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BEASOXH I*OR XOT VOTING KOK THE
ELECTORAL RILL.
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[Son* Win, E. Bwii\ Keprewntntha
iu (k>,grrH* from the H eond
• the only Georgia Repre-
BitW*W!-Wtw**flttie ptnrtt and onor
"B*, or fortnight, if you please, to <I K .
noucoe mul vote ngcinst the E ectorai
Count Bill, noder the provisions of
which we have muldlod njmn n a Chief
Magistrate wi> i uot the choice of the
)>cop!e. We ore a warn that the inane,
involved in that Bill are now dead issues,
but as the evil friutn thereof are yet to
be borne, it is proper that the warning
if iU opponent* should be hauded down
to posterity, ttiat our children may
ieani who were the true defender,, of the
Constitution at the time when our He
piiWie reoe.ved it*. fatal stab. It ia with
pUaaurv, therefore, ttiat we surrender
our spoon to the publication of Mr.
Smith's, speech iu full, and truat that
tire Commonwealth of Georgia may never
prove imgrali fill to him, or fail to re
ward him for Ida Urn mens when an op
portunity offer* ]
Mr. Smith of Georgia ;
Mk Mckakkm : I eiiuoof. get my con
tent te vote for thia bdl, uotwithstand
iug the many imd seemingly urgent res
•ona for its passage, J. can at 4; my ob
jections lu n tew wopU.
The CoUHtitution of the United Htsleu
ia the auprenie Inw of the laud. The
Government of the United State*, the
govern merit of the hidividnal States, and
eitiseua of tli* United Shite* miwt yield
1 erf not obedience to thia paramount law.
Tlia safety of the Union itself, the pre
servation of the rights of the several
Btatos aa members of the Uniou, and the
rights of citizens of the United States
depend upon a foi tin ill observance of
I hi* American Magna’ Clmrtn. A strict
and faithful enforcement of alt its pro
vision* securing to the Federal Govern
*ll delegated power and preserving
to tha States aud people all resumed
righto, whaihnr expressed or iiuplie.l, is
all that the domiKiratio party can and
ought to claim, AH tlmt a State gov
ernment can demand, all that any citi
zen o', the United State* can ask, ia to
have this supreme law observed and en.
forced, snd not violated.
We of tiin South must follow our un
ceaturs to supporting the Constitution.
We have ever feared that the intolerant
spirit and aggressive policy of the aboli
tion party would someday break through
the protection afforded us by till* instru
ment, and tiling upturn society at the
Hon tii. W ere wilueawH to-dny of a rc
alintksn of this well-grounded fear. All
the security we now seek in to be per-
mitted to manage our domestic aunverus
it: our own way subject to the (Jonstitu
tiou ; and, while striving to hold other*
to a strict observance of Constitutional
obligations, we should be careful not to
oonuoit au aot which may carry with it
tbt agtnhlauoe of a violation of -.Jf
u**'provision*.
Thia regard for the Constitution i*
further intensified by tliv fact that we of
the Huutli are auffotiug now, and hare
beta aufferiug for the last sevouteeu
yeare, from the effect* of a violated and
disregarded Constitution.
Many of the features of this bill meet
my hearty approval. Among these 1
may mention the denial of the right ns
olaiaaed by some for the President of the
Senate to cleat ua between two electoral
returns from the same State and to count
the votes, the assumption that it is the
doty and right of tbs Semite and Ilonas
of Representatives to decide as between
such return* and oUitut the electoral vote,
and the declaration that the vote of no
Stale for Preaidcut and Vice-President
shell be rwjueted unless both Senate and
Hoorn of Uepiuaeutativca concur iu the
order of rejection.
I find no dirt'culty in agreeing to these
provUions. But while yielding a willing
concurrence to no lnueli of the bill T can
not agree to the second section. This
section, among other thing*, provides
that when) more tliau cue return i re
ceived from a State, such returns and
paper* shall tie submitted to tbo judg
ment and decison of a commission
thereinafter named, and tliis ooiniiiission
is to decide “which is the true and law
ful electoral vote of such State
Thia commission is to be composed of
fifteen member*, five from tbo Kinnte,
five from the House of Hepioseututivi s,
ami five at the Associate J indices of the
Mttpreme Oourt of tliu United Slides,
1 have no opposition to make to joint
committees of both Houses, with the
power in both to revise, accept, or reject
any report or res lit of snch joint ootn
mittee.
I olijcet to the introduction of tlicae
fire Aaeociate Just ions a* luemtierH ot
the ttuamisaion, and for these reasons:
Tu<- oiiixeus of the scwrql State# liav
iug voted tor President ami Viee-Presi
di'Dt, ami til* elector# chosen by them
having ftMMmbted nnJ cost their votes,
and the reanlt of atich lust-mentioned vo
ting having been placed in the hand* of
th* PweilHit of tlie Senate, tho next
thing to be done it to count the votes.
