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EDITORS AND I'ROIRIETORK,
; C.sneuvllle. Ga., January 2, 1891.
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The First Mile Post.
Tur Exteremise with this ixsue
passes the first mile on its journey.
One year's labor in the fourth estate
has been very pleasant to us, and we
hope satisfactory to our patronage.
We have given the loeal news, also
the current events of the day, and
advocated editorially the educatienal
and material development of our re
sources. This is what we promise
another year, and trust that we may
have the support of the people.
Our School.
Carnesville’s educational future is‘
great if she looks well to her oppor- |
tunities, and this we have oviflcnro'
will do. Elsewhere there will|
Efound a call for & citizens’ meet- |
ng, looking toward the rcnmdcliug’
‘?d enlarging of the academy. This|
s work that cannot be delayed. The|
attendance of the fall term was xo'
large that the present academy would |
hardly accommodate all. The spring
and summer term will be much
larger—perhaps twice as large—if
there is suitable accommodations in
the way of room furnished. There|
is no one thing that contributes to
the best progress of a section so much
as the establishment of first-class
schools. A town will never die that
is the champion and supporter of
good schools. Society will always
be good where education plants her
banuers.
Our citizens will make no mistake
in devoting much of their time and
money to the building of a magnifi
cent school in Carnesville. Now is
the ti-ne to take hold of this enter
prise, while we have the services of
an educater whose scholarly reputa
tion reaches across the continent.
Let us all work for the school. |
EDITORIALLY PARAGRAPHED. i
There is considerable complaint
about iron clad notes among the peo- ‘
ple. It would be much better for
the country if every note in exist
ence was iron clad, and absolutely
secared by good collateral. The
strictest business iy the best business
for all classes—the demagogues to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Hon. James G. Blaine is reported
to have said that he would not be a
candidate for the presidency in "92.
If we are to have a republican presi
dert again the south would be glad
for it to be Blaine. i
The president of the Farmers’ Al
liance in the state of Kansas says that
the third party move will not work
in the south as long as< there is a race
problem. He thinks the move pre
mature,
If you are a friend to the poor man
don's advise him to put off the pay
ment of just obligations after they
have matured. This kind of advice
injures both the debtor and the cred
itor,
The corner.stone of the Grady
Hospital was laid in Atlanta on De
cember 23d. It will be amagnificent
building, and will bear the name of
one of Atlanta's noblest sons,
It is foolishness to talk about build
ing up confidence among our people
when those who sre considered our
best citizens do not pretend to wmeet
their obligations when due.
The supreme court of Tennessce
has decided that mortgages are not
taxable in that state—that they arc
mot property, but only security.
M. A. Dauphin, president of the
Louisiana Lottery company, died a
sow days ago, at the age of 53,
h The State road has been turned
m':: to the new lessees, and every
thing is working harmoniously.
There is nothing that helps the
‘poor man as much as his own punct
uality in business matters. ‘
Subseribe for Tue Extrremise,
Plant Less Cotten.
The South has lost hundreds of
thousands of dollars in the last year
on account of an over-production of
cotton and an under-production of
the necessaries.
If we had made only five millions
of bales instead of nearly eight mill
ions, the crop would have been in
eager demand and profitable price for
every bale as soon as it left the gin.
Our people must learn to raise cot
ton as a surplus if they would pros
per. We challenge the whole of
Franklin county to produce one
farmer who raises nothing but cotton
that is making money, to say nothing
of a good living. We know a num
ber of farmers who are making money
fast, besides a splendid living. But
these prosperous farmers raise corn,
wheat, oats, sorghum, potatoes, tur
nips, hogs, cattle, ete., and then a con
siderable cotton crop as a surplus.
The man who plants nothing but cot
ton works harder and realizes less
than anybody.
We hope to see a big change among
our farmers in regard to more of the
necessaries of life and lesk cotton.
Cotton is almost certain to be low |
next season if there is even an aver
age crop planted. The only hope,
in our opinion, to advance the price
of the large amount of cotton that is
on hand now is to impress the cotton
producers throughout the cotton
states to cut off their acreage lor this
year. This will certainly lessen the
future supply and cause an increased
demand for the present crop. But
if our farmers do not cut off the acre
age it is unreasonable to expect high
prices next season.
The South's Progress.
The Manufacturer’s Record, of Bal- '
timore, comments in the following
way on the statistics of the south’s
progress:
wThe last twelve months have been
a period of unprecedented activity in
every departmant of industrial and
commercial enterprise in the south.
Every factory in business reflects
general activity., The railroads have
been crowded with freight beyond
their capacity. The banks have
transacted an enormously increased
volume of business and have earned
handsome returns on their capital.
