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NEWS & FARMER
The Advertising Medi
um of Jefferson county.
J. W. WHITE,
Editor anti Proprietor,
to-aiaville, Georgia,
Thursday, Fob. 24th, 1887.
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A big war in Europe will cause a
rise in provision and a full in cotton,
The cost of the lecent strike in
New York is estimated at twelve mili
ion dollars. Do they pay V
Talmage manages to attract atten
tion by selecting peculiar texts, and
then preaches from them as hard as
he can,
France and Germany are ancient
and deadly enemies, and each is arm
ing heavily so as to he able to strike
a powerlul blow in case of war.
Debts to the amount of SB,OOO were
ielt unpaid trorn the Augusta strike,
and uow suit is brought against the
Executive board at Philadelphia.
Gov. Lee, of Virginia, says the farm
ers of that State are in a worse condi
tion than they have been at any time
since the war; and the same report
comes from South Carolina.
Revs. Sam Jones and Small made
$38,000 preaching in Boston one
month. Religion is beneliting them
much, but we can’t decide whether
they are doing it any gooil or uot y
On the night of Jau. 4tn, many lives
were lost in a at
Tillin, 0., and the eviuence shows the
managers of the road were trying to
use a worn out engine which lulled be
tween stations, and caused Uie col
lision.
Mr. Cleveland is making a big rep
utation tor backbone by vetoeing tne
fraudulent pension bills, and his pros
pects ot a re nomination become
brighter every day.
The government' pays every year
over $ i o,dou,uuo ior pensions to north
ern sonnets, ami yet obey are far from
being satisued. n lmt ivouiu the poor
letlows nave clone if mere bad been no
war '<
A WORD TO YOUNG MEN.
The inclinations of most all young
men are toward the city. They thime
that there the lulure will be full oi
fortune and honor. They look upon
their country surroundings as 100
commonplace, Loo circumscribed.
They want the excitement, the hurry,
the rapidity, of city life. So, when
they get their education, or get through
their school duties, they try for posi
tions in large mercantile or corpora
tion oflices. The result is a constant
overcrowding. There is not a iaro-e
establishment in this eitj’ that has not
a dozen times as many applications as
it has places to fill, in large railroad
oliices these applications run up into
the thousands. Many of the applicants
are wailing for news of their success.
They will continue to wait. The truth
is that the chances for a young man’s
success in the city are greatly exag
gerated. There are chances ot course,
and many ot them, but, in comparison
with the thousands who are pushing,
striving, and lighting to take advant
age of them, they are really few.
Many misguided parents in the coun
try want to push their children into
city life, without regard to their abi'.i
ty or fitness. Perhaps they succeed
in getting them positions that barely
pay their living expenses. Then they
wonder why they do not advance to
high salaries. They keep on wonder
ing until the young men are broken
down by routine drudgery and small
pay. Then they awake to the tact
that it would perhaps have been bet
ter tor them to have remained in the
country, where people can live without
constantly fighting against want.
Maryland to day is lull of opportuni
ties lor young men. So are other
States. There are hundreds of inter
ests that need intelligent and level
headed attention. To lliese the youii"
men can apply themselves. If by
their enterprise and good judgment
they show® themselves worthy, they
can come to the city witli a record to
back them; but young men who can
not succeed in the country must not
expect success jnst because they move
to the city. In the country the field is
large, and the rivalries are not bitter.
In the city the field is also large, but
it is lull ol active, sleepless competi
tions. Young men remember the hun
died cases of conspicuous success on
the part of those who have come to
the city and worked their way up, but
they forget the thousand instances o r
failure. They disregard the unnum
bered experiences of life long toil in
obscure places. It is well to aim high,
ot course, but those who always aim
too high seldom bring down their
game.—Baltimore American.
MAJESTY OF THE LAW.
Just think ot it. A $3,500 Judge,
n SI,OOO Solicitor, with Sheriff, Clerk.
