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at indication of
roup, make the i
mi take a tin cup
it an eqial part
■ntine, then hold
the fire so as to
i the fumes. The
laling the fumes,
the membranous
ptheria will pass
■s of tar and ter
tho throat and
e relief that has
ill of physicians.
LANCES.
0 a man without
t society reckons
y his outside fix
lay be a business
dvertising to it,
table law of cus
tom, before which men anl na
tions rise or fall, lius written
in letters of unquenchable fire
that men must advertise and
that by their advertising so
shall they lie judged.
Until these words of tiro can
lie quenched no man has a right
to 'practice or to preach an in
dividual doctrino opposed to
the rule of custom.
I will admit that the adver
tisement never brought, a reply
or never created curiosity, and
yet I am willing to slake my
reputation upon the assertion
that if the value of advertising
was limited to the appearance
of advertising that advertising
would he necessary to proper
conduct of successful business.
The man who advertises stands
before the public in the full
legitimate and dignified promi
nence of one who is proud of
his business, has a right to be
proud of it, is doing a bit of it
and wants to do more of it, and
he is the kind of man that ev
erybody wants to do business
wills, for just so long as the
niotli will be attracted by tl o
candlelight, so long will trade
swarm around the advertising
light of business. —Hardware.
still s\\;i:auinu.
“A country parson,” in en
countering a storm the past
season in the voyage across the
Atlantic, was reminded of the
following:
A clergyman was so unfortu
nate as to he caught in a severe
gale in the voyage out. The
water was exceedingly rough,
and the ship persistently buried
her noose in the sea. The roll
ing was constant, and at last
the good man got thoroughly
frightened, lie believed they
were destined for a watery grave
He asked thecaptain if he could
not, have prayers. The captain
took him by the arm and hd
him down to the forecastle,
where the tars were singing am*,
swearing. “There,” said lie.
“when you hear them swearing
you limy know there is no dnn
ger.”
He went back feeling better;
but the storm increased his
alarm. Disconsolate and un
a sisteil lie manage 1 to stagger
to the forecastle again. ill'
ancient mariners were swearing
as ever. “Mary,” he said, as
lie crawled into his berth, to
his sympathetic wife, “Mary,
thank God they’re* swearing
yet!”—Harper’s Magazine.
INAUGURATION NI'TsJ.
1. What Piesitlenfc rode to
Lis iuuiiL'Uiutioii unattended
and oil horseback?
2. What President took the
oath of inauguration in the old
Fee era! Hall in New York?
15. Who was the first Presi
de it iiumgu ruled at Washing
ton?
4. Who was the first l’rosi
dr.it inaugurated in open air?
5. What President atone in
auguration was HUOCeedi d by an
opponent whom he sure eded at
the next inauguration?
(*». Whieli I’residi ids were in
augurated in l'hiiudelphia?
7. What President was in
augurated one month before his
derth?
8. What President took the
oath of oflice at Ins residence in
New York?
0, The inauguration address
of what President was his only
otlicial document?
10. Which Presidents wore
uot inaugurated on March 4th?
11. Whnt President came to
his inauguration m disguise?—
Youth’s Companion.
Tommy, IJiave told you again
1 ami again not to speak when
i older persons are talking, but
wait until thoy stop.
1 have tried that already,
muiuma, but they never stop.
GRANDMOTHERS COUNbEL
Grandmother says in her quaint
old way:
“World wasn’t made in a day
—a da>;
And that blue sky where the
white clouds (lit—
Why, the Lord was six days
painting it!
The way ain’t sunny,
Rut don’t you fret!
Cheer up, honey—
You’ll get there yet!”
Grandmother says iii her quaint
old way:
“World wasn't made in a day
—a day;
The meadows there, where you
love to sit,
Why, the Lord took time to
carpet it!
The way ain’t sunny:
Rut don’t you fret !
Cheer up, honey—
You’ll get there yet,!”
rrrr gives
fhi) whole
And still to me in the fields and
dells • • -
Her s<"’eet voice rings like a
chime of bells,
And 1 dream brave dreams as I
hear her say!
“Worl(l wasn’t made in a day—
a day!
The way ain’t sunny;
Rut don’t you fret!
Cheer up. honey—
You’ll get there yet!”
—Constitution.
