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OFFICE OF
The illrdgrvillc C'tairm Crop Obicrtation
AND
Statistical Department.
Mn.LEDGKVll.LE, Ga.,
May 14, 1872.
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jority of the cotton growing section ion of the general average condition
of that territory’, preventing anything 1 ’ ' !
like fair preparation.
2d. The meanness and loss of cotton
seed from rot and unaccountable causes.
3d. The terrible drought that has
caught and is holding back one-third
of the cotton crop
of the entire crop of his district. And
as it will be practicable, pleasant and
profitable for them to hold a meeting
at least once every six weeks and
discuss the crop prospects of their
district, thereby lessening the danger
of mistaken statemes ts, it shall be the
In issuing our first circular we shall 'cotton crop this month, and perhaps
endeavor, only to impress upon *,11. not imtil August, for it would be only
Agriculturists the in portance of the guess work, as all attempts at estinia-
step that has been taken bv the Airri-jtmg now are ridiculously foolish, for
cultural Society of Baldwin County.'the crop will undergo many changes
The resolutions indicate the course ere cotton opens; but of this much we
We will make no estimate of the duty of this county society to encour-
that should be pursued by all, arid al
though it may be said that planters
will not answer some of the questions
propounded we aro of the opinion that
they will.
The questions of The Farmer’s Sta
tistical Report to the Count} 7 Agricul
tural Department of his County will
require to be answered but once du-
rign each year, and we would select
this as the month for that circular to
be answered by the planters, because
everything is then under headway.—
The Statistical information will be of
great value to this Department?.
The Monthly Crop Observation Re
port Circular we have adopted for the
county of Baldwin as given, and the
form which we herewith present we
would advise all other counties of our
State to adopt for the monthly report
system. The planter will notice a set
of squares opposite each day of the
month, for Rain,{Sturm, Commenced to
Chop Cotton, First Ploughing. Sup
pose he has a fine rain on Thursday the
26th, if it is a full season he will sim
ply place the straight mark 1 in the
square for rain. If he has 3 4ths
enough, he puts down 3-4 or \ or 1-4,
as the case may be ; if b storm he puts
W. for wind and H. for hail—a mark
for the day he commences to chop cat-
ton—and the same for first ploughing.
The questions that are asked for
May do not apply to Juue; the ques
tions will be different, made so neces
sarily by the changes of each month.
The County District Report is also
intended for a monthly report, and tlit
questions put to the Presidents of the
Sub Clubs will vary as much as those
required of each farmer by the Month
ly Crop Observation Report. By read
ing the resolutions over carefully, the
ideas of this department will be fully
acquired.
It is the duty that every planter over
the entire South owes to himself and
all those who are occupied and intei-
ested as he himself is.
The advantages of the information
intended to be gathered by this depart
ment will be invaluable to the planter.
There is no reckoning its worth, il
this idea is a success ; and it must be
remembered that this Department is
beaded by planters and established by
planters—the. onhj one that is so.
We are going to aim at the indepen
dence of the planter, for we believe
that witli our class unfettered this
country wiil make rapid strides on to
wealth.
We intend with this Department
to convince the planter that he must
raise his corn ai d hay at home and not
rely upon a foreign market. Show us
a country where bread is cheap and
real estate valueless ! and we will sa\
no more. Show us a country where
. bread is high and real estate valuable !
and we will say no more.
We desire to keep planters posted
as nearly os possible regarding the cot
ton crop and the probable condition o!
the market. In other words we wish
to keep the planter informed concern
ing the supply of and demand for cot
ton.
Merchants too will be benefitted by
this information, as well as the planter
for they have, as a general rule, no infor
mation to go by, and frequently from
a false fright will sacrifice a planter’s
cotton, ft isneedlessto refer to 1S67.
and speak of the thousands who sacri
ficed their crops. The past season is
itself another illustration, and when
cotton reaches its highest point for
the month of June there will be many
a wish that “ I had just held on.”
For the month of May this Depart
ment has a gloomy .cotton prospect to
report for Georgia.
From the 1st of January up to about
the 1st of April the continuous fall of
rain has prevented anything like fair
preparation, except in portions ol
North Georgia, which were blessed
with a fair opening season. But from
Atlanta to the sea coast the planters
have been compelled to plant the
larger portion of their crop very late,
and in consequence of the excessive!}
dry weuther a great portion of
cotton has not yet come up.
We estimate that from one-third to
one-half of the cotton planted in mid
dle Georgia has yet to come up. From
some portions of South-west Georgia
we have news thut is rather more
cheering, but the average prospect ol
that section is not so good as that of
middle Georgia.
Had it not been for the scarcity of
cotton seed the cotton acreage of North
west Georgia would have been largely
increased, but the loss of seed from rot,
&c., prevented the increase. Had the
seasons been propitious, and cotton
seed plentiful, there would undoubted
ly have been an increase in the acreage
of this State but we hear from differ
ent counties that many planters have
not yet (May 13th) finished planting;
and cases are not exceptional where
not a single seed has been put in the
ground; consequently there is a de
crease in the acreage of this State, and
we estimate it at at least 3 per cent.
