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The Be&alb PUBLISHED EVEEY THURSDAY BY T. C. Boykin. Office— N. E. Corner Public Square. DECATOH, G'SORGIA. Subscription $1.50 Per Annum. FROM THE PRESIDENT OF BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. ■ “ Independence, Texas, Sept. 26, 1882. Omtlemen: Ayer’s Hair Vigor Has been used in my household for three reasons: — 1st. To prevent falling out of the hair. 2d. To prevent too rapid change of color. 3d. As a dressing. It lia3 given entire satisfaction in every Instance. Yours respectfully, Wm. Carey Ch ine.” AYEK’S HAIK YIGOK is entirely free from uncleanly, dangerous, or injurious sub¬ stances. It prevents'tlie hair from turning gray, restores gray hair to its original color, prevents baldness, preserves the hair and promotes its growth, cures dandruff and •11 diseases of the hair and scalp, and is, •t the same time, a very superior and desirable dressing. PREPARED BY Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co ., LowelI, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. § utSbm* »•: Wsxstf ; 4v- ■ THE GREAT i mmm bemlIIi OU?. 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AYER’S Ague Cure •ontains an antidote for all malarial dis¬ orders which, so far as known, is used iu no ocher remedy, it contains no Quinine, nor any mineral nor deleterious substance what¬ ever, and consequently produces no injurious offeefc upon the constitution, but leaves the system as healthy as it was before V . attack. WE WAEEAHT AYEL'S AGEE CORE to fuiio every case of Fever amt Ague, Inter¬ mittent or Chill Fever, Remittent Fever, Dumb Ague, Bilious Fever, and Liver Com¬ plaint caused by malaria. Iu ease of failure, after due trial, dealers are authorized, by our •ireular dated July let, 1SS2, to refund tho money. Dp. J.C.Aycr&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. DS> 8 STR0N6’S P5LLS! The Old, Well ur i, - Tried, . a Wonderful w Health Renewing Remedies. STROKG’S Bi^8 , SANATIVE.PILLSr^» ifaliriaf-re it *Ape«2 fw Jhct e f«r iMOTin»?rom sicu Headache. euAsttpution cnee fibre ottbobortj. Oolrl by Dragaielv. edarht..N.Y.Oiur Vor Ptmnhlota, •tc..addwMC.E.HtJiA.&co..i 80 «. E I’LNMO* K. C. L. I'AlUlY. Eeshock & Parry, mmmm aad SOTBBS, DECATUR, GEORGIA. A.U wr U promptly and l’riecs neatly dune. :■ i ... run.eed. reasonable. Cn . 'I'., otlii.fi. few d V 1 rH - 4 II §I l»J 9 ; E I i m gSg^fca If llP t , ZPT jfe ■;:? , 6ft %4>m i ,! l m i. /f A fm 'A » Vol. VIII. Ite I am Mr. Crawford asks if the Dickson plan is a failure? I tell him, no! failure is in the man. If carried out to the letter, it will not fail. I have been pursueing this since 1345. Commenced with in 1846, and it has never failed, in the first instance, to make good average crops, wet or dry. You conuot tell till the seasons pass over what is the best time to plant cotton. There is nothing made but hard work by planting summer Crops ill the uniter. From the 10th to the 20th of April is the best time to plant cotton; but if cannot plant sooner plant in May. Made last year nearly aebaie of cot¬ ton per aereon land planted in June. It is belter to plant late than not at all. t Iu iacQ 1868 I r planted I.. a acre lot, finishing the fifth day of May; i setl eight himilreil pounds of my pound , per acre. It made thirty-two bales- , , lhe lint ,. paid ., dividetit .. a net on one thousand dollars or more per acre aft.T paying all expenses, 1 and iinpror ing thr ..die capital ten per cent, on what , u »o„IJ sell for. t Including , t , l„ ale , of the seed u paid a divident on four thousand dollars per acre. I hove no doubt that, on good cotton land , , a fair - year, I tiii could make one bun- i dred bales cotton, with one No. 1 mule; commencing operations the 1st day of December; subsoil every acre; use twenty-five dollars worth of manure per acre, and finish the 1st of May; sixty , acres.