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©cneial Directory.
MANUFACTURERS.' ~
The R. D. Cole Mancfactcriko Coxpa-
n v.— Established 1854; Incorporated 18S4.
Manufacture steam eDgincs, bollera, saw
mills. corn-mills, power cotton presses, shaft-
lng. mill gearing and castings or all kinds-
lumber, sash, dears, blinds and raouldlng-
bonse contractors and car-builders. Employ
115 hands In various departments. R D
Cole, S• .president; M Cole, vice-president-
R. ft. Cole, Jr., superintendent; M. F Cole’
secretary and treasurer. ’
The Willcoxojt MANCFACTijniiro Com-
PANT.—(Mills located at Lodi, t) miles west ol
Newnan, on the u. and N. A. R. R ) Or
ganized October 12th, jobs. Manufacture
yarns, Knitting cotton, and carpet warn,
learly consumption of cotton, 70u bales!
Average number of hands employed, 7A
Stephen ft. Smllb, president; H. J. cargenL,
secretary and treasurer.
The Coweta Festilizek Com past.-*-.'
Manufacture several brands or hi eh-chide
commercial fertilizers. Capacity luu ions par
day. Employ JObands during worklngsea-
son. H.C.Arnall, president; J. a. Huhler,
vice-president: W. J. ftrlsklll, superldten-
dent; H. C Fisher, secretary and treasnrer:
Oeo. I. Jones, general agent.
Furniture Factory.—Y. h. a J c
Thompson, pioprletors. Kstahllshed 1887
Manuiacture all kinds or bouse and kitchen
furniture. Employ from 8 to 12 hands.
Cioar Factory.—M. Halblde, proprietor."
Manufactures all grades of cigurs, employing
BANKS.
First National Rank.—Established 1871.
assistant cashier.
Newnan National Bank.—Organized in
1885. Cash capital, 4M,000. Charles c. Parrott,
president: J. 8. Rigby, vice-president; R
Y,. Andrews, cashier: John 8. Holllnshead,
teller.
CHURCHES.
Baptist CnuRCH—Rev. J. H. Hall, D. D.,
Pastor. ITeachlng every Habbath at 10.30 a.
m. and 7:30 t>. ni. Sunday School at H a. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday nlglit nt 7:30
clock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every
Monday night.
Methodist Ciidrcii—Rev. W. R. Foote,
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30 a.
m. and 7:15 p. m. Sunday School 9 a. in.
Class Meeting at 4 p. m. Ladles Prayer
Meeting every Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Young Men’H I'raver Mooting every Monday
night. Social Mooting every WcdncMday
night at7:30 o elock.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
meets on the llrst Monday afternoon In eacn
month at the church, at 4 o’clock.
Presbyterian CiiURcn—Rev. Jas. Stacy,
D. D., Pastor. Preaching on the flrstand third
Sabbaths In each month at 11 a. ra. and 7:30
p. m. Sundav School every Sunday at 9 a.
m. Prayer Meeting every Thursday night ai
7:30 o'clock. Communion quarterly.
KriscorAi, Church.—Rev. E. Dounlson,
Rector. Second Sabbath In each month, at
10:30 a. M.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.
Newnan Lodge, No. 102, I. o. O. F J. T.
Carpenter, N O.; T. E. Fell, V. y.; Y. C.
Thompson, Scc’y; W. R. llerry, P. S..W.C.
Snend, Treasnrer. Meets every Friday night.
Ruth Rebecca Lodok, No. 12 —Meets
every second and fourth Monday nights nt
Oilil It'ollitu'u' 14 nil U ‘ A Mltaiw.ll V i\ .
HERALD AND ADVERTISER.
VQL. XXII
NEWNAN-, *A., FRIDAY, APRIL 1. 1887.
NO. 24.
£egal Hotices.
Notice.to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Cowirra Cowntit:
All creditors of the estam of Serena A
nruigca, deceased, are uotined to render in an
account of their demand* to ihe unuersigneu
Ai 1 person h 1 a deb lea said estate are requ i red
Immediate *euiement. February
, K. Vi. FREEMAN.
Printers fee 12 43 Executor.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORG!A—Coweta Countt:
H. W. Nell, executor of William >eil, hav
ing applied to toe Court of Uruinary of *»id
county for letters of dismission lrvm his said
eXeculorsulp, all persons concerned are re
quired to show cau-e In said Court oy the first
Monday in Juue next, li any tney can, why
l»id application should not be granted. This
March 1,1587. W. H. FEksoNH,
rimers’ lee *4 20 ordinary.
„ Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta county:
W. B. Orr having applied to the Court of Or
dinary ol said county lor permanent letters oi
administration on the estate of .Mrs. M. D.
Orr, deceased, all persons concerned are re-
a uested to show caune In said Court by tne
rst Monday In April next, it any they can,
why said application should not be granted.
This Februa y 28,1587.
^ W. H. PERSONS,
Printers’ fee $2 25 ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Frank H. Steed, executor of Hlon P. Steed,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of
said county for letters of dismlbsion from his
said trust as such executor, all per ons con
cerned are required to show cause In said
Court by the Hi st Monday in May next, If any
tney can, wny s-ld application should not be
grunted. This February 7,1587.
W. H. PERSONS,
Printers’ fee $2 25 ordinary.
