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THE GWINNETT BEKALD, i „, , . , , „„„
t,.e Consolidated Jan. 1,1898.
Katablialietl in 1893. 7
" Every Well Men
Hath His 111 Day."
A doctor's examination
might show that kidneys,
liver and stomach are normal,
but the doctor cannot analyze
the blood upon which these
organs depend.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla purities, vitalizes
and enriches the blood. It cures you
when “a bit off” or when seriously
afflicted. It never disappoints.
Dyspepsia “My husband had dyspep
sia ami Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured him.
Our little boy was nervous and the baby
had ulcerous sores. P cured both.” Mrs.
Emma Hebe, Portage, Pa.
Indigestion I could not eat for some
months on account of distress and indiges
tion. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cured me so that
I can eat and sleep well.” M rs. G. A. Gumtz,
Taylor and Walnut Sts., Wiimington, Del.
Hood's Pills cure lirer Ills; tbe non-irritating and
only cathartic to taka with Hood’s SarßaparHul
FARMERS URGED TO
GROW MORE WHEAT
COMMISSIONER STEVKN* RK< OM
MEXDS PLANTING LARGELY
OK lIIIS GRAIN.
AS TO SOIL AND PREPARATION
Time Has Come For Georgia Soil Til
ler* to Make a Radical Shift In
Their Operations If They Would
Prosper.
Well directed diligence and industry
are generally crowned with a suitable
return. To carve out a perfect form, to
frame a pure thought, to paint a beau
tiful picture is worthy of the highest
ambition. To do something, to cause
two blades of grass to grow where one
grew before, to act well our part, to
know that we are not drones in the busy
hive is an indescribable satisfaction.
The boy who lands a single fish or traps
hia first catch of birds, after a long and
weary day of anxious toil, experiences a
keener delight in the possession than he
could possibly feel had the same work
been accomplished by other hands. The
same is true of the man who turns the
fallow lauds and cultivates the respoP
eive soil that he may enjoy his daily
bread. Believing, therefore, that wheat
culture in its broad sense would be an
industry of vital interest to our farmers
at this time, wo shall devote most of the
space of our August talk to wheat. The
exact origin of wheat may not be known,
still we may reasonably conclude that
wheat was among the fruits of the first
garden When Hiram, king of Tyre,
was building the temple Solomon sent
him wheat; hence we conclude that this
most esculent grain was very early in
our history regarded as a most excellent
food.
The first public letter issued from the
Department of Agriculture, after the
present Commissioner had been in
stalled, was an appeal to the farmers of
Georgia to sow largely of wheat and
oats. However, it is but justice to state
that the Macon Telegraph nearly a year
ago took up the wheat and grain ques
tion, and offered prizes for the best es
says on wheat growing. These papers
were read at a convention held at Ma
oon, and caked by that paper last Octo
ber. The attendance was small, but
the papers were good. Unusual as it
may seem, this daily paper kept up the
agitation in favor of wheat growing,
making it a feature of almost every is
sue, and a great many farmers were in
duced to plant who had not planted be
fore. A special point made, and in
sisted on, had great weight, and that
was that the negro farmer, who
had a wife or daughter in a white
man's kitchen, could make cotton
at 8 cents per pound; while the white
farmer could not make it for less than
8 cents. Therefore, there was a disas
trous competition between the white
and black cotton planter, and the for
mer was going to the wall on low
prices, while the latter was improving
his condition, and continuing to swell
the receipts at all the ports and all the
markets. The white man must make
a shift in his farming operations. In
order to make this point oome home at
once, and to give a zest to the start, the
Macon Telegraph offered gold prizes for
the best yield in wheat, and these
prizes were awarded at a second wheat
growers’ convention, which was held in
Macon on July 12 of this year. The
latter convention was largely attended
and the report from the wheat fields
was most gratifying. The honors went
to Spaulding and Washington counties
in the distribution of the prizes. One of
the most encouraging signs of the times
is the great interest in wheat and grain
growing which has developed in the
state within the last few months. It
may be said, therefore, that this work
has been fairly started; bnt much is yet
to be done, and this department will
oontlnne to contribute all it can to this
splendid movement.
