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Gray, Jones Co. Jan. 9, ’96
Published Every Thursday.
Subscription Price, $1.
MR. CLEVELAND.
From the Nashville Banner.
There are some people in this
^country so prejudiced against Air
Cleveland they sneer at everything
lie does and says, .and persistently
misconstrue his motives. These
prejudiced folk are now charging
the president with a mean pur¬
pose of boosting himself for a
third term in sending in Jus lues*
sage on the Venezuelan matter.
/They have absolutely no ground
or excuse for imputing such un¬
worthy motives to Air. Cleveland.
His course in public life gives the
lie to all such imputations. The
most notable characteristics of
.the man are nis independence of
t hought and action and his disre¬
gard of the ordinary precautions
and office-seeking expediments of
Hie politician* He lias never been
a trimmer. Instead of truckling
to the patry parties that be and
fawning and trimming to get in
the popular current, he has not
hesitated to boldly declare his
convictions, even when such decla¬
rations were supposed to be coun¬
ter to the popular sentiment of
jiis party and seemed to preclude
his chance for party preference.
Several thugs he lias by the utter¬
ance of clear-cut opinions upon
public questions raised a howl up-
11 poll a part of the politicians who
had been accustomed to control
the party machinery, and
jjood will and support were regar¬
ded as essential to the party sup¬
port. He has been the staunch
and potent champion of civil ser¬
vice reform, and has time after
time squarely antagonized the
spoilsmen who turn the science of
politics into an adroit art of office
getting. Against the warnings
and the threats of the place hunt¬
ers. ers, and and n_a/jst ngii what seemed to
.beJhe oveniRelnU^ senjjment . ot ,
h Linar tv. he da tv deck re
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VENUZUEL PAEEGRA -4 f 'MS.
Kicht -•ate.- are in the union.
Population of Venezuela is 2,-
121,908.
Fifteen per cent, of the popula-
tion are pure blooded Indian.
The territory in dispute is about
the size of the State of Maine.
British Guinn was acquired by
England through treaty in 1814.
In 189?* the amount of gold
mined in Venezuela was 47,900
ounces.
Slavery in the republic was abol¬
ished by the degree of March 24,
1854.
Venezuela’s export trade with
New York reaches $5,000,000 a
year.
Difficulties between Venezuela
and Great Britain first arose in
1830.
It is estimated that seventy-five
revolutions have occurred since
the establishment of the republic.
An absolute separation of church
and state has been effected; civil
marriage is insisted on, and other
admirable and progressive insti¬
tutions have been established.
Previously to I860 her public
school systsm was very unimpor¬
tant. only 1,312 pupils being in
attendance at the public schools
in the year mentioned. Now the
attendance exceeds 100,000.
The constitution makes presi¬
dents ineligble for re-election,and
it is the earnest endeavor of Ven¬
ezuelan statesmen to establish the”
politics of the country on a firm
footing of peace and order.
The financial system of Yonezu-
ell? is the admiration and envy of
all South American boundaries,
the single gold standard being in
force, and the public debt of quite
insignificant proportions.
United States minister, Ala.
Pile of Virginia, once ventured t/R
present himself to the- president
on one occasion minus a necktie.
President Blanco very sharply re¬
minded him of his forgetfulness
of cCquetto, and shortly after¬
wards sent him about his busi-
ness.
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BLOUNTSVILLE LOCALS,
Our gi^Jhmity mourns the
deatli^^^^^Beeti 3 a®|tfi_chris>
• ( V£R 1?: PI TEAM
rU * nfordvilek. G 4 ..
Jan. G. 1896.
As your correspondent has been
absent for several months, but
1 has returned will try in the future
t° fj v< ‘ J 011 1 * ie ’ dots occasional¬
ly* We wish for The Newr a
! prosperous New Tear.
j A great many from around here
attended the Exposition, all re-
port a “big time.” Your corres-
pendent would never tire of atten¬
ding Expositions as grand as the
one in Atlanta.
School opened at this place the
first day of January, Prof. E. N.
Reynolds, of Milledgeville, as
teacher.
