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THE JOURNAL. ZK111!LON, OA. DEC. 7, 18SS. iv.mtv in:, »*j> Prai.imm. Subscript tun One Dollar per annum. Entered nt Zebnlon postoffl-ca as aooond-elnss mail matter. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES. FMnHny are the regular Democratic nominees It) be toted for at the. ensuing electlon. Otd nary, It All It Y H’lCCLS; Sheriff', IP. If. HOWARD; Clerk Sup, Court, II. C. IlIOBTOWtHl; Treasurer, C. (1. DU! VEH; Tax Co'lector, (.'. IP. OLIVER; Tax Receiver, IP. V. REDDING; < 0 :ntg Surveyor, ./. I’. NcLEAN; Coroner, J. II. IIEVIL; Count g CommicttoRcru, T. J. RAlt RETT, T. Z. JOSES, J. K. <JAltI>SEll. JtaJatnfory. To-ilsy wo send out tlio initial number of Tint I'jkk Couxrr Joibhai,. The Jotu» a r. will not only strive to promote tho best interests of Zebulon, but it will be found on the fostering side of every move that tends; to the ad vancement of Bike County and this sec tion of Georgia. It is not our mission, nor is It our in tention, to champion any particular fac tion or clique. On the contrary, we propose to work for harmony aud unity — particularly in local affairs. In this connection ne wish to congratulate the people of Pike upon tho amicable ad justment they have made of tho prohi bition issue; and, also, upon their ad mirable local government. We also congratulate ourselves that our lot is now cast in a community whoso people have learned that wrangling retards progress, both political aud domestic. It will be The Jouiikxi.’s highest aim to give all the homo news in a plain, Im partial manner, and witii this object in view we solicit newsy communications from all parts of the comity. On questions of interest to the people, either side will he allowed a fair, digni fied hearing through this agency. With this, our first issue, wo must express our gratification nt the practical encouragement we have received ; but The JouiiJtAi. is a progressive enter prise, and to its subscription list 1,000 other names must be added w ithin the n*»t six months. We offer no oil paint ings, no treatise on spavin cure in pam phlet form, not even au almanac as premiums, hut we do offer you a high toned Domoeratic newspaper devoted to your interests and the general welfare of your county, which, we believe, is the more beneficial to our patrons, We now give you an opportunity to show you* appreciation of a paper de voted to the dissemination of news and tire ends of justice. The subscription price per annum has been put down to *ero—II—in advance. Subscribe I A 11EI-KKT dispatch from Jacksonville, Fla., sajrs: "ilaj. H. Green, a prominent colored politician, died last ldgbt." There is one colored politician dead 1 Mark it down. TijeJ PnESBVTWtiAWK contemplate erecting a WiW.ooo university in this titate. It will very Ukely he located at Atlanta. We Honor Him SHII. Notwithstanding Mr. Cleveland's de feat he is yet, and his memory will over he, honored by tlie people of the South. The valuable services that he has ren dered this section in putting it upon an ©quality with the balance of the Union are too great to be forgotten. With our hearty endorsement we append tho reso lutions recently adopted by the Geueral Assembly of this State: First—That Geofjtift iwdnt* to Urorer Clove jsmt, ir»c mw*vt*«l <u*clj!U> of Ik'tuoor**}*, wii*» wo lew* pride In tho hour of hi# defeat than in that of hi# victory. Second—That the purity of hi* admimatrfttion, th© XT If do w of HU *lfttc#w«n«lup anil III* un swerving loyalty to hi# con v let ion %h a v« placed him high in Ihe h isto ry of hi* country and deep tu the heart# of hl« countryman. Third—That H corgi a, with unabated coufl denre. renews her fealty to the great Demo cratic priciplo of anti -monopoly ami tariff re form. Fourth—That the ahaeuce of «4>otlocal bltter nesa fuu« the recent uatioual campaign 1# hailed with pleasure iu th© South, a*indicating the approach of the time when section* of the Union can discus* tho oeonomi* question# of the Government with the fairness ot man equally hi|w*<tud in it# porpetuation and it# success. JnmB Van Errs, of Atlanta, made use ol some sound lauffuags the other d»jr in speaking ot t he administration of edmiua! justice. Considering the prev aienee of crime we would suggest that it lie conspicuously pasted