The twelfth article of the amend and
Constitution of the Uuitei Htatca do
clareff
The President of the Senate shall, iu
tba presence of the Senate and House of
Representatives, open all the ewtifloates
and the vote* shall tlieu he counted.
x agree with the bill that the ollioc of
the President of the Regale is ministeri
al, and that he w excluded from partici
pating in the count except ns utty other
member of the Senate, if he be a Sena
tor, and that the counting of the roles is
a duty imposed by the Constitution on
tlw two Mouse* ef Congivs*.
A* the President of the Senate and tba
two House* of Congress are expressly j
named, to ilia exclusion of th whole
world, it follow* that on* or Uk> other or !
both oooouning must count tlie votes
tor President and Viee-l’rwddeut.
It it claimed by a minority in Con
greaa that the President of tlie Senate
must discharge this duty. -I deny this.
But, for the sake of the argument, let it ,
be admitted. Would any uur pretend
that Congress by a statute could deprive
him of this right and impose tins duty.
on another person or |**r oo*? Jfani
fe* !y not. Cougrea* it e f is a creature
> of the Const itutkni, and the statutes of
the United States must be in subordina
tion anJ not io opposition to it,
I agree with the bill, that the Presi
dent of tea Senate cannot lawfully oouut
tha.eli oteml votes, and that this duty is
devolved by the Constitution on the two
Housea of Congress to the complete ex
clusion of all other purposes.
Bitoh being tl.e Constitution, prece
dent and practice, I deny to Cougiess
the power iu any way, directly or iudi
reetly, to deprive the two Houses of the
authority to count the votes for Presi
dent and Vice-President. It is appa
rent that all act* passed by Congress to
cirry oat the Constitution -ad to secure
to the two houses tlm power to count the
electoral vote would be lawful. And
those acts that b--e for their object tin
transfer of this authority to persons not
in Congress would be contrary to the
Constitution and therefore void.
I assume with the bill as true, that un
der toe C .’nst tution the Senate asd
House of Hepresenta'ives must count
the electoral vote, and I maintaiirthat
the two Houses cannot discharge this
duty by aaaiguing it, or uuy part of it,
to parties not members of Cougross. It
tills lie not true, then Congress can di
voat itsed of any one or all of their con
stitutional power* by assigning tile same
to others. What would be said of a
Congress that would by statute confer
on tiro Supreme Court the power “to
lay and collect taxes," Ac., “to coin
money," <te“to declare war,” Ac., “to
provide and maintain a navy ?’’ And if
Congress cannot ilivosl itself of all or any
eue of these powers, neither cun the
Congress of the United States take from
tho Senate and House of Iteprcsen a
lives the right and duty of counting the
electoral rote.
I contend that the bill punctually and
on its face deprives the Senate and
House of Representative* of tho author
ity to count the electoral vote.
I lie authority to count includes cx vi
termini, the power to decide what shall
bo counted. Now, to this commission
of fifteen members all disputes where
"more than one return, or paper purport
ing to be a return from a State, shall
have been received from the President
of the Senate * * „ all such retinas
nnd papers shall bo submitted to their
judgment and decision.”
“Such decision shall be road and enter
ed iu tho Jouruul of each House, and
the counting of tho votes shall proceed
in oonfbrmity therewith, unless, upon
objection mode theteto in writing by at
least five Senator* aud five Representa
tives, the tw* Houses shall separately
concur iu ordoriug otherwise, in which
ease such concurrent order shall gov
ern. ” .
It is claimed that this clause gives the
two Houses authority to make the act of
the commission the joint aot of the two
Houses, Let us see :
Tlie decision is to bo entered in the
jotirunls of both Houses, and the count
ing of the votes is to proceed in con
formity therewith, unless, ,' e.
It is dear that the decision becomes
tlie law of tbe case and binds both
Houses without the approval of either,
without tlie aot of either, and witliqut
a dtwiston by either.
tt all the members of the commission
should concur, their judgment should
not become the rule to control tlie count
ing of the votes, nidus* first approved by
both Houses. Under this hill both
Houses have given tbeir approval in ad
vance aud without reason to know what
may bo tho judgment of said commis
sion as to any question submitted.
But it is claimed that objections in
writing oan bo filed and tho decision
win be set aside by the concurrent order
of the two House*, hi theory this is
true, practically it Is not. Under this
bill neither House eiiu of its own motion
object to tho judgement of tlie commis
sion. Preliminary to nuy sort of objec
tion to the judgement, both House are
required to leave their own Hulls and
to solicit five members of thj other
legislative branch to ooncnr therein.
