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SBSS REGULAR WpTJNG.OP OPVNCflth Present, Mayor Lewis anil Al^lor- 7)ien "Walton,' I usseter, Bennett. Absent, -A)! mrtnri > v o; x». jMi'ti- .. ■. •■’■l . he electric- ligiit !u front of R. S. Miudleton’s m le i .• be n inovi'd,and'placed on east side of VroHlc .and on south side of crook in ltnQ with 3d Street, on poles high enough to give light over anil beyond said trestle, und that light on north side of said crock be removed to mossing of Pino and 1U1 Street, and that a 50 candle power inoaudesoent oleotrio light bo erected on poles at rear of tho hank buildings in most con venient place. Said changes will be made at the exponce of the bone fioiariea on Pine and 7th Stroots. Moved and curried that the drug stores and all other placdk where cold drinks are sold be prohibited from selling any kind of cold drinks ns a beverage; also cigars and to bacco and all othor goods kept in drug stores except drugs for medi cal purposes, and then only when absoliilely necessary and in tho sou ini discretion of licensed phar macists or physician, on Sunday. Report of Finance Committee. ‘ SCHOOLS. * Jan. 11, 1001. To balstico on hand, $ 748.00 •• 0.8. O. 1,202.50 iMutlriculalion ‘etia 714,07 Paid an por vouchors By balance But the country editor lives in and M of his community. His virtue is pflfc so much in wbat he prints as what bo refuses to print. Ite could casllv destroy the pCiicd of the community by admitting to his paper the scandals and gossip or the neighbors. But he stands as a cen sor and a guardian of publio morals, and 1 know of no conditions under whioh the publio is appealed to in a certain measure where the utter ance is so free from oritioiBm as the general tune of tho'country press. ” SOMETHING MORE ABOUT GOOD ROAD8. 2,1100.17 Aug. 10, To Bnl. on band 180.00 $2,630.17 180 00 2,600.17 QITY OK VIENNA. Kosourco Jan 11. To cash on linml Pinna and forfeitures Bales ol comatory lots Marshal sains Bills payablo Street tax 1001 Spueilie liconso Sundries Paid as per vouchers Bnl. Cash on hand $ 772.52 10.05 85 00 20.47 1,000.16 700.00 1,288.00 20 04 $8,088.18 50.25 8,004.48 $50.26 3,004.48 Aug. To Bulans Motion carried that report of finance committee bo accepted Motion earriod that motion to OX' tend wntor line to J. B. Forehand’ resndenoo ho tabled until next rogtv lar meeting of council. Minnies road and adoped. Council thou adjourned. K. R. LEWIS, Mr.yor, ,T. A. WALDEN, Clerk. an J Trctis One of the gerat needs of every farmer Is a good country road on which to haul his produce to market. Whero he possess this convenience, he can dispense with some of the many horses or mules now absolutely necessary for the hauling of bis wag ons, which are subject to great wear and tear when drawn , over the mud dy highways, so common throughout Georgia. How to construct a good road is the first problem to be solved and how to keep It in repair is a question of equal Importance. Good roads can- enot b constructed and maintained by merely grading and draining the surface of the ground. It is neces- available sary to surface those roads with some gldered durable material that will rndor thorn plant, proof against the mud and slush that U often prevail at the very seasons n r when the roads are most needed for tho transportation of tho produce fields and market gardens. Not only the farmer, but'the mr chant bIbo suffers from bad cour roads or la benefited By good, graded and thoroughly macadr highways. Often oven in rainy seas- ther(j are days when the people rural districts would flo ^ the cities and crowd the s» wer0 lt not tor the mud hat _ ^ inconvenient if not i|np0BBlble There Is n abundance oI good material fc / M to a we „ graded road a F ^ 8ond Burfac0( EO strong qi ov mi long continued and heavy rains mud. LETTER STATE CHEMIST John M. McCandlecs Regarding Fertiliidara. up twelve and elghty-t’ gfgg hundredths pounds por hundred Y need ao long er ask what conr ^itiVes tho other ! oighty-eeven and se - renteen hundredths I pounds. All this a xtra 87.17 per cent. , i~ filler’ put in 1 ^atui-e and not by ruifli. HE GIVES FULL EXPLANATION All A pout “Fillers.’' Of the Analysis of Fertilizers Contain ed In His Last Letter and Also Dle- cuasss tho Subject cf "Flllerc." In the analysis of the complete fer tilizer, the mono-calcic or superphos- hhfn of lime given at 9.52 ner cent., coninina 5.78 ’.or cent. ' vya*. .