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VOL. XXV 1. NO 27
RKP.I BLIOAN MEETI N(i.
Henry County Weekly.
The I{*• pul>l icans of Henry
county mol nl the court house
last Friday mill unariiinously
endorsed McKinley and Hobart.,
Governor Atkinson and all the
,J)emocrati unit y nominees,
with Tins. |). Stewart for the
Senate and Paul Turner for
Representative. It was a meet*
ing of the Bopuhlican County
Executive Committee, and all
the districts were well repre
sented, notably Sfoekliridge
and Hampton. (I I talks
were made bv H. L. Johnson]
*of Jackson, F. .1. Wimberly of
Hampton, H. C. Brown and
R. A. Holland of McDonough.
Wintberlv’s speech was the
feature of the meeting, and it
was listened to attentively* from i
beginning to end. He spoke of,
each Democratic nominee in j
complimentary terms, and es
pecially so of Messrs. Stewart, :
Tinner and McKibhen. The]
action id’ tin* Republican State
Central Committee in not put
ting out'u State ticket was also
endorsed. The Henry county
Republicans know the difference
between principle and the popv
cock promises of populism,
Rad
HE HOT.) 1*1)0 ME NT.
A Washington attorney is
rather noted for the facility
With which he forgets financial
obligations. He'lias owed a
certain grocer $<S for a year or
two. The other day the mer
chant concluded to try a new
course with him. Meeting him I
in his store, he said:
“Judge, I have a customer
who owes me a small bill and
lias owed it for a long time.
He makes plenty of money, but
won’t pay. What would you
do?”
“I’d sue him,” said the law
yer, emphatically.
‘•Well, I will put the account
in your hand,” and the mer
chant presented a statement of
the account.against himself.
“All right. I will attend to
it,” said the disciple of Black
stone.
A few days later the mer
chant received the following
note from the lawyer:
••In the case of against
I to ik judgment for full amount
of your claim. Execution was
issued and returned ‘no proper
ty found ’ My fee for obtain
ing judgment is $lO, for which
amount pleas: send check.
Will he glad to serve you in
any other matters in which you
may need an attorney.' -
I NFOKTI NATKI.Y EX
PRESSED.
‘ I was going from Memphis
to Louisville.” said a gentle
man whose talk is reported by
the Washington Star, •‘when 1
fell into conversation with a
white-haired old lady. We be
came friendly, and by and by
she told me that she was going
to I ouisville on a v isit to he
son, whom she had not seen lor
two or three years.
“He had written to her a few
weeks before, urging her to
c ime, and naming a certain ho
tel She i aft rally expected
him to meet her at the railway
station, but lie did not appear,
and seeing how trouble I she
was 1 offered to go with her to
Hie hotel lllellt iollert.
••J to ik her to the par'or.aAd
then went in pursuit of the son. j
The clerk had not seen him,
but gave me a letter tor the
lady. I carried it to her. She j
opened it hurriedly, read one
sentence and dmppe.l in a taint.
1 rang fora physician and pick-j
elup t lie letter. The opening ]
sentence was:
“ My Dear Mot her. —I am
n iw in the |K*nitentiary —
••No let- I lie woman hud
fainted, lint the writer con
ti nu 1 1:
“ ‘1 have a good posit ion wit h
tin c inl ractors, and it is iin-|
p issible for me to get away.
Coiiio on to Frankfort
“It took us ail hour to bring
fin- dear old lady to, thanks to
t e thoughtlessness of her at
feetomute son.
—♦ • .
TWO GREAT MEN.
“Out of tlm way, follow, and
lot luo pass!” shouted I lIH man
in the light buggy.
“Git out of the way your* j
soil'!’’ replied the man on the |
load of buy. “Who air you i
anyway?”
••I uni the judge of the supe
ri.ir court
“J Hit go of tile court? Well!;
All es you Him to die they could
n’t git no other one, could
the,?”
“Y.-yes.”
"Oh, tiny could? Well 1
guess then, I’m more impor
taut than you air. I m the on
ly man tn‘ the hull townahip
that knows how to make a good
ax handle.” —Cincinnati En
quirer.
The truth may lie buried, but
tfaU wuidd is too small to make
a grave deep enough to hold it.