Of the cotton up, that on the red
clay lands is looking very well general
ly, but ou the gray sandy land, where
the arouth continues, the plants are
dying, and with no seed to replant
with, the stand is being lost.
The seed that have not yet come up
will do 60 where they were not defec
tive when sown, as soon as it ruins, but
the cotton will be thrown weeks be
hind.
From the best information that we
liBve at present we learn that nearly
the same state of affairs continues to
the Mississippi river. West of the
Mississippi the prospect for a cotton
crop is considered much better.
The important features of the crop
as it stands at present are,
1st. The wet weather east of the
Mississippi, which extended over a ma-
have made up our mind, that the pres
ent outlook is a very bad oDe for a
large cotton crop.
We shall say nothing of the corn
crop in this circular, save advising
planters from middle Georgia south to
plant all that they can up to the 1st
of June.
The w heat crop of this State pre
sents an excellent appearance, and it
is really wonderful that it should do so
in Cherokee, Georgia, when it is con
sidered how very inferior their seed
wheat was. Cockle, however, is over
abundant in the wheat of that section
this year; but the crop prospect is
fine. Clover will become the great
fertilizer of Cherokee, Georgia; its
effects on wheat where it was turned
under previous to the fall sowing is
really magnificent. The farmers of
Cherokee, Georgia, are rapidly acqui
ring that courage necessary to enable a
man to turn under a green crop, which
the farmers further south have yet to
gain. We are anxious to see the wasted
ied lands of middle Georgia redeemed,
and there is no doubting the efficacy of
clover as a regenerator. Some sec
tions are perceiving this, and have
• onimeticed the good work in a small
way. A man travelling through mid
dle Georgia frequently hears some man
<ay “ 1 wish I lived in a grain coun
try.”
Middle Georgia is as good a grain
and grass country as there is on the
face of this earth, and the only reason
thai it is not seen to be so, is because
no planter turns his attention that
way. There are enough ewamp mead
ows in each county ol middle Georgia
to more than supply its want of long
forage, if they were only attended to,
and that too with a hay that is indig
enous.
Upon our pine lands more attention
should be paid to crops of barley, oats
and rye. We must all strive to render
bread cheap, and thus increase the
value of our lands by-bringing them
into demand. Cheap bread causes
giowth of population, builds up facto
ries, lor manufacturers are drawn by
a, and makes the price of land high.
As it is, our real estate is worse than a
frag upon the market.
N. McGEHEE, President.
R. N. Lamar, ) Tr .
TUI- > Vi
J. H. r URMAN, )
P. S. Blanks for Fanners Monthly Report per linn-
dred copies, .f:i 00. For the Statistical Report per
hundred. t', • 0. For the Monthly District Report per
hundred $2 00. For the Monthly Circular from the
( ouuty Department per hundred, 00.
By reference to the above it will be seen that the
cost ot conducting this State and County Agricultural
Crop Observation Department wilt not exceed $25
or each month, so tar as the cost ot getting out blanks
is concerned. If Agiicultural Societies desire this De-
■fn-tment to furnish blanks, they can get them at
prices given above, which are at cost
r ice Presidents.
ago and request them to do so ; and
further the sub clubs can give infor
mation of all freedmen that may own
and cultivate land in their districts.
Sec. 7th. Be ii further Resolved, That
the President and Vice Presidents sha'l
correspond with all of the County Ag-
ductiou, even if you exclude from the
calculation the rent of the land, inter
est on money invested in stock and
implements, and any compensation for
the planter’s time. Betting at thim
ble-rig or roulette, would be a prefer
able way to throw away money. Loss
would be inevitable in both cases, but
betting on the “little joker” would
produce it rapidly, while the cotton
game takes eight or nine months of
wearing anxiety and constant toil be
fore the ruin is made manifest.
A recent visit to many plantations,
in different parts of the country, has
impelled me to write this communi
W. F. BROWN.
GEO. C. BROWN.
BROWN HOUSE
}
MACON, GEORGIA,
Opposite Passenger Depot,
W* F. BROWS & CO., - Proprietors,
SUCCESSORS TO E. E. BROWN & SON
This large and popular Hotel, elegantly furnished throughout, will still be found unsurpassed in point of
ricultural Societies of the State of j cation. I do not know when I have
Georg a for the purpose of obtaining i been so thoroughly disheartened as to
from each one a like statistical report, j the future of our country. I have en-
and shall urge the establishment of a
Crop Observation and Statistical De
partment. in each county of this State,
so that this Department, being central
ly located may gather monthly from
each county statistical and crop obser
vation reports; in return for which this
Department shall issue an aggregate re
port monthly,and dispatch the same to
every County Agricultural Society or
Department in this State.
