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Banks County Journal.
VOL. 2.
NEW
H ARDWARE STORE
The Hardware business formerly conducted by Nunn & Eckles
Hus been purchased bv The.Maysville Hardware Company and
removed on West side jf J!ai| R-- .td adjoining Bacon & Cos
We have added many new features including
MACHINIST TOOLS , IRON HINES and FITTINGS, VAL VE>
e.c. We also have full line of Farmers -n \ Blacksmith Tools
including STOVES, PhOWS, HARROWS, IRON etc at
lowest prles. KTill be preprared to furnish at short notice anv
Special articles in our line liiat muy not b# in stock.
Bacon & Cos.
Who oecupiesjthe adjoining room vill.kcep on hand a full
lin i • 1 i Coi sisting of Dry Goods and
Groceries, Crockery, Gla ware, Shoes, Hats etc.
CJivc lisa call and see our prices,
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)ur Motto 111 ill* r.-. •:*?* a>V 'pnca 0 1 ' ' i:, l v<>u wi I
certainly be mirp.-i. .*.4 >on ■■ n ■ ••• on* .. ■ rices
and see our la:g • . -. . ■ ’.is, il>U '• liS, VAI U
CLOTHES GKirs. WiNUUv*' a HADES, I.ACE oUk-
TAINS, PICTURE FLAMES, WAR i'IC'U ’ES,
CARPETS MATTING, JEWELERY MILLIE
ERY, LADIES TOILET' and other fc uoda too
numerous >o mention
We sail Watches, Clocks,
Biojclos, Byciele Fixtures,
Slid repair?. Nice line of
Notions, and Stationary, also
Wall Paper. Coffins. Robes.
Burial Shoas an<l everything
that is to be feuud in a first
class undertaking establish -
ment
All the abeve goads at owe?
prices tha over betore.
Our line *f No'ivof, Stationary Bicycles and Bicycle
Repuirs (all kinds we ave closing out at trsl Cost.
We have the nicest line of Jewelery that has ever
been brought to “Ridge City.” We guarantee every
piece to give perfect satisfaction.
When you think about buying Millinery Goods,
Hats, Ribbons and Ladies Goods we are the people to
Beejjaboul them. Such prices as we are going to make
as soon as we return from market, in this line has
never been known. Ws iiinle all ladies to call aid sse
us before buying. We will save you money.
Our stock of Coffins, Bunai Robes, Burial Shoes is
complete and we have got the nicest Hearse in Banks
jacksou or Hall. We always give the very best at
tention to the Undertaking business.
We certainly understand our business and know how
to buy the best goods at the lowest prices. All of the
above goods is bought low and expenses are light, con
sequently we can and will save you money over any
other house within a radius of twenty miles of ur. We
mean business and will treat you right, so come and
give ns a trial.
We are also Agents for Milwaukee Mechanics Fire
Insurance Company.
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But the limiting season . on us and we can furnish you v..ih
Piwlols mid Ammunition
Reaper tb.'i * ever.
CVIJ anil examine our slock I Cook Stoves. We Lave a car load to selrc
from at prices iliat will aster,ieh you. We also can sell you the
furningPlovv, Cutaway Al, " : Acme Harrows
And the popular Tornado Harrow which is tbe greatest invention of th It 9
-entury cuts a furrows 24 inches wide and from sto 7 itches deep. Call
and see us.
BENTOfJ-ADASR Hardwar Go-,
Harmony Crov> Ga>,
In order to reduce our stock
down before Summer, from
now until J one Ist we are
going to offer Bedsteads,
Matressea, Lounges, Bed
Springs, Recking Chairs,
Safes and Trunks at ptices
BELOW ZEROW.
(isriie and see for your
self.
FARM WORK DELAYED
LITTIiK ACCOHI’LIMIKD AS YET
BECAUtE ok the ukcicst'
STORMY WEATHER.
STEVENS GIVES HIS OPINIONS
Agricultural Commissioner Writes of
Conditions In Georgia at Pres
ent and the Outl.ok.