Win a child's heart and you
will have something that will
h-ightcu two Uvea—yours and
Ro-
&■— ** -• - /
The Gwinnett herald.
WHAT THE PRESIDENCY
IS LIKE.
A HI.IMPHK INTO THE I IVES OP
SOME OP TUP PRESIDENTS.
St. Louis Republic.
The race for the presidency
will he a herd one. The can
didates will he abused by tile
opposing parties, and the man
who succeeds will have his
character and history laid hare
by the X-raysof the newspapers
and stump speakers. It will
be a wearing ami worrying race
from start to finish, and the
prize at the end is the white
house with all its cares. Is I
the game worth the candle ?|
Can a man who is doing welll
. i
afford to be a candidate for the
presidency ? Let us see. .
EXPENSES OP A PRESIDENT! AT,
CANDIDATE.
In the tirst place, it costs a
great deal to be a presidential
candidate. McKinley, for in
stance, has kept open housej
for the past six months, and)
there w ill Dot be a day between,
now and November that he can
sit down at his table alone. 1
Republicans of prominence
from all parts of the Union
will come to Canton and he will
have to maintain a,large cleri
cal force to answer his mail.
Benjamin Harrison was quite
poor when he was first nomina
ted, and he had to borrow*
money to keep him going )>•*•]
tween that time and his elec-'
tion. His son-in-law, Robert ]
McKee, paid a large part of bis I
expenses and other friends put
up for him or he would have
been decidedly cramped. An
drew Jacks m lost a lot of mon
ey during his three presidential
campaigns, it took the pro- 1
ceeds of In's cotton crop to part
of his expenses in the white
house. Martin Van Buren, rich
a- In* was. was robbed right and
left, and when lie ran for presi
dent during bis second cam
paign the politicians actually
came to the white house doors
and demanded food and got it.
The presidential candidate lias
numerous demands upon him
for charity. I was told at Can
ton that about one-third of the
! letters which McKinley receives
are begging letters, and such
letters will increase daily.
the presidency a fat job.
And still the presidency is a
fat job. The salary in round
numbers for the four years!
amounts to $200,000, and the
white house and lots of perquis
ites are thrown in in addition.
Think what SnO,COO a year
means I It is si,ltiti a month,
or SIBB a day. And this money
is sure. The cash is always
ready for the president, and I
the treasury hank never burs s.
The salary, however, is les,
than two-thirds of what the
president, gets.
For this year congress is
asked to appropriate about
$48,000 to run the white house.
'l’lie president pays no rent
Itis fuel and light costs him
nothing. He does not even pay
for his own newspapers, and as
for stationery, lie has the finest
that tlie world can produce,
ut'd there is a stenographer al-j
ways at hand to save him from
writing himself. He has a halt l
dozen watch dogs to keep tliej
crowd away fr un him. His
private secretary receives so,U'o
a year, and the man who sits
outside his uHice door to open
and close it gels a salary ot
$ I,HOtb He has men to read
tlie papers for him. He has a
| telegraph operator and a tele
-1 graph instrument in the white
! house, and Elide Sam pays
his telegraph bills. He seldom
if ever buys a postage stump,
and the thousand and one little
incidentials that eat out the
heart <>f the ordinary man’s:
•alary are paid for him. He I
pays no rent for his staldes,
and congress gives him some,
money to keep them up. The
amount asked for this year is!
jf!H,nui, and this includes sta
tioneiy, reading matter and!
the caring for the president’s
horses, harness and carriages
A great fuss is made about the
| M* ml expenses of the white
house. I ve.itlire to say that
President Cleveland does not
j pay more than $5,000 a year
for his state dinners, ami 1
would not lie surprised to know
I hat he saved sßo,ooo u year
out of his salary, Think of it!
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th 1896.
His four state receptions are
p.iaetieally free entertainments
The marine band, paid by the
government, furnishes the mu
sic. The flowers come from
the white house conservatory
and the public gardens, and
tin police aid the servants in
taking care of the crowd. There
is no food of any kind offered,
aii»l it is mighty hard to get a
drink of anything, even water,
on such an nccasion. The
whole entertainment consists!
of a handshake, and if you are
es|»ecia 11 v favored, a smile,
and handshakes amlwuniles are
cheap.
