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THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
BY C. 1L C. WILLINGHAM.
TT. NW- BAXTXB,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AGENT FOB THE SALEOF STANDARD
FERTILISERS ■ FERTILISING MIS,
and general agent for the sale of
A_griciiltural Machinery, Grins,
MOWERS AND REAPERS,
THRESHERS, HORSE POWERS, HORSE RAKES,
COTTON AND HAY PRESSES,
STEAN ENGINES, SAW AND GRIST MILLS AND MILL MACHINERY,
Mold at Maniilaetiirers’ Terms and Priees.
teT OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, WAREHOUSE ON W. & A. RAILROAD. J&S
CARTERSVILLE. CA-
Cartersville, Georgia, January 1, 1878.
Dear Sir— Below you will find price list of fertilizers and fertilizing material I expect to
handle this season, also, some certificates, directions for composting, and other reading matter
pertaining to the advantages of composting. Many other testimonials could be obtained, but
I have been unable to see the parties in time to get their certificates into this circular. The
certificates given, you will observe, are all from parties in this and the surrounding counties,
with many of whom you are personally acquainted. Dissolved Bone or Acid Phosphate should
be ordered at once, as the longer a compost heap stands the better.
I will mention a few, known in different sections of the county, whose certificates do not
appear, some of whom have used Etiwan Dissolved Bone and some Wando Acid Phosphate,
feeling confident they will endorse all I have said,and to whom I would respectfully refer you:
I O McDaniel and T C Moore, of Allatoona, Ga. ; L S Mumford, John S Leake, Z W Jackson,
Cartersville, Ga.; It H Dodd, G M Isabell, W J Brandon, I) P Brandon, W P Whitesides,
Euharlee, Ga.; II S Crawford and Dr I N Vanmeter, Kingston, Ga.; J C Mason, Stilesboro,
Ga. Hoping to receive your order, and assuring you as good terms as can he obtained any
where, I remain, Very Respectfully,
T. W. BAXTER, Agent.
Witn option to set
tlesin cotton, mid-
T L-f • dlinj? grade, 15
A 1 ICC JjISI • cent.* per lt>, deliv
ered in Cartersville
CASH. TIME. Georgia.
Wando Acid Phosphate, delivered on hoard cars at Charleston S3O 00a $35 00 s4o 00
Etiwan Dissolved Bone, delivered on board cars at Charleston 30 00a 30 00 52 00
Soluble Pacific Guano, delivered on cars at Cartersville 50 00a 70 00
Sea Fowl Guano, delivered on cars at Atlanta, Ga : a
Ground Rock Salt, delivered on cars at Augusta, Ga 19 00a 21 00
Nova Scotia Plaster, delivered on cars at Augusta, Ga „ 1G 00a 19 00
The prices of the Sea Fowl Guanos are left blank from the fact that the company have not
up to this time, definitely arranged the prices for the coming season. The prices and terms
will be, as near as I can ascertain, the same as last year, and as low as any first-class fertilizer
of equal grade. .
Where it is desirable, an arrangement can be made with the manufactureis to deliver the
Phosphate here free of freight, at, of course, a satisfactory advance ; though all are earnestly
lkj
that much paid
It is a rule with me, in making fertilizer settlements, when the fifteen-cents option is given,
to allow my customers either to bring me the cotton, or to sell their cotton wherever they may
prefer, and pay me the value in money for the number of pounds of middling cotton which
may he required to cancel tlieir fertilizer note. For instance : 1 ton Wando Acid Phosrhnte
is worth this season $45 00, with the option to settle in cotton, middling grado, at 15 cents
per lb. Tjiis is just equivalent to 300 lbs. cotton, as 300 cotton at 15 cts. per lb. would be
just equal to $45 00. Now the planter can either deliver to me the 300 lbs. cotton in payment
for one ton Wando Acid Phosphate, or he can pay me in money the value of 300 lbs. cotton on
the day the settlement is made.
The only commercial fertilizers our people habitually compost, are the superphos
phates Dissolved Bone or Acid Phosphates (all of which mean the same thing), The actual
value of these is determined, first, by the amount of Soluble Phosphoric Acid, and, secondly, by
the amount of Sulphate of Lime, or Land Plaster, contained in each ton.
In purchasing, therefore, the planter should estimate the value of what he gets, and not
the price per ton, but the price per pound of available Phosphoric Acid.
For this reason, it is earnestly recommended to all to buy nothing hut the highest grades of
these Phosphates. A dissolved hone for instance, of 24 per cent, solubility, is worth just twice
as much as the same, or a different article, of 12 per cent, solubility, and is much cheaper for
the planter, as one ton of the former will produce the same result as two tons of the latter,
and, of course, saves freight (which with us is an item) and handling. Phosphoric Acid,
Potash and Ammonia are the chief elements which constitute all good fertilizers, and these,
when combined and sold in the market, are very expensive.
Now, the planter can furnish all these articles himself, except his phosphoric acid, which
he buy in the form of dissolved hone or acid phosphate, obtaining liis ammonia from his stable
manure and cotton seed, and his potash from wood ashes. The manufacturer of the regular
manipulated guanos uses Peruvian guano as his source of ammonia ; muriate of potash as his
source of potash, and acid phosphate or dissolved bone as his source of phosphoric acid; combine
them and we have the regularly manipulated guanos.
The planter uses cotton seed as his source of ammonia, wood ashes as his source of potash,
and dissolved bone or acid phosphate as his source of phosphoric acid, combine them in a com
post heap with, of course, the same result.
Ammonia, in all vegetable matter, produces weed and phosphoric acid fruit, so that the
planter has nothing to do but to purchase a high grade phosphate, compost it with his cotton
seed or stable manure in proportion to the ammonia lie wishes to obtain, and it his land is pine
growth, sandy or deficient in potash, add wood ashes, and he has every ingredient of a first-class
fertilizer. This a home-made guano, and the only practical way ol making one,
Directions for Composting:
Select a hard ground or plank floor ; then take a given weight of dry cotton seed ; wet it
thoroughly with water and spread it on the selected spot some three or four inches thick; then
take of the dissolved bone or acid phosphate a weight equal to the weight of dry cotton seed
already used and spread it on the layer of cotton seed; then again take the same weight of dry
cotton seed, wet it thoroughly with water, and spread it on the acid phosphate or dissolved bone;
then again spread an equal weight of phosphate or bone on your seed. Proceed thus spreading
cotton seed (always thoroughly wet) and dissolved bone in alternate layers until the pile attains
a convenient height, when it should be protected thoroughly from the weather with boards,
plank, or something to shed the rain.
