The Bainbridge democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 18??-????, August 25, 1892, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text[im ... ji; i ■ I. V. L - ro rgia Depart- “ f Agriculture. CM*'' 1 *. T'.wth of oil , r throughout r jj n ^ f the last crop ; " 1 ’ J ’^-grer, cotton ) f being !U . ; »i rain and a rains crops from the ,.'.i cold, dry U pi-r acre In many a crop has . -t report, -ti.te have a. Many has been r ip will lie ■S :.S I 3 5l!-I|« Hill 11 mill 1 1 r.'.ivy rains have i • r cent., besides r:n : h a lands. Early »'y of rani recently. ' t «;>! o and grass too. If coat injury will result. " iiiiu-n rain in some seo- "uc v. ( lever and grasses e grapes are rotting I 1 'Wall and late. Wheat •• i r< are paying atten- •Ta-'ses. TV heat has ni d i 'll by continual tami imperfect.. 1 *- Weil, but lowland r ; r.vated well. Corn ci mils suffering 'ic .< and high water. injured cotton and ,.f this county. 1 in rain. •> r good crops in this ' :i! above an average, barge acreage of '« iv i cotton and corn ir ui t o much rain, much longer the re- "" t idier small, but in I ' ;v ‘ rams have dam- vr> civ in the creek and land has been bottoms damaged . ■’ '• 1 oats better than ; '•’■'rn tine. Too much y t Mtton in the grass v i i rain. Cotton •: ia..> .o p,. r cent. The :> for years, a i n tine. Too *! ’mis. ■ n bottoms has " weal her. Crop . ' : r a large corn ; 'it on account of in lands a great ' < u done. it heavy rains ■ v.mental to crops. di f..r the past fif- rv day. very irregular— others very poor. • go small. Very ■ins year. Upland ' '•:«*! and in many ; - having been used very good for : ' :i ro-ge planted, generally in good 'binds, though ali tit teen days late, v than usual. A > f fruit, 7 getting badly in of so much wet • plowing done for W*.. ambfi RUSSELL & BROWN, Editors ESTABLISHED, 1871. B ' 2 ’ THS DEMOCRAT FiTS’G. CO. VOL. XXI. Here shall the Press the Peoples’ Rights Maintain. TERMS: $1.00 CASH and poori/ ^cn ram vr rnrueiu— (jotion cultivated cm agcoim in Jane. Corn, wheat and oats look fine \\ eeds and grass now very embarrass! MIDDLE GEORGIA. Baldwin—Corn small owing to so little rain in April and May, bat has com menced to grow vigorously since the Juno rains. Bibli Have had but one rain in three months until about the 20th. and since then have had plenty. Crons ars im- proving, being clear and nothing to pre vent them growing. Heavy crops of peas and potatoes are being planted more peas than for years past, and they look well. J Butts—Until within the last few days crops have been retarded by dry weather. Recent rains have been general over the county, and the condition is improvin'- 1 . Campbell—Crops generally in good condition; were well cultivated (lurin'- the dry- weather; since an abundance of rain are growing finely. The wheat ha_s generally been threshed, the yield fine and quality excellent. Cotton prospect not so battering; area at least-20 per cent. off. Carroll—The general rains throughout the county have made the corn crop gain many points, but grass has possession of much of the cotton and the plants are very small but healthy. Have had sev eral washing rains lately, damaging corn and cotton. Clarke—Have had copious showers Bince last report, which, taken together with warm weather, has caused crops to grow off very rapidly. Spring oats are being harvested and will yield more than any of the three preceding years. Clayton—The recent rains havecaused the crops to improve rapid!}-. - Corn, though small, is doing very well,and the outlook is good. Some sections, how ever, where the rain commenced early are now badly in the grass. Columbia—Rain nearly every dav for two weeks. Corn fine. " Cotton is’ get- ing grassy. Too much rain for cotton and melons. Coweta—We have been having copious showers for several weeks past and in some places washing rains. ’ There are r good number of blooded colts in the :ounty, of the trotting stock, as fine as Kentucky can boast of. DeKalb—Good season for corn; rather wet for cotton; grass growing fast. Douglas—Since the last rains crops have greatly revived, and are looking fine where they have been properly cul tivated. Elbert—Corn prospect excellent. A great deal of the oat land has been planted in corn and peas and promises an abundant yield. The cotton crop may be reported as fairly good, some of it looking well, bat a great many fields in the grass. Greene—There is a full pea crop planted, and the prospect is goad. Cot ton not fertilized is small, but is grow ing very fast and with late seasons will make a fair crop. Hancock—Corn and cotton small, but much improved by recent rains. The melon crop is poor, owing to the dry spring. Harris—The condition of crops has been very much improved by the recent rains. On account of the drought in the spring cotton and corn both small—the latter, however, promises well. Heard—Owing to the long drouth in April and May, cotton is small, but at this time is doing well. In the weste.ru part of the county, crops lire at least two weeks late. Henry—Wheat nearly all threshed; crop good. Cotton growing finely, but in bad condition—excessive rains bring out the grass rapidly. Corn doing well. Jasper—The ground at this report is wet deep. Corn suffered from cool winds and dry weather, but ha3 im proved very much since we had rain. Jones—Corn and cotton arc smaller than an avwsge. tout are cS«m <Jf grog,, and have a healthy appearance. We have now a good season and a consider able crop of late corn, and peas lias been planted. Not much wheat or oats made in this county, and a very few melons and potatoes are raised for market. Lincoln—We are having an abundance CAIN BRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25, 1892. L.