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■Waxeiiouse.
JOHN H. HOD&ES ,Eiitor and Publisher.
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Psbry, Thursday, August 9.
Within the past few weeks the Houston county was very \V l ell
writer has hail these t\Vo queries represented at the State Horticnl-
propounded by parties not direct- tural convention held at Thomas-
ly interested in the agricultural in- ville Ga., on the 1st and 2nd inst.
terests of this section, bat who; The. delegation from Houston
might become so, weie the pfGS-' county consisted of T. J. Willing-
pects a little more inviting. The l iam a nd T.D. Warren, of Byfon;
queries were these: “Why are a ' J. H. M. Cliett, T. J. Barden,N. L.
majority of the plantations in this .' Allen-, W. W. Chunn, John Sim-
section so dilapidated-looking?” mons, Jr., and W. E.- Warren, of
-That man is not a true demo-
constantly Mgftfoat , mhji „ ^. iQ seaalM , j s
thsdemoomhc party, .is platform ^ ^ gj| enlirely
&n i s ea eis.^ ^ , ■ idle?” These two questions, in Brown, J. B. James, J. A. Lev-
The cotton harvest in Georgia the opinion of the writer, are j eret, Miss Mary Leverett, W. A.
began several days earlier than trnthfully and correctly answered j Snow, J. B. Jones and Mrs. L. L.
Powersville; Mr. and Mrs. J.
Housed Mr. and MrB. W.
usual this year. New bales Lave with one sentence: The present
been marketed in several sections system of tenant cropping. To
of the state. * j prove this, Mr. Editor, is the ob-
iyStftalS^formea in "><*? ° £ lt , is communication.
Pittsburgh, Pa., for the purpose of j » » »J“ ow “ f » cl - 01 ca ” be
opening asd'operating a tin mine in e ma ( ea 1 a!l -' a
iLi The capitol'stock of the Me bke but
company is SI,000,000.
a moment or two, that the per
cent, of the crop grown on any
Catt. John W. Nelms says farm and P aid out as wa S es to la *
there-are more protectionists in ! bor is uo b f vier >, if as beav ^ as
Atlanta than in all the balance of i take » from tbe cro P ** JgP
Georgia. We will add, a majority j s y s f em * Bat > Siting, for
of the white republicans in Geor
gia live in Atlanta.
Gen. P. H.< Shebidan, of the
United States Army, died at Non-
quitt, Massachusetts, on last Sun
day. Gen. John M. Schofield suc
ceeds to the position made vacant
by the death of Gen. Sheridan.
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The editorials daily' appearing
in the Macon Evening
lead.us to the conclusion that
the editors, of that paper desire
the defeat of the democratic party
in the coming presidential election.
The pi’ohibitionists of Connect
icut have nominated a state ticket.
They endorse the platform adopt
ed by the national prohibition
party at Indianapolis, and it
seeihs likely, that a large prohibi
tion vote will be polled in that
state. This vote will be d ra wn
largely from the republican party,
us heretofore aligned.
The opinion seems to be gene
ral that Blaine is the real head of
the republican presidential ticket,
though Benjamin Harrison, the
grandson of his grandfather,
nominally occupies that position.
On this line it follows that
Blaine would be nominally secre
tary of state, and president really
in point of power, should the re
publican ticket be elected.
:
The following state officers for
Georgia were nominated in Atlan
ta yesterday, by the state conven
tion of the democratic party. For
Governor, John B. Gordon; for
Secretary of state, N. C. Barnett;
for Treasurer, B. U. Hardeman;
for Comptroller General, W. A.
Wright; for Attorney General,
Clifford Anderson. A commenda
ble r endorsement of able and effi
cient officers.
The Coming State Fair.
From reliable sources we learn
that the coming state fair promises
to be the best ever held by the
State Agricultural Society.
President Northern is.doing all
that he can to serve the interests
of the society, and he has reason to
anticipate good results at the fair.
