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[([raid and gjpytfcff. Rttwaan.Ga., Friday, September 14,1888. WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750. JAS. E. BROWN, Editor. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET. i- 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! -OO- 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. -00- 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. i 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.