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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XII—NUMBER 44
NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS.
RUFUS CARTER&CO.
(Successors to Smith & Carter,)
Tobacco Manufacturers
And Wholesale Dealers in
Tobacco. Cigars, Snuff
832 Broad Street, Augusta, if a.
DIAMONDS,WATCHES,
SILVERWARE 111 JEWELRY
For Bridal Presents. Send for illustrated
catalogue and price list to
A. F. PI CKERT,
may 23rd, ’B4. Atlanta, Ga.
PARKER & SMITH,
MANUFACTURERS OF
BRXCI£S t
AUGUSTA, Cl A.
We make from the very best of
clay. The quality and color of our
Bricks are unsurpassed North or
South. We always keep a large
stock ou hand and orders are al
ways promptly fill ed. oct!7
GEIIU BffilAfl SCIEDULE.
GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY, )
Office of General Manager,
Augusta, Ga.. Nov. 17, 1883.)
COMMENCING SUNDAY, the 19th inst.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated. Trains run by ilOth meridian
time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time:
FAST LIITEI
NO, 27. WEST DAILY, j NO. 28. EAST daily.
Lve Augusta 7:40 am ' Lve Atlanta 2:45 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am I Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:21 p m
“ Gr’nsbo’lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 7:15 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm | “ Augusta 8:05 “
NO. 1 WEST —DAILY. NO. 2 EAST — DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m
“ Macon.. 710 “ “ G’boro’.l2 09 p m
E“ Mil’dge. 918 “ Ar Athens 445 pm
“ Camak.l2 29 “ Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t. 11 20 “ “ Camak. 1 57 “
“ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’boro'. 215 p m “ Macon.. 645 “
Ar Atlanta. 545 pra Ar Augusta 355 p m
NO. 8 WEST—DAILY. NO. 4 EAST—DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G’boro’. .1 44 a m Ar G’boro’‘l 46 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 6 10a m
STSUPERB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Berzelia, Harlem, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
tain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Rerzelia, Ilarlem, Dearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
oast.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
—THE—
PIEDMONT AIR-LINE.
BICEHDID AIDJAITILLE SYSTEM.
72 MILES SHORTER
THAN ANY EXISTING ROUTE TO
Washington and the East.
350 MILES SHORTER
—InAN—
-A.aa.3r IRoiite via Oiaa.cixiia.ati
Richmond and Danville Railroad time,
One Hour Faster than Atlanta Time.
Schedule in effect, M ,,
OM. 12, 18M. “*j, *XS,
Lv Atlanta, city time 740 am 500 pm
“ Atlanta,E &D “ 840 am 600 pm
“ Lula 10 55 am 841 pm
“Greenville 2 31pm 12 49 am
“ Charlotte 6:30 pm 530 am
“ Salisbury 757 pm 722 am
“ Ureenesboro 938 pm 935 am
Ar Danville 11 10 pm 11 20 am
Lv Danville 11 33 pm 11 50 am
“ Lynchburg 155 am 300 pm
“ Charlottesville ... 400 am 535 pm
Ar Washington 800 am 10 25 pm
Ar Baltimore 935 am 12 25 am
“ Philadelphia 12 45pm 340 am
“New 'York 340 pm 640 am
Lv Danville 12 01 am 1 11 40am
Burkville 408 am | 2 50 pm
Ar Richmond 700 am | 4 58 pm
GAINESVILLE ACCOMMODATION.
[Daily, except Sundays.]
Leavo Atlanta 4 30 p m
Arrive at Gainesville 6 40 pm
KETUHNING.
Leave Gainesville 6 00 a m
Arrive Atlanta 8 20 a m
Two daily trains for Athens. Ga., except
Sundav. Only 31 hours transit
ATLANTA TO NEW YORK,
t3f*Two Fast Through Trains Daily.
SsTPullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars,
Atlanta to New York without change, via
VIRGINIA MIDLAND.
Berths secured and numbers given ten
■days in advance.
