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The Man with Sm^ll Capital.
Atlanta Constitution.
It has been objected by some
that technical education should
not be fostered with public funds
because the fields for its employ
ment are being rapidly pre-empt
ed by the trusts and gigantic com
binations of capital in manufac
turing and other productive tech
nical industries. Frequently we
are told that the man who has only
skill and small capital is being
put out of the way of business
and success by the overshadowing
combines.
Yet it should be plain to any
observer that there are hundreds
of profitable technical industries
that the trusts have not captured
and, in the nature of things,
could not consolidate and control.
The profit to be made from them
in any given locality is too small
to engage the cupidity of a trust
and yet is sufficient to amply re
pay the enterprise and industry
of a small operator. New inven
tions an creating new industries
almost daily and in the exploit
ing of these the man with techni
cal education and small capital
finds plentiful, opportunities for
steady occupation and satisfacto
ry returns.
We find from the census that
in 1890 there were 9,967 manu
facturing establishments in the
city of Chicago. There were 19,-
208 in 1900, or an increase of near
ly 100 per cent. But the average
amount of capital to the estab
lishment was 20 per cent, less in
1900 than in 1890, which shows
that plenty of men fopnd chances
to invest, their brains, skill and
small capital in good enterprises.
The trusts do not own all those
nearly two thousand factories in
Chicago, nor the majority in St.
Louis, Cincinnati or Atlanta.
The truth is that the argument
for giving varied technical in-
stroction to the youth of the land
was never stronger than today.
Give them knowledge that will
stimulate invention, the creation
of new industries and the profita
ble occupation of all those fields
of production which are naturally
elusive of trust control. In the
south especially, where raw mate
rial and large necessities abound,
there are especially inviting op
portunities for our young men
with tebhnical education to trans
form crude resources into Croesus-
like riches.
The trusts are many, and pow
erful, and abominable, but they
are not the whole thing in this
country. The way will always be
open for the independent and
courageous owner of skill and
short capital to make himself a
solid business and a life-long com
petence.
Dou’t Fail To Try This.
Whenever an honest trial is giv
en to Electrict Bitters for any
trouble it is recommended for a
permanent cure will surely be ef
fected. It never fails to tone the
stomach, regulate the kidneys and
bowels, stimulate the liver, invig
orate the nerves and purify the
blood. It’s a wonderful tonic for
run-down systems. Electric Bit
ters positively cures Kidney and
Liver Troubles, Stomach Disor
ders, Nervousness, Sleeplesness,
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and ex
pels Malaria. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Holtzclaw’s drugstore.
Only 50 cents.
“I offer you my love,” said the
young man, with bitterness, “and
you offer me your friendship and
good wishes 1 No, Mary, there
can be no such reciprocity as that
between us two 1 ’ ’
“So, then,” said the yonug wo
man, coldly, “it’s annexation or
nothing, is it?’t
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Brorno Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. E. W.
Grove’s signature on each box.25c.
Excavations now being made in
the Forum at Rome resulted in
the discovery of a tomb supposed
to date from an epoch anterior to
the time generally assigned for
the foundation of the city.
The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure
is Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Your drug
gist will refund your money if after tak
ing one bottle you are not satisfied with
results: 50 cents at Oater’s Drugstore.
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Georgia Farm Operators.
Savannah News.
In the twenty years between the
census enumerations of 1880 and
1900 the number of farms in
Georgia increased 86,065, or 62.1
per cent. Meanwhile! the farms
operated by owners increased only
18 per cent., the remainder of the
increase being taken up by tenant
farmers. There are more than
90,000 farms now operated by
their owners, against a few more
than 76,000 in 1880; nevertheless
there has been a steady decline in
the percentage of owner-operated
farms. In 1880 the percentage of
owners who managed their lands
was 5b. 1; in 1900 the percentage
had dropped to 40.1, with corres
ponding increase in the percent
age. of tenant farmers. It is no
ticeable, however, in this connec
tion that there has been a large
increase in the cash tenant farm
ers—thqso who pay rent in cash, I
a stated amount of labor or farm '
produce—and a relative decrease!
