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Ott Year, -* Months,.... iiREE Months,. : payable in advance. I'Wirt. Wests. 5 1 4 1; l 1 S i | f f if if 6 Jt ♦1 »2 IS fi $» 1 110 2 S 8 « j to 1 1* IS S -4 6 e jit . is 20 4 ft 10 | 1ft 20 2B 8 .0 15 26 30 36 10 IS 20 SO 39 40 . a ’ie IT 2? 82 ST 49 to IS rs IS : 38 40 50 j,» -» u 30 ! 1 “ 99 Paradise Park is 0De*bf the most 1 Popular places in town on Sunday evenings. The Guarantee Title Coumpany’s future is assured. The last dollar of the stock was taken yesterday. The Thomasville Base Ball Club will meet every afternoon at the col lege campus to practice for the match game in the near future. A rather strange coincidence hap pened at Mr. John I. Parker’s resi dence Sunday afternoon. Of the seven male persons present, all of them were named John. Architect Gunn has prepared plans for a two story brick stable for Messrs. Culpepper & Cox, of Albany. It will be the best arranged and most complete building of the kind in South Georgia. Married, on Sunday afternoon at ___c o’clock, at the residence of her mother, corner of Jackson and Love streets, Miss Talula Little to Mr v T. B. Scott, formerly of Virginia, more recently of Texas, Rev. A. W. Clisby officiating. H WHiT MEDICINES ABE MOST CALLED FOB 7 ** Iked tho reporter of an old drujwi,*t. £Dr. Pierce's preparations,” he replied. positive guar- T cose, ffivo (►roinntly ro- •tion, for all Dr. Pierce's preparatioi aw sold unc’ that they w atisfaction. 01 Rldod. .Hta * Favorite I'rcscription, f hose chronic weaknesses. nPrtous and lenutacmcnU peculiar to women, is used _mfaiunfr success njr-down iiensut'i oomnon to the sex, uud being perfect of tonic inidlein.-s builds The do- •eak buck, bcar- nand for it m constant, and ? am conversant 1th scon* of eases eun d by it.” Returning nfu-r a few moments’ absence, ho Tcnonibio wield-.- of the jicfltlo remark " •tho nutr.bor of Kirsnparillus and other, aU*l, a * bipod. ' * rtth scon* of Her a few m jx»tlo remarked, w and other, so- -v, .. - - leffion; but Dr. QoWen .MoUical Discovery out* oom ail and it is the only blood-puriflcr * tho many which | am nMftrori to keep u 1 outsells r shelves, that is f-unrantced t re in all cases for which it is roe money paid for it is refunded.” ‘ In the line of PUL,.” remarkod tho old g ‘ lead all r lomen. ’’tho little Supur-coated • Pellets •Ut tip br Dr. Pierce lead all others, both in mount of sales and tlic >n-n<-ral satisfaction hey Klve my customers.” Copyright, ISW, t.y Wom.D’s D turrli in tho Ilcnd hv the .. >r. Sukc’s «’aturrh Hcmedv " inild, Sontliiiur and h>-nIincr prot>ertli _es tho wor.'t eases, no matter of how tantlioR. Bv drutgisis, .» cents. SHUTS OFFERED J the flowers aud the passers by with a j Thfl LeConte Pear, wishiul look. “I was once a freeT' We publish below the report made man," he said, “and could walk j by Mr. M.' B. Waite, the government abroad. Now I am a prisoner and l expert, on the disease that has attack- nerer again can I breathe the pure c d the LcConte pear tree in this sec A Card. Mksmiw. Editors: To the prompt, well directed and almost superhuman work of my neigh bors and friends, white and colored, I indebted for an escape from a disastrous fire. To say that I appreciate in the highest and most comprehensive sense I heir great kmdness does but feebly •xpress my gratitude. I desire thus publicly to thank fach one present for their efficient help. Such acts of kindness touch the heart to the quick, and ennobles human nature. Iloirr. G. Mitchell. OF PURE GOO LIVER OIL an HYPOPHOSPHITES Mmostas Paiatoblo as Milk. *f. ‘.a'b" ?£.**mSS »4l il£j> Jl'nVjMhIj>« atlon of t'.i: oil will, the tiypophos- ibitOI Id Rfuaiteb!? as a flwh producer. Ferscas r.ipldly while taking It. 'SCGTr8r.lIUI.SfON in acknowledged by ' }?o Finest and Best prepa- l fur tho reli, £ and euro of r*OJ*. SCROFULA, - "WASTING i ” ACf ATiON, alio- in the v < CONSUL QrWE7AL i.MSUAO © ns rrrl ' OMIC COUCHS. • '\mgumptian, and : Jd '-'J all Druggists. JAMES MEANS $3 SHOE, Accord tug ( ,> y our h eeds. jSMEAN SUM REQUIRES UAME *4 "means »:ioe i»8toocfoi J. MEANS CO., Boston, fall liars of ilie above shoes for sale W OITY SHOE STORE- Tiiom^viHe. Ga. Commissioners’ Court The Board of County Comm ers was in session Monday. Commissioners Bullock and who were recently appointed by Gov. Gordon as a part of the newuBoard, (Col. Wright, Dr. Mallettelaud Jas. F. Lilly were the other