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Rttwaan.Ga., Friday, September 14,1888.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
JAS. E. BROWN, Editor.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
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FOR PRESIDENT :
GROVER CLEVELAND,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT :
ALLEN G. THURMAN,
OK OHIO.
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JOHN 13. GORDON.
bale of cotton. The cost of nine yards,
at 10 cents, would be 90 cents, or 6
cents more than jute, and an amount
sufficient to cover a bale of cotton
weighs just four and a half pounds.
The planter would receive for the
osnaburg with which his cotton is
covered, (assuming that the market
price of cotton is 9 cents,) exactly 404
cents, or 684 cents less than if his cotton
were wrapped in jute. These figures
can neither be refuted nor confounded.
They speak for themselves. The only
question now is, what do the farmers
propose to do about it? It is hard to
be compelled to pay 36 cents per bale
more for bagging than they paid last
season, but it is far worse to lose 68i
cents per bale, as they would assuredly
do by using osnaburg or any other light
material as a substitute.
FOR SECRETARY OK STATE:
N. C. BARNETT.
FOR TREASURER:
ROBT*. U. HARDEMAN.
FOR COMPTROLLER-GENERAL:
WM. A. WRIGHT.
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERA L ^
CLIFFORD ANDERSON.
FOR CONGRESS-FOURTH DISTRICT.
THOMAS W. GRIMES,
OF MUSCOGEE.
FOR STATE SENATOR!
LEVI BALLARD,
OF CAMPBELL.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
W. Y. ATKINSON,
.1. P. .TONES.
Bagging Substitutes.
It is generally agreed that the mean
est, most rascally combination that has
yet been formed to rob the people is the
bagging trust, and the various efforts
noW being made by the farmers of the
South to find a suitable substitute for
jute bagging will be watched with deep
interest and solicitude. Numerous de
vices have been suggested, and practi
cal tests have been made with one sort
of material and another; but owing to
the lateness of the-season, and the short
time allowed for manufacture even if a
durable or merchantable substitute
should be found, it is not likely that
the farmers cau do otherwise than sub
mit to the shameful exactions which the
bagging manufacturers have imposed
•upon them. We say the farmers can
not do otherwise than submit;—of
course, it is their prerogative to refuse
to buy jute bagging at the present high
prices, but to do so they must withhold
their cotton from^market, for no sub
stitute has yet been found that can be
had in sufficient quantity to meet, the
demand, or quality that will conform
to the requirements of the cotton deal
ers and consumers. To withhold the
crop from market would result in uni
versal business disaster throughout the
South, and ultimately to the serious
detriment of the farming interest it
self. Tire merchant and the farmer are
in the same boat, and of necessity are
mutually dependent upon each other.
If the farmer succeeds, the merchant
may be equally prosperous; but if the
farmer fails, the merchant is certain to
go down with him. Their interests are,
therefore, identical, and neither can af
ford to embarrass the other; it would
be suicidal to do so. The merchant has
to buy his goods on time as w T ell as the
farmer, and upon precisely the same
terms. Consequently, if the farmer, has
obligations to meet on the 1st and 15th
of October, the merchant is in a similar
extremity, with this difference: If the
•merchant fails to meet his obligations
promptly his credit is impaired and he
is forced into bankruptcy and his busi
ness ruined. The farmer may be over
taken by disaster and fail to pay, but
one or two successful crops will put
him on his feet again and liis credit will
be as good as ever. It is not an extrav
agant estimate to say that where one
farmer is sold out by the sheriff, ten
merchants suffer the same misfortune.-
Therefore, while the farmer is casting
about for a suitable substitute for jute
bagging a great deal of harm may be
done. We could have no sincerer wish
than that the boycott which has been
declared against the bagging trust
might result in consigning it to ever
lasting perdition; but, unfortunately,
the trust is now fairly beyond the reach
of punishment, for tire reason that the
bulk of the stock held by the trust at
the opening of the season has since
been disposed of, and the real sufferers
from the boycott would be the mer
chants and cotton factors through
whom the farmer obtains his supplies.
This is the most aggravating feature of
the contest that is being waged bet ween
the farmers and the trust. If the trust
could be reached, no method or means
that might be employed to crush it
would be too severe; but, as matters
uow r stand, the punishment would fall
upon inuocent parties, who have no
connection whatever with the trust.
