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FERTILIZERS AND OILS
Commissioner 0. B. Stevens’
Monthly Talk to Farmers.
Partial Review of th" Work of the Ag
ricultural Department to Date.
When I first dame into the agricult
ural' that toepub-
lie demands required that we should
have a perfect record of all the acts and
doings in this department, so that the
people at all times might be able to get
such information as we could furnish,
or that the public might desire, I inau
gurated a thorough system of bookkeep
ing, by means of which this information
could be readily obtained. For want of
sufficient means with which to do the
work of the department, we have been
handicapped to some extent. However,
the records are in suoh shape that any
matter pertaining to this office can be
fully and perfectly understood, and
every item that comes into the depart
ment or goes out of it is fully accounted
for. I believe that the public is entitled
to know what this department of the
state government is doing.
ON THE QUESTION OF FERTILIZERS.
Having had some 80 years’ experience
in the use of fertilizers, and having
some knowledge of the ingredients
which go to make up these mixtures, I
have done my best to see that consumers
should be thoroughly protected, as is
now provided for by law. With this
object in view I have visited in person
a number of the larger manufacturing
establishments and examined the crude
material, to satisfy my sei r that it was
such as would produce good results, and
was suited to the purpose for which it
Was intended—that of supplying the
elements of a wholesome crop food.
These personal inspections have been
thorough, and I hope have brought
about good results. Early in last Feb
ruary I published in the press of the
state the following article:
“Upon the question of fertilizers there
has heretofore been great complaint
among the people of the state—espe
cially from the consumers—that the
inspections and analyses of fertilizers
were not complete, and that the plant
ers were not properly protected by this
department. Now, whether there has
been any reason for this general talk I
do not know; but in order that there
may be no ground for suoh complaints
in the future, I have fully made up my
" mind, as far as it is possible for this de
partment to do, I will inspect all of the
fertilizers and have analyses made of
the same. With this in view lam now
getting up samples from ail parts of the
state where goods can be found, and I
have urged the inspectors to be diligent
in making their inspectious, in order to
get proper and correct samples, that both
the consumer and manufacturer may
be properly protected.
“One other thing. I invite all of the
consumers of the state, aud retail agents
who are selling to consumers, that when
they desire an inspection made of fer
tilizers in their hands, if they will make
such a request of this department, I
will have an inspector to go at once,
take samples aud send them to this de
partment, when an analysis will be
made.
“In making such inspections it is proper
to state that in no case will they be
made from broken bags or packages.
When a sample is taken from a package
it must be in its original condition.
This is the law under which we'are
working.
“As a matter of fact, the consumers of
fertilizers pay all of the tax on fertiliz
ers sold in this state, therefore they are
entitled to full and ample protection;
and, so far as this department is con
cerned, it will be my pleasure to see
that all safeguards are thrown around
that the law allows. No manufactu
rer will object to this. Honest manu
facturers and dealers are willing to have
a true and correct inspection and analy
sis made of their goods.”
The above has been strictly complied
with. Hundreds of special samples
have been sent to this department, and
in every instance the analysis has been
promptly made and the result mailed to
the party at interest I trust that the
methods adopted by me have brought
about good results and that the farmers
and consumers feel that they have been
amply protected by the Department of
Agriculture in this particular, for it has
been my most earnest desire to see that
suoh should be the case.
lam clearly of the opinion that the
multiplicity of brands of fertilizers is
wrong and misleading. For instance,
we have registered in this department
some 1,300 brands, when in reality we
should not have over ten grades of fer
tilizers. Ido not believe that guanos
should be sole by brand, but that they
should be sold by grade, for the very
teason that the multiplicity of brands
now on the market create confusion and
are calculated to mislead the farmer.
We have so much law upon this ques
tion that it is difficult for the manufact
urers to conform strictly to all require
ments, and, in truth, it is difficult even
for this department to construe these
laws.
THE QUESTION OF OILS,
This department has charge of the oil
business of the state. I have the ap
pointment of the local oil inspectors.
