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K i.XPKESS.
Cedartown, April 25th.
Farm and Fireside.
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COTTON.
Its Culture in the British Posses
sions—Cneap Labor in India—Di
versity of Crops the Policy of
the South.
Editor Morning Sews : I noticed
your advice to the farmers of Georgia
in a lato number of your paper, re
garding placing too much cunlldencc
in cotton, and recommending a di
versity of crops. During the civil
war iu this country 1 lmd the man
agement of a company formed in
England for the purpose of stimula
ting the growth of cotton in the
British possessions, and being
brought into communication with
the Consuls in other cotton growing
countries, I had opportunities of ob
taining much information on the
suhjeot that may be interesting to
your readers. Seeds of all descrip
tions ofootton wore sent me to plant
so as to test the kinds best suited to
the climate. Of these our “sea is
land,” “West India green seed,”
and “Egyptian” are long staple, and
our “uplands,” “clinin seed,” “Cuba
vino” aud “Peruvian tree” are short
staple cottons. Our “sea island”
and “upland” nre too well known to
need remark, and I will confine my.
self to the others. The “Egyptian”
so nearly approaches to the “sea-
island” that they may bo almost tn
ken for the same. They both have
the same creamy, silky look and feel
and length of staple. When shipped
as “sea-island” I got the same price
in England, but under its own name
it brought something less, showing
that the dealers themselves could be
deceived. This country has an ad
vantage in giving more care to the
picking, ginning, and baling. There
aro severul sorts of “green seed—
West Indiun,” but they aro nil per-
rennials, some of the trees attaining
a height of over fifteen feet and in
full bearing at twenty years old. In
fact it is impossible to say how long
they will live, for, if the trees, nre in
jured, Buckors will spring up from
the roots and from the trees. The
staple is of the finest description.
Some that I gave tho island botanist
of the island of Jamaica, and which
he sent to the great ezibition of 18(14
brought the gold medal, and was
valued by the judges at two dollars
and a half per pound. It is not a
profitable sort, however, to cultivate
the trees being too large, easily bro
ken, and the cotton difficult to pick
and so light that it takes five pounds’
of seed cotton to give one pound of
lint The best pioker that I ever
employed could not gather more
than forty pounds of seed cotton in
the day. "Chain seed” cotton con
tains a number of scedB linked to
gether like a chain, wrapped round
with the lint. The etaplo is coarse
and short, and there iB too much
weight of seed to make it profitable.
“Cuba vine” cotton is a creeping
plant, growing as something like a
sweet potato vine, and bearing largo
bowls of very good short staple. At
one time it promised to do well, and
a considerable quantity was cultiva
ted at tho boys’ reformatory, near
Kingston, in Jamaica, but after the
close of tho war here the culture of ii
as well as all other cotton, was aban.
doned. “Peruvian tree” cotton,
grows to a large size tree, and iu its
own native country bears prolificolly
and when the bolls are open they look
like a huge hill of snow; but it did
not sucoeed well in the West Indies.
I came to the conclusion that
tropical countries, with saline atmos
phere, are best adapted to growing
long staple cotton.
The two competitors we have most
to fear are Egypt for long aud India
for short staple cotton. Both coun
tries have a superabundance of la
borers at cheap rates. There is har
dly any limit to the supply from
Egypt, for the whole “Delta of the
Nile” is suited for cotton, and it on
ly requires the stoppage of the slave
trade to turn theInnabitnnts to in
dustrial pursuits. East Indian cot
ton has had a bad name from being
badly picked and ginned. What
else could be expected, wlion the seed
ootton was often carried one thous
and miles on the back of bullocks to
the seaport for ginning and baling?
The bullock getting hungry tore at
to get at the seed as food. The Bri
tish Government is quite alive to lb"
importance of stimulating the growth
of cotton in their own possessions, to
render them independent of a foreign
supply. 1! ulrouds have lieu made
to tho cotton glowing districts ol
India and the people supplied with
improved seed and gins, and taught
how to cultivate to the best advan
tage, so that already a marked im
provement, bus taken plncn in the
quality of East Indian cotton. Our
farmers must bear in mind that the
rate of wages ill that country is uf tho
most one dollar per month for men.
Thoy have no muscular power, but
quite sufficient fur cotton nnd rice
growing; their wantsarc, feed for they
wear no clothes, but a bit of cotton
cloth about their loins, nnd their
food consists of rice, their religion
forbidding the use of animal food of
any kind.
The sooner the farmers of this
country turn their attention to crops
that will mnko them independent of
cotton, the better it will be for them.
