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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XIV-NUMBER 4
TAKING THE TOWN
liASSOING LEADING THEMES
OP PUBLIC CONCERN.
then linking them into light and
AIRY PARAGRAPHS TO CAPTURE
THE READER’S GLANCE.
The merchandiser,
Now much wiser
Than the merchant was of yore,
When Hans Keiser
(Died a miser)
Kept an unknown country store —
Early rise, sir!
Advertise, sir!
And teach people what they Sell-
Fertilizer!
Grocer-ies, sir!
Apple pies, sir!
Everything that print can tell! *
—Buy your Drugs, Oils, Varnishes, at
Griffin’s Drug Store.
—Dr. T. N. Poullain is improving his
residence by reroofing it.
—Call and see the many bargains that
Mrs. Janie E. Torbert is offering.
—The days are now getting longer at
both ends and wanner in the middle.
—Have your prescriptions filled with
care and accuracy at Griffin’s Drug Store.
—Rain fell in torrents on Greencsboro
and vicinity at intervals Wednesday night.
—Fresh Garden Seeds of all kinds just
received and for sale by Mrs. J. E. Tor
bert.
—Our correspondents are particularly
requested to send in their favors by Tues
day of each week.
—You can buy one dozen boxes of
Swift & Courtney matches for 10c at
Mrs. J. E.. Torbert’s.
—Boneless Codfish in two pound rolls,
12|c. lb. Also, one barrel fresh Oatmeal
—just received by Mrs. J. E. Torbert.
—We were compelled to leave out cor
respondence this week from Public Square
and other interesting points of our county.
—At Smyrna on last Sabbath and pre
vious Saturday Rev. Mr. Montgomery of
our city preached twice to good congre
gations.
—Patterson’s Palmetto Tobacco and
Brown’s Old Oaken Bucket Tobacco,
both excellent goods, are sold by Mrs. J.
E. Torbert.
—J. Alexander, our merchant tailor, in
tends by the middle of February to begin
the manufacture of jeans clothing on an
extensive scale.
—Uncle Peter’s interesting and graph
ic account of a candy pulling in the Vea
zey neighborhood is abridged on account
of thp press of matter.
—The mercury has risen much more
rapidly during the past week than have
the spirits of the man who sowed his
small grain late last fall.
—The City Drug Store is enjoying a
good patronage. The managers spare no
effort,to please their customers and keep
none but the best goods,
—Rev. W. A. Montgomery has been
called by the Smyrna Baptist church, and
will preach there the fourth Saturday
and Sunday in each month.
—A Greenesboro man says that not
withstanding the hard times he is at last
square with the whole world. He now
owes just as many as owe him.
—At the Methodist church in our city
services morning and evening were held
by Rev. Mr. Caldwell and Sabbath school
in the afternoon under Superintendent
Winter.
_ —The quarterly meeting of the Greene
circuit was held at Salem on last Satur
day. There was no preaching there,
however, on Sunday, owing to the bad
weather.
—Mr. J. W. Moore, of this county, is
making extensive preparations for the
planting season of the present year, hav
ing recently purchased six fine mules for
his farm.
—The White Marble Soap, for the
hands and toilet, and the Active Soap,
for the laundry, are the best soaps now
on the market. For sale by Mrs. J. E.
Torbert.
—Our town is crowded by rural friends
frequently during each week. This not
alone really keeps business on the fly,
but it gives a cheerful Holiday aspect to
things generally.
—Merle Morton contributes this week
to two several departments of the Home
Journal, and we commend both her ar
ticles to our readers. Our versatile cor
respondent is always welcome to these
columns.
—While the entire United States is
being agitated by the famous Silver bill
problem, many merchants are accumulat
ing .vast amounts of silver simply by
using the advertising columns of the
Georgia Home Journal.
—Dr. Salmon’s Horse, Cattle, Chicken,
Hog and" Sheep Powders are noted for
their excellent qualities. Persons who
have bought them once have bought them
again. This is the best testimonial, they
can have. For sale by Mrs. J. E. Torbert.
—Little Lewis King Carter, after pecu
liar afflictions which were borne through
a period of many weeks, died last Fri
day in this city. The parents thus are
made to sutler a sore bereavement, but
their little boy has passed into a sphere
of eternal joy. He was eighteen months
old. .
—Mr. Brown was in our office on Tues
day and had in his possession a limb of a
post-oak tree which was rather a curiosi
ty. It had put out a branch which grew
upwards the distance of about two feet
and then grew to the limb from which it
sprang, and became a part of it, giving it
quite a queer shape.
