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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, APRIL, 4, 1882
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the railroad commission requiring the railroad
companies of the state to charge exactly three
cents a mile. If the distance between two
stations is eight miles, let the company be re
quired to return one cent when a quarter is
offered. If the distance is twelve miles, the
change in return would be four cents or more.
The railroad companies would lose nothing
through the proposed order,for now they lose
the fraction below two and a half cents and
gain the fraction of a nickel above the divid
ing point.
As a matter of wise public policy, and really
as a means of putting the three-cent-a-miic
rule into full force, the commission should
require exact fares and exact change. The
railroads would doubtless heartily co-operate
in any movement that leads to economy and
thrift in the people upon whom they
- i _ . . i depend for business. The plan sug-
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ATLANTA, GA„ APRIL 4, 1882.
Mr. Ci.rmf.xts presented last week the pe
tition of twenty-two citizens of Alta in favor
of a reduction of the duty on sugar; and Mr.
Buchanan was grafted an indefinite leave of
absence on account of the serious sickness in
his family.
Tiik clearest and most graphic account of
Mormondom which has yet appeared is re
printed to-day from an article in the New
York Tribune. The author, a Presbyterian
missionary, talks plain facts; but they are as
startling as possible.
Dalton deserves credit for being one of
Georgia’s manufacturing centers. 'Dalton
does not blow her own trumpet, as some
other towns do, but she puts in some hard
blows for business. What some of them are
a correspondent tells at length this morning.
So far as collected, the record of the recent
storm in Georgia shows that its track
marked by unusual devastation even for a
“line gale.” Houses, trees and fences blown
down; stock killed, and persons, both killed
and injured, arc a few of tiie incidents. The
completed story will show that the gale was
one of the worst for several years.
Ukcormku the establishment of cotton seed
oil mills throughout the state will soon cease
to be novel. The encouraging thing is that
they are established with Georgia money, and
that it is not found necessary to go out of the
state to foster our infant industries. The Al
bany mill, which is now an assured fact, be
gins operations on a basis of $50,000 capital,
ami bids fair to be a success.
Of l)r. Felton’s recent statement to the
effect that a convict at tho Dade coni mines
had escaped with a mule; that the convict
Cox, who was sent there for killing Alston,
took a mule and pursued the convict, and
was gone two or three days, and captured
him and the mule and brought them back,
the superintendent of the mine says it is true
except that Cox was not gone three days; did
not take a mule; did not catch the mule that
the pioneer in a reform that would soon sweep
over the whole south. We hope the commis
sion will consider the subject carefully, and
act up to their convictions. They need not
fear that any action in the premises will be
regarded as arbitrary or uncalled for.
THE GRAIN AND COTTON CROP.
‘Bradstreet’s” is at hand with the details of
the March crop report. We have given the
main points of this report by wire, but find
many interesting points of detaiL
As to the cotton acreage Bradstreet’s says
editorially:
From the tenor of the reports it is apparent that
none of the southern stales will Increase their cot
ton acreage this year. On the contrary, that about
all the states are fairly certain to plant less cotton,
and in its place to increase the acreage of corn,
wheat and oats. The indications are that the total
acreage of com, wheat and oats will be considera
bly increased. A decrease of from 10 to 15 per cent
in cotton acreage in the Atlantic states is probable,
but, as staled above, it is too early to speak definite
ly. In the southwest a like disposition is manifest
for the two names, “Means” and “Jol^tfon,”
but fails to account for that of “Guinea.”
The Guinea grass has a succulent, flushy root,
resembling that of the common swamp cane.
It is even more difficult to exterminate, after
it has once taken entire possession of the soil
thon Bermuda. It yields a larger quantity of
hay peracre than Bermuda, but is coarser than
the latter and inferior to it in quality. Unlike
Bermuda, also, it produces seed.
A good part of the report is taken up with
interesting notes from the department's cor
respondents, with reports of soil tests of ferti
lizers, with a practical and altogether excel
lent article on silk culture from the pen of
Mr. John Stark, of Thomasville, and with a
wide variety of other articles and tables, in
cluding an illustrated article on the most use
ful implements and machinery exhibited at I Brer Jcems Henry, dey ain’t kin be much uv a
the International cotton exposition. The I scuffle.”
pamphlet is the most valuable one that has “How so, Brother Remus;” asked the preacher
been issued from the department of agricul- I wldl an uneasJ fIM * e
ture, and every thoughtful and progressive J^Henrj-.monst nscasy
. . ,, * . , ,, , _ i 1>( j , teu , de spcunce iue e tln\ like ter-uight, en let
fanner in the state should apply for a copy of | drap ’er hint, en I’d ’ten’ dc pr’ar meetin’, like day
atter ter-morrer night, en let drap a ne’er hint. By
Sunday de scheme ’ud be plum ripe, en den I'd rise
upen rap de congregation ter order, en line out ‘Ye
hope soon to see you wor^un' in the vineyard
Brother Remus. The harvest Is waitin’, an’ de la
bor few.’’
