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IN oi’ili Georgian.
PL BLISHEL' EVERY THURSDAY
AT BELLTON. GA.,
BY JOH N BL ATS.
lerms—sl.oo per annum: 50 cents fur
six iiiuuths; 25 cents tur three months.
1 ait.es awa\ from Bullton are requested
to semi their names, with <uch amounts us
n:unt:> as they can spare, num 25c. to >l.
CIU KCH DIRECTORY.
Bai*i ist Chi rch— H. v ]•; s V Briant.
1 astor. Preach n;i every third Saturday
and Sunday. Prayer meeting Fridax niijit
in every week. Snndav-sehuol at 9 a m
every Sunday.
Methodist Chi urn—Rev L p Winter.
Pastor. Preaching every fourth Saturday
and Sunday. I’mvc r meeting rv< ry Thurs
day night. Sunday-school at 2) p m cverv
Sum ay.
v J‘ FV J- s Briant’s Appointments -
bits: Saturday and Sunday in v.u h month
at Oconee. in Ja< k>ou county. Second
Saturday and Sunday at Harmony Bank
county. Third Saturdax and Sunday in
BoHton. b niirth Satmdav ami Sunday at
tJonirr, Bat ks county.
Bev L P Winter's Appointments
hirst Satmday and Sumlav at Pleasant
Grove. Fridav nigh.t before first Siindax
at Longview. Second Sumlav at Mt. Airy.
Third Saturday ami Sumlav at H ickorv
Flat. Fourth Satiirdax and Sunday at
Bellton.
F KATE It NA I RECORD
Belhun Lodge No 84 I (»<> F meets first
ami fourth Wedliesdax nights in everx
month. R F Qi iij i an. NG
J M Foxx I ER. Se<-
A Oliver. Inside Guardian.
BANKS < or vrv direcH’oryT”
FOFNTV OFFICERS.
T. F. Hi j i < trdinary .
B. F Scope i n. Sheriff.
)’. J. hv.\K. t'lerk Sup* rir»r Court.
P. A. Waters, 'lax (’..Hector.
W. (\ Hailrrook. Tax Receiver.
G. L Bowden, Surveyor.
w. R. ARFI.IN. Coroner.
W. D. Meeks. Treasurer.
RELIGIONS.
Presbyterian Chi rch Rev. G. I!
Caitledge. Pastor. Preaching every 2nd
Sunday at 11 o’clock a. m.. in each mouth
Meth.'PisT < ni ru n Rev. J. ’l'. Curtis.
Pastor. Preaching evmx first Sundav and
Saturday before, at 11 o’clock a. in.. in
each month.
. Bai t Ist Ciivrch- Rev. E. S. V. Briant.
Pastor. Preaching every fourth Sunday
and Saturday bvibie, al 11 o’clock a. m..
in each month
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Phi Delta Lodge No. 148 A. F. M.. meet*
on the first Friday evening in each imuit’
al 7 o’clock. W. A. Watson. W. M
Homer Lodge No. 82 I. <).<». F.. meets
on the. se«’oml and fourth Wednesday
evenings in each month, at 7 o'clock.
R J DYAR. N <■
Il ILL COIATY omcEKS.
John I. Gaines. Sheriff
.1 B M WtNi.ERN. Ordinary
J J Mayne, Clerk Superior Court
M B Newell. Tax Receiver
Benj Hawkins. Tax Collector
R (’ Yoing. Treasurer
M P Caldwell. Surveyor
Robert I.ovxerx . Coroner
W .4 Brown, School Commissioner
i ABLE OF ALT! I I LLS
ON THE AIR 1.l NF..
.1 Manta 1050 feet
Sibley 1010 ••
Goodwin’s 141A5 “
Doraville 1065 “
Norcross |(.72 ••
1 luluth 1!(“’> “
Snxvnnoe 1(127 “
Buford 1196 “
Flowery Branch l!-'2 ••
Gainesville 1226 “
Lula 1324 “
Be II ton 1941 “
Mount Airx 15x8 ••
Toccoa. 1032 “
NEAR THE AIR 1.1 NF..
