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LOCAL
I* this the Sunny South?
Bring ns that load of wooj.
0 for a little dry July weather !
Toccoa merchants who don’t ad¬
vertise will be lonely.
School has been suspended for this
week on account of the snow and
cold.
On account of the blizzard there
was no preaching in town Sunday
The R. & D. trains have been be¬
hind time quite frequently during the
past few days.
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The members of the Presbyterian
choir are requested to meet at Mr.
McLaury’s tonight at 7 o’clock sharp.
Frtsh Florida sugar caue syrup-
50c. per gal.
Edwards A Dane*.
We have been turning out lots of
job work this week, and if “we do
say it as hadn’t ought to,” it was good
work.
The swift-flowiag Toccoa creclv
lias been frozen over in many places
so that a roan could walkracross it on
the ice.
Our reading matter is rather short
this we«k, owing to th« several new
advertisements that appear in this
isrue.
Just read our advertisements this
week. Some of our merchants are
giving us liberal patronage. Toccoa
G no one-horse town.
Genuine Florida sugar cane syrup
at H. M. Payne’s.
There is no need of sending ofF
for job work when you can have it
executed as well and as cheaply at
home. Give ns a trial.
A communication from our Demor-
i t correspondent reached us too late
l". r publication this week. It will
appear in our next issue.
The weather must have been using
a pneumatic tire in m in its race
Sunday. It succeeding in lowering
its record, and we trust it is satisfied.
If you want a bargain in odd pants
and overcoats call on us. We are
closing them out at cost.
Edwards & Dance.
Severa! droves of horses and mules
have passed through town during the
past few days. The drovers say there
is little demand for stock this year,
We have been in Northeast Geor-
gia about three weeks, and not a
drop of mountain dew have we seen
yet. Perhaps it is not as plentiful
here as ws were led to believe.
Woolen dress poods at cost for
next ten days.
Edwards & Dance.
The beef market and lot formerly
owned Gy Mr. C. A. Cooper has been
purchased by 1 is father, Mr. G. A.
Cooper. The latter is one of our
largest real estate owners.
Come and see my line of Drummers
Samples, H. M. P AYSE.
We are »o crowded with work and
for space this week that wc can not
properly notice the advertisements
which a number of our progressive
business men have sent in. W« will
call attention to thorn in our next
issue.
We expected to publish this week
the sheriff's sales for February, but
the Advert ser has not reached us
up to the hour of going to press. \Ye
will get and publish them next
week. After this month The News
will publish officially tha legal ad
vertis’ng of the county.
1 have enough cravats to supply
every voter in this county with one
and no two alike. To close out a,
Hlf price. II. M. Payne, t
Visitors to the falls have been nu¬
merous this weak, to view the great
pyramid of frozen spray at the base
of the precipice, the lovely festoons
and delicate traceries on the wall of
rock, the fairv-like drapery ef the
surrounding trees, wrought by Jack
Frost's magic fingers. Those who
have not been out there have missed
a pretty sight.
A large line of Ladies Shoes now
being offered at one half their worth
to closeout, and in fact 1 will sell fo
the next 30 OaYS anythin* I have tor
less money than it ever was offerer
at; the money is what I want and not
the profits. Come and see me.
H. M. Payne.
Mr. W. V Luraine. reeve of the
Blue Ridge and Atlantic railroad,
was in town Tuesday, transacting
business with the bank. He informs
u« .1 that . all 11 the old i float iin.fi.,. log i-k» c nf
the rttad have been patd off. The
hearing in the L liited States court
«»f the test case for ownership of the
road is set for the first Monday in
February.—Northeast Georgian,
Obituary.
Alexander Scott WHS >n
•^'-h I <99. and died at Martin,
lin county Oa., at his aoa-tu-laws,
0. \ erner, .January the 15th’ 1893,
in his 94th year.
He married Miss Elizabeth Prather
of Abbeville county, S. C., who pre-
ceded him to the church triumphant
over 40 years ago. He joined the
church of his choice in his early man¬
hood. He was in feeble health for
some time, but bore his sufierings.
with r , atience) and during his last
illness, as an expression of his fait.
in Christ and in obedience to IIN
command, “Do this in remembran
of me”, he asked that the sacrament
be administered, w hich was done b\
Kev. B. P. Allen of Toccoa, assisted
by the writer. On hi- death bed lx
called to his daughter, “Mollie 1
have been abundautly pardoned”,and
said that his way “was clear.” These
and other expressions uttered ;n
his last illness together with the hf«-
he lived, lead his friends and loved
ones to believe he Was ready to die.
