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This Week’s Enterprise.
We uiav not he the proper judges,
but, if wc are this week’s issue of The
EvrEiiPHisK is the best newspaper
ever scut out from a Carncsvillc of
lico, Wc are in love v, ij R our work
and find a reeiproprjtion ip our col¬
umns that makes us promise con¬
stancy. We call the reader’s spec jit)
attentiop to our editorial columns,
which strike honestly and fearlessly
for the best interests of (’aniesvjllc
and Franklin comity,
The CarnesvlIIe Railroad.
There lias been subscribed 90 per
pent, of the aniojiiit authorized by
the subscription list before work
should begin on the Carncsville rail-
I'pqd and before parties subscribing
should ho liable. There is only Lli
per cent, of the authorized amount
yet to be raised and then we will be
ready to begin work. Caniusville is
short only two hundred and seventy-
five dollars of the amount that was
required of her, Tbjs small amount
will hi) n.l'.cd whenever necessary.
But the country is still holding off
for the most part, and is not coining
up as weii ,ii. it ought to. 'I here arc
several men around toy. n who own
land tSiat runs very pearly info fo.r
incorporate limits that have not sub¬
scribed a dollar. While it, may not
strike them that way, it looks to us
that they want the benefits and ex¬
pect to get them, but are not willing
to be at any expense to get them.
Now if such a course as this is right,
then it is right for a man to sit down
and fold his hand and let somebody
else feed his children, They peed
not say that they expect 110 benefits
from the road, Wc know better.
They have every one already put up
their lands at least 25 per cent., or
they don’t want to sell. We do not
(ike to write so nearly personal, but
we want those w ho are not doing
their duty to know that we have our
eye 011 them, and that we do not in¬
tend to let up until they do some¬
thing.
Atlanta is the best advertised and
the pluckii" t city of its size in the
putted States.
Rev. Sam P. Jones and family arc
soon to move from Curtcrsville, Ga.,
to the State of Kentucky, Mf. Jones
having purchased a farm for the pur¬
pose, so his friends say, of taking
much uu eded rest, on.
The Atlanta daily Constitution and
Evening Journal are show ing more
enterprise in their line than (s of tea
found in a city with less that a 100 ,-
000 population. The Constitution is
our pet, but we sometimes let the
Journal eat at the first table and
make the Constitution wait, gs
Journal is an evening older.
Mr. Wanamaker says that
only jesting with Dr.. Carlton in the
matt or of being afraid to come to
Georgia. Mr. Wanamaker vfoll have
to make many more apologies £«*
way he is treating the Southern peo¬
ple. Dirt he can do it. He has the
cheek and tlie money two very po¬
tent factors.
There was quite syusiitfon
Washington City one day last week
when it was learned that ex-t'onsul
Astwood, colored, had been dined at
one of the swell hotels of that city.
Voogressman Grimes was taking din¬
ner at the same hotel, but immedi¬
ately left the dining room a hen
saw the negro, and sought
t lsewhyre. It was not C. J.
the’Atlanta negro lawyer, as the pa¬
pers first, stated.
W. A. Pledger, jr., son pf the ne¬
gro politician, recently appointed
postal clerk on the North-east rail¬
road, has been stealing, and is uy,v i*i
the hands of the proper officials. De¬
tective J. tV. Wilde baited the
sucker and he bit promptly, and
detective as promptly jerked, bring¬
ing him to shore. The little fellow
in now floundering and
how he wijl get back in the stream.
More of the sweet fruits of
Buck’s planting.
Subscribe for Tue if*s rwEriusE.