WHITE Holt HE PERQUISITES.
And then there are lots of
tilings that go with the white
.house. Among the servants
there is usually a good barber,
•who shaves the president and
cuts his Itair without charge.
There is a billiard room in one
corner of the executive man
sion, where Grover Cleveland
can go and handle the cue with-!
out, its dieting him a cent. The
kitchens have all the latest
improvements, and the govern
ment pays the white house
steward, who attends to the
marketing, alenit SBS a week.
The cooking, stove is so large
thtit you could almost roast an
ox whole upon it. The dishes
used by the president are of
the finest, china, and of the
niotd beautiful cut glasg. Many
of them were made especially
f*>r the white house. Of the
Jiotisaml dishes made for Mrs.
President Hayes there are still
400 left, and tin* set ordered
by Mrs. Harrison is almost per
fect. Then there is the china
made for the Grants. This is
the china that is now used on
the president's table. There is
still some Lincoln china left,
and there are choice hits from
nearly every administratioh.
The president’s wife pays noth
ing for her Linen. There are
great closets tilled with bedding
and towels, uud others in which
jure kept tin* finest of table
cloths and napkins. The nap
kins used arc all about a yard
! square and of the finest dam
|ask. They have the initials
! IT. S. on them, but this rather
improves than injures the ap
pearance, and the greatest
jheauty of it all is that they
I don't cost a cent.
PRESENTS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
Few people have any idea
how many presents come to t lie
white house. Cleveland was
overloaded with them while he
was a candidate, ami at the
time of his marriage they came
in here almost bv the wagon
load. The president will not
receive things of actual value,
hut. lie can take eatables and
drinkables. Among other
things that T remember of his
receiving were a barrel of line
old brandy from Southern Cal
ifornia amt cases of wine from
different parts of the country
Every Thanksgiving he Inis tur
keys sent him from Rhode
Island, those sent hist year be
ing so large that tin* white
house family could not eat
| them. Then there are other
; kinds of fancy eatables which
come from admirers in (liflVr-
cut localities, and it is safe to
say that the liest of everything,
or a sample of it. finds its way
into the white house. Among
Harrison's presents was a large
quantity of Ceylon tea. An
drew Johnson hud presents ot
whisky and scuppernotig wine,
and both Jackson and JetVerson
had presents of cheeses of the
size of a hogshead.
HKTTKR THAN I.IKK INHI'KAM K.
0
The sentiment surrounding
the white house increases every
year until now the office is t.ir
better than a life insurance
policy. If a president dies in a
white bouse his wife and chil
dren w ill probably receive a for
tune from the |M-op|e, and by
law- the president's widow is
sure of a pension ot $5,000 a
year.
Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Gar
field* are now receiving this
amount. Garth-Id went into
the presidency comparatively
|mh ; r. He hull little tosjieuk of
at the time he was shot by
Guiteau, but the sympathy for
Mrs. Garfield was such that the
| enormous sum of ‘more than
SBOO,OOO was raised for her, and
jshe was made independent for
life. Arthur was one of the
most extravagant livers we have
I had in the white house. Hi
spent, it is said, from $2,000 to
$5,000 apiece on his* state din
ners, and liis French cook drew
from him a salary of $1,500 a
year. He was a luxurious liver
in every way, and sti'l it is said
that he saved more than SIOO,
000 during his administration.
President Cleveland, not wit It
standing the expenses of hi*
wedding, must have saved
about $120,000 during his tirst
administration, and. in addition
to this, he made a clear SIOO
000 more out of Oak View,
which lie bought as a summer
home and afterwards so’d dur
ing the presidency of Harrison.
When Van Buren was presi
dent the salary was only $25,-
000 a year. He had a large pr
vate fortune, and it is said that
he paid all <>f bis white house
expenses out of his own iu<* tme
during the presidency, and drew
his salary in a lump si m of
$200,000 when he retired.
Harrison hasAnido a fortune
out of the presidency. His pro
fits have not come altogether
from the money In* has received
but also in the increase, through
the reputation of tin* presiden
cy, of his power of making
money. He got no big law fees
before he was president. Since
then he has received, I am told,
•Itio,<MMi and upward for a single
case. It has been reported
that lie got 110,000 for his law
lectures to the Stanford Inivei
sity. and a lady's magazine has
(laid him as much as SI,OOO t»
printed page for his writing.
