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The Oglethorpe Echo LEXINGTON, CEGRCiA. ■_ ............ ■ __ _____ Vt w Hr, .58 * & “ -BOTANIC- \/ * « BLOOD BALM. atI a household remedy /or ail Blood and & * simpiest and every pimple form of to Blood the foulest Disease Ulcer. from Fifty the j| if 6 onstirate^te^paramoim^tieaiing^ialfy-1 ing amt building virtues. Cne up bottle k | I and strength from the first dose. g * i vwn HTTP l' K derful cation. Cures,sent free on a apt * * If not kept by youftiooal druggist, send 81.00 for a large bottle? or $5.00 for six bot¬ tles, and medicine will be sent, freight paid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, 8a,, <Y f5Stef* iPmmm) mm kseasta -*-// 4, ‘J DIPLOMA OF HONORc.^ AWARDED TO A.K.HAWKES THE0NLY GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO ANY OPTICIAN • THE POPULAR MOST I /! I { classes I i\J THE UNITED' SOLD m 8000 CIT1ESXTOWNS NEVER PEDDLED. ESTABLISHED 1870 #e*Thcse g’asses specially fitted to your eye by M. G. LITTLE, Druggist. Crawford, Ga. the man IN V IrHE FRONT E0W world is the ®"* who L in the business clearly alt the ^ d ta ges realizes any pur do or have done. doors, sash BLIKB3, lumber, SSSMSgSa&s f’f^.nds arTrhe most AUGUSTA LUMBER go., AUGUSTA, GA. “Buy 0 f the Maker" r.nd p rand. (227 J . p,,y Sterling ?B5 mitmi iwsl - TELE --AT THE- Tennessee Centennial Exposition. _ From May 1, to Nov. 1,1897 0 The second largest exposition ever held in this country. Thousands of home-seekers and investors from the \\ est and Southwest will he there. To show up the wonderful resources along its line, the Georgia Railroad has decided to make an exhibit of these resources, and asks the people of the counties and towns along its line to co-operate with it in making the ex¬ hibit a success, by furnishing creditable spec¬ imens of all minerals, paints and fire clays, descriptions of water powers aud photographs of all mill sites. Exhibits of all manufactur¬ ing industries especially desired. Further arrangements will be made and due notice given regarding exhibits of agri¬ cultural products and fruits in season. For further information apply to JNO. H. AVERILL, Com., 419 Dyer B’I’dng. AUCUSTA, CA. f H5S&=HS25H525H Moore s SHSH53ESjjjj g js I I I Business College 26tii in most in hand, Thorough business. the Year. successful etc. Commercial and Write Over One practical Schools of for branches, Athens, 4,000 the ^ terms. in leading instruction the Students South. Short¬ Ga. and 5HS25ESE5HSE5E5H |n B. F. MOORE, Principal. J S°5H H5HSH5H5HSH5e5HSaS \ We Employ r-.~ . : Thousands : i of of responsibiepersons both sexes toots tribute our advertising in part payment for a HIGH GRADE Acme bicycle, Strictlyi First Class. Shipped tor ex¬ amination. No work required nntil bicycle proves as represented. We are the only large manufacturers in the country who sell direct to individuals. Investigate. Write for particulars to F. K. FEKSALD, Manager. Acme Cycle Co., Elkhart, lad. V. S. A. THE OGLETHORPE ECHO, LEXINGTON, GA.: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897. HEARTH FIRE TALES. Store of Holes That Are Found in South¬ west Georgia. An interesting group was Pitting about the grate tire at the Brown, the j other night. Balmy, spring-like weath- 1 had been succeeded by pelting er a ! storm that rolled up from the coast, j la its wake came a chill wind that made a grate fire comfortable. Judge Henry Sheffield of the Patula circuit, genial aDd jolly, was the ceu tre of the coterie, which was a typical one in its makeup. “That chimney that went down out its ?f sight wake, at that Albany, I leaving telling a hole about, iu was vou was not on the outside of The house, but 111 lbe centre of the house. With that exception the story was correct,” said the judge, looking over the group, ‘‘There was some doubt implied, if not expressed, in the accuracy of that eto ry, and I made a personal investiga tion.” “There are more holes in the ground than one in southwest Georgia,” the judge added in a reflective tone. “When 1 was a boy we lived down in the lime stone couutrv and it was difficult to se cure water fit for washing. 