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|*HS taa J. W. ANDERSON. I Subscription One Dollar a Year In Advance. K First Class Paper, entered as 2nd Class mail ; matter at Covington Tost Office. I i DEMOCRACY IS OUR POLICY ! Established in the Year 1874. Published every Tuesday. Success is Our Aim¬ ^SUBSCRIBERS who fail to receive Th« Star Regularly will please notify us at once, so we can look into the matter. *, P| 11 ]\ , nr, |'r,||S v » Im/IIi , ' ' ' QP OJ lUiiU I)] VP r 1 P J I AfP J1 id „.. „ _ Sound Doctrine Promulgated by Commissioner Nesbitt. TOTJOHEA l’AEM AT EVSEY POINT The Importance of Thorough Vrep 1 ration For Planting Ably Advoeatml—fall Planted Grain, Vineyard a. Orchards and Gardens—Whitewash For the Hume. Mar ill a Uusy Mouth. Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, March 1 , ibW. As was predicted and expected the rainfall in February has been very heavy, which in view of the previous deficiency is fortunate for the coming year’s crops. Rut the recent continued wet weather has somewhat delayed the final preparations for planting. Where there has been thorough fall and winter plowing the farmer is relieved of much of the vexation anl worry of hur¬ ried preparation now. I11 such cases it is a comparatively easy matter to com¬ plete all preliminary work. plowing lands when too wet. „„ The great , danger . is ... that f rmers, who , did not take advantage of the fine days of the fall and winter to ke--p the plows going, may be tempted now to plow their lauds when too wet. Ill view of the short time before the crops are to be j planted their anxioty to get their lauds in condition to receive the seed, is par douable, but no more grievous mistake was ever made than that of plowing when the soil is reeking with moisture. O11 the light sandy lands w 1 may veil ture sooner after heavy rains than o:_ our stiffer clay soils, but even there the greatest discretion should be exercised, We know the temptation, when time is pressing and the sun shining, to do this work at all hazards, but we have seen fields so injured by such injudicious ! plowing that the effects could not be eradicated for months afterwards, and the cropsshowed a con expending falling off. It were better to reduce the in tended area ami put the remainder in thorough condition than to hasten over . I a greater number of acres at such man Rest injury to the land and Ioh 1 to- th. crops, not to mention the additional annoyance and worry in the suosoquect cu uvatiou of such injudiciou-ly plowed M ARCH LS A BUSY MONTH j with the farmer in many other respects besides the preparation of the laud, There are terraces and ditches to be kept iu order. After each heavy rain they should be examined, all breaks repaired mid all weak points strengthened. Ali louces not iu repair should be righted, ! the fence rows cleared out ami the trash ) ViurueiL The growth from successive years should not be allowed to accuinu late nor should it be allowed to encroach further and further each year on the cultivated land, The fences and fence; corners should be kept clean, By this plan we not only preserve an appearance of greater neatness, but many oestrus five insect ami fungus agents, which are becoming a menace to our agricul¬ ture, are checked. FALL PLANTED GRAIN. If the fall planted grain is not v gor ous but shows a silky, yellow appear auce, it should receive a top dressing of some nitrogenous fertilizer, niir.ite of soda or cotton seed meal, the former to be applied just before a rain, from 60 to 100 pounds to the acre; the latter at any convenient time, about 200 p muds to the acre. VINEYARDS, orchards and gardens also need looking after, All pruniiigs. accumulated trash aud refuse should be ^atiievcd up and burned, for the same reason that we destroy these harbors for iusect life and fungus diseases in our fence corners. The fruit grower and gardener should wage a perpetual war¬ fare on these euemies, which too often ure allowed to gain a firm foothold be¬ fore we are aware of their presence, and then the troubles and expenses from their depredations are inevitable. A touch of whitewash here and there, as n; portuinfy occurs, should be also regarded as one of tiie duties of this early soring mouth. It is astonishing the power which is iu one barrel of lime, to add to the cheerfulness and the neatness of a farm In me, aud its effect goes through tiie entire year. It is a purifier as well as a