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ARTHUR EVANS,
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
(LATE WITH CHILDS A MOSS,)
L> ESPECTFULLY announces to
King, and i> prepared to do all kinds of repairs on
Wau-hea, Clocks, Jewelry, ate. All work promptly
done and warranted. |Attg. 11—8m.
i’re lucky if it's hog at all, and when
is, there’s nothing but'gristle and
j Jamth) laurttal—gtfcoteb to Jjj
iw, i
lolitics, Stature, Agriculture, ani) 1
|e Jjnkstrial Interests of % Jeo^le.
Three dollars per annum in advance.
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ATHENS, GA. OCTOBER 6, 1871.
VOL. XLI.--N0. 6--NEW SERIEWOI, 4. NO. 50
aimer.
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by s. A. ATKINSON,
a three dollars per annum,
STIlirTLY IN ADVANCE
) (V.*, Broad si., over J. H. Huggins.
IHTKS OP AnVF.UTISIXG.
.dT.rtlwmenls will be inserted at One Dollar and
i(t» Cehn |wr S-juare of 12 lines, forthe lint,and
r«nir-li»e Cents for each subsequent insertion,
,u< time under one month. For a longer period
t>ral contracts will be made.
Business Directory.
tMAIl COBB. A. a KRWIW. IIOWJCLL COMB
COBB. ERWIN & COBB,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW,
MhvUH, U«or|U. iifftce in tb« Deuprec
nlKling-
D. «. CANDLER,
A TTORNEY AT LAW,
7\- Homer, Bank* County. (in. Will practice
i the count ten of liankn, Jackson, Hall, ILUr-
iiu and Franklin.
~ w HI|)K><
\ TTOKNEY AT LAW,
f~\ ami Notary Public, Athens, Os. Will pra<-
lc« in iho Western circuit; will gW* particuiur
aentton t* the collection ofclaints, and will act as
fent f.r lit- imr.-liaM? and sale of real estate and
•ay uses on
Summey & Newton,
RIIOAD -*T.. ATIIBN«s,«2A.
IRON, PLOW STEEL,
STEEL, IIOES,
NAILS, PLOWS,
MILL SAWS, COTTON GINS,
And General Hardware and Cutlery, at
Wholesale and Retail.
.. ‘ . , SUMiTEV * NEWTON
thena, Ga., April 14th. tf No. s Broad SI.
¥M. WOOD,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
F U RNITURE.
a til lands.
janl.ltf
SKELTON 1 SBIDKI L.
T T on N F. Y s AT L A W,
1 Hartwell, II irl County, (ieorgia.
PITTMAN A HINTON,
\^TT OUN F Y S AT L A W
, Je(Tci~.n, Jackson county, Ga.
SAM TEL I*. THURMOND,
A T T O K X F Y A T L A W ,
J-'A. A then., i i.i. D;Ree ,,ti r.r.il afreet, over
Itrry .» .Son 1 . -n„re. Will sue .pedal attention
a wav., in Bankruptcy. Al.o, l<> tlie collection of
il claims entrusted iu hi. care.
J. J. A J. P. ll.KXAMtMI,
("lEALERS IX HARDWARE,
I ■ Iron Steel, Nall., C >rriagc Material, Minins
ideal.’ll., Ac., White i ill.t., Atltola.
M. VAN ESTES,
\TTORNEY AT LAW,
*-.V. Hoiii t, llanka Countv. Ga.
J. It. 'rri.KSKKY.
V T T ()1!X F Y A T L A W .
* V ( arnesvil).-, Franklin countv, <»a. Office
»ttly occupied bvj. F. Langston, Y>q. Uu\
Caaes alwaya
Wareruoms on Ciavton St., next to Episcopal
Church. Sep9 6m. WILLIAM WOOD.
For Sale or Exchange.
I HA YE 300 acres of land in Cle-
burue Co.. Ala., which I will sell cheap, or ex
change ior rwl estate In thia city. There arc 60
acres cleared, 38of it the heat bottom land on Cane
creek, pr.iducing 50 to 75 bushels of corn i*er acre,
and cotton in proportion. The remainder is in
the wtMidft. The unu is 20 miles from the Selma,
Home and Dalton Uailro id, oueand aquarter miles
from the county site, Edwanlsvilte, 6 tuilcs from
the located depot of the Columbus and Cliat-
tauooga Uailroad, and one mile from the route
of the Gritfiu and North Alabama Uailroad
There is an excellent store house (not be
longing to the place), which can be bought or
rented chca.p and is a
Splendid Stand for a Country Store,
Titles indisputable. For further information ap
ply to, or address
Du. J. W. MURRELL,
March 31-3m Athens, Ga.
FirestOe Miscellany.
\\T ANTED—Aa porter in a store,
V V an hoaaat, steady man, who knows hla do
ty, and will do it. Apply, rtr.
