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TUB COTTON CROP.
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BKPOKIS FROM GKOIttllA. FLORIDA, NORTH
CAHOLIX*. MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, ETC.
Savannah, Ga., Nov - .9,1877.
Georgia crop report for October
Eighty,-five replies Were recetvea from
fifty-five-counties. The wither the
pp.->t month has LeenTavorable, but not
as favorable as last, year. , Some sec
tions have Wen 4intS! by heavy’ and
frequent rains. In the most northern
sections of the State there has been a
light frost, but no damage has been
dope fo tdRe cotton*Crop.. Three-fourths
of the crop has been picked and pick
ing will be over generally by ; he 1st
of December. On light sandy uplands
drought and rust have done their work
very effectually, and a very small yield
from thus,, lands has been realized; but
<5n bottom lands the yield has been
greater than last year, due entirely to
the very late fall. The out-tnrn of the
State, however, is set down at five to
sjx per cent less than last year, and
the quality is much below the average
Florida reportThirty replies were
received from fourteen counties. The
weather has not been as favorable as
last year for gathering the crop. Very
heavy and continued rains throughout
the fall. No frost has occurred in this
State. Two-thihls of-the crop is gath
ered and-picking will be over by the
1st of December. Portions of this
State have suffered from rust and cater
pillar, and there is a general com plaint
of rotting of bolls from too much wet,
and not only is'the Quantity cut off but
the quality hasbeeniojured The yield
of the State is estimated at from eight
to ten per rierit.-leds'iAian last year.
Nobfolk, Va., Nov. 9, 1877
The Cotton Exchange reports the
condition of cotton in Virginia aud
has been generally quite favorable, with
the complaint'in some localities of? too
much min during the latter part of the
month. No frost of any consequence
*lias been reported, the light .frosts ex
perienced being father beneficial than
otherwise. About half of the crop is
•reported ns lja.vi.ng been, nicked, and.
picking will cease about December 1.
The r«»rt§d yield will be on an ve?
rage about ten per cent, less than Iasi
year.” r
New Orleans, Nov. 9, 1877.
The National Cotton Exchange, New
Orleans, gives the Louisiana crop re
port for October as follows: We have
sixty-four answers from thirty-one
parishes, of the average date of Octo-
l>er 31. The character of tbe weather
has been universally bad, and, in fact,
the most unfavorable for gathering the 1
crops ever known. Some report slight
frost , with no damage, while tbe ma-
1 jrity slate great damage has been done
by incessant rains and winds, causing
the cotton to rot in the fields. The
•average of the crop picked is about
sixty per cent,, and picking, with some
few exceptions, will be finished about
December 15. The yield, compare!
with that of last year, is estimate! to
be decreased twenty-seven per cent,
but much will depend on the character
of the weather.
Mississippi :-*-We have eighty-four
reports from thirty-one counties, of the
average dati of October 31. Tweuty
report the weather fair to the 14th, and
since then very rainy and unfavorable
Six report'the Weather fair during the
month. Fifty eight report very wet
and unfavorable weather during the
mouth, much more so than, last year at
the same time. Light frost is reported
f om some sections, but no damage was
occasioned. Picking has been greatly
retarded. Up to the date of our an
swers fifty per cent, of the crop had
been gathefocK;c Owing to the con tin u-
ei rains picking will not be finished in
some sections before January 1. The
yield will be about twelve per cent,
below that of last year, with a favor
able season from this time. A large
majority of the answgra report that
heavfflgsto*. SjgteMv ffljured
the cotton remaining in the fields, caus
ing the cotton to;b© beaten, out and the
bolls to raC ' " .
ArfcAosas i-^Our 'report* is compiled
from forty-nine answers received from
twenty-four counties, of the average
date of Oofobec-3il„ The weather dur
ing tbe-whole df the past month has
- been very wet and decidedly unfavor
able for harvesting, as compared with
the same time last year, There was
lightens! In some sections during the
month, bat this occasioned no damage
-to the crop. Picking has progressed
fairly. Up to the date of our answers
sixty per cent, of the crop had been
gathered and the remainder was ex
pected to be picked by the 15th of De
cember next. Tbe yield up to the
present, time compaie3 very favorably
with that of last year, but heavy ana
continuous rains, accompanied by
storms, have done damage to the crop,
and much will depend on the weather
during the rest of the picking season.
