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Word to Southern Writers
$100 in Cold for the BestSeriel Story
and $25 in Gold for the
Best Short Story.
TheSumhy South Is your organ, and
we shall exjpeet every writer in the South
male and female, to use its columns
freely. One of ite cardinal point* la to
foster and build np Southern talent, and
wherever it flads a budding genlua or a
matured one itclaitns it as ita legitimate
property. There are hundreds, indeed
thousands, of people in the South who
would toon become polished and sue-
cessful writers if they could .fix it in
their minds and labor with patience to
tbasend. Too many take np the pen
with the idea of Immediate gain, or after
they have tried everything else and
failed. Hundreds of manuscripts come
into thlB office with a note, stating that
it is the writer’s first effort, and yet re
munt ration is asked, and a special re
quest is made that if published their name
must be withheld. The idea seems never
to occur to them that to write well re-
quirea long practice and much study, and
that they must first make reputation be
fore they can hope to command a price in
the literary market. Take a MS. for
sale into any New York book publishing
house and tha first question asked, is if
by an author of reputation eg a writer f If
not it is declined with thanks. But if
(he writer has an established name the
MS. meets with a very different recep
tion. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson told
the Editor of the Sunny South that Geo.
W. Carlton, the well-known publisher,
paid her $15 000 for the MS. of her last
book without ever reading a lin9 of it.
He paid that amount for her name, know
ing full well that her reputation would
sell the book.
It Is therefore all important to work
first for fame as a writer, and if that be
secured the remuneration is sure to
follow.
But every one who wishes to write
cannot hops to succeed as Mrs. Wilson
did, and her phenomenal success Is
therefore no standard. But let every
oue who feels the itching for literary
success bend his mental energies and
daily studies to the task, and if he has
genius it will soon develop and make Its
impress upon the public. The Sunny
South stands ready to foster every bud
ding genius and will lead it on to success.
We have organized a board of readers to
xamine MSS , and every one that comes
In will be turned over to them at once
and they will ducida upon its merits; and
to encourage every aspirant we make a
special offer of
ONE HUNDRED DOLL \RS IN
GOLD
Due Augiasca Garaiyal.
Tha carnival at Augusta has become
ftu annual feature, quire like unto tbe
Maddi G-as a; N >v O. leans Our Augus-
tans have by 'heir open hand.cl hosp!
U'ityou the e occasions entitled then
selves to tbe large presence of people
fro i ail over the country who flock to
the Riverside C ty to share the yearly
good ti ua provided by the carnival coin-
mittee of t-iizans. Tne event this year
Se intended to eclipse all previous efforts,
aafi ofcourso vv-li d i so, and the success of
the coming four days oTecj ryment can
therefore bs better contemplated than
foretold. We sha.i be there.
The Year that Has Gone.
Twelve months ago we hailed 1S90 as
the new year, and we welcomed its
opening. Now it is gone, rolled away as
an old thing, and its history Is a part of
the past. What men and women bave
acted, thought and fait during Its days
and months are all parts of a tale tbat
has been told. Even now much of these
thiDgs has been forgotten. Dimmer and
dimmer will they become in the memory
as the days come and go. Before the
new year shall nave advanced far be
yond its beginnings this old year agone
Will seem very re mote.
Not bo to all however. During tbe
twelve months that have passed, many
have passed through experiences of
which the recol.ections will never be
come indistinct. Some have been be
reaved by death, and their souls are not
yet oat of the shadow thrown over them
by tbe mournful event. Others have had
to endure cruel partings from loved
friends from causes other than death.
Not a few, taklDg the world or even our
country all over, have marked this yaar
with a white etone because it brought
the fruition of son-e long deferred hope.
Thus by so-row to some and by joy to
others has 1890 been a memorable year.
Yet it cannot on the whole be rated as
a remarkable one It haa been noted for
few striking occurrences or world-wide
interest. No gigantic wars have dis
turbed the peace of the nations. No de
vastations of fire, flood or tempest have
brought rain upon widespread popula
tions. The world has moved forward
with no serious jan or disturbances.
Even in the realm of polities,
upon which Important issues hung, hsvs
bsen carried on with lees of
than might have boon expected. Those
•fee who have been permitted to see the
year’s closing < ay, could return thanks
lor the peacefulness or this period.
A new year has coma. ’Tis vain to
(peculate about what it shall bring. Bat
It Is not a vain thing to enter upon it
with resolves to do what we may to
render it as peaciful and prosperous as
was th*> last. Should every one resolve
this, there would be piaoe and pros
perity. F r the condition of a com-
jr unity is but the aggregated condition
cf its people and where each dots too
best' possible, the general result cannot
heoher vise tuan good. • •
for the best original serial story which
shall be sent to this offie j by the middle
of March next, and
IN GOLD FOK THE BEST
SHORT STORY.
The serial story must contain not lees
than ten nor more then fifteen install
ments cf two chaplets each, and each
lapter must contain not less than one
and a half columns, nor more than two
columns of the Sunny South; and the
hort story mutt not exceed tbrae coi
urnns nor be shorter than one and a hair
columns.
