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INTEiWiNG REPORT.
What Commissioner Nesbitt Has to
Say to Georgia Farmers for the
Month of January, 1894.
PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Experiments in Farming, Renova
tion and Rotation, Success in
Cotton Planting, Fertilizers.
Orchard and Garden.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1894.
The year 1893, now numbered among
the things of the past, was ushered in
with many hopeful and encouraging
signs. .Southern farmers had more home
raised supplies; their indebtedness had
been reduced; cotton, their main money
crop, commanded a fairly good price;
average grain crops had been made;
throughout the length and breadth of
the land the farmers were at last aroused
to the importance of supplying humus
to the worn fields; acres upon acres of
starved land were absorbing the renova
ting crops, more especially of peas, often
of clover and grasses.
Other hwpetul factions were the reduc
tion of the cotton acreage and the wide
spread sentiment in favor of home raised
supplies of meat and bread. Encouraged
and hopeful, our people entered on the
work before them, believing, that with
proper and well directed energy and
economy, success would crown their la
bors. But, unpropitious seasons, short
crops, the low price of cotton, and other
reasons difficult ot explanation,here have
precipitated a period of dispondency and
discouragement, from which we find it
difficult to rise.
Let us look these conditions squarely
in the face. Let us frankly admit any
errors we may have made and take steps
to avoid such future mistakes. Let us
also mark our successes, and build upon
them for future prosperity. Every farm
is or should be
AN EXPERIMENT FARM.
A knowledge of the results from the
state experiment farm at Griffin is of
great value to the body of farmers. But
soils and conditions on different farms
and in different localities vary greatly,
and even on the same farm, different
fields require different treatment.
<ln all farms of waning fertility, and
what Georgia farm is not more or less
depleted? it is important to know in what
the deficiency consists, and each farmer
should make, as it were, his own soil
tests. Study the requirements of each
crop, and then carefully note the effect
of each applied fertilizer. It is true that
in commercial fertilizers there is what
is termed the “perfect fertilizer,” con
taining all three elements of nitrogen,
acid and potash.
But, suppose we have discovered that
there is enough of even one of these ele
ments in certain soil, or that by certain
process we can draw them to the surface,
what is the use of paying a high price
for material already within our reach?
Experimental plats need not be trouble
some or expensive, and they may be
made to tell us more certainly than any
general soil test, no matter how scientifi
cally made, of what plant element the
land stands most in need.
. For instance, one plant may be ferti
lized with nitrogen alone, another with
phosphoric acid, another with potash, a
fourth with nothing. Then combine
these elements, two of each, then try all
three.
These experiments bear directly on the
economical side of farming, besides be
ing full of interest and pleasure. To one
who has been accustomed to look upon
the soil as simply inert matter,they open
the door for a fuller and broader view,
and lead to a more careful study of and
more extended interest in the beautiful
yet simple laws of nature. To those
who have never given this subject much
thought, the statement that 12 inches
below the surface of each average acre
of land in Georgia there lies at
least two tons of phosphoric acid, three
■ - md even more
than that amount of lime, is almost be
nd belief, and at once the inquiry is
t’d *.
..y uy these elements at all? Why
Ij >t p. w deep, bring them to the sur-
- y i ■ i gen? The reply
is. tije-;e elements are not in soluble
i rm, th< rdinary crops cannot appro
;-aa n m ..use plants do not eat,
drmk. Therefore, knowing these
tv L. t- i. t tb it the elements can be
1 j t the plants be
tihh * ; i.ate them, it follows
that >ur . hi- i -tudy should be how to
put t'm-s; imp -t ant elements in soluble
' " nt r into the struc-
■ - ■ tops. And here
we have the broad field of
1.1 ' IVATING CR<IPS
opeuei for ■ ir impvction and thouglit-
rn and cotton
an. > gram :.m. 4 appropriate these
u; • - but leguminous plants
id »ver.
these are left to decay in the soil, the
labaratory of nature begins at once si
lent:.'. but surely to convert the stores
o' phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen,
which have been gathered gathered by
tnm plants f torn the earth and atmos
phere, into available plant foot; that is,
a large per cent of the original insoluble
elements are put in soluble form and
made tit for plant food.
FALL AND WINTER PLOWING.
