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R *iso More Stock.
;<cion ».i raising more st« ck
;ia is attracting the'attention
t- : e fanners' This is a subject iu
which every ittrojer-ia duly iuuresied.
Il J-. u uuluttuQw laci that UftdUaudg,
jmy huu-frtOs f.i i^ousiuidal datum,
are ..mill ui) seui out ol Georgia to
• he'%V tat tor mock, which u»ig*»i be
raved m borne, i'enucrtee, Kentucky,
aiid* u uuiiihtr -of Western fetal* s. ttu-
*0r0„. aopualiy, much ol Georgia’s
health giving in return horses; and
rank-?. These could be rained here
d they rLou d be ' Any tanner cae
Growing Pensions- ; Taylor Hanc ck.
The tax payers are brcorn.n^ re-*- Ev- ry im*v u <1 then lids irra c
live under the gt *at and ?a- r increas
mg load of pensions Speaking of
Raum’s last repor:, the Washmgtoi.
correspondent of the Constitution, Mr.
Barren, ia/s:
fhirte u million dollars is the
,y'- . Clev»* a* d (h*?*>«<-jr tort a k*refual
/Lxkqyroo"., N J.\ J*r awhsl*.
1^*1 *
• Co to
.Boetod bud a big .blase yesterday
Lo a oyer a n.H!:«*r and a hall.
The bL dr> uo.oCs- firm
■ C..J."Juhu<».of has fatied
Ham m-.de a 0
Secure a» NAl.vil
first p-a form
* Both arnap/i nn
improving 'I bi-
Goverwr-elert i'junn
tee, will be imtug
Mr.-. Colquitt arc
Mvlo- rae news.
vd
of Tenr.es •
the lGrh
Georgia, it seems. wiir not he re
presented a! tho World’s, lair. This
it union una c.
p uue **r two brood' ui»ct»
ami n.uies cau be raised in Georgia at
corupaiaiively small co t. Iusleud oi.
doing this, Mr. Junes or Mr. Smith
will pay—or give hit note, coupled
with "a mortgage—for $125 or $150
tor a western mule or horse. This.it
jg. * Mr. Joues and Mr. Smith
could -rake aa-go d a horse or mule,
lor $25 It is no wouder that the
farmer complains. Much ot his hard
earnings go in buying stock and pro
ducts', which ho might, a d should,
raiep ou his farm.
\Ve hope the farmers of Georgia
ill turn over a new leaf, and, in ibe
future raise more stock
Edwaid^Murpli y has received the
caucus nomination for Senator 1
tfew York.
Ht-re
i t «ken fri
ni * he Ne
genius b^b 4
about hi’it I
Y-.rk World :
Indianapolis Jan. 7 —Mrs
M irtha Foster, a ‘spirit ph: byraph-
held at the Central Police Sta-
tnnair at whtch Cororoi-sionrr oljchs »-htn iu this city, but at whose iu-
oMur
The republicans aro out of pmt
Colorado for tire first lime since the
State was wganiz-vl.
It is said That, i.uuber grave crisis
has arisen iu Eumj**. A little blood
letting may be the result.
Another erhi* ».conned jc*>terday
in Franco ‘S he e.iir.- talmvet re
signed. I’he r. punisc i.-,8 ill shaky.
. The Ccnt:ra.T tr-.ub cs appear jo tu
iqtermmab c. It re m>w * ded by tn*
R.& D li*r :om- t-vir a rn.hiun.
Severa
have s'iui
they say,
tion.
Colcrad,
pro du
Tom W
hybrid sub
The m-.aau
tion.
The gre P.
notified tt>
quit i he u
for Hie tv-
Mary is Out -
The following letter is given to the
public through the as-ociated pre*&:
Sauna, Kan., Jan. 4.—Many
friends have seen fit to mention my
name in connection with th- senatori
al con Lett and I am complimented by
many usairnnct s of popular and leg-
is alive support; also by the fact that
i the first and only woman ever
mentioned tor the place, nolwith-
s anding that I have never announced
my sell as a candidate tor that or any
other office. I am not willing iu any
way to divide our forces or to lend-r
possible thu el ction ot one who is
n<>l in full aifi iatmn with our priu
i-ipits I therefore consider it mv
duty lo &af~tfiat I shall not permit
my nnmo to -ba presented or any
.claims tu be consider! d at the coming
•o**ial e’ectiou. The person
elected should be a middle-of-tho way
opuli't.
Respectfully and fratern illy,
Mary F. Lea-e.
Let ns hope, fondly, trustingly
iope, that. Mary F will iu'k-future
sehfw politics and give her'attention
o the tiliU* Leases and to Mr Le«ttV
wardrobe.
Gcor.
number
worlo’s I
to foot ■
And i
Pans t.
M*.
iron
Jim Bi •
p&ble va-
It is pu
contest i
Mr Mtlu
the gover
Govern
sutub'c s>'
Mr.
would feci
ment; and <
the positict
The popt
ceeds that
Phdaficiphi.
and ibe&e a
cities havin
habitants tc
Rabbits ar.-
nutsance in sen
Barber couim \
cents • each, i u
about 5000 sc
there since la: <
The Spring :4 11 11.
•*fhere are soo.e i u
never' be allmve 1 to ;
simply because th y
more fitted for she farm
or the store :tma Jo- pre
ing,'Tawing’ or writing
.Dick Gr ibb
■ electoral voici
aro wid dni>> r m
Presides :t Wtt-o
• Georgia remark
i T 0n the 4th *d Ma
. - however, forget
Sterling Robins.
: *xpenence
r vc-’.rs ago.
