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| FOR GOVERNOR:
ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall.
FOR CONGRESS, 9th District.,
HOWARD THOMPSON, of Hall.
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After the hint given by the su¬
preme court that a large number of
laws now in operation in Georgia
were not constitutional it seems
that the mule heads who represent¬
ed Georgia in the last legislature
should be convinced that a consti¬
tutional convention was greatly
needed.
Friends of the editor of The
Record have importuned him to
desert the Candler ranks and with
1 he Record join the “opposition.
V e answered : “\\ henever it ap-
pears to us that Mr. Candler is not
the choice ot the people of Georgia
for their next governor, and that
his election would be inimicable to
their best interests then we will join ’’
the opposition ; but not until then.
ROBERT OWEN AND
THE CHILD WORKERS.
Robert Owen, who worked and
studied so hard when he was a lit¬
tle boy, was put in charge of a
large cotton mill when he was only
20 years old, and his good cotton
cloth soon became known all over
England and Scotland. While he
was deeply interested in this busi¬
ness he became very anxious about
the people who worked in the
mills, especially the little childred.
What do you think factory-own¬
ers did, in those days, to get plenty
of cildren to work for them?
W hen 1 tell you, I know you will
be as angry about it as Robert
Owen was. These mill-owners
found that children could tend ma»
chines and do many things about
the weaving and of course their la¬
bor would be much cheaper than
that of grown folks. In neighbor¬
hoods where there were only a few
families, they sent out to all the
poor houses for miles and miles
around and gathered a lot of poor
little boys and girls who had not
any homes or friends.
They built large sheds alongside
of the factories for them to sleep in.
Worst of all they worked half of
them all night long, and the other
half all day, until nine or ten
o’clock at night.
They had no time to play or rest
and not a day to go to school. Af¬
ter a while some of them
and died, and the people who lived
near the mills began to worry about
it, and talk about it, but they did’nt
know what to do. About this time
Robert Owen began to show them
what to do. He talked publicly
about the wrongs of the children
until he roused a few rich men to
help him build model schools in the
town where his mills were. He
even had rooms in the schools
babies over a year old, and good
peole to take care of them, for by
this time the mothers went off to
the mills, too, to work, and the
poor ladies had a hard time of it.
After a short time the boys and
girls were so much healthier and
happier for the chance to go to such
a good school the people of other
towns began to hear of Robert
Owen s plan for educating the chi 1-
dren, and some of the other factory-
owners began to feel petty much
ashamed of themselves.
Robert Owen then helped to
make laws that would stop the bad
men from working little children to
death. He also made plans with
his partners to make it easier for
the men and women workers, by
starting co-operative, stores, where
the people had shares in the profits.
So you see he mm began to show peo¬
le how much easier it was to work
Aogether , than it was to fight against
other.
He found that the people of Scot¬
land and England were so much
better off by these new ways of
that he took a journey over
our country to tell the people here
“ b0 ‘ ,t the *f“ er ,"; ay for workers -
If the people had listened , to him,
how much better off our country
would be today.
You know that today, in these
free United States, there are thous¬
ands of little child-workers—and
men like Robert Owen are trying
to help them. Do you know any
of these men who are working to
make better times lor the children?
E. R. W.
Notes Along the Line.
From Norcross Tribune.
Mr. Editor : — In company r J with
Bro. E. G. _ McDaniel _ I left Nor-
„ 1 eb. . route , for , Dewey
cross on 21 en
m ; n Flherf ^‘Dert rmintv county, d ba„ -1 112 m
miles away. We were on our way ^
the . of Mr. C. B. Nor¬
to marriage
man and Miss Leila M. Norman
W'hich occurred on the evening of
the 22nd.
It was indeed a delightful trip.
A11 a]on ff U P the road to Toccoa
the country has improved much in
the few years since we have seen
most of it. Our stop over at Toc¬
coa where we changed cars for the
Elberton Air Line was several
hours.
Whije here we took a view of
the little city nested at the foot hills
of the Blue Ridge, and were much
pleased with the enterprise and
thrift of her people. We saw while
there our old friend brother Dan.
tJogsed^ whom we knew thirteen
y ears a g 0 hile in Rabun county.