Mr and Airs J 0 Barnes visited
the family of Air C II Driskell a
few days ago.
Two Alilledgeeille cadets, Mil¬
lard Barnes and Otis Roby, spent
their holidays at this place.
Capt J T Mathis opened school
near here Jan. 6.
A delightful entertainment was
given at Air and Airs C H Driskell
during the holidays.
TG Pounds and family have
moved to Jasper.
J T Folds died a few days ago
with pneumonia,
Airs J T McLaife is visiting rel¬
atives in Americas.
Airs Ed Odom and children
have returned after a pleasant
visit to Haddock and Dovedale.
Yv AI Bradley of Clinton was
up a few days ago.
A J Rosey, J B Odom and sever¬
al around hero have killed fine
hogs for the present year.
SUCCESS AT COLLEGE—
WHAT IT IS—HOW AT¬
TAINED.
The following being written by
a Jones county Lftly will be off
double interest to cur readers:
A course at college means so
much to Die boys and girls of the
present time that they cannot af¬
ford to receive their diplomas with
out having made their course a
success*;.. The busy parents hasj i ot
had time-Hvhat a ] by! to s a his
c lit Id 5 j. * iiehdjFifU
1
“rend it. *> n 1 r according-
ur) on I i<\
Vi- -d fi - j> ; n- * [ ;)r ; K j p
learning , • , his . ,« tj He
111 0 fw-ons. was
t< ;, that, , alter , so!
.no
much reading.little time was left I
for study Folding then that it
would he ness ry to confine him-
'
self ,» to , the narrow v limns •• oi * Ins i-
text books, lieifstudied thorough¬
ly what was ii them. While he
did not know So many tilings, lie
learded a graft deal more than
when he foil! fd the other pkn-
er mental If her one pliys cap; leer- I n< ies self col broadened lego strengthened, with and th¬ Ins
cultivated,anti the moral part
oroughly educated, thchighes de¬
gree of success has been attained
Sacrifice the one for the other,
and the whole is a failure.
The end of a college career is the
beginning of life’s career, and
the old aclge, “A poor beginning
makes a good ending,’’cannot of¬
ten be applied to life.
What is true success at college?
It is just a kind of knowledge
That makes us bookish without giv-
giving ride
Minds that- can
Life’s, tossing tide
And make one’s life well worth the
living?
Wisdom to combine with knowl¬
edge
Makes success at every college,
Character than ail is greater—
This you must give
That we may live
To honor you, our Alma Mater.
Bciiool Ma’am.
TO REDUCE COTTON ACRE¬
AGE.
A ameriJan MEETIJrd JANUARY 21, OF THE
cotton Growers’
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.
Athen-i, Ala. Jan. 4.—To the
Americaiji Cotton Growers 1 i ro-
tec live A Usoc i at i on ;
The thine has arrived when next
year’s aqreage in cotton should
reeive yo/er most serious consider-
alien. [)ur enemies, tho cotton
‘•bears,’ are anticipating matters
by industriously circulation re¬
ports th, ;t it is the intention 0 j
the cotton .growers to eiiormous
ly increr so the. cot ton acreage and
double t ;e use (if commercial fer-
Iilizors Jlie coming season, which
-will in tho pi eduction of a
■^htotwob'e
form V bould 1-.. e.- nsu! m n s...
1 the -> deem H ad. • i»r-
tile cot toil grow; rs meet m eon-
■ ihat ,, adopt .
veil non, wo may some
intelligent rule of action through
which v.c may lie enabled to
bat these agencies, whoso
^eous mot hods are so destructive
to our pospenty. -
On account of its accessibility, ,
I hereby name Alc-mphis as the
place, and Tuesday, Jan. 21, as
the time of meeting.
I earnestly invite all classes of
our citizens that-are directly or
indirectly interested in protect-
ing the values of our main com¬
modify—cotton—to join with us
in our deliberations. The invita¬
tion is extended to all agricultural
societies, alliances, granges, cot¬
ton exchanges, commission mer¬
chants, factors, associations, etc.
