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Volume XXXVII.—No. 22.
ALBANY. GA., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 17. ISS3.
Price $2.00 Per Year.
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WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES.
The rensoHdtisd circnlsUoa of the Sam tan
ADfuran wires oar weekly the tarpu
circulation of any newspaper It. South
west*. Georgia. Our hooka are open for In-
sptetmo. The following rates of advertising
therefor are proportionately lower than those of
any other paper, and will be ttrletly oh erred:
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KDITOniAX-JSOTIvS.
The Western rivers, after £t‘Hinjr t
as usual, higher than ever before
known, are subsiding. <Ireat danmge
has been done in places.
We arc under obligations to Senator
Brown for copies of his speech on the
••Tariff and Interna! Revenue Sys
tem,” delivered in the Senate on the
23J of January, 1S82.
Yesterday's dispatches contained
startling accounts oflhe Hoods at Cin
cinnati, Pittsburg, I,ouUvil!e and sev-
3i i cral other places ill the West. At
2J ! Cincinnatti the water in the river is
j above the highest high water inaik
! ever before reached.
Bkotheu Lewis, of the Macon Tele-
he paidTor tw i graph, is evidently a man who lives
.»• r.n ofik.,. | “I/ *"<*•" »« »>'“'>«* *'“ k -
■** «“»e» "•"»* s™*-"
<jrlr»L ; Kdiiing a newspaper may not be u
U»Ue.'oexTre'ieidiii'cmti«r 3i ^ | *Tncans of giace,’’but brother Lewis
In Local leading colon** - b i ,t,,,,a li>, nnrt well nevertheless.
SdlMcfal ootlces Mber than calling attention U,M - S nis p.irt wtii. nomnuo.
, iSS&SSS^imSSt&SfSl T,r. m. ecu is likely«. ..'Si
•««« '*
adet«(aa.rAbcBwnt.or when prcMDi«d.cxrrpc. the bulk of the volume will be Mored
^ rtberW ^«^STOSIlA
(1BKKRAL TOOnD'S WHIIB.
The Story of Why lie Dlalnherlfrd
Ilia 4lrand«Daugbtrr—An Aner*
dote.
NEW JEWELRY STORE.
In onlrlo belter supply our u>oy customers
of Saalltnerf Georgia. we harejo.t filled up so
rlrgant eeabibhaeatss
Where will he focod lie finest slo. k of
Atlanta Constitution.
Yesterday a Constitution reporter
met an old irieml oft icneral Toombs
and remarked:
“I understand that a four days ago
(•client I Toombs disinherited his
granddaughter. Miss. Du Hose, he
cause she untried against Ids wtU.
Djn't you think he will reconsider.’*
•J d"> not,’’ was the emphatic re
ply. ••General Toombs is very bitter
tm that point, and when I think ol
all the eireuinstances, 1 am sure lint
he means all that he bus done, mid
that he will remain immovable.’'
••Tell me of the circumstances/'
said the reporter.
••It is a long story,” and would
read like a romance if properly pic
tured. lint 1 don’t mind telling you
if you will he content with the fact*
minus the coloring. It is a sail story 1
to me, because I always felt an in-
lere-tin the ordly Georgian and the
dillcrent members of his family.
Ilis life, Ids wealth, his princely
manner of living, his bright and
towering intellect would make
him an object ol interest among
on shelves or in closet-, and never thousands ol Ids follow-men, while
■•*“ - ™* ’• •- »:».• i
the people s money goes. Letter give : lun , r >V ea».s throws around him a sori
it for educational purposes or to the ; of lomanee that fa-cinaies ini*. Xcar-
worthv impecunious of tlie Xatiou. j Iv his whole life is before ns now,
„ ’ —~ , I for I tub Toombs lias about retired
The Atlanta Constit ution. regards i | rolll (he scene of action where lie has
the di-cussion now going on in many j been such a giant figure. I alii sorry
of the papers o/cr the constitutionality that General Toombs has done this
Willi JUKI,
SILVERWARE
ti that rtty. -w r . J. tl! WILU.tJIS
of ItnM. Go , i* I.UinirJ in Ibis raiobitsb-
J a ill '«• pl-nted I® h»ve hb fried* call
of the adjourned session as in tin
lure of an editorial joke. It would
| hardly bo much in the way as a seri-
I oils question no matter which way the
law really was. As a precedent has
J already been established by the ad-
- i jonmed sessions of 1880 and ’81 it
- would seem idle and u*el<:-s to Hi*
cu«s the matter farther.
to the
ELEGANT STOCK !
thick h offered at piicr* much Io»« r Iks has
• rmerty prevailed.
J. F. Stevens & Co.
JEWELERS.
