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HOMER, - - - GEORGIA.
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Homer, Ga., Wednesday, Jux.y 29.
&The Carnesville Enterprise has
changed hands. Brother McCsnnell
retires and yields the helm to Mr. Joe
Scott, who proposes to make The
Enterprise an Alliance journal.
The Free l*rress (Winfield, Kan.)
says; Wnon you hear an opponent of
the sub-treasury bill say it would bo
unconstitutional to lend money to the
farmers, toll him that it is held to he
constitutional to lend government
credit to distillers, and that to,day
the amount of internal revenue on the
whisky in store in the bonded ware
house amounting to $00,000,000, is a
loan to the distillers for three years.
Then ask him why a whisky distiller
is so much better than a farmer, and
why whisky is better security than
corn, wheat or cotton. These are
pertinent questions.
Jamaica ginger is frequently used by
people who desire* the impression to
prevail that they live sober, Christian
lives, and feel that it is an insult to
their good name to intimate that they
would be guilty of inconsistency.
Hut Jamaica ginger contains more
alcohol than the strongest whisky,
and aggravates its inflammatory ef
fects with an additional and violent
irritant. It is almost uneqmled as a
cause of uncontrollable inebriety, and
should be banished from the bouse
and from public sale as a dangerous
preparation that, for all supposed
useful purposes, can be readily re
placed. On one occasion a brilliant
newspaper man who had been sent
into the country to reform, drank
himself iO death with Jamaica ginger.
The" Honest, Dollar.,
There is one everlasting howl made
bp the politicians and the party about
what they call the honest dollar.
Who origiuncod the cry for an hon
est dollar? Was it the people? Oh,
no. It was a lot. of cormorants who
during the war hovered around
Washington devising schemes to rob
the people. Who secured the excep
tion clause, the credit strengthening
act and the demonetization of silver,
and who engineered the various con
traction schemes? Tins was a nice
lot of political reformers to cry “hon
est dollar,” while at tho same time
the were doing all they could to make
the people’s dollar a dishonest one.
They depreciate the dollar and then
began to mb the soldier and the sol
diers’ widows and orphans, and by
their bold schemes, began to rob the
American people of their rewards of
toil. Could the tale of woe he told
that has followed in the train of cor
rupt financial legislation, what a dark
picture it would make for the Amer
ican people, llow can the dollar be
honest when it robs tho laborer of his
t.*il. These cormorants have made
the dollars scarce in oeder to get
more ef the products of the farm and
more labor with it, and tiie farmer
lias to part with double the amount
of produce to buy the necessaries of
life with. The laborer has to give
more of his labor to pay his debts.
Children by the thousands who should
he at school are forced into tho fac
tories to help to support themselves.
This “honest dollar lias vlaced nine
million mortgages on the homes of
tho people, and has in “5 years trans
ferred mpre than half the wealth of
the people into the hands of a few
millionaires, and has filled the country
with an army of tramps. This mix
cry and want was not before we had
what is now called the honest dollar,
hut since we have had it. It is time
that the people was waking up to the
fact thatjt-his so-called honest dollar
is the worst enemy to prosperity they
have and what they want is a dollar
that will come from the hand of the
government free fertile people and in
sufficient volume to do the business
of the country. —free Press, Winfield,
J\au.
Our Northern Trip.
The Weekly Pres* Association met
in Atlanta on the 13th instant in the
parlors of the Kimball House.
The members of the press began to
arrive on the 12th and were taken
charge of by the committee and es
corted to the Kimball where ample
arrangements bad been made by the
greatest of evening newspapers, The
Atlanta Journal.
On Monday evening The Journal
gave the “press gang” a ride through
the city visiting all the principal
places of interest, finally landing at
the Piedmont club house, where re
freshments of all kinds were served
in the finest style. At this banquet
there were speeches made full of wit
and humor.
Hon. Hoke Smith made the address
of welcome, and tr,e respond was
made by Mr. W. S. Coleman, of the
Cedartown Standard. Quite a num
ber of toasts were offered, but the
Atlanta Journal was the toast of the
hour.
After the banquet was over we were
informed that the governor desired
our presence at the mansion from
nine to eleven o’clock. Toe Ikjjs
turned out en masse to the governor’s
reception which was enjoyed by all.