As sweetly and peacefully as a
child on its mother’s breast, n« “fell
asleep in Jesus.” The writer preached
his funeral sermon, after which ten¬
der hands and sorrowing hearts laid
him to rest in Martin cemetery.
We will cherish his memory and
strive to moet him in heaven.
W. A, 0.
Notice from Alliance Store.
Notice is hereby given that I have
assumed control of the Alliance
store at this place, with]! .orders :<
collect debts due the same. And 1
will sue all claims by return day in
the different districta adjoining this.
I mean what I say. JR. A. Naves,
Jan. 17, 1*98- Apt.
I have the largest stock of Shirts
ever brought to this place that! offer
at great! > reduced prices to close
out. ii. M. Pa ink.
Weights and Msasnres.
In regard tj the matter of stan¬
dard weights the law« of nearly all
Southern States have fixed the neBiit
of our agricU ilural products, so far
the bushel unil goes. It is true
many grocery men do not observe the
rnlein selling fruits and vegetables as
it is much more convenient to use
measures- than to employ li.e scales
in selling them. Wuat is wanted is
a law that shall t*e uni otbn through-
out the who!'- country, aud which
all should be forced t«» observe Even
eggs and , iioubrv , generally snonkt
sold ,, . by the . pound. .
„„ The lollowmg .. are the .. standard . , ,
weights . , of la.m ,
most pr »..uet-, ns
fixed „ , , by statutes . Hie dil-crent ... ,
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60 pounds , wheat one bushel , ,
06 pounds * shelled coni.
70 pounds ear eon.
48 pounds corn in. a .
Gd pounds peas.
oG pounds rt e.
o_ pounds o.ai .
4G p uin Is bailer
GO p'Uinls Ir s i ji- t.does.
55 pounds sweet potatoes.
o7 poun Is onions
.E poun Is ( i. n sCv 1 .
20 poun ts bran.
50 pounds conrse salt.
55 pounds fine sad.
SOjpounds white beans,
45 poun Is castor beans
60 pounds clover seed.
46 pounds timotbv.seed.
56 pounds flax seed.
44 pounds hemp seed.
14 pounds blue-gra s seed.
52 pounds buck wheat.
38 pounds drie 1 caches.
*24 pounds dried apples.
55 pounds tin nips.
25 pounds pganuts,
80 pounds stove < oal.
80 pounds unslacked lime,
8 pounds plastering hair.
196 pounds flour make a barrel.
200 pounds bed'or |«>rk make one
barrel.—Colman’s Rural Woild.
The success of Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy in effecting a speedy
cure of col ls, croup and whooping
cough has brought it into great de-
gaud. Messrs. Pontius & Son,
Cameron, Ohio, sav that it has
mained a reputation second to none in
that vicinity. «/us. M. Q*i m , of Jui.n
DESERVING PRAISE.
Wedvsireto sav toour citzens. that for
Lifepui., Bneklen’s Arnica Salve $$ and Electric
Biffers and 'more never handled remedies that
t era every time, and we stand readv to
fund the purchase price, if satisfactory
their ment& \V fl -ft J Davis, Druggists.
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Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy.—A
marvelous cure for catarrh, Diphthe-
r ia, canker month, and Head, -he.
W itb each bottle there is an inueoi-
ous ^^s a l I jeetor for the mor
c w^XLut gssfu l treatineiitof th«*se complaints
extra charge. Price Ofic.aSoltl
r * A * ^PP 8,
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About People You Knew and Some
You Don’t Know.
Mr. W. L. Vickery «pent a day or
two ti.is week in Harmony Grove.
G..s Nichols has been spending
the week with relatives in Laurens
county, S. C.
Fred Wilson starts to-day for An¬
derson, S. C., to resume his studies
tt Patrick Institute.
Mr. Ramsay, of A'abama, after
speioing a w*tk or two in t<wi.witl.
r«!ati\es, on Thursday left for l.is
nome.
M r. ar>d Mrs. 1^. V. Crisj.
were the first to enjoy the de¬
lights of sleigh ricing in this beauti¬
ful snow.
Mrs. R.A. Rutishv and Miss Ida
Hayes were recently the guests of
their aunt, Mrs. C. Vickery, at her
pleasant home in Lavonia,
Miss Lula Ramsay, of near tnh
place, on Thursday left for Alabama
in company with her COUsliJ, Mr.
