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Dade County Gazette.
RISIXG FAWN, GEORGIA.
TRIIUDAY, JAV.II, 1879
A
PIBIJC IMPROVEMENTS
There are some things that will do for
us to write about, while there are other
things that if we venture to approach—
though with much caution and care—
usually brings down the most unpeasant
invectives upon our pate. But with all
due defference to tne pnblic feeling, we
just want to stir up the pure minds of
our friends by way of rememberance,
and if they get their back up ’tis all
right, for could they “see themselves as
others see them,” the spinal column
assume its correct proportion.
It is a conceded fact tliat the country
- that is beautified by magnificent church
es, whose spires sparkle in the falling
sunbeams, and stand as so many monu
ments of its devotion to Almighty God;
comfortable school houses speaking in
attestation of its love of knowledge;
roads well located and finely finished,
showing the energy and enterprise of the
people, invite emigration and enhance
the value of the property of tkat com
munity.
There are men of capital visiting our
soction almost every day. Now r what
kind of churches do they see ? Some
good ones, of course, and some miserable
shanties. Perhaps a wooden chimney,
or an old stove that“grand-daddy' ’placed
in there years ago. The cracks of this
church (so-called) large enough to throw
a common size spaniel through by the
tail ; a resort for snakes, bats and owls
Oh ye noble fanners of Dade county*
ar’n’t you ashamed of yourselves, living
iin a ceiled house, and on the fat of the
the God of your
fathers iu suclyi a cabin as this; not suf
-1 ficient fora good horse to stand in. Be
ali me’ ! Go, go to and rc and the; first
chapter of fFftCfiai. Tlien wake uplfrom
dufFletljnAy and fairy
H 'ih Jp ( tell it in the streets
HXI. that we are determined to
p hr, vc'a go and church.
* Leaving the rural school
houses and roads to take caie of them-
we sally into town —our town,
first thing we do is to give the new
church a passing notice, and insist that
the citizens rally to this enterprise with
zeal. this is the house in
children are to he educated;
Where they are to attend divine service*
f also where the rising generation is to
ride that venerable goat and make wor_
thy and well qualified masons* Don’t
let the bnildingjaii.
and don’t you
BBk,ini**diate v '*“ik ®
PBHHWSs passing fr o 'i>, tl,e hotel to
the stores and offices in tin lli^t time
limy chance to bring their d-£ e box-toed
- large
bouTdejf whi.di *V m t Streets.or fall
h-i*. into, one of tho* UjA 1H
- xmirDrb#k their' precious tockn, wqjch
would be a fearful calamity on the peh*
pie of Rising Fawn. Strangers don’t
understand the town as well as those
-Wg,
who live here; there is as much differ-*
ence in folks as anybody. Let us have
,pf©rm jvith auger.
/ 'jThc Press.
Born in the dark ages when learning j
languiniitfi and liberty was confined in !
ba#tils of tyrants, ignorance and super
stition assailed it in its very cradle, but
like tho infant Hercules it grappled with
.the mooters and strangled them with
2th power. Learning revived under its
■espices, and the arts and sciences which
to Greece and Botne their
*n<l i lieir glory, inspired with
’V, Bjfe and vigor by itv <!i\ irye (it
fr<*m the due? and gloom of
wp classic lands the Goth and Vandals
Peso lated in their march, and civiliza.
tion relighting her torch wave*! it o’er
the Eastern continent, The immortal
works of philosphertf, tthe orators, j>aiv
ters poets and historians of antivpiity
were rescued from .oblivion, and the .sub
lime truths of the gospel and plan <of
■alvatiou were pwbUsUed to a perching
world.
It crossed Atlantic and es
httKV --IS
our shores until tyranny leaped from its
crumbling throne to cast its chains
around it, but the patriotism of America
was in arms, and again the foes of free
dom were defeated. Through the instru
mentality of the press the gods and he
roes of the heathens still speak to us
from their oracles and battle in Grecian
phalanx or Roman legion. The glory of
Jerusalem, Babylon and Palmyra is re
vived. The greatness of Egypt stalk
like a giant shade fre m the pyramids and
speaks to us in voiceless eloquence from
the grim sphinx of the Desert, or in the
sun-wakened melody of Mem non oil the
Nile. The sublime strains of Homel
and Milton’s harp is heard sounding
down the aisle of ages, filling with ad
miration the universal heart. The voice
of Socrates is heard proclaiming the im
mortality of the soul,Jand Plato again
describes the character and coming of
Crh'st. Diogenes starts from his t b n
search of an honest man, and Demosthe
nes is heard again thundering the bolts
of his burning eloquence against the am
bitious Philip. Now Greec and Carth
age fall and the Roman Empire’ carries
its arts and arms into every part of the
Eastern continent.