COTTON AND FERTILIZERS.
What Per Cent of the Crop Faye for
Gnaaor—Increase la lie Slap a fac
ta re and Use.
Doe* it take 25 per cent of the cot
ton crop to pay for fertilizer-?
This quest ion was argued point
edly and with much force tn-doy oil
the streets, and it is renlly interest
ing to the farmers. Mr. David Dick
son, the leading practical planter in
the State, holds the affirmative on
tbia question, and his experience is
valuable in its consideration. This
statement was made by a well-known
' factor in upholding the view that so
ranch of tbi crop is used for the pay
ment ol fertilizers.
A well posted merchant combatted
the idea, on the ground that such
cost would decrca-e the wholesale
use of fertilizers, and he showed by
a prominent dealer in fertilizers that
the nse of fertilizers was on I lie in
crease from the Mississippi to the
Canada line. About 256,000 tons of
guano was used in Georgia alone la-t
year, and it is believed that the limit
is not yet reached. Texas uses no
fertilizers as yet on its virgin soil,
and the factories arc looking forward
to the time when they will soon be
shipping guano west of the Missis
sippi. The use of guano on worn
out seres is constantly increasing,
and whetier it takes 2o per ceuL of
the cotton crop, or even more, to pay
for the privi’ege, it seems that the
s never get along without i:
Agricultural Society Notes.
The following editorial graphics
from the Athens Banner- Watchman
would indicate that neither the
Georgia Agricultural Society, nor
ill president, were in very great fa
vor just now with the «Bitor of that
lively and entertaining paper:
The State Agricultural Society is
a mother-in-1uv loour Agricultural
Department of Georgia. Neither of
them are at all related to the farmers
of Georgia, although they try to
claim kin.
When a young man graduates his
iir-t ambition is to become a delegate
to that so called State Agricultural
Convention. And of such material is
Ibis body of * horny-handed sons of
toil” composed.
The Georgia State Boycotting
Convention, Tom Hardeman I*re»i
dent, will sooa eat fresh hash in Ma
con. By the way, we would like to
see one of those receipted hotel bills
that the Colonel speak- about.
Col. Tom Hardeman seems lo
think that he has worked the farm
ers into.a “stoikbaiid,” and can man
ipulate them to suit his own ends.
We fh'nk it is time Ihi- Agricultural
convent it ii was ••called.''
Farmers of Georgii
that all the
lie cm nllord to forgive his
' granddaughter mid bestow all bis
hate on ilie Ym kces if lie cboo-e lo
j do so. lie can nllord lo hale »lu»
Yankees, for it i* a milter of little
I concern whut one man doe*, so long
as the •balance of the £otilli has ac
cepted the situation ami has almost
j forgot leu that there was a war. Hut
; to do a- one plea-es is the blessed
j privilege of the t iveiity-oiie year old
; Amerieaii. so I guess it is not for
me to -ay th it General Tooinns has
; done wrong iu disinheriting his
| gnmlebtl-i beenu-e she married the
i man of her own elu*o«iag. But to
[ ihe -buy. Miss Du Hose ami Mr.
! Colley were engaged mid the General
| objected. Now. Mr. Colley is a
j worthy voting man against whose
mm al character no charge can he
brought. He was a clerk in one of
the store* in Washington and was not
wealthy, hut to that fact General
. Toombs did tint object. The General
ilid not like the Colley family, and
rattdchild lo give up
arryiug Mr. Colley.
Senator Colquitt has
Northwest under a contract with
lecture lyccuni to deliver a series of
talks. Ilis subject is **Georgia and
the South.*’ We may be sure it will
receive intelligent and sympathetic
treatment nt his hand*.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Senator Colquitt Ins ■ ertainly taken
in hand an extensive subject. It is t}
be hoped his talks about Georgia while
abroad will not embrace the period
covered by his administration. Hut
the truth is he was in the S'ate so ' he urged his
lit'Ic daring the time it is barely po- j the idea of
ib!c he will feel himself competent to ! ?,»>« ple».leJ and he muoutrat«i.
