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VOL. XXVI. NO 6
ALWAYS SOMEBODY TO
KICK.
A brother editor thus be*
moans some of the vissitudes of
his calling:
“There are always those who
will kick. For instance, if you
publish jokes with whiskers ofi
them, some will say that you
should be iu a lunatic joint; if
you don’t print something to
smile at, they say you are a
pessimistic fossil. If you
spread yourself and write a
good original article, they say
it is stolen; if you reprint an
article, they say you can’t write
If you say a deserving word for
a man, you are partial; if you
compliment the ladies, the men
are jealous; if you don’t, the
verdict of the ladies is to the
effect that your paper is not tit
to use in the construction of a
bustle, If you stay iu your of
fice, you are afraid to remain
•on the streets; if you do not
you are lazy. If you look seedy
you are squandering your
money; If you wear good clothes
you are a dude and don’t pay
for them.—Ex.
A GOOD CROSS-EXAMINER.
A short time ago a large fac
tory, fitted with the most mod
ern appliances, including eleo
ttric light, caught tire, and de
spite the most strenous efforts
of the tire brigade, was almost
demolished.
The following morning a new
ly-appointod member of the
force was dispatched to the
spot, with a view of ascertaing
how the tire originated. After
closely interrogating the man
ager of the factory, he asked to
see the man who was responsi
ble f -r the electric light.
The manager stated that the
electric switches were under his
sole control.
“Then you are the man that
lights up the electric affair?”
said the policemau.
Manager—“ That is so.”
Policeman (bubbling over
•with excitement) —“Now, he
• careful how you answer my
next question, ’cos if it ain’t
:satisfactory, it will be taken as
•evidence against ye. When you
llightod the electric light last
night, where did you throw the
in.itch?” —Pearson’s Weekly.
WOVE IN HABERSHAM.
Athena, Ga., April, 2.—Mr.
11, Hudson, of the Hudson Cot
ton Company, has in his pos
se, ion a little piece of cloth
with a peculiar history. It
is woven out of Nankeen cotton
and very few people outside the
older farmers would recognize
it as such.
The halo of cotton from
w licit the cloth was woven was
picked in 1800 oft' the the Froy
Level plantation, in Louisiana,
before the war between the
states. The owner kept it dur
ing the war, and in 1800 seut it
to New Orleans.
It was stored there and there
remained until a month ago,
when it shipped to the Forter
Manufacturing C impauy, of
Clarkesville, Ua., of which Col.
James W. Robertson is presi
. dent There it was woven into
»cloth, aud a piece of the cloth
was sent by Col. Robertson to
the Hudson Cotton Company of
tthis city, with the remark that
it wove better than new cotton.
The price of cotton during
the war went to u dollar a
pound and the average weight
pur bale to four hundred and
four hundred and fifty pounds. |
If the owner had sold then he|
would have realized $450 for his
cotton, which sum invested at
straight interest at 8 per cent
would have amounted to $1,740
at the present time. On the
other hand storage and insur
ance has c >st $0 a year tor thir
ty years, or a total of SIBO.
Th- holding of that bale of
Nankeen cotton was a costly
atfuir.— Exchange.
It id said that the prod actum
of tin extraordinary Roentgen
ray*, which photigraph right
through an opaque medium, i*
a very simple matter, which
anyone with a good common
static machine can manage.
There seem* to he two posa
ble ways of totally eradicating
disease. One is to destroy all
the bacilli; the other is to so
«t lengthen the system as to en
able it successfully to resist
their attacks. Neither of these
plans can probably be carried
out fully; our safety lies in a
judicious combination.
The Gwinnett Hera ml
STORY OF THE GOLD LOUIS
Trans, from the French of Fran
cis Coppee.
When Lucien de Hem saw his
last hank note raked in by the
croupier and rose from t he rou
let table where he Imd just lost
the remains of his little fortune
lie felt us if the earth was spin
ning and ns if he could not hold
himself up.
Completely upset, he threw
himself down upon the leather
covered setee which extended
around the room. For a few
moments he looked vaguely
around the gambling-room in
which he had wasted the l>est
years of his life, realized that
he was hopelessly ruined, re
membered that a commode held
a pistol with which his father
Gen. de Hem, then only a cap
lain, had used so well at the
attack on Zaatcha; then over
come by fatigue lie fell into a
deep sleep.
When he awoke he judged,
after glancing at the clock ; that
lie had slept scarcely half an
hour, and he felt an imperious
desire to breathe fresh night
air. The hand of the clock
showed that it was a quarter to
t welve.
