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F. R. FILDES, Editor. VOL. VI. Quitman ftaunct. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. terms: TWO DOLLARH A. YEAR WHEN PAID IK ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. One square, (10 lines, or less,) first insertion s*.oo ; each following insertion, SI.OO. When advertisements are continued for one ■oulh or longer, the charge will be as follovrs : !S». of 3q«l 1 Month. 2 Month.. 2 Months. 4 Months. 5 Months. 6 Month.. 7 Months. 8 Months. 9 Months. j 12 Months. I|s*\oo| $ 8 $lO sl2 14 15 16 17 INI W 2 8.00 1 15 18 21 24 26 28 30 35 S! 10.001 15 20 25 30 34 ."6 38 40{ 45 4112.00 18 24 30 36 40 42 44 46| 53 5114.001 25 33 36 44 46 48 50 52j 60 16.00| 30 40 45 50 55 56 57 58 65 12 30.001 50 65 70 78 80 85 90 100 120 18 45.00 65 75 80 85 90 100 110 120)150 24)60.00' 75 80 90 100 110 120 120 140 200 LEGAL ADVERTISING. Sheriffs Sales, per levy of 5 lines $ 2.50 ** “ exceeding 5 lines, pr. sqr... 5.00 Sales by Administrators, Executors and Guardians, ncr square .. 6.00 Citation of Administration or Guardian ship, per sqnare 5.00 Notice to IVhlors and Creditors 6.00 ( itation for leave to *e!lland 6.00 Citation of Dismissijn of Administrator.. 10.00 44 44 Guardian 6.00 Homestead Notice 5.00 For announcing candidates for office, SIO.OO Obituary notices. Tributes of Respect, and all at rides of a personal character, charged for as advertisements. For the Quitman Banner. “LOVE, PURITY AND FIDELITY.” HT A CITIZEN OK qCITMAX. The TVmp’rance banner now ’« unfurl’d, And we t relcome all- of ev’ry land— To crush the tv rant of the word. By joining tlie ‘*cold water’ band. In our motto you may bebo’d. The ‘‘golden rule” by which we live: To pluck from ruin’s grasping hold, And appease man’s cry—“o! give!” “0! give!’’ Love for a brother in distress. Love for a feeble, eering child. X<»re for the widow---a# oppress'd, Love for the orphan—sweet and mild. Pure be the actions of our life. Pure our honor as the crystal spring; So when we cease this mortal strife, lienee we will soar on angels’ wing. Fidelity to man on earth— Fidelity to God above; No better motto ere had birth Than Purity, Fidelity and Lov*. Then let the trl-color’d banner wave, In all its majesty and irrace; Its the* signal that we wish to nave Our fellow-men from foul disgrace. Come, tipplers at the ruby wine—* Come, ye red-nosed sons of Bacchus; Come, join our ranks whilst yet there's time, And spurn the power of Rhaduinauthus. T Ti» tyrant Ruin's d* lusive sway, That tells you “like a freeman live! And ju«< « long as you obey, Its cry will be —* O! give!’ “O! give! Go ,lnr the Drunkard’* weeping wife— li<-hold the den he call* a home ! “My God!” you cry. “is this the life. Hum brings to the poor man’* hearth-stone ?” Yonder i* his child—a little boy ! See the tatter’s grab about hi* frame! Alas! what i* there sot him of joy, Whilst halier bear* a drunkard * naniet Knter. now a breathing thing of life— A drunken, reeling, cursing man. Whose bleeding face tells of a strife, Kngaged in with bis fellow man. He is the father ol that child— The husband of that noble wife; She mlet* liim with a smile most mild, And sue* must humbly for her life. “Begone, thou crouching wt etch!” lie cries, “Or by the ever living God. I ll send your *oul to him on high, And place your body ’neath the (tod! A ragin„ (Ire is in my breast— A torture in my blacken'd heart; Begone! I say, for I’m distress’d. And act, I may, the rnttrd’rer’* part.” “But. husband, here is what will bring, Unto you happiness and wealth; A balm to heal the hurtful sting Which we for long, long years hare felt. It l* lo spurn tbe power of rum. And join the noble Temp’ronce band; They kindly welcome yc u to come. And in tbeir legion* take your stand. “Yes, husband, join the Temp’rance band, — Then I, your wife, will happy be; And ’round your brow, three virtues stand— Lorn, Pibitv, Fuwutt!” Kike tall pines in tbe wilderness. When tossed by wild and angry storm— The victim’s grief is not more less— Oh! joy! most bumble and forlorn. He struggles with the mighty loe— He sneers upon tbe poisonous rum; There come* a faint cry—as of woe— “l’Ujoin! I'U join! —it shall be done /” Ti* done. The Drunkard’s joined our band, And pledged to strict fidelity; No more will ’round bis homestead stand, Tbe friends of Rum's idolatry. Then let the clarion trumpet sound, ’Till er’ry sot throughout the world, Shall surely by its note be found. And Bacchus to tbe depths be hurl’d. Quitman, Ga., Oct. 16, 1871, A correspondent of the Scientific A merican says: I/*t any one who has an attack of