The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-19
eEoRqIA,s ALLIANCES.
The state fair opens next wednesday.

pam that ginning operations are delayed
for want Of bagging.
The Covington alliance will meet every
| se"ond and fourth Saturday nights in each
month IN the court house at O'Clock D. M.
J. K. Patterson of Doles, Worth county,
has an OK that can tr0t mile in five min
ute5 He will exhibit him at the state fair.
1t is estimated that p per cent. Of the
cotton received at Savannah over the Cen
trial railroad is covered with cotton bag
glng.
The Griffin Call claims that W. n. & j.
u Holman have an acre and a quarter in
North Griffin that will yield over three
balls of cotton.
The first and only pine straw bagging
ever seen in Perry was wrapped around
three bales of cotton that were sold TO Mai.
Brunson last Saturday.
Some of the farmers in Walton county
have determined. If they give any more
notes, to make them fall due on Dec. % of
each year, instead of Oct. IS, as heretofore.
At Elberton cotton has beea coming in
slowly for the last week or ten days The
weather has been unusually fine for picking,
aud the people are doing all they can to get
it out.
The season so far has been unusually
favorable for saving the cotton crop in
Randolph county. There will be very
small percentage OF stained and dirty
cotton.
Rudolph DETER will this wesk visit his
old home in Massachusetts, and carry a full
supply of the splendid wines made in Spald-
ing county, which is noted for its hourishing
vineyards
The Kennesaw correspondent of the
Marietta Journal says the last big frost
greatly damaged the cotton crop in that
section, and the farmers and merchants
seem blue over the prospect.
At the recent meeting at Athens of the
alliances Of five counties in that section of
the state, resolution was adopted to put
nine ties on all bales covered with cotton
bagging, to counterfeit the jute tare.
L. f. Livingston, president of the state
alliance has, by request of Teltair County
Alliance, changed his appointment, and
will address the alliance at McRae on
Tuesday, Oct. %, 1889, and not at Cobb
vile.
At Rome cotton is coming in now very
steadily. During the last two weeks of
dry, windy weather most of the crop has
opened, and the farmers have taken ad-
vantage of it, and are bringing in cotton
very fast
The Petersburg Farmers Alliance has
adopted the following: Resolved by the
members of this sub-alliancs, That we will
hereafter patronize no p ublic gin that will
allow or suffer jute bagging to be used in
packing cotton"
R A. Slaughter, manager of the Peacock
az Ooerry farm, near Cochran, runs eight
plows, and has already sold 100 bales of
cotton, gathered 5000 bushels of corn, and
has cane. groundpeas and potatoes in abuu-
dance. Mr.. Slaughter will get fifteen bales
more of cotton, and will save over 4, 900
pounds Of pork.
Delegates from the various sub-alliances
met in Statesboro on last THURSDAY to con-
slider several questions, one of which was
the building Of a warehouse. The alliance
Is unit on that question, and say that the
warehouse must be built. The members are
somewhat divided as to the location of it,
but the majority say that Statesboro is the
best site
Col. Reuben Jones has a wagon that has
been used to haul cotton to market for forty
years. 1t Is an old-fashioned, wooden axle
wagon, such az was built by southern
wheelwrights of half century ago. Col.
Jones brought the wagon with him when
he moved to this state from Alabama in
1866. 1t is sound in all of its parts, and
bids fair to be of service forty years more.
Six mules drew it into Albany Thursday,
loaded with cotton.
Athens Banner: A cotton man of Athens
tells us that one reason that there is SO
much complaint about the alliance bagging
IS that drayuen in the city are cutting out
the ends OF every bale they haul, and hiding
the stolen cloth in their pockets or bosom to
use 1T for making garments and other pur-
poses. This, of course, leaves the ends of
the bales entirely bare and the cotton falls
out. 1t was some time before the compress
men discovered this practice and took steps
to put stop to it.
Athens Banner: Not only in Athens, but
all over the south, there is COMPLAINT Of
stagnation III business, owing to the fact
that the farmers alliances are holding back
their cotton. The bales, as soon as ginned.
are LAID away at home, waiting for their
warehouse to be completed Merchants are
gloomy over the outlook, for their bills will
soon begin to fall due, and they are depend
ing on the farmers cotton to pay them off
The alliance leaders say their members will
certainly pay accounts as soon as they ma
ture, but il cotton declines, will borrow
money Oh it.
Rome Tribune: Farmer Seab Harris,
who lives at Mountain Spring camp ground,
came to Rome last week and traded horses
with the gypsiei, who are now camping in
the suburbs. jim Harrison was the name
of the gypsy who made ''au honest deaIr
with the agriculturlist On Tuesday Mr..
Harris, becoming dissatisfied, returned to
rue BACK" On the road he met Gypsy
SHERLOCK, VINO persuaded him that he
would swap him the best horse in the
state So the trade was made. Harris
says he was completely set afoot.n
Next day he had Sherlock and
Harrison arrested for cheating and
swindling. After an all-dayis trial, SQUIRE
Harris said: LET the prisoners be released.
1t appears to the court it was simply a
horse trade. What will be the result Of a
horse trade is like What will be the finding
of a petit jury or who will a woman
marryP-beyond all calculation. Sam
Jones says: It's the hit dog that yells.' So
in horse trading, the one who is worsted
complains. Gentlemen, you are discharged
The remarkable part of the whole affair
was that Immediately after the trial,
Farmer Harris snapped horses again with
the same gypsies. They required written
agreement before trading that he would not
prosecute. Benefits to Mr.. Harris on the
last exc lange unknown.
Covington Enterprise The regular
quartz ly meeting of the Newton County
Farmers Alliance was held in Covington
on Friday, and was largely attended by
delegates from the various sub-alliances in
the county. The NEE ing was a sery in
teresting one, and much Important matter
was considered. President Livingston of
the state alliance was present, aud adj
dressed the meeting on the question of the
new tare on cotton, and the work he and
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