—David rA ., TA Dickson . , RESOLUTIONS CONCLUDED. f«r ingenuity of ignorant, superstitious quacks has devised. Ihat you will not make a cow feast on on corn corn stubs stubs and denend depend on on a a rad rail feucefer shelter, and then wonder why she does not give milk That you will have good clover pas ture for vour ho<rs. ° • „ That you mil "ut raise . cockle iii bur, to spoil the wool of the sheep or the manes of the horses. Thai you Wt force the same t» drink a cruel of tadpoles aud mud. That yon will liave nn early garden. That you will eat more vegetables and pay fewer docter’s bills. r ihat „, ; vou will ... not t allow the .. manure to accumulate in the poultry house during winter, but mix it with soil, sand or muck in a sheltered place. That you will keep a chicken proof fence around the garden and yard. That you will have a beautiful home. .....mE THREE WISHES. A gentleman , while , sitting . at , iliunur tnble vitb 111 , family, nnd tb.se word, mid to bim by his .on, a M of vour. 1 “Father b.’vc I Lav. beer, thinking if could cue .ingle wish of mine what I would choo«e ” “Togive. 1,otic,-.chance,'' arid the father, “Mpposo lire allowance be they ho’ Re careffil Charlev'” tho'n'ffhtfiilly IIe mrde ciid his choice s^ond firs. Of a character ’ ’ of ff0 od health, third, ’ of , a w trootl educa \ U "*' , it . et '''LF , SU ’ .. 1 fa „ me, power, riches, and various other ^ among men. “I have thought ® of all that,” said [ C) but if . Iliad . , a good character, and . health, anda good education, 1 s.iall be able to earn all the money that will he of any use to me, and ev erything will come in its right place.’ A wife decision indeed for a lad oi that age. Let our young readers t;„. C3 profit by it.— f Shelby B A f.iol may make no ney, but it re quiies a '.\ se m ui to speui it. DECATUR, GEORGIA, APRIL 24, 1884. oraimn n SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. A special request lias been sent to us that we write an article on the ganization and management of Schools. In the hope of accomplishing some good, we offer the following gestions : A Sunday School like every other enterprise in which numbers are gaged, should he thoroughly and equipped in order to secure highest and best results. A and correct definition of organization is, “A place for everything and thing, in place: a time for everything, and everything in- time ; a vrork b,«iv, and everybody at wort. Lie first step m organization is tne selection of officers, who should be the best men and women for the which they are to occupy, that can be The officers n. of a Sunday a , School usually are, \ a Superintendent, L Assist D * u U|)trIU • , U1 “ 0 ecrctaiy am . > • « Treoeuee, ,„d L.bmnnn. (»k« a there is a library.) In every church school—and , , , all „ ought , to • be , church , 1100 s'' ere i is possr e-s , ou ... ie «bf . Lurch. Dn,» ^,«* should exist only J where there is no church. , , ^ 1 ^ P Ch , ° 0l , j Every church that fails to do this , will experience ' a greater or less logSof P we and infl(1 e UCe . The off h • ° ^ stlected t e. »“^aving , , accepted the offices assign them should at once endeavor to qualify ** J themselves fir their work. Each , one should , ,, “btudy „ , J to show , him •elf .„ approved , of God, a workman , Al needeth not be ashamed.’ Each one should couscientiouslv determine f t “ p k " 7 l ''- " r Ud ;q "“-'- T ^^ “ THE SUPERINTENDENT is the most important officer and should ,. zc me h f ract tnat , tne h greait..r ie..t sponsibility rests upon him aud that that the succe3s of the schf)o] will d , nend n-ainlv ‘ .men him—i, non his ‘ in tell,gence, skill, ", tact aud fidelity. He , T should study his dutv ami learn how tll perform it just l„,ur, d»d„r, merc s iUnt or tnoc iiauic would his. His , 1 . t . f -«* . ** , ° " e aewr dlMUUsb, lus love must never <0 o may may not .ie a man m muc e ucatioe, ut ie must e ( ‘ fc,u 111 earnest, lie mav not be a man s guted in * s labo P eech [- > ^ He ma he >' ,cu ll<>t ' st , be a P erseverm ? reat Bibl9 S ,n . Scho!ar ’ ba L ho mU8fc be Ver/ d,1, , S ent !