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fhe jcrattt and ^(Iccrtisq. Kewnan, Ga., Friday, August 24,1888. OVER THE STATE. the champion kicking cow of Northeast Country Life. Georgia. To be milked she has to be There ‘seems to be quite a diversity confined in a stall securely fastened, < 0 f.opinion as to the pleasures or hard- her legs tied with ropes, and then it j^hips of country life. Much depends takes three able-bodied men to mani-l|, on the manner of person he or they pulate her. may be. I have noticed that, on some Items of Interest Gathered From Opr Best Exchanges. There is a lady in Athens who is the beneficiary of a $60,000 life insurance policy. The Griffin canning factory has so far put up about 5,000 cans of tomatoes and peaches. The shrvivors of the Eleventh Georgia regiment will meet in reunion at At lanta Sept. 7. A book agent is said to have sold $1,200 worth of books at Dawson within the last few weeks. The Comptroller-General*thinks the tax returns of Georgia will foot up $15,- 000,000 over last year. During the month of July there was measured at the public boom at Darien 1,500,000 feet of timber. T H Whitaker and J. N. Carlton were nominated for the Legislature in Troup county last week. Macon’s new morning daily, the Bud get, has made its appearance. George L. Mason is in charge of it. The rice across the river from Darien is beginning to turn and get ripe. Har vest season is near at hand. Work has begun on the Presbyterian church at Mountville, Troup county. Rev. W. E. Dozier is the pastor. A certain young lady of Athens, is said to wash her face in watermelon rinds to beautify her complexion. There will be a reunion of the Twen ty-third Georgia regiment at Calhoun. Gordon county, on Friday, Aug. 31. In Bartow county the seasons are fine, the farmers have done splendid work, and a plentiful harvest is prom ised. The full returns from the election in Lumpkin county are in, and show that the wets carried the county by a majority of 97. Petition's asking the Ordinary of Lau rens county to order an election upon the whisky question are being circulat ed for signatures. Toccoa boasts of a citizen who has never subscribed for a newspaper, and strange to say he doesn’t seem to be ashamed of his record. The Americus Eecorder proposes to take the telegraphic news service if the business men of Americus will guaran tee certain patronage. The warrant of W. J. Campbell, the new State Printer, was formally approv ed by the Governor Monday. The bond required of Mr. Campbell is $20,- 000. , Under a Republican administration it cost the government $3,070 to run the custom house at Darien. Under Grover Cleveland’s administration it only costs $1,155. Atlanta has always claimed to be as high as Griffin, but recent measurement shows that it is only 1,093 feet above sea level at its highest point. Griffin is 1,150 feet. The mayor and clerk of Marietta have just finished footing up the taxable property, real and personal, of the town. They find an increase of $190,- 648 over last year. Athens is excited over the statement that a petition will soon be circulated and presented to the Ordinary asking him to call another election on the pro hibition question. Judge Jesse P. Wilson, who is secur ing a record of the Confederate survi vors living in Greene county, now has 127 names on his list. He hopes to have every name on the list within the next week. W. O. Moore, of Bluffton, Clay coun ty, writes that he would bd glad if he could discover the place of residence of his father, Joseph Y. Moore, who for merly resided near Columbus, on the narrow gauge railroad. There are three candidates for the legislative nomination in Campbell county :H. L. Johnson, Rush Irwin and A. B. Smith. The election comes off Sept. 5. J. J. Beall and William Jack- son are independent candidates. There are seventeen postoffices in Houston countj 7 , three *>f which have been established this year. At least four others will be established as soon as the depot buildings on the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad are erect ed. Not long since C. S. Cutts, who re sides in Houston county, about four miles from Marshallville, went out to his cornfield, two miles from home, and found eight hands plowing the high corn with not a rag of clothes onltliem, not even a hat. At Rome, Tuesday, a child was born to Mrs. Paul Atkinson, nee Lula Hutst. It is the first child of Mr. and Mrs. At kinson since their marriage. It will now 7 be an interesting question to have answered as to whether the child will have its mother’s wonderful power. There are consumed in Augusta daily 2,500,000 gallons of water. This amount