FTtr well known energy and prac
tical knowledge of agriculture
• serves the society most admirably,
jn that not one point of advantage
is - overlooked, and something is
being done every day.
Besides the county exhibits, in
dividual exhibits of farm products,
etc, there will be numerous exhibits
from North Georgia counties, and
the display of stock and cattle will
be splendid
In addition to the one cent per
mile in our own and contiguous
States, excursion rates from Cin
cinnati, Louisville, Evansville and
Chicago hav8 already been ar
ranged, and negotiations (with
every hope of success) are in prog
ress to secure these rates from all
the principal Eastern and Western
cities.
• The visitors will be eutertaiued
'With one-of the most comprehen
sive exhibits ever seen in Georgia,
and the exhibitors will have the
pleasure^of knowing that repre
sentative men from all sections of
the country will see and admire
their exhibits.
In the premium list special at
tention is given the ladies depart
ment, and some handsome premi-
' urns are offered. Let our ladies
contend in earnest for these prem
iums, and we are satisfied they-will
win a fall share of them. We
are assured'that many ladies have
already manifested their interest,
and this fact assures a splendid
exhibit in the line of their special
^work.
For full information and
ium lists, apply to Mr.
Grier, Macon, Ga.
the sake of argument, that the per
cent, is equal, we will go f dither
and view . the disadvantages and
damages of this system. The dis
advantages lie in^the fact that the
time and labor of the tenant is
controlled almost entirely^by him
self; he makes calculations for no
other kind of work than .that act
ually bestowed upon his crop, from
j time of planting to harvest, and his
’ calulations on this line are almost
invariably short. He makes a con
tract at the beginning of planting
time witli a merchant for supplies
sufficient to enable him to make a
crop, and by the last of May the
estimated supply, has been ex
hausted, and he takes his working
force off to some neighboring
planter who works, “day labor,”
(almost as hurtful. as the tenant
system,) where for a few days he
works to supplement his depleted
store of rations, to the direct neg
lect and injury of his own and his
landlord’s crop. When this policy
is pursued several times in one
cropping season, the injury is be
yond repair; and that it is fre
quently done, many disappointed
landlords and merchants will tes
tify.
The damages from the tenant
system, need not be enumerated in
detail; their name is legion, but
one or two will suffice to prove
that the system sjiould be in dis
favor with every right-minded
planter. Among those most hurt
ful'to the landlord, may be men
tioned the item of destruction. The
tenant (I mean principally the ne
gro), as lie now operates, pulls
down year after year, and never
thinks of replacing. The. idea of
repair, at odd seasons, never enters
his mind, except as the landlord
employs him at extra pay, and then
very unwillingly, if it happens to
come at a time when lie has de
termined upon a season of ‘Test.”
He depends entirely upon com
mercial fertilizers, if be uses'any
at all, to make bis crop. Home
made manures do not enter into
his calculations, or if they do, it is
that made by some one else. On
the farm operated by. the tenant
all the substances that should go
to enrich the land are practically
wasted and run to riot. This item
of destruction, we consider, the
principal one of damage, and suf
ficient to answer the query. Any
one who will take the trouble to go
and visit a number of the farms
thus operated, will find sufficient
to cause the question, in the dilap
idated houses, barns, fences, out
houses, and the genez-al appear-
rnce of “going to rack,” and the
geral air of idleness that prevails.
The results of the present sea
son are at hand; they cannot be
remedied so far as this year is
concerned, but they can be im
proved upon in the next.
Why not return to the old sys
tem of hiring hands for twelve
months, for a given sum of wages?
It will not cost as much as the
present nyst Q m, in actual money,
and every landlord will then be,
as be should, the business bead of
his farming operations, and it will
finally break up the injurious sys
tem of “day labor.”
