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tice of Medicine in Marietta. Office and Residence
at the house formerly occupied by the Rev. John F.
Lanneau.
MARIETTA. GEO., Jan. 17 1867.
SRR TR Rt s w S
Dr. W, E. Dunwoody, Homeo
athist, Office on Cherokee Street near Public Square.
MARIETTA, Ga., Jan., 18th 1867.
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ALLEN, .
RESIDENT DENTIST.
THANKFUL TO THE CITIZENS
for a patronage of nearly twenty years
is better prepared than ever to pre
gerve the natural teeth, ov to.insert. artificial snbeti
tutes at his office —north-side Public Square corner
epposite WM. RooT & SONs,
fiarietta. Ga., Feb. 14, 1868. :
LB e e
| R o ) &
J: T« HALEY & QO:
DPKALERS IN
Dry Groods,
Grroceries and
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
MARIETTA, GEORGIA.
Dec. 20, '67,
LR i e e
A, N. SIMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PACTEES in the State Courts and Distric
M Oourts of the United States.
Prosecutes claims against the Government.
Givesspecial attention to the purchase and sale of
Real Estate in Marietta and surrounding country.—
Any business confided to him will meet prompt at
fention and awy-enquiriesanadein pegardio Real Ls
tate, &cyee, wilkbe promptly given. ..
G. B. GILBERT),
Cherokee Street Marietia Geo.
Grroceries, :
i WAT ares. o,
All kinds, Country Produce bought
and sold. jyb—6m.
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Wfiowsamx and Retail dealear in
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots, Shoes and Hats, ;
BEADY MADE CLOTHING ?
I wirr sell for CASH at ATLANTA PRICES
New Goods constantly receiving from the largest
and most reliable houses of New York City at the
Jowest market prices. Call and see before purchasing
your Goods, at the: gld corner of “Chuck Ander
on's.” jan.3.”68.
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Watchmaker and Jeweler
G O e
[WEST--SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.]
Marietta, Greorgia.
T HE undersigned would respeetfully * inform
his old friends and the guhlic generally that he
is prepared to do allwork in his line in the best man
mer, and at moderate prices. Repairing done at
shert notice.
Marietta, Nov. 11, '67. A.D. RUEDE.
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@ 6 d
Agricola’s Bakery.
(Established 1851,) on Cassyille Street,
Sfourth door from A. N, Simpsons’ Law
office. -
8 open again for the public. The following ar
‘l" tieg:: kept for sale: Bread, Cakes, Cra ~kers,
Candy, Baloans, different kinds of Fruits, especially
such for Fruit Cakes—which™ the undersigned will
make or bake on short notiee—also. Family Grocer
jes, Sardines, Cove Oysters, Condiments Cigars,
Tobaaco Pipes, &¢, A liberal thronpgg invited
Respectfully,
R. J.T. AGRICOLA.
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Agricultural Implements !
GRICULTURAL Implements of every de
| scription and most improved models will'be
ished by usforcasn atthe Manufacturer’s lowest
prices ex;)enleq‘of transportation only added. |
PO7 WM. ROOT & SONS.
Jine 26th, 1868, - . |
The Mavictta Journal
‘I " [FOR THE MARTETTA JOURNAL, |
' WHEAT AND WHEAT CULTURE. l
Now that Farmers are preparing to
sow wheat, I ask them to consider a few |
things that have already seen noticed in
your paper and which cannot be too
deeply impressed upon those who want
to make good and large returns from
their land.
First, then, let me insist upon deep
plowing and thoroughly pulverising the!
soil before seed is pui on the ground.—
A reasonable man cannot doubt the ad
vantage of this process. The old plan
of -sowing wheat on stubble land
mnbroken and then turning it under is
a loss of from 3 to & the se a prob
able loss of 4 the proper, yield at ’}
vest. v
Second important item. Be certain
to feed your wheat land with some kind
of genuine fertilizer, It is unreasona
ble to expect a large yield of wheat from
land that has inade crop after crop with
out putting something on it to pay back
the land for what you have taken off
and do not be stingy about putting on ma
nure unless you wantthe land to be stingy
in retnrns at harvest. The application
of the scripture rule, “He that soweth
bountifully shall reap bountifully,” is
strictly to the point in this caso.