The historians of the past—the fame
and fate of men and empires—are pro*
sented for our emulation; and the history
of the present is being collated to guide
the genius of posterity in the establish
ment of its institution and laws. Verily
the press is the mightiest power iu the
land.
Men Wanted,
The great want of this age is men.
Men who are not for sale. Men who are
honest, sound from center to circumfer
ence, who will condemn wrong in friend
or foe, in themselves as well as others.
Men whose consciences are as steady as
the needle of the pole. Men who
still stand for the right if the heavens
totter and the earth reels. Men who can
tell the truth and look the world and the
devil right in the eye. Men that neither
brag nor flinch. Men who can have
courage without shouting it. Men in
whom the current ofeverlasting life runs
still, deep and string, Men who do not
cry nor cause their voices to be heard on
the streets, but who will not fail to be
discovered till judgment be set in the
Ct th. Men who know their own busi
ness. Men lie.—Men who
are not t&o nor too proud
to be podfrj willing to eat
u hat theyjfciPjjSß wear what
A Thing Or Two.
V" r ,
I)kau G.<£ETTiS*—Tlia 8 .he editor
bv whose promptness tne Gazette reach
ed me in due time, and I And it rich
bright and newsy. “Da it Gulley, Ed
itors and Publishers.’’ Yes, 1 knov
them, and they are duly and truly pre
pared and worthy and well qualified fo
the important business of catering to tin
intellectual wants of the public. Am
then the Gazette is pnl>ti-hed in tin
“State of Dade.”
Pace, Allison, Morgan, Jacoway, an
a host of others, how familiar the name>
how indestructable the memory Jof the;
kindnesses.
“ Vou may treak, you mny scatter tli
vus© /f you Will, A
But the scent ut tho roses will ban
round it still. '*
glaysvii.uu ,
On the W. &V U. U.; IT mileafrAf'
(Thattanooga, or v 1 1 JfP ~ :
io 300 inhabitants.
to this country v , *
Gravel#™ 010 . vhiljt young.
ii i Xijrcvious to t ■ ..iy ,
and amassc .
piitc a “erne.
war” found him left him
almost his business.
burning lime, is (It ilf la Tried on bv hi
son and a b’eo h b: c el r,
Mr. John Kennedy Mr. Kennery is the
Kobt Bclehor by
Dr. Rolland)j|)f 4 bo “runs”
is
ted. recent heavy rains have caus
ed Chickamauga to assume mammoth
proportions. The damage to (J. \V.
Gray <V. Cos., will amount, through the
washing away of the “fore bav” of his
: mill and general suspension of business
S to n<H less tiian one thousand dollars.
We have two churches Mission
ary Baytist ond
* .*
; both of which were, foolishly, it seems
to me, &r,e#ted at considerable distance
from town. ftfßgiously, wo are aboil
nfaif ;a\vejage — room for improve*
ment. Many of us, I fear, only, to
quote from II.L. W. Allison (not his
own experience) “hope that we have a
hope.”
DISCOURAGING.
A seculai paper before me -r.§ orts the
recent downfall of three prominent and
influential ministers of the gospel, repre
senting the Methodist, Baptist and Pres
byterian churches, and now the atmos
phere in this country is burdened with
reports affecting the meral and ministe
rial character of still another. Oh,
Lord, who next ? Whatever else may
bo said concerning these instances of
ministerial delinquencies, it is unmistak
ably true that their recurrence places a
most patent weapon in the hands of the
great enemy of souls, yes, the devil in
dulges in a thundering guffaw when the
humblest minister,of Christ “goes hack”
on his holy calling. Constantly the
preacher should feel, and inaudibly say :
“Every day, every hour,
Let me feel thy cleansing power,
May thv tender love to me,
Bind me closer, closer, Lord to thee.” -
Respectfully, Jno. 11. Parrott.
Graysville, Ga., Jan. 13th, 1878.
Information Wanted.
Editor Gazette :—I see in your issue
ol Jan.the 9th an article headed
Fawn Iron Furnace,” in which you say
“This furnace is being successfully and
satisfactorily run under the able and effi
cient management of Col. B. E. Wells,
Receiver. L. S. Colyar, the able secre
tary and treasurer, keeps the books in
nice business style, and promptly once a
month makes up his pay-roll, and pays
all the employees in greenback or silver,
<fec.” This, Mr. editor, is very compli
mentary to the two gentlemen named
and I desire to learn through the col
umn! of your paper some tacts which
will be of interest to many of your read
ers.
