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VOL. XXVI. NO 18
OPPOUTI'NITIES.
A crippled beggar one
day trying to pick Up some old
clothes that had been thrown
to him from a window, when a
crowd of boys gathered around
him.
They made sport of him,
mocking his awkward move
ments and hooting at his rag
ged clothes. In a few minutes
up came a noble looking young
fellow, and elbowing his way
through the crowd of boys, lie
helped the poor cripple to pick
up his gilts, and made them in
to a bundle. Then, after slip
ping a little money into the
cripple’s hand he was starting
to run away, when he heard a
voice above him say: “Little
boy with the straw hat, look;”
and looking lie saw a lady look
ing out of a window, and she
said: “God bless you my dear
little fellow! God bless you
for that I”
As he walked along home he
could not help thinking of the
poor crippled beggar’s grateful
look; of the lady's pleasant
words; and he could almost
hear God whispering: “Bles
sed are the merciful.” —Ex-
change.
EGG INDUSTRY.
Eggs are now imported into
Great Britain from Russia,
shelled, beaten up and pre
served in hermetically sealed
tins, from which they are drawn
olf through a top. Eggs in
this condition are principally
used by pastry cooks, and the
advantages claimed for the sys
tem are freedom from damage
in transport and longkeeping
qualities. The tin or drum is
packed with straw in a wooden
case and holds the contents of
1,000 to 1,500 eggs, the white
and yolk being mixed together,
poured into the drum and the
aperture closed'with a bung and
sealed —Ex.
AT A FRENCH WEDDING. 1
i
A wedding feast is an import- I
ant ceremony in France among >
all classes of society. I
Even among the very poorest -
of the Parisians a wedding ban- |
quet is the occasion for a reck- I
less expenditure of money in i
the purchase of wine and vi- I
ands. <
In Brittany, a wedding is‘ I
even a more gorgeous atfair than |
in Paris, At a recent wedding
ceremony in Brittany tin-guests c
numbered 1,201), and three bul
b>cks were slaughtered to pro- <
vide them with meat. Wine
was consumed in large quanli
ties, and in addition 40 barrels
of cider was consumed.
MIGHT NEED IT.
It was “Mrs. Toddles," 1 be
lieve, in the play which the late
William E. Burton made so
popular, who bought a second
hand doorplate hearing the
name of “Thompson," because
“Toddles might die, and she
might marry a man named
Thompson, and then it would
be so handy to have in the
house.”
Tnere never was a fiction that
has not been equaled or surpas
sed by a fact. 1 heard the
other day of u well known . St.
Louis lady—a w idow of some
years standing —whu actually
bought a wedding dress in Burin
because it “was so very, very
cheap, and she might need it
for herseif one these days.”
How poor Burton would have
laughed over this true story.
TWO LIVES SAVED.
Mrs. P hie be Thomas, of June
turn City, Jll was told by her
doctors she had Consumption
and that these was no hope for
her, but two bottles Dr. King's
New Discovery completely cured
her and she says it saved her
life Mr Thus. Eggers, l»l>
Florida Si., San Francisco, suf
fered from a dreadful oo d, up
proaohiug Consumption, tried
without result everything t-lse
then bought one bottle of Dr.
King’s New Discovery and in
two week wa« cured He is nut
u ally thankful. It is such re
sult!, of which these are sam
ples, that prove tlm wonderful
efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds Free trial
bottles ut A. M . Winn’s Drug
[store. Regular sine 50c. and
SI.OO.
A London special says Mr.
Gladstone has written a reply
to a cariespondent, in which ho
says : “in my opinion tho Turk
uh government is the greatest
seoui gs of mankind, anil is the
greatest seundul and disgrace to
religion, including the religion
ot Mohammed, on the lace of
the earth.
The Gwinnett” HeraTx>.
YOU OR I.
If we could know
I Which of us would he Href to go
i Who would he first to breast the
swelling; tide,
And step alone on the other side—
If we could kuow.
I f it were you,
Should I walk softly,keeping dealh
in ijiew ? *
Should I my love to you more oft
express '(
Or should I grieve you, darling, an y
less,
If it were you ?
If it. were I,
Should I improve the moments slip
ping by,
Should I more closely follow God's
great plan,
Be tilled with sweeter i haiity to
man,
If it were I?
