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FAIXiXfi OFF IX COT.
TOX.
Kuropc Has Her Suppij
Our farmers will do well to profit by
the, following information which we
obtain from the I\)*t-Appeal, and not
dive too deep into the suicidal policy
of planting too much cotton. Instead
of last yours crop being insufficient to
supply the demand, it seems that the
f ireign countries have already been
supplied. We have now in ‘.his county,
a surplus of 300,000 hales, in excess of
the supply at this time last year, not
notwithstanding the erop is 750,000
hales short. Now, if this he true, how
ean our farmers expect to better their
condition by planting largely of cotton
unless they raise the greater portion
of their supplies at home ? It behoves
our farmers to gar 1 well against another
sueh calamity as has. befallen.a large
number of the past year.
“The bottom has fallen out of every
thing, cotton especially, and the wreck
is not yet complete,”said a well-known
commercial man to a lVst-Appeal re
porter this morning, in answer to an
inquiry as to how the markets were.
“Things have been going down and
and down and down, until it looks as
if there were no bottom,’ he continued
“nnd the South lias lost millions of dol
lars.”
“You are stuck ?'
‘Well 1 should—but no, Tam not in
a humor to smile. .Inst look at it!
Cotton 33 points olf yesterday.”
"Bv the way, what is a point?’
“A ‘point’ in a hale of cotton repre
sents four cents and a half, with four
hundred and fifty pounds to the hale
as a basis. There's $1.43} cents a hale,
and I was in for two thousand bales.”
A short walk soon brought us
to the eotton exchange of Maj. Cum
mings, when the late "hull” on two
thousand hales turned his attention to
the figures on the bulletin hoard, in the
hope of finding a salve for his lacera
ted hide, while the l’ost-Appeal held a
parly with Maj. Cummings.
“Major, what is the condition of the
cotton market ?’ asked the reporter.
“Well, the bottom has dropped out
ofcotton in the past few days, and has
set the South hack millions of dollars.”
“llow ?’’
“Because all Southern buyers have
been ‘bulls’ and the‘bears’ at the North
got the upper hand and crushed them.’
“Please explain the terms ‘hulls’ and
‘hears,’ as applied to speculators, Maj ;
few people down this way know what
they mean.'
“Well, you see, the “hulls’ are they
who liny expecting cotton to advance,
nnd the‘hears’ sell expecting it to go
lower. The South, as I think have
been ‘bulling’ the market, that is, buy
ing with theexpeetation od 11,1 advance,
hut the hears have forced the market
and the decline in the past week will
reach $0 per bale. We have too ninth
cotton in this country, [stick n pin here
farmers] there being now 300,(X)0 hales
in excess of the the supply at this time
last year, and notwithstanding the crop
Is 750,000 hales short.’
“What is tho cause oT the accumula
tion ?
“A falling olf in our exports.”
,r Js the foreign markets glutted,
tlvrVi ?”
■'Vcs Europe nas all the cotton stio
xvnnts. Besides, the trade in cotton
fabrics in nil countries has been dull.’
What is tho outlook ?"
“I geo no hope of a change until
cotton becomes so low that the price
will make it an object of export. Then
nml tlicro only, in niv opinion, will a
reaction take place.'
"Have Atlanta speculators suffered
much t’
"Some. They Wore ‘hulls’ by a ma
jority, too, hut none ofthem have been
seriously crippled, I believe.’
"How is wheat and other articles of
speculation ?
"J>o\vn. Everything down ; wheat
down, pork C n, everything down ex
cept slocks and bonds, which about
hold their own.’
"Then the hears’ seem to have it hll
their own way ¥' ,
"Pretty much.’
“Well, is not this depressed condi.
tion of the market duo to wild specula
tion ?’
"Yes : it owes its present condition
to the speculative mania.”
The system of speculation now in
vogue, which is popularly regarded as
the very worst species of gambling, lias
completely overturned the regulation
of prices by the law of supply and de
mand, and whenever sufficient amount
of capital is applied, it is no conse
quence as to the ‘long’ or ‘short - of the
product speculated in, ruin is entailed
upon buyer or seller according to the
strenght of the opposing speculator.
