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T. If. XI BLACK. S'-rr'i/ Treat.
JEFFERSON, G5-A.
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The Fourth of July
\Vp “duly observed’’ North of Mason and
Dixon's line—and in the Southern States, in
many places, the “day we celebrate" received
its share of homage. At the Capital of our
own “Commonwealth"—Atlanta—the De
claration of was read, and
the lion, A. 11. Stephens delivered an oration.
Everything seems to have passed off without
any accident or unpleasantness. Asa matter
of course, it is enough for ns to mention the
fact that Mr. Stephens was the orator of the
occasion. We all know and acknowledge his
superiority, intellectually—though we may
possibly find fault with him in some other re
spects.
Columbus Enquirer has inspected
a small lot of Georgia silk, from Meriwether
county. The specimens are said to be first
class. Georgia was settled with a view to
producing silk, and it begins to look as if
she will vet work out her original destiny,
although rather slowly. The next Centen
nial will s<e the hopes of Georgia’s kind*
hearted projectors, we are confident, fully
realized ; for the Enquirer says that the busi
ness is certainly increasing in the State.
cn he Postmaster-General has decided,
after taking the advice of the law officer of
the Department, that postmasters are liable
on their bonds for losses of government prop
erty while in their possession. A registered
package containing postage stamps having
l>een traced to the Boston postoffice for trans
mission beyond, and no further trace of it
feeing found, the Boston postmaster was held
to be- liable and charged with the amount lost.
i The tendency of the legislative bodies
in which rural constituencies hold power, to
deny the cities the representation to which
their population entitles them, has received
its latest demonstration in the Missouri Con
stitutional Convention, where twenty-four
counties, with a population of more than half
that of the whole State, have been aceorded
z representation of fifty-three in the State
House of Representatives, the rest of the State
taking ninety.
i ef The only newspaper in Mississippi that
is edited by colored men publishes an article
fn which it asserts that the time has come for
the colored people to take anew departure,
cut loose from the political adventurers who,
while professing all sorts of friendship for the
negro voters, only use them to accomplish
their sinister designs, and join in with men
of character and respectability in the com
munity, who are bonud to the soil of the State
by ties stronger than offices and political
emolument.
• ]p J A traveling editor of the Macon Tele
graph learns from an interview with Comp
troller Goldsmith that the happiest results
have followed the postponement of the pro
posed abrupt sale of the wild lands, which
were in default for taxes. Upon no less than
three-fourths of the number of acres adver
tised, all dues hare been settled, either in cash
or by corrections of the list.
Washington correspondent of the
New York Times represents .Senator Ransom,
of North Carolina, as saying, on Thursday
last, that he had recently conversed with a
number of those gentlemen elected to the
next Congress from Southern States who were
officers ill the rebel army, and was led to be
lieve that they will be more conservative in
speech and national in their actions on the
floor of Congress than very many Northern
Democrats who will be members of that body.
They arc determined to avoid everything that
might be construed as sectionalism, and will
prefer to follow Gordon and Lamar rather
than the hot-heads of the party.
IIP’ The Boston Post has no faith in the ex
istence of a large political body of independ
ents. It says : “In opposing the Adminis
tration party, the Democrats seek to do it in
the most effective manner, and to that end to
win over the confidence and support of a ina
nity of the povrple by the manner of their
opposition. Last year's results demonstrated
what if was possible to do in this direction.
They were not the work of “independent
voters"’ as a class, but of tiie people them
selves, breaking, away from the organization
that had forfeited all further confidence, and
iillaying themselves with those who upheld
and defended well-known Democratic princi
ples.” '
Profits of a 135 Acre Farm in New York.
