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HOW IT WAS FORMED.
The Founder of the "Bagging
Trust Tells his Story.
’ongress is Taking a Hand in It—
And will see Where the Re
sponsibility Lies—The Con
sumption of Bagging an
The United States.
Wssbington, Aug. 31.—-Anderson
Gratz ol Si. Louis, Mo., was (tailedas
the first witness before the house com
inittee on manufactures to-day, in its
inquiry into the alleged cotton bag
ging trust.
Mr. Gratz said he was engaged in
the baling stuff business in St. Louis,
a member of the firm ot Warren, Joneß
<k Gratz. The business included the
making of cotton ties for binding cot
ton. He was also a member of two
corporations engaged in the same bus
iness, one located in Muncie, lad,,and
the other in Champaign, 111.
Cotton bagging, he said, was manu
factured out of the jute stalk. The
number of firms in tbs country engag
ed in the business at present is eight,
aa against fitteea at the same time last
year.
The entire piodnction of cotton bag
ging in 1887 v. a? about 45,000,000
yards. Warren, Gratz and Cos. of St.
Louis, we.-e agents in that city for the
Southern Mills Bagging Company and
Standard Mills Company of the 6arne
city. It had no interest in these firms
beyond aoting as agent.
The variaiiou in prices of two pound
bagging from 1."77 to 1887 has been
from ten and three quarter cents per
yard in 1877 to eleven and a half eta.
in 1880, and seven and one-fourth in
1887. The price of jute butts has
been lowei this- August than any Au
gust price for t lie last ten years The
price ol cotton bagging daring this An
gust has varied from 11 cents to 12
and one half cents per yard.
Witness estimated that the cotton
crop of the year would require about
45,000,000 yards of cotton bagging,
and it was expected that the total out
put of all the mills now running up to
the time when they stop in Novem
ber next would be over 50,000,000
yards.
Gratz said that the productive ca
pacity of cotton bagging mills in the
West was 25 per eent. greater than
the mills in the east. The employes
in the West were mostly of Bohemian
parentage and were paid slightly more
than those in the East.
The witness said that there were
considerable quantities of eotton bag
ging coming to this country, but he
did not think the foreign mills would
be able to bring sufficient eotton bag
ging to this country this year to pre
vent the sale of that held here. Con
tractors abroad had their hands full.
There were twenty-four jute mills in
Indiana having 8,337 looms on Janu
ary 1, 1887, which could produce ten
or fitteen times the amonnt ot cotton
bagging needed for the cotton crop of
the cnited States.
A number of contracts between the
firm of Warren, Jones and Gratz,
as agents of other firms and other cot
ton bagging firms in the united States
wore produced with a view to show
ing the steps taken by the several cot-
ton bagging manufacturing films to
control their productions and to pro
vide for its sale at stipulated prices.
The object of the agreement was to en
able parties to it to obtain control of
the cotton bagging produced in this
country for the present season. The
trust has secured control of about two
thirds of the cotton bagging in the
country, the remaining third—about
15,000,000 yards—beinj produced by
persons who are not in any way con
nected with the trust.
Terms of the agreement: The con
tract shows that the agreement is be
tween the firm of L. Waterbary and
Cos. of New York city, party of the
first part, and the Charleston Bagging
Manufacturing Company, Nevins and
Cos. of Boston, Mass., the New Yotk
Bagging Cos., the Eagles Mills, the
Southern Mills, the Southern Mills
Bagging Company, the Muncie
Bagging Manufacturing Company,
and the Empire Bagging Company
parties of the second part. The
parties of the second part agreed
to sell and deliver to L. Waterbury
& Cos. all their bagging then on
hand, and such as might thereafter
be acquired or manufactured by
them, respectively, during the re
mainder of the year of 1888. The
firm of L, Waterbury & Cos. acts as
a center of correspondence into
which the proposed increase and
reduction is brought about. It is
agreed that the profits and loss of
the parties shall be shared in pro
portion. The sales and prices of
cotton bagging is determined by a
majority of the members of the
second part.
