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HON. HIRAM FRANKLIN. That Popular Gentleman Is Suffering With riental Affliction. The many friends of Hon. Hi¬ ram Franklin throughout Bulloch county are pained to learn that he is suffering with a slight derange¬ ment of the mind. For several days his mind has appeared to be slightly unbalanced, the cause of which the doctors are hardly able to understand. It is said that his physical health seems to be good, and though he occupies his bed all the time, there is no fever or other apparent cause lor the affliction. The physicians express the hope that the trouble is only temporary, and that the patient will come around all right in a few days. Mr. Franklin is one of the best known men of our county, and is popular with the people. He is at present Bulloch’s representative in the lower house of the state legislature, his term expiring next October. He was constantly at his post during the past two ses¬ sions ot that body, and discharged hie duty with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. The legislature adjourned in De¬ cember, and Mr. Franklin had therefore only been home a few weeks when his present affliction befell him. COTTON FACTORY MEETINC. Secretary Wilson Calls a fleeting for First Monday in February. The Herald takes pleasure iu publishing the following call: COTTON FACTORY. We wish to have a meeting of all the citizens of Bulloch county on the first Monday In February. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss plans for the building of a cotton factory in Statesboro. We desire the presence of each citizen who feels an interest in the upbuilding of the county, regard¬ less of what their religious or politi¬ cal views may be; we wish tb come together on equal grounds and work for the betterment of all. Come one, come all, and offer your opinions freely in the meeting. J. W. Wilson, Corresponding Secretary. It is to be hoped that all the people in every section who are interested in the material build¬ ing tip of the county, will heed this call. The initial steps were taken some weeks ago when a meeting was held in the court house and a committee elected to push the matter to a successful end. These committeemen are successful business men and have the interest of the town and coun¬ ty at heart in the broadest sense. They realize that a factory located at this place means great good to the town in the way of furnishing labor for the unemployed, thereby making better customers for the merchants; and that it means much for the farmer and trucker who will find a better and readier market here by reason of there being more consumption for what the trucker raises, and a local market for cotton that will give the grower the benefit of the sav¬ ing of freight. Statesboro is already one of the best markets for its size in the state. A gentleman who returned from Savannah a few days ago said to us that Sea Island cotton sold there for 15^ per pouud, while pork was a drug at 4^, In Statesboro the same day the rul¬ ing price for cotton was 16$/, while some sold at 15f/; and pork was readily sold at 5/. On this latter article the demand is limit¬ ed by the size of the town and the cash in the consumer’s pocket. With an enlarged factory town, cash would be more plentiful and the demand consequently much greater. This business is of importance to the entire county, so let all the people take hold of it, CONDUCTOR COOLED HIH OFF. Negro Thought He’d Ride Free, Petty Changed His Mind. Conductor Petty, of the Savan¬ nah & Statesboro railroad, had an exciting experience with a negre passenger on his train from Wood burn to Stilson last Saturday night, and but for the timely in¬ terference of passengers have “put out the light” of the impudent ruffian. While the train’s crew were en¬ gaged at Woodbnrh in throwing wood into the tender, an unknown negro came up and voluntarily assisted in the work; then as the train pulled out he jumped aboard for a ride. When the conductor went around and called on him for his fare, the negro replied that he had paid by throwing in wood. This was not satisfactory to Mr. Petty, who told him that he must “fork over” the cash or get off the train. At this the negro became very abusive, and the conductor struck him. Other passengers took a hand in the interest of peace, and quiet was apparently restored, when, as Mr. Petty turned to walk away, the negro grabbed him in the back. At this the conductor drew his pistol and fired at the negro, striking him in the thigh, inflicting a flesh wound. The shot would have been more serious had not one of the bystanders knocked the pistol from its aim at the ne¬ gro’s abdomen. The train was by this time drawing up at Stilson, and amid the great confusion, the negro jumped from the train and “burnt the wind.” Tiie several negro passengers aboard exonerated Mr. Petty from all blame. ARE MAN AND WIFE ONE? A Delinquent