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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. NO KT H GEO RGI A N, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, Is the paper for North Georgians, because it is emphatically a People’s Papek, de voted to the interests and wants of the people of this section. It will labor to develop our vast re sources; to educate our people, and to attract immigration. The Paper is intended as a local organ tor the masses of North Georgia. It will strive to reflect the sentiments of the people, Snd its columns will be open to those who desire to discuss the issues of the day in a decorous spirit. Short items of news from our subscribers and friends will be thankfully received. 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. ■ *- 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. — ► + 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.’ -«-« ‘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, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT BELLTON, GA. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oiu' year (52 numbers) $1.00; six months i (20 numbers) 50 cents; three months (13 j numbers) 25 cents. Office in the Smith building, east of the • depot. Number 14 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.