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$ 1 I L. *e« VOLUME I. Steins from Ceres. Ir. James Bussey of PI!: - county is Ring a class in -vocal rausle at Oak ive. She recent rains damaged ■ the. cotton |> to some extent. Hickory Grove Ir. Larkin Wellons of I i in town Saturday, ’he Alliance at this place elected Messrs, ftr Harrison and S. M. Myrmk to rep¬ ent them in the County Alliance, if the railroad had put in a sidetrack r> we would have had a cotton market s season, Jr Caspar Wright of Knoxville was iu ville Mouday. dinning Cotton and making -Syrup is an ry-day business in our town, Jr. M. J. Moore broagh-i’i avo stalks -.ana from his patch last '.ve x that had rteen matured joints to each stalk. L'ho Farmers Alliance at this place will et again ou 22nd, inst. Row lortunate-for us that the one Wo id to “sit haul'’ upon slid out. If you 1 pardon us this lime we will not do so ,in. So many years have past since our ool days, when tacks and pins were y often placed in conspicuous places, t we had forgotten how painful it was sit hard and with so much precision anc juity upon steel points. Vucat-an.. fflie AEliance UBd.Xh« 'Jrusf, The following preamble and m the East Wilks Farmers' Club fered by Mr. Frank W. Barnet- at hilar meeting on Tuesday ar.e usly addopted: Whereas, (be effect bagging . , rust is to put . the , 5 , price of r bag ig beyond the reach of ths cottaA planter: 1 i, Whereas "he estaolisueu .... , tare : enty-eight pounds par bah j>r> vents ! of any-lighter material as a substitute bagging , and, Whereas : Net cotton i not tare is what the nts ; therefore, be it resolved, that w r the planters throughout tire entire cot i bolt-to cs-operate with us in memori¬ sing our own exchanges- and that rerpoo! to receive and recoguze eotfoa apped in osuaburg as in cou.raerciai m ; and to establish a dor,Ice standard tare, viz: One for cotton wrapped h. e bagging, say twenty-eight pounds per e, and one for cotton wrapped in osaa •g, say eighteen pounds per ! ale, so u s warrant the cotton buyer iu making a responding margin of price in favor 3 lesser tare, SSsafosas sane SVvv <Jssto> . Capt. ,7. A. Petcrkm, a large cotton infer who lives near Columbia 8. C. has ved the problem Ihrt. baa been agitating .ton planters since the formation of th: e trust. He has ordered extensive ma jiuery for the purpose of making wood igging for cotton to taka ihe place ol te. The bagging can be made of sweet ,tn. elm, or. any swamp wood, and 11 ba of veneer one-eighth of an inch ck, When this is used, the cotton will thoroughly boxed and not liable to catch e. The stuff can be taken green from e log aud will not injure the cotton. He ill be able to make 200,00,0 feet a day, id furnish it at five cents per yard. lie ■edicts that in a short time everybody who vns a gin will-be able to rip out bis own gging at a small cost. There is one place in Ventura county, difornia, whore there are 6000 acres anted with beans, . KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.,. SEPT. 14, 18S8. Rlppleii from Roblcy. After a lapse of some time, I am once more before you with a few locals gathered from our quiet settlement. Au abundance of rain has fallen here within the past few days, which has almost stopped farm work. The boll worm and the wet weather have done great damage to the cotton crop in this section. crops are very goods The public roads in this section have been put in very good condition ; and we ire glad to note that the private roads are receiving attention also. Prof. J, W. Bussey, of Pike county, is teaehinga music class at Oak Grove Miss Nannie Martin, of Milledgeville is visiting the family of her brother, Mr. T. J Martin, of this place. Miss Nannie Jackson, of Upson county, is visiting the family of Captain W. W. Johnson. Miss Carrie Wheeler, of Jones county, is spending some time with friends and relatives in this- vicinity, Miss Mattie Babb, of Baldwin sounly, is risi ling in the Oak Grove settlement. Miss Lula Btewster has returned to her home, near Fort Valley, after spending several weeks in our midst, Mrs. Sarah Parham is in Houston county at, the