beautitter. Where stabies, out houses and even tiie dwelling receive u thorough coat > > f whitewash, inside aud out. ouce a year, sanitary conditions are much improved and the risk from contagious and infec¬ tious diseases much lessened. Through¬ out the state March is the CORN PLANTING MONTH. Iu the more southern sections planting ts already under way. Necessari y tiie most favorub e time for this work in any particular locality must vary some¬ what with the season, aud with local conditions as to drainage, exposure, quaiitv of the soil, etc. Well drained, heavy lauds with a southern exposure are known to warm up more rapidly, and are therefore more suited for eariy planting than where opposite conditions prevail, and of course the planting sea¬ son opens earlier in the southern than in the northern sections of the stare, Methods of planting also vary with these conditions. We have found, however, that on the greater portion of j our ordinary corn laud the double foot plow does the most effective work. Pre¬ supposing that the land lias beeu thor¬ oughly prepared and laid off, (and uu less the laud is rich or very highly ma¬ nured is well to give p.eutv- of dis¬ tance). we would plant ia tiie water furrow, taking care not to over tiie 6eed too deeply. Deep covering will do for later Dlanting, eariy corn shou d be covered lightly. The double foot piow, if properly adjusted, does very sati-fac¬ tory work, ieuviug a slight ridge ou tne seed aud a small furrow ou each side which will protect tiie seed from any excess of water settling on them. By this method the plants wid couie up ^lightly below the surrounding suiface. ■Ll^ 1^1 § IJ^ § When take , „ Hood Pills. The big, nlil-faslv- , you s ioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to pieces, are not in it with Hood s. Kasytotake Hood’s and easy to operate, is true of up Safe, Hood's to date certain in Pills, every and which sure. respect. are All Pills druggists. 25 c. C. 1 . Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. ; The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. and at each plowing a little <uit cm be thrown towards them until, when the final “laying by” conies, the field is le.'t practically level. This was the :rmt..od so strongly advocated by David Dickson, and from which lie realized sudi won derful results. He maintain d that as the greatest danger to our corn crop was Put* usual sum ruer d rou t li, ail our e/Tort s should be directed to protecting it against such a contingency. and th it corn so planted andcuinvat. d was mu h less liable to injury from thit cause tnnu when planted ou a high bed. O. Course on bottom or in ii.-t lanas the opposite plan should be followed. GRASSES AMD CIOVEHl March is the far rite month for feeding grasses and clovers. As mentioned ia February's Talk these aay, if preferred, ba siw.i 0:1 toe rowing grain fie.ds, in which case a ight harrow should be run over the fields before the criss or clover seeds are scattered. To obtain the best re salts, a roller ehou d then be pissed over the land. This will settle the seeds, and the harrowing an 1 ro ling, so far from injuring the young grain, will be found a positive be ie.it. Tu**v en courage tilleri.’ig, and fields, which have been si tr-ated, will in a short while take on a fresh, vigorous growtn. All things considered, it is b;st to sow grass and clover on land soeeialiv ami thoroughly prepared and fertilizsd to | their reception, but soma times this ts j not practicable, and we have known ; very good re u ts from tire above plan. PREPARATION F IB C 1 TT 0 S is also o;ie of the ptossing duties of this busy m >uth In the southern part oi the stata cotton planting often begins ! during the 1 itt -r part of the month. In making preparations for this crop we should remember that while it reap ill.15 promptly to judicious and liberal .or ■ tiliziu^, the profit from such fertiiiz iug are much increased by caiefui prep alalioii of the soil, not only by actual p-owing, but by mechanical treatment. where lauds have had tiie ben-fit of renovating crops as cow- peas or clover, OI ot . 