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THE WEEKLi" CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GX, TUESDAY FEB11UAUT 23 1836
SUCCESSFUL FARMERS.
<HORT TALKS WITH FARM ERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
tChAiVeur Men Did On Ordinary Land-A Man *vho
Fiisea1 vet hit • at Bong-.. Screven Comity
farmer—Mr. Truitt'* Farming—Jrrj-.y
Cattle—A farmer'a Experience.
A Croup «f Successful Farmer..
EI'ITOBSI ONSTITI TIOS: you arc doing
BO much to help open the eyes of farmers t ,
the Due plan of farming, I feel inclined to add
■ few examples to your list of successful farm
ers. •
First occurs to me, Mr. W. L. Carlton. Mr.
Carlton began after the war a young man with-
cut experience, and with a poor old farm to
begin with. He inherited a small interest in
this farm. By close economy and persistent
industry he soon bought out the other lega
tees. While others grumbled, he worked; and
when others spent, he sired. Raising his
cwn supplies, he made small accounts. This
plan soon gave him a character that was to him
the same as capital. He is a fair sample of en
ergy and push. Soon he had money to loan
and invest. Ho bought more land, pushed his
plans with prudence until now ho owns sev
eral fine farms, a good dwelling and the best
brick .storehouse in Scuoia. A few days since
be added another to hia list of good farms. He
has made his money by fanning. He believes
in early planting, thorough cultivation and
plenty of grain, lie has relied largely upon
hands for standing wages, led and directed
personally nntil he reached the front, where
it was unnecessary for him to labor.
Mr. .Tohn Caldwell is an example of a very
different character. About seven years since,
by imprudence and misfortune, Mr. Caldwell
found’ himself with a large family and no
money, no home. He rented one hundred
ants of land with no improvements upon it,
and agreed to pay a high rent. Ho began
building, and paid his rent for two years. Ho
then bought the place, promising jti.Odfl for it.
He lias paid it all up. has twenty-three houses,
large and small, upon the place, and is out of
debt. He has never hired any help. He has
done all the work himself, and children. Has
a large family to feed and clothe. His store
accounts have been very small, as lie gcncrally
has something to sell when he wants to buy.
He often has corn to sell, has lived economi
cally, but not stingily. Saves his wood, that
moot men would have burned up in the new
ground, and hauls it a good distance to town.
Sir. Caldwell has a very limited education, is
not a poshing man, hut works regularly
steadily and prudently. Does not spend his
time in politics or on street corners. He is a
sample of what may be done by iudustry and
economy.
Sir. W. E. E. Martin is another of our suc
cessful farmers, whose success illustrates a
different phase of farm life, and proves con
elnsively that forming is a paying business
ne d
more economy, more industry, less grumblin '
and less idleness.
In selecting the above cases, I have not
sought exceptions, but average men, and what
they have done others may do. A11 of these
men worked the average poor land of this
county, and each in entirely different scc-
tions. Neither of them has pursued the all
time*" P* 1 “or have they bought largely on
With many wishes for your success, in in
augurating anew train Georgia farming, I am
Yours truly,
Jas. B. Hcjoticutt.
A Good Former.
Miller Ga., February NS.—‘There is an
example of what a farmer can do in this coun
try.”
The place was Sylvania, and the speaker was
Hon. George]!.Black.
I had called to see Mr.BIack to gather from him
some information regarding the farming lands
ot cere veil county, and we were sitting in the
door of his hospitable home when the “exam
ple walked by jnst in time to illustrate
a . nd .._ enforce some of his assertions.
1 c, jiiiisu-uicu anuiusiratio
illustration is an unfair argument.
J he “example” was a ruddy-faced farmer of
about five feet eight In height and two hun
dred iu a vordupois. He was dressed in plain
gar., and walked by with a sturdy stride that
farmf aVe llone ll0nor t0 a western yankce
His form and features bespoke German de-
scdit. ami I instantly added:
“Ves, when that farmer is a Pennsylvania
Du! liman.”
“No. sir” resumed Mr. Black, “that is
«.< or ko \\. V aters. a native of this county. It's
true ho is of Herman extraction, but his anccs-
I°r~ were the Sal trim rgers, who settled Effing
ham county soon after Oglethorpe settled Sa
vannah. Mr. Waters set out in life without
any . t the advantages of property or cilnca-
V "• btcrl, ng integrity and unbounded in-
.lmt'j; were his birthright, but he hassne-
< • i cui with them. He now has a large family
< : Wren, whom ho has educated or is now
" !, Ic 1 i as » splendid plantation one
: • " ■ m “ es From town. He has on it 500
ep. several hundred cattle, and mules
?" - to do his work. His land is what
is- ’ ■ known as "pimply” land, but he
■ : i t an average of a hale of cotton per
} have known him to produce 2,50a
bi.. of corn on 100 acres. All He ha;
mm mis made on his plantation—he never
spe< i . -cs.”
I became so much interested in this success
ful Georgia farmer that I drove out to his
place and talked with him.
His farm is neat-fences straight and clean.
