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' Bna^^iWBSJWtt’ ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 4, 1890. RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT. 1)U. C. W. LAME. Ef:TO*. lUOrthS. One hundred and twenty One million* «f dollar*, give IO me Pre-Meet ot the S nni'nnl Oil Trust C»., the rcpuution of being ;iie richest rosu iu America. Fm auel.t itiil we know.be may oe constantly giving with a princely bam* to nlieve the w:nii!* of Ha fellow-being*. However ibis „ ny l»e, the next moment utter thil cnn- 11 »ciine and expanding muiclelu bis left breast which We call the heart, atop* its W( ,ik. A sinvle nickel will be !»<•«: than f,v.- limes greater than what he lueii will own. “We brought nothing with us iuto tlie world and it la certain we Can cany noibing out" Tbc only iovtaluients that we chii reta'n posseaaioo of forever, are iliose inude iu doing good to the tile ry of Ged. » (}. d’s Standard Ttusl Is not a cold blond- cd . urtlny ‘cometiine" but a warm mated hlle-iauce and liust in the Gieal loader „n i Commander. It glvca the oil of Joy tor mou ning, the garment of pratae for the M'irtt of heaviness. Ur who baa tin# will inherit the un. (.larcbatib-rich*# which will abide with fiim nil the eternity t« come. There is n uch tru'b m -lie rescript iou on a iom»- Hoiii. “What I kept I have lost, that 1 gave 1 still have. / »/ INJUSTICE TO THE CHURCHES. From S. Y. Observer. Mi tlie evangelical demonstrations an- iniarepreaenlnl. They say the PreabyU- rihii (Jbuicb i. beves there are iufanta In 1» r.litioii. If you will bring i»e a Prtsby- teriii'i of good moral# and sound inlnd wUo will say that lie believe# there ever wan a biby in the lost world, or ever will be, 1 will make him a de* d to the hou»e 1 live in and he can take |MwaeMlou to-nioribw. So tlie Episcopalian church it misrepre sented by the eneoiitw of evangelism. They say that Church substitutes form* uiul ceremonies for heart religion, and i» all a matter for lituigy and genufli-ction Ki.lse again. All Episcopalians will trlt you that tlie forms aud cne.is of then cliurch are worae than nothing unless the b<Mil go with tbeui. So also the Baptist cl.urcii lots been mbrepreseuted. The enemies of evangrlirm aey the Baptist Church believe# that unlesa a man Is tm- meisill lie will never get into heaven. False again. All the Baptists, close com. inuinoii and o|m*ii communion, b* lieve that il a man tu-c pt tin Lmd Je»us Christ he will be saved, whether he tie baptized by one drop of water on the forehead, or bi' plunged into the Ohio or tM»quehanna, al though immer*i«u is the only gate l»y winch < r.e enters ibeir eaithiy coiuuiun- ion. Thu oiemit# of evangelism also mi>repri'Se»ri the Methodist Church. They ray the* the Methodist Church believe* that a man can convert hiuiself, and '.hat conversion in that church is a temporary •motion, mid that all a man lias to iiui* to kneel (town at the altar und feel bad ami then tn« minister pats him on the back and reus, “i* is • l> right," and that is nil there is ot it. Fa s again. The M -tbodist Church hi HeVea that the Holy Ghost alone Can cieiverga In art, a* d in that Church c<>: verson Is an eai thquake of conviction and a sunburst of paidon. An-1 as to mere i*i|H»rary emotion," I wish w.- all had more «>f ihe lemporary emotion which lasted il shop Janes ami Matthew &iuip*oii tor a le.lt century, keeping them on fire for G*mI until their holy enthusiasm con sumed their bodies.— DeWltt Taluiage. the religious education of their chil dren. “The first fiive years of nty life made me un infidel,” said Tom Paine. A vessel puts out to sea, and after it has been five days out there oomes a cyclone. The vessel springs a leak. The helm will not work. What is the matter ? It is uot seaworthy. It never was seaworthy Can you mend it now. It is too late. Down she goes with two hundred ond fifty passengers into a wa tery grave. What was the time to pre pare that vessel for the storm ? In the dry dock. Do not wait until your chil dren get out into tlie g-eat voyage of life. It is too late then to mend their morals and their manners. The dry dock of the Christian home is the place. Just look at the character of your chil dren now and get au intimation of what they are going to be You can tell by the way that boy divides the apple, what his proclivity is. He takes nine- tenths of it for himself and he gives one-tenth to his sister. Well, let that go, and all his life he will want the best part of everything and lie will be grind ing and gasping to the day of his death. CHILDREN’S DEPARTMENT. BEAU riFUL EUONOM Y. Or. of our religious exchanges boasts of acc'i .'ii church possessing a lady who ssvi-s • tic congregation, where she wor- s!n‘ a, $10,000 a year. A woman <*f wealth and <d id^iii M-cial culture amt po.ition, site in-ik'-s it h»-r rule and tlie fashion to dr*vs fm cliurch in so plain aud inexpeo- mv- n manner aa to throw the whole so cial mfl ici.ee of the congregation against extravagance in dress. If she can over, throw tn<: cultu# of dress Iu onr modern churches, and replace it with the worship of G .il, she lias a mi'sion greater limn that of Kimball, or Miiody aud Sunkey.