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/ H jerald and ^tortisq. itewnan. Ga., Friday, July 29th, 1887. THE BRADY GUANO BILL. the House Without Any Amend ments. Atlanta Constitution, 22d Inst. The House has passed the Brady bill, ‘providing for pleading and proving a failure of consideration of any promis sory note or other instrument in writ- ng, given for commercial fertilizers, ,uanos or manures, and to prescribe a penalty for failing to state the consid eration in the face of any negotiable instrument given for the same.” This was the special order in the House yesterday. When the House adjourned on Fri day Mr. Smith, of Gwinnett, had the door in support of the bill. In resum ing, Mr. Smith said that the present Taw was unjust, oppressive and unequal. Manufacturers of commercial fert ilizers outside of the State, shipped into the State fertilizers that had not been m- <pected. And while the Commissioner of Agriculture had stated through the public press that he had been careful in inspecting and gave quite as close an inspection of the fertilizers as the chemist, yet there had been shipped into Gwinnett county fertilizers that had not been inspected or tagged until i agged by those profiting from the sale of the fertilizer. This was shipped from Baltimore, via Sawannee to Law- . renceville. “Since Friday last,” he said, “I have visited the warehouses of dealers in my county. There are fertilizers on hand, left over for another season, not in spected or tagged, to be placed on the market. Some of these fertilizers are held so long that that the sacks rot off. They are put in new sacks, tagged and sold.” Mr. Calvin, of Richmond, stated that t he money paid for fertilizers was not going out of the State. Outside of the Southern States there are seventy-two fertilizer factories; in the Southern States there are sixty-seven, of which nineteen are in Georgia. These 139 companies do business in Georgia, and t he amount paid for fertilizers aggre gates millions of dollars annually. Mr. Calvin stated that he was willing to do everything he could to give the farmers standing at tlie bank. “My opposition to the present law,” he said, “is that it gives too much standing at the bank. They may stand there for ever and find out that the bank has no money to loan to the moneyless man. The farmer is compelled to pay these dealers whatever per cent, they may charge him in violation of the interest laws of the-State. The only class who are enabled to borrow money are the guano dealers and merchants, because they can afford to pay more for it than the farmer. Farmers are forced to purchase on the recommendation of a man whom they have never seen, and who himself never saw the guano he recommends. Farmers cannot ob- tain credit unless they sign a waiver note, and waive everything except their wife and baby, and dealers would require those waived if they could. If the fertilizer proves worthless, he is •shut out and excluded from making a defense. No man should be bound by what ho cannot see or inspect. Any other goods sold that were found de fective would be shipped back to the town from which they came, even if shipped to Liverpool, at the expense of the seller. The present bill, it is said, is overturning an established custom. Who, one hundred years ago, ever heard or dreamed of guano? Fertili zers should be sold on their merits. This Commissioner of Agriculture does not represent the farmers except for the pay he gets. The fertilizer should he reasonably suited for the use intend ed. If the dealer knows his guano to be impure and puts it on the market, he perpetrates a fraud. All the scoun drels are not engaged in the practice of law. The farmers are not the only ones interested in the bill. All the people are interested in it. The failure of the farmer is the death of all other interests. The present bill is eminent ly wise and just, and it will benefit Georgia and lift her up.” Mr. Atkinson said: “The question before the House is uot the inspection of fertilizers. That must stand on its own merits. A practical business ques tion is presented, upon the solution of which depends the prosperity of the farming and manufacturing interests of Georgia. I was opposed to the origi nal bill but favor it with Mr. Glenn’s amendment. The hill in its present shape is a good lawyers bill, but is ruinous to farmers and man ufacturers. It kt unfair to place the farmer at the mercy of the guano com panies, and equally unfair to place gu ano companies in the power of the farmers. The seller should not be required