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VOL. XV.
■ in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov t Report.
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absolutely pure
THE TOBACCO CULTURE.
Hmtsto Those Who Want to
Try it.
HOW TOBACCO CAR BE RAISED.
Selection of Seed, Soil. Manure and the
Genera} Cultivation. Published by
Bequest of B. T Nisbltt.
Tobacco raising as a money crop
has in the past claimed but little of
the attention of the farmers of Geor¬
gia, and its successful cultivation has
been considered a difficult undertak¬
ing, out of the ordinary line of agri¬
culture and requiring extraordinary
skill.
The primitive methods in vogue, the
absence of fertilization, the utiliza¬
tion of virgin soil only, the want of
method in marketing have all aided
in limiting the production. The low
price of cotton, pointedly bringing
to mind the absolute necessity of a
reduction in the acreage of that crop,
has recently directed the minds of
the farmers to tobacco growing, as
its culture and manufacture occupies
the sixty place in the great indus¬
tries of the United States, and a
large portion of Georgia soil has us¬
ually been considered adapted to
this plant.
Under these circumstances, a
short review of late and improved
methods of raising and curing the
plant may not be considered unin¬
teresting, and may furnish those
who are seeking information on tins
subject a snore detailed account
th ift the Department would be able
letter. s«»d jraav serve t.x
IS ail in re in the culture of
to' ’■‘■co, thus enabling us to increase
the price of cotton, our money crop,
by another money crop.
SI. f. MOTION’ axd preparation of
THE SOIL.
The first step necessary to raising
tobacco successfully is the selection
and preparation of the soil. Tobac
co thrives best in a deep, mellow
soil, either naturally rich or made so
by some good fertilizer. If old land
is selected, it should be turned over
in the fall if there is anything on the
land to turn; if not, apply some
coarse farm manure. There is notli
ing better for this purpose than half
rotted straw and lot manure. Fol¬
low your 'turning plow with a sub
soiler, so that the land will be ren¬
dered sufficiently porous to permit
the water to pass downward.
Land treated in this manner in
the fall or early winter will be pul¬
verized by the action of the frosts,
and will be in excelleut condition
for the jinal preparation for the
plants in spring. After the frost is
all out of the ground, a good coat¬
ing of compost should be spread
broadcast and the land broken about
half as deep as the first plowing,
racing across the first. Just be¬
fore you are ready' to set out the
plants, run a heavy harrow over the
land and lay off the rows three feet
apart, with a 1 hovel plow. In this
furrow put some good fertilizer, at
the rates 200 pounds per acre, or
even move, run through if your it wuh land a is narrow thm.j
plow, in order to mix the fertilizer
w ith Use soil. I lien bed on j
with a one-borse turning plow, an^
on this tied , nr: a roller, and .Y , ur ,
1 md is ready t* r .-.etting out the ]
plants, which c tr ould Ire about two!
feet and a h""’f
I a an old field that j
' has gro 5* .mi has l>een cui
do wn, f i rested sen:ewhat 1
dilteic! been m in 1, cultivation, smooth land but j j
that ha
tii : »utrh breaking and clearing the
mar-'! 4 \ of ti tuft- f: and If! and and roots roots is is all all
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FRfcl’ARATlON AND CARE >f seed
BEDS.
!| is of ihe utmost importance to
^planter to; have an early and
■ l»nt supply -<f t-.bacco plant*,
■ l-cnre this the seed may be .-own
He *«*"*"* emocrat.
any time between the 15tli of De
cember and the 15th of March- the
earlier the better. The ground se¬
lected should be virgin soil of sandy
texture, rich and moist, with full ex
posuie to the sun, but sheltered to
the north and west by rising ground
or growing timber against the cold
winds of early spring.
The ground having been well
chosen, clear it of rocks and weeds
and rake it off well. Then burn it
thoroughly by building a good tire
of brush and wood on it, which
should be kept burning until you are
sure that all vegetation and germs of
insects are killed. A good brisk fire
kept up for about two hours will ac
accomplish this. After the ground
has cooled off it should be cleared of
everything accept the ashes, and
then dug up thoroughly and raked
off nicely. The soil should not be
inverted, however. Tobacco seed
are very small and too much care
cannot be taken in preparing a seed¬
bed for its reception.
