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THE ENTERPRISE.
Official Organ of Franklin County.
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SALUTATORY.
In this, the first, issue of Tin: E\-
Ti-iU’KisK, we ask the good will and
co-operation of the people of Frank¬
lin and adjoining counties, and if by
giving them a live, honest and con¬
servative paper we shall merit their
support. We feel that our success is
assured.
WHAT WE EXPECT.
We will send out a large number
of sample copies of Tub K.vtkii-
I’lUHli this week, and we shall expect
many subscribers to our paper as the
result.
Wo hope every one that we send
a eopj* to will at once become a sub¬
scriber, and help us to work for Tiik
Entkki-im a;.
We want correspondents from ev¬
ery di. tret in the county.
OUH GREATEST LOSS.
The death of Henry W. Grady has
carried sadness and grief to every
reading household in the South. lie
was our ideal Southerner. The peer-
hiss exponent of Southern resources
and Southern thoughts. The leader
without a poor in her development.
He was proiul of Georgia's title as
the Empire State of the South, and
to further her prestage he fashioned
our journalism. He built our great¬
est city. lie-planned our matchless
expositions. Ho invited to our South
land and entertained the wisest men
of our Fnioft. lie built the Confed
crate Veterans Home with the ser¬
vices of a day’s mail. More than
this he moulded Southern eliaraeter-
wliich is our e.liiefest heritage.
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The Negro Exodus.
From the present outlook North
Carolina will soon he free of colored
people. A telegram of December MO
from Charlotte to the Constitution
says: “The negro exodus from this
State is now assuming a larger pro¬
portion than ever before, and prom¬
ise,; to be very lively for tlie next two
or three months. This evening a
special train, carrying more t han thir¬
teen hundred negroes from the East¬
ern portion of the State passed thro’
here, hound for the land of milk and
honey. A large crowd of Charlotte
negroes swarmed about the train
standing at the depot, and it was
plainly manifested that the exodus
Will sooou strike this section.”
Franklin County’s Resources.
Franklin comity is rich in resour-
ees. ller timber supply is abun¬
dant. Slu* is t rav ersed by admirable
Mivains of water, powerful enough lo
run the machinery of a State. Her
H>il is well adapted to grasses, espe¬
cially burmuda, \v hi.h puts us in a
eonditiuu. to do as profitable business
in the way of stock-raising as can be
•lone anywhere. Her soil is wonder¬
fully adapted to cotton, the chief pro¬
duct of the South. She grows the
breadstuff!) with remarkable yield. It
is the natural home of the gardener
and truck farmer. Her forest is
bowed each season with acorns, nuts
and benies, growing spontaneously
and profusely. Not only these and
ten times many more, lmt we have
convincing proof that there is a belt
extending alongside of Middle River
that is exhuberunt w ith manganese.
There has been several examinations
made of the ore by men acquainted
with its chief characters, and they
declare that it is the very richest do
posit, worth lrviin vl-.UO to .vtio.uu
per toil.
it is time our citizens were becom¬
ing interested in the development of
Franklin’s varied resources.
11 Harlow county’s citizens had
done as Franklin's are doing, their
county would have been no farther
advanced than ours and (.iu tersville
would have s( il! been a little insignif
icant town. Rut they have built rail
roads. They have developed their
mines. They have attracted capita!
ists and tilled their towns with plants
and manufactories, and to-day they
Jtare the admiration of every county
m the Mate. Let us emulate their
grand example, and in years to come
we wfif bn h-..d mcly paid for our
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THE CARNEGIE RAILROAD.
The Necessity of Its Completion—The
Prospects Bright.
There has never been a lime in the
hi,-mry of Franklin Unit her outlook
for iiVdlrond was ho encouraging. Il
now appears to be almost a certainty
i? the.citizens of Franklin will con¬
tinue for a short time their friendly
co-operation. W'e are certainly most
fortunate in seeming this great need
at itch a small outlay as it now ap¬
pears will be necessary for its com¬
pletion. But will our citizens do t his
joint work? W'e believe limy will.
They cannot intelligently do other¬
wise. Every citizen of Franklin
county would be materially be no fitted
if ihc road should he completed.
