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PRKMI'KXT oK STATU COTTON ASS
CIATI APPEALS TO FARMKltS
BRUIT K AOUKAOK AND ItOAN
J7.E.
I’resident M L Johnson, of the
Georgia division of the 8 ml hen
Cotton association, has i-s'iml an
add re t*> the pei>ple of Georgia,
asking tin or support in the cotton
Jrolding movement and the reduo-
(ion of the acreage. Ilo also cal It-
for mass meetings in every coun¬
ty. IIis cnlI follows;
To tin; people of Georgia:
The Q irgm < iivisioti ii f the
Southern Cotton association at
their meeting on the 21st instant
honored mo by my uluctiou to its
I residency.
It provided for mooting’
.............,.....
on the first J uesdny of March,
April , ... and ... Ii hipOv.11v< ... ....... null i
*v ,
by tin* authority thus vested in
J In.r-by call said meeting for
each ol said days ' in each of
in .nths.
Georgians, in tho continuation
of tln-ir fight for right, justice,
tho fi'i-odom of your calling and a
fair remuneration fm your labors
mt me warn ymi n 1 to
mate the resume s, wiles,
effort* ami determination of von 1
enemies. Forewarned is to
forearumd. BcCugnizing them*,
wo have won tho battle thus fur
and can w in on to complete and
perfect victory if vve will but.prove,
ourselves worthy of the ancestry
from which wo sprung.
The plans of battle Inivo boon
well laid by your delegatus, both
at New Orleans, and nmr ‘0
ly at Altunin for Georgia, the re*
fpntise to tin* Now Orleans call to
arms, by Georgians has been
splendid ; tho result has been
VI * ; J over »ro,000,000 nbeady
at to tho value id mr great
crop, cotton, lie there a man in
Georgia who will now sell his cot-
t m below tlm price fixed'/
there one who is not thrilled with
pride and lovo of Georgia that ho
can stay out and fail to aid
winning this tight? Fellow
joins. I lie sk 1 nilisliiug bus caused,
those linos aro = t drawn
twi 01 ft*)'i-l rui r of either side
tlm battle no = rages hut ween
those thus far ongnged. Day by
day, my country men, our numbers
increase, mil ranks grow—till, in
my judgment, in tho not fur fu*
1 in 0, not out) Georgian who
Should lio without our ranks.
Who is them within this great
istate who does iiotfwish and who
wilt not hear,his |mrt in this fight i
wo a re waging? Men, we must
whip them to a stand still; we
can do it ; we have only to con¬
tinue in tin) future as wo have in
tne mist thirty days. They mi
longer doubt we will stick; that
wo will hold. They have changed
• heir point nf at tuck, They now
bay limy won't reduce, Yet
information continue to come,
Acreage being reduced 25 U 1
cent and tunic. Fertilizer*
i d from 27> pirn cent loot) per cent:
indeed at every point our line
grows and moves it nv.ird with no
evidence of wavering. Scarcely a
car of fertilizer moving,
The watchword should be:
,,Orgai z", ” house to house
vase ta 7T e place, till not a man is
missed; see that every one Jins!
the opportunity of joining ami
doubt not lie will do so, for tin re j
is not a fair man in this i
tdato who is not w ith us in this
light. He oll ly waul# the oppor-
tunitv of helping US
Tin; south'* purest warrior, ium
Brightest ehfislain, her
captain, has nninoi ializ *d out
our small English words, "duty"
Jt was of that word that our idol¬
ized Robert E l.ee sani:
‘‘Duty* is the su iinest word 4n
the English language,
May I not, tliei . c is, nn
first call t« arm*, of you, fifty
i nv citizens Ly,admonishing u#
o ot.r “duty” —.to organize.
M L JOHNSON
lit ■*. Ga. Div. S C A.
ass 'rial u Uu. ‘
K ilijrsv ili<* Locals.