appointees, ) were sworn in by Ordinary Mei rill. Considerable routine business w: transacted, and then Mr. Will L. Landruiu, representing the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, caiue before the body and made elaborate aid exhaustive explanation of the material used by his company up by an office for jailor, dining room and two cell rooms. The upper floor will have four iron and steel qagi for prisoners charged with ^rici crimes. The cages arc thoroughly entilatcd and are so arranged that the jailor can communicate with the prisoners without coming into contact with them. The plans as adopted •’will cost nothing, if the Pauly company secures any part of the work, and only S150 if the contract is let to other parties, The building will cost in the neighbor hood of 810,000. Col. Wright, as chairman of the committee in charge of the matter will advertise for bids under the plans aud specifications as adopted, said bids to be received until July 1st, reserving the right to reject any or all of them. Thomas county v soon have the best jail in the state, in the construction of prisons. The Pauly Company is the only one in the world that does nothing but build jails, and ns it makes a specialty of such work, great care is exercised in the materials used and in the sanitation and ventilation of its buildings. The Board adopted a plan submitted by Mr. Landrum, which provides for a substantial building, with two-story residence in front ami two-story jail in rear. The fir it floor of the jail portion is taken air of heaven.” It wor easy to see that he felt the shadow of the great change that is just before him, and for a moment his face wore tfe expression of unuL terable sadness When questioned by the reporter he talked freely of his crime, and while he professes to lie ready for the great change that awaits him, it was easy to see from the gloat ing, boastful manner in which he spoke of the murder of Long, that he feels no real sorrow for his crime. Will was born in Telfair county, Georgia, May 20th, 18G0. In 1884 he went to Florida, where he worked on railroads and in rafting timber. Last Septembq|4ie came to Thomas county and got work with Mr. Ed. Clay, who had a contract to furnish wood for the rack at Leb. He board ed with Walter Long, and he says that was the green-eyed monster that first caused unpleasant feelings be tween Walter and himself. He claims that Walter had made threats against him, and it was on account of these threats that he wreak ed such a summary vengeance. Will has never dissipated, and he says he never had anything like a se- difficultv before the one that terminated so disastrously to him. ‘ I killed him right,’’ said Will. This assertion was made, without the slightest semblance for what lie had done. The near approach of death has not destroyed Will’s love for the g'tod things of life. He eats heartily and sleeps well. He has sold his body to Dr. F. S. Dekle and is living on the proceeds. tion. Mr. Waite has given the matter an exhaustive study and his conclu sions will be read with interest by the public. It is proper to say that the orchard of Judge Fleming, of Baker county, was attacked by the same dis ease a few years ago, that it has entirely recovered, and that it is now in a perfectly healthy condj|jpn. The LeConte tree is one of wonder ful vitality and is well calculated to overcome the inroads of disease, as has been proven by those whcTbave been engaged in its culture in this section for years. "While the report of Mr. Waite is full and intelligently expressed, it is proper to say that our pear growers are not very uneasy, would be better for us, if we could say that the LeConte pear had immunity from disease,but as it has been demon strated otherwise we can only say it not serious, and former experience has demonstrated that fact. In response to several letters from pear growers and from the chief offi cials of the S., F. A W. Rail * ay, stating that an unknown disease was damaging the L.Conte pear groves of South Geor gia and North Florida, the writer was comniis.-ioned by the Secretary of Agri culture to investigate the matter. Ac cordingly i he writer Las been at work in he pear groves with microtcopc and capel. As far as the cau^e of the dis- :ase is cone-. rn<rd aaii-facury conclusions •ve been reached The information is given through this medium iu advance of aoy government report m account of the special present dtr*and f- r informa tion on this subject. Hop. Elwin Wil letts, he able Afsistant S cr-iary of Agriculture, who has charge of th-.