- “* l J “ x * * luilr Ki'fcoS beea *iui *- C r- up ’- A p;irt of th « county dry, r poi no! ' ral « plentiful, in’some ocah , c8 «««*,«. As a rule'crops are in a nne condition. teS: S 7. U '‘ Ve l ha ' 1 good seasons for some r G n ?f/. he * , ? n,B * t0 be trouble- Condition favorable to fast growth of crops. SOUTHWEST GEORGIA. i=? U .. tler 7"k ess rain loll here from April I t to June 20th than any year since Dim, hence props are very backward, irienty ot ram now and the crop prospect improving;. 1 F • Lerrien-— Clover and grass are receiv- mg attention in Berrien county, also to- tiocco. A large crop of peas’has been planted. Fall crops were injured by the drouth. Plenty of rain now. Brooks—Ail crops vary throughout the county. In portion of the county rain was more frequent and crops are unusu- allv good tor want of rain in some localities they are poor. Early planted corn is very poor, as it was seriously in jured uy the drouth. Calhoun—Spring oats ou poor land al most a failure. Fall oats better than an average. Two weeks ago our section was very dry, but since that time have had heavy and constant rains. The oorn crop has been well worked and is prom ising. If the heavy rains continue, cot ton on sandy land will be injured. It is small, buj the weed is kealtny. Chattahoochee—The crops have im proved very much in the last ten davs. »' e are having fine rains at this time. Corn and cotton very poor—on hard, stiff lands too late to make a crop with out a very late suitable fall. Fruit in abundance. Clay—Condition of crops generally good. Cotton late and small, especially where no fertilizers are used. Corn small but looking well. Owing to too much rain there is danger of cotton be ing injured by the grass. Colquitt—YVe have had fine rains re cently which have greatly improved the crop prospect generally, and especially the corn crop, which was fast failing when the rains set in. This crop is now assured with one or two more good showers. Crawford—Wo have had fine seasons for soverid days all .over the county, ex cept a small urea. Rainining too much now -for cotton, and it is feared that grass will injure the crop. Corn has im proved and tiie prospect is flattering. The kerenge in cotton is cut down 15 per cent* Peas atnl groundpeas fine. . Decatur—Good seasons at this time; no rain to do any good until last week, consequently all crops have suffered. Dooly—Very few acres of wheat sown; all harvested and. threshed; very fine yield Twill be more sown next season. Cotton very late, though healthy, good stand and in fair condition; at least twenty days late caused from drouth. Corn, fair stand, but very uneven and impossible to make a full crop. Sweet potatoes rather backward as the seaso i was too dry for transplanting. Sugar cane very late but plenty of time to make a go5d crop. The stand is good. The melon crop, though not so much planted, is ripening earlier; not quite so large as usual, but fine flavor. Peaches plenty andghealthy, but rather small. Late varieties may yet develop. Apples an off year, with many of the trees about half crop. Grapes, whilo few are grown, are doing well and quite a .number of vines are being set ont. Early—Corn has improved rapidly ! since the rain. Up to the 1st of June t looked as though impossible for it to make more than half crop, but if sea sons hold ont there will be no need to ship corn to Early. Cotton late and im perfect stand. Cane stand good and in fine condition. A largo acreage planted in potatoes. Houston—The early drouth has been broken and with favorable seasons from •now on the corn, though injured by the long drouth, will produce a large crop. -Cotton will be late but is improving and -though small is clean of grass and weeds.. Experiments in tobacco where eet in lime are looking well. Lee—Cotton generally clean and looks healthy, though later than last year. Some localities have suffered for rain, but have recently had rains. Corn is NO. 48 of rain. Land too wet to plow for days : ]10t go good as last year, but larger acre- at a time, so that crops cannot be prop- j e planted and 'the yield will be as erly worked, which will cause the grass , g rpaf More field peas planted than for to get n start, and having it to work out- . a j cn g time. in July will cause material injury, es- , Tj aC on—Cotton generally damaged by peeially to cotton. If the season con- ; ]j CPj j a j e planted by drouth. Are hav- tinues through July the corn crop will j- rain now, but the showers have been be very largo. ' i partial. McDuffie—Seasons through June very j Miller—Have been very dry until 11th propitious for all crops. Yield of wheat ir.siant: plenty of rain since then and crops growing rapidly. Mitchell—Rain general for past few days, just in time' to make fair corn crop. Cotton small and later than usual Ouitmau—Corn has been greatly in jured for tiie want of rain. Good rains have fallen the past week improving the condition of all crops. Cotton is from peach crop. and oats better than anticipated. Cotton is somowhat late, but is looking .well. Monroe—Crops irregular. R;*ipa been few and far between, aud very partial. This is the easiest crop cultivated in years. Corn has had one of, two extra workings and is being laid by. small but with good color and healthy stalky . . Morgan—During the past three weeks ; g.