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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION’. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY MAY 18, lb8U
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THROUGHDIXIE
WHAT THE SOUTHERN FOLKS ARB
SAYING ANO DOING.
T*. Southern Eaptlati-A Sketch or the Ooal Tl.Ids
Show Ids Its Abundant* and the Oreet prosreee
Mode in the Hethode of Proeurtns.lt—
She JSIlk of e Had Cow. Xtc.
South Carolina.
,, Nestor’ killed Luther Bnrrett In
burg Tuesday, Ueetor was whipping hischild.
Barrett remonstrated, when Heitor threw a plow
iron, itriklug Barrett's head, kllUng him instantly.
Arkansas.
A dog belonging to A. J. Hsll, a former living
near Little Eock, went mad recently and among
pie animals which it wounded in its wander
ings about the form was a milch cow. The
cow showed no signs of being affected by the
wound, and it was thought that hydrophobia
*otold not result. Later, however, the
animal showed the dreaded symptoms, and at
the same time the fanner’s two little children,
who had been nouriahed with tho eow'a milk,
exhibited similar symptoms and are In a criti
cal condition, luffering moat terrible agonies.
Other members of the family are alao ill, bat
there symptoms are not ao alarming as those
S! cll ildren, and some hope la expressed
that they may recover.
West Virginia.
Oco. Baum, living with his wife and family a
few mills from Volcano, narrowly escaped
being lynched recently by a mob of Indig
nant neighbor!. Tho cause waetheonira-
geona treatment of hit wife and the feeding
of her and the children on dog flesh. Mrs.
-Baum ia ill with consumption and her physi
cian prescribed cod liver oil. Uer husband
thereupon killed a dog, rendered tome of its
fat and placed it in a bottle and took
that and the dressed meat
home. His wife took the grease and soon ho-
came Tery ill. The dog meat Banm represen
ted lo be mutton and made the children eatit.
Asa result the children were also taken sick.
Satnrday some of the neighbors whoso sus
picions bad been excited followed Banm to the
woods and saw him kill and dress another
dog. Tboy at once captured him. They were
on tho point of hanging him when wiser coun
sels prevailed and he was placed in jail. Hto
wife and children pro here very 111.
Florida.
Saturday B. W. Campbell, marshal of Bar
tow, and a policeman nameddfcCormick, were
shot by Dan and Lon Mann. Tho Mann
brothers had a difficulty with
a merchant. The officers inter-
ferred and Dan Mann drew a pistol and
shot Campbell through the heart. At tho same
instant, Ion Mann And on McCormick,
wounding him desperately. The Manns jump
ed in a buggy ana drove olf at a fhrious rate.
The sheriff and a posse followed, captured and
brought them back to town and lodged them
safely In jail. Dan and Lon Mann, who
murdered Marshal Campbell and
wounded Officer McCormick at Bartow
Saturday, were lynched late that night. A
crowd of two hundred men surrounded tho
jail, disarmed the sheriff and took tho keya
and took the prisoners to a tree near by.
While stringing op Daa Mann Lon got loose
and ran. Be waa promptly winged and strung
np to tho tamo limb. Tho coroner cut thorn
down, and the verdict was rendered of death
Virginia.
Information was received at Blchmond
Wednesday of a dastardly attempt by
a negro man to murder tho Bev. W. C. Hall,
pastor of tho Four Milo creek Baptist chnrch,
in Hcnlco county, and his wife. Itapnoars
that Mr. Hall and hit wife had just retired for
the night,when some one knoeked at the front
door, Mr. Hall aroee, and on opening tho
door found a heavy built negro on tho front
porch. He asked the man what he wanted,
but without replying, the negro aaaanlted Mr.
Ball with a club, felling him to tho door. He
then entered the chamber and attacked Mrs.
nearing some one moving in tho upper part of
the house. An alarm waa givanbya little
grandchild, and the neighbors found the von-
ersblo couple insensible and In a critical con
dition.. Mr. Hall ia 73 years old. A posse of
citizens are oat searching for the negro, and if
found he will be anmmarlly dealt with.
Alabama.
’ At Montgomery, the Southern Baptist con
vention met In its third day’s session
it I) o’clock Tuesday morning. The business
in hand waa the report on foreign missions.
Different features of tho work, ombraclag
Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian, African and China
minions were discussed at the morning and
afternoon sessions. Missionaries from all these
lands were present, and presented the claims
of the missions. Great enthusiasm was mani
fested, especially over the work In Mexico.
Great interest was awakened In the work in
Africa, and Dr. Ellis, of Baltimore, made an
able speech in behalf of It. Dr. T. P. Craw
ford, of China, was earnest in the advocacy of
minions on self-sustaining plans.
One of the extensive developments of tho new
•oath is tho mining ofcoal. In thlsstatosro
mines being opened in which the supply is
inexhaustible.
It is estimated the three coal delds of the
. state comprise aggregating SAOO square miles,
which Is more than a tenth area of the stated of
which the Warrior Hold contains 5,000, and
the Coon and Ckhaba Helds, together 600.
