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The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-01

A vote for Mendenhall is a vote
for fair and impartial treatment of
all. 1t is vote for equal valua-
ton and taxation in accordance
with the letter and spirit of the
of the revenue law passed by the
last legislature.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-01
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

For Treasurer,
HERBERT HOPKINS.
For Clerk and Recorder:
J. F. ROWE.
For Sheriff,
F. NJ. TATE.
For Assessor,
JAMES A. BAIRD.
For School Superintendent,
GENEVA MOREHOUSE.
For County Judge,
c. w. HEATDN.
For Commissioner,
c. +. MENDENHALL.
For Surveyor,
+. Z. IRWIN.
For Coroner,
b. H. HODGE.
Precinct Ticket.
For Justice Of the Peace,
H, W. MILFORD.
For Constable,
+. X. BROWN.
The Holly chieftain., 1901-11-01

If you want new hat at half the price you
would have to pay for new one, just bring
In your old hats and trimming. guarantee
you satisfaction A full line Novelties goods
and Kid Gloves
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
New Election Law for Georgia.

The Committee on Elections of ths
Georgia House of Delegates has decided
to report favorably on the bill TO estab.
lish the Australian ballot system in Geor-
gia The bill was introduced in the
House by Dr. r. j. NJ Kelly. representa-
tive from Glascock county.
p The bill is Intended to secure election
reform throughout the State and Is one
of the most important Introduced during
the present session. II It becomes a law
the bill means a radical change In the
manner OF conducting elections 1t IS
stated that under It's provisions much OF
the ignorant vote of the State will be
eliminated. and 1t is also stated that the
general tendency of the bill is to purify
the ballot-box.
One of the principal aims of the Dill Is
to eliminate the professional heelers. one
of the sections provides thatif the voter
is ignorant and cannot prepare his hatioe
that the managers may be. allowed to DO
so. the vcter specifying the candidates
for whom he desires to vote.
The system contemplated in the bill IS
practically the same as is now In vogue
in Atlanta. and which has proved salts
factory.-Atlanta Constitution
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
Trucking in Mississippi.

A letter from Jackson, Miss, says: In
quite a number of counties in MISSISSIPPI
tpi the farmers are making extensive ar
,rangements to engage in truck farming
next year, and Missizsippfs Offering to the
st. Louis Chicago and other Northern
markets will be largely increased. The
truck farming industry, it seems, is only
in it's infancy and IS capable of much
greater expansion and development. as
new markets are found Tor the early oro-
ducts A few weeks ago a truck farm
ers' association was organized In Pike
county and the small planters of Pearl
River county. in the southern part of the
State are arranging to organize an as
ISOLATION and will hold a meeting for this
purpose at Foplarvile on the 9th of No
yember. The railroad companies are fos-
tering and encouraging this enterprise
wherever possible by giving assurance OF
reasonable rates and furnishing the farm
ers with valuable information concerning
the cultivation of early fruits and Vese-
tables"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
Preachers Ooposed the Yldwry.

a lively and exciting controversy is be-
ing wageo in Americas. Ca. between rep-
resentatives of a street carnival company,
backed by citizens favoring such an ex-
hibition. the opposition forces Icing soma
of the preachers, backed BY the citizens
who desired the carnival excluded Re-
Gently the City Council, by a plurality OF
one vote, refused to grant the carnival
company the usual street privileges. The
company then proposed to combine all its
attractions in {, lump and give an exhibit
ton on commons owned by private par
ties. When the opponents of the carnf-
val learned OF this proposed coup they
Immediately leased for one year all va
cant lots around Americas sufficiently
large to accommodate a circus or carniva!
company. and, thus intrenched- they pro-
posed to shut out such attractions from
Americas. il possible. The carnival COM
pany is expected to make another flank
movement. but its opponents are on the
watch.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
h,ississippi's New Constitution.

The new Constitution of Mississippi IS
warmly upheldt by Congressman Williams,
Of that State.t III,
He declares that it has secured peace
poll,.cally, industrially and socially. IL
has given honest and intelligent men q
letter opportunity as competitors Ior
public Office. It has secured fairness m
elections Above all It has resulted IN
having a better behaved and better con-
tented and more prosperous colored pop
ulation. The Congressman finally de-
clares:
Z. i do not suppose that there IS a white
man within the entire limits II he St1te
of mississippi, from the Tennessee line
to the Gulf of Mexico. from the Alabama
line to the Mississippi river. whether he
be a Democrat. a Pooulist of a t:sput Il
can, who would have back the old state
of things existing prior to the adoption
of our new Constitution. and l do not
suppose there are 200 negroes in the en-
tire State who are not. satisfied that the
present conditions are better in the long
run for their race and foc themselves.
:. The practical Acknowledgement of the
negro In Mississippi does not prevent ne
groes from leaving States where tt;. tai-
lot is assured to them to find woik in the
delta-Atlanta Constitution.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10