A FERFBCT VARIETY OF WHEAT.
Sinoe the growing wheat plant and
ripening grain have so many enemies to
encounter and climatic conditions af
fecting the yield of wheat, it is all im
portant to select a variety that can best
withstand the many drawbacks inci
dent to this grain. Hence, I will men
tion some of the characteristics incident
to a good variety of wheat. Get as
early a variety as possible, as a few
days, (some years,) means much with
this erop. Some wheat will fall before
ft ripens, while the stems of another
kind will maintain an erect position
until the grain is perfectly ripe. Select
a variety with a strong and stiff stem;
eeleot the wheat also that will best
withstand the extreme cold weather.
Other things being equal, get the wheat
that has a thin ekin or bran. With
these few suggestions, select yonr seed
wheat and have it ready to plant in Oo-
THE NEWS-HERALD.
SOIL AND PREPARATION FOR WHEAT.
A farmer may sow the best wheat
and the bent varieties, and fail in his
wheat crop, if he has failed in thorough
preparation and continued good man
agement of his soil from year to year.
One of the chief objects is to keep the
vegetable matter and mineral portions
as near or as much on the surface as
possible, so that the roots of the plants
may strike out horizontally instead of
striking out iu a more vertical direction.
When they spread out horizontally,
they form a kind of mat in the soil a
few inches deep, which rises aud set
tles down bodiiv when the ground
freezes aud thaws. Hence the soil mav
freeze a number of times during the
winter and still your grain may not be
killed, as the roots are matted together
horizontally and the plants ure not
thrown out of the soil. On the other
hand, if the vegetable matter and fer
tilizers be mixed with a good depth of
soil, the roots strike deep, looking for
the fertile elements of the soil, and
they will be raised and broken by the
freezes. Now, if we can break or turn
over a few inches of the top soil, and
then pulverize the soil below this stra
tum, keeping the vegetable matter aud
fertilizers near the surface, we will see
a remarkable yield in the wheat crop.
We can remember before the war most
of our wheat was raised on newly
cleared laud. We could not plow it
deep, but simply harrow or scratch over
the rough new ground and put our
grain in. Then we had but little com
plaint of winter killed wheat. Then
nature did for us what we must do now.
We must, as far as possible, restore the
conditions of nature Then we had for
the seed bed of our wheat the rich ashes
of the burnt logs and brush harrowed
into the thin stratum of leaf mould.
The wheat might have been better in
those days had che hard subsoil under
lying the leaf mould been broken up
with a subsoil plow, without having
been turned above the rich mould.
Then to repeat, keep the soil that is
best, or a thin mellow stratum of rich
soil, at or near the surface. Subsoil as
the conditions may demand.
SOIL FOR WHEAT.
The question is often asked, why a
certain plot of ground, that yields a
good crop of almost everything else,
will not produce wheat. And why ?
Simply because the roots of the plants
cannot find in that soil the proper ele
ments of plant food to produce the
wheat grains. In one soil the little
roots find all they need for the perfect
development of ihe kernels of the wheat,
while iu another soil the roots send out
their numerous little mouths in search
of the nourishment they so much need
but never find. It is not in the soil,
and it must be supplied or you will reap
in vain. The soil adapted to wheat is a
so;} in which the predominating charac
teristics are ion in aud clay, aud this is
much improved by a large proportion of
lime, furnished either by nature or man.
Your soil must be dry, underdrained if
necessary, as it is impossible to make a
large crop of wheat if there is an excess
of water in the land. Another feature
in a good wheat soil is, that it must
have an abundant supply of nitrogenous
matter with sufficient phosphoric acid,
potash and lime. If the soil is lacking
in these elements, use plenty of barn
yard manure. Do not be afraid to use
plenty of it, and concentrate it. It is
better to put ten tons on one acre than
to spread it on two; you will make more
wheat per acre and save more labor.
Also apply plenty of wood ashes; this is
very important, as these ashes contain
phosphoric acid, potash, lime and solu
ble silica, all essential elements in the
constitution of the wheat plant. Dr.
