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The Blackhear Times F.nti rr l »i the I*n*-«iS < c in Wucki-hi-Kr, Rt»»., a* «v nii-r- i*k- ins’! rr«i *CT. Arv-FTILIKS BATES:—Farnthed cn appii catics. IV I,,, ,.....,,1,. ' 1 know Ito , m ,* they think they know. It. is the wise men of the world who have realized bow littli- we can know. ninrkfttwar i* not nuxlou* to sap ply W'ayeross with a pontinatfer. Tlmro is only one way to secure a national nomination, non a ,Ja vs ' - and that is not otir way. Th'-re an- wane people, pcrf.-ct notes of interrogation themselves, wlio become full stop* at the sound of n querv. Better and more profitable is it to spend money on churches and schools, preachers ac.d teachers, than on penitentiaries and reformatories. If wc do not voluntarily encourage and support the former, we arc more than apt to lie compelled to sustain • he latter. Brazil has got a republic, Doe. rhe know what to do with it' We hope she will not evetituallv tx* more anxious to get the old Fmpeior bad than he will Im* to go bad. Kepub lies require favorable conditions to flourish and become stable. The illness of Hon. Jefferson Davis is exciting the intense sympathy ol the s tilth, I localise he Is the embodi ment ol principles lor which we have siiflered. Atnl the greater the hate evinced In the north, Ihe greater will be the sympathy and love in the south. The arch rebel is our Chief still. ♦ The Florida fruit exchange has bandied 90,0t*0 boxes of oranges this season an increase of 600 per cent over the previous season. The total orange crop of Florida this year U estimat'd at iron, l,8(H),990 to 2,100, O00 boxes, of which the exchange, now consolidated with the Orange Growers Union, controls at least 1,900,000 1Mixes. lt is rumored that the friends Gen. A. R. Lawton, of Savannah, propose bringing him <>nt. ns a candi date for governor. The Times would foe glad to see the next governor ol Georgia go from Savannah, and is ol opinion that the growing commercial interests ol our State, could not be placed in better hands than in of W. W. Gordon. —----- Don’t forgot that Friday 29, Nov. 1X89, is set apart, by the President, ns a day of National and prayer, and ihut the people the country are earnestly mended to cense, for that day, from their cares and labors. And in deed, we have much lor which lobe thank fill; lor have we not health, strength, the loved ones at home, and an abundant harvest to thaak God for ? The Timkx wculd have been glad to see Savannah get the new naval station, but as the Commitsion has decided upon New Orleans, no more is to 1m said. Port Royal may In* iHMieflted tl the recommendation is carried into effect to locale a dry diM'k nnd coaling station there, Dame Fortune, however, has been Irowuing ujxm that aspiring little place tor many years. 4 * K is true that a great majority of business men have no taste politics, and regard with feelings akin t<> horror some of the methods adopt ed to secure political success.”— /savannah Morning S'us. Political success bought by some of the methods resorted to is almost as had as defeat. The honor of success is tarnished by these methods, and the press imi-t bear a large share of the obloquy. The best class ol American citizens will ultimately lie driven from the arena of •Uogeiher, if such method* obtain in Presidential campaigns as in the last Even to secure the election ot a favorite caudidate, an honorable citizen will not stoop to a low aud scurrilous act. Furthermore, person al abuse serves no good end It is a crime to blacken public or private character; and the natural tendency of the evil is to destroy in the public mind all respect for offices, however exalt-vi they may be. art-cut- 1 nati >oal Mize Home A'Anctiva. While it is undoubtedly true that is close connection iieiwseti ignorance and crime; and that p »ver and squalor in the dsns ol our large cities are highly provocut ve ol Vick: vet ,t U tree »!«>,’„ tV that crim.; and vice are not limited in their scope to any class or classes of any population. Crime and vice may be traced in the higher wa |t« „| life’as surely, ‘er; if not as gen ^ jn ^ j ow and we are t/ , believe that, coarse, and |,i utid, and repnbive as the vice ol he vulgar and illiterate may l»e, it is not in realty as insidiously danger oils to public character as the gilded Ablaze immorality of the better educated and more polished strata if society. We must seek further, therefore, ( jj an mete ignorance and poverty for the causes of crime, provocative ol it I lough they be admitted to be; ami wo desire to advance tlio theory, that an increase in the number of attrac live homes would result in a corres [Minding dccrea-e in the amount ol crime. Now what