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ANNUAL REPORT NUMBERS AND VALUE OF LIVE STOCK IN GEORGIA JAN. 1,1919 United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Crop Estimates. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 22,1919. |T The U. S. Department of Ag riculture through its local field ag(*nt stationed at Atlanta, lias made public official esti mates of farm animals in tin 1 state. Greater interest, per haps, attaches to tin* swine fig ures. It has long been known that pork can be very cheaply produced in this belt. Lack of markets and devotion of farm ers to the cotton crop were once the main reasons for our com paratively poor showing. Since 1915 both of these handicaps have been removed, the first by building of numerous pack ing plants, the second by tin* boll weecvil. In the year men tioned, Georgia hogs numbered about two million. On January 1, 1919, the number was rough ly about three million. When this increase began it was large ly confined to those sections in vaded or threatened by the boll weevil, which could grow cheap peanuts and velvet beans. Con sequently hogs replaced cotton as a money crop. More recent ly the movement has become statewide. Along with this change a vast improvement in grade has oc curred. Except in the south esatern range, the razor back has practically disappeared. fcßlooded herds of all loading breeds are common, and of such excellence that they compare favorably with any in the coun try. Plenty of cheap feed has also had its’effect on the cattle in dustry. The southern half of the state, thanks to the velvet bean, has progressed notably. Many fine “Whitefaces and Shorthorns have been imported and many fine homebred ani mals produced. In milch cattle a corresponding improvement has taken place. Tick-free ter ritory now reeahes the Florida line, making easy the movement of breeding stock and fattened cattle. This has much to do -with the present high valuation. The sheep propaganda has borne some fruit in the south east, but the major part of the state continues to show a de cline. The southern section which was once a splendid open range, is becoming a thickly settled farming country. Here the common reply to an inquiry upon the subject is “The sheep are about gone.” Of course the high price of wool and of meat, has put the value per heda much higher than we have s<*en it. The range stuff is still compartively cheap, but little is to be had. Work stock on farm Janaury 1 shows no mar ked change. With the gradual enlargement of acreage under cultivation, a corresponding increase in horses and mules is naturally o\pocted. The estimates of the reporters show this to be true. Horses are not so numerous as i m 'os and the tendency is in fa vor of the hybrids. Doubtless tin coming of cheap motoi is partlv responsible foi the i*''l - c'f general purpose farm, horses to hold own. A growing proportion are able to own a car and a mule for work, ('•ne district, the northwestern, offers an exception to ihe gen , ,-al trend. In this region quite si few colts are being raise 1 and mares art* in demand. The reason for renewed in terest in horse and mule breed ing. is the very high present price of these animals. If we go back a few years and trace Hu* course of events, we find that after war put down price of cotton to about <5 cents many of the farmers were forced to sell their best animals for what they would bring. In a few years the inferior animals re tained wefie worked out. By the first of last year new stuff was bought and grade and supply approached normal. This month the average price and grade of farm stock is reported as the highest on record. This does not exactly apply to the horse and mule market, which have been somewhat upset by sale of government equipment. In terms of the coming crop, how ever, it means that our farmers are in shape to make it if the la bor situation improves. Z. K. PETTET. Field Agt. U. S. Dept, of Agl. SPARKS FROM THE ANVIL. Try to live for one week with out grumbling. Be severe with yourself, hut gentle with other folks. Then men who master situa tions mastr themselves first. Better let favors seek you than spend time seeking for t hem. Penitence is the morning star to a brighter and better day. Faith is the leading charac teristic of men of honor and he roism. The highest type of chivalry is that which serves the com monplace need. Where theer is darkness be a light; where there is a desrt be a fountain; where there is need Ik* a giver; where ther is trouble be a peacemaker; such are the children of God. —Onward. SOME OF EARTH S COST LIEST, BIGGEST AND OLDEST THINGS. The largest library is th'* Na tional in Paris, which oidains 3,000,000 books. The tallest monument, is in Washington, I). O. kis 550 feet high. The deepest coal mine is near Lambert, Belgium, and is 3,500 feet deep. The largest monolith is in Egypt —10(5 feet. The biggest dock is at Cardiff, Wales. The greatest bank is the Bank of England, at London. The oldest college is Universi ty College, Oxford. It was es tablished in the year 1050, The largest college is in Cai ro, Egypt. It has on its regis ter each year over 10,000 stu dents and 310 teachers. The largest bronee statute is that of Peter the Great, in St. Petersburg, Russia. It weighs some 1,100 tons. Until recently the most costly medicine was supposed to me meatllic gallium, $150,000 a pound. But lately radium has far outstripped it in price, bringing about $200,000 an ounce. —Chicago Tribune. In Svecyday L.M*. It a* well to remember tint excel* ent tliln** ere rare. STOMACH TROUBLE Mr. Marion Holcomb. of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite a long white I suffered with stomach trouble. 