- teeI1 j 0 twenty days late. The ] we have had abundant rains. Should ■ CJ . op j s abo ut 75’per cent, of a full we have a good season from now to the ; xbe fruit j g exceedingly fine, 15th of Jnlv, this county will make more corn than it will use—a thing it has not done since the W3r. Cotton is getting ; verv grassv, and will be injured some, j Newton-On the 23d and 25th of Juno we had a very heavy washing ram, also wind, damaging corn, cotton, fruit, etc. (_) Conee —Our corn and cotton are 100k- . ing flue. Wheat the best in several j years. Fall oats good ; spring oats not j 60 Stood. , , , ! Oglethorpe—Very little work has been done on the farm since the 1 .tn of June^ i Owing to continued ram the crops are , all very much in the grass But little damage done by wind and hail. « j grain damaged in tl-e shock. Farmers , have economized. lived harder and . bought less than for many yeara. j Pike —Crops are a little late. Cool or} j weather in May kept vegetation ' ac ■ • Recent rains have caused it to take a Randolph—Suffered with dry weather, bat are now having tq(i much rain for cotton and crops getting very grassy. If rain continues two weeks cotton will be materially damaged. Rice when planted on bottom land docs finely in our section and upland rico might also do well _ , , Stewart—Crop; have suffered for want of ram, but condition very much im proved by recent showers, and in soma Section^ crops ore looking well. • Sumter—Fine season over entire countv. Cotton growing rapidly. Mel ons ordinary and cheap. All side crops such as p-is. sugar cane, gpotrodpeas, Sweet potatoes , Teirell—Ri: me E doing well have been genera) -tuen -i'.oiu i.^Beetion during the past w- r 'thereby increasing the prospects of all crops. ‘ Corn, peas, potatoes and fundi grain have been planted m lieu of cotton in many places. In some locali- Cot- the corn and cotton will not recover lwsks? Mf-n - - mi.... v ,1 ,ivs' drouth brok now start. . Rockdale—Corn is looking fine. bv general rain on the 25th of June, forward corn injured, cotton poor stand, and grass is abuudant. Taliaferro—For last few da's have pad fine rains. All crops ^‘“*7 Since rain; small tout will m.we fair crops if mMa o®tt?“« ave greatly im - niiu at this time, Proved all crops, ‘^Kuon’u mo^.'^Conlimon raUdly^mprov- fe&SSS.SSTw lob**.~i « - , and potato plants were set ont^Ja^ ^ftjrcouat of drouth 1 account of dry weather, planted than for years. ’ More tobacco j had an unusual ■ spr.ng, aud farrn- Uhind with their wet weather very poor conai- i and dry to get a ::s have dons groat .•eek to crops 1 river. It Uas • c wheat and | inch damage * Troup—Corn and cotton have great-;. | improved since the last report though both are small, owing to the drouth m the spring. Oats seriously injured June 15th corn is much .-mailer than usual at this dale but where proper-y cultivated has good color, aud w... b - , season will do well. . **,« last ‘ Walton—The heavy rains for ten or twelve <1 ays hnv e r* • • y j ; fered with farm worn, and ities heavy winds and som _ { g J possibly reduce the averege. ^ crops. ^ a U 1 fdso getting a stronghold and willmw* K ,cuRwa' -d. the orujjs b*?tore tnc) c. ■, condition | withR^labor up to ci»t« tcaii for. Cro"3 have been cultivated j O'todb. EAST GEORGIA. Bulloch—Season of June good. j - if rh« wet weather continues ihauy days longer the cotton crop will be'greatlv damaged. Dodge—Crops in excellent genera! Iv and seasons good. ~ jr IU g;;uel—Since the spring drouth the «easou lias been propitious; in some k . dities excessive rums. Taken alto- get uetr crops are in good condition and " ll ieff“'rsc>c—Crops of every kind have Veen -reatiy benefited by Jane wins. UftVon in some localities is backward, thou-h generally in good condition. All tnou,u c ^ are free G f ^ass and w.is never better. clean, Sugar Csue. enert crop, ps., Laurens—Corn crop flattering. Cotton healthy and vigorous, suffering some from grass. All crops are looking well, and farmers are working harder than ever. Montgomery—Corn, a large crop and very promising. More field peas being planted than for several years. The un usually small acreage in cotton is im proving. Crops of all kinds looking well. Pulaski—Too. much rain for cQ#on, and gra&$ is growing rapidly, "Hrt* fril* injure Uie crop unless we hayo sunshine soon. Considerable acreage planted in peas and groundpeas, and promise a large yield; upon these crops we rely for fattening pork. Richmond—Cotton has come out won derfully in the last three weeks. So will corn, but corn will tussi l very low. Tat nail—Cotton is remarkably small for the season. It shows tne effect of cold, dry spring and light fertilizing. Telfair—Seasons rather wet; rain every day for the past ten days; land too wet to work, and cotton in the grass. Corn is about laid by and is looking fine. Twiggs—Abundant rains this month —now almost