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BOWEL TROUBLES, CHRDREH TEETHINS, DIARRHtEfI,
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'“ ; ’A r nui g the lit )ne suffering such a dndnage upon its system from
the rtfrets of teething, should use this invaluable medicine. For sale l.y all druggists
at 50 cents a bottle. gfaJTScnd 2e. stamp for kiddle lh.ok, to
WAI.TKK A. TAVI.OR, Atlanta, Ga,
NOTICE
TO THE FARMERS AND PUBLIC
J AM STILL AGKNT FOR TIIE
DANIEL PRATT GIN CO.
Those in n* , **d ot (tins. Feeders, or
<’oiidensers nnd expect to buy for use tne
eoliiing sen-uin "ill do well to See me and
get terms and juices he fori purchasing
elsewhere. You eun sec sample* of Gins,
Feeders and Condensers at the ollieo of
.laities !>. I’riK-tor’s warehouse.
WILKY L. SMITH. Agt.
Forsyth, Gn., Muy 25tli. 18K5.
MONEY TO LEND.
1 am prepared to negotiate loans for
money iii small sums for one, two, three,
four or live years, time on real estate.
15. S. WILLINGHAM.
BRAMBLETT & BRO,
UNDERTAKERS
Forsyth, <;a.
H AY ING purchased the stock of under
taker's goods recently controlled be
the late K N. YY iJder as agent, we are pre
pared to carry on the the undertakers busi
ness in all its delaik. YY t* have added a
1 ew line of goods to those already in stuck,
with now and complete stock of goods, ele
gant new Hearse and good reliable team,
prompt and careful attention we hope to
merit the patronage of the jiuhlie. Burial
Kobe* for gents and ladies, much nicer and
at half the cost of suit of clothes. The
Hearse will he sent free of cost with coffins
costing ?•_’() and upwards, when the dis
tance is not too great.
Bit A MB LETT & BRO.
D. H. GREEN&CO.,
EEPAIB
ttaefesreffflsr
Pißt 113, e-tfiag Machines, Etc.
All kinds of light Repairing executed
promptly and faithfully. YY e give strict
attention to business, and expect to merit
patronage by good work. Also we keep oil
hand a good stock of
CONFECTIONERIES, STATIONERY
Tobacco and Cigars.
(iivo u- :t 1-ali ill till- s‘l st-uftloc building.
Kor-vth. Ga.
CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN
SGH EDULES.
Road down Read down
Nodi. From Savannah. Nod;!.
10:00 a m I.v...Savannah—Lv S: 45 pm
3: Id pm ar Augusta Ar 5:50 ahi
0: 25 p m ar Macon ar 4d am
11: 2d p m ar Atlanta ar 7:20 am
1:52 a tti ar Oolmnlms...ar 12:33 pm
ar Ktifaula ar A: It; pm
1: Id p m ar Albany ar 12:20 pm
ur-Milledgevillc-ar 10:20 am
ar Katonton ar 12:30 pm
Ni> IS From Augusta No 20 No 22
9: 45 am lv Aug.lv 0:lH) pm
.8: .'!tt pm ar Sav’h ar ti: 80 am
6: 2d p in ar Macon
11: 2d pm ar -Atlanta
4:d2 mar t’ol tint bus
11: Id pin ar Albany
No 54. From Macon No A2.
12:00 am lv Macon lv 8:05 am
0:80 am ar Savannah ar 8:80 pm
ar Augusta ar 8:45 pm
ar...Mille<lgeville...ar 10: 20am
ar Katonton ar 12:80 p m
No 1. Front Macon No 8.
