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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE COPY, Oil* Yenr, FIVE COPIES, One Year, TEN COPIES, One Year,.. '77/e Official City Taper Business & Profes’n’l Cards. A>\ M. Jacimox I*. \V. Thomas, JACKS OtT& THOMAS Attorneys at Law Athcn*, Georgia. P O r..r lor )H-rn>i»ioi) • 1 ’• I., W. Thomas r»*frr*|'to William l<. Mitrhrll Ks*|., of Allien* and lion. A. II. Stein'll*, It. II. Ilill an I It. Timmln. litre.16.11. No. 12. | Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan'y 20, 1878. arm ani» ~ r -~.v ■ FicliV Mhr- ceniiiqr L-Aor on the farm, they J about tho household and to beau- stock ate. No thiiikin" planter the Fair Grounds, and to flic saute ! telli^nt and competent jury, and ftdlv will ccrtaiiilv clint some curious i tifying tlic lioinc place. I saw *’’” 1 r — ~ L% ° ‘ " *' ' " ’ ' • ’ 1 - - * [statements, but how they are to tar up in the rough places a pretty j remedy the evil, I do not see.— {white cottage, fronted by a tasti- is simply in time, j ly-arranged flower warden : itiqui- G ^OBB, ERWIN A COBB Attorneys at La/r, ATHENS, «SA. • Olli.-e in tUc lh»w|»re« lluiMing. W ,J R. LITTLE, Attorney at Jnnt\ CAUNKSV ILI.K, G A. mix t.Osborn, Attorncy-at-Law, ELBERTON. ga. Will T‘» lu* (•••untie* of the Northern tiiklm and ]fnl»er*h:iin of the 'ill i;ivr '[ktIiiI attention to J s. DORTCH, * Attorney> at Jja/r, CAUXKSVH.J.K, (1A. E. A . WILLI A MS0N7 i*u.uttical WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER At Dr. Kin*:'* Store, BROAD STREET ATHENS, ti.\. HtTAIlwork .lone w .irraiited to i»i\e sail Georgia Agriculture. So/7 and Climate—Crop Posxi- I The remedy is simply in time, j ly-arranged flower garden hilifie*—Labor (Jnextion—llomc (and while the sands of the glass j ry informed me that an advertisc- Snpplics-Siynijiea nt Statistics, 'drop slowly, many a fair estate, ment in the Now York Tribune L once the homo of intelligence, j had shown the way, and James uv n:oF. HENRY F.. coi.ton. Joncc rich in verdure, trimmed j \ ick had provided the reliable (with the dripping locks of the iseeds which made this beautiful To the casual observer who {great staple, will grow up in j oasis, travels over the State, there may short-leaved pine or in luxuriant Those and many little things, seem to be no improvement in the Blackberry bathos, affording Sum-j so important too, induce the opin- agrieultund system of (ieorgia; mcr food to tlio traditional poor ion that, generally speaking, lint having been an annual visitor I white, aided now by the poorer Georgia agriculture is impTov- for live years past, mid carefully • mid lazier black. *ing. Much is due to the con noted the crop results, T am able | KAOiblTlKS i-'OK mi all farms. tinned efforts of the Georgia to say that the farmers here have j Middle Georgia is in better eon- {State Agricultural Society.-— made great progress. They are dition than the Southern part. and No other like organization in the learning how to Ik* independent, {there is no reason why it should South, discriminates so much val- Thnt many of them will never not he the wealthiest, most pros- uable information or untiring c.\- aeliieve this goal, is certain : for porous, and most populous scc- there will be drones in the very it ion ot the State. The soil is at best hive, but decided improve- least, fairly good, the climate is ment has already been made, and not malarious, the water is pure it is certain that effort to advance, < freestone, and a variety of crops will not cease. With the exeep- may lie raised. It occupies a mid- tion of a very few mountain conn-(die position, and comprises many tics, there is no part of Georgia i ol the advantages of tho northern 1 gestions for a series of experi- where cotton is not produced. It and southern regions, with none j meats, sent out by Mr. Barnett, been surpassed and farmer ot South or Middle privileged as delegates' :it tiie'coii- j establish^ the truth or'the -laletnr.nD Georgia, ,but saw plainly, that he j volitions 'of tho sociel v. r This ropresenbjtisiti lioing uhdetliif- must foUqw the same course, or : Associations or clubs not heiv-l^? true, exhibits an nhirining condition eidions to improve its people.— Three years ago, Mr. Samuel llarnett became Secretary of the Society, and immediately started a system which is still energeti cally followed by bis successor, Mr. Malcolm Johnston. Tlic sug- thc fanner, was the lien law. It 1 tation, subject to the approval ot j jjlhm- duty in frankly pre^nth'isthe encouraged spending money be- 1 the h.