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THE - RECORD. OFFICIAL ORGAN JOHNSON CO. Fublishert Every Tuesday at Wrigiits ville, Georgia., by W. J. WHITE, Editor. ADVERTISING RATES. SFAC'K. ! 1 MO. 3 MOS.Id MOH.ii VK.IR. 1 inch. ; $2 00 )f4 00 $7 0(1 $10 00 2 inches. ! 3 00 5 50 8 50 14 00 3 inches. 4 00 7 00 1 13 00 18 00 4 inches. 5 00 10 00 I 10 00 2 !) 00 Half col’n 10 00 20 00 | 27 00 | 3(5 00 1 column. | 15 (K) 30 00 40 00 70 00 l^’AII bills for Advertisements arc due after lirst insertion. Entered at the postofllce at Wrights ville as second class mail matter. Special rate** will lie given to large and constant advertisers. AH' legal advertisements must be paid for in advance. Address all communications to THE - RECORD, Wriglitsville, Georgia, TUESDAY. SKI’EMHit 7, 1807. If the Dingley bill fails to gather in h surplus, so as to produce a further contraction os t he currency, the efforts to get rid of the greenbacks will be re¬ doubled. Every effort is now being made to force Mexico to adopt the gold-stand¬ ard. The success of this effort will put one more nation at the mercy of the World’s money power. Millions upon million* are being made m New York through the ad¬ vance in wheat. These profits do not go to the farmers; they go to the specula¬ tors and gamblers and are taken from the people. Great reformers are neves handed down to the people through t he good¬ ness of the men in power. Reforms always originate with the masses ol the people, and become affective as the people become determined. The Atlanta Constitution now reaches Wriglitsville from eight¬ een to thirty-six hours after publi¬ cation. Quick time, this, consid¬ ering we aro loss than 200 miles from Atlanta. Yellow fovor has boon declared epidemic at Ocean Springs, Miss., about 100 miles each from New Orleans and Mobile, a rigid quar ontino already being in force in all cities and towns adjacent. Great alarm is felt in the coast towns, but every effort is being rnndo to confine the fever to Ocean Springs. Tho Yanks aro again reminded that the Georgia boys know how to shoot. Our crack team didn’t do a thing to tlioso fellows up at Sea Girt, on the Jersey coast, last week—they just brought back ev¬ ery first prize that was offered dur¬ ing tho entire contest. New Jersey or New York coming in, some times, in second or third place. Niggardliness hi the house of God toward God’s cruse is a pre¬ vailing weakness. We look with contempt on paupers who make themselves so by indolence and parasitic inclanation. How much worso is a church paupers? He knows little of the riches of grace, lie lives upon the sacrifice of oth¬ ers. He considers only his own pleasure and think it is blessed only to- receive. These paupers are not those who ave without money; they are those without tho grace of living. They have tho means but not the mind to give. Their meanness makos tho spiri¬ tual enterprises of the church halt. —Ram’s Horn. CIVILIZED(?) CHRISTIAN!?) NATION Great Britiau is the leading Chris¬ tian nation of the world, It is, offi cially anb historically, the favored fol¬ lower of the meek and lowly Jesus. In all her temples the beautiful doc¬ trine is taught that we must return good for evil, and that, being smitten upon one cheek, we must turn tho oili¬ er. At this blessed moment Great Brit ian has six different wars on her hands, and is grabbing land and slaying the native's in almost every xuarter of the globe. If Geeat Britian were not so raven¬ ously reltgous she would be considered the most monstrously wicked empire the world has seen since Rome fell.—P. P.P. GOOD PUBLIC ROADS XUMDKK THREE. It is intensely gratifying to The Record to observe the wide-spread awakening among the people in regard to the improvement of the public highways; and also, that the policy of employing all the convicts on the public roads is growing and gaining strength among the people. The Record also notices with undisguised pleasure, that tiio commissioners of roads and revenues of Fulton county have held a meeting whose deliberations were on this line, and that they nave inaugurated a movement for a state convention of the road commissioners of each county to consider tho matter of formulating, or in co-operation with other organizations, formu¬ lating legislation which shall give this direction to convict labor. It really seems that the time has arrived—that the golden op¬ portunity of the law-abiding (arm¬ ors,'mechanics and laboring men, is now presented for them to make their power felt; and not relieve themselves of taxation to support law-breaking non-producers, but the odious exactions now imposed on them in working public roads —thoroughfares practically un¬ used by a largo majority of the road workers