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r av\ a.v and came in
uiu bin hand, Qn
irLted, ‘Take one.’
that sign find put it
1 (hrunioa o‘ a new
;g-r. fn- ■people to lake
gum, tl e wind i a
sign nym on due Unis
s, and I suppose dV
-1 that has psssed ills
, taken u pear, and
business. Say, von
'e tha sign, did von
eery man looked iv. tho
a a gl-mef that wax full
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aul the grocery maa
v, “there is a rumor
ber in a reformed
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re>,.i\hiy says ha has,
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ythlng about it'?’
iit lur,g about it? I
u i it. It was me
t ftbuit the nioeiing
bid the i,)y rlodg
m Rl > imaginary op
.tr./c ring, mul tripped
iof ax helves. “You
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J T es ! we go down
J i’ l the basement
‘ each other, evenings
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tlle boys were
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■ ’ 111111 boxing was
' preaching in i hi
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.1 ■ i-i ashed lie
V ' oul^'l like to go
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he didn’t
* lP ' ’’"me down, aid
was go ,li ,
m mister said he considered box
ing the healthiest exercise there
wr.s, and it' our people would
practice more whh boxing glares
and dum beds, there would be
less need of summer vacations.
Me and my clmm boxsd i couple
rounds, mid the minister told Ui
where we made several mistakes
and il,*ii jia got excited and wan
ted tires minister to vm on the gin
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■ vee with him, but he said he was
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| out of practice an 1 he did not
know, hut it would cause aik in
I tins church if it should get ou<
that he had been boxing with some
of the members, but pa told him
that nobody would ever know it,
and it would do them both go?d
and so the minister took iff his
j coa , ltd Ins suspenders hang
down, rolled up his sleeves
ami tney put on the gloves
I tell yon it was fun us boys 4 for
and I enjoyed i; better lhau a e,r
--| cus. r’a is a pretty bard hitter,
but Le h, sen’t got the, wind the
: minister has Pa pranced around
and kept his face guarded, cause
•he didn’t want to have, to preact)
with a b.ack eye, but pretty soon
pa made a pass at the preacher and
look him “biff” right, on The nose,
nit he rallied a-d laid one on pa s
stum mb. and mails pa grunt. Toe
blow on il,e nose made the minis
, ter perspire, and he was more ex
cited lhau I oversaw 1 im when lie
\v„s preaching, a n d lie danced
aioun'.i t ,,f ai. <i, he „■, * ,v good ,
, cl ance ami then he landed oge on
pa's eye, and the other under pas
ear, and pa gave him cue on d,e
eye. and they clintched, and the
minister got pa s head under Lis
ana aid was giving it t r pa red
jus: as mn and tinea sisters of
. the clnuch cmie down the cellar
iu look at raw's canned iruit, and
the min ist< ;• •/<>. pa's legs laugh it
tunt flirt n Liiii against ma vmi
Uiey both went into a clothes bas
ket of wet clo her, and ina yelled
i* Lee, sjro serfttohed pa on
the side of ti e faee, and tha minis
te. •f- .ned suddenly and one
glove hit a deacons wife on the
bangs and krock-d the hair off,
and the minis er was excited and
said ‘whoop! I m a bad man. This
makes ma think of whyn i whs an
the turf,’and the women yelled
murder.
