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J. J. CATER & CO.
ARE HAVING THEIR OPENING TO-DAY
THEIR STOCK IS FULL IN EVERYTHING
AND THE DRIVES ARE MANY!
In WHITE GOODS they expect to lead the field. Come everybody and the Bargains offered.
FORSYTH, GA., April 10th, 1888.
THE MOXttOK A OVERUSE!!.
FORSYTH, GA.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF MONROE COUNTY.
15Y McGINTY & (JABANISS.
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 19.1830.
/•r.rJUGixf.Tc ! iii the Post Office of For
yfh, G ix second class matter.
WHO OWNS THE SOUTH.
“Three fourths of all the farmers
own from which they can realize
any money is under mortgage” is
what a citizen declared in our pres¬
ence a few days ago. This remark
was not restricted by the speaker to
a small section of country but was
quite comprohensivo in its scope
inking in tho cotton belt of the
south, 'The hearing of this declara¬
tion brought to our minds a sugges¬
tion as to the ownership of Lite farm¬
ing interest of tho south, and leads
ns to ask “who owns the south ?”
Tito available evidence on this
point leads one to suspect, if not
concude, that tho paw of foreign
moneyed corporations is spread over,
tinder the cover of title, vastly more
lands in tho south, in Georgia, yea
in Monroe county, than can be cov¬
ered by a “bull’s hide.” We assume
as a fact that the mortgaging of their
lands to monied corporations for
money with which to continue fann¬
ing operations is to the farmers an
apparently available way out of fi
nr n rrr i i l tnvnbh > . — not Uvc
promises from which the farmer
reasons on this subject fallacious?
Will this method to which
and are resorting as an aider to their
efforts, lead them to tho desired
attainment? Will its rosnlts prove
beneficial and crown their futuro
with tho comforts of a bountiful
homo and with financial ease? Aro
not these mortgagors virtually turn¬
ing loose both ends of tho cord that
anchors thorn to a home and holding
on to the middle of this cord with a
very loose grasp? Those ae^" l | , *fis
tions that deserve the serious and
earnest consideration of every one
who contemplates mortgaging his
home and lands for money?
There is a practical stand point
from which (o look at all practical
questions and this is the standpoint
from which the farmers of this coun¬
try should look at this question. In
theory the land mortgage business
works very nicely (for a time) to
the borrower, but in practice it works
much more nicely to the lender.
Every owner therof, who mortgages
his homo and lands to a moneyed
corporation passes the title to his
premises out of himself and places a
legal barrier between himself and
them. He places at his door what,
at tho time, seems but a financial
mole bill, but what time will devol
ope into a financial mountain that
will crowd him and his out of a home
into the tenement of another. But
when we present this phase of the
question wo are asked how are the
farmers to help it?” Which is to
ask, “is there any other remedy?”
Wo think so. And our opinion is
based upon the belief that there is in
the farmer’s own soil a better bank
tor him and a better friend than
any other bank or moneyed corpo¬
ration upon tho face of the earth
will bo. Every deposit the farmer
places in his soil bank, if properly
nurtured, pays him a handsome per¬
centage, whereas every mortgage
deed he transfers to and depposits in
tho bank of another draws from
him a burdensome percent. The
aid that the farmer thinks he sees
coming to him through this land
mortgage channel is an illusion and
if persisted in to a great extent will
result in a change in the ownership
of the lands, and then, who will own
these lands, who can tell ?
The object of the farmer’s alliance,
if wo aro rightly informed, is to ob
viato this very calamity, now index
ed by the finger boards scattered
along the road of land loans. Their
object is to lead the farmers of the
south out of their departure fiom,
and back into the only successful
method to an agricultural people, to
wit: that of feeding themselves aud
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 19 1888—EIGHT PAGES.
all their dependents from their own
farms and not from the farms of
others; to endeavor by concert of
action and cooperative plans to make
labor more effectual, more remuner¬
ative, and to dig a support from their
own soil. This proceedurc, and this
alone can, and if persisted in will
free the lands of this country from
the encumbrances now resting upon
them, while all efforts in other di¬
rections to do so will prove abortive.
