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GEORGIA’S PROGRESS.
HER AGRICULTURAL AND INDUS.
TRIAL DEVELOPMENT.
The annual meeting of the Young
Farmers' (Tub of the Houtheru
States was held In Mualc Hall at
the State fair grounds lu Macon
Ga., on Friday, October 24th, Preai
ldent Robert E. Park, presiding.
The orator of the occasion was
Hon. Albert H. Cox, of Atlanta.
TUB ADDRKSS OF MR. COX.
Mr. President, Ladies and Gen
tlemen—Twenty-five years ago I
was paroled near this spot. Well
do I remember how dear and deso
late all things looked then. The
gloom was universal. Mourning
was on every door—nay, so deso
lato was our laud that it had not
crape for Its grief. The hand of in
du-try knew not what to grasp.
The mind of our men was at sea
about policy, about the theu preseut
and the future. Every heart was a
broken heart.
What contrast does this day pre-
seuttotbat! Here lu the center of
our state we behold trade decked
in galacolors. In this, our central
city, we behold such a trades’ dls-
play, such gn exhibit of resouices,
such products of art, industry, In
vention aud agriculture as seldom
salute the eyes of man. All is
brightness and hope! The marble
mountains of our State are being
quarried; our coal runs a thousand*
new furnaces.
Our grauite paves the streets of
cities and the cities of sister Ktates.
Our Iron Is being rolled and mould
ed into numberless useful shapes.
The pine forests of the wlregrass
are aiire with progress. Our eorn
fields are russet lu abundant har
vest, and our cotton, because of itB
superior staple, and by the superior
skill and Industry of our people,
holds its own In successful produc
tion against the cotton made by the
coolie labor of India and Egypt.
Our whole State rises in glorious
fbcuperatlon. From the general
country, as from a vast reservoir,
our cities have prospered and
grown. Our Capital City lias built
herself beyond file breastworks
which once defended her—has built
herself beyond them in policy us
well as material. Macon, our “Cen
tral City," has risen up in might
like a young giant “faciugthe ris
ing and not the sutting sun," and
all the trade centres of our State,
by their constant aud wonderful
advancement, prove the health
and progress of the rural districts,
upon whose prosperity their trade
and prosperity does now nnd will
always depend.
Hurcly (some foreign mind might
well reason), surely this marvelous
recuperation has been aided in
every direction by a wise and pa
triotic government; surely this
magic change could not have been
effected save under the fairest of
conditions; surely upon these har
vests the sunshine and showers of
beneflclent administrations have
fallen.
The nobler Is the honor to these
people, the more astounding this
rebuilding and advancement, when
the real truth Is known that these
strides have been takeu under
every handicap which could have
beeu placed upon our State. Glo
rious, uud ever to be remembered,
are those victories which our heroic
aoldiery won against odds on the
battlenulds of the "war betweeu
the Stales"—but not less glorious
and not against less odds lias this
our victory of our peace; been won.
What have beeu these odds?
Brlelly let me state some of them,
though time does not milllce for a
complete analysis of them aud their
obstinate effects. First, lu 1865, all
our aqtleu!tural labor (save that of
(he land owners themselves) was
demoralized—was deluded into
laziness hy false hopes which acted
as bribes to Incapacity, unreliability
and unrest. This damage to the
land owner and the laborer was
doubled in effect bjy the change of
the laborer from a slave to a freed-
mnn, and the incident excitement
of his Ignorant and easily deluded
mind. He was easily duped—and
was duped into the belief that the
white people here were his enemies;
that distant people were his only
friends, and that there was no ne
cessity tor him to labor In order to
Uve, to enjoy his liberty and to
prosper.
All this has been happily modi
fied and In many cases completely
changed. Our labor la orderly ex
cept In local and exceptional In
stances. The freedmen have made
a Urge aggregate accumulation.
Many of -them own homes and
land. We are exempt from the
disorder! and damages of strikes.
