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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
Nasty in the South.
TOUR OF OBSERVATION IN
THE SOUTH.

MR.. d. R. LOCKE (Nasby), the editor of
the TOLEDO BLADE. and MIR. ROBINSON
LOCKE, will make tor of the Southern
States commencing or or about October 10Th.
1888. and continuing during the Autumn and
Winter, the ,bject being series of letters de-
scriptive OF the whole South.
these letters, which will appear weekly
will be entirely non political, their object be-
ing to place before the people of the whole
country, especially the half million readers of
the BLADE, such facts as are necessary to
proper comprehension of the resources of the
South.
The great South is entering upon an era of
development that in the course OF few years
will work wonderful changes in population and
general wealth. What the Southern States
need, more than anything else, is that its ad-
vantages in soil, climate, forest and miueral
wealth be known and understood to the end
OF dlvering thlther its proper proportions OF
the millions OF people coming into the country.
and the millio IS more from the North who are
seeking new homes. In the North, more is
known of Germany and France than of the
Southern States.
The TOLEDO WEEKLY RLADE has the largest
circulation Of any paper published in thu
United States, and these letters will appear
regularly in its columns. In fact. the letters
from the South will be its great feature for the
coming year. The Importance to the South OF
a work like this can hardly be over estimated.
The letters will not he confined to the regu-
lar tourists routes. nor to description OF
| what the regular tourist writes about Messrs.
l.orke will visit. interior points, remote from
the much frequented lines Of travel they will
investigate, personally, soil, water powers.
| forests and mines, business facilities aud adj
yantages. the progress made aud making. rail-
roads. public buildings and works, everything
IN short pertaining to the material d velop-
ment of the vast country south OF the OHIO and
Potomac
Those who have followed the work of the
NJ ssrs Locke in their two years and half IN
Europe, viii, understand their method OF get
| ting information, and their manner df treat
ment.
These LETTERS FROM THE
SOUTH" will commence in the TOLEDO
WEEKLY BLADE about November LIST, aud will
continue probably a ycar--at least until the
subject is exhausted
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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
THOMAS ROBERTS,
OFFICIAL SURVEYOR
OF MORGAN COUNTY.
Abstracts Of titles and paying taxes
speciality.
Sks- Surveys made and maps furnished.
OFFICE at the WARrBURG HOTEL,
WAR BURG. MORGAN CO.,
ENNESSEE.
THE SILENT CHANGE IN THE SOUTH.

The fine profits made by the to-
bacco ralsers in Kentucky, stock
raiSerS in Tennessee and elsewhere,
by the orange growers in Florida,
fruit growers i'll Georgia, and truck
farmers all over the South indicate
in all unmistakable manner the value
of a diversified agriculture, diversi-
tication which comes in obedience to
natural laws, and which increases
rather than impairs the value of the
great leading staples.
Another change is taking place in
the South little noted by superficial
observers. 1t is the increase in the
numbers of Northern farmers who
are coming South, attracted by the
cheap lands. The foreign inmi-
grants prefer the North and West
Rowing little of the South. This
makes greater demand for land
there and advances the price. A
Northern farmer understands he can
sell his farm for fifty or seventy five
dollars, 60 South. where the climate
is more genial, and buy ten acres
for one. This tendency is 'c'rS
becoming more marked, and in this
way the Southern States get Their
proportion of the immigration wave.
1t is a change the full value of which
is appreciated only by those who have
had some cause to study it. The
effect in the South is marked. These
Northern farmers have most sys-
tematic and industrious habits; they
are familiar with the very best agri-
cultural methods; they are used to
labor saving machinery. Knowing
nothing of cotton, they at first turn
their attention to other crops Will
advantage to themselves and then
neighbors. 1t is a new and import.
ant element in our growth. They
are quick to learn, and in a short
time adapt themselves to to then
surroundings and learn to know what
is best adapted to the soil of then
own farms.
These are some of the change
taking place in Southern agriculture
and they promise even create
changes in the future. They turnisI
the very best guarantee of the con
!; tinued prosperity of this section. Al
material wealth rests un agriculture
Commerce, mining and manufactur
are well enough in their own goo
!. time, but to know Enthusiastically wha
; are the promises for the future, W
must study the condition of the agrr
cultural classes, and under>tan
their methods and tendencies
Louisville Courier-J0urnal.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Every mile of railroad built in the
South increases its productivity a
certain amount, and widens the OPP
portunity for the investment of cap
ital. The South of 1890 will be as
different from the South of 1880,
as the South of to-day is different
from the South OF 1860. Capital is
a mighty factor IN the great prob
lems-Eu.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