1 ‘ahlonega 2237 feet
Porter Springs ."4KIO ••
Clarkesville jiino “
Yonah Mountain 31i»8 “
Tray Mountain 4535 “
Black Mountain 44*1 “
Blood Mountain 4070 “
Rabun Bald Mountain 4718 “
I'iiota or Brasstoxx n Mountain.. .4790 “
Tallulah Falls 2382 “
OTHER POINTS IN GEORGIA.
Savannah 32 sees
Augusta 147 “
Fort Gaines 103 “
Columbus 2(H) “
Milledgeville 2(4 “
Macon 332 “
.tinericiis ;M»0 “
Marietta 1132 “
Dalton 773 “
Grithn 975 “
Newnan 9.5.7 “
La< irange 778 “
West Point 020 “
Brunsxvick 16 “
Se li <*<l u
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR LINE
RAILROAD.
NO. I—MAIL TRAIN—EASTWARD.
J,eave Atlanta 3.30 p in
Arrive at Bel lion 6.27 p m
No. 2—MAIL TRAIN—WESTWARD.
J.cave Charlotte 12.10 a m
Arrive at Bellton 8.45 a in
NO. 3 DAY PASSENGER—EASTWARD.
Leave Atlanta. 4.00 a ni
Arrive at Belltun 0.50 a m
NO. 4—DAY }• XSSENGER- WESTWARD,
la-avi- Charlotte 10.42 a m
Arrive at Bellton 7.37 p in
NO. 5 Lo< AL FRED;HT—EASTWARD.
I.pave Atlanta 7.0.5 a m
Arrive at Bellton 12.30 p in
NO. 6— LOCAL FREIGHT—WESTWARD.
Leave <’mitral 6.50 p m
Arrive at Beßton 12.36 a m
G. J. Foreacre, General Manager.
W. J. Hoi ston.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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The North jeorgian.
X’olunie 2.
THE VICE OF TREATING.
If tliere is a noble human impulse
or virtue perverted and abused worse
than others by Americans, it is that
of generosity. And perhaps one of
the very worst perversions of benefi
cence may be found in that degenerate
custom known by the term "treat
. ing.” Possibly its origin may be trac
ed back to spontaneous generosity,
i but il so, how widely has it diverged
I front the first principles of the admir
able virtue which gave it birth.
But who would have effrontery to
claim that it is generous motive that
prompts men to tempt their fellow
men? Strangely enough, he is some
times called a warm-hearted, whole
souled man who leads bis neighbor
astiay and urges him to partake of
that which may deprive him of situa
tion, self-respect and reputation. Be
tlection does not improve the com
plexion of this worse, than burlesque
upon liberality, to the sad effects of
which there are thousands of wretched
monmnents to be seen in every large
city.
Eveti though stripped of its ruinous
ly injurious features, the custom of
treating would yet be a ridiculous
one. Imagine its application to the
purchase of other commodities than
liquor and cigars. Then bow ludi
crous would be the proposition of a
young man to his companion, while
they were promenading the pave
ment in the Arcade, of such an idea
as this:
“Aw. come along. 1 say. and have
a pair of spectacles with me; I want
to wet this new bat.”
X\ bat if one of a company of young
gentlemen going along the street
should say:
“Now. boys. I want to set ’em up
| for the crowd; come in and have a
I chromo, or bracket, or something
I wit h me!”
et which would be more valuable
to a man and his family, chromes,
brackets and even spectaeles. or li
quor enough to make him drunk and
act the bride?
It is a lamentable fact that “treat
ing” is a custom as purely American
as it is ruinous in its effect. And yet.
with this. as many other injurious
practices, people recognize and ac
knowledge their evil influence and
power, but will not abandon or con
demn them la cause they happen to
be customs largely observed by those
who have the name of being gener
ous. and stunned by the stingy, hard
listed class.