the back districts could reach the
railways. Make it possible for more. or
less remote country settlement to move its
produce to the railway In two-ton loads,
as compared to the condition that makes
LOGO pounds the maximum for a team
to draw, and the freights coming from the
district TINS favored will speedily double
and quadruple.
When homeseeker of The farmer
class comes South he looks for district
that has good highways or is moving to
get them He usually knows the value
of welI-made- and maintained roads. The
districts that show enterprise in this di-
rection will get the cream OF lmmisFa-
ton from the North and East.
If they have them not now they Will
soon have good schools and churches ana
neat collections Of good books for gen
eral reading. Such communities will help
the railroad. the city. the county. the
State. to help them in the matter of good
roads. and both the community ana the
railroad will be sisnally- benefted.-Chat-
tanooga Times
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
To Save the Sturgeon,

Some proposed legislation that will be
Of interest to the people OF the coast
counties of the State VIII likely be asked
at the hands of tie Georgia Legislature
BY the members OF these coast counties:
Representative Symond Of Glynn, has
taken the lead in this matter. Ss55sa4
The sturgeon fishers are playing sad
havoc with 3tfc fish along the coast and
up the rivers that flowinto the Atlantic
These sturgeon fishermen come from the
New England coast and as far up as
Canada. - \,
When they first. began their operations
in Georgia waters they were confined to
the mouths of rivers They first seined
the Sntilla river, and when the y had ext
hausted the. field there they transferred
s. heir operations to the Altamaha river.
4sll33IIt was not long before this stream was
fshed dry, and then they began to ope-
nate q piece sout from the shore. In catch-
ING the sturgeon the seines bring cart
loads of other fish, such as bass, drum.
etc Tt is to pro tect these 4 hat; Mr. Sy-
rnond contemplate bringing, forward his
MEASURE. &. 3.
81 n zisS absolutely necessary to- prevent
mo ca tcking CT sturgeon for FIVE yearssfn
snrder to. preserve hesbaia nee. for.
airn Z f1sl,ermen care not hing for any Of
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
MODERN FABLES.
Il GEo::KGEsA ABE 8
The. Modern Fablesof. the. Two. Old Pals. and
the Call For Help.
lcopyrlgbt..l9SI ,sbys Robert Howard Russsll.l

III
Speeches are worth a Dollar Word, be-
cause she finds herself Guessing at times
Husband never was jealous. lie knew
that the Gusher told every Woman the
same thing, playing no Fayofites.
When the Crouch came o'sec them, he
said ..How. are. YOU - and then began to
kick on the Weather and tell about his
rheumatism. One thing was certain. The
Crouch never would break up any Happy
Homes. And it was predicted that no
would never get a Wife unless he took
her or a Mortgage. : $3.50
Every Husband has a few Friends Tho
come in for Lard Kaps from the Wife.
And the Crouch got ali that was coming
to him. She used to declare up and
down that she was. going to break his
Plate and revoke his License Husband
would remind her that he and the Crouch
had roomed together at College and done
tho Comrades Act ever since they were
Boys. He would assure her that the
Crouch was q Good Fellow, but you had
to know him thirty or forty years before
you found it out. He would smooth her.
down and straighten out her Feathers
and she would agree to give the Crouch
just one more Chance. q
CALLED FOR HELP.
It came about that one Year the Mar
ried Man got Gay and swan out to
where it was. over his Head. In his keen
Anxiety to enlarge his Business he took
on about three Tons Of Liabilities.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
UNIQUE Musical Organization Away Down
in Georgia.
PROGRAMME DID NOT LACK SOUND.
Nearly Fifty Fiddlers Played a Dozen Selections,
All at the Same Time WithWon-
derful Effect.