Mr. James R. Meat, who cultivates a farm
of 155 acres in Troga county, New York, re
ports to his Farmers' Club the following re
sult of his operations for 1K75 :
Oats. 750 bushels; wheat, 00 bushels;
buckwheat, 100 bushels ; corn. 150 bushels;
peaches, 4 bushels ; hay, 55 tons ; corn fod
der, 8 tons; oat straw. 8 tons ; butter, 2,100
pounds ; wool, 40 pounds ; apples, 200 bar
rels ; beef cattle, 3 ; pigs, 11 ; lambs, 5 ;
calves, 9 ; deaconskins, 6 ; chickens, 100 ; tur
keys, 8 ; gosling, 1 ; eggs, 100 dozen ; bees,
5 swarms. There was also some pears, gar
den vegetables, etc. The cash proceeds, af
ter reserving for use of a large family and
seeding purposes, cleared $1,750 50. Amount
ot labor cnrfployed in producing the above
and hauling to market a distance of five
miles, was one pair of horses and one man
for eight months, besides myself, a share of
my over time being devoted to the heavy
work of the dairy. The outlay, including
some extra work in haying and harvest, was
$200; capital invested in real estate and per
sonals, about SIO,OOO ; taxes and other farm
and family expenses $450.
The Currency Question.
The following paragraphs, taken from the
Atlanta Constitution of different dates, will, |
perhaps, show the direction of the “ political |
wind.” Let us all, however, be sure we are
right, “then go ahead!”
The currency question is making strange
bedfellows. The complications are daily in
creasing. The Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.)
and the Chicago Inter-Ocean (rad.) are hand
in hand on this question, while the New
York World (detn.) and the Cincinnati
Gazette (rad.) sweetly quote each other’s
financial views. The simple truth is, neither
party is in a position to fight a campaign for
either hard money or for more money.
Congress must settle these questions in the
end. and the people can decide what they
want when they elect anew house of repre
sentatives. Send the whole matter, there
fore, to the congressional districts.
The parties are equally confused on the
currency question. The republicans of Ohio
are in favor of immediate contraction and
return to specie payments, but the repub
licans of Wisconsin, who met this week, want
resumption of specie payments provided it
can come by continuous steps in such a
manner as to disturb the business interests
very little, if any. The democrats of Ohio
want more money and better times, but the
democrats of Minnesota, who met this week,
demand an immediate return to gold and
silver as the currency of the country, with
effective measures to secure the resumption of
specie payments. Each party is divided by
the perplexing question, and each will proba
bly be compelled to remand it to the con
gressional disticts, or suffer defeat at the
polls.
The Press Convention,
Which met in Atlanta last week, repealed a
former resolution prohibiting members of the
Association from using “ patent outsides.”
At the suggestion of Mr. W. T. Hatch, of
Minnesota, the Association passed resolu
tions extending a cordial welcome to all im
migrants who may come to Georgia, and
assuring them of the perfect security of them
selves and their property. A resolution
thanking Mr. Hatch for his interest in this
matter was also adopted. Mr. Christy, of the
Athens Watchman , offered resolutions con
demning the personalities so frequentty re
sorted to by the members of the press, and
establishing a Board of Honor to which shall
be referred all differences and difficulties
arising from this practice—a member failing
to abide by the decision of the Board to be
expelled. Resolutions repealing the rates
of advertising heretofore established, and
favoring the establishment somewhere in the
State of a “Printer's supply House,” were al
so adopted. We are glad to add that through
| the intervention of a committee, appointed by
! the Association, Cols. Clarke .and Alston
' agreed to drop the whole matter of their late
quarrel. The Association resolved to hold its
next annual meeting in Savannah. The fol
; lowing officers for the ensuing year were
1 elected: President, J. H. Estill, of the
Savannah News; Ist Vice-President, E. Y.
Clark, Atlanta Constitution; 2d Vice-Presi
dent, J. B. Gorman, Talbotton Standard;
Corresponding Secretary, S. W. Hawkins,
Covington Enterprise; Recording Secretary,
| 11. H. Gabaniss, Forsyth Advertiser; Treasu
! rer, S. R. Weston, Dawson Journal; Execu
| five Committee, R. A. Alston, Atlanta Her
' aid; J. R. Christian, Sparta Times $ Plan
ter; IT. 11. Jones, Macon Telegraph; John
Triplett, Thomasville Times and C. W. Han
cock. Americus Republican.
When last heard from, the members of the
Association were enjoy irg themselves “ huge
ly ” on the excursion to Toccoa and Tallulah
Falls, &c., tendered by the Atlanta Constitu
tion.
