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TJ IE MONROE J^ s ADVERTISER
UEOUGE A. KING & CO. ]
VOL. XX.
liar iUciim
F i L8VI’;I. TriHre.D.vY, Nov. 30. 1575l 5 75
A newspaper i * window through whicl
men iouk out on all that ii going on out in tin
world—w ithout it newspaper a man i shut if
h small room and knows little or nothing ol
what is happening outside of himself In
day the newspapers keep pace with history an<
record it. A newspaper will keep a sensibh
man in sympathy with the world s curren
history. It it an enfolding encyclopedia ; an
unbound book forever issuing and never fin
ished. ■
llow are the banks aide to own four hun
dred millions of government bonds? .List this-
Way: the government loans the banks tin
money without interest to purchase the bonds,
un 1 taxes the people ts pay the interest on tin
bonds.
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Some weeks ago a shortage of two thousand
dollars was discovered in the Redemption Bu
reau of the Treasury, at Washington. All d
ftirts to discover the missing money having
proven fruitless an assessment of eight dollars
and twenty-one cents was made on each of the
employees of the Bureau, last Friday, to covet
the loss.
Tuts is from the Lewiston (Me.) Journal : A
man called into a store in this city on Friday
and asked for a sheet of paper on which tc
write a letter. After writing awhile the pro
prietor noticed him scratching on a slip ol
paper, and shortly came this request: “ Look
here, friend, it’s some time since I wrote much,
won’t you show me how to make az? 1 want
to write Isaiah.” The merchant helped him
out of his difficulty.
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A Woman’s Ex\up£k.—There is a lady in
Fulton county, living near the city of Atlanta,
who is running a farm herself, her husbanc
having been an invalid for a long time, am
consequent!}' unable to astist her. She hie
made this year, with one horse, 450 bushels o!
corn, 2 bales of cotton, 300 bushels of turnips.
0 gallon* of syrup, and a large crop of sweet
and Irish potatoes. She has a line garden
Irom which she sells vegetables to the citizens
of Atlanta. She sells butter and milk ; makes
her own fertilizers at home, and buys every
thing for cash. She says that any man win
lives on a firm and buys bacon and corn tc
feed his family ought to he chopped up and fed
to pigs.— (la. Orange.
Wau’i Waste. —Give me the money that
has been spent in war, says a writer, and I wi
purchase every foot of land upon the globe; i
v, ill clothe every man, woman and child in at
attire of which king* and queens might b.
proud; I will build a school house on even
hillside and in every valley over the earth ; )
will build an academy in every town, and wil
endow it; a college in every State, and fill ii
with able professors, I will crown every lui
w i’h a place of worship consecrated to the pro
mitigation of the Gospel of peace; f will sup
port in every pulpit an able teacher of right
eonanets, so that on every Sabbath nioruiin
tlie chime on one hill should answer to tin
cliiine on another around the earth’s circum
ference, and the voice of prayer and the son*,
of praise should ascend like a universal holo
enust to heaven.
The Berry Home Journal says that at tin
] <t meeting of Perry Grange it was unani
mously resolved that its several members pre
pare and plant each one acre of lane in whea
this season; and that the member reporting
the best yield from his acre be entitle fto an i
receive one bushel of wheat from each mem
her of the grange wh i may engage in said con
test for the premium—each contestant to fur
nish the grange with a description of liis land,
preparation, fertilization, kind of wheat sown,
aud all the particulars of cultivation. Also,as
many as may incline, to put iu one acre of oat?
subject to the same regulations and premium.
Also to raise one pig to the age of one year,afh.
the one successful in raising the finest hog tc
receive a ham from each member. Every mem
ber of the grange is considered as taking part
in these contests unless he notifies the secreta
ry of his declination.
WTi.it ll t ot.
