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Banks County Gazette.
VOL 2.—NO. 17.
Don’t.
Don’t look at the handsome house
hat your neighbor across the street
las just completed and grumble be
cause you have to live in an old one.
Don’t visit the sick simply because
you are afraid people will make re
marks about you if you don’t go, and
'or the purpose of telling your friends
ifterwards that you have been to see
•oor old Aunt Sallie.
Don’t wear a frown on your face,
mt exchange it at once for a smile.
Don’t pass your pastor every day
>n the streets and say nothing to him
ibout money, hut when Sunday comes
;o to chiuch, take a hack seat, and
when they take up collection walk up
he aisle, take out vour pockctbook,
jet out three nickels, a half dozen
■oppers and a dime and thunder
hem down on the table loud enough
,o be heard all over the church.
Don’t be always complaining about
he bad luck you have had in life, hut
et the past be forgotten and try to
nuke an improvement on your future
lays.
Don’t get iu the habit of telling
‘little stories just for fun.”
Don’t preach charity and leave
somebody else to practice it..
Don’t dwell too much on the great
icks of your ancestors, lest your hear
:rs think the stock has sadly degener
ited.
Don’t think it condeseeiition to
peak pleasantly to that form beneath
hose tattered garments. They may,
lerchance, cover a form as comely, or
l heatt as honest as your own, into
which might be reflected a ray of
tuushiue by even a pleasant look.
“Waste no lime in idle thinking
Over what thou hast t* do.
If thv life be dark and stormy,
Still it must be struggled through.
Squander not the precious moments,
Time is ever on the wing.
Brooding over disappointments,
Serves hut to increase the sting.”
Intemperance.
While there has been a great deal
aid on the subject of the liquor traffic
mough hns not been said yet, and
have about concluded that the fol
owing is about the situation:
To his majesty Satan, lord of the
■egions of darkness and king of hell,
at her of liars and foster-brother to
'amblers, rumsellers and hypocrites,
'reeling: I have opened appartments
itted up with all the enticements
or the sale of rum, wine, gin, brandy,
>eer and all kindred spirits. Our ob
ects being the same can be best
ittained by our united action, and I
herefore propose a copartnership,
til I want of men is their money, all
he rest is yours.
Hring me the industrious, the re
pectable, the sober, and I will return
hem to you drunkards, paupers and
icggars. bring me the child and I
vill dash to earth the fondest hopes
>f father and mother. Bring me the
ather and mother and I will plant
liscord between them and make them
i curse and a reproach to their cliil-
Iren. Bring me the young man and
will ruin his character, destroy his
ife and blot out the highest and pur
ist hopes of his vouth. Bring me the
oung woman and I will distrov hei
irtue and rqpirn her to you a blast
id and withered wreck, and an in
trument to lead others to death and
.estruction. Bring me the mechanic
nd the laborer with the hard earned
■ruit of their toil and I will plant
poverty, vice and ignorance in their
ince happy homes. Bring me the pro
cessed follower of Christ and I will
blight and wither every devotional
eeling of his heart, and send him
orth to plant crime and infidelity
imong men. Bring me the minister
>f the gospel and I will defile the
>urity of the church and make the
lame of religion a foul bv-word in
fhe land. Bring me the lawyer and
he judge and I will prevent justice,
jreak up the integrity of our civil in
titutions, and make the name of law
, hissing by-word in the street.
That is what the runseller wants
f all people. Cheap Boy.
Subswibe fo The Gazette now.
A Disengenuous Defter.
Scripture declares that ‘‘the wicked
flee when no man pursucth.” In the
case of John Sherman as it now ap
pears to the people a vivid example
of the truth of the above is presented.
