Georgia Historic Newspapers

    •THE DEMOCRAT*
« THE
Official Organ
OF
Taliaferro^ County.
By Moore Bras.
YOL. XY.
"HE WAS “IN IT" AT LAST.
They built a line church at his very
door—
He wasn't in it;
They brought him a scheme for relieving
the poor—
He wasn't in it;
Let them work for themselves as ho had
done,
They wouldn’t ask help of any one,
If they hadn't wasted each golden min¬
ute—
He wasn’t in it.
A cairiage swept down the street qne
day—
He was in it;
The funeral trappings made a display—
He was in it;
St Peter received Vm with book and
bell.
“My friend you have purchased a ticket
to,—well,
Your elevator goes down in a minute.”
Ho was in it.
BEAUTIFUL FARM HOMES,
They Should be the Most Attrac¬
tive of All.
THE BEAUTIES OF THE CROWDED CITY
®OurBoors by tbe Fast
TKa SMTeHoBB Who Live in
the City ara Not so well Fixed.
There is no subject more impor¬
tant for a farmer to consider than the
one why boys who are brought up
on farms are usually so anxious to
leave home. It is no doubt true
that large cities possess an almost
irresistable attraction to very many,
but that does not account sufficiently
for tlie giving up the almost certain
tty of an independent, honorable,
affluent and pleasant career for a
chimerical prospect of great gain, or
to settle down as merebants’s clerks,
mechanics or hewers of wood and
drawers of water in our villages,
towns*and cities. In these days of
daily newspapers, almost perfect
mail communication, the electric tel
etfr aph a adAst trains, tb<
white k. : the
man; and
it is in his power to secure to liimself
almost everything that makes life
worth living. And just here is the
key to the whole matter. There are
a large number of farmers who seem
to ignore the bright and beautiful
side of life. To them grass was made
alone for cattle to eat, not for men
to look at and enjoy; to them flowers
are weeds, books a snare, rest and
comfort idleness and self-indulgence.
They give their cattle the very best
attention, but let their children take
care of themselves and find their
own amusements—a task as difficult
under the circumstances as that giv¬
en by the Egyptians to the Israelites
of making brick without straw. The
home is comfortless; there is nothing
to interest in the long winter even¬
ings; everything is dull, weary, mo¬
notonous, and the young generation
are only too anxious to escape from
it; and the only refuge seems to be
the city, which swallows them up as
greedily as the ocean its wrecks.
The is obvious. Handsome, com¬
fortable houses—not merely a num¬
ber of furnished rooms, but comfort¬
able, home-like houses snugly em¬
bowered in miniature parks, with
neat lawns and flowers and vegeta¬
ble gardens;' good common school
education for the children, who
ought to be taught the principles of
growth and successful farming, thus
classing it with the sciences; news¬
papers, music, an occasional visit to
the cities to see what they are like
and how disagreeable they are—
such things as these will keep the
children on the farm. This is no
fancy sketch, but is consistent with
the best and most profitable farming,
for bore, as everywhere else, the
best wins after all.—Exchange.
A new “Lula Hurst” has come be¬
fore the public in the person of Miss
Josephene Lord, of Lowell, Mass.
At a recent exhibition she command¬
ed and the “unseen force” obeyed.
At a seance, three canes, one of
wood, another of glass, and another
of steel, were made to stand upon
the floor for five minutes in a verti¬
cal position. The sticks moved in
any direction she commanded. Ap¬
parently bolding a stick lightly I**- j
tween her fingers, no person present
wns able to take it from her. A
chair was moved across the floor by
unseen forces, and the chair, with a
lady sitting in it was lifted from the
floor and placed upon a table in the
same mysterious way.
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Coverment Loans.
Those who denounce as absurd and
impracticable the alliance proposi¬
tion that the government should loan
money direct to the people • upon
proper security shonld read this ex
tract from French financial history,
taken from “The Theory and Histo¬
ry of BanHng.”
It has been remarked that from
1814 for many years the Bank of
France was the bank of bankers
rather than of the merchants. The
position of intermediary between the
bank and the great class of borrowers
on a small scald should have been
held by a class of independent banks
it appears, in fact, to have been held
by private bankers, and during the
revulsion which accompanied the
revolution of July, 1830, this class of
establishments either disappeared or
become inactive, so that a part of
the usual machinery of commerce,
never adequate, was for a time abso
lutely wanting, and it seems impos¬
sible for the normal movements to
begin again.
The chambers therefore voted that
loans should be granted by the gov¬
ernment for the relief of commerce
to the extent of 00,000,000 francs,
onehalf to be lent directly by a pub¬
lic commission, and the other to be
used in establishing public discount
offices in Paris in the departments.
