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Newspaper Page Text<r k Jirttl and | irrsidc. PUBLISHED BY 371- 0-occa.rrian. 6c Sons. AtlOueßollar a Year iu advance, orOne Dollar anclPiflv Cents If not priidin advance. IN THE OI.l) PRINTING OFFICE Building, Powder Springs Street. Mari etta,Georgia, JOHN' O. GARTRELL, Attorney at Laic, practices in Cold) and adju •ccnt counties. {Office in Masonic Build ing, upstairs. Marietta, Oct. 10, 1878. V\ M. T. WINN. WII.L. J. WINN. WT.&W. J. WINN, Attorneys * ct/aief March 13,1877. ly \ir i>r.SESSION#, Attorney'at Line, W • office north side of Public Square :in Blackwell’s Building, up stairs. Marietta, October 1, 1877. ly E. M. ALLEN, Resident DentM, of more than twenty ' 'LculTt years. Charges Reasonable. Office —North side of Public Square. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly DR. G. TENNENT, Practicing Physician. Office on ('assvilh* St. —Residence on Cherokee, street. Marietta, March 13,1877. ly DR. E. J. SETZE, Phynklun anil Surgeon, tenders his professional *erV ices in tiie practice of Med ieine infill it-branches to the citizens of Marietta and surrounding country. < >fficc at the Drug Store of Win. Root. inch 13-1 y D& T. U. IRWIN, Attorneys at . /.die Will practice in the Blue ltidge, Rome, and Coweta Circuits. Marietta, March 13, 1878. ly W. K. POWF.It. 11. M. HAMMKTT. POWER & HAMMETT, Attor neys at Late, Marietta, Ga. Will practice in the Courts of Cold) and adja cent counties. Collecting a specialty, ly PHILLIPS & CREW, wholesale and retail dealers in Books Station ery, Sheet Music and Musical Instru ments. 8 &10 Mariettast. Atlanta, Ga. —Mi-c- VNa.tz.ky, Merchant Taylor, under • National Hotel, Atlanta Ga. WA. Haynes, (at. Phillips & . Crews,) Jewelry, Atlanta Ga. FW. Hart, 30 S. Broad St. Atlan , ta, Ga. See Advertisemet in this paper. IARUIT JARS—Pints, Quarts and 1 Half Gallons: JELLY GLASSES, extra Jar (taps and Rubbers, Cement and Sealing Wax, for sale by may 23 ' AVI L Iff AM ROOT. WILLIAM 0. GREEN, Watchmaker Jewellers, MARIETTA, ffiMsslJL GEORGIA. * (.SO, dealer in Clocks of every dc _i V scriplion. Repairing of AVatehes, < 'lock*. •etc. a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sign of Big AA'ateli, west side Public Square. oct 2 NEW CARRIAGES and Buggies, Wagons and Harness on hand. All’kiiids of Vehicles built or repair ed. Work guaranteed. Orders solicit ed. REID & ORAM LING. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. npH E undersigned continues hisbusi- I ness of Brick Making, Stone and Brick Building, and is prepared at any time to take contracts on the most reas onable terms, and to execute them in the most satisfactory manner. IT. B. \\ A 1.1. 15. Marietta, March 13, 1877. ly tniiai'diaii’* Xalc. BY virtue of an order issued from the Court of Ordinary of Cobb county, will be sold, before the door of the •court house, ori the first Tuesday in March next, the following property, to wit: the interest of Daniel B. llannnet, Elizabeth J. McLean and Sarah A. Coombs, minors, in and to that part of Lot No. 292, in the 17th district and 2d section, of Cobb county, being 360 feet long by 100 feet wide, and bounded east l>y the right of way of the YV. & A. JL Hoad, south by lands of the estate of MacLeod, west by tlie Atlanta road and north by lands of the estate of MacLeod. Terms cash. .1 VO. It. CA MPBELL, j.'in’ry 3<>. Guardian. MARIETTA SAVINGS BANK. dOlfV It. WINTERS, President. (A * BI’RXAP, Vice President. A. VAN WYCK, Cashier. Notes .Discounted. Exchange Bought and Sold. SAGE’S CATARRH REMEDY for sale |>v sept 19 B. R. STRONG. . ..... , it, A * . - . ••Appearences are something with everyone—everything with some.”— •f Bisboji Jtcrklev. ffl. 1878. rlio, W. Metcalf, respectfully in forms the citizens of Marietta and vicinity, that he is better prepared than ever to do anything in the Tailoring line, guaranteeing his patrons faithful work at moderate prices. seplft 1 v NEW LIVER! STIBLEr REDUCED PRICES! Atlanta Street, near Blacksmith Shop. Marietta, Georgia. .T. SPII.MAX has just jWDoiK‘ | n , 'l near Barker and ■ --- = Manning’s Blacksmith Shop, a first class Li very Stable, where the public can be accommodated with fine Horses and elegant Buggies at re duced prices. Can always be found read}’to respond to any call, in supply ing the needs of local or transient pat rons. Parties , hiring are