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EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.
The prospect is that the fourth
party will die a-borning.
The planting season lias about
come We refer to the time f° r
planting u spring
in The New B.
(food roads, good schools and
good churches—however, we have
said that before; but it remains a
fact worth repeating.
Jones county has excllent rail¬
road facilities. They ought ao be
taken advantage of more than
they are. Why not ship fruits,
vegetables and butter extensive¬
ly?
Macon h:i j very good reasons to
he proud of her two daily newspa¬
pers, tlie Telegraph and the News.
Tlmy are doing good work for Mu-
eon, mid Macon should give them
a liberal patronage.
Tic cotton planting season
draws near, and next season’s cot¬
ton is still being offered in the
highest market in the world at
less than five cents. Cotton plan¬
ters should hear this in mind.
Each day the more or less es¬
teemed Atlanta Constitution lays
some fresh aiid doctored atrocity
at t he presidents door. It is be-
( billing monotonous—this fero¬
cious and unreasoning tight on u
Di'iqol-nlt ie president for appoint¬
ing a rival to a cabinet office.
The News is not searching for
thiWs i'll Mr. Livingston’s emigres-
jW'ord, but bis salary grab
.rospJvtb/u was very bad, aiid bis
• I Vote for tlie Hawaiian cable
WiiihP-'-liad not a- prop to- ■stand
on. Congressmen like Mr. Liv¬
ingston do not reflect credit upon
uMmf- .
McKinley, the apostle of high
protection, spent a .day in Atlan¬
ta recently. The esteemed Con-
s'titulion discovered fhe Manic day
I hwt there was a strong sentiment
. in.tin'. Democratic party for high
protection, which, by the way, is
Hie Constitution's first love—and
pfobnbly its last.
There was an effort over in
Ptituftm (itrubty to abolish the new
rolid system there. The system
is a splendid one, and under it the
rondo are being made permanent¬
ly good. The opposition to it. was
strengthened by the pica 1-hut
good roads were a luxury that the
people could not pay for in hard
times but the people concluded
that to abolish the system would
be an extravagance instead of n
saving, and tho system will be
Continued. Putnam is making n
reputation for doing the right
thing.
Tom Wat son's public antics put
one in mind of (lint old couplet
from Francis Rabelais:
“Thedevil was sick, the devil a
monk would he;
The devil was well, tin* devil a
monk was he. 1 1
In other words, when Tommie
sees that conservatism is the best
road to office, he is a conservative
of the conservatives; but when
public*, reason gives way to preju¬
dice and passion, he is a ranter of
the ranters. Wherefore we do not
think much of Thomas. Mon of
patriotism and wise convictions
are wanted those days.
The Now York Herald has
made some remarkable strokes of
enterprise, and it seems deter-
niined to keep up its reputation,
lt has recently offered $15,000 in
prizes , for the .. best literary efforts , v .
by American writers, ns follows:
$10,000 for th>* best serial story
between 50,000 and 75,000 words;
$8,000 for the best, noveliette lx>-
tween 15.1X10 and 25,000 words;
$2,000 for the t esl short story he-
‘
<VKlO and 10.000 words, and f
(XiO for an epic poem based on an
mciili'iit i„ American hi.tory,
These will be recognized as mag-
niiiceiit prizes, and the writers w ho
\vi«i thciirwili nvcur^i’amg as
as money, We would not be sur-
prised to see at h ast one of them
come to Georgia.
Not many im-n mode records to
be proud of in the last congress,
but Judge Lawson, of the Eighth
congressional district of Georgia,
I was one of the few. Our people
became acquainted with Judge
Lawson when lie was on the bench
of the Ocmulgee circuit. There
| al -,. several things that can he said
of him without reservation. IL-
1 D f from d< inagogism: lie is
m;
f.-arl • ; he , is . honest; , he , . is con-
sorvutive; . he . is remarkably able,
The fact IS that m point of ubili-
ty Judge Lawson is at the head of
tho Georgia congressional delega-
lion. This was his third term,
and the fact that he had not been
. heard , from , oftener r . on the floor
to that III...l. Mly which
Moiiictimi’caoc with hrttinc; ,ht-
ring his six years in the house lie
has not made an average of one
speech uyear, but all of his speech-
es have attracted unusual atten-
lion, and tlie last two, on finan-
cial quest ions, delivered during
the last twelve months, created
unprecedented sensation for theie
logic and wisdom. Judge Lawson
has not shot into public notice
like a meteor, but has gradually
by his force of character and his
demonstrated ability and trust-
worthyness attained the position
of one of the ablest of congress¬
men. lie does not belong to the
Eighth district alone, but to the
State and nation as well.