1 would have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most disagreeable taste in my mouth. If 1 ate anything with butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were no good at all for my trouble. I heard THEDPOSD’S , Buck-draught recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured me. 1 keep it in the house all the time. It is the best liver medicine made. Ido not have sick headache or stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on the jaded Uver and helps it to do its important work of throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys tem. This medicine should be in every household for use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel sluggish, take a dose tonight. You will feel fresh to morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists. ONE CENT A DOSE u ™ IF YOU ARE WELL-BRED. You will bo 'kind. You will not uso slang. You will never indulge in ill natured gossip. You will never forget the re spect due to age. You will not swagger or boast of your achievements. You will be scrupulous in your regard for the rights of ot hers. You will not forget engage ments, promises or obligations of any kind. You will never make fun of the peculiarities or idiosnyncra sies of others. You will not bore people by constantly talking of yourself and your affairs. You will never under any cir cumstances cause another pain, if you can help it. You will not think that “good intentions’’ compensate for rude or gruff manners. You will not sulk or feel neg lected if others receive more at tention than you do. You will not have two sets of manners —one for ‘“company” and one for home use. You will be as agreeable to your social inferiors as to your equals and superiors. You will never remind a crip ple of his deformity or probe the sore spot of a sensitive soul. You will let a refined manner and superior intelligence show that you have traveled, instead of constantly talking of the. dif ferent countries you have visit ed. You will not remark, while a guest, that you do not like the food which has been served to you. You will not attract attention by either your loud talk or laughter, or show your egotism by trying to absorb conversa tion. —Advance. MADE HELPLESS BY RHEUMATISM ZIRON Did This Kentucky gentleman Mora Good Than Any Other Medicine. "Eight years ago I was down with rheumatism," writes M. J. Hutcherson, of Tomkinsville, Ky. “I was helpless for three months, unable to even feed myself. Doctors doctored me and I got up, but have had bad health ever since, with soreness and weakness across my back and in my arms and legs. I final ly took Ziron, and It has done me more good than any medicine I have ever taken, and I intend to take more of it, for It is the best medicine I ever used. I have found it Just what It Is recommended to be, and I am ready to tell other suffering people that Ziron helped me, and anxious to speak a word of praise for It." Ziron acts on the blood and baa bees found of great value in Rbeamatiam, Indigestion, Anemia and General Weakness Ziron puts iron lato the blood, and iron Is needed by your sys tem to make yon strong and healthy. Ask your druggist about the guaran tee on the first bottle. BLL Your Blood Needs ZIRON Birds of Nebraska. Allhough 400 different spadas of f!rds hnre thetr home in Nebraska, It s said that no more then 300 are to ie found in any one locality. Scene In a Georgia Justice Court A Real Incident. “May it please your Honor,” said a justice court lawyer as la* wiped the perspiration from his brow at the close of a long and laborious effort to convict the accused, **Mav it please your Honor, this man is guilty and deserves the full limit of the penalty. Yea, more! It would be none too good for him to forfeit, like* that man in Holy Writ, a pound of flesh to be cut nearest his heart.” Whereupon the opposing counsel arose to remind the court that the pound of flesh incident was not to be found in tlu* Bible, but that the learned lawyer quoted from one of Shakespeare's pronfanest plays. “It is in the Bible, I say it is,” dogmatically contended the prosecuting attorney. “It is not.” “It is.” "It is not.” “It is.” Thus (h<* lawyers contended like katydids until the justice broke in— “ Gentlemen, order! Tlu* words air not In tlu* Bible but in McGuffey's Fifth Reader. 1 read it when 1 was a boy.” DON’T. LET A COLD KEEP YOU AT HOME * Dr. King’s New Discovery almost never fails to bring quick relief Small dosea once in awhile and that’ throat-tearing, lung-splitting cough' soon quiets down. Another dose and a hot bath before jumping into bed, a good sleep, and back to normal in the morning. Dr. King’s'New’Discovery is well known. For fifty years it’s been relieving coughs, colds and bronchial attacks. For fifty years it has been sold by druggists everywhere. A reliable remedy that you yourself or any member of your family can take safely. Train Those Stubborn Bowels Help nature take it3 course, net with a violent, habit-forming purga tive, but with gentle but certain an d natural-laxative. Dr. King’s New Li r 3 Pills. Tonic in action, it stimulates the lax bowels. Sold bydruggists everywhere. Those who are thoughtful have concluded that something more than chance is behind the remarkable popularity of ROYSTER’S FERTILIZERS. Those who have investigated, find neither chance nor magic, but simply common sense appreciation of values. Those who are prudent are placing their orders now and insisting on being supplied with ROYSTER’S FERTILIZER TRADE MARK REGISTERED. Order Early and Avoid Disappointment F. S. ROYSTER GUANO CO. Norfolk, Ya., Richmond, Va., Tarboro, N. C., Charlotte, N.C., Washington, N. C., Columbia, S. C., Spartanburg, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., Macon, Ga., Columbus Ga., Montgomery, Ala. Baltimore, Md., Toledo, 0., Land For Sale 160 acres, 4 1-2 miles south of Dacula, Ga., 4-room house, 3-horse farm, barn, good pasture. 25 acres of original forest, plenty of wood, pub lic road divides it. Selling for only $35 per acre. 40 acres red land, good house and outbuild ings, 4 miles east of Winder, at S9O per acre. 330 acres, Hancock county, Ga. 4-horse farm open, 3 tenant houses. Thousands ot feet of second-growth pine and hardwood timber, 90 acres in bottoms, at $25 per acre. Easy terms. 785 acres in Hancock county, 6-room dwell ing, 7 tenant houses, large barn. 3 miles hog wire fence, on public road and mail route, phone line. In 1 1-2 miles of schools, churches and steres. Gin and corn mill with 30-horse-power engine and boiler goes with this. 10-horse farm open, and over a million feet of saw timber. Sold together at $25 per acre, or will cut and give choice at S3O. Tenants wanted for S-horse farm. City property for sale and rent. Loans made. W. H. QUARTERMAN, Atty. Pressing Business I have opened up a complete and thoroughly up—to-date Pressing !Club in the basement of the Winder National Bank Building. All my machinery is absolutely new. and I have a first-class Hoffman steam presscr. All kinds of Dyeing, Altering, Dry-cleaning, and Pressing done. All work guaranteed. Goods called for and delivered anywhere in side city limits, I solicit your trade. The New Winder Pressing Club PHONE 334 PAUL AUTRY Mgr.