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PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
It. 23. JONES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELBEftTOS, GA.
Special attention to the collection of claims, [ly
3/, J. GABTKELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ATLANTA] GA,
PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES Clß
cuit and District Courts at Atlanta, and
Supreme and Superior Courts of the State.
SHANNON & WOSLEY,
ATT ORNEYS A T LAW,
ELBERTON, GA.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF
the Northern Circuit and Franklin county
JKSffSpccial attention given to collections.
J. S. BAKIWI3TY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELBEBTGS, GA.
JOSIN T. OSBORN,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSEItoR AT L‘AW,
ELBEHTON, GA.
IEE PRACTICE IN SUPERIOR COURTS
VV and Supremo'Court. Prompt attention
to the collection of claims'. ucvl7,ly
GLBEIITON BUSINESS CARDS.
~t7j. bowma^TcoT
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
ELBERTON CIA.
WILL attend to the business of effecting
sales and purchases of REAL ESTATE
as Agents, on REASONABLE TERMS.
li'if Applications should be made to T. J.
BOWMAN. Scpls-tf
LIGHT CARRIAGES & BUGGIES.
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J. F. ATIX.L)
(SAIIRIACE TOAiU'FACT’ii
BULBISRTON, GEORGIA.
WITH GOOD WORKMEN !
LOWEST PRICES!
CLOSE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO
BUSINESS, and an EXPERIENCE
OF 27 YEARS,
i!e hopes by honest and fair dealing to compete
any other manufactory.
Good Buggies, warranted, - $125 to 0160
REPAIRING AND BLACKSM[THING.
jW'drk done in this line in t very host style.
Tho Host 1-iariiOßS
TERMS CASH.
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TILL REAL LIVE
Fashionable Tailor,
Up-Stairs, ovor Swift & Arnold’s Storo,
ELBERTON, GEORGIA.
CO"(Jail and See Him.
THE ELBEUTON
DRUG STORE
H. 0. EDMUNDS, Proprietor,
lias always on hand a full line of
Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines
Makes a specialty of
STATIONERY an,,
PERFUMERY
A new assortment of
WRITING PAPER & ENVELOPES
Plain and L ncy just received, including a sup
ply o! LEGAL CAP.
CIGARS AND TOBACCO
of all varieties, constantly on hand.
F. A. F. MBLBTT,
m&mi& aiMON,
ELBERTON, GA.
Will contract for work in STONE and BRICK
anywhere in Elbert and Ilart counties. [jetG-Cm
w. c/presley,
saii eii m
ELBJSIi'rOPSf, GA.
Will make first class harness to order, war
ranted, and at prices to suit the times.
Will be glad to show specimens of liis work
to parties, and no harm is done if ho work is
wished.
Rcpaiidng Done Promptly.
F. W. JACOBS,
HOUSE i SIGH PIIHTER
Glazier and Grainer,
ELBERTON, GA.
Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Guaranteed
PEASE’S
PA LACK DINING ROOMS,
ATI. i XTA, BORGS A.
The Champion Dining Saloon of the South
EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO CALL
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ISTcw Scries.
THE NOMINATION.
The convention which mat in Atlanta
last Wednesday for the purpose of mak
ing a nomination for Governor was tho
most general meeting of tho people pro
bably ever known in Georgia. Every
county, except Towns, was represented
A temporary organisation was effected
by calling Hon. George F. Pierce to the
chair, who made a few graceful and ap
propriate remarks upon being conducted
to the stand. Messrs. E. ]?. Speer, A.
M. C. Russell, Hinton Wright and C.W.
Seidel were requested to act as secreta
ries.
A committee of two from each Con
gressional district was appointed on per
manent organisation. The.commit! ero
ported tho following permanent organi
tion :
President—Clifford Anderson of Bibb.
Vice-I residents—-Ist dist.—J. J.Jones,
of Burke,
2d dist.—Arthur Hood, of Randolph.
3d dist.—C. C. Kibbee, of Pulaski.
4th dist.—Charles Redd, of Muscogee.
sth dist.—S. B. Brown, of Houston.
6th dist.—J P. Sims, of Newton.
7th dist.—Albert Hackott, of Catoosa.