He was not a high liver when in
i the white house, and it is safe
to say that he took at least
SIOO,OOO back to Indiana witl
him.
PR KSIDE XT IA I, TKUIT BI Ks .
On the other hand, there an
bits of troubles connected with
the presidency. Our clii-t ex
ecutive eloes not get his salary
for nothing, and though his pil
lows are of the softest they are
often filled with thorns.
General William T. Sherman
said that the white lmuse w.-n
hell, and nothing could per
suade him to he a candidate tor
the presidency.
George Washington was
charged with being a thief while
he was president, au article
was published in a New 1 ork
newspaper accusing him of hav
ing over-drawn his salary
ST>,(IOO. During one of his pres
idential.campaigns Washington
was charged with murder, and
at a dinner at Alexandia. Join
Randolph, of Roanoke, prop ised
this toast:
“George Washington, may li
ne damned. ”
Neither of the Adamses bin
a soft snap as president, me
John Quincy Adams's pr sith-i
--cy was said to he the result ot
a bargain between him and Hen
ry Clay, hy which he went t
the white house and Olay he
came secretary of state
’ Andrew Jackson was a •••use.
of all kinds of things Hi
wife was ill during his presiden
tial campaign and she die 1 be
fore his inauguration, mil v a
buried in the gown which tin-
Tenneseeans had bought for tin
to use in the white house Jac'
son used to say that the shin
ders uttered against him kille
her and he at times haled tin
white boose on that aeon it.
His presidential career was no
a smooth one, and among other
insults which he received vv is
the hiving his nose pulled by i
disappointed officeholder.
William Henry Harris m was 1
liouiuh-d to death bv oHic • seek
ers and died dreaming of them
Buchanan aged greatly during |
his presidential career. an -
Abraham Lincoln's heart wn
harrowed by sorrow during neiu j
|y every moment lie was in th
white ho ise.
Johnson’s presidency was one
of trouble and fear >f iiiqs-acl -
incut, and he left the white
house a disappointed and dis
gusted man.
Five years ago Mrs. Kather
ine G. Heed, of bisfervil C, \\ .
! \’a., was a poor widow , her on*
i |y possession being a farm con
sidered worthless. Oil was un-
I expectedly found Upon it, the
flow was immense, and sin- has
| just died, worth ov--r SI,OUO
o >O.
——— -♦ • • ——
No one who lovss as Christ
j hivud can live in this world
I without making it better.
:im MILKS OF SMITHS.
M'iHT MII.KS OK TJIKM I.JVK ]X
THK CITY oK XKW YORK.
From Thf%ow York Joiirtmi.
Three hundred miles of
Smith*! The figure is appall
ing. hut it is no exaggeration.
There is not a Smith growing
: on every tree in New York, hut
ll' there were it i- even chances
that there would lie ll good
numlier of Smiths left over.
Nobody who Inis not made a
| study in some measure of the
Smith subject has any idea of
the numerical strength of this
estimable and prolific family.
There are more than two Smiths
to every saloon in the city, and
that is saying much. There
are Smiths enough to fill much
more than a dozen regiments.
There are Smiths enough—
man. woman and child—to pop
ulate a good-sized kingdom,
and if they should decide to do
it they would, if past record is i
any criterion, multiply at such
an astounding rate as'would en
able them to supply from the
surplus, within a very few
years, all deficiencies in the
population of other countries.
The gups in the nations of the
world which tire*and blood and
war and pestilence might have,
made could very easily and sat
isfactorily lie patched out with
Smiths. Here are some start-,
ling figures:
The New York city directory
for I85M) contains 101 .SOU names ,
Of these or one ill every
J 514, is a Smith. The Smiths
take up nearly ll’ 1-l’ pages of
t hree columns each. According
to the last census, there are
about live times as many peo- ■
pie in New York city as there
are names in the directory. It
follows, then, that there are in j
this city between 11,000 and I
15,000 Smiths.
If drawn up in single file at |
the usual distance between the
people so paraded the line
would extend from the Ihittery
to One Hundred and Twenty
first street, a distance of eight
miles If the same ratio holds
good throughout the l nited
States, the Smiths in this coun
try number ft2n,ooo, and would
form a line 800 miles long
They would reach t<> Albany
any back.