Rising and stretching out his
arms, Lucien suddenly remem
bered that it was Christmas
eve,and as if in irony his mem
ory carried him buck to the
days of his childhood and he
saw himself putting his shoes
by the fire-place before going
to lied.
Just at this moment, old
Dronski, a devotee of the gam
bling tuble, came up to Lucien
mumbling something behind
his dirty gray beard.
“Lend me five francs, sir. I
have not stirred from here for
two days, and in that two days
the ‘l7’ has not come up. Laugh
or not, as you please; but I
would give mv hand if tonight
at midnight that number does
not win.”
Lucien de Hem shrugged his
shoulders; he did not have
enough in his pockets to make
the contribution which the in
mates of the place styled “the
Polander’s hundred sous. ” He
went into the cloak roam, put
on his wraps and descended the
stair-case with feverish agility.
During the four hours that Lu
cien hud been in the place it
had snowed steadily and the
streets were white. The ruined
gambler shivered under his furs
and walked quickly along; his
steps were soon arrested by a
pitable spectacle.
On a stone bench, covered
with snow, which, according to
the ancient custom, stood be
fore the iqsMiing of the hotel, a
little girl six or seven years old,
scarcely covered by a ragged
black dress, was sitting. She
had fallen asleep in spite of the
bitter cold in an attitude of fa
tigue ami abandonment, and
her poor little head and delicate
shoulders were bent in an angle
in the wall and rested against
the icy stone. One of (ho sa
bots the child wore had slipped
slipped off from her foot ami
was lying hi front of her.
Willi a mechanical gesture
Lucien de Hem put his hand
into bis pocket; then he re
membered that a moment be
fore lie had not been able to
tied a single piece to give the
errand boy at the club.
Urged by an instinctive feel
ing of pity, however, lie went
up to the child, and was about
jto take her in. his arms, per
| haps, and carry her to a place
iof shelter for the night, when,
in the sabot lying in the snow,
lie saw something glittering. It
was a gold louis!
A benevolent person, a wo
man, doubtless, passing by had
seen the shoe lying before the
sleeping child on this Christmas
eve, and recalling the touching
legend, had given munificently
so that the abandoned child
might still believe in the gifts
made hy tin* infant Jesus, and
in spite of her misfortune, have
some confidence and hope in the
go.slness of providence.
A Inni.-d that meant several
days of rest and ease for the
beggar. Lucieii was about to
waken her and tell her about it
when he heard close to his ear
as in a dream, a voice—the
voice of the Polander —murmur-
ing these words:
•‘1 have not stirred from here
I fur two days, aud for two days
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21 st I 896.
lithe ‘seventeen’ lias not come
1 up. I would give my hand if
tonight at midnight that num
ber does not win.”
1 Then this young man of 28,
' who had never done a dishonor
able act, conceived a horrible
thought. By a quiet glance he
assured himself that lie was
alone in the quiet street, then
bending his knees and reaching
cautiously forward lie stole the
gold louis from out of the fallen
sabot. Running back as fast
as he Could to the gambling
house he re-entered, bounded
up the stair-case, thrust open
the door of the accursed place,
entered just as the clock was
sounding the first stroke of mid
night, put the gold louis on the
green cloth and exclaimed, “All
on the seventeen!”
“Seventeen” won. With a
single stroke Lucon pushed the
86 louis on the red. The red
won. He left the 72 louis on
the same color. The red won
again.
He made the double stakes
twice, three times, always with
the same success. Ho had now
before him a pile of gold and
bills. He had won back the
paltry amount, his laHt resource
that he had lost iu the begin
ning of the game. Now risking
two or three hundred louis at
once, favored by fantastic fate,
he was about to win hack the
patrimony he had squandered
in such a few years. He played
desperately, like a drunken
man, like a mad man, and he
won. He cast his louis on the
table recklessly with a certain
ty and disdain.
But in his heart was a burn
ing pain; he was haunted by
thoughts of the beggar child
sleeping in the snow, of the
child he had robbed.
“She was still in the same
place. Of course she Was. In
a few moments, yes, as soon as
1 o’cb.ck strikes, I swear it. I
will go out from here, I will
take her sleeping in my arms, I
will carry her home. I will
put her in my own warm bed,
1 will adopt her and love her
as my own daughter, and I will
take care of her always, alway.”