“Dat so, Brer Jeems Henry; I stan's wld you dar.
sho. But de mo'est w’at er old cripple nigger lak
me kin do dish yer kinder wedder is ter set down
en wait fer watermillion time.”
“All the same, Brother Remus, the Marstcr’s
work is got to be done.”
“I ain’t ’sputin’ dat. Brer Jeems Henry, en I ain’t
gwineter ’spute it—kaze w’en I sees you peradin’
’roun’, en promernadin’ up en down wid yo’ itan
nin’ coller a slickin’ up, en yo’ stove-pipe hat a
shinin’, en yo’ black frock coat a flopiin’, den It
seem like ter me I done miss my callin’.”
How is that, Brother Remus?”
“Hit’s des dis away< Brer Jeemes Henry. W’en
my bag er meal run dry. en my little rasher er ba
con disrepear fum ae cubberd, whar I gwine git
any mo’, ceppin’ I sail out an’ scufile ’roun’ after
it? En vit, ef I wuz stoopin’ up’erds in yo’ shoes.
EXPERIENCE
MISRY AND PROGRSS AND
OTHR THINGS
As Vlowed by that Ancient. Honorable, Acceptable
and Interesting Oeorgia Hearthstone Philoso
pher, Who is Known to Everybody
ss Yours Truly, Bill Arp.
Written for the Atlanta Constitution.
Experience is a dear school-master, but the
schooling sticks to a man mighty close. The
other day I read in a farming paper that
sheep ought to be sheared early in the spring,
and so I hired a nabor to come over and take
the wool off of mine, and that night I kept
em under cover, for it was damp and chilly,
and shore enough next day three of ’em laid
down and died. One of ’em was named
Mary, and Mary had a little lamb, and now
we are raising it on the bottle, and it takes all
the family to do it, and of course this sad
and melancholy misfortune was all my fault,
for they said it was too soon to shear sheep
and take all their warm clothes oft;
but I said it wasn’t, and had
my own way, for there are some things that I
THE MORAL OF THE HICKS CASE I ouuuay uc mjucuic uuuepium ripe, cu uen i u use j am right stubborn about, and SO if it goes
There « no donht tw the * up«n ra ? de congregation terorder, en line out ‘Ye right it’s all right and no remarks, but if it
. government of I ji v i n ’ mens, come view de groun’; en, und’ kiwer I goes wrong, why then I—well, there’s no use
the L nited States is a great and powerful in- I er dat, I’d sen’ ’roun de centerbution plate, en, I I talking—fact is I would run away if there
stitution, nor is there any less doubt that its boun’ you, de nex’ time folks come wisititin’ ’roun’ was any where to run to. Those poorinnocent
laws should be respected by tlie people and me, dey’d be a bag er meal, en a rasher er bacon, | sheepand that poor little motherless lamb,
strenuously enforced by its officers. But e:l a cr ’lasses in de cubberd. Dat dey would,
when all is said in this direction that can be hcne Y-”
said, or that has been said in the columns of ‘7°“ doi “’ “ b< f ln, “ sti “ " heu 5 '°" to,k ,n
’ . , .... . . that style, Brother Remus,” said the preacher.
The Constitution, the fact still remains that “Ter de contraries er dat, Brer Jeems Henry,” I W ere skipping about so merrily 'and shaking
the people m whose interest and behalf these I responded Uncle Remus, “I ain’t mix bofe un us I their little tails, and the old ones looked like
laws are made do not contemplate that their I up in it. Ides bin tellin’ you ’bout de pogrance the pictures you see in the books, but a shear-
most vigorous enforcement shall lead to the w ’ at a no ’count ole nigger name Remus would er ed sheej) don’t look like anything in the books
unprovoked and unnecessary murder of even laid out > P erw ldin’ dat his streak er luck had er
bin de lenk en breadt’ er yone.”
At this point. Brother Jeems Henry concluded to
change the sut ject.
“Well, I wish you’d come down to class-meetin’
next Sunday, Brother Remus. A lady from Liberia
to narrow the cotton acreage and enlarge cereal
cultivation. The area of winter wheat has been
considerably increased.
As to the decrease of acreage and backward
ness of planting in the overflowed Mississippi
districts, it is said:
“We are loth to conclude as yet that the water in
the flooded districts of the Mississippi valley will
not recede in time for a late plan ing. The acreage
will undoubtedly be lessened by the floods, but
how much cannot now be told. The demoralized
condition of labor consequent upon the confusion
caused by the floods promise to prove a serious ob
stacle to planting.”
The replies to which the above refers are
more despondent than the editor confesses.
As to the acreage of grain crops and cotton
in Georgia, the summary is as follows;
The report as to acreag indications give but one sign
of an increase. One hundred replies speak of a
decreased acreage, the percentages of loss vary
ing from 10 to 20 and 30 per cent. Thirty-
one correspondents state that the acreage will
be the same as last year. The reports as to the
probable area to be planted in com arc nearly of
a uniform tone, and point to a considerably
increased acreage. Nine correspondents antici
pate an increase of corn area of from 25 to 30 per
cent. Sixty-six look to an increase oi from 10
to 20 per cent, while nine reporta nominal increase.
