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lira Weekly Times-Enterprise,
THDS1ASVU.LE, GA.,
John Triplett, Editor and Manager:
Saturday, A pail,15, 1893..
Russia has another famine on band
In the m.dst of life we are in debt.
The gsnate will, in all probability
adjourn this week.
Ben Russell landed his postmaster
in Bainbridge, We told you so.
Spring poets are b addiog out. And
the waste baskets are handy.
The way of the transgressor, and of
the office seeker, is a bard one.
Cleveland spent Sunday with Am
bassador Bayard at the latter’s home
in Delaware.
Keep to the right, and don’t leave
the middie of the road far. In this
course there is safety.
That was a pretty long shot, but
well aimed, when an aerolite hurled
irom the sun, hit old John Brown out |from Boston.
They are Coming. j
That great corporation, the Illinois
Central under the head: Where. To
Locate New Factories, has issued an
interesting pamphlet. It urges the
location of cotton factories near the
fields where the staple is grown. Re-
ferriogto this pamphlet the Augusta
Chronicle s$js:
> 4 It speaks too of the immense
strides the South has made in this
particular industry within the past
few years and “the end is not yet”
It were useless to deny the statement
that ultimately the total product of
the South’s cotton fields will bo man
ufactured in the South. True it is si
question of time, but the ‘'competi
tion” that *'i3 the life of trade” will
compel all who desire to engage in
cotton manufacturing to seek the lo
cality where natural conditions ex
ist, tending to reduce expenses on the
one hand and increase revenue on the
other.”
Chicago, April 9.—Listeners in
the office oi the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company were this
afternoon tieated to an entertainment
The entertainment
: Stantonisms.
The editors may joke as they please
about the crinoline, bat they cannot
deny that it’ ‘ covers the ground.”
In the stood time that’s a-cornm’
There will be a tax cn dogs—
A male without a mortgage
An’ a farm that raises hog?.
“Well,” said the editor to the dy
ing delinquent, “how do you feel
about the future?”
“It’s bright—all bright!" gasped
the delinquent
**I thought so,” said the editor.
'In about fifteen minutes you’ll eeo
it blaze?” C ;*•
The Brunswick Times pays this
compliment to a great American
statesman: Mr. Bayard will sail
in about a month for England. Nev
er have the Uuited States been repre
sented at tbe court of Su James by a
more cultured, dignified gentleman
than Mr. Bayard* As a diplomat be
is second to no man now alive and
through all the years of his career as
a politician, his record is so pure that
even slander does not dare to throw
its pison at him. ^
'' in Kansas-
Some of the disappointed office
seekers at Washington doubtless
thinks that the shortest pole knocked
the persimmon. Maybe so.
It is said that Bascom My rick is
not on drinking terms with the Sec
retary of the Interior. These, at
least, are exterior appearances.
A number of Southern governors
will meet in R chtnond to-day. Their
object* is to foster and further the
interests of tbe south. A moat lauda
ble work.
“What is the greatest accomplish
meat you know of? ’ said the talkative
young man. “To say nothing silent
ly,” replied the young woman.—Wash
ington Star.
The summer girl is budding. She will
soon hie away to the resorts, where
hearts will be ruthlessly crushed. The
summer girl will have a great many
nels are still on the
Washington. Count
are ahead of some of
them. They may reach home in time
to pitch a crop.
> —Rev.
Georgia Co
ragged edae
Brunswick
J. D. Chapm.i
been caVcd to
congregation i
Golden, res:.-!
The goven
wi'l be well c<
liquids after
should then in
marks to the t
hna.
Klhngion, t
, April
Miiledgeville has
ch by the Baptist
t ice Rev. E. Z. F.
was given by Mrs. May Barker, of
England, and a relative of Sir Richard
Grenville, in the main office oi the
company at Boston, ghe sang and
recited a number of selections which
were beard in the Chicago office,
1,200 miles distant, with perfect dis
tinctness. Mrs. Barker gave first
The Knowing Bird,” which
warmly applauded by her far distant
audiepce. Her second performance
was the imitation of various -b rds,
and she closed the entertainment with
‘The Birds’ Singing Lesson,” in which
every note came over the wire with
much clearness as though the
singer was in an adjoining room.