The loans were made at 4 per cent.,
and upon security, and the business
would seem to have been managed
with better success than could have
been expected, for the 30,000,000
francs of direct loans made to indus¬
trial establishments and divided be¬
tween Paris and the departments
with tolerable equality, the amount
still unpaid in i860 and then set
down as either bad or doubtful, was
only about 900,000 francs. The dis¬
count officein Paris discounted
to the amount of 20,029,000 francs.
and «ccuri|ies averaging a little
or more discount offices opened in
the departments are not carefully re
ported.
Not Ruined Yet.
While agriculture is depressed,
and the farmers of the country have
good cause to complain, the situation
nevertheless has its bright side.
According to the last census re¬
ports, there are 12,500,000 families
in the United States. Of these 10,-
250,000 occupy farms and homes that
are either owned or rented by them
unincumbered. The other 2,250,000
own homes and farms incumbered by
mortgages.
This is not a bad showing. When
over four-fifths ot the families of a
country occupy homes that are not
mortgaged, it is safe to say that the
people lack a good deal of being
ruined. But this apparent prosper¬
ity should not lead the thoughtless to
believe that there is nobbing worse in
store for us. The robber tariff, legisla¬
tion in the interest of the privileged
classes, and the extravagance of bil
hondollar congresses will, if allowed to
continue, swell the number of mort¬
gaged homes from year to year, un¬
til they will make au appalling total
in the reports of the next census.
The very fact that matters are no
worse should encourage us to make
the fight for economic reform while
the chanees for success are as good
as they are now. It is no time for a
policy of inactivity.
A negro woman in a Georgia back
county hoed cotton until mdday, and
then lay down for a nap in the shade
of a tree. She was barefooted.
Suddenly a tickling “ensation on one
of her big toes disturbed her slumber.
She looked sleepily in that direction
and saw a sight th3t made her teeth
chatter. A huge black snake had
swallowed the toe, and was acting as
though he proposed to swallow the
of her. As she gazed along the
sleek back of the undulating serpent
be seemed so long that his tail was
the horizon. When she re
from her temporary paraly
she arose like a sky-rocket fired j
and disappeared in the 1
timber with a blood-curdling {
After being jerked through !
under brush for a.few rods the
let go. The ( man may be j
yet for all that we know to j
contrary.
“■IDsvcted to tlee gg pie < 3 -en.ere.ll 3 r.”
CHAWFORBYILLE, GEORU^FlUDAY, AUGUST 14,1891.
FARM REFORM.
The question of reducing the
acreage of cotton is widening and
we yet hope for something to
be aeceomplished by the move. Of
course if only half the amount is raised
the farmer will get about as much
for his crop as lie now gets. Raise
half as much cotton and twice as
much corn as you do now and sup¬
plement your crops with a nice lot
of hay and you will see a great
change in this old country of
ours.
Labor is scarce and the farmer can
better afford to raise more corn than
he can cotton, because it takes less
labor to gather it and some less to
produce it. The corn in year crib
and the pigs in your pen, you can be
more independent about what you
wiil do about selling your cotton
crop.
Georgia land prepared the same as
for cotton and fertilized like it is
for cotton—in other words • with as
much labor put on it as is put Oil
cotton fields, will make a great yield
of good corn. Corn can be made in
Georgia when the land is prepared
right and cultivated generally it. a
manner suited for corn growings
Georgia farmer- make a greatmis
take in not giving more attention, to
grass and hay raising. There is
money in these old srrass fields. As
Conimis. Nesbitt says, the farmers
of this state lose enough money and
lime killing grass to make them rich
,f they would kill the cotton ami save
the hay. imy
We expect he is right. The
crop well cared for would bo worth
more money than all the cotton rais¬
ed on the same land and would cost
90 per cent, less than the cotton
crop. 'fc-Jwlts
■
We need more clover, grass.' ryo
and barley crops with which' to
raise stock that we now buy; and
we need An ore peas, potatoes, obufas,
our country than any political reform
that any party can bring about.
We wish it distinctly understood
that we favor the reforms as set
down in Democratic doctrine
With those reforms and reforms in
our system of farming the masses
and all classes in the South will pros
per.
THAT DISPENSARY.
There is some feeling in this coun¬
ty favorable to the establishment of
a dispensary similar to the one in
operation at Barnesville, this state,
to furnish liquor to who all want it for
medicinal and other purposes. In most
all cases those who desire the dispen¬
sary are those who are opposed to
or not very ardent supporters of pro¬
hibition.
Some prohibitionist favor the dis¬
pensary and are discussing it in a
quiet way. , They favor it from the
fact that it will break up blind ti
gers.