At this place I will digress to say that
it isbelieved and sopublished by the best
Agricultural writers, that pure bone dust
has more feeding properties for grain than
any other commercial fertilizer. Every
farmer who can procure it, ought to use
enongh pure bone dust to know for him
self whether or not it will aid his land in
producing a good crop of wheat. Farm
ers let me say to all of you, that it is bet
terto plant one acre well plowed and well
manured than four acres not thus prepar
ed. When your land is well broken up
sow your bone dust broadcast, 250 lbs.
per arce, and follow it with the wheat,
then harrow in or brush in or plow in
both the manure and the wheat together
and a good crop may be almost certain:
SENOB.
[From the Southern Recorder, 28th ult.]
WHAT IS AN ACRE WORTH?
When the Southern farmer, be he-a
large or small one, will rightly compute
the value of an acre, and set the proper
worth by it, we may then expect that
material and real wealth to the State
that is only now imaginative. We call
ourselves an agricultural people, and ad
mit that the wealth of our State lies in
its productions. To a_great extent, we’
may say altogether, that as a people we
are dependent upon our cotton, rice and |
tobacco craps for what money we make.
As to our corn crop, we hardly feel like
counting it in, if we judge from the
thousands of bushels that are brought
from the West fo supply the demands of:
our people and the thousands upen
thousands of dollars we send omy of ‘the
State for that article alone; not count
ing the millions of pounds of bacon that
‘we buy also from the West. -
i Every man that cultivates a few acres
‘of land, imagines that he musi put half
or two-thirds in cotton as the only thing
that will bring ready money. We would
not have a word to say about planting
cotton, if each aere planted ‘brought a
bag; but when we know that it takes
’ from three to four acres of our worn
lands to make a bag we feel that it is la
i bor and money thrown away, and that
‘ the farmer has never for a moment sat
‘down and calculated the worth of an
‘acre well manured and well worked.
' Anacre of land well manured, well
‘taken care of, is worth from $5O to $lOO.
' An acre that will bring twenty-two bush
els of wheat and thirty bushels of corn
‘the same year, is worth $lOO per acre;
‘and any pains-taking farmer can make
‘an acre preduce that. The manure
‘dropped in stables or yards by borses,
‘cows, hogs, sheep, &c., will manure one
‘acre well. We speak of the small farm
‘er, the man with but little stock. Care
and economy, is all that is needed to
save manure; but so long as we drive
along in our slip-shod way of making
and saving manure, we may expect but
poor returns from the soil. If the emall
farmer could be induced to take half the
pains the New England farmer does on‘
his place, there would not be a farm in
Baldwin county that would not be worth
at least $2O to thewcre.
But what we desire to call the especial
attention of our farmers to, is the impor
tance of manuring at least one acre well
and planting it in something that will
bring him $lOO clear, It can be dene,
and done easily, but there must be sys-|
tem about it. Let the small farmer who |
reads this, look at the nearest city or‘
town to which he trades, and see what |
article of provisicns sell readily. Take
for instance, swect potatoes, every body
eats them, and they find a ready sale;
they keep well and can be sold by the
wagon load or bushel, at from fifty cents‘
to $l.OO, >
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1868.
A farmer knows how many bushels
an acre will bring, and he knows that he
can make $lOO to an acre even at 50 ets.
per bushel. Take the ground pea; it
will sell readily and bring a good price.
Take onions, take Irish potatoes, take
peas. Put the acre in anything but cot
ton, and it will bring more money than
cotton would. Much manure is some
times saved and wasted by trying to
manure 10 to 20 acres, when in fact it
should have been put on one or five.—
Farmers get discouraged and say, it
won't pay to save manure, because they
have tried it, and their crops were a
failure ; and failed because they tried to
do too much with too little, just as a
foolish house wife attempt to make one
blanket cover three beds.