]) an at t kat time lived in the noted
Tennessee Valley on the head wa-
ters of Tenn essee River, He is
now ; n c j iar g e 0 f a livery stable at
Toccoa, and doing well,
Of course we saw the Methodist
pastor, Rev. J. B. Allen. He wa»
kind enough to show us through
his beautiful new church, built of
brick, completed throughout, with
two large class-rooms, with folding
doors. On our return we were the
honored guests of him and his noble
little wife for the noon and tea
Lour.
At 3 140 we left Toccoa for Dew¬
ey Rose. After we started we
found from the clever and accom¬
modating conductior that he would
let us off at Hard Cash, very near
the bride’s residence. We went
down through the southern part of
Habersham, one side of Franklin
and into Elbert, reaching the beau¬
tiful home of Mr. Norman, the
father of the bride, just before night¬
fall. There we received a cordial
southern welcome. A magnificent
farm surrounds his home, locatea
immediately by the side of the
Southern Railroad. We found our
brother and his wife and children
indeed pleasant. After a most
sumptuous supper we sat up until
nearly midnight talking of religion
and war and politics and farming
and—of course a little about many
other divers things. We found
Mr. Norman quite an intelligent
man.
Early next morning things were
astir and in a short time breakfasi
was announced and the sumptuous
repast was repeated. Piomptly at
S .30 the marriage ceremony was
performed, then hurry and stir—
^ ie approach of the train stopping
m front of the gate—handshaking,
some tears and the bridal party was
off for Philadelphia, Pa., and the
preacher and Bro. McDaniel on
their return home, Toccoa was
reached by 11 a. m. where the bride
and groom waited for the noth
bound vestibule at 3 130 p. m. and
we for the south bound due at 7 p.
m. which landed us at Norcross
Tuesday night at 9:43.
We took special notice of the
towns along the Elberton Air Line
going and returning as well as the
farms. Nearly all the towns have
magnificent school building* and
comfortable churches, Special
mention should be made of Lavo-
nia with a population of 800 or
1000 and a brick academy, Royston
with a population of about 600 and
brick academy, and also Bowman
with a population of 5ooor6oo and
brick academy. Tne other towns
(none over Soo) we learn have
good frame buildings,
The farmers are well up in that
section. Along that road as far as
we could see on both sides with the
exception of some small patches,
the fields have been ploughed. Our
host, Mr. Norman, a prominent
farmer in that part, told us that the
farmers all throughout that country
were very far in advance of many
years.
Bro. McDaniel and I arrived at
home to find our wives and chil¬
dren getting along about as well
without us as with us.
So ended our pleasant journey.
C. V. Weathers.
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MAKING POWDER
Absolutely Pure
ROVAt DAKIN* POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
From fttddleville, (Mich.,) Sun.
Editor Sun : If you think your
readers and my old Michigan
friends will be interestied in hear¬
ing from this part of the world,
I’ll be glad to tell them.
In the first place, I can imagine
no finer trip for one to take, than
the one coming to this place. Ev¬
eryone is familiar with the farming
country of Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio, through which we pass, but
when we start on south from Cin¬
cinnati, over the famous “Queen
and Cresent Route” the scenes
change. The first time I passed
through the blue grass-region of
Kentucky, I thought it the prettiest
country I had ever seen, with its
prairies in the northen part of the
state, becoming rolling, then deci¬
dedly hilly, and further south the
farming country disappears and it
becomes actually mountainous. Pas¬
sing into Tennessee, we continue
on the west side of the mountains
until Emory Gap is reached, where
we pass theough and into the broad
valley of the Tennessee river, with
the river in full view on the left
and the Cumberland mountains on
the right all the way to Chattanoo-
ga.
As one comes into Chattanooga,
war history forces itself upon the
mind, by the sight of old Lookout
mountain rising above the clouds
only a few miles away. It is well
worth the time and expense to stop
over and visit this historic spot.
A hundred and thirty miles more
takes you to Atlanta, justly called
the Chicago of the South. The
city is only a little larger than
Grand Rapids, but it is the most
progressive and prosperous city of
the whole south. Walking up its
crowded and busy streets, it is hard
to realize that instead of these mam¬
moth and palatial buildings, the
Christmas of ’64, saw nothtng but
smoke arising from the ruins.
Sherman’s hosts had burned every¬
thing except the churches and a
few dwellings. Taking into con¬
sideration the straitened circumstan-
stances of the south after the war,
it is truly wonderful, the record
this southern “Phoenix” has made.
