Clay County reformer. (Fort Gaines, GA.) 1894-????, June 15, 1894, Image 4

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Clay County reformer., June 15, 1894, Image 4

About Clay County reformer. (Fort Gaines, GA.) 1894-???? | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1894)

Page of 4

Prev Issue Next Issue

Text PDF JP2 (8.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Page of 4

Prev Issue Next Issue

Return to Top

Newspaper Page TextNEWS OF THE S0CTH BRIEFLY EPITOMIZED IN PUNG¬ ENT PARAGRAPHS itmjnicllng Events of Special Inter e»t to Our Readers. The Columia, 8. C., mills, manufac¬ turing cotton duck fabrics, began operation* Monday, This mill is lo catidonthe Columbia canal. It has 30,000 spindles, and its machinery is run entirely by electricity generated by water |M»wer. A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch says: 'lodge Bruce has appointed Judge Asa E. Stratton United States commission¬ er at Montgomery, and ho has been formally sworn in. Judge Stratton is a republican, but ho enjoys the confi¬ dence of tlie community, and the aj> liointment gives general satisfaction. Upon tho application of Josiah G. Harvey et al,, and tho Baltimore Guarantee Company, Judge Bimonton, of the United States circuit court for the Richmond, V»., district, has placed the Richmond and Manchester Rail¬ road Company and the Richmond Railway and Electric Company in the hands of a receiver. Suit haft been brought iu tho chan¬ cery court at Nashville, Tenn., against the executors of the estate of John Hchardt, defaulting cashier of tho Mer¬ chant's bank and tho Guarantee Com¬ pany of North America, to recover tho amount of Hehurdt’s bond, $510,000, Receiver Black more, of the Commer¬ cial National hunk, lias also sued tho guarantee company for $25,000, tho amount of Frank Porterfield’s bond. Rev. W. J. Trimble, one of the lead¬ ing Presbyterian pastors at Chatta¬ nooga, Tenn,, surprised his congrega • lion Sunday by preaching a hitter A. I*. A. attack on the Catholic church. 11 in subject was specifically tho rela¬ tion of the A. I*. A. and tho Catholic church on social, moral and political conditions. He closed by saying that tin* Catholics could not escape the con¬ flict which was hourly growing nearer. A dispatch from Purvis, Miss., says: Tlicro are at present hiding in the bushes around the little interior vil¬ lage of Columbia, about eighty white caps, all armed to tho teeth. They lire said to bo bidding consultations among themselves, endeavoring to de¬ cide the best method to pursue in or¬ der to rid themselves of prosecution at the special term of court. Tho sheriff has been furnished witli tho names of about 250 of this luwles band. The United Btates Car Company at Anniston, Ala,, has been successfully reorganized and the company is now the owner of all the properties former¬ ly belonging to tho United States Rolling Stock Company. Tho attor¬ ney for the company states that the deed to the new company had just been recorded in Calhoun, Morgan, Etowah and Cherokee counties and been sent «»<T to be recorded iu Ohio and Illinois, The amount involved in the sale is several million dollars. liiforumtion comes from Tallahassee that the supremo court of Florida will review the injunction which Judge Call, granted the Duval county Athletic Club in January last, ms train ing the sheriff from interfering with the Corbett-Mitchell prize light. It is understood that Governor Mitchell is behind the ease, as lie is convinced that Judge Call’s decision was contra ry to law and he wants the supreme court t.. filially pass upon the question Florida Of the legality of prize fighting in At Chattanooga, Tenn., Saturday, Judge Key solved the vexed question «'f the East Tennessee Land Company receivership by appointing ox-l’ostmas ter General Thomas L. James, of New’ York, and Boyd Ewiug, of Chattanooga, receivers, vice Hopkinh and Russell re¬ moved. Gen. James is an expresident of tho company. The new receivers are acceptable to all factions among the stockholders and will take charge July 1st. Nearly two million dollars lias been invested by this company in and about Harrimnu, Tenn. The opiuion of the lawyers of Sav¬ annah, Ga., is that there is no way in vihioh the decision of tlie court of ap¬ peals sustaining Justice Jackson’s de¬ cision with regard to the Southwest¬ ern railroad's indebtedness ou the tri¬ partite bonds can l>e carried to the United States supreme court. As to its « fleet on the stock, the brokers say that the buyers of Southwestern, in their opinion, had discounted the af¬ firmation of Justice Jackson’s decision by the court of appeals, and that they were too shrewd to buy ou the suppo¬ sition, that it would be overruled. KICK AGAINST TAXES. The North Carolina Railroad Claims Exemption. The last legislature of North Caro¬ lina enacted a law that the North Car¬ olina railroad should pay taxes. It was the only railway corporation in the state which did not pay. The railway commission called ou it to listitsprop erty for taxation. Saturday its officers notified the commissioner that they could not list, as a temporary injunc¬ tion had l>ecn applied for by some of the stockholders to restraiu them from Hating the property or paying taxes, the claim Wing that the charter gave absolute exemption. The interesting matter will be argued before Judge Dick, of the federal court at Greens¬ boro, July 1st. TIIE STRIKERS VANISHED, Though Governor Jones Scoured the Woods Thoroughly. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: At an early hour Friday morning a special train, loaded with three hun¬ dred soldiers and a Gatling gun, was ordered to Blue Creek, where strikers were said to bo in camp, armed with all kinds of shooting irons. After marching through the woods for sev¬ eral miles and scouring the surround¬ ing country, the troops headed by Governor Jones, Colonel Price Wil liams and Lieutenant James B. Erwin, failed to find any body of armed men. Colonel Oates as an Author. Colonel Oates' “History’of the Fif¬ teenth" Alabama Regiment” has been completed and the manuscript is ready for the press. It is said it will make • book of 1,000 pages, and that be in¬ tends to present a copy to each sur Yivor of his old regiment. * A ■ , TRADE NOTES. Bus!ness of the Pa^t Week as Re-, viewed by Dun & Co. R. G. J>un <fc Co.’s review of trade for the past week says: “The outlook for business seems a little better on the whole, though the change is not great. Moreover, it is impossible to distinguish between the mere replace¬ ment or orders canceled for want of fuel or other causes, and the new bus¬ iness for which works are anxiously looking. That cancellations have been heavy is certain, and it is not entirely clear that orders of equal magnitude have gone to other works that are able to fill them. Through the agency of strikes the interruption of industry and com¬ merce increases every week. Hence, it is somewhat encouraging that the de¬ crease in payments through clearing houses is but 24.B per cent for the first week of June, 27.2 at New York, but only 10.4 elsewhere. The decrease in comparison with 1802 is about 90 per ceut. With only 2,937 cokeoven work¬ ing and 14,576 idle, with the Cambria discharging half its force, seven out of nine of the Carnegie furnaces at Besse¬ mer out of blast, the production aud manufacture of iron and steel are smaller than at any other time for years. While it is believed that de¬ ferred work will causo heavy produc¬ tion after tho strike terminates, tho demand for product is at present much below general expectation even at the east. Other industries have been less affected, but maiTV of textilo mills, even in New England, have now been closed for lack of fuel or of or¬ ders, besides other concerns in great numbers between the Atlantic anti the Mississippi river. “The market for goods is dull and weak, with further reductions in price, and stocks visible accumulating. The batiks hero continue to receive from (he interior about as much money as they lose by gold exports, though the crop-moving season is close at hand. Customs receipts are again 36 per cent, less than a year ago, and inter¬ nal revenue 23 per cent, less for the week. Exports of domestic products have been exceeding last year’s a little. “The returns of failures are still en¬ couraging, 216 in the United States for tho week, against 322 last year, aud 40 in Canada, against 27 last year. The liabilities in all failures reported in tho month of May* were $13,305,357, about $5,420,000 at the cast, $4,500,000 at Iho south and .$3,400,000 at the west. Of tho aggregate, $5,165,025 was of manufacturing, and $6,683,490 of trading concerns.” A FAMILY ROW Precipitated Over a Burial Site for Senator Vance’s Body. A dispatch from Asheville, N. C., says: The widow of Senator Zebulon B. Vance came to Asheville Wednes lin d had tho body of the senator removed from the Nance family plot in the cemetery, where it was origi nally buried to a plot she liad bought the day tho senator was buried. Chas. M. Vance, Ron of the senator, and his private secretary during his life, nr F lv ? d 111 Asheville Saturday, , had , the ! ,od v a j? am ^ntorrod and reburied m ; hwiily , plot. Y un °« ) declares that it was . father 4 dymg request that hi* Imdy h « »°uld be buried m this plot, which *ho senator had bought and beautified ‘ lurm * hl ® hfe », and th ’ lt w lfe « *°ily (y°™« Vance s mother) should , be l i^ jd JCBldo ^} in v *We says that ho .... is determined . that his father’s wishes shall be obeyed if tho law has to bo invoked in order to carry them out. The plot