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We had all grown wean listening
to the <torie* ot war and death,
Whan the old confederate noted
A moment to eateh hb breath,
8aM. "Now eee ben old eoldier,
Asurs'r. all of no hen alooe,
Come, tall aa, ebont how many
Ot the Yanks did yon ever kill V
The old eonfadente anawered,
••Jt'a a ticklish qneetlon. Still,
I don’t mind tailin' it private,
4On' In oonttdaoee teat to yon;
Fro been fig’rln' Vrn up here lately.
An*, in fact, I’ve Juat got through.
11t’e a arrange eolneidcoee, very,
AtOutwukOUitf m*r
A Uoed Suggestion.
Revolutions aft often worked by
noiseless osnses. In the solution
of great problems, whether social
political or eoonemlo, numerous
factors enter. These factors, act
ing and reacting on each other,
call into being new forces and vl
tlliro potent but sleeping energies.
Revolutions do not ripen in a day.
They are of slow growth and their
food Is of inOnite variety. Their
foundation is laid deep In the my
tety of life, .lfan in hisesger pur
suits of gain overlooks the seeds of
involution. He rarely sees a cause
uotil be stumbles upon Its effect.
The present agitation in New Eng
land manufacturing olrolcs is only
a trilling convulsion proclaiming
stubbornly the coming of a revo
lution in the manufacture of cot
ton goods. Whether the menu
faoturer is pleased at the prospect
or whether the South will welcome
him is alike Immaterial, so far as
the solution of this revolution is
concerned. The seed has been
planted and the world must reap
the harvest. As Jong as the South
was rich she cared nothing tor the
cost of living and was satlsfled to
let the North manufacture her cot
ton. When her property was swept
awayAcouomy, hitherto a reproach,
became both a virtue and necessi
ty. Before the war a Southern
planter rarely asked tho prico of
what be bought. After the war he
' not only asked the prico. but bo
sought the cheapest market. And
herein the manufacturing in tho
South received its first impulse and
manufacturing in the North re
ceived its first touoli of blight.
The North did not see it then; now
both sections sco tills iaotor in the
economic problem under consider,
ation energized into life. The
building of railroads, tho cheap,
ness of living, and tho range of
temperature,all have a band in sow
ing the seeds ot this revolution.
The limpid Southern stream sing
ing merrily on Us way to sea, al
most a stranger to ice, reflecting
the brightness of Southern skies,
and carrying with it the breath of
flowers, has long invited tbu man
ufacturer, and lias pronounced Its
invitation with the soft melody of
song. Its wooing will soon be
crowned witli success. Our own
state is rich in her idle water pow
er. In many counties from one to a
dozen sites could bo found where
cotton mill* of a greater or less
Cotton Hills In the Smlli.
There has been during the past
two years a steady decline in dom
estics. In that time prices have
gone down fully thirty-three per
cent. “Wamtntta” that sold two
years ago for 13J cents, is now
retailed at 11 ccnu; “Lonsdale”tbal
was worth 10J cents at wholesale
in January. 1838, is now retailed at
8j cents. Brown goods ore worth'
dnecentleaaayard,and Merrimack
prints have declined from fiJ cento
at wholesale to 6 cents at retail a
yard. . AU through the list of
domestics ajsimilar reduction lias
WOE aLOSUTUE WATER.
Ik« Flooded !
gone on until the margin
of protit baa almost disappeared,
until the eastern manufacturers are
oompslled to choose between stop
page of their mills or a very mate
rial rednotion in wage*. They are
attempting to econre the latter, and
the operatives threaten to inaugur
ate a great strike. Wages have
been red uoed in the eastern
mill to • very low paint, and the
operatives say they cannot stand
any farther squeezing. It is not
probable that the margin of profit
on cotton goods will be increased
in the near future, and the New
England mill mast therefore ffght
the battle under present conditions.
They are oertain.y not in position
to be very aggressive.
