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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON K\WLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XI.-NO. U.
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SCHEDULE.
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Office General Manager, >
Augusta, April 28th, ’82.)
COMMENCING SUNDAY, the29th insl.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated:
PAST LIITEI
KO, 27. WEST DAILY.
Live Augusta 7:40 am
Ar Athens 12.30 am
“ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “ |
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm
KO. 1 WEST—DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a m
“ Macon.. 705 “
“ Mvl’dge. 910 “
“Camak.l2 29 “
" Wash’t.ll 20 “
“ Athens. 905 “
At O’boro’. 2 15 p m
Ar Atlanta. 5 50 p m
KO. 3 WE3T — DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 9 00 p m
Ar G’bore’. .1 41a m
Ar Atlanta.. 6 40 “
KO. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Atlanta 2:50 p m
Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:26 p m
“ Athens... 8:2-5 “
| “ Augusta 8:10 “
NO. 2 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 25 a m
“ G’boro’. 12 09 p m
Ar Athens 505 p m
Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Camak. 1 57 “
“ Mil’dge. 449 “
“ Macon . 645 “
Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
NO. 4 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G’boro’ 146ara
Ar Augusta 6 20 a m
OTSUPERB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Belair, Berzelia, Harlem,
Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager,
SELECTED POETRY.
THE FIRST STEP.
To-night as the tender gloaming
Was sinking in evening’s gloom,
And only the glow of the firelight
Brightened the dark’ning room,
I laughed with the gay heart-gladnesss
That only to mothers is known,
For the beautiful brown eyed baby
Took his first step alone!
Hurriedly running to meet him,
Came trooping the household band,
Joyous, loving and eager
To reach him a helping hand,
To watcli him with silent rapture.
To cheer him with happy noise, _
My one little fair-faced daughter
And four brown rompiug boys.
Leaving the sheltering arms
That fain would bid him rest
Close to the l n vg and Jong'i/T
tvear to llie mother’s breast;
Wild with laughter and dearing,
Looking askance at me,
He stumbled across through the shadows
To rest at his father’s knee.
Baby, my dainty darling,
Stepping so brave and bright
Witli flutter of lace and riblion
Out of my arms to-night,
Helped in thy pretty ambition
With tenderness blessed to see,
Sheltered, upheld, and protected,
How will the last step be ?
See, we are all beside you
Urging and beckoning on,
Watclung’lest aught betide you
Till the safe near goal is won,
Guiding the faltering footsteps
That tremble and fear to fall,
How will it he, my darling,
With tile last sad step of all ?
Nay! Shall I dare to question.
Knowing that One more fond
Than all our tenderest loving
Will guide the weak feet beyond!
And knowing beside, my dearest,
That whenever the summons, ’twill be
But a stmnhing step through the shadows,
Then rest—at the Father's knee!
A MODEL PLANTATION,
AND THE MODEL WAY IT
IS MANAGED.
A VISIT TO THE HOME OF MR. 3. B. Y.
WARNER—BERMUDA GRASS AND ITS
ADVANTAGES—STOCK RAISING—THE
VALUE OF STABLE MANURE.
Thirteen years ago Mr. J B. Y.
Warner, of Rochester, N. Y.—then
a young man just into the twenties
—came to Georgia and Greene
county, purchased a large tract of
land—somo twenty three hundred
and odd acres—in the near vicini
ty of Greenesboro and settled down
as a Southern planter. From an
association with practical men of
the north his ideas were systemat
ic, practical, and full of business.
The tract of land purchased by
Mr. Warner was what was termed
a “Bermuda grass plantation,” and
our farmers know full well what,
years ago, that meant. Many pre
dictions were made that the north
ern youth would never make a suc
cess of farming on the grass-sodded
laud, but Mr. Warner went to work
in his own practical way, cultiva
ting his land according to his own
ideas of farming, and the years
have come and gone only to show
his plans were of practical merit.
A few days ago we made a trip
to Mr. Warner’s plantation, lying
two miles from the centre of the
city. A gentle rain had fallen the
day previous ; the drooping foliage
had revived under it, and on the
day we drove out, everything look
ed fresh, and green, and beautiful.
