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THE JACKSON ECONOMIST. VOL. VII. Our Trip West. L-~ . I have beeu asked so often in regard omv trip West, what I thought of the country etc. I have decided to give a short sketch of my travels. to previous arrangements, prof. J- B. Vaughan, of Elberton, Geor gia and I left for Texas the 10th of No vember, and landed in Tyler, Texas on the 13th. For three week3 we travelod 1Q a hack over Smith, Vanzaul, Wood and Hopkin counties, singing and sell ing books; also soliciting pupils for the Normal Music school, which we taught at Mt. Sylvan, in December. I saw much more traveling by private con veyance than I would had I traveled altogether by rail. In the short time I stayed in Texas, (4 months) I saw a portion of twelve or fifreen counties, some in the timbered part of the state, and some prairie. Much of the timbered land looks very much like some portions of Georgia. The growth is mostly post oak, hickory and D lack jack. Almost every kind of shrubery is to be found. North East Texas is a great fruit section. The land is sandy and easily cultivated. Peach es, Strawberries, Pears, cantiloupes etc., are the maine productions. The tim bered lands are very rough to cultivate for a few years, owing to roots and stumps. I made a run to Jacksonville, Palis tine and to Buffalo. Buffalo is in Leon county south of the Sabine river. The country is brushy, low and looks to be poor. This section is called East Mid dle, Texas. The black laud is prairie, it is very fertile and is owned by the wealthy class. It is all under fence. One cau travel all day and never get out of a lane. The prairie looks lone gome aud distant. I don’t think any oue used to a timbered country would like it at first. The black land is no good for fruits or vegetables, but is the home of corn, wheat, oats and cotton. I think neatly every farmer, with whom I made any acquaintance, keeps too much stock; hence I saw a great many sorry horses and herds of cattle. Bat I mast hasten on. < The citizens are alive to the interest of public schools. The system there is much ahead of oar system, and if one goes to Texas thinking he will find poor society, poor schools and a lack of inter est in eclesiastical work, ho will cer tainly be disappointed. I met many people while in the state, did a vast amount of teaching—had fine schools and good talent. The winter was severe, this caused me nmch inconvenience, yet I worked nearly all the time from the time I land ed iu Texas until I left the state. Money there is more plentiful per haps, than here, at any rate the people have more to live on, aud can spend their cash for other than things to eat. The water was plentiful while I was there, but I fear this would be my main objection to the state, the like of water. The farmer doe3 twice as much work to make a crop here as the farmer does in Texas. The work that it takes to terrace and keep up the terraces, the extra work to put in fertilizer, is as much as is done to make a crop in Texas. We make as much per acre in Georgia as is made in Texas, (on an average) but it takes twice as mnch labor and double expense. Wages there we much better than here. Form hands get from sl2, to $lB, per month, and board. My friend ask me is Tex as good as Ga,?l am a Georgian, and this is not a fair question. Ido not be *ieve any Georgian can go to Texas, and judge that state righteously. Mfishaess, or state pride, lurks in the bosom of every true sou of Georgia. I did all I coulu to make an unbiased comparison between that state and this, Intl am not sure I did it. We will sacrifice much, under so many hard ships, put up with numerous inconven -1 j ncies just to hold on to a little place home in Georgia. I saw hun ' rods of acres of beautiful land it Texas oat would make a moddle farm, far niore fertile than much of our land, but * I s Q ot home there aud could not give ns sightly land the same consideration cculd if it had been in Georgia Bnt *as ie a grand country, and is oom the front verv fast I would not tl ' Saw t* l6 country. I have no idea v a o „ au y one . evor found Texas just as * pec ted it. f topped in Missis dppi WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, HAY 18, 1899. a month as I came from Texts., did a lot of teaching there. Found all business alive, and every oue reaching after the almighty dollar. I like Texas much better than Miss issippi, ’tis far the be3t couutry. already tot lenghty with my epis tle, so I desist. J. L. Moore. ANOTHER CASE OF RHEUMATISM CURED BY CHAMBERLAIN’S PAIN BALM. My son was afflicted with rheumatism which contracted his right limb until he was unable to walk. After using one and a half bottles of Chamberlain’s Paim Balm he was able to be about again. I can heartily recommend it to persons suffering from rheumatism.