In former talks 1 have urged the im
portant of deep fall and winter plowing
on stubble land, or on land where there
was an accumulation of vegetable mat
ter to be turned under. Recently there
ha.- come under my observation an illus
tration pertinent, that I give it for
th. bem.-ht of those who are still disposed
t>-question th- wisdom of this plan. In
; certain locality in north Georgia, and,
1 may a- well mention, situated in the
heart of the drouth stricken region, a
larmu began lust January to turn under
a broom sedge field. He was a new
cum< rin that section, and when his
-si. saw him burying deeply, with
a two horse plow, the heavy mat of
•• : a’a they assured him
LL*d’ at: \N u* rULUIII/
Bu’ w :ien they discovered that he in
tended to plant corn on the land thus
prepared., thei; imredulitv reached its
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he intends to do, realize the difficulties to
be met, and select the best means of
overcoming them. Let him keep stead
ily in mind these facts: that future suc
cess in cotton planting depends on re
ducing the cost of production, and on
raising home supplies.
The first requires sound judgment, a
knowledge of the laws of preparation
and cultivation, and a study of the ca
pacity of his land and the effect of fer
tilization. During the past year many
a farmer cultivated land which, under
most favorable conditions, was incapa
ble of returning the cost of preparation,
fertilization and cultivation. If the ac
tual cost of production for an acre of
cotton is less than the yield of that acre,
one-third of a bale, which is a full av
erage for the state of Georgia, it re
quires only a glance to see that the re
sult is on the losing side for tire far
mer.
Fertilizers and labor are too costly to
be expended on land which will produce
only a bale to three acres'. If the farmer
is convinced of this, let him resolve to
leave his poorest lands to the kindly
officers of Mother Nature. Give them
an absolute and entire rest, and begin
the renovating processes on the more re
sponsive soils. Concentrate on these la
bor and fertilizers and manures; study
plans of
RENOVATION AND ROTATION.
If necessary terrace the uplands and
ditch the low, wet spots. Auemminent
ly successful Georgia farmer advocates
the following:
“Sow in small grain grasses and clover
one fourth of all arable land on the
farm,rest one fourth,pasture one fourth,
and cultivati in summer crops one fourth.
Alternate those annually.”
Another says:
“Let the oldest and poorest and most
gullied lands lie out for the present, un
til we can get to them in regular order.
On the best acres plant corn, oats and
cotton, follow the oats with peas and
save the vines for hay; follow the peas
with cotton, using the most prolific vari
eties, and fertilize liberally; follow the
cotton with corn, add more manure, and
then oats again. Every year a little
more of the outlying or poorer lands
may be taken into the system of renova
tion and improvement thus inaugurated.
Let these additions be sown in small
grain and then peas, then cotton, then
corn as before.”
The question of suitable fertilizers
should now be decided. Numerous in
quiries have been received at the depart
ment, and there seems some dissatisfac
tion and some complaint as to the grade
of goods sold in the state.
THE PRESENT STANDARD
of 10 per cent of available material was
settled upon after careful study and ma
ture deliberation, as the proportion best
suited to the generality of our lands. It
is an axiom in agriculture, that the
richer the laud the more fertilizer it will
bear. On our worn fields exhausted of
humus, it is a hazardous undertaking to
apply large quantities of highly concen
trated fertilizers.
But this is a point each person must
decide for himself, keeping in view the
fact stated above. If he wishes the es
sential elements of potash, phosphoric
acid and nitrogen combined in different
proportions, he can have it done at the
factory. Or, better still, a number of
farmers can combine, purchase a car
load of material and themselves mix in
the proportions, which after careful
study, they decide that their lands most
need. These ingredients are guaranteed,
and the farmer, with his scales and rich
scrapings from lot and fence corners,
can save the cost of both freight and
manipulation, and he then knows exact
ly what he is using.
OATS.
In the more southern portion of Geor
gia it is well to sow oats in January. I
have seen very fine crops raised from
such sowings. In view of the fact that
a large portion of the corn crop was cut
off by drouth. it would be advisable,
where practicable, to sow largely of
small grain, and later of millet and such
other food crops as will supplement this
deficiency.