Our Schools BfiH fpwfaia,
t )i»r edacat joint} oqlfook is gnytbipg
but HipUfuofory. In other coupfies
and other mfjou# »hs people are
leaving ill for hphjncj j<i enterprises of
learning. Opr whole system needs a
shaking up and pygrlmuling,
* fo* S**j,qo} houses ale Sill.til Ulld
poorly cm.stnjcted. Opr trustees
are careless apd indifferent, and our
teachers for tlje most part are whqjly
incompetent. Wltii such a state of
affairs pa this we are at a standstill
until there is a reformation. We
must have higher schools or we must
have more common sense in the com-
'""ii schools. With all respect for
*^ ,c W<*ttoi class of teqdjcrs, teaching
:ls a profession, on account qf the ig-
noi'iuiiuses that are engaged in it,
looked on by many as copunonplace
and ilcgradjng, This ought nut to
be, but it, js true. Thu profession is
not as honorable as the ambitious
young man is seeking. Teaching as
it is now carried oq does not offer
that freedom i or general information
that the best intellect desires. The
tendency for better schools is against
us unless we make soqie pqdipal
chan get), and make them at once.
You may ask us, what are you (o d°
to get better schools? We will tell
you 'I'lji; first thing, thin t|)(.m out;
that is, the locations. They are too
thick. Ilow are you to have a first-
cla^s school in ovtuy little iqit in cv:
cry little settlement? The next
thing after yog get them properly
(lipmed is to build a good house,
large and commodious, that will seat
from two hundred to three hundred
pupils, then go to work for a thor¬
ough teacher, one that you cannot
get for less than two thousand or
twenty-five hundred ijojlurs per an¬
num, a man who can prove facts,
donimistnUe truths, .and draw out
ideas. A man who can give 4 bright
boy a first-class education in four or
live years, instead of turning him
back every time he gets to the pict¬
ures. You say oqr ideas arc good
but they are too expensive. We beg
to say that you are wrong. The
point you are after is educating your
child, and of course for the least out¬
lay. Well, if you send him from
year to year to the kind of schools we
now have he will start each year in
his tt,',l books just, about the same
place, ami (f lie goes ton years he
will not by much farther advanced
than he was at tfo fiul of the first
year. So you must certainly see that
there is time saved and ap education
obtained without any greater outlay
of-money. No settlement can have
good schools and change their N^vly
ei s every year or two. A man is not
tit to touch school unless he has had
special training in that line, or many
ye>rs vxpvrieooe, He must be able
to teach rhe young idea how to shoot
—not how t o shoot a pop gun or bow
and arrow, but the idea itself liow to
shoot from ihc brajp. l.et us wake
and bestir ourselves; we have slept
for into the day already.
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Carnesvtile’s Hoard of Trade. ’
Don’t say that our town is too
small for a board of-trade, that such
organizations are for cities. This is
very poor logic. If method pays on
a large scale will it not pay m pro¬
portion on a small scale? There is
no( a bqsjncss man in Carnesvillo
that is at all up in his business that
docs not know that we need this or¬
ganization. It is foipoysiblq, to have
ooylicfouiv of the people when
von have no regular price to offer
them. It is a cogunpu saying among
those \vhu fort> tp buy' tUa^ “foe
merchants w ill all gouge you rf you
give them a chance.” They know
thy re are cfoicrimiualrfons among ogv
merchants, and they are constantly
on their guard in order to protect
themselves. This does not speak
well tor merchants, whether m
Carncsville or other towns. It shows
that their mode of doing business is
questioned a*»d Ulvvaung tu open 1 ,ch¬
esty. Our readers may think that
the tone of oar writing would destroy
competition, but not so. Competi¬
tion would come up in the meetings
.yfo would b$ ayt^lyd V^yre, No. w<j
town in this couulry can put up the
price of goods unreasonable and hold
a trade. It, is not that we
have tfo- nvercha^lj make larger prof¬
its that we urge the board of trade,
but that there may be more confidence
between purchaser ami sclfor, fond it
makes bvltt,* business men of our
merchants. If he belongs to this or¬
ganization he must hunt the host
markets, ;-he lowest prices and the
cheapest freights—three geecssarv
requisites to be successful.