\(*cutiva Committee. facts. Facts are MuhUuni things, uimI fore it was made, and too often, Applicants for Life meuibev- was al«t$ed by partes selling their [ ship arc subject to the same eon- cotton to; others than the loaner cotton to;others than the loaner, jditipns, and the. payment of Iwen- It is tril..longer ip existence, Wd'lfty-fivc ifloUhrs. ' s ciHnniTilR think next year must T. Societies should, hv all cannot b<:.*af*ly disregarded or ignored. Evils that cajntnt lie endiinM must lie cured, or iucvitahlg'cotMOqttcnccs will be entailed tipon the eWntrv.' - Itfftirthdfnppcar* froin these returns, _ , , , . that the class ot while persons.who are rulute the cost ot cotton, and [means, endeavor to have their re- hirelings, do n. Render as efficient la- tovee tho growth ot corn. The'ports in at the Secretary's office i b<,r ns the nogr'T*. being !c.« tnu-uible only recourse of the commission by the 25th of January, in order | ns employes. * The majority of this merchant now, is on the honor of to insure the reception of their j class do not appear to lie thrifty, dilli- the planter to whom he makes ad- 1 railroad tickets in due time. The gent, and of steady habits, ami arc vanees. Rivalry in business mav- tickets for each Society- will be i n<> *aeemiiniuluting property or im- cause some bad debts. but the ' mailed to the Seeretarv of the I P r ? vin ~ * brir t'aidilion. substantial dealer and honest ( club, and bv him, will be distrih- ] J*. Iioupver (h ail\ app' .ir*, tba. abolition ot a law whose tendency j 5. Lite members expecting to'elevating their standard of comfort, was to encourage deceit and reck-{ attend the Convention should no-j than among the negnu's. There are h‘ss expenditure. The fanner, tily the Secretary, that lie may j exceptions in K>th classes, who bought under its regulations, send them passes. it is an important fact, and wort In al wavs paid *‘\tra high prices;' ouitEit of iusixkss—fii:st day—j of special ctmsidyration, thatyvliero the corn which could he bought for, FKtti.Takv !>rn. in i si) cents cash, was bought under 1 1 crop lien at 40 and SI JO, and sident all other things in proportion; money advanced. Was t one and a half to two per month, and usually, the cot-1 J. Report of the Experimental i agriculture of our people, where *•< .t- ton market was so manipulated,, Farm, by Dr. E. M. lVndletmi. j ,on i,; l:,r V'' lv d. pcndcL.n, and negro that when the time for paving t. Discussion thereon. | labor to produce it. llie returns to these debts came, the staple’was second dav-fk nut m:y 10th. (‘ l ;w^l» r t»wn t >»•««- b at its lowest price lor the year.— a. Given Soiling, with report Ileliee, tlic commission merchant, of experiments relating thereto, after making •”»<) percent, on the by E. ('. Hood, Columbus, corn or bacon sold, received pay ! ti. Discussion thereon.. WILEY CHILDERS, OC.VTED in this city, is jiarrd t!i« an«l at rr.iMinalile with «Hnj»at* li. mi >l» in the rrar oj the City Clerk’i* Ofllto. .1 ulie hii. y, i? propai J to do nil kind-* «»f CariM'iiter*' Work In I >t vh* I is safe to say that, these counties {of the disadvantages of the latter, have never Doen stupa.- excepted, no man in the State, . except the unreliable labor. Even f compact ness and (‘xeellenee. lle- ! farms for corn or wheat alone ; this, it may eventually overcome, | sides the annual fairs, the Society I but. outlie contrary, manv give :,s it can be a region of small' holds two annual meetings; at | all or nearly all. their attention to farms, and one can come from the j which, essays are read and diseus- ! cotton. That staple is a sure mo- level Savannahs of South-West ) liey crop, and the secret of sue- Georgia with an inspirited feel- cess and prolit in farming in Geor- *').-• Here, is a land of some j gia is, to raise just so much of tlic promise. The soil of this section money-producing fibre as can lie >«* hardly so easily cultivated as grown, and at the same time, pro- that further South ; is of a red or grey, chiefly tho former; produces clover luxuriantly: grows about 1.7 bushels of corn to the acre when well tilled, and will average ducc all the food of man and beast. The man who does this. is in a fair way to be able to make the banks and merchants bis debt ors, instead of being heavily in |fd>ont -••') pounds of lint cotton; debt to them, as is the ease with v.hilo wheat yields li to S bushels, too many of the Georgia farmers. • but might easily !