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BUS tOINTV GIEZTTE,
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HOMER, - - - GEORGIA.
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give proper names correctly. We will
correct improper spelling, and punclu*
atfon.
Net ice* of marriages, deaths, acri
cnltcral ami educational mailers.
Church and fciundaysehool work are
specially requested.
Entered at the Postoffi.ce at Homer,
Ga*, as second-class mail matter.
Homek, Ga., Wednesday, Fkb. 25.
The prices of iron continue low, but
a better inquiry is reported.
Dr. J. G. Armstrong is dead. He
was on© of the brightest men in Geor
gia- *
Wesley King and Henry Jackson,
colored, were lynched near Bruns
wick on las^ Saturday night.
Mrs. King, wife of Rev. George T.
King a former pastor of the Homer
circuit, died at Hartwell, Ga. a short
time ago.
Itev. Dr. DeVotie, a very promi
nent Baptist divine, is dead. In hits
death the church looses one of her
strongest supporters.
John B. Gough used to say that
every moderate drinker could aban
don the intoxicating cap if he would,
and every inebriate would if he could.
The great German chemist, Baron
Leibig, says that “as much flour as
can lie upon the point of a table-knife
contains as much nutriment as eight
pints of the best beer that can be
made."
The following conundrum is going
the rounds: “Why is a terrier in a
refrigerator like a kiss?” We have
notseeiyl^^|MH^^HßH|
(dog on ice.) Give us a hard one
next time.—Dahlonega Nuggett.
Says the Albany News: You may
kick and grumble and growl and
grunt forever, but if you sit down
and wait for the other people to work
for a town and its upbuilding, you are
worth about us much as a frog to your
community, and the only thing a trog
docs is to eroak.
Tobacco Culture Again.
Our Cheap corresponeent takes us
*t<> task on our editorial on tobacco
culture, and says that tobacco never
sent a soul to hell.
While we believe that it does, we
would not say that the use of tobacco
barN the gates of heaven against the
participant. One thing we do say,
however, and we defy contradiction,
and that is God would rather have
us not to indulge. No on® denies
the fact that its use is harmful, and of
course it is w'rong to the extent that
it is hur .fnl.
We do not insist that an equal
amount of crime is committed by the
cultivation 0 f tobacco as by the distil
ling of liquor, but we do assert that
it is harmful, and certainly wrong to
that extent.
Let us take into considrration the
cost of the two productions. Liquor
costs the United States annually
about 85100,000,000, besides what is
smuggled and not reported for taxa
tion. Let us add $100,000,000 aud
make the sum $1,000,000,000, which
is awful to contemplate, true, when
we take into consideration the un
happy homes, the bitter tears and the
paupers caused by the trade. But
tobacco cost the United States an
nually about $600,000,000, besides
the amount not reported for taxation.
Now add $100,000,000 for smuggled
tobacco and millions of dollars
for ruined lands, and then, oh, then
add the torture of millions of vet
unborn babies, the conscqences of the
expensive and unnecessary habit, and
the ditTcrenoo seems not so wide, so
far as cost is concerned.
We are not disposed to think that
the Bible has no reference to tobacco
when it says “Touch not, taste not,
handle not,”
James Morris, of Leslie, Ga., com
mitted suicide at Mcßea last Wednes
day by taking morphine.
More and more is the weight of
scientific testimony growing against
the use of alcohol as a medicine. At
the late annual conference of the
British Temperance league, tho vete
ran medical temperance pioneer of
Great Britain, Dr. F. It. Lees, read a
paper upon “Science and Alcohol,”
in which he said: “General experience,
which is the foundation of social
science, continues to confirm the
great truths of our movement. Life
is lengthened, disease is lessened,
and health is improved, by the prac
tice of abstinence; and, on the other
hand superstitions about drink and its
value are dying out, and light is at
last finding its way into high and
fashionable quarters. Whether in
recreations or in ordinary work,
whether in cold or warm climates,
whether in buttle or in peace, whether
on sea or land, the folly of drinking
alcehol, and the advantage to mind
and body of abstinence are becoming
acknowledged more widely."—Bulle
tin.
When a young man begins to look
round and hanker after a wife he had
better consider whether he can keep
her up to her raising or not. If he
thinks he can then he is safe to in
vite her to put her clothes in bis
chest, but if she is rich and he is
“only tolerable, I thank you,” he had
better be careful and go slow, for
riches take wings ahd fly away, and
if he can’t keep up the old standard
it’s a reflection on his capacity. A
gcod, sensible wife won’t say any
thing on that line, but raesfc every
woman has an idea that if she was a
man she would make life a success;
and so, if her husband proves a fail
ure, she doesn’t strain her eves in
looking up to him.—Bill Arp.