— Christian Observer. BOW I&AUA KNEW. Our Dot was flying round so briskly that wc all knew that something was going to happen. She dressed the vaoes with fresh flowers; brought out her dolls, games and picture books; ran out and called Tom to pull up tlie croquet wickets; and was on the piazza, with a clean white apron on, when grandpa came out to inquire what was in the wind. “There are a whole lot of girls com ing to spend tlie day with me” an swered Dot, with importance “’cause its my birth day; and 1 am going to have turkey and gingersnaps and lera- oudrops for dinner. 1 did want chew ing gum too,” added the little hostess, regretfully, “but mama said she drew tlie Hue at chewing gum.” “1 should say so,” laughed grandpa, “but whom do you expect?” “Why all my class; you know them all except Katie Brown; she is a little girl from the new house on the hill— yonder they come now!” and Dot flow to the gate as Mamie’s carriage drew up, Lucy came around the corner on her tricycle and Nellie crossed the street. Such fun as tlie little girls had! Laugh ing and; frolicking all day long. But the brightest there seemed to be Katie Brown'. She thought Dot’s picture looked “just beautiful,” and her dolls “too cute for anything,” yet was con tented to take the oldest doll to keep house with. She took her turn last at the swing, and had the poorest play ers for her partners at croquet. When tlie little girls wrn summoned to din ner, Katie sat quietly, without playing with her knife, until all were helped, and folded her napkin nicely when through eating, she would not put some of the lemon drops iu ner pocket till mama told her so. Evening catne at last, and mama and I wore in the sitting loom, chatting, when Dot came in. “Can you go to call on Mrs. Brown wifjh me tomorrow 2”tnania> was saying,- *1 am anxious to meet her, sue must be lovely woman.” “Why, mama, how do you know?” interrupted Dot, “I thought you had never met her.” But 1 have seen her little girl,” re plied mama, “and I feel confident that the mother of suck an unselfish, lady like little girl must be a refined Chris tian lady.” “Does everybody judge mamas by their little girls’ behavio •?” asked Dot soberly. “Very often, my dear,” said mama, ‘and 1 wonder what people who have only met my little girl think of me?” Dot made no reply but looked reflect ively in tlie fire. Cousin Butty. GEMS. From New York Observer ‘ Are our consciences apiinst u#? let us fly Iron) those things of which our con sciences are afraid to the mercy of God. Is the past against us? let us fly from it now to tlie yet innocent preseut which lie still allows us; to the happy and holy future which he yet may enable ua to attain; to tlie glorious eternity whereof the golden gates are as yet un barred and are flung as widely open to ti e penitents as to the saints. The bee is onr example, for she builds a house, but fetches all the material from abroad, and it is from the flowers of tl e garden and not from herself that site procures the honey with which she stores her cells. True believers get all substance and sweetness of their hopes from the flowers of the promises, and daro not live upon themselves or any thing that they can do or be. True reverence for God includes both fear and love—fear, to ketg him in onr eye; love, to enthrone him in the heart; fear, to avoid what may offend; love, to yield a prompt anT willing service; fear, to regard God as a witness and judge; love, to cleave to bint as a friend ami father; fear, to render ue watchful ami circumspect; love, to make us ac tive aud resolute; love, to keep fear from being servile or distrustful; fear, to keep love from being forward or se cure ; and both springing from one root, a living faith in the infinite and ever- living God.—Cope. As a handful of quicksilver flung to the earth breaks iuto a hundred separate globules, each globule reflecting * full* orbed sun, so, though. by disruptions ami revolutions and reformations the Church has been broken into S hundred sects, each sect may hold in the bosom of its faith a full-orbed Christ.—Bov. A. L. Gordon. I)o not with long prayers wear out your children’s knees. Donat have the prayer a repulsion. If yon have a pia no or an orgau, or a tuelodeon in the bouse, halve it opeft while you are hav ing prayers. If you say, “( cannot con struct a prayer; l aid slpyr of speech and never could construct a prayer,” then take Matthew Henry’s prayers, or take the Episcopal Church Prayer-book. There is nothing better than that. Put it down on the cWif,' gather yotiT chil dren about yon and commend them to God. You say it will- ant amount to anything. -It will, long idler you are under the soil. That son will remem ber father and mother at morning and evening prayers, and it will he to him en everlasting help. Ptrente do not begin early enough In ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT. WHY FAltMINODO JSaNO V PAY. mo. 6. The article# I have written on this sub ject up to date have been, lor the most part, composed on Friday nights for pub lication next day. They have, therefore, been disposed of very hurriedly without much system or form. I am almost sorry that 1 didn’t get down to business more systematically. The more 1 write the more Impressed I become with the impor tance aud magnitude of tbe subject. If 1 was nut afraid of being tedious I would venture os a little beyond my threatkn- bd eight columns, but I am admouished by my better judgment not to