McDuffie weekly journal. (Thomson, McDuffie County, Ga.) 1871-1909, June 12, 1872, Image 1
VOLUME II—NUMBER 23,
She fonnml,
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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THOMSON. OA.,
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HONEY & SULLIVAN,
RATES OF ADVERTISING ,
Transient advertisements will be charged one
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■fiv* cents for each subsequent insertion.
busknes^g™s :
E. S. HARRISON,
Physician and Surgeon
Offers lii* nervice* to the public. Office with Dr.
J. S. Jones, over McCord & Hardaway"*.
aprlom3 Thomson, Ga.
J. Jizmpitr * €Q*
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
11SL1SS VMTIGMIITE & C. G. V&RE
—ALSO—
Semi-China, French China,
(wlawswarr, «&c.
244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga
aprlO ly.
mTY. L. LALLEUSTEFr
OFFERS HIS
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
To the Citizens ol Thomson and Vicinity.
He can be found at the Room over Costello’s, when
not professionally absent. : jj
REFERS TO
Pno. 3 A. Eve, Pro. Wm. 11. Pocohtv, DiC
dons S. Coi.kmas, I)r. S. C. F,vk.
a. peacock,
J*<* Green Street,
AUGUSIA, GEORGIA.
Transient & Permanent Boarding.
'jai»3l iy
GLOBE HOTEL.
S. W. CORNER PROtD A JACKSON STS.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
JACKSON & JULIAN, Proprit’rs*
AVe beg leave to call the attention of the travel
ling public to this well known Hotel, which we
have recently leased and placed on a footing
second to none in Ihe South. No expense will bo
spared to render it a first class House in every
respect, and every attention is paid to the comfort
and convenience of guests.
ON TIME
TILL THE FIRST OF NOVEMBEgj
J WILT, furnish planters and others in wantTjj
S 11 o K s
on City Acceptance, till Ist November next, at
rash prices. D. COHEN,
apr 3 13m3 Augusta, Ga.
LUMBER LUMBER! LUMBERi
ANV quality or quantity of Pine Lumber de
livered at Thomson, or 34 Milo Post on the
Georgia Railiaad, low for cash.
Poplar, Oak or Hickory
Lumber sawed to fill orders at special rates.
J. T. KENDRICK.
February 21, 1872. '“<s
CHARLES S DuBOSE,
Warrenton, On.
Wi’l practice in all the Courts of the Northern,
Augusta A Middle Circuits.
H. C. RONEY,
Mffnteg at Sab,
Trrojnsor, a*.
ftSL, Will practice in the Augusta, Northern and
Middle Circuits.
no I—ly
JAMES A. GRAY & CO~
Have Removed to their
New Iron Front Store,
BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA
aprlOtf
' jA.UES H. 111 IAIIV’S
Steam Dyeing and Scouring
123 Broad St., Augusta, <*a.
Near Lower Market Bridge Bank Building for the
Dyeing and Cleaning
of dresses, shawls, cloaks, ribbons, Ac. Also gen
tlemen’s coats, vests and pants cleaned and dyed
in the best manner. Piece dry goods, cloths, me
rinoes, delane, alpaca, rep goops and jeans dyed
and finished equal to those done in New York.
'jfS* |E»rdeist}y Express promptly attended to.
wr,8«»8
' Rurr t ett ? s Cqcoaine, No oils, neither
pomades Qi alcoholic washec—foreign qr dqpiestic
—can compare with Coooaine as a hair dressing.—
It anchors the hair firmly ip the soalp— gives it
new life and lustre—and renders it the crowning
glory of both sexes, old and young.
fottrg.
Ohio Year.
For the Journal]
[The following sweet little poem.by some strange
aocident. was mislaid —lost—but the runaway was
arrested and returned to its proper owners. We
hope its fair author will accept this as our apology
for not publishing it before, and write again.]
Only a year! a silvery voice
And violet eye,
A graceful, girlish form to press—
Loved but to die.
Only a year, a bride stood dressed
In snowy white,
Only a year, and her grave is kissed,
By the pale moonlight.
Only a year, and a manly voice
Spoke words of loro;
Only a yoar, and his spirit dwells,
Wo trust, above.
Only a year, one little year!
And flowers fair
Will lie all faded, cold and dead,
Though watched with caro.
Only a year! whal hopes and joys
"Will ruined lie;
Only a year, and perhaps we’ve watched
Srffno loved one die.
