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P \ Tho Blus Lav/s. The following arc the old ‘Blue Laws,•’ so cited, .because (ley were primed on blue pajjer. They belbogr Col.'Gordon Bays the cotton crop to Connecticut and will furnish interest ing reading for our readers who have not seenjhenf and who arc not gov% erned by them: \ No one shall be a freeman un!ein he is converted and a member of oce q! the churches allowed in the domin ion. No dissenter from the > essential worship Of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote - for electing magistrate or any officer. No food or lodging shall be oft:red to a heretic. No one shall cross the river on the „• Sabbath except authored clergymen. No one shall travel, cook victuals,- mike beds, swe* p houses, cut hair or shave on the Sabbath day. No one shall kiss his or her children on the Sabbath or feasting days. Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or.bone lace above one shilling a yard, shall be presented by the grand jurors, and the selectmen shall tax their estate 300 pounds. Whoever brings Cirds or dice into the dominion shall be.fined 5 pounds. No one shall eat mince pies, dance, play cards, or play any instrument of music except the drum, trumpet or jewsharp. No man shall court a maid in per son or by letter, without the consent of her parents; 5 pounds penalty for the first offense, 10 pounds for the second, and for the third, imprison meat during the p-easure of the court. The Cotton Crop. We quote CoL Gordon, of Savan nah, troin the News, as follows; WILD RUSH. is estimated in New York at between 7,000,000 and 7,500,000 bales. WhUe tbe price is not expected to reach 10 cents or anything like it, it is belioved that the demand will be good, and that prices will be maintained at about the present figures. The mills are believed generally exhausted their atocks, and will be compelled to boy. Many mills which have been shut < starting np again. Tbe milt men will have to buy irom hand to month for some time, however, as they have not the money with which to lay in large stocks. The tremendous crop of 1891 left a large surplus to be carried over to the next season, which compelled the small crop of 1892 to be sold st low prices. This surplus docs not exist this year,' and, consequently, it ia thought that fair pricea will be realised. The moat hopeful feature of the situation, so far as Savannah’s terri tory is concerned, Col. Gordon thinks, is that this year’s crop has been made with very small expen diture by the farmers, and even with the present pricea it will net them more than any .crop for the last sever al years. THE GREAT SCRAMBLE FOR H0ME8. MANY WERE INJURED AND SOME killed. Tho Chrokee Strip Settled In One Hour: All the mail matter comiDg out of Brunswick ia to be fumigated. The News of yesterday saya: Dr. Brunner received a telegram from Surgeon General Wyman last night, in answer to teb-grams sent him the day before inquiring about the disinfection of mails, the opening ot the camp of detention at Wavnvs- ville, and other matters relating to the situation at Brunswick. Tho tel* egram reads as follows: Washington, Sept. 1-1, ’93.—W. F. Brunner, Health Oilier: Have ordered inspectors at Jcsup and Way* cross. Have ordered railroad com panies at Bruuswick to 8*11 no ticktfs for points south of Atlanta. Have requested Postmaster General to cause disinfection of mails from Bruns wick. Will open camp a- quickly as Referring to the action of the gov ernment in connection with the late out break ot fever in Brunswick, dispatch from that city says: The action of Surgeon General Wyman was prompt and emphatic. He at once wired Dr. Guiteras to quarantine and disinfect each of three localities and ordered Surgeon Mur ray, of the hospital service to report there fox duty, and detailed a number of stewards for the work of caring tor the sick. Two physicians are already on the ground, representing ..the Marine hospital service. They are Dre. Guiteras and Faget, both yellow fever exports. Word of the out-break was at once telegraphed to the health officers of all the southern cities, and active meas ures begun to prevent the spread of the plague to other cities. possible. Murray ordered to Bt uns wick. Wyman, Sarp Gc-ddi: Dr, Brunner said that if the Bruns wick mails arc not or; by the Postmaster Go not be allowed to talc disinfected th:*y will state Mayor Land' imvi Governor NcrtK a for ernor leplies as foil » .v ; Hon. T. JP. frMtit, Mu Jtrutmvicl•, Oft Dear Sir—I have j regret the news of the ingkuowatbo sf-p.- yellow fever in y.