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— —■ 1 TJBIIE POST. WEDNESDAY. FKB. 2fl. 1870. R. L. HICKS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. —■■■■ mem 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. the 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 * ° WE ABE ALSO AGENTS FOR A # BZIGH GKR^ZDIE FEETILIZER m~AT A LOW PRICE. ^ MeVAY & CHOATE. Cochran, Febr’y 10, 1879-tf , IMPORTANT TO TEACHERS A Teacher’s Library for Sale. Consist’ng in part of the following works: * SVPIIER’s ART OF TEACHING SCHOOL. wickersuam’s methods of instruction. “ school economy. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF EDUCATION BY FHILOBIBLIUS. CALKINS’ OBJECT LESSONS. WATSON’S HAND-BOOK OF CALISTHENICS & GYMNASTICS. SPENCERIAN KEY TO PRACTICAL PENMAN SHIP. JOIIONNOT’S SCHOOL HOUSES. ROOT’S SCHOOL AMUSEMENTS. BATES’ TEACHER'S INSTITUTES. THE TEACHERS’ GUIDE TO ILLUSTRATION. clarke’s sex in education. BARNARD’S EDUCATION IN EUROPE. &C. &C. &C. &C. B.L. Willing-ham, COTTON FACTOR, SECOND ST. - - I MACON, GA. BRING ME YOUR COTTON AND I WILL PLEASE YOU. ^•Opposite J. W. Burke* Co.’s Book Store - jau22, ’79, ly Every oue who euters the profession of teaching should begin by mastering some of the best works on the subject, l ie will thus within a year acquire greater skill- in teaching than would come by experience in a life-time. THE ABOVE BOOKS, THOUGH ALL AS GOOD AS NEW, WILL BE 80LD AT SECOND-HAND PRI CES. APPLY AT THIS OFFICE. jan 1-tf ESTABLISHED IN i 850 . Importers anil Jobbers of Foreign and Domestic Hardware, CUTLERY AND GUNS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS IRON, STEEL AND Carriage Makers’ Materials. —AGENTS FOR— FAIRBANKS STANDARD QCALES. OlfcLex'X'Ty- Sti. IMIaooznL- ; : : c>a.J jnu22 1879 ly If Bcaeharn was President he would vote the Into bill, allowing each vessel to bring only fifteen Chinese, and open a hotel. In one morning recently lie killed some thing under 700 fine rats and it was a poor day for ’em too. Prof. Thompson’s school it» increas ing every day. Mr. Thomas Bnuitley had the misfortuue to lose his blooded marc on the 18th. Mr. L. O. Beacham who never does things by halves, is hurrying forward our new school-house to oompletiou. LATEST IMPROVED AND BEST Family Sewing Mach’n. The PHILADELPHIA has all the latest improvements, and is made of the very best materials, using a long, targe, easily-threaded shuttle. In a word, it is THE Sewing Machine for Family use. Large, Strong and Light running. Fully warranted iu every particu lar, and retails for TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS and upwards. Address, Philadelphia Sewing Machine Co. No. 144 N. Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. nug 21-ly - From all parts of the country reports coine of tlie immense sales aud increasing demand for that deservingiy popular Sew ing Machine, The Old and Reliable “Stan dard,’ the price of which the proprietors wisely reduced to $20. including all the attachments, and at once secured-fo- them a popularity among the people, far beyond that ever yet attained by anyother mnehine at any price, the consequence of which is agents are leaving the old high priced raa- i 1 seeking territory for the “Stan- diud.” Knowing from experience' that with the best goods at the lowest price they can outsell all other machines, where the superior quality and low price is made known. This splendid machine combines all the improvements. Is far ahead of all others in beauty aud durability of its work, ease of management, light running and certainty of operation, is sensibly made upon sound principles, with positive working parts all steel, and can be safely put. down as the perfection of a Serviceable Shuttle Double Thread Sewing Machine in every particular, that will outlast any machine, and at a price far down below any other. It is thoroughly warranted for live years, Kept m order free of charge. And sent to any part of the country for examination by the customer before pay ment of the bill. We can predict equally as large a demand for them in this section as in others. Families desiring the best machine manufactured should write direct to, the factory. Aud enterprising - persona wishing to seize the chance should apply for so desirable an agency. See advertise- Address, _ r _ Tlir Broadway and Clinton Place, New'Yoik* * feb5 79-tf agency. —-—Part of this paper. Standard Machine Co., Cor. tisement in another” part of this Lumber! Lumber! AT HOWARD’S BAR ! iBr^r GEO. M. HOWARD & CO. We invite the attention of our friends and the Public generally to our cnrefull selected stock of Pure Wines, Brandies, Whiskies, Candies, Crackers, Tobacco, and Cigars, Sunff, Sardiues &c, &c, AURORA BEER on Draught Wo shall be pleased to serve all who will favor us with their Patronage. PRICE: , r __ _ P cr hundred. Llheral reduction Geo. M. Howard & Co.’"" 11 ' ,npti “°”•»••>'»>»• L. C. Beacham’s Mills,. HOLMES' CROSS ROADS, Of any dimensions and in any quantities can be obtained on the shortest notice. Good supply of ordinary dimensions al ways on the yard. Sills, Plates <fcc. can be mwedforty-tirofcct long. IP-ixbl -i-n 3 <3-aJ Feb, 5th, 79. dccl8-8m L. C. BEACHAM.