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GAZETTE.
Homes, Ga., Wednesday, May 13.
Onr First Year.
Looking backward is always pleas
ant, if in doing so, we discover noth
ing mere than the ordinary mistakes
of life to mar the record.
If success has crowned our efforts;
if duty has been faithf.aiy performed;
if our fellowmen have enjoyed with
us the fruits of our labors, and our
country has been benefited, we may
indeed congratulate ourselves.
In reviewing the history of The
Gazette, we may claim all this, and
have the additional satisfaction of
looking forward with much encour
agement to a still greater field of
usefulness in the future.
It is not often that ventures in the
field of journalism, especially in
country places, do more than barely
meet current expenses, and frequently
financial failure overtakes the coun
try newspaper Indore the end of the
first year of life.
The Gazette, however, was organ
ized by a stock company, composed
of solid business men, whose every
interest demanded the publication of
a first class paper, and they fortu
nately secured the services of a gen
tleman whose energy knew no bounds,
and under his services .tb managing
editor, the paper soon had a large
subscription list, and soon won the
enviable reputation which it still en
joys, of being one of the cleanest
weeklies in the state, and besides
being the organ of the county, a lib
eral patronage of outside advertising
was soon secured, which has steadily
increased, and while we do not deem
it necessary to go into detail, we
may safely assert that we are now
grounded upon a sure and solid foun
dation, and our future success as a
newspaper is amply assured.
On nceount of ihe removal of Rev.
T. 0. Roric to Toceoa, he necessarily
severed his editorial connection, and
at the same time the company le. sed
the outfit to the present proprietors,
which wat doubtless a wise and sat
isfactory arrangement to all parties
concerned, evidenced by a steady
increase of patronage during the
present year. Seven hundred regu
hr bontra fide subscribers now read
The Gazette every week, and it
carries the news of Banks county’s
material wealth aud development
into many homes outside the state.
When The Gazette was first
launched upon the uncertain field of
journalistic enterprise it at once es
poused the cause of the democratic
party and the south; but politics
nlone is, or should t>e, a secondary
consideration with a country news
paper.
To stand for the material develop
ment of Banks county; to repsresent
its interest, with that of all her cit
izens; to battle for the cause of the
farmers and laboring classes, aud to
do all in our power for the betterment
of their condition suggests itself as
a nobler impulse, and the duty that
lies next to onr own hearts.
To this end we invite the earnest
co operation of all our people, as
sured that success awaits us in the
near future.
The great material wealth, the
untold natural advantages and nu
merous attractions of this section car.
not much longer lay dormant.
The magic wand of human enter
prise will erelong canvert this section
iuto the most beautiful as well as the
most wealthy and prosperous portions
of the South.
Non Deplume.
In another column will bo found
an uncharitable article from the pen
of one who seeks to place The
Gazette between him and public
sentiment. The writer’s name, how
ever, will be given to any one apply
ing at this office.
The Gazette does net claim to be
exclusively an Alliance journal, but
it docs stand upon the broad and
generous principles upon which the
Alliance is founded: “Equal rights
to all, and special privileges to none,”
and no living soul with one drop of
the milk of human kindness flowing
in his veins can offer objections.
True, political tricksters, demagogues
and enemies may find their way into
the order and create dissensions and
dissatisfactions, and may eventually
disorganize the order, but the noble
principles will remain unchanged, the
writer of the article in this issue
headed “Playing Out” and all others
of like character to the contrary not
withstanding.
An Inhuman Mother.
There seems to be quite a sensa
tional scandal in Gordon county,
caused by a young lady who unfortu
nately has become a mother before
being a wife, and kftled and hid her
babe.
From a special to the Atlanta Con
stitution we clip the following para
graph in reference to the matter, but
the name we cannot give, in justice
to the youug lady:
“She is unable to b brought to jail
at present, but will be held to await
the action of the grand jury at the
next August term of Gordon, superior
court, which will doubtless result in
the finding of a bill of indictment for
infanticide. Public sentiment is Con
sidorably wrought up against the in
human mother.
And what does public sentiment
say of Hie unlawful father ? While
tlie mother suffers the penalty of the
law wliat becomes of the author of
her ruin? Is he incarcerated in jail
to await his trial for a crime far worse
than murder? Does public sentiment
take into consideration the means the
unauthorized parent used to accom
plish his hellish purpose, and blast the
life of one who might otherwise have
been an honor to the human race?
Does public sentiment take into con
sideration the fact that we were ail
born of woman, and that a great
many of us have sisters, some have
wives and some arc the legitimate
fathers of daughters? And what
brother, present or prospective bus
band or father has the possitive assur
ance that he will not be closely re
lated to some unfortunate girl called
upon to go through the same ordeal ?
We do not wish to be understood
as championing the cause of crime in
any form, and especially the crime of
infanticide, but if under any circum
stances crime is excusable this case
and all similar ones should bc> par
doned. But why should the mother \
suffer the consequences of violated
law and the ungodly father go un
punished? She lias to suffer the
consequences of nature’s transgressed
laws, and is compelled, should she
escape the penitentiary, to retire into
obscurity or lead a life of shame—an
outcast, despised, not only by her
own but the opposite sex; yea, by
the very man who wrought her ruin,
who accomplished his purpose, no
doubr, by giving his sworn promise of
marriage or by deploying some other
of the varied means that the mascu
line gender are too familiar with and
too often resort to, to accomplish
the destruction of our darling sisters.
The law prescribes no punishment
for the father of the murdered baby.
No, no. He stalks forth, gay Lothario
like, free as the air he breathes, and
walks unquestioned into the purest
parlors of our land, in quest of other
prey. lake the devil, walking up and
down in the earth seeking whom he
may lead from the path of duty.