Nashville, Nov. 9, 1877.
The following is the October report
of the Nashville Department of the
National Cotton Exchange:—Middle
Tennessee.—Thirty-five replies have
been received. In regard to the weatb
er thirty-two report it very good, and
three that there has been too much
tain; twenty-nine say it has been more
favorable th^n last year, and six that
it has been less favorable; tHirty-tkree
report frost, but no damage, and two
report no frost. Eighteen report half
the crop packed, and that picking will
* iishe-1 about December 1. _ Ten
t a third picked; arid that picking
wUl finish by the last of December.
Seven report a fourth picked, and that
the ent : re crop will be picked about
t he last of January. Six report the
yield the same as last year; nine that
it is much better, with a probable in-
crease of from 50 to 75 per cent..; six-
ttetTtiprobable increase of from 25 to
30 per cent.; three a probable increase
of 10 per cent., and one a decrease of
20 per cent. The acreage is not so
lyge, but the yield is much better than
last year.
North Alabama:—Twenty-eight re-
ies have been received. Nineteen
report too much rain, and nine favor
able weather; nineteen report the
weather less favorable than last year,
and nine more favorable. Twenty-five
report frost, bat no damage, and three
no frost Fourteen report half -the,
crop picked, and that picking will finish
between December 1 arid 15, and four
teen report a third picked, and that the
rest will be picked by the last of De
cember. Six report the yield twenty
to thirty per cent less than last year,
seven about the same, -twelve about
twenty-five per cent, increase, and three
fifty per cent, increase. There has
been no killing frost. The top crop
will be much larger than usual if the
wfeather continues good
i : 'Charleston; Nov. 9, 1877.
. The following is the report of the
Charleston Cotton Exchange for Octo
ber, compiled from 79 replies, covering
28 countiesFifty-two report the
weather favorable ; 19 report from 8
to# days' wet, the^.oftbe n**h
fayoyahje, aoflJLJepqrt unfavorable
weather. Compared with last year, 37
say it has .been more favorable, 18 that
it nas been tbe same, aud 24 that it
has been less favorable., There have
been light frosts throughout the Slate;
except in a few of the lower counties,
but little or no damage has been done
t« cotton.
• > < Ttrerity-seven counties report from
two-thirds to three-quarters of thecrop
gathered, and one county reports one-
third gathered. With good weather
picking will he finished from the 15th
to the 30th of November, except in six
counties, where it will be later—say
D cember 15 to 20. Compared with
last year two counties report an in •
crease in yield of from five to twelve
per cent., and twenty-six counties a
decrease of ten to forty per cent. The
average of the State shows a falling of
Executive Committee and called a
primary election for Representative
of Clarke county. Your humble
servant: the. Secretary, in pnrsuance
of instrhetion, carried the call for the
fpi iui&r^ ilectlod oh tcir-uay to the
Watchman to have it published so
that the good people of Clarke coun
ty could have ample notice of the
call, and was assured by one of the
inmates of the Watchman office that
it would be published; but lo ! alas I
Boarnerges was heard coming down
the street, roaring clique, clique—
don’t publish such an outrageous
sheet. So the power behind the
throne triumphed, and all was as
calm and peaceful as a quiet sum
mer’s evening. But, fellow citizens,
Boarnerges, (ive will cal! him
Boney for short) was not satisfied
with this victory but must demolish
what little influence the publication
of this call would have on the public
in the Athens Georgian, so lie goes
to work and gets up a little circular
to the effect
1. That Mr. Yanoy (who by the
way is a very clever gentleman, and
the writer has nothing in the world
against him, except that he says that
lie will run Independent. The writer
is rather disposed to like CcL Yancy,
from the fact, the Col. and the wri
ter’s father went to school together at
Moiiut Zion, to Dr. Bceman,) would
mos respectfully ask the voters of
Clarke countjr remember that he
would like to go to the Legistureon
next December, and that if the voters
are of this; thinking, just be careful
and not.dndp'.yhiir little ballot irito
that clique-hole on to-day.
the election is a fraud, a cheat, a swin
dle, upon their franchises. Why did
you not tell them that you had notice
of the meeting-^-that w>u kept; the call
oft the meeting out of the Watchman?