His barns are good and his residence comforts-
«>le and commodious. He allows no waste of
anything whether it be time or stable ma
nure. He buys but little •‘commercial fertili-
sters, because lie can make a better quality at
a espalier cost. Ho has a steam gin, and a
null for grinding corn. He also has in his
June timber a steam raw mill. And I forgot to
say above, iw his lot Is a splendid graded
Bhort-norn ball.
.. while Mr. Waters has been accmtala-
tmg by industry and economy, he has not been
niggardly in outlay for his family's comforts
He has given his children the very best edu
rational advantages to be had in his town I
met some of his children, and did not wonder
that the old gentleman evinced a lofty pride
in liis family. One more fact of interest is
that he has always "made a hand” in the field
and paid cash for his “store goods.”
Mr. Black had scarcely finished speaking of
Mr. Waters, and referred to some other sub-
jectjWhen another character of interest passed
w “ *“ a bu *«y- » n,J I noticed lint
three things about him. Ho was well dressed,
drove a good horse, and was a brown mulatto
r~— "* appeared to me, at a little dis-
‘‘tHlbert Lawton," said my informer, “is one
wreor prominent colored men. A few mile;
worn town he owns a good farm. He is what
viccall a email former. His resideneo is a
white Inure bouse and is comfortably fur
nished. Ills farm is well stocked,, and ho
sells instead of buys provisions. Ho owns a
steam mill anil gin, ami runs a store. His
credit is as good as that of any farmer in tho
country, nsiaras his means extend. He is an
influent!:il man and votes tho democratic
Relict, His father is a good farmer, and owns
stock in tho Sylvania railroad.
“(.'oilier Kittles is another colored man who
is doing wol 1 . In addition to his owning a
hum, his family ride in a carriage drawn by a
good span of hones.”
‘■Rut,” added Mr. Black, after a thoughtful
panto, ’ there is one thing you newspaper men
should do fer thetrath of history. Xu reading
sketches of 'negroes’ who have been successful
in enn line or another, it should always bo
stated what proportion of their blood is negro
blood. If a wan be one-eighth Indian ho is
not called an Indian; but the custom is to call
ivtiy mun who is tainted with negro blood
simply a ntgro. This is not correct.”
On ay.
when properly nursno
Mr. Martin is a single man. living with his
widowed mother and sisters; superintendent of :
the Sunday-school, steward of his church, and
in the front rank in every liberal enterprise
He bad some means to start with, and lias
made good use of his opportunities. He spends
less time in idleness than any voung man I
ever knew. He attends properly and promptly
to his business, and goes immediately homo
lie is mainly self-educated, his school privi
leges having been destroyed by consoouence of
tho war.
He farms mainly with hired labor, Tor
standing wages; raises his own corn ami meat
generally; believes in fat hogs, good cows and
iiortcs. Close attention to all the minor de
tail.* of Ms business is the secret of his pros
perity.
He is an early riser and an energetic
woiker.
I have said but littlo about the particular
plan of cultivation pursned by these men, be
came there is more in the man than in the
plan. The burden of proof is in favor of
wage*. Tlie cropping system is not, generally,
satisfactory or profitable to tho laud owner
Fanning properly pnrsued is the surest paving
business in the country. What we need is
An Alnlxjum* Farmer** Expcrlencn.
Cluitsviiai:,' Ala., February 13.—Editors
Constitution: Sixteen years ago 1 purchased
the place on which I now reside. Two'miles
west of mo was a large plantation belonging to
Dr„ William L. Leslie. Dr. Leslie bad moved
to Athens several years previous to educate his
children, there being no schools in the county
of any note. The plantation was left in
charge of a superintendent during tho war.
After tlie war it was left in care of negroes,
mostly his former slaves, lie sold them stock
and rented the land for one-third of tho com
and onc-fonrtli of tlie cotton—an almost uni
versal practice in this country. To tho time I
bought this place and for several years there
after, these negroes continued to occupy and
cultivate the plantation, without any superin
tendent, tho duct or coming only once in awhile
in lock after the farm. The conacipionco was
the farm ran to rack, no fences, no houses and
no crop. Tho farm was a wilderness of selga
briars and bushes, tho tenants not making
enough to pay for the rations they consumed,
and which tlie doctor was compelled to fur
nish. They made abont fifteen bags of cotton
per year and not corn enough to iast them l >
t he first of January, the succeeding year. Tho
doctor, of course, grew poorer under such a
system of fanning. The entire crop, including
nnt, would not pay for theso supplies.
In ISIS, the doctor's son, Thomas B. Leslie,
a high-toned young man, of tho impetuous
southern blond, came liomc from New Orleans,
where lie had licen engaged in business, ami
took charge of the farm. It seemed a hercu
lean task he had undertaken, and would have
discouraged many an oldcrfarmor to bring or
der cut of such chaos, to get work out of
a thriftless set of negroes, and recuperate a
much run-down farm. But he was full of
pluck and energy, and had never learned such
a word as fail.