The most of the dispensary advo¬
cates argue that it will be better to
have tlie spirits sold by commission¬
ers who are bound to have purer
stuff than that handled by blind ti¬
gers, and even better than that which
is shipped to the county or from
barrooms. Their argument goes on
to show that there will be less drink¬
ing and less desire to buy liquor
than now. That it will he better
than barrooms.
The latter we agree with them
about, but prohibition is far better
than a dispensary unless it is in the
hands of very superior officers. It
is hard for a man to refuse a friend
liquor when the law does not rigidly
prohibit him selling it.
If the people of Taliaferro want
a dispensary they should so express
themselves by vote. We favor pro¬
hibition first and the dispensary
second.
IIeketofoke the jurors who were
summonsed by courts and excused
were not paid for the loss of time i
for that day, but there is a bill m
the legislature, that will pass, that
provides for the payment of such ju¬
rors. It is a good law.
The Atlanta Herald is a hammer
3nd is one of the newiest daily pa¬
per* in the state. Joe Carter’s hand
writing on the wall can lx* seen in
the bright news department. The
paper at all. declares that it is for no party J
inhabitMpi =— IS. os
A Peculiar B fill in Macon
Co'
THEY CAN'T Lift IF THE HEAT.
They are Fowl lb-pits of South
Georgia, W h luo lumber la
Talk about- kp^t bugs, your
big bugs, your 11 f bugs, or any
other bugs, but j T. M, Williams,
who owns and rl |t Lav mill niuo miles
from Ogletliorj >5| to the front
with a bug that J. Taps the climax
of bugology. *ff ^ffiot little, hard,
black bug, witlijg on the
middle of his 1 k 1 His a little
larger than a horj Hilts home
is in Mr. Wrlli:,: ' pW pit, where
the burning slabs], h> a red hot fire
for months at a When the
heat is so intensely a man cannot
stand within tiojfeot of the pit,
these little bugs, I swarms like bees,
are crawling up tf sules^f lottldcring the pit,
buzzing amo ua
coalfl > and rest*-' ifortably in the
adhere «| I f J wo,,W
rofcsj^n tored- lwp ' *' . ’*•' M ' *"
hot pit, and vv 1 « »*' ‘ at 1 <
m When taken away
from it, Mr. Mbrought some
ofthemtoO.^ fr* to.show Dr.
Crumbloy, ano t* It' * »" 1 a > was
* er . v '°t, the;; 0,1 1 u
rWohmg town able
to kick win**, l leached here.
mill, Wllon seventy-f caught gl Carried from tire to pit, the
they will re: n Jliately jfben on lin¬
ing turned the mill
stops, the 111,; si the “devil
bugs,” as Me. SUtt- them.
die out as mo
but new if one*
soon M
,IS
* and
-c , fbting it can be
sa vs ■ /
. his mill and
convinced by at
seeing for thetng® fe.— Macon Coun
ty Citizen,
Their P^L. sad Land.
The heartIcsslL 1 '' ovo!tin S Russian cruul *
ty meted out tlie
Jews, on vim 1 of their
faith, is causing Hpr to look to
America as theA Bty of Refuge.”
These Jews, lost without ex
ception, prefer ‘erica, where they
have been led te felievo that they
would be alIowe*$ A ht! be Hftm0 Hghts from as
everybody else, a exempt
military service, I which they arc
especially averse! (people,
The Jews, as ; are accti
tnulators and nod Croducers, and it
may yet become j Lhard nut, like the
Chinese questioJ ■ for the National
government to t# g ttk m deciding as to
the, vZthdom of th ,/whoie351c influx of
pauper Jews.
The Jewish el nient in the United
states is a very t afe, desired and re¬
spec ted one, as i tnow stands, and
the restrictions a jplicable to others
will apply to its i iwldcn and great ex
pansion.
Sav® Ha y
The Telfair E(&' r P nMe « a y« :
good price which [hay always corn
mands should att r.ret the attention
of the planter. I t is not only a usc
ful product on th ; ^ arnj > ^ ut a
source of some r- ;venue. Three or
four tons of hay t ° the acre is not an
extravagant estir an< ^ a **
yield, there eouhi tie realized 875 to
$85 per acre. TJ 4s matter deserves
more seriou- cot! deration now' than
heretofore, since >tton has declined
irt price. We are satisfied that
with a small expo; iditure of muscle,
hay could Ire madi t quite a supple
mentary crop, ItHgi:; nedect of what
world calls “td nil things” that
keeps many from laining an inde
position i p pecuniary point
view. Remer ter the divine
declaration, ‘'W - A^ath despised the
of small
In Russia a dnl rd s corpse . is
safe. The ,have a super
that if the throw tnrow the me aew dead
rain. . axjjmtothenveritwill I enily at
peasants were an *ted for disinter
body of woman who
intoxication, . . .
in a state oi
it iritoi e Volga.
and north of us the crop is small and
poor.
