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THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER.
VOL. XXIII.
NEWNAN, GA„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1887.
NO. 3.
£cga't Hoticcs.
Letters of Dismission.
*;KORGI A— Coweta Fount v :
.1. 1!. Sinm. trtmrdlmi ofT. C. Rnnk«, lmvinj
applied to the Court of Ordinary of said nmn-
to for lettersof dismission from his said trust,
all persons concerned are required to show
cause in said Court by the first Monday in De
cember next, if any they can. why s .id appli
cation should not be granted. This Novem
ber 1th, IXK7. \V. H. PERSONS,
Printer’s lee, $3.(10. Ordinary.
To Wliom it May Concern.
G EORG IA —Co w eta Cor NT y :
The estate of Eddis L'-stor, late of said coun
ty, deceased, bcinsr unrepresented and not
likely to be represented: all persons concern
ed are required to show cause in the f'ourt of
Ordinary of said county on the first Monday
It! December next, why such administration
should not Is- vested in the County Adminis
trator. Ttiis November Mb, 1SST.
\V. H. PERSONS. Ordinary.
Prs. Icc. fl.QQ. and ox-offlelo Clerk C. O.
Administrator's Sale.
G EORGI A- Co W ETA COUNTY:
By virtue ol an order of the Court ofOrdl-
nary of said county, I will sell lor cash, to the
highest and best bidder, before the Court
house door in the town of Newnun, on the
first Tuesday in December next, between the
legal hours ol sale, the following described
property, to-wit:
The southeast, corner of lot of land No. 12s,
in the Eourtli district, of Coweta county,
which is a triangular shape, and cut oil' by
the Columbus road-bounded on the cast by
Woe: ham, on t lie south by .1. C. Gibson,
containing in all 17 acres, m»re or less, and
known as the Walden land. Sold as the prop
erty of Martha Walden, deceased This No-
vem'ber29th, ISK7. DANIEhSWINT,
Adtn'r of Martha Walden, dec’d.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor—W. B. Berry.
Mayor pro tex — H. C. Arnall.
Ai.dekme.n—J. J. Good rum, U. C. Arnall,
U. W. Andrews. .1. S. Powell.
Treasckf.r— R. W. Andrews.
City Ci.ekk—D. S. Conyers.
City Attorneys—Willcoxon * Wright.
Marshal—J. E. Robinson. Deputy—.J. A.
Lee.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk (Superior Court—Daniel Swint.
fiRin.NARY—W. II. Persons. Sheriff—
George H. Carmical. Tax Receiver—.!, J.
Farmer. Tax Collector—I- N. Farmer.
Treasurer—H. D. Jones. Surveyor—J.
B. Goodwyn. Coroner— M. F. Duncan.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
President—J. A. Hunter.
Vice President—Orlando McClendon.
Secreta'ky—P s. Willcoxon.
Treasurer— H. C. Fisher.
Directors—A. B. C;ltes, E. M. Cole, J. S.
Anderson, A. C. Peas*;.
Lihrarian—rMiss Julia Robinson.
The Library Is open on Wednesday’s and Sat
urday’s from 9:30 a. m. to 12 m., and from 7:30
to 9:30 p. m.
COUNTY COURT.
. W. Powell, Judge; P S. Whatley, Solici-
. Monthly sessions—Third Monday in each
J.
tor,
montli. Quarterly sessions—Third Mondays
in January, April, July and October.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
•T A Hunter, Chairman; P O Collinswortli;
.1 D Simms, J N >ewell, W W Sasser, Com
missioners. R W Freeman. Clerk and At
torney. Meet first Wednesday in each month.
HON. PETER P. SMITH
Administrator's Sale.
i i KORGI A—< tow eta Cow nty :
Agreeably to an order ol the f'ourt of < trdi-
imry of sai<l county, will be sold at auction,
be I ore the court- house door of said county,
within the legal hours of stile, on the first
Tuesday In December next, the following
property, to-wit: The one hundred and sixty-
two acres of land, more or less, of lot of hind
number one hundred and eleven, in the orig
inal Eight It district {present Cedar Creek dis
trict.), of said couil'y. of which John Morgan
died possessed,—except sixty acres in tiic
northwest comer of said tract, assigned to the
widow of said deceased as (lower. Sold as the
property of said John Morgan, late ol said
county, deceased. Terms cash. This October
SUt,, 18K7. E. W. MORGAN,
Printer’s fee, ft.00. Administrator.