under the law. The op¬ portunity shall not bo allowed to pass unimproved—unavailed of—; but the parties so directly inter¬ ested should come forward in full voting force and power, completely revolutionize the road laws, crush the present convict lease system out of existence, and forever for¬ bid the employment of convicts in any way, in a needless peniten¬ tiary, or elsewhere, in competition with honest, law-abiding citizens, engaged in manufacturing or other industrial pursuits. Mr. Walter R. Brown, a loading Atlanta lawyer, and a member of the Fulton county board of com¬ missioners of roads and revenues, in a speech before a convention of Fulton county road commission¬ ers, Aug. 21st., said “the existing road laws wore on abomination.” It is presumed by the readers of The Record have read tho proposi¬ tion of principal keeper of the Penitentiary, Hon. Joseph S. Tur¬ ner, in regard to the establishment, after many years of labor and at high cost, of a permanent peniten¬ tiary, where the convicts shall be employed in farming, (ginningcot¬ ton, corn etc.,) and in such manu¬ factures, (cotton goods, shoes, wa¬ gons etc.,) as will make it self-sus¬ taining! How? By direct compe¬ tition with honest, law-abiding in¬ dustrious citizens. A not insignificant number of con¬ victs would make astute, successful lawyers;—and if the idea of a self sas-tninod penitentiary is wise and good, and is to prevail, why just let a bright, young twenty-year convict read law and serve the state as solicitor general, take cases at big foes which, as tho convict money does now, would go into the state's treasury. Why not? The Record has neithei time nor space now to “show up” Prin¬ cipal Keeper Turner’s proposition, but may give it some attention in a future issue. The last United States census gives the male population of Geor¬ gia, twenty-one years and over at a fraction under 400,000. The Georgia road laws requires all per¬ sons (ministers and some other callings exempted) between six¬ teen and fifty, to do road work, and it is not an exaggeration to estimate those between these ages at not less than 400,000. The law stipulates that they shall work on tho roads, not exceeding fifteen days during the year; and, also, that delinquents shat not bo fined less than one dollar nor more than three dollars per day. This, by implication, places a value of one dollar per day on tho road-worker. Now the male population of Geor¬ gia twenty-one years and over being 400,000 and that of those between sixteen and fifty being estimated at about the same, it is uotuureas- oimble to assume that 200,000 able bodied working men ave called upon to work on the pub!ic roads. Atone dollar per day—the implied legal value of their labor—this re¬ sult follows: 209,000 men gives $200,000 per day, and fifteen days the enormous sum of $3,000, contributed annually towards up the roads by farm and laborers; or at sixty cents a at which Principal Keeper estimates convict labor, we have the not so enormous, none the less astonishing sum of $1,800,000. This is what the present laws—de¬ nounced by Walter R. Brown ns “abominable’’—call for, and for non-compliance with which heavy penalties are imposed. If fanners and laborers and workingmen gen¬ erally do not perform the duties, or are not subjected to the penal¬ ties, it i3 the fault of those whose duty it is to inforce the laws. To give the above brief outline of, and suggestive calculations based upon, the “abominable” law, is all The Record can now do; time and space will not permit more. A full exposure of the “a bominablo” statue would provoke a uninveraal outburst of indigna¬ tion. The laws could not be en¬ forced—the complication and in¬ justice of them forbade it. Had any serious attempt been made to enforce them they would long since have been swept from the statute book. The Record may have some¬ thing more to say about those laws, as well as something about Princi¬ pal Keeper Turner’s so-called prop¬ osition in subsequent issues. Speculators and money gamblers growing rich over tlie abundance of wheat and every dollar gained by them means a dollar lost by some one else. A temporary rise in wheat caused crop failures abroad shows no change in the conditions that have been crush¬ ing (he farmer for many years. The man who will not aid in deliver¬ ing his country from the greed of mo¬ nopolists and speculators becomes by liis indifference an enemy to his coun¬ try. D. P. USRY, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in C. M. Wood’s building (43) Wrighteville, Ga. x<xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Farmers’ & Merchants’ Warehouse WIUGHTSVIBLE, GA. WALKER & SIMPSON, Prop’s. * Newly Built and * Entirely Fire Proof. We are now in