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SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.
Recognized That They are Strong
Competitors of the New Eng
land Factories.
Fall River, Mass., March 20.
The agitation over the proposed
redaction in hours of labor for
mill employes is very strong here
at present, both for and against
the movement. A statement of
Secretary Howard, of the Spinner's
union, that the competition of
southern manufacturers would not
be enhanced by the adoption of
shorter hours in this section, is
by a declaration by one of the
most prominent manufactures that
in spite of the strong efforts made
in Now England to improve trade
conditions by a reduction of stock,
the curtailed production has been
more than made up by the new
mills and increased production of
the south.
It is pointed out that in a period
of about three and one-half years
the mills of Fall River have been
closed six Months on an average.
Fall River mill owners state that
it can bo proven beyond question
that southern mills, producing the
same fabrics as those made in
this city, are making satisfactory
profits at present market prices.
Their taxes are merely nominal;
fuel, in many cases, is less than
half its cost here; the hours of
work range from GG to 72 hours
weekly, and labor will average 40
per cent. less.
KARTAH,GA.
Rev- B. F. Hunt tilled his regular
appointment at Pleasant Grove
last Sunday. A large congrega
tion was present and gave close at
tention to his discourse.
There is consicerable sickness in
our community at present. Prof.
W. J. Crawford is quite sick with
pneumonia, we are sorry to say.
We are sincerely sorry to hear
that Mr. Jack Millican is thought
to be dangerously ill.
Mr. T. B. High is also very low,
we are sorry to say.
Miss Jennie Doster is visiting
her uncle, Mr. J, S. Doster, near
Chattoogaville.
Mr. J. M. Kendrick and family
attended services at Armurchee
last Sunday.
Mrs. William King, Miss Nellie
and Mr. Rob King visited the fam
ily of Mr. R. B. Johnson last Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dill, of Sub
ligna, visited their daughter, Mrs
J. M. Ballenger, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Winkles attended
services at Pleasant Grove last
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Nellie Perry, who has been
quite sick, is recovering, we are
glad to say.
Mrs. Thomas, daughter of Mr.
Jeff Whitehead, was buried at Far
mersville last Sunday afternoon.
She died Saturday morning of ty
phoid fever. Rev. B. F. Hunt con
ducted the funeral services.
The Little Maid.
Wine of Cardui For Weak Wo
men.
Women who are weak have only
themselves to blame. Wine of
Cardui will relieve them, but nc
body can make them take it.
But why should any woman suf
fer when there is no need for it?
"Why thould she endure the misery
that accompanies irregular month
ly periods. Why should the life
sapping drains go on when there
is a sure way to stop them?
McElree’s Wine of Cardui will
cure any disease that comes under
the the head of “female troubles”,
It makes women beatiful by mak
ing them well. It keeps them well
by keeping them young. It is sold
at all drug stores at $1 00 per bot
tle.
Pleasant Hill School.
The school fnr colored children at
Pleasant Hill closed Friday with a
written examination. Those who
received 100 each in arithmatic,
grammer and physiology were
Lula Hamilton and Rosa Shrop
shire. In grammer Harry Scott
91, Henrietta Scott 100, Hattie
Shropshire 95, Rebecca Shropshire J
100, Carrie Hamilton 100, The
papers were all a good average and
showed great improvement.
R. T.
LYERLY, GA.
Rev. Mr. Troutman filled his
regular appointment here Satur
day and Sunday.
Rev. Sam McWhorter attended
services here Sunday, and preach
ed Sunday evening.
Mr. T. J. Simmons and family
were here Sunday.
Prof. Calloway spent last week
at home, very much indisposed.
He resumed his duties in the school
here this week, somewhat improv
ed in health.
Mrs. Conley has been very sick,
but is now better.
The gypsies are again with us,
in jarge numbers.
John Horn was to have started
for Arkansas last week, but on ac
count of high waters, did not get
off. Guess he will get off soon.
A. H. Hartline’s sister is here,
and will start for Texas soon.
That’s right boys. If pap won’t
let you have the buggy, take the
next best thing, the one horse wag
on, and go to see the girls; if you
can’t get that next time, walk; its
not very far anyhow.
The lady members of the Metho
dist church at this place organized
a Woman’s Missionary and Par
sonage Aid society Saturday after
noon. It is hoped the organization
will prove successful. The follow
ing officers of the Missionary so
ciety were elected : Mrs. K. R.
Foster, President, Mrs. J. N. Talia
foro, Vice-President, Mrs. A. J.
England, Recording secretary, Miss
Leona Foster Corresponding secre
tary, Mrs. C. T. Jewell, Treasurer,
Mrs. Mattie Hammond, agent Mis
sionary Advocate.
For the Parsonage Aid society
Mrs. S. E. Foster was elected Pres
ident, Mrs. J. B. McLeod, Secretary,
Mrs. B. J. Starling, Treas. Mrs.
Troutman was secretary of the
meeting. M.
A New Invention.