A GOOD GARDEN
Is an important auxiliary in the econom
ical management of the farm. Those
who would enjoy its benefits during the
coming year must begin to prepape for
it now. If the manure has not already
been distributed and plowed under, no
time is to be lost in doing this, remem
bering that a garden can scarcely be too
“rich.” If the manure is coarse, cover
deeply, if well decomposed, shallow cov
ering is best. High culture is the only
system to be pursued in the culture of
vegetables. Good seed, deep and thor
ough breaking, plenty of manure and
rapid cultivation are essentials. The
plots for Irish potatoes, buds, early corn
and cabbage should be put in condition
for planting, so that when the proper
time in February arrives, there will be
no delay.
PRUNING
of trees and vines and shrubs, if not al
ready accomplished, should be finished
this month. Cut out all dead wood,
take out unnecessary stems and shorten
branches that are too long. Don't prune
too severely, as this will diminish the
yield of fruit, but cut with judgment
and care.
FRUIT TREES
should have suitable quantities of potash
supplied to the soil in which they grow,
if it is not already there. A good plan
with young trees is to draw the soil
away from the upper roots until they
are nearly exposed, scraping away any
borers that may ba found. This, how
ever, should be done in November. In
January bank fresh wood ashes around
the stems, and later draw the soil back
to ihe tree. In supplying potash spread
around the tree for some distance, the
rains will carry it to the roots.
REPAIRS.
In former articles I have urged the
necessity of att aiding to needed repairs,
fen/ s, ditches, terraces and buildings,
of “righting up” matters on the farm
ready for the coming year's work, of
clearing away, as it were, obstacles
which might hinder our success. Let us
take fresh courage. We have much to
be thankful for. In the almost univer
sal distr -s, r.-e find that the farmer, who
has his !'■ od supplies, and this is true in
much largei proportion than usual,
though he rias little money, is in far bet
ter condition t .an the majority of labor
i'..g men Bi -ides a certainty as to food,
he as ids L- use, his fuel, his garden and
nil d to his less for-
' :ati< ins.
farmers must study
We cannot
afford longer to waste our capital. The
nance is raluaote, but it
sometimes takes more than half a life
time to f : we pay a high
a utecribe to
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The foregoing formulas comprise the
commercial ingredients most generally
used in composting or mixing at home.
As already indicated, these ingredients
when provided in the proportions given
may be mixed with stable manure and
other crude or bulky home materials in
any convenient proportions of the latter.
The larger the proportions of stable ma
nure, etc., the greater the dilution, or
weaker the resulting mixture, and a cor
respondingly larger quantity should be
applied per acre.
experimentative farming.
The above formulas are given for gen
eral use. They may be varied accord
ing to the particular crop, or the charac
ter of the land on which the crop is to be
produced, in reference to the particular
crop, we are better informed, both by
the known analysis of such crop and its
power of supplying itself from the plant
fool already contained in the soil, or in
the air, than we are in reference to dif
ferent soils. The same plant, corn for
instance, always contains the same well
known elements, in substantially the
same knowr proportions, and always be
haves exactly the same under the same
conditions. But {soils differ very widely
from each other, not only in their physi
cal condition and analysis, but also in
their chemical composition.
Even where a chemical analysis and a
careful physical examination of a soil
has be?n made and is before the eye, we
cannot say in just what proportion the
elements of a fertilizer should be mixed
in order to give the best results on a
given crop. The only absolutely relia
ble method of finding out what elements
and in what proportion they should be
applied, a given soil requires in order to
produce the largest and best results in a
given crop, is to apply to the soil in com
petitive plots, or test rows, the several
elements combined in different propor
tions, sometimes suppressing one alto
gether.
In this way, and in this way alone,
many a farmer will find how to fertilize
his land so as to get the best crops and
the largest profits. It is the plan that
has long been adopted by the experiment
stations of this country and Europe, and
already much has been learned in regard
to the wants of particular crops and the
requirements of different soils. Fortu
nately this m ethod may be adopted by
the careful and intelligent farmer. Why
write to an agricultural journal a thous
and mites away to ask if potash is re
quired by your soil? Only a general an
swer can be obtained in a majority < f
cases.
The more obvious resort would be to
ask the soil whether it needs the addi
tion of potash, by applying potash in
some form to one set of rows, and with
holding it from another set alongside of
the first, the other conditions being as
nearly as possible the same. The ques
tion may also be asked of a particular
crop what it most needs; in fact the
same experiment will often answer both
questions. If it be found that any given
element increases the yield of every one
of several different kinds of crops plant
ed on it, it may be safely concluded that
the soil is essentially deficient in that
element.
