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THURSDAY, MARCH tl, 1878.
too MUCrt-Ndt ENOUGH.
It would £eeni the notoriety given
to mere politicians that the great busi
ness oi States W’as to make parties,
engineer elections, and thus fight over
Continually the great batths that have
been waged with such fierceness ever
since the beginning ol Democratic
governments. Avery ordinary men
tal endowment to begin with, and
subsequently some political prefer
ment, and the aspiring patriot has all
the stock in trade actually neoessary
to begin the contest which may end
in the astounding result of his finally
occupying the place now graced by
his Excellency, R. B. Hayes.
In painful contrast is the notice
taken of those really great men who,
working and delving with an enthusi
asm which furnishes in itself its own
life and sustenance year after year,
at last realize the goal of their hopes
in laying the foundations of the public
prosperity and happlhe&s.
Party platforms may be a necessary
outgrowth of Republican countries,
but the material progress of that
country is more directly concerned
about the character of its public roads.
and the thorough establishment of its
school system.
Taking our own Empiie State for
thb field see how printers' ink has for
yekrs and decades been lavished upon
a renowned shaky politician—Benja
min by name. Now look over his
record and where has he benefited
Georgia one iota? What has he es
tablished, what has he demolished ?
With all his reversing positions he is
to-day the author of nothing for which
he might worthily receive a single
paragraph in tho Atlanta paper.
On the other hand the barriers to
progress are, in the first place, mates
rial ones, and the rural districts arc
much more in need of Prof. Sandffrd's
lecture on Roads than Ben Bill's
speeches explanatory of his political
career, in the present or the past. And
to-day if the Professor of mathematics
in Mercer University were to pass off
the stage of action, and do his country
no other service, he would have ac
complished vastly more for his coun*
try's good, in this single essay, than
the illustrious Senator in all his long
and checkered career before the people
of the same commonwealth.
The framework .of our greatness
must be Wrought out in tho minds of
our architects before we may build
them systematically; cover in.
sttetigtnbu, and finally adorn,* Who
are the master-builders to lay out, first,
witliiu the convolutions of their own
great brains, all the details which
shall develop, a part here and a part
thoie, with the completed structure.
They are not blatant politicians, ve
hemently urging their claims for ser
vices done in the days of the ‘compro
mise measures’—when secession broke
out or reconstruction succeeded. They
are the Sanfords, planning a way to
get over the hills and creeks, the
sloughs and sand-beds ; they are the
Dicksons and Hardaways telling us
how to utilize labor, and render the
acres double and quadruple in produc
tiveness. They are the Orrs, laying
the foundations of an educational sys
tem complete, thoiough, and all-pern
vadiug. Give us good roads, highly
productive farms, and aft efficient
school master in every settlement, near
or remote, and we will have a grand
country. A little politics may be nec-
more is perhaps inevitable,
but give the silent builders of our nas
tion's greatness their just reward. We
can hardly say too much for them and
about them and in their prai-e. The
demagogue may be a necessary evil,
but the less place and mention we give
him will be more than he deserves.
A PICTURE FROM THE REAL
A prettily rounded knoll in the heart
of the virgin forest; a neat, new cab
in ; the green and the bright
blue sky for a background ; a partial**
ly built fence around the cabin ; a
strong young man building the fence ;
a flush, blooming, pink-cheekbd girl
standing and handing the boards to
the builder—the bride of a month.
Tneknowl and the cabin, the fence,
the young couple—the whole a picture
real, true and serene. We call it
'Beginning Life ’
A PICTURE FROM THE MAY
RE.
A rambling farrn-'house by the side
of the road ; a row of stately tre°B'
shading the mossy roof; broad acres
stretching to the right and left; stal
wart sons gaily driving their teams
afield ; an old man sits with staff hard
by, and gazes with dim eye vacantly,
whilst memory runs riot in the past ;
an old woman with cap and spectacles
plies her knitting in silence. The
rambling house, the ancestral trees,
the aged pair-—all make up another
picture—The close of Life.*
A NEW MINT.