Bth diet. —J. B. Cumming, Richmond.
9th dist.—C. S. Wellborn, of Union.
Secretary—J. D. Waddell, of Cobb.
Assistants—Hinton Wright, of Ful
ton, E. P. Spoor of Spalding, and C. VV.
Seidel, of Hart.
Hon Clifford Anderson made a hand
some address oh taking the chair.
Sam Weil, of Fulton, withdrew the
name of John H. James, and said that,
it appealing that Alfred Colquitt was
the unanimous choice of the people cf
Georgia, lie therefore nominated Gen.
A 11. Colquitt, and hoped the conven
tion would nominate him by acclama
tion.
H. G. Wright, of Richmond, said that
tho delegation of his county had been
pledged to a man whose narno was
known throughout tho State as a states
man. 11 is name would not come before
tho convention, as it was evident that
the voico of the people called for Gene
ral Colquitt as tho man to fill the gu
bernatorial,l chair. He seconded ike -:xi
ination of'General Colquitt, and hoped
•ho would bo nominated by acclamation,
and withdrew tho name of Judge 11. V.
Johnson from before the convention ■
Mr Shewmake, of liiehgßMNfcjjhon
took the stand and read a. rSPi':®--
ivjm Judgh Johnson ~z&.
whii l*o 'gubKsftiM-Ta'Tru U.-kette hSxt
woek
The motion to nominate Gen Colquitt
by acclamation was put, and in answer
to it one great shout of aye arose, and
Alfred H. Colquitt was declared the
nominee of tho Democratic party of
Georgia for Governor. Then ensued a
sceno of wild enthusiasm, Hats were
hurled in tho air ; men shook each other
by tho hand, and ladies in the gallories
waived their handkerchiefs and joined in
the general joy. The enthusiasm was
intense and did not subside until tho
convention adjourned.
A committee of one from each Con
gressional district was appointed to in
form General Colquitt of his nomination.
Gen Colquitt was brouht into the con
vention, and on being introduced by the
President, sakL
Fhm.ow Democrats— Tbe. conventional ex
pression of gratitude which is looked for upon
such an oecassion, makes myjirescnt task a dif
ficult one. The kindness and the unanimity of
the support which has been given me, and which
f ias taken the form you have this day rendered
in the highest council known to our party, so
ar exceeds my deserts that it places me under
obligations I shall in rain attempt to express.
Surely no one over had greater reason for thanks
and gratitude for the manner in which he has
been treated than I have on this occasion. It is
duo to myself and just to you to say that
while I live I shall remember with the profound
est sense of gratitude your exhibition of favor
and confidence, and if I shall by the voice of
the people be called to official station, it will
nerve me to tho utmost effort to serve tho State
and meet the expectation of too partial friends.
I have especially felt the compliment of this
nomination, in view of the warmly-championed.
candidacy of a number of distinguished fellow
citizens for the great responsibility. The char
acter, the merits, the abilities and tho service
of these gentlemen entitled them to tho exalted
honor for which they were pressed. In these
sentiments I heartily concur, .and accept the re
sult in my own favor in no vain conceit that it
is a tribute to superior excellence.
I diffidently take the standard of the parly,
distrustful of ray powers, and only strong in
the purity of my intentions and the earnestness
of my purpose to serve iny t State, if elected/'
faithfully' and efficiently.
But I know you, my' 1 fiends, well enough to
be fully aware that you expect me o give <x
p essiou io my appreciation of your kindness to
d y , more in acts than in words. What 1 prom
ise new, is not in my character and person as
mi .individual only, but as a repress ntativo
Democrat, m. uc such by your distinguished
favor.
Tho opening campaign is one big with inter
ests of stupendous magnitude. Tho issues on
our side ore peace, fraternity, honesty in office,
unfettered industry, an even chance to all, and
a purer political conscience in all.
We a?e confronted with a great party who
practically, if not avowedly say, they art for
sectional hate and agitation, who recognize no
union with one-third of the people of these
States, if that union is based on free thought
and political equality, who legislate as the vin
dictive passions of the hour may prompt, who
say that place and power under our government
are party chattels, whose fruition of office is in
vain if office-holders are lobe held down to the
fiirar.d legal emoluments cf their places, and
who preach:the degrading political economy that
men roust have, their living out of government
charities.