Administrator’s Sale.
G EORG I A—Cow kta county:
By virtue ol an order from the honorable
Court, of Ordinary of Coweta cot&nty, Georgia,
will l»* sold before tin: court-house door in
Newnan, on the first Tuesday in December
next , bet ween tin* legal hours of sale, to Hie
hlghett. and best bidder, the following de
scribed property, to wit:
One hundred and one and a quarter acres of
land, more or less, being part of lot number
two hundred and seventy-nine. In originally
First, now Hat alson district. Sold as the pro
perty of Regina W. Brandenburg, late of said
-county, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs
and creditors. Terms cash. This November
1st, |s-7. DANIEL SWINT,
Printer’s fee, $'1.20. Administrator.
•Admlnrstrstars’ Sale.
*G EO RGIA—Cow kta Cor nty:
Bv virtue of an order ftom the honorable
'Court of < Ordinary of Coweta county, Georgia,
will be sold before the court-house door in
Newmrn, on the first. Tuesday in December
next,, between the legal hours of sale, to the
highest -and best bidder, tlie following de
scribed property, to-wit.:
Fift v acres of land, more or less, lying in
the Second district of said county, and bound
ed us follows: On the north by the Summer
place, on the east by R. T. Collins and L. J.
Hill, on the south and west by G. (). Scroggm.
The placecontains a good 8-room dwelling,
an o chard and all necessary outbuildings. A
store-house on the 'premises not included in
the sale. Sold its The property of James Rus
sell, deceased. Terms cash. This November
1st, 1S87. O. A. RUSSELL,
J. r. RUSSELL,
Printer’s fee, $4.45 Administrators.
POST OFFICE.
Postmaster—J. R. McCollum.
Assistant Postmaster—A. H. Argo.
Utllee hours from 7:30 a. in. to (* p. ni.
CLOSING THE mails.
The up mail closes at U:4S p. m. and down
mail at 2:11 p. m. Gridin mail closes at fi a.
m. and the Carrollton mail at 3 p. m. Office
ooen on Sunday from 3:20 to 4:20 p. m.
3ut>iciary.
COWETA CIRCUIT.
S. W. Harris, - Judge.
H. M. Rkii», ----- Solicitor General.
Campbell-First Monday in February and
August.
Carroll— First Monday in April and Octo
ber.
Coweta—First Monday in March and Sep
tember.
Douglas—Third Monday in Jenuary and
July. ♦
Fayette—Third Monday in March and Sep
tember.
Heard—Fourth Monday in M.trch and Sep
tember.
Meriwether—Third Monday in February
and August.
Troup Third Monday in April and hirst
Monday in November.
Executor’s Sale.
«G EORG 1 A—'Cow kta < or nty :
By virtue of an order from the honorable
Court of Ordinary of Coweta county. Georgia.
I will sell, on the'first Tuesday in December
next, within the legal lioursofsale, before the
-court-nouse door in the city of Newnan, eigh
teen (181 acres of land, more or less, situate,
lying, and being in the Fifth district of Cow
eta county, and hounded is follows: On the
east bv the old State road, on tlie south by
lands of W. B. Berry, on the west by the
right-of-way of the Atlanta and West Point
Railroad Company, and running to a point
north—except two acres of land on the south
side ot the house lot and next to the garden,
which was bequeathed to Curtis Woodley by
Pete' Owen, deceased;, and said lwo acres
will he sold, at the same time, if necessary to
pav tlie debts of the estate of said Peter Owen.
The said tract of land being the same on which
Peter Owen, deceased, (recently lived. Said
land sold tor the benefit of creditors and lega
tees. Terms cash. This November 1st. 1887.