The above we get from the Columbus Sun
day Enquirer. Of the “ Excursion *’ to Toc
coa, the Gainesville Southron remarks as
follows:
The points of interest visited were Toccoa
and Tallulah Falls, and the hoys were unani
mous in their praise of these wonderful and
beautiful freaks of nature ; were utterly as
tonished that such points of interest and nat
ural curiosities lay within the confines of our
State. Several had visited Niagara and some
Europe, and all agreed that for natural beau
ty and grandeur Tallulah was far ahead of
anything they had ever beheld. Some of the
“ piney wood ” fellows thronght in passing
over the spurs of the mountains they were
ascending the Alps or the Hymalaya—they
could not comprehend how such things could
exist so close to them.
We were hospitably entertained by Col.
Nichols, of New Holland, Trammell and
Thrasher, of Belton, the citizens of Toccoa,
and Col. W. D. Young, of the Tallulah Ho
tel, and for these courtesies we mingle our
thanks with the other excursionists, and
wish them a long and prosperous career. In
stead of Georgians going North or to Europe
to see the curiosities of the world, these mag
nificent summer resorts, together with the
renowned natural scenery, should induce
them to explore and visit the garden spot of
the world and the Eden of our own State.
Appended are the resolutions offered by
Mr. Christy, and alluded to above :
BOARD OR HONOR.
Col. Christy offered the following resolu
tions which were unanimously adopted :
Resolved, That in the opinion of the
Press association of Georgia, personalities
detract from the respectability and lessen the
influence of the press, and should therefore
become avoided.
Resolved, That in order to give force and
effect to this resolution, and to elevate jour
nalism to that high standard of respectability
and usefulness it has a right to claim for it
self, a Board of Honor be established by this
association to which shall be referred for ad
justment all serious misunderstandings and
difficulties between the members, who shall
abide its decision, or, failing to do so, be ex
pelled from this body.
The Floods in France.
We notice that the great floods in France
are rendered more terribly by every succes
sive account. One report states that more
than a hundred thousand people have been
made homeless and destitute, by this swift
and wide-spreadjTig calamity. And through
out France great efforts are being made to
help the sufferers, and all Europe will prob
ably share in the good work. In regard to
the late disasters, it is perhaps some conso
lation that the overflow of river banks, as
illustrated by the Nile and Mississippi, is
usually succeeded by seasons of extraordi
nary fertility. If this should prove to be the
case with the great freshets in France and
Bohemia, it may at least prove the preven
tion of further famine there.
Children arc to-morrow of society.
Take Care of the Horses.
The season is now upon us when there is
a great deal of fast driving done in town and i
country ; and while we make no pretensions
as a “ horse-doctor,” yet it is hoped no one
will object to a little wholesome admonition
on the subject above noted. Too much care
cannot be exercised as regards over-working
and over-heating at this season. A gentle
man drove through Jefferson a couple of
weeks since, and had scarcely passed the
town limits ere he was compelled to return
in quest of medicine for his, now, sick horse.
It was too late, however; and in less than an
hour—or at least a very short time—the no
ble animai was dead. We do not pretend to
say that this horse was over-worked ; not at
all. The da}' was very warm—he had come
from a neighboring county, and the circum
stance was, to say the least, suggestive. The
following appropriate hints on the “ horse”
subject, we take from the Washington Ga
zette, and respectfully commend them to the
attention of all interested :
Good for the Horses.—There arc few things
which are so injurious to a horse as to allow him,
after a ride or drive, to stand idle, fastened to a
tree or rack, for hours at a time. In the cold
weather of winter there is great risk that he will
take cold and be seriously if not fatally injured,
and many a poor animal has died from what was
called distemper who lost his life solely by being
left standing to suffer with cold, after being heat
ed by a brisk ride or drive. Many others have
been permanently injured by this, and the disease
attributed to something else. It is almost, if not
quite, as bad to leave them exposed to the sun
and flies and deprived of water in the summer
time as to leave them exposed to the cold winter.
