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VOL. XVI
To tiik Citizens of* Habersham
and Adjacent Counties: This
South country and csjiecially the
Piedmont region, is in the car-
ly dawn of a great tide of immi-
gration from other states, composed
of the best class of people—men of
energy, of capital and of brains—
people most desirable as citizens, w ho
come to aid in developing the won¬
derful resources nature has here so
lavishingly bestowed.
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The march has already begun. We
see the growing cities in Northern
Alabama; the new life, energy and
enthusiasm infused into the people of
Western Georgia; the advent of capi¬
tal, the establishing of new industries*
the consequent increase in population
and rapid advance in wealth, growth
and prosjierity. During the past year
many hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars have sought and found invest¬
ments; old dead cities have started
ihto life; new ones have sprung into
existence; laborers find employment,
and home markets are made for the
products of the soil.
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The interesting question is: Shall
llnbersham and adjacent counties
share in this great movement? Shall
some of the millions of capital be in¬
vested in our midst ? Shall foundries,
mills and factories be planted in our
cities, and by the side of the magnifi¬
cent water powers of our rivers and
streams? Shall the population of
our towns and cities be increased by
intelligent and industrious men and
Women? Shall we see good farmers
transforming our wild woods into
fruitful fields; houses, barns, orchards
and vineyards dotting the landscape;
flocks and herds feeding in the vnl-
lies and on the sides of the mountains?
Shall we welcome tourists who will
leave thousands of dollars among ns
every year, new neighbors who will
aid ns in paying our taxes, building
our roads, our bridges, and unite with
Us in sustaining our churches, our
schools and all enterprises that in¬
crease our wealth,cont ribute t«»our hap
pities*, and enhance the best interests
of ourselves and our children? Citi-
zens of Habersham, of Franklin, of
White, of Kabuli, and of Oconee, fair
♦laughter of our sister State, Shall
iheAc blessings bo yours?
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The News mentions the abov<
counties, for there mainly is its mis¬
sion field, the territory for which ii
labors, uniting with, and aiding the
press of these counties in the great
work. Citizens of this beautiful coun¬
try, the answer to tho above questions
is largely, almost entirely, with you.
If you sit quietly down, put forth no
efforts, make no exertions, plod along
in the same daily and yearly routines,
then capital will pass us by. Men
who buikl factories will go elsewhere ;
enterprising immigrants will settle
in other communities.
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If, on the other hand, we all take
hold of this matter with energy, with
enthusiasm; if we all unite harmoni¬
ously in the grand work; if every cit¬
izen will do his part in making known
the advantages of his neighborhood,
inviting capitalists, welcoming set¬
tlers; if every owner of real estate
will place on the market all the lamb
he can spare;if every owner of a water
power will dispose of it at on reason¬
able terms; if by private letters, by
circulars, by pamphlets, by sending
Abroad the home papers—if we put
forth all the means in our power to
make this region known to people
outside, we too will, in the not dis¬
tant future reap rich rewards.
The writer of this has just pul>-
lished 15,000 pamphlets describing
this interesting region. Ten thou-
sand telling of the attractions of Hab¬
ersham county, including the beauti¬
ful Naeooehee Valley, and five thou¬
sand on Seneca City and tho country
around in the lovely county of Oco¬
nee, S. C., our nearest neighbor. He
expects soon to follow with Franklin,
llart and Rabun, thus making 40,000
pamphlets describing one of the most
healthy and beautiful regions in one
compact body in all this Sunny South¬
land. These pamphlets, the weekly
editions of The News, together with
those of the other payers—the Adver-
User, the Tribune, the Register, the
Union, of l 1 ranklin county , the 8un,
of Hart county; the Free Press and
Courier, of Wa halla, of Oconee eoun-
ty S. C., afford the most ample me-
dia for conveying to immigrants
and C apitahsts,any where in the 1 mted
States or Europe,the desired informa-
tion of this country, its advantages
and possible resources.
Canadians who scout the idea that
any of their countrymen are in favor
of annexation are mistaken. Mr.