—A woman called at a dry goods store
to purchase a pair of shoes. An accom
modating clerk said “Here, madam, try
on this pair of sevens.” Whereupon the
woman turned up her nose and marched
out of the store and up the street like a
cyclone, a freight train and an earthquake
railed into one grand combination. She
only wears “sixes.”
—There are rural cities in the West
where the cyclone comes along almost
weekly. The people on such interesting
occasions Hy for protection into excava
tions which are called cyclone pits. If
such a visitation were frequent in our
midst we should suggest the construc
tion of a single retreat in the earth for
all our citizens, and we might call it
Greene’s burrow!
—Smilax writes as follows: Trust no
man nor woman with your secrets; do
no act; that is against the moral or mu
ni. >al law: attend strictly to your own
bus -ess- shrink from no duty public or
private; labor industriously for your own
support, and help others as far as you
can where they deserve it You will
then keep a clear' conscience, sleep well
and be healthy and happy.
PERSONAL POINTS.
GLIMPSES OF WELL KNOWN GUESTS
WHO COME AND GO.
He that by the plow would thrive,
Must be up and out by five,
And he that better still would be
Must be out and off before three,
And he that would thrive best of all,
Must not go to bed at all.
—Mr. Wm. H. Hester, of Oconee coun
ty, was in town last Tuesday.
—Mr. James Ingram, of our city, made
a flying visit to Augusta this week.
—Judge W. M. Weaver, of this city,
was at the Globe Hotel in Augusta this
week.
—Mr. James B. Park, Jr., will remove
to the residence of his father, Hon. J. B.
Park, of this city.
—Mr. A. H. Winter will occupy the
residence of Mr. J. W. Moore iu this
city the present year.
—Mr. J. O. Boswell, one of the live
merchants and prosperous citizens of
Penfield, was in town on Tuesday.
—Mr. John Huger, of Savauuali, was
up from that city last week, and made
the Home JoubNal a very pleasant visit.
—We are indebted to Senator Joseph
E. Brown for a copy of his recent speech
in the United States Senate on the Silver
question.
—We acknowledge the aeceipt of a
copy of Senator John H. Reagan’s speech
in the United States Senate on the subject
of Silver Coinage.
—Mr. V. S. Ilall, one of our leading
merchants, visited Augusta this week on
business connected with his well known
and popular house.
—Messrs. James A. Kendrick, L. L.
Jackson, and E. W. Edwards, of Sharon,
Ga., were in Augusta during the week on
a business visit to merchants of that city.
—Mr. J. B. Williams, representing
Bain & Kirkpatrick, of Atlanta, visited
Greenesboro this week on business. He
made the Home Journal a pleasant call
during his stay.
—Senator Beck of Kentucky places us
under obligations for a copy of his speech
in the United States Senate on Silver.
Senators Beck and Brown both believe in
plenty of small change.
—Rev. C. A. Conaway called upon the
Home Joiknam last Wednesday. Mr.
Conaway is a Christian gentleman of
progressive convictions and warm and
energetic characteristics.
—A pleasant party was enjoyed at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Park on
Tuesday evening last. The company was
numerous, aud a very delightful occasion,
relieved by a sumptuous spread, was the
result.
—Dr. W. F. Hailes, of Yeazey, made
the Home Journal a pleasant visit on
Wednesday. Dr. Hailes is an affable
gentleman, the efficient principal of the
Veazey Academy and one of the gifted
correspondents of the Home Journal.
—Editor C. C. Smith of the Washington
(Ga.) Chronicle, made a call upon us on
Wednesday. Brother Smith is conduct
ing an excellent and progressive paper,
which is gaining ground in Wilkes. The
Chronicle has recently published inter
esting interviews with the Georgia Dem
ocratic Executive Committee on the
President’s policy, with the following re
sult: One is non-committal, two reply that
they are pleased with the Civil Service
law, and believe that its working will be
eventually helpful to the Democratic
party. Two favor modification of the
present law rather than its repeal, and
thus give the President a chance to carry
out its policy. Four reply that they are
dissatisfied with the law, that it will in
jure the Democratic party, and that they
would favor its repeal.
ON THE FLY.
FANCIES THAT WE WING WHILE THEY
ARE FLUTTERING.
—Coffins,' from $3. to $35. at W. J.
Durham’s, Woodville, Ga. Terms strict
ly cash.
—Go to Copelan, Seals & Armor’s for
fresh onion sets and the best seed
potatoes.
—Winter goods of every description
going out at greatly reduced prices—
Copelan, Seals & Armor.
—Butter, eggs, etc., taken at W. J.
Durham’s, Woodville, in exchange for
goods, at highest market prices.
—Mr. W. J. Durham, of Woodville. an
nounces elswhere in these columns an
assortment of coffins, caskets, etc.