-.ui m I deplore the Let has not not prev; Id : ty upon which 1 could you service. Further, not supplied me with i which I could draw the sick or for f he con: ease. I am, therefore p.-n-.vik-iw to aid you in this way. If you can suggest to me anything, within my power, for the uid of your people and help in this emergency, either officially or personally, I will gladly render the eervicc. Very truly, eto, VV. J. Northen. Governor. An exchange says: An enterpris ing professor in New York has cast the horoscope of the little daughter of President and Mrs. Cleveland. It is in teresting to knok from this that the little one will be active, witty, ingeni ous, studious, fond of literature and music and somewhat reserved, just, kind, merciiul and disposed to acts of benevolence, fond of amusements and. pleasures. She will not be without temper, as is shown by the near prox imity of Mercury to the warlike Mars, but will be of a very forgiving nature. The professor also asserts that she will marry between twenty-one andtwen ty-two. The husband will be tall, slender, dark complexioned and of a kind and generous disposition. care ot e dis- Referring to the unjust and uncon stitutional cotton tax levied on the south just after the war, a dispatch from Washington says: Mr. Enloed of Tennessee introduced a bill to refund the tax collected on raw cotton during the years 18G3, 1801, 1865, 1866, 1867 and 1868. This old bill comes up at every con gress', but there does not seem more prospect of passing it now than there was a first, if indeed there is ss much. The cotton tax was as un< righteous a levy as ever was made ox a helpless people, but there seems lit tle probability that justice will ever be done to the oppressed people wLo had to submit to it. Every one has been speculating about what Col. Blount’s intentions are. The following sent tr-un Macon to tb© Constitution is, perhaps, about as correct a diagnosis of tbe ease as has yet been made: Now that Colonel James H. Blount has returned from Washington, specu lation as to tho future jvo'itical inten tions is very lively. A gentleman who had a conversation this morning with bitu says that Mr Blount’s am bition is, beyond all doubt, to suc ceed Senator Colquitt in tbe United 8tates Senate. He says Mr. Blount has no special de>?re to be governor and would only contest for it with a view of stepping from .the guberna torial chair into the cenate. Mr. Blount has come home to look over the political field. It is not reason able to suppose that a man of Mr. Blount’s ago and reputation would be willing to retire to private life just yet. Senator Stewart spoke for three days on the silver question. Wind, tjxy name is Stewart, tersely remarks the Times-Union of Jacksonville. And here is another item frem the same paper: There are 80.000 women doctors in the United States. Put your tongue out just a little bit further, please. Lieutenant Totten hasn’t named day when all earthly things will be wound up for two or three weeks. Hurry up Totten, if the day of judge' ment is near at hand let the people know it. There would be one conso lation in the information, we would know when the debate in the senate would close."" Arkansas City, Sana., Sept, 16.— Onehundred thousand people settled upon the .Cherokee strip to-day.. At noon the start was a hazardous oue. Horsemen were ot the title ot the land from tbe United States govern ment to the boomers and a race such as never will be seen again, was be gun. On tbe lines in the vicinity of the various border towns the boomers had gathered in great numbers. As far as the eye could reach in either direction could be seen men mounted and in wagons and afoot closely packed together making a solid col* umn 200 feet or more in the middle and,tapering away to a mere streak of black in the distance. The scene when the column broke at the firing of tbe signal gun, and each individual entered to contend for a common prize, can be imagined better than described. Confusion reigned everywhere. So closely the contestants packed together that the start was a hazardous one. Horse men were unseated, wagons thrown and pedestrians prostrated in the mad rush to be off. The cries of angered men, the shoots of the racers, the clattering of hoofs, the rattling of wagons and the shrieking of locomo tives combined in a roar similar to that accompanying the progress of a tornado. In the race many men were injured and some killed. Of the latter met death by accident and two murdered. The details of the crimes are not known, but the dead bodies— one stabbed and the other shot tbrrngh the head—tell the manner of death. Many dead horses have been found on tho prarie. Some died of over exertion, some were killed by falling in tha race, and others received broken limbs in the rough praiie, were shot by their owners. four roruLOUS TOWNS. To night, the strip which twelve hours ago was wholly deserted, is a populous country. Four of the new town sites have populations estimated at 5,000 each. Others boast popula tions ranging from 1,000 to 3,000. Every desirable claim has at least one claimant and may have two or four. Contests will, of course, be numerous. Guthrie, O.T., September 16.