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Banks County Gazette.
VOL 1.--XO. 30.
Women ami Dramshops'.
The Brunswick Times, usually a
fairly decent journal, recently con
tained the following coarse and bru
tal editorial paragraph:
“In England years ago the women
extensively worked against the use
of coffee. They soon saw that that
did not aggravate the men enough
so they at once formed unions to pro-,
bibit the use of intoxicants. At this
they did not succeed, of course, but
made their homes more unpleasant
for their husbands.”
Any man who Ims a heart alive
with any of the instincts of humanity,
knows that for ages, womankind has
borne from drunken husbands a bur
den of multiplied wrongs, which
would have melted the marble heart
of a cynic, or moved a s oic to tears.
The history of destroyed homes,
beggared children, broken hearts and
murdered hopes is an old, old story,
daily repeated with new details of
hopelessness and horror.
Darker than words can paint, the
shadows of sorrow enshrouded a mill
ion drunkard's homes. Wind, storm,
hurricane,earthquake, war, pestilence,
famine combined could not fill the
souls with moro fateful forebodings
than fill them 11 w. Nay, the death
angel might brood over the bedside
of r.oblo son or fair daughter, or
snatch from tiie cradle the babe be
loved, but the agony infinite, i on lov
ing hearts could not be half so keen,
nor tiie grief and sorrow half so las
ting and hitter, as the anguish which
comes to that home and heart with
the staggering steps of a drunken
husband.
And under all this merciless lash
ing of poignant pain, what has woman
done? In ner long night of suffering,
how patiently she has waited and
wept. If now and then a moan has
reached the car of human pity, it has
been wrung from the depths of a
breaking heart. How often her help
less hands have been lifted in her un
utterable anguish, too wrethed even
to whisper a prayer.
And now at last when she .has
found voice to call on the Infinite
for helj> in her weakness, and on the
voter to pity her Sorrow, some bestial
paragraph! r, like the one above quo
ted, flings into cold type some foul
falsehood or stupid joke, which ought
to mantle every decent cheek with
shame
‘•God give us tho men.”—Demurest
Times.
Reform Before Marriage.
Much hns been said and written
about “the softening, refining, re
forming influence of woman,” end
much could still he said and written,
in fact too much cannot be said in
her praise; but there is one direction
in which women, in their great good
ness of heart, often make grievous,
fatal mistakes, condemning them
selves to life-long misery thereby.
For the sake of the love she hears
him, and in the hopes of working his
reformation, a true, loyal women
clings to the man to whom she has
given her heart, and even while hating
certain of the habits which she knows
he is possessed of, marries him with
the stong faith that the added oppor
tunities afforded by the association of
married life she “can reform him.”
But the mistake is most fatal
Scarce a day passes without present
ing instances of its terrible signifi
cance and fatal results. Worn out
by the agonies of “hope deferred,”
agonized by the stings of contumely,
disgrace and neglect, d'spairing of
anything but still deeper depths of
degredation in the future, and broken
down, perhaps, by abuse, the sorely
tried distracted woman reluctantly
confesses her life-long mistake nnd
invokes the aid and sympathy of the
law to release her from her portion
of a contract which she has endeav
ored to carry out, that she may retain
the small semblance af self-respect
which rs all that has remained to her
from the struggle she has so long
been engaged in.
This has been suggested to us, at j
the present time, by the perusal of;
an item of news found in the columns I
of one of our Portland (Me.) ex
changes. During a recent divorce
case heard before Judge Virgin of
that city, the evidence showed that
the wife who was seeking the divorce
because of bis “intemperance, abuse,
neglect, failure to provide," etc., had
married her husband, knowing him
to be an intemperate man. On being
asked why she did so, she replied:
“Because I wished to reform him.”
Judge Virgin stated a most profound
truth w hen he said to her: “If a wo
man can’t reform a man before she
marries him it will be a hopeless tusk
to do it afterwards. And the woman
who is willing to marry a drunkard
should be also willing to live with a
drunkard.” Both of which statements
are facts—pure and simple.