Sec. 8th. Be it. further Resolred, That
the President and Vice Presidents of
this Department shall communicate
with all the cotton growing States and
impress upon them the necessity for
like organizations, thus enabling, if es
tablished, the Central Departments of
Observation, &c., of each State to ex
change aggregate monthly reports,
thereby enabling an estimate of the
entire cotton crop of the South, thus
keeping planters advised monthly of
the condition of the crop during the
growing season and enabling an ap
proximation of same at the close.
Sec. 9th. Be it further Resolved, That,
realizing as we do the immense im
portance ot the foreign cotton crops,
it shall also be the duty of the Presi
dent and Vice Presidents to impress
upon the Agricultural Department at
Washington, D. C., the importance of
publishing monthly reports of the
cotton crops of India, Brazil and Egypt,
and also to obtain and publish the ca
pacity, and the amount of cotton con
sumed by all factories engaged in
working up cotton in the United States
and Europe, and to send said reports
to the Central Crop Obseivation and
Statistical Departments of each State,
which in case of this Department shall
return the aggregate report of this
State to the Agricultural Department
at Washington.
Sec. 10th. Be it further Resolved,
That this Society do, through our del
egates to the State Agricultural Con
vention, impress upon them the im
portance of the step we have taken
and request that the Millcdgeville Cen
tral Crop Observation and Statistical
Department be adopted officially by
the Georgia State Agricultural Con
vention.
From tbe Farm and Homo.
Letter from John Flowhandles-
REVIVAL OF THE COTTON MANIA-
MANURE QUESTION.
-THE
A Resolution establishing the Milledgc-
ri/le Crop Observation and Statistical
Pipaitment of Baldwin County, and
for the State of Georgia, by the Agri
cultural Society of Baldwin County.
Whereas, This Society believes
that it is a matter of vital importance
lor the farmers to be kept posted as
regards the condition ot the crops
and most especially the cotton crop,
from the beginning of each year to
its ending, thereby enabling them to
reason intelligently as to the state of
the market, and how to dispose ol
their crops ; and also believing sta
ristical information of farms under the
present system of free labor will be
valuable information, as showing the
advantages and disadvantages, the
profits or loss, attending the system,
•md thus enabling the farmers of this
country to understand and combat all
disadvantages.
Be. it resolved by this Society, That we
do hereby establish a Crop Observa
tion and Statistical Department of
Baldwin County, and for the State of
Georgia, to be known as the Mil-
ledgevilie Central Crop Observation
and Statistical Department of Bald
win County, and for the State of Geor
gia, with the following rules and reg
ulations.
Section 1st. Be it Resolved, That
this Department shall consist of one
President, two Vice Presidents, and a
the | Secretary and Treasurer.
Sec. 2d. Be it further Resolved, That
tlie President and Vice Presidents shall
be elected by this Society and shall
hold office during the term of four
years, and until their successors shall
be chosen, and shall have such salaries
as shall be judged proper by the Soci
eties.
Sec. 3d. Be it further Resolved, That
the President and Vice Presidents shall
have the right to select and appoint
the Secretary and Treasurer, and com
bine or separate the offices as they
may deem proper, and in all cases
where there is a disagreement between
the Vice Presidents the President shall
have a right to decide by casting bis
vote.
Sec. 4th. Be it further Resolved, That
it shall be the duly of the President
and Vice Presidents to issue a month
ly circular containing information ob
tained in each month of the year from
the members of this Agricultural So
ciety and all farmers of this County.
Said information shall consist of, as
nearly as possible, an exact statistical
report of the condition of their farms
and of their crops from the commence
ment of each year, through the grow
ing season to the ending of the year.
Sec. oth. Be it further Resolved, That
the records piven in to this department
by each planter of this county shall
not be open to public inspection.
Sec. 6 th. Be it further Resolved, That
for the purpose ol carrying out the
proposed plan, the farmers of each
county district be constituted into
sub farmers clubs, with presidents;
said farmers clubs being subordinate
to the County Agricultural Society;
and that said members of said clubs,
being neighbors, encourage friendly
visiting whenever practicable, thus
Mr. Editor.—From all I see and
read in the papers, I am satisfied that
the Southern planters have bought
commercial fertilizers as generally and _
almost as largely this spring as they j e< ^> wotJ M have been equal in value to
deavored to cherish a belief in the
good sense of our people, and that,
though we may be temporarily lead
astray, we will certainly return to the
path of prudence. But I regret to
own that this faith is greatly shaken
by my recent observations. On every
place I visited, the out-houses were
crammed to repletion with commer
cial fertilizers. In one or two instan
ces, these had been bought for cash,
at prices varying from $60 to $70 per
ton, involving an average outlay of,
say, $3000 ; but, in the great majori
ty of cases, these fertilizers had been
bought “on time, - ’ 20 to 24 per cent,
being added to the prices for the “ac
commodation" 1 (?) and the payment se
cured by a factor’s acceptance, for
which the unhappy planter agreed to
pay 1J to 2J per cent, a month for the
advance, giving a lien on the crop
stock, etc., to make the factor safe.—
Now, I ask, Mr. Editor, what business
on earth can stand this ? If these
planters could certainly raise a bale of
cotton on every acre they plant, and
sell every lock of the cotton at 22
cents per pound, the operation would
ruin them. But they will not be per
suaded. They are joined to their idols,
and they will neither hear, see or un
derstand anything but a big crop, “to
pay them out ol debt and leave a little
over.”
