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DALLY ENQUIRER • SUN ; COLUMBUS, "SEORGI AT WEDNESDAY MORNIN%- 16?; - CdumlwsCinuiTO'-Sim. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. 58 YEARS OLD. Daily, Weekly and Sunday. The ENQUIRER-HUN is inwied uvery day, ex- , rep< Monday. The Weekly is issued on Monday. The Daily (including Sunday) is delivered by carries in the city or mailed, postage IVee, to nub- ! sc ri hors for 7»V. per month, $*2.00 for three i months, $1.00 for six months, or $7.00 a year. i 'rhe Holiday is delivered by carrier hoys in the j rity or mailed to subscribers, postage free, at j 91.00 a year. The Weekly is issued on Monday, and is mailed j to subscribers, postage fVee, at $1.10 a year. j Transient advertisements will be taken for the Daily at ?1 per square of 10 lines or less for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent Insertion, ami for the Weekly at $1 for each in* j portion. All communications intended to promote the private ends or interests of corporations, societies nr individuals will be charged as advertisements. Special contracts made for advertising by the year. Obituaries will be charged for at customary rates. None but solid metal cuts used. All communications should bo addressed to the proprietor of the Enquihi-:ii-Sun. -ft 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. rr * Opposite Rankin House, Columbus, Ga. WILL OFFER TO-DAY -A-ISTID OOnSTTIiTTJE TJ3STTIIL. SOLD: i / 10XTA1NS thirty-live rooms, electric bells, I \ and is partly furnished. Located on Main | street. This house was erected last year, and is one of the best houses in tlie state. Possession liiven Oefobei* 1st. lsstf. For particulars inquire of jeld wed It s Mrs. ROBINSON, or J. (i. PARKS. Dawson, < Lou M. Barnard' FAMILY HOTEL, •j:»» Hast 1 It h St.. are a Pew of tfie Immense Bargains NEW AT O FT IKT M RS. I.Ot’ M. BARNARD'S FAMILY HOTEL j comprises three large and elegant resi- , deuces, all connected and newly furnished in 1 tirst-class style. She can furnish comfortable j first-class accommodations for families, tourists ! and business men. Convenient to the business I centers. TERMS: Transient, per day §2.00 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. For further information address Mrs. L. M. BARNARD, jel6 eod7t No. 239 E. 14th St., New York. OFFERED IBY THE Trade Palace,C.P.Gray&Co 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. FOB ZRAEUsTT. 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. 3i Cent.s. 2,000 Yards 27 inch White Striped Muslins, four styles. Worth 10 Cents. At 3,000 Yards Satteens, Light and Worth ■ 5 Cents. Dark Shades. 9 cents. At 365 Dozen Fancy Dress Buttons. ■ Worth 5 cents. 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 Worth 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- Uorth 12* rents. gia Plaids. 25 cents. At 4.000 Yards ] * cards wide Colored worth 25 cents. Oil Cloth. 45 cents. y, / 300 Pairs Lisle Thread Gloves, in worth 25 cents. ail colors. 75 cents. i A i 250 Pairs Misses Shoes, from 2 to 8. Fully worth ! 35 cents. ■ 05 cents. ( At Ooo Silk Embroidered Corsets. wnrth T5 cents. sl.oo. At 500 Bates' Spreads. Plain and Fully worth 75 cents. Figured. At too Plain and Lace Bound Para- worth si .50. sols. 84.00. 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. febl4-tf TV , -» T r/ n Send six cents for postage and Pi? I /.Fi, recceive free a costly BBSS *!*» wS-e Augusta, Maine.