of ground to which Mrs. Vance had tho senator’s body removed is a hill top, the most beautiful and commanding spot in the cemetery, and her object in placing tho senator’s body was the fitness of the site for the eroction of a great monument to tlie senator’s memory by the people of the state. Mrs. Vance is-a Catholic, and when it was found that the senator was dying a priest was about to perform the last sacrament, when Charles N. Vance in terferred. Senator Vance was a Prot¬ estant, aud, it is said, had requested that none of the rites of the Catholic church bo allowed over him. Young Vance said he would permit liis father’s body to be removed to the plot secured by Mrs. Vanco provided his first wife’s body be placed beside the senator’s, but this Mrs. Vance de¬ clined to agree to. OUT OF JAIL. Commanders Coxey,Browne and Jones Released from Prison. Coxey, Browne and Jones, the lead¬ ers of the commonweal, were released from jail at Washington Sunday morn¬ ing. No demonstration attended their departure. They shook hands with the deputy warden and watch officers, thaukod them for their considerate treatment aud entered a carriage, driven by Oklahoma Sam, drawn by four commonweal horses. At the district line the wealers from the camp were drawn up in lino to receive the distinguished party. They unhitched the horses and themselves hauled the leaders to the camp. Coxey and Browne spoke dur¬ ing the afternoon. Coxey said it now looked as though the men might ex 'tend their stay at the capital into the winter. He said he was going to make an address on the 4th of July at Knoxville, Ky., for which ho would bo paid $250. He also had other engagements to speak during the present month. A census of the camp Saturday showed 584 men present. In speaking of his chances for election to congress, Mr. Coxey said that he was not acquainted with the situation of affairs in the Massillon district, as he had not been at homo for about three months. Ad¬ vices received from friends there,how¬ ever, indicated that he would be suc¬ cessful. A Fatal Collission. A head «d collision occurred be tweeh a Georgia Pacific Passenger and freight train near Nickaiack which resulted in tbe death of three men and the wounding of four. The ill-fated trains were the outgoing freight No. 24, which left Atlanta at 7:40 p. m., aud the inbound passenger No. 53, due it» in Atlanta Ailnnin at .. r 8:40. n mt The accident ’, , is - said to be the result of the engineer of tho freight forgetting the schedule of the passenger train. NEWS AND GOSSIP OF WASH¬ INGTON CITY. Brief Notes Concerning the Business of Our Government. H. O. Havpmeycr, President of the American Sugar Rifining Company, ap¬ peared before the senatorial investiga¬ tion committee Tuesday. A Birmingham special says: A cloud of mystery hangs over Alabama for the first time. The torch was applied to another railroad trestle Monday night hy a band of vandals, wkosfi acts of incendiarism are being so frequent ns to spread alarm throughout the dis¬ trict. Senator Gordon has introduced the Atlanta exposition bill in the senate aud it has been referred to the commit¬ tee on education and labor. Senators Gordon aud Walsh will urge tho com¬ mittee to act upon it at once aud both are sanguine that it will be attached to the sundry civil bill by the senate. The senate spent all of Tuesday in long-winded set speeches. The weather is intensely warm at Washington and the senate chamber was of the temper¬ ature of a bnkeoven. In consequence very few senators remained inside. The hot weather, more than anything else, is making both sides become anxious to get through with the tariff work. They eannot stand eight hours of solid hard work daily during thiskiud of weather. True Bills Against Newspaper Men. The grand jury has decided to re¬ turn a true hill against John 8. Shri ver, Washington correspondent of the New York Mail aud Express, and E. J. Edwards, of New York, correspond¬ ent of tho Philadelphia Press, for re¬ fusing to give the sources of their in¬ formation to the senatorial investiga¬ ting committee, iu regard to state¬ ments about the sugar trust and dem¬ ocratic senators, and tho United States district attorney is engaged in prepar¬ ing tho indictments. Ho has notified Sliriver aud Edwards to appear before the criminal courts on Saturday to an¬ swer to the indictments, and give bail or go to jail. The Gold Reserve. The engagement of $1,000,000 in gold for export from New York Tues¬ day reduces the gold reserve in the treasury to $68,400,000. When Sec¬ retary Carlisle on January 7th last is¬ sued his circular letter inviting bids for $50,000,000 of bonds, the gold re¬ serve stood at $68,971,000. The “ten days” treasury statement issued Mon¬ day shows that the receipts from cus¬ toms at New York so far this month