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4 SOUTHERN BANNER: MARCH 26, 1878 limner* H. H. CARLTON, - Editor. Terms ot Subscription. ONE COPY, One Year ___ $2 OO ONE COPY, Six Months 1 OO ONE COPY, Three Months BO LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation for Letters ofGuardianship 85 00 Citation for Letters of Administration............ 4 uo Application lor Letters of Dismission Admin- istrator ............. •••—• ® 00 Appli’tion for Letters ol Dismission Guardian 5 25 Application for Leave to Sell Lands 5 oo Notice to Debtors and Creditors J 2! Salas Of Land, Ac., per square... * 2“ gales Perishable Property, 10 days, per sq... 1 50 Estray Notices, 30 days - ® ™ Sheriff Sales, per square - * Sheri IT Mortgage fi. fa sales per square — o «« Tax Collector’s Sales, per square ■••••• » VV Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time, i o Exemption Notices (in advance) - L f? Rule Nisi’s, per square, oach time.............••• i™ tar The above legal rales corrected by Ordinary of Clarke county. llutes of Advertising. Advertisements will he inserted at ONE POL- LARper square lor the first Insertion, and r IrTY CENTS per square for each continuance, for any time under one month. For longger periods a lib eral deduction will bo made. A square equal to ten lines, solid. .on Notices in local column, less than a square, 20 cents a line. John Trammel will be chief of the New Holland Springs during the coming season. Cuba now enjoys a state of peace which has not for many years been the privilege of her citizens. It is estimated that 25 per cent, more fertilizers will be used in the State this year than evei before. Tea culture i- attracting considera ble attention in Georgia at pr> sent. The cultivation of Juie is also attract ing considerable attention. It is estimated that the annual cost of building and repairing fences in Georgia per year is $54,000. If this is true, let us have a stock or anti- fence law. The State Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor will have its next annual meeting in Augusta on the 16th of April. Every Lodge in the State will he represented. Mr. Stephens, in the U. S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill for the construction, through government aid of the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Hon. Win. A. Howard was con firmed by the U. S. Senate, on Tuesday last, as Governor of Dakota Territory. He was for many years Chairman of the Michigan Republican Committee. There is still some obstinacy be tween England and Russia in regard to a final settlement of anticipated difficulties between the two nations. Territorial boundaries and jealousy are the cause of the protracted peace negotiations. From a recent decision of Judge Hughes, of the Uunited States Court it is very probable that the Arlington estate will be returned to the family of Gen. R. E. Lee, who are the rightful owners. Commodore A. K. Hughes, ot the U. S. Navy, in obedience to instruc tions from the Naval Department has designated the United States ship “ New Hampshire ” at Port Royal as a training ship for boys desiring to enlist in the U. S. Naval service, and advertises for a hundred boys prop erly qualified to join the service. Hon. ' Beverly Douglass M. C- from Virginia, was escorted from the Legislative Halls the other day in an intoxicated state. There had been no midnight session of Congress—the act was committed at 12 m., conse quently there is no excuse for his conduct, and he meets with no sys- pathy in political circles. By the hill just passed all soldiers who served fourteen days or were in any engagement in the war of 1812 are entitled to a pension of $8 per month. The widows of such soldiers are also entitled to the same rate of pension, without regard to date of marriage. As proof of loyalty is not required anyone can now be restored to the rolls who was dropped on account of disloyalty. Every person interested should without delay take stops to avail themselves of Us pro visions. The Georgia Railroad. The Atlanta Constitution is in formed by a gentleman who is largely interested in such things, that “an at tempt will be made at the May meet ing of the stockholders of the Georgia Railroad to oust Judge King and Col. Johnson, unless they should resign their positions at that meeting.” It is the purpose of the “oppositionists” to unite on Gen. E. P. Alexander, of Alabama who, if elected, will do the work now done by both Judge King and Col. Johnson, serving as Presis dent and Superintendent We have heard no expression of opinion on this subject from resident Directors or stockholders of the Geor gia Railroad. A