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Newspaper Page TextVOL, II,-UO 33, CAEROLLTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 3,1885, $1.00 A YEAR. CARROLL FREE PRESS. EDWIN 11. SHARPE, Proprietor TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, §1.00 One copy six months, 50 One copy three months, 25 CLUB BATES: Ten copies one j'car, §10.00 Twenty copies one year, §20.00 PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS CARDS IDS,. J_ IF. COLE, CARROLLTON’, G A. Is devoting most of his time and atten tion to surgery and surgical diseases, and is prepared for most any operation. His charges are reasonable. jos. l. conn. FEI.IX N. COBH. COBB Sc COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OAEROLLTOF, - - GE0KGIA. Collections a specialty. Send us your claims, we will give them our prompt attention. ATTENTION FARMERS. 1 am agent for Cooper's celebrateden gines, Centennial and Winsliip gins.— Before purchasing give me a call, as I think I can make it to your interest. X. FAIN. DR. W. L. HITCHCOCK Late of Madison Georgia, has located in the town of Carrollton for the purpose of practising his profession. He makes a specialty of all chronic diseases, more especially those peculiar to females. M ill cun* cancers when in a curable con dition. Dr, II. is one of the oldest root doctors in the State, and ranks high in the eclectic practice, Satisfaction guaranteed. Call on him at his office one (loot above Wells' livery stable. MASONIC ADDRESS. Delivered Before Carroll Lodge, No. <«>, F. A. M., by H. M. Reid Esq., June 24th lSKo. r. c. McDaniel, IDZSTsTTIST, CARROLLTON, GA. Is now inserting full sets of 28 teeth for §20, half set 14 teeth, §10. Partial sets and fillings cheap in proporton. Satis faction guaranteed in every case. Office in Mandevilic building. DR. 3D. "W". DORSETT PHYSICIAN a a cl SUIIGEON TEMPI E, Gr-A_- Having perinane tly located at Tem ple F offer my professional services to the citizens of Cai i oil and adjoining coun ties. Special attention to Obstetrics and diseases of Women. Office at Campbell it Bells store. All calls promptly an swered day and night—all night calls an swered from B ,J. McCain's residence. TAKE NOTICE. Having rented Air. B. A. Sharp's in terest in the Carrollton Mills, Gins and Furniture shop, we are now ready to serve the public. PITP.INITITRE of all kinds manufactured or repaired in the best of style at short notice. We have made arrangements with Mr. T. M. Chandler to run his saw mill and are now ready to saw lumber. All orders for furniture or lumber will receive prompt attention. WALKER & HAGAN. Carrollton Ga. Cotton Planters’ Seed Store. Improved Cotton Seed, Millo Maize, California Tree Beans, Grasses and all other forage plants adapted to the Cotton States. For sale by T\ 31. DUNCAN, Box 12, Dallas Ga. Almanac’’ Free Teacher of Vocal Music. J. A. Roberson of Burwell, Ga., hav ing taken an entire course in the North Ga., Normal, of 1884 under Prof's. Pound and Dennington. the most iminent vo calists in Ga., is the better prepared for teaching and tenders his professional services to the public, at one dollar per week in classes of not less than 25 Clsases wanted and correspondence solic ited. SADDLES, HARNESS ETC. j. A. MITCHELL. CARROLLTON - - GS--/A, Would inform the public that he has just received a large addition to his stock of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Martingales, Halters. Whips. and every tiling usually kept in his line. These goods will he sold at the very lowest cash prices. Conte and see whether you buv or not. 3in. McLendon & co., DEALERS IN General Merchandise, At the J. M. FIELD S’ STOKE, CHEAP CASE and BARTER HOUSE. Se them before purchas ing elsewhere. Ladies axd Guxtlemkx axd Brethren of tiie Mystic Tie:— There is truth in the doctrine of “the survival of the fittest,” and there is proof of it in the actual life and continuance of that which is best and purest. Truth is really indestructible. It may be crushed to the earth but it will rise again for “the eternal years of God are hers,” and so also will that institu tion based on truth and founded in correct moral principles, having for its object the betterment of mankind and the perpetuity of principles that are right and just and pure, survive the crumbling empire and falling States, rise above the wrecks of time and con tinue to live in serene triumph, exerting wider influence and chal lenging the more profound admi ration as the world grows older and as cycle after cycle rounds off the periods that go to make up the completed sum of time. And thus Free Masonry stands