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Gray Georgia, Saturday, June 2ml
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Address of Col, XL W. Newman
of Canton, February 1 Cm
1888.
Mr. President and Gentlcuion of
the Georgia State Agricultural So
cioty: 1 co mo from the mountains
of North Georgia to greet you.
come from the headwaters of tho
Etowah, Ellijay, Cartceay, Talking
Bock, Tolona and the Arnicalola.
After flowing through the country
they mihgle their waters with the
Gulf of Mexico and help make that
grand Gulf stream which empties
itself into the Atlantic ocean and
ho largely contributes to those ocean
breezes which purifies your atmos
phere, and in that way North
Georgia sends you life a ltd health.
I conic as a North Georgia crack
er to greet you in tho name, to fra
ternize with you. and to give you
Home of their habits and customs as
citizens and farmers. While 1 am
no farmer, 1 am a citizen. About
al] tbo farming 1 do is like a friend
of mine who lives up in that coun
try. I rode up to ids house one
sultry, hot day in Juno. I discov
ered his wife near by, looking tired
and careworn, plowing tho irrepres
sible North Georgia hull. My
friend was lying under tho shade of
a majestic oak. L says: “Hollo.
Rob I I sec you aro farming.” Bob
looked at mo, as cool as a cucumber,
and replied: “Well, not exactly. 1
urn having it done—kinder over
seeing myself.” And Bob’s wile
was the only other person in that
ten acre cornfield.
The question lias often been ask*
ed: • “Did Joe Brown actually plow |
a bull?” Iran put that question
forever at rest by saying that if Joe
Brown ever lived at Gaddistown,
and plowed at all, he plowed a bull,
and the bull’s name was George
Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
John C. Galnouu, or Andrew Jack
son. They ale now called Bob Lee,
Stonewall Jackson, John B. Gordon
or Joe Brown, with a few Bill Arps
and Evan F. Howells coming iu.
One of tho poculiarites of a North
Gootgia cracker is, ho never abbre
viates the namoof his plow animal.
Tt is true there aro plenty of horses
there, but a genuine North Georgia
crackerflcornfully disdains to use
his swapping horse, which ho
shows off on ttt camp-meetings,
cross-roads, sale days and court!
weeks, by making a beast of burden j
out of him. Horses aro owned ami
koptfor the purpose of barter and
trade—to swap; this spirit of horse
swapping pervades the whole coun
try, and oven onteis the pulpit.
Some of the best judges of horses
are preachers. It is told of an old
friend of mine, while ho was preach
ing under a hush arbor one day,
near by were some horses tied.
One of the horses opened his mouth;
the proachorsaw his teeth. It ex
cited him so that he dropped tho
thread ofhis discourse, and to the
astonishment of his coup rogation,
paid: “Brothers and sisters, that
horse will ho nine years old at his
next foaling lime.” ■
The custom and habits of tho peo
ploai-o free from all ostentation and
dudeism. Tho men, as a rule, bo
Rove water is good for navigation,
grinding, washing and cooking pur*
poses, but a poor article to use as a
drink.
Corn they think should bo raised
for the solo purpose of making into
corn whisky, and alter so made, to
drink. While it is true some of it
is cooked and eaten, they think it
is a waste of tho raw material, and
against nature. While it is true the
missionaries and internal revenue
officers have made them use a lit
tie more water for drinking purpos
es than they formerly did, still
they'plant their corn with the
view to the number of gallons of
whisky it will make. You ask
farmer how much corn ho will make
and he will tell you so many * gal
Ions counting two and a halt gal
ionn to the bushel -just like you
farmers tell your neighbors
your sorghum audsugar-eane
es.
The men are independent and
have no scruples in elhng you
you don't lik t T ir ways “you can
honest people, wit.
.
