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(Vatlckaia. RM- I^M, 1 RcoMlidattl with the I krtalcle, Eat. 1877. J Ath«u Danner, Bat. 18 ATHENS, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9,1890.—8 PAGES. HON. A- F- POPE’S BILL. The bill introduced in the legis lature by Col. Pope, to give the ne groes their share of the landscript fund is a just and equitable meas ure, aud no fair-minded citizen of Georgia can dissent from it. It is not the desire of our white tax-pay ers of Georgia to take from the blacks one dollar that is rightfully and legally theirs,—and this money vras given this raoe by the general government, and placed in custody of the state. The Georgia legisla tu;e had just as well confiscate the private property of our colored 'citi- as to deprive them of this ap propriation.’ Hence we are sur prised to see certain papers attack - ing Co'. Pope on account of his bill. T .esc editors surely do not want Georgia to abuse a solemn trust, and defraud of their rights a certain class of her population; we say ren der unto the negro the things that are the negro’s, ’ and unto the white the things that are the white’s. We oppose the taxation of one race to educate anotuer; but this landscript fund does not lake one dollar from the white tax-payers of G orgia or add a mill to their burden. It is in the province of the legisla' ture, however, to appropriate this iL._eyas will oest advance the men tal condition of the negro, and *e very much doubt the wisdom of es tablishing a classical college with the funds. Experience has demon strated the fact that the negro is not improved by a higher education; anil besides there are plenty of such institutions uow in the slate. What is now Deeded by our color ed population is a strictly agricul tural college, where the best modes of cultivating the laud, aud have in stilled into them lessons of industry and honesty. Such an institution would be of far more benefit to the negro than a hundred colleges where the classics are taught. Reports from Kansas are to the ef fect that six democrats in the legis lature will vote for Ingalls Then is a fatal contradiction here. No democrat will vote for Ingalls, be- consciences of the demans that ap plied the torch to that ballet riddled and quivering body. Teddie Goodwin, six y« ars < ld, of C irnelia, Ga^ is a little her •. The gown of bis two-yea recoil sister caught fire, and with commenda! 1 presence of mind, lie tore ofl his jacket and smothered the flames Parnell should resigo. To be pure resigning is an unstalesmanlike act, , , but lo more so than jumping oat of cause a man can’t be a democrat and i. ... , , . , ] back windows or scaling rear bal vote for a person ~ — 1 a person who embodies every antidemocratic principle and tendency. Calling him-elf a demo crat would not make him one any more than calling a turnip a roe would convert that vegetable into tin king of flowers. It is better for our farmers to eat|SPECIALIST FARMERS blackberries and go bare-fooled tha give bait they have to some lawyer o collect a note against them. L t : the Twitty bill pass. The sensation at the Na ionai, Al liance convention today is the report that the New York Herald is ii- possession of the secret of the Alii ance prip and password, and thus enters the meetings of the order at pleasure. The republican party is the only outsider that has the gen uine Alliance grip, and it has a bad case of it, too. A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. The passage of the Wooten bill through the Georgia legislature, making all boundary lines a lawful fence, protects all counties that now have a stock law, under either legal or illegal enactment. No election is necessary. The Alliance hit the Force bill hard. This puls the farmers at Ocala in a square democratic posi tion- We trust they will stay there. —Augusta Chronicle. It’s a pity something can’t put the Chronicle in a square democratic po sition, and it would stay. COLORED ALLIANCEMEN- The negro Alliance convention ha? passed resolutions condemning the while Alliance for opposing the Force Rill. The best thing the Ocala convention can do is to Ut the negroes severely alone. When they amalgamate the while and col ored lodges, all the southern Alli- uncemen will begin to sicken at the stomach. Biotlierly equality be tween the two races may. work all right in the north and west, but when you cross Mason & Dixon’s line you had as well try to mix oil and water. The southern farmers understand the nigger a great deal better than do those Kansas Atli- nncemen. He is happier when be is made to remain in his proper sphere. So soon as lie is received in full fel lowship in the white Alliance con. vention, it will ruin the negro snd seriously imperil the success of this noble organization. The ^negroes have a ported right to organize any society they see proper, but it will r.