“ ****?• He sbo «! d l bo v e ^ caref ? 1 in tne selection of his teachers , and in the classification of his scholars. The Superintendent should not complain, scold and fret at others until lie has done everything that it » possible for him to do to make the school a success. He should frv to make the school so »<««««« ™< •*»««• ,h “ I«<* , »»>«>? »•••«— , t '"> “ “ the ,ault or ”> *• •*«*• «»S ,D Interest 01 mmitiors. lie should •*?*?'’'"“*«"* ‘“' b s „„. day and rttriy it out on .ime as nearly as P CB8 ' lWe * rUe cr(l « r of exercises. »ivh song, Stsripkure reading, reviews, &C., should all be arranged before-hand so that . ne will never be at a loss what to do. He should know the lesson better than teachers tir scholars and ( ro V,L . G U K L fi VlR lilt AD ALII E More headaches arise from a disord correct your stomach and you wilt not he troubled with ttiis painful malady which of your existerce. Ly >6 A blunt edge will sometimes do what a sharp edge will not. A good cause mukes a stout heart and u itrung arm. $ar4<>mg fecjih. The billowing have sent in lists of words from “Article Lucy ’Vaughn, Raymond Wells, Lizzie Potts, Lillie Ailten, Mollie Hudgins and Annie Davis for Ethel. Little Ethel Davis, seven years old, began her list very nicely, but was ta¬ lk q sick, and it was kindly completed Iq? ber sister Annie. She must try a „ a ; n '}, t ree highegt are> Liilie Aikens 104> Raymoud Wel] 94> ^ Mollie {j- udfT 7 ; n8 r',i- qq A i , , , ,, . caunot Remember not to f , MerervlUble,. 2- Ab . brcviations _ 3 Words wi*b the ^ same j e p er twice ^ i p '^ ( 0fle ha „ C c^te, Eat ^ , n(J otber words imying the , arae letter twice, one has Etc., and ail . , v i!„bl« ere ' „o» word, ’ Some 8 have , two forms « of the , same word etc. We mention this to explain t >„ , 0 „„„ tl , 1)e c „„„ trf 0 „ t . >>« think, however, that all are mi- ■ ‘ proving. nvino> pi Eleass floa . write -uu with ;„t ink it if pos- „ gj^le and always in columns and. alpha. w , Ar[ belo „' Al . c «c. U »« r real , glad , ,, to , know that . are »“ ...... !™' • '»“* ^ , , . \V e hope you are willing iL to ,”f huit ! awbi , 3 ffir the pleasure and prof,tit ^ -n Ae.e t bnug • are you. some little le.ters that f-,,i:ne with the words sent us by sf our you;)glulnters; I se t,dyou my words. Are you go tag to let us havo . any more words? , , I T , , to . hunt . . them if T I de i p.> love out get beat at it time . r tjCCx r ^ \r augxIH A.s . • u»«. *** wm i* “ext time. She had a number of; words Llzzie wita ^tts the same s^-‘Llove fetter. to hunt „ B' . 1' , „ Dbab B ta j’ r I am -i a nttle late 1 do not feel satiafieH to be left out of the race. , Raymond Wells. ‘ r ■ ,, . lrt ‘ ,b ^- 00k <)llt fm h:.n aud j-roilie next time. Our ueut word will be, KEDUOTJON. It will give a fine chance for a long Let all be very careful not to put in words that our examiner will hit.ve , / to mar* out. %at do the young folks think of our Try Society? The list of members is very short so far. Send them on. No one has sent an answer to Bessie Pratt’s enigma. It is very easy, Sc flCraswell and IfizziefPotts have not y.^Vent us answers to those they sent. Lizzie must have made a mis U) , for w# ^ iffi il)e whal tM “ ^ A . ovorvaT liELiLLoi. W. .ill be v«r, much oblig.il if ... „v,irl,»d boy who road, tbi. column .ill writ, anil toll m what youth', »>• per I, tak.o I.y any one of them. Here are the first, applications for "«-»?