excessive. Washington—Fine seasons. Rains general in the connty. More field peas planted than usual. Iu some localities too much rain. * SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. Bryan—The prospect now it good. A heavy rainfall came Jnsi as corn was shooting, and the season continues pro pitious. Camden—The weather here has been exceedingly dry this gamine and has injured the grape crop, but baa not af fected corn, rice and sweet potatoes where properly cultivated. Recent rains eeem to be general and outlook more favorable. Charlton— June rains caused a marked improvement in corn, and if seasons continue favorable will be above an average. The drouth in April aud May caused the cotton stand to be very poor, though the plants are looking well. Chatham—Trucking season has closed, leaving truckers far from satisfied with general results. About one-half of the potato crop was disposed of at $1.25 to $2.75 per barrel in the eastern market. After deducting freight, wharfage, charges and commission very little was left to pay for seed, rent, fertilizer, cul tivation, etc. Having heavy rains daily. Corn crop very fine. Clinch—The long dronth in this sec tion was ended with good rains June 1. and all crops are improving. Corn planted late will make an average crop. Coffee—Plenty of rain since Jane 20. Crops are doing well. Corn has been ent off some by drouth, but will make an average crop. Effingham— Early planted corn suf fered much for want of rain, but the rain came iu time to prevent serious falling off m crop prospects. Sweet potatoes promising, aud a large acreage planted. Glynn—Wo are having plenty of rain and a good season for crops generally. Liberty—The recent rains came just in time to save crops of all kinds except oats, which were very much injured. McIntosh—We are’ having fine show ers now, and corn, cane and upland rice are looking well. Pierce—The recent rains have ve; much improved the condition of crops. Early corn is cut off some by the drouth, but late corn is fine and there will be a large yield. Potatoes and sugar cane were never better. Early melons cut by the long drouth. Slontbjy Talk wltli Farmers. Since the last report appeased the busy month of June has passed, and in most sections of the state seasonable rains hare failed at such convenient in tervals that the cultivation of the crops has been carried on with great success, and as a rule they in ip &a*teM»- tory ooadirioo. Whate fee Kiwfe me naturally good, or have been made so by renovating crops and the application of suitable fertilizers, and where to this condition it added a deep and thorough preparation, and skillful and rapid cul tivation, the promise of an abundant yield cheers the straggling toiler. CORN AND SMALL GRAIN. The price of cotton, as a rale so far below the cost of production, has ham pered and depressed the agricultural interests to such a degree that, in many instances, a herculean effort has been required in order to exercise the courage and energy so necessary to success. But, notwithstanding the discouragements and disappointments which this de pressed condition of the cotton market entails, the farmers have, in most sec tions, forged ahead, and today, except in portions of southern and eastern Georgia, they ore rewarded by fair small grain crops and exceptionally promising com crops. In these except ed sections the long dronth has mate rially reduced the yield, tne rains com ing too late to save these crops; but in the greater portion of the state an abund ant food supply is almost assured. And for this assurance we are indebted in a measure to the condition of the* cotton market. THE LOW PRICE OF COTTON ha9 undoubtedly caused some changes jn our farm management, causing ns to pay more attention to grain aud forage crop*. In course of a few years, if w« persevere in the line already inaugu rated, instead of a few self-sustaining farms scattered here and there, we will see them in every neighborhood, and their influence will he felt over th6 Whole state. COTTON. aYl and there, a coat of whitewash applied to outbuildings and fences, a few hours 1 or perhaps a day devoted to necessary repairs, do not cost too mnoh. and add | one hundred p--r cent, to the value of the j farm. BUILDING UP TnE LANDS. Another matter which should engage our serious attention is tiie building up ins \\ uuw lew or too plains, however, have suffered any material in jury. The experts employed by Colo nel Tift -to superintend tue work here also answered all questions, and gave onr farmers the benefit of their experi ence in the fields of the large tobacco growiug states. BARNS. The tobacco grown at Cycloneta. and and permanent improvement of our i at Tifton, will be cured by the Saow lands. Unc.er the ruinous tenant system | process, a description of which whs much laud originally good has become given in the October report of the de- so depleted and exhausted of all *»«e- • partment. Five improved Darks tuiVa table matter as to render its culttWaftou been erected at Tifton and one at Cy- exceedingly hazardous and unsatisfac- cloneta, as it requires a barn to about tory. Under this system the plan has i every ten acres, been to apply highly concentrated fer- 1 other crops tilizers in the drill and of course the j A description of the growth and cul- crop mast