Ma picked pa out of the clothes
baskeq and held his head, anc|
wipe 1 his bloody nose on a pillow
cage, and pa w*s mid at the min
ister for striking so hard, and ihe
minister sa d be wouldn't have
struck so hard only pa pasted him
on the nose, and pa s id it was no
such liing', and referred to my
chum, who was referee, and the wo
men all said it was a perfect, shame
tq sea a minister descend to be
come a slugger, ami I guess they
are going to bring the minister up
before the committee and bounce
him. We all got on otir con's and
went, up si ait s, and finally ma fur
Ljshed some court plas er for the
minister’s nose, and he wen h .me
with two of the sisteis, though
they iugisie I t ,at lie should weal
soft gloyas so if begot oil a fcox
yig tantrum on the way home he
couldn’i hurt them. The minister
felt real bid about hurting pa,and
pa says tie will never a tend that
church again, as he should teal all
Tie time a* though the minister
would be iia’i o to escape from the
pulpit and knock him out in one
round If tlie wo nan had kept
out of the cellar nobody would »v
cr have known anythin. about it,
put is all over t Avii now Say, do
you think it is right for a minister
to bide bis ta’ents under a bushel,
mr sh mid be tint on d ;
w lieii inctube s of llisoliutch wagt
him to ’’
“Ifv gun. 1d m f kin w, 1 ’ sod
the groocryman. “But if I .vas a
mi'.ieter, and co il l box, and any
body went to pu ting on any scol
lops over me, 1 wound, at !*wst 1
ihinic I would, from the ligh I
h ive before me now, knock ins two
eyes into one. Wh it’s the use of
learning lo box. and then allow
folks to boss you around. I have
seen Mine min sters go aruqnd in
a meek and iowiy manner, akieg
slack from every deacon in church
and being ma le to feel as thaugh
lie was an objec of charity, who
could whip lie whole congrega
Lawrenceville, J-eorgia,, Tuesday Dscember 18 1883
non in a lair, stand up tight, and I
sometimes think if such amiiiiwto
wouid get on his tar and knock a
few of his persecutors down a coup
le of pair of stsirs, they would It ive
morn respoci for him. But it is
fashionable for ministers to Heciu
to be dependent sort of people
and I suppose it always will be—
'Veil, c mint go an 1 get a cmple
of oysters to put ju pLs B .vts to
take oat the black,"and the boy
went oni and put, die sign “lake
one ' on a pile of dressed chicken.
4PI-K4LTO me Vl OVi.t:
OF UKUKIiU.
From Ih* Woman's t lirixlinn
I em iterance I niou.
The Woman's National Chris
tim lempviwice Damp wane* Un
ion have set apart the 2Jrd of f>,»-
cemlidr as a day of ihviksgiving
and prayer to God for the rapid
advancement of the temperance
cause throughout our country and
throughout the world. The prog
isis has been so i arvelom of
what was a few years ujo consid
ered a forlorn hope, that Go 1 has
surely been mit working upon the
hear s and conscian,'esof men and
women and slicing them up to do
tv and the performance of Hi*
will
The morning ligh isl breakiu-
The 'larkness disappears,
I he sons of earth arc waking
ro penitential tears.
t.ach lireezc that svveepsthe ocean
brings tidings from afar
l if earth’s remotest nati.ms
Prepared for Zion’s war.
An I tl t a li'-Jit that is breaking is
so lull of promise to the wretch
ed and hop doss, to 'he eapt iva
and sin li lrdeueil, to the i inoe mt
and defense’ies* aqd ti) the suflYr
ing and perishing, to appear al
rniisi like the sec md Coming of
tue Star of li# ldehem.
Let God a people thru, every.
where, take courage, and rejoicing
with thankS'.nvio<j isg» lwLs.ru4.
h«(ip along in the work.
We call upon the Sta'ft es Geor
gia tore! urn special thank* for
the glorious victories gained and
the benefits received. Our sister
tiia'es are looking towards us with
interest, and for example. Let
ua with God's help set them a no
ble one of spaedv and lasting ref
ormation.
The day >e apart is the anni
veisary of the Woman'* Christ'iui
reruperauce movement in our
country. And as it falls upou
Sunday the ministers throughout
the S ate are requested to preach
a gospel temperance sermon, on
the morning of ihe iiUid cf Dacem
her. And the people are request
ed to have temperauce mass meet
inga in Tie afternoon or at night
at which collec'ious shall he taken
as a “thunk offer ng” to the eaqae
and d '.»,eq tq the Woman s
Ohristian Temperance Uuio.n, io
help them iu their w.irk.
