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Try Us. WE LEAD, OTHERS FOLLOW! Try Us. This week we are selling Gold Medal coffee 20c.........................Oolong and Gunpowder tea 30 c;..........................Young Hyson, extra fine tea, 75 • English Breakfast tea, 75c ; Full head rice, 14 pounds to the dollar; Octagon soap 6 bars 25c; Ribbon cane syrup 45c ; Eastern potatoes, large, 25c per peck; Oatmeal, 15c size for 10c. Hein’s Sweet pickle figs, 50c ; 3 lbs peaches 12c ; 2 lb peaches 8Jc; Try our “Solitaire” flour, 501b sacks $1.65, it is the best made. Kinghan’s best leaf lard 6c per pound 55 lb tubs, lion coated Popcorn 5c. D Y DS« We will sell you the best cotton plaids at ^c, 200 pieces Sea Island Percals, yard wide, the 12Jc kind for 10 c; ladies and gentlemens’ handkerchiefs from 5c to 25c ; yard wide Fruit of the loom 7^c ; Oil calicoes 5c; Lancaster gingham 5 to 7c; French gingham 9c ; 36 inch all wool cashmere 15c ; 38 inch all wool cashmere 25c ; 40 inch serge 40c; 44 inch serge 55c; blue, black and white Duck 10c ; 2 spools cottoi/c;c ; 100 yds spool silk 5c. 4.8 Corsets 25c kind, ; 36 Corsets, $1.25 kind, $1.00; 47 Persian Corsets 75c ; 63 extra long waist Corsets, the 75c kind, 50c. 23 ladies’ 6 button Kid Gloves 89c; 48 ladies’ 4 button Kid Gloves, 75c 49c; 24 gents’ Gloves, $1.25 kind, 98c. 12 Umbrellas worth 65c, our price 40c; 75 silk Umbrellas $1.00 to $3.00. 5 doz percale Shirts this week at 50. Neckwear at your own price. We Embr% den cotton 5c a spool. Gold-eyed Needles 5c. 25 good lead Pencils 5c to school children only. Falcon pen points sc doz. Finishing Braid, all colors, from 5 to 15c. have the largest and cheapest line of Hosiery in town. We have just received a big line of ladies’ and misses’ spring-heel Shoes. The prices are low as the lowest. Come and get our prices when you want Shoes. New Hats arriving everyday. Derbies all blocks and colors. Boys’ knee Pants, all wool eassimeres and cheviots, 25 to ^oc. Bovs’ Suits, 6 to H years, 90c. 75 father Valises and hand Bags at wholesale prices. 15 doz unlaundried Shirts, reinforced sleeve and back, the regular ^° c kind, our price this week 36c. A few more J those $1.50 Pants to go at $1.00. We haven't mentioned one-half of our bargains. We invite you to come and see for yourself. Goods delivered promptly. BEE-HIVE, RUSSELL & MULKEY, PROPS. Be sure to ticket for the Mirror when a dollar’s worth. Some one will it the first of SOUTHERN RECORD Published Every Friday by the Southern Publishing Company. L. S. ALLEN , Editor. GENERAL SOUTHERN OFFICE : 843 Equitable Building, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WASHINGTON OFFICE : 615 E STREET. N. W. $1 Per Year; 50 Gents for Six Months; Three Months 25 Cents. Entered at the Postoffice at Toccoa, Ga., as second-class mail matter. Papers will be Stopped at the Expira- of Time Paid for Without Notice. The editor is not responsible for sentiments expressed by correspon¬ dents. Articles for publication must be ac companied with writers name for our protection. He may write under a non de plume. Notice. I have this day sold to the .South¬ ern Publishing Co. all my rights, title, and interest in the Toccoa Times-News newspaper, job office, and Stationery store, consisting of types, presses, subscription books, paper of all kinds, open accounts, and materials of all and every kind. All accounts due the former proprietor should be paid the South¬ ern Publishing Co. W. A. Fowler Feb. 13, 1897. Into New Hands. It is with a great deal of reluct¬ ance that I part with the child of my own creation - the Times-News. Nevertheless with this issue the Paper, Job, and Stationery business goes into the hands of the South¬ ern Publishing Company, who no doubt will carry the paper forward to unclouded success, for which I have always diligently striven. I sell the business to a corpor¬ ation because I believe the paper will be put in a better position for effective co-operation in home en¬ terprises and be enabled to do more for O than it has in the past. k—< is the desire of the publishers to make the paper a great advertising medium for Toc- coa, Habersham county, and Geor¬ gia—bringing new life and new blood to our midst and to make a clean, wholesome, family News¬ paper worthy of the patronage of every newspaper reader into whose hands it may fall. Thanking the good hearted peo- pie of Toccoa and North-East Georgia for the generous patronage bestowed upon me, I beg a contin- uance of the same for the new pany. I am, sincerely yours, W. A. Fowler. DISSOLUTION. The firm of W. M. & J. H. Bu- jsha, general machinists, has been dissolved by mutual consent. H. Busha will continue the business, at the old stand. He will also col- lect all dues to the former firm and pay all its liabilities. W. M. Busha. J. H. Busha. The Southern Record is sent for only $1 a year. OUR POLICY. With this initial issue of The Southern Record, we send to our fellow citizens and to the press, our friendly greeting. Like all of the great fraternity, we must introduce ourself. We wish to do it with