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yb*M. The wArkiiup. of the.Unt crop did I :» failure in the south, jijmrtled
not ureataan additional exam pit- of tin; | lYom a eertnin point of view, hut he i-
l orrectnw* of that theory, to say the ! nevortholest 1 u stubborn feet—an ineradi-
lu!i#t; lmt we obnot vo tliat the same feu- i ealile fart. As we eannot get rid of him,
Hire is ugiiin being discounted by the J we must make the best of him, an ’ lie
Chronicle in its fnreciwtBiuul caleuliitiodB ; must make the best of 11s, Ifehasli.s
of the probabilities in 18Hii. It is said, I giotl points, and we are not ourselves
however, that tlie croji is “more depend- totally lucking in the elements of hit-
cut on flit lire growth” than usual lieeause I inanity.
of late plantings mainly and not tliat the From all thi- it follows, of course, that
outlook is unfavorable in respect to the j the negro U“ a laborer is not to lie re
placed. If lie is to live with us, he tnust
work with us. lint this- necessity docs
present condition.
The crop is therefore made to start oil
with an increase of acreage and a bnck-
"I of contingent importance in the tardi
ness of the start,, lmt we might add
that tile last crop, rs compared with that
ot !xs2, sunk the margin given it in the
Cliron’cle’s predicates of nearly 5 pet
cent, increase of urea, and also in an ex
cellent stand, and tin: growing crop on a
smaller margin of time and a larger mar
gin of area, perhaps, surpass the banner
crop of it, tt'iooti'l hales.
not preclude
tion which I’
-1 ruble,
essarlly
White
that iuimigru-
cen-idei-s so de-
if the
that
Tm: result of yesterday's liallotting was
a stand-off bet ween < ieneral (iordon and
Major Bin-oil.
Major Bacon was greeted by it fill!
house last night. All who wen* out to
hear him were rewarded with nil elo
quent and able address.
Tine news received at this- olliec point
to the fact that the general crop outlook
is very reassuring in respect to tlie gen
era) interests of commerce, though wheat,
oats and grass in two or three western
states have fallen off slightly in condition.
Tiik Alabama railroad commission is
now on a tour of inspection of the rail
roads of Alabama. They begin at Bir
mingham and first go over the Georgia
Pacific. For the next few days the Ala
bama railroad commission will have a
regular picnic.
Tub delegates selected for the guberna
torial convention by Macon county yes
terday were instructed to support Major
Bacon, and in Putnam for Cion. Gordon.
As the vote now stands, it appears that
Major Bacon bus hi, Gen. Gordon .”>(>, Col.
Jones li and t wo are tin instructed, tie mgh
claimed for Gen. Gordon.
Two ok our most a)>le state ('(.tempor
aries are just now kept constantly and
energetically engaged in correcting each
others mistakes -that, we presume, is the
the jK.lite word for it. One of our able
cotemporuries settles the whole business
l>v the statement that “the correctness of
-which tlie publication in these columns
is a guarantee.” Let tlie campaign now
proceed.
TIIK KOIJtTII lllSTIUrr.
Tlie congressional campaign pioves
along quietly, so much so that a great,
many are lead to presume that not a great
deal of interest is felt in it. In this city
there is hardly any eJutnco to get up a
discussion as everybody are one way of
thinking. Muscogee will speak in favor
other trusted and talented son, lion.
Thomas W. Grimes, as with the voice of
one man. In someoftlie adjoining coun
ties much the same state of affairs exists,
v\ idle in others there is little or no opposi
tion manifested. For one time, af least,
there appears a disposition in this part ot
the district to net in harmonious concert
and work for the host interest of the dis
trict and the party.
A different state of affairs exists ill the
upper part of the district and much in
terest begins to he manifested. Coweta,
Troup and Meriwether, each present a
candidate. While it is presumed that
each of these candidates can control tlie
vote of his county, Carroll and Heard
may he considered battle grounds. Mr.
Freeman is making a strong effort to
carry Carroll and Heard, while tlie
friends of Mr. Harris are sanguine that
lie \\ ill reeehe the support of both those
counties. While Mr. Grimes is making
110 special effort to secure any of these
delegations in his favor, In- feels tliat it
is but due tlie people tliat lie should get
acquainted with them, and to this end
lie will visit them in a few days.