I got to Atlanta the last day of
September 1896, and as I had spent
several days there the year before,
I felt quite at home. But when I
started out the next morning on my
trip to Toccoa, I was entering a
new country and you may be
sure I was looking from the car
window most of the time to see
what my new home was to be like.
By the time we had reached Gaines-
viile, the home of old Gel. Long-
street, it was getting decidedly
mountainous. It is forty miles from
Gainesville to Toccoa and every
mile is rougher than the one pre-
ceeding it. As we pass between
;he stations of Co'rnelia and Mt.
Airy, w r e are on the highest railroad
point in Georgia. Looking from
the car window to the northward,
the tall peaks of the Blue Ridge
loom up with old Mount Yonah
only about twenty miles away in
the foreground. One can see from
this point as we swiftly pass, the
little town of Demorest nestling in
the hill four miles away. Demor-
est you will remember, is a
kee” colony. It was laid off for
a city, but was - a dismal failure,
and stands today a mockery of
“what might have been done.”
One could turn a car loose at Mt.
Airy, and if it did not jump the
track first, it would shoot through
Toccoa, a distance of thirteen miles,
like a streak of lightening and
never stop until it was safely over
Tugalo river into South Carolina,
Toccoa itself, is a beautiful little
city of 2,500 or 3,000 inhabitants,
Its name which is taken from the
Indian tongue, signifies “the beau-
tiful,” and is derived from Toccoa
Falls, which are only a couple of
miles away. Here nature deposi-
ted one of the most wonderful speci-
mens of her handiwork. We
approach the falls from below ; it is
in the valley of a mountain
The valley keeps growing nar¬
rower and narrower, and it is just
wide enough to allow a team to
drive along the edge of the rock
by the side of the swift running
stream, and a sudden turn around a
huge boulder, brings one face to
face with the falls. Only a couple
of hundred yards away is a wall of
solid granite, one hundred eighty
feet high and over it in a single
leap from the top to bottom comes
the falls in two thin streams, the
most beautiful sight I ever saw.
The first few times I visited the
tails, I involuntarily removed my
hat, in awe, as 'we entered the
chasm in which the falls are. Here,
there is always a breeze, caused by
the falling water. In summer time.
when the temperature has chased
itself to 85 in the shade, one can
catch cold by sitting around on the
rocks with their coat off. It is an
ideal spot for picnics and such. I
think it sate to say that three-
fourths of the People who come
here are' seized with the idea that
they can throw a stone to the top
of the falls, and it is amusing to
see them try it. Of course the
stone falls short of its mark and
generally falls into the pool with¬
out even going to the wall of rock.
I am going to send the Sun a picture
of the falls and those who do not
think it a pretty spot, can call at
the Sun office and see it.
While I am telling you of the
scenery around this part of the
country, I must mention Currahee
mountain, which lie6 about five
miles southwest of here. It is about
1,700 feet high and instead of going
to a peak at the top, it is all grace¬
ful curves and quite a large level
area on the summit. From the sum¬
mit of Currahee, you can see besides
Georgia, into the states of South
Carolina, North Carolina and Ten¬
nessee.
I meant to tell about the Tugalo
Valley and Tallulah Falls, in this
letter, besides giving you an idea
of the cotton industry and the south¬
ern people, but see that I have
taken too much space already, so
I will leave that for another letter
to the Sun, which I will send soon.
Yours truly,
George L. Matteson.
Toccoa, Ga., February 14, 1898.
FIFTY MILLION FOR DEFENSE.
House Wednesday Give ricKinley
All the rioney He Wants.
Washington, March 8.—The in¬
dications now are that the senate
will pass the Cannon resolution ap¬
propriating $50,000,000 for war
measures without any more debate
than senators will require to place
themselves on record as determin¬
ed to sustain the wishes of the
chief executive.
The bill will come up the first
thing in the morning, and when
the senate has acted congress will
have acceded to the request of the
president that this immense emer
gency fund be placed in his hands
for purposes of national defense,
and the responsibility, not only for
its proper expenditure, but for the
development of a definite policy in
the present international complica¬
tions will be placed with the presi-
dent.
It was by a unanimous vote that
the house passed the bill today and
almost before the ink was dry on
the paper the bill had been placed
before the senate and referred to its
committee on appropriations, which
at once agreed unanimously to sub-
mit it favorably reported.
