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p oes Southern Farming *uy.
Hxvv.vmKX, Sioux county, lown, IV
*j7th, 1888—Kditor Constitution:
The articles which have appeared in the
/ Jtitntion. entitled “Does Farming in
.j,'. South Day?” has interested me very
i Thpro are some essentials to sue
jnarh. 1
, which are the same everywhere. In
J,.,, y ol -th where farming does pay. as a
* , we consider the followingcomlltions
' ( , nt ial to success: Nearness to the
'•otisunier and diversity of products, with
, intelligent understanding of the occa
sion Of course there are many
! vjliarv helps, nearness to the consumer
iS ;1 prime factor. The farmer’s great
jr „ i i s people who consume, not pro
,jn and the more he has of this class,
and the nearer he is to them, the better
, ie j„ situated. This great truth has
ado the farmers of the North warm ad
,.;ltes of “home markets.” They have
Darned that one good home market is
v „ M . t l, a dozen uncertain and fluctuating
ones across the ocean, and that to have
Dune markets we must have industries
iUl d occupations which will call non-pro
ducers, and, as a logical sequence, the
majority of the farmers North are
strong adherents of a protective tariff,
with now and and then a man, by way
(i ~\oMrtion, who has read nothing but
~( )j ,v of “Adam Smith,” willed him by
j |lH r cat grandfather, or some'Other
ancestor. Reason and experience have
s j, own the Northern farmer that villages
and cities are essential to his success.
Not, only are these non-producers fed
and clothed by the tanner, but they bear
ti„ir share of the burdens of state and
nation, and thus materially reduce the
amount of taxes which the farmer would
have otherwise to pay. It is very tfre
quently the case that one or more live
towns in a county pay more taxes than
all the farms of the county. Then the
money that the former must pay for his
implements, etc., is spent at home, as it
were, and goes to improve his own sec
tion, instead of being spent hundreds
and thousands of miles away, by people
wlio do not contribute one cent for our
government if they can avoid it, and
who have nosympathv or interest in our
institutions or progress as a people.
His farm isenhancedin value in the same
ratio that the adjacent towns and cities
improve!. Every factory, every business
block that is erected, means the farms in
that section have an additional value.
Another great gain to the farmer, by
being near to the consumer, is, that it
saves him much in freight charges, both
on what hesellsand whathehuys. Again,
a near market means that the farmer
can dispose of many things for cash,
which it would be very difficult or im
possible to send to a distant one; sued
as perishable fruits, vegetables, etc. For
instance, we disposed of twenty dollars
wort h of strawberries from a little patch
one by three rods in size, and people
were glad to drive out for them, while my
neighbor, across the way, nearly, if not
quite, supplied his family of five, all
summer and fall, with their groceries and
dry goods, from the proceeds oi one
luilf of acre of sweet corn, a few hills of
encumbers and melons, with a few bush
els of early potatoes, The time spent
in the care of the above, lie hardly
noticed, while his market was at his
door, as the “town” people came after
them. The care of his little “truck
patch” did not interfere with his farm
opt?rations at all, and added a nice little
sum to his income, none of which could
lu* have disposed Of had it not been for
his “home” market. Farmers of the
South: the development of your cities,
mines and factories is very closely rela
ted to your prosperity, and no other
class of persons are so vitally interested
in the maintenance of a protective tariff
fts the farmer. A diversity of products
is an essential factor to success. Asa
rule, the “store” expense of a Northern
farmer is less than that of his Southern
brother, because he raises nearly every-
thing lie consumes in th® way of grain,
meats and fruits. Said a Northern pork-
I'iickor to me some time ago: ‘"I have
shipped all summer and fall several car
I*';hls of pork, mostly smoked meats, to
the South.” ‘Where is it mostly con
sunu'd,’ I asked, ‘in the towns or in the
H^’Uis try?" “All classes nearly alike, 1
jP ilk, I sell to the wholesale deal-
f ‘ r;s at various points in the
”°ntli. they in turn to the retail dealers,
w ho sell to their customers, makes pretty
c s tly pork by the time it gets to the
c '>nsumer, don't it?” 1 told him I
thought so, by the time the freights and
hiiferent profits were added to his profit.
