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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1882
DODGE IN DETAIL
UPON SEVERAL SUBJECTS OF GEN
ERAL INTEREST.
fore the leading men of New York, lie struck
hands with Governor St. John,of Kansas, you
would have felt proud of him.”
GEORGIA’S CREDIT.
Toothsome '.Horn-Impressions of Georg!*—Th®
Situation Throughout the South—Rising Manu.
factuma—Block Spcou’.atlona-How the
Campaign is to Bo Bushed.
“Yonr Georgia ham.” said Mr. W. E. Dodge,os
he opened a conversation with a Constitution
jtcrilic. “is served up so beautifully, and I
find the people so hospitable, that I am led
into indulging myself in a way that is not
■conducive to my health.”
••Then you nro prepared to do homage to
our average Georgia cook?”
“Oh, yes; I am very much impressed by
my reception among the people; they are so
kind."
tiik i Rosrr.cn or thk norm.
"What are your impressions of tiie south?”
“I think that the next twenty-five years
will witness a progress in every section of the
south that will not only set the work of the
past century in the shade, hut which will lie
marvelous even to our most sanguine think
ers. It is the fairest portion of the union, its
people, are noble ana hospitable, and it pos
sesses opportunities of development which
our large capitalists are sure to utilize.”
AS TO fir.ORl.TX.
"Jfow does the condition of Georgia appear
to you?” . ,
"Of all the south Georgia is certainly the
gnrden spot. It is not far enough south to he
debilitating, nor is it far enough north to suf
fer from its disadvantages. Located between
the two extremes, it presents the golden mean
in soil, climate, production and capabilities.
Added to this, the people of Georgia are
alive to the issues of the hour, and seem to
he taking advantage of the blessings nature
has showered upon them.”
TIIK MASCFA' TClir. OH COTTON GOODS.
“What, in your opinion, are our industrial
needs and prospects?”
"The needs are the factory and the school.
A factory will form a nucleus for the
trade of its neighborhood twenty miles
around, and will furnish a market. not only
for the cotton production, hut sor the food
■crops of its section. A school will elevate the
rising generation, and fit it to keep abreast of
the times.”
"Will manufacturing in the south pay?”
“1’uy? Of course it will. I expect, old as
1 am, to see the day when the great bulk of
the coarser cottons will be manufactured
.south of the Potomac. You have the water
power, the coal, the immunity from heavy
freights, in fact, everything in your favor.
Much progress as has been made already, you
have not yet seen the beginning.”
THE PINK ANI> Tl'UCF.NTINK QUESTION,
“You have extensive interests in Georgia,
have you not?"
“Yes, sir, I represent a company which
■owns fiOd.OOO acres of pine land in this state.
Hut not a tree will we allow the turpentine
mail to touch; the timber is too valuable to
be destroyed in that way. North Carolina
made a great mistake when she allowed her
pineries to be killed out in the interest of this
inferior trade.”
“What is your plan of operation?”
"Our plan is to pick out the largest trees on
every acre. Unis weeding out tlie forest, if you
choose to call it so, leaving the smaller trees
to grow to maturity. We have a railway
thirty miles long, and the section traversed
we Trent in this way*. When the supply of
available timber is exhausted, we take up the
rails and lay them in another direction,where
we begin the same process over, and in this
way we calculate that it will take six to eight
years before we return to the starting point,
by which time a fresh supply of timber is
ready for the ax.”
"It would be more proper to call it a pine
orchard, then?"
"Well, yes. We cultivate tlie pine for the
future, just as you would cultivateyourpeacli
orchard. It is the agreement of our company
to follow out this plan indefinitely, and in
years to come the pine orchard of Georgia will
lie one of the curious industries of the world.”
THE GENERAL BUSINESS OF THK. COUNTRY.
“Wbat do you think of the business pros
pects of the’counlry?”
"They arc encouraging. Now - industries
are developing every day, and this gives ac
tivity to capital. Every line of legitimate
business is on a high plane.”
“What of »hc depression in stocks?”
“That only sustains my idea. A year or
so ago there was a grent deal of unemployed
capital which sought investment in some
speculative enterprises. By planning and
scheming certain stocks were run up far above
their actual value. Now there is a great
demand lor money in legitimate business,
and prudent men arc anxious to retire from
Wall street and make safer investments.
Thoic are two many opportunities for men to
•do better throughout the country than to
leave their money in the hands of New York
stock sharks.”
DEALING ON THE STREET.
"Do you think it safe tor business men to
be connected with Wall street speculations?”
