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THE WEEKLY SfA
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BY STAR PUBLISHING £-£*11
Entered c.ttho Dou§lasvlllo Post oih-e f
transmitted as second-class mail m«ttei
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For One Year, in advance), - - * 81 <■
Hon. Henry R. Harris.
!■ on last Friday, March 4th, this dls-
“Htingwiahed Congressman closed, hi?
third terra ass the representative in om
National Congress of the 4th district of
Georgia. We are glad to: khow that
in leaving his seat in Ae Mouse o'
Representatives he goes to the promi
nent position of Third Assistant Post
Master '"General. He succeeds the
Hon. A. 1). Hazen of Pennsylvania,
who held the position since 1878. Wf
hope to see Mr. Harris live to hold his
pOifitiobUnueh longer than that of hi. 1
predecessor and lend his aid in giving
to the South the long neglected need
of better and more rapid mail facilities.
We feel Confident that in him the
whole South has a warm and close
friend, and he will do all in his power
to give the South her just; toward.
While we regret to know .that for a
time we will miss him from among us,
we feel that in him we have a true and
trusted friend, and if each person for
whom he has done some charitable
act, were to send him a flower he
would have slept on the nigh l of March
4th, 1887 under a wilderness of flow
ers. . ( ^
Great Fortunes.
Unless it may be an inheritance
from a rich estate or relatives—and, in
the majority of cases, when riches are
^ attained in this manner they are not
I lasting—We seldom hear of a fortune
| gained, unless it had its origin from
( small beginnings.
When Commodore Vanderbuilt be
gan the railroad business in 1863, the
railroads of the country had not emer
ged from the character in which they
were originally conceived—they were
improved chiefly for local business.
: Rivalry for the transportation of heav-
y articles was hardly thought of. The
shipment of freight for any great dis
tance was a matter of no small ex
pense, delay and risk.
The men who Wept ahead with this
, buMness^and thereafter become mill
ionaires,. started from small begin
nings.
go it is in any branch of life. Begin
at the bottom of the ladder and ; work
up. The names of scores and scores of
men who have done this might be ci-
--tod* but we consider, that the intelli
gent readers of the Star are sufficient
ly well acquainted with this fact to
make it necessary to do so.
Sla
Oflnterest to Business men*
We desire to Call the attention of
our business men as well as all others
to the advantages of advertising. It
has become to be hacking, .phrase for
country weekly papers to say: “Bet
business mert advertise,” or some oth
er equally as truthful, though long
obsolete remark.
The.ad vantages derived by business
men from advertising, or any class of
men who have anything to : sell or bar
ter or wish .to secure, are to multitudi,
ous that they ought to bo apparent to
any and all at a glance. In the first
place no- town can hope, to succeed
without a free use of printer’s ink
Our sister towns in Alabama as well as
those of Florida, to say nothing of the
great and growing west; date all their
prosperity and beginnings of “booms”
from the establishments of newspapers
in their midst.
It was P. T. Barnum who once, in
addressing a crown of business men,
said: “None of you use printer’s- ink
enough. No town can hope to sue
Peed when business men do not adve:
tise. A man’s card in a newspaper,
a though its appearance week in and
week out, may seem monotonous to
f him, is a good thing for the advertiser
It. inspires confidence,, it makes the
stranger feel that the town is on the
Toad to prosperity. Best of all, it
causes the names and business of the
advertiser to fle familiar to not only
patrons of the newspaper but all its
rgaders. It does its work in dull -sea-
sonAas-adi as in prosperous times. It
is the guide-board to the stranger a
well as-an assurance to regular -Custo
mers that the advertiser is flourishing,
has hopes for the town and is- content
ed with the future, outlook.”
Such words from such a free use of
printer’s log are . worthy of considera
tion by the business men of j onglas-
ville, and the entire county as Well.
Every man doing business in Douglas
ville, or who has as his customers peo
ple residing near her should have hi|
card in the Star. The expense when
the benefits are considered, is but
trifling.: Too many men who. place
their business cards in a newspaper
expect to reap too much benefit too
soon. It takes time to successfully ad
vertise, and then successful advertisers
s the constant, persistent advertiser.
The business man who pan succeed
in making his name a familiar one in
the homes of the patrons of a nowspa
per is the man who will do the largest-
business in the community. This is a
truth which will prove itself by being
tried. We have the space: and the men
who have the enterprise and. foresight:
will avail themselves of the opportuni
ty now and AD V ERT18 F.
