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11. DON. McLEOD Editor.
Rev G. W. W. Stone, an eminent ed
ucator aud the oldest Prof, in Emory
died in Oxford Aug. 30.
The safe of John F. Lewis – sons at
•Coney Ga. was blown open last Friday
night and $900 taken there front.
Malietoa. king of Samoa who was de
posed by the Germans nearly two years
ago returned to his native shore Aug. 18.
From one acre of land, the Dooly Vin
dicator says. G- W. Fullington of that
recently' gathered 125 bushels of
■clean oats.
Dawson is pining for a brick yard, a
street mower, and a street railway.
Come to think about it, that is just what
Ellaville has been needing!
When the actual returns of labor are
secured to the laborer, poverty can not
exist in a family the members of which
are able and willing to work.
A party of twenty representative Ga.
farmers and as many newspaper men in
charge of Mr W. L. Glessuer left last
week for the Northwest, to visit the
large farms of that sectiou and the State
Fair.
The contract for building a street rail
way in Americus has been awarded,
Messrs Thomas Murray – company of
New Jersey. The work was bagun Mon
day.
Col. Crowder of Monroe was presented
with a magnificent watch by the old
veterans of Ga. showing their apprecia
tion of his efforts to have the pension
hill passed.
Hou. W. S. Humphreys and Oapt. Tip
Harrison had an altercation in Atlanta
Tuesday last and very wisely decided to
fight it out on the spot without the
trouble of “ordering pistols for two.”
A desperado bearing the euphonius
name of Sylvester Morales, recently lib
crated from prison in Calafornia is
ngain on the war path, heavily armed,
terrorizing the people wherever lie goes.
Farmers being afraid to leave their
houses at night and even residents of
the city are alarmed.
School attendance is compulsory in
Japan and there are 3.000,000 children in
the public schoo's. of whom 1,000,000
are girls. There are 1,800 students in
the Imperial University, Japan has 142
high schools, 65 mr.na 7 , 103 technica
which are public and 1.853 schools
which are maintained by private funds.
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The Dade C >unty Weekly Times after
exhorting its subecribers t; come up
and pay their bills, prints: “Tell me,
ye angelic hosts, ye messenger of love,
shall swindle printers here below have a
redress above?” The angels flapped
their wings and said: “To you a hope
is given; delinquents on a printer’s book
can never enter heaven.”
Mrs. Julia Christian only daughter of
Gen. Stonesvall Jackson died at her
home in Charlotte N. C. Aug. 30 of ty
phoid fever. Her untimely death car
ries sadness to the hearts of many who
followed her distinquished father
throng the vicissitudes of war. While
in the flush of young womanhood this
fair flower has lieen transplanted to the
banks of the river where her father
“rests under the shade of the trees.
MAY HE AN ORANGE TRUST,
New York, Sept. 2.—A meeting of
the handlers of Florida oranges was held
to-day. The object of the meeting was
to form an association with the growers
to stop shipment of or anges to irrespon
sible parties who undersell legal dealers.
Four tramps, arrested at Moberly Mo.,
for vagrancy, were put up at public
auction. Monday, from the court house
steps. The sale bad been duly adv< rtised
according to law, there was a large crowd
present. The bidding was not very
spirited. Two of the tramps went to
farmers for two dollar* a head and an
other was bid in for 73 cents. The
fourth tramp could find no purchasers,
and he returned to jail. 1 he three who
were sold must serve their purchasers
for feur dollars.
AN IMPOKTANT QUESTION
The Legislature will have we are in
formed a most importantbilt before their
body for consideration during the pres
ent session. The purport of which is to
declare loans made in the State of Ga.
in which there is charged or reserved ’
more than eight per cent either for ne
gotiating or by way of commission with
or without the knowledge of the tender
shall he considered usurious and the lit
tie procured by such advances shall be
declared void. We want cheap money
and plenty of it but it is wise to stop its
circulation under usury law is the ques
tion to be'solved,. Is not monev worth
what it will bring on the market? This
question needs no small amount of study
to be solved correctly, Not many years
since our home banks thought real es
tate alone was poor security but since
tlie patent energy of a few capitalists
has been put into operation and the ad
vancement of one fourth the value of
lands to real estate owns rs wishing to
borrow money and offer their land as
security charging only a small com mis
sion to secure the pefectness of deeds
ami from six to eight per cent interest
on the loan secured there by our, banks
have opened their eyes and indeed mon
ey to day in Ga. can he had for much
less interest than formerly. Why is this?