Refreshments were served in abund
ance, and from the way the boys ate
proved that the feast was relished.
Tuesday morning the members met
in the parlors of the Kimball for
business. A large amount of routine
work was done, hut the most pleasant
piece of work done by the associa
tion whs the admission of forty new
members. 'There are comparatively
few old men on tho weekly press in
the state. All are bright, intelligent
and conservative men. There are
several ladies in the state who have
control of newspapers, and they, in
this as in everything else, are far in
the lead of men in all things they un
dertake.
About ten o’clock Tuesday morn
ing Mayor Hemphill was introduced
to the association and gave the mem
bers the entire control of the city
during tlic'.r stay. He said he had
just returned to the city from a busi
ness trip and hastened to the meeting
to give us possession, but he was in
formed that the Journal had antici
pated him anil had already turned
the city over. He expressed himself
as being satisfied. From appearances
nothing had gone wrong under the
new administration.
Just at this time Col. Clarke How
ell, speaker of the House, and editor
in chief of the greatest morning daily
in the south The Atlanta Constitu
tion,' made his appearance and said
that if any of the hoys needed any
money The Constitution would gladly
furnish it. The association was in
vited to visit the house of representa
tives iu a body at 12 o’clock, and to
join the speaker in a room across the
hall. Both invitations were accepted,
and when the hoys resumed work
they all felt too rich to ask for funds.
At tho appointed hour we proceed
ed in a body to the house, and upon
the announcement of our arrival
by the door keeper the house adjourn
ed for ten minutes that the members
of both bodies might meet each other
personally.
After the visit to the house we
went directly to the governor’s office
where we were received pleasantly.
At 5 o’clock the association was
again called to order and was inform
ed lv that prince of good fellows
Mr. S. W. Roberts, the correspond
ing secretary, that The Constitution
had secured two of the largest Pull
man cars the company had to convey
the memhers of the association to
Washington and New York, and that
he had in his pocket free passes for
every member that desired to make
the trip. When this announcement
was made three cheers were given
the Atlanta Constitution and Mr.
Roberts was tendered a present by
tlie association for his untiring efforts
in securing the excursion.
A few minutes before six o’clock
the boys were informed that the cars
wvre ready and a better looking set of
ladies and gentlemen never occupied
the seats of any car. At six o’clock
the cars were hitched on to the regu
lar through train of the best railroad
that runs on Georgia soil, the Rich
mond and Danville, and at once those
present were enjoying the beauties of
the Piedmont region.
After passing Lula all retired for
the night and when wo rose the
next morning we wer* nearing one of
the prettiest small southern cities
Charlotte, S. C. After passing this
point we settled ourselves for a
view of the country.
The country from Charlotte to
Danville, Va., resembles the country
in this portion of the state.
After an hour’s run from Charlotte
we leave the cotton fields and the
tobacco section sets in. The people
w ork tobacco the same as we do cot
ton, and we must say it is a very
pretty sight to see a field of tobacco
about waist high looking clean and
rich in color. The further north the
smaller the weed.
We pass through many very pretty
town in this section, all oi which have
more or less manufacturing plants of
different kinds. Among the prettiest
is Thomasville, N. C. It is built on
a high, white sandy ridge, and the
houses all look new and neat. The
towns are larger and farther apart
than they are in North Georgia.
At Daville, Va., we get breakfist
at 11 o’clock. We would go bonds
that that hotel man will never want
to feed another gang of Georgia edi
tors. It is needless to say that the
hoys were all hearty, and got tie
worth of their half dollar.
Danville is a beautiful city situated
on the Dan river, with ten or twelve
thousand inhabitants. After leaving
this place you begin to strike a poor
section of country, the principle pro
duct being tobucco, a growth that is
ruinous to land. Very little grain is
grown here. The mountain sides arc
covered with cattle and the railroad
track is lined with tanbark The
towns are small and built on the banks
of small streams. For several tni.es
before reaching Charlottesville we see
a great many large apple orchards,
and the trees are loaded with fruit.
About four o’clock we reached
Charlottsville, Va., and a stop of
twenty minutes enabled us to leave
seventy-five cents for dinner. This
is one of tho prettiest towns in North
ern Virginia. It has a population of
eight or nine thousand, within time
miles of which is the old home of
Thomas Jefferson. The si ate univer
sity is located here.
