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i. i> Jgidfokjl C attt{ljg PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. Subscript ion $1,00 A Year In ADVANCE. 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. •*« 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. •••-*» 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. «•« 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.