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<Ehq Jerald and ^deerfeq.
Newnan. Ga., Friday, August 19th, 1887.
weekly CIRCULATION, 1,760.
JA8. E. BROWN, EniTOR.
A Much-Needed Reform.
Is the Department of Agriculture
worth anything to the farmers of Geor
gia? It seems that it costs more than
it saves. It is urged by the friends of
t ho Department that $20,000 annually
>s paid into the Treasury, arising from
a tax of fifty cents per ton on guano,
and that it costs less than $6,000 to de
fray the expenses of the Department,
t hereby saving $14,000 to the tax-pay
ers. This showing has the semblance
i >f economy. But what are the facts in
the case? The guano men add the
amount of the tax to the price of the
guano and the farmer pays the tax at
fast. The amount of seed and guano
.list,ributed by the Department are of
no practical value. Tne Department
lias cost the State thousands of dollars,
an<l lias never saved one dollar to the
tax-payers. Let the Legislature abol
ish the office and put the incumbents
i m a pension, if we can do no better.—
Henry County Weekly.
The Weekly is eminently correct in
its views as to the manifest inutility of
t he Department of Agriculture, and we
indorse them; but it is mistaken both
as to the amount derived from the in
spection of fertilizers and the appropri
ation made annually for the mainte
nance of this Department. The Agri
cultural Bureau costs the State between
*14,000 and $15,000 per annum. The
inspection of fertilizers costs an equal
amount, while the enormous sum of
$83,000 is wrung from the farmers of
(leorgia in the way of inspection fees,
for which they receive no benefit what
ever except a doubtful guarantee by
the Department of Agriculture as to
n the chemical and commercial value of
' fertilizers inspected and sold in Geor
gia,
Under the present system of inspec
l ion the manufacturers of fertilizers of
fered for sale in this State are required
1 o pay a fee of fifty cents per ton for
inspection. While the tax thus unpos
ed ostensibly comes out of the manufac
timer, no one is so obtuse as not to know
that the farmer has it to pay at last
and it is equally well known that, as
now operated, the system is little bet
ter than a farce. It has been in vogue
eight or ten years, and during that time
the farmers have paid out not less than
half a million dollars, if not considera
bly more. If they have been benefited
by the inspection they are unable to re
alize it. They now want a change of
some sort, and will not be satisfied un
til it is effected. They demand, in fact,
one of three things, viz—
1st. A more efficient inspective sys
tem. This can only be secured by in
creasing the number of inspectors and
chemists to at least double the present
force. It is a physical impossibility for
six inspectors, as.- now authorized by
law, to thoroughly inspect the immense
quantities of commercial fertilizers an
nually sold in Georgia. It is moreover
a scientific impossibility for one chemist
to analyze anything like a fair propor
tion of the samples furnished for analy
sis. The farmer alone pays for the in
spection, and if every cent of the $83,000
c lerived from this source is required to in
crease the efficiency and thoroughness of
the inspection, it should be thus applied
In fixing the fees for the inspection of
fertilizers it was never contemplated
bv the Legislature that the income thus
derived should be a source of profit to
the State;—it was only designed to cov
er the expense actually incurred in pro
curing the inspection and analysis pro
vided by law.
2d. Reduce the fees for inspection to
a. sum necessary to defray the legiti
mate expenses of inspection and analy
•4s, only, and no more. This would re
suit in a saving to the farmers of $50,000
annually. It is no argument in favor
of maintaining the exorbitant fees now
imposed to insist that the overplus goes
to swell the public school fund, and
chat the farmer gets the benefit of the
excess at last. It is unjust to tax the
farmers of Georgia $50,000, year after
year, for the support of the public school
system when no other class is taxed for
this object.
