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ml _Wfl Qftl Oakteksville* oukant Established 18S5 j consolidated 1837.
, 1 rIU.uUJ Caste ksville Amkkican, 18&.0
SOMETHING TANGIBLE.
A Convention of Southern Cities
to Meet in Chattanooga*
Bf |>r*s‘iitati vpk to Consider tlie lUilrotid
J’lan to Attract Northerner* to the
South.
Chattanooga Commercial.
* The special committee, consisting of C.
10. James, 1). B. Loveman, M. Grant and
JO. Scott, to whom was referred the mat
ter of arranging for a one cent, per mile
bate to southern cities, good for three
months, yesterday completed . the pre
liminary plan, as will be shown by the
appended invitation to a convention of
ionnnittees to l>e held here on January
tO:
IlDkau Sib: We invite your city to send
afeommittee to attend a convention of
representatives from southern cities at
jqftr hall in Chattanooga on Tuesday,
January 10, at 2 p. in., to take into cou
dieration and adopt the best means of
ißiliicing the railroads to give a uniform
IjAssenger rate of one cent a mile for
hyrce months to all points south of Ohio.
The following places have shown very
_;reut interest in the subject, and have
'expressed their intentions of having rep
resentatives present* Anniston, Ala.,
Athens, Tenn., Aberdeen and Brandon,
Columbia, 8. C., Cedar Keys, Fla.,
Carters rille, Ga., Gadsden, Ala., .Tolni
r-oii City, Jonesboro and Jasper, Tenn.,
Mobile, Ala., Meridian Miss., New Orleans,
boltewiih, Tenn., Pensacola, Fla., Pop
la,rville, Miss., Home, Ga., Sheffield, Ala.,
South Pittsburg, Tenn.,Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
I'alladega, Ala., Thomasville and Talla
loosa, Ga.
I With the above points already in the
jeld and a great many more to herefrom,
look farward with much confidence to
■eat success. If your city has not yet
■ranged for a representation in this im
■ iriant convention, we beg you will at
kl* do so and send the names of your
iftniittee to the undersigned. Yours
ily, E. Scott,
Sect’y Special Committee.
Itonished his oppo
nents.
iw a New Y’ork Broker Won a Wager by
v Latiug 100. ,K|6jk- ** - t•. *
It the Hoffman house in New York, re
■l ly, a party sat at a table in the art
■cry making wagers, each on his own
Hticular trick, A young broker who
Bt last summer with his grandmoth-
I) Jersey, won a pocket full of
Bnbueks on a trick taught him by the
Bady. He had lost considerable mon-
Hu catch bets, when he offered to wa-
Htny one in the house that he could
Biiore eggs than any three men pres-
H provided lie was permitted to have
Bust turn. A doctor, a coroner and a
■ teller took the bet. After a brief dis-
Bn the three decided to tackle fried
H They repaired to an all night res-
B>nt on Sixth avenue, famous for the
■I; #
■unters which men about town had
Bin its portals, and ordered a batch.
man ate, and the waiter handed a
B for several dozen.
Ito theyoung broker that had learned
Bug or two from his Jersey grand-
B'T ordered the cook to crack and
Biito a pan 100 fresh eggs. Before
ling the eggs into the pan, however,
BrJered that it be half filled with vine
■ His instructions were carried out.
H allowing the mixture to cook area-
Bie length of time the cover was
H ami the eggs placed in a big dish.
B i inission of the proprietor the gen-
B> interested were permitted to
Hie cooking. When the eggs were
B>l lorth all except the man with the
grandmother gave vent to ejacu
of surprise. The 100 eggs could
<f|pnently be put into an ordinary
W- IHe owner ate them in a half
■^Wallows.
s a hole in the pan,” yelled one
H: there ain’t. I’ll explain. The
lias eaten them. It itf a fact.
V ll ili'op 1000 eggs into a boiler
A little vinegar in it, and when
Ml the eggs will disappear as if by
To Ladies
from functional derangements
the painful disorders or weak-
Mieident to their sex, l)r. Pierce’s
B; • illustrated with wood-cuts and
[ plates (100 pages), suggests
■leans ot complete self cure. Sent
■cents in stamps. Address World’s
■sary Medical Association, Buffalo,
■fc>rk. m
For Kent.