White, a candidate for Mayor of
Windsor, Ontario, made his canvass
on an unequivocal program of an-
nexation, and was beaten by only
20 votes; showing that nearly half of
the voters of that city are not averse
to the change from John Bull to
Uncle Sam.
The republicans in the North Car¬
olina legislature last week on Wed¬
nesday endorsed Mahone for a cabi¬
net position; on Friday they rescinded
that endorsement; then they met and
recommended Blaine for the position,
finally they dropped him and took up
Sherman. This ground and lofty
tumbling, and turning of double sum¬
mer saults,subjects them to much rid¬
icule. But then people must be chnr-
itable. To be obliged to swallow
such hitter doses as Mahone, et. al.
must give them tho stomach ache, a
rush of blood to the brain, causing
violent wretchings, vomiting and con¬
tortions.
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Gov. Hill, of New York, and Gov
Ilovey, of Indiana, in their inaugu¬
ral messages, dwell at length on the
purity of the ballot box. All right
gentlemen, go ahead; the best places
for you to begin are at home. Proba¬
bly no states in the Union aro so
guilty of polluting tho ballot box as
your own New York and Indiana.
Clean up your Augean stables; when
you get everything purified ilud love¬
ly there, then it may be time for you
to look how tho poor darkeys of the
South are getting along.
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Tho value of railroads in tho Uni¬
ted States is $8,000,000,600, that of
farms is $10,000,000,000. At the
present rate of increase, the value of
«»f the railroads will soon reach that
of the farms. Come farmers, hurry
up; add force,energy and enierprise;
double your farm values by superior
cultivation; trebble the numbers of
your horses, your sheep, your cattle;
don't let those frisky railroad men
catch you; you aro $2,000,000,000
ahead,—a nice little start; cheer up,
Hy in, don't stt'p to whine and moan
over harvi times.
* * * *
The Govornor of t ho grent State of
New York says some wise things and
some not wine. Jn his late message
lie advises that the presidential term
bo extended to fix years, and the
president not ©legible for re-election.
Governor Ilill then proceeds to pro¬
vide for the ex*presidents. He seems
to think they are too high toned to
s tep down and out to mingle on a lev¬
el with common folk; their muscles
are of too fine a texture to toil fo.
bread and butter, or for filthy lucre,
to they must bo cared for by the na¬
tion. Ho would make them Senators
for life > with a good fat salary, so
they can live as becomes their high
station. This will b|^a bit* thing for
the whole Yankee nation. We cat.
hold our heads up; the nations ot Eu¬
rope can no longer look down upon
us with upturned noses; for we too
will have an Aristocracy, not merely
the cod fish article, but the genuine
quill. Governor Hill may not have
thought thus far, but only wanted to
provide for ex-presidents. Governor
Hill expects some day to be an ex¬
president.
A late number of the New York
World throws all the blame for the
defeat of the Democratic party on
President Cleveland. Whereat tin
the Atlanta Constitution shows that
the World and many leaders of the
partv are equally to blame for its de¬
feat. When the president issued that
now-believed-to-be-unhappy mes¬
sage, and also for “doing the right
thing at the wrong time,” these lead
ers and the World “joined hands in a
regular war dance,” but now “Mr.
Cleveland is to be made a victim of.
and a scape goat” and the Constitu¬
tion hints that the World is coward¬
ly in its left hand side wiper blow
against Mr. Cleveland. The Con¬
stitution is right; but our esteemed
eoternporarv should not be too hard
. . ..
he J
c|eveW in , estlraatioil of the
American people, The World
j s a paper not of ideas, but of
sensations, Its chief end is to
make money; it must t needs there-
f» re rid « I'°P ular w *V es -
abou £ t £ e president; hence the arti-
c}e The vy or id article i s nothing if not
sensational; this on Mr. Cleve-
land is not sensational.
The Toccoa, News.
TOCCOA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 1889.
Our Country .
George A. Pierce, Secretary of the
Merchants Insurance
u "known." ‘ The Company ^miurnl
his loss, also $20,003.
Five inches of .now reel. the
SSwrSr* .barn,LLtTwU.
