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About The Toccoa news. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1893-1896 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1895)
I l'.» nr 1 JNc i\; i)e oecca w ^ P J t PI T m fet 1 { Ji t i f ur l U i t w: l 1 h T> 4 e w t has 1 >v a at ( i learn t t t <» t! It’s an f 1 in ing from tl i os of t t! t we ;ard guess that tbi f will be called Naomi. r d o% r <f Walton, Morgan and Putnam ies, in this State, on Sui 1 a v niternotm, dest ^ *; O ti u;amg5, crops, fencer 7 , n ber, cs }.d in t»ne or two v- \C 3 i >, dam- aging residen r'fi t but no lives are known to have .win lost. At th< , K no nno a je r: rani a 1 wind Trm visited C’hi< > and other 1 hits throughout t West, d unraei )0 damp to property and killing quite a number of \ si©. . , i Ti mg toi sound mo. 1 > and -o do ti. fciivoT m* n. i i. 1 onl\ (JU 'SUun to | © d»-ci !> d i - wh -h i- the - »nnd«T , j , 11 !" ' V' 11 ' rV'TT'' a ‘- r: “ !n ; 1 ‘ "• ' a ' ll(, t alf suU'i. nt in viiuun* to tnpp'y tho di-maud, of oommerc. . or n 1 ; - (1 on two minis of a t equal volume, ; supply enough currency to relieve the financial pressure and reduce the purchasing power of gok 1 to its normal condition, and thus rai.- tho prn ‘(•S of labor and domestic cotil mod i tie i the standard cur- rent prior to 187; \vh< our cur- renev rested upon a double metalic \ asis? That is the question for the people to decide, and it strikes us n is a very simple one. The single vhi standard men sav the coming of good times will kill the stiver ogitatioD. Well, we are willing to admit that this may bo true, pro\idea the good times come with sufficient celerity and » T ot. l ot tuo-.n c- mo at wve. then, and “stand noton the order of their coming." All the silver men want is g • -i tinv-s. such as wo had w i 11V 1 r was a standard money metal i ii tins , . country. .... 1 m-y arosatisfied that its romo L -atioii and suflScicnt coinage would a coraplish this. TEA a t he IS -id men cai>,-*«id will do thin wl in its 'remonetization an ree co: - age, then let them do it and wo will be thoroughly sat •d. Wo arc very much afraid, tl ugh.that their; good times are too much like the gold standard sound money— “all sound and fury." Read the art ,i IF 18 ... is issue on “The South and tiu? Expo-icon.” which wo copy from the Atlanta Constitui ion, It :.r.ves some strong points in favor of our people mak- ing the best possible displays at this Exposition, and the conclu¬ sions it draws are logical and just. . A large number of people will visit Atlanta this fall simply to inves¬ tigate tho possibilities and examine the varied resources of the South —which they propose to do through the medium of the exhibits at this Exposition—determined to settl at whatever point strikes them as o .'taring the greatest inducement. This being true, those States, sec¬ tions and counties which fail to have complete displays will be at a disadva go r ti airists will natu y r, ule that all having res ijjr- s wor¬ thv of note would i st! re to make u proper display of them, Where is there a c c ity in Georgia or the South whi ca show a greater variety of jm j ire valuable general r source?, a finer iniate, Rotter water or cleverer pec 1 e than Habersham? Then IS me. And while we all know this to true, vr must reinemht >t that t mr Id at large does 1 £ i\V t. and one great purp tosition is to give us an opportui tv t< •• i- \ ince them of t at fat t ,,, see to it, then, that the i st possi- bio display of our resources and productions is made at th IS Expo- sition, and thus u re. tor our uuitv a um -r of new and valu- fcte enk us Jtl s* TI \ND THE SITIOX. r jr< l i , X s t nd j, up to I* 1 ff C' mproben- *t Atlanta The Record says of the action of u now a. thoupli Sort h,r„ ** , r Mat.- might possibly be far ■ *r represented than the South. <! ’hi- prove to be true, the world would ir j iy judge t he South’s failure to be due to its lack of resources as compared with other sections,and oth- , ! * f t lvertiTecuen the'disaclvantage i to I South. 