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WEDNESDAY JUKE 10, 1874.
■OUTHEBN rABMNtt-THE BODE
OF BELIEF.
w« make tba following extract from an
addren delivered by Col. 8. 8. Scott, of
Htueell county, Ala., at Uawkinnville
near Eofaula, on the lltltof April last.
Col. Soott is Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the State Orange. He is
also strongly supported for the Democrat
ic nomination as one of the Congressmen
at Large of Alabama. Should ha get the
nomination, we feel sure that he will
prove one of the most uaaful Hepresenta-
tivas of the Sooth. He tun had Legisla
tive experience, and waa a prominent and
influential member of the Alabama House
of Bepreuentatives, though then quito
young, nearly twenty years ago. The
extraot which we make below is qnite
sufficient to show that he oombiues with
a practical common-sense mind oratorioal
abilities of a high order. We commend
his address to-the careful attention of the
class whose interests it disousses:
Debt having been the prolific mother
l of the Southern planter's woes, the rerne-
I dy is plain. He must free himself of it.
I The oredit system, as far as he is oon-
1 earned at least, must be overthrown.
This, to within the last few months, he
I has never attempted, because, in the first
I place, of the diaheartening effect of his
j many and heavy obligations upon his
I mind; and, secondly, because there was
I no association between himself and breth-
| ren, providing for a united recourse to
| those measures and plans essential to suo-
oess in the undertaking. Both of tbeso
[ obstacles, thank Heaven, have been re-
i moved by the Order of Patrons of Hus-
' bandry. The union required by him is
’ therein secured; and its teachings so
cheering, yet so truthful, so inspiring,
yet so just, have, to a great extent, re
lieved hia mind of the crushing weight of
despondenoy. They have strengthened
him, and incited him to renewed and vig
orous efforts, and in the right path, not
so much by pointing it out to him, and
promising him suocesq in it, as by assur-
' log him of the sympathy and support of
[ all bis associates, and their determination
i keep time with him to the music of the
niou, and abreast of him in the march
i the good aimed at.
The most important of these teachings
’ iraoe, and are intended to bring about.
The reduction of the area of land
ed by him in cultivation ;
The practioe of economy ; and
The making of hia plantation aelf-
porting.
Remarks.upon these three points must,
necessity, be advisory—msde np, to a
1 extent, of suggestions. It is with
i hesitation that I enter upon such
men, many of whom are veterans
agricultural ranks of the South, and
forgotten more about farming than
r knew. I am, however, somewhat
traged in the effort by the reflection
► my statements are not intended to
" net them, but merely to keep fresh in
r minds foots, the truth of which they
owledge, and to establish which,
qaently, no, argument is needed,
der the present system of labor, and
I high price of all the necessaries of
i, no land in corn orootton will pay the
nthern planter for cultivation, which
1 not produce at least eight bushels of
l former per acre, or of the latter more
■ bale to four acres. Any man by
_i little figuring can satisfy himself of the
Ftruthof the statement. Such land might
i turned out, or, if worked at all, should
i sown in grasses, or, perhaps, small
rain. And, besides, the planter should
duce the acreage cultivated, to aecord,
i nearly as possible, with his facilities for
(•abatingsupplies upon cash terms. Of
roourse, there are circumstances in u
[ he is unable to act upon this plan,
[may be wholly without funds. In that
f ease, debt for the year is a thing of ne-
1 oeasity ; and he must rely upon the other
1 expedients to reach that point when be
I can cultivate for cash.
He must practioe economy. Tin
(idea with him should be self-denial.
(Every luxury must be discarded; all ex-
i pendrtures must be cut down to the low-
t est limit that bare comfort and good
f farming will allow. Indeed, his desires
should be brought to the level of his ne
cessities. Tobacco and wine should be
really shrunk from as things of evil,
forefathers did without tea once upon
principle—rather than pay an unjust tax;
let him do without ooffee, sugar and con-
his present straitened and impoi
condition, on as oomplete a scale
aible, immediately upon his own place.
