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TALKS ON
THESOUTH
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson Interviewed,
WALTER WELLMAN
He Speaks About His Recent Trip
Through Georgia and Alabama,
THE CONDITIONS OF THE SOUTH
Many Rivers and Their Large ’
Size Impress Him.
THE ONE CROP IDEA IS OUR BANE
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Too Much Cotton—He Thinks We Need
Education in Agricultural Science.
Many Good Points.
Washington,’ Dec. l’>.—[Special.]—Sec
retary Wilson of the agricultural depart
ment is a most interesting talker. When
ever he goes away on a trip, he keeps his
eyes and ears open, and on his return usu
ally embodies his observations in an inter
view or an article. His hobby is doing
something for the farmer. He believes
' there is a great work to be done in lifting
up the agricultural interests of this coun
try, and certainly no man ever worked
harder or more effectively in that cause
than he. Mr. Wilson has recently returned
from a journey to Alabama and Georgia,
the first visit he ever paid to those states,
and he kindly consented to give me the
result of his observations and inquiries.
“The first thing by which I was im
pressed in that region,’’ he said, “was the
number and the size of the rivers. This
means a heavy rainfall. The rainfall there
is nearly double that of the northwest. The
south is abundantly watered. Want of
moisture is not likely to annoy the people
there. They have plenty of heat too, and
heat and moisture together cause a rapid
decomposition of organic matter. For this
reason the surface of the soil in the south
looks as if it were barren, but, as a mat
ter of fact, it is a warm, quick and re
sponsive soil. It is well known, of course,
that in all tropical or subtropical coun
tries the soils have their plant foods car
ried downward by a mechanical action,
giving the surface a sterile appearance. All
these things suggest that the soil of the
south requires more careful, delicate treat
ment than the colder and less frequently
moistened soil of the north.
Knnnlr— on Cue Crop.
“It is quite common in all of our states
where producers have limited means,”
continued the' secretary, “to see much
more attention paid to pne crop than
should be. For years past the wheat
raisers of the United States have raised
too much wheat. At the present time the
corn growers aro producing too much
corn. They have to compete with the corn
growers of ail the world, the market is
glutted and prices are brought below the
remunerative point. The southern states
have this difficulty. One thing that has
retarded the prosperity of the south is they
are to such a great extent a one crop people.
They have grown cotton, and they con
tinue to grow cotton, till the price is be
low 5 cents a pound, and at that rate there
is no money in it.
“I found on inquiry that Georgia grows
averx- rear abaUt.LSOO.OOdbales of .cotton
. With the com-
i ing of night wo
, lj men are careful to
iili 7 bar tbe doors of
Jn s % their homes against
tbe intrusion of
robbers and assas
!ifljWlrrU sins. There are
wilwfeaSSjl more dangerous
■HHSgwS ''//a i enemies than
/ either the burglar
or murderer
MWKMM against which few wo
men take proper precau
tions. A woman may
■re’■—own the most magiiifi
cent jewels and the cost
liest plate, but after all
is said and done, her health is her most
precious possession.
It is this that she fails to guard against
the dangers of weakness and disease of the
distinctly womanly organism. Nearly every
complaint from which women suffer has its
inception in troubles of this nature, and is
continually aggravated by them.
An unfailing remedy for all weakness and
disease of the organs distinctly feminine,
and the multitude of ills that follow in this
train is found in Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pre
scription. It acts directly on these organs
and makes them strong and healthy. It
prepares for happy, healthy wifehood and
capable, almost painless motherhood.
Over 90,000 women have testified to its
wonderful merits. No honest druggist will
offer something else as “just as good.”
“ While I was living at Eagle Rock, Botetourt
Co., Va.,” writes Mrs. G. A. Connor, of Allegh
any Spring. Montgomery Co., Va., “a lady
friend came to me and said: ‘My daughter, aged
15 years, has repeated hemorrhages at the nose,
and she has never the necessary indispositions
of womanhood.’ I advised her to get Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription. The lady purchased one
bottle and it cured her daughter. She was well
and happy when I left there.”
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad
viser is a physician that is always in the
house, ready to give advice and assistance
any moment, day or night. It contains 1,008
pages, 300 illustrations and several chap
ters devoted to the reproductive physiology
of women. Over a million women own
and value it. A new edition is just out and
for a limited time copies will be given away
absolutely free. If you want a copy in
a heavy manilla cover, send 21 one-cent
stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, to the
World’s Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, N. Y. If you prefer a fine cloth
binding, send 10 cents extra, 31 cents in all,
and*something Ilka 600]000 tons or bocton
seed. Alabama produces about 1,000,000
bales of cotton and 425,000 tone of seed.