'l his is especially illus- rated in the movement now on foot to tr < r from < aiifornia to Atlanta the ndid exhibit prepared by that State r t li; Mv. iiitf r California fair a year ago. This exhibit is said to equal t r made by California at the world’s l fra;' 'ASP.YTj r i i.e e :u> use-of shipping the -i A :;ta. The people of Cal- i ia. r n iiz.ng the necessity of ing for immigration of trying to stem the mthward tide of population, are tak g < p this matter with great en- the . South ..ism. with They are likely to come into an exhibit which will I r < ban advertisement for Cali- forma as to draw to that State some of our « \vn Southern people. UUI Our coniemporaij cov»tomnorar>" thinks tnmKS that mat it u is unfortunate for the South that ° n ,, l ‘ r r P , eo P ie . r rr V too much lvlllo b upon „nnn tlio the natural advantages of the country and . do . not , realize ,, absolute , . . tne ne- cessitv " of eternal t>u«h and bust- * ,. ,:n and . unending ,. advertising . . . . s in telling " others what we alrfeadv know. . Tho Southern States threw awa.v their opportunity J at the worlds ; fair, and if they , now ,htir mi ’! ,,k ‘;. th,;y ? n !'r„ th gmv test , advertisement which , they have ever had the opportunity 1 x " : "-' uU1I11 o' , r The re *' juti0n8 Pa5S, ‘‘’ by Houston business league declare that.our Exposition will be per- haps the bust opportunity ever of- b-iv-d the Southern States for an Xiiiiiiti' , . . . of , tneir . . matchless .. »n pro- dues 1 • • Dm 1 world’s T 8 If fair not excent- txccpt < d. H*xas is urged . to get ready f t ^ without 1 delav 1 a >; and ancl e%er every oity, .. commercial tov.li, organiza- tion and railway ill the State has •n requested to send delegates to f }»(i ‘ SiHffps f t invention in IToiifiton ...... on the loth, in order that , ways and means may be devised for the pro- v-"T representation of Tesas at At- lanta. r i „, his . . the right . . , .. Jme. Be- _ is on sides the splendid exhibits from the North and Wert and from the Spanish-American and other conn- tins, we are very anxious to see a fine display of the matchless re- sourc -s ot this region. It is our one chance to bring the outside in touch with the South and it should not be neglected. If could hav o things as we wish the , and . attractions . of the auva tit ages -rtiut!: should be ]iresented at the Exposition on a scale so extensive a = ;d magnificent that their splen- u if would ciazzle the world and temp 1 4 Tprise and capital from vorv ! H t r of the globe. The time - short and our neighbors should bestir themselves. Bob Fitzsimmons was tried last k on a charge of murder, f or the killing of Riordan sometime . . . fight, » , , but ago m a prize was ac- quitted on account of it having i con proven in the trial that Rioiv dan was fiubject to heart trouble and that he was drunk when the fight took place, The Washington Star says there . possibility that . . both . the , is a great political conventions will be held in the South next year. Republi- cans, us well as Democrats, are tak- * .... hvel y interest in the . propo-- sition to bring the conventions Sotu’il. The Republicans seem to think the South is no longer solid- lv for the Democracv, and that *. makf , political ,. . '. capital . by , tii. _v cun coming to this section to hold their con vent ion. Nashville is '• *eing dis- c us - d as the place for the meeting of the Republican convention and Atlanta as the place for the Demc- cratic convention. While we have no objection to the Republican party holding its Xattanai convention in the South. we would gently whisper into its ar that if it is expecting by this means t , disrupt the solid South it is sadly “reckoning without its host." as it will find to its so.row after the election. Honest, hearty.contented labi>r is tlie ono >ource ol happiness, a> well a> the only guarantee of life. Idleness and :UXUr -' P ro ^ ,lce premature decaj much taster than naiq trades regarded as {he most exhaustive and fatal to long- e\ ity. Labor in general instead of shortening the term of life,actiMrlly in- crease.' it.- Exchange. The News and Atlanta Constitution oue year for $1.25. in advance. A Woiult rful Country. America is the product of af] nation Here we see mingled aii the race*, all tws civilizations, a'.I tiie religi illS li 1 d a * t* 1 * virtues ami vices o7 all ages ami all countries. In one grammar hool in Xew York twenty-nine nations are represented. Doubtless other scht -Is in the Western Cities can make a similar showing. !n the South the foreign element is nota- bly absent, falling short of 2 per cent of the population of Georgia, and bar; ■■ exceeding 1 per cent m North Carolina. TlaT^ TSStSTSZt while we of the South ” ha- e mr ' little ’ 1 “ a ‘ us see wha this composite . nation . doing, after celebrating is the one bun- ured and nineteenth anniversary of its independence. If we limit our investi- gation to our material progress the sta- tistics of the last census will be very gratifying. Agriculture is our leading industry in the number of persons em- ployed