be kept fr-e of all vegetable tiT;ltioI1 of * other crop 7 at Cycloneta, growth.. Tfre same land has been an d 0 f the farming operations of Mr. W. planted conkpjuonsly in the same crop, I x Xif{ t XiftoI £ £ onW be profltable and is it anjrwonder that after a tew ; nr , A ™ k.,*. L * , , , . i • „ - land of this section for fruits and nearly required perhaps seventy vears to ehm- j all the cr0 la abun a an tly shown, and mate the food properties from our soil , for tho9e interested in the development but we have exhausted it. aud while this of agriculture in Georgia, a day spent is a most discouraging proposition, we ( at Cycloneta and Tifton will be both must face lv, and bring every means at . pi eaBan t and crofitable. our command to meet aud overcome it , * Aftar th9 tobacco hfW3 b^ n gat i ier6 d By perseverance and energy I believe a!1 d cure ,i we will give the results of this can be done and we should Jo it these eItonslV0 experiments with beu- °F sel ves and not permit strangers to efi we trn3t to tl P o30 who win be ai(1 . absorb the inheritance for which our j ed b showin ’ g the capacity and aaapta _ energetic and fearless forefathers strag- , hilitv of Geol “ ia 9oil l to t * e cultlVa t 10 n gl$d. Our farms are our bauka, ami we j - — • should manage our deposits iu such a j ° — way as to meet some unexpected de- cri»:>on the situation, mands, for it is farming, perhaps, more | . than any other business, that tue unex- j \Ye arc about entering upon a pected is always happening^ Notice, for | 1)ol}tical contest fraught with consequences to the instance, that on the 3,340,320 acres j usual average of about a bale to three j people, acres, but at what fearful loss to the oHi-m-Mrir producers. After a year's toil and a ; Our great adx ersarj, that part} heavy outlay of money, the price lacked j which for the past thirty years has several thousand dollars of paying the ll; , cl i e o-jslaiivc control of our couu- expenses of the crop. And those who I c , , , ,, ,. . depended on this crop alone were in j try, and with which at the poll m most cases left with only the bare fields | November next, our real battle is to remind them of their fatal mistake. , , i,* u,.:„ a- Until we have a greater diversity and ! ’->0 fought, has in its declaration a rotation of crops, better preparation I of principles, given us plainly to and more thorough cultivation there | underit ., IU } wba t legislation is to will be little improvement. Now that I the crops are about "laid by” let mo i follow its success. upon you to begin, if only oil a small scale, to supply the loss which has been going on for so many years. I un derstand the grave difficulties of the situation. I realize that in many cases it is with the utmost difficulty that the seed for renovating crops and the neces sary fertilizer can be secured. But if you can begin with only five acres, set to work at once. Broadcast 100 to 150 pounds of acid phosphate to the acre, sow and turn under one bushel of peas. If yon have an abundance of forage turn this entire crop under in the fall. If-, however, yon are compelled to save fot stock feed, cut it and then turn under the stubble. Make another application of phosphate iu September and then sow rye. one bushel to the acre. If the spring proves favorably, you will get two cuttings of forage for stock and mules. In May put this land in either corn or cotton and you will be surprised at the result of one season’s efforts in restoring fertility to your exhausted soil. A few years devoted to work on this line will compensate you for what may now appear a very unnecessary waste of time, labor and money. The land will increase in value and yon will be encouraged by vastly superior and remunerative crops. I trust you will consider these suggestions and act upon them. We have an incomparable cli mate and can raise within the borders of our own state everything necessary to support man and boast. Let us utilize these blessings and build up our homos and our country. R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner of Agriculture, trio. June report I particuhete- NkfemtidR to too inw-aunca of sowing peas, but by a typographical oversight it was omitted. R. T. N. Tobacco in tbo Wiregrass Section. On the 2d of July, through the cour- tesy-of General Manager Lane, of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, a large number of farmers from the counties of Bibb, Houston. Dooly, and Irwin were given a pleasant trip and an interesting and advantageous object lesson in the cultivation of tobacco. Taa The republican party is pledged to the enactment of a federal elec tion law. I have before me, as I write, the bill passed toy the last republican house on that subject. This bill may toe fairly considered as an authoritative expression of the kind and character of law which republican success at the next elec tion will inflict upon us. I cannot, within the proper scope of such a letter as this, enumerate all its remarkable provisions. It gives to the judges of the United States circuit courts the power of appointing election offi cers of the states. It gives to the election officers so appointed the_ power to designate an unlimited number of deputy marshals, who may be employed for a number of days prior to each election, at -t-j per day. (A