The following estimate from an intelligent
plauter of Tuomos county, Col. R. 11- Hard
away, of the cost of making cotton, aud the av
erage costs for a series of years back. The fig
ures will probalv astonish some of our inti-lli
gt ut fiieuds in this section who have been
firming on the “all cotton” system. Says tht
Col. H. ia answer to an inquiry:
"It gives me pleasure to promptly answei
your question as to the cost per pound to.raise
cotton. 1 give you the cost for seven years t
wit: lSliO, $14.30; It'd?, 12.20; ISOS, 12.25; 1861).
10 90; 1870,8 00; 1871. 13.01; 1872, 10.77; Tin
average is 11 88. This includes interest on val
ue of and, repairs, interest teams, taxes, fertil
izes, labor of cultivating, picking and packing,
but nothing added for personal supervision
The latter would be hard to estimate. This
year’s crop has not been marketed, but w il.
not exceed,ten cents. I keep a record of my
crop anually, and it simply required the copy
ing. as the calculation was already made and
eutered on my memorandum honk.
4. row ill of fliuriirirr.
From the moment a babe begins to notice
surrounding objects his character is under tht
process of formation; day by day. through in
fancy and childhood, here little anil there a
little, character grows with the growth am.
strengthens w ith the strength, until, good in
bad. it becomes almost a coat of mail- Look
at a model man of business—prompt, reliable
conscientious, cool and cautious, yet ckai-head
ed and energetic. When do you suppose In
developed all these admirable qualities? When
he was a boy. Let us see the way in which
boy of ten years gets up in the morning, w orks,
plays, studies, and we will tell you just about
what kind of a man ho will make. The box
who is late at the breakfast table, late at school
—who never does anything at the right time,
Hands a poor chance to be a prompt man. Tin
boy who half washes his face half does liti
task, forgets half his errands, half learns Lb
lessons, will never make a thorough business
man. Tbe boy who neglects his uutit-s, ti
thev ever so small, and then excases biuiscl!
by saying, “ Oa, 1 forgot! I di.i’ut think !’
w ill never be a reliable man. Aud the box
who find# pieasurv in the pain an i sulK-riag ot
weaker things will never be a noble, generous,
kindly man— a real gentleman.
* liing* We Hate Xotlced.
[la. Grange lie porter.]
Wc have noticed, m the beginning of every
/ear, that the farmers arc going to plant more
'rain and less cotton. In the fall we notici
that there lias been just about as much cotton
ind just about as much grain planted as then
was the year before.
We have naticed ever}- year that the farmer
ire going to make provisions enough to supply
themselves; but notwithstanding this, we no
tice that about the same number are engaged
hauling provisions out of the towns, which they
buy at ruinous prices.
We notice every year that the country b
next year going to he self-supporting; but
when next year comes it U painfully evident
that the country gets its support from the fur
W i-st.
We are told every Spring and Summer by
the farmers : ' Publish in your paper that the
cotton crop is going to be a failure ;” and
■a lien we smile increduously, they tell us of
the caterpillar, the boll-worm, the drouth, the
rust, the bad stand, and numerous other indu
bitable proofs that the crop must turnout u fail
ure. We suspect at the time that they are try
ing to create an impression through the paper
tliat the crop will be small, so as to induce
rise in the price. But how futile are their ef
forts. The price of cotton is never affected by
newspaper reports, and it always stays down
At the end of each year we notice that the crop
reaches away long towards four million bales,
and tbe farmers seil it for less than it costs.
We notice that the farmers try every means
—axcept the right one—to raise the price tf
cotton.
We notice that the policy of raising a great
leal of cotton and very little provisions cause*
die country to languish, and.spreads bankrupt
cy throughout the Inna.
We notice Punt some of the Grangers are
wofully false to their professions of raising
their own provisions and buying for cash; and
we believe that tliey/tre the truest Grangers
who live at home and do not have store ac
counts.
We notice that farmer? get more advice than
any other class of men, and apparently paj
hss attention to it. But we notice that the
id vine still flows on, the supply seems inex
iiaustiblf; and we believe it is good to con
tinue to do our share as long as the types hold
out to print it.
\ \egro Assault* a I onus Laily
i Speedy Ilxpial'on of the Crime.