Only a year, and perhaps tlio clock
Within onr breast
May in the silent tomb
Be laid to rest 1
t, „ Emma.
Evergreen Cottage, Oct,, 8, 1871.
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L. A. W. S.
Tell Your "Wife.
‘Tell my wife /’said Aaron Little,
speaking aloud, yet to himself, in an
amused, half troubled way. ‘Tell my
wife, indeed ! Much good that will do!
What does she know about business and
money matters, and the tricks of trade ?
no, no ; there's no hope there.’
And Aaron Little sat musing with a
perplexed countenance. He held a
newspaper in his hand, and his eyes had
just been lingering over a paragraph in
which the writer suggested to business
men in trouble the propriety of consult
ing their wives :
‘Talk to them freely about your af
fairs,’ it said. ‘Let them understand
exactly your condition. Tell them of
your difficulties, of your embarrass
ments, and your plans of extricating
yourselves from the entanglements in
which you are involved. My word for
it, you will get help nine cases out of
ten. Women have quick perceptions.
They reach conclusions by a nearer way
than reasoning, and get at the solution
of a difficult question long before your
slow moving thoghts bring you near
enough for accurate observation. Tell
your wives, then, men in trouble, all
about your affairs ! Keep nothing bacL
The better they understand the matter,
the clearer will be their perceptions.’
‘All a very fine theory,’ said Aaron
Little, tossing the newspaper from him,
and leaning back in hts chair. ‘But ft
won’t do in my case. ’ Tell Betsy / Yes,
I’d like to see my self do it / A man is
hard pushed, indeed, when fle gqes
home to consult his wifo on business af
fairs.’
THOMSON, McDUFFIE COUNTY, GA, JUNE 12, 1872.
And so Aaron Little dismissed the
subject. He was in considerable doubt
and perplexity of mind. Things had
not gone well with him for a year past.
Dull business and bad debts had left his
affairs in rather an unpromising condi
tion. He could not see his way clear
for the future. Taking trade, as it had
been for the last six months, he could
not imagine how, with the resources at
his command his maturiug payments
were to be made.
‘I must get more capital,’ he said to
himself. ‘That is plain. And with
more capital muse come in a partner.
I don’t like partnership. It is so diffi
cult for two men to work togother har
moniously. Then you may get entan
gled with a rogue. It’s a risky business.
But I see no other way out of this
trouble. My own capital is too light
for the business I am doing ; and as a
pleasure ol safety more must be ’brought
in. Lawrence is anxious to join me,
and he says he can command ten thon
sand pounds. I don’t like him in all
respects, he’s a little too fond of pleas
ure. But I want his money more than
his aid in the business. He might re
main a silent partner if he chose. I'll
call and see him this very night, an(if,
have a little talk on the subject. If he
can bring in ten thousand pounds, I
thin£ that will settle the matter*’
With this conclusion in his mind, Aa
ron Little returned home, after closing
his warehouse for the day. Tea being
over, he made preparation for going out,
with the intention of calling on Mr.
Lawrence* As he reached his hand
for his great coat, a voice seemed to
/ay to him :
‘Tell your wife. Talk to her about
it.’ But he rejected the thought
instantly, and commenced drawing on
his coat.
‘Where are you going, Aaron ? asked
Mrs. Little, coining forth from the di
ning room;
‘Out for a little while,' he replied,’l 11
be hack in half an hour or so.’
‘Out where ?’’
‘Tell her, Aardn. Tell her about 5?,*
said the voiee speaking in his mind.
‘Nonsense! She don’t understand
anything about business. She can’t
help me,’ he answered firmly.
‘Tell your wife!’ The words were in
his mind, and would keep repeating
themselves.
‘Can’t you say where you are going,
Aaron? Why do you make a mystery
of it?’
Oh, it’s only a matter of business. I
am going to see Mr. Lawrence.’
‘Edward Lawrence ?’
‘Yes.’
‘Tell your wife !’ The words seemed
almost as if uttered aloud in his ears.
‘What are you going to see him about V
‘Tell her!’
Mr. Little stood irresolute. What
good would telling her do ?
‘What’s the matter, Aaron? You’ve
been dull for some time past. Nothing
going wrong with you, 1 hope?’ And
his wife laid her hand upon his arm,
and leaned toward him in a kind way.
‘Nothing was wrong,’ he answered in
an evasive manner. ‘Business has been
dull this season.’
‘Has it?’ I’m sorry. Why didn’t you
tell me?’