with it ,,c threatened and she became de-
—— ' terniincd. Finally lie told her that
A* experienced .armer of Mitchell i n !,=* t*ii| he l ad bequeathed her
thinks there is danger of glutting the sixty thousand dollars, and spoke of
market with truck and fruit now that ! that to show the interest he felt iu
our farmers are turning their attention her. She would nut promise to give
that way. lie knows the fertility of | up Mr. Colley, iiml finally General
our soil and the skill of our farmer*. S Tumults got out the will and showed
The cotton market was soon glutted 1 her llie ptrngrapli wlietc the fortune
after our land was cleared up. Whut ; was left t<> her. She wns nut to he
stall we do.—Camilla Clarion. \ moved. He offered lo make it iiiue-
The experienced fanner has oer-1 ty thousand. She said she would
uitilv iio!rcail tke,while,,ml f«„r es pro.ol.e »"[> .".rrj; C,.llcy during
A ,? Toom It V lifetime. The General, iu
furnished in the reports on trues tarni-1 hU stomed way, said he would
ingand fruit growing in other see-1 ,, :lT n .,hody lo postpone an act until
lions, and in particular those given in liisdcuh. Ho threatened to disiti
the proceedings of-Hie late fruit' and j " h, : r - *»“* never im.vctl from
", ,, , ' her po-itton. tmally Gen. Toombs
vegetable growers’ convent.on .n Mutt- , y Urr „ iat unless -he promised not
man. These sufficiently dcnu-n-trate ; ,„ arr y Colley he would have Lis
thata ready and profitable mar.iet will : will chaugetl and would noMenrc
always be found wherever transput- ] her a cent. She replied that if she
iiiu-t ch'H.-c between the two she
Ution facilities exist. The o.ange, w<lljJl| . ,| U i, lJlur iied. Miss Du-
crop of Florida alone is conclusive «d': jf.... her grand-
tbis. Con-umcrs will ever increase in I father tlint if -be was driven out she
The Sn-t'nllrd Urorala Ae'lrnllur-
•III) Convention.
1 Tinier the nhovc heading the
Athens /tanner- Watchman of the 1*lh
hist, publishes a lengthy reply to llie
recent letter of Col. Tom Hardeman
to the Tetctjrajih uml Messenger, the
material portions of which we reprint
1>cluw. In view of the f.ict that Col.
Hardeman’* letter has been widely
circulated anti rend, it is hut fair that
I lie reply therein hv the journal
whose article was made the basis and
exctt»c for Cut. Ilar<lem:iir« commu
nication should likewi-e be made
known. After quoting the material
portion of (*ol. Hardeman’* leller
the /tanner- Watchman says:
Non, in reply to Col. Hardeman,
we would sav that it is well known
to every intelligent man in Georgia
thin ihi* so-called Agricultural Con
vention i* one ol the veriest humbugs
that was ever fol-tcd upon a confid
ing and gullible people. It no more
represents (as it tT.auis to do) the
former* of Georgia ih:.n ihe recoil-
atruclion law* tlo the representative
people of the South. The name
-State Agricultural Convention” has
been usurped by a lot of broken-
down politician- by which to climb
into ofiite over die -boulders of the
farmer-. We are to-day willing to
leave I lie *|ii«siioti lo u Vole of the
bona fide planter- of Georgia, and
will wager all we have that not one in
ten will own that he recognizes that I
convention a* a representative body
of hi* calling. F.»ra few yosrs this
convention gulled the farmers and
made them believe that it represent
ed llieir intete.-l ; hut that thy has
passed. Tint convention i* now
recognized a* nothing but a body of
greedy ofilce-scekci *. who, failing to
OVKU Tlllt STATE.
a far more rapid ratio than produc‘ion
in thiegs of such prime necessity.
The Albany News and Adykuti*-
•at is strongly in favor of the appro
priation recently recommended by the
Secretary of War for the improvement
of the Flint. Those who oppose il
seem to be under the impression dial
a large appropriation for that purpo-c
would give us tou much Flint ai
Steal.—Post-Appeal.
Il might bean inference from l!
ubl have to be iii-irricd at once.
The General tore around ami Miss
DtiHo-e communicated with her
friend*, unit the result was that the
marriage was arranged for and took
piu-e that duy. General Toombs
took hi* will out, had it changed,
disinheriting Miss IItilJos", and add
ed a paragraph providing that none
of ni* propel ty should go lo her
I directly or indirectly.”
There »* no telling what the Gen-
ni will do about the matter. Xo-
above that a reasonable and an ade-
body yet ever knew Hob Toombs.
, ... i Governor Stephens tells a good story
q.,tc appropriation lo Ihc Flint, auch „r ToomVa diameter. In
as that of $75,000 recently re- -Uvery times Toombs and Stephens
commended by the Secretary of War, both had a negro apiece. Of course
would bo applied just like a numbor! 1| “ <I • c '? r, i ".'S!? 05 ap'oee anil
of the reckless and indiscriminate ap
propriations made every year doubt
less arc, viz: merely to the benefit of a
few pampered officials and favorite*.
Against anything of this sort, however,
we are protected by two strong con
siderations: first, the well-known char
acter and fidelity of the officer, Col.
