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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,' ?■ 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. ■ ; -rsKak-v.--.it:,' ifettra&Ak: ... ^ .