The MSS. must be plainly written on
one sideoniy of too paper, and the real
name of the writer must accompany
each and be published with tbe story.
All the stories will be the property of
the Sunny South, but for every one
that is published a cash remuneration
will be sent to the writer.
Shall Tney Exercise Tfieir Gift?
“This, my Lord, is eloquence.” Queen
Caroline is said to hive exclaimed as
Jeannie Deans cone uded her pathetic
appeal in behalf of her erring sister.
Many before and very many since have
had to acknowledge woman’s power
when she has chosen to practioe the art
of persuasion. They of the other sex
have not often proved so signally success
ful in carrying their points when they
had no other nsoaroe than the power of
words. This oonld be said when women
received little or none of the culture
which is designed to fit persons for the
practioe of elcqaence. But now, when
many of them are trained in elocution,
it has been found that they are wonder
folly gifted with the powers of ear and
tongue that fit for public speaking. In
the rendition of pieces that require
delicate perception of the nicest varia
tions in tone and inflection, they fully
equal if they do not surpass those who
have hitherto enjoyed a monopoly in the
oratorioal art. It becomes then a very
practical question whether this gift shall
be kept merely for the amusement ol
psrlor circles, or shall it be utilized as
one of tbe great agencies for bettering
the world’s condition? There are those
who shrink from the thoughts of a wo
man’s speaking in public with something
both of horror and disgust These eithei'
quote Paul as though his utterance de
elded the matter forever, or they speak
of modesty as the most essential of fe
male virtues. How far their apprecia
tion of this virtue is influenced by their
fear of being surpassed, we will not say,
It may well be apprehended that were
women of intellect and culture admitted
to the pulpit and the lecturer's stand
they wou d prove dangerous rivals to the
olther sex. That they may be withont a
compromise of those virtues that consti
tute their special charm is admitted by
the more candid. It is probable that a
great change will take place in peoples
ways of thinking bafore the close of the
present century. Educated ladles will
be allowed to exercise their gifts in many
of the vocations from which they are
now debarred. They, we surpect, ar®
claiming too much who want women to
vote and to go to Congress; but we are
sure that the field (or the display of their
powers will be enlarged.
Providing for the Fatare.
The Making of too Many Luws.
Our American people are fond of hav
inga great m.ny Jaws. Tney doom it
necessary to Have a special statute fitted
lor every emergency, and they who are
charged with framing the laws seem to
vie with the tvll-dispo: ed in ability to
think of newoff.Dse.il. He who has an
ambition to keep all the acls of Congress
and of his Sjate Legis attire ready In his
memory, has no easy task. This desire
to have maDy laws and to have them
often changed, begets in tbe public mind
tbe notion that law-makir g is not a very
serious or very difficult business. The
impression prevails to a large extent
that almost any one may be a legislator.
Wi lie it is admitted that careful study is
necessary for a full understanding of the
laws, it is cot deemed essential that one
should have any special preparation to
fit him for making laws. It has gener
ally bsen supposed that the trouble about
a correct interpretation of statutes is
owing to the fact tbat they have been
framed by persons who did not wiBh
them to be understood by plain people.
Perhaps there is some truth In this. But
we suspect that it may be as truthfully
accounted for on the supposition that
the law-makers themselves did not know
wbat they were dotog. It is lamentably
time tbat very many who are charged
with the business of legislation study but
slightly the bills that they are asked to
pass, and as a consequence apprehend
faintly their purpose and tendency,
Hasty and reckless legislation is one of
the greatest evils of this age and coun
try. Yet. time and money enough are
spent for us to have the very best of laws.
Oar Congress sits almost for the year
round, and the General Assembly of onr
State follows tbe example pretty closely.
Tne cause of the trouble is with the peo
plo. They are not careful enough about
■electing the men whom they choose for
law-makers! They will send a man to
the Legislature if they happen to like
him, without much thought of his fit
ness, and they will refose to send one of
eminent qualifications should he happen
to incur their displeesure about some
la very many instances
(hi candidate has not one
single reeommendatton for the position
save his ability to get It, As long as the
people choose their law-makers In this
oaprlolons way, they cannot ha expected
to have good lews. • •
It is greatly to the credit of the friends
of Irish Home rale that they have refused
to serve under Parnell as n leader after
the baseness of his private life become
known. But all frlende of humanity
most lament the disappointment of a
gnat cause when it seemed so near a tri
umph. Poor Ireland seems doomed to
many more jeers of soft
The man who by diligent labor can
scarcely place himself in the position of
having a week’s rations ahead is apt to
suppose that oid he have supplies for a
year he would be completely happy. He
who thinks that by rigid economy he can
make out on his stuck of provisions until
another crop snail have been made and
uarvemed, regards with something cf en
vy t ib man wnu wuuid not be apprehen
ivo of stlforing snouui tnere cornea
succc-bsion of nliguts and droughts. Tub
last named is Indeed in a uappler cunui
non lean tae otiiers. Yet id he nut
hudy without his sources ol appruheu
slou, H.s lunds Uiuy nut he invested in
ucn a way Us to be ausoiutely secure
from the risk of loss. Fiarnea may con-
umo his bulluiugs; storms may snip
wrecu aic caigues. H.s banking house,
alter ex 1 .ending ns business to mi par
the cum at.d making ltsuif a power in
ail fi-iaiicial circ emay go to pieces wuu
t terndc crasii. Against all suun calami
,ios tnere ,s no absolute security. The
r.oli may become poor despite sagacity
a..u prudence. Tney wDu do not experl
enco great reveisesare perhaps uonsium
auttviclb Xroin apprehension ui tuoin. A
snort cessation ol effort may invoice ut
tor raiiuro. Tne unrcmitsul laoor o
tnose already rich is olteu cousuuea to
indicate a greed lor greater wealth. It
is nut duo so muon to mis as to a fear
icfti, wm.t Lttib be~u gaim-U will bo iuHl
.vniiouk coiifciauL C-irw. A few luaeiii
sveuiUi pus lalo a iorrn tUdi pie
CiUtico liic turmuci Vk*tCiiua.rtj.