IRON.
A writer, whose ideas rim in rhyme,
has the following to say of the useful
ness of iron:
Iron vessels cross the ocean.
Iron engines give them motion :
Iron needles northward veering,
Iron tillers vessels steering;
Iron pipes our gas delivers,
Iron bridges span our rivers;
Iron pens are used in writing,
Iron ink our thoughts indicting;
Iron stoves for cooking victuals.
Iron ovens, pots and kettles;
Iron horses draw our loads;
Iron rails compose our roads;
Iron anchors hold in sands,
Iron bolts, and rods and bands;
Iron houses, iron walls,
Iron cannon, iron balls,
Iron axes, knives and chains,
Iron augurs, saws and planes;
Iron globules in our blood,
Iron particlos in food;
Iron lightening.rods and spires,
Iron telegraphic wires;
Iron hammers, nails and screws,
Iron everything we use.
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The perfect!}’ just man would be he
who should love justice for its own
sake, not for the honors or advantages
that attend it; who would be willing
to pass for unjust, while he practised
; the most ex’act justice; who would
not suffer himself to be moved by dis
grace or distress, but would continue
steadfast in the love of justice, not
because it is pleasant but because it is
right.
• •-«-«
These are hard times. The nation
is spending more for intoxicating
drinks than all the bread it eats, all
the clothes it wears, all the books it
reads, or all the churches it has even
built. If every one of its accursed
| drinking saloons could be shut up,
i and every bottle smashed forever, we
should have better times in 30 days.
TRUTH, JUSTICE, IIBEHTU
BELLTON. BANKS COLNTL GA.. OCTOBER 9, 1879.
SILENT INFLUENCES.
It is not necessary that we sh ill be
public speakers, or writers, or func
tionaries in order that our influence
shall be felt about us. These out
ward means of influence are more, di
rect and apparent, but not more pos
itive and sure. Our looks, our words,
our actions, nay, even, our silence,
■ speak of our characters. We are
impressing ourselves upon others.
: Our seniors, our equals in age and
i standing, even the children about us,
are receiving impressions of our char
acters. We are breathing a silent
I but strong influence into manv a soul,
which goes direct from our characters.
Are not our responsibilities fearful.
; so great and constant is our influence?
I Hence the vast, the inexpressibly
, vast, importance of possessing good
characters. Our characters are not
! for ourselves only, but for others. If
they make us happy, they produce a
similar happiness in the minds of all
with whom we associate, differing
only in degree.
Think of our friends, relatives and
neighbors, the dear little children,
the circles in social and business life
we enter, daily, weekly, yearly; think
how many we meet with, speak with,
and thus influence from year to year,
all through our lives, and then calcu
late the amount of influence we each
! one of us exertvupon the world. And
then think that,through all whom we,
, have thus affected, our influence, in a.
I smaller degree, is carried to all whom
(they do or may influence, and thus
( outward ami onward, till it may be
j that generation from generation, even
(through eternal ages, shall feel the
, wave of influence which we have set
!in motion, and then endeavor if we
jean to realize the responsibility that
irests upon us. If our character is
i bid. oh! wlinf a weight of .whkedmias
■ami misery we shall cause! but if
good, how pleasing the thought that
we are thus instrumental in sending
tide after tide of joy and peace out on
the wings of our virtuous influence to
purify ami gladden human hearts in
countless thousands for as many ages.
I’nrelaled men give little joy to
each other—will never suspect the
latent powers of each. XVe talk some
times of a great talent for conversa
tion is an evanscent relation—no more
A man is reputed to have thonuht and
eloquence; he cannot for all that say
a word to his cousin or his uncle. They
accuse his silence with as much rea
son as they would blame the insigni
ficance of a dial in the shade. In the
sun it will mark the hour. Among
j those who enjoy his thought, he will
■ regain his tongue.
i All ills spring from some vice,
I either in ourselves of others; and even
j many of our diseases proceed from
j the same origin. Remove the vices
| and the ills follow. You must only
lake care to remove all the vices. If
you remove part, you may render the
matter worse. By banishing vicious
luxury, without curing sloth and an
indifference to others, you only dimin
ish industry in the State and add
nothing to men’s charity or to his
generosity.
