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Oh, My Back!
That’s a common expres
sion and has a world of
meaning. Howr much suf
fering is summed up in it
The singular thing about
it is, that pain in the back
is occasioned by so many
things. May be caused by
kidney disease, liver com
plaint, consumption, cold,
rheumatism.dyspcpsia,over
work, nervous debility, &c.
Whatever the cause, don’t
neglect it. Something is
wrong and needs prompt
attention. No medicine has
yet been discovered that
will so quickly and surely
cure such diseases as
Brown’s Iron Bitters, and
it does this by commencing
at the foundation, and mak
ing the blood pure and rich.
Logans port, Ind. Dec. I, 1880.
For a long time I have been a
sufferer from stomach and kidney
disease. My appetite was very poor
and the very small amount I did eat
disagreed with me. 1 was annoyed
very much from non-retention of
urine. I tried many remedies with
no success, until I used Brown's
Iron Bitters. Since I used that my
stomach does not bother me any.
Myappetiteissimplyimmense. My
kidney trouble is no more, and my
general health is such, that I feel
like anew man. After the use of
Brown’s Iron Bitters for one month,
1 have gained twenty pounds in
weight. O. B. Sargent.
Leading physicians and
clergymen use and recom
mend Brown’s Iron Bit-
TCBO. It lias cured others
suffering as you are, and it
will cure you.
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MMIIIP HOTICE.
J. 11. ttonsnn and E. 11. Henson have this day
tinmsi a eojiaitllersliip under tlie firm name ol
UKXSOX &• CO., to do a general mercantile and
trartiug ImsinesH in tho town of Hartwell, Hart
exility losirgia. Their store and office is lm atisl at
thr old .land of E. 11. Benson A: Cos., on southeast
Wnrrof public square. This June 15th, 1883.
,T. B. I!K\SOX.
E. 15. BEXSOX.
at hoie mm.
tho above it will be himmi that we are at
E lioim* ajjain, where we expect to jjive the trad
D public the benefit of our long experience in low
,n "' s ami gooda. Without the great ado UHiial
-5 mad* about appreciating past favors, patronage,
think actions speak louder than words, and
'%< t to prove clearly to all that it will be to their
r*—t to coutinue with its. We now have a good
P 1 Patent and Family Medicines. Hardware.
‘ Uan ‘ t'rockery, Groceries, etc. Early this fall
to add in our stock Hoots, Shoes, Men's
Jl’ Iy.y s Hats. Staple Dry Goods, etc., and ours
'• * lass,-<l the Cheap, st Store in Georgia.
BENSON Sl CO.
HELP FOR
Unmarried People!
KN AND WOMEN’S MUTUAL
\M Fill Asoclsation.
ATLANTA, GA„
N MAs CERTIFICATES OF $2,000.
thirty days after maturity of Ortifi
f _ " i twelve months from date of issuing
jL a at * ( 'f Endowment.
institution and By-Laws address
i: Tr -VI. BELIEF FUND ASSOCIATION,
kruad and Hunter Streets, Atlanta, Ga.
G - I>. HARWELL, Secretary,
r , Atlanta. Ga.
" UEXSON, Agent, Hartwell.
'n l* , i V d. VrA *■ riRR IVISIKA.MK
VN ' ot Vcw York.
CASH ASSETS. *3.478,188.76.
°r<'!.V‘ , S .osritwt r. com*any,
l lßinbns, Him.
■ CASH ASSETS, 572,560.62.
( 9° ni !‘aides have deposited with the
Mr * 'a. *35,000, and make quarterly
•' : “l. as run.:. ‘G hneineas to the Comptroller
f , ”l nir ed by law of Georgia.
(t-—_ ‘ SBLDELL, Agent, Hartwell. Ga.
} our County paper.
The Hartwell Sun.
By E. B. BENSON.
VOL VI.. NO. 52.
POLLY’S FIRST HALF DOLLAR.