7:50 am lv Macon lv 7: Id pm
8: 10 put ar Ktifaula ar
12:20 pm ar—Albany ar 11:15 pm
No 5 From Macon No 19
S: IS am lv -Macon lv 7:35 pm
12: ;ki p m ar Columbus—ar 4: 25 am
No l From vacon no 51 no 58
S ;ld am lv Macon...lv 7 ;30 pm...:’ ;d7 am
12:25 pm ar \tlanta-ar 11 ;25pm-7;30 am
no 2S From Fort valley no 21
8 ;85 pm lv Fort valley lv 9 ;4d am
9 ;20 pin ar ferry..'. ar 10;85 a m
jo 2 From vtlanta no 54 no 52
12 AO pm lv-Atlanta-.lv S :10 pm..." :55am
1 ti ;50 pm ar-Maeon...arl 1 ;45 am... 7 :35am
ar Ktifaula ar 3 :10pm
1 1 :15 pm ar Albany ar 12 ;20pm
4 ;27> am ar cohuntms ar 12 ;38pin
Milknlgeville ar 10:29am
air Katonton ar 12;80pm
ar Augusta ar ;45pm
ar savannah ar (> ;30 am..." :30pm
No 0 From eohirfnnis no 40
1;00p m lv ...colmnbus lv 0;53 pm
5 ;42 p in ar .....Macon ar 0 .00 a in
11 ;15p m ar Atlanta ar 12:20 pm
- ar—.-nifaula ar 4 :44 pm
11 ;15p m ar Albany ar 4 ;05 pm
l.H‘a! sleeping cars on all night trains
between savannah and Augusta, savan
nah and Atlanta, and Macon and Mont
gomery. Pullman hotel sleeping cars be
tween Chicago and Jacksonville, via., via
Cincinnati. without change.
The willedgeville and Katotiton train
runs daily .except Monday) lad ween <;or
don and Kc.t-'nton. and daily except sun
day la'tween Katonton ati<l cordon,
train no 20 daily except sundav.
Kufanla train connects at cutlibert for
F<>rt names daily except sundav. eerrv
acconnnodation train lvtween tx-rrv anil
Fort valley, runs daily, except sundaes,
Albany and Blakely a.votnuiodation train
runs daily except sundav. lvtween a 1 ba
il v and Blakely.
At savannah with savannah. Fi<‘rihi A:
western railway ; at a ig u-ta with ail lines
to north and east; at Atlanta with Air
line and KCnnesaw mOtc-. to all jmints
ttor’h, east amt west. 11 m. Roukks,
G A Nt'ittTKiiFAi), Sup't
Gen Fa. s Vg't, Savannah.
JOB WORK
Neatly ami promptly executed at
this office. Wc know no competition.
VOL. XXX.
PRECAUTION!
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PROCRASTINATION.
There seems he an inherent
pronwiess in mankind to put off for
the future the doing of that which
ought to be done in the present.
Yielding to the sway of indolciVeor
inertness, or to the entreaties of that
common delusion—a convenient sea
son, we are continually crowding
upon the future that which the pre
sent ought to bear. Indeed not
many persons fully realize the truth
of the proverbial expression “Pro
crastination is the theif of time.”
Today's demands come crowding
upon us, and surrounding circum
stances lead us to postpone the pro
per compliance to these demands till
to-morrow, and to ignore the fact
that tomorrow will be freighted with
its own labors.
Observation teaches those who
closely observe the doings of man,
that the tendency to procrastinate is
quite as universal and wide-spread
as arc the descendants of Adam. In
very childhood it crops out, and all
along through the different stages of
life to old age we find its foot-prints
at various points. And wherever
we find these evidences of procrasti
nation in the history of any man we
likewise find that, that man at that
particular point in life lost some
thing.
• School boys and girls, and college
students put off the proper prepara
tion of their lessons from time to
time and to a more opportune hour,
until ere they are aware of the fact,
their school days have gone and
they by necessities of the hour, and
force of circumstances are ushered
upon the arena of manhood and wo
manhood, totally unfitted and un
prepared for the duties of life and
for the obligations resting upon
them as members of the human fam
ily. Given to hilarity and mirth
and blinded by present pleasures,
they procrastinate the proper pros
ecution of their studies and the im
provement of their mental powers,
until the cares of life sooner than
they expect, come upon them, and
they learn too late, that the golden
opportunities once in the womb of
the future, have in a few years been
born and buried in the grave of the
past. Nor is procrastination steal
ing golden moments from school
si. vCsTHiTiTfr'gvC v only, but from
persons in ail the avocaTtoFiTTh~utt‘A
The farmer puts off proper atten
tion to his fruit trees and insects do
their destructive work theiein and
the death of the trees ensue ; he puts
off housing his tools in the Fall to a
convenient time and springs finds
them made useless by the winters
rain ; he delays carrying his pro
duce to market for a convenient op
portunity and the price declines and
loss in money is sustained ; he post
pones plowing his land and the
moisture in the earth has evaporated
and the ground is too hard, and thus
passes through life subjecting him
self to the thefts of procrastination
continual I v.
