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A RACY'LETTER
T. G. EAD/iMaY,
WiWsfiSmWJmm
ATHENS, <*A. Ip
Corner ayfon and JacksonISJs.
My little girl suffered for three years
from a large Abscess ou her hip, the result
of a fall and dislocation. The Abscess
was larger—
-wnBfflxoraanras-
all'of which discharged puss. I was iu-1
duced by friends to give her
YOUNG LADIES CONTRASTED
One Builds a Hence—Another Tries to
. Elope—Geese Frozen In a Mud
Hole and Lose Their Feet
—An Elbertonian Gives
Vent to His Feel
ings Concern
ing Loafing •»
Athens Ne
groes.
MANCFiCTI’RKKS OP •
Harness, Saddles, Bridles, «fec.
ALSO, . DKAI.HR JK
Buggies, C&rriagesand Carts.
There is a vast difference between
OU.eap Goods, and Goods Cheap. Go
elsewhere for cheap goods, but come to
and by the time the fifth bottle wan finished
the abscess was entirely healed, and the
child was well and happy.—Mrs, J. A.
Weionkb, Slatington, Fa, ‘
Send for Boole on the Blood and Skin.
; SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by Palmer & Kinnebrew
Goods Oil
Aug 18—wly
A MAN fK.-,8450
i^^gGHJOR
5iSnijnpi bf buying
LUDOEH A BATES, SanMiiTGa.
On# Prtw nA
more ***** Instr*m**ta
are aotuany worth. Thsy nro net baUt that wag.
COTTON GINS,
ENGINES
AND
REPAIRS,
—AT—
Bottom Prices,
WRITE TO
G. R. Lombard & Co.
Foundry, Machine, Boiler and Gin Work and
- Supply House,
Augusta, - - Ga.
If you want your job
work neatly executed, bring
it to the Banner office.
for infants and Children,
“Caatorlals soTrell adapted to childrea that
t recommend it ax superior to any prescription
known to me.” H. A. Archbb, M. D.,
111 So. Oxford SL, Brooklyn, N. T.
The urn of‘Qwtoria'ls BoantTenal and
merit* so well known that it seems a work
supererogation to endorse it. Frw are the
ellfgent families who do not keep Castori*
hln easy reach.”
Carlo. Martts. D. D.,
New York City.
TiHIEO. MAEKWALTESr,
MaNUFACTUBSB lOF
GRANITE AND MARBLE MONUMENTS AND STATUARY.
Importer Direct and Contractor for Biiltini Stone.
Marble Wainscoting and Encaustic Tile Hearths
AGENT FOR CHAMPION IRON FENCE CO,
. W The best in tbe world. New Designs I Original Designs! i Low Pries, i i ;-eyg
Plices and Designs cheerfully furnished. work guaranteed
OFFICE AND STEAM WORKS, 629 and 631 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.
HORSES AND MOLES
Having re-entered^busi uess in my new and roomy
stables, 1 again solicit that liberal patronag which the
'he goode pople heve heretofore accorded me. I prom,
isethem that same fair dealing which haB always
been my endeavor to to have with them.
W. S. HOLMAN,
ATHENS. GA.
Washington St.
Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy.—A
marvelous curator Catarrh, Diphtheria,
Canker Mouth, and Headache.. With
IS. R. Dors ay’s laMHWA
Atlanta, March IK—Mir. A. 4.
Jackson, for the past yjsstrAftfirfftt ageist
of the Western and AtfmtiU wad,
has been appointed geaerifl ftoiga, M&
passenger qgewt of- fhe QeffMfa spat, to
Preparing fbr Cam paay.
Boston Methsr—Ths groceries I directed
you to order «a your wny to school have
art arrived.
Small Boy—I—I forge* them, mother;
btrt 1 nmemhendto stop at tkepabUah-
n'mlNNNiMgd ths Dm sdltion
SPRINGER
IS IMPROVING-
Se Says Ha Will Kasnias mis Satis. In
. Thraa Ws.ha.
Washington, March: 15 —Reprw'anta-
tivo Springer continues ts imprors rap
idly, and he expects te be oa his feet
again in a few days. Fur the first time
since the serious stages of his illness he
was able to receive a representative ef
the proas in his room while eating bis
supper.