thousand or more might toe appointed in each con gressional district in Georgia.) It authorizes the use of the ar mies of the United States to pre serve the peace at the polls. It gives to judges of the United States courts the power of appoint ing a canvassing or returning board for each state, who shall certify whom the people have elected to congress. It requires the clerk of the house of representatives to place on the roll of members-elect the names of the persons holding such certifi cates, so that they may participate as members in the organization of the house. It authorizes ofticers of the L'nited States to supervise and control the experiments in tobacco culture that are being made and conducted at Cycloneta by the Railroad Company and at Tifton by Colonel H. H. Tift, are of so oxter. Bive a character that a thorough and efficient test will he made as 'to the ■ .. .. , . adaptability of soil to type. And by the : 1 i-ristration of \ oters. enterprise of the company and of Col- ' onel Tift the question whether in the ! wiregrass section of Georgia tobacco \ can be profitably and successfully grown ! will be answered. That ths soil is well It authorizes such officers to make a house-to house canvass, to ascer tain the legality of any registered voter. . j ; j at the vigorous growth and healthy j xt provides for the payment of appearance of the plants that cover ! all these officers out of the federal iKSi^’oiS’.'S.SYt^ »"«' «'« «»■- charge of the work. Upon the quality j ployment of many of them for as of the tobacco largely d_ependsthe profit, j eijglit days before an election. And finally it makes permanent adapted to tobacco is answered by a look healthy and ths conclusive answer as to what this wifi be cau only be given after the crop has been cured. On this point, however, those familiar with the plant agree that there is every evidence that it will equal the best types of Viygniia and North Carolina. AT C'.VCLONETA. for appropriation of your money the execution of the law. This enumeration of the pro visions of the bill, meager though At Cycloneta nine .acres have bean | it is, must make it plain to all men ties : Hester, Long Leaf, Goueh and Havana. Notwithstanding the dronth in the spring, which retarded and ren dered setting out the plants difficult. people would lose ?.li voice in the selection or control of the officers who managed and certify the result of their election. A judge of the circuit court of ed States, who is himself d by the president and topping, holds his office for life, appoint the tuckering, worming, etc., practically election offieers. All these judges, ««<«•.—"*•«*•« *■ ***». k p*ie green, a{ which the leaves iunat if election officers abuse or betray be gathered was shown—as much of the ( be j r trust, they are not responsible tooacco was then ready for the barn. ’ J It is not, however, the purpose in this to the people, ihe source of their report to go into details as to methods power and authority is the judge of cultivation and cure, as m the puhli-. .. . , , . ,, ,, , cations of the department we have on "ho appointed them. If a repub- seyeral yccasiocs called attention to this, licitn judge, to advance the interest • ..at tifton, : of his party, abuse his trust, he Here more than fifty acres have been ]f , t , t , - , planted, the same varieties being used "OUld nOi should to ,., mu Le as, at Cycloneta. From tec acre3of thU. come a law-_b.j responsible to the rpie. Our constitution intended generally The plants are small for the season the cr „ p }s aU tl)at c< , aI ,; Yui aoked > r , jm the result, doubtless of a very dry an • t; le tobacco, lands of Virginia and North cold spring. Another cause of the backt , Q a i^ 1Eka Through the fields the vi^it- ward condition of this cjop was t-ie rad . org werG accompanied by Mr. Fletcher th a t many croppers were unable to se- I p ascba j | wbo ba3 charge of the work, the [ uite cure the fertilizers which they would ; p a3cba j b i n qjy answered all qnes- arniointod otherwise have used. These fac.s tioM as to prep i ation a seeJ tUs, , coupled with the lessened acreage, wid transplanting, cultivation, render it impossible for ns to make the - *• e ' large crop of last year, and a sensible reduction of that crop may tie expected ip the fall. As a rale', however, ths gtalk of cotton is at present good, and Tfith favorable seasons during ffie ma turing period, we may realize a fair yield for the amount planted. IMPROVING THE FARMS. In the largest portion of the state the crops are beyond the help of the plow and the hoe, and the work on this line which has nqt been accomplished must be left undone. But we will now have a little leisure,'lp which to put onr farms , „ v in order. Nothing speaks in louder i in -the opinion of those i.. a position t tones of the thrift and prosperity of a ! know. 1.5O0 pounds per acre will be >.»"