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n. A. ALSTON-. H. W. OBIDT. I. W. AVF-BY
ALSTON At CO.. Proprietor*.
I seed hare HIM the toil. Are we better th
: our forefathers? Shall our eons nrrren,
this goodlv heritage and noble ocenpatioi
Mary, the mother of our Lord and Sav
THE AGKIC I'LTDHAL CUXVBNTIOS*
During the dark days of reconstruction,
when the State was cursed bjr Radical legisla-
tion, the semi-annaal conventions of the
Stite Agricultural Society were the
only representative bodies of the true people
of the commonwealth that could meet. The
great intercet which this fact gave to these
conventions has never ceased, and we rejoice
in being able to state that the late convention
which assembled at Stone Mountain was com
posed of the finest body of men who have
met since the surrender, to consult about the
best interest* of the people. Every section oi
the State was represented by able and earnest
men. The subjects which were selected for
discussion were fall of interest, and the
thanks of the convention were tendered to
the secretary, Mr. Malcom Johnson, for his
discrimination in bringing out so much
modest and hitherto undeveloped talent.
All the papers read were worthy of the oc
casion. Tbo lecture of Dr. Pendleton ex
cited much attention. Mr. Hardaway’s expe
rience on a farm of fifteen acres was one of
the most instructive and interesting essays we
have ever heard. Prof. Leroy Brown’s lecture on
Commercial Fertilizers exhibition thorough
knowledge of his subject, and will, no doubt
be the means of having more thorough legis.
latioo to protect the farmer against the pur
chase of spurious and Worthless compound.
Judge Huie, of Clayton county, made an ex
tempore address on the value of county agri.
cultural clubs, which was listened to with
marked attention.
Mr. Pope Barrow’s address on the necessity
for reliable agricultural statistics gave evi
dence of much study and information. Col.
D. S. Barrow spoke of the great value and ne
cessity of the ooperation of the prodacer to
make direct trade a success. Without any
disposition to disparage the essays of any of
the gentlemen who have been mentioned, we
think that the address of Mr. Hardaway on
small farms, and Col. J. A. Stewait on the
manufacture of flour were especially worthy
of attention. Col. S.’s experience of upward
cf fifty years in the milling business, enabled
him to lay before the Convention a great deal
cf information of great practical benefit. We
.'•hall publish it in full, and bespeak for it a
careful reading.
Thomasviile was selected for the meeting i
in February, and we can bespeak for any who !
attend a hearty welcome.
THE ATLANTA DAILY HERALD. i§§SH8
VOL- II—NO. 3011.
ATLANTA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1874.
WHOLE NO. 626.
PLYMOUTH’S PASTOR.
Beecher at Lastjon the Stand*
MOULTON 8 MUMNE&9 — BEKCHLB ANSVtEC*.
Nrw York, August 13.—At 10 o’clock this
a. m. the inves.igating committee met io
Beecher’s back parlor. Beecher sat at the toot
of a table holding in his band manuscript
notes, from which he gave his statement, re
futing Tilton’s charge--. He answered such
questions as were put to him by members of
the committee. At 12 m. tbe^ examination
adjourned for lunch, and was resumed at 1 p.
sc. At 2 o’clock Beecher was still upon ex
amination.
In the statement of Moulton before the
Beeoher investigating committee, published
to-night, he refuses to surrender the letters
entrusted to him in confidence, but will allow
the committee to examine the oiiginals for
the purpose of authenticating portions quoted
in Tilton’s statement A memoer of the com
mit tee was designated to make the examina
tion.
Beecher’s statement opens: Gentlemen of
the Committee : In the statement addressed
to the public, July 22, I gave explicit, compre
hensive and solemn denial to the charges
made by Theodore Tilton against me, and
that denial I repeat was a refirmntion. * * * *
Four yeais ago Theodore Tilton fell from one
of the proudest editorial chairs in America,
‘ * * and alter a few months he became an
associate and representative of Victoria
Woodhull and friends of her strange
cause. By his follies he was bankrupt in
reputation, occupation and resources. The
interior history of which I aiu now to give
show his attempts to so employ me as to re
store him in business, reputation and place
him upon an eminence from which he hud
fallen. It is a sad history, to the lull mean
ing of which I have receutly awakened. The
denunciation of Tilton is terrible.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
GRANT REFUSES TO 8PFAK — CADET SMITH IN
COMPETENT— ATTORNEY GENERAL DE
CIDES THAT THE UNITED STATES
HAS EXCLUSIVE JURIS
DICTION OVER
CEMETERIES.
COL. HALL FOR CONGRESS.
Fort Valley, Ga., August 13th. 1874.
Toiif. Editors of ihx Harald:
i Washington, August 13.—Grant declines
to deliver an oration at the dedication of the
; Lincoln monument. •
G. H. Schlehergsell, of Charleston, S. C.,
Or.'«tlkm..n Among the many rumen auggeateil for appointed to West Point, on recommendation
he Dniocat'c nomination Iron the Fifth Congres
sional District, I have seen none so suit .ble as that of
Col. Samuel Hall, of Houston, aurt I propose to give
my reasons for the assert ion.
of Ranster. West.Point visitors were unanim
ous on colored Cadst Smith’s incompetency*
The opinion of the Attorney General that
First, he is perhaps more generally known than any : the United States have exclusive jurisdiction
other man mentioned in connection with the office, over the cemeteries concluded; but if, as is
tavieg practiced his profession euccessfully for the usually the case, the State, in making the
cession, or in giving its consent to the pur-
i in the District, j
> superior In the !
Uet thirty year* in every county in the District.
Secondly, he is the only man that can carry the ‘ chase, reserved the right to solve or execute
counties of Houston tnd Crawford; and every one fa- 1 iw process upon the land: or annexed any
mi!Ur wi ii the situation knows that the whole issue j other like condition, it has been held that the
in the campaign depends on the vote of these two acceptance of a CfcSSiGO With these reserva-
countres.
Thirdly, he Is one cf the ablest
and, in ability and learning, he hi
State.
Fourthly, La has never spoken to any one in regard {
to his u nmination, nor ha* ho ever spent one dime |
advertising his claim to the office, and if he receives
the nomination it will not be at his seeking. If he is j
ncmulat-d he will certainly be elected. No one can '
or will do more for :he material .advancement of the |
people of this State and the South than he.
When our delegation* are c mposed of such men j
then will Georgia once mere assume the position in i
the National Legidature that afce held in the days of ! ENGLAND RECOGNIZES THE SPANISH REPUBLIC—
tions. amount to an agreement ou the part of
the United States to permit the free exercise
of such process as is being quoted here, its
own process, and upon any other construc
tion the cession would be void.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Soundings Across The Cable.
Crawford, li.irrien, Toomb?, Stephens and Cobb.
Hoc-TON.
Campbell County Convention*
Fairbubn, Ga , Angust 12th, la74.
At a “Bins* meeting” of t e ciu/eos of
Campbell County for the purp;.-; of app Ant
ing delegates to the C lrgreesional Con
vention to assemble at La( r-Huge on Beptom-
ber 2d, and the appointment of a Democratic
Executive Committee fot the county, E. S.
Mobley, Esq., was called to the chair and J.
Smith requested to act as secretaiy.
On moti' n of T. W. Litbam, Esq., a com
mittee of two was appointed from each Mili
tia District to prepare business for the con
sideration of the meeting, consisting ot T. L. ■
Banks. E R. ThomtoD, A. B. Leigh, It. R.
Bond, J. W. Beck, O. H. Cochran, R. J. Tog
gle, Dock Jones, A. G. Hulsey, T. W.
