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About The Solid South. (Conyers, Ga.) 1883-1892 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1886)
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Ei-la Wheeler VV ilcox. ia wise child that knows tide of its bread is oieomar gives advice as a doctor ibysic—not because he has himself, but as an experi r correspondents will kindly n only one side of the pa fc Ere should be better pleased. can use the other side to aragraphs on. proposed to hold a re union Jones family in Rhode Island, ta that there is room in Rhode for the Jones lamily is a very me. [dent “I recognize Elliott, of but Harvard, mental re one |tion as an essential part of L-namely, cation of a lady or gentle an accurate and |use of the mother tongue.” It is not hard to write funny’ iplis; all you have to do is to 31 't a pen, some paper and ink, b sit down and write them r occur to you. It is not the [ but the occurring that is id at do you grow on this land?” fired I of the the fence farmer inspecting who was over a I larly barren piece of ground. lazy,’’ was the satisfactory’ lyou please give me a dime?” » tramp, “I’m blind.” “You out of one eye as well as I m eplicd t'd! the gentleman impor¬ give are half only half blind.” me a dime,” said mp. f a man is the architect of his ill [tune, but never gets enough to build. >ng from the notices in our t, exchanges,crops are in much condition than at this period ir - Cotton is a little back Jit barm. healthy, and the corn is There should he an , c ‘ ls play of agricultural is at our state fair. e matter of the killing ofBrv ) ■vkland atCartersville, Wil p “okett, his brother James : Jackson, accused of the idonTh Ved a CommitmeKt ' on1 Thursday i were admitted ! >n the sum of $3,000 each, ’an bond Hudgi for ns wag also placed to the 1 like amount as ac r killing. i I ile Z“ d f cur, S ’° fDaWSOn ; e f on ’ his tells place ofa ! night. In his cot- 8 8 V ink and when (water L stands on ’. it for KXtk nr d sever ! y a dark the ! hu; i lrv btU K during waSV ’ J 611 ’ an,Uhe - fee ! deep, and as stan in it ding on it ^ S’ Cha were fifty H r innOWS ’ L. [ th 9 ®fS “ 8 ,na,,y . a " ain st B. E. for of Oconee l h itt tke the Sw ^ t0decla, Ulon election ' e tlle KTbr! ’Oh L d * y ? f last, [Coart'ia^ h 1 J^uftheSu “^ust the kim and CfGe taken I to fjp„! t,le re tttion who are result of '^tfc^y-s. 'e Cou^ r *U go to Iti8 the Solid L Yol. 4. A PUZZLE IK PUNCTUATION. The following article forcibly il¬ lustrates the necessity of proper punctuation. It can be read in two ways, describing a very good man, or a very bad man, the result de pending upon the manner in which it is punctuated. It is well worth the study of all and particularly young pupils: old experienced in “He is an man vice and wickedness be is never found in opposing the works of in¬ iquity he takes delight in the down fall of his neighbors he never re joices in the prosperity of his fellow creatures he is always ready to as sist in destroying the peace of soci ety he takes no pleasure in serving the Lord he is uncommonly diligent in sowing discord among his ac quaintances he takes no pride in laboring to promote the cause of Christianity he has not been negli gent in endeavoring to stigmatize all public teachers he makes no ef¬ fort to subdue his evil passions he strives hard to build up Satan’s kingdom he lends no aid to the sup¬ port of the gospel among the heath¬ evil en he contributes largely to the adversary he pays great heed to the devil he will never go to heaven he must go where he will receive the just recompense of reward.” Boss Raymond, the alleged “journ¬ several alist” who was in the south years ago, but who has swindled people without regard to section or continent is now in a New York jail and stands a fair chance of getting a taste of his dues. Raymond had many aliases and traveled extensive ly. He has been in jail several times. His latest swftdle and the one for which he is now in limbo was giving a hotel bogus checks. When arrainged for a preliminary lawyer trial he appeared as his the own and moved to dismiss case on a technicality. His motion was re fused and he went to jail in default of $1,500 bail. Raymond is thirty five years of age and is a native ot London, England. He is nearly six feet in height and tips the beam at nearly 250 pounds. He has a round, full face, with sandy hair and small sandy mustache, and has a pleasant manner. Before marriage it is considered the height of impropriety for a lady to make any advance in love mat ters; they must stand demurely back and wait for the prince’s com ing and be very chary indeed about meeting him even half way; but af ter