With reference to the various substi-
. tutes that have been suggested, osna
burg seems to be regarded as of more
practical value than any other home
material, and even this is of doubtful
utility. Six yards of jute bagging will
cover a bale of cotton. Two-pound
bagging costs 14 cents per yard, and the
cost of sufficient bagging for a bale is,
therefore, 84 cents. This amount of
bagging weighs twelve pounds, and the
farmer gets the same price for it that
is paid for his cotton. If the price of
cotton be 9 cents, he gets for his bag
ging SI.OS, or 24 cents more than he
paid fox' it. On the other hand, osna
burg is narrower than jute bagging,
and nine yards are required to cover a
The Central’s Cheap Rates.
The Central Railroad of Georgia will
make the low rate of one cent per mile
for the following occasions:
Chattahoochee Valley Exposition.—
Opens at Columbus, Ga., October 4th
and closes October 13th. Tickets will be
sold from all points on the Central sys
tem.
Georgia State Fair.— Opens at Ma
con, Ga., October 10th and closes Octo
ber 19th. Tickets will be sold from all
points in Georgia on the Central Rail
road system.
Augusta National Exposition.—Opens
at Augusta, Ga*, October 10th and clos
es November 17th. Tickets will be
sold from all points on the Central
Railroad system.
Alabama State Fair.—Opens at
Montgomery, Ala,, October 22d and
continues one week. Tickets will be
sold from all points in Alabama on the
Central Railroad system.
East Alabama Fair.—Opens at Ope
lika, Ala., October 29th and continues
one week. Tickets will be sold from
all points in Alabama on the Savannah
and Western, and the Mobile and Gir
ard Railroads, including Columbus, Ga.
Visitors in quest of pleasure will
have their tastes gratified by the mag
nificent displays; while those seeking
information as to the resources of Ala
bama and Georgia will find revelations
that will astonish them. This low rate
will enable everybody to attend these
fairs at a small • expense, and the liber
ality of the Central authorities deserves
commendation.
The Yellow Fever.
News from the yellow fever district
grows more and more discouraging
with each report. In Jacksonville the
total number of cases to date is 743;
total deaths, 100.
Fever has broken out at McClenny,
Fla., also, sixty-five cases being now
under treatment, including every phy
sician in the town save one.
Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the eminent
scientist, had an observatory at Oak
Lawn, Marion county, Fla., where he
resided for several months with his
family. This point is remote from the'
infected region, and no danger was ap
prehended. He arrived in New York
last Monday, intending to take a steam
er for Europe to-morrow. He was tak
en ill on the day of his arrival, however,
and on Wednesday evening died. A
diagnosis of his case convinced the at
tending physicians that his symptoms
was those of yellow fever, and this ap
prehension was fully verified when he
finally died with black vomit
A death from yellow' fever also occur
red yesterday at Decatur, Ala., the
victim being a resident. He lmd not
been exposed, though the fact that he
died with black vomit leaves no doubt
as to the nature of his illness. The
town is greatly excited, and the peo
ple are leaving on every train.
1888, as compiled by\the New York
Financial Chronicle, amounted to 7,017,-
707 bales, against 6,513,662 bales in 1887
and 6,550,215 bales for 1886. Of the
crop of 1888 there was exported 4,638,-
981 bales, leaving a stock on hand of
181,225 bales. The largest previous crop
was that of 1882-3, which amounted to
6,992,210 bales..
A new' constitution w r as adopted at
a late meeting of the Farmers’ State
Alliance, and Secretary Burks an
nounces chat he w r ill send out no more
outfits with the old constitution, as
they w'ould be worthless. The new con
stitution will be ready in a few days.
Augusta has again been inundated,
the damage to city property and crops
along the river aggregating 81,000,000.
The water rose fifteen inches higher
than the great Harrison freshet in 1S40.
The Central’s Big Increase in-Earnings.
The advance sheets of the forthcom
ing report of President Alexander, of
the Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany of Georgia, is out. While the re
port is not yet completed, it covers all
the essential facts in the financial ope
rations of the system for the ten months
ending June 30, and embodies a good
deal of information.
The president explains that the re
port covers only ten months “to con
form to the requirements of the inter
state commission and the fiscal year
now being generally adopted bv rail
road companies in the United States,
and also to allow the preparation of the
report before t he beginning of the busy
season in the fall.”
