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m M m THE CLARKE COUNTY COURIER. VOLUME V—NUMBER 1?. ATHENS, GEOJJOIA, JANUARY.27, 1005. PRICE 11.00 A YEAR What If Sin And Wick edness were No More. Some fellow suggests that the : if there had-bavo b'eeu,. Cdm and Conner kioka ao much, and shows j aWo might ne^er have been born, up the dark aide to such an ex-1*94 - w ® wouldn’t have had any tent that it makes him blue. V, long murder trials, .at great ex- ... ■ ... . ••■a... peijae. • to counties, to windup We asstire you that we do juot S3u t. iS. .. .. . . F . . with'-aFejltenoe to the chain-gang kick became it is our desire, and for short periods. But all this we wish that we did not have to happened; ail'd our only duty, as do so, but when we see wicked-. ,we see it, is to warp all the young naas in high places and wicked- Evfc’s that the dfescehdentB.of Ad- ness in low places, and graft bnd am are all chip*of the old blook, oppression, as a public seiyant and & as suacepibje to.tempta- we would not be doing, jiiatloe to tion as he,' if anything’k'little ourself and to the people' did we more so, and they usually leave not speak out/. We.never hope to you to w&kzyat your own destiny. stop ein. but'we can throw a scotch, acrossritjWd check it in its wild career.'" Wjj wish we could tell you in letters of gold: That ttfe.dispeusary had closed . its doors ueverto open again, and that whiskey had been banished from.onr.land, and then we could shijyr you young American man hood in all its glory and the hap*, piest people on earth. ; That every, 'harlot had washed DOES THE DISPENSARY MAKE PEOPLE Sill nothing but the good things, and shoul’d. we do so;-, it’would leave so mneh'Yoom in onr paper.that the mails fo'urd bring'us letters^rofn all parts of the globs requesting that their-, paper be stopped at once, as there was nothing in it; \Ve could.-.boot-lick men, and praise others;.' while they were grinding others • beneath thoir heel of oppression, but we are not her soul in the crimson strea'fir- going to do so, not on your tin- that can make the soarlet stain across her brodr as white and pure as jthe virgin snow, and that here- ' after her den s of iniquity, where ’ not only the' youth -but the man. hood of the land is now being sac rificed upon her altars, was chang ed ■ to a delightful' home, where virtue and purity reigu suprme That no more would a father allow a man to enter the Sacred precincts of his home, hub it of its brightest'jewel, by overtures of love, and pat the brand of scarlet upon the once innoctSut. and. pure brow, and then like a snivelling ear or a venomous reptile, sneak away, leaving her to her doom, amid the broken hearts of'those who who wonld have given their lives to have saved her from snoh a doom. That all hatbands and wives had sworn allegience to each oth er, and that no more would the betrayer darken the threshold of a home with his devilish intent of blighting honor and purity of the home. That gambling had ceased and that bucket shops were all at the devil and would never be the means Of keeping the farmer poor and business stagnated by their devilish gambling devices. That the legislatures had stop ped soiling out as per Osborne, and made the laws so as to work as little hardsb p as possible upon all the people. That aldermen had quit being eleoted for graft. ♦ , That schools and colleges weie quit being mu for the money that they bring the telphers, and more for education. ^ That ’‘sassioty” women hadde- oided to stop wearing deoolette dresses, especially after thesk charms had faded aud the dim ples has left wrinkles in their plaee. That the oburohes have gone oat of the whiskey business. That Weary Willie had deoided to go to work. We say we wish it were to that we won d not have to write of these things any more, but suoh things have happened ever since your grandmother Eve smiled at her Adam, au.d tempted him. It is said that he should have resist ed the temptation, but he oould not do so. the smile was too fas cinating, aud then there was no barm in eating a little apple, as about the worst it oould do, doubtless, would oaute a little stomaohace, and he doubtless for got to use a preventive in the shape of paregoric, but we forgot that