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VV. L, GLESSNER, Editor.
St NDaY, IIECEMIIEIt 4, 1881.
Iloiv to Prosper.
Tlmt people prosper best who arc
nearest self-supporting,ami to se
cure this end there must not only
be diversity of products, but diver
sity of employments. It will not
do for all to be farmers, nor all to
be tradesmen or mechanics; but
there must be a just proportion of
each. A country which can raise
the material and then manufacture
that material into merchantable
commodities must proseer more
than that country which ships its
products to another section to be
manufactured and then purchases
them back in their manufactured
form, for they must pay the tians-
portalion both ways and lose the
profit of feeding and clothing the
laborers engaged in its manufact
ure. The South has the advantage
of being not only able to raise its
provisions, but to raise a product
in demand all over the world, and
jf-its people would improve that
advantage by diversifying their
crops so as to make cotton their
surplus production and then man
ufacture it into goods, there is no
reason why they should not become
the most prosperous people in the
world. It is little wonder that the
cry of Imrd times is heard, when
our people pay transportation on
breadstuff, forage and meat from
the North-west that could be raised
at home, and pay' tribute to New
Kngland on goods Unit ought to be
manufactured by themselves.
Tariff Itcfurm.
The I.u(!range Reporter, in
speaking of tariff reform, and an
attempt to commit the South to
the policy or a protective tai iff sen
sibly remarks that the South has
never been a manufacturing region,
and it has been largely at her ex
pense that the colossal industries
of the Must have been built up.
The political sentiment of a people
cannot be revolutionized m a day,
and there will he no clamorous de
mand from the South for the pass
age of measures looking to such
protection as New England wil ,
for some time to come, reap almost
the solo benefit of. The tariff men
are moving for the abolition of the
internal revenue taxes. This would
greatly relieve one-of her great
commodities—tobacco—bill as that
is not one of the necessaries, but a
luxury, it can stand a good deal. A
revision of the tariff, so as to equal
ize its burthens and put down the
power ol monopolies, is needed by
every real interest of the country.
Lot there be moderate and eq 'nl
protection, as protection is a poli
cy which cannot be reversed. There
should be no abnormal growth at the
cost of vital repression. Especial
ly should the customs upon articles
of common use and prime necessi
ty be reduced or entirely abolished.
We think, in this demand, our
Congressmen will lie reflecting the
wants of their constituents, (live
the whole country tariff reform.
About eight years ago a man by
the name of Taylor left his wife
aud live little children in Schley
county, lor some frivolous reas
on, and soon after lie left there wasi
another son born to them. All the
properly that they possessed was
one mule, which Taylor carried
with him. Mrs. Taylor had worked
hard—was raising her children in
an admirable way, and was making
some money. She had not heard
from her husband from the day he
left until recently. While passing
one of her neighbors she was called
in to “see something" when she
discovered it was her long missing
husband. .She fainted and fell.
That afternoon lie accompanied
her home, and the next day she
visited her Primitive llaptisl
brethren to know if it would be
against the church regulations for
her to be the wife of Taylor again.
They did not object,and all is well
now.
Mr. ltichardson, the greatest cot
ton planter in the world, and a mill
ionaire, is a North Carolinian. He
started poor. Ilis cotton is spun
on his plantations. Why should
there not be, all over the south, as
sociations of planters who spin
their own eottou yarn?
GEORGIA SEWS.
There i,--.-i 1 b.dance ol #551,331.49
in the S-tule Treasury.
The cotton receipts at Gridin
this season already amount to
20,000.
Col. M. K. Thornton has pur
chased the Alania Foel-Aepetil, and
will make it a morning daily.
Pour of the prettiest young la
dies of Decatur county will enter a
riding contest or a champion cit|.
An-Atlanta lawyer crowded nine
visiting college young ladies—
strangers in the Gate Oilv—into
one hack and showed them how to
find their hoarding house.
The failure of Messrs. Dumas A
Allen, of h'orsyth, was announced
last Saturday. The assets of the
firm ueio reported .... nominal,
while the liabilities are estimate
at #47,000.
The champion dog killer of the
state is Captain .1. 10. Tnliundgo,
near Athens, lie is willing to bet
that lie has killed three hundred
canines. The captain i'i probably
a sheep raiser.
It is misdemeanor lor any pub
lic weigher of cotton to charge
more than ten cents for weighing a
bale of co Lon, or live cents Ibr re-
weighing once taxi'd to ten
cents for weighing.
llev. George It. McCall, who has
been located in Hawkiiisvillc since
1855, has received a call to the
First baptist church in Grillln. Hu
is regarded as one of the ablest
baptist ministers in the State.