Bo nographer, and a company of Court
constables and the emblems of their
offices, together with filty “good ami
lawful men” called here from every
corner of the county, sitting in solemn
dignity to find out whether a negro
had stolen a dollar-and a half nog.—lt!
is scarcely possible that the ingenu- 1
ity of llie average Legislator ever i
dreamed oi a more absurdly ridicu I
lous proceeding. The hog case and a (
few other cases which were tried at :
this court, would scarcely maintain
the dignity of a good Trial Justice’s;
office—Abbeville (S. C.) Press & Ban- i
Her. I
SOME DOTS BY THE WAY,
The 4th of this month we went to
South Carolina, and remained in that
State two weeks, and perhaps a few
things we saw and heard on that trip
will interest our readers.
Oa’the morningof the sth we reach
ed Augusta via the Central, and re
mained there a few hours till the train
for Charlotte would depart. Augusta
appears to be on the ailvance; trade is
good; her industrial enterprises are
increasing, and those already estab
fished, are doing well. Since the
strike last fall, the mills have gone to
work, and the goods produced find a
ready and paying market. Already
this is one of the largest manufatur
cities in the South, and she promises
greater things yet. With fine rail
road facilities, her advantages are su
perior. Two or three more railroads
are to be built soon which will con
tribute more to the life and prosperi
ty' of the city. The road to Chatta
nooga. when built, will be a great ad-
vantage. and all’ord low (reight rates
from the west. The merchants speak
very favorably of the Narrow Gauge
which runs through our county, and
say it brings considerable trade to
Augusta. President Mitchell achiev
ed a big work when he built this road,
and is conducting it with skill and
ability.
Major Barnes lias secured from Con
gress $150,000 to erect a public build
ing here, which is much needed and
wiil add much to the place. Major
Barnes secured this appropriation by
hard work and superior tact and liis
Augusta constituents think well of
him for it.
Passing over the broad Savannah
we find ourselves in South Carolina, a
State of plucky and pushing people.
They are a patriot ic people, and never
roam too far or stay too long to ever
forget their old State. Wo continued
our journey from Augusta one hun
dred and fifty miles till we reached
Chester, which is forty' miles from
Charlotte, N. C.
The grain crop is only tolerably
good, much of the oats having been
killed by the freezes. And many farm
ers, as in this section, having lost their
oats so often by cold, now sow their
crop mostly in the spring. Wheat,
however, is a hardier plant, and can
stand more cold than oats. The farm
ers there also plant barley, rye and
grasses to make pastures for their
stock which they fence in, and turn
the crops out. Here we fence the
crops and turn the stock out. The
stock law is in operation throughout
the State. It has been given a trial
for ten years and all are pleased with
it In some parts of the State, owing
to the scarcity of timber, it was a nc
cessitv, and now that it has been tried,
no one desires to go back to the old
plan. By reason of this plan, cattle
are much improved, and the supply of
hotter and beef is plentifnl and of the
best quality'. Many are surrounding
their pastures with bat bed wire and
cedar posts, which make a lasting
fence.
The farmers in upper Carolina, and
in fact most of the State, are in trouble
financially. Last spring the heavy
freshets washed away their bottom
lands where they produce most of
their corn, and the crop was very
short, many not making enough to
last them six months. And owing to
the continued rains, the cotton crop
was poor, and the price being low
they come out behind. So they have
iittle or no money to buy provisions.
On every side can be heard the cry of
hard times and scarcity of money.
And you may judge that the fellow
who has neither money nor credit is
in a bud fix. The poorest fellow in
the world in any and all places, i3 the
man who has not character enough to
command a peck of meal and three
pounds of meat on a credit, and when
times are hard he is pinched to get a
long. Here our taxes are about eight
wills on the dollar, and we think it
awfully high. You know it almost
kills some people to pay taxes. In
Chester county the taxes are fiftoeu
mills on the dollar, or one and a half
per cent, on the dollar, nearly double
what it is here. If some of our people
were up there, they would squeal sure
enough. The taxes are high because
the counties vote to pay taxes to build
railroads. Whenever the people np
there want a railroad, they vote on the
question, and levy a tax and issue
bonds and build the road. So you see
there is another way to build roads
besides getting up subscriptions and
promising to run by every man’s house
to induce him to invest a few hundred
dollars. Also because the jails are
generally full of prisoners, and it costs
considerable to feed them. They
might remedy this by having county
eourts to dispose of many of the cases
at once. But this would not help
matters much unless parties are work
ed and not sent to jail as a punish
munt where they lie np and eat the
earnings of working and law abiding
citizens. We can’t see how a man is
punished by sitting up eating and tak
ing his ease at the expense of other
people. Such a law, it seems to us,
is a punishment to the tax payers, and
not to law breakers whose crimes can
generally be traced to their vagrancy
and id’eness. Again, we might say
the taxes are high because there are
too many public officers to support.
