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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895.
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Published every Friday in the Year.
MONEY AND COURTS.
.Judge Griggs stated in open court
lust week, while lecturing a prisoner,
that a lawyer would not work without
the money. That means of course
that if a man who has no money is
accused of a crime and thinks it is of
such a nature t hat a lawyer is needed
to carry him through the thousands
of technicalities of the law, that he
will certainly be convicted. And the
converse is also true, that if a man
has money he will not he convicted.
Now we hope this is not true, for the
reason the poor are entitled to justice
at the hands of our courts, and the
rich should not ask for more. When
the state has a man on trial who is
not able to hire an attorney, it should
furnish him one and pay the lawyer,
at least enough to enable him to
make a respectable living by what he
knows.
Whenever peeple are made to fully
consent in their minds that a few dol
lars will clear a guilty man, and that
for the want of a few dollars an inno
cent man will be deprived of justice
and dragged into the penitentiary,
we will have anarchy in its fullest
sense, and courts and officers will lose
the sanctity that the name of justice
throws around them.
In a primary sense a lawyer cannot
work without money, but if justice
cannot be obtained without it, it is
due to humanity that a poor man
who is in fact unable to pay his way
should have an attorney.
A man with Tom Watson’s sense is
obliged to know that the populist
party is not the party of the future
in this country. The only hope lies
in the democratic party, reorganized
and purged from even the susDicion
of Clevelandism.—Sparta Ishmaelite.
TARIFF BOSH.
Tariff may affect some commodities
but it lias nothing to do with the
price of cotton, and never will have.
The price of cotton is controlled en
tirely by the amount of money in cir
culation. Gold is not in circulation
at all now and it never has circulated
much. Remonetize silver and the
circulation will double, and so will the
price of cotton. Tariff is of too little
importance to bo an issue until the
leading and all important subject of
finance is settled. Let all true patriots
stand by the primary constitutional
white metal, irrespective of party or
name.
The Atlanta Journal and other
newspapers in Georgia that have, in
their worshipful devotion to Cleve
land, gone over irretrievably to gold
buggery, may say what they please
about the people being with them;
the men who run for office in Georgia
and get elected, seem to know better.
We shall see how many goldbugs or
democrats of the Cleveland variety
will be elected to congress in Georgia
next year. We already know about
last year, and the Atlanta Journal
probably has some feeling recollec
tions of the campaign in the Fifth
district.—Albany Herald.
DIGNITY.
If there is any one place or position
that is occupied by men that requires
d'gnity, it is that of judge of a court
of justice. The court has to hold up
the dignity of some judges, while
other judges hold up and give the
court all the dignity it has. We were
forcibly reminded of this fact on last
week. On Saturday morning Judge
Beck took charge, and during the day
there was a case in which some plain
talk was necessary, and Judge Beck
had the court cleared of all young
men under 18 years of age. Judge
Beck is the very personification of
honor, and will be an ornament to
the elevated position he has attained
in his young manhood.
The editor of the Rome Hustler
sneaks out in meeting in this wise :
“We owe four dollars on our rent,
Delinquent, oh! delinquent;
And sad to say, we've not a cent,
Delinquent, oh! delinquent.
Our landlord's warming in the collar,
He says he’s got to have a dollar,
And that’s the reason why we holler—
Delinquent,oh! delinquent.”
To which we remark :
Why on earth don’t you hustle,
And keep off your threadbare bustle;
Eat your “pi” and rest your brain,
.And have your breeches patched again.
WORTKIVILLE.
Editors Argus :
More rain, more rest. We expect
fair weather at the wind up of this
wet spell.
Mrs. R. T. Barnes is very sick; we
hope she will speedily recover.
Charley Woods, who has been sick
several days, is improving.
Prof. Christian has a flourishing
school at this place.
Several large porkers were killed in
our vicinity last week.
A large crop of corn and syrup cane
will be planted in this community
this year.
Billy Bexdekbout.
JURORS FOR ADJOI fIM D TERM
IN JLLY.
GRAND 4CRY.