The agreement went into effect
on the 16th ot last April.
A let ter just receive! from Mi
Prnglo ot Louisiana, the well known
sn pe shot, whose wonderfn hags we e
reported some time since ;u vonr paper,
contains the following extract, which
mav prove interesting to some of you>
readers: “I was walking across a T ery
boggy marsh, where there was a good
deal of water, and was stumbling
along, not with my former youthful
agility, when I came near stepping on
a snake in coil, what is called a “cottcn
mouth moocason,” whose bite is not
fatal, bat somewhat poisonous. There
being no stick at hand to kill him, I
stopped back and Bhot him, cutting
him not quite, hut nearly in two, and
exposed his ‘innards’ as the negroes
say. My man caesear exclaimed,
•Massa, he got another snake in him!’
and so he had—one as long as himself.
1 pulled the swallowed snake out, and
held hm by the tail along side the
other. The swallower was about 30
inches long and very thick, and the
swallowed 1 1-2 inohes shorter, only
that the latter’s bead and neck were
doubled, seas to be forced irto the
other. “Did you ever know of one
snake eating another? They say that
dog will not eat dog, but it seems that
a snake will perform the operation on
another snake.
Good and Bad News.
Bad news weakens the action of the
heart, oppresses the lungs, destroys
the appetite, stops the digestion and
partially suspends the functions of the
system. An emotion of shame flashes
the face; fear blanches, joy illuminates
it, and an instant thrill electrifies a
million of nerves. Surprise spurs the
pulse into a gallop. Delirium infases
great energy. Volition commands,
and hundreds of muscles spring to ex
cite. Powerful emotions often kill the
body at a stroke. Ghilo, Liagoras and
others died of joy at the Grecian
games. The news of defeat killed
Philip Y. One of tho popes died of
an emotion of the seeing
his pet monky robed in pontificals, oc
cupying the chair of state. The door
keeper ©f congress expired on hearing
of the surrender of Cornwallis. Emi
nent public speakers have often died in
the midst of an impassioned burst of
eloquence, or when the deep emotion
that prodooed it had subsided. La
grave, the young Parisian, died wheD
he heard that the musical premium
for which he had competed was given
to another.
Tying Them Hard — How a Dusky
Couple Were Made One in Cal
houn County.
Captain Boyd’s store last Tuesday
morning was the scene of the sudden
blooming of orange blossoms for a pair
of young dusty and dusky lovers.
Wiley George had long been suing for
the hand and heart of Almo Stevens.
He had won her heart, but parental
opposition stood in the way of a cul
mination oi his fondest hopes. In the
face of the protest of Alma’s father,
Joe Steyens, Wiley continued his at
tentions until last Monday, when the
enraged father fell upon him and smote
him hip and thigh. Wiley and his
mother Josephine, came to town next
day to get a‘writ’ for Joe. Joe and
the girl also came along to see them
out. The party collected at Boyd’s
store and made known their trouble to
the captain, who grasped the situation
and convinced them that a marriage
certificate was the remedy for their
trouble. The be., however, held back
from the fact thv he w> out of ready
cash and as t : --riy attired
being in h a shir -
• (_)h, I'M y u *ir ot shoef,
loan y u a <• *t ; >1 ..'tv. von th* mon
ey to buy i ii> ; in- ,* Capraiii
Boy and
Alright, is:-. . 'ey, and Dr
Gsorge was calle in, mm Mr Bunch,
who lias authority' from the ordinary
to issue marriage license, filled out a
blank and handed it to George,
who stepping forward Ba and.
“Spit in your right hands and join
them.”
They spat and clasped hands.
“Do you Wiley George, take Alina
Stevens for your wife?”
for right, bos, said Wiley.
“Do you Alma Stevens, take Wiley
George for your husband?”
Yes sir, replied the modest girl.
“Does anybody object to the com
pletion of these bands?” said the doc
tor. No one objected.