Our government in every State is get
ting too expensive; too many offices.
We claim to be a free people, but we
have great many to rule over us, and
the luxury is rather too expensive.
Less ruling and less expense are what
we want just now. In that State Judg
es of the Superior Court are limited
I tono particular Circuit, but they hold
| court in every county in the State.
But it. docs not take them long to get
: over the territory :is there are only 37
I counties in the State. Herewith our
137 counties, it would take a judge a
long time to got over tin; State by pre
siding in twelve counties each year.
Most of them would die or fail to lie
re elected before completing the big
circuit which would require nearly
twelve years. This plan works very;
well and gives satisfaction. It keeps j
these dignitaries from falling into slow
ways, and they don’t have time
to form strong friendships which may,
although unintentional and unknown
to themselves, cause them to favor one
parly more than another. And then
it wakes up a judge and infuses in
him new ambition when be knows he
will be followed by different judges
two or three times every y’ear, and
comparisons will be made as to who is
the best officer, the wisest and most
learned, and who can attend to the
most business in the shortest time.
Some judges you know, don’t seem to
understand that long sessions mean
heavier taxes, and in the busy season
of the y'ear, a great inconvenience to
everybody'. Often it would cost
counties less te pay up the claims of
litigants than to pay the expenses of
the court in trying the cases. In an
other column we print an article con
corning a court in South Carolina,
which is a fair illustration of this as
sertion. This holds good in Georgia
as well as in our sister State. Here
some judges visit around a little, of
their own motion, just before election
time. They are to be excused ior this,
however, for all office seekers become
very friendly and active just before
elections, A candidate who is dull
and stupid about election times, would
not run to get out of the way cf a cy
clone or an earthquake.
That State is now entertaining 750
criminals in the penitentiary, fifty
whom are white and balance black
and of intermediate colors. There,
as in this Stute, the treatment and con
trol of the convicts give the politi
cians a fine opportunity to show to
the world their great and tender love
lor these poor unfortunates, “On
this rock” they try to build up much
political capital which will heip them
into office. No man is too good to
worj£, and because a man is sent to
prison that is no reason why he should
be dressed in style and stored away
in fine apartments to enjoy his
ease. Three fourths go there because
of idleness, and they' should be made
to work because they never did so be
fore, and because it is not sense nor
justice to tax the diligent and virtu
ous to support the lazy and criminal.
Because they are made to work, how
ever, it does not follow that they are
treated cruelly and inhumanely. Let
them be treated well, but at the same
time let them earn their bread in pris
on as well as they would have to do
out, it they are the kind of citizens
they should be. No station or circnm
stance however high or low, should
put a man above work which is lion
orable and praiseworthyr in all, and
the absence of which is the fruitful
source of all crime and disorder and
want. So let the politicians take a
back seat, and let reform and work in
every department proceed.
In that State a man can get mar
ried very easy, provided the fair one
is willing; be does not have to buy a
license, and we suppose he slten for
gets to pay the minister. But when
he wants freedom from the bonds of
matrimony, there is no discharge in
that warfare, for the law will, allow a
divorce on no ground—except death.
Here a fellow enconnters a small dif
ficulty in the nature of one dollar anil
fifty cents for a license in entering the
marriage state, but he can get out of
it if he so desires on seven legal
grounds, anyone of which lie may
prove to the satisfact ion of the court,
and yet the proof be false.
THE GOOD OLD FARM.
There’s got to be revival
Of good, sonnd sense among men,
Before the days of prosperity
Will dawn upon ns again.