Besides these ore inisller delds in the otate
The first attempt at coal mining In Alabama,
according to eminent authority, was on a seam
twenty-two inches thick in the vicinity of the
state university at Tuscaloosa. In the early
period of securing ooal it waa dived for In the
waters of the riven which drain the immense
deposits. The manner of diving for coal was
novel; a flat boat was moored parallel with the
Joints end near the edge of the coal;
long wedgo shaped crow-bars were
driven into the seams by meant of mania han
dled by men in the boat, when a ledge of
about two feet waa loosened in thisway across
tho team three men dived together and lifted
the coal bodily to tho surfkoe and placed it In
the boat. It la eatimated six hundred tons of
coal waa secured from eight to fifteen feet un
der the water.
The output of the various ooal mine* of the
state is nearly eight thousand tons, of which
tho output of tho Watts company to 250 tons,
Warrior 250, Pi area 150, Hayno 150, Bras# 100,
Milner 200, Ooalburg 700, Henry Ellen 300,
Stock SO, Helena 400, Blocton, 480, Woodward
650, Montovallo 200; Brlerdold 600, Walker
county 700, Pratt company 2,600, Broken Ar
row and Ragland 300. The quality of ooal to
equal to the best ooal of other sections,
and to especially adapted for manufacturing
purpose*. It to estimated there are ten thous
and minors In the state who average twenty-
five rente a ton tor mining coal. The best
miners are Scotch who are hard workers and
talk little. They are rood eaten and live well,
spending nearly all their earnings for food.
Their chief diet to rare heefwith t»*r,-of
which they drink lots. Theyboltove in chil
dren and have loti of them. The Welsh miner
is among the best In the world, bat they are
few in Alabama. Next to the Scotch miner
the English rank and do hard work. Their
food consist* of plum padding and the finest of
every article of food. They drink much ale
when it to to be had and raise lots of children.
’ Fsencb miners lira high and sat href a la
mode, girlic,mnahrooms and drink loti of wins.
They are good minors and talk a great deal,
but are not understood so well. They hare
few children. The Irish are hard workersand
C od miners. They eat like the English and
veplenty of children. They talk a great
deal and have always a witty and n ready an
swer.
The Hungarian miner to not wanted when
other labor enn ho second. They hare had
reputations as strikers and always gi ve troable.
The Gormans are good workota, and hare any
qaantity at babies. They are great lover* of
music and sour krant. They talk a great deal,
bat only to themsdnSL Tho Cornish miner
to a si
They fi
loud
one for rock
liko Englishmen,
talkers and
work.
They
cm a few months, he told one pig for $d 50,
»toe lota of I another for *7.20; $8.20 worth of meat, kilted
of JI£ ? ood 8n K eri an d like lots and eaved 703 poundis of pork, which netted
or moste. Tho American minor to a good per- him $42.18, and at the expiration of oloveu
■lstcnt. — v .„ , u , u olQ „
wli e, T-S ntwo, ^ s .** Itordand has fewer ba-
tho negro to indispenslble to the cosl
mlnei. They become experts u drivers and
Si sf 1 *’ . T " # 1 w <>rk does not require brains,
and they do splendidly. Their chief idea of
lift u to eat. Their everyday food consists of
corn bread and fot bacon, while for Sunday
**t the finest canned goods they can bay.
The negro does not have as many babies a» the
foreigner. Tho atrongeet miner to the Scotch;
they are alao the tallest. The English are the
shortest built. The American is the most
slender.
A statement from Carltolc, Fenn., from
Norman Porter, that Jefferson Davis said at
Montgomery on April 28th or 29th that “ho
often prayed God to live to see tho day when
Lincoln and Grant were in hell, and as hb
prayer hod been granted he was willing to
die," is absolutely false. Every word uttered
by Davis in his two speeches ho mads here
waa telegraphed to the associated press, as
many northern correspondents who wore
hots will testily. Porter further
stated that he waa severely
- by a man In the crowd bearing the name
of Davis, because ho mid "Davis ought to
have been hnng while at Fortress Monroe," to
eqnaUy fill so. On tho night ol Davis's arrival,
ahont 11 o clock, Porter was very drank In
tho bar room, and got into a fight in which he
slightly cut. His wound wss received
fifteen honnbefore Davis spoke, and the quar
to'nothing to do with politics. It was
just one drunken man lighting another, and
was the only diatnrbanco hero daring the
three days of excitement.
GEORGIA NEWS.
or the Week Suited .
irrospondents* Reports.
Hr. Emory Blnlon, who lives near Wrights-
Jwro, brought to tho office of tho
Thomson Journal a bonch of common awamp
cans, or reeds, which were loaded with seed
or grain, almost precisely like wheat, only
much larger. Mr. Blnlon says that there are
several acres of this cane, some of which to
bent to the ground with the weight of tho
heads, and he thinks' that some of it wonld
yield as much as a hundred bushels to the
aero. Stock, cattle and poultry are very fond
of It. Major Butt, of Galneaville, examined it
and stated that it was simply tho old fashion
ed cane gone to seed, which is a very rare oc
currence. He says that the same thing oc
curred in Barbour county, Ala., a number
of years afio. If it to poasible to propagate
this seed bearing cane It would bo a wonderful
benedt to the people.