H ineAiaiama e A otate Tan will he "®
liehl hcraftcr in Birmingham, Every
state air held m Montgomery has
provet a ailure.
The National Woman's Suffrage
Association held its 21st annual ses-
sion m Washington this week. Aunt
1 T?" ’ T." .°r 18 m tllC Cliair ’
Hie O St. Paul Opera House, worth
$207,000 was burned Jan. 21. Noth-
srssr---' -
da tSsnass.'sKA work
to on tobacco plantations.
A . Catholic _ , colonization , / society has
been organized in Pittsburg Pa.,with
a capital of $100,003. The objects of
the society are to establish Catholic
colonies in the South, engage in ,na,u
ufacturing. raining, lumbering, and
Slock raising. Large tracts of land
will be purchased in Nortlien Geor-
gia and Alabama ’ and the capital 1
. increased . , ....
tna) ie to one million of
dollars.
A meeting of flour men at Nash-
vilicTenn. this week, formed an or-
ganizntion to be known as the-South- lt
era Millers Association.” 1 he ob-
ject is to rectify abuses to which
Southern mills have been subjected,
mlnpt a uniform moll,mi of .ale, men-
norn? ;! iwvmimls V **.» nmt lon.itlinl'li..,. . 1 . 1
...
on wim our s 1.1 c so ( .
The treasurer of Barnes county Da
kola, is short ia his accounts $14,000.
Hon. ,, Jacob , , r Lome of rvv W uslnng D. L, a,
has given half a million of dollars to
fo.ind a free, new sectarian seminary
in Fort Deposit Md , his nativenlace,
lie commenced life a poor boy and
h«« marie R Unro fi.rn.no in tl.oinm
"
ber and banking . buisucss. .
The Charleston News and Courier
says the cotton crop of 188,S-9, <lav
by day assumes more generous pro-
portions, and is doubtless the largest
crop ever made.
A bill has been introduced in the
__ Kanseas legislature ,
giving the board
of railroad commissimicrs supervi.
sion oyer telephone and telegraph
lines, sleeping car and express com-
............... u> “ x reasonable
charges for services, and fix the iim-
its within which a telegraph or ex-
press co., must deliver message* or
parcels free of charge.
William Dicksoll w:.s arrested,
1'uesday, at Collinsville Ala., for
passing counterfeit silver dollars.
The Tennessee River Convention
met in Knoxville this week, to mem
orDlze Congress to make nil appro¬
priation of half a million of dollars
to remove obstuotions in the Tenn¬
essee rivor.
A schooner, laden with phosphate
rock, bound from Charleston S. C. to
Barren Island N Y. sunkoffllitteras.
The Captain, mate, cook and two sea¬
men were drowned.
Dick Hawes was indicted for the
murder of his wife and two children
last Tuesday, and is to be tried on
Jan §8.
lb reign.
Four hundred families left Limer¬
ick, Ireland, for Buenos Ayers last
Tuesday.
The garrison of Kieff. Ruatin, has
been increased by four squadrons of
Cossacks. Russia recruited more
men than any previous year. Cos¬
sacks are founding a colony in Aba
synia.
Dc Lesseps invites subscriptions
for sixty thousand 500 frank shares
of the Panama Canal Company.
The German people continue stir¬
red up by the publication of some
things that the late Emperor wrote.
Bismark has been as mad as ‘ a wet
hen”
In France, the minister declared
they were compelled to place three
million men in line to'deiend the fron
tiers.
In London, a banquet was given
Hon. Davabhai Naorjc, Lord Salis¬
bury’s ‘black man.’ Two hundred
persons were present, including Lords
and members of the House of Com¬
mons.
\V»r clouds hang over the island o
Samoa. Several unpleasantries hate
occurred between German and Amer¬
ican citizens. One account says the
Germans tore down and burned the
American flag, burned American
lion ses and fired on British officers.
This report is denied. One thing is
certain, German and British warships
are congregating in Samoan waters,
and our nation is to be represented by
two or three poorly armed, weak war
vessels,__
Four nieces of Franclos II., of the
Sicilies, have entered a convent.
Georgia .