BY THOMAS DUNS ENGLISH.
Why, after all, a common want;
’Tis felt in every place and station.
In every corner of the land,
In this—I fear in every nation.
Twas in the journal yesterday—
I call your close attention to it—
“ Wanted, on honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it.”
When lawyers lend thclhselvea-to fraud. It.
Andtffive their brains for highest hiring;
When judges buy and sell the law,
Truckling to mobs, with knaves con
spiring—
Dike exclaims, her altar stained,
As she, and good men round her, view
It—
•* Wanted, an honest man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it.”
Ever since 1850, dr, when they got up
this universal suffrage, things have been
going down, down, down. I never
used to shave anybody then, that was
nobody; and now I hardly ever shave
anybody that is anyabody. Yes, sir,
that 1850 suffrage commenced the
whole thing, and now nothing is like it
used to be. Why sausage, sir, sausage!
The old Virginia luxury! What is it
now f It used to be made out of the
choicest parts of the hog; and now
A. D. FARQUllAR,
Proprietor of Pennsylvania Agricultural Works,
JDflukfiurcr of Imprtmd [YuKK, Pjcnk’a.
wemmm s ^V^S EErs ’
STEEL PLOWS, SHOVEL
PLOW BLADES,
CULTIVATORS.
Hotn-Fovin, Tufesu-
l*o M«CHiSBS,Ae. t Ae.
Sotd for lllastralea Ctialogaa
GROVEIUBAKER
SEWING MAC TUNES!!
I'JiOMIt'MKU THE BEST I'. CSK,
DY ALL WHO HAVE TRIED
I ' them. Tltcne machine*, eilli all the
IMPROVEMENTS
be h.v
AND
ATTACHMENTS,
mantifaciliter** prices, freight
t'iiirJ, at tie
BANNER OFFICE.
NOTICE OF ClIANOE OF SCHEDULE
ON TIIK
GROHGIA UAILROAD.
To Housekeepers.
TUST RECEIVED, a large assort-
f ’ ment of
c-.aX-M^CIXS'NDk/' Elfii,
which we are orteriug at very low prices. All
stores sold by us
WARRANTED IN
EVERY PARTICULAR.
SUMMEY & NEWTON.
E. S. ENGLANB & CO^
^RE NOW RECEIVING THEIR
NEW FALL STOCK!
Selected with care by one of ih* firm, in New
York, to which they invite the attention of their
customer* and the public. They hare a good assort
ment of
STAPlE&FAtfCVDBYGOGDS
GHOf’KHIKH,
PttOVINION*,
IMIIDIOHB.
I'KOI KtillY,
II a i m. pa pm,
BOOT*.
MIlOKa.
And In ahort, everything in the way of
Family and Plantation Supplies,
(U
■, )
tad. >
1. J
AY,
KayertaieMileat'a Offlrr,
lit* >r»I* and llama A t'lm.ta Hallmai!
Align,to !S January 20,1171.
X AND AFTER SUNDA
wry 22d. 187!, the I'antcnger Trains will
I*.y I‘<i**en-jcr Train, Daily, Sunday
Excepted.
l*are AugusU at 8 00a.m.
A limit3 at 10a. in.
Arvrp si Atlanta at 6 30p.ro.
Arrivr at AujiiMa at 40 in.
Sight Passenger Train.
t.o»i A tig ilk tint .8 30 p. m.
U.na Atlsnla.it 10 15 p. ro.
Arrive at Atlanta at 6 40a. in.
Arrivr at Au^ti-ia at 7 30 a. in.
Ilenrlia l\uscngcr Train.
k-avr Augusta at t 15p. ro.
l^avr Kt-r/eluat 7 30 a. ro.
Arrive at Augusta.. „..9 25a. iw.
Arrive at lt« r*« lia ^.6 OOn. ni.
U‘tK l».ir and Night Passenger Trains will make
ti..se t.tuuvcuttu* «t Augusta and Atlanta with
1 r Tiajn* . onnetting roads.
p«si :.g«rs iroiu AtUnt.1, Athens, Washington,
U'ltumr vi Giwnvin K.iilr.ud, liy taking the
*»n Ihy l*rsM :, K er Tniiii will make close connee-
ith Hie M icon l*;i»*v*iiger Train,
v at 7 -to p. iu
i :iil Night Trains.
.6 00 a. in.
7 40 p. 111.
......1 45 p. ni.
v Mw\p ()n Macon K Angnistn Railroad.
1 ■ :.|If h'. rtWt Jan. 23, 1871.
Awju*ia and Macon—Day Pas-
Ocily, Sunday Excepted.
tun'ii”
Arrive At M
Arrivr 4i \
7 Iu l 4 * ^ A ' M ‘ n v>r Train arriving at Macon at
eo’inllr?, reconnect Iona with Trains of
-‘t Macon.