We see by our exchanges that At**
I ant a is favored as one of the places
tor the establishment of anew Mint.—
For this much, as Georgians, we are
thankful. It gives uh of the South,
and especially to Georgia, an agreea
ble recognition by the nation ; and
while we are held in such high esteem
we can always afford to appreciate it;
As for Atlanta, she is always on hand
when anything of the kind is offered.
She is now happy in the possession of
the Capital, the custom house, and
headquarters fbr a great many public
and private concern! We wish our
metropolitan city every good luck. —
Her inhabitants are enterprising, en
ergetic and vigilant, and no matter
what success attends her, we are al
ways ready to waft a God speed.
EASTMAN QUARTERLY
MEETING.
We spent a pleasant Sabbath with
brother Thomas B. Lanier, P. E., and
Brother E. M. Whiting, pastor at East
man, upon the occasion of their first
Quarterly Meeting, held on the second
Sabbath. It was an agreeable day
throughout. At 10 o’clock we met for
Sabbath-school, which was well at
tended, and the exercises varied and
interesting. At 11 a. m. Brother La
nier preached an excellent sermon,
followed by trie communion. The con
gregation was large and attentive, It
is quite unfortunate that in such a
flourishing town as Eastman they have
no church building, although there are
three church organizations. They all
worship in the beautiful Court-room,
and will, we fear, continue to do so
until the authorities turn them out.
Ml\ Liftdsay, the gentlemanly pro*,
prictor of the elegant hotel at East
man, prepared for Northern vis'tors i
is ready for all who edme, aftd will
give as good fare and polite attention
to all who may visit that healthful 're*
gion as the most fastidious could de*
sire.
Our old friends, Maj, Armstrong and
his excellent lady, still keep what the
Major calls the Lowlands House,
where we enjoyed for the time w t c
were in Eastman their genial hospi
tality.— Christian Advocate.
INTENSE FARMING.
A writer (L C. B.) to the Savannah
Weekly News has the following to say
of Judge Haulaway’s experience in
intensive farming and upon the system
pursued by him so successfully :
Mr. R. 11. Hardaway of Thomas
county, in the January number of the
Southern Cultivator , says : “There
are too small farms adjoining mine.—
This year (1877) one neighbor planted
fouj acres of corn, on whbh he put 7
bushels of cotton seed to the acre, and
the other planted two acres of corn, on
which he used 10 bushels of cotton
seed to the acre. I planted six acres
ift corn, and used sixty bushels of cot*
ton seed, composted with lot scrapings
and one hundred pounds of fertilizer to
the acre. Each crop had the same
Workings and the same rains, and all
had seven vveeas drought, which did
much injury. As mine w r as most
largely fertilized, it had a severe ‘wa
ter test.’ My corn stood the fiery or
deal far better than that of either of
my neighbors. One neighbor planted
six by five feet, and the other six by
three feet, one stalk in a bill. Result:
My four acre neighbor made tweuty*
seven bushels of corn on his four acres,
and half a stack of fodder. The oth
er, with two acres, made twenty-one
bushels of corn and half a stack of
fodder. Both together, with six acies,
made forty-eight bushels of corn and
one stuck of fodder. My six acres
396 bushels of corn, and 2,632 bundles
of fodder
‘ln a former year,' continues Mr.
Hardaway, T planted one acre of corn
and used ten times more fertilizers
than did a neighbor, and planted ten
times as much corn on the one acre. I
made one huudeed and nineteen bush
els of corn and he made twelve bush
els. The same season that will pro*
duec a good crop of corn on highly ma
nured land, will produce equally as
fine a crop on land containing ten times
the quantity of manure.'
It would seem, by these experiments
that the intense system of farming has
far out stripped every other. The same
experiments are easily made by every
farmer, for he who’ cannot intensely
manure even one acre can manure a
half, a fourth, or even one-eighth of
an acre. Surely his horse, his cows,
his hogs, his cotton seed, his branch
mack, wOttid enable him to manure
intensely one-eighth of an acre; That
wottld furnish him with tho facts,
about which there is so much diver
sity of opinion, and each can prove
the system for himself.