iuebu &fo LUb moat loriuilaLe oi Uio
t afiu. HivQii tutj property, iiuwetfcr,
We call real, la lo auiluii-
lixa.l may rcuUfcr iia value moiaiy
uviuxii«.i. \Vu live lu a woria 01 fictioiib
l jjl YVUicU I til til id Lilt) iiiouir nil pur Lain L laC-
iKj£. 2<i j out: CuL h.LiO M tuixl lio ixHVC
oud, dUcite-r or raimuut in a year, or
.Ven lu a UiOotu, tUuU^n at prtbout lie
iub-y Do ubuuGani.y buppiiea wain an
liiedo ebdoc-Uttid. lie wno iioarud up for
laiuy uuy and dtniea biaidtif luxuries
Iasi in izit) coming ti^e ho may want
neCehSariO'.*, m.iy Do ac.ing aa luoiisa ad
tne ono who indulges in every gratified
non. .forethought may promise out can
not ihburo proVkbioa for fcaa lutuio nor
guarantee protection against mlsfor
tune’s blows.' * *
The Conventional Gentleman.
Should some minister of the gospel
apeak of Jesus C-irist as * modal gentle
man the expression would strike the
larger part of his audience as very lr
reverent. They have been accustomed
to having the word gentleman bring up
before the mind’s eye a plotare tar differ
ent from the quiet Nczareas who made
it His meat aud drink to do good when
ever He found a subjest or an opportunl
ty. Mot a few apply the word to those
who have pleasant manners and wear
fine clothes. Others raise the standard
somewhat above this, and claim that
whoever would bo admitted to this rank
shall not be guilty of any outrageous
vices. Few restrict the term to the small
number who are kind, gentle, honest,
truthful. Very few indeed insist ths*
without these virtues no amount ol
wealth, intelligence or culture can entitle
one to be called a gentleman,
We should not by auy means estimate
these small endowments as of small
worth in making up an estimate of
man. They assuredly impart an increase
of dignity to moral worth. But they can
not snpp y its place ir it De wanting.
They seem indeed to render the deficien
cy more strikingly apparent where one
is innerenUy bad, tbe possession of high
intellectual gifts may enable him to be
tenfold more a villain. The exhibition
of exterior graces may throw around one
a glamor that conceals the real baseness,
But where he is wholly destitut, of sound
moral principle, tae want will sooner or
later display itself.
But it must be admitted that in the
making up our estimates of men, we re
gard too much what sro called gentleman
ly graces audestimatetoo lightly what are
the essentials of a gentleman. We place
a high valuation upon his ability to talk
well, to dress, well, and to render himself
pleasant in society. But we ore less
careful to note whether or not he loves
mercy and practices justice and truth.
Should he oome up to this latter standard
he ought to be reckoned a gentleman
though his speech he rude aud hts dress
be rags.
Is tlie Money Power a Foe ?
“The money power of this ciuatry and
of Europe is our foe,'’ Is a remark said to
nave beeu lately made by a speaker who
Is certainly a politician and reputed a
demagogue. The words beyond question
smaqk of demagoguery. The holding up
of those who have money and are em
ploying it, as lots to all the balance of
mankind, is assuredly a very narrow and
unjust view ol the matter, in the great
majority of instances the money power
is being exerted for the benefit of society.
By tne great schemes which it is origin
ating and developing the world’s pro
gress is being advanced. The great com
binations of capital ore constantiy'bring-
iug new comforts and conveniences
within the reach of people of moderate
means. While it may be true that the
people who are controlling these enter
prises have not an ambiiion to do good
as a leading motive, still they do good.