-r-Kulnble-j iiiiusphorio ac : d. Thai k- to .,a> in I one hundred pounds of tho fertilizer, | there are nine a&d fifty-two hunilvecllha pounds of superphosphate of lime which dissolves readily In water, ar of this amount five and seventy-el hundredths pounds arc pure ph'o r rlc acid. In like manner the lzer contains in one hundred 3.02 pounds of reverted plin, lime, and of this amount o- ty-elght hundredths pound _ phosphoric acid, and re 1 in water, but which slowly In the soil and Is also sometimes ca’ ble” phosphoric ae' solves in a solutlr monla made to Boil water. T' phorlc acid or verted phosp' are added pounds, a In this con' J0C t; 0n we n iay profitably a W xirds In regard to ’’flllers." A ‘'filler’’ r aay be de fl nod ^ being any substance t pd t into a fertilizer, or ex- Filler arflf ins six sacks,, analyzing 13.76, 3.60 and 3.54, you would have been saved the cost of mining, pulverizing and freight ing of the artificial “filler’’ lo the fac tory, and the freight on four sacks if from tile factory-lo your railroad ^tatlou, and o w n :ir ajjjjj oar on your mule k.’i.u ih 1 : 'vtra one. hundred jufund'- tun miles to the farm. Wouldn’t It have been much bet e- have bough! the six sacks, and when, you got home, if you wanted It in the proportion of 8-2-2,. which Is a good proportion, to have mixed up the six acm, nitrogen 0 . , saoks! yourself with wood’s earth, or of two kinds, natural and | |L po( U or even sftndi before distrib • I think I hear you say, well d ght <pho- fertll- pourins .ptaro ct ,c nud lii- ,s are pure adily soluble does dissolve soil-water. This died “citrate-solu- A, because lt dls- >n of cltrat. eof am- imitate the action of ho water-soluble phos- 6.78 pounds, and the rc- norlo acid, or 1.68 pounds, together, making 7.30 istiiig i aer0 na t ul - a ]iy, which Is not 4>rlo acid, nitrogen or potash t are /eial. I have just given you an ianco of a natural “filler," in the /xiplete analysis of the fertilizer made >ut of acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and .kalnit, and In this mixtu-o only twelve and eighty-three hun dredths pounds per hundred consisted of phosphoric acid, nitrogen and' pot ash; the rest was all filler, put there by nature In the original making of these materials. It Is true, man did put In some sulphuric acid, but that was nece: .vary to make phosphoric »cM available or soluble, so it can scarcely be considered as an artificial filler. The artificial “filler” Is the filler put In by man for tlio purpose of reducing the total percentage of plant food In a fertilizer. TEe materials used as artificial "flllers” are numerous; they may be sand, powdered cinders, graph ite slate, shale, pyrites cinder, marl, gypsum, etc. All of them are prac tically without any value as fertilizers; how is it, then, you inquire, that such Ad their sum Is called the j BUbgtanoeg can be put lnto our fert n. phosphoric acid, being con as available for the uso of the will not convert lt Into When built, th In rep Whor stri: ti' THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER. • Macon Nows: Tho country news papers in Georgia, and their oilitors, are notod for honesty, independence, patriotism, prido, progessivenosB and intelligence. A vein of high character runs through them. The country newspaper wherever found is an influence for good. Its mis sion is to contribute to the better ment of mankind Ttis a power in moulding public opinion. It can always bo depended upon to do its part to help protect and preserve the government. It is a better safeguard of the liberties of the people than a stauding army. It is a potent factor in the material de velopment and substantial progress of tne section in which it oirculatos. It ib an omen of success—a rainbow of progress. It is a teacher of mor- ^Hy, tri J '- ! 