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DECATUR COUNTY
and bainbridge.
Bainbridge, fl«.. April 8, 1904.
The Lent is over and
rower is over due.
the bor-
We predict that Judge Joe Sid
Turner will be re-olected prison
commissioner to succeed himself.
Last week Mitchell county
floated bonds to the amount of
j.- jooto go to the erection of a
new jail.
Uryan is up against the Ilennett
will case once again. That $50,-
000 doesn't seem to be coming his
way as rapidly as he anticipated
or wished.
Although the candidate no long
er occupies the center of the stage,
the political era has not yet closed.
There arc wars and rumors of
wars—politically speaking.
The Dublin Times is advocating
Senator A. O. Bacon for President
of the United States, How would
President Bacon and Vice Presi
dent Turner of Georgia do?
An exchange has decided that
the fastest railroading ever wit-
nessed in this country occurs when
congress decides to pass a batch
of private pension bills.
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The Times Enterprise says:
•'We have heard arguments against
everything under the canopy of
heaven but never a sound one
against good schools or good
roads.”
The Republicans of the tenth
district have nominated Sim Wal
ton a negro barber of Augusta to
run for Congress against Congress
man T. W. Hardwick the Demo
cratic incumbent. “What fools
some mortals be.”
It has been fully decided that
there is no boll weevil in Georgia.
The state entomologist has fully
diagnosed the case of the Georgia
insect and says that it is not even
related to the famous Mexican
weevil. He pronounced him a
perfectly harmless little bug, not
in the least dangerous to the cot
ton crop. This is good news to
the cotton planters of the state.
The Russians have imprisoned
several ^>f the .American news
paper correspondents. If Russia
would cease disturbing herself
over the attitude of Americans,
and pay more attention to her lit
tle war with Japan, there might be
something really “doing” in the
war line in the Far East.
The report that the Parker Club
recently organized in Atlanta is
simply a Cleveland party in dis
guise, is being indignantly denied
by the gentlemen who organized
the club. It does seem that
the very names of the gentle
men who organized the Parker
Club would be sufficient guaran
tee that the club is exactly what it
claims to be. Why should a Cleve
land rose smell sweeter under a
Parker name ?
The Japanese have sent a dele-
A POSSIBILITY.
“St. Louis, III.—W. T. Scott, a
negro, has announced that prepa
rations have been completed for a
national convention for the nomi
nation of a negro for president.
The convention will be held at St.
Louis July 6th, the date set for
the Democratic National Conven
tion, The name of the new party
is the “National Civil Liberal
Party” and a platform will be
adopted which Scott says will call
for government ownership of
transportation facilities and a pen
sion list for former slaves”.
We are inclined to meet such
an announcement with ridicule and
scorn but if we could look into the
future and realize what such a step
may eventually mean, ridicule
would give place to tear and scorn
to indignation and resentment.
An exterior view of the case
simply brings to mind the utter
presumption of the hegro in dar
ing to aspire to such things, but
if the case be thoroughly sifted,
and the pros and cons considered
the seeming presumption would
necessarily be greatly excused.
Ever since the war the negro
has been a problem to the people
of the United States. What to
do with him and how to treat him
are questions that have been and
are being continually discussed and
as yet no solution of the problem
has been feund. If the negroes
were a little stronger in point of
numbers.it is quite probable that a
real race war would end the ques
tion one way or the other.
Under the Republican adminis
tration, every effort has been made
10 put the negro upon a basis of
equality with the white citizen.
He has been allowed a voice in
making tha laws of the nation; he
has been appointed to positions of
responsibility and honor in pref
erence to the more deserving
white citizen, and in every way
possible, the attempt has been
made to teach him to regard him
self as the equal of the white man.
Lastly bringing things down to a
personal basis, the race, in the
person of Booker Washington has
been dined at the table of the
President of the United States,
thus signifying the fact that Mr.
Roosevelt, president of this great
republic, considered himself and
every man in the United States
on an equality with the negro,
While the South with a full reali
zation of the case has been trying
to keep the negro in his proper
place, the North, acting from a
mistaken idea, has been teaching
him that he is being trampled
upon and his rights ignored.
And now as a result the negro
forms a party, calls a convention
to nominate, after the manner of
his white brother, a candidate for
the presidency of the United
States. Fancy, a negro president!
Of course, we say, nothing could
result from such a convention,
even if it were held; their candi
date would simply run and be de
feated.
Probably so, but how long will
such conditions exist? One step
leads to another and if the negro
continues to grow, multiply and
wax strong in the land, until fin
ally he equals or exceeds the
whites in number—what then?
A negro president—and a black
Republican government ?
An exchange says that H. R.
H. Prince Unsengangacona Umh-
langan Umbelazi Cetewayo who
has been living in London lodg
Farmers Column.
it
crop
By W. B. Roddenberry, of Cairo.
this weeder you will have little
is folly to plant a
and then let the grass
eat it up; it is also very
foolish to expend more money
and labor in cultivating a crop
than the crop will sell for after
it is made. Profit is what up
to date farmers are striving af-
the profit is to decrease the cost | spring trip shanks
of production and at the same j cultivator is as good
time increase the yield.