These inspectors are required to inspect
all oils that come into the state. They
are required to reject all oils that do not
come up to the test required by law of
120 degrees Fahrenheit, and to make
monthly and quarterly reports to this
office, showing the test of each ship
ment of oil that is permitted to go to
sale, and to remit the moneys belonging
to the state to the state treasurer. I
have kept a perfect record of all the
acts and doings of each inspector in
Georgia. Looking to the more thorough
inspection of oil sold in this state, and
believing that we should have a better
grade than was then being sold, so early
as last winter, when the legislature
was in session, I requested that body
to permit me to appoint an oil
inspector for the state at large, whose
duty it should be to overlook the work
of the local inspectors, to see that
their instruments were in proper condi
tion, to see that the methods employed
in inspecting oil were proper and uni
form, as recommended by the state
chemist. In addition to this, it would
be his duty, acting in co-operation with
the iocal inspectors, to see that every
tank, barrel or package of oil that came
into the state was properly inspected and
branded before the same should be per
mitted to go to sale. While I make no
charge or insinuation against either of
the oil companies now doing business in
this state, at the same time I conceive it
to be the duty of this department to see
that none but pure oil is permitted to
go to sale, in order that the life and
property of the people shall be fully
and amply protected. Entertaining
these views, I urged the legislature to
pan the bill refbred to; but for some
reason it failed to receive the sanction
of that body. Therefore, I have been
forced to rely entirely upon the local
inspectors and upon my personal efforts
to see that the requirements of the law
are complied with. The result of these
efforts have been shown by the letter of
the state chemist to me, and by the or
ders subsequently issued by this depart
ment, all of which will be found else
were in this monthly talk. I have been
as diligent as possible in protecting the
people, and in every way that I could
under the present law, which I re
garded as defective in many particu
lars. However, the people from now
need have do fear that any spurious oils
will be sold in this state. During the
present month I have seized and con
demned about 750,000 gallons of oil,
at different points, careful analysis
by the state chemist and oil inspectors
in those places having shown said
oil to be below the safety test required
by the laws of Georgia. The refiners
have been notified to bring said oil up
to the legal standard, or else remove it
from the state, and I shall see to it that
this order is strictly enforced. I have
made it a personal duty to see that the
various inspectors of the state inspect
properly and scientifically the oils that
pass through their hands; and I hope
when the legislature meets it will give
us such laws as will more fully and am
ply protect the people in this state.
THE CROPS.
I regret to say that in many parts
of our state we have had no rain for
from eight to nine weeks, and
in some sections the corn crop,
it would appear, will be almost a
failure. The cotton is quite small,
but with good seasons from now on we
may have a fairly good crop. I
urge our farmers to commence at the
earliest moment to save all the
forage they can, in order to he)pout the
short crop, and early in the season they
should put in plenty of oats and wheat,
that it may not be necessary to buy
feed stuff next spring and summer.
In conclusion, let me again urge upon
the farmers of Georgia to continue the
reform in our system of farming. We
should by all means raise everything
possible that is used upon the farm, at
home, thereby making our cotton crop
a surplus. Let us make one more des
perate effort to raise our own provi
sions, and compost our own fertilizers,
and breed our own stock, and just so
far as possible pay cash for everything
we buy We cannot afford to buy pro
visions at time prices, and raise cotton
to sell at the present market value. This
means ruin to the farmers and will hold
in check the progress of our entire
state You will note in each commu
nity that the farmers who prosper are
the corn raisers, the men who raise their
own supplies and make cotton a sur
plus crop. I, therefore, earnestly urge
you to adopt this system and provide
on your farm the things that are used
at your home. When we have accom
plished this we have reached the point
of prosperity, and not only will the
farmers be benefited, but every class of
people in Georgia.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
Children and Dirt.
The mother who would have her
children healthy must not be afraid
to have them occasionally dirty.
While cleanliness is akin to godli
ness, there is a clean dirt that comes
from contact with the sweet earth
that is wholesome. Have the little
ones bathed frequently, insist that
they come to meals with immaculate
hands and faces, but, between meals,
have them so dressed that they are
free to run and romp as they will.
An over-careful mother of an only
child complained to a physician that
ber baby was pale and delicate. He
asked to see the child, and the nurse
brought in the two-year-old from the
veranda, where he had been seated
on a rug, looking at a picture-book.
H*s dainty naiasook frock was spot
less, as Were also the pink kid boots
and silk socks.
“What that child needs is whole
s'>me dirt,” was the physician’s ver
d.ct. “Put a gingham frock and
plain shoes on him, and turn him
loose on the lawn or in the fresh
earth. If he is not rosy and happy
in a month let me know.”
At th a expiration of the prescribed
time the baby was transformed. The
eyes that had been heavy were bright,
the skin had acquired a healthful
glow, the arms and legs were plump,
and the languid, tired little patient
had become a rollicking boy. The
freedom, fresh air, and clean dirt
bad, in a month’s time, wrought a
greater change in the child’s system
than all the skill of the medical fra
ternity could have effected.
Mothers who take their little
school boys and girls away for vaca
tion should let them romp at will
out of doors, fish in the brook, ride
on the hay, and wear strong shoes
and clothing of which they need not
be too careful. A child is much
happier if untrammelled by too many
“don’ts.” And the mother is happier
too if she need not say “don’t” every
hour in the day.—Harper’s Bazar.
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you how to find out if you have kidney
trouble. Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y.
REJECTED OILS.
Emergency Report of the State
Chemist on Olis.
Atlanta. Ga., July 3. 1899.
Hon.. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of
Agriculture:
Dear Sir—During the past winter and
spring you sent several of our newly
appointed oil inspectors to me to be in
structed in the use of their instruments.