run any such risk and will stop when I get to tbe end of my letter. After ibis I shall change the subject a little and talk some, l don't know bow much, on “How farming can be made to pay.” THE TENANT SYSTEM. With a few exceptions, here and there, this 8. stem, *a it is practiced, brings a curse to labor, a blight tu our lauds and poverty to the Und owners. Seven thrift less tenants on one plantation Can very reasonably be likeneu unto the fr-veu plasues of hgypt. Wbeie much is siren much la expected. You do not expect .any valuable returns from locusts and frees and they are toot likely to come up on th- blind aide of a planter. But when you put yonr property into a man’s bands that be may make something tor himself and ai heart, a little for you, you are, at best, a little kinder disappointed when you re ceive no income whatever, and have to lake back your property in a tw*-fold worse condition than when it was deliver ed to his keeping. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of tenants throughout the laud that do not produce more firm product# than is barely requisite to pay back the amount of supplies c- -nsumed by themselves and families. Many, many of them not so much as that but go in deeper and deeper into your willing pocket year by year until at last by shear desperation )ou throw off tbe dead weight of a deader beat from your already heavy ladened shoulders and when this is done in some instances (though they are rare I am glad to say) they will turn about like serpents wanned iu friendly bosoms and strike the generous band# that have fed tliem. Now lets make n f* w figures by way of illustration and see if 9 land owners out of 10 cannot say that accords with my ex perience. Tenant’s account with land owner: Dr. To rent of 80 acres, 1,800 lbs lint. $100.00 “ “ 44 mule.................. 25.00 “ 50 bushels corn to feed mule. 80.00 “ 1000 bundles fodder 7.00 44 Farm tools 6 00 '* 40 bushels planting seed..... 6.50 “ 2 tons guano. 50 00 “ Dry goods 12 00 “ Snot s, checks etc 10.00 44 250 lbs bacon 17.50 ** 80 Bushelspieal 18.00 “ 20 Gulons syrup.. . 800 ’* Flour tor Sunday 12 00 “ 15 Urn* tobacco.... ... 600 “ Suear, coffee, salt etc 5 00 “ Circus money 8.50 “ Medical account ... 15.00 " enudiha 10 00 “ Bugging and tie* fur 10 bales 12.60 Can't afford to buy bay to feed Bucb a thing as a cow on. Got no time to haul in leaves or pine straw to make liarn yard manure, if he bad it takes too long to put it out iuto tbe field. Don’t pay to fool with it when you can buy ikalrendy s ick ed up and put it in so fast with a j. -anna- bnrn. Don't talk about fooling away time with a vegetable garden when the grass is growing every where exo-pt in a place where the cow can get to it. Triee|n$covt r up every vestige of it with the poor old cow lowing for it thiouuh the crack of the fence. Wmks nard 12 months iu the ye«r trying to produce that one thing, cotton, that at last only brings about oral of pio- uuctioi.Js ai have already shown. In tbe beginning of the year be talks about rny merchant, Dec. 1st. Merchants talk about my cotton and in about three years the uierchaul talks about my land. Then the small farmer becomes a tenant of Ids merchant and sets in to abuse mo nopolists. trusts, combines and middb- ineu as though old Hatch kept him from planting whi-at, and Armour A Co., killed hi# poor old cow with the hollow-norn. Geo. T. M. TIIE WEATHER ON THE COAST- TREES SHOOTING FORTH- ORANGE TREES IN DAN GER-TEXT BOOKS, &c. JOHN AND BYRON. John was a negro boy, full of fun and and frolic. Byron was a large, white horse Both lived anil worked ou Grandma Hudson’s farm. Johu had a habit that Byron disliked. While ho was eating hi# supper of sweet hay and golden corn, John would stand in front ot the stall aud tease him, by making all sorts of ugly grimace#. John thought it fine fun to see Byron get angry, and try to bite him through the bars of the stall. Uncle George has often reproved John for his naughty habit, telling bim the horse would hurt him sometime, if he continued his insults. Guo day, when Uncle George was away, John went into the stable to bri dle Byron, and lead him to the well. But as he was reaching up to take hold of his mane, Byron opened bis thick, curly hair, lifted him from the llcor. aud walked leisurely iuto the barnyard, Grandma heard a loud scream,.and ran to the kitchen door to see what was the matter. There was Bryon, with Johu hanging from his mouth, march ing across tbe yard; be was not trying to nurt tbe boy, but only giving him u vigorous shake now aud then, to show bim what he could do if he had a mind to. When he had punished him suffi ciently, be dropped him on the ground and trotted away to the well, in this novel way, John was taught to abandon the cruel and dangerous habit of teas ing animals. We all thought Bryou’s trick a very smart one for a horse. John never ventured to play any tricks upon him again, and there was no further trouble between them. All that Bryon wanted was to be treated with proper respect.—Lillian M. D., in “Our Dumb Animals.” A GOOD EXAMPLE. uling and thunder novel. Right in the midst of it he said to himself: “Now, this will nev«-r do. I get too much excited over it. I can’t study so well after it. So here it goes!” and he flung the book out into the river. lie was Fichte, the great German philosopher.