**ver do to try and mix them with the whites. This did more than a trilling else to break down the Knights of L ibor in the south. . Our pensions alone now amount to more than $130,000,000 per annum and the sum is still growing. This is almost twice as much as it cos’s Germany to sustain iis great army and it is larger than the annual ex penditure of any Earopean country for military purposes. Senator-elect GordoD, at the bat tle of Seven Pines, received three bullet wouDds, and at Antielam he Nathan Crocket May Get Well, Though he Is NotOut of all Danger- ’The negro man, Nathan Crockett, who was struck on the head by Jas. Glass, has taken a turn for thd' better, and though he cannot be pronounced out of danger, still bis chances are much brighter antThe may ultimately recover. The swelling in the region of the wound has subsided so much that Dr. Steedly was able to examine the skull, and finds that it was not broken as at first feared. Unless a sudden and unexpected change for the worse occurs, the negro will recover. Dr. Steedly’s skillful treatment was largely instrumental m bringing about rhi* state of affairs, and it the negro recov ers it may be in considerable ineasnre attributed to him. Never Been to a Show.—Mr. W. M. Had-.ock says that he has neyer yet at tended a theatrical performance ami never expects to. He punctuated his remark by saying that he did not attend shows because he received no money equivalent, and this was certainly rea son enough. *? K . L : A. Gwaltney.—This divine, iwho in the future will fill the Baptist pulpit has delivered so ne eloquent and able sermons. ‘ He fully understands the strength of the robust saxon tongue, and his thoughts are couched in sim ple but forcible language. We con gratulate the Baptists on securing this great and good man. H HUT CUT. GEORGIA THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOOTH. TH^ CROPS VE Gil SUCCESSFULLY PRODUCE. Middle Georgia for Agriculture and Stock Raising. WE MUST GET OUT OF OUR OLD RUTS AND EDUCATE THE RISING GEN ERATION. A Revolutionary Watch.—Jim Warner, a negro living up town, has in his possession a watch of euorinous pro portions. It Is about three inches in diameter aud is of very ancient make. It is thought that the old watch came through the Revolutionary War, and it is a great curiosity on account of that fact. Show us the man who says there is no money in Southern farms! Why. there is not a business to be found that pays better than tilling the soil and raising cotton in this section of Georgia, if a man brings to bear the same energy; economy and business tact that the successful prosecution of any other calling requires. We have now in mind a score or more of farmers who started life after the warwithuout a dollar, aud are today Independent; while a vast number have accumulated handsome fortunes. A man cannot succeed at anything if he fails to work and exercise good management. If you spend your lime lounging around towns, and neglect to work your fields at the proper time, of course yon will grow poorer and poorer. *** As an illustration of this fact, w e have but to ci’.e the case of Mr. William J. llale, a farmer of Oglethorge county, just east of Winterville. At the close of i lie late war, Mr. Hale started the strug gle of life without a dollar. He bought a small tract of land on credit, and began the up-hill work of payirg for it. By close attention to business, industry and good management, he succeeded. Then year by year he began to add to his possessions, until today be has one thousand acres of as good land as this section affords all paid for, and every thing necessary to operate it. He uev- farms as this, now lying idle, and if utilized for stock-raising purposes, could be made a source of great profit. And yet we see our farmers following the old ruts, and leaving these rich fields for gain untouched. Col. James M. Smilh, Oglethorpe’s great farmer, has established the fact that as fine cattle can he raised in oar section as on the western prairies, and at as mnch profit. This gentleman now has a herd of over 600 head, and every year be places on the market as large aud fat steers as are slaughtered in the Kansas City stock-yards. He is cross ing our common cattle with Holstein and other improved breeds, ti ns in- h rep l nished. their stock this creasing their weight and milking qm. r- 1 ities. We have a cheap and splendid winter food for cattle in the cotton S eu hulls, and every southern farmer raises enough to keep a good fix d herd. There is nothing more prof itable on a farm than rattle. Besides the milk, butter and increase, you can s ive during the year a large quantity of manure, superior to anything you can buy in the way of guano. If all of our farmers would devote more attention to cattle raising, they would find it a new source of profit, and the money would come iu at the dull seasons. Effects of Gum Chewing.