‘What good would that have done?’
‘lt might have done a great deal of
good. When n man’s business is dull,
his wife should look to the household
expenses; but if she knows nothing
about it, she may go on in a way that
is really extravagant under the circum
stances. I think that men ought al
ways to tell their wives when anything
is going wrong.’
‘You do ?’
‘Certainly I do. What better reason
can you want than the one I have giv
en? If she knows that the income is
reduced, as a prudent wife she will try
to reduce the expenses. Hadn’t ypu
better take off your coat, and sit down
and talk with me a little, before you go
to see Mr. Lawrence?'
Mr. Little permitted his wife to draw
off his overcoat, which she took into
the passage and replaced on the hat-rack.
Then returning into the parlor, she
said:
‘Now, Aaron, talk to me as freely as
you choose. Don’t keep anything back,
Whatever the trouble is, let me know it
to the full extent.’
‘Oh there's no great trouble yet I am
only afraid of trouble. I se» ; ft coming,
and wisa to k.?t{> out of its way, Betse v ,’
•That’s wise and prudent,’ said f|is
wife, ‘New tell ipe tyfiy yoq arp gq
ipg tq sep Mr. Lawrenpe,'
Mr. Little Ipt his eyes fall on the floor,
and sat for semo moments in silence.
Then, looking up, ho said 5
‘The truth is, betsey, I must have
more capital in business. There will
be no getting along without it. Now
Mr. Lawrence can command, or at least,
says he can command, ten thousand
pounds. I think he would like to join
me. He has said as much two or three
times.’
‘Are you going to see him on that
business ?’ #
‘I vyns.’
soh t do it,’ said Mrs. Little, emphati •
cally.
‘Why not?’ asked Aaron.
‘Because he is not the man for you—
not if he had twenty thousand pounds.’
‘Because is no reason,’ replied Aaron
Little.
‘The extravagance of his wife is,’ was
answered firmly.
‘What do you know about her ?’
‘Olily what 1 have seen. I have call
her two or three times, and have
noticed the style in which her house is
furnished. It is arrayed in palace at
tire compared with ours. And as for
dress, it would take the interest of a
little fortune to pay the milliner's and
mantaumaker’s bill. No, no, Aaron,
k is not your man, depend
.*• pf-A He’d use up ten thousand pounds
J i’oc than two years.*
’ ‘Well,Betsey, that's pretty clear talk,’
said Mr. Little, taking a long breath.
‘I am rather afraid, after what you say,
that Mr. Lawrence is not my man. But
what am I to do?’ and his voice fell into a
troubled tone. ‘I must have more capi
tal or— ’ Mr. Little paused.
‘Or what?’ His wife looked up at
him steadily, and without any signs of
weak anxiety.
‘Or, I may become bankrupt.’
‘l’m sorry to hear you say that Aaron,’
and Mrs. Little’s voice trembled per
ceptibly. ‘But I am glad you have
told me. The new parlor carpet, of
course, I shall not order.’
‘Oh, as to that, the amount it will
cost can make no great difference,’ said
Mr. Little. ‘The parlor does look shab
by ; and J know you have set your heart
on' a nrOrcarpfett’*
‘lndeed and it will make a difference,
then,’ replied the little woman in her
decided way. 'The last feather breaks
the camel’s back. Aaron Little shall
never fail because of his wife’s extrava
gance. I would not have anew carpet
now if it Were offered to me at half
price.’
‘You are a brave, true woman, Bet
sey,’ said Aaron, kissing his wife, in the
glow of new-born feeling of admiration.
‘I hope I shall ever be a true, brave
wife,’ returned Mrs. Little, ‘willing al
ways to help my husband,either in sav
ing or in earning, as the case may be.
But let us talk more about your affairs ;
let me see the trouble nearer. Must
you have ten thousand pounds right
away ?’
‘Oh, no, no ;it is not so bad as that.
I was only looking ahead, and seeking
to provide the means for approaching
payments. Ido not want a partner so
far as the business itself is concerned.
I do not like partnerships ; they are al
most always accompanied with annoyan
ces or danger. It was the money I was
after ; not the man.’
‘The money would come dearly at
the price of the man, if you took Mr.
Lawrence for a partner. At least that
is my opinion. But lam glad to hear
you say Aaron that you are in no imme
diate danger. May not the storm be
weathered by reefing sail, as the sailors
say ?’
‘By reducing expenses?’
‘Yes.’
