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Enterprise and Appeal.
BT JAS. W. STANFORD.
‘Independent in All Things—Neutral in Nothing.
TERNS $1.00 IN ADVANCE.
\T /"\T YTTT r mi BERT Amn, Established lw*. I
Vl/U Vila CrniBEUT Extehmsise, Ml. ; ‘ ossoudated 18SI.
CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1887.
NO. 33
PULASKI &
THE (BUT BARGAIN STORE
STABLI8HED
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It is now 20 years since our house has been established here, but never in the history of our business was it our pleasure to show to our friends and customers of Randolph and stir-*
rounding counties a larger, handsomer and better selected stock than we have this season. We buy our goods from Manufacturers and Importers, and pay for every article cash down,
which enables us to undersell all other merchants. Owing to short crops, we will give the people the very lowest prices, as our heavy stock must be sold, and low prices will do the work.
DuecfiS Gtoods—Silks, Dress Goods of every kind and Latest Style. Drc.ss Flannels,Tricots, Dress Plaids, with the loveliest Trimmings to match.
CLOTHING—Business Suits, Dress Suits, Cutaway Suits, Frock Suits. Prince Albert Suits, Black Suits, Fancy Suits, Clerical Suits, Youth’ Suits, Bey’s Suits, Children's Suits, Extra Size Suits, Men’s Overcoats, Youth's Overcoats, Boy » Overcoats, Cower than anywhere in the State.
SHOES—» rc Headquarters for BOOTS and SHOES, and can save you, in this Line, at least from 13 to 23 per cent. We buy our Shoes direct from Manufacturers, and have them made to order. We do not keep any Shoddy Goods, and vet sell Cheaper than other Houses.
HATS—Latest Style Hats, Best Hats, Cheapest Hats, Stiff Hats, Soft Hats, Men’s Hats, Boy's Hats, Children’s Hats, Men’s Caps, Boy’s Caps, Children's Caps. Buy your Hats and Caps at F. PULASKI A CO.’S.
J EANS—Ten Solid Cases of Jeans opened this Fall, and more to receive. We sell more JEANS than any Three Houses in town. We buy in Large Quantities, Sell Cheaper than others, which is the secret of our Large Sales. A Beautiful Line of CASSI MERES.
P32IC3S our GOODS before buying.
Houses in llie State.
Y’ou will find our Prices the Lowest. Our Goods the Best. Our great pride now, and always has been, to Lead and Control Low Prices, which has made us the Favorites of the people, and increased out 1 rade to such an extent, that ours is now one of the Leading Dry Goods*
7. P3J1LAS30 & ۩.
I'aming to the Point.
“If there's one tiling more to he
despised than another,’’ ssid Mi
randa Flint, bringing down her
smoothing iron with a decided
thump on the snowy linen before
her, "it's a man who courts one-
half of his natural life without
bringing matters to a close.’
“Very true,’ replied her sister,
glancing up from her sewing,
“and it is my opinion that 8ilas
Weeks lias been hankering after
you quite long enough. I'd have
give him his walking-papers long
ago if I had been you.’
“No you wouldn’t,’ replied Mi
randa, with a toss of her flaxen
head. “I ain't wasted ten years
for nothin', and I mean to bring
him to the point, or my name
ain’t Miranda Flint.”
“Time you did,” said Priseilln,
“if you don't want a place on the
alielt, as you arc nigh on to thirty
now.”
Silas Weeks, having obtained
the oirl’s promise to become his
wife”appeared in no hurry at all
jtn settle down at married life, pre
/erring to “keep company,” as
Miranda expressed it, “one-hall
hiaaiatural life.”
To be sure lie meant to marry
the girl in Ins own good time,
pover dreaming that by his con
duct lie was submitting her to the
idle gossip of the village. He was
a saving fellow, rather inclined to
be stingy. It was less expensive
to keep one than two, or perhaps
more; Tor Silas Week was a far
seeing man.