From this place to Washington we
pass through some of the battle fields
where some of the hardest fbirth
occurred during the late war. Aufotig
the principal ones were Orange Court -
house, Culpepper and Manassas.
There is yet visible signs of the war
all through this section of the state.
This is a fine farming country'. It iv
a valley land and is very rich. They
raise no tobacco in this part of the
state. Tlioir crops consist of com,
(eighty bushels per acre), wheat, oate,
rye and grasses of all kinds. Along
here are some of the finest stock
farms to be found anywhere. Wheat
has just been harvested, and oats just
headed. The corn is about waist
high and looks as black as a cloud.
The people seem to he prosperous
and happy, and are willing to answer
any question asked.
After leaving Alexandria we soon
cross the Potomac river and enter
the nation’s capitol, which place we
reached about nine o’clock p. m. and
was scheduled to leave at 11 o’clock
for the metropolis.
The trip from Washington to Ivew
York was made in the night. 1 We
reached Jersy City next morning at
half past six o’clock and was met by-
Mr. A. J. Gray of the New Nork
morning Advertiser and piloted to
the boat which soon landed osTacross
the Hudson. After placing our feet
on New York soil we were next es
corted to the Metropolital Hotel
where Mr. Hildreth, through The Ad
vertiser, had secured us special rates
during our stay iu the city.
It was not long before the toys
weroagoing in different directions and
viewing the points of interest in the
city. Me could write columns about
New York, but on account of space
we will mention only a few of them.
Naturally every one wanted to see
the great suspension bridge thaiKon
uects New York and Brooklin. We
will not attempt to describe it, and
will say more that a description could
not be given of this wonderful piece
of architecture. From the bridge we
get a grand view of New York and
Brupklin, Hudson and East rivers,
Governor’s island and the goddess of
liberty. The streets are very narrow,
many of them not being more than
thirty feet wide. The buildings are
tall and handsome.
Fiftli avenue is the tine residence
street of the city, and here yon see
the homes of the niillionheir. Central
Park, with her hundreds of acres is a
perfect paradise on earth. *
In the afternoon we were tendered
an excursion to Coney Island. This
m a great summer resort, and here
the boys availed themselves of the
opportunity of taking a bath in the
Atlantic. While here we had the
pleasure of hearing Gilmore’s famous
band play, and witness a representa
tion of the destruction >f Pompeii.
While in tlie city we visited the
Eaden Menze. Here you can see iu
wax figures all the rulers of the dif
ferent countries of the world, and
many other scenes that are worthy
of mention, but we have not the space.
On Saturday w r e were invited to
spend the day at Long Branch, N. J.
There are thousands of visitors 8t this
place for the summer. Messrs. Hil
dreth and Son will make you feel
happy while you are at the West End
hotel.
The place that interested us most
iu the city of New York was Wall
street. On this street is where all the
exchanges are built -nd all the gamb
ling is done and many other things,
such as the forming of trusts and
combines on the products of the coun
try. The sub-treasury of tlie United
States is situated here, and we were
shown millions of dollars stored
away in the vaults, a great deal of
which is the surplus money of the
national hanks.
The population of New York City
is mostly made up of people of a
foreign birth. You can tell a south
ern man almost as far as you can see
him.
We left New York Sunday evening
and came back to Washington. The
lands through Pennsylvania are very
rich, and the towns are numerous.
Washington City is the prettiest
town in tlie world. Here we visited
al! the public buildings and was very
kindly shown through them all.
It would take too- long to describe
them and the different things we saw
in the buildings. Some of these
buildings have as many as fourteen
hundred employees. The nation’s
capitol huild’ng is a massive structure,
and is alone is worth a t ip to Wash
ington to see.
We left Washington Monday night
at eleven o'clock for home, and there
was not a heart in the crowd but that
beat with joy when the train pulled
out for the grandest anil ltest country
that God ever created.
A Liberal Proposition.
