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Table of Weights and Meas¬
ures.
Wheat............. ...CO
Shelled corn....... ..56
Corn in the ear..... ...70
Rye............... ca ©
Reas.............. © O
Oats............... co <M
Barley............. **
Irish Potatoes...... ......G8
Bwcet Potatoes..... 55
White Beans....... ......58
Castor Beans....... ^ O
Clover Seed........ © O
Timothy Seed...... 46
Flax Seed.......... ci CD
Hemp Seed........ tt
Blue Grass Seed.... £
Buckwheat......... S
Dried Peaches.. co od
Dried apples.. M-ltitss*e <M if
Onions .... • ut ••••«• .57
Balt..’..... cn o
Stone coal. co co
Malt...... th. o
Bran...... to o
Turaips ... cn ot
Plastering Hair. n
Unslacked Lime. •..80
Corn meal ..... ......48
Fine Salt....... 54
Ground Peas.... i.*;
Cotton Seed ....
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The Negro Share Farmer.
Tbs following description of tho
"Negro Share Farmer” is taken from
the American Agriculturist. The
Southern reader will be interested
in noting many of tho inaccuraces
that occur in tho Northerner’s graph¬
ic description. Making the negro
preacher tho banker is a new idea in
this section, for instead of Laviug
money to loan b* paises around the
bat early and < 1 en.
The changes wrought by the civil
war ia the South have produced one
character whom wo found oue of the
most inieresting studies of a recent
trip through the South. We allude
to the Negro Share Farmer. Al
home, in his ramshackle cabin,among
Iris lean pigs, his bony cable nnd his
always numerous family, or iu the
market place, with his spike team,
often composed ef a mulo and a cow,
which he has driven a long day's
jonrney to sell a dollar’s worth of
wood or a couplo of bnshela of pota
toes, he presents a grotesque aud in¬
teresting type. It would be difficult,
probably, to get down to poorer and
less profitable agriculture than the
share farmer practices. But ho mau
ages to scrape a living cut of the
ground, exactly how be would per
haps sometimes find it difficult to
explain himself.
You come upon bis cabin among
the pine woods, with a patch of
scraggy corn behind it, aud the
ground oround slievn with faggots,
among which pick a straggling crew
of rusty fowls. A co iplo of curs
bark furiously at you, aud a couple
of pigs, which look like dogs, tboy
are so bony and long legged, trot
gr unting away into the brush. The
mosey roof is sagging on its yielding
beams ;■ there s o great fissures in
the mud-plastered chimuoj, and the
wind fhtds ingress through tho cracks
between the slabs nnd logs of the
walls, from which the mud has fallen.
Tho commotion your approach has
aroused brings a troop of children
tumbling over one another out into
the road, to watch you with wide
open mouths aud eyes,and shrinking
back when you look at them. A
sturdy negress, with a cob pipe,
gives you a curtsey in the doonvav ;
behind her you see a figure like the
witch of a fairy tale cowering in the
big fireplace : the figure of some old
grandmother or grandfather, carry¬
ing thl weight of nearly a century on
bent back. *
a As you ride on, you
jou perhaps come upon the farmer,
sturdy pnd uncouth, hoeing in his
potato patch, or wandering among
his corn or cotton.
The share farmer obtains his tijl
from the tenure by which he holds
hi* land. Ho rents it at the simple
pnes of half its yield. It is common
ly a portion of some largo planta¬
tion, often of the same oue on which
lie once labored.
The system of share farming has
given existence to another typo be¬
sides the farmer himself. ThiB is
tbs banker, as be calls himself; the
usurious money lender as ho really
is. This worthy, like the class he
thrives off of, is a negro. He is in a
small way a capitalist, and his busi
ness is simply lending money on the
security of the share farmer's crop.