COTTON SEED OIL.
Magnitude of tln Enterprise tv thi«
Country. ' -
point as to increase tbeir consump
tion, leaving only a fair bat certain
profit for tlie manufacturers. The
i trustees realize the fact that this is the
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never vanes, a marvel of pur
ity, strength, and wholesomeness. More eco
nomical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot
be sold in competition with the multitude of
low test, short weight, alum or phosphAte
powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakixo
Powder r-o.. ior Wali-st.. N. Y.
Application for Year’s Support
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
M. L. Carter, as next friend of Milo Thomp
son, having upplled to the Court of Ordinary
ol said county for twelve moulds’ support out
of the estate of Amy Thompsou, late of said
county deceased, and the appraisers appoint
ed to assess and set apart said twelve months’
support having died their return in this Court,
all persons concerned are required to show
cause In salu Court by the first Monday In
April next. If any they can. why salu uppilca
tion should not bo granted. This March 1,
1SS7. W. H. PERSONS,
Printers’ fee $3 09 Ordinary.
A. Mitchell, N.G.
Odd Fellows’ Hall.
W. E. Avery, See’y.
Coweta Lodge, No. HO, F. «fc A. M.—Regular
Meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights In eucb
month. G. L. Johnson, W. M. W. A. Mitchell
Secretary.
Newnan Cn a UTKit, No. 34, R.A.M.—Regu
lar Meetings first and third Tuesday nights
in each month. R. \V. Freeman, II.
P. W. A. Mitchell, Secretary.
Hiram Council No. 18 R. & S. M.—Regu
lar meeting first Monday evening in each
month. Orlando McClendon, T. I. M.; It.
W. Freeman, Recorder.
A. J. Brkk »* Council, No. 758, R. A.—Reg
ular 'meetings second and fourth Monday
nights In each ii.outh. L. R. Kay, Regent;
Daniel swlnt, Secretary.
Newnan Lodge, No.37, A. O. U. W. — Regu
lar meetings first and third Saturday nights
in chcIi month. Geo. H. farm leal, M. \\\;
Daniel Swlnt, Recorder.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
President—J. S. Powoll.
Vick President—A. C. l'case.
Secretary—M«sh Annie DeGraflenried.
Treasurer—H. C. Fisher.
Directors—R. W. Freeman, G. Il.Cnrmi-
cal, J. T. Moore, .1. E. Brown, J. 1*. Lewrett.
Librarian—.Miss Annie DeGraflenried.
The Library Is open on Wednesday’s and Sat
urday’s from 0:30 a. ‘
to 9:30 p. m.
. m. to 12 in., and from 7:30
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor—W. B. Berry.
Aldermen—J. J. Goodrum.H. C. Aruall,
K. W. Andrews, J. S. Powell.
Treasurer-R. W. Androws.
Clerk of Council.—L. 8. Conyers.
Marshal—J. E. Robinson. Deputy—J. A.
Lee.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Clerk Superior Court—Daniel Swlnt.
Ordinary—W. II. Persons. Sheriff—
George H. Cariuical. Tax Receiver—J..I.
Farmer. Tax Collector—I. N, Farmer.
Treasurer—H. L» Jones, surveyor—J.
B. Goodwyn. Coroner—H. F. Duncan.
COUNTY COURT.
J. W. Powell, Judge; P. 8. Whatley. Solloi- j
tor. Monthly sessions—Third Monday In each !
month. Quarterly sessions—Third Mondays ;
in January, April, July and October.
Administrator's Bale.
GEORGIA—Coweta bounty:
By virtue of an order from the Court of Or
dinary of said county 1 will sell to the highest
bidder before the lourt-house dooMn.the city
of Newnan, said county, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in April,
1587, eight shares ol the capital stock ol the
Central Railroad and Banking Company ol
Georgia; ulso, lour debenture bonds or certifi
cates ol indebtedness ol said Railroad aud
Ban king Company. Sold as the property of
Mrs. Mary u. Parks, late of said county, de
ceased, lor distribution umoug the heirs. This
February 18th, 1887. W. H. PaKa.8,
Administrator.
BRADFIELD’S
Sheriff's Bales fob April.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Will be sold at public outcry before the
Court-houno door in the loan of Newuun,
Coweta county, Ga.. oil the first Tuesday iu
April., 1557, within thu legal hours ol sale’ the
loilowlng described property, to-wit:
Sixty-seven tb7) ucies ol lunu, more or lefts,
belli, all that part ol lot ol lund No. 249 south
ol the feavauuaii, oriihn anu Norm viuOaum
ltaiirv ad, in the t iisi District of Cowelu coun
ty, the same being bounded on the north by
right-oi-wuy ol suid aavunuuu, Guilin anu
North Alabama Railroad, on tne east by lands
ol J. li. Heard, uu the south by lands ol
v> . H. Addy ana on the west by lunds ol \V .
U. Addy and T. G. Moi gun. Levied on us the
properly oi F. W Baggarly, one of the de-^
enuuuts, to sallsiy a n la. issued irom Cow
eta superior Court iu lavor oi Kohertsou A
Leslie vs. F. W. imggarly aud W.T. \V niiams.
Froinrrty pointed out by plain turn, leuaut In
possession notilled. March 3d. 1587.