Everything for plantation and hour
purposes—all farming tools, impler
furniture, etc.—should, when praoti
be made at home, not purchased,
motto should be—and tho spirit of
should not depart from—all for sc
nothing for Brow; all required, at
superfluous; much provided, little bought.
cultivating would save him, should the
pnoe of cotton rule low ; and that it will
do so during the coming season, seems to
be generally admitted, even should the
crop be, wbat no doubt will be the case
comparatively a light one. Production!
both iu the old and new world, is largely
attend of oottsmoplioD. ** *
But while bis grain, not, pea, and
gras* orops should be ample, aud well at
tended to, bis crop of hogs should, by no
mesns, be neglected. With grain, twin-
to, and pea fields for them to run in, af
ter the crops upon such have been gath
ered, tho cost of raising and fattening
them is a mere trifle. I know it baa bean
ssid that the raising of hogs hero is au im
possibility, by reason of tho thievish pro-
penalties of the negro." That is an error
Some negroes, it is true, are unmitigated-
ly bad, and steal for the mere lave of
stealing, or because they osn’t help it, os
because they wish to trouble and injure
the whites. Fortunately, however, there
are not many of tbia olseaj ia any jone
neighborhood. The meet of them steal
because they need ths article stolen, and
are unable to get it in any other way.
They really prefer baying tostealiug, ism
peoially if the purchase can be made
on credit. Where plenty of provisions
is advaueed them by the planter, and
plenty he always doea advance them when
his supplies are raised st home, hogs
are seldom, or never stolen * * *
When Pompeii was exhumed s few
years ago, after lying buried beneath the
cinders of Vesuvius for about eighteen
hundred years, the body of a Uomau sol
dier was found at the Herculaneum gate
of the city. He had evidently bean
placed there as aaeutinel;—and there,
amid all the accumulated horrors of- that
August day iu the year seventy-aino r he
unflinchingly remained. Ha stood at his
post, while the earth was rooking and
shivering beneath his feet, HC stood at
his post, while tbs grim old mountain
towering above him was thundering from
its base t^its summit Ha stood at hia
post, while the atmosphere, aqrcharged
with ashes and smoko, was impenetrable
to the sight, though lit up wuh a lurid
g lare scarcely less than infernal, by the
smes bursting and roaring around him.
He stood at his post, while the men, wo
men and children of tho devoted city
were screaming with efftight end agony,
as they sarged through its narrow streets,
in their maddening efforts to pass the
stes to the open country. He stood St
lis post, until he became enveloped in a
mantle of fiery death.
The Southern planter, in the present
crisis of his affairs, end that of the coun
try, must emulate the unyielding devotion
to duty of the stern old Homan sentinel.
Will ha do it 7 I believe he will!' I
kuow he will! Indeed he has already
made a splendid beginning in that way.
And soon—yss, soon—will go Up in the
wake of his noble and selt-saorifloing
deavors, the exclamation from every
Southern tongue, for its truth will be felt
in every Southern heart. The', morning
has come at last, and all’s wail ) Morn
ing, glorious morning l Horning to the
toil-worn laborer, for his burdeua will be
removed! Morning to the tax-payer,
for the government will be purified I
Horning tojtbe intelligent and cultivated,
for the dark reign of ignorance will ba
ended ! Moruiog to the honest sad faith
ful, for the clouds of corruption krill bo
dispelled!.. Morning to every close and
every interest, for the sun of u new end
prosperous era will be shining upon the
south, let ns hope no more to be obscured
—no more to go down 1
dbOO.
H f ® MAWim. sblbotbd MODE or Dane
wS, S!’®**" *Boe wtshlM ..It woney sad
Aim, Jut received, e beeetlfet line of
Side Striped Prints, special styles, Bleached and Brown
Domestios, all grades, Linens. Shoes and Boots, Ac.
Teiwee Cush.
OelMebu, June JIB, lift.
I. KYLE* CO.
FIREMAN’S FUND INSURANCE
Chleago Losses Paid Promptly In Full, • - $520,364.62
Boston “ ** “ e - 180,003.89
Total Assets—Qold—January tot, t«74, tSl2.U2.02.
LIABILITIES.