Chicago, April 9.—President
Cleveland will touch off the World’s
fair May 1 in the presence of from
100,000 to 150,000 people. The plan
to have the opening exercise in a
small ball has been abandoned and
the ceremonies will be held at the
east front of the administration build
This will be connected with
Machinery ball, so that Prerideot
Cleveland will only have to step to
the speaker’s table to touch tbe but*
ton. The new p'an furnishes many
oportunilies for picturesque effects. It
is proposed to mass all the electric
launches, gondolas aud other water
craft in the barin in front of the Admin
istration building. Thousands of spec
tators can get a liue view or the
platform from the watir front.
snarl. T
ot Watso
Four
World’s i
day. A
and the i
terday.
oi South Carolina
iped for dispensing
: 1st of July. He
some familiar re-
rnor of North Caro-
>n, the great leading light,
: p'-iog Tom Watson, is nos-
:.d ov„t the state trying to
rmlri into anoiher polmcii
He farmers have had enough
1 and Ellington.
housand workmen on the
air buildings struck ou Mon-
pei.ci has b en patched up,
tea went to work again yes
'l rouble, however, 5* s likely
Fort Valley, Ga., April 10.—
Mr, Thurman, of Forsyth, passed
through our town accompanied by
his little daughter, “baby Vivian,
who is the musical wonder of tbe
world. He hna been to Perry where
she has had an exhibition. “Baby
Vivian” is six years old and weighs
oply thirty-four pounds. She plays
100 pieces on the piano, many ot
which she composed herself. She
knows no notes.
OsawAtomie, Kan., April 9.—An
aerolite fell near this town yesterday
afternoon, striking the monument ot
John Brown, or better known as“Os
awatomie Brown,” as he was some
times called, erected to him by private
subscription, originated by Horace
Greeley in 1863. The meteor broke
off the lelt arm of the statue and p*ss
ed through the dome and nave in 2
slightly southeasterly direction and
through six feet of clay just west of
the crypt, stopping only at bed rock.
Experts say the aerolite is composed
ot pelium, a metal known to exist
onlv in the sun.
Commenting upon President Cleve
land’s over-run of work the Atlanta
Herald says:
Mr. Cleveland is workiog himself
to death. From early dawn to late
at night he is beseiged by the hungry
horde, and for absolutely no good.
We see that a few nights ago he sat
up ti!l 3 o’clock trying 10 keep up
wi*li his work. It is useless wearing
out one man who is to shape the
great ideas of the 'government and
making of him an overworked clerk.
The new railroad from Japa to Je
rusalem is only fifty-three miles long.
Passenger trains make seventeen
miles an hour. The rails came from
England, the ties from France, the
engines from Philadelphia, the cars
from France and the heavy work was
done by Arabs and Egyptians. The
road is not likely to yield a profit
f jr a long time to come.
The republican papers are charging
that Cleveland is giving too many
offices to the south. Keep cool, gen
tlemen, the democrats are running
this c reus. You are not in it. Keep
away from the canvas. Don’t be
caught peeping under or something
will happen just behind you. Tickets,
please.
J rk Sp id n *ia» let the cat out of
hr • d iold the grand jury all
b* u wi'o got the money from the
Gate Guy bank. It will be remera-
btred that Red wine gave the whole
thing away to Spalding. And there
are many shaking in their boots
Atlanta.
Enforcing tha Home Rule Princiole.
From the Pfctvaix (Ariz.) Gazette.
Secretary Smith laid dowu the law
in positive term3 to an Oklahoma
delegation which called on him the
other day with a candidate for Uuited
States marshal. The secretary asked
htm'if he-was a resident of the territo
ry, and, oq being answered in the
negative, said:
•‘ThenT will not recommend yon,
sir.. We of the south have suffered
too much from carpetbaggers to in
flict such -a . scourge oa the ‘west
There "may be need of some excep
tions^ in a new territory, but I will
not make them till I have found that
the territory does not contain a : resi
dent competent to hold office."
By hokey, Hoke Smith is . going
or the sca-ps of the republicans. A
dispatch from Waslurgton .says:. In
Secretary Hoke Smith’s department
there is activity. The secretary has
his shop iu hand. He knows just
about where to lay his band on each
one of his 5,000 employes. The
meteorological conditions of his office
for some days past has not made the
republicans happy. Here and there
the ax has fallen and a score of heads
are to the basket this evening. 'What
ever may be satd of Secretary Smith,
he has outstripped all of his brother
cabinet members in enlisting a dem
ocratic crew for his craft. It is pre
dicted that he will have a lull par.y
complement by Christmas.
The preparations for the President’s
trip to Chicago involve nothing more
than an arrangement of certain rail
way schedules to accommodate the
special train. I he extreme simplicity
attendant upon the movements of a
president of the United States is in
marked contrast with the police, mil
itary and other precautions deemed
essential nowadays whenever a Euro
pean ruler may lake a journey by rail.
Indeed, few things could serve to il
lustrate more sharply the difference
between American and European
ideas and system; of government than
the forthcoming pres dentiil journey.
—fcx.
COMMISSIONER NESBITT.
HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE
GEORGIA FARMERS
On Subjects of General Interest Per
taining to tbe Farm and
-Mi-v Garden- ; -Good Advice.
State of Gtonaii,
• Department of Aobiccltcbs,
. Atlanta, April 1,169;!.
March has beena much more favor
able month for all farm work .than the
one which preceded it, but the rains,
though Aot heavy, have been constant,
and nave, in middle and north Georgia,
seriously interrupted the work and
« delayed the thorough prepare
the land. In these sections the
fcrea put in good condition fot planting
is touch less than. is', usual at this
season. ’' - Ji ' li
-The average temperature and rainfall
for January, February and March for
the present year as compared with the
same months for 1803 are as follows:
. TEMPERATURE.