Reduce manuring to a system ; make
a calculation how much one bushel of
manure will manure well; how much
one horse loads will manure well, and
then put it on accordingly. Den’t guess
at the matter, but go at it like sensible
men, and in a few years, with deep plow
ing, you will find your lands doubled,
quadrupled in value. Take one acre at
a time; see that it pays for the manure
put on it, and make it so rich, that you
can always say, there is one acre that
will pay me well, if no more ; but it is as
easy to make ten do it, or twenty or fif
ty. Turn under in the fall the green
crops of peas or the rank weeds, and
much has been already accomplished;
but our small farmers need not expect
ever to improve their lands so long as
they plant cotton and it takes about four
acres to make a bale. Their lands will
wear out and they grow poorer every
year, and when they die, the farm is not
worth two dollars per acre. _ ;
Remember, that an acre of land is
worth $5O when well manured, and will
be worth $lOO if kept well manured, for
it will bring provisions to that amount
any time. Will our small fa. mers act
upon the suggestion hereaficr? We
know of two acres in Milledgeville that
produced 47 bushels of wheat, and the
same year produced 84 bushels of corn.
It was manured from the stable, but well
done, and well plowed. What would
ten such acres be worth to asmail farm
er.
AN ACT,
To provide for setting apart a Home
stead of Realty and Personalty, and
for the valuation of said property and
for the full and complete protection
and security of the same to the sole
use and benefit of families as required
by Section First of Articles VII of{
the Constitution, and for other pur
poses. |
SectioN 1. Be it enacted by authority
of the General Assembly of this State, dc.,
That each head of a family, or guardian,
“or trustee of a family of minor children,
‘shall be entitled to a Homestead of real
ty to the value of Two Thousand Dol
lars in specie, and personal property to
the value of Onz Thousand Dollars in
specie both to be valued at the time they
are set apart, and no Court or ministeri
al officer in this State shall ever have
iju:-isdictio'n or authority to enforce any
judgment, decree or execution against
l said property so set apart, including
such improvements as may be made
thereon from time to time, except for
' taxes, money borrowed and expended in
‘ the improvement of the Homestead, or
for the purchase money of the same, and
' for labor done thereon, or mat:rial fur
'nished therefor, or removal of encum
‘brances thereon; Provided, the same
‘shall have been set apart and valued as
hereinafter provided.
~ Sec. 2. Every person seeking the
‘benefit of this act, and of said section of
‘the Constitution, shall make outasched
‘ule and description of the personal prop
i erty claimed by him to be exempt un
der said section of the Constitution from
| levy and sale, and hand the same to the
! Ordinary of the county in which he re
'sides, and shall apply to the said Ordi
nary for an order to the county Survey
or, or if there be none, some other Sur
veyor, to lay off his homestead allowed
by said section of the Constitution, and
to make a plat of the same, which order
the Ordinary shall issue at once and give
to the applicant.
Sec. 3. When said schedule has been
so filed, and said application has been
made, the said Ordinary shall publish in
the Gazette in which Sheriff’s sales, for
said county, are published, not more
than twice, a notice as follows: A. B.
has applied for exemption of personalty
and setting apart and vaiuation of home
stead, and I will pass upon the same at
—————on the———day of—————-
186—, at my office.
C. D., Ordinary,
filling said blank, so that all persons
may know the time for action by the Or
dinary on said petition.
“""Seec. 4." The time fixed by said m’o
! shall not be less than ten nor mere tHan
‘twenty days from the date of the order
of the Ordinary to such surveyor. The
sarveyor to whom said order shall be
delivered by the applicant, shall lay off
the homestead on or out of the land
claimed by the applicant and make a"
plat of the same, and make an affidavit
that the same is correetly platted and
laid off, and that the seme is, to the best
of his knowledge and belief, not worth
more than two thousand dollars in spe
cie, and return the same to the Ordina
ry before the day appointed in the order
for passing upon said application.—
Should any county surveyor fail to com
ply with his duty, as prescribed by this,
he shall be, by said Ordinary, punished
tor a contempt of court,
Sec. 5. If at the time and place "ap-.
pointed for passing upon said applica
tion, no objection shall be urged by any
creditor of the applicant, the Ordinary
shall endorse upon said schedule, and
upon said plat, approved, this the —
day of ——, 186=, (filling the
blanks,) and shall sign the same official
ly, and hand the same to the Clerk of
the Superior Court of his county, who
shall record the same in a book to be
kept for that purpose in his office.
