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nterprt VOL 1--XO 1 32. 1'[IOM ASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 35.00 PER ANNUM :A. NS" Open Letter. We have heard people wonder why it is that at Lohn- stein’s you can al ways find more customers than at any other place in town. This question we can easily answer : The people like to trade at Lohnsteins store, 1st. Because they receive every possi ble attention and consideration from the proprietor, as well as from the salesmen. 2nd. Because they find a better selection of goods at Lohnstein’s than at any other place in town, and Last, but not least, because a dol lar goes farther and reaches deeper at Lohnstein’s than anywhere else. Politeness,square honorable dealing, excellence and great variety of stock, small mar gins v and quick sales; These are the cardinal reasons for our flattering and unprecedented suc cess. And the good work still goes on. Come and see us this week. We will divide profits with you. * Dry goods, cloth ing, shoes, hats, complete in every department. Bar gains in every line. They are waiting for you. Come and pluck them.' It will pay you. TK1K EDITOR. BEFORE. Who in his snnclum sits up late, And strives, with sentences of weight, To set to right affairs of state ? The editor. Admire him I Who deeply molds the public thought? For money who can ne’er be bought? Who always for the right has fought? The editor. Respect him ! Who notes what great men do and say, And files obituaries away When they shall die, to print uext day? The editor. Revere him ! Who giv >s us cure for cough or cold, Who suffers patiently and long And seldom uses language strong? The editor. Don’t chide him! Who ignorance must ne’er confess, Who knows of all things ijiorc or less or what lie don’t know sure can guess? The editor. Consult him ! When youthful talent seeks to rise, Who views its growth with friendly eyes, Its merits quick to recognize ? The elitor. Oh, bless him! AFTER. Who dotii good judgment sadly lack, Who lias of taste not e’en a smack ? Who sent my little poem back? The editor. Confound him I — Echangc. • ill, The Great Leader and Benefactor, 132 BROAD ST. Tobacco Culture in Gadsden Coun ty. Florida—How the Work is Accomplished. Editor Times-Enterprise : To make tobacco culture a success, one must have tome experience, no matter how much he might read on the subject. However, I will en deavor to give your readers a des cription of the “modus operandi.” The first thing to be done, is to pre pare the “seed bed,” which is com monly done in the fall of the year. A low, rich spot of ground is usually selected, and then the trees, brush, etc., are cut down and piled on the place for the bed, and a quantity of the surrounding timber is also cut down, and piled on the bed, which is left to dry until January or February, when the “seed bed” is fired, and all the timber and brush is thoroughly burned to ashes. As soon ns the bed gets cool, it is thoroughly grubbed up with sharp grubbing hoes, and finely pulverized, and immediately the tobacco seed are sown. All this is done ns rapidly as possible, after tho bed ’ is burned. In a month the young plants begin to appear, and in another mouth they are large enough to transplant, provided the weather hasj been favorable, and the beds properly looked after. Frequently the young plants have to be sprinkled with Paris Green, - to destroy the worms. If there is anything that worms aro fonder of, than tobacco, I have never seen it, The planters have to keep a close watch for these pests, or they will eat the last plant, and this warfare on the worms must be kept up until the crop is made and carried to the barns. The tobacco worm is the great draw-back to to bacco culture. But I must say that I believe the tobacco worm is a bles sing in disguise. Were it not for him, tho farmers would soon raise more tobacco than the market would need, thereby bringing the price so low that it would not bo a profitable crop to plant. Before the plants arc large enough to transplant, tho land for tobacco should be thoroughly prepared, and well fertilized, if it is not fresh laud, by a liberal use of cotton seed, stable manure, or good compost. Guano is used but very little for tobacco, as it is injurious to the smoking qualities and flavor of the cigars The rows for tobacco should be three feet apart, aud the plants should be set about two-aud a-half or three feet apart in the drill. The plants should be set out as early in the spring as possible, though fine tobacco can he grown from plants set out ns late as the fifteenth of June. From all the early settings, two crops can be made, but from tho late set tings only one crop can be made. As soon as the plants are us large as the hand, they should be worked with a hoc, by loosening the dirt around the roots, and hilling it up slightly. The young plants should be gone over two or three times a week, and all the young worms caught and killed, and all the eggs of the tobacco fly should be destroyed. This is a very tedious piece of work, and as I have already stated, it is the great drnw-baok to tobacco culture, but there is no other way of getting rid of the worms, without injuring the tobacco also. It is considered a good days work for one hand to worm two acres of tobac co, therefore six acres is called a crop of tobacco