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■ <'• HfiST-FNKNTAXIVBS.
M::. Ljjitoj;:—l have received
quite a number oflelters from my
friends mid constituents at homo,
concerning mv position on tip; Fel
ton Branch Collega bill and the
Olive bill. lam unqualifiedly op
iu' c c:.! to the Folton bill, v*’liichpro
poses to establish branch colleges
m the various counties of the state.
I <li'nk the money ot the stale* ap-
propria ted lor educational purpos
es should, as far as possible, be
equally distributed among Iho gfeat
masses cf the people who are un
able to send their children io town
to school. And lam in favor of
increasing tho public school fluid to
the extent that every neighbor
hood may have intelligent teachers
o instruct its children. I believe
n starting down at the bottom and
going up; the iarmers understand
-low it is that, the higher education
al idea will work. We understand
that it is much cheaper for us to
board our children at home, and
send them to school, than it would
1)3 to send them to town; our boys
and our daughters will lose noth
in;.’;; also being at home under the
inlluence of their mothers, and it is
very clear from every business uid
moral standpoint that the great
misses should be opposed to the
Felton bill. In olher words, in
stead of sending the state's money
. ) towns and cities to build up the
low ns and cities, I think it should
!••• f.isti Amted through the county
dl-lriels. that the largest number
(f ie possible may be benefit
ed. I will vote for the Olive bill
v ,th some amendments. I think
i! nernk some. Your friend,
•T. N. Coggins,
I'k and Move
ment of the Cotton Crop.
The Me’.v York Financial Chron
icle prints soino interesting reports
concerning the development and
condit; >u of the cotton plant. The
rainh i; a Jane was above the nor
mal T:,r that month in almost all
beetle: ■ of the So ; ;h, but the effect
on the- : Lint was beneficial rather
than otherwise. During July the
precipitation lias been excessive
over ’„.e greater portion of ihe At
lantic states, and in a lesser degree
in tin northern portions of the Gulf
states and in Tennessee, North
Texas also experienced a hervy
rainfall in the first week of the
moutb, butsince the weather lias
been generally dry and forcing.
Only i:i dislncta of 'Virginia, the
Carolinas and Tenness®e, is injury
to any extent claimed on account
ol 100 much rain. The temperature
has in main been satisfactory.
The plant iras made good pro
gress indeye oj nt almost every,
where. In the Atlantic states the
caily plantings are fully up to last
ytur, but later are from a week to
tv*, days behind. In Arkansas cot*
ion is not so well advanced as a
year ago, owing to so much rain in
thi current season. Elsewhere,
1.:.. ever, it is well matured, and
, u die Gulf and in Texas is stated
to be in advance of last year in
j.. wth. There has been generally
:i g,>:,dy and in soirfe cases rapid
improvement in condition during
the month, and on the first of Au
gust IP) 3 plant presented a strong
and healthy appearanco in by far
the greater part of the South.
Cultivation has been thorough
throughout the season whenever
the weather would permit it, so
that the fields are clean, except
where :he rains towards the close of
the month prevented Held work.
There are complaints of grass in
‘Virginia, the Carolina® and Ten
nessee, but none worth reporting
elsewhere.
Tho Chronicle’s conclusion is
that t here has been ail improve
ment in cotton during July in all
tho states except Tennessee, and
that the greatest advance has been
in Texas and Arkansas. The con
ditions since the first of August
have been favorable, as a rule, ex
cept too much rain in the Carolin
as; at a few points in Texas rain is
said to be needed. On the whole,
therefore, the outlook is much more
promising than at this time in IS
SS, and with favorable conditions
from now on i bore is eveiy reason
for anticipating a good crop.
For the week ending last Fri
day evening the total receipts of
c >tlon have reached 1,400 bales,
against 1,005 bales last week and
911 bales the previous week; mak
ing the total receipts since the first
of September ISSS, 5,510,437 bales
against 5,520,900 bales for the
same period of ISB7 S, showing a
decrease since September 1, ISSB,
of 10,023 bales.
I’lli exports for the week reach
a total of 10,035 bales, of which 7,-
225 were to Great Britain, 1,80 1 to
France and 1,009 to the rest of the
continent. The total sales for for
ward delivery for tbs week are
286,000 bales. For immediate de
livery tire rotal sales foot up 11,423
bales, including 5,021 for export,
and 5,802 for consumption.
Tiio imports into continental
ports have been 4,000 bales- There
has been a decrease in the cotton in
sight to-night of 27,490 bales as
compared with the same date of
1888, a decrease of 353,827 as com
pared with the corresponding date
of ISB7, and a decrease of 281,031
bales as compared with 1886,
The old interior stocks have de
creased during the week 95S bales
and are 8,830 bales less than at the
same period last year. The receipts
al the same towns have been 2,172
bales Jess than the same week last
year, and since Sept, 1 the receipts
at all the towns are 42,582 bales
more than for the same time in
1887-88.
The total receipts from the plan
tations since September I,ISSS are.
5,502,452 bales; in ISS7-S8 were
5,519.374 bales; in IS6G-87 were
5,198,023 bales. Although the re
ceipts at the outports the past week
were 1,40 G bales, the actual move
ment "from plantations was only
948 bales, the balance being taken
from stocks at the iuteiicr towns.
