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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1891.
NO. 23.
RETREArFROM LAUREL HILL
Outstripped and Cut off at Beverly.
Struggles and Battles Up Cheat
Mountain. “The Survival of
the fittest.”
Transcribed from a Soldier's Diary for the
Hour, joussad.
July 12th 1861.
IE YOU GOING TO BUY
A llilii .wi
THIS SHl^SOTT?
DO TOD WANT
Engines, Boilers,
8aw Mills,ftristMilSs,
Cotton Cins, Cotton
Presses, bailor Seed
Elevators, Mowers,
Horse Hay Bakes,
Circular Saws,Cotton
Seed Crushers, Inspirators, Belting, Pul
leys, Shafting, Pipe
AND MACHINISTS’ SUPPLIES.
Be sure and write us before buying.
We can take care of you.
MALLARY BROS. & CO.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
GEORGIA—Houston County :
M. L. Cooper, guardian for Houston
F. Cooper, lias applied for dismission
from his trnst:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the .fuly
torm,1891,o£tho Court of Ordinary of
said county,- and show cause, if any tile}'
have, why said application should not bo
granted. . .
Witness iny oilieial signature.this i,lay
26,1891.. .!. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
(i kopoxa—Houston County:
li. i’. Murray, administrator of estate
of 15. A. Cnlp, latent said county, de-
cca.-cd. lias applied for dismission from
his trust:
This is, therefore, to cito all persons
concerned to apnoar at tho September
term, 1.891 of the court of Ordinary of
said county and show cause, if any they
have, why said application should not
bo granted.
Witness juv oilieial signature tins May
2(1, 1891. . ’
J. H.HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA.—Houston County:
Mrs. Sophrania Gurr, widow of T. J.
Gnrr, late of said county, deceased, has
applied for twelve months support from
estate of said deceases:
Thisisthereforetoeiteallpersonsoon-
cerned to appear at 'the July term,
1891 of the court of Ordinary of said coun
ty, und show cause, if any they have, why
Baid application should not be granted.
Witness myoffioinl signature thisMay
26, 1891. J H. HOUSER,
Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston^ County:
Zack Hayes, administiator of estate of
James Hayes, late of said county, de
ceased, ha*; applied for leave to sell
lands belonging to said estate:
Tins is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at tho July term,
1891, of the Court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they
have, why said application should not "be
granted.
Witness my official signature this May
1891. J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA. Houston County.
T. 1). Warren, administrator of the
ertate of C. A. Warren deceased, has ap-
,,v .f° r dismission from his trust:
Tliis is therefore to' cite aU persons
concerned to appear at’ the August term,
1891, of the Court of Ordinary of Hous
ton county, and show cause, if any they
nave, why said apqlication "should not be
fronted.
Witness my official signature this
Apnl 30, 1891.
J. H. HOUSER, -Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
Mre. C. M. Holleman, administratrix
m estate ot B. Holleman, deceased, has
applied for dismission from her trnst:
This is therefore to cite aU persons
concerned to appoar at tie July term,
*fie court of Ordinary of said
nntj, and show cause, if any they have,
, s , a 'd application should not be
granted.
SOthof M* °® c * a l signature this the
j. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Application for Charter.
STATE OE GEORGIA, .
COUNTY OI' HOUSTON.
To tho Superior Court of said county.
The petition of John G. Brown, O-E.
Houser, W. H. Roberts, A. E. Wimberly,
B. Benson, S. F. Bivins, W. H. Hrrrison,
J. Q. Ellis, J. J. Houser, of said State and
County, and L. S. Worsham and A. M.
Rogers, of said State and County of Bibb,
respectfully represents that they desire
for themsolvcs, their associates and sue--
eessors, to bo incorporated fora period
of twenty years, with the privilege of re
newal at the expiration of that time, un
der the name of the “Grovania Oil and
Fertilizer Company.”
The objoct of their association is pe
cuniary gain, and the uarticulr.rlmsmesa
they propaso to carry on is the mauuiac-
turo and sale of oil from cotton seed,
the refining, compounding and prepar
ing tho samo for market, the manufac
ture and sale of fertilizers of all kinds,
ginning and baling cotton, grinding
corn, wheat, oats, rye, and other grains
and substances, to sell the products of
their manufacture, to buy and soil cot
ton seed and all other kinds of seeds,
phosphate rock and all other articles nec
essary to the successful conduct of said
business.