members saw by ear. and that this appa-
ratus is also insured. Anyhow, the Fio-
Glers Convention recently assembled at
Moore's Opera House in sCarrollton Tor
an afternoon and night exercise. and at
1 O'Clock In the day an open air concert
was given by twelve fiddlers, and actually
received on the balcony of the power
house in the public square At 1:30 O'Clock
the afternoon session OF the convention
opened and for two hours breakdown
airs resounded and echoed in a manner
that recalled primitive life in that vicinity.
1t is reported that some of the notes
We're shy, others fat as glass OF peer
taking an hours vacation, still others
off color as a circus show-bill. while not
few walked around the block. came
back and Joined the others and gave
three cheers at the finish. There were
no efforts at andante. larghetto or allc-5
gretto effects. These We're ignored ny
the performers. who We're not we'll Versed
in their possibilities. The tremolo pow
er, which is peculiarly effective when
properly brought out through dreamy.
weird. wailing notes on the king OF IN
struments, Was distinctively absent IT
had taken Il the woods. The Phrasing
was not ba: upon any regulated mu-
steal princiI and the technique was
original, sre neous. chaotic
one thing there. 1t was crescen-
do in 81 ~ petpe.us-i' oitei4i10u'
performance. Another feature was IN
eyidence-sound There We're, in fact.
several species of sound from E fat to
bowls.
MAS A WONDER.
The opening piece. was wonder. 1t
demonstrated beyond all question that
some of the performers. in the language
of a bystander with a diagonal suspend
er attached by a nail. Were capable OF
scratching her bald-headed. In this
number all the fiddlers took part,
each playing dlt!erent tune
rho combination was immense. There
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

To understand this story you should
know something about a fiddle It's
hard instrument TO define. once peep
ed into a Dcnderous dictionary.
1t said a fiddle is stringcd in
strument, see violin. Turning over the
pages to the VS.. l was rewarded with the
Aaformation that violin is a stringeo.
fnstrunent see fiddle his, of course,
was wealth of intelligence that remind-
ed me of the congressman's first speech
in which he declared that the generality
OF mankind in general is inclined to I'M
pose on the generality of mankind in gen
icral, and was told by a colleague to SIT
down after coming out of the same hole
he went in
Now, there are definitions and efini-
TONS some of them about as accurate as
the one which sized up crab as a red hsii
that walked backwards, of which old Or.
johnson said: THE definition is all right,
except that a crab is not a fish. Is not
red and does not walk backwards
But to get good conception of what a
eddie is, one must hear a beginners first
or second lesson. The sound is unique;
never to be forgotten. 1t is a cross be-
tween pcacock.s voice and a busy slate
pencil. Every rural Virginian knows what
q fiddle IS. AS played at country break
downs, where Choose your partner. is
the familiar sound between the screches
and screams OF the su'nEs. the iusd Oh d
devil having "A little private sanitarium IN
side is quite suggestive.
FIDDLERS.A CONVENTION.
However that may be, not few Vir-.
tgirians Will be interested to know that
down In Georgia there is a loyal love for
the fiddle. not exceeded by the Georsia
crackers devotion to the melon and the
spossum Indeed, watermelon feasts. rs
sum hunts and the fiddle go together. So
great is the rural Georgian's fondness for
the fiddle that there is an organization
known as the South eastern Fiddierss
Convention. 1t is said that most of its
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
THE FlDDLER'S CONVENTION
MADE THINGS VERY LIVELY

p . r. = : =
was not a shade of a note, however del
icate. that did not enter into the dis
turEance of the peace. All the Old Ia
miliar airs had a place in it, and The
general effect reminded one of swarm
of blackbirds on a peanut stack, or a
sensational turn on the New York Stock
exchange.
& In this production all the performers
were busy. They spoke not a word 10
any enc. but kept straight ahead and
sawed gut. The effect was marvellous. All
the hound dogs, in the neighborhood are
q said to have settled themselves on thar
launches at q safe distance and -hoWled
a pitiful accompaniment. 1t was a NAM
moth collection of sounds, throbbing1,
screaming, moaning. screeching. When
+ the smoke cleared away and the last dy-
ing echo took refuge in a neighborsns
swamp all hands were found to be unin,
eiured and no warrants were sworn+out. .
PLENTY OF VARIETY. @
Then came n second number. which for
variety and volume has never been equal
led since the positively last appearance
of Patti. In this feature twelve fiddlers
sawed away on '.DiXie" and Arkansas
Traveller. y six moro entered the fight with
run Negro Run, four gave an iWita-
ton of a fellow playing Ladies on the
Lake. y and three sneaked in witt s'l't lly
In the Low Grounds This was not all.
Two cautiously took up their positions
with Fox Chase :, and Devils 4 rea M.
The latter was something of a nightmare
too. Sill Harper, of Heard County, who
is said to keep plenty of resin on his
bow. chose ..Bonapartes Retreat with
which to whoop things ups and seven I'd.
t,lers undertook to grind out Coin Long
Down to Town. 100
Three others warmed NJ matters with.
..Firc in the Mountain.''s and. a s,lgges-
tion of Leather Breaches" from four moro
fiddlers of the rural Georgia type was not,
altogether lost in the shuttle. Sugar in
S The Gourd" GOT 4 fair show at the hands
scf three deyctees of the gut, but. there
wasn't much sweetness in It, while, half
a dozen c'd-timers Who had Worn The.
-.Please-don' t-shoct-the- fiddle placard
down ii, Eolsonl.s Hollow added whatthey.
knew of Peter Went .A-Fisllin.a :, and
Sale t:to.ls. n. "A few cllined in with
John Prown's Body but the body. did
no. rise up az the sound pastially drown
cd by the eight musicians along side, who
wound NJ at the finish with that familiar am T
litti, claseis number known as = OHM :,
Gel Your Hat, Gut. = ~.
Now. what do Sou think of that LIVER
heard Grand Opera? Ever a tended q Ia :
dies sewing ciTGe2 Neither.sof dhese.
could be mentioned in the same breatf tn
1T was a great programme worthy the
Southeastern FI6dlerss Convention
Strange things take place in Georgia,
a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
Education in Louisiana.