1893—January t 83.3
1892—Febroary * 47.7
1893—March..... 48.0
Total S
1808—January 8tt»l
1898—Febnary. 46.3
1898-March to date 51.3
Total.;... J3JL5
RAINFALL.
1893—January 2.88
1892—February 1.17
1892-March 1.80
Total 5.55
1893—January 97
1893—February A. 1.91
1893—March to date ., 93
Total ~3-81
From this it will be seen that the
average 4 temperature for the three
to break out at any time again.
Dalton Argus: Now that Dink
Botts, PiaJ-Di-muke, Tinny Rucker,
Josh Jump, Bud 1) »bhs, Plunk Rick
ey,' Potsdam Sams, Mike Mudd, and
Shack Shot*: have all got office, there
may be a chauce for the rest of us.
Who knows?
The deadly swish of Maxwell’s axe
is daily heard in Washington. Heads,
by the dozco, arc tumbling into the
basket, and headless trunks are wan
der. ng around in the neighborhood of
fourth class post offices all over the
land.
The \Va>cru-s Ht raid say*: ‘alba
raUro.'dMfttfi ot Georgia made a state
' * ment before the commission in whxh
they declared that they were not mak
ing three per cent, upon a fair valua
tion of their property. Give the rail
roads a fair chance.’ -
General Henry W. Slocum, one of
the most gallant men who wore the
blue, taye: That pension roll is a
fraudulent roll. There is no mistake
about that. There are deserters and
bounty-jumpers ou it, and other men
who were never in the war at all. I
would like to go through it and find
oul the names that should not be on
the books at all. It can be done as
easy as turning your band over, but
it would involve a great deal of labor.
I don’t need the office nor the salary,
but I would accept the office it I
were a younger raaa for the sake of
getting at the fraudulent names op,»
the pension roll and casting tfi&nTout
A letter from Capt. Pratt, who is at
Suwannee Springs, stated that he
wou’d be hcr^ this morning, and re
quested us to say that the Masury
would close to-day after dinner. All
parties having account', against the
house will present them to-day before
noon.
Only six women out of nearly four
thousand who were registered in Kan
sas City, Kan., voted for the female
candidates for mayor. The surest
way to prevent women from holding
political offices is to adopt woman
suffrage. In the matter of office, as
in many other matters, the woman
will prefer a man every time.—New
York World.
Upon the recent death of an emi
nent English divine at Cannes, the
- following bulletin was placed by tbe
family upon the floor of his late resi-
' derice:
' ' “Mr. Si*—deputed thjg life for
heaven at n o’clock a. ra.”
‘ Some passiufi wag,' possessed of
more drollery than reverence, placed
beneath the notice a telegraph blank
filled out in the following tnanner:
•'JIeavln, i m.—Mr. S nor
arrived yet Getting uneasy. ’ Send
a" tracer.
The NeWSTork Advertiser has this
to say of Georgia’s eminent senator:
“Senator John B. Gordon is now one
of the most potent forces in southern
politics. This recalls the fact that he
has been politically resurrected often
er, perhaps, than ai.y man of his
prominence in the country. His
career has been one of brilliant tri
umphs and overwhelming reverses.
He looks every inch a soldier, even
without the deep scar of a sabre
wound upon his face, and is a man of
wonderful magnetic qualities. He
is iu peace, as in war, a bard fighter
—the most devoted of friends and
uncompromising of enemies.”
Los Angeles, Cal., April 11.-
SiDce last Tuesday there have been
between forty and fifty 'earthquake
shocks in the Pico canon, near New
Hall- The Pico canon is in the Sau
Fernando mountains and is in the
center of the oil region. Last Tues
day a severe earthquake, which was
felt all over southern California, shook
the houses in Pico cannon and very
badly frightened the inhabitants.
Since then there have been several
shocks every day,but these have been
confiued to a small area in the moun
tains. v
Editor Myrick, of Americus, em
phatically denies tbe charge that he
failed to vote to make Cleveland’s
nomination unanimous. Our recollec
tion is, that while Mr. Cleveland got
but seventeen of Georgia’s twenty*
four votes polled, the entire delega
tion voted to make the nomination
unanimous.
Piotection is losing its deadly grip
on Pennsylvania. Pattison, Harrity
and Black have opened the eye3 of
the republicans in that state. Even
that rock ribbed republican strong
hold shows strong symptoms of cut
ting loose from the carcass of the
republican party.
Frank Stanton has had experience
a running a newspaper. He says:
When we started this paper,” writes
a Georgia editor, “we had only one
shirt to our back. The shirt couldn’t
last forever, hftW thank heaven, we
haveWide still ?”
