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Waynesboro, Ga., February 9,18811.
No. 40.
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Atl .nta Post-Appeal.
An intelligent gentleman said : “The
tple where I live have got in debt,
and have to make big cotton crops.—
They buy all the new machinery they
hear of, and it, seldom saves as much as
represented. They go in debt for com
^ercial fertilizers, instead of making and
fine manure, and the guano or phos-
ites cost them one third of what they
They are compelled to make
[ton, and have neither hands nor good
to spare for corn, bottoms are
to tend, and they give up their
ch land to fertilize the poor. There -
3, the corn has to he bought.” He
the best terms he knew of, were
thty cents cash ani one dollar on
Frequently from $1 10 to $ l 2;
leie there wore former- debts.
' tnan..can buy corn ami safely fatten
bat, and he thought 10 cents cash and
cents credit for meat was a fair
. If the time was from January to
member the interest was not very
But much ofl the account, made
Gift needed, was for six, four, three and
months. These short times with
same prices, make the inteiest for-
sixty, seventy and even eighty per
A doubtful man must pay 15
iid
ly ceasing to exist, and the day is not
far distant when such farmers will only
be known in story books. Thrifty, en
ergetic men, who work six days in the
week, will own the lauds in another gen
eratiop. It is also tolerably plain that
the country merchant, who carries such
a farmer will either break or go to fann
ing. It is equally plain, that a gene
ra failure among the country merchants
will largely involve the big city houses
First the plan!or, then the country
trader, then the ci:y house, is the row
of bricks to stand or fall.
HARD ON STEPHEN'S.
THE INEQUALITIES OF PROTECTION.
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A recent issue of the Chattanooga
Democrat contains an interesting story
11 - of how Governor Stephens pardoned a
convict, as follows :
“A few years ago. one Jack Blank,
colored, was pulled for burglarizing a
clothing store in Atlanta, and was sen
tenced to a number of years in the
penitentiary. Jack, it seems, had been
a pretty jolly, good fe low, and had u
number of friends in Atlanta, notwith
standing his light fmgeredness, and they
in turn got up a lengthy peti ion, nu
merously signed, asking his pardon.—
The petition went to the executive
mansion, and seems to haye been pig
eon-holed for a long time.
In the mean time, Jack served out
his term working in the mines, and was
released. He started on his way back
to Atlanta afoot, seemingly determined
to lead a better and purer life. Night
6»l.
its a pound. Fertilizers, me;,it and
in he calculates to absorb fully two-
lirds of the entire value of ihe crop
[of the State, in each year. The coun
try looks better than ever before,—
[There is more paint on the houses, bet
ter furniture, better gins, plows and .
, overtook him, however, before he reach
letter seed sowers, better mules, better]
, A ed Atlanta, and he made application to
essed people and a great apparent 1
prosperity ; but the show is a hollow
. far its basis is debt. A fine crop
stimulates to extravagance. There is a
contagion in display, and the simple man
ners of the old time country foks, are
gone. People wdio went to church in a
wagon, now want a carriage. Then,
there are three items on which perse
wring agents drum the whole country,
'I he.se the hopeful farmer .is sure to buy.
They are the clock, the' sewing machine,
and the cabinet organ. All arc sold
on easy time terms. It looks like giv
ing them away, and the farmer wants a
clock for his wife to ^ct dinner by, his
wife needs a sewing machine, and the
daughter as truly needs a good .sweet-
toned orgaW. But where is the money
’or it a 1 ? The crop is poor if the price
The price is qw if the crop is
fine. The soil is the only resource.—
Debt demands cotton. But guano,
corn, meat, a new mule, a buggy, better
.resscs, the organ the machine, to
»av off hands, and taxes, take ev-
ry dollar W hat is the man to do ?—
JeaVly again, certain, conclusions
ave been - reached, The typical
o style farmer, who ci^i't walk to
town,-hut always did ride eveh if tho
to
a kind wayside farmer who, moved at
the fellow’s misfortunes, took him in
and gave him cheer and comfort, and a
night’s lodging.
Alas, for Jack ! Returning to free
dom did not seem to have cured him of
his unruly passion for appropriating
Other people's goods and property to
his own use. He spied the gold watch
of his host, and ere the morning sun
had flashed its ambient beams upon the
pine clad hills and goober groves of his
native State, Jack was wending his
way towards the capital, having in
tov his protector and friend’s gold
watch.
In course of tone Jack was captured,
indicted, tried, found guilty, and sen
tenced to ten years’ haid labor in tho
minos. He was only reinstated into the
duties of his offiee, and had begun to
work out his term.