up in every jury room in this country. This i* what lie says: Th© OfiW'tHirtt'tttKm of criminal justice depends larjttd y uynm tko virtue aud luUdtfenc# «C th© }K*opUi, aw of that #(Agnicnt of th© people that from time to lime appear in Ihe jury box. No platter how honevl and capable trial judfio* may lie, iu eriininal cancR, the qneKtUAu w hether the erituce depend# more than anything rl»e upon the umraU of th« people who >it as UirorsA iu the I jury ima. If jurors are iat«iif*nt aud piuv,. [ with proper view* ot ib© sanctity oft be taw ^ of a failure »f iti any cave, ZEBULON, THE old E«4 AJI'D THE HEW Of Pike County. I’weful mill riitei'lnitif tig- f i* format Ion A limit Wlmt SEebtiUin and County Jinx Hern, Is mid Mm,V He. Written exj>r® ,!>■ fur Tjie .hulls , Sixty-thrcc years nyj-> there were stir ring time* in Ihcse pari!, n* the winter before, Upson hut-amc a .verity and /„:h olon became the rent of rile. Open Hold mi-eliug* were held ami county affairs were adjudicated with good feel ing, engendered b,v patriotism. In 1826 evert ellizenof I'ikeeoutity felt individual and collective impmtaney as Hie court Iiuiikp, a grand structure in thoae days, adorned one of the prettiest »|jot« in Georgia. Zebulon was tlie on ly village and R-aviiesviRe a mere hamlet; hence, “news front tho court” was ns leaven to the bread of life, and all mat ter! of lntcre!t. centered in Zebulon. Those were the good old days alien wheat bronchia dollar a bushel and grew in abundance. Oat* were plentiful and atood at fifty cents, w bile corn, liter* was no end of It, mid it.brought a dollar a bushel every time. As for potatoes, they were plentiful, and if a neighbor wanted them for seed or for the table he was told, “Go help yonrsell." The cat tle thrived on range*. The Indiana were back over Flint.river and they kept the land just tolerably well burned, and the ferns would grow so tender like, and tho cattle would I/rowsc in the cane hrakoa in winter, fane brake*—why there were hundreds of acres along the creeks anil branches, and then the steer* w ould he dri ven in droves to Macon and Augusta. Those were high old time* aud tho drivers and tho farmers would have their sprees, but whisky was the “rale Maekie.” A fight or two would 'liven things, hut “the man who drew a weapon was a coward." Tho first circuit Judge presiding at Zelmton was Judge Ely (S. Shorter, who died lately in Alabama. Jfe was a man of deep research and his renderings showed good logic and unbiased judge ment. Judge Shorter is well letnem hered in Putnam county as ho was mar r'ed at Eatonton. Pike county’s first, sheriff was Willis Whatly, who made a first-class officer as far as lie was called upon, as there were no crime* in those days, and as for sui cide*, a coroner’s office « t.n not worth a picayune. Zobulon was on the square as it is now and had sonic right smart %tore». In 1826 Hon. John Neal, who died two year* ago at Atlanta, hail a general stock. The building occupied tho site now occupied by Harper it Maker, and t4fi clurk was our present esteemed Judge Wiley K. Maugham. On tho op posite corner at tho residence of Sheriff IVm. Howard, Hugh O. Johnson bad t dry goods store and was clerk of superior court and court of ordinary until 1840. On the vacant lot adjoining tho Ballard House a building devoted to dry goods was presided over by Dwight Woodbury, a nbrthorn man, who became a partner in the Neal interests. Allan McCleudou who died here, had a store on ihe south-east corner at the square and Mandeville’s was on tho east aide. Mandoville is I understand a hale aud hearty citizen of Carroll county. All those place* were busy and the an vil cln r is giver, lustily by Ale*. Cun ningham while horses were grouped around tho Smithy made every day look like a fair. The Zebulon House was builtjhy Louis Daniel in 18211, and the building still stands oprn with “accommodations for man and beast." The broad and lofty chambers are as of yore and show “the ear ie’* ’love 1 elbow room, ami they took lota of It every 4th of July. There was no end to their oratory, their appe tite and their good nature. There woro two schools here—One for the hoy* w ith big cups and o.ie for the girls with poke bonnets. Rlisb tV. Wells, a northern gentleman, was the pedagogue for ten consecutive years, and