Atlanta, March 1, 1899.
Since my last letter we have had most
unfavorable weather for farm worlt.
Hence but little has been accom
plished upon the farms during the
month of February.
The passing of the old year has car
ried with it a sad experience for many
of us, in our farming operations and
business transactions generally. The
new year was ushered in with the usual
good resolutions by our farmers; in fact,
the majority of ns are trying to do bet
ter in the future by correcting the mis
takes of the past. It is to bo hoped that
the present year will mark the begin
ning of what may be regarded as anew
era; that the smouldering embtrs of for
eign war and internal dissensions will
be amicably adjusted, and onr nation
will settle down to business once more,
with a future so bright that the average
mind will but partially comprehend the
magnitude of its results and possibilities.
The new year is remarkable in more
than one respect. It brings us not only
face to face with new and strange polit
ical questions, but the long hoped-for
prosperity promised us by the present
federal administration upon the settle
ment of these questions. During the
past five years we have traveled wearily
through a most trying period of depres-
sioir. Met cn all sides by discouraging
conditions, we have had many bard
shir . and set-backs, but much of it has
been our own fault. AVe have the rem
edy in our own bauds for many of our
troubles. Will we apply it, and apply
it now? As 1 see it, the remedy lies,
first, iu tbo farmer raising his own sup
plies at home, ample aud sufficient; then
raise as much cotton as you cau. When
your barns aro full, your mules will do
a good day’s work. Your cows give
milk, and your butter is sweet, rich and
of a golden hue. Your hens lay every
day, and your hogs are healthy and
prolific. But. when your barns are
empty, your mules have the lampers or
blind staggers, your cows have hollow
horn, the feathers cn your hens are
turned the wrong way, and your hogs
get lousey and have the mange..
I speak to the farmers from practical
experience. 1 was horn and reared in
Son'hwest Georgia, in the heart of tbo
cotton be'r I belong to your profes
sion, am one of yon, and I know
that no man in that section can
produce cotton at the present price,
to the neglect of his plantation
supplies. Ho cannot keep up his
farm, support his f.inily and educate
his children. You may rake the best
farmer in Georgia, let him adopt this
plan, and it will only be a question of
time—the end of that man will be bank
ruptcy. Do net misuuderstand me. I
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am not against the production of cot
ton as a product, because Georgia is a
cotton state, and we need a cotton crop
as well as other products, but not to the
exclusion of other crops. Therefore, let
me beg you, once more, to arrange and
diversify your crops, so that this fall we
may arrive at the gates of prosperity, to
see stretched peacefully before us the
broad, rich and sunny fields of industry,
laden with the golden fruits of con
tented toil—a picture, as well as a
reality, which all the people of Geor
gia will hail with joy.
There has been a great deal of com
plaint, in a general way, that the in
spections and analyses of fertilizers, af
ter all, have been unsatisfactory. I
have, there die, determined to make a
complete and thorough inspection of all
guanos, iu every section of the state.
To this end, if at any time a consumer
or retail agent may desire an in
spection of any brand of fertilizer, he
can, by giving notice to this depart
ment, have a sample taken by an au
thorized inspector, aud the same shall
be analyzed by the state chemist; pro
vided, however, that in all such cases
samples shall be taken from unbroken
bags or packages. The consumers pay
the tax on guanos,and it will be my pleas
ure to see that they are amply protected,
and it shall be done, even though it
take all of the fertilizer tax to accom
plish it. Ail I ask is the co-operation
of the farmers of Ceorgia.
In the face of a short corn and forage
crop the farmers generally, throughout
the state, had determined to sow more
largely of grain, but the weather condi
tions have been very unfavorable for
botn fall ana sprang seeding; hence the
acreage both for wheat and oats falls
far short of what we at one time ex
pected. The spring sowing of oars has
been seriously damaged, and in many
sections entirely killed. Of course, this
is a heavy blow to the agricultural in
terests of Georgia; but we mast meet
these conditions as test we can by sub
stituting such forage crops as are best
suited to our soil. I would suggest the
planting of an acre of sorghum, an acre
of rye, au aore of millet, an acre of oats,
an acre of early speckls peas for a for
age crop. Use the best land at your
command, with special earo in the prep
aration of the soil, and manure liber-
IIOMEII, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 23 1893.
| ally. You can increase or decrease the
siro of your lots as your needs may sug
gest. These crops can be cut in the
green state, as you may neod the for
age, and allowed to dry a day or so bo
foro feeding.