If it be found that nitrogen increases
the yield of cotton, but does not affect
the yield of corn, then it is at once sug
gested either that the soil furnishes
enough nitrogen for the corn or that
corn does not require so much as cotton.
The same is true in regard to any and all
of the elements of jplant food. Indeed,
the same principle of experimentation
will apply to all the operations on a
farm, and have long been applied to
many of them. All intelligent and pro
gressive farming is made up largely of
experiments.
Pictures of Life In Old Egypt.
Among the most interesting of the
photographs and drawings of the
paintings and sculptures in the rock
tombs at El Kai (or Nekheb, as it was
formerly called), are those which il
lustrate the daily life of the ancient
Egyptians 3000 B. C. and later.
There you can see men hunting and
fishing, making wine, harvesting
corn, plowing and hoeing, cooking
and so on. There are representations
of funerals and merrymakings, with
dancing girls and musicians, boating
on the Nile, and so forth. At least
one picture shows that, contrary to
the common belief, the Egyptians
had some knowledge of perspective.
These illustrations are now on view
at the Society of Antiquaries and
will be published in facsimile. —Lon-
don Globe.
A Freight Car Scent.
The amateur funny man was on a
train with his wife, and she was ask
ing him a great many questions.
‘ ‘Just see those freight cars, Hen
ry,” she said. ‘‘There are dozens of
them, and from all parts of the coun
try. I should think they would get
lost.”
“They do, dear,” he replied pleas
antly.
“How do they ever find them?”
“Oh, that’s easy enough,” he re
plied, with a superior air, ‘ ‘they sim
ply follow their tracks.” Detroit
Free Press.
The Social Whirl In Arizona.
Arizona is coming to the front in
society matters. We scarcely recov
er from our astonishment at the
startling details of the Moqui snake
dance when the Navajo corn dance
is flung before the bewildered public,
and as it gasps for breath the scent
of the Tucson onion social fills its
nostrils, while quickly following its
mouth is filled with Prescott's pump
kin pie party, with outside districts
yet to hear from. —Prescott Courier.
The Sahara Railroad.
If the United States could cross our
continent with railroads, or if Russia
can span Asia with a line of rails,
why cannot France cross the Sahara
desert with a railroad? Possibly it
can. A beginning has been made in
that mammoth undertaking. But
the difficulties are incalculable. As
soon as those that are now known
shall be overcome others will arise.
Consider for an instant the enormous
obstacles to making a railroad 1,500
miles long through a territory with
out wood or ties, without water, with
out everything required to sustain
life.
Railroads have been constructed
through countries to which all the
mateiialH required have had to be
<ai i led But here is a country which
do< < not even supply water for the
ineii who must do the work. The
loim.H that have buried a thou
sand earn van -, are liable to arise and
. ip< out all ti:i< <-s of man and his
-,oil: 7'l. fin-. ;.t npendous work is
no v Ri iioiL-Jy l ontemplated by the
Juu' ii ,qove> nment. When if is un
<l< tlajo H Illi- rails Will lie laid from
oasis to oiu' in Vvlii< l> ho like islands
in tli<' I'l 1 at <>i < iin of fhodesert. As
it. nppioii* h< a flio I'.outh the trunk
line ma •/ If «Ij vid< <1 oiio arm to run
so J ,ak<- 'I i ho'l nnd t In' ot her to strike
Ifii- .'liL'i-i iiliov" Timbiiefoo, from
vvlii' h point. i-l<mil' i;s i-oilld descend
to ;.« n< gnnibin The work may cost
Jiundn da <>i even t lioiisands of mil
lions ol doll.ii :• New York Mail and
J-.ApH 1 11.
WHY MIKE BURNED THE BOM
A .71
A Night Watchman Who Had the It. -ests
of His Firm at Heart. ,
The secretary of the -ü-bber
bber company at Trenton lost a rxter
book containing copies of a * h’s
important correspondence conu lime
ago. The whole office forep .Twas
turned out to hunt for it, but it’had
disappeared as effectually as though
swallowed up in the earth. After
closing hours the other evening the
secretary, the general manager and
a couple of clerks sat in the office
discussing the loss and trying to ac
count for it. Mike, the new watch
man, came in to sweep and dust.