Fourteen correspondents state that the corn acre
age will be the same as last year. Fifty-two cor
respondents report an increased acreage of wheat,
the per centago of gain varying on the average
from 10 to 25 per cent. Five correspondents report
an increase of wheat acreage amounting to 50 per
I cent. Five reports state that the wheat acreage
will be the same, and none point to a decrease.
As regards the use of fertilizers in Georgia, a nota
ble failing off is indicated should the reported dis
position of the planters continue. Twenty-two
correspondents anticipate a decrease of 50 per cent.
I Eighteen reports state that from 30 to 40 per cent
less fertilizers will be used, while 25 reports indi
cate that from 10 to 25 per cent less fertilizers will
the convict escaped with; did not catch thtf be used. Seventeen report the same amount,and
..... 1 .. , , _ , I only 8 anticipate an increased use. A striking ffa-
convict; that no convict escaped and Cox has I ture of the agricultural situation in Georgia fs the
not been out of bounds. The excellent doctor I increased area given over to oats.
the humblest citizen. Some of our esteemed I
northern contemporaries, in commenting
upon the recent killing of old Mr. Hicks, a [
ell-known citizen of Gwinnett county, by
General Longstreet’s deputy marshals, seem I is expected to make a little talk. She’s at my house
to be amazed that such a slight thing as the now - an ’ you mI S ht come Jown and ? et acquainted
killing of an inoffensive eld citizen by the offi- I W ™ her '” . , „ ,
... I “Bless yo’ soul, Brer Jeems Henry: my omanm
cera oi the government should create any days is done gone. j seeu de time, en ’tain’t bin
excitement in a section that professes to be I gQ mighty long f go, u’er, >v T en I’d des jump at de
loyal.” Editor Medill, of Chicago, excuses I chance ferter call on dish yer lady, en it’d a done
the murder, which, according to trust- I yo’ heart good fer ter see me sidlin’ ’roun’ ’er blue
worthy accounts, was deliberate and wan- | pidjinon toper de barn; but dat time done pas’
ton, on the ground that the victim was
an illicit distiller, and then, marveling that
community should be excited by so unim
portant an event, smells another rebellion in
the midst of the atmosphere and begins to
Ain’t dish yer lady,” continued the old man-
“ain’t dish yer lady got a ’scription paper Tong wid
or?’
“I don’t know if she ain’t. Brother Kemus,”
| plied Brother Jeems Henry, after a pause.
“Ah-yi! dat w’at I think. She got a ’scription
prepare for it to the extent of fumbling I paper, en she hail fum some s’ciety ern’er, ’way off'
around under his bolster for his horse-pistol. I > -au ’> w’at nobody ain’t never year talk un, en she’ll
mi , . . I git up dar befo* you all widabokav er coffee weeds*
The auesnons that anse here are important. 6 . . . ...
7 ■' I ana pepper pods, en she li natally intrauce you wid
M by view the killing from a sectional point I de niceness er dat country; en den, lo enbeholes,
ot view? Under the perfect work that recon- I bimebyshe’U out wid dat ’scriptionpaper, en she’ll
struction is supposed to have accomplished, | up’n say dat bein’s how dem folks ’cross dar gittin
in (for instance) Macoupin county, Illinois, or
any other county in any other state
the union? Our own opinion
that suck a crime iu Massachusetts, commit
ted under precisely the same conditions, and
followed by an effort on the part of the gov
ernment to shield the criminals instead of
turning them over to the officers of the law
in the county where the crime was comrnit-
sccms to have somewhat mixed his author
ities.
School Commissioner Ori: is enthusiastic
The above is a most gratifying showing and
demonstrates that the leaven is working; that
I our farmers are at last determined to win
their own independence. The Constitution’s
over the prospects of an educational appropri- record of prosperous farmers is doing its ap-
ation. Ho outlines a bill which seems to us
the most practical proposal and the one .
