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QO^CJtlOL Saturday bv the he^lerer} ® m p® ®® . jlftddos. I proprietors. ]). Ira' 13 ) sltsckiftion. 25. $1 \T ' 65 ;tb« ' 35 !B COpV free. OF DISMISSIONS. i Bockdate wnnW aflm5n . m?, Ji-rfP' 1 • • represents S'tf,.&»■*" o( petition duly tiled that Fl “'" to cite all ate Xi” "T /Should v not be n. discharged *i;y -t-‘ . • .....ion and ffk receive let a,lml tbe Monday in . " ml ’ o o 2d. 1885. I BSC. This U-v'ember Ordinary. 0. Sea MiXS, PUBLIC NOTICE! ersous are positively prohib other d, bunting, fishing or part passing <m my farm, a Id Johnnie F. Carr plantation, o*r river. Mat Maddox. ic. Ga., Dec. 10th 188o. "“notice Intake professional visits to ’9 the first Saturday in every Patients wishing to see me J me at my office in the YV hite louse or'at Dr. Lee's drug Dk. L. G. Brantly. SS0LUT10N NOTICE. firm of G. M. Jones & Co. L day dissolved by limitation putual consent. G. °M. Jones [his (os, who interest will continue to Me srs. the Stew bus ii the same stand assuming all [ies of the late firm, will he all collec in¬ Iness to said firm Stewart Bros. G. M. Jones. Stewart Bros. r.s, Ga., Dec. 17 1SS5. ting sold my entire interest | firm of G. M. Jones & Co. to fs. Stewart Bros., I thanks take this (unity to return my to lends’and the public who have erally given me their patronage g my connection with the firm ppectfiilly and earnestly solicit ttintiance of the same to my Isors in business’ G M. Jones. I SPECIAL NOTICE! [who are indebted to myself or ft. M. Lee will confer a great by calling immediately and kg, as we are needing all that ns to meet our obligations. Dk. W. II. Lee. Its, Gs., Oct. 23. 1885. WILL PAY il you propose going: ; or Nortli-West, to sme. I represent ti e t Line. BUSH, D. P. A., Atlanta, Ga I LilFlB 5 anueacturer of IES AND WAGONS, MERS, won GEORGIA. well prepared to do all kinds y and wagon repairiug'in the Jo. ‘ s ng ■inter employed a first-das car I can do anything in in the most satisfactory 1 me Buggies, eon hand a splendid lot ot fe’ es of my own make, also h’rn buggy—will sell cheap. FP a splendid line c,f wagons, will sell low down. ns and Caskets a splendid line of underta- 2 imt £‘™ Haul ware, 8U “* and of , w,!l Coffins sell J Cl08e ' Blacksmithing , ffefblaeksmi , . prices. thing done at r k is guaranteed to give tisfaction. ---* • W. LANGFOI?T» ' OIJT H CITE BATES avannal, Weekly -\ Te,e *™ph $2,00. n- weekly , Courier Journal _ 'Us ilue , u<, either hv P Wi « Piease call and set »re oompelietl to ^jLJIicbxrdson tfe imoTO® A Kd wmsk ; & n § i £ » s R. '&£ a 1 ;r \v- i V «tat!w ii'ijsm &SB 'it Vol. 3. HARD TIMES. A BINGING LETTEE TO THETA RMEB3 OF.ECCXDALE. __ Howto Prevent the Annual -Gomplaint of Hard Times, nr nn. j. j. tv. glens. Tlie old cry of hard times is on us again, and it returns every fall with such regularity that we pay but lit tie attention to it; and yet Messrs, Editors there is such a thing as hard times, and it is seriously felt now-by the larger class of society. Where there is plenty of money there can be no hard times—unhappiness is often the incubus that accompanies wealth, but they do not know want, My object in this paper is to show that hard times visit us with almost certain regularity plan every year, and sue!) to suggest some whereby tiines may and can be avoided. It may not be known [generally, yet it is true, that the main founda tion of society, in this country, is only about one ninth—in other words, the whole sixty million pop ulation in the United States is sup ported by only seven million farm ers. That other men and women labor, and that hard, I do not ignore, but ail are dependent for life on the product of the farm—few think of this properly. And yet [the farmer is the worst abused and poorest liver in the bunch. A ready querry comes from all, whose fault is it? No one is to blame but himself. Now that is doubtless true, but if he mends his ways some of the rest of the world would have to mend theirs,| enable .It is the farmer’s mistakes that the other fifty million of people to live on his labor, How'? In the first place he cultivates rented land, instead of leased land; next he spends one sixth of his crop bofore it is made for guanos; next he buys his supplies on time at such a per vent as would bankrupt an Astor or Vanderbilt in ten years at the same rate; farming next