all becoming modesty, arrogating noth¬ ing of special merit, but willing at the beginning, and at all times, to abide the just judgment of our honest contemporaries and of the intelligent public, as our record is made. To our fellow citizens, we will intimate that we are social but not convivial; that we are a self- confessed sinner, but reverence a saint; that we are southern in birth and in temperament, but shall nev¬ er boil over ; that we love human¬ ity, our country, and our God ; that we shall never descend to the level of the “new journalism ;” that we shall denounce vice in any form ; that as a critic we shall be impar¬ tial, and endeavor to be just; that we believe in this community, its morals, its intelligence, and its pur¬ poses ; and shall seek opportunities from day to day to advance through our columns its best interests. To our brothers of the press we extend a fraternal hand, assuring them that even in the midst of jou r- nalistic combat, when the fury is on, and paper bullets are flying thick and fast through the lurid space, we shall not forget that one drop of ink makes kindred of us all. We will compassionate them, and try to comb them down with mod¬ eration and brevitv. To the public we will briefly an¬ nounce our policy in dealing with National affairs : We regard the two political par- ties as essential forces in our polit- ical and civil government. To destioy either would leave us at the mercy of the other. Should they coalesce, we should regard it a na- tionai calamity. When two minds agree, there is but one idea ; when they differ, many ideas are born, and the friction brightens them. By the uncompromising antagonism of the two parties, neither can sell the country, nor barter away our I liberties. We shall, therefore, fre¬ j quently remind either, or both of them, that the People are and in¬ tend always to be the umpire in every contest involving the national honor, the national safety, and the national good. In local affairs Democratic, in National affairs we shall be independent; upholding no ' vlon ff> excusing no crime, whether ^ contem pUted or perpetrated Republican or Democratic party j ° r statesman - believe in a | tan ^ for revenue » with necessary j P rotect i° n of new and weak but use * ul industries; and we hope for a solution of the monetary problem through an international congress. We believe in a magnificent des- tiny for the South. Her inealeu- table mineral wealth, her vast do- mam of f cultivatable , . , , , lands, her . unr *' a ^ e d and varied climate, her j mi & ht N forests and her noble ports, f" ai * e irimer ? the farmer, the ; * nva ^ . < L the manufacturer, the ship- builder, and the merchant fleets of the world, It will be the mission of The Southern Record. in part, to chronicle the advent of Southern enterprises, to encourage the com- ing of others ; and to convince the world at large, to the full extent of our abilities and opportunity, that here, at least, we believe in the universal fellowship of man. They Love Contention, not Peace. The opposition of a number of Congressmen to the Arbitration Treaty, manifested in their speech¬ es, and in their attitude generally, does not appear to be warranted by their alleged fears. For example, Mr. Morgan, of Alabama’ the irre¬ pressible, is rancorously hostile, simply, it seems, because he “is agin the guv’ment,” and hates John Bull. Mr. Gorman, of Mary¬ land, is opposed to the bill, on general principles, that is to say, he has a standing spite against the President. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, denounces the treaty, probably be¬ cause England is the leading gold- standard country; although the only serious objection he has raised points out an imaginary danger to our Alaskan frontier line. Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, will vote against the bill, if the amend¬ ments are withdrawn. Sly Mr. Chandler. Pass the bill with those proposed amendments, and we shall have an empty treaty. Mr. Daniel, the colossal statesman of Virginia, objects to members of the Supreme Court being made members of the tribunal, and wants no treaty any¬ how. Other great men in the erst¬ while “most august body” have various and unique ideas of remote or concealed dangers, among them all, however, not one of their alleg¬ ed objections appearing to have any real basis, but all evincing pre¬ judice or spite. The final amend- ment suggested, to take the place \ of all previous amendments, namely to first submit all questions for arbi- j tration to the United States Senate, j for its consent before such arbitra- tion, is merely childish subterfuge, ■ Such a treaty would be of little service. In the days of peace, pre¬ pare for arbitration : not when the populace is worked up to a pitch of so-called patriotic frenzy; for the mob and the jingo leaders care then for neither right nor reason. It is an unpalatable truth that this government made the advances in the matter of an arbitration treaty, “in the name of humanity,” and for the good of both nations , and that England warmly