The funds thus collected will be
mostly used io dis'ributiou of tem
per*nee literature, for the purpose
of arousiQg and keeping alive the
interest upon the *ubjtc
Many good people may b* willing
to help us wjio are opposed to to
tal abstinence ati^prohibition. We
hope ihey may uelp us ; and we
ask them most earnestly that if
the original blessing of pure slim
ulauts has been turned by misuse
and adulteration into the most
blighting nurse to the human race,
and so recklessly destroying souls
th it are so preoiuu* m the world
to com* as to keep two Kingdoms
—Heaven and Hell —at constant
warftre for the possession of thorn
then is it not ri; ht >o ask God’s
deliverance front such an evil, and
to do ail we cun to banish it irons
our midst?
If we are wrong in our work
may God pardon it and bring it
to nothing. 1' • " He bless
an 1 direct end prosper.
lo those who are opp sed to us
we claim leniency for the sake ol
our motive and the expec ed . ood
. t T>
To those vvbo' are in sympathy
with o-s, we ask their prayers and
their encouraging help. And. as
the 2Hrd is a day set apart for this
espec al purpose, we hope the ef
forts will be made in our behalf
throughout he entire Sts e. •
We earnestly beg that “ieniper
perance people’' especially will ex
cr lives to make arrange
men s for fhaocctsion. *
Respectfully
Mus W. C. Syu.etf.
DEVOTED TO NEWS, IJTEIIATUHE AND LOCAL AEEAIKB
S ate Pros. \\ .< _ 1 f Angus a
i G.i.
Miss M. H. Si’okks.
Secretary, t lit i a. G.t
Mns. M. A McCii.i.A.
lYeiuurer At'a v* Ga . c»re Me
l (’alia Ih' is.
Nos n I,inr.
‘Wlm is your name ? asked the
I n ted Slates A ; tome yof an i>l<l
“squatter. ! who had been sum
moned ltLfoie the court .as « wi
ness.
; Which name, squire V
‘Your right name, of course.
‘1 ain't got none.'
*0 hat you don't mean to say
hat, you haven't, got a name.'
‘Oh‘ no sir.' *
‘This summons says says dial
your name is Ananias Peters. Is
thai so ?'
‘Rf ckin it is.'
‘Thought you didn have n riuht
name f
‘I ain’t.'
'Look here sir. Don't ttitle
with this court. Yoni prevarica
tion will not be tolerated here
Why did yen say that Ananias Pe
ters was not your right nainef
‘Case it wasn’t riglit to nan e a
boy Ananias, therefore it aiir t a
right name, The Bible. I believe,
soner-called Ananias a liar.
‘Which,’ interposed the Judge,
■makes It peculiarly app icable to
.your case.'
‘Look a here, jedge, T don’t
wuni to progic with you, ‘<-ise
you've gqt the upper hand of me.
but I don’t want you to hit me
with tLe Bible. ' man aiu a bad
enough tix when yer the law
qi him, but when y*r fling the law
a;,' the gospel both, he ain't get
UO show.'
‘Where do you live’ asked the
attornev.
‘A’ heme '
! Dirt v,’u£re is your home?'
‘ln the neighborhood of whni 1
live.’
The judge turned away io con
ceal a snide, and tha attorney*
giving the squatter a look of ex
treme severity, sod:
‘Do you know qqeve yon are,
air ?■
•Yes. sir, I'm here.'
‘You won t be here much longer
Unless y"U answer my questiouß.’
■l’m answerin you v questions ;
squire, un wilt, your rat kd
liq.’
‘Where were yon when Mr Ju
sea, the defendant, cut timber
from government land ?
When did he do the cm tin ?
‘That’s what I want t) find out.
I think it was snnetiine in Octo
be
• Wal, aametimes in October 1
was in mie place and sometimes
in another.’
‘Did you ever see him eu ting
government timber ?
T believe I did.'
‘When r,'
•Darin the war when he was in
the army ?
‘.None of your foolishness now.
Didn’t you come ’V/'. g tiie road
one day in, October and talk to the
defendant while he was chopping
down a tree V
‘No, sir.’
Remunl.sr that you are under
oath, So you I'idn’t see liitn while
lie was chopping down a tree?
‘Didn’t say that, ‘squire, for i
did see him chopping the tree.
•Did you stop and talk with him
•Yes, sir.'