- -cl) otitic work of the th pAituient L dci iiici "roll* of -mni vi mum «» •iriuk nr ex insure iu Malarii;! Regions, Will find lult'M SMJls i ho most Keaixi invalid. |TCry TSsem Fairly. YliroronM Itmiy. nurc blood. Klrnni- ~ and u< liecri iiltniu<! will ■ SOLD EVERYWHERE. Standing in the Shadow of the Gallows- Vv’ill Dibit, who killed Walter Long lust December, is in Thomas .iuty jail, wailing the execution of death sentence which was passed ou lii.n last April court. On the 14th of the present month, between the hours of 11 and 2, f5her~ ff Hurst will play the part of execu tioner in the final act of tho tragedy that, opened with the brutal murder, aud Will’s spirit will pass into the ;rcat unknown. {Sunday morning, while the church bells were ringing out an invitation to all the world to come and worship the great giver of all good, our re porter, through the courtesy of Sheriff Hurst, was permitted to interview the condemned man. Months of confinement have told on Will’s herculean form, and his bright inger bread color has faded into a cross between a bottle green and the color that makes the tallow dip. He came out of his cell gladly, after the chains about lus neck that confine him to the floor had been removed, and as be stretched bis almost gigantic limbs, to emphasize his temporary freedom, it was easy to 5ee that when in the full possession of his great strength, he had power to execute the villainy suggested by his low receding fore- head. Taking a seat At the window he gazed oat At the bright sunlight, James Miller.’ As the writer stood by the open bier of this venerable dead he felt that Id say truly: ‘'Here lies all that is mortal of one of Thomas coun ty’s oldest and best citizens.” He was born in Montgomery e< ty, Ga., March 27th, 181*. find was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Mil ler. Wheu a young man he moved to Florida, near the Miccosuki lake, and served in the Seminole Indian war. About 1840 lie moved to Thomas county, where he has ever ice reside d. In 1841 lie married Miss Aunie Jones, who died several years ago. He served in the Confederate service during our late war. The writer, ever since boyhood, has known Mr. Miller as a n^ghbor and friend. During all these years he lias known nothing but what was strictly honorable: nothing that could man tle the cheeks of his children with shame, but all that could fill them with conscious pride for a worthy an cestor. •He did not make a great noise in life, but quietly and unassumingly lie filled his station as father, husband and citizen; ,as near faultless as is per mitted to frail human nature. He strictly attended to bis own business and let other people’s atlairs alone, but a call of charity was never slighted. Hr was converted when quite young, and lived and died in the faith of th'. Primitive Baptist church. He has left a worthy posterity as a heritage to the county, and his sous and daughters have inherited the vir tues of their parents. well that a county can boast of such citizens as Mr. Miller; and though lie passed the Scriptural limit of three score years and ten, we can but resign him to a cold and silent grave with regret. May those who come after him con tinue to practice those virtues which bis life so potently taught. A Fkijim*. e ii.'.rmation you can con i' fficu-ty, ami ut.-,ure the . h. I) .r meir 1 Ac i. u - i-i.ii gtiji. is willhg to aid oai’k i p.-. p'. Almost a Fire. Sunday morning, a few minutes after n o’clock, fire was discovered in the roof of the kitchen of Capt. R G. Mitchell. The roof was destroyed.but no other damage was done. Neigh bors and friends did splendid service stopping the progress of the flames. The dwelling stood quite near, and would have been burned if the fire had not been stopped. -■ l : - -. .