The longer the pile stands before using, the better and the more thorough the disintegration,
though it can be used after three weeks.
The addition of the farm yard or stable manure to the pile will be highly beneficial, but
don’t add lime as it sets all the ammonia free, and, of course, injures the compost heap.
Lime is very beneficial to the soil if applied direct or in decomposing vegetable matter, but
should never be mixed with an ammoniated heap before it is put iht- the ground.
The planter can vaiy the proportion of cotton seed and acid phosphate from that given
above, as one ton of a high grade acid phosphate or dissolved bone will utilize from 100 to 400
bushels of cotton seed.
CEK TIFICATES.
CABBYII.I.E, Ga., Oct. 30, 1876.-21 r. T. W.
blaster —This year, for the first time, 1 used 8
smelts of Etiwau Bone, using also, as you are
■aware, 1 ton Soluble Pacific Guano. I made
si bout one tou of compost with the three sacks.
J[ think the ton of compost equal in productive
value to the ton of guano, at,of course, much
less cost. I nsed it mostly under coin, and
enough under cotton to experiment with ihe
guano, and I think it equally as good. With
ordinary seasons, at a handful of compost to
the hilg it would have thribbled my corn crop.
B. F. Bosky.
Cartersville, Ga.—Mr. T. W. Baxter—Dear
Sir : I have used your Eliwan Dissolved Bone,
composted with cotton seed, and I must con
fess that it is the best guano I have ever used,
it paid handsomely ou both corn and cottou
ithis vear. It is the farmer’s nearest road to
the dollar. 1 don’t expect to use any other as
iloug as 1 can get the Dissolved Bone.
Yours respectfully, S. W. Leland.
Cartersville, Ga., October 10, 1876.—Mr. T.
\V. Baxter—Dear Sir: With reference to my
experience in the use of Etiwau Dissolved
Bone, 1 would say that, as you know, I have
bought ot you guano of different brands for
several years, and 1 look upon the Ktivvan
Bone as the best thing lor the nrice I have
ever tried, as it produces, when composted
with cotton seed, equally as good results as the
manipulated guanos at about, to the bestoi my
calculation, one-third the cost.
Samuel L. Pittabd.
Taylorsville, Ga., N0v.21 1876.--Mr. T. W.
Baxter--Dear Sir: The Etiwau Dissolved Bone
1 bought last spring has proven to be the best
fertilizer 1 have ever used. I bought one ton ol
the Eliwan Bone, and composted the same
with 80 bushels of cotton seed and nearly one
ton ol stable manure, and put the same on 20
acres ol laud, and planted in cotton. I left a
strip where I put no fertilizer, and the balance
1 fertilized, ami picked the same separate, and
weighed it, and from the unfertilized 1 gath
ered 512 pounds per acre, and where fertilized
I,ICO pounds. J- E. Smith.
Stegall's Station, October 25, 1876 Mr.|T.
W. Baxter—Dear Sir: 1 purehasad of you last
year one ton Etiwau Dissolved Bone, and
mixed in compost 110 bushels cotton seed. This
year has been unfavorable for lestilizers of any
kind, owing to a iong drought and early frost.
1 have picked about three hags to five acres up
to tiiis time, and think I will have at least one
l'ourth of the cotton which won’t open, owing
to earlv frost lam satisfied that with a good
season ! would have made a bale per acre. It
is the best fertilizer 1 ever used.
E. Stegall.
I bought from Mr. Baxter one-half ton Eti
wan Dissolved Bone; used 60 pounds cotton
seed and 1.000 founds pulverized cow manure,
put up compost. 1, on .he 80th, put fcOU pounds
per acre under cotton; also put two spoonfuls
iu the corn lull. 1 think it paid me 100 per
cent, in yield, 25 ceLt. ,iu cultivation.
C. A.GILIIEATH.
Cautkrsville, November 31,1876.—Mr. Bax
ter.—Having used your Waiulo Acid Phos
phate lor two year*, l can safely say it is high
ly commendable, and urge all larmers who
w ish to raise coin and cotton to give it a trial.
There is no other which excels it for corn. Buy
the Wundo Acid Phosphate, try it under your
corn, and don’t plant much cotton; raise your
own hogs, and be independent. C. V. Gemes.
Cassi ,llk, G a., October 24, It Mr. TANARUS, W.
Baxter- Dear Sir: We have trl i the Eliwan
Dissolved Bone,.purchased of y< t last spring,
and take pleasure in adding our certificate *s
to its merits. We were induced try it from
the report of those who had u-e< It for several
seasons past, and say without 1 Miitation that
it is certainly the cheapest tliini a farmer can
buy, as it enables him to utilize I is cotton seed
and stable manure, and make i nomc made
guano. This year has been ex eedingly bad
on fertilizers of any kind, owing to a two
month;' drought. Yours Truly
G. H. G ■ iEath, Jr.,
11. S. t u.revth,
J. K. ( a. heath,
Fairiiount, Ga.. October 26, 1876 - .Mr T W
Baxter, Cartersville—Dear Sir: The Etiwan
Dissolved Bone which 1 purchased of you last
season was composted with cotton seed and
stable manure, and used lor the garden and
corn crop. The result notwithstanding a se
vere drought, is highly satislactory.
Yours respectfully, W M Dyku.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24,1578.
C AKTEKSVILI.K, G A., November A). 1876.—M*.
T. W. Baxter--l>enr >ir: The Etiwan Dis
solved Bone purehosetl of you last season has
jfiven me satisfaction. I look upon it as be
ing the oest thing a planter can use, as it ena
bles him to make his guano at home, utiii/ibg
cotton seed and stable manure, and
a permanent fertilizer. It has been a bad year
on my guano. I look upon it as costing about
half as much as the regular guano, which is, of
course, a great gain. Joseph G. Low ry.
