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By the UNION PUBLISHING CO.
W. E. BOWERS. F. BOWERS,
THE ME \ UNION.
IIULING OF THE PRESIDENT
It seems I hut President Cleveland
has issued a rule that makes editors
of newspapers ineligible for appoint- ‘
ment to official positions.
Viewing the question- from the
standpoint we do, we think the
ruling a good one. But, as the old
saying is, there is no general rule
without exceptions.
For instance, . during , . „ the , last ,
D
campaign for nominating 1 residen
tial candidates, it is world-widely
known that the Atlanta Journal put
in much first-class work in the
interest of Mr. Cleveland, notwith
standing ... the zeal, , vigor and ... v„n of
the Atlanta Constitution and many
ether leading lights of Georgia, were
ardently engaged, with shoulders at
the wheel, in trying to roll Mr. Hill
up tbe giade and put * him upon the
people of Georgia; yet we see the
inflexible Journal, while the storm
and tempest raged, and amid tbe
madly rnsbingocean waves, until the
decisive bourns ship in pride aud
triumph . . boldly slemmed the foaming f •
1 6
tide, sailing above the angry billows,
with her colors brightly shining and
ac*ively fluttering in the passing
breeze. \The motto of the Journal
Democr^K «^pRN|HMrifc'iu lb The"
was led. final
Clevelan^^^R’oRj^ result w.^Mifely landing M*.
Other eH^tfnght be Winded to
which woulej legitimately fall under
ENCEPTIoAo the head of
THE GENERAL RULE.
For instance, the editor of the
African Union, old Uncle Billy
✓Bowers, who was an old line Whig,
a bomb and fire proof Republican,
and who, in the heat of the Cleveland
and Hill campaign,often said that.
if we are to have a Democratic Presi
. , ,
dent, , , let us have , Mr. , r Cleveland, , and
not Mr. Hill. He often said to his
Democratic friends, “Mr. Cleveland
is the best and'niost available man
you have got. He has been tried,
and the government was secure under
his administration.
Uncle Billy never asked for, nor
filled but one government office,
which was Supervisor of Census in
1890. In the appointment of enu
merators his motto was, competence,
and not political partisanship.
There is much said about reforma
tion in our governmental policy,
but it never cun take’place until—in
tbe appointment of men to office—
efficiency and appropriateness have
precedence over partisan political
proclivities. In order that the gov
ernrnent be reformed, we must have
the right men in office. It is true
tho editor of the Journal or the
editor of the Union, may not desire
or ask appointment at the hands of
the President. But in case they
should, how could Mr.Cleveland with
propriety, ignore or “go back” on
such applications ?
The old saying is “to the victors
belong the spoils.” Let that be so,
us a general rule, but we must admit,
under certain circumstances, there
may be legitimate exceptions to the
general rule. We believe Mr
Cleveland will appoint to ollioe men
wuo hold political opinions averse to
b j 8 offn>
We expect in the main, thut under
the present administration, demo
crats will be appointed to fill the
government elftoes, which we look
upon as being tight Our desire is,
that the present administration may
n% near us possible, give the country
good men to control the Nation’s
ulluirs.
When rejoice. good meu bear rule, the
people
The ^
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WEST B0WERSVILLE, GEORGIA, MARCH 18, 1893.
THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
W** often hear our farmers and
others lamenting the “good old
times.” Most of those doing so,
little realize the condition of things
in those good old days, or they would
say less about them. We have before
u8 a from Mr. Jno. Wingo, of
Amelia, C H a gentlemen well
known and highly and deservedly
‘ re8pected throughout the State
, who
ba8 a n his life been engaged in
farming, and who, throughout the
greatest part of that now long life,
has ke Pt ^counts of his transac
tions. Commenting on this cry for
the , good old times,: he , says: „; “Upon T
i 00 kiug 0Ter m y books I have come
to the conclusion that the farmer and
the laborer has uot had a better time
for the support of himself and family
than the P re8ent for sixt y five
In 1867, when money was so plenti
fnUhat it had but little purcha8ing
va l ue , tobacco sold for from $15 to
$25 per hundred pounds, wheat for
from $2 to $2.25 per bushel. At the
» ame t* me flour cost $16 per barrel,
hacon sides 20 cents per pound At
that time and with those prices I was
unable t0 ffiake greater net profits
than I can now. Then a reaper cost
$200, an Oliver chilled plow, $16
and brown sugar was 20 cents per
P 0l ? n ^- 1 he laborer then was noth
in^ike ,W so well of as at present. I
thin paid ., from , A $8 to $10 per month
f | r )a5or which now C08ts me from
$8.50 to $12.50 per month, and to
day the laborer can support himself
family at one-third less cost than
h ‘ co lld f 1 ‘ i W' 7 ” ' * *
S P eakin S of * he C0 «P lai »t as to
scarcity of mvney now, Mr.
