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Americus
Established 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1885.
INAUGURATION DAI.
IT 18 DONE.
ULEVBLAND’S.CiRINET.
Washington. P. C., March 4,
1-2:40 p- in—The inauguration is
cJiupleted and Grover Cleveland is
President of the Uuited States by
the grace of God and the votes of
the people.
The Cabinet Is announced as
Bavard, Manning, Vilas, Lamar,
Garland, Whitney, Endicott. Prc-
smnnbly they are in the order
named—Bayard. Seretary ot State;
Manning, Secretory of Treasury;
Vilas, Secretary of Interior; Lamar,
Attorney General; Garland, P. M.
General;” Whitney, Secretory of
Xuvy; Endicott, Secretary of War.
Turner.
DAWSON DOTS.
i Ills Own Bssrt- Dawsan’s Boys
Halses Ills uwu ■
H 1 -An Old niulittr Dead.
Mr. Jacob Reed, of our city, is
one "f the most successful garden-,
ers in Terrell county. He thinks
we ought to raise "our own garden
seed instead of sending North for
them every year. Ho says he
planted Irish potatoes twenty-five
years in succession, Jtpd never
bought seed but twice during the
lime. He always saved his largest
and finest polaloes for seed,.and
.they produced more aud better
’potatoes than any he could buy in.
market. He saved seed from col-
lards, turnips, beets, faddishes and
nearly all the other vegetables he
planted. Our farmers aud garden
ers should think over these things,
give them a fair trial, and if suc
cessful, they might save money,
time and trouble. Mrs. E. P^Kene-
day raised' last year and sold to the
merchants this spring, four pounds
of collard seed at one dollar pe r
pound.
Mr. Robert G. Harper, son of
Mrs. F. A. Harper, of our city, and
nephew of Mr. H. D. .Watts, of
Americus, is now a prominent
young lawyer of Hampton, Ark.,
and is an able member of the Ar
kansas legislature. “Bob” resided
in Dawson from his birth to his
early manhood; reueived htsoduca-
lion at our college, and we are proud
to acknowledge him as a triend and
former associate. I bopo and be
lieve he will reach a still higher
round on fame’s ladder.
At a primary election for post
master at Eufaula a few days ago
Mr. R. A. Grier, son of Mr. N. C.
Grier, fortnorly of our city, was
selected to fill that important posi
tion. This “Bob" was also raised
in Dawson, is a model young man
and worthy of any office of trust
and profit the good citizens of
Eufauia may see proper to entrust
lo him.
Mr. M. Baldwin, Jr., loft our city
yestyrday for hi» new home in
Auburndalc, Fla., where he wii)
again enter into the mercantile
business. Mr. Baldwin was .born
and raised in Dawson, his father
being the first settler. He has been
a member ot the firm of A. J. Bald
win & Co. from boyhood, and has
had such training and experience
as will warrant his success as a
merchant. His wife, Mrs. Crockett
Baldwin, and her sister, Mrs. Bailie
. Janes, left to-day for Stewart
[ county to visit their mother, Mrs.
N. C. Seville, where they" will re
main a week. About the first of
April next Mrs. Baldwin will join
r, her husband in Florida.
lii- Mr. J. D. Laing, our county
8t Treasurer, and one of oar best mer
chants, is on a visit to Tavares,
Fla., to look after his business at
uat place.
Mr. Jack Hollitnon, of Webster
unty, who bas been sojourning
J Florida about four months, re
ined to-day in fine health, bring-
' n | with him two smad limbs from
orange tree, not more than
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eighteen inches long, on which
grew fifteen beautiful, ripe oranges.
He also brought some lemons and
limes which he plucked from the
trees, and some tassels trom the
common sugar cane, all of which
are “strangers in a strange land.”
Mr. Julian Davis and his mother,
Of Calhoun county,spent last night
in the city.
Master Jimmie Savilie, ol -‘Jolly
Johnpreeville," spent last night in
the city.
Rev. Jesse Rogers, of our city,
died af his residence at 3 o’clock,
yesterday afternoon, of old age, be
ing in his ninety-third year. He
was interred at three o’clock this
afternoon in the city cemetery,
Rev. U. W. Davis performing the
burial services.
Dawson, February 26.—Mr. W.
E. Hurst, father of -Vliss Lula
Hurst, came down yesterday, spent
the night with us and left to-day.
Miss Lula will give au exhibition
iu our city next Tuesday night,
the 3d of March. As this is her
first visit to our town, and may be
her last, our citizens should turn
out en manse to see this great
“Georgia wonder” who has created
such a sensation and attracted,
such attention from millions of
people all the way from Boston to
California. She will go from here
to Americus.
