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BY CLEM. C. MOORE.
CHAWrOlWVILLE. GEORGIA.
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■ "tcred at tb» postoBe* at Crawfoi drills,
Ocargia, a* M«nDd-cii«a ma l matter.
FRIDAY, FEBttUABlr 22 , 18 Hfl.
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MR. NORTHEN’S SPEECH,
The Augusta Chronicle says Hint the
speech _____n___m af 1 resident W. J. , v Nolthen nl .i„.n delie- doliv
«*r«*d before the* State* Agricultural >oelety
at Brunswick on Wwlrwwlfcy of la&t ww».k
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It Is a speech that should l>e lead by ev
cry farmer in the State, and hope those
who do read will be benefltted thereby,
re «*..»t......«i» ; .
portion of thin jjrana effort. Aftor
Introducing his tiujrct in the best manlier
possible, he lie said*— sa <l.
••Whatarethe hmdrtn.es to success
fnl agriculture In Georgia-and at tbo
souch? 1 cannot believe there Is any
question that demands more linpe.rstlvely
sour Investigation ami your solution. It
is a mallei vital to you and vital to me,
soil vital alike not only to all the farmers
of ihe state, tint vital to all classes of otir
cltlrens In every home, however hum
hie, and in every mansion however mug
idftr**i«ta \<>nr policy and thn your aticcoff*
df'tfrmHie the iU***wy of l**** *****
tne ileli alike. Ilaye your energies failed
and our possibilities departed? Patriot
|.m forbids the one; the tiie god cither. of the liar
vests Is nieitned against Into
* * * 1 shall not go further
details than to say of the l.ts ( (ioo farms In
Georgis w.ooo of them are run toy indolent
tenants In the absence of the landlords.
To each plow upon Mich farms are furn
»shed.v*»»iioally, atKiht mm t.m of gcann
fortv lui-h'da of corn and 2no pounds of
meat, t produce two bale* of cotton,
thirteen bnsnels of c >rn, three pecks of
potatoes and five hound dogs
Klftv thou-and farms In Georgia suffer
Ing from their own waste «ttd, h* the Idle
ness and plun ler they encourage demoral
Izallon. for mdo< about them, th* labor
lhat would lie productive Georgia and prosperous. ruining
fifty thousand farms in
Its sgrlcul'ure and bringing our muds be
low the reiHignltlon of capital, banks and
mon«v Georgia centers. destroying Fifty the thousand confidence farms of tmsi- iu
ness and putt log all farmers at a disad¬
vantage In Idleness th <t festers with cor¬
ruption as foul as | utrUleatiou Itself,
Klftv thousand contagion farms of this In Georgia, sorinl. moral spread¬ and
ing the their neigh¬
poll!cal poison, driving from
borhood* the beat classes of our citizens to
seek protection for tlmlr property, securi¬
ty for their f.mllies advantages '.lint can
never he found In such surroundings.
When I aay that the tenant system,
operated outside of the personal supervi¬
sion, personal control and rigid discipline
of tlia landlofd has liel*n destructive to
„«r system 4 j/ e.riieultore, I make known
- rfilaaysti §# oilmons of money to
moralized tiw atate hip* aim ruined wastefulness; the bettor It class has de¬ of
labor; It baa broken up communities and
forced our people into the town* and the
ettlea for a living; It has brought count
lea* acres to worse than desolation and to
waste and covered tiie face of the earth
with sadness and decay.
Bring Away with it at once and forever!
the farmers back to their homes
• nd their fields again: intelligence, let them the control, labor
by their superior wasting the subatanoa of
that I* now in
land; under lmiilts a right system enforce
dustrtou* and efficient good ser
vice, then one great hindrance to success
ful agriculture wilt be removed and a
great publlto tvll will be remedied.
When this Is done we will give back to
the rural district* the *w,oo) house and
th* ehiireh, the centers of civilization and
progressive Insplrniion development, their catching from
three the of Influence.
a sturdy will vcomaniy. once o ir country's
i.r de, give stn-n- th and slaldlity to
the m'at**ri»l Interests the outlook of the common- |,he fu
wealth and hope to of
tun*. will be remembered that I now
ft am
ewvtslderlttg elemei.ts of fai ure for "lich
farmers ehemwlves ate manly responsl
he. Ihomi.entaoionathemos farmer! eonspeu
MU ,.rs ‘Van the »f «e.J r gia"e..mplaln
of iH.vedy when they •iumefcial |a\ In one T eason
avow on * for e ferl ~ zers?