The Richmond Terminal sprung
a surprise on tbe Central, in Savan
nah, on Tuesday. They moved to
take the Central out of the hands of
Receiver Comer. The final .tug of
war has come. Judge Pardee will
decide tbe petition.
It is said that Col. Brodhead, of
Missouri, who has been sent abroad
by Mr. Cleveland, can open a jack
pot with as much nerve as Henry
Watterson. He will maintain
reputation of this country with be
coming dignity.
This from the Albany Herald
“This is the time of year when a mao
will go to a base ball game and yell
himself hoarse and then raise
when the baby exercises its lung pow
ers for half an hour at night ”
For the first time in the history of
the country, the United States will be
represented abroad by two Ambassa
dors, Messrs. Bayard and Eustis, the
first to the court of St. James, and the
latter to Paris.
Here’s some good advice from the
Brunswick times: ‘ And now comes
Dr. W. L. Peek whose mission seems
: a revival of the third party in
Georgia. Go home, doctor, your
edictnei are too late. It's dead.
This reminds us that one 'Cyclone
Davis, of Texas, who figured in the
last campaign, has not been heard
from since he collapse. He will
hardiy apply to Cleveland lor another
pension agency. Hardly.
Here is a ebucher irom the Bruns*
ick Democrat:
‘‘During the war the Women of the
south made their meat and bread at
home, while their husbands and sons
were ofl iu the army. Now the chil
dren of these same women say they
caunot raise their own bread. Things
mb'hi be improved it the women had
a showing again.”
The railroad magnates find it hard
to understand President Cicvelaud.
He pays his own traveling expenses
and those oi his family. He is uDder
do obligations to corporations. Re
publican party presidents were never
known to be so extravagant with their
salaries,' no matter how freely they ap
proved of lavish expenditures of the
people’s money.—Savannah Press.
That was a wonderful feat listening
to a concert in Chicago, while the
singing was in Boston. The notes
of the singer were distinctly heard over
one thousand two hundred and fifty
miles of wire.
Late developments in the Red wine
matter looks as if the bulk of the
money went into a railway specula
tion, thought to be the Atlanta and
Florida
had fewer heavy rains, they have been
longer continued and there have been
many consecutive days when the lands
have been too wet to plow.
the progress made
by the wideawake farmers in the lower
portion of the state, both in preparation
and planting, is all that could be de
sired. but with those of ns living on the
red, heavy lands of middle and north
Georgia tne delays have been most vex
ations, and the exercise of the greatest
energy and sound judgment will bo
necessary to enable ns to make good
this heavy loss of time. I havo repeat
edly urged upon my fellow fanners
THE NECESSITY OF MORE THOUGHTFUL
CAKE AND DISCRIMINATION
in the general disposition and character
of their crops. I nave urgently advised
such a crop division as, with ordinary-
seasons, would ensure an abundance of
home snpplies, and corn a surplus for a
chance purchaser. I have also urged a
reduction of the area to be put in cotton.
Letters received at the department from
intelligent correspondents, and an
tended intercouse with the people
erally, lead me to believe that this last
advice has, to a great extent, been
heeded. Ordinarily
THE SALE- OF COMMERCIAL FEUTILIREUS
reported at this office is an indication of
the probable cotton area. . But, while
the sales for the present season are fully
as large, if not larger, than for the heavy
cotton crop of 1891, this fact cannot
now be taken ns a certain indication of
increased cotton acreage for the reason
that the high price of cotton seed has
induced many farmers to dispose of their
supply and in their place use the com
mercial fertilizers under their corn and
other crops.
It is gratifying to state that there has
been an increase in
THE AREA DEVOTED TO GRAIN,
and thus, if the cotton crop should
reach anywhere near the enormous fig
ure of 1891, the farmers will in all i
ability be better fortified with 1
supplies against the probable low price
of their staple crop. Naturally, each
fanner considers that he is the best
' ;e as to the line of policy to be pur-
in the management or his farm,
and in the main he ds correct, because
he understands better than any outsider
the many difficulties and obstacles
which hamper his progress. For this
reason he is becoming impatient of tho
advice which is so freely bestowed npon
him from all directions and often from
men whose knowledge of fanning he
knows is confined to the mere handling
and selling of farm products. Butin
underestimating this advice he some
times commits a grave error. These
have a view of business conditions
and a general knowledge of the world’;
markets which are denied to the indi
vidual fanner. For instance, although
the crop of 1892 was a short one, it i
now known to business men that in con
sequence of labor troubles, the shut tin;,
down of the British mills and general
stagnation of business, there may be an
actual surplus on hand at the end c * "
season, ana also that any distnrban
the peace of the world, would result
disastrously to the cotton market,
even a small war clond in Europe, com
ing at a critical period might Drove the
death knoll to southern prosperity.
. The oyster supper has given way to
the strawberry festival. Bjth are ex
pensive and unsatisfying. The usual
prices, however, will be charged at the
church fairs.