VV S IJenly, II II Thompson,
H C Thaxton, Joseph Jollv,
VI L Atkinson, F() McElroy, ’
JS Fincher, J I1 Laud,
D N Carmichael, It V Smith, Jr.,
C F Etheridge, J L Barklev,
II L DauglPry, G \V Taylor,
L J Newton, J M T Mayo,
VV II Jenkins, Sr., It L Allen,
J A McMichael, J A Dodson,
J M Ball. G B Elder,
Alex Jolly, T N Brownlee,
L FI Maddox, V A Waldrop,
VV M Madett, S K Smith,
F 8 Etheridge, W P Castlebury,
TRAVERSE JURY.
It N Etheridge, T J Ridgwav,
J A King, RDOgletrre,
A M Pace, G E Harmon,
A J Waldrop, VV A Wilson,
G VV Taylor, J C Bell,
A F Morse, M M Maddox,
J D Moore, G B Elder,
J N Gray, BA Wright,
f J Kelly, B II Itawls,
JII McKibben, II F Meore,
VV M Harkness, J C Gunn,
J A Smith, W W Hammond,
F S Etheridge, J P Britton,
It A Thaxton, J II Maddox,
J L Wagner, W A Mangham,
S A Biles, F C Thaxton,
VV F Hale, D W Brown.
KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES.
The State Commander writes us from Lin
coln, Neb., as follows: “After trying other
medicines for what seemed to be a very obsti
nate cough in our two children we tried Dr.
King’s New Discovery and at the end of two
days the cough entirely left them. We will not
be without it hereafter, as our experience
proves that it cures where all other remedies
fail.”—Signed F. W. Stevens, State Com—Why
not give this great medicine a trial, as it is
guaranteed and trial pottles are free at R. G.
Bryans’ drug store. Regular size 50c*. and *l.
LETTER* OF DISJJII&SION.
GEORGIA —Butts County.
Whereas, J. H. Carmichael, administrator of
E. S. Wynn, represents to the court in his peti
tion, duly filed and entered on record, that he
lias fully administered E. S. Wynn’s estate;
this is therefore to cite all persons concerned,
heirs and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, why said administrator should not he dis
charged from his administration and receive
letters of dismission, on the first Monday in
June next. This the 4th day of March, 1895.
J. F. CARMICHAEL,
marß-8m Ordinary.
RE ARCH SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEOjßGlA—i?ulta County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in Jackson, said county, on first
Tuesday in March next, within legal sale
hours, for cash the following described
property, to-wit: Tea acres of land, sit
uated, lying and being ia the 552nd Dig*
trlct G. M., said county; said ten acres in
northwest corner of W. A. TPhitc’s land,
and bounded as follows: On the north
by lands of J. A. Dodson; east and south
by lands of W. A White; west J, M. T.
Mayo. Levied on as the of W,
A. White, by virtue ;,of two tax fas L
sued by the tax collector of i?ut.ts county
in favor of said state and county, against
W. A. White, tenant in possession, given
written notice. Levy made by Zack Hardy
L. C., 552nd District, said county, and
tuined over to me to advertise, .7'bis Fb
ruary 7, 1895. J. O. Beauchamp,
febß-4t Sheriff Butts Cos.
SHERIFF’S SALES FOR APRIL.
GEORGIA—Butts County.
Will be sold before the court house
door in the town of Jackson, said county,
on the first Tuesday in April 1885, within
legal sale hours, for cash, the following
described property: 1 15-Horse Stationary
Colo Engino and Boiler; one 50 saw Loom
is Gin; one 50-saw (Smith Giu; one Cole
Power Press; one 50-saw Pratt Gin. Lev
ied on as the property of W. C. and J. A.
Woods and O. B. A’uowles, by virtue and
to 6atUfy one mortgage execution ssued
from the superior court of Butts county
in favor o* Russell and Company against
W. 0. and J. A. P. Woods and O. B.
Knowles; W. C, Woods and O, B.
Knowles in possession of said property at
the time of levy. Property pointed out in
mortgage execution. This March 7th,
1895. J. O. Beauchamp,
marS*4t Sheriff Butts Cos,
Also, at the same time and place, the
following described property, to-wit: 1
Sorrel Horse Mule, 9 years old, named
Roily; also 1 /Sorrel Horse Mule, 8 years
old, named Jim. Levied on as the prop
erty of H. JN. Maddox, by virtue and to
satisfy one execution issued from the su
perior court of Butts county, i/arch term
1891, in favor of T. S. M' Bloodworth,
against N. N. Maddox; said N. N. Jfad
dox in possession of said property at the
time of levy. This Jkarch Bth, 1895.