—Ob server Fatal Ending of a Joke. ChAbumtk, N. C., Feb. 1.—[Spe cial.]—Particulars have been received of the death of Morrison Avery, son of Jurtiee Avery, of the Supreme Bench of tliis State, which occurred at Washing ton last week. Avery was taking a preparation of whisky and quinine as medicine;, and also had a bottle of car- bolic addin his room. Two compan ions palylully stole the whisky from his room, not dreaming of how fatally the ioke would end. Next morking Awry the carbolic joke would eud got up and drank some of the acid, thinking it was his medicine He lived only a few minutes. JOie young men who removed the whisky »ro said to bo almost cr- y with grief, Total Cr. by 1013 lbs L. C.... $350.00 “ “ 225 bushels seed. 36.00 $354.00 Total $389.00 To ain't tenant's credit $32.00 This cstiniate is based upon the expen ditures of a colored family. For a white faintly add $00 more to expense 1 account, oilier word# take $60 trein $32 aud see w much yon have gained by the opera tion. You have gained a mule, that K if you are sure he is in your stable, worth $20 less '.ban the ooe you had this time last year and all the land that baa not run away iuto gullies down tbe bill into tbe musical rippling brook. Now if tuis is not a life like photograph of tbe one-horse tenant system, niy brother farmer please call for another sil ting. If you waut tbe figures op a 2 4-iu>rse tenant, multiply by 2 oi 4 and you have the s>ze of it. It you will persist in Mting out your land after this plan, for Heaven’s sake get into some other business as speedily as possible jso that you can gel money to keep up your plantation and keep about a mile and a half ahead of the sheriff. About one-lislf of the land owners make about one-half of the thriftless tenants aud a vast minority of the land owners unnecessarily encourage the thriftlcssm s; in their tenants by requiring them to piaul all or nearly all of tbe best land they rent iu cotton. A great many tenants cannot obtain credit from the land owners or merchants unless they obligate themselves to do this. Well, what is the result? A) the winding up of the year tbe tenant has no oatr; wbeai,corn, pork, potatoes, no'li- ing but a few blue stem collards in a much negl- cted garden spot and a bundle of provision hill receipts in bis ragged bieeches pocket. i . Brother farmer bow ranch longer will you continue in this ruinous polic)? Ru inous to you and alike disastrous to those who work your land. Hiiw long will such foil..’ abide with you?. Will not my peo ple'insider. Il has been often remarked that tbe farming interests will be greatly enhanced by catting up the larger farms and sell out to small farmers so that each farmer can own the soil he tills. Tbeoreticcally speaking this is good sense, but tlie mode# practiced by a Urge number of our small farmers would make it unwise. Why? B -cause as long as you continue tp have your smoke house in Cincinnati, your c-Tn crib in St. Louis aud your haystack in Kentucky, you bad better let the Urge Und owner go after it for you, for with all bis land it is as much os he cao do to hold up under thestrain... Now let me draw a little pen picture of a small farmer and see if somebody don’t thinks I am getting personal. John Smith buys 50 acres of land (I use that name be cause there are several of tbempn the conn try and each one will think I am pretty hard on tbe other one about two miles and a half down the rosd and will hot feel un der obligation to make a pesonal assault upon roe for telling the truth.) And for the sake of peace we will say he has paid for it. He makes arrangements with hit ii erchsnl to run him.. His credit Is boun ded by 50 seres, beginning on a mule for a cornerstone, thence U* the blhcr mule, thence to the old muly beaded milch' cow thence to a 2-horse wagon and some farm ing implements thence to tbe beginning mule as aforesaid. Tbe Hoes are all drawn, on a certain waiver note that leins on tbe National Bank Counter for sale keeping. He has but one ides in bis brad that te to make cotton to pay off bis merchant, has no time to fool with wheat, oato. or rye; except that kind ot rye that comet In m bottle. He has eot tune to build s shelter for the'eow or wagon. Milks the cow in a c»rner of the fence sod the children ride on the wagon tongue standing out in the horse lot, Tbs cow fares sumptuously every day on Poor Dick and bnacb water. GEORGIA NEWS. Franklin will hold a county fair next year. There was a collision of trains near Fore Valley, but no one hurt. Mrs. Rebeoca Culver, of Sparta, is dead. Rev. James Crumpler was taken with a fit in the court-house of Twiggs coun ty and died instantly. There are several counties in Georgia whose taxes won’t psy the salary of their representatives in the legislature. Mrs. Mary Baldwin, of Brunswick, who was divorced in 1865, will wed her husband. Four hogs were penned in a freight car .in Atlanta for ten days without food, as there was no owner for them. J. M. Lyons, the only negro lawyer in Augusta, married Jane Hook, a teacher. The Macon merchant^ threaten to sue the railroads, for their delay in moving goods. Rufus Jones, an Atlanta carpenter attempted suicide. There is only one case of small pox at Suthervllle. North Carolina parties will establish factory at Sparta, having bought the old Morton