There was not a dissenting voice
in the dicussion. It was the very
general sentiment on both sides of
the chamber that there was no need
of going through even the formali-
ty of discussing the measure, but
the committe on appropriations had
decided that it would be better to
allow opportunity for members to
give a brief expression to their
views, principally for the reason
that this was the best way to serve
notice upon the world that upon
questions of foreign policy when a
crisis in which national honor is at
stake presents itself there are no
factional divisions, but that we are
a united people.
Acting upon this idea there was
an arrangement for four hours of
debate, but as almost every mem*
her of the house desired to say a
word, the speeches were necessarily
very short.
The most notable feature of the
discussion was the reception given
by the house and galleries to the
remarks of such men as Warner, of
Illinois; McGuire, of California,
and others who repudiated the idea,
vigorously set forth by some of the
debaters, that this appropriation
was in its essence a peace measure.
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Both the method and results when
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refreshing to the taste, and acts
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and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. only Syrup of Figs is the
duced, remedy of its kind ever pro¬
ceptable pleasing to the taste and ac¬
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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only f rom the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular Syrup remedy known.
bottles of Figs all is for leading sale in 50
cent by drug¬
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro¬
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wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
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SAM FHAMCI8C0, CAL
LOUfsnuE. ter. MEW YORK, M.Y.
These men declared it useless to
conceal the fact the appropriation
of $50,000,000 at this time was a
war measure pure and simple, and
added that only on the ground of
its being such a war measure could
it be defended. They were cheered
to the echo.
Perhaps the next most noticeable
feature of the debate was the uni¬
versal tribute paid General Lee for
his conduct and of his trying duties
in Havana.
Visiting Cards of all kind at the
Southern Record Sta. Store.
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WUjJy Constipation andlndigest ;
Regulates the Liver. Price. * *
Carbon Papers for Type Writ¬
ers of the best quality at 50 cents
per dozen sheets(8xi3^ inches) at
The Record Stationery Store.
The Record has a fine lot of
New Stationery, Miniature Box
Paper, Envelopes and Cards, etc.
We carry only the best and our
prices are low. The Record Sta¬
tionery Store.
SHERIFFS SALES
For March.
Will be sold before the Court house door
in Clarkesville, Habersham for county, on the
first Tuesday in April, cash, day, and
within the legal hours of sale on said
the following described property, to-wit:
East half of lot 142 in the tenth land dis-
of said county; same being land conveyed
by April, W. C. Loudermilk being the on place ninth whereon day of
1883, same
W. W. Loudermilk now resides, contain¬
ing 125 acres, more or less; levied on and
to oe sold as the property of W. W. Lou¬
dermilk under and by virtue of a fi fa is¬
sued from the superior court of said county
in favor of the Geiser Mfg. Co., against W.
W. and R. L. Loudermilk. Levy made and
returned to me by T. H. Minyard, deputy
sheriff. 4.86
A. M. GRIBBLE, Sheriff.
Announcements.
I hereby announce myself Habersham candidate for
re-election for Sheriff of Coun¬
ty, subject to the Democratic primary, if
one is held. Thanking I them my friends of for their
ciation past support, of their assure kindness and promise my appre¬ if
they will again elect me, I will do all in
my power to serve them efficiently.
A. M. GRIBBLE.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
Sheriff of Habersham county subject to the
democratic primary, if one is held. I enter
this race at the solicitation of my friends
and respectfully solicit the support of the
voters of the county.
J. L. Brown.
To the voters of Habersham county:
Thanking you myself for past favors, candidate 1 beg for to
announce as a re-
election as Clerk of Superior Court, sub¬
ject to action of Democratic party. Pledg¬
ing you if elected to do all in my power, in
the future as in the past, to make an effi¬
cient and acceptable officer
I am yours, etc., J. A. Erwin.
I herebv announce myself a candidate
for the office of Clerk of Superior Court
of Habersham county and if elected prom-
ise to strive to faithfully discharge the du¬
ties of that office to the satisfaction of the
people I am subject to the action of the
Democratic primary if one is held Solici¬
ting the support of all voters,
I am Respectfully, Wm. Jordan.
«.
To the voters of Habersham County: I
hereby announce myself a candidate for
Tax Receiver, subject to the democratic
primary if one is held.
H. E. Hopkins.
Red Ink, 5 cts. oer bottle, at the
Record Stationery Store.
that tha
Jemedy,
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I*th £ best for Female Trouble*. Corrects all
irregularities in Female Organs. Should be
taken for Ctasge of Life and before CMM-Birtk.