'>oSouth ought not only to feed itself,
h’U sisould have a large surplus to sell to
(|, nors. it Ims tlie natural advantages
r equi!*o(l. With a diversity of crops the
r
d!tne i‘ nearly always has one or more
L "fiiiets each year, which from a scarcity
’ ■ like products in other sections of the
'' amry, will bring a tine profit. rn Jer
•Ntainl your business. Use your brains.
iii, i . % “
‘ l ains are required to make a successful
Provide yourself and family
" ,t 11111 abundance of good reading mat
'• A farmer has no more right to neg-
“cultivation” of his mind than
'•' lawyer, editor or preacher. The more
s ‘ !i, ial knowledge yon acquire the more
will you be. • Insist that your
f^' 'l iters serve all classes alike, and
: ! u they establish a thorough public
wt' Ul Large numbers of North
|P people are going South, but Tennessee
getting nearly all of them, on account
the attention there given to educa
(jj?batters. I, personally, know a
° Z(il 0l * more families in this section
who are going South. They tiling that
Georgia is destined to have great wealth
with its wonderful resources, but not one
of them will go thereon account of its
poorer school facilities. Tennessee will
get them all. The people of the North
most sincerely wish the South to prosper,
as a part of our common country, and
with wisdom on the part of its people it
wfil. Yours truly,
• A. D, Storks.
Thoughts* About Farming—The Impor
tance of Home liaised .Supplier.
Griffin Snn.
Mu. Editor: I have thought that I
would like to write something for your
paper occasionally, find as the new year
has started but I will write.
1889 has made a fine impression in the
way of elections. lam glad to see old
Spalding again redeemed from independ
eutism in the way of elections. I hope
that Spalding county will never be so
corrupt again as to have other cdunties
looking upon her as such.
1 made a flying trip to Columbus
Thursday. I noticed a great deal of cot
ton still in the patch to pick. Why it is
I don’t know, unless the farmer makes
more than he can gather. If that be the
case there is nO use of moving to anew
country to make more.
The Farmers' Alliance had a big meet
ing in Columbus that day, with different
counties in Georgia and Alabama repre
sented. 1 met a good number, and find
ing where I was from they were very
anxious to know how the Alliance Ware
house was progressing, and how they
got it up, and who furnished the money
to start the concern ? I informed them
that we only rented the warehouse, and
we did not*need any money. We only
rented the house and employed a good
alliance man and put him in charge, and
he went to working up the business. We
soon found that he was doing a good
business, and the warehouse was running
its own business, and paying its own ex
penses and money besides.
Now, brethren, that is the way we must
fill do. The main part of prosperity is
starting right and keep going on. We
will soon be able to live, and when we
get so we will make our own supplies,
then we can make money, but we can't
make any money as long as we pay big
prices for supplies to live upon and feed
our stock. Let us raise our own sup
plies at home, and move our corn cribs
and smoKO houses closer. You need not
think that the Farmers’Alliance is going
to put meat in your smoke houses and
corn in your cribs. If it gets there you
will have to work for them. Don’t buy
anything that you can possibly do with
out, act honestly, by all means cut
down expenses fill the time. If you lived
on 25 per cent, less last year than you
did the year before, take off 25 per ocut.
more this year, and you will soon get the
per cent, down to what you have lm\i
paying for supplies,
The merchants would be proud that
the farmers would raise their own sup
plies, then they could make more money,
and you would make more money also.
Now you may think that is strange
talk, yet it is true, The merchant charges
big per cent, because so many don’t pay
him and that breaks tin* man, and the
blind lead the blind and both fall in the
ditch. We must stop, and stop quick, or
we will all be in the ditch together.
Farmer.
Something About National Al’ianccs.
The Alliance re-elected its old officers
unanimously who will perform the duties
of their respective positions until the
dates shall have ratified the new eonsti
tion, and that fact has been officially an
nounced.
Much important legislation was ef
fected. Among the measures bearing
most directly on the interests of farmers
we mention;
Ist. A plan of co-operation among the
cotton growers of the South by which
t hey must raise all needed farm supplies at
home, and through which they will agree
as to the market ing and handlingof their
cotton. This plan was suggested and
based on a memorial of a farmer, Mr. W.
S. Stewart, of Mecklenburg county, N.
and presented by Presidents. B. Alex
ander, and which will probably place the
name of Mr. Stewart in the lead of one of
the greatest commercial reforms ever
Known in history. If the cotton farmers
of the South will heartily co-operate in
prosecuting the plan, it will place them
beyond the greedy gamblers in that com
modity.