there were no up-to-date scientists theu, as there now for The following true *- story ' w» told us by a gentleman in AtherU this' week. He.didnot give ui the names of the parties, there fore we give it withontlftiy knows edge whatever of who they wore: “One night. not very long since, this winter,-the wind was blow,- ing almost a gale and those the keen northeast wind, as they wended themselves hoineward, where comfort and a happy greet ing. at least should- await* the! _ It s certain part of'the • oity i{ Oh, yes, w£ wijh we.could telJ-'Ot- a colored man, surrounded by bis family, was sitting in a room ot his 'home- before a bright and. cheerful fire j when suddenly his ear caught a sound as if there w« < some one under his house.‘shovel- type, are we; and if it makes our friends blue, all'we have to say is that we prefer thatcolor to scar let. ^ . ! > “Beoause," said he, ‘froy/shUd- Win are eick aCft I was onfbf coal and am obliged to .have a fire - for them, and did not care to disturb You.V He was allowed to. take the peal hdme and nest day the col ored man bad occasion to pass by this man’s honse, and stopping, were out drew their great coa;*- asked his wife bow her sick child- atonnd'th'em to protect them from teu were. She replied that they were not sick neither had they been recently. He then -went to the place where the man worked id told him that he -had just been 4nd-found that his children had not been sick, when he opened his ’heart aud told him that his wife, had given him money the day before to bay a little coal, but he lit it for whiskey at the dia ry and'did not know, what iii'g cpjtl. He .waited a little while'jetse to do. We suppose the negro and heading' it again, he arose an<l sympathized with [him as nothing rds'Eed but to see what it was; farther was ssid. But part of Upon arriving he found a white that money went for education, man, standing there shiveriDji and the wife was not to blame, with a buoket of the'negroes coo"f. either, but had to'.^hffeaall the ready tc leave. Recognizing him, same.' Don’t this make you tired? the colored man said: ‘ 1 — . What in the worl&are you dc^| Prettiest and cheapest Mine of at this time of night, itrel Wall Paper—largest stock at Jno ing here i ter my coal?” ]L. Arnold's. Osborne Versus Morris . Lay On McDuff. Wh*u politicians fall out, the simple and unitiated people get tooCe remarkable glimpses behind the curtain of current polities. The selfishnesv^theduplioity, the shameless, treachery of,the com mon.politician comes out so, con- spicnpusly-as.to crystal iztHthe un formed opinion of the straight forward -citizen into the couyfe.- tibn that there is no inch thing sincerity or honesty in publio life. There if so much double- dealing, so moch deceit, so much of boliow diplomacy, such ambig- nity of language, and such ulti mate revelation of. hidden and unworthy motive tbatthe very travial of disgust comes upon the average man and he~ wonders if there are no honors in public, life If either is to be believed then the other ought to be convicted of the most abandoned political pro fligacy and dishonesty, and con demned to the indignant contempt of all honorable men for the shameful abuse of position and opportunity, aud the venal exer cise of power in the interests of those institutioos which seek for increased prestige in order to bleed the business world by the misuse aud abuse of a monopoly ” of public utilities. One of these men charges the other with being a hireling and a Mercenary whose,business it is to prevent or obstruct all legislation inimical to the greedy designs of plutocratic corporanons; and whose talents have been devoted to the enactment of laws enlarg ing the opportunities of these corporations, thereby enabling them to avoid just taxation and roll np dividends extracted from the pockets of luckless tax payers honorable and open methods. These reflections are occasioned by the present verbal sparring of Mr. Osborne and Mr. Morris in which thede two political pugilists seem to be maneuvering for posi tions before the actual prize fight hegiuB. .