“Mike, have you seen anything of
letter book No. 9?” asked the man
ager.
“No, sir,” said Mike.
“Well, have you seen a book like
this?'’—taking another letter book
from the safe. •
“Yes, sir. I seen one like that
one night. It was in the wastebas
ket.”
“Where is it now?”
“Sure, I burned it.”
If ever a watchman received a lec
ture for stupidity, Mike got it then.
The secretary became hotter and
hotter every minute as he talked.
“I suppose you'd burn up the cash
book if you ever found it outside of
the safe I” he shouted finally.
“No, sir. I would not,” returned
Mike gently. “What would I do
that for, when there’s nothing but
figures in it that don't mean anythin
but to the man that wrote ’em? I
wasn't goin to burn this book at first,
because I wanted to keep the nice pa
pers to put tobacco in. But tflten 1
thought, well, perhaps som.- Sfi ne
will get a hold of it and
thin that was none of their -d
business, I just burned it
sure. You'd do the same, s*|
wouldn't you?’’—New York M <4id.
Gounod’s Funny Story.
When returning to Paris from Brus
sels after the production of the “Med
ecin Malgre Lui,” his companion in
tne railway carriage asked him if he
had been at the Monnaie theater,
and on his replying in the negative
congratulated him on escaping so ter
rible an infliction as the performance
of the new opera. “But apart from
the troop?” asked Gounod. “The
troop was good enough,” said the
critic, “but what could they possibly
do with such shocking music?” When
Gounod next met his candid friend
again, with whom he continued to
converse throughout the whole jour
ney without betraying his identity,
“Faust” had raised him to the high
est pinnacle of fame, and the de
nouncer of his earlier effort at once
recognized him, realized the situa
tion, turned pale and fled precipitate
ly.—London World.
The Printer’s Devil.
Aldus Manutius, a printer in Venice
to the holy church and the doge, em
ployed a negro boy to help him in
his office. The boy was believed to
be an imp of satan and went by the
name of the “printer’s devil.” In or
der to protect him from persecution
and confute a foolish superstition,
Manutius made a public exhibition of
the boy and announced that any one
who doubted him to be flesh and
blood might come forward and pinch
him to make sure. The mistaken
impression was removed, but before
this time the name “printer’s devil”
had been attached to the boy and
was thenceforth applied generally to
the boyish assistants in a printing
office. —Chicago Herald.
Milk as Food.
Dr. Bond, in the “Journal of the
British Fan iers’ Association, ” strong
ly advocates the increased use of
milk and its products as food. He
says that it is possible for a man of
average weight to keep himself-, m
good condition by the daily consump
tion of about half a gallon of milk
alone, and with bread and other far
inaceous food of course less milk
would be required. Then from a
monetary point of view Dr. Bond's
argument is that more can be said in
favor of using separated milk than
whole milk. For the feeding of young
children, however, he deprecates the
use of separated milk.
Albert Kdward’s Hat.
The latest story about the Prince
of Wales comes from Vienna. In the
Hofburg theater in that city aristo
cratic subscribers have the privilege
of visiting the greenroom, in accord
ance with a custom dating back to
1720. All visitors must remove their
hats, however. The Prince of Wales
visited this greenroom, but did not
remove his hat, whereupon one.of
the chic young ladies of the bjlet
stepped up to him and said, “I ,W-c
not ask you to remove your
but I must ask you to remove^ r ,r
hat.” The hat was doffed irX. e
stant. —Vienna CorrespondenlLj r g|j u en
An Indignant Advertisement Py
One gets many a glimpse ofj ai
edy and comedy from a peru&r p;
the little advertisements, parti
ly those coming under the clasj
tion known in England wspapei
“Agony Column.” The fol'?J a t ) ®'
indignant announcement is m
from the London Times: ?tsd;..
“Should this meet the eye P 5 n
lady who got into the 12:30 ti usual.
New Cross station on Frida.'ld 11
13, with two boys, one of whor Amt
evidently just
illness, she may be
that three of the four
wiw
with the ~y you.
the fourth is f
lations wou'd
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Brooklyn Eagle.