2nd. The establishment of a National
Alliance organ in the cityjof Washington,
l). T. It is established through the liber
ality and enterprise of ten wealthy mem
bers, andjholds the same relation to the
National Alliance that the State organs
bear to the State Alliances.
3rd. A demand for the adoption of
plain, practical text-books in our com
mon schools oif elementary principles of
the science of agriculture.
4th. A National committee on legisla
tion, State and National, with State
committees as auxiliaries.
oth. The consideration of plans for the
establishment of factories to manufac
ture bagging and fertilizers.
, 6th. Recommendation to adopt cot
ton bags, in shipping guano, grain, etc.
7th. A system of lecturing for the pro
motion of the order.
Bth. A plan for co-operation of labor
organizations in matters of business.
9th. Defining the wants and views of
Southern farmers in regard to immigra
tion.
• Permanent.
At the time I began taking S. 8. 8. my
body and arms were almost one solid
sore, find I had been taking medicine for
twenty-six years to cure blood poison.
In less than thirty days my skin had all
cleaned off, and I was a well man,
John li. Willis.
31 Washington st. Atlanta, Ga., Oct.
28, 1888.
Swift’s Specific cu-ed me of malignant
blood Poison after I had been treated in
vain with old so-called remedies of Mer
cury and Potash. S. S. S. not orfly cured
the blood Poison, but relieved the
Rheumatism which was caused by the
poisonous minerals. Geo. Dovell,
2422 3d Avenue, N. Y.
Swift’s Specific is entirely a vegetable
remedy, and is the only medicine which
permanently cures Scrofula, blood
Hunrors, Cancer and Contagious blood
Poison. Send for books on blood and
Skin Diseases, mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
He stood with one foot on the hub of
his wagon wheel, talking to his wife, who
sat in the wagon holding the lines.
“How much did you say, Mary?” he
asked.
“A dollar.”
“What! A hull dollar for two pairs of
stockings?”
“Yes.”
“We can't afford it. That’s perfectly
reckless.”
“but I want ’em.”
“Yes, I suppose so, but you can’t have
’em. Look-a-here. I've got to have a
necktie, anew hat, a pair of suspenders,
a pair of buckskin gloves, some socks, a
plug of tobacco and a jack-knife, and
that will take all the money we can
spare.”
“Can’t I get one pair?”
“Well, mebbe, but you’d better 100k 4
fur cotton and suthin’ at about 20cents.
We’ll never git rich in the world if we
don’t keep expenses down.
Are you made miserable by Indiges
tion, Constipation, Dizziness, Loss ofAp
petite, Yellow' Skin? Shiloh’s Vitalizer
is a postive cure. For sale by J. li.
Wikle & Cos., Cartersville, and J. M.
Gray, Adairsville. deed Cm —2
The Rev. Geo. H. Thayer, of Bour
bon, Ind., says: “Both myself and wife
owe our lives to Shiloh’s consumption
cure.” For sale by J. R. Wikle & Cos.,
Cartersville, and J. M. Gray, Adairsville,
Ga. dec 6 6m—2
Attention, li. It. L.
For .sprains, bruises, rheumatism,
cramps, inflammation, swelling, cuts,
burns, etc., in man, and solint, ringbone,
windgall, epizootic, scratches, etc., in
horses, Rangurn Root Liniment is a sure
cure. The “King of Liniments” is the
universal verdict.. Never fails to cure
any ailment that can be reached by an
external medical examination. 50 cents
per bottle. For sale by all druggists.
8-30 tl oc
Petid Strfc it hi
A bottle of Delectal ive may save you a
month s suffering. If your gums are
sore, heal them with Delectal ave. Use
Delectdave on your tooth-brush, and
rinse out your mouth and between your
teeth with it, to rem >ve the food particles
and, prevent fermentation, which causes
a fitid breath- For sale by all Di U croDst.R
- - --
Why WILL you cough ‘when Shiloh’s
Cure will give immediate relief. Price
lOcts., 50cts., and si. For sale by .1. R.
Wikle & Cos., Cartersville, an 1 .1 M, Gray,
Adairsville. dec 0-6m—2
*
“Hackmetack ” a lasting and frag
rant perfume. Price 25 and 50 cents.