The House of Uepresentntives, theoreti
cully intended by our Constitution to
represent tlw people of the United Slate*,
is o impelled to go to the Senate, the
representative of the several States and
ask the aid of live Senators to unite with
them iu objecting to an obnoxious judg
ment , aud without tlieir aid ami conour
renoe not a singlo step oau bn taken. So
that, although tlie House may be fully
convinced that the judgment of the
commission ia an error or a fraud, thia
hill deprives them of the privilege of
simply making a motion unless the aid
office Senators is secured. If the oou
curienoe of five Senators ommot bo
obtained, the right to object, to revise,
to oppose, to reject, in fine, to make the
act 'Oi.l judgment of tho commission the
rot aud judgment of the House, is gone
forever. Hence I say that the right of
either House to decide hetweeu oppos
ing election returns, while dimly retained
is so obstructed ns to make it impracti
cable and useless.
Believing that all tliojxiwerw conferred
by the Constitution tu tho two Houses
of emigre** aim power* to lie exercised
by Senators and Representatives only, I
cannot ooi scut to tho introduction of
persons, however pure aud learned, to
j participate iu tlie exercise thereof. If
j Congress can by statute avoid a constitu
tional duty and impose that duty on
persons not members of Congress, why
may not Congress diveat itself of all
constitutional power? If cue duty can
be assigneil, every other duty can le.
It is the constitutional duty of the mem
bers of the two Houses to count tho elec
toral votes, Xo other number of persous
can do it. Xo other uumlier of persons
can aid iu counting them. The duty
must be performed by roembora of O.ni'-
| gross, ami ‘hem alone. Tho five justices !
j are not memliers of Congress. They >
have never been e’ectcd, never been
j sworn. They liavo no constituents; j
| they represent no one. Congress cannot
confer membership on them. And as ’
justices their aid is not invoked, and if
invoiced tho eonstitut on would deny to
them the exercise of their judicial power
iu such a forum.
It may trauspu o Uur these five justices 1
may el t tlie President. As the ten
memhoisofC ingress are half republicans 1
aud half democrats it is likely that each 1
side will insist that their party candidate
is elected Tlie question then would 1
liava to lie decided t-v th- - five justices
Iwooi these ar- and, run and two are 1
republicans, 1. t!,,-y should be control)- !
McI)IT FF I F WKK KL Y JO URN AL. March 14, 1877.
-,< in the auue manner, the fifth justice
will decide the
single act, an act binding open Congress
ami performed by one who is not a mem
ber of either House, and from whose de
cision there is no p|>eal. The hill virtu
ally deprives the two Houses of the right
and power to eouut the electoral votea
for President and Vico-President of the
United States.
This bill is entirely unnecessary.
There is no cause for internal commotion.
None even for alarm. There is too
much virtue and patriotism in our legisla
tors to permit the-. President of fcbe <* mate
te usurp the power ol deciding between
antagonistic return, and of counting the
votes. There i* two mnoh honesty and
.tatesinaim! ip in the republican leaders
to permit the shameless frauds in Louisi
ana and Floridu to count a candidate of
any pai ty into tha presidential chair. I
believe f’ihlen and Hendricks have been
fairly elected by the American people,
and that both Houses would have arrived
at this conclusion. I hope the joiat e
lectoral commission may do as well.
HA x K Oa mnß r.
The Fraudulent I’rosidont has nomina
ted a Cabinet, as a matter of course, and
lie has selected men win owe alicgeauce
to no party, with the exception of a f-w.
He has appointed as follows : W. M.
Evart of New York, Secretary of
State ; John Sherman, of Ohio, Secretary
of the Treasury; Curl Holiurz, of Mis
souri, Secretary of the Interior ; Geo. W.
McCrary, of lowa, Secretary of War ;
H. W. Thomson, of Indiana, Secretary
of the Navy; Post Master Gonerul ;
I). M. Key, of Tennessee ; Charles Da
vies, of Massachusetts, Attorney General.
These appointees have all been con
firmed by the Hoiiate, though there was
considerable opposition to some of them.
Key and Schurz, particular, was bitterly
opposed by Blaine and the extreme Hudi
cals, which is somewhat to their credit,
if the opposition was not for effoot, ns
was Morton’s opposition to the Electoral
Bill.
We have nothing to say about this
Cabinet. It is none of our making. It
is not our funeral. If it turns out to ha
patriotic and conservative it will be a
pleasant surprise to the B nitli, but we
| have no such hope. Hayes Inis ntulr,n
tho office of President, and any man
who accepts stolen goods is no better
than Die thief,
[Communicated. ]
Atlanta, Gao., March 9, 1877.