Girl's, be very careful that you do
not wreck your own lives while thus
attempting a hopeless piece ef mis
sionary work. If a man asks for your
love, see that he is sober at tne time,
or how can you know whether he is
responsible for what lie in saying?
If he loves w ine better than he loves
you, dismiss him to the one lie pre
fers and go on your way rejoicing
that you discovered your danger be
fore it was too laic—Gainesville j
Eagle.
A Girl Killed By n Yninyiro.
£lrs. Cornelius Rainwater, of Sa
vannah, (la, received a letter from
her brother, James Uhl, who is en
gaged in the wholesale coffee busi
ness in Calabozo, Venezuela, in which
epistle he gave an account of the sin
gular de th of his daughter last Sep
temper. The young lady, who had
just entered her 17th year, lmd been
a somnambulist since childhood,and it
was supposed that it was while in one
of her frequent trances that she left
the house and wandered several miles
out into the country. She was missed,
and on being searched for, was at last
found near the roadside dead, w ith a
large vampire clinging to her throat.
iho bat at the approach of tho
seachers rose from the body of its
victim and attempted to fly off, but
was so gorged with blood as to be
unable to make its escape and was
shot by one of the party. The placid
ity of the young lady’s countenance
showed that her death had been a
painless one, and it is probable that it
was not until she sank down, still fast
asleep, that the vampire fastened
upon her.
A small wound, resembling the punc
ture of a large needle, just over the
jugular vein, marked where
the small white teeth had liberated
the blood which it had sucked, all the
while soothing its victim to deeper
sleep by a gentle, lulling movrnent of
its outspread wings, which is the hab
it of these creatures.
The one which killed Miss Uhl
was unusally large, measuring three
feet and some inches from the tip
of one wing to tnat of the other, and
while its weight woulc have naturahv
been ten or twelve pounds, it was so
engorged that it was found to weigh
something over twenty.
The Future of the National
Banks.
The New York Journal of Com
merce, which strikes the average
| mercantile mind as an institution
| rather than a daily newspaper, has
some interesting remarks on our
banking system. Our able contempo
rary starts out by deploring the pre
judice against the banks on the part
of legislators in congress, and declares
that this prejudice is not only un
founded, but that it cannot be ex
plain and nor justified by anything
known to history.
We are frank to says that we have
not observed this prejudice to the
banks on the part of our congress
men which seems to have struck the i
attention of the Journal of Commerce, i
and we are inclined to believe there is
some mistake about the matter. We
do not hesitate to say that there is no
hostility on the part of congressmen \
or the people to either the state banks ■
or those that are operating under
federal authority.
The tyhole difficulty, and it is a
IIOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14,1891.
difficulty that seems to he clearly
recognized by the Journal of Corn
i merce lies in the fact that the laws
; under which the national banking
[institutions are now operating belong
to a period of war rather than to an
[ era of peace. These laws are not only
; obnoxious to the general public—they
i hamper and embarrass the banks
! themselves. The great trouble is that
| as soon as the newspapers or public
i speakers begin to criticise the elunisi
j ness of these laws as applied to the
| needs and demands of this period of
I rushing and hurrying business, their
; remarks are construed as attacks oa
| the banks themselves There seems
| to be a sensitiveness among the banks
| and bankers that is not to be ex
i plained by the ordinary methods of
inference.
And yet we have seen no severer
criticism, coming from the consorva
live source it does, than that which is
ventured on by the Journal of Com
merce. Much has been said by the
representatives of the banks and the
partisans of the law as it stands, in
regard to the provision which exacts
the deposit of government bonds as a
security for the bank note circulation.
This provision is held up as a marvel
of simplicity and completeness,
whereas it is cumbersome and expen-
rive. Moreover, as the Journal of
Commerce points cut, the provision
was not inti nded to enable the na
tional banks to furnish a hank note
circulation, but to provide a market
for the government bonds. The law
was enacted at a time when the gov
eminent was a heavy borrower, anil
w ea it was compelled to find a
market for its bonds.
