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io XHJS V ALtlH %■ on i cuii/a • f maovu JWf i »uu> ■aiinnniHBiim iiuimiimiuiiiiuii!iiiLiiiMiiiiiii ;iiiiuineiisaiMnR!i^i Thomas-Dekle Hardware Co., .... HEADQUARTERS . . . . J Hardware, Mill, Turpentine and Gin Supplies. Paints, Oils, Brushes Sash, Doors and Blinds. Buck’s Cook rig Stoves and Ranges, the very best. Crockery and Glassware. Ellwood Fence, the most popular fence on the market. The Ellwood is built like a bridge, braced, supported and tied. No stronger or more substantial structure possible. Ellwood fence will hold your h ogs, cattle, horses and poultry. We have all sizes in stock and can make prompt delivery. Come to see us when in the market for anything in our line. The Thomas-Dekle Hardware Company. HEADQUARTERS FOR FLLWOOD woven FIELD FENCE , ) On POULTRY, RABBIT AND LAWN FENCE. Absolute efficiency at ie?.st expense, soinch 'X'i CT. , ' VT\ practical fence that will *** ■ )sitively turn cattle, *2inch j\J \ f\ / \ f \ / ; ’ / 34INCH ’. 18 INCH V A pos horses, hogs and pips. A fence scinch 'V that is strong, practically ever- •cstitig, proven ^ thoroughly effi- , cient under every possible condition. EVERY ROD OF ELLWOOD FENCE IS GUARANTEED. If you want your fencing problems satisfactorily solved, call and see the ELLWOOD FENCE and let us show you for how little money you can get absolute satisfaction. ELLWOOD FIELD FENCe'(STANOARD*STYU^TaDE 7n‘six ft EIGHTS President Johnson Again Warns The Cotton Growers of Georgia. Atlanta, March S—President M. L. and hay and meat you will need for Johnson, of the Georgia division, S. next year and go to work In earnest Ihbuch a note o£ warning upon 1 to raise them. Yoy will find it the the threshold of the new cotton crop, : best Investment you have ever made, to the planters and growers who have Plant In hay and other cropB every their own Interests as well as those acre that will not raise at least one- of their state, at heart. Ilalf bal « nf cot,0, “' for in c<mon ' >‘ JU President Johnson said today: j know, It will not pay you. “Jsot me warn the cotton planters “Let me warn you against increas- of Georgia and the south that the cry lng your acreage on the iJea that of large acreage is the weapon with somebody else is going to reduce, which .the cotton bears are today The future depends upon you and Hooking to hammer down Ine price of your Individual efforts. Any other the remainder of this season's crop. j policy will mean, perhaps, a twelve The hears and the mills arc playing ! million hale crop and six cents a this card for all il is worth, but we pound with which to pay for $200 can, if we will, forco the price to fir- and $300 mules. The blame will rest teen cents by refusing to supply them* upon you. I wish to issiiw this note Blit w». cannot accomplish this if we of warning to every Georgian and to continue to supply the mills with cot- appeal to him for his own good, the t\>n from day to day. If this is done good of his family and fireside, for put the blame -where it belongs, up- good prices and success depend upon ; on those who sell, and not on the individual action of each grower. Southern Cotton Association. "l/ot me again impress upon the farmers of Georgia the importance of diversification. Sit down right right now and figure out what corn MILLIONS IN ATLANTA LAND. Alleged English Lord Claims to Own Block of Capital City Property. Atlanta, Ga., March G—The police had to deal with a remarkably case Saturday night when a man who claimed to be an English lord paid a visit to the barracks for the pur* pose of ascertaining the names of some of the prominent lawyers in the city. The man called at the barracks about 9 o’clock. He introduced him self as Sir George Stanford, apd said he believed he was owner of millions of dollars worth of property in the heart of the city of Atlanta He de clined to tell what parts of the city he owned, saying that he really did not know where It was locate!. “Lord Stanford” called at the bar racks and met! an officer Just outside the building. He said that he came from New York and was on his way to Florida to seek health. “I am a man of limited means" he said, “and I have just enough, money Thus only can we solve the problem. to take a tr| P to Florida. My father The association will do its part; will _ waa ^ an P e y ere Blridge, of you do yours? Schofield’s Iron Works, ,/ l ' , ..... MANUFACTURERS OF ,. > ' * j High Grade Machinery, I ; ' ,, *. « GEORGIA,: “M. L. Johnson, “President Ga D.tv. S. C. A. Defense to Conclude in a Week Then the Arguments Will Begin. Savannah March 6—Interest in the Greene and Gaynor trial doe* not abate In 8avannlh. There are etill crowde every day to hear the cate as it progresses. The government will probably finish its case this week and the defense says it may get through in a week.. .Then the arguments wl.’l conic. It will be a great legal battle. Juigo