—The scenes that were enacted here to day beggared all descriptions. People fought like wild animals to get aboard the trains to get into the Cherokee strip and hundreds were injured, some fatally. Men forgot their manhood and women lost their self-respect in tbe wild struggle for advantage. During the terrible struggle to get upon the train, one man had his shoulder broken, one a dislocated leg, and a woman an arm broken. ~ ty others were badly trampled A mighty shout went op as the first train moved out over the prarie, lollowed by a second, third, fourth and filth. The run to the town site of Perry was made in forty minutes, but when the train came i fright of the town two-thirds of the beat lots were taken by “sooners.” Horsemen were pouring in down over a bluff to the east at the rate of fifty a minute. Those on the first train secured some business lots and those on the second some residence lots in the outskirts, but the 7,000 in the other trains got nothing. It was a wild and exciting race all the way between the trains and horsemen, with the odds in favor of tbe horses. W. C. Ramsey, of Eldorado, Kan., was the first horseman to arrive from south line, and he staked a fine comer lot at 1,228. He says a large portion of the town site was taken by “soon- era, who were walking leisurely into the town from the west when he ar rived, Carl Craig, of Guthrie, made tbe run in twenty five minutes and wss the fira^ man to file, securing a claim adjoining the townsite north, worth $5,000. An' Indian who stood upon a .hill and viewed the whole race expi the entire situation in tbe folk terse way: “White man heap fool; train no good; horse beat train; man on foot who comes sneak beat horse. Ugh!” How to Spoil the Boy. If you want your gray hairs dif- honored by a spoiled and ruined son adopt the following directions: 1. Let him have phnty of speeding money. ’ i 2. Permit him to choose bis own companions without restraint or di rection. 3. Give him a latch-key and allow him to return home late in the even ings. i - 4. Make no inquiry .as where and with whom he spend* his leisure momenta 5 Give him to understand that manners make a good substitute for morality. _ 6. Teach him to expect pay for every act of helpfulness to others. 7. Allow him to occupy a seat in chnrch with the hoys rather than the pew with his parents. 8. Permit him to regard the Sun day school unsuitably for a boy on the verge of young manhood.' K* a big City, Sept.-17.—Tin re was j u. .Ii.-»p|,n;i,t*a jiC-'l-O I Irom tin: (JbcrokvH.- \t»* r d*v. j The Saula Fe brought in thm*»-|«c)-tl train loads this morning, and ibo Rock Island two. All the regular trains on both these roads were crowd od with men and women who left the strip last night, and who were glad enough to get Juick to civilization. A whole party of people from Illinois, who had planned to estob’isli a colony of their own in the strip, came back on the Santa" Fe. > They ware the most forlorn looking party that the official* of the nuion depot had ever seen They were dust begrimed and weary. They made the run on foot fr in the* lino north of Orlando, Oklahoma, and g« k noth ing a ter having stood in line fur four days at the registration .booth, s’eep- i»g on the ground and e-xisting ou mddy water and dry bread. N HIS MONTHLY TALK WITH THE GEORGIA FARMERS morop been mad , heretofore. Under usual conditions, these facts -would place tho fanner on this vantage ground, that he could uso On Subjects of General-Interest Per taining to tbe Farm and Garden-Good Advice. me one baa atolen 8134,000 h of gold bullion belonging to the government from the Philadel- mint Tbe vault in which the gold ia shirt had, when it .was d in 1887 816.000,000 in gold bullion. D. M. Fox was superinten dent of the mint at that time, and O. C. Boebyshell succeeded him in November, 1889, receipting for the sled vault without weighing it. The ehortage waa discovered only Tuesday, when the vault was opened for the purpose of coining the bullion. The superintendent of the mint at Philadelphia is under bond of $100, 000, and some of tin wealthiest men of the city, mc’uding George W. Childs, are on it. A thorough ex amination is being made to fix the guilt Io few branches of human effort have there been greater changes than in teaching. The old idea that a child’s brain was an tmpy receptacle that was to be crowded full ot facts and theories in a limited space oi time, without any regard for the eternal fit ness of things, has happily died out in great measure. Our young boys and girls are being wisely fitted for the ins evitable conflict of lfc. We have learned, by sad experience, that sound body and mind well grounded the rudiments is infinitely prcferabl to the old stuffing process, which gave to the pupil mainly a store of at-cient and medieval lore.