have aggregated only $1,605,035, an amount less than for any ten days since 1892, or prior years for ten years hack, it is believed, aud less by $1, 000,000 for the corresponding period of June, 1893. Of this amount only 0.1 per cent was paid in gold and 86.8 per cent in silver certificates. So far this month the expenditures have ex¬ ceeded the receipts by $2,200,000 and for the fiscal year, $73,200,000. Their Pay Stopped. Judge Maddox, of Georgia, who is a member of the Indian committee, was before tho house for the first time Tuesday in the capacity of a leader. For several hours he had charge of the Indian appropriation bill and suc¬ ceeded in cutting from it the appro¬ priation for the Indian commission. That consists of nine members who draw salaries of $5,090 each and have proven of no use whatever for several years. Judge Maddox declared that it was an obstacle instead of a benefit. It was constantly trying to inject the¬ ories where common sense should pre¬ vail. Indian inspectors, he said, now performed the identical service which tho commission is required to perform, and the fund appropriated to the com¬ mission is principally spent in main¬ taining an office and paying the sala¬ ries of men who have absolutely noth¬ ing to do. By a large majority the house sustained Judge Maddox and struck the clause from the bill. INSOLVENT PHOSPHATE CO. Tlie Etiwan at Charleston Placed in the Hands of a Receiver. A bill was filed at Charleston by Al¬ fred S. Malcomson, of the city of New York, against the Etiwan Phosphate Company, in the United States circuit court. This bill sets out the insolven¬ cy of the Etiwan company, brought about chiefly by the failure of the Walton & Whann Company, which is debtor to the Etiwan company in the sum of $180,000, and is also its princi¬ pal stockholders, that it was necessary that a receiver should be appointed, and the assets of the company marshal¬ ed and divided among the creditors. M. C. O. White was made receiver of all the property and effects of the Et¬ iwan company, with the usual power of receivers. SCOTCH-IRISII CONGRESS Meets iu Des Moines and Re-elects Its Old Officers. The National Scoteh-Irish congress met in Des Moines, la., with a full representation. A score of prominent men were admitted to membership in the national society, including Hon. John A. Kassom, of Des Moines; Dr. McCosh,of Princeton ; General Robert PattersoD, of Philadelphia, and Lieu¬ tenant Frederick L. Calhoun, of De¬ troit. The old general officers were re-elec¬ ted as follows: President, Robert Bonner, New l’ork ;yice president gen¬ eral, Rev. John S. McIntosh, Phila¬ delphia; first vice president at large, T. m m r. \\ right, ... Nashville; x- u -n second j vice - president at large, Rev. J. H. Bryson, D. D., Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, A. p C pi 1 loyd, , p KnoxvilL, n rt-.T»ill6 r lenn., T' .. T . . a treasurer, _ • John Mellhenny, Philadelphia. > ice presidents for the states and territo ries were also elected. Turpin Goes Free at Last. At ..tv Lebanon, t lenn., 0 Saturday, Cap- ~ tain E. B. Turpin was acquitted of the »> «*• *»d«!ted ^ or Milliam Carter at Gallatin a bout two years ago, and on account ■«“»* change of venue to Lebanon. This the fourth trial. He was convict e(l tho first time, but secured a new trial * and on tbe otlu?r two cmes iiirv J UI 7 was was unable uuaDie to to agree agree, Ihe me jury itirv was out this tune thirty-six hoars, Turpin is a wealthy man and his victim ™ * maQ of Prominence. TRADE NOTES. Business of the Past Week as Re¬ viewed by Dun & Co. R. G. Dun Sc Co. ’s review of trade for the past week says: “The outlook for business seems a little better on the whole, though the change is not great. Moreover, it is impossible to distinguish between the mere replace¬ ment or orders canceled for want of fuel or other causes, and the new bus¬ iness for which works are anxiously looking. That cancellations have been heavy is certain, and it is not entirely clear that orders of eqnal magnitude have gone to other works that are able to fill them. Through the agency of strikes the interruption of industry and com¬ merce increases every week. Hence, it is somewhat encouraging that the de¬ crease in payments through clearing houses is but 24.3 per cent for the first week of June, 27.2 at New York, but only 19.4 elsewhere. The decrease in comparison with 1892 is about 90 per cent. With only 2,937 cokeoven work¬ ing and 14,576 idle, with the Cambria discharging half its force, seven out of nine of the Carnegie furnaces at Besse¬ mer out of blast, the production aud manufacture of iron and steel are smaller than at any other time for years. While it is believed that de¬ ferred work will cause heavy produc¬ tion after the strike terminates, the demand for product is at