The boys must learn that learnin’
Means more than the essence of
books,
And the girls must learn that beauty
Consists in more than looks-
Before we can steer clear of failures
And big financial alarms,
The boys have got to quit clerkin’
And get back on the farms.
I know it ain’t quite so nobby,
It ain’t quite so easy, I know,
As partin’your hair m the middle,
An' siltin’ up for a show.
But there’s more hard dollars in it,
An’ more independence, too.
An’ more real peace and contentment,
An’ heath that is ruddy an’ true.
I know that, it takes hard labor,
But you’ve got to “hang on” in a
store
Before you can earn a good livin’
And clothes, with but little more.
An’ you steer well clear of temptation
On the good old honest farm,
An’ a thousand ways an’ fashions
That only bring you to harm.
There ain’t but few that can handle
With safety other men’s cash,
An’ the fate of many who try it
Prove humun nature is rash.
So, when the road to State prison
Lays by the good old farm.
An’ a man sees a toilin’ brother
Well out of the way of harm,
He mourns that he hadn’t staid there
A tillin’ the soil in peace,
Who"e he’ll yet creep back in dis
honor,
After a tardy release.
What hosts of’em go back broken
In health, in mind and in purse,
To die in sight of the clover,
Or linger along, which is worse.
An’ how many mourn, when useless,
That they didn't see the charm,
The safety and independence
Of a life on the good old tnrm.
State of Georgia, Jefferson County.—>
Whereas John M. MoGaliec, administra
tor of Mieliael MeGaliec, deceased, lias
applied vor letters of dismission from said
estate:
These arc therefore to cite and admon
ish nil persons concerned t° show cause
before me on the first Monday in May
next, if any they can, why said letters
should not lie granted.
jau-2T-87. Nicholas Diehl, Ord’y
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THE COLD WAVeIs UPON US
Ad in order that everybody may be made comfortable during the cold weather I
liare placed my
Blankets, Shawls, Ladies Cloaks, Walking
Jackets, Jerseys New Markets
And wraps of every description in reach ol all. You can buy Blankets from *1 (XI
per pair up. T
You can buy a nice Cloak for $2.50, You can buj a Walking Jacket
(Bouele, for $3.50. You can buy a New Market at your '"own
price. Short Wraps, I have them or all kinds and prices to suit lite times.
Come and examine these goods borore purchasing. in UKXTS’ and LADIES
CAT EH VESTS I defy the city as to low prices. ' Mv stock of FLANNELS lias
piHt been replenished; and lean offer you any price flannels you mav desire from
tae coarsest to Uie nnastsilk warp*.
In every department the order has been given that from tliis date to the e losing
of the season i sell REGARDLESS OF COST. °
Ihe strike is over,* the water has been turned on, tho big wheel has been moved
and 1 say to one and ail, if you want some bargains now is your tim \ This is no
newspaper puli', 1 mean business, it will cost nothing to look. You will find
every one ready and willing lo show.
J AS. MILLER t Miller’s Corner, Augusta, Georg-ia.
W. I. DELPH,
831 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Wholesale and Retail dealer in Cooking
Stoves, Heating Stoves, Crates and Tinware.
Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove. Seventeen
different sizes and kinds in stock.
Heating Stoves in great variety—for
woo(\ and coal.
Tinware very low at wholesale.
W. I. DELPH.
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This space will be occupied bv the Ad of
A. J. GOULEY,
722 BROAD STREET, Augusta, Ga„
Opposite the Monument,
Wlio has the best stock of First ( hiss Bouts and Shoes of nnv House in
the City. He keeps no shoddy stock. Call on him when you go to Augusta*
PIN YOUK FAITH
NO ONE CONCERN;
But look around and purchase your goods where you can get
them the cheapest,
We have in Store at all times a well selected stock of Gen
eral Merchandise, consisting in part of Dry Goods, Grocer
ies, Shoes and Clothing, with a complete line ot Fancy
Motions, and will sell at prices that cannot be matched by
any other house in the county. We sell for Spot Cash, and
we do not sell on Credit, “Cash makes no enemies.” And
thus we are not obliged to charge big prices to those who pay,
to make up the losses of those who never pay. Our expenses
are next to nothing, and we can well afford to sell cheap.