Agricultural and manufacturingpro
ducts have been put forth in great
quantity, and there has been a tre
mendous flow of capital from every
direction to the south seeking invest
ment. The past year has not been
one of booming nor abnormal devel
opment, but it has been essentially a
period of steady growth upon a solid
foundation. The south has been put
to severe tests during the past year,
but it has stood them all without
strain or injury, and stands better in
the eyes of the world than ever be
fore. An abundance of everything
that ficlds or factories yield has given
the south ample resources with which
to stand all strains and to meet all
demands.”
What 1s News!?
An ingenious editor of a large and
suceessful daily, who would be ree
ognized as one the best newspaper
men in the United States if his name
were mentioned, recently had ™ ocea
sion to employ some new reporters.
Many men applied, all of whom he
called into hix sanctum, and, paying
no attention to their letters of recom
mendation, gave each ong of them a
writing pad, at the head of which
‘was the guestion: “What is news ?”
~ wHalf an hour to answer that ques
tion, young gentlemen. Then I shall
know how to make my choice.”
There was some lively scratching
for 30 minutex, and the result of the
newspaper examination was intensely i
interesting, Some of the answers
of the successful competitors are sug- ‘
gestive, Here are a few of them: I
“News is anything that the general
public ought to know.”
“News consists of events that are
either very usual or very unusual.”
“News is the daily record of the!
human race put into convenient shape
for the public.” ‘
“News is the panorama of the world |
every 24 hours in embryo.”
“News is whatever the public will
read and pay for.”
“News is anything from Jones® ar
rival in town to the fall of an em
piro."
“News is historical facts, It is
what occurs; not what is imagined.”
“News iy truth concerning men,
nations, and things. That is, truth
concerning them which is helpful, or
pleasant, or useful, or necessary fora
reader to know.”
This last definition pleased the ed
itor very much.—Youths Companion.
W 00, oo
Subseribe for Tur ENTERPRISE.
Horgdn H. Looney's Column.
orgad b, LOODGYS L fllfll.i
THE DEATH AND THE BIRTH. |
December 31, 1890, !
“I am all alone in my chamber now, |
And the midnight hour is near, |
And the fagot’s erack and the clock’s |
lone tick '
Are the only sounds I hear.” l
The author of the above lines was |
}Biuhop Doane, not a voluminoua!
‘writer, but one of the sweetest poots:?
that ever wove English words into.:
ilineu of tender pathos and sparkling;
imagery. The above lines are from |
his short poem entitled, “The little |
boy that died.” eis also the au-’
thor of the splendid verses commenc- ’
ing, “Chisel in hand stood a sculptur’
boy.” I cite the first mentioned of |
these two poems as an evidence of'
hix tender pathos, and the last ax an |
evidence of his sparkling imagery. |
In cither of the two poems there is a‘
wealth of feeling and a flow of soul |
to delight any one, who has enongh |
of the tender dews of life’s poetical |
time hanging on his (or her) heart tu%
appreciate them,
As time steals on, how the dews
evaporate from the waving grass of
the spring meadows; how the fra. |
grance and the hues vamsh from the !
summer flowers; how the _vellow’
paleness ereeps death-like and stilll’
on the antumn foliage; and how at |
last the winding sheets of the death- .
bed, woven in ecload-looms, fall|
softly on the cold breast of the druri
winter waste! But memory rvvorts}
with a thrill of cestasy to the beauty |
and the glory that has been, and |
through her magic wand they are |
with us still. Not ouly does shc!
murmur the spell that unlocks the |
gates of Oberon and lets us into tlu-l
fairy land of the past, but in her own
splendid storeroom she shows us that ’
the beauntiful and the tender Im\'('%
passed into our very being, and are |
part and parcel of purselves, so tlmt!
in the hour of dead winter and undert
the cold stars of the December heav
en we may feel within us the bloom’
of spring and the glory of summer, \
The clock on the mantel strikes
12, and with it dies the old, and is}
born the new, year. 1890 will be
written on our parvlmu-nts' no mnro.:s
But with the very last breath of the
passing yvear comes the first breath
of the year that at this moment be
gins. The year with its hopes, its
dreams, its succesgses, its sins, its sor
rows, and Its reverses, is gone. Like
a wave that has lapped upon the
shore and «then retreated into the
“yvasty deep” with its treasure trove,
so the year that is dead has lapsed
into the deeps of ages gone. To
night, while we watch, does the
ghost of any Banquo of murdered
days rise to confront us whether at
the feast or alone in the hush of our
room? Is the retrospect good or is
it bad? IHave we been true to our
selves and our nobler nature or have
we not? Is the record dark or is it
bright? Each must answer the sol
emn question for himself.