and supported by it, but the value of its product is less than that of ’ , " \ , > 1,1 rf.rRT J "“ t d V ,,,r d - 11 culture was only ,4* >0,000, 000 . But our farms have increased in value 80 p er C e nt in the ton years ending with . v |( ' ' " e P r ®^” ce tobacco . in forty-two states and territories, but nearly halt °? t. be crop Ohio,North comes from Carolina,lenn^ssee, Kentucky, Vir- S'™- Pennsylvania and Comiecticu^. r T h f at C a°?i in 38i>3 WaS 612 * 000 ’' qoo oooK duced bushels, 2,U60,000,000 and the bushels same year of we pro- corn. * n our cotton crop reached 9,- 0o8,<07 bales. Our hay crop in 1888 was 37,000,000 tons, valued at $408,000,000. In 1892 our farm animals were as- ses sed at $ 2 , 461 , 000 , 000 . In eleven Western States and Terri- tones the rainfall is insufheient and irrigation is all that makes farming profitable. Our mineral product for 1891 was $668,524,537 in value. We produce a fourth of the world’s coal and a third of its iron. We furnish one-third of he world's steel, two-fifths of the i n ]s50 the capital employed in man- ufactures was $533,000,000; the bauds, 957,090; the wages $237,000,000; them a- $555,000,000; the gross product, follows; C’apital, $6,180,000,000, or near- h v twelvefold that of 1850; hands em- $£& Ubor-aal” ingmachiuery; nearly wages, $2,000,<300,000, or ninefold, thus making the ave- *9T00,000.000, rage wages far higher: gross product, \ $’5,000,000,000,or or over ninefold mate- rialj ninefold; net pro- duct, $4,400,090,000, or nearly tenfold. The average yearly wages of em- ployes in 1850 was $247; in IS90, $429. la 1S50 the employes got 51 per cent of Die profit, and capital 49 per cent, in S55 jSr S «lmy beC °"‘ e 45 -Nsw 1 ork cit^y sloD6 prodUvvd ^* o0,- 000,000 of manufactured products in 1890, and Chicago $600,000,000 worth. iron! "T'»ri*aiTaIld 1 ’ ‘ e Vi ~ >U n2 ' cent more' In 1890 we had 994 cotton factories, with $354,000,000 capital, employing 221,585 hands, with an increased pro- duct of 40 ! )er cent over that of 3S8 °- Sf-JaS SS{Sfl'S,"SSS.l?! but measured by the world’s standard 'Y e an : steadily advancing. Altogether, can people may be said to be in the vau of progress.—AtJanta Constitution. The ltrght of Self-Defense. The New York World notes there- cent charge of a Federal District Judge ” Arkansas, who tokl the jury that everywhere except, in his own house the law requires a man to run away and do everything possible to escape from an assailant before killing him. The Judge also said that a man assaulted on his premises outside of his house must do his best to escape before killing his as- sailant in self-defense. Asthe Viorid sensibly remarks, this idea was handed down from ancient mes ’ when weapons consisted of knives, swords and bludgeons, which an active man had some chance of es- eaping. If is not applicable to these days of revolvers and Winchesters. The Arkansas man was sentenced to ei ght years’ imprisonment, but the nit f d ' ?tates ^ u P reme Court has er- dered a new rrial under instructions which declare that wherever a mau may be - if lie 1,as a r5 ght to be there, and has not himself provoked the assault, the law justifies him in standing his ground and killing bis assailant, provided the evidence satisfies the jury that the as- saulted man bad reasonable ground to believe and act upon the belief thai the , killing . . was to protect him- necessary se|f from great Ml , lwrnl . The Supreme CTiurt has acted sensi- bly in smashing the old common law quoted by the Arkansas Judge. If our Courts should educate the people into tlie belief that they must always run wben thfJ art , aKa „| ted outsMe of their own houses, we should have a na- tion of cowards, and thugs and robbers would have a picnic.—Atlanta Consti¬ tution. The management of the Cotton States International Exposition is jubi- lant over the brilliant results achieved by Mr. Luther Stienuger, Consulting Electrical Engineer, in the design for an Electric Fountain. The design is that of a twin-fountain, rising-from an island in the center of the graml basin, immediately in front of the machinery Hall. The island which forms ground- work for base of the fountain and cov¬ ers the operating chamber is one hun¬ dred feet long and fifty feet wide. There are nineteen orifices, each with seveu to ten jets. The electric lights uset j under each orifice to proje<-t the beam of light through the water, are of two } lun u ret j an< j fifty thousand candle, p Gwer each in the beam, The four forms of water used are the stream, the geyser, the spray and fog