• oieltolrd a* much as nil tho 111* money In
rested In merchandise ill slate: one
gtth »< mueb a* hit the in tier invested In
horses, mule, cows, sheep. In-gs and
B ,»is ftv* time* t.» much as nil Hi -money
Vnte-Uai In shipping; one sIxUi as
it would require t» buy all the rallr*;. I
and Writjneludlng bu i g engines, cars, Irons
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Mnee l*TB lho farmer* in Georgia have
paid foe fertilizers enough.....my to lift
everv morltrage from ov.iy farm In the
state--enough money to btiv all the town
and sitv property ot Klehmond, t'liatham
and Fulton counties The re< cnt com
b »e have sdibd nearly 25 percent, to rast
year's prices, amt we arc told Hint the
demand «*i»'*'t besunplled. If such Is the
ease, thafaimcr* In Giivgla the coming
season will |*y W.JW.OOn for commercial
fertilizer* 1 *‘k *«*ln, are you able to
pav It and »«'■
With • cr«y I
•leorgia *p> nd* SA.lHaMkkl for commciciai |
frtilir-r*. Kentucky, with a crop pro- ;
duct of 1*5,000,000, about the name as
Georgia. *p«rtd* nniv $145,001) for fcrtil
. with produce
Uers. Michigan, spend* only a crop WOO .000 for
of fa> ooo.ooo. with of
fertllizci*- Ohio, a Top product fertilizer*;
yi.VI.0K0.o00. -iw-nda S5VI.OM f,»r
Tenn«.**oc< with a er.»p>roduee'of fm* fc-iilizcr* $73,000,- * "
0«i, spend* ftoo.ooo
Surely, surety, the rcMilcce. of our r
state are Incxha* *tible, or we would have
tw-en bankrupted tong since,
Kentockv, Mi'-lilgtn. Kan-a*. < hlo.
Xe" York and MT*con*ln have no cotton
seed to supplement thcli manure's and to
reduce the amount paid for commercial
ferldii'-rs The farmers in Georgia
bwn»B(*l the ia-t sex-sen over "X million
dollar* worth of cotton seed From the e
they they could could make make a a letter l»eucr fertilizer fertilizer than tban
any they buv in the market, and vet
She** seed were sold for less than two
■nlllkm dollar*, to enrich a trust. Gts>r
gia framer* actually gi»e a«.»y thdr
prsaluct* to enrich oil mill*, and thru go
to these very oil mills to t*uy them track
ng&iti atan unmerciful price put on them
he a combination
ft may be that the discrimination* of
the government are hurtful to o ur interest
it may bo that the oxaeiion* of the tariff
draw largely upon out income; it may it*
ttat the meiclients are oppressive In iheir
charges;it way tv th.t our labor deserve*
all the abusive thing* we say about it; but
when farmer* reconcile tU**e extractant
waste* with their com plain's about de¬
pression sod povortv . it will tv a cod
pm. to begin our critioi-ms ujhui other*
WhT not bg ecotovn'-C xn l d;*pt-ce a
THE DEMCKCR AT,^ WFQRDVILLE, GEORGIA.
! part of onr commercial fe’tilizers with
barnyard manure? In only a very few
locali tie* in the state have I fonm a
! proper care and a proper economy in the
use of harnyaid manures. Barnyard
manure is considered bulky and unmana¬
geable, attended with trouble in handl¬
ing. Our farmers throw it away and buy
concentrated fertilizers for convenience
of application. T’ntil we are freed from
depression and disaster let us not talk
about trouble bat economic and work
cheerfully ami etc 1 ufid *r Hie prospect
of success. inclined ad
I am not prepared nor to
vj#f , , )l( . abandonment of commercial they
fertilizers, hut I d > insist that
should he largely displaced by barnyard seed,
manure, mould, muck and cotton Georgia is
i Every bushel of cotton seed in fowl
worth twenty-five cents as stock less or
manure whenever they are sold for
it is clear ioss to the farmer, and that
1 much gain to the man who buys. *
Another hindrance to success, for which
farmers are thcmielvesresponsible, is the
, Rnnua| iUlr( . of nearly three mil
]{ „ dollars for hor*e# and mules to he
uw*d on tin* farm. Ev^rv onfc of
rrv««so-n matter?