,rat »»g Macsin at 6 a. m., will make
Tram al ( -amak with Up Day Pa*M»ngur
nia ^ Athens, Wnshlu-'ton. and all
***'’• Bhh* n ,?ui ' r>ni: * ,v 1 ' * •» *» 1 n -At-
•S. lv. JOHNSON, SupL
Liiioi al Cash Advances on
COTTOJJ.
GROOVER. STUBBS 1 CO
PESPEGTFULLY inform the
-* V Mcrrlmnlsand planUnof Georaia, Florida
*“•1 Malram,, that their lur^e Fire.Pniof Ware*
*nh» rapacity ofti.ooo hale., la now ready
ri M 'y * l "»-'|' , «f cotton, and that they arc uow pre-
W'~. i, , :1K( . lil.Tal ca»h advances on cotton in
a.iil n> hold a reaaonaM. length of time, chars*
w« hma ntm of lutereat. If y«a want money,
V.. Ur -
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
*1' *-* f Sarannab, C
1 . * '' 4-Mille
Cation
AND v
^mission Merchants
m bAY $T., SA VANNAN, GA.,
91 SO/Tn, AND
. uiZ,Si}!*.BALTIMORE, MD.
r °' made on cunaigniasnta. Agente
lonno. act Mm
‘ >e, <vonr Old Furniture to
... WOOD’S
•wo a ; , .V vIU
ma, 1 'iutrch,and have
VUIE IIOQI, as NEW.
Urrl 2«. Buggy & Wagon
, A'Tbhial
- ■'I'MMEYrNEWTON.
^ Blacking Brushes.
Sl 50 PER DOZEN
N 'EW DRUG STORE.
AT
Will aian 4'oliou at *44 Cenia a Bale
per month.
Wearc.lclermlneil to deal fairly, aelllow, and by
clone attention to huaincas hope to pleuae old custo
mers and make many new ones. aeptlSlf
NEW FALL GOODS.
P ENTER & REAVES have now in
C 1 store and to arrive,
140 tine. Catt’rc,
lOO llnrrcl* hugar,
400 hacks noil,
IO Ton. Iron Tics,
3,000 Itnrds Ragging.
Also a large and.weH-aelecied atock of
STAPLE (iUODS.
hicli we ofler low U» the public for cash or pro
duce. We are also agents lor the celebrated
i:\KVEIt loTTO.V
aug 2.V3m
SHARP & FLOYD, ‘
Successors to Gcorjro Sharp, Jr.,
Newell*?**
AND
A ilanta, Ga.
OFFER n large variety of
FINE WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY,
SILVER WARE,
SPECTACLES,
FANCY GOODS,
FINE BRONZES,
AND STATUARY.
WE HAVE A FULL CORPS OF
f atclp&6!$, Jew illus& ^graver*
Jtlanuraeturt many Fine Gouda
in ourownabop, and arc prepared to FILL AM
OKItKKs for goods or work promptly,
na. All goods engraved fiee of charge-
We make a epocialty or
FOR FAIRS!
and are prepared lo give any information on ap
plication. we guarantee the
LARGEST ASSORTEMNT,
THE FINEST GOODS,
TIIE LOWEST PRICES,
ANDTHEBEST WORK.
Call and see ni.
SHARP & FLOYD,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta.
May 25-1 y
When learned doctors soil their art
By fawning ways and cozening speeches,
By secret shares in nostrums vile,
By stabbing at their brother leeches—
At conduct base and vile as this,
Asklepios cries, as they pursue it—
“ Wanted, an honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it.”
When certain clergymen are found
To wink at sins of rich church membere;
So smother out the t'hristain fire,.
Rather than blow to flame the embers,
St. Peter shakes his keys, and says—
I can’t with half his scorn imbue it—
“ Wanted, an honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it.'
When in al) parties fellows rulo^ * I
Whose place it is to serve in prison ;
When all the veriest scam of earth
Upon the surface has arisen ;
When politics has grown a trade,
And ruffians base alone pursue it—
“ Wanted, an honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it,”
When honest purpose surely falls ;
When honor meets with sneers and jeer-
» n g;
When lanes to go!«l as God are built;
Wheu patient merits lias no hearing;
When sense oi’right is bffirled deep;
Since fraud and wrong and avarice
slew it—
“ Wanted, an honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it”
Oh ! for a leader of the mass
Which tain would bear these things
no longer;
Oh ! for a hand to rend the chain
That every moment grows the stronger!
We die beneath the upas tret—
Is there no axe at hand to hew it ?
“ Wanted, an honest, steady man,
Who knows his duty, and will do it”
Then Lomax drew a long sigh aud
roached our fore-hair: “Coffee? I
haven’t seen any coffee for ten years.