Twenty-five marked men waited
upo.j t ie Clork of the Superior Court
of Dodge county and required him to
give up the ballot lists of voters and
lection returns. This puts the pend-
A letter has been found statin*
.. lut f old to U of $o000
;« ® “ ,nount was
buried near Dallas during the war.
This set people to digging for the
buried treasuje ’ and several acres nre-
. ,, appearance o c a prairie . . \ og
*
urunsw n ick • 1 m- limes: ml 1 he Savannah c.
News may howl over the election of
v.’”:-;-""-’-v “■
1 he Tom Wolfolk case is to come
nn F in flu's fa.m nf *i, a aeon , n ircui. -
-
^ man named Wolford, who lives
near Gamsville,calls the‘‘Blue Ridge
mountains the backbone of the -orhl."
Go predicts that in a short time the
South cannot hold tho people that
will (lock here, and that Atlanta will
have fire hundred thousand 'souls.
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The school ..... building at Elberton
cost $6,000 and will he ready for oc-
cupancy the first of June. It is 2 sto-
ries, ’ the second secona floor uoor arranged arranged for tor an an
opera house.
The Lumpkin county people are
trying to establish free schools.
Tho Albany News says j tho recent
ooultt J e , ecti< „„ m r our Stilt0
hi »v« scandalized our people. The
purchase and sale of votes are punish-
,, ° , y , , ‘ , ha , '“ shoU , ' d , 1,0
V
enforced.
Tha C . irro ,j Froo Press is of t]l0 0 .
.
Im -,nber- of th« ‘
. . , 8houlJ , 1,0 a,d sa,ar
-f ture P " ^‘
A deed , is ou record inTho Clerks
office » Carnesville, which conveys to
the purchaser V « all the lands im f south of
1 " Jf 6, a Uc< ,,e ‘ r
Glark s Creek , Churcn, stid the deed
eo\ers all tho face of the earta boutli
of that point. If the heirs of the pur-
chaser could hold the promises con-
veyed, the Rothschilds, Vanderbilts
and i o Goulds i i would i i i Lo .i tho voriost •
heg-gars besides them.
The plant, of the Malleable Iron
Works ot Emerson will cost much
loss than il mold bo built »l any
where m tlie north.
The Gentlemen's Driving Club of
Atlanta have sold out their property
to the Piedmont Exposition Assoeia-
hon, the considera’i»>n being $28,500
of the common stock of the later con-
ccrn,.
11. H. Laramore, a reliable gentle¬
man of Lee county , last year made
1,100 gallons of syrup, killed 15 lmgs
which netted 3.707 pounds, made 500
bus.iels of Corn on 35 acres, 30 bales
of cotton on 55 acres, G0'» bushels of
potatoes. 600 bushels of oats, peas
and fodder world without end.
A short while since the News con¬
tained a special concerning the at¬
tempted murder of old mau Atkinson
near Carnesville, by a crowd of ne¬
groes, and the cause then assigned
was that they wished to get posses¬
sion of his money * A prominent cit¬
izen of Carnesville, in talking over
the matter, made some startling rev¬
elations concerning it. It seems
that two of the negroes were caught
immediately and three have since been
lodged in jail. These negroes are said
to have admitted the attempt to mur¬
der the old man, and revealed the fact
that there were ten negroes in the
gang ; that their object was to kill
nine of the leading citizens of the
county. Such news created great
indignation, and it is feared that lynch
law will be called in to get rid of the
negroes.
It is said that the cattle of Stewart
and Webster counties arc dying out
rapidly from what the people call
* mad murrain,” Some of the« arc
very dangerous while suffering, and
one day last week one cow actualy
tore another one up with her horns
after the disease struck her. They
generally d»e out in twenty*tour hours
after the attack begins.
John G. S Smith of Rome lias in¬
vented a boquet holder, It consists of
a small bottle, supported on a shield,
adapted to be secured to clothing
or the drapery shield, whereby by means the of stems pins held of flow in
ers are supplied with water and kept
fresh a long time.