It lias been a popular belie! j
always that the Smiths, Rrowns
Joneses and Robinsons led the
world in the matter of frequen
cy, but these hitter days have
changed all that. The Smiths j
are still foremost; the sturdy
and multiplicative Rrowns are j
not far behind. There are
2,SHO Browns in the New York
directory, about one Brown toi
every 18f>, who are not Brown*.!
This would give ill 8,000 Browns
ill the United States.
But th ere the old quartet of
mimesis broken’. The Jor.eses
and Robinsons are deendent so
fur as numbers go. The Mil
lers have stepped into the hon
orable third place Oin'e held by
tin- race of Joneses. But the
Millers are only hull as many
us the Smiths and Browns.
The directory Inis *mily seven
teen columns of them, with
1.807 names.
Then come the Meyerses with
1.U04 names: Murphy* IjM'.t;
| Cohens, RSI: Kellys, Levy* and
Johnsons, w ith JNItS, llObam! ‘JO2
res|»-ct ively, while Williams
and Clark lutv ily *l"> ai-il
! St>2.
The Smiths are perennial,
lever plenty and never can he
moribund. When the skeletons
of nations shall stand around
the lonely last man he will look
out with a dear eve over the
ruins of empires, watch fearless
|y the rising tide which is to
engulf tin world, and on the
last rock which raises its griz
zled, time-wearied head above
that second universal inunda
tion w rite in bold characters liis
name, and the entry will read:
| "John Smith.”
Buford God could speak to
man, He hud to make some
symbols to do it w it h.
If we coll d see men’s hearts
as God sees them, it would not
be mo lull'd to love them.
Are you doing anything for
the Lord that your Is-st friends
don’t know anything about ?
The human soul is like a bird
I that is born in u cage Nothing
I eau deprive il ol its uatural
I longings, or slditi rate the mys
tefious remembrance of its her
jitage.—Epes Sargent.
BRIDEGROOM WANTED
1 SPOT CASH.
For seven mouths or more
j Morris Romaine, wholesale
] butcher and produce merchant
of Nos. 72 to 7(1 Ridge street.
I was engaged to Miss Endice
i Ruddiman, of No (17(> Osborn
l street, Brooklyn. It was ar
ranged that they should be mar
ried in the Metropolitan Sae.i*
get - Hall, Brooklyn, yesterday,
land they were, after much tin
; heard-of difficulties, says the
Baltimore Sun’s New York let
ter. The bride wore a necklace
of pearls. Her father is a pro
duce merchant and is reputed
to be worth $250,000. Every
thing was going on swimmingly
when, at t o’clock, the high
contracting parties presented
then,selves for a life union be
fore Rabbi Winch insky, of
Brownsville. The bridegroom,
however, hail a rabbi of his own
from New York, and the Brook
lyn man retired with a smile.
“Now,” said Mr. Ruddiman,
father of the expectant Grille,
“that this latter obstacle ha
been surmounted, will you kind
ly proceed with tin* ceremony?]
The weather is very hot. ”
“Excuse me, Mr Ruddiman,’'
said Mr. Romaine, “lint before
the tiling goes any furtlu r I
would like to have (hut finan
cial affair settled.”
“Sir,” said Mr. Ruddiman. j
“you insult me. D my word
not as good as my bond?”
“I’m sure it is,” said Ro
maine, “but yuur bond is more
convenient just now."
Mr. Ruddiman stepped aside]
and sat down at the rabbi’s ta
tile. He took a blank check
from his pocket and filled it
out. payable to the order of
Mfitris Roincine for SS,<XX).
“That,” he said, throwing j
down the check, “will satisfy
you.”
Rut it didn't. Romaine
turned the check over and over
a:.d then banded it back.
“I would like spot cash,” lie
said.
“This js an insult.” said Mr.
Ruddiman, “and the marriage
18 off. ”
This announcement had a
grave effect on the friends of
the bridegroom and bride and
iirvited guests generally. Ac
cording to the Morning Adver
tiser’s description of the scene,
the bride threw herself into tlie
arms of her maids and, sighing
deeply, fainted dead away.
