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rHE CLEVELAND PROGRESS. By JOE H. REESE DEVOTED TO THE MINING, AGRICULTURAL A HD EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH-EAST CEORGIA. TERMS: 1.00 Per » VOL. V CLEVELAND, WHITE CO., GA„ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1890. NO. 38 THE STATE OF GEORGIA. News Notos from the Empire Sta ’ e of the South, improvement*, ul fr.|- r«H, 1 tarns A baa I Thing* Transpiring In Our Own Urnl gtatn, Iran exchange* ami ether Benrcal. Oil Split, 27 Rev. Sum 1*. Jones v open n crusade against sin ami sin ners in Columbus. Macon's water supply is to be in- ereased by the addition of a new 12- inch main from the river system. Almost the entire population of At lanta Chinese were arrested and put in the station house Iasi week on the charge of gaming. The intense heat has killed several line horses and mules in Dublin,. The linn of (Inrbutt it- Co., lost nearly 25 head. The Americas compress, located on the Central railroad, started up Mon day and its work of the season may be said to have begun. There is a net increase of about $90,- 600 in the taxable property in Laurens county over last year. This is quite a compliment to Laurens county. .Muscogee’s handsome new court house is practically completed and will soon be inspected by the proper committee. Josh Johnson, the negro desperado who attempted to murder Frank Gar- butt, was tried last week at Dublin, and sentenced to six years at hard la bor. Gwinnett county is now all stock- law. Suwanee district was the last to come in; but on the 26th of July, the law went in force in that dis trict. A number of the. crack shots of Americus have organized the Ameri- cus Gun Club and have purchased a full supply of traps, clay pigeons and other necessary paraphernalia. - A large rattler was dispatched neur Dublin Sunday by Joe Fordhnm. He W*h four feet long, and,measured 12 "“ u "“"r"*. V .. '* ihefibs ‘in efre>ihiferenee. ii hd LniWJxf ' • ill—.'. J . mnnpnt.lv Til Hired. rattles and a button. Col. 0. L. Anderson of Atlanta is now sole owner of the Fierce quarry, some two miles out form Conyers. A force of hands will lie put to work on this rock yard at an early day. A one-legged confederate veteran named Adams is the first man to an nounce his candidacy for a county‘of- llce in Laurens. Tie asks for tax re ceiver. The political pot will now be gin to simmer. Dr. Lyman Hall, president of the Georgia State School of Technology, has returned from Chattanooga, where he went to secure the services of a competent man for the depart ment of athletics for the college. Sheriff .1. C. Odom of Balter county has been running down some timber ^thieves during the last two or three days, and he now has Ike Horton and Sambo Keaton, both negroes, in jail at Newton. Gov. Atkinson has appointed two arbitrators on the part of the state to assess the taxable valuation of the Macon and Birmingham railroad. They are Mr. Reeves of Meriwether county, and Mr. ,T. V. Allen of 1'pson county. There will be an elec tion in Colum bus soon to determine upon the issu ance of $100,000 of 4'/j per cent bonds to take up the outstanding bonds anil of paying the city’s pro rata share of building and furnishing the ne.w court house. The annual conference of the gen eral secretary and physical directors of the Voting Men’s Christian Associa tion of Georgia and South Carolina will he held at Atlanta, Aug. 19 to 21. The outlook is that it is going to be the most interesting meeting ever held by the association of the two states. Frof. Shelton Fulmer Sanford of Mercer 1 niversity, who died recently in Macon, was a native Georgean. He was the son of Vincent Sanford, and 1816. His parents were natives of Loudon county, Virginia, and moved was bora in Greensboro, Ga., Jan. 23, to Georgia and settled in Greensboro in the year 181(1. A colored man from Washington county, by the name of Jesse An drews brought to this office last Fri- day, a stalk of corn on which were six ears. He says he has only ten stalks of that kind of corn, and he in tends to save them for seed, anil next year he will have a large crop of that kind of corn. Mr. Frank Turner’s daughter, a girl about 10 years of age, was struck by lightning in Boston, Ga., while standing near a wire clothes line and was instantly killed. The electric force was great enough to melt sev eral yards of wire. The. Twenty-third Georgia Regi ment hod n very delightful reunion at Marietta on the 5th iust. There were, about thirty of these old veter ans present. Mr. R. E. Law lion, the secretary, had everything in good shape, and a sumptuous dinner was served in Hirsch’s old store. Judge Hansel!, in TliomasvlUe, has continued Hie hearing of the motion for a new trial iti the case of the state vs. .lack Sharp, colored, sen tenced at the April term of court to hang next Friday'for