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THE ARB^S. w. j.iiautio> & j.u. McDonald, Editor* and Publiklters. Of fiJCIAL ORGAN Of JACKSON. OFF ICI A L ORGAN Of B CITS COUNTY. Entered at the Fostoffice at Jackson as second class mail mailer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. facltton, Gu., March 8, 1891. W liy I Do to Cliurh rainy Sundays. The following article: ‘*Why I go to church rainy Sundays,” by Miss Francis Ridley liavergal. I attend church on rainy Sundays because : 1. God has blessed the Lord’s day, and hallowed it making no exceptions for tainy days. 2. I expect my minister to be there I should be surprised if he were to st ay home for the weather. 3. If his hands fall through weak ness, I shall have great reason to blame myself, unlesa I susta n him by my prayers and my presence. 4. By staying away, I may lose the prayers which bring God’s blessings and the sermon which would hat* dona me great good. 5. My presence is more needful on Sundays when there are few, than on those daya when the church is full. fi. Whatever station I hold in the church, my example must iullueuce others ; if I stay away why not they ? 7. On any important business rainy weather does not keep me at home; and church attendance is, in God’s eight, very important. 8. Among the crowds of pleasure seekers 1 see that no weather keeps tho delicete female from the ball, the parly or the concert. 9. Among other blessings, such blessings will show me on what foun dation my faith is built. It will prove how much I love Christ; true love rarely fails to meet an appointment. 10. Those who stay away from church because it is too warm, or too cold, or too rainy frequently absent thcmselvos on fair Sundays. 11. Though my excuses satisfy my self, they must undergo God’s scrutiny, and they must be well grounded to beat that. (St. Luke xiv, 38.) 12. There is a special promise that where twoor three meet together in God’s name, he will be in the midst of them. 12. An unavoidable absence from church is aa infallible evidence of spiritual decay. Disciples first follow ed Christ at * distance, and thou like Peter do not know him. 14. My faith is to be known by my self-denyiDg Christian life and not by the rise and fail of the thermometer. 15. Such yielding to surmountable difficulties prepare for yielding to those merely imaginary, until thousands never enter a church, and jet think they have good reasons for such neg lect. 10. By a suitable agreement on Saturday I shall be able to attend church without exhaustion, otherwise my late work on Saturday night must tend to unfit me for Sunday enjoy ment of Christian privileges. 17. I know not how many more Sundays God may give me, and it would be a poor preparation for my first Sunday in Heaven to have slight ed my last Sunday on eanh.' ONLY A PRINTER’S DREAM. A printer sat in his office chair, his boots were patched aud his coat was threadbare, and his fai © looked weary and worn with care. While sadly thiiiking of business debt, old Mer pheus slowly around him crept, and be to re he knew it he soundly slept; and sleeping he dreamed that he was dead, aud from trouble aud toil his spirit had fled, and not even a cow bell tolled, for the peaceful rest ot his cowhide sole. And as he wondered among the shades, that smoke and scorch in lower Hades, he shortly ob served an iron door, that creaking hung ©n hinges ajar, but tho entrance was closed with a red hot bar, and Satan himself stood peeping out, wait ing for travelers there-about, and thus to the passing printer spoke: “Como in, my dear, it shall cost you nothing and never fear, this is the place where I eook iheones who never pay their subscription sums; for though in life they may escape, they’ll find when they are dead it is not too late. I will show you the place where I melt them thin, w ith red hot chains aud scraps of tin, aud also where I comb their heads with broken glass and melted lead ; and if of refreshment they only think, there’s boiling water for them to drink; the red hot gnud aione to grind their noses and the red hot rings to wear on their toes, and if they mention they don’t like fire, I’ll sew up their mouths with red hot wire ; aud then, dear sir, you’ll see them squirm, while I roll them over and cool to turn.” With these last words the printer awoke and thought it all a practical joke; but still at times so real did it aeem, that he cannot believo it was all a dream, and often he thinks with a ckuckle and grin of the fate of those who save their tin, and never pay the printer,—Agents Herald. Georgia has a hard task before her to choose between Hon. W. Y. Atkiu son and Gen. C. A. Evan 9 for gover nor. It is another case of two big mouth girls, one is the larger, but the other holds the most. Hurrah for - - 1 _ "TT3W The Carnesville Tribune says: “A justice of the peace living not a thous and miles from Caraesville was re cently called upon to marry a couple. The magistrate knowing bow little property' the bnde and gro< m pos sessed, performed