which in the end is most likely to be adopted. SraouJ^up^ental
t is in many respects the same as Senator I re port embraces all information gathered up
Blair a bill, which is already looked upon to tho beginn ; ng of tho present yea r. In this
y; it i much favor, and it is far more likely to I report he estimates the injury to the cotton
ipasS fhan Mr. Clements’s plan to sell public Cpop from drouth at ^ ^ cent in north and
lands, 6r Mr, Logan’s to give middle Georgia) 22 per cent in southwest
tlie whisky and tobacco tux money. I Georgia, 30 per cent in east Georgia and 39per
The bill provides for the appropriation of cent in southeast Georgia. The injury from
fifteen millions for ten years to be distributed ca terpillars in the whole state was 6 per cent,
on tlie basis of illiteracy, on condition of tlie He puts t h e crop of the state at 607,988
slate adding one-tliird. Under this bill, Geor bales, or nearly 200,000 bales less than the
gia would have, instead of less than half a cr0 p of 1879, and nearly 240,000 bales less that
million dollars a year, nearly a million and Q f jggO. The average yield an acre in seed
three quarters. If there is any one who co tton in 1881 was 498 pounds in north Geor-
would oppose this bill, he must be a hater o g ; ai 400 pounds in middle and southwest
knowledge indeed. Georgia, 341 pounds in east Georgia, and 300
X BURNING SHAME l' OUnds in SOUth "'f t Geo ^ a ’ , The commis -
Shnmc on the man who could render such | ^oncr very properly says ,n this connection
a decision as that of Commissioner Smith in
the case of Bolton, Freeland and Miller,
-charged with murdering old man Hicks. As
clear a case of unnecessary taking of life as
•ever was brought into court is called a cora-
•mfsaion of a crimo while in the discharge
of their duty, and without due caution,
The act of four men penning
one old defenseless man, and his
shooting by one of the four
is called “a melee.” Mr. Smith speaks of the
laws of bis “own blessed state” of Georgia
with feeling; does ho think that his decision
in this ease is the one that would have been
rendered by a judge of the oourts of this
blessed state?
One thousand dollars fine or imprisonment
for one year will not satisfy tho people of
“The most prosperous farmers in every sec
tion of the state are those who have uniformly
made their supplies at home. Such farmers
are to be found everywhere, and are conspicu
ous for their prosperity; and yet their neigh
bors refuse to follow their example and pros
per, but are eagerly pursuing the ignis fatuus
of all cotton on western corn and bacon, with
‘the road in front of them strewn with the
“wasted lives and wrecked fortunes of their
exemplars. Remonstrances against the
suicidal policy have been uttered until they
‘have become painfully monotonous. Ex-
“aniple, observation and experience hav
taught their lessons in vain. Figures
founded on false data lie, and the farmers
are lead to win by them.”
The corn crop of 1881 proved to be better
than was anticipated on the first of August
Georgia for the shedding of the blood of a
. . .. 111 I 7 220 368 bushels less than the crop of 1871,
without warrant or cause. The case is fla-1 ’ , . , , ...
. , , . ... , „„ u-ij Sugar cane turned out poorly, and so did all
grant and glaring. It is not a case of the old I ou t> —
southern spirit,” as some northern paper
says, which leads to the denunciation
of these officials. It is a special case of injus
tice and crime, which it is the duty of every
honest man to cry out against. It is a case
which deserves and demands the attention of
Georgia’s representatives in Washington, and
we make an appeal to the members of con
gress who are interested in the cause of justice
and of right for tlicir attention to this case.
the other crops, except that of hay. The clo
ver apd cultivated grasses were ready for cut
ting before the drouth had lairly set in, and
fine harvests of Bermuda hay were gathered
in some of the middle counties, where
this grass is more highly appre
ciated every year. The commissioner con
siders Bermuda hay equal in value to the
timothy grass of the northern states. Guinea
gross is also becoming a popular hay grass.
Like Bermuda, its roots are perenniaL
history of the introduction of tho Guinea
and the awful consequences and varygated
remarks haunt me. Two years ago we tried
sheep and the dogs killed’em all in one night,
and last fall we bought some more—some fine
cotswolds and merinos, and the young lambs
or out of ’em. Good clothes, decently put on,
become anybody, especially sheep. Well, I
reckon I’ll know when to shear ’em next
time. From tlie naborhood talk and general
remarks about home, it seems that everybody
knew but me. and so there is some comfort
in finding out there ain’t but one fool in the
settlement.
MISERY LOVES COMPANY
A few day’s ago the old muscovy duck quit
her nest after she had been setting three
weeks and last night a mink or a weasel or a
snake or an owl or a fox or a possum or some
other varmint got in the hen house and killed
a setting hen and triedlo drag her off but her
body wouldent go through the crack, and
yesterday one of the glass shutters to the
power pit fell down, kerslam, and broke most
all the lights, aud as I havent been running
the ducks nor the chickens nor the flower pit
of late I’m posting up the book as a set oft to
the sheep. I’m bound to get even some way,
for misery loves company. They ought to
have tied the old duck on her nest and set up
all night watching for the weasel and the
flower pit ooghtent to have been opened at
all. Jesso. After a tiling has happened any
body can see how it might have been prevent
ed. * Nabor Freeman killed a dog yesterday
while the dog was killing a sheep and of
course that will make somebody mad for
most everybody thinks his dog is "better than
tus’U slap his han’ ter his jaw en raise de ehur.s,
I en de money’Jl rattle on jingle, en der nex town
. w’at de lady’ll strak, she’ll strak it wid a bran new |
| bonnet. No use to tell me, Brer Jeems Henry. I
none bin dar. I done bin seasoned wid um.”