The spring drifted into sum
mer, the bright autumn came, the
snows ot many winters passed.
Miranda saw scores of her com
panions mar r icd and settled,
while she remained Miss Flint.
Not until she realized that the
face her mirror reflected was not
quite as fair as it used to be,
that the blue eyes were growing
dimmer, the roses fading from
her cheeks, was she determined
to bring her lover to the point.
It was a sultry day in July as
Silas Weeks came strolling over
the dusty country road, a great
straw hat shading his bronzed
face, on which there was a pleas
ed and gratified expreasion. He
had sold a yoke of oxent, thereby
realizing a goodly sum. His
thoughts turned to Mirandy.
“I'll buy her something stun-
sin',” lie said half aloud. ‘You’ve
get to keep these women folks it
good humor.*
An approaching vehicle inter
ropted his meditations. Think
ing it a neighbor to whom he
might impart ii is good fortune,
lie glanced up when h>! was In-
dreaming? Before him, fully
equipped for a long journey, lie
saw liis lady love. Y’es, 'twas
Mirandv. sure enough, with a de
termined look upon her face,
while piled up behind her on the
wagon were all her worldly pos
sessions, including household ef
leets and a huge green parrot.
•Why, Mirandy T gasped the
lumblotinded lover. ‘Where be
you goin’?’
Going!' And Mirandy Flint's
eyes flashed with indignation.
Silas Weeks, Fm going to leave
these parts. Yon and me's been
kcepin’ company quite long
enough. If you don't want me
there's some one else as does.
I’m in a hurry,’ she continued,
‘to catch the train. If you'll al
low me, Mr. Weeks, I'll be geltin’
on.’
‘But, Mirandy,’ lie exclaimed,
catching hold of the horse's bri
dle.'‘don’t do anything rash! Lis
ten,’ he continued. “What would
you have me do? Just you mention
it, and ’twill be done in 4 lhe twink
ling of an eye ’
‘What would I have you do?'
said Miss Flint, grasping tighter
the reins. ‘Just go to the par
son's with me and get hitched.’
lie looked du in founded as he
replied:
•Not in these clothes, Mirandy!
You'll let me go home and gut
these togs off. won't you! We‘11
go this evening, »arlin‘!‘
‘No you don't!‘ said Mirandy,
‘It would take you another ten
years to make up your mind what
colored trousers you‘d wear.*
Away down deep in liis heart
this simple country fellow loved
the girl and the thought of losing
her well nigh drove him mad.
He had calculated upon marry
ing after harvest time, but Miran
dy was determined to hurry mat
ters up. and sitting with a ‘take-
or-leave roe' expiession upon her
fair face be knew that nothing
would appease her auger but to
go at ouce to tbe parson's.
Helping the indignant girl from
her elevated position and tying
the horse to a tree by the wayside,
they went directly to the parson-
age.
Now, the clergyman was a slen
der. meek little iellow, a mao not
likely to be attacked with apop
lexy; yet he told tbe deacon (con
fidentially, of course) that when
he saw Silas and Miranda coming
to bo married be thought be
was going to have an attack of
licit dreadful disease.
It took but a few moments to
make them man and wife, and the
groom insisted upon giving the
parson half the amount lie had
received for the oxen as a wedding
fee.
The newly wedded couple drove
home, taking Priscilla completely
by surprise as Silas remarked,
winking knowingly the while.
‘Come, now sister, and shake
hands with Miss Weeks, wont
yon ?’
How tlie busy tongues of the
village gossips wagged!
“Well.” said one, “I never
thought that 8ilas Weeks would
marry Mirandy Flint!”
They are happy in their little
home, lie content with the idea
that he captured Miranda before
she went away.
“Had I stayed another half
hour to close that bargain,” he
would say, “I'd lost her, sure's my
name's Silas Weeks!”
