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HE DE . _ E5T __ __ TI/n , Wm |k M '*:■#- /E ,n 5 1 Fp ; VOL. HI. Demorest Will Presient to the County a $15,000 Court House a nd New Jail Free of Cost HON. L F. GARRARD 4 A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF t OUR CANDIDATE 5. For the United States Senate—His Career free Boyhood to Mao* hood—A Brainy Man. (Continued from last week.) IN politics. During the days of reconstruct¬ ion when elections were opened by the tap of the drum, and our citizens had to march between bayonets to ' the polls in order to cast their bal¬ lots, Louis Garrard was there, fear¬ less and untiring, working for the triumph of Democratic principles and demanding the full rights of his countrymen. Mr. Garrard first came into notice as a Democratic leader in 1871, when he appeared in Atlanta as a delegate to the Democratic State convention that nominated Hon. M. Smith for Governor. Mr. Gar¬ rard was a trusted lieutenant of Colonel Smith, and to his*political sagacity was largely due the move¬ ments which led other candidates to withdraw from the field, giving Governor Smith a unanimous nom¬ ination, and practically a unan¬ imous election as the first Dem¬ ocratic Governor after the war. In 1878 he was elected to the General ‘Assembly of the State, leading his,ticket, and beeamc a leading member of the vety import¬ ant committee on finance. He found the State in a badly crippled condition. The Nutting untamable bonds, bearing* percent per annum interest, were falling due and had! to be met, and the State’s credit was at low ebb by reason of the late Republican administration. He introduced and h hadpassc id tin: famous Garrard 4 per cent .baby bond bill. These little bonds were about the size of a five dollar bill, with six little coupons attached one for each year’s interest, which could easily be clipped as they fell due. Garrard’a objects in passing this bill were: First—To reduce the rate of in terest an the St&e debt. Second — To afford the of Georgia some perfectly safe and m0dCnitely pr ° fitable 8ma11 inVt ? t * Weft. . - « Third—To furnish the people of Georgia more currency, without inflating the currency: 'And then Garrard conceived the idea that by taking up the State _ with these little bonds, the t of the State could be turned 9 State bulking capital, and he tfiS*- >te Senator Ben Hill, urging 1 to the repeal of the infamous io per cent taxon State bank issues to pass a/ State banking bill that would bring pros- 1 i* perity to Georgia. This 4 percent bond bill at once caused a howl and money mon mntry. Garrard sd, derided and pronounced ionary, and it was td that the debt of ride for which these SSs wM?\ ’* it 1 ■ DEHOREST, HABERSHAil COUNTY, QA., OCTOBER 5, 1894. tacked them on the constitutional question particulary, and cited the Alabama, Missouri and Kentucky cases. But these cases did not ap-' ply to Garrard’s bill. He had carefully avoided the defect in the cited. Jle readily discriminated between hills of credit, money and State bonds, and his bonds properly worded. He argued the question with the authorities at Washington and got a decision that they were not money, and were not subject to the 10 per'cent tax. The 'effect was magical. The bonds were issued in denominations of $5, $10, $20, and $50—none in a greater amount. They were to be issued only ag required to meet bonds falling due. The people of Georgia promptly responded, and the crisp little bills were soon to be found circulating in every city in the State-—indeed, throughoutJJGeorgia. Orders poured in froin all over the United States. Wall street wanted the whole issue, bnt they were reserved for Geor¬ gians. None of the bonds sold for less than paT. Not a dollar was paid for brokers’ commissions to negotiate their sale as had been always done before in the sale of our bonds. This relieved the severe financial compression upon the neck of Geor¬ gia, and raised her credit to the highest pitch. In the same Leg¬ islature, we find Garrard diving deep into the management of every department of our State government and how well he succeeded in de¬ tecting every evil and correcting irregularity, is already written in the history of our State. His la¬ bors resulted in the reduction of *•**. »«d the general prosperity of the people. Indeed, from the whole course of his public career you can easily read his motto, “Reduce taxation and give the people more good money.,” He introduced and had passed the State depositories bill. It is scarcely