Eru aki.ee, G a., October 28, 187*.—Mr. T. W.
Baxter—Dear Sir: I used this year, as you
know, a small quantity of Wando Acid Phos
phates lor composting, and look upon it as be
ing all right. I used it right afoiHj side of
Bale’s Guano, and look upon it as being better
than any guano J ever used. I co|(f'Ovted it
with cotton seed about five U> one, tr- king six
tans of the compost; and when I say that it is
20|>crcent, letter than Bale’s Guano, I mean
that 200 itoutids of the compost is 20 per cent,
better than 200 pounds of Bale’s.
His
Thomas X. Dawson.
mark,
Cassvi '.k, Ga., October 25. IN*.—Mr. T. W.
Baxter. A tent Etiwan Dissolr* * Bone—pear
Sir: Last ; sar I used three sat is of Etiwan
Bone for t t first time, ami cons.Jer it the best
tiling I evt saw. I used it wit! cotton seed
and stable •anurc, and it come tally up to
my expect, lions. I shall from I WIs on use
nothing els . It increased my if p at least'
400 pounds < id cotton per acre; .ol t made
from the 60d KHinds bone one am * ball tons
compost, au pi t 300 pounds p r a tr..
8. is SiMITU.
CAKTEKSY. le, November 14, 187*. I hereby
certify that I ave used the Etiwat Wuperphos
/phate"Compos . with stable manure luring the
'postseason,* i corn mostly, and b< *i*ve it in
creased Mie p ninct per acre at let fifty per
cent. O. PuntKTOX.
EuHAKbEK, ■ A., October 25,1876.--Ur. T. W.
Baxter: I usee 'ast year live tons It tudo Acid
l'liosphate. L.c easing my order, as f >*ii knew,
from 2 to 3 t is per season. 1 usually pat
übout two ton: ot cotton seed to ooe ton sf
phosphate, mak ng in all three tons. .id loofs
upon each oneoi'thesc three tons i# Wring*.-
good as one ton of tha regular guan I have
used Dixon’s [A] Guano, Pacific. Gi <to ami
Sea Fowl Guano, and consider this 1 f far toe
best I have ever used. I shall use it altogether
hereafter when I have cotton >eeri to compost,
I have used it under both cotton and corn, and
if anything it is better for corn than cotton.
L. 1). Jolly.
FAiKMOrxr. Octoberlh, 1876.—Mr. T. \V. Bax
ter—Agent for Sale of Etiwan Disovlycd--
Dear Sir: Last year I used eight sacks Etiwan
Bone, which I composted with cotton seed aml
stable manure, making the heap ol about
e piel quantities of stable manure and cottm
seed and Acid Phosphate or Dissolved Boue,
and now I look upon the mixture as very near
ly equal in value ton for ton with the regular
manipulated guanos—taking price into con
sideration, much better. J. P. Lewis,
C akteusvillk Ga , November 28. 1870.—Mr
T W Baxter, Cartersville. Ga.— Dear Sir: Am
well pleased with the United Stales National
Boue. I find it to be just what you represented.
E E FREEMAN*.
Cartersville, Ga., Novembi r 30, 187(1.--Mr
T W Baxter—Dear Sir: I have used Etiwan
Dissolved Bone, composted with cottonseed,
right alongside of several oilier brands of
guano, and can say, taking into consideration
the Worth of the cotton seed, I can manure
my lands at a cost of |2 75 per acre to the same
amoui.tof fertility and production of as good
results, far as my experience go cs, as 1 can
with the regular guanos at a costol $6 50 per
acre. I, therefore, use it altogether, amt have
no hesitation in Recommending it to any one
who desires to save and make his guano at
home. J G Montgomery,
Carteksvillk, Ga., December 6, 1876--Mr T
\V Baxter—Dear Sir: Yon ask me my opinion
to lhcWandoAcid Phosphate and Eli wan Dis
solved Bono. Las you know, liavepurchasea
both, and botli give me satisfation. I was
among tlie first, ii not the first, who ever used
anything of the kind in this section of the
country, and havccontinued its use ever since,
which is the best recommendation 1 can give,
and speaks for itself. I compost in the usual
way, and have used it under both cotton and
corn with good success. M L Pritchett.
Stilesboro, Oct. 27, 1876.- -Mr. T. W. Baxter
Dear Sir: I have used Etiwan Dissolved Bone
two years, >*nd it has always given me satis
faction. Tlie way 1 manage is, that about Jan
uary I put about 200 lbs. cotton seed to 100 lbs.
of the bone, mixing it by the dircctiions. it i
a permanent fertilizer to the land, and I think
in my case doubled my crop. 1 used it under
cotton, and apply from 150 to 200 u.- of the
ennumst nar tusxa o. V. BRADLEY.
Cherokee Cos , Ga., Oct. 24, 1876 —Mr. T. \V.
Baxter, Cartersville, Ga.—Dear Sir: The Kti
wan Dissolved Bone—bought of you last
spring—was mixed with equal weights of cot
ton seed and stable manure, and put in drills,
about3oo pounds to the acre for cotton. The
yield was quite equal to tiie best commercial
fertilizers, and we regard it as the best and
cheapest fertilizer in tlie market.
J. A. Kirkpatrick.
Euharlee, Bartow Cos., Oct. 1876.—Mr. T. \V.
Baxter—Dear Sir: This is the first year I have
used Wando Acid Phosphate to compost with
cotton seed, and have no hesitation m saying
that, with my experience, no fertilizer excels
iia.A.SBJ"JSSS ; H'S.
ton. I shall always recommend tlie Wando
Acid Phosphate. G. L. Davis.
Mr. Baxter- -In reply to your inquiry, with
reference to Etiwan Dissolved Bone purchased
of you last season, 1 would say that I look upon
it as tlie best I have ever used, being in my
opinion, a permanent fertilizer, and equally as
good as tiie high-priced fertilizers at one-third
the cost. 3 his year lias been very unfavora
ble for fertilizers, and is hardly a fair test.
D. B. CONYERS.
Cartersville, Ga.. November 14, 1876.—Mr.