* \lo >" <*• T V , 8 c: !,ci 4 to Mbs Donie Davis. We have j a nico 5C faool. I take music lessons 1 fr , i|a Mis3 Anaa Gru bbs. I go to i c -TLnooi i.u j eyciy ounciay o d mnrmug. i 1 ■ gc ., d ni Vour y , i:tnl0 to tne friend' Try Society j little L Hodgi-s 1 | Mattie 11 i ! !ailyou have 0,c organized “ Bo 'TT a i ry 1 Society. *" “ fe . I gi? to school at Clarkstou. We have ! school. , , Wcall want to join the i a nice i m rv . Society. I will send mv name. n al a J' 0il ‘ htlle iirenu. ,4 . 1 d (Wme .. <-se i ear C ?-. i t P e A fr?; nein 1 s * then iu.1 an ijfi >.i. n.nn^s list in tie of Society. \ ^ ho . iv next. ’ i. wife of a Jewish ^bbi cow-hid 0 . ‘ '^i. u on the streets of Dallas, Tex as i ,.e other day fqr slauifiicg her hu-natifi. I j No. 17. $M fagffg |/>K mr “THE MODEL HUSBAND. " i ,, Me. „ Editor .—As something i has been said about that “model husband,”; I have concluded to devote this letter to . hat individual. I will say, at the 1 outset, that the model husband is a very rare article. Indeed, I do not know that I ever knew one, and I do f " t0 de “ ril » *hat but wb » might be and ought to be. 4‘ ie husband is a thorough gentleman in sentiment and in conduct , 1 ,Kl ll * ” Ve ' ' h P"™T of bom,. He .ill 08 M R eotful t0 bis wife as to any other lady. He will ba as regardful °f ber IIe be as fe f thoughtful J = s of a,1 of -V atteDl , Wife be ‘ ve 10 88 Was to uls 8Weetbeart He " i!l “ever let his wife make a fire, ’ bring ® a bucket of . , , „ er 01 a< P ara - tn ® L0W dua ca t *>»» 1 , P™*" • Jr he is about the Bouse during tne ° preparation , of meals and is not specia . , - „ , , ... . * , . . I '• L i .r'' a '''’ iedss,s 18 y lu . mJ.»|;U,e fe. B r c u»n„, ,h, ««k, tae meat and replenishing ^ h the the , fare, „ An. „ rle will ... grumble .. not *? t , n ,l g,„l if „« „,e,l is en Che table h.lf ,«i„„,e nf«r sol,edule ,i«,e. f , • , , , , ^i .. lie will not scold nor fret, but away as though it was the best in worR If he has any criticisms to - e ’ bo , wilt ... always , make . them . in -tie should l .... heip govern the , children, ,, t+ the , „■ baby , when , it . . and . .’ if cries, rock , the cradle whdelns ... .. wife .„ rcca.iug the sewing machine, he relieve his wife, if possible w l0u]J uever be over -bea ri n g nor tyr He should never tease lus in the presence of company, 1 and - tell her of the virtues aud gra of otber women. In other words, conclude, he should be as faithful Abraham lu! meek Ti as Mew-- mtient, T -is ’’ WKe a * Solomon, an gent,e as i 0 us as Paul. Fannie Eknton. ADT tnvKm ,CL fO A ,V„rvu YOT.NO u™ WIFE, Never disturb a man while reading a paper. Never ask a fat man for anything while pulling on his boots. Never speak to a man until he lias had something good to eat. Never discuss servants at table. 'Y hen - vou want a»vthing urn 1,1 your b,lsband has had his br?akf « st , - then help him tenderly into his ^ at ’ >i * ad ' vhiie hehlDfl t,l,n ^^0‘>thin K Ins collar the right way, ask for it. Never offer a man anything twice. When he looks injured and plain ff «*“" «»■«*! . , ,here . “ . sure ) p 5 a vacancy. '* bel d e »“ ‘ , " hn ” >* f “ ’ b ' ^ , 1 „ j«co h.i but’or* lu! k « ta. Iliie „_ beson tbe spf:l afler " dinncr ^d shakes the house with his snores, accuse him uot of seeping, for he is t!m oing . wit.i his eyes scut. , . „ If ^ W* be w “going to the stor • tor a imment, dear,” bid bitn every where but at home, let biin have bis own way about it, that tbs wnsherwn man is dishonest without your kuo\v iug it.—Ex. Wo vary our column this week with a ) ittle a ' lvice t0 T0Ut ’-. husbands and wives. Some of the ideas expressed m;lv seem m some of one or the other class to be a little strained, but we ask a careful consideration of nil that is said Our nnrrespondent, Fannie Fenton, has observed vary cicely, if her expe lienee has not been very extensive. The DeKalb News. Official Organ of DeKalb County. ADVERTISING- RATES. 