Latham, Robert McWilliams, Judge Black,
B. Loch, T. P. Hudson, W. H. Phillips,
Ike Suttlts, 1. W. Carter and J. T. Biiley.
While the committee retired to prepare
business, the Solicitor General, A. H. Cox,
was <‘.diod on, and proceeded to address tba
people in a few very appropriate remarks, af
ter which Col. Geo. N. Le i.er was loudly call
ed for, and he came forward and delivered one
of his best little speeches, occupying about
fifteen minutes, handling the so-called “civil
lights” bill with gloves off. Those who have
heard the Colonel before pronounce this one
ot bis best spec cbee.
The Committee then returned and through
their Chairman, Mr. T. W. Latham, made the
following report:
Executive Committee for the county—E. C.
Mobley, E. R. Thornton, W. H. Smith, J. F.
Wilson, J. Welch, R. B. Logan, H. C. Wil
liams, James N. Robertson, J. A. Parker.
EXPECTED CARLIST ENGAGEMENT
SUGAR CROP.
Vienna, August 13.—The New Free Press
states that England has recogniz-d the Re
public ot Spain.
Havana, August 13.—The statement of the
sugar crop of Cuba for the past year, sho*s
that 79-58 per cent of the total ex pons of
sugar and molasses went to the United States
or was taken by the United States.
Madrid, August 13.—The report t^at a
crisis in the Cabinet is imminent, is contra
dicted. The Republican troops, commanded
by Marshal Zaballa and Gen. Lazexna, has
been united at Miranda, where they are con
fronted by eighteen battallions of Carlisle.
ALABAMA.
RADICAL CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION—NEGRO
CONGRESSMAN NOMINATED.
Selma, Ala., Aug. 13.—The Radical Con
gressional Convention adjourned this evening
after being in session four days. Judge Har
alson, a full blooded Africau, was nominated
for Congressman on the two hundred and
thirty-ninth ballot
VERMONT.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT—FIVE PEOPLE FILLED.
Rj< hfobd, Vt , Aug. 13.—An accident to
the Boston Express was caused by neglect of
the station man to signal the train that the
bridge had been carried away by heavy rain.
The killed were Engineer Siucat, Fireman
Rickie, Roadmaster Harris, and an unknown
man and a little girl. Fifteen person mostly
Canadians were injured. Some severely
st *rm which caused disaster was a very severe
DelcgoUsto'coiignwiookrConvention—E. oue ' ind washed away number of other bridg-
THE FARMERS CONVENTION
Tlie Third and Last Day’s Pro
ceedings.
A Variety of Speeches and Resolutions,
C. Mobley, Levi B.tiiard, T. W. Latham, E.
R. Thornton, C. D. Black, J. W. Beck, 1. W.
Carter, W. H, Phillips, T. P. Hudson, R. J. j
Tuggle, A. B. Leigh, J. C, .Smith.
The Committee also recommended the adop- :
tion of the following resolutions:
Whereas, In ibis age ot political corrup
tion and demoralization, when devotion to the
interests of the people and conscientious re
gard of the dories imposed have become of
)oje occurrence, and whenever exemplified
by any official deserves the unqualified ap
proval of the people; therefore be it
Resolved, That we extent to the Hon.
Henry H. Harris, the present member of Con
gress from this district, the plavdits of “Well
done, good and (aitblul servant;” all of
wLich was adopted, alter which ♦he following
resolution was adopted:
Rt .olved, That while we would not en-
trammcl oar delegation to the Congressional
Convention, y*t we would call their favorable
consideration to the Lame cf the Hon. Hugh
BachiUtiU an one worthy of their suffrage. A
man true bf ft re the war; true during the
war, and true sicceRhe war to our every inter
est, and would be true a to our interest in Con
gress.
Resolved, That the proceedings cf this _ _
meting be sent to the Atlanta Constitution, J for more than an hour no trace could be found
esas well au damaging crop:*.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Indianapolis, Ini., August 13.—The Inde
pendent mass convention met to complete
the ticket. Seventy five delegates were pres
ent. Committees were appointed to corres
pond with Independent organizations in
other Stites with a view to forming a nation
al organizations.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. August 13.—Twelve thou
sand barrels of oil was burned yesterday.
Woodbubn, Ky.,♦August 13. — Watkih's to
bacco factory was burned with 30,000 pounds 'J
of tobacco Loss $80,000.
Memphis August 13.—The latest reports
from Austin s'ate that the troops had dis
banded and gone home, and peace restored.
Columbia, 8. C., Aogunt 13.—A negro
named Henry Glover raped and brutally beat
a respectable white woman in Lexington on
Saturday. He was cau ght to day and lynch
ed.
New York, August 13.—The movements of
the Beecher investigating committee are daily
being more completely wrapped up and veil
ed in imperturbable mystery, as this evening
A Striking Article on Small Farms.
Stone Mountain, Ga.—August 13, 1874.
At the meeting last Dr. Hood of Harris
county read a paper upon the subject of
“green soiling,” or tho farming under of green
crops in July and August as a means of fer
tilizing the gioucd. He demonstrated from
facts in his own experience, corroborated by
scientific truths, that the cheapest of all fer
tilizers is this very cheap and convenient one
of turning under green crops of grass or pea
vines. He was highly complimented by Sam
uel Barnett and Dr. Means, who were pres
ent, deeply interested listeners. His paper
was ordered to be spread upon the minutes
and published.
Dr. Means delivered a short but most sub
lime address, giviDg a grand theory of tho
formation of the sun and the solar system,
and the process of nature by which vegetable
and animal life are sustained. It was one of
the grandest speeches we ever listened to.
Would that everybody could hear it. We
made no attempt whatever to report it '.Ye
could do nothing but listen in rapt attention.
THIRD DAY.
This morning at 8i o’clock the convention
was called to order by the President and
opened with prater by Vice-President|Thos.
W. Fleming, of Baker county.
The President then introduced James A.
Stewart, the well-known, highly-respected
and very intelligent flour manufacturer of
Atlanta, who delivered his address upon
“The Manufacture of Flour.” Before read
ing what he had prepared, he observed that
Col. Alston had yesterday remarked that,
wheat was worth only $1 per bushel. This
he regretted as much as any one, though he
was a Jjiurchaser of wheat not a producer;
made this statement in explanation : That the
milL-rs ot the Northwest cheapened the price,
not only of wheat, but of flour, too, by adul
terating their flour. A bulk of the wheat
tLeyjmade was a poor article. It often looked
well enough for the grade it represented, but
they mixed with it potatoes, finely ground,
and bolted coin meal, kaolin, gyptuo), alum,
bone dust, etc , which greatly deteriorated its
value, but made it look tine. They worked
for the sample, and not lor the quality, of
lloir. They also used spring wheat, grown
in ’hat section somewhat extensively, but
whic -i made a poor and unnutricious flour.
This adulterated stuff, and finch is made of
very in f erior stock, they could sell cheoper
by a dollir and a half, on the baml, than
honestly manufactured flour, made of good
wheat, in this couniry. This was a very great
disadvantage to home manufacturers, and ld
ii jnr> to farmers, ts it lowered the price ot
wheat. Mr. Stewart then lead bis address.
Mr. Neal, of Warren county*, thought this
the most important and by far the most useful
paper that had been read before tho conven
tion. Mr. Camp, of Milton, gave it a like
compliment. He is a miller, aiul wanted a
number of copies of the speech to distribute
among his customers.
Mr. Paine, of Cobb, hud visited Richmond.