There is no need of argument to
prove this position. It is a bare,
naked, undeniable fact that no agri¬
cultural people can prosper who do
not produce their needed supplies
from their farms. Jf the farmers
alliance can bring about this result,
then let its banner wave over every
section of the south.
Tariff Reduction.
The names of Grover Cleveland
and Allen G. Thurman have been
inscribed upon the democratic ban¬
ner as tho nominees for president
and vice president, and these nom¬
inees were placed by the national
democratic convention upon the
people’s strong plank—tariff reduc¬
tion. Upon this plank they stand,
and upon it and with them stand all
the true advocates of tho people’s
best interest.
That the people of this govern¬
ment are burdened.with unnecessary
taxation is a proposition that needs
no further or better nrnr»f than the
facts coming to them in f rom
tho treasury M
monthly incnsSi
States
sufficicnfVQ topic
everywhere a mavefs^ra »n re
duetion of taxation. And when it
is re men i Lured that, under the
modus oporandi in iropoeftfg the
tariff, four times as much of this
unnecessary taxation paid by tho
working peoplo goes into the cof¬
fers of tho protected or favored
classes as goes into the pu ldito.t
Tir YPt 44en°ug..~ uVluake This call
for reduction four times as loud and
four times as long.
Indeed so strong and so wide¬
spread among the peoplo has bo
como the sentiment for a change in
our tariff system that from the
mountains, and the sea-board, from
the hills and valleys in all the states
and from the halls of congress daily
rings out the cry, “reduction and
tariff reform,” while back from all
true lovers of the people’s interest
throughout our union of states comes
the echo “reduction and tariff re¬
form.”
On this question tho democratic
pattern has been distinctly cut, the
lines clearly drawn, the issue square¬
ly made, and on this line the dem¬
ocrats will battle undauntingly until
the 6lh of November next shall
proclaim to the world the fact that
the tariff reform President
Cleveland is his own successor.
The Ticket and Platform.
Of these, the Louisville Times pith¬
ily remarks:
“The platform is all right. It in¬
terprets the tariff plank of 1884
Cleveland construed it in his
annuall message to Congress, atid
the ways and means committee con¬
strued it in the Mills bill. The issue
is the administration, the message
and the tariff bill. The
oppose all of them; the
endorse all of them, Those who
find a straddle in that are welcome
to it. Let the republicans abuse the
platform as much as they wish ; it
going to drive no democrat from
the support of the ticket, and it
the very best ticket that could have
been selected from the more than
5,000,000 democratic voters in the
United States. It will run like the
cholera.”
Frederick Dead.
The announcement of the death
the German Emperor, has been, ex
peeted for some time. Ilis death
oceured at Berlin, on Friday last,
His reign has been brief, being
only about three months. Emper
ror Frederick was regarded by his
subjects and by other powers as
among the best of rulers, and his
policy during his short administra
tion gave evidence of that fact.
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
This violation of law is the hot
bed out of which grows many flag¬
rant and malignant crimes. Many
fathers are now sleeping the sleep
of death, many once promising chil¬
dren are fatherless and in pov¬
erty, and many mothers are home¬
less widows as the result of carrying
concealed weapons. We are glad to
see that some of the courts are wak¬
ing up to the gravity of this crime.
To a culprit before him a few
days ago under guilt of this crime,
Judge Van Epps of Atlanta said :
“I confess 1 am much embarrassed
in this class of cases, to know what
is my duty. I have no ambition to
be thought a harsh or severe judge.
I am coneious of a desire, as an
humble servant of the people, to en¬
force their laws with firmness and
humanity. But the public mind is
much excited on this subject of
carrying concealed weapons. The
press of the state, almost without
exception, are clamoring for the
rigid enforcement of this law.
Many prominent citizens have seen
proper to urge me to inflict chain
gang penalties and break up the
practice. Mr. Justice Jenkins, in
MeAffee’s ease, 31 Ga., 420, uses this
language: ‘The prevalent practice
of carrying deadly weapons con¬
cealed about the person ; the great
readiness to engage in fight produced
by their presence; the frequent ef¬
fusion of blood upon trivial provoca¬
tion, and the frightful loss of life
among ns in this day, call for a
stern enforcement of the criminal
law.”