do wc moan by attrac tive homes? Do we allude to their paint, style, or upholstery, or the wealth and social advantages ol tin pri prictors? By no means. Neither do wo hold lightly the spec,lie at tractions which legitimately acquired wealth may be able to piov.de. But wo moan those attractions winch the humblest have within their power, ol which the first is love, and in which are include.l the efforts ol parents to make homo for the ch.ldren the dearest spot on earth. Dow many homes are there of which the discipline is ol so lunsli lin '* forbidding a character that toil roMI to darkness is tlie ,,u| J prospect; mid in which the paicntal V ' 0,RO °l command sounds like the stern accent of the jailor; where neither book, nor paper, nor toy, nor Itm lor lull’s sake, ever penetrates. Poverty is hard to bear, and toil at best, a stern necessity, but both may bo rendered lieu ruble, and oven pleasant, by those mutual intcrchang es of affectionate and sollcning offices which mellow the heart and awaken that love whu-.h leaves no room for deformed and hideous vice. In these days, poor Indeed, is that home, that female ingeuuity aud immmlino love cannot make u bright spot to be dreamed of in alter years by the children. Kelt words and caresses, and little name |<\sh toueliGH of lingers in inven non anti urruugonienl cost nothing. And, in (act, we coma back to where we st arted, make your children love home, and soften its asperities by affection and sympathy; be their companion* at work, at play, at ehurch, and at Sunday-school; make hearth eheorlnl with kind words and beaming smiles nnd in alter vents the demon ot sin will be exor eised by memories that will realise tho l ’ "« meaning of Christian love a n t hope, A prayer lisped at a mother's knee has, etc now, proved, through memory, a power, to arrest murderous’ hand, The influences of hnppv homes ^n, l)S through life, and effi'ctive support against the tions ol the world. Wealth does necessarily make home happy. Irue source ot happiness is within whether wo be rich or poor, and the humble root, beneath which virtue nestles and love reigns can aevor be destitute ol joy. The most independent existence in the world is that of the farmer. The fruitful earth, hts employer, yields lier increase as the wages ot his healthful toil. Nature, his teacher, if he will but learn to interpret her language. Science and mechanics, ins faithful friends, ever at his com maud. Himself the arbiter of his late. Campare his lot with the denizen ot the city, the over worked slave ot commercial speculation, fho fever of anxiety heats his brain : The figures of his lodger, like little imps, haunt his pillow market prices rob him of sleep, and plans and schemes chase each other across Lis menial return, Gladly would he the murky atmosphere of ht^- office for the lre>u air ot the bekls. Envy u in the heart of fanner ami mau—each envies the other; but -fthe two, the lariuor has the ad i<w . .! lie did bat know it. Stinginess is not economy, neither is economy stinginess, They are convertible terms. Niggardli ness, or covetousness, is, in tact, a vice, while economy is the opposite. 1 virtue. There is a time to spend. h . U« ImjM save in order to be able to wiien expenditure becomes necessary. It is not economy to deprive one’s tamily of comforts, the want ol which may entail a do dor's bill; neither is it economy to withhold sup port from a public object that aims at a common good, and which, left undone, would entail depreciation ol public intere.-ts in which all have a share. The miser, besides being a nuisance, is also a cheat, lor he, by hoarding his gold, and withholding it /min circulation, is cheating the ol the advantages of which lie is made, by Irovidence, the steward. The demise of some men is a public loss; of others a common gam. When a man’s life dams the stream ot public prosperity so that it cannot flow, his death caw scarcely he regarded as a calamity. The wealth ofaShylock may purchase a gorgeous monument in a grave yard lor him, but his departure from earth will leave no void in the hearts ol his countrymen. p resi( | ent Li?i|llwUM1> „f ltte Farm ^ A|lia|ice> b , u lfie Knights of Convontion in Alla(lU the ^ Jay lh ,. accordil)g U) 8fcat j 8 . Georgiu wa8 tlie 8PCOnd state in ||mj &HJ , h i|(t ol i,| iter acy. The reaso|1 o( thi(J waH - he Haid . U at t|l(J fttrmen| wero unable to give their children any advantages whatever jn th(J way of educa „- ()n . n this is so, is it noton the part ol t)|0 A ||j ancei H peaking through its President, a virtual condemnation ol t)ie w | 1( ,| 0 public school system? True, Colonel Livingston somewhat blunted the point ot his remark when he explained the cause of the illiter