great deal of inter est is here felt in the success of the road, because thousands of dollars of stock is owned by the citizens of Ath ens. While we may not have heard it, still it is not impossible that such a move as the one alluded to may be on foot; for we are all aware that more or less dissatisfaction has existed in regard to the management of the Georgia road since the promiscuous lending of its credit to connecting lines has been indulged in. Those in our midst of sound mind and judgment, who are stockholders in this mammoth corporation, have always been opposed to lending the credit of the road to connecting lines in sections where competition was so strong and where a return of even the interest on the investment was so doubtful- These, however, have al ways been in the minority. Security after security has been tendered until the stock, much of which is the prop erty of charitahlo instit utions and or phan children who are dependant on the dividends declared by the corpora tion for a support, has largely depreci ated—no interest accrues from the in vestment, consequently, if not actual suffering, great embarrassment is the result of the promiscuous endorsement alluded to. With no personal or sinister mo tives to subserve, we humbly suggest that the future prosperity of the Geor gia Road is more jeopardized than ever before. True, some of its mana gers, being interested in the State Road lease can, for the time being, in consequence of that interest, control a certain amount of business in through freights, &c, but the people, and es pecially the stockholders of the Geor gia Railroad, must not overlook the fact that, under its present manage ment, it is looked upon by many as a stiff-necked monopoly, and every pos sible effort will be made td* crush it. Already a formidable opposition has been organized with great hope of suc cess, in the charter, election of offi cers and complete organization of the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad Com pany. Work has already commenced. The survey has beeu made and the right of way secured. The grading is being done on a portion of the route. Money is being subscribed and the projectors of the road, in conse quence of the shortness of the route— the country to be developed, &c., are greatly encouraged. If this road should be built where, we ask, will he the profits in Western freights over the State Road, and on what will the Georgia Railroad have to depend out side of South-westeru and local freights ? Should the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad be built the traffic in Western and North-western freights will most assuredly be lost to the Georgia Road. As above stated, work on the A. & K. Road has al ready commenced, and there is rea sonable hope of the successful comple tion of the projected line. If suc cessful the bulk of the busiuess now transacted with the West by the Georgia Road will be transferred to the new and short route. Is there no remedy for this certain loss of business to the Georgia Road in the event the A. & Iv. Road should be built ? We answer, there is. It has long been the opinion of some of the Directors of the Georgia Road that instead of lending its cred it to Western Roads it would be poli cy lor the officers to turn their atten tion in a North-easterly direction and aid in constructing a short line from Athens to Knoxville and thence to Cincinnati. This is evidently the shortest route yet surveyed, and a stronger combination of capital from Tennessee and Ohio couTTT'he secured than for any route yet proposed. Should the Georgia Road aid in build ing this road, and its officers annul their claims in the State Road lease the corporation would still retain its South-western freights,Und would be prepared to underbid all other lines on Western freights. A union passen ger and freight depot could be erected in Athens, and this place could he made a general distributing point for Western freights consigned to Middle, Eastern or Southern Georgia and Florida. Then, indeed, would the Georgia Road and its influence be to Georgia and the South what the Bal timore & Ohio Road is tolhe North and West. We trust the resident Directors and Stockholders of the Georgia Road may reflect upon the suggestions offered, and if, in the Convention, it should he thought worthy attention, the body will, at least inquire into the practica bility of aiding in the extension of the Northeastern Railroad in the direc tion of Rabun Gap, Knoxville and Cincinnati, with a vie*v of finally con- troling the shortest line of communi cation from the West to the sea coast, and traversing a country, which for fertility, or