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The Tramp Problem-
A writer in the March Forum die
cusses the tramp problem in Amerioi
and proposes a remedy. He takes tb<
unique position that the army o
tramps that infest the country today ii
largely due to a misguided philanthro
py, which,under the intention of doing
charity work, is putting a premium
upon laziness and idleness. Especial
ly does the writer believe that ibis is
the case of the street beggar in tbs
cities and towns. He would not over
look the truth that in many a cellar
and in many a garret there are women
and children who are suffering for food
and clothing and who are real objects
of charity ; but he believes that their
condition has oftentimes been brought
about by this so called charity that
has runted the men who were able to
support tbeir wives and children.
The writer says that there are many
men in whom the:e is an utter lack of
pride or ambition. These will work so
long as they find that work alone will
save them from punishment or starva
tion. But this gentleman alleges that,
whenever such men find they can
spend a large part of their time in the
country snd beg sufficient food and
clothing with which to live comforts*
bly, and that they can, in the winter,
return, to the cities and work a part of
the time, and by patronizing charity
restaurants and souphouses.live as well
as some others who work the year
round, they will be more and more dis
posed to give up regular labor and join
the society of vagrants.
The growth of this socie'y in the
country is alarming. They snek the
south io winter and the north in sum
mei-migratory laggards that are a load
upon civilization. The plan proposed
to rid cities and towns of these drones
is that adopted some years ago by the
town of Rahway, New Jersey. It con
sists in passing stringent laws, and in
enforcing which provide for the
arrest and sentence tabard labor, of all
vagrants that may be found in the city
limits. It is maintained that work is
as obnoxious to a tramp as filth is to
decency, and that he soon learns to
evade the cities where he will be put
to labor. For the country is proposed
united action by the farmers. It is sug
gested that their societies pass resolu
tions not to give aid to any tramp un
less be performs a sufficient amount of
work to pay for it in advance. It is
argued that such resolutions enforced
would rid the rural sections of these
transients.
This war made upon them in the
cities and at the same time a move
ment in the country, with more of
real,and less of mistagen charity,would
no doubt soon make the profession less
popular and rapidly decrease the pop
ulation of trampdom.
A Qualifying After-Thought
The man who uses slang has been
relieving his mind ad libitum concern
ing his boarding place, says the De
troit Free Press. He had been en
gaged in the vain but common strug
gle to make up by emphasis of speech
for deficiencies of elegance
“I am surprised to find you going
on at this rate,” commented his listen
er. “It was only a short time ago that
you were loud in praises of your
boarding place.”
“When did I say anything in praise
of it?”
“Shortly after you moved there
And I must say I never regarded you
as a man whose opinions would vary
from day to day You have hitherto
stood by your -seniimente, after you
once expressed them ”
“Was I ever enthusiastic about that
boarding place?”
* Yes, I remember your exact lan*
guage. You said it was ‘a peach ’”
“Sure?”
“I’m positive ”
“Well, if I said it, I'll stand by it.
But don’t you forget this: There are
peaches and peaches There are fresh
peaches and canned peaches and dried
peaches. And there ain’t anything, in
my opinion, more irritating and un
palatable than a dried peach. I won’t
retract what I said in the first place.
It’s a peach, all right. But it isn’t a
thing but one ol the kind that has had
all the' goodness extracted from it
completely and forever.”
Best of All
To cleanse the system in a gentle and truly
beneficial manner, when the springtime
comes, use the true and perfect remedy
Syrup of Figs. One bottle will answer for
all the family and costs only 50 cents; the
large size sl. Buy the genuine. Manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany only, and for sale by all druggists.
Our Gold Reserve-
9- A surprising feature of the present
la situation is the steady movement of
ie gold to this country'. In ’iew of tire
)f threatening prospect of war, it woulc
is be naturally supposed that Europe
>• would hold on to the gold and send us
g our own securities in payment of her
n obligations to us
The gold in the treasury now
s amounts to about $170,000,000, and is
e steadily increasing It will be SIBO,-
- 000,000 or more before the end of this
r month, unless something intervenes to
n check the flow of gold in this direction
d All of the New York banks have more
s gold than they care to carry, and the
r banks in other parts of the country
t are as well supplied with the yellow
t metal as they desire to be
0 The war talk, therefore, does not
make much of a scare either in this
f country or Europe. The people feel
f that we could carry on a war with
> Spain without exposing our financial
I resources to a very great strain.
Those who are well informed do not
, think there would be very much des
> predation in the prices of securities
3 nor that our credit would be affected
1 injuriously. If there were a doubt
- any where about our ability to main
, tain successfully whatever position we
f decide to take in respect to the dc
r struction of the Maine or the Cuban
1 troubles, gold would cease to flow here
r from Europe and our people would be
■ hoarding gold.
i The financial situation, therefore, is
much stronger than it was during the
> last presidential campaign. The fear
> of free silver coinage was far more es«
- fective in keeping gold out of circula-
I tion than the fear of war with Spain
I is. It is also true that the fear of free
i silver coinage was a greater check to
i business prosperity than war with
Spain would be.