marriage, lo! the tables are turned, as some seem to think, and it straightway becomes the duty of the wife to put forth every effort to keep the love she has been so mod¬ est in gaining. I am a firm believ er in the doctrine of mutual forbear¬ ance, making the duty of the man equal that of the woman in making a happy home and keeping the love which he took such unwearied pains to gain. Isn’t the marriage vow to love, honor and cherish as binding for one as the other? Is a man to be lightly excused from bis part of the contract and the woman held to hers? Wife and mothers, what endless cares and trials are your portion? If you do not need sympathy, love and appreciaton, who does? If it is the duty of the wife to dress up for her husband it is also his duty to do the same thing.—Ex. The “rotation” system prevalent in the 18th senatorial district, com¬ posed of Richmond, Glasscock and Jefferson, is queer. Richmond gets two term out of every four. A man near Griffin has been mar¬ ried three times, twice to widows with children, and boasts of having six different families of children under his roof. Here is a sentiment from the Springfield Union that will do to keep: “We have talked a good deal about educating girls to become wives and mothers. Has it ever oc¬ curred to the faculties of male col leges that it would be a good thing to train young men to become good husbands and fathers.” A lawyer on being asked by a lady’ the meaning of the term “fee simple,’ replied; fee, “Fee-simple, and a simple And all the fees entail, thee, Are nothing when eompard Female.” to Thou best of fees, “Ma,” said an intelligent, thought ful boy of nine, “I don’t think Solo¬ mon was so rich as they say he was.” “Why, my dear, what could have put that into your head?” asked the as tonished mother. “Because the Bi¬ ble says he slept with his fathers, j and I think if he had been so rich I he would have had a bed ot his own. Ar y TRUTH, JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER. CONYERS, GEORGIA, AUGUST 7, 1886. Gilmer county is now engaged in a prohibiting campaign. The vote will be taken some time in August and if prohibition carries the bene ficient effect will be almost as great in Murray as in Gilmer, because it will greatly aid in stopping the li¬ quor traffic between the two coun¬ ties. Last Wednesda3 T the crowd of colored people in Athens was esti¬ mated at 6,000. There was not a drunken man seen the entire da3’ or single arrest made. This seems in¬ credible, and speaks not 01113- well for the colored firemen of Georgia, but also for the grand results of pro¬ hibition. Had there been barrooms in Athens the calaboose could not have held the prisoners, and blood shed would probably have ensued. As it is, the regular police force preserved order, and everybody was happy and in a good humor. Two souls with but a single thought! Nonsense! Both of them are intent on anything but single blessedness. A bailiff living near Buena Yista had a novel experience the other night. He went out to arrest a ne gro, and it was midnight before he returned with his prisoner. The bailiff took a notion that he would take a nap and made preparations to that end. He tied the negro’s arms behind him with a rope, then tied the end of the rope to his own arm so that any effort on the part of the negro to get away’ would wake him, and then laid down to sleep in his front piazza. While the bailiff was wrestling with the sleepy god the nesrro waked, untied his arms, tied the arms of the bailiff together and then departed. The officer of the law had to call his wife the next morning to liberate him. The good that women do is like the odor of flowers, which, though unseen and untraced, yet sweetens the gen¬ eral air. The meanest man that we ever heard of in this county left a sickly’ wife with several little children ear- 13' in the spring to make their own living on rented land, and now, af¬ ter the crop is made, he has return ed and claims it.—Elbcrton Ga¬ zette. An honest old farmer, on being in¬ formed the other day that one of his neighbors owed him a grudge, grow¬ led out: “No matter, he never pays any thing. Mr. Joe Askew gave liis friends a delightful private barbecue near Stockbridge last Tuesday. About three hundred guest were present A correspondent asks how to serve a dinner. If it is a good dinner and 3’ou are hungr3 r , just eat it. That's the way we would serve a dinner. Mr. Fox Askew, near Stockbridge, claims the “finest cow in the world,” She is common stock, but yields from four to five gallons of milk and two pounds of butter per day. A Tennessee paper sa3 T s the wheat that is for sale at 60 cents has been injured b3' wet weather and is onl3’ good for