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crop and land security. Later, commission conferred with £«< tary Gage of the Treasury Dep ment. DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF RABUN COUNTY AND NORTH 13AST GEORGIA, ' ■ == L -' ' CLAYTON, RABUN CO., GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER-3tC1899 NO. 46. Gold Bulletins of Smith property, about fifty years ago, by John Morris, the former * . i owner. Shortly after the discovery Kaoun COUHiy. was made known, mining opera- By 8. W. McCallie, AssistantGeologist ions bc g un and continued, .almost (Continued from last week.) ""interruptedly, until the breaking out of the late war. In the mean: The topography of that portion * time, the adjoining properties were of |he county, traversed by the gold prospected; and, in many in- belt*. is usually nigged und rnoun-jstances, the gravel along the vari- tainous. The eas!< rn belt lies a-, ous streams, tributary to Tallulah Ionthe base of a series of high j river, were found to carry rich de- ridges, or mountains, which are posits of gold. Flattering reports, often barren of vegetation on their j concerning the richness of the stones: and which frequently endjniines, soon attracted many miners, ahrubtly, in precipitous cliffs, more; who are reported to have t.iKen out than a hundred feet in height, and several thousand pennyweights an- Washington News.- State Department for the transpor tation of the remains of John Paul In his annual report to the 'Sec- Jones from Paris to the United re tary of the Interior, ©ov. Brady. States for the simple reason that of Alaska states that the territory the location and indeutificution of desires to be token into the Unjph| the remains areas much a mysteay us a state, and it is probable that .as ever. Every effort has been Congress will be called upon teTI’dt made by the officers of the United extending, for long distances. This great chain of cliffs, extend ing lik-» a broken wall, for miles, together with ihe barret, mountain- tops .called “balls.” add, to an al- ren Ay ^unique scenery, a peculiar nually, for a number of years. -Af ter the war, mining operations a- gain began; but they nevorregained their former activity. Much of the ; rich placer being exhausted, atten tion was now directed to vein-pros in the matter this winter. The salmon fisherman form an intaeest- ing feature of the report, as does al so gold, tortile latter, properina clnnery is great.y in demand, This year, the snltndn fisheries produced 1.000,000 cases and 15,000 barrels, tne total value being not less than $4,120,000. wiidnCs*. probably fo be seen, at; pocting. A number of auriferous no other point within the limits of the State. Many instances are re lated .by the older inhabitants, tel ling how their ancestors, in the ear ly settlement" of the country. Mire lied on the tops of these high Jiffs,killed the deer and other wild |ame,as thev quietly fed. nlong he streams below. Rabid streams ttd extensive forests of oak. chest ?«tr^'*VWWtrdire abound. Ow ng to the rapidity and the abund- nce of the streams, livdranhc-min «S? n be carried on, in nianv •laces, with a comparatively small ►tttlny. in the construction of ditch is and flumes. The western, or Dahloncgn. belt, reverses u sect ion of the county, tqtmily as mountainous .nnd. at. the tine time. a» well, or even better, applied with water power, that sould easily be used, for mining iurposes. The rocks, occtiring n- »»g the auriferous belts, arechief- y gneisses and schists. Besides these .there also occur, in places, gratuity snd a number of basic e- ruptivc mens, The former ap pear, us intrusive masses, in the Jtehistsf usually in the form of peg- matic veins, 'varying from a few inches to a many laet in width, while the latter occurs, as b< ssos. With their fringe of lateral apo- phyes, or dikes, traversing the couti y, for long distances. A good ex- ple of the basic eruptive rock is to be seen, at the Lnurcl Crock Co- undum mines, on the east belt; And a -similar formation also oc curs, within the western belt, near ithe Skntlh gold mine on lot 7, The pegtnatic veins are quite, ommon , throughout the county: ipid.jin places, they are so nbund-. ntas to form a large part of the ? imtry rock. Many of t hem are, leslionsbly of eruptive origin, j le others seem to have been ; med, a* seregitions. The differ it formations, throughout the ty, generally, have northeast-' southwesterly strike, and stcrlv dip. There is one exoeptiou to t his. however, west slope of Tallurah where the dip is, usual-. nortbwent. extensive ||en»tiohs. fc “ifn, or Dahlonegnh, carried on. in thte of quartz veins are reported to have been worked, to a limited extent: but they were all finally aban doned. Placer mining, on the oth er hand seemed to have been more successful: and it has been contin ued. uninterruptedly,’ until t he preset^. An average miner is said! to be able to make, even now, from : seventy-five to a. dollar pp/ day, by { “pitting and sluicing.” It tip-j pears to be practically impossible, j with the data at hand, to arrive at j any definnte figure, as to the total I output of the different mines, in j this locality, from the time of their! earliest workings, until the pres-J ent. A number of the oldest citi- ! zens in the county, who have been ^ acquainted with those mines, since | earlv childhood, estimate tlm total | output f.-.mi $100,000 to *250,d’0. but it is impossible to state, which of these estimates approximates more nearly the truth. Neverthe less. there can be no question , n- bout certain portions of the placers being immensely rich , and paying the early miners handsome profits To be coni iirued. "Sweat Bells Jangled Out of Tuno and Harsh.” OhakMpemra’a de.crlption flu tfcou- ■Mids o( vonm. Thoy «r. *ro»», de«. •ondtnt, sickly, nervous—» burd.n to UmmuItm and their Umllict. Their mat dlapoaltrona are gone, and they, like tta balla, aaem sadly oat of tuna. But than la a remedy. They can aaa McELREE’S Wine of Cardui It Mag* bsalth to the womanly ■Bohn, and health there means ul poised nurves, calmnesa. strength. — »W!»U womanly vigor *i>d power. « too*# «p the nerves which tuffer- ing and diseaae have shattered. It is tlw most perfect remedy ever devised * ae weak women to perfect end to moke them attractive — ■w t»J A dispatch has been received at the Navy Department from the coin niander of the Naval Station at Cavite^ stating that the Charles ton .wrecked Nov. 2, was probably a total loss. The cruiser lies onsn open reef, and, undoubtedly, her bot tom has been pounded out in tlie heavy sous. It may be possible to save some of tile gun9 and jpqufp— ment of the vessel. 