For sale by J. R. Wikle & Cos. C irters
ville, and J. M. Gray, Adairsville,
Georgia. dec 0-(sm—2.
Shiloh's Catarrh remedy —a posi
tive cure for catarrh,diptheria and can
ker-mouth. For sale by J. R Wikle &
Cos. Cartersville, and J. M. Gray, Adairs
ville, dor* 0-6 m— 2
Noav is the Time
to use Hodges’ Sarsaparilla with lodide
of Potash, the great purifier for the
blood. A certain cure for rheumatism,
scrofulous affections and all diseases pe
culiar to females. Renovates and invig
orates the system. Physicians recom
mend it. Take no other. Rangum Root
Medicine Cos., Manufacturer, Nashville,
Tenn. SI.OO per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. 8-30 tl oc
K. P. O.
Don't waSte time and money and un
dergo needless torture with the 'knife
when Ethiopian Pile Ointment- will afford
instant relief and certain cure in every
case of blind, bleeding, itching, internal
and external piles. Rangum Root Medi
cine Cos., Manufacturers, Nashville, Term.,
50 cents and $1 per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. 8-30 tl oc
T. I. N. C.
Don’t suffer any longer but use Tan
ner’s Infallible Neuralgia cure, the only
infallible cure on earth for all forms of
neuralgia and nervous headache Ran
gum Root Medicine Cos., Manufacturers,
Nashville, Tenn. 5o cents per box. Sold
qy ail druggists. 8-30 tl out
Invalids, aged people, nursing moth
ers, overworked, wearied out fathers,
will find the happiest results from a
judicious use of Dr. Sherman’s Prickly
Ash Bitters. Where the liver or kidneys
are affected, prompt action is necessary
to change the tide toward health, ere the
disease becomes chronic—possibly incur
able, and there is nothing better to be
found .in the whole range of materia
medica Sold everywhere. novl-lm
Croup, whooping c-.ugh and Bron
chitis immediately relieved bv Shiloh s
Cure. For sale by J. R. Wikle & Cos.,
( artersville, and J. M. Grav, Adairs-*
. n 29-om—l
Will you suffer with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint? Sniloh’s Vitaliztr is
guaranteed to curi you, For sile by J,
R. Wikle & Cos., Cartersville, and J. M.
Gray, Adairsville. no 29 6m—l
The choicest foreign and domestic fruits
always on hand at Maffett’s. tf.
Dr. G. Mclane’s Celebrated:
LIVER PILLS
WILL CURE
A few doses taken at the right time
will eften save a severe spell of
sickness. Price only 25 cents at
any drug store. Be sure and see
that Dr. 0. McLANE'S CELE
BRATED LIVER PILLS, FLEM-
LslG BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa., is
on the box. None other is Genuine.
I Use IVORY POLISH for the Teeth,!
Perfumes the B heath.
The iek
Torle Blood
A POSITIVE. CURE f oRSCROfIttA
rheumatismscaidHeadorTetter
BOILS PIMPLES QLDoaCHROMIC Sores
of AU KlßdSawo au DISEASES ARISING
FROM an IMPURE STATE o? THE BLOOD
SIP £ rBOTTLE _ Sforss
SaKGtfMROoT
15 THE BEST oK EAKIH
ffHIOPIWtPIiE
r OINTMENT **
K EVER TAILS To CURJ
T. X.M.e.
'5 WW# ißfaiuble cure.
• • • foR KEUR.AJ.GIA.- • •
-Sold EVeryWHeK^
ipi
2ui do no* use the dangerous alkaline
fcttd mercurial preparations which destroy
your nervous system and ruin the digestive
power of the stomach. The vegetable king
dom gives us the best and safest remedial
agents. Dr. Sherman devoted the greater
part of his life to the discovery of this relia
ble and safe remedy, and all its ingredients
are vegetable. He gave ii the name of
PrisfeSy Ash lifters l
c name everyone can remember, and to the
present day nothing has been discovered that
is so beneficial for tho BLOOD, for the
LIVER, for the KIDNEYS and for the
STOMACH,. This remedy is now so well
arid favorably known by ail who have used
it that arguments as to its merits are use
less, and if others who require a correct
ive to the system would but give ii a trial
the health of this country would be vastly
improved. Remember the name— PRICKLY
ASH BITTERS. Ask your druggist for it.