The lawyer puts off the proper
preparation of the causes entrusted
to him, and the court convening finds
him not ready, whereby his clients
are disappointed and his reputation
is not strengthened.
The doctor sometimes puts oft’ ins
visit to the sick to accommodate his
convenience whereby the disease
strengthens its hold, tightens its
grasp and the patient dies. The
preacher, it may be, delays his proc
lamation of awakening-words of
warning for a more opportune time
and for a larger audience and the
immortal soul of some sinner is
doomed to wail in hell forever. Thus
it is that procrastination is constant
ly stealing, from us, much that is
valuable.
Again when we look upon the
moving masses of humanity and see
how universal among them is the
habit of postponing the most impor
tant work and duty assigned them
in this life, we can but exclaim —how
fearful is it to procrastinate! Got! is
daily calling millions of his creatures
who took the wrong road at the di
vergence point, to return from tneir
wanderings in the wilderness of -in.
and their answer coming back to the
caller upon the waves of inditercnce
is—wait—wait—wait till certain ob
jects now comtemplated are accom
plished ; till certain desires now en
tertained are gratided. Remember,
reader, if you are of this class, that
your defference to this accomplish
ment and gratification may forfeit
to you a home in Heaven and bring
as your heritage a home in he'll.
These two. and only these two eter
nal homes are before us and to the
one or the other, each one of us is
going.
The Legislature.
Judging from the now matter pi!-
1 ing up before the General Assemble,
it seems that our legislators "are in
the House of our fathers"—and there
to stay—awhile. Glad to see they
are alive and active and not sleep
-1 ing.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY,.GEQRfRA.-TUKSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 11. 1885.
A GOOD MAN GONE.
Dr. D. B. Searcy died at his resi
dence in this county Saturday morn-*
ing, Ist inst., PA o'clock, and was.
hurried at the family cemetery Sun
day afternoon. Avery large enn>
course of people from Monroe, Craw
ford and Bibb counties, and many
leading citizens from Macon attend
ed tin* funeral services, which were
conducted by Rev. G. H. Pattillo,
P. E., and Rev. S. Leak, P. (J. Mr.
Pattillo announced as his text the
37th verse of the 37th Psalm : “Mark
the perfect man, and behold the up-,
right, for the end of that man is
peace.” He said:
The phrase “perfect man” defined
what the man is ; and “upright man’’
what the man does. The former re
fers to character, the latter to con
duct. The term “perfect’’ is not to
be understood in an absolute sense.
No human being is or can be abso
lutely perfect. As here used, it is
intended to describe the man whose
sentiments, opinions, affections, in
tentions and purposes are good, right,
pure. One may be said to be “per
fect" when, having discerned, to the
best of Ins knowledge, that which
is right, he invariably and unhesita
tingly approves, seeks after and em
braces it. Of course this implies a
change of heart, being brought from
a state of nature to one of grace
wherein man can will as well as do
the things that are right and pleas
ing in the sight of God.
The “upright man” is one whose
outer life is right. A good tree
bringeth forth good fruit. From the
pure fountain issues a pure stream.
Out of a heart made right by the
grace of God, and maintained by
human and divine cooperation in
such a state and relation, comes a
righteous life. He who is truthful
within will be truthful without. Pure
sentiments, just motives and righte
ous volitions will bring forth truthful
utterances, honest transactions and
holy living.
Those principles and facts aptly
Ht the character and lifeof J )r. Searev.
