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cil of the City or Griffin tha't from and’ after the passage of thia Ordinance: Sec. Ist. That it shall be unlawfol for any person to damage, injure, abuse or tamper with any water meter, spigot, fire plug, curb box, or any other fixture or machinery belonging to the Water Depar tment of the City of Griffin; provided that a licensed plumber may use curb service box to test his work, but shall leave ser vice cock as he found it under penalty of the above section. • Sec. 2nd. It shall be unlawful for any consumer to permit any person, not em nloved bv them, or not a member ot their faudly, to use water from their fixtures. Sec ird It shall be unlawful for any person to use water from any spigot or Bohrota other than those paid for by him. tjec. 4th- It shall be unlawful tor any person to couple pipes to spigots unless paid for as an extra outlet. See. sth. It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on water to premises or add any spigot or fixtufe without first obtain ing a permit from the Water Department. Sec. Oth. It shall be unlawfol for any person to allow their spigots, hose or sprinkler to run between the hours of 9:00 o’clock p. m. and 6:00 o’clock a. m., for any purpose whatever, unless there is a meter on the service. Spigots and pipes must be boxed or wrapped to prevent ireezing; they will not be allowed to run for that purpose. Sec. 7th. The- employes of the Water Department shall have access to the premises of any subscriber for the purpose of reading meters, examining pipes, fix tures, etc., and it shall be unlawfol for any person to interfere, or prevent their doing so. Sec. Sth. Any persap violating any of the provisions of the above ordinance shall be arrested and carried before the Criminal Court of Griffin and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one i hundred dollars, or sentenced to work on the public works of the City of Griffin for a term not exceeding sixty days, or be im prisoned in the city prison for a term not exceeding sixty days, either or all, in the discretion of the court. Sec. Sth. The employees of the Water Department shall have the same authority and power of 1 regular policemen of the City of Griffin, for the purpose of enforc ing the above ordinance. Sec. 10th. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict of the above are hereby repealed. An Ordinance. An ordinance to prevent the spreading of diseases through the keeping and ex posing for sale of second hand and cast off clothing, to provide for the disinfection of such clothing by the Board ot Health of the City of Griffin, to prescribe fees for the disinfection and the proper registry thereof, and for other purposes. Sec. Ist Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Griffin, that from and after the passage of this ordi nance, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, flrm or corporation to keep ana expose for sale any second hand or cast off clothing Within the corporate lim its of the City of Griffin, unless the said clothing has been disinfected by the Board of Health of the City of Griffin, and the certificate of said Board ot Health giving the number and character of the garments disinfected by them has been filed in the office of the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin; provided nothing herein contained shall be construed as depriving individual citizens of the right to sell or otherwise dispose of their own or their family wearing apparel, unless the same is known to have been subject to conta geous diseases, in which event this ordi nance shall apply. Sec. 2nd. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That for each garment disinfected by the Board of Health of Griffin, there shall be paid in advance to said board the actual cost of disinfecting the said garments, and for the issuing of the certificate required by this ordinance the sum of twenty-five cents, and to the Clerk and Treasurer of the City of Griffin for the registry of said certificate the sum * of fifty cents. Sec. 3rd. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That every person or persons, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of this ordinance, shall be fined and sentenced not more than one hundred dollars, or sixty days in the chain gang, either or both, in the discretion of the Judge of the Criminal Court, for each of fense. It shall be the duty of the police force to see that this ordinance is strictly enforced and report all violations the Board of Health. Sec. 4th. Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict here withare hereby repealed. An Ordinance. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun cil of the City of Griffin, That from and after the passage ot this ordinance, the fol owing rates will be charged for the use of water per year: 1. Dwellings: One t-inch opening for subscribers' use only $ 9.00 Each additional spigot, sprinkler, bowl, closet or bath 8.00 Livery stables, bars, soda founts and photograph galleries. 24.00 Each additional opening 6.00 2. Meters will be furnished at the city’s expense, at the rate of SI.OO per year rental of same, paid in advance. A mini mum of SI.OO per month will be charged for water while the meter is on the service. The reading of the meters will be held K proof of use of water, but Should meter ‘ fail to register, the bill will be averaged from twelve preceding months. 3. Meter rates will be as follows: 7,000 to 25,000 gals. month.. 