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CAPT. PETER CONE. I
Of all the enterprises inaugurated
in the present century, railroads have
mace the most progress. The first
conception of railroads was very
crude and unsatisfactory, Withall
thev were dangerous with the flatiron
; ml insecure construction. Now,
with the modern construction, it is
the safest mode of travel. Railroads
in their early history met with violent
opposition. The general impression
then was that they would surely iu
jure any town or county through
which they passed. Such were the
views of Joseph H. Lumpkin, Steph¬
en I pson and George R. Gilmer—
names not unknown to Fame—who
by their opposition prevented the
Georgia railroad from going by the
town of Lexington in Oglethorpe
county. Other instances might be
cited, but the most notable instance
was that of Capt. Peter Cone who
opposed the Central railroad going
through Bulloch county.
The Central railroad was some¬
what of a pioneer in railroad build¬
ing and tne conception of Col. Gor¬
don, its first president, was true as
well as grand, that the nearest ap¬
proach to an air line was the best,
and following this idea the first inten¬
tion was to go through Bulloch coun
ty.
Capt Cone was a remarkable man,
of indomitable will, strong native in¬
tellect and had the courage of his
convictions. Though unlearned, he 1
was undeviating in the line of action j
determined upon. He had been a ;
member ot the Legislature many!
years and was welland widely known.
He was not slow in concluding that
the public welfare demanded his
stern and unyielding opposition to
the running of a railroad through
Bulloch county.
The first manifestation of opposi¬
tion was the introduction of a bill in
the Legislature making it a high mis¬
demeanor to run a railroad through
Bulloch county, to shovel a spadefull
of dirt or cut a tree in said county by
the railroad or any employe, For
this bill he labored with intense in
dustry, but it failed, Not discour
aged, he introduced a resolution sub¬
mitting the question to a vote of the
people of the couhty. The resolu¬
tion was referred to the committee
on reslutions. and was not afterwards
heard of.
Some mischievous young men for
the sake of fun persuaded Capt.Cone
• <
. his would
that resolution be sure to
• ij and that he had better home
pass go
and wake up the people to the im¬
portance of the election. Home the
captain went and rode day and night
discussing the subject and painting
in glowing terms the fearful evils that
would follow the building of a rail¬
road through the county. There was
not a single vote for the railroad and
no railroad has passed through the
county since. A friend said to him:
“Suppose you had lose the election,
what would you have done?”
He promptly replied:
“I would have resignedbmy seat in
the Legislature atal let the county go
to the devil.”
Memo.
Our Catuula Correxpoiittrnt.
Edi tor Journal: I do not know
who your Cataula correspondent was
that repoited for February ioth.
Some are anxiously enquiring after
facts presented in the communica¬
tion.
First I note: “A feeble effort to
sell whiskey in our town [Cataula].”
The inference is that the effort was
made by some one of our merchants.
YVe know this to be a mistake and
needs to be corrected.
Also in the same paragraph:“Some
one in our community selling whiskey
to our young men and boys on the
sly.” Of course this means Catuala
community. Now, Mr. Editor, I do
not think there is a man about Ca¬
taula who would thus violate the law
or be the means of ruining our young
men or boys. Our people are law
abiding citizens and are of a high
tone of morals. iVe may be poor,
but we do not want money bad
enough to swind’e the revenue or get
it at the risk of dragging our young
men and boys indiscriminately down
to ruin.
The young men and boys of Ca-
taula community are not addicted to
the habit of drinking whiskey and we
are unwilling for them to be wrong¬
fully accused. The young men and
boys here are ours; we love them,
their character, their reputation.
They are members of our churches
and , conducting , themselves , nobly. , ,
are °
They have as much of everything in
character that is good, as any section.
Not a single instance of church dis¬
cipline has been necessary. They
are industrious, sober, moral and in¬
telligent.
We have, as your correspondent
says, a fine school under the control
of Prof. Thomason, and for fear that
some in other setions of our county,
not so fortunate as we, might be de¬
terred from looking to their interest
in patronizing our school by the in
ference to be drawn from the com
. . T I wish • v the •
munication, to correct . lm
made. , If T -
pressions your correspon
dent * . . right . , . and j T I T I wish • i
is am wrong,
. to ( further . state t to . those . who , may
, have intended • , , • school , ,
. , to .
patronize our
that they need to have no fears of
anyone selling, buytng, g.v.ng or
drinking ♦ on the sly. Besides this our
school , , is not in . 4 town, but t a mile ., in
the country (at + Oak r\ , Grove) r* x where u
there is no danger.