„ „ uu , nf . tr( . r to the root of the
Tbe probing may lie painful, but if it
hints the wonnd let the instrument go on.
£«» and industry,
by |,j H good inana^fMii^nt presenting to you,
the matters I have been
said he: “The greatest hindrance to *UC
cessfHl farming In Georgia is the miser
nhle management on the farm* Farmers
idle tlioir time, delay their operations, be
m n the year on tlm first of March instead
<m tU( , , irHt (lf January, c.lase it the last
of November Instead of the 25th of De¬
work, when they work at all five
,| nV(t |„ the week Insteail of six, saunter
to the field* an hour by sun in
stead of with the early dawn; lose all the
| nC | e ment weather with no In-door work
prf*pan*<l, and leav#? to iu*^rocs “No nmch bnslnfiM, they '
ought to do them.sfOvt*s.
sal ,| tl( "managed as farmers manage
tllt ,j r s, could stand the strain.”
Got tin* farmers to go to work, conduct
their business under system and witli ac
tive Industry demand of their force good
vices* study convenience of arrang
llu , nts itr „| the proper utligatlon of labor,
, ml everything on the bit and'holil ittherc;
()riy ,, llff t | K . vagabond labor that does nut
Pnrn Its salt; force life and energy and
notion Into every moving thing put the
K „ : ,d to the laggard and keep him to his
p| rtf( , ilf|l | ( )>t everybody go to work and
stay at it. When these things are done,
SR jd he, “farmers will make money like
ot| „. r and clean
'•Ditching, fencing, clearing
|„g H ro among the lost arts. If tuc lulls
HrQ . 0 lng to waste, use the opening and
dosing months of the year In recovering
tln-m. Make everyday bring In Its trims
me, amt then every I our will be like a
burnished sunbeam in the golden glow of
yi)Ur prosperity.”
A Narrow ICscspe.
G'ol. W. K Nelson, of Brooklyn, came
home oiic evening, feeling a peculiar lie
tightness in the i best. Before retiring
tried to draw a long breath but found it,
almost Impossllde. lie suffered four days
from pneumonia, mid the doctors gave
him up. I)r. Acker’s English lteinedv well fur
Goiisumptinn saved him and lie Is to
dnj. Fur sale hy Dr. It. J■ Weld.
There are many accidents and diseases
which affect .stock and cause pony incoji
BOvirtMIA, Mf»1 lOdJf't *•** OBflUfTlfl nis
which rnav o« liulckly remedied by the
list* of f)r. J* II. Mcld-an’s Volcanie Oil,
lilniment. Dr. Held soil* it.
If you are suffering with weak or In¬
flamed bo quickly eyes, or cured granulated by using eyelids, Dr. J. you H.
ran
Md/'an’s .Strengthening Eye Salve. 25
cents a box, at Held’s.
Peculiar
Many peculiar points make riood's Sals
saparllta superior to ail other medicines,
Peculiar In combination, proportion,^
nn( | preparation of Ingredients,
Itood'a Sarsaparilla possesses
(u n curative value of the
)W f , me4u ., F O of
“>« „ fc . . v don,
Peculiar In S strength
aed co nomy ✓ Hood’s Bar¬
^ ths only medl
sapor!ha Is^r V which
cine of!>r aw can truly
be On© sald^V>J *9 , ✓ IXillar.” "One Hundred Medicines Dears In
gVw Q ✓'larger and smaller tmttles
si y^^roducens ^✓rsijulre larger doses, nnddonot
XPeculiar good results as Hood’s,
In its medicinal meriU,
Rood's SarsaparlUa aecompBAw .ores hlth
rrto unknown, and haa won for Usett_
no title of-Tlio greatest blood
I urlfie t ever discovered."^
IVnillnrlnlSs-goodnaroe^^ .me,”—there Is now^^^inore
, f Hood's Sarsaparilla S J' IKV/it ss sold (a
j.owcll, where il^ Is made,
tllnn (!f a ✓other blood
!, rlf , rr ,/\V%' ,. ✓. <\> > /l' t s. u Uar In Its
om ra ,n.ol«li.