It looks like coffee and it smells like
coffee, but it isn’t coffee, sir, depend
upon it 1”
An Alabama Practical Joke.
For twenty-three years old Jake
Willard has cultivated the soil of
Baldwin county, Alabama, aud drawn
therefrom a support for self and wife.
He fa childless, ffot long ago Jake I culture- -the highest, noblest, and best
left the house in search of a missing employment of Man.
Farm Miscellany.
CloTer and the Grasses.
Mr. President and Member* of the Agri
cultural Cmention of the State of Geor
gia :
I am before you at the request of
your committee, to introduce, by some
brief remarks, the discussion of the in
teresting topic of Clover and the
Grasses.
This topic oompriseses a family of
plants the most extensive, <the most
beautiful, and the most impoortaut to
the human race. % It clothes, beautifies,
and adorns the foot-stool of the Deity
with a carpet of living green. It con
stitutes about the sixth part of the
Vegetable Kingdom. By it, the great
er part of the Animal Kingdom that
serves and ministers to the wants of
Man, is nourished and sustained. The
annual value of the grasses and forage
plants to the country fa probably not
less than five hundred millions of dol
lars. Clover affd the Grasses, there
fore. constitute the true basis of Agri
Old Times.
TTILL d BltYDYE, at the old ee-
11 teblahtd
BAH BE R-SHOP,
on Broad street, over tbo etora of Meeen. J. R. A
L. R. Matthowe, Itave tbo beet and moot attentive
worknwn sad ail tbe modern appllancee for Ml A V-
I XU, nllAXl’OOlNU, UAU-bKOMM, rk. La
dle* and children waited on nt their reeldenoee,
when deatrod. Pari mortem caaee wUl receive drinking at bars.
prompt and careful attention.
July 28.
Carriage, Buggy & Wagon
^ LARGE and well selected assort*
Childs,Dickerson & co.
TIRQJT, STEEL, HARDWARE,
1 NalU. Horn. Axm, Cb^ Kubb ~~
There is an elderly colored gentle
man, a gentleman in every sense of the
word, who holds forth as a tonsorial
professor in the Exchange Hotel, Rich
mond. Lomax Smith is a relic of the
palmy times of Virginia; he regularly
shaved Mr. Madison, John Randolph,
and Watkins Leigh ; he was the cup
bearer, head musiciau, punch concocter,
and, in fact, tho presiding genius of the
Old Richmond Blues” in the days
when George Munford led that rare
command and had under his leadership
the bluest blood of the Ancient Do
minion !
Submitting our face the other morn
ing to the still skillful manipulation of
the venerable Smith, the writer enjoyed
heartily the monopoly with which the
Professor interlarded his “ lather and
shave.”
A nice collection of gentlemen,
sir,” said Lomax, “ this convention at
Assembly Hall; many very genteel and
able persons there, sir. It does me
good to see again in Virgiuia the best
people coming forward to take part in
politics. And, yes, sir, there are some
great men here, too—scattered about
among the hundreds I don’t know; but
—excuse me, sir, turn your face a little
to the left—you can’t remember the
convention of ’29 can you ? Too young!
Yes, yes! Well, there was Mr. Jcems
Madison, and tliat other gentleman,
very smart but mighty flighty, Mr.
Randolph, of Roanoke, and more than
I can call now. You hate got big men
here to-day, but God bless my soul,
sir; they was all giants then; there
wasn’t an humble individual here.—
Giants, sir, giants, every one.”
And Lomax strapped his razor,
turned our head gently and began
again;
“ And how did they come here, sir ?
Omnibusses, hacks? Not they! Pri
vate carriages, private servants; and
every one had a square mahogany box,
with silver mountings; in this were
four square bottles trimmed with vines
and leaves in gold; one held old pine
apple rum, one brandy and honey,
peach and honey, sir, oue Sherry, and
one Madeira. No whisky—and no
The case was in ev
ery delegate's room, with the key put
away, but”—and here Lomax thought
fully and suggestively drew his razor
through the palm of an honest hand—
rimritoiwfi hms wtaa tfc hy
teas, sir. Yes, sirl .and shaving then
Was fifty cents. No change! Those
were days. Why nothing now is as
cow. His route led him through au
old, woru-out patch of clay land of
about six acres in extent, in the center
of which was a well twenty-five or thir
ty feet deep, aud at some time, prob
ably, had furnished the inmates of a
dilapidated house near by with water.
In passing by this spot, au ill wind
lifted Jake’s “ tile” from his head, and
maliciously wafted it to the edge of the
well, and in it tumbled.