“I never had a whole half dollar in
my life; I suppose it is because grand
ma is so (irctful poor, aud I liaint got
any father and mother, only just her.”
Polly, the six-year-old Miss who made
this remark, was quite horrified at see
ing Agnes Bond toss up a four bit
piece on her way to the store. “ I
know your grandma is poor, but I like
you all the same,” and the affectionate
girl put her arms lovingly around the
forsaken-looking girl. “ What be you
going to do with all that money, Aggie?’’
“() I don’t know, yet. Buy walnuts,
perhaps, or oranges. What would you
do with it, Polly, if it was yours ?”
“ I’d buy grandma anew dress, and
some shoes, and some flour, and some
butter, and some candy, and some—.”
“ Stop, Polly, you couldn’t buy so many
things. You might get some butter,
or the candy, but dresses cost lots of
money. You sit right still on the grass
•'CTO
until f get back.”
Aggie ran home as fast as she could
go, hut soon returned in a happy state
of excitement, and all out of breath.
“ Here, Polly, ma says you may have
my half dollar, and buy what you
please.” “0 my !" cried Polly in great
glee. “ Let me kiss you, and pll go
and trade for my tillngn before grandma
comes. She's up to Miss Holley’s,
cleaning up the house, and I guess
she'll be surprised.” The little friends
parted very happy, Aggie for home
without her walnuts, and the young
financier to the store, her head filled
with shoes, dresses, and groceries. She
tiptoed to look over the counter in Mr.
Jones’ store, and found that gentleman
sitting at his desk. “ What will this
little girl have to-day ?” he asked ten
derly, thinking of his own darling who
hut. a month ago had closed her blue
eyes never to awaken.
“ I want drandma a dress, because
she is so ragged, and some shoes, so she
can go to Church, and some molasses.”
“How much money have you, my dear?”
“I’ve got a whole half dollar that Ag
gie Bond gave mo.” “ Aggie Bond is
a precious child,” said Mr. Jones, re
calling the sweet flowers she had so
often sent to his sick Maggie. “When
will you get my things ?” asked Polly,
tired of standing so long on the tips of
her toes.
Mr. Jones thought the matter over.
“A dress and shoes—the original cost
could be but three dollars and a half.
“ He that giveth to the poor lendeth to
the Lord.” lam afraid that I haven’t
lent the Lord as much as I ought. I'll
wait on you in just one minute, Polly.
Come right around here and pick out
grandma a dress yourself. Anything
in this pile,” said he, touching a lot of
ginghams as he passed. “ I'll buy
this,” and she laid her hand on the
only piece she could reach.
After tying up a bundle of the ging
ham and shoes, and making a strong
loop of twine to carry it by, he put the
half dollar in his pocket, and Polly
laughed for joy as she turned to go.
The trader thought of his own little
daughter again. “Look here, Polly,
I've made a mistake; I forgot to give
you the change.” “ I forgot, too,” said
Polly ; and she turned back to receive
from Mr. Jones two half dollars. “Are
we all square now ?” asked Polly. “I
think we are. Why didn’t you buy
something for yourself with your
i money ?” “ Why, I just forgot myself.
And I don’t know as I want anything.”
Polly’s grandmother could not un
derstand what it all meant, as she ex
amined her nice presents and the two
half dollars. “ Aggie gave me the half
dollar, and I bought the dress and
shoes, and had this left.” “Butthat is
more than you had at first. ’ It looked
a little mysterious to Polly, but she
concluded it was because he did not
give her the flour, and butter, and mo
lasses. It was made clear to the grate
ful woman when Mr. and Mrs. Jones
called that evening with dresses, aprons
and shoes that their little girl had worn,
and gave them to Polly. She clapped
her hands for joy. “Everybody is
dretful good to me, and I'll trade with
Mr. Jones every time I go to buy
things. He never cheats a bit.”