— John Snides, Freed Calhoon Cos., W. Va. For sale by Winder Drug Cos Where Is Reform to Begin? Mr. Editor:—l with all the rest of mankind, long for reform on all lines but where and how will it begin? I know what a man of my littleness says will not go far, bat I write in the hope that some man of some notoriety may say something that will get the people to think and act on the principle I strike at. Men of all political parties talk reform and profess to be great friends of re. form profesedly, but practioally they are monopolists Now there is a great fuss made on land monopoly and at the same time all monied men of all political parties are baying every acre they can get and I don’t think there is now or ever will be any law by legislation by any party to prohibit men from buying any thing that is for sale if they have the money to pay for it. Someone of some notoriety has sug gested that an extra tax be levied on all land over a certain number of acres, that number being fixed by law. Yon cau see at once that wouldn’t do. for *0 soon as that was done the land lord would exact a larger per oent of the crop of the renter to-meet the extra tax so that the burden would fall on the renter after aIL So it seems to me that human nature is such a mystery that only God can solve it. Every fellow wants the other fellow to reform and economize, and him mo nopolize. The farmer wants his farm products high and merchandise low and the merohant wants his goods high and farm product low. When a farmer has corn or meat to buy it is so high he thinks it will ruin him to pay the price, but if he has a little to sell the price is always below the cost of production. The farmer will give the merchant hale Columbia for his overbaring time price, but if he has a little ooru or meat to sell to his brother farmer on time he will tell you to take it along he don’t know what it will be as the time price hasen’t opened and after cursing the other fel low for his high prices, he will put his with the highest time price fixed by the merchant and tell you he can’t do any better and that is customary, but still he is a great advocate of reform. If he would leave off the “tomary” aud just put it “ous” he would hit the nail on the head. I just mention these things to show the trend of things. Now if I have any thing to sell I know what it cost if bought, or if 1 produce it I know pretty well what it cost. Therefore I know what I can afford to sell at regardless of what other people do. Now Mr. Editor you may see things different to what I do, bat until people get it iu their hearts to do the right thing in the love and fear of God and love for humanity, we may send demo crats, republicans or populists to legis late for us, things will go from bad to worse as it has beeu for nothing but the grace of Gou will ever bring the reform we need. I don’t blame no man for buying laud or any thing else he wants to for a reasonable profit. But I do think it wrong to buy it and hold it out of reach of those who need it because they were not fortunate enough to have the money to bny when it was put on the market, Now I give you a little circnrastance that illustrates wnat I chink would brine at out • • -ou; r-lorniu-ior . A i certain fanner went to a merchant to bay supplies for his cropper, the merch ant being eager to get his trade, aud for fear he would miss it and some oth- y er man get it, told the man if he would buy from him he would sell him the supplies so he could make teu per cent off of his cropper to put in his own pocket, but he dropped his caudy right there. The good man told him if he could sell him the goods so he ooald make ten per oent he could as well af ford to give it to the poor fellow m he was the one that needed it so he wouldn’t bny from him at all. That man had the right spirit in him.. For fear I over fill the waste basket I quit. A P. Stewart. a BEATS THE KLONDIKE. Mr. A C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas, has found a more valuable dis covery than has yet been made in the Klondike. For years he suffered untold agony from consumption accompanyed by hemorrhages, and was absolutely cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption Conghs and Colds, he de clares that gold is of little value in comparison to this marvelous cure, would have it even if it cost a hun dred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bron chitis, aud all throat and lung affec tions are positively cured by Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption. Triai bottles free at H. C. Poole’s drug store. Regular size 50 cts. and SI.OO. Guar anteed to core or price refunded. The Summer Season Should be Taken with a Grain of Salt. The way to the seaside is by the Sea board Air line. Saturday and Sunday excursions from May 20th to September 24th to Virginia Beach, Ocean View and Old Point Comfort, round trip $8.50 via the Seaboard Air Line. Tickets will be on sale Saturdays and Sundays, good to return following Monday, from