Few of the thriftless blacks cau re¬
sist the temptation of anticipating
their gains, and the banker is an ob¬
liging friend, wbsn he oonsideis it
safe to be so. In business he is, by
all accounts, desperately hard and
grinding, otherwise he is eminently
respectable, and not infrequently a
preacher of no little local fame. Be-
tween the money he owes this credi¬
tor and hia store account for molas¬
ses, tobacco, etc., also secured by his
crop, the share farmer is often sav
ed the trouble of handling any mon¬
ey at all for it, when it has boon
gathered.
Sncli as it is, the existence of the
negro share farmer is not devoid of
elements of picturesqnences. His
labor is hard and lfis faro coarse, bat
be is a tough, rude man, and has no
(raving for unknown luxuries. Among
the fogs of early day ho is at work,
when night falls bo fiddles or croons
his simple melodies beforo Ihe yawn¬
ing fireplace of his cabin. Ho gen¬
erally has an okl gun and wages war
upon such game aa tho woods around
him shelter. What little leisure lie
enjoys ho spends in sleep. In the
scale of education he ranks very low.
He cannot read or write. His ideas
are frequently clouded by supersti¬
tion, though quite often be exhibits a
peculiarly keon native wit and cun¬
ning, which make Lira a great bar¬
gainer, and stand him in good stead
in hia dealings with men of better
knowledge. His dross is a mass of
patches and of rags. But he is as
Well dressed as his neighbors, and
has uo ambition to outdo them. His
children wear a single garment, a
shirt of coarse cotton, apparently
never washed. The women folks own
a dress of calico each, and a showy
cotton handkerchief nnd shoes for
state occasions. If tbo farmer has
any money he ties it up in old rags
and hides it iu holes in his fireplace
or under tho hearth. Raking out
his money ut night and counting it
by the firelight is bis gre iteet, per¬
haps his only luxury.— American Ay
rioultnrist for October.
*-■
Tho planting of trees along the
public roads of France is considered
worthy of statistical mention. At
prosent the total length of public
roads in France is 18,750 miles, of
which 7,250 are bordered with trees,
while 4,500 miles are at prosont bo
ing planted, or will shortly be plant¬
ed. Ou the rtmaining 7,000 miles
tbo nature ef tho soil does not per¬
mit of plantations. The number of
trees already planted amounts to
2,678,603, consisting principally of
elm, poplar, acacia, plane, ash, syca
more, and lime tr«es. Strangers
traveling in France could almost find
out in what department of the coun¬
try they are by noticing the differ¬
ent kinds of trees planted nlong the
high road.
»•
The farmers of West Tonnofsce
have met aud organized. Tho organ
zation is declared strong in every
element that constitutes success.
Farmers fill every office nnd fanners
are charged witlrDvery duty imposed
by law. The work mapped out is
important and practical, and the
sp rit of tho movement earnest, ag¬
gressive and libornl. Jt antagonizes
no interest of tho state, but proposes
to enoounigo reading, investigation,
reflection and experiment, aud every
thing conducive to the progress of
farming. Stewart county should fol¬
low Tennessee’s example.
Work for Rainy Days—T he farm¬
er who provides no work for rainy
days and has to sit down in the house
with all his laborers for many day s
during tho year ‘because it is raiu
ing,' will not be likely to make a fer
tune at that business.—There is a
large amount of work about the prem
ises that may be performed in doors,
and where practicable that should be
set apart for the raiuy days. Mend¬
ing toois and harness under the work
eholter, husking aud shelling corn,
clcauing out stal’s, whipping out
peas, selecting seed corn aud many
other things.
Farming That Pays.
Mr. J L. Batts:of Smithvillo, Ga ,
who, by the way, is a farmer that
Southwest Georgia can boast of, has
gathered .from a one horse farm nine
bales of cotton cf average weight np
to August 31 inclusive. He expects
to get twenty bales of cotton, two
hundred bushels of corn, field and
ground peas, potatoes, sugarcane,
etc., in propotion. All on a one-horse
farm. This alios what, can be done in
Southwest Georgia, and is an exam¬
ple for others to be governed by.
Hasn't the Chance of a Doo.—
‘Why don’t you feed that dog ?’ was
asked of an old negro. ‘Why doan
I feed him ?’ ‘Yes, why don’t you
feed him. ’ ‘Why doan I feed myee’f?
