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About The Toccoa times-news. (Toccoa, Ga.) 1896-1897 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1897)
•E fD o o o O fD C fi II o * to NEWS ESTABLISHED 1872 VOL. XXIV. NEW YEAR’S SUGGESTIONS • • Wo have all started in with the New Year, everybody is expecting good times and good goods at low prices, This we intend to give you. Our harness department is getting in good shape to give you what you want at prices within reach of all. Some think January is the dullest month in the year, not so with us, we intend to he busy every month in the year and to do that we are well aware of the fact that we will have to give the people just what they want at prices in keeping with the times. <1. R. M A P4 TM, E. E. Mitchell’s Old. Stand, SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 4 b piedmont air line. w Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains. In Effect Jan. IS, 1807. Ves. iFst.M 1 No. 18 Northbound. No. .38 No. 30 No.12 Ex. Daily. Dally. Daily Sun. I,r. Atlanta, C. T. 12 00 m I* 50 P 750 a 4 7373 “ Atlanta, K.T. 1 00 w i) p 1” 50 a 8 50 a 5 " Norcross..... 120 a 9 31 a 6 73 Buford....... 10 03 a 7 73 " Gainesville... 2 29 p 2 25 a 10 35 a 7 73 Lula.......... 2 48 p 2 47 a 11 0(1 a 8 •ce Ar. Cornelia...... .......11 22 a 8 l,v. Mt. Airy..... eo- ......11 28 a....... " " Toccoa Westminster ....... 3'35'p 43 a 12 It 30 54 a....... • ...... m....... •* Benoca....... 4 18 p 27 a 12 48 p....... •* Central...... 4 45 p ** 55 a 1 30 p....... *• Greenville... 5 30 p cw 45 a 2 31 p ....... “ Spartauburg. 6 18 p Cl 43 a 8 47 p No.33 “ Gaffneys..... -3 22 r. 4 22 Pn Y& “ Blacksburg 08 40 .. 4 47 - “ King’s .. 7 p a p Fla. Mt.... 00 05 a 5 13 p L’t’d 11 G astonia..... 00 27 a 5 35 p I/v. 1 Charlotte 8 30 p * 30 a 6 40 p Ar. Danville .... 12 00 n 1 30 p 11 25 p IAr. Richmond fiOO 8 6 40 p 6 00 a Ar.Washington Baltm’e PRR. ;iS3c» P 9 45 a 00 n 11 P 11 08 a " Philadelphia. 15 a 1 18 p •• New York in 3 53 p BouUibound. Ves. j Fst.Ml j No.ll No. N.Y.& 31 No. 37 No. 35 Daily Fla. Dally. Daily. L’t’d I/v. N. Y..b. K. ft, 73 12 15 a ...... ** '• Baltimore.... Philadelphia. 73’C 8 50 a....... 6 31 a....... " Washington.. 73 11 15 a ....... X/r^Richmond ... 2 (X) a j 12 55 p 2 00 a Lv. Danville..... 5 50 a ‘S -3 1 12 a Ar. Charlotte Gastonia..... .... 9 23 a £S 73 5 05 a Lv. 10 3 " 1 P “ King’s Mt.... p Blacksburg . ■ ■'** 10 49 a 11 -j P . . " Gaffneys..... If a p “ ....... " Greenville.... Spartanburg. 11 37 a 12 p p “ 12 28 p 1 » Cent ral....... 1 15 p 2 p p " Seneca 1 35 p 2 p “ Westminster. ....... >..17 “ Toeeoa 2 18 p 3 s: Ex. ....... Sun. “ Mt. Airy..... " Cornelia...... —J " Lula.......... 3 13 p 4 09 a P 31 " Gainesville... 8 31 p 4 35 a -T “ Buford....... P -1 “ Norcross..... 0C Ar. 1 Ar. Atlanta, Atlanta, E. T. 4 55 •era 6 10 a P 50 C. T. 8 55 5 10 a P CC “A” a. m. “P” p. m. “Id” noon. "N” night. Nos. 37 and 38—Daily. Washington and South¬ western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman •looping leans, via cars between New York and New Or¬ and Washington, Atlanta and Montgom¬ ery, also between New York and Memphis, viaWnshington, Atlanta and Birmingham. Pull- jnan Orleans, sleeping connection ears bet ween N ew Y “Sunset ork and Lim¬ New in with the ited” trains for San Francisco, semi-weekly, leaving returning, Jersey City Tuesdays and Saturdays; leave New Orleans Wednesdays and Saturdays. Augusta sleeping This train also between carries Ri«;hmond- cars Danville and Charlotte. First class thoroughfare coaches between all Washington and Atlanta. Diuingears serve meals en route. Nos. 36 and 36—United States Fast Mail runs solid be ’ ween Washington and New Or¬ leans, via Southern Railway, A. & W. P. R. R., and L. N. It. K., being composed of baggage car and coaches, through without change for passengers of all classes. Pullman drawing room sleeping ears between Jersey City and New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery. Leaving Washington each through Saturday, a tourist Bleeping car will run between Wash¬ ington and San Francisco without change. Nos. 31 and 32—New York and Florida Lim¬ ited. Vestibuled train between New York and St. Augustine, via Washington. Charlotte, Co¬ lumbia, Savannah and .Jacksonville, consisting of Pullman drawingroom Pullman sleeping observation cars, Pull¬ man compartment and dining cars, leaving New York cars ears, and JSt. Augustine (terminal points) daily except drawing Sunday. This train buffet also sleeping carries twelve between section room cars Augusta and New York. Nos. 11 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars between Richmond and Danville. The Air Line Belle train. Nos. 17 and IS, be- tween Atlanta and Cornelia, Ga., daily except Sunday. W. H. GREEN, J. 31. CULP. Gen’l Supt., Traffic M’g’r., Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C. W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, Gen’l Pass. Ag’t., Ass’tGen’l Pass. Ag’t. Washiugton, D. C. Atlanta, 50 YEARS* fgpra TRADE experience. MARKS, DESICNS, COPYRICHTS &c. quickly Anyone sending a sketch and description may ascertain, free, whether an invention is confidential. probably patentable. Communications strictly in America. Oldest agency for securing patents Patents We have a Washington office. taken through ilunn A Co. receive special notice in the « SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, beautifully any scientific illustrated, journal, largest circulation of *1.50 six months. Specimen weekly, terms $3.00 a year; Book on Patknts copies and Hand sent free. Address MUNN & CO., 361 Broadway. New York. “/ Know Not What the Truth May be, I Tell the Tale as It was Told to Me.” TOCCOA, HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 1897. , m fflUr.!- SOCIAL J mi & 1 n. 4 PERSONAL V5, a •V '¥ OLA JONES The noted evangelist, Dr. B. Carradine, facetiously describes an organ voluntary in a fashionable city church as follows : Suddenly a side door opened in the choir gallery, and the organist, followed by the quartet composed of two males and two females, en- tered in single file and took their respective seats. The organist, who was a pale, thin-faced man with moustache, goatee and eye-glasses, got upon his stool, carefully spread out some sheets of music, began pulling out stops, refixed his eye- glasses, straightened his coat tails as though he meant business, laid his fingers lightly on the keyboard and proceeded to give us the “Open- ing Organ Voluntary.” This is what we heard. Wes took it down on the spot, It can be lied on as being perfectly correct. “Tweedle! This was a fine little note, away up in the treble; so fine it was and faint, that one could just hear it. fudging from the dimensions of the organ which towered up behind the pulpit toward the ceiling, the size of the first sound was disap¬ pointing. We had expected to hear a lion roar at least. “Tweedle!” Long pause. “Tweedle! tweedle!” Long pause. “Tweedle! tweedle! tweedle! t 5 Now, we said, we will have it, when suddenly the organist back- slided and fell back to first princi- ples. “T weedle!” We then began looking for an¬ other tweedle, when lo! he left the treble and went down into the bass and the organ said, “Doodle!” i i Doodle! doodle!” “Doodle! doodle! doodle!” What next? Would the Doodles be increased to four or fall back to one ? We thought of the time when we had put straws down in queer little holes we had found in the ground, and, placing our mouth close to the earth, had sung mourn- fully as taught by the colored peo- pie, “Doodle-bug! doodle-bug! doo- die ! doodle ! doodle ! ’’ Sometimes we caught them and sometimes we did not. We were getting affected over these memo¬ ries. The heart was stirred. The organist with skillful hand had swept us back to childhood's happy hours, when in our mother’s back vard we had mourned over the doodle-bug holes. We confess to being moved when, with that pecu¬ liar suddenness of the musical world, we were lifted from the “Doodles” and set down in a nest of “Twee¬ dles.” How they squirmed, twisted, got tangled and fell over each other. In and out, up and down, here they w’ent, fifty Tweedles in a minute, ending in one long Tweedle, thus: “T wee-e-e-e-e—del- 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 ! ’ ’ Then came a line of Doodles, all tangled up together, and ending with the patriarch of the family, one long “Doo-o-o-o—dul- 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 !” It was difficult to keep back the tears here, The doodle call was so mournful. It was like the call of a woman for lost cows in the’even- ing, when, softened by distance, the cry is lost in the echoing hills, “Doo-o-o-o—dul- 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 .” After this there was a pause, when the organist turned a page of his music', reset his eye glasses, re— straightened his coat tails and brought the “Tweedles” and “Doo¬ dles” together in a regular Kilkenny cat fight. No pen, pencil or brush could justly describe what followed in the next five minutes. Here and there a “Tweedle” and a “Doodle” were paired off; but yonder a dozen “Doodles” had one “Tweedle” down ; and yonder a dozen “Twee¬ dles” were chasing a single “Doo¬ dle,” who was flying for his life. Here and there, up and down the keyboard, round and round they went. The sun was darkened, the moon turned to blood, the earth trembled and shook, the stars were falling, the sea and waves were roaring, a cyclone met an earth¬ quake and cloudburst at Niagara Falls—when suddenly ! in the midst of it all the organ, which had seem¬ ed to be reeling, staggering, moan¬ ing, groaning—went “Clang !