The sun shone brightly, and as we
left the city farther to our rear and
the woodland of the country be
came denser, the soft invigorating
breezes fanned our faces, while the
sweet chirp of the birds in their
country homes, made us more than
glad.
at mu. wabner’s home.
Scarcely two miles from Greenes
boro, we left the highway, and
passing through a broad gate,
drove rapidly along well
made road. A forest of pines en
vironed us, right and left, while
ahead of us where the road made
a bend to the right, we could dis
cern the short grain stubble. We
could but notice this road; its
smooth surface, covered with a
layer of white sand, that shone
brightly in the sunlight, contras
ting with those we have noticed
leading to farmers homes. In this
little particular Mr. Warner’s sys
tematic management was plainly
shown. It was not many minutes
before we reached the old Early
Place, now the property of Mr.
Warner. It is a large and hand
some house, standing upon a gen
tle hill. Massive oaks and spread
ing mulberries surround it, while a
lovely bed of flowers show's that
the beautiful as well as useful has
not been neglected.
We found Mr. Warner superin
tending the threshing of some bar
ley in a barn near the house. He
welcomed us warmly, and dismoun
ting we followed him to the front
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 15,1883;
of the house and were soon com
fortably seated under the shade of
a magnificent oak.
PRACTICAL WORK.
Faintly discernible to our left
was the city of Greenesboro, with
its church spires and house-tops
brightly gleaming under the rays
of the afternoon’s sun. As we sat
there, in the cool shade of the oak,
the hum of the thresher and the
puff of the engine that moved it,
came to us, while on the hill to the
left we saw the hands plowing the
grounds of newlv-cut grain, and a
little further on was a reaper rap
idly cutting the ripened wheat.
Our conversation turned to farm-
-Hs§
mat is barley you are thresh
ing, Mr. Warner,” we asked. “How
much of that have you, and what
was the acreage ?*’
“I suppose there is four hundred
bushels there and it was cut from
that field yonder—about fifteen
acres.”
“We have understood, Mr. War
ner, that this plantation was in a
bad condition when you first pur
chased it.”
“Oh, yes,” came the laughing re
ply. “Some smiled at me for buy
ing twenty-three hundred and sixty
acres of Bermuda grass land.
They were kind enough to say, too,
that I could never make anything
on it. I thought different. There
was no doubt about the land being
in a hai’d way. The field where
those men are plowing,” pointing
to the hillside we before referred
to, “when I purchased the place,
was nothing but gullies and ridges.
It was so rough that to walk across
it—especially at night—was dan
gerous. You see it is level enough
now.”
“How did you manage to work
the change, Mr. Warner ?” we in
quired.
“I began to plow under the Ber
muda grass. Wherever that would
spring up, washing was stopped.
The stumps and roots gradually
rotted away. I plowed the gullies
crosswise and they in time disap
peared.”
“Was most of your land in so
bad a condition ?”
“No, not all of it. Still I must
say the majority of it was nearly
used up. It was worn out. I re
solved to bring it up, and I have
done so.”
“You were speaking of Bermu
da grass. That is a fine thing for
land, is it ?
“Certainly. I may say the laud
was redeemed by it. I began
plowing it under, plowing it deep ;
breaking the land thoroughly. You
may judge from the result what it
is. Every blade of Bermuda grass,
every spear of grain has a tendency
to enrich the land. When I began
to break up these Bermuda fields,
of course there were those who
knew more of it than I. I say it
kindly towards then for their ex
perience had been for them to
avoid Bermuda grass. Well, they
would say ‘Tut-tut! very foolish
to waste time on that land.’ And
later on they wot dered where ‘War
ner made such grain crops.’ It
was on the Bermuda lands.”
SOMETHING MORE THAN GRASS.
“You found, then, that this Ber
muda grass was of some value to
you in your farming operations?”
“Yes. I had one field covered
with small pine stumps, planted in
oats, which the first year hardly
paid for the cultivation. The sec
ond year the crop was better, and
the third year, the stumps had dis
appeared, the land was smooth and
I made a fair crop. It has been in
creasing in productiveness each
y'ear. These gullies would never
have healed but for the Bermuda
grass. Another secret was a prop
er cultivation. That will increase
the fertility of any land.”
“What else tended to improve
the fertility of the land?”