I understand that Col. Wells took
charge of this fuinace after it had been
repaired and put in blast by Cureton
Pearce at a cost of thirty-five hundred
dollars, and had over seven bundled tons
of ore in the stock-house and the force
fully organized to operate the furnace,
and was making over forty tons of iro.n
per day, under the efficient management
of F. Demars, assisted by A. Short. Un
der these auspicious circumstances I dri
derstand Col. Wells took charge oL t|?e
an 1 to the court a Irate
of sevorarc^d <> 11 ars the first moftfß
Is this true, Mr. ? D not,
correct me. 1 understand that JfjaJ
Wells has used
tons of ore froßi^ e Property
eeiveil rents tn lI
dred dollars
use of one locoi# iv ° droi
thousand jper yoa^^ind
tip., to this, the ijfailroad jwwt all the miH
live powor and machinery Die
mice. 1 fnithr rstand f *
Wells has bMfl store for
applies, which y Helds affa ml sonic profit,
vhieh is not for to the court,
uid tbatltt v*ol. Hazlehnrst a sal
ary as iqknA*ej- t Mr. Colyar for acteng
secretary"*n,j, reasurer, and Mr. War
er a coran/isftion for selling the L*>n.
• and!. pnakes a flying trip to the
.urnoccr abf*ut once in ten days, and 1
Wteiand that for this he is now taking
||lf|H|ionti to prove that his services as
aHpFer are worth five thousand dollars
x year, while be still holds bis place as
Wipcrintendent of the Dade coal mines,
md that he is asking an allowance of
everal hundred dollars to pay his law
yer’s fee. I understand that Col. M\ ells
has made over ten thousand tons of iron
worth from one hundred and twenty-five
to one hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars at the fnrnace, aud I am told the
cash paid into court for distribution
•imong the creditors, will not axeend
three thousand dollars, out ot wk%h the
receiver and his attorney are to be paid.'
Now, Mr. editor, if ih's be true, tlier
will not be money in court to pay toe u.
ceiver, and the property robbed of over
thirty thousand tons of ore, th ry-five
hundred dollars for repairs, the nt*? ol io
oomotivc and railr ad, the lurnace, its
motive powers an 1 , machinery, and all
:he rents swallow** i up by this manage
mont of the furnace.
I hope a satisfactory explanation can be
made of all this matter, and one that
will revive the fond hopes ot hundreds of
iespondent creditors, who have not re
ceived one cent on thoir claims since
•hi rot on <& Pearce ceased to operate (lie
furnace.
Now, Mr. editor, i'^ ll lhis 00 trne.it
is enough to awak'** sensibilities of
the coldest sim* G <l arouse the indig
intion of lover of justice and phi
ianthrop’' 111 tl ™
^i'.
Helping A Teamster.
“Boys,” said Charles Dickens to the
pupils of the scboolship, “do all the good
►you can, but don’t make a fuss about
it.” Daniel Webster, when a boy, had
never heard that sentiment, hut never
theless he acted upon it, as the following
incident shows:
NN hile he and his brother were living
at home they on one occasion made a
journey to the upper part of Vermont to
visit their uncle Benjamin. On the way
they overtook a teamster with a heavy
load, whose horses bad stopped and re
fused to go further when the team was
half way up a steep bill. The horses
and wagon were so situated across the
road that it was impossible for the broth
ers to pass in their chaise. After some
time spent by the teamster in trying to
start his horses, he left them and went
in search of help. Daniel said to Eze
kiel : “Come, we can start this team.
You put your shoulder to the hind wheel
jndl will mount the near horse.” This
was no sooner said than acted upon.
lEzekiel put his sturdy shoulder to the
wheel ; Daniel mounted the horse,
whipped and shouted at him. Ibe
horses pulled together, and away they
•went, and the load was soon drawn to
the top of the hill. When the man re
turned he found his horses quietly rest
ing by the roadside at the summit and
'the Websters out of sight.—Youth’s
Companion.
A Bcautifisl sientimeiit.
Shortly before bis departure for India
the lamented Hebert preached a sermon,
which contained this beautiful sentiment;
“Life bears us on like the steam of a
mighty river. Our boat glides down the
narrow channel—through the playful mur
muring of the little brook, and the wind
ing of its grassy borders. The trees
shed their blosoms over our young heads,
he flowers on the brink seem to offer
themselves to our young hands; we are
happy in hope, and grasp eagerly at the
beauties around us—but the stream hur
ries on, and still our hands are cn } ty.