the ceremony as follows: Jim will you take Bet, Without regret, To love and cherish, Till one of you perish. And laid under the sod, So help you God?” This year promises to briug out one now candidate to each bale of cotton. Don’t glut the market, gentlemen, re member over production brings low prices. HOW ABOUT HOG ANDHOMINY. Typographical errors are frequentiu these days of much printing, but it is safe to say that the following error will never be surpassed iu this or any other age: “May they always live in peace and harmony,” was the way a marriage notice should have con cluded, but the compositor bonified the young couple by making it read : “May they always live on pease and hominy.” Mrs. Mary Yellin Lease says she is a mason. Our clubiug offer with the Atlanta Constitution will be withdrawn iu a few weeks. All who want the two papers for a little more than ‘.he price of one bad better come forward and subscribe for them at once ONLY SI.2S—GAZE ON THIS. We call special attention to our clubbing arrangement with the great southern weekly, the Atlanta Consti tution, which enables us to offer both papers for the remarkably low sum of $1.25 a year. The first duty of every good citizen is to patronize his home paper. He wishes to become thor oughly conversant with his county matters, aud only through his home paper can be expect to be supplied with the current county bows, which i3 of the closest interest to him. After he has provided himself with his home paper Isis next consideration of those who are not within easy reach of a first-class daily newspaper should be to select a first-class weekly newspaper supplying all the general news ot the world, and paying special attention to features which are of par ticular interest to the household aud the farm. Just such a paper is The Weekly Constitution, published at Atlauta, Ga., and having a circulation of 150,000 copies a week, the largest of any\seekly newspaper published in America. It is essentially a farmer’s paper and stands at the head of the weekly Jpress of this country. Its agricultural department alone is worth the subscription price of the paper, while it numbers among its contributors such well known names as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Joel Chandler Harris, Sarge Plunkett, Bill Arp, and a host of others, whose rep utations are world wide. It 9 women anu childien’s departments are pre pared with a special view to please the little folks and the women, aud its news columns literally cover the face of the earth. We aie enabled to offer both papers at practically the price of on*, and we will take great pleasure iu forwarding to The Constitution any Bauies sent us in connection with our clubbing ofter at the remarkably low price above given. Hew does this strike yo Argus and The Weekly Constitution ex* teas for only $1.25. SUCUIEE’a WINE OF CARDUI for Weak Ncrres missing" WORD CONTEST. Supply the missing word in the fol lowing sentence: We Jind a serious error in the navy of to-day to be the height of our cruisers. One-feurth of the net subscription receipts of those entering the contest will be divided among those who sup ply the correct word in the blank in the above sentence. Thus, if there are $5,000, one-fourth would be $1,250. If ten supply ihe missing word each woald receive $125, if 100, each $12.50, etc. The above contests free and in addition to two papers for the price of one. The Weekly constitution has a cir culation of 156,000, and is the people’s paper. It favors tariff reform, an individual income tax, and the ex pansion of the currency to a degree sufficient to meet the legitimate busi ness demands of the country. It covers the news of the world ev ery week, having news correspond ents in all the sews centres of the world. TWO FOR ONE. Beth for $1.25. McElrct’s Wine of Cardui and THEDFCRD’S BLACK - DRAUGHT are for gale by the following merchants in Butts county. J. W. Lee A Son, Jackson, Almond a Moon, Jackson, R. G. Bryans A Cos, Jackson, W. L, Carmichael, Jackson, .A. Wright Indian Spring, A. F, White A Cos. Flovilla, J. G. Kimbell, Jenkmsburg, M. Cain, Towaliga, D, J. A F. M. Kinard, Towaliga G. L. Washington,Worthville. Remember that, our arrangements to club Tmi Argus and Constitutien fer $1.25 is limited, and you should not miss this rare opportunity to get two papers for so small a price ABSOLUTELY FREE. A Business Education to Some Worthy Boy or Girl. This is no advertising scheme, hut a plain, simple statement of facts. Within tne next thirty days, the Georgia-Al ibama Business col lege proposes to give to one worthy ambitious boy or girl, in each coun ty of the state, an unlimited schol arship, entitling the h >lder to the full course in the Book keeping, Shorthand, Telepraph or Pen-art department, without further ex pense. The award will be mads on the ground of merit; and we would like to bear at once from every boy aud girl who desires to secure this valu able scholarship. Address all correspondence to Wyatt & Martin, Macon, Ga, Go