"I do not. A good business man ought
never to have any spare money. He should
invest it nil in his own business. Hon a five
thousand dollar basis this year he makes six
thousand, then his basis for nc xt year should
he on the higher figure. When he is ready to
retire from business, or wants to make an in
vestment, then it would he well for him to
select some safe form of security in stocks or
' bonds, hut for speculative purposes he would
be foolish for investing in even the best of
stocks. Keep out of Wall street. Invest
money where you can control it yourself."
"But,” interposed the reporter, "1 have got
none.”
“Then paste my advice in your hat for use
when you do get it.”
A DRV SUBJECT DISCUSSED.
“Mr. Dodge, our people are very much in
terested in the temperance work, and as you
ore at the head of the National temperance
union, are watching your movements.”
"I think the prospects of not temperance
only, hut of actual prohibition by law. were
never brighter than they are to-day. The
people are now convinced of the great evils of
the traffic, and are only awaiting the presen
ration of feasible means for its suppression.'
"Do you contemplate party political ac
tion?"
"We do not We wish the issue to be di
vorced entirely from party politics. We are
opposed to the running of temperance tickets
for the presidency, or for any other office.
The question must be presented to the people
merely as a question of moral reform, un
hampered by any extraneous issues. Let
the democrat have*his views and vote them;
let the republican do the same; but let them
both unite in reapeting the moral influence
of the people. The efforts of temperance peo
ple must he directed toward the creation of
such a public sentiment as will force both
parlies to court the temperance influence.”
"From which states do you expect the
earliest report?”
"From quite a number. Were it not for
New York city my own state would be ready
for it now. Iowa* will probably be the first
stale heard from, as the question is in such a
shape there that action must be taken this
year Within live years 1 count on seeing
Ohio in the prohibition column.”
"What are your reports from the south?
“Very encouraging. Strange as it may seem
to you. I believe that Texas will, within five
years, have a stringent prohibitory law. For
seven years I have been president of the
Texas Central railroad and this has brought
me into close relations with the state. The
people there are alive to the necessity of doing
something?”
"The Georgia idea has been presented to
you, has it not?"
"Yes, and it meets nw approval. Through
local option, the moral Ifon-e of the good peo
ple of the state makes its influence felt upon
the politician. Temperance is no longer a
cross-roads hobby—it is one of the moral
issues of the nation.”
OUR HANDSOME GOVERNOR.
“And by the way." said Mr. Dodge, as he
held the reporter’s hand in parting, "I must
congratulate your people on your governor.
What the stale Trra.nr, r liaa to Soy About the.Stale's
Llabltltlca, KtMMrm end KuterpHaea.
New York Herald.
Mr. r>. N. Speer, treasurer ot the state of Georgia,
who was in this city last week on official business,
was questioned by a Herald reporter in relation »o
certain reflections on the creditof bis state recently
cast by a New York state official in a decision in re
gard to the investment of -savings bank funds. Mr.
Speer replied in great detail. making an excellent
showing for Georgia, and declaring that her credit
was ‘econd to that of no state in the union.
"The public debt of Geergia," said he. "is 59,728,-
000. This is in bonds falling .due in installments
from lns2 to I -90. This is a valid debt, and will be
»aid. Certain bonds issued uudern former admin*
■-trillion have been declared null and void, and
under the constitution and a legislative enactment,
1, as treasurer of the state, am prohibited from pav
ing any part of the same. They are dead r.n’d
worthless, and will not eomc up any more. With
all due respect to the decl.ion of your New York
official in relation to your su'-iBgs bank investing in
Georgia bonds, I want to say that such a decision
cannot affect our state's credit. Our longaeven per
cent bonds are bard to And at 125. Georgia has no
bonds for sale. Those which she has issued are
mostly held at home by our own citizens, who are
anxious to buy all that can be found for sale. I
believe that Georgia is the only state in the union
that lias been able t» float a four per cent short date
bond at par. Georgia has floated several hundreds
of thousands of these, and some of them were taken
New York.
"Georgia has public property in the shape of rail
roads, railroad stock, telegraph stock, real estate
and other things sufficient to pay all thut she owes.
Her bonds are in the hands of her friends, though,
and cannot be paid until thev are due. All the
public property of the slate Ls pledged l»v a consti
tutional enactment (which constitution was ratified
by the vole of the people) to be used and disposed
of only for the payment of her debt For example,
the business which brought me to New York at
this time was to receive 5275,00* which was paid to
me as an installment of the purchase money for the
Macon awl Brunswick railroad, which was bought
from the state of Georgia by the East Tennessee,
Virginia and Georgia railroad company. Under
the constitution of Georgia and according to the
terms of the Nile the money could only he paid in
Georgia and United States registered bonds, not in
cash. Every dollar that is received will go to the
extinguishment of Georgia's debt. This payment
waa mode the day it fell due. and the purchasers
will pay the other 5750,000. which is the unpaid bal
ance of the purchase money, a9 fast as it falls due.