><■ doubled; An examination of the geological j while all the traits grow well. . . .and topographical characteristics oven the tropical fig. Thiscoun- J ple fr re L , r an " 0M . n «' , 5 .Hoc the State, will show am! try will eventually be studded ~1- the citizen - oi I- ranklin umJ au«l atlioinm-j I .. , . , . r ^ •.!, l r • *11 1 • ouniios, that lie it now Bh-uI'm) on the Athoii* t thoughtful jierson that this will. will! neat tanning villages, anil never be the result in pretty white cottages will take Southern Georgia; that in Middle ^1°, J’i ;K0 < °f the eherislu-d log Georgia, much grain will bo cabin. It is even now, probably grown and some few farmers will the section having most of the in- niake their own meat : while in telligenee and wealth of Georgia. Northern Georgia, it will cveiitu- The railroads traversing it. arc ally be the rule, and the lack of the Air-Line. Atlanta and Augns- I such good common-sense farming, be the >t i< ill. j T11K r<lTI< >X f( if VtT.Y I The •jenenil soil of Soul hern A. A. W 1 X X T , I and o.-pocially South-M estern — with— I Georgia, is peculiarly adapted to M. V. GURLEY, sr/tcpo.r 'Djr.YTisr, street, nne mile vntth *»f rarnesyllle, where he i*4 I n • , 4 preiirirH to pMetln* Dmilidrv In nil ID tliffeivnl |>rol>Ili)lV rain*h«*>* l*rirr^ low t*» xuit tin* time-, hut 1 - ivrly no inferior w»»rk. nctl'J-tf (SEO. W. COOPER, Onrriage rind Uuggy Thomrti* Slrert. <i|)|Hi-ilr ( 'HiperX l.iirry Stahlr. 1 J.MMICl LAR attention given to HKKtlU J'lHi. onlrnlt-n « ilh A. A. tV 'ummi-y A Nr» 1..11X will rrrcivp 1 I. .1 lllie 17 I GROOVER, STU BBS & CO. j tin- growth of cotton, and except t , , ij’-.n/pw, 1 on a few river bottoms, is not 1 tie _ XN „_ ’ 1 soil for corn; while meat, as ,t n I « i i ii LI crop, is hardly known. The re- j6nBf3l lommission IVlBrCll3niS trion south of n line from Savau- » _ j nail to Macon and thence to Ala- SavatmahyGa. j 1( . inia> ollcc ,, ni( i„,.,,d half the «.t- .S!f ,, *A£ru£S;-«vi ^.ir'.Si^lton of the. State, and probably, at .s'or',t:r^ r “ i ' " r ** ‘»u i times, 1 wo-thirds ; now, it hardly rit/Y 'OtT'”, j produces over a third, and it is 1 i'vf JvaljiN J. , j eettain that the cotton there pro- 17'ROM let October, 1H74, to Dcc’r j dueed, averages a higher cost per list. 18.5, pound, than from anv other part > - s outh-M est \ trgmia. lhcie.iie of the State. This area was the •»> letter grass lands than the , great slave-holding locality, and i received the name of the Black I Belt from the above fact, and | from a peculiar calcarions soil ex- ta, with branches to Athens and Wii»lkiii^-loii. mi.I tbo Atlmit.i mid M a<-on, and the Macon and Au gusta. North of Atlanta, the \Y. and A. Railroad runs to Chattanooga through a region which should be strictly one of small, fat ms. It was once the great grain-growing region of the State, and now pro duces the greater proportion of its own provisions. This road is the only one in the State which strikes a good grass-growing re gion, where first-class heef cattle i 200,00 may lie cheaply raised. For 100 progre miles of its length, it passes over I a limestone soil similar to that of sion had upon them by practical farmers. Every year, these meet ings have increased in interest and in the numbers attending, and their proceedings are now pub lished in large pamphlet form.— From the last fact, is ascertained that in this crop year, 2lt(»,X72 more acres were planted in corn, than in 1S73. and that there is about the same deciease in the cotton area; that the acto- age of wheat increase 1 58,.*>12, and of Sweet potatoes, 10,3.VJ.— It would lie an interesting fact to know in what sections oft he State was the increase. Such evidence of increase of the food crops, is promise of better days. A further look into the statis tics, shows that the increase of hogs has heou 3."i,. r »!)2 ; horses and mules. 31.:»:»1, and cattle, 40.0311. The statistics are collected by the tax assessors, with prepared [ forms, and revised by the tax col lectors, and are returned to the Comptroller's office in Atlanta, before September 1st, and are ptobably the most accurate char acter of crop statistics. Tho in crease of shoe]) is put at only 1,- '.•1)1). whole number, 370,021 : and in 1873, the number of dogs was 1223118: increase in 1874, not given. 7 he statistics indicate this year, an increase of at least l,- 333.3114 bushels of corn, and over bushels of wheat. Such in one year, is a vast top toward such agricultural in dependence as must make the : white man own* lib land and wnrk< it • ,, nltonc-ther bv his ow i labor and >f Opening audios ot the I re-!. . „ . 1 " j Ins faintly, lie is very generally rea- . | lizing Ixniefit and often very larsro n proportion ;! 2. Agricultural Ode or Basto- j profits, and rapidly aci|itirinc wealth, tras charged at ral Boom, by James A. I—Jewarl, | A deplorable >l)orlii*ss of provision two per cent. 1 Esip, of Atlanta. ! crops throughout the State marks the fforlj/wt Georgian J ' iiii? j PUBLICATION OFFfCF: Ab. 7, GftA.Y/ri: /ton, (tli-Stalrs, >- ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rates of Advertisingl Truintent frl trR I.Ninoitl», olnlif m|Uirr oniifi#, ?l |M*r i«|unr«* for the Itrst liih'rtii.n.ftnil 7ip«ut» iir fivli nilneqiieiil ln«-rtk»n. ‘'ir i / , pv. All mlv.