bedside of her daughter, Mrs, Anna Murray, who has been very sick for some time. Mrs. Murray has many friends here who sinccrcfy hope to hear of her early recovery. We regret to learn that Mr Charlie _ , ba , fceen . . hls ,. , hotM va “ f <l mt ? WCK at > 8 fe '! m,lc3 th,s P lac * vve r would like to hear more from Baker r , ' - ^ the ^ of Crawfcni : sure that ,, it would ,,,* be read , with ..... mterert, ,, Falcon. W a rri<tr 5S>t*l,s, The crops in this neighborhood are good. Farmers were picking their cotton rap¬ id;}’until the rains set in. The damage done the cotton which was not picked has given many of our farmers the blues, Tiie farmers Alliance is on a boom— the Midway Alliance was organised v.iih thirt-six members. Some of the heat farm¬ ers of Bibb are members. S2a»«!«! ©-«ir Gavernaent ii?«y tlttlvu.. After designating Havanuft; in Cuba, as the home of the yellow fever and,the source whence originates ofteaer than otherwise the yellow fever epidemics that sometime prevail in our country, tbo Savannah Mor¬ ning News says: “As Florida increases iu wealth and populationcqmtmsnicatiori with Havana will become more frequent, anc! the closer the commnnicaticn the greater the menace to the health of this country will be. Can the fever at Havana ba stamped out altogether by the adoption of all the moans known to sanitary science ? As¬ suming that it Jean,'it would be adv ; sab!a for this Country to buy Cuba, even if a. good big price were demanded for it. The cost, of a yellow fever epidemic In this country is immense. In greet epidem¬ ics like that which desolated the Mississippi i valley in 1878, thousands of lives are sac¬ rificed and millions of dollars worth property are lost. This country could bet¬ ter afford to pay $100,000,000 for Cuba than have another such visitation. Why should not congress take steps at once looking to the purchase of the island? If the suggestion to purchase it is regarded with favor, it cannot be acted upon soon. . Spelling Elis Kame. Here is a story that makes one think of the old conuudrum : “How do you pro¬ nounce b, a, c-k, a, c-li, e ?” The late Mr. Ottiwell Wood was once summoned as a witness in court, When he was called and sworn the judge not catching his mime, asked him to spoil it, “0, double t, i double u, e, double 1, double u, double o, d,’’ said Mr, Wood. Mr. Justice Busenbur.y, au excellent judge, but not nimble-witted, after one or two futile struggles, laid down his pou in despair, saying: “Most extraordinary name ever heard. May 1 trouble you to write it for me, Mr.-er, Witness”?—Ex. A <Sraieiail ; Ve-fraowlo«l3;emeiit> MoiTTrBi.tER, 0., Sept. 2, 1887. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen : ] wish to proclaim to the world what S. S. S- has done for me. For the past ten years I have bean afflicted with dreadful eruptiouson my face, caused by ivy poison. I was under the treatment of a number of physicians, but obtained uo relief. I tried the best- “blood purifiers” iu the market, but without avail. I had given up in despair, thinking I could not be cured ; but happening to read the De¬ troit Journal, I noticed S. S. S- advertised and read Mrs. Bradley’s testimonial. 1 thought I would try this remedy. I have taken eight-bottles, and/here is hot c. spot on my face. It has also cured me of chron¬ ic catarrh. I have never enjoyed better health than 1 Jo at present, p feel like a new person, I cannot find words sufficient to express my appreciation of its merits, and the gratitude I have for the glad ri¬ dings that came to me through the reading of that advertisement. Wishing you every success, I am Tours truly. Josi e Owen. Treatise on Blood and Bkin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific, Co., Drawer 3 At¬ lanta, Ga. A hawk swooped down in Elder E, B. Barrett’s restdv.ioe ar Carters ville aud lifted thirty-two pounds of feathers and carried t'uoin away. George Ssig, who lives just cno mile from the court house at Americas, says that as strange as it may appear, and with j.i! the rain th». iuu3 fallen In the last few weeks, that rite heavy rain of Thursday evening is the first that