yVingogaj8; ,. Th e trouble is that
of those who make this com
plaint have nothing to sell to get
money with. I have no difficulty in
getting fa fair price for everything
th&t 1 haV6 l ° ^ fr ° m ^ farm ”
We are & ,ad t0 have this 8tron S
corroboration of the opinions we have
80 °* ten expressed upon these ques
tions, and to be permitted to put
them before our readers. What is
nee( j e d jg enterprise, energy, business
ability and . close , attention ....... to the
a
teachings . of modern scientific agri
culture. Given these, and the farmer
to day can, by reason of the great
reduction in the cost of all he needs
t0 buy> and witn the aid of better
implements and machinery and a
more systematic and scientific man
agement of his farm, realize lor
himself a greater net profit than at
a nv time in the previous history of
the world, and can have at the same
time greater home comforts and more
of the advantages offered by modern
civilization and progress than were
ever dreamed of by his forefathers,
If the farmer of today was content to
live as his forefathers did, and to
deny himself the luxuries and com
(oris which they did, he would realize
wealth as quickly as the men engaged
in most other callings and occupa
tions who deny themselves these
luxuries, but we are not of those
who would wish to see the farmers
adopt such a course merely for the
sake of getting wealth. No man
deserves better to enjoy tbe good
things oflife thnn the farmer, who
b* m8e If catl produce such a large
share of them, and we should be
sorry to see him fall back upon the
penurious and self denying wuys of
his ancestors; but at th* same time,
there is a reasonable economy and
8e,f deuial which is to be commended
' D men, and given this, the farmer
may enjoy life and save something
for a rainy day. Me know whereof
we speak, and can put our hands
to-day upon the men who are doing
this. I hey are, however, not of the
cl “ 88 who are alwa y 8 0a,lin 8 out for
someone oa the government to help
them, but are those who remember
aud 801 M P° n the sage advice of
Beujatniu Franklin—“Keep thy
*bop, and thy shop will keep thee.”
—[Richmond (Ya.)Southern Planter.
"United we Stand, Divided we Fall.”—w<i t ki»gtm.
THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
One of the grnatest drawbacks to
successful farming in the South is
the old style of doing business on tbe
credit system. The practice still
prevails to a very large extent of
buying on a credit and settling,,^’p
once a year. Aslongasthis
prevails farming will be unprofitable,
In the first place when the planter
buys on credit, he is apt to buy more
largely and use less economy than
when he puts his hand
into his pocket and pays
for what he gets; and in the next
place he pays from 25 to 50 per cent,
higher prices than when he pays
cash. As long as this system is
pursued the planter is bound to
in bondage. His growing crop is
mortgaged and when it is harvested
he must immediately put it on the
market, be the market what it may.
Thus there are three causes which
operate directly and powerfully
against his prosperity. It would be
far better for the planter to go
the bank and borrow the monev,
making his needs as light as possible,
rather than pay the extra prices
charged by the storekeeper for a few
months’ accommodation.
The credit system is at the bottom
of most of the ills from which soutffi
ern agriculturists have suffered--for
lo these many years. We areglfd to
note change in the right
and trust the time is not far
when the cash system shall
here as it does all over the Nu; (! w
[Lake OharlesfLa.) Echo.
TEX A S BLUE 6 RASE |
rni This . grass will grow in . any 1st. , .
tude. Stands the longest drouths of
summer, and the severest cold weath ,
er does not affect it. It is easily,
propagated from seed or sets. The
. to ,, the seed , . from , Septem- _ ,
time sow is r
. her until May. ... m To plant the sets,
from .. September 0 until April. It
roots four or live times as deep , as
Kentucky.Blue Grass, therefore it
stands the drouth and cold better.