THE SURVIVAL OF THE
FITTEST.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Jim threw another log on the
campfire, and the blazing circle
of light grew to its old dimen
sions. We could see the stars
dodging baek and forth behind
the tops of the pines, and tin
lone coyote who had a monopo
ly of noises down the gulch was
indulging us with n temporary
rest. The patriarch who oc
cupied t lie seat of honor,a camp
stool, and the rest of us were
ranged on a tree trunk.
The patriarch looked at me.
“I’ll do you the favor,” he said,
“of filling my pipe with your
tobakky. Speakin’ of < a yarns
that story of Jim’s about tin
about tin* icebergs that hunted
m pairs, keepiir a keen lookout
to squeeze a siiip caught wifrh
nit a breeze, while the polur
bears sat by and laughed, was
tol’bly good, and the one yon
told about the 1 thing that could
stand on its head on the floor
of thi‘ ocean and flap the fac<
of heaven with its tail, was
party fair, yes, party fair. Hal
they war just yarns, plain yarns,
neatly unraveled. And that
makes me think of what old
Absalom Higgs used to say.
Always tell the truth, my lad,
if you’re a master smart hand
it it. ’
“Absalom had a distant rela
ive—he lived in Nantucket,
and his brother was anchored
in Jamuiky—who bought and
sold everything, from queer
-hells to queer money. Hi*
brother was a smart man, ni;;i
is smart as Absalom him,** If
md he might have lived to 1 +
i grout oue if they hud giv<-n
him plenty of lope. As it was,
ih war a luetic too high-strunw
lo make a success of life. It -
queer how the furinera acquire
f our improvements, oven tin
art of lynchin’.
“Absalom was master and
sole proprietor of the’good old
tradin'brig, Keep Mum, The»
war two of a kind. Ab-ulom
and the brig. Ab-uloin wor*
a suit of homespun that hung
on him like a sail wrapped
irouud a windmill, and tln
brig was all right if she was
only as black as she was paint
ed, for she needed sprucin' up
badly, but they were both hard
to beat in their deceptive lines.
1 reckon. The Keep Mum was
one of the best of hes kind that
•over faded out of sight of a rev
enue cutter, and Absalom was
entitled to a patent right on
lots of tricks of his trade. ll*
was a quiet kind of man, re
sultin’ from hard study of cir
cus posters when lie was a lad,
and the Keep Mum sailed so
stilly the wind couldn’t whistle
through her riggin’ even.
“Now, Absalom was a tem
peranee man from principle* and
interest, though he wasn't par
ticularly religious and worship
ed nothin’, so far as I know,
except savin’s banks. ‘Novel
taste the intoxicatin’ cup,young
man,’ he used to say, ‘you might
miss a chance to make a dollar.’
But just tho same, after his
brother came aboard at the end
of my first trip to Kingston,
hringin’ with him a mysterious
air (kind of strongly scented),
Absalom loaded the Keep Mum
Gwinnett Herald.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16th 1897.
up with rum. And such rum!
In barrels, with rusted hoops
and cobwebs dingin' round ’em,
they hoisted it on board. The
pirates that hid it a century be
fore stored nothin’ weak, and
every year added to its strength.
Our second mate, who was a
man of much'liquid experience
ashore as well as at sea, took a
cargo of one cup. It was just
three days before he could nav
igate, and —would you believe
it! —for two weeks after that
whenever lie dreamed, of that
rum at night he’d wake pp in
the morniii’ tipsy.
‘‘Absalom was a man who
glanced over newspapers from
curiosity ard read trade jour
nals for profit. Ho 1 knew some
thing extremely uncommon was
up when he spent a whole fore
noon porin’ over a newspaper,
with his elbows on the table
and his fingers clutched in his
hair; and when I heard him
chuckU, l was interested. Ab
salom Biggs never wasted a
chuckle. 1 heard him say, as
he went out of the cabin:
‘They’re strong in tho body,
but weak in t he head. ’
“Of course, 1 picked up the
paper. It told a story of an
awful tribe of cauuybals who
resided on the w* I coast of
Afriky. It seemed they war a
tribe of reg’lar bunko-steerers,
for all the missionaries who
went there were invariably
taken in. Then the queen of
England sentdown a gunboat,
and the captain of the gunboat
sent a man with a white Mag
and a proclamation in violent
language to these eannybals.
But there was some misunder
standin’ about the matter, for
the eannybals ate both the gal
lant tar i" I 'ln proclamation.