The next and last formality, iu the
election president will occur on ibe
8th ol February. On that day th*
senate and house will meet and canvas
the vote. And vico president Morton
f ^y||l officially declare that Grover
Cleveland if elected president and
A.dlsi Steve]»80u vice preeidetit of the
United States,
■ Mr.'Cleveland has had a number of
new chbmets arranged lor him dur
ing the past week. Parties..a number
of therh, have undertaken the iob of
coDStrticung these caninets, and it
must be said that ihiy have not been
It is more tbiri probable tljat
, C9e»el»nd"wiil revue, tie
» Kr>inr» Hnn#' fnr him. .
Rauro places.the deficenc es to
pensd»r»!»’for the current fiscal year. It
RCO<lrre.d that tho treasury
d-partmem some time ago estimated
these deficiencies af ten mtlltors.
fouf ibi* matter has ncr^a-ed b\
nin e im U .iis makt g ttie t^it l'p»n
sum expenditures lor the year $*s8,s
000 000, and the estimates for' pen
sioos next year ts '$165,000,000.
Raum admitted thav.these figures wetc
necessary estimates, and they might
be enlarged as the new fiscal year ad
vanced m that event creating
deficieticy From the best ink
ti »M ob amab:e in this matter, u 1
Card d as Ccrtaio that t»e pens;* r.»-
will cost during the fiscal yrar e> diiig
Jut1c 30.1894.1-ot less tha« $i75»”
ooq.ooo. I here is not the >>gh cst
doubt but sevcra* mulions, perhaps
many mllions, cuuid be saved to tnc
people by a thorough weeding out ot
the pension list. There are m quea-
tio ably many cases of fraudu ent pen
sions, aiith- many o-htr cases *turc
pensions have been granted to peop e
»ho do not stand in the slightest need.
I ibem. and all such case- shou-d *»c
ferreted out and srxkcj* lr ra he
runs. Ih«re is one simpl proy sto
wmcb, if enacted and strictly c<rried
ou*. would do more in tnts d rct i o*-
ban a thousand agents in -the fit Id.
and that is to publish the pension li>t
once a year in he coumy » ewspap*r>
at he United States, and to keep
printed lists ot pensioners oust id n
some < onspicuous p aces, »ay poe
offices, u-roughout the country- This
pub iciiy would 11 Jure no hones* pen
sioner, but 11 w.»u d bring abuu the
detection of the fraudu ent pe ti n -
and those un.iccessarny receiving pen
sions. Its adoption wouid.be the'fir>
>r<tcuca! steps toward a reform wh-ch
caunot be much longer po^poued ”
Let 1 he lists be made pub ic.
. Ham’s Great Hit
Columbus. O., Jan 10.—A Geor
gi* colonel has invaded the Capital of
Ohio, led an assault, fired ujion his
ci ad*-), and carried everything by
stuuce is not c<early.known.
Mrs Foster says she CHme to ludi-
anupolis at the request of William
Hancock, the wealthy rot ry p'ougb
manufacturer, for the purpo-e ol
takiog a spirit pti»^>gra< h ot bis child,
wnica/lias h eu d**a<L. 8eveo years.
While at Hauc‘>ck’s bouse ahe was
called upon by several proniiaent
cidxeus. for each of whom she did
work. She claims that her arrest is
due to a young nian at a leading' ho
tel,.. ■ - _ ' v. r >’ • • •' '.* ’
Mr Hancock -was called upon ltf*t
a -ought at bis r* sideline in K«w Y*»rk
'treat I-- UQQ Ciirner ot the room.
psritd mu«1 si rung ou a wire were
:unaiu.H at some biack stuff that
might c ntiuii chemicals used b* phb-
pht-ra The appearauc«*--«»t t:»e
room indicated Mr Hancock’* strung
i.KORGITS ELtCTORAL Vl>TE.
W Itw!
«'t the H*a(bei iii All
la. ihe J-Hirual says:
*■ most biting, ji*-uetratin^
oh- r **i the c ild spell was
felt
. mat ter .how mi-ffl d or nu
i , .• iniurr.d u ru.n -n.giu
larcuti’g uir, like cold need
tlin-tigh all and se*ined to
i (be very marrow iu ibe boms
was said at th<» weather bureau
his n. oiuel a ate of the at
isero was ui«inl\ due to the great
rlit * in th«-. air during *a»t night,
h • i t Sititani of a very b*
ibH
* Souiher»i Geo/gia
'e*rZt aid gr..w
i lif*
iry.
• he
A Hit From Tho Should.
Jacks.u.vilie i'iuics-Union: Recent
s <1 iho legislatures ot South Caro
a and Georgia have given them
Je^picail and unenviable notorie
A f-prcicnen criiicism is the fol-
ving by the N*-w Orleana Slat'
>: Georgia to accept the
•me for Cmlederale Soldiers and
uinlain it alter it had been bunt,
lid for - and presented to the state,
a b ot o i the escutcheon of that
•muionwealth. It has been ^de-
*unced i-s a disgraceful act by th
ttercst republican organs ia the
mb, w hi!e the feeling of disgust in
ic s uih is too great for uny one to
^empt to describe.”
It Kay 1)2 Wa r .
The feituaiion in Eoro|)e grow*,
m ue serious. Germany U incre<isiu fc -
henuiiitary reserves; Franca with a
turcaicaed internal revolution is still
watching Germany with a jealous eye
and holds herself in readiness to wipe
out the stain' of Sedan, while the
Russian.rrroy embracing hundreds ol
tbou^auds i' clamoring for war. And
•In- may conclude to acc<mitno>
«l.*te them: I*, w -uld. to a great
lent, divert utit-uti<«ii~- from home
• r<*ur* cs. Taking it altogether the
•utiook tor u long continued plate
is to fay. the least, not very flitter*
t> net i-Spiritualism.
