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Newspaper Page TextB'fffc liri’.- 1 ’’ • >i -" ill* ami Prop’r I \K 29.1882. f( i;-. uim-jy. $2 oo i ■ ■' i <»u 75 ;;;;;;;;; io AINBRIDGE knr. c i n:> and bulks. . rt. 1 at $2per square *. ’ j -l i .,r each sulwe- , cli l lines of this type. „ will, contract a'lverti- Hn-,» »re ?15 per ‘ r^nmitn. local notices ' jji iu! ns are subject to j .,-r- wlm desire llieir ad- I. must give us two il ertisrments, unless othcr- f ' ct will be changed f V •, irv notices, tributes of Jr kin 1 ■'.-•i notices, charged ! Wtfi .. .„ Ms t ta!;c the run of the u "| .attract to keep them ^inents'tor candidates arc $10, if hc-Joatbe appearance of the ney will be coU ; 1 I * v tin proprietoi. , ji,, r ,.->tly to the a hove rules, , * rtffuin them under no circum- ;S d- rieuFKSSlONA L. W. M. HARWELL, r t,ey At Law, jltiMaanuBi <Ik' t’.iiiA. .f.amd at McGill's office. AH [ r ,it-listed to his care will receive Coilccliotis a specialty. |l. |W\!—fun. MEDICAL CARD, j IK. j, N i c h o I s eft), L.oc.l to Twilight, Miller conn- I.. , office in J- 8. tuition’s p feb.9,’82. MEDICAL CARD. E . J . Morgan p.vel his office to the drug store, |r oo-iipird by l>r. Murrell. Resi- , Wot street, south of Shotwell, ,11, at night will reach him. CHARLES C. BUSH, oinpy at Law nil.qL’ITT. GA. hit c ’ mi (oven to nil business en- DENTI3TRY. '.Curry, D. D. S., | he found daily tit his office on South eree’. up sfulrs, in E. Johnson’s L, where lie io ready to attend to the I of the jmhlic at reasonable rates. McGILL & O’NEAL, orneys at Law. ll.UNBltlDGE, GA. - office will he found over the post of- BY BEX. E. RUSSELL. | BAIXBRIDGE, GA, THURSDAY, JUXE 29, 1882. VOL. 11.—XO. 37. KING COTTOX. run WEALTH THE MOV Altai IEIt3X«S L'«j. ' :. DONA ISON, BYRON n. lit) writ. BOWER & DGNALS0N. Krneysand Counsellers at Law. Ice in the court house. Will practice lc.itur and adjoining counties, and •here by special contract. a-25 7 ICTOR M. L. BATTLE, Dentist. biro over Hinds Store, West side it house. Has floe dental engine, and Ihave everything to make his office •t-la.v TP'nns cash. Office hours 9 . to 4 p. m. jan.lBlf JEFF D. TALBERT, torney at Law, I’ainbridgp. Georgia, ill practice in all the courts, and bnsi- intrusted to his care will be promptly I'it'd to. Office over store of M. K. rtt «V Son. fob.23,'82. DR. L. H. PEACOCKT pretfully tiMidets his professional serv- to the people of Bainbridge and vicini- ffice over store of J. l>. Harrell <fc Bro deeoe on West end of Broughton !t.wlii>ri> lie can be found at uiglit. prit 0. 1881 — h i A. Miller Gouuty : II whom it may concern : T F. .Tones ; m i lc application to have the Clerk erior t’oui t of said county appointed istrator of the estate of A. J. Miller, there!,ire to cite all persons concern, •how cause if any they can within ihe llowrd by law, why said application 1 not be granted. This April 19,1882, WM. GRIMES, Ordinary. MACON uifMDD For special instruction in bookkeeping, Junanship. business arithmetic, corres- undenec. bill heading, telegraphy and ’’er.tl business routine. I.McKAY, - - PRNIC1PAL. For terms, information as to boarding f-. apply to the principal- P. O. box Macon, Georgia. AT TIIE OLD ^Varfield J^torc. A KEW SUPPLY OF iroceries and Grain, l Hardware & Wagon Material, Paints, Oii and Putty, i3“Agcm for Sashes and Blinds, week. $ 12 a day at home S'* ^easily made- Costly outfit free. i ' J dxcts True & Co., Augusta Maine. After All. Cotton is King:—Hoar W e can Hake the Host of the GSreat Nitaple- ■m-reasing the B*rlcc of Mtorm Cotlnu- Some Interesting Thoughts on the Subject. Atlanta Constitution. A‘ter all that may be said of other crops, and the Constitution has said more perhaps than all the papers in the Slate combined, it must be confessed that cotton is the king crop of the South. It is important, of course, that we should make the bread and meat crops which are to sustain man and beast while the money crop is being made. Hut after all it is cotton that gives to the South her wealth, her glory and her power. In the planting of cotton, in the handling of cotton, and in the manufacture of cotton she fiuds the lead ing business for her farmers, her com merce and her industries. While other sections can compete with her in any crop that she grows, it is in cotton alone that she is unique and unapproab- :tb!e, while therefore incidental argu ment