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£ ■.:*>ju*n(cu, ■ <'• 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 WA *w u'w Vw 1 V w’w v\ , OfwVwv Q* VvV * W vVJv \ i v- u • o•, Vc 'O*v '<* VdV% WVW ’VVo 4 VVw 1 t■-/ 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., - , ^—,11AKM0N7 - GRO VE.— —, DEALERS IN ? ip %'Y\Y% t r inn Si!tth?i Gin tm&klmmi vw IkA Wi paisiiWfewi r.-n (£3 jWi, "SoAWAjj 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