WHY WE NEEH A BANK.
A c'reful survey of our surround
ings, and a consequent realization Of
the many disadvantages of our present
business system, gives an unanswera
ble argument in favor of a radical
change of some sort. The press for
years has pointed out the dangers of
the credit system foHowed by the far
mers of our section; it has been’ truth
fully asserted, and successfully main
taitted that only in the rarest instan
ces can the farmer earn a living while
he buys supplies on credit and pays the
universally high prices charged; indeed
the few exceptions oc-ur during sornt
phenomenal crop year, when here and
there a man is enabled to abandon
the oim system, and his future .suc
cess is the result of that abandonment
A small number of our farmers bor
row money from commission nier
chants, and it is a well known fact that
the necessary contract is almost as
Sonorous in its provisions and. grindin
in its requirements, as are the time
- prices charged by local merchai tr.
Many of our merchants, men who
are perfectly good, and well known a
homej -but without bank credit in ou
large cities, are also forced to borrow
mOney from the, same scource,and suf
fer inconvenience growing out P? the
same contract. ,
In the fall of the year it frequently
occurs that a cotton buyer cannot ac
tually get sufficient money in Douglas-
ville to pay for the Mays purchases,and
vice versa when the cotton season h
over, our merchants cannot get a draft
for remittances, but are forced to the
expense of express or money orders.
Douglas county produces .annually
15,000 bales of cotton in round num
bers, but for the lack of convenient and
safe storage, and the inability of the
producers to hold it, it is marketed as
: it comes from the field and hurried to
I Atlanta regardless of the demand in
I the market, or the prices commanded.
By reason of the credit acco unt of both
farmer and merchant few inen are abltj
to hold cotton, except perhaps at- enor
mous expense in the warehouses of the
commission merchants.
These things have been uttered time
and again, ahd as a general rule the
-only remedy suggested is a diversity of
crops, so that the cotton may no lin
ger be a king in bondage, but a free ar
ticle to be sold, when, where, and how
best pleases the producer -but so far
i as the application of this remedy by
the farmers Of this section is concerned,
it is impracticable. What we need is
money, cheap money, so that a. man
may spare a few acres from the cotton
field for other crops, and still raise
enough to meet the payment of his
obligation.
fn our opinion, and wfear||proud :-to
say that we have the approval of the
best business men of the community,
the establishment of a local ’bank and
cotton warehouse, Would in a large'
moasu rebring about-this neededyhtnge
and begin for us an era of increased
prosperity.
The same collateral security which
now is necessary for the procurement
of goodsor money, Would he sufficient
tO secure loans from the bank at the
legal rate of interest, without all the
addenda of cotton shipments, commis
sions and time prices, if, a farmei
needed, a hundred dollars for the year,
or the merchant a thousand, instead
of making a contract in March for the
whole sum, he would be enabled to
borrow in small amounts as his neces
sities required, lessening his interest
account and the great temptation to
extravagance too often yielded to when
a sum is borrowed larger than immedi
atcly required.
P’ith the addition of a fireproof ware
house, not only could a farmer store
his cotton and get advances on it; but
the cotton buyer; instead of shipping
each days purchases, would be able to
hold until hundreds of bales would at
tract the attention of exporters, and
much better prices be obtained than he
is now able to net. This advance in
price secured by the local buyer would
of course equally benefit the producer.
It might be said perhaps, that the
abolition of the credit system would,
work an injury,to the local merchant
who do a supply business, but this i
only an apparent injury, that has. no
foundation in fapt,,-for his cash sales
would he proportionally . increased as
the credit business decreased, and in
stead o'f,having a cash trade during
four months of the year, there won hi
be a healthy cash business the ,year
round; the laborer would be paid, in
money instead of orders, would be bet
ter satisfied and more easily controlled
by the farmer and his custom more
highly appreciated by'tlie merchant.
THE HOI-,*.*?*?* STCC^SE.
It is doubtful if any other country
than this young men are so much given
to drifting -from one pursuit to another.