It, hurt the captain’s feel in's
very much, so he landed most
of his force and went after the
heathen. Alas! he didn’t know
’( in. I disrememb; r all of tin
i licet in’ lines of the pint larrv
ate wrote, about ’em, but the
eenterpiiv • of the work run
somethin’ like this;
They war an aw ful hungry lot
An’ bavin nothin much to do,
Invaygled the tars —the sun was
hot
Into a nice, seclooded spot,
Then ate that gallant crew.
Her majesty missed a recep
tion on account of that, und
i he foreign secretary missed tw<
first-class races. Then a crui
ier went down there on busi
ness, but the captain, not tie
in’ onto his job,.was shortly on
'he rocks, and when the men
swam ashore, tin heathen met
’em with a hearty reception.
And it was awful annoyin’after
(hat to the pp iplo on the Eng
lish boats that went railin’ by
to see them euvvidges a-sittin’
m the rocks and sutiniu’ them
•elves, dressed in British naval
uniform- and sarcastic smiles.
Vnd Iht foreign secretary had
akeu to his bed. So the papers
said.
“ ‘We sail for London to-mor
ow,’ said Absalom Biggs, whp
was stamlin’ in the doorway
vith his hands in his pockets.
Ml the information you ever
;ot out of Absalom about hi
msiness was volunteered, so 1
aved my bn ath by askin’ no
piestions. We sailed with fair
weather and a good breeze. All
he way over Absalom didn’t
10 anything but walk the deck
with his hands in his pockets
and a commercial expression on
his face. Hid 1 tell you that
.ve didn’t unload that rum?
“We reached Loudon and Ab
-uloin put on his bust store suit
Jt<> go up to see tlie foreign sec
retary. He put one leg of his
11 ousel s outside his boot and
one inside, ‘for I don’t know,’
In* says, ‘how tho foreign secre
tary has his’n. You see, Absa
lom Biggs could carry water on
both shoulders as well as any
body. Wo had to pass about
twenty secretaries and assistant
secretaries, and every blessed
one of ’em bad un objection,
but Absalom out maneuvered all
of them. The foreign secretary
was siftin'in a chair as if it
had been built up around him.
•What do you want?’ said he,
looking at his watch. ‘Permis
sion,’ says Absalom, ‘to catch
Wally Bo Logn and his cunny
bals.’ ‘You have it,’ said the
secretary, ‘and if you are suc
cessful her majesty will be
pleased to extend to you her
grateful thanks and gracious
commendation.’ ‘And what
might that combination In
worth?’ aske.d Absalom Biggs.
“Ten thousand pounds.’ >aid
the secretary, shortly. When
lie had a note to that ell’eet «e
left.
“So we sailed down the Afri
can coast, with a cargo part of
rum and ptirt of water. We
bad ml firearms. ‘Aminyni
tion,’ said Absalom, ‘costs
money.’ I didn't understand
his {dsn. Once after a trader
had tried to do business and
Wally Bo Logn at the snme
w ith rum, but that sly old chap
ate tin trader first and drank
his rum afterward. ‘Biisines
before pleasure,’ remarked Wal
ly Bo Logn.
“We went inshore at night
by the dark of the moon and
while the heathen was steepin'
we lightered that rum to land.
And then at daybreak we stood
off. There along the leach,
stood barrel after barrel of rum.
And every barrel had u spigi t
and a bright new tin cup,
chained fast, ‘for tin cups cost
money,’ was what Absalom
said.
“The heathen came down to
look at the brig and speculate
about the chances for break
fast; the tin cups caught their
eye, and then, pretty soon, the
rum caught them. Absalom
stand on the upper deck and
watched them; “They’re strong
in the body but weak in the
head.’ Then he went down be
low and read his ‘Pilgrim's
Progress' and ‘Guide to Wealth.
“In the afternoon Absalom
Briggs surveyed the sceije again.
He seemed kind of p'e sed
And, finally, when Wally !’»■
Logn got his marine cap jam
med down over his eyes and hi
lieiitenants’s sword tangled i ;
with his legs and sat down l>
iinmix himself, Absalom or
dered out the boats. ‘Taki
care of all of them that ean'i
take care of themselves,’ kiml lx
said he. By nightfall we ha>‘
all the heathen carefully stowed
below.