Mr. Vanderbilt was asked one day
what was the secret of bis success in
business. “Secret? There is no secret
about it. All you have to do is to at
tend to your business and go ahead.”
At another time he said : “The secret
of my success is this—l never tell
what I am going to do until I have
done it.” This was coming nearer the.
mark. He kept bis own council and
never betrayed his best friend—him
self. This was the secret of the rail
road king’s career.
That was a beautiful idea in the
mind of a little girl who, on behold
ing a rosebush, on the topmost, stein
of which a rose was fading, whilst be
low and around it three beautiful
crimson buds were just unfolding
their charins, at once and earnestly
exclaimed to her brother, “See, Wil
lie, these little buds have awakened
in time to kiss their mother before
she dies.”
It has been said with reason that
the present is nothing, that the future
does not depend on us, that our past
i alone belongs to us ; but the question
i would seem to be whether we do not
belong to it.
MAN AND WOMAN.
Make way for the ladies!” is the I
lavof civilized society from the equa- 11
tor,o either pole. ’ Will any gentle- '1
nut oblige a lady ?” asked the omni- 1
buronductor in his blandest tones, I s
attl no sooner said than done. Fori
wl»m are the tidbits reserved at I'
evty feast ? Who is served first and <1
i haithe best seat at breakfast, dinner 1
I art<| supper? XVoman, lovely wo-
ImAj! XVbo pays for them ? Man is 11
j thekvretch! 11
JUm loves and runs away. XVoman i
[ blits action for breach of promises : '
j anegets damages. Woman loves and I
sheWdes away. Man brings his ac- 1
Hovland gets hooted out of court. 1
Xliatsoever things are beauteous,
I whrtsoever things lire rare and costly.
I are !t the disposal of woman to make t
I her irresistible, liven the robbin- 1
: red-rcast lays down his melodious I
I sorter, and justly so. for a bird in the t
! hat s worth two in the bush. She i
goesforth conquering and to conquer.
Mai) poor fellow, with his chimney- i
pot bat, and his coats—made of the':
woo of the congenial sheep—is a
niere'collection of cylinders, and his t
gartrtmls seem contrived to enhance :
his nitive ugliness.
XVio toils and suffers all hardships
—heirs the burden of the day and the
rigomnd darkness of the night? Man, !
the tiilueky rascal! Meanwhile, wo
,pnan—bless her sweet heart!—gives a
smili. an order of two, and is queen
of hitsclf—that heritage of joy.
Tlese are only a few of the reasons
which show what a grand and blessed
tiling it is to be a woman, and what
cause for gratitude that human being
has vho is thus sublimely privileged.
Idleness is the badge of gentry, the
bane of body and mind, the nurse of
naughtiness, the stepmother of disci
pline. the cldef author or an mtsetrfrr.
one of the seven deadly sins, the cush
ion upon which the devil chiefly re
poses, and at great cause not only of
melancholy, but of many other dis
eases; for the mind is naturally ac
tive. and if it be not occupied about
some honest business, it rushes into
mischief or sinks into melancholy.
Let children go to bed early—the
earlier the better. Morever, all chil
dren, young bailies included, should
go to sleep of their own accord, and
wake up in the same, manner. Nature
is or should be their nurse. Excita
ble children should not be allowed to
play noisy, exciting games, just be
fore retiring, with a view of tiring
them out.
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If you have the. feeling of hate or
revenge subject it to a severe process
of mental chemistry; examine into its
nature, its uses, its philosophy, and.
before you have finished the scrutiny,
it will probably vanish like a volatile,
essence into the air.