J. O. Beauchamp,
mat 8 4t Sheriff Butts Cos.
Peas wanted at the Globe Store,
marl-tf G. G. Fennell & Cos.
_J§nTS Till.
Regular Monthly Letter to the
Farmers of Georgia.
THE EXPOSITION AND THE PEOPLE
The Use of Manures and Fertilizers—The
Depth of Plowing and Length of Corn
Koots—Farmers’ Institutes and Other
Points of Interests Suggested—Matters
of Great Importance.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1895.
With the dose of 1864 and the be
ginning of 1895 the farmer finds him
self confronted by conditions which
have been gradually approaching for
years, but which he has until the pres
ent time failed to fully perceive or ap
preciate, and now that the hard reality,
With all its depressing influences has
come, we find him almost overwhelmed
by the difficulties surrounding him. An
overstocked cotton market, starvation
prioes, financial depression, general
stagnation, such are the main points
of the Situation. But, notwithstanding
this discouraging outlook, conditions
aro not hopeless. It is not yet too late
to retrieve our past errors. One most
hopeful sign is the fact that farmers as
a rule are more fully alive to these post
mistakes and are more anxiously seek
ing for the proper remedies than any
time since the high price of cotton al
lured us into false methods.
Another faot which tempers the pres
ent hard reality is that, except in rare
cases, farmers have bread and meat for
another year, and the prioe of those
necessaries, whioh they have to buy, is
also correspondingly low. Let us,
therefore, take courage and work out
Dur agricultural emancipation. Forti
fied with home supplies, and with the
light of experience to warn us away
from past quioksands and pitfalls, there
Is no reason why we should again fall
Into them, or why we should not free
ourselves once and for all time from an
agricultural polioy which has brought
hs to the verge of ruin. It is not by
any very sudden or radical reforms that
*we hope to do this. Over a very large
area ootton must remain the chief
mohey orop, to abandon its culture
Would be the height of folly. But we
inust adapt ourselves to changed condi
tions. We must no longer allow cotton
to oooupy the pivotal point around
Which all the other operations of the
farm revolve. Let home supplies take
that place and cotton will naturally fall
into line at the head of perhaps half a
dozen other sources from which one
may reasonably expeot to realize a good
interest.
Elsewhere in this report is published
by request the set of resolutions intro
duced by the committee on agriculture
and gassed by a unanimous vote of the
present house of representatives of the
Georgia legislature. It 1b an appeal not
only to the farmers, but to business
tnen of all olasses, and has met with al
most universal endorsement. These
resolutions also furnish a praotical guide
for farm operations for the coming
bear, and emphasize with peculiar force
the advice So often given through this
department; to plant largely of a 11 food
fcrops in field and garden; to keep our
poney at home by trading among our
selves, the merchants and townspeople
fenoouraglng the raising of home sup
biles by buying from us, rather than
sending outside the state for such
things as they need, and which vye
have for sale; the manufacture not only
of our ootton, but of our wagons, bug
gies, farip implements, shoes and fiir
niture, for all of whioh we have the
taw material, with water powers and
climate unrivaled. In other words, to
praotige diversity of industries in town
us well as on the farm. As to the
hse of
commercial fertilizers,
twe repeat what we have said in the
Southern Cultivator:
“I have recently been much inter
ested in an investigation, which I have
been oarefully conducting, in order to
find out the average yield per acre of
the various staple crops raised in Geor
gia, and also to ascertain whether in
tfie use of commercial fertilizers we
have been permanently building up our
lands, or hare only been supplying fpod
for the immediate demands of the
crops, leaving the future to take care of
itaelf. This question is one of deep in
terest, involving as it does the very
foundation of our agricultural pros
perity.
“In England and on the continent
the system of agriculture adopted not
Only prevents deterioration and ex
haustion, but keeps steadily in view the
improvement of the lapd and the in
crease in the yield. That this is reason
able agriculture is evidenced by more
than one fact and sustained by the
united experience of her whole farming
population. Foremost among the reas
ons in its favor is the fact that a large
yield entails scarcely more labor than
a small yield. In our section where
lands are so oheap and where labor is
the principal item of expense, this is a
most important consideration.
“In the investigation just referred to,
I have had access to the best compila
tion of statistics obtainable, and I re
gret to say that these statistics show no
material improvement in the general
averages throughout the state. This is
not as it should be. Georgia lands are
noted for their susceptibility to im
provement, and exceptional cases of in
tensive farming but prove this to be
true.