Georgia lias a single piece of properly—tlxe Western
and Atlantic railroad—which she has leased out for
twenty years (nine years of which time are yet to
come) at 5360.000 a year, payable monthly. These
payments have always been prompt. This railroad
is estimated to be worth from 57,000.000 to 510,000,-
000, and would alone, if sold as required by law,
pay the entire debt of the state of Georgia.
THE CROP PROSPECTS OF THE YEAR.
Our taxes have been more promptly paid during
the last year than they were during Che preceding
year. Our taxable property is constantly increas
ing, nnu our rate of taxation is growing less, it is
estimated thut some twenty-five percent more of
small grain was sown lust fall than in any fall for
many years past. This small grain looks unusually
well, on account of our unusually mild weather
during the last winter. It is thought that less cot
ton will be raised this year than usual, and that
perhaps forty per cent less will be expended for
fertilizers.
"There has been." continued Mr. Speer, “a de
elded increase lately in the industrial operations of
the state, especially In regard to railroad building
anil manufacturing. One party of capitalists, rep
resenting lhc East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad company, are rapidly building one rail
road in Georgia which is to extend from Brunswick
to Uhultauoogn, Tenn., directly across the state a
distance of 438 miles. This work is being pushed
PUBLIC EDUCATION.
REV. J. L.
M. CURRY BEFORE THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Ho Speaks In Advocacy ot National Aid to Educa
tion, to bo Applied on the Basis of Illiteracy—
National Aid Sbonld Supplement, and
Not Set Aside State Effort*.
Washington, March 8.—Rev. J. L. M. Cur
ry, of Richmond, Virginia, general agent of
the Peabody education fund, addressed the
house committee on education and labor to
day, on the question of national aid to public
schools on the basis of illiteracy. He laid
down two postulates.
THE REASONS ADVANCED.
First, that the perpetuity and prosperity of
our free republican representative institutions
depend upon the intelligence and integrity of
the citizens.
Second, to secure universal education, the
governmental authority and aid are indispen
sable. The duty to furnish education chiefly
and prim rily devolves on the states. The
north has bravely assumed and nobly per
formed this obligation. The south is acting
heroically in the same direction, but from
pecuniary inability and other causes, is not
furnishing adequate means of instruction to
all the educable youth.
THE AID ASKED FOR IS IMPERATIVE.
National aid is imperative. The illiteracy,
as exhibited by the census of the white citi
zens and more' largely of the black citizens is
appalling. As a means of self-preservation,
aid should be rendered by the govern
ment. Ignorant voters are unsafe deposito
ries of the national honor and interests. With
out favoring any particular measure Mr. Cur
ry said that national aid should supplement
and not supersede the state systems of edu
cation. It should be immediate and adequate
to correspond with the peril. It should be for
free and rudimentary education.
THE STATUS OF THK COLORED PEOPLE.
J. Chambers, of New Haven, Conn., also
addressed the committee on the bill providing
for the appointment of a commission of col
ored men to inquire into and report upon the
material, industrial and intellectual advance
ment and present status of the colored peo
ple of the United States, and making an ap
propriation for the same.
BILBY’S ISLAND.
lies on them in an endless thread in the shape
of the figure eight. The moth is called, in
the language of the ingalogists, bombyx
mori. The process of hatching, laying and
formation of the moth occurs three times
duriug the summer.
Georgia Navigation.
Savannah News.
Two steamers are now plying between this
city and points on the Altamalia, Oconee and
Ocntulgee rivers, and they are doing a good
business, but are rather irregu
lar as to time, on account of
the shoals, which, when the rivers are low,
detain them considerable time. Most of the
residents along these regions prefer getting
their freight by steamers, as it costs less, and
in addition to this they save the trouble of
hauling it fif'y or sixty miles. If the govern
ment would expend a reasonable sum in
deepening Piney Bluff Shoals, in Ap
pling county and Town Bluff Shoals, steamers
could make regular trips and come down at
any stage of water. This would be a great
benefit to persons living in that section, and
would increase the trade of this city consider
ably.
I Killed Him.
Amerieus Republican.
A large hawk swooped down on a hen with
brood of chickens on the place of Mrs. J. W.