Lee of New York says, “I regard it as a
fact of great practical importance, that
wood ashes, even leached ashes, found
on nearly every farm, contain all the
earthy elements of this iu valuable bread
bearing plant. ” The organic elements
of the wheat form about 96 per cent of
its substance. Mr. Todd tells us, that
water and its constituents, oxygen and
hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen, are the
four elementary ingredients of all culti
vated plants, besides their minerals.
These are indispensable, and fortunately
nature has provided an amount of car
bon and nitrogen in the air, if not in
the soil, more than equal to the wants
of vegetation. Much of our lands have
been run down by unwise cultivation
and are well nigh exhausted. These
lands need nitrogen and available phos
phoric acid aud potash and particularly
lime. To restore these elements to our
wasted lands, sow cow peas after grain,
and turn them unaer iu the fall, first
having broadcasted barnyard manure,
ashes and lime; continue this plan for a
few years, and your lands will grow
richer and richer, and your harvest will
be larger and larger, and the farmer
more independent as be grows older. It
is a well established faot, that without
nitrogon in some form it is impossible
to grow one kernel of good wheat. It
has been said by high authority, that a
quart of urine from a horse that has
been fed on grain contains nitrogen
enough to supply a bushel of wheat.
Do we appreciate the money value of
this animal product? Fill your barns,
stables and lots with some good absorb
ant—such as straw, cornstalks, leaves
of the forest, pulverized charcoal, swamp
muck, and at the proper time compost
them, all the product of the farm, and
you have a most suitable fertilizer for
your wheat.
“To Throw Good Monet After Had
Will but increase my pain.” If you
have thrown away money for medicine
that did not and could not cure, why
should you not now begin taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the medicine that
never disappoints? Thousands of peo
ple who were in your condition and
took Hood’s Sarsaparilla say it was the
best investment, they ever made, for it
brought them health.
HOOD’S PILLS cure sick headache, in
digestion.
To eat with Appetite, Digest with
Comfort and Sleep with Tranquility,
take a dose of Dr, M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine occasionally.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 15,1899.
HOW THE PRICE OF COTTON ISTO BE
RAISED BY THOSE WHO RAISE COTTON.
The resolutions passed by the
Troup county planters, merchants
! and bankers in mass meeting at
j
LaGran’ge, in which they show
their deteimination to control the
price of cotton, read:
The farmers, merchants and
bankers of Troup county having
this day met in pursuance of a
previous call to consider some
plan of co-operation among the
farmers, whereby an adequate
price may be obtained for the pres
ent cotton crop, suggests the fol
lowing:
•‘l. The present crop shall not
be put on the market for a price
less than 8 cents per pound.
Going Back to the Fame.
“Did you ever notice how many
farmers have quit their homes in
recent years aud moved to town ?”
remarked a gentleman on the
street coeuer yesterday.
“I have not only noticed that,”
replied a companion, “but I have
also noticed that a great many are
more anxious to get back than
they were to come away from the
farms. A once well-to-do farmer
came to me yesterday and asked
of,l could tell him where to find a
job. He said he had been in town
nearly a year, and in all that time
he had not averaged a half dollar
a day. He had always been a
good farmer, but when he found
himself with a family of six chil
dren he had decided that the coun
try was no place for them, and he
determined to move to town and
give them the advantages of good
schools. But when he got here he
found nothing to do. A number
of his neighbors had also moved
into the city and abandoned their
farms to negro tenants All of
them, he said, regretted the step,
as they had been sorely disappoint
ed m the conditions in the city.
Few of them found any employ
ment at all, and those that were
more fortunate were glad to earn
50 cents or a dollar a day, while
their wives had to support the
family as best they could by run
ning boarding-houses.
“My friend volunteered the in
formation that he was going l ack
to the farm as soon as he could.
He said he had rented for the
year, and could not get away at
once, but he declared if he ever
got fixed on bis farm he’d never
leave. He thought it would be
better next time to employ a gov
erness for his children rather than
break up and come away from the
best life a man can live. I ex
pect from now on to see an exodus
from the towns and cities to the
farms, rather than from the farms
to the cities.”