The Southern Baptist Convention
met in Birmingham last Frida}'. The
convention was organized forty-six
years ago and great good has been
accomplished.
Italy Retalliates.
It seems from the following dis
patch dipped from the Atlanta Con
stitution of May 6th from Florence,
Italy, that Italy intends to feed Amer
ica out of the same spoon:
William Jacques, an American gen
tleman from Newton, Mass., was out
driving with his daughter yesterday,
when a mob of people pursued his
carriage, attacked it, pelted it with
stones, and severely injured his
daughter, who interfered in his behalf.
The national treasury is bankrupt
without a shallow of doubt. The
Secretary is just at present trying to
put where it will do the most good
the nickles and pennies which have
so long been counted as “‘assets uua
variable.” If the treasury were called
upon to pay the forced loan of the
money deposited to redeem national
bank bills outstanding, it would be
840,000,000 in arrears by the Ist of
July. And still the only thing neces
sary is confidence.—Nat. Economist.
Playing Out.
Evidence is accumulating that the
Farmers Alliance movement has
already culminated in many of the
states where its power was greatest,
and is even now beginning to disinte
grate. The utter failure of Farmers’
Alliance legislatures in Kansas, No-i
bra-ka and Minesota to accomplish j
what they proposed has disgusted
many of the members of the organi
zation in those states, while the fool
ish attempts to legislate on
which tinkering with only disturbs,
but cannot remedy, have driven out
many more of the sober and theuzht
ful farmers. The movement is a
quiet one, and not likely to attract
much attention for some time, but
the next elections will doubtless show
the beginning of the end of the
Alliance in more than one state.
Already the disintegration of the
southern Alliance in Mississippi has
begun in a way t at cannot be eon
cealed or misinterpreted. Forty per
cent of the members in the state
have withdrawn from the organiza
tion in the lost few weeks, and the
disaffection continues. The chief
cause is said to be a disapproval of
the ridiculous sub-treasury plan,
which has been made a test of fealty
in Mississippi. This is gratifying
news to all sensible rnen, because it
demonstrates, that even in Bourbon
Mississippi the most absurd scheme
ever seriously proposed in this coun
try is so woefully weak, that it is
destroying ( the very organization
which fostered it. The Farmers j
Alliance will follow the Granger
movement and the Greenback craze. I
There is no'rootn for class parties in
this country, and however well di- j
rected, they connot long endure. The :
Alliance will still do considerable
mischief in a political way, but like,
the measles, it will be over with in j
time.
Anti Class * Anti Trust.
A Pointer.
Just, now the sub-treasury plan is
being furiously assailed by tlio poli
ticians of both . old parties. There
seems to he a concert of action in
that direction, which is an infallible
indication that instructions to make
this onslaught have emenated fiorn
head-quarters. To such an extent is
this being carried on, especially in
Mississippi, that many good brethren
are being mislead into the belief that
the sub-treasury plan is the only point
of objection that the politicians have
to the Alliance demands. The E -on
omist would warn such brethren that
not one single demand of tho Alliance
lacks in importance: that these de
mands were not formulated like the
dolitical platforms of the old parties
to deceive and mislead, but every one
is ai earnest protest against a present
evil and an honest demand for relief
and reform. If the sub treasury plan
should be adopted and enacted into
law, the balance of the Alliance de
mauds must he contended for until
obtained. Let no one be led astray
upon this point, but remember that
every propositiqn contained in the
Alliance demands is founded upon
justice and equity, and ns such must
receive the consent and support of
all true members. —Nat. Economist.
Jack the Kipper Again.
Jack the Ripper has long since
taken leave of departure, to the de
light of the colored people of this
section.
Every thing has beeu quiet for
some time, but the silence was broken
on Sunday night the 3rd inst. by
something making an attack on a
negro boy, throwing him to the
ground. His cries and struggles for
liberty soon persuaded the vile
creature that it had gotten hold of
the wrong one. A relief party were
soon at his side, and to their intense
surprise it soon attacked the whole
mob, and showed its greed for negro
blood in a bold rush at them; but the
pugnaeoous heroes soon succeeded in
driving him from the field to their
delight. After dressing the wounds
of the first attacted buck, and making
all necessary arrangements for the
combat, they started, armed with
sticks, rooks, and other tools they
could procure, to search for their
former antagonist; but he, viewing
the situation, and seeing murder in
the eyes of his pursuers, kept himself
at a safe distance, not daring to make
another attack on the same night.
But still he infests the commnnity.
The other night he would have joined
the company of a Young man, but
without words he was found double
timing, his only artillery being a
pocket knife.
Last Saturday night with all the
speed of an Arabian courser, he was
i hurrying along down the river to
join himself to a party, holding the
tackle for the finny tribe, but they
being of aristocratic desent, would
not accept his company, which,
owing to his pride, aroused his anger,
and soon the fishermen were on their
way to the side of the dear ones that
1 would have been widows ou that
! bright Sabbath morning following
had they not been endowed with the
swiftness of Aeates.
No one has been able to figure him
out correctly; lint he is of such a
nature that dogs- in this section howl
at night, when he is around, cows
low, and hogs keep up a restless
grunting that there is danger ahead
He is generally said to be the size of
a large dog, but sometimes tie reaches
the enormous s ze of a mule.
Bools.
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FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS
ATHENS, GA.
New Shops, New Tools, First-Class Men
Bnildrand Repair all kinds of Machinery. Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Cane
Mills and Presses, Shafting, Pulleys, Pedestal Boxes, Jkilts, etc., a specialty.
Manufacturers’ Agents for the Rest Engines and Boilers, Injectors and
Ejectors in the market. Keep in stock Steam and Water Pipe and Fittings.
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