—Ex. Raleigh, N. C. Sept. 14 —A spe cial to the News and Observer Chron icle say*-: After suspension little over two months ago, the F.rtt National Bank of Winston will resume business next Monday. J.C Bux'wn, who has had charge of the institution as bank examiner, is elected president; John G. Miller, late of Danville, cashier. The bank is rcorganiz d. 1 h • People’s Bank, winch suspended a few weeks ago, will reopen before Oct. 1st. Tunis. Sept. 13.—Of 9,000 pil grims who went to Mecca from here on May 4, 500 perished in the holy land of cholera and other diseases. The survivors have just returned, and say that on June 24 over 100,000 Mussulmans, Arabs, Turks and In dians gathered on the Sacred moun tain, when cholera broke out among them, causing terrible havoc. Washington, Sept. 14 —Secretary Gresham has received the following cablegram from Minister Thompson, at Rio: *> “At 11 o’clock this morning the revolutionary forces bombarded the forts commanding tho entrance to the harbor, also the arsenal on the wharf in the center of the city. A few shells were fired into the city and a woman was kitted iu her residence.’ A Boston newspaper calls for the organization ot a society fur the sup pression of people who have been to the World’s Fair, in the interest of the three remaining great classes of the community—those who have been to the fair, but intend to go; those who have not beeo and are not going because they cannot go, and those who have not been because they do not want to go. It is frankly admitted that these three classes ag gregated are in the minority. Waynesboro, Ga., Sept. 13.— Ttioe. E. Watson, the great populist leader, addressed quite a crowd of his followers near Waynesboro today. The assemblage was various’)' estimab ed from 2.500 to 3,000 people, two- thirdsof them being negros. His speech was the same old story against the democrats and democratic measures. A negro brass band failed to awake the usual enthusiasm. The situation is grow.ng serious. The yellow fever has struck us again on the Atlantic coast, the Chinese arc pouring into Texas from the southwest, the train robbers are getiiug iu their work on the Pacific slope, Jersey is threatened with cholera, Mrs. Lease has broken loose again in Kansas, the Senate is still talking iu us sleep and the price of whiskey has g ioe up to Kentucky. Let the cal unity howl, ers give e strong howl, a long howl and a howl altogether.—Way cross Herald. . Fort Worth, Tex , Sept.—Con ductors of Pullmans on the Rock D’aod train coming 13 h.re yesterday report that in passing through the Cherokee strip the cars wire attacked and, despite detp?:ate resistance, thirsty strppcrs robbed the cars ot all the ice and water. I he men were frenzied with thirst, and tue triin crew bear marks of fierce fightiDg. New York, Sept 17.—Senator A P. Gorman of Maryland arrived at ilie Fifth Avenue hotel to-day from Washington. He said that he came here on personal business only. Re gardiog the silver repeal bill he said he felt confident that it would pass the senate by the last of this week or the first of next, surely by Oct. 1 at the latest. Augusta Chronicle: With the money stringency over once, and a definite financial policy settled upon for this country, there is every promise of season of unprecedented prosperity and business development. “The alleged desire of Kansas to saw itself off from the rest of the Union,” says the New York Sun, “cannot be gratified. The United States needs Kansas for a crank res ervation.” Hancock, Mich., Sept. 15—A train ot the Mineral Range railroad was held up between hers and Calu> met by three masked men, this morn ing, and robbtd of $7.1,000 ot Calm met and Ilecla mine money. Every thing is in a turmoil There was no bloodshed. True yellow fever is on the coast but we sbonld be thankful that the base ball season is over. But then the Georgia legislature will soon meet This appears to be a year of calamities. New York, Sept. 15 —R. G. Dun & Co’s, weekly review will say: Re turns from every part of the country show decided improvemen*. A hope ful