Worth Forty Dollars A Gallon.
After years of futile effort the
wreck of the steamer “Arabia,” a
stern-wheel boat that was lost iu
the Missouri river iu 1846, near
Parkville, Mo., has been located.
The “Arabia” carried a cargo of
400 barrels of Kentucky whisky,
aud men have hunted for it- in
vain for over 60 years. It was
not until last fall that the discov
ery was made. Previous to that,
the search bad been conducted in
or near the river channel The
channel of the Missouri is con
stantly changing, and for this
reason uo wrecks are ever found in
the bed of the stream; they are
covered up by made land, washed
down by the spring floods, and
over them grow crops of grain and
grass.
The wreck of the “Arabia” was
located by sounding rods in a corn
field a mile away from the present
river channel, and buried under
82 feet of soil. Over 160 acres of
land had been sounded and exam
ined before the strike was made,
the search being conducted by a
syndicate who knew there was a
fortune in the cargo if it could be
recovered.
When the “Arabia” was sunk
the whisky it carried was worth
75 cents a gallon. Today there
are men in New York ready to pay
S4O a gallou for the same liquor,
the advance in value being due to
its improvement in quality brought
about by its 53 years of “aging.”
at S4O a gallon, allowing for leak
age, etc., the whisky is now worth
about $1,250 a barrel, or $600,000
for the entire cargo. ’
Mrs. Sallie Harrison, Ridgeway, Ga.,
writes : Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Med
icine cured me of Sick Headache,Swim
ming Head and Sour Stomach. I gave
it to my children and find it better for
them than anything 1 ever tried. The
Zeilin’s and Black Draught 1 used did
not have as much strength as it has.
“2. Until that price is reached
the bankers and merchants are to
advance such amount on all cot
ton received by them as will meet
ths immediate demands of the
farmer storing said cotton in the
warehouses and as security hold
the receipts of such cotton u::til
a sale is deemed advisable.
“8. The great between the raw
material and the manufactured
goods is proof conclusive that; the
present price of the staple is but
little more than half its value.
The surplus ou hand is of such
low grades as not to be of much
value save for the very coarse fa
brics and should cut no figure as
against the present high grade.
A PATHETIC PORTRAIT.
There is a peculiar portrait in
Washington which has created
much interest among those who
know of its existence. Its pecu
liarity is that every year it has
been changed to show the changes
which time would have made in
the original. The portrait is by a
Washington artist, and is that of
his wife, painted mauy years ago
when she was a young bride. A
few years after the portrait was
painted tbe young wife died, and
so great was the grief of the artist
that he determined to keep her
likeness with him all the time,and
to do so he decided that year by
year he would change the portrait
so as to make it grow old with
him.
Every year, on the anniversary
of his wedding day, the artist
locked himself in his studio and
changed the lines of the face of the
portrait, adding what he thought
would make the difference of one
year. There have been mauy an
niversaries of that marriage day,
aud consequently many changes iu
ttie portrait. Today the picture
is that of an old woman, the hair
turned gray, the face wrinkled
aud pale, but still beneath the
marks of time, as made by the
brush of the artist, can be seen
the early beauty of the bride and
the attractiveness of the young
woman.
Quite a sensation has been
caused at Rome by W. M. Bridges’
announcement that he had been
called to preach, and would do so
whether the Baptist church re
stored him to full fellowship or
not. Bridges was Floyd county’s
school commissioner, and has
twice been convicted of embezel
ment. The first time the case was
appealed, and a new trial secured.
