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THE ENTERPRISE.
Official Organ of franklin County
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tonfsjiondtncfi is soliniUHl, lint no attention will
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l»> the real mum* ot the wrtt< r.
LON. J. MH'UNNKLL anii <iKO. nilLUiS,
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« AUNESX tU.K.CiA , MONDAY,.) AX. VO, WOO.
STILL THEY COME
Subscriptions are coining in from •
every direction. When we do not
get them in person the mails bring
them. We are very much gratified
atTiir: Enikhcuisk’s success up to
date. We have not yet been outside
of town to solicit subscript!,......either
have we had any representative out,
but our list of subscribers is growing,
and our hopes brighten w ith each
day’s receipts. \\ e now feel at lib-
erty to enter the field and work lor
subscriptions, as we have given the
],eoj,le a sample of the kind of work
we expect to do. Tlie columns of
Thf. Extkrpkisk shall not lie with
out local news, nor without effort for
the development of our section. Tine
Entkuckisk will be published every
Monday, and will leave our office
promptly in first class condition to go
to our subseriliers.
A new daily paper will he started
in Americas at an early day.
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A Maine man has invented a ma¬
chine that makes mustard plasters
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A single day’s edition of the At¬
lanta Evening Journal weighs fifteen
hundred pounds.
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In -Madagascar von can keep house
live well and have three servants for
about seventy cents per week.
A fifty year old grape vine grows
in Germantown Pa., on a trunk which
measures two and a half feet around.
Jtidgo Erskine, of Atlanta, has pre¬
sented to the Confederate Veteran's
Home an elegant set of parlor fur¬
niture.
An English genius has invented a
musical kettle a reed being fixed in
the lid so as to he sounded by the es¬
caping steam.
A man living near Walla Walla,
Wash., was digging a well recently
and nnearlhed the skeleton of some
huge animal at the depth of eighty
feet.
A negro in Americas attempted to
murder his mother one night last
week because she would not surren¬
der to him the deeds of some prop¬
erty she owned.
A New Jersey man crossed the At¬
lantic fourteen times without seeing a
whale, wreck, iceberg, shark or even
a floating spar. During seven of the
trips he did not sight a sail.
A Colored runaway match recent¬
ly occurred at Altoona, Fin. The
groom is fifty and I lie sweet bride six¬
ty-five. The bride’s daughter was
the objecting party who necessitated
the elopement.
Perkiomen Junction, Pa., claims to
have the youngest telegraph operator
in the world, lie is a hoy of eleven
years, who began manipulating 1 ho
keys when only three \ ears old. 1 le is
an expert operator.
A copy ol the first edition of Charles
Lever’s works lately sold in England
for * 1,375. The craze for first edi
(ions is now at its height ami absurd
prices are given for many modern
books which have little value as liter¬
al mi.
The \\ lute Caps are on the war
path in Forsyth county. One night
last week they dragged a man from
his house and beat ami shot him and
left him for dead. He recovered,
however, and had three of the paity
wrested and jailed.
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Birmingham,England, employs one
thousand umbrella makers. Dm* of
them claims to have invented a trans¬
parent umbrella that, will allow
bearer to see what be or site i about
to run into, as well as \vhat is about
i uii into hint ov her.
T , .. . . ^ ■ ,, ,, c
( \\.i> j»eipeti.ittMl l»y Lowly,
lie took a negro charged with
from the constable in charge,
h’uu to a tree and sli >t him to death
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•ox . *n urn son nis » u-.t a uv,aU
of five hfoiored d!>Hirsior the
honsion of Ready. ^
THE LAW.
The charges of illegality against
Sheriff made by the Tribune in
regard to his changing his advertise-
merits from that paper to Tin: Kx-
TKKi’RisR are not founded in truth,
as the law was complied with. Here
is the law:
“Section 3(150, No sheriff, coroner
or other officer shall change the ad¬
vertising connected with his office
from one paper to another without
first giving notice of his intention to
do so iu the paper in which his adver
tisomenls may haxe been published.”
The notice was given and appeared
; n ,, ie Tribune utM | (>1 . ( j ute lVirlaN-,
.| annftrv a> i 8fl0| WM i the first issue
^ t „k Enti{11pbih1! W3s
Monday, January ti, 181)0, containing
t|jc advertisements. The
bw oljIy ,. lV s that the Sheriff shall
give uotice . It does not say how
J on g, and one of the best lawyers in
(< arite s vi l|c advised that the proceed-
illgs changing were strictly legal,
NVt> ,.^ rrt!t llliU we H . ere iuVi , od t()
make tllis statement,
To the President and Directors of thc
Carueaville Railroad.