I’se as hungry as de dog is, an’ ’sides
d*t be's got de ’vantage ob me. He
kin go out An’ 6teal a piece ob meat
an' go 'boat this business, an’ de
white folds doan say nothin’, but ef
I pieka up nothin’ ter eat da wants
ter slap me in jail, sab. A nigger
ain't got de chance of a dog, nohow.'
— 4 rlansaw Traveler.
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J\'o Weak
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Mar. 10th-1883.
LegalAdvertisements
G EOItGIA ) Office of Ordinary
Stewart County j Of Said County.
Exemption Theophilns S. Evcrritt has appliod for
of personalty and I will pass up¬
on the same at ten o'clock a. m., on tho
Twentieth day of October 1883 at my office
in Lumpkin. September 24th 1»83.
J B. LATIMEli, Ordinary.
Sept. 29th-1883-3t.
NOTICE !
EOTiGI V— Stewart County.
\.T Office of Ordinary of said county.
Mrs. Nancy Wiggins, L. E. Ethridge, B.
L. Kimbrough, N. C. Alston, et al, having
mnde application to hare a new road o pen
ed and made public, beginning at the land
line dividing Mrs. Wiggins abd N. C. Alston
on tho road leading from Highland to Pres
tou in the 727fli District, G. M., and run¬
ning in a Southerly direction and entering
the public road leading from Lumpkin to
Weston near Mrs. fi. 0. Seville's in the
747<ii District, G. M. This is to cite all per¬
sons concerned to show cause before me at
lu o’clock, A. M., ou the tenth day of Oc¬
tober next, why an order should not then
bo granted opening and making public said
described road, else an order will at that
time be granted, requiring and directing
the opening of said road and duels ring it a
public road of the third class.
Witness my officiul signature this Sep
bor 7th, 1883.
3 B. LATIMER, Ordinary.
GUARDIAN’S SALE OF LAND
GEOliGIA STEWAHT COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of an order from
the Court of Ordinary of Mid cofmlj will be
sold boiore the Court House Door in Lump
kiu between the lawful sale hours on the
first Tuesday in Norember next at public
outcry, lots of land No. Forty-four and for¬
ty-five in be'onging the Twenty -first District of said
county to the Minor Orphans of
Samuel Kennedy late of said courty de¬
ceased. Torna one half caah, one half twelve
months time. Sold for the benefit of said
minors, September 9th 1883, John H. Pearce
Guardian of Minora Samuel Kenneday.
Aug. 25th 1883.
I'ABMIB G131:
CO‘OEING 5-1-0173,
“2;;ch 5% SLAE AND TULL WARRANTED BY
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EUFAULA,WMWm ALABBML
IUTCrp«p. » v jLLJ JLTto 9 are always their earnings, on the
increase
and in time become wealthy; these who do
not improve their opportunities remain in
poverty. We offer a great chance to make
money. Wo want many men, women, bovs
and girls to work for ns right in their own
localities. Any one can do the work prop¬
erly from the first start. The business will
pay more than ten times ordinary wages.
who Expensive outfit furnished free, hlo one
engages fails to makt> money rapidly.
Ton can devote your whole time to the work
or mation only and your spare that moments. FuH infor¬
all is needed sent free. Ad¬
dress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine.
Mar. '24 th-1883-tt.
FIBS INSURANCE.
Insure your dwellings, Furniture,
Merchandise, Gin Houses, and other
property. None but first-class Com¬
panies represented. Rates low.
J. B. Richardson, Agent.
Sept. 2*th-1881-ti
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Eleven Year OM !
1872 1883
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Only paper published \n Stewart
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the County. It gives all local news
of Town and County, and official no
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Brief News Summary of State and
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Pithy Editorial Comments on the
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of Lumpkin, and fitted up the Corn
Mill with a new rnn of Fine Mill
Stones, f nd I am now prepared to
grind grain in the most perfect and
satisfactory manner. Mr. Fred Ush¬
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is still with me, and desires to see
all oi his old friends and as n any
more as may come, Satisfaction
guaranteed to every customer. Corn
and wheat ground properly and team
promptly louled so as to ivoid delay
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A WOMAN’S REMEDY.