Sec. 6. Should any creditorof the ap
plicant desire to object to said schedule,
for want of sufficiency and fullness, or
for frand of any kind, or to dispute the
valuation of said personalty, or the
propriety of the survey, or the value of
the premises so platted as the home
stead, he shall, at said time and place of
meeting, specify-the same in writing
thereupon, unless the applicant shall so
alter said schedule or plat, or both, as to
remove said objections. Said Ordinary
shall appoint three disinterested apprais
ers to examine the property concerning
which the objections are made and to
value the same, and on their return
(which shall be made under eath) if eith
er be found to be too large such altera
tion shall be made in said schedule and
in such plat as the Ordinary may deem
proper, to bring the same with the limits
of the value allowed by said section of
the Constitution, and he shall then and
there approve said schedule and =aid
plat, as required by the fifth section of
this act, and hand the same to the clerk
of the Superior court of his county, whe
shall record the same as required by sec
tion the fifth of this act ; Provided, That
either party dissatisfied with the judg
ment shall have the right to appeal, un
der the same rules and regulations and.
resirictions as are provided by iaw ‘in
cascs of appeal from the court of Ordi
nary. sy
See. 7. If the applicant secks to have
a homestead set apart out of town prop-|
erty, exceeding in value two thousand
dollars in specie, and it cannot be so di
vided as to zive'a homestead ofthat val
ae, lic nay make application to the Or-‘
dinary, and upon satisfying him that this.‘
is trae, said Ordinary may pass an order
that should said property ~(describing
the same) thereafter be sold by virtue of
any order, judgment, or decree of any
court this State, two thousand dollars in‘
specie, or its equivalent in currency, of
the procee?s of such sale, or the whole
of 'the said proceeds, if they do not ex
ceed that amount, shall be, by the levy
ing officer, paid ever to the Ordinary for
the time being, to be invested by some
proper person, to be appointed by the
Ordinary, ina home for the benefit of
the family of the applicant, which shall
be exempt as if laid off under this law,
and shall cause the Clerk of the Superior
Court to record said order in said book.
See. 8. Should any ministerial officer
of this State,upon being shown a certi
fied copy of such order, fail to retain
and dpay over to said Ordinary said pro
ceeds, as above required, or should any
Ordinary receiving the same fail to ap
point said person to have the same in
vested, and turn over the proceeds to
him, said officers and their s¢curities re
spectively, shall be liable to said appli
cant for said money, and twenty per
cent. ‘interest thereon, while they re
spectively wrongfully witbhold the same
or any part thereof. .
See. 9. In all cases, before the ap
proval of said Ordinary can be demand
ed, as aforesaid. the applicants shall pay
the costs of said ‘proceedings, : including
the Clerks cost for recording the same,
to the Ordinary. He shall be bound for
such eosts if he approves the same; the
said officers shall each have for his said
services the same fees as are now allow
ed him, or shall be hereafter allowed
him, by law for such services: Provid
ed, nevertheless, that ifany person, fi
ling objections to said schedule or plat,
shall fail to have the same sustained, he |
shall pay the cost of said proceedings. |
See. 10. Any officer knowingly levy- |
ing or selling said property thus made
exempt from sale, shall be guilty of tres- |
pass, and the wife or family of the debt- |
or may recover therefor for their oxclus
ive use. 1 ¥ ¥
Bec. 11, Said property so set apart
cannot be encumbered or alienated by
the husband, but if the same be sold or
encumbored by him and his wife jointlg,
(in the case of husband and wife,) or
with the approval of the Ordinary for
the time being endorsed on the encum
brance or deed, said incumbrance or
deed shall be valid as if said property
had never been so set apart, 195
Sec. 12. Said property so set apart
shall be for the use of the wife or widow
and children during her life ar widow
hood, and at her death or intermarriage,
be ‘equally divided between the childron
of her former marriage then living.
