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A. W. LATIMER, Publisher. YOL. XXI. Highest of all ia Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report. R°» <2^<3ce^<3) K ABSOLUTELY PURE Published Every Saturday Morning _^_____________ A. W. LA 1 1M r, Iv, I UBLISHER. ----—-— SUBSCRIPTION ONE YEAR 1,00 6 months 5<V 3 months 25c Advertising Rates. 1 (imp i 1 mo. 3mo. (S mo. 12 mo. 1 Inch * 1.00 I * 2.50 - S 3.00 i J 7,60 $ 10.00 «4 col. | 2.50 | (1.00 | i 15.00 j ' 20.1* | \ 85.00 \c col ; 5.00 ! 10.00 25.00 • 40.00 00.09 I ’ col. 1 : ,fi *» 1 1,5.00 j 35.00 j 00.00 | 100.00 All bills for advertising aro due at any time upon presentation after first appeur nnce of advertisement. Special rates for coutraets can be made with the publisher. All an noueements of Marriages and Deaths not exceeding 10 lines, inserted without ■barge. Address all letters to Tun Lump¬ kin INIICI-KNIIENT. or A. \V. I,AT!M Kit CROP REFIT For For fto a. rloo Mm", .0 of - u cowa,b,., c1 t - m b r 1392. STATE OF GEORGIA, DEPART¬ MENT OF AGRICULTURE. C(‘Urral K«*inarkn« While some fca*ur**s of tho 'the'’ •'"rioul tunil prospect its .shown by table the tillsWo,.:has promise of a sihaH adepiWg rich! n r tore of lie-irteiii-ic had and dis neartuu.ig ei'fect e,t. ct iinm,«,„• upon oui f-irrim .armtrn. cotton. The ™ gathermg of this . crop bw , hogua , to many partsoi the rtfp.e. and e/e iteene to agam call the aticn.:; not thefarmeix to the fenportoutv eauditiun of savior thw crop «,i «s deimy fine of the market as po-sible. The widen ten seems to,s-to _t tne aifferenae betweea the l.a-.v and ujgli grades, .should and btt render taken it imm.rafrve June f.we to irathi 1 !* and Me. the staple Near in i>efore as line tet a eondiriou largo asp-.-i Of cotton left quantities were for months expo.-x-d to the weather, and when thrown on the market sold far k.low tho price that would have Ix.-en obtained had it been pro^r y sheltered. While all other cr.vps hare but little from weather conditions, t-lw continued rams have been very dauiag ing to Geurgik, cotton, especially in souihwc.-it era when, Urn crow shows a fall Ing off of eight reduced points, lu that and the general avorage is scctiou from exhaustive •eyeiity-nine renew to seventy-one. of tho situation A m„- to j ns this crop will be found in tho monthly talk of the eominisdioner. COM. Notwithstanding the fact that iiriiAl on the lowlands this nittteb n bv dSaflney,;id^"rwi throughout the the ehowiii state is toe. In, in »» s-c t ons cron ■' 1 ' i ;oY'sto’k ,.b- ..1 i, feed crops for the year may la, canid HOGS. T1,e cii.lilion r.s.l nnmfcr ul «l k hogs in the state in hardly up to the average and cholera in many localities U reported by com^ondenta. tobacco. In some of the tobacco growing conn ties and where experiments are being Conducted, damage was done by the rioW^li toS rep ° rt that toaUhe the yield will be laige. _ •5 s •« ~ Is, g . -So SS -S hi S £ ii 5 ^ I §: s e= f ?. | e r- -|g _ « Southwest Ga. Ka«t Georgia.. Boutheubt Ga. State......... monthly Talk With Farn-.crs. Since the last month’s crop report was Issued, the excessive rains iu many the’water local Ities. lb and " particularly along course!;, have worked incaluculable in to ... the . crops, and ... that . - jury growing which at one time was an exceptionally «ne prqsnect has been materially in jured. Ttos condition is more marsed on the bottom lands, awl in a large por dorfroao. toe cotton belt, tho cotton on the light gray, sandy been lands scalded, lias the appearance of having and i-ust, which is now general, has desiroy all horie of any further growth or matu rity of fruit. In the lower portion of the state the heavy rains, coming just at the critical fruiting season, have short ened this crop very materially. A short sge of one-tlnrd in the fertilizers nsed and in many cases cultivate tee inability of fail are of farmers to their crops as eondition rapidly and as thoroughly another as their demanded, is cause for the unpromising prospect as to friut lug. The weed is small everywhere, but on stiff lauds where fei-tilized and well WeakeGat the vrewr time, is well 1 THE LUMPKIN IND 1 l £ 1 DEN jl n KJ £ps?