-riDeinoit- rniwilvreJ trunMeul, exeept where if»fitrm , i* nimte. Twelve lines njwet* « f Il»D cr one ittelt) make one *«mare. f*Vnr contract prices, sro vhcilnli 1 . j Am! no tv, o tu«ttinn*li alwmhitr, j Thy power is pat !<• : lor to ! — -» I lti-si I css,' jfaffMHwii-pijptd filpw,,| i Tin* nnr*c comes nistiing ifLo tnr ^*>», And pa«ln*s l«irk (tty 'hair and tins*. And so ouod night lo King Caniitn. IV. As one who walking In iln* forest sees A lovely liu.dscnjH; tlnougli lIn* parted tna-s. Then sees it not for I toughs that in tervene. Or t* wo seethe imam sometimes revealed Tlirongii drilling elouds. ami tluai again concealed, So t Iteheld live scene. Tliere are two guests at InWe now ; Tlic king, deposed, and older grown, No longer oreupies the tlirone.— The crown is on Ids sisters’s l>mw : A priiUTs* from the Fairy Tales, The very pattern girl of girls. All covered and einlimvereit willwnrls, Itose tinted from tin* Isle of Flowers, And sailing with soft silken sails From tarot) Dreamland into ours. Above their Uuvls widi rims of bine Four azure eyes ot det'|N*r line Arc looking, dreatnr with delight i l.impid as planets that emerge A line the ocean’s rounded Verge. Soft shining through die miiiinier Night, Steadfast they gaze, yet nothing see I’rrotid die horizon ot their Imwls. Nor care they for the world that rolls With all its freight of troubled souls Into the davs that are to be. A'ail) tlic lot'ing Itoughs shut nut the Vapors intervene, pallid disk is bidden til cotton at :t price which he \ 7. Cotton Seed—its agriciiUu-i the tillage of the lands, and t*» knew would bj increased 30 per ral value and uses, bv Dr. \V. L. 11* 1C met hods ol culture, still it cent, in less than six months. Is it any wonder that the banks which loaned the money yield j large fli' blonds, and that the commission merchants have, as a! rule, made large fortunes ? There! Jones, Athens. 8. Discussion thereon. D. Report of the Executive Committee. TlllltD DAY FKl’.ltr UtV Ill'll. 10. The AIoou—its iutlucucc can now, be no legal liens on the upon vegetation and animals crops: it remains to be seen if j Col. W. Lelioy Broun, any of the planters will lack hide- t 11. Discussion thereon. In sist, 1ST5, The Best Business Stand, At !»(*!»*• K. IV BIS ID m«l l*r^t urrauictnl Store July! tf Apply l*» Look Out For Fine Beef. W R. DEMORE. Agent, respect, j idling in one section The gene- full.v iiifunii. Ihi- cilUi iiK.if A*hen» and | i*j|] soil is pOl'OUS. light Illld Cilslly ated : jiouiub \'nll<*ys of Cfitoosa ami Chattanoo ga. t4ic Oostimawhdi and Etowali and their tributaries, while they combine a climate mild in Winter and not sufficiently hot in Sum mer to be oppressive, and are within easy access to the gr*nt pondeiice enough to mortgage their lauds. The evident faults of Georgia fanning are endeavoring to culti vate too much land, want of good farming implements, and bad cure of them when gotten. There arc ploughs in use in the South which might he exhibited as relics from Egypt. The stock is generally poor, not capable of doing a good day's work : add to tiiis, irregt lar and scanty feeding: corn is gener ally badly housed ; the same with stock in winter. They assume that their climate is so mild, stock need no shelter; lienee, expose them, and they come from a Win ter feeble and emaciated, unlit for work; the same with milk and other 12. Gardening, by I*. II. Hardaway. 13. Dismission thereon. 14. New Business. 13. Closing exercises. Our Agricultural Tronlilrs. Commissioner T. I*. Janes, in charge of the A orient oral Department of the State, lias prepared a statement that is worthy of the .lee]) ronsideratinn of everybody in Georgia. At this mo ment, wo make only one extract from his report, but it is so full of food for reflection, that we append it without further remark. It refers to the labor question, and commences. The idea has obtained among manv lillageare renters or cropper- on sh ires. While in a few instances the proprie tors of the lands thus neon pied eon-1 tract for the control and direction of j lieiata j is he- | Dived that in a very large number of instance- the negro losses Jobs ns he pleases, and is tie* irresponsible man ager. Wherever this is the case pro vision crops are scant, and each and every agricultural process is sloven and tin remunerative. i The system of renting lands to ne groes, or cropping with then) on shares, in most ea-es Joes not pav, an l unless it is changed or modified will surely result