The following changes in the compa
ny’s property are noted:
The completion of the Columbus and
Western from Goodw'ater to Birming
ham, 69 miles; the Eufaula and East
Alabama, from Clayton to Ozark, 40
miles, to be open for business this
month; the Blakely extension to the
Chattahoochee river, 13 miles, and the
bridge to Columbia, to be completed by
Oct. 1; the purchase of the East Ala
bama railroad from Opelika, Ala,, to
Roanoke, Ala., 37 miles, the addition of
the “City of Birmingham” to the fleet
of the Ocean Steamship Company,
The report details the consolidation
of auxiliary lines and branches since
effected into a single company, to be
known as the Savannah and Western,
the sciieme of the company being to
“comprise a trunk line from a point
near Savannah to Americus and two
main branches—one to Birmingham
via Columbus and Opelika, with side
lines to Newman and Roanoke; the
other by the Southwestern railroad to
Eufaula and via Ozark to a connection
with the Louisville and Nashville rail
road.
The obligations outstanding against
it are set down as bonds of the compan
ies as follows: Columbus and Western
first mortgage bonds, s?S00,000, bearing
6 per cent, interest, due January, 1911;
Columbus and Western, Western Rail
way of Alabama, 8228,000 at 8 per cent,
due October, 1S8-, and Columbus and
Rome first mortgage bonds, 8200,000, at
6 per cent., due January, 1914; total,
$1,22S,000. A consolidated mortgage
bond is to be issued, limited to $17,000
per mile, and 83,000 per mile for equip
ment, to retire the outstanding bonds
above mentioned.
The net earnings of the company for
the ten months are set down at $2,443,-
038.09, leaving, after a deduction of fixed
charges, an excess of income of $857,-
504.2S, and after deducting $600,000 of a
dividend, and $18,453.21 advanced to'the
Georgia railroad, and sinking fund of
the Montgomery and Eufaula railway,
leaves a present surplus of $478,226.22.
Law'yer Barnes has appeared in a
new role. He is posing now' as a tem
perance reformer, and proposes to run
for the Legislature on this platform.
There is a suspicion of ambiguity in his
published announcement, however, and
he cannot blame the honest voters of
the county' if they infer from his utter
ances that he is more in favor of free
liquor than of temperance reform. It
is bad enough to oppose the Democrat
ic party—particularly in a county' where
party strength is so equally' divided—
but it is a great deal worse to try' to
stir up local strife on a question that
has long since beeu settled by the peo
ple. Law'yer Bames will learn when
the returns are all in on the evening
of the 3d proximo that the Democracy
of Coweta county do not countenance
independentism in any shape or form.
If he persists in his candidacy after
this friendly warning, he may prepare
himself for thq consequences.
The distance covered by' the several
railroads recently consoldated under
the name of the Savannah and Western
iystem aggregates 335 miles, apportion
ed and designated as follow's: Colum
bus to Birmingham, 157 miles; Opelika
to Roanoke, 37 miles; Columbus to
Greenville, 50 miles; Eufaula to Ozark,
61 miles; Americus to Buena Vista, 30
miles. It w'ill soon have under con
struction the new line from Buena Vis
ta to Columbus, 35 miles, and under
survey for early construction the road
from Eden to Americus, 180 miles, and
the extension of the Columbus and
Rome road from Greenville to Newnan,
20 miles—making a total of 570 miles
embraced in the Savannah and Wes
tern system.
Packed With Sheeting.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 9th inst.
Quite a stir was created among the
cotton men yesterday morning by the
arrival of several wagon loads of cotton
packed with sheeting and guano sacks.
The cotton was brought in by Web
ster county Alliancemen and was sold
to street buyers.
A reporter visited the warehouse to
see what disposition w’as made of the
cotton. At the Lowell warehouse sev
eral men were at work removing the
sheeting from a bale of cotton bought
from Mr. G. M. Purvis, of Webster
county, and replacing it with regulation
bagging. The sheeting from tills bale
weighed four pounds and cost the
planter seven cents per yard. Two bales
at t his warehouse were packed with gu
ano sacks. These were also repacked
with regulation bagging. The two
bales were brought in by Mr. .J. S. San
ders, of W ebster county. This cotton-
was bought and paid for as it came in,
without deduction on account of the
kind of bagging used. The warehouse
men did the repacking independent of
the planters who sold the cotton.
Three bales were carried to the Al
ston warehouse, two packed with sheet
ing and one with guano sacks. The two
first w'ere brought in by' Mr. J. B.
Nicholson and the last by Mr. S. Bell,
both of Webster county. The ware
housemen informed the planters* that
the cotton was not in merchantable
condition and would have to be repack
ed. This intelligence was received
without a niurmer by the farmers. The
warehousemen offered to sell the bag
ging and allow them to repack the cot
ton at the press in the warehouse with
out charge. They preferred to allow the
warehouse to do the repacking and paid
for the labor to do the work. The
farmers were paid for the increase in
weight after the cotton had been pack
ed in regulation bagging.
