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Violation of Ohemlcsl Ltwi. Question. — In your last month’s “Talk,” in answer to a question, you urged upon grand juries and solicitors to “prosecute parties selling chemicals, or formulas for making fertilizers, con¬ trary to law. ” Please publish the law that is violated in the selling of chemi- cals or formulas for using chemicals in making fertilizers. Answer.—I am glad that you asked the above question, as it gives me an opportunity to again call the attention of the farmers to the cheating and swindling that they are subjected to by the unprincipled men who rob them of their hard earned money. A month ago I denounced one J. D. Butler of Dunn, N. C., who had traveled exten- sively through the state, selling a form¬ ula for composts, the chemical ingredi¬ ents of which absolutely have no exist¬ ence. Under the law, which I will presently quote, that man could have been fined and imprisoned in any county in Georgia where he sold his so-called chemicals. I have recently received a letter from the said J. D. Butler, sta¬ ting that I had misrepresented him, and asking me to retract my published statement concerning him. In the same letter he sent me the following formula, representing it to be the same that he sold, or offered for sale, in Georgia: (Nitrate Potash)....... 12 pounds (Sulphate of Ammonia) 12 pounds (Sulphate of Potash)... 12 pounds (Calcium Oxide)....... 100 pounds (Carb. Soda)........... 20 pounds (Chloride Soda)......... 2 bushels This is an unlawful formula. The “calcium oxide” and the “carb. soda” would drive off the ammonia, and the term “chloride soda” is quite a loose way of designating what is prooably intended for common salt. “Chloride of soda” of the drug stores is a disin¬ fecting solution. It was offered for sale unlawfully, in that it was not approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. Therefore I retract nothing of what I published in last month’s “Talk. ” I wrote him that “one of the purposes for which I was elected Commissioner of Agricul¬ ture was to protect the farmers from fraudulent fertilizers, and I intended to do my duty, no matter who it might hurt.” Now for the law. I quote yon ihe first and second sections of an “aot to regulate the sale of formulas, patent or otherwise, for composting fertilizers and for other purposes. Section 1: “After the passage of this act it shall not be law¬ ful for any person to sell or offer for sale in this state any formula for com¬ posting fertilizers, unless the „ same has been first submitted to the Commis¬ sioner of Agriculture, and by him ap¬ proved, t&e and a certificate of approval by Commissioner of Agriculture, to be presented by salesman, whenever offered for sale.” Section 2: “Any person violating the preceding section of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con¬ viction of the same shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both. “Yon will thus see that no fertilizers, or chemicals to make fertilizers, can be lawfully sold in this state without the approval of this department. This law is solely in the interest, and for the protection of farm¬ ers, and as they largely compose our grand juries, I think they should be particularly active in ferreting out all who violate it.—State Agricultural De- nartment. To Correspondents. The Times-News would like to have a correspondent at every post- office in Habersham County. We want a letter once or twice a month. Write to us about it. Southern Record Pub. Co. Red Hill Dots. Special Correspondence to the Record. Red Hill, Ga., Feb. 22 . Rain, rain until no one can work. The grip is taking the day here. We are glad to state that Mr. Crump, who has been sick for some time, is much better. J. C. Martin, recently of Tugalo, but now near Red Hill, has put up a stock of goods. Revs. Porter and Carroll will * * at Broad River church the second Saturday night and Sunday following. Julius Carver was driving from Carnesville about dark, when an unknown negro jumped into his wagon and cut Carver’s coat twice, but not hurting him. The mule ran and the negro fell from the wagon and made his escape. J. C. Martin and Bill Martin made a flying visit to Westminster recently. Sowing oats is taking the day here now. We expect a wedding soon—, a Mr. and Miss yy e will write more soon concerning