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llomeic, Ga., Wednesday, Sep. 10.
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The Blairsville Free Press has
reached ns, and is one of the neatest
and host printed papers in the state.
The paper is calculated to do much
good for tho mountain section of
Georgia, and the people of that sec
tion should lend it their support.
Votes :ts You Pray.
The following paragraph we clip
from a lengthy article in The Voice
headed “Touch Not the Unclean
Thing,” which we certainly endorse
heartily:
“Let the test be made at once and
unflinchingly. A church that will
not insist that its members array
themselves against the license of
drunkard-making and against all po
litical parties that uphold it has lost
its power to cope with sin and has
become an ally of hell.”
The same may be said as regards
any organization.
Men and brethren, come out on the
Lord’s side. It is a great pity that
the people’s party refused to insert
in its platform the prohibition plank,
but instead thereof the liquor plank.
It is to he hoped that tho people’s
and prohibition parties will form a
union upon some terms, which will
necessarily be prohibition, because a
true prohibitionist will never make a
compromise with the liquor traffic in
any form, government control not ex
cepted.
.Every one admits that the liquor
traffic ut a very great evil. Then a
Christian cannot vote for its existence,
and the organization, political or
otlierwise., that encourages its exist
ence offers an insult to God when it
ofiens its meetings with prayer.
Sin is sin, and there is no compro
mising ground, aiul the political party
or organization that sends men to the
halls of legislation, state or national,
who patronize drunkard-shops and fill
their respective seats in a state of in
toxication, should feel itself disgraced.
We should vote as wo pray. If
we would have our laws soberly made
ami honestly administered we must
elect Christians to office; not mere
professors, who seize every opportu
nity that presents itself to take a
drink.
If we would not be led into tempt
ation let us remove the cause If we
would be delivered from evil let us
roll the stoue away.
What, a Misrepresentation!
We find a tlireo and a half column
communication going the rounds of
the press from S. G. McLendon, to
prove to the people that national
banks cannot borrow money from the
government at one per cent and loan
it to the people at eight, and that the
people are being deluded by “office
seeking instructors.” Mr. McLendon
pro|H>ses the perpetuation of the
national banking system as some
thing better than the sub-treasury.
Now, who is S. G. McLendon,
what is his history and where does he
hail from ?
We don’t know who lie is nor where
he is from, but there is one thing we 1
do know, he is interested, in some
way, in the perpetuation of the pres-!
ent damnable national banking sys- j
tom. When we say in some way, we
don’t mean to be vague or indeffinite,
but we mean that S. G. McLendon
has money invested in this thing, or
he is the paid emissary of some na
tional bank that is very dcsirious
about tics matter.
In his effort to prove that national
oanks are abused through prejudice
and ignorance and nothing else, he
does not state the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, and
lie knows it, and in regard to the gov
ernment making deposits with certain
national banks of large sums of money
without interest lie is a silent as the
grave.
When we began to read his article
we thought lie was for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, but before
we got through with it we found he
was a gold bug, pine and simple.
After suggesting his policy he says:
“What I mean is that it would event
uate in free and unlimited coinage, if
the free and unlimited coinage did
not result in depreciation.” We want
to state here that we have but little
patience with a man that will talk
about a thing resulting in deprecia
tion when it has in days that arc
passed and gone been tested and
proved that there was not any danger
of depreciation.
Mr. McLendon says of the present
financial condition, “I do not believe
the situation will change as long as
the demand for the free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver is unsettled,” and
yot he suggests that we attain to it
liy degrees, and if there is danger of
depreciation cneck it, when he knows
there is not a legitimate reason to
offer.
These statements are like many
others made by the gentleman. They
won’t hold water. Now, here is an
other one of his statements: “Instead
of keeping up a war upon national
hanks, which has nothing to feed
upon except prejudice and ignorance,
I, S. G. McLendon, would suggest
‘something better’ than the sub
treasury bill; that those banks be
perpetuated, and the law under which
they exist and operate amended and
changed. * * United States bonds
represented the highest and most
solemn debt of the nation, and this
debt is now about $700,000,000.