The dank and decaying vegetation
of regions newly cleared of timber,
exposed breed to malaria. the rays Dr. of J. the H. sun, McLean’s is sure
to
Chills and Fever Cure, by mild and
gentle action will radically Cure.
50 ceuts a bottle.
Marine7 s.
The Nows herewith presents to its
readers, extracts from the last sup
plemental report of ol. Henderson,
t,,p Georgia Commissioner of Agri-
mos?
° f 1—-vouldhea s-md* surplus
cro l> • without diminishing th? u-
sual products of the farm. Tbemiall
paragraphs various below are reports from
counties. The News can tes-
tifyr lo the cxccl lence of tho J imbo
melon.
Extract from the p.eFoRT %
The Spanish Peanut is the salva-
tion of the South.
c • i , .
acl<e Jixrxsrssrszrs *
Spanish peanut is dest : ncd to lv*-
come a favorite. Tlio Farmers Alii-
mice has done a great dm! of good by
organization and co-operation.
" j n„rt ±T„'r
8av ncr | |fXV anr n0K ^ year's cron will
quadruple that of this. Rvc is bein<r
largely sown f<>r winter pastures, and
stock raising has acquired a healthy
imnot.io
’
H°° Cholera Remedy.—O ne t.a-
w e "P«‘ n|, “l of common soda mixed
w,th . hran ma * h - to oach h "Z, given
twice a dav for thrift or Tour days,
will cure any ease, if the hog is not
too far gone to eat.
Ra»un.—K affir corn did well. The
Spanish peanut was good. The big
Tennessee earn too late The Minna
H Dent, IS a gOod Corn for US. I IlC
Cuban Mammoth Prolific corn has a
big name, but won't do here.
ScnEv.ts.-The spaniel, peanutex
cols c\er\ now variety -of seeds
The Kaffir corn is destine 1 to be a
- roal he1p to riVrtners - ' Phe worrn ,R
verv bad on Indian corn in bottom*,
Kaffir does better on hot-
toms and is not troubled by the worms,
Telfair.—T he vegetable seed*
proved to be excellent. Jumbo mel-
on* verv fin-. Dhnrra corn duos not
pay j to raise. [Is Knfflriment?] and Span-
s |, peanut a success, Pcterkin
cotton very fine,
H *ber*ii>m. — Last, year (1887)
I planted Early Amber and Goose
Ne^k side by side on uniform land.
Hie Amber made lf.O and tlie Goose
290 gallons of syrup per acie.
This vear I planted Obmse Neck a-
lone on the same quality of land, the
vicld was 2G0 gallons. S>rup from
x7 c k.V>rS't .Ylmne" Tho ‘VlS
, g not worth planting,
Colquitt.— The Spanish peanut
planted deep and covered shallow,and
planted late, say June. 1st,and dirt
worked to the vine as it grows, will
make more hog feed than any
crop except chtlfas. The later excel
all crops for lingA. They too should
not, be planted until the first of June.
One acre of chnfas,fertilized with one
hundred and fifty pounds of guano,
will fatten ten hogs without ‘a grain
of corn or other food. One peck will
plant an acre. Oats or wheat stubble
is the place to plant thorn.
Henderson’s Tbc'following extract from Col.
remarks will be read
with much profit.
The old year, with its successes and
failures, its struggles and disappoint¬
ments! has passed away, while the
.iew year is upon with its new demand
its new opportunities and its new
hopes. Let the “dead past bury its
dead^ and recall only its memories
that y >u may avoid its errors and its
failures! The whistle of the locomo¬
tive on new lines of railway; the
chatter of thousands of spindles and
loo me s in new factories; the blast of
new furnaces/ the groweh ot village-
into towns, and towns into cities —all
proclaim tlie eve of a development
and prosperity in all tlie departments
of industry, except farming, that we
have never before witnessed. I low is
it with the farmers? Have you been
laggards in the race for prosperity,
wealth and happiness that springs
ftom successful effort and enterprise?