The amount of the capital stock of said
corporation.is Twelve Thousand dollars,
and they desire the privilege of increas
ing said amount to any amount not ex
ceeding One Hundred Thousand dollars,
said capital stock to be divided into
shares of One Hundred dollars each.
Ten per cent, of the capital stock has
been paid in. -
The place of business of said corpora
tion is to be Grovania, in said county. n
They ask the privilege of buying, hold
ing, selling, leasing and renting real es
tate and personal property for the pur
poses of said business, and also to mort
gage or otherwise encumber the same, to
borrow money, make promissory notes,
to issue bonds and script, or other evi
dence of debt, and to secure the payment
of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or
otherwise, and to make all contracts and
obligations necessary to the proper con
duct of the business.
To sue and be sued, plead and be im
pleaded under the corporate name, to
have and use a corporate seal, and to
make such by-laws and regulations as
may be necessary not inconsistent with
law, and to do all other things necessary
and usual in the conduct of the business,
and to have all the privileges and rights
under the law Usually granted to such
corporations.
Therefore, petitioners pray for an or
der incorporating them under the name
and for the purpose aforesaid. And pe
titioners will ever pray, etc.
Wil BRUNSON. Jn„
Petitioners’ Att’v,
Filed in office, this 27th day of May
1891.
M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk.
Gsobgia—Houston County:
The abovern a true copv of the original
petition for charter for The Grovania Oil
and Fertilizer Company as appears of file
and record in this office, this, the 27 day
of May 1891. 1 -
J M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk-
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Children Cry forPitcher’s Castoria
The ’morrow, the momentous to
morrow, just discoverable in the
.east, now begins to chase away and
blot ont the eventfnl yesterday; be
gins to scuffle through the mist and
gloom and. rain, and along the val
leys and over the mountain peaks,
to hail Garnett on this pika, now
six miles from Beverly; to hail-
McClellau on the pike, now three
miles from Beverly. Or as if to
enquire of each:,'
What means all this commotion
and turmoil, .where just one morn-
iDg ago, and even at last night-fall,
could only be heard the songsters
of the forest or the hoot of- the
lonely old owl? Where could only
be heard the tinkling cow bells, or
the horn of the huntsman calling
his hounds from the chase of the
buck; where could only be heard
the pig-ough of the mountaineer
calling his pigs, or the suc-calf of
the milk maid over in the coiv pen?
The ’morrow, the hazardous and
trembling to-morrow, just discov-
erible in the east, now begins to
attract the attentiou .of Garnett’s
weary, hungry, water-logged, and
depressed soldiers; begins to call
forth a smile of relief that the
night is past, even though the ten
sion draws tighter over the out
look, and 'the signs accumulate in
uncertainty over our surroundings;
and again begins to attract the at
tention of McClellan’s weary sol
diers, not only to call forth a smile
of relief that the night is past, but
no doubt a shout of applause, be
cause of the dow certainty of their
surroundings. Or as if to enquire
of both'armies:
What of the past night, and what
of these struggling soldiers with
their shoulders to tile wheels of the
cannon, with so loud imprecations,
as if fleeing from some unseen
wrath to come, yet seemingly to
have the same destination or ob
jective point to reach?
What means all this noise, and.
this unusual panorama being in
distinctly spread out to view; or
how dare you invade and disturb
the peace of my happy morning?
The King of day himself is as
tounded and troubled over this uu-
seenly sight, and has hurried us
(his couriers) hither and yonder
for information. The stolid moun
tains, themselve, as we pass over
their uplifted peaks are surprised,
and seem to stoop and listen in as
tonishment at The. great tnmnlt,
from two directions, nearing Bev
erly. We have criein~Beverly! O
Beverly!! Wake up! wake up!!
The wild buck aroused from re
pose, now with uplifted antlers
goes Hying away, the cotton tails
but their brains ont against the
fence and other obstructions, at
tempting to flee from the hedges
along the pikes; the “yallow dog”
and the “old flop-eared hound,”
with their tails between their legs,
howl at every jump as they fly
from their own homes'and places
of abode. The chicken cock flops
it’s wings, but ends the crow with
a horrid squall; the cattle which
Rad huddled over night on these
pikes to rest and chew their cuds,
go flying with tails high in the air,
and even the surly old bull, the
leader of the flock, snorts with
fright as all seem to seek the
Homes of the mountaineers, who
too, are now standing in the doors
of their rude'huts, and out in the
yards, vainly attempting to en
quire:
What means this- mad rush of
men,- apparently hastening away,
and yet drawing closer toward.