Already this friend of monopoly and
benefactor of the money owners has
put himself on the defensive, and has
undertaken the herculean task of de
fending the monetary system of the
past thirty years. If any man on
earth is qualified 'o do this, John
Sherman is that man. He has been
on both sides, lias ascertained by ex
perience which is the most profitable,
and has made good use of such
knowledge. If lie consents to the
belief that his duty demands a letter
of explanation or defence for even
charge that may be brought forward
during the coming campaign in Ohio
he will doubtless find constant and
laborious employment. The follow
ing letter explains itself:
“The campaign in some Ohio cotin
ties is beginning to warm up, now
that all four political parties have
nominated state tickets. The people’s
party is the only one that has as yet
put any speakers on the stump. Their
speeches, as well as their campaign
literature, are full of misstatements.
They say the government loans
money to bankers at 1 and 2 per cent,
and that it ought to loan farmers
money at the same rates. It seems
from the following letter, received to
day by the. editor of the Washington
Court House Republican from Sena
tor John Sherman, that Sherman has
heard of no such loans by the govern
ment. He wrote from Mansfield on
August 9:
“I know of no instance where
money has been loaned by the gov
eminent to hanks at the rate of 1 and
2 per cent, or any other rate. If such
a loan lifts ever been made it was
without authority of law. It. is true
that under the national hanking law
a hank may be made the depository
of public money received from inter
nal revenue and public lands, but not
from custom Outies. This is done
not for the benefit of the hanks, hut
solely for the convenience of the
people and the security of the govern
ment. In such cases the bank Ims to
give security in United States bonds
equal to the amount of deposits, and
the money may he drawn by tlie gov
ernment on call. It is also true that
during President Cleveland’s admin
istration, at a time when there was a
real or supposed stringency, the then
secretary of the treasury deposited in
national banks a large amount of pub
lie money, other than that derived
from customs, with a view to relieve
the stringency. I believed and pro
claimed at the time that this was
neither authorized by law nor was it
good policy. The money should have
been promptly used in the purchase
or payment of the public debt. No
such deposit was made by a republi
can administration, and the money so
deposited was withdrawn as rapidly
as was prudent. I know of no ease
in the history of our government
where money has been loaned to indi
viduals. The proposition to loan
money to farmers at 2 per cent is en
tirely novel and without precedent.
Very truly yours,
“John Sherman.”
This letter will bear a second read
ing in order to separate the real de
ception intended-from the child like
simplicity it shows on its face. He
kftows of no such loans being made
at 1 or 2 per cent. Of course he does
not, they are not called a loan, hut
the banks have had the use of $BOO,-
000,000 on an average for 25 years
by paying a tax of 1 per cent. It is
a distinction without a difference, and
no .one knows it better than'John
Sherman, as ins was the hither of the
iniquitous system. He blandly ad
mits that a national bank may be
made a depository of public moneys
derived from national revenue and
sale of lands, conveying the idea by
inference that such sums would
amount to hut little. Last year the
receipts fr< m internal revenue and
public lands aggregated over $148,-
000,000. lie says it is done for the
HOMER, BANKS COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1891.
public safety: that is, a bank is more
secure than the national treasury.
For the past five years $40,000,000 of
the people’s money has been deposit
ed on the average in such banks; not,
owhever, for the public good, but for
the banks to loan back to the people
at a high rate of interest. The people
are getting too far along in their
lessons in finance to take such silly
excuses from any one. He charges
the democracy with first inaugurat
ing the deposit scheme, but this was
done at a time of “real or supposed
stringency” that the banks might let
the people use it at exorbitant rates.
The more righteous republicans how
ever never did the like, but have with
drawn it as fast as the banks could
spare it. He concludes by saying
that lie ki ows of no case where gov
ernment lias loaned money to individ
uals. Again the fox. John Sherman,
himself, voted to loan $1,500,000 in
money to the centennial committee in
1875. lie also voted to loan $1,000,-
000 to the corporation which repre
sented the New Orleans Cotton expo
sition in 1884. He also voted to loan
the credit of the government to the
Pacific railroad company, which has
and will cost the people over $200,-
000,000. He advocated a loan to the
Nicarauga canal corporation of SIOO,-
000,000. But as for loaning money
to a single individual, and that indi
vidual a farmer or mechanic, he has
never heard of it. If his life is
spared, no doubt in the near future
he will learn of just such methods
being practiced.