Let us see, for upon your success de¬
pends the continued success of all
others, or, your enslavement as the
“hewers of wood” to all these ot.liei
industries. All these must draw their
life blood from the food and material
furnished by the toiling efforts of the
farmers. Without the cotton and
gram, the cattle upon a thousand hills
the butter and cheese, the fruit, oil
and wine, of the husbandman, all
these industries must fail and cease
You farmers of Geojgia have made,
during the past year, not far fron one
millisn bales of cotton, worth forty-
five millions of dollars; thirty million
busbies of corn, worth over twenty
millions of dollars ,• seven million
bushles of oats, worth four millions
of dollars, besides many millions
worth of potatoes, pear syrup, and
others minor products, to say nothing
of the new sources ofproduction fond
in the growth of mellons, grapes,
pears, etc. All this, notwithstanding
unpropitious seasons, and yet it is true,
that you are not in as properous con
dition as these figures would seem to
indicate. There has been progress
and improvement, but there is yet o
demand for greater progress, and there
is still large room for improvement.
Cong res si onal.
Senator Brown, has induced the
senate to advance the tariff on rice,
bill J D Taylor^ House of Ohio forbiding has introduced
a in the the sale
r Hq»or orienues of any Ikinds in .he
iin on .neifr.unll to 10° vents a
pound; Mr Brown said the reason
why some had States had given in¬
creased republican majorities was bes
cause the republicans had walked to
the music of tlie bleating of GO.OCO.OOO
shceep.
The duty on wool valued at 50cents
a pound is 30 cents per lb.; wool
worth more than 50 cent®, the duty
ia 3S cents a pound in addition to 40
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“Bfosk „ McVickar, one of r the
characters of Chicago, just dead, once
saved the life of Alexander, the late
czar of Russia. ‘Brock” was in Par-
is, and on the grand fete day was in
pie »vatchi™Tlm-W mag-'
odicent retinue as they passed on
Oicir way to the Tuileries.
Suddenly an anarchist or nihilist in
the *! IC crow< muzzle - pulled under a the gun , of and poaing
arm a man in
front of him. blazed away at the czar.
“Brock” McVickar was the man in
front of the would be assassin. He
turned and grabbed him, and despite
his desperat-struggles to get away
and lose his identity in the crowd ,
hung on until the officers arrived and
, ‘ u rne »* 1110 prison.
f 1 he czar inquired who lmd stopped
^ t '‘,’ inillliaiWl .’i.Vi v i.Vu' i!' USB w n s ‘-Lir,l?- U.OCK lVJCVlCK- M^cVi ok!
ar * of Chicago • Ho scut for him and
“Brock brushed up a little and went.
1'hc czar thanked ‘Brock” for the
scrvU . c he reclcrcl a„.| decora-
ted him with various orders as a re-
w . iriJ ,
Previous to that McVickar, who had
been struck with the beauty of Em¬
brc88 Eugenie, ha.l written a poem in
her , loner j t Wi . ls published in a
Paris paper. The emperor sawlit. and,
discovering who t-lie author was, in-
vited him to the Tuilcries •
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There Is a misapprehension in the
minds of many people concerning the
attitude of our government with re¬
ference to tho Nicaragua and Panama
Canals. We do not oppose tho lat¬
ter under the management of De
Lesseps & Co., neither is the former
in any manner a government enter¬
prise, nor will it belong to tlie Uni¬
ted States. Congress set its foot on
the Panama enterprise when the
French government b»came connected
with it. As a private affair it very likely
received encouragement by our Sec*
retary of State, and as such would
still receive encouragement. So that
the charge that we first gave it coun¬
tenance and approval, and now op¬
pose it, cannot bo ^maintained. We
do not oppose the canal, but the con¬
trol of it by a foreign power. It is
true, the bill incoporating tho Nica¬
ragua canal has passed tlie House,
still our government will not have con¬
trol over i t except to protect the person
and property of American citizens.
France, England, and all other coun¬
tries will have tho same privilege as
the UnitedJStates. The Monroe doc¬
trine forbids foreign governments
from interfering with the nations of
this hemisphere; private individuals
and companies may engage in any le¬
gitimate enterprises they desire.
OUR EXCHANGES.