As No better evidence of the. decided sem
:timent that permeates this State in favor
s0fs education can be furnished than the
incident which occurred at Natchitochss
a:tfew days since. Some years ago the
State established d normal school In that
town for the purpose of eiuca ting teach
ers to take charge of the public schools
of the State New buildings have been
erected blythe State from time to time
Eas the needs of the Institution required
them. but the rapid growtI of the school
shas gone beyond the capacity of the ap-.
appropriations made by the State.
rat the last session Of the Legislature
an increased appropriationswa given this
important; school, and such as 1t ! was
thought would be sufficient to meet the
demands until the legislature should
again semble. But " hem the Normal
School opered its presenr session few
weeks since. 1t was found that the APP
@plications were SO numerous thatsi was
impossible to accommoda ate all those who
desired to matricu1at Cots were put
down sins t1ses halls and receptio4r-rdoms,
but still the students ontinued ito come
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

hell fire Lately, en- de sinners is .enjayin'.
a holiday.
s. Dey say de devil amt ezs black es VIII t:
he, painted; but fer oil & dat, he black
enough ter smut hftest. er Syoa.
Heaven is so clost ter US hit S a ,Worl-s
der some folks don't. grunple,s say
f1eys car, 4 sleep fer de singin err de angels.
don,t want no gol' harp in de haze
after. ). II be salts fly ter dess foller- de
BAN, 6 en- hola up ;des.o off end ser de bass
drum. 9fi35s5
De winter. time is de- besss tine in de
worl. fer folks ter tons'sssGcy shins b.. 4
#b,asin fire en- ax.9de Lord: ter pity de. PEI.
"A tIanta Cpnsf ion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10
Another Scandal ID Society.

Good gracious" said Mrs. Kaflippe,
you're surely not going to Invite that
Mrs colbrasth to Your reception. are.
your You can't AFFORD to recognize aer5
lin that way. or course. il you had a.
}armer position in society yourself-if you
belonged to one OF the old families here
and were rich enough to feel ,eenrc--
iyou might boldly put her in the list 4.
lyonr friends, but you're comparatively :,
newcomer. you're just getting foot.
nod, and II. would be extremely foolish
Tor you to do anything now that wo'iid
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