The Im<) weather hunentif-ed mud:
sickness in our community hud
our farim-rs nre getting bud-
ly behind with their work.
M r- w l May nurd i-quite sick.
being threatened with pnruTmo-
inn
Mrnnd Mrs John Gordon an
confined to their bed with 1 (l
(i rippe.
The many friends O f .Mrs .Tosie
Hardin a HI regret to know t hat
she is seriously lM,
We are sorry to know that Mr
W ) King is not improving
a w Ki.«...... t ........
last Sunday with the homnBdk*
Mrs I! .) Burnes visited Mrs \V
J King last Sunday.
Mrs John King spent l-.st Sun-
day with Mrs Bettio Jackson.
Mr und Mrs.I A M*>h!y visited
the hotnefulks Saturday and Sun-
day.
l Mi i Emma King spent 1 last
Sunday very pleasantly with Mis*
1 se s Ethel anil Burma Hardin.
Mrs Marti.* Maynard and Mrs
; Oda Pippin spent last Thursday
( with Mrs \V J King.
I Mr John Hardin passed here
• mo day last week enrouto to
I Hillsboro.
II,' try Wor.h.n, «ll«l on hi.
j again l."ol |.irl.....,4., Harry, she 1*1.0*. is always glad C-ll
I,,, _ *
W IT King visited W U Maynurd
Sunday afternoon.
J 0 Bradley visited W II King
I Monday.
Misses Lucy and Sintlnv Jack-
son visited Mrs WJ Kimg Sunday
) last.
j Misses Pearl and llosa Burns
wore tho gu st f Miss Emma
Marsh Sunday afternoon.
Mr Ben Barron was with his
daughier .Mrs Joir Bussell
j Sunday,
MrsO LFullilove and Mrs II J
! Bur n's spent Sunday afternoon
j with the litmily ot John Gordon.
Mis Alice I’ll burn was at the
home of Mrs Sam Gordon .Sun-
[day,
We are sorry to state that Mrs
Kate King is on the Hick list. We
hope to soon hour thut sho is im-
proving,
I Mr and Mrs .1 F Pippin sp ol
Sunday with tl homefolks.
I Mr Dave Mursli visits the Bulgo
very often. Wonder what's ti e
! attraction.
News from Hester.
Wo have had soino beaut iful
weather lor the past lew day* und
wo hope that il is settl'd now lor
a while so the funner* can start l<>
work on their crops.
Mr and Mrs Mucks from Round
Oak attended preaching at Canev
Crock Sunday,
1 Mr and Mr* G T Pippin spun
Slltur(|av nm | Sunday with their
parents, Mra.nl Mrs Dan Jack-
s >n.
Mr ami Mrs Aldinn Mobley vis
Red tlmir parents Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs Dan Jackson is slowly im-
proving,
Miss.’s Allicnml Moilio Gresli-
am spi ut Sunday with Miss Euta
M ay na rd.
The measles nre still raging in
tl)|s Collimullity . M
Miss Susie Maynard -pent Sat¬
urday and Sunday with Mrs
May nurd.
Mr Do.'I; Jackson visited relt:-
lives in J 'lies county Saturib
Sunday.
We am sorry to learn that Mu
Bill King is improving s<
slow ly.
I’ruf, Frank Greene was a visi¬
tor .-it Canny Creek Saturday and
Sunday.
Wedding bells are ati!l ringing
around here.
Our school is progressing nicely
z. ider the management ot Prut
— arrell.
Messrs ’Falter Jackson and
Herman Bowduiu from Monroe
was uvt-r hist Sunday. They at¬
tend'd preaching at Canev Creek.