Surely our people still not let this
chief among every need lag another
day until it lias been pushed to a nie¬
ces *fnl termination.
Our people- need a central commer¬
cial point.
('arm- sille is their county site, and
every citizen has more or loss busi¬
ness to look after that necessarily
brings him here, and every citizen has
more or less, merchandise to buy, and
there is no place in the county or ad¬
joining counties that so many of her
citizens can reach so easily and so
profitably as carnesville.
Franklin county has long suffered
for the lack of this central trading
point, and she never can be what she
ought to be until it has been estab¬
lished.
We ought to make right here in
Cai m-svillc i very pound ol fertilizers
the county uses.
We ought to make here in Carnes-
viHo every plow-slock that is used in
the c-niuiy.
We ought to make here in Carnos-
ville every wagon, buggy and v ehicle
of every description that we use.
And above every and all tilings
else we should build here a school to
educate our sons and daughters in the
channel.; of usefulness.
Hum! this road and the needful
things will follow.
OUR NECESSITIES.
Things that Carnesville Should and
Must Have.
Carnesville must have more board¬
ing houses. The accommodations in
this line ari* very unsati -factory.
Carnesville can and will support a
livery stable if it. is run on the rigid
line. Those who have been engaged
in the business heretofore say it pays
handsomely if they could collect. It
has been their fault if they failed to
colled. As it is well known that
livery men in the larger towns and
cities require all charges in advance,
this is t he only and the certain way
to succeed.
Carnesvillc’s side-walks and public
square should In* pul in good condi¬
tion and kept that way.
More paint is badly needed in our
town. There is no other one tiling
that will pay so well, considering the
rmouut invested, as a reasonable and
sufficient amount of paint. A dingy,
smoky lot of residences and business
houses are a drawback to any town.
Carnesville needs organization and
enthusiasm for progress such as she
lias never had. The larger and bet¬
ter commercial, educational and social
places have all been built by organi¬
zation, energy and enterprise.
A Word to Carnesville Merchants.
Our merchants need a Hoard of
Trade.
Then* is a cut-throat competition
among them that breeds nothing but
damage to themselves and distrust to
their customers.
If the merchant sells any commod¬
ity for less than a legitimate profit
he has to make il up on another.
’The customer is pleased when he
finds that he has procured a bargain
in the purchase of the first, but he
feels more like an enemy than a
friend w hen he learns t hat ho was
charged too much for the second.
can be seen at once that the merchant
has made nothing by his “catcher.”
The customer in all probability will
trade the next ffme with the met -
chant whom lie thought too high tlie
first time. It is not right for 011 c
man to pay as much profit on one
barrel oi ilour as another man would
have to pay on ten barrels w hich is
ooeadomd'y true, As a rule
merchant can sell as lov a;
If he can’t he should quit business,
And ex ervlxuly, with common «*nso,
knows that one man’s money is sa
good as another's. Admitting this
there should be no
turns.
Y Ye believe that a Hoard of Trade
well and thoroughly organized will
do incalculable good to the bu iuc s
iutcicot OI oilt town*
RAMIL IN TUB LOUTH.
An Invention that May Do Much to
Encourage Its Culture.
Athnf.i i* f.id W«mi :?< famous as
l/n‘thj»l;ico of wondorfu) inven¬
I ii the last year or t wo a largo num¬
of valuable labor ami lime saving
hawe originated in the minds
Atlantians.
One of the latest inventions or dis¬
is that of Mr. Walter (I.
Forbes, for the cheap and rapid elim¬
ination of I Jamie fibre from the rilxjn
of the plant. The process is entirely
new and different from any hereto¬
fore in use, cither in this or any other
country, ft is simply a process of
dissolving the ribon under pressure
by the use of chemicals.
Mr. Forbes has fully tested this
method and the specimens of ramie
fibre produce ! have been examined
by experts and pronounced of a high
qunlity. In the dissolving of the bark
from the fibre, by means of what Mr.
Forbes calls bis digester, the fibre is
not only freed entirely of all gummv
and resinous substances, but tin time
required for the process is so com¬
paratively short as to la: in the nature
of a revolution.
