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A DJt:i;!;: EEEC: iioN.

4 letter from Barcelona contains dra-
maic account Of Il double execution which
has i,lst taken place in that town. A maid
servant named Grcgolia Folk, aided by
her lover, victor.no Urc:eta, murdered her
master, who had made will in her favor
The judicial investigation aud trial lasted
no less than thra, years, and resulted in the
condemnation OF both the accused,w who accol-
ding to the custom. were takcn on the evening
which preceded the execution to chapel
te remain there until the rcxi morning
There tie two conv;cts were only separated
by a curtain, and the woman uttered such
loud cries during the night, that her accom-
rice had several tunes 10 impose silence on
her. The most dis inguished ladies of the
locality attended the woman TO offer then
consultations. The man was surrounded ny
monks. During all that time the boys ol
the choir, claI III rcd, yellow or blue, from
head to foot, went through tile streets, a sal
yer in onc hand and hell in the other
asking for aims to meet the wants OF tho
condemned prisoners. The execution by
the garottc (strarglias] took place outside
one of the gates Of the city, in plain tt
which the victims were conducted by 4
long procession of rrnitcnts. The corpse:
remained until six III the evening, for more
thnn ten hours, exposed to the gaze of the
crowd. which me to contemplate eag"rl!
the horrible contor;ions their faces has
undergone.
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Fashion Notes.

A brides veil now must just reach
below the waist.
Length wise stripes arc being intro
duced into fine hosiery.
paniers; clongating into hoop skirts
ut the back, are worn again
Fans in black silk, printed in col
ors, are most used for constant
wear.
Very soft low coiff'urcs arc worn in
Paris, and nets for the hair are being
revived.
Coral iewclry is again revived, and
comes in sets and necklaces Of beanti-
ful pale rose color. veincd and mot,
tied wilh'dccpcr hucs.
The ncw,stylc Of ladies dress should
be called the clothes-pin style, it is so
terribly suggestive Of that indispensa
bic article.
Turkish trousers for women arc
coming. Each trouser leg will be full
cd into band around the ankle, and
finished with ruilie edged with lace
Wooden bcragc is coming into vogue
again. 1t is fashionably worn in
France, and is admired for its soft
clinging texture.
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The Airline Railroad.

A correspondent of the AtianiU Her.
uld gives some astonishing facts and fig
ures concerning what the road has done
for Georgia ina few years. According to
figures obtained from Comptroller Gold
smith. there has been over fifteen mil
lions of increase in the value Of property
along the line Of this road since 1870.
It also shows an increase Of about 2,0GO
voters in the counties through which
the road passes. Villages and towns
have sprung up like magic, and thc
stores and residences are generally neat
and substantial. According to the cor
respondent Of the Ucruid, from which
we quote, "Norcross in May, 1870, con-
sisted Of log cabin and whisky shop.
To-day it is smiling, progressive town,
with 500 inhabitants, doing Il business
of Sl5O. 900 in Il dozen spruce stores, and
shipping 800 bales OF cotton. BeltDn,
with its 25USubstantial citizens; Fl0Wcry
Branch, with 800; Duluth, with 235; Bu-
ford, with 400; Suwunee, with 100; Toe
Goa with its 500, and other vigorous
Young infants of villages, with indcii-
mite possibilities OF enlargement, are
lusty progeny OF this fruitful Air-Llnc.
Gainesville, in 1879, had, it is stated,
about 500 people, and it is doubted II a
house had changed hands III years. To-
day she has over 1000 people, with forty
stores, and indefinite development ahead
Of her. And these vigorous villages arc
showering cotton TO the worlds markets
with an accclcraling progress. Flowery
Branch shipped ! ,l07 bales in 1878, and
3,l26 in lS1R, or more than hundred
per cent. increase. Duluth, last year,
sent $500 bales; Buford, 2,0OV; Norcroa&,
800; Toccoa, 3,7j0."
IN view of these facts, and Of the loss
OF trade which has hence resulted to
Augusta, the CI,rOuicIc ant ScHiinct
urges the people OF that city to Stir
themselves 10 retain the trade ot eastern
and middle Georgia, and western South
Carolina. before it is too late. If thny
cannot have an Airline !oad, they can
at least have 4 road which would retain
its present trade and add to il. Augusta
will have reason to regret that she did
not give cflcct,lal aid TO the Greenwood
enterprise, instead of cXpcndin% her
capital upon her costly canal: Perhaps
she Will yet find means to furthcra work
in which she would find earnest c"-or-
Grafton from the people Of our section,
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THE YOUNG LADY FROM PARIS