E BERKELY, M SLAUGTER,
Superintendent, Gen Pass. Agt
Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, Va.
C W CHEARS, C E SERGEANT,
Ast Gen Pass Agt City Pass Agt
Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Roberts i Go.,
-WHOLESALE
GROCERS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Solicit orders from country mer
chants. Strict attention paid aud
orders promptly filled. Merchants
from Middle Georgia when visiting
Augusta, are invited to make our
store headquarters during their so
journ. oct. 17th, ’B4.
A. P. TRIPOD,
—DEALER IN—
MMAIMHITIIIUL
LUBRICATING OILS,
French & American Window Glass,
Portland Cement, Plaster, (tc.
13 South Broad St,,
ATLANTA, - - GA.
DANGER!
Under the first impulses of the
moment wo will resort to all .kinds
of remedies for
PILES,
making them worse by so many dif
ferent remedies. External reme
dies are known to relieve but noth
ing more, whereas by an internal
treatment we are relieved at once,
and cured permanently. The
ESSLIIGEB FILE MEDICI.
for internal use is prepared ex
pressly for piles in their various
forms. Send for pamphlet, or ask
your druggist for it.
Schumann’s Pharmacy
ATLANTA GA.
may 2 84
I PIUM
Atlanta, Ga.
AND Reliable evidence
WITTBIT "XT IPven and reference
W X to cured patients &
physicians. Send for
_ N ____ . my book on the hab-
JrC _t_i_ it and its cure. free.
E. FITTS,
Contractor & Builder,
is prepared to make bids, give estimates and
undertake building contracts of every de
scription. He keeps constantly on hand a
full supply of buildtng materials which lie
is selling at reasonable prices. lie solicits
a share of the patronage of Greene and ad
jacent counties. Write to him for estimates
when you hare contracting. seps
Located in the centre of business and on
the principal shopping square. Clean
Rooms, Excellent Table, Superior Service,
Moderate Rates. Solicits a share of the
patronage of visitors to the city.
B. F, BROWN,
my!6 MANAGER.
FOR SALE.
Eight 4 to 6 h p Engines on wheels.
Six 6 to 8 h p Engines on wheels.
Two 7 to 9 h p Engines on wheels.
One 12 to 15 h p Engine on wheels.
One 8 to 10 h p Engine on sills.
One 15 to 18 h p Engine on sills.
One 20 h p Engine detached.
Eight 24-inch Empire Separators four
wheels.
Four 24-inch Empire Separators, two
wheels.
Two 25-foot Saw Mills.
Six Mowers. Six Reapers.
Seven Twine Binders.
Twelve Hay Rakes.
Thirty Saw Guards, Plows, narrows,
Pumps, Wind Mills, Etc.
Call and see me before you buy. Send
or price lists.
J. H. ANDERSON,
General Agent, 63 West Broad Street,
ATSX+AJUrCA., ChA.,
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL IWELFA RE OF THE PEOPLE.
— ■ ■ •
GREENESBORO, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7,IBB4—EIGHT PAGES.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CLEVELAND
PC® .
PRESIDENT!
GOOD NEWS
AT THE
WHite House
One hundred feet long and thirty
three feet wide, all packed with
NEW GOODS, and still they come
and out they go. LOW PRICES
does it. A Center Counter thirty
four feet long loaded with the very
CHEAPEST GOODS in this town.
Many articles going from this coun
ter at half value—not TRASH but
Goods useful and ornamental—and
we propose to throw new bargains
on this counter from time to time.
Don’t fail to call and take a look. It
won’t cost anything to look and we
have salesmen who take a pleasure
in showing our goods. They will
show you Women’s Shoes at 50c, 7£c
sl, worth twice the money. Chil
dren’s shoes for 25c worth 90c; hals
for boys ay; worth 50c; boys’ caps
at roc worth 25c. Hats for men at
$1 worth $2.50. Low prices in every
line of merchandise at our store.
Doors open all day.
W. M. TAPPAN & SON,
WHITE PLAINS, GA.,
A MUSICAL CAMPAIGN!