the murder of Mr. T’latt. He, issued a supersedeas staying the execution until further order of the court. An attempt was made on Tuesday night, to wreck the southbound Cen tral train, due at Americus at 9:55 o’clock. A few miles out of Macon, while running at good speed, the en gineer discovered a large pileofeross lies on the track and stopped in time to avoid a wreck. The train consist ed of twelve coaches, crowded with excursionists. The old DuBignon cottage on Jekyl Island is being removed in order to allow work to commence ou a new cot tage to lK- built on the ground on which it is at present situated. The new structure when completed will cost, $.15,900. Besides the, above im provement the dining room of the club house will be enlarged and the bicycle road will be completed, thus making the island ii regular garden of Eden. Tim total amount of the cost for the mprovements contemplated will amount to about $109,000. Ulen F. Addison has brought suit against the exposition cotton mills of Atlanta for $2,000 damages, in his petition Addison states he was lor- merly employed at the mills as a wea ver. Ou April 10, 1890, he was at work at his loom when a shuttle .flew out, and struck him in the fage. Addison i nmngntly Tiijnred. ‘ft was (plaifne the petition that the exposition cotton mills was negligent in operating de fective machinery. ^ A serious fire in the brick stables of Whitehead & Brown Friday has been •eported. A negro employe, who was asleep in the loft, was aroused about midnight by the strong odor of smoke. When be arose he was surprised to find the building in a mass of flames. Five horses perished in the flames. One animal of blooded stock, the property of Mr. J. M. Finn, cashier of the Dub lin bank, and another belonging to Dr. A. T. Lummerlin, were burnt to death. The stables liad recently been rented to Mr. I\. H. Walker. All the new bug gies, harness, wagons, hay, corn, oats, anil fodder were destroyed. It is not known whether the property was in stiled or not. The loss will amount to several thousand dollars. Cyclones seem to be traveling to ward the south. Monday afternoon a cyclone passed eight miles east of Douglas, uprooting trees and demol ishing crops and fencing. It was about one-fourth of a mile wide, com ing from southeast, going northwest. After leaving the fine plantation of Daniel Gaskin, Sr., in utter ruin, it arose anil came to earth again near Fitzgerald, blowing down the opera house and a feu small shacks there. Mr. .1. M. Ashley, of Ashley, Lewis & Co., was driving in the edge of town with Mr. .Tosh Dent. They came near beingkilled byu thunderbolt striking a tree very near them. Another murder, the cause of which is attributed to a negro girl, occurred recently at Martha, in the vicinity of Howell’s turpentine distillery. Two negroes, Alose Finetop and Fat But ler, were the participants in the af fair. It. seems that Butler, who was a farmer, agreed to give a certain wom an charge of a small farm, cautioning her to behave and attend to her own business. Mose became infatuated with the woman, and frequently vis ited the house. Butler remonstrated, but to no avail. He finally had a peace warrant issued, but Mr. Howell interfered and desired to have the matter settled amicably. All proceed ed to The still. While the party was endeavoring to effect a compromise, Finetop walked up, and without a word, drew a pistol, and shot Butler twice over Mr. Howell’s shoulders. Butler died in a few minutes. Pine- top made good his escape. Mr. How ell offers a reward for the murder’s capture, t Tweed item in the Morning News. WITH THE WITS. Things to Laugh at During the Hot Days, Flouting; Fun Cunningly Ghronlclatl to Maka tba Stay-at-Horaai Buttle A Gooil Idea. “I intended this poem merely as a pot-boiler,” said the young man in a lofty explanation. “That’s a good idea. Take it right home and let your folks start the tire with it.”—Washington Star. A little four-year-old occupied an upper berth in the sleeping-car. Awakening once in the middle of the night, his mother asked him if he knew where he was. “Tourse I do,” he replied, “I’m in the top drawer.” —Youth’s Companion. It Was all lUght. “What did papa say when you asked him for me?” “He said he must decline to talk.” “Didn’t he say anything else?” “Yes, he said he was in the hands of His executive committee.” “Oh, that’s all right. He means mamma. I’ll tlx her.”—Cleveland Fliiin Dealer. 8oul of Music. “L like the old-fashioned songs,” remarked the man with a bored look and an ungenial squint. “Why is that?” “Nobody sings them.” A Kural View. “Well, Uncle Hiram, are you in fa vor of 16 to 1? “Land, Henry, yer plumb crazy! This ain’t no time o’ year to be set- tin’ liens.”—Chicago Record. The Widow'* Chance, “George Washington married n widow, didn’t he?” “Yes.” “What a Rnap n, widow must have liud with a man who couldn’t tell a Re!”