Fitly-three years ago this month, at
the old Monroe Camp-ground God
gave him anew heart. Ho was
soundly, • consciously and happily
converted and made a child of Heav
en. From then till the day of his
death, by the grace of Go . ho main
tained his Christian integrity and
walked Itj ? rtvfnT'
b“ Xfvior.
Dr. Searcy was a man of strong,
positive character. He had convic
tions—clear and definite; lie was a
tnan of decision, of steadfastness of
purpose, of uncompromising integri
ty. When therefore in August, 1882,
lie decided to yield himself to God
and stepped across the line on the
side of God and right, he took a po
sition from which he never departed ;
he espoused a cause which he never
betrayed but to which he was in
tensely loyal all the days of his life.
Right in his heart, lie was right in
his life. Justice, mercy and truth
lived in his heart and reigned in his
life. Such is the verdict of his breth
ren and fellow-citizens. I asked
several persons what was the stand
ing of Hr. Searcy in the community.
One said, "As good as that of any
man that ever lived or died in the
country.” Another said, “He has
always been looked upon as a model.”
AnothcT, “As good as the best in the
whole country.”
Hr. Searcy was no ordinary man.
1 might speak of him in other fea
tures of his beautiful character and
noble life, but thought, perhaps, it
becoming the pulpit to speak mainly
of his religiou character and history.
He was a man of extensive reading
and considerable information. You i
could hardly discuss a question con- j
corning which he had not himself
thought and gained knowledge. He j
was an industrious man—under no j
necessity to work, lie still laboriously
followed the practice of medicine for
years. He was a successful man,
managed his business well, and al- j
ways had a plenty to meet his wants. ;
A great light has gone out from this !
house, this church, and this commit- '
nit}*. What a character! What a
life ! Fifty-three years —over a half
century —a blameless, exemplary,
faithful follower of the Lord Jesus!
What a priceless heritage he leaves
to his posterity, brethren of Mt. Zion
church and fellow-citizens. ~
1 feel that I must say to his fami
ly that where so bright a light has
shown for so long a time there ex
ists great responsibility. The truth
and power ot religion have been
faithfully illustrated in the character
and life of your father. Follow in
iiis steps if you would meet your ob
ligations. be successful in your life
and win eternal blessedness in the
unending future. Ot course such a
life ends in peace. Fifty-three years
lived in the peace of and peace with
God cannot fail to end in peace —cmd
without* strife, without a struggle
here and issue in eternal peace at
the right hand of God. When some
men die no body doubts they are lost,
j The common verdict is. he is gone to
lie’ll. Concerning the destiny of oth
er.- there is a difference of opinion—
some fear they are lost, while some
hope they are saved. Relative to
L>r. Searcy there is hut one opinion,
that is, he is saved —he is in heaven.
• Well donegood and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."
"Far from this world of toil and strife,
He is present with the Lord ;
The labors of his mortal life
End in a large reward.’’
“Marks the perfect man, and be
hold the upright, for the end of that
’ man is peace.
Village Improvement Companies.
I nder this this head the Savan
nah Morning News-produces the fol
lowing sensible editorial, and we
hope the people of Forsyth will give
it their careful consideration. Such
a company could be organized with
but little effort, and there is no cal
culating the benefit it would be to
the town :
“The idea of forming joint stock
companies for the purpose of build
ing up and beautifying villages and
small towns is not anew one. Sev
eral villages north have had such
“organizations in successful operation
for years. When the many good
points of such companies are consid
ered, it is strange that they have
not been formed in nearly every
town throughout the country. llow
"many towns, now decaying and un
ailractive, might be made beautiful
and delightful places of residence if
fhe people only had a little public
spirit, and would work together for
of their homes and
the linkling of new ones.
There is scarcely a town of any
pretentions that could not sustain
an improvement company of from
200 to f)00 shares, payable at $1 per
month on each share. The funds
could be loaned monthly or quarter
ly, and thus money that is generally
wasted would be devoted not only to
the building of homes, but would be
profitably invested, paying regular
dividends to stockholders and learn
ing the people, especially the young
men, practical lessons in economy
and thrift.
dn most towns land and building
materials are cheap, and a very neat
house, suitable for a small family
can be built for from SOOO to SI,OOO.