And now,- if Mr. Hardaway's success
in yield is the result of the manuring
as Stated by him, why not every far
mer practice it as well as he ? Is it
not bettftr to concentrate the labor
and manure upon a few acres than to
scatter them wide upon many acres,
where the yield would be the same ?
Would it not be infinitely letter to
make one hundred and nineteen bush
els of corn on one acre by using ten
times the quantity of fertilizers, than
to cultivate ten acres, using the same
quantity of manure ? Mr. Hardaway
is not alone in these experiments.—
Many others, farmers in Thomas coun
ty, and in other counties all over the
State, have reported similar yields
from such management j in corn, cot
ton, wheat, oats, potatoes, and many
other things. They all prove that
Georgia farmers have it in their pow
er to make a great deal more than
they do on less than one third of the
land they cultivate, and with much
less labor and expense. If these are
real truths, are they not worthy of the
very highest consideration among farm,
ers ? We think they are.
Washington letter.
[From our Own Correspondent.]
Washington, D. C., March 18,
A little stir concerning “timber
thieves,” some quiet discussion of the
door-keeper's troubles, and a little
talk over our Diplomatic Service are
the leading topics of the past week.—
Our Prussian Secretary of the Inte-*
rior is getting himself pretty gener*
ally cuSsed for his application of the
German land laws to this country, and
the oppressive treatment of poor peo,
pie living adjacent to government
lands, who have heretofore helped
themselves to firewood, to a greater
or less extent. Senators Lamar, Blaine
an 1 Sargent are making a hot fight on
the question, all having constituents
who are sufferers from the unjust
course of the Secretary. It is not
claimed that these people have a l ight
to take timber, but the seizures by
Schurz's spies and agents in mid-win*
ter forced many of them to pay an ex
orbitant price per cord for wood or
freeze. As these settlers are almost
uniformly in straightened circumstan
ces, the course pursued has really
amounted to oppression.
The investigation into the affairs of
door-keeper Po'k which had been so
long pending, is now closed, though
no report has been formally agreed on
by tho committee at this writing.—
Various tumors are in circulation as to
what this report will recommend. It
seems to be generally believed that
Col. Polk will have to step down and
out, either by removal or abolition of
the office. Such a result scarcely seems
just from all the circumstances, for the
evidence tends to confirm the claim
of his friends that the door-keeper
has been more sinned against than
sinning. His great misfortune has
been that there was not ffices enough.
He is evidently a kind-hearted, well
intentioned man, who would like to
give a place to every applicant. Un
doubtedly he made a great many prom
ises during his canvass, which rather
embarrassed him when the claim of
others began to be pressed itaon him,
but he is certainly not responsible for
the failure to inaugurate Tilden, and
the consequent concentration of tbe
demands of a million or so of disap
pointed place-seekers upon one poor
little official with one hundred positions
in his gift. Some irregularities, not in
any respect criminal or different from
those always heretofore existing, have
crept into the administration of the of
fice, and there has been an effort to
divide up the aggregate amount ap*
propriated among a larger number of
employees than contemplated, but all
this in due more to the importunities
of members of Congress in behalf of
their friends than to sny other cause.
It is no marvel that people][seok office,
especially in these times when so many
are put to their wits* ends to live.—
About 80,000 republicans hive held
office for the last eighteen and
there are about 80,000 more—in Ohio
“—still willing to hold office It is a
misfortune therefore for the virtuous
and hungry democrats that they must
concentrate all their office-holding
strength upon a departure of the gov
ernment which at best can only accom
modate a couple of hundred* 1 am
not writing this as a defense of Col.
Polk, but as the unbiased view of one
wholly independent of any personal or
party interest.