Though possibly not at all benevolent,
they are beneficent. But wbile not being
nor pretending to be philanthropists, it
is unkind and untrae to brand them as
foes to all other classes. Two considera
tions ought to repress all such utter
ances. One is that without combined
and concentrated wealth no great enter,
prise can be carried on successfully. That
we are today enjoying the conveniences
of on ad vane id civilization is dueto|the
fact that men of brains and money have
combined to do what they eoald not do
as individuals. Another consideration
that should forbid any such severe con -
demnaton is that all desire and many
hope to enter this moneyed class. It is
merely a question or ability. Everyone
would be a capitalist If he oonld. Ths
owner of thousands may have no morn
disposition to act unjustly towards those
leee fortunate than himself, than the poe*
sor of hundreds. Indssd, h# who can
bsopprsssivsonlyin nsmallwny is gen
erally most tyrannical. Of ooaree ha
who flings his debtor in prison far ton
dollars, white his creditor forgivss him a
debt of a hundred, will plead his smatter
ability to loro. The dlfferenoe however
lies largely In ths spirit. The man of
largo wealth may hava a large heart and
a generous nature. There Is nothing in
the capacity far making and keeping
money incompatible with the cultivation
of liberal sentiments. Some or those
who faavo accumulated enormous for.
tones have been men who were built
large in every way. To denounce the
whole class of lieh men as foes in ons
sweeping sentence, is manifestly uqjust.
Who Will do the Plowing.
The remark is often made (bat farm 1
er’s sons are generally disposed to tarn
their backs on the vocation of their fath
ers. Of our white youth, the great ma
jority elect some other calling. Many
a vail them selves of the numerous faciii
tits for higher education and enter the
learned professions. Othtrs choose mer
cantile life and a great many or those
who have availed themselves of the few
est advantages for education, adopt some
other form of manual labor than holding
the plow. Tue exctptiou is then when
me uighest mark o f a hoy’s ambition is
to have as bis own a litle larm well tiiled.
The same disposition snows itself in the
incoming generation of negroes. Every
one fl ea the fi id as qalctly as he sets a
chance to ao so. They are ever Waltin
witii eager tars to Lear ol joos for wtien
ready e.sn will t>e paid and are heat
pleased when these juDS are to be found
in some town.
It- seems probable that ii this tendency
continues to inure,sc that the farms will
oe nttarly deserted in a few years. There
is already an alarming shortage in the
number of field laborers in many sec
tions. While one wno wishes to hire
hands fur any other ki. d of work is beset
by applications, he who wants pi j wing
or hoeing done has hflgo abroad and look
for laborers. The [termer has indeed
come to bo tte rjinr-i^v, man in politico.
Tne candidate wuo is asking for votes
can oiler no better pita than that he
smells of the fields, and can talk of dif-
ertnt methods of crtri'A = tbe soil. But
he fails ol Inducing young men of either
labor to believe his vocation the surest
way to an asaared aud comfortable for
tuue.
Y t such we believe it really to be.
Tutsa boys who are abandoning the
larins are making a great mistake. Wu
do not sry that some wno enter upon
othtr vocations will not succi ed. A few
we expeofc will rea izr laigir fortunes
than tiny could acheive in too pursuit of
aericuiture. But all of tneie pursuits
are crowd d, and tne number of those
ho can achieve eminent success is nec
essarily limited. But there is no dauger
of oting too much beset by competition
in the fi id. If the earth be courted with
energy, perseverance and good common
sense, it «ili bo sure to yield a subsistence.
Wuen a nmn brings these qualities into
exercise in tilling the soil, he need de
pend on no one save God and nimselr,
and though he may not build up a vast
fortune, he can feel as iudopsudent as
though he wera a mil.ion&ire. * *
^ .31 -n N
LETTERS
PEOPLE
LAMPASAS, TEXAS
Editor Sunny South: Lampasas is
crying to be mentioned in tbe Sunny
South, and .1 have hesitated for some
time for fear that I am not tbe one to
do it.
The first thing is Centenary College.
It is situated a mile and a half North of
town on tbe brow of a bill, the top of
which is covered with iiveoak trees and
bushes, forming protection for the two
bulldlng-i.
There is no healthier place in the State
of Tt x as than Centenary College. From
the time it was founded there has been
but one death, and that was i ot a pupil.
Thera is a faculty of eight led by a very
worthy Methodist minister, Pretiff ent M.
D. Reynolds
Next is the Snlphar Springs, which are
noted for their medical properties.
There are two good bath-nouses which
are ever ready for une.
Near at band also is the Park Hotel, a
beautiful and pleasant place for both sick
and well.
Lampasas Is well supplied with
churches. Among tbe newest are the
Episcopalian and Baptist churches. Tney
ore both ornaments to our to wn. Anot ti
er new bnilding is the opera house, where
Tank Key, not m*ny weeks ago,delivered
a series of lectures which were enjoyed
by every one. Tbe subject of the lee
tures was, Cnina and It’s People
Lampasas Is the county seat of Lampas
as county, and hasn't a case of sic all pox
in it Clabea March,
NEGROHEAD, N, C.
Editor Sunny South: The farmers
are r*j >icing over bountiful crops of
corn and cotton.
Several horses throughcu'- this section
have died during the last few mouths.