Macon Teleyiajih: One of our
most observing commercial travel
ers reports that he saw, a few days
ago, in Irwin county, a live-acre
peach orchard in full bloom.
Think of it, trees in full bloom in
November!
In Atlanta last Sunday, Gaines,
the coloicd minister, admonished
the congregation not to put clipped
and punched coins in the contri
bution box. He said he gave sound
gospel and he wanted sound money
in return, i! any.
Mv. Julius I., brown is the re
cent purchaser of the Gridin, Mon-
tieello and Madison Railroads, for
which he paid #2(1,1100. This pur
chase has no relation to the great
Cole syndicate, as has been said,
but was an individual purchase of
Mr. brown’s.
Montkzuma II'cell;/: On the
■light of the 14th, the gin house of
Mr. W. If. 1<. ballon, together
with Hi bales of cotton, cotton
seed,etc., was consumed by lire. It.
was the work of an incendiary and
falls heavily on one of the pro
gressive farmers of our county.
Albany Meice: “The store and
goods of Messrs. Strother A llils-
man, two young men who e ui-
mcneed business at Palmyra, five
miles northwest of this city, some
time last winter, were totally de
stroyed by fire on Tuesday night.
The stock of goods was estimated
at #3,000. Insured for #1,900.
The grand jury of Fulton county
on Tuesday found true bills against,
the cashier, president and direc
tors of tlie Citizens'bank of Atlan
ta, widen failed some time ago. The
cashier and president were arrest
ed a few days ago. in China,
whenever a hank fads, the olliccrs
are executed, and the banks of that
country never fail.
The editor ot the Monroe .1-'-
eerlieer a few days ago received
notification from a Texas post
master that a copy of the A (leer-
lifer sent to a certain person was
not taken out, but remained dead
in the office, and assigning as the
reason that the subscriber had
gone to jail. The subscription
had expired about a month before,
and the man had not renewed.
This should be a warning to every
mail to renew his subscription at
soon as it expires.
Jim Jones, the night watchman
ot Quitman, has skipped the town.
The Free Frees says that for
months past he has been systemat
ically robbing stores which he
was supposed to be guarding, and
last week the grand jury found
two true bills against him for lar
ceny. His stealings, it is thought,
will reach up into the thousands.
When last heard from he was at
Union JSprings, Ala. A reward
has been otfered for his arrest.
New York Store.
D
ALL Ml) ran. fills!
A Nl'MHBit of ladies, embracing
representitive American women
from every part of the country,
have formed themselves into an as-
sociation which proposes a memor
ial to the widow of the late Presi -
dent Pope. Mrs. Pope”who has
left her thrcc-score-and-ten years
considerably in the rear, still sur
vives in hearty health, and resides
at Nashville, where she is yet a so
cial power, being well to do, and
in want of none of this worlds
worldly gear, it is proposed to re
strict the purposed memorial to a
portrait, to be hung in the white
house at Washington, fiy the side
of that ofher late husband.
No iiKT-mt evidence than his
own testimony is needed to prove
that the bloody-handed assassin is
merely assuming the insane role,
for ^"-.mnlp, he said yesterday:
“My mind is perfectly blank on
that subject, and has been,” rcl'cr-
ing to tlie idea of murder: and yet
lie deelarles: “I appreciate the
fact of the President's long sick
ness as much as anybody- ill the
world.” Strange that his mind
ho “perfectly blank" as to the
atrocious act of shooting the Pres
ident, and yet keenly alive to tlie
consequences. It is incredible.
It is a mistake to suppose llialT
nine-tenths of the American peo
ple are anxious to tax themselves
for the bencflt-of the other tenth.
Ofcourse we can. otliavo free trade
lull there is no reason for submis- Leaders of Good Goods and
siou to the rings that have made
up. our illogical and inconsistent
tarill'as it stands. Thu tariff real
ly needs revision and siinpli_cation.
Much of it is absolutely iudcl'cii^K-,
ui hie.
S. Waielbanm dGo.
Low PlUCES
A wkitkii of the boston J'oel
praises the Georgia cracker, and
says he is more intelligent and
farther advanced than the farmers
in the hill country of Massachu
setts. They are the host represen
tatives of their race, whereas the
best blood and brain of New Eng
land have gone into the rich lands
of the West.