£ 8114 1tr,7, „ T9 98 1 u I 9J 97J-V 9M-5 9-5 — A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS OF STEWART COUNTY, GA, ! cd. throughout But a generaT survey of the crop the state indicates a large reduction of the yield in tho present ‘crop. tion, But, liowever great from this reduc the large suiqilus hist year’s ; crop, which is yet on hand, seems to still ! exert a depressing influence on the mar¬ ket. Never in fifty years has the price of cotton opened so low, and the fact ' that chief is produced our money crop at a heavy loss has not only impaired the credit of the producer, but has, to a great extent, farmers paralyzed liis energies, and many other employment are casting which about for some hope bring relief themselves by they to to aud their families. While our farmers are cramped and there is A FEELING OF UNREST »nnw*«t over tho ofOur entire citizens' ,w.t™ tw, Is tilv another ciass affected md" and but for the careful 'many methods business s-uracitv of of k cur me”ch->uts in defliiv' tlic'v vri*h would'to Sav rulcxui"- probh 1 ms too Ivina condition as dislressini- as that.of the farmer. Many the-V of these are, |,i, B ,v., T h„. in „ 1-cl ZnU ™ mrn wlliiig ^^^ lilkw the and Jt when kf prodm-tion this they theiri ’ n ^ rti ° n0f Since the w-r welirve pursued a false Z Bvatcm ttdiato of fan, hi - wHA iritlvmT n-wY huil'iii'’’ ' 4^ to the future of'cotton up of imr I'p-ls &^theSiWwS^ le-ivas the lc ice was fsirlv “iftarAii ttis r»o„&W,. cotton'cron' In lvhr-n tl*o m^-ehant Vonid s-Wr-d •tiwaUs cra’-i tho ‘Ash ivliich wlL maud tho put liuon Cs-datod the mar iket. farmers It is torn, that in cases have by thiu plan made money, vtahii but it is oil]v where vm-v wlwiv'Sront l-.-re have been secured and en ilAm erev and ability to control l il«>r have Ite demonstrated. Borne farmers ! merchants tlwir «<uaUficafio»V enable them to succeed .where their loss astute «, K I entermidmr u'-i^hh.- 2 w< f-,ii n a t im a r. m’s o -diffi a lions ^ he ° e cannot kict<.^toll- w.fnB>^condwt a ,whe», ' IT, no r>ar'>in"’is left far j ^ 5 j ire liable to ocetr- 'Fne -£ “mArfric-s h ^oT’m itthat wkli the ‘llui ttTc liuvs'a when it . ifl-'h- rrateof ", ;. Alihan 1 n “ ul ^ m e nXri ' 7 ', in othei l(1 „* mir- nu , * l ,n.u rd ,'mt gu.h hU ub .*oabj li, .is V-d « ™'*> an* amfl-rm hilwr utv 'Catcd. prop-oi-tion to the cap iietter bii.tuods and a new and wide awake iann policy are the imperative needs of the tame. We re.ioc soveuty-five per cent, of all the cotton made in too world, and only one , seventh of this crop is lmmufac . (ured imporloiit m taw that country. should Is it not most we conmuor care detennmo fully the markets what .of the old world, and ; proportion of our lands we can safely I'or the and prqiitabiy devote to j'cotton ' two has f so tor outs! past npped lew years tho demands produc of. trade. Inat we are now confronted vnth its consequences m a condition of ■ i ff |Ur B a, are, mg;to every one wlmidesires tbo I n '‘> 9r ’''n«y ot toe ,/mm and the sue “r- Ut ^i f * i ’ all c .',, om ,!... ™' 11 '' c ... . ,ol ofV .. a.,, ' ^"V’V.nse faimi tti ^ trilh lb "nd K u er - sYS.js.bsis furiu “A maua«ein«it-homo-raised SJ'b.lkJ iid'^S“S our sup pli, s. diversity tofld upmffi of crops mid a determina ion to mpww tends (1st, by fewer acres in crops requiring and otbi-r^mall ’"rain corns iif ^oUowiug tbess It'’ with tvv ard ilt these ,pfn JiiM„„f- turn bv our rnpplfof^gciabl J»«t£toed subsequent matter hi the undent- Sfl r e to fcawsststfe-siJirt by coni pvl)T,imtmff s^ere?