As farmers are from throe to five
weeks behind with thoir work, especially
plowing, many suggestions rnado in my
February talk will be applicable for this
month’s work—hence, I would ask that
you read again our last month’s "Talk,”
as well as the questions and answers
therein contained. Do not, in your
haste, plow your lands too wet—neither
will it pay to plant corn until you have
thoroughly prepared your soil for tho
grain. I would rather be two weeks
late in seeding my crop, with the land
well broken and bedded, taking special
care to put in compost or commercial
manure, than to plant the usual time
with the ground hastily and ill prepared
and tho grain and fertilizer ptrt in in a
careless manner. "What is worth do
ing at all, is worth doing well,” applies
with peculiar force to farm work.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
As to Onion Planting.
Question. —Will you please inform
me how many onion sots I will need to
plant one acre in onions? I would be
glad 10 have any information in regard
to onion planting, culture, harvesting
and marketing the same.
Answer. —The onion crop is regarded
as one of the most, profitable of the gar
den. It is usually grown from sets
sold in bunches in the green state; how
ever, many- gardeners raise their own
sets and save the expense of buying
them. This can be done by selecting a
poor piece of land, pulverizing the soil
with a plow, harrow and rake. It will
take about four pounds of good onion
seed to plant one acre if you have a
machine, otherwise, it will take a little
more if you use tho hand. Sow in row 3
about nine inches apart. Skip every
seven til row. This will form an alley
18 inches wide. As you want a small
bulb, sow thick. Take up the sets, say
about Aug. 1, well dried, place iu your
barn ioft, spread out not more than
four inches thick. When frost comes
cover with straw or hay about six inches
deep. Iu the early spring you have
your own sets for use.
As you want, now, the biggest onion,
you want tiie best soil at your com
mand. Broadcast and plow in well
rotted manure at the rate of 75 tons per
acre. Again, your preparation of the
soil must be thorough and deep, and
the land pur. iu perfect order. Plant
sets in rows 9 inches apart, leaving
ihe seventh row for an alley. Place
sets in the drills at the distance of 9
inches apart, pressing the bulb firmly
down, right side up. Close the rows
with a rak or ike foot. Roll the
ground well'and make it compact. As
soon as you cau plainly see tiie onions
begin to start up, use the hoe iu the
middle, aud where you can not use the
hoe, use the fingers in breaking the
ground around the plant. Two or three
good workings, if done at the proper
time, will be sufficient. It will take
from 6 to 10 bushels of sets to plant
an acre, depending upon the size of the
sets.—Sta.e Agricultural Department.
Points on Upland Kiev.
Question. —I want to plant a few
acres in upland rice. Please give me
some information on the subject.
Answer. —lt is a matter of surprise
that more upland rice is not planted iu
Georgia, as it is a healthy- food product,
liked by most people, easy to raise aud
productive in yield. Any land suitable
lor corn or cotton will answer for rice,
though new ground is preferable be
cause of greater ease of cultivation.
Prepare the land well, lay off rows 15
inches apart, use a good, complete com
mercial fertilizer at the rate of 200 or
;;00 pounds to the acre in the row
I and cover it so as to leave a low,
flat bed. When danger of frost is over,
open a shallow furrow and sow the seed
either in a continuous row. or what is
perhaps better, drop Si or 10 grains every
10 or 12 inches in the row. Cover
lightly, cultivate shallow, only being
sure to cut down all weeds and grass,
as rice is a tender plant when young
and is easily crowded out by any other
growth.