We who have passed the season at
Saratoga are Singularly fortunate in
at least one respect We have had
the very latest Partisan toiIcttcs dis
played morning noon an! night by a
dashin. young belle who has just lc-
turned from abroad, and who has con
trivcd to astonish even New Workers
by ner attire, which is all made after
the very latest Partisan tashons; and
really, if next year VIC are to be dress
cd in this mode whether we will or
not, what q curious looking set OF
mortuls we will be! Ladies' who a"c
inclined to be stout will have to re-
tire into obscurity, for Madamc La
Mode has utterly ignored them in de-
vising her newest capriccs. This
young lady from Paris is gotten up SO
learfully slim that we gaze upon her
in wonder and dismay, and really
shuddur lest she should become by
degrees so attcnuatcd rs to some day
vanish altogether. But as she makes
very extensive breakfast, and dimes
for an hour or more, We believe she is
more substantial, after ALL than she
looks. She wears her hats. which in
cludc twenty or more different styles,
exactly upon the back Of her head,
not placed back from the forehead,
as in the mode with most ladies but
placed in perpendicular position in
the rear Of her elaborate coiifurc, and
VIC have been puzzling ourselves .
whole morning to see how sho does it..
Tight fitting skirts, without Il gather
or plcat in them, and with immense
trains, sleeveless polonaises Of velvet
claboratcly embroidered in colors,
huge sashcs knottcd up in the most
marvellous way, coorcd silk stock
ings, also embroidered and costing
from fifteen to twenty dollars pair,
open worked shoes to display this
costly hosiery, silk pocket banker
Chiefs white lace wells, and fans as
huge as those our grandmothers used
to furnish their grown up daughters
with-thcsc are a few among the
many ccccntricities just imported
from Paris by this Saratoga belle. 1t
is not at all surprising that toilcttes
so far in advance Of the present Amer.
lean mode should be extremely con-
spicuous, and our fashionable belle
seems to enjoy the stares and COM
mcnts which are literally bestowed
upon her. The young lady Of the
present day is not to be Frightened be-
cause she is stared at. She expects it
and will be disappointed if no one no
,ces her. In what clso shonld she
devote her whole time and thought
except to the subject Of dress-if she
is not to be looked ut when she has
arraycd herself in raimcnt which
would put the lilies Of the field 10
blush by its superior splendor i-Sor-
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Hard Times.

The hro'ece Courics presents the fol-
lowing sad picture OF over trading. i'll
that section -
Hard times and worse coming, are
the appropriate terms to express our
present condition and future prospects.
" hat is our condition" Our people
generally arc III debt by over trading
their means. We do not think that less
than scNcniN-ilvc To one hundred thou
sand dollars are Owing TO our merchants
in Naillall;, upon notes and accounts.
Di course Il considerable amount Oi cred
it trade has been done ut Seneca City,
Westminster and Fair Play, Which VIII
largely swell the amount OF lndcDtcu-
ness. 70 pay this will require iron two
10 three Thousand bales of cotton at
present prices. This will only put the
iarElpr even, with his wants and nCces-
stiles for next year uEprOHidcd for. The
tax OF next year viii bc Il heavy one,
and Will, doubtless, rot 1ail short ol
twenty 10 twenty-five thousand dollars.
This must be j,aIu in cash, and Will re-
Ulirr rom lOur to live hundred bales .;
cotton. In Il word, We doil,t il the pres
cMl cotton crop viii pay our home debts
twO-tL!rI:S Of an average crop for the
land planted Our corn crop, though y
lar one, WIFI not be greatly i'll excess OF
our wants. hccausc the crop IS hardly
average, and The area planted in corn Is
less than that Of several years ago. Tie
wheat, oHt and rye crop will not supply
our wants, and we do not believe that
our County has raised as much meat As
it consumed any year since The war.
With our cotton crop spent before ii is
harvested, with a deficiency OF flour and
meat, and only Il small suptriluiiy of
corn, what have we got to bring OF even
keep money in our County lor the next
year."
The same condition Of things is to
be found throughout tie State, and the
whole South, and no where more Ger
tainly than in our own County,, where
the indebtedness may be estimated as at
least Eve-!old greater, with perhaps less
prOpOrtiOnate means to cancel it. 1t all
grows out of our exclusive devotion to
the culture Of one staple, and our neg
lcct to raise the mcccsSaries OF life. The
consequence is that we pledge the cotton
crop before it is made, pay enormous
sums by way Of interest and profits, and
ut the end Of the year find ourselves
hopclessly in debt, with no prospect OF
doing better the next year. We must
raise our own supplies, pay as we go,
economizc AMI keep out OF debt. This
is the only road to indepclldcncc-thc
only hope of the country.
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Presidential candidates.