At a saloon in Marietta, Ca, re-
Gently dreadful stencil caused the
people to break open the door, when
"a large fire was found Oh the hearth;
the bar-keeper had got drunk and
fallen into it and was burned to
death. King Alcohol claims his
victims.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A nutritious grass, of the clover
species, called Lespideza, is said to
be increasing tie value Of the wasted
and WORKOUT lands of the southern
and western portions Of Mississippi
to such an extent that it is considered
an important factor in all future
calculations IN regard to the develop
ment OF those sections.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A town is about to be established
on the south bank OF the Tennessee
river and ten miles from the Ten
nessee State line. 1t will be called
Sheffield and a blast furnace, cotton
factory, end other large industries
are contemplated.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The Chicago Tribune, which rarely
hnds anything to commend at the
South, extols the temperance move
ment in Georgia, where the white
people instead of attempting to
establish universal teetotalism by
statutory coercion or constitutional
amendment, are leaving each CON-
munlty free to make and enforce its
own methods Of restraint.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A stone stockade is being erected
near Tracy City for keeping the
convicts' employed in the mines.
The owners of these mines have
decided to employ convict labor al
together.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

On Thursday, Thanksgiving Day,
the management of the Cincinnati
Southern will carry passengers be-
tween stations at half regular rates,
or full fare for the round trip.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A few years ago a man in North
Carolina grated Il twig of English
walnut on an American walnut tree
this year he has big crop of two
kinds of walnuts.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

J. S. Jarrett, hard wood lumber
dealer in st. Louis, and formerly a
large operator i'll Tennessee, took
the first premium for the best dis
play OF lumLer at the st. Louis fair
for 1888.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The plans for the Exposition
building at Birmingham have been
approved by the Board of Arrange
ments and bids advertised for.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
Attractions for Visitors.

A cool. hracng, heathful mountain air.
Woods Astounding IN game. VIZ. deer. tur-
keys phrasants. quail. squirrels. etc.
ti,hing and bathing III the clear river near
the hotel
ADJUSTMENTS of all kinds. VIZ lawn tennis
croquet, ball games. swings, etc.
The elegant Hughes Public Library-frce.
Fresh fruits AID vegetables in abundance
from the Eng sh Gardens, adjoining hot,
grounds.
Charming walks and views along the river
The hotel is beautifully located in its own
enclosure o. five acres OF gr ,ssy lawn. flower
g beds. play grounds. pet deer park aud native
forest trees having wide double verandahs on
three sides.
Pleasant. light. airy rooms. completely fur
nished and excellent, wholesome, home like
board at very reasonable prices.
Round trip tickets from Cincinnati or Chat
tauooga over the Gin. Sou. Railway at low
rates.
For i'll, strated guide books, maps and further
information please address
ABNER L. ROSS, Jr., Proprietor.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Bad accounts are received of the
small farmers, white and black, in
Southwest Georgia. The protracted
drouth-still on hand-has embar-
raised large number of the best
citizens.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A new coal mine has been opened
at Birmingham, Alabama, with a
capacity of six or eight hundred tons
per day.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce has 1875 members, They
have purchased building to be
fitted up at cost of 10000 for the
uses of the body.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The Cuthbert ga. cotton factory
is crowded with work, having re-
ceived on one day orders for more
goods than can possibly be made in
IN SIX months, Notwithstanding the
enlarged capacity from the machin-
cry now being put in.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The Southern Cotton Harvesting
Company has been Incorporated in
Charleston, 5. c., for the purpose of
manufacturing the cotton picking
machine invented by c. L. Mason,
Jr.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