! as ‘'ever beat nder rougn ex
I • .>5 but “a man is a ma.i for that
1 don’t know how to do justice to
women. God bless them: I will
say I am here to defend their virtue,
An a people, noneon earth are pure,
and more virtuous. May the curses
of heaven fall upon those who would
betray their sweet innocence. They
are as pure as the air they breathe,
or tho waters they drink; “as pure
ever bloomed outside of .Men’s
bower.” While it is true they do
not defile f heir sweet mouths with
tolu, hai.-ain or awootgum, when
they chow at all it is tobacco: tlio
real genuine stuff which they raise,
themselves, i have seen some o I
those sweet mountain daisies spit
amber at a chip from ten to htecn
feet and hit it every pop. While
they do not multiply words much,
one of them asked me for a chew of
tobacco in about this way : “Mister,
[deaso give me a chaw of your
chawing tobacey, if you chaw. Da
you chaw?” She was a daisy, and
wore bangs—natural one-., too. 1
rode up and addressed her as fili
lows: “A nice, pretty girl like you,
who will work out in the field to
help support the family will surely
got your reward. I think it will
come in this world ; if ran, you will
certainly bo a “parlor oruamoa.t m
heaven.” “Bide on.dod drot j“ou,
or t’ll set Towser on you,” was her
reply. I rode on, but it shows that
you can’t use much “taffy” or co
quelle with them.
“No Grecian chisel ever traced
A lovelier form or prettier lace.’ j
While they ore unsophisticated ’.
tUtd UilkUcl ,; (I Uuy . v , lU .
after drinking tho i 3 ,•
Mbvd tho v , I;(io , .. ..
of. Whoa informed it was made of I
acids, syrups, sugar. «tc., replied : “1 i
urn glad you told me , for 1 really!
thought it was SWl ■cloned wind.” '
It was a North Georgia evokel
who, while very sick, would first
pray awhile and thou curse awhile.
W hen remonstrated with and told
that her conduct was very inconsis
tent, said she thought it a good
stroke of policy, tor it bhc died she
did not know in whose hands she
was going to fall. It was a North
Georgia cracker who came to con
sult mo about a law suit, and after
stating his case was informed he
had a good suit if he could prove
the facts as stated. I asked him to
please tell mo exactly tvhat he could
p TO vo. “Well, that is what 1 come
to you for. You tell me what you
waul proved and I will prove it.”
Did you farmers ever think right
seriously about the Dumber of yards
of goods it takes to dress a moder
ately fashionable woman nowadays.
If not, go homo and count up, and
j ou’li find it takes ninety-five to
one hundred and twenty-five y aids.
You must count t very thing she
wears; now, I can’t name the gar
ments. “1 would not if I could, and
could nol if 1 would,” and 1 have
been married twenty years. Now
that amount would do a wholelam
ily in North Georgia with ten gals,
besides there would be Jots to spare
for the children- Now, the differ
once between a fashionably dressed
| a dy and a North Georgia cracker
is with the former you don’t know
where to locate her in her dress,
you can’t tell whore she is at, which
is the dress fixins aud which is
fle-sh and blood, with tho latter you
can tell exactly where she is at.
She stands square on her “pasture
joints’'and muscles, has backbone
and ribs, and only wears about ton
j-ards of goods, all told, when fully
dressed. Giils up there arc made at
homo and not in a millinery shop.
a m not tolling yon this as an emi
gration scheme, but purest facts,
The children have a garment witb
, 4 button at tho top which comes
down nearly to tho ground, all
round, and to distinguish the girls
i from tho boys tbe gyments of
latter have a short slit on each side
j al the bottom. They usually
J on a clean one every Sunday
aad I know from experience
t q 0 y ^[ e on in them. Such
as u night gown for children, ever
! made or worn in that country
! one of the “1 Right here
iet me say I of khow how tho
' grown up eLildrCu sleep. was on*
o axing oi he . ie one, ...
UHO.S 1 SiOTjt W 1
They have hover had many
vantages of an education.
ail is the public school taught for
three months in the year, and gen
orally by men not very »vcll quail
to teach “young ideas bow to
shoot.” In one of the counties up
there, an applicant to teach the
puolic school was being examined
by tho Board of Education and was
asked tho question whether the
world turned around tho sun, or
the sun turned around the world.
answered by saying- ‘T have given
that subject much study arid
thought, and am f'aiijr and thov
oughly prepared to teach it. both
ways, pay your money and take
your choice.” These teachers
generaily ma«re their pupils apoll
tobacco and pronounce it ’backer,
nr..l j.i'onouaco it la
g CT » S ,p- 0 H- a -l-o»ndpr,,,.ount- el
taur, p.»ooa D
“ tomctuM, still tl,cy nus.