Mr.. Hancock said:. ‘I paid Mrs.
Foster $50 for her three days* work
b re and altogether she hasg»taV>ui
$500 Jroin me She fiualiy got a
•icturer**f my dead child that .a ufied
me. l hepiciurt8 were always taken
the dark, Siuce she has been htrv
thHie has been ta k of iraud I Would
give ill I posses* were 1 sure that (hia
wofUau is uot a fraut^ and that Spirit
pbotography is au assured fact. If
sue i« proved iunuc- nt aud. uotbiug is
Io iud iu her truuk I will give her
wiiuugly half I pus-esa ” ;
I he World’s correspondent has the
i>ame wrong It is evidently-our
layl*r. i he tra* s*ciiuu smacks very
much like him.
it WAS CAST SOLIDLY F08
CLEVELAND AND STEVEN ON
The Lucky Thirteen.
Atlanrt" j n. 9 —Georgia cast
nir 13 electoral vu.es fur Grover
Dcvcaad to-day. At the sam hour
me 0 ctoral colleges ,ol ah the o.t>cx
states performed their work. ffic-re<
s(i;t wiii b - . 280 Vp.v'8 ior Cicveiana
144 r n^iTisOii, acd 20 tor Weaver
. ru Georgia eiectolri wna~. tn.t' »,*
A lanta art "Joe James ot Doqg a ,
\\, T. G*t. d Ricbmoi <J,.A»ired H't
ng'.o i ut Ematiu- , W G. AoarnsoT
ut Carroll, J W Walure ui Doughcr
y, E. F. Minton, cf Suia.cr^ B. il
Btackburn of Fui on Frank F-tut 01
^paidmg. P. M.tf YuUai ot Bsrto*.
J P shannon ut E bert, Winutn . E
n'iimiou? vf-GsilijpcO, J. W._ Li oeay.
W .Mi.sou. McE. F. McCook ■■■i
Giyuu. T 14
her i^triutc* w.rc Alien D,
dir Hal. Dup >nt Gurrry - hj
B im D ii K. Gro a».r. t Bui ■ch. r>
G. o«.L *.00 . *d hofn^ft, I E St. pj
t D F D., Peabod) of Mu »*u
ai«. J F u ci.iosun id - Cuy>wi>, ,G
•V. fir*an ui He r , rt. E Cukm J
■it Poik G. W. Adams of Putnam, v\
£ Canffier of U- ton, B n Walker •
'. ti-a- ock, and B Vi Fczz il of Tn
naus for the New YcarJ -
D'ErAntiisxf op Ac me ultube .
Atlanta , x Gn., Jan. 1,1893,
now year, with all ifcs- hopes, opens
jeforo ds.- Let ns take tho opjionvmi-
ties which it brings, antTbcgin onr work
with welt defined plans an< purposes.
Our lossesauul disappointments aro bo
hind us; to rejine over them is. folly.
Tho gonileman who has thus vio
laud thv> comity between the stales is
U n. H W. J Ham
Ham was the ien-r&l attraction
the ba quet ot the Jack>oa C>ub in
cerbrati-m ot Btonewa* Jackson’s
day It Was >be most notable 1 oliti-
Cil bn-quoi. ever held in Ohio, at
tended by three hundred and fitly • t
the state’s most prominent denmcieti
Kmm ibe introductory sentence to
the last word, Orator Ham h*d hi?
audience langhiog. howling cheering
and applauding. He wa-* th** io ol
the occifiou. Hw »o *f pict*ir« «*t
me *8n.-ll)g*-i‘tvr iu PtJiiH!*” m. t
with instant r*-cognitiou. Wh*n
Co onel Hhiu finished United S-*te»
Brice ah* ok ha d* liiai
and c ngratulated him. nt* •mil ie
being followed by other di*tiugm*bed
m n-. Ihe entile audience hen ro-e
and gave him three cheer*
I"he visitor ba« been the recipi nt
of tuauy delicate attentions -rom the
ci ix*u* *if Columbus and member* of
too Ohio legislature, and has left a
must delight nl impress->n
A One Legged Patriot
The fe udicra Huuio question will
uot down at any one’s bidding. The
Atlauta Juumai of yesterday, say?:
’Up m m V ii a R ea tm* tn *ruiug
came a oue-iegged vtnerau of the war
ot meo»n aderacy. ami when the b >ard
•»l trustees oi the fe.»idier»* home meets
ou lhuredu? he will lay before;Tu»
member- a pio;*osiii<*u ciub*<dyicg all
the piinctplc* of .oynUy a ddevoii- n
The veierau’Hjiiame is J. B feauiple.
‘•CuloneTfeampJe?'’ he was asked this
morning inquisitively..
“No, sir, Private Sample,” was ihe
sturdy reply.
Private Sample was one ot the
many heroes who wore the gray who
felt Iheit blood boil when the soldi* r»
home was rejected uy ihe legtsaiure.
Private Sample proposes to se.Por
rent bis farm o> 175 acres uear Villa
Rica and devoid the pruce*ds together
With what other umls he cau raiae
towards running ihe home.
1 win taae care of the old fellows. *
eaid ibis age«l warrior as he sat in
Limits Ga.hollo’s •dice, *ss
Grady Would »ave them 'Cared t**r.