Onr Increased crops demonstrate
the industry of all onr people of all
• This reorganization of a labor
aytem bsa been effected by no legis
lation. Ho theorist baa dona this
- •
service to the country. The farm
ers of the South met this, the most
delicate question of modern times,
face to face, mail to man, day by
day, In the fields and In the shops,
and by their dally patience and
tact and innate sense of Justice,
they and they only In spite of the
dlfilculties hindering the great
work, have done|this signal service
to their country, to the colored
people, and to humanity.
Another, aud next to the great
est, odds against which our peopie
have contended was the total de
struction of all money circulating
In the south at the close of the war.
This was a confiscation,'not as plain
to the eye, but more deleterious In
fact, thau would have been the con
fiscation of half the lands of our
section. Juit as millions of wage
earners were to be paid for work,
every dollar which the landowners
had with which to pay them, was
puddeu'y destroyed. The signature
of every southern state was stricken
from its paper by the sword of
power.
We talk, and rlghtl» too, of the
evils of contraction of tbo currency.
The government should see to It
that the business body of our coun
try is properly supplied with a
sound, a healthful aud sufllcleut
currency, ofteu compared (aud
most happily) to the blood of the
human being, which, to perform its.
duty, must be pure and strong aud
sufficient for every vein and artery.
As the blood ndapts Itself to cli-
mute, so such a currency should be
flexible—but only flexible enough
as to volume to meet the uormal de
mands of healthy trade, not flexi
ble enough to produce uncertain
ties, congestions aud fevers in busi
ness, yet Inflexible in value—for
money must be a standard—and It
should never be forgotten that even
small issue of bad money
would frighten and drive into
its vaults (its forts of de
fense) all the good money of
the land. But grave as is the pres
ent necessity, It doeB not compare
with the unfairness of that condi
tion under which websgaintocllmb
the difficulties to reach our present
liight of comparative prosperity.
All the expedients which could he
suggested were tried to supply the
universal deficiency. Laborers
were paid part of crops, liens on
growing cropB were given to mer
chants, who themselves short of
capital were taking exceptional
risks In tbelr strain* to carry the
business; and the high rates Inci
dent to such risks and the only in
surance against them, fell with
crushing force upon the farmers of
our section and upon the laborers
In our fields.
Plied on this oursectlon had to as
sume, and without murmer did as
sume, Its part of the gigantic ex
penses Incurred by the general
government In the overthrow of
the separate nation which our
States had striven to establish.
Aud, too, as a bribe to the union
soldier in the North our congress
began shortly to run wild about
pensions to the survivors of our
civil conflict on the Northern side.
Patriotism "has do parallel to the
standpoint on this question. Cheer
fully voting just pensions to the
scarred maimed heroes who had
been our foemen but who are uow
our fellow citizens, we knew as we
cast each vote that it meant mil
lions per annum to be collected
from tbo South and distributed
only to the North. And yet—aud
yet truth and honesty demanded 1
the declaration that the instant
such a pensloq becomes a party
proffer, it infamizes him who re
ceives aud the hand that gives.
Hut by all odds, as mountain to
molehill, as Niagara to a tlp-spaut,
stauds the high protective tariff as
the enemy to the southern planter
aud 'eborer, the great Incubus on
their Industry, the persistent,
never-Batlslied blood-sucker of
their vitality. Southern cotton
preserves the commercial inde
pendence of the United States by
preserving our balance In trade
with Europe. But for the gold
brought over by our cottou Amer
ica would be annually short mil
lions of dollars In her trade bal
ance. Does American statesman
ship favor this patriotic American
export? Nay, while we are raising
It In competition with coolie labor,
In order (they faUely say) to pro
tect other laborers competing with
the skilled labor of Europe, we
must endure the exactions of this
extreme system. In other words,
out of the wages of those who make
eight to ten dollars per month ex
actions must be reaped on every
necessity in order that those may
be protected who earn as much In
half a week as our laborers earn In
a month. In no wlae does this
great export of our country re
ceive a compensating benefit. Its
price la fixed in foreign parts—fixed
In competition with the lowest paid
labor, and Jet the people who raise
this export seem to be considered
fit subjects of plunder by the
country whose commercial Inde
pendence ’largely depends on this
chief product of this industry.