Albany. News: Seme of the darkles were
very Indignant at Captain Henry Byrd, of tho
Colquitt Guards, ana those of his com pan j
who turned ont with the white people to pay
their respects to ox-President Jefferson Davu
on Saturday afternoon. Upon the other hand,
thetr white ftllow-eltlsens appreciated Qls
evidence of loyalty and good fooling upon
their part. Union soldiers who fought against
the southern confederacy toasted Hr. Davto
and paid their rcspccti to him daring his re
cent tour. Why, then, can’t the eouthern ne
groes Join their white fellow-citixensln honor
ing the grand old patriot!
Carncsvlllo Reporter Several years ago
quite a number of fish ponds were started In
tbto county and stocked with carp. The most
astonishing results were predicted and expect
ed. The fish, it wai thought, would multiply
by thousands annually, ana grow to the weight
of from one to four pounds the first year, and
grow still more rapidly in moceedtng years. It
was also believed that the carp waa a most ox.
collect fish for table use. In all those expecta
tion! the carp raisers have been disappointed.
The fish neither grow nor multiply very rap
idly, neither do they taste well after they at
tain considerable size. There may be more
than one reason for tho failure of growth and
increase, bnt we offer one, that to conclasiro.
Tho ponds rarely exoeed, or oven reach one-
of an acre in also. The young dsh are
estimated by thousands each spring, bat
we will cut thorn down to one
thousand. These ore expected to grow to tho
weight of two pounds each, tho first year,
making one ton of solid nutritive flesh pro-
dnesd on one fourth an sore in twelve months
The production of every pound of dosh would
require at least ten pounds of nutritive food.
To produce a ton of flesh wonld require ten
tons, or 20,000 pounds of food. Where to the
food to come from? Does anyone expect ton
tons of hugs, flies and worms, to fell into,
crawl into, or rear In a fourth sere pond? The
food necessary to raise a ten of fish would bo
equivalent to 357 bnshols of corn. This esti
mate leave* ont all former crops still in the
pond—including only one spawn of a thousand
fish. A little figuring will show every owner
of a carp pond, that his sanguine expectations
were obliged to fall.
Albany News: The sad Intelligence that M-s.
Parish, a woman living in Hungry Town, an
Albany snburb, had attempted sulcldo by shoot
ing herself, reached the city at ten o’clock on
yesterday morning. A reporter repaired to
the scene of tho red occurrence and found the
rumor to bo true. In a small house, serving
thedouble purpose of store and dwelling, the
"poor unfortunate’’ was found In a state of
unconscious suffering, holding a precarious
tenure upon life. A once handsome faco, with
traces of past beauty to soften the hard lines
with which sin end can bed marred, was lit
np with the light of wild, restless eyes.
A smell puncture, from which Imt
little blood flowed, wss to be seen just
above tho left breast, over the heart,
made by s bullet from a Smith and Wesson
pistol, of No. 32 calibre, fired by tho unhappy
woman's own hand. Dr. P. L. Hilsman prob
ed the wound end found the ball hod ranged
aronnd the heart and probably penetrated the
lnng, and could not then predict the probable
result oi the serious wound. Hentat aberration
to assigned ss the cause of tho nuh act. It
was learned from attendants and neighbore
that at irregular Intervals, fur about twelvo
months post, Mr*. Paris had evinced unmis
takable signs of mental derangement, and
oneo before had attempted self-destruction by
jumping into a well. On yesterday morning
oho seemed unusually restless,
with the svidenoes of a
wandering mind, and by some moans procured
tho pistol, unobserved, with which she Inflict
ed the probably fatal wound. Mrs. Parish
bean the name of* poor bnt honest and re
spected farmer, who, dying several years slnoo,
left hsr a young and attractive widow. Sho
yielded to the Qnportunitlee of oao John Bol
ton, and between the pair an unhappy mar
riage was consummated, the mutually galling
bonds of whlce union the court dissolved by
divorce. Five small children, all too young to
Tho Washington Chronicle says; "At the
Isto prohibition election Taliaferro went dry,
hut her barkeeper* are being cured for. Tho
town council of Crawfordvilto recently up-
pointed Mr. Thomas Akin as town marshal
over asveral other candidates. Mr. Akin was
one of the barkeepers who had toquittmelne**,
At the election for ordinary to sneered Mr.
Beasley; lately deceased, Mr. H. H. Flynt, who
had formerly been a leading barkeeper, was
overwhelmingly elected to the office over Mr.
Murden, a popular citiaen of the county.”
Covington Star: A prominent merchant of
Ccnyeis to authority for saying that If the
quretlon of local option coaid he submitted
to the white people of Bockdale county to
morrow leaving the colored vote out), prohi
bition wonld bo defeeted by a handsome ma
jority. He to a chnrch member, a prominent
and influential merchant a good citizen, tad
did as much as any man In Rockdale to carry
prohibition ia that county when it wu voted
upon by tho people uomo yean ago. Hu further
says he would hove given one hundred dollars
to have carried prohibition in Nuwton county,
ut onr late election, If it could not havu been
carried without it This to the business view
he takes of the matter, and says ho expects
now to get back tho trado ha had lost and
which Covington has been getting lor soma
yean past. ,
$42.18, and at tho expiration
months had thirteen shotes on hand, worth $')
each—$38. The total cost of feeding and
keeping wss $25. This subtracted, with the
drstcost, leaves a net profit of $54.58,
On the 25th lust., Cobb county will vote
on tho ftneo or no fence question. Tho
mutter to attracting considerable attention.