feeling prevails, money grows abundant at speculative centers and somewhat easier for commercial pur poses. Editors and proachers are alike in that they look after the public weK fares, and are in turn pounded by the public for eo doing. A great differ- enoe*exists,(however, in the character of the pouudiug. The preacher is built up and strengthened while the editor is knocked down and shatter ed. Bo a preacher, young man — Lithonm New Era. Says the Memphis Appeal Ava lanche: “No matter whether cotton brings s or 10 cents a pound, the people of this country most dig half a million dollars a day out of the ground for pension grabbers, besides supporting themselves, their families and their government.” Senator Colquitt has undertaken a big contract when he attempts to cmcile bis vote against tbe repeal of the Sherman law, with the Democrat ic platform which declares the Sher man law a cowardly makeshift.— Baiabridge Democrat. Dividing up Texas is not popular in that State. A Texas editor breaks out as follows: “Ho .v would you divide the memo ries of Goliad and the Almo* How would you divide tbe glorious d-*eds of the brave heroes of San Jacinto? They belong to Texas—all Texas, one aud indivisible. How would you divide her grandest State House lathe Union? This talk of division is non sense. Texas, as it is, with her glori ous history, and as she will be, with her unparellelled development*, will remain one State, indivisible forever.” It will require all the strength of Jack Frost to raiso the quarantine agonist Brunswick next time. Let us hope that J. Frost will put in an appearance very soon. Chicago, Sep*. 15.—After a con ference with a number of foreign coin missioners, the World’s Fair directors have cared a meeting for Monday night to discuss the feasibility of ex tending the exposition until Januaiy 1st next. mixta anff ftiiS cotton has f anoro economically than his discretion in selling; his cotton, and not sacrifice it at a ruinously low price. Bat later, when his obligations mature, if there is no improvement in, the ^Department op Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1,1893. COTTON. Tho mouth just passed has carried out the same weather conditions as that ■which preceded it. In some localities there has been too much rain for the proper development of the fruit or cot ton, although there is redundant weed growth. Where these conditions exist* the fields, to a superficial observer, pro- sent a most promising appearance, but a closer inspection reveals the fact that there are' more leaves than bolls or forms. In other sections, which suffered from a long continued drouth, the rains have caused a most marked improve ment, and plant growth and develop ment have been rapid. In all the drouth regyras, however, barring exceptionally early plantings, the crop is backward, and its ultimate size anil yield will de pend on the lateness of tho fall. RUST is also making its appearance, showing the want of a proper distribution of tho elements of planet growth. Sometimes, however, after a long drouth, heavy aiyl repeated rains seem to produce a scald ed condition of tho j)lant, causing it to shfed its leaves aid young bolls, and this condition is fr jquently mistaken for rust. Again, a highly nitrogenous ma nure, not properly distributed, and com ing in contact with the roots will]|pro duce the same result. But the expe rienced farmer can detect the difference between these conditions and the fungus growth of 'genuine rust. As explained in last month’s report, the most effective preventive of this destructive disease in cotton has been found to be a judicious rotation; that is, planting other crops, which offer no encouragement for the production of the fungous growth, nota bly, grains and grasses. It has also been demonstrated that tho application of fertilizers running high on potash has accomplished good results in checking the disease. Fanners should study these questions and in a small way experiment for themselves, watcliin; each result carefully. For the next two months almost our entire time will bo devoted to tho PICKING of this great money crop of the Every energy and every moment, when the weather permits, should be devoted to the housing of the staple, the produc tion of which has cost ns so many months of hard and continuous labor, and upon tbe successful marketing of which rest the hopes of not only ricnltnral population, but of the people at large. ITS WIDE INFLUENCE. Besides those actually engaged production and marketing, this crop fur nishes employment to thousands of others, clothes tho world, and is of more or less interest to every civilized nation on the globe. The