3d. The Agricultural Department is
maintained at the expense of the farm
ing class;—that is to say, so much of the
fund derived from the inspection of fer
tilizers as may be necessary is appropri
ated for this purpose—and as it has nev
er been practically demonstrated that
the farmers of Georgia are benefited by
the Department, either as now or here
tofore administered, there seems to be
no good reason for continuing it. The
Commissioner of Agriculture may be a
very capable official, whose usefulness
is impaired by restricting the operations
of his Department to the brief scope
warranted by the appropriation annual
ly allowed by the State for its support.
Be this as it may, the fact is apparent
that, as now administered, the Depart
ment of Agriculture is of no practical
advantage or benefit to the farming
class, and should be abolished.
Now, is there a member of the Legis
lature courageous enough to address
himself to the prompt correction of the
evils herein complained of? If there
be, and he can succeed by judicious leg
islation in accomplishing either or all
of the Ireforms demanded, the farmers
of Georgia will rise up and call him
blessed. .
following statement in support of the
theory that Tom Woolf oik may not be
the guilty party at last; or, if guilty,
that he had an accomplice whose com
plicity in the crime would go very far
towards relieving Woolfolk of the bur
den of suspicion now resting upon him.
The “facts” presented by the itinerant
individual referred to are generally dis
credited, however, and Woolfolk still
looms forth as the most ghoulish mon
ster of the age. The statement referred
to is as follows:
To-day a Mr. Davis came from Haz
ard’s district and reported some facts
concerning the Woolfolk tragedy that
caused a sensation. His report is that
Rev. Mr. Cox, a young Baptist preach
er who serves Midway church, was to
have spent the Friday night with Cap
tain Woolfolk. On account of various
delays he never reached the place till
about midnight or a little later. An
other voung man was with him, ana as
thev drove up, a man driving a grav
horse came away from A\ oolfolk s and
whistled as though for preconcerted
signal with some one else. Ihe minis
ter and his friend drove on to another
place and spent the night. Had they
stopped there the tragedy might never
have occurred. A man dnvuig a gray
horse was also seen, according to the re
port, by a ten-year-old girl, the .daugh
ter of a prominent planter, during the
same evening, in the woods m the
Woolfolk neighborhood. Few people
have believed there was an accomplice,
but developments are awaited with
anxiety. It is said the man with the
'ray horse disappeared that night and
Tias not been seen nor heard of since.
Woolfolk is yet confined in Fulton
county jail, and for a time it appeared
that no reputable lawyer could be
found who would undertake his de
fense. A young attorney of Atlanta
has been induced to accept the case,
though, and his line of defense
has already been indicated. He
will insist that Woolfolk committed
the crime, but that he ( was in
sane and not responsible for his acts.
When the lawyer’s plea was made
known to Woolfolk he became very
wroth and solemnly and most empliat
ically denied his insanity. He averred
furthermore that he “would rather die
and go to hell than be sent to the Lu
natic Asylum.” The prospect is that
he will enjoy (?) both experiences—that
is to say, he will certainly be executed
if the courts of the country can get a
fair whack at him, and the torments of
sheol will follow as a matter of course
The name of the brash young limb of
the law is F. R. Walker, and as he and
his client have already disagreed as to
the main point in the defense, the out
look for a final acquittal seems rather
discouraging.
witnessed in this country, and the press
of the State is united in the opinion
that the refractory members have not
only done themselves no honor, but
have reflected no credit upon the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia.
DRUGGIST’S MISTAKE.
A Sick Xmi’» Wife DUreffarri* the Drug-
girt’* Ailvlee and So S»vm the
Life of Her H nuband.
I am a wood carver by trade and it is
out of my line to write 'letters; but my
wife thought it was no more than right
that I should let you know what your
remedy has done for me, and I think so
too.