^ other preparation
jT V ^✓ ,ar 1 1 *' * luwt \ * li!Z ’
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/. and retained Us popularity
V^^iiid ^✓id people confldcnoo steadfastly. among alt classes
so
Po not be Induced to bey other preparations,
y u t i-,. M iro i» get the Peculiar Medicine,
-. Hood’s ,, S3rS8p8rill8 _ »«*«_
a,adhysU4r«iagtou. |l.*ivfor».v l’n>psr«4only
bj C. 1. HOOII a CO., Apothecaries, to well. Uus
IOO Doses One Dollar
SHERIFF SALES.
^ T KORGIA Tai.iakkuiio Goi-ktt.
I Will bo sold, on the firs' Tuesday in
Match next at Hie Court House in said
countv ................... within the legal ^ hours ____ of _ _____ sale to
tue highest bidder for the cash the follow
ing property to wit:
to>i bundles of fodder more or less: 1000
pound* of of hay..weighing shucks more about or less, to pound* packed
bales 300
each. I packinl Bale of cotton weighing
about l *i pounds; iv bushels cotton seed
■o.,or moer .\r or lu.s less, and .i ti<4 liuki ItiOt* tuituiilg ponnda s.ioil >eed on!Ion
more or less Said property Icvcd on as
the pr perty of Marion from Brown the to Superior satisfy
an execution issued
t out ot said county in favor of N. C.
FaLvard* against Marion Brown upon the
foreclosure of an assigned landlords lein;
Al*s> at same time and place, one two
hor-e wagon, amt one four horse wagon
levld on a* property of Marion Brown
satisfy an execution i'*ned from theSupe
rior Co it< of said county lit favanr N
C. Ed words agai.i*t said Mai ion Brown
u|«m the fores-losure of a mortgage,
fhis January 3!>t IKS ('. U. Joisux.
Sheriff Taliaferro County,
LADIESPdveI
l>o Your Own UyrlMc.fif Home.
Th y *»1 <lrt Tuey stvsv'ld tfrerr
»hcn\ iVvr I Or, * •. Th*r ho*e
lt»r StnM-|r h. BnrHtr.ft*, Atuou *t jn Fa*-kiw«»
or lot F<do*$af>l ('hlr* ur DtMoUUtif; QuLttH*, b»
tl*T b < fB'Ck «r sradt; iv oc’w*. For mU«
ivcab tv i tv*; : w:hi u
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WALTCIV GUANO
Miuli* | Suit the Soil of
OUR MIDbLE GEORGIA.
This is one of the be|t brands of goods made to suit this
oRir
section.
In the manufacture cf THE WALTON GUANO the
best of material is • used.
Every Bag full wei| t and of the gennine goods
-For tiier information see
C. H. Gi>LUCKE, v
The ddystone
GUANO.
Among the BesUSta ard Goods on the Market
Needs no comments. If ’all on and be supplied by
_ O. H. boitlOKii,
Orawfordvill©* Qa.
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ASHLEY
PHOSPHATE C 0 „
CHARLESTON, S. O.
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Soluble Guano, Highly Amoniated;
Cotton and Corn Compound;
Small Grain Specific;
Soluble Pish Guano;
Cotton Seed
Dissolved Bone, Highest Grade; Acid Phosphate
Composting; Ash Element, lor Cotton,
.......' Wheat, Pdas, Kt*c. ~
Genuine Lecpoldshall Kainit;
Xovia Scotia Land Plaster; South Carolina Marl;
j p v«vH ATTnV I cl ’ C rrn l■ F- A A ~itrg- MlLo,
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Ground Raw Bone;
' Ground Dried Blood;
j Ground Dried Fish;
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j Genuine
For Hand Books, Agricultural Primers and Good Articles
I Floats, Etc,,
j on Ash Element, Peas, Kainit,
Address ths
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PROTECTION!
I protect my customers by buy*
ing the best Goods in the market, in
style and quality, and sell them at
Ilf If Wilt MtN|
Thereby protecting them from
all harm of sending off tor Goods,
and not getting what they want.
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THE LEADER
Has the Prettiest Stock of
111 tmi Wimlfs Iff#
Ever brought to
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Come and see them and buy them.
FREE TRADE!
By this I mean that yon have
full access to my store and can trade
freely, with no fear that you are not
getting: your money’s worth. When
my Fall Stock is seen you will freely
trade and he happy.
FALL and WINTER
G 0 OD S