bank. The highest jets will rise something over one hundred feet from the basin of the lake. The fog bank is to be produced by steam, con- densed by rnear,« of spray. The forms win be used alternately in rious ways with the effect. The and geysers will he interspersed with circular pipes throwing jets in the form of wheat-sheaves. Mr. ritiermger designed the electric ’cantain at Chicago, but thinks will surpass.thst in brilliancy of feet. Skinned Alive. Did you ever hear of a human literally skinned alive and live to tell . . , *"*“ nought by a stroke of lightning, and the victim was a negro woman living on Mr. John B. Ilattawav's plantation, ' * H| Hl The ne wollian was in bed in a cabin on the place, Lightning struck the cabin and the vivid, brilliant, death-dealing current hit the negro woman on the head, tersd iti an electric shower that envel- oped the victim’s body for a moment in a dazzling sheet of dame, leaving her stunned, skinless and insensible, but the life pump was still working awav found she was a horrible sight to look upon, with not a particle of skin oh the trunk of her body,and daiiglingaround her ankles was a mass of scorched and crisp strips of skin, the ghastly remains of the once black, oily covering that Nature gave to the descendants of Ham. With the aid of physicians the woiiian regained consciousness, and it is be- lieved will recover. She is now per- exhibited fectly white: and if she lives will be at the Atlanta Exposition this faH. This strange freak happened last Saturday and is vouched for bj some of the best citizens of High SlioaT _Oconee (Ga.) Enterprise. Justice Brown's Strong: Talk. Justice Brown, of the Federal Su- prvme Court, created a sensation at Yale commencement when lis denoun- ced the trusts. This bold and fearless Federal Judge told llis hearers that the big corpora- tions are committing illegal acts; that they secure legislative favors by cor- ^ unjust tribute upon the people. A newspaper in sympathy with the monopolists protests against the speech n( l comDares it to the utterances 'ah*,!, J.enelling, Waite, Gosej* and But Justice Brown merely told the truth, and he put it very ' forcibly in »»■* center .hot: If no student can light his lamp with- out paying tribute to one company; ,!0 housekeeper can buy a pound of meat or sugar without swelling the re- of two or three all-pefvading trusts*, what is to prevent the entire productive interest of the country be- coming ^rcu ultimately absorbed by a hun- gigantic corporations? Some day a majority of the Supreme Co "« J "“* es " i,! b » w and when that time comes the trusts wnl .,. go to pieces. There is bbpe for the Court as a factor of reform when one ° f ltS inenibers out in Justice Brown's vigorous fashion. We need a * evv JJU >re such Judges.—Atlanta Con- stituticn. Mr . Frank P. Bell, manager of the A “f"‘ T\’ one V»km. ^ X»S'.' to run a roof garden on top of the For- re st r y Building, at the Cotton State's d I»*te. national Exposition, Forrest , ry Building, which is finished outside with the natural barks of South¬ ern forests, has a fiat roof, with a hex- agonal tower rising from the center. E h f U " A " p m * ,,y ,eet above the roof, is also nat : on top. and . the place is an ideal one fora roof gar- den, where visitors may spend a pleas- ant hour among palms and evergreen's, bstening to delightful music, The Teachers’ convention at Cum¬ berland was the largest, most harmo- nious and profitable the association has ever held. The program was remarka- bly fine. The association is in a flourish- j n g condition and growing in influ- ence. The handsome auditorium is practically paid for, and the association does not owe a dollar it cannot pay on demand. When the association con- vened it owed $800, but on the call for a collection to pay off this ness $700 was raised. The association has $1,000 in unpaid subscriptions, but this amount is easy to collect. Every college in the state was represented by president or some member of its faculty and in the majority of cases the entire faculty were present. El- forts are already under way to make next j'ear’s convention the most suc- oe5S f U [ 0 f all.