My attention was in this way called to
the very crude and ancient instrument
which we have been using for testing
oils in Georgia for many years past,
and also to the very bad, and unfortu
nately worded law on the subject now
on the statute books of the state. Sus
pecting that the methods in use were
giving us but little protection from un
safe oils, during a lull in the enormous
volume of fertilizer analysis we have
been doing, I suggested that you order
each of the inspectors to send me a sam
ple of oil to test, together with the re
sult of their tests. Accordingly, under
date of May 24, you sent each one a cir
cular letter ordering them to do so. As
I fonnd opportunity, I tested all of these
oils carefully, and found my suspicions
confirmed. There were notable differ
ences between my results and those of
a number of the inspectors. These dif
ferences were sufficient to throw some
of the oils even below the dangerously
low limits prescribed by the statute.
Your inspectors are not to be blamed
for these differences, but the law itself,
and the instrument used, which is pre
scribed by the law. The instrument
used is known as Tagliabue’s open
tester; it consists of a small glass vessel,
which is immersed in a copper vessel
containing water. The water is heated
by a small alcohol lamp, which trans
mits its heat through the water to the
oil Now. the law prescribes just how
the test is to be made as follows: “Heat
with alcohol, small flame; when the
thermometer indicates 90 degrees Fah
renheit remove lamp, at 95 degrees try
for flash with small bead of fire on end
of string, held within a quarter of an
inch of the surface of the oil. Replace
lamp and work oil up gradually from
this point, until the burning point is
reached, removing lamp every four de
grees and allowing oil to run up three
degrees before replacing lamp, flashing
oil each time just before lamp is re
placed, until result is obtained.”
Evidently the author of the above be
lieved that “language was designed to
conceal thought. ” Let us suppose the
inspector making his test and following
the strict letter of the law. Let us sup
pose that he has brought the oil up to
a temperature of 116 degrees and has
tried for flash without result, he re
places his lamp, following the strict let
ter of the law and waits till the tem
perature reaches 120 degrees, when he
removes the lamp and then waits till
the temperature reaches 123 degrees be
fore he tries for flash again. We have
here an interval of 7 degrees, at any one
of which the oil may have flashed or
burned without the inspector, who
tracked the law closely, being aware of
it. Evidently this is nonsense, and can
not be the meaning of the law, because
the law also says “no kerosene or fluid
of any sort, the fire test of which is less
than 120 degrees Fahnpnheit, shall be
sold within this state,” and yet, accord
ing to the formula prescribing the exact
way in which to make the test, it would
be impossible to detect an oil, the fire
test of which lay between 116 degrees
and 120 degrees Fahrenheit, the legal
limit. Again, what does the “fire test”
mean? Does it mean the “flash” point
or the “burning” point of the oil? It
cannot be settled except as against the
consumer, from the language of this
law; evidently the flash point is the
point of danger, or the point at which
inflammable, explosive vapor is given
off; and yet the law says “work the oil
up gradually until the burning point is
reached, flashing the oil each time, un
til the result is obtained. ” What re
sult? Manifestly the burning point.
Now if this law was not drawn by the
attorneys and chemists of the oil com
panies, it might just as well have been.
Nothing whatever is said in the law
about the necessity for avoiding drafts
of air, which might blow away the
vapor from the surface of the testing
cup before the operator could apply his
flame, no caution to the operator to
avoid breathing upon the surface, either
of which accidents would cause the oil
to appear better than it really was. I
mention these as some of the reasons
why no blame should attach to your in
spectors, if their results varied a few
degrees from mine, or for that matter
even if they passed almost “any old
oil” that might be put upon the market.
The investigations of the British gov
ernment, of Dra Chandler and Elliott,
chemists for the New York state board
of health, have demonstrated conclu
sively that the open form.of tester is a
wholly unreliable instrument, and that
a closed tester, imitating as nearly as
possible the conditions which obtain in
an ordinary lamp, is the form which
should be adopted. Elliott, after trying
all the various forms of open and closed
testers in use, finally settled upon a
form of closed tester which gave him
the most uniform results, and which
was adopted by the state board of
health of New York. The New York
law recognizes the fact that the flash
point is the danger point, the point at
which explosive, inflammable vapors
are given off. It says nothing about
“Fire test or burning point,” but adopts
100 degrees F., in a tester like a lamp,
as the limit below which an oil shall
not flash. I have made tests of some 30
different oils from different parts of the
state by our own tester and also by the
New York state instrument, and my
results fully confirm theirs. Only two
oils out of the 30 examined would be al
lowed to go to sale in the state of New
York. Many of those which would be
rejected in New York as unsafe and un
fit for public use would not only pass in
our state, but would be regarded as ex
tra good quality. Some of our oils, also
Tonight
If your liver is out of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of
Hood f s Pills
On retiring, and tomorrow your di
gestive organs will be regulated and
Jou will be bright, active and ready
or any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOOD’S PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. 25 cts.