Two of the families who moved to
West Tennessee two years ago have re
turned to Union county with the intc-n
tion o’ making the Oid North St ,te tn, ir
future home. Others are expected t-o
return eru another two years.
Several p-rsons from Union county
hav3 emigrated to Arkansas.
Tacru is talk of laying off a new town
ship in this county, to by composed of
parts of New Saitm and Lines Creek
to vnshtps.
Marri-.d, in LanrlnburEr, N. C , on
Thursday, J mu ry 1st, 1891, Mr. ivalter
Wallis of Monroe, N. C , to MUs Lula
Grunain of Luuruibuig. We extiod our
congratulations to cue happy c tuple and
may their voyage over life's stormy s.a
) a Died -ant ono.
There was an election held in the tnwn
of Monroe .noth Dgslnc -todeeide whet -
er or not tee town shouid Issue bonds for
electric lights aud otner puolic i.uprove-
mtnts for thr.t town. Tne result was a
smalt m-ijoriiy agaiust bond-. Thb sub
ject uas M.n greatly agitating the mines
of some of th-j U.-adlng cllizaus /or some
time. •
The Cfoorgia, Catalina and Northern
raiiroao'^the northern terminus of whicn
is at Alouroe, is b,ing pushed through
to wares Atlanta
Tnere has recently been a through pas
sengcr train put ou the S. A. line rom
Norfolk to Charlotte, which wilt be a
great caaveuieuce to tne traveling
public.
Mr. E. W Pointer has sold his interest
i the Monroe K gisier to Air. AI A
Underwood, wuo uo.v has entire control
or that paper. We wisu him much sue
UNO.
Lr ach, Dr. M. ». White and Miss Lessfo
Witherspoon, Mr. M. M. Boss and Miss
8. J. Davidson, Mr Bob Allison and Miss
Saliie Davidson, Mr. J.S Brice and Miss
Daisy Gist, Mr. A G Hart and Miss
Fannie Rrbertaon, Mr. Tommie Claws >n
and Mls-i Daisy Hart, Mr WiliU Gist
and Miss Annie Law, Mr. Paul McNe-1
and Miss Helen Young, Mr. Frank Hart
and Miss Huldah McNeel, Mr. T. F. Mo
Dow and Miss Mary Hart.
The occasion was on exceptional pleas
ant one and all were profuse in their
thanks to Mrs. McNeel for her ki dnees
and hospitality, and went away fe ding
tbat tbe occasion would be an o-sls of
pleasure treasured np in their minds in
after years.
“ And still on each evening, when pleasures
fill up ,
To the highest top sparkle each heart and
each cop;
Where er our path l ies, be they gloomy or
bright.
Our souls, dearest friends, shall remember
this night.’’
Cyclo,
YorkviUe, S. C.
WALHALLA, S C.
Editor Sunny South: Crops were
very good last year, especially cotton ai d
people would be prosperous if cotton
would sell like it did twenty years ago.
During the Christmas holidays, the
people ei joyed themselves immensely.
Serenades, fireworks, Christmas trees,
sociables and balls combined to make it
a joyous occasion.
Tue Clemson Agricultural College, of
which we made mention in these columns
is now being erected, and the work is
being pushed very rap dly. It is intended
that it shall be In operation by next Octo
ber, and it has every prospect of success.
Tne money has been raised, and there is
nothing but plain sailing, as far as tbe
human eye cau see. Governor Tillman,
who was elected by the farmers of the
state against a bitter cpposltioa, seems
to oe a very acceptable magistrate to all,
except those who were knowu as the
‘ Aristocrats” and their Satellites. Tne
Legislature of this state which adjourned
recbtiy, has patsed some very excellent
laws, and It Is generally thought that
the farmer Legislature is an “average
team.”
Mr. V. L Norman goes to Bock Hill,
S- C , to assume management of a hotel
in that town, and his brotber, G. A. Nor
man, comes to Walhalia to take charge
of tbe Norman Drug Cos’, elegant hotel
and drug business.
“Mr W. P. Terhune, the genial boarding
houte ketper, late of Hackensack, N. J ,
contemplates the erection of a handsome
residence on Faculty Hill, West Togaloo
street.
Mr. Gregg recently from Michi
gan, has erected a handsome residence
near Walballa. He came South to es
cape the vigorous winter climate of his
state.
Many Northern people have come to
Walhalia and vicinity for their heaitb,
and generally like the country ano peo
pie so well that they take up permanent
residence here. Ail good ptop e of the
North an 1 otcer sections are welcomed
to come and be citizens of our thriving
town and county.
Tae Souta continues to thrive wonder
fully, and tue story of progress is to/d
weekly by that grand old Southern
Journal, tr.e ‘ SUNNY SOUTH,” verily tne
cl'NNY Sooth is orignt, as lt-s lu-nu un
piles, and bhouid he read by every south
cruer. Long may she tbrivr!
JAMEb I> Massey.
We are accustomed to speak of ■errant*
as the defendants of thefr employers.