I live in East 157th street, west of
Mrs. Moore, the widow of James
Moore, who was hanged at Macon last
August, has entered suit against Sher-
iff Westcott for the recovery of dam- ] Third avenue, and have lived there for
to the amount of $20,000. She about twenty-three yeaw, where I own
ages to tneHmuuiii * * . real estate. Ip to the time I am about
bases her claim on the ground tha _ j to mention I had been a strong, well
was by the gross carelessness and negli- ma n. There was alwavs more or less
gence of the Sheriff and officers that malaria in the neighborhood, but I had
Moore -.mobbed. A promioeot ut -
tomey, when Mrs. Moore first decide j on ^ suc h attacks commonly do, with
to enter suit, seemed to think the case | headaches, loss of appetite and ambi-
a poor one. The present attorney, j tion, chilly sensations with slight fever
however, will push the erne vigorously. | “J “SKI
■ - at that time at Killians & Brothe
An Explanation. furniture manufacturers, in West 3
Mr. Editor:—My attention having street, I hoped the attack would wear
jar. j off, but as it didn t I consulted a well-
been directed to your thoughtful ed - j-nown and able physician in Morrisa-
rial of last week upon the Northcutt n ; a? who gave me quinine and told me
bill—a bill designed to drive out of the what to do. I can sum up the first four
State what are popularly known as loan and a half or five years of my expert
stare wiuia pop * , ence m few words. Occasionally I war
associations—1 beg leave to correct an U p f or a f } a y 0 r two, but on the
inaccuracy that will effect most of your w hole I stuck 'to my work. I kept
calculations outlined therein. taking quinine, in larger doses from
Under the terms of the Georgia Loan
and Trust Company, (and other similar f.- me trouble was now' well de
organizations have practically the same fined and its symptoms were steady and
terms) the borrower of $1,000 realizes regular. I had dumb ague in its worst
“ , „ , conn „ c vnil prrrmeouslv form > and xt was S nndin S me down m
$880, and not $800, as j omerroneo J sp ite of all that I could do or the doc-
suppose. You were doubtless led mto tors could do. It held me in a grip like
this error by having been informed that \fire in a burning coed mine. The poison
the first year’s interest at Bp.rc.nt had^oneaH ^trough and over me and
was collected m advance, where ., I f as t losing flesh and strength, and about
matures and becomes payable annually j£ arc h, 1884,1 knocked off w'ork entire-
or semi-annuallv. as in the case of bonds ly and went home to be down sick, and
or other securities. The terms are, in I to die for all I could tell. I ran down so
brief—12 per cent, commissions, paya
ble only once', and an annual interest
charge of 8 per cent, for five years. If
WE ARE NOW
CLOSING OUT OUR STOCK OF SPRING AND SUMMED ^
CLOTHING
Not exactly at cost, but at such & r fi e £ tly re ^
hetween fiftV and Seventy “vl *
astonish you. We have between fifty -- - ^ before the
all sizes and qualities, yet on
season closes. Call and examine our stock.
A LARGE LOT OF
HATS!
‘cate
RECEIVED THIS WEEK.
SEVERAL SETS OF 3-ROLLER
rapidly that I soon became unable to
walk any distance. Later I went from
room to room in my own hqnse only by
friends holding me up by each arm. The
~ fat,. tliP trou-1 doses of quinine were increased until I
any of your readers will take the trou- tMrty qrains a t a dose. The
" » . . . ii VItWA' Vltll VU wnto tvi/ tv vwov.
ble to make the calculation upon these ^fj ec t s G f this tremendous stimulation
data they will find the resulting aver- was to make me nearly wild. It broke
age annual rate to be less than 12 per | my deep all_up,and I often walked the
Condemned By the Farmers.
The emphatic and almost unanimous
condemnation of the Brady bill bythe
State Agricultural Association at Can
ton last week ought to convince Repre
sentative Brady and the supporters of
his bill that the farmers don’t want it.
TU i.1 nv.iv wonf if ICn A nGAR '
The pretense is that it is in the interest
of the farmers. This pretense can no
longer be sustained when the repre
sentatives of the farmers from all parts
of the State declare that it is hostile
to their interests. _ Representative
Brady must now admit that he is try
ing to force upon the farmers some
thing they do not want, or abandon his
bill. _ , . .