More than one applicant for a ied-
eral.office from Georgia wiil pull the
bell line over a mnle this summner.
Well It is just as honorable an em
ployment.
Bob Taylor, the ex-governor of
Tennessee, is fiddling his way through
Texas. He wi'l emerge from the
Lone Star state with many ducats.
We do not hear much of late about
that excursion of office seekers to
Washington. What has become of
the 2,487.
Peru has promptly apologized
And now Col. Jim McKenzie, of Ken
tucky, will be received with open
arms. Grim visaged war hath
smoothed his wrinkled front. Let
the band play, please.
When Mr. Cleveland asked Ueiu
Wheeler how many appointments he
had secured the general answered,
“when I get the one I am after to day
and another one, it wifl make two *
An effort to abolish electrocution in
New York has failed. Murderers
will still be shocked. 'Well, it is not
more shocking than hanging.'
Editors, and other wealthy people,
will soon be making arrangements to
take in the fashionable summer
resorts. . T~
Speaker Crisp is at home for a much
needed rest. Georgia is proud of.
Charley Crisp. Hewffl, without
doubt,“be speaker of the next house.
Savannah downed Atlanta in the
opening game of base ball. Now
liiton to Atlanta. She will bawl.
The life of the disappointed office
seekers is a burden. He mourneth
as one without hope. S?lah.
Look out forthe names of those
who were m : xed up in the Red wine
steal.
Pension reform will be a burniog
issue for the nest few yg&rs.
General Pierce Young denies that
he is to be married.
age be reduced ‘*to the extent necessary
to raise all our food aud forago crops
and work animals, especially our meat,
corn, horses aud mules.” This, he says,
will increase the price of tho cotton
crop and at the same time diminish tho
uses of the proceeds of the crop by a
larger reduction in the amount hereto
fore applied to buy necessary supplies.
In conclusion.the senator says:
“After much reflection, upon data
collected from all countries adapted to
raising cotton. I am satisfied of this
painful truth: That-wo'are never, at
least in this generation, to have gen
erally tho high price for cotton we once
had. Cdtton will never, but in experi
mental cases and for short periods, be
high enough for the - producer to rely
npon it. as the means of purchasing sup
plies which can be raised at home.”
As the repealing of certain obnoxious
laws and the enactment of others more
favorable must he a slow process, the
advice here given appeals to the com
mon sense of every thinking man. Wo
have it in our power to help ourselves
in a great measure, and in spite of un
equal laws and low priced cotton, we
can raise our own snuplies and thus be
come virtually independent of either
condition.
WHEN THIS TALK
reaches the eyes of my farmer friends
the main crops will be planted in nearly
every portion of the state, or so nearly
so that nothing I could say would ma
terially chnnge tho plans of even a dozen
farmers. But there is still time to
in a full quota of smaller crop3—mi
sorghum, potatoes, ground peas.
Where the preparation has on account
of the weather or other drawbacks been
hurried or superficial, I would urge the
most thorough
PLOWING OF THE YOUNG CORN.
Work it deeply and closely now and
don’t leave it until you have put it in
thoroughly good condition in order that
the young rootlets will best feel the
vigorating influence of sun and air, and
can reach out In every direction through
the well prepared bed to secure the
~>Iant food essential for the growth and
levelopment of the crop. Don’t o
look the fact that all tho good"you
do your corn in the way of cultivation
must be done in a few weeks. By the
last of May in southern Georgia, and
early in June in tho more northern
counties, this work should bo completed.
The plowing should be directed accord
ing to the character and condition of
the soil. Ou light, stfhdy lands, surface
culture with a light running sweep or
cultivator should be followed, this in
order to preserve from injury the little
rootlets which will bo found feeding
very near tho surface. When weather
conditions are very favorable, the cut
ting off of these little feeders may not
result in material inj'ury, but if the soil
becomes dry the injury can never be ful
ly repaired. Nature’s laws are most beua-
* " md Intel’
possible
and carefully observed. To those who
carefully study these, she reveals many
parent mysteries. The gradual de-
lopment of the little leaves from the
closely folded bud, tho growth of the
plant, the development and maturity of
the fruit, are full of interest and are
carried on by such unvarying laws, that
he who studies and follows them intelli
gently will learn to adapt his pi;
their requirements. With the human
organism, whenever natural laws are
disregarded, tho body suffers, and this
(s equally true in tho vegetable world.