‘■Peas and stubble of grain which
was plowed under and rotted. It
would pay to plant peas simply as
a manure. Gather the first crop
early, if only enough for seed, then
plow under the vines and yon are
adding to the substance of your
land. lam plowing up that field
you see yonder for peas.”
“Bermuda grass makes a fiue
hay and a good forage?”
“Yes. My stock graze on it en
tirely during the summer and keep
fat. I cut something like forty
tons last year or about eighty
thousand pounds. I do not be
lieve in selling hay'. North a man
is considered a poor farmer who
sells hay. He should have stock
enough to consume it.”
RAISING MULES.
“This section is admirably adap
ted to the raising of stock, do you
not think so?”
“Oh, yes. I believe so, and am
doing something in that line my
self. I have only recently pur
chased me nine good serviceable
mares for breeding purposes.”
“Do you intend to raise horse or
mule colts, Mr. Warner ?”
“Mules. They are more salea
ble, more robust, and mature ear
lier. There are few horse colts
that at two and a half years will
command much over fifty dollars
while a mule of the. same age a man
would not insult you by ottering
less than SIOO. Mules too are nec
essary to farm work and command
a ready sale at home. If you raise
blooded horses you may now and
then find a purchaser, in Augusta
or Atlanta, but seldom can sell oue
at home. A mule, on the other
hand, is as saleable as wheat.”
“The cost- of rx-king stock is
comparatively little, in this section,
with the vast fields?”
“Comparatively. But they
require attention r'JSrr plenty of
food. One drawback to many far
mers in raising Gfcck, they do
not pay sufficieD"; attention to
them. I have lived'''Lore thirteen
years and have never had a real
sick horse in my barn" .1 feed them
well, house them comfortably and
with good sound stock to begin
on, there is little danger of dis
eases. Hollow horn in cows, grubs
in horses, is due to inattention and
lack of food.” :1~-
COTTON CULTURE.
By some means the convolution
here changed to cotton culture and
we asked Mr. Warner if he planted
any.
“ Some, but the cotton on my
plantation is mainly raised by crop
pers. lam not like many who be
lieve that cotton is a curse, nor am
I like others who plant it to’the ex
clusion of everything else. If a
man, for instance, is running a six
horse farm, his object should.be to
keep those six horses aud their six
grooms iu constant employment.
Plowing for grain planting should
begin in August and continue until
Christmas. The six horses can be
employed for grain planting, and
extra hands should be hired for
picking out the cotton. These
horses should not lie idle and the
farmers be put to the expense of
feeding them without return. The
uew year comes and the same six
horses and the same six men may
go on breaking the l.t id fr cotton
culture. Many farm, ■’s slop their
horses and hands in to
pick cotton and l'&V grain
planting until O^fltbvinas.
The new year finds them with no
grain scarcely in the ground, and
they must abandon everything else
to go to plowing for cotton and fix
ing fences. When I hire a plow
bov he knows that he must attend
to the horse I give him, and every
day that he can be out ho and the
horse must he employed at some
thing. If not plowing lie hauls
manure, fencing and the like. They
must be employed at something. I
am always up with my farm. Cot
ton plowing time should never find
a farmer with fences to build and
wood to haul. He should do that
before, and by that means utilize
his labor.”
“You work your croppers on this
principle ?”
“1 tell them to follow this plan,
although Ido not devote a great
deal of attention. Some of the crop
pers have no stock and I do their
plowing for them. In these cases I
adopt my mode of cultivation. My
renters last year raised somewhere
in the neighborhood of one hun
dred and fifty bales of cotton.”
SHEEP HUSBANDRY.
A flock of sheep came bleating
over the hill beyond where we were
sitting and the interrogatory came
from us:
“ Your flock of sheep, Mr. War
ner ? How manv head have you in
all ?”
“Two hundred and twenty-five
head. I commenced the common
native ewes aud have been improv
ing them ever since. I bought im
proved bucks and tho cross has
been satisfactory. Sheep require
close attention, but they more than
amply repay the care , and expense.
The reason why some of our plan
ters have not succeeded in sheep
is because they have fed them but
little and gave them no attention.
During the summer season I keep
them in the pastures and they re
quire no extra food. During the
winter they are comfortably housed
and well fed.”
“You believe fine sheep are more
profitable ?”