Mr. Little shook his head.
‘Do not say no too quic/dy,’ replied
the wife. ‘Let us go over the whole
matter at home and at the store. Sup
pose one or two thousand pounds were
saved in the year, what difference would
that make ?’
‘Oh, if that were possible, which it is
not, it would make a vast difference in
the long run, but would hardly meet the
difficulties that are approaching.’
‘Suppose you had five hundred
pounds within the next two months, be
yond what your business will give you ?’
‘That sum would make me safe fo r
the two months. But where is the fiv e
hundred pounds to come from Betsey r
‘Desperate diseases require desperate
remedies,’ replied the brave little wo
man, in a resolute wav, am n0 (;
afraid of the red 'ftg/
‘\Vhat do you mean by the red flag 1
‘Let us sell off our furniture at auc
tion, and put the money iq your busi
ness, It won’t bring less than five hun
dred pounds | and it may bring more.
My piano alone is worth nearly a hun
dred, We can board for a year or two,
and when you get all right again, return
agaiti to house-keeping,’
‘We won't try that yet, Betsey,’ said
Mr. Little.
‘But something must be done. The
disease is threatening, and my first pre
scription will arrest its violence. I have
something more to propose. It jfipmpa
into my mind this instaut;
ing up we will go to mothe-s. You
inow she never wanted us to leave
there. It won’t ebst much more than
half what it does now, taking rent into
account. We will pay sister Annie
something to ta&a the care of little Ed
die aud Lizzie through the day, and I
will go into your warehouse as chief
clerLv
‘Betsey ! you are crazy.’
‘Not a hit of it, Aaron but a sensible
woman, as you will find before you are
a year older, if you will let me have my
way. Ido not li£e that Hobson and
never did, as you inow. Ido not be
lieve he is a fair man. Let me his
place, and you will ma&e a clear three
hundred pounds a year; and, maybe,
as much more.'
‘I can’t think of it, Betsey. Let us
wait awhile.’
‘You must think of it, and we won’t
wait awhile,’ replied the resolute wife.
‘What is right to be done i3 best done
quickly. Is there not safety in my plan ?’
‘Yes, I think there is ; but—’
‘Then let U3 drop it at once, and
thrown all huts overboard ; or,’ and
she looked at him a little mischievous
ly, ‘perhaps you would rather have
some talk with Mr. Lawrence first?’
‘Hang Mr. Lawrence!’ ejaculated
Aaron Little.
‘Very well; there being no help in
Mr. Lawrence, we will go to work to
help ourselves. Self help, I’ve heard
it, said is always the best help, and
most to be depended on. We may
know ourselves ; and trust ourselves ;
and that is a great deal more than we
can say about other people. When
shall we have the sale?’
‘Not so fast, Betsey, not so fast. I
haven't agreed to the sale yet. That
would be to make a certain loss. Fur
niture sold at auction never realizes
above half its cost.’
‘lt would be certain gain, Aaron, if
it saved you from bankruptcy, with
which, as I understand it, you are
threatened.
‘I think,’ said Aarorl, ‘wß might get
on without that. I like the idea of
your coming into my warehouse and
taking Hobson’s place. All the money
from retail sales passes through his
hands, and he has it in his power, if
not honest, to rob ine seriously. I’ve
not felt altogether easy in regard to
him of late. Why, I can hardly tell.
I’eve seen nothing wrong. But if you
take his place, three hundred pounds
will be saved, certainly.’
‘But I have my house to keep,’ Mrs.
Little answered to his, ‘how am I to
help you at the warehouse? The first
thing in order is to get the house off
my hands.’
•Don’t you think that Annie could
be induced to come and live with us
for a few months, until we try this
new experiment?’
‘But the money, Aaron ; the money,
this furniture would bring! That’s
what lam looking after. You want
money, now.’
‘Very true.’
‘Then let us hang out the red flag.
Ilalf-way measures may only ruin eve
ry-thing. 1 know mother will not let
Annie leave home, so it’s no use to
think of it. The red flag, Aaron—the
red flag ! Depend upon it, that’s the
first right thing to be done. Five or
six hundred pounds in hand will make
you feel like another person—give you
courage, confidence and energy.’
‘You may be right, Betsey; but I
can’t bear the thought of running out
that red flag, of which you talk so
lightly.’
‘Shall I say coward ? Are you afraid
to do what common prudence tells you
is right?’