acy in another way. “It was not,’ lie continued, "that Georgians loved or preferred Ignorance, but on ac count of the ravages made upon the state by the war, from which some hail not recovered.” In this, our day, there is, we leaf, not quite so much excuse (<>r illiter acy as appears on the surface. True, we are poor, but urc we now, as a people, so very poor that we cannot avail ourselves of the exceed ingly low prices at which school books are obtainable, and the low rates ot tuition prevailing in private schools, when the public schools are closed. li the public school system is defective, and we do not propose to defend it, at least constant efforts are being made in the General Assembly to improve it Lot us. of Pierce county, manfully s j l0u | der our own share of the res p 0ns p,Uity, and, for the sake of the c [ d i dien neVve , resolve that we will strain #v ^- ‘ v to shak3 off the imputa on or b ; ame under whteh w0 suff er in reiluthUon> When the farmer gathers in an a buiulant crop, and carries to market the Iruits ofvthe earth and the re ward of generous nature for his year’s toil, he receives in return tne wherewith to supply wants whieh cannot bo altogether satisfied on the farm. It is true that abundant crops are 1 coders to commerce. It is oqual ly tine that we look to the tillers ol the soil for our food supply. Bathe is no true triend to the farmer, but rather a false and dangerous flutter er, who would conceal from h ui that if dependence upon the agriculturist is g,ea‘, no less great is the depend ence ot the agriculturist upon the 1 abor ot others. Providence has so ordered the affaire of this world that we are mutually dependent Theri ’ is no <neh thing as independence in the complete sense of the term, either for individuals or nations. The con ceptiou is due to conceit. Coucett is the child of pride, and ignorance the common ancestor. From the cradle to his grave man walks with the help supplied to his hand by his fellow beings, and he is the only useless OHe who has no aid to offer m return. It is the man who has an “ax to grind" that we find talking up any partieu !ar class at the expense of the dignity of others. Do n't trust him. CROUP. WHOOPING COUGH BroochAis immediately lelievcd Slii’Ur’s Cure. We may remain isolate*! ami sullen in our selfish Reparation from the world, until like Robinson C^usoeon his de-ert island, we come to regard our ver\ savagery as civilization, As the tram («l cars ru-hes by on the rsilrnatl earrjiait in l,rinn Ireisl’t 5 "p£Ti£ ViS" «'i£ reminding us by its speed of the rapid passage ot time, we stand stupidly by the wayside crazing, as upon something in winch we have neither share nor interest, nav, even daring to comment with the temerity ot ItOorishness upon the demeanor and garb of the passers by, to whom we are objects of pity. We will not read, we will scarcely listen, we will not learn, nor permit our children to become any better than ourselves. Is this exaggeration, or byperlK.de? Would to God it were! “1 don't waste bis time on grammar," says another. “So they can tind their way about in our woods, and know the meaning ot ‘Gee! and ^, a "’ none. We have thrown the cap. Let him who can tit it to his head, wear it. -----•» -— Has it ever occurred to you that ignorance depreciates the value ol property? Who cares to invest or reside in a community that, in ftoint. ol intelligence, is on a level with a hundred years ago? One would think that native sagacity would realize so much. It is quite possible that our lailure to grasp the idea may prove disastrous to us iu the near future, il we don’t mind. The Waycross Reporter, in an editorial of its last week's issue, the following: ••VVe slick to it., preachers aud pedagogues have business to lobby in political meetings, either in their own or behalf’’ The Times is of opinion that politics would be out ot place in the pulpit or in the schoolroom. teachers or preachers in their ity of citizens have, under tion arid laws, the rights of all other classes of citizens, nnd therefore the rights to vote and to participate in public or private discussions on all matters affecting the public interests, whether political, local, or otherwise. The Reporter would certainly not disfranchise preachers and teachers, and yet the principle it enunciates has a squint iu that direction. The Times knows nothing of the personal issues involved in the article in quest on. It is concerned only with the broad principle advanced, and which it cannot think tenable. The wisdom of a fellow citizen's course is open to criticism, but his rights are guaranteed by laws we must all obey, Just such “principles” have put us ot the South in a false position. “When an industry asks for pro tection, it admits that it is not calla ble ol sell suppoit; when protection is granted it is at the expense of in dustries which must be more than sell-supporting, or they will be beg gared by the resulting lax.”