and last though not least he tries to raise all cotton, or all of any other crop. Now it is a self evident fact that if a man owns a farm, by purchase or lease, that he will try to improve the farm and its belongings. For lie reasons that he wiii make more money by improvements that are perma no tit—while as a renter be can’t afford to improve for some one else, who may rent him out. Then again lie can't afford to improve the .premises at his expense, and the landlord reap the benefits, but in a lease of five or ten years he can af ford to pay out money and inussle on the farm, knowing he will reap the benefit. The lease system, in mr opinion, is the only salvation for the south. The present rent system is only killing the goose that lays the oolden cow. The foolish habit of Sngt^oSy tannin spring to make up for his idleness, will keep any fanner poor. You have no business with guanos—they never have -taint paid anybody yet, ex nier the * and company Cotton nor will. That more is made by using guanos T admit, but it is at‘the expense of poor lands and low riee cotton, all hurtful to t< v units f rr a j) five times and over since the the war w ai in guanos. late mug i V ’ 1 ‘ 1 *. • _ .i ’ everything m hem with the amount , is”.™.«Ve £ mrr. Any man that- is not a natur al born fool, knows that he cannot buy the meat, flour, corn, clothing, S,!U P S ’ 8n f ar * l [ offee ? ' IK l ° t : h ! r “ e , 1 , ter the rent is paid, at the prices now asked on time, no farmer can | afford to pay over seven per eent and ! expect to make money. to’ How much then ean he expect make when he pays from 25 to 200 per cent on time, not much. The all cotton has ben tried sufficient to con work to average, less guano, e,gh ! bales to the horse, aod get for that i H cents l er l ,oun ”’ lhc § :une 1S 1 not worth the caudle. ; To sum up. If a fannei wishes succeed he must own or lease land, If the lamilords were wise they ! would se- it in this light. I ben de pend on the farm to impicre itself, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER. CONYERS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 2, 1886. in. the plow exposes too much earth the hot sun. In the fall, before frost, sow five bushels air slaked lime to the acre while the dew is ou the vines and turn in deep and smooth. Green vegetat on oniy sours when turned under and uo.es no good or but little, while if lime be used we get the phosphate of lime and ammonia is set free for the use of the plants. The production of grass and weeds is nature’s efforts to re store her waste places and the far mer is wise that appropriates it to his benefit. But remember, never turn up land to the hot summer sun. You can’t hurt land by turning after November 1st and before February 1st. You can male a soil as deep as j ou can freeze your land. Put ting in dry weeds and grass, keeps the ground from baking, and admits the gases of the air and rain into the ground. You will get more ben efit from the dry vegetation than the green, unless you use lime. By us ing the lime with green vegetation you get five hundred per cent more profit. Try it you farmers, with ter racing and rotation, and if you don’t agree with me in five years time, I will pay the damage. Most of us have been Hying the old plan long enough to show us that it will not pay. I could write or talk torn day on this subject, but few if any will change the rock for the pumpkin. Each farmer thinks he knows it all. Well, did it never occur to you that a negro will beat j’ou as often as not on the old plan? What is your brains for then. If you wisli to suc¬ ceed in any thing you must study— so in farming. A resume. Own or lease your land. Terrace well; use peas and lime or a fertilizer; rotate your crops; diversify jour crops; com¬ mence at the other end of the year, i. e., make before you spend—with industry and economy and the last farmer in the country will be inde¬ pendent in five years. B. F. McCollum, the man who claimed to have aimed the cannon that, killed Geneial Leonidas Polk, has just been kicked to death by’ a horse. The gentleman who aimed the horse has not been heard from, For the last 65 years the Metho dist have contributed $19,000,000 for the, benefit of foreign missions. ' r hey havn't converted many heathens, but they have done themselves a great deal of good by means of the sacrifices they have made to save this immense sum. On January 10, .. the . Athens paper 111 ■ ‘ 1 w ' 1 1 shutdown and remain closed for about three months. By this none of toe hands w.ll sutler as they nave nearly all secured employ meat m the Princeton factory, winch commences operations ngut away, and will employ about loO hands. change , Baling™ of gauge from that b.oad the to genm.1 ataud “M?