mills. The Miher murderers, at Perry, at tempted to escape from jail while eat ing their dinners; but were intercept ed. The grand jury of Fulton county made a presentment against the filthy condition of the jail. Mrs. John Bracket, a second Marv Hart, from Murray county, ran some Revenue officers off with a gun while they were raidiug her husband’s still. Mrs. Dr. 1. N. Cheney and daughter, May, have been arrested for burning the hotel at Bremen. District Attorney Darnell says that the wives of moonshiners are .damping ownership to stills so as to save their husbands. _ Major Campbell Wallace says he re signed because he did not have enough clerical help, and the legislature would not give it. A special term of nail Superior court will be held, commencing on the 13th of February, for the purpose of trying Mr. John Coffee for the murder of Mr. J. . Merritt. The preachers of Augusta are making war on cheap liquor and nud« shows. Josie Ilall, a young woman of Atlan ta. attempted to commit suicide because she was crossed in love. GENERAL MEWS. Powderlyjwill be a candidate for Gov ernor on the Deinociatic ticket in Penn sylvania. Tlw. eldest daughter of Secretary Blaine is critically ill in Washington. A bank cashier at Wichita, Kan., was roughly treated, aud probably kicked to death by a mob. The L. & N. System is looking to the purchase of the S. C. railroad. One Sheriff in Arkansas has exceeded 83 years. In the last nine years ninety-one per sons in coming from Cuba have been kidnaped. Ann Devine aged one hundred and five, had $300 stolen from her in New ark, N. J.—her entire savings. Dud T. Smith, of Dublin, went to Chicago for niedica. treatment. He was given nitrate of silver which completely changed his color. It is said that Buck has promised Harrison a solid Georgia delegation if he will appoint Mat Davis, colored, ^lost-master at Athens. At Lexington, S. C., a negro made an attempt to crimnatly assault a young lady. A goat in Tenn., died of grief from losing its young master. A good many options on phosphate lands in southern Florida have been surrendered because the phosphates didn't materialize. Brigandage is now dead in Greece, <>r will be when the last of the notorious Lyngos family, who is now in prison, has mien executed. Tho Lancet says that the human body can be embalmed so as to insure identi fication three thousand years after death. That may be so, but who is to do tbe identification ? Eight prominent farmers of Heals- burg, L T.. have been arrested for lynching an old man last November, The principal witnesses are said to be notorious thieves, who did the lynching themselves. Congressman Carlton shook his fin ger in Speaker Reed’s face, and gave him some pretty plain talk. It is to be hoped the stenographer took down the doctor’s remarks. He can be very elo quent when he is in earnest. Lige Moore, who was to have been hanged, on Friday escaped jail at Greensboro, N. C. He procured an iron bar, with which be opened bis cell and fastened in the jailor who was at work on the gallows on the third floor, Gage Go#s,(Post-master at Blackbery S. C., was arrested for riffling letters. , Two of the present railroad commiss ioners declined nominations to con gress—lion. A. 8. Emin in ihe Ninth and Col. J. W Robertson in the Sev enth. At that lime it. was not believed that Emory Speer or Dr. Felton could be beaten. Allen Chandler and Jud Clements agreed to make the race, however, and they are still in Congress —Augusta Chronicle. A FINE LETTER. It JLIl tllvUl* jjwhi j “They won’t parade Lee ms did their captives, I Intrrcatlns War Bemlniaaenees. Darien, Ga., Jan. 30,1890. Editor Banner:—The papers all over the country, and the people, too, are speaking of the unseasonable weather. From F oricia to British Co lumbia, it is the great theme—the un usual winter. Not only have last year’s leaves clung here ami there, but this year’s dress is half grown on some shrubs. Mulberry leaves as large os a man’s band, pomegranate bunhea warm with the brownish crimson of young life, the spirals in bud, yellow jessa mine in full bloom, and young peaches on the trees everywhere. And it is so dry—no good rain since the 2nd day of last September—1 am afraid the orange crop will be hurt. My trees dropped the fruit last June from drought. The foliage is much curled now from tbe same cause. Cattle suffer since the 90ols and weather swamps are dry, and nhere are no water courses near to which they can have access, as in the up-country; besides, they live much in .hvays salt, so that this dearth of water is hard on them. It is the weather that rice plant- rslve, obnt 1 think it is too early for planting even rice. Do you remember tlie picture in one of the Readers of a man in a little canoe going up a branch to the tune of the rice bird? '• I see o’er tbe swamp the planter floats. As he scatter# the seed from his little boat; And circling in many an airy ring, A# I follow ids progress, I sing, sing." Don’t the planters wish they could scatter the seed from the little boat, in stead of all the plowing, hoeing, drill ing and drudgery of preparation, and getting a good stand? As for the song of the riee bird, he takes it out as Oriole—somewhere else! Here he gets too fat, ami too much of a “swell,” to sing in public. Riee planting pays. The best article sells right