If wc could know '
We cannot, darling, and 'tis heller
so.
1 should forget just as I do to-da).
And walk along the same old stum
bling way,
It I could know,
I would not know
Which of us, darling, will he tirst
to go.
T only wish the space may not he
• long
Between the parting and the greet
ing song.
But when or where or how we’re
called to go,
l would not know.
BUD TELLS oTtHE CORN
DANCE.
Atlanta Constitution.
Bud’s partner in the the pine
apple plantation has sent him
a bear 's claw and Bud says he
will have it mounted and wear
it on his watch chain. lit* hail
an experience once with that
same bear—but that is another
story and justice cannot be done
to it without illustrations.
Bud’s pineapple farm is down
in the ludian river section and
bears and Indiana still roam
there. Down below' are the
Seminoles and this is the week
of their green corn dance—the
week of the June full moon.
Bud is one of the few palefaces
who has been invited to witness
this, dance. It is preceded by
a game of ball which they call
“pir-ah-pee.” The bail is made
of buckskin stutfed with deer
hair. Each player carries two
tec on-liee (rackets) about
three feet, with a small netted
head. The ball must not be
struck nor picked up with the
hands, but with the rackets.
All try to run with it. If
pressed, they throw it to a
friend or over the pole put up
in the center of the playground
for that purpose. Any number
can play. The play is begun
by throwing the ball over the
pole. Such running and leap
ing over each other’s heads, and
darting between their adversa
ries legs, I brew ing and foiling
each other in every possible
manner, their voices raised to
(he highest, key in yelps and
barks, one seldom sees except
at a game of baseball between
Atluntu and Montgomery.
Bud says the Seminoles would
give Jim Knowle’s team u good
ruce for the penant.
The dance begins just as
night comes on, say about 8
o'clock. Then the fire is start
ed in tho ring and the braves
gather in a lodge to ttie west of
the circle. In a few minutes
the tire is burning bright und a
buck steps out to the ring on
I lie west side’, w ith his back to
the ring, and facing the west,
lie makes an address to bis peo
pie with the natural eloquence
und vigor of Charley Branuu.
After this the Indians join in a
song of thanksgiving.
Just here it limy be well to
say that the green corn dance
is given in thunksgiviug to the
Great Spirit for his goodness to
them. It an annual occur
ence that takes place during the
ripening of the corn, accompa
nied with great feasting.
In his right hand the buck
aforementioned holds u rattle,
lilting it high above his head
and keeping time to his sing
ing. Continuing this about 10
minutes, the oilier Indians that
are to take part in the dance
step to the leader’s light, form
ing a struight line, with their
backs to the ring, facing west.
When all have taken their
places they give u yell und turn
and face tlie ring at the same
time. The leader then steps
into the circle and commences
chanting und dancing around
tlie ring, with all following in
single tile. Keeping this up
for about ten minutes, then
stoppiug to take u breath for a
few minutes, the dunce is con
tiuuial ull night, until sunrise
next'morning, when they w iud
up with w hat they call a “shoot
dunce.”
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 14th 1896!
Instead of yelling as they
make the circle, they fire their
guns. The singing, as they
dance, is about their fruits,
game, crops, etc.
The Seminole, as lie exists in
Florida today, is by far the
best specimen of his race ex
tant—the best physically, in
tellectually, morally and social
ly. He is healthy, clean, in
dustrious, moral, just. He is
kind to his women and children,
honest as a general thing,proud,
and u strickler for tribal cus
toms. These latter are, of
course, interesting and numer
ous, and the tribal laws are
very strict. Their manner of
living is the simplest.
Fifty or more families live in
a camp or village, which is mov
able. They never return to an
abandoned camp. They live on
game and fruits and vegetables
ot their own production, such
as pumpkins, peas, corn and
potatoes. A favorite dish is
one of clacked corn boiled like
grits, which they call “sof-kee.”
The manner of serving it i
unique. One spoon is put into
the sof-kee pot, around which
are gathered the men. These
take a mouthful at a time, in
turn, all from the same spoon,
the feast beginning with the
most important man present,
and so continuing, round after
round, until they are satisfied.
Then the women and children
come and finish what is left.