The clever little woman laughs
t» think that she hadn't the re
molest idea of leaving the village.
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Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The Ilest Salve in the world for
Cuts. Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands,Chilblains, Corns
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures 1’iles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by J. W. Staxfoud.
ju25 ly.
Jadge Spear’s Usarj Ueeisiea.
Tbe case recently decided by
Judge Spear in the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia brings the ques
tion of usury again before the
public. A number of Northern
capitalists, through loan agents,
have been lending money on real
estate in Georgia, ostensibly
charging 8 per cent interest but
deducting from tbe amount paid
to the borrower 20 per cent for
agents' fees and other expenses.
Judge Spear has recently decided
that where such loans are made
thrungh tbe regular agents of
loan companies the contracts arc-
in violation of our usury laws.
No more important decision
has been made in Georgia in
many years, and none involving a
greater amount of property. We
feel safe in saying that at least
twenty million dollars have been
loaned on lands in Georgia, under
these circumstances, and the de I
cision will make nncolicctable a
large part of each loan. This
will effectually break up these
loan associations as far as Geor
gia is concerned. When we con
sider the exorbitant interest
they have been charging, wc do
not look on this as a loss to the
people, for a business must be
profitable, indeed, which will
yield a profit after paying an in
terest of 15 per cent, per annum
for the money borrowed to carry
it on.
These companies have not been
entirely at fault for the high in
terest charged. It was the result
of the fear of loss of a part or all
of the money loaned, and of the
interest on it; and wherever there I
is fear of loss on the part of the
lender he makes the borrower in
demnify him for it by higher
rates.
It is hard—very hard on the
people of the state—that they
have to pay not only for the
worth of what they receive, but
also an additional sum as an in
demnity for losses, and our law
makers, as far as possible, should
remove all chances of loss and
thus remove the burden from
those who are compelled to insure
against it. Our usury law is one
element of risk, and we believe it
should be repealed, and the price
of money be made as free as tbe
price of anything else. This
would make money cheaper and
more plentiful.
In this state the supply of mon
ey Is small in comparison with
the need for it. We have got to
look outside for our capital or
cease to go forward in the way of
improvement which of late we have
been traveling so rspidly; and
many of oar people are obliged to
borrow or be ruined. Any one
can see what we are paying for
our usury laws. If the lender is
williog to part with hia money for
ten per cent he will lend it at that
amount if the laws will make
sore tbe payment, but if they will
enforce tbe payment of no more
than eight he will have to charge
more than ten. Il lie expects to
collect the amount charged, hall
of the money he lends lie will
charge twelve per cent, to make
up for the loss on the other half.
Ifhe expects to collect less, he
will have to charge proportionate
ly more. We believe that our
usury laws are making onr people
pay millions of dollars annually
for interest on borrowed money
more than they would have to pay
if such a law did not exist, and
this drain, if removed, would
make many a business profitable
which, as it is, ends in failure.
The effect of such laws is not to
make interest lower, and not even
to any great extent to stop men
from borrowing. It only makes
them pay more for what they bor
row. It is strange that the legis
lature so often seems to think
that it knows more about each
individual's business than he
knows himself. No man will
give more for money or for any
thing than he thinks it isworlh to
him. and if he knows belter bis
condition and his circumstances
than anyone else he knows better
what money is worth. Our peo
pic cannot all get money for 8
per cent, and under our usury
laws they will have to do without
it (which often means ruin) or
will have to pay for the risk the
lender incurs in not getting what
it promised, which also often
means ruin.
We have too many laws. We
coaid profitably spare many of
them, and we know of none we
could more profitably lose than
our usury law.— Columbus En
quirer.
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He was told to remain after
Bclioel, when tbe teacher, trying
to impreas upon bis youthful
mind the sinfulness of not speak
ing the truth, aaked him if they
did not tell him. in the Sunday-
school, where bad boys went who
told falsehoods. Choking with
sobs, he said: ‘Yes, ma'am; it’s
a place where there is Are, but I
don’t jnat remember the name of
tbe town.’