In most cases they run the gamut of.
business before finally selecting a life
pursuit. - _ .
| Various causes have been assigned
-for this apparently aimless drifting but
very few of them have been satisfacto
ry. The true caus;, perhaps, was sug
gested by a young man who recently
discussed (he ques ion in a letter to. a-
contemporary. “I am a telegraph op
erator,” he wrote, “employed by ihe
Western Union.COmpany. My salary
is $85 a month. If by some"' turn of
fortune I should be promoted -to the
management of an office, I would .he
paid from $100 to $150 a month. But
the probabilities of promotion are ex
tremely'small, and, even if i should he
given the management of an office, I
should have to stop there. Promotion
beyond that is so i are that it is not
Worth considering Now I cannot af
ford to spend my life working for
or even. •„ SCO a month. 1 v ant a „for-
umfjinud such as. I have men
tioned will peyer give it to me.” , | §
The voting man expressed dissatis
faction in ©very due lie wrote-. He
was not making money rapid';.’ enough.
He wanted a fortune, and he- .wanted
it without delay. Evidently his idea
was that to obtain it lie must seek some
other business in whuh satarns were
better and the prohahilii ies of promo
tion were greats':'. It is not unsafe* to
declare that tiie same restless desire to
“get into something better,” as . it is
often expressed,.animates the majority
chmpIst store, in town,
New Store, New Goods New Prices.
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HARTY’S
Ptf© *
♦New Brick Store on Broad, st.
tii e .. ■ PO S-t OJEEL o o.
THE WLASILLE DRUG STORE
-Kee|>9 a Well 'Selected; Stock of
Drugs,
Medicines,
Tobacco and Cigars.
Toilet Articles:, ArtiStib SPa.ixa.'tJS
j3l.j3.CL ' ^"W"0^ 5 Srt:43.=l:i:iL^
KIPT SI A WELldRilSJUTED
. DRUG STORE.
We Will Sell Alcohol For Medical Use
and Wine for Sacramental purposes.
When in Need Of Anything In our line give us a Call.
; . Bespeel fully,
J, L- SELMAN &CO--
of young men They are always just
about to grasp fortune,’anil yet they
seldom quite roach it. But, in the
meantime, they go “moying.on,” ior-
getting the worn but trutliful adage
that “A roiling stone gathers no moss-”'
Somebody must fid the subordinate
positions, and : somebody. must fail to
grasp fortu n -. It is not intended to
discoui ige any young man from eain-j
estly endeavoting lo better hi* condi
tion, but he should think long and sfe-
l (ously before “moving on.” It is not
so much a question of tlie size of the
salary as it-if- ot the use to which the
salary is put. Properly expended it
may not lead to fortune, but it is al
most certain to ic d to a competency.
It is unfortunate for any young man
to allow the anxiety to get rich quickly
to. take possession of him. Rather let
him carefully choose his pursuit, and
once having chosen, it, follow it close
ly aiming to obtain a competency. It
is not at all improbable that ho will
find that in working'for a competency
he will obtain a fortune.
I Pave Vac tineiS- stock of Goods ever .brought to tics town and will yfeli them - cheaper
than anybody. 4 Will surprise itll who buy them that Uiej^et so many - goods af or such
little money. I t&ep. all classes or
Dry 0<4>ds, Groceries, Hats.- and Clothing
1 CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION to my LARUE STOCK OF
Ti/L Jt'.i-a Xj'X MEHY '-GOODS
wilich has beiTjhwjItxrtardtsvit.h great hare.and caution, and contains all of ilie latest.styles.
TlifT 1,allies in tills di pari meat and will show you
the most artistic lino of Millinery Goods ever seen In Douglas ville. . ^ '
1 propose; t-o g-ivo my customers goods cheaper than they can. he purchased in -the.,City
of A tlanta. <3i 11 i\n '• xik- me, I mi.-ao wimt 1 say. Yon will save money by trading; with
me. Come l.ofi!:- - fov.-pvliere you cun buy goods at your own price, liememlmr I ,li»v
moved te tlic, hollov uira- the Cost Offlco ,
•p'-v-v-x.-p
PHILLIPS & CREW,
T>iqAILi£iB.S
pm
0AH6%,
-*jw.
Promptwand most
cficctivelf eradil
cated by this
wonderful
remedy.