Let us hope that iu this transition
period of cotton manufacturing,
there will be no slackening in the
work of building mills where the
cotton is grown. Profits are not
so large aa they were three years
■go, but they are itill sufficient to
meet the ideas of capitalist. I f the
south is to enjoy a fair share of this
branch of manufacturing, now is
the time to extend her facilities.
Now is the time to build new mills.
If wo bod twenty mills like the one
projeoted at Griffin, in conrse of
erection, the nox* census would
fully establish our claims as to cot*
ton manufacturing. In all the south
there are about 1,300.000 spin
dles. To seoure 2.000,000 spindles
when the next census is taken,each
of the cotton states should set In
motion about 100,000 or about 80,-
000 a year. The Grililn mill should
therefore bo duplicated in Georgia,
and there are many towns in . the
state that should step to the front.
Why should not Cartersville and
Marietta, and Nofrnun, and West
Point, and Bartlesville, and
Madison, and Greensboro, and
Gainesville, and Americas, and a
score of other prosperous towns
have caoh a mill in which to
manufacture tho raw material that
passes through streets. The state
should bo dotted with cotton mills.
They need not bo groat concerns
atflrst;tliey can grow into greatness,
os any well-managed milt in the
south is pretty sure to do. A little
concert of action is all that needed
to build a cotton mill. No special
amount ot paiiotism needed,because
money used in tills way is not a
gift, but an investment in a divi
dend-paying buisness.good manage
ment being the only essential con
dition.
uted at New Or-
capsoity oouid be run.
Would it oot be a good idea for
our commissioner to the World's
Cotton Exposition at New Orleans
- to send out etrculars end get a
complete description of every water
power in the state f Let these de
scriptions give locality, value and
CApaolty, as well as the name of
ownef and price, lfforule,ofeacb
water power, and let tho coinmls.
■loner publish thorn in pamphlet
form. If possible let there lies
wood cut of cauli.
No doubt thousand* ol dollars
now idle would be invested in man-
iifdoturing in Georgia ir her ad
vantages were known. If this in
formation is prepared as su,
and freely Uistrlbu
lcansduring »ke coming exposition
it would brio* fauadredpforthou
sands of dollars into the state. In
1880, in the little state or Rhode
Island there were one hbodrad and
thirty-three establishments tor the
manufacture of ootton goods, em-
ploying a combined capital ot $99,-
000,000. In Now Ham pah ire ware
were forty-one with a capital of
$20,000,000, and In Massachusetts
808 cotton manufacturing estab
lishments with a «
000AO®, while in
‘ fi'lm
wonderful water power
known to the world and the next
censue will show a wonderful ad-
vaaco in manufacturing Interests.
The whole Sooth Is rioh in possi
bilities, and in no direction is the
field so inviting to capital os in
that of manufacturing.
aly
have kept their Senators in the
United States Senate for tan
'years—Delnwareand Vermont. The
former has been uniformly repre
sented by Beyard and Salisbury and
the latter by Edmund and Morrill.
"Is it, wrong to cheat a lawyer?”
was recently very ably discussed by
the members oi a debating society.
Tho concltifioa arrived at wss.llut
it was nM wrong, but impossible.
1 • •
CiNCuaiATTi.-Feb. 9—Tbe riser
is sixty-three fleet nine inches, and
is rising a little move than half an
inchper hour. The weather is cloudy
and cooler and the wind ia from the
north. The white flag ia again
floating from the Signal Service
oflice, whioh indicates colder weath
er. The river ia not likely to fall
here until the rush frem" above
takes place. At Ripley, only fifty
miles above tlinoinnaU, the river ta
rising to-day an inch and a half an
hour, and at II o’clock a. m. it was
within on inch ot last year’s water
mark. Aain was foiling there. The
stttfatioa is unchanged, except that
the river rises. The la
More Work end Less Naobbrrjr Meeded.