As Georgians and Democrats our programme
will prove an easy one. Since the war we have
honestly sought peace. Through all the trials
and Protean hues and shapes of reconstruction we
1 ave honestly meant peace. Let the recorded
facts of our history prove it. On tlie hustings,
from the pulpit and forum, from the bench, les
sons of charity and harmony between all classes
and races of our population have been incul
cated. With pride and' defiance wo poitd the
1 ng' tutor of ’domestic strife to the relations of
ESTABLISHF.D 1859.
BLBEETOI, GEOMSIA, AUGUST 9,1876.
the races in our State. In all respects, when
wo claim rights under the law, do they enjoy
them. No right, no privilege, no aid that a good
citizen can claim or ask will ever be denied
w hile the State is in the Hands of the Democratic
party.
This has been specially true of tho rule of the
Democracy of Georgia, and the present admin
istration has illustrated it. The lraternuation
of the warring sections, the reconciliation of a
divided people, the restitution of the govern
ment to sound consiituti mal principles, the en
couragement of new and creative industries, the
enforcement of law and order, tho indulgence
of a just and humane policy to the colored race
and a liberal spirit of erlightcd nationality.
A’l of these have bien and should continue to
be the unmistakable and crowning character
istics of a representative Democratic adminis
tration of the great State of Georgia.
I am her*, now not only 'o thank you, but to
unite i:s l!i : s public way, mv pledges to your
own, that what can he done to uphold true lib
criy, fraternity, peace, economy, industry and
the noblest elements of our enlightened and
progiv: ive con : weal ill, t lie Democratic party
of Gcorgi t intend to accomplish under tne favor
of Providence.
Tho Genorol retired amidst tho great
est enthusiasm.
A. R. Lawton, of Chatham, and J. V/.
Wofford, of Bartow, wore elected as the
electors for tho State at large, and tho
following gentlemen were announced
and-elected as district electors :
Ist dist.—A. M. Rogers, of Burke;
alternate, T. E. Davenport, of Glynn.
2d dist.—R. E. Cannon, of Clay; al
ternate,'James M. Seward, of Thomas.
3d dist.—J. M. DuPree, of Macon; al
ternates, W. 11. Harrison, of Stewart.
4th dist—W. O. Tuggle, of Troup;
alternate, E. M. Butt, of Marion.
stb dist.—F.D. Dismule,of Spalding;
alternate, W. A. Shorter, of Fulton.
6tli dist.—Frank Chambers, of Wilk
inson ; alternate, M. D. McEibbee, of
Butts.
7tli dist.—L. N. Trammell, cf Whit
field; alternate, Hamilton Yancoy, of
Floyd.
Bth dist.—D. M. Pußose, of Wilkes;
alternate, T E. Eve, of Columbia.'
9th dist —J. N. Dorsey, of Hall; al
termite. F. L. Haralson, cf White.
The convention adjourned Wednes
day night, after a harmonious session.
GO FOE HIM.
He’s a poor, hard working man, try
ing to pay Lis honest debts and support
hisdamily by honest toil, but go for him,
because ho oonnofc pay a few
Help him PwS’amWwi rob
bed a bank, or made 'an assignment,
lives 'in a fine-mansion and walks the
streets leisurely in enjoyment,'life, while
his wife and children are deprived of
none of tho 'luxuries of wealth or the
enjoyments of society. ’Help him!
He’s smart—an enterprising business
man, and it’s a pity he’s robbed his cred
itors. Don’t say anything to hurt Lis
tender feelings, nor expect' him to soil
his delicate fingers by toil. He com
pounded with creditors at 25 or 30 per
cent., and now lives in luxurious ease, an
honored, respected citizen, and a prom
inent man in the church!
Go for him! Tie’s poor—he is trying
to pay cent for cent with interest, and
his hands are hardened by toil—his wife
and children feel tho pinchings of pov
erty and tho tightness of tho times—he
lives in a small house and fares scantily,
but it is as good as he deserves—he has
no business to be poor nor honest. He’s
a fool for not robbing a bank, or stealing
from those who havo trusted him in
prosperous days. He ought to be poor!