- Macon Telegraph. This is the theorv of protection exposed in a few words. It may lie added generally that protection pro tect-i the few who need uo protection at the expense of the many who do. In 1802 the Democratic vote will very apt to pronounce a strong ment on the tariff question. Have we ever thought of our end » Oh! dear, yes. Its the nearest to us. FB02£ OtJE C0SEESPCN33NTS. H:w afc:ut tbt Acadeay 1 EniTOR Beacksbear Tunes yos give any kind of an why it is that Blackshear cannot port a school tor a longer period & set ^ ion or a q Uarle ,.» Are we ricrce COHnt y f s0 impoverished we m|fc< dcppnd entjr ely »[Kin a jxib lie appropriation fir the education ol our children ? Are thirteen ^ r a H 0 f the Vime that we can Ht i or ,( t0 the next generation, in whicll to p rC p are f or their luture ? The terms lor tbc school in charge of p rof -p v * in wero g rade d at *6.i>0. $4 00 and"$3.0», lor a quarter ot ten and, as near as I can make ou l the school has been j>ermiitcd t0 run down because the “times arc too hard.” Hard, indeed, the times must be, if a town presenting such an appearance as Blackshear cannot afford to keep the school-house doer open upon such terms as these. I! there is acy other cause for the noil-attendance, come out publicly in the paper, and make such a ;-tate meut that the obstacle tsay be removed. 'I'U.-re is some talk about an ex pectatton on the part ol some who did not get the hem hi f, l tue |>u ’Ik school fund dur.ug the year, that t | iev , r„ assetml bv that r „ n ;, i> r „,. Tv , iU ’, c b»ijr.s, -Oba. not be, they witbd.ew tVir ch.ldren because they could not afford it This w certainly not encouraging to a teacher who has come among oe in the expectation of staying here, and benefiting both the town and |,j,„ 8e || by building up a perrna oent educationa , In8titllt ; IMI . This is public matter, and should be dis cussed publicly. W ho is to blame? The Board of Trustees, the public, m til0 teachers? There is something 7 rM r;;‘? hc, r:: n k dicing twitted ,it hei State G p.td, in open conventions, with illiteracy, the most disgraceful of all charges iu this day, aud strangers can come «*' ac;,,leu, . v closed, «« I a teacher resident in the town out of employment. What are we going to do about it ? A CIT ZEN. Nov. 22, 1889. BUSIN KSS A DY KKTISKM KNT3. M. M. COHEN, CORNER RAIL-IIOAD NAD “A." STREETS, Blacksliear* Ga., Keeps all manner of GOODS for the Farmers use Dry Goods Moots and Shoes* Hot s and Caps HARDWARE. Groceries, etc-- etc SHORT TIH£ ‘KT CLOSE PR:JT2TS I want to see you. Have got just what you are looking tin. tf. Ligktsey, Hyers& Co, The Alliance Store Have in stock everything needed by the fanners, at Alliance Prices. Your money’s worth, and a little thrown in, every time TRY US AJiD BE COSYINCED. BLACKSHEAR, GA _________________________ AV. C, PALL, Groceries, Fruits Etc-, (At the old Bakery Stand.) Offers special inducements in the way o Fresh Goods ami Low Prices, fed-Anxious to please you. TRY ME? BLACKSHEAR, GA. BRANTLEY, SESSIONS & CO •J marietta, g-ja. The Largest Store fn North Georgia. Imported Novelty Suits, Foreign and Domestic Dress Goods, Plaid* and Trimmings. and Velvets. Woolens r Hosiery and Gloves, BRANTLEY, SESSIONS £ CO. CSV! At THE TIMES PI BLISIHG (OllPUT, IS PREPARED TO DO ALL MANNER OF JOB WORK, PROMPTLY ATsTB REASONABLE PRICES. Nothing but FIRST-CLASS Work doafv l’j L on age s lici'ed. BLACKSHEAR, GJK J ST HICK LAND* rrAlE3 I2T General Merchandise. CIGARS 6 PATENT MEDICINES. Coumtry Pr«"ttice Bought anti Sold. (>.•. A. K. R. Slr-et, Blcicltttl ieai’’ - G«* GO TO W. E. Lockhart's —For FIRST-CLASS— GROCERIES ^ _ v _ Fancy Patent Flour A Special t. Tim Celebrated Gravely T’lfosccd -i’.il, Uruiy «**» .1..,. in sfock Highest, market p:ice paid tor all country ptodiic- 4 . BLACKS A FA B,---(H50RGIA, T. L. ACOSTA & CO. THE LIVE GROCERS Large arid Varied stock of choice FANCY a FAMILY GROCERIES, Every thing needed for the tables SPECIALTY IN FINE CHCV* INC TOBACCO & OIOAXSk PRICES LOW! Satisfaction guaranteed BLACKSHEAft, GA. HOTELS* STRICKLAND ► < HOUSE. — Sjyotite ths I spot—■ Blackshear, Ga. In business p:,rt of the town, Terms reasonable. J. W. STRICKLAND, Proprietor NEAR THE RAIL KM*I> DEPOT. Blackshear, Ga, Special conveniences fin- Commtr* rial Travelers-. Mrs. Allen Pro's. Ladies Wraps, FRENCH MILLINERY. Furaishmgs, Fine Slices* Hats. Mail order department under the per supervision of one of the firm. EF - Requests f‘T sample* and prict*, prompt attention.