Will the solid Democratic cle
ment of Georgia, which desires to
preserve its strength and purity and
to perpetuate its power, look for
an expression of its principles and
aspirations in the columns o'" those
journals which one year ago used
all tlu-ir influence—whether much
or little—to introduce schism and
discoid into ils very heart? A
few months will answer.
Down in Kansas they propose
to try what virtuelliero is in lynch
ing on broken bankers. Perhaps
n healthy application ol Vigilance
Committee would help some of
those frail cashiers in the East.
Holey Goods
Books,
Scraps,
Pap stories,
Autographs
FANCY GOODS.
r.M.!. AMI NKK Til KM.
WE .4 It If AO tV RECEIVI.dU THE LARGEST STOCK OF
CLOTHING, BOOTS), SHOES,
DRESS GOODS AND CARPETS
Ever shown in tho City of Americas
ir« are too busily engaged op liing goods and waiting
on customers to advertise tlie miscellaneous assortment
which we are daily rereit ing, but we ran assure the
trading public that our stock is the
Most Complete
Ever shown in southwest Georgia.
Come and be Convinced.
We would call especial attention of country merchants
ami large planters to the (act tlmt our wholesale stock
is (lie most complete ever exhibited soufli of Macon
Ii Prices we DEFY COMPETITION
j Mr. (iloss has just returned from the Northern mnrKet
where he selected (lie stock in person and purchased at bottom
! figures direct (Vein the manufacturers and we propose to to give
1 he benefit of this advantage to the patrons.
8. WAXELBAUM & CO.
JB WBIiRY 8TOHE.
t ■
One of the largest estab
lishments of the kind in the
Soof'i. is loeatedin Americus,
Mr. Fricke’r’s store has
just undergone a rejuvenating
process that makes it the hand
somest store INSIDE to be
found in Americus. In the
Jewelry department ean he
found all the latest novelties in
WITCHES,
CLOCKS.
XECKI.ACES,
lockets,
KINGS,
LACE PINS,
SETS,
EAR RINGS,
IIRACELETM.
THIiUllLES,
.Spectacles of all kinds and in
struments to test your eyes and
competent men to select Spec
tacles best adopted to your
eye-sight. Thousands of peo
ple are injuring their eye
sight by using common.
Spectacles, or those not prop
erly adjusted to their eyes.
Soiid Silverware, SPOONS,
FORKS, KNIVES, CARD
CASES, CUPS,-GOBLE'lS,
FR UIT KNIVES, NA PKIN
RINGS, all kinds of case
goods, etc., etc. In Electro-pla
ted ware, a full line of Iieed
and Barton’s goods which I
guarantee to have more silver
on, and to be plated on better
and harder material than any
other make of goods, the only
concern that took the only first-
class prize in Australia. A
partial list ol these goods
composes Castors, Cake Bas
kets, Berry Dishes, Epergns,
i Card Stands, Flower Stands,
j Water sets, Waiters, Goblets,-
oups, Spoon-holders, Syrup*
cups, Butter-dishes, l’ickle-
! stands, Knives, Forks, spoons,
| Etc., Etc.
These goods sold atjthe
same prices that you would
have to pay at the Factory,
as well as a full line of goods
of other manufacturers at fac
tory prices.
i also keep a fine line of
Gold Pens, Waking canes,etc.
This woeK 1 will have the
largest and most varied stock
of China Vases, Toilet sets,
Jardinieres and fancy goods.
generally, ever brought to
this market.
In my Music Department I
have a large stocK of Pianos,
Organs, Violins, Guitars, Ban
jos, Accordeons, Tambourines,
Harps, Instruction Books, etc.
In my sewing machine de
partment can be found a large,
lot of Davis, Williams, Wheel
er and Wilson and other sew
ing machines also a lot oi
second hand machines all in
thorough order for sale cheap,
a full line of parts, attachments
needles and oil for all ma
chinery. My work department
is the most complete and the
best supplied with tools, ma
chines and material in the
South for doing watch work,
jewelry repairing, clock re
pairing and lbr putting sew
ing machines in thorough or
der, supplying any new parts
needed, etc'. The class of worlt
done here is superior to that
of any other establishment
outside of a large city. No
trouble to show goods. Call’
and take a look through my
stock whether you wish to.
purchase or not and and see
the place where you can get
what you want either in goods
or work when you need any
thing of the kind. Everything
guaranteed ns represented.-
Agues ApdjNew York Storey
ITAniXiS FRIOSBR,
Under Barlow House 4 '
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