Overcoming His Temper,
Prospective Mother-in-law—BAce
you marry my son I want to tell Jtu
now that he has a frightful temper
Prospective Daughter-in-law—Ch,
that's nothing! Mamma will ewe
him of that. I used to have a fright
fully bad temper myself, but mamma
cured me of it.—American Industries.
s»PJpaper man, evi
den earo us of the Irishman's rep
utation as a maker of bulls, took the
trouble some years ago to look up
the German record in this line.
Among others, he found in the pub
lished works of certain Teutonic
writers the following curious exam
ples: “Among the immigrants was
an old blind woman, who came to
America once more before she died
to see her only son.” “After the
door was closed a soft female foot
slipped into the room, and with her
own hand extinguished the taper.”
“Both doctors were unable to restore
the deceased once more to life and
health.” “The Ladies' Benefit asso
ciation has distributed 20 pairs of
shoes among the poor, which will
dry up many a tear.” “I was at the
table enjoying a cup of coffee, when
a gentle voice tapped me on the
shoulder. I looked around and saw
my old friend once more.”—London
Figaro.
Artistically Addressed.
The London Daily News-says that
Hans Schliessmann, the well known
Vienna caricaturist, sent half a dozen
letters to artists and authors of his
acquaintance, writing on the en
velope only “Mr.,” and then adding
a tiny sketch of the person in ques
tion and the designation of the quar
ter of the town in which he lives.
All these letters arrived without de
lay, giving a brilliant testimony to
Schliessmann’s art as a caricaturist
and to the brightness and alertness
of the postofflce staff.
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bian Exposition ; the regular price
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thing to be prized. It contains full
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we will refund the stamps and let
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The Doctor’s Story.
Canon Mac Coll quotes a remark
able case related to him by a physi
cian who had been a pupil of Sir
Charles Bell, the-eminent author of
“The Brjdgewater Treatise on the
Hand. ” Sir Charles used to tell the
following story to his class: “A
surgeon who went over the field of
Waterloo after the battle found a
man lying with his scalp cut off by a
saber stroke. He picked up the scalp,
and finding the man breathing,
though unconscious, he ordered him
to be placed among the wounded,
clapping at the same time the sev
ered scalp on his head in order that
it might be buried with him, for he
did not expect that the poor man
would recover. The following day,
however, he found the man conscious
and his scalp adhering to his head,
but with the ends reversed, for the
surgeon, thinking the man was dy
ing, took no pains to fix the scalp
properly. The man recovered, but
had to wear his scalp the wrong end
forward. ” —London News.
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to those who wear them. Dealers who push the
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which helps to increase the sales on their full line
of goods. They can afford to sell at a less profit,
and we believe you can save money by buying all
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Catalogue free upon application. Address,
W- L-. DOUC4JLAS, Brociton, Mass. Sold b?
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DENTIST.
C'IROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib
y oral amount of patronage solicited.
Office, room 3, Gordon block, up stairs.
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DENTIST,
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Office at residence, Cor. Spring and Sycamore
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Satisfaction guaranteed.
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taining useful information both for the trucker q
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CHARLIE CASTLEBERRY. TOM BURNSIDE.
NEW FIRM!
Castleberry & Burnside,
.(SUCCESSORS TO M. I). HUDSON.)
Cor. l\£si]plo & OCi uLrolo. Sts.
32Jc«.10i-!SS Xxa.
DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS,
Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Factory Thread a Specialty.
Brogan Shoes only 50 Cents.
WE HAVE A GOOD LINE STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES.
Everything* usually found in a first-class Store, at panic price s.
We are prepared to supply our customers with first-class goods at as
reasonable prices as can be found in the city.
We respectfully solicit your patronage.
CASTLEBERRY & BURNSIDE.
jiokm Office Fnrnitupe go.,
Manufacturers of
SCHOOL, CHURCH, AND OFFICE FURNITURE.
Schools and Churches Seated in the Best Manner.
OFFICES FURNISHED. » SEND FOR CATALOG.
G. W. WALKER
Makes Vehicles that the world can’t
beat for fine workmanship, durability
and low prices.
IF YOU WANT
A Carriage, Buggy, Wagon, Hack, or
anything that travels on wheels, you can
never get better suited-than at G. W.
Walker’s,
<3sniiie»ville 9
liepnii* AVoi’R n Spoeially.
GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
C COMMENCING Oct. Sth the following schedules will be operated. All trains run by 90tli
) Meridian Time. The schedules are subject to change without notice to the public.