may urge planting of other crops and the advancement of other indus tries the most important and essential study to which the Southern journalist or farmer can give his time is cotton in oae stage or another. It was appropriate that the only world's exposition ever held in the Southern States was named for this king of the Southern fields, and no name was so potent in bringing into our territory delegations from other sections as that of cotton, and after going through the vast hall devoted to the exposition of new machinery and new methods at that exposition all visitors concluded that the most import ant lessons to be leuFfied weie in con nection with cotton in one stage or another from the ge:d to the loom. There is no study that is more fasci nating than that invoked in cotton culture, handling or manufacturing. There is no subject, strange as it may appear, upon which the South is more ignorant and the world at large less thoroughly informed. It is only ten years since we laughed at 31 r, Atkinson when he said that if a variety of cot- tou that yielded not one particle of lint could be grown in the Nothern States it would be the most lucrative erop that the New York farmers could grow. Still we have been learned rapidly of the uses and abuses of this wonderful plant. Ten years ago a majority of the farmers in the South considered the cotton seed that fell from the gin when the lint was ship ped, was worthless bulk to be burned or destroyed. Its value as a fetilizer was scarcely understood and it was held that it was next to poison as a food for stock. Now it is held to be one of the most important parts of the cotton plant. Every ton of seed will yield thirty galioDS of oil, worth $15. The body of the seed that is left makes a food for stock that is better than corn, hay or oats, bulk for bulk, or a ferti lizer that is incomparable to worn out lands. The hull can be used as a fuel to five the engine that presses the seed and the ashes are sold at a high market value. It has been discovered that to strip the oil from the seed improves rather than weakens its value as a food or fertilizer. The oil can be so refined as to be used for illuminating purposes, for lubrication, or as a substitute, cleanlier and healthier for lard. The discovery of the formula by which cot- t 'n seed cat! be manipulated has added millions of dollars to this staple South- ern crop. In many other ways are the econo.- tnies at work in this direction. Only a day or two since, three gentlemen rep resenting the largest paper manufactur ing companies in America, stopped in Atlanta undertaken with the purpose of buying the cotton motes which fall from the gins and have been thrown away as worthless. They stated that they were ready to engage at fair prices five thousand tons each of these motes that have heretofore been swept from the gin house as waste. Their calculation was that by the saving of this one item of wastage from two to five per cent could be added to the value of the cotton crop, and hundreds of thousands of dollars thus saved to the Southern farmer. They are now moving towards New Orleans and estab lishing agencies for the purchase of these motes. It begins to look as if we would never find the end of the rcsouces of cotton. TUE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION OF LATE YEARS. But we are firm in the belief, a be- lief that we have frequently expressed in these columns, that the most : uiport- ant invention made in the culture, hauling or manufacture of cotton sines the invention of the gin by Whitney, is the invention of the Cla-ke Seed Cot ton Cleaner. This machine is intend ed to clean storm or dirty cotton, ad ding Irorn one to two cents a pound to the value of this very large proportion of the crop. As is well known, mil lions of dollars aie lost yearly by the low price that is offered for storm or dirty cotton that is sent to market. The Clark Seed Cotton Cleaner handles all this cotton, advances the value of that which is marketable, and brings into fine condition for market that which is now thrown away. 3Ir. Edward At< kinson, after a month’s study of the exposition, stated that this machine \va3 the most important piece of single machinery on exhibition in Oglethorpe park. It took the gold medal from a committee composed of Col. \Y. E. Barrows, Sir. B. S. Ricks and 31r. Thomas 31. Smeads. So thoroughly