The movement is strictly non-
polideal, but essentially industri-
al; therefore no man should say
us nay on account of political af¬
filiations.
1 respectfully invoke the aid of
the press. Recognizing the de¬
mand for heroic action and the
disaster Hint is to follow without
it, I appeal to all patiotic people
to join in this struggle to emanei-
pate our is people from a. bondage
that as oppressive and ignomi-
nious as was ever inflicted by the
czar upon a serfdom.
No j ! on gar can we live prosper¬
ously and happily under so tyr-
anical a system, The demand of
the occasion is for honest, ea r-
nest men who have the intelli¬
gence to appreciate prevaling con¬
ditions and the courage to “take
arms against a great soa of trouIr¬
108 ami 1 by opposing, end them. J ;
,
I remain, sincerely yours
Hector D Lane.
President American Cotton
G rowers Protoe i i ve Assoda tion.
Not a few who read what Mr.
Robert Rowles, of Holland, Ya.,
lias to sav below will remember
their own experience under like
circu instances; ‘‘Last winter!
li ad la grippe which left me inn
h>w state ot health. i tried m -
tncrous remcoies i : none <.i wide!.
did me any good, until I was in¬
duced to try a bottle of Chamber¬
lain’s Cough Remedy. The first
bottle ot it so far relieved m) that
1 was enabled to attend to inv
work, and the second bottle efi’ec-
ted a cure. ? ’ For sale at 25 am.
50 cents per bottle by Alei'inno
j Dealers.
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The IIii!<] of Urn ;s to IManton a V
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Value ot' Cottonseed smt C«1
Meal—How to Improve Laal So
Will Uecoiao More Productive. I
Question 1.—What grases caH
on a wet bottom for a winter ]
Answer 1.—There are no
cultivated grasses that will tl V
wet bottom. (I suppose you ij
wet bottom one on which wuj\ \\
most of the time). Some of
swamp grasses of your section, '
well on such land, but they 0 Id
pasturage, as a rule.
Tho best plan is to thoronglL
the wot bottom, and then it o-
&1100 in perfection anything tn
gr-.AV on tin - \ngb land. For g.
pasture you might sow n few •». ■
evvlot rloyr-v, ab n:t tho /list' f
in six to eight vnx-ks (if y
pr-T.<-iiy) y;m a.u begin aboufcG to « s
if, and keep it up until stocWr first
March. Then take your and
the clover will make you a goo^crop of
hay, and in time to make a cry after
the hay is gathered. In addiAn, tho
roots of the clover will supply your |
land with nitrogen: Of cours\ yon
could not pasture die land while wit, as
that would ruin tho clover and iiVuro
the laud. Tlio vetch is another a>od
plant to furnish a winter pasturojn
your section.
Question 3.—Do you think it will
pay to haul cottonseed Id miles and cs:-
change for meal and hulls, where I can
got for 000 pounds of cottonseed 300
pounds of meal and 000 pounds of hulls?
Answer 3.—The 800 pounds of meal
would bo worth say $3.00. The 000
pounds of hulls $100. Thus you would
| got $3.00 for 30 bushels of cottonseed
j after hauling them 12 miles,
Tho hire of tho driver and team you
must cornier ut least §!.<*», so yon will
have left $3.50 in meal and hulls for 30
bushels of cottonseed. Don’t do it;
don’t sell it at 13, or even 15 cents a
bn hel, but ur.o it on your farm, in in-
ereasiu# tho fertility of your land, and
in this way making it worth more to
you than you can possibly sell it for.
Question 4.—Will it pay to haul chip
uutanro and spread o.i the ('.tiled spots
a the fields ?
/iNSWER 4.—I luiow fr»m practical
■xpo'.ieuee th.-.t it will r,r.y you to haui
v.t u 1 id spread your clop manure on loo
thru or f oiled, -pjofs on (ho farm Well
rotted chin iv.umrfo cot only contains
! roiuddnr: Ido f-'rtiledu.T 'pr';perti**s, but
appjioa(i.)U ?»«•;•!• aniral effort
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