.'i ( wual .»• a ciiauCe o ?h *w ’em ail
nat 1 cau do II 1 fall a- a »y iuie.
ho f.e c u go nacK to thr trust-
»u- l -V* I I.e er I 1 ” aud there
t is all wo can. gain frbm them,
rtunatejy some of us aro" in debt,
but having arranged terms, with ered-
tora; let each take fresh courage, and
ot as. all begin at once to put oUr plans,
into execution. In doing this, let us.
thoughtfully consider whether. These
plans arowell matured, well digested,
evolved and clirystalized from ‘ patient
and painstaking methods, or are they
simply tho result of that hopefulness
which springs afresh in our hearts with
every recurring season ? Uyxlcss they
are founded ou the moro substantial
basis, yro need scarcely hope for progress
or-for success. "We should consider
thoughtfully not only wherein
succeeded, but wherein we hive failed,
and to what causes thos^ failures are due.
Have we handled our affairs on business
principles? , Were our lands thoroughly
prepared before planting? Were ma
nures wisely and judiciously used?
Were they distributed on land that bad
some vigor left, in it, or did wo follow
the old aiid oft-triedTplan of attempting
to make a crop on land which, from
years of unwise treatment,- is rendered
powerless to pay any dividend on -the
capital and labor expended 5 -—— 111
D ck Grubb was«el< c*td m sscd^*
•> «ake he cert fica c ot the vote t
WasMog'ou.
" Ballot Reform
Tho R *iue Tribune c >ms* out in a
leading editorial rquarely. in tavor
of>h« vustraliau ballot system. Ihe
Tritium* say*:
* Tue Ausdtra ian ballot is now in
US-* in about three fourth* ot tic
Uuion, and it has given tath-facnon
evt-rywhere In no state would t' e
p-npie g«» back to old methods. N w
it a g>*od time to begin a movement
tor the same reform in Gwnreia. We
have got to take some snch step it we
wi*h to remove oar elections bej oud
tbe p**yihility of being carried by a
purchasable floating vote ”
Kansas’ New Regime.
Topeka Kan , Jao. 9 — he state
jowrumeut was formally surrendered
to day to tbe new officers, all pupo-
lists. I he ceremony took place in
ibe f all of. the house of repreaenta
lives, an 1 was witnessed by probably
the great*at crowd that has ever a**
seaib.ed iu Kansas ou a similar occa*
Tradfcd Her for a Horse*
Fort Scott, Kan., Jan. 8.—Last
'Suu(U) a young farmer named. Gar
ner, living fifteen miles west of btre,
naviug learued that hb wife and hi*
brother-iu law. Charles Kirby, loved
• acl) other, traded hb wife to Kirby
for a 'horse.
. More Tro uble at Coal Creek.
Knoxville, Jan. 11.—The citizen*
at Coal creek arc about ready io get
up tn, arms again.
Their anger is
caused by the arrival at the miaei yes
terday of filty more convicts. '
HelsComina.
Secretary of State Foster has just
received a letter from FranCts Mc
Nutt, Charge d’Affatres at v adrid,
civtng the particulars of the trip of i^e
Duke ol /eragua to the United States
a* the guest of this government. Tbe
duke is the direct descendant ol Chm-
t-*pher O* umbus, and as such was in-
v ird b. act of congress to attend the
w r tf* fa r at Chtcavo ^
i he duk*. wilt oe accompanied by
i hr Uuchrss of V ra 6 ua ms -mo Chris
topher and ms daughter. .It it posti
bie that tux bro-her, the Marquis of
Birbo'ts, and h % w-fe may accompi'
oy Him, bu> thtsM not yet certain.
Tbeatudy ot history baabeqp made
compulsory in the common schools by
tbe state board of education. The
county boards are allowed to select
the books.
Commissioner Bred well recently
instructed county boards oi education
that they only bad ibe right under
the law to prescribe the text hooka
s<instituting the curriculum oi the
cimmon schools. Orthography, read
ing, writing, EuglUh grammar, geog
raphy and arithmetic^./
Editor Hale is tbe author of the fol
lowing pithy advice to Ulmers; .
^One pig is worth seven million pup
pies. Cotton will not grow * when'
shaded by a double barreled shot. gun
tod a pointer dog.
Can’t Accept Utiarity.
Atlanta. Ga, Jau. 10.—Maj
feidu»-y Root of this ciiy h*» receivnl
a le ter from Mrs Jeflerooh JDavi**. K>
which tbe brluved widow of ihe dt-u*i
ex president of the cunf*-d«racy »»)<■
• bat it will be impossible f.»r btr i-
accept the mouey propot-ed to i»«
raiiwd for her. a*si-Utice by public
fubxcripiion. The advisal.ility oi en
dea.voring to have the last Jcgialaiurc
appropriate a $10,000 peueton t>* Mre
Davis di*cu8*e<l at lengui rectnily,
but it Was lound that ui.d r the con
siituti n this could not be doue.
GuVern- r No-then and others iu-
(eresied, however. c*/nc-'u*f«d t j min
that amount by a public tubrcripiioi
iu the *tate, and Mrs NorJierti w»i
instructed a ith th* task nl preparing
• he Call tor this unmey. J bi* wml
the governors wife has juet ahuit
completed, bat the letter which b <
j is: come to Maj r Rio* from Mrs*
Davis, who i* Jiviog io New Ypik.
puts a stop t<> the undertaking. I
her .slier Mrs Da*is give* her -itic* r
thanks for those who would Itav
rtons this loib e work iu her beha
but kedcAtely and firmly declines »
accept such chanty, though ch
trunk > udmits that she aud in
daughter are in fiouncial straits.
tions I find that
OUR GREATEST MISTAKE
this hopeless effort to U3e elo-
ments which ore so firmly bound in the
soil that only the "open sesame” of en
lightened agricultural methods will un
lock them to us. Instead of applying
these methods wo go on from year to
year, hoping by taking a little from each
A southern txptri diccu-tcmg th
ubj ct g'vea ;h*v piece o» advice
«ri.in, ; do? o
1, of .