Brother Jeerus Henry here consulted an immense ]
silver wateh, while Unele Remus went on:
“No, Bier Jeems Henry; ef you see dat lady en
she ax atter me by name, yon up’n tell ’er dat I |
sent 'er howdy, but don't go no fudder; destaSe yo’
legislature has got a dog and very few have
sheep. It is wonderful how much a man
thinks of his own dog and liow little he
thinks of other people’s dogs. “Love roe,
love hiy dog,” is an old proverb and a. true
one. A i«an will fight for his dog quicker
than lie will for his horse or his cow, and it is
all because the dog loves him and the horse
©r the cow don’t. In old times dogs were not
allowed to-be sold for the Scriptures say
cursed is be who taketh a price for a dog,
but 1 don’t reckon they tolerated sheep-kiil-
stan’ ’pun dat. Den ef she take’n press de ques
ted, would lead to a much livelier discussion I tion, take off yo’ hat en tsll ’or dat wiles you wuz I j pg do ™ any mor e than we do;- for sheep was
than the newspapers of Georgia have devoted I roamin’ ’roun’ you met up wid er ole nigger w’t 1 their chief dependence,
to the srihipot It is also our oninion that S otmo ’ emy ha’rs dan hefemoney, anddis ole nig- dogs ano-sheep;
' ‘ j v * I ger he up’n lowed, he did r dat ef’ tain’t no fudder 5n the state of Indiana, they put a tax. of
tlie outrage would he condemned by every fum d& Bert in’-house ter de chicken-coop in dat ■ three dollars on a dog and five dollars on hia
organ of public sentiment at the north in I Liberioue country dan w’at ’tls in dish Nunited mother, and-money is1 kept to pay foe
stronger terms than The Constitution has state er Georgy, den dey’s lbt’ser trouble all ’roun’ a {j|?P ^^The^\-o£t trowbTI abTut exc-
tlius far employed. 1 de worrrll Gun ’er dat, en let er go.” I outing the law is that a man may have three
It is undoubtedly true, as we said at the 1 As the preacher, smiling in spite cf himself, I or f our dogs a hanging around iris premises,,
outset, that the United States comprise a great , turn ® <1 ,. to ?® forth «Pon his- mission, be was fol- but he won’t own W The boys tfirow ’em.
. . , . , , , . I lowed by the sonorous voice of Uncle Remus; I a bone or a chunk of bread now and then,
and powerful government, butgreat as. it is*, j “p u t my name iu yo’ pra’ie. Brer Jeems Henry!” I; but the boys won’t own’'era,, though they do
powerful as it is, it cannot aliord to permit I , . I hunt rabbits with ’em oi* the sly. Conse-
its officers to commit murder and then en-I THE FIRST OF APRIL. I quently they pay no tax, and it would be to©
gage in a series of efloris to “protect” them \ expensive to Un a man to S a round and kill
from the operations of the laws which they | TI >' Be.ta.tow.t are with the ^St they lay Um law is Vgiiod'one, anyhow,'
have violated. It is the state laws r and not ' ,, ,, T n and.it is working better everv year, for a man
- «» v»k- e a i llv s;s„i5. d if' k *4 ,, '*vS
been violated; and with all due re- while^ou are here^you hudl bettorithe bol f t x, dogS) f or u ie Uborl talk about it, a^.
spect for such venerable partisans as the editor j trouble of coming up again- by making jour I sonie tmies they turn a feller out of tiia
of the Chicago Tribune, it may bewell to l ^he raster conmlied bv returning the c ll > lrch , for !t . aadnowtl.e people are getting
enue laws—illicit distilling—does not subject light, and then it was his turn to askques- L ajld see how it works. The days are get-
citizen to the death penalty. This tnay tl “lVV , the re turnirc ef tax values tin& m , i§ . hty ,. loi ? g t0 me * ’ A ' hen u . ™ ur - ^
seem strange, and yet it is nevertheless true, i opened?” returning ei u. iu«.s | eng3ged m digging up stumps or prizing, em
T?.von ehnnlrf n. rit.i7.pn lip CflUfflit in. tllfc VPrv I* *■
Even should a citizen be caught in the very!' ‘“Briskly;-, over fifty persons have made re
act of twisting his tobacco and pressing it un- I turns to-day, and it looks.as if the i w*rk of
, . „ , this oflice would be closed much earlier: than
der the corner of a worm fence, or should he 1 bere tofor© ”
he found distilling his peaches, his apples ori “What aiass of people do-, you find th 9 most
his corn, it by no-means follows that he is to. prompt in making their returns?”
be shot down like a dog. In fine, the law . “Tbe middle and poorer classes. We have
, . . , , , ... .1 but little trouble with people worth under
makes no provision for such horrible specta<- I but those who owmiuore than that are
cles as that of the murder of an old man ia | not only dilatory in making their returns, but
out and putting em up on a wagon, he begins-
to listen for the dinner horn about eleven,
o’clock. Getting down on. one’s knees and
cutting the tap root is a very humbling busi
ness. I wish we did understand that dyna
mite and wasent afraid of it, I would try. it
anyhow if I could get Nabor Freeman to try.