[KiIITUBS JODIINAL i
I doubt if a letter from this place will
bo interesting now that tho Legislature
is no more, but nevertheless, here goes. 1
Hayes have been inaugurated, it, is true,
but still tlie oJ.I bleak winds howl i
around aud through Atlanta, just as
they did a month ago, tin sun failed to j
shine just us hod been hi* custom liore
t< fore, at thia point of the globe, Now
while these things remain in ulatu qou,
there is a very perceptive change in
some things. Business is reviving and
almost everyone is looking more hope
ful.
The U. 8. has turned loose about two
hundred imkl torty prisoner* lie o.
ieu i*lio were woiighOfrom the moun
tains of North Georgia, for “taking sugai
in them" without adding the requisite
revenue stamp. The death of poor
Mclntyre was regret*-i bv ail good
people, but then that : a no miaou why
U. 8. soldiers should be scut by the \
commander to look up th • murderer.
Tho U. 8. troops are in a mauuer over
doing the tiling ; tiny arrest with impu
nity nuy one who they oau possibly
conceive could, by tlie remotest pro. a
hilily, have bad anything to do with tlie
murder of Mclntyre.
Dissatisfied office-seekers are beginning
to fill the papers with complaint* against
our new Governor already. It ia wrong
for the press to copy these emanations
of disappointed expectation. Governor
Colquitt s a good man, but slanderous
reports well circulated may sometimes
injure the best of men.
The Constitutional Convention will be
held, aud it ia to he hoped that it will
move the Capitol back to Mtiledgeville
of somewhere else, any where in prefer
ence to Atlanta-muddy, dirty, dusty,
cold, corrupt Atlanta -it is a veritable
Chicago in every respect but siae.
The Marietta ,(■ Ellijay K. Is. will no
built ut the expense of the State and
Joe Brown is happy, lx cam e he expects
to dive into some of the much talked of,
but u explored gold mines, iu that region
of country. Joe knows wlmt he is abont
and if be .-ticks his fingers into the side
of some of those mountains, it will nat
urally stick to Joe's lingers, and he
drawn out by him. There is only one
thing certain about this ltailr>ad e ter
prise, and that is, to it Ben Hill owes
his election to tlie Senate. Mountain
men have a great spirit of reciprocity,
that is, tlieir motto is “you help me,
iiu.i 1 U help yen." More uuon,
Sio Cano.
Tux Piidikt on mi Lou
isiana tSI) S. C. TftOUl! LK S.
The Tribune special from Washing
ton : In conversation with a member of
Congress on the Louisiana and South
Carolina quest ions, tlie Presided said ou
Saturday, that iu making up his mind ns
to the best course to pursue to secure
haimony iu thoao States, he should not
allow himself to bo embarrassed by the
idea that lie must do nothing that would
seem to affect injuriously tlie validity of
his own title to office. That matter, he
thought, bail lieen authoritatively and
fluidly decided. He did tiot believe that
there would be any disposition to biggie
about bis title if the uumiuistrat on com
mended itself by its acts to tlie judg
ment of the country. As soon m tin
members of tin n i .l Cabinet were fairly
aettieh in their position, ho would as*
j their careful consideration of the sit.pr
tiou in tiio two States having ooufl •: ,
■ goverutnents, and ho was Ooh tide lit , ::ut
with their aid some method of solving
the problems presented would be found,
w hich would be fair and just aud satis
| factory to the people of these States,
j Several ways of set hug the difficulty
has been considered by him, but lie
should not adopt auv method iu a hurry,
or without fundi more deliberation timu 1
he had as yet found time t file to the
subject.
Iu nil oetivorsu'.ioua which the l’r, t
dent lias held wriili prouiment men on
this vexatious matter, lie has expioaseu
the same confidence that therJSfßhf be |
found a safe anil honorable road oat of
the troubles prooeeeding from <yconflict j
of authority. At the same tone, he '
made it dear that the maintenance of a
State government by the preset* of tho
Federal army ia repugnant to his ideas
and can no longer bo tolerate 1.
Chbbch Pakic.
A panic occurred in St. Francis Xa
vier’s Church in New York on the night
i of His Bth, in white a number were kill
"d Milder the following circumst*Boe, as
j related by Father Lnngeake : -
“I hud begun last Sunday to give a
; ‘retreat’or series of spifilnaT exercises
to the women of the parish, and the ex
ercises were to finish to-morrow evening.