Unpleasant Truths.
At Prohibition park, Staten Island,
last Sunday, Sam Sones waked np
the New Yorkers in his usual viger
otis style.
The evangelist paid bis respects to
the Wall street stock gamblers, and
remarked that, it was not the sins of
Five Points and the Bowery that
corrupted our youth, but the gilded
sins of our homes.
Among other things, Mr. Jones
said: “A man isn’t considered much
of a sinner in this country if he pays
his bills and wears find clothes. That’s
a fact. A man’s money and his
clothes will take him anywhere, when
his character won’t take him ten feet!”
The Herald calls this a homely
truth; The World protests against it.
Perhaps it is not wholly and uni
versally true, but there is so much
truth in it that it should set people
to thinking. It is to be feared that
only too many people have got hold
of the wrong end of this idea. They
ignore character, and flippantly say
that “money talks.”
These people who rely solely upon
money to keep them up in the world
are going to drop with a dull thud
sme day. Every age or period of
corruption is followed by an age of
religion and good morals. It is that
movement from one extreme to an
other in soeiety which Macaulay de
scribes as the swinging back of the
pendulum. Nobody can explain just
why it comes, hut it comes sooner or
later.
The signs of the times—the rest
lessness of the people—the demand
for reform—the recent severity of the
law in punishing evil doers—the in
terest of the churches in our every
day problems—all these tilings point
to a coming change. The pendulum
is about to swing backward. We
are about to go from one extreme to
the other.
It will not take very long for peo
ple to realize the fact that the gov
ernment cannot make them prosper
ous, moral and happy. When they
get this firmly lodged in their minds,
then look out for a great religious re
vival—a movement sweeping the en
tire country. Something of the old
Puritan spirit modified to suit the
conditions of the time will come back.
Avarice, corruption, extravagance,
intemperance and everything that ii
worldly will he under the ban. It
lias been so periodically in our histo
ry, and will be so again.
When this era of genuine reform
comes upon us men will find that
money and good clothes count fur
very little without character. A
good mar will he held in higher regard
than a bad millionaire. Something
better than a fat pocketbook will be
needed to make a man stand well in
society.
Evangelist Jones has described one
extreme of our social and moral con
ditions. It is some comfort to know
that we are bound to go to the oppo
site extreme before may years, if
there is any truth in the old saying
that history repeats itself.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Father C. O’Hare on the Labor
Problem.
It is admitted on all sides that the
saloon, as it is generally conducted,
is the most hideous abuse of the day.
persistently, brazenly and inhumanly
violates the most humane and reason
able laws of our state. But where, I
might ask, would it be if all citizens,
especially our dear and noble work
ingmen, withdrew their support from
it? Is it not true that it keeps them
poor and that it stifles progress? Is
it uot true that it brutalizes husbands
and fathers, breaks women’s hearts,
puts rags on the workingmen’s back,
disease in his body and shame and
despair in his heart? Certainly it is
true, and yet when labor is most dis
turbed, when the demand for advanc
ed wages is loudest, when strikes are
most frequent, when hunger and mis
ery are most rife in the houses of the
poor, the r.loon flourishes still. * * *
One year’s remission of the destruct
ive habits of indulgence in the intox
icating cup would solve every labor
problem extant. —Greenpoint (L. I.)
Star.
A great many people make t lie
mistake of judging the requirements
of religion, by the standard. They
reason, that what is allowable in so
ciety, certainly cannot be condemned
by the church. This is a grave error.
Had it been so intended the Bible
w ould be silent on the duty of com
ing out from the world and being
separate. There are many things
which the church and society may
have in common, but there is a point
at which the common path must di
verge, and the Christian must walk
with Jesus, even if lie walk with Jesus,
alone.
Jacksonvile, Florida, has suffered
much from the evil effects of epidem
ics and fires, hut the worst lick she
lias yet had appears in The Times-
Union, ami consists of twelve solid
pages of sheriff's sales.—Tribune of
Rome.