“‘These are your instrue
lions: Keep the brig out ot
sight of land until further no
tice.’ And then Absalom wen
back to liis ‘Guide of Wealth
“We sailed up and we sailed
down. We tacked this way am
that, and roamed around at <>ui
freewill. One more orner wi
had front Absalom: ‘All you
need give the savages is plenty
if water and room to play. Nb
rum,’ he added, absent-minded
ly, ‘for rum costs money/ Am!
t hen 1 heard him chucked agaii
and say: ‘They’re strong ii
the body, though weak in tin
head. ’
“Well, wo went on a-sailin’.
Absalom consulted me just once
more. ‘What do you knov
about ’rithmetical retrogres
sion?’ he asked me. 1 wa
young in those days—almost
young enough to know every
thing—and, havin’ tlie canny
bals on my mind, I answejw
up smartly: ‘The water is i
leet le brackish, but tho hurbo
is fair and there are plenty <>.
palms. It hadn’t any inhale
lants the last time 1 wus there.
‘Never mind,’he said; if yoi
take 700 and divide it in two
md then every four days cui
your Aggers down oue-hslf hov
long'll it In* until you havvouh
one?' Bein’ a little weak <>i
figgers, 1 said nothing. Am
And then lie fell to cipherin’.
“After that Absalom didn't
seem to take any interest in au
cargo. He usually stayed it
the cabin and read. And th
Keep Mum kept sail in ’ on, some
toward the tropics and some
times towards the pole It did
not seem to make any diffuvnci
to Absalom whether her canvas
from skysails to courses win
spread to a spankin’ lire* /*- oi
Mapped idly in a dead calm.
“But finally, oue day aftei
lie hail held a deepeonsultation
with the almanac, our emirs*
was laid for London The
iimrniii’ we went up the Thame.
Absalom’s interest in our carg"
‘•ami! to life, lie lifted up tin
latch, careless like, and aftei
a bit Wally Bo Logo’s black
head appeared. Now, Ihi'ntigl
living with and on missionaries
Mr. Bo Logn could speak En
glish. ‘We’re goin’ ashore,’
said Absalom ‘To eat?’ asked
Wally Bo Logn, ‘Yes’ replied
Absulom, and Wally nodded his
head. So wo disguised him
with a linen duster that fitted
him rather soou, und added
I some other clothes by way of
adornment; then up went we to
the foreign secretary. Between
you’ll me, lie’s a better mail to
Jdo business with than the lord
■ high admiral, not havin’ so
! many titles. The first assist
ant to somethin’ stood in the
doorway with his nose tilted
skyward. ‘We’ve business with
the secretary,’ said Absalom.
I‘And what might your business
be?’ said his highness, with con
jsidernblc scorn. ‘Eat,’ said
Wally Bo Logn. and he smiled
jat him w ith his meot-yoii-at-the
-messroom smile, and his high
ness just shrank into nothin’-
Then we steered for the secre
tary’s otlice, and found him at
: home with flic same big chair
I around him.
“ ‘Wind do you want?’ he
said, frownin’. And then Mr.
Bo Logn and the secretary sized
each other up, for tlmy war two
of a kind.
“ ‘Allow me,’ said Absalom
; Biggs, ‘to introduce to you
Wally B. Logn, king of the
Uuiuny cannibals.’
“ ‘And where are the rest of
the tribe?’ asked the secretary,
impatiently.
“Then Absalom drew Ijiinself
jup to his full hight, ami made
his best, best how. ‘They're
strong in the body though weak
in the head. They’re in him,’
said Absalom Biggs.”
Just then the waiter at the
cook house sounded his sheet
iron supper call and the patri
j arch rose stiffly, scraping his
pipe. “It ’s supper time, boys,”
lie said.
AN INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIR.
HOW TUB THUKATKNKI>OItISIS WAS
AVKRTKI) THROITUII MUCH
DIPLOMACY .
Chicngi i Times-HoraliL
During the reign of the carpet
baggers in Georgia a very black
but brainy old negro named
Tunis G. Campbell came dow n
from the north and became one
of the leaders of Ids race.
In the course of time Camp
bell was made a justice of the
peace at the port of Darien.
I Then the trouble began iiiearn-
I est.
Justice Campbell had no use
for the whites, because he knew
that they cordially hated him.
But he did not coniine his
I animosity to Georgians or to
democrats. He employed a
number of negro constables,
- authorized them to carry weap
ons, and in a short time made
| his court a terror to the com
-1 inunity.