position to handle cot¬ ton, and ready to accommodate the public. Expert buyers will be on hand to pay Savannah prices, thus to the farmers a saving of $4.00 Per Bale. Hank of Wriglitsville will loan money on warehouse receipts. Weighing, storage and insur¬ ance, forty cents per mouth. W. T. WALKER, Sworn Weigher. This being anew and important § « enterprise for the county, a liberal patronage is respectfully and earn X estly solicited. Yours to serve, WALKER & SIMPSON. Hawkins & Page—— Dealers in Fancy and Fam¬ ily Groceries, sold at lowest CASH PRICES % % come and give us a trial. Here are, a few of our prices: Lion Coffee 15cts per pound Arbucldes Coffee - - 15cts per pound Greeu Coffee - - lSets per poiuul Jury Lists tor September Term grand jury. 1 .1 A .1 Wadter ir, G N Ivey 2 J I) Stephens 17 Fred -Cartoi¬ 8 P B Beilingfleld ls C T Bray- 4 A T Clark 19 S A McWhorter 5 A T Binder 20 C C Pope fi A I V Stephens 21 E E Smith 7 .7 W Johnson 22 If G Powell 8 U S Spell 28 T .1 Arline 9 Bonis Davis 24 .1 W Flanders 10 W Allen Page 25 A D Mayo 11 Henry Page 26 Mathew Bell 12 C. M Dent 27 II C Mason 18 W II Price 28 J M Page 14 S 1. Fortner 29 Z T l’rescott 15 E R Underwood 30 Wm A Webb TRAVERSE JURORS-1st Week. 1)1)1 Mayo 19 It T Mayo 2 .1 1) Webb 20 B J Wiggins 3 .1 Sam Flanders 21 A J Minton 4 Henry Greenaway 22 8 J Hammock 5 K A W Johnson 23 Chas A Moyo 9 J W Smith 21 J C Snell 7 Henry Stephens 25 J Bennett Powell 8 D 7. Douglas 20 M It Perkins 9 G W Pullen 27 A J M Robinson 10 W B Price 23 I) S Smith 11 J W Right 29 D B Palmer 12.1 A Douglas 30 D S Meeks 13 G 1> Snell 31 ,1.1 Frost 14 John G Right 32 Wm Anderson 15 J M Mason 33 B 8 Cox 10C M Franklin 34 Jno B Anderson 17 K J Sumner 35 W H H Stewart 13 W B Ivey SO .1 It J Mi mbs Life Size Portraits From the largest and best house in America, satis¬ faction guaranteed, repre¬ sented by M C Hartley, WHIGnTSVILLB, Ga. Any information desired can ho obtained at The Record office, where any pictures may be left for enlarging. Nannie Lou Wart hen Institute ^ ^ ^ Fall Term Opens September 1st with a full corps of efficient teachers. The President will ar¬ range for hoard for pupils if desired. Parties desiring to Board Pupils — should see the Presi¬ dent. Let pupils en¬ ter promptly, For information and cata¬ logue call on or write to the President. F. G. WEBB, A.M ■ 9 President. B.V. Comes to the front with the line of Pants, Hats, Shoes, Clothing, Dress Goods, Dry Goods Of all kinds. Also a com¬ plete line of Family and Fancy Groceries Tinware, Etc. Thanking you for past patron¬ age and inviting you to still con¬ tinue to examine my goods and get prices before you buy. I am, Yours to Serve, B.V.ROWLAND [Successor to Rowland Bros.l SPEAKING Right Out If it wasn’t for what it brought you, your money wouldn’t possess much value. It isn’t tlie money you work for—it's what it brings. Make it go as far as possible—Get the best returns. Every item you buy from us—every dollar in¬ vented— sii any line—brings you the fullest returns. If it isn’t that way, speak right out, anil the money will be re¬ turned. Every sate must be satisfactory—its our way and we insist upon it. The Correct Qualities In ladies and children’s hosiery, the fast color, long wearing kind, at exceptionaly reasonable prices. Ladies black (the kind that most dealers ask you 15 cents for) our price 10 cents pr. Ladies fine imported hose—worth 25 cents—our price 15 cents, Children's black hose—good quality at 5 cents pair. Men’s heavy, mixed socks—the 10 cent kind— our price 5 cents. There’s nothing better for the price. Silks, velvets, and all widths, and styles of braids for trim¬ ming dresses, at prices that will make you wonder how we bought them so cheap. i® & ;®; jgj Hens’ Furnishings Men’s Negligee Shirts—in the newest colorings—they com¬ bine comfort with style—Special at 50 cents. Good Shirts as low as 20 cents. Men’s collars anb cuffs—all the latest styles—prices right. Men’s ties—soarfs—bows—four in hand—newest and most correct always—each 10 cents, and up. It will pay to “locate” your fall and winter trade at our store. There’s 9 « the if a crisp anything quality tone back wc to sell our of you them, prices, goes and wrong, there’s then we stand ready to protect you. -X- -X Just Exactly Right. In price—equality—style—are the suits we sell you—suits that will wear well—stylish and durable All the latest—up to date dress good—come and look at them, and you will admit that our store is the place to buy a pretty dress. Compare these prices with prices elsewhere. Yard wide Sea Island 5 cents; yard wide bleaching 5 cents; yard wide sheetings 5 cents; best Turkey Red cali¬ coes 5 cents; best checks 5 cents; Come to See us. Prices Are Right. LOVETT BROTHERS,