The average woman cannot hold
up under the hardships connected
with farm and field labor. \\ e have
noticed many premature deaths that
WC it ore certain could be traced there,
‘‘T'li** ^iptution of the jfyppk.”
T))p Jacits., 1 ) Herald of February
7til, up dor the above heat}, has a col¬
umn and a half editorial. The Her¬
ald, 1(1 its unusually able and fearless
way, does not hesitate to pitch into
Sam Jones, Sam Sinai}, anil others of
less notoriety, with gloves off, for
jhcjr sensational preaching The
ltcrald make* some good It its, but the
picture is overdrawn. In speaking
of those who go to hoar Jones and
Small the Herald says:
“They go and are amused, bupefit." and
reap no moral or intellectual
Those who have impartially heard
and read these abje men’s serruopa
will not agree with the Herald.
While they do say many things that
appear uncouth and that are not com¬
mendable, they more than make
apiends by holding up in a clearly
consecrated manner the grand teach¬
ings of our Saviour. It is evident
that the Herald does not like the sud¬
den reformation ip Jones’and Small’s
lives, It goes op to say:
“Good men do not usually come
ready-made. They must be grown.”
We 4 o pot see it, tips way, If men
have dissipations such as Sam Jones
and Sam Small had, they must be
thrown off entirely and uncondition¬
ally if they are reformed. He can¬
not grow out of them by degrees,
The man who undertakes to reform
a bad habit by degrees will still have
a few degrees to go through when
death comes. Sam Jones and Sam
Small were brilljant, clever, honora¬
ble and naturally good, but for the
habit of drinking and t he evils usually
associated with it, before they joined
the church. Hut like such men
usually are, when they saw clearly
tig; evii of their ways they hqd the
back-bone and the will-power to quit.
They Irnvc had much from the critics
and the prophetic to discourage them,
hut they are in love with their work
and arc sticking to it. We almost
hear Bro. Craig’s lips smack and see
the gravy cm his chin when he writes:
“But Sam Jones takes in $25,000
a year with bountiful emoluments in
the way of yellow-legged chickens,
and that js perhaps a plausible ex¬
cuse foy preaching, whether he docs
any good or not.”
There arc good and intelligent mem
all over this country where Sam
Jones has preached and made prohi¬
bition speeches that will repel such
words. The Herald goes on to sav:
“It is arguod by some that the
preaching of Sam Jones does much
good, inasmuch as it reaches persons
who could not be touched by the or¬
dinary processes of the gospel. Wo
(ail to sec it this way. The gospel
of billingsgate does not make men
better. The grace of God docs not
go into partnership with this kind
preaching.”
Did not C'hriwt call the Pharisees
fools, hyyogrites, liars, serpents, \
pel's, etc,? Aiul did he not eject the
money changers from the temple and
turn over their taUlys and seats?
This was about as severe as anything
we have ever heard from the two
“Sams,” and we hear of no attack on
it. Don’t be too hard on the two
evangelists. They have a grand
precedent.
Georgia’s Legislature.
It takes no prophet to see that the
people oi Georgia are going to make
an effort to secure a reformation in
the Georgia Legislature. She has
made a reputation for long sessions
and narrow legislation. The trouble
is there are too many pohey yuon in
the Legislature. They do next vote
straight from the head and heart, but
east their votes as “catchers,”
catering to the popular movement,
whether it be sound or not. We
know that our legislators are select ed
to represent tlicir respective constit¬
uencies, and are honor-bound to re¬
spect tlicir waius,; b'wt he has boon se¬
lected as one who can see farther
than the common herd, and if he foils
to study thy interys,s *.t his constitu¬
ency and vote from conviction, though
it be against tlie popular current h-,-
is uo,t lit for the position fo' holds. It
is vejfY sehlfgu *hat a man loses any¬
thing to himself or county by being
honest. Besides the policy class of
members there is a class that does
nothing ipueh but drink whisky
revyl. Squads of them can be
almost any time during session de¬
bauching and making asses of them,
selves, Tlfoi is no hearsay. We have
seen it. Tlie people are finding out
the facts and they are. going to have
something to say about it in thy
fgture.