in the New York instrument, at the or
dinary temperature without the applica- •
tion of any heat, would emit explosive
vapor. There is a clause in our law
whicb .lays: “The fire test shall be de- I
termined by an inspector, who shall
use Tagliabue’s or other well defined in
stnument prescribed by the Commissioner j
o/ Agriculture ” Now, sir, I recom
mend that you take ad van tageAof; this
clause and immediately order the adbp- 1
tion atthe New York state instrument *
by'your inspectors. While it is true _
the law says nothing about your chang- '
ing the fire test of 120 degrees F., it i
does authorize you to change the instru- r
ment, and must, by implication, give f
you the power to change the tempera- 1
ture and mode of operation to that most <
suitable for the new instrument adopted.
I issue this, sir, as an Emergency Report
in view of the quantity of unsafe oil at
present on the market in Georgia, and
against which our present law and sys
tem of inspection afford the people no
tdequate protection. Between now anjj
the next meeting of the legislature I pro- ;
pose to go more thoroughly into the sub
ject than I have as yet had an opportu
nity to do, and submit to you a further
report and recommendations on the sub
ject. Respectfully submitted.
John M. McCandless,
State Chemist.
Atlanta, Ga., July 5, 1899.
By the Commissioner Ordered:
That the report of Dr. J. M. McCand
less, state chemist, having this day been ;
received on illuminating oils now being '
sold in the state of Georgia, it is ordered
that said report shall be spread upon
the minute book of the department.
It is further ordered that a copy of
said report, together with the attached
order, shall be sent to each inspector of
illuminating oils in this state.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
TO THE OIL INSPECTORS OF THE STATE.
Enclosed please find the report of Dr.
J. M. McCandless, state chemist, on il
luminating oils now being sold in the !
state of Georgia. You will note from
this report that he has good reason to I
believe that a large quantity of the oils
placed on the market are not up to the
requirements of the law now of force.
The fire test is 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
It is therefore ordered that you con
demn, seize and hold every gallon of oil
within your territory that does not come
up to the fire test as required by the |
laws of Georgia. When this is done,
notify this department at once, and
await further instructions as to the dis
posal of the same.
Yours truly,
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., July 13, 1899.
Hon. J. M. Terrell, Attorney General,
Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—You will please give me
yeur legal opinion on the following
’questions:
1. Have the local oil inspectors in
this state the right to find the burning
point in illuminating oils, or other fluids
offend fir sale in this state under the
pr»opt formula, at any point between
80 degrees and 120 degrees Fahrenheit?
3. iftas a local oil inspector the right |
to seize and confiscate oils, that are
offered for sale in. this state, where he
finds it in tanks held by wholesale deal
ers, when it is below the test required
by law? If not, please state what his
remedy would be.
3. Have I the right under the law to
change the instrument now in use,
Tagliabue’s, to some other well defined
instrument, for Instance, the oil tester
of the New York state board of health?
Please give me your opinion sepa
rately on each of these questions.
Yours very respectfully,
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
Attorney General’s Office,
Atlanta, July 13, 1899.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner of
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Sir—Replying to yours of this
date, in which you request my opinion
upon three questions relative to the in
spection of oils,-I beg leave to Submit
the f. 'lowing:
1.1 think that under paragraphs 1
and 2 of section 1588 of volume 1 of the
code, oil inspectors are authorized and
directed to find the burning point in il
luminating oils or other fluids offered
for sale in this state under the formula
prescribed therein at any point between
95 degrees and 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. It is the duty of oil inspectors when
they find oil in tanks held by wholesale
dealers below the test required by Iqw
to condemn sapie * n< l stamp upon such
tanks the words, “State of Georgia, re- I
jeoted,” as prescribed by paragraph 9
of section 1588, and place thereon the
name of the inspector and the date of
the inspection. I do not think an in
spector is authorized to confiscate such
oil, but it is his duty to prosecute any
person who sells or offers for sale such
rejected oil under section 607 of the pe
nal code, which declares that any per
son who shall sell or offer for sale re
jected oil shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and that the fine imposed
therefor shall be given to the public
school fund in the county in which
the offense is committed. The inspec
tor, however, may allow the owner of
such oil to raise the standard of same
up to the test required by law, but be
fore any rejected oil is offered for sale
a new inspection should be had show
ing that it comes fully up to the require
ments of the law. In case a tank of re
jected oil be so brought up to the stand
ard the owner thereof would be liable
for the fees for the second inspection.
3. Under paragraph 2 of section 1588,
oil inspectors are required to use Tag
liabue’s or other well defined instru
ments prescribed by the commissioner
of agriculture. Under this provision of
the law you have authority to prescribe
whatever instruments in your judgment
may be best to insure safe oils to the
people of Georgia.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Terrell, Attorney Gen’L
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., July 14, 1899.
ORDER NO. 12.