did it demonstrate its worth and value that a company composed of the very best business men of the State—men ot integrity and high character—was formed with a capital of 8100,000 for the manufacture of this machine. This conpany, with Sir. S. 31. Inman, president, and Sir. C. D. Meador, sec retary. Sir. R. J- Lowry, treasurer, and Sir. George W. Bradley superintend ent, is now at work manufacturing the Clarke Cleaner in this city. '1 hey have leased extensive works on Marietta street, having added a number of very large buildings of their own and are prepared to manufacture 2,000 of the Cleaners this year. The outlook now is that even this large number will not supply the demand, in which event those who come last must wait until the next season, unless the company can perfect the arrangements it is now making to enlarge its present enormous capacity. SOME FACTS AND FIGURES. The time will soon come when tho Clarke Cleaner will be in as general us* as the gin is to-day. The testimony of men who tried it render this inevita ble. For instance, for example, 3Ir. V. Y. Cook, of Olyphant, Ark., bought one of the Cleaners and run through it 4.700 pounds of dirty, trashy cotton for which two dollars per hundred pounds had been offered After run ning through the Cleaner it was pur chased at 82,50 per hundred pounds. Thus there was a gain of S23 50 on 4.700 pounds of seed cotton, or $11.25 a bale. Two samples of this cotton after it was ginned were sent to St. Louis The one tbat was run through the cleaner before being ginned was classed as ordinary ; the other as low ordinary. Messrs Beeves & Nickolson, of Athens, Georgia, say that they have.handled a large quantity of stained and poor cot- ton that was cleaned by Clarke’s Seed Cotton Cleaner ani the improvement io the grade run from 1 i to 2 cents a pound. Messrs. Barnes & Co., of Se- noia, having tried the Cleaner thor oughly, estimate that it has added from 1-\ io 2 cents a pound to storm cotton. They say ; ‘AVe would not think of beiug without one. If they are gener ally used millions of dollars now wasted would be saved to the South.” 3Ir. J. C. Warn, of Spartanburg, S. C., -ays he sold cottou that had been run through the Clarke Cleaner for 11 cents, and cotton of the same grade that was uncleaned for S cents. 31r. J. C. Wilcher, of Gibson. Georgia, says that his experience shows cotton run through the Cleaner W 11 nearlv double in value. He says: “I sold about one half of my crop, and thmk the use of the Cleaner on the balance will save me one thousand dollats. I would not be without oDe for §5,000. I t>hai! want two or three more for the next season, to Bend to my plantations in Johnson, Laurens and Washington counties.” As to the rapidity with which the Clarke Cieaner works, 3Ir, John T. MarLrey, of Dover, Pope county, Ark., says; “I have used the Clarke Clean er. It will make a very dirty cotton sample better, and will make any cot ton worth from one to two cents more on the pound. I can run through enough to supply two eight-saw gins, which is much above its rated capacity. Its use has worked a revolution in this section, and land owners now stipulate with their tenants that they must hare clean cotton for reuts.” The owners of gins who use this Cleaner will soon find that farmers will seek other gins in preference to those where storm cotton cannot be so effectu ally hand'ed. Mr. William Mosely, of Draketown, says : “I have run one of the Clarke Cleaner in my gin house. It has given eutire sa'isfaction in im proving the value of storm cottoD from one to two cents a pound. It has brought to my gins past other gins a large lot of cittou that I would not otherwise have received.” There is no doubt but that the use of Clarke’s Cleaner on the general crop of eotton would do much good. Messrs I. N. Nash & Co., of Stone Mountain, say; “We took two bales of cotton, one clean as any we have had this year, and the other storm beaten. The storm cottou was run through the cleaner, the other was not. The storm cotton classed as midliog. and brought a bet ter price than the clean trade. We believe that any class of cotton run through the cleaner will be improved. We also believe that a saving in time 1 of 24 per cent can be made by using this machine in connection with the gin, and that the seed will be cleaned better. The fact that we have a cleaner has brought us a considerable