Notwithstanding the outcry against
Gen Banning's army there is a
strong probability that a measure em
bracing many of its features will pass
the House The democrats met in
caucus Wednesday to agree upon the
measures to be adopted, but finally
appointep a committee to confer with
the military committee in constructing
a modified bill Gen. Banning, by dint
of hard work has succeeded in getting
some valuable statistics as to the oust
of maintaining army officers at Wash,
ington. Exclusive of the pay of the
officers stationed here, it ecrsls -the
Government for computation of quar
ters
the money thus issued is to officers'
wives who own property for which the
Government pays rent. It coats to keep
officers warm in the matter of fuel
$28,763 67 per annum, and for forage
and half of which is sold for
livery to stable keepers, $30,756 34,
General Banning has also obtained the
cost, per capita, of enlisted soldiers of
nation of the world. The cheapest of
European nation' is Switzerland at $22
per man ; other nations except Eii£-
land range from $l5O to $250. Eng
land pays $487 per man, while it costs
the United States per annum
to support each enlisted soldier.
One of the clerest of the score or
more of lemale writers here has been
busily at work for some time phst in
collecting materials concerning the
morality ot our great men, as anew
argument in favor of giving women
the right to vote and hold office. She
proposes to unveil the dome-tic life of
Washington to unearth the confession
of Hamilton, to revive the stories
to’d by the Federalists about Jefferson,
to give some forgotten chapters of the
earlier and the later life of Jackson, to
give circulation again to Inge, soli’s
stories about Webster, to publish
Johnson’s distressing deport ment- and
to create a sensation in Massachusetts
by a narrative which the public there
have longed, yet dreaded to hear.—
The privacy of the illustrious dead is
to be inquisitively invaded to ascer,
tain whether in their lives they con
formed to the ten commandments, Of
course these scandalous chronicles will
alternate between piquant truth and
gross libel, Phono,
FROM BRUNSWICK.
Brunswick, Ga., March 15th.
Snowdrops, hyacinths, violets and
orange-leaves—in what luxuriant pro*,
fusion I have found them ! Beside
me, they are formed into an exquisite
boquet whose fragrance tills the room.
Their beauty will soon be gone, but
when they are only a handful of scent
less, dry leaves tin y will be treasured
—a pleasant reminder of “joys that
w e've tasted." llow distinctly the
perfume of a flower often calls to
memory half forgotten pictures of the
past, tiling ttie brain with visions of
the guileless, sunny days of yore and
bidding a tear-chop start when in the
dim distance behind us we see again
the wreck of cherished hope—the rude
waking of some fond dream, in the
sweetness of which a rosebud, or a
cape jessamine perhaps, has filled a
delicately beautiful past.
The woody haunt where my flowers
grew, is several miles from Brunswick
and near it is Mt, Pleasant—a blufl
over-looking the river—where once
was a splendid Southern home; but
now, only a heap of ashes records the
spot, over which the periwinkle creeps
and unfolds its pale blossoms.
The river curves, and on its very
bank is a burying-grouud. A deeper
shade need not be sought than falls
around the grave-marks and vaults
wherein lie the forgotten sleepers of
years and years ago. The low, heavy
branches of oak and cedar let trail to
the ground the motionless, sad-seem
ing moss. Daisies and other wild
flowers lift their sad eyes heavenward
from the neglected graves, while near
by the seabiids cry restlessly, whirl
aloft, and settle again
• “ ’Mid seedy fens wide spread,"
The silent eloquence of that grave
yard hushed into awe the feelings of
every-day life and directed my
thoughts upward, beyond the life of
Time when ‘‘Death shall die" and
the spirit be loosed foreter from its
fetters and take its flight to the boati
tudes of undying Life. Mt. Pleasant
in its letheun quiet will haunt the
heart when the burden of sorrow
grows and melancholy, with
Oppressive persuasiveness, will make
oue willingly lie there where the sea
and the birds and the leaves and the
stars would be the only w atchers ovi r
a sleep so prof mud.
Last night I was one of a number
who formed a grotesque group as we
sat on the Albany railroad about sev-'
en miles from Brunswick. The
blazing fire shone far out ever the
palmettos that kept rustling in the
wind and throwing weird shadows
around us. We had been for days
the guests of a dear old lady who had
shown us every attention her kind
heart could prompt. And now, after
taking- toa with b$V at sunset and as-'
suring her we could with Mr.