Also, at the same lime aud place, one acre
of laud, more or ie.-s, 1$ lug north ol tne low n
oi Jmjuoiu in “Negro Town,” bounied on the
north by Louisa unuges and Mulberry ohed,
on the ei'st oy George Harris, on the south by
11. Herndon, and on tne west by Bill Norris
and aiueliuc Blanks. LeVud on as the prop
erty ol Peter Lee to satlsn a li. fa. issued irom
Justice Court, 49uth District, U. M., bucked
J. C. Braswell, N. P. aud .1. P.,' 191>t District,
G. M.,-in lavor oi Brantley, Atkinson dc Co.
vs. the suid Peter Lee, lor the use ol L. ts.
Shepherd, trauaieree. Levy made and r«-
turne . to me by C. D. Meihvln, L. C. March
3d, 1587. Gr.O. H. CAKMICAL, Sheriff.
An infallible specific for '
all the diseases peculiar to •
women, such as painful or !
suppressed Menstration, •
Falllngof the Womb,Leu- !
corrho>a or Whites, etc. ;
FEMALE
CHANGE OF LIFE.
If taken during this crit
ical period, ereat suffering
and danger can be entire
ly avoided.
REGULATOR!
Send for our book containing valuable in
formation for women. It will be mailed free
to applicants.
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COLLEGE
TEMPLE
SIMRIL’S
SEED PLANTER
AND
GUANO DRILL
Took the first premium at the late
Georgia State Fair over fifteen
competitors.
Farmers, you can’t afford to do without
As a Seed Drill it has no superior.
Asa Guano Distributor It Is indispensable.
For sale by dealers in farm supplies, or
by the
SIMRIL MANUFACTURING CO.,
NEWNAN, GA.
PRICE EACH $2.00
THE
Has entered its thirty-fifth annual session
| For full numbers and marked success, the
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. lost term lias proved exceptional.
J A Hunter, Chairman; P O Colllnswortli; \r.wi* mwi Art H«nnrhnpnt«
* D Simms, J N Newell, W W Sasser, Com- ! Tbe Lltcrar>, Music and Art departments
nlssioners. R W Freeman, Clerk aud At- . are all thorough, satisfactory aud prosperous,
They. Meet first W ednesduy In each month. •
aud we begin the New Year under the most
POST OFFICE.
Postmaster—J. R. McCollum.
Office hours from 7:30 a. m. to 6 p. iu.
closing the mails.
he up mall closes at 12:48 p. m. and down
nail at 2:11 p. m. Griffin mail closes at 6 a.
# and the Carrollton mall nt 8 p. m. Office
ion Sunday from 3:20 to 4:20 p.iu.
professional Curbs.
r• S. Wlllcoxon. W. C. Wright.
HXLCOXOX & WRIGHT,
Attoruoys at Law,
Newnan, Ga.
I Will practice in nil tiro Courta of tbe Pis-
Tictand Circuit. All Justice Courts atten-
Officc in Wlllcoxon building, over E.
favorable auspices. Send us your daughters;
patronize homo institutions thereby secur
ing the same educational advantages at
cheaper rates, and retaining tho inestimable
privilege of home infiueuce. With the sym
pathy aud hearty support of the pant, we will
secure to those entrusted to us a thorough,
practical education.
Spring Term will begin Jan. 4,18S7.
For catalogue apply to
M. P. KELLOGG, Pres, aud Trop.
NEWNAN
klaudo McClcmton. K. W. Freeman.
|tcCLEXDOX & FREEMAN,
Attorneys at Law,
Newnan, Ga. |
Practice iu all tire courts, collections made i
vcyancluK, and all local business attended
■itb promptuess. Ottlccover James Parks
si side public square.
f. A. TURNER,
Attorney at Law,
Newnan, Ga.
practices in all tbe State and Federal Courts,
i No. 4 Opera House Buildlns.
[. Y. ATKINSON,
Attorney jit Law,
Newnan, Ga.
_ , Will practice in all Courts of this aud
olntnc counties and the Supremo Court.
|6. POWELL,
Attorney at Law,
Newnan, Ga
. Collections made.
lw. PEDDY. M. D..
Physician and Surgeon,
Newnan, 3a.
|lce over W. E. Avery’s Jewelry Store.) j
ffers hts services to the people of Newnan |
Isarrounding country. All calls answered *
'aptly.
THOMAS J. JONES, j
ctfhlly otters his services to the people i
S’ewnan and vicinity. Office on Depot *
R. H. Barnes’ old Jewelry office. Res- ,
ce on Depot street, third building east of i
(W. P; depot.
MALE SEMINARY,
NEWNAN, GA.
MOSES and A. S. JONES,
instructors.
Spring Term began first Monday In January,
1887.
■ 1886.
• Address the Principals for Catalogue.
1887.
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL
(FOR MALES AND FEMALES,)
PALMETTO. GA.
Cincinnatian's brains?”
"No; tell m'e all about it.*’
“Well, the organization ia knowD as
: the American Cotton Seed Oil Trust
Its headquarters are now in New
< York city, but it was organized here
| by J. V. Lewis, whose cotton seed oil
I works in the East End were establish
ed not long after it was known that
there was virtue in the hundreds of
thousands of tons of the seed which
; the gin was annually separating from
■ the cotton, and which had hitherto
! been used for no other purpose than to
! fertilize tbe ground.