How important then that the farmers
should gain information from every pos
sible source, and that agriculture, the
foundation of all national prosperity,
should be fostered and encouraged, not
only by the government, but by every
known agency within the roach of every
citizen of our common wealth. It is for
the special study of these question tlis at
the experiment stations in the different
states have been established, and here
can be carried on* investigations- which
aro too intricate or too expensive for tho
ability’ of the ordinary farmer, but the
results of which aro of incalulablo bene
fit to each individual; worth to the ag
gregation of farmers thousand of dol
lars, and to the country at large, pros
perity or the reverse, according as the
farmers study and profit by them. It is
THE DUTY OF EACH FARMER
to examine and study these reports, for
unless they manifest an interest in and
appropriate tho benefits of these experi
ments, the object in establishing these
stations .will be defeated. A proper ap
preciation of this work will do much to
revive our declining industry, infuse
new life into our methods and broaden
and deepen our agricultural kuowled;
conditions;; I .f5S£?fSST~\i&5&
QPSBs thojpatloak for fair crorfo wili U ;
SKSfS sa!t “VSES rormsrs
throughout tho stata will have arranged
for plenty of homo supplies, even should
the cotton crop be a large-one, for homo
supplies assured, be cotton high or low,
means .independence.
It^_T, Nesbitt,
Again when wo
EXAMINE CAREFULLY
And thoughtfully into the cause uffect-
ing our prosperity, we must conclude
that an agricultural system which an
nually depletes our lands and renders
them, with each succeeding year less
valuable, less productive, is radically
wrong. If we valued these lands as we
should, if we realized the absolute ne
cessity for each farmer to pursue such
a division of crops, such a system of ro
tation and cultivation as would keep his
lands supplied with vegetable matter,
we would in fewer acres given up to
briars and old field pines we would
have less grumbling and we could
reasonably expect a better interest
than we at present realize from the
large amount of principal locked np in
our farms. Various reasons have been
assigned for our present unfortunate
condition. Some assign our unwise and
unfavorable national legislation as the
cause, maintaining that the unjust
methods of taxation which force the
farmer to pay tribnte on all lie posesses.
While the h’oldef of Mnds gives no re
turn for his millions, shonld be repealed.
Bf these laws undoubtedly the heaviest
Durden is placed on tjiose least able to
bear it. Others attribute tho trouble,
in jjjart at lekst, to the entire destruction
of our system of labor and the results of
A nxining war. Others again claim that
tbe introduction of a farm policy, which
looks only to the production of one
crop, and that of a character which in
its cultivation takes from the soil every
particle of humes or vegetable matter,
must in the end prove the ruin of any
agricultural people. Admitting the
force of all these arguments it must
still bo apparent to any thinking fann
er that the duty rests on us as indi
viduals to help ourselves as far possible.
Let us do what we can personally to
make our home conditions more bear
able, and then unite .with our neighbors
in demanding that we have more liberal
laws. ~
a senatorial committee,
consisting of men who are themselves
engaged in agriculture, with Senator
George as chairman, has recently been
engaged in investigating the cause of
the wide spread agricultural depression,
and after months of earnest work, give
us their conclusions as follows:
“There are causes for this low price
coming from legislation now in force;
and there are other causes coining from
needful legislation yet to be enacted.
It is certain, however, that these causes
cannot bo remedied in time to affect the
price of the cron now abont to be
planted, even, indeed, if their force
can be entirely destroyed. The cotton
farmers miist* therefore, for the present
resort to auCBJWpediesor palliatives for
low prices n| may come from their own
action, independent of le/fislation..
Wild Lsnd Sheriff Sales For May, 1893.
Will He sold before tho Cout t Honeo door, in
the city ol Tbomnsvillo. Ga., ’ on the first Tues
day In May l8i»3, tho following wild land, to-
wii; Lots of land No. MJ 'aAd.69, in the 17th
district of «homos county, Ga., containing 350
acres more o> less, levied on r-s the property
of Robert S. Hino, to Bntlafy a State ar ’
ty Tax 11 fa Issue! by II. R. Horst Tax
Thomas county.- Ga., for 18G?. Also,
lime and place, the foliowii-.g w
>: Lot of land No. 27, in the I7ti
ranis county. Ga , cout atulng t» 1 acres
‘ ;ss, levied 5n us the prupirtyof ,1. &
s, to satisfy a State and county Tvx
~ .ed by H. It. Hurst, Tax Collector
Thomas county, Ga,, for the yenr Mua.
2-4-3in. R. 1*. DoSH, Sheriff
■ SHERIFF SALE FOR MAY,
'Will be sold before tho Court house door,
the city of Thomasville, Ga,, between the h
hours ot sale, the following described proj*
Jo wit: 503 acres more or less, being parts
Ibis of land Nora 1C, 31 and 62, in the uth
met of Thomas County Ga„ described as fol
lows: 4621-3 acres in a rectangle, on tbe eas
tern sides of No.’s 16 and 31. and U acres in lot
I ho.<u in the northeast corner ol the lot l ‘
in a rectangle and extending east and -
Collector
nt the
ltd land.