present much below general expectation even at the east. Other industries have been less affected, but many of textile mills, even in New England, have now been closed for lack of fuel or of or¬ ders, besides other concerns in great numbers between the Atlantic and the Mississippi river. “The market for goods is dull and weak, with further reductions i a price, and stocks visible accumulating. Tho banks hero continue to receive* from the interior about as much money as they lose by gold exports, though the crop-moving season is close at hand. Customs receipts are again 36 per cent, less than a year ago, and inter¬ nal revenue 23 per cent, less for the week. Exports of domestic products have been exceeding last year’s a little. “The returns of failures are still en¬ couraging, 216 iu the United States for tho week, against 322 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 27 last year. Tho liabilities in all failures reported in the month of May were $13,305,357, about $5,420,000 at tho east, $4,500,000 at the south and $3,400,000 at the west. Of the aggregate, $5,165,025 was of manufacturing, and $6,683,499 of trading concerns.” TO EXECUTE 1IIMSELF. Cronin Will Hang on a New and Im¬ proved Gallows. A dispatch from Hartford, Conn., says: Warden Woodbridge, of the Connecticut state prison, has placed in tho new execution house an improved gallows, by which a condemned man becomes his own executioner. By stepping on tho drop he starts a flow of water. The weight of the water finally releases the spring which holds the drop. Jack Cronin has been sen¬ tenced to die by this machine on Au¬ gust 2d. At tlie session of tho state board of charities, Dr. A. W. Traev, president of the board, presented his written protest against the hanging of Cronin by Warden Woodbritlge’s new contrivance. Dr. Tracy argues that it is illegal, because the law caunot com¬ pel a man to be his own executioner or a suicide. The law, he says, requires that an officer charged with executing the sentence shall perform his duty aud not shift any part of it to the victim. Killed in a Collision. A frightful collision occurred on the Woodward Iron Company tracks, near Birmingham, Ala., which resulted in the death of Walter McConnell, com¬ missary superintendent, and the pos¬ sibly fatal injury of W. C. Pasley and Esther Roads. The crash came on a curve when the two engines were Tun¬ ing at a high rate of speed. The dam¬ age is considerable and how the seven¬ ty-five other people who were on the trains escaped is almost a miracle. Business is dull when it isn’t sharp¬ ened by advertising. ATLANTA MARKETS. CORRECTED WEEKLY. Groceries. Coffee—Roasted—Arbnekle’s 22.25 v) 100 lb. cases, Leveiing's 22.2V. Green—Extra choice 20c; choice good 19 j; fair 19c; com¬ Wt mon 17c- Sugar--Granulated powdered 5%c; New cut Orleans loaf yellow clari¬ ■% white extra < 4c; fied 4c; ye low extra C 3%c. Syrup New Orleans choice 45c; prime 35@40c: common 20(330c. Molasses—Gennine Cuba 35@33c; im¬ itation 22@35. Teas—Black 35@55c; green 40@60c. Nutmegs 65<g85c. Cloves 25@30c; innamon 10 @ 123 ^c. Allspice 10@llc. Ginger 18c. Head Singapore pepper 11c, Mace SI.00. Rice, 6c; good 5%; common 414c; imported Japan 5@5%c. Salt— H <wley’s dairy f 1.40; Virginia 70c, Cheese-flats 52@ 12%; White fish, half bbls. SG-00(^5.50. $4-00; pails 6>c; Mackerel, half barrels, Soap. Tallow, turpentine, 100 GO bars, bars, 75 lbs, lbs .f3.oO@375 2.59 60 $2.25 a Candles—Parafine 11c; star 11c. Matches- 400e $4 00; 300s *3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 lb 75; 60s 5gross $3 75.Soda-Kegs,bulk lb 4%c; do 1 <lo pkg *It, 5%c; cases, 1 5%c, do 1 and ® c > 7 6/£e. Crackers—XXX soda 5>£c; XXX but to 6%c; XXX pearl oysters XXX 6J^cahelI and excelsio> 7c; lemon cream 9cf; ginger snaps 9c; corn bills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6c; French mixed 12al2%. Canned goods-Condensed Milk, $6 00a8 00, imitation mackerel*3 95a4 00. Sal¬ mon $5 25a5 50: F. W. oysters SI 75; L W $135; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.00 Ball ;*uiekel potash $3 10. Starch—Pearl 4c; Lump. packages $3 10; celluloid $5.(X), Pickles, 80. plain Powder—Rifle, or mixed, pints kegs $1 00al 40; %kegs, quarts, $1 50al $3.25; $1 90; % kegs$l 10. Shot SI 35 per sack. Flour. Grain and .Heal. Flour—First patent $4 25; seconl patent $3.75; extra fancy $3.15; fancy $3 00; family $2.75. Corn—No. i white 62:. No. 2 white, 61c. Mixed, 63c, Oats, Mixed f 0c; white 57c; Seed rye, Georgia, 75a30c- Hay—Choice timothy, large bales. 95c . No small j , imoth7f bale*, large bates, 95c; ch .ice umothv. 