"So soon as the virtue in this seed
! became known mills for crushing and
| pressing and refining were established
; in various places throughout the cot-
l ton belt and then the busiuess of each
j oil manufacturer cutting the throat of
w , e| Kht, aium"or"phosphate j hia neighbor or of his competitor be-
; Kan. It was the? that Mr. Lewis con-
j ceived the idea of a consolidation into
j one gigantic trust, and two years ago
! successfully carried out the plan. The
| recent deollne of 20 per cent in the
; Trust stock, which had been listed iu
i tbe New York stock exchange, has
j brought this industry more conspicu-
j ously than ever before the people of
j this country, owing to the fact that
j the decline was brought about by the
; threatened raid of Chicago’s pork
! prince, Phil D. Armour.”
j “What could Mr. Armour have to
| do with vegetable oils? I thought
, he was exclusively interested in ani
mal fats.”
| “No, he savs he uses cotton seed oil
| very largely in the manufacture of
i lard, aud I’m glad to know it. I’m
glad that more vegetable and less ani
mal fa’s are being taken into the hu
man stomach than formerly. They
are more wholesome. Any physician
will tell you so. It is because this
cotton seed oil is so largely entering
into articles of food that the public is
everyw here interested in its develop
ment. Right after the Armour raid it
was said on Wall Street and in many
financial circles that the Cotton Seed
Trust was a ‘blind pool swindle.’ ”
“Well, is it?”
“Do you think J. V. Lewis would
be interested in it if it were? It is as
square an organization as there is in
America. Its certificates represent
about $38,000,000 par value, and at the
present market price its capitalization
stands at $20,000,000. It owns ninety-
six oil mills and refineries, the former
scattered throughout thb South, and
the latter located in the North, from
Providence, R. I., to Omaha, Neb. It
has no indebtedness whatever, and
since its earnings have become large
it has ceased to issue its certificates,
and it now pays for all new properties
iu cash or net earnings. On July 1
the concern will make a showing to
Us stockholders covering both its cap
italization and its earnings.
“Iu detail, cotton oil is the product
of pressed cotton seed, refined in a
greater or less degree, according to tbe
use for which it is intended. The cot
ton seed ginned from the plant at the
plantations had practically no com
mercial value, except as a fertilizer,
until the erection of the cotton oil
mills. Indeed, in the rich alluvial
plantations of the Mississippi valley
it had not even that value. The mills
are located throughout the cotton
belts, each w,ith a territory of Us own,
and eaoh supplied with seed from the
adjacent plantations. It was found
that the products of the seed could be
made very valuaole, and the manu
facture of cotton oil very profitable,
and about 120 of these mills spraDg up
to compete for the business of makiDg
the oil. A commercial value for the
seed has thus been established, and it
now rules at $S to $10 per ton, accord
ing to locality.
“From a ton of seed the oil millers
make about $20 worth of oil, oil cake
and lint, the manufacture costing
about $6, leaving a net profit of from
$3 to $5 on every ton of seed milled.
The oil finds a ready market all over
the country and Europe, goiDg to
make lard, lardine, butter, butterine,
illuminating and lubricating substan
ces, and tbe table oils. A large pro
portion of tbe whole product is ship
ped to Europe, and comes back as
pure olive oil.
“For frying purposes the refined
cotton oil is regarded by many supe
rior to the best lard, and it is stated
that some of the best hotels in the
country use nothing else iu the prep
aration of ail kinds of food except pas
try. This would Ho doubt surprise
their guests if they kDew it.
“Cotton seed oil is being largely
manufactured in England and Scot
land from the seed furnished in
Egypt, but it is much inferior to the
American, which prodnet is constant
ly increasing.
“The Cotton Oil Trust in America
is managed by a board of nine direct
ors. Tbe details of management are
intrusted to various bureaus, each ef
{ which bascharge of a separate branch
of the company’s business.
‘“The board is authorized to pur
chase cotton oil mills and refineries as
it sees-fit, in the cettificates of the
Trust or in cash. As fast as a mill is
purchased all of ite superior officers
Cincinnati Tlmes-St&r.}
“Did you know that a consolidation j sound business basis for tbe stability
of one of the largest and most valued ! industry, and also seek thereby
industries in tbe world was not long j avoid competition. It hasdevelop-
ago organized in this city, and by a I the fact that mills not in the Trust
cannot be operated successfully for
any great length of time as against
the combined economies of the Trust.
“At the end of the fiscal year each
mill turns over its net earnings to the
Trust tp be applied to the divdends od
tbe Trust certificates. The expenses
of the Trust organization itself are
very trifling, as the members of the
board of directors receive only nomi
nal salaries; and as they are all men
who are thoroughly acquainted with
tbe business, and whose entire for
tunes are in the certificates of the
Trust, there is the best prospect of
good management.
“It was never intended by the or
ganizers that the certificates of tbe
Trust should become articles of specu
lation, but that they should be held like
those of the Standard Oil Company,
which are never quoted. Some of the
smaller mill owners were, however,
tempted by inducements held out by
Wall street, and, as already stated,
their certificates were offered for sale.
In his raid Armour found that he had
made a mistake; that be could get oil
from tbe Trust just as cheap as he
could make it, and has so stated.