Sir. John Frazee, a native of
New York City, after spending sev
eral years South looking for a suit
able location, has at last purchased
a home and settled down in Terrell
county. He now owns the farm
known as- the “Barge Place,” four
miles southwest of our city. The
place has been sadly neglected of
late, and looks somewhat dilapi
dated; but the land Is good, and
under the manauement of Mr.
Frazee it will soon become a beau
tlful borne.and valuable place. AU
suotTmenwIll always’ find a bearty
welcome from our belt citizens.
Maucii 3.—Mr. P. J. Howard,
one of the best and most useful
citizens ot our county, died at his
residence, one mile east of Dover,
at 9 o'clock, yesterday morning,
after au illness of several months.
Judge Howard was born in Monroe
county, Ga., May 26, 1829. He
married Miss Martha Cromwell,
and they lived together till death
separated them. He meved to
this county nearly five years ago,
and purchased the fine residence
and plantation from Judge Kim
brough known as the John R.
Jones place. For many years he
has been a consistent member of
the Methodist Church, and con
tributed very liberally to the sup
port of the gospel and all religious
enterprises. He had accumulated
around him a large circle of friends
among the rich and poor, white and
colored.
His remains were brought to Daw?
son at 11 o’clock this morning, met
by the Masons, and deposited in
the Methodist church, where Rev.
A. M. Williams preached an able
funeral sermon. The citizens gen
erally and the teachers and pupils
from the college were in attendance,
making a congregation that almost
filled the church. At 12 o’clock,
the remains were borne to the city
cemetery and deposited in tbeir
last resting place by the Masons,
who went through their usual
forms and ceremonies in the most
solemn and impressive manner.
The deceased leaves a loving and
devoted wife, a son'and a daughter
who have the heart-felt sympathy
of the whole commnnity.
Mr. Thomas C. Hern, ef our
county, aged about 6# years, died
at hi* residence at 6 o’clock yester
day afternoon, and was interred at
New Hope ebnreh at 3 o’clock this
afternoon. Mr. Hern‘.was what is
called a wicked man, but had mnnv
good traits, and it is hoped he had
“a change of heart” before he died.
•-Thou hast promised to receive h»,
Poor nodeiuful though we be;
Thou hast mercy to relieve us,
Grace to cleanae, and power to free."
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
Whet Oats are Dolan la Stewert-A
Ilia earn Orop-A Growing
Family.;
JoHNPREEvnxa, March 2.—At the
last meeting of our Council the fol
lowing ordinances were adopted!
“Any person or persons running
a free delivery wagon in the ville
shall pay a tax of twenty five dol
lars; or any one carrying any kind
of merchandise home in their
buggy, that lives inside the incor
poration, shall pay a tax of ten dol
lars. Also, any one who keeps a
porter to wait around the store,
draw water, or deliver goods shall
pay a tax of five dollars.”
We think if a merchant sells any
one a hill of goods it don’t seem
that any one should object to him
sending them home. As Mayor,
we opposed the ordinances, but
were on the little side, and they
were passed, but not without being
vetoed.
The oat crop, since our last, bas
improved a great deal, and we do
not think, with a few d*ys more
good sunshine, we can’t tell we ever
had a freeze—that is, on red lands;
we can't say as to sandy lands. We
are truly glad to see the improve
ment, for the oat crop will be mucb
needed this summer, as the cry of
corn being scarce is very general
though the county.
Corn planting is now in order
and the outlook now is we will
have the biggest corn crop since
the war, il we can get seasons.
Now is the time to bed potatoes
and very few in the country. Near
)y ail ot them rotted last winter,
but few for sale and parties who
have them want two prices for
them; so we will bare to splice out
on vines.
Mrs. Crockett Baldwin and Mrs.
Sallie Janes, of Dawson, are visit
ing in the ville, guests of tbeir
mother, Mrs N. C. Savilie.
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, of Sumter
county, came over Sunday to see
their daughter, Mrs. Ed. Dupree.
They returned to-day.
Little Miss Savilie arrived in the
ville last Sunday.' She is the guest
of her rnothel, Mrs. W. B. Savilie.
She will make the ville her borne.
Matrimonial market closed for
the season. Mayor.
and Miss Loula Corey, of Eufaula,
Jv
frpm a trip to Macon, Ga., and
points beyond. They report a
very pleasant trip.