Try it
An
interest
ing treatise
on Blood and
Skin Diseases is
mailed fjroo to. all,
TET
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w Dicias,
Permanently Cured by
PIANOS
ORGANS
nit intlie
SOUTH
Before buying* a Piano or Organ be’sure you Call on
PHILLIPS..-.. CHEW,
Leading. Dealer , th cit.l r
Send for latest Catalogues, Kiuibe, Steinway, Ilallett Alhivis, Kimball, Ficii-
| cr, Belming, Pease, 1‘ianos,
ORGNS FOR DHURCH OR PRLOR,
^ i ini> iiiiirirr 1 -- ' ‘ ;
l' -Worth t-as" or West.!>umake your purrlmse fropi rp, pousi W? deulera
, iw.llmi 1 huy A ori n. nasi, on ww, The above mime
Arm v.-arnnus evory l-.ah.. So' flhV- i'r, ! ■ ' ■ ft H mayeSy
■give satlstartion ci- ny pay.. ceUioi (.-om ,.i; on iLuioj- H
mm
Absolutely Pure-
| Tills powder never varies. A marvel .of
purity, strength and whoSexomeneso. .More
0<: momieal than the .ordinary kinds, and
cmnot he sold in the competition; with the
multitude of low lest, short Weight, alum or
plioxphate |.owders. 1 Sold only in >'!tt)S.
R.iyai. liAKtxiM’owOUR. CO., pit; Wni! Ul., -N.
Y. II
jjnFVEffiHTEQiS'n
A good man and a wise man may at
times be angry with the world, and at
times grieved at ii; bur no man is cwr
discontented with the worltl if he does
liis duty in it.
a $20,00 bibee;rewar».
The publishers of Rutiedgo'a Month
ly offer twelve valuable rewards in
their Monthly for February, among
which is tiie following..
We will give; $20.00 . to the person
telling us which is the middle verse in
the New Testament gcriptures, (not
the'revised:edition), by March 10th,
H ., Should two or more correct an
swers lie received, the Reward will
be divided. The money will be for
warded to the winner March 1- r >th,
T8®E Persons trying for the reward
must send 20 cents in silver or postal
notes, (no postage stamps, taken) with
their answer, lnr which they will, re
ceive the Monthly for April in which
,he n ,me and address of the whin -r of
the reward and the correct answer will
he published,, and in which seVeyd
more valuable rewards will be offered•
Address; j, Rxituedg i-i ,, Pi’i:i.i—ii i x,:,
(’ (MPAny, Easton, J’a.
AURlUfll
M*Et of the (Hasases which affiiut manldwcl ““
aKr oaoaftd bra disordered wmditionof the nfV6.fl.
ail complaints Of this kind, Booh of
" thollser, BiKoatmoss, Kswjos Dyspopato, Indiges
tion, Irregularity of the Bowris, Constipation, Katn-
toooy, Bmota«onH and Burning of tile Stomach
fWWfitfmoa called Hoartmun), Mwsma, Malaria,
ffioody Flax. Chilis and Raver, Rreajbone Eoyer,
Bbiiaastion before or after Fovcra, OkroninDiar-
rlico.a. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Fool Brsath,
feagolarttles tnoidontal to Females, Beariog-diSWB
.■■jgftSt SIMUfiDKSJliPBllI
is InvatuabS©, Ife te not a paRMipBa fOT all
b«b ^ i i ^ tea.U cSIseasee.01 tne fcR,
nffl lJgnfe-'STOMACH-and-BOW Bt.8.'
R ohangos the complmdon from a waxy, yellow
tinge, to a ruddy, benmiy color. Hcsthely removes
low, gioomy spirits. It is oiie of the BEST A_V»"
TERATIVEB- -anci PURtFIERS -OF THE
BtSOSi andis A VAUUA81.E YOliiC.
STADEQ.ESt’S AURANTil
m Bale by all Broggifits. Price 81.00 per h«tUe;
T niFiirie .
O. F. STAEHCER) Proprietor,
140 so. PROMT STPhilBdoIptiia, Pa.
Dlustrated by the use of a T. T. Rmw, wWcigs wt only the -
I picture* but THB pS AHING BTOOftY “ERirA^|lift tho I
?olt and Whe A L Akk yoi^r dealer for the T. 1 over anv other.
Ilavdocl: Safety Kinf! Bolt, and Fifth Wheel, Ulo is lnKO.cniy riding v ; Y ,
(This I: rh: 1 b-eTii -n • cd a , - ^ 1 ' * 1 ^ylc.xo any one who w.ll agree to
.frame it.) [F.'NCUISE STAMP.! . „ _ __ _ _
THE T. T. HAYDOOK OIRHSAiE CO.y .
a 51E, 8 . 9 aM a-rweIfth Sts., CIYC1XXATI, O.
A0E8TS WANTEB WHERE W £ HA VE HBKt! HB IHVESTMEHT SO PSOFITABLE.
SendffoV Catalogue and
Wholesale Price List.