It is because money is more plentiful or
because the banks have learned that the
security is better. The banks can borow
money at four per cent and the poor
farmers pay from twelv and a half to
twenty, why this difference? Because
the security of the bank was considered
better than the security of the farmers
heretofore afford when the farmers have
awakened from them lethargy winch t >
judgel from the present steps taken by
them in their different organizations
with the strong concert of action mam
festedthey w.il open their eyes m holy
horror at the way m which they have
allowed themseivesduped 1 we hope * the
far mers will give tins money ques
tiona thorough investigation as upon
tins great question depends on the future
prosperity of our country.
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A FLOATING PEST HOUSE.
New) ort R. I,, Sept 2.—Another ap
prentice boy on the United States steam
ship New Hampshire, the third in a
week, died to-day of typhoid fever. The
ship authorities have ordered tents and
blankets to enable the boys ro camp out
on i he sand while the ship is being dis
infected.
Boston, Aug. 29.—Oliver Wendell
Holmes is quietly passing Ins 80th birtl -
day at the Beverly Farm. Letters and
telegrams of congratulations have pour
ed in upon him from all over the co in
try, aud this afternoon he received
many ladies and gentlemen. Many
I ea ti u fio a’ gif s were sent to him
and the house is tilled with sweet smell
ing plants and flowers. He also receiv
ed a very handsome remembrance in the
form of a solid silver gold-lined loving
cup of beautiful design, from personal
friends and classmates, whose names
Dr. Holmes desired should remain pri
vate.
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The following is an extract from a
letter written by a large Liverpool cot
ton house to a strong American cotton
firm. I lie names ot the parties are not
given for publication, but the letter eon
tains such a remarkable admission that
it is of peculiar interest and is rather
anmsing.
The question of cotton bagging re
quires and shall have our careful consid
eration. As ro what our clients, the
English spinners, w 11 say when it is
propose at once to consume
bales more cotton in America we will
leave you to imagine. If von in Ameri
ca will reduce the duties upon English
yarns and cloths there will he no dfficul
ty about the cotton bagging question.
THE SAME OLD IDIOTS.
The man who “did'nt know it was
loaded” has turned up again, this time
with a quite commendable departure
from the old sy* Pun. however. He han
ded his gun to a friend and saul: “shoot
me just for fun, will you.” “But.”
protested his friend. “1 don t want to
kill you.” “You couldn't if vou tried,”
answ eied the idiot. It isn t loaded,
ton know. Let her pop. The friend
thus adjured “let her pop.” and the re
im "tE ue.V' 1 * 8 ^ a ' ^ ^ Ie– k ' vas a coroner 8
is the sort of fun that ought to he
going on all over the country, all dav
long, till the last of the “didnt-know it
was-loaded” idiots was immolated on
the altar af his own idiocy. They «re
not only of no use in this world, hut
they are an affliction to it, for they gen
erallv kill inrocent people instead ol be
ing considerate enough to get l hen ise Ives
killed No w let them get out their guns
and go to work, till the supply is ex
hausted and common sense gets a show
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
MOTHER AT HOME.
Household. 1
The mother is the heart of the home,
She it is who determines its character
istics and dffuses through it that subtile
atmosphere which every sensitive per
son can feel when introduced to the
home circle and from which can quickly
* )e ' n f erre d the ruling spirit of the home,
^* iere can no doubt that the most ef
j^Five training for children is the train
exam pl e an< * tnis truth the moth
er nect ^ 8 constantly to bear in mind,
How caa the impatient querelous, fault
Ending mother teach patience and kind
ness an( ^ good temper.' How can the
vain mother teach humility? How can
^ ie m °ther greatly absorbed in keeping
U P W1 ^ P oin P s an< i vanities of the
world, eager for place and show,-teach
^ e c’liluren the true principles of a hap
PF fife'' How can the selfish mother
teach generosity or kindness, or the dis
contented mother teach contentment.