‘Thought you sib 1 \ i. din t
stop an t talk with him '
Didn’t say it,.’
•You did.’
‘Didn’t say it.'
. HTfc! did you say ?’
‘S i I / didti’i talk lo him •.> 1 ule
he was choppln,’ fur wlenl come
up arh -poke, he quit choppin. If
thar’s anything else you wauter
know, fire away.’
sknjsca, Cm. Drmbar ■') - Oo
third of this in >nth Fraak San
ders, who lives about six miles
from Senec i, became enraged it
his wife aud cut her • U-vou with
a knife. She lived only about
twenty four hours. He fli-d 'o
eorgin, but was s -on captured
.ud lodge lin W dhalla jail. Ho
is know nas a bad an l desperate
character. Jealousy is iep.it ed
as the cause.—Constitution.
Hon \k D 'l’iill lip,s i lugres-mn
'’lnspirations from the Augusta
diuii id
4 l>i»aiisle«l Ikrummer
j A tMIJ young man in jumper and
| ovendls stood in (lie engine loom
> 1 one of the largest factories ot
I this city the other morning, lie
was tin- assistant engineer and his
I chief was out.
A brisk little drummer in full
dude vis ments opened il.e doth
and approached.
•Aie -y ii die engineer 1
•Yes.'
Have you a large engine here 1
‘Yes.'
You Smoke <!
A’es.
Have’h cigar ?
Certain lv.
(' se a great deal of oil. I sup-
I pose?'
‘Yes.
Ever drink ?
Yes
G it a few minutes to spare
< 'ertaihly.
('ome across the street with m >.
All right. Johnny, mind that
erank and look after the engines.
They went across the road, and
wln-n they returned tli*> yout-g
moi in the jumper and overalls
had the conieuts i f a, small bot tle
of wine stowed under his belt, and
Ids p'odkt ts v ere full of choice ei
gars
i w'old like to introduce my oil
hi re.
Yes.
Here are some samples.
•Yis.
How do you like them
\\ ell. the chief engineer has
come in, there be is You lmd bet
ter tqlk ’vitb him.
,Y look of wild surprise, rage and
scorn, played on that drummer’s
face ine ins’ni t (lien Le turjied
sully away and approached the
pei'son n dica'nd. The *J!\> :smst
ant wink'd at his chief, grinned
like a iieMt ~M le.xpc Cd ti ecl
gars to view.
Don’t want any oil ; got in fom
barrels yes'etd.iy. Well satisfied
w tli the brand I'm using, flood
day. •
Bn*, the drummer answered not
He was gone—Brooklyn Union.
’l'lie Olifest l*lne«‘ of'H ui-wliip
A few miles bel ,\y Murray Ray,
“rovince of Queoey, stands to day
the oldest jilsce of worsluji in tin
‘wo Americas Here at the mouth
of the mar of d ath first landed
■he Fient-Jj, Ssp’iembxr, 1554;
about fifty years only after Coliuu
bus discovered the new world!
The river is wide like a sea. al
though we are l/pius horn the
Open ocean,- The scene is much
like the Bap us Maples. Tho air
is certainly vastly superior iu pun
ty and sweetness. The snl is
tawny sand, dotted with plateaus
of birch, and piue and cc,ia.
which s» nvto have lied up to the
rugged i' cks that ii o gradually
that iise gradually and graeefullv
and gracefully back from the wa -
ter. Here these trees coyer in
the steepest and mom inaccessible
jjacep, as if to escape the ax. for
ah, it ft yiold here for half the yeai
or more, anjJ the “habitant" must
have his roarin'; woodftr*.
Std), how secure this spot is
with its oue'lit tle bit es a church
set an a dot On lie map to wait
tli firs' coming of the white man
hi all hc Aybp.i North Trade, and
strife, and pi ogres*-, and battle
have gone by Hie other way. Bn
’he li tie wooden church, with the
’rev, hi o many ctntuiies on its
bowed shoulders, stand the ein
the gi i-js ril me, look ng cm th#
grcai Lay, peace in , a heart, prom
. >■ of n st Id* so this on its holy
aha- —J ivpiiu Milller.