On none of these places where I saw
and smelt these hundreds of sacks of
commercial manure, did I see the
slightest effort made to save home
made manure- I saw no manure pit,
no shed to shelter it from the rain and
sun, no drains in tfie stables to carry
off and collect the liquid manure in a
suitable place, no absorbents in the
stalls—nothing but a pile of manure
which had been thrown out of a win
dow of the stables during the winter,
where, every time it rained the real
manure of the heap was washed away
and nothing left but. a pile of worth
less rubbish. In my inquiry why this
manure was not properly saved and
sheltered, why means were not em
ployed to save the liquid manure, why
absorbents—straw, muck, sawdust,
sand—w r ere not used in the stables,
and why the manure was left so as
only to rot the stable, I received but
one answer : “We have not time for
ail that.” I asked what was going to
be done with the pile ef leached ma
nure, and was told : “If we have
time, we intend to put what is not us
ed in the garden, on a corn patch not
far from the stable.” Here was a pita
ot manure, which it properly preserv
elegance and comfort by any Hotel in the South.
March 21. 1871.
34 lyr
FURNITURE.
W. & J. CARAKER.
MASONIC HILL.
T HE undersigned keep oiir.rtantly on hand a com
plete assortment of FURNITURE, consisting in
pari of
Bureaus, Looking-Glasses, Tables,
SOME FINE MARBLE-TOP; CRIBS,
Chairs, Bedsteads and Matresses
Of All Sizes and Styles.
They alto haYe some handsome BED ROOM SETTS,
Cheap for Cash.
Repairing of Furniture and I’pholtlering
Dane te Order on Short Notice.
BURIAL CASES.
All ttyles of Wood and Me-alic Ilurial Cases and
Caskets always on hand.
Wagons, Buggies,
And Carriages Tor. Sale.
Repairing Done in the Most Substan
tial Manner and best Style,
AT THE LOWEST FIGURES.
Also, Wagon and Buggy Harness for
for Sale.
Also material for Carriage maker* and
Repairer*.
Ready-Made Wagon and Buggy
Wheels Always on Hando
Also Doors, Sash and Blinds.
RTW. guarantee
Give or * call.
low pi ices and Good Work.
Milledgaville, Jan 10, 1872
W. Sc J. CARAKER.
24 ly
ICE! ICE!!
T HE undersigned T>’spectfully informs the citi
zen* of Milledgeville,that he has opened an lo
House at his store under the Hotel, and wiil *c!
lee at 2 cents per pound, by tickets to tb
amount of one dollar and upward.
For the accommodation of my customers, I wil.
sell also on Sandays from 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to
5 ’ P M |J. R. DANIEL.
Milledgeville, April, 30 40 tf*
several tons of the commercial manure,
and which with a little trouble could
did in that of 1S70. Twenty one
cents a pound for cotton has brought
back tbe big-crop mania, and they are , ^ ave been made three or four times as
evidently going in for another bigerop i ^ ar 8 e * absolutely wasted, while
which is t« “pay them out of debt and | heavy expenditure was incurred to pro
leave a little something over.” If you
or I were to tell uiem that they are
only going to toil and sweat, and fume
to raise a crop to make Mr. Sandy,
Mr. Merry man, Air. Whann, Mr. Coe
and the crowd of fertilizer makers
rich ; to pay their factors and mer
chants 2-J per cent, a month on advan
ces, besides the 50 pet cent, profit up
on the goods sold, and leave them
selves poorer and more dependent than
they are to day—they would tell you
that we are fools, incapable of taking !}
vide a substitute of inferior value and
utility.
To my earnest remonstrances against
this reckless waste, the only answer
was, the alleged impossibility of ma
king free negroes perform the work of
saving, hauling and spreading manure.
I cannot accept this excuse because it
is not the truth. The real reason is
that we are too lazy ourselves to su
perintend and watch the Of oration,
and prefer to spend our money or go
in debt for the commercial manures.
advantage ot the situation, and want- • j 08 * 7 as we prefer to live in town, wear
ing that enterprise which is essential to ^ ne c l°fb^8, drive fast horses, give ex-
su-cess in any business and particular-1 P en s've entertainments, and go into
ly that of a planter. “Cotton is never j 8 ® c * e ty, leaving the management of our
going to fall agnin below from 18 to
25 cents a pound.
tion in America and in the old world
is growing so rapidly that a crop of
6,000,000
places to overseers, and then wonder
The coosump- ■ a ^ end of the year that planting
■ : has not been profitable.