Slaughter, who has charge of the
work; and secondly, by the fact, that
such an interest in Ihe improvement ol
the river has been recently developed
throughout Southwest Georgia
more, and in fact Toombs had
horse lot full. But they had.these
pnrticu ar negroes and one day the
two ncgTOC* ran away Toombs was
in a towering passion and oflered
five hundred dollar* reward for his
negro. .Stephen* offered fifty dol
lar* if his negi o never come back any
more. In a fcwjdays Stephen’s ne
gro was hack, but day* and days
passed and Toomb’a negro wns
never heard from. One day Toombs
and Stephens were in their quarter*
in the old United State* hotel when
the country was in a fcrmenL A
company of men had come iu to ask
tin; advice of the giants on some
question or other. Toomb’a advice
. do you know
would cause every expenditure to be
watched with jealous attention by the j \Vih characteristic. Stephens urged
eyes of deeply interested observers, i order and conservatism. Toombs
When .pprnpri,lions nrr, Jbo
• c _., , , ’ men withdrew and Toombs walked
they frequently have been upon oh- , ,| M . |j 0 „ r . fuming anil swearing and
jectsand for purpose* which no ap- j tearing around, while little Aleck
propria!ion could benefit, all interest 1 came iu for a share of hi* contlciu-
0,1 Ihc p»t of (be people is lost, or! '" r "i" ,j“
. , . , ’ . had given. I here was a rap at the
rallier is never enlisted. And this ! (|o „ r , an(! Toombs answered it. It
- fact frequently enables a dishonest ol-| was a man who liar! Toombs* runa-
huge swindles against ficinl to “get away’’ with much of the * way negro. Toombs took the negro
p'^r/f,r/, ,,r fs. 3c
iustirar.ee bubble, the direct trade • ,lttSe ® r no effective work. U e are lieo|1 H | lo( j„ t |,e hand and the
movement and other scheme* to rob . now, however, if sign* indicate any- wound had never been dressed. He
the planters ul! e>nanated it. the fer- j thing, about entering upon an era of i presented a pitiable plight with his
rile brain* of those self-const .luted i UlUlf |ifn0 , and ||(>U(;r In0 „ 10#1 , #|| ,j soilc.i clothes and bloody hands,
agriculturalist*, who earn their meniou*, a "'J Toombs saw him his
bread by the wagging of tongues. ,f 0,,r wor,h J r cotempf.rary really ; fIialin «.r «:!aut> K —I. A moment before
Colonel Tom Hardeman wants Ihc I ,nCanl * n y"" n o m ” rc ‘*y the above ! |„. W ns as furious as a lion, then he
farmers of Georgia to boycott ihc ! Paragraph, and we certainly do not be- was »*■ gentle us ft woman. He sent
State University, became the I tan- ! lieve he did, than the perpetration of i 0,1 in Sfreal haste for a surgeon ami
ner-Watchman chances lo be puli- a very poor pun. he can rest assured i.««.i • l -‘—-
StiSVSSS’V ! *"•• •" «• • k r , ‘T i ““ " sar " -
tlM lb, C..I .nil lbs next tii„„ b« i *"F »pp,„pn»l„in f„r tin: Flint —
offers for Congrc—. ! grou idles*. The News ax
In his dispatch to the t'onxt it niton j
about the home debate oo cotton
ties on Saturday la-t, "T. H. R.”
aays:
Judge Buchanan put in some good
licks on this question, sod his argu-
AnvK.it-
j TJ-r.it ha* now iu it* office the hooks o!
moot proved ihat Georgia made pig | free access to the-*- Look* f«»r
iron cheaper than any Stale in the j time past, and a partial exammati
Colon b, «li„lii,* I«ti,„.„.y of Mr. Illu „ s wilh
of Odartown, befoie the tar- !
hid the negroes hand dressed. He
got him a new suit of clothes and
had a bed fixed for him in the room,
and the runaway negro slept iu the
same room with Toombs and Steph-
| —us during the remainder of their
, , -lay in the city. Toombs seemed to
account k„,.l by Cot. Rl.„ s l,t, (, col,,,,. how ,„ u ,| |,o nc-
tardy placed by him at our dtsfx.hal. , — •*"•*—
showing every item of expenditure , A ttud Slate or Affairs.