Under the influence of the liquid,
the hark is dissolved in about three
hours, leaving the fibre in its natural
length and of a whiteness and soft¬
ness exceeding the old and tedious
hand process.
Four thousand pounds can be
treated at a single process by one ma¬
chine.
For all manner of textile purposes
the ramie fibre is one of the most val¬
uable known. It has been used for
dojno.st.ic purposes in India and other
Eastern countries where it grows in
abundance for centuries, but on ac¬
count of the slow ami tedious process
of stripping the hark from the fibre,
its general use has been greatly ham¬
pered. Up to the present, its culture
has been almost unknown in this
country, but within the past year its
value and adaptability have attracted
I he attention of manufacture™ and
agriculturists generally, and the agri¬
cultural department at Washington
has taken Sudd of and is actively in¬
vestigating the propagation of tlie
pi mt.
Mr. Forbes has received letters rel¬
ative to his process from parties it;
both Europe, and this country, in¬
cluding one from the agricultural de¬
partment, ami the American Ramie
Company, of Philadelphia. The edi¬
torial in the Constitution a few days
ago attracted wide-spread attention
to the new process, and in response
to it many inquiries have been made
of Mr. Forbes for a further descrip¬
tion of his process.
Patents are now pending in this
and foreign countries, anil as soon as
they are grunted, actual steps v, ill be
taken to put the process in actual op¬
eration.
Of course it. cannot be utilized in
this country until the farmers are
made aware of the wabie and mar¬
ketable qualities of the plant. When
they arc assured cf the golden re¬
turns tlie plant wifi , Fid them,it n il!
doubtless he i iihi v.ited in quantities
that, with a cheap and rapid process,
will revolutionize thousands of varie¬
ties of cloths and textures. It is the
purpose of Mf;. Forbes and his asso¬
ciates in the control of the process to
dispose of the foreign rights to an
English eoucem, with which they are
now in correspondence. They will
form a company, and as soon as a
sufficient supply of the plant can be
j provided for in the home market
erect a plant and proceed to the turn¬
ing out of the fibre.
In tl)e IJaltimore Manufacturers
Record of a recent date, the history
and culture of tin* ramie plant w as
fully discussed. Of its culture it
says:
“The chief requisite for success¬
fully raising ramie in a tropical or
semi-tropical climate, light, rich, per¬
meable soil, without hard-pan or
swampy sub-soil and sufficient water
supply for regular irrigation.” After
giving directions for tin* planting and
of the crop, it continues: “If ra-
seeds are treated in this manner,
in our Southern States early in March
the young plants will make their
pcai.-iiice towards the eighth or tenth
day after sowing.
“In tfiis country Ramie will yield
four crops of stalks of from six to
seven feet in length, between the tilth
Did degrees of latitude; three
crops of the same dimensions
tween the tij-l and 87 th degrees, and
two fair crops of from four to six feet
between the 87th and 4titjt degrees,
if frost does not kill the roots.
ther North the plant eannot xvith-
the severity of the weather,
Ramie, being a perennial which re-
quires almost no care or work after
the first, year, can, be grown and its
fibre pquiu-il ,.o per ecu! lea.-
than carton, leaving to tin* fanner
from one single acre more 'dear ben¬
efit, ihan liis whole cotton cro)>
brings.” -K
Mr. Felix 1 Yeinery, of Yorktmvn,
Texas, who prepared the art icle in the
Record, from actual experience, fig¬
ures out the average returns per acre
for a year, of four crops, £<>00, ami
the expenses for raising and market¬
ing the crop £*JO0, leaving a profit of
■?1o0 t > the aero.
By the dissolving process of Mr.
Forbes, the plant can be reduced to
fiber at an estimated cost of a cent a
pound, which is very much cheaper
than it has ever yet been prepared.
By the process now in use in India
and Europe the stalks are allowed to
lay in vats for from two to three
weeks, until the bark lias been rotted
away. It is then washed and pre¬
pared with olive oil, the whole pro-
cess being tedious and unsati;factory
: ‘ s well as expensive. The newchem-
>cal process requires only t hree hours
and costs comparatively little. The
value is at once seen, and the dcvcl-
opment of the process will not only
be of great benefit to the consumer
of all sorts of fabrics, but will open
up a new field of agriculture in the
South.—Atlanta (’onslitution.
