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COTTON CROP SHORT
Georgia Prospects Deteriorated Forty Per
Ceot in Two Weeks,'
SMALL VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON
*here|i« Not Enough In the United States to
Last a". Week—J. O. Waddell’s
t Opinion.
The Georgia cotton orop is off 40
per cent within the last two weeks,
says Mr. J. O. Waddell, one of the
best known planters in the state and
a farmer who keeps thoroughly apace
with the crop conditions, says the
Constitution.
A series of calamities have contrib
uted to this result. The continued hot
and dry weather is one of the impor
tant factors in the damage that has
been done, but the special agents of evil
are the black and red rust, both of
which have assailed the wesd in every
part of the state, playing great havoc
with it.
Mr. Waddell’s , statement is made
from personal observation during the
past two weeks. In that time he has
visited nearly every section of the
state, traveling through in a. buggy,
and his observations have been close
and thorough.
What he says is corroborated by some
of the best known authorities in the
state. Commissioner of Agriculture
Nesbitt, who has been in every part of
the state in the past few weeks, con
firms the story of damage. He states
that the crop has been greatly damaged
by tu? 1 ' r - E e l* x Corput, of Cave
iSpring, ill a letter written to the Con- 1
stitution lot Saturday, says that the 1
• crop has been vastly damaged by red 1
and black rust. He estimates the dam
age at the very lowest as being IQO or
1150 .pounds to the aore. This is a dara
age of nearly 20 per cent.
Mr. Waddell came into Atlanta yes- 1
terday from an extended trip through ’
the cotton region of Georgia.
.“The past tec days have witnessed ’
wonderful havoc in the cotton fields, ’ ’
said be. “Everywhere I have been I 1
find the ravages made by black and red 1
rust.
“The hot, burning weather of the past
few days has also done serious damage.
The September crop, it appears now,
will not materialize and the August crop
hat been almost entirely destroyed. You .
knew the cotton stalk begins to- fruit at .
the bottom and the earlier bottom fruit (
is the July crop, the middle fruit is the
August crop and the top fruit constitutes
the September crop.
“I went over the same ground cn
which the past two weeks I noted this ]
damage. A month ago the prospects for
a magnificent crop were never belter, but,
the dry, hot wear het got in its work and |
then the coming oa of rust completed
the damage.
‘ I believe the situation in Georgia is
the situation in the other big cotton grow-.
■ ing states with reference to rust. In Gear -
gia it has been a bad year on cotton (
planters. In the first place, in the first of (
the year the ground was too wet to be
plowed when it should have been. This |
plowing the ground while it was wet, in
my opinion, caused the rust which has
made its appearance.
“The crop will be by no means as
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SPEAK THE TRUTH.
De Leon, Tex., writes: I am
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I mons Liver Medicine, it
/ having Saved my Life 8
years ago, when I was down
with Liver Complaint and
Kidney Disease. I think
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Ithat made by “Zeilin” and
g “Black Draught.”
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Gestation.
During the period of gestation the tension
Upon the muscles and ligaments of the
womb is greatly increased and the blood
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is any tendency to uneasiness or pain, we
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make the uterus more pliable and elastic,
r.nd prepare the organs for the final effort.
It also lessens the danger of death to child
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to convulsions, flooding and other danger
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Celeste. Tex., says: Dr.
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I day and night.
Paleness.
Anmnia is a condition often called “pov.
erty of blood" from deficiency of the red
corpuscles which give to this fluid its char
acteristic color. It arises from insufficiency
of assimilation of the proper materials of
food to replenish the blood, as in chlorotio
I [iris. It may occur in persons who have
ong suffered with hemorrhoids, or in
women from repeated discharges of blood
from the uterus. The lips and tongue lose
their natural red color and become white
and the face looks like wax.
The most efficient remedy for this condi
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The improvement produced by its use is
V frequently almost magical; an enfeebled
heart becomes strong and equable in its
action, digestion improves, the lips and
cheeks lose their pallor, and the eye be
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SILENT SUFFERERS.
Women do not Like to Tell a Doctor
the Details of Their
Private Ills.