lock-jaw take a small quanti ty of turpentine, warm it aud pour it on the wound, no matter where the wonnd is, and telief will follow in less than one minute. Nothing better can be applied to a severe cot than cold turpentine; it will give certain relief almost instantly. Turpentine is also a sovereign remedy forcronp. Saturate a piece of flannel with it and place the flannel on the throat and chest, and in a very severe case three to five on a lamp of sngar may be taken inwardly. Every family should have a bottle on band. There are some persons, bewever, opon whom turpentine acts ass poison, AMICUS’ LETTER, No. XI. If all men, by ibe precepts and exam ples of Christ, are not saved front their sins, what is their condition? They re main untaught, unreclaimed, still sinning and suffering the consequences of their own Jmisdoing. There was to the Divine miud but one plan to save men from the consequences of sin, and that was by preventing the act; hence the life of Christ was devoted lo the convincing of *in, of righteousness, and a judgment to come. Never from his lips fell the con soling promise, that in his death, aud by bis suffering, men w uld be relieved from the consequences of their sins. Such an assertion is a mockery at jus tice uod contrary to every principle of right, and is contradicted by daily and hourly occurrences. Titere is uolhing written io more legible characters upon the pages df mortality's history than bod effects resulting from bad caoses. Why are they adjudged bud effects? Because tin y give us pain, they produce suffering, either morally, mentally or physically, being the specific penalties of the luw violated. The minister informs ns that inas much as it requires otir whole time and talent to render obedience to the law, that tho crime of a single violation can not be expiated by the sufferings cf the guilty party, and that the only hope of escape is by obtaining paid .n. If upon the principle of pardo i alone we can escape, there is no linpc for any man living, for, says Christ: “I say unto you, in no wise can the guilty escape the just punishmeut of their iniquities.” Would not pardon be one way of es tape? But Christ says in no wifce can you escape. Reader, reconcile this con flict between Christ and the preacher; I can not, only in one way: that, is, we can receive pardon only when we have suffered the penalties of a violated law. Jerusalem was forgiven for all her sins, because site bad suffered double for all het iniquities. If the citizens of Jeru salem did suffer for their sins, and be cause of having suffered received par don, why mry we not suffer for our sins, and because of having suffered, receive remission? The law is inexorable. Justice denial. dj its execution, and it never stops short of or goes beyond ad • equate punishment or rewards. When the law is vindicated by the enforce ment of retributive justice, then the parties, so far us that offense is con cerned, are reconciled. G< and never in flicts punishment in anger, but in love; for prospective good, God chasteueth whom lie loveth. He doesn’t chastise them fir having and me right, but because they have erred. Isn’t that punishment? Isn’t it for the good of the creature he loves? Isn’t the chastisement sufficient? j ft certainly would not l-e suspended.unti! j the object was accomplished. God cer- j tainlv had an object in the punishment; it certainly was a good object, and he had the power and the wisdom to exe- ! cute his own will. II chastised sttf-1 ficiently, the error is cun and. The ( pin-1 ion that sin is infinite and deserves end- | less punishment, most evidently con j diets with the inspired declaration that,! "Where sin abounded, grace did much ! more abound,” Again, 1 Though your sins be as scarlet, tlicy shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crim son, they shall bej as wool.” Aud again, “Behold the Lamb of God that taketli away the sin of the world.” Observe the illustration: our sins, or rather their effects upon us, is compared to colors of deepest die—seemingly indelible—nev ertheless God’s love makes them white and as wool. Is tliere any contingency? None whatever. God’s will, nor his word, does not depend upon man’s will, or man’s acts, to make it true. Then that man’s sins are to be blotted out wtieu he has suffered the penalty, is an eternal truth; no act of ntan can make it false. That man may expiate in time bis crimes against the only law under which he lives aud acts, is proven be yond all controversy by the declaration to the citizens of Jerusalem: “Ye have suffered double for all your miqailiee.” When did