* next will oe the biggest “ n< ^ * lu f V'f 1 J. n el *? ou ein ia °,’ ' * ‘ ion tremendous job . . . being • for the aie aB over the country now, amt when the time cornea a arge mrcc of workmen will be e ployed, and change will be made quickly. * would be a graceful act for the own e) . g of the Kimball house, in Mew of the great service rendered them by the old General, to change the name Rob Tooml>3 house , sj sea8 on which by custom m this coun t , y k largely given over to demonai acle orgies I his is a shame on the . 1 country. j The pJeUw ho below, .rote -man wants -ant., that ; but little here nor little long” was either crazy^ ot knew nothing about polities. and _ wants tiie earth here below wants j it all the time. -y-- The recent unpleasantness at At , anta between Captain A. B. Connol Captain Connaily has. ate pte- « apology and i egrets anj otlensible language on Ins p art. | une oFthe oi yuc brilliant u __ porters i. of the Constitution ini spea mg o 1 departure of a railroad train lr ‘ ,in that city says it “plunged out oi me the citv into the dark but cloudless HINTS TO YOUNG MEN. That clothes don't make the man. That if they once go into debt they may never get out of it. That parting the hair in the mid die brings on softening of the brain. That to deal honorably with all men they begin with the’ir washer woman. substantial’than That they need something "gloves more cigars, kid a cane to start housekeeping with. That they can’t reckon on their father’s fortune to bring them through life. Fortunes areslippery things—better have something be sides to fall back on. That a girl who decks herself in the latest things out, and parades the streets while her mother is do¬ ing the washing, isn’t worth wasting much love on. That a fellow who deliberately proposes matrimony to a girl when lie can’t support himself, is either a first class fraud or a fool—unless he marries for money and becomes her hired man. Prohibition goes into effect iu El¬ bert county and Eiberton on June 1st. Work will he begun on the new court house ot Oglethorpe county ou the" first of January. Judge Lumpkin has composed a special marriage ceremony forjudges of the superior court. The common daisy is perhaps the most divisible plant in the garden. Each seperate branchlet may be removed, with its modicum or root, and every bit will form a plant. There is a promise that senator Sherman will have a much more ex ; citing time getting re-elected to the Senate than he had in getting elec¬ ted President pro tempore of the Senate. There is a young widower with two or three motherless little ones living iu the seventeenth district of Sumter county who shows that he is worthy to be a father—if not a moth¬ er. After working hard all summer at his crops, making all tie bread and meat necessary, for his loved ones, he gets his mother to cut out clothing for his household, and then sits down to make them himself. Last week he made up garments, and says he likes the buincus. When woman casts aside the sa¬ cred robe of the priestess of the household to dam the garb of the political arena, does she then “fight from vantage ground?”— Rome Bulletin. A teacher asked the definition of the word “riot.” “It means.” said a 12-year old lad, “a free fight in whicn anv one can take part with¬ out paying a cent.” Capt. E. P. Ilowell has resigned the place of President and Director of the Kimball House at Atlanta. Capt. J. W. English has been made pres¬ ident. Capt. Howell sold out h> s stock. The latest sensation . . in New „ York v , is artificial eggs. The bogus eggs resemble the genuine «o closely that «t takes an expert to distinguish them. I he shells are made ot a clear r^rusr'r^ier & portion j surrounding the y°lk i» na( je'or albumen, and the yolk itself | Q f ground carrot and saffron. As fine a j (jjgii 0 f scrambled eggs can be made ! out ofthcse imitations as out of the ^ w \ ,is*»rous some of the n the ^all towns are J n<r tf) the nrw 8tvlo e „ gs . Th e hens have not been heard from yet. The Telegraph regards President ( • lcvelanii * s position upon the silver question as the wisest of anv that | )e j lag a98un j e( j and says it is in accord with the ablest and best financial sentiment of the country. Gen. 