As a matter of fact, the relationship is
often the reverse of this. Many persons
who have money fail into such habits of
idlenees or self indulgence that they feel
as much need of being waited on as their
servants do of being paid.
Amid a very attractive table of con
tents which the J anuary number of Har
per's Magazine presents, one of the moat
striking is the beginning of a story by
Miss Murpby, who Is known as Charles
Egbert Craddock. This brilliant aid
forcible writer nas chosen tbs mountain
districts of Tennessee and North Caro
lina as the locate for her charming sto
ries. Her pen will render the region
around Lost Mountain as classical as did
Irving’s the country around the Tappan
Z a.
The day may come, and tbat not very
distantly, when what has been known as
the Sahara Desert, will bo a widespread
scene of fields, groves and gardens. The
industry and ingenuity of man will
probably before Che lapse of half a cen
tury, rescue this portion of the earth
from sterility and make it the abode of
a large population. The Artesian Well
Is already doing wondrous things and
we may reasonably anticipate the time
when It will no longer be the home of a
few tribes of wandering Arabs.
We are now entering upon the last
decade of the Nineteenth century. S iort
as the time seems until we may write
1900 at the head of our letters, a great
many changes will \ robabiy occur betore
tbat period. Among those which we
may predict as most probal la is the ex
tension o.' railr-isd lints that shall con
nect (J lebec and Buenos A)res— thi two
extreme cities of our continent. It is
also probable that the trails will be bur-
rled over these roads, not by steam, but
by electricity or some now undiscovered
motor.
CHIEF ARCrjI TEC f-
YGRKViLLE, S. C,
Editor Sunny South:
‘ So will the shine
Of soul that strikes our soui m ike lair and fine
.-arth'y tenement. Toou shaft extol
Tne inner, tuat the outer lovelier seenx.”
“A few days since,” said Mr. Jake
Haas, in conversation the other day,
“a man walked into the bank and threw
down a $100 oill.
“ ‘Give me gold for that, please.’
“I counted out fl ve $20 gold pieces and
handed them to him, aud with a wink he
put them is pocketbook and closed it
with a snap.
“What are you going to do with it, I
asked.
“ ‘I’m not going to be left,’ he replied
with another wink, ‘I was jastpald that
$100 bill, and I’m going to lay the gold
away so that I won’t be liable to be
caught in an emergency.’
“Now,” continued Mr. Haas, “suppose
that in this district there are 5,000 men
who each have $103 hoarded in tnat way.
Don’t you see that ms ins $500 000— half a
million—withdrawn from circulation?
“Five thousand is a low estimate, to
say the least of it, and this great sum of
money lies idle and does no one any
good. Ii bat increases the scarcity of
currency in circulation, and is just so
much of an impediment to those who re
quire money with which to carry on their
operations in a growing and developing
section like this.
“On that estimate figure a Uttle. There
arc ten congressional districts in the
State of George, and when you multiply
$500,000 by ten you have $5 000,000 with
drawn from active circulation, and op*
erati ons are embarrassed in every town
in the State to a certain extent by this
idea of hoarding, which is unbusiness
like and causeless, besides being injari
ous in n time like this, when money
is so badly needed."—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
A progressive conversation puty wes
given compl imentory to M/ts HUt-u
Young, of Union, at the residence of
Mrs. b. M. AlcNael, on ttte evening of the
9 h inst. Owing to the exois-ive incle
mency of the wealher f-.ara hud oaen t x
pressed by some that tuci might prevo
detrimental to the pleasure of the ocoa
sion, but s^-ch fears Were squelched by
tire assistance of tne liv.iry ruen, and the
affoir was in all poiuts au complete a
success as ingenuity of conception and
though trul hearts alu d by wiiiiag hands
cou d connive.
Wee l all the guests had assembled,
the hostess delivered to tacn gentleman
a card on one side oi which w..s written
th- subj-ct upon which he was to con
Verse, and ou tue ravorse the names ol
all the laoies present, beginning with
that of hiu partner.
Oar enterprising correspondent in
Cnicaqo has sent ua some interesting
and informing letters from the wonder
ful city about the preparations for the
vast Galumbian World’s Fair, and t e
noble buiining—now going up—as the
temperance temple of fourteen storits,
or the masonic temple of twenty stories
It is probable that our correspondent did
not know, and that most of our sub
scrifcers do not know that the architect
of nia. y of these great bulldiugs, and
the chisi architect of the World's Fair, is
Georgia boy, born in an 8 by 10 un
mastered room in Lumpkin, S.ewart
Count} , and large y educated r,y Prof A.
IN. Wilson, in Atlanta. Commend
his business life lu C icago soou after
tae great firs, and withont any capital
except an education,-he la now one ol
the leidiog aicaiiects of the world, His
n me—after the late Judge John T.
Clarke and Judge Marshall J Wei-born
i< John Welloorn lfoo', sou o.’ our bo
nsvol-ut fellow citizen Sidney Riot of
Atlanta,
Mr. Root’s partner, D. II. Burnham, a
man of great abltiiy is chief of construe
t-ou i f tbe World’s Fair.