The following resolution was adopted
by the Waynesboro County Alliance:
“fhat we will retain our cotton seed on
0 ur lands for manuring purposes and
w m no t pu fc any on the market, unless
by forced;rircuinstances, and will not of
f er any for sale, until some action is ta
ken by our State Alliance, in regard to
price and pledge ourselves to abide by
such steps as may be adopted in co-op
eration with our brethreu throughout
the cotton states in the sale of cotton
seed.”
A gentlemHn who has been visiting
0conee comitv tells u < that there is
8 jme distre88 among the fannera of that
8ection over th . appearance of an insect
which i9 doing considerable damage to
cotton . H e says the pest is something
i ike R flea; that it attacks the stalk of
the plant and soon every leaf and limb
Wlll die and fall off , ]eaving on]y the
• stem . standing. , He XJ several .
mam , saw
acres of cot ton that had been thus utter
ly destroyed . We hope there will be no
d of thig destroyer.-Oglethorpe
Fcho
THE BAGGING CONTROVERSY.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Some of the few journals that are not
in sympathy with the Southern farmers
in their endeavors to throw off the yoke
of the jute trust, have characterized
their determination not to use the jute
covering under any circumstances to
market the present crop as “blind and
expensive folly,” an exhibition of “blind
rage,” and so forth, seeur to have over
looked the fact that the jute trust court
ed just such treatment as it is receiving
at the hands of the cotton planters.
The cornering of tl<9 bagging market
last season was one of the most heartless
and arrogant proceedings that has yet
been chronicled in the history of trusts.
Finding that from overproduction and
reckless management the manufacture
* ,a KS' n K v 'os no longer profitable
the jute people formed a combination
to put up prices. This proceeding's, ould
have met with no objection had the
manipulators of the combination been
contented with a reasonable profiit, but
after ascertaining that all the available
stock of bagging was under their control
and waiting until it became impossible
to import foreign goods, the price of bag
gimr was arbitrarily raised to exorbi
tant figures.
All this the managers of the trust
coolly admitted before a congressional
investigation committe. a d it was ac
khowledgedimore over that as there svas
no intention of perpetuating the trust
the idea ss-as to gouge as much out of the
planters as possible during the current
season. This policy, so coolly outlined
was followed t > the very letter, the pop
ular outcry and indignant opposition of
t’.ie cotton planters utterly failing to
check the upsvard movement of prices
After such treatment as that can the
planters be blamed for organizing in
their turn with the laudable purpose of
pushing tlio trust. In adopting the
course they have, asserted their inde
pendence an <1 displayed just indignation
hence their position should meet with
i idorsement rf all fair-minded people.
The existing trade customs svitli re
gard to tare are so framed as to discrim
iiate in favorof jute as against other
kinds of bagging, lienee the pladters
have looked to the merchants for the re*
nioval of a discrimination that should
not in Justice he permitted to continue,
The planters do not ask the merchants
to discriminate against jute, but demand
and have a rigli to demand that the
F re8ent ™re customs that unjustly dis
criminate in favor of jute shoukt be
changed so as to permit the various
kinds t“ compete on their
' ns * r ' ns * ( merits. The planters feel that
with fair trearment in the matt t of
terethey will be able to make the fight
^ ^ ctiv, and as we
have already stated they hav a right
to fair treatment at the iian 1 of the tner
chants.
A HEAP OF ASHES NOW.
Chicago, Sept., 2.—A special from
Helena, Mont., :says
News was recieved ye terday from
Black Pine in Deer Lodge county that
the town had been destroyed by fire.