Georgia will have, a Normal
School but not before she needed it
—or something to benefit the com¬
mon schools.
-V special stated last week tha
Pres, llarrison had gone “grabbing.'j
Wo wonder if he is “grabbing” at
straws this early, since the Blaine
boom has been started.
Fhkk silver takes better all over
the Union than any other plank that
has been mentioned for the Demo¬
cratic platform. Tariff reform comes
next. What a gathering there will
be next year when the old gold-bug
Republicans are sent to the soup
pail.
Some are predicting that cotton
will go down to two cents a pound
unless the production is decreased.
Good cotton has sold in Georgia at
three cents per pound and the coun¬
try w,-s not ruined, but then the far
mey' .unde t.hcir'nieat and corn at
home.
M \ you K. T. Brown, of Athens,
has been invited, by Pres, L. !,.
Polk, to make a scries of speeches in
Ohio. Col. Brown is a good one and
says lie will stick to Democratic
principles and talk Alliance doctrine
the farmers of tire Buckeye
State.
Puns. Livingston says: “With re¬
for tire third party the folks
in Georgia ought not to be fool¬
by that cry. It a time conics for
third party to he born. God Al¬
will attend to that business.
never led you into a mistake and
never led you into the brush.
time may come when I may
advise yon to leave the prett¬
ies, but for God’s sake, do
a h the II ,1 "7
scoop*. The now constitution was
adopted by nearly 100,000 majority,
and Brown was elected Governor by
25,000 or 30,000. The people's par¬
ty voted about 10,000 tickets. The
Senate will stand—-Democrats, 27;
Republicans, 10; People's, 1. The
House—Democrats, 09; Republicans,
17; People’s, 12; Independent Demo¬
crats, 17. Many of the Democrats
arc farmers in symalhy with the
Alliance.
The Democrats of Georgia, wheth¬
er they be alliancemcn or non-alli
ancemon, should got together and
work harmoniously for tlie deliver¬
ance of the government from the
hands of those who have well nigh
destroyed it. It is not the part of
wisdom or patriotism to quibble or
wrangle over minor issues. Our
common country requires the best
service of every citizen to save it
from ruin. Reform is the watch¬
word. Let it be genuine and last¬
ing —Quitman Sun.
A» air luvontment.
Is one which Is guaranteed to bring you
satisfactory results, or In case of failure a
return of purchase price. On this safe
plan you can buy from out advertised
Druggist a bottle of Dr. King's New Dis¬
covery for Consumption. Jt Is guaranteed
to bring relief In every case, when used
for any affection of Throat, l.ugs or Chest
such as Consuption, Inflammation of
Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping
Cough, Croup, etc., etc. It Is pleasant
and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and
can always be depended upon. Trial bot
les free at
Ur. It. J. Heid's Drug Store.
Georgia Crop Report.
The crop report figures of last,
month have been given out officially
the returns lieing all in. In North
Georgia cotton is 79 and corn 99; in
Middle Georgia cotton is 8fi and
corn 90; in South West Georgia cot¬
ton is 90 and corn 97; in South Geor¬
gia cotton is 94 and corn 109; in East
Georgia cotton is 80 and corn 95.
This makes an average of cotton 85
and corn 96.
.Merit Will*.
We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption, Dr.
\, ;W jj f( . pm*, iiuckien's Salve
and Electric Bitters, arid have never
L handled remedies that Sell as ^ well, or that
^ SU(;h I)nlvmal ufactfara .
J We , lon#t to guarantee them
every time, and we utand ready to refund
the poreiuue price, if natfefaetory result**
*> not ***"; thelr "*• rem
have won their great popularity purely on
tlwir „ lf;rltR .
Dr. K. J. R^id'* Drug Store.
There will be more cotton made
this year than wo can get a good
price for.
Worms are in the Alabama cotton
fields and the fleecy staple crop may
be ,,- it shorter still.
G 0 T TUERlt 151,1 >in Cures 4 to
stricture. 3 days. Guaranteed not to cause
If used In time is a
preventive sire 75 eta. a bottle, the
samn a* other St. prepara¬ Modi,
tions. Prepared by tire 1511
clue Iltimnmol* Co., Washington, & Bird, (Jrawfordvi!l?,'<Ja. tiu. For sale bv
Home Council.
