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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. ■ . ......... L. 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 IF YOU HAVE NOT You ought to have your life Insured in THE VALLEY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION 4 V A WHY? ' BECAUSE it has Stood the Test or Time; has a record of Honesty, a plan of Security and Permanency. The Cheapest and Best for ihe Policy-holder. Policies Guar anteed! No Contested Claims! Call on J. R, ROBERTS, Jeweler, Louisville, Giv. ~ , Floral Guide for 1887 f° W 8 Colored Plates, hundreds of Illustrations, and nearly 800 pages-*! perUlnlrut to Garden lap and Flower Culture, and over 150 containing an Illustrated List of nearly sdl the FLO WEBS ahd Vegeta. BLBi frown, with directions hont to grow them, where the best OrPRQ Bl A UTO Akin Bill BO cou be procured, with prices of each.. This bosk mailed free ettUO) rLAIITS) AND BULBS on receipt of 10 eenls, and the 10 cents may be deducted from Uie first order sent ns. Every one Interested In a ** JAJSJES ji yiCK,_ SEEDSMAN, Rochester, N. Y,. ' Subscribe For YOUR COUNTY PAPER, regardless!) f cost. 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. • . A .. • Af . • v „ . 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.