Now, Jake hail always practiced the
virtue of economy, and he immediate
ly set about recovering the lost hat.—
He ran to the well, uncoiled the rope
which he had brought for the purpose
of capturing the truant cow, and.aftcr
several attempts to catch the lmt with
a noose, he concluded to save time by
going down into the well himself. To
accomplish this, he made fast one end
of the rope to a stump hard by, and
was quickly on hfa way down the
well.
It fa a fiict, of which Jake was no
less oblivious than the reader hereof,
that Ned Wells was in the dilapidated
building aforesaid, and that an old,
blind horse, with a bell on his neck,
who had been turned out to die, was
lazily grazing within a short distance
of the well.
The devil himself or some other
wicked spirit put it iu Ned's cranium
to have a little fun; so he quietly slipp
ed up to the horse, and unbuckling
the bell strap, approached with slow,
measured “ ting-a-ling” the edge of the
well. * . -
“ Dang that blind horse,” said Jake,
he’s a cornin’ this way sure, and liaint
got no more sense than to fall in here.
Whoa, Ball!”
But the continued approach of the
ting-a-ling,” said just as plainly as
words that “ Ball” wouldn’t whoa.—
Besides, Jake was at the bottom rest
ing, before trying to “ shin it” up the
rope.
“Great Jerusalem!” said he, “ the
old cuss will be a top of me before
can say Jack Robinson. Whoa 1 dang
you, whoa 1”
Jast then Ned drew up to the edge
of the well, aud with hfa foot kicked a
little dirt into it.
“ Oh, Lord!” exclaimed Jake, fall
ing on hfa knees at the bottom, “ I’m
gone now; whoa!—w-h-oa, Ball 1
Oh, Lord, have mercy on me."
Ned could hold in no longer, and
fearful that Jake might suffer from
hfa fright, he revealed himself.
Probably Ned didn’t make tracks
with hfa heels from that welL Maybe
Jake wasn’t up to the top in short or
der ; and you might think lie didn’t
try every night for two weeks to get a
shot with his rifle at Ntd. Maybe
not
Be Doing Something.
There are not a few persons in the
world who pretend to be anxious to ac
complish something, but are constantly
bemoaning their lack of opportunity.
The best thing for such people, and in
fact for every body, fa to determine to
accomplish something useful and ben
eficent eveiy day. Without work
there fa little progress. The sum of
many Says intelligent work will not be
inoonaiderable. Do not hesitate too
long. Go to work at the thing which
lies near your hand. Sydney Smith
very; wisely said: “ A great deal of
talent is lost to the world for ..the want
of a little courage. Every day sends
to the grave a number of obscure men
who have only remained in obscurity
because their timidity has prevented
them from making a first effort, and
who, if they could only have been in
duced to begin, would in all probabili
ty have gone great lengths in the career
of fame. Tim fiict fa, that in order
to do anything in this would worth
doing, we must not stand shivering on
the bank, thinking of the cold and
danger, but jump in and scramble
through as well as we can. It wOl not
do to be perpetually calculating risks
and adjusting the chances.”
In the Northern and Middle portions
of the United States the climate fa cold,
bleak, and inhospitable for nearly half
the year, and the sheltering and stall-
feeding of stock fa a stern, inflexible
necessity. There, the culture of Clo
ver and the Grasses mainly occupies
the farmer’s attention. In these cold
climates they are necessarily confined
to a very limited sphere of production.
To the Northern farmer, therefore, the
great economical poiut is, to secure
enough food during the short Summer
months to sustain animal life during
their long, cold Wiuters.
Our home is iu geuiul old Georgia—
“ The sunny land, the sunny land,
Where Nature hath displayed
Her tinest works with lavish hand
In hill, and vale, and glade ;
Her streams flow on in melody
Through fair and fruitful plains.
And from the mountains to the sea
Beauty, with Plenty, reigns.”
Here, iu Georgia, we have a soil aud
climate capable of every variety of pro
duction. We can make auy and eve
rything that can be made North,
South, East, or West of us, and that,
too, to a great degree of perfection.—
With the exception of ice and a few of
the tropical fruit3 proper, we can have
universality of production. This
universality of production, aud the
boundless recources which Nature has
placed within our reach, have had, as
yet, but a partial development. This
has been the legitimate effect of cir
cumstances and surroundings.
Hitherto, under the old Constitution,
the Agriculturists of Georgia gave but
little attention to the culture of the
valuable grasses. Their cultivation
was less a necessity of plantation man
agement at the South, than of farm
occupation at the North.
******
Whether we accept, politically, the
situation or not, as Agriculturists we
must adapt ourselves to circumstances.
Our lands must be recuperated, and
the waste places built up. We must,
and will, make ourselves the masters of
the situation. Such fa, at present, the
state of the cultivated area of the South,
that the recuperation and prevention
of the soil from washing and exhaus
tion fa not a matter of choice, but one
of imperative necessity. This must be
done by a permanent grau-eovering of
the soil.