Beverly, and closer together?
FnlPmorn' now discloses the
same two columns on divergent
roads dragging, shouting, whip
ping and pulling through the mud,
and now again in the rain, toward
the apex of this almost elucidated
triangle—the only, road, the only
escape, the ouly-hupe of deliver
ance to the one from a fate the
stoutest hearts shudder to contem
plate—the hope of the ‘other, to
heat the race and seal tbatfate.
The sun just clearly up,, now
bursts through the’clouds to smile
on McClellan' already entering
Beverly—to smile on Garnett, yet
three u-iles away.
Ten thousand throats,more or Ipss,
of McClellan’s well equipped, we!;
j fetl and bouyaut Northern army,
I shout defiance to Garnett’s two
thousand poorly equipped, hilf
starved, half sick, but. still resolute
Southern soldiers.
Already two days, and yet two
nights of Watching, dragging
through the mud and in the ra : ri,
without sleep, without rest, with
out ratieus, (and now not a.mo
for man or beast in Garnett’s whole
army) have elapsed, and yet, by.
the Eternals we will uot surrender,
but now break the bands by scal
ing rugged Cheat Mountain, by.
fording and swimming (no pou
toons) the swollen streams through
the wildest and roughest country
in all Northwest Virginia, and
over a route through the corner of
Maryland, and which lies* nearly
two hundred miles ahead of-us, be
fore we can hope" to reach any per
manent succor and safety.
Sad indeed, is the plight of our
seemingly already worn out, hun
gry and sick soldiers. Desponden
cy bewails a fate which seems irn
possible for human endurance to
overcome, but from this moment
of grief springs from every soldier
alike a resolution to do or die
Garnett has now halted in the
road, not far in advance of the
head.of column, with bis staff
around him; his couriersstill daah-
iug forward and back toward and
from Beverly,' and stands as if
dazed, or for a moment trying to
decide what must be done—-what
can be done?
The reeling soldiers in the ool-
umn, now also halting, seem al
most to weep in their misery at the
well nigh certainty of the sad fate
that has already 'overtaken us.
In this brief moment another
and" another courier daBhes up to
Garnett, and as he leans oyer on
his horse to catch the news (for he
is deaf) we all feel as though we
can hear that courier say to him:
“McClellan, with his whole force,
is really in Beverly, and now rap
idly deploying this way; moving
out on the pike to give you battle,
or indeed, as his soldiers have
shouted aloud to us, to bag the
game, considered already sufely in
his trap."'
Suddenly, as under the impulse
of a newly conceived resolution, nr
startled by the realization of some
unpleasant dream, Garnett turns,
toward the head of the column.
Now dash here and yonder his
staff, some one way and some an
other, some out from head of col
umn toward the front, others. to
the right and left of the road, as if
selecting a position, while still oth
ers dash down the lines from front
to rear; now comes back up the
line, mo ip than half past the cen
ter of column, about face! Again
on out ,to front of column, file
right, file left Hurriedly Garnett
deploys right and left this portion
of his jaded forces to meet and
fight McClellan—bold him at bay,
to give time for the countermarch
of the baggage wagons yet bearing
the sick and worn out soldiers; as
also that of the artillery, and to
reach that other road, through a
by-path, that leads over rugged
and precipitous Cheat Mountain—
the only now feasible route open to
us for escape.
The countermarches hare been
hurriedly made, the about faces
TJhave all beeu accomplished, aud
the army now begins to move .to
ward the mountain road, which
means to many destruction and
death. _
The survival of the fittest,” or
stoutest constitutions of boudless
eneagy, and wills and nerves of
iron, can only hope to reach the
goal of our.now fresh beginning
effort
The army has now pulled
thrdugh and over the by-road and.
reaches the pike; and while the sun
shines high up on the mountain,
away in the distance the shout goes
on as the shoulders of the-fainting
soldier-shove the wheels through
the mud and over the hills toward;
the foot of Cheat Mountain.