Generals and Governors up 1 there
wbode , judgements good. The ....
are
preachers good consecrated r
aro ° ana |
moil, who , do , the work oi their , , Mas- ,,
tor for . the nnsolhah , . . , love they , ,
for fallen „ , humanity, , and .... their
in
simple way they toil the “sweet
story of the cross,” and how fc
in Heaven bore the second name,
•>“«* n0 " » 011 oal ' th i0 lay Tins
head,' 1 and they accomplish
tiers and uo much good.
preached up there on Ncbuchadnez
zov, and pronounced his name Nc
and proceeded
to give what he thought was a
I'^ncd discourse on the fife ant!
cluir;ictc *' ofNe-buck-ucd-snoozo-er.
Mother pi
^'mv. .J. el -c: m to the j
‘ arp, and. called the
•
.
Vv. i t any or circuit, u there j
was he had never seen them;
ho co aid describe the harp fully, it |
Wu« something between a French]
burp and the “harp of a thousand
strings.” While another took for
lus text, “The veil of tho temple
shall be rent in twain,” and read it
“The veil from the temple shall be
wrapped in twine,” and illustrated
it by saying women hid their faces
and temples with a veil, ashamed
to show them, hut the good Lord
was going to expose their faces uud
sins by wrapping up their veils iu
twine hko, tho storekeeper wraps up
bis sagas, coffee, calico and such
bluff. While the sermon might not
have been a “feast to the soul,” yet
it pleased his flock, no doubt. As
to their farming, they do not have
all tho latest improvements, yet
they manage to keep the “wolf
from tho door.” I know an old
cracker who has some farming
maxims, as lie calls them, which he
says will hold good in all eases. 1
will give you a lew of them.
1. In thinning corn always puli
out the biggest stalks, so as to give
the other a belter chance to grow.
2. Sawdust is a good cow feed if
you will mix bran witb it, and the
more bran you mix the better the
feed.
3. Never plant watermelons in a
very rich place. He tried it once in
h is bottom land, and the vines
grew so fast they wore the water*
melons out dragging them around,
Thoy raise np tlicro corn, wheat,
lyo, barley, potatoes, cabbage, beans
onions, peas, sorghum and nearly
all tbe smaller and less important
vegetables. Homo grow as fine as
in any portion of the United Suites.
They string their rod pepper like
other people, and about all
want is what the great Napoleon
said about tho soldier, “That all he
absolutely needed was a good pair
of shoes and a full stomach.”
They generally raise enough meat
to do them. When a North Geor
gia cracker gels through with a hog
there is not much loft of it. They
utilize the whole thing.
the hams, shoulders and middlings,
they cat tho head, jowl, teet, ribs,
chitlliu u s lights, melts and livers.
j and what is’ then left they
sausage in. That is what w ’
‘‘going the whole hog.” When a
J sausage is stuffed and cooked it is
called “links;” that cooked in cakes
! is called * dabs.” 1 give you this in
ration, so if any of you should
over vffit us, don't refuse links and
: dabs, for they are good.
County Tuali'i Zdo.
Y ;! be . a before the Court
sc ^ 0J i j n Clinton said county
^ ,j )C f it . sX Tuesday in July next
t!l0 j egal hours of sale, six
i, unl jred and thirtv-fonr acres of
j and morc 0 r less belonging to Sam’
L chUe8( Kakl j un< } lying ar.d being
about ‘ two miles west of Clinton and
bo , in( [ ec [ a8 follows. North and east
by lands of B. F. Mason, south and
west by lands of F M Stewart and
west by lands of Wm M Green and
north by land of Feth Towels. Said
land levied on under and by r virtue
of a fi fa from Jones Superior Court
in favor ofS B Glawsonvs Sum’l L
Chiles principal and II S Greaves
^ Wm Ingram, tenant in
[ sion 8Crved withwpirton no
ice> W W BARRON,
This May 31st 1888. Sheriff.