they suffer it—in eternity? No, they were then living; the declara tion was in the past tense: “Ye haoe suffered” &c. Did not David suffer for his sins on earth? Did he not cry: "My soul is in hell”? Was he not suffering? Was it not for k the sins he had done? Was that in eternity? Wasn’t it in | time? Did be not thank God that he bad delivered his soul from the lowest bell? When did be thus thank and re- 1 HEBE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UN AWED BT FEAR AND UNBRIBED BT GAIN. QUITMAN, GEO., OCTOBER 20, 1871. joice? Alter ho had suffered tho full penalty of inexorable, inflexible, un yielding, unrelenting justice. Then mercy interposed, staid the sword of justice, and delivered him from his tor ments. Here is the irrefragable evi dence that in time we sin—in time we suffer the penalty—in lime we obtain and realize full remission. If our sins are remitted, because we have suffered for them in time, can justice bring up the crime already expiated and forgiven, and claim eternal punishment? Would mercy fold her pure white wings aud unresistingly yield her trophy? Nay, would she not agonize the universe with piteous lamentations, that would vibrate through the vast, the boundless reach of immensity, in protesting against the second suffering of her child. But noth ing short of endless punishment in hell, comes up to the standard of theological justice. And in my humble opinion, there is nothing that could he described more dishonorable to onr Father in Heav en, than to ascribe to him the author ship of such a place; and at the same time to declare it our duty to love the author of such a place. Os all the im aginable inconsistencies, it is the most revolting. Tho Bib'o no where gives to hell the description that the minis ters do. Dr. A. Clatk says the word hell, used in the common translation, conveys now an improper meaning of the original word. It is now used to signify the place of the damned, and in no other sense will they receive it. The word hell comes Irom the Anglo Saxon, Ite'an, which signifies to cover, to hide. And the literal import of the original word, hades, is the giave—the place to which the patriarch Jacob said he would go to his son J soph mourning. It is tho place where Job prayed that God would hide him and keep him until his wrath was past. What would the rea d t think of his minister, if he would pray to God to hide him and his con gregation in hell, until his wrath should pas. over? We think wo have clearly shown, in former letters, both by scripture and reason, that the advent of our Savior was not to save men from endless mis ery. Isn’t it a most palpable absurdity, to suppose that the father sacrificed his beloved son to save men .from his own wrath, after he had prepared a place to punish them? What would you think of a man of wealth, that would sacri fice his entire estate to save his own son from his own wrath? Judicious minds would say he was insane. If we adopt the opinion, that Christ died to save us from the eternal pubis of hell in the future world, the question arises, who made this hell, and for what pur pose? The answer is, Uod made it to punish the sinners in, that Christ, who you say is God, died lo save them from: "I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Gospel salvation saves sinners from the condition they are already in; and I defy any and all theologians, of any and all denomination, to produce a single scriptural declaration, that Christ came j to save men from punishment, either in I this world, or tho world to come. .Jesus said tic came to seek and to save that which was lost. Not to save this or that from being lost. And illustrate* by the parables of the lost sheep, the lest piece of silver, and the prodigal son. But wo are told that the dread sentence is to be pronounced at tho last day, when Christ shall erne to judge the world, and the sinners’ fearful doom will then be sealed. I assert, without the fear of eonlradic- | lion, that Jesus never spoke of coming to judge men at a later period than in the generation then living: “Verily I say uuto you, thero bo some standing here which shall not taste of death until they see the son of man coming in his kingdom.” Are those to whom Christ spoke living now? Will they not have tasted death when time shall end? With this inquiry upon your miud, I leave you until next week. An lowa hnsbartd, a few months agoi agreed to give his wife three dollars a week to maintain comparative sileuce, deducting one cent for each superflmm* word she uttered. She now owes him nearly enough to pay the national debt. -————»— The T. nnessee