T. W. Baxter— Dear Sir: 1 composted the oue
liali ton of Etiwan Bone I bought oi you last
spring in the following way: I mixed tiie one
hall ton bone with about one-half ton cotton
seed, and one-half ton or more of stable ma
nure and rich earth, making in all about two
tons of compost. I put about 200 pounds of tlie
mixture per acre for cotton, and about a hand
ful to the hill l'or corn. 1 think it fully doubled
my cotton and corn crop botli, and i had a very
bad stand ot corn, i made tlie same cotton on
two acres that one of my renters did on tlie
same land on six acres. I have used different
kinds of guanos, and like Litis much better
than any 1 have ever tried. S. Venable.
Stilesboro, Ga., Nov. 12, 1876.—Mr. T. W.
Baxter-Dear Sir: i used tiie Etiwan Dis
solved Bone X ordered through you, as agent,
in the usual way, composting with cotton seed
about two tons cotton seed to one ton of Bone,
as usual, and applied about 400 pounds ol tlie
mixture per acre, i am well satisfied with the
result, as it pays well. 1 like it especially foi
corn. I made twenty-live bushels of corn per
acre on land tiiat I know would not naturally
yield more than ten bushels per acre. It lias
been an exceedingly dry year, and unfavora
ble lot the use of any fertilizer.
Wa. Everidge.
rock Mart, Ga., November 20, 1876.— Mr. T.
W. Baxter—Dear Sir: I have never used any
acid phosphate until tills year. Tlie Wando
Acid Phosphate I bought of you this year 1
composted about one ton of acid to two tons of
cotton seed with some portion of this stable
manure. 1 used the mixture on both cotto i
and corn with highly satisfactory results. I
used it along side of Bale’s Guano, and think
tiie yield is better than Bale’s, or any other
guano I lie ve ever tried. lam satisfied it is tlie
nest and cheapest manure we can buy, and
shall herealter use nothing else.
F. M. Randall.
ErUARi.EE, Ga., November 27, 1876—Mr.T. W
Baxter—Dear sir: This is to certify Mmt 1
have purchased of you botli Wando Acid Fras
phate and National Soluble lionc, and am
equally pleased with botli. Yours Truly,
F. It. CALHOUN.
Cassville, Ga., December 7,1876.-Mr. T. W.
Baxter--Dear Sir: I commenced purchasing
Etiwan Dissolved Bone several years ago, and
have continued its use ever since. lam con
vinced. from repeated experiments with other
manures, that it is the cheapest article a farm
er can use, and when composted gives a guano
containing all the elements of the manipulated
guanos. 1 compost in the usual way, and uni
so well satisfied with the result that I shall
continue its use whenever I have anything to
co.npost it with. 1 take pleasure iu adding
my recommendation to a good thing. My ex
perience is that it does not lire like regular
guano, and that rich ear'll ami stable manure
is as good to compost with as cotton seed.
W. II AUDY.
Cartersville, Ga., November 26, 1876.—Mr.
T. W. Baxter—l nave used the Etiwan Dis
solved Itene with good success, and have no
hesitation in adding my certificate, to many
others, as to its merits. 1 like it better than
any 1 have ever used, and 1 have used several
brands of the regularly manipulated guanos.
I compost with cotto i seed and stable manure,
and look at the mixture as a home-spun guana,
possibly equal in value to regular guauo at
feast ouc-third the cost. 1 would recommend
all farmers to buy this, and make their own
guano at home. J. ii. Gilukath.
Stegall’s Station, December 5, 1876.—Sir.
T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: In reply to your en
quiry with relcrenee to the Wundo Acid Phos
phate, lean only say that, as you know, in
1875 1 bought one ton, ayd this year bought of
you eight tons, which speaks foritself. 1 com
posted with cotton seed and stable manure in
the usual way, and my continued use gives my
opiniou of tlie article. C. M. Jones.
Stllksboro Mills, Ga., Dec. 1, 1876.—Mr. T.
W. Baxtcr--We havo uscil the Etiwau Phos
phute for the past two years, and regard it as
one of the best fertilizers we have ever used
(price considered) for cotton and corn. We
have never used it lor wheat, but believe it
would be superior to any other, from the fact
that it has no equal in our knowledge for corn.
T. A- It goers & Sons.
Cassve.le, Ga.. Dec. C, 1876.—Mr. T. W. Bax
ter—l used the Etiwan Dissolved Bone, one
hall ton, with 700 pounds cottonseed and3,ooo
pounds cow-pen manure, forming a compost of
the whole. 1 left two rows in middle of patch
of cotton, without uuything under them, and
they yielded just hall what the land did where
1 applied the compost. 1, therefore, estimate
the gain at about 100 per cent.
Nathan Land.
EUHaulee, Oct. 21, 1876.—Mr. W. Baxter-
Dear Sir: We have used Wundo Acid Phos
phate for two years past, and are convinced
that it is all that is claimed for it. Previous
to this we have used different brands of the
regular guanos. We usually put one ton acid
mixed with two tons of stable mauure and
cotton seed, making three tous in all and ap
ply about three hundred pousids per acre,
which produces equally as well as 900 pounds
of regular guano. We shall always use this if
it keeps up to the standard, as it is a pennnent
improvement to the laud, we think.
B. B. Couch & Sons.
I have used Etiwau Dissolved Bone for two
or three years past for composting, having
used Dickson’s [A] and either guanos, and
mi st say ti nt I ron.-ider it the cheapest guano
a man can buy, as it makes home-made guano
equal to the (regular manipulated guanos, as
well as utilizing cotton seed and stable manure.
I shall always use this kifid of guano when 1
use any. Would say this year is hardly a fair
test, owing to a two months’ drought,
A. Pavi*.
Mr. Baxter--I have used Etiwan Dissolved
Bone for composting with cotton seed and sta
ble manure lor the last three years, aud am
satisfied it is the best and cheapest thing sold
and the only way farmers ought to use guano.
I usually .nix IMF pouuds cotton seed to one ton
Of the bone, and this year, had it. not been for
the two months drought, would not have
counted under a bale oi cotton per acre; as it
is, 1 will average all over my crop where I
used tlie Boue two bales to three acres, which
is as much as I can do with regular guano.
Oct. fit, 1876. j. N. Dobbs.
Caktelisville. Ga., November 25, 1876 —Mr.
