In Advance Subscriptions Enforced March First
The newspaper urges subscribers to pay in advance starting March first to avoid losses from credit accounts. Delinquents will be removed from the list and debt sent to an officer. payments may be sent by registered letter or money order, with costs possibly deducted from the bill. Civil Service Commissioner Prenholm visits New Orleans for examiner roles in the Custom House.
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Florida
Texas
Civil Service
Prenholm
New Orleans
Custom House
Cotton Receipts Decline as Georgia Farmland Adopts Better Methods
For the week ending January 8 receipts total 165,006 bales with 196,860 bales the prior week and 238,011 bales three weeks earlier. Since September 1, 1885 total receipts stand at 3,759,644 bales, down 65,866 from last year. Interior towns show 67,670 bales for the week, with last year higher by 53,009. Old interior stocks fell 11,710 to 181,210 bales, while plantation receipts reach 4,270,355 since September 1. Georgia farmer George W. Traitt of Troup county touts two-mule farming with thorough cultivation and manures as highly profitable, urging others to adopt deep plowing and proper rotation. The Chronicle notes market fluctuations with unsettled sentiment and a late-day price around 98 1/16 cents for middling uplands.
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Chronicle
Georgia
George W. Traitt
Troup County
Liverpool
Appointment of W H Smyeer to payroll chief post
The Champaign Times editor W H Smyeer is named chief of the payroll bounty division in the Treasury's second auditor's office in Washington. The move is praised as qualification and evidence of Democratic,, steady patronage. Ohio Supreme Court seating of Hamilton County Democrats prompts Republican seat shifts and rebukes to the courts over Senate re-election aims.
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W. H. Smyeer
Champaign (III
Supreme Court of Ohio
Hamilton County
John Sherman
Washington talk of new party of revenue reformers in 1886
A World in Washington correspondent reports talk of forming a National Free-Trade committee in January 1886 to organize a new political party uniting free-traders from both major parties. The aim is to mobilize voters for commerce liberty and create a broader anti-protectionist coalition. The New York Star backs a national bankrupt law with uniform federal rules to harmonize insolvency across states and support a unified banking system.
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Washington
National Free- Trade Committee
National Free-Trade Committee
Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Wells
Hurd
Perry
Sumner
Morrison
Beecher
The
New York Star
United States
Southern Immigration Hopes Rise as Northern Interest Grows
The article notes increased Northern attention to the South as migrants scout new homes and lands. It cites the New York Star praising Southern life and urges Northern farmers and professionals to relocate, while warning against Florida land scams and Florida city lots. It also mentions Southern Senate actions on silver and a Pennsylvania tragedy linked to rigid family control.
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Horace Greeley
South
New York Star
Union
Southern
Landa
Savannah News
The
New York Herald
Florida
Martin Chuzerlecht
New England
New York
Congress
Pears as Florida orange alternative in Southwest Georgia
The article argues pears like LeConte and Keiffer are a faster, hardier, and more profitable alternative to orange groves in Florida. It notes the long wait for oranges, recent cold damage, and that Southwest Georgia orchards yield fruit in 3 to 5 years with reliable annual production and strong markets. It concludes that pears offer greater income potential than Florida oranges.
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Florida
Georgia
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