TO THE OIL INSPECTORS.
Whereas, on July 8 the state chemist
at my request made a written report to
this department, and said report has
been ordered to be spread upon the min
utes, stating, under the construction of
the law, as interpreted by many of the
oil inspectors, that unsafe oils were be
ing put upon the markets below the I
legal test of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. i
I It Is therefore ordered, under the ad-
I Tice of the attorney general, which we
1 herewith enclose to yon, that the follow
ing formula is authorized by the law,
! and that the same be and is hereby
adopted for your guidance in the fu
ture, and you will proceed to inspect
I under the same at once, and strictly en
force the law, as construed by the attor
ney general. The following is the
I formula:
I Fill the glass cup of the Tagliabues
instrument with oil to be tested, so that
the surface of the oil shall come within
; one-quarter of an inch of the level sur
face of the cup. The water in tl • bath
'Tnust surround the oil cup to oue-quar
i ver of an inch of the surface of the oil.
i The bulb of the thermometer shall be
just immersed below the surface of the
oil. You shall make tests in a room
I with all doors and windows closed,
i You shall avoid breathing against the
instrument while making the test of the
• oil. In filling the instrument with wa
: ter, use water of the ordinary tempera
! tnre of the air. Use an alcohol lamp,
' small flame, and heat as follows: Raise
the temperature until the thermometer
indicates 90 degrees Fahrenheit; then
remove the lamp until the residual heat
of the water carries the temperature of
the oil to 95 degrees. Then try for flash
with small bead of fire on the end of a
string, passing the string steadily and
with moderate rapidity once -back and
forth on a level with the surface of the
■sup just as nearly as possible one quar-
! ter of an inch from the surface of the
'-oil. Now, replace the lamp until the
! temperature is 99 degrees. Remove the
until the temperature is 102 de
grees. Try for flash and replace the
lamp and so on until you reach 116 de
grees, when you try for flash and re
! place the lamp. Then test for flash or
burning point at 117 degrees, at 118 de
grees and at 119 degrees Fahrenheit. If
the oil does not burn at either of these
points, remove the lamp at 120 degrees
! and wait until the temperature reaches
i 128 degrees, when a new test is made
and lamp replaced, and this procedure
i followed at intervals of seven degrees
until the oil burns, when the oil is
i branded at the exact number of degrees
; at which it burned.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
ORDER NO. 18.
TO THE OIL INSPECTORS.
By the advice of the attorney gen
eral, you are hereby ordered and di
i reeled to condemn all illuminating oils
f ftfcud in tanks in your territory which
are found to be below the legal test of
120 degrees Fahrenheit, and place upon
stud tank the following words: “State
of Georgia, rejected," and place thereon
your name as inspector, and the 4ate of
the inspection. You are hereby further
directed and required to see that no
such oils are sold, or offered for
sale, in this state, and if any be
; scM, or offered for sale, then
; to prosecute the person so selling,
or offering for sale, such oils, under sec
tion 607 of the penal code, which de
clares “any person who sells, or offers
for sale, rejected oil shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and the fine imposed
therefor shall be given to the public
school fund in the . county in which the
offense is committed. ” However, if the
owners of the said oil desire to do so,
tr ey may be allowed to raise the stand
all of *he same up to the test required
by law, but before any rejected oil,
after being raised, is offered for sale, a
new inspection shall be made, showing
that the entire tank of oil comes fully
up to the requirements of the law. In
case the tank of rejected oil be so
brought up to the standard, the owner
thereof will be liable for the fees of the
inspection.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
ORDER NO. 14.
TO THE OIL INSPECTORS.
Ordered:—That by and under the
advice of the attorney general, I am au
thorized and have the right, under para
graph 2, section 1588 of the code of
Georgia, to prescribe some well defined
instrument with which to inspect the
illuminating oils in this state, and upon
the recommendation of the state chem
ist cf July 8, it is hereby ordered that
the oil tester of the New York state
board of health be, and the same is
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drug stores for $1 a bottle, or from
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta,Ga.
C. H. WINBURN.
DENTIST.
CROWN and Bridge work a Specialty. A lib
eral amoun of patronage solicited.
OFFIOK. BOOM 3. GOBDON BLOCK. UP STAIBB.
A 2
sez tWEr Agricultural
° ill III] College
. Main Building.
DAHLONEGA, GA.
A college education in the reach of all. A.8.,
8.5., Normal and Business Man’s courses.
Good laboratories; healthful, invigorating cli
nt tc; military discipline; good moral and
religious influences. Cheapest board in the
State; abundance of country produce;expenses
from $75 to $l5O a year; board in dormitories
or private families. Special license course for
teachers; full faculty of nine; all under the
control of the University. A college prepar
atory class. Co-education of sexes. The insti
| tution founded specially for students of limited
i means. Send for catalogue to the President.