for one hand, and he does well to keep it worked and wormed without outside help. About the first to the middle of June the tobaecq stalks must be topped,” or it will go to seed, and it must have all the “suckers” pulledofT, or they will take tho strength from tho stalk, thereby decreasing the flavor and value of the crop. The “worming” process must be carried on without fail, even if the topping and suckcriug has to be left undone. It will not do for tho far mer to leave the crop to the mercy of the worms, for if he does, ho loses all the work he has bestowed upon the crop, and the tobacco also. I will say just here, that the hotter and dryer the weather becomes, the less trouble the worms are, but in cloudy, rainy weather, if the tobacco is not wormed rapidly, they will soon eat up a crop. As soon as the lower half of the stalks begin to turn yellowish, it is “ripe,” and must bo cut, without delay. 0f all the crops I have any knowl edge of, tobacco will wait the least without a serious loss to tho farmer. When tobaccq needs work of any kind, it needs it to day, and very often it is too lute to wait until the next week. Ab fast as tho stalks arc cut, they arc carried or hauled to the nearest ham, and carefully laid in the shade. In a large crop of tobacco, the harvesting is an interesting and exciting timcT About 9 or 10 o’clock, or just as soon as tho dew dries oft, the “cutters” arc put to work, with large, keen, butcher knives, who go ahead, and with one quick lick with the keen blade, lays the stalk to one side, and makes for the next ripe stalk. From four to five cutters arc goner ally put to work at once. These five cutters can cut the tobacco faster than thirty or forty hands can carry it to the barns. Iusidc of the barns all is activity and rapid work. The carriers lay the heavy stalks cacetully on long tables or cloths spread on the ground, and on either side of the barn are men “spearing" the stalks, while others are rapidly bearing them away to another part of the barn, when it again changes hands, and is finally hung on the tiers or joists in the barns, where it is left to cure. It must be borne in mind, that from the time the tobacco is cut, each and every one that handles it, must do so with care, in order to keep from bruis ing or tearing the leaves. After it has hung in the lower part of the barn for foul or five days, it is again moved to a higher portion of the barn, thereby making room for the next cutting. In three or four weeks the leaves are cured, when the stalks are taken down and the leaves taken off. As fast as the leaves are stripped from the stalks, they are tied into hands of thirty or forty leaves, and then packed into boxes, where it re mains until it is sold. After the tobacco leavt s tiie farm ers hands, it is again gone over by the buyers, who have it assorted according to quality, and taking all the best leaves for wrappers, and the short and poorer grftdes for fillers. Mr. Editor I will close this article by saying, that if you, or any of your readers should at any time visit Quincy, I will he glad to show' you the beauties and attractions ot this par! of the “Land of Flowers.” With best wishes for all of my old friends in Georgia, I am yours, with high regard. J. W. J. Quincy, Fla., Oct 10, 1889. Tho Mexican Congress Almost Sure to Grant Concessions. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. n.—Advices from Mexico say that the bill to grant a concession to Henry E. Ferguson and William H. Ellis, two colored men from Texas, who propose to colonize lands ip the states of Ojaco; Gurrero; Vera Cruz; Michocan and San Luts Potisi with negroes from Texas and other American states, has passed the lower house of congress with but one dissenting vote, and has gone to the senate. It is believed that the • bill will pass and be signed by president Diaz, Ferguson and Ellis expect that 20,000 negroes from Texas alone will move to Mexico and raise cotton on these lands, and that many thousand industrious blacks, skilled in the culti vation of cotton will follow them from the states cast of the Mississippi river. The press almost unanimously takes exception to the action of the govern ment in granting the concussion, in aid of the negro immigration scheme. Solid. Wc take the following comple ment to Col. A. P. Wright, from the Camilla Clarion: When you want to get down to the solid truth about a country, go and talk with solid men. Col. A. P. Wright, of Thomasville, is one of our granite foundation men. He has made a solid fortune since the war by solid work aud solid judgment. He showed his faith in Mitchell as a solid county, by taking her short time and low rate bonds at par. lie has loaned thousands of dollars in this county and is not afraid to do it ftgW»A • ' In response to our question as to the outlook for tho future of this sec tion, ho said that the outlook was good, for he thought that our plant ers were in better condition than they have been for years, and he cited in support of that opinion that the Bank of Thomasville had loaned the past year one hundred thousand dollars to planters, who said that they did not wish to run accounts in the stores on credit; that a majority of those loans had been promptly paid, and when the same parties asked for new loans it was with the statement that they had plenty of corn anil other