A good medicinal tonic, with real
merit, is Brown’s Iron Bitters, so all
druggists say.
Devoted to Hart County.
I An Incident of Vance and Mcrrimoii.
I In the days that Morrimon ran fur
Governor, while Vance was F.xecutivo
of the State, the two chanced to meet
at a commencement at Trinity t’ollege,
I where Mcrrimoii was to deliver the
address. They were out on the green,
also a large assemblage of ladies and
gent lemen, and the crowd pressed Vance
for a speech, lie refused, but they
I would take no refusal. Finally he
mounted the stand and said :
‘‘Ladies and Gentlemen —I was raised
in Buncombe county with a boy named
Alfred Merrimon. We went to school
together, and I remember one day we
had a fight, and after a short rough and
tumble I got him down and gouged
him good. After it was over, aud we
had proposed to make friends, Mer
rimon said he was willing if I would
only assure him one thing, and that
was that I didn't intend to gouge him.
I assured him I didn’t, and we made it.
up. I often heard Alt', say he wanted
to be a great lawyer, he wanted to lie a
groat jurist, and his greatest ambition
was lo be Governor of North Carolina.
Well, my fellow-citizens, lie has been
both a great lawyer and a great jurist,
and providence permitting we will, the
7th of next November, make him our
next, < lovernor.”
With a speech something of this sort,
said with telling effect as only Vance
can do it, he descended the stand, and
hadn’t more than touched ground when
a beautiful girl, about sixteen, ran
recklessly to him from the crowd, and
throwing both arms around bis neck
she gave him a kiss. Vance started
back in amazement, but she said, loud
enough to be heard by all:
“Gov. Vance! when my dear father
was mortally wounded in the war, it
was to your tent be was carried, and
you nursed him like a brother; lie wrote
us about it and sent home a blessing on
your name, and this is the first time I
have even seen you to thank you for
“Well, come,” said Vance, quickly
recovering and spreading both hands,
“let’s have it over again !”
Never was a crowd so curiously im
pressed, the ladies brought to tears,
almost hysterics, but quick as a flash
Vance’s manner smoothed all sensation
into solid reality. This was just after
the war, James W. Reid, of Wentworth,
our talented young countryman, was
but a youth, he witnessed it and will
never forget it. —Reidxville Timex.
“There Is a Boy I Can Trust.”
I once visited a public school. At
recess a little fellow came up and spoke
to the teacher. As he turned to go
down the platform the master said,
“That is a boy I can trust; he never
failed me.” I followed him with my
eye, and looked at him when he took
his seat after recess. He had a fine,
open, manly face. I thought a good
deal about the master’s remark. What
a character that boy had earned ! He
had already gotten what would he worth
more to him than a fortune. It would
be a passport into the best firm in the
city, and, what is better, into the con
fidence and respect of the whole com
munity. I wonder if the boys know
how soon they are rated by other people ?
Every boy in the neighborhood is known,
and opinions are formed of him, he has
a character favorable or unfavorable.
A boy of whom the master can say, “ I
can trust him ; he never failed me, ”
will never want employment. The
fidelity, promptness, and industry which
he shows at school are in demand ev
erywhere and prized everywhere. lie
who is faithful iu little will be faithful
in much. —Bund of Hope.
A million dollars in gold coin will
weigh one and two-thirds tons; in sil
ver coin it will weigh twenty-six and
three quarters tons ; in nickels it will
weigh 100 tons. Mr. Vanderbilt is
said to be worth two hundred million
dollars. Therefore, if be had to carry
it around in nickels it would require a
good many of his cars and engines to
haul it.
Care-worn persons, students, weak
and overworked mothers will find in
Brown’s Iron Bitters a complete tonic,
which gives strength and tone to the
1 whole system.
HARTWELL. GA.. SEPTEMBER 188*
The Man Who Lived On.