hog feed. Biscuit will probably be scarce in that state this fall and winter, but there ought to be plenty of “fatty bread” in its place. That strong and vigorous man, who moves about in this busy world and finds nothing to do, has lost his self pride, that strong incentive to virtuous deeds. Sarcastic old thing! Husband— I have been making my will dear. Leaving you everything, with—ah— full power to remarry-. Wife—Oh, darling, never! Husband—Yes, love, and (with a I sardonic chuckle), in that case shall feel assured there will be at least one who will daily deplore my death! A banker likes a note; a musi cian likes a note, and a horse likes an oat; and yet if you told either of those gentlemen they resembled horse they would get hot in the col lar. “I guess I’m pretty safe about go ing to Heaven,” remarked Bobby to young Mr, Featherly. Mr. Feath erly replied that he earnestly hoped so, and then inquired why Bobby felt so confident about the matter. “Because,” explained Bobby, “Ma says it ain’t safe to trust me where there’s fire.” A Philadelphia girl recently mar ried a legless man. When she asks for a new bonnet he can t kick. The test of real love is gladness in making sacrifices. ODTH. Intense mourning is considered vulgar in aristocratic circles, but death is just as fashionable as ev er. “We more than hold our own,” say’s an exchange. Yes, that’s why yom neighbors have all locked up their chicken coops. However good natural a doctor may be he sometimes gets out of patients. Born to blush unseen—Young women who paint; that is to say, if they ever blush at all. W. A. Norton, of Newton, will make five bales of cotton from live acres and the melons on the ground will pay all the expenses of planting and cultivating. We do not believe in “woman’s writes.” They are generally long, with a postscript, covering botli sides of the paper and crossed in two directions. Out in Montanna the thermometer ranges from 120 to 130 degrees in the shade. There has not been a marriage in that territory in two months. The Hebrew Standard says it is against the will of God for the bus band to boss the house. That’s a thin excuse for a henpecked hus band. There is a photograph of the late Alexander H. Stephens in the pos¬ session of Maj. Lamar Cobb, of Athens, Gs., in which the Southern statesman is represented as sitting with legs crossed and the bottoms of both feet resting squarely upon the floor. This was a favorite po¬ sition of Mr. Stephens, and it is said that no one has yet been able to rival him in his acrobatic teat. The girl who repeated the lines below to her lover meant business: The man who takes the red, red w ine; Can never glue his lips to mine. The man who chews the niivj' plug Will in our parlor get 110 ling. deck Who smokes, drinks or cuts a Shall never, never bite my neck. Don’t j'ou monkey with the cards Or we can never more he pavds. The man who guzzles lager beer Can never, never chew my cur. Drink nothing stronger than red-pop Or in your lap I’ll never Hop. Democratic harmony in Georgia now is so intense that it can almost be felt. It is not believed Unit even Bartow county will secede on sober second thought. Two men were playing billards in a Minnessota town when a cyclone arrived. One of them W’as about to attempt a very difficult shot. Sud¬ denly the storm came, the roof of the building was torn open and the bil¬ liard table sucked up and swept away. The players were stunned, but unhurt, and some days after, in beating the neighboring fields, they came upon the billiard table, upright and perfectly’ level, with the balls in precisely the same position in which they were when surprised by the tempest. Having their cues with them, by a fortunate chance, they went to work and concluded the game. The new Christian church at Ath¬ ens, is nearing completion. The addresses of a certain y’onng man having been declined by a y’oung lady’ he jiaid court to her sis¬ ter. “How much you resemble your sister,” said he on the evening of the first call. You have the same hair and the same forehead, and the same eyes—” “And the same noes!” she added quickly. He has stopped calling at that house. In one corner of the court house in Watkinsville, near the Judge’s bench, is a rough old plow stock. A court officer being asked the history of this humble implement of agriculture, he replied: “That, sir, is the silent witness in our great murder trial. Hardeman had that plow stock on his shoulder when he was shot and killed by Whitehead, and it is kept here ready for the trial of the case when it comes up. Excitement in Texas. Great excitement has been caused in the vicinity of Paris, Tex., by the remarkable recovery of Mr. J. E. Corley, who