As this debt cannot be paid why is
it not the part of wisdom to make it
the basis of an increase in our circu
lating medium instead of using the
imperishable products of the farm for
such a purpose? * * * There is
not a man in this country who would
not prefer a dollar secured by a gov
ernment bond to one secured by u
dollar and a quarter’s worth of any
imperishable farm products.”
Let ns stop here long enough to
exclaim, what preposterousness 1
Would the gentleman be kind
enough to tell us what a government
bond would be worth if we had no
farm products? Why were govern
ment bonds instituted anyway? Ex
amine one and you will sec that they
partake of the nature of their father,
the devil and must have cfliinated
from hell.
When we read such things as we
have just quoted; things that have
been answered time and again, and
the only reason that they have to be
answered repeatedly is because some
men won’t hear, wc feel tired.
Who told S. G. McLendon that
United State bonds were belter se
curity than imperishable farm pro
ducts ? Who told S. G. McLendon
that gold and silver had intrinsic
value, and that they never fluctuate,
but are as stable as the rock of a ires ?
Echo answers, W-h-o ?!?
Who Told You So?
The Athens Ledger has this to say
about the political situation:
“The emergencies of a distracted
political party require heroic remedies
which in ordinary times would not
receive the countenance or favor of
conservative men. This rule will
apply to the sub-treasury heresy.
Let the farmers repudiate forever and
for aye this foolish measure."
And what would The Ledger sug
gest instead of the “sub-treasury
heresy”?
No doubt The Ledger would ad
vance the novel “six-days’-work-a
week idea. A grand idea, especially
as the country is flooded with “over
production,” but possibly The Ledger
fi rgets that the farmers of this coun
try have been heeding the advice
given them by learned newspapers
like The Ledger for twenty years, and
have reaped as the reward for their
obedience and patience, mortgages
and debts, and nothing with which to
pay but a product for which there is
no market, or at least not remunera
tive prices.
Would it not be a pretty good idea
for The Ledger and all such papers,
to take a little rest? The farmer has
no time to listen to you now,Brothers.
He has heretofore left it to you to
point out the way while he carries you
on his back, but yon have directed
him to a precipice over which he has
very near fallen, and which would
have crushed you and him both had
he not stopped. But thank God be
saw the danger and turned back, and
though you kick, lie is going to carry
you out of the mire of despondency
and place his feet on the firm road
bed of prosperity so that, lie may
carry you with ease. “Beggars should
, not be choosers.”
A Vicious Middleman.
By delegation by government of
the power to issue money has resulted
an exploiting class of middlemen, the
existence of which is contrary to all
economic interests. This class adds
nothing to the wealth of the commun
ity. Worse, it retards legitimate effort
by taxing the necessary functions of
production, conservation and distri
bution. The necessary middlemen
who add to the wealth of tiie people
by their services between producer
and consumer, are as great, though,
perhaps, not as direct, sufferers by the
existence of this vicious ckiss as are
the farmers and mechanics.
A most apparent example of the
exploiting class resulting from false
legislation is the land-shark of the
western states. Corporations are
created by the formation of land and
loan agencies, which employ attor
neys, open up nicely furnished offices
in the central tows, employ counsel
and abstract attorneys, and advertise
that there is “money to loan” on
farms secured by first mortgages. All
necessary paraphernalia is at hand
for taking fees from applicants, and
the “money to loan” is secured from
distant eastern or European cities on
representations based upon the ap
praisements of the land mortgage
sharks and the certificate of his ab
stract attorney'. Whenever there is a
conjunction by which the necessary
evidence of security can lie made to
accompany the application, the land
shark sells the mortgage to the in
vestor, his entire agency having been
that of a broker in bringing borrower
and lender together. The money may
have been found by persistent ad
vertising, and the investor usually re
mits to the broker part of the interest,
and makes him agent for the collec
tion of of the periodical payments, as
also of the whole upon maturity, thus
making an addition to the fees and
blood money taken from the debtor.