a correspondent Of the NcU York
Ucyu!N writes as follows:-
Some think Grant will be the Repnb-
iican nominee, if it be understood lhal
he will accept. The Southern Rcpuhli-
clns are all infiatiomiSts, but, notwith-
standing that fact. they would unite
their votes in convention on Grant; ana
if the hard money Republicans of the
North had TO choose between supporting
him and an in!ationiSt, they might give
their votes to him in spite OF The genrr-
al aversion 10 Il third term. Blaine is
strong. but he has 10 pass the ordeal or
the next session OF Congress. lie
country will look to him aS the Leader OF
the minority in the House, and very
IitIicult poSition it will be. ltquestlons
ON which the Republicans are divided
,risr next winter, as they did last viii
ter. it will require ali the tact ana "D'i-
itv which Blaine possesses 10 keep ms
,yrtv toupther and 10 avoid ollehull'H
nnr Section or the other. Tal:l:2 every
ibinr into consideration, / think Brls-
low how stands as good a chance OF re-
criviow the nomination as any one.
Ills war ayans. the Whisky Eih@ mas
ma,lr him very popular with he n'aS$rS,
r,,I If he succryd- in his suits III the
faIl I've will make still more trends.
TLe Whisky Ring Itself will OF course
trv TO destroy him, but | am rot sure
that ne has not so thoroughly routed
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,uMEHsE OYSTER >i!ELI MOUNDS IN
MAIZE.

Professor " D. Cunning writes to the
Eath (Mn) 7Ts%rs il regard 10 the shell
hra,,s at DamAriscoia lie rcckons that,
within an area OF one hundred rods in
length and eighty in width, there are piled
1ca,coo,00O bushels of oystershc!ls. And
a)l that refuse thrown down by human
eaters: One domc-<harcd hillock is nearly
one hundred feet III height. lie thinks tha
multitude of caters may not have been
great, bit that tho hillocks tell Of time
rather than number. Within the memory
Of mar the oyster has not lived i'll this river.
Stone gong,s, mrow heads, bone needles,
pottery and COPPER knives are the only
human relies found among the shells. No
ycoloctcsl event Of sny moment has
occurred since the fo nation of the
bears. The Wiraspct .Ojucle says it Is
r,moad tlia, Il human Skeleton has
been recently picked up i'll the shell
heaps.
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>@<--

ADVICE TO FARMERS. S.-To sum up
the whole in Il few words, the farmers,
to be prosperous, must
!. Cease to buy supplies tEat can bc
raised on their farms.
.. They must cease to buy fertilizers,
except to supplement home manures,
carefully husbandcd under shelter.
3. They must reduce their planting
down to Il cash basis.
4. They must demand such Il tax upon
dogs and such protection from their raw.
ages as will enable them TO sraisc wool
and mutton, and then aliliZc, almost
without labor, their at present waste or
useless lands.
The price at which the growing crop
Of cotton will sell will not pay the cost
of production to those who have pur-
chased their supplies.
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MORNING.

