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THE ENTERPRISE.
Official Organ of Franklin County.
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY,
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CARNES VILLK, UA„ M.VUCH 3, l*M0.
The Carnosvlllc Railroad,
In our last issue wo stated that the
Carnesville railroad was assured. It
was our belief then and wc have had
nothing up.to date to change our
mind. But we did not intend to con¬
vey the meaning that the full amount
of subscription had been raised, as
anyone can see by closely reading
what we said. The liberality of the
different sub-Alliances that had met
and acted enthused us, and we were
compelled to speak. Wc knew that
when the people in the country be¬
came interested, and the great and
prominent benefits that the road
would secure them were agitated,
that they would do their duty. Tho
farmers of Franklin county, especially
the Allianccuien, are doing better
and closer mind work than hereto¬
fore. They see the advantage in
having a great central business point
tiiat can be advantageously reached
by all of Franklin’s farmers. Seeing
that tlic road will be of so much ben¬
efit and that it can be had for such a
small outlay, they have gone to work,
and wc have faith in their efforts.
In the meantime, while the good
work is going on out in the country,
we want the directors to get together
and appoint a special committee to
wait on some of the land owners
around town that have not yet sub¬
scribed; stating to them that if they
subscribe the value of their property
will be enhanced, that they will have
bettor schools for their children, that
they will have a bettor market for
their products, and that such subscrip¬
tion will be to the county a great
blessing. If such efforts as these fail
please notify The Enterprise and
it will take great pleasure in giving
them a general rasping.
The South Getting on Top.
There is no country on tho inhab¬
itable earth that has a brighter future
than the Southern States. Our re¬
sources arc attracting the attention
of the best business men of the comi-
try. We have every element that
makes a country great. We have
only to reflect to see that the South
is destined to become the richest and
most powerful part of the United
Slates. There is but one great draw¬
back to the South, and this is preju¬
dice, but wo rejoice that it is fast dis¬
appearing. There is still a great doal
of the North that docs not like us,
and avail themselves of every oppor¬
tunity to spit fire at us. But we are
reaching the point whore they cannot
much longer use their damaging in¬
fluence against ns. The more sensi¬
ble of the North realize that wc arc
to have a great country and wield a
strong influence in all affairs, wheth¬
er they are willing or not, and like
wise men are becoming our friends
and are investing their money in
Southern property. This is natural
and common sense. They cannot
ship our cotton to the New England
States and manufacture it as as cheap-
ly as it can be manufactured here.
This is the natural home of the cot¬
ton factory, and every indication
points to the South for its future
home. Our monopoly in cotton, the
increasing demand, and consumption,
always a cash product, guarantees
much for owv future prosperity. And
then in iron, the king of all products,
wo can and are competing with the
world. Only a few days ago Shef¬
field, Ala., shipped over five thousand
tons of pig iron to Pittsburg, Pa.,
and this shipment is soon to be fol¬
lowed by twice this amount. The
significant fact connected with this
shipment was that it went in comj>e-
tition, open and free, to the very door
of the once recognized father and
controller of the iron industry, The
last five years has marked a period of
phenomenal development in the
South. The railroad development
has been the most remarkable, and
we bail it as the most favorable, as
large manufacturing cannot be car¬
ried on without equal transportation.
Georgia’s mileage in new roads for
last year was second among the
States of the Union, and was fol¬
lowed closely by several other South-
era States. These facts speak for
themselves.
Subscribe for The Unterpkise.
Hired Labor vs. Tenants.
What we said last week in regard
to hired labor and tenants has not
met the views of some of the fann¬
ers; that is, they think renting is bet¬
ter both for the land owner ami the
tenant, Hut no one has said that it
was better to rout unless the renter
was furnished with work by the land¬
lord that would pay fair wages when
he was not engaged in his crop.
This idea gives the same result that
we were aiming at. Our whole line
of argument was to keep the poor
man at work and pay him for it un¬
til he could be more independent. A
great many of the renters in Frank¬
lin county do not make an effort to
have any more or be in a better con¬
dition at the end of the year than
they wore when they began. They
start out with the idea that what they
eat and wear will he all they will get,
and consequently they arc careless as
to how much they buy, and gener¬
ally a little careless as to how little
they make. Such management as
this will eternally keep him down,
and it is great luck if somebody does
not lose money on him every year.