Oil i lured funnels will b a r
in 1111 boy uru invited to ,
the minding of furuier* in
Clinton on Monday, March
fbe reduction of tlie cottoiv iiciv-
a fi*' i i H m es u' "** a n d Idlin'* in’
quite a nuiiil>erof sttccessiid C
ore t tinner* it i* ve?y mm h to
11 • r material interest to j-’in tl'u
au>veil tit t Lf l liis year’s
e r- 5 n to w here el i u
m 2 I can be of da
. or. Tho day would
w < at Lv atleiidii s’ 1 s meet-
fOLEYSNONEY^TAR
»>r tiiiULrva; taft, tart. t’« epiu.lt
I'anm r’s Wives.
i
A few weeks ago I rnn across
an article in n Curient Magazine
wltidi-ivcitcj tin* woes of a West-
! oru farmer 'h wife, and it is almost
; l,( - v '” ld ,n . v l ,mv, ' r «»f compreheji.
i si'ui to believe that one woman
posses such triarvi Ions strength
I and endurance. All-the time I
was reuding I felt ns if I might
be stand,ng over a seething crater
of discontent. That farmer’s
wife' I know it is not plensanUto
live will) and I know it must bn a
burden—not only because* she has
to work so hard, but because the
'f™ """*»•"* '•[ l " t "-
f he great havener. She does not
utter one word ol thanks for her
I wonderful hoallli and that does
not add to the cheerfulness of her
! article. Let in j quote one day’s
work and you Joins county w c *
men who think you know what
work is don’t breathe it again,
■ Sll J' s i “I» av I am up
1 o’clock. Alt' dressing and
i making a tiro in the stove I go to
the flower garden und gather a
half blown rose and a spray f
j ! bridul wreath and put in my hair,
then sweep the Imuso and cook
i. break ... Inst. , W lule •, ,i the two , ■ •,
i
dren and husband nre eating I
-"'“j* ......* *'"«'• i'l(' ...........j
P *«, all > TlFho 11 r no no.Yk, Ks fUl n.Tlim" 1,10 umc at ai i
so. I ihen drive the cows to pas-
. . . ,
ture one oiglilli ol a mile, drive
tile horse to water some distance,
l,ri "« lli,n l,a " k 1,11(1 Ul,M 1,im 1,1
another field. The calves are
then turned out and llm hogs fed,
also I ha chickens. t then clean ,
tho house mid as I go about mv
work 1 take a few mouthsfiil o ’(•
food. The children are then
bathed and the churning done,
reading as I churn.” (she is not
by herself there. I know morel
tilm one woman who does that, | 1
a id no farmers’ wives either.) i
^.....;............ I0n,0, puts more flowers in ll "' j
liuir and eats cold dinner, rests a
. ............... .
the cluck to Btnke ono, ^weups
iho vivid. She goes to work out !
of doors agai ;attor . „ a .. „.i wbiledi,- ;i„ , 1 ; I
0 iveiing some lings in the wheat
field she chusis them out and re-
p lira the fimcu. S!m doesn't atop
to wipe her pm-spiiing luco but
rushes for her hou again aml n hiis
the gist". Pardon. Sho t hen
cooks supper, pulls up a few hun¬
dred plants for transplanting on
lho morrow, houses and feed,
sheep, horse, oows (mirk these),
etc., gives her family their sup-
per puts them to bed, washes
dishes, says a short prayer—poor
ibing she is excusible—and tum¬
bles into bed herself. Every day
is j 1 st as busy as this, because
she washes, irons, sews, gives mu¬
sic lessons, writes rends, works in
tlie farm and does nil the things
any ordinary woman does. To
cup it all, her husband is the
s ingiesl old curmudgeon that
aver walked. I road this article
aloud and Joe, my son-in-law,
looked at Julia aud said. ‘‘Don’t
I wish 1 had a wife that smart?”
Julia smiled just as if ho had paid
her a compliment. The Editor of
this magazine in commenting on
tho nrticlo, speaks of such far-
mils wives us 1 1 unfortunate
creatures” and state* that there
uro more farmers’wives in the In-
sane Asylums than any other
class of people. Jot) looked at |
Julia with tender apprehension . ;
and asked her if she would not ■
like to visit sister Mary. Julia ' [
scorufudy .. ,, refused to believe the
Kiitoi ’* statemeni. "The very
idea is silly”’ she said, ‘‘\\ hy j
farmers’ wives are the happiest woj
men on earth’ Their live* nre
not half so monotonous ns a ste-
nographer's, a school teacher's
nor dress maker’s.”