“That the industry is a vast one,
and but in its infancy as yet, may be
inferred from the facttbateach bale of
cotton yields 1,000 pounds of the seed,
and of our annual production of cot
ton, 6,500,000 bales, the seed of only
1,000,000 bales is used for oil, while
tbe demand for the oil and other pro
ducts of the seed is constantly increas
ing.
“The policy of tbe Trust is to make
small and sure profits on a large vol
ume of business instead of large prof
its on a small volume.
“The Trust owns 90 per cent, of the
seed grinding capacity of the entire
country. Of the mills outside of the
organization a very large percentage
have been declined at any price, for
the reason that they are small and un
favorably located, it being more prof
itable to buy the seed (it it is desired
at all) iu such sections, and freight it
to near-by mills of the Trust, rather
than keep up a working organization
at any such particular point.”
tainiy. Tbe country has known pe
riods of great business activity before
but none so marked, and to all ap
pearances so stable, as the one which
we have now entered. The generation
who have just tonched th^border of
the middle age of life have a vivid re
collection of the tremendous revival in
trade which set in in 1861, and the re
spective periods of prosperity which
began in 1870 and 1879. Those all
ended, and the present one will: The
activity of 1861-65, however, woa
feverish and nnnatural, being caused
by the sudden and radical increase in
consumption, and tbe coincident:re
duction in the capacity for production
caused by the war. The boom of ll
was due to an Inflated currency, whji
led to the locking up of large sums of
money iu unproductive railroads and
other enterprises. The wild era of
speculation which set in after the re
sumption of specie payments in 1879,
together with the failure of the crops
in 1881, and the consequent railroad
war on a vast scale, caused the finan
cial collapse which began in the latter
year. The conditions to-day are dif
ferent from those which obtained at
any of the previous periods named
Crops were large last year, the prom
ise of the winter wheat crop for tbe
present year is good, and the purely
speculative transactions in stocks and
food are comparatively few and small.
EDDYST0NE
SOLUBLE
GUANO,
MANUFACTURED BY
THE CLARK’S COVE GUANO CO.,
NEW BEDFORD. MASS.
j PAID VP CAPITAL, SS,OOO,0(XJ.OO.
SOUTHERN OFFICE:
JOHN M. GREEN, Manager,
ATLANTA, GA.
10TICE TO THE PUBLIC.
ke this method of notifying the public [
[ I wil not be responsible for the net* of !
wife. Mrs. C. V.Tavlor, after this da«e.
|auory 23d, 1857.* H.«. TAYLOR.
CITY TAX NOTICE.
1 commence receiving City Tax returns,
iril 1st, at JoLn 8. Anderson’s store.
!.
JOHN E. PEN DEE GRA S T, Prin.
STRING TERM WILL OPEX JA8UARY
5.-1SS7.
Healthy climate, pure water, good society,
cheap board and tuition, experienced teach
ers, and especial care to pupils.
Tuition, per month - - - - - 4160to$4f0
Mnsle, per month - -
Board, per month . -
Brad ft* Cktahfcuv. V
FOR SALE BY
N B GI.OVLR, Newnan.
J GRtHAM, Benoia.
RUSSELL, HARRIS A CO., Turin.
W A BRANNAN, Puckett’s Station.
WILL HERRING. Powellville.
E 8 ROBERTS A CO., Whitesburg.
$25,000.00
IN GOLD!
WILL BE PAID FOB
ARBOCEES’ COFFEE WRAPPERS.
In the Midst of Prosperity.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat ]
The country is just now enjoying an
era of prosperity. To some extent tbe
“good times” which have fet in may
be regarded as universal. The busi
ness depression which lias prevailed
throughout most of the great indus
trial nations of the world for the past
four or five years is passing away even
in Europe. Trade in Great Britain,
France, Germany and the principal
commercial countries on the other
side of the Atlautic is more active
than it has been before since 1881 and
1882. Excepting as general business
conditions are modified in tbe old
world by the dread of war in thexiear
future, there has come a marked and
healthful revival in trade. The ranks
of the idle have grown thinner withio
the past twelve months. Labor is
more generally employed than it has
been for about half a decade past. The
tendency of wages in the avenues of
Industry whicii are most readily af
fected by reactions of revivals in
trade is toward a gradual increase.
Prices of commodities, where they are
changing at all, are .slowly expanding.
The earnings of the people to-day,
however, will more largely supply the
people’s needs than ever before in the'
history of the human race. The so
cial and monetary gap between the
rich and the p poor seems suddenly to
have grown narrower.
It is, of course, natural that the evi
dences of prosperity are most marked
and numerous in the United States.
The earnings of our great railroad
lines are greater than they have been
for years past. Bank clearances are
heavier now than they have been be
fore. The country is buying more
largely abroad than it bas done in re
cent years, which is an evidence that
the necessity for economy does not
appear to be so great as it was a year
ago. Employment at fair wages is
abundant. Nobody but the constitu
tionally indolent or vicious need re
main idle. now. The people enjoy
more of the comforts of life than they
ever did before in this country. Many
of the luxuries which were obtainable
only by the wealthy a generation or
two back, even in the United States
are now within the reach of ^nost per
sons of average intelligence and in
dustry.