responsible for themselves and team-. < food accom modation for Drovers. Stowk bought ami sold on commission. J. SPII.MAX. Marietta, Aug. S. 1278. ty THE FIELD AND FIRESIDE. Vol. ll.] B. H. Strong, Successor toG. W. Williams) me ff cm, AND Apothecary. WIT.L continue business ai ihe Old Stand in MARIETTA, and will keep on liana, and for sale, .i ufxfuai. assortment of FRESH AND GENUINE Drugs! Chemicals! Toilet ami Fancy Article*.! Paints and Oils'! Fine I'cHimitTy, rlc, All which will he SOI.!) LOAV FOR I CASH. Prescriptions carefully com pounded by an experienced Apotheca ry, AS lIKRF.TOFORK. JL R. STRONG. Books and Stationery. School Books %nd Stationery of all kinds. Also, Musical Note Books for Sunday Schools and Singing Classes. Any book not in stock, either Literary, Scientific or Educational, or any piece of Siieet Music, will be ordered and de livered in Marietta at publisher’s pri ces. B.R. STRONG. Marietta, Eel). 2(1, 1878. FINE CIGARS, best smoking and chewing Tobacco, at j sept IS B. R. STRONG’S. I ( 1 VKRETT’S Sf jQTOn SNI'FF — | VU for sale hv sept 111 B. R. STRONG, Pure Ciller Vinegar—Received | at the Drug Store of B. R. Strong. FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Tropical Vanilla (warrantedgood), I.c- I mon, Rose, Pencil, and other Flavor | ing Extracts, at | june 27 B. R. STRONG. BIRD SEED.—Canary, Rape and J Hemp Seed, for sale at the Drug Store of june 27 B. It. STRONG. JAYNE’S HAIR TONIC, Ayer’s I Ilair Vigor, Lyon’s Kathairon, Bar j ry’s Tricoplierotis, Vaseline Bowder. I anil various other Hair Dressings, also I Hair Dyes, for sale by june 27 li. R. STRONG. J. B. O’Keiii k (V HAVE REMOVEDTIIKiII STOCK OF General Merchandise To Gits Barkett’s old stand. East side of Public Square. Marietta, Georgia. \V acre they will keeps full litieofelioiee Family Giro cries ST A RLE DRY GOODS. /attorn darns, Motions, Boots and Shoes, &c. All of which will be sold low for cash. .11. D. McCvxcueox will be pleased to wait on any, who will favor them with a call. Country Produce taken in exchange, on reasonable terms. Respectfully, J. B. O’NEILL & CO. Marietta, April 25, 1878. Iv PIANOS. #fff TUNING AND ItEP A lit ING. rjAHE undersigned respectfully teii .X. tiers his services to the citizens of Marietta and vicinity as tuner and re pairer of Pianos. Warrants his work in every respect, and will doit as cheap or cheaper than any one. Postal cards dropped in the Post-office, will secure prompt attention. Will sell Pianos or Organs at the lowest figures, and upon as accommodating terms, cash, or on time, togood and reliable parties. July 11-tf _ JOHN .SEA I.IS. Removed! Removed! 11l A VE changed my place of business next to Marietta Saving’s Bank, and will Ik- thankful to welcome all my old friends and patrons at my new stand. I Will Sell at Atlanta Prices. c. o. D. Dry Goods! Notions! Hats! Crockery! Clothing! a vi Boots and Shoos! And every thing els** kept in a Dry Goods business.. 13PN.8. —Would call the attention of all who are indebted tome, to come at once for settlement, and save cost. • JOSEPH ELSAS. Marietta. March 13. 1877. iv Marietta, (Georgia,) Thursday, February 13, 1879. J. M. Wilson. M AXrFACTI'RER OF TIN k SHEET IRON Wooden Wares. gj and ni IN g| STOVES. HARDWARE, CUT LfiUY, HOUSE FURNISH fN G GOODS AN L) AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS KMDKACINU Straw and Feed Cutters, Corn Shellcrs, Turning Plows, Wheel Barrows, Hakes, Shovels, lloes. Grass Scythes, Plows, Plow Stocks. Ac. ALSO, Syrup Mills, Of tt Superior Moire. POCKET A TABLE CUTLERY. AND Carpenter’s Supplies. Many Varieties of Wooden Ware. All tlitse and many other valuable ar ticles sold on best possible terms. Marietta, July 3, 1877. l y Aiy w Jilt© —IS- THE EASIEST SELLING, THE BEST SATISFYING SmiMacMi Its Introduction and World-renowned reputation was the death-blow to high priced machines. THERE ARE NO SECONDHAND WKIiE MACHINES IN THE MARKET. This is a very Important mailer, as It Is a well- V-own and undisputed (act that many ot the so ( il ed first-class machines which are offered so c leap uow-a-days are those that have been re possessed (that is. taken back from customer? alter use) and rebuilt and put upon the market us new. THE WHITE IS THE PEER OF ANY SEWING ".CHINE NOW UPON THE MARKET. T IS MUCH LARGER THAN THE FAMILY MA NES Ur THE SINGER, HOWE AND WEED hE. It (OSTS M'tRE TO MANUFACTURE