Lasses Due and Unpaid J..., Nona.
Losses ia process of adjuatoauut, or adjusted aud hot duo......
AU other Claims .........
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT,
‘My Kingdom for a Cash Buyer!”
L* T a. A ^.T. w .s , d. Bjaioi
Our Stook of Spiling and Summer Dry Goods
’*• *»I“B seasianUy replenished, diet received,
awcr.neate xixnrn on* fahaboxibi
om.r cheere’deeifKs!* aar^t^rTf k *»« lf »l 8U»«"»oented Hendlee, la Sword. Speer, end weay
ffAOOWWr THIMMINOB
iftnre, and is differed cheaper than ever before la thlf Market. ,
I&TOMU* * U - IQ - e ^ U an< * I* 1 Prtctfr. We always show goods cheerfully, and
m B # NEW YORK STORE.
UVUVKK.
LOW! LOWER!! LOWEST!!!
.. k — ,h “
The Lowest Cash Prices Ever Known in This Section
THIS WELL KNOWN HOUSE HAS LAID IN
A Fine Stock of Spring Goods!
— sfy .....
Come aad me Iter yourself. The foods moat he sold.
eprMtf
J 03EPH&BRCV
Grand
'Out'Sale!
Our
Jet took
save money an whiskey, sugai
flour. “How ?" said L “In
them,"-WU the reedy reply.
even a half crop.
which at
aa ia
itent with comfort and
tries. Zimmerman very pointe
truthfully says: “Take care t(
economist in prosparity; it is not
be one in adversity.”
Ha must make his plantation self-sup
porting. He must grow oorn, wheat, ry *
oats, rice, cane, peas and potu u-
and grow them in abundauc
By this course,even should the cotton or
be cut off, or the price be lo’
his expenses will be smaller—the cost
such cultivation being less; be will have
plenty of supplies; end some of the orops
raised by him will furnish tho money,
whieh he has foiled to realize from his
eotton. There ia a gentleman in this
vioinity, who lost, last season, the major
pert of his eotton crop, yet ell bis ex-
psuass were paid by bis osns crop. I
Bv* said (hat this system of planting and
OPELIKA DIRECTORY.
Doctors.
DK, I. T. WARKOCK,
Bureeon aad Fhjroiclaa.
Oflico at aiaaglitop'i Drug Store, Railroad ktreet.
f.blt
OK. J. W. K. WILUAHI
Oilers his professional services. Office over R. M.
Green A Co.’s, Chambers A E. R. Street*.I
nuTlif*
Millinery.
MISSUS WHITE fi TUCKER,
ITuahiouablu MUUftOiB Audi Prenwken.
Qentlemcu's Shirts cut by chart measure, aud
guaranteed to tit. Chamber* street, next to
Kahn's dry UThds store. •* lebi
MftS. C. V. BARLOW,
Fashionable Milliner and ttreumsktr.
Sole Agent of Butterick A Co.’s Patterns.
At the late Bauking House of Shappard A Co..
Opelika, Ala. Ja23
Notaries Public.
IT. D. BIGGINS,
Being appointed Notary Public for Lee county,
respoctfully solii-iis the patronage of hie friends.
Holds Court 1st aud 2d buturdays of «tacb month,
at H. O. Holllield’a law office. $a33
Furniture, bo.
At Funic Prices.
A. O. HARWELL,
Dealer In *11 kinds of Furniture.
Also, Metallic, Wood Coffins, aud Caskets.
jal8 ,. Chambers street.
Lawyers.
A. 2. VICKERS,
Attorney aud Counsellor at Law.
Office opposite Alabama House.
Practices in all the Courts of the State. Ja3
Tailors.
J. O. t'AKl’UELL, Taller,
Cutting and Mnking in the Latest fitylls. Re
pairing ucutly done.
South Railroad 8t., over 1’urniiure Store, jal
Dentists.
J. le. He SMITH, Dentist,
Does Plato Work und Plugging ou reasonabl*
dfciHJ terms- Chepib« rs street.
Barber Shops.