does not tax the water works much, however, as they have S,000,000 always on hand. The amount of water com sumed is over- fifty gallons per capita for every man, woman and child in the At Vienna quite a flutter of excite ment has been occasioned in religious- circles by the action of the Rev. P. G, McDonald, of the Methodist Episcopal church, who, on Sunday, was baptized and received into the Primitive Bap tist church. He had experienced a change in his religious beliei. A biscuit was exhibited at the Alpha retta reunion last Wednesday that was cooked by one Robert Cobb, son of James Cobb, while in service in Vir ginia in 1861. His sister has kept it all these years, and will probably keep it until she dies, in memory of her broth er who gave up his life for his country. O. M. Hendry, of Greene county, has twin brothers and they are remark able in various ways. Their conditions are the same. If one gets mad the other does; when one is sick the other is also. They suffer together and re joice together. They go to sleep at al most the same moment and awake the same way. Altogether they are rather a singular pair. In Gordon county Hon. William R. Rankin is a candidate for Representa tive, and will doubtless be elected by an overwhelming majority. When elected he will go to the Legislature pledged against the sale of the W est ern and Atlantic railroad, and against giving any betterments except what the lessees may be entitled toundei the contract strictly construed. Col. P. W. Jones, of Baker county, has already marketed twenty-one bales of cotton, and he will likely have in market seventy-five before the first day of September. That is where the ad vantage of an early crop comes in. If the present difference in price between August and September cotton holds, his early cotton will make him about $400 more than if it had been tlnee weeks later. At Acworth, Sunday, Charlie Sorrels, a 17-year old boy, and Miss Della Smith, the 15-year old daughter of Dr. A. Smith, played truant and ran away from-Sunday-school and got married. Charlie had a horse and buggy in wait- farms, everything seemed to move smoothly; that the place and every one connected with it seemed to wear an air of contentment. I wonder if this same word, “contentment,” does not furnish the “key” to the whole thing. “Be content with the lot that a kind Providence decrees.” Contentment is a richer gem than sparkles in a diadem, and gives us greater ease. There is really not much ease on a farm, in the common acceptation of that word; but there may becomfortand contentment; this means happiness, and happiness is, I believe, the end that is sought. It is all very well to talk about “gentle spring painting the meadows and deck ing the boughs, mossy banks and gur gling ’ streamlets fragrant with the aroma of the rose and honeysuckle, and of the soft breath of summer gently fanning the labor heated cheek.” But I’ll tell you there is not much room for poetry in the farmer’s soul as he urges his jaded team along the dusty furrow, under the sweltering heat of a sultry sun. There is no denying the fact: it is work, hard work. But, as lie looks over his broad acres nodding their tasseled heads to the gentle breeze, and sees the bright red silks peeping out from the dark green of the blades, he then knows that bye and bye he will harvest a bountiful crop; then a little music gets into his soul, a little song of gladness and thanksgiving. Yes, the farmer has many hardships to contend with, but does not every occupation have its discomforts and dark phases ? Is there any position in life from which all care and anxiety may be eliminated? Care and anxiety have deeper furrows thin does physical effort, however hard it may be. Care drives sleep from the pillow, furrows the cheek, robs life of all its brightness, and buries us in a premature grave. Is there any other occupation that offers better inducements to the young man than the farm ? The professions are all full and overcrowded, and there is sharp competition in this line. It is true that there “is plenty of room at top,” but can he, will he ever reach the top ? It is much better to be a live, ac- le had a norse anu uuggy m - ... , When the young lady was about S P T ing. . to enter the church he drove up. She got into the buggy and they drove away to where they soon found Justice T. R. Rutherford, who securely tied the knot. At Athens this summer there seems to be more candle flies than was ever known before. They are getting as thick as the locusts of Egypt. A gen tleman of Athens has to put his lamp on the outside of the door to keep them out of his butter. Dick Lyndon has discovered a plan to get