necessary to discuss the value of this measure. It has saved thousands of dollars to Geor¬ gia. He was returned to the Leg¬ islature of 1880-81, again leading his ticket, and we find him making war upon the 10 per cent tax, throw¬ ing safeguards around our treasury and reducing expenses to a just an j practical basis. He was also mainly instrumental in having passed the General Railroad and Navigation Incorporation act, thus saving a great deal of time and moQey to the people, which had heretofore been consumed by re quiring the charters of these com pa nies to be granted by the Leg iglature. He was also the -author Q f the bill requiring the record of all writs and pleadings in the Su perior Court, which has been of untold value. The following from the Co iambus Sun of September 12, 1880, throws some light upon the subject c f this sketch : “The debt of Georgia is exceedingly small and her splendid interest paying prop¬ erty owned absolutely by the State almost ample to entirely wipe out the debt. Under the new consti- tution, aided by the happy laws enacted by a faithful Legislature, taxation has been reduced and every freeman entitled to ample pro tection. The colored people of Georgia own more property those of any other Southern State, and yearly their accumulations Schools free u, eil, white ,-«e opened, end the M stion need have no gm«ii«e Our bl W. C. T.U. COLUMN This column is under the management of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Bible of Habersham for county. contained Editor therein. not respon matter Pledge—I hereby solemnly from promise,*Qod all distilled, fermented helping me, and to malt abstain liquor, beverage, as a including wine, beer and Cider, and to em¬ ploy all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same. Edited this Week By Mrs, H. E. Smith, Demorest. The public A meeting held by the Demorest W. C. T. U. at their Headquarters last Friday afternoon was an occasion of much interest to all present having the white ribbon movement at heart. The meeting was held in response to a call from the officers of the National W. C. T. U. to observe the week from Sept. 22 to 28 as self denial week. Each member of the great army of more than two hundred thousand women as well as a part of men as honary members were asked to deny themselves something that would cost money, and send that amount to the World’s and Nationals Unions to help on the world wide cause. Between two and thttje dollars was received by the Demorest Union which will be duly forwarded. One of the feat¬ ures of the meeting was telling how self denial had been practiced. One member who felt that she had great cause for thankfullness for deliverance from a danger to her life thatwhich had seemed imminent brought her contribution of one dol¬ lar as a “thank offering.” Names of new members were handed in and subscriptions for Union Signal,the official organ of the World’s Na¬ tional Union,as well as earnest pur¬ pose on the part of the members along these special lines of work, were reported. The axst, Nat? iial Convention will be held in Clave* land,Ohio,Nov. 16-ai inclusive and each member of each local union is asked to get one new member and one new subscriber to the Union Signal and report before the Con¬ vention convenes. Will not every white-ribboner in Habersham county heed this call ; surely if you will, yon can each ■ interest some one to join our ranks, and joining they will want to learn through the weekly printed page of methods, progress, and triumphs of the work. Here is work for every women who. would be up about “the Masters business,”" one which always “re¬ quires hustle”. The law makers in the interest of the saloon are not tardy or indifferent to their work, neither is the saloon keeperslow in setting the trap to ensnare his vic¬ tims, and should not all those who hate the liquor tarffic be found eager to help in any way to overthrow it. Could the Union Signal, w ith its fair Christly, and logical teachings, enter more largely the homes of our land, its influence wxmld.be felt, for truth and righteousness beyond any, human estimate. Rally then dear sisters whether in |he union or outside of it to this great work^ and let no ^ ^ 8a 4 y white - friends mr. o* ®*^ ed mam .-Tii. ■ T- V-” Prei 1 made for a Is in (be, 9th VV. Georgia to rith riie H.b« ■ ^ No- m . me. ledd. A , w§ 7 * ■. 