Under a system varying but little
from this plan of oj>eration, the vast
farm mortgage debt of the west and
south has been placed. The profit of
the loan agencies has depended pri
marily upon how deeply they could
gouge each applicant for a loan, and,
secondarily, upon how much premium
they could secure for giving the len
der an opjKirtunity to place his in
vestment. In other words, the profitH
of the business were derived from a
high rate of interest where the loan
was placed, as compared with that
prevailing when the money was se
cured. Anything that increased this
disparity was to the profit of the land
sharks. So successful has this kind
of brokerage been that men occupy
ing the most honorable representa
tive positions have been corrupted
into greedy agents of the system, and
have made their standing with the
people a means of advertising the par
ticular agencies with which they have
maintained connection.
When it was stated, upon the clear
judgment of men familiar with the
actual condition of affairs, that some
of the western states were so heavily
mortgaged that there must be losses
to lenders should there he general
foreclosures, the land-shark raised a
cry of distress and endeavored to dis
credit the facts. Later the census in
vestigation has show n that the most
extreme statement of the condition of
affairs is less than the unfortunate
truth, and now the question arises,
what relief is possible? It is appa
rent that relief will soon be sought if
the contraction continues, not for the
debtor, but for the creditor. A sen
ator of the United States, from Con
necticut, said some time ago that the
servant girls of Hartford owned the
mortgages of Hartford. So, also, the
small depositor in the trusts and sav
ing banks of the east have their mon
ey invested in the mortgages of
Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota. The
system of contraction that has made
the security inadequate has jeopar
dized the investment, and further ex
ploiting will necessarily further weak
en the hold upon value now the de
pendence of the thrifty New England
worker. The effects of the false
system may often cause the loss of
his home to the western farmer, but
it will also operate to dissipate the
life-savings of the thrifty yankee
mechanic.
In a contingency like this, what
more natural than that the land-shark
should %aise the cry that he is mis
represented ? Cursed in the west as
a worker of untold evils, he is now
recognized in the east as an irrespon*
sible boomer, and stands aghast at
the result of his work. Vainly may he
raise a cry, that the farmers, his vic
tims, are dishonest, or that the Alii
ance favors repudiation. All the se
curity he has ever had is still pledged,
and if he was the means of advances
greater than it will repay, his, and his
alone, is the fault. To his greed for
more fees and interest alone can be
traced every loss sustained through
his operations. Did he but join in
the effort to secure more money, by
which values would be enhanced, and
cheap money, by which redemption
might be aided, the land broker might
yet do much to redeem his vocation
from obloquy and his kind from
hatred. But instead he has joined
w ith the movement to depress values,
by crying out that silver coinage and
the issue of money on farm products
is repudiation, and now leads in the
futile effort to restore the condition
that has made his only profitable
business in the south and west for
years. He now believes he can work
over the old mine with profit—a task
as hopeless as the endeavor to grind
with the water that has passed the
mill. His career must end ere the
farmer of the went or the investor of
the east can see a satisfactory clear
ing up of the financial sky.—National
Economist.
New York Advocate. Nothing
quite satisfies the soul in this world.
The sweetest music, the finest paint
ing, the most perfect stature, the sub
limest eloquence, and tho rarest beau
ty are not quite equal to the highest
ideal. The highest gratifications of
the mind and the heart lack some
thing. The grandest country on
earth has many faults. The I rest re
ligious denomination or society is
wanting in some important respect,
and the purest, happiest home under
the sun hides some dark shadow.
The efforts men make to ottain a
state where they will be satisfied are
vain. Contentment is possible, but
complete satisfaction is not found in
this life. It is beyond. “Then shall
Ibe satisfied when I awake in thy
likeness”.
Tlie Praying Engineer.
One w inter, several years ago, there
was a great deal of religious interest
in a certain western town, and among
those who joined the church was
Allie Forsyth a little fellow twelve
years of age. His mother was a
widow, and had removed, four years
before, from their home in Vermont
to this tow n in Wisconsin.