Sec, 13. Should the husband refuse
toapply for said exemption, his wife ar
any person acting as her next fricnd
‘may do the same, and it shall be as
binding as if done by the husband.—
Should any trustee or guardian of a fama»
ily of minor children fail to apply for
said exemption, the Ordinary may upon
application of any next friend for the
minors allow him or her to act in lieu of
such trustee or guardian, and this shall
be as binding as if done by the said
guardian or trustee. :
See. 14, Nothing. hercin = contained
shall be construed 'to prévent any debtor
‘who does not' wish' to dvail himself of
‘the bencfits of this act,.« from- claiming
‘the exemption allowed by. section. 2,044
of Irwin's revised Code and, should he
claim thein, then he shall get the bene
fit thereof by complying with the law
preseribed-in this act, but” no person
who shall be allowed the exemptions un
‘der these laws shall take any benefit nn
der this act, nor shall any person, whe
shall be allowed the exemptions under
this act, be allowed the exemptions un
der said laws, except the articles named
in parts 10, 11, 12 and 13 of said see»
tion 2,013. i :
Sec. 15. Be it enacted, ote., That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict with
this act be and the same aré hercby reo
pealed. ’
7 Bevsamiy Coxney,
President of the Senate. .
A. E. MarsnALL,
Secretary of the Senate.
; R. E. MCWHORTER, _
Speaker llouse Representatives,
M. A. Harpiy,
Clerk House Representatives.
Approved October 3, 1868,
... Rurus B. Bunroek,
Governor.
OFFICE SECRETARY OF STATE, )
" "Atlaiita, Ga., Oct' 5, 1808, E
I hercby certify that the above
and foregoing pages contain a true and
correct copy of the original act of file in
this office..- Given underany hand. and
seal of office.} .
Davip G. Corrine,
.. {sEar] . Secretary of State.
GOOD BREEDING,
I believe this matter of good manners
and good breeding to be chicfly in th
hand of mothers. It is as easy to teacz
a child to say “Thank you, for the
bread ;”” as ‘“‘give me some bread;” as
easy to accustom a family of children to
' bid their parents good morning upon op
dinary as extraordinary occasions. Les
there be no “‘company manners.” Con
vince chiidren by example as well as
precept, that the best they have to offer
in matter and manner should be laid be
fore those they love most earnestly. A
boy taught at ten to enter the parlor
and bow to his mother’s friends, will’ do
it with ease and self-possesion at 20.—
For what, after all, is case of manner
but politeness, long practice and ineor
porated as an unconscious constituent of
the individual ? It may be well for us
to remember the original significance of
gentleman, gentlewoman—terms, which
I fear, would never have grown out of
the blustering carriage of alargeclass of
modern gallants. ‘‘Gentle bicod,” and
‘aoble lineage,” were synonomous in
those old days. “Suaviter in modo_for
titer in re,” was the Latin"proverb; and
it has often occurred to-the writer, that
we of the present generation, are more
in danger of forgetting the mildness: of
manner than the strength in deed.,. . -
In the yoyage of life, we_should imi.
tate the ancient mariners, who, without
losing sight of the earth, trusted to “tha
heavenly signs for their guidance.
’ =% RvyE is said to be- more- valuab'e
than clover for & een m 2.,
sown heavily in the ga_fl or Sl:;{)‘g,i’ H
plowed under, it will be equ;ift’o’n g::g
coating of barn yard ‘manare, ‘and fall
sown rye produces a*bountifal supply of
excellent S!;m'ng food for shecp, co%hd
cattle. ' It makes a wonderful saving
in the hay-mow. ok .
Rye, in the shape of bread, is said . to
produce more brain ~and muscle sup
porting food than wheat, " """ " "
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