Vo^efo of CJArke comity, jjhe Cdn-
stitution and By-Laws of your Club
do not require, that any specified
number of tne Executive Committee
shall constitute a quorum to transact
this business. In fact, it is not
necessary thatrtho Executive Com
mittee shall have anything to do
with the call to make it legal within
the workings of the Club of Clarke
county; so it was' only a courtesy
extended by the Chairman, Dr. R.
M. Smith, to. the Executive Corns
mittee that lie notified them.
No! Voters of Clarke county, if
Boarnerges and his followers were
honest in their attempts at reform,
they would go into our election to
day—for, what can be more fair and
honest than a primary election, when
every man can go to the polls and
put in his vote for the man he wants
to represent him in tbe Legislature ?
What difference does it make how
the primary election is called, grant
ing, for the sake of the argument, that
the one to-day is illegally or. irregu
larly called, if all parties have a fair
showing ? Ah! Boarnerges, it is
only a prelude to the frail tenure of
your Independent structure.
Oh! Boney, Boney! how often
would the good obi Democratic parly
have gathered you and your little
Boncys, like a hen doth gather her
brood:under lier wings, but ye would
not !! j ' ‘ f O /. L. \VUt4ohas,
Who was that Secretary in that
the DeinectatioExecfitive'
of Cla'rkb Vofintyi'irfd that-
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public of
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I have also in my Merchant Tailoring Department a fine selection of Imported Cloths, Cassimeres
and Fancy 8uitinga of the very neatest patterns and stvles, which will be made up to order In the very
best manne-r and a perfect fit guaranteed to all who will favor tne with their patronage, Particular at
tention given to making Lturge_Men’s Clothing and satisfiiction given.
— jys* .
in Manufacturing Shirts, aud can get them up at short notice. . Open back and front.
S. m.
NovlS 238 Broad Street* Augusta. Ga.
COME AND SEE !
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A complete stock of Fall and Winter
Dry Goods and Groceries,
13 40-100 per cent. The decrease in
yield is attributed to the drought in
August. Owing to the late season there
is very little stained cotton.
To the Voters of Clarke County
It is With regret that lam forced
to appear in public, and especially in
the newspapers, over my own signa
ture; but a circular directed to the
voters of Clarke county and stock up
all over the city compels me to fore
go my timidity in this respect and
speak out, not for myselfj for I am no
politician; don’t pretend to be, and
have but one ambition in life as re
gards secular affairs., and that is, to
follow my profession and attend to
the legitimate duties which grow out
of'it, bnt for the Democratic party of
Clarke county and explain to them a
few things, which lie bidden behind
the tlirono, and correct some erroneous
by-laws of the Democratic ulub were
turned over to me. I at fih-t refused,
impressions which probably might
havo been produced by the above
circular.
About a year ago I was notified
that I had been elected secretary of
Democratic Ex. Committee 1 of
the
Committee
they novrir
authorized the signing of their names
to the caU fpr the primary election on
to^da5' T nor do they' wish their names
signed.
Fellow-citizens, this is the truth
about the matter : Dr. Smith and
myself saw Mr. Dorsey near the Na
tional Bank on last Saturday, and
said to him ihrtClbe Committee was
to meet at 12 o’clock on that day,
and that we wanted him to be there.
He said all right, for us to send
for him when the time came. I went
down to Mr. Dorsey’s store and told
him that he was wanted, that the
time had come, and he said that he
was so busy that he could not leave
his store; that for me to tell the
Committee that whatever they done,
he would ratity. He knew the meet
ing was to call a primary election.
I went to Mr. Bailey, at the Foundry,
and told him that the Democratic
Executive Committee would meet in
a few minutes to call a primary elect ion
to nominate a candidate for the Legis
lature, and asked him if he didn’t think
that that was as fair means as any that
could be had to get the peoples’ choice
and lie said that lie thought so; but said
that he was rio longer a member of the
Committee, that they had expelled
him. I told him that his name was
of record as at member, and that he
was not expelled. He said all right
that he would be up right away. We
waited for hinv-sometime and he didn’t
come; suppose he met Boarnerges on the
way. So we concluded to go on with
out him and under the -impression
that Mr. Bailey wasa good Democrat
and in favor of a primary election as
expressed by him and understood by
ui v w© signed name to the call.