the wedding. Success to the Record and its editors and readers! Pine Knot. The Southern Record is sent for only $1 a year. SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS. BY “ NEMO.” (Copyrighted) Let us dismiss the idea once and for all that a school ought to be a sort of brick-machine to force the j children into definite 4 prearranged shapes. Yet this is too often at- tempted and too largely successful, The result, destruction of individu- ality. In a crowd no two faces are alike, though only the slightest differen¬ ces are discoverable, perhaps, when individual organs are compared. Yet to suit the shape and appear¬ ance of the face barbers and millin¬ ers go to elaborate pains and we submit. But when it comes to the train¬ ing of the mind and the preparation for a successful life, though we know the various members of the family are diametrically opposed to each other in tastes, ideas, temper, disposition, and intelligence, yet we quietly surrender them to the educational machine, with possibly a slouchy ill-trained youth or a self- sufficient miss at the lever. The grinding and forcing begins by those who ignore completely the physiology of the child, and with no knowledge of any hereditary in¬ fluences, punish in like manner the most different natures, Like the off-shoots on an Espalier fruit tree, every tendency towards individual¬ ity is carefully trimmed away by the machine teacher, in slavery to uniformity. Graduation day comes, and your son or your daughter stands up with others, all having traversed so many pages of arith¬ metic, so many pages of Virgil; and possibly stumbled over the Pons Asinorum (The Bridge of Asses) in geometry, Then the poor things are flung out into the world with a “finished” education. There in the midst of a merciless crowd with no time to give them individ¬ ual study, they have to ‘find’ them¬ selves and discover their own pos¬ sibilities in most painful fashion. Lay your hands on almost any biography and you will find that in many instances the subject has been kept away for years from the main purposes of life by this “self-find- ing process. He gropes this way and that, and is as effectually bar¬ red from his real function in the world, as the average youth in for¬ ced army service. At fifteen or twenty it is altogether too late to begin looking for indichtions of the line your child is best fitted to fol¬ low. From its cradle onward you have been in a position to note a hundred signs that could have told you its mental bias. But like love that is showered on a corpse, your interest is awakened only after the individuality has been killed by vio¬ lence or starved by neglect. You recognize that the magnifi¬ cent battle for universal education has been made a victory by Horace Mann, Dr. Barnard and a score of lesser note in this country. But we are not to stop. Like the traveller in a hilly region, the higher we climb the further we can see. Re¬ linquishing then notone particle of belief of “education for all” we press forward to “individual study of each.” Were you in a position to read all the educational publica¬ tions, and follow the various speeches at the Teacher’s Institu¬ tes and the National Educatioal Association, you would find this “child-study” the burden of the ex- bortations to the teacher. But I write unto you, parents ; because you are many, and because you are essential to the new pur¬ pose of education. * * Between the parent, worthy of parentage, and the teacher, mental savior of the race, a most complete and confidential feeling of common interest ought to exist. It would | be most daring, and probably as incorrect as daring, to assert that any parents are deliberately op¬ posed to the welfare of their chil- dren. Your first interest is your child. For it, as mother, you would even forego food needful to yourself; for it, as father, you work that it may be fed and clothed. This deep, underlying interest of l the parent in the child, must now Petition for Charter. rE OF GEOR C IA, j To the Superior nty of Habersi 2 m. i Court of said Co. The petition of D. M. Riordan, of Fulton county. Ga., John McJunkin, J. R. Mann, G. P. Erwin, R. Y. Mulkey, T. S. Davis, W. A. Fowler, C. E. Mason, E. J. Christy, E. L. Harris and J. B. Jones, of Habersham county, shows the following facts: Par! 1. That they desire to have them¬ selves, and such