'Toombs' «veraged 1r from 1a , n > h i* slaves at the foot of Bunker Hill Monument But the North started the f a | se hood and will keep it going till the crack of doom. ; Chicago has only 9.000 saloons 1 asra i D8t 13,000 last year, and yet the , e of tJ|at c itv do not seem to fear a i iquor famine. No. £0 THE LABELING OF MOBPHINE. On account of the frequent mis¬ takes which have been made by drug clerks in the putting up of morphine, some of which have prov¬ en most disastrous, the recent legis¬ lature of Georgia passed selling a law pre¬ the scribing the manner of sulphate and other pieparatioas of morphine in this state. As of inter¬ est to those who deal in or purchase the drug the following is copied from the act: “That on and after Jan. 1, 18S6, it shall not be lawful for any druggist or other dealer in drugs and medi¬ cines to sell or offer for sale any sul phate or other preparations of nmr pbine in any bottle, vial, envelope or or other packages, unless the same shall he wrapped in scarlet paper or envelope, and all bottles and vials, used for the above purpose, shall have in addition to said scarlet wrap¬ per a scarlet label, lettered in white letters, plainly naming the contents of said bottle.” Any one violating the above will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and up¬ on conviction, will be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50. Forty-eight out of the seventy five Georgia weeklies began their lo cal pages last week with “Christmas is here” thirty two issued half sheets and twenty-three suspended for the holidays. “I am so pleased,” said Clara to her little friend. “Lust Saturday they gave me such a beautiful doll for a birthday present.” “Ah! you still play with dolls? I don’t; I ain too bigjnow.” “And what have you done with yours.” “I Lave locked it in the cupboard. It will do for ' n .V children.” “But suppose you have no children?” “Then it will go to my grandchildren.” An exposure of the means by which people are hoodwinked by wi¬ ly Englishmen, is made by the state department. They advertise in American papers for the heirs of some unclaimed estates of immense value. T® gain* a large crowd of dupes some familiar name is used. Then levies arc made upon these people until their purses are exhaiis ted. The police made over 200 arrests in Atlanta Chistmas eve. Gov. Fitz Lee, of Virginia, has al¬ ready refused the offer of a fine car¬ riage as a Christmas present. A riot took place in Dublin, Satur day, in which over twenty persons, including men, women and children, were more or less hurt. Wednesday night the Ilenlj’ settle¬ ment, in Butts county, was surprised by a raid on an illicit distillery by ihe revenue officers. David Henley and sixty gallons of whiskey and 400 gallons of beer were taken, besides all the necessary apparatus for car¬ rying on a business oftbat kind. The officers had but little trouble in capturing Henley, as he only run a short distance when discovered. Af¬ ter capturing Henley it was discov¬ ered that he and Collector Forrester were old army comrades, both lie longing to the same company, and that Colquitt was in the same regi¬ ment with them. Three snow white beavers were ta ken on the Sacramento river near Chico, Cal., the other day. The fur was as soft as silk. The historian of Augusta, Me., has agaia become a grandfather. ’I he soul of James G. Blaine goes march - One arm around a pretty girl * waist is said to be worth two arms around a frosted lamp post. Is there a man in this stale with courage and money enough to go in to the coal regions and bore for oil ° slumbering vast for Lines—Macon , )erta j g over Telegraph. Richard ^suiters, of Athens, w , 10 *>a» gone out West to seek his for tune, writes back from Fort Worth, Texas, that there is plenty of busi De , 8 out there, but that ,1 takes a °°° g " if Out in Wyoming they have a shal , low lake of warm, clear water, which is especially tempting to the bather. hot tom «cems to be of pure *hite snnd ‘. but in realitv, is a suck , ” ui k8 ; nd which speedily swab 1(( a up whatever it embraces, There is no escape