The employer binds himself to
give his labor three good meals of
food each day. This takes away
the evil of the labor depending
and working upon the credit sys
tem. It breaks up the little “set
tlement” of each family, thereby
putting a stop to a -great deal of
the petty thieving now so preva
lent; it brings all the labor to the
“quarter,” under the eye and con
trol of a vigilant business mana
ger, and restores to the negro the
pristine happiness of “quarter”
life, making him a contented, use
ful laborer. The whole time of
the laborer will belong to the em
ployer, and at convenient seasons
all needed repairs will be made, and
the first query in the beginning of
this article will no more need to
be propounded. The "second
query finds its answer in the so
lution of the first.
This writer is not a farmer or
lanckrvner, but he does claim
to be a
Thinker,
prem-
Clark
Jones, of Fort Valley. D. B.
Frederick, W. H. Bice, Felder
Frederick, E. B. Baldwin, Col.
T. L. Douglas, B. F. Moore, L. A.
Bumph, I. F. Murph, J. V. Fred
erick, Eugene Bumph and J. A.
Farior, of Marshall ville, and many
others whose names I cannot now
remember. We were met at Al
bany on Tuesday evening, the 31st
ult, by a special committee from
Thomasville, composed of T. J.
Chastain, C. M. Chase and S. B.
Burr, of the Thomasville Times,
who furnished us with handsome
badges and cards on which were
printed the name and residence of
the citizens of Thomasville where
each delegate was assigned. On
reaching Thomasville we were met
at the.depot by the citiz3ns with
carnages to convey us to our
homes. We had heard a good
deal of Thomasville and her people
but we felt like, the queen of
Sheba when visiting Solomon’s
Temple, “the half had not been
told,” awe came, we suW,”r-they
conquered. Thomasville captures
those who wear the blue and the
gray all the same, and her kind
ness is appreciated and reciprocat
ed by both, by the former to such
an extent that she is on a boom
which has come to stay. The
population of Thomasville is
about five thousand during the
summer, and thirty thousand in
the winter. She has five or six
large hotels already built. Two
hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars is now being invested in im
provements unfinished. The
LeCont pear and the Yankee’s
winter pocket change is footing
the bill, and we believe the bene
fit is mutual and all parties are
blessed. Tell all the “Yauks”
to come, bring their knitting, and
stay with us through the winters,
and if Florida and Thomasvile
can not hold them, .send Jthein up
to Fort Valley, Perry, and Macon
Ga., anti they will be sure to come
again. Houston county had no
fruits to display at the convention.
Theilate freeze iujthe spring, and
the lateness of the season prevent
ed her from making an exhibit
worthy of the county, and she
preferred to make none at all,
bat there is no doubt she has the
soil, the climate, the orchards and
the men, who will one day aston
ish the natives. Griffin, Macon
and Atlanta, made a good display
of grapes. Thomasville and sur
rounding country of the LeConte
pear, and there were many other
fruits of smaller quantities on ex
hibit. The next convention will
be held at Griffin, Ga. W.
P. S.—“Sub” was looking for
company, and could not go to the
convention. The company came
in the person of a very young
man, whom I trust has come to
stay with the old man through
life, and be a stay and comfort to
him in bis declining ydars.
Powersville Aug. 7th.
W.
, Editob Home Journal : It may
! not be considered by some as ex-
; actly good taste to praise the wri
tings of an editof in his owm pa
per, but your editorial in the last
issue of the Home -Journal, enti
tled “The Basis of Success; A
Few Words of .Advice to Boys,”
meets with such unqualified ap
proval from me, that 1 cannot re
frain from giving it a hearty and
earnest endorsement, and com
mending it to the careful consid
eration of all others.
I admire the spirit and princi
ple that prompted its writing, and
I think that many right-thinking
people will agree with me that if
the newspapers of to-day (and they
are great educators,) would give
less attention to fashionable and
socie.ty news, and pay more to
proper training of the youth of the
country, their influence for good
would be immeasurably increased.