Wt
TIIK COIT'ON (IU)I\
give much space this morning fi
la
the estimates made upon tlie cotton crop |
by the Financial Chronicle. It will he
found interesting, as tlie Chronicle is I
authority upon the subject. It estimates 1
the acreage at IS,till 1,000 acres, and last ]
year its estimate was IS,710,000 acres.
Tlie largest area ever planted was that of
ISSo, and tiic June condition was report- I
ed by tlie Chronicle us exceeding that of I
188-1 or 1SS3. The general conclusion of
the Chronicle a year ago was expressed j
in the following terms: "Whatever,
therefore, tlilf*future weather may he, it
would seem almost impossible with such j
a stand not to produce a considerably in- j
creased crop.” 1
Tlie crop of lsx-1 was produced on
about 18,710,000 acres, and amounted to
5,000,000 bales, that of 1*85 amounting to |
about H.tiOOjOOO bales, and that of liSStl is
to he grown, as the Chronicle says, on
ls,tit 11,000 acres, an increase of 1.52 per
cent. Tlie Chronicle claimed for the
acreage of 1885 an increase of 1.01 per
cent, over 188-1, and a remarkably good
stand, hut tlie yield failed to justify the
initial indications.
Tlie Chronicle lias derived from its
comprehensive, careful aiid patient ana
lysis of cotton, growing conditions a verv
strong faith in the efficacy of a good stand
as strongly assuring a good proportionate
Mil. RESET'S HKI’I.V TO I’llOK. WIIITIt.
When I’rcif. II. C. White, of tlie uni
versity of Georgia. made 11 is speech to
tlie state agricultural society at its last
meeting in this city, he perhaps had lit
tle thought that lie was furnishing ma
terial fora bunk. Such, lmwevef, is the
case. W. C. Hemet, Escp, of Abbeville,
S. C., is the author and it bears the sug
gestive title: “Is the Negro a Failure?"
It will lie remembered by those who
heard Prof. White’s address, and by
those who read the discussion which fol-
I lowed i‘, tliat lie argued as one of the
great drawbacks to the essential element
of industrial progress tlie want of edu
cated and skilled labor. This would
hardly have attracted attention within
itself, but when it proposed a peasantry
as the remedy the most harmful effects
were at once discernible. For tlie
relief of tlie situation Prof.
White suggested several remedies. One
of the ideas advanced was that tiie white
farmers of the south, by applying a sys
tem of intensive farming to small areas,
must make themselves less dependent of
negro labor. Another thought advanced
was that intensive farming means scien
tific fanning, uiul, to that end, state sci
entific and agricultural schools must lie
Imilt up and fostered. And it is to this
tliat l’rof. White looks to have his peas
antry introduced, since this system of
agriculture would leave a large amount of
land uncultivated and immigration of a
desirable surt would lie attracted “before
the negro succeeds in ruling or ruining
the country.”
It is probably fortunate for Prof. White
that he was able to make ttiis address
before tlie recent riots in tlie northwest
and west occurred, as lie would have lost
the opportunity for such very beautiful
theorising, it would hardly have made
a favorable impression upon the yeoman
ry of the country to advise them to dis
place the best and most practicable farm
labor that is possible in this section with
howling mobs in whose hands neither
life nor property is safe.
Our purpose, however, is only to pre
sent the idea suggested in Mr. Beliefs
hook, lie denies that the negro is a fail
ure as a peasant, that is to say,as an agri
cultural laborer. O11 the contrary, lie re
gards the black man as an excellent
! laborer when under wise and constant
J supervision. That tlie average negro is
not a scientific agriculturist, Mr. lionet
j very freely admits ; but he contends tliat
! a collegiate course is not requisite to the
I efficiency of a field hand. Whatever
science is necessary should lie supplied
j by tlie farmer, and the hired laborer need
only l>e docile and industrious. In
I many important respects, Mr. Benet
! finds the negro admirably adapted to
J that sphere of life to which lie
is now mostly confined—of line
physique, easily satisfied, easy to
I manage, and "never so happy as when
let alone by demogogues and philanthro
pists, and suffered to do his day's work
1 and eat It is frugal meal.'' Then. too. the
! negro is at home in our southern eliuiate.