Look around and note how the great
revival in general trade is manifesting
itself. There is a marked and univer
sal tendency toward the acquirement
of land. Part of this undoubtedly is
purely speculative, but even this feat
ure reveals the presence of a vast
amount of capital in tbe country, as
well as an implicit confidence in the
general business situation. Much of
this expenditure in land, however, is
for permanent investment, as is
shown by the large increase in small
purchases and iu tbe number of build
ings being erected, as compared with
former years. The tide of immigra
tion from Europe aod tbe Eastern
Th« Surplus Outrage.
Louisville Courisr-Journul.l
Among the burdens which tbe late
Congress left upon us is a scale of
taxation which collects of production
a third more taxes than the Govern
ment can spend; and while it requires
40 per cent, more produce thaD the
normal returns to pay a.doilar of taxes,
it collects $100,000,000 more taxes than
it can even waste.
This leaves upon ns a system which
forces us to export 2,000,000,000 pound*
of cotton which we produce for $195,-
000,000,000, while another nation buys
1,700,000,000 pounds of cotton and
gets $400,000,000 out of It by spinuing
and weaving it; it forces us to take of
our mineral and coal supplies which
are abundant enough to meet the
yearly consumption of 500,000,000 for
eign people for centuries to come, and
allows us to work up only enough to
meet the wants of one-tenth as many
people, even while its use at home is
restricted by an arbitrary enhance
ment of value amounting at present
to75 per cent, added to its cost. It con
spires with our foreign rivals to de
grade and depress the silver product
of this nation, wnich is 65 per cent, of
the world’s production. It conspires
with foreign capital to maintain a
flagitious iunovation upon the system
of natural currencies which the world
has used through ail its ages, which
robs all production of 30 to 50 per
cent, of its normal returns, and which,
by the common consent of the scien
tists of America and Europe, falls
more heavily upon our greatest inter
est, that of agricul ture, than any other
in all nations. It is thus forcing us to
make food and raw material at mini
mum prices for artisan labor, while
rendering it impossible to employ ar
tisan labor on a large scale in this
country; thus helping, at the expense
of Amerioan farmers, to cheapen food
and raw material, mainly for the ben-
fit of^ foreign capital. It bas kept us
under a system of home consumption
for artisan productions which permits
us to employ only 765,000 of our peo
ple in protected industries while 17,-
000,000 are left to seek other employ
ment, and 8,000,000 are driven togrub-
bing in the fields for cheap food and
cheap raw material to undersell in
European markets the products of Eu
rope and Asia, and thus, by cheapen
ing their artisan production, keeping
up the pretext for high continued
protection.
If we were on the bed-rock of free
competition with foreign labor, we
might be giving many-fold of our peo
ple employment in our home artisan
industries; and in one product alone—
cotton—we might be securing that
$400,000,000 which free-trade England
gets out of the cotton we annually ex
port for $190,000,061), and this differ
ence of $210,000,000 would be a gain iu
the fund from our Bource, which is di
vided among produciug .abor and
capital.
Who is Shakespeare?
Exchange.] * a
A story was told me to-day by one
who is a force in Colorado politics on
ex-Senator Tabor, almost as interest
ing as the night-gown story told on
Colorado’s ex-Legislator, when he was
filling somebody’s nnexpired term
in the Senate. The fame of Tabor’s
opera bouse, at Denver, is world-wide,
and when Mr. Tabor determined to
build a theater at Leadville, he an
nounced that he would have one built
that would make his former effort at
Denver look like a shed. He loudly
asserted that he would knock the
earth out, especially in the docoration
of the Leadville home of Thepis. He
sert to Italy for the decorator, and did
not go inside /he Leadville structure
until the Italian sent him word tbat
he would like his opinion. Mr. Ta
bor went, in company with bis artist,
and, after careful scrutioy, expressed
himself as quite satisfied.
“But tell me,” quoth Mr. Tabor,
“what man are you making famous by
putting bis portrait up there?”
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“Why, that is a very true preeent-
States is transforming the wildernesses ; men t Shakespeare,” replied the ar-
! are discharged, and it is put under • of the West and South iutoproductive ! tlst ‘
, the control of a superintendent who ; farms. Old lines of railroad are being “Who is he?” asked the miner.
receives his instructions directly from ! extended and new ones built through- ! “W T by, tbe great dramatist, of
I the management of the Trust. 'out the country. New trade centers | course; and not only the greatest
"The reduction in the expenses of ■ are arising ont of the midst of prairie playwright, but the greatest bard as
tbft mill properties-assessed in this ■ and forest. Places like Omaha, Kau- we 'l- ,r
manner is one of the most important i sas City, HI. Patil, Minneapolis and I ‘‘Well, he may have been a big fel-
features of the Trust. New economies Birmingham double their population low, but I never heard that he did
are being introduced every day that ; and triple their wealth and productive
tend to reduce the cost of manufac- capacity within a very few years, and
new cities like Wichita and Kingman,
Kan., and Anniston, Ala., spring np
out of the savage solitudes of nature
almost in a single night.
Will 00$ thlspnapcxUywNl? Ger-
ture- It is the aim of the Trust in
this way to be able to pay the planter
a fair price for bis seed, and at the
same time reduce tbe cost of tbe pro
tect! VO Oi CMHOKOetP
much for Leadville. Just paint him
ont of that and paint me in.”
And Mr. Tabor’s portrait overlooks
the auditorium.