He was agaiu convicted, and for
the second time the case went to
the Supreme court. It was argued
once, but the judges have ordered
a second arguing, which is to
occur in October. Before his
troubles Mr. Bridges was an or
dained Baptist minister, but he
was expelled both from the minis
try aud membership. Sunday
morning he attended services in
the North Rome Baptist church,
and there made a statement to the
effect that he was sorry for the
way iu which he had acted toward
his church and asked to be re-in
stated. The church went into con
ference aud Mr. Bridges’ request
was tabled. He then announced
that God had called him to preach,
and that he would do so, irrespect
ive of the church’s decision. He
then said that he would preach iu
that church Sunday evening, and
notified the janitor to have the
building opened aud lighted up for
him. After he left, the church
once more went into conference
and gave strict orders to lock the
church and not allow Mr. Bridges
to use it. It is said that a guard
was placed at tho door, but this is
not substantiated. Upon learning
this Mr. Bridges announced that
he would preach in the Congrega
tional Church Sunday evetiing.and
a tremendous crowd was out to
hear him. He states that he is go
ing to preach, regardless of the
wishes or desires of any of his for
mer congregation.
To the Good Women of Georgia.
In the free library for working
people, now being built by Hon.
S. B. Price, Mayor of Macon,
there will be a Women of Georgia
section, composed entirely of
books contributed by those ladies
of the state who favor the educa
tion of the working people on the
plans proposed by Macon’s mayor.
Every lady in the state is invited
to send a book to Mayor Price,
Macon, Ga., to be placed in that
section, which should be made the
most complete aud attractive in
the library.
We hope every lady iu our vi
cinity will promptly respond.
“4. There is no such thing as
over-production of cotton while
more than half the human family
is iu rags and tatters, as a result
of arrested distribution.
“We, therrfore, call on the far
mers of Georgia and every cotton
growing county in the south to
meet at once and organize similar
associations and force the price of
our principal product to that fig
ure which will remunerate the in
dustrial classes of the south and
to that end ask The Atlanta Cou
stution, l’he Atlanta Journal, The
Macon Telegraph, The Montgom
ery Advertiser and other papers
in sympathy td publish the fore
going. ”
From the Far North-West-
Mr. R. T. McConnell, of Trip,
received a letter from his son in
Wyoming last week, and with the
letter were a number of newspa
per clippings which may prove
interesting to some of our readers.
Bid BOUNTY WARRANT.
Robert Grant came in from
Chugwater yesterday with the
skins of forty-one wolves and
twelve coyotes. His bounty war
rant will be for .$lB5, which is the
largest amount paid at one time
since the now law has been in op
eration. In addition to the state's
bounty he will receive a snug sum
from the Swan Land & Cattle
company, on whose ranges the
animals were killed.
DAMAGE BY WOLVES.
Trappers may have forgotten
that there is an extra wolf bounty
of twenty dollars for each grown
wolf killed and five dollars for
each pup wolf killed within a
circle including all the following
ranches: (Then follows a long
list of ranch owners.) The wolves
must be shown to one of the above
signers before taken from the trap
or place where killed.
ON LARAMIE PEAK.
A merry party made a success
ful ascent of Laramie peak Satur
day, August 19th. After proceed
ing nearly one quarter of the way
on horseback, they left their horses
and proceeded ou foot. Arriving
at the peak at exactly 2:00 p. m.,
the party rested a short time, en
joying the inspiring and magnifi
cent view which may be had from
the top, which is nearly two miles
above the sea and a mile above
the plaius below. Wheatland and
the farms the flats, as well as
the ranches along the river, were
plainly visible, aud formed a pret
ty panorama stretching out from
the rocky stepes of the mountains
to the prairies of Nebraska.
One of the unique > xperiences
of the trip waa a snow storm on
the peak. About noon it became
cold and blustory, and at one
o’clock it snowed hard fir 10 or
15 miuutos, On the summit and
on the way down many curious
and interesting things were found,
among others there being beauti
ful golden green moss and some
ferns five and six feet in height.
ENCOUNTERED A GRIZZLY.
On Wednesday David Doty was
brought to the Wyoming General
Hospital at this place from Pied
mont, Wyo., badly injured in a
hand-to-hand fight with a grizzly
bear. Mr. Doty was out huntiug
fifteen miles from Piedmont Mon
day. when he suddenly came upon
three grizzly bears. One was an
old she bear, and she attacked
Mr. Doty before he had an oppor
tunity to defend himself. His
left side was horribly lacerated by
the animal’s teeth, and five of
Mr. Doty’s ribs were broken be
sides several bad cuts on his hip
and his head, made by the ani
mal’s teeth and claws.