—Our time prices are as low or lower
than most merchants’ cash prices. Com
pare them and see—Copelan, Seals &
Armor.
—lf you want fresh garden seeds grLto
Copelan, Seals & Armor. All their seeds
left over from last year were burned up,
so that they have only fresh seeds every
season.
—Arriving this week: Two carloads
C. R. sides, two cars sound white corn,
one car plow stocks, plow hoes and all
kinds |of farming implements—Copelan,
Seals & Armor. •
—W. J. Durham, Woodville, Ga., keeps
on hand a full line of wagon materials.
Will break sets to accommodate custom
ers. Will sell one to a whole set of rimgs,
hubs, slialves, spokes, etc. The only
dealer in the county who will do it.
Hymeneal.
Avery impressive service was per
formed in this city on Thursday morning
at the residence of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Corry, the occasion
being the marriage of their eldest daugh
ter, Miss Lizzie, to Mr. Edward Y oung.
The ceremony was performed by Father
Kirscli, of Atlanta, and was witnessed by
a select number of the friends of the bride
and groom. Mr. Young is well and
popularly known as one of the gifted
editors of the Greenesboro Herald, and
has secured for himself a handsome and
and accomplished wife. The happy pair
left on the 10:20 train for Atlanta, to
spend their honey-moon. The Home
Journal wishes them bon voyage over
the sea of life.
To Financiers.
James U. Jackson, broker and dealer
in bonds and stocks, at No. 2 Library
Building, Augusta, Ga., whose card may
be found elsewhere, have issued a valua
ble manual of information relating to the
securities of the Augusta market and the
bonded debt of tho States of Georgia and
South Carolina and of the principal cities
of both. It is of considerable value to
merchants, brokers and others, and can
be obtained on application, by mail or
otherwise.
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 29, 1886-EIGHT PAGES.
CITY SALMAGUNDI
INVENTORY OP DAILY HOME
TALK AND TOPIC.
TOUCHING ON MATTERS, SUBJECTS AND
PERSONS THAT HAVE 80ME LIEN
ON LOCAL MENTION.
Tlie Jurors.
Following are lists of the jurors, grand
and traverse, drawn for the ensuing term.
Court will meet on the second Monday iu
March. At this time nothing of great
consequence has transpired which is like
ly to engross its attention.
GRAND JURORS.
Cornelius C Bowden J W Fillingim
Wm H McWhorter Dr Wm Purks
Wm Alva Moore Thos D Sanford
Thus S Miller James K Daniel
Jeff R Lawrence Dr J M McGaughey
Samuel W Tappan Lewis B Willis
John R Boswell Jno P Kimbrough
Dr H H King Fred McWhorter
Jas II Mapp Milus A Oliver
Joseph O Boswell Alex Monfort
Jas V McWhorter Aug G Caldwell
Jas H McWhorter Wm G Durham
Wiley B Mcßee Reuben A Credille
John M Colclough Dr W E Adams
Cullen J Caldwell Wm K Mullins.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Thos J Allen Randolph Tappan
Geo H Arthur John V Andrews
Ed T Walker Walter A Stevens
Wm T Andrews Benj F Bruce
John T Dolvin Thadeus Chapman
Chas M Hendry Wm Bass Sr
Wm A Moore Jas II Taylor
Wm E Reynolds Wm T Randle
Cosby D Durham JG W Taylor
John T Andrews Wm J Newsom
John R Cook Thos 1) Durham
Robert J Hester Rich’d JY'oungblood
Wm Robinson John J West
Wesley Rivers Obadiah G Copelan
James M Durham Toliver Hutchinson
John J Oliver Henry C Davis
Henry T Monk John W Williams
James T Lunceford John A Cromer
The U. P. & W. P. It. K.
A special from Atlanta says that the
completion of the Union Point and White
Plains Railroad, the subject of which
was agitated for some years, is now
placed beyond peradventurc. There can
be no doubt of the advantage of this road
to the good people of White Plains as
well as of those along the new line. The
following is the dispatch:
Atlanta, Jan. 23. — [Special.] —Rail-
road building is quite brisk in Georgia.
The new route of 13 miles from Union
Point on the Georgia railroad to White
Plains is a certainty.
The head spirit in this project is Capt.
Harry Hill, the popular and handsome
young fast train conductor on the Geor
gia railroad. He is an Apollo in appear
ance and is proving himself a wide awaki
business man. All of the Hills have
come to the front as business spirits.
Mr. Hill has associated with him in
tills railway enterprise Mr. W. B. Lowe,
of Atlanta, and Mr. Hart, of Union Point.
The company is organized, money raised
and all necessary arrangements made to
build the road in short order. Mr. Lowe
will place 100 convict hands at work.