• Jos. S. Stewart, A.M.
hereby adopted as tho official instru
ment by which all illuminating oils sold
in this state, or offered for sale, are to
be tested, to take effect on Sept. 15,
1899. It is further ordered that each
inspector on or before. Sept. 15, 1899,
supply himself with such instrument
A copy of this order shall be mailed
to each oil inspector in this state, that
he may have ample time to provide
himself with this instrument Also, a
copy of this order shall be mailed to
each one of the oil companies now
doing business in this state, so that
they may have a- p time in which to
dispose of all 0i15,... this state that may
not come up to the test of this instru
meat.
. O. B. Stevens. Commissioner.
In Diarrhea Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine is invaluable. It gives Tone
to the Stomach, Aids Digestion, and
Assists Nature in carrying off all impu
rities.
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Admiral Dewey’s salary amounts
to $37.50 a day. President McKin
ley’s is equal to $131; cabinet offi
cers, the vice-president, and the
speaker of the house get $22 22 a
day, senators and congressmen sl3 90
and the chief justice of the supreme
court $29 a day.
t n Does Your ►;
‘ Head Ache ?
Are your nerves weak? ►
Can’t you sleep well? Pain <
< in your back? Lack energy? ►
► . Appetite poor? Digestion <
bad? Boils or pimples? <
These are sure signs of k
, poisoning. <
From what poisons? ►
t From poisons that are al- <
< ways found in constipated ►
bowels.
If the contents of the <
bowels are not removed from ,
, the body each day, as nature <
< intended, these poisonous ►
► substances are sure, to be 4
4 absorbed into the blood, al- >
ways causing suffering and ’
frequently causing severe
\ disease. .
k There is a common sense \
4 cure. ►
[AYErSI
LpillsJ
► They daily insure an easy
, and natural movement of <
« the bowels. k
► You will find that the use of 4
;« Ager’s I;
: : oarsaparina: :
< with the pills will hasten ,
► recovery. It cleanses the 4
4 blood from all impurities and ►
► is a great tonic to the nerves. 4
* Write the Doctor. \
, Our Medical Department has one ,
1 of the most eminent physicians In j
' the United States. Tell the doctor <
4 just how you are suffering. You
a will receive the best medical advice 4
. without cost. Address,
4 DR. J. C. AYER, ►
► Lowell, Mass. 4
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger Trains.
In Effect June Hth, 1899.
Ves. No 18 Fat.Ml
Northbound. No. 12 No. 38 Ex. No. 38
Daily Daily. Sun. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta, C.T. 75) a 12 00 m 4 35p 11 50 p
“ Atlanta, E. T. 859 a 100 p 535 p 12 50 a
“ Norcross.... 930 a 628 p 130 a
“ Buford 19 05 a 708 p
“ Gainesville... 10 35 a 222 p 743 p 225 a
“ Lula 10 58 a 242 p 8 10 p 250 a
“ Cornelia 11 25 a 300 p 8 35 p •
Ar. Mt. Airy 11 3) a 8 40 p
Lv. Toccoa 11 53 a 3 30 p 9 05 p 3 42 a
“ Westminster 1231 m 420 a
" Seneca 12 52 p 4 15 p *37 a
Central 1 46 p 5 02 a
" Greenville... 234 p 5 22 p 550 a
“ Spartanburg. 337 p 6 13 p 645 a
•* Gaffneys 420 p 646 p 725 a
“ Blacksburg .. 438 p 702 p 742 a
“ King’s Mt.. . 503 p 805 a
“ Gastonia 525 p 8 28 a
Lv. Charlotte .... 630 p 8 18 p 925 a
Ar. Greensboro 952 p 1047 p 12 06 p
Lv.Greensboro 11 45 p ... . ..
Ar. Norfolk 8 20 a
Ar. Danville .11 25 p 11 56 p 1 22 p
Ar. Richmond ... 600 a 600 a ... 625 p
Ar. Washington 6 42 a 9 05 p
“ Baltni'ePßß 800 a 11 25 p
“ Philadelphia 10 15 a 256 a
“ New York 12 43 m 623 a
~ Fat. Ml Ves. No. 11
Southbound. No. 35 No. 37 Daily
Daily. Daily.
Lv. N. Y.,P. R. R. 12 15 a 430 p
“ Philadelphia. 350 a 655 p
'• Baltimore.... 622 a 9 20 p
“ Washington.. 11 15 alO 45 p .....
lv. Richmond ... 12 Olnn 11 0) p 11 00 p
Lv. Danville 6 02 p 5 50 aj 610 a
Lv. Norfolk . . ~8~35~pi
Ar. Greensboro.. .... 5 15 a1...
Lv. Greensboro | 724 p 705 a! 737 a
AT-Charlotte .... >lO 00 p 925a 12 05m
Lv. Gastonia 10 49 p 10 07 a 1 12 p
*• King’s Mt. . . ' 138 p
“ Blacksburg .. 11 31 plO 45 a 206 p
" Gaffneys 11 46 plO 58 a 224 p
“ Spartanburg. 12 26 all 34 a 315 p ... .