95c: No. 1 timothv, small Mb; lain 60:; 2timothy bolted 5ic. email Wheat bales; 82J^s. Meal—1 bran— ea ck s 90c, small sacks 95c. Cotton eeed meal—$1 3 > per cwt. SWam feed—$1.10 per cwt Stock peas tl.25al.39. Grits— 1>e#xl ^ 3 - 20 Country Produce. Eggs lS^c- Butter—Western creamery j 22V£a25c. Fancy Tennfftsee 15al7%c; choice, other grades GaIOc. Live poultry— Turkeys per lb; hens 223^&25c. Dr ^ ^W-Turwi 12 *^ 150 ; duck*, 2.75 I 2 %al 5 c; bbl. chicken®, Fancy, I 0 al 2 ^f. Irish potatoes, pei pr Onion- $1 soa$i.75per bn. $3.00a3.50 pe r i,bL Spanish Cabbage, onions, ono bushel crates, $l.40al.50. 2c, \ Clear nb sides, boxed *c, ■ ice-cured bellies ^ Sug ar^ared hams uy+iZc. according to brand and average; California, 9%c. brt-ak fast bacon 12c. Lard. le*r 7$£c. Cowhand 6% Hftrket clawd 6*c. Remarkable Growth of a New Indus¬ try. A history of the cottonseed-oil in¬ dustry of the south was one of the principal featueres of a recent issue of the Manufacturers’ Record of Balti¬ more, and we extract therefrom the following particulars: “In 1880 there were forty cotton¬ seed mills, with an aggregate capital of $3,500,000. There are now 300 mills, having a combined capital of about $30,000,000. At present about 1,500,000 tons of seed are annually used by the mills, yielding to tho farmers about $18,000,000 a year for a product which, until re¬ cently, was regarded as a waste material. The total output is about 1,500,000 barrels, or 60,000,000 gal¬ lons of oil, 500,000 tons of cottonseed meal, 750,000 tons of hulls and 30, 000,000 pounds of linters, the aggre¬ gate value of which will average about $30,000,000. The demand for oil is steadily expanding, and only about one-third of the total cottonseed crop is now consumed by the mills, there is practically unlimited room for the growth of this business. Ten years ago tho hulls were burned by the mills as a fuel as no other use could be found for them. Investigation prov¬ ed that they made excellent fodder, and last year about 400,000 head of cattle were fattened for the market on cot¬ ton-seed hulls, while 100,000 milch cows were fed on the same material.” Much of the cotton oil is consumed in tho shape of salad oil, the articlo making an excellent substitute for olive oil. Purchasing the salad oil that bears foreign labels will not al¬ ways insure the consumer against be¬ ing deceived, as largo quantities of the cotton oil are annually exported to Italy and Prance, there to be mixed with olive oil and labeled as tho pure product. A Potato Preserving Process. To avoid the germinating or “sprout¬ ing” of stored potatoes, M. Schribaux has devised the plan of immersing them for ten or twelve hours in water, to which has been added from one to two per cent of commercial sulphuric acid, then rinsing and drying. The skin of the potato protects tho interior from the action of the acid, while tho delicate germs in tho eye are destroy¬ ed. The process seems to have proven highly satisfactory. In tho case of a fe^specimens of Richter’s Imperator pbtato a remarkable result has been noticed, the treated buds having been made Incapable of developing exter¬ nally, but retaining sufficient vitality to cause them in the course of time to become transformed into small pota¬ toes inside of tho original tuber. The exhausted parent patatoes containing their plump progeny formed a curious exhibit at a recent meeting of the Bo¬ tanical Society of France.— Ex. Artificial Ice. In the manufacture of artificial ice one ton of coal is required to produce from five to ten tons of ice, according to tho quality of the machine used. Very little waste occurs and the artifi¬ cial is made more cheaply than the or¬ dinary lake or river ice can be harvest¬ ed and stored. Artificial ice is practi call free from impurities. The present condition of the times affords the object lesson that money does not constitute wealtn. The Horreri* Of indigestion, when it takes a long lease of the stomach,are unsurpassed by any described by Unlike the most this sensai latter ional kind, writer they of ghost real and stories. imaginary. Heartburn, are not wind on the stom¬ ach, heart pnlpitntion, extreme nervousne-s are only a few of them. Dispossess this un^ welcome tenant with Hostetter’s S’omach Bitters, which banishes all malaria, constipa¬ tion and biliousness. Mind your business when it orders you to be lip and doing. To Cleanse e System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish,to per¬ manently cure habitual constipation, to awak¬ en the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dis¬ pel headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. ___________ The more good habits you form the less room you have for bad one-). Dr. Ki'mer s Swamp-Root cures a'l Pamphlet Kidney and and Consultation Bladder troubles. fn e. Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y. The trials of life are the vor-.t when con¬ viction follows. Teething Children. Nothing on earth will take children through the tryingordea! of teething so pleasantly, and so very surely and safely, as Dr. King’s Royal Germetuer. They all like to take it, and it acts like magic in meeting the troubles of that critical period. Thousands have tried it and it has never bean known to fail. Southern Recipes. “The Cream ri Cook B ok^’ - contains the best recip'S of the old books, and many never before in print. “The New South Cook Book” is beautifully bound, and will be sent to any address upon the receipt of ten cents in postage. B. W. Wrenn, G. P. A. E. T., V. & G. R. R-, Knoxville, Tenn. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is a liquid and is taken internally, and acts direc’ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Write for tes¬ timonials, free. Manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. ShiSoh’st Cure l s sold on a guarantee. It cure? incip’ent Con¬ sumption: it is the Best Cough Cure; 25c,50c, $1 g£ U S8: cm . Jm Chronic Indigestion Kept me in very poor health for five years, I began to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla and my digestion was helped by the first three dosea Hood’s Sarsa¬ parilla ML ly I four have believe bottles now it and taken has I cured firm¬ over r'ures me, and also saved my life. Mas. R. E. Peisce. Boshviile, N. Y. Hood’S Pills are purely vegetable. ■ Do You Wish the Finest Bread and Cake? It is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is the purest and strongest of all the baking powders. The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet¬ est, most delicious food. The strongest baking pow¬ der makes the lightest food. That baking powder which is both purest and strongest makes the most digestible and wholesome food. Why should not every housekeeper avail herself of the baking powder which will give her the best food with the least trouble ? Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift or prize, or at a lower price*than the Royal, as they invariably contain alum, lime or sul¬ phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome. Certain protection from alum baking powders can be had by declining to accept any substitute for the Royal, which is absolutely pure. Measuring Brickwork. The Boston Journal of Commerce gives the following: Ordinary bricks are about eight inches in length, aud, with a mortar joint, about half that in width, so that each brick ou the flat will give a horizontal surface of about thirty-two square inches, or four and a half bricks will cover one square foot. As ordinarily laid there are nine courses to every twenty-four inches, or four and a half to the foot; four and a half coursos, with four and a half bricks to the course, will givo twenty aud one-fourth bricks to the cubic foot. Waste, cutting and close joints will easily require an allowance of twenty-one bricks per cubic foot, which will be found a very convenient figure for estimating the number of bricks required for a wall of given height and thickness, as is thus be¬ comes unnecessary to find the cubic contents of the wall, but merely to multiply its face area, or the product of its length and height in feet by seven-fourths of its thickness in inches, which, as the thickness is always some multiple of four inches, is a very simple process. The Sunflower. Few persons appreciate the value and profit of this common flower. By many it is regarded a nuisance, and yet its cultivation will pay largely more than cotton and grown at much less cost. An aero of land planted about twenty inches apart will yield an average of eighty bushels of seed, the oil from which will produce about 150 gallons. Ihe oil cake is a valuable food for live stock. The oil is said to be equal to olive oil, is superior to linseed oil for painting in spreading and drying qualities. The stalks hav¬ ing long, strong fibers make superior paper. Tho green leaves are very nu¬ tritious as stock food aud the young flower cups vory palatable to man. Machinery for expressing the oil is easily obtainable and inexpen¬ sive. Bees have a perfect “bonanza” in a sunflower patch, and the seed is very valuable for poultry as an egg producer. The sunflower is independ¬ ent of weather and persists in growing under the most unfavorable conditions. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST BUSINESS COLLEGE. Porter’s Business College, Macon, Ga. To those special entering during $25.00 June,July will be and for Au¬ gust a iate of made a lull course, in either the commercial or short¬ hand department. Young ladies and gentle¬ men desiring to attend a first-class business college at the least pos ib’e <ost, should write tor particu nrs. References: Cliai man and members of the Macon Hoard of Trade, any ba k or banker of Macon. We can save you time and money. Address, Porter & Ander¬ son, Macon, Ga. Portable 11 ay Presses $60.00. Address, for circulars, C. B. Curlee, Rienzi, Miss. A Guaranteed Cure FOR The Opium Habit. We guarantee to cure the opium disease in any form in fifteen days, or no pay for board, treatment or .attention. Sanitarium at Salt Springs.near Austell.Ga- Correspondence con¬ fidential. Address, Dns. Nu. ms’ Guarantee Opium Cure Co., or Lock Box 3, Austell, Ga. For Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills and Machinery, all kinds, write 3IALLARY BROS. & CO., Macon, Ga. /\ attend a Business College nnttl V/lyT>?y/ OZ/' you save get tuition, our catalogue; time, board you and will / / car fare. Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Telegraphy taught. Carfare returned. Good board, *10.00 per month. Address .1.0 IIARMISON, Rome, Ga. Diamond Cycles ARE THE BEST MADE. ALL TIIE LATENT IMPROVEMENTS. ■ Hi HIGH GRADE IN EVERY RESPECT. THE TOURIST’S FAVORITE. WHAT ,1 'wxnrr ,s 7 5 // THE WONDER ITS OF THE ACE. \\Y \ y CALL AND SEE IT. %&*&*£* rcTRAFFE.? . We Send ior our Special Hnrgain List of and shop-worn Wheels. have got just rALOGUES what you w int. CA FttfcB TO ALL. AGENTS WANTED. sgSlgiisss guarantee express charges, an l we will ship C. O. D. *18.75, examination, if desired. Apply to agents direct with the privilege of our or tom. OCR Si OR I ING GOODS LINE IS UNEXCELLED. Sen f l ten cents (the actual cost of mailing) la stamps or money for large illustrated four hua dred page catalogue, containing all kinds or Sporting Goods and h uudreds of other articles. JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS C0„ 131 Broad tit, and 14T Washington St., BOSTON. »j* Platitudinous Ponderosity. In promulgating your esthetic cog¬ itations, or articulating your super licinl sentimentalities and amicable philosophical or physiological obser¬ vations beware of platitudinous pon¬ derosity. Let your conversational communications possess a clarifiod conciseness, a compact comprehensi¬ bleness; a coalescent consistency and a concatenated cogency. Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune bablement ami nainiuo affec¬ tion. Let your extemporaneous. de scantiugs and unpremeditated expec¬ tation Lave intelligibility and vera¬ cious vivacity, without rodomontade or thrasonical bombast. Seduously avoid all polysyllabic profoundly, sitacious bacinity, ventriloquil verb¬ osity, and veniliquent rapidity*- Shun double inteudrous pestiferous profani¬ ty ; obscurent or apparent. In other words talk plainly, briefly, naturally, sensibly, truthfully, purely; keep from slang; don’t put on airs; say what you mean ; moan what you say and don’t use big words. Those who bite at iho bait, “some¬ thing for nothing,” furnish the some¬ thing. THROW IT AWAY. There’s no long* any need of / wearing clumsy, St chafing Trussed relief which give only partial but often at best, great never iiajuryr*inii r.iire, mi,3g inflict Jnflanunation, and HERNIA death. 5 matter of how long is promptly standing, or of what size, the knife and permanently cured without end without pain. Another Triumph in Conservative Surgery is the cure, of > other .. •rnTTMfVDQ U iVLUJtvD, Ovarian. Fibroid and I varieties, without tho peril* of cutting operations. TUMORS, SSSXJSB PILE cured diseases of tho lower bowel, tho promptly knife. without pain or resort to hoy QTAATT? D I UiN Ui 'n the Bladder, no matter lurge, is avoiding crushed, cutting. pulverized, and washed out, thus t» QUTDTnnnTT'D'C D i JEliv I U lUh 1 of also urinary removed passage without cutting. Abundant References, and Pamph¬ lets, on above diseases, sent sealed, iu plain en¬ velope, 10 cts. (stamps). World’s dispen¬ sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. x. Buyers of Maclinery, Attention! Deal direct’y with manufacturers and write us for prices. ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, Grist Millls, Cane Mills, Cotton Gins ami Presses, And anything wanted In ihe machinery line. MC’IIOFIKLD’S IRON \VORKS,.Hacon,G». $12 TO $38 Can be made workingf.Y iu». Parties preferred who can lurnish u horse and travel A WEEK throu h the country, a team, ih u.?h, is not necessary. and A few vacancies in towns cities M n and wo .non of good character will find this an exceptional opporiunity fur profitable ero p 0 } ment. Spare hours may b- use I to good advan¬ tage. II. F JOHNSON* A CO.. 11 lb and Main Sla., Richmond, Ta. PONS LIVER PIUS -AND ** &Tonic Pellets. TREATMENT for and Constipation Biliousness* At all si ores, nr r>y mail 25c. doub ! e bo,; 5 double boxes *1.00. BROWN MF»G CO.. New York City. PESO’S CURE TOR V Consumptives and people who have weak lungs or Asth¬ ma, should use i’iso'sCure for Consumption. It baa cured thousands, it has not injur¬ ed one. It Is not bad to take. It is the best cough syrup. Bold everywhere. *5c. *ITK m A. N. U....... ..... '1 wi nty-fcnr, *94.