Our point i«, furnish the poor man
with work, make him do it and pay
him for it. Teach him economy, ad¬
vise him to lay up something, and
after awhile sell him a small home
and help him to booouie independent.
This is the way to get free from boss-
ism.
Wc arc still of the opinion that
wages would be better for the coun¬
try than tin* present way of renting.
We arc sure of one thing, and that
is: a discussion of the matter by our
best posted farmers would be of
much benefit to the country. Tim
Estekpeisk offers her columns for
such discussion.
The Prohibition Fight in Atlanta.
A large majority of the people of
Georgia would be proud to see At¬
lanta a prohibition city again. The
last fight was close and hitter, and
the result caused one of the gloomiest
days that Georgia has ever known.
Next to Henry Grady’s death it af¬
fected the people of this section more
than any other incident in years.
Everybody that read the newspapers
were anxiously watching every indi¬
cation that made the result doubtful,
but the sad tidings came and our hopes
sank within a sore breast. The peo¬
ple of Georgia love Atlanta as they
love no other city on this continent,
and the people of Georgia are largely
prohibitionists, We all feci that we
have a common interest in Atlanta’s
welfare, and it draws heavily on our
natures when she legislates against
our ideas of right. The high license
men are overstepping conservatism
as they always do and the fight Is on
again. The Constitution’s leading
editorial of last Monday was bravely
seasoned with the prohibition senti¬
ment. We have often regretted
that the Constitution was neutral on
the subject. It may continue to be
neutral, but the man who wrote
editorial is at heart a prohibitionist.
Wc are willing to give the editors.and
proprietors credit for being conscien¬
tious in their course heretofore,
at the same time wo think their
too great to straddle such vital ques¬
tions. Mr. Grady’s speeches for
hibition. were as great as mortal man
could make, and after he had lost
fight, he told the people of
over his own name, that unless the
high license men carried out their
promises that lie would have the
courage to take up the fight again.
As Mr. Grady was prominently
leading force in Atlanta’s wonderful
achievements, her citizens a re
obligations to complete his unfinished
work by voting whisky out of the
proudest city of tho proudest State
in the Sunny South.
Why Not a Farmer.
It is very seldom that Franklin
county is represented in the Legis¬
lature by a farmer. We see no good
reason why this should bo. While
men of other callings may have more
of what is called an education, and
may know more about parliamentary
laws, it is not sufficient evidence that
they have more good common sense
or know more about the country’s
needs. For a man to satisfactorily
represent the people, he must be of
the people. There has never been a
time in the history of the country
that the farmers’ interests so greatly
demanded friendly legislation, and as
the farmer more thoroughly under¬
stands his wants and therefore is Let¬
ter equipped to champion his cause,
we see no reason why he should not
be chosen.
A son of President Dwight, of Yale,
is said to know* more Latin and Greek
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The Banner Does Not Voice the People
of This Section.
Editor Gantt is usually broad and
unquestionably democratic, but his
attack on Hon. Patrick Walsh and
Congressman Candler for their tariff
and internal revenue views, liocause
each is prominently spoken of for the
next Governor of Georgia, is narrow
to say the least of it. The people of
Georgia are not likely to suffer from
the polities of any man that might be
elected Governor, and certainly not
from such patriotic men as Walsh
and Candler.
Hired Labor v«. Tenants.
.Mr; hsuh. Keitohs: In your issue of
the 24th inst., I see an article on the
subject of “Hired Labor vs. Tenants,”
or perhaps more plainly expressed,
the share system that is so exten¬
sively practiced in our county. In
your article you invite a free inter¬
change of opinion on the subject.
To arrive at what is best for both
sides for our country’s good, for we
must endeavor to show the off’s and
on’s, i. e., to bring up labor so that
prosperity will come upon labor a
landlord.
I.et me start out with the assertion
that there is more than a living for
every tiller of the soil, and if the
judgment and labor- of any young
married couple predominate in tilling
the soil, they, at not a very old age,
will have an abundance of this world's
goods.
But to the subject. 1 will take
t! “* ;; position: That it is best for land¬
lord and tenant to cultivate the lands
with hired labor.