So much by way of introduc
tion. One summer a British
sailing vessel came to Darien
and took on a cargo of naval
-tores. Before getting ready to
suil the captain settled nvory
t ing due from him and his
crew—that is, everything in way
of a just account. Ho secured
his papers, when several negro
I traders of the lowest class un
xpectedly put in claims for
goods that had never been pur
i chased.
These cormorants alleged that
the captain and his sailors were
indebted to them for meals,
merchandise, lodging and other
; things.
It was evident that these
claims were fraudulent, and the
captain continued his prepara
tions for his departure.
The afternoon he was to weigh
anchor Justice Campbell hold u
consultation with a shyster law
yer.
“I want to hold that for
eigner here,” said Campholl,
“until ho settles these bills.”
“lo England,” replied the
lawyer, “when you want to pre
vent people from leaving the
country you issue a writ of ne
exeut regnum.”
Campbell came near failing
t > the floor.
“Just say that again,” lie
said oxcitidly.
“A writ of no exeat regnum. ’
“1 see—l see,” said ('amp
bell. “Well, I want you to
draw up one and keep that fel
low here.”
The shyster’s resources were
limited, sml he explained to
his friend that regnum meant
kingdom, und as this country
was a republic there would have
to bo a change in the verbiage.
“Change it,” commanded the
black justice.
The lawyer then admitted
that lie knew, very little Latin,
and for that reason was some
what embarrassed.
“This is a republic,” he said.
“All right,” was the prompt
reply of Campbell, “draw up u
: writ of ne exeut republicuiii.’
“I’m afraid it is bad Latin,”
objected the lawyer.
“I’ll make it stick,” answer
ed the justice. “I’ll sign tlie
paper und swear iu six special
constables to enforce it.”
This was enough, and the
lawyer proceeded to draw up
the most remarkable document
ever seen in America.
The writ covered “0 pages of
foolscap, and ordered lie Eng
lishman, under tho severest
pains and penalties, to remain
with his ship at Darien until In
set tied all claims.
It was a sultry August after
noon, and the vessel was about
ready to depart when it was
boarded by Justice Campbell
and six negro constables armed
with guns.
The justice rend the writ to
the captain, and after inform
ing him that the constables
would remain until the matter
was adjusted, the judicial ty
rant went ashore again.
Tho Britisher fumed, fretted
and swore, but the six negro
guards made themselves at
homo and kept their guns with
in reach.
The captain retired to the
cabin with tho mate and talked
it over.
Finally a plan <>f action was
agreed upon, and when the
ship’s officers reappeared they
were apparently in a good hu
mor, They told the constables
that they were welcome us the
representatives of the law, and
requested them to enjoy the
freedom of the vessel.
The constables were over
whelmed with tobacco and ci
gars and an occasional dram
until their suspicions vanished.
Then the captain and his crew
displayed still more hospitality
and the hott-le was freely passed
around.
freedom of the vessel.
Tin* constables were over
whelmed with tobacco and ci
gars and an occasional dram
until their suspicions vanished.
Then tlie captain and his crow
displayed still more hospitality
and the bottle was freely passed
around.
At midnignt six negro con
stables were in a drunken slum
ber, the eltect of their drugged
liquor, and the captain and his
men were wide awake and per
fectly sober.
The blacks were carefully de
opsited in a boat and set adrift
in the harbor, and then the
British sloop quietly weighed
anchor and left tin* port at ou
hour when Justice Campbell
was dreaming of his new and
wonderful writ of ne exeat n
publicum.
publicum.
The constables were picked
up next day and sent to jail for;
neglect of duty, but the vessel
was then beyond reach.
Tho British explain went
straight to Savannah, where in
laid his case before his consul
and demanded an apology und
an indemnity from' the United
States government.
The consul found it difficult
to keep his face straight when
he heard the story.
“It is un outrage,” he said to
the captain, “but it is a peculiar
one and of a ludicrous nature
“If 1 were you, I would not
■hold a friendly government re
sponsible for the conduct of a
few ignorant persons, who have
not been free long enough to
know their own rights and re
spect the rights of others.”
It required a good deal of
talk to appease the Englishman
but after he had been wined
and dined by the merchants
und had told his story a score
of times, amid roars of laugh
ter, he began to regard the af
fair n.i a good joke and agreed
to let it drop.