New glass works are to be built at
Moundsvllle, W. Va, the necessary
capital having been secured.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A successful colored artist from
Georgia sometimes makes SlOO a
week in New York.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
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Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Robert Pratt, convicted at Colds
boro, n. G., for murder, is sentenced
t. be hanged December 20.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Texas is said to produce about
one-half of the cattle raised in the
United States.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Eight hundred immigrants from
Iowa and Illinois are expected in
Louisiana shortly.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

A Pennsylvania is lonlsinn fo~
.s're r;.r ID : u i z 3 4
bama for an attempt at tea culture.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
OVER THE STATE.

OleVelilnu is TO nave q new hard- |
ware store.
The Masonic Hall, Shelbyville, is
nearly finished.
Five prisoners escaped from New
port Jail on the 10th.
There will be a sale of shorthorns
at Gainesville on the 2Sth.
The wheat crop in Sewer County
promises an abundant yield.
An effort was made on the l1th
inst. to burn Hiwassee College.
The hub and spoke factory at
Cleveland has closed for the present.
A grand temperance movement
has taken possession of the people OF
upper East Tennessee.
Measles among the students of
Kings College is causing much
trouble.
A society for prevention of cruelty
to animals has been organized in
Chattanooga.
The button factory at Spring City
is turning out bushels of pearl but
tons every day.
A fire at Morristown last Sunday
destroyed two buildlngsand damaged
other property.
The Weakley County Fox Club
had "a grand run the other day, and
-treed a 'possum.
Bev. B. Larabee, formerly Presi-
ident Of jackson College, died at
the age of 81, YEARS,
According to the Fayetteville
Observer, the English sparrow has
appeared in that section.
In Bradstreet's last report of
failures in the United States, Ten
nesee is only credited with two.
The Mormon elders are said to be
getting some Of the immigrants who
are daily passing through Chatta-
nOoga.
The freight business on the E. IT,,
Va. G. ga. Railroad is SO heavy that
it is almost impossible to keep it out
of The way.
David Burkett, of Big Creek Gap
East Tennessee, is nineteen years
old, weighs thirty pounds, and is
eighteen inches high.
A Cooke County COW has glver
birth to triplets, and is doing we'll
One calf is dead, the others are vel
developed and frisky.
John D. Crouch, the yonng MAI
who was recently shot at Russellvlllt
by Dow Woody, has recovered Sufii
GENTLY to be out cgaln.
Wild pigeons are worth about on
cent piece at lockwood. Thou
sands have been killed on the noun
tain during the past week.
There is a boy living near Newpor
( who is only eleven years old an
: is said to weigh '227 pounds. Ii
r will be exhibited at the Worlds Fan
at New Orleans.
Luke Hull, of Boston, Ky, ha
leased the old tobacco factory build
ing at Dyersburs, and will estabhs
a tirst-class steam factory for tn
> manufacture of spokes and othe
: wagon material.
Two passenger trains on tn
Illinois Central, collided in a dee
cut near Bradford, while running 9
p great speed. Three persons wer
~ killed and many wounded. Fly
! cars we're burned.
n The Morristown Gazette says ii
II subject of a sermon to be preache
Il there is '.Who was Melchizedlck
e We have never heard of that dc
= Read your bible Johnny, or lea
mysterlOus thinss alone.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The domesticati0n of buffalo calves
is to be attempted in Arkansas.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Many Mississippi planters will
make their own molasses this year.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Farmers clubs are growing in
popularity in Arkansas.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

Vicksburg and Yazoo City has
'een connected by telepone.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The moss crop of Florida is more
valuable than the cotton.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
WANTED,

Immediately. good secondhand, medium
sized PLANFR AND hatcher. Will pay
cash, Address, or apply,
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF AID,
RuGBY. TENN.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The Jacksonville public library
was formally opened ON Tuesday.
Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24
THE SOUTH.