Va., to examine into the flour manufactures
and the flour trade of that place. Two-thirds
of what was made at their numerous and im
mense mills is shipped to the West Indies
d to Rio Janeiro He found that Baltimore
flour shipped to Rio, would reach there in
good condition, but would sour in fifteen
days; that Richmond flour, made from Vir
ginia whea f , would keep after reaching Rio
two or three months; and that Georgia made
flour, from Georgia raised wheat, would keep
a great dealer longer than the Richmond
floui.
up our minds to do without what we can’t pay
down for, and lay aside old anti-bcilum hab
its and luxuries We must work. We must
make money cheap by- living at home !
make your own corn and wheat
and oats and bay and potatoes,
and hogs, and cattle and horses and
sheep, and if need be your clothes, too ! and
then make what cotton you can besides all
this. Then, as has been said, the moneyed
men will come to us to buy onr cotUon and
give us our price for it; then we‘11 all have a
little pocket change about us, and be able to
buy the old lady a calico dreso or a new bon
net whenever it is needed, and to buy decent
clothes for the children and handsome
clothes for SuDdav, and a new coat or hat for
ourselves. Then we will all be decent, re
spectable and independent !
Col. Alston said that the question of inter
est had agitated the world since the days of
Moses, aud was not yet settled. The barkers
in towns wanted the usury laws repealed, and
it was done, but it has broke, tlown the
banks to a great extent, in twelve mouths
The Dollar Savings Bank in Atlanta was a
striking example. It was founded mainly
upon the use of “free money.” It offered
high rates for deposits and loaned money at
still higher rates, taking what they thought
ample security. But Boon the depositors,
seeing what they thought could be done, drew
their money out of the bank and became
brokers themselves, aud then the bank broke.
Soon after the repeal of the usmy laws real
estate went down heavily, and advertisements
of real estate lor Hale almost disappeared from
the columns of tho Hkp.ald and other cily
papers in Atlanta. Mr. Amlerson, a
banker at Fort Valley, tells me that
when times were hard and provisions
scarce, be used to lend money at t wo and a
half per cent per month, bat now, the provis
ions are more abundant, he cannot lend it at
more than one and a hall per cent. The
Government coins the money and should reg
ulate its price. It establishes standards
for our weights and measures anti should also
regulate money dealings. The usury laws
were repealed in Connecticut, and in three
years they were unanimou-ly re-enacted
England made money actually free by the
law, but has reoeutly been forced to partially
restore the usury laws.
J. C. Carmichael, of Coweta, said —Wlum
we ruin the debtor by high rates of interest, we
rain the creditor also. As money goes up in
one seal# 4 , property goes down in the oilier,
and as the scales continue—one to rise higher
and the other to go lower—after which the
top one topples over and falls, and both ate
ruiued, “ world without end ! ” And I’ll ex-
pliinthe meaning of that phrase. It makes
the lender have no soul, aud the borrower
have no honesty, aud so ail are mined,
“world without end!” I want usury laws.
We must have laws about every thing, God
said, when there was but one man, that he
Heeded law, and gave it to him A case in
point : One my neighbors loaned some $2000
to another, and took as beourity, a deed to a
place once worth $3,000. That money is not
paid, and if that land was sold to-day, it
would not bring more than $500. The
lender will never get his money back, and
the borrower is ruined and has noihiDg'lelt.
And now I've got this advice to give. When
we go home let us select onr very best men to
go to the Legislatuie, who will le&tore the
u-ury laws, and let us select Congressmen #ut
of what’s left. (Immense appliu o ) i
G. W. Adams, of Monroe, s.tid the difficulty
is that men are trying to secure legislation,
that will pay their debts! When the depts
never should bare been contracted. Look at
New York, money at two per cent per annum!
aud property gone down 25 per cent, in value!
both scales gone down! No; the way to do
is to keep out of debt. 1’h it’s tl*; sovereign
remedy for the evils. If we are out of clebt
and stay out, what do we care fur tho rate
messengers sent by the Roman Senate .
Cincionatns, beseeching hint to come ami
-save Rome, found him in the field plowioe.
Do you think they thought him fnsigmfica •
and unworthy, because wv« (oiling mV.;
shirt-sleeves ?
Fathers mothers* -U.uh ytu. sons m t
. | J daughters ho w to labor. A way witu this l*i- ?
from you. Wbats the nj-o to raise a cry j have estimated the value of the crops and also vate half of it Alternately, and manure the j pride as to the dignity and nobility of labo
agiinst usury ? Once I was a Justice of the given the actual money received from sales of rested land; by that means you will havefreiiti i Farmers of George yon hrtve'thi* year.
Peace, and a good Christi.'.u ruan brought a ; crops. I am sorry to say that I lost a mem- reeled land every year in cultivation. This from necessity, l&*tn+d r.uuih v*loot-1 ,
* *. i _ . . . . ... .. . - “ * ’ ‘knowledge. You have learned i? prad f ,
economy, and to live with small mean*. Y« n
have learned to stay at borne and attend >.»•
your business better. Your wives and dauci -
ters have appreciated your condition ami
have lent you a helping band. Your ex
penses are smaller than iu any vear of yon-
expeiieuce. Will you profit by the wis’d.-m
case into my court and give a lawyer a fee of | orandum book containing the actual cost of | will save the land from wealing and
$15, to save himself of paying $4 usury. The j maintaining aud keeping up this little farm iug, and give you better crops.
. . . t c eping up
way to do, is not to go in debt, and not to J with cost ot labor manure*, etc., etc.
put yourself in the power r f any man. If we j it to Bay that I disti
depend upon the Legislative or the Conven- | profits on the 1838
tion to pass a law or
My remember the clear
rop was about $1,080,
itiou to relieve | 1800, $1,020 aud 1870, $720; all cotton crops
ns, wo are fit subjects for the Lunatic Asylum, j and cost ab *nt $40 per annum to make them
But some say I am iu debt, ami I must run
every plow and cultivate every acre I possibly
can to work out. That is the very thing that
has gotten the country in debt. We have
Iboon running too many plows and planting
Men ought to be honest in everything, ai d , In making this statement 1 do not do so as j too many acres, and unless wo change this old
every man should rely upon his own efforts to ! boosting, I have done it because it is plain
make his own fortune and keep himself out | l’aet, and with the hope that sonio farmer will
of trouble. ^Ail the aid wo want the Legisla- j do far better by goiug into it farmer-like and
"" *“ 4 1 * doing the work himself, and sive the money
I paid out to have the work done. There is a
| vast difference in doing work and having it
turo to grant us, is to protect us iu what hou
osty belongs to us.
James M. Mobley, of Harris county, said , n
“\\ e are called upon in this little assembly, doae Can t any good hunter tend 15 acres
and in a few hours time, to settle ono of the i with one good rnulo, by diversifying the
gravest and most important matters that ever j crops .
agitated tho public mind in any age. This i
great question has puzzled the greate st state;,- j
men and the wisest and beat the world ever
produced. There is one remarkable fact c on- j
uccted with usury laws. Go back far into re- j
mote periods, and the laws against it were
most strirgent and severe, bnt os we advance j
to a recent period we fiDcl them gradually 1
slacked, aud in some cases finally tukeu oil
It you commit farmers to such a measure as j
is hero proposed, you may be doing a very !
great wrong and yon should be cautioHs. It
has been wisely said on this floor that there
can be no relief torus—that no ^dependence
can come to the people of Georgia, but from
our stroug arms and witling hearts.