15c 1,000 95,000 “ 50,000 “ “ 14c “ 50,000 “ 100,000 “ “ 12c “ 10U.000 “ 500,000 “ « 10c “ 500,000 “ 1,000,000 “ 9c “ The minimum rate shall be SI.OO per month, whether that amount of water has been used or not 4 Notice to cut off water must be given to the Superintendent of the Water De forfollti otherwise W6tCT 1)6 charged 5, Water will not be turned on to any unleß » provided with an approved P«>Periy located in ®“® Ba ’h’ e Posidon. *““ department shall have the right to shut off water for necessary ?P° n the system, and they are not liable for any damages or re bate by reason of the mm* n.L^^ n ,? Pp! A catio .?, tothe Water De partmeat, the city will tap mains and lav P*P“ to , Bidewalk for $2.50; the rest of the piping must be done by a plumber at the consumers’ expense. i HIS STEWARDSHIP The Retiring Commissioner of Agriculture to farmers. GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT He Gives a Brief Resunte of ths laao> vatlon* and Betrenclimente Inauga. rated Sinew He Took Charge of the » Department Kight Yean Ago. Department or Agriculture, Atlanta, Sept. 1, 1898. As this will perhaps be my last “monthly talk” to the farmers of Geor gia before my successor takes charge of the affairs of the agricultural depart ment, I wish through this medium to thank the people of the state and the farmers mors especially for the manner in which they have * ‘hold up my hn-nda” in my efforts to build np the agricult ural interests of the state and to focus public attention on some of the more important agricultural issuesof the day. I am indeed grateful for the Considera tion,and courtesy which I have received from a large majority of my fellow citi zens during my administration of the affairs of the agstoultural department, and 1 feel that lowa it to myself and to them to give a short review of my stew ardship since they entrusted me with so important work. Notwffhrinhdfog the wise and benefi cent aims of its founders, some un checked abuses had found their way into the agricultural department through the inspection of oils and fertilizers, duties simple enough in themselves, re quiring integrity of purpose rather than superior skill and knowledge, but which brought disproportionately large emolu ments to the fortunate holders of such In justice to my predecessors it should be stated that the condition referred to Was the outgrowth of an unforseen and rapidly increased consumption of both oils and fertilizers, for which no provision was made in the staute law of the state. At leading central points like Atlanta or Savannah, under this system, as much as SB,OOO or SIO,OOO annually were received by indi vidual inspectors of oils and fertilizers, these two offices being at that time con solidated. That is, one inspector re ceived about as much as the entire su preme judiciary of the state. In 1890, when I took charge, the farmers, whose Interests were especially to be served by the department, having found a few tares amidst an abundance of wheat, were in the front ranks of those who were willing to tear down an institu tion which had been built up mainly for their protection and guidance. I don’t think I am assuming too much when I state that in the eight yean of my incumbency the department has gradually been growing in favor with the farmer* and that my earnest efforts to make it effectively and actively use ful to them are even now bearing fruit. The state legislature was in session when I took charge in 1890, and I im mediately suggested and urged the abol ishment of the system by which oil in spectors were receiving such exhorbi tant fees. An act allowing them to re tain only $125 per month ont of inspec tors’ receipts and requiring them to make monthly returns to the state treasury of all sums in excess of this amount, was approved Dec. 20, 1890, and since then by this in novation SIOO,OOO from oil and $125,000 from fertilizers have been saved to the state and placed in the treasury. In December, 1891, following the same line of retrenchment, the fixed salaries of the 12 guano inspectors were reduced from $125.00 to $83.33 per month, and only four of these were kept on duty the whole year, the others from four to six months. Here was another saving of several thousand dollars. The office expensed”were also reduced by the salary of one clerk $1,800.00 annually, and although the office duties have steadily increased until they have been more than doubled and trebled, the work has been carried on by the original number of clerks, with a slight increase of salaries. During my administration the whole plan of fertilizer inspection has been revolutionized. The old plan was in bulk, and Wore leaving the factories. The new bill, which is now the law, was most carefully planned to give full protection to both buyer and seller. It provides that the inspecting shall be done only after the fertilizer is shipped to different points and put upon the market in separate packages. The pro visions of this bill are such as to place Georgia in the lead as to the judicious and careful supervision of her immense fertilizer trade. This law, as compared with those in force in other states, is superior, which is evidenced by the fact that many inquiries have come on this subject to this department from differ ent southern states. The Georgia fer tilizer law has finally become the basis for similar laws in her sister states. Another important change has been the removal of the state laboratory from Athens to the capital, whore the impor tant work of analyzing every brand put on sale in the state, is carried on under the immediate supervision and inspec tian of the commissioner of agriculture. This affords increased advantages and facilities to the state chemist in his daily routine work which has increased tremendously since 1890. Another innovation* which has made the department the medium of commu cating valuable information to the farm ers throughout the state is the substitu tion of plate matter, furnished to the weekly press, in Beu of the circulars and bulletins previously issued. The ‘‘monthly talks” and answers to ques tions containing practical hints on topics connected with the farm, the garden, ttesdafry, the orchard and kindred sub jects, carefully arranged as to time and season of the year, are published in the weekly papers of the state. These go to the remotest sections each month and thousands of farmers, who are practi cally cut off from the usual sources of information, are thus reached and placed in touch with the busy world and kept informed on many subjects most valua ble in the conduct of their farm opera tions. Besides these publications the de partment has issued a handsomely illus trated manual entitled ‘‘Georgia, a Fair Field For Homeseekers and In vestors," and in addition to this an other larger volume has been prepared and Issued entitled "Georgia, Hee Be sosroes and