“We have used commercial fertilizers
■frith lavish prodigality, but that their
use has not been tempered by judg
ment, these results undoubtedly shoW.
On which the Southern Planter com
menting says:
“ItfW strongly confirmatory is the
foregoing of What Mr. Bellwood said in
pur last issue upon the same subject,
and of what we have been saying fof so
For Sale,
Intending to give my attention to Fruit Cul
ture, I will close out my remaining stock of
Tinware, etc., at very low prices, and give all
possible inducements to secure an early sale.
My business, including Shop, Tools, etc., is
also for sale. Also my Dwelling House, includ
ing one and a-half acres of Land, highly Im
proved, and with all necessary improvements.
Will, at a later date, appoint certain days
when I will he at the shop to do such work as
may be needed, until sold, or otherwise ar
ranged. J. L. WAGNER,
feb23-4t Jackson, Ga.
long. There can be no permanent im
provement of land and no retained and
enhanced fertility without live stock
and the liberal use of all the farmyard
manure which can be made. Given
this first, then commercial fertilizers
may be profitablv used, but never to
the exclusion of farmyard manure.”
We have always maintained that the
wonderful power of commercial fertili
zers is but faintly comprehended by
those whose misfortune it has been to
misapply them. A thoughtful man can
not expect to improve his land with
commercial fertilizers alone. The com
mon practice of drilling in a hundred
or two pounds to the acre on land des
titute of humus, is a mistake, and has
proved a curse rather than a blessing.
But fill the land with humus by turning
under vegetable matter, by careful ro
tation, by making and conserving all
home manure possible, and the profita
ble use of commercial fertilizers will be
limited only by the amount we are able
to buy. The intelligent use of these
fertizers enables one to plow deep; to
plant renovating crops; to raise and im
prove stock and keep more of it; to
make a hundred per cent, more of home
manures, and to double the producing
capacity of labor, now our most expen
eive item. Injudicious and careless
methods are worse than useless. Unless
intelligent care marks its use, it entire
ly fails to feed either the crop or the
land, and nothing is more dangerous to
the crops and more depleting to the
farmer’s pocket than heavy amounts of
eommercial fertilizer recklessly and in
discriminately applied to our worn aud
exhausted soils.
PLANNING FOR ANOTHER YEAR.
Take an inventory of your supplies in
hand and decide as to the number of
stock you can feed without buying sup
plies. Don’t decide that as yon have
ample supplies it will pay you to buy
stock on credit to enlarge your opera
tions, or that, as corn is cheap now, it
Will pay you to risk buying more corn
for more stock. Keep out of debt except
for the absolute necessities. Don’t make
your plans on the supposition of a short
crop and higher prices—which are sub
ject to a score of deciding influences of
which we have no knowledge. Treat
this subject from a purely business
standpoint, aud by care and foresight
place your farming operations on a firm
basis. Consider what have been your
profits or losses in the past, what under
favorable crop seasons would be a fair
yield, and then take on yourself only
such obligations as under average con
ditions will give you a fair margin of
profit.
WORK FOR THE MONTH.
The fanner should see clearly all that
lies before him, that is, he should lay
his plans for the year with careful fore
thought, not overrating advantages or
underestimating difficulties, and having
mapped out his work, he is prepared to
take advantage of every favorable op
portunity to push it forward.
SOWING OATS.
If the requisite amount was not put
in during the fall, sow any favorable
spell between this and February, accord
ing to locality. If the seasons hit, very
fine crops often result, and if the oats
are killed the land is still left in fine
condition for other succeeding crops.
Let the plows turn over any stubble or
weed Or stiff land, remembering the
precaution to turn each furrow only
partly over, which plan allows for the
frost to act more directly upon the vege
table matter and other elements, and
when the subsequent plowing is don 9,
this vegetable mould becomes more
thoroughly mixed with the soil, instead
of remaining in a layer at the bottom of
the furrow. The importance of good
< PLOWING
cannot be overestimated. By good
plowing is meant that which will best
subserve the ends which we have ip
view, among others to lay up a store of
moisture for future use; to secure bet
ter drainage; to prevent washing; to
promote the action of the atmosphere
on the vegetable aud mineral matters
in the soil. It will thus be understood
that different qualities of land require
different treatment, and also that situ
ation and environment must exercise a
deciding influence as to the time of
plowing, the kind of plow and the
depth to be broken.