Fences sprang up around the farm as if by
magic. Sedge fields have given away to grain
and cotton fields. Tho farm has improved in
agricultural value more than one hundred por
cent. Where eight years ago fifteen bales of
cotton was made, he now makes ono hun
dred and sixty bales. Where corn had to be
bought to supply the farm, he now has an
ample supply and a great doal to sell. Ho
produces wheat, corn and oats enough to sup
ply the farm and some to spare. His lands
have improved undera judicious system of crop
rotation.' He saves vast quantities of manure
and composts with cotton seed and acid phos
phate, thereby enriching his land. Ho has
been at a vast expense to make the numerous
improvements he has made on tho farm, hut
he has made tho farm self-sustaining, and
added to Ills bank account annually for tho
past three years. Loaning money to his less
thrifty neighbors, and securing with real es
tate mortgages, ere many years tho scriptural
injunction will be enforced: “Tako from him
that hath not, and give to him that hath, that
he may have more abundantly.” In other
words, the energetic, prudent man will add to
his means, while the improvident man will
lose what he appears to have.
.Mr. Leslie has married ono of Limjstonc
county’s fairest daughters to preside over-ids
household and grace his coming and going
with-her angelic smiles.
She is the daughter of the Hon. Luke Pryor,
ex-senator of Alabama, from Limestone
county, and is a queen among her sex.
If more of on r intelligent young men would
follow Mr. Leslie's example of economy and
industry this country would soon cause the
merchants to lose the vicc-liko grip they have
upon them at the present time m the shapo of
lions and mortgages.
Hoping, in your laudable effort, you may in
duce others to do as lie lias done—take hold
of the plow and not look back, lmt press for
ward to success, I am
Yours truly,
Observes.
Tobacco Cywriu: Looks Escovbagixo.—
Every day or so Commissioner llcndcrson is
receiving letters from different parts of the
state in which the writers give him much en
couragement in his efforts to induce tlie farm
ers of Georgia, or at least a portion of them,
to embark in the cultivation of tobacco. Near
Tureen a farmer has about twenty-
live hundred pounds of tobacco of
liis own raising that he can soli any day at
per 100 pounds. At Mt. Airy a tobacco
tiiar.llfnpfrinr is fr. lio nnf nn ?** (!>.«*
manufactory is to be put up iu time to haudlc
the crop, and yesterday Mr. W. P. Ornie, of
West Point, while at the agricultural depart
ment for a few moments, stated that on his
plantation fifteen acres of tobacco will be
planted tliisyear. It is suggested that at the
proper time it would be advisable for the
farmers living in neighborhood, who
have tobacco planted to club together
and get exports in gathering and curing the
crop to come to Georgia and give our farmers
the information that they need in this new
departure. Several fanners living near At
lanta who have taken up tobacco planting on
a small scale, have already selected an expert
who will come here from North Carolina
at tho proper time and remain until
the crops arc carefully put away. The ex
pense upon the members of the club when di
vided equally will amount to hut little ami
the information gained in this way of incalcu
lable benefit to all. Tho prospects at present
are that this seasons, tobacco planting will pro
duce astounding results.
OUR LETTER BASKET.
Seeing the noble letter of a brave soldier,
Mr. Warren Hopkins, of Michigan, iu this
week's paper, reminds me of some lively ex
periences on the 13th and 18th of August,
letil, below Richmond, Va., in which a Michi
gan regiment was concerned. I have made
two attempts since the close of the war to find
some of the relatives or friends of Sergeant
Samuel D. Towl, who was orderly sergeant of
Company l.of the 7th orllth Michigan Vol
unteers. lie was killed on the ITtU of Au
gust, lStl-1. Also I would like to have tho
address of a lady whose name was Miss Mary
Sahins, a school teacher of Lowell, Michi
gan, at that time, or of any relative or friend
of nets. Also, the address of some survivor of
Company I of the 7th or lltb (perhaps the
laiter) regiment. I can give some account of
Sergeant Towl, and another member «>l his
company, name unknown, both killed on that
day, of which tlicir friends have never heard.
1 have written to Lowell some years ago, but
failed to get any response.
Respectfully, W. A. Curtis,
Rabun Gap, Ga.
Om.iMio, Box 13” Grange- county, 1-la., Februa
ry !888.—Rear Editors: 1 cannot refrain from
calling attention to the misrepresentation, puli-
lulled in your paper as from some Florida gentle*
lv.mu or wniie one who had been to our state, stat
ic that the late freeze had ruined the state and
that the orange trees are killed down to the root.
1 have been in the state for three years, have been
over the ]>cnimnla since the “cold wave,” and I
can assure you that not an orange tree has been
killed iu Orange, Polk, Hernando, Hillsborough.
Brevard or Sumpter counties.
or Sumpter counties.
Other counties', no doubt, can make as favorable
reports. I have been a reader of your valuable
paper for years, and have alwavs looked upon it
as a reliable journal, and in justice to the state
(and I am not a property owner, have no interest
m it, only as a health resort for myself,) I felt it my
duty to give my testimony ns to the ineorret tncss
of your tot respondent. Very respectfully. .
i)j:. K.C. Bowman.