to-day. In the deep mists oi the remotest an tiquity the institution was born and through the intervening ages it en countered bitter and continuous op position, but strong in the purity and truth of its principles and ever steadfast and faithful in tlje pursu ance of its humane and splendid object, the world at last recognized its worth, and it is now secure in the certainty of established and fi nal triumph. I may not now discourse at any length of time upon the objects of Masonry nor discuss the reasons why it commends itself to all right thinking people. Its achievements known and seen of all men are it? sufficient and abundant justifica tion, and its continued life an ^virt ual indestructibility conclusively attest its claim to a basis of truth and to the purity and propriety of the materials of its upbuilding and maintenance. The veil of secrecy and silence behind which it acts, can afford no just ground of attack, nor furnish any real weapon to its enemies. In silence and secrecy nature per forms her wonders and while we look with awe and admiration up on the results, we see not the pro cesses. The blooming fields, the fragrant loveliness, the mountain’s solemn grandeur and the rolling spheres we behold, are the accom plished works, but impenetrable secrecy and silence hold forever the means of their production and de velopment. And so the human mind withdrawn into secrecy and silence and engaged in introspect ive meditation, developes its pow ers and its genius, while we see on ly its results in resultant intellect ual attainments and material ac complishment. The character of work can be best determined by the nature of the production. The pure fountain will not send forth impure waters, and of the tree you judge, by its fruits. And by this test Free Masonry challenges the criticism of mankind. The veil of silence and secrecy will not be rais ed but the fruits of the secret works will continue to be seen in the im provement and elevation of those who will accept their benefit. These virtues are supreme in Ma sonry and must ever be observ ed. The analogies of Masonry are most apt and beautiful. Truth is best enforced on the consciousness by illustration, and important les sons are most effectually taught by metaphor, by example and by com panion. The most beautiful thoughts of the human mind find their most striking expression in comparison with those things which are beauti ful in the material world. Every feeling and thought seeks materia lization. The painter’s notion of beauty looks out from the canvass and the sculptor’s chisel carves in to material shape his idea of sym metry of form and poetry of outline. Degree and character are measur ed by comparison and demonstra ted by illustration, and as things material are found useful in certain relations, their lessons of fitness may be applied by analogy and comparison to ideas and truths in the mental and moral world, and the rules necessary to the proper material development with only the change of application, will produce alike moral development,' so that as the operative Masons in following the master workman’s designs upon the trestle board may take the rough ashlar and by the guage, gavel, plumb, square, ievql, compass and trowel, fashion it into the perfect ashlar and fit it in its place in the walls of the temple, so can speculative Masonry following the design on the trestle‘board, laid down by the Master of the uni verse, take the rough nature of man and by fortitude, prudence, temperance and justice, fashion it to the perfect nature and fit it into the structure of society, and as rose the great temple, the architectual wonder of the world, so will a wise society alike perfect in its constitu tion and relations. And as that temple was worthy to hold the ark of the covenant so may this one be found worthy to hold the spiritual covenant of the Lord with his peo ple. As the perfect ashlar was fitted for its place in the temple so may the perfect man be fitted to dwell in that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. These an alogies are boundless, and to the studious mind they inculcate, with force and power, great moral les sons and no man may study them even indifferently and not be there by elevated and bettered. You may not contemplate truth with out feeling its influence and you can not entertain pure ' thoughts without thereby purifying your life. And is it not true then that an institution whose principles and tenets aie of such a character de serves universal commendation? And is it not a proper desire to hope that its active and useful life may end only with the