in a decline, in the value of onr lands, and a steady decrease in our annual crop returns. The wages sys tem, with proper oversight, is certain ly the most remunerative to the land l--.Mo- ^,,<l il.t- l>ii".vr, n:,d the wealth of the country will most surely be in creased liv adopting it generally. I have dwelt at length upon the ques tion of labor, b *eaij<e it underlies all our indiislrial interests, and to lx* effec tive, it must U> wisely directed and eont Hilled. The above is from the Sav. him ti ter. Next week we Iio|m* to publish this interesting Kejxirt in full. Again the drifting And the mooli', quite: \ii.l no,i I -er the (aide wider grown. As round a pebble into water thrown. Dilates a ring of light. I see the table wider grown, I -ee it garlanded with gin >ts. As if lair Ariadne’s crown Out ot the sky lint lalleii down; . Maidens within whose tender breasts A thousand restless hopes and fears. Forth reaching to the coming years, Flutter awhile, then quiet lie, I .ike timid birds that tain would fly, tint do not dan’ to leave their nests:— And youths, wltoin their strength < |»te Challenge that van and front of fate, Eager a- champions to be In the divine knight errantry Of youth, that travels sea and land Seeking ndventures, nr pursues Through cities and through solitudes Frequented by tlic lyric Muse, The phanlmi) with the beckoning hand. That still allures and still eludes. <1 sweet illusions of the brain I () sudden thrills of tire and fiosl I The world is bright while ye remain. And dark and d«*ad when ve are lost I The VI. ool;. that sccuiuth to Poetical THE ll.VNUPiU OF TIIK UltVNE. l.ONGKEl.LOW. Ifc-rf, fork. Mult..»{Miiiii.Ae.,at (heshopfnrue r- j cultIV.'lt0tl ", piWllKTS fl'Olll 200 t(> , , . . i - i>- orrupMhjr Mr. Sei.eveiieit, in iiie r.so ..f i. .i. ^ ())( jiouiuls of lint cotton to the hay cnnstimuijr region. I lie low- , not a bad proportioii lor a people j comp.1111 llM, VV. 1 * »u|.».li.sl irerv i.M.raiMj;, nuJ J, | r“‘ *j‘'!"' j aclV, .’tH(l IVOlllil Jlflt :1 VCI'.lg'* six ul nny jmril 'imf llie iilj. Ills u ill j * t . i i lw u|H*n«d 8utur«(ay tuorninK. , , ' lltlSIHMS ot t’OTII. OllC IHIlHl Stilt I H Aux. 26,18.4—u. u. in..i i ! mule c:i»i easily dti the plonirhiii" lirai, Feed and Sale Stable, ATHENS G-A.. j may safely estimate they will a!- tins region, roeotved tlic l.re.mum {tin GANN Jk HE.VVK8.... PROPMETOHS J almost anywhere ill this area, ex- UK FOUND AT THEIR' cept on saiul barrens, produce 20 gM strut I rear Frankiiii lunMing, bales of 300 pounds each, worth Tle>m»*»tre«.. ke*,. t,„u. y.-l Turn- ^ cnt ( l3 ccnt s) -fl 300; the same hands would most probably, not make their own feed a t.. 1 Ilf <>ur most judicious and well-inform- • 4, , , i ed farmers and planters, that negro is the lack ot mtelli'rent liitorina-j j tt ( )or in (hjorgia is not adding to our tion oil farm subjects; the conn-• v .,u lcs and is really, not self-sustain- Slatc wealthy and prosperous.— M r y Weeklies do not devote I j„g. Mr. Janes has elaborated these | cnongdi space to such reading.— j This apprehension, if well founded, statistie<t somewhat and publish- More of it and less of politics, is alarming, and calls for thq most se- | j. es them with proportion of erops i would make tlic State richer.— I rious consideration and wise actum.— *n u . lights me out. mid g.m. made bv whites and blacks in But this great fault of Georgia j B is a iimtter ot momentous impor- gm sts in hinm. .mti »i,h r\ 1,1 . . * .. . .. .1 umuc. I he ULitonuI constxiucnces are lliut thronging « amc with tncrrnncnt 1873 ; from which, it appears that bmnmg ts pursuit o the one ..lea that 1 am reluctant " -cotton—to tho exclusion ot food. to cx|ticss aliy 0iiilliuI1; but the obli- In the neglect ot little tilings | j, lltiolls 0 fotli ( :ial duty demand that I certainly (around the farm, they find many [ should give the facts in my possession North and West; I that the country may have them f«>r| [ I'ninlre In rmu-:i!t< <v, to Icing tlic crane, is the French cxpie sion for a liouse-wumung, or The tir-t party given in a new house.] 1. all the iii that year, 33,403 out 304,233 bales of cotton were produced by the blacks of tin* State W 1L ,h er 38 miles of this road belongs j who ten years ago. were slaves ; to the Atlanta belt of freestone i nor does it look as if they were lands, and being very elevated, J so very badly treated by the white lias a climate unsurpassed in \\ in-; men, who must own nearly all the ter or Summer. Cobb county, of j land. My observations among •lass, shows me that ijuitc a as the banner county of the State number are becoming owners of for general agricultural products. 1 hind, building good houses, and uuD ■!»