—Puck. First Boy: “My papa knows more than your papa does.” Second Boy: “I bet he doesn't. Did you ever sec my papa? His forehead reaches’way lo the back of bis head.”—Harper’s Bazar. Tommy—“1 thought you couldn’t talk, Mr. Stnylate?” Mr. Slay late.—“What made you think so, Tommy?” Tommy.—“Well, sister says she's been waiting all winter for you lo say something.” A funeral is still regarded ns a very high festival in Yorkshire, Eng. A poor woman was lately heard com plaining of the fare provided at, one she hail attended. “A paltry con cern,” she said, scornfully. “Nobbut cakes and such like. Now I’ve hur ried live,but I sided ’em all off with ’am!” And this: A man was assist ing his daughter in the choice of a dr ess, and seeing her fancy incline to a blue one, said remonstratingly, “Nay, lass, take the black one, hap pen that might have the luck to be axed to a funeral;” anil bis counsel prevailed. “Do you have a telephone in your house?” “No; I sometimes have to work at the oflicc at, night and if I hml a ’phone at home my wife would call me up every three minutes to see if I wns there.”—Chicago Record. “Tty gum! Huldy,” said Uncle Eph raim Skiner, biting into a luscious peach, “T like to have them city folks up here for the summer.” “What fer, Ephraim?” asked Aunt Huldu. “They bring such a heap of fresh fruit with ’em,” Chicago Tribune. “Know all women by these pres ents,” began a sagacious attorney on a public proclamation. “Know all men, etc.,” corrected a fellow lawyer. “Thxt ’snll right,” explained the first; “i$the women know it, the men will sifpn hear pf it.”—Washington Times. Her, “if your There's no denying that f nm I The champion scorcher now.” * —Washington Star. Raymond: Papa, yon say Congress is in session when it is sitting, don’t yon ? Papa: Certainly, my boy. Raymond: Well, then, would it be wrong for me to say that our old Plymouth Rock hen is now in ses sion in the burn? Miss Maud: They say it changes the expression of the face to chew gum a great deal. I don’t believe it. Do you? Her Brother. No. It’s impossible. On the face of a guni-chcwer there isn’t any expression to change. Johnny—Mamma, I can count all the way up to twelve? Mamma: Anil what comes after twelve? John ny: Recess. “What is this mental poise that women talk so much about, nowa days?” “ft is being able to look at caterpillars without feeling them crawling nil over you.” One Little Girl in the Slums: Wot yer say she died of? The Other One: Eating u tuppenny ice on the top of ’ot pudding. The First Arentioiu-d: Lor! what a jolly death! Mrs. Sequel: “I understand your husband can’t meet his creditors.” .Mrs. Equal: “I don’t believe he wants to especially.”—Truth. “Come into the garden, Maud;” but Maud was much too wise. Said ulio: “Oh, no; the corn has ears and the potatoes eyes.” — Tndianapolis Journal. Mr. Figg: “Tommy, i hear you have been telling Res. J never told lies when T was your age.” Tommy: “When did you begin, paw?”—In- diannpolis Journal. "When did that famous defense of the pass at Theroinopyflae take place?” asked a young lvijmnn who is studying classics. “I can't say,” her father replied, “with any precision. I have a bad memory for dates. But it must have been since the interstate commerce commission was established, "—Wash ington Slur. i d’h-armacbpelnc IfAtitr ifr will make Her a new woman!” 1 “You clear out or I’ll set the dog on yer!” cried Farmer Jones excited ly. “I’ve heerd of these yerc new women! My old woman is ns much ns 1 can manage already, 'ml I ain’t, ngoin to take no risks.”—Vogue. A man entered a Little Rock bank and presented a check which read “Pay to tlie bearer the sum of $10.” The cashier took the check, looked at it and said: “The check is perfectly good, but you will have to get some one to identify you.” What is the use?” the man re plied. “Don’t you see that it says ‘Pay to bearer.’ ” “Yes, but you must prove that you are the bearer.” ’Waiter, can you bring me a nice youngchieken smothered in onions?” “No, sali; we doesn’t kill ’em dat, way, sail. We cuts off d’er beads,” The Asparagus Beetle. As several Florida gardeners that, we know of, and doubtless many others, have put out asparagus bedB this sum mer, the following remarks about the aspargus beetle, one of the greatest pests of the product, may prove of value. The article Is by Mr. A. AY. Cheever, and is clipped from the New England Farmer. The asparagus beetle was noticed many years ago in the vioiulty of New Jersey. It has been working northward ever Blnoe. It has done much damage on Long Island and In southern Connec tiout, but has been followed by a para sitic enemy that greatly aided farmers in keeping It under control. At one time it was hoped that the par aslte would exterminate, the beetle, but such Is not the course of nature. Para sites suppress, but never exterminate. No