others as may be associated with them, incorporated under the name and stvle of the “SOUTHERN PUBLISH¬ ING COMPANY.” Par. 2. The objects of said incorporation are to do a general printing and publishing business, including the printing, publish¬ ing and sale of a weekly, semi-weekly or daily newspaper in Toccoa, Ga., and the sale of stationery and blank books, and any printed matter. Par. 3. The amount of capital stock to he §10,000, divided into l,000shares of §10 each, non-assessable and negotiable. personal Par. 4. The right to receive pro¬ perty of any kind, as well as work or serv¬ ice, in payment for subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation; ten per cent of which stock shall be paid before commencing business. stockholders shall Par. 5. That none of the be liable for any of the debts of the corpo¬ ration beyond the unpaid balance that might be due on subscription to stock in the same. Par. 6. To exercise all corporate powers necessary to the purpose of their organiza¬ tion, not in conflict with the laws of this State or of the United States. Par. 7. The power to elect a President, Vice President, Secretary, Board of Direct¬ ors, and pass all necessary by-laws regulat¬ ing the number of Directors, the election of all officers, terms of service, and to govern the business, and for all purposes consistent ■with said business. Par, 8, The principal office of said corpo¬ ration to be in Toccoa, Habersham county, Ga., with the right to establish branch offi¬ ces and agencies in such other places as they may deem best for the interest of said corporation. Wherefore, the passing of order by petitioners Court incorporating pray them an the and their sticcessors for the purposes here¬ inbefore set forth for and during the term of twenty years, with the privilege of re¬ newal at the expiration of that time. J. B. JONES, Pet’s Att’y. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of tne original petition for charter, of file in the Clerk’s office of Habersham county. This Feb. 13, 1897. J. A. ERWIN, Clerk Superior Court. Fifty dollars to the one who guesses the word. See advertise¬ ment in this issue. be appealed to strenuously, as an aid to the teacher. In your home it has shown forth its peculiarities ; when then you entrust it to teach¬ ers, also—the greater number of them—sincerely anxious for the welfare of their charges it is your place to give to the teacher for the good of your child the total of in¬ sight you have gained. In school, thrown in with other children and compelled to struggle in a little world, further peculiarities will show forth. These the teacher— in confidential relations with you— ought to divulge, so that together you may discuss the best way to train and control the little restless being, with such fateful possibili¬ ties within it. In its course up- ward through the various grades, each teacher should give the next one all the knowledge so far gained of the child, and thus until gradu¬ ation. * * * Think over this outline awhile and see how much of gain there is involved in it. It will mean fewer cruel attempts to fit square pegs in¬ to round holes ; fewer high-spirited children tamed down at the sacri¬ fice of their individuality, fewer sullen natures nagged at until a smoldering fire of resentment burns out all that is beautiful and pos¬ sible in a sturdy nature, fewer shrinking little hearts terrified into perpetual nervousness. It will mean that more of our national hopes will step upward from school into definite lines of work or pro¬ fession for which they are fitted, rather than downward, as now, into a bewildered, floundering struggle. Because you have been subjected to all that was ill-advised and imperfect in your upbringing, or because you have “found” your¬ self and come successfully upward, it is surely not within your heart to say “Let others be treated as I have been.” The world moves, my beloved. Go back to your child¬ hood and starting from that point, trace some of the advancement in implements, in home comforts, in buildings and other things that have come under your own notice. Good. These things that you can see and handle, are only a part of the advancement the world has been making. It has gained also in humanity, towards child life in economy of effort by co-operation of parent and teacher in perfection of method. For