In proceeding let me say, how can
wc, as farmers or laborers, know how
to prosper without cultivating busi¬
ness qualities that each may know*
from day to day how they are getting
along ? This cannot be done by the
attempt to retain every transaction
through the year from memory. Ev¬
ery farmer or laboror ought to keep
a farm book of every transaction that
takes place on the farm, and an ac¬
count and cash book. Some will ask,
why should a laborer keep a farm
book? I answer, for him to learn
how to farm. There is a great dif¬
ference between laboring and farm¬
ing. Every person who can plow or
hoc well, call themselves farmers. 1
have often seen it demonstrated
thus, the hardest working
were the poorest farmers.
I will not entail on your readers a
long article at this writing, but in in¬
troducing the subject I will say, in
my next I will try and give substan¬
tial reasons for successful farming,
both to laborer and landlord.
Farmer.
LYNCHING AT MADISON.
A Brutal Negro Pays the Penalty of
His Crime With Death.
Athens, Ga., March 2.—(Special
to The Enterprise.)—A bout ten
o’clock Thursday evening the quiet¬
ude of the College campus was dis¬
turbed by tho voice of Editor Gantt,
informing the peaceful inhabitants of
the “Yahoo” that he had received a
telegram from Madison stating that a
lynching mob was gathering around
the jail ip that place to lynch a ne¬
gro, and that he had chartered a car
for the special use of himself aud
students. Twenty-five students laid
down their books and boarded a train
that was to go dashing over a rough
road at lightning speek for 30 miles
in order to reach the scene on time.
After losing much time by the engine
severing its connection with the car,
leaving it to rush madly down grade
for some distance, and also stopping
to let the hot boxes cool, \ve reached
our destination about 11 o’clock.
Much to our suprisc, when we stepped
from the car perfect quietude pre¬
vailed, and only a man now and then
could be seen leaving the town for
Ids rural home. All was over.
While, we were trying to take in the
situation a well-dressed farmer, with
two revolvers and a gun as compan¬
ion, stepped forward and consented
to load us to the fatal spot. We
were led to the solitary and deserted
place, where the negro was hanging
to a telegraph pole, with his body
riddled by fifteen hundred bullets.
So thoroughly was he riddled
there was not an inch of his body
that a ball had not entered, and his
clothing were torn into a frazzle.
About . two . , hundred - , , bullets „ . were
fired into his body by our party, and
after looking at the brutal fiend for
quite • . while i returned Athens. * ,
a, A we , to
FACTS OF THE CRIME.
Tuesday last little Tommie, West,
a bright and charming little girl
nine years old, was frightened by a
negro advancing to her as she was on
her way to school, but she fled, and
thought no more of the
except to mention it to her uncle.
No attention was paid to it, and the
next morning *bo again sot out to
school to rot urn no more. An she
did not return in the afternoon, near
night, Mr. Horton, her uncle, wont
to search for her. lie found her
wrapped in tho eotd arms of death,
near the roadside, with her throat
cut and her body showing signs of
brutal outrage. The sweet little girl
was tjie daughter of Mrs. Celia West,
a cultured lady of an excellent family,
who had only two children, their
father being dead.
BROWN WASHINGTON CONFESSES.
He told how ho caught the child
as she was passing along, how he at¬
tempted to accomplish the atrocious
crime, and how he cut her throat
from ear to ear with a dull knife.
He stated that she begged for
her life piteously, and told how
she struggled in death after the gash
was cut, and how ho left her in this
condition and returned to his work
near by. This confession so aroused
the people that they had in four hours
after the confession collected in Mad¬
ison a crowd variously estimated from
four to six thousand men, who were
but determined that he should
the penalty without delay. Tel¬
egrams were sent from Athens to
wait for the delegation, but no, they
were too anxious to riddle his body.
THE HANGING.
No masks were worn, except the
man who tied the rope and placed it
over the top of a telegraph pole. He
was asked if he thought he ought to
hang and lie answered, “Yes.” lie
then requested them to pull him up
and not cut him as he had cut the
little girl, lie then prayed, “Oh,
Lord, have mercy on my soul,”
the body swung up, only to meet a
quick death by the bpllets of two
hundred rifles. After riddling his
body the crowd quietly dispersed,
leaving his body hanging. On the
post were these words: “This is the
way we will protect our wives and
daughters.”
Tho negro was about 17 years old,
with a very fiendish look.
