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REV.SAM. P. JONES
REV. J. B. HAWTHORNE
GEORGIA FARMERS
ARE GROWING RICHER.
Two Tbon.and Gala .000,000 In Five
Veers.
In that proportion $33.84 outside the
state; and 1,991 average farmers
owe altogether $66,366 to foreign
lender*. Deducting this from their
net gain of $905,712, they are still
$339,846 ahead, after the lorn of the
loser* has been paid out of the gain
„T" tir ^ Kss
“le* “ “ bl « made up from the tax write off $33.33 per capita for foreign
returns of twenty-five average far- : loans, we have only $44,800 to de-
mere iu each county. The farmers ^uet, and that leave* them the
were taken at random by the Con- lnu (“** of t 1 ’ 246 * 813 -
regard to property. They are men : ers owe their neighbors, merebants
who make their living by farming, hr local money-lenders, it may be
and not by merchandiee or profes-' ®* fel y assumed that they owed uo
slonal business. Iu this table Sum- mor ? In 1880 thaa *“ 18W * In ' * BOt >
ter county stands the highest, show
ing a uet Increase by twenty-five
farmers of $110,000 in five years. In
commenting upon the table, the
Constitution says:
The Constitution presents here
facts which prove that the Georgia
farmers are growing richer. The
array of evidence is so far-reaching
and comprehensive that the con
clusion cannot be doubted. Indeed
there is evidence in several in
stances that the facts behind the tax
returns are much stronger than
they appear on the books.
The official records show that two-
thirds of the farmers of Georgia
gained ground handsomely in five
years, while one-third lost a little.
The gainers gained 30 per cent,
while the losers only lost 16 per
cent. The total gain of two-thirdB
of the farmers heard from was, $1,-
200,313 and the total loss by the los'
ing third was $384,601, leaving a net
gain of $905,712 in the whole list of
1,991 farmers.
The list is a thoroughly repre
sentative one—not the rich or the
poor, but average farmers taken at
random and looked up on the tax
books afterward.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
DR. KING’S
uem
' tbe World Renowned Evangelist
, ^turned from Tyler, Texas, on the 12th
I And my wife baa been taking Royal
'iH-uier to the GREAT UPBUILDING of
. - r idirslcai system. Hbe Is now almost free
2 u sWif^±,5S»ir! doing the larger part of the business
itA R T , ffiEKfi!l , K I g.. w,FB HAD A ' x ‘ sa “ TO
H. Hawthorne, Pastor First Baptist
•lurrh, Atlanta. Oo., wits ettml of a long stand*
. I.Wot catarrh. Hit wife bad been an In*
y-md front nervous tu>ad*rhe. neuralgia, and
tnatiam i>*nu vuiiitv vt* a itM. icafcciy
1W.B4
bs?he
'•^matUm FOR THIRTY VfiA
'3t'C^Sbr»>viia
v. Who appears to be twenty years
nd playful as a
llgestic.... .....
•»»<* Insures health, . w
Vzf;V* T roncentrated
ton
•’ GERHETL'ER fcO Atlapta.Ga.
. ^"‘Urfafsts. If yr.»ir trrqcrl«t can not
faentby exp;* **,
for full partK -!ars, oertil-
ECU.
The story issimply this, that 1,344
farmers started out in 1884 with an
average property of $3,136 and in
five years gained an average of $900.
At the same time647 larger farmers
started out on an average property
of $3,725 and lost $595 each.
If this ratio runs through the
100,000 white farmers of Georgia,
two-tblrds of them have gained
$64,000,000 and the other third has
lost $19,838,000—a net gain by the
farmers of $44,000,000 in five years
This means that out or an average
list of farmers starting five years
ago, two-thirds supported their
families and added 30 per cent,
their capital—and that capital only
$3,13(1
Where is there an equal number
of average business men who will
show as good results on so small
capital 7 And yet the average bus'
iness man works more hours than
the farmer, and puts up with less
room and Ibbs sunshine. The lot of
the Georgia farmer le not so bad
after all.