#midre,l aud fifty acres, more or
■ h<J farm at and near Stilesboro
E ( ft | )r ' e. S. Stephens farm,
® im, ,’ r tlle yeai lSdH.foratand-
R'.rovt i ' ‘'“‘“"'“‘j toKivehisaote
gfioTtTi'S
r! i v \ ' s ' lr la<l i*
X A private contract before
t^W,7n'V V 1" beoffere d for rent
18. m' h T same at
m * 011 that da y, at Stilesboro,
V&' , for h erself and as
' estate. P UH ’ a8 ex ’ r F.
THE COUEAM'-AMEEICAN.
*- M. Qirtd'n Address.
Mr. C. B. Lewis, letter known as M.
Quad, of the Detroit Free Press, was pre
sented with a gold-headed cane by the
citizens of Montgomery, Ala., for the fa
vor which he has shown with his j>en to
that State, where he is known as “the
friend of Alabama. " In response he dt"
livered the follow ing:
“If I have written kindly of Alabama,
I have also written truthfully. No pen
can write justly of her broad acres, great
resources, gallant men and gentle women,
without writing kindly. Asa boy, the
South was a sealed book to me. I read
in my school geography that Alabama"
had so many square miles of territory,
raised so much* cotton, had so many
slaves, exported so much, had the Ala
bama, Warrior, Tombigbee, Coosa and
Mobile. I might as well have read it all
of Russia. .We had a line drawn between
us, the same as the Puked States and
Canada. Lecturers and politicians told
me you were a bad lot of {eople, very
bad; that you drank most of the whisky
consumed in this country; that you had
bowie knives down the-back of your necks,
pistols in your boot-legs and went around
seeking whom you might devour, and
were particularly pleased to devour a
Yankee. Later on I came down to see
you. I had on a blue uniform. You
seemed put out, and also tried to put me
out. I got my statistics from th Kir
mitfb lino, and they were mostly about
cold lead. I should have come afterward,
but the carpet-baggers got ahead of me,
so I didn’t start until about ten years
ago, and have come so often since that it
is like coming home to me. And behold
the mighty change! A country swept by
tire and sword and pilage, a people ma
ligned and plundered and robbed, you
have restored yourselves a hundred jold.
1 look from the mountain side to the val
ley and see the flame of the blast furnace
and the smoke of the rolling mill, and
the hum of industry comes up to me like
theVumbling of thunder. I look back
at the mountain from the valley and re
alize there is wealth enough under the
turf and rock to build another nation.
“I believe the boy in blue reflected the
true sentiment of the army when, at Ap
pomattox, he held out his haversack in
one to veteran in
gray, who had followed the fortunes of
Lee for four years; and with the other
proffered the grasp of friendship and
said: ‘Put it there and let us forget.’
We who have fought under two flags will
now march under one, and I believe I
reflect the true sentiment of my people
tonight when I hold out my hand to you,
and to every true man in * glorious
Alabama, to every true man in thegrand
old South, and say, .‘Let us be friends.’
My dead sleep on a thousand hillsides
Your dead sleep in a thousand valleys.
‘Under the roses the blue, and under the
lillies the gray.’ God has judged them
all, and he has not judged them too
harshly. Ido not ask you to forget your
dad nor tear down these monuments.
But we must go further back, to the
bloody footprints of the snow of Valley
Forge, to the men who died at Lexing
ton and Bunker Hill, to the patriots and
heroes who yielded up their lives to make
us one nation and gave us -a grand re
pulic. There must be no conquerors, no
conquered. It must be one people, one
flag, one government.” *
The Blair Bill.
From t he New York Commercial Bulletin.
The so-called Blair educational bill, we
observe, is again the subject of much dis
cusion and speculation. It is an immense
money job, which proposes to take we do
not know how many millions out of the
taxpayers’ pockets for the three “R’s” —
“readin’ ’ritin and’rithmetic” —ontheas-
sumption that it is the duty and within
the constitutional power of the govern
ment to turn schoolmaster on the always
handy plea of “the public welfare.” The
most earnest opponents of the measure
we are told, concede that it will pass both
houses if brought to a vote and that its
prompt passage by the Senate is certain,
while its defeat in the House would be
extremely difficult. The administration
members in the House are said to be anx
ious to prevent the bill from reaching
the President; and while the speaker is
as earnest as heretofore in his desire to
defeat it, there appears to be no question
but that the scheme would be vetoed, and
that the veto could not be overcome in
the House; but the opponents of the
measure are anxious that it should
not reach so advanced a stage. It is a
demagogic bill, pure and simple.
Is Consumption Incurable?