Horses are weakened and enfeebled and rendered
incapable of doing full work by this cruel treat
ment ; and merely as a matter of economy, as a
question of dollars and cents, and leaving the in
humanity out of the question, it is better that
horses should have a shelter and attention after
being worked. No farmer would dream of plow
ing a horse or mule for hours, and then of letting
him stand tied to a post without food or water for
hours, and then putting him back in the plow and
| working him till night. And yet a great many
: farmers will work their horses to town over a bad
: road and then leave them without shelter, water or
j food, and then work them back home by night or
| b}- some late hour in the night.
For the Forest News.
Primary Education.
Bv yon straggling fence that skirts the way,
With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay.
There in his noisy mansion skill'd to rule
The village master taught his little school.—
Goldsmith.
In the times when the lines above quote 1
were most appropriate, the greatest attention
was given to the subject of this brief and un
pretentious article. Asa general rule, very
few were able, in a pecuniary sense of view,
to avail themselves of the opportunities then
afforded at the few colleges of the land for
the acquirement of an advanced or classical
education. The tuition in the common or
old-field schools of the country ranged from
four to six cents per diem, and the school
master was distinguished and celebrated for
his will and ability to apply the birch, and this
he did in a manner befitting his imperial posi
tion. Flogging, carried to the extent that it
was in those days, was in our conception a
disgrace to civilization and enlightenment.—
This, with many others, was an error which
characterized the then existing systems of
“ teaching the young idea how to shoot.”
But, notwithstanding all this, the import
ance attached to a thorough acquirement of
the rudiment al branches of the English course,
was truly a commendable feature in the sys
tems of teaching at that period. The pupil
was thoroughly drilled in each study pursued
before he was permitted to advance, and as a
result the English scholars of that day were
superior to those of our own. Now, in the
hurry to advance young men and women, in
order to get them to college, they are never
taught. The pupil is rapidly carried over
orthograph}', arithmetic and grammar, (these
being branches of minor importance,) then
smattered with a little Latin, Greek, etc., and
sent to college, where he soon graduates, and
goes out into the world ignorant of a practical
education in his own language. We think we
know what we are talking about, for we have
seen many such cases.
From the above remarks we would not have
it inferred that we oppose a high standard of
learning. Far be it to the contrary ; but what
we contend for is, that the foundation should
be well and thoroughly laid, and if but little
is learned, let that little be learned well. Do
not advance the pupil too much, but let him
advance. Do not drive, but lead. It is a
lamentable fact that childrens’ minds are fre
quently overtaxed, and as a result, they be
come despondent and discouraged. The
formation of a lasting structure requires that
a solid foundation be laid.
If, in early youth, the pupil is habituated
to running over studies half understood, it is
but a practice which he will pursue, to a
greater or less extent, throughout his entire
life as a student. Hence,
“ Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.”
The masses of our people are never educated
beyond an ordinary English course. But a
very small per cent, of them ever expect to
or do make lawyers, doctors, statesmen, etc.
A large per cent, of them have not the means
to incur the expenses incident to a first-class
education, but none are so poor, if the proper
exertion be used, but that they may make
themselves familiar with the elements of an
English education, and let this education be
made as perfect as possible.
We therefore favor the establishment in
every institution of learning of the higher
grades, a separate and distinct department for
primary instruction, not in name, but in fact,
through which the pupil shall be carried and
undergo a sifting examination before being
allowed to enter the more advanced depart
ments. When tills is done there will be fewer
scholars to sit doivn at spelling bees on ac
count of not being acquainted with Webster s
Elementary Spelling Book.
Irenaeus.
Galilee, July 15 th, 1875.
A flirt is a fool, who dclights in fooling fools ;
and the fool who is fooled by such a fool is
the foolishest kind of a fool.
For the Forest News.
Crop Prospects of Jackson.
Editor Forest News :—Having been
traveling with a threshing machine, threshing
wheat, it afforded me an opportunity of see
ing the crops, and I now report to you the
following:
Wheat crop is yielding from eight to ten
bushels per acre. The com crop I have
never seen look more flattering in any coun
try. The ridge furrow will yield equal to the
low ground furrow of an ordinary year. I
have never seen a crop better cultivated than
it has been this year. The cotton crop in
Jackson county never was any better than it
is at the present time. The potato crop is
good. A few more seasons, and Jackson
county will be independent. The bottom
cracks of her corn-cribs will be stopped; her
meat boxes in her smoke-houses will be fill
ed, and her gin-houses will be filled with the
great staple, waiting their own time to change
it into greenbacks. No longer will they dis
turb the smoke-houses of our Western breth
ren ; neither will they have to make their
will and bequeath their all—body and soul
—to some clever merchant, to win them anoth
er 3’ ear’s glory. Enough for one time—my
soul is happy. Hurrah for old Jackson
county !