3. That Mr. Bradbury and C. D.
Hill never authorized any one to sign
their names to that awful “pronuncia-
mento ” l Han’t this a big vwd, fellow-
citizens ? It is enough to kill any can
didate in the world. Thfe facts are
these;>I met Mr. Duke Hamilton oil
Saturday morning, who, by the way,
is one of oriir best citizens—a member
e const inrion and
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Sick Headache; Habitual-Costiveness,
Palpitation of the Heart ? Have you
Dizziness of the Head ? Is your Nerv
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Cough? Low Spirits? Comihg «up
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.Mr. JOHNNIE MOOBEis still with me. Mr. T. M. BROOKS, of Jefferson, will also be glad
to see bis friends from Jackson and surrounding country. Come nnd see, and be convinced.
Thankful for former liberal natronage nnd ask a coLti.uiauce of same.
oct30-2m. J.H. HUGGINS.
Head the News! Strike in fttheRsj
Talmadge, Hodgson l Do.
HAVE STRUCK
The Very Bottom Prices.
>3$ if* I
belonged to the party—I mast do fhy
duty and not put .the whole burden on
others—so I consented.,. Since this I
have tried to attend all of the meetings
of the party, and to do my duty as a
good democrat, which I profess to be.
And I here Btate to the party that if
th*^ tlii' Denocratic ma
chinery carried oat and run-at :it
should be they .must get .somebody
else—Ihore. is Ljjuftluiig .[lukewarm
about me. But I am digressing.
Since ray unfortunate election as
Secretary there has arisen a mighty (?)
movement in the land styled the
Independent movement. Its fame
has gone abroad to the uttermost
ends of the earth.(?) There is a man
whose wonderful characteristics
might style him the great Boarnerges
who, it is said, is the Icaierof this
mighty movement. He says that
there is nothing good can oome out of
Nazareth—that awful Democratic
party composed of cliques and in.
triguers who thrust darts at liberty
and the right of franchise. It is
said that he sees in his sleep virions
of cliqnes and hears of rumors of
conventions. There is no medicine
that can relieve him from these
nocturnal dreams. Unfair is the motto
of Boarnerges unfair T unfair! unfair!
Yet, fellow citizens, this awful Dem
ocratic party bad a meeting about a
week ago through a majority of its
of theDem. Ex. Committee, and told
him that there..was to be a meeting at
12 o’clock, and desired him to crime.
He' wrtd Hurt trims impossible,'as hts
business would not permit it, and that
anytniitt' tber Committee would do
wriuld >be ratified- by himself, - Jno.
Ware and Mr. Bradberry ; that they
were allJp favor of a primary elec-
lifo? pMf. Bsapberr)’ says, now; that
hc’herif tily approves of the action 6f
the Committee, and that it is all right
Mr. C< D> Hill-says the same thing,
and says that, the Committee did
right. .
4. That Mr. Tilly says that there
were but three parties present at the
meeting of this clique in that “back
store” This is correct, but I say that
all of the members of this Committee
signed to this call were hesbrd from by
promineut Democrats of Clarke coun-,
S , and that they were'represented in'
e Committee, and that this “pro-
nunciatnento/’ as Boarnerges calls it,
speaks their sentiments, and that they
will support the man chosen by the
election to-day.
Farther, I notified Bqarheiges or,
Boney for short, who was’also a mem
ber of theDem. Ex. Com. of Clarke coun
ty, himself, of the time and place of
the meeting, and that he must be
there. Boney, for short, said that be
would not come, and that he would
resign; and yet, oh! thou “Boney,”
you call upon the “Fair-minded men”
of Clarke county, and tell them that
Noy and Then.—It is only now
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H. Stephens, Ex-Gov Smith and
Ex Gov. Brown of Ga., endorse a
medicine ior the throat aqd lung3, Aind
wheh they doit is’ pretty good evidence
that the remedy must be good for the
core of coughs, colds and lung affec
tions. They recommend the Globe
Flower Cough Syrup, and their
testimonials are to be seen round the
ten cent sample bottles of the Globe
Flower Svrup, for sale by
Athens, Ga.
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