■ . Dampening Their Ardor. Some wag, with a knowlege of human nature, perpetrated a joke the “bould sojer bop” of Albany, the other day, by sending a bogus tele gram, as if from the sherifl of Berrien calling, calling on them, as the near est military company, by authority of the governor, to come down and arrest Jacob Young, the outlaw who had entrenched himself with arms and swore ho would not be taken alive. It is raid that the various reasons for not going were amusing to hear, but, after considerable effort, a corporals guard were obtained who were willing* to face the one outlaw. Fortunately, however, for the future prosperity of the company, the joke leaked out We dont blame the boys; they didn’t go into the thing for war, and they don't want any foohshnera. m- bum r ih. lu.uj t • u- <1 . spi cut ot>liga<:o to A w. It -Ifcay tor oppor-uu ikiog ihi- iovC'Uii'ation ihoroug: THE MALADY. The disease which is damaging the LeConte pear trees in S »uth G- orAasn d Norib Floiida is the genuine pear Might. It is the tame obfeure ar.d destructiv* disease that has been the bane of pear groriog in the eastern states lor nearly a century and that is now kuown to occur more or lets whtrever the pear is grown in the Fnited States. WIIAT 111 PEAR I1I.IOHT? The blight in the pear tree and a few other related fruits is a specific disease. It is the work of a microbe. In other words, it is due to a species of bac eria which Jives in the pear twigs aod bark as a true parasite and kills a-? a result of its presen • \ The terms “blight,” “rust” and “die tack"’ are often u-cd rather vaguely to Dime any of ibe diseases or injuries to vegetation. Bit in this case we arc dealiog with a spccifie disease which is peculiar to the pear and its allies. This is by no means the only dbcaso of the ptar tree. YonThumen, a German botani-t, enumerated twenty-three specus of fungi that are known to occur on the pear. 01‘ these the greater cumber are parasius which live at the expense of the pe n and arc more or less injurious Of these pear diseases caused by fungi cn'y fear have done sufficient dam- n United S ates to at tract attention. Preparations were made to study up the trouble in the L (Ante orchards in ease it ihou’d l* any one of these or something new, b.r the first stride o‘ the bseand tissue whioh was placed ueder «hc microscope revealed ■umbers of the characteristic microbrs of pear blight. Abundantly always tave the same result and the txternal characters of the dis- pronouuced as to leave no possible doubt. HISTORY. Probably no disease of plants has been ire discu-scd and written about than pear blight. The first positive record of the occuracce of this disease is on the Highlands of the Hudson in 171*3. The first American bock on fruit culture, published in 1817, contains a chapter on blight in the pear. Since that time there has been no end of articles in horticul tural papers, boohs artl journals, espe- ‘wily in recent years. All sorts of the ories and speculations have been indulged in by horticultural is ts and fruit growers concerning the cause of the disease. Tbe theories are usually as different as the individuals in whose brains they originated. Some attributed it to the ork of ineicts, others to freezio; frez n §»p. Some thought it was due to an over supply of £»p, while others to deficiency of tfi^aamc. But' it was reserved for Prof. Bunill, of the Uni versity of Illinois to discover the real cause of blight. This he did in 1880. Prof. Barrill’s remarkable discovery of the bacterial nature of thia disease for ever put an end to the wild speculations and theories concerning it and practically canceled all that had been written pre rionsly concerning the cause of blight. The observations of the ether writeri aa to mode of oecuranee and distribution still remain of value. In 1883 Prof. Burrfll published a name and discripticn mure comp leu-mss than had been dune* before, and as a lesult the proof that the microbes cause ti e blight is as perfect any biologic *1 dememtrarion can ever S'ill in the light of all these dis- veri* s tbe ooly remedy known is to cat it the diseased parts. EXTERNAL APPEARANCE. Unfortunately this is already too fa miliar to mioy . readers. In general the blight may be recognised as & rather eudden dying back of the ends of the oranches without any evident cause. The leaves shortly after the death of the branches die as a natural result, and the- dead branches present about the appearance as limbs that are accidentally broken cff. The freshly killed twigs present a rathtr blackened or more soggy and moister appearance than a broken twig. Frequently there is a gummy exudation given off. By far the greater number of the points of infection are the blossom spurs, neatly every instance the disease can be traced to a blotsom cluster as the start ing point. In the greater number of cases the fruiting spurs and tips of the branches are blighted, and