WENLEY UAttUlKIIEB, Barker,
. Corner fioutii Railroad aud Chambers streets.
deceit
UIGNO.x Sc TURNER, Burberi,
South Railroad street, under Adams House.
Hotels.
AWAKJ9 HOUSE.
When yon go to Opelika, be sure to stop at the
Adame House, opposite Passenger Depot.
dec&l
Insurance.
’ E. «. BOWEN * HON,
■ General Ineurnnee Acente.
y Offiri'. KallroaJ Struct, over E. M. Ora». A
f
*0 KAKB READY BOB IBB 8PBIHQ TBADB, WB NOW Of PB*
Entire Stock of Fancy Dress Goods
AT AMD BELOW COST. FOR CASH 1
AND BYttT 0TBKB A Bitf LB AB UVUBBIINIB BUBMOBS.
tfHAPMAlN & VERSTILILB,
mmm MMuitoBHniffi
COTTON WAREHOUSES.
*33,598 00
1,615 53
187# -
Inoome, 1873
....*019,887 79
.... 696,217 87
Gain <...* 99,669 86
Lessee Preaapaiy A<Uufo« aad * oitly Bottled hy
G. GUNBT JOBDAN, Agent,
> ;rox.tmBpa,oa.
SAVE YOUR MONEY!
MOST ANY ONE CAN MAKE MONEY, BUT ONLY THE
WISE ONES SAVE IT I
• 11
If you will only Save what you Waata, It m*miM ba no
troubla to baooma Independent.
EAGLE&PHENIX SAVINGS DEPURTM’T
Let* than on* year old, and has 378 Depositors.
The Legislature of Georgia binds, by lew, over $3,000,000
for the seourtty of Depo*ltor«-~$l2 In eeeete tor every dol
lar of llabllltiee.
Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Seven per cent
compounded four times • year: Deposits payable on demand.
N. J. BUSSEY, Pres’t. G, GUNBY JORDAN, Treas’r.
SECURITY—FROHPTNESS—LIBERALITY 1
THE
— '■■■■■I* | A »»■■■• A. IKUUSBe
BYrntaine Warolaoxise.
ALLEN, PREER & ILLGES,
COWTAffSTTS, GhA*
HOTELS.
THE SCREVEN HOUSE,
Savannah, Ca.
STRICTLY FIRST 0LASS
STYLE. The patronage of those visiting 8*van-
Bah is solicited, and the assurance given that ova
ry effort will bo made to Insure their comfort.
Our omnibuses will bo found at nil arriving
ulna and steamers.
* B. BRADLEY A BOH,
Rankin House,
Columbus, Cta..
’ J. W. BYAN, Prop’r.
Fun Goldkv, Clerk.
Buby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
Uifftf* the Bahzin House.
ayM dawtf J. W. RYAN, Prop*r.
Pleasant Summer Resort
CATOOSA BPBINOS, 6A-,
for *lt JImmm. Board $60 per rnaoffc—
children and Mrvnntl half price.
layXX dawOw W. O. HBWITt.
Warm Spring’s,
BEBIWtTUEB CO., OA.
Bathing on the continent.
Apply fur quarters to
JOHN L. MU8TIAN,
Jc4 tf as akova
A. O. Harwell having withdrawn from
the firm of Harwell, Griffin & Co., has
removed to Chambers street. His friends
and patrons would do well to cidl on him
iu’his new quarters, and examine stock
before bnyiug elsewhere. Prices at panio
rates. jal8 sn&wedtf
Stein’s Patent Burial Caskets.
I HAVE been appointed agent for thm, tho
IntoM, act ncccnful. end by far tha met
beautiful Oaeket y.t deigned. Bnllt of Wal
nut, cavorid with the Bnnat Slmonii Broad
cloth, or loronn V a W.t, endued In a baaaUtnlly
■ ‘ 1it ’' '
tb. oqld, hard, repulvlvo
style Metallc Uticf.
appaaranc of the old
iio, Bcawooii, Wa'nut and sthar Cofflm
and Uam, which tha public nr. snund will b.
sold..! rconable prlcoi.
ayritf
T. T. EDMUNDS.
E. C. HOOD & BRO.
KBBP CONSTANTLY ON HAND POLL STOCKS
Drugs,
uijf'A
Chemical. bimI Perfumery,
AT MW ffkVUKKB.