I As All-. Benet remarks, with .1 touch ■
I poetry, he is “ the child of the sun all
I the swamp, and he thrives and crows
■leek where ilie fair-skinned white limn
■ hrivels up and dies.”
Passing now to another side of the
pie.-tion, Mr. ltenet asks some very per-
I linent questions. The negro is here;
I if lie is in the way. how shall we elimi
nate him? Shall we ask him to emigrate
j to Afriea? We may ask him once and
1 yet again, we may repeat the invitation
1 from day to day; hut lie will continue to
consult his own coin fort and conveni-
i enee. The Americanized African lias no
yearning for the land of his ancestors,
lie is not more separated
from his kin • across the sea
by the countless waves of the Atlantic
than he is by his new aspirations and
ilia altered mode of life. For him there
are no ancestral halls, no venerable tra
ditions, no romantic associations, in the
savage depths of that dark continent.
1 Ie feels tliat his expatriation lias been
an inestimable benefit to him; for slavery
lias educated him up to a very keen ap
preciation of the good things of life.
But, if he will not return to Africa can
the negro be induced to go elsewhere to
the north, the northwest or to some
reservation in the southwest ? Emphati
cally, no; he prefers this cruel Dixie
where one may earn a year's living with
a half-year’s work, and get his children’s
schooling as one of the perquisites of
citizenship. Mr. Benet concludes that
the races must live together, and yet dis
tinct, in tlie same country and under the
same laws. The negro may be
MAJOR HAUOVSSl'lKrH.
One of the encouraging feature
present gubernatorial campaign
Hie eumlidat'-s profit from experience.
When it opened it gave promise of lining
■he iiei-t persona! and bitter ever kie wu
in the annuls of political history in thi-
'late, it required no seel' to ob.-erveti.at
ti:i- tut- tlii- result of abuse uf i-.e-ii other
by tin: candidate- and their friends. But
fur tin past few weeks all this personal
vituperation has cea.-ed ami with it lias
ceased the deplorable aspect of a cam-i
paign calculated to disgrace any people
upon the face of the globe. The candi
dates and their friends were now
learning this to tie a very great mistake,
and they were equally as ready to quit it
as their friends were to have them do so,
I11 this connection it affords us pleasure I
to refer to the. speech made at the opera j
house last night by Hon. A. O. Bacon, it I
was a presentation of his views and sen- !
timents upon tlie leading questions in j
which the people of this state are inter-'
ested in an open, manly way. The
synopsis which is given in our local
columns falls short of portraying it in the
masterly and powerful manner in whieii
it was delivered, hut it will convey to the
reader an idea of the position occupied
by the distinguished speaker. He in
dulged in none of the harsh criticisms
which many had been led to an
ticipate. and while he spoke with
out reserve of wliat lie conceded to
he the shortcomings of his opponent, he
did so in a respectful and dispassionate
manner, which left the impression that
he was only asserting what lie believed
to lie true, and (lid it for the good of the
state in whose welfare lie is very deeply
interest ed.
So far as tiie effect of Major Bacon’s
speech is concerned, it is a hard matter
to properly judge while the burning
words of eloquence are still ringing in
the ears of itis audience. People are
more or less apt to he swayed for the
time being by the influence exerted by
eloquence and personal magnetism. (Seri
ous reflection not unfrequently brings
about vast differences of opinion.
That Major Bacon very favorably im
pressed the large audience, the opposi
tion will not question. That, the work
he performed will not be undone between
this and Saturday when delegates are - to
be selected, remains to be seen, it wo.jild
lie doing violence to candor not to admit
that the friends of Major Bacon arom'ticli
pleased with his effort and that they
more firmly than ever believe that it
will he to the best interest of the state to
place him in the gubernatoral chair.
As far as “home ruU” is concerned, the Belfast
Orangemen might stop now. and the whole
world will believe they are wholly unfit lor it.