was so helpless he could not turn in bed, or raise his head; everybody said he was dying of Consumption. A trial bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery was sent him. Finding relief, he bought a large bottle and a box of Dr. King’s New Life Pills; by the time he had taken two boxes of Pills and two , well bottles of the Discovery, he was an( j j, a( j gained in flesh thirty six p 0un( js. Trial Bottles of this Great Dis covery for Consumption free at Or. W. H. Lee a. No. 29. IS THE MOON INHABITED It has Been Discovered to Be The Abode Of Living, Intelligent Men. We have long thought recently it was been not. Bill a discovery has made which may cause the greatest sensation, not only among the adepts of science, but even among the most learned. Professor Blendmann has tound,beyond a doubt, that our dear old friend is not only a mere lantern which kindlv furnishes light for the loving youth and the gas compan¬ ies o£ our planet, but is really the abode of living, intelligent beings, for which lie is prepared to furnish proofs most convincing. The cele¬ brated beginning astromomer, of the present Schreder, cen'^’y, i^Jhc fancied that he could detect places on the surface of the moon, 1 which periodically grew lighter and darker, and from this' fact he derived the conclusion that the phenomenon was proof of existing vegetation. Dur¬ ing the last few decades, however, the idea of life on the moon has been held up to redicule, and totally scorned by’ men of learning. But, nevertheless, it may yet be proved to be correct. By accident Dr Blend m an n found that the observations of the moon gave but very unsatisfac tory results, owing, very probably, to the intensity of the light power of the moon’s atmosphere which is so strong that it effects the correctness of the observations in a very high degree. He then conceived the idea to make the object glass ot the re¬ fractor less sensitive to the rays ol the light, and for that purpose he darkened it with the smoke of cam¬ phor. It took months of experi¬ menting before he succeeded in find ing bis right degree of obscurity of theglass, and when finally found, he then, with the efrantor, took a very accurate photo of the moon’s surface. This he placed in a small sun microscope, which gave the pic¬ ture a diameter of fifty five and a half feet. The revelation was most starling. It perfectly overturned all hitherto entertained ideas of the moon’6 surface. Those level plains which formely, were held to be oceans of water, proved to be verdant fields and what formely was consid¬ ered mountains, turned out as des erts of sand and oceans of water. Towns and inhabitants of all kinds were plainly diserniblo, as well as signs of industry and traffic, The learned professor’s study and ob servations of old Luna will be re¬ peated every full moon when tne sky is clear, and we venture to predict that the time is not far when we shall know more about the man in the moon than of being an agant in love and politics.—Augusta News. The people of Georgia have almost forgotton that two amendments to the constitution will be submitted to them for their action at the next State election. One of the amend¬ ments does away with that provi¬ sion of the contitutlou which makes it imperative that all local and special bills shall originate in the House, and the other authorizes the Legis lature to make provision for maimed ex-Con federate soldiers. Both amendments are worthy the careful consideration of the people. Customs differ in different sec tions. Out West a hunted criminal is lynched; in Connecticut he com¬ mits “suicide”; in the South he “es¬ capes.” But while the customs vary, as a general thing, the result in such cases is about the same. Help Wanted.—Drowing Man —Help! help! What do you mean by sitting there and letting me drown man? Newspaper Proprietor—You should have advertised, my friend. You could get all the help you want through the newspaper. Last year 1,310,555,212 cigarettes were smoked in this country—about one cigarette for each dollar now owed by the United States. A curious case of violation of the prohibition law occurred in DeKalb county. Daniel Bearden, a man of 60 years or more, and weak in body, plead guilty to selling whisky with¬ out a license. On investigation it appeal edthat Beardcnhad his clothes so arranged that he carried about his person an assortment of liquors with sugar, bitters, nutmeg, glasses, etc., so that he became a veritable traveling barroom, with nil the con vemences except ice. And yet to look at him he was as innocent of that as the heathen Chinee was of cards up his sleeve. As he was old and infirm the judge sentenced him to two months in jail