5 honor. Ii won Aich a road has once been .«& it Is necessary to keep it Mr and maintain Its solidity, a railroad company has con doled a road after the most scien ce method, of the best of rails and ballasted It In the most perfect man ner, It keeps a permanent foroe of road hands, with Inspectors for ev ery section, and endeavors to keep ovory foot of track in thorough order. The same diligence is needful ti the keeping of the best constructed country road in good condition. To do everything that Is necessary both for the construction and proper keeping of such a road, requires considerable outlay of money, but tho ultimate profit fo the farmer and the merchant, tho country and the city, will far exceed all that may have been expended. Many of the counties of Georgia are already .blessed with well built and well maintained country roads, and tholr number ts-stoadlly Increas ing. Let tho good work go on until every county In Georgia can boast of as good roads as those which are the pride and comfort of both town and country in th vicinity of our great citieB and some of our large and rapidly growing towns.—Georgia Department of Agriculture. However, Washington was "both too modest and too truthful to say himself that he never told a lie. A eyes m. fc. iso, k. t wed’.'ijv w ?ji a in/ offf open e ven w, 2i. Vr to .opt ,iur ti- "i to tear.ilowjf. j ngs nm noli ble sings to Jui Jen rue •w«n. liiauiLV, wlievuas its own ifivincial rowiira is sin.Ul. ) i a recent ..Mrc.ss by Senator j Intere* > il LV;. w bo. a the New . , . - • | A lawyer wouiu not china .uiuu'g- Tork Press Association at Man hat- lug for tzylng a ease of champagne. It takes two to play at thecasjb uf lovo. t U ti>?* ? «aa make lt m %h more tan Beaeh, be paul the following beautiful tribute to the country newspapers; ” | pay my respects to and express my admiration for the country newspaper and the country editor. His lii.es are not cast in places of tho grea' and | i">‘ilalde organs of 1 e me ; •;.t i wl Viyo ; n o Teckoncd .il'ton by me „i... ,u thout.ai.Js iw.iars everv tear. ' Overeating kills more men than over work, but the former is the pleasanter death. A shallow man should take a tnmbls to himself and dig. Naturally most of the trusts are formed at the son hoard, where the supply of water is unlimited. nfler the "reverted" phosphate of ae you will see In the analysis there .re 1.99 pounds of trhqalclc phosphate, or, as it Is usually called, "Bono-Phos- phate” of lime. Of this amount tO.91) ninety-one hundredths of a pound is pure phosphorio acid, but it is in the form of trl-cololc phosphate, and will I not dissolve in'pure water or in the ! soil-water, and lt Is, therefore, called j tho “Insoluble” phosphoric acid. lt I Is sometimes also called the “Acid’' I soluble phosphoric a'dd Because, when tho chemist analyzes lt, he uses phos phoric acid to dissolve lt. The “Avail- able” phosphoric acid and the “Insol uble’’ phosphoric acid addod together make what Is called the "Total” phos phoric acid, or all the phosphorio aold there Is in the fertilizer. Valuable Qaultties of the Gypsum that Is Found In Fertilizers. Referring back to the analysis, un der the Item trl- or Bone-phosphate, you will find that the fertilizer also contains twenty-four and six tenths pounds of sulphate of-llme or gypsum or land plaster, which are all differ ent names for one and the same thing. Gypsum is a good fertilizer of- Itself, and lias a special action of Us own In the soil, breaking up the potash-yield ing silicates in clay soils and bringing the potash Into soluble form as sul phate of potash. This gypsum, as has been remarked, was formed when the sulphuric acid was mixed with the powdered phosphate rock, and lt Is now held a prisoner by the lime In such a way that It has lost all of Its former caustic and corrosive qualities, and can do no harm but only good iu the soil. Under the Item of gypsum we find 3.19 pounds of sulphate of potash; this comes out of the kaimt used in qmktng the fertilizer, and it contains one and seven tenths pounds of actual potash (KB 0). Under ttis