The project will be begun the middle ol
February, and w ill l.e completed undei
ordinary calculations in three months
and running in four months. According
to this expectation, which is conservative
and well grounded, the road will be in
operation some time in June. The grad
ing is easy, as the ground is level and
there will be no trestles or bridges.
It is a cheering sign for our Southern
country when our wealthy and educated
.young men like Mr. Hill go to practical
enterprises and give the best ability and
social worth to running and building rail-
the like.
Arbor Day for Georgia,
The State Agricultural Convention of
Georgia will meet at Columbus on the
lOtli of February, and thus far we believe
no step has been taken to select represen
tatives from this part of our State. The
agricultural interests of our section are
of such paramount importance to our
prosperity in all other directions that we
do not hesitate to put considerable stress
upon the duty of Greene county to be
fitly represented in this important meet
ing. Among its probable labors will be
that of devising methods for preserving
the forests of the State and of replenish
ing by systematic means the growth al
ready depleted. We respectfully invite
the attention of the intending body to the
late action of Governor Perry, of Florida,
who has appointed an annual date, to be
known as Arbor Day, for setting out,
planting and transplanting trees of vari
ous kinds in that State. There can be
little doubt that a profitable modification
of the elements, and a consequent les
sening of extremes of temperature, can
be brought about by the thorough re
placement of the removed forest growths
all over the South.
Atlanta Lumber Cos.
The Atlanta Lumber Cos., Marietta st.,
Atlanta, M. F. Armorous, general manag
er, announce elsewhere their admirable
preparation for the demands of the build
ing season. Kiln-dried lumber for all
purposes and of all sizes and classes, for
flooring, ceiling, wainscoting, etc., also
doors, sashes, blinds, shingles, laths and
all supplies for dwellings (wood or oth
ers), can be obtained on shortest notice
and of the very best quality. The busi
ness of the Atlanta Lumber Company has
steadily grown in public favor until it is
now widely known and well patronized
not alone in its own community, but by
many others in different parts of Geor
gia.
Horse Stolen.
A negro who lived on Mrs. Warren An
drews’ place, near Bethany, in this coun
ty, last week stole from that lady a horse
which he rode into Taliaferro county and
sold to a Mr. Ellington for S3O. The
horse was recognized and recovered by
the owner. The negro, who after all this
had the effrontery to reappear at Mrs.
Andrews’ place and resume his work,
was arrested and sent to Crawfordville.
Iteligious Notice.
There will be morning service*, with
the holy communion, at the Episcopal
Church on Suiulayy next. The Hector
will preach upon an important subject
i to parents, and invites their attendance.
Fractured Skull.
Hardie Caldwell, son of Mr. A. G. Cald
well, of this county, was working on a
house on Friday of last week, when he
ordered a negro helper named Frank Hud
son to replenish a fire for their mutual
warmth. It is said that the negro sullen
ly undertook to obey the order by merely
lighting a few splinters; whereat the
young white man directed him to make
up a. good fire, and stated that to l>e his
meaning whenever he should so direct
him. It appears that the negro became
incensed at the young man’s emphasis of
authority, and words followed between
them. The white man is said to have
then approached the negro, who, having
an axe in his hand, suddenly dealt Mr.
Caldwell a blow on the head which, hut
for the accident of its slanting, would
probably have killed him. Examination
showed that the blow fractured the
young man’s skull. The negro then made
his escape. The father of the young man
offers S3O reward for the apprehension of
the nogro.
School Books.
Appleton’s first, second, third, fourth
and fifth Readers ;Sandford's first, second,
third and fourth Arithmetics; Saudford’s
Algebras, Harvey’s first and second
Spellers, Swinton’s Word Books and
Primer’s, Westlake’s Ten Thousand
Words, Worcester’s and Webster’s School
Dictionaries, Reed and Kellogg’s Gram
mars. Appleton’s first and second Geo
graphies. Cornell’s first and second Geo
graphies, Swinton’s, Stephen’s and Der
ry’s U. S. Histories, Quackenbos’ first
and-second courses in Composition and
Rhetoric, Quackenbos’ Philosophy, Wint
worth’s Plane Solid Geometry, Steel’s
Fourteen Weeks in Physics, Arnold’s
First Latin Lessons. Allen & Grunough’s
Latin Grammars, Harkins’ Latin Gram
mar and Readers, Allen’s New Latin
Method. Above is a partial list of text
books in stock. We solicit your orders
and promise to fill at most reasonable
prices—Copelan, Seals & Armor.
The Silver Dollar.