NEWSPAPER REMARKS.
New York Journal: Extremes
meet. Sockless Jerry Simpson is
to be replaced in Congress by a
dressy young man who buys his
hosiery by the dozen.
Washington Star: With refer¬
ence to the demise of Congress the
people of the country manifest
morj! enthusiasm as pall-hearers
than they do as mourners.
Washington Poet ; The mem¬
bers of the Philadelphia Councils
want to Crect a monument to
themselves. There will be no se¬
rious, objection to .the. expenditure
if they will .hurry up and get un¬
der it-
Baltimore Herald: Having got¬
ten Oongross pir his hands, Mr.
Cleveland can now give himself
up completely to the joys of hunt¬
ing tho. shy convas-back and red¬
head on the placid waters of North
Carolina.
New York Times: Democratic
weakness and Democratic misdo¬
ing there undoubtedly was. But
the infamies of the session were
due to senators and members who
have either sloughed off into Pop¬
ulism or have set up as freebooters
on individual account.
Memphis Avalanche: ^Senator
Tillman of South Carolina says:
“lama Democrat.” Here’s an
open and notorious violation of
the copyright laws, if ever there
was one.
Philadelphia Enquirer: The
stage this year is doing very well,
probably because no recruits of
unsavory reputation have an¬
nounced their intention of trying
to raise it.
Rome Tribune : The dissolution
ot Congress, w i t h t he determ inat ion
ot the people of tho whole country
to attend strictly to business, will
open a wondrous gateway for the
triumphal but re-entry of prosperity
it relegates the demagogue to
solitude and leaves him not one
listener for his intermiable whine
of woe.
Chicago Herald: The cruelty
0 f the Alabama press is equal to
its ingenuity. A written ogreo-
ment has been made by the Ala-
nowspapere not to mention
the name of Kolb nor to report
1U)V of hisdoings in their eohnnns.
To tho notoriety hunter and crank
there is no punishment ns severe
as oblivit n.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat:
Prince Waldermar of Denmark
threatens to divorce his wife ho-
caUf *‘ Bhl> sm ” k ' 8 cigarettes. Yet
is rtaul to K iven to the crime
the most odiferous occupations
that man is heir to.
.MIS,S EIDER'S REVENGE.
By Tin: ('.vknow.v,
CHAJ’TKK 2
The guest arrived two by two.
“Like animals going into tin- ark,
whispered Gertia, who having seen
a little more society than I, seem¬
ed quite at ease.
j Mr. Ililiard, as Is cumo adistin-
guished man, was late, Auy
I it was only a few minutes before
dinner was announced that he was
presented to me. Wo bowed to
each other, the-n taking hi* arm,
joined . - . the to
we procession
dining room. Ot .... course I , dropped , ,
j my tan, which , necessitated .. , ,
cavalier’s stooping to recover it,
thereby delaying all the couples
behind us. I was beginning badly,
Arriving at tho table, Mr. Hiliard
addrewsed ,, if a few ordinary remark* i
to me. The,, 1 h« B a» to realize
how why—how stupid a person I
was. The only words my foolish
tongue seemed capable of uttering
were “yes” and “no.” I felt my
conversational short comings so
acutely, that it was some time be-
fore 1 was able to look ut my com-
panion. He was undoubtedly
handsome. His eyes—the feature
at which a woman first looks—
were good, grey, I decided, with
dark lashes. His face was pale
and wore a look of refinement.
His forehead was high and chin
large, which gave him tlie appear¬
ance of possessing considerable
force of character. Above all,
his nose was straight, and hands
well shapened. He was about
twenty-five years of age, and alto¬
gether a very creditable young
man. Fate had been kind in se-
looting this companion for me, if
I could only find something to talk
about. Alas for me; the conver¬
sation field had become puddenly
barren of flowers of speech—not a
bud was left! Yet among people
with whom I am at home, I have
never been accused of taciturnity.
Eor awhile the lady on the other
side of him saved me.<q$»he'"com¬
plimented him on nil article he
had just finished. Ihq thanked
her, spoke a few worth,on general
subjects, tlien, as I suppose In <lu-
ty bound, turned to mo and re-
commenced conversation. In tire
minutes I positively hated myself
and Herman Hiliard. ](t may be
kindness to bring pne’s intellect
down to the level of the .listener;
I call it conceit. If in spite of my
elaborate new dress, lie could not
help seeing I was but a school
girl, was there any reason why he
should so plainly show me he saw
it? Was there any reason for him
to change the entire manner of
his discourse, as he changed his
listener? If he meant it kindly
what right had he to think I
should esteem it kindness? I dare
say I deserved nothing lttore, but
who was he to judge of my deserts?
