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THAT INTEREST BILL. AJtTII'LE n. In my last I proposed to notice in this article who pays the interest, the manufacturer, the tuiddle man, or con sumer. I think it is safe to sav, as a general rule, the cost or price of an ar ticle of goods is increased by the time it reaches the consumer in proportion to the increase or excess of interest allowed, multiplied by the number of hands or middle men through which it passes from the time it leaves the man ufacturer or producer till it reaches the consumer. The merchant in Atlanta sells a bill of goods to a merchant in Hartwell. He takes a note due at 3 months pa}’able at the bank at 12 per cent. The Atlanta merchant, in order that he may use tins capital at once, deposits the same in bank with his en dorsement and draws upon the note. Is it not plain tliat the Hartwell mer chant pays the 12 per cent, interest; and is it not plain that the cost of his goods is increased just in proportion as the high rate of interest in the first in stance is allowed ; and is it not equally true that the Hartwell merchant is forced to add this increase to the price of his goods, which is paid by the con sumer ? If the law allowed only seven per cent, to be charged, the Atlanta man would take the note at that rate and could go with it to the bank and draw the money as readily as if it wa9 at 12 per cent.—for the usury law is a restriction on banks as well as individ uals. One of the leading wholesale merchants of Atlanta remarked to the writer recently that he preferred a low restricted rate of interest; “ For,” said he, “ I have to charge my customers 12 per cent, for the reason I have to pay that to carry on my business and to accommodate them; when if only 7 per cent, was allowed I could serve them with just as little trouble and with less cost.” A high rate of interest is a direct tax on the commercial industries of onr country. It is a tariff paid indirectly by the consumer. It is that much add ed to the actual cost of an article in its transit to be paid by the consumer when it reaches the end of the line. The argument of some is that if the Legislature should pnt interest down at 7 per cent, and enforce the usury law it will not apply to the national banks in the State, and the law would therefore be ineffectual, as they could continue to charge the same rate as be fore. This is a mistake, and it is an argument used by those who are op posed to the usury bill because their interests so lead them, or else they have not taken the trouble to post themselves on the law. The act of Congress; June, 1864, restricts the na tional banks in receiving and charging inicicsL u Hie nu* auoweu oy the laws in the State where the bank is lo cated, with a penalty annexed of for feiture of the entire amount of interest that the note, bill or other evidence of the indebtedness carries with it up to the time. [See Revised Statutes of U. S., 2d edition, 1878, page 1005.] Now, for instance, in the State of New York and Pennsylvania the nation al banks are not allowed to charge more than 6 per cent, upon any account without heavy penalties. In New York, the forfeiture of the entire amount, be sides the part}’ is liable to a criminal prosecution. We believe that the high rate of in terest paid by onr people for the last eight years lias done more to bankrupt the great mass of our citizens and bring upon the country a general state of stagnation in business than any one cause, or combination of causes since the war. We believe that the cause of a large portion of the enormous indebt edness of our people is traceable to the effect of a high rate of interest allowed by our law—piling up year after year at 12 per cent, until the sum is indeed alarming. Most all the Southern States, after a costly experiment have gone back to the old rates before the war, and some even lower—and does not the interest of Georgia demand that she too shall return after a wild cat chase of eight years, to the good old laws and prac tices of our fathers. We believe the good citizens of Georgia should ignore all self-interest, if it should be in con flict, and for the general prosperity of our grand old State demand that our present Legislature put interest down at 7 per cent., and pass stringent usury laws. Hermit. The Way Yon Ought to Do. The regiment had been ordered out for target practice, and to the unspeak able disgust of the instructor, the sol diers made bull’s eyes on barns and cen tres on the planet Uranus. “ Gimme that rifle, you cross-eyed son of an old smooth-bore tower musket,” yelled the instructor, “ and watch me !” He fires and misses the target, the bullet striking about two hundred yards short and a quarter of a mile to the right. “ That’s the way you gawks do,’’ says the instructor calmly, putting in another cartridge ; “ never make any allowances for windage—pay no attention to your elevation —nothing.’ He fires again and sends the bullet over the target. “ And that’s the way some more of you do—get a good aim on the mark, but when you pull the trigger, up goes your muzzle, and the ball goes up among the little stars and all around the moon, fair regent of the heavens.” Fires again and makes a bull-eye, “ And that’s the way you ought to do 1” The Hartwell Sun. By BENSON & McGILL. VOL. Ill —NO. 45. A BEANOS AItLE ODE. BY H. W. 1. HAM. Upon the xrlnj-x of every breexe That arnica awonic the furret tree*, Upon the er*ata of every eele That xweepe o'er rAlley, hill and dale ; And on the 'verbratlny aonnd That echoea 'long the trembling ground— There cornea a aoft and quivering attain, Now up. now down, now up again. The aingle (train: Commencement! Commencement here. Commencement there, Coniniencemeuta near Commencemente far, The glrla arrayed In fleecy white. Now read the gema they ne'er did write, And from out the apacioua Jawa Of sweltering audience cornea " applause." For auch ia life, and such the wav That things are done lu this our day At Commencement. And straightway home the damaela go, To astonish the folks with what they knew Of Greek and Latin and rods aud roods, And gratumer, tenues, cases, moods; And soon their names are lost lu that Of some white tie and Iveaver hat. And thus it la, alas’ alack 1 The white-robed dears shall ne'er come back To Commencement. THE CHAPLAIN'S PRATE!. Chicago Inttr-Occan. Thirteenth of June my paper said That in the Senate hall Of this great disunited States The audience was small. The chaplain came, as usual, To make the morning prayer, But not a single Senator Was in position there. The door keeper, with folded hands. The pages were In plane ; The President pro tem. sat bowed To hear the morning grace. That while the chaplain prayed at length, Ben Hill, of Georgia, came ; And. at the close, the Speaker called The Senator by name— To come to order now, and hear The Senate journal read, And thus the doings of the day Were on the records spread. Now, what’s the use to pay a priest To make parade of prayer ; So pompous, grand and eloquent, With only Ben out there ! And he came In just at the close, To hear the word " amen That's too expensive, so 1 think, Just for old Geergia Ben. Economy should be the rule By all the parties there ; But snch economy as this Will make the people swear. If senators at Washington Expect that we will pay To furnish chaplains for their good Who knew Just how to pray, Then we insist that every man Shall be on hand in there. For God and all the people know They need a heap of piayer. “ Raised.” No barber •-!..>m V><v shave, and the man who rushes into a shop and drops into a barber-chair, without seeing who nccupieth the next chair to the right or left may get badlv left, as a case proved yesterday. A sol id old citizen in the wholesale trade was taking it easy, his face covered with lather, when in came a young man who flung off his coat, bounced into a chair, and called out; “ Hurry up, now, for I must get back to the store before old Blank does or he will raise thunder! Hang him, he won’t even give a man time to die !” The solid citizen turned his face to glance at the other, and the barber notic ed a reddeuing of his face. “Going on a vacation this summer?” asked the barber who was preparing to shave the young man. “Vacation! How in Tophet can I getaway from old Blank! And if I could, he pays such a stingy, contempti ble salary that I couldn’t afford even a ride on the ferry boat?” “ Why don’t you ask him fora raise?” queried the barber. “ Why don’t I ask him for the hand of his freckle-nosed daughter? He’d dis charge me in a minute, though he’s making money and can afford it. If the old hyena would have a stroke of apoplexy the junior partner might do something, but such chaps always live to be a hundred years old.” Conversation ceased here, the solid man got out of his chair, took a brush ing and sat down, and when the clerk arose from his chair and turned around snow-balls would have looked black lie side his face. lie tried to bow and speak, but something wouldn’t let him, and when he started to put on his coat he had it tails up and collar down. He was still struggling with it when the solid man rose up, looked around and walked out, saying never a word. The barbers wet the young man’s head and held cologne to his nose, but he walked sideways when he went out, and there was an uncertain wobble to his knees. In applying for the vacant position to day, state what shop you shave af. The Methodist Episcopal Church is short of Bishops, having since the death of Bishops Janes, Morris