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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. :,-a. : .2>. • -a SS ■:3|* ■ <Tgr : p- ~~-T. - <* i_ „ “5, r ~3 2. -E **" V 5 ’" 1 ,2'"" t e7x-a'lt S* — ; s - jg arSyS* 9 W ' ■ ji i x J • 8 • X 3C ® XJbX- OS ‘ “*>•>> : g ~"= *-3't “■S'U'S'U v >.7- a ■5 t E 5 = 5 = * 5-3 lilllli Sx-tnct, _ cc 35 72 tz H j? — S! J2 22 JS 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 .