“Why, certainly. Those fifty
head of native ewes I began with
would not yield more than a pound
and a half of wool. The wool, too,
was of an inferior quality. The im
proved bucks—Cottswold, South
down and Merino—which I have,
brought up the standard. They
shear now from five and a half to
seven pounds each. This wool is
worth thirty cents per pound, which
yields per head an y average of SI.BO.
Sheep is one of the best investments
I have.”
“The manure from sheep is very
valuable?”
“Very. In France and Germany,
where pasturage is scarce, sheep
are driven many miles to the menu
tains for grazing. In stopping at
the farm-houses the owners of the
sheep are paid by the farmers to
let the sheep be turned on their
fields. The droppings from fifteen
hundred head of sheep in one night
will permanently enrich a large
acreage. The manure is richer than
that from any animal.”
“You believe that our farmers
should pay much attention to the
raisiug of sheep ?’’
“I do. They will find it profita
ble in lndte senses than one. The
value of the wool is one considera
tion; the value of their droppitlga
|is aifother. Take into considera
tion that u farmer, has fresh meat
, always at his liiuid, and the value
j of this little anjiftnl becomes incal
culable.”
Mr. Warner has a herd of par
tial and half-blooded Jei’seys, all
of which were raised on his Greene
county farm. Asa matter of course
the cattle have proved a source of
revenue to Mr. Warner.
DIVERSIFIED INTERESTS.
“Everything,” said Mr. Warner,
as we rose to go, after we thanked
him for his cordial hospitality, and
the ideas we had gleaned from him,
“Everything about a farm should be
i utilized. Each branch should be
made to yield a profit and be an ad
junct to the farmer’s intei’ests. This
is only attained by diversified farm
ing. A man who makes a specialty
of any one ci - op is at the mercy of
that specialty. I raise oats and
barley and cotton. I feed my stock
well, and they pay me doubly. Their
value as animals is otre price, and
the manure they furnish is another
price. I feed them oats and hay,
and keep them fat. They labor for
me, and that is one value; they fur
nish me with a manure which en
riches my land, and that is another
value, 'fhe object of evei’y farmer
should be to utilize everything he
can. Increase the value of land ;
bring up the standard of stock, and
more of it. Each adjunct makes a
complete system and you are at the
mercy of no particular branch. All
the adjuncts can scarcely fail at one
tirfac. Your grain crop is small and
yon have made up your loss in ad
ditional stock; your cotton is ruiued
but your land has increased in value
from the cultivation received. We
ha ve a fine yon ni tty and I see Ho
j reason why planters could not bo
in a good financial condition.”
THE HOME LIFE.
The home of Mr. Warner is a de
lightful and attractive place. All
its surroundings show taste and at
tention. Our visit was to us very
pleasant. Asa host Mr. Warner
is the personification of genial hos
pitality. The hospitalities of his
home were rendered doubly agree
able by the presenco of his excel
cellent ladv, Mrs. Warner. We
have scarely ever passed so enjoy
able an evening. In the ideas of
Mr Warner our readers will find sol
id and practical sense. He has been
successful. His plans were simple.
As much can bo accomplished by
others if they will only strive to do
so. Energy, common sense and
ecOnony are the keystones of pros
perity in the South.
—“The no fence works like a
charm, great fields of cotton and
corn on the roadside, where before
this law' was enacted they were
compelled to keep miles of fencing
up and then be bothered with the
stock, now the gaps and gates are
thrown wide open. One gentleman
and good farmer also, remarked to
me, “do yo see that string on yon
der front gate, that is only to keep
my babies within sight, that is all
the use I have for a fence and gate.
Even the dogs are shut up and not
allowed to run at large.” Speak
ing of the incalculable benefits of
the “no whisky,” or local option
law the gentleman said, “Why, sir,
I have not seen a drunken man in
Putnam county since the law was
in force. I admit that some send
off aud get whiskey, but they carry
it home and if they get drunk
they do so at home. Money that
was heretofore spent for whiskey
is now spent for necessaries, and
all in all we are getting along fine
ly.” When will Baldwin follow ?”
—Milledgeville Recorder.