Biding along the highway between
Fufaula aud In ion Springs I came
upon a native Alabamian seated on a
log bv the roadside. He was a perfect
picture of “all broke up." He looked
sick, his clothes were ragged, and he
was barefooted in May because he had
no hoots to wear. He looked up in a
weary way as 1 halted, and when 1
asked about the road lie shook his head
and replied :
“Pbu’t bother me, stranger —I’m
clean gin out."
“YVhat's the trouble?"
‘‘Oil, everything—everything. I've
had sickness and losses and lawsuits
and tribulations till my sand is all gone.
I came out here to die all by myself,
and I'm expecting every miuit to hear
the toot of the horn."
“That's too bad.’’
“Yes, it's bad. The old woman she’ll
have to peg along alone, and the chil
dren will have to dig out or starve, and
some other man will wollop my old
mule and kick my dog. It’s bad, bad,
but I've got to go. They’ll find my
dead body out here and plant it in
some swamp, and that'll bo the last of
me.”
Can't I help you any way?"
“Stranger, are ye bluffing?”
“No."
“Really mean it?”
“Of course."
“Then put yer hand right thur, an’
I squeeze! Them’s the first kind words
I’ve heard iu twenty y’ars. Patch my
hide if 1 don't feel like living three
| months longer!”
“Have a plug of tobacco?”
“Will 1? Will a drowning mau holler
! fur a raft ?”
He took the plug and tore away a
quarter of it at one bite, and as the
! taste began to come be cried out:
‘Slranger, it’s a heap better than
! going to Heaven ! Yum ! yum ! Why,
I really believe I’ll live till cotton comes
of!!”
“And here’s some brandy which I
carry to use in the water down here.
Won't you take a pull?”
“Won’t I? Stranger, that’s too good,
and I can’t believe it! I haven’t tasted
brandy since Lee surrendered.”
He took the flask and pulled away
until half the contents had disappeared,
and as he handed it back bis eyes began
to shine, bis hair pushed his old hat
off, and be cracked bis heels together
and exclaimed :
“Stranger, I'm going to live —going
to live allsummer-- all winter —all next
j’ear! I’m anew man —I’m right up to
the mark again—and I'll go home and
give the family to understand that dad’s
on deck and good for seventy-five years
yet! Whoop! If you hadn’t been so
powerfully kind to me I’d l>et my old
bat agin a cent that I could lick ye in
two minits!” — Detroit Free Frrxx.
Men Who Win.
It is not the men of great talents
often who do the great work of the
world. It is the men who have trained
their working power the best. The
greatest engineer of England was a
man of only medium talents; hut he
was a giant in principle. He gave him
self wholly to it when a task was lobe
done. If a mountain was to be pierced
and a roadway made through its heart:
if an “ impracticable and impossible ”
bridge was to span a chasm or valley,
he would shut himself up for a few
days in his room, and scarcely eat or
sleep while he turned the matter over
and over in his mind. At the end he
would come out smiling, with his plans
all clearly laid and his hand ready to
set to work and carry them out. Those
who wish to be great men and women,
in the truest sense, must learn to be
great workers, both with brain and
hand. The two must go together, or
they will accomplish nothing of impor
tance to themselves or the world. Train
the working power to its utmost capaci
ty if you desire to make you mark in
the age in which you live.
Did you ever hear of dogs eating
muskmelons ? We know a hound dog
that goes to the patch every morning
and if he finds none quite ripe he lies
down by the side of one and remain?
there until it is thoroughly ripe—he
■ then eats it. Fact. —Cumming Clarion.
Terms. 81.00 in Advance.
A Stingy Landlord.