Now on this side and the other,
begins to come the (exclamations:
“I’am faint,I am sick, I can march
no more!”
Now begins to fly'from the bag
gage, wagons first the tents to make
room for another and another sick
soldier. .
On and on, pulling and drag
ging through the imud, and now
again in the pelting rain, the" col
umn endeavors to hold its-conrage,
but kourly. exhausting human en
durance.
Garnett now ’throws back his
corps of supers and-mine'rs,-or'axe-
aieiij.wlio follow" closely behind,
cutting and piling the trees from
eitin r side.across.the road in our
rear, »iul.nowun jffcGieltanls-frunt
But hark! the sound of camion.
behind the axemen. .break my mirror, my comb and brash, my
McClellan has over taken the razor and shaving muq, my scissors, my
j jew’s harp, and my hoochieoochinger;
THE DAVIS MONUMENT.
rear guard-andJiails them to sur-T e r , , ..
‘-‘-s'A.j , _ . • , , , | tear up my paper and envelopes, my old
render, bat G-’aruett, true and <ic.- ’and new letters and lastly, the photo-
voted Garnettr says nay" my mah, j graphof the girl I left behind (which
hot while it is yet day, nor. while grievesme more thaaall-together) saving
yonder rugged mountain can be
Scaled, nor while yet endurance
and human courage is left my al
ready starving army.
Away with your silly prattle to
the game yon vainly boasted, as
you entered Beverly this morning,
that you had bagged, aud even
ready almost to be placed upon the
spits.
Now the guard stubbornly resist
as McClellan hurls his battalions
against their front and on their
flank; now they are driven back
and pour their fire into his face
from their next position; and now
again, as McClellan’s men seem to
rash on them in desperation and
rapidly accumulating numbers,
Garnett throws back another force
to meet this force and protect his
axemen, the auxiliary hope of the
army, now only a short distance in
front, and already squirming and
occasionally wounded from McClel
lan’s fire.
Again and again McClellan as
sails, and pushing back both the
guard nnd its reinforcements, now
reaches the first obstructions of
logs across the aroad, crossed and
piled in every direction, and with
his sappers and miners or axemen,
begins to cut and slash and throw
out the logs we had cut in. The rear
of Garnett’s column of soldiers,
wagons and artillery now begin
ning indeed to ascend the moun
tain is just ahead of- our axemen,
the axemen just ahead of the
guard and its reinforcements at
every step pouringjnusketry into
McClellan’s lines desperately push
ing upon us
Already, and even before the
wounded cryout for help when
the litter bearers raise them on
their shoulders and endeavor to
bear them to the first wagon near
est. in our rear; the cutting goes on
to obstruct our rear—the cuttin
goes on to clear McClellan’s front.
Now the axemen of both armies,
ours just in front of our guard, and
McClellan’s just in rear of his as
saulting columns, would seem that
the mountain sides were being
cleared for tillage, or for the erec
tion of some to be mighty city by
some Romulus or. Remus, under
the protection of his arms.
But no time to dream of the
past, what has been, or even what
will be in the future. The present,
the all absorbing present!
This present that requires all th^
thought, all the action, all the
nerve, all the valor, all the courage
and all the endurance of the tough
est natures, staggers, aud reels un
der the great burden upon it.
Not a moment to be lost, not a
mislick to be made in this race ’till
night, in this race to the top of
Cheat Mountain.
Starvation in our midst, starva
tion ahead and fire behind!
On this hand and the other,
more frequently now the soldiers
exclaim: • “1 am faint, I am sick,
give me water, give me assistance!
can fight no more, I can work no
more, I can march no more!”
Now the cooking utensils and
the little wearing apparel; and
blankets of the soldiers yet in
the baggage wagons fly out on
either side of the road to make
room for the fainting soldiers,
while some of the sick who had
been shoved in the wagons at the
commencement of the retreat from
Laurel Hill, with measels and -ty
phoid fever, and tumbled and over
turned in the wagoDS, without med
icine, without nourishment, even
beg to be laid on the side of the
road to die, to get relief from the
horrors of the death rid? they were
making.
All is now lost but the hungry men
and the hungry teams, while Those still
cutting and dragging up the
■mnnntnin ore almost ready to cry out hu
man endurance can stand no more!