to warrant practical results when parties consent to a contract oth erwise. Tilt seller only knows the chemical ingredients of the guano. lie sells it as containing such ingredients, ;md for this he should bo held respon sible. If the buyer contracts for cer tain chemical ingredients, and the sell- ear can show he delivered what he agreed to deliver, that is a compliance with the contract. More defenses can now be made to guano contracts than to those for any other article, viz: Failure of practical, results, not inspect ed, and not ' containing ingredients stamped on the sack. -Ill the manu facturer of guano knows' and all he Bpagosesto sell, are the ingredients and their, proportions. The passage of the bill must injure the farmer, be cause it will require guano to be paid for in cash, thus preventing its use, or if not for cash, then for a higher price. It is a rule of business that as you in crease the risk you increase the price. Under this bill, if guano Is sold on time, the price will l>e so raised as tore- quire those who do pay for their goods te pay also for goods sold to those who do not pay. It is important to farmers that manufacturers be at their door to consume and increase the price of their surplus products. This bill is a blow at our own home manufacturers. It increases risk and forbids tlie use of notes given for their products, thus limiting their capacity and prohibiting their doing what is done in every other business. Waivers are allowed in every other business. In almost every mule note this waiver of warranty is made, and there is no defense open to buyers. Tlie Glenn amendment perfects the bill and makes it fair to all. When the farmer proves failure of practical results it puts the burden on the guano company of proving to the satisfaction of the jury that it actually delivered to the purchaser the ingredients they proposed to sell, and this evidence the defendant has the right of contradict ing.” Mr. Watts—“I represent a county con taining a population of fourteen thou sand people, mostly farmers. I favor the Brady bill because it proposes to carry out a fixed policy, inaugurated when the State proposed to come in be tween the contracting parties and analyze the fertilizer. In make no ob jection to the analysis, and charge no lack of duty on the part of the State. These contracts are onerous, and the remedy is to allow the farmer to plead failure of consideration; place the guano man in a position to reply that it contain ed the ingredients he agreed it should contain, and if he proves that, the far mer should be bound to pay for it. Mr. Glenn’s amendment perfects the bill. It makes tlie guano man say what he agrees to sell. If the amendment is not adopted, the Supreme Court will apply it any way to the act.” Mr. Brown, of Cherokee, said that the present law was passed when guano was in its infancy, and is class legisla tion. “Tlie contest,” he said, “is be tween the guano companies and the farmers, and we should protect the weak. I favor the Brady bill and am opposed to all amendments. The far mer cannot tell when the guano contains the necessary ingredients. God pity the man. who applies to the Department of Agriculture for information ! Tlie De partment lias shown by the past that it is unworthy of confidence, and has dis regarded the law relative to tlie inspec tion of fertilizers. Mr. Sessions told me that a Marietta man had notified the Department that lie had 200 tons of guano, and they sent him the tags and a bill for them. If the bill in creases litigation, either the guano is worthless or farmers are dishonest. I am here to say that in my opinion the farmers are honest.” The bill passed by yeas 101. nays 5$, and was ordered transmitted to the Sen ate by yeas 120, nays L point of anger. She replid: ‘I do not worry over my business. It is a source of pleasure to me. I believe that there would be more happiness among wom en if more of them were as busy as I am.’” The story points more than one mor al. It shows that where there is a will there is a way, and that women are much more capable of managing busi ness affairs than they are generally thought to be. Every year they are entering avenues for earning a living which were before practically closed to them. Every advance they make opens the way for a further advance.. They don’t get the same pay that men do for the same work, but the time is not dis tant when they will. . Cutting Down Expenses. Dakota Bell. “Pullem,” said a Dakota real estate agent, in a town which is enjoying a boom, to his partner. “I closed