A most brutal assault was made upon f
young lady, near Fort Valley, Sunday after
noon. by a negro named John Brown; the cir
cumstances to which are detailed to us as fol
lows : Between three and four o'clock in tin
ifternoon the young lady, accompanied by- hei
nothcr and father, and her younger sister
went out for a walk. The young lady and lu;
little sister were soon some distance ahead ot
their parents. On their way they came to r
pond where there were some sweetgum trees
tnd stopped, and were picking gum from i
‘ree when a negro came up and brutally as
vaulted the young lady by knocking her down
evidently with the intention of outraging hei
person. The little sister became frightened
md ran back to meet her father and told bin
;hat the negro was killing her sister. Th<
father ran as rapidly as possible toward th
dace designated by the little girl, and when h
•ume in sight of it lie saw the negro sitting oi
ii* prostrate daughter, and cramming mud inti
ier mouth t<> stifle her cries. Hearing the irat
father approaching, the negro released his vie
md fled ; but too late. Neighbors ami friend
oiued in the pursuit, and the villain was neve
lost sight of until captured. lie was taken ti
Fort Valley and lodged in the guard-house.
During the afternoon negroes began to as
semble in Fort Valley, and i' was apprehendei
that they premeditated the release of tin
prisoner. Inorder to have him the more secure
he was started to Perry, accompanied by a mar
dial ami a deputy sheriff. About a mile on:
from Fort Valley a band of men surrounded
tlie buggy, led the guard away, and hung the
negro to the limb of a tree which 9tood near,
where lie remained hanging till about noor.
yesterday, when he was cut down by tbe coro
ner, and an inquest held.
So far as we were able to learn, white and
adored people of Houston county approve tin
-entence. S >:n; colored men who assist 'd ii
iis capture were anxious to hang him ou tin
spot, but were opposed by the white men. Bui
only a little later he paid the full penalty of tht
outrage he had committed.
The young lady, we are happy to state, re
ceived no injury further than the loss of one ol
teeth from the blow struck by the fiend when
ae first assailed her. —Macon Telegraph.
Neaaly all the horses in Columbus have tbe
epizootic in a mild form. We see in the papers
iliat the speediest way to cure the epizootic and
make a horse tinouglily happy is to give him
onions. Iu proof thereof, a Portsmouth horsr
is mentioned which had a severe attack of the
disease and his owner placed a half dozen ou
ions iu his trough with his regular food. The
horse tackled three of the onions immediately,
mid by the time he had swallowed them began
to cough, sneeze and prance about, appearing
quite iudignaut and re fusing to touch the re
maining onions. For full five minutes this con
tinued, aud there was a cured horse. He ha?
uot Lad a cough, sneeze or any symptom of the
epizootic, but lie did have the courage to eat
the onions re mailing in the trough the next
Jay a tiler the cure.
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Evkklasting Fence Post.— A correspond
ent of the Western Rural say*
•‘I discovered many years ago that wood
could be made to last longer than iron in the
ground, but thought the process so simple and
inexpensive that it was not worth while making
..ny stir about it. I would as soon have poplar,
basswood or quaking a-u as any other kind, for
fence posts. 1 have- taken out basswood posts
after been set seven years, that were as sound
when taken up as when they were first put in
the ground. Time and weather aceuis to have
no effect no them. Tlio posts call be prepared
for less than two cents apiece, for the bene
fit of others I will give you the receipt: Take
ooiled linseed oil and stir it in pulverized char
coal to the consistency of paint. Pat a coat of
this over the timber, and there is not a man
thu*. wld live to see ti rot’'
The Union an 1 Recorder says the board of
diysl’ Un- of the State of Georgia will begin
heir annual scsion in this city, on tbe first
Monday In December nsxt.
FORSYTH. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 30, 1875.
'twenty Vcurt Ago.
I’ve wandered to the village, Tom; I’ve si
neulii the tree
Upon tue sciiooliiouse ground, which sheltere.
you and me;
But noue were left to greet me, Tom ; and fex
xvere left to know,
That played with us upon the green *om
twen y years ago.