Samuel B. Adams w.ll make one of the principal speeches for the govern ment. He has not taken a proml* nrnt part In the cross questioning of the witnesses but he will be heard I^ancashire, England. My mother was Miss Annie Hamiltpn, whose an cestors were among the early settlers of Georgia with Oglethorpe. I have every reason to believe that grandfather settled where the pres ent site of Atlanta now is, and if this is true I may own many blocks of the city’s most valuable property I do not know exactly where this proper- ture that will attract attention. It ty may be but It may Include some will be a new role for Mr. Osborne. In °f *be sky-scrapers In the citj defense of mon accused of crime. Ac The lord Is~a blonde* solicitor general he la alwaya on the be of a nervous and excifabje dl* aide of the prosecution, but there ia position, no doubt that he will acquit himaetf The officers who heard the story well even if he doesn’t acquit his w ere inclined to believe the man’s dlients. story a myth, but he appeared to be The Jury is beginning to .show very much In earnest, sings of fatigue again and Judge He said that he would return to th° Speer will probably give them anoth- city after his sojourn In Florida and er address on civic duty during the that he would then retain a lawyer week...These >'k* by the court are J and push his claim to valuable pn> very helpful in their nature and the petty in Atlanta, jurors like them. ■.ai&tiBtsy, edj f.e TIP SAVE’ MONEY-AN iCDEAL DlREC^tflY'ft f T Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Oane Mills, Com Mills, Iron-Grinders, Shafting, Pol- leys, Boxing, Gearing, Iron and Brass Castings of every description. We are Original Inventors of the Turpentine Distillers Steam Pumping Out- We have lately equipped oar already extensive boiler shops, which now gives ns largest ca pacity of any manufacturers in the Sonth. We are headquarters for Steam Pumps, Inspirators, Injectors, Valves, Imbrioators, Wrought Iron Pipe, Boiler Tubes, Pips i ittings and Pipe Fitters’ Ma- terials. HE MANUFACTURERS J. S. SCHOFIELD’S SONS CO., Proprietors, Macon, Ga. g********** + * ~E ONLY FOUR * The wives of several jurors have from wjien the oratory begins. Mr. i moved to Savannah temporarily to W. W. Osborne and Col. P. W. Mel- be near their husbands.They get a drini will both make addresses for ! chance to talk to them occasionally the defense and they will be of a na-1 by the courts direction. Earnings of Southern Railroads The following report of the gross week of lalt year, an increase . of earnings have just been issued: $186,235. The earnings for the cur- AtiOntic Coast Line for December, rent year, including the week named $2,277265, as compared with $1,981,- were $27,365,882, a gain of $2,244.- 518 for the previous year, an increase 653 over the same period of the year of $245,747. The gross earnings for l before. the half year, were $11,524,970, a j Seaboard Air Line month of De gain of $1,020,150 over the earnings ' cember, $1,239,168, as compared with for the same period of the previous ' $1,120,399, a gain of $118,767. For yeaf; the current ye^r, $7,237,254, a gain Central of Georgia, th.rd week in of $653,334 over last year. February, $253,260, as compared with Southern Riilway, third week of $173,800 for the same week last year, February, $1,109,432, as compared a gain of $79,460. The groaa earn- ( with $824,964 for the same week of Inga since July 1 were $7,519,298, a , last year, a gain of $284,468. The , lu . pre . gain of $772,166 over the same per- ' gross earnings for the current year ;f uca act J? n . wou ^ be dls- iod last year. , including the week named were $34,- Louisville and Nashville, third j 329,076, as compared with $31,136,609 week l»\ February, $871,720 as com- for the same peried of last year, a pared with $685,485 for the same ! gain of $3,192,4C7. FIRST GUN FIRED. Senator Foraker Opens the Oebate on the Rate Bill. Washington, D. C., March 5th.— Senator Tillman reported the Hep burn rMlroad rate bill last week ani now the fight is on in the senate. Senator Foraker who is recognized as the ablest opponent of government rate making, was the first to make a set speech on the bill In the sen ate. He said that congress has not power to make rates and predicted that the Supreme Court will so hold if the question ever goes before it. Senator Foraker called attention i V to the fact that the committee which I recommended the Hepburn bill to j *** the House acknowledged that it was -f* unsatisfactory even to those who de- sire! rate legislation, and yet it was ! .i* now being demanded that the bill be ' J. d without amendment. He pre- OR. R M CARLISLE’S t L. & B. FOR LIVER AND BLOOD STOMACH AND KIDNEY CU,RES. . , RHEUMATISM IN ALL FORMS Backache, headache, tooth ache, inflammation of the kid neys, gravel, neuralgia, sore throat, diprheria, s p rai us, bruises, contracted cords, mus