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THE NEW GROCERY!
I have opened up a Store next door to Duggan
Brothers & Company and will keep the
Best and Freshest Stock
always and prices will be to suit—Also an
Up-To-Dete Cold Drink Stand.
I Invite all my friends to call • jt\ me. Delight
ful and Refreshing Cold Drinks of all Kinds
will be kept on hand.
J. A. DYKES.
J. .J. TAYLOR. President J. P. PEACOCK, Yi.e-Puesident.
J. A. WALKER, Cashier.
(Eorfjran Hanking (Hmnpang,
Capital, $25,000.00. Surplus, $35,000.00.
(Eurfjratt, (Srunjia.
We Solicit Your Patronage.
You can make a water-tight box out of
» hardwood flooring, coat the inside with
|kianizb floor finish
f Fill it with water and let it stand ail day.
I Twenty-four hours of water soaking won’t
J feaze the KVANIZE a bit. When it’s dry
in an hour or two it will be as bright as
ever. KYANIZE is waterproof—it’s
made so on purpose.
, Gomes in Clear and Seven Beautiful Colors
Good tor all Inside Werk a* well as Floors
TAYLOR & KENNINGTON.
PROFESSIONALS.
DR. C. T. HALL,
Dentist,
Cochran, - Georgia.
Office over J. J. Taylor’s Store.
R. L. WHIPPLE.
S Physician,
Cochran, - Georgia.
Calls answered Day ami Night.
Office Phone 264. Residence 273.
HERBERT L. GRICE,
Attorney-at-Law,
Hawkinsville, - Georgia.
DR. T. D. WALKER,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cochran, Georgia.
L. A. WHIPPLE.
Attorney-at-Law,
HAWKINSVILLE, GA.
Huggins Building.
M. H. BOYER,
Lawyer,
HAWKINSVILLE, GA.
Huggins Building. Rooms 27 and 28.
niijiji
T. D. WALKER. JR..
Physician and Surgeon.
SURGERY A SPECIALTY.
Calls Answered Promptly at Any Time.
Leave Calls at
WALKER’S PHARMACY.
DR. R. J. MORGAN.
Physician and Surgeon,
Cochran, Georgia.
Office Phone 13. Residence 28.
DRS. LANFORD & WALTERS,
Dentists,
Office on Main Street.
COCHRAN. - - GEORGIA.
P. O. Box 93.
Dental Work Done in ill of its Branches.
W. L. & WARREN GRICE,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Hawkinsville, Georgia.
Office over George's Drug Store,
Commerce Street.
H. E. COATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
HAWKINSVILLE, CA.
Farm arid
Garden
DAHLIA JACK ROSE.
This Flower Ons of tha Moat Profitabla
That Can Ba Grown.
Farmers who grow flowers for profit
as a side line— mid this appe.-ils partic
ularly to some of the farmers' wives
who live near good sized towns—are
assured by L K. Peacock of Berlin.
N. J.. who produces many kinds of
flowers, that the dahlia Jack rose is
one of the most profitable blossoms.
Mr. Peacock cut blooms last season
that brought sti per hundred, while a
Massachusetts man sold his output at
ft 1.50 a dozen. As to this rose Mr. Pea
cock writes:
“Now, sifter another year’s growing,
during which we had several acres,
we can only add to the praise extend
DAHLIA JACK ROSE.
ed by us last year. It was the henlth
iest plant we bad ou the place, the
first to get Into bloom, and every flow
er was perfect the entire season, which
in our location wns a most trying one
owing to the extended droughts. True,
the stems were not as long as they
should have been, but they were as
loug as those of Sylvia, recognized by
all as a first class flower with good
stems, and later in the season many
Jack rose stems averaged longer than
any of the recognized standard va
rieties. Almost every special order for
cut flowers lucluded the jack rose.
“Another thing not to be forgotten
Is the forcing quality of the jack rose,
which Is even today being placed on
the market and sold at prices far
above chrysanthemums, as it has that
brilliant, rich crimson that appeals to
all and cannot he found In the chrys
anthemum—a decidedly richer shade
than found even In the Jacqueminot
rose.”
A Nsw Kind of Corn From China.
A small lot of shelled corn ot a kind
that Is new to this country was sent
to the United States department of
agriculture from Shanghai, China, In
lUOB and tested the same seasou. It
proved to have qualities that may
make It valuable in breeding a corn
adapted to the hot and dry conditions
of the southwest. The plants raised
in the test averaged less than six feet
in height, with an average of twelve
green leaves at time of tasseling. The
ears averaged five and one-half Inches
in length and four and one-third inches
in greatest circumference, with six
teen to eighteen rows of small grains.
On the upper part of the plant the
leaves are all on one side of the stalk.