There—right there, Is the great ene
my of the American farmer. Let
nothing divert your fearless gaze
from the eyes of that inveterate
and dangerous foe!
Recounting those many and fearful
odds wh ocan blame the farmers of
the land for rising up,not In passlop
but in pacific enthusiasm,to struggle
for fair conditions for their indus
try ? Recognizing that government
at best is a burden to be borne for
tbe sake of social safety, yet by un
fair apportionment of these bur
dens it becomes despotio and op
pressive, and by a fair apportion
rnent of them furnishes fair condi
tions for tbe Industry of all Its peo
pie.
If, despite these odds, wo have
prospered, to wbat a height might
we not have climbed by now If our
labors had been shone on and
showered on by equal and fair ad
ministrations? Apd what lathe ex.
planation of this progress In spite
of these ods? Why do we survive,
why flourish and grow? Let the
voice of experience answer to the
ear of hope and confidence?
Here Is a land blessed above oth
er lands in soil and climate and
health. For men <>f moderate
moans no other country affords
such fields for the reward of labor
aud for theeujoymeut of the whole
some luxuries of life. Around the
humblest cottage of tbls state the
poor mau’s hand can plant every
beautiful vegetable aud every pal
atable fruit. Purer water tban
ours never quenches the thirst of
man. More generous sun tban
ours never painted color into flow
er or lluug sweetness Into fruit, or
gold upon grain. .With just
enough cold to tone blood, with no
more inclemency tban indoor work
can utilize, the arm of the worker
in Georgia need not be lowered any
day tbe year round. Health is na
tive here. In our borders epidem
ics are unknown, and have been
save upon the fringes of of our sea
board wheuce the sanitary hand of
patriotic and enterprising foresight
have now for many a year driven
the only spectral visitant from our
shores. Our soil, naturally fertile,
is easily reclaimed, responds with
generous harvest to the touch of
kindness, and if men butcher it,
tbe Lord, with a second-growth
forest, reclaims It to more than Iti
pristine value before an infant can
grow to liaudle an Inheritance.
This blessed land Is inhabited aud
controlled by a noble and well de
scended people. They inherited
industry from fathers who hewed
their way through the wilderness.
They inherited the aspirations of
thrift from ancestors who built up
fortunes In the country which they
settled; they inherited high im
pulses of patriotism from forefath-
Ars who defied raonarcy aud estab
lished this republic, Straight de
scended from a sturdy Anglo-Sax
on strain, with less cross-breed.ng
than any other section of .this
whole country; here Is the center
of.the pure blooded English Ameri
can. If the perpetuity of the old
ooutlnental principles depends up
on the blood of Sidney and Hamp
ton here must be the center of that
defense. If the Just development
of these principles to befit the pro
portions of perfected American
government shall depend u(>on Sax
on vigor ana English justice, sure
ly we staud now where the flag of
real liberty shall wave at last in
Impregnable triumph, or where in
her last breastworks that liberty
shall make its last and Immortal
struggle.
To further luspire that Inherited
and Indomitable blood has been
addpd the example of our fore
fathers. No southetn man can fail
to be a patriot when be remembers
that Washington was a Virginian.
Butmore than this—as the Scot,
though loyal to Victoria, remem
bers liU own Bruce, the Brittain,
though loyal to his queen, reveres
hts own Cromwell, and Is each In
spired by his hero, so out of the
memories of our civil strife we are
the worthier Americans, the surer
to be heroes and the safer to be pa
triots because we revere and honor
our own Davis and Lee, our own
eloquent Hill, our own dauntless
Gordon. Our whole people have
beeu enuobled by following in
faith the best Inspirations of these
noblest products of northern char
acter, and they have ^been worthy
of this land and competent to the
great task of Its wonderful recuper
ation.