While in every other business
combinations of capital are oruBb'
ing out the small men, in agrlcul
ture alone It remains true that the
man of small means has as good
chance to rise as his neighbor of
larger property. In fact, these re
turns show that the losing farmer
had nearly a fourth mote property
iu 1884 than his more thrifty neigh
bor. As these tax returns represent
little else but land, there is a direct
inference that the small farms
are the ones which have paid their
owners best. It Is tbe old truth ro
asserted in a now form, that the
man who tills a little laud well will
soon have more to till.
Considering the number of far
mers who were In debt five years
ago, It is astonishing that two-thirds
an average list should show a
olear gain of 30 percent. Right
here comes in a question which
must De met and answered. Since
1884 an immense amount of foreign
capital has gone into the Georgia
farmB in tbe shape of loans secured
by mortgages. Tho question natur
ally, arises, are not these loans rep
resented In tbe increased return of
property, and when they are paid,
will It not appear that the gain
which appears on the face of the
tax-books is fictitious?
Let us look at the matter seriatim.
First, what is the amount of these
foreign loans now In force In Geor
gia?
Tbe cashier of the loan company
in this state is probably the best
Informed mail on that subject.
Colonel Blatook, of the Atlanta
Trust and Banking company, says
ten million* of foreign loam have
been placed on Georgia farm lands,
and of this sum halt has matured
and been paid, and the other half
remain* In force. According to an
expert witness then, the existing
loans amount to abont five mil
lions.
With this as a baala we can calcu
late tbe part tbe loan business will
play in the gain of these 1,991 farm
ers. There are about 150,000 adult
If these 150,000
farmers in Georgia,
owe altogether $5,000,000 to foreign
lenders, the average farmer owe* uaicasea, wm oe ooie io juugt-.
we have high evidence that they
owe a great deal less. Colonel
Livingston, who has canvassed the
subject iu almost every county in
the state, says that In every part
the farmers are nearer out cf debt
than they have been since the war,
and that a few years more like 1889
will wipe out their debts and leave
them independent. It is a fair and
reasonable conclusion, therefore,
that those 1,971 farmers paidagreat
many old deblB between 1884 and
1889. If the amount of this liquida
tion of old debtskiould be ascertain
ed, it is probable that it would add
at least another thirty per cent, to
the gain of those who gained, and
would reverse' the balance of those
who return sixteen per cent less
property than in 1884.
So far this showing has been made
on the face of the tax returns. By
going behind the returns we soon
discover that the facts are stronger
than they show.
Some of tbe farmers who are men
of advanced age have given part of
their property to children daring
the last five years. Where a son or
daughter marries, tbe Georgia far
mer generally does tbe handsome
thing if he is able. This cannot ap
pear in tbe returns, although it Is a
certain and regular cause of diminu
tion of estates, especially among
well-to-do farmers, who can give
land mere easily than business men
can give away portions of their
capital.
The gain side of these gifts is not
represented in the returns of the
younger farmers, for the corres
pondents were told not to take any
farmer who had Inherited property.
Dougherty county furnishes an
other Instance where the facts are
better than tbe returns. The coi res
pondent says it has been tbe custom
in that county to return farm lands
at the uniform price of $5 an acre,
until judge John P. Fort concluded
that $2 50 was enough, and returned
his property at that price. There
was a contest and Judge Fort was
sustained. The other fanners fol
lowed suit, and farm lands have
since been given in at half tbe for
mer price.
"This clue was followed by the
planters quite generally," says the
correspondent, "and the result is
that the farming lands make but a
■mall showing on the tax-books of
Dougherty county, and while many
farmers thereby show a decrease in
property to 1884, they have really
made money."
From this statement it appears
that Dougherty ought to be in the
gain column, though the returns of
twenty-five farmers make her a
loser.
There is a good reason, also, to
believe that Putnam ought to be on
the other side. A gentleman on
the Constitution staff, who Is famil
iar with the condition of that coun
ty, went over the list of names snd
pointed out several who, from a
transfer of investment or other
cause, returned Icbs property iu
1889 than In 1884, though he had per
sonal knowledge of the fact that
those farmers were worth more than
they were live years ago.