The bed is now ready for seed;
the seed may be sown broadcast over
it, or a better plan is to mark off
drills with a sharp stick about one
and a half or two inches apart, and
into these little drills sprinkle the
seed; they should not be raked in,
but the bed should be trodden with
the feet or rolled, or patted with the
back of a hoe; a simple but very ef¬
fective method, is to take a piece of
plank and lay it on the bed and
tramp on it,'then take it up and
place it down where-the first impres
stops. and so o n imt^. the entire
be am lias.
t, (■ii*
ing, as the soil and seed ar * not so
apt to adhere to a smooth plank as
they are to the feet. The bed
should have a trench all around it so
that it will be thoroughly drained;
nothing drowns more easily than a
tobacco plant.
QUANTITY OF SEED.
One and one-half tablespoonfuls
of seed will sow 100 square yards or
thirty by thirty feet of bed. The
seed should be mixed with a conven¬
ient quantity of dry ashes before
sowing, as there is great danger of
sowing too thickly.
If the ground on which you pre¬
pare your bed is not naturally rich it
should be made so by applying fine,
well rotted stable manure, which
must be free from seeds of weeds
grass.
The bed should be thickly covered
with fine brush, to prevent both dry¬
and freezing of the soil, by which
the plants are either stunted or up¬
rooted.
The tobacco bug generally makes
its appearance about the first of
An excellent preventive
against this enemy of the young
is to nail a twelve inch plank
stakes driven in the ground at
corner of the bed, and throw
earth against the lower edge
the planks, and then sow the out¬
edges of the bed with black mus¬
seed. The cold frame will serve
additional purpose of keeping
bed warm and moist, and should
om ; tIe d; the mustard will
,, p , p b C kly, and upon it this
loveg t0 feed) and w ip attac k ; t
j e t the tobacco alone. The
an t 8 will show UietiLselves
fir-t of March, when an addition
j r ri biespooRfal of .seed should be
on the bed, after the plants are
up, they should be pushed for
as lapidiy as possible by top
before each rain witjGsotpe
fertilizer, at tbe rate /tf every
square yards; the fertilizer oil* mid
^ a pr»i, e d while the plants
^ ... ... __^ . , , . I i
ear 0 f scalduig them. Dry leaves
young graes or weeds should be
off the bed, but the cov
of brush should not be remov
permantly until the plants are
large enough to set out. If
plant" begin to parch from
the bed should be well water-
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ed and covered with green houghs !
laid upon a scaffold several feet I !
above the plant#!’limy-should not be
shaded too much, and indeed it is not
necessary to shade at all, unless very
concluded nkit week.
LEARN TO CULTIVATE IT.
The farmers of Georgia are very
much interested in tobacco culture
just now, and many will plant trial
patches of it next year. It will be a
g 00( j j,j ea t0 tr y j t) but the man who
intends trying it should learn all he
can first as to the best plans to culti
vate it.
It the farmer is not familiar with
the nature ar.d the needs of the crop
he is cultivating, success will he an
accident if it happens to fall upon
him. Knowing how to do a thing
is a great factor when one attempts
to do any thing.
Failures are some times due to
not knowing bow and some times to
the fact that we do not do as much
as we know how.
Corn raising in this country has
been a failure m many fields where
the ground was not properly pre¬
pared and not cultivated in the
right way and plowed at the right
time.
Tobacco planted in a cotton field
with the land streaked off like it is
some times done for eorn and the
plants set out there and plowed and
worked only when the corn gets a
scratching, will surely be a fail¬
ure.
ONLY ONE NATIONAL FLAG.
It is one of the silliest ideas that
we ever knew sensible men to be
guilty of for the , Grand Army of
the Republic to get so outraged
about the Southern people carrying
the old tattered and torn Confeder¬
ate flags in their parades on some
occasions. There is no harm what.
ever in the Confederate flag, but it
just grinds the yankee to the bones
to see our old soldiers love their
tu ,
"SlI flag in this'countrx and the Con
federate flag is only a relie of the
lost cause and ati emblem of the
hard fought battles by the comrades
and they only love to use them on
these occasions to distinguish them
from the other marching bodies.
The yankees will never be hurt
again by this flag of terror. If
they condemn it and order it crush¬
ed, we don’t know that any one in
the South will cry because the G. A.