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The reason why so many women suffer
/A I V'SISgHH i n silence from the multiple ’.isorders con
'■ ,I I 1 TcHMf netted with their scxup’ system is that
V they cannot bear to bioaeh the subject
d I \ to a man, even if he is a physician.
u No one can blame a modest, sensitive
woman for this reticence. It is unneces
sary in these times, however, for a woman
\ II i makes to all afflicted women a most generous
ill °® er - Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn, Mass., bids every
> \ ' - Al woman who suffers to write to her and confide
j\\ z l\ every s y m Pt° m that annoys her, and she will give
AcT /l\ er adviee without charge, and that advice is
/ f fl based upon the greatest experience ever possessed
I * / ’1 Iby man or woman in this country, and extends over
I I a period of twenty-three years, and thousands upon
’■ ’ 'thousands of cases. Why suffer in silence any longer,
my sister, when you can get help for the asking? Don’t fear to tell her everything.
The case of Mrs. Colony, whose letter to Mrs. Pinkham we publish, is an
illustration of the good to be received from Mrs. Pinkham’s advice ; here is a
woman who was sick for years and could get no relief —at last in despair she
wrote to Mrs. Pinkham —received in return a prompt, sympathetic and inter
ested reply. Note the result and go and do likewise.
“ I was troubled with such an aching in my back and hips, and I felt so tired
all the time, and had for four years. For the last year it was all I could do to
drag around. I would have such a ringing in my head by spells that it seemed
as though I would grow crazy: I ached from my shoulders to my feet and
was very nervous. I was also troubled with a white discharge. I wrofe to Mrs.
Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., received a prompt reply and followed her advice, and
now I have no backache and begin to feel as one ought; in fact, I never felt bet
ter in ten years than Ido how. I thank God that I went doctoring with Mrs.
Pinkham when I did, for if I had pot I know I would have been in my grave."
—Mrs. Nellie E. Colony, Nahma, Mich,
good as it was last year, owing to the
the causes I have enumerated. It will
be considerably more than 40 per cent
off a perfect orop. And the worst of it is
lam afraid the damage will continue
to grow. ’’
Mr. Waddall keeps well posted on
the situation over the entire state and
his close personal observation bears out
the report that comes from many seo
tious of a damaged crop.
Visible Supply of Cotton Decreases.
Old merchants say that it has been
many a day since cotton occupied the
position at the opening of a season that
it holds today. Last week was without a
parallel for the first of the cotton year,
in that the visible supply decreased.
Usually at this stage far more cotton is
coming in than is being taken by the
spinners, but last week this was re
versed.
The visible supply decreased 44,000
bales during the week, against an in
crease of 34,000 bales for the correspond
ing week of 1896.
This condition is accounted for by the
fact that the crop is late and by the
further fact that the mills are almost
out of stock. They have been skinning
along buying as little as possible and
waiting for the new crop to come in.
The truth of the matter is, the world
came uncomfortable close to running
i out of ootton altogether.
The visible supply* of American cot-
J ton last week was only 771,000 bales,
i while the year before it was 1,086,000
bales, and in 1895 it was 2,011,000, or
! almost three times as large.
And if that three-quarters of a mil
lion bales of American cotton in sight,
i more than four-fifths of it had gone out
'of the country. America had only 138-,
1 000 bales, not much more than one
1 good Georgia or Texas county produces
iin a year. That was running the stock
I down almost to the vanishing point.
Small precautions often prevent grea
mischiefs. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
are very small pills id size, but are most
effective in preventing the most serious
forms of liver and stomach troubles,
They cure constipation and headache
and regulate the bowels. For sale by
Curry-Arrington Company, Rome, Ga.
snake Wrecked a train.
A Southwestern Railroad Man is Kesponslb’e
for This.
For the past few days Mr. Henry B.
Crawford, roadmaster of the South
western railroad, has been exhibiting
the rattles of oue of the biggest snakes
ever killed in Georgia, says the Macon
Telegraph.
The rattler was killed at Maxwell’s
on the Southwestern railroad, a few
days ago by a section gang. The
gang was on a car going at a rapid
rate of speed when the snake attempted
to cross the track right in front of the
car. Before the gang could bring the
car to a stop it had run over the
snake and was thrown from the track,
being, perhaps, the first car wrecked
by a snake. Fortunately no one was
hurt, and as soon as the men picked
themselves up theyjmade an attack on
the huge rattler, which did not seem
to be much hurt by the wheels of the
car passing over it, although the car
was heavily loaded with men and
tools. It did not take long to kill the
snake, which measured six feet eight
inches long and five inches in diameter
at the largest portion of its body. The
snake had twenty-six rattles and a but
ton. and these are now in the possession
of Mr. Crawford.