I confess I shrink from At, but
ip ,-y
erate a hum —
punitive brought features requisition. oi the stanr «gh
to be in
My mind is tending toward the
infliction of jail and chain-gang pen¬
alties in these cases. I want the
press of the city to say that J udge
Van Epps has intimated a purpose to
imprison pistol carriers who are con¬
victed before him. I want every
mother ami- father tCT^wavn their
sons and every citizen to warn his
neighbor that bo is deliberately de¬
priving himself of his personal liber¬
ty and courting lasting disgrace who
will cling to his pistol.
1 have no malice—no ill will to
to any of my people—but I am de¬
termined—I am determined to en¬
force the law.”
We heartily commend the de¬
termination of Judge Van Epps in
this matter. Would that every
judge in the state would nerve
themselves up to the same point.
The habit of carrying concealed
weapons is vastly too common and
is entirely too much connived at by
the people generally. Arc we a
blood-thirsty, desperate, uncivilized,
barbarous people that necessitates
every man’s fortifying himself with
a bulwark of deadly weapons?
tbore cognizant of the fact will pre¬
sent to the grand jury the carriers
concealed weapons, and traverse
jurors will, upon proof, promptly
and unswervingly convict every of¬
fender brought before them under
this charge; and if tbecourts will mus¬
ter up true back bone and courage to
inflict the penalty of twelve months
in the chain-gang irrespective
persons, upon every one found guilty
of this offense, then will there be
fewer deadly weapons carried about
in a concealed manner, and there
will be fewer murders and man¬
slaughters resulting therefrom.
Citizens, jurors and courts, each,
must do their whole duly on this
line, if there be a diminution of this
violation of law and therefore a
diminution of crime resulting from
it. Make it a certainty that those
who carry concealed weapons will be
closely watched, and if proven, De
fore the courts, guilty of the same,
will certainly be punished with la
bor in the ehaiu-gang for twelve
months, and there will be a less
Dumber who carry them.
During the preset year up to the
first of the present month Georgia
has built 195 miles of railroad, and
still the work of railroad building in
our state goes rapidly on. The
surveying corps is now at work on
the line for the Atlanta, Atlantic and
Great Western between Atlanta and
Savannah, via Eatonlon, Sparta Ac
A Giant Hand in the Say.
A dispatch from Findly, Ohio,
May 26th says: “A strange specta¬
cle was visible in the northern sky
here last night shortly after 11
o clock, which has caused the great¬
est consternation among the people.
It was the representation of a human
hand of immense proportions, HWO
Ecarly inspiring in its realistic vividness.
in the evening the sky in the
north had a peculiar appearance,
which, as tho night wore on, took
the form of flashes of light, constant¬
ly changing in color, pulsing up
from the horizon and again sub¬
siding, but with each appearance,
becoming more brilliant and unnat¬
ural. This continued until about 11
o’clock, when those watching the
phenomena were terrified to see
these plumes of light concentrating
into a distinct object, which soon
assumed the proportions of a giant
hand, well formed and as distinct as
if painted upon the black back
ground of the sky.
The hand appeared to be as shadowy
substance, through which waves of
light of a blood-red color surged as
regularly as heart-beats in a human
breast and then fell off at the ends
of the lingers in drops of the same
color, almost as largo as hot air
balloons. (The first finger of the
hand pointed down toward the
sleeping city, as if warning the peo¬
ple of some woe about to fall upon
them.
The spectacle lasted for about an
hour, and was witnessed by hun¬
dreds, who were breathless with
suppressed excitement, until slowly
it began to fade away and finally
disappeared altogether. It was one
of the strangest and yet most im¬
pressive witnesTod exhibitions of nature ever
md speculations regard
gjuse and significance will
«|for many a day.
kimmencement Season.