Harvesting should be done when the
upper half of the head is ripe. The straw
will then still bo green, and after cur
ing makes fine forage for horses and cat
tle. Cut and place the “hands” on the
stubble to dry. In 24 hours of good
weather it will be sufficiently cured to
tie iu bundles and house or stack.
Never tie iu bundles while the straw is
damp. The grain can be separated I
from the straw either by flails or thrash
ing machines. The great difficulty
with most farmers is the cleansing of
the hulls from the rice. This can oe
done iu a wooden mortar with a wooden
pestle, but this process is very slow and
laborious. Small rice mills can now be
bought for about S3OO, and there should
bo one in connection with every large
ginnery in tbe state. The knowledge
that rice could be cleaned for a moder
ate price would very much encourage
the growth of this valuable grain, and I
believe such mills would be profitable.
Ey planting and cultivating as di
rected, tbe crop should yield, with aver
age seasons, from 15 to 20 bushels to the
acre.
liico is the principal food crop of
more than 1 ilf the people in the world.
—State Agricultural Department
Tiff SAN JOSE SCALE
RAVAGES OK THIS AW KIT. PEST
IN GEORGIA ANl> HOW IT
MAY BE CHECKED.
ANSWERS TO MANY INQUIRIES
Department of Agriculture Supplies
luformutl.n on Subjects of
Interest to Kariners.
Question.—ls the San Jose scale more
dangerous m the south thau at the
north?
Answer. —This pest is much more de
| structive in the south than at tho north,
owing to the longer breeding and feed
ing season afforded it by the southern
climate. In Georgia, the scale lies dor
mant only about two months—from
Deo. 16 to Feb. 10—leaving it ten
mouths in the year in which to multiply
at a very rapid rate, and prosecute its
destructive work of sapping the life of
the tree. Even during the dormant pe
riod there ocme days warm enough to
revive the insects and sot them to breed
ing again.
In January, 1898, infested poach twigs
wero received from Danville, Ga., on
which living young wore crawling pro
fusely. On Feb. 14, 1839, specimens
were received at this office from Cairo,
Ga., and upon examination they wero
found to be breeding. On March 8, 1898,
I inspected an orchard in South Georgia
and found tho scale breeding freely on
plum trees. From this almost incossant
breeding and feeding it can be readily
understood that the San Joso scale is
more dangerous in southern climates
than at tho north, where the period of
its destructive work is cut short by the
cold of winter.
Again, the peach trees being more
susceptible to injuries of any kind than
almost any other orchard tree, and since
the peach is the principal fruit grown
in this state, we suffer more from the
ravages of the scale than other states
that grow apples and othor fruits that
are more resistant.
With us peach trees are entirely killed
in two seasons after they are first at
tacked! On April 80, 1898, I inspected
an orchard of 1,000 3-year peach trees
at Pine Oily, Ga., and after careful
search found only six trees infested
■with the dan Jose scale. No treatment
was applied to this orchard, and on
Nov. 16 of the same year I visited it
again, and found one-third of the trees
entirely crusted over with the scale and
m a dying condition.
In view of these facts, with other
similar cases, we must conclude that
the San Jose scale 13 much more de
structive iu the southern states than at
the north.—State Entomologist.
Raising “Broom Corn.”
Question. I have decided to grow
“broom corn” for the market.
Please give me all the infor
mation along this line possible.
Answer. —This plant is a variety of
“sorghum,” and a nativo of the East
Indies. The introduction of this plant
is attributed to Dr. Franklin, who, find
ing a seed oa a whisk broom that had
been imported, planted it, and from this
originated the culture of “broom corn”
in the United States. The average pro
duct of brush per acre is about 600
pounds. There has been produced from
very fine soil and locality as high as
1,000 pounds per acre.
As there seems to to no substitute for
broom corn brush, there is always a de
mand for it, and it is a crop that can be
easily cultivated. It is a profitable one
for the farmers to raise in those sections
to which it is well adapted.
Tha seed make very good food for
horses wheu mixed with oats. It is
also fine food for poultry after the
chicks are two or three weeks old, when
fed with other food. When ground
with our common Indian corn in pro
portion to throe bushels of broom com
to one of Indian corn, it makes good
food for cattle, hogs or sheep.