Fow plantations are now conducted
on the cash paying system of givi g
wnges to the laborers. Most of tho
cotton is raised in tho South by the
freedmen on the “metarie” or share
system; the most reckless nnd ruin
ous plan of agriculture known when
the laborers are half civilized. The
laud is seldom measured or fenccB
kept iu repair. The negroes are
quite satisfied to receive rations eulli-
oieut for their wants, to be paid from
their share of the crop, und it often
ballpens that they do not make suffi
cient even to do this. Some planta
tions of hundreds of acres do not
give as much returns us a market
gardener from his five acres. Still
cotton will continue to bo planted for
yeurs to come, for tho people know
of no other way to got mouoy, as the
merchant will not make advances on
any other crop. They will keep on
until tho lands are completely worn
out, and they are starved out, as wus
tho case with the West Indian sngur
planters after the emancipation.
They tried all the expedients that the
cotton planters of this country nre
now doing without avail. Negroes
do not grow cotton from choice; they
prefer planting something that they
can cat, and it is only necessity that
makes them continue the culture of
cotton. In the county of Duval, in
this State, there are thousand of ne
groes who have settled there from
cotton growing localities, and have
been accustomod to the culture all
their lives, but they do not now plant
any of that commodity. Cotton
growing in the West Indies was
abandoned from the same cause. Wo
must show them how to grow and
markot other things that nre more re
munerative. I do not, however, ad
vise the entire abandonment of cot
ton. I believe that a success can still
be made by high fertilliziug and at
tention to the crop, but the system
now in practice is ruinous to the land
and the producer.
Jacksonville, Fla. C.
A. DOUaBERTT.
Dealer In First Class
GS\ W. 3^ektl\ef^toi\ & Co.,
D—E—A—L—E—II—S I—N
deal in none but. the BEST UIQUOBS; such as aro recommended
by physicians for Medical purposes. Buying thorn' direct from tho distil
leries, consequently, no rectified goods aro retailed at my Bar. 1 make a
specially of
STOBIH MGUSITAm CORXff,
abetter Whisky than which is yet to be produced. I will sell ns much ns
Four Gallons and Three Quarts at a time, to parties in need ol it.
NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE PEACII BRANDY
always on band. All know that I represent to bo good nothing that is not
good. 1’ltlCES correspond with the times. It is the profits that I curtail,
nnd not tho quality of my Liquors. A. POUGIIKUTY.
feb. 38 3m
£>. V. j^lyepard, fVojtfietof.
Having laid in a well selected stock of
Whisky, Wines, Brandies, To
bacco, Cigars, Etc.,
1 respectfully invite all who wish anything in my lino to call
ami see mo in Barber & Wood’s old stand. I keep no “pop-skull”
or “rifle” Whisky—everything is pure. Persons desiring pure
and unadulterated Whisky for medical purposes willgfind it at my
Bnr. I make it a specialty.
feb. 7-3in S. P. SHEPARD.
^®|^|Y=Gc|o|o|f)|fe
Are now receiving their mammoth stock of new
Spring and Summer Goods.
XHK STOCK IS COMPLETE,
Prices in Keeping with the Times, nnd Goods Must bo Sold.
Call early and make your selections
Wc also BUY COTTON, ana pay tho highest Cash price for
Country Produce oct. 5, 1877-ly
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The Following Table, beingn partial List of Losses paid by tho
Mobile Life Insurance Company,
gives some practical Illustrations of tho BonofUs nnd Profltsof Lift! Insurance.
w. in tulleu, President. jos. FLEisnEL, Treasurer.
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• 0F
Singer
Sewing
Machines.
board, stable or livery bills,
L. G. RAY,
Canvassing Agent, Polk county.
S. P. SHEPARD,
Canvassing Agent, Oleborne county,
the cotton on the back of the others ' Ala. jan. 31-Cm
262,316 SINGER MACHINES
SOLD IN 1876.
Tho Largest Sales because the Most
Popular.
The Most Popular because the Best
Over 3,000,000 now in Daily Use.
THE SINGER
STILL TRIUMPHANT!
T
x HOUGH our machines hnvo boon greatly reduc
ed lu priccB, the quality will bo maintained ut the
highest standord. Purchasers should hewnro of
spurious Machines, which are so Inferior as to bear
little relation to tho original, except in general np-
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known by the patented trade mark nnd tho name
Tub Hinged Manufacturing Company printed
distinctly on the arm of the machine.
MACHINES FORWARDED TO ANY PART OF
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No Charge made for Packing & Shipping.
i them readily.
Where machines nre ordered by Express, O. O. D.
at least $10 must accompany tho order, as an evi
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Purchase SINGER Mchines from
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BOOTS AND SHOES,
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For NINETY DAYS FROM DATE
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top of then'ekeb thus rendering them ih>-very oost Silver-Plated War* runoufi.o-
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o f ^ HI E V KU\V A11COUPON. ^ ^ ^ ^
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IMPORTANT NOTICE.
NATIONAL SILVER PLATING CO.,
No, 704 Chestnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA, FA.
