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PT3 P» EBB CD 5=3 ^ 7, - $ _ w* "i? si u 5 a. ae ao »> a « o VOL. XXIV. $ 50 . 00 . MONET IN THE MISSING WORD! The Sentence is Simple! The Word is not Diffi - cult! You can Get it! The Sentence is: “TILL TWILIGHT INTO dark: What is the Messing Word? The Contest Closes April 14. The sentence is from the pen of a well known author. The sentence is known to no one except the City Edi¬ tor of Tiie Record, who has it doubly sealed and locked in the safe of the Southern Publishing Co., at Toccoa, Ga., and will not be divulged in any way till the envelope is given to the awarding committee, who decides to whom the money must be paid. We Propose to Give $ 50.00 to the Gnesser. For instance : If only one contestant gets the word right, he or she, as the case may be, will have all the money. If more than one strike it, the sum will be equally divided, each correct answer receiving its pro¬ portionate share of the money. Tlie Condition Precedent lor Sending a Guess At the missing word is that each and every guess must be accompanied by a year’s subscription to The Record; the guess must be sent in the identical en¬ velope that brings the money that pays for the subscrip¬ tion ; forgetting it, or leaving it out by accident or oth¬ erwise, or not knowing of the guess at the time you subscribed, or any other reason, will not entitle one to send a guess afterwards. The guess must come with the subscription or not at all. Should a party send more than one guess, he or she will be entitled to a share of the fund for each correct guess sent; there will be no capital prize —every one will get a first prize ; if more than one person names the missing word pro¬ perly, the money will be equally divided and all stand exactly on the same footing. Persons may guess as many times as they send subscriptions. TO AGENTS —We will allow io per cent discount and a guess on each subscriber sent in (besides allowing each subscriber a guess.) There must be at least five sub¬ scriptions sent in at once to take advantage of this offer. THE CONTEST CLOSES APRIL 14— At which time we will pay out to the successful party or parties the full prize amouat. IN MAKING YOUR ANSWER —You need not write the sentence out in full, just state simply the missing word for April is 44 - l'lie Southern Record Toccoa, Ga. BIHp I Jhsh« iLl BB A Jsw IMfTl JIb^ sa ing you want and at shoddy prices ? Then send for prices. SOUTHERN RECORD, Toccoa, Dont Stop to Think. Buy, and then think afterwards. Of course, that might be a dangerous course to pursue in all stores, but here you could buy with a hankerchief tied over your eyes, and still get full value. We handle a splendid line of Perfumes, Extracts, Toilet Soaps of muny and varied sorts. We handle nothing but PL RE DRUGS, and our Prescription Department is presided over by graduatss, who understand their business. No danger in having your prescriptions filled by us. WRIGHT & EDGE, Dispensing Pharmacists. i y be onfbefm Devoted to Southern Progress and Advancement. TOCCOA, HABERSHAM COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1897. .# SOCIAL & Vi 'T? PERSONAL 1 ^ OLA JONES “A woman never dares to write As funny as she can, For fear the public will suspect She’s some old horrid man.” That little pithy quartrain, which I saw not long ago in reading, strikes me as being very true to facts as I have known them. Sev- eral times, when I did a little lite- rary work out of the ordinary rou¬ tine, that same “old horrid man” referred to above got the credit, One time, 1 studied politics until I became a monomaniac on the sub- ject; not because I found it so very interesting,but because a gentleman friend, who complimented me by taking it for granted that I was well informed about the matters with which the Atlanta papers had been filled for weeks,was so shocked when he discovered that I didn’t know who the gubernatorial candi¬ dates were. I felt like asking him to excuse me for living, I was so ashamed of my ignorance. I saw that ignorance in all its terrible intensity, and in that moment I made up my mind to study politics. No one ever worked at an uncon¬ genial subject more religiously than I did for a few months. Every day I read page after page about income tax. No one could have been more delighted than I was when it was decided. I did not care so much which way. Then came the gold and silver question, which really interested me, because the advocates of each led me to believe that the whole land would be flooded with the precious metal which he advo- cated; and I decided that if both were true—and there was no doubt of that in the minds of these great men —the country must be flooded j by one side or the other, and that I, myself, would come in for a com¬ fortable sum of that almighty factor. In this hope I have been disappoint¬ ed, however ; and having bored my * “shocked gentleman friend” out of seven existences, by my systematic and exclusive discussion of Politics whenever I see him, under any and all circumstances, and, failing to seethe fulfillment of the gold men’s promises and of my hopes, I have lost my enthusiasm about the sub¬ jects of which men dream. But this is quite a digression from the point I wished to