the deal with that man from Philadel phia.” “Is that so ?” “Yes, lie takes the five lots and pays $10,000. Let’s figure up and see how we came out on them.” "Well, they cost us $1,000.” “Yes, and it took about $200 to treat and entertain that man from Chicago whom we tried to sell to.” "And I let the St. Paul man beat me out of $300 at poker in the hope of sell ing to him.” “Then I cashed a bogus draft of $250 for that man from New York, and he skipped out without buying.” “Then that Iowa man took up two days of our time at S50 a day.” “Yes, and said he wanted to think about it before buying. And then the St. Paul man I took home to dinner with me, he stole silverware to the val ue of $15, and skipped like the rest.” “And I paid a $10 drunk and disor derly fine for the Milwaukee man.” “We mustn’t forget to figure in about $50 for livery bills.” “No, nor $25 for spending half a day to go to church with that Boston man.” “And put down $100 for advertising and $50 that I had to pay Jones for keeping still when he accidentally overheard me tell this man we sold to that the marsh just behind the lots was an artificial lake put in by the city at a cost of $30,000.” “Let’s see—total $2,050—profits $7,- 950. That won’t hardly do—we’ve got to make more than that.” “Yes, we must cut down expenses on the next deal somewhere. I guess we had better not spend time going to church with any more men.” One Woman’s'Work, Savannah News. A paragraph in tlie Horning few days ago concerning a young lady in Columbus who, having lost her fath er, is successfully conducting the busi ness he left, attracted the attention of a gentleman residing in Macon. He writes an interesting letter about some successful business women he knows, and calls special attention to one whom he says is known in all parts of the State. It seems that in a middle Georgia county a number of years ago a strug gling manufacturer died, leaving a widow and several children. The lady had not been trained to business, and was totally unacquainted with the pe culiar occupation of her husband. She determined, however, to assume the management of the manufactory and to operate it without seeking other aid than that of legal adviser. She at once made herself familiar with the pecuni ary details of her business, and then tonk steps to improve the plant of the manufactory. She chose her superin tendents and employees with consum mate skill, and soon the machinery was humming as cheerfully as when her husband was alive. She watched every point, spending money or economizing where necessary. She advertised the products of her manufactory in every Southern State, and the result was soon apparent. Orders were received as rapidly as they could be filled. Her plan was to send out none but first-class work, so that when she gained a cus tomer she retained him, She is now the possessor of quite a handsome for tune, to which her business permits her to make increasingly large additions. The Morning Macs’ correspondent says of tills lady’s domestic life: “Her home is one of the most delightful I ev er visited. It is not extravagantly fur nished, but I cannot imagine a place more thoroughly comfortable. There are several children. The oldest, a daughter, has been educated in the best schools, and is a sweet and sensible girl. The youngest children are all in The Paper Bag Industry. Beyond those immediately interested there is no adequate conception of the vastness of the paper bag business. There are four houses in this city, em ploying each about fifty or sixty boys and girls, and running two or three cut ting and pasting machines and printing presses, that turn bags out by the hun dreds of thousands every day. The demand is said to be greater than the >u pnlv. The orders are not confined to this city alone, but come also from dif ferent towns. A new and ingenious la bor-saving machine, that has been test- ! ed and worked admirably, is now being acs a s set up in one of these establishments and great things are expected of it. Straw, white and manilla are the papers mostly used, and black ink. Many of the larger grocery houses and variety stores have their special cut blocks from which their advertisements are printed. One of the bag factories also turns out handles for packages, but this is a mo nopoly under patent rights.