Bud says fliat ‘sof-kee’ would
make a good restaurant dish,
but lie suspects there would be
some prejudice against more
than two or three using the
same spoon and the same dish.
He says that the old story about
the Seminoles still holding ue
gro slaves is a mistake. No
negroes are among them, mu*
ever seen by visitors. An In
dian of the preceding generation
married a negress, the only case
on record, and their children
and all descendants are tabooed
by the tribe and othe( family
connections, and are even pro
hibited eating with the full
bloods,
When the Indians move the
squaws carry everything hut the
rifle—papoose, camping outfit,
and all.
The marriage ceremony is
not elaborate. When an In
dian wants to marry a woman,
lie goes to her house and lays
down his gun and presents. If
she wants him, she tak'-s them
in, and that means marriage.
She is his wife. A Brave is al
lowed as many wives as he can
take care of comfortable, which
seldom is more than one, es
pecially as the men outnumber
the women in the tribe, and
many infants die. They are
said to be the truest people
alive, and unchastity is pun
ishable with death. The squaws
are not allowed to speak with a
white man without permission,
and the penalty for lying is
cutting otV the nose.
If orphans are to lie taken
care of, it is a common duty
that devolves upon nil of tin
braves, and if a brave does not
support bis site and children
they are taken from him by the
chief.
They bury their dead near
the settlements, and speak of
them as “gone to long sleep —
Great Spirit got ’em.” And
once a week memorial services
are held. All of the belot guigs
of the dead are buried with
him.
The medicine men possess an
antidote for snnko bite, but it
is not the kind that is sold ou
Decatur street for 111 cents a
dose.
There are only about 1,6D0
Seminoles now. They claim
the Everglades as their reserva
tion and are jealous of the ef
forts of the whites to reclaim
I he swumps.
A BATKIOT OF THIS FIELDS.
‘■Fellow-citizens,” Cl'ied the
candidate lor the legislature,
•‘when the war cloud gloomed
over this fair laud and my op
ponent was sulking in his tent,
where wus I then?”
‘‘Tell it, tell it!” cried a man
in the crowd.
“Fellow citizens,” continued
the orator, “I will tell it! 1
wus in my shirt sleeves, with
buivd brmv, pulling fodder for
the mules of the Goufedeiucy;
for, with the instinct of a pa
triot, 1 knew that thos mules
would l>e hungry when Lee sur
rendered!”
Kipsus Tabules curs dyspepsia.
SENTENCE OF DEATH.
A DRAMATIC SCENE IN’ A WESTERN
COURT ROOM.
“One of the most tragic
scenes I ever witnessed,” re
marked a Western judge at an
*"l* town hotel ton Washington
Star reporter, “occurred in a
court room in a small town in
one of the new Western states.
That is to say, it was then, but
that has been forty years ago,
and I was out there growing up
with the country and showing
people how much law a young
ster of 21 or 22 has at his fin
gers’ ends. The judge was a
man of fiO or more, ami in ad
dition to a most venerable and
dignified appearance and man
ner, he was the saddest-faced
man I ever saw. He hail come
to our town ten or a dozen years
before from the East, and we
knew little of him, except that
he was an able lawyer and ju
rist, and that his wife, who was
the only other member of his
family, and himself had some
great sorrow from which they
had sought escape by going into
a far country.
“Ours was a quiet town, and
the jndgp and his wife seemed
to live serenely enough, but
they were evidently growing
old and feeble ahead of their
“One night our town was all
torn up by a robbery and mur
der, and the capture of the
killer and thief almost in the
act. For a wonder he wasn't
lynched then and there, and as
soon as daylight came proceed
ings were instituted against the
prisoner, and I was appointed,
with another youngster, to de
fend him.
“Really, there wasn’t anv de
fence, and i'was frank enough
to tell him that he might be
thankful if we could save him
from a lynching.
“He was a stranger in town,
evidently led there by some
stories he had heard of an old
miser we had among us, and
was a man of perhaps BB or Bl
years old, with a most unpre
possing appearance, greatly ac
centuated by a week's growth
of rough whiskers, years of dis
sipation and hard living. In
those days and in such cases
the law’s delay was not much
in force, ami by (5 o’clock of
the second the piisoner was
standing before the judge to re
ceive sentence. As he stood
there that day a harder-looking
customer I think I never saw.