Mr. Doty managed to got away
from the savage beast, and getting
his rifle into position fired a shot
at her, but he does not know with
what effect.
Mr. Doty then escaped and not
withstanding bi» serious injuries
managed to walk to his cabin
where he was found, and the fol
lowing day was brought here for
treatment. Mr, Doty thinks the
old bear must have hud some cubs
close in that vicinity, as the an
imals seldom attack anyone until
they are attacked or wounded
themselves.
Mr. Doty is sixty-two years of
age, but he is getting along as well
as he could expect, considering
the narrow escape he bad.—Rock
Springs Independent.
A Tragedy in Beal Life.
“It’s a queer world,” said a New
York physician, as he laid the
morning paper aside.
“What prompted the original re
mnrk?” asked a visitor.
“Well, I was just reading an ac
count of a stabbing affair, And it
suddenly occurred to me that I
had known the man who did the
killing.” The doctor Bettled back
in his chair, and the visitor waited
for the story. After a few mo
ments it came.
“When I first began to practice,
I did an immense amount of char
ity work. Every fellow does that
at the start for experience, and la
ter he keeps it up for humanity’s
sake. I had pretty good success
with children and made quite a
name down in the tenement dis
tricts—and incidentally spent a
great deal of my pocket mouey on
my patients.
“One summer a woman began
bringing a Bick bahv to me. A
small boy, about 6 years old, al
ways came with them and seemed
fairly strong aud well, but the ba
by was a pitiful little thing, with
a thin, white face and big blue
oyes with a look of pain in them.
The woman seemed an ignorant,
honest soul and generally wore a
thick, dark veil to hide a black
eye or great blue bruise. It is
easy euough to figure out a thing
like that, you know, but she never
spoke of her husband or com
plained, so I didn’t ask any ques
tions.
“She brought the baby often,
and each time it looked more
waxen and scrawny, but I couldn’t
find out that the child had any
disease, and all tho symptoms
pointed to a lack of nourishment.
'“At last one morning 1 said to
tiie mother that I believed the
babv was starving, and I didn’t
intend to allow her to leave the
office till she had told the truth
about the affair. She looked stub
born for a moment and wouldn’t
answer, but then tears began to
roll down her bruised, discolored
cheeks and she confessed that she
didn’t have enough food to give
the baby. She worked hard, but
her husband drank and took every
cent she made and beat her every
day in the bargain. She was fond
of the brute iu spite of all that
and told me a long story about
the heavenly nature the fellow
had before he begau to driuk.
“Finally I told her I would
give her a quart of milk every day.
I wouldn’t give her the mouey,
because I didn’t covet the privil
ege of buying bad whiskey for her
hußband, but that I would pay the
nearest milk depot to supply her
with a quart a day. That would
feed the baby and leave some for
little Joe, who didn’t look so well
eh he did when the two first begau
calling on me.
“After that I did not hear any
more about the caso for a week or
two. Then my friends turned up
again. The baby looked worse
than ever, and the mother’s face
was a patchwork iu blue and green
but little Joe was quite rosy. I
didn’t understand it. The baby
was in a bad condition and I did
what I could for it. After I left
my office I went down to the milk
depot. The man said my woman
had had her quart of milk every
day.
“I puzzled over the thing that
night. The next morning the trio
were at my office. The baby’s blue
eyelids were closed and I thought
at first it was not breathing, but
found a faint flutter. I couldn’t
see any reason for such a state of
things, so once more led the wom
un into my private office and shut
the door. Then I said :
“ ‘Now look here. There’s a
mystery about this, and you’ve
got to tell me what’s the matter.
That baby's starving to death,
and I want to know what you’ve
done with the milk.’
“The woman looked scared and
turned pale botween the bruises.
Then she gave a sort of wail and
jumped up, still holding the baby.
“ ‘No, the baby didn’t have the
milk!’ she said in a frantic sort of
way. 'I gave it to little Joe.