The latest social maxim is good as
far as it goes. “Tbe brat way to get a
divuroeiiiaot toget married.”
A# a Practical Scheme for the Solution
of Labor Problems.
Baltimore Sian ]
The manufacturing system which
has been developed so greatly within
the last fifty years requires the use of
large capital for the successful prose
cution of auy lineofproduction Small
shops have yielded to great factories:
the masters with their small corps of
apprentices and journeymen to the
single capitalist with his thousands of
wage-earners. Henoe the sharply de
fined issue of to-day between capital
-and labor. The proprietor employe
his capital and tbe workman his mus-
clee and skill upon the production of
wares that bring a certain price. How
much shall go for wages and how
much shall be retained as pioflt are
questions that constantly lead to con
flict of opinion between employers and
employes—the strikes, lock-outs, boy
cotts 3nd other incidents of our indus
trial history being but expressions of
dissatisfaction on both sides with their
present relations. Labor claims all it
can get, ahd capital does the same.
Yet no one persou will propose to
abolish the freedom of contract, uuder
which all the present conflict of inter
est arises. Force is no remedy in such
matters, leading to worse injustice
than tbe existing methods involve.
Profit-sharing is put forward by Mr.
N. O. Nelson, of 8t Louis, Mo., as a
practical scheme for the solution of
existing labor problems, and be has
published an interesting psmpblet de
scribing his own experience and that
of many other persons in this country
and France who had tried it. The
system of profit-sharing, as di tin-
guiahed from co-operation, dates from
1842, when Leclaire, a Parisian house-
painter, engaged to divide bis profits
with bis workmen in addition to
wages. The proposition made by. Mr.
Nelson to his own men last March
puts in few words the principle of
pro(it-8hariDg:
After allowing 7 per cent, on actual
capital invested, the remainder of the
profits of the busiuess will lie divided
equally upon the total of wages paid
aud capital employed. Each employe
will receive a share of tbe profits pro
portionate to the wages paid him for
the year. Dividends will be paid in
cash, or may be left in the business to
share in the profits as so much capital.
His books will be subject to examina
tion by a man to be selected at tbe
end of the year.
The plan has worked well. The 150
employes have "had $4,828 divided
'among them as tbeir share of the pro
fits, their receipts from this source
amounting to about 5 per cent, on the
wages duriDg the year. Over 90 per
cent, of the employes elected to leave
their dividends iu tho business, re
ceiving therefor a non-transferable
certificate, payable on demand, or
when the holder should cease to be
employed. The most striking effect
of tbe plan was in tbe increased
efficiency and faithfulness of the
workmen. Wherever profit-sharing
has been tried, in fact, it has been
found practicable to produce of the
same output of wares withasmaller
□ umber of workmen, the disposition
of the profit-sharers being Daturally
to weed out idlers and incompetents,
so as to bring dividends to tbe highest
practicable figure. For the capitalist
the result ft an income from interest,
salary and dividends largely exceed
ing the usual profits of manufacturing.
*
What Sort of a Farmer Are Ton t
The farmer who begins the year’s
work without a definite plan is going
to move al mg in a slip-shod m&nner
to the end of it. When one aims at
uothiog in particular he is sure *o
miss everything. Each one should
aim at the largest crop posssible with
the improvement of his land. To se
cure this result, the labor, both of men
aDd animals, should be no loss of
time. Tbe accomplishment of this-
can only be brought about by having
well devised plana and the work cut out
for days.abead. The wet-days should
all be provided for, and even the spare
moments when one is waiting for
meals. Fussy, spasmodic industry
does not accomplish much. The team
that pulls by jerks cannot be depend
ed on. It is tbe regular, trained, quiet
horses that draw tbe hftvy loads.
with the farmer#. Those who are
up before day ripping and tearing
around, are apt to break down before
night. It is your quiet man that be
gins bis werk at sunrise and loses not
moment daring the day that makes
rogress. He mends his harness and
tools and has them all in place, so that
when be changes work no time is lost.
If some emergency should arise that
would compel him to harness bis
team at midnight, he would find ev
erything in place. When he starts
his plows, be does not have to lose
two days in getting bis heel-bolts, sin
gle trees, lines and gears together.
Tbe methodical man will make all
his preparations early in tbe yecr, and
he,can now tell you wbat be will
plant in this field and in that. HU
diligence and watchful care are felt in
bouse and kitchen. Tbe wife bas the
best cooking utensils and all the con
veniences that, save her from drudg
ery. She is protected from the hard
weather and her work is lightened in
many ways. His farm is more than a
place to raise big crops aud fine stock;
it is a happy home where tbe children
not only take part in tbe work, but
share in the success and profits of tbe
crop. They are made to feel that
they are helpful and important
factore in tbe farming operations. On
sucbdarifis there is cheerful and ef
fective labor in the. fields and joyful
contentment and mental and moral
growth around the -hearthstone. -Is
yours each a farm and such a home?
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The Way Two Litigant* Settled a Law
Salt.
Southern Bivouac.)
So long as tbe ’Squire was in sight
tbe crowd kept perfect silence,' and
maintained tbeir positions. When,
however, he disappeared in tbe boas*
with Jimmy in attendance on him,
there arose a bum of voioes. Unele
Billy Willis mounted the work
bench and everything was stiir*£*in.