—A prom inent physician says that the constant chewing of gum has produced weak minds in fourteen cases of girls now un- . der treatment, the constant movement got two bullets in the leg, one in the j Q f the m0 uth causing too great a strain arm, one in the shoulder and one in < on the head. the right cheek. He also had a CoTroN Still Rolling in.—The cot- hoise killed under Him, tbe butt of ton crop is evidently very large for _ - , .. . . _ every dav the roads are lined with wa- his pistol smashed, his canteen pier- j, ong bearing into the city laige nuoi- ced and his coat torn with hnllets. hers of bales of the fleecy staple. A Banner reporter stood on Prince ave nue yesterday and in fifteen minutes Hon. Gazaway Hartridge, who was counted over forty bales as they passed , Vi i xr . . hv in wagons. The receipts of Athens the groomer for Col. Norwood in the , ver y | ur g e and will go upward late Senatorial campaign, is deliver- i of one hundred thousand bales. The Rise er fails to make money on his farm, and there is not a more substantial or reli able man in Georgia than Bill Hale. He had but few educational advantages but- was endowed with sound, Tmmtnon sense and fine business qualifications. Mr. O’Shea, of Jackson county, is au thority on hog raising. He not only makes enough money to run his farm, but every season sells a number of as fine porkers as tbe drovers bring us. He has killed hogs at a year old weigh ing 600 pounds. The day of the old- fashioned “razor back” is past, and our farmers now find that by getting improved breeds they can raise 600 pounds of meat with as little expense as 125 pounds. There is no profi* in onr farmers fattening hogs altogether on corn. But we must adopt the Tennes see methods. Sow clover patches, and other crops that don’t require much work and -will produce large quantities of food suitable for swine. We can raise as fine clover in Geprgia as in Kentucky, and it is the very thing for hogs. It keeps thtyu healthy and fat. If our Georgia farmers will sow a few acres in clover, ring the noses of their hogs and turn them in the pasture to graze, they can raise their meat at home just as cheap as it can be bought in the West. *** i We are glad to see that a number of our farmers are now turning their at tention to tobacco, sugar cane and other s mallcropa. These two crops grow successfully here as in Virginia Florida, aud there is no reason why our people should send off for articles that they can produce on their own lands. It is these multitudinous little outlays that so quickly eat up our cotton crops If every .diddle Georgia farmer would reduce liis area in cotton oue-half, and devote the same land and tima to raising everything he needs at home —and which can be done with the sin gle exception of coffee -you wonlj, in a few years, see our farmers the happi est and most prosperous people on the globe. Their cotton would then be a surplus crop, and they could hold it as Qlxrit COMING! Another week nearer Christmas and a greater rnsh than ever at the at- irmt ve stores that display beautiful lines of Holiday Go> d ♦. Conspicuous among these is the bouse of M. Myers Jb Co. who have shown excellent taste in their selection of things that are bound to please everybody. They ing a lecture entitled, and Fall-off of tbe Alliance.” This sarca-tic subject will go a long ways toward reconciling the farmers to the defeat of Norwood. This year be will make 20 bales of cotton to the plow, besides provisions to run his farm. He is not ab exten sive planter—running only three plows himself, and renting out the rest of Ids land. Mr. Hale says there is more clear money in ten^acres, well tilled, than a hundred partially neglected. Last year, as poor as the seasons were, he made fifteen bales to the plow. Mr. Hale sets a good example to his neigh boring farmers,that they would do well to emulate. He never neglects his bus- j iness for anything. Buys at the closest prices, but when account is due pays it at auy cat ritice. A g«>od credit is the best possible investment that a farmer week by late shipments direct from the importing houses of New York, and will be ready to»morrow to out do all their competitors in lancy waies. For your sister or your wife they have mauicuie seta and brush and comb sets in handsome plush oases, all sorts of vases, water sets, flower baskets, embroidered pin cusbi( ns and some of the prettiest China Silk Embroidered Hoods you ever saw. For your husband or brother they can suit you to a T, in embroidered Japanese Smoking Jackets (beauties, too,) Smoking Sets, Shaving Sets in lovely cases and Silk Handkerchiefs. For your artistic friend they have pictures,ea- Si Is, pastels and a thousand and one beautiful things that will delight their I earls. For some one who is matter-of-fact, you will have to find something that is useful and at no place will yon have an easier task than at M. Myers & Go’s.