Values are ficticious, markets always
nervous and confidence destroyed
thoughout the entire ramification of
rade.
rope, the hatter, of Atlanta lins
made an assignment.
Mr. M. r. Kiser, an Atlanta White
hall street merchant is dead.
A severe shock of earthquake has
-ccentljr been felt in Salt Lake City.
Th Esffle and Phfjnix cotton
mills of Colnmbus, Get rgia, earned
last year twenty-five per cent on its
cipital.
THE EXTEXSIOX.
“fan I ride to the front this morn
■ ing ?’
“No, you can’t ride to the front this j
morning.'
“Smother morning ?’
"Yes, ’fflmojliei morning.’
Then our reporter, with, hibitual in
quisitiveness, Wanted to know of Ma
jor John Story whom he Was boring for
a ride on the new road, why this tliws
ness.
“Well, you see, Major McCracken
told me : Now, John, there’ll be lots of
people who will want to ride, and they'll
trouble you a good deal; just take a
club and give ’em fils, for we can bet-
Icr afford to pay for broken heads than
broken limits; consequently you can’t
ride up this morning.’
“When can I go ?”
“As soon us we are ready to settle
with widows and orphans I’ll fiend for
you.’
For this reason our reporter was un
able to ride up this morning, hut be
fore he, loft the supply yard he booked
the fact that the track had boon laid
for nine miles above Macon, nnd bar
ring rainy weather will have thirty
milies laid in two weeks.
“I can give you another item,” said
the Major. “To-morrow or next day
there will arrive about sixty convicts
who will he put to track laying. Wc
have built a portable house for their
use, which is made in sections and can
he moved from place to place. As to
how fast wc move along, wc calculate
on a mile and a. half a day and can al
ways average that distance. The track
laying aparntus helps us wonderfully.’
“Mow about the accident Sunday T
“Well, one of the white hands nam
ed Cook, while working on trestle No.
0, about 4 miles the other side of the
cemetery, slipped and fell. JIo fell
upon liis head and shoulder, and was
hurt pretty badly, though not serious
I hope. Mr. Turnkey, the engineer,
brought him to town Sunday evening,
and was able to work with assistance.
I think lie will get over it all right.’
‘Any other news?’
“Nothing also to-day. There’s a se
lect limited parly going up the road on
the 22d, and ifyou will be a good boy
you can go up with me then. We will
le running about 1!) miles by that
time. Good morning.—Tel. <fc Mcs-
senger, 1 U inst.
The State Agricultural convention
convend in Augusta Inst week, and
was well attended. The citizens of Au
gusta threw open their door and re
ceived the delegates with generous
hospitality. Ovor two hundred dele
gates were in attendance. Hpeoches
were made by prominent agricultural
ists. We take from the proceedings the
following.
“‘Col. 11. T. Redding, of Atlanta
read an cssy on “Oats vs. Corn.’ He
pi-ocedeil to show the importance of the
oat crop as stock food. He contended
that oats was supedorto corn as a food
for work animals, and wont on to give
his reasons therefor. Experience had
taught him tlmt oats was much supe
rior to corn ns a muscle producer. One
and ono-lmlf bushels of oats, or forty
eight pounds, was equal to one bushel
of shelled corn, or-fifty -rite pounds. Un
der similar curcumsianees, an acre of
land wiii produce twice as manybush
cl* of oats as corn. The average was
place at three for one, but we would
make it as favorable as possible for
corn. It will also produce 718 pounds
of available strow more than corn will
fodder. The cost of producing an acre
of each is in fa. or of oats. The gener
al conclusion is it costs lens
to tcod stock on oats than it does on
corn. Owing to the introduction of
rust proof oats the production of oats
has been increased four fold in Geor
gia during the last ton years. Ho be
lieves in sowing oats in the fall, say
just as long before the Ist of January
as corn is planted after the Ist of Janu
ary.