The silver question is taking a mistak
en importance among merchants all over
the South. A dollar is a dollar, gentle
men, if it is “worth a cent.” A green
back is a dollar only by the same author
ity that makes the value of a silver coin,
the great difference being that if a green
back wore to lose its money value it
would be worth nothing as paper, while
the coin dollar would retain a metal val
ue equal to eighty-six cents. If any per
son has a prejudice against the silver
dollar and will send two of them to this
office we will pay a premium of 100 per
cent.—that is, we will mail the Home
Journal to him for one year; and any
body will admit that the Home Journal
is worth twice two silver dollars.
A Masterpiece.
Bruffey’s narrative of the dynamitic
episode of last week was his masterpiece.
While reading it our hair frequently stood
on its head, and there were times during
the progress of the chase after the dia
bolical Tobe Jackson when wo were near
enough to the fugitive to pour salt on the
backstraps of his fleeing breeches!
Jackson himself must often have, in his
desperation, exclaimed: “To-be” or not
“To-be ?” In point of fact, as a descrip
tive and absorbing contribution to re
portorial literature it was the best ever
seen in the Constitution.
Great GriiUlleeakes!
People may say what they see fit about
Atlanta’s enterprise, but when the young
men of that city come together and put
SIS,(XX) into a capital fund for the manu
facture of a now kind of tooth powder,
there can be no doubt of the vigorous
confidence of the youth of that city in
the destiny of the Georgian metropolis.
Last week the said sum was raised as
above, and in a reasonable period every
Georgian will be reckoned by the white
ness of his teeth. Seriously, this is a
wonderfully enterprising venture, and
one that intends to succeed.
J. M. Huiinieiitt & Cos.
One may gaze into the murky sky
from day to day and prognosticate snow
or rain or other elemental visitant of
weather, but his conclusions are always
subject to failure. At this season of un
settled atmospherio conditions, however,
there is one thing which can be predicted
with certainty, and that is—rheumatism.
Messrs. Hunnicutt & Cos., Atlanta, have
an infallible relief and ultimate cure for
this dire affliction, and it would be well
for those who are thus beset to see their
advertisement elsewhere.
YVliat Can bo Hone.
Mr. J. W. Moore made last year on his
farm adjacent to our town forty-five bales
of cotton, 300 bushels oj corn and 300
bushels of potatoes. This splendid yield
was produced with four horses, and af
fords a marvellous instance of what
pluck, faithful labor and sound common
sense can get out of the land in this coun
ty. If anything like an average of this pro
duct could be brought from other farms
in our midst the fame of Greene county
would spread world wide as the richest
in production perhaps in the South.
Of Value to Planters.
J. 11. Alexander, the well known seed
dealer and druggist of Augusta, an
nounces elsewhere in the Home Journal
that he is now prepared to supply the
celebrated Peterkin Cotton Seeu (40 per
cent, net lint), the Kaffir Corn seed, and
other prolific cerial and vegetable plant
seeds. Head his card, and see the list of
excellent varieties and qualities of seeds
enumerated.
Printing Materials.
AV. C. Dodson, Atlanta, Ga., is agent
for and dealer in Printers’ materials,
type, presses, furniture, reglet, station
ery, and everything going into the outfit
of job and newspaper offices. We have
had considerable dealings with Mr. I)od
son, and can without reserve recommend
him to our friends and others as a pains
taking and responsible business man and
an engaging and popular gentleman.
—Farmer* have coinmcneed preparing
for another crop, which we hope will re
ward them better for their labor than
that of last year.
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR BUSY NEWS GATHERERS
WHO NEVER TIRE.
MAKING OUT OF THE MARROW OF MANY
THINGS A SURFEIT OF SWEET AND
SATISFYING MORSEIA
UNION POINT.
Miss Belle Moody, of Woodville,
is now visiting relatives at this place.
Mr. E. H. Bowden impounded two
liogs 24tli instant for monoplizing his
cabbage beds.
Miss Calloway, the acknowledged
belle of Wilkes county, is now visiting
Miss Pope MpLaughlin, of of this place.
:...Weare having some weather this
week of the "go-as-you-please” sort. If
w e go to bed with a duster we will prob
ably need an ulster before morning.
.... On acccount of the inclement
weather there was no Sunday school
service in the M. E. Church here last
Sunday, and the attendance at the Bap
tist school was unusually slim.
.... “There is no other shame or curse
of American cities which at all approach
es in magnitude and enormity, the con
trol of municipal affairs in the interest cf
the sale of strong drink.”—Christian In
dex. Is this not true?
Miss Emma King, who has been
spending some time with Miss. Annie
Fulton near Thomson, Ga., is now on a
visit to Mrs. E. H. Bowden and other
relatives at this place. Her many friends
here will certainly be glad to know that
she is with us once more.
■ • We are very sorry to learn that Mr.