“‘Have you anything to say
why sentence of death slnuld
not he passed upon you ?' aski d
the judge, after all the prelim
inaries were over.
“•I have, your honor, if yo t
are to'pronouncethat sentence.'
replied the prisoner with an air
of almost impertinence. “At
least,’ lie added, a|iolog* tically,
‘possibly under the circumstan
ces, you might not care to pro
nounce it.’
“This ivas entirely out of the
ordinary, aud 1 touched mv
client on the arm, and was
about to remind him of the cu -
touts of the court when the
judge requested me to h ave the
prisoner to him.
“ ‘Will you bo kind enough
to explain?’ he said, in a
strangely excited tone.
“ ‘Well, your honor,’ re
sponded the prisoner, 'as lam
your only son’
“But the judge heurd no
more. It was evident that It
knew the prisoner was telling
the truth, for with a groan h
threw up his hands ami fell for
ward across the desk in front ol
him, dead, ami a little stream
of blood trickled from his lips
The excitement was ferritic,and
in the midst of it the prisonci
dashed through a window and
would have escn|*’d, but U time
ly shot from u rifle in the linno
of a man outside settled him
forever. And, best of all, bis
mother never knew. Sin- lin
gered a few months after het
husband's death, and the en
tire population of the town co i.
sidered it to be u sucred obliga
tion to lie to her about tin
whole affair.”
Old Quiverful: And so you
wuut to take our daughter from
us. You wuut to tuke tier from
us suddenly without a word of
warning ?
Young Goslow: Not at all,
sir. If there is anything about
her vou want to warn me of,
I’m willing to listen. —Balti-
more Herald-
A LUCKY" THROW.
HE EIREIi A BOOT AT A SERENAD
ING CAT AND BROUGHT DOWN
A BURGLAR.
Han Francisco JU-lletih.
The only man who in the
dead waste and middle of the
night over tired his old bools at
a cat and achieved any results
has been discovered. E. D.
Smith of San Francisco is the
man. He heard a “malow,”
tired a a boot in the direction
of the sound, and brought dowji
a burglar, who fell fifty fset
and was nearly killed.
The burglar unconsciously en
compassed his own undoing.
He was too clever a burglar al
together. He was crawling
along on the edge of a glass
roof when Smith raised his win
dow to take an observation.
The clever burglar cried “ma
low” in so excellent an imita
tion of a prowling nocturnal cat
thut Smith was sure his first
diagnosis v/as correct.
Now, Smith knew he was
loaded for cats. He lad "been
storing an old boot under his
bed for just such an iccasiou.
With one mighty swing away
went the boot. Then came the
rattle, bumpety-bump-buinp,
and the final crash among the
coal oil cans fifty feet below.
‘What an extraordinary cat!'
ejaculated Smith, In an in
stant the corridors of the board
ing house were filled with wo
men. Was it an earthquake?
Smith was blowing his police
whistle with industry and pro
moting the disturbance. Some
of the ladies fainted. Smith
kept-on blowing. Never a boot
before in the wide world had
produced such a variety ot un*
expected noises.
When Smith threw the boot
the burglar either fell, or in nis
fright jumped, from the edge ot
the roof to the yard below.
In his fall he struck the
fence adjoining the hoarding
house property, tearing away
two tweive-inch hoards. He
next struck the roof of a small
shed used for storing old oil
cans. The roof was made of
loose planks, and when the bur
glar struck it the boards caved
in and ho was precipitated to
the cans below. The burglar
fell fully fifty-two fe t.
PLASTER CASTS.
Milking a plaster cast of the
hand is a simple am! asy pro
cess, and one which inquires
only care and a little patience
to attain a perfect result.
The hand or other object to
t»e cast is thoroughly greased.
Vaseline is the best fur this;
purpose, as it is a little gummv |
and stieks well. Plaster of par- I
is is mixed to a batter cmisis-1
tency and a little color added j
(indigo will do); the object laid
in position and tin* batter
I mured over it and allowed to
harden.
When the nmttiix or mold is
set the hand is wriggled mil,
plain white plnsti r batter pour
ed in, ufter tin- mold has been
thoroughly greased, and when
this white tilling is hardened
the mold is broken away, the
dilference in color a- isting one
to see what must come off.