Supplies with which they could carry on their farming operations tor the coming year. Tho new loans have been asked to aid them iu the purchase of lands for themselves or their children, or for making perma nent improvements on their farms, in the way of better houses, or for the more securely putting away crops al ready made. He said that it was a good omen, for our people by so doing showed their confidence in the future growth of their section and its properties. He said that he thought the Alliance organization had done great good in inculcating economy among the peo ple; that where credit was almost universal, now it was a hard matter to sell good men goods on time, and if our people would pursue the course they had for the last year, in ten years the people of wliat was termed the “wire grass,” would bs a rich people, for you can recollect this sec tion was formerly called in derision the wire-grass. That when he came to this section thirty-five years ago, taking a point on the Chattahoochee and runuiug a line east until it struck the Flint river, including Dooly and out east to Liberty, all south of such a line was called the wire-grass coun try of Georgia. But the future would show, ou account of its liealth- fulncss, generous soil, the case with which the lands were cultivated, that before thirty-five years more passes away, that on its bosom would rest a mighty population, rich in wealth and other resources, and that it would be the empire section of the Emmie State of the south- This is encouraging a-id the people appreciate such testimony. Tho Yardmen Still Out and No New Mon in Their Placet. Atlanta, Ga.. Oct. ii.—The strike among the yardmen of the Central railroad, which was inaugurated last night, is still maintained, though ef forts aie being made to adjust the dif- fererffces between the employes and employers. The former demand an increase of pay which they to day de clared mustbe forthcoming before they would return to work. The yard con ductors demand $1.33 instead of $2 per day, and the couplers $i,75 instead ot $1.50 per day. New men were put on to-day, but after a few hours work they quit and joined the strikes. The road is reported to have made an attempt to induce negroes to take the place of the yardmen, but without success, owing to theawewith which the former regard the strikers. ENGINEERS HELP THEM. The engineers refused to take out trains made up by negroes. The strikers now number about Thirty three men, but have shown no dispo sition to Offer violence. While hanging about the yards to day they submitted to the police sent to disperse them with the utmost good humor. It is rumored that they will be joined by the yardmen of the Western & Atlantic road, whose pay is no better than their own, and there is reason to believe that the strikers expect rc enforcement from the employes of that road. Should daylight revive their confidence the negroes may go to work in the Central yards in the morning. Let Advertisers Read. From the Pulatka Herald. A single page in a single issue of the Century, taken for advertising pur poses, costs $500; in Harper’s, 8400; in other prominent magizines, from $too to $320. A yearly advertise ment of one column in the Chicago Tribune costs $26,000; in the New York Tribune, $20,554 for the lowest, and $85 950 for the highest rates; in the New York Herald, $36,203 tor the lowest, and $39,500 for the highest priced columns. These papers, it is said, are never at a loss tor advertse- ments. And yet people will kick when they pay ten cents a line for a special local in the Palatka Herald. They arc having fears of a “water famine” iu New York city. Yester day Mayor Grant was informed by one of the lending engineers of the city that nt present the Croton water shed is inadequate to supply tho demands, and that a plan for bring ing water from the Passaic watershed has become an absolute necessity. The present yearly loss to the city from death and sickness, preven table by an abundant water supply, is estimated by a board of engineers at 818,872,655, Next Friday will be observed by Leon Odd Fellows’ Lodge as memo rial day, Twenty-three Odd Fellows sleep in the cemetery at Tallahassee, and on the day named appropriate flo ral offerings will be placed upon their graves. An interesting programme will be adopted and carried out and the day observed by the lodge and its friends Now Going on -AT- LBVY’S ModsMss. Our Mr. Levy having closed out, while in N ew York, large lots of Hurt His Feelings. Town Topics. Maude—Did the doctor say there was any danger to be feared from having your fingers amputated? Jouah—lie said I would never feel well again. Ethel—O, I saw such a sweet match safe this aiterneon. George—What shape was it itt? “It was in the shape of a marriage certificate." The French government announces that so far the American exhibits at the Paris exposition have been award ed 53 grand prizes; 199 gold medals; 271 silver medals; 218 bronze medals and 220 honorable mentions, and the list is not nearly completed. -IN- Walking Jackets, New Markets, Modjeskas. ALSO A LARGE LOT OF Misses’ and Childrens’ Cloaks & Reefers, direct from the manufacturers, we feel confident in as serting that our Prices on them are FAR BELOW the cost of manu facture. Call early before the choice ones are picked over. Levy’s Mitchell House Block