It is quite true that planting with
bales would not overstock I ^ ree negroes is much more vexatious,
the market.” “Look at the crop of! more ditficult and disagreeable than it
IS71-2, upward of 3,500,000 bags, tbe j was in the g°<* d old times, and it is al
PLATT BROTHERS
HAVE RECEIVED
THEIR TALL STOCK
OF
JCTZH* w
FURNITURE,
And are opening it daily for inspection. It co*»
prists all of the
LATEST STTLBS
AND PATERNS OF
Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room
AND
OFFICE FURNITURE,
FROM THE HIGHEST GRADE TO
THE LOWES T,
And consists of every article of Furniture required
to furnish a house or office complete.
All of which we off^r at prices LOWER THAN
EVER OFFERED BEFORE.
Call and examine at our Wareroom*.
919 sind 914 BKOAD STKKF.T,
AUGUSTA. GAt
Nov. 29, 1871. IStiir.
PHILADELPHIA
Ornamental Iron Works!
ROBERT WOOD.
THOS. S ROOT.
ROBERT WOOD & CO.,
1136 Kidge Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
FOUNTAINS, FLOATING SWANS,
vases, frogs,
STATUARY, W ATER LILIES,
DUCKS. TURTLES, Ac,
for Decorating Fountain*.
VERANDAHS, SUMMER HOUSES,
ARBORS, CHAIRS, SETTEES, Ac., Ac.
New Style Wronght-Zron Railing
tur Front of House and Cemeteries. Never beiore
introduced.
Cast and Wronght-Zron Railings,
for Public Building* and Square*, Cemetery Lots,
Garden Fences, Balconies, Roof Cresting*, etc., in
great \aiiety of Patterns.
Zron Stairs,
Spiral and Straight, ot various Patterns and Styles.
Special Attention ^iven this class of woik.
Lamp Posts,
for fronts of Public Buildings, Hotels, and City Streets,
of Plain and Elaborate Designs.
Stable Fittings,
of Cast and Wrought-Iron, of Netr Improved Styles,
■<uch as Hay Racks, S all Divisions, Mangers, Har-
.iess Bracket*, Gutters, Traps, Ventilators, Ac.
Wire Work,
of every description. Wire Guard., of Crimped Wir*,
Galvanized or Painted, in Plain or Ornamental Pat
terns, for Store Doors and Windows. Factory and
Warehouse Windows, Railings for Offices, Banks.
Counter Railings, Balconies, Lawn and Farm Fences,
Ac., Ac.
Gates,
for entrance to Cemeteries, Public Square, and Gen
tlemen’s Country Seat, ot Gas Tubing or Wropglit-
Iron, both single and double, in elaborate and simple
desigus.
Drinking Fountains,
for street uses A very large assortmeut of designs
expressly tor this purpose.
Cast-Zron Urinal Dozes,
for Public Park, and City Stieeta.
Oval Vases,
Latest Styles, Centennial Pattern.
Bitching Posts,
Jockey, Coolie, Sambo, and plain designs.
April 10, 1871. 37 6m
price now 22 to 23 cents a pound, and
rising to 25 or 30 cents.” That is
what you will hear on all sides, if you
remonstrate against “going in” for au-
other“big crop” like that of 1S70-1,
and if you doubt your ears, your eyes
will show you sheafs of lien-receipts
mortgaging crop, mules, land, stock,
furniture, everything! to secure advan
ces of money and provisions at 2£ to
3 per cent, a month, to secure the
payment of the means employed in
making this expected big crop. And
if your eyes and ears fail to convince
you, your nose will afford you indis
putable proof that ammonia has been
let loose over the whole land from tens
of thousands of sacks of “compounds,”
sold at an average of $70 per ton, ex
clusive of freight, coat in time and
money of hauling, and interest where
the cash is not paid. The atmos
phere at the railroad depots all over
the"country is absolutely stifling from
the force and variety of the conflicting
stenches which these compounds emit.
All this proves that we are “going in
deep” for another “big crop.” God
help us ! for we certainly are unable
to help ourselves. With the sure and
legitimate means of securing indepen
dence, ease and prosperity within our
reach, we deliberately reject them,
and madly rush upon a course which
must inevitably lead ua to bankruptcy
and ruin.