Dear Friend-Such letters as we read from Mr.
IIOpMnsthrill my heart with delight. We are
having a controversy here on account of a case Iu
law in our achool where a parent desired his son
gy the local school hoard! The state
hives them tlie authority to select text books, and
because the student obeyed the instruction of his
father not to study history lie was expelled from
school, though the law expressly sns’S “a pupil
can be expelled from school only for incorrigible
conduct.” Tho ease has grown interesting. A
writ of mandamus compelling trustees was sued
out in an adjoining circuit court, the judge for this
district refusing ior want of jurisdiction. Then the
judge of this district granted an order restraining
tlie writ, the trustees appealing to the supreme
court.
Wc have a slate board of education with super-
sutendent of public instruction. This superin*
Undent dccidcu with the trustees, but during the
time the attention was called to the history, known
as Ladd’s Smaller IT. s. History, which was the
text hook adopted by the local trustees, and upon
examination this book was found to be partisan,
U’et ion aland contained error's and other objections.
hence a public controversy
lias grown out of it. The superintendent of public
instruelicn decided that the trustees were sus
tained, but relates that “if in liis power to decide
on the merits he would expel the book as the ob
jections we sustained.” James J. M, Smith.
Barnet, Texas, February 0,1SSU.
Lake Ihva, Fla., February Editors Con
Hilutlon : The situation in Florida is grave. In
the upper portion of thestnte as far south as Lake
George, it is calamitous: but it is not the irretriev
able ruin it was so naturally thought must follow
the recent cold wave, which is without precedent
during this century save once fifty-one years ago.
I have said the situation is grave. Even in the
most favored sect ions the fruit crop remaining upon
the trees during the three fatal days were so dam
aged ns to be unfit for shipment, if not for use,
even in winemaking. This is the rule. In this
connection it Is necessary to state that I learned
from a gentleman well known from Tampa to
Jacksonville, and who authorized the uso of his
as Lake George was practicallv killed to the
ground. Along the line of the railroad I saw the
yellow lenves clinging to even the largest orange
tTccs in shriveled desolation. Some were swarthed
about the base of the trunks in the hope o! pre
fer ving enough vitality to bring forth a shoot from
bad dropped then* leaves and were not hurt, but
every large bearing tree seemed dead.
After pasting the Orange county line the damage
appeared inconsiderable. I was assured that the
fUty-ncic nursery of Dr. Kendricks, near Anthony,
on the T. O. A A. railroad, in some nortions showed
not a touch ol frost. The groves iii and near or-
lar.do arc as natural as though no unusual weather
had visited them, save that the ground in moet, if
rot every instance, is covered with the lalicn
fruit.
If the groves that have been killed above the
line named sprout from the roots it will be not less
than three and probably five vearrf before they
bear. Hence, those not killed will be doubly val
uable. Fruit will be of more ready sale sale at bet
ter pnees. g. P. I.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
CONSTITUTION OFFICK,
Atlanta, February 20,1886,
THE WEEK’S REVIEW.
New York—This was a dull week in the cotton
market. Transactions in futures "were generally
moderate and the tendency of quotations was down
ward. Today the market closed quiet and steadv,
having declined about 10 points since the opening.
Spots have been steady all the week, but todav
went off l-16c; middling 9c.
NEW YORK, February 19—The following Is tbs
comparative cotton statement for tho week ending
today:
Net receipts at all United States ports 102.366
Same time last year
Showing’an increase
Total receipts
last year
Same time ■
Showing an iucreasc
Exports for the week
Same time last year
Showing an increase
Total exports to date
Same lime last year.
Showing a decrease „ irv.>
Stock at all United States ports ..1,012,038
Same time last year 830,055
Showing an increase 21L9S3
Stock at interior towns..,..
Same time Inst year..
Showing an increase
Stock at Liverpool
51.29a
..... 48,091
4,413,929
—4,308,U3
105,791
..... 83,43?
59,239
..... 26,220
.....2,782,892
......3,015,981
CURING THE WEEK.
•ri-crelEy, February ns —The i-tore; of two
merchant!, nt Pwrcblac, Quebec, were rubied by a
eioivci of Ml French Canr.dinns and about twentv-
livc barrels of flour carried off. Major It.
35 nnsford, n imminent citizen of Nashville, i;
“end Tl'O Farts municipal cot well adopted a
resolution fnrodsg the granting or amnesty tu nil
political offenders.
ix the City.—James L. Ihiroclt, thepaner haiu-er
who hi d such merioiui full u few deysnio, is still
in n critical condition Mr. W. T. B. Wilson,
-.11.01 as icen one of the host postmasters Atlanta
has ever had, has sent hi; resignation to President
Cleveland Governor McDaniel has oflfered a rc-
wrori of S1B0 lor tho arrest of I-'red Freeman, who i;
ehai'Ecd with tho minder or Alexander Mauldin at
Toceoa, Ga.__.The weather in Atlanta for several
days has Lein ‘‘rerltctiyspleudid.”