A noble building will sooa be errcled
in Atlanta from plans of M<ssrs B irn
ham & R iot for the East Atlanta L-ind
Co , ana the Equitable As-ur-mce Ch., of
New York, to cost some $>00,030
Mountains, which in'erpore the great
est- hindrances lo ready intercourse, are
great obstacles to tbe progress of civiii
zation. In the districts where high
ranges force seclusion, the speech, tha
habits of thought and the customs of liv
ing all b come peculiar In many instan
ces in this country a lofty ridge haa
separated people as widely aifforent iron:
each oilier as though thousands of miles
intervened. It is in regions thus cut eff
from the world’s rushing currents that
human nature exhibits itself in forms
pecn-iariy attractive to lovers of the gro
tesque.
We regard it as a matter for congratu
lation that S ttiiig Bill will no longer
ba a terror to our W = atern frontiers; but
we would like to be able to feel tbatthere
was nothing of wrong doing ou the part
of the whites in the manner of his death.
vili, we four, bave to be admitted that
the Indians of late yetrs have been
goaded into cruel warfare by the unjust
treatment that they have rece vod at the
hands of Government agents When the
full hi-tory of tie R-d Man’s disappear
ance from America comes to be written,
there wi/1 bs a heavy incictment pre
ferred sgaiLst the white man.
Fretticg Overtime Sins of Others
A new book from toe psa ofOoLB, M.
Johnston boa jut been issued by toe
publishing Hsu* of D. Appleton * On.
Like alibis stow works, this new vol
wno, “Widow Guthrie,” 1* e. plotare of
life In Georgia in too rood old days bo-
fen too war. It, of eonrso, contain n
groat abandonee of riok humor, bus It
wlaiM also much of tub interest,
and proves OaL Johnston to bs n nut
powerful delineator of hamM manners.
Taos* woo bar* not yet reed It ban a
neb treat In Iton.
The Bool Estate Exchange cf Knh*
vlile, Tenn., ie about ta issue a fctli for a
convention to meet in that eity next
February, to be composed of delemtes
from all tu real estate txehanjres or too
United StalM aud Canada Toe par-
■’ is to organise an Intar
The announcement was thed made that
each gentit man mast talk to eacn lad/
for trie space ol five minutes upon the
subject aat-fon-d ulm lor Due evening, aud
tocuangeto he next on his list at the
tapofa bell. Tue topes lor conversa
tion embraced quite a variety,consisting
of sclent.fie questions, current afltlrd,
sentimt nia em , e g Evolution, Cuau
teuqua. Music, .Poetry, Lo re. Tae late of
yourhumoje correspondent was to le.l
what ne knew of poetry, and for
the space of one uour, time flo-v
ail too quickiy on nimoie
wings, aud it was with extreme reiuc
tar.ee that he changed the Course of con -
vermilion wuen the time had expired,
though once when talking to a lovely
giri with large, lustrous brown eyes, he
cams near branching efi to a kindred
topic and repeating tuose lines in Lalia
Rookn:
“Oh, look not so beneath the skies,
I mw tear uoiuiug but tnose ejes.
It aught .,u eartu count charm or force
My spirit from iis de-Ciued course—
If aughi could make my soul forget
Tne "mid u, which its seal is set,
’Twould oe those eyes they oniy they,
Could u ell this sacred se.l away!”
The prizes for the best and poorest^con-
versatiouist, respectively, was a hand
some collar box aud an enormous red-
strip. d stick of candy. Tbe form .-r was
awarded by a popular Vote of tue lad>eB
to Mr. F auk Hart, and the latter to Mr.
T. F. M D i», who j cosely said on re
ceiving it that os bis subject, was “Love,”
tbe laoies were all nrad ‘because be
would not make a downrigat proposal to
them, and had voted him the Dooby
prize all for spite.
Being under restraint, that is, confined
to one suoj ot, ones mind naturally re
fuses to wore Its best, and when such re
straint was removed many there worn
* „ ‘Bemoaning the fete
Of the wit that was tardy and spsrsieu too face;
Of tne teen repartee tbat wsasirictly one’s own,
Nat came lino view when the occasion had
flown,”
Whew toe time for conversation upon
too presortood topics bed expired and
to* nnxee hod beeu awarded, toe door of
the dra wing room wee trnrown open, sad
all w.rs invited to toedlalag roomjwkore
on etenant and sumotuous repost woe
ta-tsfally
‘Frit not thyself because of evil-doers’
is an oft-quoted injunction of the Psaim
ist, which has recti ved the approval of
tue wisest men and women. Oa the
same line foliowthe assertions thit more
people die from worry than do from ais
ease and tbat we are more disturbed
about the wrong-doings of others than
about, our owu misdeeds. Ail these wise
saws and modern instances are intended
to impresj upon us the folly of vtxing
oursel',es about the failure of our neigb.
bars to d > as we think beet, and certain
ly our Deace of mind would ba promoted
did we heed these monlsions. Bat there
are temperamants that cannot ba
schooled into this kind of patience
There are those who cannot be calm aud
serene when they consider the follies and
perversities of those about them. They
cannot sit still and see things going
wrong withont making an effort either
with band or tongue to set them aright.
