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GEORGIA FARMERS
ARE COMMENOED
Commissioner Stevens Lauds
Them For Their Pluck.
RKNEWED ENERGY 18 EMPLOYED*
Though Ovo Mrany Section* of tho
SUt* Seaton* Were Unfavorable For
Loading Crop*, Farmer* Hav* Not
B«*n Discouraged—Other Remark*.
Surely the Qeorgia farmer* are to
bo commended for their Indomitable
pluck. Though over large area* of
our etate the seaaon* were unfavora
ble for the leading crop* during last
year, they have gone to work with all
the vim of men who are not set back
by one or two failures, but are In the
babtt of believing that the way to win
fortune’s smiles Is to compel them
by diligent and persistent effort.
In temporal, as well as in spirit
ual affairs, the old maxim Is a good
one, which says "Trust Ood, as though
everything depended upon Him, and
work as if all depended upon your own
efforts.”
It Is th* diligent man who Anally
succeeds, while the sluggard always
dads a lion In the way. Fortunately
for Georgia, few of her people are
found among the Idlers. Hence our
greatly Improved and still Improving
methods of agriculture, our new and
thriving manufactories, our rapidly
growing cities, towns and villages.
From our rural population come not
only the tillers of our Aelds, who pro
duce the things absolutely needed to
supply our great commercial marts
with all that trade demands and keep
the whoels of our great factories in
motion, but from the country there
flock Into our great centers of popula
tion those who supply the Infusion of
fresh blood and brains, without which
our cltieB and towns would sotn decay
and perish from the eirth. Prosper
ous farmers make prosperous mer
chants and manufacturers, who, in
their turn. Infuse Into the country vim
and enterprise.
The Syrup Industry,
We are glad to see that new Inter
est Ib being manifested In the sirup-
making Industry of South Georgia.
Already some of the best table sirup
made In the United States goes forth
.'from Thomas and adjoining counties.
That, which has been reflued and put
up In cans and shipped from ThomaB-
vllle, Cairo, Quitman and otlir Geor
gia townB, has been pronounced by
many to have the best flavor of any
syrup that flndB its way Into the mar
kets of the United States.
It le with great pleasure that we
note that the United States govern
ment which last year appropriated
110,000 to the development of the new
Georgia Industry Intends to double
that appropriation for the present
yenr.
Th* Department of Agriculture has
ever been active in Its ef
forts to promote the growth
of the sugar and syrup In
dustry of Georgia, and la pleased to
acknowledge the great help glvon to
this cause by Captain D. O. Purse,
secretary of the Board of Trade of
Savannah.
Bern* Thoughts About Georgia's Ag
ricultural Wealth.
W* are satisfied that Georgia's ag
ricultural wealth Is Just in the dawn
of Its development. Not long ago
In our city a lecture was delivered by
Dr. Conwell, of Philadelphia, who
took tor his subject "An Acre of Dia
monds.” He began with a story told
him by a Persian camel driver during
one of his Journeys In the Orlont.
There was a man, so the story went,
who becamg^very much discontented
with his farm, so he sold out and
weat Into a distant country to search
for diamonds. Now the purchaser
of. his farm was a very observant
enan and one day noticed In a certain
acre of his land a black substance
which contained under their unpre
possessing exterior something which
sparkled In the light with great lus
tre. Taking one of the pieces to an
export he was Informed that he was
the possessor of an exceedingly rich
field of diamonds. This, said the
guide, was the beginning of the tar
mous fields of Golconda. The Observ
ant man thus became immensely
wealthy, while the one who sold out
and wont abroad In search of fortune,
perished miserably at last In a for
eign land.
One need not g far to seek the
moral of this sto 'or often at our
own homes we h.: .- ‘be means of
wealth, If we are diligent and observ
ant, not neglecting the opportunities
at our very door.
' The Agricultural College,
Speaking of Georgia's agricultural
development reminds ua of tha gu>a' a
Agricultural College. The legislature
having decided that It shall remain a
while longer, at least. In Its present
location, let all Georgians resolve to
assist Its able president and profess-
#rs In their effort to make It a power
for good to the farmers. Many of
the best bulletins on various agri
cultural subjects that come to this
department are from the Agricultural
Colleges connected with the Univer
sities of our sister states. If we can
make our single Agricultural College
a success, then It may establish aux
TREATMENT
OF .PEACH
CURL.
LEAF!
(By W. M. Scott. 8tate Entomologist).
Peach leaf curl Is a disease which
appears In our orchards In early
spring, causing the young and tender
foliage to thicken, curl and finally
drop. Although It may occasionally
be seen on the twigs, its attacks are
confined principally to the leaves.