Doubtless many of us, perhaps all
of us, are compelled to admit to our
inner selves that the year has been
but ancther record of man's change
ful will. Some of us may recall
some promise unkept; others may be
conscious of some pledge unredeem
ed; others may be aware of some
vow unperformed; others of some
prospect blighted by misconduct;
others of some bright hope blasted
by one foolish action; others (and
this is the worst of all) may be vague
ly impressed that they have treated
some one else badly. Here it iy
man’s changeful will: promises un.
kept, pledges unredeemed, vows un
performed, prospects blighted, hopes
blasted, and doing injury to others
'in a thowsand ways. But the retro
spect may do us good. Every year
Ishould be made a eritic on the last,i
and so social progress be not a failure
and civilization not a dream. 1
While we pen these lines in the
first pulsings of the new-born year,
‘the ran is drizzling and clouds ob
scure the over-bending skies. But |
‘the moon above the clouds is smiling
in love, as when in olden time she
'ntooped to kiss Endymion on the
‘Latmos mountain. And the stars
in their glory, beyond the reach of |
our mundane vapors, are shiniug on |
in splendor as they sit upen their sil- |
ver thrones. When comes the dawn, |
the sunlight may be sheathed, but
the sun himself will rise in the full
crown-royal of his unequaled beams.
Nature’s grand work goes on in its
harmony, and “all save the spirit of
man is divine.” Tt is with all of us’
the day of new resolves. Let us re- |
golve to do the very best we can for
ourselves and our fellows, and then .
let us keep those resolves as wo!
would guard our chance of lifein a
i;lmtle with brigands on the belea
guered thoroughfare.
We are glad that with our neigh
‘bors we spent the last evening of the
old year in a most delightful way.
Dr. H. D. Aderhold and family in
'vited the married people of our town
to a sociable at their ever-hospitable
residence. We all went, and all
were received with genial warmth
and high-bred courtesy by the doc
tor, las amiable lady, and his son
Bennie. In faet it was a rosy flush
on the cheek of the dying day. We
were as happy and as gay as when in
years gone by we met in that same
hall with onr sweecthearts, and lis
tened to the “whisperings of love”
from lips that seemed to us sweeter
than the nectar of the gods in the
dreams of IHomer. Some of us
doubtless remembered the - haleyon
nights of other days, when, with one
we “liked the best,” we would prom
enade that long piazza and occasion
ally pause to pick out “the star that
should be our home when love be
comes immortal.” Dut we are wax
ing sentimental. Now we close by
wishing to each and all of our read
ers a pleasaut good morning and a
happy new year.
Junuary 1, 1801,
Stage Struck.
«Father,” said Robert, «I have
long cherished a desire to go on the
stage, and hase at last decided, with
your permission, to—"
~ «My son,” interrupted the fond
father, “all the world's a stage. Take
that hoe hanging in the wood-shed,
‘)and go out and dig those potatoes
ilmck of the orchard.”
~ The engagement lasted a week.—
Arkansaw Traveller.
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i Do you want ,tho best Axein the
world? If so buy the Keen Kutter at
lthc Hardware store, Harmony Grove
’Ga.
% Use Dr. King’s Royal Germetuer
i for rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysis,
‘ete. Sold by A. W. McConnell.
rollmte. 2 e
Carnesville High Schoo
| B
} Our school will open on January
'Hth, 1891, and will continue seven
"months, to be ineluded between Jan-
Luary dthy and July 15th,.
| RATES OF TUITION:
'First Primary:- Rpelling, Read
| ing, Writing, and Figures $1.50
! Second Primary: The same with
i Primary Arithmetie, Primary
i Grammar, Primary Geogra
-3 MO s 800
i Intermediate: Advanced Arith
| metic, Grammar, Geography, 2.50
i Second Intermediate: The same
with Natural Philosophy,
‘ Chemistry, Physiology, aud
the usual English c0ur5e........ 3.00
' First Class: Latin, Greek, High
| er Mathematies, Logie, Rhet
z orig. oteida i i 2800
| Tuition due at the end of each
{month, If any prefer it, they may
’!pay half the session on entering and
{we will wait for the other half till
| the end of the term. A contingent
[fee of 25 cents must be paid on en
\!toring. No pupil received for less
_ithan a month. No deduction for ab
| sence except in case of sickness. Dis
f!cipliho will be rigorous, and severe if
; necessary. Board can be had at good
| houses at from $2 to %2.50 per weck.
} M. H.LOONEY, Principal.
Little &
Legran
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~ —LEAD THE VAN!—
A FULL STORE, LOW PRICES
E AND COURTEOUS AT
‘{ TENTION TO ALL,.
i TR e s s
‘ Headquarters for Hardware, in
cluding a full stock of Farming Im.-
plements, and pocket and table
cutlery.
.
-CrocerieS-
Such as Flour, Meat, Corn, Bran,
Hay, and all staple groceries. Ev
erything bought in large quantities at
the lowest net prices. ‘
3 DRY # GOODS, @-1
Notions, Ilats, Shoes, Domestics,
ete. Everything kept in a first~class§
mercantile house is to be found at |
our store. We have come to Roys
ton to make our homes, and to com
pete in an honorable and legitinmtc'
manner for the surrounding trade.'