«! c:«r«’n»l drivf M«x-k well ok re* I f«*r when vntru*t**«l l«»*mro:»ro .Slock ou )»at»4 f»»r silc ai all lime*. ilcvLMf oil the same land, if planted in com. These facts show that the Through this lower section, runs llie Chattahoochee river; its hot- toms nflbrding very superior corn lands. North-east of Atlanta, the Air-Line Road to Charlotte. X. P A 1.1 . | VV IjVTE U 1 creator part “ot tiiis section of the \ <* f country, heretofore, hav- ■ urnu ftr.ftnft State, must over be strictly a cot-j ,n g stecoss to market only by M MERV RfinllN ! ton region. Tho difficulty there, • wagon. It is a region high and IVilLLHlLlll UUUUOi 1 is not so much in growing the sfa- healthy, fitted specially to tin* A/TRS. T. A. ADAMS would most pi,., as in irottinir it picked. The ftrains and gras-r-, but even now. frr : Whole future prosperity of this re- ; ending into the Atlanta market •it mid oMDml » ui<«( rhoift* and «•!«•« iw*ortiiu*«it ‘ ..f Call and Winter Milliii.-rv ...in- |.ri«i»K fn ji.irl_thr Unii ilyln and fashion*of mutilating money; too much of which was swept away in the Freedman's Bureau Bank swindle. In the South, ns elsewhere, prop erty and money at least, makes a has opened up a very large j man respected by businessmen'; so this industry and accumulation on (he part of tho blacks, will far more surely make them recognized citizens than all the law’s of Con gress. It is a noteworthy’ fact but, all in all. it is my opinion that there is a growing desire to know the right way, and then the right pursue.—.V. Y. Weekly Tribune. Semi-Annual Convention.. what they are worth, To the question: ‘‘What is tliej nil tidier ol colored persons on your lands ? lloiv many are workers, and how many are non-workers on the farm?” the re-ponses show that more than half of our rural diegro population and jest To celebrate th In the new lionse- gone ; Cut still the tire np on. And 1 alone remain. Iianffn ' of the crane -into the ni-'lit tire t the hearth burns are non-workers. Those consumers ap- ] GEORGIA STATE AGRICULTURAL so- j jiear to Iks made up of nearly nll^ the CIBTY negro women, tho gilds approaching Wc would the next semi-annual convent ton { aiI j L foar of the State Agricultural Society will he held in the town of Thoni- asville, ou the second Tuesday in February (ninth day), 1875. 2. We hope, through the con tinued liberality of the railroad companies, to obtain transporta tion for the members as heretofore, that while they produce nearly five both ways. HATS, ■nr/rno. i.v, rhioh •>»'»' will •«•!! nt n n*'nat>l* Hive her \ ft* call Wfore |*urcli4>ing clH«*whrri*. Order* fr»m 4 pruiiuuW.. — - .ItMancr .ar. fullrflvl. -n.rr l.- al..l on Itnw.l vcr y slight Culture, blit I possibilities of till! State. **r ;tl4uv Naioiuul Bunk. ” - - 1 street, one «I«n*i gion rests in a settled, trustwor- {thousnuds of bales of cotton. | one-fourteenth of the cotton, they thy lalior, and I must admit, that j probably produced at a less actual I only produce about onc-cightecuth the prospect for such, isvervdiin. than from any other part of [of the corn. This, however, may > | Within the boundary I have in- ' the State. i have a solution in the lad th.it ZAC US, ; dieated, the cow-pea grows ltixu- improvements, present and lOost of the lands managed by tho * i rjitntly, and iu its more southern . i*i:osi*EcnvE. [blacks, are in tlio South-western B lowers*, Gloves, ivC.j ! sugar-cane cun be made ; Stu b, in brief, are the soil char- section. The soil yields large-, adoristies and flic* general crop wholesome influenc es and pal- Tlicfll- l’ARLE FAULTS. (cannot think it a region for small [ turc simply depends on tlic peo- The improvement in the pmvi- ' farms, except for trucking, and pic themselves. My observation sion crops, has l>eon largely at- this business along the line of tbc j tells mo that they are very surely tributed to tin* influence of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, may i coining to a knowledge of the sit- Uatrons of Husbandry, and no be made very profitable. Its soil! nation, and perhaps slowly, but doubt., with some cause ; but an- j s also the home of the Bermuda certainly, preparing to meet it.— other cause, or example, lias had j Grass, and if efforts were made I base this conclusion on the fact, great effect. Previous to the war, do set it out, this hardy and ex- i that everywhere, 1 see less incli- the counties of the Atlanta belt, cellent pasture grass might be j tuition to depend on hired labor, hardly produced the cotton they made to take the place of the j and more disposition on the part consumed in clothing; now, they ' wire-'M-ass in the woods, and of of the farmers to work themselves. produce near one-half of the whole hroomsodgo in tho old fields.