And thus ended what threat
ened a serious international
complicat ion.
THE SPECTRE OF THE
ISLE.
BV colon Kl. PKK.NTISS ISIiKAHXM.
A trim looking brig anchored
off one of the small and desolate
islands of the Italian.a Group,
had sent a boat ashore with
buckets and water casks fur a
supply of fresh water.
It was just before sunset, and
tho boat nulled in shore, found
a spring of pure and cold water
amid a group of palms, and tin
men g»*t to work filling the
buckets and carrying them to
empty into tlie casks in the
boat.
There was a full moon and
the men intended to work late
into tho night until they had a
full supply. But suddenly one
of the men uttered a cry of ter
ror and bounded toward tin
boat like a deer, while In* shout
ed:
"The ghost of tho Isle!”
Tho rent of till! ctrnv looked
up to behold w hat lie had, and
they too Hod, and piling into!
the boat they rapidly pulled
back to tin* brig•
There their story was told to
the captain, and he did not dare
say that it wus false, for tars
must be upheld in their super- j
stitions. Then too ho had
heard that that particular is
land had been tlie scene of many
a wreck und tragedy, and why
should it not be haunted, for
tho men claimed to have seen a
ghost, or spectre, coming to
ward them.
Sweeping the shores with his
glass tho c aptain also saw tho
spectre. It wus surely u human i
I.OOPER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
form, clad in w hite, and gliding
up and down tha beach
The men wished to set sail,
* "i the water caskshad all been
emptied for I In- fresh water, and
tin* captain said that sunlight
dispelled ghostly apparitions,
and he would g"t, the supply of
water in the morning.
Again and again he hailed the
spectre, but no answer was re
turned, and there was very lit
tle sleep on board the brig that
night,.for the “ghost” contin
ued to pass to and fro upon the
beach.
With tjie first glimmer of
dawn a boat was lowered, and
the captain himself went ashore
with four of the crew.
Approaching tho landing the
spectre was seen coming from
the spring, and in the light of
the rising sun it was seen to he
a youth of twenty, with white
cotton shirt and duck pants,
much worn, and a face haggard
and emaciated. His foot were
wrapped in l-igs in place of
shoes, and though he waved a
welcome with his canvas cap, ho
did not utter a word.
As the captain sprung ashore
the youth grasped his hand and
said in a whisper:
“I have lost my voice, so
could not hail you. Thank God
you conic hack again, for 1 have
been here for a couplo of months
tho last one of a crew of twelve
patriots who left Cuba with dis
patches for the Junta in New
York, for we intended to sail to
San Augustine and land. One
of our party was a Cuban col
onel, and nearly all were wound
ed. We had a sharpie thirty
feet in length, and provisioned
for a couple of weeks, but she
was driven off' her course in n
storm and wrecked here, and I
alone escaped; hot 1 1 av<* the
dispatches, and I got enough of
our provisions to keep from
starving, but the last I ate yes
terday, so you have saved my
life. Ten days-ago I lost my
voice, and l had given up hope,
when 1 suddenly came across
the island and saw your men at
the spling lust night.”
The graves of his comrades
were found where lie had buried
them; and the hov was taken
aboard and soon made comfort
able.
By the time tho brig reached
New York he had regained his
voice, and he at once delivered
his dispatches, und soon after
returned to with an expe
dition that sailed from Florida.
LETTE It T7TI)M LA WRE NCE
VILLE.
(The following letter is taken
from the Valdosta Times.)
L.vwitKNCKviLLK.Ga. Feb. “7, ’O7
Mil Tiiomah Cn.wvKovn,
Valdosta, Ga.
Dkak Friknh: Yours of this
date received. I hardly know
how to answer your inquiries in
to tho benefits of prohibition
There Ims been such a complct'
ch*nge for the belt r that to
■ ppreciiito it properly you would
have to 1..* here to make your
ow n observations.
The county has boon dry for
a little over four years. Pub
lic sentiment is so overwhelm
ingl> in favor of the law that
those who favor the Hale of li
quor are afraid to submit the
question to a vote Prohibi
licnists arc so perfectly satisfied
what the r.-ult would bo that
they are not only willing bu*
anxious to have un election oi
(In* subject to show them that
almost unanimously the peoph
favor the present prohibitory
law. 1 am satisfied that tin
ii'Hiilt would lie at least threi
io one in favor of the present
law, and perhaps five to one.