W. E. Gay, Jr., is off on a pleas
ure trip to Decatur county to visit
relatives and witness the marriage
of otle ot his near relatives.
Mr. J. R. Smith, of Merccrville,
ere married on Thursday owe
ning last.
Mr. J. C. Guilford, L. H. Thomas
and R. B. Thomas are just ofi the
Exposition. Mr. .1. E. Dozier and
sister. Miss Willie, will leave soon
for the same point.
Miss Maola Smith is still enjoy
ing the mountain scenery of North
east Georgia, visiting Tallulah and
Toccoa Falls, and other mountain
resorts with which she seems de
lighted.
Captain J. A. Smith has been
omoted from Supervisor to Road
aster on the L. & R. road, with
endqnarters at London, Ky.
Quitman.
TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT.
II Ail'HEK STATION.
March 2, 1885 The few days
good weather seems to have in
spired the farmers with new life
and energy, and plow work is vigor
ously prosecuted. A few of our
fanners are planting corn; it com
mences in good earnest this week.
Mr. G. J. Moore, late of the
Southwestern railroad,' has left the
road and engaged in truck farming
in Florida, and is thus far well
pleased with results.
Six cars of the through freight
train No. 7 were badly wrecked on
Wednesday last near Georgetown,
caused bv a defective journal which
broke. It was the car nearest the
engine; the cab and eight cars re
roained on the track. Fortunately
no one was hurt, but the track was
badly torn up. This occurred at
about 9 o’clock a. m.; by 7 o’clock
p. m. the track waa repaired, and
the trains on tbeir regular
schedules. >
Mr. W. H. Jernigan, late bridge
builder on.the Southwestern divis
ion ot the Central railroad, who
bad occupied that position for sev-
eral years, committed suicide last
Monday evening at his home in Ft
Gaines. Mr. Jernigan was an up
right, energetio and skilled work-
man. The cause of the rash act Is
unknown, supposed to be on ac
count of financial embarrassments.
The oat crop seems to be very
slow in recovering from the effects
of the cold weather.
Garden vegetables will necessar
ily be late, as well as fruit trees,
from the present outlook, unless we
have some - unexpectedj-late cold
snap.
Mctyrs. W. T. Mcthvia and W.
E. Gay, Sr., have Just returned
The painfnl duty of turning over
to you the administration of the
Halted States and the key to the
front door of the White House bas
been assigned to me. Yon will
find the key hanging inside the
storm door and the cistern pole up
stairs in the hay-mow of the barn.
It is expeoted that you will make
su6h changes in your Cabinet and
otl)er furniture as yon may see fit.
The asparagus Dell, however, will
need a little top-dressing in the
spring, and you can do as you see
fit about putting pillow shams on
the pie plant bed. In yonr attitude
toward iorsign powers you will, of
course, have your own ideas, and a
suggestion from me at this time
would be entirely out of place.
Govern the people with a firm, yet
gentle hand, and put a little rat
poipon down cellar where it will do
the most good.
I have r inde a great many sug
gestions to the outgoing adminis
tration relative to the transfer of
the Indian Bureau from the Depart
ment of the Interior to that of the
Sweet Bye-and-Bye. The Indian,
I may eay, has been a great source
of annoyance to me, several of their
number having jumped one of my
most valuable mining claims on
White river. Still, I do not com
plain of that. This mine, howeve r.
I am convinced would be a good
paying property if properly
worked; and, should you at any
time wish to take the regular army
and such other help as yen may
need and recapture it from our red
brother. I would be glad to give
you a cont rolling interest in it.
You will observe, on taking pos
session of tlie administration, that
the navy is a little bit weather
beaten and wormy. I would sug
gest that it be newly painted in
the spring. If it had been my
good fortune to receive a majority
of the suffrages of' the people for
the otfice which you now b«M I
should have painted the navy red v
Still, that need not influence you
in the course which you may see
fit to adopt.
You find all papers in their ap
propriate pigeon-holes, and a small
jar of cucumber pickles down in
the cellar, which were left over,
and to which you will be perfectly
welcome. Take these pickles and
use them as if they were your own.
You will also find half a ton of
coal left over,.and an old ax in the
wood-shed, which a man from Ohio
left|with us to have ground. Of
course you do not make a business
of receiving presents, but you can
not refuse to receive these ae a
GEORGIA CATTLE.