In the mean time, about a month afier
Jack’s senteuce for stealing the watch,
Governor Stephens came across the “in
fluential” petition asking for his p rdon
for having burglarized tho store. The
governor, whose heart seems to melt
easily at the story of human misery,
signed the pardon audsent it at once to
Col. Phillips, ^vho had charge of Jack’s
squad, informing him that Jack was a
man. Jack was released, and
Atlanta Constitution.
The man who makes salt in New
York or West Virginia is naturally a
protectionist, because the tariff, by
keeping out foreign salt, enables the
home manufacturer to get from the far
mer almost any price he considers it
wise to demand. So with the maker of
cotton or other machinery in New Eng
land with the iron master irt Pennsyl
vania, the silk manufuc urer in New
Je si y. the copper -j.iner of Miclrgan.
he lice punter in South Carolina, the
sugar grower in Louisiana, to the end
of the chapter, including the petty
chemists who have smuggled into the
House hill about fifty addi ional thefts.
If the bill of the ways and means com
mittee, with a l its new swindles, be
come a law, the farmer will pay a pro
tective tax ani whatever more such a
tax implies, on all he wears, on a 1 the
tools he uses, on the sugar and the rice
he consumes in health, and the me ii-
cines that ho takes in sickness. He
cannot read in an hour a bare enumer
ation of the articles which he is com
pelled to pay a heavy tax upon.
What aoes he get in return? He
pays taxes to enrich other sections, par
ticularly to enlarge and make prosper
ous this or that town, but what recom
pense does this man who represents the
backbone of the country, and the basis
of all real properly, what does he gain
to offset the constant drain of customs
taxation ? Take the North Georgia
farmer for an example. His great cash
crop is cotton, which is not protected
at all. The factories to which he pays
bounties do not afford him a mar
ket, for he is compelled to send two-
thirds of his crop abroad.to sell it at all.
He pays taxes on probably twenty ar
ticles which enter into the production
offcptton, and yet his product does not
receive a single advantage in return.—
The,.tariff, in other words, increases the
cost of raising cotton without adding an
iota to its se ling value. The farmer’s
wheat, and corn, and sweet potatoes,
and oats, and mules, and cattle, are all
in the same limbo.
Tlie Jariff does not furnish a market
for any of the products of a Georgia
farm; it does not add one farthing to the
value of farm products of North Gocrgia
and yet it takes from the people of the
State fully §10.000,000 a year ! This
tariff drain of the South for the benefit,
of tho East explains at once why one
is the money lending section and the
other the money borrowing section of
the counlrv.
MASONIC TEMPLE.
Augusta, Ga
Souths n Headquarters
for Fine Iby Goods.
We keep on hand at all times the finest and best assorted stock, and wn
have the most elegant 8 t n re for showing it in all the South. Velvet*,
Plushes, Silks, Satins, Novelties, and everything desirable in Dress Goods.
Fine Hosiery, Ladies, Misses and Gents', Gloves, Laces and Notions gene
rally. Underwear in great variety. Cashmeres, Kerseys, Jeans, Homespuns,
Linen and White Goods. Cloak?, Holman*, Jackets, Ac. Blankets and
Flannels. Everything in the Drj Goods line is in our stock. We offer no
trash, hut on good goods we GUARANTEE PRICES against every
market in the United States. A strictly first-class Dressmaking Department
Orders filled promptly and carefully.
DALY & ARMSTRONG.
is a feature of our business.
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D A Y &
AiiffiisLi,
Carriage Emporium of
T A N N A H I LL,
. ■ ■ Georgia.
plow stops sti 1, wishes to get tho new ,
a jug of whisky, his tobacco, arid talk ! T 1 *"'
I ... , free ......
politics, or ask the prices, or discus tl e , x , .. x
’ ‘ ’ T , . made his way to “Texas, dar'mt, the
. new loan system to farmers. He snenus , i , „ A „ ,, , „
kv , . land of the free and home of the brave.
^Un'-ee days of the- working six in town, , , ... . , , ..
° ’ where he will for years to come dmibt-
■ lnd two out.of the oiler three it .am-, . , ... r ,
■ I . ess tell the story qt . how Governor
“Jr tlie'imturrd is loo v et from rain.— , . , , ...