61 .
Pn
B.d>
in -k- a
c. idoi
• siaud*
hi- farm n..o e
h*. •(• a. cnipa i«»u« iu arms, was
:*r,-e« siugti. tluriug ifi«* caugulu—
c • fl c •• be oi* al war ”
u*' G mJ hiecs Priva e” Siiupl. .
Georgia in the Cabinet
If tn- preki leut is c**rrec : »y repre
«»* d prefers llo*. J H R» uut
Ge rgta f >r the c<<uiheru memtier
of the cabin*t- Mr. Biuuut wi»ul*t be
good tuan for p **ima»ier-g*netal.
for his -ervice upon the committee
K«t< ffices and postroad* has made
him an experienced and avuiUhle
mem er for that position. Mr.
Blount has served as chairman of the
committee on postoffic-a and postroads
more ihan once, and with this session
of the house he c impletes his tenth
term in congress
Mr. -Glevelaod doubtless realizes
that there is ton much experience and
g«H»d material in Blr. Blouut to put
aside. It would be very natural that
Georgia should be given a place in
the cabinet. Mr Cleveland recoguizifc
tact that me delegation
irnra this state stands at the
h**ad ot the list. It would not
surprise us to see Mr. Cleveland pick
a cabinet officer from men like Can
dler, Hammond, Blount, Bants,
i'urner or Lester. Georgia ban not
furnished a democratic cabinet offio* r
of the United ‘ S a tea since Howell
Cobb 1 was secretary of th** tretwo f
under James Buchanan.—Savannah
Press. .
Cold in the Sooth.
Winston. N. U., Jau. 11—The
thermometer at this place regis tered
zero this morning.. It is. the coldest
weather here tor fiiteen years.
Camden, S. C., Jan. 11 —The con.
tinued cold spell here iraomewbat
remarkable Tor th s c imate. Thi»
murniog tbe ibermumeier was down
to 1T° and a large (>ond uear tb*.
u»wo was fre ren, over for ibe firm
tittle since 1885* -
A Tenuei-see wts- kly editor make*
thi* aiiuounce uent to his «ut>so. b* :
“Wh leave this town never to retoru
For three nights past a bucket >!t t-i
and feathers was placed ou oar door
step, with the notice that they war
meant for us. We do nut fear beii ).
tarred and feathered, out we oouldu’i
afliird t«» pay for the tar. and he pei
pie. of this town wouldn’t pay for it
lor they’re too darned mean.”
IUC
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cr-p •
tnan (hat ot 92. fn* r
f relief in «hi d>r«c io
ov. r. m nt * d.”
COM lc
mure h**p
It is iter Way.
She t ok tbe- leittr iu h*;r baud.
be eu\elope *he keenly tc<*nued:
Th** address several time* s«-e rea-',
• I wouder who it’s fron ,V *U- ?aid;
•I know tbe writing very well,
But whose it i I cannot tell.”
With curiosity She burned.
Aud straightway to tbe postmark turned.
“The postmark! that will eud tb- duunt/’
’T «as blurred; she could not mak it out.
A dari« cloud o'er her r sage stole,
And keenest anguish wrung her soul.
Tue «ddres* ahe again permc i,
••Who- an .bare written it?* she mused.
She could cot with the problem cope,
And to she broke the envelop*-,
Her last resource she had no better—
Aud then she knew wbo wrote the :etl(r.
Arrival of the First Messenger.
WASIU5GT0N. Jan 10. W. .
Cupelaud. of the iSauvilie Register,
tm-*seuger for the presidential elector
0» Virgiuia, arrived in the city rewiat'
with a copy of the ceriificate of tte
votes, cast for Cleveland and Steven-
ron at R-chmoud yesterday The.
were delivered to Vice President Mor
too this afternoon. He , is the first
report at the capiuil.
messenger t
Work on the South Bound.
Jacks»j«ville. Fla.. Jau. 9—A
hutn-and hand* are grading the new
r*ad between Jackaonville and 8a
annah Several niilva of grading l>»e
oe**n completed from Hart’s Road
north vre-st.
Mrs Dr Feitou ia after Dr. Haw
theme, because ot tbo latter’s serum:
•mf time siuce i» which he consigneo
•Jay .G »u d to a very warm climate,
ira Feltnn writes vig »ro\isly on tbe
'•object, * ;• •• ' r '
atiiciiug. I-know of in-
staaves where farmers have mado a bale
two acres, and have received from SO '
;to 23 uents per - pound for * their crops.
W hat conid we substitute that would
pay a larger per cent per-acre! The
seed trill deteriorate, but if wo aro suc
cessful Ta producing: a fair crop, this
broad acre to better our fortunes, when
THE ONLY WISE, THE ONLY TRUE PLAN,
is u> take our best lands, study its needs,
supply its deficiencies with n liberal
hand, and concentrate on it all the en
ergy which is too often but wasted oa
the opposite method. By this plan wo
have an opportunity of treating tho
worn acres.* Each farmer should study
the best methods for doing this; con
sider his surroundings, and adopt that
allow
hich-best suits tlio condition of hia
land aud his individual means.
resolved hat we will not bo led
away from
legitimate methods
because our chief money crop is now
bringing a fair price with a prospect
permanent advance. Let us 1
this fact to blind or mislead
are passing through a period of great
financial depression and embarrassment.