Atlanta knows how to do the right
tiling at the right time when there
are any distinguished guests to be en-
tertainyd. And they have certainly
led all Southern eities in drawing lis-
tinguished guests. ,
-Vest (»ov«/>p»r,
pie Constitution. please
Kniyons Co.vstitutiox. To
myself, with no concern as tq the re-
suit, I askpd the following service,
thirty days ago, of an acquaintance
in each county in the State: “Ask
one hundred ppople for whom, of the
twenty names furnished, they will
vote for Governor,”
1 have heard from each county in
the State, except five, with the result
given below: “General Evans” leads
by thirty-six counties majority, as
first choice; “Pat Walsh” second;
“Tom Hardeman” a close third;
“Blount” and “Northen” tie for
fourth place, seven counties behind
“Hardeman;” wjth “Black,” of Au.
gusta, heading a badly scattered field.
That’s all. As my friend “Pee-
diddle” sqysi “As ii was guv to me,
so I gin it to you.”
Mark .Tohvsox.
Nona, Qa., fab. 10 th, 1890.
The Three Groat Reforms,
The Baltimore Sun has interviewed
prominent democrats in aJJ parts of
Maryland on the recent speech of ex-
Hresident Cleveland, in vvhich lie took
the position that the Democratic party
should adopt an aggressive policy in
favor of tariff reform, civil service re.
form and ballot reform. The unani¬
mous opinion of the Maryland demo¬
crats who respond to the inquiries of
the Sun is that Mr. Cleveland has
outlined the salient features of true
democratic policy and that the party
should pledge itself as forcibly as pos¬
sible to the support of the three
great reforms. The Maryland dem¬
ocrats arc in line with the best dem¬
ocratic sentiment of the country,—
Macon Telegraph.
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One Democratic Supervisor.
Georgia will have one Democratic
supervisor of the census, II 011 . W.
A. Harris, of Worth, will have charge
of the work in the sixth census dis¬
trict. He served in the same capac¬
ity ten years ago and did his duty so
faithfully that lie was appointed again
in spite of the fact that he is an en¬
thusiastic Grover Cleveland demo¬
crat.—Macon Telegraph.
Sniile Producers.
I wr.iit tr» be an angel.
For that I hope and j ray.
1 want t:<» foe an angel—
mu, of epuv-r. r,e? riglit away.
•—Hornet ville Journal.
Military campaigns are run on Gen.
oral principles.
While the authorities are putting
all the wires under ground, couldn’t
they ba induced to include all the
piano w ires, too ?
A woman writpr says, “Women
want comfdm“ And yet, offer a wo¬
man the choice between a ton of coal
and a pair of French-heel shoes, and
which do you suppose she will take?
The hymn the morning stars sang
together was doubtless written hi long
meter.
Beauty is skin deep, and that’s why
it doesn’t show much on the rhinoc¬
eros,
Dcsdcmriha was dissatisfied, that’s
granted, because the Moor she had—
the .Afcior she wanted.
A doctor practices on his owm pa¬
tients, But a mnsiejag practices on
tlie patience of others.
“I knew there was trouble- brew¬
in’,” remarked the old trapper as lie
closed with the bear.
People who ardently embrace a lit¬
erary career should not bo surprised
to find life a tight squeeze.
“1M rather be a wild turkey and
live on Dm prairie,” said a little boy,
“than bo a fame turkey and be killed
every year.”
The best, dressed man- Das ha way:
1 think that , Robinson is the best
dressed man I know. CVvwfcon: Is
that so? What does he wear? Dash.
a way: I never noticed.