"Iam getting along splendidly now,"
said he, "and am eating heartily throe
times a day. As soon as I am abla
walk around and take caroof myse.
well I will go to Fortress Monro* for a
couple of weeks. I will make no at
tempt to'resume my congressional du
ties for three or four weeks yet. *
It is expected that the tariff discus
sion in the house will continue for three
or four weeks, or more, with interrnp-'
tions now and then for the considera
tion of aj * -
The old Mjing that “ eoa-
sumption can b# cared i
taken in time” waa poor com
What a Fall Was Thar*.
He was declaim lag la the woodshed at
tic top of a fourteec-year-old voice:
Tif-am-d-al Reea eywn-sl G-a-u-u-
Iw-y-m-e-nP
At A*A moment his mother eame up be-
fort. It seemed to invite a
trial, but to anticipate failure.
The other one, not ao old,
.«* consumption can be cured,”
is considered by many false.
Both are true and not
true; th# first ia prudent—
one cannot, begin too early.
The mean# i# careful liv
ing. Scott# Emultioa of
cod-liver oil is sometime* an
important part of that.
Let us send you a book on
careful living—-free,
Scott A town*, Ckwotoa, «#« pk Arm**,
Naw YorVt ■ »
Y*uf drugfiat keep* Scjtt * IwlrfiM #f c*4-lir#r
. oil—all 4nn*in* srerywaw* (i.
kind Mm and added ths missing link:
"Lead me your earsi” ‘f ?
Then She marched hfna off tote the house
by these aural appendages and set him to
wort paring the potatoes for dinner.—De
troit Free Pit*.
heigh* ef foTIy, MTqrtfca, tor a girl to leave
hitir home, with au its cheerful snrrsnod-
togn, to tats a Sleigh rids sn a Utter night
Hkethft.
Martha (putting on her wrapsj — Yes,
papa, but there aro dheerfnl—or—surround
ings in taking a sleigh ride.—Chicago
Tribune. *'
— appropriations and other pressing
bills. It is now understood that Mr.
Springer wiU'iinke the. closing sneach
in the-fcmff debate. He has a deal of
-material collected which he expects to
use in an argument at the opening of
the debate, so that no great labjr wiil
be involved in preparing for the closing
argument in favor of his bill.
decided by. the Spanish government at
Madr.d, in favor of the United States,
and orders accordingly have been issued
at Havana. The treaty is very popnlar
in Cuba, and this action of the Spanish
government gives great satisfaction.
on time
The Best Iron Fencing lor Grave kets.
■ M
Apply to Lyndon Manufacture: g Com-
1 a iy'.
.
—— .
LIVINGS ION’S IDEAS
C iNCERNrNGTHEMOVBMENTS'OF
THE ALLIANCE.
A VERY STRONG LETTER
Written by the Georgia Congressman
to the Philadelphia Press—He
UrgeslUnlted Action In the
2 Alliance,
Congressman L. F. Livingston has
c unbilled an able article to the Phil-
a k-l|>!)ia Press giving his ideas con-
0,■: iiing the movements of theiAlliance*
It reads as follows:
\Y hat is tin: attitude of the alliance
people at this time toward, the great
questions that are agitating the public
uisr.d, and wliat is their condition and
strength, and what of the future? The
alii t e • people of this country are thor-‘
oug l.v aroused and extremely sensitive
touch iig political questions and raeth—
ods. This grows out of their peculiar
ciri'iimsianies and recent education.
They believe that all effects are tracea-
ble lo'enuses. The impoverished con-
di 'on of the masses is not an exception
to this rule. It has its cause, and in
tieor opinion can be as clearly defined
and as unquestionably demonstrated as
any other philosophical proposition.
.Much thought and extended educa
tion us to the discovery of the cause or
c.ou-cs that have led up to the present
con lilion of the people of this country,
luve obtained for the ]ast two years. I
admit that the conclusion drawn may
be to some extent strained and
mixed slightly with error, put upon
i e r hole the causes, now assigned by
nlliat ceuien everywhere are indisputa
ble. They believe that while many
minor missteps on the part of national
ai d state legislation and political par-
tifs have had more or less todo with the
condition of things, yet the fact re
mains that the two great causes of pov-
e: iv and want now spreading over this
land like a dark pall, producing unrest
and instability among all classes and in
all fictions, are the financial and tax
ing systems of this country.