Generally speaking, broom corn grows
best where our native corn grows best,
and the preparation of the laud is similar
to that for corn. Good river or branch
bottom laud is best suited to this plant;
but any good land well drained will,
with barnyard manure, or a good fer
tilizer, make a good yield. The better
plan is to broadcast the manure, plow
and barrow the same so as to pulverise
the soil thoroughly. Plant in the drill
or in hills. The rows may be from
three to four feet, according to the va
riety to be grown; the dwarf varieties
iu three feet rows and tho larger varie
ties in four feet rows. The hills may
be two or three feet apart. When the
seed are sound and well-ripened, two
quarts will be sufficient to plant one
acre. Be sure to get good seed. You
can use the seed drills that will plant
small seed, or if only a few acres ore to
be planted, you can plant with the
baud. The cultivation is similar to
that of corn, only you have to use more
care and skill because of tho smallness
of the plant. Thinning should be done
when the plants are two or three inches
high, leaving five or six in the hill, or if
drilled, the stalks should be left three or
four inches apart.
As to the harvesting and curing of
the broom corn, I will take pleasure in
advising you later if you desire such in
formation. —State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Georgia’s First Cotton Mill.
Question.—Can you tell me where
the first cotton mill was established in
Georgia, also give mo any information
touching the early manufactories and
the progress of the same in Georgia?
Answer.— The first factory estab
lished in Georgia was built on the Oco
nee river, 4 miles below Athens, in the
year 18*47. This enterprise proved suc
cessiul, and was soon after followed by
many others in the same county (Clarke)
and in Green, Richmond and other coun
ties. From small beginnings these en
terprises have in late years developed to
considerable magnitude, aud with a pe
cuniary success that points to them as
agents of a most prosperous era iu the
history of our state. The splendid wa
ter powers of tho Savannah at Augusta,
and the Chattahoochee at Columbus,
could not long fail to attract the atten
tion of a people alive to their own inter
est and to the general welfare. Georgia
has great advantages iu this respect
over the New England states, which
have heretofore manufactured most of
the American cotton and wool fabrics,
but the dawn of a brighter day has set
iu, and we see from year to year capital
coming this way to our beautiful sonth
land. Manufacturers are now convinced
that the place to manufacture cotton
is on the ground floor where the cotton
is grown and produced, and sooner or
later, the whir of the < ittou spindle
will bo heard from the top of every moun
tain, a* well as from every valley iu our
beautiful Empire state of the south.
Here, we have no need of the middle
man or transportation Wages are much
less here than in the New England
states, the cost of water and steam
power is less, building material of every
kind is less, living expenses are less and
the climate is more favorable. Tho wheels
are seldom oiogged or obstructed by ico,
the consumers of our products are at our
own doors.aud for these reasons alone the
manufacturer of cotton must and will
come southward. There is still room
for greater strides along this line than
Georgia has made in tho past, and
yet she has done well.
Just how many organized cotton mills
there are now in operation, we are un
able to say, but more than a decade ago
we had more than 60. We also have
many wool factories, paper factories,
iron foundries, flour mills, gold quartz
mills aud stamp mills in operation, and
railroad shops, locomotive aud car fac
tories, carri.ge and wagon, boot and
shoe factories, and sash and blind facto
ries, we have in large number. We
have tanneries, potteries, liquor and tur
pentine distilleries and fertilizer facto
ries also without number.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Spraying For the Pest.
Question. —Owing to the continued
rains, I have been unable to spray a sin
gle tree since Christmas. How late can
I spray for the San Jose scale, and must
the per cent-of oil be diminishad as the
buds advance?
Answer. —Twenty-five per cent of
kereoseno is the strength to be used
against the San Jose scale during the
dormant period, and this can be used in
the spring until tho fruit, buds begin to
open. In the spring when the tree be
gins to grow it is even in better condi
tion to resist the ill effects of the kereo
sene. It is invigorated aad enabled to
throw off the oil that might penetrate
the bark. It is not safe, however, to
spray with any per cent while the trees
are iu full bloom. The kereosene would
burn the petals and injure the fruit.