C. A. BOLTON,
Executor of Peter Owen.
Printer's fee, Jfi.oo.
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PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY!
Adtnimstrator's Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
By virtue of an order from flu* honorable
Court of Ordinary of Coweta county, Georgia,
I will sell before the court-house door in the
f ity of Newnan, w I then the legal hours of sale,
jn the first Tuesday in December next, the
following described lands belonging to the es
tate of J'M. S. Smith, deceased, to-wit:
Twelve and two-thirds (12-j) acres, more or
less, of the southeast corner of lot number
two hundred and two (202), and eleven (11)
lores, more or less, of the northeast corner of
lot number two hundred and fifteen (2131, ly
ing in the original Second, now Grantville
iistrict, Coweta county, Georgia, said lands
adjoining and bounded as follows: On the
aortb b' widow's dower, on the east by lands
} fP. L "Pnckett, on the south by lands of R.
L O’Kelly, and on the west by lands of R. M.
Word.
At the same time and place will be sold the
estate or remainder interest in the dower oi
Eire widow, -containing twenty-one and one-
third (21C; 1 acres of lot number two hundred
!md two (202b and lying north of above tracts.
All sold for the benefit of the heirs and cred
itors. Terms cash. This November 1st. 18h..
H. J. LASSRTTER.
Administrator of J. M. S. (Smith, dec’d.
Printer's fee, $7 O'
’ AND BUY YOUR
CIGARS
' M. SALBIDE.
MANUFACTURER of
FINE HAVANA CIGARS.
SMOKE THE "NEWNAN GIRL”
CIGAR.
This Cigar is better than many and equal
to the best 10c. Cigar sold. It is manufactur
ed from the best imported Havana tobacco,
and I guarantee it to tie free from all artificial
and poisonous flavors so dangerous to the
smoker.. It is
(general Directory.
CHURCHES.
aptist Church—Rev. J. H. Hall, V. 1\,
it.ir. Preaching every Sabbath at 10.8U a.
•urlT-so n. m. Sunday School at 9 a._in.
- Meet'ng Wednesday night at . :30
at. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every
nday night.
iKTHOIUST Church—Rev. W. R- F<wte,
itor. Preaching every Sunday #t UU'a.
and 7:15 p. in. Sunday School 9 a. ni.
ss Meeting at 4 p. m. Ladies Pra-yet
sting every Momhw afternoon at 4 o el<x k.
mg Men’s" Praver Meeting every Monday
hi, Social Meeting every Wednesday
bt at7:30 o’clock. _ . ...
be Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
»ts on the first Monday afternoon m each
nth at the church, at 4 o'clock.
rksbyteriax Church—Rev. Jas. Stacy.
') Pastor. Preaching on the first and Hunt
ibiiths in oac ii month at 11 a. m. and 7:k
n. Sunday School every Sunday at . a.
Praver Meeting every rimrsday utglit a
i o’clock. Communion quarterly.
msCOi’A i. ('tintrn -Rev. K. Dennison,
•h-r. second Sabbath in each mouth, :u
P A. M
; THE BEST!
THE BEST!
THE. BEST.
' This is everybody's verdict. Retail price
| only 5c. For sale at my store, and also by
i Messrs. Orr. Kirby & Co , .Greenville street.
My "Two-tors” can't he heat. They are bet -
jter than your hifalutin', drugged-to-death 3-
i ^enters.
i My dear Havana Clears are as good as the
i best imported, and can be had for less than
, Stall'ttie money.
t Will manufacture cigars to order, auyde-
• seription and in any quantity.
! i all on or address M. SA LBI D1J. Cigar Man-
•;factnrer,Opera House building.Newnan,Ga.
POMONA NURSERIES,
POMONA. GA.
\!1 kimtsof Nursery stock for stile cheap.
Apple. I’-:di and l’luni tr '. $10 ;a'r itstn-
dred. Graat v >t • xj per hundred, standard
varieties: s.-evi: ! varieties cheap in prajxrr-
tion on large orders. Prices furnished on ap
plication. Address PHILLIP SMITH.
octl4-3m* Pomona, <7u.