Blanton Brown, living near Caraosvillo.
sheared twcnty.ono pounds of wool from four
owes this soring. Three of the ewes are one-
fourth merino, and the other to of the com
mon scrub stock of the country. Ur. Brown's
success seems to meet tho argument that
sheep will not do well in a pasture. Ho hre
kept his for a long time in a small pasture.
They have been free from disease, and the
yield of wool to certainly most satisfactory.
P. C. Holbrook, n near neighbor to Ur. Brown,
baa twenty sheep, eight of whioh are one-
lourth merino, end twelve ere scrub*. They
have been as well feed and cared for aa Ur.
Brown’s, except they ran at lane. They
yielded' forty pounds of wool this spring-
twenty pound* was sheared from the eight
qoartor merinos, and twenty pounds from the
twelve scrubs.
A lively fight occurred In Baldwin connty
on Satnrday, between two fiunlUre, Hogan
end Freeman, in which ono of the Freemans
wu quite dangerously out and thu other shot.
Two of thu Hogan family were also badly
beaten, one with a mattox and the other with
a pistol. The fight began on the public road,
where two of tho Hogan boys attackod Morgan
Freeman, wnlch resulted In Freeman receiv
ing a dangerous wound In tho eido, indicted
with a knife. On learning this the Freeman
family gathered a crowd and attacked tho
Hogans at their home, when a general fight
ensued, in whioh pistols, grabhlnghore
tnd wagon standards were freely used. In this
fight snothor one of the Freeman boys re
ceived a pistol shot In the leg, and two of tho
Bogani were badly beaten with pistols and
hoes. Morgan Freeman lies In a dangerous
condition from tho stab in the side, and three
of the party are in jail with six others under
bond, charged with assault with intent to mur-
der.
A few nights since Will Bryant, of Leo
county, heard a commotion among his dogs,
end seizing a pistol, he hurried to thu ucono.
On hto arrival he found hto dogs badly whip
ped, hut hto appearance gave thorn fresh cour
age, ud they went for a strange animal that
wu, seemingly, a Uttle larger than either
of the dogs. They were quickly whipped
hack, and Will Urea at It The thing than
rushed an him, and he tried to shoot again, bat
the pistol foiled, and in an Instant hto hand
was terribly lacerated by the bout The dogs
ran in again, and the beast run them off, and
u it leaped the fence wu followed by another
•hot from the pistol in Mr. Bryant's hands.
Previous to visiting hto place it had whipped
out all the dop for a neighbor a short dis
tance off.
From the Qaltman, G*, Free Press.
G. W. Hooker hu two cows, native stock,
guinea tribe, that give five gallons of milk per
day and furnishes his finally, nine in number,
with more butter than they can consume. The
result hu been brought elmut by good atten
tion and high feeding. Wu know another man
who hu over a dozen milkers, feeds scanty
during thu winter, none at ill at other seasons,
and hto frmlly only hu milk and butter three
or four mouths durii
to scttlo tho cow que:
In MUton county one of Judge Nesblt’s boo
blvee produced six pounds of honey In a
single nay tost weak. Ha weighed the hive In
the morning before the boos hud gone out and
again ut night after they were all In, and found
tho increased weight or the hive to be olght
pounds. Hu weighed It again next morning
found the weight only six pounds greater than
the morning before. Ho lays tho two pounds
lost in thu night wu due to evaporation, tho
honey when first made being quite watery.
Tbs Gwinnett Herald soys that Oeoi
Brown, eon of Mr. Gilbert Brown, went out In
tho woods, near hto homo, to try hb pistol.
He snapped It to see If it would fire; u no re
port came, he conolndod to look down tho bar
rel to see If it wu loaded, and it was. Just
u begot the barrel In range of hto eye, it fired,
and the ball struck between tho right eye and
nose, and glanced, coming ont in toe corner of
bia eye. Tho wound shocked him very much,
and a gentleman putlog along hoard hto
groans and went to hto relief. He ilu carried
homo, and a physician sent for, who dressed
the wound.
About 2 o'clock lut night the boaotifol end
raluabi# bores of Mr. John A. Smith wu sto
len. A negro boy sleeping in the barn heard
the thief, bnt st the time supposed It wu Mr.
Smith himself, but after awhile decided to in-
veatigato tho matter. H* trow and soon gave
tho alarm, About 3 o’clock Marshal Tom
Hanlo and Hr. John Martin, gathering all tho
information poasible, started in hot pursuit
down tho LtwnnceviUa road, which leads to 2
wards Atlanta. After a ride of 30 miles over
a very rough country, and by the exercise of
fine detective skill in tricking ths horse, and
from inquiring ut many places, they came on
the thief ud hto prize about ten miles below
here. He wu walking, leading tho hom and
dubed into tho woods u toon bo uw Hants
and Martin. They followed, and succeeded In
csptnring him, and brought him Into town
•bout 11 o'clock with a pistol ball in hto loft
shoulder and otherwise badly braised.
Wednesday at Woodbnry, in Moriwather
county, Jams* Cartwright shot and killed Bad
Johnson. They were sitting on a fence talk
ing when, without warning, Cartwright shot
Johnson through thu head, instantly kllUng
him. Cartwright says that he wu told by
God to kill Johnson. Ho hu boon under s
religious craze for several days, but poblls
opinion to divided u to his innnlty. Hu Is
now in jail at Greenville.