And who but the opponents of re
form are responsible for such a state
of affairs? such as l’he Tribune-of-
Ruine.
How to Resist Evil.
Resist in the heart.; resist steb by
step; resist insiduotis attacks no less
than sudden attacks; and, in one
word more, resist soberly, watchfully
—soberly, because even that which is
lawful is not always expedient.;
watchfully, because the assault may
come violently at any moment, may
be coming imperceptibly at every
moment. However it comes, you
will some day find yourself in tangi
giblc manner face to face with the
awful final choice between good and
evil; and when a soul’s destiny hangs
trembling and wavering, then even
the mere (lust in the balance may
decide the deathful dipping of the
scale. And as at. once the fiery darts
begin to fall on you—perhaps this
very day to fall on you—will you hold
up against them the shield of faith?
will you wield against him who hurls
tnem the Spirit’s sword? If so, you
are safe. One day an English clergy
man visited the two fine ships which
were to sail on their voyage of Arctic
discovery into the land of snow and
darkness, and he found the brave
captains full of confidence; and rais
ing his eyes in the cabin, he saw
there, as almost its only ornament,
an illuminated text; and the text
was: “Have faith in God ” “Ah,”
he, said, pointing to the text, “there
is the true pole!” We like to think
of those gallant men carrying with
them into the cold and midnight that
faith, that hope. It is faith which
will lighten their darkness more than
the stars that glitter over the floes of
ice; it is a hope which will make the
heaven glow with a more vivid splen
dor than the aurora which flushes the
fields of snow. Take with you that
faith, that hope; you, too, may sail
hereafter in your little boat of life
into the cold, into the hunger, into
the darkness, into the exploration of
unknown hopes. Gigantic powers
will fight against you there more ter
rible than the midnight, more par
alyzing than the northern col 1. Be
sober, be vigilant; have faith in God
and in his Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
and he will give you the victory.
Resist the devil and he will flee from
you.—Canon Farrar.
The first step which a man takes
in the direction of his own overthrow
is not to do some overt act of evil.
A boat that lies on the water’s
docs not begin to wreck itself by
thrusting itself out abruplly into the
current; it begins by lying on the
beach and letting the tide play with
it. If it is chained to the rock, no
harm can come of it; mischief begins
when it half lies on the beach and
half floats on the water. The trouble
with people is that they are drifting;
they are the chip on the wave instead
of the watch-tower on the slioi*e.—
C. 11. Parkhurst.
A New Danger.
It hhs long been the general belief
that leprosy could not exist or spread
in this country, but there is now con
siderable doubt about it.
With several eases of this dread
disease in New Orleans, and as many
more in New York, the physicians
and hetdth authorities of the United
States should give the matter serious
consideration.
W e must run no risk if it can be
avoided. If by neglecting the proper
precaution this terrible scorge once
obtains a foothold here the conse
quences will be more disastrous than
tongue or pen can describe.
Thus far our cases of leprosy are
said to have come from China, Japan
or thd’Hawaiian islands. Now, the
question is, will the disease make
progress in this climate? Arc the
persons who have come in contact,
with the things handled by the leper
butcher and the leper laundrymen in
New York in any danger?
The constant immigration from nil
the countries under the sun is bring
ing us face to face with new dangers.
Time and again we have found it
necessary to guard our ports against
yellow fever and cholera. Perhaps
the next thing in order will be to
quarantine against lepers.—Atlanta
Conttitution.
Grumblers are of all people the
most depressing. It is not necessary
for you yourself to be personally
found fault with to make it worse
than misery to be w ith them. It is
the atmosphere they create about
themselves, the lifo they give you to
lead. And when their cross humor
translates itself into pcrsoral dis
pleasure and quarreling over trifles,
then are they the very scourges of
llieir time and pla’e, and no one can
be blamed who tries to escape from
them.