The grass ia just as green, Tom; barefoote
boys at plav
Were sporting jost as we did then, with spirit
just as giy,
But tbe “ master" sleeps upon the hill, whicl
coated o’er with snow,
Afforded us a sliding-place, just txventy yea;
ago.
The old schoolhouse is altered now, the bench
cs are replaced
By new ones, wry like the same our penknivc
had del seen ;
But the same old bricks are in the wall, th
bell swings to and fro,
Its mnoic s just the same, dear Tom, ’twu
twenty years ago.
The boys were playing some old game, beneat
tnat same oiu ree ;
I have forgotten tue name just now —you’x
played tue same xvith me
On that same spot; ’txvas played with knives
by throw ing so and so ;
The leader had a task to do there —twentx
years ago.
The river’s running just as still, the willows oi
its side
Are wider than they xvere, Tom; the strean
appears less wide—
But the grape-vine swing is ruined now, where
once we played tue btau
And swung our sweethearts—pretty girls—just
twenty years ago.
The spring that bubbled ’ueatff the hill, dost
by me spreading beach
Is very low—’txvas once so high that we could
almost reach;
And kneeling down to get a think, dear Torn,
I started so
To see how sadly I am changed since txventx
years ago.
Near by the spring, upon the elm, you know 1
cut y our name,
Tour sweetheart's just beneath it, Tom, ant.
you did mine the same;
Some Heartless wretch lias peeled the bark —
Txvas dying slow but sure,
Just as that one whose name you cut just
twenty years ago.
My lids have long been dry, Tom, but tear*
came iu my eyes;
I thought of her I loved so well, those early
broken ties:
I visited the old church-yarJ, and took some
flowers to strexv
Upon the graves of those we loved, some twen
ty years ago.
Some are in the church yard laid —some sleep
beneath the sea,
But few are left of our old class, excepting
you and me;
And wneu our time shall come, Tom, and xvi
are called to go,
I hope they’ll lay us where we played jus!
twenty years ago.
Do EvEKYTRiaG Wei.i..—lt is the result oi
practical, everyday experience that steady at
ention to matters of detail lies at the root ol
human progress, and that diligence, above all.
is the mother of good luck. Accuracy, also, is
much importance, and as invariable a mark ol
training in a mail; accuracy in observa
tion, accuracy in speech, accuracy in the trans
iction of affairs. What is done in business
must be done well, for it is better to accomplisl
perfectly a small amount of work than to haL
lo ten limes as much. Yet, in business affairs,
.t is the manner in which even small matters
ire transacted that often decides men for oi
igainst you. With virtue, capacity and goo
onduct other respects, the person who is ha
itiually inaccurate cannot be trusted ; his work
tas to be goue over again, and he thus causes
mno}’ance, vexation, and trouble.
A farmer at Orrington, Me., has been some
•ime feeding a squash, in the hoped bemgabb
to bring it to two hundred pounds. The feed
ing is done b3' cutting off the vine about six
feet from the squasii, and placing the end in i
pan into which fresh milk is daily poured. B_x
his means the vine absorbs about two quart?
>f milk per day, and the squash gains about a
pound a clay in weight.
From the JVete York Tribune.
A Want Supplied.
The American mind is active. It has given
us books of fiction for the sentimentalist,learn
ed books for the scholar and professional stu
dent, but foe books for the people. A book foi
the people must relate to a subject of universal
interest. Such a subject is the physical man.
anil such a book ‘ “ The People’s Common
Sense Medical Adviser,” a copy of which ha?
recently been laid on our tabta. The high pro
fessional attainments of its author—Dr. R. V.