PETITION FOR CHARTER,
GEORGIA—THolLVS -CouRTV,
To tho Honorable Superior Court o
ounty. The petition of J. N. Carter,
That the object <
”• —y Had an
sell lunds ;
build a City Had and Stoi
o borr
> make aud execute as well as
3? be sued and to havo^powc
purchase aud hold property, both real and
»rgo a commission therefore to *buy am
cks and liouds bills of exchange notes
irtgagos aun other " -
call p
cgotlate i
3 usually e
satisfy
10 22d di
Mortgage Investnw
ity of Thomas and state of Georgia. Notice
tenant in possession levied
tho property of ’ Mary K.
sfy a Gwinnet superior court, II fa,
tho 22d day of March 1833. The Land
— * ’-entAr Agency Co., Maiy
in possession, t olified in
willing, aiso at tne same time and place, part
of lot .No. a, in block D. D„ fronting on Cal
houn street, 9j feet, running back 305 feet,
commencing P0 feet northeasterly fix 01 the in-
torsoctim ot Oak anil Calhoun street, thence
northwesterly at right, angles to Calhoun street
10o fcot thence uorih.westerly ou feet, aataleU to
Calhoun stret. thonce South westerly .05 feet to
Cnlhoui
Calhoni
scribed
Linton,h
1 February^term
7 vs E. L. Marsh;
u ting point, as de-
Marshall from J. L.
city of Thomas-
perty ol K. l. Mar-
irt of ordinary fl fs,
lt9J. Jos. 8. Merrill,
iba^et al. Also at the
Tne following described
: The three story wooden
-al estate upon which it Is
me Whidden House, situated
irnerol Smith avenue and
u the city ot Thomasville,
ia, levied on to satisfy a
uurt U fa, issued May a, 1890,
t Williams, vs Mrs. Louretta
starred to Bank of Thomas-
January 6,1893, Also
SVlllii
lace. The following a
dock shall bo
:reusing same to £
• petition' rs;
ld'th' t they a
1 the hoi
>icd by A. R. Jones,
1 sat, consisting ot 1
1 stand, 1 to well rack,
jckers, 1 child crib, 1
1 bed spring, 2 inat-
>ne lot of malting on
bed sheets, lo pilKiw
ins, 2 crib sheets, 3
ton comfort, 6 bed
^tble, 1 carpet, 1 pair
enter table, 1 corner
out stool, l pair of
window shad-*, 3 bisk
, i hat rack, 2 shades,
e, 1 clock. 2 glass
, 1 window shade, 6
dinning table extern
>t of glass and
refrigerator, 1
', 1 bureau,1
ud 1 itch-
tray.
Petition for Charter.
GEORGIA—Thomas Crusty:
The results from
THE EXPERIMENT STATIONS
should be given to our farmers
the
simplest language. All high sounding
names and technical Terms should be
eliminated wherever aud whenever it is
possible. The stations are supposed to
oe educators, and when the reports are
filled with tables and scientific terms,
which only scientists can understand,
the station falls short of the work in
tended, aud our farmers fail to derive
the benefits which they have a right to
expect. Let the reports be couched in
ihch language that the reading farmer,
Who is seeking light and information,
Will not become involved in a inazt of
technicalities and give up the effort in
disgust. Tho completo experiment of
giving plant food to the crops at differ
ent periods of their growth, involves not
Only too great risk and expense for the
ordinary farmer, but is one which calls
for extra work at a time when he can-
not very well afford it. But if this ex
periment is made for him, and the re
sult established beyond dispute, he can
go ahead with the certainty of knowl
edge porn, not of his own experience,
but of those whose duty it is, and who
are paid by the government to establish
correct methods. Exneri meats at various
Stations have established tho fact that
In most cases the best results aro ob
tained when the fer .dizer is applied at
the time tho land v- prepared for tho
seed, because, w’.lio later applications
might, if there was plenty of rain, ma
terially increase the yield in case of
drought, they would be of little bene
fit because tho land would not be
moist enough to take them in soluble
form to the plants. As wo cannot con
trol weather conditions, we cannot take
the risk, unless we pan use artificial irri
gation.
The intelligent use of
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS
is of grave importance to the south, and
every opportunity of studying this
question and of acquiring information
which will enable tne farmers to derive
the largest returns from this inoistant
Shonld be afforded hiim The wiso ap
plication of these prepared manures,
with a judicious system of rotation,
means increased yields and a gradual
restoration of elements which enter into
the structure of oar cultivated crops
and of which onr lands have been de
prived. Want of information in this
line has cost our farmers thousands of
dollars, The fertilizers have been put on
lands from whioh lias been taken by
successive crops, generally, of cotton, all
vegetable matter, Tho land in this
starved condition cannot utilise the,
highly nitrogenous manures, which'
have nave been put on it, and the results
have been most disappointing. To reap
the full benefit of commercial fertilizers
the land must first be supplied with
httmus, and this con bo done most
cheaply by a judicious rotation 6f crops.