What can be Raised to Feed Them,
While stook raising is carried on
to but a limited extent in Georgia,
there is no question but it can be
made more profitable than in the
Northern States, by reason of our
milder climate and wider range of
vegetable productions for the feed
of stock. Georgia soil produced
all the cereals, grasses and other
forage plants, grown in the North
ern and Middle States of tbs
Union, and some ot great value
not grown in those sections, but in
order that the capacity of our soil
under high culture may bt> appre
ciated, a few instances of unusual
production will be given ‘to Illus
trate tbe facilities lor cheap feed
ing which our peculiar climate, soil
and productions afford.
In 1873 Mr. R. U. Hardaway
produced, on upland, in Thomas
county, 119 bushels of corn on one
acre.
In the same county, tbe same
year, Capt. E. T. Davis produced
96J bushels rust-proof oats per
acre. After the oats were har
vested he planted the same land in
cotton, and in tbe fall gathered 800
pounds of seed cotton. From this
be got 18 bushels of cotton seed,
making in all 11-^bushels of excel
lent stock feed fftim one acre.
In Uconee county 106 bushels of
oats from ono acre are reported.
Similar ;instances of large yield
might be given in greater numbers,
but enough have been given to
show the capacity of the soils o r
Georgia to produce in the greatest
abundance, every variety of food
for neat cattle.
Strangers from regions in which
grain and siook are the principal
market products, ares impressed'
with tbe absence of sod fields, for
getting that the rearing of stock is
a secondary consideration in ail
that portion of the South where
cotton it. cultivated as the staple
money crop. ,
Wheat, rye, oats, barley, Indian
corn, rice, all the grasses and legu
minous plants grown in other parts
of the Union, besides others pecu
liar to tbe South, tbe mcdicks,
etc., grow profitably in Georgia.
Bermuda grass, tbe bane of cot
ton fields, but a boon to the stock
farm, makes a more impenetrable
sod than the famous blue, grass,
and once well set, will afford paB-
In 1874 Mr. Wiley W- Groover,
roau
slight testimonial of regard, and
‘iril
not in the nature of a bribe.
There are many affairs of great
moment which I hare not enumera
ted in this brief letter, because I
lelt some little delicacy and tim
idity absut appearing to be at all
dictorial or officious about a mat
ter wherein tbe public might
charge me with interference.
I hope you will receive tbe fore
going in a friendly spirit, and,
whatever your convictions may bo
upon great questions of national
interest, either foreign or domes
tic, that you will not undertake to
blow out tbe gas on retiring, and
that you will In other ways realize
the fond anticipations which are
now cherished on yonr behalf by a
mighty people, whose aggregate
eye is now on to you.
Bill Kye.
, P. S.—You will be a little sur
prised no doubt to find no soap in
the laundry or bath-rooms. It
probably got into tbe campaign in
•bed.
some way and was absorb
B. N.
of Brooks county, produced, with
two horses, on a farm ot 126^ acres,
without the use of commercial fer
tilizers, cotton, corn, oats, peas,
sugar cane, and potatoes, to the
value of $3,258.25, of which $1,213.-
25 was net profit. Tbe stock raised
on tbe toroi was not counted in
this estimate.
Mr. Joseph Hodges, of Brooks
county, produced on one acre 2,700
pounds of seed cotton. From this
he got, besides 900 pounds of lint
cotton, 60 bushels of seed, which
makes excellent stock food.
In Bulloch county, Mr. Samuel
Groover produced on one acre
3 500 pounds of seed cotton, or
1,166 pounds of lint and 77 bushels
of seed.
Mr. J. R. Respass, of Schley
county, gathered in 1878 500 bush
els of oats on five acres of upland.
Mr. H. T. Peeples, of Berrien
county, reports 800 bushels of
sweet potatoes gathered from one
acre of pine upland.
In Wilkes county, 123 bushels of
corn were gathered from one aore
of bottom land.
In tbo same county Mr. J. F.
Madden produced, in 1870, 137
bushels of oats on one acre.
Mr. R. M. Brooks, ot Pike coun.
ty, produced in 1873, 600 bushels
of rice on five acres of bottom land.
Mr. R. B. Baxter, of Hancock,
produced in 1872, 4,802 pounds of
dry clover, hay, on sevcn-cigbis of
an acre of upland at one cutting.
Dr. T. P. Janes, of Greene coun
ty, harvested in 1871, five tons of
clover hay per acre, in oce season,
at two cuttings.
Mr. Patrick Long, of Bibb coun
ty, after harvesting from an acre a
crop of cabbages, cut from the
same ground, the same year, 8,646
pounds of native crab grass hay.