(1LJj eM bofore ibo Oourt
)]mi3o Jw>1 . |n ai „, JonM
„ Ca „ „„ tho k.imx Tuesday
]!( JuM bl)Urcc0 , ,
, hours of sale forty seven (4i) acres
of land , less , situated . , upon
more or
the , Ocmulgee ,, , River ... ,,
near uaaies
.. berry adjoining lands of c liosey , ,
Green, I nomas Adams, and Alary
Dsme and known as the late John
C. Bird place’ Levied on and will
be sold to satisfy a fi fa from Jones
Superior ^ Court in favor of N. S.
G1 v , n . yg Jobn a I}fr(J
yjf ‘ \y BAFi ? ON
April 23rd 1888. Sheriff.
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BRIDGE ISOTICD.
GLRKGIA—Jones County—O n
the liret TuctMuj in J Jy imxt at 11
ocloex a. m. before tho court nouse
' at
a tu'-iy H ' ; a
contract to hi a pub bridge
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t
■ oug..!a;i.. Bond wiln approved
security to keep said bridge in good
order for seven years from delivery
' Ai 'i be required. Cash will be paid
on completion of tbe contract which
ran.st, not be later than Sept, follow
ing. For further information apply
to the undersigned. Tho right to
reject any and all bids is reserved,
V fcpess May my band officially this the
e i of 1888.
tr Rickard Johnson,
J. J. C C.
Notice Leave to Sell Land.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga.
May 28th 1888.
Whereas, O. L. Ridley guardian
for his minor children has applied
to me for au order to sell all their
undivided interest in five hundred
acres of land in Jones county Ga.,
adjoining 11. B. Ridley. Dr, S. M.
Anderson and others, and such or
der will be granted on first Monday
in Juiy next unless some legal
cause be shown to tho contrary.
Witness my hand officially.
B. T. BOSS, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga.
March 24th 1888.
Whereas, Maty E. Dame, Adm’x,
with will annexed of Estate Henry
G. Dame Dec’d, applies to mo for
Dismission. These are therefore to
cite all persons concerned to show
cause at this office on or by the
first Monday in July next if any
t p C y [ laV o why Dismission shall not
bo*granted said Adm’r’x.
i Witness my hand officially,
K. T. BOSS, Ordinary.
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’J*j£2,^ PH,1TT1 ITW KOTJSS
Printing, Lithographing, Engrav
ing, and Sterotvping, Book Book Binding,
Blank Manu
facturing.
The Largest Concern
os'the liim! rio tills
J'p ^'-Thoroughly * ^i’uc equipped 1 and ^killfui com
Workmen, m'd ’ most
Corporation.--\ Banks Manufac- and Bankers,
tur rs,
Co Mere * lut - v , hauls. °^ cer Mechanics i:; y iri:!ers and
31 'stso.s 't*:x i Hxi.i.v.
About placing above orders for any
th;- -n the line, from a visit
.c.r card i>> a mammoth poster, or
from a memorandum book to a mam
moth ledger, aie requoReu to give
this house a trial.
J. IL ,C -r . l. V y.ietor,
3 WRitalin St, - Savannah. G
ADMIMSTRATOU’S SALE.
GEORGIA—Jones County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Oidinarv will bo sold be
fore the Court House door in Clin
ton Jones county, on the first
Tuesday in June next, sixty eight
(68) acres of land more or loss be
longing to estate of John F. Wil
liams deceased, good land situated
in the eastern part of Jonos county
near tho Baldwin county lino ad
joining Mrs. L. V. Farrar on S, E.
Mrs. M. M. Williams and children
on N. E. public Clinton and Eaton
ton road on N. W. and the Dower of
M. M. Williams on S. W. Sold to
pay debts. Terms Cash.
M. M. WILLIAMS,
May 5th 1888. Adm’rx.
GEORGIA,—Jones CouDty.
Ordinary’s Office,
May 1st 1888.
To all whom it may concern.
11. II. Kingman adm’r of estate
Allen l. Holt, deceased, has ap
plied to me for leavo to sell all the
lands belonging to said Estate
wherever situate, and said applica
tion will be heard on the first
Monday in June next.