1 rement ber there was a big pond or sink near the bouse, and a well t welve or four teeu feet deep was dug near the edge, of it to secure good washing water. After a time the well failed. Water ran into it but it would not fill up. Finally a trench was dug aud the wa ter from the pool ran into it. Still it would not fill up the well. An exam inatiou disclosed a hole in the bottom of the well, which carried the water off as fast as it ran in. The trench was dug deeper and finally drained the pond down very low. At, this stage an alligator that was living in that pond got into tbe trench, traveled down its length and got into that well and plug ged up the leak hole.” A dense silence followed the conclu siou of the judge’s story which was broken a moment later by the stranger ” from the North, “I recall your story about the claim ney dropping out of sight at Albany, leaving a hole in the ground to mark its exit. That has been proyed, aud I am ptepared to believe anytiimg I hear about your section.” “The judge eyed the speaker calmly but critically, and added in a more em phalic tone: “Yes, sir, that alligator plugged up the hole aud I and the oth er boys pelted stones in on top of him until we filled up the well.” “By the way, remarked another member of the group, “that story about the Yank and ihe old Confed down at Fitzgerald reminds me of an incident that occurred *in Amerieus. Tap Oliver, an old ex-CoDfederate sold ier, engaged in business at Amerieus, had been buying goods of a drummer who had served iu the Federal army, Every time they met after concluding their business they would commence a discussion of the late war and some times the discussion grew decidedly hot. At the time I have in mind after Oliver had given him an order, a dis¬ cussion arose between him and the drummer, and they came very near said, to blows. Finally the drummer ‘This won’t do, I have been selling you goods for twenty-five years and we can’t afford to fight now. Let’s said go and take a drink.’ ‘All right,’ Tap, and as he got ready to go out, he added: You must remember that you had twenty-seyen hundred thousand men and that we only bad six hundred thousand. ‘Yes, that’s so,’ the oth¬ er replied, ‘but you must admit that Providence was on our side.’ ‘Yes,’ rejoined Tap, quick as a flash, ‘if prov¬ idence hadn’t been on your side we would have licked you out of your boots iu spite of your twenty-seven hundred thousand.’ The drummer made no reply and they proceeded to liquor.” holes in the “Speaking about ground,” remarked another member of the party, “reminds me of what a man told me down in Baker county. lie said he was walking along over a clear¬ ing one day when the ground all at once gave way under him and he went down out of sight and into a swift¬ flowing stream. He said that his life was saved by a providential dispensa¬ tion.” A glance from the different members of the group, not exactly doubting but verging that way moved him, and in a more emphatic tone be added: “Yes, sir; providential. A small log had been carried down end¬ the" ways into that hole and, touching it in darkness, as the current almost swept him off his feet, he grabbed it and commenced to climb, and in a few moments had reached the surface and pulled himself on to safe ground. You see,” he added, “the stick had fallen at an angle that held providential.” it in place.” “That was surely Macon said the Northern stranger.— Telegraph. Marvelous Results. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich., we “I are permitted to make this extract: have no hesitation in recommending Dr. King’s New Discovery, as the re¬ sults were almost marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the Baptist Church at Ri/es Junction she was brought down with Pneumonia succeeding La Grippe. Terrible par¬ oxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as if she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery; it was quick in its work aud highly satisfactory in results.” Trial bottles free at W. J. Cooper & Co.’s, Lexington, and M. G. Little’s Drug Store, Crawfo rd^. _ Bow to Enjoy (iood Health If you are suffering with any skin or blood disease, Rheumatism, Catarrrh, Ulcers, Old Sores, General Debility, etc., send stamp to the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga , for book of wondeful cures, free. This book will point the way to speedy recovery. Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.,) is manufactured after a long tested prescription of an eminent pby- and fieian, aud is the best building up and blood purifying medicine in world. Beware of substitutes. Price $1.00 for large bottle. See advertisement elsewhere. Tor sale by druggists. TheTSSitoSSTiTMTP.wr __ _ __ and the lowest prices at John L. Arnold’s, 229 Clayton St,, Athens. Why Georgia Farms Pay. The wonderful variety of commercial crops grown in Georgia offers a simple ; explanation of the remarkable showing 1 made of the relative profits in agricul j j ture in this state and elsewhere, In no other section of the country j save the South cau the products pe culiar to the tropics aud those of the northern temperate zone be grown profitably side by side. By reason of the mild climate there is hardly an acre of arable land in Georgia which will not grow at least two salable crops within twelve months, and much of it does. The land put iu watermelons, for instance, grows a heavy crop of ha\’ alter the melons have beeu tnar keted aud is then ready for oats, When these are cut it is available for corn and field peas, which in turn make way for turnips or some other winter growing crop, so that from the same land six harvests may be gather ed within twenty four months. What other section can make a like showing? An idea may be gained of the wide range of Georgia’s farm products from these figures, which give the quantity of the various staples named, raised in the state for the year 1S93: Wheat, 1,733,000 bushels; corn, 33,087,000 bushels; oats, 7,847,987 bushels; rye, 131,194 bushels; Irish potatoes,.483,886 bushels; hay, 224,117 tons; 1,191,846 peanuts, 024,52Sj|bu8hols; cotton, 148,483,- bales; wool, 831,141 pounds; butter, 323 pounds; honey, 1,056,034 pounds; beeswax, 48,935 pounds; eggs, 11,522,- 788 dozen; rice, 14,560,432, pounds; tobacco, 263,752 pounds, To these must be added other figures from the census reports, which show that in 1889 Georgia made 1,307,625 pounds of sugar, 4,065,997 gallons ol molasses, aud 5 ; 616,317 bushels of sweet potatoes. No figures ate at hand showing the amount of garden stuff shipped from the state, but it is very considerable and comprises nearly every-variety of vegetable known to the seedman. In other things it must be borne in mind, too, that Georgia has a practical monopoly of the water melon trade; that she easily leads the country in quantity and quality of her peaches and plums; that iu small fruits she produces and sells everything save currants, gooseberries and cranberries. while it is by no means sure that she cannot grow these; that ber pear or chards are a source of very considera ble profit; that her vineyards produce amazing quantities of the finest kinds of grapes; that the pecan is already counted m her list of commercial crops, and that the English walnut, the al mond, the filbert and the fig flourish here, and groves of these trees have already been planted in the state, and that she is beginning to ship hogs and beef and cattle to the greater markets, Hardly a season passes without the ad ditfon of another paying crop to Geor gia’s already long list. these And the land which gives re suits can be bought for less than the value of the timber which is on it in many instances .—Macon Telegraph. - --w ♦ mm ---- Jurors for April Court. The following named parties are hereby notified to be and appear at tha April term of Oglethorpe third Monday Superior April, court, to convene on the in 1897, to serve on the juries designated : grand jury. J. C. Fleemau, J. C. Mathews, W. Z. Stevens, N. M. Mattox, W. H. Cheney, Geo. W. Patton, J. V. Garbett, A. J. Gillen, Hal Howard, Groves T. Howard, Win. M. Hawkins, G. .). M. Cunningham, Witcher, Jas. W. Howard, C. Chas. L. Howard, ltr. T. J. M. Ayeock, G. Little, A. J. Jackson, S. P. Aycock, A. T. Drake, Jno. J. Sims, Geo. W. liraoks, Walter Maxwell, A. W. Wilkins, H. T. Bousehell, Win, M. Tiller, Jacob Eberhart, C. M. Callaway, T. T. Herndon, Jas. M. Smith. TRAVERSE JURY. L O. Chandler, W. O. Findley, J. W. Mitchell, W. C. liond, W. J. Sanders, J. McC. Bryan, Dr. Geo. Little, J. A. Broaeh, G. D. Thomas, D. W. Paul, M C. Colquitt, Thos. B. Bailey, J. E. Turner, Ji. H. Turner, Jas. B. Moon, J. S. Young, W. C. Trible, W. A Jacks, C. If Turner, Walter M. Martin, It. S. Gilliam, W. P. Brooks, A. S. Rhodes, J. R. Patton, C. E A mason, J. W. Paul, John Hufl', Sr , Willie Glenn, Ed. J. Campbell, W. A. Lester, W. F. Moore, Ed. E. Martin, W. B. Hopper, S. L. Norton, Faust. Geo. W. Moore, J. P. By order of the court. T. G. Lester, Clerk. BuckEcn’N Arnica Naive. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Feyer Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaran¬ teed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re¬ funded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by M. G. Little, Crawford, and W. J. Cooper & Co., Lexinpton. Our People are Growing More in the hebitof looking to their best interests by going to 0. II. Ar¬ nold’s Furnishing Store where every¬ thing that is needed is kept for sale at such low prices that it is aston¬ ishing to all. Come and see the dif¬ ferent assortments of a well selected stock of new goods just and received. drawers The shelves, counters are all packed and filled with new goods. Not necessary to leave Lex¬ ington and go elsewhere to purchase but go to O. If. Arnold’s and get what you tnav need at the very lowst prices. Horse-shoeing on the latest scien¬ tific principles done by B. II. Bol not at the Maxwell sh6ps. p p..jnts for I all ntirnosos f' You 0&n 1111(1 . them .. «lt tu Oiltt L. r Arnold n> S, j 229 ClclY’tOTl St., AtllCllS, Ga. j J____ , , _____ j All kinds of wagon, buggy and bbclumitl, work dine m the tat | of Maxwell style by shops. L. II. Lolton, at the SOME CORN TALK. A Jackson County Farmer Gives Some Good Points About the Cereal. The selection of seeds forra 3 an im¬ portant part of a farmer’s work. That the seeds from which our principal crops grow can be greatly improved does not admit of doubt. By persist¬ ent effort cotton seed have been so im¬ proved during the past thirty years as to yield nearly one fourth more now. Why not improve our corn, oats, wheat, etc., as well as cotton. It can be doue. Every one should experi¬ ment. It is well to ascertain the best varieties of corn. To do this select several kinds and make a test, as fol¬ lows: Plant say two rows, through the middle of the field of oue variety, and by them two more, and so on un¬ til all the varieties are planted Let the rows be of one length and equally worked, and of course the seasons will be alike on all. When the corn is dry, gather the several varieties seperately and weigh and note the difference. A further test may also be made by get¬ ting the smallest per cut. of cobs out of a bushel of corn. If seventy lbs. of ears yield but ten or eleven lbs. cobs you may be sure that is a good seed to plant. Auother very satisfactory ex¬ periment may be made by cuting off the stalks of different varieties just above the gronnd when perfectly dry, and a-certain the proportional weight and of corn to the stalks, shucks, cobs all. Of course the rows cut in this experiment must be of equal length. Generally, corn of small cobs is the best. In some sections the opinion prevails that seed corn taken from the ear is the best, but experiments of sev¬ eral stations contradict this opinion, and the whold ear is found to give the best yield except the faulty grains at the tip. Having ascertained will the best varieties of corn, it be worth while for the farmer, before the corn is gathered, to go into the field with a basket and from stalks that have more than one ear, pull the largest one, and so continue until enough has been saved to plant Lis crop. Let this course be continued, and a marked im¬ provement may be seen. Other seeds, may be improved in much the same way. A great differ¬ ence in the aggregate income of the farm might be seen if these and simi¬ lar suggestions were observed. To get the best results, our women send to New York for their garden seeds, but our farmers plant such as they haye and generally without selecting even the best on hand. Such indifference is apt to be attended with failure, eith¬ er partial or complete. Seed corn brought from a different climate ^should be sparingly planted until it is ascertained whether it is adapted to this section. recommended I once bought a pint at.a fabulous seed price thoroughly as the most yieldy and adapted to the south. Of course 1 planted it in a good place and gave it good attention. It it made a flat grain of corn I do not remember it. Several miles away a most excellent farmer was befooled in the same way, except he bought a half bushel instead of a pint, and planted about ten acres, and made almost nothing. The corn was either a swindle or it was not adapted to this climate. The earlier varieties of corn give the best results here. This section is n little too hot for the Indian corn, and therefore needs varieties that will ma¬ ture before the ground gets to the hot¬ test. To do the best, corti should ma¬ ture in June.