Wo all understand tb»t when the land
has been
THOROUGHLY AND DEEPLY PREPARED
and subsequent rains have not com
pacted the soil, that rapid surface cul
ture ia all that la necessary. Butifyouc
lands are heavy clay, have not been well
prepared or have run together and
baked, there ia no speedier or more
effective plan than to ran a good har
row across your corn and cotton just as
if yon intended to destroy your entire
crop. Run directly acrossihe rows and
while a few plants may Buffer, the geu-
eral result wjll bo, most gratifying. The
first crop of grass and weeds will bo de
stroyed, the soil will bo pulverized and
the young plants show tho good effects
at once. I have never seen a farmer
who have tried this imnlemeat wkG i
wald-not?sa ifcagsia sqm?
then ami thci
Tkocpbilus
To Thcophllus C. Col
api>ear at the next term
to be held in lor tho c
State ol Georgia, to bo h»
In April next, to ans«
Wil.'o J. Collins In a 11
yourself now pending 1
court, this tho Mh day ol
f Libel
. tear
ceased, represents tothe court iu his petition
duly filed that he has fully administered John
Pittman’s estate. ^Thia^is therefore.^to oito
torshould*not'lijjo’iscimrgtd 1 Yim?i hbf udmta-
istiatlon, and receive Icttcia of dLmisstau on
the first Monday in June lt|M.
GEORGIA—Thomas CocktY.
OudixAeVs Ursua:, Ma
Shepherd, L
of ordinary ol said c
dlanship for tho port
rope tty oT Robert
not bo granted loiters ol guardianship t;
Robertuiul Annie L. Shepherd. Givoi
and my hand official signature.
J. E. Whaley deceased, lias applied t«
letters of disiMssUra from said adml
and I will pass upon said annlicat:
office ou tbe first Monday iu
Jos 8. Mkkuill, UrUmatp.
Randall House.
(Opposite Pinty WooJs. Hotel)
Thoroughly renovated aud reiuruiohed
throughout, is now open for Boarders.
Artesian Water. . Hot _and Cold Baths
Electric Bella. Carriages meet every tram
v able and service first class -
CJayTranslent custom solicited. r -_, .
OQT5*tt .
i place, all that tract
rt of lot of land No.
tiomas county Ga.,
he east by I-nds ot
ator of Geq
.. Hurst.
bounty oe ,
Smith < e-
was bid off by 11.
Slieflield and lie
comply with b:»
. V, DOSS, S
eriff,
«ip-13
its Etrayed.
J a mule strayed from my
a Monday, one small bay
tihey and a sorrel horse
t seen were in four miles
Any information as to
3 will be liberally paid for.
A. J.. Stan aland,
JAMES GR1BBEN
Co:!tract'ir and Builder,
TIIO.UASVIKI.E,. .... ga.
I will be glad to make contracts for, or
superintend all classes of buildiugs, public
either brick or wood. Will
specifications if required,
lilding done call on 'me
•sumates, whether con
i' or not. I will guaran-
11 my work. I refer to
t reeled by me in
t nil parties for whom 1
•p on Fletcher street, 2nd
uov 11 d-;y.
ud ail c
furnish plans :i
If you want
and! will ■:
V. A. HOUROCKS
CONTRACTOR AND
Mass and Estimates Furnished.
services to make contracts for
all kinds ut buildings, public
?ithcr brick or wood. Best
Board in the Country.
A fe\
i Jesi
the
, and laden
lh the aroma of the pines, and
where they w ill bo made tc “feel at home,”
caa bo accommodated, at Jersey Farm.
Location high and healthy, rooms new and
fomfortable aud faro wholesome, including
Kevisi-sl
COUGH
Price List
-OF
SRKMKDIES
R. L. Hicks & Co.
PlBO’a Consumption Cura25c. size, 17c
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral $1.00 Bias, tfcc.
lircwer'r Lung Restorer *1.60 else, 67c.
‘ v Roracdy Wo, slxe, »oc.
Hall’s I.ung lla
Cou*“en'» Honey of Tor 50c. slxe^ioc.
*—*—Syrup 75o. ‘
•l.oo sis file.
" “ SOi
1,41c.
Tar 50a. sh^cSsc; 1
A11en|s Lung Balsam §1.00 size, 50c.
Siaffi
Alibi ,
Alien’s Lung Balsam 50c. size,
Tutfs Expectorant fl 00 size, C
Slocum’s Psj chino 3X00 size, 32.23.
Terralluo $j.— «-
ret rail no §1.00 size, 71c. : .
Sweet Gum and Mullen 31.00 size. 67c.
Sweet Guiu and Mullen50c. size,32c.
Sweet Gum and Mullen 25c -size, I5c.‘
Shiloh’s Consumption Cure $t oo size. 52c.
Shiloh’s Consumption Cure 60c. Uzs/sceT
King’sDlsctrvory fl.QO slzo, 630. . ■
King’s Discovery oyc size, 82o.f
I Pierce a PlscgveirpDju 8lze,c5c.
; ■•••• > - a - - -■
euro 3oz. bottle,23c.
3oz. bottle, 50c.
pint bottle, «0c.
-— v „‘ 0 BBS uuHie,vue.
Lung Cure quart bottle, 31.15