Our course in youth and manhood is i;
wilder flood, amid objects more striking
and magnificent. We are aii mated at
the moving pictures of enjoyment and
industry passing us, we are excited at
home short-lived disappointment. The
Stream hears us on, and our joys our
griefsare alike left belli V us. AN c may
$e shipwrecked, we cannot delay;wheth- r
ipiugh or smooth, the river hastens to its
nome, tv 11 the roar af the ocean is in out
ears, and the tossing oi lvaves is | )e _
Ileath our feet, and the land lessens from
oar eyes, and the floods arc lift*.! around
;Us and we takeout leave of ear h and its
until of our futher voyage
(there i* no witness, save the Infinite and
Eternal.
ret Green, vs Ella < i-ti- ] I<l lii encic
It appearing to the court that Ella Green,the
befendant, is a non-resident of tips State and
service of the protest cannot he perfected by
the sheriff of this eounty. it is therefore ordered
by the court, that scr v sce be perfected dy pub
lication in the Dade couutv Gazette, a newspn
per published at Rising Fawn, Ga., once n
month for the torm of four mouths prior to the
next teriu|of this court.
Sept. 20, 18T8. C. D. MeCntchen,
J. s. c
I heredy certify that the above and forego
ing is a true extract from the minutes of Dad
.Superior court.
This Nov. 12th, 1878.
3-4 t J. M. Sutton ,Clerk.
Alfred H. Colquitt, Gov., vs W. A. ITartlinc,
Prin. and A. M. Shook, security.
Bcira Facia- on forfeited recognizance in Dade
Superior Court September term, 1878.
It being shown to the court by the return of
the sheriff that the defendants are not to be
found in this county, and it being further
shown to the court that they are uon-resident.- *
of this State. It is therefore ordered by the
court that said W. A. Ilartline, prin. anb A. M.
Shook, sccnrity on forfeited recognizance show
cause at the next term of this eourt, why judg
ment should not be rendered against them on
said forfeited recognizance for principal and
costs, and tha they bo served by the publica
tion of this order oince a month for four months
orior the Mafrrh ierm 1579 of this eourt, in the
t !>■ d** t.Vunty t*ar,ette, a newspaper published
I r. sing Fawn, in Ibid'* county. Sept. 20. IS7S.
e. i). ;.i ovthikh, j. s. c. c. c.
Toe above is n true exlra -t I’roiu the minutes
of D ide Superior oourt.
Tt: .Nov. 12, 18.78.'
:Mt. J. M. SUTTON, Clerk.
For Sale.
1 have on hand as fine a lot of pure Berkshi:
pigs as can be produced, and at prices to su
thetimes. To the farmers of Sequaehec Valle'
and surrounding country who desire to iiuprrv
their stock of hogs, a tine opportunity is rov
presented. Everybody is invited to call am
see our sjock. No trouble—but always pleasur.
—to show them.
S. 11. I n<; FRsn. l.
Shellm -unu ,T< i. i.
; D. M.C ULLE'Y 1
Keeps constantly on hand a full line of STAPI.K ANI) FANCY
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
CIjOTHUNTG,
Hats, oots and hoes.
Also a full snpply of all kind* of
Groceries,Hardware, Tinware
QUEENSWARE, FURNITURE, STOVES & SEWING MACHINES.
28 All of which I propose to sell
CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTY I
Iloa Iquarfers for Barter and country produce, for which I always pay highest arket price. 1
Hawkins, Butt, Smith & Cos., 1
> — in
Tin and Sheet Iron War MB
f 2arr-. : -
Cii.attanoog-a -
Wholesale and reliiil dealerjiiflflSg
Stoves of all kinds Tinware
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODSJTC. 1 i
HI
Manufacturer of Galvanized and >heet Iron Goods, Cornices, SteamhoaPaWd
A, A AULL. GEO. M. PECKINPAUQwI
CKATTANOGHA STEAM BAKERY AND CANDY FACT lF V. jfl
AULL & PECKINPAUGH^J
CRACKERS anc cal
Dealers of Taney Cioecries, Dinars, ami
Salesroom —2Ol Market Street, Factory opposite \.k C. In-pot. ChatUifl
jjjlij/ In- it host of \olante<rT-inree.t—.
by Merchant:! end others.
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