Sloan, one day recently, and a fierce fight
took place. A little negro boy watched them
tight, his eyesferotving larger as the fierce hawk
circled around the chickens and struck down
at them, only to be juet by the mad heu bent
on protecting her young. The little fell iw
was afraid that the" hawk would catch him
if he went near, so he gathered up a stone and
threw it with all his force, striking the hawk
on the head and killing it. He looked all
around, crept up slowly to the dead bird, gazed
at it intently for a 'few seconds, suddenly
seized it by a foot and rushed into the house
of Mrs. S. exclaiming: "I killed it! I killed
1 dun it wid a little rock!” It was a large
fellow that had picked the bones of many
chickens, was too sly to be killed with a gun
and the people out there are thankful that the
little darkey put the stone so true to the mark.
as rapidly as money and men can push it and is to
‘ ' ”uty - “
Track laying is going
If a day. "
be finished on .lufyl, 1882.
on now at the rate of a mile and a half a (lay. - It is
to be a link in the line from Brunswick to Norfolk,
which reaches from one point on the sea coast to
another, with collateral branches, such as the Mem
phis and Charleston road. Again, the Richmond
and Danville Construction company is building the
Georgia Pacific railroad westerly from Atlanta to
the great coal fields and iron and copper mines of
Georgia and Alabama. This enterprise also is
being pushed rapidly. Another line lias just
been finished from Waycross south into
Florida. Another is not quite finished from
Columbus to LaG range, which is projected onto
Clmltanooga. The Richmond and Danville rail
road is extending the Northeastern railroad from
Athens, Ga„ through the mountains to cast Ten
nessee. The Marietta and North Georgia railroad
is being rapidly built by convict labor under the
enterprise of the Boston Herald. There is also a
railroad nearly finished from Augusta toward Ten
nessee—the Knoxville and Augusta road. 1 believe
it is undisputed that more railroads are in
course of construction in Georgia during the pres
ent } ear than in all the other southern states east
of the Mississippi river. In addition to all these I
was told in Wall street that other great railroad en
terprises aro now being organized In New York
and Georgia for the building of new lines into and
out of Georgia.
NEW ENGLAND'S YOUNG RIVAL.
"As to manufacturing there is far more *f it done
in Georgia than people outside the state realize. In
Augusta the Sibley manufacturing company has
been organized within the last twelve months and
has a paid up capital of SI ,000,(100. The cotton mill
Is just finished, and their machinery Is placed in
the mills and now ready for work. Another com-
iany—the John B. King company- has been organ-
zed for some time. It has the same capital as the
Sibley, and its mill ls now in course of construction.
Much of the capital of both these companies was
subscribed for by Georgia men. There are other
large mills in the same city, all paying large divi
detids, and their stock ranges from 125 to 175. For
example, the old Augusta cotton factory has paid
since the war a regular five per cent quarterly divi
dend, free of lax. The water power of Augusta
is second to none in the country. There are also
at Columbus several successful cotton factories in
operation, notably the Eagle and I’henix com
pany. with its 51,250,0u0 paid up home capital. It
ms three mills. The second was built from the
profits of the first and the third from the profits
of lhc first and second. This company has made
one of Ihe greatest financial successes ever known
in manufacturing. Othcrcompanies in Columbus
have had great success also. Indeed, Columbus,
with the Chattahoochee river flowing through the
city w ith various falls, is worthily called the Low
ell of the South.
“In Atlanta a party of home capitalists have just
bought the cotton exposition groundsund buildings
and put in 6259,000 cash capital. As soon as tht
machinery can be buiit and placed the Cotton Ex
position mills company will begin work. There are
also many cotton mills in other cities and towns—
notably one in Macon, two in Athens, three in
West Point and one in LaGrauge, and are all doing
well.
At Cartersville a company has just organized
ami started shops for the manufacture of ears. In
Rome there are numerous iron mills and car wheel
factories, and the town is growing rapidly and do
ing well in all her enterprises. The field is wide
and open, and inviting and good dividends arc to
be earned by uapital judiciously invested in Geor
gia. Linds are cheap and p.euty. We have more
land than people. The climate is genial and the
culls
me of the Products or a Country Home la the
Swamp.
Valdosta Times.
An old friend of Okefenokee memory, Mr.
James Lee, living on Bilby’s island, in that
famous terra incognita, lias sent us a mam
moth turnip grown by him. It is of the ruta
betra variety and weighs now, after having
been out of the ground a week, and after hav
ing been sheared of its heavy roots, 15 pounds.
This turnip traveled forty miles by private
conveyance and then about the same by rail,
to get to us, and we appreciate it very much
for two reasons: first, because we like to know
that our old friend lias not forgotten us in his
swamp borne, and second, because there is just
fifteen pounds of wholesome “grub” in that
turnip, and it comes in a good time.