Young cotton to dying ont near Athens,
and Ignat many formers are planting over.
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.
Mr. Charles Johnson, Colquitt county ......Muter
Fraest High, Atlanta Mrs. Y. M. Klyca, Atlanta.
Mr. Jamsa HcGarrah, Marion county Mrs. 1L
T.HolUi, Marlon county. ...Mrs. D. Cant, Colum
bus....Master Harry Ware, Macon .Timothy
Murphy, Atlanta Master Archie Cobb. Athena
__Mrt. Gut Hertz. Fort Gaines Mr. Wylie
Jtckion, Taliaferro county—Mr. P. B. Gillespie,
Atlsnts....Mr.Pickens Tate,Cobb county .Mr.
Elam Johnson, Atlanta....Mr. Charles Bsngtri.
Atlanta
MARRiAOBS IN GEOROfA.
Captain Young Garrett and Mtoa Jennlo Quit-
lira. Atlanta.'.... Dr. W. M. Powell and Miss lizzie
Washburn, Atlanta. . .Mr. William W. White and
Mlsa Ella Clements, Monroe Mr. Bridges Hmllh
end Miss Katrina Goto, Macon Mr. James Carter
and Miss Buena Lenear, Atlanta
Lady Anne Blunt, the granddaughter of Byron,
to considered one of the cleverest women in alt
England. 8he to an author, accomplished in mu
sic and painting, a student ol oriental politics, a
senator capable of writing to her Ceylon mends in
tbelr own language, ths capable manager of her
besntimi horns, Crabbet park, and the teacher of
her only daughter.
LEMON 1LLXIB.
A Christian Editor'* Experience.
Bev. G. B. Lynch, publisher of the Alabama
Christian Advocate, Birmingham, writes: I travel
all over ths State: my triads say they find Dr.
Mosley’s Lemon Elixir a moat exesllrat Medicine.
My bookkeeper and foreman both use ft in placa
of calomel, pill* etc.
A Prominent Minister Writes.
— . . —OZLKY-
lu tiering from;
■saxyipqf pratnttoii
kidneys end constipation. I bare been cured by
four bottleeof your Lemon Elixir, and am now*
well man.
Bxv. C. C. Dans. Ell. M. E Chnrch, Booth.
No. 2* Tatnall fit., Atlanta, Ua.
MAY CROP REPORT.
CONDITION OF FIELD PRODUCTS IN
GBOROIA.
Coratnlaaloner Hendenon’a Report Show* That tha
Itoapaet la Hopef*l-L*ri» Aom|« in Oorn-
Fall-Sown Oats a Failure-rha Outlook
for the Fruit Crop Good, Its, ate.
BoMbj DroggijtSy 60 cents andJl.<5o per bottle.
Pre|
e Mosley. Atlanta, Ga.
Won Id Ton Arold
the rocks and quicksands which hare proved
Mr. Means, who to forming on Mfc J. A. I the ruin of a great multitude getting out on
Riley’s plantation, about three mile* south of tho voyage ofllfo? I/so, loee ao tiaue ia pro
perly bought, eleven months ago, a sow and | curing the “Selene* of Life."
Commissioner of Agriculture J. T. Hender
son received tbo proof sheets of the May crop
report, yeaterday afternoon.
The extract* here given will be found, on
the whole, to be encouraging. The crop re
ported to be in tho wont condition to fall-sown
osts.
cobn.
Tho acreage la reported above tho average of
five years in all parts of tho state, except in
southeast Georgia This is dns largely to the
winter-killed condition of tbo foil-sown oats;
much of the urea that could nut be reseeded in
the raring having bean given to this crop. In
north Georgia, where there to hut a limited
are* in foil oat*, the increaae In the acreago in
corn to reported at one per oent, and in south
east Georgia, whore tho oat crop was not ser
iously damaged, the aereage waa about three
per cent below the average. In the other sec
tions, and where the damage was greatest,
there to an Increase of from throe to dm per
oent, and in some counties a* much as twelve
per cat.
Tho condition ud prospect on the 1st of May
to reported in north Garni* 04, in middlo
Georgia 03, in southwest Georgia 02, iu oast
Georgia 07, and southeast Georgia 80.
OATS.
The acreage in this crop, compared to an
avengo of dve years in tha whole state, to
77. In north Georgia 08, in middle Georgia 88,
in southwest Georgia 75, In east Georgia 63,
and in southeast Garcia 61. About HI per cent
of tho crop now standing wu sown in tho foil.
Tho condition and prospect, compared to an
avenge of five years, for tho state to 76, in
north Georgia 03, in middle Garcia 83, In
southwest Georgia 7ft In oast Georgia 73, and
in south cut Georgia 69.
The acreago of the crop hu boa greatly re
duced by the effid winter, a large part or the
crop being entirely deutroyed by freezing out
in January. Some of this wu resown in tho
spring, bnt a large part of this area in southorn
Georgia hu boa punted in am and cotton.
From present indications not more than three-
fourths of a crop can bo expected.
WHEAT.