from it The wa- i 30 B;moi$ -S^SOF ALL KIND DONF^ NEATLY AND PROMPTLY. ADVERTISING KATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND Pay far advertisements is always due after the first insertion, unless otherwise contracted for. Guaranteed positions 10 per cent extra. Entered postoffioe n* second-elan, uiail matter. The Baptist Church at Milled*:** ville was destroyed to’be Friday night. It is believed the work of an incendiary. The trustees met the next day and resolved to go to work at once anci|rcbuild the edifice. When a witness was being interro gated in Cobb superior court as to his knowledge of facts, he swore that although lie didn't see it, he. knew that a certain fact occurred. “What,* said the astute lawyer, “would you swear to knowing a thing occurred and you never saw it?" The witness hesitated a moment in thought and replied confidently: “Yes, sir, I will. I will swear that I was born, but I never saw the occurrence.” The lawyer subaided. A school-bored boy writes indig¬ nantly to know why he was plucked for an examination when he answer¬ ed every question right, especially this one about the horse, which he was asked to describe. “This is the way I did it, and showed ’em I knew what a cow was as well,” says our school bored boy; “The Horse is a noble creature, and so is the Cow. He gives us milk and has four legs, one at each corner, anil a tail in the middle, and horns at the other end; but not the Horse. If you hit him lie won’t do it again. He only kicks at the back. The end.” And the school bored boy was plucked lor this! Too bad. Reports have been received in London from what is called a reliable source, both from St. Petersburg and Vienna, to the effect that in both capitals the feeling is growing that war between Russia and Aus¬ tria over the Balkan’* dispute is al¬ most unavoidable. Active war prep arations in both countries have been going on ever sine* the outbreak of hostilities between Servia and Bul¬ garia. The Russian and Austvain aimies have hecu actively and se¬ cretly arming in anticipation ot war. Much color is given to these reports bj the heavy orders for stores and munitions of war that are being placed by agents of the Russian and Austrian governments in London. Having made a great mistake in not attending the Hendricks’ funeral, Mr. Cleveland attempts to repair it by proposing to help build a mon umeni over the grave. Perhaps this may appease the Indiana politicians. The Christmas day murders in the United States ran up to twenty one. This lias an ugly look, but as an off set it should be recollected that about 56,000,000 people in this country behaved themselves, killed nobody, and enjoyed the day in a reasonable fashion. A very beautiful illustration of the desire tor spoils by the repuhli can benators is portrayed in the ac¬ tion of Senator Sherman in the dis¬ charge of little Harry Morgan, who was made a door keeper by the late Vice President Hendricks. Mr. Sherman had not been in office as the successor of Mr. Hendricks twenty-four hours before a clean de mocratic sweep was made and rc publicans placed on the watch. Even the Republican Philadelphia of Picas does uot indorse the pranks the Dakotans as enthusiastically’ as might have been expected. It giies them the following sincere, if sarcus tic, warning - “When Dakota gets into the Union—where she properly belongs-—it will be bv Uncle Sam’s taking ner by the lilly white hand and leading her across the water and not by reason of any scattering at tempts at bukb-zlug on ber own part. The expanding and vociferioua ieri torv of blizzards and booms should keep these gentle truths in mind.” In speaking of the instruments produced in the agricultural thought world, Toombs once said, that he that the most valuable and import •« Ohe, .». the ectteh gin of Whit ne v I hat it gave a Bpnng to tie - agricultural . of Georgia which has continued unimpaired to this < ay, aDl j a credit that will endure whim t h,. cotton plant whitens the farmers G f the south with its snowy harvest, or the machinery of the cot-on facto ry clatters upon the water falls. ss? Friday. It is dent, was removed es t j ma ted that the cost attendant upon putting up and removing the Grant and Hendricks’ mourning combined wa «C10 000 I Seven murders, have been three commuted or four of them ladies, in Austin, Texas, within the past eight