Capt. Lloyd asked Mr. Nicholson
what he paid for the sheeting.
“Seven cents a yard,” was the reply'.
“You lost just twenty-eight cents by
the operation,” remarked Capt. Lloyd.
“We have made up our minds to lose
just that much on every bale to outdo
the bagging trust,” replied Mr. Nichol
son.
The reporter observed another bale
of cotton at the Alston warehouse
packed in guano sacks. This bale was
sent from Harris countv.
HERRING & HILL,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS,
HEADQUARTERS
GROCERIES,
CLOTHING
AND
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
DRY GOODS.
We carry a complete line of
Dry Goods, consisting of Sat
eens, Ginghams, Calicoes, Ta
ble Damask, Linseys, Cheviots,
Cashmeres, Flannels, Sheet
ing, Shirting, Checks, goods
for boys’ waists, latest styles
and best quality Jeans, 10-4
Sheeting, Opera Flannel, etc.
Latest styles Ginghams, (fan
cy stripes) 10 to 12^-c. Cali
coes, 5 to 7c. Bleaching, 5c.
and upward. Jeans, 20 to 50c.
NOTIONS.
A large lot just received, lat
est styles and best quality, in
cluding Collars and Cuffs, But
tons, Gloves, Suspenders, Ho
siery, Handkerchiefs (silk and
linen.) Our Gents’ Furnish
ing department is complete
and attractive. The best Shirt
in town for $1. Reinforced
linen bosom shirts, 50c. New
est and prettiest thing in Cra
vats and Scarfs, 25c. to $1.
Good Linen Collars, 15c. Best
Corset in town for $1. Latest
styles in Umbrellas.
HATS.
A be'autiful line of Hats just
received, (felts, stuffs and wool)
and can suit you both in qual
ity and price.
CLOTHING.
Our stock of fall and winter
Clothing is now in, and in
cludes everything new and at
tractive in ‘ that line. Best
American and imported goods
from $8 to $25 per suit.
SHOES.
We carry the best line of
Shoes in town, both ladies’ and
gents’. Gents’ Shoes, $2 to
$7 50.. Ladies’ Shoes, $1 50
to $5. We can sell a solid
leather Ladies’ Shoe for $125.
Brogans, $1 15.
Our finer grades of Shoes
are sold upon an absolute
guarantee.
FOR
CHATTANOOGA
CANE MILLS
AND
EVAPORATORS!
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The best machines of the kind manufactured. All sizes
from 1-horse power to io-horse power.
Can be adjusted to either horse, water or steam power.
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E3P 33 Catalogues containing prices and all information will
be furnished on application.
HARDAWAY & HUNTER.
COLE’S
SEED COTTON ELEVATOR
Will add to the popularity of your Gin because it cleans
the cotton and thus IMPROVES THE SAMPLE, saves
labor, lessens the danger from FIRE, and makes the
COST OF GINNING LESS.
Our Elevator is sold for less than half the cost of any
other system of handling cotton.
We have just received a car-load of
PIPING,
HARDWARE.
The cotton crop of the United
States for the y'ear ended September 1,
A L08 Cabin was the
birth place of a number
of the best presidents we
have had. While without
the modern conveniences,
they were not uncomfort
able habitations. They
were certainly healthy,
for our ancestors were rugged and
long-lived, and the remedies they used
were simple preparations of roots and
herbs. The best blood purifier is again
brought into general use in Warner’s
Log Cabin Sarsaparilla.
We keep a full line of Hard
ware, such as Table and Pock
et Cutlery, Razors, Hammers,
Axes, Mule and Horse Shoes,
Nails, Well Chains, Pulleys,
| Steelyards, Cedar Buckets,
; Locks, etc.
A job lot of Axes just re
ceived, which will be sold at
the following low prices: A
good Axe for 60c.; formerly
sold for 75c. A splendid Axe
for 75c.; former price, $1.
From the Pittsburg Mills, and can sell at prices that would
surprise you. Y ou can not afford to be without
PROTECTION FROM FIRE
when pipe is so cheap. .
Save your boilers by having our
££
JET” PUMP
OLD
GROCERIES.
to raise water from well. It is cheap and the best means
on earth for raising water.
The constitution of Kansas contains
a provision withholding the light to
vote from all former Confederate sol
diers now settled in that State.
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Flour, Meat, Oats, Bran.i
i Corn, Sugar, Coffee, Rice,
j Grits, Hams, Lard, and every-
• thing usually kept in a first-
class Grocery store, at the
I lowest living prices.
Inquire about our anti-Wind Mill Water System.
R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.