The acreage, compared to an average In
north Gargto, to 84; In middlo Gargto, 85;
in anthweat Gargia, 60; In east Georgia, 76,
and in southeast Gsorgla, 100. The audi
tion and prospect in tho respective sections
70,57,76, 74 ud 110. Tho acreago for tho
whole state to.78, ud tbo audition and pro*-
Pect71. Than hu ban a gradual decrease
In the aereage of this crop since 1882. The
reports of the present year show a discount
off of about 28 per ant from tho average of
five years.
Unfavorable reports of tha audition and
prospect have ban received from most of tho
aunties. The crop has been badly winter-
sillad, ud the disparaging audition of tho
crop; u reported at thto date, to largoly duo to
this cause.
COTTON.
The acreage to reported in north and south
west Gargia 07, in middle Gargia 06, in out
Gargia 100, in autheut Georgia 98, ud in
the wholo state 98.
Tho tlmo of piutlng to later thu usual in
all parte of th* state. This, in north Gargia,
to reported three days later, in middle ud
east Gargia eight days, in southwest Georgia
twelve days, ud In out Gargia thlrteu
days—making tha piutlng in the whole state
about nlno day* later thu the avenge of five
years.
The proportion ot the crop that wu np on
tho first or May to reported 18 por ant In
north Gargia, 24 In middlo Gargia, 58 In
southwest Gargia, 52 In east Gargia, 61 in
southeut Gargia, ud 43 in tho wholo state.
The stand of tho stand whore up on tho'lst
of May, In ampartoon with a good stand In
north Gargis, to 87, In middle Gargia 88, in
southwest Georgia 74, In out Gargia 89, ud
in southeast Gargia 91.
The cradltlon ud prospect of the crop, In
ampartoon with dve years in north Gargia,
is 100, middlo Gargia 85, east Gargto 02,
autheut Georgia 90, ud in tho wholo state
92.
»DIT.
Peaches.—The por ant of a foil crop of
peaches that hu reaped frat is reported by
arroepondent* in north Gargia 70, in middle
Gargia 83, in southwest Georgia 07, in east
Gargto 88, and in autheast Georgia 82. An
entire folluro of tho crop to reported only in a
limited ora, embracing two or thra countla
in the northeutem part of tho state.
Apples.— 1 Tho per ant of a full crop of applos
that hu “set” in north Gargle to reported 71,
In middle Gargto, 84, In authwut Gargle
83, in cut Georgia 68, and in autheut Geor
gia 87.
Pesra.—The per. ant of t full crop of pare
g is thu "at” in north Gargia (16, in middle
oorgls 85, In uuthweat Georgia 80, in out
Gargle 63, ud in autheut Georgia 88.
Grapes.—The grip* prospect, umpired to
u avengo of five years iu north Gargto, to
96, In middlo Gargia 77, In uuthwest Gargia
94, in cut Gargia 97, In autheast Gargia
98, ud tho average for the whole state 97.
MISCELLANEOUS CROPS.
Sugar Cue.—The acreage In middlo Gar-
f lats 86, southwest Gargia 83, out Gargia
Land in autheast Georgia 64.
The stud in middlo Gargia to 83, eouth-
wist Gargia 00, rest Gargia 88, ud southeut
Gargia 70.
Bia.—Tha average In authwut Gargia is
85, east Georgia 03, ud in southeast Gargia
Sorghum.—Tbo aereage in north Gargia is
00, middle Georgia 95, authwest Georgia 97,
east Gargia 85, and in autheast Gargia 125.
Clovtr ud Grasse*.—The acreage In north
Gargia to 104, middlo Gargia 105, east Gar-
gto 95, and southeut Gargia 100.
The audition end prospect in north Gargle
to 97, middle Gargto 100, cart Georgia 79, and
in southeast Georgia 75.
SUPPLIES,
The par ant of a foil supply of am on
hud on the first of Mty in north Gargto Is
87, in middle Gargia 65, in lonthwut Gargia
70, In out Gargia 75, in autheut Gargia 64,
ud in ths whole state 74.
The per ant of e Adi apply of hey in the
state to 75. _____
The National Crop Be port.
Washington, May 10.—Tho Hay cropre-
THE STATE CAMPAIGN. it CURED HIS COUGH*
[Continued from Tenth Page.]
As to the general’* merits, it doe* not nece-warily
follow that, because he made a good soldier, ho
will make a good governor. But General Cordon
hss given eminent proof of hit ability both as a
soldier and a statesman.
A word about bis military record. It Is spotless.