Pierce, of Buffali, N. Y. —and the advantages
derived by him from an extensive practice,
would alone insure for his work a cordial re
ception. But these are not the merits for which
it claims our attention. The author is a mar
of the people. He sympathizes xvith them in
all their afflictions, efforts and attainment*. Hi
perceives their want —a knowledge of them
selves—and believing that all truth should b
made as universal as God’s own sunlight, from
his fund of learning and experience, he has
produced a work in which he gives them tb<
benefits of his labors. In it he considers mar
in every phase ot his existence, from the mo
ment he emerges “ from a rayless atom, to<
diminutive for sight, until lie gradually evolves
to the maturity of those Conscious Powers, tin
exercise f which furnishes subjective evidenci
of our immortality.” Proceeding nnort tin
theory that every fact of mind has a physical
antecedent, he has given an admirable treattii
on Cerebral Physiology, and shown the bear
ingsof the facts thus established upon indivkl
ual #wJ social welfare. The author believe:
with Spencer that “as vigorous health and it
acconipanying high spirits are larger element;
of happiness than any other things wliateve;
the teaching how to maintain them is a teaci -
ing that yields to no other whatever," and rc
coreiinglv has introduced an extensive discus
sion of the methods by xvhich xve max - preservi
the integrity of the system and ofttimes pre
vent the onset of disease. Domestic Remedie
—their preparation, uses'and effects—form :
prominent feature of the work. The hygienii
treatment, or nursing of the sick, is an impor
tant subject, and receives attention commen
surate with its importance. Nearly all disease
••to which flesh is heir” ti described, tlieir symj
toms and calls* * explained, and proper dome?
tic treatment suggested. To reciprocate th*
many i iVor* bestowed upon him by a generau
public the author offer* his book a? a pric.
($1 50} little csvetding the cost o £ publication
Our readers can obtain lh:e practical and valu
able work by addressing the author.
“In G-od we Trust.”
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attention Planters!
I HAVE PURCHASED THE LARGE
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE
rom Mr. J. W. Moran, and xvill in the future give my personal attention to the handling of
11 cotton entrusted to my care. I will weigh cotton for the moderate price of
2B Cents Per Bale.
lam well prepared to store cotton, or sell to the best advantage. I give my friends a
ordial invitation to come and see me.
JEFF. DUMAS.
infill" WAREHOUSE-.
The undersigned Directors or Committee, having assumed the management and control
•f the former interest of W. L. Lampkin in this well known Warehouse, and having asso
iated xvith us S. D. MOBLEY, would the Planters and Public generally, of Mon
•oe and adjoining counties, that we xvill be fully prepared on mul al’icr tiepl. "ls*l to
Weigh and Store Cotton,
And conduct a General
WAREHOUSE BUSINESS,
The services of S. D. MOBLEY have been secured who will attend to the weighing and stor
age department and all other business connected with the warehouse. We intend that no effort
>n our part shall be spared to extend any facilities and accommodations in our power ; and by
mr promptness and close attention to business, we hope to receive a liberal share of the pub
lic patronage.
W. T. MAYNARD, E. H. WALKER,
PETER McMICKLE, JNO. A. DANIELLY,
E. M. MOORE, THOn G SCOTT.
ATTENTION Planters of MONROE Ii
LAWTON & WILLINGHAM.
WAhiillOlM AM) COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
FOURTH STREET, MACON, C,A.
Tender their services to the planters of Monroe and adjoining connties in the handling of
Cotton for the coming season. We have assisted our planting friends in the past, and expect
to continue to do so. Our charges are as low as ot her leading warehouses of the city who
nave made advances. Bring us your cotton and xve xvill do our best to please you.
LAWrOJtf & WILLINGHAM.
sep? 3m
~~ W. A. HUFF,
WHOLESALE
PEODUCE MERCHANT,
MACOTsT. GA.
BACON, CORF,
FLOIII, BE Ali,
ISAY, <AT*S
BAG CIA O, TIES,
SABAH, COFFEE
SIRUP, LAKH,
8 A AT, BICE,
Tobacco, Lime, Etc., Etc.
Ad or ay ot the above articles eac be bought on one to four mouths’ time by calling ou
W. A. HUFF.
nglO 2m
“SOLOMON & MOUNT
HAVE MADE AN
IMMENSE REDUCTION
IN THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING IN THE
DRY GOODS LINE.