^i^rrvm^ t>rocoHfi(^s nU rmler ^ver»!t which < 1 it li*i« thp'eiLmm v shonli . be the slogan from from one one ui.l i-.i'l nf or this tnw land land toil have have not onlv injured oiir luudsg but »*J5g^=&S!S£R have heavily taxed onr resources, sssssrsssasrass Southern farmers lost over one hundred nvilieno m An^it has handles become a proverb realizes that every man who cotton more on it than the farmer who produces it. To illustrate: Great Britain imported 1213,000,000 ufactured and worth sold of #310,4-17,210 raw cotton; worth man of goods—more tlrnn one hundred millions profit—besides supply keeping enough cotton to the wants oi forty millions of ; inhsMtauts. Had the Kouth xnmiufac ; tare d even her share of this amount, how ; umch money would have been kept at h , mt to circulation and finally 80U ght permanent investment within hcE borders; The factories would have given employment to a class of people who are averse and unaccustomed to a country life; would have opened up j markets for products which, under the present system, are often wasted on the farm, and tho thousands of bushels of fruit and vegetables which have been allowed to decay for want of a market, would now lie converted into cash and estimating in the farmers the wsibilities pocket. of There section is no pi our : when the energy and intelligence of our ' people become «liverted from the old and unsatisfactory channels into which they have run for the past third of a century. j taut, The lumber and'represents industry is nearly a very impor- much ■ one as capital as cotton. Even under present the grain product ii worth LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1892. IISB marketing for planting, cultivating, curing and tobacco, shall have been tlior onghly mastered and intelligently ap plied, we dividend will have a crop that pays a larger cultivate, per acre than any crop we now and I trust it will be only a few years before our enterprising farmers this will industry. be enjoying tho fruits of new Another profitable industry, the which Northern has proven most to farmer, is the manufacture of ciiEESK. It has been demonstrated bevond a doubt that at the South we can produce, and at less cost, the finest of cream cheese, and with cold storage convenient, it can be preserved indefinitely. A smaller quantity pound of milk of chese is required than in here the to pro fluce a state of Ohio, and when our cheap lands, bet ter shorter opportunities winters for considered, keeping cattle and I hope, are this we will, soon see new field of profit able employment station thoroughly worded, At the experiment at Griffin this industry there is being thoroughly tested, and is now being conducted there, in daily operation, a successful cheese factory. Any man in the state who feels an in terest in this question and is desirous of si:n 'U' ! ' ! ig all its details, will he welcomed at the experiment farm, and in thirty <la J' 8 tt competent man can gain such air m s isbt into correct methods as will on able self and Inin neighbors. to manage ai He, factory of for him course, pays bis traveling expenses mid board for that lime. thefHnuT'h,w K^totote, in em-oTiut^lmVlWA keeping any consider want ot a ready and convenient market fl »r the surplus milk. But if we can sell our milk as it is brought from the barns, or can convert it into cheese, and can fi»d a ready sale for this product in our nearest towns or in our country neigh WSgtSS^SOSSSiSS BW^fiis>!sss4! cable in this section. An outlay of $200 g* w |800 f will cheese puiuhaie factory the licc-M&uy Let ncighber- out horfs f got a toget imr a m«ct thw;-cheese Victories. and In the bosincsti bonds of intelligent they will davelo enterprising an<1 expand in men. community P entirely unknown every sources rememW now. Let us that a now Wa is ,ab or less renumerativo. To meet these ch f « ,iS ™ v f U '"f S <n “^ Uod IS ou certain » present by plan careful of farming. investigation Wo must and gnftsonr sunpundings what. plan, and what crop heat study thoroughly omwrtuniUcs, every detail relating to its preparation, cultivation aud hous jng, us ana avoid pronnng the