'j“ve barnyard been manure, treated w they th applications in much are better receptive condition for cummer Cial fertilizers than when they lack or P il, hc matter. The usual ;q p icari 111 of pounds per acre in su h laud wiii be far more effective than d uble that number of pounds ou well worn “elds, lhe secret of using cominer c * u fertilizers with profit is fn P ut ta0 ' an, f > n such recept.ve condi * lu!1 that it will at once respond to thp u sfi °f the coucentra’e 1 manure, bo the uppheatiou small or large, mid this pre paratory work is best dine by deep p ow *"l' a, *d renovating crops. Ii the in fiuiry columns will be found several questions bearing ou this subject, HOG 3. Th , , Vnten> y ea fw pork l , wu w Dn , he(1 iorwani rttpid y It ha8 bHeu Hil id with ti urh. that the most p.oli:ab e fa are thoge whi ch never see a Uruust, n)as Sor|nir pisr# pu , 1Hll t ., uiatunfy not only make the best meat, but sho-.v t lie most clear profit. Tuey should not b > allowed to lack for food or proper at tentiou. Pionty of good wm les me food, pure wat -r ami clean quarters will almost insure success, R. T. Nesbitt, G .mr.iissi, uar. " ' ir,, " K ir 1 In the -’Monthly Talks a id Answers to Questions” for January Itookocca siou to denounce one J. D. Butler, Resident of t.ie Ohampiou Chemical ... , Process Co. M of Dunn, Fayetteville and Thomasville, N. O , and pub ished him iH a fr ., u t aud a swindler, in that lie was sailing a worthless formula for making a fortil zor, thus robbing our farmers wherever he oju’4- I am now iu receipt of a Bulletin from the North Carolina Experiment Station exposing this same rascal for selliug his irauJa lent formu'a in North Caroline In that state ho claims to be from Georgia, in this he gives N rth Carolina as his res :,i 0UC e. I have advertis 3 il this par* tic^ar rascal so thoroughly* simply to put tiie farmers on tlieir guard against all vendors of fertilizer formulas. As a rule they are rascals, and unless they can show the iudoisement of thoir for mains by this department, they should be pr mptly arrested and punished. Should flic aforementioned But.er again make his appearance in Georgia. I trust that he will bo promptly arrested. If an example could be made of one of the swindlers that so 1 worthless formulas for fertilizers, the business would be broken up, much to tiie benefit of the farmers I again repeat that this de¬ partment is at all times ready to furnish i good formulas for making composts, j and they can be had by simply writing to this nfli. e. Another point to which I with to call the attention of the farm era is this: Sometimes guano or cotton seed men. is offered for sale, either uu tagged or with tags of the previous year on the sacks. This is a violation of the law aud subjects the manufacturer, upon convictioti, to the penalty of fine or imprisonment, or both. The moun¬ facturers should know the law on the subject, and i they violate it they ought to suffer. Occasionally a tag will acci dentally bp removed from a sack, aud. of course, tiie law would not apply iu such a case.—State Agricultural Do partmeut. Rarnfiirti Manure For Cotton. Question —Is barnyard manure a good fertil zer for cotton ? I used it last year, but the results did not come ! up to my expectations. | Answer.—W e have found that barn yard manure acts more effectually for cotton, when used as a soil improver rather than a direct fertilizer. If barn- ! yard manure is to be used, it is more profitable to compost it s -me time pre¬ vious to its application to the laud, com billing with it acid phosphate aud pot Ish iu s me form. These not only have [ 4 specific value, bat by certain chemi¬ cal combinations with the elements iu I the manure render it more Valuable than when iu its natural condition. , This compoetiug may be done directly iu the drill and a list thrown ou it to •jnSTnjjt’dea itutujnaugy 8JVJS— -Snijncid jo emt} eqj w jsnf nojjoo oj fumicm p-iEAtueq ioiioi}«ondde 9tn 1 esia * ,B Jon ™ ao * a AV •notjisodn.otwp iaj P 8 -^°!! u 0U M) »<l sa'r^|« p;noqs aaaqj jnq •rtuotaum jo cdvose eq* trisao-id FINE TAILORING DONE BY DanlS. Twardus, OF CjViNGTON, GA. j | I have come here for the purpose of following my pro¬ fession. and guarantee to CUT AND FIT You perfectly with a suit of clothes. I am also prepared to CLEAN, PRESS AND REPAIR CLOTHING of any kind. My method of cutting is up to date, and all I ask is a trial to convince you that I am master of my profes¬ sion. You will find me at Dr. Carroll's Dental Office, on Floyd street, east of post office. OrJ.Harvev Moore ATLANTA, GA. OCCULIST, And Specialist jn A I Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Throat and Nose, TuqIi as Cataract, peter)gims, Cross eyes, Weak. Painful or Inflamed ICye>, Granulated Lye Li.ls, Neuralgia, Headache, Dizziness, Xaus a, Ne.voua Dyspepsia, Cholrea or Vitus’ Dance, Deafness Catarrh, and Asthma. Cross Eyes Straightened bj Dr. Moore’s Painless Method. No loss of time. No ether or chloroform No confinement indoors. No pain during or after the operation. Granulated Eyelids Cured Without Caustic or the Knife. Hours, 9 to 1 o’clock, daily except Sunday. 