On moves the struggling column, up,
up, Cheat Mountain,-and yet- the fight
goes on, yet the catting goes on, the one
obstructmg; the other clearing. The one
making a way to liberty, the other mak-
ing.a way to prevent it.
Already the road for miles back is
strewn with tents, camp chests, valises*
knapsaeks, cooking utensils,-blankets and
clothing, all todisemenberthe weary sol
diers under a mid. day July sun, and to
make room for those who are continually
falling-by the way side —yet still off knapl
sacks andblakets go, and now from those
who had continued to bear up under the
burden, rather than lose the westage of
clothing, save that upon their persons.
And just here my diary says: “In a-
dump of laurel bushes on the side of the
mountain near the Toad I draw
and cut into shreds first my extra coat,
then mv extra pants, my extra over shirt;
my extra underwear, my extra pair-of
only one blanket and one' oil doth, which
hurriedly rolled. together with each end
tied with a shred of my shirt I swing
around my neck, make a cross mark and
spit in, and swear by all that is good and
just that the Yankees shall hot have my
wardrobe, hut that the whole ix shreds
shall rot over the oath 1 left in the cross
mark beside the road.’
On we move cutting, pulling, pushing,
figting, and shouting to the stalling
teams—now an overturned wagon, now a
piece of artillery thrown off-the piketo
be lifted back again, while still the sol.
diers continue to fall uader the fatigue,
to he placed in the already overloaded
wagons for those yet holding up to pull
through the mud and up the mountain.
Night begins to draw down ardUndus,
as also the dark clouds from the south
following close on its heels,
The top of the mountain seems still far
in the distance, and how are we to com
plete the ascension after night fall, the
Lord only knows. Yet fire behind and
starvation in our midst must still test the
“survival of the fittest,” for in this dark
ness now lies our only’hope to gain on
McClellan who cannot pursue us through
the ambuscades which we will lay, and
draw destruction upon him.
Night now is fully upon us, with tor
rents of rain pouring down, and rivnlets
of water coursing along the pike, through
which will still pull and-drag and even
crawl, and feel our way up the horrid .old
mountain.
But McClellan is now heard no more
■ in our rear, and the sigh of relief from
every soldier seems to infuse newlife and.
vigor to hold out ’till we gain indeed the
summit:.
Garnett so long in the rear, combat
ting McClellan, and endeavoring in every
possible way to hold him at bay, how
moves up and along the line of march en
deavoring to encourage and console his
hungry and overfatigued soldiers.
The endurance of. the stoutest and
most determined of the rank and file be
comes now the only hope of ■ success for
the army to reach the top of the moun
tain.
Bet on and on, through the mud and
cold rain we reel with exhaustion and
hunger, or as men under intoxication, ’till
finally abont midnight the laBt wagon
and tho last cannon rests on top, and
where the soldiers (save the poor guards,
on pain of death to aronse us at dawn of
morning) fall down in the mud and water,
in the rain, without rations, and with lit
tle or no hope either for next to-morrow,
or even the future ahead, hut which at
thie moment fails to affect them, asleep
even as they fall -asleep in harness,
asleep in hunger, asleep without a care,
asleep in exhaustion, which neither the
pouring rain -nor thunder f cpm the clo ads
can disturb, asleep next to death itself,
but oh how sweet, and which none other
than the old soldier, who has experienced
it can realize or understand.^ This sleep
of death, in life, which knows no waking
save the call of duty, or succor only in
front and fire behind!
Ai d as an addenda to my diary in the
closing scenes of the longest July day
that ever existed on earth, would enquire
of .T. R. Duncan, who is still living, if he
remembers the race run between him and
myself that fateful night on Cheat Moun
tain, os to which could get this sleep the
quickest, tho fastest and the most of it’
during the short time allotted us, and
how pleadingly he begged me to allow
him to sleep on" my oil cloth and under
my blanket which I still carried, and now
held ta o good account, and which scarce
ly another had saved from the wreck of
the day. How ridiculously he appeared,
wet and shivering, in his shirt sleeves,
and I am not sure,bnt I .think, hatless,
(he had lost all, and as he said, “nearly
himself’) and with what pity and pleasure
I took him on my oil cloth and under my
blanket and on my arm to warm and con
sole him, and with what gratitude in the
last word he spoke as he fell asleep he
promised me a good drink of apple jack,:
and which he has never fulfilled to this
day. —
McClellan rests—Garnett now sleeps.