PRICKLY ASH BITTERS C 9 ?,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Tsiedyspeptic, the debilitated, wheth
er from excess of worjfc of miiad os*
body, drink or exposure in
Malarial Hegioz&s,
will find Tutt’s Pills the most genial
restorative ever offered tlie suffering
invalid.
Try Them Fairly.
A vigorous body, pure blood, strong
nerves and a claeerf si3 mind wilt resuit.
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
r Dp*. HEM Ll£ YS
E3EEr&9ROIt
A f*ost Effective Combination.
This well known Tonic and Nervine is gaining
great reputation as a cure for Debility, Dyspep
sia. and NJSitVOiTS disorders. It relieves all
languid and debilitated conditions of the sys
tem ; strengthens the intellect, and bodily functions-,
builds up worn out Nerves : aids digestion ; re
stores impaired or lost. Vitality, and brings back
youthful strength and vigor. It is pleasant to the
taste, and use ' resmlarlv braces the System against
the depressing .nfluence of Malaria.
Price—sl.oo net- Dottle of 24 minces.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PS Big G has given univer
satisfaction in the
to 5 date. cure of Gonorrhoea and
Strtoture. 10 c,lePt - J proscribe it and
... . fool safe in recoinmend-
S:*ttr and only by the . ,
sv , ~ mg it to all sufferers.
J - STO n EIi ;
Ohio. T| Decatur, 111.
PRICE, 81.00.
Trad. v Sold by Druggi3ts.
BAKER & HALL,
The most extensive dealers in North Georgia in
General Hardware,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Buggies, Wagons, Harness,. &c
Can supply anything from a Knitting
Needle to a 100-hcrse power Engine.
Sash, Doors and Blinds.
Engiues, Saw Mills, Blacksmith Tools,
Guns, Pistols, Powder, Shot, Etc.
Gower Buggy,
is still being handled bv us. Being
< made of first-class material and a \| I
home institution, the reputation of
which has long ago been made, we
j make a specialty of it. However, we I |VJ
a ** ne °* °^ ,er "'hich fjj fj (j
'A.I we fully guarantee. We also
\TtX/ Tennessee Wagon.
We assure the farmers that they need not go elsewhere for anything they want
incur line, for we have everything they need in their business at prices that can
not be beaten. In fact we are headquarters for Hardware, Agricultural Imple
ments, and Machinery for this section.
Raker & hall, bankers.
-with security. BAKER & HALE, West Main Street,
C AXITEIRSVIXJL23, C3rA.
G. M. MONTGOMERY. J. G. M. MONTGOMERY
GEO. M. MONTGOMERY SCO.,
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EAL NSTATE /A GENTS
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CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Buy and Sell City Property, Farm and Mineral Lands!
We have some desirable Farms and a good -line of City Properly, including
dwellii g, Store Houses and Unimproved Lots.
Correspondence Solicited.
THE HOWARD BANK.
CAETEESYILLE, GA.
Does a Gen era Banking Business,
Deposits Received, Subject to Check.
Exchange Bought and Sold.
Collections Made in al parts XT. S.
Discounts Desirable paper.
Ail Accommodations Consistent with Safety
EXTENDED TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
ROB'T F. BRADFORD ft CO.
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, oots and Shoes,
Staple *and * Fancy * Groceries,
ALSO
HEAVY FARMERS’ SUPPLIES,
Texas Peed Oats, Seed Oats, Corn, Hay, Bran, &c.
Will give very lowest prices in large lots.
Cartersville, Gc., December, 1888.
| JOHN T. NORRIS,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE!
(TTPSTAIRS.)
3Ta.rst Door South, of Howard’s Basils
BARTOW LEAKE,
File, Liferntf ijccitieiif Insures!
GJnXrSSS.*"n?^£>?l3 e fn’a“7'or’Ul, mjlls Injure ! at reaaonah
■ "--t ',al„ street, SfJS B wATor the old S' SUStHLP* °‘
Leather and Gum Belting.
Plows, Harrows, Corn Shellers and
all kinds of
Agricultural Machinery*
Wagon and Buggy Harness, Saddles,
Bridles, etc., in great profusion at
VERY LOWEST PRICES.