HAS JUST OPENED AT
6.0. ROBINSON I GO’S
Our Flag still waves over the
FINEST SELECTION of MUSI
CAL MERCHANDISE ever ex
hibited in the South.
Our PIANOS and ORGANS
are SELECTED from TWELVE
of the best MANUFACTURERS
n AMERICA, with special refer
ence to Durability, Tone, Touch
and Ease of Action.
Our long experience of over For
ty Years enables us to place in ev
ery home the Finest Musical In
struments in the world.
We deliver Pianos and Organs
[freight paid] from the Potomac to
Central Texas, with a Music Book,
Stool, Instruction Book and with
every Piano a Good Cover.
We guarantee satisfaction and
our price to be the Lowest.
Orders for Latest Musical Pub
lications filled on day of receipt.
G. 0. ROBINSON & CO.
831 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA.
J. I HOWELL k IS,
GREENESBORO CA-
We are prepared to do in the
very best style and at the shortest
notice all kinds of
BLACKSMITHINB,
—AND—
General Repairing,
Wood "Work, etc. We have on
hand a stock of buggies, one and
two-horse Wagons that are strong
and durable, and upon which we
will quote prices as low as any one.
We handle all kinds of wagon and
buggy material, and sell everything
as cheap as it can be sold iu this
section. When you want a wagon
or buggy cheap,or wish any repair
ing done in first-class style, come
and see us. We know we can give
entire satisfaction.
We return thanks for the very
liberal patronage given us. We
shall continue to treat our custom
ers in such a manner as will cause
them to give us same kind support
they have extended in the past.
J. M. HOWELL & SONS,
octl7 Greenesboro’, Ga.
—lmmediately another order goes for la
dies’ and misfts’ wide brim straw, chip ana
and felt hats and they will arrive in a few
days. The ladies say our line of hats are
pretty and very cheap. They will please
accept our thanks for the compliment. W.
M. Tappan & Son.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREENS COUNTY
SHERIFF’S SALE.
\\, r ILL be sold on the First Tuesday
” ” in December next, before the Court
House, in the city of Qreenesboro’, in said
county, the following property to-wit:
A certain lot of land lying in said city,
adjoining lands of H H King, C A Davis,
Sr, Mrs 0 E Carmichael, John Mason, and
the public road leading from Greenesboro
to Willis’ Ferry, containing twenty-three
acres, more or less ; levie l on as the prop
eity of the defendant, Ah jt .Mason, under
and by virtue of two tr-'- r )fi fas issued
from the Superior Coo i jud county to
wit : one in favor of Jo-,. Vson, Andrew
Mason and Laura Jauky !/Itn<l '.h' Alter
in favor of C A Davis : oocli of said fas
being against said Alex Mason.
C. C. NORTON.
Oct DO,j 1884. f Sheriff.
Saved Her Life!
Ridgdb, Mclntosh Cos., Ga.
Dr. J. Buadfield: Dear Sir—l have
taken several bottles of your Female Reg
ulator for falling of the womb and other dis
eases combined, of sixteen years standing,
and I really believe I ant cured entirely, for
which please accept my heartfelt thanks and
most profound gratitude. I know your
medicine saved my life, so you see I cannot
speak too highly in its favor. I have re
commended it to several of my friends who
are suffering as 1 was.
Yours very respectfully,
MRS. W. fi. STEBBINS.
TESTED A QUARTER OF A CEN
TURY—IT IS UNRIVALLED.
LaGranuk, Ga.
Dk. J. Bradfikld, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear
Sir—l take pleasure in stating that I have
used, lor the last twenty years, the medi
cine you are now putting up, known as Dr.
Brudfield’s Female Regulator, and consider
it the best combination ever gotten together
for the diseases for which it is recommended.
With kindest regards, I am respectfully,
W. B. FERRELL, M. D.
Atlanta, Ga.