Road-Worker so De¬ clares to the Ordinary. The are some people scattered throughout this county who have missed their callings—they ought to be in the Georgia legislature or the United States congress instead of stuck down on little farms in rural districts of this county, which said farms going backward every year. Such people ought to make good lators—if they are not fit for nobody can imagine what they are intended for. And no better opportunities could be found for displaying in¬ born smartness than is afforded by the present road law of our county. The average man of the county who has the public good at heart,goes along willingly and does his two days’ work or pays his fifty cents a dity commutation tax; but occasionally you find smart men who hr© not to be hoodwinked into anything of that sort. They prefer to display their smartness of brain rather than industry of muscle. Of such the batch of defaulters that constant¬ ly find their way into the Ordi¬ nary’s court is largely composed. A reporter happened to be pres¬ ent at a defaulters’ trial a few days ago when some of these smart men were up for trial. One man had ignored his summons to work and gave as his excuse that his wife was sick. The Ordinary ex¬ plained that sickness was an ex¬ cuse only when the party snjn moned to work was the afflicted one. “Well,” replied the default¬ er, “the law regards me and my wife as one, if I’m sick it’s the same as her; and when she’s sick it’s the same as me!” The Ordi¬ nary thought that as long as the man and his wife were not the Siamese twins, and the man was not compelled to take his bed on account of the wife’s sickness, a fine would be the proper thing— and it was paid amid mutterings, “If that’s law, it ainfc just.” The delinquent never stopped to reason that if he earried his theory to its last analysis, it would require him to go under the doctor’s care when his wife was ill, and physic himself with all sorts of bitter drugs; nor that the san;e theory would require his burial provided his wife happened to die from her illness. These little things can probably be ar¬ ranged, though, when he gets to the legislature and begins to make “laws that are just.” Another defaulter gave as his excuse that the road on which he was summoned to word was less than twenty feet wide in one cer¬ tain place (according to his meas¬ urement being only sixteen feet and four inches), therefore he could not be compelled to work. He paid his tine unwillingly, and will assist the other man in revising the laws when they g3,to Atlanta next time. To Guano Buyers. Having arranged for the sale of J, W. Wilson’s well-known brands of Guano—“Our Own,” “Wilson’s Fertilizer” and “Chilian Stan¬ dard”—we make the announce¬ ment that we will have the exclu¬ sive sale of these goods this year. In addition to these we will sell “Cumberland Bone Phosphate,” all of which have been tried and found well adapted to the soil of Bulloch county. See us for prices before buying elsewhere. J. W. Olliff & Co. N0TES FROM THE ACADEMY. Twenty new names were enroll¬ ed at the Academy this week. We have a vague presentiment that all of the pupils will be regu¬ lar during this term. We must have a school building here. If you think more of your own child than you do of your money, now is the time to prove it. The county school commission¬ er will make this a school district the very moment we provide room. All names that have been en¬ rolled at the Academy will, ac¬ cording to the school law, be con¬ sidered pupils of this school. They cannot draw from the pub¬ lic fund elsewhere. Parents will do well to investigate this matter. We are to begin the study of French this week. Miss Bertha Hart, from Clito, entered school Monday. How Hard Bees Work. Darwin after close observation found that a bee would often visit as many as 27 flowers in the course of a minute, though with other plants in which the honey was difficult to extract the aver¬ age would be as low as seven. Strik¬ ing a mean between these two figures, one may say that an ordinary working bee visits 15 flowers a minute, or 900 an hour. Considering the late hours to which a bee works, It is probably no exaggeration to say that it is busy for eight hours a day, allowiug for inter¬ vals of rest. This would make it visit 7,200 flowers a day, or 648,000 in a pe¬ riod of six months, Sir. A. S. Wilson in a recent paper showed the enormous amount of labor gone through by bees in making even a small quantity of honey. He found that approximately 125 beads of red clover yield 15 grains of sugar, or 125, 000 heads about two pounds. As each head contains some 00 florets. It fol¬ lows that 7,500,000 distinct flower tubes must be Bucked in order to ob¬ tain two pounds of sugar. Now. honey contains, roughly speaking, 75 per cent of sugar: therefore the bees must make, la round numbers, 2.500,000 visits for one pound of honey. pn 4s LETTERS 8 50 paper. Book of 100 nfvl S/J'vV. this Pages W |§ ’52 38 Fiu UMg, of Illustiatiohs PI S'' CL, Mode For Fish Bait. An eccentric hermit named William Sehueller, who lives at Franklin, Mich., is said to be one of the most fishermen in his part of the country, and he claims to call the fish to him by singing “Old Hundredth.'