The farmers do not want to be placed
in the position of seeking legislation
that will permit them to repudiate
their contracts, and they are wise
enough to see that if this Brady bill be
comes a law it will do them more harm
than good. It would tend to rum their
credit, and that they cannot afford to
have ruined; and in ruining their credit
it would bring them no compensatmg
ZL+ nice calculation reducing it to
about 11 per cent. This rate is lower or even human speech. My temper
than the usual banking rate in Georgia, was extremely irritable. As to food,
and under this system of loans other one of my little children would eat
anu uiiuei J Wmwpr , that more in a meal than I could in a day.
advantages are offered borrowers that 1 would order an d then turn from
can, for the most part, be found no- j t j n disgust, I lived on quinine and
where else other stimulants and on myself, like a
Your concluding <*» JdWMvS
key-note to this Northcutt bill, and all ftg a me dicine—made my stomach so
similar legislation. Upon what grounds s i ck j could not tolerate it.
can it be justified? After a thorough From 175 pounds (my proper weight]
scrutiny of its plans and purposes, the I f
Georgia Loan and Trust Company re- than £ sk |i et on.
ceived the indorsement of our State jy anybody had taken a hatchet and
Legislature in the form of the charter knocked me down and killed me I should
under which it now operates. ^ Matter part of this period,
urged, however, that this and similar ear jy in 1886, my physician said:
do business upon Northern “Miller, there’s no use in mv taking
any more money of you; I can t do you
If t h ; objection is not too absurd for
serious consideration, it applies as well ke jp you.”
to perhaps every banking institution in On the strength of this I gave up the
the State In fact, Northern capital use of quinine altogether, and made up
me ouette. ^tt, ^ 1 my mind to do nothing more and take
. i,i my chances. ,
bankers, a good thing for our merchants, Three weeks afterwards—about the
a good thing for our manufacturers, last of May—my wife saw an advertise-
but eternal ruin for our farmers This £> “i^SdMtnKd
nice distinction is justified upon the nonsense j it can’t do me any good.”
ground that the farmer constitutes the g ut s j ie went to a druggist’s, neverthe-
only element of our population incapa- less, to get it. The druggist advised
His friends I her against Kaskine; he said it was
Ifthe'farmers don’t want it, who does? is regarded as a good thing for our | m y fancies.
mi J Z„ if ici in 4-Vir* infomcf
advantages. ^ . .
bill is a reflection upon the Agn-
The
CANE MILLS AND EVAPORATORS,'
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fMANUFACTURED BY THE CHATTANOOGA PLOW CO.)
ON HAND AND FOR SALE AT FOUNDRY PRICES.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
►TTO.
V
COLGATE’S TOILET SOAPS!
.V. c.
JUST ARRIVED l
The purest, the best, the most economical Soap made,
once and you will buy again !
Try it
TWENTY-FIVE BUSHELS
tn
ble ot taking care of itself. I nothing'but sugar; that she ought not
are willing for him to moi tgage his ^j irow away her money on it, etc.
mules, his crops and his lands, but only He said he didn’t keep it, but could get
to such parties as they may select. He it if she insisted on having it. Turn-
is told that these loan associations will T. G^H^ewald!
be certain to get his land, and m some w j 1Q g Q j- p er a bottle at a drug store in
instances he learns to attribute to them sixth avenue,
most marvelous and mysterious powers, Almost against my will, and without
by which they may proceed to dispos-1 thjlea^aith.^be^n taking^ n
GEORGIA RAISED RYE, AT $150 PER BUSHEL!
/-
». (
JUST RECEIVED.
Of
HARDAWAY & HUNTER.
NEWNAN
MALE SEMINARY!
cultural Bureau of the State, because
it is based upon the assumption that
the inspection of fertilizers, performed
by its agents and under its direction, is
not an honest one. If Representative
Brady does not think fertilizers are
honestly, conscientiously and intelli-
gently inspected he ought to have the
inspection improved.—Savannah News.