—Bang!—Crash-h-h !” and everything was still. The cold chills went, over me; my blood turned to ice. My heart ceased to beat! I felt that all was l os t The preacher was sitting calmly in his chair; the quartet were in a row as quiet as if nothing had hap¬ pened, and the organist was slowil¬ turning the leaves of music before him in his search after the next piece, And so it came to pass that some of us on “Tweedles” some of us on “Doodles,” some on planks of re¬ membered strains and others on broken pieces of the “Voluntary” —lo! we had all escaped safe to land. One of the most elegant functions of the season was that given last Saturday evening in honor of Miss Rosa Massenburg, by Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Edwards, at their beautiful home on west Doyle street. At 8.30 o’clock dainty china trays were passed abound, that those present might draw for positions for “Pro¬ gressive Tea.” In the long, well appointed dining room were six tete-a-tete tables, at each of which there were covers for four. Those who had drawn table No. 4, for instance, were seated together for the first course, a lady and a gen¬ tleman being vis-a-vis. After a certain time a bell was rung, to in¬ dicate that the time allowed for this course was up, and those who had eaten rapidly enough to secure a perforation in the card drawn mov¬ ed to the next table. But if through “cheating” or lack of appetite one failed to get the required perfora¬ tion, he was not allowed to pro- gress. When the menu, which consisted of oysters, salmon bisque with potato chips, turkey with olives, beaten biscuits and cranberry sauce, chicken salad with cheese straws and beaten biscuits, lemon¬ ade, chocolate, ice cream, cakes and white grapes, was exhausted, a prize was given to the young lady who had the greatest number of perforations in her card. It was a large box of delicious candy and was presented with a graceful little speech by Mr. J. B. Simmons. Those present were : Mrs. W. C. Edwards, Miss Rosa Massenburg, of Macon, Mrs. J. B, Simmons, Misses Margarite Wilson, Marie Bruce, Willie Ramsay, Lida Ram¬ say, Ola Tones, Birdie Mae Jones, Reppard McAllister, Carrie Daven¬ port, Lizzie Looney, Ida Hayes, Corrie Lee McAvoy, Miss Emma Davis; and Messrs. Jeff Davis, John Mosely, Ben Mosely, Howell Cox, Karl Burgess, Bob Mulkey, J. B. Simmons, W. C. Edwards, G. L. Mattison, Mr. Mott Torrence. The Womans’ Literary Club had a delightful meeting at the home of Mrs. Ceph. Simpson last Saturday afternoon. The following officers were elected for the new year : Mrs. W-alker Gilmer, president; Mrs. Palmer Simpson, vice president; Miss Maude Netherland, secretary, and the newly elected president appointed Mrs. James N. West and Miss Ola Jones critics for the next three months. The following is the programme for the next meeting, which will be at the home of Mrs. Edward Schaefer : 1. Instrumental Duet.—Mesilames Schae¬ fer and Gilmer. 2. History—George II.—Mrs.J) Palmer Simpson. 3. Biographical sketch of Sir Walter Scott —Mrs. West. 4. Style of Scott.—Mrs. Schaefer. 5. Vocal solo, selected.—Mrs. Harris. 6. The Lady of the Lake and Marmion. —Miss Netherland. 7. Vocal solo, selected.—Miss Jones 8. Current events.—Mrs. Gilmer. Each member is expected to re¬ spond at roll call with a quotation from Scott. The Clionian Club will meet at the home of Miss Myrtie Hiott next Saturday afternoon at 3.30 o’clock. The author for discussion is John Greenleaf Whittier. Mr. and Mrs. \Y. J. Hayes re¬ turned home last Thursday, after a pleasant visit with friends in Car¬ nesville, Ga. The Bible Study Club will spend next Friday evening in the discus¬ sion of the 7th chapter of Genesis, Mr. Palmer Simpson being the leader. The time of meeting has been changed from 7 o’clock to 7.30 p. m. Mr. Judge McLaughn, of At¬ lanta, spent Sunday in Toccoa. Mr. Clarence Mason went to Westminster Wednesday to attend the wedding of his sister, Miss Pau¬ line Mason. Mrs. W. R. Bruce spent last week most pleasantly with friends at Avalon and Carnesville. Mrs. Jesse Carter, who has been visiting her father, Mr. W. A. Matheson and family for some time, returned to her home at Westmin¬ ster last Saturday. Miss Lizzie Looney