The subject I v.as discussing this even
ing was ‘Hell,’ and in my retjark* I
strove to impress my hearers with a fear j
of offending God, by picturing them
; the horrors of the damned. It was
: near the close of my sermon when a wo
man, who, as I believe, was in the galle
ry, fell into hysterics and began to
scream. There was a momentary-silence
at first, when somebody eriad ‘fire. ’ A
few persons repeated tire ciy, and then a
general flight began. From the galleries
which were deusely packed, the occu
piants rushed to the doorwj-ttlf ■
of most nnooutrolable excitemciip. The
women iu the body of the duircii were
more calm, and though unable Jo see
what to do, still did not act with an
much excitement as the the
galleries. 1 called on them to be calm,
that thure was uo fire, but my exhorta
tions were but slightly ) ceded. ”
Al'udiug to the above catastrophe the
Courier-Journal says: When a preacher
isdiscoursing on “lu ll and the horrors of
tho damned,” it would lie well for him
simply to read to hia midionce what the
scriptures say on tho subject, without
drawing on his imagination to produce
fictitious images wherewith to frighten
his floek. Human nature call easily be
imposed upon. An Italian painter nuee
died of fright while
devil he lmd just fixed on his canvas.
The Htipremo Court of the United
I States decided adversely to railroads, ami
the right of the - tato Legislatures to
! regulate rates of freight was accorded.
!
Lincoln County Departrrp^
| T. B. IIOLLBNSHKAD, Korraa.
j ~sr —
IV IU, Il*O WH L 1,, . i
l sou of our friend Mr. Wiliam Powell lias
| been quite sick for nearly two weeks
' with typhoid-pneinnoniu. We hopejmou.
j to note his convalescent' .
Fa it mh n s
ill tills immediate neighborhood are a
littl* backward with their work, but as
they are of an industrious turn of mind,
with a few days suitable weather, Ifcfey I
will be cvf?u
11 K A V V it A I J. %
fcwn'r.-i •nwintaayt niglipSffe T. 9" <8
r*m fell in this section that we have h.-d
during this season. 8om:i of the water
Connies were higher than they have been
since the freshet, the 17th of last Jane.
U smt.
1 have been informed that the Centen
nial Academy, near Goshen, taught by
Mr. P M. Haw s, and Rev. J. J. 8.
Cuioway -'lie,: have united, aud that
the school is now under tho supervision
of the latter gentleman.
Cub ioii s -r.,
Mr. J. P. Dill, our Agent at Clay Hui,
send* us the following recipe fur the
oiiro of sore eyes. He fays tlie remedy
is so simple that many will ref su to
givo it n trial, but he assures our renders
that it v ill certainly cure in every case :
Make a thick sweetened water from
syrup or molasses and bathe tbe eyes
before retiring at night.
It a v. W. H. T a a m a F. l
preached one of the plainest and u\i -it
forcible sermons, last Sunday, at Liir
oolnton I ever listened to.
His text was, “Charity never failoth,”
found iu first Corinthians. Ido not re
member the ohapter and verse. The
congregation was as large and attentive
IU) auy I have seen at that church ia
many months.
T hk MoDtirm J o r x n a i„
I have often heard it said, that ‘‘self
praise is half scandal," but we trust our
readers will bo generous enough not to
accuse of vanity, when we only repeat
what our friends and patrons say about
our paper. Said a subscriber to me a
few days since : “The price of your paper
lias boon reduced or e-half, and it has
improved a hundred per cent withinwhai
last ten mouths. It is certainly one of
tho best weeklies in the State. The
arrangement giving a special department
| t 1 Lincoln county news, exclusively, is
a good one, and I think, will add much
j to the interest of the Jot’itNAi,.
Goshen.
Having business in tlie neighborhood
of Gosiien, I paid that portion of the
! county a visit last week, and the farmers
were “np and doing.” The fanning
interest in every respect, seemed to be
iu a flourishing condition, I scarcely
passed a farm where th# f .nee rows had
not been cleared out, rails split, fences
repaired, Ac. Aud on nearly every farm
a large quantity of the coin laud had
been turned, rnauure bawled out, and
put iu tii# ground, usd cotton land listed
up. “tie and bar” echoed from almost
every field I passed, which reminded
'-ic forcibly of r e helium days. Dur
;ng my stay in U.-sueu. T had a short
eouvtrs: :• ni with .Intis, our celebrated
Literati, and he is as , - rfwl and in as 1
good spirits as a quarter race her e.
By-tbe-viuy, a snbse.iber of the Joub- !
nal in that seotiou, will soon bike unto j
bimsell a better and a “big" half (more j
than a majority) and we shall expect a
letter from Justin all ablaze with;
eloquence, wit and humor. And it may i
that Ids poetical talent has sufficient
!y do. -jol for him to indulge in a
lew line# of poetry.
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I FHskglvck! Bobe Fhonphate - ...... 22.252
Bona Phonphate .. ...... 9,300
Potiinb, Sodn and Magnesia - - - - ... - - - 7.471
Ammonia (Potential) .......... 8.153
GRANGE MIXTURE:
I>inolved Bone Phosphate - 23.389
l'ndixsolved Hone Phosphate ...... ... 7.017
Anlphste Potash - 3.754
Sulphate - - - - - - . . . . 9.814
Ammonia (Potential) 1.75
The Covington Enterpri# publisher & Ktutemcmt furmuhott by T. M. Merriwthr.
of Newton County, On. giving Home interesting experiment* with seven different Fer
iluen. from which in extracted tbte following ruiflllta on Ilf acres of land from one ton:
HEED COTTON. IWT.