it first, and he says he would if he belonged
to the church. I see in the “Country. Gem
tlemau” where a man out west made a crow
bar hole under about a hundred stunins in
I 11 • a • • m • 1. : 1 uur liuie mma: uuuut u uauuicu atuums in
the presence of his family. In this connec- equally dilatory in paying up. The rich man his j QW ant i pu t a. cartridge under
tion it would be well for our esteemed north- t^lt^h^tVonbl^ou^o^his eatb onu und connected em> all by a wire and
en. contemporaries to bear in mind that even way a^o^Tpossfble^ set el " atl by a battery, audit blew
where a person is caught in the act of illicit “Are the colored peopie prompt in making ^ined stumps for tea. minutes. I; think
I would like- that. It dident use to make so
much difference abouh a few S3atteriug
“Do you find that the game law lias opera
ted well?”
“Yes, I am satisfied that there are more
birds in the country now than there were sev
eral years ago. Judicious shooting, that is
shooting within proper seasons and under
sportsmanlike regulations, does good instead
of harm. It makes the birds shy. prevents
their being slaughtered in large numbers by
pot hunters, and makes them take better care
of their young. We are sure lo have plenty
of shooting and good sport with quails in
Georgia us long as we observe the law.”
“What lias been the best record made this
season ?”
“I don’t know. There has been no very
brilliant ginning, owing to tlie inability to
find the birds in the fields. I killed 45 birds
in 50 shots one day this season. The b«jt
shooting I ever did was 82 birds in one dav-
the next best was 76 birds in one day, and tfie
next 65. It is now a pretty good day's work
around Atlanta for two men to kill 40 birds in
one day.”
“Where docs Atlanta’s supply of quails
come from?”
“Mostly from villages Hp toward Tennessee
There are veiy few pot limiters around AI
lanta. By this I mean those men who Iran
for market. At Big Shanty there were 1,200
birds brought in two years ago. About 800
last year and about 1,0*0 this year. They
come from tlie other villages between liere
and East Tennessee.”
A Pica for Taylor Cc<unty.
From the Butler Herald.
In the first and foremost place the advan
tage our streams have of most any other
county that I know of, far surpasses them in
volume of water power, l’atsaliga creek runs
from one to six miles of the bouthweatem
railroad, and there is many locati ons on said
creek that if they were properly utilized could
be made some of the best sites for the estab
lishment of factories for any and all purposes.
In fact water power in our county has no
equal. On Horse creek, a creek iliat the
spring head rises inside of the corporate limits
of the.town of Butler, has situated on it-some
six or eight miles from its source a cotton
factory in full operation at tills time, and the
capacity of the water at the cotton mills is
sufficient to run seventy-five looms together
with other machinery. The head of water
is now some thirteen or foarteen feet, and
could be raised six or eight feet higher if
necessary. An engineer from New York, du
ring Mr. Holbrook’s lifetime, made a calcula
tion of liow many looms could be run suc
cessfully at said' cotton mills, viz; Elmira-
cotton mills, and lie decided that the water
power was sufficient to rum seventy-five or
eighty looms. There is attached to this
cotton factory 1200 or 1400 acres
of good pine land heavily timbered with yel
low pine, and situated in a good healthy loca
tion, oj-j miles south of Reynolds, on the-
Western railroad-, 43 miles from- the city of
Macon, Georgia. On the place is-a good eight
room dwelling house, good store-house and
plenty operative houses, with a cotton gin-
and screw and grist mill, and there will lie
shortly a saw mill 1 placed in running order to-
consume some of the fine timber on the land.
Labor ; .s very cheap for all kindaof work,
from the fact that wood is cheap and it does
not require halt nor one-fourth the amount
that it does tor the morth, where - tlie winters
aic so-severe. Our climate is all that any one
could- wish. There is no miasma arsing from
the pond or swamp-of the creek, as the water
at all titucs is clear enough to use for drink
ing and washing purposes.
distilling, or where he-endeavors to escape, 1 answer? ^ Unde Jeema> wind .
the law does not provide that he ing j, is arm aro und his interlocutor’s neck, 1 • ld b t „. itb -1
shaH be shot down like a dog. This is a very “our colored fellow citizens prize their new andl cultivator ptows thev ar^ivl “l£
important matter and it cannot he tcO fre- I position too highly to be laggard in reporting j n lbe way and they mist come out.
auently or too emphatically insisted upon. I at tbe , tax °® c . e - . They are verj prompt and 1 bill’s cornfield.
T , P. . , - . ... j regard the undertaking as one of the serious j I’ve got a field of corn just peeping out
The government is great and powerrul, it is j works ®f life.” J> of tlie gswmd, whish is uncommon- early
too powerful, for instance, to seem to sanction j indications the returns. _ f for norths Georgia and it may be- too early
such outrages as the deliberate killing of old 1 Your position gives you an opportunity to j for good health, but I’m betting, on, it. J.