When the bridegroom saw this
his heart smote him and lie
rnslu-d to her rescue.
“Stop, sir!” shouted the
prospective father-in-law;
“touch her not on your peril.
She is not yours. ’’
Then the bridegroom sank in
to a seat, and from the seat to
the tlobr- The consternation
that followed was fearful. The
bridesmaids swooned, and many
exeiluble young men present
followed their example from
sympathy. The rabbis, who
had been hitherto guzing at
each othi r askance, came to.
gether, and in the exoit uncut
of the moment thought it good
polioy to call in the police.
Acting Captain Velsor arrived
in short order with two detec
tives, but on realizing tin- situ
a'ini withdrew, saying that tin
affair was untie of his business, j
"But,” said Mr. Kuddiuiaii. i
"see, lintuuiiio is leaving the
hall. He is leaving my daugh
ter a widow.”
“Can’t help it,” said the act
ing captain over his shoulder as
lie retired.
Hontaiue went out <*iid jump
ed into a carriage. Great con
fusion followed.
“I will give $20,” cried Mr.
HuddimMi, “to the man who
! will bring him back."
Joseph Goetz, a cabman, gave
chase to Komaino in Ins cab and
overtook him near (he base hall
grounds. He jerked him from
Ins carriage to his own, took
him back, ind Mr. Huddimuu
having paid over SBSO in ca-li
anti $1,050 in good checks, the
ceremony proceeded, and
Brownsvill i never witnessed
such a wedding feast as follow
ed.
Moses Brown of Boston has
the credit of making tin- first
deposit of gold bullion to be
coined. In 17'do lie deposited
j $2,270.72.
! I’eople who live in this world
nil for themselves are, always
little, no matter how big they
may feel.
1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U.S. Gov’t Renor*
absolutely pure
Correspondence.
(’RISE.
rill* people are being advised
to lml(l 11 11 • ir cotton, because
tile reports sjiv that the West
ern Stales have almost failed
on a crop this year.
Mr. (1. W. Hopkins and ten
ants have stored away about
seven thousand bundles of fod
der tbis year.
Our people are complaining
"f their wells going dry.
What young'man is it that
hits such peeuliur dreams about
the cow and mule kingdom ?
Prof. A S. Hopkins will
leave 1 lie I Ith inst . for Athens
where lie will enter the State
Normal School.
What yeuiig man i- it that is
so taken awav with a fat little
boy that In* wants him to be
come his I hiv.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Craig vis
ited relatives here recently.
Mr. V esgie ('ain and Miss May
Robertson ver ■* happily married
on tin* tith inst., at tin* home
of the bride’s parents. May
peace and prosperity attend
t hem.
YELLOW RIVER.
Our farmers an* picking .cot
ton with a vini. •
Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Holt were
here last Sunday,
One of tin* Populist candi
dates was here lust week, talk
ing up his candidacy.
Mr. M.P. Sheffield and fami
ly of Lillmrn were guests of
\ our humble servant last Sun
day.
Miss Velner Garner, one of
‘PossumCorner’s fairest flowers,
was in our burg lust Sunday.
Air. T. 1!. Jones took in Stone
Mountain last week.
The largest snake ever seen
in this section was killed n few
da vs ago. It was four feet long
and ns large as a man’s arm.
I.uxomni now boasts of a bar
ber shop.
The hall game between Eux
omui and Reaver Ruin came off
Inst Saturday. I.uxomni wears
the blue ribbon.
Mr. George Gossett is weal
ing nineteen smiles on his hand
some face, caused by the arrival
of a young lady, the first, in
many years.
A certain young gent carried
his girl to church last Sunday
and the girl's mother brought
her hack in a buggy, and Buddy
came hack alone. Probably the
old lady kicked him over the
dash-board.
The gin whistle can be heard
in tlie land.
Mr. W.T. Nash complino-nt
ed his two unices with an en
tertainment last week. The
voting ludies are daughters of
Emory Nash, who is in business
in Sontlt <leorgia.
One of the Pops proposed to
ns to swap votes, but when he
learned the amount of boot we
wanted his lip fell below Un
freezing point.
Dr. Dickens and son of Eil
hurn are quite sick. We hope
t In-v will soon recover.
SNT: LEV 11.1. K.