The party reached Athens about
day next morning, satisfied at having
tired a bullet into his dead body.
S. J*. T.
People Here and There.
—
j Belva A. Lockwood lias announced
the she will again run for President
in l«9fi.
I
Patti earned $04,000 in Chicago.
Chicago has paid well for one of the
world’s fair.
Ouida has made more money by
her labors than any woman of this
century, except Patti.
Tnmango, the opera singer, receiv¬
es $2,000 a night, and tips hotel wait-
i vrs with One-cent peices.
Mine, Carnot, wife of the President
of France, is said to be the best dress¬
ed and most charitable woman in
Paris.
Representative Tom Cartar, of
Montana, has been noticed as being
the image of any first-class portrait
of Uncle Sam.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut,
expects to be a candidate lor Vice-
President in 1892 if the Republican
presidential nomination goes wost.
At the inauguration of Gov. Brack¬
ett, of Massachusetts, the other day
there were ten ex-Governors of the
state present at the ceremonies.
Sir ('hal los Pilko is mourning ° the
loss of a rill'Jt ° which once belonged ° to
Charles I., and which was ornament¬
ed with a portrait of that monarch.
Prof. Tucker, of Andover, limits
the original thinkers of America to
three—Jonathan Edwards. Benjamin
Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Prince T. Key Kubah Mirza, who
is a first cousin to the Shah of Persia,
has been sent to Siberia by the Rus¬
sian Government for distributing
base money.
The death of Charles Edward Les¬
1 ter recalls tho fact that he wrote
twenty-one books and horsewhipped
the elder Bennett three times.
Lavonia Business Locals,
Ladies’ glove grain congress shoes
for Tacts, at T. II. Roberts.
1}uy . vonr {urniturc from T IL
Roberts*
Zinc trunks , at _ T __ II. ltobcrts. _ ,
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Twenty grades of tobacco at Hay-
n *° s - He sells cheap.
C ,, anned , croods , of . all kinds at Ilay-
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Hies*
Try a glass of soda water at W•
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Canned goods prepared in every
possible style at Ilaynie’s.
ILivnie is a! wavs readv to serve
someth *
you with g.vJ.
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*THE ENTERPRISE STORE.*
STOVES! TINWARE!
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* HOUSE * FURNISHING * GOODS. *
ANYTHING YOU WANT IN
THE ABOVE LINE.
At the lowest possible prices.
ROOFING AND GUTTERING
Done anywhere promptly by best
skilled workman. Call on or write
for prices. J. H. Maxwell,
4-29. Elberton, Ga.
To One and All
Of my old friends who want cither
Saddles, Bridles or Harness made or
repaired will find the old saddler,
D. M. LOONEY,
1 * Carnesville to do their work, at the
Col. Ihos. Morris office, where he
will be glad to see you all and w r ork
for ail once more in life,
v Yours, as ever, D. M. Looney.
5-17.
Cols 01 Finite i
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I carry a complete line of Coffins
in all sizes.
Furniture consisting of Bedsteads,
Bureaus, Chairs, Safes, etc.
AINTS AND Qusi
I carry a full line of Paints and
Oils. Prices guaranteed satisfactory.
T. H. ROBERTS »
4-29. Laconia, Ga.
-3S A. N. KING,
Attorney at Law and Real Es¬
tate Agent,
CARNESVILLE, - - GEORGIA.
Office in court house.
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Sheriff Sales.
\\TILL YY lie sold on the first Tuesday in in April
next, at the court house door Carnes*
ville, said county, within the le^al hours of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash, the following
property, to-wit:
One tract or parcel of land lying in the
370th district, of Wesley Q, M„ of said Lewis county, kins, adjoining
Lands Burnett, Bot T. T.
lfockins and the estate of N. U. Phillips, dec’d,
containing original forest. forty-five Levied acres, more the or less, of all K. in
J. Russum and J. F. Jtussum, on as property satisfy
E, to an ex¬
ecution issued from the Justice’s court of the
370th district, G. M. of said county in favor of T.
T. lfockins. Property painted out by plaintiff.
Written notice given defendants as required by
law.
ALSO at the same time and place, one
sorrel horse about 15 years old. Levied on
as the property of J. M, Watkins to
satisfy an execution issued from Franklin Supe¬
rior Court in furor of Talwon Harber against J.