then after that. Of impress ive appearance and a strict disciplinarian he had but little need for the rod. His son the Rev. Harry Wells is now ordinary of this county. The first preceptress of tlie girls I get any definite account of was Mrs. D. l’rca ton a uoblo lady who taught in the -id's and retired to her northern home. The same acadmy used by Mis. Preston is now occupied by Prof, and JIUses Mer rettas au educational institute. Tlie people went to church as a bouuden du ty so the M. E. and Baptist chinches had full congregations but the ministers were so numerous that mention here is unnescessary. When they went to mill it was to Good win’s six miles distant. Now the mill is Mrs. Bush’s aud the present gcnciatiou get their grist ground there ns their grand-daddies—or before the 30’s they would go to Si ad Ms as well. It is now Williams’ on Williams creek Zebulon had about 200 inhabitants then and the only resident survivor is Jt’DOX WU.KV K. SIANOUAM who was boi it on the 9th of Jan., 1805 near Eatonton, Putnam county. Iu 1SS.1 lie landed south-west of Zebulon a tew miles, and iu 1820 came to Zebulon as as sistant to John Neal the leading mer chant, Three years thereafter “young Maugham" was elected Clerk of the In ferlor court and thereby appointed clerk of the court of Ordinary, and then was Judge of probate, as the office sh-mld be term'd, for ia years, 'lire Judge signed in favor of becoming one of the Justices of the Inferior court of which there wore five, and he served until the office'was abandoned. The duties wore theu transferred to three oOmuissiouers of roads and revenues as now. That was ^KHhately after the close oiMis* Jffdffe Maai»Unm bec.im©• mtertuted m Iwining ii» far back as and bus kept Increasing liri iuterest up to dale. Ih a :>00 store tract five and a half 1,1 f f and <;taaa plautvUtun, The cane- l,,nke thereon has been fenced in for forty years. He )i aa **– ono mil la firm” which B forty acres cleared on a 250 acre “lot” six miles due south and the homo place it. the village emsompa^ncH 12."» acre* .vhioh yioUU richly in corn, cotton, wheat, o,i'n and potatoes galore. Now H I years i>! age Judge Maugham in the Fat fi arch jw-.reoidfted. With a crown of white bis lino feature* are illumined with the halo of intellect and true nobil* iy. His manners arc graceful, even ten der ami hie pleasant flow of converse gently falls from memory's fountain deep and clear Mrs. John Neal who was hero when Judge Maugham caroo is to the fort; and one of Atlanta's matron Queens. Her son and Kod-indaw are T. 11. Neal and K. II, Thornton, well known In financial circles as tho Neal loan and Banking com pan y. Hugh O, Johnson died last year in Homo and his son Charles JI. Johnson is iho prominent hard ware merchant in Griffin, and with t ho past general ions of Zeoulon high character has been per petuated as further shown In mention of a grand man who cnine in 1821) and left as a people's inheritance descendants with all the shining virtues, J refer to the OLP FOItl) PLACE, one of the most hiatoiicat places in Pike county, which is located two miles south-east of Zebulon. In December, 182U, William Ford located there and every child of his, seven in number, were born there and he died there when eighty four years of age. The Ford place encompasses 165 acres of which 75 are cultivated and thereon are grown nearly everything in the cereal and vegetable kingdom. 'The old-fash ioned home built lifty years ago is ample and inviting aud is surrounded by a con gregate of buildings, large and small. There is Hie tannery with thirty-three vats manufacturing u j*pcr, sole and the best of barites* leathers which arc ship ped to Macon and utilized by the Ford harness factory at Zobubm. Then tho store houses and bark sheds, the stables, barns, grain and cotton houses attached, while the Ford homo and tenant bouses make a semi-village. Joseph W. Ford, the present proprie tor w as born in 1833, and he thinks he began work when he was born ami has worked ever since. He was only about six* month* at school yet he Las been a diligent student and besides being a thorough y practical tanner and currrU-r ho is a general leather manufacturer of a high order and a business man of abil ity with the highest element* of gentle manhood combined, lie comes