Ramsay, ,o visit relatives.
Mr. Schaefwr, with iiis litth
daughters, recently took a trip t<
New York, making short visits in
Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Cliff Matheson is more popular
with the giris than t#ver, since he ha
constructed a large sleigh and
carried sleighing many of them.
Miss Fannie Maxwell, who has
been spending several weeks in Toc¬
coa as the guest of Miss Bessie Davis,
on Wednesday returned to her home
in Walhalla, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Cr>p returned
lite first of the week from a trip to
South Carolina, whither Mr. Crisp
took fiis lovely bride to visit Lis rela¬
tives and home friends.
Mr. Hopkins has returned to his
home j n Texas, after a pleasant visit
to his brother, H. E. Ilopkins. one of
'I o icoa’s merchants i he two broth¬
ers had not met before in fourteen
> essl ' s *
Postmaster T. W. Scott was ab-
from his post oi.e day tins week
having gone to Martin to attend the
funeral of his grandfather, Mr. Al-
exander Scott. The old gentleman
lucked only a few .lavs of being 94
years of age, and the greater portion
. f hi<* life was spent-.in Uaht-rHuirn
county . He was a good citizen,
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\v hew! ^ Hasn't u i been • cold! And
didn . t tt snow! .... W j are not suiLri .
with . lieat now, and Lire ’‘bcnulilV.!
Snow is here still in abundance,
lien t!ie got low-pi* , i
»» mercury rite
on Friday ,, . , night . , o! last week and sul
ked down to b degeas above zero we
thought . the , coldest ,, <lav , of , ,
" the wnier
had . . out that speb
come: v>as just:;
foretaste of what was to follow! On
Sunday the col 1 wan flag was hoisted
and som afurwnrds t!ie blizz ir*'
struck us Cold, r and colder it grow,
and that night the thermometer leg—
i ate red 3 degree-* above zero. Kgg°,
milk and ink froze, and in the warai-
esl rooins ice f oni , ed at Right .
since then the temperature has not
been so severe, but it has been below
freezing point nearly all the week.
This is the coldest spell that bus
hten experienced here in six or seven
^ „ rs
Tha Snow.
This is a great section of country
In the summer we have pleasant
nights, pure, cold water and :io mos¬
quitoes. In the winter the climate
is usually mild, but occasionally for
the benefit of our citizens and visit¬
ors from the North we have some
cold flays when the snow lies thick
on the ground and sleighing and
skating may be indulged in.
Last week we said something
about snow. We beg the pardon of
our readers for mentioning so trivial
an incident ;:s an inch or two ( f
snow. IFe didn't know anv belli r.
We don’t propose to notice hereafter
an >' such raeral y !ittle lik « that;
they have similar snews in South-
west Georgia some Jm«s.
We have had a snow worth talk^
. U.trlv T . , ... \ ednesday ,
Ui » !1 H)uJ * morn-
big it began and for about thirty hours
it fell conti i u us 1 v. Such a snow
storm is seldom seen in Georgia.
L'o a depth of twel.e in Les on
evel ttie suo.v lav, coverimr noun
tain peak and hm.eetop, ."alley and
ujji w i t h a thick carnetrfenfr.G?- ‘ P c -°*a daz
“‘“K * a " J «-an.formi„,
common thuigs into levelv pictures.
Qld Ourra Hee and the B1 ue Ridge
mountain, looked S r,nd in the die.
tance as their snow-capped summits
ghsteneJ in the sunlight. With a
great mass of ice and snow below
Toceoi them piled up “25 or 30 feet high,
falls are beautiful beyond
de-cr.ption.
;>everal sleighs were iraprorised
by the young men in town, and
steigh ridiug is a popular amuse-
,1J8ut *
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Our ii'lh* place is robed in a she. t
of whiteness, and merry citurds are
,,,ak,n ff “ d » 9 P lj ‘V "f »•«
Kd Dooly, who has been living f< r
‘ Somi ‘ liir,e ’* ,lh h s ’ ro h r ’ 1 !lS ^ 01 e
l,ome reside wilb Lis ,ro,her at
.
Bowersville.
C. P. Jarrett’s mill is a perfect stat¬
ue of ice. It has been a long time
since it has put on such a white aj -
pearance.
The new section n nster f* r t: is
place has niadejliis arrival.
i.ill Camp and family have moved
t.o the Cross Roads near the widow
Jamil’s.