,l,mn lo ov. ry mo, of dnn,„il, c.l i ’*j’’'"'nr,, out only iiicr„.»in» i„
giant powder used. We have had j nuuih. r all over Hie eountrv, hut
West, o
the
facts and Ktati-tic* we have lately laid
iff commission. Mr. Biounf. in his,
usual style of jierspiruoii* force, 1 omore the public, and which, we may
li. J . I r. ii.... ... .1.. ..n i . t ... i ... . ...
nailed the cotton tic f-.Hacy to the
wall, hut Lo was talking lo men of
atone who would not heed his words
of truth and soberness. Such arbi
trary action a* characterized the
house to-day will make ihe passage
of any tariff bill impossible. John
Anderson, of Kansas, gave some salty
talk lo his Republican allies Hits
evening, anti Kason is getting sick of i
their programme. The western Re
publican* are held in under the bridle
all the time, while the Demo rats,
under (he superb lead of U irli-le, are
everyday exposing the iniquities ol
the proposed bill. It cannot poasi-
bly pass. The moat the protection-
fit* can hope for is Ihe passage of
the Senate bill, which I* far lietter
than that of tliejlonsc.
Lambert Lambert Lambert
la any quantity. A full supply
always oo band. Call on or address
C. J. Daniel.
j20wtf Albany, On.
dd, have not been without their •■II*
in awakenin'a new in l.rest inlhis all
important work for Southwest Geor-
they are becoming more brutal. Hus
band'* shoot :• n«I (nick their wives lo
pieces: wives kill their husbands;
parent- butcher llieir ehildreu, and
rice, rerun. These brutal crimes are
not confined lo the frontier nor lo
the recking slums of large cities.
They crop out everywhere ami
receive promotion upon their
merits, hare usurped this honor.ihle
name for Ihe purpose of blinding
Voter* to llieir true mission. We
mu*l confe-s dial thus far their suc
cess Ins been commensurate with
their cheek; hut we proclaim that
the power of this body lias depart
ed, for the honest tiller of the soil
will not longer permit his clnim* to
he n-cd a- a stepping stone to office
forever/ other etas* than his own.
We have now in our eye one county,
notlar removed from At liens, that
was for years represented in this
convention hv a merehutil, a shoe
maker mid a doctor; another had
two lawyers and a bar-kccper as
delegate*; and Hietliiidn notorious
loafer ami a guano agent. The farm
er* of these counties never knew or
even cared when said convention
met, for they did not feel that it re
presented them or their interest*.
Hut the classes of outsider* we have
lll^•ntiollcd would mutually convene
iu s»me tmvr. where free hash wns
tendered ami pretent. to guide the
helm lor the farmers of Georgia.
Xow we don't claim that thcic ate
now farmers in Ihi* body, for occa
sionally the thought ol' a free ride
and free grub would entrap some un
sophisticated innocent who would
sooner frolic around than guide the
plow, but such men generally lake
back seats, and leave the gassing and
resolving to that large army of bras
sy office seeker-. Of such, gentle
reader, is tlic Georgia Agricultural
Convention composed. Xow let u*
reply to some of the oilier stricture*
of Col. Hardeman's.
This gentleman threatens lo hold
the University of Georgia responsi
ble lor the words of the Banner-
Watchman. He will certainly mis*
his msik, for that institution
more responsible for the utterances
of this paper than the farmers of
Georgia for Ihe scheming or raving*
ol that so-called State Agricultural
Convention. This paper i* as sejier-
atc from the State University a* your
convention is from Hie claim* of Hie
farmer*. But we think, dear Colonel,
th it you have overshot your mark.
Simply because Governor Colquitt
and yourself were taken from Hie
so-called ‘•Chair of Agriculture’’ ami
placed in that road you so long and
vainly had sought, this doe* not give
your heterogeuious assemblage of
callings and professions supreme dic
tatorial power over every public
and private institution in Georgia.
Wo predict that votir honorable body
has about mu to the extreino length
of its rope, ami “the men who earn
their bread by the sweat of their
brow’’ will put the breaks on a cer
tain convention Hint earns its offices
by the perspiration of its check.
God knows that we honor and re
spect the Georgia farmers. The edi
tor of this paper was himself reared
between the plow-lmmlles, ami
knows how to sympathize with the
tillers of the soil. And lie knows
further that a gang of lawyers, poli
ticians, merchants, shoemaker*, gu
ano agents, bar-keepers ami office-
hunters, spiked with a few visionary
and experimental planters, is not a
body that should claim the sympa
thy or recognition of the genuine
farmers of Georgia. Those men have
repudiated this body by positively
refusing to net or affiliate with them.
Wc nsk our numerous reader* to
examine the delegation* to this con
vention from Llieir own various
counties, nml then tell us if it repre
sents the Lgricullural element! This
is a fair test and we are willing to
leave it to the farmers of every
count)’in Georgia. Bui as we have
before said, this body of usurper* is
doomed. The refusal of Hie city of
Albany to entertain them is nothin,.,
but nu outburst of public opinion,
flint will soon force to Ihe wall a
hotly of usurpations dictators that
have now too long ruled Georgia
with a false cry.