Jrotn a leather race, as Ids father, grand-father, and groat-grand father were all tanners. Tho subject of this sketch 1ms always been enterprising and has employed at one time fifteen men, and always had i! © reputation of paying th© highlit wages given to his own detriment. Besides the tannery lio manufactured ghov* exten sively, and his harness are reputed all over the country. II t« hat nos* factory is now quit© busy and if he has not ac cmimlatid wealth it is owing the fact that his public spirit has overshadowed his individual interest. Mr. Ford is on© of the? most genial of tr.cn, and a citizen who is appreciated throughout Several counties as a man whose friendship is an honor. PIKE COl NTV with th© exception of Fin© Mountain, which guards tho southern part from east t * west, gently rolling as th© bosom of a summer sea and grants vu«surpass* ©d advantages for agriculture. The coun ty is admirably watered. Th© Flint liv er bounds the west and is a magnificent w ater pov,© 1 . It could propel every spin cJ© in Lowcil Mass, fly running a plaok spur in lieu of a dam the local mills are run easily. The river is over a quarter of a mile broad and for n mile and a half there U not only rock bott om but such a fall as to make darning a matter of lit tle outlay. Elkins creek and Potato creek are oth er flue bodies, of water aud have now sev eral mills which do not diminish their volume in any part perceptibly. Then there are numerous fine branches and springs innumerable in fact you cannot get in or out of Zebulon without cross ing water or go any where’s where you or your hors© get dry. The soil in Pike county is gray sandy and ri h mulatto laud and a famous country for vegetable* while the .'oldest inhabitants say they never knew peaches or grapes to fail. Viuayards are numer ous and tho making of w in© could be* made a rem n native industry. The climate is all that prolongs and makes lifts enjoyable. Ninety-eight de grees iu dimmer and 10 above zero in winter, being the veriest extremes. Ma laria is as .absent as morquitocs. With such acliomte, the purest of waters aud frui ful soil,—what more does a man waul? M-'Uey he can make here with out sweltering ia summer and freezing in winter. Zebulon tho center geographically find aa the county seat, intellectually, offers the best social advantages and the edu cational aud religious privileges x' ill ans wer t he Christian, however exacting. Pike con illy has three railways, Tho Goorgic Central rrnvs north atui south ami pas.-es BorneNvillo au<l Afducr, two remarkably fine tow us. The Atlanta dr Florida, a new road, runs parallel with the Central aud about tea miles apart, passing Williamson, the junction with ihe Georgia Midland, Zebulon the coun ty s „ a t, jloausvillo a promising burg and Wye a town in embryo, The Georgia Midland angles north-east and south-v ost—taps the junction west vvim l at. Williamson—has lots of busi ness at Concord, a town with city airs— whistles loudly for Molina which will have more than a poetic name—and after stopping at Neal and Jody two snug trading points dies on to another conn ty- ■ "i",,.,"! fSS PH county lias never been tested, but the p|qq Mountain gives irolicatious of iron (>ro ‘. -phe best of variolated ! marble «\' ba ? cn found sjx fl ofn 7 n Un ami the ambitious arc now gold digging and go to another county to lu\vc The Georgia Fnrtnrr. The Georgia farmer is a great institu tion. Ho has been the subject of much criticism both favorable and adverse; hut the following from the CedarUntn Guardian coir.cs nearer doing him justice than anything we have seen on the sub ject: No in.iil-cj.ifl warrior of the middle ages. n f , plumed cavalier of the palmy days of English aristocracy stood superior to the Georgia farmer It i» a good thing to have bten a Georgia fanner, lie is a man whose wealth and integrity are the foundations on which rise tho lofty fabric of prosperity which makes the Empire State a hand and shoulders above all her neighbors. As a soldier the Georgia farmer baa written his name in blazing letters on the highest i age of the world’* history. As ft statesman he has shown himself the peer of any man and otiimcs the superior of those who boasted of superior advantages of education and training. As a man be furnishes the finest model to be