rid of the pests. He puts his lamp in a bowl of water, and whenever the flies touch the water they drown. On Sunday night Mr. Lyndon caught 181 in a few hours. T. T. Hudson, a farmer of Clarke county, makes a specialty of raising cul tivated grasses, and his crop nets him an average of nearly $3,000 annually. He has between seventy-five and one hundred acres of bottom laud sown in orchard grass, timothy, herd’s grass and Virginia clover. About every seven years he has to reset his grasses. Mr. Hudson says he would move West if he had to depend on corn and cotton for his support. He has 365 acres of land which he values at $25,000. Thomas J. Speer, the man who has just been nominated for the Legisla ture by the Democratic party of New ton county, is remarkable for his quiet, unobtrusive and retired manners and life. He is a man who attends closely to his own business, and has never mingled extensively in public affairs. In fact, it is said that there are many people, in Newton county who have never heard of him, and even one of his neighbors, who lives within five or six miles of him, is said to have never yet seen him. The committee appointed to ascer tain the value of the Western and At lantic Railroad of Georgia, now under lease to a company at whose head is Senator Brown, has completed its work, and the report was placed in Governor .Gordon’s hands several days ago. The present total value of the road includ ing betterments is estimated to be $6,- 064,139.00, an increase of $507,8S9.64over the value of the road when leased. The property of the road in Chattanooga is estimated to be worth $650,000.00. The net yearly earnings of the road are estimated to have been $426,646.00. The report is full and comprensive in every particular. The watermelon crop of Georgia is a big thing. This year 7,800,000 have been shipped. The average price of a melon when retailed is 20 cents. The final total valuation of Georgia’s crop of watermelons is over $1,500,000. The farmers probably receive at least three cents clear on each melon, giving them $200,000. The railroad companies prob ably get $SQ0,000 as freight, and the commission men divide the balance of $470,000. The railroads get the biggest share, of course, but they have done much towards opening up new markets for the Georgia farmers, and state that their rates are* as low as possible. Much of this sum is spent directly for the ne cessary labor in this State, and so it may be safely said that the watermelon tients, a- lawyer without clients. I know that, to the young, the future is “fairyland.” He sets out with the im pression that life is a beautiful high way, hedged on either side with golden opportunities, and it is only necessary to move along, selecting some and dis carding others; but as the years creep on and the shadows begin to lengthen, he will then realize the stubborn fact that life is a reality, and that in his eagerness to reach the goal, he has passed many golden opportunities that really presented themselves in his ear ly life. It is rather difficult to believe in “golden opportunities lying around the farm,” but they are there all the same. There is opportunity to make a comfortable and happy home for those who are depending upon you— opportunity to train your children in the way they should go, and to shield them from the gilded dSns of vice and iniquity with which our cities abound, the glittering temptations that allure our young men into the paths of error leading down to destruction. Oppor tunity to leave a legacy more valuable than gold—the money of a well-spent home life. The Iron Wolf. Friendly Companion. “I conducted, two months ago,” said a clergyman, “the funeral services # of a parishioner. He had been a farmer. Forty years ago he had commenced work with one hundred acres of land, and he ended with one hundred. lie was a skillful, industrious workingman, but he had laid by no money in the bank. I understood the reason as'I lis tened to the comments of his friends and neighbors. “ ‘It was always a warm, hospitable house,’ said one. ‘The poor man was never turned away from that door. His sons and daughters all received the best education which his means could command. One is a clergyman, one a civil engineer, two are teachers—all lead useful and happy lives.’ “Said another ; Those children sit ting there weeping are the orphans of a friend. He gave them a home. That crippled girl is his wife’s niece. She lived with them for years. That young fellow who is also weeping so bitterly, was a waif that he rescued from the slums of the city.’ “And so the story went on—not of a miser who had heaped dollar upon dol lar, but of a servant of God who helped many lives, and had lifted many of them out of misery and ignorance into life and joy. “On my way home from the funeral I stopped at the farm of another pa rishioner, who said to me in a shrill, rasping tone: “ ‘So poor Gould is dead ! He left a poor account—not a penny more than he got from his father. Now I started with nothing: and look here,’ pointing to his broad fields. ‘I own down to the creek. D'ye km-w why? When I started to keep house I brought this into it the first thing,’taking an iron savings bank, in the shape of a wolf, out of the closet. ‘Every penny I could save went into its jaws. It is surprising die worth $100,000. Other folks ate meat; we ate molasses. Othei; folks dressed their wives in merino; mine wore calico. Other men wasted money on schooling; my boys and girls learned to work early and keep it up late. I wasted no money on churches, sick peo ple, paupers, and books. And,’ he con cluded triumphantly, ‘now I own to the creek; and that land with the fields yonder, and the stock in the barns, are worth $100,000. Do you see it?’ “And on the thin, hard lips was a wretched attempt to laugh. The house was bare and comfortless; l?is wife, worn out with work, had long ago gone to her grave. Of his children, taught only to make money a god, one daugh ter, staiwed in body and mind, was still drudging in the kitchen; one son had taken to drink, having no other re source, and died in prison. The other, a harder miser than his father, remained at home to fight with him over every penny wrung out of their fertile fields. “Yesterday I buried this man,” con tinued the. clergyman. “Neither neigh bor nor friend, son nor daughter, shed a tear over him. His children were eager to begin the quarrel for the ground lie had sacrificed his life to earn. Of it all lie had now only enough to cover his decaying body. Economy for a noble purpose is a virtue; but in the house of some it is avarice, and, like a wolf, devours intelligence, reli gion, hope and life itself.” Personal. Mr. N. H. Frolichstein, of Mobile Ala., writes: “I take great pleasure in recommending Dr. King’s New Discov ery for Consumption, having used it for a severe attack of Bronchitis and Ca tarrh. It gave me instant relief and entirely cured me and I have not been afflicted since. I also beg to state that I have tried other remedies with no good result. Have also used Electric Bitters and Dr. King’s New Life Pills, both of which I can recommend.” Dr. Khm’sNew Discovery fc r Consumption, CoUls and Coughs, is sold under a posi tive guarantee. Trial bottles free at A. J. Lyndon’s Drug store. . For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal metto; G. W. Glower, Grantville. Primus W. Jones has been nominated for the Legislature in Baker county. Wonderful Cures. W. D. Hoyt & Co., wholesale and re tail druggists, of Rome, Ga., say: “We have been selling Dr. King’s New Dis covery, Electric Bitters, and Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for four years. Have never handled medicines that sell as well or give such universal satisfaction. There have been wonderful cures ef fected by these remedies in this city. Several cases of pronounced consump tion have been entirely cured by use of a few bottles of Dr. King’s New Dis covery, taken in connection with Elec tric Hitters. We guarantee them al ways.” Sold by A. J. Lyndon. For sale, also, by J. L. Askew, Pal metto; G. W. Glower, Grantville. The work on the new . oil mills at West Point is progressing rapidly. Better than Bloody Battles. General Wheafcroft Nelson, says: “My experience in the English army as well as in America, convinces me that nothing so thoroughly purifies the blood or adds to health, vigor and life as Acker’s English Blood Elixir.” This great remedy is sold under a pos itive guarantee by W. P. Broom, New- nan, Ga. REWARD. OneThousand($ i,ooo) Dollars. We, the undersigned, offer one thous and dollars, cash, if we cannot send you a picture of the next President of thje United States. If you desire to enter this contest buy a box of the genuine Dk. C. McLaxe’s Celebrated Liver Pills from your druggist (price 25c.) and mail us the outside wrapper and 4 cents in stamps with your address plain ly written; we' will then mail the pic ture and an elegant package of cards. Address, Fleming Bros., Pittsburgh, Pa. nmy. Sait?! j sauu mao tuc waiuiuioivu j »ciil iuto lib jail b. jll bui pn&iiig lomas H. P. Wright, proprietor of crop will benefit Georgia this year to j how many pennies you can save when Hudson House at Gainesville, has the extent of $600,000. j you’ve a purpose. My purpose was to NEWNAN WAGON COMPANY. AT FOLDS’ OLD STAND, DEPOT