1 Square oae insertioE, • $ 1.00 Each Subsequent “ ■ x% Bates for longer time and larger space on application to publisher. Subscription $1.50 Per Annum We beg parents to encourage, their children to join our Try Society, We want to help parents and benefit chil dreu. We were delighted, while at Lithonia, to hear a father say, “Mr children have a little row every week over tbs DeKalb News” We were glad that we could hand him an extra copy. Make the life of vour child as pleasant as possible by innocent amuse rnent and entertaining reading. Programme of General meeting first Association, district Stone Mountain Bar,tilt Decatur, May 2-3 4-1884. “About the Master’s Business.” Fri nk, ti.,„ m „ rk ^t|MS •• 3 aS. v „ R„. z p a „ w . 2.30 p. m organization—address by bfev. \ . C. Norcru.-soo “Working for 'iSr on"“ WoSiT^ ' Christ in the ” Church:” :>■ m., sermon ot ‘»y.Rev. Missions.” H. McDonald Hau.rday, 'ho “Spirit M-«v 3, 9.30 a. to., address l>v ij. f ( iement on “Foreign Mi,' A, m address b v Rev. 1 T. Ti'Ymor on “Home address , >HS KK Rev. J li. « *• DaVotie 2:2: p. ni. i>y lhe M:ssi;»;i ■ of ,, <1 nr:.«t-i.:iitv . ; ,, ad- , dress bv Rev r r t;,.;, “The Pasim-’s Dutv in di-sion Y.-liis ’•Vork” g ,, Mi™ Meet!,, bv Rev. By, H ‘V, (j ii- Sm-dav May . r 4th, 9:10 ITuie Bono.,. a. w. 11 !' "V *tnc P . .«■»„» c Her, H. 3 p. ,. m«ee,ing. «L dressed bv several speakers to be an noan f Jat ^ meeting: 8 p. m. ser mon by Rev. I. i. licheaor* Chuiches composing the first district: the seven churches in Atlanta, A,,ticca and Sharon, in Fulton county, Tau „ er 's in Ci 8 yton,and Clarkstcn, Deea |ur Peaehtree aud Rehohouiin DeKalb. Lhurcnts are requested to sent s ,, nf i a <w 00 .i jj-,.:- 'q 1 ®-, 311013 -Addresses " “ - are also , expected from several lavmen. Vv q G. \V hedby, X. C. Boytki:,-, M. W Sams, Committee, , / Mi-iu^ bales.’ Shipments overland direct u» mills, 193,483 teles. Shipped to €au- 30,624. o^rland, In transit, 16,too bales from ; points last year of croS siug on Ohio n.ml Mississippi riv ers to Eastern deliverv ports,, 5 ')U) bales; last year 1545. Total supply, ■ r) »d85,6o2 bales, against 5,903.470 exerts halea last year. The iwign f (jr the 7 months S,7iB^7 foot S!»tejhV. up 3 304 910 fate, aguiu.t Total takiugs by Northern spinuers, 1,248,335 bales: last vear. 1.404.909 Stock „ ha»d at pom March 81, J2H.433 bale,, last rear, 857,759 New York, April 10. — A crowded meeting was held last night at the Cooper Union bail in lie half of the es¬ tablishment of a home for disabled Confederate soldiers at Richmond, Ya. Strong favor and sympathetic speech's made by in of the project were prominent veterans of the Union army. A letter was read from Gen. Grant ex¬ pressing bis hearty sympathy with the movement and promising his earnest support. General Gordon, of Geor¬ gia, addressed the meeting in a splen¬ did speech, which was loudly applaud¬ ed. Gen. Sheridan also made a capi¬ tal aud highly appreciated speech. meetirg whs a great success, aud the work will soon he consummated. for A young girl iu PhiUdclpaia who three years has been a patient suf¬ with sore-throat, has Iw-en eficct ualiy cured by using Dr. Bull’s Cough Syru p. Nine rosy-cbeek peaches, each part ly wrapped in delicate tissue paper, at , rac tled the attention of people iu lower Broadway to a fruit store. As each succeeding crowd gathered around the show case some ofae weald ask salesman the price. He said iu replv: ™" c ' a " " g rown j,i a hot house. These are tim first of tbe season, and we have no iron fife iu so in ng t fi„ ra .” AIontoowkrv Oil Wor s, ) Montgomery, Ala., Sept., 28, 1883 j Messrs. Haile & Mower, Atlanta— ily, »|es Mandrake what ami known to^my” fam bat suilering would be releived ai "' w bcuefactors you bo to tbo " olbb * I^ T^VNNEP W ’ ‘ Treasurer A day to come shows longer than a year that’s goue.