But let not the reader imagine by
the remark “swamp home” that our friend
lives in a coon hollow or in a bear’s nest, or
anything of that kind. By no means! Jim
Lee is the most independent man in Georgia
or Florida. He lias a comfortable country
home on the island in tlie swamp, and wants
for nothing. Salt and coltee is all that he
buys. Everything else lie makes himself and
we*know him to be a good liver, because more
than once we have feasted at his table on the
following menu, as near as we can remember
Fish, (several kinds), venison, bear steaks,
hams, chickens, eggs, honey, syrup, rice, po
tatoes, grits, corn bread and otlier things that
we cannot remember, as well as such vegeta
bles as his garden could afford in tlie month
of November—all borne productions. To this
could have been added alligator stew, but our
friend is not fond of the dish.
SPURRED A MULE.
people are
anxious t
sources.”
ghtened ami hospitable, and are
encourage immigration from all
They Mixed Those Bride—room* Up.
London Telegraph, January 27.
Marriages are doubtless made in heaven: we have
the assurance for it in many a line, but it would
still ap|M>ar that they are open to the charge of occa
sional mistake and it is just as well in celebrating
them in this lower sphere to see that all the pre
llminaries are satisfactorily settled. Such care, at
any rate, would have avoided the very painful re
sults which attach at this moment to a nuptial cer
emony that lately took place at Verona. In that
town foT some reason or other the official intrusted
by the sindaco to issue licenses for marriage mixed
up the names of the applicants in such sort that
when the day arrived for uniting a number of
young couples the wrong people found
themselves named in the document and
had to choose between taking the
partners selected for them or postponing their mar
riage altogether for some time, with the obvious
chance of never getting married at all. With
much reluctance on the part of some. and. grievous
to relate, joy on the part of others, ihe ceremony
was allowed to proceed, a number of people who
until then had been strangers to one another, be
ing declared respectively man and wife in truo
Italian form. It is satisfactory to know, however,
that in the opinion of the sindaco of the town, this
was not a matter of much importance: it being cer
tain, in that gentleman's opinion, that thus mated
they would experience quite as few disappoint
ments or quarrels as they would had they each
chosen their own mates for life; while by promptly
agreeing to aeecpt the official arrangement th .
had saved the state representatives much trouble
and not wasted the time of the clerks in preparing
fresh licenses in return for the fees.
The Credit System.
New York Times.
Not long ago the largest wholesale grocery firm
in Atlanta failed, with nominal assets of 5175.000
and liabilities amounting to $125,000. They had
sold heavily toeonntry merchants, and were driven
to make ail assignment by their inability to collect
what was due them. Tlie failure of the large com
mercial fertilizer house in Baltimore was due
mainly to the same cause. The creditors of most
of these concerns have very little reason to hope
for anvthing like full pavment. This is not a case
where'improvement in the trade or the removal of
the cause of depression will relieve embarrassed
debtors. The credit system In the south is one of
veariv accounts, and if the balance is on the wrong
Aad Now lie Don't Like to Hear a Rooster Crow.
Romo Bulletin.
The other day Charlie Height hired Jim
Good, colored, to carry a mule to Cave Spring.
Jim looked at the mule sometime before he
could decide whether to tote the mule, haul
it on a dray or undertake to ride it. He finally
settled on the mule and th*e
last named plan. Jim and the
mule got along well enough uutil
they met another mule or horse and then
such a time Jim and the mule would have.
The mule had a head of its own and would
generally point it to the opposite direction
from Cave Spring—preferring doubt
less to use its tail as an index linger lor that
thriving village. In utter desperation at
Pressley’s farm, some eight miles from the
city. Jim pawned his last dollar for the loan
of a spur to encourage the spirit of that mule.
The spur was a good one—it knew its duty
and did it well. Jim straightened his right
leg and with bated breath suddenly drew his
right heel home to the flank of that mule.
The spur w:ts on that heel and Jitn was on
that mule. The scene was changed
The mule stood on its fore-legs looking
over into Pressley’s held at Jim, all
done up in a pile in the mud. It seems
the mule decided to go over the fence and
suddenly changing its mindstopped—but Jim
kept right on over the mule’s head and the
fence. Jim swears never to hire out for
fool again, and he says he rode and walked—
walked chiefly—forty miles to get that mule
to Cave Spring. Jim lias swored off agin
spurs. He does not even like to hear a rooster
crow—for he thinks of spurs so badly.
A Colored Mute* Institute*
Savannah News.
We understand an effort is being made to
organize a colored department of the institute
for mutes. The state has made provision for
the education of colored mutes, and the su
perintendent states that he is desirous of or
ganizing a class before taking definite steps—
in fact, lie must have a guarantee of ten pu
pils before commencing the colored depart
ment, We are informed that Solomon Walk
er, a very worthy colored man, having a son
who is a mute, has been trying to circulate
these facts among his race in this community
with a view to obtain the names of the num
ber required, who are willing to avail them
selves of this opportunity. So far he has only
succeeded in finding four, and we are asked
to bring the matter to public attention, that
his work may be facilitated. Those who know
of any colored mutes will be doing a good ser
vice by bringing these facts to the notice of
the parents, and report the names to Solomon
Walker. This wise and benifieent provision
of the state should be availed of, and this can
only be done by securing the requisite num
ber of pupils which the law requires before
tlie department can be established. Unless
this is done, the four mutes now obtained will
lose the important benefit of education.