Raleigh, Boykins, Durham, Lewiston aud intermediate points. FREE PILLS. ~ Send yottr address to H. E. Buckles Sc Cos., and get a free sample box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits, These pills are easy in action and ar9 particu larly effective in the cure of Consitpa tion and Sick Headache. Fdr Malaria and Liver troubles they have beeu proved invaluable. They are guaran teed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to he purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly vigorate the system. Regular si?e 25c. per box. Sold by H. C. Poole, What about the rally at Johnson Mills. Talk it with your neighbors. I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicine for it. At last I Fond one remedy that has been a success as a cure, and that is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera aud Diar rhoea Remedy.—P. E. Grisham Gaars Mills, La. For sale by Winder Drug Cos. Hnschton, Ga., May 16th 1899. Dear Sir:—Please announce through your paper that the Singing at Zion church, which was to have come off next Sunday is called in on account of rumors of small pox. Yours, J. fl G. Randolph. If you have piles, cure them. No use undergoing horrible operations that simply remove the results of the disease without distubing the disease itself. Place your confidence in DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It has never failed to cure others; it will not fail to cure YOU. G. W. DeLPerriere. For Sale Or Rent The house formerly owned by H. C. Poole. Will sell for cash or on monthly Installment plan to suit, purchaser. Apply to Lewis G. Russell. iieWiu's Litfcse t.arly Kisers, *li- famous li-tie oiiu. TWO PAPERS FOR ONE. Attention Reformers! We will tend you the Economist and the Chicago Sentinel one year for one dollar. The Sentinel is am ddle of the road paper aud if you want two good Populist papers for the price of one, send us iu jour name and dollar at once. Yon can get a dt/.on or more of your neighbors to send with you. This is an offtr you ought to take advantage of. Go to work aud let us hear from you. Don’t scratch your life away, but use Dr. Sawyer’s Witch Hazel and Arnica Salve for eczema, Piles, hives, burns and cuts. It soothes, relieves pain and positively cures. Dr* G. W. DeLaPer riere, Winder, Ga. Tax Receiver’s Notice. THIRD AND LAST ROUND. To the tax payers of Jackson County. 1 will be at the following named places, for the purpose of receiving re turns for year State aud County Taxes for the year 1899: Glenn’s Academy May 18 in the morn. Pendergrass May 15 from 9a. m. -4 p. m. Randolph’s •* 16 in the morning. T. J. Moon’s “ 16 iu the evening. .1. N. Thompson’s May 17 in the morning Hoschton May 17 in the evening. Mulberry May is in the morning. J. G. Justice’s Mill May 18 in evening. Cal McElhanuon’s •' 19 in morning. T. S. Johnson’s Mill “ 19 in evening. Virgil May 20 in the morning. Jefferson May 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Apple Valley May 27 in the morning. G. M. D. Moon, Receiver Tax Returns Jackson Cos. Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad. SOUTH BOUND. No. 82. No. 84. Lv. Gainesville 610 a. m. 956 a. m. Lv. Belmont 640 a.m. 10 25 a.m. “ Hoschton 710a. m. 12 55 p. m. “ Winder 745 a. in. 200 p. m. ** Monroe 835a. m. 250 p. in. Ar Social Circle 915a. m. 330 p. m. NORTHBOUND. No. 83. No. 81. Lv. Social Circle 11 00 a. m. 450 p. m. “ Monroe 11 40 a m. 525 p. m. *• Winder 156 p. m. 615 p. in. “ Hoschton 222 p. ra. 648 p m. “ Belmont 3 (X) p. in. 715 p. m. Ar. Gainesville 335 p. m. 746 p. w. Jefferson Branch. NORTH BOUND. No. 87. No. 89. Lv. Jefferson 560 a m. 11 35 a. m. Lv. Pendergrass 615a. m. 12 00 m. Ar. Belmont 640a. m. 12 25 p. m. SOUTH BOUND. No. 88. No. 90. Lv. Belmont 715 p. m. 10 25 a. m. Lv. Pendergrass 738 p. m. 10 43 a. m. Ar. Jefferson 800 p. m. 11 10 a. m. S. G. DUNLAP. Receiver. TIAPTIPTAIIP SECURER. May deposit money rlfXI I 111 Ilk! for tuition tn bank till position Is a va/a uviiw waired, or will accept notes. Cheap board. Car far® paid. No vacation. Enter any time. Open for both sexes. DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL BUSINESS^ Nashville, Tenn. rfw Savannah, Ga. Galveston, Tex. $ Texarkana, Tex. Indorsed by merchants and bankers. Three months’ bookkeeping with us equals six, elsewhere. All commercial branches taught. For circulars explain ing “ Home Study Course,” address “ Depaitment A, For college catalogue, address “ Department Pastures for Cattle. I have, three pastures ranging from 15 to 50 acres and will pasture cattle at reasonable rates per mouth. J. T. Wood, Winder, Ga. One Minute Cough Cure, cures. That is wiiut it was made for, Notice. All parties are forbidden from gig ging, netting or seining in our mill pond and any one being caught doing so will be dealt with according to law. A. A. audC. M. Thompson, Maiinda, Ga. 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