* t us realise that this has, in a large
■asurc, been induced by our own mi.,-'
takes, and not allow tho glittering pros
pect of-high prices next full to-allure'us
into forgetting tho hard lessons of a
quarter of a century. Boar in mind
that while wo arc, to a great extent, in
dependent of all other nations ia the
production of Cotton—-that is, that J ho
other nation can produce it profitably at
10 cents, yet when we p
1:1 pi«>uueiug u iiur wup, iuia .uiu uucuui yumiuca uuiu v
difficult v-can bo o,yercbxu6 by the intro- From four to six hundred pou;
is au wo can. cam Irom them. &op ^ aay that wo plaKt . and as it
is a largo grower it requires great dis
tance. Should any farmer wish infor
mation as to.'sced, etc., 1 will cheerfully
»ld him.- - '
; ‘ TOBACCO.
About a year ago great interest was
manifested iu-the cultivation of tobacco,
and. some neighborhoods became greatly
exciied over tho reports of fortunes
being made in tho production * of this
crop, in niy addresses amLm every ar
ticle I have written on this subject, I
have advi't -«l a conservative cotxrse.
The. res alts of the past Reason establish
beyond a don.hi: that good tobacco can
bo grown'in Georgia.’ Both bright and
mahogany wrappers of good-toxturo cau
be raado. But ia many ihstancos far-
uS(?fa iiavo made the mistake of planting
too largo a crop of only ono or at the
outsida, two varieties, and as tbo result
of-inexperience and other attendants on
a now industry, the tobacco has turned
out umuiirkelable.
- TILE rilOPER PLAN
in entering on this, to us, untried iudns-
to experiment with small patches
of sovoral different varieties, and ac-
tlxe cultivation, but for tho curing
of tho crop. Everything d9pondS on
proper handling of tlio crop after it is
made. Tobacco is different from cotton
in this, that tho wido margin iu price®
is due solely to tho condition of the to
bacco marketed, and is not influenced
by. combination’s or speculation. The
following table apf ? .nates prices, and
gives an "idea of the w nlo difference be
tween poor and good samples.
FILLERS..
Common to medium........3 to C cents
Medium to good. 0 to 8 “
Good to fine. 8 to 15 “
A difforc-fico of 12 cents from lowest to
highest grade.
' . SMOKERS.
Common to inodium OA to 0 ceut3
Medium to good. 6 lo 8 “
GoodtoiLio 8 to 10 “
A di'fferenco of 0} cents.
Common to rued
Medium ro good
Good
A diff
who 450 pounds. . In putting up t- _
card in both cul- hay or cotton press can 69 used. Neat
* ’ ,r 1 and well-packed corn will bringa better
price than when carelessly packed. Be
fore packing tho. brush should .bo as
sorted, as etookedand /defective heads
,will injure the sole. The price of broom
com varies very much, tho best corn
being worth from $7 to $13 a-mufldred,
and inferior qualities from $2 to $10.
— " - caa
nati and St. Louis are perhaps the best
markets for southern growers.
THE MELON CROP.
I wish to call the ubmediato attention
of melon growers to the effect thgt a
cholera epidemic, or oven tho fear of
that disease entering our ports, would
have on the melon trade. Wo would
advise • our growers to reduce their
acrcago so that it tho disease should
again break out the result to them
would not be so disastrous, -ftrjs well
known that tho fear of cholera will
.Often induce the authorities of large
cities to enforce regulations against tho
sale of fruits, and that when the disease
is across tbe Atlantic the sale of melons
is greatly effected. Confronted by snch
conditions no farmer can afford to plant
very largely, and none on borrowed cap
ital. Should the cholera be stamped out
in Europe growers will loose but very
little, as enhanced prico will compensate
for reduced yield. Wo trust that all
who raise melons for market will se
riously consider tho financial loss
they might incur by planting
too largely. Medical experts have
warned us that this disease lias been
lurking in several European states for
two years, and tho chances are favor
able for an outbreak in the United.
States the coming summer. The man
who is financially ablo to make tho ex
periment, who has the money to invest;
can afford to incur the risk, if, in his
judgement, the chances for success aro
greater than for failure, but the man
who borrows money to invest in so
doubtful an enterprise is courting over
whelming disaster.
HOGS.
Among tho many plans which have
sunk into “innocuous dissuetude” is that
of making our own juicy hams and
beautifully whito aud wholesome lard.
In curing our own pork we have > tho
satisfaction of knowing just how these
hogs were raised, their condition when
converted into pork, aat^ tho quality of
meat in daily nsc on our tables. Wc all
can remember with what pleasure wo
once looked forward to tho “hog kill
ing.” But the very same reasons which
induced ns to give up making our com
and wheat, namely, the price of cotton?
tho low figure at which we could obtain
our bread from 1I10 west: our changed
labor, introducing tho restless tenant
and renter system; the ease with which
credit could he obtained ro make cotton •
and buy all food supplies; the losses
from cholera and other diseases, all
combined to influence a majority of our
farmers to abandon tho reusing of hogs.
But because we have erred iu this mat-
8 to 11 cents
11 to 12V “
12V to 2d' ” "
.10 lo 10 c
.10 to 20
.20 to 30
A glut
inimslung tne all important food <
E SACRIFICE THE INDEPENDENCE
which-this monopoly would* given,
and any reduction in tho price falls
with distressing effect
make tlio world's cotton. \Yo have no
competition worthy of serious
ation. Tho world's cotton market i=
own. We must utilize
THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY
to the very best advantage. We
overstock the market and
giving the profits to the foreigner, who
buys from us. or'by a
DITEESlFICAriON ^
at homo we cau place ourselves in po
sition to take advantage of favorable
markets. In -this wo aro more fortu
nate than our western grain-producing
brother, who can only furnish tho world
with bread after the supply
countries has been exhausted. The
south can produce cotton cheaper than
other countries, and to that extent sh j
an opportunity to make a profit 0.1
tho crop..’As yet ho rival which Is
strong enough to wrest this advantage
from us lias entered the field. But car
industry j* iu a
MOST CRITICAL CONDITION,
because wo put- into our cotton crop
•ly all our brawn and muscle, as
ns the larger part of our hopes and
plans.'