here for $4.80 per bushel; second quality, $400; while in Vancouver, B. C.. the best India rice sells for 5 cents per pound. Provisions of all kinds sell high here, for eash; yet the soil, though light, is quite productive, and yields a good re turn for industrious effort. Some of tlie finest headed lettuce and cauli flower to bo seen anywhere, are grown right here, and a garden begun in Jan uary always succeeds. The oldest inhabitant, as personified in my old wood cutter, says: “Thur n uver was seed seeli a season fur gyar- dinin’.” Daddy Felix, of course, is not posted scientifically, but he truces “effect” bank to tbe time when more than the Gulf stream left their beds, and says: “Dey tells mu, but I dunns wliuthur hits so er no, that ther nuver was sech wutlmr but wonst before, and dat wus jes befoe dat ar yuthquake and all dat shakin’ up. So, lookout! dai’s all I got ter say. Lbokout! 1 tiumtbin’ nuther’s contiu’ slio’!” Aud tbit old ‘Firgininn,” as he calls himself, began, with a grunt of satisfaction, to split up the log before him. Apropos of Mr. Davis’ article in Bel- ford’s Magazine, I have a mite of cor roboration to cont ribute, as o the cruel policy of the Federal authorities in re fusing to exchange prisoners of war, so that the Confederates could the sooner be started out: My aunt and sister were on the same train with a large number of prisoners, on their way to Richmond from Colum bia. They were in the best of spirits, talking hop- fully of the speedy reunion with tlieir loved ones, and more than one poor fellow amused himself in attracting the atten tion of iny sister’s baby girl As they neared Richmond, thanking the mother tor her kindness !in encour aging the diversion, they bade her and the little one “goodbye” with the hope of meeting again, some day ’mid more peaceful scenes. Alas! before the la- dies,even, had got off the ears, the crual order was received, that sent thc-e home sick men back to their prisons ;again. My sister said some burst into tears and site could not keep her own bask for sympathy When Mrs. Davis’ book is finished, some historian, who lias the truth at heart, shoutd take hold of the .whole work for the sake of ;the children of the South. The actors are rapidly going off the stage; and, so far, there have not been proper efforts made to preuent our children from imbibing error. North ern histories, full of perverted accounts Of causes and conditions and often guil ty of absolute falsehood, are used in our schools: Periodicals of the most bitter tone, largely patronized: Readers and even Georgraphies, all follow tbe same lead—a desire, it seems, to escape the dispassionate judgment of the coming man, by confessing bis sense of right and wrong and blinding him, as far as possible, to the original cause of dissen sion. Mr. Stephens is fearless and truthful in his record of the facts; but, strange to say, parents, who admit tbe truth, of tlie reasoning, and deplore the consequences to our youug folks, in the next breath, will say:. “But Stephens’ is very bard and dry to children, and Swinton is easier to remember.” Ah I yes, indeed it is; and so,as of old,South ern dollars continue to line the pockets of those, who hate us so, (that not will ingly, would they do us the justice even of publishing our side as written—some thing must be retracted or eliminated No wonder that, in view of the nearness of those awful portals, beyond which all shall be as clear as day, Judge Holt, and others of his ilk,shoal plead for ex emption from tbeir share in such trag edies as the hanging of an innocent, helpless women, with less than two days notice: suppressing t o, the “re commendation to mercy, signed by five members of tlie military commission*' that condemned her. John T. Ford’s evidence is a lonj time in coming; but it lifts the fogs an clears away the nmts and mysteries from one of the most uncalled for, spite ful and barbarous abuses of power bnown to civilized history. I well re member the time, and although “tbe printed record of the trial was not issued from the press, until seventy-five days after Mm. Suratt was strangled;’* it con- •ained no mention of the “lecouimenda- tion to mercy.” Mr. Ford says Booth’s plan sectns to have been to abduct Mr. Dincolu, “to force, if successful, an ex change of prisoners.” In another place he says: “The as sassination was the Brutus impulse,and it came to bim only on the day of ite performance, and after he learned of an opportunity, as may be seen by what followed bis arrival at the theatre. Let ters from other pities were waiting for read them in front of the building. He was pleasantly taun ed by some of bis Union friends there with the informa tion that the President and General Grant would both b.