war was ever known where nil the combatants were destroyed. The beetle has been doing more or less damage in the vlolnlty of Boston for a half-dozen years or more. It is not diflloull to tight in old beds, as cutting the shoots destroys most of the eggs that are Uhl during the (jutting season. The first crop of beetles (grown the year prevlons) usually gets through mating, eating and egg-laying by the middle of June, when peas are ready for ptcklug. My rule is to cut asparagus till the last beetle is (lend, then the new stalks will be free Irom eggs, and I will have no slugs. On new beds the case is different. Cutting here is not allowable, so the eggs hatch and the young slugs must be de stroyed. If a oareful gardener has a oarelcss neighbor, the former will have a hard light, a: the second oropof beetles, appearing late in summer, will be sore to visit him in large numbers. The best way lo destroy slugs I have tried is to dust the foliage when wet with dew with air-slacked lime, using It quito freely. The slug is a (oft-bodied thing, and the limeourls him up In short order. C. W. Prescott, ot Concord, one of the most successful growers in this state, writes "The Farm and Home’ that he fights the beetle with chickens. Two men—one at each end—take a board, ten to twelve feet long, and, carry ing It in tront of them, brush the beetles from the foliage in the early morning, while they are In a semi-dormant state. •w battle of Chioksostaught to- follow,-aud they -the top point.. .Measure, around...this to Old I.ady—Poor fellow! I suppose your blindness is incurable. Have you ever been treated? Blind Man- Yes, mum, but not often. ’Tain’t many as like to lie seen going into a barroom with a blind beggar.—Hart ford Times. Nervous Old I.ady (in saloon of steamer)—Oh, steward, where do I sleep?” Steward—What is Hie number of your berth, ma’am?” Nervous Old Lady—I don’t see what that lias to do with it; but if you must know, it is the third; there were a brother anil a sister born be fore me.- Tid-Bits. ‘“Weren't you surprised when proposed V” “No; why should I be?” Life. he piok up most of the beetles. Mr. Pres cott's ohlef trouble is with neighbors’ beetles, propagated In Helds that are badly neglected. It would seem but just that any one hiving such a nursery of mischief should be compelled to abate it or suffer the consequences. Poultry do not eat the slugs, so these must be killed by poison or by knooking off to die on the hot ground. Mr. Pres- cott says he has seen them dead In less than sixty seeonds after falling on sand in the heat of a sunny day. Paris green will destroy the slugs beetles if it can be made to slick to the foliage. Adding gluoose or molasses to the water will help the matter somewhat. Of all the remedies I have tried, lime dust Is the cheapest and most easily ap plied. One can throw a handful over quite & space and oover every leaf when wet with dew ou a still morning, How to Measure Hay. In answer to a number of inquiries we again publish a few simple rules for determining the amount of hay in stack or mow, when It Is not convenient to weigh It. Helling by measurement is not nl ways the most satisfactory method, but it sometimes Is most convenient. Sellers are disposed to insiBt that a cube of seven feet is a ton. This is entirely too small, and will not weigh out. How many cutic feet will make a ton depends on so many conditions that no certain rule can be given. 11 de pends on the kind of hay, whether limothv, alfalfa, or prairie; on the character of the hay, whether line or coarse: on the condition in which it was put in the stack, and particularly on the si/.!, especially the depth of the stuck or mow. In a very large mow, well settled, -100 cubic feet of alfalfa or timothy may average a ton, says Orange Judd Farmer, but on top of the mow or lu a small stack, It requires 500 to 512 oubic feel: sometimes even more. Ills not safe for (he buyer lo Ilgore on less than 500 cubic feel: but ilia well-filled mow, In selling we would rather weigh than s"ll at that measurem ut. To lind the number of tons in a barn mow or liny shed, multiply the length, depth and breadth together and divide by the number of cubic feel you think, considering the quality of hay and the condition in which it was put up, will make a ton. To measure a cone shaped stack, (lnd the area of the base by multi plying the square of the circumference in feet by the decimal .07958 and multi ply the product thus obtained by one- third of the height in feet, and then divide as before, cutting off five right- hand figures. The correctness of this will depend somewhat on the approxi mation of the staok to a regular cone, and if the stack bulges out It makes the product too small. The better way is to estimate the area of stack up to point of tapering In and apply above rule to cone-shaped tops. The best way