Under present conditions in
this section this can be done in
no other way than by the use
of modern improved labor-Bav-
ing implements. You can’t re
duce the cost of land, mules,
wagons, tools or fertilizers; you
can’t cut down the wages of
farm hands, but you can make
one man do the work of two to
four by using the right tool at
the rfght time, thus cutting
down the cost of cultivation
fifty to seventy-five per cent.
When a merchant invests in a
stock of merchandise he figures
the percent of profit lie can
make and it is high time
farmers were figuring percent
age some too.
Now let’s figure a little:.The
best way to kill grass is to do
it before it comes rip and gets
well rooted; this can be done
easiest and cheapest with the
Hallock weeder. Every one-
liorse farmer as well as big
farmer should use this tool; run
it broadcast over corn, cane,
pinders and other crops just be
fore they come up, thereby
keeping down grassland weeds
over the entire surface of the
field aud helping to secure a
good stand and at the same
time thoroughly pulverizing
the surface Boil. Continue to
run the weeder over the land
after each rain as soon as a
crust is formed until the eahe
and corn is knee high or liigh-
er, you wont injure the crop
but will destroy the grass and
weeds in their infancy and
keep the entire surface of the
field middles and all soft and
well mulched with dust; grass
cannot sprout in dust. A 12-
year-old boy can easily go over
12 to 15 acres per day as the
weeder cuts seven and a half
feet at each through. Stumps
are not a bar to the use of this
tool; simply go round the
stumps. Run the weeder over
oats and thereby increase the
yield, also run it crossways
over cotton before chopping.
Don’t use the weeder while the
ground is very wet, but use it
continuously during drouth as
it will conserve the. moisture
aud keep Jhe crop growing. The
poorest and most expensive
way to kill grass is with a hoe.
By rapid and constant use of
or no hoeing to do on any crop.
Now is the time to buy while
I have a good stock on hand.
Every two-horse farmer should
use the Moline Walking Culti
vator No. 226 Southern, with
adjustable arch, double evener
dju
No other
With
this implement you straddle
the row.and work both sides at
one through, running either
one or iwo furrows on each side
of the row as you prefer. You
can use scooters, shovels, turn
plows, sweeps or scrapes on this
tool and do just as good work
as with a single stock.
One man with two horses can
do the work of four men and
four horses a great portion of
the time and do the work of
two all the time. You can use
the same plows you now have
on hand on the “Moline South
ern.” Use four scooters or
shovels and you can four-fur-
row both sideB of the row at one
trip. Use two sweeps and two
turn plows and side both sides
of the row and also burst the
middles out at the same trip.
Use two large sweeps and side
both sides of • the row lapping
in the middles at one trip. The
Moline Southern is not a one
crop machine but works equally
well for corn, cotton, cane, pin
ders, tobacco and other crops.
Remember the name “Moline
Southern.” Some other culti
vators claim to be as good but
the test in the field won’t sus
tain the claim. The Moline has
been fully tested in this section
and is suited to our conditions,
so don’t be deceived by oily
tongued agents, but buy the
best, for the best is none too
good for south Georgia farmers.
The Moline is very simple and
easy to operate, but I will send
a man to your field to set you
right if you should have any
trouble operating it.
1 am proving my faith in
these implements by using five
Molines and four Hallock
Weeders on my own farm. I
don’t hesitate to recommend
these two implements farmers,
for I have tested them fully for
several years and I feel that I
am putting money into the
pocket of every farmer to whom
I sell one.
I buy them in car lots
and my prices are right. I'now
have on hand a good supply
ready for delivery and earnestly
solicit your patronage.
Yours for bigger "profits
farming,
W. B. Roddenbery,
Cairo, Ga.
Roofing a specialty.
Ail calls given prompt attention.
F. A. Preston,
g-.ion to America to investigate ; ings for some time is about to re-
Christianity as practiced in this turn to his home in Zululand,
Country. The investigation was
ordered to determine whether
Christianity should supplant
Buddhism in Japan, The Chris-
t -m religion as illustrated by the
English impressed the Japs as be-
ine a failure, so they are now in
vestigating American methods
with the expectation of finding the
“ideal religion."
he says he will discard his Euro
pean clothing at once and resume
skins, beads, leathers, and leg
bracelets. He can speak Zulu,
French, Portuguese, Kaffir. Dutch,
English and Spanish. And he
might add a knowledge of^each of
these languages is necesary to be
able to pronounce the distihguish-
ei gentleman's name.
Old roofs repaired and repainted.
Orders solicited.
F. A. Preston,
1 placei
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Bainbridge, Ga. I
Hardware, Stoves,'Mill •Supplies, Tinwni
Patton’s Ready Mixed Sunproof'
and White Lead. Wagon and
Material, Cotton Planters and
-— Line of Farm Machinery, Etc.J
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Tinning, Pht-ibing and Gas Fitting
Gunsmithingand Sheet Metal Work
of ail kinds.
Bainbridge, Ga.
Before you pay your money
get an abstract to the land.
WHEN?
WHERE? Allen & Co
tAftJW Because prudence dictates care in
W w ■ I ■ ■ putting out your money.
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BUYING.
Come to see us for the rest of the story, of an abstract.
Allen & Co., Real Estate Agt’s.
Bainbridge, Georgia.
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