Instead of being arranged in two rows
on opposite sides. Besides this, the
upper leaves stand erect instead of
dropping, and the tips of the leaves
are therefore above the top of the tas
sel. The silks of the ear are produced
at the point where the leaf blade is
joined to the leaf sheath.
This corn is very different from any
now produced Id America. Its pecul
iar value Is that the erect arrange
ment of the leaves on one side of the
stajk and the appearance of the silks
in the angle where the leaf blade joins
the sheaf offer a protected place In
which pollen can settle and fertilize
the silks before the latter are ever ex
posed to the air. While this corn may
be of little value itself, it is likely that
by crossbreeding these desirable qual
ities can be Imparted to a larger corn.
The discovery of this peculiar corn
In China suggests anew the idea that,
although America Is the original home
of corn, yet it may by some means
have been taken to the eastern hemi
sphere long before the discovery of
America by Columbus. From descrip
tions in Chinese literature corn is
known to have been established in
China within less than a century after
the voyage of Columbus.
Hay Consumed by Animals.
The hay consumed by different ani
mals does not vary greatly_from three
pounds daily for eit.Ti hundred pound
weight of the animals. The following
table Is the result of various expert
meuts by different persons and will be
useful to farmers who wish to deter
mine by I'ah-tilation beforehand how
their hay will hold out for the winter:
Working horses. 3.08 imuuds; milk
cows, “.-to pounds; young growing cat
tie H.IIK pounds; steers. 2.H4 |Miunds;
dry cows. '2.42 pounds; sheep. If pounds.
All Ibe articles enumerated in this
food table are estimated as of good
quality. If the fodder be of poor qual
ity more must be allowed.
NO FEAR OF BEEF TRUSTS.
Golden Words of Wisdom Anent the
“Back to the Farm" Slogan.
Here is the view of a Vermonter,
who signs himself "A Farmer From
Town." In a recent teller to a .New
York paper:
We in the hills have watched with
great Interest the widely varying com
ments on the high prices and means
for restoring less costly living.
•'Back to the farm Is the only reme
dy,” but what will Induce laltor to go
back to producing food'; The farming
population, a fairly large proportion,
has simply asserted its right to choose
where to work fur a Jiving. If labor
prefers to build automobiles or to man
icure Indies' bauds or even, as we see
It, to make cheap wrappers in a New
England factory town rather than
work on a farm, what is to be done?
The only way to make those one
time farmers go back to work on the
land is to make it pay, and that would
nieuu higher prices than are now paid
the farmer. At present 7 cents per
pound, dressed. Is the best the farmers
of this region receive for beef. 3 cents
per quart for milk richer In fat than
most that Is sold in cities, and vegeta
bles for nearly nothing buck from the
railroads. But already ’’the ultimate
consumer” pays more than he wishes.
The remedy is back to the farm with
“the ultimate consumer” himself! If
he will forego fashionable clothes,
champagne und cnnvasbaek duck, be
content with the best beef, mutton and
chickens, milk, cream, cheese and but
ter that any market affords, the city
rebel could, with no more than a few
thousand invested in land und SSOO a
year, live like a lord In lovely sur
roundings and spend some time In
town as well.
If. like us, he chops and hauls some
of his own wood, plows his own land
and cares for his own garden, $2,500
to invest and S2OO a year would give
freedom and good living—hard for well
to do folks to find in town.
On the fnrm we have no fear of beef
trusts nor of illness. When six months'
Idleness follows a sickness we hnve a
year's fuel ready, some “critters” to
sell, a cellar full of vegetables und an
unfailing supply of rich ntllk from
which we make our butter and cheese.
To Build Lime Spreader.
Very useful as a furming adjunct is
a distributer for spreading lime, ashes
or bone on land. A machine built for
tills purpose by a New York farmer is
thus described:
The axle of an old mowing machine
Is first cut in two and made as long
as the machine is to be. Five col
lars are then shrunk on to the axle
equal distances apart in such a man
ner as to hold the four feed bars about
one Inch from tlfe axle. One by three
eighths inch Iron feed bars are then
fastened to the collars with tap bolts
and the heads cut off and riveted, mak
ing a cylinder which acts as a force
feed when revolving with the wheels.
The same wheels and ratchets are
used that were on the old mowing ma
chine, so it can be put is and out of
gear.
The sides of the hopper are con
structed of one and one-quarter inch
lumber, and the ends are made of two
inch hard wood, with iron plates
screwed on where the axle passes
through to prevent wearing. The in
side of the hopper is made one-half
Inch longer titan the force feed cyl
inder, so it will work easily. The
ends and sides of hopper are made
separately and put together on the
machine. The whole bottom of the
machine Is then covered with heavy
galvanized iron with a 1 by 2 Inch
LIMB DISTRIBUTER.
hole every six inches, and over this !
a false bottom is placed so It will slide
toward either end to regulate the feed.