— ; and make their boys work. The ' product of the State, and the J. \v. COLLINS It** MW In Store a Full St<nli of WSW COOKS, SUIT.IBLE FOR TIIK vSBRIXW AXD 7SL' M M Kit sistenoe in some way way is too plainly indicated in the state ments of fruit, poultry and hog raising, given in the responses. It certainly makes ti discouraging exhibit for a class of people exclusively agricultural in their habits, training and independence. In all parts-of the State where the farm is depended upon for the support of the family, where it is owned by white jieople who cultivate their lands with their own labor, out-door work is not disdained by the adult females, nor are the children exempt from their proper share of labor. But it really seems that in (ieorgia, field lalior is regarded by the colored popuhrion ns degrading to negro women and their younger children, even though that la bor is bestowed upon their own crop-. I And they further show that the aver- tl fortunate. O happy day ! Wlicn a new household finds its place Among tin: myriad homes of earth. Like a new star just sprung to Girth And rolled on its harmonious way Into the boundless realms of space! So said the attests in speech and song. As ia tlic chimney, tunning bright, He hung the iron critic to night. And merry was the feast and long. Confiding, in yxirt, of DRY GOODS €ft0€£fttES HATS, SHOES & NOTIONS Of AI! vbirh lie ollen CHEAP FOR CASH in Exchange for Country Produce **~Tk« bigbm Market |>rl< e paid in r**lit< “'•non May is Tlic* labor nii^stlon is the problem ' gun and dog arc now more tlio ; farmers at the same time, did not ! of flip, whole State and of the ; companions of the freedmaii, than abandon their old lialiit of making I see fur-.theirowuprovision*. Oucphuitci of the whole State and of the j companions South. In South Georgia, it is of his former master. cult of solution. The ncM’ Com- Agriculturc, €Uy Lot» for Sale. Jq'OR Hale, 79 lot*, located on tho I Janes, has undertaken to get some llntjl by n series of questions sent lh*> i-i.1 t iai ran cm* wen ai rnc nan* 01 H Fur terma Ac , apply U* l*rnf. L. tin- i-f i nn '* r * *' hi* rerirlenee, nr at hi* ufllrr in 1 »l»rr,|ty « , lorJri |, (hrary nuildlng. Tlln*. Cl. BARRETT, Kxcc«U.r. out to thousands of farmers all over the State. They contaiu ev* ery Jdea one can think of, cop The State Society makes the following requirements of the sub ordinate societies in reference to the admission of delegates, as set forth in Article III. of the Consti tution : Article 3.—Members. The body is composed of dele gates from lessor societies, life „ members, and the officers and all | age time engaged, to those who <m ox-Prcsidcnts of the society. { work, is about four and a half days in 1. Delegates from anv society | * "' ee ' 4 ! t utt jo a\eia,e e '[■‘'"'‘‘k, *4 , , • A and value id this labor, compared.witii or cluh heretofore connected >vith I hatf)fl8(;o is al|oat c0 | )Cl . ccllt .. this society shall be admitted on} a(Jt , tl , eVj . ti || further show, with most the following basis of represent:!-1 remarkable unanimity, that negro labor tiou, viz: One dehigatc for any isuot self-snsuining, and not adding number of members from ten to to the substantial and permanent twenty ;. two. delegates* , fur any value* of .the thate.; . number of members from ovcU ;. Die general testimony u that they t wenty sunt not .^odjng forty t throe delegates tor any numliei J lHikken ^J y f, IJU improvements, exceeding forty ; prov uletl tli.it not w j,j c i, are of a niotv pertaaneut <4iamc- morc Jjum three deletes shall jie ler> even ,f,,r extra, couipciuation, fre- adiuitted from one comity. . Snpn quently refining to |di> sujdi work at delegates to be elected at flic Jati- very; renimiorative wages;-and very nary meeting of tlic society oy often tin willing to comply with their elui>, for ono year. Tho eredon- plain contracts, tials of delegates to ho signed by These siguifieant facts, obtained in the President and secretary of the the way before named, are on v hr.cl y society or club, and to be acco.n- mentioned. A full and careful digest vote all the profits of the cotton an abundance to buying a little adulterated gua- trip through this region last no. I note experiments in green Spring, I saw hundreds ol bales soiling, which arc bciug carefuliy which had been held over and for watched by surrounding farmery ; which high prices were obtained. „y report of the m„*r of meetings held in the preceding I consider this information six mouths, and a list of officers j vcr y valuable. I| comes from those and members. ; ( who know the facts whercsif they si>oak, 2. Life members arc entitled to i and are fully’competent io the protni And now I sit and muse on what may 1*0, And in my vision sco, or s«i*m to sot*. Titrottgii tloating vapors intvrl'uscd with light Stiaprs indetorminate, that gleam and tadc. As shadows passing into Tc.’pur shade Sink and etude tho sight. For two alone tltore in the hall. Is spread llie table round and small ; Upon tho polished silver shine The evening lamps, but more divine Th.