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r — coiraBiii t 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. 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