To our low-country neighbors, we say dis
pose of your old red hills. • If you cannot do
so, leave them while you are able, and come
to Jackson, where you can get good land and
pure water —where you can live at home and
board at the same place. Some have come ;
still, there is room for more. Come along—
we will give you a hearty welcome. You will
never regret coining to Jackson count} 7- . You
can get as good land as there is in any State
in the Union, and on as reasonable terms.
Mr. Editor, I am speaking what I believe
to be the truth, when I say that the time is
not far distant when Jackson county will be
considered the garden-spot of our State. But
I must close. More anon.
Yours, trul\ r , Curry’s Creek.
I*. S.—l send you the following recipe to
clean a potato patch : Prepare your land as
you did at first—the same size as your grassy
patch—then pull up the slips of your grassy
patch, and plant them in your clean patch,
and my word for it, you will have as clean a
potato patch as anybody. Try it. My bill,
Mr. Editor, for the recipe is 30 cents ; please
send me the amount by Express. C. C.
Jackson Cos., Ga., July 1 2th, 1875.
A Grand Scheme. *
The grangers aud the co-operatives pro
pose to go into business on an international
scale. The one produces grain and cotton
that the other needs, and the latter produces
fabrics and machinery, that the former is
now compelled to buy with several interme
diate profits added. They propose to effect
an exchange by their own ships through their
own agents. A lengthy correspondence con
ducted on the part of the grangers by Secre
tary Kelly, has resulted in a delegation of co
operatives who are en route to this country to
confer with the executive committee of the
national grange, and perhaps to settle the de
tails of the plan. The co-operatives of
Great Britain number 500,000 members, and
the grangers of America probably 2,000,000.
Here is certa'nly the basis of an extensive
partnership.
Whether the partnership, if formed, woul 1
endure or not is quite another question. That
depends, to a great extent, upon the wisdom
of the men who are entrusted with the gener
al management of the new system of excange.
Both organizations believe in the principles
direct co-operation ; both want cheaper goods
for ther own use ; both are efficient and pow-.
erful, and both have already a large number
officers and agents trained to the work. If
the plan can succeed on an international
scale at all alliances of the grangers and co
operatives should certainly poduee such a
result. It is an excellent and almost un
paralleled opportunity to try co-operation on
the broadest scale. The experiment is worth
a trial, and the conditions for a grand trial
were never more favorable.
The cotton crop of the South will be an
important element in this international effort,
and the people of Savannah should watch
the movement with a view of getting from it
the inception at least of a direct line of steam
ships. The grangers and co-operatives will
certainly need a direct southern line to effect
an equitable and economical exchange of
their products. Savannah is clearly the best
Southern port for such a purpose ; and Mas
ter Smith of the State Grange can do his
State and his order noble service by keep
ing his weather eye on the movement, for the
purpose of securing all that the advantages
of Georgia plainly justify.— At. Const.
Texas Crops.
| From a gentleman just returned from a
! tour through more than forty counties of this
| State, we learn that everywhere cotton is
looking well, and as yet has not suffered from
the drought. In Fort Bend, Brazoria,
Waller, Washington, Grimes, Brazos, Robert
son and Limestone, it is unusually fine. As
for corn, in the counties just named, it is
much better than the average. In the coun
try west of the Colorado it is suffering great
ly for the want of rain, and will not make
more than half a crop. On Tuesday and
Wednesday last there were fine rains in the
country between the Guadalupe and Colo
rado, which will be of great benefit to the
cotton. Upon the whole, our informant
thinks there will be an abundance of corn
raised, and, unless the drought should be
greatly prolonged the cotton crop will be
much larger than last year. —Dallas Herald.
bishops of the Methodist Episco
pal church, south, have decided that the sale
of intoxicating liquors, by the large or small
quantity, constitutes a violation of the Meth
odist law as found in the article of the gen
eral rules requiring the avoidance of evil of
every kind and the doing of no harm. Un
der this ruling, the Augusta district confer
ence recently passed the following resolu
tions :
That the members of our church are most
earnestly exhorted to separate themselves
from a traffic condemed by good morals,
Methodist rules and the Holy scriptures.