Presentiments Which Come to Warn
Mortals or Their Last Moment.
Little Agnos Buckley, a po
liceman’s daughter, of Newbury -
port, bad a strong realization ot
her a; proaehing death, although
the physicians had not given her
up. On the day she died she
called her mother to her bedside
to make arrangements for the fu
neral, and announced that she had
only a minute or two longer to
live. Just then the gate clicked
and she heard her father’s foot
steps coming up the walk. Rais
ing herself in bed with her re
maining strength, tbe child cried
out: “Hurry up, papa; I'll wait
a minute for you.” The agonized
fit her heard the cry, and rushed
up the stairs to the bedroom. He
hail barely time to take bisdangli
ter in his arms when she wtiis
pered “Good bye” to him and ex
pired.
A young woman employed as a
domestic by a Denver family mar
ried a private soldier in the regu -
lar army a year before, and im
mediately after the wedding re
turned to her service, while her
husband was sent out to Fort
1 Union, in New Mexico. One af
ternonn, while silting in the
kitchen, she heard a tupping at
the window, and on looking up
saw the face of her husband
there. The apparition remained
for a minute, without speaking,
and then slowly faded away. Tlie
young woman ran screaming into
the presence of tbe family, related
the strange appearance to them,
and then fainted. Later in the
day she received a telegram from
the fort announcing that her bus
band bad died of fever a few days
before.
At a recent seance in Cleveland
a Mrs. Moss related bow she bad
been forewarned of tbe death of
her husband's sister Blaggie.
Tbe two women bad been warm
friends, but bad not seen each
other for years; but last week,
while Mrs. Moss was alone in her
room, her sister-in law appeared
before her, and after speaking
affectionately to her, kissed her
and departed. Mrs. Moss was
much disturbed by the visitation
and telegraphed to learn if her
sister-in law was ill. She was
not surprised to receive a letter
the next morning announcing
that Maggie was dead.
A Nashville lady dreamed one
night recently that her old school
friend, whose bridesmaid she had
been at her wedding to a Virginia
planter a year before, bad died
suddenly, and that she was pres
ent at the funeral. Tlie lady re
laled tlie dream to her family, and
refused to lie convinced that il
was a premonition of death. A
week later a delayed letter reach
ed tlie lady informing her that
her friend had died about tlie
same time with tlie occurrence ol
tlie dream.
A Confederate veteran related
in Ainencus, Ga., the other day, a
strange coincidence that attended
tlie death of Capt. Wynn, a gal
lant Georgian, who was killed al
Gettysburg. Tlie captain had
frequently boasted that the “Inil
let was not molded that was to
lay him low,” hut on the day of
the fight his wife was startled to
see the oil portrait of her hus
band fail with a crasli to the floor
from the wall on winch it hung in
her parlor. Singularly enough
the only damage done to the pic
lure was in tlie shape of a small
hole which was punctured through
tlie forehead by a chair foot
which the paiuling struck in its
fall. Two days later news came
from tlie field that Hie captain
had been killed by a rifle bullet,
which bad struck him squarely in
the forehead.
Louisa Benn, the daughter of a
laborer in Wedaesburg, England,
made np her mind to emigrate to
Australia, and gained the consent
of her parents. Just before she
was to sail, however, her mother
dreamed that the ship which was
l« carry her daughter struck a
rock near the Australian coast
ami went down with great loss of
life. She succeeded in persuad
ing Louisa from going, but not
until the girl's baggage bail been
placed on board tlie vessel and
every preparation made lor her
departure. The ship went down,
as Mrs. Benn imagined it would,
and among the lives lost were those
of several girls who were to have
been Louisa's companions.
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•I love yon,’ he protested, ‘bet
ter than my life. I would die for
you if necessary.’ ‘Oh, nonsense!’
replied the practical girl. ‘Swear
to me that you will get np and
make the fires, and I'll consider
your proposition.’