What They Excel In.
Alabama ranks fourth in cotton.
Arizona ranks second in ilvor.
California ranks first in barley,
grape culture, sheep, gold and quick¬
silver.
Colorado ranks first in silver.
Connecticut ranks first in clocks.
Delaware is way up in peaches.
Dakota is the finest, wheat
Stale.
Florida ranks third in sugar
molasses.
Georgia ranks second in rice
sweet potatoes.
Indiana ranks sceont in wheat.
Illinois ranks first in corn,
oats, meat packing lumber traffic,
malt and distilled liquors anil miles
railway.
Iowa ranks first in hogs.
Idaho ranks sixth in gold and
ver.
Kansas rank:; fifth in cattle, corn
and rye.
Kentucky ranks first in
and lias a world-wide reputation
thoroughbred horses and cattle.
ly iso beautiful women.
Louisiana ranks first in sugar
molasses.
Maine ranks first in ship
slate and granite quarries,
and fishing.
Maryland ranks fourth in coal.
Massachusetts ranks first in
woolen and worst ed goods and in
and mackerel fisheries.
Michigan ranks first in copper,
b( r and salt.
Minnesota ranks fourth in
j and barley.
Mississippi ranks second in
Missouri ranks first in mules.
Montana ranks fifth in silver
.pi.
New Mexico’s grazing
c ni t he beat.
Nebraska has abundant crops
rye, buckwheat, barley, flax
hemp.
Nevada ranks second in gold.
New Hampshire ranks third in
manufacture of cotton goods.
New Jersey ranks first in fertiliz¬
ing mail, sine and silk goods.
New York ranks first in value
| manufactures, soap, printing ami
j I fishing, and hops, milch hay, potatoes,
wheat cows.
North Carolina ranks first in tar
and turpentine,
Ohio ranks first in agricultural im¬
plements and wool.
Oregon takes the palm in cattle
I raising,
Pennsylvania ranks first in rye,
icon and steel, netroleum and coal.
Rhode* Island, in proportion to its
size, outranks all other States in value
of manufactures.
South Carolina ranks first in ;>hos-
phut os.
Tlie baby has a rattling time.
A , swell ,, all .... air—a . bull-frog , ,, , chorus, ,
Never in the soup % cry many
oysters.
A bill sticker—a determined col-
lector.
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'* ^ “’lY*•
An II. and St. Jo railroad conduc-
tor is named Judy. A sort of punch-
as it were,
Some people don’t hesitate to call
t.. t spa-le a spade ” Others ire not
a ,j t .„ ca ]j a 1;l P(. a nvmlcman
“The child shall be father to the
man.” Likewise an old goat shall be¬
come a button kid.
lias a finger iu the pie the butch-
or w ho loses a digit in a mincing liin-
chine. Deiroil Free Fix JSeS.
A Little Talk With Girls.
Some girls are never ready. At
the laid, moment the veil is caught,
or gloves are snatched, and awi*v
they hurry down the street to the
• • •
railroad station, or elsewhere, button¬
ing, tying, fixing. Very few times
in one’s life this may be necessary,
hut almost always one may be ready
before the street door is opened,
if glove.- have but one button, or
are laced in simplest fashion, draw
on both neatly, and do the little fin¬
ishing before leaving the house; like¬
wise fasten the veil securely, button
saque or fold shawl. One is thus
better equipped for that which lies
before, than starting off to catch
time.
It would be amusing if I should re¬
late some instances under my obser¬
vation where girls have made a par¬
tial toilet an the highway. I actu¬
ally know of one who combed her
hair in a carriage on the way to a
concert.
I always feel like asking such a one
some questions concerning her home
life, and the kind of books end pa¬
pers she reads; if she has never seen
an article on the subject of being
ready that impressed her sufficiently
to follow.