found in the construction of material of w hich great nations are made. A quarter of a century ago the Georgia farmer came staggering homeward, bearing on his weary shoulders the burden of defeat, disaster and despair. Poverty held out her gaunt hands to welcome him to his desolated home. All seemed l<«d, irretrievable ruin spread out on every hand from the mountains Jo the sea. But the soldier who had faeed musket,saber and the black-throated cannon while under the influence Of that manly patriotism that nerves men to great deeds was no less a soldier when he came face to face with a less chivalrous foe in the sol itinU«iof the fields and wood w ith no flag? and banners afloat In the air, and none of the pomp and pageant of glorious war to lire him up. Tho soldier of war became the hero of peace. He set out to conquer or die, and he is alive today and conqueror. Many things have con spired against him. He has had to pay two or three prices for the necessaries of life and has had to do without the luxuries entirely. lie has been oppressed by the cold-hearted monopolists, the ignominious camp followers of the same armies that laid this country waste. Hut he has couie out victorious, and he is lie gluing to get where he can enjoy the sooila. True to the old instincts or Independence he has used piue straw matting, white oak splits, pine boards, ducking, guano sacks and other material, rather than to submit to the tyranny of bagging trust. This same spirit caused the fair women of Georgia to weave their own dresses and plait their own hats twenty-five years ago. You cannot down the Georgia farmer. He ia not of th© sort that is to lie easily downed. That is why Georgia i# the best governed state in tho union. If a man i» not capable he cannot hold hi# position. There is two much good ma t'-rinl from which to select the men who are to i uV, and the Georgia tamer i* too good a «ia«, too intelligent a man to submit tojnaisrule. He i« too brave a man, too honest a man, too manly a man to submit to oppression and ty runny, no matter in what guise they may pear. Take him all in all, there i# no finer specimen of manhood on earth, never ha# been nor never will be than the Georgia farmer. f^ore hack mule, “nigger,” bacon and cotton, cotton, “nigger,” bacon and sore back mole style of farming one year aft er another has got to play out berore the beaming countenance of the GodAere of Prosperity will be cast on our favored, heaven blessed country PROFESSION A L CA BPS, W. I. IVERSON, Lawyer , ZEBULON, GKOItGXA. Also, negotifttor fi»r loans on real estate, for Kuro# of and upwards. Cheap rates. Long or short time. J. S. POPE, Attorney at La tv, ZEEUL0.V, CA. Prompt attention giren to all business. I am also prepared to negotial© loans to farm ers at a total commission of 12 jw'r cent, w ith interest at S p.*r cent. Payable once ft year, to wit; on Hi'ccmber J. E. F. DUPREE, Attorney at Lav, ZEBULON, GA. Will practice in all the courts. attention given to ail the business en trusted to him. L. J. GREEN, PHYSICIAN AND SITU,EON, ZEBULON, GA. City Dire#lory. Cirrncuj.s. Baptist—Preaching every second BnnJay anrJ Batarday before. Eev J. IV. Beck pastor. Sabbath school at 10 odoek s. m. M*»thbdisi—Preaching every Sun.lay. llev, J. singleton pastor. Sabbath school at 3 o'clock in the af ternoon. Masonic —M '-©tings every second and fourth Saturday at 7 o'clock in the eve ning. County rm nT— Monthly term r>n third Monday; quarterly term, third Monday in March, June, September and Decem ber, ComT of OamNARY— First Monday. County Commissioners — First Tues day. A lmance— County Alliance second Saturday, Zebulon Alliance second and fourth Saturday at 1 o’clock p. in. A. – F. RAILROAD SCHEDULE. in srrxcr o>* sisday, November li, issfi. SOUTH BOUND. STATIONS. NO. 1. no. 3. NO. 5 Lv Atlanta 4 <k) pm T 00 am 8 45 ara k ‘ F.