If you know the value of a dollar we,
are certain of a liberal share of your|
trade. Respectfully,
LITTLE & LEGRAND,
52 Royston, Ga. |
. .
' Astoishing, Gures
One Fact 1s Worth a Thousand Argu
} ments. Science Prevails!
WHAT ROYAL GERMETUER HAS
‘ DONE.
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1 The remarkable cures with “Roy
al Germetuer” are astonishing the
world,
Rev. T. C. Boykin’s daughter, of
Atlanta, was cured of a protracted
case of fever by the use of Royal
Germetuer.
wra. J. B. Hawthorne,” of Atlanta.
Ga., was cured of a long-standing
case of debility, ete.
A danghter of C. Jordan, of At
tanta, was cured by of a serious case
of stomache and bowel troubles.
N. T. Johnson, of Atlanta, was
cured of a long continued severe case
of catarrh which was sapping away
his life.
A. V. Jackson, of Sanderville, Ga.,
after trying various physicians for 15
years, was cured of a violent case of
rheumatism.
Mmrs. M. farmer, west knd, Atlanta,
was completely cured of a ten years
case of inflammatory rheumatism af
ter all else had failed.
Rev. A. B. Vaughn, Canton, Ga.,
was cured of facal neuralgia, also of
aliver and kidney trouble of many
years standing.
Rev. a, H. Wells, of Louisville,
Ky., has a danghter who was cured
of neuralgia and rheumatism after all
‘known medical and climatic reme
‘dies had been used.
T. V. seaddor, of Babb's Bridge,
La., was cured of liver complaint and
kidue_v disease of five years standing.
\
mrs. Irenia Free, of Soque, Ga.,!
was cured of chronic bronchitix of 30
years standing and hemorrhage of the
lungs. Zer recovery was dexpuir of,
but Germetuer cured her.
Dr. O. P. Stark, of Alexandria,
La., wag cured of asthma, which he
has had from his birth. Strange,
but true, “Germetuer” cured him in
one week.
amrs. L. A. Sherman, Atlanta, Ga.,
was cured of pains in the back and
hip, and says: “Germetuer” done
more for me than SIOO of other med
cines.”
amrs. J. G, Edwards Alexandria, La.,
was cured of loss of appetite, ner
vousness, insomnia, melancholy,
shortness of breath, weakness, pains,
sterrible blotches,”
amrs. Nicholson, of martin, Texas,
was prostrated for months—cause,
female irregularity, expected to die.
Wy cured with “Royal Germetuer.”
These are only a few extracts from
hundreds of certificates in the posses
sion of the proprietors of “Royal
Germetuer,” and every mail brings
others, voluntarily given, for the ben
efit of suffering humanity. If you
are sick and have despaired of recov
ery, hope on—¢“Germetuer will eure
you. It is pleasant to take as lem
onade without sugar; it is a scientific
discovery, and cures disease by re
moving the cause. It builds up from
the first dose. Price reduced from
%2 50 to $1 50 per concentrated bot
tle, which will make, as per accom
panying directions, one gallon of
medicine, Send stamp for full par
ticulars. For sale by druggists and
by King's Royal Germetur Co., 13 N.
Broad st., Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by A. W. McConnell,
Carnesville, Ga.
If you want the best brogan shoes
at the lowest prices call on B. Curry,
Royston, Ga.
If you want pure and good tobacco
try Maud Muller—sold by B. Curry,
Royston, Ga.
Note books, receipt book, copy
books, and school supplies at Car
son's.
If you want to buy a pistol go to
the Hardware Store, Harmony Grove,
Ga. They have a large stock to se
lect from.
~ Blood and skin discases cured by
Dr. King’s Royal Germetuer, For
sale by A. W. McConnell.
If you want to sce the finest stock
of pistols ever brought to Harmony
Grove, call at the Hardware Store.
Tne ExTerprlSE office is fitted up
with new job press and material.
All kinds of work done promptly and
neatly.
You can buy the best sewing ma
chine on the market from AW,
McConnell.
Yon will find the finest grades of
tobacco the market affords at Car-’
RON'R.
-3¢+ A SPLENDID OFFER. &
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BLACK
-SMITHING!
I am now prepared to do all kinds
of blacksmithing.
HORSE=SHOEING
—AND—
TIRE % SHRINKING
—— A SPECIALTY. —
All work promptly attended to.
You will fin me at the Bob Brown
shop. J. L. HEMPHILL.
1 ~ A. N. KING,
ATTORNEY AT Law axp Rrar Es
| TATE AGENT,
CARNESVILLE, - . GEORGIA.
\ =3~ Office in court house.
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