\Y illie for our guide, walk to “the
crossing,*’ which was nearly a mile
distant, wo set out to be in readiness
for the train. Something after the
manner of a band of gypsies, l think
we must have looked,with our bundles
and baskets and flowers, waiting there
in the woods for the fiiendly conduc
tor, who had promised to pick ns up.
While in the country I attended an
“oyster roast," and was laughed at
for being a novice in the art of open
ing hot oyster shells. Burnt fingers
do not thr.il us with an agreeable sen*
sat ion even where one has a handsome
physician friend to bind them up; and
they are doubly tormenting when a
bevy of girls stand by laughing at the
cause of them. I was glad when the
picnic wa, over for I enjoyed it very
little, having soiled One of my lyst
dresses, blistered my hands, and shown
myself ridiculously ignorant by throw
ing away a number of sound oysters
only’ because a mischievous friend toid
me they were sick and not fit to eat if
they were at all watery after being
cooked in the shells.
Boat Ilammoek, the residence of the
representative-elect of Glynn county,
is a place of surpassing beauty. The
river is at the door, and St. Simon’s
Island lies just beyond its eddying
waves. F >rt Frederica gleams in the
sunlight, telling a tale of Oglethorpe’s
greatness which history will never let
die. Lower down the Island, the
opening among the trees where was
fought the battle of the Bloody Marsh,
is clearly discernable. From the pi
azzas aad windows one can see at all
times the vessels or steamers on the
sound, or anchored at St. Simon's mills,
To one they are always an interesting
exhibition whether wr pped in vapor
till only the hulls and masts are out
lined dimly against the gray sky, or
catching the clear sunlight and reffret
ing it from their out-spread sails as
tney 7 float with such majestic grace.
Darkness brings the restful hours
of silence, deep and dull, save
an occasional sigh of wind that sets
the leaves whispering, and now from
B* at Hammock the lights of Doboy,
St Simon’s and Cumberland can be
seen burning in the distance, hio-h
above the fretting waters, and guiding
to safe anchorage the ocean-weary
sailors. How I love to watch these
lights! Their mission is great and
beautiful.
Boat Hammock does not grow lotus
fruit, but its lovely and interesting
location holds one with the subtlety ol
enchantment. With its palmetto trees,
flower garden, and sound
of murmuring sea waves, it associates
itself with my dreams of what oriental
life among the palms and olive groves
must be. But in the background are
the pines—the dear, old pines—that
brighten the fadeless memories of my
wire grass home. Daisy Reid.
A colored man at ‘Vicksburg fell
from the deck of a steamboat the oth
er day, was sucked under a coal barge,
came up in time to catch his breath
before he slid under a raft a mile long,
and finally scrambled ashore down at
WarreUton, about seven miles below,
with the remark, “No use tryin,' ye
kaint drown a deep water Baptist."
It is said of the 6,000,000 Catbolios
in the United States, 1,237,008 are Ger
mans. These are sorved by 1,373
priests.
STATE OP GEORGIA—Dodge County.
Whereas L. L. Hargroves, Administrator
of W in Hamilton, deceased, represent* to the
Court, in nis petition duly filed and entered
on record, that he has fully administered Wni
Ham ikon’s estate. This is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, kindred and creditors
to show cause, if ahy they cun, why sai4Fkdl
ministration should not be discharged from
his trust a# administrator and receive, letters
of dismission on the first Monday in April,
18/8. J J KOZ.UI, Ordiuary.
DrOT business yon can engage in. $5 to
DlJlJt S2O per day made by any worker
at either sex. right in tlieir own localities
Particulars and sample worth $5 free. Im
prove your spare tune at this business. Ail
dress Stinson ACo , Poitlaud, Maine, x-y
Dissolution of Co-Partuersbip,
Notice is hereby given to all concerned that
the partnership business heretolore existing
under the firm name of Russell &. Leitoh, is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. Ail the
liabilities ol the firm will be assumed and paid
by Wm. N. Leifch, and the notes aud accounts
due aud ow ing said firm, will be collected bv
him- MARY RUSSELL. '
March 7,1878-4 t WM. N. LEITOH.