- at the theatre that evening,and one added: “General Lee will be with them.” Booth quickly responded: as the Romans hope.” The remark about Lee’s coining was withdrawn, but the efiect of the infor mation as to Presidents Lincoln and Geneaal Grant was apparent. Booth grew abstracted and thought ful and soon departed, with the first possible information he could have had of the presidents intention to visit the theatre that night. Poor Mrs. Surretl how could she be a party to tbe conspiracy when there was noue. “Even the Priest was constrain ed to promise that she should not com municate with the outside _ world, and when she begged that she might tell the people that she “was innocent” he told »ei “the church was only permitted to prepare her soul for eternity; that sho was dead to all else.” Who will find the article in the North Amercan Review for April 1889, and it is well worth reading and remember ing. We honor Mr. Rice for giving it to the world, although he denied the same privilege ot communication, full and free, to the noble martyr to princi ple who has lately fallen asleep because the section that condemned him dared not bring him to trial, anJ so denied to him the right that the humblest citizen can claim. The celebratedQuiutette club of Boston, gives a concert in town at Wilcox’s hall to-night. It will be large ly patronized, and the ring of the coin be truer, we hope, than the remarks made by a professional from another city, who has, himself, enjoyed a share of Darian’s free handed hospitality and latronage from time time, that there ‘was no talent in Darien capable of ap preciating” the coming artists. At all events, they appreciated to the full, a venture from another sister city, under a management that should guard against all depreciation of an audiance that, not only did not demand their money buck, but sat the thing out from “pure dislike of hurting any one's feel ings.” Yet, we hear that his manager bad the same opinion of us. as bis Sarh brother. Our people are ouly asleep on public demonstration out here; we don’t have celebrations and big speech- on great occdsions as in ye. olden time, and as in all other places. There may be good reasous why, but we con fess to a taste for a bit of bunting and a modicum of patriotic enthusiasm on jropor occasions. There wasno mourn- ng emblem that we know of, displaped for Mr. Davis nor for Mr. Grady, and jesterday the school chiliiren begged holiday as it was General Lee’s birth day, but there was no other observance that we could see. It is a pity wc are so cut off. They say tho short line will soon be finished, but it is as weary waiting though not hopeless. There is much more interest felt in the agricultural progress of this section ever since tbe county’s success at tbe 8tate Fair. No wonder. Ten minutes to nine o’clock, and tlie thermometer at Jt degrees. Good night. We have everytuing you have except big buff apples, growing—Oh! We have no chestnuts either, of anv kind. H.S. B. OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTIES WALTON COUNTY. The Farmer’s Alliance store at Lo- gansville is opening up with a good trade Mr. W. J. Nunnally, formerly of this county, has formed a law partnership in Rome. Prof. A. S Florence, Logansville’s ef ficient school teacher, opened up bis school with about forty scholars. Mr. J. L. Moore,of Logansville killed, two of tbe largest pork hogs last week on record; one weighed 532 pounds, and tho other 475 pounds—net weight. Mr. W. O. Felker has formed a part nership with Hr. Hosch in the saw-mill business. A little negro,Charley Adsykes, alias Charlie Daws, was jailed here Tuesday for petty theft. He had on his person a collection of keys that, it was evident, he used to ransack people’s privaie drawers and bouses. He has already served a term in tbe penitentiary. of coni and cotton seed, last Thursday night, by his barn burning down. Several prominent gentlemen in tlie city have undertaken the job of getting up an Allinnce ball, to be given in this city early in March. On Wednesday, Jan. 22,- at the borne of the bride’s parents in Putnam coun ty, Mr. Geo. Y. Brown, of Columbus Miss., and Miss Hannah Howard, were united in marriage. HAST COUNTY. Hartwell has been blest with over two hundred cases of measles. The ep idemic is about over. Some wicked boys put a lighted match to a bonfire in rear of J. W. Holbrook’s new residence one night last week at Bowcrsville. Mr. Asa Smith, died this morning, Tuesday 2Sth, at two o’clock. A co-operative store, to be run by Alliancemen and managed by S. T. Fleming, will begin o]>e rations about the 1st of February in Bowers- ville. OGLETHORPE COUNTY. There will be another large store opened in Woodstock next fall. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Gotheimer attend ed the marriage of a relative in Athens Wednesday night. Another important meeting of the County Alliance will be held here Wed nesday next. One Oglethorpe farmer has a hundred head of sheep, about as many as the balance of the county combined. Representative O. il. Arnold positive ly declares that he lias enough of Legis lative honors and will not offer for re- election. Messrs. Ed Clark and R. M. Bacon, the bay raisers of this county, have re cently mad*' several large shipments of hay from this place. We interviewed Col. Hamitou Mc- Whrter the other day in reference to the proposed telephone line to Athens. He assures us that the project is by no means dead, but sieepeth only because other mnttcas have claimed his time to suclt an extent that he has not been able to give it attention. In the near fu ture he will go earnestly to work upon it and is confident of being success ful. OCONEE COUNTY. Mr. J. O. Adair, of Athens, has moved his saw mill to Oceola. The post-ofiice Delano in Dark Cor ner has been discontinued. Mr. Joe Stone, a clever representative of the Banner, has been with us this week. Dr. T. N. Bingham