death of time? Being well assured that in the eternities the fruits of its good influence may be seen and felt. The field of speculative Masonry is ex haustless. In it the imagina tion may take its loftest flights and the fancy may play with its most beautiful conceptions. The sciences open their ponder ous volumes and invite the philos- phic mind to research and investi gation. The arts unfold their ever entrancing beauties and learning spreads broad its pages that we may grow wiser and better. With in the compass of its scope ve may reach the highest possible attain ment. Within^ts temple new beauties are constantly meeting the vision and new truths are constantly reaching the consciousness. Upon its mosaic pavement, bor dered by the indented tessel we walk in the very midst ofbeautiful truth, while the blazing star sheds its divine effulgence around and upon us and by the brilliance of the great and lesser lights we may read its glories and its splendors, feeling the solemn and holy influ ence of their teachings. By its col umns we learn of wisdom, strength and beauty, as well in life as in its structure. We hear its symphon ies, see its beauties, feel its influ ences, smell its fragrance and taste the rich viands it furnishes for in tellectual and moral culture. We secure the key by which the door can be opened to the understand ing of speech. We enjoy the elo quence of its rhetoric argue by the power of its logic and demonsrate by its mathematics. We listen to the strains of its music and through its astronomy we look upon the cel estial hemisphere, spangled with the most magnificent heralds of God’s infinite glory. And in its les son of plenty wfe learn content ment and therefore happiness. And now up the toilsome ascent of the winding stairway we rise to higher mysteries aud reach nearer to that divine truth which is ever the ultimate aim and purpose of all Masonic teaching. When this truth is attained and under the all seeing eye the sands m the hour glass swiftly run and the scythe cuts the brittle thread of life and we go ■down in death, which but for reve lation is dark and gloomy, we are suddenly revived by the evergreen and sprig of faith in the merits of the Lion of the tribe of Judah, which strengthens us, with confi dence and composure, to look for ward to a blessed immortality and to believe that by faith, hope and charity, we may climb the ladder which Jacob saw to the sthrry deck ed heaven, the true canopy of our Masonic lodges. The grandeur, the beauty, the in spiration of these contemplati6ns are absolutely illimitable. The heavens, the canopy, the universe, the boundary of speculative Ma sonry, and at last its perfect truth only attainable in the grand Lodge above in the resplendent efful gence of its one Supreme Light. Practically a moment: Men are gregarious and social. It is only the extremest selfishness which in duces one to withdraw himself from his fellows. The hermit is a crank. Seasons of self communion and in trospection are pleasant and pro fitable but the constant and habi tual avoidance of one’s fellows ar gues the existence of a character at war with nature and deformed by incorrect moral training. Man kind properly is a great brotherhood and it is this cohesive principle that forms states and societies. It is a wise principle divinely implan ted and from it flows the true doc trine that we are reciprocally each others keepers. None are inde pendent. But as in nature there is an invariable law which requires all things to work in harmony mut ually dependent, so in society when perfected, there will prevail a similar law. The snapping of one chord on nature’s harp sends a tremor of sympathy along its kind red chords and the snapping of one chord on the great life harp will leave the instrument all jangled out of time. The failure of one element in nature to perforin its function, pro duces a shock and so the failure of one life shocks all life. We may not avoid this reciprocal influ ence. “No star ever rose and set, with out influence somewhere No stream from its source flow’s seaward how lonely so’er its course, but some land is gladdened thereby.” “No life can be pure in its purpose and 3trong in its strife and all life not be purer and stronger thereby.’ This principle and inclination teach a solemn and important les son. How best to heed it, how T most perfectly to obey it is a ques tion of grave concern. And in no way can its requirements be more fully met than in the brotherhood of Free Masonry. Here the doc trine is recognized in its full spii-it and the rules are sought to be em ployed, which must characterize that ideal society when the world becomes perfect. Here are practi ced the truly commendable virtues of brotherly love, lleiief and truth and friendship and morality char acterize the mystic relations. A And in this way the brotherhood becomes a great family, loving each other, helping each other and guid ing each other by the principles of everlasting truth. No higher aim can inspire human effort, no gran der mission can employ human energies and no loftier ambition can move the human heart. The performance of such duties brings an unending consolation and the rew'ard for such work faithful ly done is as infinite as the glories of Eternity. Then Brethren of the mystic tie our institution needs no apology and requires no defence. It only behooves you to demon strate the vitality and reality of these great truths and to evidence the truth of this profession. Let these virtues shed the radi ance which in their nature is pro perly theirs. Let the world feel the power and see the beauty of true Free Mason ry. Let your lives fully reflect the real brilliance of its great lights. And so, when the last fraternal hand grasp is unclasped, when the Masonic pavement with indented tessel is exchanged for the floor of canopy inlaid with the stars of light, when the blazing star is ex changed for the real presence, and we have ascended the last winding stairway and entered into the in ner temple, we may hear from the lips of the eternal grand master “well done good and faithful ser vants.” Sam Jones continues to amaze his hearers by his plain talk. “Some of you little sinners,” he said the other day, “are sitting around here w aiting for salvation to strike you as it did St. Paul. Snow bird wait ing to be hit with a cannon ball. God adjusts his ammunition to the size of the man he is after. Mus tard seed shot will do for you. God wont keep a man sober who has a quart of liquor in him all the time. God won’t keep a young lady pious who has her w'aist encircled seven times a week by the arms of a spi der- legged dude.” From the Liverpool Courier. Had Sausages in His Pocket. A minister in one of our orthodox churches, while on his way to preach a funeral sermon in the country, called to see one of his members, an old lady, who had just been making sausages, and as she felt very proud of them insisted on the minister taking some of the links home to his family. After wrapping the sausages in a cloth the minister carefully placed the bundle in the pocket of his great coat. Thus equipped he started for the funeral. While attending the solemn ceremonies of the grave some hungry dogs scented the saus ages and were not long in tracking them to the pocket of the good man’s overcoat. Of course this was a great annoyance, and he was several times under the necessity of kicking the whelps away. The obsequies of the grave completed, the minister and the congregation repaired to the church, where the funeral discourse was to be preach ed. After the sermon was finished the minister halted to make some remarks to his congregation, when a brother, who wished to have an appointment given out, ascended the stairs of the pulpit and gave the minister’s coat a hitch to get his attention. The divine, thinking it a dog having designs upon his pocket, raised his foot, gave a sud den kick, and sent the good broth er sprawling down the steps. “Y T ou will excuse me, brethren and sis ters,” said the minister, confusedly, and without looking a^t th6 work he had just done, “for I could not avoid it. I have sausages in my pocket, and that dog has been try ing to grab them ever since he came on the premises!” A lady in Brunswick found a nest of half-grown mocking birds in her yard recently. She succeeded in capturing them. They were put in a temporary cage and the cage put in a room. During the day the mother bird flew into the room and was readily caught and placed in the cage with the brood. She began instantly to feed them with the food which was in the cage, and did not seem to notice the imprison ment. On the day following, the male bird flew into the room, and offered no resistance nor showed any signs of fight when the lady captured him. He was put into the same cage, and the lady now has the entire family. They seem con tented and happy, singing and feed ing their young as though they were in their native element. The captor is entirely relieved of the care of feeding the bird family. The food is prepared and put in the cage, the mother attends to them. A Stingy Man. “I don’t mind a man being eco nomical,” said Colonel Bonely, “but I do despise to see stinginess. You all know John Nutwing—fellow