■ TH0 ONLY Imported
iHEE»LOMII^G GUN,
WEBSTER- WAGON COMPANY
Is closing out its business £nd
SAS ON HAND
a fine stock of
OVER 4000|
Of their Celebrated Truss AxleW agdnt
of all s^les and sizes, which wil be eild <
GHEflT REDUCTION.
HOW ISTHET1ME TO BUY &T A BOTTOM PRIOE, •
■ Wagon made from West Virginia Oak, Hickory, and Poplar,
curable, and superior in every particular to inferro- grades BBW
®n the market. Embrace the opportunity and save money.
All Wagons are warranted for on^year. —
Our farewell orier"
Write for prices and terms.
7‘
FARM WAGONS
ILJBSIP mkooH wa,
*MOtfNDSVILLE. Marshall Co.. W. Va.
MADE ENTIRELY BY ItYACBRiJiniY. - i7 ™
Sapeilor In closeness of fitting and fiifisli .to any Amei'Iean mak®.'
She)tlEPER:GHOKENG PROCESS Is the
The Guns are made Side SnapandTop Snap, bads actiompnd bar lows from SJkso. W ®
There is nothing equal to them suite market forth© monq^
Far. sde by sdl first-dass dealersj and af v/holesale only by g
SCHOVERUNGi D&lY & GALES,
Gatdogaes. gratis, . ' ■. 84 &M Chambera St. NiW YORK*
headquarters!
DUN Ca N & C A M P ,
(Successors to 1I1PBS & DUNCAN.
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
77 WHITEHALL AND 88 S. BROAD STREET,
ATLANTA, GEOBGIA.
We keep on hand at all times,; everything you need,in the line of Grocery
Supplies, and will sell you what you need at
R O G K B O T T.O'M P R I Q B'S 1
When in the city, call to'see tis before luiyitig elsewhere. No trouble to
show you goods and give you prices.
Satis ST-at, otion G-u. si. ir* o. aa t & & «3-»
mmmnm i in I' I Hill I ■■■■■I I IIIIIBjMMg
R. H. Johnston,
105 V/, PETER, ST,,
HAkWOOD’S .
CHAIR SEATS
||Let me make tire newspapers .and I
care not what is preaclied in the pul
pit i, or what is enacted in congress.
Wendell Phillips.
IfflS ilii I
Love only lives or can live through
the life of others. Selfishness lives,
thrives, and can only live through the
death of others. It grows and feeds
upon deatli. It partakes of the nature
of the food it lives upon.
MARSH’S ’ CYLINDER BCD
= FOOT LATHE! -
This is a Bnr,!
Latho, endona
® Esvjlaa.haviug
a. a Cyliader Bed.
g which is much
S mbresirajleahS
: S’Coavssieat than
: "* the old style. It
2 ha? attaeinesta
.. 2 for Circular and
I# Scroll - Sawing,
*§ and for Bracket
So' Hoaliing.’-New;
n novel, ^Sp SHE
WMM§ EESI invented.
Price ©ao.oo and tipvrards.
Maiuifacuued and sold by the
Battle Creek Machinery Co,,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Drugs, Mdieines,
aints, Varnishes,
Oils, Etc.,'
Tobacco&Oigars
Knrmerx nntl I'iiyxicianv-trom liio country
will fiml my x1ocl< complete,, 0 ', tin' beat;
quality and lowest prices. When:
;■ • you come t-o Ute t is y call.Ob ...
me tor your «oo<lx..
Geuntry Merchants Supplied.
m ;
me
i ts»
j WANTED IN EVERY FAMILY |
To Beplace Broken Cane.
HE-SEAT YOUR CHAIRS.
Anybody can apply
V THSM.r-
[ No Meclianic ne^dojl.
S03LP
I Furnilnre &
BIANG'BOS: eUTTFE Wso pother atykbwthjat|itsnH J n]n&7y
.fliat w© cannot fill our orders. Bnongh said.
LA-PORTEjJni
Hartiars
it -a- —tl\ r,
THABES.
S lu buying new Chair)!, ask for O.oso with j
j Habwook’s Red leather Finish Seats.
TTSi©y laevexv wear out#
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Very Bcspoetfuily,
R. II. Johnston.
| ANB’-IrtABT' FOR
epi“2"8rSm.
.
The BEST ALMANAC, and a
*or everyday in the year. .To be bad FREE ml
dealers la jnedicine, oar mailed oa seeelp* Mr
stamp. Address
VOLINA DRUQ AND OHKHHOAL M
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