Read the following: Mr. C. A. Morris,
Newark, Ark., says: “Was down with
Abscess of Lungs, and friends and phy
sicians pronounced me an Inctirable Con
sumptive. Began taking Dr. Kings New
Dbcovery for Coniumption. am now on
niv third bottle, and able to oversee the
worts on ray farm, it is the finest medi
cine ever made.” _
Jesse Middleware Decatur, Ohio, says:
“Had it not been for Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption I would have
died of Lung Troubles. Was given up
by doctors. Am now in best ot health.”
Try it. Sample bottles tree at \\ lkle s
Drug Store. * ®
CARTEKBVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, JAN. 6, 1888.
A WORD WITH YOU.
Something for the Consideration
of Our Merchants.
Testimonials from Our *Most Successful
Busines-s Men—-ta-t the New Year
With a I iberal Use of
Printer's Ink.
A word with you, gentle reader:
The subject we wish to broach to you
this morning is a time-honored one, and
it is not at all doubtful that you have
before heard or read something of it.
That subject is advertising.
Now, while we do not wish to bore you
with an appeal for your patronage, we
wish to talk to you as business men, and
in a business-like manner, and therefore
beg your indulgence for a few moments
only.
The New Year of 1888 is now only a
few days old, but the merchants and
business men have already prepared, or
are preparing, schemes and plans that
will safely carry them to its end. Before
all the calculations are through with,
and all the figures made, we would ask
all those who have the interest and pros
perity of the town at heart to lay aside
something—be it ever so etn?
pm.ponc cwivertielng his wares to the
public.
You are a business man, and naturally
the first question you will ask is, “Will it
pay?” Don’t take our word for aii
answer, but look at the massive fortunes
that have been piled up in all the great
cities of this broad land, and ask the
owners by what agency they attribute
mostly to their success. The answer in
nine cases out of ten, where the money
was made by traffic and trade, is adver
tising. John Jacob Astor said adver
tising paid. Wm. H. Vanderbilt said he.
owed all his wealth to printer’s ink, and
to-day John Wannamaker, of Philadel
phia, is counting his profits by the thou
sands, and he says judicious advertising
did it. What is true of these men is.true
of the most successful business men of
every city and town in the country. We
need not, however, go so far for exam
ines. Glance over the Atlanta papery
Hint Toll us w]io are the most liberal ad
vertisers, and we will tell you who are
the most successful merchants of the
Gate City. The crowds that daily throng
the establishments of Iveely, Ryan, Rich,
Snook, and others who are’not a bit
weak-kneed in investing* in space in legit
imate “mediums,’’ is a monumental
monument to the beneficial results of ad
vertising! And again, we present to you
the successful merchants of Rome. The
history of Mr. David W.Curry (our Dave,
if you please,) is well known to every
man, woman and child in Bartow coun
ty. Advertising did no small part for
him. Then there are Fahy, Parks, Gam
mon, Emmons, McKee A Cos., Wortham,
and a host of others in the Hill City who
have built up and are maintaining* splen
did businesses by the judicious expendi
ture of money with the newspapers.
But let us come still nfcirer home and
take a peep into the stores of those of
our merchants who are enterprising
enough to tell the bargain searchers what
they have in store for them through the
columns of their city paper. They are
doing the business of the town, and here
is what a few of them think about the
benefits of advertising:
Mr. M. F. Word said to a reporter:
“All the advertising I have done has
paid me. I am sure 1 never lost any
thing by it. I have enough confidence
in it to say that 1 will advertise more in
the future than I have in the past.”
E. Strickland & Bro. say: “Advertising
pays to a great extent. You have to
keep up a good stock and advertise just
what you have and no more. To be suc
cessful you must have honest men as a
basis, then keep first-class goods, and by
liberal advertising you will get rid of
them as fast as you could expect.”
Mr. Mose Scheuer, of Scheuer Bros.,
said: “Every first-class merchant ought
to patronize the churches, schools and
newspapers, because they are the main
stay of any civilized community. The
success of a good many merchants has
depended upon the displaying of his
goods and bargains before the public
through the best advertising mediums.
It has always paid me, and 1 will con
tinue in the future, as 1 have in the past,
to be one of the largest advertisers in
the city.” As the reporter started to
leave, Mr. Scheuer called out: “Say, we
intend to lay in the nicest and best se
lected spring stock ever brought to
North Georgia, and I will then be ready
to negotiate for all the space in the paper
I can get.”
Mr. J. P. Jones said: “I believe in ad
vertising and I think it beneficial to anv
one doing business. It has always paid
me.”
These are only a few specimen remarks.