imstalas uy past which experience, have wM m >' h w ^' ] We ur just n "’“? , ui « t0 tlw! -a<-t Ih.at we know ^ r . v ht ? e :i l >out ^ b.nds. Tt ih omy aJor witncAiina the results obtained l,y Luem ire „• timds that w, ^ama ^ \ foiet or J proper A i.lea of what alarUr iu e , mt miu Tl Wo need amount of coarser immures to mix with our commerdal fertilizers. WJ 1011 thewe coarse maimi’es can bo eov/n broadcast, m \ « grain crop sown, follow,«1 by pHb the laud will be iu such a condition that the apjdieation of a moderate amount of fertilizers will produce crops which will astonish and delight tho farmer who tries the experiment. L-t us make, as far as possible, these needed changes in our own immediate surrounding*. These Brtle ripples in the Mg ocean of progress will spread until entire neighborhoods will he effected by the waves of improve uient, until onr red bills will Is, clothed [u verdure aud millioiu saved to the South. Now is the timo to sow your patches l ryeal r l l y bariey ,au !5 re - “ lt; b ft ‘, m ^ f fully and utter the T land has been tlior ^V" Boed - fi, ' luel <1 ' « UH;r lhat ^ ™“™, »^Lsr m * ““• breakdeeplvand.liarrow f“’ |f F” fr ,h f."' 1 ”Ln»,yro until yourlaud M toftotocattle'md'‘stwik’aSd meSl (lu(( d hoa i th _ „ nima , g y or J RfUe is accomplished in this world in occupation without laborious work and the farmer will find that he is no exce cess lf/ of his a *» business. Energy, be makes brains, a sue- and follow the lead of those pioneers who are &ow proved reaping methods the benefit of their im V I will l,e tttttXItete uleasod to receive the mTfSy views »f fiSmers wid ever «ne pertaining to onr interest. How many Lurncis have resolved to How many intend to imrn-ovo their lands? How many Jt are making frU perrna n-t pastures ? me hear you, ,n j iiitn.ls, and let ns have a genuine awakenmg throughout the state. We wil i,ever have a better opportunity to mf ff utelligentty, e ihe cliange tet tnerofore m make it _iet systmut- us make Cul Com „ lllW missioner J o. Agncnlture. 1 .. ** 6U » bom , Co,, . ‘ !B » on<IeuU , * - v north , Georgia. Banka-Cotton improving since last report. Corn not so good. Bartow-Rains retarding weed. fodder-pull mg, cotton going to Plowing for wheat pushed while land is to order. Catoosie-Growth of cotton retarded , by dry weather and injured to j m spring | J«ly favorable and August for by potatoes. wet weather. Cholera Sea- has *® destroyed Chattooga—Corn many hogs in this county. . bottom land drowned on upland and good," on out worthless, Cotton shedding badly on account of too much ram. j Cherokee—Wo are haying general rams at this time, which is a help to j corn, but injurious to cotton. Cobb— Both corn and cotton have been ! badly have injured been by the unable wet weather. (mein to work their ! traps pi--perly on account of the rains. Stoflla the w?t.A’eather coutipue. cot- im Fannin—Rain in the last few days lias helped cholera the condition of com. Some Floyd—Cotton among hogs. is rain in Lite, We had too much June followed by drought, and are again having too xnuoh rain, March planting of upland com'is very good, but the rain has injured all low Lands. The large area planted In this crop will make up a sufficient Bupply. Forsyth—Corn the lias been foddjbr greatlv dam aged present month, burning up Framtlin—Upland - com -is generally good, low bottom an entire failure. Cot ton crop in this section will be the least for years. The tveed is small and shed ding forms. The acreage if has been re duced one quarter, and this is followed throughout will the cotton states, the price of cotton go up. June Gordon—Owing and July to the have wetyveather in we more grassy fields than usual. Corn is .perhaps safe, but there is no telling about Cotton. G winnett—Lowland com badly dam aged days. by Cotton rain oud shed overflow in the last ten fruit from dry,.hot weather from the 1st to 15fch df August. August Caterpillarsim c&tton far