One of the speediest and most
effectual methods of raising up votes
for the prohibition amendment is
through the means of gospel temper
ance meetings. A genuine old-fash
ioned gospel temperance revival,
rightly conducted, would add thou-
If men’s hearts are
"Set right they, as a rule, vote right.
Win a man over to Christ, and you
need have no fear of what he will do
on election day. Upon the true
Christian the stratagems and cunning
wiles of the liqvor power have no
effect, lie cannot be coaxed or
bribed or bullied or deceived into
supporting what he believes in his
heart to be utterly and wholly bad.—
Christian at Work.
A distinguished Englishman return
ing to his own country, aftea a careful
study of American institutions, on be
ing asked what he had seen that was
most uidike England, answered “The
wineless dinner-tables of the great
middle class.”
Must Carry a Gun.
An exchange says that some very
strange laws are in existence in Geor
gia which, although obsolete, have
never been repealed. Looking through
an old code yesterday, the following
unique statute was found written in
the old English text.
It reads that no male person shall
go to church on Christmas or Easter
day, or other days-of public worship,
without carrying a gun or brace of
pistols, with six rounds of powder and
ball, under a penalty of teu shillings.
The law also says that the church
waiden or wardens must search all
persons who come hither that have
no arms displayed and see whether
or not they are about their person.
A failure on the part of the war
dens to do this within fifteen minutes
from the first appearance of the per
son or persons at the church shall
make them liable to a tine of fifteen
shillings.
This law first passed the; General
Assembly of the State in 1777 to l>e
enforced for the term of three years
or until the next meeting of the As
bly.
The revolutionary war then came
on and, after the close, it was made a
law in perpetuity under a general act
passed, which enforced all statutes
then iu existence forever, unless re
pealed.
This law therefore made during
the time of the early settlers, when
all such gatherings were in daugcr of
being attacked by the Indian, still
exists, and our peaceful citizens who
go to their places of worship each
Sunday unwittingly violate the law
of the state and make themselves
liable to a fine for same. -t
The wardens also "have for years
been acting in direct violation of the
statute by not searching each ajid
every one of the male members of the
congregation, and the people <of the
state must be careful not to go jto
their churches after this without a
weapon to defend themselves.—Ath
ens Banner.
Good Advice to Farmers.. ?
The address of Agricultural Com
missioner Nesbitt before the State
Agricultural society contained a, good
many suggestions which ate, wfcll
wortn the careful consideration of
farmers. The suggestion as to small
farms is an excellent one. *l*kere
is no doubt that a great many Geor
gia farmers cultivate altogether tpo
much land. They do too muefr woik
for the returns they get. They could
farm a much smilier amount of land
and get ahead in the world much
faster. They would have to adopt
the intense system of fanning, how
ever—that is, they would have to
make the land rich and cultivate it
thoroughly. The successful small
farmers act upon the theory that if
you feed the land it will feed you.
And too many farmers give more
attention to cotton than they-ought
to. Because cotton is what is called
a money crop they give up almost all
of their land to it. They believe that’
it pays them to raise cotton and buy
corn and meat. But if they should
tty diversified farming—that is, raise
their own supplies—they would never
go back to the all cotton system.
They don’t succeed well in trying
to raise their own supplies because
they don’t give the care to the rais
ing of stock and grains and yegeta-,
hies they ought. They don’t emich
their land and make it produce all
that it is capable of producing.
Mr. Nesbitt calls attention to the
farms and funnel's of Dooly county.
Are there any more prosperous,farm
ers iu the world than those of that
county? And they are small farmers.’
They are out of debt and have. Lank
accounts. 1 hey pay cash fojjpwhat
they buy, and, hence, do. not fuuw to
pay two prices. They.ipaiT mpney.
They have no occasion to bomhv it
and pay exorbitant rates of tmeiifst.
Cotton, of course, brings lijOnoy.
There is always a market for it. But
what does it profit a farmer to raise a
crop that brings him cash if thevcost
of raising it is equal to what it brings?
And many farmers concern them
selves more about planting a large
number of acres in cotton than about
the yield per acre. Is it not better
to bring one acre of land to a high
state of fertility and cultivation, so
that it will produse a bale and n half
of cotton, than to farm two acrkio£
poor land that will produce only
about half % bale to the acre ?
The big plantation should be cut
into small farms, and each farm
should be made highly productive by
the best known methods. In propor
tion as the number of small and care
fully cultivated farms increases the
prosperity of the farmers will in
crease.—Savannah News.
The Good Work Done.
If there is any doubt as# to the
good the Alliance is doing, read the
following from the Elberton Star.