8. P. SMITH. H. H. SMITH.
S. P. SMITH & SON,
No. 85, Rroad Btrcot, Rome, Ga.,
pOTTON FACTORS & WHOLESALE DEAL-
era In Liquors, TobaccoB nnd Cigars, Proprie
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Agents nnd Proprietors Rod-Line Steamers. Ton
por cent, saved to sll dealers by purchasing from
us. Fire proof Warehouse. C'bar go for weighing
Cotton consigned to us for sale, 10 cents per
bale- All we ask is a trial order or consignment.
sopt.l4,ly,
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•Tust published, a now edition of Dn.
.Otn.TKnwau.'s Celebrated Essay on the
>radlcal cure (without medicine) of Sper
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sumption, ipllepsy and tits, induced by self-indul
gence or dsciual extravagance,
Price, In a sealed envelope, only six cents.
The celebrated author, In this admirable Essay,
clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years’ success
ful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-
abuse may bo radically cured without tho danger
ous nso of Internal medicine or the application ol
the knife; pointing cut a mode of cure at onco sim
ple. certain, and effectual, by means of which every
sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may
cure hlmsolf cheaply, privately, aud radically,
erThls lecture should be m the hands of every
youth nnd every man In tho land.
Sent under seal, In a plain envelope, to any ad
dress, post paid, on receipt of six esnts or two pos
tage stamps. Address the Publisher,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO..
•pV jj n jy St ” Now York ’ P0Bt
Wm. 11. Rai'Iku
Oscar W. Ktkwaiit
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Dlt. L. W. Harris
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Policy j Paid.
Murcngo County, Alahnt
Tj lor, Texas
Auburn, Alalmnia
Mobile, Alaluu
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no County. Mississippi
Morldluu, Mississippi
Gadsden, Alub
F or
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further information apply to J. D. UN LOW, Cedavtown,
Deo. 13,1877-ly
Western & Atlantic Rail Road
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Arrives at Csss
rrlvcsat Klngeiui...
wives at AilturhvilL-
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NIGHT EXPRESS.
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Arrive at Rntnbrldgo
ArrD
. alnhrld,
Alhuky
c at Live Oak
e at Jacksonville •'
v nt Tallahassee '*
j Tallahassee
3 Jacksonville *
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a Albany
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from Florida hy this train connect
irjin^rrf-*- ‘ '*
in Macm
Montgomery and
through to and from Snvnnnnh
l.d Moutgoi
Ibany with pa
unvllle
both
Depot, 104 READE STREET, New York.
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OEDARTOWN, GA,
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share of Public Patronage Solicited. Terms Reasonable
Remodeled, Refurnished and Remonetized.
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jan.173m CEDARTOWN, GA.
WILLIS DOWELL,
B. H. COOKE & CO.
Wl\ole$£ile dlottjief^,
NO. 70, PUBLIC SQUARE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
Fob. 31, 8m
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(Successors to JENMINOS, DJSMUKES <6 WOOL WINE,)
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No. 4. Publishing House Block, NASHVILLE, TENN.
rail. Kutimln, Montgomery, Noiv I HI,an,, ole..
Mull HtomiHT loaves lliiliihridgc Dir Apulachlcola
evory Suudny afternoon; for Columbus every Wed
derdny morning.
Close connection at Jacksonville dally (Sunday*
excepted) To- Ht. Augustine, l’alutkn and Knlcrprif
Trains on II. and A. R. R. leave Junction, golns
west, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:1-1 h. m
For Brunswick Tuesday, Thusday and Saturday
a 4:40 p.m.
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Toprenring all tlio latest and most deslralda
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. .tell, has sell-rigulatlug ten-
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—«iy tvoffc > v itho'-‘ -*
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It la t„.„,
tbroad luck-i-tlirli, lias sell-rigulatlug ten
sions nnd tnbe-np, nnd will do the
of family work without shsnge.
Tho “ DOJlKSTIC ’* Js made In tno most anr-
nlilo manner, with conical pted bcariuge ami
compensating journals throughout.
Agents for tho *• DOMESTIC” Rowing Ms-
thins and tho “ DOMESTIC ” Paper Fashions
wanted lu all unoccupied territory. Addrese
Somng ga chine Compmy, gev Tort
James G- Dailey,
Undebtakeii’s Wahe-Rooms,
On Second Floor, 00 Broad St., Remo.
A FINK AND WELL SELECTED STOO]
Motnllc, Grained, Walnut, and Stniued Ct
Burial Robes und Coffin Trlinmings alwa-
bund. Neatest Ilcarses furnished for funerals
‘lore flllod with despatch, tiny or night.
— 1 *“ " l. Also,
r Court and King Streets,
ass Furniture of nil kinds.
iu $20 per day made by n
her of either sex. right lu their own 1.
iplos worth $.'• freo.
tlross Stinson «S
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a business at which persous of elihor
mako groat pay all tho time
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