Our Northern frieuds have assumed
the point that in the sunny South this
cannot be attained by any possible
means. They very gravely assert and
publish to the world that experiment
has very satisfactorily proved the im
possibility,of carrying the English and
Northern Grasses (so-called) under the
excessive temperatures found in the
Southern States. They assert that
the normal range of the Grasses fa not
South; that their native climates are
North, and that we of the South live
outside of the climatological limit of
grass culture. They assert that we
liave not sufficient moisture. What
are the facts as to the rain-guoge in
the different localities of earth ? The
annual fall of rain near London fa only
a little over twenty-five inches; at Bos
ton, a little over forty-two indies; at
Savannah, Georgia, over fifty-three
inches. Every farmer knows that a
moist Spring, with rains evenly distrib
uted over the months of April, May
and June, will insure the most luxu
riant crops of grass. and Kay.' He
knbws that a dry, cold Spring fa fatal
to their rapid and healthy development,
and that be must, in such a Spring,
expect a comparatively small crop of
grass. These are facts faufiliar to eve
ry one. The State of .Georgia has
been, this year, a living epistle of this
fiict—known aud read of all of us—
and yet, it fa gravely asserted by our
Northern friends that grass will not
grow in Georgia.
An equable climate fa best adapted
to the successful growth of the Grasses
and Clover. The extremes of cold
and heat are certainly greater in the
Northern and Middle States than with
us.
The simple reason why the valuable
Grasses and Clover have not been gen*
erally introduced in the 8outh fa, that
their cultivation was less a necessity of
plantation management with slave la
bor at the South, than of farm occupa
tion at the North with free labor.
I assert here to-day, in your pres
ence, that the valuable or tame Grasses
can bees successfully and profitably
grown in.JigiddlftGeorgfaas to compare
favorably with any section of the Cra
ted States. I hereby testify to you,
not only that which I have seen, but
to that which I have done.
Soon after the war I became fully
satisfied, under our changed circum
stances, that, to revolutionize our old
system of planting, and to master the
situation as Agriculturists, it was a
point of stern, uncompromising neces
sity that the culture of the tame or
valuable Grasses and Clover should be
successfully introduced iuto our State.
With my head and heart determined
ou this point, I went to work in the
Spring of 18GS. I did not go into the
work on n very extensive scale, but on
a scale sufficiently large to establish a
success—failure not being in roy agri
cultural dictionary. I had but little
encouragement from any one, and my
ideas were regarded as chimerical and
visionary by my wife, children, neigh
bors, and friends. I then, however,
felt that, if success should crown my
effort, of which I had no doubt, I
should have accomplished a great aud
good work, and a work which would
result in lasting benefit to the good
people of my native State.
On the 29th day of February, 1868,
I seeded some ten acres of wheat with
Red Clover seed, using about seven
pounds to the acre. In November,
1868,1 seeded down fifteen acres with
the following mixture alone, viz: five
and a half pounds Red Clover, five
pounds Timothy, four pounds Herd’s-
Grass, four pounds Orchard Grass,
and three pounds Blue Grass to the
acre.
Thsee experiments embraced upland,
lowland, hillsides, and woodlands.—
The land was tolerably well prepared
with plow and harrow, and seeded
down by myself and a friend—neither
of us ever before having had any per
sonal experience in such business—with
the following result. I forbear to
make my representation in my own
language. The success which crowned
my efforts must be stated in the lan
guage of others. The following state
ments, received from very intelligent
aud reliable geutlemen, about May 1st.
1869, fully attest a decided success.—
B. E. Spencer, Esq., writes:
I have resided in this (Greene)
county for about forty years, but have
never before seen a practical test of the
growth of the different grasses for hay
iu this section of the country till 1
walked through your fields; and being
a native of Connecticut, and having
lived with a practical farmer of that
State some seven or right years of my
life who cultivated all these grasses ex
cept Blue Grass, I had the opportuni
ty of seeing and examining the grasses
in all their stages, from the time they
came up till they were cut down and
made into hay. My recent visit to
your plantation, lying on the waters of
Fishing Creek, in this county, where I
had the pleasure of seeing Red Clover,
Blue Grass, Herd’s-Grass, Timothy,
and Orchard Gross, fully convinces me
that they can be grown as successfully
here—especially on your lands and
those contiguous—os in any of the
Northern or Eastern States. Your
field of Clover which was sown on
February ‘29th, 1868, I found to be
fully hip-high, just commencing to
bloom, and nearly ready for cutting.—
My judgineut fa, that the field would
yield, the present cutting, two tons to
the acre. In your two other fields,
mixed with Clover, Herd’s-Grass, Tim
othy, Blue Grass, and Orchard Grass,
sown. in November, 1868, I found
growing beautifully. They will do to
cut this season—the first year—and
will yield an abundant crop. I, there
fore, give it as my opinion, that all
kinds of grasses suitable for hay or
pasturage not only mature earlier in
the season in this dimate by one month
at least, but they grow higher, and will
yield more hay to the acre and more
pasture through the year. I believe
when known, must greatly enhance the
value of land in Middle-Georgio, for it
demonstrates tbe fact that, in addition
to corn, wheat, oats, barley, cotton,
&c., the Grasses and Clover can be
grown here as successfully as in the
Northern and Western States.”