I dojiot wish to be understood as
being opposed to the use of the com
mercial fertilizers, or as condemning
them indiscriminately as worthless.—
On the contrary, 1 strongly recom
mend their judicious use, and believe
that many of them are valuable,though
none are intrinsically worth what the
manufacturers charge for them. But
I have no language at command, which
is strong enough to express my con
demnation of the practice of borrow
ing money at 30 to 40 per cent, per
annum, to buy manures at exorbitant
prices to raise a crop which will not
so tiue that it is less profitable. But
if we would only persuade ourselves
that it must receive our attention as a
merchant, a lawyer, a banker attends
to his business, and if we would agree
to give it this attention, we should
soon find it much more profitable, less
vexatious, and more agreeable than i
is now. The first great reform that
would result from the intelligent su
pervision of the planter would be in
collecting and preserving manure.—
His example would be followed by his
humbler and less-enlightened neigh
burs, and instead of the fruits of a year’s
labor being drained from the country
to fill the pockets of the guano ma
kers, who sell us at immense profits a
crop stimulant rather than a manure
we should save our money, escape
debt, and improve our lands. But I
have little hope for the Southern
planters so long as they labor under
the lamentable delusion of every other
i industry, and no matter at wbat ex
pense, is the only agency by which
our prostrated fortunes can be restored
While this hallucination lasts, the ma
nure pile will “blush unseen and w’aste
its sweetness” outside the stable win
dow, and the spring air will reek with
the disgusting and expensive extract
of a thousand stenches.
John Plowhandles
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Telegraph office and Railroad Ticket office connec
ted with tbe Hotel.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Proprietor.
Sept 25, 1*71. y tf
LAMER HOUSE.
w. BINSWAX«EK, Proprietor.
Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia.
enabling each planter to form an opio-l bring* two-thirdi ot tbe coat of pro* 39 3t]
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sient a* well a* permanent Boarders. Persons wi
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th* season, from tirst markets, and can be surpaese
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October 18.1870. |o Bm
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE,)
Atlantic A Villi' Kuilroad >
Savannah, Dec. 8, 1871. j
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY. DECEMBER 10
Passenger Traius on this Koad will run as foi
iows:
EXPRES9 PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah daily 5.00 p. m
Vrrive at Jesup (Junction M. Sl B. R. li.) doily8.H0 p. m
\rrive at Baiobridge daily 7.35 a.
Arrive at Albany
Arrive at Live Oak.. * .
Arrive at Jacksonville
Leave Jacksonville “
.eave Live Oak “
eieave Albany “
Leave Baiobridge “
.leave Jesup “
Vrrive at Savannah “
Through to Jacksonville ■
...... ...835 a. m.
....3.10a, m.
......7,50 a. m
8.30 p, m.
1.15 a. m
.....7.30 p. in,
8 20 p. in.
- 8.25 s. m.
..11.25 a. in.
rithout change
R. R. R,
ItlDRMI’S RE1D1 RELIEP
CERES THE WORST PAINS.
In from One to Twenty Minute*.
NOT ONE HOUR
after reading ibis ailveriiseuieni need any one
SUFFER WITH PAIN.
BAD WAY'S READY RELIEF IS A CURE FOB
EVERY PAIN.
It was tbe first and is
TBE ONLY FAXnr BEWFFDT
that innlnnfly stops the most excruciating pau, t , *|.
lays li.fiutnuialiuns, and cun-s Congestions, whetnsr
ot ihe Lungs, Stomach, Bowels, or other glands or or-
gan*. bv one application.
IN FROM ONE TO TWENTY MINUTES,
no matter how violent or excruciating the pain the
RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden, infirm, Crippled, Nervous,
Neuralgic, or prostrated with disease may suffer,
Radway’s Ready Relief
biu- AFFORD INSTANT EASE
INFLAMMATION of THE KIDNEYS.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS
CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS
SORE THROAT, DIFFICULT BREATHING
PALPITATION OF THE HEART
HYSTERICS. CROUP, DIPTHERU
CATARRH,INFLUENZA
HEADACHE, TOOTHACHE,
NEURALGIA, RHEUMATISM
COLD CHILLS, AGUE CHILLS.
The application of the Beady Belief to the part
or oarts where the pain or riitiicuity exists will afford
ease and comfort.
Tweuty drops in a half tumbler of water will in a
few n.omi-nts cure CRAMPS, SPASMS, SOUR
STOMACH, HEARTBURN, SICK HEADACHE
DIARRHEA. DYSENTERY. COLIC, WIND 1Ji
THE BOWELS, ana all INTERNAL PAINS
Travelers should always carry a bott.e or Bad
ways's Beady Belief wrih them. A lew drops in
water will prevent sickness or pain from change of
water. It is better than French Brandy or Bitters as
a stimulant.
FEVER AND AGUE.
FEY EK AND AGUE cured for fifty t ents. Thera
is not a remedial agent in this world that wiil eur*
Fever and Ague, and all other Malarious, Bilious,
Scarlet. Typhoid, Yellow, and other Fevers (aided by
RADWAY’S PILLS) and so quick as RADWAY’S
READY RELIEF. Fifty cents per bottle.
Health! IScauty!
STRONG AND PURE RICH BLOOD—IN
CREASE OF FLESH AND WEIGHT—CLEAR
SKIN AND BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION SE
CURED TO ALL.
DR. RADWAY’S
Sarsaparillian Resolvent
HAS MADE THE MOST ASTONISHING CURES
SO QUICK. SO RAPID ARE THE CHANGES
THE BODY UNDERGOES. UNDER 'IHE IN
FLUENCE OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL
MEDICINE THAT
tiwery Day an Increase in Flesh
and Weight is Seen and Felt*
THE QBEAT BLOOD FURIFIER.