The subject was further discussed by
I) -. Jones of lhirke, Mr. Flemming of
Baker, Mr, I’owel of Pike, Mr. Gam
mon of Floyd.
At night there was an experience
meeting, of which Vico Presesident
Fuller was the chairman. There was
a free interchange of opinion on the im
portance of small grain crops.
Col. Winn, of Gwinnett, advised
the planters to plant more corn and
laiso more meat.. ,
Mr. Livingston, of Newton, saui that
in corn raised in Illinoise there was .'t-t
per cent, of fat-producing substance
and 17 of nwisolo-producing power.
The reverse was true of corn raised in
Georgia. This povod that God did not
intend Georgia mules to he fed on
Western corn. The way to do was to
plaut ono-half in wheat and oats and
the otherlialf in cotton. A gentleman
in South Carolina, who owed a dept on
his land, determinnd to stop planting
cotton and plant oats. He did so and
in two years paid off the whole debt
and supported his family in the mean
time.
Several other members spoke on the
same subject.
Twenty three boys gathered from
the streets of New York left that city
a tew days ago for Culpepper county,
Virginia, where homes have been
provided for them. They were sent
bv Mr. Whitelaw Reid, who briefly
addressed them before leaving giving
them some suggestions concerning
the new course their lives ill take
from this time. Evciy boy was pro
vided with a complete outfit—trous
ers, shirt, coat, scarf, shoes, socks
and cap; where their own garments
were old they were exchanged for
new ones.
General Eli Warren died at his
home in Ferry, Ga., sudden y yester
day at noon, in the B'2'id year of his
age. ; ’ r
Augusta News!: Ria thought that
llits Aii"iisia and’Knoxville road will
soon be die property of Messrs. Alex
ander, Wadley, Either & Cos.
Athens Fanner: Negroes who emi
grate to Ti x:*a an-! Arkansas l ist, fall
and winter, are now willing home
and begging friends to send them
money to enable them to come hack
to oul Georgia. Take warning, and
slay in old Georgia.
Death of Gen William Mcßae.
(•Jen. William Mcltae died in Augus
ta on Sunday night last He has been
in declining heal It for months, hut
his Iri. nds wc re I ardly prepared for
the sublet) result. G n Mediae was
well known in railroad circles all
over the Sot)' I).
There was a fir. Monday night at
Goggins' i 11 1 - w Inch consumed a i.oii j .
occupied ><y a railroad negro and his
fami'y. Ihe parents went off and
left the children fasten'd up, as usual,
when, by soil)*- means, the house was
fired an I both tile iiltlo mgs roasted
alive Not less titan 10,000 negro
babies have been burnt this wa ) in
the South since the war—Griffin
News.
MoßnfiieJonrnnh Mr. Win. Tui
ley was instantly killed at his broths
er ssix or eight mil s he'ow Deariog,
on Sunday last It seems that In had
been going about the yard shooting
at different objects with his pistol tor
some time. At the time he was killed
1 he was standing in the door when the
pistol was discharg' and The hall enter
ed below the chin, passed upward
through, tho brain and lodged in the
top of the head. The verdict at the
coroner’s inquest was that tho shoot
ing was accidental.
Chattanooga, January 28—The
most remarkable-result of the rains
which have prevailed almost, contin
uously in this locality for the past
thir'y days, occurred yesterday The
tallest peak of the Buffalo nmmttnins
in Kast Tennessee, known as White
Rock Peak, on acoount of its pi culiar
formation, being a ledge of white rock,
wl 'eh towered several feet, tell with
a terrific crash, which was heard for
miles, nnd the whole nurrminding
country was over win lined with terror.
It appears as it the whole end of the
mountain has fa I hi. It is said that
when the crash fiist. occurred, people
congregated and praved to be deliv
ered from the filling mountains. An
other slide occurred today on the
Cincinnati Southern Road, and two
slides me reported on the East leti
nessee, Vii'ghtia and Georgia liailway.
Mail twiins on both roads were de
layed eight hours by the accident.