that used to sell soda water and grumble when a customer insisted on taking it with syrup. Well he was the stingiest man I ever saw. Why, sir, he was stingy that he used to let his meat spoil, said he couldn’t afford to eat it, it was so valuable. One day a cart came along with a barrel of water. Just as it passed John’s gate the thing broke down. Well, sir, John went out, caught half the water and poured it in his own well. Said tiiat he couldn’t afford to see any thing wasted. Oh, yes,he was close. I was with him when he died He was perfectly willing, though he dreaded the expense of having a grave dug. “Colonel,” said he, ad dressing me in that anxious way that had become one of his charac teristics, “can’t you get some of the boys and induce them to dig the grave as a matter of accommoda tion ? I did intend to be buried un der the pear tree, but the land is so valuable I can’t afford it.” “You don’t seem to be very sick,” said I. “Perhaps you may recover.” “Oh, no, I’m gone,” ho replied. “I took poison just before sending for you. I decided that I could not afford to live. It’s too expensive.. After a felliw dies, you know, and gets settled down the expenses ceases. That confounded druggist cheated me. I had to pay five cents for the poison. He should have given me two doses for that sum. He was so stingy that ho died without a struggle. Taking it all into consideration, John was the closest man I ever saw.” “Patronize your Own.” A printer stood at the desk of a business man the other day and no ticed him using letter and note heads which he had bought of a New York or Buffalo house. Said the printer,who was a customer: “What would you think of me if I should go to New York and buy your line of goods for myself and family?” The merchant replied: “I would chink you a fool when I know you can get the same goods just as cheap of me and also aid a fellow citizen.” When the printer called his attention to the important let ter and bill heads, the merchant coughed and walked up behind the counter to wait on a customer. And the same merchant, just the day before, asked the printer .to give him a puff about his big stock of new goods! When bills from the pa per mill and type foundry come in and the wages of employes become due, the printer thought of these things. Local bankers, bakers, dry good merchants, grocers, druggists and other business men should think of the above facts sometimes. —Norwich (N. Y.) Telegraph. It’s funny, says a Washington let ter, when ever “hell” is mentioned some one in the company always speaks of Bob Ingersoll. A party were seated at dinner the other evening. The substitution of “sheol” for “hell” in the new ver sion of the Bible was mentioned. “That reminds me of a story,” said one. “A Nevada Senator was once telling Bob Ingersoll of the advan tages of his State. ‘Why, it only needs'water and good society to make it the best State in the Union.’ ‘That’s all hell needs,’ replied Inger soll.” A Persian philosopher being ask ed by what method he had acquir ed so much knowledge, answered: “By not being prevented by shame from asking questions whenj was ignorant.” According to this no tion, a 5-year old boy travelling in the cars with his, mother, ought to acquire enough knowledge in a journey offifteen miles to split his head wide open. The Old Anglo-Saxon Best. Some one has announced that the New York girl calls hor mother Mar-r, with a jerk on the r, which would make it rhyme with the sheep’s baa, baa. The Boston girl with the freshness and originality to be found at the Hub, says Mum mer and Pupper. The Chicago girl, with a dash of the wild West, says Pop and Mom. The Philadelphia girl says Mow-er and Power, the lat ter being especially pleasing to the Powers that be of the domestic cir cles. The Anglo-French girl or the Americanized French girl, says Maw and Paw, so as to rhyme with haw-haw. These are all variations of the universal Mamma and Papa of modern civilization, which are very awkward names when com ing from children who have out stripped their parents in size. Why try to improve on the good okl An glo-Saxon 3Iother? That name can nevprbe improved. Better teach the youngest to say Mother and Father and not subject them to the awkwardness often witnessed in young people when trying to break away from the baby name of Mam ma and Papa, and adopt the true ones so much more benefiting men and women. Gov. Ireland, of Texas, bows to the law the same as the humblest citizen of the State. He obstruc ted the sidewalk in Austin with his carriage the other day, and the Police Court assessed him $10 and costs, which he