-
—Long visits, long stories, long
essays, long exhortations and long
prayers seldom profit those who
have to do with them. Life is
short. Time is short. Moments
are precious. Leain to condense,
abridge and intensify. We can
bear things that are dull if they
are only short. We can endure
many an ache aud ill if it is over
soon, while even pleasure grows in
sipid and pain intolerable if they
are protracted beyond proper lim
its. Lop off brauches; stick to the
main fact in your case. If you
pray, ask for what you tliiuk you
will receive, and get through; if yon
speak, tell your message and hold
your peace; boil down two sentences
into one, and three words into two.
Always when practicable, avoid
lenghtiness; learn to be short.
TERMS :—s2 OO per Annum, In Advance.
GATE CITY GOSSIP.
AFFAI RS AfeOUT THE STATE
CAPITAL.
THE FICTITIOUS BOOM IN REAL ESTATE
—CIRCULATING LIBRARIES—LEGAL
ITY OF ACTS OF THE EXTRA SESSION
QUESTIONER —THE OLD CAPITOL —
MINOR MATTERS.*,
Special Correspondence Ilmn&murnal.
Atlanta, June. 11. —Plucky Mar
cellus Thornton whetted up* Lis
Damascus blade the other day, and
has beet* cutting right and left am
ong the real estate men of Atlanta.
Tite canard of Colonel Thornton
that the real estate boom .in this
booming city was only a little ring
affair ; and this closely followed hv
a thrust as to the real worth of At
lanta property was the signal for
arousing the speculators in Metro
politan mud and a fiei’ce war is now
being waged as to whether or not
Atlanta is growing or l’otrograding.
I can stand on a neutral, hill and
watch, as did the famous Pickwick
ians, this mock battle between
home factions, and as I observe
them I cannot refrain from smiling
at the teri’ific earnestness that is
displayed. First Marcellus is on
top, and flopping his wings crows
right lustily, then down he goes
aac] up comes the real estate men ;
and so on, ad infinitum. The pub
lic of Atlanta are the amused spec
tators, aud I believe are enjoying
the fight. I can only think myself
that Colonel Thornton has been so
used to being iu continual warfare,
that, for lack of larger game, he
has sprung the trap on the real es
tate dealers. When the new year
comes, and the presidential contest
and the cow law are living issues,
Mai’cellus will shake hands with
his present foes over a vacant
Peachtree lot. ant. buckling his ar
moamore tightly on aud sharpen
ing the broad sword will sail into
the heat of the political fray with
the keener appettie for warfare.
The adjourned session of the
Legislature next month will have
some important work before it.
The matter of re-districting the
State, which was left unfinished,
will come before the session. Much
unfinished business will he fished
from the chaos of the November
term; local bills too uumeruos to
mention, will come up aud the
members will find their time fully
occupied.
In connection with the adjourn
ed session I have-heard the ques
tion sprung whether or not bills
or laws euacted by them will be
legal. I have heard some of our
best lawyers say that they would
consider any work they did as un
constitutional. The Constitution
of 1877, I believe, restrained the
sessious of the Legislature to bi
ennial ones of forty days each.
They held thirty days last Novem
ber, and consequently there is left
them only ton days to transact
their business, under the constitu
tion. The question arises, have
they the right to prolong that ses
sion in direct violation of tho Con-:
stitution, and if they do violate it
would not the work they accomplish
beyond the ten days in July be
null? Some say “yes;” some “no.”
I do not pretend to say at all, for
the simple reason that I know
nothing whatever about it. How
beit, the question will sometime be
sprung in the courts, aud tho legal
ity of their acts put to the test. In
the meantime, the state Solons
will go quietly along passing bills,
making speeches and drawing their
mileage and per diem with aston
ishing regularity.
It may not bo out of place for
me to remark that the famous
State capitol, which was to cost
such a goodly sum mnd was to be
withal so handsome ft structure,
still has its existence in the minds
of our city fathers. The new court
house has been built, and the old
city hall stands in the accustomed
place on the ground donated to the
State. The city officers of Atlanta,
in lack of other accommodations,
have taken possession of the rooms
before occupied by the county, and
the State of Georgia is still left
with only the Kimball Opera house,
—whose sinking walls innumerable;
times propped up are liable to fall j
at any time, as a capitol. I shad- :
der when I think if that opera
house should take a notion to fall
during one of the sessions what a
blow to Georgia. There would be
many politicians crushed that
Georgia could well afford to do
without, but there would be men
of brain, and power, and principle
buried beneath the ruin, whose
loss would boa loss, indeed, to
Georgia. Such a casualty is too;
dreadful to even think of for a ran
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ment, afcd yet that tbh Capitol
building is safe Tdo not believe;
I feel safer myself at my own home!
j than I do beneath its roof.
