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About The Enterprise. (Carnesville, GA.) 1890-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 20, 1890)
THE ENTERPRISE. Official Organ of franklin County i'rirt? of Hubw rljptiwi: Orn* yvnr, il; six immilj-', (M tu ntn; thr«** months yttcCRf.** ; ft) «*t |<> or iwoiv, it» wilt jm r uumim. t u- h in ailvantt*. •ivrm- ol Atlvt iliit iin; tiiriiiheil on a|i|>ii<atiun. tonfsjiondtncfi is soliniUHl, lint no attention will ).*%* jiivt »i to <'xNunutiucuttons ni»lt*sn mvomipu l»> the real mum* ot the wrtt< r. LON. J. MH'UNNKLL anii <iKO. nilLUiS, Kwtoiw AM) 1*1K >i‘RIMTOftM. * « 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. • • ♦ A Maine man has invented a ma¬ chine that makes mustard plasters ♦ ♦ ♦ A single day’s edition of the At¬ lanta Evening Journal weighs fifteen hundred pounds. ♦ ♦ - 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. -«• 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 | .. . •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 ________ ♦♦♦ '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?” 9 -» 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. -•--• -- 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. ♦ ---- 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!