We have never seen it wilt, when
everything was in a dying condition.
And, after 40 years of trying, this is
the only grass we have ever had that
we could recommend as a wintei
grass that would not die out in the
summer. It is a good hay grass,
yielding from two to four tons of
first-class hay per acre each year.
It grows well under shade. All
kinds of stock are fond of it. Tt
grows from two and a half to three
feet high. It stauds the hoof as well
if not better, than Bermuda, and has
this advantage over Bermuda. It is
green and affords fine grazing all
winter. It is fine for lawns, Iron!
yards and cemeteries. It is perennial,
and once established lasts always, and
can only be gotten rid of by plowing
it up. This grass does well on all
kinds of soil, from the deepest sandy
to the stiffest prairie. 20,000 sets
will plant an acre, and eight to ten
pounds of seed Will sow an acre.
Carlos Reese, Sr., & Co..
Marion, Ala.
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jVIcElree’s Wine of Cardui
and THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Frankln county:
Fleming & Son, West’Bowersville
S. P. Bond, ”
J. L. Carson, Bold Springs.
H. D. Aderhold, Oarriesville.
J. R. Tucker,
S. P. Rampley,
J. L. LeGrand, Cromers
0. L. Mize, Henry.
B. H. Burton, Iron Rock.
A. U. Jones & Co., Lavonia.
T. H. Lyon, Mattin
W. L. Williams, Royston
P',11. Bowers, 3
W. A. Royston & Co. 5
A. J. Bellamy, Walnut Hill.
T. H. Hathcock, >1
Many Persona household are broken
down from overwork or cares.
Brown’s Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion, removes genuine. excess of bU*
tud cum nuOuiA. list the
BEET-SUGAR IN THE U. S
The Cosmopolitan prints under
tin title “Sugui from Sunbeams,” an
"* icie on the development, the
modus operand!, and the^outlook of
tie beet-sugar industry in the United
States, with umerous illustrations
of mauufact
ure.
‘•There are now in this country
six of these plants; the locations
being Alvarado, Watsonville and
Ohip-o^fn Oalafornia, Grand Island
IJopfolk, in Nebraska, and Lehi,
in Utah, the last four of which were
established in 1890 and 1891. All
have been able thus far to cope with
tne disadvantages that lie in the
in the way o*
solution of the agricultural problem,
and the business may be said to have
already a very strong foothold.
“When it is considered that more
than half a thousand of such facto*
each costing several hundred
thousand dollars, the would that be required
arfuiial' sugar we consume
f, it is not difficult to see
that millions of dollars now sent
abroad year after year would be re
here, to say uothing of the
labor afforded to thousands of work
tneu, the advantage to a community
of possessing a factory that uses raw
|iiu«ri&nal whose production is a bene¬
fit to the immediate neighborhood.
a,uUa8t ’ but not lea8 \ the im P rove ‘
menC general agriculture that
' ust necessarily result from the
< >Vr6 M uf the ^ careful methods
the culture of the sugar
i
We have a vast bell, with natural
facilities finely adapted to this great
industry: it only waits for the farm
rg te ]earn t0 uge the care and gtud
whioh ig nece8garv tQ make beet
ing for 80gar purposes a success,
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Perhaps, „ , after all, „ Judge T , Gresham „ .
had . , , to . business . when , he
an eye J
refused . , a nomination for , the .. presi
r
deucy , on ,. the populist ....... ticket.—[Ex ri ,
THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION.
Send 50 cents to Bond & Co., 576
Rookery, Chicago, and you will re
ceive, post paid, a four hundred page
advanced Guide to the Exposition
with elegant engravings of the
Grounds and Buildings, Portraits of
its leading spirits, and a map of the
ffity of Chicago; Exposition all of the rules gov
erning the and Exhib¬
itors, and all information which can
be given out in advance of its open¬
ing. Also, other Engravings will and
printed information be sent you
as published,
GOT BOLIDE A WEEK
Buys a good Gold Watch by our Club
System. Our 14-karat gold-filled cases
are warranted for 20 years. Fine Elgin
-or Waltham movement. Stem wind
and set. Lady’s or Gent’s size. Equal
to any $50 watch. To secure agents
where we have none, we sell one of the
Hunting Case Watches for the Club
Jrice $28 and send C. O. D. by express
with privilege of examination before
paying for samo.