Immigration Association gives notice thas it is prepared to fur nish Eng'ish female servants aud Scotch skilled agricultural laborers upon pre payment of S4O passage money and a fee of $5 each to cover the expeases of the association, To the Plnnters of Brooks Cos: Oentle<iwn: - Having been instructed some time since, by the “Brooks Agricul tural Society,” to publish an address to you, I shall now attempt, in a brief way, to discharge thjduty. I shall first en deavor, io a cursory manner, to take a survey of the eausoa of tbo difficulties which we, as a class, have to encounter. Secoudly, of the difficulties themselves; and thirdly and lastly, of the means that will probably be effective in curing or to some extent remedying those diffi culties and their attendant train of evils. Up to the period of the close of the late “unpleasantness,” the planters of this County, in common with the farming class elsewhere in tho South, were main ly dependent upon slave labor for the upholding and maintenance of their agri cultural interest. This system of labor, (I am not ashamed nor afraid to speak the|troth whenever occasion requires it,) the best for both master and man that has ever been known in the world's history with us was attended with unexampled success. In tho short period of ten years the territory of what is now com prised in Brooks County, more than dou bled its material wealth. Our farmers were independent, contented and pros - perous; our slaves were the best fed, best eletbed and happiest peasantry tip on the face of tho earth. But in a mo ment, at one stroke of the despot's pen, this peace, this contentment, this pros perity, this admirable systi m ol labor> was destroyed, and with it properly a momiting in value to over $!t,000,000,- 000. This loss of property is one of the evils to which I will barely make allu sion; for, pet haps, it is the least in all the train. The planter has not only lost his present wealth, but his hope of prosperity in the future was blasted. Without any preperntion,! without a note of warning, we were cut adrift, and without chart or compass were launched npon the vast ocean of untried experi ment. The pcoplo who had previously been our slaves, were, if possible, less prepared for the great change that was lorceJ upon them than we wero our selves. Tho hordes of miserable thieves carpet-hag adventurers, and shoulder strapped satraps, that poured down up on us, took great pains to teach these people that their former masters had been their oppressors, and were their greatest enemies; and that by the gal lant deeds hf these uniformed robbets i the shackles of slavery had been stricken from their limbs. That the land and other property of the South ought, of right, to be theirs, and in Inture nothing was in store for them hut to breathe the sweet air of freedom and enjoy an immu nity from toil and labor. Tin y being ignorant and naturally indolent, were ready to ling these pleasant illusions to their breasts Matty of them left the farms aud crowded into -the towns and cities; and those who remained behind where with difficulty prevailed upon toen ter into contracts to labor; mid if the fanners attempted any plan to organize to make the labor more available, they were, in general, interfered with by the agents, retainers and hangers on of "the best Government the world ever saw;” and the result was, that the first year labor was scarce, inofficent and unrelia ble; and every succtding year it has be come more and more |so. The complaint is almost universal, that the farmer, when he hints his laborers for tho year, marks out his acreage that he will plant and cultivate, pitches his crop and per haps plants it. Some of his laborers break their contracts and leave him; and perhaps, again, at tho most impor tant stage of the cultivation of his crop when every thing has to bo moving late aud eatly, and every nerve strained to keep it in proper order, mote of the la borers will, follow tho example of the first; and thus it continues during the whole period of the cultivation of the crops. Under such circumstances as these, it is utterly impractable to make farming pay, or that the business should at all prosper. Another complaint is, that the crops, so soon as they are mature 1, are stolee from the field and gin houses in small parcels, and carried off ,and sold. This | evil has increased until it has really be come alarming. And I would right here call the attention of the merchants to the fact, that, in nine cases out of ten, when they buy small parcels of com or cotton after night, they are buying stolen prop erty. And