— » „ ji • 1 - Moneys Worth c a | r We Lead .....Or Money Back..... i O Mr m : & ...And Others Follow... that may be secured by noble,' havingno redress, power or “pull” - - to prevent it. The other is charged with con cocting dark and dishonorable schemes desigued-to gratify the inordinate ambition of peraonal preferment, and of pondering to the behests of a group of secret professional lobbyists, hired to hang about the hallsof legislation and wheedle the simple minded ' rural member into the support ot measures adverse to the general public welfare and helpfni to the advancements of those gigantic concerns which prey upon the business interests of every class of private commercial enterprises. . It is charged that these profes sional political agents are well recognized public individuals, who receive fat - salaries to carry on th^ir nefarious business of cor- >ting legislation by ^bribery or Friday, Saturday, Monday. We will start Monday taking our inventory and we expect to make a big sacrifice in our general stockl Think of the many extraordinary bargains that we have niven you. Recall to the mind the numerous special sales that we have had in giving you great values. : : : : : : : : g) Hardware. OUR Notions. r 25c Saws [10 cents. Dry Goods Department. Hair Pins 4 cents per box. Curry Combs 10 cents. Pearl Buttons 4c per doz. Bits 10 cents. [Towels 10 cents, value 25 cents. Safety Pins 2 1-2 and 4c Hammers 10 cents. Doylies 10 cents. per card. Mill Files 10 cents. Ladies Handkerchiefs 10 cents. Hair Brushes 10 cents. Locks 10 i ents. Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs 9 cents. Combs 10 cents. Knives and Forks 60c set. Napkins 60 cents per set. Pins 1 cent per paper. f Extra value $1.20 per set. Napkins with borders 50 cents per set. Shaving Brushes 10 cents Watch For Our Big Enamelware Sale in February. Misses Hose 8 cents per pair. Ladies’ Hose, Fleeced Lined, 9 cents per pair. Men’s Half Hose, 9 cents aer pair. See our Crockery and [Glassware Department dur ing this sale. Scissors, all sizes, special-lGcems. 25 cents Box of Soap 10 cents. Gold Dust Washing Powder, 2 boxes 5 cents. Fairy Soap 4 cents per cake." If you are in seareh of good values, don’t miss this. McClure 10c Co. 203 ClaytonsStreet, Athens, Qa. y-en dtiir& tu tliesej>owerful organizations by means fair or fool. Now if all these things are so, they may be easily established, and an houest^and suffering pub lic should see to it that they are established. The railroads, the liquor meu, the book houses and others are charged with being the employers of this body of adroit and unscru- pnlous lobbyists that swarm about the legislature aud other public officials, and seek to beguile the unsuspecting as well as to joggle with the rural members of the law-making body to effect these . results. Let the facts all come out. Osborne and Morris are giv ing us common folks “some mighty interestin’ reading” these davs, aud the patriotic citizen ooucerned for the well being of stale does not complain faa some newspapers are doing) of the length of their diatribes The only qualm of sorr -w there is in all this affair iatheconvic- ture that some of our legislator* are either too iguoraut for their responsibilities or too corrupt to be entrusted with great public interests, if so, tbeu the truth is that they represent the general average of personal patriotism in the individual voter. At\l!,events we say, let the good work go on, aud may it result in the exposure of all men and meas ures antagonistic to the public weal aud in the expulsion from public life of all trimmers, time servers aud mercenaries. It can lie doue? Well, Joe Folk, of Mi*, aoun could do it. Purity iu politics it uot "an endeaceut dream," hut a possi bility dependent t uly upon the personal purity aud incorruptible integrity of the individual voter. A New Feature. The Citizens Pressing Club has added a new feature. Presstug and cleaning ladies skirts. Phone 841. 81 Clayton street. Mr. Joe Brightwell, wet and fa vorably known in this section as a splendid salesman, will l.« found at the live firm of Eppe—Wilkins Co., after the first ot K-b.uary. Mrs E. V. Mi’chell cl-hrated her 09th birthday with a line tur key dinner at the li-nneof her son- in law, Mr. W J Potts, o.i the Boulevard Wednesday. See the Exhibit ot the GREAT MAJESTIC RANGE at BAILEY SUPPLY COMPANY, Clayton Street, All Next Week. A