Dr. J. Biiadfield • Dear Sir—Some fif
teen years ago I examined the recipe of Fe
male Regulator, and carefully studied au
thorities in regard to Its components, and
then (as well as now) pronounce it to be
the most scientific and skjllful combination
of the really reliable remedial vegetable
agents known to science, to act directly on
the womb and uterine organs, and the or
gans and parst sympathising directly with
these ; and, therefore, providing a specific
remedy for all diseases of the womb, andof
the adjacent organs and parts
Yours truly, £
JESSE BO'R3.T>, M. D., D. D.
' JL, ' t* i
Treatise on the Health and Happiness of
Woman mailed free to any address.
The Bradfield Regulator Cos.,
Box 28, Atlanta, Ga.
$11,950
IN CASH
GIVEN AWAY
ATTENTION, SMOKERS!
All contestants for the 25 premiums aggregat
ing above amount, offered by Blackwell's Dur
ham Tobacco Cos., must observe the following
conditions on which the premiums are to be
awarded: All bags must bear our original
Bull Durham label, U. 8. Revenue Stamp, and
Caution Notice. The bags must be done up
securely in a package with name and address
of sender, and number of bags contained plain
ly marked on the outside. Charges must be
prepaid. Contest closes NmemberSOlh. All pack
ages should be forwarded December Ist, and
must reach us at Durham not later than Decem
ber 15th. No matter where you reside, send
your package, advise us by mail that you have
done so, and state the number of bags seDt.
Names of successful contestants, with number
of bags returned, will be published, Dec. 22, in
Boston, Herald; New York, Herald; Philadel
phia, Times: Durham, N. C., Tobacco Plant:
New Orleans, Times-Democrat; Cincinnati, Err
Sirer; Chicago, Daily News; San Francisco,
roniele. Address,
Blackwell’s Dunn am Tobacco Cos.,
Durham, N. C.
Every genuine package bas picture of Baft
AW Sec oar next announcement."**
S.B. WRIGHT,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
11, LIQUOR, m
834 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA,
tsF"Aged Whiskies a Specialty..®!]
THOMPSONS
LADIES’ AND GENTS’
RESTAURANT,
13 E. Alabama St, Atlanta, Ga.
The best restaurant in Atlanta.
Everything cooked in the very best
style. octl7
TAX NOTICE,
I will be at the following named places
on the days specified for the purpose of col
lecting State and County Taxes for year
1884.
White Plains Oct. 18-Oct. 27—Nov. 10.
Siloam Oct. 14—Oct. 28 —Nov. 11.
Union Point Oct. 15—Oct. 29—Nov. 12.
Woodvllle Oct. 16—Oct. 80 -Nov. 13.
Penfleld Oct. 17—Oct. 31- Nov. 14.
Scull Shoals Oct. 21—Nov. 6 —Nov. 18.
Greshamvillc Oct. 22—Nov. 7—Nov, 19.
I will be in Greenesboro on Saturdays and
all public days. My books will be closed
December Ist 1884.
M. G. COPELAN, T. C.
—We have a beautiful assortment of car
pets and rugs which we offer very low. —
Right here at home we are selling carpets
cheaper than can be bought in Atlanta or
Augusta. Please examine our stock and
prices before you buy. It costsyou nothing
to look and we promise to saye your money.
—Copelao, Seals & Armor.
SELECTED POETRY.
LOOKING OVER “GRAND
PA’S” CHAIR.
“For there the opening gates have thrown
The glory from the great white Throne.”
Silvery hair, silvery hair,
Like a baby’s—soft and fair;
Once a giad young mother said
Low, sweet prayers above that head !
Head with hoary glory crowned,
Thou bast known the well-told round—
Dreams of youth and manhood’s prime.
Morning, noon, and evening time.
Lingeringly the fingers go
Through the locks of drifted snow,
Through their meshes fine and white,
As I pause to say good night. __
As about to speak again
Some light word—a hidden pain
Silence brings, mute lips I press,
Thinking of a last caress.