There wasn’t enough to feed
them both, and Joe began to get
sick, and I loved him better than
I did the baby. I ain’t had a
crust to eat myself, but I couldn’t
let Joe die. The baby is only a
girl, and if she does live she’ll be
unhappy like me, and I don’t like
her like Ido Joe. I thought both
of them were going to die, and I
couldn’t live without Joe, so I
gave him the milk and just let ba
by have a little. Maybe you think
I ain’t suffered watching the baby,
but I couldn’t spare Joe. Some
day he’ll be a man, and I’ll be
proud of him. A man cau do any
thing, but a girl would do just
what I’ve done. Joe shan’t diet’
“She was screaming the words
out., and seemed almost crazy. The
thing was awful. It made me feel
heartsick.
“‘Why, you idiot,’l said, ‘why
didn’t you tell me ? I’d have
looked out for Joe, too.”
“Just then the baby opened its
eyes—great, uncanny, weird eyes
in the tiny face It stared at me
in a miserable way that made my
heart come into my throat. Then
all the light died out of the eyes,
but they still stared.
“There was nc use saying any
thing more to the mother. She
sat. down and looked at the baby
in a quiet, stunned way. Then she
reached out and put an arm around
little Joe and held him tight. I
told her I would keep on payiug
for the milk as long as she wanted
it, and sho and Joe and the baby
went home.
“I never saw them again. When
I went to the house they had gone,
and no one seemed to know where
they had moved. Joe’s the fellow
who hftß just murdered a man in a
Bowery saloon. I wonder what
the girl would have been ? It’s a
queer world.”—New York Sun.
LOCAL
OZOB4.
Special to THE NEWS.
Last week’s letter.
The rainy season is about over
for the present.
Fodder pulling is about all the
go here now.
Lindsay & Tribble are preparing
to gin cotton here this season.
Road-working is very common
in this section.
G. W. Cowsert’s singing school
closed at Bay Creek last Saturday
with a nice candle-light march and
good speaking.
George W. Boss is quite unwell
at this writing.
Some few from this place went
to Lawrenceville Tuesday.
Emory Camp has returned to
the piney woods.
BRADBX.
Special to THE NEWS.
Last week’s letter.
The entertainment we spoke of
last week will be on the nights of
the fourteenth and fifteenth of
this month.
Arthur Partridge and Miss An
na Lankford visited relatives in
Bermuda last week.
Miss Avis Johnston has returned
to her homo in Suwauee, after a
pleasant visit to friends hore.
G. W. Johnson and wife, of Gar
ner, visited the latter’s parents
here Sunday.
The lake on Mr. Lankford’s
premises is a very popular place
for the fair young bathers.
R. H. Fleming and daughter,
Miss Cebel, visited relatives in
Luxomui last Sunday.
The Braden Mutual Aid Society
mot according to appointment last
Saturday night. The subject dis
cussed was, “Resolved, That the
scenes of nature are more attrac
tive than the art of man.” The
judgos declared the burden of the
argument with the negative. The
subject for next Saturday night
is, “Resolved, That there is more
pleasure in pursuit than in pos
session.”
“He that is warm thinks all so,” but
many people are always cold because
of poor blood. They need Flood’s .Sar
saparilla.
CKUSK.
Special to THE NEWS.
L*Bt weeks letter.
Pulling fodder, picking cotton
and making syrup is in full blast.
We are glad to say that very
few of our people have to attend
court.
Prof. Williams’ school at Pleas
ant Hill closed last Friday.
Clark Hopkius went to Oakland
last Sunday.
The death angel visited the home
of Jasper Bowen on the 29th ult.
and carried away his little three
year-old son.
The infant of J. M. Summerlin
died on the 29th ult.
Our sick are all improving.
The musical at R. L. Jackson’s
was quite enjoyable.
Mrs. Wright has returned to
Mobile Ala.
B. K. Robertson had the misfor
tune to lose a good horse last week.
The singing at M. D. Corley’s
Sunday night was quite enjoyable.
E. M. McDaniel, of Luxomni,
and sep, Eli, of Chattanooga,
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were here last Sunday.