Gen. Gordon has issued the fol
lowing address to his Confederate
brethren: “Headquarters United
Confederate Veterans, Atlanta,
Ga., May 23,189L—My Confeder
ate Brothere: Upon you has de
volved in a large measure the re
sponsibility for raising funds for
the proposed monument of Jeffer
son Davis. No argument, no ur
gent appeal, no special effort on
our part is needed to secure your
hearty co-operation in this cause
You will esteem it uot only a sa
cred duty but a high privilege to
enlist in this work aud to secure
the aid of all our people through
out the Union. With unfaltering;
fidelity to every interest of our
whole conntry and sincere appre
ciation of all great "Americans of
every section, we will build monu
ments to our own peerless heroes
as an inspiration to coming gener
ations, and we will erect a fitting
one to our great chieftain, whqse
public and private life was without
fear or reproach, whose services .to
his country, in peace aud war, will
yet command the respect and win
the plaudits of all his countrymen)
and whose dauntless devotion to
his convictions has scarcely a pari
allel in history.
The details of the plA03 for
raising the necessary money may
safely be intrusted to the different
Confederate Associations, birou-i
acs, camps and local organizations;
but the committees appointed by
the Southern Press Association;
itself largely composed of Confed-i
erate veterans, has issued a call for
the people to meet June 19th, next,
‘To take proper steps to forward.ai
course of voluntary contributions
or other methods which they may
deem best.’ This seems to me both
opportune and wise.
“I hereby most respectfully and
earnestly urge all Confederate or.
ganizations to meet on that day;
for this purpose, and. all Confeder
ates members of any organization
to unite with the people and assist:
the movement in their respective
localities. Funds raised by spe
cial efforts of Confederates may be:
AID YOUR OWN TOWN.
Farmer—That was a stavin’pa
per you got out lost week:
Conntry editor—I’m glad to hear
that you were pleased with it
Farmer—Tbemstories you had
in abont them fellers bein’ cared
of long-standin’ diseases were the
entertainingest bits of news I have
read for a long time.
It has been only about 60 years
since a great mathematician dem-
onstraten that a steamship cottld
never cross the Atlantic, because
it would be impossible for her to
carry enough of fuel to last daring
the trip.
Tho First Step.
Perhaps you are ran down. can’t
eaUcan’t sleep, can’t think, can't
do anything to your satisfaction,
and you wonder what ails yon,-you
should heed the warning, you are
taking the first step to .nervous
prostration. You need a nerve ton
ic, and in Electric Bitters you
will fit. d the exact remedy for re
storing your .nervous system to
its normal healthy condition. Sur
prising results follow the use of
the great Nerve Tonic ana Altera
tive. Yonr appetite is returned,
good, digestion is restored, and the
liver and kidneys resume healthy
action. Try a bottle.' -
Price 50 cents, at- Holizclaw &
•Gilberts’ Drug Store.
The first duty of every good cit
izen, says the Greensboro Herald-
Journal, is to aid in building up
the town in which he has drawn
and still- draws his wealth, or-liv-
ing. In_the first place, patriotic
motives should inspire one to do
all he can for the community in
which he lives. He should be
proud of his place of residence,
add there can be no pride unless
the town ranks with the best. J t
can never so rank unless every cit
izen uses his utmost endeavors to
build it up and attract to it that
population and capital necessary
to prosperity.
But how few men in smaller
towns consider this obligation
which devolves upon them as good
citizens. They refuse to see the
advantages which lie at their own
doors, and which'energy and capi
tal could make profitable to them,
and will not aid in home develop
ment The money which they
have made from the towns" they
live in they will not invest' in
building up the nome community,
but let a so-called—boom be inau
gurated in a distant place, aud
they are eager to send off-their
money, risk it in speculation and
build up a section connected with
no ties whatever, save those which
spring.from the feverish hope of
making money rapidly. They will
not see that this same energy aim
this same capital expended aiming
their own people wouYd bringeqnal
ill not better results in their own •
communities.
These men are inconsistent to a
degree. They will criticise Hie
short-sightedness of the farmer
when he sends his money abroad
for provisions and supplies Tb ey
will declare that he is bankrupt
ing the country, that the money he
sends off is gone forever, that per
manent prosperity will never come
until there be a radical change.