magnitude of its fiuence can scarcely be appreciated by those who have not studied the various reciprocal relations, which control am direct the intricate machinery of tli* business world. Within the narrow- bounds of our own state we produce 000,000 worth of tho staple, and this crop, though of late years made at ar actual loss to the producer, yet throws life and activity into every enterprise conducted within our own borders—an.’ extends out into the busy marts of otho nations. Tbe eager eyes of the world are now turned to the south, anxiously awaiting tiding of the coming crop. To say that above all others unbearable. His cot ton will be ready for market, but unless times brighten there will bo no money to move it; or, if ho owes, his debts will have to be settled on a basis of five or six ton with his merchant. tect and maintain the . And then let him join his votee with millions whoan ' unjust financial few n money few money lenders to “corner” the of tiie country, the south and victims, while the shy- of the cost grow fat from their ne cessities and sufferings. SAVING SEED FOR PLANTING. In gcihr.Iag t*.x cotton crop care should be taken to"savo only the l*st •seed for planting. If the farmer.cannot do this linnself, let him select a careful hand, who will go through the crop and select the best bolls from the stalks, those from the middle crop are the desirable, as the top crop is d top crop is not usually well matured and the bottom crop is generally more or less injured, although good seed saved from the bottom or first crop generally mature earlier. The ut most care wust.be taken in drying the seed and securing them against all uiju- 1 influences., ©seed com should be selected in the same manner, taking only well devel oped, full ears from healthy, vigorous stalks, storing! these carefully, and at producing tliis great staple, is but to state a fact, which has been fully demon strated. In Egypt, at one time consid ered a formidable rival, the area 01: which cotton can be produced is limited, and tho same land is never planted succession, although this land is rich and labor cheap, . 10 cents a day being th standard price. The excuses of prepa: ation and irrigation are such that the crop is of inferior grade, the staple short, and although labor is cheap ana the plant perennial, the cotton bears no comparison with that of American r wth. Our principal aim now should to cheapen the cost of production to ourselves, and tlins drive out these for eign competitors. We know that wc can produce it at a cost of less than 10 cents, and each point that we gain in cheapening its production but strength ens onr position as masters of the situa tion. If, but 10 years ago, we had do- voted to this question the study wo giving to it to-day, how different onr _ ation before the world! If, by a judi cious rotation of crops and systematic manuring were our lands now stored with humus; if we had studied the ques tion of home supplies and its influence gn onr money crop; in other words, if ?ve had learned to raise our own provi sions and make our cotton cheaper, tho farmer iB a fellow i Of other employment - from the present FINANCIAL ea The Senate will end the debate some da>; and so will Christmas come along after a while. All things come to those, who wait. But the waiting is wearisome. Fort Monroe, Va, Sept. 14.— United States Cruiser Detioit, after adjusting her compasses at 7:30 this morning, sailed for Rio der Janeiro, Brazil, under orders to protect Amer ican interests. The citizens of Brunswick, all who possibly can, should move out to Camp Haines. Take the material away and the fever will have nothing to feed on. Absenteeism is telling in congress. The democrats failed to get up -an important bill a day or two since because of absentees. This state of *9unga should not exist. Stay in your plice^ gentlemen. In the past ten years crematories have been establish^! in 15 cities, and it is asserted that in that time their business has increased 50 per cent, showing a steady growth of sentiment ia favor of that method of disposing o { . the dead. Seme dead beats who are drawing pensions threaten to assassinate Mr. Cleveland and Hoke Smith because of- their efiorts 10 purge the pension, foils. Mr. Gladstone is 84 years old. Will he live to see the home rule bill be come a Jai? It is doubtful. -The Atlanta Herald says: •‘A fumigation station has been es tablished by the railway mail service at Waynesville. Friday Mr. Ed P. King left for Jesup in tbe interest of the department, and yesterday tele graphed Superintendent Terrell that the work of, fumigation bod been be* gun at the point mentioned. Mr. King himself is at preseot directing it The precaution was deemed ad visable acd every letter leaving tbe fever stricken city will be submitted to the process. ; ' And so they ore going to call the latest arrival at the white house ier. A very pretty name, at fit companion one for big sister Rutb, Hammond, Ind , Sept. 17.