Read Down. Read Up.
Train Night , Day , Train > STATIONS. Train Day , Night Train
No. 11. expr’ss mail. No. 27. No. 28 No. 12
500 pm 11 30pm 11 58am 740 am Lv Augusta Ar '.)2spm 1 LOpin 5 I.">ain 755 am
5 34 11 53 12 21pm. Belair 103 4 52 7 15
550 112 04am 12 23 !8 19 1 Grovetown 853 12 55 441 701
004 12 16 12 46 I\ Berzelia .... 12 46 429 I 6 47
6 14 12 25 12 54 8 38 Harlem 8 34 12 31 4 20 6 38
624 12 35 103 !8 47 I Dearing 825 12 25 410 628
642 12 52 121 902 j Thomson 808 12 OS 353 610
6 52 103 1 31 .... Mesena 1155 am 3 42 6 00
701 1 10 142 921 Camak 750 11 17 3 .V, 551
709 119 151 928 j Norwood 743 11 39 326 544
725 135 207 942 | Barnett 729 11 23 310 5 ;«i
7 38 1 48 2 21 9 54 Crawfordville 7 19 II 09 2 57 5 19
800 207 247 Ilolspm| Union Point 700 10 45 232 ,5 00
,3 43 445 11 57 Covington 501 845 12 51
4 08 5 11 12 17 Conyers 4 40 S 21 12 31
I 5 30 615 J1 15 Ar Atlanta Lv 340 720 jll 15
' 3 45am 142pnilI Lv Camak Ar 11l 40ani|l2 56am
|3 55 151 j Warrenton 11 31 12 45 !
i 4 25 2 11pm | Mayfield 11 08 12 19
.... I 438 228 ': Culverton 10 54 12 00 ....
ji Devereux p 0 29 pl 19 |
I 6 57 345 II Browns ' 937 10 10 ;
|7 09 358 I Haddocks .... 924 I 9 53
a m: 235 pm Lv Barnett Ar. 20(ipm O.'sOaini 6 55pini
I7 55 pl 50 300 I Hillman 134 904 629 ....
.... 10 55ain 8 20 2 47 Lv Union Point Ar s'>pm KidVjni I, 10pm
111 08 8 33 2 59 Woodville 6 36 9 54 5 59
II 37 8 50 3 11 Jlnxeys 6 15 It 3S 5 40
112 15 pm 908 335 Crawford 513 918 517
12 44 9 28 3 53 Dunlap 5 26 9 01 1 59
1 15 9 45pm 4 10 Ar Athens Lv 5 <M» s 40 1 40
I 8 10 ■ Lv Union Point Ar .10 00am
i 8 32 Siloam 9 3,
]8 55 I■ Ar White Pi.iin-. I.v 915
All the above trains run daliyL Sleeping Cai-s bet ween Atlanta and Charleston, lugusta and
Atlanta, Augusta ami Jlaeon, on Night express.
,/. IF. GREEN, A. G JACKSON,
General Manager. General Freiht and /‘ass. Agent.
JOE. IF. WHITE, Traveling Pass. Agent,
723 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
WellTyes;
Follow Your Leader !
Do Like the President Did!
A JAKE close calculations. Then sav, “We want W. Jay McDonald S
31 Patent Fire and Water Proof Cement Roof Paint <>n our roofs
of the cotton factory at Gainesville, Ga. Please send us 1 Bbl. ;>0 to 52
gallons and we will apply >t ourselves.” “All right, .Jay said to Dr. Grei n.
This is the way to "have all your roofs and brick walls made fire and
water proof, and last for years longer and at about one-half the expense.
It is an undisputed fact that there is nothing to equal’ this wonder. Pat
ented the 30th of May, ’B2, and No. 258,663.
—av. .uvy McDonald
Is the owner of the most of the United States, and occasionally one
Can buy an interest in a State. It beats other hard ways oi making
Big Money.
See him for Paint or territory, at Gainesville, Ga.
His son, Charles Cee, will wait on you. Also have it put on all your
roofs at low figures. See him.
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Uuw ness. all drains and lo>s of power in Generative Organs of either sex caused
v< vV I by over exertion, youthful errors, excessive Um* oi tobacco, opium or stlni-
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F or sale in Gainesville,Ga., by Dr. E. E. DIXON. Druggist.