Will the tears and kisses lay
On that pillowed head one day,
Then—a single, gleaming tress
Tell the awful loDeliuess ?
Yes, a morrow surely waits
When the slowly parting gates
Wide shall stand, beloved, for thee,
Aud thy face be turned from me.
Though to me the darkness come
Thou shalt see the lights of Home ;
Mine the night-time, for with thee
Heaven’s clear day-dawn it will be I
Silvery hair, silvery hair,
Shadows gather everywhere ;
Save about these locks of snow;
Why—the shining angels know 1
—Parish Visitor.
METHODIST SYNOD.
ADDRESS OF ARCH-DEACON
BODDY.;
The Synod of tbfe diocese of To
ronto, Canada, at its late session,
appointed a deputation to convey
to the Methodist General Confer
ence the fraternal greeting of the
Synod. It may be remarked here
that the Methodists themselves, of
Canada, have but just now come
together into One body, and if we
make no mistake, the conference
now in question was the first gen
eral one of the whole Methodist
body of Says the Evan
eelical Churchman:
The deputation waited on the
conference at the appointed time.
It was introduced to Rev. Dr. Sufh
erland, the president, and received
by the conference standing. The
members of the deputation pres
ent were, Venerable Archdeacon
Buddy, Rev. John Langtry, Rev.
Septimus Jones, Rev. J. D. Cayley,
Rev. John Pearson, Hon. Senator
Allan, Dr. J. George Hodgins, and
Dr. Richard Snelling.
The Venerable Archdeacon Bod
dy said : Mr. President, reverend
brethren and brethren—Some days
ago we had the honor to bear fra
ternal greetings from the Church
of England Synod of the diocese
of Toronto to the General Assem
bly of the Presbyterian Church in
Canada. To-day we have the hon
or of bearing similar greetings to
the first United Conference of the
great Methodist Church, and this
is an honor which we very highly
appreciate. (Applause.) I say we
very highly appreciate this honor
for we cannot forget that the bond
between us and you is in some re
spects stronger than that between
us and the Presbyterian Church.—
(Applause.) John Wesley having
originally been a clergyman of the
Church of England, for which he
retained to the last I believe a warm
affection—(hear, hear)—was so im
pressed with the beauty of our lit
urgy that he compiled and publish
ed a prayer-book for the special
use of the people called Methodists.
(Applause.) As we think of this
we cannot but anticipate the time
when the breach between our churh
es, the English Church and the
Methodist Church, shall be thor
oughly healed—(applause)— and
that God will bring this about in
His own good time is one of the
things for which we devoutly pray.
Meanwhile, if we cannot work to
gether, at least we can regard each
other with mutual respect and es
teem. (Applause.) Nay, more than
this, we can love each other, as
brethren in the Lord,as those whose
faith and hope are essentially the
same, and aim at least to make this
the only question between us:—
“Who shall walk most closely in
the footsteps and aid most to pro
mote the honor of our common Re
deemer.” (Renewed applause.)—
That iu .many respects you set us a
noble example, we freely acknowl
edge : if we prefer our own system
as a whole we are deeply sensible
that in many particulars we might
learn from you with advantage.—
May we be stirred np by yonr zeal
your liberality and not least by
your brotherly forbearance one to
wards another, as evidenced by
your coming together on this occa
sion, and may the union now hap
pily consummated between the va
rious sectious of your church be
overruled for your own spiritual
good, and for your more extensive
usefulness in the Church of Christ.
(Applause.)
Then followed addresses by the
other members of the deputation
for which we have not space. We
add that which officially conveyed
the conference’s acknowledgement.
Rev. Dr. Sutherland called upon
Rev. Hugh Johnston to move a res
olution.