to L. R. Casons for Shoes, Hats, Gloves, Hosiery Corsetts, and Millinery, in fact, everything you want. CONTRACTORS NOTICE. Any person wanting first-class work, by a workman of 20 years experience in stone or bri<k, such as dams buiit, blasting, where dyna mite is used, or in all such work as lock houses or piers, Call on G. W. Watkins, Decl-lyr Jackson, Ga. Try BLACKDRAUGh i tea far Dyspepsia. STREET TAX NOTICE- The books are now open for receiving street tax, which are now due. Those subject are requested to pay same at once, Feb. 7th. J L. Lyons, C. T. R. and C. Office; Western Union Telegraph Cos. The Chattenooga Medicine Company have won a trade-mark lawsuit in the U. S. Circuit Court at Atlanta. An attempts was made to enjoin them from usingthe name “I hedford” and “M. A. Ihedford & C 0.,” on their liver medicine or Black- Drangkt. Judge Newman dismissed the suit aud taxed the plaintiffs with the costs. Thedford’s. Black-Draught has been in constant use for mere than fifty years and is one of the standard medicines of the country, thousands of dollars have been spent in advertising it, and it is know* everywhere. Iffie Chattenooga i/edici*e C., have an immense laboratory in Chat tenooga, just at the foot of Lookout Moun tain. They have a branch house i* Bt. Louis. This company also makes MC' ELREE’S WINl? OF CaRDUI and have a reputation for integrity aud fair dealing, second to none. BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation. |SO TO $75 FOR $25. Tuis May £ound Odd, but it is Neverthe less & True. Iu this eminently progressive age, the education of no young man, no matter what his intended arocation, can be regar ded as fully qualifying him for success unless he possesses a business training. IFhere to get that of the most practical character most quickly and cheaply is the question. This paper ventures nothing iu ying that investigation will prove the Oa. —Ala. Bnsiness College of Macon, Ga. to be the very institution. il/any young men in six to'ten weeks, at an expense of from S2O to S3O, have recently finished bookkeeping, telegraphy or shorthand there, and, in spite of the akrd times, immediately stepped into positions paying from SSO to $75 per monlb. There is usually a disposition to wait and begin with the Aew Fear; but if a business education is of any value at all, the quicker it is gotten, the more valuable it is, and by writing t© the principals, Messrs. Wyatt & Martin, Afacon, Ga., at once, much better terms can be had than by waiting until later on. Placed six graduates last week. KINARD'S MILLS. Thee wheat and corn mills, run by wa ter and situated at Tewaliga, Ga., are in a splendidly equipped condition, and can grind fiom 60 to 90 bushels of grain per day, So you need not be delayed long if you patronize these mills. Besides the courteous and accommodating miller, Mr. J. C. Moore, always keeps on hand fresh ground meal te exchanghe lor corn with those of his customers who do not wish t© be delayed at all. Meal and dour on hand at all times for sale at market price, \ our patronage to the mill is respect fully solicited. J. K. Ca*MicHAKL,Mdm’r. February 8, 1894. 1-m WAWELONGROWING Timely Suggestions to the Melon Growers of Georgia. AN EXHAUSTIVE ADDRESS. The Remarks of Dr. George F. Payne, F. C. S., State Chemist, Made Before the Georgia State Agricultural Society in Brunswick, Feb. 14. Mr. President and Members of the Georgia State Agricultural society: Last summer our attention was called to a statement which appears to be pretty largely acknowledged as a fact, that wa termelons cannot be grown successfully a second or third season upon the same land, even with the use of fertilizers. A belief is entertained by several growers with whom the matter was discussed that if the vines of watermelons were not allowed to wither and decay in the field, a good crop could easily be raised tho second season; hut even if the drain age water from such fields of decaying vines and melons, runs over land as yet unplanted in watermelons, the land so impregnated will fail to produce a crop if in melons the succeeding year. There are parties, however, who raise succes sive crops of watermelons on the same land season after season, with very small amounts of fertilizers. Thinking it might possibly be a de fiency in some particular fertilizing ma terial which was quickly exhausted from most soils, a watermelon was reduced to ashes to find out how much available matter is removed from the soil by a fair crop. Burning a large watermelon to ashes would not be an easy job under any cir cumstances, but when it must be done in a dish only holding a small cupful, and not a drop of juice, not a single seed, nor a piece of rind must be lost, and not a particle of foreign matter mu3t get into the ashes from any source, it becomes indeed quite an arduous matter. A fine, handsome, luscious watermelon is a very tempting article when sliced wide open on a hot day in July, but not a particle of it was tasted. The juice was evaporated