People of tlii- c< m > u tv have 1>-
ail li^.es of Lewis Walter's going l<>
Ark—, as he has purchased a . nial
tract of lun l in Big Smith’s dis ne*.
A certain newspaper correspondent
was seen at Jarrett's crossing a few
days a^o, with pencil and paper tak¬
ing flows dots, away over the tele-
.ruph wire. lie fir.-d'.y g;.\e up in
lespair, an 1 in an hour or so was
Uaulmg crossties lor the Li. & D. II.
R.
“Know all” is quite snd. 11 is wife
Iu.s gone to visit the different state*
in the Union. lie keeps his time
very well occupied, going to Smith's
low ground and bringing all the news
back for the neighborhood.
One cannot get at much news such
tun?, as the weather will not admit
an hour’s gossip.
The wedding bells have not been
heard of in this [dace as yet, although
at a certain house an in fare supper
was held, the invited guests being
preseir, «aiting on ti e bride and
who were to come from F. C
But tli vv came not, and the supper
was highly enjoyed by a few.
The first e iition of The News, af-
tcr cfa ingiug hands was spicy and
newsy. Without The News we would
he somewhat lonesome.
Elections are over with, and wo are
not h iving as many visitors as u u.nl.
Cutting shingles is a >o t all the
work that is going on.
Much sue jess to Tim Toccoa
News,
I’EAIiL.
TtJGALO i) ji'e.
Tuere will be preaching uf Provi¬
dence to-morrow at 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Dukes’ baby has bueu v*ery
sick.
There havenh !)-*mn any
in this section lately.
BiU Camp and family h ve mov. d
to C. P. Jarrett’s from Fr i-kl n
county.
Miss Lula Davis is teaching a
good sch >ol :;t vVlnten Gap sclnio!-
hous *.
D. J.trrctt killed the finest ling in
this section. It weighed 400., net.
Coldest weather on Tugalo lost
lias been lately. The sn.all creeks
have been frozen over.
Rabbits have been faring badly
while the snow has boon on ih
round.
The dogs have been going mad
very rapidly on Tugalo. There have
been fourteen killed in less than two
months.
Miss Sal lie Grace Jarrett has be¬
her school near F. P. Jarrett’s.
There have been several dances
in this section lately.
Who was it that went to a certain
house and passed off for a stranger,
and like to have got bitten by dogs.
When you want to go a-courliiiLi
go to see the girl that wants to see
you. Tugalo Hustlmi.
GOol) LOOKS.
Good looks are more than skin deep, de¬
pending upon If a healthy the Liver condition of all the
vital organs. be inactive, you
have a Billious Look, if your stomach js di.s-
ordeved you have a Dyspeptic Look and
your Kidneys be affected you have a Pinched
Look. Secure g >od hea th and you will have
tr.Mxl looks Electric Bitters is the areat al¬
terative and Tonic acts directlv on these vital
organs. Cures Pimples, Blotches, Boils and
iriv.-s a eood complex.on. Sold at W li a; J
Davis’s dr ig-tore, 30 cents per bottle.
Cut tint if 161.
The News has made arran.orients by
its subscribers can obtain certain
at reduced rates. Subscribers will save
ey by sending through us for whatever pub
icatiou- they desire.
N ME CF PERIODICAL. |Beg ;pri"?" n To
Constitution we kly § 100? 50
Lit pincott Magazi’ve s Magazine monthly; 3 00 “2
Scribner's nP 3 00 2 50
Century St. Nicholas m m| 4 00| 3
3 00| 2 50
Scientific Vmencin wj 3 00 2
Seien. Amer. supplement vv 5 OOl 4 00
S. A. and supplement wl 1 00| 5 <30
Arcliifects ana Builders edtn re 2 50 2 00
S. A. & Arc’t- & bid’s ed’t’ti m 5 00! 4 50
Toilettes m 150 1
Home American Masrazine Farmer m 50|
in 1 00 50
Harpers Magazine rn 4 00 3 00
fc™ iiSgS SSV 1 w w 4 4 00‘ 00 3 3 2o 20
W People w 2 00i l 5®
a iugairsTsiaora-iue rtyur ^* 1 Ala^a/fta* U ° m in 2 I 00 0U| 1 5o 75
m 1 0 <j 90
^viewofReview m m 3 2 00 50 ! 2 2 00 25
Food, with >.rtmium book 2 GO! 150
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Office Cor. Sage and Tugalo
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