4 ' As 1 1 4 ? £ 4 %- %v ? ; .v 1 ten • J •,4 ^1— “ We have so many slangy , girls thatjperhaps a little sermon on slang might do them good. * I wonder if they ever think what a lack of refinement is shown ht in being slangy in words, dress or manner? Do you ever think how this much deplored slang effects the listener or looker on? Surely you do not, or you would not use it. It is the first step down the ditch of bad planners. A girl may say that she uses it , in a joking manner, but it will get to be a common thing. She may be pretty, bright, clever and inter¬ esting, but when you heather say, “I caught on to that,” speaking of a book, story or subject, you may know at once that she has mixed with vulgar, coarse society. When speaking of a young man she has taken a fancy to, “He aintgot any flies on him,” etc., etc., and you at once class her as coarse and vul¬ gar and manish, with a pretty face and bad manners. « Very little of the genuine femi¬ nine sweetness and refinement that makes woman admired is found in the slangy girl, and if you reprove jher she will haughtily turn her head and whistle, this; is abominable. Some girls think it smart to say something that will create a laugh or amuse their company. Such language and silly conduct will go well with those who regard woman lightly but it will lower you in the estimation of a gentleman or lady. Can you, girls, for the passing admiration of the hour give away your attractions as a well-bred and cultivated woman ? M. B. Pine Mountain, Ga. Editorial News Notes Governor Levelling of Kansas has been accused of protecting the lottery concerns and gamblers of Kansas City, Kag., for a money consideration. The Exposure, by one of the lottery people, seems to have been a huge bomb thrown in¬ to the governor’s politics. An imperial edict from the em¬ peror of China has gone' forth that hereafter his uncle and a special committee have been appointed to carry on the war between Chin^ and Japan, and the humiliated Viceroy, Li Chung Chang, must now look out for his p’s and especialls cues. In the meantime he might put in some time looking for a few stray peacock feathers and 8 jacket of a yellowish hue. Dr. Parkhurst and associates are making the political atmosphere quite warm for the whole munici¬ pal government of New York city, in exposing its rottenness. Every officer, it seeins, in any wSy con nected with the city government is in one way or another, a bribe-tak er> This is a good fight and we j^pe the committee appointed by the legislature to investigate this a g a j r w ith Dr. Parkhust will turn such a flood of light on these crim¬ inals that the people will make a clean sweep of them in the next election. We believe Tammany to the greatest curse that has ever fre** hallot in the ■ state. Four men were released from a sixty-four hour imprisonment in a Carbondale, Pa., coal mine, Sun day, caused, by the dirt caving and e mouth of the mine. They ing to eat or drink ail the f were 1 imprisoned. They i hear their comrades g thereost. and family of seven iming from a fair at Cas he was told by W and not drive care *.■ > ■ * 4; ■ ab'i # < 4 - emf”. 1:? {13:77:52. 9 fig: 3 _ " 1e52,; if the I ■ Us the fell JOB PRINTIN m When in need of fine Job PrU\ U; you are l* Send or Call on THE TIMES, Demorest, 5 © We guarantee the best Work 'limi and the t*i , to be the Lowest 0X * j .— They All Do 1 X Y Do What? •* ' ■ Complain of Hard Tim* ,ffPl Some have promised to secure for us better times, but in the time, while the hard times arc on us, what ohall we dor EC I MIZE? But how Economize? This is one answer: ’ ‘ *. 1st. Buy only fvhat you need; ad. In buying pay more attenl quality man stock/’ to quantity “cheapest 5,30. prices,” u o not ue This often - “Largest etc. judge . of goods mean goods to the purchaser. Be your own ant Investigate for yourself In your investigation do not fail Safford & Dun i —DEALERS IN— m Dry Goods? Hardware Groceries?. mm mm We also handle crockery, glassware, paints, oils, mm Call and see us. 1 demorest.. The Bank of De Capital, $25, 000 Doing a business under a special charter from the stl| money on approved security. Pay interest on time d in domestic and foreign exchange, Transacts a geital ness. * CORRESPONDENTS i * Chase National Bank, New York. Lowry Banking Board of Directors: ‘ A. A. Safford G. W. Duril CD p ,s h W. H. VanHise A, A. Campbell A. Officers: A. HAMPTON", President. A. A. f W. H. VanHise, Vicc-P — Demorest f I i ■. i'V SCH ■ First Fall term opens August 6; Departmeats in Pedagogy, V*. - -M thorough f: -M-ftzm ■ 1 •/ •vs. Up with - 1 - II Special Classes in M s.' |lf|< is - m - ■: <■ I Demorest limi \§me£ _ ** 4 ' - • i 1 r af i ft :