M. Watkins principal, afhd P. C. Holbrook scour-
ity. Property pointed out by plaintiff's attorney.
ALSO at tho same time rake. and place one one-
horse 18 btefel tooth hay Levied on as the
property of If. B. Nelms to satisfy an execution
issued from Franklin Superior Court in favor of
B. Phillips & C‘o. against if. B. Nelms. Property
pointed out by plaintiff's attorney. This March
l, 1S90. J. C. McConnell, Sheriff.
IITILL YY be sold on the first Tuesday in March
next, at the court house door in said coun¬
tv, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following proiKTty, to-wit:
One equal land and lying undivided In said one-filth interest in a
tr.u:t of county on the smith
side of Nails creek, adjoining lands of the estate
of Lewis Shelton, I). B. Hall and W. A. Hooper,
and being the place whereon I). J?. Hall now lives,
containg less. Said one hundred land levied and twenty-five the acres more
or ifooper tusafisiy op. as property issued uj
Sarah M. A. an execution
1 roi'n the Superior Court of said county in favor
of David B. Hall et al., for the use of the officers
pointed of court against by Sarah 31. A. llooper. Property
out defendant.
ALSO at the same time ami place, all the right
title and interest belonging to the estate of I. N.
Bradley, decease d, in a certain tract of land lying
in saitl county ou the headwaters of Turkey it
creek, Burroughs, adjoining H. G. lands Freeman of J. and W. Frump, Mrs. Mahaley C.
being Bradley, the containing place that ninety-six I. N. Bradley acres, more or less,
owned and
lived on at the time of his death. Said place is
very dwelling well improved, house there being erected out-buildings, upon it a
with necessary
about of said thirty-five estate acres in land cultivation. being Said inter¬
est in said the absolute
and fee simple title in anp to said tract of land
encumbered formerly Nancy by the dower of Nancy J. Leverett,
J. Bradley, widow of 1. N. Brad¬
ley, deceased, out which dower has been laid off and
set apart of said tract of land and to which it
is to be sold subject. Said Jaml levied on as the
property of I. N. Bradley, late of said county, de¬
ceased, to satisfy an execution issued from the
Morgan Superior against Court of said county, in favor of Samuel
A. J. Neal, administrator of I. N.
Bradley, deceased, and N. J. Bradley.
ALSO at the same time and place, the brick
store room in the west end of the Masonic build¬
ing, iu the town of Carnesville, Franklin county,
stands, Ga., together fronting with the lot upon which the same
back hundred twenty-five and feet and running
one ninety feet. This is a very
valuable house and lot, being considered the best
business stand in Carnesville. Levied on ;is the
property of II. B. Nelms l.y virtue of and to sat¬
isfy a fi fa issued from Franklin Superior Court
in favor of B. Phillips & Co. against H. B. Nelms.
Property Written notice pointed given out by plaintiffs’ possession attorney.
tenants in a* re¬
quired by law. This February McConnell, 3d, 18 H 0 . Sheriff.
J. C.
POSTPONED SHERIFF SALE.
also at the same time ami plaoe, three undi-
vitU d oue-tentli interests in a tract or parcel of
lawi Broad lying in sam county on the waters of North
Rive r and Turkey Creek, in the ftrlth dia-
trict, G. M., adjoining lamia of J. R. Robert-on,
S. K. Cannon, 1$. H. Burton, ami others, contain-
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ALL OF FRANKLIN’S
ENTERPRISING CITIZENS
•- SHOULD—-
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PATRONIZE * AN * ENTERPRISE, i
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We venture to say there is not a citizen in the county who does uot
want a good County Paper, and we further venture to say that “THE
ENTERPRISE” is, and will continue to he, the best paper ever pub¬
lished in Franklin County.
ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY i
Neither will “THE ENTERPRISE” attain its height of success in
so short a time, but if the citizens of Franklin County will give as
their patronage we will build up a circulation to almost equal Rome’s
population, and give them 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 abort time, and
already she is awaking from her Rip Yau Winkle slumber, and will 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 owr energy and time, and build up a newspaper that
will be looked for with eager anticipation.
The sections of the whole country which arc the most prosperous
are the sections that have advantago of progressive newspapers. The
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 ENTERP ISE 1
Carnesville, Ga.
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