While the advice in your article
is given to and intended directly
for the boys, parents may read
and adopt it with great benefit to
themselves and more to their
boys. Boys are not apt to train
themselves primarily,- and words
of wisdom intended for them
through any medium, will fall
short of the good sought to be ac
complished if the parent does not
first endorse them, and then by
proper methods see to it that they
are given to the boys in -a spirit
best calculated to secure the de
sired end. We are too apt to
think that when a boy has arrived
at an age when he can read un-
derstandingly that he is compe
tent to form those traits of char
acter that are to make or mar his
after life, and right here many
have made a most serious mistake.
Parents, the guiding hand of home
education is needed more right at
this point than at any other in the
whole course of life. See to it
that the boy reads properly as well
as understandingly.
Mr. Editor, the boys of to-day
are to constitute the next genera
tion of men, and as the foundation
is laid now, so will the structure
rise in after years: men will come
up who, by their character and in
telligence, will do honor to the
men dead and gone, and will fit
tingly conduct and advance the in
terests of our great nation. You,
Mr. Editor, give the proper liue
of action, and I bid you God
speed in the good work. Would
that all newspapers would follow
your plau.
Bespectfully,
Subscriber.
Perry, Ga., Aug. 7th, 1888.
Mr Editor: While in Lhom-
asville at the State Horticultural
convention, we learned that Dr.
S. I. Jones tvas one among the
first to start the LeGonte pear
industry in Thomas county. He
‘ set his first pear tree in 1869. At
ten years of age he gathered
twelve bushels of pears, and has
since gathered as high as thirty
bushels from this tree, iu one
season. This tree measures two
feet through; and stands forty feet
high. The Doctor proposed the
name LeConte for this pear. I
am convinced of the fact that this
pear is doing all that was ever
claimed for it. We were shown
the-orchards of Messrs. H. H.
[Sanford and Varnadoe. They
jvere in beautiful trim. I counted
142 Keifer pears on one limb
S feet long—about 1| pears to the
inch. These trees are burdened
with fruit nowon them.
0.
—The next meeting of the
Houston County Alliance will be
at Havneville on the 29th of Sep
tember.
The Southern Cultivator is decid
edly the best agricultural and in
dustrial journal we ever saw. It
is peculiarly adapted to the needs
of southern farmers, horticultu
rists, gardeners, stockraisers, and
all others engaged in kindred per-
suits. Every issuers filled to the
brim with practical information,
and the reader is ex-ceedingly well
posted who fails to learn some
thing from every page. This ex
cellent magazine is now furnished
at the very low price of §1 a year.
The Cultivator is clubbed with the
Home Journal.
Houston county, Ga., Aug. 7, every S;
—The many friends here of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Kupferman will
regret to learn that Mrs. Enpfer-
mau died at their home in Macon
last Friday evening. A conges
tive chill was the immediate
cause of death, and she .had been
sick only a short while. For seve
ral years previous to 1883 Mrs.
Kupferman was with her husband
a resident- of Perry, and the be
reaved husband and children have
the sincere sympathy of their
many friends here,
—Pork Sausage and Fresh Fish
’ Wy. L. M. Paul.
County Commissioners’ Court.
The Conoty Commissioners’
Court of Houston county met this
6th day of August, 188S, pursuant
to adjournment. Present—H. S.
Feagin, L. Blewster, W. D, Croom,
and I. F. Murph, presiding.
Minutes of last meeting lead and
confirmed.
Petition of B. B. Hurst et al to
make public th^ road from Mrs. A.
Culler’s by way of Houser’s Mill,
J. C. Cornier’s, D. II. Houser’s and
S. F. Dasher’s to Dasher’s Station
on the Perry branch railroad, was
ordered to take its regular course.
Ordered that Harriet Smith be
allowed $2 per month out of the
pauper fund; also thatLucy Allen,
Charlotte Bountree and - Alfred
Sutton be allowed $1.50 per month
out of same fund.