It ruffled my vanity and destroy-
ed my self-confidence. It was
mortifying. Soon I grew despe-
rate, and determined to show this
man I was not the inane empty-
headed girl he fancied me, or per-
ish in the attempt. My fluency
of speech returned as suddenly ns
it had left. On my own account I
began to talk—of topics about
whieh I knew nothing—of places
1 had never visited, and of books
I had never read. He seemed
amused, and I flattered myself,
tried to lead me on to talk. So
talk I did; and it was not until I
had once or twice wandered into
deep waters and was compelled to
flounder back as best I could, that
I fancied the wretched man was
laughing at me; not openly of
course, yet I had an unpleasant
suspicion that more than once 1
had made myself an idiot in his
eyes. I positively detest people
who have the misfortune to see me
nt a disadvantage; so a lien I arose
with the other ladies and left the
table, I felt that it would have
given mt‘ great satisfaction to have
given Mr. Hiliard’s broad should-
'‘ rs u stab Wllh a de8si ‘ rt mrk.
I had not been a success and I
knew it, It w as dull in the draw-
ing room, the ladies being strung-
m<,8t tempting in the light, of a
lovely moon. How delightful it
would be to have a walk around
I could not resist the tempta¬
tion, so slipped from the room
and stole through a library win-
Row which was open. The clear
sky, the full moon, and the bright
stars which had tempted me out
made me feel quite poetical. I
forgot all iny little annoyances in
the beauty of the night, and be¬
came cheerful and happy. After
lingering some time, I knew it was
my duty to return to the drawing
room, and although I was loath to
leave the enchanting scene, with
sigh . , 1 _ turned , and , began , to . re-
a "
trace my steps , ‘ to . the house. As i
*
neared it I the .. dining ,. . room
saw
or „ j e m ^ n n °° .......
* " >
. .
uut t<) ' ' 1 a ,U!l 1 ° r
n
an< to smoko before entering the .
^ rft " [ oom ' 111 no
be seen by J them, so decided to
. ' h , ™* !
llt 11,111 1 " 1:11 .... ...... 11,1
-
few minutes I became aware that
voices were drawing near, and was
soon able to recognize them and
distinguish what they were saying.
It was Mr. Hiliard and his host,
who had strolled away from their
friends. Mv only dread was that
the two men might be talking se¬
crets, and in such a case I would
have to make my presence known.
But alas! to my human nature,
in a minute I was straining my
ears to catch every word, yet how
could I help it? I was the subject
of their discourse.
“I hope you found your com¬
panion at dinner a pleasant one;”
said Mr. Gartrelle. “Oh yes,
very pleasant, ” replied Mr. Hil¬
iard carelessly. She’s a nice sort
of a girl, I dare say. ” A nice sort
of a girl! The wretched man! I
hated him.“We think agreatdeal
more of her than that,” said dear
Mr. Gartrelle. “Indeed,’’replied
his companion, without evincing
the slightest interest in the mat¬
ter. “Yes indeed” echoed my old
friend. “But really, did you not
notice she bids fair to become a
a beautiful woman?” Herman
Hiliard laughed quietly,. “To tell
von the truth,” he said, “I don’t
think I noticed her much. Sh(
seemed to me of the ordinary
school girl type. I do not care
nuicli for school girls.” I dug my
nails into my hands and ground
my teeth. Handsome as the man
looked in tho moonlight, I could
have killed him then and there.
“Yet,” said Mr. Gartrelle, I no-
ticed she talked pretty freely to
you.” The shug of Mr. Hiliard’s
shoulders almost maddened me.
“Yes; but sad nohsense,” lie
said, “although, at times, it was
rather amusing. Of course it is
not fair to judge her now. She
is raw and rather awkward. If
properly looked after, no doubt,
she will grow up to be a decent
sort of young woman. ” After this
I heard no more; they wended
their way toward the house, and
ft9 they disappeared within,I crept
out and followed them to the
house, but not to the drawing
room, no, indeed; instead I went
to my room, and throwing myself
on the bed, I repeated—“Raw and
awkward, a decentsortof a young
woman.” Oh ! how I hated Har-
man Hiliard; and solemnly de-
dared that some day I would have
my revenge, I could not wait for
ten, fifteen or twenty years, but I
would have revenge, full revenge.
