Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-08-08
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.

one of the most successful farmers in
Loudon county, threshed this season
1880 bushels of wheat from 80 acres
harvested, which is an average of
about rs bushels to the acre. One
field of IS acres made yield of 404
bushels to the acre.
Courier-Journal: The owners ofthe
Southern cotton-mills propose to or
ganize a pool for the purpose of re-
gulating the production of cotton
goods for the next two years. There
are now i'm the Southern States 223
cotton-mills, employing l0,35,S66
spindles.
National Review: Until That fare
zeal organization known as the county
court is abolished and something
practical and sensible is substituted
therefor, the people may expect
crookedness and awkwardness in
their county affairs. The county
courts have outlived their day Ofuse-
fulness and ought to be relocated to
antiquity.
Toledo Blade: On Wednesday af-
ternoon, during severe thunder
storm, lightning struck and shivered
an immense oak that stood few
yards from thesp in Riverside Park
selected for the grave Of Gen. Grant.
Last night, during thunderstorm
at Mt. McGregor, the Grant cottage
was also struck by the electric fluid,
and the electric light over the casket
containing the Old Commanders
body was eXtinguished.
Nashville American: The Nation
al Cattle and Horse Growers Asso-
citation of the United States, which
holds its second annual meetingat st.
Louis in November, is very desirious
of getting the South interested in the
raising of cattle and horses, and of eX-
tending the association into this sec
ton. 1t is desired to secure the or
ganizatiOn of additional associations,
so that the South will he well repre-.
scented in the st. Louis meeting
Tennessee certainly ought to take q
hand in it. Pa. .
National Review: The following
is the estimated average of the State
crops. 1t will be seen that corn
peaches, berries and peas average
more than hundred per cent,--thC
best showing for years: Corn, con
dition, ia; cotton 50, tobacco 81
sorghum 50, millet 100, Irish potatoe,
70, sweet potatoes 96, apples 9S, pea
nuts So, peaches lib, grapes 80, berrie.
100, melons 80, garden products l03
stock peas 1902, wheat, yield per cent
36, rye 50, oats 100, clover hay IS
grass 81. Mt
Courier-JOurnal: Agricultural labO
in the Southern States has deprecia
ted less in the last twenty years thar
in any other part of the country cas-
Of the Rocky Mountains. This i
equivalent to saying that the pur
chasing power of Southern labor ha
increased more than that of other sec
tons, having declined relatively les
than property. The average rate 0
pay per month in 1866, withOu
board, was SIC, and in 1885, $l4.27,
difference of IS per cent. In tn
Eastern States there was decline il
that period of "a per cent, in the Mid
die States about % per cent, and il
the Western States "a per cent.
Fayetteville Observer: A CORES
pOndentin South Carolina writes: 81
is not generally known that S. Care
lima, alone of all the States, prohibit
divorce, on no ground permitting it
that it prohibits the sale of liquo
everywhere in the rural districts, al
lowed only in incorporated towns
and giving these people local option
of which half the towns avail then
selves; that it forbids the running {
freight trains on the Sabbath, and a
passenger except such as carry tn
L. S. mail; that it classes duellin
with murder, and DISTINGUISHES tn
lottery ticket dealer" This is ceI
tainly noble record for State i
these degenerate days.
Washington Post: Therehas nevt
been but one right and decent wa
to transfer the government, and ths
is one which cOmmends itself
everybody. The six or seven thou
and offices contemplated in the civ
service law should be left to the rule