i
The pxpier Republican is re
sponsible yor the following through
which runs a broad vein of truth :
This is. tho time of the year when
young men and women at tho vari¬
ous institutes of learning arc “stand¬
ing on the threshold of time,” or
starting out on the ocettn of life,”
or “with their backs to their alma
maters, peering into the great bey¬
ond,” or words to that effect. And
this leads us to observe; Young
women, these days are hearing grand
and noble words from male gradu¬
ates about tho nobility of woman¬
hood and man’s duty to his more
tender and dependent sisters, and
perhaps in a year from now, when
she is trying to get a certificate to
teach school, she will find the author
of that lofily sentiment after the
same place and demanding 810 a
month more for the same work, for
no other reason than that he is a
man. And the young man who is
to-day listening with throbbing heart
to some lady graduate as she reads
of the nobility of labor and praises
the man who, with good brain, brave
heart, and strong muscle, goes forth
into the world to carve out his for
tune, will find in about a year that
the sweet girl will not associate with
any man who works xvith his coat
off and his sleeves rolled up, much
preferring as her companion some
dude who sells embroidery and cor
s ® ts , arul who does his hand up at
night in tapioca pudding. Young
men, j’oung ladies, this is good time
of the rear not to believe all you
hear,
Experimental Stations.
On Thursday last at the Executive
department the following order was
passed relative to the fund appropri-*
ated by congress for establishing
agricultural experimental stations in
the several states:
Ordered, That a certificate do
issue showing that the University
Georgia is entitled to receive and
use the sum appropriated by con¬
gress under and by virtue of the
provisions of the act entitled “An
act to establish agricultural experi¬
ment stations in connection with
the colleges established in the sever¬
al states, under the provisions of an
act approved July 2, 1862, and of the
acts supplementary thereto or the
act passed supplementary thereto,
said university being entitled to
fights receive said fund subject to such
as are reserved by the legis¬
lature under section 8 of said act.
By the governor, J. B. Gordon.
James T. Nisbet,
See. Ex. Dep't.
TnE monument that markes the
spot where Stonewall Jackson re
eeived the wound from which he
died was dedicated on the 13th inst.
with imposing ceremonies, Five
thousand people were reported
present.
Atlanta is pushing the work on
the Piedmont Chatauqua with a view
to its early completion. It will be
completed before the days of mid¬
summer are upon us and promises
to be one of the most pleasant sum¬
mer resorts in the south.
The wife of Rev. VV. 11. Potter,
Editor of the Wesleyan Christian
Advocate, died at Austell, Ga., on
Tuesday of last week.
YOUR KARS.
Ought to have attention perhaps. If
B. B. B. will do you good, removing all
inorganic matter, the direct cause of deaf
ness. It will also aid your digestion.
Witness the following testimonies :
COULD HEAR A TICK CRAWL.
Mr. C. E. Hall wrote from Shelby, A n.,
February 9, 1887: “I could not hear it
thunder, I heard of B. B. B., used two
bottles, and now can hear a tick crawl in
the leaves.
“1 GAVE UP TO DIE.”
Knoxville, Tenn., July 2, 1887.
I have had catarrh of the nend for six
years. I went to a noted doctor and ho
treated me for it, but could not cure me, he
said. I was over fifty years c Id and I gave
up to (lie. I had a distressing cough ; my
eyes were swollen and I am confident I
could not have lived without r. change. I
sent and got one bottle of your medicine,
used it, and felt better. Then I got four
more, and thank God ! it cuied me. Use
this any way you may wish for tne good of
sufferers.
MRS MATILDA NICHOLS.
22 Florida Street.
A PREACHER CURED OF DYSPEPSIA.
Miccosukee, Fla., Leon Co., July 20, 1886
I have been a sufferer from indigestion
and dyspepsia for a long time, and have
tried many remedies, but until I was in¬
duced bv my friends to try your B. B. B.
received no relief, but since using it have
found more relief and comfort than from
any other treatment I have used. Hoping
you will forward to my address your little
32 page book for prescription, also evidence
of cures. Send at earliest date.
REV. EOB’T. C.
Book of or os free. A jl dress.
BLOOD BALM C M, Atlanta,Aka.
AvLTtmr STONE,
ATTORNEY SATLAW.
rtFFICE up stairs Pye’sOpera House
U building. Forsyth, Ga.
Dissolution Notice/
TUTR. D. J. PROCTOR having purchas
JlYJL ed my entire interest in the firm < f
Proctor & Ensign, the above firm is dis¬
solved. All notes and accounts due the
firm to be paid to I). J. Proctor, and all
liabilities assumed by him.
C. A. ENSIGN.
Forsyth, Ga., June 11, 1888.
Indian Spring, Ga.