As to the manner of making
easts: Do not tako a hand fiat
and stiff. Orease a cloth, push
it up into graceful folds, lay
the hand upon it in an easy po
sition, disposing the fabric un
iter any bent knuckle so that
there will be as little as possi
hie of wlmt the carvers call
“under cutting,” which would
mukc the mold hard to get oil
Casts, however, need not be
limited tis hands. A during
amateur may attempt a life
mask if site can find a courage
ous subject willing to submit to
her experiments.
lii this case the eyebrow* and
Ins [ms must be tln mini'll I y
greased, as Midi as thi* skin ■>!
tins fact', and tin* hair covered,
in that no plaster can possibly
rt'iich and adhere to it.
Tin' subject is laid upon her!
back, a couph* of goose quillsi
fixed in the nostrils for her to
breathe through, and sin* is told
to relax her features to a ealm
expression and keep perfectly
still until the mold hardens.
These casts have to he finished
and touched up a little after
they are taken. Ise a sharp
knife or chisel, and any rough*
ness may be smoothed away
with fine sandpu|»er. Then,
mounted on a square of dark
red or old blue plush, they an*
handsome wall ornaments, as
well as the most faithful of ult
portrait s.—Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
< —■ -- • — —
Ziz-zag hill cliiuhiug is eusi>,i
than the straight lift. In this
ihe cyclist can leant of the
mule.
HOW HE CUT WOOD.
THE TRICK PI.AVED BY A WILY
TRAMP ON AN UNSUSPECTING
LADY.
A ladv residing in the south
eastern part of the city had an
experience with a tramp the
other day which has soured her
on that class of mendicants.
The fellow came around and
begged for something to -at,
which wss given him, according
to the Stockton (Cal.) Mail.
•Have you any work that I
can do?' he asked, after satisfy
ing his hunger.
‘Well, you might cut that
wood,’ said the lady, pointing
to a pile of four foot stove wood
in the yard. ‘How much do
you want for the job?’
‘Six bits.'
‘Well, go ahead,’she said.
Shortly after that she had oc
casion to go downtown, and
when she left the house the
tramp was industriously at
work. Upon her return he had
finished. Pointing at the wood
pile, he said, proudly. ‘What
do you think of that? Ever
seen an old man like me who
could cut wood as quick as that?
Oh, I’m a lightning striker, I
am.’
The lady acknowledged that
he was a fast worker and
promptly paid him his money.
Shortly after his departure she
want to the wood pile for sticks
and was surprised to find that
only the top layirhad been cut.
The body of the wood pile con
sisted of uncut four-foot pieces
so arranged as to leave large
spaces between them. It was
quite apparent then that consid
erable of the wood had disap
peared and that the remaining
sticks had been arranged in
that way so as not to show the
pile had shrunk.
Investigation disclosed the
fact that some of the wood had
been hidden under a sidewalk,
while other large sticks had been
concealed in various piaces
around the yard, and some of
the fuel taken into the wood
shed. Yesterday the lady
chanced to see a giant stick on
top of the woodshed roof. She
expects to happen on other
pieces hero aud there around
the premises for the next two
months, and would not he
much surprised to find that the
tramp had wedged some of the
fuel in the chimney top.
HIS HEART IN THE WRONG
PLACE.
Benjamin Minger, a federal
prisoner from southern Ohio,
fell from his chair at the dinner i
tible at the hospital at Colum
bus, 0., the other day and ex- j
pired instantly. Minger was!
sent to the hospital a tew days
ago. and while there the physi
cians made the discovery that
the man’s heart w as on the right
side of his body. Minger knew
that he was the victim of a freak
of nature, but rarely discussed
the matter. Previously to his
late illness ho said he had al
ways enjoyed good heulth. An
autopsy lor the benefit of science
will be held.
OLD PEOPLE.
Old people who require medi
cine to regulate the bowels and
kidneys will find the true rem
edy in Electric Bitters. This
medicine does not stimulate ami
contains no whiskey nor other
intoxicant, hut acts as u tonic
and ultcrat ve. It acts mildly
on the stomach and bowels, ad
ding strength aud giving tone
to the organs, thereby aiding
Nature in the performance ot
| the functions. Electric Bitters
,is an excellent appetizer and
! ai’s digestion. Old People find
| it just exactly what they need.