‘I was afraid, Betsey; but I am no
longer faint-hearted. With such a
brave little wife as you to stand by my
side, I need not fear the world.’
In a week from that day the red flag
was hung out. When the auctioneer
made up his accounts, he had in hand
a little over eight hundred pounds, for
w h',Ch a check was filled out to the or
der of Aaron Little. I> ca me into bis
hands just at the right moment, and
made him feel, to use his own words,
‘as easy as an old shoe.’ One week
later Mrs. Betsey Little took the place
of Mr. Hobson, as chief manager and
cash receiver in her husband’s ware
house. There were some few signs of
rebellion among the clerks and shop
girls at tho beginning } but Mrs. Bet
sey had a quick, steady eye, arid self-
TEEMS—TWO DOLLARS IN ADVANCE,
reliant manner that caused her presence
to be felt, and soon made everything
subservient to her will. It was a re
markable fact, that at the close of the'
first week of her administration of af
fairs the cash receipts were over thirty'
pounds in eXcesS of the receipt of any
week within the previous three months
‘Have we done more business than
usual this vVeek ?’ she asked of one
clerk and another; and the uniform
answer was ‘No/
‘Then/ said the lady to herself,
‘there’s beert foul play here. No won
der my husband was in trouble.’
At the end of the next week the
sales came up to the same average, and
at the end of the third week were for
ty pounds better than before Mrs. Lit
tle undertook to manage the retail de
partment. Whether there had been
‘foul play’ or not, Aaron Little could
never fully determine ; but he was in
no doubt as to one thing, and that was
the easy condition of the money market
after the lapse of half a year.
For four or five months previous ter
Mrs. Little’s administration of affairs
he was on the street nearly half of his
time during business hours, engaged in
the work of money-raising; now his
regular receipts had got in advance of
his payments, so that, his balance on
the morning of each day was usually
in excess of the notes to bo lifted. Os
course he could give more attention to
business, and of course business in
creased and grew more profitable under
the improved system. By the end of
tho year, to use his own words, he
was ‘all right.’ Not so ; a neighbor of
his, who, to get more capital, had
taken Mr. Lawrence as a partner. In
stead of bringing in ten thousand
pounds, that ‘Capitalist’ was only able
to put down three thousand ; and be
fore the Cnd of the year he had drawn
out six or seven thousand, and had
given notes of the firm for as much
more in payment of old obligations.—
A failure of the house followed as art
inevitably result.
When the fact of the failure, and
the cause Which led to it, became
known to Mr. Little, he remarked
with a shrug:
‘l’m sorry for B ; but he should
have told his wife.’
‘Of what ?’ asked the person to
who** he addressed the remark.
1 his want of more capital and
‘intention to ma&e a partner of Law s
rence.’
‘What good would that have done ?
‘lt might have saved him from ruirt
as it did me.'
‘You are mysterious, Little,’
‘Am I? Well, in plain words, a
year ago I was hard up for money in
my business, and thought of taking in
Lawrence, I told my wife about it.
She said ‘don’t do it,’ and I didn't; for
her ‘don’t do it’ was followed by sug
gestions as to his wife’s extravagance
that opened my eyes a little. I told
her, at the same time, of my embar
rassments, and she set her bright little
head to work, and showed me the way
to wor£ out of them. Before this I
always had a poor opinion of woman’s
wit in matters of business; but now
I say to every man in
your wife/’
The steamship Adriatic, belonging to
the White Star line, which arrived at
this port yesterday morning, has made
the quicsest Western trip ever accom
plished by any vessel crossing the At
lantic, She left Queenstown at five min
utes past 11 a. m. on the Wth, and arri-*
ved off the lightship at Sandy Hook at
0 a, m. on the 25th, thus maKing the
in seven days, eighteen hours and fifty
five minutes, apparent time. By adding
five hours for difference in time, her true
run would be eight lacking five minute''
A Wisconsin woman has done all the
family sewiDg fortwenty years with tt
paper of needles which was presented to
her on her wedding day. Though her 1
family is large, the needles are not all'
used up yeL
Some enterprising citizens of New
VorK have had beautiful gardens
out on the roofs of their houses, where
they are able to raise the choicest
ers.
A New Yo xk lady hais comforted her
self by constructing a bed quilt of 4,551
Reices, and a rtiral editor remarKs that
makes one sleepy just to look at it. 1
Two million dollars’ worth of
Japanese gold coin arrived at Sanl
Francisco recently, to be assayed forJ
rccoinage under the new standard.