Wednesday. February 17.—Lord Rosebery,
the new British minister for foreign affairs, has ns
Iterated to the Gnet government that England is
Hun iu her resolution to oppose war between Creese
and Turkey*. ...A revolution is in progress, in
l nigimy ...A eoimpiracy has been discovered to
^overthrew King Milan and place upon the throne
Prime Alexander Karagcongeviteh Seven
persons were burned to death in Plymouth, Wis.
Imm.Cnt.—MorrisB. Frank, the mail agent
who was injured in the collision on the Atlanta
ai.d West I'oirt railroad last week, near Natrium
[ is imj-ioi ing rapidly.—Colonel J. V.'. Renrroe lias
l ecn appointed postmaster at Atlanta by President
Cleveland.;..Mr. R. W. Harrison's residence, on
.'er.i s avenue, wascntered by burglars and several
i-nich-sstolen....’the revenue officers have ar
rested several idookaders and seized stills iu the
menu tain counties during the past week.
2S3, OS'.i
222,i;si
133,-tit
88,780
G71,000
921,003
Pb ! ' *J_I,uuu
fenowing a decrease 217,000
American cotton afloat for Great Britain...... 218,000
Same time last^’ear 231,000
Showing a decrease
Lt 16,000
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20.
New York—The cotton market closed today with
no quotable change in prices. Spots middling
815-Ifc. .
Net receipts today 1G, 172 bales, against 3,631 balef
last year; exports 9,034 bales; last year 13,210 bales;
Rtnrlr 1 flffi 11 r * hnlnc Tni-t *-nn*. *21 "r r-n V-« r —
stock 1,MS,315 bales; Iast year 817,559 bales.
Eclow wc give the opening and closing quotation*
of cotton futures in New York today:
_ , OPEKED.
February S.C.'.® 8.80
8.80@
s.92<» .8.9*3
, 9.01® 9.033.
Closed barely steady: sales 107, too bales.
March
April
May...
:lo!
CLOSED.
S.7V3 8.79
8.82® 8.83
S.S1
NEW YORK, February 20—Tho total visiblo sup-
ply orcotton for the world is 3,030,888 hales, of which
2,027,088 bales arc American, against 2,900,591 bale*
and 2,133, to:; respectively last year. Receipts at all
interior towns 57,833 bales. Receipts from planta
tions 20,578. Crop in sight 5,599,193 bales.
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC,
The following quotations indicate the fluctuation*
on the Chicago hoaid of trade today:
CONSTITUTION OFFICB,
-Atlanta, February 20,1886.
February
WHEAT.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing,
fb SO 80 80
POKE.
February 11 H 02}3 11 02J4 11 O.” '
CLEAB Bin SIDES.
February...; 5 55 5 55 5 33 5 53
Live Stack
ATLANTA, February 20-Thc market active,
especially for mules. The supply of mules is
equal to the demand at the follow*
iig prices: Mules—14 to hands S90(d)«U0; 14^
to 1434 hands 81103 £125. Horses—Market quiet:
aiyply; plug 8C5@S90; drive 5100^8140. q ’
CINCINNATI, February 20—Hogs firm; common
am* r light. 83.3o®84.15; packing and butchers 61.10
Miscellaneous.
^nour-BestpatentJ^SG.* 5 : extra fancy 86.00
£?8t>.25; fancy I5.50@fft.75; extra family 85.25* choice
family 85.00; family 84.25@81.50; extraftSmS
Corn—No. 2 white. Tennessee, 57; No. 2 white'*mix
ed, Com Meal—-58c. Oats—Rustproof 50c
choke timo
thy. small bales. 81.0a; No, 1, largo bales.
6: .... \ r» 1 nn all tin *1-1 AA ... ■. _ t
thy. small bales, ‘$1.03; No,‘V. ’largo bales
93c; No. 1, small halos, Sl.oo. Peas—Red C 1 00-
J lR i; L'-Wmiicd S1.C0. Wheat Bran fl.00@Sl.05.Grit*
«... ,.i v bid. toffee—Rio f®12c ¥ b : old govern-
mem Java a>c. Sngars-Standanl A 7tfc: granu
lated 7L.e: wldtc extra C OLc. sirup—New
Orleans cnoire «c; prime 80®33a Tcas-lihio'k 35
60C; green S5iS rtV. Mackerel—No. J, 'tfbbh- S6 53-
No. 3. bbl.. WAO: bhis £3.50: kits50c; pfils50®55a
Fean—S2.()0(Bio.ti0 tt too cakes. Rice—5l*SK5fib
Bulk Meals—Clear rib sides C’fc. Sugar-cured
hems, large average. 10L.C; small average, 11a
l-ard—Tierces, remied, 7c; choice leaf. u@9J"
Ixtuous—52.50(323.00-p bov. Horse shoes-st.
ir.u tc shoes 253)0: horse shoenails 12140200. Iron’."