When we thus relieve ourselves we will have
v*Iu«
y acre, cotu-u. 7 bay
piunda, .old Nov. N
pound
'l ota! value of crop
1S.7 & acrea coir, lu:l bu , svm.’r u
acre, .old a: flOO p. r b.nh
the pioudeut State and he the happiest peo
ple on enrih. The wise maxims hi oh _vou
imve all heuid here, ux;»m nnd fi.-'uin - tc hvc
within your own means, to ranks your own
supplies, (o make more money nnd spend
less—these aro the only means
of bringing that relief wo want.
James Davidson, of Greene, moved to lay al
the resolutions and the eensideraliou of ibis
subject upon the table-. The motion was
adopted unanimously.
On motion ot George S. Biack, of Floyd, it
was resolved that no one be allowed to spe k
more than five minutes during the remainder
of the session.
David S. Johnson, of Morgan, was then in
troduced to the Convention by the President,
nnd delivered a very instructive address upon
the subject of Direct Trude.
Ou motion of II. C. Fulton, of McDuffie
county, the Convention ordered the address
to be spread upon the minutes aud published.
Gen. Uolquitt added a lew remarks ou the
subject of Direct Trade : It is in the power of
the planters of Georgia to organise aud estab
lish it, or not just as they choose. Mo doulit
soiuo persons are yugge-bting suspicions and up.
prehensions, and installing them into the
minds ol farmers. -'What," says they, ‘Mo
iu-se inexprkneed planters expect to accom
plish in this mighty work. They know noth
ing of trade or its laws, anil have their own
business to look to. Hoir can thev do ell
tbD?"
I tali you, we will never accomplish
anything by conventions aud grauges or oilier
means, till we have conlidonco in ourselves
as being able to do something. We are too
much i. dined to thick that some big Boston
ship merehan*, some shrewd, intelligent Van- 1
ki o could do the work it be had the means.
Such a man would no doubt iuspire the cou
th fence of these suspicious pianteis, but when i
we undertake it ourselves they say: "Do yon :
think that man can accomplish this great
work? Why I have known him ail my hie.
He was horn dow n here in Morgan, or brought
up in Carke or Bibb. 1 nm afraid of bim. He’
Vitll fail. 'I bis b,g Boston man is the ouc
for tins bu-mess. Tut him at it aud 1II go i
into it."
Mow it is a very plain thing. There is no j
mystery about it, no complication. Any body
can understand it; and it requires only llie !
confidence ot our people to accomplish so
irnple a thing. Givens this, and the work
Total value of crop.
1PG3 15-cres cotton, 14 l a
»'• t*40. told OatiUtry
schedule the country will become so deeply 1 yon have gained ?
involved that it most go into bankruptcy.
Lot mradvise you to endeavor the cornim-
Plant less, eouoeutrato your manures, give year to be slill more economical. A few mere
it belter attention, and if a tight pinch years of such eolf-dsnial will place the counter
comes, make a hand youtseif. Be | out cf debt, and bring prosperity and happi-
snre that you plant a bountiful provision 'less in all our borders.
crop, debt or no dcht. Tbc quicker you stop
buying provisions the Booucr you will get
A Lynn dog goes about the street, with his
of debt An.i you will uever'get out of debt ranz;:l « attached to his tail, and a blanket, the
bo long as you buy provisions. Have you j superscription of which give* out that the dog
ever looked at tho long list of broken rn-r- liW , which rcqnires the wearing of the orna-
ehauts? and did von ever ask the cause of ! 210,1 ^ f,oes not designate the place cf wearing
I wiil tell you why
j it. The Foliea Court is looking into tb •
\ books. —[Ind. Mews.
total -v.-i. lit
their failure?
fail d.
The profit ou supplies for the farmer looked
so big aud promising that it enticed them
into the credit system, aud they licked every-;
tiring with the hope of largo remunerative
erops to collect from. Yon planted too much
cettou, and bought too rnauy mules and too
much provisions and gw.no, and continued it j Appreciating ttia vatrub ‘ K«rv!ce. rendered by Mb.
year after j ear, hoping cotton would rise and I K - L V ‘ rv - 1, -‘ (| r» c:ty end counij, hie many frleode
that one big crop wouiri put yon straight, i rcipecUelly Mr him to coneeot to be e readldete for
failed year alier year, and the merchant, t ">* Le*l«latore. s MANY cimesa,
A.P rmro TyiNrcpiMENTa.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
1870 15 acre* cot I on. 18 L
9.288, bdM lN’nvfTobe
pemul .:
1871 * acrea cat?, total Hi
fi4 hu'hcl* per serf,i
6 aero* cotton..' bain
bHalnt!.*. average
; $1 -‘ Opnr bushel, f 158
tctal weitrlit *2,385
| no longer able- to «f*t his du(»s, had to go into
44 ; bankruptcy.
j Now, whore has this vast stun of lost money
j gone to? Jt bp.a gone to find extra laborers
^ j and extra mi les to plant and c ultivate this O!
j extra two aud a ijiiai tw million acres of land. J to the nomination of tho Democratic party.
! good farmers in uiy comity, men of
« • ' V‘. m ! determined to cut j „
, eft ona-lh.r i of their feruling lands simply to lhe D , lllocmic Bomto , tloB .
I •'’■tv. their lands from wearing out: and say ;
‘ t bv resting, manuring and rotating, they in-
T(S uml to make as much ou sixty six acres as
i a y have been making on one hundred [acres cr *tic nomination*
,„!!» cau be done, aud they will save in “
ddition thirty-three per cent annually, ot the j pQR TAX COLLECTOR
CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT.
Cap*. T. B CAMP ta a candidate far the office cf
rk of the Superior Court of Fulton county, subject
GEO H H.WillONb le a laatiidato for Qterk of the
iintv, Georgia, subject to
*ug4
James E. Williams is a candidate for Clerk of Snpe-
or Court of Fulton conaly, nty>ot to the Pemo-
$1 3i
Total ru'ue « f crop
1872 4 acres coru, 208 bushels, av. rage 52 per
acre, 6oid at $1 00 per bit (
4 acre* cotton, 4 bales, total weight
.1.968, bold February 'l’\, at 2bc per
j money heretofore uselessly p tid for this waste
; o*i t labor. Mr. President, 1 J * not mean ti say
— f that the small lurm should h * s uiply a oue-
; J j horse or two-horee i rm. Bat 1 dj iusM ■ lon COUBI
0 I that tiirms oi such s'z*\ |»av nunc uiouey on
j the investment than larger ones. Ii I had
we aic authorized to announce the name of Gen.
W. s. Walker a- a candidate for Tax Collector of t at-
subject to the Democratic nomination,
authorized to announce the name of M. T.
one thousand acre plantation, I would cut it c **ileberry, ** a candidate for Tax Collector, subject
» 1 up iuto one and two-horse farms and see to it t0 lbe Democratic Nomination.
I that no one hand or head ot a family, should tDITORS Ukrald:
iiu more than two plows or more than
I’leaM announce the name of Robert M. Farrar at a
Total value of crop
Premiums, $75.
1873 3 acres corn, UOt bu-h< Is, avert
bushels pei acre, told at $1 «K) \>
5 acres outs, -130 huslii-ls average
hu hel, sold ;«.t $1 <*0 por bushel..
1 acre potatonot measured,
(» acres, rested.
; plow for three good handp. Break tip this , candidate for Tax Collector of Fulton county, subject
> the nomination of the Democratic party.
Total value of crop..
is, 6400.
nurad, value S
i acres co r n, not manured,....
'4 sere potatoes.