But the clock struck 1, quar
ter-past, three-quarters past —
and Lucien was still sitting at
the infernal table. Finally a
minute before 2 the proprietor
arose brusquely and said in a
loud voice: “The bank is
closed, gentlemen. Enough
for to-day.”
Lucien bounded to his feet.
Roughly repulsing the gamblers
w ho crowded about him and re
garded him with envious admi
ration, he hurried away and
ran toward the stone bench.
From a distance he saw the
child under the gas light.
“Thank God!” lie cried.
“She is still there.”
He went up to her and to >k
her hand.
“Oh! how cold she is! Poor
little thing!”
He took her in his arms and
raised her up. Tile child's
head fell backward aud she did
not awaken.
‘.flow soundly one sloeps at
her age.”
He pressed lie against his
chest to warm her, and seized
with a vague anxiety he was
about to kiss her on her eyes to
awaken her. Then he saw
with terror that they wero half
opm and that they were set and
glassy. A horrible suspicion
crossed his brain; lie put his
mouth close to the child’s; no
breath came out.
While Lucien was winning n
fortune with the gold louis
stolen from the child, she had
died, died from cold.
Choking with anguish, Lucien
tried to cry out and in his ef
fort he aroused from his night
mare and found himself lying
on the settee in the club room,
where lie had dropped asleep,
shortly before midnight, and
where the porter the last to
leave in the morning, had left
him undisturbed, out of sympa
| thy for his mifortune.
The Di>cember morn shone
j through the frosty panes. Lu
cien want out, pawned his
watch, took a bath, ate his
hnakfast, then went to the re
cruiting office where he enlisted
us a private to the First Regi
ment of African chasseurs.
To day Lucien de Hem is a
! lieutenant; ho has only his sal
' ary to live upon, but it is suf
| tieient, a* he is prudeut aud
: never touches a card. It seems
that he even saves something.
■ A few days ago a comrade who
followed him a distance in tin
steep streets of La Kasha li saw
him give alms to a little Span
-1 ish girl sleeping in a doorway
and had the indiscretion to see
just how much he had given to
poverty. He was much sur
prised at the poor lieutenant’s
generosity.
Lucien de Hem had placed a
gold louis in the girl’s hand.
WHY HE OPPOSED IT.
Mr. Turner of Georgia in di -
fining his attitude in opposition
to recognizing the belligerent
rights of the Cubans, said:
“I do not deny, Mr. Speaker,
that these people may he en
gaged in a just cause. Ido not
wish to prejudice their charac
ter; far fronfit; but what I in
sist upon is that we ought to
know something about them be
fore we commit our people te
an attitude which may involvi
us in the most serious conse
quences. War is a serious bus
iness. The most of ns have had
some experience of its hard
ships; and I know that if the
people of this great commercial
and agricultural country should
become engaged in a foreign
war its consequences may bring
unutterable woe to millions of
our countrymen* At this tini"
we are entering manfully upon
a struggle for our old dominanci
on the ocean; war would drivi
our commerce from the sea ex
cept from neutral bottoms. T 1 e
flag of England, our great rival,
would (lent above our trade
while our own, except on out
ships of war, would disnppeai
from the sens.
“The price of cotton, a Lead
low, would go still lower. Tin
section of the country a' iady
desolated by war would be still
furt her impoverished.
“I should have no fear of
Spain or any other country in
the world in a physical conflict
w ith our country so far as mili
tary success is concerned; but
the waste and woes of even a
successful war are irreparable
‘There is nothing so melancholy
as a victory won, except a vic
tory lost,’ said Wellii gton.
Just at this time, when we have
not yet recovered from the hor
rors of civil war and their fear
ful consequences. I am not
willing to take the risk of an
other war.”
THE ARMIES THAT ARE
ENGAGED IX CUBA.
Counting all on both *hl*s,
there are at least two hundred
thousand men under arms in
Cuba, a good many more than
engage in any form of produc
tive industry. The Spanish
Army is over one hundred thou
sand strong, perhaps one bun.
dred and twenty-five thousand
and the volunteers are lift,'
thousand, of whom thirteen
regiments of a thousand em h
are in Havana.
The rebels claim to have six
ty thousand men, one-third
well armed, one-third tolerub y
equipped with a confusion ot
weapons, and the others very
poorly provided, The insur
gent forces have been very
largely increased on the long
marches, the men in the field
turning out as if called by tin
irresistable “sympathicstrike.”
The insurgents have not sue
ceeded in getting enough am
munition to tight a great or
even considerable battle, and
ure disposed to blame the Uni
ted States Government fol
their poverty in that respect.