Hj tliv Sea
“What are the wi 1 waves say
ing, Charlie ?"
“bet ns npygy
'Oft, pray d in’t! That too old"
• W hat do y ii think they're say
ing. Bert ha ?’’
“i 7 ou won't be angry if I tell
you
1 Why, cv* tsmlv no', darling.’’
•T think they re wailing because
their wiiite caps are not trimmed
wi h fur just like 'tie clod I ex
! poet to get for my Christinas,
dear.”
Charlie walks home with his far
st eing /ittle wib *ud wonders why
he eve. married.
A number • f counties in the
State how r lopted the new road
1 law.
*11" Fink 4rr<‘Ml«‘«l in l.nnis
v ill)'.
Several days ago the "Constilu
t on eonta iu> I an account of a
light fingered female who had sue
ecHsfiilly worked the Aasiiville jew
{ elds lor several diamond rings. »f
ter which she came to Atlanta.
I'he woman's sojourn in Atlanta
was brief, and from Atlanta slm
wen tto Charleston. From Char
lesion she went io New Orleans
and then to Louisuille, where she
was arrested by Detective llliglq
The woman g ves her name as.Mi
Links, and was wit i her husband
wiicn arrested. In die rmm wl ich
tlie couple occupied the detectives
found coni e lied ill the bed two
small tn ys. one containing a dm
no ml cios-, which the Imsbandof
Mrs Links said lie bought, paying
♦1.400 for it- ’lie jewelers valued
it lit between ijillOO and ♦I.OOO
two gold watches which lie also
claimed io have purchased, amt
tome minor articles, consisting' < i
rings and oriiamenis. A pawn ’
ticket on a broker in duscitv wsv
found in her trunk, calling for
on a diamond soli uire, wlucj was
to be forwarded to Cli n lest m on
rcceip of the amount
.Mr. Links, who was the infirm i
i v having a sore foot n eased. pio
posed to make good the amount
lost, and-the expense if searching
for his wife, as the supposed eul
prit. it they would leave hi r until
he ias able n, go to Nashville anti
adjust, matters, which lie thought 5
lie would be able to <1 > in about
iwo weeks. This, of course was
refused, lie then pr q>o,-ed to gve
the diamond cross, watches and
jewelry, ni.d all the money In had
as security for his appearance.
Thtv ( lied and nl"nGe I al ornate
ly but without effect.
The woman returned to Nnslir
vide yes*#»Msy iwwiiwiL.V’t 1 -rr *
takeu to the Maxwell house, when
she remaiue 1 until sic- was iak c
to jail. Her bond was fixed at
$2,1)00
Mrs Links, alias MilYr, alii *
Myer, is or Genuati extra (ion,tun
speaks the language very correct
ly, 1 n h r English is broken an,
ii giaimiialicai, end her writing
much more so She claims Chico
go ; s her home, and telegraphed
her father there to come to her r<
lief.
Nl.\«l I,AH ItOliKMtV
Albany, N. Y. Dec., 12 —A cu
rious sas.e of robbtuy is reported
at Bath-ori the Hudson, opppsi i
this city. Ai out 1 o’clock yestei
day morning .Mis. Mary Ji. Whit
ney, who Ims been livyig apart
frym be-husband for the last sic
months, was, startled liom her
sleepily the consciousness that
there was an intruder in her bed
chamber. Over her stoo l her bus
oand who, having affected an eti
trrnce to Iter apartment, b ol used
chloraform to produce deep sohi
nolence. and forcibly rein ived two
rings whicli she wore on her tin
ger* from Iter gru-p. Then sin
aroused herself to die sbuaion.
and a sli >rt struggle ensued wi 1
t li« man. who at temp l «d to blind
bea with cayenne pepper, which
he thftw in Iter face Fortunati
lv she avoided tb s by turning bet
head from him. but wan so over
powered by the effects of the ch]<>
inform 'hat to resist the force he
used to wrest the rings from her
was tit av cling. Although dng
ge l from her b»d in which sit
was sleeping, she was able to make
no outmC that was hoard hy the
ntl. r intnams of the house tmlil
after her asset ant had fled. So
ift it she "a* discovered lying on
tin floor. Ht.ill sufle.yiiig from the
oflee'9 of i he excitement, the drng.