again, it is tbe subject of complaint, that the laborers, as a gener al thing, cannot be induced to engage in the work of putting the plantation in order, renewing the fences, rebuilding and repairing the barns, stales and out houses, and the consest'once is, these improvements aro rapidly falling into a stato of dilapidation and ruin, and the farmer will anon, of necessity, be forced to circumscribe the limits of his farming operations. Still another complaint, is the stealing of cattle, hogs, and other animals out of the woods, and killing them for food. Aud still again, another evil and one that is growing serious in its operation, is the largo number of dogs that are kept in tho country, and aro destroying the stock, sheep and hogs, and in sums in stances young calves. Families that can scarcely obtain enough of the com monest food to keep themselves from starving, not unfrequcmly keep from two to five of those animals. How they live, tho missing sheep and hogs of the farm er too well tells the tale. Thus, gentleman, I might go on to an indefinite extent, enumerating tho diffi culties the farmer lias to encounter, and still the tale would not be told. I will merely meution one other and general cause of complaint, on the part of the farmers, and that is the low price of our product raised for market; and that speculators almost altogether con trol tlie price of our great staple. Per haps tliere is not another class except the planters, in the whole country, either North or South, that do not have some hand in fixing the price of what they purchase for sale. These ate some of tho evils which the planters, as a class and individually, have to contend with, and is Iherc no panacea for all these ills? If these evils cannot he cured, cannot they be remedied to some extent? I think they can; and the question is, how aro we to ascertain and apply tlioso remedies? I think by organizing ourselves into ag ricultural associations and soe’eties; hoi utng occasional meetings; exchanging ideas; forming plans and having concert of action iri carrying out those plans. In the North, associations are formed by al most every industrial class. They have fruit growers' associations, buttci and cheese makers associations, wool grow ors associations, &c., &c. And only two or three years ago, the general wool growers association of the North resolv ed to memorialize Congress in relation to certain grievances, fancied or real, appointed delegates to represent them before that body, and actually succeed ed, by the influence they brought, in causing a high protective tariff to be laid upon foreign wool and woolen goods. And if a wool growers aseooiution could do this, what might a general cotton growing association, properly organized, h.t able lo do, enjoying, as they do, al most a monopoly in tho production of a staple in almost universal demand? Ti e first step necessary to bo taken, is to organize anJ keep up County Soci eties; have a State Society; and lastly, a Southern planters agricultural associa tion. In each of these organizations, can plans he devised and put into execu tion to remedy the evils we have men tioned. Mure titan a year ago wo or ganized a Society in this County. A lew of the planters took an interest in it, hut I am sorry to say a largo number paid no attention to it; and it is now in a languishing condition. Let H 8 encou rage our Society, increase its numbers, and endeavor to make it answer the use ful purpose for which it was designed. Our sister County of Thomas lias a So ciety that is in a flourishing and pros perous condition. And last year she had a fair and agricultural exhibition, that well may be tho pride of Southern Georgia. Arid this year she is prepar ing for the same tiling on a still more magnificent scale. And 1 am informed that Brooks County contributed a large share to the success of the exhibition last year and no doubt will do equally well in the one t&at comes off tho pres ent year, and why not do all this for our own county? It only needs the interest and encouragement of a respectable nurnl er of our farmers to do the thing successfully. In all probability, some legislation is needed to remedy some of the evils 1 have named; and I will state that we have a representative elect to the next Legislature, who is willing and anxious to support any measure that may be beneficial to the agiicultural interest. Bat he wants to hear from the farmers themselves, wbat tbeir needs are; aud [52.00 per Annum NO. 42 to hear suggestions from them, so that he may be able to act understanding)/. And I now call upon every planter ii