in point of mineral wealth, is second to none on the American continent. Magnesia Sulphuric Acid. 1.25 0.40 100,00 Ammonia evolved in decay, Jive to six and-a-half per cent. The American Agriculturist some time since contained an analysis made by the most eminent agricultural chemist, showing the relative value of the different foods, as follows: FU»h Food. Cotton Seed Oil Mills. SOMETHING FOK OUR RESIDENT CAPI TALISTS TO THINK ABOUT. Turnips Tutibagers Carrots Mangels and Kohl Rabi.. Straw ..l ..i ..i .1 ..3 5 7 7 5 16 Potatoes ..3 17 Brewer’s Grains v».6 1-2 18 Rice Meal 7.6 1-2 77 Locusts Beans ..7 72 Ilav (early out) .8 50 Millet (seed) . .8 76 Buckwheat ..a 60 Malt ..9 76 Rye .u 72 Oats .12 63 Corn .12 68 Wheat and Barley .12, 67 Dried Brewer’s grain.... .16 ‘ * 70 Palm nut Meal .16 9S Earth-nut Cake .20 40 Beaus (English field) .22 46 Peas .22 60 I.iuseed .23 92 Tares (seed) .27 3-4 57 Linseed cake 28 56 Bran & coarse mill stuff.. .31 54 Rape cake .31 53 Decorticated earth nut cake.. .39 45 Decorticated cotton seed cuke. .41 76 From the above, it will be Fat Producing. that cotton seed ineal stands first as a flesh former, and equal to anything as both a flesh former and a fat former, both sets of figures being added together. As to the mode of operation of the machinery we imagine it to be some thing after the order of a wheat mill. The Chrdnidv xk ConstltutwHUiist. of Augusta speaking of the manner of operating the mid :«« that place says : '‘The. seed are carried up through elevators, to the third story of the One of the most profitable iiulus- mill, where they are divested of all tries which has been developed in the ^ i),,, u( ,tton which adheres to them South since the war is the manufac-1 3 ft er they he ve gone through the ture of oil from cotton-seed. The, following, from the New Orleans Democrat, may prove an incentive in the right direction: The growth of the cotton-seed trade ordinary gin at the plantation. Quite an amount of lint cotton is thus se cured. While this lint is rot of very long staple it is still a very fair article. After leaving the gin the seed go is truly wonderful. Before the war| (Wnto the ,, ullers> w hero the husk it was rarely used for any other pur pose than to feed cows and fertilize the ground ; in truth, it was a posi tive nuisance on our cotton plantations, almost as much so as thojmgasse on the sugar places in this State. Now it is converted into oil and cake, and forms a very considerable item of export to foreign countries. There are now seven large mills in this city in constant operation in this line of manufacture, while there are others in Shreveport, Baton Rough, Natchez, Vicksburg, on the Arkansas river, in Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago, and these enterprises, as far as we can learn, have proved to be remarkably successful and remunerative. During the month of January, just past, there were 440,091 bags of cotton seed received at New Orleans alone, and scarcely a day passes in which onr marine columns do not record large shipments of the manufactured article to foreign ports. Recently cotton seed in its crude state has been exported. On steamer arrived here with barges containing 23,903 sacks of cotton seed from Greenville, Miss., all of which was brought here for shipment to Europe.’’ Georgia lias only one of the mills in operation at present; Alabama one, and there is one in process of erection at Dallas Texas. The latter State made this year 700,000 bales of cotton from which will he attained 840,000,000 pounds of seed. This seed, says a writer, who is posted on the subject, if converted into oil would Lriug over $14,000,000. The oil mills utilize the short staple that adheres to the seed converting it into batting, blankets and other articles. The oil is chief in value, but the cake or meal which remains after the oil has been expressed is valuable for feed for domestic animals and for fertilizing land, and is worth $20 a tou. A ton of seed produces 20 gallons of oil, worth $3 to $3.50 : jW gallon. The following is a correct analysis of cotton seed meal and shows its great value as a fertilizer: Vegetable matter ij 72.28 Moisture 7.80 Lime 1.25 Phosphoric Acid 2.90 Silex and Sand 1.03 Oil 11.00 Potash 1.19 is broken away from the kernel. The mass then goes up stairs again to the separator, when* the husks and ker nels are sepanu. d. The kernels now lake a second journey to the second floor and are passed between heavy roller-', which mash them into a sort of pulp. The latter is put into large iron heaters and thoroughly cooked. After undergoing this process it is emptied into hags, which are put between