Again, In Jackson county the re
turn of twenty-five men shows
large falling off. An inspection [of
the list shows that the decrease was
almost all the estate of one man,
the largest farmer on the list. The
majority in number had lucretsd
their returns. Seventeen were
gainers and only seven losers,
though the net decrease of the
twenty-four men was $16,282. Of
the long list reported only nine
counties show a decrease. Of these
only three show more losers than
gainers. In almost every instance
It is the lose of a few big farmers
that turns the balance against the
smaller ones, who are numerically
in the malority.
There are some significant things
in the location of increase. The
beavyfealn In the returns or twenty-
five farmers In Sumter county Is
significant from the foot that for
eign lenders have put $100,000 on
the farm lands there, and have
pointed out to that county as an ev
idence that the loans they are mak
ing stimulate agriculture and en
hance the value of lands.
Whether or not this is the cause
of the great improvement in the
condition of Sumter county farm
ers, the people of Sumter, who are
familiar with the results in Individ-
There may have been olber causes
thst partially or .wholly accounted
for tbe improvement
Mr. A. R. Bryan, who recently
came to Atlanta from Wisconsin, Is
authority for the statement Jtl
the farmers of that State and Io
have gained by the loan trade. He
says the farmers there borrow
inon-y at six percent., and buy cat
tle iu the spring, feed them on' the
plains all summer, fatten them on
twelve cents corn In the fall and
sell out at an,average profit of thirty
per eent. Mr. Bryan says these
Iowa and Witeonsin farmers are
thriving on the difference between
the 6 per cent they pay and the
per cent they get, and are gradually
extinguishing their loans.
On being asked whether It was
not true that there was great dis
tress iu many parts of the west be
cause of the burden of debt, be re
plied that it was iu the Dakotas t
where there bad been total failure
of props, and other new states
where farmers went with nothing
at all and loaded themselves with
debt; but he said that as a rule,
where the farmer had any sort of
footing, aud borrowed ou his farm
for capital, he was gradually work
ing out and accumulating a capital
of hisown.
We have, however, the distress
ing statements of such men as Sen
ator Stanford and others, who are
trying to get the government to
lend money on western lands atone
per cent, and we must see that the
results of borrowing are not uni
formly good. At is also of ques
tionable propriety to use another
man's money on your own venture,
and when you do it, he Is very likely
to have a vital grip on you some
where, especially if be is in the
business of lending. Therefore, as
to the permanent effect of the loan
business, it can only be said with
certainty that the debt must bear
safe proportion to the productive or
earning power of the land,
is the same with railroads
and other kinds of Investment.
It is a gratifying fact that of late
the farmers of Georgia show a dis
position to get out of debt rather
than to incur new obligations,
Several of the correspondents send
ing in these reports write that the
returns for 1890 will show a 22 per
cent, improvement in the condi
tion of the farms. After the re
turn was made last year one of the
best crops in twenty years matured
and its proceeds earried the farm
ers of Georgia a long way beyond
the condition shown on tbe tax
books of T880. It is tho
opinion of those who are con
tlnually Investigating the farmers
with a view to credits that their
condition was Improved more than
in the four years preceding. If the
returns were complete to date it is
probable that they would show au
increase of fifty per cent. In the re
turns of a majority of the farmers
since 1884. W. G. Cooruu.
A Boon to me Blok.
Dr. King’s Royal Germetuor Is
endorsed by Rev. J. B. Hawthorne,
pastor First Baptist church, Atlan
ta, Ga., who says: "It Is a great
remedy." Rev. Bam P. Jones says:
I wish every poor suffering wife
had access to that medicine."
Thousands of others attest its vir
tues. Fifty gallons are drauk iu
‘ ,uta dally, where It is perform
ing remarkable cures. It removes
tbe cause of disease and builds up
from tbe first dose. Send stamp for
lull particulars, certificates of won
derful cures, etc., to King’s Royal
Qermetuer Co., Atlanta, Ga. It
CURES WHEN AM. ELSE FAII.8,
Price, $1.50 per concentrated bottle,
which makes one gallon of medi
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ing ea-h bottle. Can be sent by ex
press C. O. D. if your druggist can
not supply you.