The News takes the only view
of the question that can be cover
ed by practical argument. We have
been talking on this line for five years,
and, so far, have had no cause to change
our opinion or modify our position.
That there is either gross negligence or
inefficiency on the part of the State’s
officers in carrying out the law pro
viding for the inspection of fertilizers,
no one will deny; but in trying to cor
rect the evil Mr. Brady seeks to per
petrate a wrong that would be far
worse in its effects than the evil itself.
He evidently misconceives the wants of
the class which he assumes to represent
on this question, or else he grossly mis
represents them. The unqualified de
nunciation of his pet measure by the
State Agricultural Convention last week
would seem to justify the latter con
clusion.
In fact, we cannot hope to have
wholesome, judicious legislation on this
any other subject so long as the
sess a man of his land, in utter disre
gard of all established law. Land will
be sold for debt according to law, but
only as a last resort; for the parties
making these loans have, for the most
part, no more use for a Georgia farm
than for a white elephant. Is it unusu
al for land to be sold for debt ? W ith- i f or tj- pellets in “four equal doses
out having made an examination, I feel a fiay, I continued to gain. The mala-
safe in saying that Coweta’s execution ria appeared to be killed in my system,
docket for every year since 1865 would I and now I’ve got back my old weight-
show where some merchant had sold
sleep. I stopped “seeing ghosts.” I
began to have an appetite and to gain
strength. This was now the first of
June, 1S86, and by the end of that
month I was back at my bench at C. P.
Smith’s scroll sawing factory on 116th
street, where I Work now.
Since then I have never lost a day
from sickness. Taking Kaskine only,
Did Tom Woolfolk Have an Accom
plice ?
This is the startling query propound-
ed by the Macon correspondent of the , Sumter.”
out some farmer for debt. I am also
informed that the late People’s Bank
was, at the time of its collapse, acquir
ing real estate at a lively rate. These
proceedings are, for the most part,
wholesome, and only become iniquitous
when some loan association is the mort
gagor.
After operating for thirty years m
most of the States of the great North
west, where they were no small factor
in the wonderful development there,
these organizations were led by the
Brady type of statesmanship is a recog
nized force in the formulary proceed
ings of the General Assembly. We say
this more in sorrow than in anger, but
it is nevertheless true.
From Atlanta the rumor comes that
it is hardly probable that ladies will
again assemble at the Capitol to listen
to debates in the General Assembly.
They are afraid that some honorable
gentleman mav again make them blush
by his vulgarity. It is a disgrace to the
State that they should be kept away
from the Capitol by such a cause.— -Sa
ra »na/i News.
The disgraceful scenes referred to
would not have occurred had the pre
siding officer enforced the rules of the
House, and in permitting their infrac
tion in the shameful manner indicated
he was equally culpable with “the crea
ture from Bartow” and “the man from
175 pounds—and my old strength to la
bor. I am an astonishment to myself
and to my friends, and if Kaskine did
not do this I don't know what did. The
only greater thing it could do would be
to bring a dead man to life.
Frederick A. Miller,
630 East 157th Street, New York.
P. S.—For the absolute truth of the
above statement I refer to the follow
ing gentlemen, who are personally ac-
uamted with the facts: Mr. Alexan-
er Weir, 626 156th St.; Mr. George Sea
man, 158th street and Courtlandt ave
nue; Mr. A. Moebus, 154th street and
Courtlandt avenue; Mr. P. F. Vaupel,
154th street and Courtlandt avenue;
Mr. John Lunny, 630 East 15Sth street;
The Fall Session will begin
Monday, August 29th, 1887.
The school will be under
the supervision of Prof. A. S.
Jones, as Principal.
Board, $10 to $12 per
month. Tuition, $2 to $4.50
per month.
The patronage of the public
is solicited.