T. W. Baxter—Dear Sir: I have used Etiwan
Dissolved Bolc for composting with cotton
seed lor three years, and am better pleased
within than anything I have ever tried. I
composted in the usual way, putting irom
three to ft nr hundred pound’s per acre of the
compost, estimating to put in aboutlUU pouuds
per acre of bone. I estimate tlie cost per acre
to be about $2,50 while regular guano costs
from tw oto three times as much. I shall con
tinue its Use. W. I. Benuam.
Mk. T. W. Baxter. Agent of Etiwan Dis
solved Bone Deal Sir: I used at,hail tou of
Etiwan Dissolved Bone composed at tlie rate
of six tootle—in other words, I made from the
hall ton, three tons of compost, each ton ol
which I think equal to a ton of the regular
gnaro. I shall certainly use it altogether tn
the future. I ued cotton seed altogether al
most, and wmi a good stand.would have made
1,000 pound a of seed cottou per acre.
October 21,187 C. M. A. W HEELER.
STILESBORO, GA. November 23. 1876.—Mr T
W Baxter-—I used the Wando Acid Phosphate J
purchased of you this spring on both cotton aid
corn; composted wiIII cotton sect! and stable
manures as is usual, aud think it at least dou
bled my crop of cotton, to the best of my judg
ment. 1 look upon it as beiug the best thing
1 ever used, and is certainly cheaper than reg
ular guano. 1 recommend it to anyone.
J. w. Harris.
Cartersville, Ga., November 18. ft"*.—Mi*
,T W Baxjea—Dear Sir: 1 have used now tor
two seasons the Etiwan Dissolved Boue. J
huve also used several other brands ol guano.
1 used the Etiwan Bone composted with cot
ton seed by dirceti ms, under both corn and
cotton, and have no hesitation in saying it is
by far tlie beat thing I have used, and shall con
tinue its use as iong as it pays me us it has
done, it is the best corn manure I ever saw.
John W Foster.
Taylorsville, Ga., November 27, 1876.—Mr.
T W Baxter—Dear Sir: The Nitrate Soluble
Bont 1 bought of you gave entire sutislatiou,
and 1 can with all sincerity recommend it. to
any one. 1 like *t better Ilian an\ tiling I have
ever used, as it is a permanent fertilizer, when
composted with cotton seed and stable manure
as ner tiie directions. I used it on botli cotton
and corn with good effect. T W Leake.
Kingston, November 27, 1876--Sir: The Eti
wau Dissolved Bone for composting with cot
ton seed, that 1 purchased of you for the past
two years, has given entire satisfaction botli
on cotton ami corn; and wheat sown on cotton
land where tlie Dissolved Bone had been used
was much better than on land twice as fertile
but upon which no fertilizer had been used. I
can recommend it as a very superior article
tor composting with seed. A B Best,
DeahSik: 1 used the U, S. Nat. Bone oh corn
at the rate of 150 pouuds to the acre composted
witli cotton seed, one pound to three. The
corn was planted the first of June on land from
which a crop of rye had been cut lor hay. The
yield was about thirty bushels per acre. A
small piece of the same field was planted at the
same time fertilizer, cultivated in
the same way, and yielding nothing. 1 think
tlie entire crop was due to the fertilizer.
December 5, 1876. j T Norms.
Cartersville, Ga, November 3, 1876.— Mr T
W Baxter—-Dear Sir: I used this yeurone-half
ton Etiwan Bone, and made a compost ot this
half ton, about two tons. 1 put it in as usual
about 200 pounds compost to the acre. I made
six bags to eight acres, which I think is doing
pretty well. I have used other guanos; shall
from this time or use nothihgbut Etiwan Dis
solved Bone compost. M J Guyton.
MARTIN & BROS.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AND DEALERS IN
PROVISIONS AND GRAIN,
Corner Ninth and Market Streets,
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Agents for
liOHWIILIi FACTORY
AND
FACTORY
Yarns and
novl-3m.
CRAND OPENING OF
Fall ai Winter Millinery Goods.
MRS. T. bTwILLIAMS,
27 BROAD STREET, ROME, GA.,
RESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE READ
ersol THE EXPRESS that she is now re
ceiving and opening one of the handsomest
toe ks of
Fall and Winter Millinery Goods
ever brought to Rome, which she offers at
Greatly Reduced Priees,
The ladies of Bartow arc invited to
call and sec her when in Rome.
nov-39-tf MRS. T. B. WILLIAMS.
JOHN TAYLOR
is
Himself Again!
THE public {thereby informed that I have
again changed lront and can now bo
found in my shaving parlor, up-stairs, over
the New York store. I have a neat, retired
and cozy shop, where gentlemen may have
their toiisorial work performed without the
rude gaze of tlie world upon them. I hope
inv old friends will not jorget me. Prices as
usual. JOHN TAYLOR.
niciiQ.
Dr. J. A. Tigner
PRACTICAL DENTIST.
Olllcc over YV. 11. Wiklc & Co.’s store,
CARTEttSVILLE, GA.
Having severed his Profess
EgSajSfw® sional connection will) Dr.
Johnson, hereby invites his for
T l-P mer patrons and friends to call
and see him at liis own office ; and would im
press upon the community the great impor
tance of having their dental work attended to
Dromptly. G’i.ll and see him. maylß-tf.
WILLIAM GRAY,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IX
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Monuments, Tombs & Headstones,
Scottish Granite Monuments, Statuary, Man
tel-Pieces, Vases, and all kinds ol Ornamental
Marble Work. Oflico and works, Xo. 77 East
Alabama Street,
Atlanta, - - - Georgia.
C. U. C. WILINGII VU,
julj26-6in. Agent.
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HOWARD HYDRAULIC CEMENT.
Manufactured near Kingston, llartow County
Georgia.
EQUAL to the best imported Portland Ce
ment. Send fcr circular. Try this be
fore buying elsewhere.
Refers by permission to Mr. A. J. West,
President Cherokee Iron company, Cedartow n,
Ga., who lias built a splendid dam (cost $7,000,)
using tiiis cement and pronouncing it the best
lie ever used. Also rcler to Gen. Wm. Mcßae,
Superintendent W. & A. R. R. Cos., who has
been using it for piers of bridges and cul
verts on ni railroad, for two years; also to
Capt. John Portell. G. E. Also to Mr. F. J.