hair mats. These, with their contents, are then placed in a hy draulic press and an immense pressue applied. The oil run9 into a long trough, thence to a tank from which it is dipped out and put into barrels. This crude oil is either sold to refin ers or shipped to the mill at Nashville to he refined. The pulp which re mains in the sacks is compressed into hard cakes. With our natural facilities for manufactories of all kinds, and being as it were, in the centre of one of the richest cotton growing sections in the Wednesday last a we respectfully submit the fact if this industry is not worthy the attention of those seeking investments. The editor of this paper can easily get all necessary information as to cost of machinery, profits, &c. A Washington correspondent of the Nashville Americau chanced to hear the other day, a discussion on the prospects of the Democratic party, between Ben Hill, ot Georgia, and Harris and McDonald, of Indiana. They all agreed that the great danger to the Democratic party was that, before 1880, the Republican party would fail to pieces of its own rotten ness, and that the Democratic party, instead of being arrayed against the old enemy which it has so nearly beaten, would be called upon to face a new and fresh antagonist in the shape of a labor party, led on by demagogues, who woqld seek to array labor against capital for motives of personal gain. St! Patrick’s day was celebrated with a great deal of eclat throughout the South, but no where with a* much enthusiasm as in Augusta, Ga. Judge €>. A. Locbfan^4elivered one of the most eloquent addresses and paid one of the most beautiful tributes to Ireland and the Irish character we have ever read. In honor of the occasion the Evening News was dressed in green. The Medals. As the time for the medal elections is hear at hand, it may not be amiss to say a few words in regard to them. In what we shall say we shall not prejudice the claims of any one of the very worthy gentlemen who are now candidates for those honors ; nor have onr remarks reference to particular individuals, hut the system in the abstract. The object of the medals is, of course, t<> promote the general interest in the exercises of the socie ties, and to reward those wiio have shown the greatest zeal in the pursuit of these exercises. Does the present system accomplish this object ? Have not the medals in a great measure become prizes to be contended for by the “clubs,” the distinction of which prizes indifferent to most of the mem bers so long as their “ club ” gets it ? Are they in all cases or even in a majority of cases evidence of merit in the wearer ? Is not a man’s suc cess in a great part a question of popularity, money aud influence, rather than of proficiency in debate ? We think that it is but too true, the consequence is that, except upon a half dozen or so members who are known as candidates the medals can exert no stimulating influence, and even these few are stimulated to action rather outside than inside the halls. We say then let the medals he the reward of merit only as they purport, and as it was intended they should be. Let every man in the societies^, a candidate, and thei( let them he awarded to the man in each class who shall be adjudged by his associates the most worthy. Lay aside all this electioneering, wire pulling, scheming, bargaining and let each man fight fer himself upon the floor of the hall, and we are confident a new and brilliant era in the history of the societies wonld dawn. There would no longer be lack of interest or difficulty in procuring the atten dance of a quorum. For ourselves we never have had nor ever shall have any personal interest in the medals, but we do feel an interest in the welfare of that society to which we are bo much indebted. Public LectureB. Among the niftneroua advantages with which the University abounds, these is a coruse of lectures delivered yearly in the State College, which are open to the public. These lec tures which ate generally delivered by the Professorsofthe State College, Profs. Charbonnier and White, per tain principally to the mechanic arts, and Ore of the highest importance to the people in general. Not only are principles enunciated, but actual ex periments are performed, showing beyond a doubt the fact cf what is stated, so that he who would not understand must shut his eyes. The mechanics of Athens for whom these lectures were mainly intended, are here enabled to see exemplified the fundamental principles of the arts upon which they are dependant for a livelihood, and by attendance and close attention they will derive much useful knowledge from them, in re spect to their