Rev. Hngh Johnston moved,“that
this conference, having heard the
distingnished deputation appointed
by the Synod of the diocese o! To
ronto, to convey fraternal greetings
to the First United Conference of
the Methodist Church, desires to
express its genuine appreciation of
these brotherly greetings and con
gratulations. The conference de
sires to convey to his Lordship the
Bishop of Toronto its gratification
with the action of the Synod regar
ding the union of “the various
branches of the Methodist family
in this countryto reciprocate the
devout aspirations for “a closer
union among the members of
Christ’s flock,” and to assure him
of our fervent prayers for the di
vine blessing to rest in abundant
measure npon his diocese and up
on the venerable parent Church of
England. The conference is also
in hearty accord with the action of
the Synod in regard to the impor
tance of religious instruction in the
public schools, and recommends
the appointment of a committee to
co-operate with the committees ap
pointed by other religious bodies
to farther bo important an object,
and further resolved that a copy of
this resolution be forwarded to the
Bishop and the Synod of the dio
cese of Toronto through the honor
ary clerical and lay secretaries.”
Mr. Johnston said the graceful
and the touching words uttered by
the honored depiction had not
only stirred their hearts but would
touch responsive chords of Chris
tian feeling among the believers of
every name who love the Lord Je
sus Christ in sincerity and in truth.
(Applause.) The occasion was, in
the admirably chosen words of the
resolution presented them, “a most
hopeful sign of the times? and an
auspicious harbinger of that closer
union among the members of
Christ’s flock for which the church
universal had so long and so ardent
ly prayed.” Yesterday they had
received a deputation from the ven
erable the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, and the deD
utalion then present was from the
mother diocese of the province in
connection with that interesting
and venerable national church,
whose history was entwined with
all that was noblest and best in
their English history and the En
glish institutions. (Applause.)—
When a day of that kind came, and
recognizing so much that they had
in common, the time was surely fit-
ting to bear testimony to what they
had held dear in the church—which
more than any other, was the com
mon inheritance of them all. The
centre of English religions life, it
stood with one hand on the vener
able Roman and Greek churches,
and with the other band upon all
the Protestant churches of the Re
formation. As followers of John
Wesley they looked back to that
church as a common home, for, as
a member of the deputation had
said, their founder was a devoted
minister of the Church of England.
They revered the illustrious names
of Hooker and Berkeley, and Jere
my Taylor, and their souls rose on
the wings of devotion as they sang
the words of the “Christian Year,”
and as they joined in the ancient
confessions and supplications of
her sublime liturgy. Her scholars
had given them the authorized ver
sion of their precious, peerless,
Anglo-Saxon Bible, and the influ
ence of her saintly prelates and
divines through their writings and
through their lives, had penetrated
their inmost souls. Who should
separate them, from these hallowed
and inspiring associations? The
church there represented, it seemed
to him, stood like a stately cathe
dral, with its pinnacles, and towers,
and domes. It was with the same
spirit of veneration that they look
ed upon the towers and bulwarks,
and strong places, of that spiritual
Zion, and when the oldest Protes
tant Church came to them in faith
and charity, and lifting up her
hands in benediction and saying,
behold, how good and pleasant a
thing it is for the brethren of the
Methodist household to dwell to
gether in unity, then the voices of
1,600 ministers and of the 850,000
adherents of the Methodist church
answer in refrain the fervent pray
er. Peace be within thy walls and
prosperity within their palaces!
Oh, Church of England, for our
brethren and companions’ sakes,
we wish thee prosperity. (Lond
applause.) The church represen
ted on the platform desired them
to co-operate in a very great and
very important work. The confer
nce felt the importance of religious
TERMS:—S2.OO per Annum, In Advance^
teaching in schools, for the educa
tion that did not rest npon the ba
sis of religious truth was only a
tower of deformity. Therefore
they would unite with that church
ana with other eharches, and help
to pat the words of that law into
the minds, the hearts, the conscien
ces of the rising generation, and so
they might build np the prosperity
of the Dominion and advance the
Kingdom of the Lord Jesns Christ.
(Applause.) He had much pleas
ure in moving the resolution.
The resolution was pat to the
conference and unanimously adop
i **d-hjr vole.
GEORGIA’S GREATNESS.
New Orleant Times-Democrat.