-iyetteviHe 5 S3 pm 843 lira 1140am /EP.ILOX 7 03 i m 102!am 2 03 am Ar f t. Valley 0 2c> pm 1 00 am 7 CO am XOKTII BOO'D STATIONS. KO* 2. NOr 4. NO. S. Lv n. Valley S 00 nm 3 45 pm – OOarn M ZERFL03 10 22 am 615 pm JO Siam ** Fayetccville 1130 am 8 10 pm 166 am Ar Atlanta 12 40 sin 9 46 pra 4 50 am AH iraips arrive at aad leave frees the E. T. Va. A Ua. Kailreaff pavenger depot, Mitchell -<t reel;?. J. L. DSIVKB, resiffeat Agent. T, <}. TROY, iieuerai isapcrpiUadenr V a blow onh In timber there are splendid pint*, oak, hickory and ash, and tho water powers si;d numerous railroads, with other ad* VAafci^dft should certainly attract tho ey e to thiHgloriou* part of tho attmtv South where lands At e cheap and God’s bless ings m a# Bolt!. [Vonlinueil next feet-.] Georgia’^ Domienilic majority a. mounted to over –0,fM0 in the late selec tion. Tnf.v Ann still sec-sawing over the whisky question in Atlanta. It is all very nice to stand nfi' at a distance and look on. Let's read Puck's motto and see how it sounds in this connection: “What tools these mortals be!" Susatob Cm.qi ir ;■ has been overwhel mingly re-elected C. R. Senator for the next term. It ia announced that at the expiration of Joe lirowp'* teimGov. Gor don will tie a candidate for the Senate. Of course Gov. Gordon would make a good Senator, but we do not relish the manner in w hich these public officers are swapped off and exchanged, to suit the fancy of a few individuals SfKAKiNo of tho m:ult of the recent, 1-reriJoiiHal ?T efiuli tho Ann **. *i Wutrln.an t.ays: HnirGrtn h «u elder In the Presbyterian church, mul having learned the Shw t' i" Cate chiMin amt tho “< Lief Ku<J of Man.” will no tl* :ibt try to <!«> hi:? duty w licu he got# in the White 11-*tiso. \v *• have groat raith in the grace nfiiM and J’resbyfarfintiain, and believe that all tliliigi* work t<*g**ther for good, but it in har«t for m t»> Ix ileve *hat tho Lord ha* fm*l anything to do with this clec.tioh. Ho may bare had, but «v doubt it. Thi# i$» a limit the first time we ever went back on our I’tVsbyte ritui t9t–nhia$t “that eimrything will he wheth er it happen-! or not,” hut u * irm#t be allowed to b<,* a lutfe *L(j*ticftl ou thi# occa-ion. Irs OETir.r. that our farmer friend* may f»ce the imporianoo of haviu^ their mort cancelled, we give below the law bearing upon the question: That Imw and after the parage c»4thi# act, flnjr mortgagee la tbw State who may have paid off lm mortgage, rn«y preesunt the came, together with the order of the itiertgage« ttr transferee, flimeUug that the mortgage he eancohed and record the ortit’X nero the face of the record t<* tho l-lurk Of the HU^WTior court of th ; comity, 4vi*'counttea, in wtrirh the samo i# recorded, when the clerk u thereby required to write nc-rfm the face of curb record tho word, ■*,satis fied." and the flat* of wtich entry, and sign hi# name thereto oScialiy. A ROMi: ithaT remarkable thing took place in th© river j tst helo'v EvnUHvii’e, lutl., Lint week. A fow days cine© the Htpamcr. Kohcrt B. Carson, e »l!ap*©<l and tank in forty f et of wsti *r, together with ilmty head of ©at 1© confined on the lower dock. Foi two or three day* >*n effort was made t > raijm the boat, but the project was uh ui lonJ. On Batur day in -ruing, however, t v the surprise ©dupe of the harbor boat# the pilot-hotts 3 ft-id Luriefii’.e deck of the Carwon ru i ' r y y appeared nlu>vc the* water. \\h n a crew was sent flown, the steamer was dug aUdij'jk upheld by' come myricri oils agency. Thift was avibveqnen t'.y Jiffrfid to the c*»ttl« tbetnfiei vofi, whoso ■ *< ( i « had liocoTue inflated by gaseagtn.' crated in the cao awes, and actually had •iftcfl thu boat to the fitof.ice* A msgi.k t on jnny m Fiori.Lt has pur . iui^fctl ill, iHr,i acres ot ian I aJiich will be i.U voted to tobaco culture. This coin [iauy bed'll! oppcrutini.s last November a id h*» 791 acres of land planted iu tie bae,q (his year. It is estimated that this (and will produce 500.000 pounds or to bacco wbiel. it is cluinie 1 Is equal in tex t ire and apperance ail,’, superior in aro ni t to the gemiino Su naira leaf. It has been demottstreteil that the soil and e'i tn ito are in every ivay adapted to the S ieces.tu! eu'.t or • of tobacco. This being e-.needed it is «fo Co say that the cnlti vati ii of tobacco will soon laxtomeoneof the clilef industries in auctions of Goor g'ta as Well as Florida. Tlie belief in seven as a lucky number traces very far hack is far as tho Old Testament goes. And “seven is a fortu nate or holy, rather than a hieky num ber, There are seven days in creation, seven spirits before the Lord, seven lu-avcns, seven Christian graces, seveu ages of men, seven candlesticks, seven stars, seven hours iu Revelations, The alchemists