Nor do we know that they are the best
people who can come nearest to doing
so. If we are to,benefit tbe world by onr
own acts and words, we must sometimes
vex ourselves about the ba 1 doings of
people. If we are to induce people to
quit acting badly we must first feel dis
turbed about their bad conduct. We will
hardly plead with a great deal of earnest
ness for them to leave off sinning if we
do not find their sins a matter of griev
ance to us. As a matter of fact, a great
deal of time and of money is expended
in effort to convert one portion of man-
kiudfrom what another portion conceives
to be erroneous ways. Many who are
rated especially good suffer much an
guish of teartand shed many tears be
cause others will not regulate their con-
dect aright.
Still an indulgence in what is termed
fretting is not wise. This is a style of
disapprobation which may harm the
fretter withont hurting those who excite
the dissatisfaction. There are those who
can diligently seek to win others from
ways that they dislike withont express
ing and perhaps without feeling any
great annoyance. Those who con aet
tons will prove most successful in at
tempts to effect conversions.
Until within the la3t tvo or three
centuries, it was never suspected that
there wa3 a history of cur planeD or of
our race other than that recorded in tha
( first chapter of Genesis. E'ea to this
j day, many are loth to believe that the
I rocks tell of the times before man came
to dwell upon the earth, and that in onr
languages as now spoken there is some
thing to be 1 -arued of the rams who
lived before Homer wrote poetry or
Herodotus history. But the geologist
aud the philologist are year by year
bringing out new facts from these two
sources of deduction. Yat it were wholly
amiss to Bpeak of these rs though they
wera rualhtmati -al demonstrations. j
By toe death or Mrs. Mary n-iji*
Harley, Hancock county loses another
one from a generation of men and wo*
men who mad* her history illustrious.
Far booh la too forties Poweltoa was
noted both as an educational sad i«U>
gious centre, or toe citizens who gave
tone to the society of to* Uttle village
non* were more prominent toon to* two
artlaueaUy spewed. At D'-Ouuon ood Reuben Bsttte.
an unique sotivwaier ot ?-o descendant* of neither of these are
***• * beensnut hood painted
cord with an appropriate quotation and
a bunco of artiaacauy painted fl/wers In
Teat watch fall to the lot of yonr scribe
was one wlta a sprig of exalte and tue
timely quotation:
“ When shall we meet again—
lu Ihuuder, ligktuiug or In rain?”
After supper ailreiind to thedrawlng-
very numerous, but among them ora
some of too worthiest people of too
When a bookie at one* able and time
ly taking holdofrabjeetslnwhieh toe pab
lie sie keenly Interested and dlsenssiog
them with broadness of view and strength
of grasp. It may be expected to leave a
large aud lsatiag popularity. Bat one
The pessimist who insists that the!
wor/d is ail the time growing worse canf'
make a better showing for his case thaijt-
they who try to hops to the contrary art
willing to admit. That men are btcort*
ir.g bitter and their environments irt»
proving la not so evident as to admifctif
no dispute. But we believe the present
an improvement on the past. Hundreds
of oid abuses have been swept away.
Life Is more sacred, property more safe
than In the long ago, and iignt has been
let into plac-cB once reeking with the
foulest odors of sin. The rich and pow
erful are less able to oppress the weak,
though capital in the control of corpora
tions is as masterful, as tyrannical, as
hard-handed as was ever the feudal lord.
The French failed in their effort to es
tablish a great empire in North Amt rica.
Before the policy of Pitt and the arms of
Wolfe, their attempt in this direction
came to an unfortnnate close on the
flights of Abraham. But these people
wno laid tne foundations of what under
another flig Has become a great domin
ion, made a history peculiariy rich in ro
mantic interest. The Poet and the
Novelist have found on the banks of the
St Lawrence subjects that furnish abun
dant scope for tue exercise of genius. Of
the material there found, no one has
made a better use than Aubert de gm fl,
who has treated the tneme with
thusiaam of a lover in his cuoi mng
story, “The Canadians of Oid,” ja t is
sued by the Appletons.
At the recent c invention cf
writers in Nashville, Colonel T<
non, of Sheffield, Ala., said
■onto is now able to support t
tore. He spoke of the nee
text books in southern school
pters/d the fact that much oft
ferae of southern newspapers
from tha north. Ho said that
ie today in (iterator* where it
Joan ego In manufactures,
enern rode to railway
•oatkom materials, but
atatea. Too Iron rails
northern Iron, while toe
to a superior quality,
won slothes made from
at northern mills,
things all tola was eban,
ba* become a saooaasful
too north to man nfact’
we give np and eay, of
“the south will not sop]
suno wee said of factoi
years ago. Time and
room, and oonver»ation on subj ots of may fall much snort of this, and stUl not tk.
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