ST., NEWNAN, GA. We are now prepared to do anyjdnd of Wagon work, and in the best and most workman like manner. Nothing but se lect material is used in the con struction of our wagpns, and ever} 7- vehicle of our manufac ture is sold upon an absolute guarantee. All kinds of WAGONS, (double or single,) DRAYS, CARTS, etc., made to order, with patent iron hub and axle or otherwise, as purchaser may desire. Special attention given to buggy, wagon and plantation repair work. Buggies over hauled and repainted. Horse shoeing a specialty. All work done by skilled workmen, under the supervis ion of an experienced superin tendent, and WARRANTED. Get our prices and give us an order; we guarantee satis- | faction. D. J. FOLDS, Supt. A PERFECT COMBINATION «IU" Paine'* Celery Compound is THIS PERFECT COMBINATION. Mesa V «j ham, suffered terribly from nervousness and kidney trouble. I bought two bottles of Paine’s Celery Compound, and oh, how it did help me! I have so^much faith in your medicine, for I know what it did for me." _ __ Ontario Centre, N. Y. Mbs. J. J. Watson. PAINE’S CELERY COMPOUND “ For five years I suffered with malaria and nervousness. I tried Paine’s Celery' Compound, and I can truthfully say that five bottles completely cured me. I cheerfully recom mend it, for I know it to be a good medicine. XT Chas. L.Stearns, Letter Carrier, Station B, Brooklyn, N. x. CURES ALL NERVOUS DISEASES, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Biliousness, Dyspepsia,Costiveness, Piles, Liver Com plaint, Kidney Trouble, Female Complaints, and all diseases arisingfrom Impure Blood. $1, six for $5. See that each hot- 1 $1, six for $5. Wells. Eichabd- tle bears the Celery trade mark. bon k Co.. Props., Burlington.Vt SI, six for $5. Wells, Richabb- 60N * Co., Props., Burlington, Vt. For the Nervous, The Debilitated, The Aged. THOMPSON BROS. NEWNAN, GA. FINE AND CHEAP FURNITURE — AT PRICES— THAT CANNOT BE BEAT IN THE STATE. Big stock of Chamber suits in Walnut, Antique Oak, and Cherry, and Imitation suites. French Dresser Suites (ten pieces), from $22.60 to $125.00. Plush Parlor Suits, $35.00 and upward. Bed Lounges, $9.00 and upward. Silk Plush Parlor Suits, $50.00. Good Cane-seat Chairs at $4.50 per set. Extension Tables, 75 cents per foot. Hat Racks from 25 cents to $25.00. Brass trimmed Curtain Poles at 50 cents. Dado WindQw Shades, on spring fixtures, very low. Picture Frames on hand and made to order. • SPLENDID PARLOR ORGANS Low, for cash or on the installment plan. Metallic and Wooden Coffins ready at all times, night or day. THOMPSON BROS., NEWNAN, GA. FURNITURE! I buy and sell more FURNITURE than all the dealers in Atlanta combined. I operate fifteen large establishments. I buy the entire output of factories; therefore I can sell you cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my prices: A Nice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00. A Strong Hotel Suit, $15.00. A Good Bed Lounge, $10.00. A Good Single Lounge, $5.00. A Good Cotton-Top Mattress, $2.00. A Good Strong Bedstead, $1.50. - A Nice Rattan Rocker, $2.50.' A Nice Leather Rocker, $5.00. A Strong Walnut Hat Rack, $7.00. A Nice Wardrobe, $10.00. A Fine Glass Door Wardrobe, $30.00. A Fine Book Case, $20.00. A Good Office Desk, $10.00. A Fine Silk Plush Parlor Suit, $50.00. A Fine Walnut 10-Piece Suit, $50.00. A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00. I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and get my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest as well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta. Write for prices. A. G. RHODES, 85 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. MICKELBERRY & McCLENDON,’ WHOLESALE GROCERS, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHAN1 NO. 15 SOUTH BROAD ST., ATLANTA, GA. Hay, Oats, ’Corn, Meal, Bran, Stock Feed, Onions, Feathers, Cabbage, Irish Potat Dressed and Live Poultry, Meat, Flour," Lard, N. O. Syrup, Dried Beef, Che FRUITS AND ALL KINDS OF PROVISIONS AND COUNTRY Consignments solicited. Quick sales and prompt remittances age. Excellent facilities for the care of perishable goods! 000(1 ’ dl T> ra t~Proc Judge Tolleson Kirby, Traveling Salesman. gen^Ky. REFEEE: ' CES: G&t€ City National Bank, and merchants and bankers of A Insure your houses against Tornadoes and Cyclones, with H. C. FISHER & CO. y Ag’ts., Newnan, Ga. The safest Companies and lowest rates. DR.MOFTETTGsT TTFT ,, FEMALE medicine corrects all irreo-nia-iM , -*V-*2*J from which Mnianr *n"°rir.K weak.debllitatertwL! 8 f'ffer. it <r] makes cheerful thP hea !‘ h streu spirits. Iachanjpofiic 3pou , dei ‘ t ’ a<i P rt G^W.^avver, UrantviJlef Ga. ^ e " 1UV