Piasters “Otd Tl»e" Seattle* have stood the
test for twenty years.
Jfada only by New Ppen err Medicine Co., Chat¬
tanooga, Tennessee.
l». P. COOK, Toccoa, Ua.
HERDING OF THE WORKERS.
[Continned from 3d Page.]
abode uninhabitable. These
frequent occurrences. Imagine
bent and feeble woman of nearly
seventy years of age, racked with
rheumatism, feeble from ten years
of lonely life in the same tenement,
so ill at last with want of food and
with pain that she can hardly leave
her bed. Imagine her startled at
night by an attack upon her door
by a strong drunken woman who
insists on entering. This drunken
woman wishes to enter for the rea¬
son that the invalid has made a
complaint against her which has
caused the landlord to send in a
“dispossess.” She explains, out¬
side the door, that she intends to
kill the old lady inside when she
gets in. Upon which the old lady
on the inside struggles out of bed,
open! her little window, which is
barely large enough to allow a per¬
son to pass through, and calls in
the night for her neighbors on the
other side of the backyard to come
to her rescue. The drunken wom¬
an still threatens and pounds and
shakes the door. No one appears
to help the poor old woman who is
being attacked, and in terror she
struggles through her small win¬
dow and falls some distance into
the yard. The consequence is she
has months of| illness and semi-ab¬
erration. If these tenements were
not often made a place for the indis¬
criminate herding of anyone who
will pay the landlord a few dollars,
such contracts between the inmates
would not exist. But the fact is, I
could cite many instances truly hor¬
rible to show that landlords use
very little of their Christian light at
these dark abodes.
February Honor Roll.
Requirements.—General average
90, Attendance 90, Deportment 95.
1 st Grade—Macey Cooper 95,
May Mitcham 95, Bernise White-
head 94, Lizzie Sexton 94, Sarah
Christian 94, Luther Mauldin 94,
LoreneOwen 94, Lester Brown 93,
Furman Goode 92, Lizzie Rothell
92, Luther Hitt 92, Otis Hitt 90,
Luther Teet 90.
2d Grade—Callie Love 98, L. D.
Ramsay 97.
3rd Grade—Fay Sellers 98, Maud
Stonecypher 96, Myrta Kay 95
Maud Edwards 93, Lily Dockins
91, Milton Parker 90.
4th Grade—Marn e Jone 9-
Louise Simmons 96, Bertha ;•>
95, Rosebud Holly 90.
5th Grade—Emmie Belle Lovetts
93, Emma Strickland 93, Mar'h
Holmes 90.
6th Grade—Mamie Price 98,
Alice Newton 96, Willie Mabry 95.
M. E. Schaefer 95. John Mcjun-
kin 95, Hood Bryant 94, G. J.
Davis 94 Worth Parker 93.
7th Grade—Sallie Mae Scott 97,
Daisy Deaton 96, Mabel Hopkins
95, George Netherland 90.
8th Grade—Etta Smith 95, Law¬
rence Vickery 93, Merle Capps Simpson 92,
Nellie Bright 92, Robert
92, Bertha Hayes 91, Essie Acree
90.
9th Grade—Dave Moseley 96,
Mary Gilmer 95, Sallie Strickland
95 -
MOVING AMONG THE PEOPLE.
Fletcher Johnson and W. A. Char¬
ters for Solicitor General.
Gainesville, Ga., March 7.—The
race for Solicitor general of the
northeastern circuit is waxing warm
and the two contestants are hust¬
ling. Hon. Fletcher Johnson of
Gainesville, has been indorsed by
the grand jury, and as court con¬
venes in each of the counties of the
circuit he and Col. W. A. Char¬
ters of Dahlonega, are on hand to
try and secure the recommendation
of the grand jury. Johnson has
already been indorsed unanimously
by the grand juries of hall, Dawson
and Rabun counties, and it appears
that he is making a winning race.
He come back last night from Ra¬
bun county, where the grand jury
gave him the following recommen¬
dation : “We recommend thatfour
representative in the next general
assembly of this state use all hon¬
orable means to accomplish the
election of Hon. Fletcher M. John¬
son, of the county of Hall, as solic¬
tor general of this, the Northeast¬
ern circuit of Georgia.”
Hon. Howard Thompson is doing
some very active campaigning now
for congress. He spoke at Clay-
ion, Rabun county, last Tuesday,
and makes another address to the
citizens of Gwdnnett county at
.^awrenceville Tuesday, March 8th.