Makes a Strong Argument in Favor of.
Tariff Reform.
Atlanta Constitution, Oct.31st.
Newnan. Ua., October 25th, 1SS7.—
Editors Constitution: I respectfully
ask space in your {taper for the exposi
tion of what I humbly conceive to be
tiie orthodox creed of the Democracy
on the fiscal policy of the government.
I distinctly assert, in the very thres
hold of the* discussion, that I am not a
disciple of Adam Smith, and that I
have no confidence in the subtle and
threadbare theories of the doctrina-
ries on this subject. Free trade, with
direct taxation as its logical and neces
sary consequence, would be so radically
mischievous and oppressive that its
impolicy will hardly admit of serious
debate. The argument drawn from
the experience of othercountries under
the operations of free trade, is wholly
unsupported by fair and logical reason
ing. The fact, if it be a fact, that Eng
land, Holland and Prussia have achiev
ed unprecedented commercial prosper
ity under this system, furnishes no
conclusive argument in favor of it, as
an American policy. Put in the form
of a syllogism this mode of reasoning
will be correctly expressed, as follows:
Whatever fiscal policy most largely
contributes to the wealth and best
promotes the development of the in
ternal resources of one country, may
be safely adopted by every other coun
try. England, Holland and Prussia
have prospered under a system of free
trade. Therefore, the United States
can safelv take the back track on her
policy of‘tariff for revenue, a system
which has grown with her growth and
strengthened with her strength, and
flv to ills she knows not of. The fatal
defects in the free trade syllogism are
too apparent to mislead any honest
seeker after truth. “In vain is the
snare set in sight of any bird.” The
trouble is, that the major and the mi
nor premises and the conclusions are all
wrong. We differ from these people
“in manners, customs, institutions and
laws.” Our national environments
are not the same, and we differ in our
commercial relations. We are in the
nascent period; they have reached the
maturity of national life and strength.
In internal development we are on the
first round of the ladder; they have
climbed to the top. We are peculiarly
an agricultural, they a manufacturing
people. With them, over-production
in manufactures is the rule; with us, it
is the exception.
The first tariff measure enacted by
Congress, and known as the Hamilton
tariff, was emphatically for revenue
only. It had no protective features,
for we had nothing to protect. The
contention, at this early period of the
republic, was mainly between the ad
vocates of an excise "tax and the advo
cates of a tariff on imports, as a fiscal
instrumentality. It soon became mani
fest, however, that our infant indus
tries, then just struggling into life,
would maintain a very unequal and
hopeless contest with the wealthy and
powerful corporations across the seas.
To remedy the evils of an overpower
ing foreign competition, the very next
tariff measure contained remedial pro
visions, and was a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection. To have
thrown open our ports to the vast in
flux of the products of the pauper la
bor of the world would have removed
the stimulus to home production, pros
trated our infant industries by destroy
ing the home markets for home goods,
and have made us Gibeonites indeed—
•‘hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter.” The consequence would have
been absolute commercial vassalage to
Europe.
In the consideration of this subject
we are sometimes misled by another
fallacy, not less apparent than the one
to which we have alluded. The as
sumption that certain rules of political
conduct, having once been established
and found to be safe and practical, no
change of condition will justify and re
quire innovation on the rule, is support
ed by the most wretched sophistry.