Notipe to Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be received for flic
erection of tbe City Hall and also for tbo
additions and alteration! of tbe public
ichool building! at Americu*. On,, tint!
the 20th of June, 18)0. The drawing! and
specifications can be seen at tbe office ot
tho Chairman of the Building Committee
at Amerlcus, Go., or at the office of tbe ar
chitect, G. L. Norrmnn. Atlanta, Ga.
P. H. WILLIAM8, Chairman.
Amerlcus, Ga.
Inside City Property.
I offer for eale a block lying between
Hell and Hill street*, fronting 413 feet on
Bell and 431 feet on Hill. The new atreet
Prom College to Bell atreet! run a through
the center, giving a line frontage. It will
make nine good lota-
I also offer for sale a house with six .oorar
and kitchen, on Bell atreet, near the street
car line.
June 30 tf. J. A. AS8LEY.
THE EAGLE
SHOE
™<j»e have 'made arrangements wi{h~tbe‘‘iead!ng 'manufacturer* in
kited states to handle their good* The ladles alt knowrthat
Edwin C. Burt’s Fine Shoes
, tfe h
Are.II”) Find on Earth, and an to recognised. Wo have hi* -oods for
Ladle, Mliaca and Children la all .tjleA r H?! 1 gonai mr
Morrow's Fine Shoes
2? Bqrt’a. and by ninny an preferred to all otbeia. We have
*3? M,d other Low Cut Shoe, for iho Ladlea, and we ahoald
he pleased to nave them oall and examine them.
The Largest Stock of Men’s Fine Shoes
Ever offered In the City, comprising all grades and styles. Wo have also
a large line of medium and common grades. Everybody in this section
fcnows that
Harper Black’s Shoes
Beat the World In their ease and luting qualities We bavea;rull .took
of them.
“Where Did You Get That Hat?”
\W get our. of KNOX
,i,rer», and we have rt'-rk- cm
tplendldllneof S(r-w Hat*.
The ad vie ‘
your feet dry,
,—- - --- STETSON, and other Welt-kna4ra mauufao-
turen, and we have .leek- of them, Iu nil style, and at all price*. A now aud
The advice of a celebrated phytlclan wulo “R*«p your head cool and
and we are prepared to till hi* prescription to the letter.
JOHN R. SHAW
f
Proprietor EAGLE SHOE STORE.
I I 7 Forsjfth Street, - Americus, Ga
THE ONXjY
In Americus.
Making, u* we do. Clothing our specialty, we are enabled to de
vote more time to lt« selection and also to carry a larger stock* The
consequence Is that we can offer to the public
Better Goods For Less Money
sortroent of sixes and styles. IO oTr stock will be found .VOOJt-
HEIS, MILLER A RUPEL’8 TAILOR FITTING CLOTHING,
ror Mon, Boys a>*d Children. Also goods from other houses of es
tablished reputation. We bavo suits In all styles for tho Short and
Tall, Fat ami Lean, so we can tit yon all, from the eldest to the
youngest. We also carry a Rill line of
GENT’S FURNISHING GOODS,
embracing E. A W. Collars, Keokwenr, Monarch 8hlrts, Patent
Elastic Drawers, Underwear, etc. Call and see us and we wll. 't
you from top to toe.
John R. Shaw,
The Champion Clothier and Outfitter.
117 ForsythlStreet. - . - . Americas. Georgia.
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esL ALL WAR
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Repairing of
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Best Stylo.
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Some Bargains.
1 have for .ale, eight beaatlfal lot*. Four
lot* fronting Elm Avenue, two fronting
Pine .tract and tiro fronting Blvene .treat.
All line lot. tor halloing on. Two acre. In
North America, framing Pattcnon.can be
bought law. I have a nw ehole* block. In
Leeton, which can be bought. Call coon or
yon will mlu a bargain,
ddw lm JAMES A. FORT, Ba.
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.
The Lodge in Amerietu le over ten
- - — apply to
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mayl7-yl,
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sum who 1
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