First and foremost comes the At¬
lanta Constitution. This paper, in
the amount of news, the variety ol
general information, the extent and
high character of its literary produc
tions, llie large number of its emi¬
nent contributors; the great ability of
its editorials, render it equaled by
few and surpassed by no other great
daily paper, unless possibly two;,or
three in the largest cities. The Con¬
stitution wields immense influence
and it does a vast work for the up¬
building and prosperity of Atlanta,
the State of Georgia and the entire
South. The News advises every¬
body to lake the weekly Constitution
and every business man the da ly.
Tiie Southern Cultivator and
Dixie Farm an. Verv beautiful in its
material, make-up and general appear¬
ance is this prince of agricultural
journals. But its great value is tlie
extent and variety of its literature on
a n subtects connected with the farm,
the garden and the home. The cul¬
tivation of the soil, how Jo make the
land productive, grasses, grain, fruits
vegetables , flowers, horses, cattle—
everything is treated, in the mast in¬
telligent, interesting and instructive
manner. Here are the best thoughts
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Mt. Airy, Ga., January, 22, 1889.
Editor of The Toccoa News:
Quite a pleasant ripple of excite¬
ment passed over the quit surface of
Mt. Airy society when it was Known
that invitations had been issued for
the approaching nuptials of Miss An¬
nie Pond and Mr. Henry Bacon, of
Atlanta.
The happy event took place on the
9th inst. The ceremony was perform¬
ed at Mt.Cavalry church by the bride’s
father, tbe'Rev. T. G. Pond. Miss
Annie has been a great favorite with
all who knew her; young and beauti¬
ful, and full of the joyous happiness
of an untroubled life. Mr. Bacon is,
we learn, a young man of sterling
worth and is in every way worthy of
the fair bri le he has
A few days previous to the wedding,
a number of Miss Annie’S friends
met at the beautiful little Episcopal
church, fordhe purpose of dressing it
with flowers in honor of the fair
young girl who was so soon to pass
from our midst. The floral decora¬
tions were pronounced by connois¬
seurs as unsurpassed in point of taste
and elegance. Beautiful japonicas ot
all colors and shades blended harmo¬
niously with the dark green leaves
and coral berries of the holly; to
which were added graceful ferns and
tho elegant * nu untain spruce” pine.
The wedding day was one of alter¬
nate “clouds and sunshine,*’ and as
the afternoon approached thero were
strong indications of a snow storm;
this prevented many from the rural
districts from attending, but between
the hours of four and five o’clock,quite
a number of the representative fami¬
lies of the community had assembled
pt the church; and precisely at five
o’clock as the lovely notes of the wed*
ding march floated on the air, the
bride and groom with their attend-
antsbvere seen passing up the aisle;
at the alter they were met by thi»
white robed Priest, who, in the beau¬
tiful words of the Episcopal marriage
sovice, united them in the holy bonds
of wedlock “till death shall part
them.” The scene was beautiful and
impressive, one long to be treasured
in memory’s store house. The brido
never looked so lovely as on her wed¬
ding day. She was attired in a hand¬
some dark blue traveling suit, her
bonnett was on the latest style, and
corresponded with her dress in color
and elegance of material. She wore
no flowers except a bunch of lovely
camelias, which came fresh from tho
city of Savannah,and seemed to bring
on their pure white petals a breath of
warm spring air, to mingle with tho
‘rough winds an I stormy blasts” from
off the snow-capped summits of Yo»
nah and old Tray. Immediately after
the ceremony, the bridal party return¬
ed to to the elegant and hospitable
residence of the bride’s parents;where
a beautiful and recherche supper had
been prepared for them. The bride
was the recipiant of many elegant
and beautiful presents. As the hour
for departure arrived, Mr. and Mrs,
Bacon bade adieu to the “loved ones
at home” and took the train for At¬
lanta, their future home. As they
passed out to the railway station, it
was noticed that the clouds had all
passed away from the sky; the beau¬
tiful crescent moon was shining with
silvery radienceand the “best ethere¬
al blue” was briliant with the light
of countless stars. We take this as
a happy omen for the joung couple
who have began the journey of life
together, and wish them a long life
and prosperity.
E. W. C\
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