—they cave the pick ui all ii.c factories to Cups and Saucers, finely decorated in attractive designs, plates for fruit, Japanese trays for cards and bread, Japanese tables, in fact evety- thing to suit everybody. As to prices you know M. Myers A Co’s, regular scale—they have no leaders They buy right, which is half the battle, and they bay in such im mense quantities that they can get under most everybody else. They have cheap goods (in price, none in quality,) and they have some of the handsomest that ever graced a store-room in Athens. A word as to tbe time of your shopping. Next week the rush will be uucomfortable —the last week is SOLID ICE BLOCKS All River Navigation in tha Upper Mississippi Closed, And All Winter Crafts Have Been Put in Quarters. The Cold Weather in Ini Lumber Company to Shut Up Shop. Minnesota White with Know—In Ver mont the Beutlfsl Snow Is Inches Deep. Burlington, la., Dec. A—Very cold weather lias closed up all river traffic, and now the Mississippi is one mass of ice blocks. • All crafts that were not in winter quarters have beenr placed there. The Burlington Lumber company, the last plant to close down, have just closed their big sawmills. A heavy snowstorm has been prevailing over southeastern Iowa. Minneapolis, Dec. A—Reports from nearly all parts of Minnesota and North and South Dakota report snow falling. There are threo inches of snow on the ground in Minne^pnlia and it is still falling. Linden ville, Vu, Dep. A—Fifteen inches of snow is on the ground. Rail way traffic is somewhat impeded, all trams reaching here being from three to four hours l&te. AS AN ALL1ANCEMAN. General Gordon to be Initiated Into The Order. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 6.—[Special.]— A decided sensation was created today by the announcement that General Gor don is to be initiated in the Alliance. The announcement is authoritative. General Gordon was to have been ini tiated into Edgewood Alliance last night, but for some reason it was post poned until Tuesday next. The mem bers of the legislature are making a strong effort to induce Edgew( od Alh- a ice to conduct the exerc sen of initia tion in the Agricultural committee-room at the capitol as they all want to takes hand. It looks as if Gordon has cap tured the whole Alliance. They are all for him now. STAGE-STRUCK MAIDENS. Their Wanderings Over The United States Within A Year. 8peeial by News Telegram Association. Covington, Ky., Dee. 3.—Just a year ago 13-year-old Octava Wheeling and 16-year-old Nellie Crumpton left always so—the I their homes at Winston, N. C„ and Xu^unlver^ Vv« Pe inteu!lL?w , Sn I stock, loo, will be depleted by the I dropped out of sight. Both were hand He gave us out soil and climate, that it | 8a i e8 of this week. Why not then I 80me an “ we *‘ developed. They were come this week? The clerks will have more lime and your visit will be much more satisfactory to your self and to the firm. Come at once. should be restricted to the production of only cotton and corn. We see that ail of tbe Chambers of Commerce are passing resolutions against the Twitty ten per cent, col lection bill. This , should Dei ve the arm of every Alliancemao in the Senate to vote lor this great measure of relief. A Crew of Them.—A farmer cams to town yesterday with fourteen ’pos sums, which he raid he caught in one night some days since, aiiont seven miles from Atheos. ’Possums seem to be unusually abundant at this time of the year and any one hunting them may expect to be' richly rewarded for his toil. A HUMAN ROAST. The blood of every human man curdles when he reads of the horri ble fate ol Henry Johnson, who as* vaulted Mrs. Walters near Gret-n 'ville, S. C. I lie fiend was arrested, riddled with bulleta,and left for dead. He afterwards recovered and crawl- e l away from the place of the execu* lion, and was left to live in bis ag ony, there in the woods, for two days while vainly begging for water. At last a fire was built aronnd the sufr fering wretch, and his body burned to ashes—it is said even before life was extioct. There is an unwrit on law in the In his recent annual report Post master General Wanainuker says that there is a postoffiee to evey 1..C00 people. Earlier in his administra tion Harrisoo used to believe that there were 1.000 people after every post office. An oflhdal statement of the re ceipts and expenditures of the fed eral government during No vember shows that the receipt* were $28 986,124 and expenditures $42,- 570, 022. Of this enormons expen niture $21,511,161. or more that one*half, went for the payment pensions. Wreck on N. E. R. R.