and wife have moved to Watkinsville, and will make our town their future home. Mr. Kincannon, the depot agent at Bishop, who left last week to take charge of office at Madison, we learn is very much dissatisfied and is expected back soon. The engine pulling.an extra train on theC. & M. road on Monday night last broke down on the Reaves plantation this side of the Oconee river and the heavy train loaded with cotton remain ed on the main lino all night. BANK 8 COUNTY. •No candidates heard of yet. It is now an assured fact that Rav. Thad Pickett will again enter the race for Congress in this district. | Last Friday Dr. Underwood’s little two year old sou fell from the steps of his residence in Maysville, and .broke his thigh. Dr. Newton, of Maysville, brought over the returns from Anderson district Thursday. ;The people will vote; for “stock-law.” This district will vote on the “Fence or no Fence” law in February. What the result will be the Journal is not prepared to say. Robinson ahd Smith, two men from South Carolina, were arrested here Sat urday night Robinson was charged with choking his wife and Smith was charged with stealing Robinson’s coir and selling it. FRANKLIN COUNTY. JACKSON COUNTY. has The wheat crop in this section been badly damaged by the fly. The young ladies of the Institute have organized a literary seciety. A haunt some distance below Jeffer son is now disturbing tbe serenity of the colored population. A thought-to-be panther is creating a great deal of excitement in our neigh borhood. Willie Montgomery, aged 14, was fooling with a gun which he was sure wasn’t loaded. It went off, however, and lodged a charge of small shot iu the side of bis brother Joe. Recently a young lawyer from Ath ens arrived here and asked how far it was to Clarksborougb. We infer trom his inquiry that he .had tanglefoot. Rev. Mr. Stone, of Athens, preached quite a lengthy sermon at Prospect last Sunday on Bible knowledge, inter- sperced with anecdotes and flowered with roses. GAINESVILLE NOTES. The church at Bold Springs will be torn down this spring, and a commo dious, ;new edifice will take it# place. Joseph H. Jones, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county, died on Thursday morning at 4 o’clock. The school at the academy in Carnes- ville is in a flourishing condition, and promises to be the best school in Carnes- ville for many years. The lumber for building the Presby terian church is already on the ground, and we suppose the work will begin soon. Our farmers seem to have received a fresh stock of self-reliance and energy. They are better prepared for making a crop than ever before, and we expect 1890 to be a prosperous year. There has been only 62 deaths in GainesviUe the past year. Married on Sunday 19th inst., Mr. Daniel Strickland to Miss Lessie Coop er. : - At New Bridge BaptiBt church, on Sunday, the-26th inst., Mr. William PAtton to Miss Sally jQ’Shields. Mr. \Vftrren .A. Brown has been se lected by the grand jury to fill tbe place on the board of county commis sioners. Mr. J. Estin Welch el, of this city, who has been for some time a member of tbe Sophomore class of the State University has been appointed by Con- man Chandler to the Military my at West Point. He will go in short time to stand an examination for admission. Estin is one of the nost promising young men, and if he does not succeed in, not only entering, but passing through the rigid ordeal to whjch West Point students are sub jected, then we will be very much dis appointed: XARISON, MORGAN COUNTY. There are over thirty houses now being built in Madison, and real estate is on a botftn *, i - ~ - Mr. Henly Harris lost several hun- A PROPHETS PREDICTION. He Says the World Will Turn Over oath* 28th Instant. Mr. Pullain, the genial drummer for Julius Cohen & Co., has just returned from a trip over in Franklin oounty, and gives a most thrilling account of a rather loonish individual of that county who calls himself a prophet of the Lord. The man, among other ridiculous and insane speeches, declares that the world will turn over on one side on the 28th of this month, and will cause a great consternation in the camps of mankind nps < that ters from other ;emes were waiting for A WwtUarej that day. He received and ^wd bundles of fodder, aiao a mvo lot the city. generally. He predicts that many men who have not made it all right with their Maker, will tumble over into the Atlantic ocean, and receive the same fate that Jonah didin ihe days when the world was young. Those who can imb the highest summits of the Blue tdge Mountains, will find a safe rest ing place from the great catastrophe. A11 in all, he is ajp-eat character, and is the curiosity of Franklin county. He professes tq be a great prophet that has been sent by God Almighty into the world to guide the footsteps of erring souls and warn them of impending dan gers, and is not backward in the fulfill ment of his duty, if such ishisvoestion. He introduces himself to every stranger be meets by presenting bis card, upon which are printed some of the most lu dicrous and most Benseless statements , to be seen or heard. Whether the prophet will stop short of the Milledgeville lunatie asylum, is a question that is just now agitating the mind of the Ordinary of Franklin oounty. Several now stores are going up oyer