Black Pine is situated in the midst of a
heavy growth of timber. The fire start
ed in the timber in that section a week
ago and men had been fighting it con
tinuously.
Friday it was thought to be under
control, but Saturday it was again as
bad as before. The roar could be heard
for two miles. The Black Pine mill and
mine were shut down and all the men
turned out to fight the fire, but without
avail.
COLORED EX-CONFEDERATES
Birmingham Sept. 2.—At Jackson
ville, Ala., there was a unique reunion
on Saturday last. The colored men who
served in the Confederate army in vari
ous capacities, as teamsters, servants,
cooks, etc. had a Confederate reunion.
The day was celebrated with barbecue
speeches, and baseball.
At night they had a debate on the ques
tion of whether the Democratic or Re
publican party was the best friend to the
negro the democratic side being neces
sarily represented by republicans.
Great, good humor prevailed through
out. Negroes who were in the war and
heard bullets whistle are very proud of
it.
We take the following item from the
last issue of the Arizona Kicker:
IT HAS FALLEN.
Mr: Wanamaker has refused to ap
point us to the postmasteship of this
town. The blow lias at length fallen.
Honesty, integrity, intelligence and en
thusiasm have gone for naught. A wall
eyed, hump-backed ignoramus, who
can’t spell gum, and can scarsety ad 2
and 2, is retained in preference.
Do we turn the other cheek?
Not much! The first tiling we did
after seceiving the news last night was
to burn up a vest which was purchased
at Wanamaker’s ten years ago. We
shall never, never buy another dud from
his establishment. Wo ask our trien s
to make the same resolve. The Nero
must oe brought to terms. His haugh
ty form must be rubbed in the dust. He
must be given to understand that the
bulwarks of American liberty still tow
ers aloft and that no free-born American
can be tramped on with impunity.
Sic Semper tyrannis! Which means
that we have camped on his trail.
For the News.1
TO YOUTH
[Advance sheet from the Century. By per
mission of it. W. Gilder. 1
Touch love with prayer.
It is a holy thinjr:
No dove with sunnier wing
Fanne’d Eden air.
To mortal care
Heaven’s whitest angel Truth,
Entrusted it. Oh, Youth!
Touch love with prayer.
—Oreliu Key Bell
EFFECTS OF BLACK RULE.
The civil war in Hayti says an ex
change has had the effect of calling af -
tentioii to the conditioni of that island,
and of causing comparisons to be made
between what it is now and what it was
bef -rethe negroes obtained control of it.
When the black were servants and the
government svas in the bands of the
whites Hayti was one of the most beau
tiful and highly cultivated countries in
th“ world. The plantation were kept in
splendid order and were very product
ive. The roads were excellent and the
bridges were in good repair. There was
everywhere the appearance of thrift and
prosperity.
What is the present condition of
Hayti? It is deplora le. And this con
dition is not due to the present war.
Ever since the blacks have been in con
trol. the island has been going to ruin.
The improvements have not been kept
up. The ro ids have disappeared. Out
Side the cities it is about impossible to
travel except on foot or horseback.
Where once there were line highways,
there are now only bridal paths. The
bridges have rotted away, and on every
band there are indications of decav.
Hayti looks like a country abandoned
by civilization.
The same kind of changes that have
taken place in Hayti since the ascenden
cy of the blanks there have occurred in
those counties in the south which have
virtually been turned over to the blacks.
In these counties the public roads are
neglected, the bridges are disappearing,
the fences are rotting away, and the
hou-es 'iid plantati m are going t< * rum.
It is not necessary to go to Havti to dis
cover that negro ascendency arrest
and invites decay. s
progress
SCHLEY COUNTY.
Schley County is composed of teritory CIJI
off from Sumter, Marlon and Macon counties.
It was organized in l–Vi, and named for one ,f
(
the old Colonial Governors of Georgia; Gov
eruor Schley.
Its location is Southwest-Central. Area ]$0
square miles. General features, hilly, j nt0|
.
sp rsed with level platenx. The soil j s very
fertile all over the county, but varies in color
some places being red clay, some dark brown.
very sticky in wet weather, some pebbly and
some sandy, under-laid with clay subsoil.