War talk has had a depressing influ
i ence upon the stock market,but if war
should be declared the depression in
all probability, would soon disappear,
because it would become apparent very
■ >on that war would not lessen the
1 earning power of the stock companies
- and corporation.—Savannah News.
Laughed Away the Embarrassment.
Tommy was all excitement because
the visiting lecturer was to take dinner
at the house, but had promised to be
( on his best behavior during the meals,
says the Detroit Free Press. This de
termination to be polite was so strong
upon him that be felt it incumbent to
, show his good will.
“Where is Mrs. Lecturer?” Tommy
■ asked explosively, in pursuance of his
conscientious promptings This was
( the most embarrassing question that
could have been propounded, for the
guest and bis wile had separated. He,
pretend- <1 not to hear, while the host
kicked Tommy on the shins. He real
ized that he bad blundered and felt
, that he must make amends.
, “I hope she’s not sick,” persisted
the urchin.
“We did not agree and we thought
1 it best to live apart,” said the visitor,
with a view of ending the unpleasant-
, U3SS.
’ “Didn’t agree?” exclaimed Tommy,
, excitedly. “Thunder! Wby didn’t
. you fight it out like paw and maw
does?”
, This opened the way for a hearty
laugh,and the atmosphere was cleared.
SIOO Seward, SIOO-
The readers of this paper will be pleased
’ to learn that there is at least one dread
> disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
t, being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
- upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the founda
tion of the disease, and giving’the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
• curative powers, that they offer One
3 Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
, to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
’ Toledo, O.
i Sold by druggists, 75c.
„ Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
the fit-
tian.Ho l ** t« <Sr
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Milch Cow Wanted.
Will pay a liberal monthly rent for a
good Milch Cow. Apply at Call office,
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To Cure Constipation Forever.
® Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25a
r, If C. C. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
e Seed Corn.
i- Genuine Tennessee Seed Corn for sale,
i- Apply to C. A. Jones, at R. F. Strickland
& Co.’s.
MUFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 17,1888.
The Elberta Peach.
t The Elberta peach seems (o have
f again jumped into popularity, not that
it was not already prominent, but it
seems to have bad a new boom this
J fall in localities where it was hereto
> fore but little known, says American
r Gardening.
Horticultural writers fall into error
r when they compare it with Crawford,
i for it in no way resembles either Craw
ford’s Early or Crawford’s la’e in tree
i or fruit, except that it is a yellow free
i stone. Any one who has worked in it,
io the orchard or packing house, can
readily affirm this, and I doubt if I
have a man in my employ who could
not pick an Elberta out of any basket
he saw if there were one in there.
The peach is somewhat oblong, light
yellow, often with red cheek, a color
peculiarly its own. The tree resembles
peaches of the Chinese type, has heavy
dark green foliage that fades to a
dingy yellow when it falls. It is of
somewhat spreading growth, but not
drooping. It is not an immense peach
like Cooper’s Mammoth, Globe, or
Wheatland ; still it is as large as the
average of any of these and there are
not many smaH fruits as sometimes
happens with the above mentioned. I
know of na variety that averages so
large and uniform a size.
There is no peach which io any
respect resembles it, except Denton, a
new variety not yet introduced, and
Emma, which I have Lot seen in fruit.
The fact is, hucksters and dealers
call most all yellow fruit Crawford’s in
order to help the sale, long after these
kinds are out of the market.
Mr. Rumph, who originated Elberta,
told the writer it was a cross between
Chinese Cling and Crawford’s Late,
the only good one out of 12,000 seed
lings. I saw the original tree in 1892
on his grounds at Marshallville, Ga.
There are many thousand Elberta trees
in fruit in this locality, and it is as
well known as Oldmixon, and always
commands the best price. I grew and
shipped the first Elberta that ever
went from Seaford station, and have
propagated not less than half a million
trees since its introduction.
It seems to succeed everywhere, and
is no doubt the most popular peach
before the public today, and there are,
no doubt, more trees planted of it than
all others combined.
New England Cotton Mills-
Having effected a reduction of wages
all along the line, the cotton manufac
turers now talk of the necessity of a
general curtailment of production fully
as extensive as that agreed upon early
last year. This is an admission that
the wage-reduction has proved a fail
ure so far as relieving the congestion
in the goods market is concerned—as
was to have been expected. Between
the reduced wages and the reduced
opportunity to work at the reduced
rate, the cotton operatives face a situa
tion somewhat different from that ad
veitisedby the politicians—Spring
field Republican.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Th« ftt-
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Anajr.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bae, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or SI. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York.
Dugan House For Sale or Rent.