There have been few if any rattle
snakes killed in Georgia equal in size
and age to the one killed by the section
gang. The number of rattles indicates
that the snake was at least 27 years of
age. _
Tu Cute a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
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THE ROME TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. JBV7
WILL TILT LIVINGSTON.
Charlie Branan in the Race For Congress In
The Fifth.
A special to tbe.Macon Telegraph
from Atlanta says: If present indica
tions are to be relied on there is going
to be a full-sized boom in alcohol and
petroleum, soiled clothes and speech
making in next fall’s congressional
race in the Fifth district. Os course,
your U nole Leonidas Livingston objects
to fertilizing the soil as a defunct poli
tician, and it may be confidently ex
pected that he is not going to quietly
lay down a fat $5,000 job without a
wrestle for it. Os course Atlanta is get
ting a bit weary of the Newton county
statesman and will present one or more
candidates of her own. And why not?
Atlanta has plenty of politicians who
simply open their mouths and shut their
eyes whenever they hear the rattle of
the fork and the party pot.
The man who promises to warm the
wax in the ears of Leonidas of Newton
is Charles I. Brannan, a partner in
the firm of Brannan Bros., wholesale
grocers, on East Alabama street. Brau
nan is a popular man. Once be was
a salesman and all the people of the
Fitth district know him now as a mer
chant, and it is said that he is able to
call every man by name in a radius of
forty miles around the capital.
Branan.it will be recalled, ran against
Livingston last time, aod although he
got on the track late m the camj algo,
he ran two counties straight and came
near taking others off of Livingston’s I
string. Branan’s plan is to start early
this year and when the polls are finanl
ly made up he doubts if any traces of
Mr. Livingston will be found.
The Disc >veryjSaved His Life.
’ Mr. G. Gaiilouette, druggist, Beav
I ersville, 111., says: “To Dr. King’s
New Discovery I owe my life. Was
taken with la grippe and tried all the
physicians for miles about, but of no
avail, and was given np and told I
could not live. Having Dr. King’s
New Discovery in my store I sent for
a bottle and began its use. and from
the first dose began to get better, and
after using three bottles was up and
about again. It is worth its weight in
gold. We won’t keep store or house
without it. ” Get a free trial at Curry-
Arrington Company, Borne, Ga.
Choice of Routes to the Ea>t.
The Southern Railway affords choice
es two routes, with convenient schedule
and quick time, out of Rome to Wash
ington, New York and the East.
The afternoon train leaving Rome 3:53
p. m. arrives Atlanta 8:05 p.m. connect
ing with U. S, Fast Mail, carrying
handsome Pullman Sleeping cars At
lanta to New York, leaving Atlanta
11:50 p. m. arrives Washington 9:25 p.
m., New York 6:10 a. m.
Train No. 9 leaving Rome at 4:55 p.
m., makes close connection at Ooltewah
Junction with Chattanooga and Nor
folk limited, which leaves Ooltewah
Junction 6:52 p. m., arrives Knoxville
9;50 p. m.. arrives Hot Springs 12:22 a.
m., arrives Ashville 1:39 a. m., and at
Norfolk 5:35 p. m., where close con
nection is made with boats for Wash
ington, Baltimore. New Xork and Bos
ton. This t’-ain also makes close con
nection at Greensboro N. C., with U.
S. Fast Mail, carrying Pullman sleep
ing oars Greensboro, N. G., to New
York, via. Washington.
Train No. 14 leaving Rome at 5:36 p.
m., also carries Pullman sleeping cars
Rome to Jacksonville without change,
and from Atlanta to Brunswick, af
fording excellent service to Brunswick,
St. Simmons and Cumberland Islands.
For further information, call on T. C.
Smith, P & T Agent, Rome, Ga.
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MORI GAGED HU SON.
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Sumter County Negro Gave Bli Son A*
Security For Supplies.