Ninety days make but fleeing Span
when Notes are falling due. One day
the Married Man found himself hanging
on the edge of the Gully, with a Choice
of jumping to the Rocks below or wait
ing to be Scalped. 1t was not dignified
thing to do, but he had to yell foE4 AS
sis,tance and yell plenty.
& He shot-footed to the Gusher, friend OF
shis Youth and God-Father. to his Chill
x rem. He explained that his Heels were
beating a Tattoo on the Ragged Edge or
Insolvency, and unless he could raise the
Wind, it meant a Receiver over at the
Works, his Credit evaporated and the
Pianola to the Hock-Shop.
The Gusher listened with Tears in his
Eyes. In Voice all schoked with Sobs
he rendered his Sympathy and his SIN
cere Hope that all would yet be Well
He told him it grieved him to see a
Friend go under the Rollers. 1t tore his
Heart 1t die, .zifor sure. In fact, it had
SO upset him that he would have, to go
out into the Air. So he did an Olga
Nethersole Exit with one Hand over his
streaming! eyes, and the lifelong Friend
sat there with Salt Water spatteredi all
over him and nothing in his Hand.
AS soon as he had dried his Clothes
he went to the Crouch and candidly
owned up that he was on the Waiting
List for the Poor House unless he could
CAME TO THE RESCUE.
AS might have been expected. the
Crouch began to Roast him. He told him
that he didn't have as much Business
Gumption as Belgian Hare and a
Chump who would walk into Debt with
his Eyes open deserved to get it right in
the Collar.
eff you're looking for Sympathy,
you've barked up the wrong Tree said
the Crouch
.'I'm not was the Reply. Eve just
( resolved enough Sympathy to last me
Fall Winter
The Crouch snarled and reached for his
Check Book.
You can have whatever you need, but
you don't deserve it, he said, and he
signed it. leaving it Blank above.
in view OF the Fact that you have
saved my Life, will try to forgive you
for decorating my Feelings said the
Married Man.
They retained the Flat but the Crouch
is just as Unpopular as ever.
t- MORAL: A Friend who is very Near
and Dear may in Time. become as useless
as a Relative.
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Whenever he met an Acquaintance ne
handed I'm a rhetorical Yard of Daisies
and then smeared him with Sweet En-
dearmerts. His talk neNerfIhad any
specifc Purport. 1t was ;tunaduiteTateo
Con. The Gusher should have peen IN
the. Diplomatic Service. One of his hot
Specialties was to get at Dinners Parties
and propose Toasts. He would hot-air
the Ladies until they flushed Crimson
from the Joy of being hot-aired Even
II the Speech was known to be cut-and-
dried Barney. it. never failedr.tozsWell.
the Adorable Creatures, as he called
than. = f-.=2 - .Itt -,
He had pump-handle Shake for every
Man he met and after the second Day
he called him Old Fellow and inquired
as to his Health in a Tone of trembling
solicitude, and picked little pieces of Lint
off his Coat. ~
IT know It's Cuff the Man would say
after the Gusher had passed. on.t but
my Stars! He can ladle out that tsootfr-
ing Syrup and never spill Drop.
GLOOMY ASPECT.
The Crouch, on the other Hand, gave
a correct Imitation of a Bear with Sore
Toe. His Conversation was largely made
w of Grunts. He carried a Facial EX-
preston that frightened little Children
in Street Cars and took alF@the Stapch
OUT of sentimental Young Ladies. He
seemed. perpetuallysto carry the Hoof-.
Marks Of al horrible Nightmars; Some
said that he had been Blightedl In Love
and had soured on the Universe. Others
imagined that his Liver was out OF
Whack !, AT any rate, he was Aly on
Sweetness and Light. HIS Dial sug-
fgested a. Map of sthe Bad Esands and he
was just. out OF Kind Words. He~could
knock better than he could Boost.
When the Gusher would arise at the
Dinner Table to, blow. Bubbles and dis
tribnte Candy. the Crouch would slide
down in his! Chair until sne was sresting
on his Shoulder Blades He seemed to have
a Calomel Taste in his Mouth as,she lis.
tened to the musical drip Of the A1ush-s
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and overtaxed every provision that could
be made for their accommodation. In this
dilemma President Caldwell. the able
head of the institution, called 4 meeting
of the citizens of Natchtoches. and laid
the matter before them with a statement
that, with $4,000. he would be able to
erect a building adequate to the needs of
the institution. Before the meeting adj
iourned more than $4,000 was subscribed
and arrangements were made to begin
the new dormitory next week.-New Or
leans States sits
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

o,ca there was q Married. Mani fwf 8
bs iA4 tIvrs "a Friends whom he had not Sgts II
M ev. 4 to ioblige the Missus. They were
i've R, He;, whom he had KNOWN since
Eoylnc5,s Happy Days away ~. RACK n
Web 700, village. Once in q: While VIII the
Mar. w.,,I,l have the aro51natsstSe the
I5ous. for Dl:lner. s $.
OF these tw Friends, one was y sa,tlll s'
and the CT ler a Grouchs "a!
The Grsller was exte1 nallN bun t
over with Ccnplfments and kin6st Wishes.
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inheritance of Good Roads,

The good-roads movement that has been
so practically taken up by the Southern
Railway Company. should get a lift from
other like institutions. Nothing could
tend more powerfully to develop railway
business than first-rate means whereby
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

weaken your position. You mustn't
think of having her here.
..Mercy sakes. What has she d"ns?. l
supposed she was a perfect lady s,.e
seems so nice. and believe she graduated
at the head of her class atsNNellesi ay,5 too..
She always appeared to me TO be 81 :5e-.
fined. never dreamed there cauid Re
ANYTHING wrong about her. Whas3 is it?-
For PHYS sake don't keep me il. s,ts-
pense.'
..1vhy. don't you know? She nrases
her own baby Chicago Reeott Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-10

!. the fish except sturgeon, and it is neces-
sary to protect tho sturgeon in order to