* He goes out in his boat and takes a station in fairly deep water. Then he sings, at the same time keeping his eyes on the water In search of fish. Gradually the fish crowd about bis boat, be claims, and when enough are gathered togeth¬ er the wily fisherman casts a net and catches dozens at a single haul. The old gentleman has a famous voice, and his neighbors are inclined to brieve his strange story.—Chicago Record. Sothern’a Recitation. sir Edward Russell knew E. A. Sotli m si. m “ “* teUB “ auy Stones Of him. He was dining at Portsmouth or somewhere . at . a regimental . , mess to , which the officers had asked him with every show of the highest admiration nnd ana With wan nn no appeal nnnparnnw auce nf or social social 2n su periority. After dinner, as the party sat at wine, one of the officers asked Sothern to give them a recitation. Now, Sothern abominated that kind of thing, He wouldn’t tolerate being treated as an entertainer when he was by way of being treated as a gentleman. He coldly declined. They pressed him. He hotly declined. Still they pressed him. He expressed his feelings. Per¬ haps the officers were a little affected by wine. At all events they persist¬ ed. They would take no denial. At last he said in a manner which showed that he was nettled, but yet yielding: “Well, if you won’t let me off I must. I’ll give you the dinner scene from ‘David Garrick. 9 99 He did. He had never acted it bet¬ ter. They were delighted until, spring¬ ing to his feet, he made Iris wild, tipsy exit, just as he did on the stage, and dragged the cloth off the table and with it all the regiment’s prized des¬ sert china and decanters and glasses, etc. Great was the smash. The actor did not wait to be applauded or to im¬ prove the occasion. The lesson was. in¬ deed, a rough one, and probably only a man with some-roughness in his dar¬ ing humor^would have given it, but it was quite deserved. The Byzantine princes played a game which differed very little from our modern polo. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Paints, Oils, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Builders’ Supplies, Railroad ‘1 and Mill Supplies, Packing, Fire, Steam and Garden Hose, Felt Roofing, Etc. \: Wholesale and Retail. Get our prices on Doors, Sash, Blinds, Paints, Oils, before buying* Estimates Furnished. Correspondence Solicited. ^ Adams Paint Company,* 104 Congress Street West, and 103 St. Julian Street West, SaVannah, Georgia. , Wright and Company ; COMMISSION MERCHANTS , Savannah, Georgia. , * s. V . I COUNTRY PRODUCE -POULTRY, EGGS, WOOL, HIDES, FRUITS, ETC., SOLD ON CONSIGNMENT. We handle anything on commission and endeavor to ren der satisfactory service. Correspondence Solicited. WRIGHT & CO., - - - 122 Bay St. W., - - - SAVANNAH, GA. # 5 /t/} r , s. : * m w u SUCCESSFUL SHOOTERS SHOOT X WINCHESTER Rifles, Repeating Shotguns, Ammuni and m Loaded Shotgun Shells. Winchester g ammunition are the standard of the .w hut they do not cost any more than poorer mates. All reliable dealers sell Winchester goods. FREE: Send name on a po stal for 1 ?aSS&S2S trated made by Catalogue the describing all th< eguns an mm? WINCHESTER NEW HAVEN REPEATING . CONN. ARMS Cl, Savannah & Stateshcro Railway TIME TABLE IN EFFECT DEC. 84 ,1399 No 3. No. 1 | (Trains run by Central jN 0 .2| No. 4 p.m. a. m. I _stand ard Time.-) I a . m | p. m. sg&sgsissEsssgs; cxiccsr. Leave Statesboro Arrive ^?ccacoccroDCcooc?cocc?o<D 45 C»a>QD3DC000aD3000 “ Pretoria kk ** 4% Shearwood Nellwood * “ “ Irie “ it Stllson kk tt Woodbura it • 4 Ivanhoe kk kk Oiney it kk Eldora kk kk kk Blitcbton Cuyler S avannah wnnectlon'at^Cuyfer Leave kk kk 35 30«s.t^SO AUtralnamalte close with G. & A. trains to and from Savannah.. W. K WRIGHT, Gen’l Supt. 'Cover 2z Statesboro ZZ. C. Schedule in effect September 11th, 1899. ~ Going No rthiT No 5 | Nol No 3 No 7 L 1 " ve .™ Statesboro 5 lOam IS 9 50am Igg S lSpnTTfilpra _____ ?SS a -wraTd^iri^SiiTssi v 5 , Thursdays and Saturdays only. take Trains 8 , Passengers for Savannah and 5. For Macon, Augusta, Atlanta and all Western points take Trains 1 and ~T~ 7.__ ~| Going South | No 6 No 2 No - 4 ( No 8 Leave Dover 0 lOam 1 11 ooam 4 20pm 8 10 pm Arrive Clito 0 25am ! 11 1115ana 30 435pm 4sopm 8 25pm .. gta^n’ro c 45am am 8 40 mn Thursdays ^TininsNora^aSdl^aii)-. and Saturdays only. NMjTsftd8~TiISda^s; ItetofwwSe'is minuto before VSrt-rt trains at Statesboro. J. L. mathews, Supt. F. G. CORSETS MAKE American Beauties, F. C. .am,. Latest Models. On Each Box. * KALAMAZOO CORSET CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS. SOLO BY Jf R. SIMMONS