We offer as a premium for the next thirty days for every pur
chase ot twenty-five cents worth of any goods, excepting
meat, a box of Swift & Courtne/is parlor matches. Now is
the time to get all the matches you want for nothing.
-*e!!£ ♦ GISAF 4- GASI + STORE, St-
E. W. McCARTY, Manager.
FURNITURE FOR THE MILLION!
And Prices that will make you Smile all over. Just look
at these figures that we defy the world to heat:
Bedsteads $1.75 Lovely Oil Paintings Gilt Frames s2.o*
Chairs 40 Parlor Suits 35.00
Mattresses ... ... .2.00 Book Cases ..... ..... 12.01?
Lounges, with Springs 4.50 Secretarys and Book Cases lft.OOi
Children’s Rocker 45 Dining Tables 1.5*
Full Bedroom Suits 15.50 Indestructable Chairs Guaranteed. .' 100
Nice Im. Cherry Suits 22.50 Nice Cane Seat Chairs
Ladies’ Desks 8.00 Nice Rattan Rockers : 300
Ladies’ Rockers 1.00 Marble Top Tables .A.50
Gent’s JRockers 1.50 Spring Beds i.r,o
Beautiful Chtomos 75 Ladies’Carpet Seat and Rack Rockers 2.10
We have over One Hundred Bedroom Suits in •hr
store, ranging from $15.00 to $400.00. Fifty Parlor Suits,
ranging from $35.00 to $500.00.
Wv. Keep Everything in The Furniture Line, and
defy all competition. You can depend on it—WE ARE THE
LEADERS OF LOW BRICES—and we will save yoo mon
ey. If you can’t come and see ns, write for our Illustrated
Catalogue and Prices. Don’t fail to come and see us before
you buy. All goods packedjuul shipped free of charge.
No. 838 Broad Street, Augusta, Ua.
Fall Opening
I lii lit 111 I'l l.
Our stock is now complete in every department, and casual
or careful inspection will show it to be the handsomest amt
best assorted ever shown in this section.
In announcing that we are thoroughly prepared for the Ful.
Trade, we will not go into descriptive details about the goods,
but simply say that everything Novel, Elegant and Fashion
able in the Dry Goods Line can be seen or our counters and
shelves. The Stock includes everything from low-priced,
substantial goods to the very finest manufactured at home
and abroad.
AVe give a standing, unqualified guarantee on prices
against every market in the United States, and anyone who’
doubts our ability to do this is .earnestly
requested to put the matter to a practical test. Every guar
antee we offer wili be fully maintained. Whether you are
ready to purchase at present or not, we cordially invite you
to call and examine the stock.
Samples sent on application. In ordering goods or sam
ples,please specify the kind of goods desired, and whether
nearest we have will do if we have not the exact thing order-
DALY & ARMSTRONG, •
BROAD AND ELLIS SPREE L\S, AUGUS TA, U V
PARKER" BROTHERS
M A. K IS II ,
At the Second International Clay-Pigeon Tournament, held at New Orleans, La,
Feb. 11 to lti, ISSS, die First l’rizuand Diamond B ulge in the Individual ('..a a
pionsliip Mutch, open to nil the world, was won by B. Tipel with a Parker Gum
Among contestants shootingotlier guns wen; such champions as Carver, Uogardus,
Cody, Stubbs, Erb, and others. During the entire tournament more prizes were
.Won with Parker guns, in proportion to the number used, than with any other gnu.
day&tannlhTiTl;
Carriages, Wagons, Coach Ai ateriels, Saddlery,
Harness, Leather, Shoe Findings,
13ELT I N G .
The Finest and Most Varied Assortment of Children’s Car
riages at all prices, Ever Brought to the City.
TDIGS OP COMFORT AND JOY
To those who have been wrenched and jerked about bv so called road carts.
We now offer you the most delightful vehicle, with FINES/' wheels ami
axles for
Try one and save vour health. Every matt who owns a horse, or wi'Tes to
train a colt, should have one, as tin* price is within the reach of ail.
DAY & TAN N A 111 EL, - - AUGUST A, GA.