Go for him ! Keep him down, pile upon
him such a weight of obloquy and pecu
niary embarrassment that ho will never
be able to rise,
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A Gentleman of Jursey City ha3
taken the Fourth of July decorations
from liis house and sealed them up in a
packet, which is to be oponed by his
descendants in order that the same
decorations may be used by them in
1976.
Two card-playing friends were passing
through a pine forest, when one asked
the other this audacious conundrum:
“Why cannot the proprietor of this
forest fell his own timber “Because
no one is allowed to cut whan it is his
own deal.”
♦
A Hopeful contemporary remarks:
./Our government has lived one hundred
years, despite sixteen years radical rule,
and any government that can stand that
need havo no fear whatsoever of perish
i inr ”
+ +
During the session of a County Court
in the interior, a witness was asked if
he. was not a husbandman, when ho
coolly replied, amidst tho laughter of the
Court, “No, sir ; I’sc not married."
When ladies entered a crowded car
on the recent excursion from Augusta to
Toeoa the only man who offered stand
ing feminity a scat was a Chinaman.
Two men have been brought to New
Orleans from Baton Rouge charged with
a conspiracy to prevent a parish Judge
from exorcising his functions.
—
The letter carriers use bushel baskets
in bringing Governor Tilden’s mail, and
there are relays of telegraph boys.
The army worm lias made its appear
ance in Albania and threatens the de
struction of the cotton crop.
<££&♦
Arthur Morso, son of Professor Morse,
agod 27, fall from the platform of a New
Orleans ear and was killed.
THE HOUSE EEPOITS OF THE COMMIT
TEE ON NATAL AFFAIES.
The summing up of the report of the
majority is as follows:
Upon a full review of tho facts, your
committee present to the House that in_
the administration'of tho naval service,
during the last seven years, the law has
been disregarded and violated in the let
ting of contracts, in tho purchase of
supplies, in tho destruction and sale of
property belonging to the naval service,
in the failure to convert into the Treas
ury the proceeds of sales of property,
in the expenditure and disbursement of
the appropriations made for the support
of the navay, in tho application of the
sums appropriated for that branch of
tho public service, in exceeding tho ap
propriations made by Congress forgiven
fiscal years, in involving t'.a Government
for the future payment of money in ex
cess of the appropriation, made to that
department; in making contracts and
purchases, the same not being authorized
by lav/, and no appropriation adequate
to their fulfillment of laborers and me
chanics upon other consideration than
skill and a necessity for snob labor, in
the assessment of employes for sum's of
money to be used for political purposes;
in failing to exact bonds from contract
ora, and the failure to enforce the penal
ties of such bonds in cases cf default;
in the employment of persons to receive
and pay money for the use of the naval
service on foreign stations ; in tho ille
gal disposition of tho public funds ; in
failing to make report to Congress as
directed by the law, and ir. failing to ex
act fidelity in the execution and admin
istration of the law by subordinates,
whereby corruption and a system of
corruption has grown up in tho adminis
tration of the revenues {intrusted 'to the
control and direction of the Secretary
of the Navy, which, from the peculiarity
of its character, and the cunning of its
continuance, must hereafter be known as
“Gattplism,” This system of corruption
is likely to affect thejj entire machinery
and credit of the Government, and
should be checked, and in tho most
vigorous manner rebuked- In vain else
would be all our previous legislation.
Year committee, while they have well
i’orgiod opinions of their own on these
qiw Miens, yr.t in ? view of tho vast
wtt&r the uurnor
=*.- -i**# • Trrryf.-rrn
desire t#pre6lpitate the discussion and
determination of sc grave a question as
the impeachment of a high officer of the
Government upon the consideration of
the House, without having a full exam
ination of the law' aritl facts which may
be involved therein, they therefore, sub
mit to the House the following resolu
tion :
Resolved, That these legal questions,
together with all tbs proof taken by
this Committee be referred to the Com
mittee on tho Judiciary, with power to
hear additional testimony and arguments,
if the they soe fit, to oxamino and report,
whether such violations of the law as
are referred to herein constitute and are
impeachablo offenses under the Consti
tution and if so, then they shall repost
articles of impeachment against George
M. Robeson, Secretary of tho Navy, but
if they shall find that under existing
laws, such acts and doings of tho said
Secretary are not impeachable or other
wise punishable, then they shall repot t
what additional legislation in their opin
ion is necessary to make said laws suffi
ciently punitive to protect tho public
service.