Indeed, in the light of history, they
have concluded that they have reached
that portion of the highway upon
which all other nations have been
v recked that have dared to travel it
thus far. “Class legislation”—legisla
tion lor the few against the many; plu
tocracy versus poverty; patricians ver-
fu> | lebians. This has brought them to
the condition -of desperation. They
are very much in the condition of a
limn passing down the descents of a
craggy mountaiu', when sud
denly be stops at the edge
of an unfathomed precipice, with
ct-ai u staring him in front and no phy-
Mc.il force to regain the summit. No
wonder political parties are unsettled:
no wonder that commerce hangs in un-
eu tuin balance; no wonder that this
pu pie have so little confidence in any
mortal mau or party.
From tliis unrest and uncertainty ei
ther much good or the destruction of
ti e lib. rtn » of this country, with all
its etn rn-hc.i U rinsand prestige, will
enwlv . The question with statesmen
hi d patriot*, as weli as Alli&ncemen, is
w bleu ot the twain shall be the result.
Thi- n us. be settled, and sorely so, by
used tadisplace the mis-
them; hut sober sense will soon return,
aud thoy will ask these impor
tant questions: Are your methods
and your plans for our relief safe aud
advisabl ? and can you guarantee abil
ity to lead us through the wilderness
over the Jordan, ard into the land of
Canaan ? In other words, methods may
be apparently all righ% consistent and
at t ho same time with no force or power
of execution. There are three political
parties organized in this country.
Two of them are powerful and con
trolling—the other is weak and impo
tent.
The great question that is disturbing
the alliance people today is to which of
these parties shall they look for imme
diate and permanent relief, or whether
they shall continue to educate an ap
peal to all alike, depending upon the
righteousness of their cause aud an in
creased strength that would necessarily
be drawn from each and ail and in the
end,as a balance of power standing be
tween these political parties, recover
their rights, it makes a great diff r-
ence in the- solution of this question
which of these parties is both willing
and able to accord the needed legi-li
tion. Beth willingness aud ability
must combine to give relief from either
party.
Our people are now steering between
Scylla on the one side and Charybdi*
on the other, touching independent po
litical action. If the masses of t e Al
liance people in their choice oh this
point should make a mistake and see
their organization mutilated and de
spoiled—a’l that they have acquired uj
to i he present lost, and their future
hopes dashed to the ground—they will
have themselves and their advisers to
blame. Hence it is extremely burden
some and dangerous to assume the po
sition of a leader at this juncture. A
short time, perhaps, will bring to thf-
suifsce sufficient light to enable our
people to walk this difficult path with
safety.
L. F. Livingston.
THE FIGHT'IS ON.-
THE CENTRAL ^RECEIVERSHIP
CASE OPENED IN MACON.
ir
ry v
S3
VMWM MARSH £ i«u
Ex-Speaker Bacon Takes a Hand on
His Own Account—Some Perti
nent Points Made In Major
Bacon’s P ea.
SATISFACTION .TO CUSTOMERS
The fact of anything giving satisfac
tion to my customers is a guarantee of
its rflleacr. Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy
of Sweet Gum and Mullein gives m. r<-
sati-faction to those wanting a goon
cough medicine than any other I sell,
says Mr. B. O. Wood, of Monroe City.
Mo. .
AT WASHINGTON.
Jt-ti.-1 tiou tm.i recover to the people
tl.tu vomtitutioual and alienable
i iglbf— tlie undisturbed and unob-
sui.cted permisrion to pursue their
law ini vocations under a common llag
ol “equal lights to all and special fa-
vor* lonone.” Men and nations have
f equently done what the ox universal-
J does when iu the mire—eyery effort
!<• vxiiicate sinking deeper into the
t usins. lienee the absolute necessity
ler sol er, caitful and common sense
cu-iderution just at this point in our
1 istory.
U e have men and parties who prefer
i<> fiftht, quarrel, and criminate aud re-
triiuiuaie. Such men and such parties
nevir lifted a people out of trouble.
While all this goes ou reason and judg-
in< iu are dethroned, and the inspira
tion so much netded from the skies
never penetrates their intellects. There
sre < ihers who sit down by this . hard
find stouv pathway and complain of its
loiigtmess ai d impossibilities and wnilt
away the passing opportunity to save a
nation of people. Neither the one nor
i be other can settle the great questions
timt are upturning aud upheaving a
nation’s hope and destiny.
1 lie remedy lies today in the hands of
those who must be untbauked
and unhonored for the present.