From the tone of Col. Hardeman's
letter he would not only crush the
Banner-Watchman for exposing the
convention to which he indirectly
owe* his promotion, hut ill Ids indig
nation he would strangle an innocent
institution Hint chances to lie in the
same city where we reside. Is nol
this evidence of despotism dnngcr-
ous to our republican principles?
Gould even the Gzar of Itusda, the
Molly Maguires of Pennsylvania
the Boycottors of Ireland eclipse it
in the way of injustice and tyranny?
Docs it not show that the so-called
Statu Agricultural Convention, em
boldened by it* past success ill foist
ing its claims upon Hie people of
Georgia for promotion, would now
attempt lo strangle not only the free
dom of Hie prcAs, hut crush out
every public enterprise that did not
fall down and worship HiaS august
tribunal. We deny it* authority
—There wore 466 more liquor sa
loons in Georgia in 1881 than in
1882. There are still 2,517 saloons
now iu the State.
—A piece of Gen. George ^Wash
ington’* lint i* among the curiosities
of a Murray county family. Ami
Albany has a lock of his hair.
—Monroe Adctrliitr • “Georgia should
have an inebriate asylum, nml she
in-gilt have one if the legislator* could
ever gel through tinkering a dcfensc-
le<* code.”
—Allien* tiannrr- Watchman: A gen
tleman of Alliens 1* making inoncy
ralsiog game chicken*. A short time
since, hi out: day, he shlp|»ed off over
$208 ivtirlli of Hie fowls, while lie has
id way* order* ahead for all lie can raise.
It is nothing umtsiial to get $25 for a
single cock.’*
— Berrien County Sctcs: Most of
th: m at sold iu Alupaliu is raised in
lids section, anti nearly all Ihc meal
com:* from our farmers. Wc have
a substantial and self-sustaining
county. Ami why? Ihcause our
firmer* do m t make rollon llieir
loading crop.
—Mat-tin Graphic ‘•Tom Gibson, ttf
the Augusta A>«, will gel mauled the
very next Hum lie gt»e* to Atlanta.
Hear what lie says: “An Atlanta re-
(strler wa* robbed of $13 in a streetcar
the other night. The new daily which
it was pro|H»eil lo establish with the
money will not Is* stalled until the
fund* are recovered.”
—How tin? Troup farmers are man
aging, its tlelailetl by the Reporter:
“< 'oiii|H>*liiig i* the rule lien:. I don’t
know a single man trying Furman’s
formula—each lias one of Ids own. It
generally lot atal stable manure with
i.
cotton seed. Some arc using additional
phosphate*, but few. % Xot more than
-half or one-thin I lilt: quantity of
commercial fertilizers will Ik: used that
was last year.”
—(’oflee County Gazette: “Win.
Parker, Jr. wa* In lown last Monday
night, anil actu illy neemed us of
wearing ii borrowed coal, lly
prompt medic il attention he was
able to go home Tuesday morning
after suffering intense pain all night
with a broken j tw and a mashed
•‘bugle.’’ It was lucky for him that
we struck with our left hand.’’
—Fort Valley itirror: ‘•Watermelon
raising will lie engaged hi largely In
tills section Hie coming season. Hie
raising of this delicious fruit is a very
profitable business. The melon* find
ready sale ill thc.NorHi and West, and
can be tmu*|»nrlctl to Chicago at a cost
of about $80 per car load, and it Is
stated that the net profit on an acre is
alantt $150. Till* l*ents cotton, and our
farmers should give the melon crop n
trial.”
—Tlioinasvillc L'nterprixe: “Neither
a few rich men nor one or two large
business establishment* can ever make
a town or a community. What is
wanted to ensure prosperity I* a pros-
(teroii* population—the mas* of which
are in comfortable circumstance.-
a variety af business enterprises. When
a community can boast of these, it may
be safely put down a* pro*|»erou*. It
would pay wealthy land owner* cvcry-
wltery lietter than nuy investment they
could |H>«sibiy make to encourage such
a condition of affair*.
—Speaking of truck farming and
its profits around Savannah, Uio
Times »ays: ‘•Savannah lias, an aver
age of over fifty truck farms iu op
eration—valued at about $300,000.
Tiie shipment of vegetables from
these farms will probably amount to
over 3,000 crates apiece, which, on an
average of $2 per crate would make a
sum total of $300,^000 alone from this
industry,which is comparatively a
new one, having become an institu
tion with us since Ihc war.
of society. The record «ud defy its power.
•do
i lo the present
We propose to make a still fur-j hour is almost unparalleled'in our
(her use of them in this connection, i history. Ilow much of Ihi* flagrant
mt l::l »—<>..-1 lh.l wit nt I ri-l-rt.vi.v J, .Imr t.t » r,.-o.