“Well, yes," saitl the Colonel, gazing
meditatively in the fire, “ take him all
in all, Dick Crawford was about, the
cleverest fellow I ever knew. Forty
years ago, when Dick and 1 were young
fellows, practicing law on this Hide the
mountains, tilings hnd a different look
altogether than they do nowadays. The
men rode, hunted, fought, and made
love harder than they’ seem to do now,
and there was more the and energy’
about thorn. We used to ride forty or
fifty miles to attend court, and after
business was over, meet in one of the
old taverns for a Jovial supper. The
only tavern at. Greenbrier Court House
in those days was kept by a man named
Gill, a palavering knave, as stingy as
the dickens, lie had a monopoly, and
so he used to scrimp his incals. The
food was generally good, hut never
enoughof it. He knew this was the
only tavern for miles. l)iek Crawford
was a big, strong fellow, who liked his
three square meals a day, and many a
time lie swore he'd get even with old
Gill for half starving him. One day a
large crowd was assembled at Green
brier Court. Thero was a murder trial
going on, and the whole comity turned
out in consequence. At dinner time
we ail went across the green to the
tavern, and as usual found old Gill pre
siding with a smiling countenance over
a table with very little on it save the
dishes. Crawford surveyed the festive
board with fire-flashing eye. “Ask a
blessing, Crawford,” called out one of
the young men at the far end of the
table. Quick as thought Crawford
glanced around to see that everybody
was attending, then bent his bead, fold
ed hia hands, and said, in a loud, dis
tinct voice:
“Oli. TTioti, who gnvo (hi* lo.ivon anil fUhi**,
Look ilmvn it| mlll (Ih'hi* *tn|t \ iIUIi.h ;
Mo\ l Thou (h*Ho ciupiv ilimlii m till,
ilh’H.s all of on, mill <| ohi (fill."
The roar of laughter that followed
shook the house, and Gill’s face was a
study. —Burlington Uaivkeye,
A Reminiscence.
Many gray haired sires now living
will remeinlier that just forty-two years
ago the country was in great commo
tion, and our greatest statesmen arose
in their might all over the Union on ac
count of the general derangement of
government affairs. It was in 1840,
when Harrison and Van Buren were
candidates for tho Presidency; when
the log cabins with coon skins amt hard
ciiler and the latch strings hanging
outside, were hauled around to the
mass-meetings, representing the home
of the General of the Northwest. The
people determined that a change should
be made, and they arose in their might
and made it.
At that time there lived in Augusta
a comparatively young man familiarly
known as Torn Miller. He was a law
yer of extraordinary ability, but, un
fortunately, had a slight impediment of
speech. He was a brother of the la
mented Andrew J. Miller. Tom had
a soul as large as all outdoors. Upon
one occasion, having some business in
Columbia county, lie came up to Ap
pling, and after arranging bis business,
there being some fifty or more citizens
present, he was very unexpectedly call
ed on for a political speech. Taken
entirely by surprise, lint being of a
generous and obliging disposition, lie
arose arid made them an excellent
speech. Among other things, lie said :
“Mr. V-Van Huron's f-f-friends say
that c-c-compared to Mr. V-V-Van Bu
ren, Gen. Harrison w-w-was nothing
rn-morc than an old g-granny. W-well,
I am w-wiiling to accept the t-term.
Our c-country is in t-trouble and 1-labor,
and C-Gen. Harrison is t-t-tlie one to
d-d-deliver her !”
Much of this kind of slang is being
used against Mr. Stephens, our State
is in great trouble and commotion and
and lie is the “granny” to restore
peace and harmony.— Stinks, in Me
Dnflvi Journal.
Sheriff Doster informs us that his
mother, who is 7G years old, living in
Jackson county, is cutting new teeth.
We have often heard of old people
cutting teeth, but it was generally in
jotne far ofi place and we did not al
way<Telieve it, but this is undoubted
ly true and one out of a very few simi
lar cases. —Oglethorpe Echo.
WHOLE NO. 3p
UNDER Tf!F. HKD.
■'" ■
II hi.-* nhMi II lln* emir*sir| Oft*
lixihi'ilKor llortfOir.