From (hi* ll»l«tim, Tnm„ Million,t
We like the yankee idea best;
that every man and woman ouabt
to work, and that all kinds ofcoin-
mon labor is honorable. What dis
grace should there be In cooking,
sewing, running a abop, keeping a
stall in the market house, driving
a hack, carrying bones, or even
bleeking hooter Why should so
ciety outlaw those honest people 1
who work enough Vo have a clean
ices to lumber
yard* And property of that descrip
tion increases. There has been no
loss by weakened foundations yet
reported, and last year’s experience
in that way shows that not much
damage will result from that cause.
FAMINE ADDED TO HIE FLOOD.
Wheeling W. Va., Feb. 9.-Word
has been received (hat the people
at Wellsburg, twenty miles np the
river, are suffering frem famine.
At Benwood the situation was
bad, but a relief party .visited there
on a steamer and left s liberal sup
The water has
raced*
inches of muddy slime over"the de
serted streets. The gas will be
turned on this evening, but a water
famine ia threatened, with no pros
pect of relief before Monday. The
home subscriptions for the relief
of the destitute have reached $6,-
000, and plenty more is available.
Provisions are bolding out well
and the promise of restored com
munication with tho outside world
is bright. Relief parties have gone
to Bonwood and Wellsburg by
steamboat.. At West Wheeling,
over the river, boats were prevent
ed fr<Jm landing by inhabitants,
headed bv State Senator Wagner,
who fired on one boat that made
the attempt. It was feared that the
wash ot the waves woold further
injure submerged buildings,
On the representation of citizens
of West Virginia that the local re
sources are Insufficient to relieve
the suffering resulting from the
floods, the Governor has sent dis
patches to the Senators and Re
presentatives in Congress, asking
that a joint resolution for the relief
of the unfortunates bo increased to
$1,000,009.
Tho Whitaker Sheet Iron Works
and Chicago Car Roofing Company
loss $75,000.
the bullet hi doled steam Bit.
The steamer John Lewis arrived
from down the river this evening.
She was riddled with bullets, and
her passengers were lying on the
cabin floor covered with mattresses
and life preservers as a protection
from tlio missiles. The boat lnft
Parkersburg this morning. She re
ports that many houses at New
Martinsville have been swept away.
The Pittsburg Stovo Works and
dyeing houses are a total loss.
There is not a vestigo left of
Cochrnnville, an Ohio village in
Monroe county. At Moundavillo
the prison ran oat ot water, and
citizens had to carry a supply to
the place. The reason given for
firing on tho steamer was that the
inhabitants feared that the waves
from the vessel would complete the
work dt distraction done by the
flood.
G0TT0N SEED !
is wo xmw Tsara t
But has stood the test of rears and la used by Thousands of
the Most successful Planters in Georgia and Alabama,
and not a man who has Planted them has
Expressed Dissatisfaction.
ifninr
iiijt* In «o r~p«rt SumtaSorTr ? 1
if oTjrvszr'Tz
HORSE AND CATTLE POWOL...
TO THE PXiAHTEBS OF THE S6T7TB:
n r ptnrM Inr prW of eoltos ond tho Mfil prin *,1 ramfcdnlr •< Uter I-mux) a nfons Is osi
****** u. o*Ur In <n*k* wl.on riuUnr produbl*. Fran nj ova nrorfcoM ssd U» *»-
“ *"*"*• 1 k '*** ,1 T brtbv. iSUbjr Imjvorrt S*odof*rotfc* MH nfam, dr tte nm
~ “**■ l,4 “ 50 t '‘ )0 * e ** 1- lk * n osROS <" D" ■»■* Milili Dm urn.
h “ *«r »!*»> a. °n« riMFte, two tb. wod «t«m W*k.
lisiblww ot mjr csitoa p« d. r tb.n «iy otter
*«•«• OO. bol. to Ite •***,vkll.Iliniaaoa*|oadloadsud*»<highut l-> hsho
to too am. TtaoosbtMocstelMaMteUstbutjwtItcaUs lkwasoteMtonasdihomMik-
obnbt. 1. QooimooS ihi—. sw o
mA ms »«Mr for w.
UteBSKi
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pfElsISfji
FAVtn r. vodts. Vmsmowo.
FtLTtaoss.sni.