What is his own position? Is he
not guilty of even a greater wrong
to his community than the farmer?
he not sending off money to
bnild up other sections, while his
own town languishes and dies?
Atlanta, who.will act as treasurer,
receipt for all remittances and'
place the same in bank to the cred
it of the Davis monnment fund.
“J. B. (Jordon,
Commanding United Confederate
Veterans.
IP, 8,—The co-operation of the
sons of Confederare Veterans and
specially of patriotic Southern
A-omen is invited and assured.
“J. B. Gordon.”
Three Things.
Brunswick Tims*.
Speaking of “things,”, here are
“three things” that should be read
by every one:
L Three things to admire— in
tellectual power, dignity and grace,
fulness.
2. Three things to Jove—cour
age, gentleness and affection,
3. Three things to h ate —cruel
ty, arrogance and ingratitude,
4. Three things to delight in—
frankness, freedom hud beauty.
5. Three things' to wish for—
health, friends and cheerful spir
its.
6. Three things to avoid—idle
ness, loquacity and flippant jest
ing.
7. Three thingB to pray for—
faith, peace and purity of heart
8. Three things to contend for
—honor, conntry and friends.
9. Three things to govern—
temper, -conduct and tongue.
sent to Judge W. L Calhoun, of: How can. he consistently advise
others, while he is pursuing the
same course? If ho should set ‘he
example, invest his money at home,,
build up his town, give his energy
to home development, how quick
would the farmer and liis fellow
citizens be insr.'red with that love
of home, that enthusiasm as lo.ifs
future which is building up vari
ous villages.
From Nature’s Storehouse.
It stands to reason that a medi
cine which will destroy the germs
of contagious blood poison and
counteract the effects of mercurial
poisoning may be depended: onio
overcome the diseases that have
their origin in malariajor that have
their seat in an impure condition of
the blood. -This is what S. 3. S.
has done, and what it wilLd j,as its
popularity attests. As’ a preven
tive; and a remedy for- the long- list
of affections that display-their ac
tivity during the spring and sum
mer months, it standf without a ri
val. . The secret of this is that it is.
a remedy from natnre’s own store
house.
Paper Horse Shoes.
Paper has been tried as a mate
rial, for horse shoes. The Paper-
Makers’ Monthly Journal reports
that Herr Julius Goldberg, of
Weissensee, near Berlin, has made
horse shoe ont of paper which, it
claimed, expands as much as the
horny part of a horse’s hoof on
which the horse treads. The pa
per shoe does not get brittle da
ring use, bat remains durable and
tenacious, and resists the action of
water, and even manure, in which
the horse frequently stands. It
does not get smooth or slippery
from constant use, and ijb can lie
glued, not nailed on. The new
horse shoe is made of parchment
paper prepared by a saturation
with oil, turpentine, etc., and is im
penetrable to dampness or mois
ture.. Thin layers-of such paper
are glued together until the desired
thickness necessary for the horse
shoe is attained by an agglntinant
which is indifferent to the action
of moisture. It is then heavily
Pregsed.
The experiment of producing ar
tificial rain is actually to be tried
in western Kansas in Jnne, under
the directions of Col. Dyrenfnrth,
of Washington. Balloons filled
with a mixture of oxygen and hy
drogen will be .sent ng. high and
exploded by; means of a-steel wire
connected witb-an electrical appa
ratus on the ground.. The appro
priation made by congress for this
rather queer piece of work is 89,.
000.
*4
Extreme old age. “Hpw is yonr
father coming on ?' asked Col. Per
cy Verger of a darkey he used to
own before the war. “He am
dead!” “Dead, is he? He. must
i have reached an advanced age.’
—This is the best time of th c I “ H . e did dat ’ f “ r a fact * was
^„ year to subscribe for the Hohb Iibin’ u;i to de aery day of hia deff
aud now again of in uskelry tot far 1 shoes, my extra blanket, my knapsack, JOUBNAL. _ —Tex&a Siftings
Boils, abscesses, tumors, and
even cancers, are the result: of a
natural effort of the system-'to ex
pel the poison which the kidneys
and liver beve failed to remove,
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla stimulates all
the organs to a proper perform
ance of their functions.
“something within yon that tells
you when yon have done wrong,”
“I had it once,” said a little shaver,
“when I stole green apples and eat