No Manure 4.871 lb#., equal to 1*6*30 lbs
Eureka *’old reliable” 9,177 lbs., gain in Hut 1*429 lbs
Bine Bone 9,897 lbs “ 1,660 11*
HuNsel Coes .....10,009iba “ 1,703 lbs
Merry-man s Ammoniated 10,091 lbs “ 1,733 lbs
Compost 10,091 lbs “ 1.733 lbs
Cumberland -.. n 10,4011* 14 1,836 lbs
PATAI*HK3O-(rHANOK MIXTURE 10,491 lb 1,867 lb*
The above in bused upon one pound af Lint to three of Seed. Estimate of value
upon baaia of 10 tents for cotton :
Jr rah go <)vef no
do. Kureka old reliable' ... 43 80
do. Bine Bone ~.. 12 80
do. Kb* el Coe’s . 10 4<
do. Merry man's 13 40
do. Compost 13 4o
do Cur.berlond...... ..... 13 10 |
M. A, STOVALL. Manager.
JOHN F. SUTTON, Aoent, Thomson, Ga.
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WANDO
FERTILIZER AND AJID PHOSPHATE.
\V
\\ E offer the Wanlo Feitilizer aud Aaid Phospkax* iu fchoir or.gmvl purity to the
Farmers of this section* with tho assurance that the atundard has not only been preserved
but improved.
CERTIFICATE
Hall Cos. Ga., December 16th, 1876.
H. J. Cooper, Esq., Agent, Flowery Branch, Ga.
Dear Sir : The Wan do Fertilizer I bought of you gave me good satisfaction
and did well, and I can reoommeud it to the Farmers of Georgia as being equal to any.
A. R. COOPER.
PRICES—WANDO FERTII IZEIt.
CASH Forty-Five Dollar* per Ton.
TIME Fifty Dollars per ton payable Ist November in Currency.
Or 450 lb*. Middling Cotton per ton, to be delivered on Ist November.
PRICES—WANDO ACID PHOSPHATE.
CASH—Thirty Dollars per Ton-
TIME -Thirty-Five Dollars per ton j ayable Ist November in Currency.
Or 300 Middling Cotton per ton. to be delivered November Ist-
For Circulars or other information, call on or address
J\ B. NEAL <Sc SON,
b3l-a* THOMSON, A.
YOU N G & H AC K,
(AT THEIR OLD STAND.)
206, liliOAD STREET,
<> It O O E It 8 ,
►rr ■
VOSTIKUE to offer to the trade a Urge aud well selected stock of Groceries and
i Plantation Supplies, for sale at lowest market prices.
AGENTS FOR.
; Richmond Factory Stripes, Osnaburge, Sewing Thread and Woolens.
THE GREAT FERTILIZER
Wbann’s Raw Bone SaperPlospliate,
Manufactured by WALTON, WHANN .t CO. Wilmington, Del
CLAGHOKN, HERRING & CO., General Agents,
Atignstn, v - Georgia,
Nl>ri it g of* 18 77.
V
A EAR after year we have supplied the Planters and Farmers of Georgia and South
Carolina vilh this standard Fertilizer. Each year has added to its popularity, and in
croiis-d the number of its friends. It is s* well and favorably known that it needs no
snmn.cndation from ns. It lira been need more extensively in Middle Georgia and Eas
tern South Carolina than ;,nv other Fertilizer in the market. We refer with confidence
to the thousand* who have used it. The prices this season are if 17.0n per ion Cash, de
livered ou the cars at Charleston, Port Royal. Savannah, or WilmingW:.. N. C., ors(>s.oo
per ton, rredit, uutil the Ist November, 1877. delivered on the ears at Charleston, Port
Royal. Savannah, or Wilmington. N. 0-, with the option, up to that date, of paying in
Middling Cotton at IS cents per pound.
This excellent Fertilizer is offered at $7.1(8! per ton delivered at Thomson, or 4i-f. ibe.
Middling Cotton payable Nov. Ist, 1877. Or, planters can pay freight from Augusta and
deliver 4SO lbs Middling Cotton. Nov. lab
For Sale by SOL. NORRIS. Ag’t,,
fob. H-r.t. THOMSON. GEORGIA. t
FAILY GROCERIES
None BETTER end none LOWER in
prices for same quality of Goods.
ALSO OPENED FOR
SPRING TRADE
NEW PATTERNS OF
Carpets, Oil Cloths,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL PAPERS,
LACE CURTAINS
and CORNICES,
very low for CASH.