A building association could insure
the erection of from three to ten
such houses every year, besides
lending small amounts to members
for the improvement of old build
ings.
Whenever you find a town in
which there is properly directed
public spirit, you will find one in
which the people are prosperous and
contented, and in which the value of
pro] rty steadily, though perhaps
not rapidly, advances. Public spirit
is contagious, and if the conditions
for it are favorable it will soon make
itself apparent in a community,-.
It the money is not needed for the
erection or improvement of build
ings, it can be devoted to the estab
lishing of manufacturing enterprises
which will add to the business and
importance of c town. There is
always room f j such enterprises,
and they rarely ail to be profitable
when uoperly inaugurated and eon
'V'dP’iir k.....;,,.- ,r.._
IT the people of a town want it to
become attractive, they must go to
work and build it up. If they wait
for capitalists or outsiders to come
iu and build it up, they will be dis
appointed. Capital is nowhere so
timid as in a small town, and it sel
dom pays to invest money in a town
where the people are devoid of pub
lic spirit and local pride.”
The South and the Spoils.
The New York Times, in discuss
ing the recent letter of Secretary
Lamar to Mr. Eaton, of the civil ser
vice commission, says:
“Mr. Lamar speaks in a very mod
erate tone of the evils under which
the south has suffered from the spoils
system. ‘Under preceding adminis
trations,’ he says, ‘and before the
civil service commission was estab
lished, the appointing power, owing
to peculiar causes, was not directed,
as a rule, to selections from the most
intelligent and the best in population
in the south.’ He might have said
that the appointing power was not,
as a rule, directed to selections from
the south at all, or to selections from
the best and most intelligent from
any population for offices in the south.
It was largely directed to the choice
of men who could get delegates to
national conventions for the gentle
men who happened to control the
appointments. South had the spoils
system in full operation, but it had
the system in its worst form, compli
cated and degraded by features that
were only partially known or were
wholly unknown in other sections.
For years there was not a republican
state in the union where the federal
service was managed as it was in the
south, and there was not one, not
even Pennsylvania or Vermont,
where its management in any such
way and to the same degree would
not have given a majority in that
state to almost any candidates the
republicans could have put up.” And
yet our republican friends professed
to he surprised that the south was
“solid," and it has been only a short
time since the Times was-demanding
the disintegration of the “solid south ’
The Times goes even jet further,
and remarks that “even purely par
tisan appointments in the south made
by a democratic administration
would be better than those made
heretofore under the republican ad
ministrations, as a rule, because they
would have to be made with a greater
sense of responsibility to public opin
ion there.”
We are glad to see this tardy recog
nition of the trials which the south
has had to endure under a republican
administration from such a source.
Final Cultivation of Potatoes.
Rochester Herald.
In cultivating the potatoes the last
tune if you lull them up at all make
the hills broad and flat, so that the
water will not run off. but soak in
and wet them through and through.
When the hills are made high and
sharp the water will run otf and the
potatoes are liable to suffer from
drought.
REV. SAM JONES.
He is Attacked by the Rev. Dr. Cooper,
of St. Louis.
St. Louis Republican.
Tl.i s is the way the St, Louis Evan
gelist, the leading Presbyterian pa
per of the west, will speak of the
Rev. Sam Jones to-day:
“•Willipus Waliopus’ is the course
alliteration found in a dispatch from
St. Louis to the eastern press, used
by the star revivalists, Sam Jones, to
describe the power of Christianity.
The phrase can have no other mean
ing in his saying, ‘I tell you, when
the willipus waliopus of Christianity
passes over humanity it levels all
alike.’ His so-called sermons at the
Plattsbnrgcampmeeting, as publish
ed in the daily papers of the city,
abound in similar expressions. There
is such disgusting incongruity in the
use of such slang phrases, many of
which are unknown to the better
classes of society in connection with
the gospel ot Christ, that thoughtful
people wonder why ministers of re
ligion can sanction such vulgarity as
a part of modern revival methods.