On ordinary land the plowing may
go on as long as the weather permits,
and if a subsoiler follow each plow we
are taking long odds against injury
from drouth next summer. It is only
by. producing larger crops from smaller,
better prepared and better Cultivated
areas that we can hope for agricultural
success.
When we have learned this, and also
to work up these products into higher
forms—milk, butter, beef, pork, chick
ens, eggs, etc., thus carrying off as lit
tle fertility as possible, we will begin
to realize that farming pays.
COMPOST HEAPS.
Gather up .all the manure and scra
pings of stable and yard, and compost
with the utmost care. The. greatest
fault of the farmer is procrastination.
These and other important matters are
delayed until they have to be hurriedly
and carelessly accomplished, and the
farmer loses the opportunity of success
fully pushing his work, for when he
finds it pushing him it is then too late
to consider details. When the weather
does not permit the plows to run, the
teams cannot be better employed than
in gathering up these fertilizing ma
terials. Unfortunately on many farms
their hidden power of making money has
not been fully appreciated, Often the
manure is allowed to accumulate in th£
stables until it becomes a menace to the
health of the animals, which are com
pelled to breathe its poisonous fumes,
and then it is thrown in a heap at the
door, to have its best elements washed
away by the water from the roof. And
yet farmers lament that they need
more manure, and spend thousands in
commercial fertilizers. In another part
of this report is an article containing
several good reasons why commercial
fertilizers and barn yard manure should
be mixed, the one supplementing the
other, as it were. There are also formu
las for mixing fertilizers at home, which
for several reasons is the wisest plan.
Among the most important reasons
in favor of home mixing as
stated by the United States depart
ment of agriculture arq reduction
jn expense, a definite knowledge of the
nature of the plant food employed, the
preparation of mixtures suited to spe
cial needs of soil or crop, the indirect
educational advantages, because it will
lead farmers to study and apply the re
sults of agricultural research.
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Everything in Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Clothing,
Shoes, Boots, Hardware, at and below cost.
I want money and if prices will get it I will be there.
4,000 Ms, all sizes, as lew as He. per Dozen!
Remember that I will keep a full supply of Fancy
Groceries, such as Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes,
Turnips, Cabbage, Pigs Feet, Mackerel, Pickles,
Sausage, Figs, Dates, Prunes, Lemons, Oranges,
Apples, Onions,Candies, Canned Goods, etc.
Sweet Potatoes and Turnips Wanted!
! will Sell Drugs and Medicines as Cheap as any House in Jackson,
Of course I have a great many goods which I can’t mention in this space, but come and see me.
Dont listen at what others who are interested in selling their own stuff tell you, but come and see
for yourself. You need not buy $lO worth of goods to get a life size picture from me. You can get
these pictures by paying me cost for them. Don’t forget that 1 keep up my Drug business. Paints,
Oils and Glass. A big lot of School Books just received. Yours truly,
J. W. CHUM. - Jackson, Georgia
JACKSON’S \ ■.
NEW CARRIAGE FACTORY,
(Opposite the Jail.)
JJLCm&OIZ, GEOEGIA.
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material and hire skilled mechanics to do the work. We also give
special attention to
HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY
EEPAIE WORK
of all kinds, and solicit your pationage in this line Our prices
for Repairing, Horse Shoeing, etc., will be cheaper than ever
offered before. Mr. Doc Thaxton, a blacksmith with years of ex
perience, will be in charge of this department, and satisfaction is
guaranteed or money refunded. Now is the time to have your
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at comparatively small cost. We are fixed for work of all kinds,
and cheerfully solicit vour patronage. We are in business to do
work at “living prices.” “Live and let live” is our motto. This is
no investment, but we are here for the purpose of saving custom
ers the money they have heretofore been paying for high priced
work. Bring your work to us and we will treat you right.
Very Truly,
JAGKSON BUGGY CO.,
(Opposite Jail.) JACKSON, GA.
Dried Figs, 10c., worth 20c.
Dates, 10c., worth 20c.
Prunes, 10c., worth 20c.
Oranges, 15c. per doz.
Lemons, 20c. per doz.
Seed Irish Potatoes, 30c. a peck.
Plows, 3 l-4c. per pound.
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