It is hereby ordered that 50j
cents on the $100 of taxable prop
erty of said eorinty, as per digest
of 1888, be and is levied, and that
the same be collected by the Tax
Collector of Houston county, for
the following purposes, to-wit:
Forty per cent, for keeping in
good and substantial repair the
court house and jail of said county;
to pay the indebtedness of said
county now due, or to become due
within the current^ fiscal year; and
for maintaining and supporting the
prisoners of said county. 25 per
cent for building and keeping in
good aud substantia] repair the
bridges and roads. 20 per cent for
the payment of jurors, coroner, for
litigation, quarantine and expenses
okcourtSfincluding County Jndge’s
salary. 15 per cent, for support of
paupers of sakleoUnty and the ex
penses of the poor house. Making
$14,961 45, the. whole aggregate
amount of assessment for county
5'pnrposes for the year 1888.
Court adjourned to 1st Monday
in September next.
D. H. Culler, Clerk.
Linmber for Sale.
200,000 feet of lumber for sale
for cash, or on 60 clays . time.
A. & F. Lumber Co. Apply to
W. C. Giles
4t,| Aug. 9th, 1888. Perry Ga.
—Bond Carts very cheap.
C. H. Moore
Aug. 9-4t. Perry Ga.
—Fresh Goshen Butter and
Bologna Sausage at
L. M.‘ Paul’s.
For Sale.
One lot of Household & Kitch
en Furniture, at my home on
"Washington street, Perry, Ga.
2fc J. G. Yisscher.
J —A new lot of Boad Carts for
sale cheap.
C. H. Moore.
—Fresh Cream Cheese at
L. M. Paul’s.
Sparksi Solomon <k Co,
HAVE ON HAND
AT THE LOWEST PBICES.
Office at Sparks’ Warehouse,
C. B- WILIJ1TG-KAM,
COTTON FACTOR,
MACON GEORGIA-
Prompt Personal Attention to Business.
MONEY AT LOW KATES.
t c ’til Nov. 1..
FINDLAY IRON WORKS,
M-^oortf
3£3 C> 3=L <3r I
0.0, FINDLAY, Proprietor.
(Also successor to A. B. Forqnhar.it Co., and R. W. Wilt & Co.,- df the late “Central
City Iron Works/’
Manufacturer of and dealer in Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw . Mills, Shaftings,
Pulleys, Sugar Mills, Syrup Kettles, Horse Powerj Mill Gearing, Castings and
Machinery of every description.
Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, Shd Fittings, Brass Goods, (for steam or water,}
Steam Giiages, Hancock Inspirators, Belting, Babbit Metal, etc.
FINDLAY’S RENOWNED COTTON SCREWS*
(for Steam, Water, Hand or Horse Power).
PACKS UP OB DOWN.
Findlay’s Celebrated I. X. L. COTTON GIN-
FULLY WABBANTED.
a, Spacla,it3r-
Steam Engines of all makes, Boilers, Separators, and all kinds of Machinery H0 1
paired.-
Old SlrLsplTSutor Sv£adep^Te*w%.
MACON, GA.
Aug. 9th, 1888.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
To All Whoa It Mav Concsr-n.
All persons interested are hereby noti
fied that, if no good cause be shown to
the contrary, an order will be granted by
the County Commissioners of said coun
ty on the 1st Monday of October, 1883,
establishing a new road, as marked ont
by the commissioners appointed for that
purpose, commencing at the land line be
tween M. F. Etheridge ana T. N. White,
on the Houston Factory road, and run
ning due east between 1. N. White and
M. F. Etheridge, then on land fine be
tween T. N. White and Ira Akin, then on
land line between T. N. White and Z. T.
Yinson, to the district line between the
Upper and LcWer Fifth districts; then
on land line between Z. T. Vinson and
Misses Corder, and through the lands of
the estate of Charles Statham, to Mount
Carmel spring; then southeast through
the lands belonging to the estate of
Mrs. Nancy Sullivan, then to intersect
with the Houston Factory branch road;
then along said road to W. H. Glozier’s,
then duo east on land line between W.
G. Lewis and John Miller, then on land
lino between W. O. Lewis and J. S, Slo-
c-.tmb, ana through the lands of S. H.