The settlement - of the
questions—if settled at all with udvan
luge to the people and a retention of
our presen'fform of government—must
be left iu the baudBof cool, deliberate
and brave men—men who dare to cross
public opinion—men who dare to face
public scorns and ridicule—men who
dare to do their duty. If tbia whole
people could be brought to a sober
etaudpomt, and if we could eliminate
from the public rostrum and public
1 resi men and matter that teed to in
ti m* and mvstify, and in their places
could get advisers and teachers who
armoyed al me and incited exclusive
ly for the public good, this country
cuii.d be turned about and ouce more
peace and prosperity would perch upon
our banners and the glorious sunshine
cf contentment would rest up in every
cection of this land.
Whether the alliance people, with
tl eir irresistible power in the form cf
I allots aud a righteous cause, can be
held down to a judicious aud safe exer
cise of t hat power and influence, Is the
question. I have great confidence in
the masses of the people when a d gree
< f intelligence exists such as obtains
amd g our people, and I am satisfied
that hi.the near future, if allowed to do
so, w id cluster around a peaceful and
profitable solution of this question—a
solution that will not harm any section
or any class of our citizenship. Tbisde-
1 en Is very largely upon those who are
now leiditig or endiavoring to lead the
uias f es of the people.
A people often do what individuals
dn—fritter away tlicif sir ngth anli oji-
pormnity tryish to acoompTih iropossi-
oili'it)--,. 1 know one poor mortal man
who spent thirty years, in the prime
of life, tryiug to invent perpetual mo-
tio”, to be applied to machinery.
He was honest, earnest and confllenb
and yet he died prematurely, unhonored
an 1 untut g,‘ with the great ohj ct of
ki« li e .wrapped in a shroud of eternal
darkness* It may be possible that the
>1 iauce people will,like this man, fob
1 wing in the footsteps of some hours’,
candid and confident leaders, waste
th ir youth and strength, ai d disappear
v h i. tiie procession gojs by. 1 uope
t^ot, and I believe not.
I repeat that I believe the alliaroe
People to be an honest people, xn earn
cst people and » confident people, aod
at the same time a cautions and thinx-
1!; B people. These who sre now dick
cri .g with them, whether for .the pnr-
. pose of breaking up their org unziuon
[ or personal acrerandizemeut, or from
I misplaced
inky for aw
What Is Being Done About the Capi
tol.
Washington, March 14.—The com
mittee ou the judiciary resolved to re
port to the senate all the judicial nomi
nations, including the nomination of
Judge Woods, of Indiana, with the re
commendation that they bs co nfirmed.
It is beginning to look very much like
the president is going to have the op
portunity to sign or to veto a tree coin
age bill, but efforts are being made to
smother the question iu the senate. -
The following is the text of the hill by
Representative Moses of Georgia:
Sec. 1. That the secretary of the treas
ury be, and he is hereby directed to buv
a[l interest-bearing bonds of the United
States that may be offered for sale at a
price not to exceed their market value on
he first day of March, 1802, the bonds so
purchased to be cancelled.
Sec. 2. To carry out the foregoing sec
tion, the secretary of the treasury shall
prepare such an amount as may be neces
sary of the legal tender treasury notes, of
like denomination of the recent issue of
legal tender notes, and which shall be a
legal tender for payment of all debts, pub
lie and private, aud shall he redeemable
in coin, aud when redeemed shall be re
issued.
- Sec. 3. That the secretary of the treasury
be. ami is hereby authorized and required
to have coined of the bullion now m the
treasury, or which may lie received into
the t reasury, such an amount as may lie
necessary for the redemption of the notes
herein authorized when presented iu the
manner now required by law for the re
demption of the treasury notes now out
standing.
Washington Notes.
Secretary Blaine, as soon as health
permits, will go to San Antonio until
after the Republican national conven
tion.
The consulor appropriation bill to be
reported to the house ents down the
salaries of consuls some sixty odd thou
sand dollars.
The house went further than usual in
the farce of presenti g to the bar mem
bers charged with contempt in absent
ing* themselves without leave.
All of the candidates for the Texas
senatorship, now in Washington, say
that they will not go home on ths 22d
to be present daring the balloting.
One hundred congressmen have signed
a petition favoring expending $3,500,000
for the improvement of the channel
connecting lakes Superior aud Huron.
The house committee on territories
has authorized a favorable report on ths
bill for the admission of New Mexico as
a state; also a favorable report on the
bill admitting Arizona to statehood.