In the early part of the summer all
the affected leaves are shed and noth-
lllary branches In proper locations In: more 18 Men of ihe d ‘ 8ease untl!
the following spring. When an or-
our state. Agriculture Is a science
and the man who, after growing up
on his father's farm, and acquiring
practical experience, adds to this a
thorough knowledge of agricultural
chemistry, will understand the needs
of various plants and how to make
the soil supply the food which they
require for healthy and profitable
growth. While every young man has
not the means to attend an agrlcultu-
college, those who can, If they im
prove their opportunities, may spread
among their neighbors the knowledge
which they have acquired. Every sci
entific farmer may thus become an
apostle of progress and bless his day
and generation.
0. B. STEVENS,
Commission :r.
BAINBRIDGE DYE W0RI
Expert Workmen. - - Prompt Delis
Moderate Charges.
NATIONS AND LAUGHS.
The Various Ways Different Peoples
Have of Showing Mirth.
All the world laughs, though the na
tions huve different wnys of showing
mirth. The Chinese laugh Is not as
henrty or as expressive as the Euro
pean or American. It is oftener a tit
ter than n genuine burst of merriment.
There Is little character or force in It.
As for the Arabian laugh, we hear
little of Its hilarious ring through the
ages of mirth in the old world. The
Arab is generally a stolid fellow, who
must see good reason for a laugh or be
surprised into It. In Persia a man who
laughs Is considered effeminate, but
free license is given to female merri
ment.
Olio reads of the “grave Turk” and
the “sober Egyptian," but it is not re
corded that they have never moments
of mirth, when the fez bobs or the veil
shakes under the pressure of some par
ticularly "good tiling." In Molmmmed
himself Christian writers have noticed
cordiality and jocoseness, and they say
there is a good ringing laugh in the
prophet, with all his seriousness.
An American traveler iti Europe re
marks tlie Italian mirth as languid, but
musical, the Uermnn ns deliberate, the
French ns spasmodic and uncerain, the
upper class English as guarded and not
always genuine, the lower class Eng
lish as explosive, the Scotch of all
classes as hearty and the Irish as rol
licking.
The Pewarlows Carlyle.
It Is no drawback for a Christmas
gift to be useful as well as ornamental,
but there is pathos In Carlyle’s presen
tation of a washing table to his wife
at Christmas, 1850. At that time he
had long escaped poverty, but could
conceive no more pleasing gift than
this most utilitarian article which he
promised In a note which the curious
may still read at his house In Cheyne
row:
The Prophecy ot a Washetand to the
neatest ot all Women. Bleastnge on her
bonny face and be it ever blithets me, as
It is dear blithe or not. T. CARLYLE.
Dec. 2S, 1830.
This message appears to have been
written In a hurry, as If Carlyle, hear
ing the clocks strike midnight, exclaim
ed: "Ood bless my soul! It's Christ
mas day. Jeannle should have a pres
ent. She spoke of a washstand the
other day. She shall have It.” And
he forthwith penued the promise there
of. Anyway, he gave a five pound
note, and Mrs. Carlyle bought a marble
and mahogany washstand. — London
Chronicle.
Christmas Declared Illegal.
Although It may seem incredible, It is
a fact that not so many years ago
Christmas was considered a supersti
tious festival aud was stopped being
held by the strong hand of the law.
Holly aud mistletoe were destroyed
and were called “the plants of the evil
one.” Cakes aud wines were consid
ered Impious by the superstitious.
When Oliver Cromwell was protect
or, he ordered all the most Important
towns In England not to observe
Christmas, as he considered it to be a
hurtful custom.
Yet a stricter law he commanded to
be kept so that people might forget
Christmas. That was that all the mar
kets were to be held on Dec. 25.
Naturally this created a great stir
among the country folk, and they de
termined thenceforth to refuse to obey
his strict aud extraordinary law, which
he tried to enforoe, but all to no pur
pose.
(hard Is but slightly affected, a new
crop of leaves Is quickly produced and
the damage Is slight; but when, as fre
quently happens, the greater part ot
the foliage Is Involved, the tree Is Im
poverished, the present crop of fruit
destroyed, and future crops affected.
. Prevention by 8praying.
Few fungus diseases affecting cul-
tlvated plants have proven more eas- j
lly or aurely prevented than the Leaf i
Curl of the peach. It has been demon.
atrated beyond question that even '
the worst affected orchards may, by ;
proper spraying at the right season, 1
be practically freed of the pest, and 1
with a single application of the treat- j
ment. Numerous fungicides have j
been used and recommended, but of :
them all the safest and most effective !
has proven to be the Bordeaux mix- ]
ture. This should be applied In late ,
winter or early spring. After the buds
have become swollen the germs of the
fungus begin to penetrate the tissues
and the treatment Is therefore less '
effective, so that it is necessary to '
begin spraying in time to finish at
least two weeks before the trees are
likely to bloom. A little later when
the young leaves have begun to push
out and the evidences of the disease
become apparent, it is altogether too
late, and a spraying, so far as the
leaf curl Is concerned, would be a
waste of labor and material.