W. E. Wheeler, an old and much esteem
ed employe of the Georgia Railroad, has
been stricken with paralysis of the right
side. He has many friends here who
sympathize with him deeply and hope
that his trouble will not be so serious as
it now appears.
... .Mrs. S. 11. Sibley is now preparing
another treat for our people for next
Friday evening—a musical and literary
entertainment—the proceeds to go to the
School House fund. We may all go to
this entertainment expecting a jolly good
time; for Mis. Sibley never does any
thing by halves.
....We hear that some of our good
neighbors who live just outside the “city
limits,” not feeling financially able to
contribuute any cash at present to the
erection of the school house, kindly offer
ed contributions of lumber. We also
hear their contributions were rejected.
How is it ? Hold your base, good friends
—the umpire will finally decide in your
favor, methinks.
Mr. Gus Asburygave a party last
Monday night at his residence, about one
mile from the Point. It was in everv
sense of the term a good old-time con.,
try gathering, where pleasure held un
disputed sway over the passing hours
Our popular, jolly friend, Maj. Buck
Heard, was there in all his glory, ami
tripped the “light fantastic toe” until the
wee sma’ hours of the morning.
We understand that the building
of the new school house has been post
poned until next spring. It seems to us
that the cost of building a house of the
size and kind needed at this place would
be comparatively small. Can it be that
the uncertain lustre of the ‘mighty dol
lar’ has so blinded the eyes of our people
as to make the educational interests of
their children a matter of secondary im
portance ?
Mr. J. M. Norman, Georgia Rail
road Yard master in Atlanta, spent last
Sunday afternoon and evening with rela
tives at the Point. There is no one more
welcome in our midst than Monroe Nor
man. His gentle manners and happy
disposition seem to throw a halo of
brightness around every circle into which
he enters, insomuch that we arc almost
forced to believe that his spirits dwell in
a realm of eternal sunlight.
There were no services in the
M. E. Church last Sunday morning, it
being the Baptists’ day. Mr. Edens
preached in the Baptist church in the
morning to a small congregation. Mr.
Edens is one of the few ministers of the
gospel who seem to think that immortal
souls need looking after in rainy as well
as in sunlit days. He has a strong hold
upon the hearts of the people here. He
carries into every day life a religion of
love and gentleness wliich is always sure
to attract friends and make him welcome
wherever he goes.
Dauntless.
WOOD VILLE.
Mr. W. J. Durham paid a flying
visit to Athens last Monday.
Col. Joe Davison spent a day or two
in Augusta the first of this week.
We are glad to state that Mr. E. N.
Asbury has recovered from his recent
illness.
—We will chant sweet hallelujahs
when we hear that long talked of mar
riage bell!
....On account of inclement weather
there was no Sabliath school at Stonewall
last Sunday.
... .Our merchants arc closing out their
entire winter stock and making room for
their abundance of spring goods.
.. . We notice quite an improvement
going on on the farms, repairing houses,
building uew ones and taking in new
land.
We had the pleasure of listening
to a most interesting anti-monopolist lec
ture by Mr. Cramer, of Atlanta, on Sat
urday evening last.
Mr. J. H. Turner, an accomplished
jeweler, has opened a store at this place,
where we trust he will have a large and
deserved patronage.
.... Rev. M. W. Arnold, of Norwood,
will preach at Woodville Saturday and
Sunday next. We trust he may have a
large and attentive congregation.
... .Weather! weather! weather!—Why
don’t the young people get up some en
tertainments, so that we correspondents
can have something to write about ?
.... “Oh yes! oh yes!” Only eight quar
ters, four halves or a two dollar bill, if
you want to read the Home Journal
and be happy for one whole year! Don’t
fail to subscribe.
....The Union Point local editor of
the Herald made a broad mistake when
lie reported that I)r. Mell, instead of Dr.
Montgomery, preached the sermon at
the constitution of the Woodville Bap
tist church.
from pust experience. Let us form new
habits and let our watchword be “econo
my." Let us try to become once in our
lives an indepeudent and cash buying
people.
Alert.
CARTERSVILLE.
HEARING THE “BLIND TIGER ROAlt” IN
A GEORGIA TOWN.
Special Correspondence Borne Journal.
Cauteksville, Jan. 26.—Never in the
history of this old town has such a state
of dismay taken hold upon us as that
produced by the fiendish attempt on
Friday night last to blow up the residence
of United States Commissioner Aaron
Collins and to destroy himself and wife.