They are mainly eloquent for the great
truths they contain. They are not mere
idle words, but are spoken by business
men, and others who wish to be success
ful should give them heed.
Now, to bring the subject direct to
yfl o. How much do you propose to
spend the present year for advertising
your wares? You need not be afraid you
wilt put the figures too high, fof* as you sow
in the columns of the paper, so will you
reap iu trade. In cities it is the custom
with many to regulate the amount of
money to be spent during a year*in ad
vertising by the amount to lie paid out
in rents. Some spend as much as they
pay rent for their stores, while others
double the amount.
There is no one, in Car tersville at least,
silly enough to deny the advantage of
having a first-class paper in the town.
In fact, we believe every citizen takes a
lively interest in their journal, and every
success it scores is appreciated by them.
To maintain the paper at its present
high standard, every man who calls him
self a citizen of the place should give it
his best support. We intend to put re
newed interest in our work this year, and
expect the encouragement of all.
We again ask, how much do you in
tend to spend in advertising this year?
The Wanderer Keturned.
Messrs. Editors:— We find the follow
ing letter and comment in a Uni versa!ist”
paper, which we would be glad to have
you reproduce in your columns:
The following from ReV. Y. M. Tumlin,
of Cartersvnje, Ga., who left our church
about a year ago, to unite with the
Methodists, will be read with much inter
est. He is fully to rally
around the old flag of universal redemp
tion the remainder of his life.
Buo. Burriss:— l want to be on hand
at our Georgia convention, to take my
place in your ranks, and fight the enemy
from the front. In those ranks, I expect
henceforth to labor, live and die. I do
not feel at home, where I am. lam
treated very kindly by the laity of the
Methodist chnrch. In fact, my services
are asked for, weeks ahead. I have never
preached anything but pure and unadul
terated Universalism. The world is
starving for it; and the great problem
-for us to solve, is, how shall we reach the
people.
Now, what I want to know, is this. If
1 am providentially hindered, so that I
cannot be at the convention, can I be re
stored as an ordained minister, and go
on as before? Write me at once, so that
I can make my arrangements according
ly.-I Will you be there? 1 have learned
much of human nature and character by
coming* in contact with other fraternities.
!*-> ijoinpfLmtively no npitiUtmbty in
these churches. Their motive in doing
right, I suppose, is better than none, but
with the most of them, their so-called
goodness is purely commercial. But, for
the most part, they are not to blame;
nor can I condemn them, but rather
blame myself, that 1 have not done more
to bring them out of the fog and mist
that surround them. The preachers are
to blame. They know better than they
preach, and the world will never be re
deemed from this moral and spiritual im
becility, ’till the ministry preach a better
gospel. Some of the preachers are as
ignorant as their devotees, the blind
leading the blind. You know the rest.
Fraternally, V. M. Tumlin.
Now, Bro. Tumlin makes some severe
charges against a “fraternity,” the mem
bership of which he has been so recently
in fellowship, and with whom, we believe,
he now worships. We would like to have
him more fully explain his meaning, as
the reasons here given are so entirely dif
ferent from those given at the time of his
withdrawal from the same.
These are strong reflections upon the
“preachers” and “devoteefc” of the de
nomination to which he once took the
vows of allegiance; and as they have been
published to the world through a public
journal, we think it due his late associates
to state when he learned of their “imbe
cility” and that their “goodness was
purely commercial.”
Will he oblige them?
A “Devotee.”
A Good One on “Hill Arp.”
• There is an unpublished story about
Major Smith's (Bill Arp’s) lecture in
New York. He had a well filled house,
and was discussing the attempt to raise
the negro to an equal social plane with
the whites, and showing how foolish this
attempt was. He said:
“I am reminded of an allegory in the
Pilgrim’s Progress. The pilgrim was on
his way one morning when he saw a man
moving mountains, throwing them
about as playthings. He said to a
shepherd, who is that?”
“That is Faith, for Faith alone can
remove mountains.”
Going farther he met a woman cutting
garments from a roll of cloth, and al
though thousands crowded around her
and took the cloth, the roll never dimin
ished.
“Who is that?” he asked.
“That is Charity,” the shepherd re
plied, “for Charity faileth. not.”
Still further on, he met a man with
snow white garments, against which two
men threw mud, but the garments re
mained unstained.
“Who is that?” he asked.
“That is Innocence,” said theshepherd,
“for Innocence shall not be soiled.”
Yet further he met a man washing a
negro in a pool, scrubbing and washing
to make the Etheopian white.
“Who is that?” the pilgrim asked.