W. Whitthokne,
Chairman,
‘GATH’’ AT THE BATE.
Tho beach is like a burnished piece of
plated silver-ware, and whoever walks
upon it is seen inverted, like a face-card.
The little crescent foot of yonder beauty
is kissed by its own reflection, and we
hardly know whether to prefer the
shadow or the substance. The branch
ing bare arms, like tusks of ivory, of
yonder maiden, folded above her
head to tie her shining chignon, Hash in
fhe mirror oi the sands and make the
beach a gallery of marble statuary. A
group sit yonder with bare legs and an
Bos, squat on the gloaming shield of
Biles, raid some are stretched out at full
length, balanced on the tips of their
violet toes, reaching for a sea shell. The
naked children dance inverted, like an
übiquitous Cupid, who really sways th is
society of the sea, and wo feel his sor
rows in our tingling pulses; the child
betwixt ardor and coyness is upon us
both. Don’t deny it,' Apoloodorus! As
far as the eye can see the sea, has a hu
man fringe of bathers, hanging on the
ropes all clad in bed-ticking or flannel.
Hero is a young woman in bright red,
with white seams of tape to indicate tho
lines of anatomy; we look at her a mo
ment and suspect the perfection of that
form. Alas! why dop3 the idea of cor
sets come like a mean suspicion across
our dreams.
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Judge Aboil, of Louisiana, says that
during the past eight years more money
has been stolen from the State Treasury
by officers of the government than has
been stolen in the same State by all the
unofficial thieves, robbers and burglars
who havo operated in Louisiana during
the whole time since it was 'purchased
from the French.
During the recent tornado a couple of
Pennsylvania boys were up in a cherry
tree stealing cherries. The tornado car
ried off the cherry tree, and neither the
boys nor the tree have been seen since,
Moral: Never tell a lie.
VoLY.-No. 15.
THE LATEST WONDER OF TELEGRAPHY
The readers of the Traveler have been
made acquainted with the wonderful in
ventions of Professor Bell.jby which mu
sical and vocal sounds can be and havo
been sent over electric wires, but few, if
any, are aware of tho wonderful results
which arc sure to follow theße improve
ments in telegraphy. A few nights ago
Professor Bell was in communication
with a telegraph operator in New York,
and commenced experimenting with one
of his inventions pertaining to the trans
mission of musical sounds. He made
use of bis phonetic organ, and playod
the tune “America,” and asked the ope
r&tor in New York what ho heard.
“I hear the tune of America,” replied
New York; “give us another.”
Professor Bell then played Auld Lang
Cyno.
“What do you hear now!”
“I hear the tune oi Auld Lang Syne,
with the full chords, distinctly,” replied
New York,
Thus the astounding discovery has
been made that a man can play upon
mu iical instruments in New York, New
Orleans, or London, or Paris, and be
heard distinctly in Boston. It this con
bo done, why c.,nnot distinguished per
formers execute the most artistic and
beautiful music in Paris, and an audi
ence assemble in Music li'a.ll, Boston, to
listen ?
Professor Boll’s other improvement—
namely, tho transmission of toe human
voice—has become so far pexfoctea that
persons have conversed over one thous
and miles of wire with perfect ease, al
though as yot the yocxi sounds are not
loud enough to be heard by more than
one or two persons. But if the human
voice can now be sent over tho wire, and
so distinctly that when two or three
known parties are telegraphing, the
voices of each can be recognised, wo
may soon have distinguished men deliv
ering speeches in Washington, Now York,
or London, and audiences assembled in
Music Hall cr Faneuil Hall to listen.
[Boston Traveler.
THE HAMBURG VEBDIOT,
Tha jury of inquest met in Hamburg
yesterday morning pursuant to adjourn
ment. At 12 o’clock the long expected
verdict v;aa rou'ipri?/ 1 : I*', 1 ' 1 ■ '’ ,v ' ~
-fcrr-eiie curwjuy~oT Trial Justice Rivers.