■4 aero rice— 9J v»*»s\nsla cotton ind. \ $1'
L J s acres corn—2^0 ibs. Sea-Fowl. )
Ca^h Received *
».t iu 1*
Slid ]
Tbi
ar I disj
I 30i.» bushels of (Mi
u t'u hand to last mo
lathered.
tnpave the averag
l of 150 \
m*h, and
until
. letn
ot interest ? All classes of the people wanted
the usury laws repealed to relievo the hard
times and tightness of money. Times are j is done. Direct trade is nothing more than ,
still hard and money scarce, aud now many | soiling your produce directly to the man who j
parsons want lo restore usury. B fore the re- j wants it; not to a speculator or middle-man i
peal money lenders evaded the law, ami loaned j who don't want it. exeat i to wake, money out
.. .. , ,, . . money for what they could get, and did so of it which you ought to have yourself. That !
During the delivery of the address, by some | succe £ siully . 1 Q J 6 6aw a b man draw bis | method of trading is comp ' .ted and indi- j
que^U^ns being asked the speaker, u was , c jj CC k g oa a bank nnd carry them to the • rect, aud is very hard for ai
elldted that ttere was a law on the Statute | Cotl rt House and sell them to the highest bid-
• oath to
vith the yield of mv 1
r . \ 'i bush vis o
turn to aci
* ” jlalse system of planting huge otton crops,
j and depending on getting extra help to cLoj«
$ :i'4 ot J out and pick out eoltou. Two-thirds of the ,
failures to make a crop, is tiacable to this
;W) 00 J system. This is one of the birgests leaks ou ...
I the farm and is rotting out the land. Th 1 lease announce Miles Turpin as a can-
i next evil to correct, is the system of selling didite for the office of Tax Receiver of Fnl-
, SSI so I off thcir l» rt of ,be C0IU crop »» soon as it is t ou conotv, subject to the Democratic nom-
gathered, for whisky, tobacco aud ginger
1 bread. There is scarcely a large farm or
$*.>,477 00 | plantation iu Georgia, on which c.\u be iouud
575 to A negro laborer who has corn enough to tur-
T~~ j nish him beyond the first ot January, and at
the same time, but lew farmers in the State
$8,275 ao fail to make enough bread-stuff' to subsist
375 0* I mail and beast if proper care is taken of it
—1 What becomes of ell this sold corn? It goes
$8,s.vn 20 j whiskey dons mtinly ,u.d is sold out
r ‘ j of the country. In my own county, these
>. sud .<*. h»mi ; midnight dens nro seUtercd thick in
all the area near Florida, where
u he’s ol com ! the plantations lay, and the
have enough I ,,wucl * 01 ‘ icns u "‘ 0, *jj lira »e-
»*.. ro|1 I groes to sell their owu |ir,«iuce. lint th. v iu-
1 j dnee them to steal coru out of the fields and
crib, aud seed colt »n from the fields and gin
houses, and they buy it for IoImuvo aiul whis
ky, giving a plug ot tobacco for a bushel o!
corn and ft boltlo of mean whisky lor one hun
dred pounds seed cotton. Can tho*e large iti»»
plantations stand this enormous dtaiuage and t**»
stealage? They cannot. What legal remedy »xo
is there lor it ? None. Tue black man has D-rsatn!
ricld of crops
Tjx Receivers
*s. and it
i bushels
per acre,
book, of Georgia, requiring: the inspectioni of der . Th0 „ for nscd to * be a ,
flour, bnt that it was a dead lettor-not be- teitnre of £ ter «,?. fnrther bark, of principal
im? enforced. Alter ibe address, i ol. Alston acd intfresti and 8tia farthet b;iek it was a
offered the following. felony punishable by imprisonment, but it
Resolved, That » committee of three ^ #n dj J d i ot prevent usLrv, and (lie repeal of
appointed to investigate the subject of flour , he present l law will not^liave yon. Law is
inspect,on.and memonahzc.the^Legislature, , BOt the lemedy; but the remedy is not to go in
Mr. W. H. Ilcesc. of Macon county, said we
if they should deem it necessary, to have a j ( j e , )t
proper law passed to regulate the same.
The resolution was adopted and the Presi- . 8hould haTe aome hightoned moral scheme to
dent appo uted R. a Alston, Geo. b. Black rt . lleYe u ,_ Wo don " t want to commit tbls
Hiid'HLkALD for publication.
of them. The visits paid by the members ot
Colonel Cincinnatins Pteples being present, {the press to Mr. Shearman and the Rev. M
delivered a beautiful addre.s. mostly bearing 1 Storrs’ residence bnt no clue to their wherc-
upon the true relation ot the races—more es
pecially the duty of the white race in the pree-
cDt crisis. His speech had a good effect, and
>ou may look for a large Democratic majority
from old Campbell this fall.
E. C. Mobley, Chairman.
J. C. Bmith, Secretary.
incident of the Chicago fire : “Tho e dear
to her still remained in the building ; was it
any wonder that her eye lighted with an al
most maniac gl*re, and her frantic move
ments showed ail the torture she wai endur
ing ? It was too much—too much, before the
Warmed bystander* could stop her she had
m JiefTdevDerately into the Aiming house,
animated by a heroic self sacrifice. Let ns
ffcjoiee that it was rewarded; she emerged un
harmed, carryii g in her noble arias the inno
cent creatures she had saved—four cats howl
ing and crawling like mad.”
A New Yoik telegram says : “Joseph
Howard, Jr., editor of the Star, knocked
down a Broadway lailor named Hall, at Fnl-
ton ferry, last night, in an altercation over
the Beecher scandal, during which H*|l call
ed Howard a liar. The parties ware liken to
the station house, where both made eoes-
pUints and afterwarda withdrew them.”
and E. J. Camp as the committee.
The subject of
INTEREST AND USURY LAWS
was next taken up and elicited a most earnest
and exciting discussion. R. W Jones of
Whitfield county, offered tho following;
Whereas the act of the Legislature, making
it lawful for any amount of interest to be tak
en by the lender for the use of money, on suf
ficient experiment, has failed to produce the
anticipated result, but, on tho contrary, by
the high price, has made money more strin
gent aud difficult to produce, except at ruin
ous sacrifices, and reducing the price of prop
erty in proportion to tho high price of money,
enhancing tho interest of bankers and a few
money dealers to the injury ot the community
&t largo :
Bo it therefore resolved, That this Conven
tion respectfully petition the next Legislature
to repeal all laws authorizing any amount of
interest over seven per cent, per annum by
contract or otherwise, and that the law re
main as it was previous to the passage ot said
act.
Mr. Jones said that in bis section money
was worth from 2-i to 5 per cent, per month—
Last year he had $1,500 placed in his hands
to lend—funds belonging to somo minors,
and it brought a greater income than his farm
worth SI0,000.
M. C. Fulton, of McDuffie county, said he
had, from the first, expected the results which
have followed the repeal of the usury laws.
Money is scarce it where the rates of interest
are higuest. ( .t has net made money more
plentii'ul, or more easily borrowed, as was
predicted by the advocates of the repeal, aud
of “iree money,’' as they termed it, bnt the
very reverse was the fact. Planters are the
mo t numerous and have more at stake tuan
others. They are borrowers, and should con
trol this matter. I’m opposed to sending any
man to the Legislature who will not regard
the welfare of the great agricultural interests
of the country—the main leading interest of
all others. He offered the following:
Resolved, That this Convention recom
mend tho restoration of the usury taws, and
the appointment of a committee of three to
earne-4ly memorialize the iuxt Legislature
upon this subject.
Resolved, That this Convention pledge
itself to nf>e all honorable means to 6ecuro tbe
election of men who will favor the re-enact
ment of tbe umry laws iu this State.