“That is a Fool,” said the shepherd,
“and he is wasting his soap and water.”
As the Major made the application, a
dozen or so of his audience rose in high
dudgeon, and walked out of the house.
THE NEW BOARD.
Proceedings of the Meeting of
the City Council.
Several Important Subjects Under Discus
sion—The Location of a Manufactui
ing l’lant Considered.
At 6:30 o’clock last Tuesday evening
the city council met in regular session.
There were present His Honor, Mayor
Wofford, Aldermen Matthews, Collins,
Bradford, Willingham, Waldrop, Barron
and Scheuer.
The proceedings of the previous meet
ing were read and adopted.
A delegation of draymen appeared be
fore the honorable body with the com
plaint that while they were made to pay
a tax of .ft 12 on each dray they were not
allowed to haul people on them, and at
the same time the liverymen, who only
paid a ft2o license, were allowed to haul
coal about town and move household
goods. They asked the privilege of being
allowed to haul what they pleased on
their drays. While no action was taken
on the matter, it is not out of place to
remark that the speech of one of the
draymen on the subject was quite elo
quent.
i The communication of Mrs. Janies
Maguire, asking that a bridge be placed
Over the ditch in front of her house on
Tennessee street, was read. After a
short discussion of the matter it was
moved and seconded that the building
of bridges from streets to private prop
erty be abandoned; carried.
A communication from Mr. Kennedy,
of Atlanta, was read, offering to sell the
property known as the Johnson school
house to the city for ft7oo. On motion, a
committee was appointed to examine
this property and other locations suita
ble for colored schools. The committee
appointed is as follows: Aldermen W il
lingham, Collins and Bradley.
A petition from Mrs. J. W. Harris, Sr.,
asking* that more comfortable and decent
looking furniture for the West End In
stitute be purchased. This petition
brought forth the first real discussion of
the evening. Inquiry developed that the
cost of the furniture woiiffr' f>d' *nr ffiT'
neighborhood of ft2so. Some of the
members of the council thought that
this,, together with what has already
been expended for school purposes in the
city, was quite a large sum, taking into
consideration the fact that the city re
ceives no rental for its school property,
and that the parents of the children who
attended the schools had to pay full
tuition. A motion finally prevailed that
a committee be appointed to see about
making these improvements, the furni
ture to be the same as that of the school
on the east side of the town, and asses
sing a rental foreach, the report of the
committee to be submitted to the council
at its next meeting. On that committee
were placed Messrs. Willingham, Waldrop
and Bradley.
The marshal's report, showing that he
hadcollected between December 22, 1887,
and January 3, 1888, from various
sources the sum of $35.40, was received.
On motion, the chairman of the ceme
tery committee was instructed to adjust
the cemetery account of the Isham Alley
estate, which, it was stated, was too
large.
The following accounts were read and
approved:
Pay Roll $lB 30
A. L Hazlewood 0 70
J. D. Wilkerson 16 66%
A. 1). Gilbert 2 57
Courant-American 0 40
E. Payne 14 66%
•L. B. Matthews 2 50
The mayor stated that after paying
these accounts there remained in the
treasury the sum of $741.08.
The case of Wm. Puckett, who appeal
ed to the council for the remittance of a
fine imposed upon him, was continued un
til the next meeting.
Mr. J. D. Jones, representing a compa
ny that proposed to put up a plant in
this city for the purpose of pulverizing
ochres and other ores, appeared before
the council. He represented the plant as
being one of considerable importance. It
would employ from 75 to 100 hands and
the amount of money paid out in wages
would be between two and four thousand
dollars per month. He asked that a do
nation of a suitable lot be made and that
the company be exempted from taxation
for any reasonable length of time. The
exemption from taxation, the mayor
stated, would cause no trouble, and he
assured Mr. Jones that he and others
would do all they could to purchase a
suitable lot by private subscription.
It was moved and seconded that a
committee consisting of two aldermen
and three citizens be appointed to confer
with owners of property about the mat
ter. The motion carried and Messrs.
Scheuer and Willingham, of the board,
and Messrs. J. T. Norris, Robert Pattillo
and J. H. Wikle, as citizens, were appoint
ed on the committee.
On motion, three additional street
lamps were ordered to be purchased, one
to be placed in front of the Tennessee
House and the others where, in ft he judg-
$1.50 Per Annum—sc. a Copy.
ment of the* street committee, they were*
mostly needed.
• On motion, the marshal was directed
to instruct Maj. J. J. Cafhouu, of the
East & West Railroad, to have the pile
of lumber on the public square removed.