That official soon afterwards went to his
farm and remained until a short time be
fore the South Carolina train, bound
out, passed. He was then interviewed
by a representative of tho Chronicle and
Sentinel, and requested to furnish a
copy of the verdict for publication. To
this he replied that he could not do so,
as ho had been summoned to Aiken by
a telegraphic dispatch and would have
to hurry in order to catch the passenger
train. The Chronicle representative
then asked to see the verdict for a few
moments, but this, too, was refused.
Rivers then left for Aiken. From mem
bers of the jury wo learned that seven
parties —Messrs'John Butler, It J. But
ler, Harrison Butler, Thos. Butler, Hen
ry Gelsen, John Lamar, and John Swear
ingin—are charged with murder in iho
verdict, while about ninety others, in
cluding sixty from Georgia, are charged
with being accessories before the fact.
Wo did not learn what action would be
taken in regard to these.
We learn that the following legal gen
tlemen will act as counsel for the parties
charged in the verdict, if they are ar
rested and carried before the courts:
Gen. M. W. Gary, Major W. M. Gary,
O. C. Jordan, G. W. Croft, D. H Ander
son.—[Chroniclo & Sentinel.
HOTEL LIFE IN FBISGO,
A boarder there thought prudent to
settß terms beforohand, to bo sure that
his money would holdout Two dollars
a day. Ho staved two months and sent
for his bill. Canamba! Two dollars' a
day for board was only a small part of
the items charged. Sixty dollars for fire
looked up considerably. Boarder do
mnrred. *
“Can’t help it,” said the landlord ; “we
can't afford to furnish fuel and a man to
attend it for loos than a dollar a day.”
“All right,” says the boarder; “I’m
willing to pay a dollar a day for fire, but
don’t want to pay for more than I’ve
had. Now, out of all the time I’ve been
here, it’s impossible that I could have
had a fire more than half a dozen days
in the whole sixty."
“Well,” says tho landlord, “that’s not
our fault; the fuel was there and a man
to attend to it; you might have used it
if you had been a mind to.”
But the boarder remonstrated still
further.
Now, if you’ll come up and lojk in
my room I think I can convince you that
there has never been any fuel there, and
what is more,” continued he, rising to
tbe sublimity of the situation, “there is
no place to put it if it were there. There
is no fireplace in tbe room, and no
stove. There’s not even a chimney in
the room for smoko to go out at, nor a
stove pipe, nor a bole to put a stove pipe
around."
The old landlord “went down in hie
boots.”
One day last week a woman at the Al
bany railroad depot wont up to Uncle
Sammy and asked him to hold ber baby
for her while she purchased her ticket.
The bachelor reform fiend gazed at her
in surprise for a few seconds, and then
turned away contemptuously, murmur
ing, “Ugh! Sour milk!” “Sour milk,
indeed," she replied, shaking her para
sol at him, “You moan ‘sour grapes.’ ”
A a RICUL T U R Ala.
GARNERED FOR THE GAZETTE.
By D. A. M.
Thoughts for the Month..— -This is a
month of comparative rest on the farm,
says the Southern Cultivator for August,
but a very busy one for tho bond of the
farmer. The summer crop3 remain to
bo gathered only, but before doing this,
the fall crops must be started, with very
little time in which to do it. • These fall
crops embrace small grain, clover, grass
and turnips, and are every year gain
ing ground as more and more important,
on a well-regulated farm. Wo,have for
a long time persistantly urged them up
on the attention of readers, and aro not
“weary irt well-doing.” They unques
tionably constitute the foundation of a
true farm economy, and upon them our
future prosperity will be built up. Their
value consists in their cheapness, involv
ing little labor in their production—in
their rare suffering from drought, and in
tlroir susceptibility therefore of being
manured without fear of failure. To i
utilize our large area of open cultivata
blo land with little labor, is a problem
with us of the very Hrr/t importance, and
fall crops furnish the solution. Suppose
for instance that cotton and corn crops
could be made with simply the labor
spent upon them up to the time of plant
ing, and nono, absolutely none, afterward
until time of gathering, what easy crops
made we should say! And yot this is
exactly tho case with oats, whoat, rye,
barley, clover and grass- No more prep
aration of land is,required by them than
in the case of corn or cotton, and the
planting done, the farmer has simply to
sit quietly down and wait for tho harvest.