The sugar yield will, it is said. be
much larger this year.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08
He Didn'G Believe I'm Schools.
IAlabama Icttcr I'M Philadelphla Times. !

"No, boss, you didn't hit dc nail on de
head dat time. None OF my chillern is
'mongst dem dere niggers, case / don't
b'lieve in none oh dat foolishness. You
see liked near to de coal mires two or
three years, and i seen lots OF dedicated
niggers wild dem convicts, and it sot me To
studyin'. ] studied about it until |
got dead sot agin cddication. But
arter come back here TO de ole
place. Miss Cornely she 'suaded me into
lettin' my gals go TO school. She KEEP
sayin' dat long as dey was free dey ought
to hab some learnin', and so let 'em go.
But dey got too smart mighty fast. When
dey come home at night I seen 'em rolin'
deere eyes roun' at me an larfin', and hold
ing up derc hands and sayin' kittysize !!
kittysize! didn't say muffin 10 'cm at fust.
waited two or free days, intel de 'casion
come. Den | tole Mournin TO fotch me
de hoe, and dc gal ies' tossed up
her head and holered out to nv
tother gal and said: 'KittysIze! kit
tysize, daddyi' Den ! grabbed holt OF
her and / shuck her, and 1 cotched up
switch and said: What you mean, gal !!
/ amt q gwine TO hab you foolin' roun'
me. What you mean2 Den she splained
de mahogany of The thing TO me: Oats
de way we does in school, daddy, when
tother chillen don't talk proper. We was
ies' lariin' cease you said fotch de hoe
stead of brung de hoe. Teacher toe us
10 kittysize.'
81 shuck dat gal den tell her teeth ratified
in her jaw bones, and tote her If ever |
hearn any more oh dat kittvsize roun' me
I'd nigh about kill her. made her g'long
md fotch dat hoe and 90 and kittysize dat
cotton patch. DeTe she Is now and dere
'he isagwine to stay. Haw, haw, haw dat
gal was skeered one time, sartain. She
iin't agwine to hab no more chance to he
split TO destruction. likes TO 'commo-
date Miss Cornely, but i can't let
my gals go to school and get to be
bigger fools den dey materially is. Deys
as good hsnds in de cotton-patch now as
emmy mans gals is in dis county, all cease |
stepped up from de kittysize. Cotton
patch good 'nuff place for dere daddy, and
,otton-patch good 'nuff place for dem.
OATS de way looks at it, boss. amt got
10 use fer dedicated niger. Eddicated
bigger stole my cow last ,Jinuary-thot his
'elf too good to work. He's workin' at de
'oal-mines wild de conyicts now. all de
anne. OATS how smart dedicated niger
S now"
Uncle DepoleOn is representative man
but he represents very small class. He
belongs to what the progressive Ethiopians
all ode ole slavery niggers, what amt
never gwine to hab no sense" The ave-
age southern darby is very anxious to
AVE his children enjoy every benefit which
reedom brings IN its train, and is ready to
make sacrifices that they may have an OPP
to acquire an education.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08
fFor the Dispatch.l
~.New Notes On the Ancestry Of George
Wnshfngt0n.'s