Day is dawning. Slim and wide,
Through the mists that blind ii,
Trembles up the riprling tide
With the sea behind it.
Like 4 warrior-anglc sped
On mighty mission,
Light and life about him shed,
y transccndant vision.
Mailed in gold and fire he stands,
And with splenGors shaken.
Bids the sleeping seas and lands
Quicken and awaken.
Day is on US. Dreams are dumb.
Thought has light for ncighh"r
Room. the rival giants comic
Lo, the Sun amt Labor.
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them as to render them harmless.
Amongt the Democrats, Governor Tilden
is probably the most widely popular;
but the same circumstances which l
think will defeat hard money in the
Democratic Convention will, ! believe,
make Iii nomination impossible. The
fact is there is II great scarcity OF good
timber in both parties of which to make
Presidential candidates..
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TIME DHAFTs.-We find the follow
=. .,.,..t "a ALE rnnlnrS in 1lr

.Tl,IE DRAFTS.-Ne find the follow
inc Of interest to our readers, III the
NC,c York JOuWui Of Commerce;
MACON, GA, September I, 1919.
EUitOr OfMc JOuW0i Of COmmcrcc:
Asa matter of information to you We
bcn TO state that the bankers of this city
refuse to allow your ruling that the
drnwcc Of a time draft has twenty-four
hours TO decide whether he will or Will
not accept.
We had q case directly in point this
week. wherein the banker protested the
draft which. had he granted the twenty
four hours time, we could have accept
ed. Yours, very respectfully,
II. G. S Co.
Pcplv-Thcrc is no statute in Georgia,
as far ~ we know, changing the COM
mon law ruling lc@aliZlng TINS CUSTOM
which has existed from time lmmcmo-
rial. Story on Bills, section 2371, says:
SIN every case oi n prcscntmcnt Tor ac-
ccptnuca the drawec is entitled, if he re-
uurcs il, to have twcnty-!our hours TO
consider whether he will accept the bill
or not and it is usual in such eases Tor
the hcl per to leave the bill with nm
during that PERIOD" 10 the same el-
feet is ChittE on Bills, CHI, I, PIP. 3oS'
307, 81 (sth edit, 1888; Marius .on
Bills, IS, 1G, Code de Comm, art. l2o,;
PardeHsus, Droit Comm, Tom. z. art.
36l, and host of legal decisions. II
the drawee requests twenty.tour hours,
and the holder protests without grant
ing the delay, the latter can be prosccut-
ed and made to pay damages in smart
money.
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. 90

TIE Iuyustu Cironicic and Sentinel,
in speaking OF our protcstation against
profanity in the pulpit, says that he
knows II Georgia preacher who always
says "Goh's green carlh." He should
be taken before Presbytcry or Confer
cncc, and if he doesn't repent, he should
Ec turned out immediately. Such pro-
family should not be tolerated in a reli-
gious body.
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Er2pECTABLE NAGRANTS.-Old Far
son i?rownlow is having q tilt with Il
certain class Of young mon at Knox
vile. He thus dccribes thcm:-
"Thcy live, after a fashion, on the
good names Of their ancestors, and sub
sist by contracting debts they never
mean to pay. They will hang around
the court house week in order to get on
the jury one day. They will talk poll
ties Il whole decade to get Il miserable
little office that an cnterprising young
man would scorn to fill. They manage
by some means to get appointed some
times to trusts where they have the
handling of sums of money which they
fail to account for. They go on from Ia
ziness to dissipation, and from difsipa'
ton to dishonesty, and probably land i'll
the rcnitentiary. We have said time
and again that ideness is the great curse
OF our Southern country, and it Will
continue to be so until these drOncs in
society to which we have alluded arc
driven either to work or out of the
country"
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Mr.. +. II. LINK was IN Town on
Wednesday last buying rcd oat SeSH.
He didn't SOW oats last year, puC M
head is level now. He sows oats ana
reads the Press and Bdnncr.
, 1875-02-22
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GnalanD.