Oats. —Theso should be tho principal
grain of the farm—the chief reliance for
! feeding work stock. Numerous consid
| orations point to its superiority ovor
! corn ; it is decidedly better food in hot
weather—costs many times less to raise
it—is not subjoct, to summer drought—
not eo liable to be stolen—fits well in a
good rotation of crops, saves land.from
washing, and tills it with vegotablo’mat
tar. Only one objection to it, and that
not of universal application, viz: liable
to be winter killed, but this risk is cer
tainly no greater than loss of corn crop
from drought. If the right kind of oats
are sown in September on good land,
the crop is as certain as any grown, in
our country. But many are .still skep
tical on each of the three points wo have
emphasized. They have always sown
oats in the spring, and are afraid to risk
them through iho winter. Thoy have
been accustomed to sow oats on their
poorest land, and cannot think of taking
good land away from cotton and corn
for an oat crop; And as to theso new
fangled ideas about j‘Tusl-proof” it is all
stuff- —they have always sown such or
.. -rict ff tiuy oof
tor. Wo cannot roach these men, bo
cause so very few read or believe in ag
ricultural papers, but we urge our read
ers who are grangers or members of
agricultural societies to gather in those
unbelievers. .q
We offer a few suggestions about the
preparation for and seeding down of a
oat crop. First. It is not well to sow
fall oats on poor land, unless one is will
ing to fertilize it, because the plants are
vory apt to bo winter killed if not well
fed, Thirty bushels of. cotton seed per
acre ploughed in with tho oats will suf
fice, but 100 lbs. of phosphate, addition
al, will be better. Tho manure intended
for the oat crop should always bo divided
—a part applied at time of seeding down ;
the other as a top dressing in spring.
Should the oats get killed, the latter will
be saved.
Everything considered, tho best and
cheapest mode of raising oats, is sowing
them in cotton sometime in September.
In the first place, it is a capital succes
sion, oats after cotton, good for tho land,
good for the oats. It keeps the land
from washing, and the oats thrive well,
In tbe next place the cost of seeding
down is very small. It is desirable, but
not indispensable, to harrow in just after
a rain. Have the cotton picked over, to
avoid knocking out open cotton, and then
1 roadcast the seed. One can cow a lit
tie better on horseback than on foot—
four or five rows will make a “land."
Bo sure to sow seed enough—of tho “red
rust proof,” not loss than two bushels
per acre—and cover by running an or
dinary V shaped harrow once in each
middle. The body of the harrow should
bo low so as to run under the limbs of
the cotton and there should be nothing
about it or the gearing which could hang
and pull off cotton bolls or liuics. Tho
width of tho harrow should be about 0
inches :C .s than width of rows. Teeth of
ordinary spikopattern will answer, or lit
tle coulters may be substituted —tho
kilter, however, collect more trash, and
have to be cleaned oftener. Have never
tried them, but suppose the cultivators
would do the work very well, bating the
collection cf trash. Inasmuch as the
land has been well broken and ploughed
in tho cultivation of tho cotton crop, it
is not necessary to break it again at time
of sowing oats; all that is needed, is to
got the latter covered with a little dirt.
If the land is good, the plants will have
root enough to resist freezes by the time
thoy come. Have tried the plan of sid
ing the cotton with rooters beforo sow
ing the seed and harrowing afterwards,
but found the injury to the cotton too
great when it was at all rank. Whore
the cotton is small it may be done to ad
vantage. The injury to cotton from
seeding oats in it, as described above,
is much less than ono would suppose,
and the trifling loss it* greatly over-bal
anced by the saving in the sooding down
of the oats. A good hand will sow and
harrow in 4to 5 acres a day. After the
work is done, nothing more is required
but to 1 knock down” the cotton stalks
tho latter part of February. The stand
ing stalk during the winter afford eor£te ;
protection against cold. Oats may also
be sown in corn fields, but as they are
generally more foul, it is best to plough
them in—don’t wait to gather tho corn ■
unless that can he done the Ist iff
October.