7#- “—O— Numerous railroads have.'lpoti- tioned the Interstate CoqjfijilSrtte Commission for the fnrthai^'pxten* stoo of time tor write year ftf which* to equip then cars with automatic couplers and train brakes- The Commission, as required by law, have fixed the (ith day of Decem ber next as the day when the peti tioners will be heard, anil invite all parties interested to appear at that tittle or file statements for or a- gninst. Kuril extension. —0— According to the latest instruc tions from the Nnvy Depart met. to Rear Admiral Schley, he will not visit South Africa with the Chica go, the flagship of the Sonth At lantic Squadron. Besides the Chi cago. ihc Wilmington and the Montgomery are attached to the squadron, the Wilmington being at Bcunos Ayres and the Mongomery at Montevideo. The order 'o Ad miral Schley directs him to inspect botli these vessels and await fur ther orders before, visiting South African port. —0— A commission, appointed by the Planters and Farmers’ Association of Cuba, called on the President tliis week, and asked that lie pro vide lor the establ.shmcnt of an ag riculturul bank at Havana, with any An editor prints his paper to give his palrons the news ot the day and for the money there is in ,it. He is presumed to know of what he writes, and he generally does. When he writes as he does in the Leader Courier, Osceola Mills, Pa., without fee or hope of reward,thut Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy acts magically .and we have found none States government in Paris, to lo cate the burial place of the great naval hero, but so far without suc cess. All that is known on the subject is rhat the remains were in terred in Paris, and that they were removed from their original place of interment to maxc way for the steady march of improvent. Tlie Bishops of the Methodist ■Church, in session in Washington this week, adopted a resolution pe titioning Congress to expel Con- gresman-elect Roberts of Utah, in accordance with the following pro vision of the Federal Constitution : Each house (of Congress) may de termine the rules of its proceed ings, punish its members for dis orderly jbelmvior, and. with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member. C0TT0II FACTORIES.* An exchange says: The South is working up to her incomparable inherent advantages, and during the year no less than 68 now facto ries have be»n erected ns monu ments to the enterprise of the sec tion. These mills operate a million spindles. The consumption of cotton by southern factories was last year 107.658 bales in excess of the pre vious year, and those spindles are today consuming more than double the amount of raw cotton they, used only t«u years ago. And Georgia lends the van. Canton is erected a f100,000 mill. Williamson will build another of equal capacity, A $15-0000 cott-on factory com ity is formed at Thomustou. Cuthbert is followijyfcsuit oil a smaller scale. And Dallas has emulated her ex ample. The Union Point factory is trip ling its equipment. The Hartwell factory will imme diately double its machine. The Columbus Mfg Co. is build ing a 1(M)00 spindle seotion to its 40 000 spindle mill. And the Eagle' & Phoenix has in creased its capital to $75,000 and is now erecting a 6 story addition. Dublin has organized a 50,000 company to erect a mill. Hartwell will hav q another cot ton mill at Tugolo Rapids, put up by Boston capital. ‘' And Newman has organized a A SURE CURE FOR CROUP. Twenty Five Tears’ constant use without a Failure. The first indication of croup i s hoarseness, and in a child subject to this disease it may be takori as a sure sign of the approach of an at tack. Following this hoarseness is a peculiar rough cough. If Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough ap pears, it will prevent the attack. It is KSeri in many thousands of homes in this broad land and never disappoints the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a single instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a record—twenty five years' constant use without a failure. For sale by all druggisst. The Road Is Doing Veil. .! Some of the Gainesville people baVe visited Tallulah Fails recent ly and they say that Mr. Dunlap has put the Tallulah Falls railroad iu good condition since be ho&~tis- siimed control of it. ■ Mr. Dunlap is certainly one of the best railroad men in,the coun try. His management of the G.J, & S. railroad has demonstrated the fact. Tallulah Falls is a great place to go for a day’s outing, but foi the past several years people have been afraid to risk the road from Corne lia to the Falls, hence the travel in the past has not been what it will lie in tlio future.—Gainesville Ea gle. ^ My son has been troubled for years with chronic diarrhoea. Sometime ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diorrhoca Remedy. After using two bottles of the 25 cent siagjhe was cured. I give this testimonial, hoping some one simi larly afflicted may read it and bo benefited.—Thomas C. Bower, Glencoe, O. For sale by all drug gists. belter in our household. If you. have a cough, try it, it ipay be ac- local company Nvjtb 250.000 behind cepted as nn honest expression, it, * .. . worthy of credence., for salo by While Cedartown this, week isor all druggists. ganizinga locals. W'e will pay 75 cents for cow peas. Tom Carter, Jas. Langston and Ohub Wall chased a fox over and around Screamer mountain Inst' Friday Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Grant were up from Clurkesville the latter part of lust weex to'see their son, Char lie, who has fever here. W,J. Neville is smiling behind the counters of^Tom Carter, Bring your peas to Tom ter. . The columns'of our paper are for rent at reasonable rates. Some people have gn artist way of making others feel bad. UN brunches in the principal cities on UP » a .. 10 the island, so that money could be'