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TJBIIE POST.
WEDNESDAY. FKB. 2fl. 1870.
R. L. HICKS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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TF. P. Hirki in Vic regular agent for thfi
POST in Johnson coil nig, authorized to re-
r irr sii'.'«irlptbjhi § rereipt for the same, and
to m tl routrnejH for adccrtmng, All dues
eiiould be paid to him.
Thus it is seen that the Post was
not only about the first paper in this
section to champion tho farmers'
cause against their would-be oppres
sors, but is also equally alert iu sug
gesting the method of following up
the vietorv they had won.
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A Good Sip for Georgia.
In t he Post of tho 12th instant we
made tiso of the following language;
“A valuable lesson may bo learned
by the formers from tho recent tri
umph (hey have achieved over their
would-be oppressors, the guuno man
ufacturers; and that is, that they
possess sin iniluenco in tho commer
cial world which they can muko felt
provided their demand is reasonable
and (hoy act with concert. 0
Tho Atlanta Constitution of the
10th amplifies and adorns tho thought
as follows:
“Tho recent animated controversy
(if we may use so mild a term in (his
connection) hotwcon tho manufactu
rers of guuno and tho farmers of
Georgia—in which the latter seem to
have had very much the best of the
argument—is exceedingly suggestive,
not only in its inception, but' in its
result s. ' We aro not at all premature
in speaking of tho result of the pro
test on tho part of tl\o farmors against
an increase in tho price of commercial
fertilizers, for thoro could be hut one
ending, to a movement inaugurated
with so much spirit tirnl characterized
with such unanimity. Practically,
tho victory was with tho plantor iu.
tho outset, and that ho will retain
tho advantage thus obtained is not
to lio questioned. Tho mnvumont,
wo have said, is suggestivo. It is
more than this; it is full of the
promise of a new ora in tho history
of our agriculture; it. marks, as wo
fain would beliovo, an ora of imlo-
pomlonoc, based upon economy, and
thrift. Viewed in this, light tho
movement is of fur more importance
" than its present results, and is full
of significance for tho future.
Henceforth, if wo interpret tho signs
aright, the farmors of tho State will
make thoihsolves folt and hoard ns a
body—as important, fuotors in the
industrial, political and social prog
ress of Georgia.
hor the first tiino iu their history
our farmers realise tho hone ills of
co-operation. Movod as by a com
mon impulse, they gavo emphatic
direction ton protest against a move
ment having for its ond and purpose
un increase in the price of commer
cial fertilizers, and with such success
that they have beon put to little or
no inconvenience; but, us wo have
said, the movement is of far more
practical significance than the more
momentary success with which it bus
beon at tended. It is a sign, it seems,
to iiB, that tho agriculturist is grad
ually beginning to porooivo tho im
portance of investing his culling with
tho dignity with whioh it should
naturally bo surrounded. I t is a sign
t hat the fanner is preparing to assert
his independence in a formal way,
and this sign of independence is
evidence that mortgages, factors’
lions and other cmhurrasdng sur
roundings are gradually disappearing
from the*’ planters’ memorandum
books. '
Another important foot in con
nection with tins movement is, that
tho fanners, before taking tho stops
which placed them in antagonism
with such a powerful combination as
that represented by tho agents of
commercial fertilizers, counted tho
cost of defeat, and wore doubtless
prepared to carry on their farming
operations.without going to the ex-
pt iiMM>f applying a single pound of
guano to their farms. Their crops
might httvo been somewhat smaller,
but the lesson in economy wquld
have boon a most wholesome ono.
Wo contend that there is not a farm
in the State, managed as it should
bo, tlmt cannot l>o mode to produce
by far the greater part of its own
fertilizers, and thoro is not a farmer
in Georgia who could not. save hun
dreds of dollars annually by paying
Stricter attention to the smaller ami
apparently unimportant economies
of agrieultnro, it is for this reason,
therefore, wholly apart from its in
tention or its result, that wo view
the recent movement of tho planters
with unqualified satisfaction.”
Narrow Escape.
Wo clip the following from
Qpchmu Observer:
“On Saturday evening last little
Hump Overbey, a son of our fellow
townsman, Jos. L. Overbey. Esq.,
was accidentally shot in the face and
neck and painfully, though. fortu
nntelynot seriously injured. From
what wc can learn it seems that the
accident happened about in this way:
Hattfp, together with several other
boys had boon out bird bunting and
wore just returning home, and think
itig tlmt their guns were unloaded
wero playfully pointing them at each
other. Hump and .Jirn Jarvis were
standing a few feet apart pointing
their guns at each other when Jarvis’
gun went off almost in Hump's face,
a part of the load of bird shot taking
effect iu his face and neck, the pow
der burning bis face and neck in a
tcrriblo manner.
J. A. D. Ooley happened to be
passing in in his buggy and brought
tho little sufferer to tho ofllco of
Messrs. Walker & Jordan whore his
wounds wore drossed by those skilled
physicians, undor whoso euro ho now
is and wo are glad to learn is improv
ing.
A Dreadful Mistake.