THAN HER OF Tin AFORESAID MACHINES. IIS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AND CURABLE. IIS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED. Do cot Buy any other before try ing the WHITE. Prices and Terms Made Satisfactory. AGENTS WANTED ! ’ -te. Sewing Machine Cos., C.rVELAND, 0. Liberal Inducements oOen-d loeasli havers. Mav. 2d, 1878. yJ. D. & J’. E. SMITH, General Agents, No. 5!), S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. WESTERN tte ATLANTIC Rail MBSB Road. TIME OF DEPARTLKE FItOTfYIAItIFTTA. No. 1, night passenger, north 2.43 p. in No. 2. night passenger, south 0.32 p. m. No. 3, day passenger,* north <5.13 a. m. No. 4, day passenger, south 12.08 a. m. No. 5, day freight, north (1.47 a. m. No. (i, day freight,south 4.42 p. m. No. 7, night fr’gt, aee. north (i.2(i p. m. Np,., way fr’gt, day, north 8.30 a. in. Njt.lo, way fr’gt, day, south 2.13 p. in. No. 12, aceom. freight, south 3.00 a. m. AH freight trains carry passen gers, prnvidedjlhev have tickets. June2o,lß7B. W. McRAE, Sup’t. Imrm I uivimv I GLOBE I\IRA,Y(|; GDI l A > V. U. 8. Braueii Assets *3,030,001 00 Liabilities 2,101,700 40 Surplus over all liabilities $1,708,101 31 Total income of 1877 *2. 713,030 32 “ expenditures of 1877 1,(503,010 70 Surplus income of 1877 *1,100.112 33 Aggregate of losses paid by the Corn pant’over *70,000,000 Itisks taken at reduced rates of Premi ums. Apply to, Wm, KING. Agent. .Marietta. Ga. Out. 31.’1878. 1 v Buy tin* Brighton fertilizer for sale by Gaines Goodman V Cos. I Vi)viclturiil. Soils Suited te the Cottou Plant. There are three classes of soil ; especially adapted te the cotton plant. The alluvial, Jor riverbot toms stand tirst in file list. Their l native growths comprise the guiu, 'magnolia, poplar, cypress, with. I —in many localities—a thick, al | most impenetrable, undergrowth lof cane. [overflows : have deposited on these bottoms an inexhaustible supply of vegoo table mould. Against their ex ceeding fertilty and the ease with which crops can be marketed via river transportation must be pla ced, however, the labor of olear ing and liability to sickness from i vegetable miasm of the swamps. | Rich canebrake lands and rol i ling prairies—generally derignat j ed as “black lands'’—are valuable ; for the certainty with which they; : produce crops, their coni pari live ! freedom from destructive insects ; and a roll of surface’promoting j drainage Soft, tine, friable soils, as rotten limestone and red lands, coming under the head of soft argillaceous limestone, and growing birch, white and red oak, gum and pop lurs, are the third class, j Cot ton lands of the south are commonly divided into uplands ; and bottom lands. The lirst are j subdivided into the light sandy | soils and red or clay soils. A fur (her division is sometimes made ! of the light sandy lands— i. e., if i the native growth is pine timber they will produce as a rule one | bale to three acres, but if the na- I live growth is oak or other hard | woods the yield will be about one. bale to two acres. Red lands, or clay soils, is rolling portions of the country, their forests being i hard wood and their soils fertile, 1 produces from one half to ono third of a bale to the acre. Bot j tom lands, according to age and ; fertility, yield from one-half to two bales of cotfon per acre. These estimates are, of course, only approximate, and are given to show the relative value of the ! lands under description for the I benefit of beginners. : What Georgia Planters are Itoi tig. Instances of extraordinary re suits in farming during the year just past are furnished by a good ly number of Georgia farmers l who have been trying the plan of j diversified crops and decreased average. The returns of these ! planters contribute largely to the j interest of Commissioner Janes, ! supplemental report and contain : lessons it were well if cultivators ; with small means would general ly imitate. Nobody disputes tlie ! fact that a small plot thoroughly i cultivated pays better, whatever j may be the crop, than one twice its dimension under poor farming; ! and yet the majority of farmers j anticipate their profits from the number of acres planted rather '■ than an increased yield to the a i ere. The habit of devoting one’s field entirely to a single crop, as j is so common in the cotton belt, is also known to entail gi eat risks. One