They hold, with a confidence
and unanimity not at all war
ranted, by any evidence, that
if their rights as belligeruut*
were recognized, they could
help themselves from the gun
manufactories and arsenals,
land their rifles and artillery iu
quiet nooks of easy access, and
win decisive victories. I doubt
very much whether belligerency
could .do so much for them.
The Spaniards, if public war
were officially declared, would
begin search, would begin
searching vessels for contraband
articles within three leagues of
the United States, instead of an
equal distance from the Cuban
coast, and have greater chances
than now to capture Culmn war
material afloat. Certainly,
however, the real hope of the
average Cubau insurgent is that
| the United States sud Spain
will drift into conflict with
each other over Cuban ques
tious amt the conduct of Span
ish mobs has a tendency to aid)
the Cubans' in that respect.
No news can reach Cuba of
equal interest and encouraging
influence with insurgents to
that of the Spanish assaults up
on American consulates. That
is the sort of intelligence that
revives the despondent rebel.—
Murat Halstead, in Review of
Reviews.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
The forthcoming national con
volition of the Democratic part v
should be one of harmony and
jubilation, says the Savannah
News. For it will mark the
centennial of the party. One
hundred years ago, that is to
s.iv, in 1790, the first political
contest fought on the lines of
policy laid down by Thomas
Jefferson, and held by the Dem
ocratic party to this day, was
made under .Jefferson’s leader
ship, anil the party missed win
ning the presidency by the nar
row majority of only two elec
toral votes.
Up to and at that time Amer
ican politics and society were
strongly aristocratic. In every
state there were property qual
ifications of Jthe right to vote,
icnce only those owning prop
■rty were entitled to a voice in
iiie government. Ever since
1774 Thomas Jefferson had ih
•lared that the government
diould lie founded upon the
broad basis of *‘a government
by tile people, of tile people,
a til for the people.” In 179 ti
’i * resolved that the time had
• une to assert the rights of the
i idividuul, to c imbat special
privileges to moneyed interests,
in 1 the centralization of power
it tin- national capito] The
tarty at that time was called
lepuhlican—a name that has
ad several Significations at
iilferent times.
On the other hand was the
Federalist party, under the
eailcrslnp of Alexander Hnm
lton and John Adams. That
•arty had little confidence in
the masses. It believed in a
■ trong centrul government,
vhicli should be dominated by
the “aristocrats” and the mon
■yed interests. It was the party
if protective tariffs, for the
purpose of holding the nmnu
acturers within its rank i These
facts are referred to for the pur
>oso of showing the difference
••■tween the firsv republican
party, which became the demo
•ratic party before the war of
1812, and the republican party
if the present day, which grew
•lit of the “free soil” move
ment, and hud no party exis
tence until just prior to the war
•f secession.
The democratic party (then
•ailed republican) won its first
national victory in the election
•f 1800, when, under the leader
ship of Jefferson, Madison,Burr
.mil Gallatin, the federalists
received their first defeat. Jef
ferson was elevated to the pres
idency, and for sixty years,
with only one or two short
breaks, the party continued in
power. The principles upon
which Jefferson built its foun
dation are indistriiotible. The
party has been successful in
national politics only twice in
the last thirty odd years, and
has during that time been threat
ned with dissolution. But it
has survived, and is still the
great party of the common peo
ple, as it will ever be. I’ts
principles ure adhered to by the
masses, and they will take care
that they are not perverted by
party leaders. Some, of the
leaders may succeed temporari
ly in turning the party away
from its high purposes tor their
selfish ends. But their schemes
cannot triumph in the long
run. This is a democratic oouu
trv, and the democrats will not
permit any such thing.
Edison says that the Roent
gen ray passed Inroiigh a matt’s
nraiu could not do him the
slightest injury, as it has no
•anq>eruge,’ and that is what
does the damage in an electric
current.
More than twenty-five miles
of Chicago street railway lines
will Siam be operated by storage
batteries. The compauy fur
nishing the cars already has
lines in operation in three Ku
ro|tcan citieo-Birmingham, Han
over aud Paris.
j PHONOGRAPHIC WATCH.
A watch that talks, that calls
I the hours in a small voice, in*
j stead of noting their passage
by a chime, is the invention of
Uasknir Leivan of Switzerland.
I liis wonderful piece of much
anism was based bv Leivan up
on his knowledge of the work
ings of the phonograph.