Past year the receipts from theplanta
tioEs for the same week were 15,308
bales, ana for 1887 they were S,G6S
bales.
The decrease is amount in sight as
compaiel with last is 03,401
bales, the incioase as compared with
ISBG-87 is 491.705 bnand the in
crease over ltk/5 iitiia 371 224 baled. —
[ Constitution.
The Making of L\.-:, age Stamps.
Among those who tins year lid for
tho contract to manufacture postage
stamp , <or the government was Char
les F. Steel of this cby, and it w os
found that. Mr. Steel’s figures were
lower t an other competitors. The
award has not yet been made, but
llicio is little doubt Mr. Steel will ae
ctite the contract and thus bring to
this city ed industry that for tvronty
eight years has been in New Yo : k.
Mr. Steel lias been identified with the
manufacture of postage stamps for
thirty years. He was with Toppan,
Carpenter & Cos., who the B‘anrps
in this city prior to 1861. Ia that
year the National Bank Note company
secured tho contract and the work
went to New York city, and Mr. Steel
continued in its employ. He is the
originator of the present system ot
k eping the stamp accounts and the
check oa the production. In this city
he will employ 200 bands, a large
number of whom will be females. The
annual output will be about 140,000,-
000 sheets.— [Philadelphia Telegraph.
Germany’s Arctic Fxplorers.
Another German \rtic expedition
has gone out, this time from Bremen,
in charge of Drs. Walter and Kuketb
tnthal. The explorers were last heard
of from the southwest coasts of Spitz
bergen, where they had encountered
many gales. On the we*t coast, in
Magdalen bar, latitude 79 35 north,
they met an English sportsman, Mr.
Bike, who had wintered in Spitzberg
en. *He reported that ihr winter had
been ini Id, but sport was riot v er y
good. Encouraged by Nansen’s suc
cess, the Danes will send au expedi
tion next year to the east coast of
Giesnland. Seven picked men, un
der officers of the Danish navy, equipp
od for two and a half years if needed,
will go out in a whaler and cxploie
the coast between latitude 06 and 73
north —[London Graphic.
in New York city.
The Washington arch must be com
pleted by the year 1892. The surn of
about $50,000, which is yet needed for
it, will surely be raised, but it ought
to be in hand soon.
It is qnite likely that a worthy stat
ue of Christopher Columbus will bb
set np in this eity before the opening
of our international exposition of 1892,
at which Columbus will be otherwise
honored.
Signboards bearing Hebrew charac
ters may frequently be seen in tbs bus
iness B‘reeta on the cast side of the
city, and are constantly increasing in
number. Some times both Roman and
Hebrew letters are painted on the
same board.
The hundred thousand sew Yorkers
who are trying to keep cool at summer
resorts by the seaside arid out in the
woods and up amorg the mountains,
ought to be male aware of the fact
that we are enjoying '■ery tolerable
July weather here. Even though they
are away from us, there are still about
1,650,000 people left in the city.
The immigration from Italy to this
port continues to he hosvy. and almost
every day of the week swarms of the
sturdy children of the various Italian
provinces may be seen at Castle Gar*
den. Alt Americans who visit Castle
Garden are surprised by the musculari
ty, solidity and streng h of many of
the olive compiexioned kalian women
who ate to be seen there — [New York
Sun. •
Now Millinery i .. is,
James T. Comer,
Maysvtlle, :::::: GEOrGIA
Idas Employed A First Class
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With a New Stock of Hats from New YMrk and Baltimore of the latest
-tyles, from the finest to the cheapest. Also fine Dress Goods, Eibbons ana
Laces, Kid Gloves, Embroideries, Corsets tu all kinds. In fact a Complete
stock ot fancy notions. Shoes, flats and Clothing. Tobacco, Staple Ginner
ies, and Harness and Leather. All Kinds of
Drugs and Patent Medicines,
COMFITS GUARANTEE CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE,
Standard nd Pacific Kerocene, Machine and Castor Oils, by the bottle or
gallon. Agent for Athens Factory goods, and many more. A. D. Boone’s
Georgia Test and Acid Work’s Pare Bono, Ferrnan’s Soluble Bone ami Ksm
ical Guano. The best line of guanos in the united states, prices as cheap as
the cheapest;. Breeder of fifteen varieties ct fancy Dueks, Chickens and Geese,
Eggs for sale. 44.
Gunnels* Power & Cos.,
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DEALERS IN ?
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Gin tm&klmmi vw IkA Wi paisiiWfewi
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We Keep iu stock a full supply of good and fresh goods. We can not be
surpassed in Quality and Duraoility. We buy at lowest market figures; we
defy competition in prices. We want orrly a living profit on cur sales. 5Ve
do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do we wish to accumulate their fortunes.
We are receiving daily, a full supply of oar Customers every day wants.
|T*§T“ Country Produce Taken iu Exchange at Highest Market Brices.
tm-ta hi rinn M ■ ■■ n mammrmßr-—*- mmtmmn i
Hardman & Domp’ny,
HarMONjr GrOVE
DEALERS IN
Hardware & Cutl’iY.
Oar Line of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Etc., can not be
touad in better Quality and Durability, Elsewhere. We also keep a good lino
ot „ U ns for the fail trade. Cali and examine our stock and prices. 1J