There is no State in the Union
that possesses a more varied cli
mate and a more varied soil than
the State of Georgia. The planta
tions of the seaboard are mainly
in rice, and latterly of track, with
small areas in cotton and still smal
ler areas in corn. The middle belt
of Georgia is probably more salu
brious than that near the seaboard,
and is more varied in its produc
tions as agriculture is now being
conducted. Through Middle Geor
gia the products are* mainly cotton
and corn and smaller grains, such
as oats, wheat, etc. Middle Geor
gia grows by far the greater por
tion of cotton that is raised in the
State. It is par excellence the cot
ton-growing seotion of Georgia.
The lands are somewhat thin, and
for that reason fertilizers are re
sorted to aud used to an extent of
about 120,000 to 150,000 tons per
annum. The production of cotton
has risen from about 500,000 bales
daring the year just after the war
to its present sum of 900,000 bales.
The details of Georgia’s agricul
tural advancement is extraordina
ry. In 1870 the crop of corn rais
ed in Georgia was 17,646,459 bush
els. In 1880 the crop was 23,202,-
018 bushels, an increase of *5,553,-
559 bushels, or nearly 25 per cent.
In 1882 the crop was 36,963,940
bushels, or over 100 per cent over
1870 and 13,761,922 bushels more
than in. 1880, or nearly 60 per cent
in two Jears.
The acreage of corn in 1880 was
2,538,733 acres, and in 1882 was
2,843,380 acres. The* oat crop of
1870 was 1,904,601 bushels, and in
1880 it had grown to 5,548,743
bushels, or nearly 300 per cent in
the ten years. In 1882 the oat
crop leaped to 21,643,482 bushels,
an increase in two years of 100
per cent. The wheat crop in 1870
was 2,127,017 bushels, and ran to
3,159,771 bushels in 1880, and to
4,186,016 bushels in 1882, the in
crease being over 25 per cent in
two years. The acreage of wheat
jumped'in the two years from 475,-
084 to 523,252 acres. The oat
acreage in the same time went from
612,778 to 796,616 acres. The
large iucrease in the acreage given
in the State to grain is one of the
most gratifying features of its prog
ress, demonstrating the adoption
of the healthy, diversified policy of
planting.
The statistics show an increase
in field peas, ground peas, chufas,
barley.
This shows in twelve years over
200 per cent increase in Georgia’s
corn crop, 600 per cent in the
wheat crop, 75 per cent in rye,
Irish potatoes, 100 per cent; cane
and sorghum syrups, 800 per cent;
sweet potatoes, 400 per cent, and
other minor cereals and farm and
garden products in similar propor
tion. Yet the royal staple of cot
ton has not fallen off. Georgia, in
1876, raised 473,934 bales of cot
ton ; in 1880, 814,441 bales, or
nearly 100 per cent increase in 10
years, ranking as the second cot
ton state in the Union. In 1882
its cotton production grew to 925,-
443 bales, realizing 100 per cent
increase. The most gratifying/'a
tnre of this increase is that it was
accomplished with a diminished
acreage. In 1880 Georgia raised
814,441 bales on 2,617,138 acres,
while iq 1882 it raised 925,443
bales on 2,335,425 acres, or 111,002
more bales on 261,713 less acres.
This shows the better farming.—
There was not only a larger yield
per acre, but a better quality of
lint.
The estimated value of farm pro
ductions in 1870 was $80,390,228.
lu 1880 this item has swelled to
the enormous figures $125,000,000.
—We agree with the Presbyte
rian Journal iu saying :
Phillips Brooks spoke like a man
and a Christian when he recently
said iu Boston : “No word of mine
shall ever be lifted up against fan
aticism of any kind in the tempe
rance cause. .If there is any cause
that justifies what appears to be
fanaticism, it is this cause. There
is nothing more disgusting and dis
heartening than to hear ease-loving
men, living selfish, luxorions lives,
railing against temperaece fanati
cism.”
WHOLE NUMBER 594.