I lie ease, instead of contain
ing a striking apparatus as some
of tin* more costly watches do,
is provided with a minute pho
nographic cylinder, which is
lit ted with a sensitive plate
which has received the impress
ion of a human voice. It is
delicately connected with the
perfect movement of the watch.
It speaks in French only, telling
tin* hour and quarter, and can
be distinctly heard while lying
on a table.—Exchange.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Statistics show that sixty-five
out of every 100,000 in the Prus
sian army commit suicide everv
year.
The average life of it locomo
tive is said to be about fifteen
years and the earning capacity
SBOO,OOO.
Dr. Aronson, of Berlin, has
succeeded ■in infecting a goat
with tuberculosis and in making
other goats proof against the
disease.
They say that a German in
ventor has actually succeeded
in building a flying machine
that w ill fly, but the particulars
have not yet been published.
At Many Sinks, in Fulkerson
district. East Tennessee, there
are springs of petroleum so pure
that many people take it to till
their lamps, and it makes a
good light.
St. Louis lias given the elec
tric companies four years toput
their wires underground and
notified them that all poles will
be cleaned out bv the city in
January, 1000.
Professor Roentgen’s wonder
ful discovery is now called “X-
Rays” and it is suggested that
they may be waves of sound of
very high tenson, much too
-shrill to be heard.
An English sea captain uamed
Jackson is trying to raise funds
for an exploration of the north
est passage to China and Amer
ica, to see whether it can be
made aracticable for merchant
vessels. If (he money for a
ship cannot be obtained, he will
start out this summer in his
thirty-seven foot sailing boat,
the Venture.
John Burroughs, the essayist
and naturalist, says that the
golden orioles bother him a
great deal. These birds are
regular topers in their love of
grape juice. They stick their
beaks into the grujteß, suck up
the juice, and three or four
birds are able to ruin several
tons of grapes in a short time.
As seventeen of Mr. Burroughs
twenty acr-s are devoted to
grape culture this is a serious
matter.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
A man is know n l>y what he
laughs at.
Few people are as funny as
they try to Ih>.
It is easy to pick out work
for the fool killer.
No woman wants the latest
wrinkle in her face.
People usually pick out their
own temptations.
The increase of knowledge in
creases the need of it.
, A lighting chance often
menus a chance to be whipped.
A woman’s idea of a good
time always makes a man
smile.
The road to happiness is the
pleasantest part of the jour
ney.
Cupid shoots his strongest ar
rows nowadays at the pocket
hook.
No man ever marries but
some woman is convinced lie
was “capturd.”
Too many men attain thcii
chief distinction hh a good man
gone wrong.
A woman’s interest in any
body usually begins and ends
in curiosity.
The woman who returns a
kiss f.*r a blow is generally mat
ried to a man who returns a
blow for a kiss.
Better conduct is as sure to
follow a deep genuine work oi
grace as the germ of a seed is
sure to make its way to the sur
face.
Lnl or should be treated kind
ly. It is the producer ol
wealth. It is the locomotive
that when the fuel is exhausted
makes the train stuud still.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Absolutely pure
POOR RICHARD’S ALMANAC
I;i December of the year 1782
Franklin commenced the publi
cation of what he styled “Poor
Richard's Almanack”—price 6
pence. It attuned an astonish
ing poj ulaiity, and at once.
Three editions were sold within,
the month of its appearance.
The average sale for twenty-five
years wa s 10,000 a year. He was
sometimes obliged to put it to
press in October to get a supply
of copies to the remote colonies
by the beginning of the year it
lias been translated into nearly
every written language, and sev
eral translations of it have been
made into the French and Ger
man. It contains some of tin*
I>est fan, as well as the wisest
counsel that ever emanated from
his pen. Here are some of the
aphorisms with which the alma
nac abounds:
Fish and visitors smell in
three days.
Diligence is the mother of
good luck.
Wealth is not his that has it.
but his that enjoys it.
Let thv maidservant be faith
ful. strong and homely,
He that can have patience can
have what lie will.
Don’t, throw stones at your
neighbors’ if your own windows
are glass.
Good wives and good planta
tions are made by good hus
bands.
God heals; the doctor takes
the fee.
The noblest question in the
world is, What good may I do
in it?
There are three faithful
friends—an old wife, an old dog,
and ready money.
Who has deceived thee So oft
as thyself ?
Fly pleasures, aud they will
follow you.
Hast thou virtue, acquire also
the graces and beauties of virt
ue.