J!u( , ( . t Vo( , ft , j((|e w .
eret. In a later issue of his mag¬
azine, tho Editor lias to revoke
unit statement, lor a culobrat«d
\1 D says it is not true, but only
the ’‘offspring of a deep rooted
superstition. On t he
trnrv there are mure bachelors
| i and • old maids ill the
usyinms
than any other class-” I begin
lo f el tender'y apprehension for
,,, v « t .|f I slnin’t tell Joe abet t
'
lt tuf U ' is 1 I bow I
’ )V ‘‘ V see e
■ -
makes fires for Julia, washes
potato* s and hi ,! | * make the beds, ;
. -ho tU.-s not need ih-n visit ' 1
to sister Mary. Eu i.\ J.
i
Shop Not ioo. i
t am how in the old R obeii- slion f 1
. .
Vt ■. / i\i.ii,it and
- -
. ,'!!
I r.'id.rby ,nv,K:;-
March lath
W M Jam -. Gmy, t. rt .!
Hull ./I’M I’roposiMl (or
other Jones Count} 3 Ian
Ilis home people heartffy
dorse the suggestion thut Hon.
J u |ai T Williams fm need Mr
Uiown as railroad commissioner.
Mr Williams is not only a large
and successful farmer, public wnir*
Hod citizen and all round good
follow, hut u man well qualified
|,y educatiau and experienced to
successfully fill almost any
t ioo within the gift of the people,
If the appointment ,is to go
u farmer no better choice couid
made than John T Williams,
J"™ it i» .!•■«.« u»
| ng home people are ready to rally
|,j H support und do what tin y
can to bring the appointment
this wav.
I he following special irom Mi
con was published in last .Sunday '
Atlanta Journal.
"Hon John T William., of Jones
county, was in Mncoii today talk
with his many friends, all
whom have become greatly
hi toe snpgeation that
suuceed HoiiJ Pope Brown,
«g u state railroad commissioner,
Mr Williams is an ideal
11 College graduate, an experienced
man of utf'.iius, and is broad
,, t() b(J j ||>t a|)d f nJ| . , 0 fl! |
.nterests, and on this line his
'™'",l. >mni« e th.lli. .I.ould
r”rmo» tcl'i'l.. m!r<»T“5,
•
1 ! '
An)ong , nr • enlhusuifetic fi if*n(h -
nr e lawyers, judges, doctors,
chants and formers, in fact
wlio kl,uw hi,n * »1
Wanted.
To purchase between one hundred
ul! ,i ()1K , thousand rnuvsof land in area
so able distance of Grav.Ga.l want
this lam! for farming purposes
would like to gei in corrospmi donee
witli some one wlio would difjiosc of a
farm of any size. J mean business.
T S Bi s... Gray, Git
Commencing Feb. 7, .1005,
Parlor Cars will be operated dailv
JSrt r
lirriVIII „ A || )flliv « : JO p *1 1.1 and
VM „ V’banv '11 ml - m arriv-
s »t ,*»».
loilows.
Between Atlanta and Albany 50c
Between ' Atlanta and Macon 25 e
Mwoll ll(ld Blbtlllll 25'
Winter Tourist Rates Yia
Central of Ga. Ry.
Account tho following occasions
the Central of Georgia Railway
sell low rate tickets on conditions
named below.
Excursion tickets on sale daily
until April 80, 1905, to resorts in
Florida, Cuba, Nassau, 1 exits, etc.
Final limit of tickets May Ulst
1905.
aITLIKS FUR YEARS SUPPORT.
Georgia, Jones County.