V.. H. Cl:rko, of Oglethorpe, used to thiuk
it strange that a man’s money was not his
own, to trade with and dispose ot it as ho
s iw fit, or to the best advantage, the sune as
his horse. He thongbt the repeal ot the usury
laws would benefit us. It is known, he said,
that I am a money-lender. I expected our
stocks and bonds and lauds won Id remain
at tbe saute puce, and we could trade in
m< n«*y for what it would bring in the mar
ket, aud there is something in this
im tter 01 laws regulating iuterc.st, which I do
not fully comprehend. I am offered 15, and
20, and 25 per cent, for the use ot money,
with any s *rt of mortgages liens on lands or
deeds on the struo to secure it. I hold
sjine such cun ties, but none for more than
12 1-2 per cent. Aly couscionce will notallow
me to take more than that. 1 made my prop
erty on fictitious oapitil, by borro wing money,
using it, and pay mg it ail back with inter«9t,
but I never paid more than 8 per cent, in my
life, and I don’t believe any man can pay
more than 121-2 lor any kind of business
As I said, there is something in this matter
ot usury, aud the law fixing the rate of inter-
“ stock
holder in the Georgia Railroad—the stock of
abonts could be obtained. Air. Beechers
house on Columbia Heights w is fixed on, acd
was the only place where the committee were
likely to be, and sidewalk in consequence
was thronged with newspaper representatives.
About half past nine o’clock Air. Hill drove
up in a carriage, accompanied by a strange
man, andenteied the house. Air. Willard O.
Bartlett and Mr Shearman en'erod shortly
before. Some of the member* of tbe com
mittee were observed to enter Mr. Beecher’**,
and it is supposed they had gone there at an
early hour. The committee adjourned al oi t
half past eleven, but would give no m/orma-
tion as to their movements. Moulton’s state
ment, they say, would not be made public
to-night, nor oould they say when it would be
ready. It is not known whether Beecher
was before tbe commi'tea, iU members being
reticent on tbia and every other question ot j which I don’t nnd-rsUod
like character. ! bolder in the Georgia Ruilioac
New York, August 13.—The Beecher com- | which ever) body considers as the very best,
mittee are weary. The papers will probably tut that stock, we find is offered lor sale
be submitted to tbe sub-committee, who will
report to tne full'com ini tiee shortly befote
fro•*, when they will repot t to tbe .Plymouth
congregation, the balk of whom are now wor
shiping at places of resort.
Beeoher proposes saying twenty columns in
tbe Tribune. It seems to be hoped that words
and time wiil take edge from the truth.
sometimes l and it bus gone down iu prioe!
why ? Iam ready to doubt the correctness of
my former opinions.
Bat I’ll tell you the sure and certain reme
dy Lr all the troubles in this respect. It is
to live within onr means ! ws ought not to go
in debt 1 (cheers) then rates of interest and
usury would sot trouble us. Ws mutt make
convention to any immorality; and he offered
the following resolution as a hubstitnte for the
pending one. He complimented the conven
tion for the good sense and ability of its mem
bers. He would not go out of it to find men
fully capable for any position iu life. If he
wanted a warrior he would take our beloved
Gordon (cheers) and if he wanted u financier,
he would take the abie master of finance and
man of acknowledged integrity, Joseph E.
Brown; and if he wanted a Governor, our own
beloved President, Gen. Colquitt (cheers)
would fill the bill. He offered tho following:
The great want of correct and reliable sta
tistical information of the cotton crop from
year to year has resulted in great disaster aud
utter rain to many; and it is believed that a
correct collection and setting forth to the
world in due time a correct statistical report
will result in great good to tlio planting in
terests of the South.
And the late financial panic which origi
nated in the city of New York in the fall ot
1873 occasioned a universal suspension and
failure throughout the country, resulting in
perhaps the mo3t ruinous consequences to a
very large class of the whole community, and
especially embarrassing to the planters, who,
of all others, are the least responsible for the
failure.
And whereas this failure on the part of the
planters to meet the obligations has caused
tbe Legislature to repeal the law known as
the lieu law, section 1978 of the now code of
Georgia, which repealing law goes into effect
Nov. 1, 1874, which repeal completely wipes
out the last summary legal security that ena
bles the planter to get money to raise his
crops.
And it is evident that the usurous interest
charged and exacted of the planter has so bur
dened him with debt as lo totally disqualify
and incapacitate him for the payment of his
debts, and it is clear to the minds ,of thiuking
men that the necessities of the pi inters and
the relief from hi* embarrassments financially
can ojly be effected by offeting to him facili
ties to secure cheap money.
Therefore, Resolved, That a committee of
three from each Congressional district in this
State be, by the President of this convention,
appointed, to take into consideration the
possibility of the establishment of a Planters’
Association, for the purpose of getliug money
on a cheaper basis; and should said commit
tee, so appointed, fix upon any plan whereby
the gre.t oVj'Ct sought can be attained, then
said commn 1 >e is authorized and empowered
to memoralize to Legislature to incorporate
said association, and by appropriate legism-
tion to authorize by said act ot incorporation
said incorporated association to negotiate
loans, and full and comple power granted
therein to enforce all liens,taken by them.
J. C. Rigsdale, of DeKalb, reeomntended
that we never put ourselvc.i in the power of
any.mac. He related some of his experience.
When the war closed he was as poor as any
body. He went to work, dotermiued to live
witnin his own means. Ho had borrowed
money twice lor a short tints - at onetime
$75, at another $50. He found 110 difficulty
in obtaining it. Tbe first time ho n*k<.d a
neighbor to loan to bim, who said he hud the
money, but didn’t want any bodv to know it.
He loaned him what he wanted, refusing to
take any security or even a note, though he
offered to give any showing aud any security
he wanted; aud when he paid the money ho
refused to take any interest, notwithstanding
money was then worth from 2} to 3 per cent,
per month. The other time he applied to a
bank president in Atlanta, who said tbe bauk
was not lending any money, but added: “1
will leud it to you myself when you waut it."
He however again obtained it from a neighbor,
who refuted to take any interest when it was
paid.
Why w*» I so favored? My neighbor*
h»ve oonfldenoe in me. It'a perfect stud to
talk about tb. legislature relieving ns by any
aoL Before your debts oan be paid you have
got to work and make th. money. The legis.
latme make* no mooey except what it takoi
Value cf 8 crops, rsKed <
the q
very hard for ai. n - a to under- ! iSt* 12 e
stand. The Boston man knowsh«-metking of j is
indirect trade, but the planter, with «U his m- ! r>« ” 10 a
experience, knows exactly what dirtd trade is. ! 2 ’
He comprehends it fully. It is selling your I »o acres i-
property directly to tLe man who needs it. i 18C9 :*
We expect to c;vry this measure through, I 1870 lo
but we nr* 11 it Lave your help A president j 1871 1
and board of directors have been chosen by H
the planters of Georgia to supervise and pu .h 1 J J
this matter forward. Wo will carry on the !
work. We will discharge our duty, but you i s
must do your part—yon must sustain up.* If \ u
it fail it shall he solely for the waut of your ' 1&73 a
confidence nnd because you are too pi one to 1
thiuk we can’t do auythiug. It is thoroughly ; lu
feasible and practicable, and needs rnly the
support of our own people. Year by yoir we
are contributing from our own pockets to New '
York, $40,000,000 to pay them tor doing what '
we can and ought to do lor ouiselvev. If we
fail it shall be your fault.
This selection of a place for the next semi
annual meeting in Febiuaty was then entered
upon. Brunswick, Thomasville and Albany
were put in nomination. The first ballot re
sulted as follows : Brunswick, *27; Tnonnvi-
ville, 12; Albauy, 19. No one receiving a
majority, auother ballot was taken, resulting
as follows : Brunswick. 35: Thomasville, 11;
Albany, 11. The President declared Bruns,
wick tbe chosen place for the next meeting,
which on motion was declared to be unanim
ously elected.