Of late the government, throgk the
suggestions and manipulations of
"Wall street, has been engaged in the
work of embamissiug the national
banks by balling in its bonds and
thus canceling and reducing the circu
lation based on them. Thus the
banks, which were established to help
the government out of a pickle at a
very critical period, are now employed
by the agents of Wall street in the
treasury as a means of contractinjr
the currency.
We believe that we have had as
much to say about the banks and the
limitations of the laws under which '■
they operate as any other vehicle of!
publication, but we have never attack-1
ed the banks, and we are of the opin
ion that the prejudice to which tho
Journal of Commerce alludes does)
not exist. There are serious objec-'
tions, however, *o tlie laws under!
which the banks operate, and these
objections are by no means unreason
able. There is no reason why real
estate should be outlawed by the
national banks, nor is there any reas
on why the issues of state banks'
should be prohibited by a ten per
cent levy.
We believe it is the purpose of the
! people io retain the banks and change
the law. Among national bankers
who take a broad view of the situa
tion there will be found few to object
to such a programme, provided it is
safe and conservative, and based on
sound business principles.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Independent Manhood.
The prev ailing political methods in
the country have a tendency to stul
tify manhood. Allegiance to party:
| and desire for politic al supremacy has j
i taken the place of patriotic states
manship. The political.machinery is;
controlled to a large extent by cor
porations and syndicates representing
the money power. Prominent among
these are the railroad corporations,
brokers, builionists, bondholders and i
trusts. They have a firm grip on i
much of the political machinery of
the government. Holding a balance
of power, wielding the powerful in
fluence which money gives them, they
arrogantly dictate tiie platforms and
policies of parties, the action of con
ventions, the result of caucuses, the
conduct of the executive power, and
the judgment of courts.
They are thoroughly equipped in
the potent power of corruption. They
are remorseless in their exactions oil
commeree. They demand usurious
rates of interest. They extort from
labor the profits of its industry.
It is to meet ibis remorseless, grow
ing power that the independent man
hood of the country must rise. The
great hearts of the people are yet,
strong enough to re-establish the
principles of free government in their
former purity.
This great work lies in the j atriot
iof the people. The independent
manhood of the country must rise up
and throttle the monster of corruption.
The perpetuation of free institutions
demands it. The re-establishment of
liberty upon the basis ot moral purity
requires it. The homes of the ‘peo
ple, their future prosperity and the
welfare of generations unborn, de
pends upon quick and decisive notion
upon the part of the great common
people.
Let the independent manhood of
the country rise up and assert itself
in such thunder tones that w ill shake
the thrones of despotism, t\ranny and
plutocratic government throughout
the world. The second great battle
for human rights is being fought on
American soil. Let the watchword
bo “America shall be free.”—National
Reformer.
Wanted—a Boy.
Wanted—a boy. A brave, cour
ageous, manly, hopeful boy; one who
is not afraid of the truth; one who
scorns a lie; one who hates deceit;
one who loves his mother; one woo
does not know more than his parents;
one who lms the courage to say “no”
and stick to it; one who is willing to
begin at the bottom of the ladder
and work upwards; one who thinks it
would be unmanly to smoko; one who
thinks an education is worth striving
for; one who is willing to obey his
superiors; one who knows his home is
better than the street; one who
doesn't believe the marvelous tales
told in the story papers, and will not
read the vile stuff; one who won’t
cheat in a fair game; one who won’t
be a sneak and do a mean act when
unseen; one who won’t spend every
penny he earns or gets; one who
I thinks he should respect himself and
| keep himself in decent appearance;
! one who won’t attack an old man
! because he is defenseless; one who
| won’t torture dumb animals; one who
won’t steal; one who won't swear;
one won’t listen to or repeat nasty
| stories; one who won’t revile an. jeer
I at drunken persons on the street; one
who won't do a dirty act for another
boy who is too cowardly to do his own
meanness; one who loves to do right
because it is right. Wanted—a boy;
a whole-souled, earnest, honorable,
square, boy. Where can he be found?