That our pastors are hereby called upon
to judiciously, yet firmly, enforce the ruling
of our bishops as to the law of the church
with respect to the sale of intoxicating li
quors.
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Gumming —Corn planted the second week
in April silked in June for the first time in
sixteen years. — Clarion.
Sparta —The brain ofHobert Braswell,
who died of brain fever, weighed 72 ounces,
or four pounds and a half.— Times 4' Planter.
Macon —Seventeen years ago Mr. A. B.
Strippling, of Jones county, put a small cat
fish in his well. The fish still is there hearty
and active, a perfect monarch of the waters,
subsisting, as best it can, upon what fate
throws in its way. A negro woman in
south Macon was struck by lightning a day
or two ago. She says the fluid struck her on
the head and glanced off, leaving her smartly
stunned. She had a child in her hand at the
time which was not injured at all.
Columbus— Old Billie, a colored man, was
in the twentieth Georgia regiment, Benning’s
brigade, as cook, during the war. Every
memorial day “Old Billie” puts on his Con
federate gray coat and goes to the cemetery
to put flowers on the graves of the “boys.”
He leads the horse in the funeral procession
of Gen. Benning.— Enquirer.
General Benning’s life was insured in the
Brooklyn Life Insurance Company for $lO.-
000.
We are requested by Col. S. K. Johnson to
say to the people of Athens that he has no
intention of discontinuing either train on their
road until after Commencement, and not
then if business will justify running both.
If either is taken off it will be the night.—
Aug. Const. Aug . 15th.
It is rumored extensively in Atlanta that
Judges McKay and Trippe, of the Supreme
Court, will resign at an early day, and it is
thought that lion. Hope Hull, of Augusta,
and Col. L. E. Bleckly, of Atlanta, will be
appointed to the position.— Herald.
Elberton.— The fourth of July celebrated.
Major H. A. Roebuck read the decleration of
independence, and S. N. Carpenter aud Hon.
Robert Hester made addresses.— Gazette.
The Grand Lodge of the Good Templars
of Georgia meets in Gainesville September 2 ( J.
The Eagle says visitors will be well enter
tained.
Rome Commercial : We see in the last
issue of the Times, that a child, about eigh
teen months old, of Mr. A. J. Langley, living
near Gadsden, Ala., was killed by a chicken.
While the child was playing in the yard, it
was furiously attacked by a rooster, knock
ed down and spurred several times. I)r.
Ewing, who was called in, says that one
stroke of the spur entered the brain through
the sucher connection of the occipital and tem
poral bones, which in young children are not
knitted together. The Doctor thinks this is
the first case of the kind in the history of the
world.
The news from the crops, not only in
Georgia but all over the South, continues
most favorable. More so, indeed, than known
in a whole decade of years. A gentleman
just returned from Nashville, says he never
saw such a prospect all along the road from
Atlanta to that city. The Georgia corn crop
South of Atlanta will be made in the next ten
or fifteen days, or at least placed beyond the
possibility of blight. —Augusta Constitution
alist, 1 5th.
Goldsboro, X. C., Correspondent of the New York
Herald.
THE SV/AMP ANGELS.
Capture of George Applewhite, the Last oi
the Lowry Gang—A Desperate Struggh
With a Desperate Man.
Since 1871. a stalwart mullatto, passing
under the assumed name of Bill Jackson,
has been living in this locality, following the
location of a plasterer aud brick mason. It
seems that Jackson and another negro,
whose name escapes my memory, for some
time have been suitors for the hand of the
same woman, and that this contest engen
dered the most bitter hostility between them.
They had hitherto been warm friends, and it
was during this period of intimacy between
them that Jackson divulged to him the ghastly
secrets of his former life with the robber
chief 1 Henry Berry Lowry, in Robeson coun
ty. Jackson’s rival betrayed him, and acting
upon information received from him, certain
parties here addressed a letter to Mr. McMil
lan, the Sheriff of Robeson county, asking
for a minute description of Geo. Applewhite.