We believe we voice the sentiment
of a great majority of the citizens of
Franklin county who are interested
in completing the ('arnesville railroad
when we ask you, “What are you
doing in this line'/” We hear of no
meetings of the president and direc¬
tors; we hear of no plans offered by
you; we hear of no subscription list
being circulated, and we are forced
to tlus conclusion that mind work is
all that you are doing, and that would
la* more effectual if it could lie found
out. Wo do know, however, that
some time since we had what we call
a railroad meeting, and at that meet¬
ing there were president, vice-presi¬
dent and directors elected. The men
who were elected as such when they
accepted the offices took control of
the road, and il has been their duty
since that day to direct, superintend,
counsel and instruct as they deemed
proper concerning the road. The
we are striking at is that you
have done very little of anything.
We are willing to give credit where
it belongs, and are free to say that
the president and vice-president have
done some good work, ami could have
done much more if they had had the
co-operation of the directors. The di¬
rectors have done absolutely nothing,
comparatively speaking. Some of
them subscribed liberally, but re¬
fused to solicit more subscrip¬
tion or do anything else. We
have never had any experience in
building roads, but we know they are
not built this way. There must be
united and determined work on your
part liefore this road is secured. You
stand bet ween our people and the
completion of the road, and it. is your
duly to work or get. out of the light.
I'hi* highest figures put by an\’ one
y<‘t for finishing, grading, cosstios,
etc,, is eight thousand dollars. Then
it is satisfactorily understood bv all
who have taken the trouble to inquire
that the Richmond A Danville Com¬
pany will furnish the iron ami rolling-
stock and put it in as stock in the
road. Now here comes the work von
have done toward gelling this eight
thousand dollars. Your vice-presi¬
dent carried the snbscriptinn list
around town and secured between
forty-live hundred and five thousand
dollars, lie also went just outside
of town and secured another hundred
or two dollars. Judge Bowers; at
West Bowersxille, subscribed five
hundred dollars, the aggregate being
between fifty-live hundred and six
thousand dollars. What else is to
bo done to secure this road? Notli-
ing in the world but to raise some¬
thing over two thousand dollars
more money. Don’t you know that
tbis amount can be raised by
scription? There is not a mu of
common sense in the county, if you
vviil give him a blank subscription
list, that cannot get the amount nee-
essary subscribed if lie will try.
We do not wish to be understood
as attacting the directors personally.
as they are highly esteemed gentle-
men, and with unquestioned business
integrity, but we are anxious to
press them that they are ina position
to do the county great service; and
xve expect it of them. We also have
tlu* highest, regard for the business
integrity of the president and vice-
president, and we thank them for the
gu*'d work they did soon after dee-
tion, but every officer has rested too
king already, and every day thdr
work is put off the harder it will be
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'1 he new postage stamps will be a-
bont one eighth smaller than those
in use, and the designe.s will be
changed. painted The one-ceut blue. will The coiffin-
j u e t.o be in
,. en t stamps now printed it given xvill
carmine.
mm AND BLOOD.
A Fight ill Which Pistols and Knives
Were the Weapons Used.
Young Tom Hunt Shoots at Tom Oor-
don and the Bullet Lodges in
Arthur Mean's Back—
Negroes Fight.
The neighborhood near Owen’s
1,1 l * u ‘ Western part of this
c<,, * n t.V, is greatly shocked at the
tra K' <fa ^ difficulty that took place be-
of l,el ; <itize,,s *>tur.lay
c ‘ V(nl, ‘ w liWt ’ 1111,1 ,1 “‘ ln,,st Bt ‘ noUH
l ,arl is ,1 “‘ l m,lml,lu fatal "‘'Uii.linsg
1,4 a ,),lnl » n ' 1 «""<*«■* l’ a >*.v*
Tin: DlKKUTl.TY
arose Iwtween young Tom Hunt and
Tom Dordon. Tim former was stab¬
bed by the latter, who in turn tired
Several shots, one of which took ef¬
fect in the hack .of young Arthur
Means.
Tin: K.XI I S, .
so far as we have been able to learn,
are about as follows:
Hunt spent Friday night at Dor-
don’s house as a friend and visitor.