The honse committee on foreign af
fairs has decided not to include in their
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill an appropriation for the bureau of
American republics, but have referred
this matter to the house committee on
appropriations for action.
An annual - reduction of $200,000 in
the salaries of clerks and draughtsmen
in the architect’s office, treasury depart
ment, has been made owing to the fact
that the expenses were running ahead
of,the appropriation. W. D. Windom,
a son of the late secretary of the treas
ury, sailers a reduction with others, in
all about $50.
A Boat ’Capslsad—Three Deaths.
Knoxville, March 15.—Charles Clax-
ton, a well todo Englishman, with three
colored men left this place last Friday
for an : extended fish and hunt on the
border district of Eastern Tennnessee
and Western North Carolina. They got
along nicely until when the boat con
taining the entire lot, all intoxicated,
1 was- - capsized in the Little Tennessee
River, 20 miles south of this place and
before any one. of them could be res
cued all were drowned. The colored
men were just from Birminghqjn and
trying to get to Now York to work on
anew railroad.
About Cuban Reciprocity,
' Washington, March 15.-r-Some trou
ble has existed in Havana over the re
ciprocity treaty on account of the action
of the customs people of that port in
exacting 'harbor tax export duties on
certain products shipped to the United
States, imposing duties on preserved
i. All these questions have been
OTHERS TAKE A. HAND.
Macon. Ga., March 14.—The United
States court room was well filled, long
before 10 o’clock, the hour set for hear
ing the application of Mrs. Rowena
Clarks, through her attorneys, Roan-
tree & Perry, for the appointment of a
receiver for the Central railroad.
Among those present asking for the
receiver were Messrs. Rountree Sc Perry
for Mrs. Clark, Major A..O. Bacon for
himself and Charles N. Woodruff and
Marion Erwin for Hasseltine of Boston.
Temporary Receiver Alexander was
present but Captain Raoull was absent.
At 10 o’clock Jndge Speer opened
court, and Mr. Rountree arose and in
troduced to his honor Mr. J. Lamb
Perry of the Charleston bar, his asso
ciate in the case. Marion Erwin, as at
torney for Mr. and Mrs. Hassaltine, of
Boston, was made a party to the bill
filed by Mrs. Clark. Major Bacon was
put down as a party to the bill, hi* plea
as attorney for himself and C. N. Wood
ruff being on the same line as the bill of
Dan Ronntreo.
Racon’i Bilk
Major Baron’s bill sets forth that th*
lettering "Cantral railroad" had -been
obliterated from many of the cars and
engines and instead the name of the
Richmond and Danville" had been
placed upon them. It also set forth
that the revenues of tha Central had
been illegally diverted to the nse of the
Richmond Terminal, and that the prop
erly had been run down, trains being
decreased and employes discharged.
It also set forth that the Georgia Pa-
cifio railroad company is totally insol
vent, and the Richmond Terminal and
Richmond and West Point Warehouse
and Railroad company were corpora
tions of very doubtful solvency.
Jndge Speer asked it fhe case was
ready to proceed.
Mr. Rnimtree annonneed ready, but
Captain Jackson, for the defense, asked
for a continuance so that the bill of
Major Bacon, which, as the captain put
it, contained serious food for reflec
tion." eonld he considered, and so that
the oase coaid be prepared m justice to
the defense.
Mr. Cunningham, for the Central
railroad, said if Romjtree’s bill was all
that was to be considered it could be
answered right away, but it was but a
)>ar>Me compared to the bill of Major
Bacon, which contained thirty-two alle
gation of a serious nature.
B*#nn r*pinrfM th* ’
Mr. Erwin called for the answer from
the Central. Mr. Lawton said the
answer was in court to Mrs. Clarke’s
bill, bnt since Major Bacea has carp-
tursd th# cm the answer weald net
fit. Judge Speer then pertpemed further
hearing in the esto until
Mtfk
FROM
La teat Flashes Ca'-;ht from the Eli
TV Ire, Bader the Sea.
Law don. March 15.—Lord Roseberry
in e speech at Clerkenwell, said that th'
government itself introdnoed politic-
into the recent county council contes'
The government regarded the council
not with . pride as its child, bnt rr
animosity as its enemy. The cot
had a great work before it, to
London a;id to deal with huge and
preoedeuted problems. s.
FOREIGN
Anarchist* in Paris.