Jas. G. Bailie & Bro.,
205 Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA.
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TRUSTEE’S SALE.
BY virtue of an absolute deed executed to
rue for the lands hereinafter described,
by M A. Sturgis, and A. E Sturgis, on the
31st day of December, 1874, and a bond
tear titles, with a power of sale therein con
tained. executed by me on the name day to
said parties, I will sell, on the first Tuesday
in April next, at the Court-house door, in
Thomson, McDuffie county, the following
tract of land to-wit: Lying and being in
McDuffie county in said State, containing
Twenty-five Hundred Acres more or less,
on the waters of Jiriar and Sweet Water
Creeks, nil joining the lauds of Iverson
liradshfiw on the South; Mrs. Mary J. Mc-
Uahee and V. M. Ury ’a estate on the east,
F. M. Usry’s estate on the North and Unry’e
estate and David Montgomery on the West,
being part of the Call Grant, and bought
by said Sturgis of Jito. Atkins in 1857, and
being the tract of land whereon said Stur
gis now reside s. Terms cash, purchaser
paying for titles.
ROBERT TOOMBS,
feb. 28, 1877-td. Trustee.
OYSTER SHELL LIME
FOR
./ka-RXaXJXaTXJPL P t JRPOSEB I
The Manufacturer*, having Lrgeiy increased their facilities, and at great axpenaa
erected at their works at PORT ROYAL, S. C., a Patent Brick Kiln for burning, again
offer to the farmers of (-borgin, OYS fEK SHELL LIME, and claim, from personal ex
perience in its use, and from hundreds of certificates which could be produced, that it
is the cheapest and best Fertilizer ever introduced in the States, and possessing exactlv
those properties of which the land has from year to year been robbed.
Asa top dressing for small grain it has no superior. Composted with Stable Ma
nnre. Cotton rieed. Muck, aud all vegetable Matter, it will make a manure which will
permanently improve any land to which it is applied.
All who wish to plaster houses and white-wash (it is a beautiful white), build with
brisk or stone, or use Lime in any way. will find die Oyster Shell Lime aa good, if nwt
getter and cheaper than Stone Lime, and as a disinfectant is as good as any Lime.
wr. aiso Hi vs a
“COMPOUND” FOB PREVENTING ROT IN GRAPES,
Alao most excellent for PEACH and all fruita, if uaed dnring Winter asd hoed or
plowed iu. Use one gallon ir more to each tree, and half gallon to vines *SO 00 ner
ton. • Give it a trial. ’ r
For orders for LIME or COMPOUND address
PORT ROYAL LIME CO.,
JNO E. BENTON, Aorxr, Thomson, Oa. P ° RT ROYAL ’ S ’ C ’ or ’
For further information write to P. W. PRINTUP, Augnsta, Ga., care PrintnD
Bro. & Pollard
am also Stale Agent for “BROWN’S FORMULA” fer Composting, the cost of
which w only $5.00. It ia worth to each Farmer who will us it in Composting, from
$25.00 to $250.00 each year. For sale at Thomson bv JNO. E. BENTON.
“ sl - c * P. w. PRINTUP.
FERTILIZERS FOR 1877.
#
FOR SALE BY
JOHN AS. BENTON.
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, Cush, B+B.oo. Time, *67.M—Cotton at 16c.
SOL. PAG CO’S. ACID PHOS. “ HC.OO. “ 48.50 “ " 150
SEA FOWL, “ fiO.iKJ. “ 67.50 “ “ 15c’
COE S SUPERPHOSPHATE, “ 50.00. “ 67 50— “ “15c
STONO SOLUBLE GUANO, “ +6.00. “ G.’oO— “ “16c’
“ ACID PHOSPHATE, “ 30.00. “ 50.00- “ “ 15a!
CHESAPEAKE GUANO, “ 50.00. “ 70.00 “ “ 160.
“ ALKALINE PHOS. “ 45.00. “ 62.00 “ “ 15c.
BRADLEY'S A. D. BONES, “ +O.OO. “ 55.00 “ " 12ie
MEHUYMAN’S A. D. BONES. “ 52.50, 72 50— “ " 14+o
ZELL S SUPERPHOSPHATE, “ 00.00. “ 70.00-- “ “15a’
ZEI.L S ACID PHOSPHATE, “ 38.00. “ 57.00- “ “15c!
ETI WAN GUANO, “ Ist April, g+7.00.
Ist November, in cmrenev, 54.00.
“ “ “ cut ton, 15c., 72.00.
DISSOLVED BONE, “ Ist April, 32.00.