And the strain on her physical p v,
ets. The Ii Us hand is seeking a di
Voi « from Mrs Whitney on the
ground that she married him tin
dor a fi*l«c name The rings, it is
alledged, contain evidence favors
ble to die wife, as do also two let
ters which whitney stole from s
bursau t rawer before he chloro
formed his w : fo.
The plans fur the Exposition
building at Birmingham ltave been
approved by the Hoard es Arrange
inents and bid* advert seiog for.
A Society for the P'evention of
j Cruelty to Animals lint hewn or
i ganised in Chattanooga.
Trying Io Ktt> i oekroaeli.
It is said to be difficult to tench
a Spaniard to say cockroach A
ntir says that is one of the hard
est words ihe Spaniards have lo
learn. To illustrate, lie called nj>
on a young Spaniard, who is strug
gling with the mysteries of die
language, to pronounce the wi cl
An exwrcssioij of smlnees (asset
over the olive tinted eoniitcnar.ee
or the Spaniard, as lie thought u
moment, and ilien hesitatingly
said, d mckaroclia.'
•No; eoekl'oaell,' repaired the
tutor.
< ohio oeha. said the Spaniard
•l i y jimw , <' oekr (i a c-h,
cockroach.'
'Kokioi lm.' said the Spaniard.
‘Say cock.’
•Croku.'
•\ ow roach.
•Rocha '
Now ('ockro ch.
■( Yuksroeha.
‘Now 101 l w l,at it is.'
, Smalla Inigga.'
“Gli Clara,” lie wai«l, “how I
haw lotigud for this happy limit',
w hen we two should sup alone !
Haven’t you sl-n longed, Clara ’’
“Y< s. very much."
darling, have you
longed? Do you really think so
n noli - "
“Oh, yes, Henry. I do think ev
erything of-—'
“Yon do !"
“Every tiling iu the world ot
these
“Those happy blissful moments?
“No, these ova el's. I’hoy are
the first I've lmd a <■! mice to hi e
for a vem.
“I cun': live without her,” lie
said 'o his legal a Ivisor. “and I
am sine tha’ dmvn .tH* "
In ot sue has a liitlo feeling for
me. Imu going to teat her.”—
lie pulled out a pistol and said ;
-I mn going to her with this .md
shy. ‘Here, shoot me down: Idon't
euro to live any more.' ”
“You li id bettor no?,” said the
emtiou i legal man; “she might
pull the trigper.”
“1 don’t care for that,” said *he
heartbroken husband ; “I iboi’t
cure f,r that; T have filled tin*
weapon with blank cartridges.”
ut:ilt:itti. nkavsi
Key West, Fla., is to have a
street railway.
Mica has been disco vet od inCobb
county Un.,
flock boro, N (' is building asl2
000 "ourt house.
Florida is ntali/ing convicts on
t irpantine farms.
9
A new silver mine has been open
ed in Watt'mtg i county, N. C.
Fala'kn FI ais to haven, s‘2oo,
000 llOt'd.*
North (• dolina ha.-, sixty four
cotton factories..
Tltere is a Mormon chuicli at
Aberdeen, Ala.
Lite suite 1 mill et trade of Fla
is increasing.
In Fast Mississippi Dei on cat
tic are very copula’.
I'eauut growing in I’Toidu is be
ing warm advocate 1
The ruling price of oranges in
Tampa, is >T 0 pc* thousand.
The \sschsc I valuation of pro
perly in Texas is *tr>2o,ooo.ooo.
There arc nine neg o* sin »h
new legislature of Virginia.
The domestication of bull do cal
ves is t(i be a tempted in Ask.
Liberty’ si reel in Mille Igeville,
Ga.. leads from tbepmven iaryo
the ccinctery
There is a mormon chinch (list
of Aberdeen Miss., just over the
Ala., line.
B is uasei’te I t lu*r ii vi otht r sta
le can make such a show in coal
as Ala.