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s,uno Der seItrigen 9ituns bes Inter
baules erIaien 9r. aenealp, oas neusr=
apdblte Ntitslieb, allein Der @preder err
5u6te i'm, li9 surid5u5ieben, pa es lsl'
200 Sabren Site lei. boB jeoes neus
Mitslieo BON suei gollesen elnsefubrt
meroe. 9ie Serren Bright unb @bal=
lsp erboten ii9 iOoonn, i'm einsuflib=
rem, aber ouf .Nntras bes Srn. S'srasli
puroe Der lllus in bielem Sale bel Sel=
te seiebt.
Das Saus beriet9 Johann iber bic
Grmabluns oes S. Mitdea; cine LANCE
re Ssbatte entlpann lih iiber 9lsraelps
@ntras, Die @obl unsiiltis gu erflaren;
berislbe purbe ldliebli6 an9cnommen
unb cine Weuwobl miro in Sipperarp=
Gountpr itattfinoen.
Mn 9teGe Wtithea's min man Ielnen
Gobn, einen friberen Gapitan in Der
conf. Mrmee, ols Yarlaments- ganoioa=
trn fir Sipperarp aufitelen. Solte
MAJ SieIen ni6t fir wdblbar era0=
ten, 10 min NOR &idbam, einem ent=
IaIenen Senianer Die Gooioatur antra=
trasen. Wlit6eI 1slblt ion infpl9e Del
Muiresuns bel Der 8abl erbebii6 CT
franft lein.
Queenstom n, 20. Set. Sos
S6if nSponep" pm San 6roncisep.
mel6es al Der irlanoiI6en &iilte por
ieiner Mannl9oft perlalen wuroe, mari
sefunben uno 9liidlia mad Grpofbaper
9ebra9t.
, 1875-02-22
5lAanfitdf pepe'den.

9 D II 0 n, 20. 6ebr. &oberta@ riele,
ein 16zjdbrises Mdo6en, tpllrbe geiterI
auf Die Mnfla9e perboftet, Elm Iftier
gertiTfat iiber cine 4ftie Der uWi6igan=
Gentralbabn," beren Nennipertb sos be-
trug, 10 9efdll6t 5u baben, Dap taIielbc
50 Mftien gum Wertbe Don $4,000 re-
prdlentirte. Muf oiele neutrality-suspicious.
5dll6ung bin lieb lie $4,000, nobel oer
8etrug entbedt lparoe.
9 It . n, 20. 6ebr. Sn Cambridge
erplooirte Elm N65ugsfgnal infol8e bon
@aIer, usl6e lib in oemlel6en an9e-
lammelt botten uilo Die Wauern Der be-
no6barten Sduier wuroen arg cri6iit
teri uno erbielten tbeillueile Gilie. Sit
Sale %oransen in bic S@lafSimmer oeg
nobelieqenben Sauler uno 10 Yerlonen
wdren beinabe erltidt.
Senior n, O6io, 10. Tebr. Gin III
8aroing & 8olgan's Npotbefe aus9e
brodenes Seuer Serlt0rte 9eitern @ben
le6s Sdujer uno ri9tete fit $4,000
S9aoen an.
g t. S o B n, N.=S., 20. Sebr. S.
Der Staot Yprtlano, wiitbet elneTeuers
brunlt. 6unf5ebn 6duier uno 2doel
an Der WainltraBe lino b.reits 5erltDrt.
Dian slau6t iest, oab oab Jeuer beludi=
ti9t lit.
Y4tlobelpbi a, 20. 6ebr. 9r.
&ob ia9t, Die @ngabe> oaB lell geraub
ter &labe an Der 8lule 9~elltten babe, il,
ednsli9 nnbegriinoet. Die 0srmutbun5
oaB Bic &~inbesrduber es uitllti9t unter
~lalIeu, einen Nr5t 81 rllfen uno OdB 0tl
SOB mabribeiui6 ilfnlge Serlo9ldlil-
gnne eingetreten lei, fdlt nit 5u 8ooen
Sorrisbur9, IS. SET. Snt
lnter6auie Der GcieBgebnng puroe 6eu=
te Elm Yrpteit aus Ylttsbnrg 9e9en Die
Mnnobme Der SiI iiber Die fret G0bren-
%leitung ~por9ele9t; perIelbe 1T BON alien
8etrpleumraffinerie 9eIiBcrn nnter5ei9-
net. Die 9enfl6rift fibrt aus, Dap in
Safe bic Bin an9enommen peroen loa-
te, i6r Gr,usrbssueig l6uer 9ei6doi9t,
wenn ni6t sdn5li6 5eri tort iueroen mtroe;
auBeroem wiiroen me6rere pennlploani=
Iben 8abn=Gompagnie'n l4per 9el9d-
oigt werben. Sie Yetenten perlansen,
baB nan fe in ibrem wi9tisengrwerbs=
spei9e bei9iibe.