Mr Hicks bv shieldine the criminals if judge of the progress of the people. How are want to-get ahead of the summer, drought.
Mr. Masts oy summing me crummiL. 1 lhe mechanics and working classes prosper*-1 j udge Henderson sent me some maize and
the laws are to be enforced peaceably tlie attt- f ing?” I Egyptian wheat to experiment with and says
tude of the men who assume to represent the | “I have been one of the officers at the city I that it is recommended as a good substi-
govemment must undergo a great change. } hall for over twelve years now, and I can t ute far corn and I m going to plaat and
® I bear testimony tothe fact that our people I cultivate and send, it to mill arul. make some
The murder of defenseless and inoffensive I W erenever more prosperous. Why, just lcok I bread and send the Judge a pone and.let him
to inin hands with the indenendent colonels 1 were not w . orlu a ‘fi, “ a wuite dui it seiueu uowa at last as a,
. ... . ** , I homes, andas you will see here, many of them I great thing for a poor man. I wanted to
rn destroying the democratic party, but we I baV e pianos, organs, books, pictures ana I experiment wztli the genuine sugar cans
are not willing that they should take ad-I other evidences of luxury as well as comfort. 1 aiulsec if it wouldn't mature up here with,
vantage of their position to kill even the Our mechanics are rapidly becoming home- enough stimulant and so I got twenty canes
° r 1 owners, and you know they are the backbone down the country and ordered it shipped by
of all communities.” freight, but somehow it came by express and
, mr , p wpM.to.o vikwm 1 “How does this apply to the colored peo- the charge wss two dollars and fifteen cents,
SOME OF UNCLE REMUS S VIEWS. | ple? „ and I just turned the can© over to the com-
. “Well, they are also acquiring homes. | pany for even, and still they want more, I
The Rev. Jeems Henry preaches to a large colored I They do not seem to collect books and pic- l was a wondering-if the railroad commission-
congregation in Atlanta, and he is not only respec-1 tures, but they all glory in the possession of 1 e rs had anytlring to do with express company,
ted by his own race, but by the whites as well. He I an organ, while some few reacli out into the I 1 reckon net. And So tho children will have
is energetic, persistent and devout, and in the | possession of a piano. However, my pbserv&- | to do without sweetnin next winter. John
midst ot
Remus,
great interest,
THE INTRODUCTION OF PENNIES.
Wc do not care to discuss the need of pen- j grass into this country as given by Dr. Phil-
nics in the south. The proposition is too I ijpg, n0 w of Mississippi, is interesting. He
plain and evident to justify argument. The I states that the seeds were sent as food for some
extent of the economy and thrift that the I birds presented by a party in Japan to the
pennies would bring to the people may admit j governor-general of Cuba; the birds died and
of question, but certainly the wisdom of the I the seeds were thrown out, but they germi-
proposed reform in our currency does not. j nated and attracted much attention by tlie
It is useless to deny the fact that many I luxuriant growth of the grass, which became
people in influential quarters are opposed to 1 quite popular on the island, whence a Mr.
the introduction of pennies, and it is also I Means, of South Carolina, obtained some
plain that the task of bringing in the nim- seed and cultivated the gfass in that state,
ble and economic pieces is altogether too with satisfactory results. Some of the seed
large a one for individuals when unanimity was also planted hy a Mr. Johnson
of action cannot be had. There is a way, I in Alabama, near Marion Junction,
however, by which the reform can be started where large quantities'of the hay are now
and thoroughly worked out. It I harvested annually by Mr. Herbert Post, who
consists in a single order from | succeeded Mr. Johnson. He thus accounts
than the Rev. Jeems Henry, and his attitude -1 foolishness.
ward the preacher is one ol paternal respect. The I the returns in comparison,
old man, however, is accustomed to listen to the I “How did the returns of the year just ended
lectures of his young friend with an air oi listless 1 compare with the year previous?” .
and patient indifference which, when Uncle Re-1 “The returns of ISSl showed an increase of
mus’s restless and fiery disposition is taken into fifteen1 per cent over.the returns of 1888. The
consideration, is the next thing to dramatic art of a ^(Tfacfthatthis ia the largest per eentage of I in Georgia closed by law, and from now until
very high order—if dramatic art lies anywhere in J ; n(Tease ; n tbe stat e. which can be verified I the first of October this admirable sport is
the neighborhood of simulation. Recently the two I a „j ance a t the books of the comptroller-j over. Several gentlemen—-Colonel Lowndes
met on a street comer. Brother Jeems Henry was I g g ne riri. The returns for 1831 aggregated j Calhoun, Dr. Chapman, Captain Gray, Dr.
think we experiment enough.
Bill Arp.
CLOSING THS QUAIL SEASON.
Tbe Last Day of Cue Shooting In Georgia.