* light of love shines over all . Of love that says not mine and thine lint ours, for ours is thine and mine. They want no guests to emnu between Their tender gianees like a screen. And tell them tales of laud and sea. And whatsoever may betide The great forgotten world nufsid •; They want no guests; they needs { must lie , Each other’s own best eomp iny. in. The picture fades; as at a village lair A showman's views dissolve into the air, To reappear transfigured on tlteserecn, So in my fancy This: ami now once more In part "transfigured thioitgh the open door Appears the self-satlic scene. Seated I see the two again. But not ulonc*. they entertain A little tuigil unaware. With lace as round as is the moon ; A royaf guest with flaxen hair. Who", throned *pon his lofty .chair, pan ns on the table w.itji Ids »|»*on. Then drops it careless on the floor, To grasp at things Unseen before. Are these celestial summers» These The ways that win. the arts that please? Ah. yes; consider well the guests. Anil"whatsoe'er he doth scorns best; lie mlctU by the right divine Of helplessness, so lately horn In purple chambers *»t the morn. As sovereign over thee.and thine. He speaketb not, and yet there lies A conversation Ifl his eyes : The golden silence of the Oreek, Tin* gravest wisdom ol the wise, meadow hr stand still. (piiekens its current a< it nears the mill; And .-o the stream of Time, that lingered! [n level places, and so dnit ap|*r*ars, Units with a swil'u r current as it nears The gloomy mills ol Heath. And now like the* magician's scroll. That in the owner’s keeping shrinks With every wish lie speaks or thinks, Till the last wish consume* the whole, The table dwindles, and again T see two alone remain. The* crown of stars is broken in parts; Itsjewc's. brighter tl an the day. Have one by one been sto'en away To shine in other leones ntul heart*. One is a wanderer now alar In Ceylon or ill Zanzibar, Or sunny regions ol Catluiy ; And one is iu the Isiisterons ramp. 'Mid clink of arms and horses' tramp. And battle’s terrible array. I sec the patient mother read. IVitli aching heart. <*!' wrecks that float Disabled on those sens remote. Or of some great heroic deed Ou buttle field where thousands hired To lilt one hero into fame. Anxious she Isolds her graceful head Above those chronicles of pain. And trembles with n secret dread, best there among the drowned orslkln 8lu* find the one In-loved name. After a day of cloud ami wind and rain Sum-times the setting sun breaks out again. And touching all the darksome woods with light. Smiles on the fields, until they laugh and sing. Then like a ruby from the horizon’s nng Drops down into the night. What see I now ? The night is fair. The storm ot grief, the (louds of cure. The wind, the rain, have passed away: The lamp* are lit, the fires Imm bright* The house is lull ol life ami light — It is the Holden Wedding day. The guests conic thronging in onco more. Quick footsteps sound along the floor, The trooping children crowd the stair. And in and out and everywhere Flashes along the corridor The sunshine of their golden hair. On the round table in tbc hall Another Ariadne's crown Out of the sky hath fallen down- More than one Monarch of the Minin ]* drumming with his silver spoon ; The light ot love shines over (ill. • (> fortune, O happy day! The people sing, the people say. The ancient bridegroom and the bride, Serenely smiling on the scene. Behold well pleased on every side Their forms and features multiplied, As the reflection of n light Between two burnished mirrors gleams. Or lamps upon a bridge -it night. Stretch on and <>n IxTofu the sight. Till the long vista endless seem*. Fifty-four General's widows draw pensions from thn United States. A corresponpqnt of tho Chicago Post says: “When tho pension paid tlio widows of lirijra- dier-genorats, $50 a month, was offered tin* widow qf 'Grave Gen. Meade, I am told she very em phatically declined to receive it, because it was less than that paid to Mrs. President Lincolrtvl Of all tho women who servet^fn the war in various capacities only, one - j ' 'j’ljij tvfllilpn siUtBCC OI me t iUHlllt| »UU >» da iHrrlOIIS* those j -phe gravest w isdom <>f the wise, |y injured bv a fall ill TjOUtSVille, Fli..