The man under tlie bed k)ts pot al
ways prove a myth. I’erbaps it is nil
actual fact that women who pruy look
for him more regularly than other* of
loss spiritual turn of mind ; when the
good woman kneel* at the bedside to
offer her devotions it is the most natural
i thing in the world Tor her to first explore
that historic territory nndAntisfy her
self that no concealed burglar is lis
i teniug. It is also a well authenticated
fact that a pious woman in’tho suburbs
of IsMidon did discover tho legs of a
bold, bad house-breaker sticking out jut
as she began her petition. She did not
shriek, but went on with a prayer for
thut particular sinner that would have
melted the heart of a Newgate thief.
I wish that it might be added that he
was converted on the spot, came out
and was pardoned, and afterward mar
ried the petitioner. Hut truth compels
me to mid that the good woman was
interrupted in the most solemn part of
her prayer by a |H>al of laughter from
the graceless younger brother who had
enacted tho part of n burglar.
More tragic was the story of the lady
who, traveling alone, stopped at an inn
and mentioned tho fact that hlio hud
been followed and watched by a villain
ous looking man with u shock of red
hair, who she feared hud designs upou
the valuables she carried with her. As
nothing was seen of him at tho inn, she
retired for the night, carefully locked
the door and was soon in bed, leaving
a light burning in front of a mirror.
No sooner was her head on the pillow
than she had a dint!not view of the man
with the red hair crouching under tho
bed. She made no sound, but reached
softly for a scarf she had laid near,
made it iutoa running noose and waited.
The next morning, when her servants
broke open the door, they found the
lady sitting up in bod, grasping with
both hands the noose in which she held
the fearful weight of tho dead man;
she had strangled him, but wus herself
u raving maniac from whom reason hud
forever gone.
Borne time ngo a prominent Judge iu
Birmingham, N. 11., was found mur
dered in his own house, and no clew to
the murderer. It was immediately after
an adverse decision he had made in a
case of great importance, and the mur
der was supposed to have been instigated
by a desire lor revenge, but as all the
parties were respectable people it was
impossible to fasten the guilt on any
one. The Judge was a widower, and
lived alone with the exception of a
young daughter and the servants. This
daughter was beautiful, and on the
evening in question Imil returned homo
from a ball at a late hour and gone
directly to her own room, whero she
stood before her mirror taking off her
jewel* Ah she did so .she held hnr
white and rounded arm above her head,
and conscious of its beauty said aloud:
“What a beautiful arm !” little thinking
the remark of such consequence as it
proved to be in the tragedy that fol
lowed. The girl both saw *nd heard
her father’s murderer, but as he was
masked failed to distinguish his features,
but always declared she should know
Itis voice if she over heard it. Several
years passed, and in another city she
was standing in a crowd observing
Home passing sight, when she was con
scious of the curious regard of a
stranger who stood near. Looking at
her with a singular intensity, lie made
Ibis remark: “Oh, the beautiful arm!”
She knew the voice in an instant, and :
throwing herself bodily on the man
denounced him as her father’s mur
derer. He was arrested, tried and con
victed, and told how lie bad lain hid
den under the bed and heard tho idle
remark of the young girl which she her
self hod been scarcely conscious of.
He bad recognized heron meeting her,
and involuntarily betrayed himself, as
lie bad been a stranger and an unsus
pected party. —Detroit Pont.
A Sri.KNDio Skuvant. “ What
sort of a servant have you now ?” in
quired a lady of a friend that she was
visiting.
“Oh, splendid !” she replied. “He’s
a Chinaman, and so methodical in hie
habits that I know just what lie is doing
at any hour in the day. lie is now
probably putting away the dishes and
tidying up the kitchen. Come and see
if I’m right.”
She led the way to the kitchen,
quietly opened the door, and, there in
the middle of the floor sat John China
man washing his feet in the disbpan.
— N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
"KOI’CH ON KATS.”
Clears out rats, mice, roaches, flics, bed
bugs, chipmunks, gophers. 15c. Druggists,