A Kentucky colored man has just been sen- ]
tenced to imprisonment for life for stealing
thirteen dollars. Possibly if he hud taken four
teen or fifteen he might have got off with.
lighter sentence; but he had the hardihood to ;
brave superstition as well as the law.
Colombia college has admitted young women
to all its departments upon equal terras with tlie
young men. A clitic cries out, “How can
tliis, when women can neither play base ball nor
pull a bout?” If they will devote time, as they
doubtless will, to some old-fashioned methnds of
study, tiie influence wid not fail to be excellent.
FOB BEIT OB LOSE,
CLEVELAND’S
SUPERIOR BAM POWDER
VERY PURE
ASTD
Entirely Wholesome
This certifies that I have recently purchased of several
grocers in this city, packages of CLEVELAND’S
SUPERIOR BAKING POWDER, have
submitted their contents to chemical analysis, and have found
them to consist only of very pure and entirely wholesome
materials, very suitably combined for their purpose. They
contain no other acid than that of the Purest Grape Cream of
Tartar, and are completely free from Alum or any other
deleterious or doubtful substance. They are, as to their com
position, in all respects what the manufacturers claim.
S. W. JOHNSON, Ph. D.,
Professor of Chemistry in the Sheffield Scientific School of Tale College.
Director of the Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station.
New Haven, Conn., December 7th, 1878.
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TERMS:
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Special rates given by the week.
REFERENCES:
Mr. P. Dodd, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mr. L. M. McBride. Atlanta, Georgia.
Sam’l Barnett. Vicksburg, Miss.
H. L. Hull, Eufaula, Ala.
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NOTICE!
WHEREAS, a petition has been filed m my
office, consisting of over fifty freeholders, peti
tioning the Ordinary of said county for the bene
fit of the stock la*w under section 1455 of the Code,
and if no counter petition is filed I will, after the
expiration of twenty days from the publication
of this notice, order an election to be held in said
countv for fence or no fence.
Given 14* ler my official signature this June
11th, 1S86. Rh. F. M. BROOKS,
jel2.td Ordinary.
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Possession (liven When Completed, or Oct 1st,
r PHE new modern style two-story Dwelling on
I Twelfth street, between Col. George P. Swift
ami Mr. H. H. Epping, Jr. Eight rooms, gas,
hot and cold water through house and in kitchen
and bath room, water closet and other drain
pipes connected with city sewer. Sliding doors
to parlor, “Hill inside sliding blinds” to all win
dows facing Twelfth street. Slate mantels in
every room. JOHN BLACKMAR,
se wed fri tf Real Estate Agent.
A Southernized Yankee
Who Has Eight Pounds and a Half
Alien Flesh.
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2,000 Yards 27 inch White Striped
Muslins, four styles.
Worth
10 Cents.
At
3,000 Yards Satteens, Light and
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5 Cents.
Dark Shades.
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At
365 Dozen Fancy Dress Buttons.
■ Worth
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20 cents.
At
5,000 Yards Eagle Wejss Suitings'.
Worth
(> cents.
in all the preity shades.
15 cents.
A1
10.000 Yards 4-4 White Domestic,
Worth
6-i cents.
equal to Masonville.
10 cents.
At
500 Yds Remnants Dress Ginghams
Worth
7 b cents.
15 cents.
At
800 Yards Wool Algiers, Figured
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10 cents.
Dress Goods.
25 cents.
At
1,000 Yards All Wool Nun's Veii-
Worth
\'2b Cl litS.
mg, in «il 1 colors—acid test.
35 cents.
At
1.500 Yards Cottonades and Gem-
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12* rents.
gia Plaids.
25 cents.
At
4.000 Yards ] * cards wide Colored
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25 cents.
Oil Cloth.
45 cents.
y, /
300 Pairs Lisle Thread Gloves, in
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25 cents.
ail colors.
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250 Pairs Misses Shoes, from 2 to 8.
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At
too Plain and Lace Bound Para-
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CHARLES O. SHERIDAN'.