that is all. In the more severe cases it continues to spread downward, killing the larger branches or even the whole tree. It fre quently runs aiound a large branch from a diseased spur and girdles it completely. All above this eventually dies, although the leaves may remain green for some time. The disease progresses on the main limbs only in the inner bark and cambium layer, this being the only vital part. It appears on the truuk and main limbs as dead slightly sunken patches. The woik of the previous year b told by the dead weather beaten branches. In by far the larger number of cases of dead twics and branches examined the disease had stopped progressing and x crack has formed between the healthy and di.-eas* d portions. The tree at once forms a layer of cork or bark over the heathy [art, thus healing up the wound, rkable case is frequently seen l the disease spread in larger on the trnnk in the inner bark, but failed to kill the cambium layer nex^ Here a new bark is se*n to he forming updermath the eld. The t the disease in nearly every in ns -topped progressing leads to f that no more damage will he don this year. The danger 6eems to be util the period for infection next spring THE MICROBE Of PEAR BLIGHT. Th*- m'crube which causes pear blight belongs to a group « f plantB which are i> e -nullesi of all oviug ihim-s. Further ‘han rLi-», it is one ot the smallest of its kind. Each individual is a nearly HpL’rial, MOlph-, Colorltbtt, Vegetable cell Ttti- microbe has nr appendages of any sort and no power of lucommion. It spr ads in the pear only by increase in rmuib rs. It is a very c tmmon error to think that hacierta are animals This is nor so. for th-y are plant cells wi h a cell Will of cellulose. Some idea of the almost infinitesimal siz- of th«se minute parasitn-: may be gained when it is stated ‘hat it would take over twenty thousand • f them placid side by side to reach an inch, and y t these little beings kill large pear tr*.ei. They linkc up in numbers what they lack in biz •. These multiply at a tremendous rate by division. A microbe absorbs a little ,ic: from the pear tree, lengthens htly and forms a c >nRtrie:ion in ddle. This gradually deepens until the original cell is completely l into two. These fall apart, each one to again divide into two, and i ind; finitely. This process gives them power of multiplication which is only limited by the food supply at band. crobc lives in the liquid contents of t’uc cells of the pear tre", appropri ating their substance and kill" tissue as far as he penetrates. The cells that make up the bark of a pea nearly a hundred times larger than tbe microbe cells. IIow the microbes get through the c 11 walls from one ceil int< tbe next one is not yet known. It L certain that they do get through and di the work of destruction, and the theory is that the bacteria secretes a ferment which di.-solves-or softens a portion of the cell wall, thus giving au entrance. The gummy exudation given off by the diseased limbs contains countless millions of the microbes. These, with many others from cracks in the bark, washed into the ground by rains. Many, and probably the greater number, remain in the twigs and were found by Prof. Arthur to be alive tbe next spring. These microbes may be made to grow in suitable nu’rient solutions outside the tis-uc-s of the pear tree. They grow and multiply in gieai profusion in broth from potatoes, corn meal and other vegetable sah-taners. Further, it is found that they develop iu an infusion of garden s.-il. This brings up the • juestion it to whether the microbe multiply in tbe soil in nature. Thi 1 question is not yet answtred. It is no known how the microbes get inside the tree in the spring. There is scarcely any doubt but that they get in from the air, or at least from the cutside. Prac tical pear growers and the few botanists who have studied this disease agree that the common method of gaioiog entrance is through the flowers Possibly bee* ■pread the diseasa from one flower to another, and perhaps the vbcid surface of the stigma in the flowtr furnishes a starting point. But this is theory. It is cot known just.how they get a" start, but one thing is sure, when they do get in they”make great mischief. Aa may be inferred from tbe above, there are two possibilities fur infection. First, from i he microbes left over from the year before and shed out from the dead nmbs or blown np in