WAREHOUSES.
DISSOLUTION.
rrrai Firm of redd, chambers a banks
JL hm h«0A AtmoWmJ by the Mgfvnt of all
ties concernsd. Atl unpaid advances are in
bands of the undersigned for settlement, who will
also pay all claims against the old firm.
NOTICE.
fJIHl UMDIR8IQNKD will ntill continue the
Warehouse and Commission
Business
AT THE
LOWELL WARE-HOUSE.
Thankful for tha patronage bestowed upon us
the present season, we respectfully solicit Its oon-
tlnnanos the coming season, with n premiss to ns#
•vary affurt to promota tbs intarast of ear pat-
Georgia Home Insurance Oomp’y
CeXHBVBB TO OTMUB n> HBUC
anmm aoM loss fire i
Having Paid her Friends and Patrons Since the War $800,000.00,
•ha Wants a Ohanoa to Oat K Baofc.
J. RHODES BROWNE, GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, SAM*L & MURDOCH
Columbus, Oct. 1st, 18T8.
1840.
D. F. WILLCOX,
1874.
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT,
ax Brood atreet.
Representing Oldest and Strongest Americas and EngHah Companies.
o. A. BEDD,
GEO. Y. BANKS.
April 1, llffA.*—4tf
HIDES.
Wanted for Cash!
lco.ooo lb*. Dry and Green Hides,
300,000 “ Rags,
60,000 “ Beeswax,
M. M. HIRSCH,
Ulnnhni, Bn.
Wrapping Paper, Paper and Flour Bags, sold nt
lowest market rates.
>y13 [jn2$ dly
HIDES! HIDES 11
WB WILL PAY THE
Highest Market Price
FOR
Green 1 Dry Hides,
Furs, Beeswax, Ac.
BARNETT A CO.,
nW Xu Crawford BtreeL
a. a. arrow, rna't. a. w. bdwabm, caahwr. : a. atum, amt Cooh-r.
The Chattahoochee National Bank
OF COLUMBUS, tfEO.
This Saak traneaoto a Qeaeral Benklag bwlaaBB, pay* letereat an Da-
potlto under tpeclat oontraot, gives prompt attention to cot!actions an all
aoeasalbla potato, aad Invltas' aarrsspondssco. Infarmsttan traasmlttad
by mall or wtras whaa dsslrsd.
nprl dfim ■
J. BSOSXS BROWS, PnsMant. SS0. W. WIMSaffdV, OmMst.
GEORGIA HOME BANK.
Bank of Dlsoount and Depoeit.
Deals in Exehange, Coin, Stocks and Bonds.
Drafts Oolleoted, and prompt returns made.
THU GUORGU BOMfi SAVINGS BANK
Offers the greatest inducements to those having idle funds,
for which they want undoubted security, a liberal
interest, and prompt payment when required.
DEPOSITS of $1 and upwards received. Deposits can
be withdrawn in person or by check by those of our patrons
who live at a distance.
INTEREST allowed at Seven (7) Per Cent., compound
ed January, April, July and October—four timee a year.
SECURITY.—By tne terms of the Company’s chartei,
the entire capital and property of the Company and the
private property of the Shareholders is pledged for the
obligations of the Savings Bank.
DIKBOTORS:
Cnrti« A Co.
2. BBODES BROWNE, Piee't of the Co.
2AS. F. BOZEMAN, Oepitaliet, Atlanta.
2. B. OLAFP, Maaoftr, Clapp'a Footory.
Hon. JOHN MoILHENNY, Mayor.
JAMES BANKIN. Oapitaliat.
JBTI8, of Wella,C
JWNIHG, Attorney-at-Law.
N. N. GDI
L.T. DOS
D. T. W1LLOOX, Secratery ol. b Go.
208IAH MORRIS, Banker, Monvg’y.
OHABI.E8 WISE,
•b|i odAwlt