This false bottom Is held In place with
three straps made of hoop Iron, fas
tened to the sides of the hopper and
worked with a lever at the back. The
force feed must work very closely to
the holes, in the galvanized iron to
prevent clogging. I'lie pole
to a 4 by 4 Inch stick as loiijM
hopper. This stick Is fn-<tenßW»j|Ei
ecu inches in front of bop|M*t*|HKH||
lug It solidly to the two dnijHftHfl
made of Z by halt inch iron {J
end. through which the nxleUH
and two heavy braees whichAaM
hopper in |K>sition.
New Variety of Fruit. -UH
The pecotf Is the name giveff (om
new variety of fruit that seems tW
have originated in the Yakima valley,!
near North Yakima. Wash. Two
working separately, each without tht*«
knowledge of the other, reached Iha
same results. The fruit Is a cross be
tween the peach and the apricot. !■
is not so large as the peach, but .V
earlier thau either the peach or aprifl
cot. It will Ik* Valuable ns an early™
fruit because it comes into bearing
and ripens soon after strawberries are
in the market. It is earlier than the
earliest peaches and has a tine flavor.
It has a beautiful ye!low color, with
a bright red cheek, nuking It an at
tractive fruit when nicely boxed and
ready for the market.
Surprised Her.
A gentleman who had spent the
greater portion of his life in Canada
relates an amusing experience which
befell him.
He had been on a hunting expedition
for several days in the backwoods,
roughing it rather severely, and on
taking a seat in a railway train re
turning homeward he looked as be
grimed and weather beaten a trapper
as ever brought Ills skins Into a set
tlement.
He happened to find a seat next to a
young x lndy, evidently belonging to
Boston, who, after taking stock of him
for a few minutes, remarked:
“Don't you find an utterly passion
ful sympathy with nature's mountains
and the dim aisles of the horizon
touching forests, my good man?”
“Oh, yes,” replied the apparent back
woodsman, "and also I am frequently
drawn Into an exaltation of rapt sonl
fulness and beatific incandescent in
finity of abstract contiguity when
horse stumbles.”
“Indeed!” said the young lady, much
surprised. "1 had no idea the lower
classes felt like that.”—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Night Blindness.
Inability to see by day is matched by
the commoner night blindness wbleb
most of us have known in friend or
relative. This { feet, which Includes
an inability to V even by artificial
light, is congenita, with some people
and never overcome. It Is often he
reditary. It may also be caused, how
ever, by long exposure to an overbrlght
light, coupled with fntlgue. A strange
story is told concerning a ship's crew
two centuries ago which were over
come by night blindness so extreme
that their captain was obliged to force
a fight with a Spanish privateer dur
ing the day, knowing that by ulgbt bis
men would be helpless. In order to
obviate this difficulty for future occa
sions he ordered each sailor to keep
one eye bound during the daytime,
discovering, to ills gratification, that
this eye, having rested, was then freo
of the defect. The sailors were very
nnnislng in their efforts to retain the
bandage well over the eye that must
be ready for night duty, and so a
method of modifying this trouble was
discovered—London Strand Magazine.
The Attorney In England.
The use of the word attorney de
notes a belated mind. Since Nov. 1,
1875, attorneys have ceased to exist,
their title merged by law into that of
solicitor of the supreme court of Judi
cature, says a writer In- the Loudon-
Mall. The name had long been used
as a term of abuse. Johnson observed
of nn acquaintance that “he did not;
care to speak ill of any man behind
his back, but he believed the geutle
man was an attorney.”
Archbishop TrenCh, in 1850, noted
that the word attorney was going out
of favor and that the lower branch~of
the legal profession preferred to be
called solicitors. So when the Judi
cature act of 1873 was before parlia
ment a clause was Inserted abolishing
the obnoxious title. But with our de
lightful conservatism we still honor
the “attorney general.”
Two Smart Actora.
In a popular historic drama the ac
tor who takes the part of Napoleon is
required to read aloud a document of
considerable length which is brought
to him by General Berthier. This,
being written at length, is seldom com
mitted to memory. A short time ago,
however, the property master at an
English theater mislaid the document,
and Napoleon, who was new to the
part, received instead a blank sheet of
paper. For a moment he was aghast;
then, eager to escape from his pre
dicament even at the expense of a
fellow actor, he handed the paper to
General Berthier, saying, “Read it to
me.”
The other actor was not In the least
confused. “Your majesty," he said,
handing it back, “I am only a poor
soldier of fortune, and you must ex
cuse me. I do not knofr how to read!"