It stands out as a thing of grandeur. Inspiring the
highest meed of praise ana the nrofoundest grati
tude and respect on the part or his countrymen,
No man has ever stood up to Impeach It. Even hli
ad vet caries admit Its greatness. But. they say, we
are not called upon to HU tho ofllco of general, bnt
of governor, very true. Wo believe that we
voice the sentiment of tbo people of Georgia when
we say that, aa in this case, other things being
equal, we are always ready to cast our vote for
thatman whodefended his country In war, who
brought home the scare of battle, and who plucked
tame out of the smoke and from amidst the bullets
by reason of his courage,tact and bravery. A man's
defense of hla country^* not an act to be lightly
mentioned and then forgotten, and such has not
been the case In the history of America. Some of
• taken from the
“ ^ reeling of gnu 1-
uJhas’l
_ trie young man
hood. who join with maturer years In according
to General Gordon the love and admiration that
hero richly deserves. No more gallant aoldler
his breast to the enemies' guns. No braver
beert responded
country'
responded In patriotism . to the
'■ aril. Where ^he battle raged
most fleroely, there was Gordon to bo
found. BomMhells and mlnnle-balls held
i terror for .him. Those who fought under him
llTtett —* •
„ r _ and content to serve the
•ottth in whatever way he could—how, In his al-
mostsuperhuman courage and jlsun tleaa_&c al, Jio
ti f Do these things odunt
‘ if men ii "
but a privilege to vote him into any. position oi 1
honor that he may desire. When Gordon, the sol*
dler, the statesman, grand in war aad great In
peace* Is again elected governor of Georgia, there
will bo no military satrap on hand to count him
can't manage.
His canvass for the governorship against Bullock
was scarcely less brave and brilliant than his
conduct in war. Our state was at tho mercy of tho
radicals and tho negroes. We were passing through
reconstruction. Young Gordon rose up and es
sayed to bring hla people out of darkness Into
light. Bullock and bis crowd laughed at him.
To them It wu the height of folly and the aomo of
humor for any man to try ana snatch Georgia
from their grasp. They laughed until their sides
ached. It was the uagest Joke of the
reason. But they forgot one . thing.
They forgot that in Georgia lived Geor
gians! In the ftce of personal danger Gordon
made an open canvass. Had he been moved
merely by personal ambition ho . would
never nave entered a campaign from which, If he
came forth alive, he wu given to understand that
he might expect nothing Imt defeat and trampling
under foot la such action es this to be forgutteuf
Bnt he won—the people won. Yea, ho won by ten
thousand votes, and today some of the old Bullock
regime will tell you that ho beat them fairly and
sir against tremendous odds, and that they
cd bun out But he won’t be oountodout
lore I
»men who followed Lee will do so still.
In the town and oounty, bnt their name not le
gion. If matters go on as indicated at this tlmo
Gordon will carry Putnam county by a practical
ly unanimous vote."
Tho Thomsston Times wants ths people to have
a chance as well as the town politiclnna. It says:
“We ihall oppoao all corrupt methods used in ss*
covri
fnstr
i wfllot the people, no matter who It may
affect, finch methods as a hand foil
town pollttcans meeting . In the
irthouse town and electing and
iructing the delegatee in advanoe of the meet
ing of the state executive oommlttee. Such meth
od! are, to aay the least, calculated to defeat tho
will of a large majority of the people and do*
and awi
lnsvllle:
Since Ihi
arge majority of tho j
mf disrupt the party.
• from Lee hu reached 1
icws fro
veil km
lown citlxen writes this from Uawk*
the announcement of General Gordon u a
And It Will Cure Any ody'a Cough*
Bead the following testimonial of a prominent
Booth Carolinian ahont Taylor's Sweet Gum and
w enn eld, B.G., March 4.—Dr. Walter A. Taylor*
Dear Sir. I wu attacked during the month of
November with ,'e severe cold and cough. After
using everything without success, I wu recom
mended a bottle of your Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullein. After using one Ibottlo and a
half of the same I am almost entirely cured: and X
should advise any one laboring under "the cough' i
to use it at once. Thanking you for this remedy, X
remain very respectfully, j. H. Daxbt.
TAYLOR’S
CHEROKEE REMEDY
Of Iweet Gam end Mullein.
The nreetzaiB, u lathered from * tree eft!
same name, crowIn* along the small streams In tl
Bontbera suites, contains a stimulating
principle that loosens
Mtriv morning cough, •
r off thejaise membrane In croup and wh<
combined with the healing i
le In the Mullein plant ol
TMobe Colton and Com Planter
Fertilizer Distributor.
Highest award at in
ternational Cotton ex
hibition, Atlanta,
a, the Arkansas
State fair, the Na
tional Gotten Flan-
lcn'association, th*
tolled In any contest, hss twin still further Improjj
ed.and tonow fully tainted to any character of
all rad tho most unskilled labor, two stylos and
It to thonSSlTd'orohio planter made, and will
Save! Its Cost Three Times Over
IN A
SINGLE SEASON
m-jRawv
acre, and open, drops, distributes fortlitoea end
arers at one operation, taring
TWO HANDS AND ONE TEAM.
: GLOBE PLANTER M»FG. CO.,
228 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga.
Mcntlln thto paper.
port of the department of agriculture Indicate*
■n improvement in what, daring April, of
two pouts, with e general avenge of audition
at 95. There to no marked change anywhere
bnt e slight advena noted in th* Ohio Teller,
Missouri, Texas, Tenneewe, Carolina,, Vir
ginia and Maryland. The May avenge laat
year was 70. The saeaa he* been fovombln
and the crop more advanced than usual. The
avenge in principal state* an: New York, 96;
Pennsylvania, 05; Ohio, 97; Michigan, 91; In-
dtone,66; Illinois,02; Hiiiouri, 101; Kansas, 67.
The condition of rye avtrsgse 90; barley 97.