in the percentage of share tenants,!
who pay as rent a stated share of
the products of the farms opera- j
ted. |
It appears by the statistics of
the census bureau that there are j
about 10,000 more colored cash ■
tenants in the state than white, 1
and about 8,000 more white share
tenants than colored. Of the to
tal number of farms, however,
141,865 are operated by white
farmers, and 82,826 by colored
farmers. The average acreage of
the white man’s farm is 147.4
acres, and that of the colored
farmer 66.1 acres; thus the white
operates 79.8 per cent, of the acre
age, and the colored farmer 20.7
per cent. It would appear, how
ever, from the census figures that
the farms of the colored farmers
are slightly the more valuable,
since they are credited with 21.8
per cent, of the value of farm
property, while the whites are
credited with 78.7 per cent.
In Northern and Southern Geor
gia the farms are largely operated
by their owners,' while in Middle
Georgia the tenant farms pre
dominate. In 1900 about 60 per
cent, of all the farms and a little
better than 75 per cent, of the
cotton farms, were operated by
tenants. Sixty-three per cent, of
all farms were operated by white
farmers and 87 per cent, by color
ed farmers. Of the white farm
ers 54.4 per cent, owned all or
part of their farms, and 45.6 per
cent, operated farms owned by
others. For the colored farmers
the |percentages were 18.7 and
86.8 respectively.
The Same Old Story.
J. A. Kelly relates au experience
similar to that which has happen
ed in almost every neighborhood
in the United States and has been
told and re-told by thousands of
others. He says: “Last summer
I had an attack of dysentery and
purchased a bottle of .Chamber-
lain ’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, which I used according
to directions and with entirely sat
isfactory results. The trouble was
controlled much quicker than for
mer attacks when I used other
remedies.” Mr. Kelly is a well-
known citizen of Henderson, N. C.
For sale by all dealers in Perry,
Warren & Lowe. Bvron.
A GOOD PLACE.
Notice is herebv given to ladies and
gentlemen who visit Macon that Mrs.
W. H. UouBer ie now running a first-
class Boarding House at 755 Cherry St.
which is very near the business center
of the city, and she will be pleased to
serve them meals at Soa. each.
-W^O-OlrTS.
Weber, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons cheaper
than you ever bought them before, to make room and re
duce storage and insurance.
MACON,
GA.
J. W. SHINHQLSER,
uwr<emm
MACON,
GAj
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Handsome Cabinet Grand Lester Piano in
either solid oak, mahogany or Circassian
walnut. Can he seen at F. A. Gutten-
berger & Co.’s music store. Second street.
Sunburst, diamond center with 48 pearls,
offered by Lazarus Jewelry Store.
Handsome ball-bearing, drop-head New
Home sewing machine, latest pattern,
with all attachments. Offered by J, R.
Burnett, mgr. Youmans & Leete, agts., for
New Home machine. 131 Cotton Ave.
Value $400
Value $75.00
Value $60.00
Scholarship, offered by the Goorgla-Ala-
bama Business College.
Handsome solid silver pitcher, offered by
J. H. & W. W. Williams.
Stlyish suit of clothes.
Clothing Company.
offered by Star
$15.00 worth of Groceries offered b y J.
Flourr.oy,
Pair tailor-made pants, offered by Veltre
& flyman, Macon’s leading tailors.
Handsome rocking chair, offered by Wood-
Peavy Furniture Co.
Hanascme 8-day Mahogony Clock, offered
by J. J. Mercer, jeweler, 416 Mulberry St.
Pair gold eye glasses (eyes Jested free),
weir:
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Teachers’ Combination Bible—Two Bibles
In one. old and revised versions on same
page, without increasing size. Offered by
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Pair pants. Offered by Benson & Hous
er, Clothiers. Third treet.
Hamdsome parlor lamp, hand painted and
decorated. Offered by A, & P. Tea Co.,
608 Cherry street.
Pair the celebrated Laird Schoeber & Co.
Ladles' Fine Shoes. Offered by Taylor
Shoe Co.. 519 Cherry street.
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