amount of new cotton. We have cot on engaged to come 15 miles to be cleaned and ginned, passing other gins. We charge fifty cents per ba'e for cleaning besides the regular toll.” There is an impression among some farmers that it is better not to rid storm eotton entirely of sand and dirt, as they estimate that the dirt will in crease the weight while it does de crease the price. This is a fallacy In the first place the price goes down in proportion to the dirtiness of the cottoo. In the second place the amount of trash in a bale could not be enough if the cotton was salable, to make any difference iD the weight. On the other hand, Mi. Norwood, of Fort Deposit, Ala., is assured that using the Cotton Cleaner will increse the weight of storm cotton more that if the dirt was allowed to remain in the bale, be sides raising the grade and adding a cent or two cents a pound to the value of the cotton. He says : “I have used the past season one of the Clarke Seed-Cotton Cleaners. I cleaned a lot of very dirty and trashy seed cotton, which I bad weighed in person, as I always do, and estimated that I would have fifteeu*bales of 500 pounds each ; but to my surprise it turned out six teen bales of 500 pounds each, and 111 pounds over. I attribute the gain in lint to the fact that in running it through the Cleaner it loosened up the fibre and caused the gin to clean the seed more perfectly, thereby giving a large gain in lint. I am also satisfied that the grade was raised at least one cent per pound, and probably more. On the sixteen bales I am satisfied the ma chine paid for itself.” 3Ir. J. 31. Waddell, of Society, S C„ says that he bought a Cleaner that paid fur itself on ten bales of cotton, and the Cleaner has a capacity of fifteen or twenty bales a day. 3Iessrs. Richey & Telford, who run a large gin in Banks county, Georgia, after running a Clean er for three months report: “We believe that our own cotton has sold for enough more than it otherwise would have done to pay for the machine.” We might continue to publish tes timony of the same character to this from all parts of the country until we had filled columns of the Constitution, and still not fairly cut into the material. But we printed enough to show that it gives universal satisfaction. _ There can be no question that the company will sell every machine that it can pos sibly make during the present year. Its capacity as at present organised will be 2.000 machines, worth, say, $175,- 000. We believe that the sale of these machines, the product of this year’s work of tbeit factory, would raise a quarter of a million duilaos in the handling of tbe crop, and put this handsome sum into tbe pockets of the farmers of the South. If they find that the demand exceeds the supuiy this year, they will be prepared by the next season to double their ca pacity. In less than five years there will have been made in Atlanta by an Atlanta company, enough Clarke Clean ers to add millions of dollars to the value of this staple crop, raise the reputation of southern cottou in general, and almost eliminate storm cotton from commercial consideration. We have written what is printed above in the interest of the people at large, and of society, rather than in the interest of tbe gentlemen who compose tbe company. All the machines they can manufacture are already assured. It is oar purpose to incite a general interest iu the matter, to insure a proper distribution of the ma chines that are bought, and to increase the value of what must after all be considered our best money crop, by bringing into market the vast quantitv that has hereto- been unsaleable, and improving the grades of that which has heretofore beeu sold at whatever tbe merchant cared to offer for it. In no way can this be done so certainly or so thoroughly as by tbe use of the Clarke Seed Cotton Cleaner. We therefore speak advisedly when we say that iu importance this invention ranks next to the Whitney gin, aud noth ing that the ingenuity of mau has invent ed for the benefit of cottou caa go be- yoad it. A Wool Fool. The Albany News and Advertiser of Friday has the following to say in reference to the wool pool: “Boston, 3Iass., is the great wool mar ket of the Union. There the brokers have everything in their hands. The different states are apportioned out, and the one who buys fleece from one State will not touch the product of