My bouse and lot on Poplar street.
Apply to myself, Mrs. E. W. Dugan,
Williamson, Ga., or H. P. Eady, Grit*
fin, Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
For Sheriff.
I respectfully inform my friends—the
people of Spalding county—that I am a
candidate for the office of Sheriff, subject
to the verdict of a primary, if one is held
Your support will be thankfully received
and duly appreciated.
. M. J. PATRICK.
FOR SHERIFF.
I am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for Sheriff, and earnestly aak
the support of all my friends and the pub
lic. If nominated and elected, it shall be
my endeavor to fulfill the duties of the of
fice as faithfully as m the past.
M. F. MORRIS.
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for J ustice of the Peace 1001st District, G.
M., for the unexpired term. Election first
Saturday in April.
? W. D. CARHART.
Rayal make. the food pare,
j POWDER
Absolutely Pure
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" JUM SOWOM CO., MW VOM.
It is itlerly untrue, says the Journal
Os Commerce, that our “industrial
system is making it more difficult
every day for man to earn by the sweat
of his brow that which will honestly
maintain him and those depending
upon him.” The proportion of the
population which is earning its living
is steadily increasing from generation
to generation, and from decade to de
cade Almost from year to year. The
amount <jf physical comfort and intel
lectual enjoyment that a day’s labor
will purchase is increasing in a mark
ed ratio. Poverty exists, but it ie not
all of it due to misfortune ; the indue*
trial system has serious defects; men
whether rich or poor, are selfish. But
in no age of the world has the laborer
been bo well fed and clothed and
housed aa be is now ; never before was
there a better demand for his services;
never before have public institutions
and institutions endowed by rich men
afforded the laborer such opportunities
of raising his intellectual level; never
before was there so much law within
bis reach for bis protection; never
before were the rich more ready to
come to his relief when the failure of
bis capitalistic employers threw him
out of employment or disease attacked
him; never before did he have the
facilities for bettering his condition in
>he wojdd, and never before did so
many men who had nothing but tbeir
hands to make their way with attain
to comfort and comparative independ
ence.
ONE BNIOYS
Both the method ana results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches. aud fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CMJFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SM FMHCI3CO, CAL
UUI9VUU, KT. HEVH fOKK, ML
We would like to
make your old Buggy
as good as new, or
give you a new one
for it.
Hand-made harness
H.P.EADY&CO.
Edn-fteVour Bowes With CmdsnU,
Conor Cathartic, cure constipation foterar.
If L.C.C. fall, refund money. I
IT IS TRUE,
IF YOU SEE IT
IN MY ADVERTISEMENT! 1
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Every article of Winter Wear at absolute
cost for the next two weeks.
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I WILL BE ABSENT, VISITING THE WHOLESALE MARKETS AMD
PURCHASING THE NOBBIEST LINE OF CLOTHING EVER SHOWN IN
GRIF. IN.
In the Mean Time li|
IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY ANY THING YOU MAY NEED
IN WINTER GOODS, AB YOU WILL GET IT AT ABSOLUTE
NEW YORK COST, FOR THE CASH.
THOS.J.WHITE
Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter.
R.F.StriddandKCo.
(in mt-t LOW
Q Jy \ PRICED
SHOES!
ia<Ues 35c. ud 50c.
Mens Rubbers 50c.
Childrens Rubbers 35c.
/ ’xß Boys and Girls School Shoes 75e.,
/ II sl-00 and $1.25.
jlf Ladies heavy buUou or lace Sheet
SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50.
Mens wet weather Shoes keep
thi: savoy your feet dry.
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
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RACKET STORE PRICES!
LOW FBICES
ON COOD MERCHANDISE
IS THE LEVER THAT TURNS THE MERCANTILE WHEEL AND KEEPS
BUSINESS GOOD. BY THIS METHOD WE WILL CONTINUE TO
MERIT A JUST PORTION OF YOUR TRADE.
1 paper of Pina, Ic. Silk Club Ties 10c.—dont pay 25c.
1 good lead Pencil, Ic. Best yard wide bleached Domes*
1 card Hook and Eyes, Ic. tic, 6c.
1 card Hook and Eyes with hump,Bc Best Prints, 4c. and sc.
1 quire of good Note Paper, 4c. Splendid black Hose, 10c.
1 package of good Envelopes, 3c. The best Toilet Soap in the world,
1 package large square “ sc. absolutely pure, sc. and 10c. '
1 spool Coats Thread, 4c. Yard wide Percale, best goods, 9c.
2 spools King Thread, 200 yds, sc. Yard wide Sea Island, 4ic.
All grades of Linen Collars 10c. A. 0. A. Feather Ticking, 10,
Celuloid Collars, sc,
The prices we have placed on Shoes are
moving them out, to be replaced by our
spring goods.
EDWARDS BROS.
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g Ten Cents per Week g