On yesterday the season for quail shooting
going forth upon a mission connected with his I $23,000,000.”
church, while Uncle Kemus was gazing anxiously
at the cloudy skies.
“Bless you. Brother Remus!” exclaimed the
preacher by way of salutation. ‘ * How you come on
this mighty long time?’
“Middlin’, Brer Jeems Henry—des middlin’. I’m
some'rs ’twix’ de po’-house en de doctor-shop, yit I
glad fum my heart dat ’tain’t no wuss.”
“That’s what 1 tells ’em all, Brother Remus.
They ought to be thankful for what they’ve got, I
What are your anticipations for the com-
Owens and other—took advantage of the last
day and went out for a final hunt. Despite
g year - '” ! t* le warm weather the season has not been a
“I have already the evidences before me to successful one. Mr. Willie Venable, who is
justify the assertion that the increase of this perhaps the best authority on quail shooting,
vear will be equal to that of last—that is I says: . ...
about fifteen per cent. The returns will ag- “There are just a3 many birds as ever, but
"regale between twenty-five and twentv-six 1 the drought of the last summer left the fields
millio “ ’ ~~ J l : ‘ J '
miPions of dollars.” ' I with very little cover, and birds will not go
“We are rich, then?” I into the fields unless there is sufficient cover
“Rich? There isn’t another place like Fill- j under which to hide. In consequence of this
ton county in tbe world’.” it has been rather hard to find them.”
TUe:Senator's Family in Washins-^on.
J. R. R. in Augusta Chronicle.
Senator Brown has- a grand parlors for the
reception and entertainment of friends and
visitors. The ladies- of the family have great
talent for adorning an-apartinent, aud much
of the- beauty of this room is tlieir dextrous
handiwork. Mr. Julius L. Browu.i and his
wife have added immensely to the attractions
of Washington society.and tlie Metropolitan
this winter.. Julius iL-tread ing in Iris-father's
footsteps. I heard a- iastinguished roan say
recently that “Governor Brown ought to be
very prouthof having ason so worthy of such
a sire.” Mrs. Julius Brown is one oithe most
popular ladies here,, aud deservedly so. I
nave not often met aJady whose fr.se was so
winsomely intelligent! Mrs. Senat-wr- Brown
and her daughter, Miss Sallie, gath«?> around
them- a happy and distinguished company
every night; all of thc-guests being roadc wcl-
come and contented.
Ctn't Needimy Fire Alarm.
■om tho Lumpkin Independent.
No. we don’t want my hell towar.nor tele
graphic firealarm. VAe have an improvement.
On Tuesday morning-last, when tiia tire broke-
out at G'nilford Anderson’s, a oolored girl
named: Milly Paytoxiwas in the yard, but she
didn’tstey there any to-hurt. Darling through
the gato abe lit out up-the street ata 2:24 gait,
yelling £tah at every, step. As she neared the
public sqpare she opened the high pressure
valve aad her fi-ah« equalled tiro combined
melody of a dozen steam caliopcs. Every
man im town was aroused, and hastened to
join tho bucket brigade. But Milly dldn t
stop, and passed »=ou:ad Corbett’Adrug store at
1:0L, her yell at this point reverberating for
several; miles up and down tlx Odchodkee.
When.she completed tlie circuit and reached
hoinc-the fire was extinguishedand ti/ircrowd
had <3aperscd.
DAD AND JONES.
Drive the old cow out, Polly,
An’ shut the gate;
There comes dr.d. O Golly!
Just you wait
An’ see the fun an’ fuss.
It is aggervokin.
Though to make him cuss—
Is my hair smokin’?
No, I thought it might.
He makes it hot
An’ is mad enough to bite
When Jones's “Ole Spot”
Eats up his garden sass,
An’ then you know.
His words come thick an’ fas?;
He won’t go slow.
I calkerlate you heard the tale.
How it come about,
The story’s growed old an’ stale
About their tailin’ out;
Ole Jones is stubborn as a mule.
When once he’s mad;
And if dad takes the notion.
He’s just as bad.
So they took a solem vow
Not to speak agin’,
An’ for more’n two year low.
It just has been
A skirmishin’ kind o’ war
Between them two.
If they kept within the law
It’s little more they’d do.
Yesterday evenin’ dad’s ole bay
Got in Jones’s com
An’ if he didn’t have long to stay.
He made things leak forlorn:
I was just a cornin’ down the lane.
Whistlin’ kind o’ low
An’ saw Jones with his heavy cane
Comin, rather slow.
Instead o’ takln’ out his spite
As I thought he would.
He only techcd the ole horse light.
An’ quietly stood
Waitin’ with the fence let down.
Then drove him slow.
Jest about that time I found
I had better go.
I went home, and was telliu dad
What ole Jones had done.
An’ after that their grudge au’ mad
Didn’t Eee another sun.
He won’t own to makiti’ friends.
An’ I couldn’t cdzactly say
But I calkerlate it served all ends
That they met about half way.
—M. P. H.