When the people can associate such
terms with the truth and the Holy
Ghost there is great danger of com
mitting the unpardtetable sin. The
increasing tendency to irreverence
m this period of the world's history
is encouraged by such flippant slang
phrases to express truths of the most
solemn import, The lowest class of
hoodlums feel contempt for the re
spectable appearing persons who try
to win their favor by the use of their
own familiar forms of speecF . The
purest language should be used as
tiie appropriate channels of commu
nicating divine truth to men, who
must receive it with serious consid
eration in order to be made effectual
in their salvation. The clown can
excite laughter, but his coarse sallies
of wit are not the proper means to
produce conviction of sin, whether
in the circus or in religious assem
blies, and he can always go ahead of
the preacher who imitates his meth
ods to draw a crowd.”
If Dr. Cooper will follow brother
Sam he will find that “Willipus Wal
iopus” is not a circumstance to what
the good people of St. Louis will
hear before the Georgia Evangelist
gets -through with them. The staid
preshyterian will find something to
gush over, and pray over besides.
Let “Willipus Waliopus” have full
sway.
Hard on “Gath.”
Mr. Geo. Alfred Townsend lately
met u southern man of wide ac
quaintance and great frankness,”
WnolornfOo tue"sou'ni'
would never develop into a rich
country because the soil is too poor
to be worth manuring, and instanced
the white clay soil of South Carolina
as an example. The editor of the
Charleston .News and Courier, hav
ing read this slur upon this state,
comes back at the author and the
author's interviewer with the asser
tion that there is no clay soil in South
Carolina, save the beds of kaolin,
which deposit is shipped to the north
in large quantities every day, where
it is sold by the pound to take the
place ot sugar in certain food preper
ations, and which is, therefore, ob
serves the Courier, with some asperi
ty, probably not less valuable, in the
long run than other soils sold by the
acre. As the matter now stands,
honors may lie considered easy be
tween "Gath” and the southern edi
tor. —Indianapolis Journal.
it will not be many years before
the north will seethe value of south
ern lands, and emigrants will hunt
the south instead of the bleak and
dreary northwest. They will take
negroes and all after they once try
our genial soil. We would bo glad
for a few of the best to come —not
too many, however, to effect good
morals, or good government.
Mr. Berner’s Position.
The House having under consid
eration the reform prison bill, our
immediate representative delivered
himself as follows:
Mr. Berner, of Monroe, spoke in
opposition to this bill. He said it
was an impracticable scheme and
would bear no good fruits, lie would
oppose it at the hazard of covering
himself with oblivion. He did not
like to see old mother Georgia ma
ligned and denounced as a procuress
and aider of prostitution. She had
done the best she could. Before the
war she had plenty and did not have
the negro problem to deal with. He
found thirty-six in the list, who could
enter the institution, eighteen for
burglary, three for attempts at rape,
six for larceny, two for horse steal
ing, one for murder, two for man
slaughter, one for felony, one for
arson and two for robbery, lie said
it was useless to attempt to reform
these criminals.
The last sentence in the above
paragraph is not good scripture doc
trine. If the thief on the cross could
go through all right, perhaps some
one of the criminals mentioned might
get a taste of salvation.
The Holiness Feast for Augusta.
Augusta, Ga.. July 20. —[Special.)
The Augusta Methodists held a mass
meetingto-night at St. John’s church,
General C. A. Evans presiding, and
John M. Weigle, secretary, to pro
vide ways and means for the nation
al holiness campmeeting, to meet in
Augusta in October. Comtnitteeson
finance, reception, etc., were appoint
ed. Preparation will be made to en
tertain 3,000 visitors from all parts
of the union, and a tent will be
erected seating 3,000 people.
JiDIRER 29.