So I raved on and on, growing
more tragical every moment, un¬
til I broke down and cried. I had
barely dried my eyes, when Gertie
entered the room. “What Li-
lelle!” she cried, “you here! I
have looked high and low for yon.
Come down stairs, we must sing
our duet.” I pleaded a severe
headache and in spite of Gertie’s
entreaties remained where I was.
Soon I fell asleep and had the
pleasure of dreaming that I was
sticking stilettoes in to Mr. Hil¬
iard : and was sorry when I awoke
and found it was but a dream. In
a few days I left Greenwood.
(To be continued.)
Louisiana is catching immi¬
from the West, Ten thou¬
are said to have settled in
southwestern section of that
in the past year.
TIME ILL SPENT.
As memory recalls to us
ninny wrongs and errors that w*‘
have committed in years past, and
the many golden hours ill spent
i„ idleness and sin, we shudder
when we look back ...d realize
what we could have accomplished
and how we could have improved
that talent with which the Crea-
tor has blessed us—those golden
opportunities that were presented
of which we did not take ndvan*
tage. Those wasted hours
have long since lieen wafted on
the , wings . of , idleness, . never f,. to r re- ,,_
L B
Life . , . 1
turn to us again. is w ia v
make it and man is what he
makes himself. To make liie
happy we must be useful, etier-
getic and religious, and to make
6 ° •
•
a man we must have an un i t
will, tireless energy and devote
all spare moments to things that
will make our aspirations loftier,
our ambitions stronger; and we
must always , have , one , great aim— „;m_
J
that all-wise „ .
that when .ua o
shall call us to a world by tai
grander than this—that when He
shall look over our past record of
good and evil, that the credit side
°. will . , be much . larger . than a » the
so
debit, we will be entitled to a per
manent residence in that city not
made with hands. We often hear
young men say if I only had the
opportunities that some young
% have had « if I could v , make i a
men
man of myself. To nil such we
would say, where there is a will
there is a way. We may not be
blessed with money, nor have had
educational advantages. ° One of
the , the TT Tinted . ,
greatest statesmen
States ever produced was a man
that educated himself at an hum-
hie fireside, and that was Henry
Clay. He had the will and made
the way. No man at this day and
time should be excused for being
ignorant. We often wonder how
men and women can be contented
to let their talents lie dormant
until they become inactive for the
want of cultivation. We as men
do not 'give our-women the credit
they deserve. How many monu¬
ments are built to our women?
We see scattered all through our
Southern land monuments to our
Confederate dead. Do you see anv
to our women? Yes, we build
monuments to our heroes—which
is all right and'proper—but thank
God there is not marble enough
on this green earth to build mon¬
uments worthy of our heroines.
In many a Southern home, in
many an humble cottage there is
many a noble woman that lias
made sacrifices of divine devotion
and love that would put to shame
the bravest deeds that blaze up-
on the pages of history. Who
knows these women? There is an
all seeing Being that has prepared
and built of costly jewels one more
beautifully carved than any earth¬
ly sculptor could finish, and with
more artistic designs; the epi¬
taph on that monument is set in
sapphires and pearls, emblematic
of those deeds of sacrifice, and it
is not dedicated to the dead but
to the living—a life that shall
last through time immemorial.
Where are our Shakespeares,
Websters, Washingtons, Clays,
Bonepartes and Ceasers? Have we
not enough material to reproduce
such men? I think we like that
good old fashion stability and
will power, instead of intellect,
fame and godliness. We are
seeking that almighty dollar.
Thieves may rob us of our money
but there is no power on earth that
will rob us of our intellect. We
often realize our deficiency in the
decline of life to our sincere re¬
gret. When grim age has laid
his hand of time upon our decli¬
ning intellects we can only say,
when too late, why did we wait OB
time to bring us intelligence?
There is many a costly jewel that
will be doomed to lie hidden for
the want of energies properly ex¬
erted.
“There is many a flower doomed
to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the
desert air. ”
May these few line make some
young their man deficiency or young woman awake |
to and resolve;
that they will be a man or woman
the sincere wish of one that has
ill spent a good many years of his i
*
W. K. W. i
|R,SH POTATO GROWING.
Whitt Cun l'« ItruiiK.-'l by I’lnnt lh tn
on tin Air. al Laud.
