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§Jjj |athsc Jjrsus. JACK SOX. G. 1., EEV, 22 18W W. UUCP. - - Editor. 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. Til K XKWN, rVBLisuKD Krssr tnwAV. t ,lu‘kson. Hulls < ouuly.Gn. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Three Month!*, - ... 50c Six Month*, - - - 00 One Yew, * - * * * * -#1&0 STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. RATES FOR ADVERTISING : Advertisements will In* inwrted for ONE IXU f.AK ner*qu*r*. for the ftr*t insertion, nml FIFTY I'KXTS per >qii:ut* tor v.ch subecquout ii>eriioii, tor one mouth, or leas. For a longer period, h liberal discount will he tu*tle. One iuch in leugth, or less, conatilUtefl a MU&re. Noitoo* in the local column will ho inserted at TEN i KNTUper line, each im riion. Miniiug.rq nml deatlm wi'l Ik* published u* item* of news, but obituaries will be charged for at advertising rates. JOB PRINTING I Of every description, promptly and neatly execu ted at rtttonnlit ratm*. 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. The “WHITE” Sewing Machine! r rii' Favorite! t Became it is ilia Latest RUNNING: the most quiet: makes the prttiest stitch: and lias more conveniences than any It is warranted five years and is the easiest to sell, and gives the best satisfaction of any .T. I>. Ac T. F. SMITH. "Wholesale and Retail Deales. .ID. Btrond Slrrrt: ALAXTA,’ Georgia. • Sy 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. IB __ 111 JIM “IB FOR 1882, OFFERS Important Inducements, TO SUBSCRIBERS AND To those getting up Clubs A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY To Get A Celebrated “While Sewing Machine' For Nothing, Tho, NEWS a 28 column paper, published weekly at JACKSON, the COUN TY SITE of BUTTS county, centrally located between Macon and Atlanta, on the NEW Macon & Brunswick Railroad Extension. It is a live, local paper and gives the general news throughout the State, as well as Southern news items and the General Topics of the day, also a large amount ofliteratue which will he found interesting to tiie general reader. Subscription Price $1,50 IPiEIR. -A-HHTTIVI, INVARIABLY in advance. The Best ADVERTISING MEDIUM, 11 MiDDLGGEOmi, Being published in a section of country which i3 just being developed liy the building of anew railroad and being circulated among an inteligent and pros perous class. Subscribers arc being added, every- week, to our Already Large List. which is circulated throughout a scope of country, 40 miles square, tributary to Jackson. . THE FOLLOW ILLC3- INDUCEMENTS Are offered to CASH subscribers, ONLY, at ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS each, for a year’s subscription. For A Club of 5* We will give a fine pocket knife, or a year’s subscription to the NEWS. For A Culb of 15, We will give a good New Silver Watch, Stem Winder. For a Club of 30, We will give TEN DOLLARS IN GOLD. For A Club of 50, We will give a celebrated “White Sewing Machine,” warranted, with the Com pan ay’s written guarantee to keep it in repair for five years. For a Club of 100, We will give a fine DOUBLE-CASE GOLD WATCH, Stem Winder, with a GOLD PLATED Chain of a beautiful design. For A Club of 175< We will give a fine Home-Made Piano-Box Buggy, warranted to be as good any that can be put up anywhere. It HUB TO IIM, We will wive each CASH Subscriber, for this year, obtained through a club or otherwise, a printed certificate, entitling them to a chance, FREE of charge, in a drawing for oue / “White's Sewing machine With all the Extra Attachments, and Company’s written guarantee to keep it in renalr for five years ; the price of which is $-50,00. This proposition to hold good pr<-vided as many as 50 subscribers are obtained from this date, Jn 17*i,’a sjs*-> to December 31st 182. The drawing will be conducted fairly, four disen teres ted gentlemen of Jackson, will be secured toconduct the drawing. The goods we offer yon, can be seen by calling at theNE ~ office. .Vo humbug, but you may rely on our propositions.