“ Greenville.... 125 al2 30 p 430 p N<»l7’.
“ Central 532 p F _
“ Seneca 228 a 133 p 545 p a ’
“ Westminster 600 p ~ ’
“ Toccoa 3 IT a 2 18 p 630 p 805 a
“ Mt. Airy 712 p 630 a
" Cornelia 8 00 p 7 16 pl 6 35a
“ Lula 4 08 a 3 18 p 738 pl 657 a
“ Gainesville... 430 a 337 p 828 p 7 20a
- Buford 456 a! 840 p. 7 48a
“ Norcross 5 25 a' 915 p 1 827 a
Ar. Atlanta, E. T. 6 10 al 4 55 p lOOOp 930 a
Ar. Atlanta, C. T. 5 10 al 3 55 pl 900 p 830 a
"A" a. nt. “P” p. m. “M” noon. “N” night.
Chesapeake Line Steamers in daily service
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
Nos. 37 and 38—Daily. Washington and South
western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
Bleeping cars between New York and New Or
leans, via Washington, Atlanta and Montgom
ery, and also between New York and Memphis,
▼iaWashington,Atlanta and Birmingham. Also
elegant PULLMAN LIBRARY OBSERVA
TION CARS between Atlanta and New York.
Firstclass thoroughfare coaches between Wash
ington and Atlanta. Dining cars serve all meals
en route. Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars
between Greensboro and Norfolk. Close con
nection at Norfolk for OLD POINT COMFORT.
Nos. 35 and 36—United States Fast Mail
runs solid between Washington and New Or
leans, via Southern Railway, A. <fc W. P. R. R.
an<l L. & N. R. R., being composed of baggage
car and coaches, through without change for
passengers of all classes. Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars between New York and
New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery and
between Charlotte and Birmingham. Also
Pullman Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars
between Atlanta and Asheville, N. C. Leaving
Washington each Tuesday and Friday, a
tourist sleeping car will run through between
Washington and San Francisco without change.
Dining cars serve all meals enroute.
Nos. 11,33, 34 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars
between Richmo»dandCharlotte, vi 1 Danville,
southbound Nos. 11 and 33, northbound Nos
34 1
FRANKS. GANNON. J. M.CULP,
Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Traffic M’g r.
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C. ,
W. A. TURK, S. H. HARDV> iCK,
Gen’l Pass. Ag’t., Ass’tGen'lPass. Ag’L, i
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga, I
A SMALL SPOT
MAY BE CANCER.
1
■ UnOT Uini EBIT PBQCQ ÜBVE The greatest care should ba given to
nlUul VIULEnI UAuCu nAVE any little sore, pimple or scratch which
: shows no disposition to heal under ordin-
’ IDDEIDED AT EIDQT AC ary treatment. No one can tell how soon these
r ArrEAnCU Al llflu I Au will develop into Cancer of the worst type.
So many people die from Cancer simply be-
AAEQP PIMPI cause they do not know just what the disease is;
nICnC llnirLCui they naturally turn themselves over to the doctors,
ana are forced to submit to a cruel and dangerous
operation—the only treatment which the doctors know for Cancer. The msease
promptly returns, however, and is even more violent and destructive than
before. Cancer is a deadly poison in the blood, and an operation, plaster, or
3 other external treatment can nave no effect whatever upon it. The cure must
1 come from within—the last vestige of poison must be eradicated.
Mr. Wm. Walpole, of Walshtown, S. D., says: “A
JT' little blotch about the size of a pea came under my left
JW eye. gradually growing larger, from which shooting pains
, at intervals ran in all directions. I became greatly alarmed
■■ Wn aQ d consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it Cancer,
rE j Jbf an d advised that it be cut out, but this I could not con-
m XfSlfektf sent I rea d in my local paper of a cure effected by
V ® S. S., and decided to try it. It acted like a charm, the
* Cancer becoming at first irritated, and then discharging
1 ver y freely. This gradually grew less and then disoon-
tinued altogether, leaving a small scab which soon drop
-1 loslmk ped off. and now only a healthy little scar remains where
> what threatened to destroy my life once held full sway.”
Positively the only cure for Cancer is Swift’s Specific—
8. S. 8. FOR THE BLOOD
—because it is the only remedy which can go deep enough to reach the root of
the disease and force it out of the system permanently. A surgical operation
does not reach the blood—the real seat of the disease —because the blood can
not be cut away. Insist upon S. 8. S.; nothing can take its place.
S. S. S. cures also any case of Scrofula, Eczema. Rheumatism, Contagious
Blood-Poison, Ulcers, Sores, or any ot her form of blood disease. Valuable
books*on Cancer and Blood Diseases will be mailed free to any address by
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
DTT 170 D - WIIUMS’ IMDIAS PILE OIHTMEM HAS?.