On the evening of the Sabbath
when be joined tbe church, Allie
was sitting in the twilight with his
mother, and presently she said to
him: “Allie tel! me what led you to
want to be a Christian? Was it your
home teachings, your lessons in Sab
bath school, the regular preaching of
the pastor or has it all come through
the influence of the revival m etings?”
Looking up into his mothers face
he replied:
“Mamma, it was none of these.
But do you remember when we
were coming from St. Albans to live
here that I wanted to go on the en
gine and ride with the engineer?
You were afraid to let me til. the
conductor, whom you knew well, told
you that the engineer was a remark
able man, and that I was just as safe
on the engine with him as on the
parlor car with you.”
His mother assured him that she
remembered the circumstance very
well.
“Then,” continued Allie, you al
lowed me to ride on the engine,
where I was to stay till you or the
conductor came after ne. When
about ready to start from the station
where I first got on the engine, the
engineer knelt down for just a little
bit, and then got up and started his
locomotive.
“I asked him many questions about
its different parts, and about tha
places and things which we passed by,
and he was very patient in answering.
Soon we stopped at another station,
and he knelt down again just a mo
ment before we started. As he did
this often, I tried to see what he was
doing, and, finally, after we hod pass
ed a good many stations, I made up
my mind to ask him. He looked at
me very’ earnestly and said :
“My little lad do you pray?”
“I replied, ‘Oh, yes sir! I pray
every morning and evening.”
“Well, my dear boy,’ said he, ‘God
hay allowed me to hold a very respon
sible place here. There are perhaps,
200 lives now on this train entrusted
to my care. A little mistake on my
part, a little inattention to signals
might send all, or many of these 200
souls into eternity. So at every sta
tion I kneel just a short while, and
ask the Master to help me, and to
keep from all harm until I reach the
next station, the many lives he has
put into my hands. All the years I
have been on this engine he has help
ed me, and not a single human being
of the thousands that have ridden on
my train has been harmed. I have
never hail an accident.”
“I have never before mentioned
what he said, but almost daily I have
thought about him, and resolved that
I would be a Christian too ”
For four years the life and words
of this praying engineer had been
constantly with this lad, and became
at length the means of leading him
into a Christian life.—Congregation
alism
An Appeal to Royalty.
If the eye of royalty should be
reached the heart of feminine royalty
w'ould surely be touched by this ten
der appeal from an Irish temperance
joumnal: “What a world of good the
queen and the Prince and Princess of
Wales could do if they became total
abstainers! A voluntary surrender of
pleasure, a breaking with social con
ventionalities of an admittedly worth
less kind, a going in the face of vain
fashion and low self interest, that you
may benefit your fellow men beyond
the dreams of the philanthopist—what
is that but heroism of the highest
kind? And that is the praise reserved
for her majesty and their royal high
nesses, that is the glory, brighter than
any victory of arms could shed upon
it, in store for the crown of Engl ind
if they, for the sake of the people,
will lead with their personal example
against the p ople’s greatest cur c.
Thousands and tens of thousands of
these have cheerfully laid down their
lives for the queen; and millions
more are ready to do the same. Ah!
wouldn’t it be a small matter, a chiv
alry utterly insignificant in itself, but
of unspeakable significance in its re
sults, if she in return would lay down
her wine cup for them. Wc reraem
her with pride two American queens
one for each division of political
forces —-who possessed that “highest
heroism.”
President Harrison said in his
speech at Montpelier, Vermont, that
“A statesman of one of the southern
states said to me, with tears in his
eyes, shortly after my inauguration:
‘Mr. President, I hope jon intend to
give the poor people of my state a
chance’” The president then tells
that he rebuked the weeper, and
perhaps made him ashamed of his
solicitude for his people with a lec
ture on southern delinquencies. But
a great injustice has been done by
the president in withholding the name
of the statesman from the south who
could so far forget propriety and re
spect for his select surroundings as to
shed tears over the poor people of his
state. He should be named, that the
poor people might do him honor. Who
was he? Oh! who?—Economist.
