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A local paper published n long
obituary of a man who had died in
the community, .closing with the
statement that “a long procession
of people followed the remains to
their lust roasting place.” The
family read the supposed error and
asked the editor to make n correc
tion in the word ‘‘loasting.” but;
he mid he could not do it nnhl sev
en years back subset iption had
been paid.
e^.and not be stirred by the won
derful! works of God lies no soul ill
'
.a, Black Hock was considered too
£ftr,{or the ladies to walk, so a
home and buggy wane gotten, in
■frhich thoyr-oukl ride half way, to
' cottage. Jut*
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it the legislature take
against tbe fraudulent
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DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF
IAND NORTH EAST GEORGIA.
VOL II.
CLAYTON. RABUN CO., GA,.
- Head right Usl .
Hay be Surveyed
Prom the Constitution-
Secretary of State PhifCook, in
bis annual report to the general as-
. aembly, which has just been com
pleted, wilbmuke a number of rec
ommendations of great importance,
•.looking toward the* reorganization
of the office of secretary of state,
together with the disposal of the
headright land in Georgia yet un
claimed.
The annual report gives in detail
the work in the office during the
past Year, showing that six rail
roads have been granted charters,
tho aggregate length of the six
lines being 750 miles; that the char
ters of seven railroads have been u
mended; ten banks chartered in the
etate* six bank charters amended;
two insurance companies, three
navigation companies and one tel
ephone and telegraph compuny.
One of the most important rec
ommendations in the report of the
umpecretary of state is that tbe legis
lature shall pitas an act ordering a
survey of every heud right county
in tbe state, with the view of reach
itig and definitely defi ling tho4**
p bodies of lands that have novi r
been claimed and are still the prop
^et^y of.the stale. These lands are
being surveyed aim >st weekly by
private parlies who apply to the
state for title.
> It is the idea of the secretary of
k' state that by surveying these head-
right counties and putting ull un.
claimed Und oh sale that the state
will find itself possessed of n consid
1 erable source of income. The
headlight counties of Georgia
which have never been officially
Uurveyed all lie east ofthc Oconee
| rive^aud in them are still theus-
•' ends of acres of land, much of
*, which fat oil great value, that still
‘ !• unclaimed and hence belongs to
thf State. Following are the head
right counties of'Georgia:
Minks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke,
mden, Chatham, Clarke, Colum
, Effingham, Elbert, Emanuel,
nkltn, QUscock, Glynn* HaW-
, Greene. Hart, Jackson. Jef-
Laurens, Johnson, Liberty,
Madison, McDuffie, Mo
ntgomery, Oconee*, O-
, Richmond. Screven. Tu-
Tfttnall, Warren, Wash-
» and Wilkes,
venue to the state from
,rce would, in tbe ojnhion
ry Cook, not only com-
state for tbe cost of tbe
Ibave a good deal over,
furnish a valuable and
f*oord of the headright
fice of secretary of state the power berlairi consisting in alt
to grant all charters to private com acre*. This grant was
panics that are organized forpecun tue of,an act Approved'
iary gain. The language of the re 16, 1867. The following
port on this point Is os follows: geants of land were ma
‘ ‘Under the law private compa- the year:
nies of all character, except rail-!
12,670
e by vir
giit
dunng
OCTOBER 6. 1899.
NO. 37.
roads, banking, insurance, canal,
navigation, telegraph and express
companies, are chartered by the
superior court, I suggest that all
private companies organized for pe
cuniary gain, such as manufactu
ring! mining and merchandise com
pagies, should be chartered by the
secretary of state and a record Kept
in his office.
*‘lu every eastern and western
state the plan suggested here has
long since been adopted.
‘‘In Pennsylvania, Iowa. Nebras
ku. California and other states all
corporate power to private compa
nies of whatever character are
granted bv the secretary of state,
this has not only given satisfaction,
but yields considerable revenue to
the state, -The character fees being
graduated by the amount of the cap
itnl employed.
'‘The necessity for this change
is suggested by the fact that during
t he pasLyeitr many hundred letters
were received by this office asking
for information as to whether some
such company doing or proposing
to do business outside the state* is
an incorporate l company and
where u copy of its charter may be
found. In many instances it is ut
terly impossible for this office to fur
nish the desired information,”
Oi.d Records Preserved.
Many of the most valuable re
ports and records of the state kept
in the office of Secretary Cook are
sadly in need of better preset vation
than hus been given them in the
past. A request for an appropria
tion of $500 for rebinding and trun
scribing the most valuable of the
old records is mude in the report,
and Secretary Cook will, if neces
sary, make u personal appeal to the
general assembly for this appropri
ation, Again, many of the official
maps of. counties in the state have
been made worthless by changes
in boundary lines, and newly com
plied mai» are asked for by the sec
retary of state.
The record of the revolutionary
troops furnished by Georgia* which
-has liken only partially preserved
by the state, was for u long fime
J. A. Biddle,Montgom
county
J. T, Mills, Emanuel
J. A. Thomas, Cumde^
county
Leander Butler, Camdep'
county
Winder Phillips,Emantg}!
county
J-
county
J. A. Sutton, Emanuel
courty
J. B, Johns, Charlton cfl
'y
Henry preseptt, Cha|
county.
J. B, O’Qjnnn, Cbarlte
county
L. J. Wright, Camden ^
county
Mrs. Lucie Colema
egie, Camden county.