Cotton planting hte been dalayed by aid
fine on the Atlantic eoaet end by overflows on
theGnlfcoait. The proportion to be planted
In May svermgee 20 per cent. In average yean
the proportion doe* not exceed 14 or 15 per
rent. The stand to neceaarily detective on
wet tree., bnt replanting to rapidly filling the
gape. The proportion!already planted one*
follows: North Caroline, 73: 8<mth Caroline,
82; Georgia, 83; Florida, 04; Alabama, 80; Mis
sissippi, 76; Louisiana, 77; Texae, 84; Arkansas
75;Ttnn«*ee, 77.
While the season bee been more edrenad
then ninal north of thirty-seventh parallel,
the heavy snows of early April In the west,
end en excess of nla prior to April 15th have
retarded epring plowing. It to somewhat more
advanced than usual Tn the states between
Heine ud North Carolina, and in Wiseoneln
and Minnesota. Etoswere-in th* eonth. cen
tral treat, Missouri valley, and on th* Pacific
coast—it to below on avenge. In am grow
ing states the preparation for leading to later
than In regions where enroll grains predomi
nate. It Keetimated that 72 per cent, to done.
In average years, 75 per cent is the proportion
MBA WDIHLOWfl SOOTHDIO BTBUF fee Chil
dren teething, softens the rnms, reduces tnfsmiaa-
tmmutoyeeilpeta end ernes wind ecu*, A MOM
will he f ho next governor. Colonel Woods, of tho
DIspetCT, to of this opinion, rad sen this county
stands about four to three In favor or Cordon. Tho
vote will he more favor*:
Cordon', old soldiersdwto
barefooted thirty miles to
say often when tick and footsore In the army be
dismounted and made them ride his horse to fet
rested while ho footed it,
A gentleman lolls the following suggest! vo thing
about Columbus: In the Norwood-Colqultt cam
paign the lawyer* stood twenty-nina for Norwood
and five for Colquitt. They were polled this week
and stood twcniy-two for Gordon,six or seven non
committal and five for Bacon. Tho gentleman
added: "Gordon has undoubtedly milled the
leaders of both wlnga of the party on himself,"
The following friends or General Gordon in
Stewart county have petitioned him to make the
IrSiri F. Howe* clerk eu-
^icrlor court; it. Harrison, editor imfopendent;
dohKvareti 1
F. Clarke. “
Gregory.J
Hlnger, F. a fllngar, J. A. Thornton,
Jr., 8. A. Solomon, William * Abbott,
M. M. Griffis, W. II. Grims, J. B. Grimy, Tray Hal
iVllmot, W. J. Maddox, W. K. Perkins, M. I
0. Miller, J. P. Trammell, W. W. mokes, J. 1
Gerier, J. O. Patterson,
h,. o ii. esnar, a. i. ron, q, r, iiisn, o.
drier, B. O, IteAilnson, J.A. Fort, J.T. Joiner.
General Gordon has raalvod * letter sign-
"— Newton
make *
General Gordon’* Friends.
General Gordon urges hto friends In every
aunty to Me to It at ono* that he to not
tricked or manipulated ont of a fair hearing
and a fair fight. Find out at once when your
connty will act end how, end be rare and be
on nud.
General Gordon to for primary elections.
Mgjor Bacon’, friend, oppoM It. General
Gordon to tho nun for the paple, for tho rail-
rad commission, end against monopolism Baa
that he has a fitlr hearing In your eoonty.
Not PtovjngD Fob—A few dsy, ago Henry
J. Butts, an bx-anfedtrato soldier of Bsldwin
connty, applied to Governor McDaniel for an
artificial arm. Bntta had the first, aecond, and
third finger, of hto left hud shot oil during
tho war. In reply to tho application. Gover
nor McDaniel wrote that tha law had made no
S ovtolon for such n case, and that ha regretted
a necessity of declining to order the pay
ment of an amount sufficient to purchase an
artificial arm for the applicant.
JAWfSPYLE’S
PupNE
BE8T COMPOUND
BVBR INVENTED FOB
WA8HINC and CLEANING
Q| SARD OR SOFT, HOT OB COLD WATER
Without Harm to rJLBBlO at BAXDt.
0 Jk w#Min LABOR and B°A*
wains to homickSSnl'mfdfy BoroK tea
UTICLArad ALWAYS Isoaro Uiewsl
JAMIE PYLE. New Vortu
mart*—dir thar sat owe wheo w Urg
•etu-wkyut sew
flEORQIA. FAYETTE COONTY.-J. W. HPKEIt
UT administrator of Harriet A. email wood, applies
for dismission. Thto to to ett* all persons con
ed |o show cause why said administrator
id not bo dlschnrted from his sdmlnistrsti/m
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ao uofiled fljMdSffi Kem.rty. mr BB •CHS AMO fill
Mention this pspsr.
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Remo this paper.
MCinensna
TbU 8chool is tbs best
la A merles. The mom
practical conns of
{•traction sod tho moal
Imminent faculty.
Idorsed bybuelnen
homes. For drcoUra
and Btedinens of Fen*
manaslp, address .
EillEiLUl.ftll. IU ALUHiiWA*
: J. H. Whitlock h«s In duo form
..polled to the undesigned for permanent letter* of
adminiRtratiou on the estate of J. A, Mhltlock, Utto
day of May? teed.' *W^a!|5|“*
wklyltlme* * Old ary