have first discovered on *ist ; so fearoil appeared in 0, Uy R few fields ; it is by farm of the ia i«tj !, rust i has 8 injured cmton P :il ^ to a An u ? n lsaal lirt ; a l!,ls ]- !0l ' n ^“ Cl lud “ pt * , > l ,otatoes , aUt - sorghum Hah iiai.ti- 01 ..h,am-Hogs i.uu *ioga are mo nos not as c-s (MKue a-^flo doing hat. well, near sick y every farmer has some are and a few ot them ^j p ^ oe “ nt al,p0il1 to be 08 fota * 09 is some iniproveiacnt hi . bottom la.id coin smiio Inst lwpoit. w l ’Rcco ^ injtu^cl by tho very warm weather causing tlia tinder loaves to toll off. Cotton ius she.1 ns. amt buuly, F large 01 ' n tall badly. I-armors wul plant crops, turnips, oto. Ewd Hint- pia<«!ct We haymrid to* ,i,i.,np uop. tlio , a gOfK. seasmi ’-' n l^ m.s s l,e,»cut"4'soml ocon cat oil soma, VSnlwd uorjoui lata. ®°“ ala.ut made l.etoro w a l*'*vod the ; uj, drought limdcorn was sot ^‘neweR U have urn Vi not cotton plant W 1son'-Th»' cotton “ f cron ^ iu u this t ' Dl ; county tliecicntsthe is damaged leaves ; on a , large part . of have pareged up. Com planted in March is umnjnml; late Cura a t()td L,ihae , bottom corii good. Milton Wheat threL-ldug is now over fti Hie crop averaged to bushels per aero. J. M. Davis made Oh boshola on 4 acres. J. D.-Brad well made 371 bush els o , 1 acr a and lln hushhls on 5f.cros, S - L Rucker made «3 hnaheds on 1 are ar»<l 13. R Dow :u* nude lm^hels ou‘*i acre.. Com and cortod both injured to some extent by wot weather iu July and dry weather first of Anriw.t. bought f?fty Piyslding-The loss farmers have than in per cent, Huppliea and niaJdiig this year twenty yours, are a great effort to get out of debt. A good price lor cotton would put thorn in a good condition. Pickens.—Corn will not bar well ow ing to extreme wot weather followed bv extreme heat. Cotton is lute, small and poorlv fruited. Tobacco and sweet po tatoes doing well. Tho farmers have availed themselves of the fine opportim ity and season for sowing turnips. PoZk-Drought injured following the wot sea son has the »otton crop. Rabun—The corn crop lms been cut off ill soma parts of tho county by the poor seasons Whil-the : drought growth following the Wet is comp,a ativoly Walker—Weather good tlu-ro wifi be no ears. wet, bad time to White-Crops £rtsrv%^& arc fawag to represent s”“Sy. pI'iff’wStS.Y tStm"Si t“n dauw-ed twenty-fivepe-rmt Gilmer-Corn, potatoes and other veg tables badly injured by continued dry weather. Iiogs t^u^^cronten dying with cholera. toendajslato. 1',!^ Ilog rr cholera prevalent l “ ^ounty. middle oeoruxa. ,»KSg^ss^i&sf«sS: ff. also inakin^ ii iwiDossible to make 0 - fhe crons »iw <nc are verv very spot*, Knotted- i. led red lam.s 1-nifis ^ ** ^ b Bibb-TiJere is not as much cotton planted as usual, but it is very good. ■SELVJ? -ssrassL*.^,—»**- ”*■<-***-"!* materially injured the cotton suvino- crop, and has been vew had for fodder saved. The liav crop is very fine: if we have good the short weather fanners of fodder can supple men t crop with lmy. Canipbell-The detrimental excessive rains have proven to Olirit crops. Fruit ba» very $*** little. W Cotton a has ’ ul rust ,,aa been-worth on all gray land and a yellow cist on all band; is shedding that about all of the late forms, seems make anything. nothing Too but grovm boUs fodder will wet for pulling. Carroll-Recent Cotton beginning excessive to open. rains have caused cotton to throw off many forms, consequently Com has improved there will points be no late crop, ten since onr last report. Potatoes extra good. A good crop of crab grass liar will be saved i this full headway. season. Fodder pulling is under ; Clarke—The long continued drought coming as rains it did of immediately June and after the of excessive July has cut off materially a part throughout this section. crops very Fodder to pulling now Clayton—Cotton, progress. , is owing fiat, to excessive j rains, broken not land good on gray land, but on and especially red