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. - , ... , '■ - _ ■ ■■Y 'LSt ‘ 'll II? M/1 H Wk T■Yk T A *w NT "■ • - I I I i_j \/■ f ii/ rx Ilx I ■ 1 ■ /A p , V ll Jlx w I wl t t //A I I I I u ▼ I B X 1 X ■ I X X > X. >2 X'■ - . ■' ——.. * • _ • ’ . VoL IX. Na 1«4. 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 ; -x- Milch Cow Wanted. Will pay a liberal monthly rent for a good Milch Cow. Apply at Call office, y ’ 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 ! < " 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 ■ • ' Every article of Winter Wear at absolute cost for the next two weeks. ih- . ■’ ‘ I 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. ■ -- ■J?.!.’.'.. ! , ■■-■-■■gegh 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. ' 1 ' . ■ ■ " . i r ' - " 1 g Ten Cents per Week g