acquies¬ ced ; that our Secretary of State had practically his own way in framing the bill, and that now when our sincerity, and our love “for humanity” are put to the test, we are found shamefully wanting. Let us hear no more from the Sen- ate about “humanity.” This treaty, once completed and in operation, would certainly have led to like treaties between European Powers, and in the near future to the dis¬ armament of millions of soldiers who are to-day billeted upon the P oor towns and villages of Europe, me ? aces to ? ociet >'> impoverishing and corrupting one-half the world, ____ Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. j The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all sl > in eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required, It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac¬ tion or money refunded. Price 25 j ' cents a box. For sale by Wright & Edge. A New Contributor. Deep Den, Feb. 17, 1897. Deer Sur :—Yure geenyul pard- ner met me on Sage street about last Krismus, and he sade he thort a noo paper was to be edditted sune. I wossupprised. I had thort it tuk a mighty site of branes to ed- ditt one paper ; and here I was bein told ther wos branes enuff in Toc- coee to edditt two. This wos en- couragin. Shu rely, I ses, the wurl is moovin. Yes, sade yure pardner, its goin rite ahead. And now sed he, biznus like, we want yu to con- tribit. Wot? I sade, thinkin he ment grenebaks, wich is wery re- tirin in the present, but I thunk Ide compermize. “Well,” I ses, caushus,” I dont mind helpin a good cause a mite. Ef yu fellers will promis to support the church, goverment, and the kristen endever, lie send yu a barl of yams.” I thort this wos real liberl, and I gun to feel charritabul—like J. Rockefeller. But I wos supposed agin. Yure pardner smyled. “Yu dont understand, he ses,” its not food fur the stummick, but food fur the mind, we air after.” “And wot kind of fodder be that?” I wenturd, surspishus. “We want yu to rite fur the noo paper,” he sade, serus. “Wal! ef hede sade he wanted me to be guvner. Ide not ben more sturd up. Still, I fell tu mussn, ez the pote ses, and I thort mebby ther wos a opertoonetty to git even with sum fellers I rede of indignent. ef I hed a clene sho in the paper. So I britend up consida- ble. I sade, “Shel I be purmitted tu speke as I fele ef I rite furyu? 1 1 “Shorely,” he sade kindly. Yu kin sale into things permiscus, only yu musnt tawk back at Sam Jones, and yu musnt abuse the Sunday Skool.” “But, why, Iaskedcurus, “why du yu wish fur to hev ME rite fer the noo paper? Why dont yu call and git them perfeshunels wot is so funny thet we hev to studdy out thair jokes like we stud- dy rithmatick?” Yure pardner looked contempshus. “We want riginality,” he ses. “Then,” I ses, “why dont yu git them high toned litorery fellers?” “We hev them,” , he “but , they hev bin tu Wash- ses, ington, and heerd about Sennytor- ml Coretesy, and they incist on ap- lyt^g it to our perfeshun, and that makes them tame and prosey. want yu to micks in. We ajurned, with muchule res¬ peck, after Ide promis to micks, and I rite now tu tell yu of the bargain. I shel contribit. Mi con- tribits wil be on polyticks andsuss- iety, and mi atenshun wil be given ockashunly tu edditters thet nede poleticin and purgin. Yu ma look fur the bigginnin of the seeris next week. Yores, Rodinpickle. Sensational er .. , n Preachers. , Occasionally, here and there, some minister conceives an idea that his flock has grown apathetic, * ’ and needs , awakening. , . TT He looks an j about him for some material out of which to weave a sensation. Gen- erallv, he finds what he is in search of, in the daily newspaper; some- times, he obtains it from a Biblical episode. In either case, he usually J blunders. Like any other who wanders forth from his own into strange fields of thought or action, he loses himself. Two recent instances have claim¬ ed our attention. One is the case of Dr. Rainsford, of New York, who surprised his congregation with a sermon and a protest against the Bradley-Martin ball, the great social event which for a month past so seriously strained the mental re¬ sources of the Four Hundred, and so unduly claimed the attention of the metropolitan press. Dr. Rainsford assured his con- gregation that he had considered it his business to privately urge a number of his wealthy and fashion¬ able parishioners to stay away from the awful thing ; he declared that it outrage agamst . A propriety, was an and an insult to the poor. He thought, of course, that the vast sum of money being spent by the Bradley-Martins and their friends should have gone to “charity. ? J Now, we think Mr. Rainsford was wrong; we think his course and his sermon were ill-advised, unjustifiable, and hurtful. Plainly, he had not reflected broadly; he was prejudiced; he aroused a feel- ing of hostility to a purely private affair, and a spirit of resentment toward people whose lives were thereby threatened, and whose pro- perty was in danger, by reason of his unwise and extreme denuncia- tions Our