, . ,, doni of thought m religion* mailer*
such a number of able and even pow- r,N.- co iceptious oriiidividual
erfuj allies as our humble effort: have i libert y cannot In: accurately summed
already enlisted in behaff of this erter- j »l». »*ut there is no doubt Hint these
puse, its sucre.*
longer in doubt.
We have been betrayed into writing
a much longer paragraph than wo in
tended, and, in conclusion, to avoid ail
misconstruction, we merely sav that
we do not recognize the above editor
ial brieflet from the Post- Appeal
as ronveyiog or seeking to con
vey aoy reflection on any one con
nected with the work now going on on
the Flint.
»„„„( in i- 1 ' 1 to »
disregard of moral nud legal obliga
tion* among the people at large. It
is humiliating to point out an evil
without being able In suggest an ef
fective remedy. What is the reme
dy for the stale of affair* to which
we have aMuded? It seems lo us
that reform is impossible without the
combined action of the church and
the press, the courts and Ihe sriiool*.
With the harmonious working of
these potential factors of civilization
much can Im done; without it mat
ters will rapidly grow worse.
In reply to Ihe slnti-uu-nt that the
Hoard of Trustees of Ihe Stale Uni
versity boast* four •‘valuable” Mem
bers from that institution, we will
simply sav llml we remember one of
said members delivered an addre
in our opera house only a few short
month* since, and the distinguished
orator's language wns ho riia*tc(?)
nml eloquent Hint u number of hi*
hearers left ill tlDgusl. Fortunately
for the honor of our city no ladies
were present. We do not think that
anything could bring more discredit
upon this linnnted instilnlion Ilian
the dirty mess that night expectorated
over the audience by this high offi
cial iu that so-called Slate Agricul
tural Convention.
Kato linker, Savannah, Gn., says:
“Brown's Iron Uittor* has kept my
children in robust health
—The great cocking main in New
Orleans this week was the event of
the season in sporting circles, and
Georgia i* crowing over a big double
Ictory over Illinois and -Kenlucky.
The Georgia cocks were pitted by
Mr. Hob I.anipkiu, of Athens, nml
a half hundred champions upheld the
reputation of the Empire Stale.
Georgia won in all the mains catered,
nml now champions it over the
sliawbucks of the Xorthwcst ami
the red combs of the dark and bloody
ground of old Kentucky. A great
deal of money changed hands, and
Mr. Lampkiu is said to have won
$3,500 on s single main.
—Camilla Clarion: “Mr.Joe llnt-
Ier has already planted livo barrels
of potatoes In his home patch. Col.
R. J. Bacon has twenty-live barrels
for his farm and will plant fifty
acres in watermelons. Mr. Itcurc-
gnrd Cochran, one of Mitchell’s most
promising young men, will run
truck farm with Mr. Gco.G. Cochran
nl Flint. Mr. James Callaway is on
a still limit iu the truck fine. When
ever an editor goo* to farming in
varnust lie soon goes to the top of
Hie ladder. We see bright duyi
just ahead in a few years for South
Georgia. If you want laud here
you had better buy now. We
pent that Hie editors of this paper
have none for sale.
—Savannah Recorder; “When the
train on tin: Central Railroad arrived
.Monday, the Clark Light Infantry, ol
Augiotn, disembarked nud marched
into Hie |M)sitlon asigned them a* guests
oflhe Ogletlior|i* and Cadet*. They
hail on undress uniforms which re
sembled those worn by tlie ITuilcd Slate*
soldiers. Immediately oil siglilofthein
hundreds of negroes Hocked alsail them,
gai/.cd nt. them with evident delight and
hailed them wilh such expressions a-
‘•.So: llie Yankee Imys, how grandly
they inarch. They an: our friends, and
have saved us.” The illusion was uni
dispelled wilh hundred*, nud on the line
of march t he Clarke* were followed by
crowds of colored fieoplc who rlo-crcd
and encouraged them.”
—Americas BepithUcan: ”l.arge
corpiilant loads of oat straw pus*
every day in the streoL This is one
of the blessing* incident to a ple
thoric oat crop. As long or rough
food lor cattle nothing is belter.
MulesHoliglil in il, if you will just
pack il iu in spcii so that it will seem
that you waul to preserve it from
wasting nml prevent them from hav
ing it. Roughage i* as essential to
the guod health of a cow or u mule
of the grain you give them. This
makes it wisdom to house oat straw
and shucks when you dean your
gruiu or corn. The corn is sold
cheap, and this puts it iu the reach of
every cow nml mule that lias a, hu
man owner.
—The Hartwell S««, of Saturday
Inti, contains full particulars of the
killing of the town marshal. Win.