year’s operations aft Pit re suits in failure when the price of cotton chances to fall belmv tlie cost of producing it. A farm de voted I o cotton means deart h of food crop, decrease in number of hogs, Jieep and cattle, and in creased demand for high-Qfciced labor. With cotton, as with®ery other crop, the surest way V big j profit is a reduction of the cost of making it. Commissioner Janes, who does * not believe there will be an in- ' crease in the area planted ih cot ton in 1876 over that of 1878, tug- I es planters to restrict the area to still furl her, to prepare and oulti- ! vale thoroughly, and by these : and others means diminish the I cost of production. The farmer; should aim to make his cotton ■ crop the measure of his profits. He ought,therefore,to produce an j abundant supply of everything consumed on the farm, or such a surplus of one or more as will supply those articles of consump tion which cannot be produced in his climate. To accomplish this lie will be compelled to diversify his crops and increase and im prove his flocks that not only will a reduction of the area in cotton be unavoidahle, but the I chances of a total or serious fail* 1 lire will be much diminished. One of the best diversified crops mentioned in the report alluded to was grown in Talbot County and made with three ploughs. Ls embraced thirty-three bales cotton, 1,000 bushels of corn,.'OH. bushels of potatoes, 100 li Jjoßl of peas, the same wheat, and 300 bushels of oaff: J. T. Perdue and 8. A. Graves, oL Quitman. Brooks County, farmed together, jdanted 50 ;ut| in corn, and gained a yield I,6ooJbu she 1 s];JJ4 7 acres^m’c oft yield 18 bales ; 60 acres in oats, yield 1,200 bushels ; 2.1 acres in sugar-cane, yield 1,000 gallons of syrup, besides saving theseed : 2 acres in potatoes,yield 240 bush els. They also fattened 45 hogs, which expected will*mnke 6,000 lbs. of pork. The soil was poor pine land; thejfertilizer four tons Charleston phosphate, three tons on cotton arid one ton on oats, with all the manure they could make and save applied to the ploughed crops. Tlie phosphate especially did well on the oats. Three hands were employed in ad dition to their own labor. .J. N. Wright, Sugar Valley,Gordon Cos., writes that ft farmer in his county* with two ploughs made 15 bales ol cotton, 350 bushels of corn, 250 gallons sorghum, 300 bushels of wheat and eight tons of hay. Several correspondents-reported two 500 pound hales of cotton on two acres. Leading Varieties of Gotten. There are two general classifi cations of the cotton raised in the United States, long and shot ! sta ple. Of the former, the best, is the sea island cotton of this coun try. The cultivation of the sea island, alsojknown as the tree cotton, is local, and Hie amount produced as compared with up land or green seed is but-small. It will not flourish at a distance from the sea, hence ils growjh is limited to districts along the shores of South' Carolina, Geor gia, Florida and Texas. The most favorable point for itscultivation is Eilisto Island, on tho. coast of South Carolina, squill of Charles ton. The average yield per acre is little more'*than half that oft he upland, hut it is tlie finest cotton grown in this country and conse quently commands the greatest price. Its staple or filament is long, silken and delicate. f The height of the plant varies from two to six feet. As, even with the application of fertilizers, the average yield of 9ea island cotton is not much more than half the average of up land cotton, to pay its well as the short staple it must obtain dou ble the*price per pound. Since 1850 the price lias greatly advan ced, so that this long staple cot ton lias often commanded quad ruple the market value of ordina ry staple. Careful experiments have proven that, to keep up the standard ol sea 'island cotton, manures rich in phophates, rich in potash, and having a consider able amount of sulphuric acid, must he freely employed. A dies sing composed of well rotted col ton seed mixed with the exert* meats of domestic animals, when used in sufficient quantities, sup plies the required elements. Of fertilizers not directly tlie pro duct of the soil, Peruvian guano, hone dust dissolved in sulphuric acid and the’various refuse of the mtftiufaclories rich in potash are numbered with the best. Sea Island cotton is cultivated in very much the same manner as