A Scheme has been started in
Maine to license hotel bars. The
Lewistown (Me.) Journal deals with
the matter after this fashion: “As
believers in prohibition and its work
ings, we thank the gentlemen who
want to start grog-shops within the
hotels for the valued proof which
they supply that the sale of ardent
spirits is cut off by prohibition—in.
facts, that prohibition prohibits. It
is good to have the friends of license
put themselves on record against pro
hibition, simply on the ground of the
objection that prohibition gets there.
The contract undertaken by these
titty gentlemen who met on Thursday
in Waterville, and resolved to turn
the wheels of progress fifty years
backward in Maine, is a larger con
tract than they can execute. It not
SINGLE CORY THREE CENTS,
only undertakes to reshape and de
grade public sentiment in Maine on
the gigantic evil of our time, but it
undertakes to dissolve a part of the
Constitution of Maine, as well as a
considerable body of statutory law.
\Ve do not believe that the landlords
of -Maine can he consolidated against
the Constitution, laws, and moral
sense of the state. The hotel that
has come to stay is the hotel that un
dertakes to supply food, not poison;
refreshment, rather than demoraliza
tion. The gentlemen who want the
license to sell grog most go to other
pastures. The men and women of
Mai ne lft r a great majority have said
it; they will continue to say it. Maine
is utterly opposed to license. The
idea that business is promoted by
grog-shops is one which it would lie
well to put to the test. How much
more efficient has grog made any
person o your acquaintance? When
did you eve hear of a man’s salary
being raised because of his talent for
absorbing libuor? How many failures
in business and in life are chargeable,
directly or indirectly to strong drink?
Until all these and hosts of collateral
questions are answered in life other
than they are answered by the recent
Wnterville License convention, the
argument of that body will need no
refutation but that of daily observa
tion.”
“If you don’t consent, I’ll kill my
self to-night,” lie said recklessly. The
fair girl shuddered. “Wait a week,
three days, before taking the step.”
“I will,” he answered, for in this re.
quest he saw more ;bnn a sign of
hope. “Because, you know,” sho
continued, “I have a friend who
makes life insurance denis, and I feel
you love me too well to refuse to
allow him at my request to make a
little something out of your disposing
of yourself.”—Philadelphia Times.
Yard-Wide Christians.
We were in a dry goods store to
day. The young men and women
were busy displaying tlie latest styles
—goods of all shades and patterns
and textures and widths. “Yes," said
a young miss, energetically, “this is a
full yard wide.” She meant that the
particular pattern she was recom
mending was of normal breadth.
“Yard-wide’’ is a synonym for good
measure. So many yards will make
a garment if it is a “yard wide.” If
it is only “three-quarters” in breadth,
more must he added to the length.
People prefer goods a full yard wide.
It is so in the Christian life. There
is a great demand for yard wide
Christians. Narrowness is abnormal.
The need is for broad-minded, gener
ous-hearted, sympathetic, consecrated,
helpful, ready to-lend-a-hand Christ
ians. Such people have a wide out
look. They take liberal views of
things. They plan magnificently.
They are true blue. Their broad
shoulders are always under churchly
burdens. They' lift evenly all the
year round. You may lean on them,
and lean hard. Their courage never
fails. Their zeal never tires. Their
faith never dies. Every one is a
colorbearer for tbo King.
Away with your puny, sickly dis
ciples! Pigmies are of small account.
We want none of the half-ayard
wide sort. Those are stirring times!
Awful times! Glorious times! Oh,
for a host of young men and women
of whom it shall be said: “They are
yard-wide Christians !’ Epworth
Herald.
lie is a very discreet man who
never says either too much or too
little. At a business meeting, re
ports the Lowell Citizen, the chair
man announced: “Brother Skinner
submits his resignation as a member
of this society. What, action shall he
taken upon it ?’’ “I move you, sir,”
said one of the parliamentarians
present, “that the resignation he ac
cepted, and that a vote of thanks lie
tendered to Brother Skinner.”
Mr. Harrison was only his grand
father's grandson a few years ago, but
he lias since achieved promotion to
the rank of his Son s l’a.—St. Louis
Republic.