To all whom it may Concern.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that
he has tiled his petition with the Ordinary of
Dodge county, to be discharged from his exec
utorship on Alfred biwnham’s ktst will and
testament on account of the infirmity oi his
wile, and the consequent inability therefrom
to attend to said trust, that on the first Mon
day in April next, he will apply lor the sanc
tion ot said petition and to lit* discharged trom,
said executorship. JOHN CRAVE Y,
5-1.1 Executor of Alfred Burnham.
SPATE OF GEORGIA—Dodge County.
Whereas, L L Hargroves, Administrator of
John A Hamilton, deevnsed, represents to the
Court, in his petition duly filed ami eutored
on record, that he hiuJtuHy administered Juo.
A. Hamilton s estate.- This is to.cito
all concerned, kindred and creditors, to. show
cause, it any they can, why 7 said adiulOisrra
tion should not be discharged from his trust
as administrator, and receive letters of dismis
sion on the first Monday in Apiil, 1878.
J. J.. ROZAR Ordinary D, 0.
GEORGIA—Dodge county.
Whereas M. A. Walker and, J. B. Studs till,
administrators of Jas. M. StudatiH, deceased*
represent to the court in their petition duly
filed and entered on record, that they have
fully administered Jas. M. Studstill’s estate,
this is therefore to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, it any they can,
why said administrators should not be dis
charged from their trust as administrators,
and receive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in May 1878, J. J. ROZAR,
Feb. 5, 1878*td Odinary D. C
SPATE OF GEORGIA, Dodge County,
Court ot Ordinary in Chambers.
r l he returns having been tiled and reviewers
appointed to, review, mark out and lay ott a
Utnv road Commencing at the Bethel Church
road between Gum Swamp and Jesse Rogers,
and cross Gum Swamp at Gidding’s lord°and
in a north-easterly direction, IS* the residences
ol John S. Thompson, Jesse Taylor and Wil
liam Rogers, and to intersect with the Hawk-,
insville and Dublin road, near the county line
And John S. Thompson, Jesse Taylor and
Elisha Evans, having been appointed reviewers
ot said road and haying made their report un
der oath, says that said road will be of public
utility and of great benefit to the neighbor
hood. All persons inti rested will file their ob
jections in terms of law v or the order will be
passed establishing said road on the first Mon
day in April next. This February 27th, 1878.
JOHN J. ROZAR, Ordinary D. C.
i'ocliran Mills for Sale.
Has 30 llorse Power Engine,
Locomotive Boiler, Four Foot Sett Esopu*
Stouts, Fifty Saw Browu Cotton Gin with,
Feeder and Condenser, good Mill House and
three-fourth acre of land, in Cochran. Wilt
be sold low for cash, or exchanged for othes
prop rty. Address
J. R. SCHOFIELD,
Macon, Ga.
[Hawkinsville Dispitch copy four timas am|
send bill to J. li. S.] 2m4
SOUTHERN
PIPE AND PUMP
COMPANY’S
water purifying,
ROTARY LIFT & SUCTION
CHAIN PUMP.
Patented June Btli, 1875.
Acknowledged to be Superior to ans
other device for Elevating* Water,
NO VALVES TO GET OUT OF ORDER*
The Buckets and Chain are made of Galvan
ized Malleable Iron. Every Bucket contains
an air cavity, which carries a constant supply
of air to the bottom of the well, thereby puri
fying the water. The packing of the Buckets
is made of pure Vulcanized Kubber, does not
wear out itself or wear the tubing.
RETAIL PRICE LIST :
Fo? Ten Feet or less $lO 00
For each additional Foot 50
FOR SALE BY
W. W. ASHBURK,
11-23 EASTMAN, GA,
Application for Leave to Sell Land,
Four weeks after date, application will be
made to the court of Ordinary of Dodge coun
ty, for leave to sell lots of land number 216 in
the 16th district Dodge county, and number
127 in the 20th district of Dodge county, be
longing to the estate of Alfred Mullis, dec’d.,
for the benefit of creditors of said deceased.
LOVETTE UK OWN,
March 4, 1878-1 w Executor.