=»'uuvu luwuueu-i eonntry than the neat and well kept : gathered. On ti,L field GO pounds pei- that he should lie, aud to that e.ucl > ably pledge against high protective farm. Unfortunately many of onr I acie o* standard fertilizer was used lodged in the pecpicA reiiresenta- tariff laws. We believe that all farms have been sadly neglected »mce from many of the plants from twenty- ' . * *. * ,. * .. „ , f ., , , aJ1 the war. often from inability to secure fire to thirty Laves will be cured, which tives in oGugress the pov.'er.of^pjjjAaxMion of the people should be the labor necessary to keep them up; or, <, more than double an ordinary crop.’ peach meat; but this law remiJYeiM! imbed to the necessities of the £l!dfe«£!d ttafeiir^toat^“ranld j tS?cK I tl,at responsibility by r«o-miritog|#vernment economically admini- uot wqb to advantage. Tlje result is j ga M of .the Spanish variety, for this the appointee of the judge UL.de- Uttered, that qn many farms the buildings are . trpe 0 f tobacco’will make almost as nn“ ter mine who is vour dulv elected IT Th„ r«nnhi;»on . „_* r n , , falling into decay, and the fence* and in proport i on to the usual frop ' 1 ' " , The republican party flushed diriiion lines ar® otottub with briars ^ the ten acres mentioned. Over the rcpre.*?enUitive. If a p^tjsan jiiaj®*T r \vi£h many successes sustained by and bushes, dctrsctui^ mticb from other - rmn • /sAntinwAne mnF L ic hu^>i w?-«*f-j _-«»-• • n ! wise attractive homes. If we expect to keep our children at home and away nothing was ao—e eariy ..i un u. " ” euaxvating —- - ' t det< remedy have you? The partisan election officers are alone respoa sible to the partisan judge, and the partisan jndge can only bo im peached by representatives congress who hold their offices by virtue of a certificate from the par tisan election officers. This is a mockery of responsibility. No one respect* more highly than I do the office aud the proper au thority of a judge, and no one can bear more willing testimony than I do to the honesty, and the integrity ability of our judiciary; and yet the fact remains that on the elector al commission of 187(1, judges of the supremo court of the United States, the highest judicial officers on earth, divided in opinion election returns, on party lines, and tiie result was the inaugura tion Mr. Hayes as president, when you and I and a large majority of the people of the people of the country then believed and now believe that Mr. Tilden had been duly elected to that great office. Popular government could not long survive the establishment of a system which permitted the use of the army at tiie polling places of the country, and, at the same time removed, from responsibility to the people the officers who manage and control their elections. The party to which we belong is pledged against federal election laws. The democrats of Georgia know what it is to live under i government based on federal coer cion and returning board methods. We favor home rule, and believe the people of each state can be trusted to manage their own elec tions. The republican party is also pledged to the continuance of a policy of taxation which has done more to bring about the present depressed condition of agriculture than all other causes combined. I refer to what is commonly called a tariff for protection. That law forces you to buy in the dearest and sell in the cheapest market of the world. It takes from the masses of the people, and gives to a privileged class.. It prevents the natural distribu tion of wealth. It creates combinations and trusts to increase the prices of what you must buy. It robs the mauy to make mill ionaires of the few. It restricts you to the protected and high-priced home market when you buy, while you are forced to seek tiie cheap free trade markets of the world when you sell. Its® burden* importations tha* you cannot profitably exchange abroad your surplus products. It forces out of the pockets of the people and into the treasury of the United States each year, more than one-fifth, and it transfers from agricultural communities to manu facturing centers each year more than, one-half of all the money we have in circulation, thus bringing about that scarcity of money among the masses of tiie people, which has created so much suffering and distress. It is a low estimate that each in dividual in the United States is forced by our present tariff laws to pay for what he yearly consumes $10 more than he would pay if there were no such law. Georgia has a population of more than one million eight hundred thousand. The people of Georgia then aro taxed more than eighteen million dollars each year for “protection.’’ Practically nearly every dollar of this money is taken out of our state. It etilier goes into the treasury of the United States, or to manufact uring centers. If the tariff were reduced one-half at least nine mil lion dollars which now leaves us yearly would remain in Georgia. That would amount to an annual increase of circulation in our state of $5 per capita. With such a re duction of taxation, and with such an increase of circulation each year, is it not plain that we would soon hayo in the hands of our own people a sufficient amount for ail the purposes of* trade and com merce? Under the democratic low tariff from 1850 to 1860, agri culture was prosperous, more so than ever before or sinco in our history. The producers were not then the borrowers; they had money to lend, and all industries flourished. Our party is unalter- the retention of power. The democratic party, encouraged by its steady growth of tiie past twenty years, supported by the plain people of the country who are burdened with unjust taxation, ifnd strong in the conviction that it is contending