Ob motion of James M. Mobley, of Harris,
the following resolution was unanimously
adopted :
Resolved, That wo return our sincere
thanks to the members of the Methodist aud
Baptist Churches, for tbe use of their build
in^s in transacting the business ot this con
vention.
Resolved, That we would do injustice to
our feedings i! we should adjourn without ex
pressing our heartfelt gratitude to tho kind
citizens of Stone Mountain aud DeKalb coun
ty for their open and cordial hospitality
during the meeting of our preseut convention,
the 28th anniversary of our socioty. May
their hospitality bo as enduring as their own
Stone Alountaiu, and the Slate Agricultural
Society have many opportunities ol eujojiug
it. We turther return our sincere thanks lo
the railroads of Georgia for their liberality
and courtesy to us.
Geo. S. Black, ot Floyd, moved to recon
sider the action of tho Convention iu selecting
Brunswick as tho next place of meeting, which
was seconded by R. A. Alston, of DeKalb.
Upon nntnre reflection they had both con
cluded it would be t?tter for the society to
meet a» some other pijnt.
Quite a lengthy dNCtission ensued, partici
pated in by many members. When the mo
tion was put andjit was carried almost unani
mously, and the next ballot resulted as fol
lows:
Brunswick 0; Albany 31; Thomasville 41;
and tbe selection of Thomasville was then
declared unanimous by a vote of the Conven
tion.
A vote of thanks (o the president and the
secrtt.uy for tho faithful aud satisfactoiy dis
charge of tboir duties; to the citizens ^>f
Brunswick and Albauy for their cordial invi
tations, and to the reporters present and the
papers which had published their report#,
was unanimously adopted, after which the
convention adj uirntd nine dir.
Ml
cotton,
coru. It; i bu.
cottou. 10 b
1*> bales
cotton. bales
15 bale*
» bit
>!upared with 15 acre*,
31 8 crops c
ft'-rcs, v uv tike 30 am s
cruft to-wit:
, ton bushel* corn pv
acres—which is just dou-
in the census of the 8tate
»»!....$ moo
s 1.171 05—1,294 0j
at $2
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
ination. Many Democrats.
L. C. Weils i« a candidate for Ta* Receiver of Ful
ton county, subject to lhe Democratic nomination.
We respectfully announce the name of F. A. Craw,
i ford, as a candidate for Tax Receiver of Fulton conn-
iy, subject to *he Democratic Nominatioi .
Many Citizens.
Kottom Hfralo:
I’lease announce the name of 1. O. Holbrook a* a
candidate f*v Tax Receiver—subject to the Democratic
nomination.
Fi'Itur* or m* Herald:
We respectfully aunouuce the name of Wm. A
Horuar, as a candid*:* for Tax Receiver of Foltou
County, subject 1 Mbs Democratic nomination.
Mant Citizena.
TAX PAYERS, ATTENTION!
It is a heavy burden to |tay auuually from eight to
nd dollars for collecting the State aud conn-
uiton county, beside* large amounts for in-
ioii«*y borrowed to meet county obligations,
from this n caving tho Com mica ion tor
942 09—1.142 f
$1,833 75-1 833 ’
$1,514 03-1.014 (
$1,094 95—J :
..$ 40 l
1 00
80 00
3*8 60
140 00— 613 SO
60 00 ,
KKI 00- 160 00 !
collecting the tax, in v 5 per rent., reduced to 2.\, per
cent; and tue taxes, uiirn 1 ■; iected, promptly paid
over to the proper authoriPa*, tuns saving at least
from six to b n thousand dollars annually.
1 aui a candidate for trie ofH-e of Tax Collector for
Fulton county, subject to tbc nomination of the Dem-
ocraiic Party, upon the above platform, obligating my
self, if eW-tod, to pay over all money collected for
taxt-s every week, and one-ball the present amount
allowed as commission foe collecting. Hope iny
friends and al! interested will come up and support
f lw>5
Mr. R. H. Hardaway’s Essay
on Small Farms.
Important Information and Won
derful Results.
Mr. President—My experience and judge
ment concur iu tho opinion that hiuhII farms
are more profitable tbau large outs. Iu sup
port of that opinion I huve drawn up several
statements or tables which 1 shall read, aud
as it will occuoy much time 1 beg that the
convention will be paileut iu hearing wbat I
may say.
Iu support of iny argument, 1 make a r*
$ 1,715 33
oy f*rui had been 30 acres Instead of
1867 crop—3i8buehfcls corn,
18 ba’es cotton—value $2 371 80
1863 crop— 28 *\ •' •• 3.442 83
1869 crop— 18) “ *' *' 3,228 04
1870 crop - 36 ** •• '• 2,632 83
1H71 crOp«-32G bushels corn.
10 bales cottou,
826 bushels ca'm,
164 bushelB rice—value 1,853 A'*
1872 crop— 416 busheiS Horn,
8 bale 1 cotton,
718 bushels oxtf— value 1,§03 20
lb73 Icrop- Ct 8 hut-hes coru,
ifl’J bushe s oat°—raffle 1,268 00
$10,893 73
An unerring evidence of the prosperity of thesmsll
farmers compared with the large planters is pbe f.«rt
tukeu from the pay.i.ents of store accounts. Fifty
p*r cent, ot small farmors pay iu full before 1st De
cember; 90 per cent pay by 1st Jan h-v. Of tho. large
farmers IU per cent pay by 1st December; 50 per cent
pay by ht January.
In 187-i the number 1 f ac es of
Georgia was 1,927,646. producing 1
swaging 5 l-.T bushels per acre.
By tbe lnteuse t-yticax of manuring
ty of coru can be p-. educed from 4 '• 1 ‘ ' res, aver
aging 21 91-100 bushels per acre, nal.i - » saving lu
cultivation of 1,471,646 acres.
The cumber of acres planted in coiion the same
year was 1,860,of9. awrrging 1 bale to 3acres. I
assume, by a proier system of manuring, that l.tHK),*
000 acres will produce tho *ame amount of bslea—544,-
253 bales—or one bale to two aersa, which saves ibe
cultivation ol 660.550 acr- s.
Acres of culUvatiou saved iu corn, round
numburs 1,400,000
Acres of cultivation saved in cotton, round
numbers OuO.OOS
Making annually a waete cultivation ol 2.2v0,iM>0
Allowing l horse to cultivate 10 tc-e^save*
65,000 horses, valued at $125 each $ 6,873,000
A’low tinee hands to the plow *aves the U-
Inrof 166,000 hards *t $100, Including
ratio! a 16,500,000
Corn to feed 55.000 hortes, rt.» l lisl.els t »the
hone, is 3.500 (HM1 bushels, ul $1. 18.300,-
U00;.f Jdd*r, 1,230 lbs to the horse, is 650.
I tue same right under the law to stli and buy Th<
| as the while man. There i* one plan I would
acivUe—I would uot hire a laborer on my
farm who sold ibis bread-corn unless ho had
more than enough to supply him lor one year.
I would insert^ clause iu tho contract with
ever* laborer that no corn should be sold
from his portion of the crop uutil enough had
been laid aside under my lock aud key to find
bun until another crop whs made and gath
ered.