•‘Gen-tle men,” said the old man,
quietly, “I reckon nobody here Is
a-goin’todist>iremy word. Ifhedoes
I shall expect Bob Scruggs toe argy
with him; an’ it he can’t convince
him, my son Joe, here, will jine Bob’s
side of the debate. You all heerd what
the ’Squire said. There ain’t to be no
flghtin’here; but if any two gen-tle-
men wants a little ex-er-cf«e, they kin
git out inter tbe road and have it.
The rest of us will git inter a ring
aroun’ em\ It is ex-cr-cfjc, gen-tle-
men, not fi^htin’; an’ ther ain’t to be
no gougin’, nur scratching nur bitin’,
nur hair-pullin', nur chokin’. You all
hear me. Now git outtberan’ make
a ring. Don’t git it too little—give
em’room enough and keep hands off.”
Tbe two litigants kDew wbat was
exp. cted of them, and already had
stripped themselves of coats and shirts
and tied their pantaloons about their
waists with tluirsurpenders. The ring
was no sooner formed than they jrere
in it, facing each other aod read^ffor a
rush.
“Gen-tie men,” said Uncle Billy,
“remember what I told you, an’ tote
fa’r. When I -ay go, then sail in."
“Air you ready ?"
“Ready,” answered both men at
onoe.
“Then go!”
At it they went, with tbe word,
quick as a flush, raining blows upon
each other whhout regard to rules of
science. It was “give and take” so
rapidly than lie eye could not follow
th6 quick darting fists; and the
thumps of their strokes on each other’s
bodies souDded like the hoof-beats of a
galloping horse. Tbe crowd went
wild with delight. “Ob my, Skin
ner!" “G» it Moses!” “Tickle him,
Sammy!" “Bust his snoot!” “Salt his
bacon!” aud a hundred other qnaint
expressions went up from the lusty
lungs of the bystanders, who danced
and leaped about the fighters, but never
presumed to touch- them. When in
their struggles they came near to one
side of tbe ring, tbe line gave back that
they might have ample room for ac
tion.
It was a fair fight and the best man
wquld win.
These rural - gladiators - -were
equally matched in strength and
courage, and neither had known
nothing but victory before; the lit
tle roan heifer and an unbroken se
ries of victory at. law, as well as war,
was'tbe prize for which they fought.
For a long i ime the issue was in doubt,
but accident favored tbe winner. In
stepping back to get a better vantage
ground, Mose tripped against a large
root iu tbe road, and as be tottered,
Skiuner struck him a terrific blow upon
the side of the neck which sent him-
dowu full length upon the earth'. In
a moment *be enemy was upon him,
hammering wiih terrible blows upon
his face and che-t. He bad just breath
enough left to ga-p out, “JVujf/”
This ended the fib, f course, and
tbe crowd cotigratulaied the victor, as
crowds always do, while poor Moees .
thought bitteilv, as he washed his
bruises over thff cooling-tub in the
blacksmith shop, how tbe roan heifer
and his law suit and his prestige as a
fighter were all forever lost. His
friends coDsoled him as best they
could, nut he was a beaten man, and
had md a word to s*y in answer to
their well- meant condolences. He was
hipped, and no language could palli
ate his disgrace.
Don’t call a large, sinewy man *
prevaricator. If you are sure he is a
prevaricator, hire another mas to
break tbowwo to Hk
Partins Wits* Birdie.
Tid-Bits.]
“It ain’t everybody I’d trust my lit
tle gal to,” said old Farmer Skinner
to the love-lorn young granger who
had become enamored with Miss Sal-
lie Skinner, and wished to carry her
off from the loving care and shelter of
the home nest. The ‘‘little gal,” who
was five feet eleven inches tall in her
bare feet (us si e was at that moment)
bid her happy blushing face oh the
dear, food old father’s shoulder; and
wept happy tears as be said to the
deeply moved lover: “You most take
good care of my wee birdling, Jack.
Bicollect that she’s been raised kind
o’ tender like. Two seres a day is all
I ever asked her to plow, and an acre
of corn a day is all she’s used to hoe
ing. She kin do light work, sicb as
making rail fences and d gging post-
holes, and burning hrusb^and all that,
but ain’t used to reg’lar farm work,
and you need not ask too much of her.
It’s hard for her old dad to give his
little sunshine up. He’ll have to split
bis own cord- > ood snd dig bis own
taters now. But go, birdie, and be
happy!”
Gentlemen of the jury,” once said
an old 'time judge in Mobile, “the
lawyem have been here two whole
days discussing the constitutionality
of the law under which this suit wa»
brought. You have nothing to do
with that. Al! you have to ascertain
is whether tbe man got the money.
If he did be ought to pay it. Take the
case.”
The spring time is approaching rap
idly, “gentle Annie,” «.r no “gentle
Annie.” It won’t be long now before
tbe poor oppressed hasband will have
blisters on his hands from holding on
to a hard fishing pole all day, while
his tyrannical wife will be staying at
borne having fun with a spade in the
gatden. -
Judge not by appearances,” is a
good adage. A faded, rusty suit may
conUitgan editor or a preacher, while
the man wearing the shiny entt' and
tbe tail bat may be a delinqnentsub-
scriber of three years’ standing, and
perhaps a debtor to tbe wsabtowo-
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