Mr. S. W. Leak, in 1873, har
vested 40 bushels of wheat from an
acre, sowed the stubble ia peas,
and harvested 10,726 pounds pea
vine hay in tho fall of the.same
year, from tbe same acre.
Mr. Edward Camp, of Coweta
connty, harvested 1,000 bushels of
oats from ten acres.
Mr. J. T. Manley, of Spalding
county, harvested 115 bushels of
oats from me aore.
Mr. L. B. Willis, of Greene
county, in June, 1873, harvested,
from one aero and one-third, 20
bushels of wheat, and in October
following, harvested from tbe same
27,130 pounds of corn forage.
Dr. W. Moody, of Greene
county, harvested at one cutting
from one acre of river bottom, in
1874, 13,953 pounds of Bermuda
grass hav.
Mr. J. R. Winters, of Cobb
county produced in 1873,' from 1
1-15 acres, 5,675 pounds of dry
clover bay, at first catting of tbe
second year’s crop.
Mr. T. H. Mooie of the same
connty, produced on one acre, 105
bushels of
corn, and Mr. Jeremiah
Daniel, 125 bushels.
Mr. R. Peters, Jr., of Gordon
county, harvested in 1874, trom
three acres of Lucerne, four years
old, fourteen tons and 200 pounds
of hay, or 9,400 pounds per ac(e.
Mr. Thomas Smith, of Cherokee
Daily, Per Ybar,...$«.00.
Weekly, “ ... 2.00.
fir''
turage inferior to none in nutritive
laliti * ‘
qualities, for an indefite period.
Small grain, sown early in the
fall, affords pasturage ‘through the
winter months, or may be repeat
edly cut and ted to cattle daring
the late fall, winter, and early
spring months.
Lucerne, one of the most nutri
tious plants grown, may be out
from four to six times during one
season, and once well set will last
for thirty years, and perhaps lon
er, if properly cared for. Mr.
eters has a few acres in Gordon
county, that wore planted 24 years
ago, from which h« harvests sev
eral crops every year.
The field-pea, peculiarly a South-.
phi
ern forage plant, grows most luxu
riantly on ordinary lands, and
affords a superior provender for
cattle.
The millets thrive well, though
not extensively cultivated, and
give heavy yields of forage for
soiling or hay for winter. The cat
tail millet has been cultivated for
half a century in small patches, tor
feeding green during summer. It
ean be cut several times during the
summer.
Sweet potatoes, another’ crop
pconilar to the South, yield im
mense crops per acre when well
cultivated cn sandy or sandy loam
toils, as high as \ bushels per
aore having been reported to this
Department.
Forage corn affords an Immense
harvest of excellent provender at
small cost.
Natural pasturage'is relied upen
ky tbe majority of stook-owners of
irgia, and in many sections of
'State it affords an abundant
the
connty, produced on one acre', 104
ila of corn.
bushel
In Monroe county in 1879, 137
bushels of oats are reported gath
ered trom one acre, by one farmer
and 56 bushels of wheat by an
other.
subsistence for cattle during the
summer months. Where the river
and creek bottoms are inclosed
daring tbe summer tbe grass and
wild cane, which crows upon them,
afford good winter pasturage for
cattle. Where such are accessible in
middle and southern Georgia dry
cattle often pass the winter in good
condition, without being fed ataU.
Indeed the only difficulty in tbe
way of profitable cattle-raising in
Georgia rests with the people
rather than with tbe climate and
resources of tbe State. Tho cli
mate is milder in winter, and not
warmer in summer than that of
those sections of tbe Union iu
which cattle_are reared in the lar
gest number, and of tho best
quality. Expensive barns are not
needed, and less provision is neces
sary, as regards food, to carry cat
tle through winter.
The attention of tbo people has
not been specially directed to
stock-raising, and .consequently
tbe capacity ot the State for cattle
production bas not been properly
tested. Tbe rearing of cattle has
been merely incidental to other in
dustries of the farm which have
been considered more important
and profitable.
Again, the demand for the pro
ducts of the pasture and the dairy
has not been such as to stimulate
attention to cattle, or justify farm
ers in making special investments
of money with a view to produc
tion for market.
There can be no question as to
the profit of better attention to
cattle in Georgia, even if a domes
tic supply of beef, milk and butter,
ie tbe only object, but with the
present means of transportation,
oui mild winter climate may be
made available in supplying North
ern markets with fresh yellow but
ter, made from iresh, green food.
The cattle in Georgia have enjoy
ed a most remarkable immunity
from disease ofeverykind.au occa
sional case of red water being tho
only serious malady with which
they arc affected'.
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