SAM JONES AS A COLLECTOR
Sam Jones devoted his last day at
Plattsburg, Nlo., campmeeting to
putting in a few solid licks for the
little orphans of Georgia. Mr. Jones
has done a good work in this line for
the past four years and his heart is
in it. llis methods as a collector are
unique, lie knows just how to
strike a crowd. When he is after
money lor the Georgia orphans he
literally forages on the enemy,
strikes below the belt and “takes un
derhull” when it will do him any
good.
noW IIF. WORKED IT.
At Plattsburg, last Sunday, lie led
artfully to bis business. The first
response to his appeal was a dona
tion of 810.
“1 like that,” said Jones. “That's
a man don’t belong to any church.
God bless these old big-hearted sin
ners round here. A man goes to
church and they “brother” him till
they think he belongs to them. But
it seems to me I would go to one of
these big-hearted old sinners quicker
than I would to one in tlif church.
Ain’t that true in Missouri—uigger
hcarted men out ot the church than
in it? Oh, brother, when we go home
to-night, and sit down with wife and
child, let us say: “Thank God, J
have done something to-day lor the
orphan children.’”
* * *
“Let every follow here give some
thing. If you ain’t got any money,
borrow some from the fellow that
lias it, and if you ain’t able to give
or borrow a cent, if some of your
friends will lie or bind you in a sack,
I will take you down to the orphans’
home and take care of you. If you
ain’t able give anything, just send
up your man to the orphans. 1 will
ship you down there and they will
take care of you. That's a good idea,
ain’t it?”
“Brother Gibson, you go down
that way. (To Judge Hitt.) You
are a preacher, ain't you? No? Well,
I’ll make out like you are. [Laugh
ter.] Brother, will you get your hat
and stir around? Get right down
there. Just move aside there a lit
tle.”
* * *
(A stranger handing up 810). I’ll
give it to you, Brother Jones. 1 can
trust you.
Brother Jones. All right. Now
you take your hat and go to work.
I’ll trust you.
* * * * * *
Just about this time, it is told by
a bystander to the reporter how the
bona-fide sinners ot Plattsburg,
headed by John K. Lincoln, Adam
Breckenridge and George IS. Newdy,
ten in up 810 each, to be
g t,*, U' -'i. i uijiios anu coiiuren.
These were tbe sinners who belong
to the whist club and play in Sheriff
Allgaier’s cool and shady room.
:jc 'Jf.
IIE STEPS OVER TO KENTUCKY.
Last Tuesday the gcorgia evange
list opened a booming revival at the
High Bridge campmeeting in Kcn
tneky. He turned up fresh as a
dais}' and won the crowd at the
start. Among other good things he
said :
“One time an old buck-slidden
Methodist told me he had been seek
ing a blessing in meeting. He asked
me how bo might get this. I told
him that I could tell, but I wanted
to know what he was going to do
with it. Ho said he wanted to be
happy. lie was just like a drunkard
wanting to get happy for the tun he
would have. He was trying to de
bauch religion to a glass of whisky.
A dog can run a rabbit when he
feels like it, and catch it when lie
feels all right.
S; # 'Jf- % * * '%■
“You have been singing ‘Come,
Angel, Rear Me,’ and if some of us
ever do get there angels will have to
take the job. That’s no way to do.
Where a good man dies his head and
shoulders are already in glory, and
his soul get’s there before an angel
can fly.”
* j|C sje * ijc
“If you are neglecting a thing you
know you ought to do, you ain't fit for
nothing. These preachers all know
it, but they wouldn't tell it for a dol
lar. Ain’t you shamed of your lit
tle husband, sister? Give him some
soothing syrup. I don’t call any
names, but every tnan knows his
number. If I was anything, J
wouldn’t be a miserable one-horse
failure.
■Jf. -Jf. % % if. if.
“lf‘ you get in heaven tbe way
you are doing now it's because God
don’t hold you responsible. It’s like
the first kind of engines, which used
to have just two wheels. The}' ran
on schedule time, but that was only
three miles an hour. Mow they
have put on eight more wheels, and
they can go sixty miles an hour.
Will you let God put on some more
wheels ? Lord have mercy on these
two-wheeled fellows; they have got
to Vie side tracked and put out of the
way. Brethren, I don.t go much on
a man who don’t pray in public.