—There was a small wreck on the N. E. R. R. Thurs day night which did some damage and caused the mails to he detained at Lula. The freight train had two boxes derailed in a deep cut just beyond G.illsviHe, in juring the boxes somewhat but fortu nately no loss of life or limb occurred. Tiie wreckage has been cleared and the regular schedule has been resumed. Georgia is called the “Empire State of the South”—a distinction given it because we can produce in our owu bor ders any and everything necessary for the upbuilding of a great country. We | are not dependent on the outside world for any article necessary to sustain life, I or even to live in affluence. Our soil will successfully produce every I crop known to this hemisphere— | outside of the tropics—either in fruits AN OBJECT OF CHARITY A Crippled School Boy of Our City In Need of Assistance. About one year ago last September there came to Athens from Madison then get the best . or cer «Mi w « have in our l orders nearly L-ounty, a deformed and orphan boy, latever he buys, every known mineral; we have water- | wll0 wa8 desirous of attending the city can make, for lie can _ possible terms on whatever he buys. , . . Mr. Hale’s policy is to always keep close. Pavers to propel machinery, and an to shore, and never contracts an obliga- entarprising and intelligent popula tion until he sees liis way clear to meet t,on - lhere tsjio e-trihly reason why • - our people should not prosper and grow * j rich, and the rural districts of Georgia j be made one vast Arcadia. Our people other example of a small and successful 1 must arouse, and begin to utilize their farmer, only he devotes bis attention advantages. First let us make ur to the cultivation of fruits, farms self-sustaining, and cease being schools, but had no means or source ot sustenance while here. Prof. Branson met him,. and admiring the spirit ol ambition that prompted him, and his quick perception- and eagerness to learn, admitted him to one of the lower I many points. daughters of rich parents and left homes of luxury. Miss Welling had $900 to her credit in a bank at the time she left, but drew out only $200 of it. Miss Crumpton raised about $500. There seemed to be nothing on which to base a guess as to why tbe girls left or where they went. Their bodies were sought for on the theory of murder, then an elopement was looked into unsuccessfully. At last a clew was obtained by accident at Charleston, S. C., tben began a chase that reached every principal city in the United States east of Omaha. Indefinite clews were obtained at At St. Louis it was gthdes of the city schools. As soon as Mr. Branson mentioned tbe case to 1 . , the school childreu and the circumstan-1 some traveling show anu were I learned the girls were -- with MrriBaileyisa'ii'atTve'ofMat ne'and came I dependent upon the west, or made vie- I ces attending it they came to his rescue I probably in Chicago. A trip to New to Oglethorpe county, buying one of the! tims to the speculators and. extortion- j at once with liberal contributions every | York followed without result, and the Marriage in Spartanburg - Rev Mr. Burnett, father of Capt. W. B. Burnett of Athens, was married some days since to one of Asheville’s loveliest young ladies. Mr. Burnt tt is well known in Athens, having Bpent some davs here a month or so back. We ten der him and his fair bride the Banner’s heartiest congratulations and wish them a pleasant pilgrimage through life. South that wc endorse, i. e., when & The Georgia railroad’s earnings are already $100,000 in excess « Barnett Shoals.—Mr. R. L. Bloom field is at work in earnest again at tb$ Shoals. He has three or four masons at work on the walls of the ell of the factory, and he expects to get it up next week if the weather continues to be good. All of the machinery is up and just as soon as they can get trained up they will commence to make thread. The factory will be lighted up with electricity. The battery will be put up just as soon as the wheel starts.—En terprise. negro lays tbe hand of violence upon a virtuous*white lady,aspeedy dea«h is liis portion, and withour tecourse to law. This lustful, black brute merited liis fate and it wa9 right to mete it to him. But the * horrible torture to which he v*s afterwards subjected was barbarous, and a dis grace to our age and land. It mat ters not how black be a man’s crime, bis lile-blood should be the extreme ire a ally, and satisfy even the most raUway sus ^. DS jon bridge that w hardened heart. Bat to let a human being remain for two days riddled what they were the same time la>- t ill clear tbei t year. The lessees rewtal and make a handsome surpli besides. There is a rumor afloat in Gttha-i that Pulitzer has sold the World ’« a syndicate of republicans for $ 000,000. New Jersey is soon to be joined t* New York by a monster double-spn erst $50000,000. with bullets and pleading for a drink of water, and finally perish through U>c slow torture of fire, is m>re like savages than the in- hshitants of a Christian country. ^ bile we can but pity the suffering w retch, we had rather be inJiis place to-day than carry through life the burden that must rest upon the Dr. Koch, the discoverer of tl,* core for consumption, is said to dying of that disease hiwse» Physician, heal thyself. A Mrs. Smart, of Texas, is n> «• living with her ninth husband. M: Smart must have some feline bloo in her veins. A Sad and Sudden Death.