Tho Warronton Clipper publishes
the following:
“It bocOiiies our painful duty to
wiito out tho details of the dreadful
conclusion of Judge 0. G. Lowe’s
life on Wednesday of lost week. lie
was visiting his son-in-law, Mr. Clom
Gunn's family, and was perhaps par
tially intoxicated. In the absence of
t he members of tho family from the
sitting room ho got hold of a bottle
whioh he supposed contained whisky
and took sovorul swallows, llis
daughter came in and discovered
there was something tho matter, and
on examination, found hej*father had
taken carbolic acid.. Ho set out for
homo, and she gave the alarm to
somo of her neighbors. Befo.ro any
one could got up with him lie urrtv-
at homo, myl was in tho act of tiling
his wife what ho lmd drank, when
suddenly ho fell over dead. Those
are about tho fuots, or at least as they
woro related to us by parties well and
reliably informed in rogurd to tho
ontiro details.”
In John's Interest.
Chicago Times’ Washington Letter.
John Shorniau is improving each
shining hour in his presidontial.oan-
vass. Tho junketing tour of his
brother, Tecmnsob * Shormau,
through tho south is in John’s In
terest as well as for the General's
pleasure. The lotter written by Tc-
oumseh to the Atlanta Constitution
was intended to soften southwm us
poritios toward tho Shormau family.
Pneumonia is prevailing fearfully
in Emanuol county.
A FKtIMWr. nnrfl'n-’* 1 - 1Y . ( 1
in South America on tho 19th ult.
Tub town council of Coohrau aro
the only aldermen in tho State that
have voted pay themselves for their
services.
Tub Observer gives a glowing de
scription of tho Musqnerudo Ball in
Cochran on'.tho 18th inst., und pro
nounces it a grand success.
IIawkinsville has to date receiv
ed seven hundred tons of guano, and
tho prosjiect is that there will be as
much of that commodity sold to the
pluutcrs of Pulaski this year as lust.
Johnson Items.
Wo hoar of no death in the county
this week.
fine
Mr. W. G. Hester killed two
ducks this week at one shot.
The jail in this county is uow used*
for storing oorn. Wo have had no
use for it us a jail siuoo tho last bar
rel of whiskey was looked up iu it.
Mr. Wm. Person of Snndersville
was in town this week.
Lieut, Williams has sold several
mules and horses since he oonio to
Wrightsville.
Meeting of the State Agricultu
ral Society—Addresses Etc.
[HaickinsriUc Dispatch.}
The Georgia State Agricultural
Society met at the court house in
IIawkinsville at twelve o’clock on
Tuesday. The convention was call
ed to order by the President of the
Society, Hon. Thomas Hardeman.
A brief prayer was offered by Rev.
Gep. R. McCall, after which Hon.
Charles 0. Kibbee, Mayor of llawk-
insviile, iu belmlf of the citizens,
made an elegant and appropriate ad
dress of wolcomc. This was respond
ed to l»y Hon. L. F. Livingston, of
Newton county. Col. Hardeman
then followed in his beautiful, sen
sible, and characteristic style, speak
ing for several minutes, aud receiv
ing the most profound attention from
the assemblage. Upon the conclu
sion of Col. Hardeman’s remarks the
convention adjourned for dinner.
In the ufternoon after tho conven
tion had reassembled, Gen. Wm. M.
Browne delivered his address prepar
ed for the occasion. Considerable
time was occupied in its delivery,
hut the convention manifested a deep
interest. We wore deprived of an
opportunity to hear the entire ad
dress, but learn tlmt it will be pub
lished, wheu we will be permitted to
muko such extracts from it as may
bo of special or general interest to
our agricultural readers.
Mr. B. U. Yancy, of Athens, dis
cussed briefly tho great importance
of fostering the farming interests of
the Stuto, tho maintainance of the
State Agricultural bureau, etc. Ho
referred to the fact that at every ses
Bion of tho legislature bills woro in
troduced to abolish the Bureau of
Agriculture, and tlmt its friends were
compelled to fight ignorance, preju
dico and nmhee Ho believed tlmt
tho Agricultural bureau had been aud
would continue to bo of vust benefit
to tho people of Georgia. Ho stated
tlmt he lmd not soon a year in the
Jast oight or ten tlmt he has not had
from ono thousand to twenty-five
lun.dre.l bushels of corn for sale, but
tlmt tho fact had never appeared in
a newspaper. Ho also said tlmt upon
his Cobb county farm last year ho
nmdo fifteen per cent, clear, and tliut
ten dollars per ton could be saved bv
paying cash for fertilizers. We have
quoted Irm as correctly as wo are
ublo to do. from memory.
Mr. James II. Fannin, of La-
Grango, said that if tho farmers of
Georgia desired to reap tho full bene
fits of their labors they should strive
to muko their furms self-sustaining
Ho said tlmt this is tho only course
to pursue to roliovo them*of the op
pressions of speculators; that tho
speculators genorrlly divided tho
number of acres in cotton by five,
and if twenty-five millions were in
cultivation, they made their ealenhv
tion for five millions of bales, and the
price was established accordingly.