Open all the year round. The
best water in America. Good cli¬
mate and
First-Class Table.
Prof. Rieman’s orchestra will be
in attendance during the season. No
mosquitoes or sand flies. For anal¬
ysis of the water, terms for board
etc., address
E. A. ELDER,
Managr.
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
The Corrected Time Table, Taking Ef¬
fect June 17, 1838
NO. 3, UP FAST MAIL.
Leaves Macon......... 3.10, a. m.
Arrives at Forsyth, ....... 4:07, a in.
Aarrives at Atlanta, ....... 6:40, a. m.
NO. 2. DOWN FAST MAIL.
Leaves Atlanta,..................... 6:50, a. m.
Arrives at Forsyth.................. 9:28, a. in.
Arrives at Macon, 1025, a. m.
NO. 1L UP DAY EXPRESS.
Leaves Macon,........ ....... 6:00, a. m.
Arrives at Forsyth,. ........ 7.02. a. ni.
Arrives at Atlanta,. 9-00, a. rn.
NO. 12, DOWN DAY EXPRESS.
Leaves Atlanta,........ ......... i.»,
Arrives at Forsyth,... ......... 5:25,
Arrives at Macon,......
NO 1 UP NIGHT PASSENGER.
Leaves Macon,............ ........ 2:05, p. m.
Arrives at Forsyth,. ............ 2:58, p. ra.
Arrives at Atlanta, ............ 5:40, p. m
NO 4 DOWN NIGHT PASSENGER.
Leaves Atlanta,........ ..... 7:15, p. m.
Arrives at Forsyth,... ..... 9,50, p. m.
Arrives at Macon,...... .....10;50, p. m.
NO, 13—CANNON BALL—UP.
Leaves Macon,....... —-...... 5: 25 p. m.
Arrives at Forsyth,................. 6: 15 p. m.
Arrives at Atlanta,............... 9:00 p. m.
SO. 14— CANNON BALL— DOWN*.
Leaves Atlanta . 9:10. a. m.
Arrives Arrives at Forsyth................11:58, a. rn.
at Macon 1: 00, p. m.
NO. 125- UP WAY FREIGHT.
Leaves Macon.......... ....... 6: 30, a. m.
Arrives at Forsyth, ..... 8: ,80 a. rn.
at ..... 4: 50, p. m.
Daily except Sunday.
NO. 126— DOWN WAY FREIGHT.
Leaves Atlanta..................... 5: 33, a. m.
Arrives at Forsyth................. 2:58, p. m.
Arrives at Macon.................. 5:00. p. id
Duilye xcept Sunday.
ENGINES,
BOILERS,
SAW AND
Wheat Mills,
SHAFTING,
PULLEYS,
ETC.
CALL, WRITE, OR SEND FOR PRICES
A N D DESGR1PTIV E Cl RG U LARS. A DURESS:
J.C.WEAV ER, Manager,
MACON. GEORGIA.
Established 1830. Factoty: Richmond, Va.
HR.- ■
44 PEACHTREE STREET,
ATLANTA, GBORGIA,
WILL FURNISH
CAHMBER SUITS, PARLOR SUITS,
' LOUNGES,
LIBRARY *»» DINING ROOM FURNITURE
AT LOW KST POSS1BLE Pi 1 10ES. /
BODY BRUSSELS CARPETS, 8100.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS, 75 CENTS.
VELVET CARPETS, 81.25.
MATTINGS FROM 15 CENTS TIP.
HEMP CARPETS, 15 CENTS UP. /
RUGS, SHADES, L1NOLEMUM AND OILCLOTH. /
SEE OUR GOODS BEI/AflE PURCHASING.
3S± JAS. f. GANTT,
■ ZEdla-con., O-a.
M AX UK A C'TU BE H <) K
J ' GANTT’S
Ml Patent Cotton Planter,
Igi®® iraJ if P W j |/v Cotton Gins and Condensers,
-
Wfj P ■A Compost Distributors and other
Si Agricultural Implements.
Taft m "Ip REPAIRING Be COTTON GINS prices A SPECIALTY. before
sure to get my
«4l. giving your orders for new or re¬
pair work elsewhere
ESABLISHED 18G0. KKHUII.T 1883.