The january No. OF the Geneofogisi,
Jyondou. contains contribution under the
above canton from J. G. G. Smith, which
NAV furnish \ clue TO the home o! the
English ancestry OF George Washington.
His paternal grandmother, Mildred, the
widow OF Lawrence Washington, and the
daughter Of Augustine Werner, OF Vir.
ginia. went 10 England after the death o.
her husband, presumably for dealing WIN
his English property, and applied icf
grant OF probate at London IN NO
yember, 100, but bad since nls
tiecease become the wife OF George "a,e'
OF Whitehaven, Cumberland county She
lived but short time thereafter. her o"n
will bearing date january IL, l'OO-l. Mhes
her husband, George Gale, took prooa,e OF
her will he had to give bond Tor inc tuition
Of her children by her first marriage. ana
their names appear as Johh' ausus,'hs
father Of the Presidcnf, ana MILDRED
Washington. She bore one chhu Dy
Gale-Miidrcd, baptized January 70,
TOOL; buried March &c, l.ol: I'm
the Whitchaven Gudrdian OF Novem-
her n. 1878, II Is shown that there
lived In that town-1GJ2-l'6G -a iam'iy OF
Wasb;ngtons. and the Christian name OF
one OF them, who was married there III
1871, was Laurence. Ii rs not unlikely that
Mildred Washington met George Gale
(who became her second husband) through
having gone to stay with relations OF her
first husband at Whitehaven.p
.Eeorge Gale was supposed to be living
In MARYLAND In 1872, but Lowthcr Gale,
making his will March %. TIA, making =
bequest to the four sons OF his brother,
George Gale. deceased"
These Gales claimed 10 have descended
from Gale OF AcOmb, County York.
X. A. Ii.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08
FOR the Dispatch.l
Washed Ashore.

BY &. y. ID.
The sky bends like a list'ning ear
Close 10 the sea.
What mystery
is hidden In the waters near?
Wac there a cry mOrtals could hear
Not heard by me!
The tide comes creeping on the sand
Towards the beach;
Its silver speech
No human heart can understand.
What WAS that floating like hand
No hand could reach?
The heaving tide swells like breast
That's flied with Woe.
Its cub and flow
Betoken grief and sad unrest,
Ar though some secret pain oppressed
The depths below.
What Is that washed upon the shore
A dripping heap
Where waters creep
And whisper I'm The oceans lore
OF myster es unknown before
Hid In the deepg
Floating above the debris there
What do we find
With weeds entwined?
Unbranded locks of human hair,
A white face stamped with woe and care,
That warped the mind.
Oh the revealing of the tide,
Whose baiiling waves
Arc heaped like graves,
Proves that some law has hecn defied.
Was 1t broken heat that cicd
In crystal caves2
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-02-08

The Empire was entirely excnerateu rom
military conecription during term OF iour
years. A new and more equitabio assessment
OF the poll-tax was decreed. Most oil the as
abilities which weighed upon Jews were
removed. Thousands OF crown seris were
manumitted. and received grants OF land.
Finally. the children Of soldiers who under
tbe former reign had been brought up 10y
the State 10 enter thesarmy were restored
10 their parents. These truly wise largesses
evoked the most cordial popular gratitude,
insomuch that the Gar began his reign as
peopIe's da' ling. lie was so well aware
Of this that he conceived the grandiose
idea OF giving a banquet to two hundred
thousand OF his poorer subjects from Mos
cow and the adjacent villages In the
plains round Petrowskl. Preparations
were made for this amazing feast by cover
ing n square mile with tables, and the tables
with hunks OF beef, bread, and casks OF
kwass. Unluckily the impatience OF the
guests did not allow them TO wait till the
day OF the dinner. A flagstaff had been
erected in the middle Of the plain, aud it
had been arranged that the signal to "fali-
to- should be given by the hosting OF the
flag. On the evening before the day OF the
feas. while some 10000 mgiks were
lettering around the plain smiling
the food, an engineer officer named
slinakoH, wishing TO try II the ropes
of the flagstaff worked well, gave
them a tug and sent the bunting flying
aloft. In the twinkling OF an eye the multi
tude Of moihss swooped upon the tables
and made clearance. No horde OF famish-
ed wolves could have done the work bet
ter Beef, bread, beer-eyerything went
and when those were gone the wooden
dishes were carried of also. The Car
laughed when he was told of'thc matter:
"Well, well, so ;ong as they enjoyed
themselves that is all wanted. But we
must give something to poor Minakofl.
nm sure he must have feared that they
were going to cat him Also