Price fifty cents and 11.00 per
bottle at A. M W inn’s Drug
| Store.
They say that (tenoral Lew
Wallace receives higher pay for
his writitgs than any other
America!! author.
Falsehood is susceptible of uu
infinity of combinations, hut
truth has only one mode or lie
ing. -Rousseau.
Correspondence.
FROM lIOYI.E.
The little child of Mr W. II
Woodall died Thursday June
2bth. And both the father and
mother have typhoid fever.
Mr. Wormiek’s little daugh
ter got snake bitten I>u June
25th, but is now improving.
Mr. T. W. Nuekols has just
returned home from Dooly
county where he has l>een for
several months, ilu will re
main in Gwinnett.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
ABAOUJTEI.Y PURE
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the post ollice
at Lawrenceville, G a ., July Ist,
lalto:
gents:
M. A. Bennett,
John Hall,
. Jinney Lyiues,
Adam Stephens.
All of which, if not called
lor in Bo days, w ill lie sent to
the Dead Letter office, at Wash
ington, D.O.
X. S. Robinson,
P. M.
MISSIONARY MASS MEET-
Eon THE NORUKOSS i IRCUIT, AT
NOHCROSM, WEDNESDAY. JULY
18, 181K1.
PROGRAM.
Song service, (BO minutes,)
V) o’clock a. m
Devotional exercises, ( J:B0
o’clock a. m.
Missionary address, by Hon.
11. P. Bell, Cumming, (lu.
Our work in China, by Rev.
H. L. Gray, Shanghai, China.
Dinner at Dodson Park, 12
o’clock.
Song service (80 minutes) 2:
BO o’clock p. m.
Our work in Japan, by Rev.
W. I*. Turner, Kobe, Japan.
Talk by Rev. M.. 1. Cofer, P.
E., Gainesville district.
Closing exercises.
We will have a full choir with
Mr.J. W. Knox, Duluth, Ga",
as leader.
Everybody invited and expec
ted to bring a well tilled bas
ket.
W. B. Dillarh, P. C.
S. T. Mi’Elhoy, Ch’r.
Com. mi arrangements.
CULLINGS FROM CARL.
Mrs. Vagleback of Jackson
ville, Fla , is at the Pate house
for t he summer.
Mr. S. M. Cruce is at home
from South Georgia, where he
has been teaching.
Mr. H. F. Verner will open a
lemonade stand in Dr. Hill’s
office before long.
Miss Emma Brand is fast im
proving, tn the delight of her
many friends.
Mr. J. H. Massey reports a
brand-new sweet-po-ta-to pie on
July Ist. Who can beat it ?
Miss Cannie Hutchens re
turned on the 2nd from a week’s
visit t« friends and relatives at
Buford. ,
Jewell Reinhardt and John
Forrester have pitched a tent
in front of the Pate house and
are dealing out refreshments to
a thirsty public.
The declaration of "American
independence was commemorat
ed by our people in vurious
ways. Some went fishing, some
hunting, some in conversational
freedom, discussing the issues
of .the day. Meantime, Mrs.
M J. Perry sent out messengers
in every direction invitingguests
to a fumily barbecue W hile it
was a birthday orcusioo, yet
her children, together with iter
neighbors, must share equally
in the good things. It is need
loss to say it was an extraordi
nary occasion; a fine spread of
barbecued meats, fish ami cakes
It wfls a real kingly feast, such
as is rarely seen. About one
hundred persons were filled,
leaving almost an exhaustless
store of nice viands. To per
fect the occasion, Mr. Jesse S.
Pate rolled up a load of melons
ns an apt desert for such a feast.
He is a candidate, you see.
CRUBK NEWS.
‘•Too much rain,” is now the
cry.
Fixing up water gaps, fences
and bridges, going to school,
playing croquet and ball ar<*
tlie order of the day.
We had the nighest waters
here the Nth, we liavo had in
yea rs.
The recent seasons will make
several relay by their crops.
Prof. A.S. Hopkins’literary
school opened the I3t.h inst.