Principles never die. but the applica
tion of principles, in order rightly to
subserve the diversified wants of man
kind in their domestic, social and po
litical relations, must, in the very na
ture of things, vary with the circum
stances of their situation. According
ly, what may have been sound policy
at certain periods of our national histo-
rv. and sanctioned by the highest po
litical wisdom, might now prove de
structive of the best interests of the
people. “Times change and men
change with them.” The old apostles
of Democracy preached war to the
knife against the doctrine of internal
improvement by the general Govern
ment. But will it be insisted that the
disciples of Jefferson may not very con
sistently, in these latter days, ask for
appropriations to improve non-naviga-
ble rivers ? The great end of republi
can institutions is to confer on the
greatest possible number the highest
possible good, and the condition and
circumstances of the masses, their rela
tions to one another and to the world
around them, ought to indicate the
true line of policy. Foreign and do
mestic commerce ought not to be hedg
ed in and circumscribed by one unvary
ing and inflexible rule. Commercial
treaties, based upon the soundest prin
ciples of the laws of trade, and fully
answering, for tlie time being, the ob
jects of their creation, would become
inefficient and practically obsolete,
without frequent revision and modifi
cation. And so with reference to the
internal polity of government; to act
with a view to tlie circumstances, is the
dictate of the soundest political wis
dom. I may justifv these observations
by reference to the history of tariff
legislation in the United States. There
is great wisdom in the old sayings
“Circumstances alter oases.” The sub
ject of the tariff is full of perplexity,
and it is not strange that the wisest
statesmen of the age should differ in
their views as to the best policy. Sir
i Robert Peel, the author >f the free
trade measures in England, in lS4fi. in
stating his position, used the following
language: "l reserve to myself dis-
linctly and unequivocally the right of
adapting my conduct to the exigencies
•of the moment. :i”d in the wants
of rite eountrv:" and Sir Robert
was right. A wise adjustment of ape- |
cific and ad valorem duties, for the :
present, would not meet the demands!
of the people a generation hence, aiA’t
it does seem to me the very climax of
folly to urge the doctrine of stane Oa-C
sis, if I may so speak, in the matter of;
tariff legislation.
The platform of the Democratic party i
in 1808 substantially embodies the I
1 >olicy of-the party, and I believe it to :
>e eminently just and practical. That
platform declares in favor of “a tariff
for revenue on imports anxf such equal
taxation under the internal revenue
laws as wjll afford incidental protec
tion to domestic manufactories, and
as will, without impairing the revenue,
impose the least burdens Q|>on, a«d ,
best promote and encourage the great
industrial interests of the country.” In
the very infancy of American manu- j
factnres, the paternal care and pro
tection of the Government may have
been sanctioned by wise poSey; but
protection mr se, then and now, stand
on very different grounds. Tfte little
bantlings of tliat day, nursed for nearly
a century by the tribute and boomty of
the Government, have “stretclied their ;
arms like seas,” and almost rival the 1
East India Company in power,, wealth
and splendor. Our commerce lias sought i
markets in every island of the sea and j
been wafted by all the winds heav-1
en. The whole face of the earth has j
changed. Other countries have kept:
pace with the march of events. Yast
empires have risen amid the nvfics and
ruins of ancient idolatry. Even our
nearest neighbors. Mexico and the
Central and South American states,
have shaken off their lethargy anil
donned the robes of a progressive
civilization. Our commercial treaties
with some of these countries are of
comparatively recent date, a rad Euro
pean states are watching with all the
jealousy of lovers the current of trade
from tlie tropics. The direction of this
ti*ade will be largely controlled by the
character of tariff legislation in the
TTnited States. Every tariff schedule
ought to serve its day and be followed
by others, better adapted to meet the
constantly changing conditions of
trade. Take the Morrill tariff, which
was, warp, filling and woof, a war
measure. It was enacted under the
plea of necessity, which has always been
the plea of the tyrant. The authors of
this measure solemnly covenanted with
the people that the burdens of taxa
tion would be removed with tlie return
of peace. The crowning infamy of the
measure was its perfect adaptability to
the greed of the monopolists. It was
the offspring of the brain and heart of
the money power. Twenty-five years
have rolled awav and although very
few of the conditions remain which
may, at that time, have justified the
prohibitory features of the tariff, in
spite of memorials from an indignant
and outraged people, in spite of the
cries and curses of the poor, the law,
with very slight modifications, still
stands, a badge of infamy and corrup
tion and the most stupenduons fraud
of the nineteenth century. It is from
the same ugly litter with our internal
revenue system, and when that is said,
the vocabulary of invective is ex
hausted. Every man in America ought
to wear a blush while the one remains
unrevised and the other unrepealed.