Cotton is about one-third
short in this aecti’ ii.
Ilev. Mr. Brusvwll filled his
regular appointment at the M.
E. church Saturday and Sun
day.
Messrs. Del Nix mid J. A.
Fold of Trip was down Sunday
shaking hands with the boys.
The Belles-lettres society
was re-organized ..t the school
liouso with Mr. T. E. Harris
I'rua. and L. L. Johnson Sec. .
Mr. Me Kenney was down
from Luxomini to see relatives
Friday.
Col. L. F. McDonald of Law*
renceville was down to see his
parents Wednesday.
Several from this place attend
ed the Exhibition ul Millers
school house Friday night. The
report is a nice time.
Dr. L. A. Williams of Hone
Bud whs up Sunday.
Mr. George Simmons and
sisters of Yellow Itiver attend
ed preaching Sunday.
Sunday School was reorgan
ized i t Mt. Pleasant Sunday
evening.
Several from this place went
to Lawrenceville to hear Hon.
R. I, Berner,
Misses Lein Henderson and
Susan Jones ot Norcross spent
last week with Dovie Mender
.-on.
After a short illness Mr. Wilce
Met art passed softly to the oth
er side Thursday and his re
mains wen- enterred at Old
Hanes ( re,-k Friday. The be
reaved have our heart felt sym
pathy.
MKADOW.
Picking cotton, and making
syrup is the order of the dav
with the people now.
Mr. J. J. Herrington is done
pulling fodder and reports a
good crop.
Mrs. L. C. Adams is improv
ing slowly.
Mr. E. V. Wit! iers reports
that he had no trouble talking
St. Paul to Miiledgeville.
Miss. Ethel <)iiinn is visiting
relatives at this place now. from
Atlanta
Miss Lemma Langley has re
turned to her home near Snvvn
nei-after a pleasant stay w ith
relatives at this place.
Mr. P. Adams has com
pleted his stables all except
some inside work.
A mountain lion passed
throtigl this part of the country
this week loose. Look out bovs
every night.
Mr. A. J. Coggins has moved
into our settlement recently.
Politics is a stiring up our
people now; all -if them are
pops and they want the pops
elected. I wish some of tin
pops .could see themselves iii a
glass when they get to tulking
polities; if they could I think
they would hush up and go to
work. That's what is ruining
our country now. it the people
would go to work and hush up
this hard time talk they would
conn- out better in the fall of
the year. A poor man can not
make anything talking politics;
tie has got to go to work, and
stay at work, and studdy his
home i-(fairs if he makes any
thing. Politics has got tin- bri
dle on the people too much now
and if they don't mind they
will get them over both ears and
politics jump a-straddle of the
horse and go riding off' with
them All a poor man can d->
is to vote, and when he votes
h-t him g" back home and goto
'■•ofk, and he won’t get into any
fuss about politics.
WHAT THE*MON KEY
FOUND *
The Philadelphia Timer gives
an account of a singular acci
dent which occurred the other
day in that city. Two Italian
hoys, with a hand-organ and a
monkey, were amusing a crowd
and incidentally collecting pen
nies at a street corner, when
the monkey’s attention was
caught by a roll of pasteboard
which he found near the curb-
Angelo, the'oUh-r hoy, who
was turning the crank, stopped
for a moment to chide the mon
key for his inattention to busi
ness. The chiding had no ef
fect, and the other fellow,
Michael, after some difficulty,
got the pusteboard and carried
it to iiis brother, who, with a
curiosity equal to the monkey's,
began striking it bgainst the or
gan. *
The crowd by this time was
edging back, and several voiics
called to the Italians to lie care
ful what they were about; for
the cri wd saw plainly eifough
that too mysterious object was
nothing but a c rtridge.
The Italians understood no
English, and presently tier)
was a Hash and a report, and
the two bays were dancing
about the pavement, Angelo
wringing his hands, while Mic'i
itij had both hands to Ins herd.
The organ badly damaged, lav
mi the sidewalk, and the mon
key sut at the top of a lunq •
(Hit.
Aii examination of the hoys
after they were t.'ikeu to the
hospital, showed that one of
t ein had h>st the ttiiiiiiand
forefinger of his light hand,
while the other had received a
scalp-wound ,