Millions ef bn*diels of corn are annually
squandered in this way; aud tbe tanner annu
ally makes tip this vast sq&ndenog and steal
age by Luviug it*ou credit with enormous in
terest aud charges added, to feed these same
squandering, thieving laborers. Farmers, as
sert your manhood and independence, cut
off all unnecessary expenses, reduce
your farms, plant les* laud, concentrate
yourlmannres, make a few acres well manured
produces [four-fold. Plant enough bread
stuff j yearly to find everything on your farm
bountifully, and have some left to sell the
non-producer. Raire lyoar own t»oon and , r . .urorior rffetr by th.
beef and mutton, ana have some to sell.
This is the only road to independence aud
prosperity.
tuat it well gathered and properly housed uu
der dry covers and all undt r lock and key. Feed
your owu stock, carry your keys yourself
dou t a^k any body to do anything you can do
yourself, aud you will always have fat stock.
Have a {dace for every implement, and see
that every tool is in its place. Have a shelter
for every animal, and prepare properly for sav
ing manure. Look after it daily, and don’t
leave it out exposed to the rains aud sun, keep
it in piles* under shelter and always ready for
composting. Be master ot jour own farm
and correct evils as they happen, short settle
ments tnak'.| ong friendship Keep your temper
ra planted in
1,019 bnsltels.
»qutnli-
SEWANEE COAL!
AM NOW RECEIVING MY WINTER * SUPPLY
l>*al al the old established yard, nr*r the fetat
ad Depot, e.nd will be pleased to tnrnish all in want
oad or smaller
inautity. Office for llie present at Chamberlin, Boyu-
When you gather your crops, see ton A Co.’s, corner Wnitebal'. and Hunter streets.
jy!2 osttfm JXO. F. KI WEDS. Agent.
New Advertisements.
land agency.
Att’y at Law. Dahlonega, Ga.
r. H. W.1XTAM-.
thf purpose or looklug up *u<i reporting tbe
oisaud others :nter«»Ht«*d m LANDS lyia* ia tbe
. ..untie* of Lumpkin, Dawaou, Gilmer. Fannin.
Union, Towns, Rabun and White, the condition ol
^BJsi.cb lands, the value and charterer of adverse claim#,
always if you expect to succeed at oommand-} «f there be
mg. Don’t be afiaid to demand good work.
If yon can’t have it done properly, discharge
All persons having lauds in any of the counties
above named, desiring information 10 regard to them,
I by inclosing to the undersigned at thstr office
the laborer promptly. hen von get afraid you DaULONEGA. GA . a correct statement of the nurn-
—^ ' * —|l»er, district aud section in which their lands are situ
ated. with * fee of *ix dollars, for each lot, shall have
* true report ol tbe condition of each lands, its value.
will loose a hand by demanding your dues
and give up this, that and the other duty
that (should be performed. You just then a And H’suctTpersons desire to sell, we wi i aeli
ticable, at a reasonable price, retaining
TEN TER CENT, lor the amount of such sales.
If sny litiKstion is necessary to enforce the right of
yield to his dictation aud you are not fit to them, if k
command. Be just and sciapuloo dy honest. Ti ;* rK *
If yon want to get aud k*p good Ubor. bo t
exacting in your settlements with your lebor- m addition to the foregoing. Extausiveacquaiutsi
ers, they nre igiioiailt and can’t make calcil- tha country and people gives us gtvat f.citii
ItttioaB and »re d.peod.ut on your bouc,,y ? ■
and sense of justice. I know some Isrrne. h —
that are uncommonly exacting m obedience
and labor; yet by their honesty in settlements !
have always tho pick of tho very l>< .t lai>or,
and moio than they Cdn employ . The labor
ei believes he will get »very cent due him.
and theiofore works cheer.ullv and implicitly
obeys orders. I said small farms are the
mo»t profitable, and in support of that opinio*
1 make this report oi tho crop raised by my
self, on 15 acres common pine wood laud,
from 18Gti to *7fl.
Mr. rBFsiDi'.Ni 'lhere is too great a ten
dency ftaioug the young nn n in these days to
avoid the toil and it of the farm and to j
gain a living by lighter work, and at occupa
tions that do rot s in so degrading. The
towns are crowded year alt >r year with young
men from the count! v limiting clerkships, or
anything that will avoid the plow and hoe.
Mauy times the father tries to get a more
honorable position tor lus son in the city.
Having given him a good education be
wauta him to bs a merchaut, lawyer or doctor,
or preacher. Thinks such talent should
not lost on the plow among common latx'rers.
And many ladies think it would disgrace
Plow'outfit to the bortc—collar, 6»V; hswisft.
50c; lines. 2V; bridle. Ml.'; trac**#, 75c; 3
plows, $3; plow bfH'k. $2; band, 50c; *h»w-
lug boiso 1 year, $1 -$9; 53,00) horses, at
«9«H'h
110,(00 hoes
coo,ooo lbs. fodder, at $i per hundred^... 3 960.<oo | them to marry a man that sweats and toils in
the field or iu the work«hop. This is all
wroug. la honed labor disgraceful or degra
ding, doea fine dross aud soft bands constitute
a gentleman? Do the men of flippant words
and no occupation, help to feed and clothe the
millions? God labored, twaa His hand that
made the myriad worlds aud launched th a
into tho fathomless abyss of space He made j
the ocenu nud the gurgling spring, the moan- ,
tain afld the valley, tUe elephant and the ant, j
the lion and the serpent, the fowls of the air, •
the tithes of the sea and tho trees ol the forest,
lie striped the zebra and painted tbe lilly, and j
LOOK OUT!
Great Trade Issue
ATLANTA HERALD,
1 955.030
of the responsibility f«
ing furnished tho hands tho vexatious set
tlement'i to make, and tho toil of I
body in overlooking them.
I do not mean to say that $29,000 000 is
IN.SEPTEMBER.
50,000 Copies.
port ol tU« crop., round by lujoull ou 15 ncriw I raved amnullj, but I do say lh»t 105.I>00
of oommnu piDO laud, from 180G to 187J, in- tanuds »mf tbo feed of 55,000 animal, to oulti-
vate tti. wns'e amounting to $'J3.IKK),000 »u-
mmltv onu be raved. Hut I am met with en
objeotion that tbe Urtfe pianteis heve tho lend
and t aniu, aud they must And work for their
elusive ; compuvinK each crop for the past
eight years. I have also prepared a table of
the distuucee for planting corn, tq oa which
I have oiperimnnted. In doing tbm, I have
left out the potatoes and fodder drop for two
years, because they wire not takeu account of
when boused. I believe 300 buebele would
be en under eetlmste of tbe potato crop*. I
I leavo out blnckMnilhs' hills, hammers,
exes, epadea, forks, rskea, auguis, gimleta,
nails, wagona, carts, stables for Block, fencing , — , au.uwnn. m a. .rp-r ■
and wages to over,eels; and say nothing! made man in bis owu image. And when he MPA DUINTUrLC OnLL I !
or food and cloth- ceased creating, he looked upon all hie work, -
and piononnoed it good. God created man
and 1 s little boger than the eugel-i, and give bim
dominion over all his woika, over all sheep
and oxen, the t oast of the field, tho fowl of
the air, the fishes of the sea, aud whatsoever
paNHeth through tbe paths of the sea. The
farmer daily exercises this dominion; the
horses and eattle, the fowls aud fishes come
at the sound of bis voice to get their food.—
God gave the earth to Adam as e heritage and
dominion fori himeelf aud hie seed, aud raid .
unto him; -By the sweet of thy brow thou HER
shell rat breed, end sent him forth to Ull the i
roil The counUeae generations from Adam's j eugtstr
mules, their lends are oleated and fouoed, nnd
they oan’t afford to let them lie idle. My ad-
vioe la to sell off your mules end reduce the
number ol acres to be cultivated. Cnlth
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