■■ r. jowexs, rmio^wobb, aMpl a*.
1683.
1884.
Hb Gcap Chemical Wots!
Again offer to the Consumers of Oasno thsirwsll known sod rslisbis brsnds, vfau
MASTODON GUANO 1
LOWE’S GEORGIA FORMULA!
ACID PHOSPHATE !
■ » ...
WITH OH Wl'fJBCOtnP rOTJUMK.
Also. KAINIT of oar own imnortstlon. PURE GROUND BONE, LAND
PLANTER, N1TUATK OF 80DA, COTTON SEED MEAL sad ALL FERTILIZING
MATERIALS. Cnmsnondeaee solicited Area sll who went flrst-slsss Gnenos.
Specie! JJmmlx miule when deeired. Address, GEORGIA CHEUItiAL WORKS,
BS. A. BTOVAI.Ii, Troasntror.
AtniVHTA, UA.
For sale,by TOOLE, McGARRAH & TONDEE, Americus, Ga
A It and M»t It i
m * common iri.—,
boMlst U ass raster » erne i,._. .
Good for Man and Good, for Beast
Price one Dollar. '
. Sold W E. J. SI.UBIDOX. Drenbt, (bacfsl
A (re t, Amrrlcw, Os.
ALU ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLEB
trVun ttrsctbM sseswpasr seek tettb
D. C. N. BUilKlIATiTEB,
OOTTON SEED and MEAL.
JOHN N. SCARBOROUGH,
Attoraer at Xiavc
Will practice la .11 evil, or thl. Stole.
(O)
With Old Time Begntaniy.
Tiie 104th Monthly Drawing of
dress on Sunday, and to owe no ; The Louisans State "Lottery took
man nothing but love. If there I place on January 15th. The Com-
were more labor and less snobbery, i miasionors, Gen'is Early and Beau-
wc Would have (letter fences, nicer
yards, more productive gardens.
GMifta'
capital of *74,-
Otalgia the
with a ooi
W* Maks
falter hogs, and better children.
The whole Sonth needs overhaul
ing. The fence rows need cleaning
oat, the gullies need Ailing, the
houses need painting, the churches
and parsonage* need repairing,!m]
numerous debts need liquidating;
and nothing bnt bard work will do
these things. There should be a
stampede trtfm the perlors into the
kitchens, workshops and fields.
igard, obtained the following re
lit: Ticket No. 31,993 drew the
Bnrkhalter & Moroogh,
FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.
Long Loans, Cheap Rates, Quick Time.
-(C)-
Offlcc over Georgia Warehouse, Northeast Corner of Public Square,
AMBRIOUS,
The Bine and the Gray
■srsansh Km
The “Boya to Blue”now residing
■o Atlanta are making up ■ dona
tion for the "Boy* Tn Gray,” of
Richmond, Va., in response to their
appeal for aid to build in that city
a home for disabled Confederate
soldiers. Daring twe days* can.
vaas not a single "Bov in Bine” has
declined to contribute. In some
other Southern cities tho same
and genoron* action
magnanii
is being
A gentleman in Athens, who had
witnessed the performance of Lula
Hurst in Rome, says she performs
her wonders by main strength, and
that there ie neither electricity nor
•plritnaliem about it She has been
offered IfOO per night to travel.
—
The ground on which an Iowa mao
asks tor a divorce i* that his wife
is a drunkard, and the peculiarity ot
the complaints it its specification
that she acquired the habit of intem
perance while tending her in his
own saloon.
1st Capital of $75,000, sold in fifths,
costing each $1; one was sold to a
gentleman in New York city, an
other to n newspaper man in Peters
burg, Va., the others scattered
everywhere us usual. Ticket No.
80,096 drew the 2d prize ot $85,000,
sold in fifths, also; one in Chicago,
III., another in Washington D C-,
a government.emptoyee, probably,
who doc* not seek publicity. Tick
et No. 83,176 drew the 3d" Capital
prize of $10,000, told in fifths also;
one each held by Henry Munk, No.