and Ameeonly ten left. As the work of the church is every year increasing, theft is a call for the constant service of at least thirteen Bishops, and there is a growing disposi. tion to make the number greater. A Methodist Episcopal Bishop needs to be a healthy man in the prime of life, for his official work is enough to keep him very busy. Outside of his official labor there are other things for which he is continually called upon, such as laying comer stones, dedicating churches, and making speeches on patriotic and other great occasions. If there were eighteen or twenty Bishops there would be work enough to keep them all busy. The only difficulty would be to raise means for their support. HARTWELL, GA., WEDNESDAY JULY 9. 1879. Walk on the Water. The Leavenworth (Ky.) Press says: Agreeable to announcements made through the Press, and according to the programme laid out, Prof. Chas. Har desty yesterday accomplished one of the most marvelous feats ever perform ed In the nineteenth century The pro gramme issued announced that the Pro fessor would walk across the Missouri river, starting from the east end of the Missouri river bridge. The start was made about- 2:80 o’clock in the after noon, and in nine and a half minutes from the time of starting the west side was reached. The river at that point, owing to the narrowness of the chan nel and the extraordinary rise of the pa9t two days, had acquired a velocity of over fourteen miles per hour, which rendered the feat much more difficult than it would have been at an ordinary stage of water. The crowd commenced gathering at ,the place designated in the bills about 1 1 o’clock, and by 2 o'clock the river bank for over n mile was packed with carriages and pedestrians. When the west bank was reached cheer after cheer went up from the delighted audi tory, all of whom claimed it to be the most marvelous feat of the age. After resting a few moment* the manner of working the shoes was explained, show ing that any person of ordinary intel ligence could walk upon the water more easily than upon snow shoes in winter. The Professor then, by attaching the two shoes together, showed how he conld sit down or lie down witli perfect ease and safety, and established the fact that his “ water shoes ” were the mo9t perfect life-preserver ever invent ed. It is the intention of the inventor to give series of exhibitions at the princi pal maritime cities in the world, and will challenge Capt. Boy ton or any oth er inventor to a trial as to the utility and perfectness of the various inven tions for the preservation of life upon the high sens of any of the navigable waters of the globe. A Midnight Dnel. A. Washington correspondent of the Poof/'n Tnuwnail towSfon • A *t- - many bloody nuefi on record as having been fought by Congressmen was one in which James Jackson, of Georgia—who had been and who was afterward a U. S. Senator —was the challenged party. He was an Englishman by birth, but he went to Savannah when a lad, studied law, was a leading Freemason and fought gallantly in the Revolutionary war. He killed Lieutenant-Governor Wells in J7BO in a duel, and was en gaged in several other “ affairs of hon or,” until he finally determined to accept a challenge on such terms as would make it his last duel. So he prescribed as the terms that each party, armed with a double-barreled gun loaded with huck,shot, and with a hunting-knife, should row himself in a skiff to desig nated points on opposite sides of the Sa vannah river. When the citv clock struck 12 each should row his skiff ton small island in the middle of the river, which was wooded and covered with un derbrush. On arriving at the island each was to moor his skiff, stand by it for ten minutes, and then go about on the island until the meeting took place. The seconds waited on the main land until after one o’clock, when they heard three gun shots and loud and angry cries. Then all was still. At day light, as had been agreed upon, the seconds went to the island and found Jackson lying on the ground, insensible from loss of blood, and his antagonist lvingacross him, dead. Jackson recovered, but would never relate his experience on that night, nor was he ever challenged again. He died in this city, while serv ing his second term as United States Sen ator, March 19, 1806. No Envy There. On High street yesterday a boy of 10, richly dressed, sat on the steps eat ing an orange, and a boy with a cart load of picked up wood stood across the street looking at him. The con trast was very great, and a pedestrian who saw the situation said to the poor boy: “ That chap over there is pretty well fixed, isn’t he ?” “ Yes,” was the brief reply. “ Lives in a big house and wears good clothes ?” “ Yes.” “ Probably has lots of spending money.” “ Yes.” There was a minnte of silence, and then the boy with the cart started up his load, saying: “ But I don’t care a cent about it— he has to eat with a fork and say ‘ yes, ma’am,’ to everybody.” Half of the hair and beard of a man in Springfield, Mass., has turned gray, while the other half retains its natural dark color. The dividing line of the beard is in the middle of the chin, and on the head it is immediately over the , nose. Devoted to Hart County. “Sold iglifn.” Detroit Frot Prate. A colored woman, accompanied hv a bright-looking three-vear old " pick*” were passengers on a Woodward avenue car yesterday, and after attentively ob serving the youngster for a few minutes an oldish man leaued forward aud ask ed : “ Madam, is that child for sale?” “Well, dat’s ‘cordin’ to the price sot on him, I s'pose,’, she replied. “I'll give you a teu-dollar bill for him," continued the man. “ Dnt’s my figgor, an’ de nigger am yourn 1” she answered, aud with a twist of her arms Bhe placed “ pick ” on the buyer’s knee, and held out her hand for the money. “ Well—but—" the daaed man stam mered, as the little elf clung tightly to his vest and seemed greatly pleased. “G>me right down wid de scrip!" 9aid the woman. “You made de offer and I ’cepted it. an’ if I can sell de od der seveu at de same price. I’ll begin all oberagin! Whar's de ten-spotf” “ Madam, I will give you two dollars of the money, and you keep him till I call," responded the man as he fished for his wallet. “ Well, but vou want to bo aroun' purty smart, ole man, for two dollars doau’ go fur feediu’ sich a 'possum ns him. I git off right heah, an’ I libs in dat ole house w id de black chimbl v, way up dar. You’ll find me dar all ob de time,” Why the man should have preferred to stand out on the platform for the rest of his ride is his own affair. A Sunday Anecdote. Many years since there lived in Vir ginia a Baptist preacher named B . Though uneducated he was a sound thinker and an eloquent speaker, and no minister had a more devoted flock. It was the custom during the iuclement season to hold meetings at the preach er’s house. For years it was observed that B neither preached nor con ducted the meeting when held at bis bouse, but secured the services of some neighboring minister. He JYMAiAefI. for an explana tion 'c to the importunities of his flock, gave the following i “ When I was much younger than now—in fact, not long after the com mencement of my administrations —I held a meeting at my house. It being customary for many of the congregation to remain for dinner, Mrs. B. sent our negro boy, Tim, to neighbor Paul’s for some butter. Tim returned and locat ed himself, standing on one foot at a time, on the outskirts of the congrega* tion. Being well warmed in my sermon, thinking neither of Tim nor his errand, but only of the most successful mode of impressing upon my hearers one of mv strongest arguments, I demanded with all the energy in my power: ‘ And what did Paul say?’ Tim, at the top of his little squeaking voice, exclaimed, as Tim only could have done: ‘He thed you couldn’t git any more butter till you paid for what you got!’ This brought down the house, and cut short one of the finest efforts of my early ministry, Since then I have kept my preaching disconnected with my domes tic affairs. Had Forgotten llimself. An incident, a somewhat ludicrous one, too, of the fire at the Hagerstown Hotel, has been told us by one who was there and who literally “ barely ” escaped with his life. He s a travel ing man. Being suddenly awakened that night by a bright light shining in his face, he discovered that the window frame of his rooru, on the third floor, was one blaze of flame and that the apartment was rapidly filling with sinoke. He at once left, how he knows not, but finally succeeded in reaching the ground by a jump from a second story window. When safely landed he stood watching the work of destruc tion, and near by him were a group of very thinly-clad females, also gazing. While thus standing he noticed a party of firemen hurrying past with a quantity of feminine apparel. He im mediately, with that gallantry so in keeping with a traveling man, hailed the men with: “ Look here, you fellows, give these ladies some of those clothes.” The reply was in an instant: “All right, stranger, we’ll do so; but don’t you think it would be a good idea to put on a pair of spurs yourself ?” The last remark caused him to in vestigate himself, when he found that his whole costume was a shirt, a vest, and pair of gaiters, while the rest of his garments hung idly over his arm. Our friend blushed, sought a refuge, and pulled on his pants. A rnob tied a man to a post at Solon, 0., and used him as a target to throw eggs at. Each hit in the face was re warded with a