Again, your correspondent (whoev
er he may be), I would infer, is not
a member of either the Alliance or
the Grange, else the spat, “Goodby
Grangers, &c.,” would have been
left out. If correctly informed, the c
Alliance man or Grange man, if 2L
good member and true to the princi¬
ples of his order, can have no spite.
“How pleasant for brethren to dwell
together in unity.”
Prompted by love, I am yours i ln
defence of Cataula.
fWe failed to see anything in tue
letter referred to above that could be
tortured into a reflection upon the
people of Cataula district, else it
would not have been published. The 4
people are all that “Catuala” claims
for them “as a community,” but
when a district as large as Cataula
has no one in it willing to sell whis¬
key for gain and no young man ;vho
will drink it on the sly, the dawn of
the millenium will be apparent to the
most casual observer. Our corres
%
pondent had evidence to justify the
remarks made, or they would not
have been made. The note was one
of warning and we know was given
in all kindness, with a view of having
the evil corrected in its ineipiency.
As to our correspondent’s opinion -^f
the Grange, that went in only as an
opinion. We agree with “Catuala”
that there is no reason why the two
orders should clash, but he must ad¬
mit that most outsiders think they
will, and that when they meet the
weaker in numbers^ will be swallowed
up by the larger.—E d.
A Right Thing to l>o.
Mr. Editor: Some days since
being in town and meeting a fine bus
iness man, I was surprised to bar
mm several times ask , if the pasty
would ..... him dog. . __ He setisssd ,
give a
■f
quite anxious to get every dogr k&e
saw. A boy came along with two
puppies and he seemed especially
anxious to get them both and after
much talk the boy declined to* part
with either of them. A gentleman
standing by enquired what he want¬
ed with so many dogs. {
“To kill them,” was the pronsptt: tre
ply.
The country is terribly infesttnd
with worthless curs, pointers^ settk rs
and the old fashoned hound. Thai e
ought , to be general dog killrs^ cat id ,
6 a f T
the gentleman example . . ,
s r is * i to
be followed, „ all „ the , dogs , ... ?
^ret T v wt >u
and ...... kill all _ It
can you get. as
much feed , , dog , . does , \ v to’ffci id ,
to a as it
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a , h ,°f My™ doubt .t try if art* .a
I.K
The rib]e 6f d ® ha; RWa
ly driven , . all „ the , -m from the
3 she.ep r ; a tiOui i
try. It is . rare thing ; to see; a She k
a
of ; sheep , where , they , onee:,abouMbf. , A . 1.
Wo0 ' S rowin & “ a P rofi * able ’
but dogs have destroyed tt. ; A dfa,,
tax i. in oruer and ought to : bc ea
forced. CitizSM
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Warner’s Log Cabin Rem^di^s^-.
old fashioned, simple eompcMndb, i
*
used in the days of our hardy jfore
fathers, are “old timers” but “o)$ 'i re
:. ; ,
liable.” They comprise a . ^Sarsapa¬
rilla,” “Hops and Buchu Remedy”’
“Cough and Consumption Remedy”’
“Scalpine, for the Hair,’ H '“Ext&ct!/ ,
for External and Internal Use, ‘Tta&
ters » u Rose Cream,” for CataffH;£nd
Liver Pills,” They are put .pp by
H. H. Warner & Co., proprietor^ of
Warner’s Safe Remedies, and;* prOm
ise to equal the standard valqe of
those great preparations. All <faigr
gists keep them.
Reuben Rats.!■ ;i
Mr. Reuben Smith says he has the
largest and finest rats in the ! county.
He says they have got to <be bo
large and vicions that they are catch¬
ing his pigs. One day last< week
while Mr. George Ring and himbeif
about the lot, • they ‘ , hedt$ vV
were out . *
\ 4 •
one of his young pigs making a, tof
rible struggle for its life, and hot
ing to its assistance, they foiihd^a rat
clinched to the pig, endeavoring^ to
it under ■ • house. With • a,larger X
carry a 1
club Mr. Smith soon rescued the pig,
—Perry (Ga.) Tournal.
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C. J. Edge, the leading boot apd a
dealer of ColnmbnR baa reduced' priced
on boots and shoes to meet yotsr isssea^di
income by short crops.