The Alliance of Hart county is not
troubling itself abobt local or Rational
politics, but has gone to '(Fork in
earnest and in a business wayj. to ben
efit its membership. Last year nearly
every sub-Alliance in the courrty bor
rowed money enough to run its mem
bership for cash, basing the estimate
on an economical administration of
each man's family government. As
a consequence there were no. unpaid
bills to the merchant when the crop
was made, except perhaps in cases
where the cash did not hoM out.
The money was obtained in this wav:
Five or six of the best men in each
sub-Allianee would make a note for
enough money for all. The cash was
then distributed to-each member ac
cording to his estimated needs.
When the crop was gathered the
money was brought in by each man
in accordance with the trlents he had
received, and turned over to the
makers of the bank note, who in turn
paid off the note in bank. In this
way men who were entirely unable to
get money from the bank, got money
and paid the. merchant cash for his
meat and corn. This arrangement
instead of damaging helps the local
merchant. He gets a fair profit and
gets the money as he sells his goods,
and can afford to sell for shorter
profits because he can use his cash
several times in the same season.
The most of the guano was bonght
on joint note in the same way and at
very short profiits to the dealer. The
greaest troub’e last year was getting
a warehouse in which to store and
from which to distribute the guano.
The Alliance was compelled to rent
a warehouse at considerable cost. To
obviate this difficulty this season,
they have bonght a choice lot and let
out contract for the balding of a coun
ty warehouse at Hartwell, which i
to be completed by the 20th of. Feb
ruary. The money is already in
hand for its completion.
Just what influence the Alliance
has’had on the condition of things is
fiarcl t<> toll, but certain it is, that the
farmers of Hart county owe less and
are in better condition than at any
time since the war. Whatever the
influence may be let it go oil, for as
the farmer prospers so prosper we
all.—Gainesville Eagle.
A Norfil Wger.
There was a good deal of laughing
In Rockland the other day over the at
terifpt of Mr. Gilman Ulmer to win a
bet of $5 that he could take Mr. Or
ville Wood'yhog, weiglting 105 pounds,
from the pen and carry it on his siioul-
Sor to his own home, a quarter of a
mile distant. By the terms of the bet,
the hog was to be placed upon his shoul
ders at the start, but if ho put the ani
mal down or lost it oil he must get it
back alone.
He Started off in good style, but the
hog Struggled and squealed and
squirmed, and when lie lmd made
about, half the distance Hr. Ulmer top
pled and fell, hog and 911. lie tried in
vain to get the animated pork back on
his shoulders, and after witnessing a
circus worth much more than the price
of admission the bet wus modified, and
the animal again.placed on the gritty
Ulmer’s shoulders. Again he started
off bravely, but he was somewhat ex
hausted, and the hog escaped again.
This discouraged him and he paid the
bet.—Rockland (Ale.) Opinion.
He TOTio Laughs Laxt Laughs Best.
*: One* of the young Women employed
Ip tiie government printing office who
resides on Cipitol Hill was near the
Baltimore *id Ohio railroad recently
,oa her way-to work when the wind got
beneath her umbrella and carried it
put of sight In her efforts to capture
it her hat followed. There was a man
near her, and he just laughed until his
sides ached, and then walked along in
front of her to the otliee, not once offer
ing her shelter beneath his umbrella,
lie laughed until he had almost readied
the office, and then a blast of wind
Wrenched his Umbrella out of Ids hand
and ids lmt followed it “And then I
laughed," said the young woman in
telling the story.—Wasldngton Star.
Poison In Mncht-rel.
Of all food that rapidly begins to de
compose mackerel is perhaps one of the
most common. Being cheap and usu
ally plentiful whim in fceason, it is large
ly consumed. Putrefaction sets ih very
rapidly, especially about the gills of
this Ash, sometimes almost as soon ns
it is taken out Of the water. The poison
ous principle that lins been extracted
from mackerel is called hydrocollidine,
a very violent poison, so powerful that
the seven-thousandth part of a grain
will cause death in a bird.—Herald of
Health.
A Curious Fence.
Freaks in fenoe building are not un
common in New England. Not many
miles frypi New Bedford, for instance.
Is a, solid fence with u curiously curved
upper line, and here and there a num
ber painted upon it in white. On ex
amination it proyes to be built of the
pew doors from a dismantled church.—
Garden and Forest. .
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.X A MosjlileJ llxprcuNiim.
Mrs. Wedinhayste (vehemently)-
Mr.’W:,' did you say to Mr. Gossyppe
tliftt I wfts a Tartar?