Mrs. Lizzie Sharpe, widow of James
Sharp, having made application for a
twelve month’* support for herself and
minor children out of the estate of
the said Janies Sharp, deceased, ami
appraisers duly appointed to set apart
the same, having liled their returns,
notice is hereby gtven to all parties
......corned that said application will
bi> heard at the regular term of the
court of Ordinary for said county, on
the first Monday in March 1905.
W itness my hand officially this Feb.
(iili, 1905. R II Box m:k, Ordinary.
For Rent.
Convenient four room house. Good
barn, water and garden. Apply to
Sam McCn i.oi ini,
Round Oak, Ga.
SjK*c*i;il Excursion to Now
York.
rickejs at very low round trip)
rate* will be sold EVb, 28th ; final
return limit March 14, 1905. I
Rules iiiciudi) meal* and berth
while at sea ,! m both direction*, ‘
For tntlll ral s alu | [
etc, apply to your nearest Ticket
Agent,
MONEY.
Loans negotiated on improved
farms at lowest market rates, and
I on most liberal terms.
Business of nineteen' venrs’
standing. More than three
lion dollars in loans negotiated
Facilities unsurpassed.
HOWARD M- SMITH,
814 Second St., Macon,
| One billion dollars is
a year
given as a low estimate of the
w h«i*» cost of liquor drinking in
t! >e United States. The govern-
1 ' 1 '" 1 col,wt » twenty-nine
( - ,| ’ , 't G# leveuue tiom the
"I alcoholic tieverages. Last veai
it COiiuCvOu ,. , **11# | , , litlt« , , -
tv five million dollars, as interna' 1
revenue from the District <>f C*>-
lumbia and tirritories. Tit.
amount of tax"* colbcted lo
........I »»nic.'p.mi« ...
*0’ the last census at oue hundred
dollars,
RAISE PLENTY CF GRAIN
Commissioner Stevens Gives
farmers Good Advice.
e,io:,oco bales fleecy staple
This Is the Amount of Cotton the
South Should Plant For—Mr. Ste¬
vens Well Pleased V/ilh the New
Orleans Cotton Growers' Meeting,
The last report Issued by the Unit-
ed States Department o£ Agriculture,
at Washington, D. C., and also the
ginneis' report, showing the crop of
• cotton raised the year 1901, has
g*
ports is so much larger than the
that it calls lor earnest reflection.
The low price of cotton since
last November has very seriously af¬
fected many of our people financially.
so much to, that ail of the cotton
I states through their organisations
other sources, conceived the Idea
1 It would be best to call a meeting of
tho farmers , bankers and
j New Orleans. I was fortunate
enough to bo at this meeting, and
suffice it to say that it was one of the
most representative gatherings I have
ever attended. All the cotton states
j and territories producing cotton were
present with large delegations, and
j every single delegate seemed
j t0 he of one op.mon, viz.: that the
surplus cotton now on hand should be
£tor « d aad ^ as far as possible
, “f tncuc-ing every r °™ M planter *» “* to reduce his
acreage 25 per cent In cotton and fer-
! tilizer^ accordingly, so as not to raise
a cot tori crop this year to exceed
9,000,000 bales, and in this way take
j care of the surplus cotton now on
j hand without selling It at a sacrifice.
There were a great many plans sug-
! ! Bested, but the convention, after .dis-
hissing all of them, finally reached
! the conclusion that by a united effort
the people could be induced to
! their cotton for the present by keep-
lug out of debt and trusting to the
southern bankci’3 to tide them over
until fall.
I have for several years been urg¬
ing upon our people of Georgia to
raise plenty of grain and forage for
both man and beast, and to diversify
various era£SCK suited t0 thtlr loca -
Bon and climate, and by that means
needed around the home or farm, and
then, if we have an overproduction of
cotton, we would be prepared fer it.