several occupations. “ Knowledge is power.” Fifty members of the sophomore class have been either expelled or suspended from the college at Prince ton, N. J. on account of the late disturbances. The difficulty grew out of a barbarous (no pun intended) practice exercises by the sophs, from time in memorial of shaving theheads of the freshmen. The domination of the higher classes over the lower we are glad to say has become entirely obsolete in onr colleg&b With ns all stand upon an equality. The fact that a man has jnst entered college doors, not in the least diminish his claims to be treated as a gentleman. It is true we sometimes perpetrate a practical joke at the expense of some unfortunate individual whose confid ing simplicity offers an irresistable temptation. But there is no party or class spirit concerned in it, and an unwary =oph. or unsuspecting junior is just as apt to fall a victim as a freshman. Moreover in the jokes, there is nothing cruel or brutal, nor is force ever employed, the subject is led a willing victim to the altar. This state of things we are hearty, glad to see. It shows a commendable regard for the rights and feelings of others which carried out into real life, will make good citizens and promote law and order in a community. The senior class were pleased to meet Gen. Browne in his new recita tion room last Thursday. The Gen eral, since lie left Athens, has seen the famous Vanderbilt University. He gave a glowing description of the magnificence of this institution, but his preference is still for Franklin. No one who has a diploma awarded by the University oi Georgia need blush when comparing it with those of Vanderbilt. The glorious record made by the former during the hun dred years of its existence is worth more than all the grandeur of the latter. This commendation coming- from the source it does is a very high compliment. Gen. Browne is not only a well informed but a careful speaker. His remarks will have much to do in encouraging those who heard them. Those who did not attend last Sunday evening’s lecture missed quite a treat. The subject was “reverence for plate.” Under this head Dr. Tucker conveyed a vast amount of moral instruct ion. Nor did tlie log. ieal manner in which the Dr. treated his* subject render it uninteresting, on the contrary it was lull of pathetic: beauty. *t « . . .-k It is really surprising to observe the various actions of students, and especially the motions that prompt them. They seem to act to a great extent as though all the recitations, examinations, etc., that they evade is just that much gained. They seem not to enter into the discharge o f their duties as young men endeavor ing to so develop their mental resour ces as to become not only a source of pleasure, but of vast value in after life. It is to he hoped that the day when young mens’ aims stopped short upon the reception of a diploma had past away. Now all are more or less unable to stand the expenses of a college session unless there is some thing of an eqnivolent received in return. But do these representatives of their fathers’ economy, wealth and industry act thus ? Only a brief con sideration will give an answer. We will pass over its numerous incidences of examinations postponed until a more convenient time, or account of headache, sleepiness or an affected eye, that more study may raise their standard, and direct our attention only to its society. Satur day after Sat unlay there is a continued absence on the part of some from the meeting. Now why is this ? And upon what grounds are their reasons based. In the court of Tribunal their answer for absence is “ more important business.” Upon such an excuse the fine is annulled ; and only the next Saturday rolls around to find these same individuals in pre cisely the same condition. \Yc make it an assertion that there is not a student or a member of either society who cannot attend them without a single violation of this every lamenta ble excuse—“ more important bust' ness.” There is not a student hut “ loafs ” during the week more than sufficient, time if properly applied would more than equal the amount of time consumed in attending the Society'. And in conclusion we would say, let every exertion be made for a full attendance at the meetings ot the Societies. Pete. At an election recently held in New York for a board of directors of the Atlanta and Charlotte A.ir Line .Rail road, the following gentlemen were chosen to serve for the ensuing year: George Warren Smith, Abrams Hewitt, William II. Fogg, Pomeroy P. Dickenson, Hiram Sibly, Henry C. Hardy, Belden Me Alpine, Henry C. Sibley, Frank P. Clark, S. WiN mer and E. Kelly.