Collier Knox, of Montgomery,
Ala., was here last week.
Misses Mamie and Lizzie Dun
can have closed their school in
Cherokee county and returned to
their home near here.
The singing at G. P. Wright’s
Sunday afternoon was enjoyed by
a large number.
Prof. Harmon’s school at Beaver
Ruin closed last Friday.
Leo Hopkins visited his brother
at Lithonia last Sunday.
John Massey is wearing a long
’smile this week. It’s a girl.
We are sorry to learn of so many
of our young people going west.
Homer Mason, of Atlanta, is
visiting 0. D. Hambrick, of this
place.
Billie Talton was recently mar
ried to Miss Roxie Nash.
POSSUM CORNER.
Special to THE WWW 8.
Last week’* lettor.
Picking cotton is the order of
the day now.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
John Jordan died Saturday and
was buried Sunday at Camp Creek
cemetery. The family has our
heartfelt sympathy.
Nawt Garner and wife have re
turned home, after a week’s visit
in the city.
J. S. Garner after a sovore spell
of yellow jaundice, is somewhat
improving.
Miss Veima Garner visited Miss
Maggie Garner, of Luxomui, Wed
nesday.
Miss Dollie Huckaboy, of New
born, visited Connie Garner re
cently.
Mrs. B. 11. Jones, of Norcross,
has accepted the school at Garner
Academy for another year. Mrs.
Jones is an up-to-date teacher,
and the little ones are rejoicing
over her coining back.
Misses Ellen Goza, Connie and
Velma Garner, Messrs. Melworth
Lunsford, Darling McDaniel and
Pink Britt all attended Sunday
school at Mount Vernqp Sunday.
Miss Bertie Jones, one of Nor
cross’ sweetest girls, was the guest
of the Misses Garner Wednesday.
Misses Velma and Maggie Gar
ner anticipate a trip to Atlanta,
Anuestown and other places scon.
The singing at Mr. Goza’s Sun
day night was highly enjoyed by
all present.
The entertainment at the Acad
emy Saturday night was a great
success and enjoyed very much.
Floyd Garner, of Atlanta, is vis
iting his father here this week.
Mrs. F. F. Livingston, Towns. Ga.,
writes: I have used J)r. M. A. Sim
monH lover Medicine and 1
know it cures Sick Headache, Dyspep
sia,Liver complaints and Constipation.
I think it stronger and better in every
way than Zeilin’s Regulator.
Closing Exercises at Yellow River
Prof. P. L. Lindsay’s school
closed at Yellow River with a fair
attendance. He has taught a very
successful term and will teach tho
school here another year. The
school closed with n spelling match
and a few recitations at night.
Miss Nora Simmons gave the au
dience a nice recitation, which
was enjoyed very much.
A Visitor.
Letter List.
List of unclaimed letters re
maining in the post office at Law
renceville, Ga., Sept., Ist 1899:
Females—Mrs. Mary Bell, Miss
Viola A. Butler, Miss Mary Davis,
Miss Mollie Mayfield.
Males—R. B. Bradley, H. P.
Cason, Enoch McCullor, Peter
Nichols, F, M. Powels, Johnson
Rogers, W. A. Thompson, W. D.
Upshaw.
All of which, if not called for
in 80 days, will be sent to the
Dead Letter office at Washington,
D.C. W. C. Cole, P. M.
EASE AND DISEASE.
A 3hort Lesion on the Meaning of A
Familiar Word.
Disease is the opposite of ease.
Webster defines disease as “lack
of ease, uneasiness, trouble, vexa
tion, disquiet.” It is a condition
due to some derangement of the
physical organism. A vast ma
jority of the “dis-ease” from which
people suffer is due to impure
blood. Disease of this kind is
cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
w'hich purifies, enriches and vital
izes the blood. Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla cures sorofula, salt rheum,
pimples and all eruptions. It
tones the stomach and creates a
good appetite, and it gives vigor
and vitality to the whole body.
It reverses the condition of things,
giving health, comfort and “ease”
in place of “disease.”