The subject of a water works plant for
the city of Carters villa then came under
discussion. It was decided that a com
mittee of four councilmen and eight citi
zens be appointed to look into the proba
ble cost of the works and j*eport at the
next meeting of the council. The com
mittee appointed were Messrs. Willing
ham, Seheuer, Barron and Matthews, for
the council, and Messrs, ("has. McEwen.
J. J. Calhoun. W. C. Baker, R. M. Pattillo,
C. H. Smith, D. W. K. Peacock, R. W.
Satterfield and J. H. Wikle for the citi
zens.
On motion, the council then adjourned.
In Meinoriam.
In memory of Robert Chester Roberts, who
died in Carters ville, Friday, Dec. 9th, 18*7, aged
2 years and 8 days.
One less on earth; one more in Heaven.
The baby is dead. The little chair is
forever empty. One Friday afternoon
the gates of Heaven swung* open to ad
mit another angel, a little golden-haired
anget with dark blue ryes. The little life
was just budding When the Reaper came.
“My Lord has need of these flow’rets nay,
The Reaper said, and smiled;
Dear tokens of the earth are they.
Where He was once a child.”
God only lent the jewel. He knew the
trials, the temptations, that awaited
him, and took him away while he was
yet a pure little child. Before the moth
er scarcely realized what a precious care
is thf) moulding of an immortal soul, he
was gone. Only a mother knows the
amuj lions dreams for his future, plans of
how great, how powerful he might be.
dreamed by this mother so sorrowful
today. Of these <lroi\u>a t.hpre
only remains to her a little grave under
a leaden winter sky and an assurance
that in the Great Beyond there waits for
her an angel, and that when all life's
cares are over baby hands will be
stretched out to her over the Dark River
and a beautiful angel face will be the
first to welcome her into that city where
God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes and there shall be no more death.
0 mother! 0 father! turn your sorrow
ing eyes backward to where hundreds of
years ago the Christ-child was born!
Think of his beautiful life; think of what
he said about the little children of those
Judean mothers; think of the last hours
when lie hung upon the cross and his
mother strained her eyes through the
darkness to catch a sight of her beloved
one’s face; then think of Him in this sea
son of his birth, surrounded by the tri
umphant hosts of Heaven; Cliink of your
little child in this Saviour's arms forever,
happy and blest, and be contented.
“There is no death. What seems ho in tran
sition;
Thin life of mortal breath is but the suburbs of
the Land Ely si an,
Whose portals we call Death.
He is not dead, the child of your affection,
But gone into that school where lie no longer
needs your poor protection,
And Christ Himself doth rule.’’
“In that great cloister’s dimness and seclusion,
By guardian angels led,
Safe from temptation, safe from sin’s pollution.
He lives whom we call dead.”
Lollu; F.
A Delightful Evening Spent.
At the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hall, on Main Street, last Manday eve
ning, a delightful party was given com
plimentary to their charming daughters,
Misses Julia and Mary. At about 8
o’clock the guests began arriving, and
soon a most pleasant and agreeable
company were present. Music and cards
were the attractions for the evening, and
the hours passed swiftly by. At 11
o'clock the party were invited into the
dining room, where an elegant supper
was spread, and it is needless to say am
ple justice was done to it by all. It was
a late hour when the good-byes were
said and the happy faces turned hone -
ward.
The following are the names of those
who were present: Miss Minnie Edwards
and Mr. Henry Milner; Miss Lula Shep
herd and Mr. Alex Akerman; Miss Susie
Young and Mr. Dock Cunyus; Miss Ma
mie Ware and Mr. Will Akin; Miss Julia
Hall and Mr. Will Young; Miss Ellh Ba
ker and Mr. Mank Young; Miss Mary
Jones ana Mr. Evans Mays; Mr. George
Hall, Mr. W. €. Baker and Mr. and Mrs.
Hall.
Christmas Greetings Between the North
ami South.
The North and the South are uot so
much divided after all. The politicians
of the two sections may be, but the mass
es of the people are not, if we are to judge
by the thousands of holiday gifts
have passed between the two. Just be
fore Christmas every mail train and every
express car coming South were chuck full
of holiday reminders that cam*-* from
north of the Mason ami Dixon line, and
every express and postal car that headed
toward the chilly North carried Imik
hearty and subtantial greetings to
friends “way up yonder.” In the mean
time, the express messengers and postal
clerks have been on a tearful rush.
For Sale.
One house and lot on Skinner street.
Two room house and large lot.
G. M. Montgomery.