has fallen on his lands since Juna. A 1 S-year-o’.d negro boy on David Woot¬ en’s place, above Morgan, Calhoun county, came to Lis death in an unsual manner one day last week, While picking cotton near the giu house a shower came up and he took refuge from if in the gin house, where lie dug a hole in a pile of seed cotton and crawled into it. After getting into the hole he could not get out-, and found by his mother a short time afterward smothered to death. George Doster, of Amerlcus, reports that a catfish which he caughteleveu years ago, and dropped into an unused well is now over three feet long, and will be, when fattened, fine eating. William Hall was arrested in Catoosa county, on a charge of stealiug a church bell from one of the churches in Chatta¬ nooga. He waived the necessary fomalities in securing requisition paper*, aod *m ta¬ ken to Chattanooga and lauded iu jail. NUMBER 34. in Army of Wheat Hugs. Atlanta was deluged Tuesday with shower of wheat bugs. They are small black bugs, about three-quarters of au inch . long. Wheeler Mangnm, of the Western and Atlantic railroad, who was on duty at the depot Tuesday night,.said that they came all during the night, and when the electric light went out and he lit the gas he could see them dropping,by the thousand all aroud the shed. Mrs. Mangum found them all over the house or,: on Hunter street. Dr. Collier, on hunter street, saw them all over his bed and in his room. They were profuse on Pryor street and ir. other parts of the city. On Thursday evening last F. B. Tharpe , who has a farm between Swifts branch and Boggy creek, in Bibb county, fearing the water would rise and overflow his corn concluded he would take a team and haul some of it away. With a two-mule wagon and two negroes, he started for the field, but ou reaching Boggy branch, found the stream very much swolen, Not to b.e out done, hs plunged ihto the stream and had gone hut a short distance when mules, wagon and those in the wagon began to and in a short time the body of the wagon, with its occupants, Mr, Tharpe and two negro tneu, were floating off in one di - roction and the mules and wagon in anoth¬ er. By almost superhuman efforts a. land ir.g was made, and the mou not oniy escaped a water grave, but succeeded saving the mules. While Dr. S. L. Miller of Wrightsvillo was walking home a night or two ago he. he felt his cans give downward twitch the end projecting behind. Oii turning to investigate the cause, he discovered what he supposed to be a dove rise from the cane take its flight. A. day or two ago,'a specimen of on picked up by Dr. Lockhart, on his, place adjoining pleasant Grove church; six miles south of Lagrange, was submitted to Proi, If. It. Slack, Jr., for analysis. The Pro¬ fessor was surprised to discover that there was'a largo per ceut. of tin in the rock Should there be a vein of ore in troop county, it will bo the weans of not only enrichi,.,: lie owner, but alee of building up a great industry. - The lightning at Mr. Corbin's residence in Viueviib near Macon last Enday, played some pranks, In one loom it followed , row of nails ia the floor leaving a scorched track. Iu another room it was attracted l.y a mirror which it smashed into fragments In another room it burned a hole and won. through the head-board of a bedstead and then through tire side-board. . It is considered certain that the demo¬ cratic state ticket will have uo opposition for rvelection, unless Rev. Saul party tries to put out a ticket. The re¬ publicans will not run anyone this year oil the grounds that it is expedient at thin time.” There is only one tree on L. A. Humph,: fruit farm in Houston comity that produc fed a crop of peaches this year. The gross returns from this tree, however, amounted to $58, yielding a net profit of $45. Mr Crouse found at the mouth of White Oak river, Camden county, on Saturday, . dead man tied to a dead ox . '1 he man's body was so badly decayed that Mr. Crouse could not tell whether it was black os white. There is uo one missed in. the. neighborhood. Sevtnty five ceuts- and a pipe was found in the clothes hanging - the body.