When wo are out of debt and -have
plenty of home supplies, the price cf
cotton dots not affect us so much. 1
still urge this pitta, and hope the peo¬
ple of Georgia will stop and think for
a moment what we might do if we
would. Th 0 history of tne cotton crop
for thtf last thirty years has shown
that the smallest crops have brought
the most money to the planters. To
Illustrate, in 1893, when we used
420,000 tons of guano, we raised a
crop of 11,250,000 bales. That crop
brought us less than 0 cents. The
following year, 1899, we used 340,000
tons of guano and raised a crop of
9,400,000 hales. This crop brought us
a fraction over 9 cents. During the
year 1300 the entire surplus of 1898
was wiped out. We took an even
start upon the market and the crops
since that time have been kept with¬
in reasonable bounds of consumption.
Therefore we have had up to the re¬
cent decline a fair and rea¬
sonable pri^e for our cotton
Since 1898. Our people ought to stop
aud think for a moment what the
result may be If a crop of 12,000,000
or 13,000,000 bales is made this year
(1905). We would be so handicaped
with surplus cotton that it would take
Us years and years to be relieved. It
is to be hoped that our entire people
will adopt the plans suggested by the
New Orleans convention and give all
the aid they possibly can on that line.
I was very much struck with a
speech delivered by Mr. Hillyer, of
Macon, Ga., at the New Orleans con¬
vention, so much so that rve repro¬
duce it along w th this article, that
our people may t ee upon what lines
the Now Orleans -onvention was di-
rected, and that it was influenced by
the best financiers in our Southern
States. We also reproduce a letter
written by Col. Harvie Jordan, showing! taken)
from the Atlanta Journal,
the kind of machinery adopted by
which all the farmers may organize!
by calling mass meetings in their mi¬
litia districts and at the county sites)
to elect delegates to their state and !
national convention. I have great
hope that much good may be done silg-) j
along this direction, and I would
gest here that you select your best
end most Influential men to attend;
the state and national convention, and
be sure, by all means, to select dele-
gates who will go.
O. 15. STEVENS,
Commissioner.
The Presence cf the Head Man.
Do not trust the work of, feeding
wholly to young boys. If you expect
thf stock t0 come out right in spring
be with the boys often, directing
giving a word c-f encouragement, which
means much toward interesting thea
tn the work.
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HARDWARE
AND
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Agents foa CHATTANOOGA PLOWS.
317 and 819 Third Street, MACON, GA
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Knobby Hats-Latest Styles.
I>UY GOODS—POPULAR PRICES.
; JONES db TODD,
406, Third Street Macon, Ga.
.Messrs. L 0 Comer and Wiley Herndon can be
a found here.
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Macon, Ga.
TO JONES COUNTY PEOPLE: Thanking you for past trade and
asking a conti.iiiatiim of same I can promise to treat vmi ns in the
past—giving you the ve y best S*ed lobe had, pure, fresh, reliable
and true to name. I cany a full stick of all vaiietiesof Seed Corn,
Millets, Cane Seed, Grass and Clover peed. Genuine Maine grown
heed Potatoes, Onioh Sets, Melon Seed—both Cantaloupe and Water
Melon—Ohufas, all varieties Garden and Flower Need, Bulbs dtc. Pri¬
ces right, as I have bought in large quantities and will give you bene¬
fit of same. J am ill for business. Cal! or write for prices-
H. WRIGHT, Seedman.
800, Third Street, Macon, Ga.
Empire Rest.
507 Mulberry Street Maeon Ga,
Best dinner anti short orders in
Macon t
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when teething it prevents sickness and ,c%
pain and often saves babies’ lives. n
Read the following letter from a grateful 8 y
mother;— "Talbotton, Ga., June 25,1903.
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rehef.for suffering baby, a ‘balm in Gilead’ to
tired mothers. Our boy, Oabaniss. has never been without it since
t he day be was a month old. Jt uTthe 20th eo tnry for all
the ills to which baby is heir. I cordially panacea P
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