Acres.
450
A. Sutton, Emanuelj
Jtc
The east wind came jvhistliug
over the mountains, making all
sorts of threats of bad weather but
we had made up our mind to go
that very day to Clayton, and go
we must, wind or no wind. So uf-
ter much buzzing about packing
valises and lunch bores and attend
ing to many little mattera.thut
must be arranged lust thing, and
the usual time spent watting at the
corners, which al ways forms a part
of sucii a trip, the farewells were
said and we were off, _
Tbe weather grew more pleasant
as the day advanced,' and as the
road wtis new, at least to some of
the party, the trip was adelightful
one. At Tiger church we stopped
for dinner, which atter the long
ride, was enjoyed by both travel
ers and horses.
Just as the sun went down we
ranched that delightful spot in the
mountains, the Wall House, and
received a cordial welcome from
Mrs. Wall and her bright daugh
ter, and were not sorry the ride
was at an end, and werein a condi
tion to enjoy the nice supper and
good beds.
A lovelier spot for a mountain
contained op scraps of paper, and ’ town vyould be hard to find,
backs of ettVelopes. Dunng the Mountains, mountains all around,
past year these valuable records pile upon pile, Of all shapes and
were properly transcribed in a ledg sizes, and varying in color with
er by Atlanta Chapter No. 5 of the evety hour ot the day. We had
Daughters of tbe American Revolu- all our lives heard of Claytou, but
tion. Secretary Cook will take oc really, were surprised at the beaut-
oaston in his report to thank the j ies thut ^waited us. The man who
ladies o'f the Atlanta chapter for can climb Block Rock and Scream
their contributions to the 1
Rock before he dYew the Bfownies.
The view front the rock ? Qh , it
almost takes the breath away! We
must pass over that without
speech, Such granduer words can
not express. What did if matter
if a shower did run us down from
the summit and the holding-buck
strap break at the first steep de
scent, after we started down in
the buggy, and the horse exhibit
au undue haste to reach the hot-.,
tom? We had filled our souls with
the wonders of nature and oul-
lungs with oxygen and had dmut
fresh cider at. the cottage on the
hill, and felt repaid.
With a charming little English
friend for guide, \Ve were off for a
walk to Screamer earty Wednesday
morning. One cannot hear the
name of Screamer without think
ing of Rabun’s illustrious son, ex-
Chiof Justice Bleckley, who has
made the mountain famous and
thus'added to its charms.
Our advice is, never ride up a
mountain, and especially never
ride down one, if can possibly walk
The climb adds to the enjoyment
when you reach the top, especially
the sfdes are covered with
ferns, mosses and galax. It does
seem as if the whole world was
mountains when looKing Ifrom the
summit of Screamer, and tne only
regret was that we must, leave it.
As we looked out over tior upon
tier of blue mountains wc 'said
within our hearts, what hath God
wrought?
The fnrmej-s will'be most inter
ested. in Tennessee Valley, and
there the {most asthletic can have
his love of tlie beautiful fully grat
ified. How rich those valleys
looked, und what fine crops have
been made there this summer.
Surely the furmers of Tennessee
Valley ought to enjoy the good
things of life. But you must be
satisfied to b'e told that Rabun Gap
ison"the top ot Blue Ridge, and is
half a mile from somewhere, and
that at some time in your drive you
passed over it and there the waters
divide.
It was'with regret that we turn
ed opr bucks upon Clayton, determ
ining as* we did so to go again.
Then we wended our way over the
zigzag road to Talluluh, where a
fresh team was secured und drove
.nto Clarksville by moonlight.—
Clarkesville Advertiser.
A MONDAY MfiMHNCr C9MNMMT.
Aw, shoot 1 Maw!
I don’t want to go school 1.
Wat’s the use? ,
That ole teacher
Don’t know nothing nohowl
Has ter ast me
Everthing, >
She can’t spell mithm*,
AlwayBsez [word?’
‘‘Jcd^nie, Jhow d’vou sJ>eW such a
VJmy don’t she git it book
An’ learn a
Few things fer herself
Thout all the time usKin’ a
Little feller
Like me how to do it?
Ast me yesterday
How much is 2und2!
Anybody ought ter know that!
‘ N’there’s that old
Joggerfy.
Las’ year I could
Bound the United States all right.
Then the old
War had to come along,
-An’ now the teacher’s
Always askin’
Us ’bout the Filleypencs
An’ Porty Rcker,
An’ other places like that,
pji^asta
Us ’bout all these fellers
’At’s dead—
Like William Penn,
An’ Lord Baltimore, an’
George Washington,
An’ Christopher Columbus'
An’ when I cant tell her right off
She sez
I got to stay in
After school
Till I know ’em.
Why don’t she ust me ’bout
Some one that's
Alive—
Like Schley, or Dyer,
Or Dewey?
You bet I can tell her that.
But she’s got
To ast u heap about
People an’ things
I never heard of.
Astin’ me all about the *
Bay of Fundv!
Why don’t she ust about
The Chesapeake Bay ? *
Aw. shoot, maw!
I don’t want jto go to school!
I a’int Well to-day
Anyhow!
Houest I u’iut,
Aw. canitl stay ut home? . ... .
Pshaw! .
Doggone the ole school
Anyway!—Baltimore American.
80 YEAkr
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