Who has not heard of that paragon
of family papers, the enterprising and
popular Weekly Detroit Free
Press? For a generation its name
has been a household word, and has
Income a synonym for all that is ex
cellent, pure and elevating in journal
ism. It is delightfully entertaining
without resort to cheap sentimental
ism, instructive without being prosy
or pedantic. Combining the literary
qualities of the expensive magazine
with the bright, breezy characteristics
of the newspaper, it leaves nothing to
be desired bv the average reader. It
is looked u)>on as a welcome visitor
by every family who reads it, w hile
thousands regard \t as indispensable
and would ou no account go withoflt
it. An enormous circulation of 125,000
copies per week attests its wonderful
popularity. Recognizing the fact
that there are those who are unfamil
iar with its surpassing merits as a
home paper, the publishers offer to
send The Free Press to them for the
balance of this year (five months) for
only 30 cents —a club of four for SI.OO
or a club of ten for $2.00. All our
readers should subscribe xt once.
Sample copies free.
Legal Advertisement*.
Land fur Sale.
By virtue of the power vested in
us by two mortgages, exeouted by j
Ambo Winn, one on the 25th day of:
March, 1884, and recorded in Cletk’g
office of Banks county, Georgia, in :
Book I), pages 102 and 103 on tee
7th day of April, 1884; and one ext
cuted on the 12th day of April, 1888,
and recorded in Clerk’s office of Banks
county, Georgia, in l ook A, (mort
gage record) page 277, on the 24th
day of April, 1888, we will, on the
first Tuesday in September next with
in the legal hours of sale, expose to
public outcry, to the highest bidder
for cash in hand, the follow in'/ de
scribed land lying in Banks county,
and adjoining lands of Stevia Murry,
Mrs. Frankie Lawrence and William
Pool; the place whereon Ambo
Winn resided in the year 1888, con
taining sixty-three acres, to pay the
debts and interest secured by said
mortgages and all costs; this land
lying some six miles from the town of
Ilomer with ordinary improvements
on the same. Title will be made and
executed as specified in said mort
gages to the purchaser.
Sai<l land will be sold for the bene
fit of W. A. Quillian & Cos., beneficia
ries in said mortgages, this 29th July,
1891. W. A. Quir.LiAN & Cos.
(157.29)
THE INGENUITY OF ROGUES.
A New Wrinkle in Shoplifting Told bjr
R Old Detective.
“Tlie ingenuity expended by crim
inals in their efforts to get other peo
ple’s property, and also to regain their
liberty when they are captured, is a
constant source of interest to me,” said
an old detective the other day “The
escape of Shanalmn. the thief who was
going up to Sing Sing, is an appropri
ate example of this. He unlocked the
handcuff that bound him and bolted
off to a cab that was in waiting for
him. Now, where did he get the key
to unlock the bracelet? He was thor
oughly searched before he was led out
of tlie city prison, and the theory is
that a relative who kissed him goodby
as lie was about to step into the prison
van slipped the key from her mouth
into his as their lips met A pretty
trick, wasn't it?
“Here is another one that came un
der niy observation tlie other day : A
woman went into a jewelry store and
lat down on a stool before the counter
to look at some diamonds. She was
eating an apple at tlie time. Pr&seiitly
tlie clerk missed a fine stone from the
trayful she was examining, and as he
was accustomed to the ways of shop
lifters, lie accused her of the theft.
“She protested vehemently at this
insult, but a policeman was called in
and she was searched. The stone was
not found and then the woman began
to threaten a suit for damages. In
order to avoid an unpleasant scandal,
the proprietor was about to offer her
fifty dollars, when the police officer
prevented him.
“lie had been questioning the clerk
about tlie woman's actions in the shop
and had learned that she had been eat
ing an apple when she entered. That
aroused his suspicion. Where was that
apple? The woman had made a face
over it aud had thrown it out on the
sidewalk. Then the eierk remembered.
‘Lot her go,’ said tlie policeman, ‘st*e
will not bring any suit.’ So the woman
went away without any money and
vowing vengeance. The poiiccumn
sent the eierk to follow her. She was
soon joined by another woman, and
before long they got into a quiet corner
and the second woman produced tlie
linif-eaton apple from her pocket and
gave it to its original owner. The
continued to follow them, and lie
told tlie first policennn lie met what
lie had seen. This officer arrested tlie
woman and tlie apple was taken from
tier. Pressed farinto it vfah found the
diamond that luid been missed from
the tray.” New York Tribune.
All Krj l.pisotlo.