recognized the repetition of seven in nature, and made it a magic number, with their seven metals, gold, silver, iron, quicVsilter, lead, tin, copper. There wore seven champions of Christ endom, according to the legends; seven sleepers; seven wonders of the w orld." Sound Ihnlam Vwxlms. Use every luoftji.s to hold on. to your home trade. Great hargaiu# can only 1m secured in any market hy being on thc#pot. A l way a keep your designs and buainea» from the knowledge of others. Action i# really the life of bttatiicsa. It is easy tcM?eU goods if they are well suited to your trade and bought rigtit. Be courageous; drop your best friend if he shows lack of honesty and integrity. Avoid litigation a# much a# jw^dblo, for law . yer# ami ccetaeat up the principal. Have the courage to di^hiugi a debt while you have tin* money in your pocket. The man who borrows money ami then bor row $ trouble is double involved. Prefer small profits and certain returns to large profit# and uncertain settlements. Don't linn bj Post-*!. Everybody postal eradm and cvoryboly might do wt‘11 torvud the appended item from the Portland Oregonian: Within the past few days about a bnshel of postal cards have ik^u exriatlei from the mail nt tho {KKstofllce her© aad reruraed to tae writ er#* on account of having dunning mossrges written ou them. ‘‘TUc public,**says post -roast er Boby, ‘"seem to be ign.>rant pi the new law in regard to this matter, which was sppi\.ved bv t«wl*resid :ulcMi dune IS. Il -rmatter »uy post al carl, or any other matter upon the envelope or outside cover of \vhich appears anything which reflects iujuriousiy ujx»u tho person ad ires.se J, or anyone else, or ujxih lbs character or eottdvsv'», or i> plainly eStleulatcd and vutcvnl cd to iiour© his reelings or reputation, or bring -urn into tliscrciUt, or threateus him. " iff Ik' e,\ eluded from tit© ivu.its, ftiid any tiling ia the na ; tt»v of aa offen^tv© or thre^reaiirg dan nppar ©at upon an envelope oatri.i* cover, or postal cftjvl, or convey»ti*e suggestion that such ilw is incite, d, n<»r«^iBftUab4e Uv- - a' THE ZEBULON EXCELSIOR ACADEMY, Spring Tern?., 1889 . * THE EXERCISES OF THE SCHOOL REGIN J AN. 14, IS89 AND CONTINUE Tfl'ENTYTW 0 WEEKS. 1 «?. RATES OF TUITION: •First and second year class per month #1.20 Third to sixth tl it tt : 1.80 Higher classes 44 : 2.fi0 Incidental tee <4 : 10 Music *t - 8.00 •See circular—apply to Principal. Instructions in French, Elocution and Calisthenics givon free o! charge. So deduction mode for absence except in c»*ea of continned nickivM*. Xo school can live with irregular patronage, s^, n ,j throughout the term by all mean*. Would it be any worse ft»r the teachers to close school in the of a * t >** ion lh n n for the people to withdraw their patronage? There i« mutual obligation to teach and to send until unavoidable conditions renderit impraeti-j> . pa j,j e u> raeC t the obligation. What would be thought of a teacher who would allow slight social, domestic, or busin©*a demands, or temporary ailments to close the schoolroom doors? Irregular Attendance is scarcely worth anything to the child. We aim at proper discipline, thoroughness, progress and the developement of character, A visitor here said “Zebulon boasts of as good a school, not only as there is in ths county, bur iu the state.” G, tt. MERRITT, Trio. Miss Minmk Merritt, assistant. Miss Nell Merritt, music teacher. i % Her©-® Your ©Mate, ■TO IX) A GOOD THING FOR ZEBULOH -AND QUITB THE PROTER THING For Pike County! --SUBSCRIBE FOR ,.,„4 m PIKE COUNY JOURNAL . TVE ( OME among you with good will toward your county, its government, it* Inflation • of industry, learning and worth ip—with »*trong fftith and hope in th# fnture of Zebulon. It iu the ambition of The JoCHhal to aid iu elevating Zebulon to a point where It will be pointed to with the greatest pride. Now, our interest* are mutual, and in aakmg yon to invert the eranU «m of one dollar ft year in an enterprise working for the interests above mentioned, we fo«| that we are performing an honorable duty—a duty that we owe to ourtelvei ant to our county. “THERE IS A TIDE IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN , WHICH, IF TAKEN AT THE FLOOD, WILL LEAD TO FORTUNE," ETC- NOW IS THE TIME ENCOURAGE HOME ENTERPRISE. illifJEiPfI 02 fs OAif m