But something more was needed
and will be necessarry. These peo
ple have stood together in complete
unity. While straggling upwards
under heavy loads they have not
pulled against each other. The
discords of class against class, of
center against circumference, • of
ambition against ambition, have
not been allowed to disturb tbe
harmony by which every step of
this mighty phalanx was timed. If
some for self, and others for state,
have diverged or thought of di
verging from tbe great line of
march, It has been on some local
skirmish—but tbe unity of the
main movement has not once been
broken. History may search all
other lands in all past times, but
never find -a nobler theme for
praise tliau this public virtue, uni
versally exemplified, of these
southern people.
Khali it not be preserved? Is It
not the dictate of profound wisdom
tliut we struggle still together? If
new thing* are proposed, shall not
the i>ro|<oui)ders still recognize that
conservatism is the most valuable
virtue when new and untried pro
jects are submitted? If all agree
in general purposes, shall not all
view with consideration aud con
filiation such extra zeal as may be
enlisted in the common cause
And If in ultimate object, we are
like interested and undivided, is it
not wise to confer together, rather
than conflict about mere ways aud
means?
There can be no essential differ
ence nere justifying the peril of
deatructlon of southern unity
Here there are no millionaires and
no paupers. Here are prosperous
land owners, and well fed, well
treated and o'derly laborers. Here
are no plutocrats or autocrats—all
here are democrats—aud there is
uo class against class in our midst
Here there eaji he uo real con
lllct between the city and the
country. The country supports
the eity hy its trade, aud the city
might as woll be an enemy to its
own reservoir of water as an enemy
lu Its own reservoir of commerce
Tbe city, ou the other hand, js a
depot for the convenience of the
country, to which the people can
go when they will to get what they
want. The city gets more trade
when the country prospers, and
the country can get more accom
modations when the city prospers,
No, no! there Is uo necessity for
dissension in our midst. By our
unity we are improving under un
fair conditions. By united efforts
we will struggle for fair conditions,
and all prosper the more. «Vnd
whether we gain our equal rights
soon or late, let no man despair or
deem desperate measures needed.
The duy is not distant when grass
will take Its proper place on the
Georgia farm.
When more grass will mean
more eattle and more stock—home-
raised cattle and stock—aud this
means more compost, and less out
lay and more product to the acre
age, and then smaller farms and
population, with school
houses lu every neighborhood and
enough children near by to fill
them ; and then our mining, manu
facturing and agricultural people
will strideto prosperity aud power
with triple speed; aud then our
sparsely settled states being peo
pled and equalized with the states
North (already full to overflowing),
there will be a complete equaliza
tion of rights, resulting from equal
powers, and sectionalism will die
and be buried, and all the people
of our noble and great country will
be equal under tlie laws of liberty,
Tlte prayer of all the patriotism I
claim and of all the ambition I
have will have been answered If I
can but live to see what I believe
to be the certain, the sure, the hap
py future of my state, and her peo
ple, of nty country and all the peo
ple in It.
E XECUT SIBMV£v
MTFR * OCNTY.
before the court home door hi the city of
AmericuH, (}»., Haul county, «n the first
Tuemtay in December next, tbo following
deNcribed real entntc, to-wlt:
Fifteen hu idred (IfliiO) acre* of land, more
r Ichm, Hltuuied In Terrell County, v»a.,
twelve miles HoutheiiNt of Duwhoii, ami
eleven tnlies north of Albany, and located
early tuvan»idde w'tb the CoIuuiImis
nithern rut I road, nnd known n* the old M.
iv. Taylor plantation.
Four huudr-*d and five (UV>) hutch, more or
less, shunted In l**e County, (in , one-half
mile fruit Southwestern railroad, live miles
from Leesburg, said county.
Two hundred, twos ml a half (202,4) acres
situated In Nnmter County. Da., two rnllex
from Amlersonville, known hu the Me
Corkle place
ninety, (UO) acres, more or less, In the
town of Andersonvllle, uimI known as the
IHinelry place
** ur hundred and seventy-five (47*>) acres
the New 2tith District of Sumter county, ad
joining lands of W. M. Kidd and others.