Tliiu gentleman, the senior member uf
the firm of Sheridan Bros., i'reseu urti-t-
and decorators, of Atlanta, Ga., i# a yen.
nine yankee by birth, but a southerner hv
choice and adoption. Born in the jrnrl-
tan city of Providence, R. I., 81 year- age
at an early age ho turned his iittentiunV!
art. He is by nature an artist, and hi#
years of study and tuition in eastern cities
have developed him into one of the fore
most young decorators of his time. Some
years ago lie came south to decorate the
interior of the Church of the Iuiaculate
Conception, at Atlanta, and, liking the
people and climate, determined to locate
south of Mason and Dixon’s line, since
then he has been joined by his brother#,
F. R. and George, and churches and tine
dwellings in every principal city of tlie
south attest their ability, energy and en
terprise.
“My system,” said Mr. Sheridan during
a recent conversation, “had been for some
time
GRADUAI.I.Y RUNNING DOWN,
“I was not sick, in a general sense of
the word, hut my physical strength was
feeling the severe strain I had been for
years putting upon it in the active men
tal labor necessary in the pursuit of mv
avocation. While i have not wliat is
termed a delicate constitution, I am la-
no means a robust fellow, and have wliat
might lx- called the ‘New England mold,'
physically. For some time past I had
been losing vigor, when my attention
was called to Hunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure
as a tonic and strengthener of the sys
tem. I began using it about four weeks
ago and since tliat timeliaveguined eight
and a half pounds in weight. My blood
is as pure as spring water and my entire
system revitalized. I have no hesitancy
in saying that it is the best general tonic
upon the market to-day.”
JUDGE THOMAS PUI.LUM,
now in his three score and ten years, and
one of the most prominent men in Geor
gia, horn and raised near Union Sprint.
Ala., where lie amassed quite a fortune
by strict integrity and honesty, and in
later vears connected with tiie wholesale
drug house of Pemberton, Pullum A Co.,
of Atlanta, Ga., and now a citizen of tliat
city, said a few days ago in tlie presence
of ii reporter:
“My wife had been for many years a
constant sufferer from rheumatism. Her
joints were swollen and distorted, great
knots had formed upon her hand. She
could only with great difficulty and pain
manage to walk, and was a constant suf
ferer from tliis dreadful disease. We
tried everything we could read or hear
of, and took advice of eminent practi
tioners without any benefit in the way uf
permanent relief. 1 was induced to try
Hunnicutt’s Rheumatic Cure a short time
ago,
ALTHOUGH I JIAD LOST FAITH
iii all patent medicines anil nostrums and
considered her ease incurable.
“The effect was magical; the pains have
entirely vanished; the swelling and dis
tortion of her joints has disappeared, and
the disease has been, 1 verih believe,
eradicated from her system. She is still
using tlie medicine as a precautionary
measure, and her general good health
being restored by it. I can honestly and
fearlessly recommend Hunnicutt’s Kh'-u
mafic Cure as the best medicine for t'licii-
mutism and tlie blood upon the market.
For sale by wholesale and retail drug
gists everywhere. Price, 81 a I"'the.
Send to us or vour druggist for treat i.-e.
and history of tlie White Tiger. J . M
Ilnnnicutt Ov Co., proprietors, Atlanta.
Ga. jedda
Central Line of Boats,
THE OLD RELIABLE
Columbus. Ga., May 12. 1 - s "'
O N and after May 12. 1886, the local ratw? o
freight oil the Chattahoochee, Flint am! Apa
lachicola rivers will he as follows:
Flour per barrel ^
Cotton Seed Meal per ton ]
Cotton per bale 1 ‘' 1 *
Other fr eight in proportion. . .
Passage from Columbus to Apalachicola, br
other points in proportion.
STEAMER NAIAD
Will leave Columbus for Apalachicola via H
bridge every TUESDAY morning at 8 u e . " il
luming via'Bainbridge. .
Above schedule will be run, river, etc., pci ui
1 sfl'ippers will please have their freight M
by 8 a. m. on day of leaving, as none will be '■
^Boat reserves the right of not landing at c
point when considered dangerous by tne co
U Boat will not stop at any point not named .:.
list of landings furnished shippers under aau.
A o"r responsibility for freight ceases after it h ,■
been discharged at a lauding where no per;
there to received^ l ^ WHIXESIDE> pres't.
GEO. B. WHITESIDE, Sec'y and Treas.
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