Cotton, corn, siurar-eane, oats, peas, poty
toes, pumkins, melons, rice, wheat, rye, bur
ly, peanuts and chufas; peaches, pears,prunes
pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, q U i„.
ees, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries
raspberries, cumbers, squashes, goose berries, tomatoes, beets, cabbage, enl
turnips and oth
er field, orchard and garden products, grow
here to perfection.
The fence corners, waste places in old field
and forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit
such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries
whortleberries, May haws, black haws, plum
cherries, crab apples,persimmons, fox grapes'
hickory Winter nuts grapes, and chestnuts. muscadines, cliinqueping'
Besides the native crab, crowfoot and other
grasses, many of the best varieties of import
ed grasses do well here, especially Bannuda
herds, blue and orchard grass.
The no fence law prevails In the county, yet
stock raising is rapidly becoming one of the
leading industries of the county some of the
finest horses in the South are raised here, and
the rich golden butter and sweet country hams
that are daily brought to market by the far
mrrs of Schley, could not be beaten anywhere.
Col ton is the money crop of the county, but
happily the day has past and forevevr gone
when the people of Schley depended on other
sections for their meat and bread. Nearly ev
ery farmer in the county makes plenty of corn
and bacon for home consumptions and many
of them make a surplus to sell. No particular
attent'on is given to poultry raising, yet the
people have all tliev want for home use and
one man with a horse and wagon keeps busy
the year round hauling chickens and eggs from
Schley county to Americus.
The health of the county is excellent, thenv
crage elevation lining near two thousand feet
above sea level and drainage is generally good
an epidemic of any diseases, was never known
here.
The farming people of Schley are inteligent
cultivated and refined as any ngrieultured i>eo
ple in the world. The county is dotted with
school houses and churches, and a half grown
person who cannot read and write is seldom,
if ever met with, and of thu negro race most,
of them since freedom can read and write.
PIEDMONT EXPOSITION.
Events of theday admonish us that the
Piedmont Exposition of 1889 will attract
the largest number of capitalists, invest
ors, agriculturists, manufacturers, and
practical men general y, that ever attend
ed a Southern Exposition, who will vis
it Atlanta during October of the present
year. For this reason it behooves every
county and county alliance to be repre
sented at this great Exposition, which
will he a material factor in adding to the
prosperity of the South. It is the earn
est request and desire of the Exposition
Company, that the material resources of
your section be advantageously display
ed at our Exposition. We appeal to you
on the ground of local pride, State fealty
and Southern prosperity, to gather the
best samples of your products, and pre
sent them here in creditable form. We
know it will require time and money,
hut the results will more than compen
sate you for your trouble.
What we offer to county or county
fanners’ alliance and individual displays:
To the county or county farmers' alli
ance making the largest and best display
of products, grown or produced by resi
dents of the county, $1200.
To the county or county farmers’ alli
ance making the second best display as
above. $700.
To the county or county farmers’ alli
ance making the third best display as
above, $300.
To the individual making the largest
and best display of products grown or
produced by him or her, or under his or
her direction, $500.
To the individual making the second
best display as above, $250.
To the individual making the third
best, display as above, $150.
Single exhibits contesting for prem
iums in any of the other groups may be
included in either of the displays of this
group, and individual displays may also
form a part of county or county farmers’
alliance displays.
The whole of this department is limit
ed to articles produced in States of the
Piedmont section, viz: Virginia, North
Carolina. Georgia. South Carolina, Ala
bama and Tennessee. and all articles ex
hibited must be grown or made by the
exhibitor.
For information, see page 26. premium
list.
The management of the Piedmont Ex
position will extend every facility to
Alliances or counties desiring to make
exhibits.
Trusting that we will receive vour ap
for space at an early date, we
to call your attention to the fact
this is not a Stab , county, or local
but will lie national in its aim
ami results. Yours respectfully,
Piedmont Exposition Co.
Atlanta, Ga.