another. For instance, you go to Boston with wool. “Where are you from?’ asks the buyer to whom you offer it. ‘Geor„ gia,’ say you. ‘Well, I’m not buying Georgia wool to-day. My friend, over the way there, is buying Georgia wool ’ Thus it is that in the Northern news, papers market reports you see Georgia wool quoted. Alabama wool, 3Iississippi wool, etc. Every State is apportioned and given over to its wool merchant in Boston, and all are members of one pool. Well, Boston controls Savannah, controls Albany and every other interi or wool market in the State of Georgia —and ibis is the woo! pool. The only remedy is for the interior merchants to put on a little backbone and refuse to allow Savannah to control them by shipping their buyings to New York to commission houses. Concert of action in this would soon bring Boston down on her knees, for Georgia’s wool crop is not to be sneezed at even in as big a town as Boston. You can force the local buyer to pay a fair price for your wool by holding it, and this we wou'd advise you to do. Wool was selling in Albany yester day for 26 cents, when it ought to have brought twice that sum.” A Romance of the Sion tit. Louisiana Letter in Boston 2ranscript. After crossing the Teche I rode about in the sugar-cane fields of one of my friends bnt looked in vain for his house. By dint of questioning, however, 1 at last succeed ed in finding it. 1 fonnd xiyself complete ly charmed For the rest of the evening by the conversation of my hostess aud her family. Some of the family legends which they related were truly romantic. One xhich was especially so I cannot refrain from repeating. It was in the reign of Henry 111., of France that the founder of the 'family—an English officer—retired from the army and went to Uonen. Here he met and wooed a young French woman, and they were oetrothed. As the marriage ceremony was being performed they were separated at the very altar by tbe violence of a mob incited by some religions fanat ics to one of those massacres of Protes tants so common in those days. The En. glishman followed his wife to Paris aud there lost all trace of her. He sought refuge in the wilds of the New World, and there eight years afterward, he met his wife in one of the settlements. The story, of which I have given only the muin points, is romantic enough for a novelist's pen to elabotUte. This family, orginally from Ala bama, is not older than many others in the Soath. And this—age of families—furn ishes the key to many, of the Social customs of the South. DECATIK COlLVri’, GEOK- C1A. Sonic Facts Regarding its Ad vantages of Soil and climate as a Paospeclive llomc lor the Immigrant and SeareUer Af- ileallb. Having received many letters of inquiry touching the above named heads, 1 have decided to embody a general answer to them iu a series of letters. Through the kindness of the editor of Thk Democrat, the official organ of the county, these let ters can be made to r. acb many, who would not otherwise see them. It is im possible in the circumscribed limits which will hamper me, to give more than general information ; to any who may wish details or information oo any special point, I will be pleased to give it by private letter. Thinking as 1 do, that no good can come of exaggeration of tho good features or quali fications of the drawbacks of the county, I shall keep scrupulously within the bounds of exact truth—“Nothing extenu ate, nor set down aught iu malice.” Nor shall I dwell with mere than due force on the very great advantages it certainly pos sesses. There are several leading questions r^~ Q ~ f ”^7^, which present themselves to those seeking homes. First as (o soils, next as to clim ate, next as to means of communication, as a medium for the profitable disposition of the products ol the soil; then as to the health of bis prospective home, aud last, but by no meaii3 least, as to social advan tages I shall notice these heads iu the order in whicb;I have named them. As a premise to what I shall say of the soil of the county, a few words as to its Geogra phy will not be amiss. Decatur county is situated in the ex treme South-western part of the State; its average length, North and South, is about 30 miles, while its average breadth East and YY’eat, is 50 miles. On its South ern border lies Florida; which State also, lies West as its liu'^Sutfter striking Chat tahoochee river, running