This of itself is sufficient ti
satisfy any one of the benefits
of the law. If the people did
not think well of it it would la
voted out, as you know an elcc
lion could be hud at any tinu
on t he subject.
When you lived here, the li
quor men you know were large
ly in the majority; in fact, no
one at that time dared to advo
eato prohibition. 1 am satis
fied that liquor will never again
bo sold legally in thjs county.
Of course, this law, like ever>
other penal law of the state, is
violated at times; and if your
county goes dry at the ensuing
el iction you will bo troubled
for u time with blind tigers.
Men who make s**mo preten
tions to respectability will on
gage in it, but it will not last
long; in a short time only tin
trash will engage in it.
L<*t me slate to you something
about the condition of things
iu this place: You kuow A fit
street on w hich all the bar jcoeqss
wi re located almost t v *'l*#l,day
there were drunk liieu on the
streets, and on public days ii
decent inau could not puss on
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that side of the street; and you
know it to be a fact that no
lady would think of walking on
that side of the street, on any
day, unless some male friend
waft with her. Now everything
is changed; the whole street,
formerly occupied by barrooms,
is now tilled with brick business
houses. Our bank is in one ot
the old saloons, and it is by far
the best street in the town.
I have- had bettor opportuni
ties to notice the effect, having
been for several years at dif
ferent times connected with the
town government as council
man, and during the time that
liquor was sold, during court
week the Calaboose was full at
all times, sometimes 0 or 8 in
at one time. After prohibition,
and immediately after the law
went into effect, for several
terms of the court not a single
person was in the Calaboose;
in fact, it is a rare thing that
any one is arrested for being
drunk.
There is not one hundredth
part of the liquor drank as
when we had bar rooms. There
is more necessity for prohibi
tion now than formerly on ac
count of the negroes. While
liquor was sold there was al
ways some drunken negro on
the streets, now you never see
one. Hut the best effect of the
law is that it removes tempta
tion from the boys. There is
no place that they can get it,
only from a blind tiger, occa
sionally, and any young man
who thinks anything of him
self will not patronize a blind
t iger run by a negro or a low
down white man.
Our town and county is in a
far more prosperous condition
than it. ever was before. Wo
have the best, cotton market in
North Georgia, more goods are
now being sold than was ever
sold before.
My advice to you, judging
from my own experience and
observation of the effects of the
law, would be for you to vote it
out of the county. No state
ment that I could make to you
could (ionvey to your mind the
benitits that your county would
derive from driving out the liar
rooms. Try it and'you will be
satisfied that the good it would
do your community could not
be overstated. I repeat what 1
stated before that the best evi
dence that it is good for the
county, is the fact that after
over four years trial the people
ire better satisfied than ever
with the law, but some people
sill say to you that the people
drink as much
not true, the town and county
records speak a different story.
The liquor traffic in Georgia
is doomed and it is a question
of only a very short time when
the last county in the'atate will
enact prohibitory laws.
If there is anv information I
can give you will take pleasure
in giving it. There is more im
provement going on here than
lias been for. years. Get mo
.now the result of your elec
tion. Youi friend,
John M. Mii.i.s.
oondenseTT* TESTIMONY.
(’has It. Hood, Itroker and
Manufacturer's Agent, Colum
bus. Ohio, certifies that Dr.
King’s New Discovery has no
qtial as a Cough remedy. J.
I*, brown. I’rop. St. James Ho
tel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., testifies
hat lie was cured of a Cough of
two y< ars standing, caused by
I,a Grippe, by Dr. King’s New
Discovery. It. F. Merrill, Itald
.vinsvillo, Mass., says that lie
has used and recommended it
and never knew it to fail and
would rather have it than any
lector, because it always cures.
Mrs. Hamming, E. 25th St.
Chicago, always keeps it at
hand and has no fear of Croup,
because it instantly relieves.
Free Trials Bottles at A. M.
Winn ifc Son’s Drug Store.
f)r. Warren Canlsr suys: “I
un not postering myself or
others with theories about the
geography of hell. 1 am trying
as-best I can to keep people
from going there. Wherever it
be, let us keep <ut of it. ’
When a man sees ail editor
riding along the road, and g<s>s
But and stops him and pays f r
itispap r without being asked,
hgjr\n»y be eaUed a man after
an «iuon ! > own heart. —Ex.