promptly paid. High officials have no right to vio late the law in this country, but they frequently escape punish ment through the fear or favor of their inferiors. In Gov. Ireland’s ease, however, the city ordinance was unintentionally broken, and his friends claim that his arrest and finding was the result of mal ice entertained against him by the Austin authorities. Be this as it may, the Gevernor should be hon ored for his course in the matter. Carroll MASONIC Institute. MAT.F. and FEMALE. The exercises of tins Institution will be resumed January 12tli, 18S5. The spring Term of six mouths will close .June 2Gth. RATES OF TUITION ETC. §1.50 *2.00 2.50 3.00 10 3.00 1st, Grade per month 2nd, “ “ “ - 3rd, “ “ “ - - 4th, “ “ “ - - Incidentals 14 44 - 3Iusic Tuition 44 \ - Tuition due Oct. lath. 1885. ORGANIZATION. H. C. Brown Principal in Charge. A.C. Reese Assistant Acadnmic Dp’t. To be supplied 44 Intermediate 44 Annie Brown Tutor in Juvenile 44 3Iiss Minnie Reese Principal 3Iusic 44 44 "Willie Chambers 44 Calisthenics 4 ‘ REMARKS. The educational interests' of a com munity are of vital importance. No people can hope to be prosperous in the true sense of the word while their schools are neglected. In the foregoing organization the principal has had re ference not only to efficiency hut also to such combination of interest as shall de velop a school commensurate to the in terests involved and facilities at hand Success in public enterprises demand mu tual concessions. Prof. A. C. Reese and the undersigned have conformed to this demand and we trust that the example will he followed by the citizens ol Car rollton and vicinity. Thankful for past liberal potrouage, I respectfully solicit from the patrons and friends of this In stitution, their future cooperation and support. II. C. BROWN, Principal. Carrollton, Dec. 3rd, 1884. IF YOU ARE In the olden time, when a young man was in love, he consulted an oracle as to the state of the girl’s heart. Now he consults a private commercial register as to the es tate of the old man. GOING "WEST, NORTHWEST, -OR- -* SOUTHWEST, IBIE SURE Your Tickets Kead via the N. C. & St. L. R’Y The Mackenzie Route. The First-class and Emigrant Passengers FAVORITE! Albert B Wrenn, Pas. Agent, Atlanta,Ga. WIE ogers, Pas. Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn W. L. DANLEY, Gen. Pas. & Tkfc. Agent, Navlisille, Tenn. Research Experiment, 1 Study. For fifty years, by Dr. A. L. Barry an old practitioner, especially in Female Troubles, was at last rewarded in the dis covery of that certain and safe specific for woman troubles, Luxomni. Luxomni is a preparation that daily grows in pop ular favor. Testimonials from responsi ble persons all oven the country furnish ample evidence of the wonderful power of Luxomni as a remedial agent for the relief and permanent cure of all these distressing conditions incident to females. Luxomni is specially adapted to troubles of pregnancy. It greatly ameliorates the pangs of child birth, shortens labor, pre vents after pains, and-faeilitates recovery. Owing to the strengthening and toning influence Lnxomui relieves all 3IEX- STRUAL IRREGULARITIES, and is a uterine sedative and tonic. Price §1. If your druggist has not the preparation, address THE BARR Y MANUFACTURES" G ., Drawer 28, Atlanta, Ga. Note—Luxomni is no alcoholic mix ture, but a combination of herbs and plants in paekage form from which a simple tea is made. Write for interesting hook mailed free • “They didn’t pick that stuff soon enough, did they, mamma” asked a little boy as he passed a grocery where several cakes of Limburger were taking a breathing spell out side. A natural ink is found at the bot tom of a copper mine at the foot of Kennesaw mountain, in Cobb coun ty, Ga. It is a peculiar liquid of a deep wine color, and when a few drops of nut gall are added it turns a jet black, and at once breomes ink of the best quality. The re cords of the county have for years been kept in this natural ink which neither freezes, fades nor corodes. Young ladies who happen to mar ry late should bear in mind that if they get a good husband they have done well by waiting; and if they get a bad one it is proof they did not \yhit long enough. If they- ne ver marry at all they may console themselves with the thought that they have escaped a world of troub- ble, and that there are always some married women who envied their lot. 85 A GRAND COMBINATION. 85’ TIIE CARROLL FREE I*RESS AND THE LOUISVILLE WEEKLY COUIER JOURNAL One year for only §2,50. Two papers for little more than the price Of one. 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