Every drop of the SARSAPARILLA RESOLV
ENT communicates through the Blood, Sweat, Urine,
and other fluhts and juices of the system the vigor
of life, for it repairs the wastes of the body with new
and sound material. Scrofula, Syphi is. Consumption,
Glandular disease. Ulcers in the throat, Mi.u'li Tu
mors, Nodes in the Glands and other parts ot the sys
tem, Sore Eyes, Strumorous discharge;- from the ears,
and the worst forms of Skin diseases, Eruptioi s. Fever
Sores. Scald Head. Ring Wot in, Salt Rheum. Erysi-
uilas, Acme, Black Spots, VVoims n the Flesh, Tu
mors, Cancers in the Womb, and al! weakness and
painful discharges. Night Sweats, Loss ol Sperm and
all wastes of the life principle, are within the enrativs
range of this wonder of Modem Chemistry, and a few
lays use will prove to any person using it for either of
these forms of disease it* poteut power to cure them.
Not only does the SARSAPARILLIAN RESOLV
ENT exees all known remedial egents in the cuts of
Chronic Scrofulous, Constitutional and Skin diseases
Out it is the only positive cure for
DR. RIDH’AY’S
Perfect Purgative Pilli,
>erfect!y tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum,
purge, regulate, purify, c cause, and strengthen. Rad-
ways pi l», for the cure of all dn-ordt-rs of the Stomach,
Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Disease,
Headache, Constipation, Costiveness, indigestion. Dys
pepsia, Biliousness, Bilious Fever, Inflammation of
he Bowels, Piles, and all derangement of the Inter
nal Viscera. Warranted to effect a positive cure.
Purelv Vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals,
>r deleterious drug*.
A lew doses ot RADWAY'S PILLS will free th*
rystem from all tbe above named disorders. Price
.-5 cents per Box. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
READ “ FALSE AND TRUE.” Send one letter-
-tamp to KADW'AY & CO, No. 87 Maiden Lane,
New York. Information worth thousands will b*
lent you.
July 5,1871. 49 ly
VINECAR BITTERS
No change of cars betweeu S.tvat nah and Albany
Cloae connection at Baldwin with trains on Florid
tailroad to and from Fernaudina and Cedar Keya.
Sleeping car on thii train.
Close conneeti n at Albany with traius on Sonth-
•veBtern Railroad.
Passengers to and from Branwick make close cot
lection with this train-
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
Leave Savannah (-Sunday*excepted) at.... 11.00 pm
Vrrive at Jesup
Arrive at Albany “
Arrive at Live Oak “
Arrive at Tallahassee 1
Arrive at Jacksonville
Leave Jacksonville “
Leave Tallahassee “
Leave Like Oak “
Leave Albany •*
Leave Jesup
M<0PtRT|ES?-A PLEASANT DRINK
Tb*** Bitter* are puauiwly mvaluable m
diseases.:,eruptions.
They purify the system, *nd will cure
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers,
NERVOUS DI-SOKES.tn/EftCOMPLAINT
and are a preventive of Chill* and Fever.
i ofAjESOHHE kioney&bladdep
All yield to their powerful efficacy.
s^lCOju fuRTHC MENTAL ORGANIZATION
»aa antidote to change of Water and Diet.
'HEY WILL RESTOREYOUTHfULVICOR
to tb* wasted frame, and correct all
IRREGULARITY 0FTHE BOWEL'
Will save days of suffering to the tick, and
'RES NEVER WELL PEOPLE
4.00 a m
.... 8 10 p m
12.55 p m
-•*• 5.25 p m
.... 6.00 p m
.... 8.30 p m
....8.45 a m
.... 1 55 pm
7.10 am
.... 10.45 p m
Arrive at Savannah, (Mondays exe'd) 2 45 a m
This is the only train making close connection at
Live Oak for statious on J. P. A M. R. R. westof Live
Oak.
Close connection at Albany with trains on South
western Railroad.
Both the above trains make close connection at Jes-
up with traius to and from Macon, for and from Fiorida-
MACON PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah (Sundays excepted) at ....7.00 p m
Arrive at Jesup “ “ ....10,20 pm
Arrive at Macon (Mondays excepted) 6.5o a m
Leave Macon (Sundays excepted) ....830 p m
Leave Jesup (Mondays excepted) ....5,00 am
Arrive at Savannah (Mondays excepted) ....8.00 a m
Close connection at Macon both ways with Macon
and Western Railroad trains to and from Atlanta.
H. S. HAINES, Gen l Snpt.
upt.
2 7tl
Tax Notice.