Inquisitive Yankee—May I ask
your vfows on the question of annex¬
ation? IIati£Ut.V Canadian—We in-
t0,ul t0 m " icx thc English y ,,ite(l St:,tos syndicates ’ sir '
as s0< ’ 11 as 0,11
' ul J ,!1 S ‘ ( ’-
General Assortment.
There » about * 75 , 000,000 of Eng-
Ibh, and * 18 , 000,000 of German and
* 35 , 000,000 of American capital now
pnml.M-oil tiiqntxi i ill in .UI ..I.U.
Gen. Ncgrier of the French army
has issued a severe order against any
swearing or blasphemy in coimectiou
with military ooramamU in his corps.
Jlilk from a cow which had been
bitten by a mad dog is supposed to
have p foemfo a hole family near
K
M^|ta Betid, Mo., 4 m} jt it thought
they v/fU all die.
Trains op the Pennsylvania limited
have the market quotations posted, a
stenographer and {ype writer render
gratuitous service to the passengers,
and a waiting maid is provided for
the ladies.
Oscar Tuttle of Santa Cruz, Cal.,
was splitting kindling wood. When
he tackled a large peice of redwood,
he found a 5-cent peice of 1X50 lodged
in the center of the limb. It was
M p
hlackenpd by the sap,
A gentleman had some valuable
papers stared in the attic of Sear’s
building, Boston. On Saturday last
he was impressed to roiqove them to
a safer place of deposite. Sunday
morning the building was in 1 'laipes.
An officer of the Royal Engineers
bought an antiquated looking desk at
an auction rpqqi in Halifax a short
time ago, and after getting it home
the discovery was made that it had
been a presentation from the citizens
of Halifax to the Dqke of Kent,
which must have been more than 9(i
years ago. The ofiiccr sent it to Eng¬
land forthwith, and by last mail re¬
ceived £200 for it.
C3 zc. * SPECIALTIES; *
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*THE ENTERPRISE STORE,*
To One and Ail
Of my old friends who want
Saddles, Bridles or Harness made or
repaired will find the old saddler,
D. I¥i- LOONEY,
at Carncsville to do their work, at the
Col. Tims. -Morris office, where lie
will be glad to see you all and work
for all once more hi life.
Yours, as ever, D.M. Looney.
5-17.
Coffins ui Finite i
-o
I carry a complete line of Coffins
in all sizes.
Furniture consisting of Bedsteads,
Bureaus, Chairs, Safes, etc,
AINTS ANQ 1 L S!
I carry a full line of Paints and
Oils. Prices guaranteed satisfactory.
T. H, ROBERTS,
4-29, Lavonia, Ga.
A, N. KING, >C-
Attokney at Laav and Real Ls
tate Agent,
CARNESVILLE, - - GEORGIA.
[fofoOffice in court house.
t-tf
Sheriff Sales.
\XfILL be sold on tlie first Tuesday in March
VV next, at the court house door in said comi¬
ty, within tlie legal hours of sale, to tlie highest
bidder l'or cash, the following property, to-wit:
One equal and undivided one-fifth interest. iii.a
tract of land lying in said county da yhe su^th
side of Nails crock, adjoining lands of the
uf and Lewis being Shelton, tlie I>. It. Hall and W. A. Hooper,
confoting hundred place whereon and I). B. Hall now lives,
less. Said one land levied twenty-five the acres more
or on as property of
Sarah M. A. Hooper to satisfy an execution issued
from the Superior-Court of said county in favor
of David B. Hall ct al., for tlie use of the o(Jice$s
of court against Sarah M. A. Hooper, l'ropevtv
pointed out by defendant.
ALSO at the same time apd place, all the right
title Bradley, and deceased, interest belonging in certain to tlie estate of land of lying 1. X.
a tract
in saiu county on the headwaters of Turkey
creek, Burroughs, adjoining ii. lands of J. \V. Crump, C. B.