entertained at tea,last Thursday evening,Misses Ida Hayes, Emma Davis, Rosa Massenburg, Maggie Wilson, Dr. Davis, Messrs. John Mosely, Glen Davis, Mott Torrence. Bob Mulkey. Mr. J. B. Harris spent last Mon¬ day in Atlanta. Mr. Fred Manley, of Carnesville, Ga., spent Monday in Toccoa. Rev. J. B. Allen read an excel¬ lent paper on Missions at the Min¬ isters’ and Workers’ Union Monday morning. The time of meeting was changed last week from Wed¬ nesday to Monday morning. Mr. Pres. Worsham with hisfam ily, moved to Toccoa on Wednes¬ day. They are occupying Mrs. Faulkner’s cottage on the corner of Pond and Tugalo Streets. Mr. Claud C. Jones went to At¬ lanta Thursday afternoon. DERBY CASE ENDED Jury (lives the Widow One-Tenth of the Amount Asked For. Atlanta Constitution. The suit of Mrs. R. A. Derby against the Southern Railway Com¬ pany for $25,000 for the death of her husband, which has been before the United States court during the past week, was concluded yester- day afternoon. The jury was out three hours and returned with a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $2,500, just one- tenth of the amount asked. Mr. B.H. Derby was killed at Cornelia, Ga., August 21, 1895. At the time of his death he was crossing the railroad track at the station, going in the direction of his home. A train struck and kill- ed him. It was claimed by his wife that the accident was due to negligence on the part of the railroad. The railroad company was repre¬ sented by Dorsey, Brewster & How-ell, and the defense was that the road was in no way liable, and that the man met his death through his own carelessness. The plaintiff was represented by Glenn & Rountree. The case came up before the United States court in the early part of last week. All the week was spent in taking testi¬ mony. TIMES ESTABLISHED 1890. NO. 12 Martin Matters. Special Correspondence to the Times-News. Martin, Ga., Jan. 25, 1897. I take for my subject that demon¬ izing fiend. Fashion, of which but few tilings have so many followers. In this progressive age everything has a fashion—not only dress, but every occupation. Fashion is the form or make of anything, or the plan by which it is done ; so it does not necessarily apply to dress, as some suppose. Though the fashion of dress is the most uncalled for, the most nonsensical and destructive of fashions. It is destructive in its effects. It brings shame and reproach on many a household. It has caused many a person to suffer from cold and hunger ; and not only that, but sick¬ ness and death, and, worst of all, sent many souls to utter destruction. It brings with it too much light of modern times to many a youth. It. creates within him or her a desire to do something which they can never do so long as they are led by its cold hand. Fashion checks mo¬ rality and education. It invades our pleasures and interrupts our business. Its laws, which are as sure to change as the moon, and nearly as often, must be obeyed by its followers. It is a sad truth that most fashionable people, both men and women, never amount to much —they are the butterflies of human¬ ly- Parents should spend more in educating their children and less in fashion. Teach them that all t i that glitters is not gold,” and that “fine feathers does not make a fine bird.” Be not like the cin¬ namon tree : the bark worth more than the body. Above all, teach your children to be useful men and women. “But foolish mortals still pursue False happiness in place of true: A happiness we toil to find, Which still pursues like the wind. 1 must quit writing about fashion and get my steer out and go to ploughing down in the ’simmon tree piece, in the lower part of the plantation. Billy Brown. Tourist Sleeping Car Line Be¬ tween Washington and San- Francisco. The Southern Railway and its connections (the A. & W. P., L. & N. and Southern Pacific) have inaugurated a Tourist Sleep¬ ing Car Line between Washington and San Francisco, via Atlanta, New Orleans, and Los Angles. This Sleeping car goes through without change, leaving Washing¬ ton every Saturday morning at 11:15, and is accompanied by a Personal Conductor and Pullman porter, who go through. The Pullman fare for double berth is $7.00 from Washington to San- Francisco. This service is espec¬ ially for the convenience of parties holding second-class tickets, though first-class tickets are good in the car. Further information may be ob¬ tained from any Southern Railway or Southern Pacific agent or official, or from A. J. Poston, General Agent, 511 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C. or from W .A. Turk, G. P. A. So. Rv., Washing¬ ton D. C.