Now, as to tlie plan of raising reve
nue for the economical administration
of the Government, with the exception
of those who advocate free trade pure
and simple, the people of this country
are practically unanimous, unless, in
deed, (which'is an ungenerous, un
charitable and undemocratic fling,)
those who advocate revenue reform are
to be classed as free traders. The in
tolerable mischiefs of a system of ex
cise taxes, with its undisciplined army
of greedy and licentious tax gatherers
and tax assessors, is more to be depre
cated than a repetition in this country
of the scourges of Egypt. It is incon
ceivable how any one who has studied
the history of this system in England, ot
has witnessed its mean little tyrannies,
on a mean little scale, in this, can fall
in love with its plans. Just here I may
observe that the repeal of the internal
revenue system will not necessarily
force a protective tariff on the country.
These reforms ought to go hand in
hand. Dig up both of the trees and
burn their roots.
A tariff for revenue, then, is the only
alternative. Two views of the question
present themselves. The choice is be
tween a tariff for revenue with inci
dental protection and a tariff for pro
tection with incidental revenue. The
choice is between a system with reve
nue as an incident and a system with
protection as an incident. Every tariff
is protective, but the quantum of pro
tection is the question. The choice is
between a system which prohibits in
order to protect, and one which taxes
with both revenue and protection in
view; which would cover every citizen
with its sheltering arm; which confers
special favors on none, good on all. The
choice is between that political organi
zation which favors protection per se,
regardless of the neeas of Government,
and that which would make the reve
nue feature and the protective feature
of every tariff schedule co-workers in
the great cause of commercial pros
perity; which favors such a wise and
equitable adjustment of the duties on
imports as will, as far as practicable,
equalize the burdens of taxation, fosrer
domestic industries, distribute the
benefits to be derived from profitable
commerce, and raise revenue sufficient
to run the Government. The choice is
between that system which fails to
discriminate between a tax on sugar,
salt and wool and a tax on diamonds,
silks and broadcloth; which makes no
proper discrimination between those
articles which go to feed the hungry,
clothe the naked and comfort the sick,
and those which please the vanity of
nabobs and spoil the stomachs of the
rich. The choice, I repeat, is between
such a system and that which looks to
lowering the tariff on necessities and
raising it on luxuries. In this particu
lar our cuontry enjoys an unenviable
pre-eminence: for no country on earth
} ever taxed necessities so much and lux
uries so little. The choice is between
! a system, under which certain articles
| are selected and such duties imposed
j as that when the duty and the cost of
j transportation are added ro the foreign
I <v.<t. and the sum total compared with
the cost of the same article in the do- j
metric market, no margin is left for;
speculation, the small merchant and t
file consumer are forced, nolens rolens, !
to buy from the home markets on terms
and at figures dictated by the nionopo-
K'sts;. tin?- opportunity for the profitable
exchange of home for foreign products
» taken away, the home market is
glutted, ioono{>ofists fatten on the
spoils of labor, wealth combines with
wealth to keep the wages of labor at
the starvation point, corruption, tuv
shinaed art«2 unchallenged, stalks
tlmugh the turn and civil liberty is
menaced. The choice is between such
a sysfenv and a system which will not
tolerate prohibitory tariffs, which
fosters-no industry at the expense of
another; which, in its*, broad and equit
able operations, furnishes an open field
and a fair fight to all who will enter
the lists. In a word, the contest is be
tween everlasting bounties to monopo
lists on the one hand and honest taxes
on tlie other.. The Democratic party
stands pledged, by its past history and
its present professions* to stand by the
people in this contest. The battle
waxes hotter and hotter, the lines are
being drawn, closer and closer, and
whether that party, which has accom
plished so much for human liberty and
human happiness in the past, shall be
equal to the trust reposed, the future
must determine. F. F. Smith.
The hydrometer marked tlie maxi
mum degree of humidity in the atmos
phere last week for this year. Pity ft
the man whoso house leaked, chimne;
smoked, wife scolded and children fre:-
ted during that long damp spell.
Nov, 2d. Saluda.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
Sixth District.