Stephens inpdd a mistake which guve
him ten years of liberty
Jr the-ground is too v et from rain,—
1 lie yuies right and for the right man,
goes to church, fa ks to the boys at
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night about, w hat he knows, has a good, I , ..Maco.\\ Ga.. Feb. 5.—An unknown
hard-win king wife, educates Lis ohii young woman threw her infant from the
dien better than the o d folks wore ed- oar window this morning, betwi en Ma-
uoated, and is a good citizen. But he 1 con an( j Atlanta, n°ar Frankville, while
never keeps any accounts of money the train was at fu 1 speed. She gut on
spent or made ; he has no sort of idea | a t Macon bound for Atanta. The
what it, oos s to live ; ho has no dup i- child was picked up by the road hands,
cate of the account his store-keeper has 1 (t is bad'y bruised, but it may live.
against him ; he never in his life hoard j —
of a little book to carry in his pocket 1 Mr. R. C. Mi’uor, Sr , of Milner dis-
i» which tho store-keeper enters tho I triet, Harris county, has found a luinu
same charges us in his own hooks; of p Ur e gold on his place. Ami now
he can do a sum in simple interest Mr. Miluer will have to fence his plant
hut he cannot calculate expenses and ation in to keep the prospectors out --
income so as to figure out a balance ; He has been offered $200 for the ten
A SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S TEARS.
the is the kind' st, cleverest man alive,
I neither advanoos u;r leans, neither
aro* n nor guano, will enable him
uvtwtfqy itfriney. This class is a ow-
acres whore the gold mine is supposed
to he located.
The scene on the burned Inman
steamship pi> r yesterday, ihe 3d
inst., would havc grieved any wo
man’s heart. The pier, which is
more than an acre in extent, was pil
ed ten feet deep with the ruins of the
finest dress goods. The fire insu
rance men had been pulling them
about in order to extinguish the
smouldering fires, and had brought,
to the surface goods that were only
partly burned. Mixed up in the
charred heaps were eunyl’s hair
shawl-, lace handkerchiefs, gold em
broider* d curtail s, Axmiiii-ter car
pets, brocH'les, gay chintz >, rolls <4'
heavy black si k, fine laces, ladi'-s'
suit?, Hamburg edgings, and ki«l
gloves. Altogether, some $050,000
worth of ruined goods lay oil tll*‘
pier. Thu-e are who'e-alo rates, and
no duties paid. N ar the entrance
to the pier were scattered the re
mains of many ho k-. An iiisu ;
ranee man pick d up a large revolv j
er. It was estimated that, tip* sal |
vage might come to $50,0,HI. The i
tin-boa*, Manhattan, was busy nl 11
day throwing wat'*r on those parts u!
the tire which were still burning.
There h 'Ve b'en m> inquiri s for
mi-sing men. None arc missing,
and it is not ndieved that any were
lost, a? afi had ample time to e c*pe.
A ci 11 heavy fog clung to tip* pier
ail day. The insurance men warm
ed •themselves about spot? where
the tire smouldered.—N. Y. Sun. j
Finest St"ck and Lowest Prices. II'if
Victoria, Extension T"t>\ Canopy
ps. Rockaways ami Buggies, all
ani grades.
The p-ffer t American Road-Cart. The easie.-t riding and most
two whet! vehicle yet produced. Leads all others. Supersedes all
Three quarter Trotting Wagons. Ladies’ Pluc'om, elegant styles.
Ma’erial. Fine Paints and Varnishes, Sad llery and Fine Harness.
'■r findings. Be>t quality Seamless Gum Belting, pure article. Leather 1
Belting. Laciig. Fine Trunks and Valises. Agents for Wilson, Childs &
Co’s Philadelphia Wagons, the lightest and host.
11 Me 11
A gr e e
That the best is cheapest, and especially is this true in FURNITURE.
Just see some of our prices:
P rl r Sets i?j Hair Cl th, W>d> ut Fr*m° from §35 to $90.
The host Raw Siik -S t for $f>5 * vr off red
Nice Walnut Chamber Sot,-., Marble Top, $55.
Tlqj best Walnut Marble T-'p Set in the market Hr §05.
WE DEFY COMPETITION FROM ANY AND EVERY QUARTER.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE NO SUPERIOR,
ANI) FEW EQUALS, IN THE SOUTH.
Who ever heard of Cane Seat Chairs for seventy-five cents.
Fix tension Tables me Ho! 1 r per loo'.
W«* guarantee satisfaction in every case. .Our stock of
spring Bods D cmpletc. Steam Dress*-'! I'Y.itlit r? alwt
v i"ih picked a d shipp'd free of charge. Up It
brat cites. Our new Catal gue will he i' ndy
At Corsicana, Tex is, the mercury
tel til degrees Saturday in 1 ' 8 than
Subscript!etit* are j'o^t’ivi'ii.v cash twenty hour*.
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