At certain ages r.nd periods of woman’s life. there
Comes certain troubles, aches, pains and sufferings.
girl's These life compfeint* at sixtaen. ana and irregularities follow and jeopardise haunt the
married up the
woman until after the ** turn of life.”
Some have headaches, ewixnming of the head,
mental and nervous prostration, blanched cheeks,
bloodless lips, lifeless eyes, clouded brain; whila
others suffer with painful irregularities, uterint dis¬
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‘NO SHODDY’ CLOTHING;
Just .Received ^
G. E. THOMAS.
I hare just retained from the North, where I hare purchased a large stock of
Spring Clothing. On account of last ef m> year’s constantly stock, I increasing business, and
carrying make over very little While 1 sell have been compelled to
heavy purchases. at a low margin, I am not one
of those so-called merchants who pretend to sell cheaper than any one
else, by offering old counter-worn Goods goods that are dear at any ' price. My 3
are
new. Handsome, and stylish
AND I HAVE *
A Large and Attractive Stock to Shoose From.
Betides my iramenses stock of ready made clothing, I have several thousand
samples of new goeds that I can have made to order at short notice.
Grand Opening This Week. Come One, Come All
G. E. THOMAS Clothier, Columbus'
Columbus, Ga., Octl4-1882.
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THE PLANET a *. -
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One-Horse Cultivator.
How It Works.
CERTIFICATES from parties who
are using it: Mr. -C, H. Redding : .
The Planet, Jr, one-h rse hoe culti¬
vator, bought of you, works like a
charm. You need not be afraid to
recommend it, for if it will work in
my land it will work ■« ay where. I
have a two horse crop planted and
cau cultivate it easily with one horse
and the Planet, Jr. In fact, it is all
you recommend it to be. Youra
truly, R. M. GILBERT.
From a colored man who is culti j
vating red land : Mr. Redding: I
lost my wrench that belongs to that
plow—please »end me auother. I
line it splendid. It is just like vou
recommended. I would not take
nothing for it. Everybody likes it
that ever saw it work. I don’t be-<
grudge what it cost me.
Respectfully, J D DRAPER.
C. II. REDDING,
Hole Agent,
Macon, Georgia.
Sept. 8th-1883 It.
NOTICE.
I have taken charge of my Father’s
shops and will continue the Carriage
and Wagon Business. Reparring a
specialty. Painting done in good
style and all work put at low pvices.
Will get no any new Job to order
on liberal terms. I mean business
and hope to receive a liberal share of
public patronage.
B.F. SURLES.
Lumpkin, Ga, May 1, 1883 3m
CHB3NELE & CONSTITUTIONAL¬
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AUGUSTA, GA;
The Oldest Newspaper in the South
The Chronicle & Constitutionalist
is the oldest newspaper in Ihe South,
having b:en established in 1785.
Tue Chronicle is progressive and
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Southern industries. While free from
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The .Morning Chronicle & Consti
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48 columus. Price $10 per year;
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The Evening Chronicle & Consti¬
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year ; six months $3. This makes it*
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The Sunday Chronicle is a very
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Specimen copies seut free. Address,
Chronicle &. Constitutionulist,
Augusta, Ga.
Dissolution Notice.
THE FIRM OF W. J. & C. H.
W A TT is this day dissolved accord¬
ing to agreement.
I will aesu na all its liabilities, and
0 dlect the debts.
T1 ose who have c'a'ms against the
firm will present to me for payment,
and all who are in detled to it, eith¬
er by note or accounts that are due,
must make payment to m» only.
Thanking the my friends and custom¬
ers. and public generally for
their generous confidence and pat¬
ronage for the last fifteen years, I
desire to say that I shall continue
the
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocery Businiss
nt the tame place, and solicit a con
t nuance of their support.
W. J. WATT.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 25-1 in.