Paris, March 15.—It is very evi<
that the anarchists- are endeavoring i
inaugurate a reign of terror in this city
and it is also evident they are succeed
ing. Between 1 and 2 o’clock in th«
morning a terrific explosion occurred *1
the Louban barracks, occupied by th>
Republican Gnard, adjoining the Hotel
de Ville. In a moment a scene of tht
wildest excitement prevailed. No clue
to the perpetrators nas been found.
Chili’s New Cabinet.
Washington, March 15.—Senor Montt
the Chilian minister, has received a ca
blegram from Santiago announcing the
formation of a new Chilian ministry as
follows : Juan Castrellon, minister ot
foreign affairs; Eduardo Matts, minis
ter of interior; Gaepar Terro, minter of
jnstioe; Jarge Riesco, minister of in
dnstry; Angnstine Edwards, ministe
of the treasury, and Lewis Barrioe, min
ister of war.
When Baby was sick, we gave tor Oast aria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Ceatoria.
When she became Hiss, ah* dung to Castoria.
When she bad Chfldren,iha gave them Castoria.
•IN THE FREE STATE-.
POLITICS ARE WARMING UP OVE R
THERE
AND THINGS WILL HUM.
Several Distinguished Citizens Men
tioned for the Senate and Housel
—Farmers are Planting More
Corn and Less Cotton.
Danlf.ltville, Ga.. March 15, [Spe
cial.]—Madison court has just adjourn
ed and a g^eat many cases were disposed
of. The docket was very heavy ahd it
took close wdrk to relieve it. Several
important and inlet eiting cases were
heard which have already been report
ed.
TheJpoliticaLpot is beginning to boil
in Madison county. Under the rotation
plan this county * will furnish the
Senator for the 30tb. Senatorial district.'
Several pr >m nent gentlemen are being
urged for this b'gu and responsible of
fice. Horn P< pe Gobiston' has -already
announced and he will make it warm
for any opponent. He belongs to a
trong and influential family—is gen
ial, clever, brainy and conservative and
if elected he [will make a senator of
whom the 30th. district will be proud.
His friends think that he will be success
ful. If so he will be a prominent and
strong member of the next Senate of
Georgia.
The friends of Col, R. H.. Kinnebrew
are pressing him to enter the senatorial
race, and if he dees he will make it
lively;-active, friendly, clever and
bright, he will enter the race
if he does so, backed . by
a strong array of friends and deter
mined to win the fight, if he does not
win, his opponent will have little time
to rest until the last ballot is oast.
Hob. Julius Green, for several term-'
member of the House, is being urged
to make the raceffur Jthe Senate. His
friends are compact, earnest and de
voted, and if he enters the contest, he
will excite au enthusiasm aad mar
shall a voting strength that his
friends claim will lead to victory.
He is clear headed, conservative and
a fine campaigner, and the candidate
that defeats him will earn the distinc
tion.
The candidates (pr the House sre a
little backward ia making their e»-
trie«. Hon. Geo. Griffetb, who served
Madison county so faithfully and we.l
in the last House, and who
could easily be returned if he would
stand for re-elcotion, has openly avowed
his purpose not to be a candidate. This
leaves the field open to new men.
Mr. Betbune Thompson is urged by
bis friends to make tbe race. He is a
young man of about 33 years of age, of
flue appearance,clear head, polite man
ners, and in every way calcula
ted ^ to excite ..the
nd enthusiastic support of bis
riends andfif be is a candidate it is
predicted by bis fr ends that he will be
an easy . winner. He would make a
member of whom the county would be
proud and upon whom it could rely to
ably aud faithfully represent its inter
ests.
Coi. D. W. Meadow,^the prominent
lawyer, of Danieloville is being urged to
make the race for the House.
Every body knows Dave Meadow.
Clever, genial, warm heirted, gsner-
ous and brainy he would, represent the
county with signal distinction and.
make a record there of which his friends
would bo proud. He is conservative,
clear headed and popular and if he en
ters the race it is understood that he
will be electfd.He and Bethune Thomp
son are very warm friends and . it
is not believed that they will oppose
each other. How can ttaA people of
Madison ounty better subserve their
own interests, or send a better repre
sentative to tiie House than by electing
Dave Meadow? is asked by his friends,
and the response is general and gener
ous that be will make one of the best
Representatives that Madison county
lias ever had in the lower branch of the
Legislature.
Tbe people are disposed to plant less
cotton, more corn, raise more to e«t at
home, practice stricter economy and
there is some general relaxation of the
depressed feeling in the country.