■
Success rides on every hour; grapple
it and you may win; but without a
grapple it will never go with you.
Work is the weapon of honor, and he
who lacks the weapon will never
triumph!
Peace is the highest aim of the supe
rior man. Begin to regulate before
disorder comes. Where legions are
quartered briars and thorns grow. In
the track of great armies must follow
bad years.
The character of a wise man con
sists in three things—to do himself
what he tells others to do, to act on
no occasion contrary to justice, and
to bear with the Weaknesses of those
about him.
XVhen a man dies, they who survive
him ask what property he has left be
hind. The angel who bends over the
dying man asks what good deeds he
has sent before him.
We believe that condemnation fol
lowed sin—not that it comes before
it. XVe do not believe that God ever
flung out his lightnings except from
the bosom of a storm.
So live that death may never sur
prise thee unprepared. Happy the
man who constantly keeps the hour
of his death in view, and every day
prepares himself for it.
A baby’s smile contains the divinest
. essence of all solacements; a childs
love soothes without weakening; it
demands so much that in blessing it
one is blessed unawares.
HOW HE CONVINCED THEM.
Ex-Gov. Throckmorton certainly
understands all the arts of an old
Texan. In his speech defending Ed.
Bomar, at Gainesville, after having |
spoken about an hour he said:
“Gentlemen of the jury—lt is said |
by the prosecution that because the j
deceased was in his shirt sleeves when (
killed, he had no pistol.”
Here Mr. Throckmorton pulled off
his coat and stood before the jury in
his shirt sleeves.
“Yim would say.” continued Mr.
Throckmorton, “that I am not armed
because I am in my shirt sleeves.
Look! do you see my arms!” cried ‘
lie. holding up his hands.
No signs of arms could be seen.
Mr. Throckmorton then drew a pis
tol from under his left arm. another
from under his right, one from each
boot, and a huge bowi • knife from
the back of his neck, placing them
upon the table.
“Yon see. gentlemen, though in
my shirt sleeves, I could be well
armed.”
This was a clincher, and it carried
the point, entirely destroying the.
argument of the prosecution.
- -*■ ♦
A gentleman and wife, just married,
visited bis good old aunt, and she asked
a hundred questions on the all-impor
tant subject to her. He was profuse,
hi his answers, being o ily too happy
to extol the good qualiti ’S of his wife.
He concluded the euloiy by telling
'he old lady that his wife had a won
derful sweet voice, a “m izzo soprano
<>f extraordinary compass.” The old
lady looked over her s >ectaeles with
concern in her eyes an 1 said: “Hez
she. Well, now, yer amt Lucy used
to be troubled with je I. sech a com
plaint, a long while ago. and she used
to put a mustard plaster on th<* soles
of her feet and take catnip tea. and it
gave her a sight of easiness. Jest yer
have yer wife try that, anti I’m sure
she’ll git better.”
A bachelor dropped in to sec a mar
ried friend whose wife was absent from
home on a prolonged visit. He found
him smoking despcritely at a cigar
nearly a foot long. ‘Why.’asked he
breathlessly, ‘where on earth did you
get such a preposterous cigar as that,
(.'barley?’ ‘Had it built by contract,’
was the response. ‘You see,'said the
smoker, “I promised my wife before
she went off, that I wouldn’t smoke
more than six cigars a day. Promises
to a wife are sacred, you know, and I
mean to keep mine if I have to get
cigars as long as lamp posts.’
A darkey was boasting to a grocer I
of our town of the cheapness of ten
pounds of sugar he had purchased at
a rival store. ‘Let me weigh it,’ said
the grocer. The darkey assented, and
if was found two pounds short. The
colored man looked perplexed for a
moment and then said: ‘Guess he
didn’t cheat dis child much—while he
was gittin’ de sugar I stole two pair
ob shoes.’