drink of whisky. Farmers say good butter get* scarce when tbe elder is in bloom. $1.50 Per Annum. WHOLE NO. 149. EDITORIAL MELANGE. A n.ad dog was killed in Forsyth recently. Congress actually adjourned on the first instant. July fly. Atlanta’s cotton factory has com menced operation, and the Atlantese are jubilaut. A steam sAw-mill boiler exploded at West Point, Ga., on the 30th nit., kill ing the engineer Hughes an wounding six others—two fatally. Lieut. Henry M. McCawley, of the 13th U. S. Infantry, committed suicide by shooting himself, in Atlanta on the 30th ult. Cause--gambling. Governor Colquitt has commuted the death sentence of James, Alford, the rolling mill murderer, to imprisonment for life. Circumstances justify the Governor in this matter, and if he will pardon Hill he will make many friends. The duty on quinine has been abol ished by Congress. This will be bailed with satisfaction in the entire South. The Atlanta Constitution was the pio neer agitator of this much needed measure. Long may it wave; and may the editors never shake with chills nor parch with fevers. A Base Proposition. A Detroiter who has the reputation of being hard paj* was waited on tlie other day by a man who began : “ Mr. Blank, I hold 3’our note for $75. It is long past due. and I wanted to see what you would do about it.” “My note ? Ah 1 yes, yes. this is my note. For value received I prom ise to pay, and so forth. Have you been to the note-shavers with this ?” “ I have, but none of them would have it.” “ Wouldn't eh ? And you tried the bank ?” “ Yes, sir, but they wouldn't look at it.” “ Wouldn’t eh ? And I suppose you went to a justice to see otiout suing it ?” “ I did, but he said a judgment would not be worth a dollar.” , . tion do you wish to make ?” “ This is your note for $75. Give me $5 and you can have it.” Five dollars ! No, sir 1 No sir 1 I have no money to throw away sir 1” “ But it is your own note.” “ True, sir, very true, but I’m not such an idiot as to throw aw a}’ money on worthless securities, no matter who signs them. I deal only in first-class paper, sif, and when that note has a negotiable value I will be pleased to discount it. Good day, sir—looks like settled weather again 1” A Contest of Ugliness. George 11. had a master of the revels named Heidegger who was egregiously ugly. It amounted to a distinction. Ho much so that two young gentlemen were found prepared to advance the proposi tion that Heidegger was the ugliest hu man being in England. The wager was offered and taken, London wad ransack ed for native deformity, and some very n markuble specimens of uncouthnesS and mispronortion were disco verts I. At last, iu St. Giles’, one old wmnau w as de tected whose ugliness seemed to surpass anything that could have been believed. She and Heidegger were brought face to face, and the latter, who was proud ol his persounl appearance, admitted that he had at length met his match. But it is the advantage of a contest on which a bet depends that there are plenty of people interested and standing liv to see fair play done. One of Heidegger’s supporters remarked that the old woman owed much of her expressions to her bonnet, and he suggested that to make the contest perfectly fair, Heidegger should put on the bonnet too. The mas ter of the revels assented, and so did those who backed the old woman’s sup porters. Heidegger looked so excrucia tingly ugly that the bet could no longer be disputed. The master of the revels i umphautly maintained his position ol being the ugliest of his majesty’s sub jects. Not Dead. Bangor (Mt.) (,’ommtrcial. Democracy dead 1 Its principles tri umphant in more than qricdiailfof the States of the Union and its defenders shaping legislation in both houses of Congress. Democracy dead ! Counting within its ranks a majority of more than amil lion of the white voters of the country and a majority of at least a quarter of a million of the entire voting popu lation. Democracy dead ! Its chosen leaders just emerging from a battle waged in behalf of constitutional liberty and the just rights of freemen. No! Democ -1 racy is not dead. It lives, and will ] live on, until after the Republican party , has gone to its sleep that knows no waking. _ Middle Tennessee has 300 brandy j distilleries in operation. SAWU6 OFF THE TOP OFF HE* SKULL. Cumberland (MtL) If toil. We have just come into possession of the facts of a remarkable circum stance which occurred in this vicinity some thne since. A middle aged lady, who resides near Wellersville, Penir., a few miles from this city. Whet* Marne is omitted by request of friends, was Afflicted with that terrible disease scrof ula, the seat of the disorder being in her head. She suffered terrible agony from the pressure of the diseassd cra nium upon her