to a syrup, and the syrup evaporated to a dryness and the residue burnt to ashes. The rinds were heated until thoroughly dry, when they would take fire and burn like so much wood. The juice, pulp, rind and seeds were finally reduced to _ ashes and the ashes thoroughly mixed. The melon selected weighed 25 1-4 pounds and was a handsome fellow of the Augusta or rattlesnake variety. It was sold as having been raised within 10 miles of Atlanta. The ashes obtained from this large watermelon would not make more than two good heaping table spoonsful. They weighed a little less than two ounces. Over 25 pounds or the bulk of the watermelon consisted of the materials extracted from the air and soil water. It is not necessary to repro duce the many figures and calculations. Only the lesson they teach will be brief ly stated; and, for comparison, will be given the amounts of phosphoric acid and potash taken from the soil by average crops of cotton and corn. A common yield of an acre in cotton is 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of seed, or 600 pounds of seed cotton; 15 bushels of corn per acre is a frequent crop, and that of watermelons about half a car load. Upon such crops as a basis are the following figures cal culated. Supposing that the cotton, cotton seed, corn and melons only are removed from the fields, and that the remaining parts of the plants are plowed under, 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of seed carry away from an acre of land 4 1-4 pounds of phosphoric acid; 15 bushels of corn carry away from an acreof land 6 pounds of phosphoric acid, and half a car load of watermelons car ry away from an acre of land 3 3-4 pounds of phosphoric acid. This shows that the watermelon crop does not take away from the soil scarcely as much phosphoric acid as either the cotton or the corn. But 200 pounds of lint cotton and 400 pounds of seed carry away from an acre of land 6 pounds of potash. Fifteen bushels of corn carry away from an acre of land 3 1-2 pounds of potash. Half a car load of watermelons carry away from an acre of land 17 3-4 pounds of potash. This immense quantity of potash re moved by the watermelons, as much re moved from the soil as would be carried away by three crops of cotton and cot ton seed, or five crops of corn. If the cotton seed were returned to the soil and only the lint sold, over 13 crops of lint cotton would be required to remove as much potash from the soil as the one crop of melons. The nitrogen" removed by the melon crop is not as large as might be inferred. The juice contains about 1-50 of one per cent, the pulp about 7-50 of one per cent, the rind about 12-50 of one per cent, and the seed about 11-4 per cent of nitrogen. The juice constitutes about one half of the melon and the seeds are a very small proportion. A crop of cotton and cotton seed may remove 20 pounds of nitrogen from an acre. A crop of corn may remove about 14 pounds, and a half car load of melons about as much as the corn. The great demand then upon the land is for potash. Some soils naturally con tain much potash, clay soils being formed by the decomposition of feldspar or gran ite contain more or less potash, those clays being richest in available potash which have not been too thoroughly leached. Sandy soils are not rich in pot ash, and when it is applied to them it is readily leached out by the rains. The soils of the upper half of the state should as a rule contain more potash than those of the lower half, as the clays of the lat ter portion have been subjected to more washing and transportation, and hence leaching. A common amount of fertilizer used to an acre of ground in Georgia is 200 pounds. Fertilizers average 10 per cent available phosphoric acid and 2 per cent of potash, so this would be an application of 20 pounds of available phosphoric acid and four pounds of potash, or in other words over four times as much phos phoric acid is put back as the water melon takes off, yet it would take over four years of such fertilization to put back the potash taken away by the one single Grop of melons. No wonder mel ons do not do well thus starved to death. As potash and available phosphoric acid cost about the same, chemical ma nuring Gan be done much more advan tageously and fully as cheaply by using more potash and less phosphorio acid. The potash should be used in the form of sulphate of potash and not as chloride or muriate of potash, as the watermelon prefers the former, as there was only a minute amount of chloride foimtT in the watermelon upon analysis, but a consid erable quantity of sulphates. The following is suggested as a form ula for a watermelon fertilizer, which will furnish a liberal amount of potash and other fertilizing material per acre: Acid phosphate 100 lbs. Sulphate of potash 50 lbs. Dried blood 35 lbs. Of course a much larger quantity can be used per acre if the land is well pre pared and a large crop is desired. M. Georges Ville, the eminent agricultural chemist of France, states as a general