Now, less than 20 per cent of this seed is
ground up in Alabama and not much
more in Georgia. Cottonseed meal is the
most nitrogenous byproduct in the world
unless it be dried blood. It has a greater
per cent of nitrogenous matter than oil
cake from the oil mills; gluten meal from
the glucose factories, bran from the flour
mill or any other product from any mill.
Wasted Nitrogen.
“To illustrate the value of ths nitroge
nous matter found in cotton let me say
that during the last fiscal year,this coun
try shipped abroad nearly 500,000 head of
cattle. Now, the cottonseed of Georgia and
Alabama alone would furnish nitrogenous
matter to tho feed of all these cattle. The
best thing the people of the south could do
with the byproduct of their cotton is to
feed it to cattle for market, mixing it, of
course, with proper carbonaceous matter
in the shape of corn fodder, Johnson grass,
Bermuda grass, cottonseed hulls, qat,
wheat and rye straw and other such foods.
But instead of doing this the southern
people ship their byproduct and sell it at
low prices to more enterprising people in
other sections. The New Englander re
cuperates his weary soil with cotton meal
from the south. The northwestern farm
er buys it for fattening his stock. The
English fanner, who has for centuries
been searching the world for just such a
fert’.i.’er, imports it and feeds it to a
bunch of cattle, not because there is profit
in the cattle, but for tne sake of enriching
his soil. Os course it takes time to do all
things, and the people of the south will
have to learn. I remember a story of a
traveler from America who greatly ad
mired a thick, rich lawn which he saw in
England.
“ ‘How do you grow such fine grass?’
he asked the caretaker.
“ ‘lt is weeding- and weeding and ma
nuring and manuring for 800 years that
has made this ’ere lawn, ’ replied the man.
Progress In Alabama.
“But the people of the south are begin
ning at tho right end and are keenly alive
to the situation which confronts them.
They know they must take better care of
their soils and have more effective farm
ing. The state of Alabama surprised and
delighted me with the progress they are
making in agricultural and industrial
education. At Montgomery and at Hunts
ville they have two cid leges for colored
young people where just these very things
are taught. At Tuskegee they have an in
stitution in which colored boys and girls
are taught the trades as well as agricul
ture. In addition the state is providing for
a school of agriculture in each congres
> eional district. Ido not believe any other
state in the Union is doing as much to
ward the education of its people along
useful agricultural lines as Alabama. The
educated white men there are enthusiastic
in the work of educating the colored young
men and women. They recognize the fact
that these are their people, their laboring
class. They will always be there, as emi
gration on any large scale is out of the
question. The people of Alabama, are
carrying on work in a manner very
creditable to them.
“At Tuskegee, for instance, 700 students
are being taught to make wagons, to shoe
horses and to manage the soil scientifical
ly. These young people will go out through
the south and bring excellent influence to
bear upon others with whom they come in
contact. Booker T. Washington, the lead
er of this movement, has all the moral
backing the whites can give him.’ Phi
lanthropists of the north are helping in the
cause. lam more convinced than I ever
was before in my life that one-of the needs
of this nation is just such work—educa
tion of the young men not only in the
touth, but everywhere, in all tho sciences
that relate to agriculture.”
Walter Wellman.
The Coming Woman
Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby, as well as the good old
fashioned woman who looks after her
home, will both at times get run down
in health. They will be troubled with
lose of appetite, headaches, sleeplessness,
fainting or dizzy spells. The most won
derful remedy for these women is Elec
tric Bitters. Thousands of sufferers from
Lame Back and weak Kidneys rise up
and call it blessed. It is the medicine
for women. Female complaints and
Nervous troubles of all kinds are soon
relieved by the use of Electric bitters.
Delicate women should keep this remedy
on hand to build up the system. Ooly
50e per bottle. For sale by Curry-Ar
rington.
Arnold’s Bromo-Celery. The greatest
remedy of the 19th century for headaches.
lOcts. For sale by Curry-Arrington-
Company.
NEG RO’S QUEER CLAIM.
Says He Appointed Himself a Notary Pub
lic Under the Constitution.
The commissioner of pensions has dis
covered a queer customer in* Tennessee.