11. did so. It is not much of an or¬
ganization in the South. In the
North, this is only an organization
to keep fresh in the memories of
those people the war and keep them
hating the South. It is no worse for
the South to remember those things
than it is for the yankees.
Let the Southern people use their
old flag if they want to and let the
Northern people use the Federal flag
if they want to.
When it is necessary, our people
will march bravely under and defend
the Union flag.
A WRONG IDEA.
The editor of the Montezuma Rec¬
ord complains that we copied an ar¬
ticle from his paper and did not
credit him with same and also inti¬
mates that we abused him. It was
an oversight that the article was not
credited to the Record, but as to the
abuse we were not aware that we
were abusing because we did not
ganclion brother Christopher’s third
party belief. He is a good fellow
an< j a first-class newspaper man and
W e are sorry to see him so far off the
trac k aH be seems to have drifted,
We are friends to tbe people of
Georgia, but we would consider
OHrBe i veH doing our friends an injn.s
t ; ce if we urged them to go into
third party just at this time. To
cause tbem to be led off into a party
that we know would ruin all our
chances in the n -xt riational election,
would be setting as back from the
very objects that we have been pnll
ing for the last few years, namely,
tariff reform, free silver and a
al increase of the circulation, aboli
tion of national banks and «OCh iui
rwovements as we most heed now.
Following tne course tliat
Chiistopher has fallen into woolfl
make Georgia a Republican Ute in
than two years if all the papers m
the State would advocatx: third per
ty. As to bow this would make the
State Republican it is easy to see
that it would split the solid South
and c#(V and his j eat j.
*>rs would get, the o! U that art
now Oiled flv fieri fc. Think
well of the ninttur «. j Bth.; and
yon will see tlfnt. we'-; Bright am)
that you are doing th. Hry worse
thing you can for yog i Hutu people
when you urge tluflfl into a
party.
It takes two yenp ft a bot¬
tie of champagne b.ii net take
a toper two mi nut make it
move.
The many friends* H. Potil
lo, over the State, wV gj jfh glad to
know that he has bet fgKuitted by
the of courts Hudson of Augusta, in that gg^ shooi¬
of ng last [• in August
year.
The tobacco farmer [ Tennessc
are having trouble wit Ik i r crop of
the weed from . the I L that the
weather has been so <1 Pfhat they
cannot handle the loos: obacoo nor
tell what class each p' :el belongs
to.
The Cuthbert Litre' Enterprise
thinks that tf the ali-ca system is
adopted in this state til p’c editors
will starve. Let us g<> will do
the state good in] ;
any 1 toring a
cash „ystem—we are \tj ied almost
to death as it is.
It is strange to DemV see JgjjJ t , ar 0 f a
man abusing the ~h c party
one of which he lias 11-ggfgl, bfcU>|for t jj 0
last 2c years. It is t man
abuses himsef but w1k\ lo says the
Democratic party is eoFoG j u , says
he himself is corrupt. ’
e is of the
I )cmocratio party.
Atlanta is getting i » ( p ot over
her officers, prohibition which means contest hi, f| r municipal
r-rooms or
no liar-rooms and the m{ is li;lVU )ia<)
Yellowstone.Kit, the lrav(1 ],
ing medicine quack, to !
defend them as ho did 1
ago, Atlanta is hard up
A now trial lias El
-
isha ed A. Atlanta I nder" .H«U^^^«r m dl■
at fs 1
charging the jury tBelow 1-pP.I of sell
on
defense when the pi isontl made that
plea. d
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Above all things, education fits a
man or woman for the battle of
this life more than any other accom
plisliment, and yet Rome people are
indifferent as to their; children’s
schooling. No pains should bo
spared, but every effort i should be
to make our school a suejeess.
•4 b
The more you see of the fine work
that can be made of the Georgia
pine toe more we are convinced that
we have one of the greatest States
in the world. Any thing like furni¬
ture or building finishings looks can he
made of the pine and better
than walnut or the more costly
woods.
-
All our citizens should be inter¬
ested in making the World’s Fair
exhibit from this State a success. It
will be of great benefit to the gener¬
al welfaro of the Empire of the
South. There arc people id the
United States, who will attend the
great fair, and don’t know there is
such a place on the globe as our
great State.