Ist November, iu currency, 38.00.
let “ “ cotton, 15c., 54.00.
r r ,
1 HEY are. all delivered on boar] ears at Arsyi.la, (la. . (at prices named.) except Mar
ry man a aud Zell . On these two I pay all freights, and deliver them to yon at your
uearaat Railroad Station. On the other kinds the freight is *2. +o per ton, CASH ON
DELIVERY. V our notea will be deposited with ine foi collection, and ail settlements
made here. Cotton to be delivered at your nearest Railroad Station.
C+TNo charge for sturngeon Fertilizers. aSI-tt
SEEDS! SEEDS!! SEEDS!!
For the Garden *int Farm nt
ALEXANDER’S DRUG AND SEED STORE,
U I'JU'k iV.
OAKKN SEKDS, including all varieties of evirr pomihr , 0 ,., ul.fe F-rf. i.l.
CABBAGE and (fsnuins NOKTII CAROLINA BUKCDIIBK r".,,ijiti ES tear
Coni. Sugar, Early Sweet. Adams Early, Whiti Flint, A*., 4c. rEAB
WAKKANTEB Fli ES it AND GEKDI KEf
FIELD SEEDS. Bad Clover, Orehort 'irm, Tl*rl. Or.-w or Bed Too |]) m (Trses
and LI CEKNE Seels. GERMAN MILLET nnii iDuigariaii flfnss * ferfevn-e
FOB FIELD CORN, Tbe Golden LENT GOURD SEED Corn, (Tenseylrani*}
d *l' Rourd seed groin (yellow.; very small Cob. MATURES IN JULY
K)lt MILLING. It bis been tried fur two years and is fully approved for a field corn
in this climate.
PAINTS, Oils, Window Glass. Patty, Machine Oil. Patent Medicines and Fare
Drugs and Medicines, and Garden Seed* at
, . , ALEXANDER’S DRUG STORE
AUGUSTA,
SUfiNO AGENCY!
rpHE UNDERSIGNED takas this method of calling the attention of Farmers to the
1 following Standard Brands of Fertilizers which are offered for CASH or on TIME
with Cotton Option at licts.. delivered in Thomson, or at your nearest Railroad Station
Eagle Amnioniated Done Superphosphate,
TIIE GREAT VEGET.YTOR FOR COTTON, GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.
WCaKh Price, *45. Time payable November Ist, with Cotton Option at loot* *7O
CERTIFICATE.
Messrs. BARKSDALE A HARDAWAY, Agents for Barrett .% Caswell?Anmuta,' Ga.
In “ , ™f r to your request in regard to the "Eagle Aromoniatcd Bone Su
perphosphate I will say that I used it on Cotton and Com. and with most satisfactory
kss thuu do,,iw the
SOUTH CAROLINA FERTILIZER,
nufactnred from the Phosphates of South Carolina.
sh Price sls. Time, payable Nor. Ist, with Cotton Option at 15c. S7O.
CERTIFICATE.
Ghees* County, Ga., November 20. 1871
MM. WEA\ F.R, Agent Barrett * Caswell— Peak Sib : I uaed the “Carolina Fertili
zer on my cotton Crop this year and experimented an follows: I left three rows in the
same field (where Carolina was used) uamsnurcd, and find that from three correanond
ing manured with the ' Carolina Fertilizer," the yield wm three hundred percent
greater than on said row# unmanured. I consider the “Carolina Fertilizer" superior to
any other Fertilizer manufactured, aud shall use it exclusively in future. J. B. BYNUM
Palmetto Acid Phosphate,
a This Phosphate properly composted, makes one of the cheapest
*d best t ertihzers ever offered the farming public.
*®"oash Price, SB3, payable in currency, May Ist, 1877. Time price parable in
rency, Nov. lat, S3B. l ime price, with Colton Option at 15cts., SSO. P ‘ 1 1 oßr '
EMPIRE GUANO.
This Guano, for Which O. M. STONE, of Augusta is General Agent, has a Com
mereial value equal to any manufactnred, and in some sections it has taker. tl „“‘
dence over .ll other brands. prece-
ANALYSIS BY DR. MEANS.
Moisture, determined at 212° Farh. tfr
Organic and Volatile Matter,
Yielding AMMONIA, * * SOS
Soluble Phosphoric A. id. *
Equivalent to Phosphate of Lime, dissolved, 2*> 1~ * 3
Common Phosphoric Acid. * * '
Equivalent to Bone Phosphate, -
Total Phosphoric Acid, # - -
Total BONE PHOSPEL\TE.
Precipitated Phosphoric Acid. *
Equivalent to Precipitated Phos. of Lime, 0 gT 1 **
Undetermined Elements. *
A. MEANS,
Chemist and Inspector of Fertilizers, Savannah, Chat firm Cos.. G,
Cotton Food.
$0 per ton, payable in Middling Cotton at 12 eta. per pound.
For Circulars. Certificates, or other information, call on or address
GEO. P. STO VALL & CO„
b 7 c * THOMSON, GA.