A photograph of the bandit was the response,
and led to the apprehension of Bill Jackson,
as the escaped freebooter. Applewhite was
standing, engaged in conversation upon one
of our principal streets to-dav, when he was
approached by William Freeman and Brvant
Copps, who commanded him to surrender.
Upon his refusing the summons the officers
clinched him, when
a desperate struggle
ensued. Though wholly unarmed Applewhite
did effective execution with his brawny fists,
knocking Freeman into chaos and out of
time in the first round. This giving him a
momentary freedom, he ran rapidly down
James street toward tha market house, but
was soon overtaken by his pursuers and
beaten into submission. lie was terribly cut
and bruised by the batons of the police, both
in the temple, and back of his head. The
officials here are positive as to his identity
since coming into possession of the photo
graph. It will be remembered that George
Applewhite murdered Mr. King, a former
sheriff of Robeson county, and for which
felony, in conjunction which others of no less
magnitude, he was
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
I lowever, with the assistance of his confede
rate he escaped, and has been at large ever
since until now. He was considered one of
the most daring, brutal and devilish of the
“ swamp angels,” and his name alone sug
gested murder. There is a standing reward
of $6,000 for his body, dead or alive. To
night a strong guard will be placed around
the jail in which he is imprisoned, to prevent
any possible attempt at rescue. Intense ex
citement prevails here consequent upon his
capture, and knots of citizens upon
the various street corners have been discuss
ing’the evente the entir afternoon.
Robeson county is only distant about
eighty miles from this point, and it is a little
remarkable that an outlaw of Georgie Apple
white’s reputed sagacity should expose him
self so near the theater of his many depreda
tions.
The By-Laws of Journalism.
1. Be brief. This is the age of telegraphs and
stenography.
2. Be pointed. Don‘t write all around a
subject without hitting it.
3. State facts, but don’t stop to moralize. If
it is a drowsy subject. Let the reader do his
own dreaming.
4. Eschew preface. Plunge at once into your
subject, like a swimmer into cold water.
5. If you have written a sentence that you
think particularly fine, draw your pen through it.
A pet child is always the worst in the family.
6. Condense. Make sure that you really have an
idea, and then record it in the shortest possible
terms. Wc want thoughts in their quintessence.
7. When your article is completed, strike out
nmc-tenths of the adjectives.
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
St. Louis, July 0. —Gen. Frank P. Bl a i r
expired at midnight, surrounded by I
family and a few intimate friends, lie has
been in a precarious state for several months
but under blood-transfusing treatment had
begun to grow stronger and was generally
supposed to be steadily improving. During
the past few days he has taken frequent
rides and yesterday walked down stairs
His death came suddenly and will be a pain,
ful surprise to his many friends who ha :
confident hopes of his recovery.
Long Branch, July 11. —Mrs. Algernon
Sartoris, daughter of President Grant, gave
birth at 8:15 this morning to a fine 'boy
weighing 10| pounds. The happy house
hold immediately telegraphed the news to
the President, who is at present at Cape
May. He immediately sent congratulations
and a father’s blessing by telegraph. Many
friends arrived during the day to congratulate
the happy mother, but by special instructions
from her physicians, none were permitted to
see her, except near and dear relatives.
This evening the mother and son were doina
well.
Columbus, Ga., July 10, 1875.—General
Henry L. Benning died at his residence in
this city this morning at three o’clock, after
a very short illness. He was formerly a
Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia,
aud at present a prominent member of the
bar, and was during the war, the commander
of the famous Benning’s brigade. No mar.
was more honored and loved, and his death
will be university regretted. His funeral
takes place to-morrow.
Caktersvili.e, July 10. —At the election
held here yesterday under the local option
law, the restrictionists carried the day by a
majority of fifty-three votes. The total mini. ]
ber of votes polled were 281.
New Orleans, July 14.—A bale of new
cotton was received last night from St. Landry
Parish, classed from middling fair to fair, new
classification, and weighing 400 pounds, was
sold at 25 cents per pound. The first receipt
of Louisiana cotton last year was on August
12th.