—On Sunday evening last, while all the fam ily ol Mr. Thos. J. Brice, who resides near Wooley’s Ford, Dawson county, were away from home, except his six- teen year-old son, Daniel, the youth for some reason or other went up into a fodder loft on the premises and was there found dead by those who went to the bam, after the return of the family to get feed for the stock.—Eagle. Andrew Jackson’s Duelling Pis tols.—A gentleman in this city, resid ing on Prince avenue, has in his pos session a brace of pistols, which bear with them historical interest. They are the pistols used in tbe celebrated duel between Andrew Jackson and Dickinson. He prizes the pistols very much. poorest places to be had. But be went to work and filled up the gullies, ter- j raced the hillsides, and gradually icn- ■ proved his land. There was only a small tract—less than 100 acres. But for years past he has made more clear money than any farmer around him. His strawberry patch alone is a source of large income, while he successfully raises for market all manner of fruits. But he also raises some cotton and corn, and one year made about 50 bushels of ; « heat to the acre. He farms on the in tensive system, and never fails to reap a nandsome profit. A few years ago Mr. Bailey decided to enlarge his farm, and bought a tract of land adjoining him; but after a couple of years be sold it off, and fell back on bis original pos sessions, as he lost money. *** Mr. T. F. Hudson, of Clarke county, came out of the war and found only a poor tract of land and a blue, pipe-clay swamp to start life anew on. The swamp was so wet that all efforts to dear and cultivate it bad proved futile. But with his indomitable ener gy Mr. Hudson started to work. He ditched the land, felled the timber, duj ud stumps, and picked up tbe stone, and knots. It took him several year Xo get the bottoms in a profitable stat of cultivation, but success at last crown ed his eflorts, and he has to-day th finest grass farm in Georgia. His hot toms comprise over 100 acres, and pro duce successfully all the cultivate grasses; and they yield as profitablj too, as the best lands of the West. Mi Hudson has show*n to our farmers the it is folly for them to import their hay for enough can be grown on swamp? now lying idle—if they were only prop erly prepared—to supply the country There is more money in grasses tha anything our Georgia farmers no' raise. ers. We want to see the rising generation of yonng farmers educated so that they ran take advantage of the great re sources of their country. Georgia j should be dotted with agn- 1 month, in addition to those from the teachers and others. From that time to the present he has been sustained by such contributions and the kindness of Prof. Bramou. Since entering the schools his progress has been unusually rapid. At the be- 1 cultural colleges, and our I giuninghe knew nothing at all, but by friends of the girls returned home when an anonymous letter infermed them that the girls were in this city. Saturday they were located >t the Lato- nia Hotel, but the find was kept secret until today, when friends of the wan- School of Technology liberally sus- study, appliance and great energy he derers arrived. The young ladies were A Tremendous Rat.—A. rodent was killed yesterday in an old barn in Uobh- liam, that was colossal fellow. His girtli was some twelve inches, and he measured 19 inches from the tip of his tail to the culminating point of his He was a whopper and tained, as also every institution of learn ing. We need trained farmers and skilled mechanics. Our boys must be taken out of the old ruts travelled by their forefathers, and lifted up op a higher and more intelligent plane. If it talcfes half the property of Georgia to complete this work, it will lie the best heritage we can leave to onr children. Teach them how to scientifically culti vate their fields, and one acre would be has made useful and marked attain ments, and has mastered in one year t! e | work laid du»n in two grades. By the contributions of the school children, teacners and others, he x has been en abled to pay for his board, books, clothes, etc. On account of recent sickness, he has incurred a considerable doctors bill, the payment of which is perplexing him very much. He has been a special