the County to meet in Quitman, on Saturn day, the 28th October, inst., and let ua then give instructions to our represen tative. And let us at the same lima reason together and form plans for a large and permanent County Society, composed mainly of farmers; and let ua not neglect to hold frequent meetings, and exchange ideas on subjects affecting our interest; and my word for it, in less than one year, "the Brooks County Ag ricultural Society," will be a credit to our farmers, and every member will bo uklc to point with pride and pleasure, to the progress ’and improvement in the agricultural prospects ol the County. I do». - t want a single farmer to bo absent from thl» meeting. Come onel Como a ; >! A AMES 0. MORTON, Prwt B. C. Ag. Society. How i.rrrut Land wim, rex* a Cow.—. On tbe first day of June last, I commen ced cutting clover for one cow confined in a yard enclosed by a high, tight board fence, with a stable attached, in which she has been fed. She had no feed but fresh clover from tho first of June to the fifteenth of October, and all taken from one fourth of an acre of ground. She has averaged eighteen quarts of strained milk per day, front which my wife has made eight pounds of butter per week, during the four and a half months. The cow is five years old, and a cross of the Ayrshire and Durham. She has given more milk, more milter, and of a better quality, than slie has ever done on pasture. On one eighth of an acre I have raised one hundred and fifty bushels of sugar beets and carrots, which, with the two tons of hay, will keep her handsomely the bal ance of the year. The labor ol cutting clover for the cow is less than driving Iter throe-fourths of a mile to pasture. In tbe dairy districts, the usual esti mate is four acres to the cow, on the hay and pasture system; whereas by soiling and raising roots, five-eights of an acre is found to be sufficient. I will state further, what I believe from nearly thirty years’ experience is, that there is no crop, so valuable'for solllug'as clo ver, no crop, so many pounds of which, and of equal value for milk and butter, can be produced from an acre of ground. Sweet corn is a good crop for late feed ing, where clover will not grow, but not profitable for wiuter feeding.— Ex,. The following story is related by Mr. Jeffers->n concerning tho first Continen tal Congress: “Delegate Harrison, of Virginia, desiring to stimulate, presen ted himself and a friend at a certain place where supplies were furnished Congress, and ordered two glasses of brandy and water. The man ill charge replied that liquors were not included in the supplies furnished Congress. ‘Why.’ said Harrison, ‘what is it, then, that I see New England members come hero ami didos?’ ■Molasses and Water, which they have charged as stationery,’ wan the reply. ‘Then give me the brandy and water,’quoth Harrison, ‘and charge it as fuel.’ ” ■ Barbarity. —A c< lured sheriff in Louisi ana heavily ironed an old negro who wan Ijing in j’ •i 1 charged with having killed a man of his own coloi*, placed him in a Cart alongside of three convicted negro murdereres, and carried him lo the place of execution with them. His motive for this unheard-of-proceeding-*, was, ho said, to let him witness the awful exam ple which the law makes of murderers. A sea captain, trading regularly to the cost of Africa, was invited to meet a committee of a society for the evangeli zation of Africa. He was a.ked, among other questions touching the habits ami religion of tho African race, “D > the subjects of the king of Dahomey keep Sunday?’’ He replied, ‘ Yes, ami every thing else they can lay their hands on.” "Mr. Speaker,” said a member of tlio Jamaica Legislature, discussing a bill for the regulation of the limber trade, ‘‘l know tli se timber merchants to be most egregious rascals— i was in the timber trade twelve^ears.” A traveler, we are told, being in a wild country where he could find no pro visions for himself or and ig, cut off tho dog’s tail and boiled it for supper, aud gave the dog the bone. A clergyman consoling a widow on the death of her husband, remarked that she could not find his equal. ‘‘l don’t know about that, ’ replied the sobbing fair one, "hut I’ll try." Snuggle up. Will. A young Kentuckey couple recently made a successful elop-nru nt. Soou af ter, a i officer was sent in pursuit and I arriving at the hotel wtu re they were stopping, found them siimr in bed. Ho explained his errand, when the young lady said, with a ringing laugh, "Tell ma it is too late. Snuggle up, Will, aud don’t get out for him.” ®@*Read all tbe advertisement* iff i tho Banner.