Thirty (:I0) acres, tim e or less, one mile
a* ,| u quur er from the city of \inericus,
adjoining lands of Mis. Hartley l'atker,
Mrs. Htanford and others.
Two houses and lots tu the suburbs of the
city of * tnerlcus, north of the court house.
All of the above property sold us the es
tate ot the late Harney Parker, deceased,
for the purpose of distribution among the
heirs of said estate.
MALIHHA PARKER.
Executrix.
J.C. PARKER,Executor,
New • Quarters,
Stoves, Stoves,
The cheapest and most varied assortment
of
(Ming Stoves,
Ranges and
Office Heaters,
G-AS FIXTURES.
IX THE CITY.
just‘received, a large lot of
Fiovsrer Pots and Grates!
Call early ami Inspect our goods.
A. large lot of hardware ordered and will
soon be in.
Plumbing and Repair Work Our Specialty
CALL SEE TT3‘
Harris & Payne,
Artesian Block. - TelephoneJNo, 12’
AMERICI r 3, GA.
For Sale.
050 acres—One of the ’most desirable
homes and farma In tho vicinity of Atneri*
eus.tt mllcHfrom Americua Healthful local
Ity, good Improvements, church and school
privileges convenient. Rents this year for
24 bales of cotton, besides a four-horse farm
reserved, on which the owner says he will
make this year about :J5 bales or cotton and
l^UU bushels of coru. Lands mostly level
and easily cultivated; with a railroad flag
station on 8. and W. rr" * ••*-—*-
of the moat—If not th
farma near Amerlcus.
ept7-tf.
. CANCER CURE.
Mr.O. J. Cannon's Cancer Cure le truly
the King of blood partners. His months
since 1 woe taken with a moot severe aiuok
Of while .welling, and after Inking two
botttee 1 find myself almost well, *
„ „ J.C. HOOKM, M. D.
For Sale at Wholesale and Retail by D.
F. Davenport, Druggist, Amerlcus, (la.
Notice to Subscribers.
All those who subscribed to the Houth*
west Alliance Manufacturing Company,
(Cotton Bagging Factory) will pleuecome
forward and pay the same. It Is now due
C.B.BEIO,
Bee. and Treat. O.B.r.
200 to 400 Founds.
We wan* every man weighing from I’W to 300 pounds to know that nur
“Stouts and Extra Size” Suits,
Pants and Overcoats will fit von like order garments, cost much less
wear just as well and win von over in the wnv <>f bringing your fellow
sufferers to us. SPECIAL SIZES known as “LONGS” for tall men
rhe right length of Sleeves, length of Wnlst aud Skirt to Frock Coats
lensrtii of Pants and general proportioning just pleases our LENGTHY
friends. Regular men, of I'lmrse, we can fit to the "Queen’sTaste." Did
you ever try JOHN R. SHAW uud didn’t get fitted? If you did it was
"a long time ago.’’
SUITS MADE TO ORDER.
We represent First-class New York and Baltimore Houses.
SAMPLES NOW READY.
Measures Takeh and Perfect Fits Guaranteed—NO HT—NO SALE
JOHN R. SHAW.
Th® Champion” Clothier of S, W. George
-CALL AND SEE-
T
CT_ W- 3VEXZEI,
At his new quarters on Cotton Avenue, under Hawkins House He
keeps the finest
Wines, Whiskies. Cigars, Etc., Etc.
in town. Ho always has on tap kegs of tho
Famous Cook. Boor.
, The BEST Beer ever sold In Amerlcus.
Fancy Drinks at Lowest Living Prices I
Ho keeps nothing but flrst-elaas goods, and don’t oharge fancy prices
far them. GIVE ME A CALL.
BUILDERS’ SUPPLY CO.
HOUSES FOR! RENT AND SALE ON THE INSTALL-
WENT PLAN,
lOl.NTowJxrAuao* Now IRoady,
Xfiuuber sold’on Installsmta. Vacant!