further progress Youare needful. Captain Geo. A. Cooper, the only surviving veteran of the Mexi¬ can war living in Habersham coun¬ ty, still shows his cheerful counte¬ nance on our streets. To look upon the Captain’s active frame, one would scarcely guess that away back in iS^-S he had climbed the Sierra Madre, fallowed the doughty Taylor and the ponderous Scott among those rugged fastnesses, or helped to storm the rock of Chapultepec, charged at Cher- ubusco, defied yellow fever at Vera Cruz, swapped lingo with Mestizos, Spaniards, in the streets of Mexico’s proud capitol, and slept under the paltn and beside the gigantic cacti, of that tropical clime, For his step is vigorous, his brain strong, and his morals fustrate. He is a County Commissioner, vice-presi¬ dent of the development syndicate, and is decidedly in the real estate business. We hope the Captain will be on hand for many years to come. Tutfs Pills Cure All Liver Ills. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is the power to digest and assim¬ ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver does not act its part. Do you know this? Tutt s Liver Pills are an abso¬ lute cure for sick headache, dys¬ pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious¬ ness and kindred diseases. Tutt’s Liver Pills SOUTHERN RAILWAY. ! PIEDMONT aib dine. Condensed Schedule of Passenger Tralee. In Effect Jan. 18, 1897. Ves. Fst.M 1 No. 18 Northbound. No. 38 No. 36 No. 12 Ex. Daily. Daily. Daily Sun. Ar. Lv. “ " " “ “ Atlanta, Noreross..... Buford....... Gainesville... Lula.......... Cornelia...... Atlanta, E. C. T. T. 12 2 1 2 00 00 2& 48 m p p p 12 11 ........ ........11 2 2 1 50 47 50 25 26 p a a a a 10 10 11 8 9 7 03 35 00 50 31 22 50 a a a a a a a ^lOCOfc-t-OOOO p, C, Ck Ps P« Q< Lv. Mt. Airy..... ........11 28 a “ Toccoa ....... 3 35 p 3 43 a 11 54 a “ Westminster 12 30m ........ *• Seneca....... 4 i8 p 4 55 27 a 12 48 p “ Central...... 4 45 p 4 a 1 30 p “ Greenville ... 5 30 p 6 45 a 2 31 p “ Spartanburg. 6 18 p 6 42 a 3 47 p No.32 " Gaffneys. 7 22 a 4 28 p N.Y.& “ Blacksburg.. 7 08 p 7 40 a 4 47 p Fla. “ King’s Mt 8 05 a 6 13 p “ Gastonia..... 8 27 a 5 35 p I/t’rl Lv. Charlotte 8 30 p 9 30 a 6 40 p 11 00 p Ar. Danville .... 12 00 n 1 80 p 11 25 p 2 30 a Ar. Richmond ... 6 00 a 6 40 p 6 00 a Ar. “ Washington BaJtm’ePRR. 6 42 a Cir-^COtO Bsm CD rm c«ocw sp 8 00 a i ~ a> “ Philadelphia. 10 15 a ’d'd ** New York... 12 43 m CO c Ves. Fst.Ml No.31 Southbound. No. 37 No. 35 No.ll N.Y.& Daily. Daily. Daily Fla. ITd Lv. N. Y..P.R. R. 4 P, OiCOCD»-» 15 a “ Philadelphia. CDOJO P, 2 36 p “ Baltimore.... Pm 5 00 p “ Washington., P, rH 15 a 6 20 p | I I Lv. Richmond ... 2 00 a r-H Ot P 2 00 a Lv. Danville..... 5 50 a 6 20 p 1 12 a Ar. Charlotte .... 0 25 a 10 00 p 5 05a Lv. Gastonia..... ........ 10 50 p p “ Blacksburg King’s Mt.... io li "p " 49 a 32 .. " Gaffneys..... 11 47 a ** Spartanburg. 11 v 12 26 a “ Greenville.... Taw 1*20 a " Central....... 1 2 05 a p “ Seneca 2 26 a “ Westminster. ....... N 017 . ** Toccoa....... 2 18 p 3 15 a Ex. " Mt. Airy..... Stin. “ Cornelia...... 3o a ** Lula.......... 3 13 p 4 09 a p 6 57 a " Gainesville... 3 31 p 4 35 a p 7 20 a “ Buford.............. ........ p 7 43 a " P * • « Ar. Atlanta, c.t.i 3 55 p 5 io a p 8 30 a “A” a. m. “P”p. rn. “M” noon. “N” night, Nos. 37 and 38—Daily. Washington and South- Bleeping cars lietween New York and New Or- ited’’trains for San Francisco, semi-weekly, leaving Jersey City 3 Tuesdays r<iS^SSSS and Saturdays; £2 ! SSSSS^.’^B Augusta . tSto° 2 between Danville and : Charlotte. sleeping First cars class thoroughfare coaches between Washington and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals en route. Nos. 35 and. 36—United States Fast Mail ruus solid between Washington and New Or¬ leans, via Southern Railway, A. & W. P. R. R., and L. & N. R. R., being composed without of baggage car and coaches, through change for passengers of all classes. Pullman drawing and room sleeping cars between Jersey City New Orleans, via 'Atlanta and Montgomery. Leaving Washington each Saturday, a tourist Wash- I Bleeping car will ran through between ington and San Francisco without Florida change. Lim¬ Nos. 31 and 32—New York and ited. Vestibnled train between New \ ork and St. Augustine, via Washington, Charlotte, Co¬ lumbia, Savannah and Jacksonville, consisting Pull¬ of