Providence, R. 1., July 14.—The National |
Division of Sons of Temperance of North
America are in session. Ninety four repre
sentatives are present. Twenty-seven repre- 1
sentatives were initiated.
Atlanta, July 14.—Tom. Wells, formerly
a commission merchant of this city, suicided.
Financial troubles.
New Orleans, July 14.— A letter in the
Bulletin, from Melton, Florida, reports the
lynching of a white man and a negro, eaeli
charged with rape. Verdict of the coroner’s
jury: “Hanged by parties unknown, and
served them right.”
Raleigh, N. C., July 14.—1n the Cotton
States Congress, Col. Holt, of North Carolina,
introduced a resolution requesting the dele
gates to the Congress to urge the Legislatures
of their respective States to follow the pre
cedent so wisely established by Georgia in ’
establishing a State Department l of Agri
culture.
Dr. Janes, of Georgia, spoke in advocacy jj
of the resolution, and explaining the great
good that had been accomplished in that
State by this department. He claimed that
8200,000 would be saved to the farmers of
Georgia this year by its workings.
The resolution was adopted.
The affairs of the Direct Trade Union were
liscussed. It was stated that while its 1
working had not been altogether satisfactory,
it had establishd the fact that it could be j
productive of great good in the Southern ;
States.
An essay was read from Dr. E. M.
Pendleton, of Georgia, pertaining to agricul- |
tural colleges and the department of agricul
ture.
Col. Johnson, of North Carolina, reported
from special committee, advocating the re
establishment of the State banking system
as peculiary advantageous to the whole coun
try, and asking Congress to relieve the tar
upon State banks as a matter of justice and
right.
Resolutions were adopted urging the im
portance and absolute necessity of producing
an abundance of art icles of prime necessity.
■ # >i S H #
Crop Averages in Georgia.
Circular No. 13, from the Georgia Depart
ment of Agriculture, gives the average con
dition of the crops in the several counties of
the State, as returned to the Department up
to the loth of June. We copy, says the
Columbus Sun. the general averages and com
parative estimates for the whole State, deriv
ed from a consolidation of county returns.
Corn—Average condition, 98. Suffered
in South Georgia from drouth. Reported
clean ; but small.
Cotton—Average condition, 100—late but
in a thriving condition.
Rick —9s. Melons, 96. Sorghnm, 109.
Sugar Cane — 93 ; retarded by drouth.
Oats —Fall sown, 106: spring, 80; yield
of both compared with last year, 114 : spring
sown, injured by both rust and drouth, It
is well demonstrated that oats succeed bet-j
ter sown in the fall. It has also been de
monstrated that a good stand may be secured
by sowing in cotton about the first ofSeptem
her without plowing in. Planters should try
at least a part of their crop in this way next
fall.
Wheat —Condition of that not harvested
June 15th, was 90. The yield of that tbenf
harvested is 108. The crop has been har
vested in good dn’condition. In some coon
ties in Middle and South Georgia it W& 5
materially injured by rust.
Clover—9o: harvested in good condi -
tion.
Corn Forage —Acreage, 121; condition
99.
Field Peas —Acreage, 100. Speckled an
White Crowder are the varieties principal! 5 '
recommended.
Postal Points.
The law went into effect on the let Jnl f
placing the fees on domestic money order*
as follows:
On orders not exceeding sls, 10 cents.
On orders over sls and not exceeding
S3O, 15 cents.
On orders over S3O aed not exceeds
S4O, 20 cents.
On orders over S4O and not exceeding
S6O, 25 cents.
Postage on printed matter and merely
dise, one cent for every ounce, or fractal
thereof, up to four pounds.
The fee for registering letters will short
be increased from eight to ten cents, in *
dition to the regular postage.
Postage on letters to Great Britain, G e
many, Sweden, Spanish Possessions, Swit#‘
land, Turkey, Italy and Denmark, has b# 1 1
reduced to a regular standard rate of |
cents for every half ounce or fraction ther^
By remembering these points, those,
have business at the post'office willjsave tffc* |
selves and the clerks much trouble $ I
annoyance.