Ben Butler's New Hole.
The subject of loyal claims was
under discussion in tho lower brunch
of Congress on tho 14th inst. when
Ben Butler got tho floor and announc
ed himself in favor of pensioning
wounded Coufodomte soldiers. Ho
said both sides desired that “by
gouea should be by-gones,” and that
'•II about tho war should bo forgot
ten: °
“Thoro was one thing, however
whioh could not bo forgotten, and
that was tho valor and patriotism of
those who fought for tho union in
the hours of that direst peril, nor
would the bravery, earnestness, and
he might say loyalty, of the cause
which they espoused, of those who
fought on the other side, be forgot-
teu. He was willing chat the states
should bo put upon the samo ground
that tho fathers of the republic had
put them upon in the war of tho rev
olution, on assuming all their debts
for raising and recruiting troops, and
and aftor that let no claim arise out
of tho war oxccpt the claims of
maimed and disabled soldiers, and
with that determination on the part
of tho people of the country, both
north and south, tho time would not
be far distant when the Ruling of
brothorkood would take into the
churgo of government the maimed
and disabled soldiers of the southern
army, remembering their courage,
their steadfastness and gallantry, and
forgetting the mistaken judgment
which made them fight upon the
side they did.” .
Jeff. Davis has two daughters, his
only children uow living.
Governor Hampton had presented
to him recently a pair of deer dogs.
The Republicans have made gains
in the municipal elections in Phila
delphia.
Judge Cochrane thinks Grant the
only man the negroes will support
for President.
Upwards of 3,000 colored men
voted the democratic ticket in the
South Carolina election.
In Florida the corn is a foot high,
and tho people are eating young cab
bages and green peas.
Rev. Dr. Sylvanus Landrum, of
Memphis, has been culled to the pas
torate of a Baptist church in Now
Orleans.
A Thomas county man was biten
by a spider the other day. At one
time it was thought the bite would
prove fatal.
Dr. Thomas F. Green, superinten
dent of the State Lunatic Asylum,
died on the 13th inst. II6 was over
eighty years of age.
The Appeal is fiercely and justly
indignant over a most shameless des
ecration of a churcn in Irwinton.
In the polite and classical language
of tho New York World tho Tribune
is tho only paper which is not an
“esteemed contemporary.”
Jay Gould has made another ten
strike in union Pacific Railroad
stock, selling 100,000 shares at from
15 to 100 per cent, profit.
There was a fearful smash-up on
tho Selma, Rome and Dalton Rail
road on the 18th. A rotten bridge
over Mulberry creek gavo way
smushing the cars und destroying
several valuable lives.
The Berrien county News is au
thority for saying tlmt middle Geor
gia farmers aro planting small grain
crops extensively this year, and will
cut down tho cotton crop smaller
than it has been in twenty years.
Montgomery News.
MRS. M. E. MCVAY.
A. E. CHOATE.
MACVAY & CHOATE,
(Successors to W. T. McVay.)
COCHEA1T, : ; : : GEOBGIA.
W E have to day entered into partnership, and will continue the Wart-house and
Mercantile business of the old and well known house of W. T. McVay, under
the above Firm, Name and Style. M. E. MACVAY,
A. E. CHOATE.
(tel. Thomas Eason left for the
State Agricultural convention on the
17th.
Prof. C. J. Jenkins has settled iu
Aft. Vornon for a short time.
Our old friend D. J. Morrison,
about sixty-five years old went off on
tho 13th inst. and muiried a young
wife about eighteen years old.
Mr. Elijah McRae’s little girl
about two years old died on the 13th.
McLainore & Iiro’s aro erecting a
fine store house in town.
Mr. T. J. Smith 1ms purchased
big spotted horse, td curry^ tho mail
and lie won’t carry it worth a cent.
When they j ut tho mail pouch on
him ho will lio down.
Miss Lastinger from Berrien conn-
tv is in town on a visit to her rela
tives, the family of Mrs. R. A. El
liott.
Condor Items.
Our friend Louis Linder is in a
sud predicament. He’s bought.a
cow imported direct from England,
and was hero last Monday hunting a
retail establishment, as thoro are no
flios in England she had no use for a
tail. He says she must have one in
this country.
Holmes wants this place incorpo-.
rated snd the first ordinance to com
pel husbands to bo home by dark.
He’s tired of blundering about at the
woo small .hours looking for the
nbovo property for his female neigh
bors.
There’s no uso in chopping trees
for land-lines if you’ll go around
your land often enough to make a
path you can plainly see in Egyptian
darkness.
We ask a continuance of the patronage so liberally given the House from your
County for the past five years, and pledge ourselves to use every effort to make the
New Firm Worthy of Your Support.
J^We buy COTTON and all other FARM PRODUCE, ond sell all classes of goods
ev jept whiskey * °
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Cochran, Febr’y 10, 1879-tf ,
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each vessel to bring only fifteen
Chinese, and open a hotel. In one
morning recently lie killed some
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Prof. Thompson’s school it» increas
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Mr. Thomas Bnuitley had the
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Mr. L. O. Beacham who never
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