Does be live in your neighborhood?
Is he a member of your family? Do
you know him ?—American Teacher.
The Alliance in England.
The fame and prowess of the Far
mers’ Alliance ha’s even extended be
yond the briny deep, and that great
English paper, the Londan Times, is
attacking this orgaization and warns
the British farmers against following
the example of their brothers in
America.
This is just what wo should ex
! pect. The Times is the organ of the
I British aristocracy and favored classi
1 es, and will oppose any and every
| movement tending to the orgaci/.a
tion and relief of the masses. The
light waged against the Alliance in i
our own State and country is about
to be repeated in far-away Enggland.
But let this grand and noble order
once secure a foothold in the British
Isle, and we predict that the brave
men who fought the battle of Nase
by, and have twice overturned the
most powerful goverment the world
ever saw, will prove as ti ne to their
intetests, and as courageous in the
defense of their rights, as their de
scendants in America, who sprang
from their loins.
But it should indeed encourage
our Alliance friends to see the wide
spread work of their order, aud nerve
their hearts, and strengthen their
arms to persevere in their undertuk
ing. The eyes of not only your own
countrymen, butof the civilized world,
are turned upon the struggling farm
ers of America. .You are now on trial;
and victory for the Allmncemen
means not only a righting of their
own wrongs, but it will encourage
the farmers of every Christian coun
try on our globe to emulate your ex
ample and strike for liberty. Alli
ancemen must not look back or falter.
Never let it be published to the world
that the great agricultural communi
ty of our Republic have wavered in
their mission or surrendered their
cause.—Athens Banner.
Emma Abhout Dead.
Emma Abbott, the prirna donna, is
dead.
She went to Salt Lake, Utah, Jan-
uary sth to fill a four nights’ engage
ment, and despite the advice of her
physicians went on the stage the first
night. The next day she was taken
alarmingly ill with pneumonia, and
failed rapidly after that. Her phy
sicians saw she could not live. She
was totally unconscious until death
ended her life.
The members of her company are
distracted with grief. Miss Abbott
was so kind to them that they idolized
her, and to have her so suddenly
snatched away has prostrated them.
Emma Abbott was one of the
world’s greatest and sweetest singers.
She began life in humble circum
stances and rose to wealth and fame
by the marvelous sweetness of her
voice. She was worth several hun
dred thousand dollars.
She was popular with the people,
not only for the sweetness of her
song, but, for the gieat desire she
always s owed to please. She sang
to their heart as well as to their artis
tic taste. The announcement of her
death will shock the millions who
have heard her in opera and' in the
more familiar pieces with which she
favored her audience between the
acts. The voice that drew new
beauties from “Home, Sweet Home”
and “Last Rose of Summer,” is
hushed forever.—Tribune-of-Rome.
Cyclones and Tornadoes.
Lieutenant John F. Finley, of the
United States signal service, has writ
ten a very interesting article on the
origin and development of cyclones
and tornadoes—the former being
the typical general storm and the lat
ter the typical ocal lstorm. lie show's
that while cyclones may develop
within the Uuited States, they usu
ally enter this country from the ad
jacent regions. The places of the
entry are the North Pacific coast
(Oregon and Washington), North
Dakota and the gulf coast. From
each of these quarters the cyclones
approach with peculiar characteristics.
Those entering the country of North
Dakota are most frequently accompa
nied by tyrnadoes.
To understand the relation of the
tornado to the cyclone we must con
sider tho cyclonic disturbances as di
vided into quadrants by two lines at
right angles, one inning north and
south and tho other east and west.