it is better; some rust on gray hind, but little injury for from worms. fine. Outlook Present prospect forage peas very for grass and good. Potatoes and turnips the first of nc-itlv Aneust- e’veW since that time it has rained ermirO’i',Ftovm-n da v cnnteminrd. lv all she Amnist Sie Tti’vhon - " <a» " and onlv Bmwh, Greene—On account of the continued tains there will not he more than three fourths of tiro fodder cron LLmi gathered J—w and . innra ffihe mrt of that in a toffl~£tote section of our connfv bids fair to be fine Red land crops above an averase t-riv jured not so ft good. The sections cotton by hm been . in J,nd some the drought excessive heat Harris—Farmers have had very un favorable weather for harvesting their f 0 ader We have had ram ' nearly every <j ay for three weeks fine’condition Pastures good Yeas hogs and Cattle in * promise * Heard—Ve a good crop. have d*;iv had ram kx in this CO unty nearly every for weeks ami Cotton is runnin" too much to weed is throwing oif forms Fodder is burn ing up on the stalk, unland com is the f or years sorghum cane is .mod and a large acreage. Some m ass in cotton Cattle Hogs'am and work animals in fine coudi ^ion. healthy good.' and the .....* promect for home raised meat Henry—No ved fodder of good quality sa on account of excessive rains, Forward cotton shed badly and kite cot ton is poorly fruited; crab grass fine. but Jasper—Cotton heavy raius all is comparatively large, the month of July to a ^ Jones—Cotton extent hurt has the been frnitmg badly datn aged ?ryfak by tho Corn rust has and is now opening v been cut off by the twb extremes, first too dry and then too ^incoln-Tho superabundance of rain i August, n July followed has knocked by hot dry winds in oif the middle crop on cotton in some places one-lialf and seriously the in;i tired young corn. A third 0 f cotton crop is gone. The dry weather in August liaabeeli favorable •’aassasaasfisa - ai ”* w •***"* Monroe—Too much rain ,fqr cotton, but it ha* b ■r‘fit.>d corn ,-nd Lifi Wbrgan~Lart?e nnmliers , of hogs have i Hi»»in , ?d . ant abun/lanca.. J dre dying with the cholera, Newton—Excessive rams . caused cot ton to shed badly. The corn crop, where jt lias been well worked, is very fine, Farmom have had time to save {'(iddma “ “ lr S Oglethorpe—Cotton ll!ls J seriously in some parts of the 16 drought; f other Kjen the iujiuwl have had plenty parts of county of min and arc looking well. There will be „ fi0 od crop of corn made j n this county, more planted than for several years. Cotton beginning ° to 0 pen. Pike-Toomuch rain for cotton and l at c com, coin on sandy coil eonsid.-r ably best diun«g,-d. in Ilay is very promising pea crop ten yearn. p„ ff „ _ r ,, x ., iV£ , „ rail'd . ,* . ':V' «“«• $ lhe 01 «' } w 1 liir vr 1 ar ' ! ?.™ •' vl P : 'as lV this - ,, - , 'Vkf, k 'ml $’ J 3 t( ' ^ suppleuiuntm 0 tu T?,v,.i,d**i n T'vh Cminmiitr f'hlor u.n 1 V,,V.d id.,a ilra k.Vi -a a to f ■ n,t aft p l .f' t A 1 w iventia.i , cm v ‘ox iw ’Vs,n ’VA'<«, mm . e It t ™ a Vv if w flj 'I L n^ LZ\ E i™ T «,ir?i } tl: *1* ? " 3, . . C 2W. ' “ ‘ 1 EfhiSvh': ' J * ’ TVofro Corn ' cron i-i the b-:t. far h-v er-il SriJ^d vc-ar,- vigy^bai $ well fruited Ups£>n-Th f.i,,,i. , raius sit’d emtinuo cum . .• , abI o, caused l,y 1 wet and rust, thougb a ^ **"»-«» wtojHwf bjnol toe crops to some extout. The apason %nl'!ml S « * ’ °lowi^id ° Wilkes—Cotton has been iniurod bv totonso boat and a want of raiil at the most critical period * of tho plant’s dovel opmont , southwestern OtiOKOU. Bpker-lt has mined alrnvrt &;rs,k ev-rv d Wefc weather has mfcerf^ed with ; culti ; vatM » «nd the crop is very grassy ; not 0V er 00 per cent, of last year’s crop will gathered. Com p.au. potatoes and 3 te^ und^K-fhnek tecuuragcd y Berrien— 1 loo much rain foiMho Past "Ka'sr^rsv ^t finprt staple cotton crop S eur Sf^' galiiered ,n ' C ‘ ‘'“j H , no^ , te-S * ^Ul-c 1 wt rick cVrttrn’Ib'lw ™ ^ ™ c i (mn verv Y S Le'tho ," 