Stone, Sup’t. Bartow Iron Company, Bartow.,
Ga., who has builtseveral large reservoirs with
it. which are perfect; to Messrs. Smith, Son X
Bro., of Rome, who have made a splendid
pavement with it; to Cupt. A* -B. Grant or Mr.
Gilbert Butler, of Savannah, ® , '*o have used it
with great success in stucco wck'or Major
Bryan, of Savannah; Mr. J. J. Cohe. 'Rome
to Messrs. Grant, Jacksonville, Ala., w .10 have
used it for fountain-*; pavements, lish ponds
cellar floors, etc.) T. G. Douglass, Supt. East
River Bridge, Xew York, who pronounces it,
equal to the Imported English Portland Ce
ment Address G. 11. WARIXG,
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WILD LANDS.
Mr. Goldsmith Replies to the Charge*
Against Him.—Anri Explains AVhy it is
that His Course I* so Bitterly Assailed.
Edilots TeJcgi'aph and Messenger :
In your paper of the 9th inst. appears
a letter from Hon. Nelson Tift dated
the 7th inst., which demands notice.
I have refrained from replying to the
several letters recently published in
your paper, because i have a great
aversion to parade my name in news
papers; and again, in order to show
the true “inwardness” of the wild
land tirade against the law and my
self, I would be compelled to use in
formation in the Comptroller Gener
al’s office against certain citizens who
are making the trouble, which I dis
like to do. I had rather suffer mis
construction, and be misunderstood,
than take the step. But when gen
tlemen not only impugn my motives,
and insinuate that I am aiding and
abetting wild land speculators to de
fraud the State and people, then “si
lence ceases to be a virtue” and jus
tice demands tlie seeming improprie
ty. I have been honestly endeavor
ing to execute the wild land law, as
construed by the Attorney General.
Other lawyers of great ability agree
with the Attorney General in hi
construction of sectiou S9l of the
code, authorizing transfers of wild
land fl. fas. Messrs. Hines, Butts
and Tift argue that the wild land act
of 1874 repeals the act of 1872, em
braced in section 891 of code. If this
be true, it is strange that the legisla
ture in 1875 [page 119, acts of 1875]
amended the act of 1872 by requiring
record of nil transferred ii. fas, and
wild land li. fas, were not excepted.
This was one year after tlie re-enact
ing of tlie wild land act in 1874, and
looks very much like vitalizing the
act of 1872 so far as wild lands are
concerned, even if repealed by the
act of 1874. These gentlemen may
be right; I cannot tell. 1 have great
respect for the legal opinion of Mr.
Tlines. I was opposed to said trans
fers. but my sworn duty is to execute
the laws as I find them, and as con
strued by the Attorney General. 1
am in no way responsible for the
law.
It is true that speculators bought
these fi. fas. but I have always said
that of all persons connected with
this matter, they would get “sickest”
of their bargains. They will have to
dojust ivbat the State would have
done had the transfer not been made,
to-wit: advertise and sell these lands
in the county where located, at pub
lic outcry, by the sheriff, as other
sheriff’s sales, and all persons have
the opportunity to buy. In less than
six months this entire question will
be reversed, and the people will then
see who it is, and for what pwrpose
this line and cry is made. This same
cry has been raised by wild land
rings in evevy Instance in which the
State has attempted to collect this
land tax since 1866, and now after so
patiently waiting, the State is requir
ing them to pay their tax on wild
lands as on other property. They re-
double their efforts to have the sale
suspended as formerly, and mlxoitly
conceal from view their real motives
by calling attention to the transfer of
said fi. fas. This law was suspended
time and again during Governor Bul
lock’s administration, and the legis
lature did not repeal the law, though
their noise was made, simply against
the sale of these lands for taxes. The
niiestion of transfer under tiie law of
1872, now usocl as a preu-Ai, um um
then exist. In 1875 a list of wild
lands was published. The wild land
owners raised a cry against the sale
for taxes, and the law was not en
forced. Still the legislature of 1876
and 1877 did not repeal the law, but
prominent men in those bodies urged
me to collect the tax. The legisla
ture and people, in the ratification of
the new constitution, have “decreed”
like Caesar of old, that the “whole
world should be taxed,” including
the scanty property of the poor
“widow and orphans” and maimed
soldiers, and shall these wild lands
go free? As Ung us the law remains
on the statute books, it should be en
forced. If the people wish to exempt
from taxation wild land owners, who
count their acres by the thousand,
then have the legislature repeal the
law, and I shall how submissively to
the groat injustice. The people will
before a great while understand the
motives of the guardians of the “wid
ows and orphans” interest, i have
not heard one single word of com
plaint in reference to the sale of wild
lands for taxes, or transfer of such
fi. fas. from neither “widow or or
phan,” nor indeed from any one else,
except from men who speculate in
wild lands and who either wish to
avade the payment of their legal
taxes and but dens, or do not want
these lands said at public outcry and
purchased by the people, hut wish to
prevent such sales in order that they
may buy and sell at private sale and
make Targe profits. For example,
Mr. A. G. Butts, of your city, seems
very much exercised about this mat
ter —he has written two letters over
his own signature and squibs over
his initials, and asked for the legal
opinion of Mr. It. K. Hines, and I
presume that of Mr. Nelson Tift, as
you say “his letter is a reply to a
prominent citizen.” Now, Mr. A. G.
Butts has as agent been forced to
pay, in the last two or three months,
taxon unreturned wild lands in de
fault, and against which I had issued
execution. He has also been recent
ly forced to pay as agent $118,05 tax
on wild lands, which he returned to
the receiver of tax returns of Bibb
countv for 1876. Not paying the
same, the tax collector of Bibb coun
ty recently sent up said amount to
me, including same in his insolvent
list, which I returned, directing the
collector to collect, which I presume
has been done, and this was just
prior to the date of his bowels of
compassion being moved, as ex hi hi ted
in his writings about “widows and
orphans,” interest being sacrificed.