lo weigh. The experi ence of weighing a few stacks will nable anyone to judge qui te accurately. Another approximate rule for measur ing a round staok is this. Select a place whioh is as noar as possible to what the axerage size would be If the stack were of uniform diameter from the ground to get the.circumference. Add four ciphers 0000) to the circumference at the right and divide the whole by 31,450 to get the diameter. Now multiply half of the diameter by half of the circum ference, and you have the feet of the circular area. Multiply by the number of feet the stack Is high, and you will have the solid or oubic feet In the whole. Then divide by 500 to 512, according to its size and compactness, which will give the number of tons in the staok.— Industrial Amerloan. Fnir Patient,—“Is there no way of telling exactly what is the matter with me?" Dr. Emdee—“Only a post-mortem examination would reveal that.” Fair Patient—“Then, for heaven’s sake, make one. I don’t see why I should be squeamish ut. suchatimens this.”—Pick-Me-Up. He—“Don’t you ever tire of talk ing?” She (quickly) Who is talking.” “It depends upon Vogue. Condition of Cotton, The August returns to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture show a reduction In the condition of cotton during July from 92 5 to 80.1, or 12.4 points. The condition of t“c same last year was 77.0, whioh was the lowest average for August ever given. The averages of the states are: Virginia, 80; North Carolina, 93; South Carolina, 88, Georgia, 92; Florida, 84; Alabama, 93, Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 70; Texas, 09; Arkansas, 05; Tennessee, 89 Heavy rains in July damaged the crop, espec ially on bottom lands in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Florida, and some portions or Georgia. Over a largo area lo Georgia the crop is in tine condition, and promises a fine yield. A drouth that extended over Alabama, Missis sippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas for several weeks caused more or less damage, and in many counties com plaints are made of rapid shedding and premature ripening and blooming ut the top. Some counties in Mississippi and Arkansas report that the crop Is irrepar ably damaged from drouth and exces sive heat. Sime oouoties in Texas re port the crop in good condition, fruiting we l and promising an average yield; but over the drouth-strioken dlstriot where the rains have fallen they have come too late to be of benefit. The con tinued drouth and hot, dry winds have done considerable damage in some counties. There is oomplaint, of too much dry weather in Tennessee, other wise the crop is doing fairly weli. The crop over almost theeutire cotton belt is maturing rapidly, and is earlier than for many years, partly from early plant ing and partly from premature ripening. Tarpon are now being caught, with east, nets in creeks near Tampa. A New Industry. A new industry has been started at south Jacksonville, whioh the project ors are working hard to make a success, it is the growing and manufacture of broom oorn. The projectors are I.oil man Brothers. They have brought a quantity of broom corn to the Btate, from which they have taken the seed. This is being distributed among the farmers of south Jacksonville, and ex periments that have so far been made have resulted favorably. In fact, Messrs. Lehman say that there is no reason why the corn should not be grown as well In Florida ns elr.ewhere, and that If the farmers will devote a small acreage to It, the leturns will pay them better than anything else. What seed they do not wish to replant can be fed to the chick ens, for which It is excellent, and the corn can be sold at a good price for manufacture Into brooms. Lohmau Brothers will be glad to hear from farm ers In regard to methods of cultivation and other matters pertaining to the in dustry.—Citizen. Vegetable Matter for "Dead Soil". Growers in this state are frequently annoyed by a spot or two of “dead soil” in an otherwise tine grove or garden— that is, a small spot where, on acoount of hardpan, quicksand or some poison ous acid in the soil or subsoil, generally ferric acid, or oxide of Iron, trees will not nourish, but are continually troubled with dieback. We have in mind suoh a grove—a handsome property for the most part, but deformed by two or three such places—the owner of whioh worked faithfully for seven years and at last overcame the trouble. He carted in vegetable matter by the ton, wire graas, broom grass, briers, palmetto, etc , and when It rotted down be had it spaded in or hoed in at the extremities of the roots. Muck was spaded in; ashes and potash were sprinkled on. Finally, a sweet and wholesome soil was created and the trees took on a -healthy foliage and a good crop of fruit when right across the fence an orange tree would die in six weeks.—Citizen.