An Odd Cano.
Columbus Times. *
Mr. G. W. B. McKniglii lias finished and
presented to the library the walking cane we
made mention of some time since, and it is a
rare specimen of man’s ingenuity. Its head
is formed of a man Seated on a barrel of Hour,
representing the staff of life, while below it is
covered with masonic emblems. It is of
sweetgum around which was entwined a ratan
vine which is carved into a snake. It is a cu
riosity and we suggest that as such it be kept
on exhibition in the libra-y. Tlie head is
covered by a silver cap, the work of Mr. C. M.
Kinsel, which bears the inscription, "pre
sented by G. W. B. McKniglit to the Colum
bus library.”
A New Copper Mine.
Rome ‘Bulletin.
We were shown a piece of copper ore by one
of our citizens yesterday, and to say it was
rich would hardly express it. He bad several
pieces and left one at our office, where it can
be seen. This mine is in Floyd county, and
near our city. Tlie gentleman who lias it
thinks, (and there is no doubt of it), that there
is big money in it. It certainly is of the
richest quality, and is no doubt one of tlie
finest mines in north Georgia. He will have
it looked after, and will let us know whenever
anything is developed. We hope lie will not
be disappointed in his expectations.
OFFICE: COR. PEACHTREE <2, WALL STS..UP-STAIRS
A HOME INSTITUTION, with a bona fide membership of over FIVE THOUSAND, and the only
established Mutual Life Association in the South.
Death losses paid promptly and in full. Has paid since organization over
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
To the widows and orphans of Us deceased members.
Assessments are calculated from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE TABLE OF MORTALITY. To
insure equity and permanence, they increase with the age of the members, and are made without dodg
ing, flinching or apologizing, as often as necessary to pay death claims promptly.
The membership fees and annual dues charged members for expenses are fair and reasonable, but
sufficient to enable the managers to conduct the business of the association in a business way and guar
antee an honest handling of the mortuary fuud.
The People’s does not propose to provide protection at less than cost, but as cheaply as safety and
permanence will permit.
White persons of either sex, under fifty-five years of age, and of good health and habits, who desire
reliable protection, are invited to call at the office of the People’s Mutual Relief Association, or on any
of the following Atlanta members:
IN GENERAL.
that the next Year’s crop will make good the loss.
The planters are not yet a provident class, and
whether the crop be large or small, it is too often
... » „ eaten up bv the merchants'advances. This year’s
If you had seen him in my house, when be- cotton will pay this year's debts, not last year's.
Bilk Halting In Athcn*.
Athens Banner.
Rev. J. C. Davis, who is engaged in making
a colleetion of 'the Lepadoptera of Clarke
county for tlie museum of the University of
Georgia, culled to request any one who knows
of the whi'e mulberry growing near Athens,
to report the same to hint or to this office. In
the course of an interesting conversation on
the subject of moths and butterflies, he
showed us specimens of the Chinese silk
cocoons, and a beautiful skein of the wound
silk. Tlie cocoons were of fine shades of yel
low and green tints. Mr. Davis has now
about 1,50<I eggs of the silk moth which will
hatch out now in a few days. They must- be
fed on the leaf of tiie mulberry until they
wind themselves up into the cocoons. If left
long enough tlie moth will cut through the
cocoon and ruin the silk, so the pupu must
be filled inside of the cocoon
before it reaches the moth stage. This
is done by heating them in an oven. The co
coons are' then ready for winding. The silk
The farmers of Kansas have kept at their
ploughing all winter.
The island of Elba, Napoleon I.’s old home,
is being strongly fortified by Italy.
The growing wheat crop is everywhere rep
resented to be in a prosperous condition.
Long before tobacco was introduced into
England the dtied leaves of coltsfoot were quite
generally smoked.
The commission appointed in Germany to
revise Luther's translation of the Bible has held its
last sitting and brought its work to a close.
.Tiie long-sought-for specific against liydro-
jfiObia, it is said, has been discovered in Cambodia
n the shape of the bark of a tree, the effect of
which is very similar to that of strychnine.
It is significant of the change of sentiment
towards Jews in England that the Evangelical Earl
of Shaftesbury writes: "I have long desired to see
such a man as Sir Moses Montefiore in the house of
lords.”