It. T. ROSS, Ordinary.
CITATION.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Ga,
March 24th 1888.
Whereas, C. B. Drew Adm’r of
[sham Ethridge dec’d applies to mo
for Dismission. Those are therefore
to cite all persons concorncd to
show cause at this office on or by
the FIRST MONDAY IN JULY next if
any they have why Dismission shall
not be granted said Adm’r.
Witness iny hand officially.
K. T. ItOSS, Ordinary.
CITATION.
_
Ordinary’s Office. Jones Co., Ga.
March 24tli 1888
Whereas, O. C. Gibson adm’r
Estate Jackson Wood (c) dec’d,
applies to mo for Dismission.
Thcse are to cite all persons con
corned to show cause at this office
on or by the first Monday in july
next if any they have, why Dismis
sion shall not be granted said Ad
ministrator.
Witucss my hand officially.
K. T. ItOSS, Ordinary,
Tiie center of population has
steadily moved southward, except
during tho war and between 1830
and 1840. In point of fact tho south
is increasing more rapidly in popu
lation than tho north, when foreign
immigrants are left out of the cal
culation. Tho last census shows
that tho southorn states aro adding
050,000 children to their population
each year againl only 708,000 in tho
north, with nearly twice the popu
lation.
132^ 3E3. Jl. iJQiKrUSJB
RESIDENT DENTIST.
MONTICELLO GEORGIA.
Office up stairs over Dr. Dozier’s
drug store.
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PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.
The attention of patrons and
teachers of Public schools is called
to tho following point in the rovised
and amended school law, and to the
instructions of the State School
Commissioner, in accordance there
with.
1st. Schools must use tho text
books adopted by the county Board
of Education, bio pupils, who uses
other books, will be allowed to re
ceive the benefit of the public school
fund.
The following are tho text books
adopted by the board last Dec. for
live years to-wil: Sander’s School
Primers, Swmton’s spellers, readers,
geographies and histories, Ameri
can graded readers, Caihcarl’s lit
erary readers, Itobinson’s Arithme
tics, Wells grammar, Webster’s
school dictionaries, Smith’s physiol
ogy and hygiene, Spencerian copy
books.
2nd. It is encumbered on Coun
ty Boards to establish one school,
each, lor white and colored children
ih every school district, as near as
practicable to the center of tho dis
triet, preference being had to any
8cll00 ^~^° use already erected, and
to P°P ulalion of said school district
and t0 tbe Nation of white and
colorod 8vhooIs with re £ ard to con
no additional school can bo
^abl.shed in the sub-district with
out the enrollment therein of not
less J than twenty-five pupils.
I will be in Clinton on May 31st
for tho purpose of examining teach
ert of Public Schools, who have not
undergone an examination.
Those holding unexpired license aro
not included. All Public Schools
will open on 1st Monday in July.
A. II. S. McKAY.
County School Commissioner.
May 5th 1888.
TAX RECEIVER’S NOTICE.
TIII11D and LAST BOUND. I
will be at Tax the following places to
receive Returns for tho year
1888.
J. C. Dumas store Monday May 14.
Haddock Station Tuesday “ 15.
Y B Clark stove Wed. morn “ 16.
Jesse Miller “ eve. “ 16.
J. S. Stewart mill Thursday “ 17.
Wayside Friday « pq
Round Oak Monday “ 21 .
Grabali Hill Tuesday........May 22.
Glovers Mill Wednesday
Caney Creek Thursday “ 24
Popes Ferry Friday “ 25.
Five Points Monday morn “ 28.
Gordon’s mill Monday eve “ 28.
G W F.Mclvay store Tuesday “ 29.
Jackson Roberts Wednesday “ 30.
Roberts Station Thursday “ 31.
Thomas Siocumb Friday June 1.
James Station Monday 4.
Morton “ Tuesday £ 5.
Haddocks “ Thursday 7.
Grays “ Friday 8 .
In Clinton every Saturday. I will
close my books by the 20th of June.
W. T. MORRIS,
Receiver of Tax returns of J ones co.,