The pension bureau recently received
two papers purporting to be the declara
tions of widows executed before the
Rev. Benjamin Parker and bearing the
impress of what appears to be a nota
ry’s seal, which reads, “The Rev. Beu
Parker, Notary Public, W. M. C., No.
1, Shelby county, Tenn. ”
Owing to the fact that no such man
was commissioned as a notary public in
that county a special examiner was di
rected to inquire into the matter. He
took the Rev. Benjamin Parker’s de
position as to whether he had or had
not pretended to execute the papers.
Tn response to the examiner’s ques
tions Mr. Parker testified that he had
placed the notary’s seal on the papers
and explained his reasons for so doing
as follows:
“I claim to be a notary public of
Shelby county, Tenn., not by appoint
ment by the lawful authority of this
state, but under the thirteenth and
fourteenth amendments to the constitu
tion of the United States of America,
giving equal rights to the negro people
of America, and also by reason of the
fact that I am the chief officer and rep
resentative of the church of the living
God. I have never been appointed a no
tary public by the county court of Shel
by county, Tenn., but I claim the right
to act as such under the authority I
have hereinbefore named.”—Buffalo
Express.
One Minute Cough Cure cures quick
ly. That’s what you want.—Curry-
Arrington Co.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 18»7.
itlß. JOHN WElft,
Death of a Very Prominent Young Man In
Jacksonville.
Jacksonvillb, Ala., Dec. 15.—Mr.
John Weir, only son of Mr. Vince L.
Weir, died last Monday morning of
chronic inflamation of the lungs. He
had been sick about three weeks, and
for the last few days death was ex
pected at any time. The funeral
services were held at the Baptist
church yesterday afternoon at 3
o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Geo. D. Harris. The body was buried
at the Jacksonville cemetery.
For the last few years the deceased
operated the ice factory here, and
was deservedly popular among his
numerous friends. The community
feels that it has lost one of its most
deserving young men.
The oil works and bank has lately
been connected by telephone.
Prosperity comes quickest to the
man whose liver is in good condition.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are fa
mous little pills for constipation, bil
iousness, indigestion, and all stomach
and liver troubles.—Curry-Arrington
Co.
AT THE THEATRE.
Lincoln J. Carter’s Great Play Will Be
Seen Tomorrow Night.
"The Fast Mail” which appears at
Nevin’s opera house tomorrow even
ing, is said to be the most successful
railroad and scenic melodrama on the
road this season, Mr. L. J. Carter, the
author and manager, has contrived to
weave into a consistent story, all the
good points of the sensational drama.
The climax of each act is strong
enough to sustain a whole plaj, yet so
well graded are the features
of the piece that one views with
increasing interest through the five
acts, the murder and the clever trick
with the grandfather’s clock in the
first act; the Mississippi river steamer,
its engine room sho zing a practical
furnace, and the explosion with “com
plete change of scene behind a cur
tain of rising smoke,” behind which
is seen the wreck as the curtain falls
on the second act; the “life-size”
freight train, with its realistic engine
and sixteen box cars, with their famil
iar lettering, followed at the close of
the third act by “The Fast Mail;” the
dago dive of the fourth act, and the
thrilling incidents and hair breadth
escapes which take place there; and
then the full front view nf Niagara
Falls, as seen from thtr suspension
biidge, upon which the final curtain
descends. '
To Cure A Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.
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NOVEL CLASS” MEMORIAL.
Oberlin College Seniors Dag Up a Granite
Bowlder Weighing Fifteen Tons.
Between 11 o’clock a few nights ago
and 6 tho next morning 50 Oberlin col
lege seniors, armed with picks, shovels
and spades, made an excavation 10 feet
deep, 10 feet wide and 40 feet long at
the corner of Morgan and South Profess
or streets in Oberlin, O. The object was
to secure for a class distinction a huge
red granite bowlder weighing 15 tons.
The plucky collegians worked in three
shifts and at 2 o’clock in the morning
were served an elegant lunch. The
same day the great stone was moved a
half mile and placed on the college
campus directly in front of the college
chapel. The rock will be polished and
the figures “’9B” inscribed on it. Sev
eral years ago the members of a college
class made a futile attempt to remove
this same bowlder from the earth.—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Disease often lurks in the blood be
fore they openly manifest themselves.
Therefore keep the blood pure with
Hood’s Saraparilla.
FOR SALE CHEAP,
One Sugar Mill in good con'
dition and two good horses,
H, D, Cothran & Co,
Morrison & Trammell make the
best brick possible and sell them all
over the country.
She blushed to the roots of her hair.