item you find three-tenths of a pound of muriate of potash, which.alse came out of the kainll, and this .contains 0.19 of a pound of actual potash; under this item again you find 0.5G of a pound of actual potash. This came out|of the cotton seed meal. Adding the three actual potash items together, they amount to two and forty-five hun dredths per cent (2:48) or pounds per hundred. Lastly, look further down the line till you come to the item pro tein. You already know ail tbout protein as I have written you so much about it in previous letters. This tBifVefv a”i two ho-ths -'.v-nits' ,.rr tl’i* , »ins >•“ •".ii -.I ho- ■ -V ID pout, is “f n..iogcn. r. t’ta’i. Deport.u :-.t Ai - i .iliuro jm.tyzeif.fertiliser*!; does no, make such an r-valyslB u this, he i us it would be too laiiorK-us, too f fly, -would .a.. /do cd -rao- Jcal g , ”• g3 at. once into kSe meat of It and analyze the fertilizer for its available pho3pnorlc acid, Its nitrogen and potash, and. calculate n value from these three ingredients. The analysis of such a fertilizer as we have been discussing would appear In (Be annual Bulletimln this form: Available phosphoric acid ... v 7-36 p.c. Insoluble phosphoric acid....1,0.91 P.c. Nltrofeen 2.L1 p.c. Potash (K2Q) 2.45 p.c. lzerB, If we have an efficient inspec tion by the Department of Agriculture. I will explain to you how that Is. Suppose that a manufacturer, Instead of having on hand only South Carolina Acid phosphate, cotton seed, meal and kalnit when you call on him for an 8-2-2 goods, has on hand i^pme of the highest grade materials known to the trade. He has say, acid phosphate made from Tennessee or Florida rock, which contains 20 per cent, of available phos phoric-acid; also nitrate of soda with 10 per cent, of nitrogen, dried blood with fourteen per cent, nitrogen, sul phate of ammonia with twenty per cnt. nitrogen, muriate of potash w 60 per cent, of potash; with these ma terials on hand he receives your order for a fertilizer, guaranteed to contain as small on amount of plant food as tho law will permit, viz.; twelve per cent., made up of eight per cont avail able phosphoric acid, two per cent, nitrogen, two per cent, potash. Con sidering the materials he has on hand, he figures out this formula; 826 pounds of 20 p. e. acid phosphate 216 pounds 14 p. o. dried blood 75 pounds of 16 p. c. nitrate of soda 85 pounds 60 p. c. muriate of potash 1200 pounds Now In this 1,200 pounds of high- grade materials he has all the plant food you called for, with a smajl mar gin for safety. You called for eight per cont. of a ton In available phos phoric acid or one hundred nnd sixty pounds, and In his 826 pounds of-twen- ty por cent, acid phosphate he has given yen one hundred and sixty-five pounds of available phosphorjc aold; you called for two per cent, of a ton, or torty pounds of nitrogen, and In his 215 pounds of dried blood, containing fourteen per cent, nitrogen and seven ty-five pounds nitrate of soda with six teen per cent of nitrogen, he has giv en you forty-two and one-tenth pounds of nitrogen. In like manner you called for forty pounds of potash, and In eighty-five pounds of fifty per cent, muriate of potash he Baa given -you forty-two and a half pound's of actual potash- Now the best thing both for you and the manufacturer, the cheapest thing for both of you, would be for him to send you that twelve hundred pounds put up In six sacks, which, up on Inspection and analysis, would show: Available Phosphoric Acid . .13.75 p. c. Nitrogen 3.50 p. c. PqtfKli 3 .'4 p. c. utlng? that’s lino, but why don’t you fix the law and raise the grade so these fel lows can’t put In all this* artificial "filler.” My dear friend, there never yet was, and there never will be, a law framed which can meet all the condi tions of a great social and Industrial problem, or which will compensate for the fnilure to exercise his own intel ligence on the part of the individual . citizen. Think for a moment, sup pose we should, pass a Inw making^ lt Impossible to use any artificial ‘'fill ers” In the manufacture of commercial fertilizers, by raising the grade