Pullman drawing room sleeping observation: cars, man compartment cars, Pullman cars and dining cars, leaving New York and St. Augustine (terminal points) daily except Sundar. This train also carries twelve section drawing room buffet sleeping cars between Augusta and New York. Nos. 11 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars between Richmond and Danville. be¬ The Air Line Belle train, Nos. 17 and 18, tween Atlanta and Cornelia, Ga., daily except Sunday. W. H. GREEN, J. M. CULP, Gen’l Supt., Traffic M’g’r., Washington, D. C. Washington, D. O. W- A. TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, Gen’l Pass. Ag*t., Ass’t Gen’l Pass. Ag’t., Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. SHOES! SHOES! V ith the last few issues of the Times-Xews we have 'made our formal bow to the residents of Toccoa and vicinity, and desire to do some business with you. \ erv often you are in need of a pair of Nice, Sty» iish, perfect fitting SHOES, that perhaps you cannot find in your good city of Toccoa. Then we would be glad to receive a TRIAL ORDER) from you. V e GL ARANTEE entire satisfaction in every respect, and every pair of our Shoes is WARRANTED, as to quality and workmanship, to be the best obtainable for the price, or your Money will be refunded if you are not satisfied. Our reputation has been established by fair dealing and straightfor¬ ward business transactions. Now, to give you an opportunity to send us SHOES a Trial in Order, house we of offer you a discount on any pair AxWINTER our ■ This comprises all the different shape Toes, Double Soles and Cork Soles for both LADIES Sc GENTLEMEN. A like reduction on all Childrens’ Shoes. Write us for prices and men tion this paper, WE GUARANTEE EVERY TRANSACTION. i«l 4 &-<P* FOOTCOVERERS TO ALL MANKIND 27-29 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, OA. j SOUTHERN ndustria! «i Colonization OCIETY. D. M. RIORDAN, Prest. and Treasurer, 843 Equitable Building, Atlanta, Ga. A. C. GLANCY, Vice=President and Secretary, 615 E Street, N-W., Washington, D. C. Organizes Syndicates for Local Land or Industrial Enterprises. Incorporates Companies for Land Development in the South. Manages and Prepares Lands for Settlement and Improvement. Opens up and Improves Subdivisions in the South. Secures Land Domain for Syndicates or Corporations. Locates Industrial Plants at Eligible Points on Southern Railwap. Forms and Locates Colonies along the lines of that Railway System. Negotiates Sales of Stock and of Lands for Southern Enterprises. Arranges for Establishment of Electric Power, Ice and Cotton Seed Oil Plants. Opens up, improves and operates Town Sites in the South at Favorable Points. This Society is thoroughly organized and equipped, has wide experience, first-class connections, operates upon stictly business and legit¬ imate methods, and invites inspection and patronage. Accurate and full information freely furnished to those contemplating settle¬ ment in, or establishing of industrial plants at any suitable point in the South. Address all communications to either of the principal offices. THERE Are Three Reasons Why We Make Photographs. lst - Because we do not know how to make anything else. 2d. i ney say that the world owes every man a living, and it is by this method we are endeavoring to collect the debt. 3d. Having been engaged in this business so loner and always try- mg to give our customers satisfaction, they have always kept us sup- plied with work in this line and we couldn’t do otherwise. We simply HAVE TO MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS, Anu a j tnat *.5 s all 11 au there is t about , it, and long it want to as as we are at w r e see you all when you want Photographs made. GEORGE L. MATTESON, Toccoa, Ga. ™ TM E STAR Livery, Sale and Feed Stables, HOGSED & GARLAND, Proprietors. We constantly keep on hand splendid teams and ve- Bhicles for the accommodation of the traveling public and our local custom. Prompt and polite attention paid to all orders—none too small nor none too large for us to fill. J ' Horses and Mules for Sale. i We keep for sale or trade Mountain and Western than mules, which we will sell for less cash or good notes f flesh anybody else can afford to [do—for dealing in horse is our business. BUGGIES —New or Second-Hand, alwaysMn stock r atjfprices which simply defy competition.