I am informed that Mr. A. G. Butts,
as agent, controlled a few years ago
one hundred and forty thousand
(140,000) acres of wild landi in Geor
gia, worth one dollar per acre, and
upon which neither he nor any one
else paid one cent of tax.
I now briefly notice Honorable
Nelson Tift’s letter, which is reeking
with false and unjust insinuations.
Mr. Tift refers to recent sales of wild
lands by the United States Marshal
at Savannah, and the doings of spec
ulators, as if I had some connection
with them. While relying upon the
good name which I have always
striven to make and maintain to re
peal this injustice, still I desire to
assert —and the public will please
pardon personal reference—that I
have nothing to do with United
States Marshals or their sales. I
know nothing of the transaction re
ferred to, or any other similar one.
I have never been engaged in any
thing of the kind —never owned a
foot of wild land directly or indi
rectly, or any interest, directly or in
directly, in fi. fa. for wild land, nor
have I ever favored any speculator
to defraud the “State or people;” and
if any ene thinks there is anything
wrong in this matter—that 1 could
give aid and comfort to Speculators
or enemies ol the people, or that I
am interested in wild land specula
tion, as has been estimated, then left
such invoke section 112 of code, which
provides that “he (Comptroller Gen
eral) shall not, directly or i a directly,
be interested or engaged in the pur
chase and sale of wild lands, on
speculation, on pain of removal b\
the Governor or tho general assem
bly.” I respectfully protest against
being made responsible for all the
rascality imagined or done by “wild
land speculators,” or “United States
Marshals,” or any one else.
After alluding to said Uuited States
Marshal’s sales as the “first step in
the speculation,” Mr. Tift proceeds
to say : “Tho next step in the spec
ulation was to get the Comptroller
General’s transfer of the fi. fas, for
taxes against the unreturned wild
lands, accompanied by instructions to
the effect that 'the surplus that the
land might bring above taxes and
cost, etc., should go to the original
owner of the land, if he could Ik
found, and to the public treasury in
case no owner appeared.’ This per
fected the schome. They wore the
‘owners’ under the bogus deeds from
the United States Marshal, tiiey be-
ing constituted the judges, and they
would pay all 'surplus’ to them
selves. But the Comptroller Gener
al, some time after the first circular,
sent these speculators a supplementa
ry circular, in which, after warning
them that ‘many false and fraudulent
owners will perhaps try to impose on
you,’in order to got tho surplus of
sides over and above tlie taxes, etc ,
he says: ‘I think it would behest
to take a good and legal bond
from all persons to whom you pay
such moneys, conditional to repay
the same within twelve months, if
proper authorities decide that anoth
er is the true owner/ ” This state
ment is entirely untrue, and 1 fear
intentionally so. No instructions, or
circulars were ever “sent to these
speculators,” hut the very opposite
was done. The circular to which
reference is made was sent to the
sheriffs for their guidance, and only
contained the law (see code, section
892 and section 7, act of 1874, page
106) and were intended to, and no
doubt will, protect the owners
against s;>ecu!ators gobbling up the
excess of money over tax and cost.
I give you these circulars in full,
that you may see what efforts Mr.
Tift resorts to—of misconstruction
and flagrant perversion :
COMPTKOLLKH GENERAL’S OFEICE.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1, 1877,
To the Sheriffs of Georgia:
You will soon be culled upon to levy,
advertise and sell wildland under
11 fas issued from this office against
wild land in your county, which
has been reported to me by your tax
receiver as unreturned wild land. I
will send you fi fas direct from this
office, and transferees of such fi fas,
under section 891 of the code, will
ulso idace such ,fl fa in vour hands
for levy and sale.
In the above and all cases,you will
not sell any lands to be found on the
large digest for sueh years, deposited
in the ordinary’s office; for we do not
wish to sell improved land, but only
wild land.
Mistakes of all other kinds will be
promptly corrected hero (if -substan
* blind, bv Uieliooks) oil written ap
plication or letter, appiuveu uy urc
ordinary.
In all wild land sales, the excess of
money over and above tax and all
costs must be paid to the owner of
the land, if to be found at time of
sale, or if the owner is. not to he
found, then said sum of money in
excess of tax and cost must be sent
to me to be deposited in the treasury
to the credit of the owner as a trust
fund. This applies to all parties who
have had such fi fas transferred to
them by myself.
I will send other instructionn with
the fi fas. This circular is sent be
cause some transferees of such fi fas
will soon have their 6 fas iu your
hands for levy and sale.
Please keep this circula- for refer
ence. Very Respectfully,
W. L. Goldsmith,
Com p troller-General.
Comptroller General’s Office.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14, 1877.
To the Sheriffs of Georgia :
In paragraph fourth of my circular
of Ist instant to you, I used this lan
guage, “In all wild land sales the ex
cess of money over and above tax
and all cost, must be paid to the
owner of the land, if to be found at
thetimo of sale, or if the owner is not
to be found, then said sum of money
in excess of tax and cost must be sent
to me to be deposited in the treasury
to the credit of the owner, as a trust
fund*”
As it will be very difficult perhaps,
in many cases for you to determine
who is the true owner of the wild
lands sold for taxes, and as many
false and fraudulent owners will, per
haps, try to impose on you in order
to get such moneys, and as the law
gives the true owners twelve months
after sales to come forward and re
deem their lands thus sold by paying
purchase money, all cost and inter
est at twenty per cent" per annum,
I think it would be best to take a
good and legal bond from all persons
to whom you pay such moneys, con
ditioned to repay same within twelve
months, if proper authorities decide
that another is a true owner.
In ail cases of doubt as to owner
ship of such lands, or where no own
er applies, you will, as formerly in
structed, send the money to this of
fice.
Transferees of wild land fi fas will
be entitled to the amount of tax and
cost, as appears on face of fi fa* All
surplus will go to the owner in the
manner as above directed.