*;uara uteed Cure tor La crippe
We authorize our advertised druggist to
sell you Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consuption, Coughs and Colds, upon this
condition. If you are afflicted with I*a
Grippe and will use this remedy accord
Ing to directions, giving it a fair trial, and
experience no benefit, you may return the
bottle and have your money refunded
We make this offer, because of the won¬
derful success of Dr. King’s New Dis¬
covery during last season’s epidemic,
Have heard of no case in which It failed.
Try it. Large size 80c. and $1 00.
Trial bottles free at
Dr. It, J. Held Drug Store.
The great ram-rnakerH experiment
has turned out. to be a “bust,” just
as we expected.
If food sours on tnc stomach, digestion
defective. De Witt« Little
Kiser# will remedy thi . The
P 111 * that uever gripe and never
The New York legislature
Demor:ratic the senate howeved
Lalf aiu I !1.
l»os#d WajO
Oood Look: or
ng open a h«*4thy condition of
vital organs. It the Liver nu
vou Iwyc a Biiiosm lyrok. If Djl 3d
be disordered >•<»■ have •
ar ” 1 ] ‘f your Kidneys be alf«|
Uo\"whI ; ^ ba^e goenoolrs ^
L ^ ^
|rectlyofl tLetts vlUi orfi
PimpW> Brik and R.f
] ■ Bold at Dr.
p, r bottle
Dr. U. J. Raid’s
Tnicim never was a he'terj exposi
tion in the South than the one in
progress at Augusta IH»W. The
show is good and it will i • !>nanotal¬
ly a success.
Gov. Noktiik.n has opened all the
fairs in Georgia litis year and the
Governor will open somebody’s eyes
too when the next gubernatorial race
comes along. ,
Tub diffm'ue#botwoen the price
of food-stajfs and cotton at this time
should be convincing to the S nit It¬
em farmer what will pay best to
raise next year. These are sound
arguments and are hard to get
around.
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CAtARRh
Is a constitutional and not a local illsnaso.
anil therefore It cannot be cured by local
applications. It requires a constitutional
remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which,
working through tho blood, eradicates the
Impurity which causes and promotes the
disease, and effects a permanent cure.
Thousands of people testify to tho success
of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for
catarrh when other preparations had failed.
CAtARRh
“ I will say 1 have been troubled for sev¬
eral years win* that terribly <Usaitreeabl«
disease, catarrh. I took llocd’s fiarsapo
rllla with the very best results. It cured me
of that continual dropping In my throat, and
■tufted up feeling. It lias also helped niy
mother, who has taken It for run down state
of health and kidney trouble.” Mrs. B. l>.
Heath, Putnam, Conn.
“I have used Hood’s Sarsaparilla for ca¬
tarrh with very satisfactory results. I havo
received moro permanent ifenefl t from 11 than
from any other remedy 1 have ever tried."
M. E. Head, of A. Bond & Son, Wnuseou, O.
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
•old by all druggist*. gU j six for pa. Proparad only
by C. I. HOOP it CO., Apotliecurloi, Lowell,
lOO 0O8QO Orso Dollar
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FITKHUGH I,EE,
Lisxihoton, llawkim; Va., January Mr—When n, isbO.
Mr. A. K. Dear I
require the use crystaflzod of glusses 1 wear your
PoiitUcopli! and louses, in rospoot
to brlUlaucy cleaniess of vision, they
mo used. superior Respectfully, to any giitsses I have over
Frrxunoir Lmk,
Kx-Governor of Virginia,
All eyes fitted anil the 111. guaranteed
al, the store of Titus Itlclmids, Craw
fordville, Ua.
UKOUGIA RAILROAD CO
Stone Mountain Route.
Office ofUknkual Manaouh. (
Auoiibta,Ua., May., lODi, 1881. S
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be operated:
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Ar Macom 12::i9 p in Ar CT’dvIlle tiM ,,
Ar Athens 11:40 am t,v Athens 3:80 j> in
Lv Athens S:25 a m Ar Wash’t'n 7:20 „
Ar VVasU’t’nlOiSOa m Lv Wash't'n 4:20 ,,
I,V Wash’t’n 7:20a mlAr Athens 7:08 p in
Lv Cr’vllle 0:42 a mi Lv Macon -.top 111
Ar Atlanta Loop mlAr August 1 * s.'OO ,,
I'uUntau Huff et Bleeping carsto and
from Atlanta.
No. 1 Wkht Daily | No. 2 east Da HI v.