876 Gratiot ave., and Mr. Samnci
Levy, well-known citizens of De
troit Mich. Nos. 12,144 and 64,253.
3d Capital prizes, drew each $6,000,
■old in fifths;
M . .
Texas, thooi
Planters Bank of Sherman, Texas.
Many winners seek to conceal the
fact "of their having drawn a prize.
Bat let every one try for himself
on Tneaday, March II, 1884, when
the 166th Grand Monthly Distribu
tion will ocour, and of which M. A.
Dauphin, at New Orleans La., wilt
folly inform you on application.
An lows boy, aged 15, worked a
month for the physician o( the *
neighborhood, and was given
instead of the $10 which he ex
peeled, a receipted bill for proles-'
sional services which the’doctor
had rendered on tht occasion of his
birth. ... .
EM “EXCELSIOR”
COOK STOVES
A NEW TREATMENT
CARD.
Wi», I lip until rel|:np'l, burin# t~««lv*d d
pirmuipnt lirnuflt from tho u«i or “COMB
stau'kby e’rSLWLor rwpjijdifiBIr
tadisitaitaMMmantamMantamHta<>h<j
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Utah-
•lllgtnU
w«?
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«r b-ilevn STte t«u«, nor pehMi asr lMUsie-
Kdltor “Lutliirnii Ubynrvrr,** l'hOadel-
r>ii»i.iph 1 iS!‘iV, Js»s i, ust
t o lonvoord oobMmn* In ««r fftotomontamd la
ounulnoMOM of our ami roporti of
t*ar "Tn-atlnr on C
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AMn ili
Nov.tltf
TO THEPfiBUC
BmK
Halo
LEADING FEATURES
iDuWrWwsMkM htrvttVm)
s-
Cfeuia SMtnwtuBM
ISAAC A. SnxrrAED&CO.. BilttsarstlM
I, ,!< ),*—*- .-VMS. A*4fc'«w*k»l.w •wrmnn A CO., Lxvfciv.es
among others to W.
Lakey of Bell’s, Grayson Co..
ight Merchants and
ik of
limns Isssisil «l RravvouS IbU j»r,l*4a|*
IhU MeUM-l sStoflcnsIsa mv osiisva Is Ivs ps.1
■asit*ssWIsfswtslljr iMIailteinSaSt
Any and All Kinds of Work
la SIr Its*. •Sell» v«k os
Haeliinerv and Engine Bollerx.
now Wwt wilt irorlvo w*»Hol oiteOISw; in Ori,
ANY BLACKSMITH WORK
E*lf**teJ KiM.luUko** boorat sUvniloo »od
*l Ita oU II. T. Uanio too*.
CHRISTIAN SCHWAB,
SOUTH GEORQIA
mandmiLEmm
DAWSON, (IA.
*so*SoaSuWsws
AgentK Wanted for the New Book,
Deeds of Daring
—i»v—
BLUE AND GRAY.
.Tfc# grrai ralloc<i«a of iW maal tfcriQfiif aaraia.
at adoofitHTM nm Iwth oMn duHa* Urn OrwatCml
War. Iai«norly inttnotltf weomt of azploCU
ofaenata and i|ik lerlora b»M«, Mrole bra very,
IworiMBWinU <UNI hAirbrvBdth aoraa—. fnaion
»n«Mrnta, ha»<J (• InumI nmwl^ bamorwafi mi
traxlo orwti, partloM founmya, bold imkm, brft>
Maat Nffm aa4 artla— «a omIi Min
ibaUaa If ehk|*fem, PROMIfSKLT IKaLVS*
THATKDOfoiWIifb Xooobtr took at «HMka
HaavarytblaSs
ielpktM, 1*4.
FREE FOR TRIAL
4gisgasBa*#3rwa
;*wo of vilsllljaml Vlsvr, N.rroo. rroKr.lk»
Wanted Immediately,
A liSAMOwOir, ooo who V ami
Dr,H.A.0.Bagley,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Afeaua» Amrrko*,
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