. ie says he is meeting with a very
.%aim reception wherever he goes
over the district. He returned to¬
day from Rabun county where
he has been at court.
Toccoa,
The Beautiful
Toccoa is one of the most pros¬
perous little cities in Georgia. Its
business enterprise and tireless en¬
ergy have become too well known
to need extended mention. It is
the trading center of a large area of
thickley populated territory, and is
the junction of two important rail¬
ways, the Southern and the Elber-
ton Air Line, giving unexcelled
facilities for transportation. Ten
regular passenger trains stop daily
at the depot, running in every di¬
rection. Toccoa has a population
of about ^ooo and is steadily grow¬
ing. It has splendid public schools,
four churches afford ample oppor¬
tunity for those w ho wish to wor¬
ship ; branches of the most impor¬
tant secret societies are fully organ¬
ized ; the people never go to sleep,
but keep up the hum of business
every day in the year. The Toccoa
auditorium and Tabernacle used for
summer protracted meetings, Lec¬
tures, etc., by the best talent ob¬
tainable is an institution of
which the city is justly proud. Its
meetings furnish pleasure to thou¬
sands of people each year. Toccoa
is well fitted to make a home for all
industrious and enterprising men
and women seeking a location. All
such are welcomed, and letters of
inquiry are cheerfully and prompt¬
ly answered.
And in addition to the induce¬
ments of pleasant atmosphere and
pure, cool water, Toccoa can boast
of her healthfulness. Habetsham
county shows the lowest rate of
mortality of any county in the Uni¬
ted States, and the elevation, per¬
fect drainage, and surroundings of
our town preclude the possibility of
any local cause for disease, and
serve to make invalids recuperate
rapidly.
This section abounds in grand
and beautiful scenery. Toccoa
falls are just two miles away, and
a drive of sixteen mile6 through a
picturesque region brings one to
Tallulah Falls. And besides these
noted objects there are many spots
of charming verdure, clear, swift¬
flowing streams and abrupt hill¬
sides, massive rocks and yawning
precipices, that delight and awe
the beholder, all within two or
three miles of town.
The manufacturing interests of
the town are not many, but upon
them and other enterprises of a like
character depend, principally, the
future of the towm. We have in
operation a furniture factory, which
employs from 75 to 100 hands, a
tannery which employs from 20 to
65 hands. A cotton factory which
employs about 150 hands.
The social and business relations
of the people from the North and
from the South, who have freely
mingled together in this region
have always been pleasant, arnica
ble and friendly. No differences
growing out of sectional feeling
have ever been known, or ever need
occur.
The people of Georgia are warm
hearted, generous and hospitable,
and welcome sober and industrious
people who come to make homes
among them.
The negro population of Haber¬
sham county amounts to only 13
per cent, a decrease of three per
cent between 1880 and 1890.
The town is on the great south¬
ern pleateau of the Blue Ridge
Mountain and lies 1090 feet above
the level of the sea. The high al¬
titude ; the life-giving mountain
breezes; the numberless cool, crys¬
tal springs; the pure, soft water in
wells and streams, and the mild sea-
sons with their gentle changes, all
combine to make this favored re¬
gion the most surpassingly health¬
ful on the face of the earth.
' No malaria exists, and malarial
diseases are unknown in the vicini-
y of Toccoa. No epidemic has
tever prevailed.
This region is absolutely free
of yellow fever visitations. *
That
fatal desease has never been epi¬
demic in any part of the world
with an altitude of 700 feet or more
above sea level.
During the summer of 1888,
when the yellow fever was decima¬
ting the population of Florida, and
spreading consternation among
the cities of northen Alabama,
when it dealt death daily, and in
1893 when Brunswick was devas¬
tated by this dread disease, north
Georgia opened her generous arms
to receive the fear stricken refu¬
gees, even though the yellow
scourge had already attacked them.
The terrified fugitives came by
thousands, came with fever fires
consuming them; came with the
touch of death upon their sallow
faces: came almost hopeless and
air desparing—and breathing the pure
of Georgia’s highlands their
health and strength returned.
And northen Georgia did not suf¬
fer for its generous welcome.
fever did not spread. No
cases were reported fiom
with the refugees, and those
caught the infection before
came, For speedily recovered.
more than two generations
this part of Habersham caunty
been famed throughout the
South for its unsurpassed healthful-