Dr. H. H. Tucker, President of
Mercer University, writes:
“ I have seen several fields of Clover
on the plantation of Dr. Thomas P.
Janes, in Greene county, Georgia, and
consider the growth fnUy equal to the
best I ever saw in any of the Northern
Stqtes. From this and other experi-
ments that have come under ray ob^
serration, I have no doubt, that any
of the Grasses can be raised here with
complete success, and with great profit
in Middle-Georgia.'
Dr. H. M. Burns, of the “ Greens
boro Herald,” Jane 8, 1869, confirms
these statements.
Messrs. Jdhn E. Jackson, and Thos.
S. Miller—farmers—July 20th, write:
“ We have been careful observers of
your experiments in Clover and the
Grasses—Herd’s Grass, Timothy, Or
chard Grass, and Blue Grass—from
the Spring of 1868, down to date,
20th July, 1871. You were very suc
cessful iu obtaining a stand in wheat,
and you seeded the Grasses down on
bottom land, upland, hillside, and low
land. The growth, in all localities,
has beed very fine and luxuriant.
You commenced mowing in the Spring
of 1869, and have usually gathered
two crops of hay every year since; and
sometimes a crop of rowen. Our judg
ment fa, that you have put in your
barn, each year.since, not less than
four tons per acre, of good, sweet hay 1
Clover and the Grasses do certainly
grow large and more luxuriantly on
your place than we have seen north of
this locality. The specimens which
you have of the first and second crops
of the present year, 1871, are fair
specimens, and are not unduly select
ed.
“ Iu the fall of 1869, Mr. Jackson
visited Northwestern Georgia, looking
at lands. In no locality there, not
even on the Etowah, or Coosa Rivers,
did he sec any lots of Clover as good as
Dr. Janes.” Mr. Miller has spent
sometime in the Valley of Virginia,
and North, and has never seen Clover,
anywhere, superior to Dr. Janes’.
“We have carefully observed a lot
of corn planted this year in Clover-sod,
on what was a poor hill top, where
Clover was set the Spring of 1868, in
wheat, no other manure or fertilizer
being used. We were forcibly struck
with the size, dark green color, and
luxuriant growth of the same, and are
satisfied that Clover fa the best, cheap
est, and most profitable fertilizer, and
renovator of our old exhausted lauds.
We have not overstated facts, for we
testify to that which we have seen;
that Clover and the Grasses can be
grown as successfully here as elsewhere.
It fa no longer experiment—but suc
cess ! Your enterprise on this most
interesting point, will result in untold
benefit to the people of our noble State
of Georgia. ,
“ We have this morning, July 20th,
1871, measured and weighed the cured
hay from a fraction less thau one-fourth
of an acre, (1,203 yards) and the re
sult fa as follows—5,208 pounds of
good, sweet, well cured hay, ready for
the barn. There was a very heavy
storm of wind and rain a few days be
fore the Clover was out, which caused
it to bed very badly. Hod that not
been the case, we believe that fully ten
tons, per acre, of hay would have been
grow during the Summer months.
It'these are' kept inclosed during
the Summer months, horses, mules,
cattle an t sheep will keep fat aud
require no other food, without the
costly covering of a barn or any shel
ter, and with nothing given them but
a little salt, they will do their own
mowing and stock-raising. Thera fa
no region on the globe, which affords a
better prospect of more rapid fortune
in stock-raising, dairy farming, and
wool-growing than in Georgia, climate
markets, and facilities for summer and
winter gracing considered.
As to the best kinds of Clover amf
Greases, I will cay but little. There
an many valuable Clovers and Gras
ses, some of which are native. The
verdict of the jury has been rendered
upon the valuable Clovers and Grasses,
which I have mentioned. Their value
fa not debatable. It fa, however, aa
indisputable proposition that any soil
will yield a large and more nutritious
crop if sown with several kinds of nu
tritious grasses, than when sown with
only one species. As to ihe time of
seeding, 1 would say, that poiut de
pends largely on the seasons. L£ we
have a very dry Fall aud warm moist
Spring, it would be better to seed down
in the months of February, March or
April. If the Spring fa very cold, late
and dry, aud the Fall is seasonable, if
would be best to sow in September,
October, or November. I think it best
to divide the point, sow some in tho*
Spring, and again in the Fall.