Saturday they started out through
the neighborhood, botli under the in-
fluenee of whisky. Hunt became
very boisterous, and shot several
times in passing houses. Gordon
was not so much intoxicated as Hunt
and tried to quiet Hunt. lie did not
like* Gordon’s persuasion and became
very angry and threatened to shoot
him. In the* meantime they had
reached tin* mills, where several per¬
sons interfered. Hunt was not satis-
fied with the way Gordon had treated
him, and threw his pistol down, sax
ing he could whip Gordon a fair
light, and the two went together at
once, Dordon drawing a knife and
slightly stabbing Hunt before anyone
could interfere. Tliov were separated
and after considerable wrangling
made friends. Hunt begged for his
pistol, and said he would go home
if they would give it. to him. Gordon
got the pistol—-the balls having been
thrown out after the difficulty arose—
and gave it to him, and went a short
distance with him toward home,
Hunt promising that he would goon.
Gordon had not gone far after turn¬
ing back, when Hunt rushed up and
began to tire at him, discharging a
full round of fire shots, but none took
effect. Outside parties interfered and
persuaded Hunt off again, but be had
been gone only a short time xvhen lie
was seen coming Lack the second
time, and Gordon, knowing what the
result would be, ran into the mil! and
closed the door after him. Hunt be¬
gan shooting through the door, and
then it was that Arthur Means, aged
1 t, was shot, in the hack, falling in¬
stantly. Dr. Quillian was eaHcd in
and examined the wound, He
thought the hoy would recover, but
flic wound might prove fatal.
Hunt is about 30 years of age, has
a bad reputation, is married, but not
living with his wife.
Gordon is about 40 years of age
and Iras a family, and is considered a
clever, peaceable man.
At the hour of going to press we
learn that Hunt is still at large.
Killin' AT A HOT KIKKKR.
Another hot supper, and the ne¬
groes sustained their reputation by
having a bloody light. The negroes
had a party at Lewis Neal’s Friday
night, just outside of thc incorportc
limits. During the night a difficulty
arose among them, and Jim Jones re¬
ceived a terrible blow on the back
part of the head, knocking him sense¬
less for over an hour. The blow was
struck with a rook. Bubo Neal was
suspected as the guilty party, and has
skipped the country.
How it is Done.
The manner in which the immigra-
tion agents induce the negroes to
leave their Carolina homes is through
the medium of highly colored circu-
lars.
The first picture represents a negro
with his family leaving a broken down
cabin home in the old field.
Each member oi‘the family is laden
with the simple household effects.
Thc next picture is taken five years
afterwards and represents the negro
in his new western home. He is. stand-
ing. hoe in hand, in Ids lot, surround-
ed by frisky unties fat hogs and fine
chickens.
The third picture is that of a com-
fortaelo two story dwelling with a
beautiful lawn in front, on which :i
young darkey is cutting the grass xvith
a patent rolling machine. At the gate
a horse, attached to a lino lmggy, is
in a feirgo ami comfortable rocking
chair, can he seen tin* pompous look-
ing colored man. supposed to be the
same “poor nigger” who left his North
C arolina home a few years before.
. The picture hits them square be-
tween the eyes, und pretty soon there
agcuerul exedu.**. - Enquirer.
The Prize Acre of Corn.
(\>u. \ii!i.\, January I 1 * Tilt' De-
partment of Agriculture has received
from the American Agriculturist a
duplicate of the report of Mr. Z. V.
Drake, of Marllioro County, upon the
famous prize corn crop he raised Iasi
year. The report is made in n bulky
book, furnished for the purpose by the
magazine, and gives the most minute
information as to methods of cultiva-
tion, fertilization, etc, width were
employed,
Prom this report il appears that the
land was sandy and lias been previ¬
ously valued at eight dollars an acre,
that thirty years ago the plantation
was christened “Starvation Empire,”
and that as late as 1887 the prize acre
itself produced only about live bushels
of corn. The fertilization in 1881)
began in February, and was continued
several times during the making of
the crop. The total material used:
One thousand bushels stable manure,
BOO bushels of cotton seed, Stilt lbs.
each of Dorman kainit and cotton
seed meal, ‘200 lbs. acid phosphate,
1,0(50 lbs. manipulated guano, 200lbs.
animal bone, 400lbs nitrate of soda,
the value.of the stable manure being
*50 and the cost of the other fertili-
'zers 8170.