Chas. L. Moses, Proprietor.
scarcity of capital here, to extend their I Mr John Reushaw, 124 125th street
' ^ TTi-ntn tho and many others. 1 will also iepi> to
operations to the South. From letters of inquiry,
outset they have been met with oppo- ^y e su bmit that the above astonish
sition and misrepresentation; though ing cure, vouched for as it is by reputa-
the condition of our farmers was so de- ble men, is deserving of a thorough an
plorable at the time that they might ^ And we further submit that when
have been expected to welcome relief druggists turn away customers by fal-
from any quarter. That thev will in sifying the character of a remedy be-
tirne appreciate this relief does not ad-1 cause they dp not happen to have it on
mit of serious doubt; provided the Leg
islature does not take it from them.
It is a short-sighted and pernicious
policy that would shut out capital from
any source that is seeking legitimate
investment here, and our farmers will,
in time, learn to distinguish their
hand, they do a great wrong,
had no
friends from the demagogues of the
Northcutt stripe, who would deprive
them of a facility for borrowing that
they may take advantage of gr not, as j St., New 1 ork.
they see fit. Howard M. Smith.
[About the only difference between
the above statement and that pub
lished in The Herald and Adverti
ser last week, is that the borrower gets
the benefit of $80 additional for one
year, which was not included in our
calculation. In other words, the differ
ence between the statement made
by Bro. Smith and that of The Her
ald and Advertiser is only $6.40.
If this
afflicted man had not disregarded the
druggist’s advice and sent elsewhere
for the remedy he would without
doubt have been in his grave.
Other letters of a similar character
from prominent individuals, which
stamp Kaskine as a remedy of un
doubted merit, will be sent on appli
cation. Price $1.00, or 6 bottles, $5,000,
Sold by druggists, or sent by mail on
receipt of price.
The Kaskine Company, 54 Warren
Iccrt» Ctbperttsements.
DR. THOS
Depot Street.
COLE,
Dentist,
Newnan, Ga.
SITUATION WANTED!
Atlanta Constitution, who makes the j parliamentary decorum has never b?o:Uc*.:
A voung man who can furnish some capital
and has had experience as book-keeper and
v . , W?™ 4mtewmimtopmt ojir errorl^“'gJ.^Se i
A more flagrant breach 01 to the extent mentioned; but does this j goes to Newnan. References given. Address
r.ir'3 the result ?—Editor.] ! “X,” cars cf *his offie
E. E. SUMMERS.
NOW IN STOCK
A FRESH LINE OF
A:P. JONES.
J. E. TOOLE.
JONES & TOOLE.
CARRIAGE BUILDERS
AST) DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
LaGRANGE, ga.
Manufacture all kinds of
Carriages, Buggies, Carts and
Wagons. Repairing neatly
and promptly done at reason
able prices. We sell the Peer
less Engine and Machinery.
CHANGE OF FIRM!
HAND-MADE FANCY CANDIES.
Chewing Gum,
Sweet Gum,
Marshmallows.
Best Milk Shakes in Town !
Ice in any Quantity !
Finest Cigars and Best Chew
ing Tobacco!
Laundry Soaps by the Box!
Come and price it!
Biggest 5c Box Blueing in
Town.
Six pounds of Laundry Soap
for 25c. Great Scott! just
think of it!
TO ARRIVE THIS WEEK :
Finest assortment of Confec
tioneries in Newnan.
Best brands of Canned Goods.
Large lot of Pocket Cutlery.
Give me a trial. I cannot and
will not be undersold.
E. E. SUMMERS.
I expect my father (alsp a
jeweler) here soon, to form
with me a copartnership.
I MUST CLOSE OUT
my present stock BY SEP
TEMBER, and from this date
will sell my stock of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware,
Spectacles, Eye-Glasses and
Novelties at GREATLY
REDUCED PRICES and
regardless of cost. BIGGER
BARGAINS than auction
sales will be offered, and every
person will do well to come
and see, even if they don’t
want anything.
Respectfully,
W. E. AVERY.
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