WE are selling Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes and Groceries at prices far below any
'■ver offered in this market
Best Calico at 6 anti 8 cts per yard, Shirting at 7 cts per yard.
Shirting yard wide, 8 1-2cts Osnaburgs, 10 cts
Columbus Checks, 10 cts 1000 pr Ladies Shoes at $1 00 a 1 50
1000 prs good Ladies Cloth Shoes $125 and? 2 00 1000 prs Brogan Shoes $1 25 to $1 75
500 prs Ditching Boots $2 00 to $3 50 200 prs fine Calf skin Boots $2 to $3 50
100 suits of clothing $5 00 to $lO 00 50 fine Cassimtre suits sl2 00 to S2O 00
And Other Goods in Dropcrtion.
have two stores, one in the Morse building next to the Pye Hotel block; and another in
the Head building, formerly occupied by L. Wolfe, xve have in both
a w&wmmtm stooK
Of even thing usually kept in a
First Class Dry Goods Store.
Together with a large* and choice stock of
Family Groceries & Plantation Supplies,
All of which are offered st the very lowest price*. If yen examine cur go. Vs tot; will 1
oufld to trade. We buy our good# in large quanttie* and get the bottom price* la
1-irk ctiy. Non* buy to better advannt re than ouraeiv.*. uni in cwiiscqueuc* iff hire*
wv sell at small in the xy.iy iff Upahk
be STjaasß cto ses xts.
• SGJ-O * JKKTvr,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sometning* Mew
Wiley L, Smith.
TO HT3 FRIENDS THAT HE 13 OPENING A NEW BUSINESS IN
SMITH’S BTJII/DIiMG
wit doer lilcw Is f and rnd, jJtft ftinulj creep, and ly T~M. BunU. y, Nirlb Ude ot e qc&re
WITn A FULL STOCK OF
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Wood Willow and Tin Ware,
SADDLES, BRIDLES. HARNESS. FARMING IMPLEMENTS. ETC, ETC..
For Cash Only. -
I INDISTINCT PRINT
I buy iliT Good* lor Cash and am detrrcdnYd to #e-l theta 2? lo* c\budy. and toilet* i>
share ol toe pu.rocaire. I etMead a cordial invitation to aii my mentis to caii 4 aud ti.itiine kooil*
MAJOR D. G. PROCTOR I* with tut? sud will be glad toce his old friends and customer*.
TU. C. SMITH
Groceries, Provisions.
500 Bushels of EAR CORN, for Sal©
Cheap, to arrive, Call and
Leave Your Orders.
[6,000 1 * lß ' FI ' OLI1 ‘ COOK CHEEK'S CHOICE.JK£NNE3AW and MARIETTA.
10,000 LBS ’ 9ACON Bcd BILK meats
CUBA MOLASSES, SUGAR,
coffee, Bugging
TJES > SALT,
LARD 1N 11£RLEs * ,!d3 . 5 “Dd to POUND CANS, r J'(_)}3 \CCO
FRESH CORN MEAL;
And ail other Goods Usually kept ia a
FIRST CLASS GROCERY STORE
AT L FOR SALE AT BOTTOM FIGURES FOR CASH. MACON BILLS DUPLICATED
— scptl4 ' ly A. PYEI.
W. A. Banks & Sons
FORSYTH, - - - - CA.,
Offer the largest and most desirable Stock of
Dry Goods, Domestics,
White Goods, Jeans,
Laces, Notions, Hosiery,
Boots, Shoes, Etc.,
of any house in the place. Special attention is called to our
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT,
Comprising s full and complete assortment of
FALL AND WINTER SUITS,
AT
EXCEEDINGLY LOW PRICES.
OCR
DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT
la very large and will be told
As Cheap as the Cheapest.
I * <•*-'*. it-tnw>c V/llwi t'uf : \ :u:
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[PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS
NO. 47.