and to pay a fine of $20 and costs, or in defautt thereof to serve four months adJi tional in jail¬ gOB -^OF ALL KIND DONEES NEATLY AND PROMPTLY. ADVERTISING KATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND. Pay for advertisements is always due after the first insertion, unless otherwise, contracted for. Guaranteed positions 20 per cent extra. Entered postoffice as second-class mall matter. “LITTLE FOXES.” Mr. Robert Burdette s sermon on “Littlb Foxes” ought to be read once a month by everybody. We print a part of it, so as to make this duty eaiser for at least our readers: “There ave a thousand foxes to one lion, and it is hard work to watch them all the time, but eternal vigi¬ lance is the price of a good charac¬ ter, and “Evil is causal by want of thought As well as want of heart.” “It would be easier to be a martyr, and go down to the block or to the stake, and have one’s head cut off or be burned to a crisp at once and be done with it than it is to endure eight or ten years of rheumatism, So much the more honor to the pa¬ tient victims of rheumatism than to the martyrs. I know it lb easier to be president of the United States, and be a good president, too, than it is to go to sleep with the earaefie, or with three small mosquitoes in the room, that have made up their minds to a horrible repast of human blood, I know —out of the breadth and depth of my own experience I know whereof I affirm—I know it is an easier matter to edit a newspaper than it is to put the baby' to sleep when the baby isn’t feeling particu¬ larly’ sleepy just then. I know the little trials are the hardest; the little temptations are the strongest. The man who would scorn to steal a horse, will swear a little sometimes. The man who could not be hired to forge a note, will sometimes help to circulate a a campaign lie; the man who will not commit murder will oc¬ casionally scold his wife; and the man wiio would scorn to lie under any other circumstances can’t be trusted in ft horse trade. It is easy for an honest man to refuse a bribe; it is hard for the same man to tell the truth about the size and num¬ ber of the trout he caught. It is comparatively easy to obey the big commandments; its the finer meshes of the little net that will entangle so many of us, “Dearly beloved, don’t try to be heroes, then. Don’t aim to be wing¬ less saints. Don’t aspire to the dis¬ tinction of martyrdom. Try to be good, every day, honest, Christian men and women, and see if you have not your hands full. Don’t waste your lime iion hunting, the lions never hurt anybody; ’Take spoil us the foxes, the little foxes that the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. ? >> INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. After due consideration, eurefully weighing the matter on all the po¬ litical scales, and looking at it through diamond spectacles, and consulting with some of the wise and eminent demagogues, have de¬ cided (knowing as I do the sin aud wickedness and trickery' there is m all political work,) to place my name beside Hon. John B. Gordon and be¬ fore the people of Georgia as an In¬ dependent candidate for Governor. I am well fitted for the office. My pedigree is of the highest order; my life, a consistent one. Never stole a horse or gained great renown on the battle field. Having belonged to all the political parties, from the old Whig times to the present democ¬ racy’, gives a legal claim on the vo¬ ters of all parties, and their bounded duty to support me with their votes, patronage and kind words. If I should be carried in the Sedan chair to the governor’s throne, I shall still continue to sell jewelry and the diamond spectacles, supplying all the wise men that may be elected to rule and reign over the people of Georgia. Very respectfully, V. W. Skiff, Or better known as Skiff, the jeweler. Athens, Ga. The country is full of cheeky cranks and extremists. General Master Workman Powderly says that if he had, during the recent la¬ bor troubles, acted on the advice contained in one-tenth of the letters he received, he would have been sent to prison or banged long ago. It might not be a bad idea for Mr, Pow derly to turn over the worst of these letters to the Post Office Department, so that the writers may get their de¬ serts in prison. What is it we all frequently say we will do, and no one has yet ever done?—Stop a minute. Several towns in Montana are without a single unmarried woman, and the local paper tell piteous tales of rich and eligible bachelors who are traveling about from town to town looking for a wife. In som« parts of the lerritory, it is said, a commission of from $10 to $20 is freely offered for a good article in wives.
