so long a pious member of the
Methodist church and Masonic Fra¬