(;. Freeman and Mrs. Mahalcy
being Bradley, the containing place ninety-six acres, more or less,
that 1. N. Bradley owned ami
lived on at tlie time of liis death. Said place i<
very dwelling well improved, house there being erected upon if a
with on,t-fow!ding*.
about thirty-live acres iii cultivation. Said inter¬
est of said estate in said land being the absolute
and fee simple title in anp to said tract of land
encumbered by tlie dower of Nancy ,1. Leverett,
formerly ley, deceased, Nancy,). Bradley, widoyy of I. N. Braer- itn^s
which <lo\*v; Uiw been lahl off
seVapart out of said tract of land and to which it
i* to 1 m; sold subject. Said land levied on as tlie
properly of I. N. Bradley, late of said county, de-
ceaecd, to satisfy an execution issued Irnjp she
Superior Morgan Court of said county, in f;»vuvot Samuel
Bradley, against deceased, A. J. Neal, administrator of 1. X.
and N. J. Bradley.
ALSO at the same time and place, the brick
store room in the west end of the Masonic build¬
ing, in tlie town at tVrnesvillc, Frank':n county,
Ha., together with the lot upon which the same
stands, 1 routing twenty-five feet and running
back one hundred and ninety feet. This is a very
business valuable house stand in and Carttcsyill^. lot, being considered Levied the best the
vn as
j»rojx*rty of li. J>. Nelms by virtue of ami to sat-,
isly a fi fa issued from Franklin Superior C ourt
in favor of B. Phillips & Co. against H.B. Nelms.
,juirea 1 >' luw ' T, "Ysheriff.
tostponhd sheriff sale.
at the same time anil place, ttuce umli-
vnleit nnc-tvmli interests in a tract or panrl of
land lying in said county on tlie waters of North
“iwue^nore ‘S.’SfffitSS', till^tiidiviauaj
ui
Bagwell, oid deceased, and deeded to H. B. Nelms.
s • as tix pricierty of H. B. Nelms I y virtue of
a 1» fa isfciud from Franklin Superior Court, in
iavor of B. Fhill Co. vs. H. I>. Neons. Prop¬
erty notice ]H>iuted out by pbtinliif's attorney. Written
WW. gi vcu tenant in possession. This February
J. C. ilcC onnlll, sheriff.
A YEARN-
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ALL OF FRANKLIN’S I
ENTERPRISING CITIZENS
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PATRONISE * AN * ENTERPRISES **
AND
THE* ENTERPRISE
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We venture to say there is not a citizen in the county w ho does not
want a good County Paper, aud we further venture to say that “THE
ENTERPRISE” is, and will continue to. he, the bust paper ever pub¬
lished in Eranklip County.
AAr
HOME WAS NOT BUILT IH A DAY \
Neither will “TIIE ENTERPRISE” attain its height of success fo
so short a time, but if the citizens of Franklin County wiR give us
their patronage we will build up a circulation to, almost equal Rome’s
population, and give them a paper that every one wilt be. proud of.
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We don’t propose to pander to any sect, society, ox organization*
but will publish a, straight-forward, DyyuoCratic, «*>swervat»ve news-,
paper that will tend to build up and further the progress of Ifogyklfo
County.,
Camesvil.le .will have btfr railroad completed hi a sfiorti ttare, anc^
already she is av. afoug from her Rip Van Winkle slumber, and will, be?
ranked among the thriving, live towns oi North-Jiast Georgia, and
with the beginning of h,cr second growth THE ENTERPRISE fiis^
sees the light of day.
To getting out- a newsy, live, entorpripjag oMt progressive paper xve
will devote alf of catr energy and time, and build up a newspaper thaj}
j will be looked for with eager anticipation.
The section.-, of the whole country which are five- moat pgosp^coua,
are the sections that have adyaataeff- of progressive newspapers. Th.e
newspapers arc 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 dp service for our section, and hope we wilf
have she friendship of the people for our efforts.
THE ENTERP ISE
CarnesyillEj Ga,
A YEARl^t