TOE SITUATION CAN BE IMPROVED
by directing a larger portion <
orgies than is at present giv<
production of
largo
said that
i puux'is of tobacco can
acre. ’ ut it depends on
. i subsequent handling
cunt would be market
er both “wrappei
'' and
.•I fre
...t
experience
r th.
to tlio
If this is done generally and our lands
treated in a way to demonstrate that wo
appreciate tho untold blessings which
surround us, and also that wo have
solved to cast aside our past unsatisfac
tory methods, wo can take hope, and
will be in position to reap advantage
from any favorablo changes in tho
ket. Our lands would tSus be left in
better condition for subsequent crops,
our hom’o support would bo assured,
and our cotton crop would bo almost
clear profit. In a short time wo would
begin to realize the benefits of the
change, and eventually our section
enriched to an extent scarcely
dreamed of now. Nearly
EVERY FARMER WHO READS THESE LINES,
or who has read previous “monthly
talks” and followed mo in tho policy
which I have marked ont, must agree
that I am correct, and yet concert of ac
tion among ’farmers seems a physical
and moral impossibility.
EACH FARMER, ACTIAG I\»R niMSELF,
must decido this quest k : for. his own
best intorest. Let each individual re
solve to abandon a r lorn which time
and experience has . roven leads only to
financial embarrassment, destruction of
onr lands, and a paralysis of our ener
gies; consider his financial ability and
Inst how much land Go ean afford to put
in cotton, without incurring
HEAVY I ABILITIES,
which, under the post favorablo cir
cnmstances.he will* barely able to meet.
Then let him detr? mine what part of
his land is in such condition as, with
suitable fertilizers, intelligent methods
and aveiugd seasons, will yield a fair
profit. Lot him adapt his crops as far
as possible to the conditions of his soil,
his distance from igarket, and tho needs
of his farm. Don’t lie misled into
planting any crop, whether it is cotton,
tobacco or broom corn, to tho exclusion
of those necessary to
FILL THE BARN, THE CRIB, THE- SMOKE
HOUSE.
Resolve from this time, that yon will
be farmers in the broadest 6ense of that
term, and decide, before tlio first week
of the new year has passed, what crops
and. in what proportions they will have
to be planted to Insure independence,
PLENTY FOR YOUR FAMILY.—
Study carefully tho question of fer
tilization, and don't plant land which,
Under tho most favorablo conditions.
Our exchanges an that, »fcc
resent is onr ot ’.he coldest wintrrs
r many years. It is said thatx good
r ip vc ?r alwa s follows a cold win er
I’htre is sotnr conso'ation in this.
Fhey have a duel legislature in
&tn*ag The republicans have or-
:«niz-d one, and the populists the
,.iber. Three democrats are looking
on and enjoying the situation. .
5
No definite rule can bo laid down as to
the quantity or kind to bo * applied.
Each fanner must, experiment and do»
termine this question for kim?clf. Acid
phosphate, in conjunction with co'tton
seed meal, kuinit, or muriate of potash,
furnishes a forth of plant food which
smy farmer cau prepare, and is in a ma-
4 “7 of cases suited to the needs of opr,
*auua. If you have good lands well
supplied frith humus, uso liberally and
work well into the soil. If your land is
«*nm down” take only the best portions,
put all your work on" .those, and-by
planting renovating crops, in conjunc
tion with fertilization, gradually “bring
up” tho other poorer portions.
LONG 8TAFLB COTTON.
Binco the introduction of commercial „
and-their judicious uso op tho * in.sfipvil.wt'
lOL'.-.l 1
... . . .vu state, it will
:o unko tobacco, except for
asutnpiion. Let our farmers
ate ‘V.t they’are willing to bo-
eare and attention, which this
. lires; iu other words, let them
cod tobacco, then warehousemen,
■reed and’ competent classifiers.
.0 factories, axil! follow.
BROOM CORN.
is always been our policy to eu-
;e diversification of crops and ex-
;r.te in untried branches of agri-
6 that tho full capacity of our soil
iv into may bo thoroughly tested,
s.uuo time advising that tho cul-
ia of no Limit bo undertaken on a
c.be until a sufficient number ,of
kr.vo i vi profitably marketed to
that there is money iu its cultiva-
It is always necessary before en-
r.pon a new agricultural under-
: ta carefully consider market
a.ul facilities for marketing, and
LT.ier himself is best fitted to deal
these questions In regard to hia
:S3 questions m regard
i-ket, Its demands, other
kets, their demands, freight rates, etc.
We thus preface a fevr words on broom
corn aird its cultivation in reply to
quiries on this subject, iu order to ]
vent any fanner from undertaking
colfWata it cu too largo a scale without
having thoroughly weighed tho condi
tions that surround him cr proven it a
pr^ta^c
s pre-
rod ucf ion of broom corn into
tho United States has been credited to
Ben Franklin. It 'is said that in a whisk
broom from tho East Indies he found a
ed_, and that from tha planting
of this s
d has extended the cultivation
until it has reached its
present largo proportions. -Whether
this bo true or uot, tlio plant belongs to
tho sugar cane family, essentially North
’ lx?' rown in any
part of tho United States.
tilizxl,
il adapted to common corn will
good for broom corn. and. like
ess the soil 13 rich; or well fer-
iil bo very poor.