The happiest old darky in Sumter
county says the Times-Recorder, left
Americus yesterday with his store ac
count for a year’t supplies receipted
in full and the chattel mortgage given
upon blaownsou duly canceled. It
was all a practical joke, of course,
but the old man is none the wiser
even now. Early in the spring he
came to town to make the usual credit
arrangement for meat, tobacco and
other supplies for the year. When
his worldly possessions were properly
enumerated in the mortgage the
friendly merchant, with an effort at
gravity, said to him: “Now Mose, you
are all right, I know, and will pay
this bill out of your first cotton, but
we must take a mortgage on Jeff
this year.’’ “Bless Gawd, young
mars ter; yer ain’t gwinter take a mort
gide on de onliest chile I’s got is yer?
Sposen I dies and is yer paper ain’t
dun paid, what’s gwinter come of
Jeffie?’’ And the old man’s voice was
husky as be pleaded his case. “Cain’t
help that, Uncle Mose,’’ said the joker,
winking at his partner, “we must
have the mortgage on Jeff, too.”
“Jeff” is a coal black pickaniny,
worth about 15 cents for fish bait, but
the pride of his old father’s heart
withal. Old Mose signed the paper
with fear and trembling, and has not
had a peaceful moment since until
yesterday morning, when he drove
down Lamar street with hie first bale
of cotton. If the sheiiff had been on
his trail old Mose could not have
moved faster after receiving his cotton
money. Rushing breathlessly into
the store he took up that mortgage
in a jiffy, and “little Jeff” was re
deemed at last.
Something to Know
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the liver
and kidneys and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion’ and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very best
blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it
Sold foi 50c or $1 per bottle at Curry-
Arrington Company, Rome, Ga.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The fie- /f
Excursion Rates by the Southern Rail,
way.
Nashville, Tennessee—Tickets on sale
daily at the following rates:
$5.10, good to return seven days from
date of sale.
$7,55, good to return fifteen days from
date of sale
$ll.OO, good to return until No ember
7th.
Tickets to the following summer resorts
on sale daily, good to return October
31st, 1897: Cave Spring, Piedmont,
Ala., Anniston, Ala., Rockmart, Powder
Spiings, Austell. Dalton, Tucker Springs
“nd all of the famous resorts in East
annessee, North Carolina and Virginia.
Call on the Rome Guano Company.
Rome, Ga„ if you want the highest
grade fertilizer for wheat and oats,
The Short Line to Texas
And the Southwest is via the Ala
bama great southern railroad. Tickets
may be routed either via Shreveport or
New Orleans. Train service and sched
ules via this line, are unexcelled. This
is the only line operating tourist sleep
ing cars from Chattanooga to Texas
points and the Pacific Coast.
Parties contemplating a trip should
I address C. M. Billheimer, Trav. Pass.
Agt., Birmingham, Ala., C. E Jack
son, Trav. Pass. Agt., Chattanooga,
Tenn. C. A. Benscoter, Asst. Gen’l
Pass. Agt., Chattanooga, Tenn.
AGENTS—Factory Clearance Sale
High Grade ’97 Bicycles, former price
$75, now s2l, to make room for ’9B
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Home BeekersExcuralons to The West.
Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain and
Texas Pacifies Ry’s will sell round trip
tickets to Arkansas, Texas, Indian Ter
ritory, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming and
Utah on the following dates.
Aug. 3rd and 17th, Sept. 7th and 21st,
Oct. Sth aod 19th. Tickets will be sold
at one fare plus $2.00 good twenty one
days to return.
For further information address
A. A, Gallagher,
Southern Passenger Agent
Chattanooga,
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low oae way and round trip tickets ou
sale for information as to rates, maps,
schedules etc., oall on or write to C. K.
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Doing “stunts.”
vJfTA fir f That seems to be the case with the
’©l X If / women who are washing in the old way.
You can stand on your head, for instance.
V—nJ Almost everyone could do it, if it were
necessary or desirable. But standing on
B I k the feet is more natural and more sensible
J, I L —and easier. So with soap and
Pearline. Everyone can wash with
,| / \ soa P — ma ny do. But washing with
The hard work of soap is neither
necessary nor desirable. Everyone
should give up the use of soap and should use Pearline, ua
Loolf Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you, “ this is as
uvvn. good as ” or “the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—Pearline « never
peddled; if your grocer sends you an imitation, be honest— send it hack.
MUI JAMES PYLE, New York.
Only a Few Weeks
■ •••AND ANOTHER. ..
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Will be in. Before it arrives we are going to get
rid of what goods we have left over, and for next
few days we will sell all our
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