These additional instructions are
issued in answer to letters from sher
iffs, and to save writing numerous
replies. If any other question troubles
you, write to me, and you shall have
prompt answers. >
Very respectfully,
W. L. Goldsmith,
Comptroller-General,
The transferees will have nothing
to do with this excess of money—
overtax and cost unless ho is the true
owner —and that is the reason of the
order to sheriffs, to “take bond and
security unless he was satisfied of the
true owner.” Mr. Tift again says,
“in these circumstances the Comp
troller General does not speak to
these speculators by the authorities
of the State. He has divested him
self of that right—so far as he could
do so—by his illegal action and in
the absence of authority to prescribe
law for their guidance. Citizen
Goldsmith tenders to the wolves his
circular and supplemental circular
advice as to how, in his opinion they
should take care of and protect the
lambs.” Tho unjustifiable insinua
tion in the picture of my putting the
“wolves” in position to take care of
VOLUME XIX—I'UMBER 4
the “lambs” like the other citation,
is wholly unwarranted by the facts.
These circulars were issued and sent
to sheriffs alone, and not to specula
tors, and have had their intended
effect; fori have had, in the last few
days, transferees of wild land ti fas.
to beg me to allow them to return
the 11 fas and refund to them tho
amount they paid, stating that at
some of their sales in tin; upper eoun
tiei they did not buy a sinule Jot; but
citizens who lived in the vicinity of
the lands bought them and they only
got the amount they paid tor the
11 las, and lost their thne and trouble.
To the public l offer my humble
apology for tlmpersonal character of
this letter, for they will bear me wit
ness that I rarely obtrude myself
upon them not even to repel false
hood and gross injustice.
Very respectfully,
W. L- Goldsmith.
THE ATLANTA MEET I NO.
There was a largo and enthusiastic
meeting iu Atlanta last Friday night
on the financial question. A num
ber of speeches were made, and tho
results of the meeting gratifying to
all in attendance. The following
preamble and resolutions were adop
ted :
Judge Pittman, Chairman of tho
Committee on resolutions, made tho
following report;
W liKKKAs, the wide spread dis
tress and bankruptcy throughout the
Union has reached that point where
it threatens to ruin every material
interest of the whole country, and to
make the people the slaves' of Wall
street and foreign capitalists; and,
Wit ericas, an effort has been made
by certain foreign capitalists, through
their employees, to falsify the voico
of Georgia upon the issues on tho
money question now before Congress;
therefore be it
Jiesolved, Ist. That we demand the
unconditional repeal of the forced re
sumption act.
2nd. We demand the repeal of tho
act demonetizing silver, and that tho
silver dollar should he matte u legal
tender for all purposes and to the lull
extent that it was when tho bonded
debt was contracted, and before tho
demonetization act of 1872 was pass
ed.
3rd. That the people prefer a uni
form currency for the whole country,
founded upou the credit of the gener
al Government, and we declare
against any and all attempt to wipe
out the greenback currency—the peo
ple’s money—believing as we do,
that it is impolitic, uujust and wrong
to change the of the Uifited
(States to ao interest hearing debt,
when the beoplo are willing to carry
it without interest.
4th. That the Government should
not discredit and cripple her own
currency, but should at once declare
it a full legal tender, without excep
tion and issue it in the place of inter
est hearing bonds.
oth. We declare in favor of tlm
suppression and prohibition of all
bank issues, and that the furnishing
of a currency should be restored lo
tire Government to which it exclu
sively belongs.
Oth. That we call upon the Georgia
delegation in Congress lo useali their
influence for the success of tho views
above expressed, since in a matter so
affecting the personal interests of
he misrepresented in the federal leg
islature.
7th. That we especially call upon
Mr. Candler, our immediate repre
sentative in Congress, to represent
the almost unanimous wish of his
constituency in ttieir demand lor re
sumption repeat, silver remonetiza
tion and the issue of a volume of
greenbacks sufficient to transact tho
business of the country.
Bth. That while we respect the ex
ercise of his own opinion as a Sena
tor, yet where there is so much
unanimity as there is in Georgia
upon these questions, we think it tho
duty of our junior senator to respect
them by casting his vote in confor
mity with the wishes of nine-tenths
of his constituency.
9th. .That we heartily endorse tho
financial policy of our senior senator
Gen. Gordon, and of our representa
tives Messrs; Hartiidge, Smith,
Cook, Harris, Blount, Felton, Ste
phens and Bell.
10th. Resolved further, that these
resolutions be {Tublished in our city
papers and that copies ho furnished
our senators and representatives in
Congress.
HON. YV. II FELTON.
We find the following paragraph
in the. Washington Post, of tho 15th
inst:
The Hon. W. 11. Felton, of Geor
gia, says during Ids receat visit to
iiis constituents the only topic was
the repeal of the resumption act and
remonetizing silver. He says there
are not five thousand people In his
State who are opposed to the repeal
of the resumption net.
One of our mosl forcible debaters m
Congress is tile Hon. W. H. Felton,
of Georgia. His rocent arraignment
of the financial policy of the Admin
istration has been extensively copied
by the press, and has done the cause
of the people much good. Mr. Felton
is serving his second term in Con
gress, and the indications are that he
will be re-elected by his usual major
ity.
The foil awing paragraphs are from
the Congressional Record , of the 15th :
Mr. Felton introduced a bill (11.
It. No. 2269) granting a pension to
Francis Trammell; which was read a
first and second time, referred to the
Committee on Invalid Pensions, and
ordered to’be printed.
Mr. Felton also introduced a bill
(11. It, No. 2270) appropriating mon
ey for the improvement of the navi
gation of the Oostauanla and Coosa
watlie ltivers, in Georgia, and a bill
(11. It. No. 2271) to improve tho
Etowah Itivor in connection with
the Coosa River, in Georgia and Al
abama ; which were respectively read
a first and second time, referred to
the Committee on Commerce, and
ordered to be printed.
A member of the Senate of Vir
ginia said in a speech on Friday:
“William L. Yancey told Ur. Curry,
of this city, that one of the greatest
difficulties in the way towards tho
recognition of the Confederacy was
the fact that Jefferson Uavis, of Mis
sissippi, a repudiating State, was at
tho head of the Government. Mr.
Lamar, senator from Mississippi, is
reported to have said the same thing.
The repudiation of Mississippi, has
therefore, oox>t us in Virginia, the
indepen pence of the South.”
A Russian official dispatch an
nounces that General Skobeleff en
tered Phillippopolis on the 16th inst.
and extinguished the llames in a
Bulgarian dwelling which had been
fired by the retreating Turks.