0«>. Ax' U, Ban frtai-ti* Cil.. ul Ti and I
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their Wonder
ful Curative Effect*. They are not a vile Fancy
Brink,made of Poor Rum, Whlnkey,Proof Spirit*,
and Refuse Liquors, doctoreu, epiced, and sweetened to
please the taste, called “Tonics,” “ Appeti2er3,*’ “Restor-
er«, ,, die., that lead the tippler on tu drunkenness and ruin,
but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots and
herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimu
tant*. They are th*“ GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER
nd A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect
Renovator and Invigorator of the System, carrying off ail
poisonous matter and restoring tho blood to a healthy condi
tion. No person can take these Bitters according to directions,
and remain long unwell, provided their bones are not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital or
gana waited beyond the point of repair.
Theyure a Gentle Purgative n* well nsaTonic,
possessing also the peculiar merit of acting a* a powerful
agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver,
and all the Vuoeral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in yonng
or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at
the turn of life, these Tonio Bitters have no equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheumatism
and Gout, Dyapcpsia, or Indigestion, Billion*,
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Disease* of
the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder,these Bit
ters have been most successful. Huch Disease* aro
caueed by Yitiated Blood, which is generally produced
by derangement of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA or INDIGESTION, Headache, P*in
in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dixsine**,
Botir Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Month.
Billions Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart. Inflammation of
the Lungs, Pain in the regions of the Kidneys, and a hun
dred other painful symptoms are the offsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy
in cleansing the blood of all impurities, end imparting new
life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR »KIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimple*, Pustules, Boils, Carbun
cles, Ring-worms. Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch,
Bcurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors, and Diseases of
the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally dug np
and carried out of the system in a short time by the use of
these Bitters. One bottle in such cases will convince the
most incredulous of their curative effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon find its impari
ties bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or
Bores: cleanse it when you find it obstructed and sluggish in
the veins; cleanse it when it ie foul, and your feelings will
tell you when. Keep the blood pur*, and the health of the
system will follow.
Pl«, Tape, and ether Warms, lnrkingin the system
of so many thousands.are effectually destroyed and removed.
Bays a distinguished physiologist, there is scarcely an indi
vidual upon the face of the earth whose body is exempt from
the presence of worms. It is not upon the healthy elements
of the body that worms exist, but upon the diseased humors
and slimy deposits that breed these living monsters of dis
ease. No system ef Medicine, no vermifuges, no anthel-
minties, will free the system from worms like these Bitters.
BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. B. H. MCDONALD * CO.,
Druggists and General Agents, flan Francisco, California,
and M and Si Commerce Street. New York*
4*»»i iu Kimtjugevnie oy juaiN M. CLARK,
Dnimcut ,, .
May 31, 1871. **
Th* grand Fa
, for *11 tbe ilia of life.
T h r .0NE1. BOTTLE
ne Mari
OF *
8KRHH
PHYSICIANS THERE,
PRESCRIBE IT D(
THEIR
__ menu
Bitter* i
19 ly
JYILL commence receiving the TAX RETURNS
I OF BALDWIN COUNTY lor the year 1872, at
the Post Office in Millcdgeville on M'.nday, April lat,
1872, where I will be in attendance eeery day, except
when attending to Ihe County Dietiicts, until June
30th, 1872, at which time the books will be closed.
The following appointment* are announced for the
County Diatric-ta:
32lat Diatrict—Monday April 8th, Tuesday April lfith.
W’edne'dny. May lat.
322d District—Tuesday, April 9th, Wednesday, April
J7i(i, Thursday, Afay 2d.
319th District—Wednesday, April 10th, Thursday,
April 13tli. Friday, May 3d.
318th Ctistrict—'Thursday, April 11th, Friday, April
19th, Monday, May 6th.
115th Dia'rict—Friday, April 12tb, Monday, April
22d, Tuesday, May 7th
I05th Diatriot—Monday, April 15th, Tneaday, April
23d, Wednesday, May 8th.
JOSIAS MARSHALL, R T. R.
Apr!' 3, 1873. 86 3m
Job Work neatly executed at
this office.
CAKRIAGE AND WAGON
M ESSRS. PARKER 4r COLLINS are now ready
to make or repair all kinds ot Y’ehirlesiua man
ner unsui passed in this country, and at the Lowest
rates. They are also prepared to do
All Sind* of Plantation Work,
Such as making, pointing and Sharpening Plows, an
Blacksmithing generally.
They guarantee satisfaction in all work in their line,
and resnectfully aak a trial.
IV Agent* for Preston’s Guano Distributor an
Seed Planter.
Milledgeville, Jan. 12,1872. 2o ly
Carriage Shop,
G EO. A. GARDNER announces to the public that
h« has opened a shop opposite the sl op formerly
occupied by R E- Gardner, where he will carry on
the bnsinei of mannfactnring ar.d repairing any and
all kind* of vehicles. Particular attention will be
paid to tbe
Doing Vp of Carriage*. Retrimming-.
Ac., Ac.
Satisfaction will be given both in materials, durability
and in priest.
Milledgeville, Ga., Ja« 19,1873, V Ij