R. C. WILDER’S SONS,
BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS AND MOULDINGS, MANUFACTURERS OF SASH, DOORS, BLIND
ETC.
Our purpose is to keep a full line of goods needed in House Building, Builders, Hard¬
ware, Painters’ Supplies, Glass, Putty, Pure White Lead aid last Linseed Oil; also,
Harison’s “Town and Country” Mixed Paints, guaranteed to be equal to any made. Our
machinery is all new and the latest improved. We always guarantee satisfaction. Full supply
of price.' rough and dressed Lumber, WILDER’S Shingles and SON'S, Laths and-V.22 on Third hand, at the lowest market
R. C. 314 Street,. vi«»on. Ga.
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GREEN 5 JEWELER! GEORGIA
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H. D. FORSYTH,
OF
Monroe Female College,
FORSYTH, GEORGIA, 1888.
Sunday, July 1st, 10:30 a. m.—Sermon
in college chapel by J. H. Kilpatrick, D. D.,
White Plains, Green county, Ga.
Monday, July 2nd, 10 a. in —Prize Read¬
ing by members of Sophomore class. 8: 30
p. in. entertainment by literary societies.
Tuesday, July 3, 10 a. m.—Reunion of
Alumnae and an address by I. R. Branham,
D. D. Prizes delivered to Sophomore and
Junior classes, for reading and essays. 8:30
p. m —Annual concert of rmfsic under
direction of Prof. C. A. Thompson. Ad¬
mission 50 cents.
commencement pay.
Wednesday, Jnlv 4th, 10 a. m.—Gradu¬
ating exercises. Degrees conferred, deplo
ma’s awarded and an address to the class
by It. T. Asbury, president. 11a. rn. Lit¬
erary address by J. W. Lee, D. D., Atlan¬
ta, G a.
The attendance of the public respectfully
invited. R. T. Asbury, President.
I R. Branham, Secretary.
N. B.—The College exercises will be
resumed, September IT, IssS,
\sBSmd
Will
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Bids Asked For.
'THE Monroe County Alliance asks fon
I bids on the following goods from deal! 1
ers, by Thursday, 5th day of July next:
CLASS 1-DOM K '.Tie DRY GOODS. 1
Bleached and unbleached sheetings and
shirting, drills, osnaburgs, lieavv ball stripes,
dress and solid calicoes, spool, and
knit cotton.
CLASS 2—DRV GOODS.
All goods not specified underclass 1 and
such as worsted and all other dress goods,
jeans, cassimere, white goods, lawns, batiste,
tickings, crotons, robe prints, &c., Ac.
CLASS 3—NOTIONS.
This class should include everything
that is generally Fans, recognized as Yan¬
kee notions, viz: buttons, gloves,
corsets, hose and half hose, hankerchiefs,
ribbons, needles, pins, laces, embroideries
and miilii icry
CLASS 4.
Boots, shoes, wool and fur hats, jeans,
casimere, cotton and linnen clothing.
Class 1—Meat, bagging amt ties.
Class 2.—Corn, meal, Hour, sugar, syrup,
molasses, coffee, lard and rice.
Class 3.—Tobacco, soda, soap, tea, spices,
candies, can goods, and all other groceries
not enumerated in class 1 and 2.
CLASSIFICATION OF HARDWARE.
1. —Plows, hoes, axes, and nails in kegs.
2. —Plow stocks, nails at retail, farming
tools such as shovels, spades and kindred
goods, iron shoes, and steel plow fixtures, horse
and mule plow gear, Ac.
3. —Stoves and hollowware, crockery and
plain glassware, tinware, leather goods, Ac.
4. —Staple shelf ware such as cocks,
hinges, butts and edge tools.
5-—Plain cutlery.
Also for handling produce.
J. M. COLLIER,
M. J. PARKS,
II. J. CARSON,
S. H. ZELLNER,
J. S. JOSSEY,
Committee.
Dr. W. Sterling Edwards !
(Late of Birmingham, Ala.)
Physician and Surgeon,
FORSYTH, GEORGIA.
Diseases of Woman anil Children a
Specialty.
Office in S. 15. Head’s store.
LAG EE
COTTON GIN,
COTTON
PRESSES,
SEEDCOTTON
' ELEVATOR
FANS.