The excitement which has been at the
highest point ever since will not be allay
ed in the least until definite certainty of
the capture of the cowardly miscreant
who is suspected of inciting if not of per
petrating the outrage is received from
someone of the parties who have been
scouring the whole country for several
days in quest of Tobe Jackson. Circum
stantial proofs point unerringly to this
man as the would-be assassin of an un
suspecting; official and a harmless woman,
anil if he is caught there can be no doubt
of his condign punishment if convicted—
if, indeed, he shall live to receive a legal
hearing, such is the indignant and direful
temper of our people over the horrible
affair.
Of course, your readers have been by
this time thoroughly informed as to the
occurrence, the first accounts of which
were entirely correct. There is nothing
to add to the details, save that the first
description of the wreck of Mr. Collins’
house hardly did justice to the debris that
was produced by the explosion. The
front of the dwelling was in some in
stances literally ground into wood pulp.
But, save for the merely curious, the
wrecked building lias lost its interest in
the deep concern felt for the apprehen
sion of the fiend who wrought its ruin.
To be sure, reports are not wanting in
number even while they lack in authen
ticity. You can hear anything in Car
tersville on the subject, and it would be
idle to give details of the myriad rumors.
You will be informed instantly, however,
of the capture of Jackson, should such
be the result of the present pursuit.
Meantime a feeling of uneasiness is
plainly manifest among certain of our
good people. It has been noticed that
calamities of the dynamite order,such as
earthquakes and other phenomena, pro
ceed in groups. Some people believe
tjiis instance to be but the entering
wedge of a deadly means of revenge that
will become a constant menace. 1 be
lieve, however, that the wedge that will
enter into the assassin if catight is more
likely to be epidemic.
—Mu.
VEAZEY.
.... Bad weather for country schools.
..., The gin of Mr. E. A. Veazey is still
running.
.... Some repairs have been made on
the Academy.
iSiloam will be the depot for Vea
zey if the new railroad is built.
Miss Juliet Leslie, a fascinating
young lady of White Plains, has been vis
iting the family of Mr. J. F. Ponder.
Our merchants have daily applica
tions to credit.
Dr. Montgomery has accepted a call to
Smyrna church for this year.
Miss Emma Stephens, an accom
plished young lady of White Plains, has
been spending several days with the fami
ly of Mr. J. W. Crutchfield.
... -We are proud of our “Uncle Peter,”
and predict for him celebrity as a humor
ous We think that he should
have Mrs. and the children associat
ed with his humor. But these are hart!
times, truly.
Dr. J. R. Robins will have charge
of the Walker’s day school for the pres
ent year. The Doctor is a fine scholar
and has some experience as a teacher.
We congratulate the educational interest
of Greene on such an accession to her
ranks.
Vigil.
.... Weather of all sorts, shapes and
kinds.
.... Madame Rumor predicts another
marriage for our vicinity soon.
low cairo, on Beaver Dam, during the re
cent cold spell.”
Ain’t we glad we are not a rooster!
Cause we’d have two flops and a crow,
(to flop and crow afore) before day.
.... Owing to the inclemency of the
weather, there has been no services at
Euon church for a month. Our meetings
are second and fourth Sundays, just as
for the past year.
Our best judges pronounce the
small grain crops ruined by the late
freeze. Fully two-thirds of the wheat
crop, and five-thirds of the oat crop,
are gone up the spout. Plant corn if you
can’t resow!
....We learn that one of our leading
merchants will not extend erldit after
this year. That is a good resolution.
Let all the rest follow suit and it will
take them then forty years to cancel ar
rears; but maybe ’twill do their great
grand children some good.
Now, I had just got out of a scrape
about that word of which this “Public
Square man gives a defination. I confess
1 am of his opinion as to its dubious or
iginality: but if he had corneas near hav
ing the wool scratched off his head as I
have he never would say “by Ilogie” any
more!
Owing to the continued bad weath
er, Dr. W. F. Hailes, our efficient teach
er, postponed the cominencment of his
school ’till last Monday. Instead of on
the 18th if. began on the 25tli. The Doc
tor isn’t superstitious as to the anniversa
ry of Guiteau’s conviction, or he might
have postponed still another week, for
“saucein-nation. ”
Our farmers carry a look of despon
dency over the seeming dull out-look, for
the year. An old soldier once said,
“when disappointment stared him in the
face like a ghost he just compared his
present freedom to the vassalage of war
times, and he felt- like one emancipated
from slavery.” Remember, “the poor
we always have with us.”
Au occasion such as is seldom en
joyed to like extent anywhere was that of
a candy pulling at the home of Mr. Eli A.
Vcazey on Tuesday evening of last week.
There were many gentlemen and ladies
present, and great pleasure was the por
tion of each attendant. The night was
effulgent with moonlight, and the follow
ing were among the ladies who graced
the festival: Miss Ruth McLaughlin, Miss
Fannie Caldwell, and little Miss Effle
Marshal], in whose honor the party was
given.