The maidenly lady who is ready,
who has attended to her small be¬
longings and appointments, has no
further need to think of herself on
entering a railway car, or setting out
for a walk or drive, therefore has
eyes and thoughts for what may be
around her. She sees more, hears
more, exercises her-powers of obser¬
vation more than the one who must
complete her readiness after starting.
Grace of manner is thereby acquired,
and an ease in appearance quite in
contrast to the iigety movements of
the chronic fixer. Again it is very
annoying to accompany such a per¬
son.
“Tie my veil, please,” is perhaps
the first request. Presently, “Oh, do
button my glove,” and you act as
glove buttoner.
“Is my hat on even?”
You may be studying a line bit of
landscape, but you turn yohr eyes.
“Not quite,” and a gentle push is
given.
A little further on, “Are my bangs
blown about? I ought to have comb¬
ed them. Can’t you smooth them a
little with your hand?”
Your hand is gloved, but you
oblige your friend.
Other requests are in order. Will
you put a pin where the draping of
her overskirt is down, or arrange her
dolman, or lend a'hairpin to stay her
falling locks, and by tlie time she is
ready your interest in the walk is
abating, or the journey nearly
through, or—let us hope this last—
your good nature has endured to the
end.
A girl who is never ready will
probably develop into a woman of
the same mould. She will try her
life long to catch up with herself and
never seem to get there.
A good soldier is trained to habits
of precision. Method marks his
movements. Military drill is some¬
times considered severe, but such drill
is doubtless needed to form habits
that will build, good soldiers doing
service for their country.
Now girls need to be good soldiers
—doing service for themselves and
each other. How can this be accom¬
plished without habits that will form
strong character—for back of the
foundations lies character, and neat¬
ness and promptness are elements
dcsirale than i'y-awny qualities.
Every girl can mend her ways in
the little matter of being ready at the
start, and habits so strong that they
become sfieond nature, arc worth
building on the right basis.-—Mary L.
Palmer, in Christian at Work.
A good story is being told about
the wife of a prominent gentleman of
Scranton, Pa., who has long been a
confirmed invalid. A few weeks ago
site took to her bed and bid fair to lie
there helple.-s the rest: of her life, and
there seemed to be little the matter
with her. Her husband prepared 11 a
novel test for . her. lie tooK their
pi-miy colored servant into his confi-
del ice and by a pre-arranged plan the
two met in the invalid’s bed chamber.
As they passed the man reached out
and embracing the girl planted a fer-
vent kiss on her black skin. The
wife’s lost powers returned to her at
once, and site jumped out of her bed
and drove the girl from the house.
She now does all the housework her¬
self with ease.
Pnnnsby says turkeys certainly
ought to be plenty for the holidays,
we’ve had so much foul weather.
A dollar in your hand is worth two
pairs of dollar gloves “markt d down
from $r.50.”
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ALL OF FRANKLIN’S
ENTERPRISING CITIZENS
SHOULD
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We venture to say there is not a citizen in the county who does not
want a good County Paper, and we further venture to say that “TII1C
ENTERPRISE” is, and will continue to be, the best paper ever pub¬
lished in Franklin County.
ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY j
Neither will “THE ENTERPRISE” attain its height of success in
so short a time, but if the citizens of Franklin County will give us
their patronage we will build up a circulation to almost equal Rome’s
population, and give thorn a paper that every one will be proud of.
We don’t propose to pander to any sect, society, or organization,
but will publish a straight-forward, Democratic, conservative news¬
paper that will tend to build up and further the progress of Franklin
County.
Carnesville will have her railroad completed in a short time, and
already she is awaking from her Rip Van Winkle slumber, and w ill be
ranked among the thriving, live towns of North-East Georgia, and
with the beginning of her second growth THE ENTERPRISE first
sees the light of day.
To getting out a newsy, live, enterprising and progressive paper we
will devote all of our energy and time, and build up a newspaper that
will be lowked for with eager anticipation.
The sections of the whole country which arc the most prosperous
art* the sections that have advantage of progressive newspapers. The i
newspapers are not only* expected to give the news, but it is a part of
their mission to develop the territory into which they go. It shall be
our highest ambition to do service for our section, and hope we will
have the friendship of the people for our efforts.
THE ENTERPRISE
Carnesville. Ga.