30®70. Ames’
bound hames 24.CO. 'grace chains ao®70. Ames’
shovels 29.50: spades 29.503213. Axes £7!00fi;810 CO
^ ‘^! zen *3-OOd55.00- Well buckets
koo Colton rope 16c. ^Sw^db Iren 5c: rolled, o“
Glidden barbed wire, ialvaniredk Ve ?t ffi mUntS
* ' t *2.70. Bar lead
uuuueii omueu " 111 i f.lilltllllLHl, 4
6c. 1’owder—Rifle 21.00; blasting k.,o. ijaricaa
7c: shot 21.85. Leathcr-G. D. 2l|a£- P D oi®
2h'_ : -:328c: while oak sole 40c: harness leather
£0(333c: nlnek upperSoffllOc 0
E££s-12Ke. F-utter-strictly eholco Jersey
~ c: * cl J? ic ?. Tennessee lSe®20; other
grades Lj®1 uc. Poultry—joung chickens i8®20ot
hens 23(32oe: cocks 20c. Sweet potatoes— 1 rn/afon
Honey-Strained 9@12Kc; la the S iallSa
Dried Fruit—Rough dried peaches 2@3c; polled
2V»flPhf>s mnnh drlml n*. n u n « *
W ANTED—A POSITION AS TEACHER AR
assistant, or governess in fnmily. Mil' A. ’c.m
siimtionollicc. „j. f et( 5 It
ilk your'retailer fer iv.e Orlriml shoe.
Beware of Imitations.
None Genuine i-.nlrrm hearing thleSrcrap
JAffiSS RHSAKS’
i r .S3 SHOE*
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a Beat Cat/hkitu i \
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4! Ltm-ota £t
JH»A’ Mania higher !n run r-rimatlon of
W3b.r/i j ;q / ocher la me -wort-i.
Who wear. i will te’lyo-a tharcsso- •' -.-■•«* !-*~ tuanu
Meuthui this nanur- | c hl dAwkTkm
TLiiraitny* Febiunry IS.-Tho chamber nr
commerce at Cork, Ireland, in favor of tho main
tenance of the union of Great Britain and Ireland,
hts adopted a resolution favoring home rule.....'.
TI c Marquis Tseng has been offered the post of
Chinese envoy to the Vatican ...Gladstone lure
taken UiecMceoI privy :c.il in addition to that or
premier— Joseph Chamberlin 1ms quarreled with
Ills radical colleague,Sir Charles Milko, and ahan-
doind him utterly.. .The Colorado State alive*
ccnvent'on met In lunvcr and ov Scnator Taber
was choren president. Tlie committee or the
French chamber of deputies approves or the rati-
tiertion of the treaty with Madagascar.
Is the City,—Suit- to the amount of 2195,000
have been filed in the United states court against
the East Ten terete, Virginia andGc -rgia and the
Georgia Pacific railroads by partle-s who lost mem
bers of their families ill the collision at tlie seven
teen inlle tank in December last A little- tiegnj-
.. tufty turned while standing bv a fire.
Friday, Fcbraary 10—A band of masked men
compelled Ihc Chinese, numbering forty-four, to
le-ove Nicalous, California.... The question of di
vidii g Texas Into two states is again being ngi-
red....Prime Alexander has arrived in Philip
opolis, in his eapnclty of ruler of eastern Ron-
media The National Lancers, of Boston, visited
Charleston Captain Hamilton Jefferson Gcducy,
of Galveston, Texas, is dead.
Is the Ctm.—There arc more mule droves in ,u-
r-nta nt piesent'than was ever know n before, and
they are very cheap. Work on the state capitol
is progressing finely Atlanta has a fiddle
maker The work of paving West Peachtree
street with belgiin blocks will commence in a few
days.
Saturday, February 20.—Thenmontit paid by
the Canadian governm the Hudson Bay com
pany for supplies, transports, commissions, etc.’
during tlie northwest rebellion aggregates 22,000 -
OfO, exclusive of claims by the company f„r losses.
The steamship city ofMexico, alleged to have been
fitted out foraCllibustering expedition, has been
seized by the steamer Galena The Womans’
suffrage convention is in session in Washington
city Counterfeit silver dollars are In circulation
in LaCroate.Wls The Russian squadron has ar
rived in 8nda Bay, Crete The Portugal minis
try has resigned The nihilists In Moscow have
threatened the lives of several Russian nobles.
lx the City.—Tl-.c board of capitol commission
ers were iu session.. ...Rev. Sam floires passed
tlireugli Atlanta on his way to Millcdgovtilo to de
liver a temperance speech. He will leave for Chi
cago next Friday, where ho and Mr. :;mall will
conduct a series of mooting!).....,The second south
ern district Sunday school convention wilt he held
althe First Baptist churehi la this city, on March
3rd and Itli.
Sunday, February 21.—Tho Jury iu the case of
Rev. R. D. White, on trial in New Vork formurder,
made a mistrial Four men were drowned in
the river at Harrisburg, Pa., by the capsizing of a
batteau Tho cooperage works of William Rose
in Chattanooga were destroyed by fire The
French government has decided to adhere to its
determination to have a universal international
exhibition In Paris in 1SS9.
lx the City.—William Shaffer, a carpenter, fell
from a scnfibld and broke his left leg;,.,....Henry
Cummings accidentally shot himself through one
of his arm* An excursion of Pennsylvania
fanners will reach Atlanta on the 21th hist.