— A. J. K. in Jackson Iferahl. (^2^jAlw^sCures. ,Botanic Blood Balm The Great Remedy for the speedy and p ermanent cure of Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Eczema, Eating: and Spreading Sores, Eruptions, and all SKIN AND BLOOD DISEASES. Made from the prescription of an eminent physician who used it with marvelous success for 40 years, and its continued use for fifteen years by thou¬ sands of grateful people has demonstrated that it is by far the best building up Tonic and Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It makes new rich blood, and possesses almost miraculous healing properties. * WRITE FOR BOOK OF WONDERFUL i CURES, sent free on application. If not kept by your local druggist, send $ 1.00 i for a large bottle, or $ 5.00 for six bottles, and medicine will be sent freight paid by BLOOD BALM GO., Atlanta, Ga. -:1897 LEXINGTON, GA. Spring Term Opens Monday, Jan. 11. RATES OF TUITION: Primary Department........... $1.50 per month. Intermediate Department. 2.00 “ Academic Department.... 2 .:>o Collegiate Department.... 3.00 “ All children of school age will receive benefit of Thoroughness public school fund. in department will be Tbe every our aim. best of literary and musical advan¬ tages will be offered. We will prepare boys and girls for any of the colleges in the State, respectfully Your patronage is solicited. For particulars address, JOEL CLOUD, Principal. IF WEST. GOING ' And want LOW RATES to St. Louis, I Memphis New Orleans Cincinnati, Louis viile, Ghfcaeo, or points in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri Kansas, Colorado, Oregon, YY*ash ington, California, or any point YYV"% IT YY ILL PAY YOU to write to or bkk me., Excursion and Special Bates from time to time. Choice of Routes. No trouble to an-' J™ Agent, L. & N. It. R, 3*ii Wall .street, At lanta, Ga. RDSADME POULRY AND STDBK FARM, ATHENS, GEORGIA. Thoroughbred Barred Plymouth Rocks, also White Plymouth Rocks, Hawkins strain Forty-four fine Cockerels and several Pullers now for sale. Eggs for hatching any time, $2.00 for 133. Address, C. W. FARR or E. P. FEARS, Athens. D] O 1 QftlRQ X JL —Ji Vw, T ■ antsoik. fiSSm I sm (p ft m X A V // X 7^L . J; -k / / y --- We are going* to sell Buggies this season ■ ■■ better Buggies at lower prices than we have ever sold before. We are also going* to sell Harncs, the same sort at corresponding prices. See us before buying* elsewhere. IBIESOS ^ Mammoth Store, & LE2IIITa-T01T. G-EOEaiA. {*;' »'V - tmm. $ u, • MSltS, d l»fi4 , /1 :■ r A L •: ’ 1; If s %r-\ v 'd.\ Hi ■VV--S — wSmm "r - ,‘V</ A"" GRIFFITH & WELCH, SUCCESSORS TO PHINIZY & GRIFFITH, Cotton * Commission * Merchants, Corner Clayton and Hull Streets, Athens, Ga. 1 17 E do strictly a Commission Business and do not buy cotton under any circumstances. No VV street buyer connected with our business. We recognize the fact, that cotton is the mon¬ ey crop of this section of Georgia aud therefore the most valuable product of the farmers. I toes the wise man deposit his money with any but the most experienced and successful bank ? Then why should not the farmer or merchant! consider well the standing and experience of the Cotton Factor to whom he takes his cotton to be stored or sold. OUR MR. GRIFFITH, who has been in the business at our present stand for the past fifteen years, will continue to give his personal attention to the handling and sale of all cotton entrusted to us. This fact alone is sufficient guarantee to all our customers that they will get the highest market price and correct weights. We are better prepared than ever to make LOANS on good security until fall or to advance on cotton stored. WE WANT YOUR BU 8 INES 1 GIVE US A TRIAL! Yours truly, GEIPPITH <2Z WELCH, Corner Clayton and Hull Streets, ATHENS, GA. 1RES f 1LL OCCUR!4~ And it is the duty of every Property owner them. to protect himself against That, is to always Keep Your Property Insured. I Tie present the third largest and one of the best companies in the world. Rates as low as any. W. A. SHACKELFORD, OGLETHORPE ECHO OFFICE. LEXINGTON, CA Piedmont I Green I Houses, GAINESVILLE, Gr^.. PROPAGATORS OF FLOWERS ANO SHRUBBERY OF ALL KINDS 24 Choice Chrysanthemums or Roses or Geraniums for * 1.00. Satisfac¬ tion guaranteed in all orders. Handsome Catalogue free. Address J. E. JACKSON, Proprietor,