— Lakeside Nail mills, which have been closed since July, will start up Mon day with, a full force of 250 men. The company will Boon increase the force to 400 men. Train robbers held np a train in Michigan on v Friday. Their booty amounted to $75,000. They did not molest the pamengers. Berlin, Sept. 15.—Private, tele grams received in this city from Kiss* ingen state the condition of Prince Blsmark becomes worse. Tt Is likely that the road from Savau nah to Tybee will be repaired and ruo by electricity. New York, Sept. 15.—Four cases of smallpox were discovered by the health officers in Madison street this morning. Surgeons and nurses are cn their way to Brunswick, ~ Washington, Sept. 4— President Cleveland has decided; that baby Ruth’s sister's name shell be Esther. 1‘ilESSURB. But the careful farmer, who by judi cious management and wise forethought has made provision for ample homo sup plies, whifef he may pot escape ithe busi ness depression, is, perhaps, today the most independent man in tho union. He may read of the stringency of the money market; of the heavy burdens pressing upon the laboring men of other classes, ho may realize that there is a cry going np from the masses, not for bread, but “for work—work to help the countless women and children, and give them food; be may be told that men owning thousands worth of property and with — . eserumors, reaching his quiet lome, excite his-sympathy, and may cause a feeling of apprehension, but they do not affect his personal se curity. He has his. home, no has bis provisions secured; his cotton has been made at reasonable cost, and although he may not live in luxury, ho business world. tion of t ancy, awaiting telegrams from the ness centres, hoping for some improve ment in the financial situation; the mer chant sees his trade diminished and dc- 1; the artisan and the mechanic sit tory operative is idleness; every citizen of our state, be h© preacher, lawyer, doctor, merchant, farmer, mechanic, artisan or day la- boror, feels the effect of ouj financial condition. fariner’a lot is a happy one" when' cc pated with that ofthe thousands „ workingmen in cities, now thrown out of employment. Of course there are ex ceptional cases, Some sections of tho state have been visited by severe and de structive storim, and over a large por tion of North Carolina a protracted drouth has cat off tho yield of com; but, asa rule, the fcraincropg are gogd t hogs the s the perfect grains from the butt the middle of the ear, rejecting the ends. In storing away the com crop, good plan is to sprinkle each layer, as put iu the bam, with salt water; this a preventive of weavils, often so de structive in the lower part of the state, and also renders the shucks more palata ble for feeding. • FALL CROPS. I would again urge, at the risk of be ing considered tedious, that full crops of grain, grass and clover be put iu as ' . practicable. September is the month for getting in a stand for winter oats. Rye and bar ley should also bo sown, ana if we would the time to put them in. ever is attempted on this line should be done thoroughly. To succeed properly the land should be naturally good, or should bo made so by proper fertiliza tion, and the work should be thorough. We only court disappointment when at the end of the fall we “scratch” in a few seed on our poorest land. I again re peat, that this is one cause of the usual failure of our fall sown grains. Neces sarily this work comes at an inconvenient time, when we are absorbed in saving the cotton, but the man who has fully made up his mind to lay the foundation for diversified crops and improved lands, will find some plan for carrying out his intention. There will be many days when the* cotton is not in condition to be gathered. These can be used in turning under the pea vines and in sowing these fall crops. Of course the most of lus farm in cotton is debarred from these improved methods, for it will be too late, when the cotton is finally gathered, to attempt them with profit, which is' but another plea for concentrat- cotton crop and reducing the area and intensifiying its preparation, fertil ization and cultivation. A RECENT TRIP through some of the most flourishing countits of the state proved to me most conclusively the great change which is daily progressing in the minds of our farmers in regard to the