ADDRESS ORDERS FOR
DIAMONDS,
WATCHES # JEWELRY
TO
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER,
17 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
Mention this paper. nov 17 wky ly 12p .
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED!
DR.
WM,
HALL’S
For the
Cures Consumption, Colds, Pneumonia.
Influenza, Bronchial DilScultiea, Bronchi
tis, Hoarseness, Asthma, Croup. Whoop
ing Cough, and all Diseasos of the Breath
ing Organs. It soothes end hen’s the
Membrane of the Lungs, Inflamed and
poisoned by the disease and prevents the
night sweats and the tightness across the
chest which accompany It. CONSUMP
TION Is not an Incurable malady.
HALL'S BALSAM will cure you, even
though professional aid falls.
nov28—d tucs wed tliur sun wky nx r m nol
A BIG OFFER T " W. T H ODm:Ta * ! u
.. 1 -L* 1 '. we will give nwav LOOT
self-operating washing machine”, ‘if yon
wajjt one rend UKynur name, i’. <*. ondiexi'
The National Co.. 23 Dev St’
feb 23 n k -n
1-rera office nt once me
N- 3'. Mention :ni- Mi|,e:
d’JSPsPcjro: all whom
"‘•xzv.i WWA1 I—JU all WHOM
j.. ..may concern-John W. Whitmiro havina in
J.'n«r,ii f Si?hiw PP r i , C i <1 t0 the “"deralgned for the
gmirdianshipof thejienimis unit property of Al-
bcitbmitliEizn Smith, Rosetta Smith, Emelie
Smith and L. Smith, minor tliiUlfieii of \i*ncv f
Smith, late of aald county, deceased. ' “ Cr U
Noticcis hereby given tlmt his application will
ncxt IlCardat my ° mC * lh ° lirst Monday In .March
Given under my hamVaud official signature, this
January 21th, Hit*. JOHN S. D&:K80N,
feb 2 wky 4t ■
Ordinary.
as«xt.z:3Bi THIALI
IMPOTENT MEN!
manly powers, lnrolumary rtta! !o«sp*. untf ttnCipi
&2:ectloc3 apecoiJy, tBorouchly, pcrmuiently curci vj
KEHYITA.
AtrfMimckAgconreeript of twelve cent* Po«t*nrr
Free bk o* Bee. R a toe l Mb
. 33S. a-, ox-zar CO*.
F.OBIWJ12. WOE. Vi*U(«vni «i re mr.tx,. re.
enco par PACkage $1.00. iur &0.00.
OUR BREAD IN DANGER
The Alarming Increase in Baking
Powder Adulterations.
Among recent important discoveries by tire food analysts
is that by Prof. Mott, U. S. Government Chemist, of large
amounts of lime and alum iu the cheap baking powders* It
is a startling fact that of over one hundred different brands
of baking powder so far analyzed, comprising all those sold
in this vicinity, not one, with the single exception of Royal
Baking Powder, was found free from both lime and alum.
The use of alum is to produce a cheap baking powder. It
costs less than two cents a jioiuhI, whereas pure cream of
tartar costs forty. Its effect xipon the system has been ascer
tained to be poisonous, and overdoses have been attended with
fatal results. Lime is the most useless adulterant yet found
in baking powders. It is true that when subjected to heat a
certain amount of carbonic acid gas is given off, but a quick
lime is left, a caustic so powerful that it is used by tanners to
eat the hair from hides of animals, and in dissecting rooms to
more quickly rot the flesh from the bones of dead subjects.
The effect of lime upon the delicate membranes of the
Stomach, intestines and kidneys, more particularly of infants
and children, and especially when taken into the system day
after day, and with almost every meal, is pernicious iu the
extreme, and is said by physicians to be one of the chief
causes of indigestion, dyspepsia, and diseases of the kidneys.
Chemists have found 12 per cent., or one-eiglith of the weight,
of some of the baking powders prominently sold in this vicini
ty, to he lime. The wickedness of this adulteration is apparent.
The absolute purity and wholesomeness of the Royal
Baking Powder—now affirmed by every chemist and food
analyst of prominencej and conceded by all manufacturers of
other brands—arises from the exclusive use of cream of tartar
specially refined by patent processes, which remove totally
the lime and all other impurities. These facilities are pos
sessed by no other manufacturer. The Chemist.of the De
partment of Health of Brooklyn, N. Y., in which. tUy ihc
works of the Royal Baking Powder Company are situated,
after recent numerous experiments, reports:
' “I subjected several samples of the Royal Baking Powder,
purchased from dealers in Brooklyn, to chemical ifhalysis,
and I take pleasure in stating that this powder has attained
a most remarkable purity. I am unable to derect the s
trace of lime tartrate in it, while all its constituents r.
and of the highest quality. The • Royal” Is a baking
undoubtedly of the greatest leavening power, and .
wholesome. Du. O. GROTB B,
“Chante Dtpartmeni -f if.'.X. ''
rlitest
>1V
The Kansas City Times’
Mjei Hiion o[ Fiats!