Messrs J. B. Smith and J. L. John
son, of Chattoogaville, have just per
fected a machine for distributing gu
ano, and planting cotton seed, all at
one operation. The front box on the
machine holds the guano, which is dis
tributed through a spout just behind a
small plow which opens the furrow. A
roller follows, which makes, a smooth
hard bed for the seed, which is dropped
from the rear box. Two little plows,
or rakes, follow and cover the seed,
and—there you are! It is a very sim
ple affair, not at all complicated, and as
it has been thoroughly tested the past
two years by Messrs Johnson and
Smith, there is no question as to its
successful operation. Judge Bellah
has applied for a patent, which it is
thought, will be certain to be granted,
and then the inventors expect to put
ehem on the market in large quanti
ties. In planting cotton the machine
saves the labor of one mun and horse,
or cuts the expense just one half. In
planting a large crop this is quite an
item. An attachment for planting corn
and peas is being perfected, and the in
ventors think they huve got a planter
that will be very popular when once
its merits are tested. A sample ma
chine can be seen at the store of Cleg
horn & Henry,
His Money Found.
About three weeks ago Mr. E. D.
Godwin, of Acworth, father of Messrs
L. J. and C. C. Godwin, of this place,
was returning home from a visit to his
sons, and on the way stopped for the
night at a farm house at Silver creek,
south of Rome. During the night his
pocket book, containing §l6 in money
and some papers was stolen from under
his head where he had placed it on re
tiring.
Mr. Godwin had noticed that two
negro men had followed him out from
Rome that evening and suspected that
they were the thieves, but had no evi
dence that could be relied upon.
Last week information reached Mar
shal C. C. Godwin, of this place, that
the money had been banded to Dr.
McCall, of Rome, by his negro driver
who claimed that he had found it in
Rome. Last Saturday Mr. Godwin
went to Rome described the book,
money and papers and they were de
livered to him by Dr. McCall.
The negro was not arrested, as there
wasn't enough proof to hold him, but
all the facts point to the belief that he
was the guilty party, and becoming a
larmed, had delivered the money to
Dr. McCall with the view of avoiding
future trouble. This, however, is sur
mise.
A SSOO ROLL,
Vp Aerainrt * Hslf Dollar Tor a Whele
Krening Without Knowing It.
The sporting man stood at the bar
toying idly 'with the dicebox.
“Funny thing, Joe,’’ he remarked
to the bartender, “how little saloon
ganib! 4, there is nowadays. Now,
there was a time, only a few years
ago, when you couldn’t go into a
saloon up this way without hearing
the rattle of the dicebox.”
A plainly dressed young man
came in and ordered a drink of whis
ky. He gave it a dash of absinthe,
tossed it off at one gulp, threw’ 15
cents on the bar and glanced over
at the sporting man.
“Shake?” said the latter.
“One or tw*o to kill time,” said
the stranger.
The sporting man tossed a half
dollar on the bar. The stranger did
likewise, the dice rolled out, and the
stranger won. He won the second
and the third time, then lost twice
and won once more.
“Lucky start,” remarked the
sporting man. “Have something?”
“Nothing for me, thanks.”
The sporting man drank a hot
Scotch, and the game went on. Half
an hour passed away, and the sport
was §lO behind the game.
“Make it a dollar and one shake, ”
he suggested.
“I never change my game, ” said
the stranger.
“Very well,” said the sporting
man good naturedly. “It’s a little
faster, that's all.”
“This is fast enough for me.”
“Have a drink?”
“No, thanks.”
The sporting man drank another
hot Scotch, and the game w*ent on.
The luck was against him, and his
losses grew with every shake. Once
in a while he’d make a spurt and
win three or four straight pots.
Then the stranger would win half a
dozen to make up for it. Two hours
had passed, and the sporting man
was S4O in the hole. He grew ex
cited.
“I’ll shake you for SBO or quits,”
he said, hauling out a roll as big
around as his leg.
“I never change my game,” said
the other quietly.
In another half hour the stranger
was SSO ahead, and the sporting
man was very nervous.
“Friend, will you oblige me by
having a drink?” he said.
“I really don’t care to drink,”
said the stranger, and the sport
drank his Scotch alone once more.
Then there was a turn in the luck.
Ten dollars went back to the sport
ing man in less than 15 minutes.
Ten more followed it, and the sport's
brow cleared. The stranger never
turned a hair. Gradually the half
dollars went back to their original
owner, and finally, after three hours
of play, the men were just where
they started.
“Now have a drink,” said the
sporting man, with a sigh of relief.
“No, thanks,” said the stranger,
tossing a half dollar on the bar and
picking up the box. “Let’s’ shake.”
In three throws he rolled out four
deuces. The sporting man threw
four trays and hauled in the money.
‘ ‘ Thank you, ’ ’ remarked the stran
ger, “for a pleasant evening.”
“You’re not going to quit?” said
the sporting man in amazement.
“Cant do anything else. Only
started with a half dollar. I couldn’t
drink with you without asking you
to drink, and I couldn’t do that
without using money which I meant
to give you a chance to win back.
Good day,” and he walked out of
the saloon.
“Well, I’m blanked,” said the
sport to the bartender. “To think I
had a roll of SSOO up against his 50
cents. Great Scott! If the luck
hadn’t changed, he might have had
the whole roll, and I never had a
chance to get more than that half
dollar. Give me another Scotch.”