Jeff Wolborn has the following o:>
Irish potatoes:
I haw found out that I can grow as
much food upon an acre of early peas as
> . ....... ''»«** «■»
crop in time f< r a fall crop of Irish po¬
tatoes, and thr.t the laud will bo in thi
g Uf , 8t condit.on for tho potato crop
when the poxs aro talcau oil’ (a!.<u two
wops of potato s and one of po is on tho
same land.; 1 have also solve d tho
problem of growing in field culture, a
much superior potato lor tho table or
seed for spring garden to any that can
bo brought from tho north, and this at
nomiual cost and more certain (if prop, 1
erly managed) than a cotton crop. My
j ast CTO i ti which was tho elgth crop in
£ our y eargj without change of seed waj
finer than any previous crop, both in
quality and quantity, yielding at iko
rate of 160 bushels per acre without
manure or fertilizer of any kind, on
conimon hill land, that would not make
ovor j ( ooo pounds of seed cotton p-r
acre.
Now that wo can grow thorn much
cheaper than they can bo grown in tho
north and of much better quality, and
the demand at our doors. Why not; _
^y Q do llot uee( i tlio immense frost
p roo f bins. In fact, in tho south trie
fall crop is very little trouble. They
do not sweat and rot like the yam.
They will keep perfectly in a room
where tho thermometer does not run
below 30 degroe3 above zoro .
Anything that grows in the fall is
gU p 0r i 0 r to the spring grown. The fall
Irish pototoes is as far superior to spring
grown potatoes as fall turnips are eupo-
Our t0 potatoes s P rin 3 t^nips. have increased in size,
quality and , quantity per acre each sea¬
son since we commenced planting them
here. Seed from the fall crop planted
next spring will corno on much earlier
than tho earliest and most northern
glu * n : Whilo there will not be so
in numbars in ...... the they will
many vine
bs t , yicQ ag larg0 aud far saperior every
way.
The seed once obta: td used nevor
bo ronewed, for the f;n. growing Im¬
proves them continually.
The peas mentioned are the early
maturing variety planted alter tho
spring crop of Irish potatoes and taken
off in timo for the fall crop.
To thoso who wish to adopt the val¬
uable suggestions of Mr. Welborn, we
give the following concise advice by
Mr. Massey, of the North Carolina sta¬
tion, which has frequently appeared ia
more elaborate form in these reports:
1. Bed tho seed in soil until planting
time. This gets rid of those too imma¬
ture to grow and which if planted
would loave gap.s in the rows.
2. Plant about second week in Au¬
gust, if possible, and uso only those po¬
tatoes that are sprouted.
3. Plant in a deep furrow, but cover
very lightly and pack tho soil to tho
seed.
4. Never cut the potatoes for tho la.* •
crop.
5. Gradually fill In the soil to tho
plants as they grow and cultivate the
orop perfectly fiat.
THE SWINE PLAGUE.
Dr. Salmon Telia of This Fatal Disease
Among: tho Hogs.
Dr. Salmon, the chief of the bureau
of animal industry, has just issued a
bulletin on this subject which ought to
be in tho hands of every hog keeper,
and can bo obtained on application tc
the department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C. Dr. Salmon says that,
whilst no absolutely certain cure can
be found for any disease, and certainly
not for hog cholera, yet that, a3 the ro-
suit of a long series of experiments, tho
following has been found to be a mo3t
efficacious formula in most cases of this
disease, and is valuable as a preventive:
lbs.
Wood charcoal..... 1
Sulphur.............. 1
Sodium chloride..... ,2
Sodium bicarbonate . 2
Sodium hyposulphite .3
Sodium sulphate..... 1
Antimony sulphide.. 1
Pulverize and thoroughly mix and
give a large tablespoouful for each 200
pounds weight of hogs once a day. Feed
on soft food, made of bran and ships •
or bran and corn meal mixed in
water and stir in the proper quantity of
the medicine. Animals too sick to eat
should bo drenched with the medicine
mixed in water. In drenching a hog,
never throw him on his back or rope
him aud force him to take the medi¬
cine. The chances aro that if you do
you will choke him. Pull out the sids
of his cheek from his teeth and thus
make a pouch into which pour the med¬
icine, aud it will run into his mouth
and be swallowed, or take an old shoe
aud cut off a small part of the toe, so
as to make a hole through, and put this
in his mouth. He will generally com¬
mence to chew the shoa—theu pour the
medicine into the shoe and it will find
its way slowly into the mouth and be
swallowed. We have drenched hogs in
this way when we could succeed in no
other way. Keep the sick hogs dry,
warm and clean, or it is very lfftle use
giving medicine.