1st of Ju'v Yrra so LSES'E“f," h f-tPen f’rfl -ro-n ±* ye , b«8 ' J/U of small , LU.’B' ta 1 • ‘a; uJ not maxe - nllm over two hales of cotton to the plow. Plenty of corn wiU be made. Sugar cane doing and few Ihckmg bates slow cm account of ram a have been marketed. to Clay-Too the cotton much ram has deal boon fatal crop. A great of corn has rotted m the tne .inn and it w not ! well filled out. ibis year lair returns j “»vo been received lor melons. Crawford—Tho rains have damaged cotton on ail lands, cannot possibly make a full crop, opening rnnidly on iicwntut of rust. Peas and potato-.-s fine ; nom ; , fodder ruined by wet weather. Fruit crop fine ; what cotton has opened is : badly damaged. Decatur—A month’s rain has injured ; the saving and curing of this county's large crop of Cuban tobacco. Cotton . acreage loss than last year and crop very poor: corn huger acreage and very good crop. Some stalks are rowing aud tho coni failing off. Rice, fine crop ; U.j condition of cotton it; due to tho rains. Ctroumi peas good. Houston—R use, grass and wet weath m ? r ^ this a Y° aim ^ l ' eA adjoining W damaged counties. the cotton Corn crop is mad ? and boat cro P iu years. Pons potatoes Lee—Tpoinucnrain and sugar cane for are fine. cotton. Grown , bolls rotting badly and tho fqntig fruit sbeddmg. Jnis county will not pro dnee two-thirds of last year s crop, Some 1 t° rM aama Scd also, h air crop of fodder 1 °j^ St>°d. cotton JJacan-Owin* crop has been to excessive injured by rains grass the and lack of work, and the outlook for a i larg0 ll!is been is not' than satisfactory. More corn made there has been to-seVeral years, as a larger acreage has keen Pointed. Fine prospect for peas and late crops. Marion—Wet weather, rust aud boll wonj ? 8 have injured cotton. On account of rain farmers have almost lost their CTO j>s of fwider, and wh-ai was saved is S°°d badly damaged. anticipated. Corn will not be.. as Miller—The poorest cotton crop ever J Rude in this county. "Very- dry spring, rain all summer, and with rain every day now a&ton rotting in the field. ly Qtuanan— untayornulotor aIus year has peon uuuHnal cotton. CotIon planted from Is,; to loth of April, tfivina-to dry weather, did not come up until June, After that hiwes essivc prinshavepro flatted ^'-wth or weed wm h but httm l 1 11 ,,' c^'tWbkT Com tne best toi ycuis. Vcij little . cotton picked on account of leather. Rmuroliffi-The condition of cotton ^ Wc areMow haring damage are About doing seriofts to open !n cotton. one-fourth of the e-m, ■ n. Stewart-This county will n-bke an abundance of breadstuff and stiv’x Awl. Excessive rains haver- .ultr■:! in great in jury to tho cotton crop. . S'“TSj more shuck, Late' and puts too crop a!«out an average. melons a total failure, Swr cane, rice ande-vVc-. G otatoesdoing wo b weatner. ff, mr-Ootton , toimwed uy was extreme injured . . pear, , by wet Terrell—VA have rec-onflv bad entive ly laud too it much lias rain for cotton. On aindv i-i «?&tsss& dropped all i» Laws and toW.-co k torrents, and tnatcriaUv destroying mjlaiagCoeu h, and (he cotton field, Webster—IWniersjnv very nnu.h and <lis heartened at the low price of cotfou tho very peer crop. We are pvi. ■■•reusing slowly with gathering, awing to the wet weather. Worth—This countv will make but little over a half crop of carton, on ac count of the injury resulting from the mins. All crop.-have I., , inju- i some e tent exivi ’ ii<- ■. Colquict-A lar m per oca, ’it*i of ibe cot ton croi -1 oiv'n Vi-r** coari:'',ar'm-' - v-. ],.in r-'ins picked Mnoh or a, of k ii h-is so i "aoU ot it has uu < m, u Uoai. i out of tho b° U ’ 5 by the heavy winds, EA8T Georgia. Bulloch—Too mmh rain. Cotton shedding.badly. Burke—Cotton injured the was in effort to get out the ;:ru .; after tho wet Sf(ai!on- x lie Wl v i is irrgo enough, Imt it is very poorly, r fruited and sec.us about done making. Farmers are very much discouraged, as merchants will not co operate with them in tho efforts to diver sifv their crops. Dodge-i-Too riicl much rain caused cotton *<» Emanuel—Fodder has lK-en gathered, and cotton is opaning rapidly, peas are toe and the prospect for n >,«.d f..vi";e cr< good T condition spleinlid. Stock Tim Imni-fly of nil khi G ia hr., bv, ntsmg m some lwJii.os. Glascock - A consmerablo portion oi the county yas wuiemr ,vb, -fm- aboffi W! T' :fi ,'v' „a« An.