The seed planted was of Drake's gourd seed im¬
proved corn, a variety
raised by Mr. Drake. One bushel
was used. The planting was done
March 2, and on June 13 posts and
stakes had to be put up along the rows
to keep corn from falling. The rows
were alternately about 3 and <> feet
apart. The plants 5 orb inches a-
part, one stalk in a place. The crop
was harvested November 25th. The
total cost was 8204.42. The product
254 bushels, 49 pounds, at 75 cents a
bushel, was worth 8191.10. The
fodder, 1 .V tons, was worth 815. To¬
tal *200.1(5.
But it is estimated that the land is
good for a hundred dollar crop for
several years to come, not consider¬
ing the 81,1)00 prize which the crop
of lS9f) has unquestionably won.
Mr. Drake's report is carefully and
minutely made, and thoroughly attes¬
ted. it is a marvelous demonstration
of thc possibilities of intensive farm¬
ing in ,South Carolina. r i ite Ameri¬
can Agriculturist, will, in a few days,
telegraph the official announcement
of the result of the contest.—-News
and Courier.
Four Years Without Sleeping.
That sounds preposterous, but it
is exactly the ease of an old negro
now living in Athens. Charley liar-
den is his name, and the shows of age
have settled down upon him In
slavery times he belonged‘to 5!r.
John White, who lived at that time
in Clarke county. Charley
heard to remark to one of his friends
the other day: “For four years,” he
said, “1 have not slept a wink. J hear
continually a buzzing sound, and it
•seems as if several persons were talk¬
ing to me ail the time. At night I
lie in my bed with my eyes wide
open, and ii’ 1 do sleep never dose
them, and always hear the talking.
lt is an artful thing to be talked to
for four years, and through the long
nights be compelled to listen.”
Charley has tried doctors for his
sleeplessness, and has found no
odv, and has given up all hopes of
over sleeping again. He, as a mat-
ter of necessity, sleeps, but his eyes
never close, and all hi- mental facul-
ties remain over awake.
Two EronomLts.
There is a good story toll of the
economical qualities of two well
known and wealthy gentleman living
in the east part of town that is a good
lesson for those recklessly extrava-
gruff persons not posessed of flu.* true
‘
. . ot On .v certain ...
spirit economy. a
one of these-gentlemen called on the
other to transact some business at the
former’s residence. The host lighted
a candle that they ' might examine
some papers, , luff immediately . blew it
out again when they were through,
leaving both in t he dark.
^ by did you blow out that can-
die?’ asked the caller,
“Oh, xve can talk in the d:uk as in
the light, and it saves the caudle was
(hr*, was the rcvly.
I hey continued their conversation
lor a short time when the host heard
some mysterious sounds coming from
the direction ot the callers’chair, and
inquired what lie was d- ing.
“\\ by, said the triend, “it’s dark in
here and no one can see me, s>
ill take oti my trousers and save
the wear on them.”—St. James (Mo.)
The demand for pennies and dimes
at tlu* mint in Philadelphia has been
so great recently that not withstand-
ing till thc machinery was kept running
ten o’clock ai night they were
short on billing orders 813,990, last
Some Smile Producers.
V Cltt:AT i.oMIMWIKK.
•'Johnny,” said tin* professor to tin*
voting graduate, “can you name me
the greatest composer of our time?”
“Chloroform is about as good as
any,” was the reply.
IT WAS SO St IiDKX.
They were climbing up the moun¬
tain side, and, coming to a steep
place, he deemed it proper to assist
her, and, turning, said:
“Please give me your hand.”
•‘Oh!” she replied, with a blush,
“this is so sudden. You must ask
papa.”
A f.'OXSIDKRATK GIRT..
Cora “I really must he careful
not to give Mr. Smvtlic anymore en¬
couragement, for I do not want to
hurt his feelings.”
Edith “lie lias not proposed, has
he V”
Core --“No, hut he has been ask¬
ing me if I thought I could keep
house on five dollars a week.”
A I.OOK AHEAD.
Mother “Laura, you ought to
make that young man of yours go
home earlier.”
Laura--“Hut we’re engaged, mama,
and 1 dont see why—”
Mother—“You will get him into
habits of staying out late that
will be sorry for some day, after the
honeymoon is over.”
xonn.vo rxcsi’Ar..
Customer (in barber shop)—“Is
1 lie boss in 7”
Apprentice—“No, sir; lie’s at home
sick.”
“Anything serious 7”
“Well, I shaved him yesterday,
and the doctor says lie is very weak
from loss of blood.”
VICKY KirilK.
Dicky Toolittle—“I must apologize
for my rudeness to you the other day.