There are ovet 50,000 miles of
unbroken pine forest in Southeast
Ga.
There arc only forly seven conn
ties in Ga in which it is lawful to
sell lidnors
lex is is suid to produce about
one half the cotton raised tn the
United States.
Lewis Hawkins, colored, is edit
ing a paper dovo.ed to the inter
csta of the colored people in Home.
Ga.
: Vol. XIII. —No. 39
Cnrteisville bus nearly *NOU iq
her city tn usury.
A hotel is to be built on the old
vb ck.ade ground a' Anderson villa
l!u\ Mr. St rut on, of (Jreensbo
iu, owns a prairie dog, which h«
j keeps as a pet.
Artesian water i« reporied as
Laving bem fitted several horses
| m Hawkiimville.
I he Savant ah river iu now low
or than it has ever been known be
fore by (lie oldest inhabitants.
If is sai.l that tens of solid gold
; were recently taken out of flit
Ball mine in Georgia in one day
man in Sumpter county,Tenn
1 him g thered GOO bushels of hick
jury nuts which he proposes to
| sell.
V cottn/i conqness, gas works
ami a Hin si railway are being con
siruiMod at Bensacola.
A land syndicate lias bought
til),(10(1 acres of land in Clay conn
ly. Me > i)>!>>. for $75,000.
Twenty cotton mills in Ala are
paying an averagi >f fifteen per
i e t per aqiiuin m divi lendeniU.
Ilie St James Motel ai Tallhas
see in exchanging its in tiro crops
of black servants for white ones
Cookeville. Tenn., bids fair to
become Hu oil region. Three
sunk t here reci id ly have struck
oil.
I lie United States Court in
Savannah is advert,iscing for good
li most, and responsible men to
act as jurors
A glass factory will be establish
ed in Lit Me Rock The building
will cost stlo.ooo. exclusive of the
real estate.
Mrs. Thomas Allen fell into a
well seventy feet, deep near Mon
roe but oh‘aped serious injuries.
rim s—of ft motion fora
new trial in the iho!T?eounTy" ku
klux eases has been set so Decem
ber 15-
Vessels are in great demand for
die lumber business at Mississippi
City, which is said to tie thriving
this joa-iuii.
Thh ore from the Magruder wit
ver mine in Washington coun'y
Ga. assays about S4B to the ton.
A s uelter is to be put up at the
mind very soon.
The Little Rock University,
now aproaehing completion, will
be the finest brick budding in the
State i f Arkansas, and one of the
larges! ami most convenient in
die South wi st.
Union county has a practiciog
phhsician who is !L1 years old.
A buzzard with a be 1 around it a
neck makes music in the air in
Heard county.
Some of the negroes of Meri
wether county worked an I vot; i
for prohibition.
A man in Lowndes county has
learned how to make a sugar cane
beer which will intoicatiou.
The lax Collector of Memvetb
er failed to collect the taxes due
this year by several thousand do]
lars. About #I.OOO poll taxis
due.
'I lie Macon ghost i* a hoax, per
pel ruled by n reporter of the Tel
' graph an I Messenger, bso.iiiae
of the de n th of news.
A Mom-rcr ragle has just been
sit t ; n Um tiiuel c mtity
ing f i carry oft a sheep. Wil
liam A. Nnmne/sonof Bird Suin
( pulled the I j igger.
Expcrit nee ought to lit: a head
light which throws its rays on
on tliin'r t > come; instead, it, is
generally the stern light which
throws ds rats on wha’ we have
already passed through.
Don't try to seek popularity. It
would be better o avoid it, or. at
at least its expression. Try to do
your duty exnctlv. all the good you
can, and let popularity tekecareof
itself.
Don’t be afraid of loving people
100 much, or of throwing away toe*
much kindness. It is just such
hings ih« world s ands in need of.
and ti.ey have the great advantage
ot enriching the giver.
There are some minds which,
like the vulture’s eve. can pass
eehdlessly over the benu'ies of the
verdent meadow and spy only the
carrion that lies tot,bug in the oor
ner.