$2,000 In old
GIVEN AWAY BY
INI. E. Cor. 9th and Walnut, Cincinnati, O.
ESTABLISHED 1852.
#I,OOO I.> T GOU> to SoholarH in
book-keeping,
To the Students passing the Best Examination in JJook-keeping, Arith
metic and Penmanship Class limited to fifteen.
50 Dollars in Gold will be given to - - First
30 “ “ “ - - Second
20 “ “ “ - - Third
#I,OOO OOJLD to Scliolars in.
SHOHT-HAIX I>.
To the Students making the Best Speed in Sixty days in Short hand,
Class limited to fifteen.
50 Dollars*in Gold will be given to - - First
30 “ “ “ - - Second
20 “ “ “ - - Third
We will continue these prizes to each one of the Classes until the
$2,000 IN GOLD
has been given away'.
DAY AND NIGHT CLASSES NOW IN SESSION. 12-Si
Shirt and Pigtail.
A coiresj*>nclent sends to The Youth’s
Companion a copy of a letter written
by an English sailor on his return from
an India voyage. It is dated “Warren
Hastings, East India, man, off Graves
end, March 14, 1813.” One thought
was uppermost in the writer’s mind, as
will be perceived by the hastiest reader.
Dear Brother Tom—This cams hoppln to
find you ia good health, as it leaves me safe
anchor'd hern yesterday after a pleasant voy
age. toleable short and few squalls.
Dear Tom—Hopes to find poor old father
stout, and am quite out of pigtail. Sights of
pigtaii at Gravesend, but unfortunately not fit
for a dog to chor. Dear Tom —Captain’s boy
will bring you this, and put pigtail in his
pocket when bort. Best in Lunnon at tho
black boy in seven diles, where go acks for the
best pigtail, pound of pigtail will do and am
short of shirts, ouly took two whereof one U
wored out, and t’other most, but don’t forget
the pigtail, as 1 ’aven’t ’ad a quid to chor
since a Thursday.
Dear Tom —as for shirts, yer 6ize will do only
longer, l like ’em long— get one at present—
best at Tower Hill, and cheap—But be p&rtto
ler to go to 7 diles at the black boy for the pig
tail, and dear Tom acks for pound of best pig
tail, and let it be good—captain's boy will put
the pigtail in his pocket Boy likes pigtail so
ty it up strong.
But dear Tom, shall be up on Monday, there
or there-about s—according not so part icier
about the shirt, as the present can be washed,
but dont forget the pigtail without fall, and
so am your loving brother. t. p.
P. S.—be sure you dont forget th% PIGTAIL.
Small Change In Plruty.
A well dressed and not bad looking
woman, with a small handbag, rushed
into up town shops and stores the other
day for “just one cent to make up fir*
cents for car fare. ” She took It sys
tematically. and nearly everybody she
came across responded to Ler appeal*
A group of gentlemen in a cigar store
each contributed n penny—all but one.
He said apologetically that he was
sorry, but that he liad nothing less
than half a dollar.
“1 can change it," she said promptly.
The three men opened their eyes,
but she saw her bad break at the same
moment and slipped away with a faint
smile creeping up from behind her ears.
—New York Herald.
A Mnihroom Caterpillar.
New Zealand sends large quantities
of mushrooms to San Francisco and
also to Hong Kong. The Chinese eat
it. use it for medicine, and make a fine
dye out of it One remarkable species
grows out of the laxly of n large cater
pillar. practically converting the animat
into a vegetable. —lndianapolis Jour
nal.
Dye Works.
Steam Dye Works.
MILES JOHNSON,
No, 10 Clavton St,, Athens, Ga.
Lawyer*.
G. W. Brown
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MAYSVILLE, - - - GEORGIA
Will do a general practice. Collecting
and Divorce cases a specialty.
P. M. EDWARDS
Attorney nt Law
HOMER, GEORGIA.
Money to loan on three per cent,
commission, and payments made by
installments.
A. C. MOSS,
At lomey .t I aiw
HOMER, GEORGIA.
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