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About The Enterprise. (Carnesville, GA.) 1890-1??? | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1890)
THE ENTERPRISE. Official Organ of Franklin County. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, Filtered at the Cnmehville pont-ottlue Second* clAMs Hlaii .Matter. Woe of Siihpcrii’ti'ib: One year, M: fix month*, W) cents; three month*, 25 cent*; in elubs of 10 or more, 75 cent per annum. Ciusb in advance. Town of Advertising furnished on application. Correspondence lx* given Communication* i* solicited, but unless no attention wilt to accompa¬ nied l>y the real name of the writer. lon. j. McConnell ako gf,o, s, fhiliju’s. Kdiioiu AM* Paoruir.Toiu. 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 ♦ .. 1 : •• r twVWV X« 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. _ , . Twenty grades of tobacco at Hay- n *° s - He sells cheap. C ,, anned , croods , of . all kinds at Ilay- J • Hies* Try a glass of soda water at W• «• 11 *>™ *• , Canned goods prepared in every possible style at Ilaynie’s. ILivnie is a! wavs readv to serve someth * you with g.vJ. • OUB * SPECIALTIES: * oz> *!* «v *THE ENTERPRISE STORE.* STOVES! TINWARE! -and- * 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 -o 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. »-tf 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- LSatieSttK f n p-JhciI i'nt'iv j^ < iiitiirs'!nonKv. , '' \Vdtu’[i $1 A YEAR! ALL OF FRANKLIN’S ENTERPRISING CITIZENS •- SHOULD—- . PATRONIZE * AN * ENTERPRISE, i --AND-„ THE * ENTERPRISE _ IS A- — -*1 HOME $ ENTERPRISE! -— 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. $1 A YEAR!