The northeast quadrant is distinguish-
ed by great humidity, high winds and
heavy cloud formations, especially'
in the southern portion, together
with precipitation. The southeast
quadrant contains the maximum of
heat and moisture; it is the region of
all classes of local storms, especially
of the tornado. The southwest quad
rant is marked by clearing weather
and diminished humidity while the
northwest has the minimum of heat
ami moisture, with brisk, cold winds.
The southeast quadrant being the
recipient of heat and moisture, gen
erates the cyclone, and the most vio
lent disturbance of the equilibrium
being in this quadrant, and within a
limited area, the centripetal force
becomes greater, and the formation
of the tornado ensues.
The questions which naturally occur
are: What places are best adapted to
the development of tornadoes, and
what is the time when conditions are
most favorable to them? Lieutenant
Finley points out that tornadoes are
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found in regions where warm, moist
air begins to underneath a colder
and dryer upper stratum that comes
from another direction. This con
dition is followed shortly by an
inversion of the air in the upper and
low r er strata, the first visible effect of
the coining storm being
the appearance in the west and north
west of a heavy, protentions bank of
clouds, followed suddenly by the rush
ing of adjacent clouds toward the
center of the disturbance, especially
from the southeast, east and northeast;
as to time, the summer is the most
favorable for tornadoes, when the in
terior of the continent is warming,
and the air of the lower strata is
drawn from lower latitudes far up in
the northern portions of the country
on the eastern side of the Rocky
mountains, the isothermal curve being
deflected very decidedly towards the
north.
Lieutenant Finley’s summary of the
results of his investigations seem to
cover everything that can be learned
on the subject. Briefly, the most iin
portant of them are as follows: Tor
nadoes generally accompany a low
pressure area; the progressive motion
of the tornado is to the northeast,
and the tornado, with scarcely an ex
ception, occurs in the afternoon, just
after the hottest part ot the day.
The tornado seasou includes March,
April, May, Juno, July, August and
September, the months of greatest
lroquence being April, May, June and
July. From a careful investigation
there is every i eason to believe that
these storms were as frequent and
violent 200 years ago as they are now,
and there appears to bo no cause for
any unusual change in their annual
frequency for a like period to come.
As regards protection in case of a
tornado, Lieutenant Finley can, un
fortunately, say little except that the
north side of the tornado’s path is the
dangorous portion aud the south side
is the safe one. If the cloud be mov
ing to the northeast, then the line of
escape is to the northwest; if to tha
east, then to the north. To one who
stands facing the advancing cloud in
the direct line of its approach, the
safe side is always to the right. No
structure that rises above the surface
of the earth, however built, can whol
ly resist the violence of the tornado,
and, therefore, no building is safe,
either as property or as a refuge to
protect life. From a business point
of view, therefore, as affecting the
question of life and property, the tor
nado must be considered as a natural
agency for destruction, to be careful
ly watched and continually provided
against.
John B. Gough: What you learn
from bad habits and in bad society
you will never forget, and it will be
a lasting pang to you. I tell you in
all sincerity', not as in the excitement
of speech, but as I would confess,
and have confessed, before God, I
would give my right hand to-night if
I could forget that which I have
learned in bad society.
Don’t worry whether the man who
says nice things to you means them or
not. 'l'he fact that he takes the paina
to say them is a compliment. He
doubtless has an ax to grind, but it
doesn’t follow that you must turn the
grindstone.—Demurest Times.
Editor Hanlon, of the , Quitman
Press, denies a damaging rumor in
the following paragraph:
“A rumor is afloat that the senior
editor of this paper is receiving a
fixed salary of %4,000 a year from a
northern magazine for contributions
to its columns. With tears as large
as hotel biscuits streaming down our
emaciated cheeks, we deny the
charge. It is false—it is twice false,
we regret to say. Hand in that dol
lar due on subscription,”
Old Gentleman (at head of stairs)
—Sally, ain’t it time to go to bed?
Sally—yes, father dear, don,t put
it off another minute; your health,
you know, is not robust.