Eolation will Lo found advantageous,
though tho crop will grow ou tho same
ground for years. Any ordinary com
plete fertilizer applied in tho hills or
drill will^do to manure with if required
by the sciVarul its use and that of bum-
yard manure will nearly always be
found to largcly incre.no tho yield.
FLANTINO. x.
• Prepare your land well, as if for ordi
nary corn, and row in hills 3 foot lay 4,
or in drills 3> feet apart! Tho rows
should bo; rau-north and south, that all
tlio plants uny-recrivo tho benefit of tho
sun alike. In each hill from forty to
eed should bo dropped, covering
them from an inch .to an’’inch and a
half. Whbro seed .are sown in drills
they should bo about two inches apart.
In thinning out leave from 3 to 10 stalks
to the hill. Tho seed should bo planted
littlo later than common
cultivation.
In cultivation weeds should be exter
minated, and for this reason work should
begin as sooii as tho plants aro large
enough to bo distinguished, and con-
tin uo. an til the pL.nts.nro a foot or more
high. The harrow tooth' cultivator,
with tho front tooth removed, is tho
best implement* and when tho condition
of tho crop demands it, it should bo
hoed over.
VARIETIES.
As to habit, tho plant is both dwarf
and standard, tho former growing from
threo to four feet, and tho latter as high
as fifteen feet; • Ia harvesting the dwarf
.variety, tho brush .is jerked out of tho.
sheath of tho upper leaf without bend-
' breaking. In Jlio standard
ur ucoa .pi ..
rietios, v. here the season is likely to bo
too short for the corn to mature,' tho
brush_shonld be lopped, that is, tho top
bent over twelve or fifteen-inches below
the brush, allowiag. it to. hang down
against the stalk. As our seasons 1
usually long, lopping
necessity. *1110 time to .
blossoms begin to fall. • With tlio stand
ard varieties, where tho stalks are too
high to bo reached,.tabling-is roquired.
Thik. consists in breaking, down tho
stalks of two rows about ttvo and a half
feet from the ground - , so that they ’Rill
cross each other diagonally.
t'ri S' ' ' . CUREKO. ..
Tho com shchl&bo cured under a rod!
where there is a free circulation of air.
From two to four weeks will be all tho
time required. The seed are remov<'
aud should be abandoned .
EVERY MAN WIIO OW>
and fifty percent, of tho;
principle
l FAR}
ifty {
with a little extra labor 0
pare pastures and plant crops, which
will corno on at different seasons of tho
[rear, rye and barley in tho fall, fol
lowed by oats, then field peas, these tc
bo succeeded by ground peas and pota
toes, and in this way ho can rairo his
meat at a nominal cost. Tho present
year I have cured a beautiful lot of
Thick
we had a quantity; the slops and ve,-;
tables from the kitchen; the wastii
fruits from tho orchard, and then fi
tened ou tho patches of peas,’ groan
peas and potatoes, baldened with :i 1:
tie com, has cost mo so little that 1 ha'
scarcely felt it. There
in the state, who will fail to make t
a success if ho will give «.o it tlio sa
thought and care that ho gives his cc
and cotton.
If yon aro
RENTIN’.; YOUR
advise with your tenants
pie, as well as by precep
to attend to this quostioi
profitable! to you'and of
them. If the
and careless, tho
spirit.
hick will bo
al benefit to
ner is unmethodical
enter is apt to exhibit
The
good farmer in a neighborhood is worth
all the letters or essays that conhl bo
written in a year. Tho. ueed for intelli
gent energy and business forethought
pressing than
now. Push v<
well in hand, ana don’t for
moment suffer it to fall into unprofi 1
able ruts for tho want of a little at toi
tion, a little forethought. The mistake
and follies, as well as the successes, of
quarter of a century aro km
7 from ; imil.v
like
our fears t
us into deeper di flirt
days when too wot
giving to the old
■opine, and by permittin;
•-’.Mo
coat of whitewash
can afford it. a coat
and out-building.".,
posts, either having
soaked them in oil. t
tar; trim up tin.
the yard as mTfi
means will r.llo—.
daughters will v;.b.
years tho grander..I.
call the days speiu
Wo can't stand si -T.
go forward or ret ■•'».•
to be a drone.
Parties wishing
our department cu
cheerfully aided, an
dress a postal cr l it
department, hew c.
large number of tlio
now handling tho
depextment, and I \\
[minds!
91a with
. adorn
aftei
UvsjIvo not
could.bo
in the state. 11m
aro not now
to tho department
i:tform:v_fi-.n which
tor to ngricnltural
ipitiA Arhmta. A
pr.Mii-ati.r.is of the
•«»nld h- gl.iu.if ;li«*y
0;; i...;y county
.1 will writo
n\i* for pub
lication, etc. Ii. T. l\; .riiTr,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
'I'h* 4 death ot Bonjamiti F Boiler
moves ore of the conupteimus and
•nique figure* m American poMtics.
Rtitler’s name i* familiar in pvery
southern household.
There i* still a dead 1 -ck in the
Kansas legislature Bmli sides s’ept
on th* field of battle last night after
lunching on bologna eaussgo.
France is cabinet making just now.
France cou’d get pointers from the
pre s c-f »hi« coumrv *n »he business.
• Death has reaped a rich harvest of
prominent men within the past forty-
eight hours.
YOUNG
We offer you h remedy 'which il
used-ns directed, insurc^ 'Cafcly- to
lifo of lwQi mother aud child.
“ MOTHERS FRIEND”
n-.5.-??T! and,
Robs confinement of its-1*
Risk, as many testify.
' 1 Mrwlft audonljr t ivoboidr.i
J. & Mobto.v, llarei
Scat by^ express,
ccipt Of price, *1.30 per I
druggist*. Book To *"
Be vumbu) Keqclj