—Mac York Times. Mourning for the Dead. Our mourning customs are not Chris tian; they are thoroughly pagan. The black dress comes to us from ancient Greece and Rome, and the time for wearing it is almost the same as was prescribed in those countries. Gener ally, the more pagan a nation the more terrible its manifestations of mourning. The Indian savages howl and wail and pierce the flesh with arrows and sharp stones. The Hawaiians paint their faces black and knock out their fore teeth. In the Fiji islands the customs are too horrible for description. The Chinese are forced to mourn by law, and they go so far as to employ mourn ing women. In Arabia the men pre serve a stolid silence, while the woipen scream and tear their hair and throw earth upon their heads. The Persians and Syrians cut off their hair and rend their garments. These few instances illustrate the pagan character of these ceremonies. Still the custom of wear ing black is so deep-seated that it will be difficult to get rid of. schoi ifest burin shall K iThe sons are bright, and man- yi \ed interest in their mother’s St is her intention that they j clia large of the manufactory as , soon ak they are prepared to do so. I Beggar’s Day- Throughout the length and breadth of Mexico Saturday is known as “beg gars’ day,” when, under special counte nance of church and State, mendicants of all degrees and both sexes levy de mands upon people with the utmost confidence. Out of their coverts and lairs they swarm in incredible numbers —the blind, the halt, the lame and the lazy—and before sunrise on the morn ing aforesaid tlie streets are literally filled with them. First they make a tour of the shops and markets, and the obliging merchants, in anticipation of then- coming, have laid by a store of small coin for the occasion. To ivfu.se rest of the week. Then they hie them selves, with their rags and crutches, to the sanctuaries, and afk - mass is over and the churches deserted they patrol every street, leaving not a house unvis ited or a person unsolicited. A Sunday-school teacher asked a little girl of her class if she had been bap tized. “Yes,” said the little girl; “two times.” “Two times? Why, how could that be?” “It didn’t take the first time,” said the little girl. A writer in a scientific paper asserts that the critical period in a man’s life is between the ages of 20 and 30. We always had an idea that he begins to be critical about six weeks after marriage. A lover of statistics has discovered that your wife has to put in 19,90S stitches every time she fashions a hand made shirt. And even then it doesn’t fit. A little fellow who had never eaten frosted cake, asked at the table for a piece of “that cake with plastering on it.” “You and Jones don’t seem to be as thick as you were. Does he owe you any money!” “No. He wants to.” It cannot be truthfully said that the fraudulent coffee dealer doesn’t know beans. THE DAYS OF YORE. H. S. EDWARDS. A stone falls in the azure lake, And, sinking to its pearly floor, Sends swelling rings far out to kiss The pebbles on a distant shore. Thus mem’ry’s depths olt idly stirred By smiles like some we’ve known before, Break forth in thoughts that wander back, And linger ’mid the days of yore. A leaf that on the river’s breast Goes slowly drifting with the tide, Is borne by whirling eddies back Within the parent shade to glide. So many a wearied wanderer, Exile on a foreign shore, Returns on swift, dream-loosened wings To greet the happy days ol yore. The cloudlets of a summer sky That melt in tears upon the main, ’Neath sunny smiles forget their grief, To float serene in Heaven again. And human hearts unlock their gates, When sorrow’s reign is almost o’er, And let the olden joys stream in From out the golden days of yore. It is a Pleasure, writes Mrs. Eliza Ann Smith, of Ver million, Erie Co. Ohio, to tell the ladies everywhere that nothing surpasses Dr. Harter’s Iron Tonic for all irregulari ties. “It cured me when the physi- d.” cians and all other remedies failed. The policeman should watch that oth ers may not prey. The Mind Cure. The theory of the mind cure may do for some hysterical cases, but for chron ic bowel troubles, croup, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, Dr. Diggers’ Huckleberry Cordial is the surest and best cure. Keep it. A man’s funny-bone, we presume, en ables him to “laugh in his sleeve.” The Little Orphan. Mrs. Seago, one of the trustees of the New Orleans Orphan Home, gives Dr. Riggers’ Huckleberry Cordial for the relief of all bowel troubles. She never suffers herself to be without it. The horse General Sherman rode on his march to the sea has been sold in Madison county, Ohio, for $17.50 anti was considered dear as a relic at that price. In Brief, and to tlie Point. Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe to good nature. The human digestive apparatus is one of'tlie most complicated and wonderful tilings in existence. It is easily put out of order. Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be,-have made the American people a nation of dyspeptics. But Green’s August Flower has done a wonderful work in reforming this sad business and making tlie American peo ple so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. Remember:—No happiness without health. But Green’s August Flower brings health and happiness to tlie dys peptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. Catarrh E.S. BUCHANAN, DklER IN DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, SNEAD’S ODD STAND, WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE. NEW GOODS, EverythingBelected with Care and BOUGHT FOR CASH. -.Vo will Duplicate Atlanta Prices in anything in the Dry Goods line, j NOTIONS AND NOVELTIES Of all kinds; also a full line of 300TS, SHOES, HATS, And a General Line of | GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. I also carry a full lint of C10CKERY AND GLASSWARE. MY GROciRY LINE IS COMPLETE. PURE GOODS AT LOW PRICES “SELL” IS MY MOTTO. Come and see ie and bo convinced. If yon don’t buy yon will be treated politely. W. C. Grace is with th.house and will be pleased to see his old friends. E. S. BUCHANAN. WHAT SHALL WE DO TO BE SAVED? HOW/ CAN WE SAVE MONEY? The latter I cnivegulate; tbe former I can assist you in. I have on handi large anil well selected stock ol SPRUNG GOODS, and they must be sold. My stock of SPRING CLOTHING Is complete and wil lease tlie most fastidious. Come and see them. Boys’ suits from $3 to $12.50. Men’s Suits’om ?7 50 to $20 All I want is a chance to show them;—the goods will sell themselves. Mv line of i)RY (OODS consists of Ginghams. Lawns, Muslins. Dress Linens, Table Dam- lc, Checks, Bleachjgs, sheeting Shirting—in fact, everything and anything 111 tlie way ol staple Dry Goods aniNotions. , , . ,. A big line of Men and Boys’Straw tints; can t be beat.m town for style or price. Also, a handsome lot of Mil’s soft and stiff Hats. I sell the best han-made Shoe in town for the money—both for Gents and Ladies My stock was selected witi care and comprises all the late novelties and styles. A large lot of medium grade Shoes J ways on hand. GROCERIES. My stock of Grocens consists of Corn, Meat, Flour, Meal, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee, and ev- >ryihing needed to reirih and sustain the inner man. This departm-^Lis replenished every week and all goods sc. are guaranteed to be fresh and sound, or money reiundeu. \Vi.l sell low for Cash, or Or Tmfi for approved paper. Get my prices beforibuying elsewhere; I can make it to your advantage to do so. Greenville StrecV J R.i HERRING. ECZEMA ERADICATED. Gentlemen—It.is due yti to say that I think I am entirely well of eczema after bavin » taken Swift's Specific. I has been troubled with it very little in my face since last spring. At the beginning of cold wether last fall it made a slight appearance, but went away and has never returned S. S. S', n'doubt broke it up: at least it put my system in pood condition and 1 got well. It also benefit'd my wife greatly in case of sick headache, and made a perfect cure of a breaking out on mylittle three year old daughter last siunmer. Fatklnsville, Ga., Feb. 13ij8S6. Rev. JAMBS V. 21. MORRIS. Treatise on Blood and SkitDiseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Drawer3, Atlanta, Ga. a MHMB MY SPRING AND SUMMER STOCK IS COMPLETE. SUITS FOR MEN, BOYS AND CHILDREN IN ENDLESS VARIETY. PRICES GUARANTEED LOW AS THE LOWEST. SUITS MADE TO ORDER. GEORG E SVf U S E , 38 WHITEHALL STREET. ATLANTA, GA. BADGES, w. C. AYCOCK MEDALS, BANGLES. ENGAGEMENT RINGS, ETC., ETC., ETC., ETC. MADE TO ORDER BY never knew a better tempered woman, j to give would be a bad advertisement, W. I asked her if worrying over business did not sometimes irritate her to the for among these professional mendi cants are many good customers for the E. AVERY. THE JEWELER. WHITE3BURG, GEORGIA, \ i MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IX DRESSED AND MATCHED FLOORING, CEILING AND ROT LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES, ALL KINDS OF MOULDING!; SAWED AND TURNED BALUSTERS, BRACKETS, SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS, ETC., My Blinds are wired with patent clincherwire machine, which never breaks’loose respondence solicited and special prices given on bills for buildings. Write discounts on Sash, Doors, Blinds, &c. . - *