the dust. Second, from microbes which multiplied and to show at the point of inoculation in three days and by a week’s time the pear will be thoroughly full of the blight. The blight was also produced in part of the trials in the growing tipi, but the green fruit is much more reliable on account of the moisture it contains. Thia wm tried repeatedly and never failed in case of the green fruit. The tissues of the pear are the soil in which bese bacteria thrive, and puttiog them in there is like planting so many seeds. WHAT WILL KILL THEM. We have in the above then a pretty good test for the vitality of the microbes. Asa preparation and foundation for future experiments for a remedy, it was thought desirable to test the susceptibil ity of the microbes to certain poisons which are known to kill higher puasitie fungi. Accordingly preparations were made of some of the well known fungi cides which are used in spraying the grape-vine for the prevention of mildew and black rot. Tbe microbes were mixed up in these instead of water, and as a check, one was prepared in pure water. This material was then used for inoculation. The uninjured microbes readily produced the disease, and part of those treated to the fungicides were killed. Without going into the details of the experiments, which were conduct ed with cire, it may be said that the simple solution of copper sulphate killed even when as low as ] per cent, solution was used. Bordeaux mixture (a mixture of lime and oopper sulphate solution) and Eau Celeste (a solution of copper sulphate and amn^nia) of the nsnal strength, killed the microbes Solutions of Sulphuret of Potassium failed to kill below 2 per cent. The 2 per cent, solu tion did the work, however. The or ganism is thus shown to he reasonably susceptible to ordinary fungicides, and the question comes up : Can not the trees be sprayed with these fungicides in the way that grape vines are before the period of infection, and the entrance of the organism prevented ? The ex periment is certainly worth trying, ami it is hoptd that it will be. If successful, the treatment would not be exp*-nrive or mpractical. Unfortunately one mu> wait until next 8. ring before anything in this line cm b- tried. fer icw sperms of microbe. It u cow kcown to boUicLts cs Jficrococcn amyhu'jTK't Bcrriil. From 1SS4 to 1SS7 Prcf. Arthur, cf the New York Experiment Station conducted a very careful scries of experiments in the study of pear blight. He fully coTTitcravd Prcf. Bunill’i werk, acd discovered val uable new facia abent the di***«. Prof. Arttnr curled oat til cij enaenli wi'A \ peu it tlii due, tfce incmxd to the soil. raoDt^ixa blight abtiitciallv. By iaecalitiof* the pear blight disrobes hto mttable health; tana bE^lit no; bo produced uliSnoll;. ] ■ fieohl; blighted twi* be found with koifeino nmH quantity of water gnoi cutty of tho taicroboo wffl t washed oat iato the water. Thu tat bp wood for » nj oatubdory expel meat which toy oce cut try. By^Sp- ' a pia or a kai/p ' TIIE LECONTE TEAR. The history ot the introduction and pid spread of this superb^|>ear well known to most readers. The tree is remarkable for its vigorous and luxurious growth, its early lruiting aud wonderful productiveness, which must lie seen to be fully appreciated. The young pear orchards with tbei ertical branches heavily clothed ith dark green foliage and the olde; trees drooping under their immense load of valuable fruit form a horti cultural picture that is without a rival. On its merits thousands of acres of tbe best land in South Georgia and North Florida have been planted with this pear. Although -earecly ten cent, nave vet reached the he Ing age it is rapidly pushing forward one of the first agricultur ducts in this section. The tree has been ally the very picture of health, free from the Jsual pests of fruit trees. The orchaids have received care and attention that is commendable. In deed they are models of their kind. Previous to tbe present outbreak the Le Conte pear was considered to Ifc free from blight, and although it little down at present, it seems sa ly probable that the disease will do more than to damage the tree for a few years. AT TIIOifAHVILLE The blight was observed to be very- severe. Some orchards within a mile of the place were only slightly attacked and have a fine crop of fruit; others have nearly every fruiting spur killed. Many of the trees in dens about the town are