Lewis; then on land line between E. H.
Watson and Mrs. E. O. Witt, then on land
3in6 between Mrs. Nancy King and W.
W. Eichards, and on through the lands
of W. W. Eichards, and through the lands
of H. S. Feagin to the depot at Wellston,
on the G. S. & F. railroad; thence east
through the lands of H. S. Feagin, to the
Macon and Hawkins ville road.
Hone by the order of the Board, this
the 6th day of August, 1883.
D. H. CUELEE, Clerk.
Aug. 9—30d.
BRICK MAKERS’ MACHINERY.
The different parts of “SWORD’.’ Machines made and kept fit Stock at Manu-'
facturers’ prices.
TIME AND FBEIGHT SAVED BY OBDEKJNG FEOM ME.
Barrow, Truck and Car Wheels especially designed for Brick Makers, constantly
on hand.
~^On account of . the lack of
space we are unable to- call espe
cial attention: to- out new adver
tisements this- week. W e will
mention each one of them locally
in our next issuer
CITA-TIOHJ-.
GEORGIA—Houston County :
To Whom It Hay Concern.
All persons interested are hereby noti
fied that, if no good cause be shown to
the contrary, an order will be granted
by the County Commissioners of said
county on the 1st Monday m October,
1881, establishing a new road, as marked
out by the road commissioners appointed
for that purpose, commencing at Creed
Sasser’s residence, and running west be
tween the lands of Greed Sasser and EL
S. Eeagin, then between H. S. Feagin
and Bill Tom Feagin, then between Bill
Tom Feagin and Mis. McDaniel, then
between C. E, Brown and J. O. Watson-
intersecting the road from Feagin to
Perry near the residence of Green Wat
son; then north to J. O.. Watson’s resi
dence, then west between the lands of
J. O. Watson and Jacob Sasser, then be
tween Jacob Sasser and J. N. Barker,
then between.Eugene Sasser and Mrs.
Ann Baskin; then west between the two
lots of land oi J. J. George, then-feetween
the lands of Stephen Bivins and the old
-Josiah Hodges place, now owned by Df.
Alexander, there intersecting the Macon
and Hayneville road, near. the. former
residence of J. F. Hodges.' An order
di^gpntinning the public road leading
from. Clayton Sasser’s to: C. E. Brown’s,
will algo be granted at the same time.
Done by order of the Board, this the
65h day of August, 18S8.-
D. H. CULLER, derkV
AUg 9—30J.
E2P All the patterns of the late “Centtal City Iron Works,” (including the pat*
terns of the “FARQUHAR” Engines), are used and owned solely by me.
Correspond with or call on me when you wish ANYTHING in the way of
OASTING-S. MACHINERY OB BEPAIBS*
FINDLAY IBON WGBKS, Macon, Ga.
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1 can furnish the farmer wifh —
PLANTATION SUPPLIES,
"Or the Housewife with CHOICE DELICACIES POE THE TABLE.
BEST FLOUR IN THE MARKET*
MEATS OF THE CHOICEST QUALITY*
UNADULTERATED SUGAR.
CANNED GOODS CONFECTIONEKIES and FBUITS in Season/
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In fact,everything usually kept by a first-class Grocer', Give me d
share of your patronage, and yon will not regret it.
L- M- PAUL, Pdkdy, Ga.
! HOT!! VERY HOT!!!
But yon can Keep Cool with Pallnetto Fans at 5 foL
5 cents, at
L. F. CATER & CO/S.
Of oc. "White and Figured Lawns., and Cheese Cloth in
colors,
A lew White Lawn Remnants at JNew York W holesale?
Prices, and 15c. Linen Towels left.
for Coats and Dresses.
[jglpSee our 60c. and 75c,
Nice lot of Syrup just received, at 40c. and 50e. per gallon
We keep our stock up at all seasons.
3L,- CO-
PEBBY, GEOBGLL
I 0.1. woii
GJfE US A 1JRIAL ORDER.