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Etcry once in a while we bear
of a California woman killing a
bear. This is all right. But we
challenge tbe world to ransack
tbe pages of history and abow
where a woman baa ever got away
with a mouse.
Kffivulist “Sam” Joan Comes Rath
er High.
Mr. Samuel Jones, an evange
list of the Methodist church, has
l>een engaged to appear at the
Loveland camp meeting this sum
mer. That is not a particularly
sensational matter, for Mr. Sam
uel Jones appeared at tlie Love
land camp meeting last year.
There is something about the cn
gagemenl of Mr. Jones to appear,
however, that is the least bit out
of the smooth and ordinary pro
gressof events that is making
some of the good brethren who
manage the affairs of tbe camp
meeting think at the rate of sixty
miles an hour.
When Mr. Jones appeared at
the camp grounds last summer
lie stayed there seven days. As a
reward for bis goodness in so stay
ing he was given a cheek for
11,000. The offering was not
wholly voluntary on tlie part of
the management, for Mr. Jones
made the $1,000 check a condi
tion of his appearance. But he
was considered cheap for the
money, and so the check was
cheerfully handed over. Arrange
ments were made this year to have
Mr. Jones come and stay longer.
It was tlie universal' opinion of
all concerned getting him here
that he onglit to stay a week at
least, and when sufficiently urged
Mr. Jones at last consented to
prolong tbe period of religious
enlightenment over that period.
This made the good brethren feel
real happy, and they have been
counting up tbe joy of a season
with the great evangelist as one
of tbe principal delights of the
year.
A few weeks ago, however, there
began to be whisperings that Mr.
Jones had found it necessary to
deprive the faithful of a portion
of tbe pleasures that they had so
fondly anticipated. It was ssid
that be had found it necessary to
lop off a few days of the fourteen
which he had agreed to* spend
amid the wooded hills of the camp
grounds. The managers were ap
pealed to. They said that the
rumors were correct, sad the joy
of the evangelist's admirers was
turned to grief. There was not-
occasion for misery absolute, how
ever, for be had promised to come
for a short time, anyhow, so con
solation was derived from that'.-
Then it was heard that Mr.
Jones had again CHt down his
lime here, and again and again-
until he had only allowed three
days to the Loveland camp meet
ing. All this was found to be
true too, loo true, alas? What is-
more, Mr. Jones demands $500’
compensation for those three*
days. That is the way tbe matter*
stands now—three days and $500.*-
—Cincinnati Times-Slar.
“A young lady of Austin, Nev.,”'
says the Reveille, “who has mncli * 1
time to spare, and who ia very
skillful with the needle and ex--
cels in all fancy work, has made a-
uniqne dress. The material is-
common spool thread, white, and
the entire dress is hand-crocheted'
work, beautifully flowered and:
strongly made, and about 10,000-
yards of tbrcad : were used in its-
construction. Tbe sleeves are*
crocheted in the proper shape and*
are fastened in by a lock crochet
ed stiteh. Il is a very beautiful
dress, and the yonngIndy tells nr
that it took her three month* to*
complete iti”
Swim? Not a jit. stranger, but
I reckon it ye’d drap me down ia>
llier middle of this byur river,-
I'd reach land ’thout much diflb--
kelty.”
“Why, how so?’
“Waal, I calcalste I’d go right
to the bottom ”
. ‘Thrill and economy my mi;!
said the old man, ‘are tbe impor.
tanl elements of success in this-
world. Together they will i
plish wonders.’ ‘Then I
father,’ responded the young i
earnestly, ‘that yon will praetiar
both for my sake.’
The man who eats fried onions'
can make more enemies in at
shorter time than nny other human 1
being, with one exception,, and 1
that is he who devour* them raw.-
We couldn’t help but let this fact-
leak out.