Mr. President, I am fearful that I
have detained you already too long.—
I must be brief. I must not say all that
can be said about Clover and thoGzas--
ses, being appointed only to introduce
the topic.
In conclusion, I would respectfully
suggest that oue of the greatest diffi
culties with us lies in our old and er
roneous system of agriculture. The
cutting down and wearing out system,
we have reduced to an absurdity.—
We must, and we will abandon it.—
King Cotton, with hfa golden glare,
has dimmed our eyes to the full value
of our. lands for other, more profitable
and noble purposes. The Author of
our being baa bestowed upon the peo
ple of the South the finest soil and cli
mate under the sun. The varied pro
ducts and extensive resources which
Nature has placed within our grasp,
must be developed. We must diver
sify and dignify labor, and give to the
earth wise and proper culture, and that
care to diversified products which would
make us the most independent, as well
as the most luxurious and happy peo
ple on earth. We must develop ouo-
reaources and burdened stores of
wealth. Such fa, at present, the con
dition of the cultivated area of the
South, that it fa the first, the highest
point of importance, that we should
have a premanent gran toveriug of th»i
soil. The point obtained, and we w3T
then have the best cotton, the best
clover and grass, the best grain-grow
ing, the best stock-raising aud dairy
farming, the best woool-growing, the
best mineial and manufacturing coun
try, and we will be tho richest, happi
est, and most independent people on
earth.
The great difficulty with us, fa to
begin. Well begun is half well done.
The moment any real improvement fa
begun in earnout, interest fa excite^
mutual activity fa increased, the desire
for improvement becomes a passion,
and though the beginnings may be
small, tbe end will be the grand con-
crops during the year, besides a crop
of rowen."
Professors S. P. Sanford and W. G.
Woodfin, of Mercer University, write:
“ We saw everywhere on your lot a
good stand of Clover, and a luxuriant
and vigorous growth, and we plucked
some branches which had grown to the
hight of forty-six and a half inches.—
We are pleased to notice that your
Herd’s-Grass, Orchard Grass, and
Timothy, Ac., are not at all inferior
to yoqr Clover. Your experiment,
secured tho present (season) cutting of 8U,nmatioa of h '« he,it “ d
the Clover. We confidently state, West destiny on earth.
that we have no doubt, that five tons
of good hay, per acre, have been gath
ered from this field of Clover, at two
cuttings, the present year. Dr. Janes
has proved, beyood a doubt, that Clo
ver and the Grasses, can be, not only
successfully, but profitably grown in
this section.”
Mr. President and gentlemen, you
have here statements as to tbe result of
my experiments, represented to you by
honorable and intelligent gentlemen,
and in their own language. This fa
the fourth year of the experiment—no
longer an experiment I have given
to you the proof, the quod end demon-
straidum.
Here, 1 present you with specimens
of this years’ growth, first crop Clover,
Timothy, Herd’s Gnus, Orchard
Grass, out about the first of June,
1871. And here, a specimen of
Clover, second crop, cut 19th July,
that you can safely count two field- 1871. And, ben, I show you a speci
men of native Herd's Grass, to the
manor born, grown on a pasture of my
bottom land. The seed from which
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
Convention, I have humbly .endeavord
to perform my duty in briefly discuss
ing. the topic assigned ine by your com
mittee. 1 have introduced Clover and
the Grasses, successfully, into Middle-
Georgia—specimen* of which, I here
by present to your earnest and inteti-
gent body. With thanks for your
kind attention, I leave the subject
with you.
Thos. P. Jawks.
Greene county, Georgia, 1871.
The Rapid Growth of Fall River.
The Providence Journal furnishes
some interesting statistics respecting
tiie material progress of Fall River,
which has been quite remarkable.—
In the ten yean from 1860 to 1870,
the population increased from thir
teen to twenty-seven thousand. Since
1870 the rate of progress has been
still-great, and steps have already been
taken, which will go very far toward
doubling the population of the city.—
Including the additions to the mill*,
already in operation, and the mills
this specimen was grown, was not sown : either now in process of building or
by me; but the Herd’s Grass was grow- about to be commenced, (he whole
ing there before I began ray experi
ment in 1868.
I have French Clover of twenty
years standing. It does just as well
here as in France. Any of the Clo
vers will do as well here; on rich up
lands, Blue Grass, Meadow Oat Grass,
Orchard Grass, and Vernal Grass,
number of spindles that will be add
ed to those now running amounts to
4)15,000, making the whole number
tint will be in operation when the new
n. ills are completed, 1,008,237.
All these mentioned am designed
for the manufacture of cotton cloth.
Steps have also been taken for the
erection of a bagging mill, which will
turn out 2,pOO bags per day.