307 and 308 Norcross Building, ATLANTA, GA. Correspondence will receive prompt atten¬ tion when accompanied by stamp, French Restaurant it 1 TJ 1 VJIfJR Y A l ii.l II V. Prt>[>r , irtnrrr l No. 4 Wall St. Next to Kimball House, ATLANTA, GA. Regular Meals, 15 and 25 Cts, Oysters 3 in Season. OPE AT ALL. HOURS. Exchange Hotel, 163 Marietta Street, ATLANTA, - - - GA. -Rates per Day, $ 1.00 - Per Week, $4 00 , $ 4.50 and $ 5 . 00 . Opposite Miller & Brady’s Celebrated Stables. A. J. ADKINS, Proprietor. *,V, c. ATLAS, Automatic and Compound and Plain Palmes sd Valve. Cyloida, Single and Double Expan¬ sion Tandem Compound E2\r<3-I3\TE5S ? Flange Steel. Tabular. Vertical and Ho;Rent¬ al High Pressure Water Tube ; Plain, Portable, Vertical, and -Self-Contained Return Tulielar BOILERS. All high grade ivnrk and at the bottom prf--««. We get them by the ear load, thui lowest rates of freight. Cali at our works, get prices aud see samples. LOMBiRD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY fO„ Ab:,ve Passenger Depot, Augusta. Ga. Tank j ,taok “ mi bridge work and repairs promptly i , e i/T* e ,' e 'L'*?/ ?" d wo ’ lt 150 ha,K, - s 1 t>ip«. etc,—iiu iy jg S6. jOB PRINTING. If you need any printing in the way of Handbills, ( ircu iars, Bill Heads, Note Heads or Statements, call at the Star office and get our prices, \Yc can sav« you money. 1 THE QUESTION OF MEDICINES j AND THE LOW PRICES for which we understanding—easily sell them is simply a matter of i understood j win n we tell you we always buy in j large quantities for cash. Cash i works wonders, yon know, and w< are the satisfied other with smaller Jacobs’ profits Phar- than ! j stores are. many (Atlanta.) Wanted-fin Idea of PSD simple thlnl j l some Protect your Ideas; thev may bring tbing 10 wealth. patent j W rite JOHN Wi-ODKHBVHS & Patent you CO.. ittnr ney*. lbt Waghiofftoa, l>. C.. t>-r their $1,8U0 prise o.Tet «tii ct tv%u buudr id iiivetiUoii* w ucic d. LEWIS FREELAND, Near Georgia Railroad Depot ! General Wood and Repair Shop, j COVINGTON, GA. I am better prepared to do work in my line than ever before* at prices very reasonable, 1 make a specialty of re pairing Buggies and Wagons, and guarantee every piece of work that leaves my shop. None but the very best of mate rial used. I have in connection a Blacksmith Shop which is in charge of one of the best smiths in this section. Try me. THE-frSTAR A Year in Advance. $1.00 I|^g5t,j 0 b Work done with Neatness and Dispatcb.‘ ? r§ 2 $f Do you want an oak cham¬ ber suit, sideboard, or dresser? If you do, we have them. Call and examine and get prices. Big stock of rattan and reed rocking chairs for men, ladies and children. Call and pur chase one for each at a small co: t. Three Piece Suits $9 5 0 Bedsteads 1 *75 Bed Springs .90 Matrasses i-75 Boys, we have them, Fix press wagons, it on axels. Come and examine our stock if you want bargains in furni¬ ture. W. B. 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We have a Washington & office. epecial Patents notice taken in the through Mumi Co. receive SCIENTIFIC) AMERICAN, ti^autifuilv illustrated, largest circulation Oi any l.aO scientific months. journal, weekly,terms|3.(W a ilA^ year; f iOOK six on Patents Specimen sent free. copies Address and n £V!UNN & CO M 361 Broadway, New York. >*< >t< KO-'OtO+OZO+oy >*< W . . g-.-i. .. ./y. , . j Y. A NY ONE o' Wishing Li to Advertise, A* V V;N v V *■ written Can have their Ais. L ♦ on application at the to y , jK ■■ office of the v.', A Covington Star. *"4 ' * V#’ 'VNK 7 v7*- * vV./YV.- V'#'. NS ‘ ^ >*■< >♦•< >♦< > 4 t< fic- “■!> tiaui* 51 % every wr*;ji«. Where the Preachers Go The North Georgia Conference assigned the following preachers to the various churches of the Ox ford district for the year 1897 : Rev. Walker Lewis, presiding elder. Oxford—O. C. Simmons and \V. A. Candler. Midway—J. E. Dickey. Covington—J. A. Timmerman. Newborn—A. C. Cantrell. Conyers—A. M. Pierce. Social Circle—G. W. Duval. Madison—P. M. Ryburn. Morgan—J. T. Lowe. Rutledge—J. L. Pattillo. Shady Bale—M. H. Edwards. Eatonton—J. L. Moon. East Putnam—W. T. Caldwell. West Putnam— . S. Wright. Monticello—H. L. Embrey. < < Circuit—J. O A. Grogan Clinton—G. W. Farr. Conyers—H. J. Adams. Lithonia—W. H. Hakes. Stone Mountain—J. Spier. Decatur—J. R. McClesky. Emory college—W. A. Candler. 