He that would have a short
Lent, let him borrow money to
be repaid at Easter,
• Keep your eyes wide open lie
fore marriage; half shut after
ward.
As wo must account for every
idle world, so we must for every
idle silence.
Search others for their virtue;
thyself for thy vices,
Grace thou thy house, and
let not that grace thee.
Let thy child’s first lesson be
obedience, and the second w iil
bo w hat thou wilt.
Let thy discontents lie thy
secrets.
Industry need not wish.
Happy that nation, fortunate
that age, whose history is not
diverting.
To bear other people’s ufllic
tions every one has courage
enough and to spare.
Tricks and treachery are the
practice of fool* that have not
wit enough to be honest.
Sloth, like rust, consumes
faster than labor wears, while
the used key is always bright.
Tin* sleeping fox catches no
poultry.
There is no little enemy.
A new truth is a truth; an
old error is an error.
Three may keep a secret—if
two of them are dead.
Deny self for self’s sake.
Keep thy shop und thy shop
will keep thee.
Opportunity is the great
bawd.
Here comes the orator with
his llood of words and his drop
of reason.
Sal laughs at everything you
say. Why? Because she liar
fine.
An old young man will l>c a
young old man.
He is no clown that drive*
the plow, but he that doe*
clownish things.
Forewarned, forearmed,
if you would know the valun
of money, go and try to borrow
some.
the SHAH’S JEWELS.
I <>t all the sovereigns of tin*
world the Shah of Persia is
Slid to possess the largest
Ueasur > in jewels and gold or
| naments, it being valued at SOO
,000,000. ’
j The chief object of value is
.the old crown of Persian rulers,
: m the form of a pot of flowers,
I which is surmounted bv an- un
cut ruby the size of'a hell's
!
I 1 lie diamonds in another
. symbol of his rank are raid to
j weigh almost twenty pounds.
J here is also a jeweled satire,
valued at $1,600,000.
Another thing that the Shall
: prizes is a silver vase orna
mented with one hundred em
eralds, whose equals, it is said,
an* not to he found in the
world.
11l the collection there is a
cube of amber which tradition
says, fell from heaven in the
days of Mahonimet, and in
sures the possesser against bod
ily harm.
A bad man often courts the
hst society. Fine clothes and
a few sparkling diamonds hide
a multitude of sins.
Many fold their arms in ig-*
nor? one because there is so
much in the world to learn.
1 hey should not be discouraged
as no one is expected to know
everything.
Correspondence.
GEMS; WHAT ARE THEY?
The miner collects them
among minerals.
The mariner gets them from
the bottom of the ocean.
The editor compiles them
from biography.
The artist produces them from
the camera.
The astronomer espies them
in the starry heaven.
Whatsoever is surpassing or
rare claims the appellation.
And each prospector produces
his specimens.
Old nature in her rusty rine
Bedecks her dust with something
fine.
From pole to pole, from earth
to sky
Dazzling gems transfix the eye;
And e’en beyond where planets
roll
Our mental vision fair would
stroll,
And with u speed Time could
not stem
Seek to obtain the rarest gem.
Kodao.
CALEB.
Last wesk’s letter.
Mrs. Angie Owens of near
Tucker is visiting in this com
munity.
Mr. Jack Harris is all smiles;
its another girl at his house.
The farmer* are about done
planting corn.
The debating society which
was organized lust Saturday
night bids fair to be a success.
The wheat crop iu this sec
tion is promising.
Mrs. J. L, Moore of Logan
villu and Miss Dora Baugh of
Athuita were the guests of Mr.
D. P. Moore’s family Wedues
duy night.
Mr. J. S. Davis of Gaines
ville was in our midst last Tues
day.
Several in cur community at
tendei the General Meeting at
Haynes Creek last Sunday anil
report a lively time.
TRIP.
Last week’s letter.
Prot. Robertson’s st hool is
out and he is now spending a
'ew days at Athens.
Mi ss Fannie McConnell who
is attending the Stute Normal
School speut Sunday at home.
The Singing at Mr. Moses
McConnell’s hst Sunday was
enjoyed by all.
A good number of our people
attended the Gem ral Meeting
it Haynes Creek last Sunday^
Prof. J. W. Ford’one of our
■lost promising young men, is
it Athens attending tho Slate
S’ormal School.
Come out to the entertain
ment given by ihe Grady llill
Society April 18tb., t«9ts. The
subject, “Resolved, Tit the
Southern States were justifiable
in seceding” will be discussed.