cles and stiff joints, cramp colic and cholera morbus, bil lions colic, chills nnd fever, bites of insects, reptiles au l mad dog«, croup, cakefl breast", suppressed menstrua tion, corns, fell ns. palpitation of the heart, piles, gouorrhea, erysipelas, etc. POU INTERNAL an.lJEXTKRNAL JUDGE CANN HITS AT JURORS. I SPIRITS MARKET IS STRONGER. *f ! I, USB. CARLISLE & CO. MACON, - GEORGIA Price, * 50 Cents ,. FOR 8AI.E by ... A. E. DIMMOCK’s PHARMACY. *’• + •:* appointing to the whole country as a well as an abdication of law making ' ! functions on the part of the Senate. ;**" I "The gross revenues of the roads. + are so closely calculated to meet . i Interest dividend and operating 1 ex-! * I ponses," ho said, "that a reduction -f* mill on the cost of trnnspor- 4. J Has a ton of freight per mile would * Savannah Judge Did Net Like Tone A Slight Advance Yesterday and : *0 reduce the aggregate as to make; T of Last Presentments. Some Sales Were Reported. I" Impossible for the roads to pay Savannah. March 0-Judge George Savannah. March 6-Thc spirits i s ' t ”e k; ai" a^fUrther “‘reducMon 1 ' 1 of — T. Cann, of the Superior court In turpentine market showed a little ad*liu mills per {on per mi!*' would \r his charge to the gran 1 jury /ester- ded strength at the close yesterday ! make it impossible to pay one <lol- Youngs island, S. C., terday paid his respects to the grand afternoon when there was a slight * lar of interest on their hor.b-! obll- jury which was recently discharged, advance In prices. The morning. !gations" That organization had criticised call was firm at 50 cents and the 4:30 j the officers of the couit for not nr- call was 59!i with a strong advanc-| r»,^ or resting keepers of gambling houses lng tendency. There were 25 casks ! b( £“ and those who keep their stores open sol i at that figure. , Mrs Winslow’* Soothing Svnn a?.1 on Sundays. i 'Rosins remained unchanged yes-j lions of mothers for their children | * nosr prapill Judge Cann said if the grand ju- ’ tordav from Saturday’s close. The (. J^lth perfect succes? 1 with the be-t km rors know these things should have In lifted somebo« Cabbage Plants G. S. & F. Railway. THE BEST ROUTE TO Macon, Atlanta, Columbus, Americus, Birmingham, Montgomery, Albany, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Palatka, Tampa and all Florida Points. Four Trains Daily Northbound. No. 2 Leave Valdosta for Macon, No. 4 Leave Valdosta for Macon, .... No. R Leave Valdosta for Macon, , No 12 Leave Valdosta for Macon, . Trains Arrive—Northbound. No. 2 Arrive Valdosta from Palatka, No. 4 Arrive Valdosta from Jacksonville, . . No. 8 Arrive Valdosta from Jacksonville, No. 10 Arrive Valdosta from Palatka, 0:45 a. m. 1:26 p. m. B:00 a. m. 1:20 p. m. :25 a. m. :10 p. m. :30 a. m. :05 p. m. Four Trains Daily Southbound. No. 1 Leave Valdosta for Palatka, No. 8 Leave Valdosta for Jacksonville, No. 7 Leave Valdosta for Jacksonville, No. 9 Leave Valdosta for Palatka, Trains Arrive—-Southbound. No. 1 Arrive Valdosta from Macon, . . . , % No. 3 Arrive Valdosta from Macon, No 5 Arrive Valdosta from Macon. . No 11 Arrive Valdosta from Macon, 4:50 p. m. 5:20 a. m. 4:45 p. m. 5:20 a. m. 4:85 p. m. 5:10 a. m. 10:50 p. m. ‘1:00 p. m. Schtdultt glttn abov* \art iubjtcl to chanat without notlct, andlttu tinu of arrival andi** oarturt of traitu U not guaranteed. ana l»*. Through Pullman Oars from Tifton, to Atlanta, Chattanooga Nash ville, St. Louis and Chicago all-the-year-round. Elegant Sleenina on Train No. 4 for Macon and Train No. 3 for Jacksonville P g ” Handsome Parlor Cars on Trains Nos. 1-7 and 8-2 Macon, Valdosta and Jacksonville. een Information as to rates, rentes, schedules, sleeping car reservations etc., will be gladly furnished upon application to ’ T. L. Argo, Ticket Agent, Valdosta, Ga. S, F PARROTT. V-P. C. B. RHODES G. P. A Macon,^Georgia. ' '* FOR SALE. so they market this morning showed no I 5^," ™d >dy. He . elded development. Sales of both | is the belt remedy for diarrhoea f* , evidently did not like the tenor of rosins and spirits are very light, the last presentments. I _ . ” “ “ * j Our ideal of a pestiferous man is The way of the transgressor often 1 one who waits until Saturday night leads to another's pocket. j to get his hair amputated plea«ant to the taste. Sold bv drug, i n** 1 * *' ^nt*. All orders *re r gltti In every p»rt of the world j “ffin Twenty-five cente a bottle. Its value •hipped c. o. D. when money doe. Is Incalculable. Be sure and uk fnt ' r“yl«rder. Addreu all order, to: Mra. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has 1 take no other. D. W. MAYER, BKiUFOR s T c Thert it no opium or other harmful mb- ittnce in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It may be given to a baby as confidently at to an adult. It ii pleasant to take, too, and always cures, and cures quickly. It is a favorite^with mother* of small children for cold* and croup.