opinion is, that the Bradley- Martin ball was a folly. Further than that, we see no reason to con- demn a it. v ^ On the contrary, . we are quite certain that it wrought a very great amount of good. The ex- penditure of nearly two hundred thousand dollars among the trades- men of New York, in times so dull, was a blessing to many hundreds of people who needed business or em- ployment. Seamstresses, milliners, costumers, florists, caterers, con- fectioners, shoemakers, servants, cabmen, cooks, and musicians, among many in other trades and in every linoof line of domestic 4 -• and j commer- cial employment, 1 J benefited bv J the munificent . , distribution of money that Avas, we are bound to believe, honestly earned, and which its pos- sessors had the undoubted right ;spend as * pleased .' Suppose j thig money had been t • meal) in ; trip t0 E a vacht a tiara of diamonds> the bu - ldi * of amagnificent theatre _ Wqu any outcry have been raised against the 800 people who had thus con- tributed to the extravagant outlays involved ? And . yet, not one tithe of the benefit would have resulted. Or, suppose the money had lain in bank vaults, or been hoarded. Who would have thought of denouncing the owners of it as criminals, heart¬ less wretches, or threatened them with wun mobs? moos . Moreover jvioreoA er, w we e see see no nr> more reason for condemning 6 1 the Bradley-Martin ball, to the cost of which nearly 1,000 people contri buted, than for condemning the unnoticed private dinners that hos- pitable .. , , people , . to their friends, give 1° either case, the money might have gone to “charity.” Follow- ing the Rainsford argument with strict . . , consistency, . , no man or woman should indulge any innocent plea- SUFe that costs money, while one other i . . want. W will . person is in e not say that Mr. Rainsford was in- sincere ; we will say he was unrea¬ sonable ; and we do not for an in¬ stant believe that he himself has ever set the Bradley-Martins or any j3ther extravagant people, such an example as he pretends they should follow. Should his narrow precept be followed, our tradesmen would become bankrupt, the poor who spurn “charity” and pray for “work,” would starve; the very light of the sun, which shines over us, would darken and die—because in some other portion of the globe myriads are freezing in darkness! Woman's Diseases Are as °id peculiar as unav a bL, and cannot be discuss- ed or treated as we do the those entire to human which &j| J| A family Menstruation are subject. l/W? iTR . sus- tains ant relations such import- to her g|jJf}/ JjKjr 1 K \ ill health, that whenAi; ( • Suppressed,IrregU- Painful, LfiJ I] j J \ 11 |\ or languid) irritable, ne rvotls and the bloom leaves her cheek-and G? arise very grave complica- 113 unless Regularity and are restored to these organs. uklllvlU a receipt w of one of the most noted A physicians Regulator of the South, where trou¬ bles of this 30rt prevail more extensively than V 1 ^' n 7 sec Gon, and has never failed to correct disordered Men- struation . It resto res health and strength to the suffering woman. sale and retail, and in no instance haB it failed to give satisfaction. We sell more of it than all other similar remedies combined.” Lamas, Rankin & Lamar, Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. | The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga. Sold by ad Druggists c: $1.00 per Bottle. i j The City' Livery Stables, ‘ m ‘ McClure > Proprietor. Good vehicles and horses and reliable dri- vers always on hand and at the service of t] ? e P ubIif ;- Hostler at the stables day and night, charges reasonable; special rates ! to parties or for extended trips. Stable in XOCCOA GEORGIA. I E. P. SIMPSON & CO. TOCCoT ^ S GEOR«IA j flachinery and Machinery Supplies WHOLESALE DEALERS in SHINGLES Agents for Geiser Manfg. Co. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance We represent the following Life Compa- niea: Liverpool, London and Globe; Hart- ford,Home of New York;Phcenix of Brook- lvn: Insurance Company of North Ameri¬ ca ; Lancaster Fire Insurance Co. of Eng¬ land; Greenwich the of New York. And following Life Companies: * New York Life and the Atlanta Mutual Life and Accident Co. A Noted Atlanta Case. For four years I have be-n affiieted with t F? ul>lesom ? nasal catarrh. So terri- hie has its nature been that when I blew niy n ?i Se sma ^ pieces of bone would fre¬ quently The come out of my mouth and nose discharge was copious, and at times thatmy ed NnmSrop general^he^t^wa^greatfyimpadr- mfdSSs d d r a ere°uKd wUhoSt w Blood H, Balm— n U 1 began B. B. B. the and use three of Botanic bottles — acted almost like magic. Since its use, andVfeeHn h< f £ every S ^y t0 qui^ dS restored e in t a an ola citizen of Atlanto _ and re , er to almost any one living on Butler Street, and more particularlv to Dr. L. M Gillam who knows my case/ Mrs * ElkabethKsotTj^ Don’t buy substitutes, said to be ‘Must a -s good” but buy the old reliable and Man. dard Blood Purifier of the age. B. B B. gists. 1 * 1 bottle - For sale by ail Drug-