• Mr. W. (deprecatingly)—l may have
done so, my dear, but 1 added that you
were the very cream of tartars. —Pitts
burg Bulletin.
Jiist itiUMi fur ludigntion.
Tlie christening or name giving cere
mony is always an interesting one,- and
many curious stories come to us from
the baptismal font. One good clergy
man who had been called in to christen
a child, the youngest of a large family,
stood book in hand before the parents.
“Let me see, ” he said blandly, “this
is tlie thirteenth, is it not?”
“ ’Deed, sir, it isn’t,” said the sur
prised father; “it is only the tenth.”
It is needless to say the clergyman
was trying to recall the day of the
•Month. —Detroit Free Press.
The Fatten Multiples Telegraph.
The multiplex telegraph devised by
Lieut. Patten is now working sixteen
circuits on a wire running between
New York and Philadelphia, a distance
of about ninety miles, at twenty-five
words a minute.—New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
Swift’s Specific.
s. s. s.
To Smokers.
Mr. L. M. Geuella, of
Vicksburg, Mis*., says
that his system was pois
oned with nicotine from
the excessive use of to
bacco in smoking cigar
ettes. He could not sleep,
his appetite was gone,
and he was in a bad fix
generally. He took 8. 8.
8., which drove out the
poison and made a new
man ont of him.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease* mailed Free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ca.
SfilS This Space Still Belongs
§■?; 1. And if any of the good people of Banks wan*
3 to buy a PIANO or ORGAN or any other Musical
Instrument they can find it at our Music House,
and we will sell them at a lower price and on easier terms than any
music house in Georgia. Call and see us at
NORTH-EAST GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE,
112 Clayton Street, Next door to Pcst-office,
V lliiMix, - <leorsfi.
Boy ¥011: HARDWARE at the lowest prices. We are headquarters for
FARM IMPLEMENTS,
BLACKSMITH TOOLS, WAGON AND BUGGY MATERIAL,
Cook aiiitl lloatiug
TINWARE, WOODWARE, RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING,
Sash, Doors and Blinds,
Also Agents for
EUREKA COTTON PLANTER,
Best in the WORLD 1
Call nnd Sec Otir Goods.
HARDMAN HARDWARE COMPANY
Harmony Grove, Georgia.
+ M ARB LE ;WO RKB.+
Atlietis, Georgia.
MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS, CRADLE TOMBS, BOX
TOMBS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES OF ALL SIZES. A
LARGE STOCK OF FINISHED WORK IN MY
YARD READY FOR LETTERING, ALL OF
WHICH I AM SELLING VERY CHEAP.
:SGSS A. K. ROBERTSON’S
purchase a Monument or 1 "mb Stone. It will pay you to go to the Alhorfa
Marble Yard. Correspondence solicited.
Hooka and Stationery.
RICHARDS & CO.
T. S. CAMPBELL, Manage!:.
Book Sellers and
STATIONERS,
AND DEALERS IN
Music, Musical Instruments,
"and Fancy Goods.
Keep on hand a lull liue BOOKS and
STATIONERY usually found in a
First Class Book Suite.
West bide Public Square.
7-21 GAINESVILLE, GA
Paints and Painting.
Uho E<•o it o I*l y
AND PROTECT YOUR HOUSE BY
PAINTING,
And it will not rot down on you, and
the best paint is sold by
JOHN L. ARNOLD,
No 250 Broad Street,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
He keeps always on hand a large
stock of the best paints in the city.
Also contracts for House and Sign
Painting. 11-5-91
If
cigar
ette
smok
ing has
impair
ed your
health,
Take
s, s, s.
be
come
well
again.
7 Bottles
of S. S. S.
Cancer cured.
For thirty-five years I
was afflicted with cancer
ous sores on my face
which prominent physi
cians failed to core. Sev
en bottles of 8. 8 S’
cured me permanently.
Am now sixty years old
and in perfect health.
Hibam Swbat,
Orion, Ala.
Shoemaking.
W. F. HILL,
Boot and Slio©
MAKES,
HOMER, .... GEORGIA.
Repairing of all kinds neatly done.
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Jewelry.
A. 8. MANDEVILLE.
DEALER IX
CLOCKS, JEWELERY, SILVER
AND PLATED WARE,
Repairing and Engraving done
with care and warrented to give sati6>*
faction.
Op. the college, Alliens, Ga.
Money to Loan.
J> T OTICJE !
Money to J I>oan.
Parlies wattling to borrow money
cheat> on farm lands can pet it on very
short notice by coming to see me or
writing to me at Jefferson, Jackson
county, Ga. J. W. HILL.
s.s. s.
has
cured
thou
sands
of
such
cases
after
good
physi
cians
had
failed.