-tnst. .mu in - TiLts fXwiUlt SjSAX'o—?- ..... “f ...... '?Vv Jeffcnton-Tobacco is grown to a com <*devMe extent in this county this year and ij said to be aa prwuhdng as an.. bepn built, toll A am. Yi' 1 we have expci-ts from Virginia ^Sa?the to supr in end tho ennag. .It trillb^-ia ^ ^ it h o x >-.*uiJt/< y r, . a . ■ juj. be b nr vent, m by t! l oi October. The com emp i.> vc,.» f,.i . Johnson—me ", ;i eoh-.n I a been damage! by i.V in n-y mins < G: fr'fr' "'i' .V. ' has iw,t , i not strii.--tie- ho •- tie i v i',1 m »• **&_», ca-i-wd ........... I' July effin n to ’ - V 1 d , n • ^ ! Mon blll t .n>ire;-v-- yew' rr hf‘ wch' condition ’ nf e- tt-in ' lrw rewri^Vnu- r ■v ti - 1 ■ : cr^ip ..h-in'-; ii, jh-bf« kctl wi'1 n i •' p ' -ha L;rt r ifuffi.Cd f,«-'work. v m Kc-.'mng'puvsin has rNfvinv c-ronit, this part, of the Slate Iik<- di v, «.,.{ and the p opb.- are to u ()n i , a, ■>....-i Sf n - 1 ,, -n < r ->-1 ^!p., rp ^bi-&toi'Vdtv encom : ' a-d othe’s d-tn * a I j ^ V SS gS™ „ fmm So c-a-s ’ P w J- wu ^loi-n-i^s p.amiso •pi,.w,md-’!f*c*toi L j ’ V' r'rr ,» n A ,• ; ' f J r , fa Sci-toon—' ,. ;, (l . ■‘ : ;L ..... ;r m -m-irri-'N-' n ’ 'h L-iti-v Lj., v i..|d“‘m-c)ia i '--.'-| Im t nmch e. ith riie low 1 urii-e t i be ( ,i, i a ! 'Pul-mil -< niton b ar, bv too lmu ’i ' rainm-odacineriisl. ('.oi iLteto.-wb ' ’ 1 deio---to-, TVri<c-:-6otton. lv without' nnH«nul d-velonr««it a-‘ w ' j ’ umcii c. ,v >■ i-„-q,,iv in yr„ ( lV0 ], a .| f»o rain Uoo lit V-v ■l-hrtton—'The !’|i Ineterrnrt of j j' (vlv : w V‘c'ri . ., lr , t , a,‘ t f , ,. ( .,v, ( ,. ‘‘ .a “ a. i L , 1 ' ’ Terms $100 Per Annum. SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. Appling—Cotton luu suffered from thu cotton. Hay crop good, Clinch—A fine corn crop made and fodder well saved. Cotton hits suffered from too much rain, which caused it to shed and die. stand Goffoo—Owing of cotton to' late the dry spring tha was aud imperfect, gad recent rains have caused it to drop its fruit. Sugar cane stand good and ia good condition. Com up to an average, Effingham—Cotton following damaged by wot weather draught. Other crofa good. I armors naymg more attention to Chatham—Havo hay than usual, had daily . good hay rains, to insure a crop, settled, fair weather for a week or two will see the crop cut and eared. Everything points to a big crop of fall Irish potatoes and cabbage. Glynn—Com Rico now being harvested, Pierce—Since crop last report exceedingly the condition fine, of cotton has Mien oft. Sugar cane ia late, and should we have an early fall - will lie short and sappy. The corn cron is safe and fodder saved. Stock in good condition. Ware—Rain has changed Cotton very much in this section. Fighting tin- Commission. Chicago, Sept. 22.—Great prepara ration have been made for the hearing of the contempt case against certain ; ,-..ilro;..; agents and officers of tho Bll note ELvl company before Judge Gre “r,' , ‘“j . T 1 , a , iutlkkk.to ^ OmmkrcJ Ainmissl^iii » A./. w' , u U T V ,, ' T N n ' '\ . L, IfaTw .'f ,Y. ' ‘.V '3 ' ‘a‘‘k-'k.ffiehd k . • v. ■ .'.V ' f Y 'f n t> A* ; ronn? MJH hw life4 IT 1 mm fMM 6ilI3 Wonderful Flesh Producer. Many Lave gained one pound per day by its use. Scott'a Emulsion is net a secret remedy. It contains tlia stimulat¬ ing properties of tho Hypoplios phitee ti l pnro- Norwegian Cod I,ivor Oil, tiia potency of both being 1-* ly increased. It is used , by riiynieiaus all over tho world. P&LATASLE A3 Si-Id ?.;/ «•?! SCOTT & D Oitemssio. 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