A BONA FIDE OFFER EY THE
ffestai
SSTABLiSKED OYES IS YEARS AGO.
Only $2 fer Oar Parer anti a Fine Present.
EnfonwKSSy out past success ana rejolelneta .
mu ability redo mom In Urn future oven thou In I
tho p&6t» YSAtako pleasure in announcing our 1’re-!.
minm proSDGctus for lssn. it iimrH’tita in wninn , *i
•!OnoRuforJ Snlltvnow..'
* Ono Cyclone falieller, complete...
» Ouc Home Made Top Du
Ono Family Carriage,
Whoolor&Co „
oin Bradley,
*i°or Wagon, from Brsaioy.' Whoei-
* ,°?,"g v alkinft CuitivatOG from" Bradiev,"
.1 Whoetor & Co..
350 00
85 00
* g., a* re. ui i uujiib, iium J
• Other * arm implements
Set, from Kevill A Waplet
*,® ne Chamber fan., »uiu ucviu es napies
.,090 Chamber Stt, from Keith Furniture
.! Company....
. Onn I’ftrlr.
.:Ono Bet t’arior Furniture” from' North
-f Orrison (:o
Ono pining Tahlo, from North',' Orrison
100 00
150 00
oun uesirauio premiume ever oirorod tc
public. Wo have taar-n pai-tioularpainetosi
euchprenitunia as willi moat pleoee our snbscn-
hora. All cl our readers should examine the
aplendid premium list carefully, for they trill bo
aura to And (winething in it they will want.
Brace our last premium distribution we have
erected a tqdtndia new office bnildins end added
new preesea. type, machinery, etc., makina Tbe
Turns offlco.tho moetcomplete and costly matltu-
tion of ttai kind in the weet, and one ol the meet
desirable in the country. The new Times banding
fa lighted throughout by electricity, and bae every
convenience known tomodem building. It la eett-
xnated as worth $260,000, independent of oumewa-
vaper anaour very expensive machinery. Were,
fer to the value of acme of our property merely t<
•how that wo axe abundantly able to do all waod-
fflffi PREMIUM LIST.
•Evanahurg* the well known Hambl*.
; toman trotting hots*, with a record of
1 2A8 ...A *1 000 or
One Hprtnht Kano, from Q. W. Btrope., 600 00
One Upright Piano, from Conover Bros..
Ono .1.1. Case lhrcaher end Horse Power
.. Xortii.drri.onSCe
—;„ Machine., eathnated
-i atnsuut retail valnea
.dine Suit of Clothe*, from A. u. Badler....
. One Overcoat, from Houghton A Herrick.
asyRsMsfes? 1 ?. E “ u
*itS Hrvsora, from Weii * IMdBe'.V.'.V."."*."*.*
.|10 paira of Bheare. from C. W. Fairman..
• ;Oo« Dinner Bet, trornT. u. Jamea * Sons
:|°Emw3SCo 8 **-. ,I0 “. , Bu . U “*'.
. One Cooking Stove, from iV.dh.ffar'"'!"’
]|°\Vright Ca Kniv * 8 ’ ,ro “ **• °-
. One alter Castor, from Cady *■ dim-
*!one Sliver' Watch from' Steek..'.'.".'
..One Gold Watch. 1 r
awi-iprofo’T.
One Patterson Organ
OnoKeamnr. from Smith* Keating
Ono SawTirn. from Trumbnll, Reynold!
ioo!
• & Alien
Ou«25*Hor«0 Power Atlas Knciue.......
Ono Studohakor Farm Wafioa"......,,...
Ono JUxQwn GomFlantor.TT
060 00
600 00
IOO 00
«soo
6.000 0*
II
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tool
0161
! t|OU0 a wan vniwHNUOl
• J^reo Beta Chambara* ImMI
, h ive Seta of Scott
> One Webater’e Dnabrkiged ,
' Btandart Ksglteh Hooka
> 8.000 standard Amerioan Fvtiltnatiwn
’ S '£2S Btamlar PMUceTworki"..".".™..!
. 6.000 Elegant worka at
TOTAL VftLUE OF PREMIOIB 1
fcuofcuiui uo mtuiea wui be sentpo
*ho P FODI^^®DMTiSD?l B ONb? 1 !]mmTmB8
.To explain how we ore able to make each liberal off
these Premiums with advertieing in "THE TIMRR”
First Fwmium le furnished to ns by Mr. G. \V
AGriculturat lmpiaments. Sewing Machines, GuneTTBoi
wi uoninig wnoee names we publish and to whom we refer -srMir *r
Mdhaatoomnchatetake to rlik ItTi^htMtoSnSrreUifoiWtiSsm
. sajlyuttrtma wfll
Jlcntion this paper.