Speaking of that herd of sheep driven
from Washington Territory to Nebraska, the jour
ney occupying two years, the Lowell Courier re
marks that by the time they get to Boston they will
be first-class spring lambs.
The deaths in Now York last month were
6.9113, the births. 4,369. New York continues to
depend upon the great world outside for its in
crease in population. 1 is facilities for dying seem
to be rapidly augmenting.
It is stated that the results of recent geolog
ical explorations made in Russia by official direc
tion show the existence in that empire of phosphate
deposits sufficiently extensive to supply the wants
of Europe for an indefinite period.
The official statistics show that 709,919 bush
els of potatoes, valued-at 6135,461, have been im
ported into the United States since lust March from
Ireland, -Scotland, Nova Scotia, and Canada, and
without these we might have had a potato famine.
The children of the blackest Africans are
born white. In a month they become pale yellow,
in a year, Drown; at four years, dirty black, and at
thirty, glossy black. The blocd of blacks and
whites is of ihe same color, 'iheeoloring matter of
blacks is supposed to be due to bilious secretions in
the mucous membranes underneath the cuticle.—
Sir R. Phillips.
Tiie mention of the fact that the lives of
John Shute and his son, of Concord. X. II , extend
ed over 141 years, has brought information th-t Mrs.
Polly Jauvrin, of Hampton Falls. N. XI , v.hose
father, Nathaniel Hubbard Dodge, whs born Janu
ary 21, . 73S, is still living at the age of 86. inuku
span already exceeding 144 yeais Mr. Dodge died
in his ninety-third y.ar, and Mrs. Janvrin, his
daughter, by a second marriage, was bom in his
fifty-eighth.
A popular penitential pilgrimage of Jeru
salem is announced by the religious journals of
Paris. The pilgrims are to embark at Marseilles on
the 27tb of Apnl. At Jaffa carriages, horses and
asses are to be in readmes.’, by means of which the
journey»ill be continued to Jerusalem, where
wholesome and sufficiently abundant provisions
are promised at low prices. From Jerusalem ex
cursions will be made to all the spots associated
with sacred history.
The late consul at Panama has been trans
ferred to Bremen. Although his salary at Panama
was 51,000 larger than at Bremen, he says he would
not live in Panama for 520,000 per annum. He sayi
there are the graves of five consuls there, and noth
ing but discomfort. The consul at iliracabo, Vene
zuela, says that at his post there are the graves of
thirty-three consuls. He acts as consul for England,
France and Germany, as well as the United 5tales,
so great is the horror of that deadly region. Yet
there are hundreds of men now pining for consul
ships.
Germany did much last year for the preser
vation of her reputation as a country devoted to
the horse. Races were held on 122 days of the 365,
and of these eighteen were held in Berlin, home
2,530 horses took part in 570 single bea>s, and the
aggregate of prizes reached 814.252 matks, with an
addition of 299.352 marks for stakes and forfeits, a
total of 1.213,601 marks. One-fourth of this sum
was paid out at Berlin. Hamburg ranked next,
S aving out 142,180 matks. The total sum allowed
y’the government was 210,000 marks.
An Engl simian died recently in New Bed
ford leaving a small property. His brother living
in Hadfield.Engfield.was anxious to know the con
tents of the will, and wrote to President Arthur
asking him to mail a copy of it and inclosing 2)£d
for expenses. The president sent the request to
Governor Long and the governor forwarded it to
the register of probate for Bristol county by a sen
ator from Bristol. A copy of the instrument was
made, and now the machinery by which it was ob
tained has been reversed and doubtless ere long the
Englishman will be in possession of the informa
tion which he desires.
The Link of a lien.erl.®.
In the lively city of Denver, Colorado, resides one
Sebastian Lehman, a wood worker, at No. 793 Lari
mer street. In a recent interview, published in
the Denver News of the 19 th ultimo, be de-cribes
himself as a native of Baden, aged fifty-four,
resident of Colorado over two years, and hence he
is not a tenderfoot. He also tells how he bought a
ticket. No. 19.036, in the January drawing of the
Iouisiana State Lottery lor 52 sent to M A Dauphin,
New Orleans, La., and oil January 10th he drew
510,000. It is a simple story, but seems to resemble
many similar occurrences all over the country.
The M3d Grand Monthly Drawing will take place
under the sole management of Generals GTr
regard and Jubal A Early ou March 14.
march7 diwlt
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A cola .-,r sere ‘itrent nay not sr , tr. to rroov.nt L. nueh,
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It has been betore the public It>r forty years, and ls meet, valued where It ls best known.