—Georgia Cracker, In Memory of Sarah Collver. Wiren la-t I erossed ilie threshold ovir, Bow kind to «elc *me there; That gentle group, together all— Ala?! oue vacant chair. The summer shade, the beauteous flowers I even yet reaill, But nfiM -i), love and industry More beautiful than all. And now another p’aee is void, Another voi. e is still: Another weary One hath found 8seei rest oil Zion’s Hill. And heart- are aching there to-day, From room t<> room there ‘eek Tlie form they never nf ?sed bef re. And lif<s that do not sj>eak. Some troubled waves, some adverse wind?. So L ne brt ' ‘king of tlm calm: But e’-e the lake of ZDath was crossed The oil of Gilead’s Bairn. Xow s ife'y sheltered in yon port, The anchor firmly east; Wi.ar rap’.nrt in the Heavens rest, With file's rough voyage past. We toil and eare, her task is over; Wt stiive. her vhtory i- won; The noo.ltide lie u is pressing us, Her ioiig days calmly borne. You very gently lay them by. The garments that she wore; So gently they speak of her Who will never need theai more. Out rn’nds are frail, the wondrous change, We have n-t passed it Vet. The shining robes the harj<s of gold, Our hear s almost forget. And there arc hers, oh. there a~eher?. She fi.und them waiting .here; 1 know ynu would n t bring her back To take a^aiu life? eare. Then. Kindred, cease to mourn; Nay bid your heart rejo ee Ttnitbhe soquh kSy rose Logo At i be sound of Jehus' vo’ce. Tugalo, Ga. M a ur Louver. _ Boys’ Coi i—< ▼ O ▼ i * k «r i n i\ f > EDITED BY THE BOYS. Father—My son No man ever ac¬ complished much who talked at his work. Son—IIo'w about those Clarkesville lawyers pa? Miss Bunie Cooper. from Avalon is visiting Miss Berta Payne. “Please rock me to sleep, mother" was sung front many a cradle in Clarkes- Our venerable friend Earnest Pe.ton Deaton ,rom ® en I ill man, S. C., was shaking hands with friends in town Wednes- day. “Too young... “Too young,” was the reply two of our boys got when they asked two certain young ladies to call, One of the girls is near 30, the other will not miss IS far: -- An “Enterprise” _ reporter Went to en- quire of a certain gentleman the other evening tb.h.uW^t. if it were true that he wO in 0 , -wer the gentleman said not a word, but instead kicked the reporter off the premises " The next Y lriornin®' the fol '' , = 1 appeared , Enter- v n .. nm in t lit P nse : “A representative of the Enter- prise called upon Dr. Broad^auae last nie-ht to i^rsin ti-a u,e truth of the prevalent and well authenticated ru- rnors of the habit indulged in by the doctor of beating bis wife in the most brutal manner. Dr. Broadgauge was very guarded in his language and ab¬ solutely refused, either to confirm or deny the stories that are being so free¬ ly circulated " CAUTiorS; Doctor—“Take a stated amount of exercise daily.” Patient—“Will it be enough if I walk twice around my wife's theatre hat every ‘ day?” ~ Doctor—“You'd better not risk over- w „ h one and increase the laps as you feel able."—I.ife. John Simpson’s many friends will be <■> ^.n. that he had the end of ^! •''hnpson s thurab Factory cut off whHe Tuesday. at work at the The acci- di-.u is m„ , !U t vary painful. ’Bill Nye wore such a big collar to church Sunday that he got fastened three times in it ’ and lie hail tn o-bt on a stum P to ^ ' v received ‘j“ 7T~,*TT—7 tb. following —~ from one of our city boys Friday morning: We the Undersigned express ourpro- found regret at not bein- able to at- **»<•-Iree at your magnolious residence, but the iiitervenii:<r eif-mm- stances named b dow 7 are of -ucli serious nature that our attendance would be exceedingly detrimental to those pres- ent: Mr. Mu (key is sorely affected with measels, ^r. Torrence bold hives. Mr. Hooks thrash and Mr. Cooper the croup. IVe hope to be able to be out about the “rd Sunday in next fodder pulling time. You can set youf stakes accordingly. Lovingly J. Worthless liooks. Motley Taurenee. f: Daniel Moserly.^ K. Young Malkane. List <»r Letters Remaining in the post oftice at Toc- CO a, Ga., July 1st; 1895, which will be sent to the Dead Letter office if not called for in 30 days : Elgie C. Adams.- Misss Belle Free. W. C. Hayes. Mip Idia Payne. Miss Emma Payne. Lewis Johnson. Mrs. J. M. Severs. Paul Smith. Mrs. M. M. Smith, Mrs. Anna Stanch. Henry Lester. M . F. 5 oung. Roley Dooley, Persons calling for these letters will please state that they are adver¬ tised. One Cent postage due on each one* J. J. BRIGHT, P. M. July 1st, 1895. DiuU Did/rA fhude % (it hilCiiub £Nordir> poi ildiii T PA odu. n fI TIME TABLE NO. 31, In effect Monday, June 17th. 1895,5 P. M - 19 i 11 12 , 10 D.tilv M Dnilv STATIONS. J),til v i Da lv A. P. M. NonirjP. M Lv Ar.i C-t Fallulah Fails 12 .Vr 940 04 1 urncrvibe 12 35 9 25 251 C5 Anaada e 12 20 9 10 Cs fat ki-s\ ille 12 00 8 55 C5 Deruorest 11 45: 8 43 w Cornelia It 30 8 30 \. M. P. M. Ar. Lv. A M. P. M. W. V. LAL'RAINE, Beteiver. J. B. 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