diversity of crops aud the importance of closer atten- •tE ere 1 :est desire to raise more; care is being shown in the selection of sires; the question of judi cious rotation of crop8,is being more cla ly studied. Humus is greatly needed most of our soils, and intelligent farmers arc beginning to realize that one of the most important’subjects for study is as to the cheapest and most practical meth ods of storing it thore. Unquestionably peas and clover are the great nitTog* depositors and humus manntn turers, but if auy farmer will take the trouble to turn under in the fall, even the growth of natural gras*, he will be surprised ;:t the inorei:s«*d yield of the succeeding crops grown on this land over those where the land lets been in clean culture, thus denuded ot every particle of vegitable matter, and then hastily prepared in the spring for another crop. It is hv such exi-orim nts that we dem onstrate the con*rtaess of the assertion that our lauds almost without exception need vegetable matter. Farmers gener ally are beginning to realize this impor tant truth, and to one who travels through the state and studies its agricul tural conditio’is. the fact is patent, that an era of better methods lias already dawned. R. J. Nesbitt, Commmlssioucr. TnoMA&VILLE, GA. CURES ALL5KIN AND .r.r. wPQisml fiTBSSTBSy BBK BBS? Loip'ua*.. S? «MtalVM*aii,htt«r, 9mU H~4. «c.. *c. DDDU CURES rXitMALARIAl SEh**"* r.way Atk, re** iwt LIPPKAI? EK03.,: DntS&B, Lipproau's Block, SAVAfifl. Sffifta'SS Jwcnfiflc Slmetifnt? Hi 3B1 Ilroadiraj. New Tcti lXS& Curtriglit efe l>atiiel # REDUCTION OF RATES: FOX OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS the present stringency iu money nad in older to aid the ennse of education at Thoinssvii!e, tie rates formerly published hare been reduced, as follows: Collegiate Department, per month $3 00 Academic Department, per month 2 50 Primary Depa tment, per month 3 00 Music Department, pi r month 3 00 French, German, Spanish, per month- 2 0C Latin, Greek, tree Elocution and I’Ljf-ical Culture, free. Fall sos.ioa opens Wednesdaj, September 13th, 1803. J. COLTON LYNES, 3tawd-w tl. 1 President. AKE YOU GOING TO PAINT? It you arc, wc want to say a few words to you about paints in general, and the Avcrill Paint ro particular. Our long hot seasons arc pcculiary trying on paint. Cheap paints are worthless, and will “chalk otr A paint tliat will give a satisfactory wear here must be especially adapted to our climatic conditions. The Avcrill is just such a paint. It has been largely used in this state for over 25 years, aud Ins always given iii8faclion. Wc can show you houses painted that i with it nearly 10 years ago that are still in {.ood condition. U he Avcrill Paint Is guaranteed to give satisfac tion after time sufficient lias elapsed to thoroughly test it, and wo arc au thorized to protect this guarantee. Please call at our sloie for color cards, (froe| and examine book of 20 for house painting. L. F. Thompson, & Co. 6 10 <1 k w4m Empty Barrels. We liuve 2QO first-clau empty. whtskj barrel, tor rale cheap. See u, before boy ioi: your ayrttp barrel,. Thomasvillo Manufacturing Co., wtf Madison Street, A POSITIVE AND SABSOLUTE CURE AND PROSTATIC IRRITATION. PAIN ■OPERATION LOSS OF TIME ’DANGER .FAILURE A HOME TREATMENT. PAETICU r.AIiS FHEIC. MENTALINE' CURB FOR loss ol Manhood, Itnpotency Seminal and Femato Weakness, Night gmtortOM, Undeveloped and Inactive tan* eexuai 'excess.*^Frio^l.oo^Sen^ ••curely packed In plain wrapper, c oelptof price. Full particulars for starapT AU correspondence strlcUy confidential ACME MEDICINE COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. For Sale at a Bargain. We will sell at a bargain a com paratively new 11 Hone Power Lew is Vapor and Gas Engine, which we have been working about 12 months. It is the beat thing of the kind ever made and is especially suited for gin bouse purposes, os there are no bparks and no danger of explosion. The engine can be run at a cost of $100 per day and no fireman or engineer ii required. You ^ simply Btart it off and it runs until you stop it. It is the best gas engine made. Cali and it at the office oi the Thomasville-Manufacturing Co., Madison Street, W. L. DOUGLAS *3 SHOE NoTfe. WJJB wear them 7 When next In need try* pah Best In the world. ,♦5.00, tf J.«ni ,«» DRESS SHOE no* In the latest p,y $6 to$8,by my *3, $3.50, $4.00or $5 IMS, They fit equal to custom mads and look am! wrnrSiwdT. If yoa wish to economizs !n your footwear, ebsthf purchasing W. L, Douglas Shoes. Nam* and prjosiainped on the bottom, look for It when yon buy, wait.DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mm*. Sold by iTRICTURl