North for 40 or 50 miles. It will be seeu that the county embraces an area of nearly 1500 square miles, and 1 will hazard the asser^un, that no section of equal area can present a3 great a range of soil and productions. The Chattahoochee river forms the VYest- ern boundary of tbe county, while the Flint river divides it into two nearly equal oarts, runuing North ahd /South through its eulire length. Both of these river3 are navigable for boats, which make Berai weekly trips to Apalachicola on the Gulf of Mexico, and to Columbus, Georgia, the head of boat navigation on the Chattahoo chee river. Bainbridge, which is the county site, is situated on the Flint river, nearly in the centre of the county, and is nractically, at the head of boat navigation. The General government is makiug im provements in the river above the city and it will doubtless, soon be utilized for trans portation as far as Albany Georgia, 6b miles North of Bainbridge. Indeed, a small boat now makes trips up the river to bring down the product of several turpentine farms located on its banks. Farther de tails as to means of commnnicatiou will be given under the proper head. As before remarked, Flint river divides Ihe county into two nearly equahparts, and it also serves io form the dividing line between two entirely different classes of soil. The East side of the river and coun ty is rolliug and hilly, as a rule, while the West side is nearly level. I do not intend to convey the impression that it is flat and marshy, for the drainage is as thorough as it is on the East side of the river. In the Eastern half of the county springs of pur est free-stone water abound, and good water of the same kind can be had in wells at an avWtge depth of 40 feet. In the Th ! s water of course is not so healthy as free-stone, but a very small expense will provide cisterns which will give the purest and best water. In the Eastern part of part of the county small brooks, the out come of the springs before mentioned, are abundant, and on the West side of tbe river, and on the East side as well, lake3 and small ponds are plentiful, which afford water in abundance for stock. These lakes aud ponds vary in size from those which cover an acre or less to those which cover 10C0 acres. As before remarked, the of the great return this soil makes fer care taken in its fertilization, Not much bae been done in this direction, from the fact; that lands are so cheap and abundant, and are so easily put into cultivation, that, farmers have heretofore had recourse to, fresh land when that in cultivation had, been reduced by continuous crops. Enough, has been done, however, to show that crops, equal in ratio of production to the virgin, prasies of the West can be produced*! Tbe soil on the West side of the river is- not so fertile, but yield au even greater, return for manures and care than those OH ^e East side of the river. It is uuiformly ot a sandy nature, aud for tbe production, of all root crops is unequalled. Until; within a few rears pest it was supposed; that these lands were too poor to yield remunerative crops, and they were left in virgin forests of yellow pine. During, and wilhin the last decade, a great change ha?, come over the prevalent ideas on this sub ject and to-day some of the most prosper ous and remunerative farms in the county are on lands before regarded as worthless. I spoke just uow of forests ol yellow piue; it is perhaps proper to state that pine ia. :he principal timber growth of the coaoty nowhere can be found finer openings for. those who care to engage in the timber, and lumber busiuess, than those ptesented by tlie miles of unbroken forests which stretch between the Flint aud Chattahoo chee rivers in the Western half'of Decatur county. Much of this timber is within available distance ot either one or tho other of the river3, on which it can be raft ed to Apalachicola or Bainbridge. At. the first place it can be transported by sail to all parts ol the world ; at Bainbridge it can bo sent to Savannah, Ga., by rail, here to be sent wherever desired. . . All of the classes of of soil to be met with iu the connty yield remunerative sugar c’.ue, to say nothing of minor crops raised for stock feeding purposes. Of cot ton, from one half to one bale per acre can readily be produced by using manure; in creased ratio of fertilization will produce increased ratio of