Lv Augusta 11.-00 a iruLv Atlanta 8:00 55 m
„ Macon H:’M a ml ,, C'r'dv’lul22t •"’CC'C!t! III
,. Carnal 12 00 p m:Ai AthuriH
„ W’sh’nt’n 1110a mll.v m ,, W’sb't'i
„ Athens 8 00a Caniak 1 m
ArUr’dv’He 1 32p mjAr Macon in
„ Atlanta 8 40 p m' ,, 4 m
Pullman Parlor car toT’ullmali Parlor car
Atlanta ’Chnrlerton. from Augusta to
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No. 3 West Daily. No. I East Daily.
J>vAuf(Uftta 11:00 pm Lv Atlanta 11/1 r, p in
Ar Ar Urdville Atlanta 1arnjAr 0:3 0 amjAr Cr’dvHIn Au^u.sta 0-115 3:- r »7 a m rn
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Union Point &Wh He Plains R. R.
| Leave Union Point # 10:10 a m *8:40
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Best Ad'ft Medium
IN
Middle Georgia.
$1.25 Per Xm
NO. 48.
NEW STOKE!
NEW GOODS!
&m Si «■ >. ■ ME,
KIM.BKOUGtH
&CO.
Grand Nucccss Nince Our Opening!
Proves that new goods, lowest prices, best quality, polite
and prompt attention paid to all customers will prove a S UC
cep. Thejabove has been our motto and shall always continue
to be. We will keep up our stock with fresh and newest
style goods at lowest prices. Our
Dress (a ood n 1 Trimming Departm’t
Has proven a grand success, Wo have sold more colored
and black Dress Goods in the last month than ever has been
sold in the san e length ol time since the history ol Greenes
boro. We have still a complete and be autiful line of the lat¬
est styles in colored and black goods, including many new
novelties just out. Our vriety is too numerous to enumerate,
Our Millinery Department
Is still in the lead with the most beautilul and latest style
goods to be found. Miss Amanda Warfield has proven toth
ladies that sin: is by far most stylish trimmer that has eve
been to our city. She cordially invites all to look at her stock
before they Huy. She can prove that she will suit you at
lower price than any one els
SHOES?! SHOES!
W o can show the wewost, bent and cheapest stock to be
fount! in the city^ lie ware ol old stock in other houses
Ours are all hruninn-w. We ;uv agents for the well known
Krippendorf, Din man & Co,, Sh< )(!$ for ladies and misses,
None as good and stylish. H very lady should specialty buy a of pair school of
the O, K. #1,90 Shoes, "W<‘ nuke a
slides lor hovnaud girin, Every v>:uf warranted.
Clothing, Hat shins, Htiifrrwoar. We have the
, mid the lowest prices
newest style ane L< Kf stock to K at
Grreeneatooro, Oa.
i w OGERS
Furniture Ware.rooms.
LOW PRICES 2
The Uttt stock in tbe city. Goods carefully packed, and
prompt shipment. I will makcjt to your interest to call and
see me.
838 Broad St. Augusta, Georgia*
WASHINGTON FOUNDRY k M’FG CO.
PLAMMCf MILLS
and
MAC HI3VE SHOP.
We are prepared to do Repairs on Engines, Hoiler, Gins,
Separators ike, in the BEST MANNER.
Send Us Your Work!
Rough and Dressed Lumber, Mouldings, Brackets, Sash,
Doors and Blinds in fact all GUARAN Buildings Materials, always on
hand. SA i lSFAC l ION I EED.
L. M. SIMS, Manager.
.SHINGTON, GEORGIA.
o. 1 ’ . Lombard & Co.
tUvAf Tf ; '•'* ’ * fii k IM mi p I & BAILEE
03.1KS,—
•jjo; . t GUST A, < i EOlff* IA.
M J,L •] HK CBEAP88T AND BEST
ICC.-,.* . 5 ENGINES & BOILERS
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(.omplete < Hn amt Mill outfits a Specialty. Mill
.! Koglneerlng Supplies,CotP»u, Drain,Saw Mill and
bor>savinK Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, Belting,
-*ws, lnspirAtari, Injectors, etc.
k Prices Low. Goods Guaranteed.
au {■*r’<.'a‘>tlnEs South of every kind, and new work (light and beayy)
it outfit . ___
YORK New and wrtteU^»M| Repairs, pri
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