A few extracts front voluntary testimonials read as follows:
Pent Kn.txn has been ray household remedy for
colds for th a past twenty-seven ycare, end have
never known it to ih’l in oTccung a cure.—
L. S. Crtccxcs, Yi'fiiiamsviilo, N. Y.
For thiRy yean I hevo used Tain Knrexr., red
found it a never-faffing remedy I,a- colds and sore
threat—ISauxos Seaman.
Have received immediate relief from colds and
sore throat, and conridcr your Pain Kun.nn an
invaluable remedy.—Geo. B. Evehexx, Dickinson,
I have Just recovered from a very revere cold,
whJ.h I Have had for some time. I could get no
relief until I tried your 1'ain Killer, vhi. h
re'ieved mo immediately. I will never again bo
without it.—C. O. Ponce, Lowndes, Gx
Have -used Pain Kilt er in rcy family for forty
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Lewis, Waynesboro, Gx
I began tiring Patn Bum in my family twenty.
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For whcoflnr-eoni-h end croon it is the best
preparation racdx w o would not bo without it—
A. P. Bouts. Albert:.-3311s. Ax
P, r tweatv-uvo year., I here ured Pain Killer
f or rcM * end chapped lips, ired c onsider it the bor*
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I v.ts Fu.Terinv severely with bronchitis, end my
throat was so inflamed I could scarcely swallow
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and after talnmr a few doses was compie>ely
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Dr. Walton writes from Coshocton: Your Pain
KiLLxr. di htheria and sore throat, so alarm-
mely pm valent here, and hss not been known to
fail m a singlo instance. This fact you should
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emus, bo many children havo died here, I was
afraid to call a physician, and tried your Pain
Killeil He was taken on Sunday, and on
Wednesday hiw throat was clear. It was a won-
i-—------ „ . derful cure, and I v,4eh it could bo known to the
Druggist, Oneida, s. i. poor mothers who aro losing so many children.
For Chills and Fever, PAIN KILLER has do equal. It cures when everything else fans.
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Delays are often dangerous. A bottle of Pain Killer In the house ls a safeguard that ao
family should be without. All druggists sell it at A5c., 50c., and $ioo per bottle. ^, . ,
PERRY DAVIS & SON, Proprietors. Providence. R. I.
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Genlera Agents for C <6 G Cooper’s
PLAIN, PORTABLE, TRACTION
—AND
STATIONARY ENGINES, SAW MILLS
GRIST MILLS, 8MUT MACHINES. ETC.
Also for the Hamilton Stationary and Monarch
Portable, Traction and Road Engine. These latter
guaranteed to draw 4,000 feet of lumber, or 20,000
pounds of freight ovef ordinary roads. AlsqAhe
Eclipse and Merchant Saw Mills, manufactured at
these works. The machinery of these two Houses
has in superior iu the United states. In stock and
for sale:
CIRCULAR SAWS, SOLID AND PLANER TOOTH
—AND—
Agricultural Machinery
Jot all kinds
WHITE & MILLj&n,
Cor Broad and Hunter stsjAtlanta, Ga
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SEEDS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
CULTIVATORS, COTTON PLANTERS,
SEEDS, ETC.
Dow Law Cotton Planter-
$10.50.
STANDARD RIDING AND WALKING
CULTIVATOR COMB>NID, unexcelled
bv any ever m tde. $37.50.
WAl.K 1NG CULTIVATOR $25.90
PLANT. JR.. ’HORSE KOE 9.00
Corn, Cotton Seed, Millet, Reapers, Mowers, Threshers,
ENGINES, ETC.
i rjUFA’VTL’ BAKER* CO.’S. DAVISON & CO. and BA AKERS COTTON FERTIL-
1 i O IZERS, PURE DISSOLVED BONES. All on good te.ms.
MARK W. JOHNSON & CO.,
-wit nov!2- dly O' 7 MAR T R T TA c-ttj'ftt'.T.
Seed
COTTON PREMIUMS
$2,500.00.
THE 0Z1ER LONG STAPLE SILK COTTON
H AS NO EQUAL IN MERITS. THE ABOVE
premiums are offered by him on his Cotton
lor 1882. Will sell or let seed on shaies to planters
through business men as agents. Send for pam
phlet.
1:19 janSl—w3m 2dp nx rd mat
J. D. OZI
Corinth, Mlau
SALESMEN WANTED.
■T’’ OOD RELIABLE MEN TO ACT AS SALES-
8 X men for the sale of my NEW GRAPES, and
many other NEW SPECIALTIES, together with a
fall line of Nursery Stock. Previous experience
not essential. Lire, active men earn good wages.
Salary and Jexpenses paid. For terms address,
giving full name, age, previous occupation, and
references, GEO. A. 5TONF,
Continenal '.'utseries. Rochester, N. Y.
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