And, looking very pale, the sport
drank up his liquor, buttoned his
coat and went out.—New York Sun.
It Broke His Heart.
White of Kentucky, while speak
er of the house in the Twenty-sev
enth congress, was so pressed with
business that, when he had to deliv
er his valedictory, he got one of
those men who are always on hand
to make a little money to write his
address. It was handed him just a
little while before the time he had
to deliver it, and he put it into his
pocket without reading it. When
the time came, he rose, and, slowly
unfolding the manuscript, read the
address. It was very brilliant, but
it was Aaron Burr’s famous valedic
tory to the senate. The speaker nev
er recovered from the shock. He
went home, was taken ill, and it is
supposed he killed himself for
shame.—San Francisco Argonaut.
A Weather Sharp.
“Warm this morning.”
“Yes, it’s warm enough now, but
there was ice several inches thick
at my house when I got up.”
“You're joking.”
“No. It's a fact.”
“Where was it?”
“In the refrigerator.”—Chicago
Tribune.
MAKING A HORSE JOCKEY,
BSueh Painful Train! nj to Undergo Ba
fore a Boy Xs Fitted to Ride.
Among the many who are inter
ested in racing probably but few
pay any thought to the pains and
miseries undergone by that unfor
tunate although much envied class
of men, the jockeys. Some men—
very few—are really born jockeys.
They are of that si iall build which
is essential ftr their work, they are
blessed with a constitution that does
not “run to fat,” and at the same
time they have the nerve and reso
lution necessary to their calling.
Many lads, however, who by their
“build” give promise of making
good jockeys are, as they turn to
manhood, cursed with the tendency
to lay on flesh, but having once
tasteci the excitement and also, it
may be, sniffed at the profits of a
jockey's life will not give it up
without a struggle, notwithstanding
the warning of the scales.
To these the life is one of great
misery, almost torture, from train
ing down, interspersed no doubt
with periods of gayety, which are
almost if not quite as dangerous to
health as those during which the
poor fellow has to do penance in
sweating off the effects of his indis
cretions. Probably no criminal to
whom hard labor is meted out as a
punishment underoges such labor
on such low diet as the jockey who
is “wasting” himself so as to scale
with another lucky fellow whose
nature runs less to fat. In the hot
test weather he piles on clothes and
takes sharp walks. He labors hard,
and the more he sweats the more
he feels he has done his duty. Then
comes the puzzle. After the labor
there is appetite; after the sweating
there is thirst, but the food must be
strictly limited, and the drink must
be for naught. The privation is hor
rible. Training for condition is bad
enough and has made many a good
fellow throw athleticism to the
dogs, but training for weight is a
far greater infliction. There are so
many pounds to be got off and so
many days or weeks in which to do
it. By physic, by sweating, by hard
labor and. by starvation it has got
to be done, and that in a certain
time.
As an instance of continuous self
denial there are few positions which
will compare with that of a jockey
when he is working himself down
to scale. A man in ordinary condi
tion hardly varies in weight from
day to day, whatever he may eat or
drink, and many men leading fair
ly irregular lives keep their weight
almost without change for months
and even years.
It is not so, however, when train
ing has brought down the weight
far below she natural level. Under
such circumstances every cell in the
body seems to be hungry and
athirst, and moisture is sucked up
as by blotting paper. Jockeys and
trainers are wont to. tell strange
tales of the weight laid on as the
result of small indiscretions, and it
is gravely stated that a pint of stout
imbibed by a thirsty “waster” is
computed to put on three or four
pounds. Os course, such things can
not be, and the laws of nature are
not altered even for jockeys. Never
theless, it is certain that when
trained down to a certain pitch
any excess of fluid over a minimum
which has been attained is not ex
creted, but goes entirely to the tis
sues and thus to the increase of
weight. It is unnecessary to point
out how injurious to health it must
be to play such pranks with the
constitution over and over again.
Health depends largely upon the
maintenance of a due and orderly
relation between the assimilative
and the excretive functions, rela
tions which are entirely perverted
in the life of the jockey. At one pe
riod he derives his nutriment from
food like the rest of mankind, and
at others and for long spells he
subsists largely upon his own tis
sues. Many break down under the
strain, either in consequence of the
fluids drunk being insufficient to en
able the excretory organs to per
form their functions properly or
from the starvation telling on the
nervous system before it affects
their flesh, while others throw up
the effort rather than continue the
miserable system of starvation
which is involved in keeping the
scales on the right side.—Albany
Journal.
Pin Machinery.
Pins previous to 1824 were all
made by hand and were consequent
ly very costly. Pinmaking ma
chines have been brought to a state
of perfection. They now receive
the wire from the spools, cut it into
proper lengths, make the head and
point and polish the pins, and by a
most singular piece of machinery
gather up at one motion a proper
number to compose the row, fold
the strips of paper and pass the pins
through. A slight movement of the
roller bearing the paper pushes it
forward a little farther. It is again
caught up by the clamps and another
row of pins pressed into position. It
is claimed for some of these pin
making machines that they can
manufacture 500 pins a minute.
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