badly af fected, so that they have scarcely fruit. But few trf^s at this plao< killed, and rarely is a large hr: affected. The disease here is mostly confine 1 to the tips of the branches and the fruit spurs, some trees show "ng two or three hundred distinct points of infection. As to the general result, a prominent shipjier of pears fiom this point gave it as*his opinion that there was a good half a icinity. If the disease should not continue next year the trees will ecover and no ]>ermancnt njury will emit. AT BOSTON, GA. Here the blight was the most severe yet seen. Most all the old trees near town arc dead or nearly so. The blight spread downward, attack the large liml* aud trunks, citbe killing the trees entirely or perma nently injuring it. Here, as elsewhere the young orchards are almost tirelv free from blight, although, as an exceptional case, a half dozen casta of the disease were seen in the nursery rows. There is very little fruit here except on the young trees just comin; into faring. AT CAMILLA. Hire *hc blight wu> also very sere re The disease behaved the same as it did at B>ton. Viliioz the large branches, sod frequently the whole tree. AT QriTMAN. This point seems to be on the outer edge of the affect/d area, only a few scattered twigs of genuine year blight were seen. AT MONTICSLLO, FLA. There is very little hH*tu at this place. No damage done, hot just enough blight to ny that the dbease has reach td that point. AT TALLAHASSEE. Daring the few hour* spent in search ing fer tbe dfaeare around this place, was oct found. A few diseased limbs were shown me, but no get nine pear Might. However,lam informed that at Lire Oak, Madison nod other points in middle Florida the daeaae has done any other stone fruit, although some dead twigs of the phua were examined which looked a little like blight. They doubtless died from some other cease Tbe disease occurs in all the varieties ot pear; some yean it is worse in aomevoi- eriee and some yeaxa in another. Where the KhfFer stood near diseased LeComes it was murines* affected than they were. On the otk& hand Bartlett and Howell in the same position seemed to be worse affected. OTHER PEAR DISEASES. While visiting the pear orchards in the study of blight another disease was frequently observed, and I was informed that it had done constem ble damage to some trees in past .WQI# It is known as the leaf spot disease. It may be recognized by small circu lar brown spots scattered over the leaves. The same thing on the fruit causes a scabby nasty appearance. The spots are scarcely an eighth of an inch in diameter, each one being the growth from a single spore, Wnen a leaf has very many of these 'spots on it it turns yellow and falls off. Iu this way many trees may be entirely defoliated by the end of June. These leaf sjiots are the work of a small par asitic fungns. It it much huger and higher up iu the scale than the mi crobe, but it is still very minute and not unlike this smaller lx:ing in its physiological action. That is, it is a destrover of vegetation. At Iloston four trees were seen suf fering aud about to die from a disease kuown as “root rot.” Tbe top of the tree presented a sickly yellow appear ance, alike all over with no local dif ficulties. In such a tree the cause of the trouble is usually to be found in the roots. L’pon digging^knost of the roots were found to be killed bv u fungus which had extended its del icatc net work of white mould-like threads over aud through them. TREATMENT. There is no satisfactory remedy io\vn for pear blight, The disease is mrely local, killing as far as it goes, jut leaving all below it healthy. Tbe method pursued by the growers of the North has been to cut out the diseased mbs below tbe dead part. This d«*es ery well where there arc ouly a few deac branches, but where blight is scattered over a tree ut a hundred diderent jKiiuts it is scarcely i>o«sible to do this. In young orchards aud those slightly affected this should be igorouly carried out. As far as nos ble, in all cases, it is advised to cut ut aud burn all diseased limbs. Be areful to hum up every limb, for, by > doing, you destroy the millions of tnicroliea contained in them, and len- u the chance tor infection next sea- BLIGHT IX OTHER PETITS. PttcittIj tk« mat fatal mfi m&*V tcnti it At«mw, tfct urit, tW Safaris cnbappkaaJfe O* wU Vmsm. HELL fa MITCHELL, M ITC Attorneys-at*Law, TboniMTUI*, JJANSRLL & MERRIU. Attornoys-at-Lavr anil InsurJ ance Agents. Tho&MvUW, • • • Oo0C|U OOcw—Ov»r Won't mot*. Q G. M. IXN'DON, Attorney-at-Law, TLamtanilc, ... Oso Prompt atomU<*a *i»«n to ol truttod to him. oaco-Ortr Watt’i tier*. <vn>er Jtckton atreeto. w. bruce,;m. n., Office, up-stairs. Cumst of Brood and Flstcher itml*. is-'awy] S. DEKLE, M. D., T. Office in Hayes Building. Rsoldsnce—Corner Collage orenut ou t Mat otto street. Telephone communicoUoa, No. Si fur al«h* MU. , TI M. Mc^MTOSH. - •. Physician A Murgeoti, Thoma«vfl2o^OoorflriA. J}R. JOEL B. COYLE i» i:\tist THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. omcE, Brood »t.. over l'lckotfa. Pianos Tuned Sc Music Taught. Prof. E. H. Baldwin Take, lof.i. Flute, njr the peopU * llv that tie M prepared to *t*e lea music, ..o (hour, VioU» ALn anil tune iuatrau.enta and guarantee the work fo 13 moat • a, keeping them at all times in perfact taa* Orders left at Geo. Fearn'a and Krid A t'«i- prompt attention. It seems to he the general experi ence of the peat growers of this region, if has also been in other states, tlmt the heavily manured and over-atimu- ated orchards are damaged more by the blight titan others. It is there fore deemed advisable to use ferti- with moderation. Ouly euough to keep up a moderately thrifty growth No doubi much is to he learned best fertilizer for this tree. With our present knowledge of pear blight the above treatment is all that can be done. After the microbes get started in a branen there is no hopes of anything ever being found to reach them beside cutting out. It seems probable, how ever, that some of the best fungicides may be sprayed on the pear trees be fore the period of infection in such a to kill the microbes when they fall upon it and thus protect the tree. There is little hope of any remedy be ing found except a preventive one. In the short period that has elapsed since the true nature of this disease was understood no experiments with preventive remedies have been tried. hoped to determine what the pos sibilities arc m ihis line by experiment next spring. It is unfortunate that the nature of the case makes so long a delay necessary. This experiment, if successful, would be of benefit not onlg to the people in this region, but to the pear growers of the whole country. THE OUTLOOi IIow-fTcch is this thing going to mount to? Is the question frequently Of course no one cio nay defi nitely. In other part* of the country where pear blight done damage it ha* ticco much mne during certain years than others. Like other plant throe yeari and then begins to disappear, perhaps to gain increase after a term ot years. There ha* been so called periods of epidemic of pear Wight which passed over. Certain cretards are always mere or less uninjured. It aetata reasonable to suppcee then that the preaent out break will not do more at tha moot damage the L'Oote pear grove*. There are thousand! oi ntinjured orchards and aull greater ttimbers cf young orchard* not ready to bear. Are thene ad to be etverdy bandied before the diaeaae i tbe dowoward tread? There is sriil good grounds for hope for tbe pear growers in two lines. First, teat tbe dsneaae will run its oosm ciminub m severity. Beeowd, •omttttiog may be found which will pre vent infection of the tree* and by proper attefttton pears may ha anrrenefnuy grown eves it the bught ahoald omua te. Tbe pear growers may rest an hat it botanical agrees eaa 4o anything towards e*rrysng out the second hne, no effort will be spared Co awmiffa fc. 3L B. Watte, Department of Agricuhure. Washington, D. G. Rev. R. 0- S. McNcaUc, _ th« Secood Congregaiioonl chords ai Sambndge. Coca* ban rrsgied far a remarkable reason. About a moeth ago be preached a sermoa is which be declared fas bchef that the Mn cf George Washington and the cherry tree is a myth. Later oo he aid thtt Gca, Grant wax sof ngrwrifn. Tie 1 •V1UK4C Berring & liter, THOMASVILLE, GA., mi* a Large m l (x>rapl«i«J»toca ot BURIAL CASKETS COFFINS, Both Metalic and Wood Ml aiMl s»«;ttwa if j>o» tfcoaul iml a*jt%t»g 169 Broad St. NIGHT 6ALL8. Inewsred by G. W. Herring, ism doors from Waverly IIoum, i)r by B. IV Walker, at bis residence Cor. Dawoou aod Clay 8la. *J-U ,«-TOt*f fr.'araUM trm f strew nwjprs tvznnc 54 r» <•«.//, I'lAwb, Aikw, o twin"* fFixint: »nS _ ot tbe *ti».! Iwum<4 • ot a Hsmti «4 Sfc’a !*••*— —. —_ 1n<» ot *4 ta«* ot ftcsubO*. 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