Prof. W. H. Kaherns’ writ
ing school opened the Bth.
Mr. John Arnold had a hog
to get killed hy lightning tin
sixth.
Miss Allie and Mrs. J. M.
Summerlin are visiting in De-
Kalh county.
There w ill be a base ball club
organized here shortly.
W Inch one of the two young
men was it that wept because
he could not eat any more pie.
Mr. h. G. Atkinson has gone
t" Atlanta on business.
Our drummer, Long, hae re
territory 0 ” 1 " ,Ul<l w ” rkin 8 l,oni «
Mias Nancy Davis and M . .
, V a, B» " f ( ’raig, visited ot r
Sunday school recently. Como
again.
.'ir. J. h New hug recovered
from his poison.
Mr. Sam Cruig and wife, of
Lawrenceville, visited relatives
here the sth, inst.
Mr. Night, of Montreal, visit
ed here the sth, inst.
Mr. J. J. was up from
tin- Gate city recently. Come
again “pretty,” you are the
one they say.
>S'veru! of our young people
'M ot to the picnic at Norcross
the Ith, and report nice times.
I hey saw the champion, Mr.
Swunsey, dance, He was a goal
one.
Miss Clyde Martin is - visiting
relative near Loganville.
It seems that Mr. W. X.
Franklin is going 'into the cream
ery business from the cattle he
is buying.
Miss Annie Webb lias return
ed home from Norcross.
Our Baptist church was vis
ited the third by three minis
ters. Revs. Kennedy slid Mc-
Connell, ot Trip, and Rev. A,
11. Holland, of Lawrenceville,
a Iso, Rev. Harris, of Norcross.
Also deacons from Liberty and
Mt. Tabor. Mr. J. R. Baxter
and Newton Williams were elec
ted deacons her.
Miss Rilla Kinnerly, of Trip,
visited here the fifth inst.
THK COLORED INSTITUTE.
The colored teacher’s Insti
tute at this place was organized
bv County School Commissioner
Tanner on Monday June
and was in session until Friday
evening July fird, with a full
at tendance. Nearly every teach
er of the county, and some from
other counties, was present,
showing the hearty approval of
the wise action of the C. S. C.,.
and Board of Education.
Tlie officers and managers,
R. G. Zachary, Cha’r.; M. M.
Hooper, Sec., and J. J. Parks
and J. W. Price who acted at
different times as temporary
chairman, appeared to spare no
pains in the adjustment of dif
ferences on the part of the
teachers, and preservation of
harmony throughout their en
tire management.
Chairman Zachary contrived
to caution u* concerning our
duty to the State and church.
His occasional tulks were prof
itable and well received.
Besides the above named
t< aeln rs, all of whom displayed
the greatest activity in the exe
cution of their duty, there were
others who rendered equally as
important ser\ ice, among whom
were Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Ken
wick, Isaiah Maddox and others.
In fact, euch teacher seemed to
have a very appropriate under
standing of the subject assigned
to them, and the accuracy and
readiness with which each teach
c - responded was indeed remark
able.
Dr. Samuel of Suwanec made
remarks iu which he showed the
wisdom of the Hoard of Educa
tion and our worthy Commis
sioner in favoring and support
ing tin Institute at home in
stead of holding it in some other
county. We, us teachers, heurt
ily lugi-ee with his sentiments
and join in commendation to
the Hoard, and especially Mr.
Tanner, who spent so much
time and pains to make our
meeting .« complete success.
We wt-re very successful, hut I
eennot forget tin* circumstances
under which we faultlessly
found ourselves anu labored
with liest incaifffftr best results.
We would have still broadened
our ideas of the different topics
contained in the Sylahus if our
Expert had served us. With
the exception of about one hour
on Monday and Tuesday Mr.
Johnston, our Export, ’Was not
been with us. True, we had
some capable teachers among
us, but to all, and these even,
were due the Expert’s instruc
tion and impartial service, and
118 We have not received the ser
vice of our Expert for J 1 days
we feel herein we sulfur u piece
of injustice inexcusable.
M. M. Itooi'KH,
S. E. Coopkk, »
Isaiah Maddox,
Committee.
Century runs have become so
common nowadays that who Il
men do not consider going a
hundred miles more than a
breathing spell*