for principles that are founded in right and justice, is girding itself for the great contest of November next. Just at this juncture when we have so much at stake, when re publican success would disrupt and disturb our business and social conditions, when republican suc cess would fasten upon us indefi nitely tho unjust laws which now oppress us, democrats of Georgia are earnestly urged by some of those who have heretofore acted with them to abandon the princi ples for which they have so long contended, to give up the fight on democratic lines, to form a new army with which to fight the enemy, and that, too, in the very hour of battle, as it were, and when democratic victory seems absolute ly assured. I am well aware that unjust, unequal and oppressive laws have produced a financial condition in tho south that has rendered our people almost desperate, and I know, too, and fully appreciate and sympathize with their determina tion in some way to find relief: but the question is, how shall we find it; what is our best and most ex peditious remedy? Certainly if either of the old parties promises relief, we had better rely upon ob taining it t-hore than in an effort to build lip anew party. Our troubles arise from unjust and unequal laws; if we repeal those laws would not our trouble be removed ? Who made tho laws ? The republican party, and it still defends them. The first thing then is to drive (he republican party{from power. The fight has been long; our burdens have been onerous; our distress lias been great, and many of our people are inclined to be despondent, but if we stand solidly togother as we have in the past, we will find a way to relief. Some of our follow citizens, them selves perhaps deceived, are seek ing to convince others that there is no real difference between the re publican and the democratic parties; that both have deceived the people; that neither is to be trusted, and that relief can only be found in the formation of a new party. I am informed that in Georgia many good democrats, men who have always supported, and some of them shaped the policy of our party, have been so disturbed in conviction by false statements and sophistical arguments as to he now considering the propriety of joining in a third party movement. Suffer not yourselves to be de ceived. Do not forget- that the democratic party has always op posed class legislation. It opposed uid resisted the passage of the very laws of which the people now com plain. It stands, and has over stood, ready to repeal those laws if given the power. Remember tiie democratic party lias never been ble to repeal a law since the war. It has never been in full control of the government. No opponent of those bad laws can justly say the democratic party is responsible for them, or that it has had an oppor tunity to repeal them and has failed to do so. No fair man can say the democratic party has refused re lief, because that party has not, for thirty years, been in a position to grant relief. Every candid man, at all acqu ainted with the political condition of the country, must admit that this new party has not the slightest prospect of national success. Ii.s present hopeful candidate for the presidency stood for the same office in 1876, as the candidate of the greenback party. He and his fol lowers in that party were as con fident of success then as he and his leading followers in hisne.v party are sanguine of success now; and yet in 1876 there was not cr-nt for him a single electoral vote’. However virtuous and p-asie- worthy may be the motives of tho-c engaged in the third party move ment in Georgia, its greatest suc cess could only rosult in the divi sion of the democratic party there, and division in Georgia means re publican success, discord, strife and ruin. Division in the national demo cratic party in 1860 enabled the re publicans, by a minority vote, to secure their first national triumph. Shall we in 1892 divide our forces and thus permit our great adver sary, again in a minority, again to “snatch victory from defeat?” The country is democratic; of the forty-four states of the union twenty-six no\y have democratic governors; ofc the 332 representa tives in congress, 234 are demo crats. We can elect onr candidate for president without his receiving a single republican vote. If we stand together success is certain. I feel sure that when the true men of Georgia calmly reflect over the conditions that surround them, and of the consequences of repub lican triumph, they will be convin ced that their interests dictate, ard their duty to theirfamilies demand that in the coming contest they shall, with voice and vote, unitedly support the democratic nominee both state and national. » „ Thanking each of you persera" to cro ? * caHDrasos paru.-an {flection oincers^j an army of office holders and en- for the very gracious manr « nothing diteeariy i-itu*bi ■'’'no falsely certify that he whom j riehed by contribulions from those i Y h l ‘. < ; , ‘ y . ou 5 ave discha^® •“i planting Jamestown \JL psuti,- v h-tve defeated at the polls your j whom its unjust luwshave favored by ** : d ‘ ly representative, what f is now bendtog its every effortt\^ ^ ^ IkHISP.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Bainbridge democrat. (Bainbridge, Ga.) 18??-????, August 25, 1892, Image 1