'F Callaway, J. S. Moore, Juliui m agath, H. S. Bradley, J. E. Dickey, and C. C. Jarrell. GOLD MEDALS m 4 k ? .... A ;<v rjtrvK DIPLOMA OF HONOI'e,.' AV\MR»ED TO A.K.HAWKES THEOMLY MEDAL AWARDED TO AMY OPTICIA N THE MOST (l POPULAR V ii CLASSES CHvsTARZjgi LENSf^ IfJ THE UNITED STATU SOLD IH 8000 € 1 TiESXT( 5 V/NS MEVER PEDDLED. ESTABLISHED I 07 O C. E. Cook and Bro, have a full assortment of these fa mous glasses, in all the latest sty’es. Call and see them. XKXH50-00000CO OO OOOOOOp Webster’s t International l $ IMtrtionary i i The One Great Standard Authority, So writes lion. 1). J. Brewer, . <5 Juaiice V. S. Supreme Court. r jy^Send a Postal lor Specimen Page*, etc. v Successor of the I “Unabridged.” a Standard a of the U. S.cov’t Print- o X in« Office, the l' . s. Hu- Y pirme Court, all the Sti.tA: of Supreme nearly Court*, uil the v O an t Schoolbook*. A Warmly Commended by Stnto Schools, S perintend- and €nfs < f Other J-.dneafor* almost without man ber. THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE C It 1* easy to find the word wanted. It is easy to ascertain the pronunciation. It Is easy to truce the growth of a word. It is easy to learn what a word means. The New Orleans Picayune says ; biilllant It stands now n monument to patient skill, industry, and scholarship, ami mechanical useful orkd published one <>f 1 he iu i pcomplete this and v. ever country. The Raleigh News & Observer says: Out Individual preferences were formerly for ftnoih* Tdic ■ louury. buta l**tte.ruequahiUtuee with the h aid 1 Ur edition of Webster (the International) valuable, and to >ii8i(i- i 3 to it regard the it standard ea the moat far < r vi as ;.sany one dictionary sLouid bo so accepted. The Atlanta Southern Cultivator say r « : Webster’s U the standard dictionary iu our office. G. A C. MERRTAM CO., Publishers, Snringfteld, Mass., V.S.A. t&~ TV> not huv cheap reprints of ancient editions. Rooms to Rent. Several good bed rooms or offices tr rent in the Star building. Apply #t th -T .8 offn . Hi onr.. CHEAP PRINTING. if you want anything ir. tin printing line, call at the . Jtai office and get our prices, \\ Vv r c can save you money. GUANO I T. C. SWANN’S FORMULA I will sell you the Very High, est Grade Blood and Bone Air,, moniated guano guaranteed for $ 18.00 1 payable next October. This gu¬ ano has been tried in this section and found 10 be the very best. %■ I have only one price, Every* body treated alike. Buy vonr %/ 4 / 4 GIT from the man (hat puls down the price and keeps up the quality of his stuff. Price for Cotton 300 Pounds. Respectfully, rr. o. CoviEgton, Gn. © Established 1865. i 0 One Price l © 0 Clothiers, l e i 0 Tailors i Ifattevs J Furnishers. t 5 ^ISEMAN gROS, % t 15 and IT Whitehall street, ATLANTA, GA. cor. WASHINGTON. 7 th and E. St., D N. O W. , Factory, BALTIMORE. 213 W. German MD St. . I 0 The Only Manufacturers of Clothing in the South Dealing Direct W'ith Consumer. Covington Public Schools, Begins Monday, Sept, 7, 1896. DEPARTMENTS: Primary—First end Second Grades. Intermediate—Third, Fourth and Fifth Grade*. Grammar School—Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades, High School—Fir-t Second. Third ami Fourth High School Grades CORPS OF TEACHERS: C WRIGHT, ) •©.All High School Grades and Hth Grammar School MISS LELIA WALKER. i Grade, Elocution, Fiench and Greek, Specials, but without Extra charge MRS. E. V, SPE YOKR—Filih. Sixth ami Seventh Grades. MISS C. V. GLANTO^ —1 bird and Fourth Grades. MISS PAULINE ASKEW—Tirstnnd Second Grades. alisthenics taught in all ,he grades. #^”The School b gins the Fall Session ir, a new brick building, the latest design of ^ best architect The building is equipped with the best black J in s all available furniture, slate 3 space, six large windows to each room. Peck-Williamsou ^vstem heatin; and ventilating. WrThe Bop High School atul the Gills High School combine into on* the new building. Tuition in Primary, Intermediate ami Grammar School Departments is to all residents between the ag< s of six and eighteen years. Non res pay One Dollar per month. 'luiGou iu High School Department 1 * pet mouth to lesuleuts and uou-tet-idetiU. W. C. WRIGHT, Superintendent.