Savannah, Feb. 7.——l he Hoard of
Direct ms for the Ocean Steamship
Company met at Central Railroad
Rank this morning and after the usu
nl routine of business Col Win, M.
Wadley tendered his resignation, and
Col E. C. Anderson was elected
President in his place. The dbpnsi
lion of the “afnings of the Ocean
Steamship Company was thoroughly
discussed, after which the Board de
termined, that in future the net earn
ings ol tile Ocean Steamship Company
toa certain amount, alter providing
for all . xttei,si s, losses- sinking fund
and interest, and laying op a large
amount for a surplus, shall e paid
over to tho Central Railroad and
Banking O inpnnji, inso ad of being
applied as heretofore entirely to
additions to the properly It was
rumored on the streets that Col.
Wadley bad also resigned the
presidency of the Central, but we
are informed that su'd' is n I the ctvo.
“Central'’ closed at, 13b bid and 1->1
asked.—Times,
Tito Rome (.’mirier from a gentle
man who came up from Oxford, Ala-,
Friday morning, says the tngto who
who first broke out with the small
pox in Dunn's camp on the Georgia
Pacific railroad, near that town is
dead, and that the t o others who
atu-i'watds broke out were expected
to die. The informant said that nine
teen negroes, who were the same
squad in which the disease appeared
had been placed under guard, and
are drawing the same, wages ns it
they were at work, hut that tot tv
more ot (he same squad scattered,
and there was no telling where they
are gone. ,- lt is reasonable to sup
pose,” adds tile Courier, “that of
Home, and it behooves i tir health
officers to keep a cl 'So watch md re
port the very first symptom ot the
disease, should it make its appearance
here. j
tVe observed that the coalition
leaders have civ even asked the eol
i ored im nto take back seats. They
are expected tc stand out in the yard
with their ha's off and it they don’t
sav. “Thankee insister, when they
allowed to v to the coalition ticket,
they wi'l be written down in the Rev
publicans organs as ungrateful scamps.
The position of a colored Republican
is certainly not an a enviable one in
tbits yi-ar of our Lord. ISS”.—Consti
tilth oi.
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Stock Law and its Influences on
Stock Breeding—The practice of
turning hungry cattle upon the pub
lic highways to steal or starve must
give away before the wheel of pro
gress and tho advent of a more just
appreciation of lha rights of property.
Grass, whether wild or cultivated, is
a much the propel tv of the owner of
the land on which it grows as is corn,
wheat, catton, or any other product,
but hitberto our laws have required
the land-owner to guard his grass by
a most expensive lence, or have it
depastured by his neighbor’s stock.
Under the operation of tho stock
law, whitdi has been adopted in a
number of counties in this S'ale, each
stock owner must confine his stock
mi his own land, or hire pasturage
lor them from others. The natural
eonserjiience of such requirement will
he a reduction in the number of slock
kept and an improvement in their
quality.
More attention will be paid to pro
viding suitable pastures tor the stock
of. the farm, which will naturally ini
prve the quality of tlv stock It wdl
compel',the bestowal of mote cate up
on to stock of all kinds, nnd those
who can avail themselves of the ser
vices thoroughbred hulls will now
have ati opportunity of guarding their
stock, and will no longer be annoyed
by the highway scrub.
Tho decision of the Supreme Court
in the case of Grant vs. Steiner, in
manuscript at the December term,
1880, opinion by Justice Somerville
in reference to crops not planted,
has not been generally understood.
The point decided was not that a
mortgage could not he given ou an
unplanted crop, but it was held that
such a conveyance did not carry the
legal title to the mortgage so as to
detinue It would, however, carry
the equitable title of the mortgage
crops in certain’eases. It is well to
understand the fact the Supreaie
Court has not decided such mort
gages to he void or invalid. 'J hey
uiv good in iquity though not in law.
—Montgomery Advertiser,
Nearly all the State exchanges
cntne to us this week with Wiley
IP ’lining’s murder. A morning paper
in this city has circulated this news,
but alterwards conected itself. The
Post Appeal,Would,iSay to its exchan
ges that Wiley Bedding is not only
still living, hut he was not shot at all.