Dooly, of Hint place, by Lindsay It.
Adams and Mims Rucker. The fol
lowing is Ihe verdict of the Coroner’s
jury: “We, the aforesaid jurors up
on oath sny that wc believe (fioni
all the testimony that has been in
troduced before its) Ihat William
Dooley was murdered on the 6lb
day of February Instant at about
J) o’clock p. in., in the bar-room of
Ucnry C. Allen in the town of Hart
well in said county, and that the mur
der was committed by Lindsay IL
Adams and Mims Kuckc, one of
whom did the shooting and the other
accessory thereto, nml the weapon
used was a pistol of 38 calibre.
Judging by llie following para
graph in the Macon Graphic, llie
State Agricultural Society evidently
contemplate* a change of business.
It is not a good sign for societies or
individuals to exhibit an aptitude
ami a desire lo turn aside from well
worn and long beaten tracks into
new and foieign fields of speculation
and labor. “The approaching ses
sion of tiie State Agricultural Society
will have many subjects of interest
before them, but noun more import
ant Hiaii that of Ihc public road* of
the country. Several years ago, nt
Amcricus I’rofcssor Sand ford, of
Mercer University, offered n sugges
tion which, if it lind been taken, the
country would cow be furnished
with good road*. ‘Employ the con
victs on the public highways.’”
—Henry County Weekly: “On Wed
nesday of last week nn ugly negro
scoundrel made a most brutal assault
upon Mr*. Smith, an estimable and
highly respected white lady, living near
Moor’* Mill iu Clayton county, and but
for the timely appearance of her hus
band he would probably liavc succeed
ed iu his lustful designs. A party of
indignant citizen* got together and de
termined to persue the scoundrel until
caught, though wc have received no
definite advice as to the success of their
effort* up to this time. A negro was
observed lurking Iu the vaclnUy of our
depot last Friday afternoon, which cor-
re*|M>mlcd in some degree with the de
scription furnished of tiie alleged ra[e-
ist, though the circumstance* v
noted at Hie time. About 12 o’clock
that night eight or ten shadowy horse
men rode into town, and, after making
a brief sortie in the direction of the
depot, as silently departed, leaving no
chic whatever as to the object of their
ghostly visitatiou. The simultaneous
disappearance of the colored individual
aforesaid may furnish a solution to the
mystery.”
—Tiie Free Press has this to say
of the late fruit and melon growers’
convention in Quilinati on Satur
day, the 3rd Inst: The melon grow
ers meeting which convened here on
Saturday last was one of tiie largest
anil most interesting yet held.
Many distinguished visitors were
here, uncxpcctdcly to u*. from abroad.
Among them wc hail tiie pleasure of
meeting Hun. 11. M. McIntosh, J.
W. Wallets. J. IL Forrester and F.
F. Putney, of Dougherty; James
Callaway, of Mitchell; Henry Long.
ofLec; Capt. Geo. Mcllec anil J. A.
Dasher, of Lnwmlcs. Our friends
were not only welcome to <Juitman,
but to the brotherhood of melons
mm truck growers. Wc congratu
late them upon entering into a new
industry which so fur lia* proven
proliiable to us. We rejoice with
them Hut their thraldom to King
Cotton is about to end. Wc are de
lighted to he able to furnish them
facts, figures and information which
wc do not doubt they will turn to
good account. Representatives were
here on Saturday from all along the
line of road from Leesburg to Vnl
dosin. The meeting was haiinoni-
ous nud pleasant, and during Capt
McRee’s speech every melon grower
present could hear—ill imagination
—the jingling of ducats.
—Atlanta Post-Appaal: The Ma
con train that reached the cily yes
terday morning brought the dead
body of a beautiful young lady, who
died in the cars nt Orchard Hill, a
station nbeut forty miles from At
lanta. Miss Julia Hollander, the
young Indy, was about 10 years of
ngunnd wilh her parents she was re
turning from uu extended sojourn in
Florida to her home in Decatur, III.
That Insidious disease, consumption,
early set its seal upon the fair young
girl and marked her for ite own. No
relief could he obtained from medi
cines, mud her parents decided upon
a trip to the South in the hope that
some benefit might he '.lerivcil from
the balmy breezes mul demulcent
climato of the suidund. After a.stay
of several week* ill Florida she wns
thought to have greatly improved,
mill they started homewards,
thcr neared Orchard Hill yesterday
morning the young lady was attack-
ed wilh a liemorhage, from which
she died. Upon reaching Hie ilep
here the undertaker, Mr. Charles
-Swift, wns summoned, nml the
mains were prepared for interment.
The disconsolate parents, with the
dead body of llieir daughter, left
Hie afternoon train for Illinois.
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