Jfr. Editor:— Sharpsburg has been on
a festive boom for several weeks. The
spirit of conviviality seems to be uni
versal; but this should not cause sur
prise, for no village in all this broad
land can make a better showing in pret
ty, charming widows or intelligent, re
fined, clever young people. They are
so genial and social, too, that it is a
downright treat to go down occasional
ly and mingle with them. At one of
their social gatherings recently the old
visitor was at a loss to decide which
was enjoyed most—a long conversation
with three, very attractive widows, or
watching the flirtations of the youthful
beaux and belles. Both proved in
tensely interesting, but it is manifest
to the visitor that Cupid has done ef
fectual work about Sharpsburg. Many
of his arrows have hit the mark. Pure
and guileless, they are happy now: but
ah, how soon will trouble like dark
shadows flit across tlie pathway and
teach them by experience that “the
course of love never runs smoothly.”
One who knows this stream as the pilot
knows the channel can assure them
from a brief but blissful experience,
long years ago, that no joys can be
found this side of heaven comparable
to a voyage down the beautiful stream
of love, when wind and wave and weath
er and the woman are all propitious.
But if the craft is unattractive, tlie
cargo of no great value, your fellow-
passenger a little cranky or uncompan
ionable, better jump off and swim to
shore before entering the rapids form
ing .the whirlpool called matrimony.
Once in, the way out leads by death or
dishonor, and beyond is danger and
trouble—tlie Scylla and Charybdis
between them—all who marry must
venture. And farther on, in the mid
dle of the stream, is tlie island home
of the enchantress Circe. “All that en
ter her dwelling are first feasted, and
then, tasting the contents of the magic
cup, are converted into swine.” Better
would it have 5 been for thousands of
women had they wandered on across
the great desert of Life alone, with
nothing to cheer but the beautiful mir
age of the dim but happy Past, than
to have risked a sail on the stream with
him too fond of tlie contents of tlie
magic cup. Alas, for poor, weak hu
man nature and man’s boasted constan
cy, while passing the mead of the Si
rens. Better for the man to lie a
friendless tramp, with the cold earth
for a bed, a stone for a pillow and only
the star-dotted heavens for a coverlid,
and feed on the crumbs left by chance
prodigals, than be in the boat alone
with a quarrelsome, ill-tempered, sus
picious wife and let her catch him look
ing slyly at them. Selah !
How few are the husbands, Ulysses-
like, would bind themselves to the
mast and stop their ears with wax to
prevent being charmed by the melo
dious voices. How great the multitude
who would like to have their wives be
lieve they would. Selah !
But the kaleidoscope turns and there
is “Saluda” on the banks of the beau
tiful stream, above the cataract called
matrimony, still “fishing for love.”
The blood-sucking, sleep-robbing, vil
lainous mosquito hums his horrible
tune while ho hunts for a tender place
before proceeding to business. The
black gnat circles in such unpleasant
proximity as to dim the eye with lach
rymal fluid, and only minnows nibble
at the tempting bait. But see the cork
bobbles: a jerk, but “too late again.”
The minnow and bait are both gone.
Ah, wel l—never mind. Even a “fish
erman's luck” will change, and then?
Notts rerrons.
The incessant bang! bang! and fa
miliar call, “Come in hero, Pearl!” is
daily heard around Powelville, for the
i mayor of the village • who is the recog
nized rival of Bogardus in sporting cir-
; eles, has commenced a war of extermi-
! nation on the feathered tribe.
Panther Creek.
Mr. Editor:—There has been
marked change in the weather sine
Saturday. Ice this morning, and th
ground somewhat crusty.
Grandma Jones, as site is familiar!
known, is lying very low and her deat :
may occur at any moment. Her chi'
dren are constantly at her bedsidt
rendering such attention and assistant-
as they can, but the end is evident!;
near at hand.