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‘You seem sad and dejected to
night, Claude, dear.’ ‘Yes, darling,
men of my emotional nature are
easily affected either by the smiles
or frowns of fortune.’ His washer
woman had discharged him.
Pious old lady: ‘Just think, Rose,
. only five missionaries to twenty thou-
■ sand cannibals!’ Kind hearted neice :
‘Goodness! the poor cannibals will
| starve to death at that rate.’
! Why should the spirit of mortal be
proud ? has stood pretty well the wear
■ and tear of a conundrum’s experience,
. but the tougher one is, why should a
; barber eat onions?
Speaking of dancing, a clergyman
hit the nail on the head with the re-
■ mark that ‘people usually do more
i evil with their tongue than with their
• toes.’
1 No matter how bad and destructive
a boy may be, he never becomes so
- degraded or loses his self-respect
s sufficiently as to throw mud on a cir-
• cus poster.
The foreman of a jury in Texas,
which lately granted a divorce to a
t woman, married her the same day.
J Never swap dogs with a man unless
you give him two for one.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
TNort li G-eovg-ian,
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THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS.
XVise men never make prophecies.
Misery requires action—happiness
I repose.
X’ows made in storms are forgotten
i in calms.
! Unreasonable haste is the direct
i road to error.
i
However little we have to do, let
us do that little well.
Great achievements are accom
plished by united action.
No man is wise or safe but that he
is honest and virtuous.
If Satan sees a man idle, he will be
sure to ofler him a job.
A thankful mind always finds some
thing to be thankful for.
A true Christian may fall into sin,
but he will not lie down in it.
You should forgive many things in
others, but nothing in yourself.
Men, like books, have at each end a
blank leaf—childhood and old age.
Graves are but the prints of the
footsteps of the angels of eternal life.
Poverty is not the worst thing in
the world. Sin is the worst thing in
the universe.
Never tell a severe, sensible person
an unlikely story, even though you
know it to be true.
Never let your feelings, with regard
to persons, affect your perceptions
with regard to things.
The exhibition of little peculiarities
I indoddities often promotes liking, but
■ always diminishes respect.
' If yon want to impress in conversa
tion, introduce ynttr own topics; if yoa
want to please, let your companion.
XVhatever people may think of you
do that which you believe to be right.
Be alike indifferent to censure or to
praise.
The moment we feel angry in con
troversy we have already ceased striv
ing for truth and begun striving for
ourselves.
God made the soul to correspond
with truth. Truth is its own evidence,
as the lightning flash is, as the blessed
sunshine is.
Always meet petulence with gentle
ness and perverseness with kindness,
i A gentle hand can lead even an ele
phant by a hair.
Diversity of worship has divided the
human race into seventy-two nations.
From all their dogmas I have selected
one—Divine Love.
It is little troubles that wear the
heart out. It is easier to throw a
bombshell a mile than a feather—
even with artillery.
It is wonderful what strength and
boldness of purpose and energy of
will come from the feeling that we
are in the way of duty.
He who indulges in enmity is like
one who throws ashes to windward,
which come back to the same place
and cover him all over.
Reason was given that revelation
might be received. It is adequate to
knowing what revealed truth is, not
adequate to knowing why it is.
The path of duty is near, yet men
seek it afar off. The way is wide—it
is not hard to find. Go home and seek
it, and you will not like teachers.
Applause waits on success. The
• fickle multitude, like the light straw
that floats along the stream, glide
with the current still and follow for
, tune.
There are certain relationships which
give deadly point to cruel words. It is
not the size of a wound which signifies,
, so much as the kind of weapon which
, inflicted it.
t What is even poverty itself that a
- man should murmur under it? It is
but as the pain of piercing a maiden’s
ear, and you hang precious jewels in
t the wound.
The triumphs of truth are the most
, glorious, chiefly because they are the
most bloodless of all victories, deriv
ing their highest lustre from the ntim
’. ber of the saved, not the slain.