upland,except that more reliance is placed upon the hoe and less Upon the plough. Much mo/e care is observed in picking, gin ning and matketing the long sta ple than with Iheordinary upland. In gathering from tlie fields it i> kept free from trash and stains, and is transferred at once to the drying scaffold, where it is sorted over before packing away in the cotton-house. The ginning, if pos sibk* r is dene* in dry weather, when Lite cotton is again sunned 1 and picked over ; any that, has been left unpicked until after rains is run through a thresher to free it from sand and loose dirt. Hie upland, also known as short staple, D of Mexican or West India origin, and hasreceiv ed the name of upland to deig i nate it from the product of the is j lands and low districts near the M .t.n.titutH bulk of the crop of the -'■dates. Tlie improvement VP|§ v-'i-iety has net ouly. oußhE quite a number of ])romiuo ) enlerprisiyg planters to large fortunes,but lets choice devolojtmentsi-' (lie very first of we!! known -1 V e:u li.i- jus I ll>D'.ed \ ifA* whiidi are to time amIJT .-*.*>- p: '((• I ni . if/- filial .qgH ! 11: -aiio is much with fertilizer] H su,,u ’ “liter princie r <l 10 plant, as, the fib Ct °*l size ; otltcu- to increase iIA proojjftlVoness by enlargiug thfl seeds. inereasiilgUm® imJ -lap!,.. (’ itivaAH gagree t hat all ' are productive of host- when applied early in the.seajyvß and well incorporated ill thesoil by tlie plough and the harrnw. JH | Sii|M‘i -|)liosphutnaml Hquip iuh-E nures. j|m The stringent, laws nowih'fcyjH in many of the States regasdnjjJ tlri* of fraudulent fertilizer# have not been without results. -An increased use of- super phos phates with home manures is re ported from all quarters. The a mount spent in fertilizers in North Carolina reaches $3,000,000 and the farmers of Georgia are credited with having expended nearly $500,000 in-excess of this sum the past season. Commis sioner Polk, of North Carolina, states that tlie details arranged by the state departmentfor-regu lating the analysis and sales of fertilizers have not only proved effectual in accomplishing the de signs of the act, but have proved satisfaction to both farmers and manufacturers. The farmers are relying more and more on' the published analysis of chemists as a guide in their purchases. Among composts, which have obtained considerable favor with Georgia planters for cotton arid corn are tlmse employing stable manure and and acid phosphate or dissolved bone. The phosphate, beside being other wise valuable as a chemical agent serves to fix the ammonia gener ated in the progress of deeohtpo sit ion in the manure heap. The fermentation reduces tlie coarse material and prepares it for the use of the plant. The composting is very generally done under shelter on rainy days or when the ground is too wet for the plough so that little time need he lost. Commissioner Jones recommends one of two methods : Apply the different, ingredients in successive layers and cut down vertically after a thorough fermentation has taken place, mixing wellAvith a shovel tit the same time; or mix the ingredients*at first and j allow the mass to stand until us ! ed. The following formula and plan of mixing is stated by him | as having given excellent results j on lands of ordinary fertility: Mix | 750 pounds of green cotton-seed with ait equal weight of stable manure.; moisten with water and apply 500 pounds. of acid phos phate or dissolved bone,; mix thoroughly, shovelling into a mass as prepared, and the result will be a ton, or 2,000 pounds,-of fertilizer. The ingredients are thoroughly commingled during fermentation, if is advised for cotton, to apply in the opening furrow 200 pounds, and with the planting seed 75 or 100 pounds, working in all 275 or 300 pounds, per acre. Fur corn, apply in the bill by the side of tho seed one gill to the hill. An application around the stalk before the first ploughing will lagely incre.'fse tlie yield of grain. These propor lions are furnished ty give to.be ginners some idea of tlie propor tionate quantities for average cot ton and corn fields, not to be ap plied without variation. Fault planter should add or take,away from this and every other stilted formula to stiff, the exigencies'of his own ease. Subscribe for tlie El tun , vx.n Fikksidk, if you desire" to pro mote the hlpphtess 6t*vour Tartu Iv. [No. 27.