When I parted with my young frien
and brother, Cortes Lazenby, at tl
quarterly meeting two weeks ago ;•
Emory Chapel he appeared to have ;
long ami permanent lease on lifeasau
of us; bnt he has since gone to join th
silent majority. I remember well Ir
kind and pressing invitation to spoil
the night with him on that occasioi
but circumstances were such that I ha
to beg off, with the promise of callin
some other time. But that time wi
never come—no, never ! The strieke
family have my sincere condolence i
their affliction.
Brother J. II. Summers has our syn-
pathy in his late bereavement.
The colored church at Jones Chap*
was dedicated on tlie fourth Sunda;
inst. I don't understand this eerenu
ny of dedicating churches to God the
were constituted fifteen or twent
years ago. I thought the proper tint
for this ceremony was when the num
bers covenanted to keep house for th
Lord; but nowadays it seems that e*
ery time a church is repaired or new!
painted it must be dedicated and th -
new bell rung.
Mrs. W. "YV. Carmical returned la-
Friday from St. Clair county, Ala.
whither she went to attend the funer;.
of her mother, Mrs. Roberson.
I reckon you are called “Mister” ol
tener than any man in the county. A fe
low not familiar with the different form
employed in newspaper writing warn*-
to know if your name is Joe Editor <
Silas Editor. Says he used to have t\v
cousins by the name of Joe and Sib
Editor, and wants to know if you ar
related to that family of Editors,
told him if they were good, clever fe
lows I supposed you were second cou
in to the boys; but presume you knot-
more about that than I do, and sugge
that you furnish the information ci
reet.
This world is made up of a variety <
things, of people, and of. general hat
penings. Every person has differe;
and varying opinions, and every or
knows something that no one eL •
knows. Botanists say that there a:-
no two herbs or leaves just alike, <
that have the same taste or smell; an
astronomers say there are no two at a. ■
just- alike. So I have learned som
thing from the inquiry of your “Cousbi
Si-las.”
I guess you have heard ere this aboi
the rain and mud, and about the cotti
not opening; and about tlie ’possttu
catching one of Mrs. “Ripples’ ” chick
ens; and about Mr. Joe Elder and fan
ly having moved to Atlanta, and aboi
Mr. Lee Alsabrook’s contemplated r
moval to Atlanta to run a boardin.:
house; and about corn bringing from <
to 68 cents per bushel at the sale of M _.
Richmond Sewell, deceased, and th.~
fodder only brought 85 cents per hu
died: and about Mrs. F. R. Logan ha
ing sold her Pierce Sewell place to M
W. W. Carmical for $2,400; and abed
Mr. Jas. Alasbrook’s having leased M
YV. W. Carmical’s river plantation f-
five years for fifty bale* of cotton, (te .
bales a year); and about Parson Ale c
ander Cole, colored, having a fight wit*,
two colored sisters and knocking or? -
of them down with a fire-poker, ma
ing an ugly gash in her temple; an
about Mr. T. F. Jones and two son <,
Mr. J. S. Hyde and Elder Talbot Car
ter attending the State Christian Ass •
ciation last week in Atlanta; and aboi*
several prospective weddings in o:
community; anil about Mr. T. M. Sev
ell, Jr., going to Atlanta; and abo*
Mr. Isaac Sewell’s little boy, Alle:
falling and breaking his left arm a ft-
days ago; and about one of our Ged;i
'Creek voung men going to Luthersvib
to see nis sweetheart; and about seve
al of our young ladies getting the bln-
soms washed off their hats at the A
lanta Exposition ? If not, then y>
are behind the times—that’s all.
Some hungry thief stole a turn
coni from the field of Mr. Mari*
Beavers a few nights ago. Ripple.-.
Oct. 31st.
One of Gen. Beauregard’s old s
diers sent him a dollar and request-
him to send him a lottery ticket whi
would win a big prize. He said:
was always at my post and never C>
obeyed orders. I came out of the v
without clothes enough to wad ash*
gun.” The General answered:
dear comrade, I -end you_ a tieket ti
I hope will draw a prize, and 1
leave i" give you . In* following advi
If you >iick to tlie Louisiana lottery
(four years as faithfully as you did
' tin* Southern Confederacy, you will i
have clothes enough to wad a pop-gut .