HOLD ? STOP THERE!
2&nrwr goods
Arriving at the New Hock Store,
A. Me. WATKINS & Son.,
Jackson, Creorggia,.
WE invite t’*e ili 'n.io of the people o' Kn*ls county, to our general stock of goods, which we
arc ottering at prices that \vi 1 warr. nl them lo trade with us.
JUST LIST'EU,
I,a,lies sho -sat SI,OO worth 51,.V1; Childrens shoesalJOO cents, worth 75 cci.ts an<l a dollar.
Hoots and Shoes,
Men's boots at $3,05, wor, it 55,00; brogans at ?1,25, worth $1,40.
Ladie’s Dress Goods.
A T T>ncnsa id wo sleds at pi ccs never be ore known in Jackson. Shawls at 50 cents, worth 75
cents and #I,OO.
STAPLE GOODS,
Such ns shirting, sheeting, bleaching, prints and checks, nt bottom prices.
lUOTIOHS.
JU,lions, laces, trimmings, ki.l gloves, silk tics, Indies collars and cuffs, combs, buttons, thimbles,
ncet' esMittl thread, nml many other things 100 numerous to mention.
CLOTHING.
Jeans of the Best Quality.
GENTS "UNDERWEAR.
Fhirls, collar*, cuffed ’cravats, suspenders, half hose, etc.
GROCERIES.
Cood ooficc fi pounds, cheap nt 5 pounds to the dollar. Su gnr nt to pounds to- the dollar. Ba
con. dour, lard, syrup, molasses, fish, o*d., lumps, looking glasses, snutt, tobacco, blacking, ink
paper, aotip.
t* •
Tinware Hardware,
w'e'will sell them nt railroad prices. CnU and see us
before going elsewhere.
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.ID. Btrond Slrrrt: ALAXTA,’ Georgia.
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Atlanta Constitution: The Gov
ernor has issued a pardon to Gus Ox
ford, convicted of repeat the Septem
ber term, 1881 of Sumter Superior
Court and sentenced to a term of
years in the penitentiary. The par
don was granted on the petition of
many citizens and the officers of the
court, backed ho strong evidence
that Oxford was not guilty.
Marion Commonwealth: A few
days ago, Mr. l'ink Sullivan, who
lived a few miles north of town, when
returning from the woods where he
had been at work, discovered a fox
some distance off, and as the animal
had not seen him and appeared to
be proceeding towards him, he stop
ped to watch his manoeuvres. He
had not long to wait; for when the
fox came mar, and discovered him.
it bounded at him with foaming
mouth, hair on end and tail distend
ed, lints presenting a most frightful
and ferocious attitude. The only
weapon of defense Mr. Su livan had
was a drawing knife, which he did
I not use for fi-ar of cutting himself,
so lie had to use his feet and by be
slowing upon the infuriated least a
few vigorous kiokes so intimidated
Reynard that he heat a hasty retreat,
greatly to the relief and satisfaction
ot Mr. Sullivan, supposition is that
the fox was affected witn rabies.
Guifceau must be hung with a chain.
Under the old English law. from
which come the Maryland law, which
is the force in the District of Colum
bia, in regard to execution, it is nec
essary that the prisoner be hung wi h
a chain instead ot a rope. A Wash
ington correspondent, writing of this,
says a rope has been used for seven
ty-five years, though good always
contend that its use cannot be main
tained under the law.
Sylvania Telephone: We are in
formed that a certain young man in
this county, who has not been matried
over a month, became tired of his
wife, and a few days since, actually
sold her to another party for fifty
cents, believing that he had the legal
right to make the sale, and yet it is
still insisted that mission missionaries
be seut to the heathen Chinese.
Atlanta rhonngraph: Colonel Far
row has succeeded at last in casing
Andrea Clark. Post m ister Johnson
at Columbus nooiv od tho appoint-*
merit.
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