Then he continued, “by the author
ity vested in me as an officer of the
state of Georgia, which is sometimes
called the empire state ot the Sonth;
by the fields of cotton that lie spread
out in the snowy whiteness around us;
v
by the howl of the coon dog and the
gourd vino whose clinging tendrils
will shade the entrance to your hum
ble dwelling place; by the red and lus
cious heart of the watermelon, whose
sweetness fills the heart with joy; by
the Heavens and the earth, and all
that is under them, in the presence of
the9e witnesses, 1 pronounce you man
and wife, and may the Lord havcmer
cy on your souls!”
At the conclusion of the impressive
eeremony, an evident feeling of relief
stole over the couple. They received
the congratulations of the onlookers,
after which they to ok their departure
for the Holt place, where they held a
reception in the middle of an hundred
acts cotton patch.—[Leary Courier,
Two French physicists, Violle
and Yautier, have established be
yond doubt that the velocity of
sound diminishes with its intensi
ty, but is unaffected by its pitch.
Legal Notices.
Georgia, Banks Cos.: To all whom
it may concern: L. N. Turk, adm’r.
of Jas. Norwood, deceased, has in due
form applied to the undersigned foi
leave to sell the lands belonging to the
'state of said deceased, and said appli
’a‘iou will be heard on the Ist. Mon
lay in October next. Aug. 27, 1888,
18-4 w. t. f, nill, ordinary.
Geargia,
Banks County,
son, administrators of J. J. Wilson,
late of said county, dee’d, has applied
to me in terms of the law for letters of
dismission from said administration.
This is therefore to cite and admonish
all concerned to Bhow cause at the reg
ular term, of court of Ordinary of said
county, to be held on the Ist Monday
in November n6xt, why said discharge
should not be granted. Given nnder
my hand and official signature Aug. 4,
1888. T. F. Hill, Ordinary. 15 3m.
Georgia, Banks County: To all
whom it may conee n, I, J. M, Dean ,
guardian of M. A Sparks, has in dne
form applied to the undersigned for
leave to sell the lands belonging to the
estate of said M. A. Sparks, and said
application will be heard on the Ist.
Monday in October next, sept 3rd.
18S8. T. F Hill, Ordinary. 4w
state of Georgia, Bank* County:
Whereas C. F Dailey administratrix
of Mary Dailey, represents to the
court in her petition duly filed, that
sha has tully administered Mary
Dailey's estate, this is therefore to cite
all persons concerned, to show cause
if any they can why said administra
tr>x should not be discharged from her
administration and receive letters of
dismission on the Ist Monday ir. De
cember 1888. sept 3. 1888.
4w T. F. Hill, Ordinarv.
IIXECIJIOB'S AIAE
Georgia, Banks connty: Agreeable
to an order ftom the court of ordinary,
of Bat’d county, will be sold before the
court house door in Horner on the Ist.
Monday in October next, within the
legal hours of sale, the folowing de
scribed property, to-wit, one hundred
and twelve and one half acres of land
lying and being in said county, and
known as a part of the lands of James
Wade of said county, deceased, and
bounded by the lands of Colbert on
the west and south, James C. Wade
on the east, and n. g. Chastain on the
north west* There is about 35 aeres
in cultivation on said place, the bal
anoe in old pine field and original for
est* sale for distribution amongst the
heirs of said James Wade dec’d. Terms
cash, This Aug. 31, 1888.
Jas. C. Wade and B. E. Lord, Exu
tors of Jas. Wade, de’cd. 4w.
For dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
you have a printed guarantee on each
bottle of Shiloh’s Yitalizer. It always
cures. For sale by W. B. Mason.
... — 1 f
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Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It
cures Consumption. W. B. Mason;
Homer.
Are you made miserable by indiges
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Appetite, Yellow skin, shiloh's vitaliz
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Hackmetack, a lasting and fragrant
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sale by W. B. Mason, Homer.
Itch, Mange and Scratches of every
kind on human or animalß cured in 30
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This never fails. Sold by Hardman
k Sharp, Druggists, Harmony Grove.
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