Atlanta lias, in tny opinion, two
as excellent circulating libraries as
can be found in the South. The
Young Men’s Library, with an ex
tensive list of books, fine reading
rooms, and parlors is one, of the
most delightful resorts in the city;
It is a grand institution and num
bers among its membership .the'
leading people of Atlanta; Visi
tors receive a cordial welcome id
j the rooms of the Association, and
1 it is a most delightful place to while
! away a few hours. Polite attention
i is shown to all.
The Catholic Li'orai’y is a much
voueger association, but one that
has rapidly grown. It has now
something over 2,000 volumes in
its library rooms, which are in the
basement of the church of the Im
maculate Conception. The libra
rian, Mi - . Fox, is a most excellent
gentleman and visitors are made
comfortable and every attention
shown them. When in Atlanta I
would commend those, who have t*
few leisure moments, to spend them
in the rooms of this Association.
They will be amply repaid.
I heard a Greene county gentle
man express an idea the other day
iu regal’d to a published item in
one of the Atlanta newspapers. It
said that J. T. Jones, of Greene
county, had purchased city prop
erty to the amount of Over eight
thousand dollars. Said the gentle
man to me, “If there is, or ever has
been such a man as J. T. Jones in'
Greene county I don’t know it; I
am pretty well posted.” It would
be an advisable plan for newspa
pers to be absolutely certain of
their points, or else place a man
who iuvests in anything in Atlanta
too far away for any troublesome
inhabitant to appear on the scene
and give it the lie.
This might be a point for onr
friend Thornton to handle in this
real estate warfare. If all the'
names published are as fictitious as’
Mr. Jones’ why Marcellus still “has
the bull by the horns.”
Among the clubs of Atlanta none
hold more enjoyable meetings than
the “Hubner.” It is named in
honor of the poet Charies W. Hub
ner and has a membership from’
the best circles of Atlanta society.'
The meetings are held every other
week and the programme consists
of loadings and recitations. The
meetings of this club are always
highly enjoyable.
The Lyric club, in connection
with the Catholic Library, is an
other flourishing one. The meet
ings are held at private houses, and
consist of music, recitations, and
the like. No better mode of social
enjoyment can be imagined, and
the meetings continually grow in
interest and instruction. Many of
the country towns have formed
similar clubs, and all unite the ver
dict that they afford—clubs of this
kind do—entertainment pleasure
and instruction. Those towns that
have none should organize clubs of
this kind. They will find them a
source of much pleasure.
The Home Journal I find, is very
popular iu Atlanta. I had no idea
you had such an extensive circula
tion as you have, but I hear so
many people speakiug of the pa
per, and speaking in such flattering
terms, too, that I cannot refrain
from letting you know it. A prom
inent newspaper man said to me
that he considered the Journal, of
Greenesboro, one of the leading
county papers of Georgia. He said
that you were on the right line,
giving the readers good wholesome
news, and building up your sec
tion. I prize the Journal highly
myself, and wish you every sue—
cess. Occasional.
—The brethrenin Missouri tell
a good story of the lamented bish
op Marvin. He was one day,
while preaching, interrupted by
the shout of a steward in the amen
corner, whom he well knew to be
a little “near” (as the Scoth would
term it). Turning to him, with a
kind manner, he said in a firm
voice: “Brother, have you paid
your quarterage? “No,” was the
coufused but prompt reply. Then
said the Bishop, “Stop shouting,
brother. No Methodist ought to
shout who does not pay his quar
terage.”
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—The M. E. Church, South, re
ports an increase iu every item of
its statistics save one for the past
year. Travelling preachers, 3,738;
increase, 32. White members, 861,-
244; increase, 16,887. Colored mem
bers, 1030; increase, 37. Indian
members, 5,111, decrease, 340. In
fants baptized, 27,205,; adults bap
tized, 38,832. Sunday school schol
ars, 483,426; increase, 21,105. Col
lections for missions, $207,759; in
crease, 843,272. ... -