After the bloom is shed the spraying
can be continued with a 16 per cent
mixture. A greater per cent would
likely burn the tender foliage. The 15
per cent strength will kill a large per
cent of the scale and check Its ravages
to a great extent. If the orchard has re
ceived the 25 per cent winter treatment,
however, it should not be necessary to
commence the summer treatment sc
early. Every favorable day up to the
blooming period should be utilized in
spraying Infested trees with the *6 per
cent mixture. It is important that
bright, sunshiny days be selected to ap-
EVERYBODY TRADES
WHERf MONEY WILL PURCHASE THEJ
BIGGEST VALUES.
NO SECRET
THERE MAY BE A SECRET ABOUT THE SUCCESS
OF SOME BUSINESS CONCERNS BUT THERE IS
NONE at
YARBROUGH i ECKLES’
IT IS A FACT
That you your Money will! Buy more Goods at OUR STORE
than at any other place, quality considered. This ts bo secret
and the people are findiug it out.
Our new Sping Goods
Are now coming in and the Prices are away down. Men’s Has from
25c to 83.00. Special drives in Me*’-, Women’s and Children s Shoes.
Tin and Enamel Ware too cheap to give away. Tobacco the bigger
ami best stock in town 21 different brands
Groceries at prices that will s, k ve you money at a tune when you
really need it most. Your wa ts met by
YARBROUGH & KCKLES,
. (SUCCESSOR'S TO J. D. YARBROUGH)
3laysviile ) - - Georgia
KO. 50.
PLANT LIFE, to be vig
orous and healthy, must
have
Potash
Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen.
These essential elements are
to plants, what bread, meat and
water are to man.
Crops flourish on soils well
supplied with Potash.
Our pamphlets tell how to buy and apply
fertilizers, and are free to all.
QERriAN KALI WORKS.
93 Nassau St, New York. ’
ply the treatment, otherwise the oil
may penetrate the bark of the trees and
injure them before evaporating.— State
Entomologist.
Spring and Summer Forage.
Question. The unprecedented fall
and winter prevented the farmers from
saving forage and sowing grain crops.
What shall we do for spring and sum
mer forage?
Answer.— lt is not too late to sow
the Burt or the White oat —can sow on
good lands (branch bottoms and well
manured plots) until March 11 with fair
success, but advise that farmers
should not depend entirely on oats for
forage. Our plan would be to plant
sorghum, (Early Amber is best) millet,
(German and Cattail) milo maize, Kaf
fir corn, whippoorwill peas, popcorn
and the early varieties of Indian corn,
on land thoroughly prepared aud highly
manured with lot and stable manure or
good commercial fertilizers that con
tain 3 or 3 per cent of ammonia, so as
to rush the crops and afford plenty of
stalk and foliage. The crops should be
harvested when they are in the dough,
cured as bay and fed to stock as hay or
fodder; or can be cut earlier and fed as
green stuff. After cutting off tbe crop
then plant peas, either iu drill or broad
cast, and thus renew the fertility of the
laud as well as produce provender for
another year.—State Agricultural De
partment.
Flushed Cheeks, Throbbing |Teia
ples, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost appetite
Sallew Complexion,
are warnings* Take Dr. M. A. Sim
mons Liver Mcdicide.
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DAhLONEGA, GA.
A college education in the reach of all. A.8.,
F.S., Normal and Business Man’s conrsss.
Good laboratories; healthful, Invigorating cli
mate; military discipline; pood moral aud
religious influences. Cheapest board in the
State; abandonee of country prod nee; expenses
from $"5 to 6150 a year; board in dormitories
or private families. Special license courssfor
teachers; full faculty of nine; all under the
control of the University. A college prepar
atory class, Coeducation of sexes. Thalnstl
tation founded specially for students of liailted
menus. Parul foe catalog-.s to the President.
Jes. S. &TKV*ax, A.M.