make. When I was at the height of tny enthusi¬ astic study of the newspapers, I was appointed to write a paper on current events. “Out of the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh,” and I could not write upon any feminine subjects at that time. So my paper created suspicion among the club members. “Who could have written iti 5 5 5 was pictured on their faces, and one member, whose address was very pleasing and whose curiosity was at a little higher pitch than the others, complimented me upon it, and assured me that if I had had a brother or any other use- able man upon whom she could rest the suspicion, she couldn't believe I wrote it. Another apropos club reminis- cence, but don't imagine you can accuse me of personalities, for there are other clubs than the numerous ones in Toccoa, you know, A sweet, bright, but not a bit conce ited little woman came to me one day and said : “Aly dear, you have something to do with the pro- grammes, haven't you; 5 ” ■ * Y I replied. “Well, I want to ask a great favor of you, and I know you will grant it, won’t you? Promise me before I tell you what it is.” “Since it seems to be connected with the club, I am afraid to make so inconsiderate a promise,” I replied “but tell me what it is.” i i Well, this is it,” and she ac- companied her words with such an entrancing, trusting little motion that I thought I never would be able to refuse to do anything for her, “Don’t ever let the committee put me on for anything. I just can’t write papers.” “Why, my dear,” I replied, “you have had the best papers that have been read in the club. They are always charming and original.” “That is all very true,” she said, “but I didn’t write them. I forced into service all my friends who would be imposed on, and then I began to pay to have them written, and now I am bankrupt. Why, I paid $15 to have the last paper I read at the club written.” “Why,” I exclaimed, “I don’t know a more lucrative business than writing papers for you. I’d like very much to be your employee, at a salary much smaller than you have been paying. “But,” she said, in a dear little spoilt tone, “I am pecuniarily em¬ barrassed, and that’s the reason I have asked this favor of you. Please oblige me. ’ And I was heartless enough to tell her that in consideration of my certain knowledge that her condi- tion was not one of inability, but rather a too modest conception of her unusual talent, I deemed it my duty to the club to insist upon her name being put on occasionally. A letter, recently received by one of our prominent citizens from our excellent ex¬ townsman, Mr. J . A. Glenn, who feels the greatest interest in all that pertains to the improvement and advancement of Toc¬ coa tells of the intention of Evangelist W. P. Fife, of North Carolina, to establish somewhere in the South a Bible conference on the order of the noted one at Northfield, Mass., of which Mr. Moody is at the head. There, students from all over the country go in the summer to study the hihle for two weeks, and the lectures given by the most prominent college Presidents and Ministere in the United States and Eng¬ land, combined with the spiritual meetings that are interspersed with them, make the ! season one never to he forgotten because of the wonderful presence of the Holy Spirit which pervades them. The intellectual influence accruing from these lectures will he appreciated when it is remembered that such men as Mr. Moody, Mr. Fife,Drs. A T. Pearson, Hall, Brooks, Munhall, and Rev. E P. Marvin deliver them. Now Mr. Fife in looking over the south for a suitable place to establish a Bible Conference of this sort, has almost decided to choose between Asheville, N. C.,and ; Gainesville, Ga., where he has been this * Tv ee k. But he has promised Mr. Glenn to : look at the advantages of Toccoa before ! making his final decision; and, since we can offer an inducement in our auditorium, which would save tlm expense of erecting a building, to say nothing of our delightful climate and other advantages, I see no reason why we should not succeed. Besides bringing here for two weeks four or five thousand of the most intelligent, cultured, and spiritual people, who would go hack to their homes all over the Unite d states and advertise our tow n, it would he the means of securing u] permendt citizens, Mr. Fife and a large number of SUBSCRIPTION MIES: $1.00 A YEAR his co-workers, ami the benefit our com¬ munity would receive from the influence of these families is incalculable. By all means, let our people make an earnest effort to secure these advantages. Mr. Fife, who is expected in Toccoa very soon, is too well known to make it necces- sary for me to mention the eulogiums passed upon him by all who have come in contact with him in his glorious work for God. The Gospel meetings, conducted by Mr. Miller, of Asheville, N. C., at the Presbyterian church this week, are sure to be productive of much good. That God is present is very evident, and Mr. Millers earnest sermons, so full of Scripture and telling illustrations, are making deep impressions upon all who hear them. Let us hope that this meet¬ ing is the beginning of a glorious revival, which will reach the heart of every individual in Toccoa. The following constituted the party that attended an entertain¬ ment at the home of Mr. Devereaux Jarrett, at Tugalo, last Friday eve¬ ning : Misses Ida Hayes, Marie Bruce, Birdie Mae Jones, Lula Sut- tles, Berta Payne and Ella Freeman, i and Messrs, John Mosely, R. Y. Mulkey, Alex Edge, Sam Mcjun- kin and T. Cawthon. Mrs. Edward Schaefer and her two little daughters went to Atlanta j Monday to spend several days. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mason went Monday to Westminster, S. C., where they will live during the next few months. We regret that two such excellent and useful mem- hers of our society should leave Toccoa. ' : Mr. Fred Wilson and his friend, ^ ! Mr. Vanderpool, of Atlanta, spent last Sunday with the former’s pa¬ rents at this place. Rev. Mr. Jamieson, of Hartwell, passed through Toccoa last Thurs- day, on his way home from Atlanta, Mr. Jamieson is well known and much beloved in Toccoa, and it will be of interest to his friends here to know that be is about to build a new $8,000 church at Hartwell. Mrs. Clarence Mason and Mrs. J. B. Simmons spent last Thursday in Atlanta. Mrs. Carlton Nevilie, of Atlanta,: is visiting her parents, Mr. and Airs. W. J. Suttles. Mrs. Neville, as Miss Maggie Suttles, was much appreciated in Toccoa before her marriage, and it is with a most hearty welcome that she returns to her old home to spend about two : weeks. Miss Marie Bruce spent some days with Miss Myrtle Yow, of Avalon, Ga., the first of this week. Mr. Stafford, of Barnesville, Ga., was in Toccoa Alonday, and dined with Mr. and Airs. W. C. Edwards, Airs. Alary J. Jones went to El berton Tuesday afternoon, to spend several days with Airs. j. F. Auld. Air. AIcKinney, of Demorest, Ga., spent Tuesday night with the fam¬ ily of Mr. T. A. Capps. A Valuable Prescription. Editor Alorrison of W orthing- ton, Ind., “Sun,” writes: “You have a valuable prescription in Electric Bitters, and I can cheer¬ fully recommend it for Constipa¬ tion and Sick Headache and as a gen- eral system tonic it has no equal.” Airs. Annie Stehle, 2625 Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had a backache which never j left her and felt tired and weary, but s i x bottles of Electric Bitters 1 restored her health and renewed I her strength. Price 50 cents, and $ i .00. Get a bottle at Wright & Drug store. NO. 16 Avalon Arrows. Special Correspondence of The Record. Avalon, Ga., Feb. iSth. On Wednesday last, at 6 o’clock a. m., Mrs. Nancy Williams, of near this place, passed into the great beyond. She died of consumption, having been an invalid for some time, and also blind for a number of years. Her remains were inter¬ red at Eastanollee cemetery on Fri¬ day. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. W. W. Stowe and G. W. Carroll. NN e are pained to announce the death of Dr. Lyon, at the home of his son, Dr. T. II. Lyon, of Martin. 11 is illness was short. His remains were interred at Red Hol¬ low cemetery, last Saturday after¬ noon. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. W. A. Cooper. On Saturday night last, the old man Shuttles worth, near Avalon, passed into the spirit land. Ilis death was caused from cancer, it having severed a blood vessel. He was buried at Confidence Sunday evening, service conducted by Rev. Cooper. The sorrowing bereaved * n eac * 1 case have our heartfelt sym- pathy. The Peoples’ party of Red Hol¬ low district held a mass meeting at Grover academy last Saturday even- ing, and passed strong resolutions indorsing the course of Senator W. V. Carter, and calling upon the Populists of the 31st Senatorial dis- trict to contribute to reimburse Sen- ator Carter his expenses in prose- cut ' n g Judges Sweat and Reese, which the Legislature refused to do. Rev. J, C. Atkinson filled his regular appointments Saturday eve- ning and Sunday last,at Confidence. He delivered an especially fine ser¬ mon at 11 o’clock on Sunday, in answer to the question, “What is life? Text, 1st John : 4, 9. The Ep worth League met at Con- fidence Sunday night. The lesson under consideration was the life of Moses, We are glad to note that Hon. R. D. Yow, who has been suffering from grip, is able to be out again. Mr. S. Y. Swilling, who has been confined to his room for some time, we are pleased to say is able to get on terra firma once more. It would be too tedious to par- ti cu i ar j ze> S o suffice it to say, that ^j-, ere j s hardly a house in the com- inunity but has one or more cases of grip. The Misses Turnbull, of Tugalo, bave been visiting in this vicinity, Mr. James Cooper, of Toccoa, v i s jted the parental home Saturday and Sunday last. We were glad to see Mrs. Ella Hayes, of Toccoa, at Confidence Sunday. We would be glad if some one would incarcerate a few of the suck- egg dogs and other nuisances in t jq s immediate vicinity. So, so. Keystone. Read our missing word contest. Fifty dollars for the cor¬ rect guess. Southern Record, Toccoa, Ga. Set to a New Tune. An exchange is responsible for the f 0 n 0W i ng : Breathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said, “I’ll pay, before I go to bed, the debt I owe the printer?” There are some, we 1 we ij w h 0 never such a ’ tale can tell: but they, we fear, will go to—well, the place where there s no winter.