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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 ' inei-lout