Our Agent at Durham, N. C., writes:
‘‘Our jewelers how have confessed they'
dont know you can furnish suqn
work for the money.’’ / /
Our Agent at Heath Springs, 3. C.,
writes:
JM'Your watcues take at sight. The
VKat ■titl eman who got the last watch said
he examined and priced a jewteler’s
ter watches in Lancaster, that were no bet¬
than yours, but the price was $45.”
j One good reliablo Agent particular^! wantejd for
c h place. Writp for
Empire Watch Co., New York.
PATENTS
1 !0»ve*ts, and Trade-M«.ks obtained, and all Pat- \,
i C nt business conducted tor Moderate Fee«. o
,Ouh Office it Opposite O. S. Patent Office ;
Ijand we can secure Washlngtoi. patent in less time thau those J,
(remote 1 from photo., with descrip
'•‘loo. Send model, drawing If paientable »r free of,, 1 ’
We advise, or not,
! i loharge. Our fee not du i till patent Patents,” is secured, i
1 A Pamphlet, “How t» Obtain with ;
1 i mat of aame in the V. J. and foreign countries ,
J cent free. Address,
O. A.SNOW&CO.
nmwwnmtvvwnmvnwW ORP. Patent officii, Washington, D. C.
Terms ; 0 ns Dollar Per Tear,
CL O UD A D 1 Eli RISING.
An English corporation has been
established for the purpose of cloud
advertising;” that is to say, a pow¬
erful electric lamp casts upon the
clouds, through a properly prepared
screen, vast flaming letters, advising
tbe public to use Jones’ shoes, or
SamaoA’s hats, etc. To the mind of
ffisthetic turn, there seems to be
something of desecration in thus
bending Nature herself to the uses
of bargain and sale; but the median
ical and business mind is troubled
with no such scruples, hence we may
shortly expect to see the skies above
our large cities converted nightly
into signboards. Not only on natur¬
ally cloudy nights is this to be done,
but the company has devised a means
of creating artificial clouds; so that
there will be no intermission in the
lettered suggestions upon the sky that
we buy cheap shoes, or any other
commodity.—[Exchange.
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The Austrains consume more
tobacco than any other nationality
or race on the globe, civilized or
savage. Recent investigations by
eminent statisticans gives the number
of pounds consumed yeariy by each
100 inhabitants of the different
European countries as follows:
Spam, 110 pounds; Italy, 128; Great
Britain, 138; Russia, 182; Denmark,
224; Norway, 229; and Austria, 273
An exchange says there are twenty
well-built towns in Kansas without
a single inhabitant to waken the echo
of their deserted streets., S^ratncs
has a $30,000 opera house, a large
brick hotel, a $20,000 school house,
and a large number of fine busing
houses, yet there is nobody to even
claim a place to sleep. At Fargo a
$20,000 school house stands on the
hill a monument to the booming
craze.
The following story, with a good
joke on the Bishop, is told as illus
trating the kiudness of heart ol
Bishop Phillip Brooks. As tbe
reverend doctor was goiug up the
street one night he saw a little
fellow at a house trying to ring the
bell, which was almost out of his
reach. The tall form of the great
divine approached the child with a
kindly, “Shall I ring it for you, my
little man ?” The boy assented, but
as soon as the bell responded, he
turned to Dr. Brooks with the ex¬
clamation: “Now you scoot!” and
rushing away, left the minister to
explain the situation.
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THE BEST BLOOD li'EMEDY.
C. A. Thompson, Seymour, Ind.,
writes: “My sister Jennie, when she
was a young girl, suffered from white
swelling, which greatly impaired her
general health and made her blood
very impure. In the spring she was
not able to do anything and could
scarcely get about. More than a
year ( >ago she took three bottles of
Botfjtnic Blood Balm, and now Bhe is
perfectly cured.”
} CHEAP MEDICINES.