Uncle Peter,
TERMS:—S2.OO per Annum, In Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 654
PITH OF THE PRESS
THE EDITORIAL INWARDNBBS
OF OUR EXCHANGES.
REPRODUCING THE PIQUANT FEATCREB
OF SUNDRY LIVE JOURNALS THAT
GRACE OUR SANCTUM.
Atlanta Constitution.
A man in lowa writes to the Constitu
tion, among other things: “Will your
people allow me the same privilege of
expressing my hatred of the views of such
men as I have named as the Northern
people are free to let the Southern people
express their hatred of Stanton, Lincoln,
Chase and others ?”
And the Constitution answers, among
other thingß: “No Southern man of any
intelligence hates the memory of Lincoln
and Chase, and nobody cares about Stan
ton one way or the other. We do not
understand what Mr. Boylan means by
the privilege of expressing his views.
Nobody would care a snap of the finger
wliat his views are He might attract
some attention by mounting a dry-goods
box and denouncing the views of
‘Toombs, Davis, Lawton and Lamer,’
but he would be regarded as a harmless
crank.”
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Savannah News.
The leading Republican paper in Bos
ton is outraged by the proposition to re
peal the law of that State making pay
ment of the poll tax condition precedent
to voting. It has a good deal to say
about ignorant voters dominating over
the thoughtful, intelligent, self-respect
ing citizens. The New York Evening
Post, in alluding to the position of the
Boston journal, pertinency asks: “What
then would be the condition of things
with no restrictions upon universal suf
frage in a State like South Carolina,
where the negroes constitute a large ma
jority of the voters and where four-fifths
of this large majority were in 1880 found
‘too densely ignorant to spell out the
names of the candidates for whom they
voted ?’ ”
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Alabama Baptist.
Whe truth is, there is just as much
honesty and moral worth in a nation as
are foundlin the citizens of that nation.
And there is just as much piety in a
church as is found ip the individual
members who compose that church, no
more, no less. Whatever its obligatory
upon the whole church, is obligatory
upon every individual member of that
chnreh, In his measure at least Mem
bership in a ehurcii of Jeans Christ means
something. Not a few of our people
sees to act as though aU they had to do
was to enroll their names spun our
church books, take their passage to
heaven in some “Pullman Steeping Car,”
and never have their slumbers disturbed
until they reach the New Jerusalem
depot.
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Macon Telegraph.
The New York Sun says:
“It appears that the inquiries by the
Senate committees into the causes of re
movals from office have been signed by
the Democratic Senators as well as by
the Republicans.”
There are certain so-called Democratic
Senators who owe their seats to Repub
licans, and who have very dear Republi
can friends in office, whom they are anx
ious to protect. And this is one of the
main reasons why Democrats are not
looked upon with favor by the present
administration.
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Atlanta Journal.
The people of one-lialf of Dakota want
to be annexed to Montana and go into
the Union as a State under her flag.
This increases Montana’s chances for ad
mission considerably, depressing those
of anxious Dakota correspondingly.
The Dakota-Montana question promises
to give lively work to the Congressional
committee having the case in charge.
This new complication in Dakota may
have the effect of postponing the admis
sion of both Territories until another
session of Congress.
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Charleston Mews and Courier.
President Cleveland’s views on the
subject of government offices are well
known, and there need be no apprehen
sion that he will prove in any way un
faithful or inconsistent. Mr. Cleveland
is a Democrat and is proud of it, and his
desire is to put Democrats hi office when
ever and wherever there is an opportuni
ty. The only exception is as to the offic
es which come under the civil service
rules, and even there the incumbents can
be removed if they are incompetent
Augusta Evening News.
The truth is President Cleveland has a
level head, and he has strong convictions
on the civil service and on his right*
and duties in removals from office. Sev
eral Republican Senators not only under
stand him but agree with him, and such
leaders as Senator Hoar will, it is said,
uphold him in his course. Indeed, the
threatened war would turn out a soap
bubble but for the factious opposition of
certain disappointed Democratic Sena
tors.
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Albany Weekly News.
It is wonderful the deep love of our
people for Mr. Bayard. People speak
tenderly of the death of his daughter,
Miss Kate, as if speaking of a well knovy>>
friend. The lives of our great men be
come a part of ourselves. They become
our heroes, and what affects them affects
us. Mr. Bayard is the central figure of
much hero-worship from
and he will probably it
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Athens Banner - Watchman.
Sam Jones is of the opinion that Bob
Ingersoll's infidelity lies in the fact that
he is paid $1,500 a night to ridicule God
and the devil. He is about right—
Ingersoll's belief is mainly in dollars
ami he will be an atheistic scoffer as Ymt
i as it pays.