From thence it was really unneces
sary, as nature had kindly supplied a
blush that was permanent.—lndianapo
lis Journal.
For Sale or Exchange.
House and lot in East Rome, adjoining
residence of J. B. F. Lumpkin. .Lot 47
by 212 feet. Four-room house. Lot
and improvements cost $1,009. Will
sell for SSOO cash; or exchange for farm.
This is a rare bargain. Apply at once to
W. J. Neel. 12-14-3 t.
NOTICE
We have ordered the secretary to
collect water bills past due and for
the present quarter and instructed
him to shut off all persons who fail
to pay when bills are presented,
E. L, Bosworth, chrm,
J, D. Moore,
1, F, Davis-
Prescriptions wanted and purest
drugsused. Rome Pharmacy.
CONVICT COMMISSIONERS.
Hon. Jake O. Moore, of Floyd Will Prob
ably Be One of Them.
An Atlanta dispatch says: ‘ Specu
lation is rife and the candidates num
erons for the three places of convict
commissioners, created by the new
convict hill which will be passed by
the legislature before it adjourns.
“It is thought that the governor
will make the appointments imme
diately. Numerous names are being
suggested and talked of in this con
nection and from all over the state.
One of the rumors had it that Com
missioner Nesbitt was to be given a
place on the commission, thus creat
ing a vacancy in the agricultural
department. ’ ’
The friends of Hon. Jake C. Moore
believe and hope that he will get one
of the places, No man is better
equipped for the office or would per
form the duties more creditably.
Better Thau Klondike Gold
Is health and strength gained by taking
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the gieat blood puri
fier. It fortifies the whole system and
gives you such strength that nervous
troubles cease, and work which seemed
wearing and laborious, becomes easy and
is cheerfully performed. It has done this
for others, it will for you,
Hood’s Pills are the best family ca
thartic and liver tonic. Gentle, reliable,
sure.
Drew Thirteen on the Jury.
The strange spectecle of 13 jurymen
standing up to Le sworn in the trial of
Labarge and O’Rourke for the. killing of
David Gobat was witnessed recently at
Dubuque, la. It came about through a
mistake in the drawing. The county at
torney claimed that the panel was com
pleted when the twelfth man was drawn
and asked that the court should strike
the thirteenth man from the list. Judge
O’Connell shared this view, and the
last man drawn was excused. The at
torney for the defense objected and de
manded a new jury. It is a case prob
ably without a precedent.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Incontinence of water during sleep
stopped immediately by Dr. E. Detchon’
Anti Diueretic, Cures children and
adults alike. Price sl. Sold by Curry-
Arrngton Co., druggist. Rome, Ga.
Cash or Wo.J in Georgia.
Oh, delinquent, s< nd us a dollar, and
we’ll ever love you ! —Carrollton Adver
tiser.
Those who desire to pay their sub
scription in wood will please bring same
at once.—Fairburn News.
Our friends are cordially invited to
bring along that wood they promised
us on subscription. We don’t need it in
hot weather.—Dahlonega Signal.
If you can’t pay your subscription in
money, pay it in wood or provisions.
Printers are opposed either to freezing
or perishing, and some of them are
threatened by both.—Dublin Courier.
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That living germs oy .millions infest
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a theory but a proven fact. Thatj
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Cures these diseases in a speedy and
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beginning of the hot season. Keep
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Art and Precious
Stones and Metals.
Are s'riking combined in my stock, Collected in the art centers of
the United States and Europe, lam showing something very new and
pretty in Vases, Clocks, Pocket Books, Combs, Brushes, Mirrows, Solid
Silver
Cut Glass and
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My entire stock is the Season’s latest productions selected witii
great Care, My purpose is to give my customers the best va.ues for
the money, lam admirably equipped for displaying a beautiful slock
and 1 extend a pressing invitation to my friends and Customers to exam
ine and buy.
A. C. Stephens,
Jeweler, 218 Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
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Bring your prescriptions to the
ROME PHARMACY,
Where is carried one of the best stocks of drugs in
town, and a complete line of Squibbs’ Shemicals for
prescription use. Everything of the purest quality
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Prescriptions compounded
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Everything at reasonable prices.
ROME PHARMACY,
309 Clark Building, Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
Santa Claus Is Coining Soon Now,
_ and sizes and ages are
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brings you a handsome, new
style Trap from our superb
rek stock of vehicles, you should
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Telephone 173 509 and 5 I I Broad Street, Rome, Ga.
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