sub worth as much to tuem as ten are today. I wt G f deformitv and affliction, and is There is just as much advance in agri- cer tainly an object of charity. He culture as in medical appliances. Our southern farmers are asleep. They must be aroused, and if the present gen eration is too old to learn new and im proved methods, we must teach the children who will take our places. T. L. G. boards with a Mr. Elder, on Oconee frantic with joy at the prospect of go ing home. They said they had become stage struck and went first to Atlanta, then to Athens and Charleston. They had a few weeks’ regular employment only, but often got wrork in spectaculars. In fact, they followed one company some time to sign for a regular engage- - ment. They had decided to go home and reached Covington when their money became scarce and they stopped RUMORED SALE. The C. & M. Probably Sold—The R. A D. the Purchasers. street, near the river, who makes him here. They sought vainly for worlf and *■. , comfortable as circumstances j had a hp n t made up their minds to corn- will admit. We only call aiten- ..... . , , . tion to his case with the mit suicide when found. There is every hope that our citizens will I reason to believe tbe girls have behaved make some ontribntion in order that I themselves while away, and there is no “m.urj, h .ta ££! •» them <* »„»£***. Certainly everyone will take a delight I Their parents have spent $5,000 and in helping him and thereby encourage I traveled many miles in search of the It was rumored on the streets yesitor- day that the C. A M. had been scooped by tbe Richmond A Danville syndicate. These rumors are very probably authen- an ambitions and energetic cripple. Make your contribution to Prof. Sim mons or any of the city school teachers. Let all come forward with some pit- ] tance, even though it be small. runaways. morning. They start for home in the Miss Pauline Mason, of Westminster, tic, as concurrent circumstances go to J s. C., is visiting Mrs. Will Dobbs on fortify them. If such be the case, it | Lumpkin street. will insure a through system from Lula | to Macon, which will necessitate better I track and better rolling stock. WHO WAS HIS ASSASSIN? nasal organs. .. , - would furnish a weeks rations for a vert- j browsing on the table feline gorn.a d. Mlitns can’t he Reaves A Carlton beat on rats, and some gentlemen were that it is folly for onr farmers discussing the feasibility of enlarging pend on Kentucky or Tennessee Messrs. Reaves A Carlton are exatr pies of successful stock raising.^ A fe years ago these gentleme bought a large farm near Skull SLoal in Greene county. There wei broad belts of bottom land, sodded benmtda gras?, but subject to overflow A portion <>t this land was turned int pastures, wiiile other fields were pri * pared for harvesting. They the hough i a large ftumber of fine brood mare? an ' began the experiments of stock-raisin) Their venture was a success from i i start. Not a prettier sight is seen thsr. tbe large droves of colts, of i ll size- , pastures, Messi- have demon8trat< to d-. ft* - . I U1S lieu 1UI a WCCA «u €* UIUI3, aim waa I have a car U> id, 60,001) I only roused when his wife sent his ne- 1 j m nnn gro valet to bathe him by force of arms, oranges; a car load, lUjUUU Throughout the operation he would cocoanute; 100 bunches ba-1 rXVSS "wW n' W A Florida Prince. From the Epoch. Prince Marat himself lives in Florida tradition as the man who was too lazy to wash his face. So unconquerable was bis indolence that he often lay 4n bis bed for a week at a time, and was was "■rsglZXVTiSSrSZivMM* 6,000 pounds t*aajte;^uu^h”?L’S2 , “jKSS I candy, 40 togs cider, 2,- St. Louis, Dec. 4.—Dr. Julius Stie- 01)0 pOlinOS pCaHQtS, 3:,~ | gold snuff box, or the box itself, if by pd whowasmysterioosiyshot on die 000 pOUIlds mixed IIUt8, I “^f^Mo^toa^^uch^ake L* night of Nov. 21st, died at his home to- - .-inn ■nonndR Catawba sti,i cherished there in memory of the day. v l.UUU pOUIlUS^ vauiwud, 1 mart^r^ who explained that the Dr. Stiepei stated to the police that graDCS, 60,000 ClffSTS, prize troubles of his life came from just two ou the night of the shooting he was *200 boxes fire thlng8— " de wom * n and the water ’” driving along Jefferson avenue, near ’ I -1 LaFayetto, when he heard a report anu cratkefb RUd the breed in ?(xas mole. ord r to* supplant the either their tuules or horses. Tliisse tiou is dotted with just sm li Bermu You can buy more Christmas goods at - .... | u«,uci U1C the Ten Cent Store for $1 than you He drove tathe police station wd ei- WO^S, Hlld & great Variety The te£. h ' b “ i 1 of Christmas goods. Come j J* ^, d t £* n J The police havebein hard at work on I ggg jjjg the case, but cannot fathom the mys- 1 * tery. It has been discovered that Stie pei carried about $70,090 life insurance. ,'4 W, A.. Jester.