I I H Wk Piles. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at ouce, gives instant relief.
I I 111 1 1 1 Every box is warranted. Sold by druggists. Sent by mail on receipt of price,
A 50 cents and §I.OO per bax. Wll.LlitlN MFG. CO.. Prop,., <lrevelni*4,
Ohio. For sale by John F Little Drug Co.
HE SELLS FURNITURE.
John Redwine
Can no'w Toe fouincL in tiie
Hudson House, next
door to Post-office, on
"W. Washington Street,
■witii tile
Most Complete Line of Furniture
Ever shown in this section, Consisting of Chamber Suits, Hall
Racks, Side Boards, Wardrobes, China Closets, Book Cases,
Writing Desks, Folding Beds, Ladies’ Desks, Sewing Ma
chines, Organs, Baby Carriages, Go-Carts, Etc. Iron Bed
steads of every description.
My Goods are new, and I will please yon in style, quality,
and price.
I can sell you a Sewing Machine from S2O up. Don't fail
to see me before you buy a machine. ;
John Redwine,
(iAINIIsMLLE, <JA..
PENNYROYAL PILLS—
I InlllllllVlfHß I ILbIbV omissions, increase vig-
of menstruation.” They are “LIFE SAVERS” to girls at
womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. No
known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harm —life
becomes a pleasure. SI.OO PER BOX BY MAIL.. Sold
by druggists. DR. MOTT’S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohia
For sale by John F. Little Drug Co.
W. J. & E. C. Palmour’s
Mitl Smiinier Offer.
To make ready for our large fall stock of goods we now offer every thing
in our dry goods department at greatly reduced prices, embracing
Men’s Clothing, Boys’ Clothing, Shoes of
every description, Hats, Dry Goods, Dress
Goods, Shirts, Underwear. Hosiery, Chil
dren’s, Misses’ and Ladies’ Slippers, and
Men’s and Boys’ Straw Hats.
We have the most complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries at whole
sale or retail to be found in this section of Georgia. See us before
you buy or sell, for we can and will save you money.
W. J. & E. C. Palmour.
SEND NO MONEY
GRAbcoiofriAimei wunoick iiwiuG machine “ ,I “' U I
nation. You can examine it at your nearest freight depot and I LJ
found p4»rfeetly satisfactory, exactly as represented.
equal to marhiues others sell as high as $60.00, and TH! 7
GREATEST BARGAIN YOU EVER HEARD OF, pay your
freight a-ent Our Special Offer Price $15.50
and freight charges. The machine weighs Z_—
pounds and the freight will avera-e 75 cents f r cxch bdQ
QiVE IT THREE MONTHS* TRIALS yoji • -n home.and
as w:H ret’iin your 615.50 any day you are not satisr -x. *e sell dis- BsMKCT I .' 11 2 I
•rrmi m .l.'» and rrad». of Sfwlne XaeiiinM .t SS.SU, t. >.OO. fll.OO. (f- B .
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X rnr DROP DESK CABINET BURDICK fH Kp B =
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BEWARE OF IMITATIONS I If
rertismfciits, offering naknuwa machines under various i.ameK, with B 5 J
rarinus inducements. Virile ■ome friend la Chieago and b*rs who are •
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S— —M THE BEST MAI FBI AL.
SOLID QUARTER SAWED OAK
PIASO POLISHED, one illustration xLows machine closed, (beaddrop
ping from sight) to be used as a center table, stand nr desk, the other
•pea with full length table ard head in place for sewing, 4 fancy
drawers, latest skeleton frane. carved, paneled, embossed and
decorated cabinet finish, finest nickel drawer pulls, rests on 4 cas
ters, ball bearing adjustable treadle, genuine Smyth Iron stand,
large High Ara head, positive four motion feed, self threading vibrut
ittle, automatic bobbin winder, adjustable bearings, patent tension
or, improved loose wheel, adjustable presser foot, improved shuttle
, patent needle bar. patent dress guard, head is handsomely decorated
mwM mA bMatlfklly NICKEL TRIMMED. , , ~
IANTEED »*• MMIM, BMtd.rable Md .e.mt .atoeten
r"n kMw. attMhße.t iifaraUhrd m 4 Mr Free Instruction Book tells
ivanyone can run it and do either plain or any kind of fancy wor..
p-RAWR’ BINDING GUARANTEE is sent with every machine.
BTC Vnil MfITUIMA to see and examine this machine, compare it
alb TUU RUIHIHIi wUh those your storekeeper rellsat $40.00
0.00. end then if convinced r«. are .ad., 554.00 te •40.00.
I r«w McM MMi Ue $15.50, w« TO Kkrtkl TOCB Ili-W If at My Uwe wllhta three ,M »7 yea ar.
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