Mx. Editor:—A few days ago it was
the writer’s pleasure to take a trip to
Eibrirt county, aud to the thriving
town of Elbeitoo, tbe home of my
birth. On traveli pg through th is grand
old county, one can see many marks of-
industry, as di*plxyed by her citizens,
in the upbuilding of many new and
handsome country residences, and the
improvement of farm l.nfis generally.
No one was to be seen idle, lurking
about with nothing to do, wirh no
thought of the future, but all seemed to
be busy, intent on making a success ot
whatever they had undertaken.
One thing which attracted my
attention more than any
thing else was that the women were so
industrious. At the home of oae of
the well-to-do farmers we noticed a
young lady, who. with her smiling face,
her deep blue eyes, and the lovely ex
pression she wears on her dimpled
cheeks, will some day brighten the
home, we trust, of an honorable man—
was all alone, building a garden fence.
With hammer in band, one by one, the
palings w«r* nailed securely to the
railings. We could not help noticing
with what rapidity she dispatched her
work, and with what exactness the p U-
ings were adjusted. That young lady
is an honor to her parents, and to the
county in whioh she lives.
But to the contrast. On the day fol
lowing. it was my privilege to visit a
a family whom we have known for
years, and who have the respect and
esteem of tb« people of the county. We
sooa learned that tbeir daughter, a
beautiful young lady, was en Jeavoriug
to skip from the “old folks,” and enter
tbe matrimonial stage at sweet sixteen
Her attempt,rrowever, were thwarted
by tbe ri fusal -of the minister to whom
the young conple had gone, to tie the
nuptial knot.
The first young lady in question had
her thoughts on the future welfare of
herself and parents, the second on the
happiness she might get out of her
u xor with the man of tier choice.
In Elbert county there are a good
many very substantial farmers, and one
whom 1 with- to n te more particularly
is a noted Baptist minister, who is fam
iliarly known as “U cle Joe.” There
never was a man who enjoys a ft.x
bunt, a bee robbing, or a protracted
i&e-dng tncrv cnau does Uncle Joe.
Wnenewr ms b*e gums nre full, the
y*ui;g people by special invitations as
semble at bis house, and after the rich
honey has been taken all eDjoy.the re
past which foliow8, and no one enjoys
in more than Uncle Joe. I have been
there and know whereof I speak.
Uncle Joe’s companion, besides being
t tonify homi-wife, raises poultry in
abundance, and among them is a large
lick ot geese, from -whien
many large, nioe, warm
leather beds are p eked.
On one occasion Uncle Joe lef * home
to be absent for a few days, when this
flock of geeee met with a sad fate. Dur
ing his absence the weather became
very cold, and as the geese were in the
habit cf sleeping in tbe road, they little
suspected so cold a spell when they re
paired (OR mud bole in the road not far
distant, and into it they went. But
while they were standing in the waur
the cold wave came, and every one of
them was frozen tight and fast in the
mud hole. Not uutil the sun had sped
its way up into the
eastern horizon did “the boys” find the
gedae, and they at once set to work to
r<J|ase their icy embrace; but uusuc-
itu! for several feet were left be-
w_LUe ic*, they being severed from
tfie mjdies of tbe geese.
But t ! >e time came for Uncle Joe’s
raturn and nothing was said to him
about what had happened until one day
be chanced to notice that several cf the
gee-eoniy had oue foot. When he was
cold that their feet froze off, he said:
“By George, that must have been
when I was in Atnena
the other day.” At the time he referred
to the flies were buzzing, the bumtle
bees humoring,' and the flowers were
blooming. All traces of winter bad
disappeared weeks before that time.
At tbe time ot tbe cloudy spell we
bad in the first of tbe year, Uncle Joe
made a trip to Athens, and when he
returned home he was so perfectly dis
gusted with the number of vagabond
negroes he saw on the streets, that he
took occasion.to make the following re
mark in regard to them:
“I saw a thousand buck negroes
grouped together . sunning themselves,
and as the sun moved ’round they
moved too, and thus kept in the sun.”
Tbe fact is the sun had not shone out
for tea days.
Remarks of this kind are always en
joyed and appreciated by the hosts of
frienis and admirers of Uncle Joe,
who delight to spend their leisure
hours in his hospitable home.
Long may he live in peace and plenty,
and may bis efforts in preaching God’s
word be crowned irith abundant
success. .
rfnr pjteher’g Castorla#