All buy medicines, and you want
them cheap—at retail at wholesale
rates. Jacob’s Pharmacy, the lar¬
gest southern “cutters” of prioes. has
an advertisement in this paper con¬
taining a few prices. All other ar¬
ticles are sold at similar low rates.
No matter what you want that is
usually kept in They a large will drug store
send to them. sell it at
astonishing low rates. Express
charges for packages under Watch five
pounds twenty-five cents.
these advertisements and prices.
Send for a number of things at. once.
Is a word to the wise sufficient?
— : m mm -
The attention of our farmer
readers is directed to an article else¬
where in this issue, regarding Texas
Blue Grass. It seems to be the best
winter grass ever introduced in this
part of the country. For prices of
sets, seeds, etc., address H. B. Parker,
Carnesville, Ga.
VOL. IX.--N0. 11.
HIS DIS TINCTION.
Although judges and lawyers are
often capital story-tellers on social
occasions, in court it seems to be
generally out cf keeping to mingle
fun with grave judicial matters.
Now and then, however, a staid joke
will pop out in the court-room and
cause merriment.
Some years ago in Lockport, in
the Supreme court, one day when
Judge Barker was presiding, ono
juryman was absent from his seat,
but the others’ chairs were occupied.
A dog which strayed into the court
room.looking for his master quietly
jut$ped into the vacant place, and
made himself comfortable there.
Upon which the judge, addressing
the Hon. A. I'. Launiug, of Buffalo,
said gravely:
“You see, Mr. Lanning, that the
jury men's seats are now all occupied.
Are you ready to proceed?”
The distinguished pleader raised
his glasses to his eyes, and after a
brief but comprehensive survey of
the jury-box, he replied as gravely as
he he had been addressed:
“Your honor, that fellow might do
for a judge, but I should hate to
trust him for a juryman.”
The good natured judge joined
heartily in the merry laugh that
followed this sally, and proved that
he could take as well as give a joke.
—[Youth’s Companion.
OUR COUNTRY GIRLS.
A country girl alwjL i has au idea
that the advantages^?* m city are
not her’s-'—that she surf trs from the
tack of something, jmi c doaon't ex
actly knowVhat. .o c.mvoced.
that the girl in the ^ity avails herself
of every opportunity-to look at fine
pictures, read choice bocks and cul¬
tivate her mind. Now, when she
generalizes iq, this way, she is simply
showiug he/self to be narrow and
ignorant. The girl in the country
to-day, can get exactly the same
papers and books that come to the
girl in the city. Her thinking hours
are longer, and very often she sees
more of real, sweet home life. She
is apt to learn that most beautiful
industry, how to be a good house¬
wife, and over the bread pan or chum
she can think as great thoughts as
she would over the elaborate fancy
work or iu the picture gallery. She
can study flowers as they grow; she
can breathe the good pure air of
heaven, which makes a healthy body
—and that usually means a healthy
soul—and she can learn whatever
she wishes. Intellectually she can
control herself, and she may know,
in books at least, the best trained and
the finest minds of the country.
Here there is no danger of her
learning to speak slang. Among
these people virtues are loved and
vices hated, and she is thrown into
society which she will never regret
and which will always be a credit to
her. Do you know, you girls in the
country, that you can smell the
flowers and eather them with the
glass of the florist’s window between*'
us ? And the bought blossom never
lias the charm possessed by that
which is plucked by on’s self. If
there is anybody to envy, it is the
girl in the country.—[Ladies’ Home
Journal.
Texas Slue <§rass.
This is the best winter grass known. It
yields over 8 tons of nay (worth good $86
to $28 per ton) per aere, months on of av¬
erage land, besides six cra¬
zing. Once set it stays till plowedup.
SETS ABE BEST TO PLANT.
Prices:— From 1,000 to 5,000 sots, $1.50 $1.85
per 1,000 ; 5,000 to 80,000 15,000 sets, $1.
per 1,000; 15,000 to sets,
AGENTS WANTED.
I desire a few good agents in Hart and
Franklin counties. Sets can be plant¬
ed until April 15. Tne sooner with you order. buy
the better. Send cash
For any information, address
Howkll B. Parker,
(Jarnesville, Ga.
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