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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 Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cure is sold by us on a guarantee. It cures Consumption. W. B. Mason; Homer. Are you made miserable by indiges tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss ot Appetite, Yellow skin, shiloh's vitaliz er is a positive cure. For sale by W. Mason, nomer. Hackmetack, a lasting and fragrant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents. For sale by W. B. Mason, Homer. Itch, Mange and Scratches of every kind on human or animalß cured in 30 minutes by Woolfofd’s Sanitary Lotion This never fails. Sold by Hardman k Sharp, Druggists, Harmony Grove. 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