The young woman who writes liei
value and address on the eggs beforr
she sends them to market has receiver
a proposei. It .came from a man win
proposed that hereafter she send strict
ly fresh eggs instead of the stale one'
she had been* in the habit of selling
She no longer counts her chickens 1h
fore they are hatched.—Detroit Fns
Press.
A Month Without n Full Moon.
The month of February, IStiO, wa
the most remarkable month in tin
world's history. January bad two ful
moons, and so had March, but Febru
ary hud none. This had not occurred
since the creation of the world, nnc
according to some astronomers the sami
thing may not occur again for u porioc
of 2,500,000 years.—Loudon Tit-Hits.
Morn Powerful Thau Quinine.
A medicament more powerful than
quinine in counteracting fevers is said
to have been discovered in Mexico. It
is a plant called the pompoiano, the
root of which contains a substance
analogous to quinine.—Current Liter*
ture.
Fnmirure!
Do You Need Furniture?
—if so—
W. W. JORDAN, of Harmony Grove, Ca. f
has a SPLENDID LINE of all kinds of FURNITURE,
and will sell you its cheap as the cheapest. He has a large stock of Sewing
Machines at living prices, and on good-terms. Trunks at cost to close cut
that branch of business. Also large stock of Baskets, Satchels, Valises,
etc., cheap.
Remember he carries a large stock of Coffins and Caskets; also Robes,
Shoes, Glotes and Hoes for burial purposes. Hearse free with any coffin
worth $25 or more to any place within ten miles of Harmony Grove, and
reasonable charges for longer distances of cheaper coffins.
TELEGRAPHY
Lockhart’s Drug Store
MILL FURNISH YOU ALMOST ANY KIND OF PATENT
MEDICINE.
Blood Purifiers, Tonics, Pills—all Kinds,
FURNITURE POLISH,
CLEANSING FLUIDS,
~, V ■ • PILE OINTMENTS,
1 lastcrs. and
Fine Soaps, Ginger, Pepper and Spice.
SALTS AND SULPHUR,
Horse and Cattle P(>WI>EHS.
0 SPECTACLES, and Family Medicines of all kinds.
Hooks.
Character
Sketches
THE
GREATEST BOOK
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The Fastest Seller:
AND
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WHAT THEY SAY!
Rev J M Ilubbert, D. D„ LL.D., pas
tor of the First Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, Nashville, Tenn.,
says:
In “Character Sketches” the pic
tures make us think of Bunvan’s alle
gories, rEsop's fables, and Nast’s cari
catures. The took will please its
thousands.
J. R. Brooks, I). I)., Presiding Elder
of the Shelby District, of the West
ern N. C. Conference, writes:
I have read w ith great interest a
number of the sketches in the origi
nal and striking volume of Rev. G. A.
Lofton, and heartily recommend it to
the reading public.
Rev Mr Bonner, pastor of the Metho
dist Church, Hickory, N C, writes:
“I would give one dollar to read
‘Character Sketches’ just one day.”
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says:
“Character Sketches” is a remarka
ble book. The reputation of its dis
tinguished author led us to expect
much in this book, but a careful ex
amination of its unique pages makes
us realize more.
The Baltimore Baptist says:
“Chanu ter Sketches” is an enter
taining volume, full of haj.py hits and
wise suggestions.
The Western Recorder, of Louisville,
Ky, says:
“Character Sketches” is unlike any
thins llini has appeared since the dnvs
of John Bun van, of whose emblems it
strikingly reminds us.
What They Do:
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after bis first week’s work .
“I am having fine luck and good suc
cess. 1 have made eight calls, and
taken seven erders.”
Miss T.oula Morris, of North Carolina,
.\riites:
“I received niv prospectus a week
ago, and during the nasi week, working
beforo and after school, I have sold
twenty copies of “Character Sketches.”
Professor J. 11. Boon, of Ga., writes:
“The book and prospectus received.
I do not gel my mail regular or woujd
have written you sooner. I have can
vassed before and after school just eight
hours, and in that time taken ten sub
scribers for the morocco, two for the
gilt, and four for the plain cloth bind
ing. making a total of sixteen salts for
my first eight hours work. I met only
one person to whom I failed to sell the
book. I belieao I can make a great
success at the business. Am on the
fence trying to decide whether to con
tinue teaching or give up my school and
sell books entirely.”
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