brain, and her physician decided that the only means of relief was the removal of the top of her skull. He never attempted the opera tion, however, fearing she might die from its effects. The woman continued to suffer, and her son, who was afflicted with the same disease, determined to take the risk and perform the operation. He was con siderable of a mechanical genius, sad he soon constructed a fine saw for the purpose, the material used being wire from nn old hoop-skirt. After he hod finished the instrument, although lie had no surgical knowledge, he began the operation of sawing through the skull at a point about two inches below the summit of the cranium. After work ing some time at the operation tfie young man was tftken ill and died. After his death the lady’s daughter, a young lady of nineteen or twenty, decided to continue the work, and did so. succeed big in removing the top of her mother' 9 head, relieving the terrible pain and probably saving her life. She was occupied several days in the ope ration, which was a delicate and dan erous one, ordinarily to be performed by the most skillfui surgeons. If the improvised instrument had been driven in deep and penetrated the delicate covering of the brain, instant death would lmve resulted, and that some ac cident of the sort did not occur is one of the most astonishing facts about the matter. She undertook the operation as a desperate resort, and the exercise of nerve which sustained lief was won derful. Once while working she fainted, and frequently she would throw down the 3aw, declaring she could go no further. Her mother whose enormous will power was not less wonderful, always urged her to proceed, saying: “If I can stand it yon should do the same, as it is the only way of saving my life.” No an esthetic was used, ami the afflicted wi-tnan carefully watched and directed the operation. As stated, instantane ous relief followed the removal of the diseased bone, although tbe disease wa* not eradicated. The removed bona ffAAJfiulaced by a silken can. earwiidiv ’l'Hfl r.tm.'iilnn wh /war six months ago. ana the lady was at last accounts alive and cheerful though, of course, confined to a limited sphere of action. Hhe took a very philosophi cal view of the affair, and seems grate ful that relief was afforded, although sh will remain an invalid for life. The case is certainly a very remarkable one, and if the facts were met in a work of fiction the story would probably be re garded as a clever but far-fetched fab rication ‘‘ out of the whole cloth.” But the case is well authenticated, and wa have stated the facts, without addition or change, as we obtained them from a reliable source. One rtf the strangest cases of suicide on record occurred a few miles northeast ofHagcrtown, Indiana, on 29th June. .Several weeks since a farmer by the name of George Hoover, smitten by the charms of u grass widow, expressed to some friends Ids intention of leading ber to tbe hymeneal altar. Mr. Hoover was a member of the Dunkcr church, one of the laws of which prohibits a male member from marrjdnga divorced woman. The church, on being notified of bis intention, warned him to desist, and that if ho took the step lie would certainly be expelled. He paid no heed to this warning, but married the widow and iu consequence was turned from the church. The expulsion was so embar rassing to him that life soon after be came an unlienrable burden, and ho commenced a slow process of starvation, partaking of an insufficient quantity of food to sustain life. His wife and friends Pegged him to eat, drink and live, and the church, when they saw that be was earnestly bent on self-destruction, offer ed to reinstate him as a member, hut all in vain. Each day he ate less than on the preceding one, when on the day above mentioned, after about five or six weeks of voluntary starvation, he died. Cincinnati has a queer philanthropist in Edward A. Guy, who acts on the principle of giving everything to the Lord and trusting for daily bread. Guy had $40,000 in 1862, but gave it all away in seven years, and has since lived on contributions from unknown sources. These contributions have enabled him to visit England since, but he had to send for money to get back with. Guy devotes all hrs time to Christian work, and during the past few years he has been offered many lucrative jiositions, but has refused them all, believing in the Lord as his master and employer, and looking to him alone for his salary, A man in England died a most pecu liar death. A bee flew down his throat and stung him, and he drank so much ammonia to alleviate bis pain that ho died. Henry Turner, a negm preacher who is peddling lies at the North, says that in Georgia the whites refuse to sell land to colored people except for church#*