I weally—”
Penelope—“What was it 7 I am
sure 1—”
Dicky—“Why, I talked to you
through the telephone in my shirt
sleeves, don’t you know? It was
awfully thoughtless of me.”
THK T.U.K OK A KOEOCS PIASTER.
“Well, Dennis, did that porous
plaster help your lame hack?”
‘T’woll, doctor, Oi can’t say that, it
has helped me much yet, but mebbe
if will. Yon know it was only last
night (>i look it.”
‘•Took it! What do von mean?”
“Mane, sure, Oi inane that 1 chawed
’n chawed for half an hour on the
oxvld thing ’n thin Oi had to bolt it
down hull. .Seems to me if they’d
bile ’em a little more an’ not put so
much pepper in they’d be aisier to
chaw up, an’ wouldn’t, scorch a shpal-
peen’s iu so ides so. Don’t they have
any soft ones fur owld people xvid no
teeth to shpake of?”
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She Bleached the Horses.
At Batesville, Ark., a recent shoot¬
ing affray brought into notice a wom¬
an known as “Sorrel Sue.” She al-
ways appeal'd in public places riding
:l sorrel horse. It was believed she be¬
Longed to a gang who stole horses*
A surgeon, who was summoned to
attend one of her admirers who had
,, ot w0l mded in the vow, mistook his
u .., v ;iIU | -wandered to Sue’s cabin,
Before he could lie hustled out he saw
certain things that aroused hissuspi-
b , M . S- Those he reported to Sher-
iff f- i»u- ( ;e, who, with a posse, man-
aged to surround the den. of the horse
thieves, capturing Sue and two of her
gang. He found that Sue had applied
the means of bleaching her own hair
to that of the horses. When the
posse entered they found a horse en¬
veloped in a jacket made out of rub-
her coats, being treated to a sulphur
vapor bath. I lu* appliances were
"’orked very well.
A black or bav hois.' would bo stolon
' bleaeherv.
illUl tlu . After
j ts uas changed and its tail and
mane trimmed, the diguise became
so pronounced that without any great
>?* th f am™ 1 C"”!* 1 betaken inday-
light through f the very district from
'
i( a(1 , K . cn stok , 1 . It was
Sue’s business to not only superin-
tend the bleaching, hut also to ride
the animal out of the county,
The Negro Exodus.
j ^ u'cht the south hound train on
Richmond and Danville was late on
account of nine car loads of negroes
from South Carolina en route for the
j hiiteen c.u loads on an incom¬
ing train, and this, with the one that
ur lived in Atlanta at 2:30 o’clock this
nw , M ,j„ g , xvill raise the list of exodus-
t-ers to l,20Uor 1,500 on one run.
The Supreme ('ourt of Alabama
has aftinned the decision of the lower
court, and decreed that Dick Hawes
shall pay the penalty of his crimes by
death on die scaffold on Friday, Fob-
ruary 28, 1899. His laxvyer, how-
ever, says he will make a motion for
a new hearing, and if that is refused
xvill take the ease to the Supreme
of the Fnitcd States.
-#;$! A YEAR!
Abb OF FRANKLIN’S
ENTERPRISING CITIZENS
-SHOE L I>
-35 PATRONIZE * AN '•> ENTERPRISE, nr
AND
THE « ENTERPRISE
IS A-- .J
HOME 4f ENTERPRISE!
We venture to say there is not a citizen in the comity who does not
want a good County Paper, and xve further venture to sax' that “THE
ENTERPRISE” is, amt will continue to be, the best paper ever pub-
Iislied iu Eranklin County.
ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY 5
Neither will “THE ENTERPRISE” attain its height of success in
so short a time, but if thc citizens of Franklin County will give us
their patronage we will build up a circulation to almost equal Home’s
population, and give them a paper that every one will be proud of.
YYe 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.
Carnesx ille will have her railroad completed in a short time, and
already she is awaking from her Rip Van Winkle slumber, and will be
ranked among the thriving, live towns of North-East Georgia, and
xvith the beginning of her second growth THE ENTERPRISE lirst
sees the light of day.
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To getting out a newsy, live, enterprising and progressive paper xve
xvill devote alt of our energy ami time, and build up a newspaper that
xv ill be looked for xvith eager* anticipation.
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The sections of thc whole country which are the most prosperous
are the sections that have advantage of progressive newspapers. The
newspapers are not only expected to give the nexvs, 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 xvill
have the friendship of the people for our efforts.
THE ENTERPRISE 5
Carnesville, J Ga,
A YEAR!