proposition: “Return to the soil by the aid of ma nure more calic phosphate, potash and lime than the crops have taken out of it; restore to the soil about 50 per cent of the nitrogen of the crop.” Th 6 acid phosphate in the above for mula furnishes ample calic phosphate and lime. Cotton seed meal can be used in the above formula in the place of blood. If this is done,. the quantity should be doubled, as cotton seed meal contains only a little over half the percentage of nitrogen found in blood. These investigations were undertaken in the hope that they might be of some direct benefit to our people. If they should prove so, the time spent upon them, which was principally at night after office hours, will not be regretted. Dr. Payne adds these additional sug gestions to those who desire to raise very early melons, nitrate of soda furnish ing nitrogen in a more quickly available form than either blood or cottonseed meal, its use is desirable for very early crops. The following will make a good proportion: Acid phosphate 100 lbs. Sulphate of potash 50 lbs- Dried blood 25. lbs. Nitrate of soda 10 lbs. The following are the proportions per ton instead of per acre as above: Acid phosphate 1080 lbs. Sulphate of potash 540 lbs. Dried blood • 270 lbs. Nitrate of soda 110 lbs. One ton, or 2000 lbs. With acid phosphate containing 14 per cent available phosphoric acid, sul phate of potash containing 50 per cent available potash, dried blood containing nitrogen equivalent to 16 per cent of ammonia and nitrate of soda containing nitrogen equivalent to 18 per cent of am monia—the percentage of available plant food in such goods would be: Available phosphoric acid... 7.56 per cent. Potash 13.50 per cent. Nitrogen calculated to am monia 3.15 per cent. The cost to the manufacturers of such goods would be: 7.56 x .80 —$ 6.05 for phosphoric acid. 13.50 x. 80—810.80 for potash. 3,15x2.60—8 8.19 for nitrogen. $ 2.60 for mixing sacking,etc. Cost, $27.64 per ton. One hundred and eighty-five pounds of , such goods to the acre will return the phosphoric acid and potash, and half the nitrogen removed by a crop of half a carload of melons. BLOSSOM Is as safe and harmless as a flax seed poultice. It acts like a poul tice, drawing out fever and pain, and curing all diseases peculiar to ladies. “Orange Blossom” is a pas tile, easily used at any time; it is applied right to the parts. Every lady can treat herself with it. Mailed to any address upon re ceiptofsx. Dr. J.A. McGill & Cos. 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, lU> Sold by DR. W. L. CARMICHEAL. GEORGIA —ALABAMA BUSINESS COLLEGES, Macon, Ga., and Montgomery) Ala. Only Chain of Business Colleges In The South. Instructions purely practical. Stu dents of each college con luct Actual Business Transactions with those of the ot'nei by Mail, Freight and Ex press. Four Departments —Commercial, Stenograph, Telegraph and Fen art. Pupils Guaranteed the comple tion of any couisa in less time at less expense and more thoroughly than any other institution. Both colleges open the entire year. Graduates assisted to positions, or full particulars write to WYATT & MARTIN, Macon, Ga„ or Montgomery, Ala’ iGrUANO! GUANO! 1 JACKSON HIGH GRADE! | EUTAW ACID PHOSPHATE! I EUTAW FERTILIZER! Wo desire to state to the farmers of Butts and surroutidir ~o u, . I that we are now fully prepared to cater to your wants in the way o' ■ for 1894. As is a well known Cact, we handle the famous Jackson High Grade, I A guano that Mas stood the test and came out ahead of all com pet it ion ] I manufactured right here in your midst, and is made only of the la-i u, ■ als, and uader our personal supervision. Those who have tried it !u -.1, fl fuse in their admiration of its qualities. It Loads Them All! I We will also handle the Eutaw Acid Phosphate? and Eutaw Fertilizer-, i V I well known brands that have stood severe tests as to their qualitv am 1 sultts. Come and see us when you come to Jackson, we have enough for a I and shall be ever pleased to fill your orders. Very truly your triends, ALMAND, MOON & CO. FANCY GROCERIES! \ E. G. GILMORE & HENCELY, i May’s Block, Next Door to Livery Stable on 3d Street! Everything kept fresh, neat and clean, and the ladies art! especially invited to call on us. We keep country laised potatoes and onions, in fact, all kinds oil country raised Vegetables. We deliver all goods free, and orders are promptly filled ini a business-like manner. Our country friends are also invited to give us their trade and we guarantee to please them. GILMORE & HENCELY. Jackson, Ga., Eeb. 8 ; 1894. NEW LUMBER YARD On the Square. Having opened up anew lumber yard in (own, I can save you hauling from the depot. 1 propose to keep all kind of building material. I have the best No. 2 Shingles in Butts county, and will sell you as cheap, if not cheaper, than anybody". Will contract to build your house, if you w T ish it. Come and see mo, and get prices Respectfully T. IVI FURLOW. 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