It Is very Important in spraying for
this disease that every part of the
tree be reached by the Boideaux or
other mixture used, for if a limb or a
portion of a limb be mtssed the fungus
will develop upon It, and thus tend
to re-lnfect to some degree the rest
of the tree.
Formula and Directions,
Boideaux is composed of a mix
ture of the diluted solutions of lime
and bluestone and may be prepared
from the following formula:
6 pounds fresh, unslaked lime.
6 pounds bluestone (sulphate of cop
per). *
50 gallons of water.
As much as six pounds of bluestone
and an equal quantity of lime may be
employed with safety and perhaps
advantageously In some cases. How
ever, when it Is desired to use Bor
deaux for brown rot or other diseases
after the foliage is out, the quantity
of bluestone should be reduced to 3
pounds and that of lime Increased to
nine pound*, because of the injurious
effect that strong Bordeaux has upon
peach foliage.
Slake the lime carefully with Just
enough water to reduce It to the con
sistency of thick cream and dilute to
25 gallons; dissolve the bluestone In
36 gallons of water also. Then In a
separate barrel mix the two solutions,
flrot pouring in a bucket of one and
then a bucket of the other, or better
still, pouring then In simultaneously.
After thoroughly stirring the mixture
an<j allowing it to stand for a few mo
ments It Is ready to be strained into
the spray pump tank.
When thus prepared, Bordeaux is
at its best, consisting of a fine floe-
ulent. pale blue precipitate suspended
In the water. If either or both of the
ingredients should be In concentrated
solution when the mixing i g done the
resulting Bordeaux in coarser grain
ed, settles much more quickly and Is
less effective as a spray. Even the
best will begin to settle quickly on]
standing, and it Is essential that the
spray pump be supplied with an agl-'
tator that will keep It atlrred in the
act ot pumping. |
The bluestone may be gotten Into
solution more quickly and readily by
suspending it in the corner of a fer
tilizer sack juat below the surface of
the water, or by the use of a small
quantity of hot water.
When a considerable amount of
■praying is to be done, It will be
found convenient to prepare stock so
lutions by dissolving 25 pounds or 50
pounds Of bluestone in an equal num
ber of gallons of water, while a like
amount of lime is slaked and diluted
to a similar volume. Then by dipping
out five gallons of either solution It
will be seen that an equal number
of pounds >f lime and bluestone will
be secured, and the separate weighing
and dissolving of the small lota be
avoided. The-two ingredients should
never be mixed unless diluted as be
fore described.
It is our desire to control the dyeing of Bainbridge and we realize!
only excellence of work will recommend us to the public
Hats Cleaned - Clothing Altered
and Re-shaped. - and Cle
Give us one trial and we will please you.
In the old Express Office Graves building
Phone 157.
-tNDKR NEW MANAGEMENT
Motel HXHatnman
BAINBRIDGE, GA.
Elegant Equipments Throughout.
Steam Heat.
Private and Public Baths.
The Leading Hotel of the City, j
EDWARD HOFFMAN,
Proprietor.
A. L. Townsend,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
. Bainbridge Qa.
Will practice in all the courts of Decatur countv. In Supra
I Court of the state and United States District Court. Will not|
employed in criminal cases except in exceptional cases.
In real estate business I return for taxes, rent, collect rent andl
real estate for clients. Have over 30 houses in hand for rent anij(|
render experienced service to clients in this line. I know the 1
umpers. .
PHOUE 113
CONGRESS
HALL SALOOffl
The most up-to-date place in town.
FRESH OYSTERS
Daily. Served in any style.
’Phone orders receive prompt attention.
Mixed Drinks a Specialty. QUICK LUNCH
Pabst Milwaukee Beer on Draught At all hours.
E. BLUMENSTEIN, Proprietor.
Coat 01 Coaetnettoa.
“Do you know what this street rail
road cost per mile?”
“No. But I know what It cost per
alderman!"—Puck.
BRACK1N & CO,
Livery, Feed,
Sale Stables,
AND
Broad Street, Bainbridge, G»>
Basses meetsall trains and transfer passengers promptly to any portioj
the city. First class teams and trusty drivers. Call at our
’PHONE 56.
BRACEIH *
About three days after a man returns
from a trip his friends begin to think
up something to change the subject
when they see him coming.—Atchison
Globe.
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SPHINGi
Greatest Health Resort in Florida.
Salt water and mineral -ater baths. Water famous for cures
chronic cures of Stomach and Kidney Troubles.
Splendid fresh and salt water fishing. Good accommodations in Hotel
tages Table supplied at all times with fish and oysters in addition to e'
a good market affords. Mrs. K. A. Oliver, of Bainbridge, Ga., bas sect
rosuioQ ot Asms;ant Mauser at the Hotei Reasonable Kate a ‘“
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