We understand that numerous
farmers favor prohibition because
they believe that negro labor is de
moralized by country stores that sell
liquor. These farmers do not, as a
rule, intend to quit drinking them
selves, but desire to compel negroes,
by law, to be sober. If some of our
church friends are right, this is an
attempt to make negroes better than
white people.
So says the Augusta Chronicle.
Any reason that makes the farmer
a prohibitionist is a good one. It the
negroes are made better, why will it
not make the whites better at the
same time?
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The Local Option Bill.
Some apprehension is expressed
by the friends of the general local
option bill that it will be defeated by
the amendments which, it seems
probable, will be made to it in tho
senate.
The opponents of the bill arc cer
tainly leaving no means untried to
prevent it from becoming a law. It
is believed that their purpose now is
to get it so amended that the house
will not accept it. It will then go to
a conference committee, where it
may be kept by shrewd management
until towards the end of the session.
In fact, it may he kept there until it
is too late to secure its passage in
any shape if the opposition to it is
active and vigilant.
It is a question whether the oppo
nents of the billl are not. making a
mistake in obstructing its passage.
One of them, a few days ago, said
that it was the purpose of some of
its strongest supporters to make it tho
basis of a political movement. It is
much more likely to become tho basis
of a political movement if its pussago
through this legislature issuecesslul
ly obstructed than if it is passed. If
it is passed at the present session tho
interest in the law will become local
at once. If it is defeated, the chances
are that local option will become a
political issue at tho next stale elec
tion. *
The very large vote which the bill
number ot counties already hi lied to
the temperance cause are y-4 *y good*
indications that it would not be
cult for the temperance people to"
elect a temperance legislature. If
the opponents ot the bill arc good
politicians they will take into con
sideration something beyond a mere
temporary success.—. Savannah News
We trust that the senate may not
be able to defeat the bill by tacking
on unfriendly amendments. It is
best for all concerned for this ques
tion to be left quietly to the people
in their respective localities on a fair
basis, rather than divide tho demo
cratic party on that issue. Let us
vote prohibition when we have a
chance, and also the democratic tick
et when wc go to the polls.
Vegetable Oils for Cooking.
Some few years ago a Philadelphia
firm canned cotton seed oil to bo
used in cooking purposes instead of
lard, hut owing to lack of proper ap
preciation by northern cooks and
the prejudices of many hoousekeep
ers the enterprise failed.
Wc fail to see why animal fatsaro
so extensively used in cookery in
stead of the more healthful vegeta
ble oils; the latter are cleaner and
quite free from disease gun ns of all
kinds, which cannot he said of many
grades of so called lard found in tho
grocers’ stores. When heated, tho
common grades of lard emit a disa
greeable odor, which permeates tho
house and spoils the flavor of the food
cooked in it. Many of the down
town restauaants use lard for cooking
purposes, which, when on the range,
emits a stench that drives all
thoughts of dining out of our minds,
and we seek a more appetizing re
sort. The unpleasant stuffy smell of
bakeries is attributed to their con
stant use of lard.
Cotton seed oi! is extensively manu
factured in the south, where it is
much used in cookery, ami there is
good reason why it.should not event
ually supersede hogs lard every
where, it is not only more economi
cal, but it is decidedly more healthful,
being less liable to adulterations.
Put up in air tight cans, it is less apt
to come in contact with foreign im
purities than the barrel of lard found
in the groceries. One can get lard
put up in tins, which is usually pure,
but even the very best of hogs lard
does not meet the requirements nec
essary to give it preference over
vegetable oils.—Mew York Cook.
We certainly prefer the old fashion
lard —mado at homo, and not in
Chicago or Cincinnati. We like it
pure and white as our mothers made
it. And prefer the cotton seed to
waste at the root of corn and cotton.
Away with cotton seed oil ! Let us
have hogs and corn —home-made
lard and hominy. Cotton seed to
stay at home to help poor land and
poor farming.
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the Pioneer paper mill at Athens.