Wo t»kfi pleasure In calling the ntten
turn of mothers to a home cure for all
diseases of tlie Stomach and Bowels, a
medicine so long needed to ent ry children
lug. aafeiy through the critical stage ol Teeth
PITTS’ CARMINATIVE
I* an Incalculable blessing to roothm an#
child lttsan liuttgnt relief to colic of
Infants, suffer much a discuses the first with four which infant!
their life- at It glvesswcct month* ni
rest to the alcA
and fretful child, ft strengthens and
build* up the weak give* nujieltte and
flesh bowel*, to the puny, corrects, drain (mm tilt
cures Diarrhoea and Dvsenbsiy
A panacea for the children Try on*
bottle. It costs only,
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOTTLE
---AUGUSTA
■ IIA.M LAC.YJm'i .
—- Mais OvnoK and Work *.
■ 13 Jaokson St., Augusta, (In.
First f!l?.ss WorK (lUHranteed
h tUi li
J®
SKKOKE of Leaves, p: - ASTHMA. ASTHMA.'.
Barks, and Saturates Pastiles Paper, ' in caused try a specific poinon i»
ASTHMALEfi Will 1U , • (ire IiUkk! (often hereditary),*
% i 1 ASTHMA
ELIMINATES POISON. It *11(1 Is a DESTROYS SPECIFIC anU"' the if; m answer* No lonjf required list of
or months of treatment, i lorn i , :• .pornore.rnv resorted to. We only aik any
one suft'erin# from A 1 tin .* fiW 1JOSEB of Anthmalcne. We make
|aip J\$riat SSoftfe to Ufiodie |$affer
ing cJrorfj fftid. sJerrifefe MaFaS^. 1
tSTSENI) u« nir nan ■n a p'lstil card nitd we will mm!
enough ol Dr. Tali', ,V lliinalcnc lorlimv power over l lie ill-
ease, stop the spasms end giv. i poml is re*!, and prove to you
(no mailer how bad VUUi* (■-. ") that A87KMALE8E CAB CURE
gasping AST.IiM/e for ■ breath “l vou fur ni-.-.i fr./ U<) li ii".':- lire/- iliftn. - t your St-nd Ini',,in - or full it in n *;h,iir and port nil nfyliC oftn
in vour riarm‘ a
•ddrcee on u postal card. 1HZ HQ, TAFT 9R0S., mVICMi CO., ROCHESTER, N. f.
Wf U5S
THIS .S ONK OF THE 40 STYLES WHICH WE MAKE
No. 1 66, STAR OEAR SPINDLE BODY.
If ATVRAL WOOD FDTISH, OM FAXIfTED.
Built on Honor. Entirely different from Cheap Weatarn
Work. Live Dealers wanted. Territory given.
. ...
KINGMAN, STURTEVANT & LARRABEE
~-:} CARRIASEIHD 8LEI8H BUilJatfc-___
■EM PFftBfAU.L SA lALgfiilEa* BINGHAMTON, N. Y.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
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TSfilE aro matvlna a opoolalty this season of
m caii PARAGObfcHARNESS. /
wo our ,
Made of the pINEST STOCK and the very
Best WORKMANSHIP. Such n harnooa $25. %
cannot bo boo,/tit for Ico than
at retail. But wo nr wimn B , ^ ^
In to Sell $ sample 16 order ono . ouz person 50 for to fs . introduce r *& ,et ao only a H!w ^ it, to <9 A tp;*
il ■9 BPfe
■ THE DEMOCRAT*
IS THE
Best Ad’rt Medinm,
IN Georgia.;}
Middle
$ 1.25 Per Year
NO. 83.
We would like to know of tha
Montezuma Record what it would
do with two white parties in Macon
county and the South when the ne¬
gro Republican party would lick them
both ?
9
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-llHimfiicfiin 1 wi
GRANITE and
MARBLE MONUMENTS,~
and STATUARY.
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t ONTIUO l'Ult (or Iliitlillilg Mime.
AOISNT VOll-
CHAMPION IRON FENCE CO.,
(RjrThe Host In tire World.
New Designs!
Origins' it ign.fi!
LOW PRICKS.
Scud for them.
Oflicu and steam Works,
529 & 531 Broad St., AUGUSTA, II#.
All Work Guaranteed,
mjts'o n'rtmyt-zBst-TWk.)■ “mmram i Tp
no i-a .iii «j mi us J v m^x.’x’xa o
! COTTON 1
WITH LATLST I VIP ROVE MEIMT9
t l-rr „f I'n lftht, ><!l«r nlof. 1
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for ijHlcb doll very upfin t*eo«tpt of <,rd«r«.
’ OSCOOD” U. S. Standar
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