to a very high point. Do you not .see that by so doing (re should at Mice paralyze fhls great Industry, and cut short the cotton crop of the State, slnco we would at once bar the use of South Carolina acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and kalnit and a number of other good material of similar grade, an thus at once raise the price of the" high-grade materials to an unheard-of dogree by greatly increasing the de mand for them? No,| the conditions have been very thoroughly studied in every particular by the Commissioners of Agriculture of (lie various States, aided and ad vised by .those best qualified by experi ence and training to understand the matter In all of its details, and the re sult of their deliberations Is embodied In the new Georgia fertilizer law print ed In Bulletin 39. This law raises the grade of commercial fertilizers from a total plant food of ten per® cent, minimum under the. old law to ’ twelve per cent, minimum, and pro tects the farmer in every way that a good and just law can protect him. ii will give him the highest grade of fertilizers he has ever bought, It will protect him against fraud, it will guar antee that he gets overy pound of fer tilizing value that he pays for; in fine, lt Is the best fertilizer law now on the statute books of any State, but even 1 such a law cannot prevent the use of ’■•fillers.” Oply education on the part of the farmer, and a demand on his part for the higher grades of fertilizers wfll eliminate the use of “fillers.” When you and your brother farmers study the per centages of plant food h fertilizer, and prefer to buy five or Blx sacks of a high-grade goods to buying ten sacks of’ a goods containing only the same quantity of actual plant food, then there will be no more “filler” put Into high-grade fertilizer materials, but the capital of the manufacturer, and the skill of the chemist will be exerted in tlie effort to take out of the present low-grade fertilizer materials as much as possible of the "filler,” which God and nature have put there. Yours truly, JNO. M. McCANDLESS, j State Chemist Lyi tin, you .rust au “ n't hav > it th. c v a; xve a • n, ton sa k*> cf 8 2- : .m't Itjnj; p man when »e's going downhill unless you are et-italn thm 1 he lias no pun. so the era' ctv or r.ither rha;’. c> ter upon a campaign of education •• 1th all of Wo C'.'otsimers, obligingly t; ights Into ins- f .! w eight b’’nc:«. of powdered . te mined :-ol-.i, v < -c miles away, utterly worthless as fer tilizer, and mixes it In with the twelve hundred pounds of good fertilizer mak ing one ton. This mixture on inspection and analysis shows : Available Phosphoric Acid... .8.25 p. c. Nitrogen .2.10 p. x Potash 2.12 p. c. Not For Her. “Fanny, sweetest of women,” ex claimed the impulsive young Guy Da Point, “iong have I wished for this op portunity to pour my soul at your feet.” “Don’t do it,” replied the beautiful girl in alarm, looking wildly about for a high place. “I haven’t got ray rub bers on.” “You do not understand," said the young man sadly. “I spoke only in metaphor. You are the light of my life.” “Go easy, there. I don’t allow people to make fun of my red hair.” “Don’t Jest, Fanny. You are all the world to 'me. Let us understand each otter.” well, since you. insist Yo>: me not , chf. j- i., the moon 1 z»'." "iiV- • . ii a algt he asked floaty. “No, , Id, hvt jou ha~e u arrival due you . t your - appy homo in just fifteor minutes. Tell your tea te .RUt you i bed wf» hot bricks at your ’eel. •> yon vl'l tetd htfygir iv tils xorniijif ’ Ana tlie kao?£% young I tiling swopt from the room, v If all flesh is grass, why isn't dried beef hay? All a man has to do who wants thir teen different diseases le to call in thir teen different doctors. . 4.12.88 p.c. As yen this 'ajliiyK 3'iijtr:;f'foots No wise man will wear a celluloid A Small Quantity of High Grade Fertll- collar when he starts out to have a hot lzer Better than a Large Quantity j time. of a Lower Grade. j — ! Now suppose you had exercised a A billposter is a supers'.!hens nun. ' little come." :■ sense and bought the H<> ^ IIov?s ln