productions. Of corn 20 to 100 bushels per acre can readily bo produced by proper care and sustenance of its soil; the first can be taken as the minimum where any wannre is used, while the last can be taken as practically the maximum even where the greatest care is, taken in the preparation and cultivation of the soil, supplemented with the requisite amount of manure. Oats are one of the surest crops to bo planted, and one of the mo3t profitable as well. I am within the bounds of demonstrated practicability when I say that 50 to 75 bushels can readily be made to grow on each acre. Sweet potatoes produce abundantly, pro-, dneing ioO to 4G0 bushels per acre, and can be raised and licifr&u at a cost of 5. cents per bushel. Sugar cane is one of the most profitable crops within the range, of production, from 500 to 800 gallons of syrup can be made per acre; the first amonrit represents tho average crop, while the last represents the practically possible.' Thi3 syrup will bring on an average 30 cents a gallon and costs but little more to cultivate than cottou or corn. I have mentioned tbe cost of production and* price of sweet potatoes and sugar cane, because they are crops unknown to those these letters are intended to reach. Da ring the last few years some attention haa been paid to the raising of vegetables and* melons for the early Northern markets.' Success has not always followed efforts in this direction for several causes ; in many cases those who made the venture were entirely ignorant of their production ex cept tor home consumption, and could not therefore bring the cost of production within the limits realized by their sale y in other instances, failure to gather at right time to stand transportation, or ig- uorance a3 to the best way to prepare for a long trip, or the serious shortcomings in* the way of transportation itself, made the balance fa'-l on tho wrong side of the ledg from the producer’s standpoint at any i Increased experience and improved means of shipment, hare opened up a new life for this industry, however, and while fortunes are not quickly make, intelligent efforts’ are crooned with success. To give a lit tle idea yf what can be done in this direc tion. I will mention the dates at which- various kinds of vegetables can be ready for shipment: Irish potatoes, beets, ca- tVestern half of the county no springs are" . , . . . .. „ , , ‘ cumbers, garden peas, tomatoes, snap short to be fonnd, except some large and beau tiful ones strongly impregnated with lime; and wells in the same section are also lime. beans, can be placed in tbe Northern mar kets at following dates : Irish potatoes ia latter part of April, beets and garden peas^ in A/arch, tomatoes, snap short beans and cucumbers early in April. Melons can be' shipped early in Jane. It must be admit.' ted tbat any section which can produce such a variety of crops as has been ennm-, crated, if snppl’ed by equal advantages of climate health, means of eommanicstion,' and social advantages, as is true of this county, must certainly present great attrac tions to those who dosire cheap homes,’ and comfortable ones as well. Lands va ry in price, being governed by nearness to*. , , , . market or railroad. Improved lands af charactercf the soil varies greatly; and / , . , .. , . , • ., . . , I good quality, with these advantages can be the same can be Baid of its productions. ... a .. nn 7? productions In tbe Eastern part of the county where the lands are hilly and broken tbe best soil is to be met with ; ihe surface soil is of good variety—sandy loam, stiff r*-d and sandy. The subsoil, the deepest of which is from 8 to 24 inches, is usually of red clay This class of subsoil serves as as admira ble retainer of moisture and fertility, either natural or snpplied. and where it exists the finest crops of every variety are made. This :3 tbe land that makes the bulk of the cotton raised in tbe county and for this purpose is uuequaled. I cannot give more than an outline of what could be said had at from §3 00 to $10 00 per acre. Lands uncleared can be bongbt at from 50 cents to^3 00 per acre. I have named' the general range of prices, of course where property either improved or unimproved iw’ unusually favorably located or is unusually productive it will cost more. Albert Wvtmt. Bainbridge. Ga., Jane 22,1882. SUBSCIBE FOR The Democrat, Your County Paper $2 a Year,'