PoawMlltk*. ” The latter volume was intended as a sequel to “The Commonwealth of Georgia.” and not only points out the made in the economic industries of the •tote, but shows by an exhibit of the resources of every county through out her length and breadth what her boundless possibilities are. Both of these volumes have been widely circulated and widely read, and I bo ilers have been largely instrumental in advertising the enormous advantages which our state offers to those seeking homes in a healthy section, where wise laws are rigidly enforced, and where the faithful laborer will in due time reap the rewards of faithful work. TO my record in the agricultural de partment I can refer with a feeling of just pride. The department has been elevated to a high plane of usefulness, and the farmers throughout the state are beginning to realize its importance and close relation which it bean to every line of their bustaess. The oppo sition among them to the department, once so pronounced, has subsided, nnd it is with gratitude that I point to the fact, that my staunchest supporters have come from the ranks of the farm ers, those who once so bitterly opposed it. I trust that the farmers will extend to my successor the same cordial sup port that they have given to me and that he will rise to the full measure of the vast work yet to be accomplished through the Georgia department of ag riculture. It is the farmers who keep the life blood of our country in fresh, healthy Condition. The business of farming feeds the whole people. It is the basis of the prosperity of our transportation lines in railroads and ships, as well as of all the money transactions of the country. It pays its own taxes and much besides that should be paid by the monied powers of the country. It sends the life blood centring through the ar teries of trade and commerce. It lies at the foundation of the „ moral and po litical power of the nation. Without its sturdy support all that is beautiful in literature and art, and even in sci ence, would languish and die. Statis tics show that but for the infusion of fresh blood from the country into city families the latter would die out in three generations. It has been said that the success of a nation is measuring by the condition of its agriculture. Granting this to be true, how all important that every means, agricultural departments, ex periment stations, farmers’ institutes, agricultural and mechanical colleges, agricultural societies, farmers’ clubs, county and state fairs, in other words every educational engine should be used to elevate and broaden our agricultural interests. I believe that Georgia is on the threshold of a wonderful agricult ural era. May her people, from the governor down to the humblest citizen within her borders, work harmoniously and together to secure the advantages which will accrue to each and everyone ot them, when Georgia becomes a self sustaining state, buying largely, per haps, but selling more. R. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner. Sugar Beets. Question.—Can sugar beets be grown successfully in Georgia, and can the sugar from them be manufactured in a small way by the farmers. Answer.—According to the depart ment of agriculture, at Washington, sugar beets can not bs grown profitably in the southern states. I quote you what that department says on the sub ject: ‘‘Experience has shown that the sugar beet reaches its highest development in north temperate latitudes. So far M the production of beets with high ton nage is concerned, it is found that this can be accomplished far to the south, but beets grown in such localities are, upon the whole, less rich in sugar and less suitable for the manufacture of sugar than those grown farther north. It must be remembered, however, that the expressions north and south do not refer to any absolute parallels of lati tude, but rather to isothermal lines, which in many eases run obliquely to the parallels of latitude, and in some cases across them almost at right angles. As a result of many yean of careful ex perimentation, it may be said that as far as temperature alone is concerned the sugar beet attains its greatest per fection in a* zone of varying width, through the center of which passes the isothermal line of 70 degrees Fahrein belt for the months of June, July and August." If the agricultural department at Washington is correct in the above statement, and they doubtless are, the cotton states are debarred from growing the sugar beet profitably, as the south ern boundary es the belt spoken of as suitable to their cultivation, passes through the central part east and west of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa and Nebraska, and thence dips al most due south to tire boundary of Mex ico. Ths same authority, however, says: "There lire doubtless many localities lying outside of this belt, both north and south, in which the sugar beet will be found to thrive; but this will be due to some exceptional qualities of the climate or soil, and not to any favorable influ ence of a higher or lower temperature. ” My opinion is that the sugar beet would find suitable soil, temperature and moisture in the valleys of our north ern counties and on the plateaus of our mountain ranges, but not elsewhere in the state. The cost of growing sugar beets is variously estimated at from SBO .00 to $60.00 per acre, and the value of the crop at from $40.00 to $70.00 per acre, according to yield and percentage of saccharine matter in the beets. The latter part of your question is fully answered by the Washington de partment as follows: "On account of the elaborateness of ths process and the costly nature at the machinery which is necessary to pro duce beet sugar, even in a small way, , it is not believed that it coted be profit ably made in the way indicated. The department has no knowledge of any successful beet sugar factory of this kind. There is no country producing any notable quantity of beet sugar in which home apparatus costing only a few thousand dollars has any appre ciable influence on the output of sugar. Russia has been cited as an exception to this rule, but the average annual output of each factory there is in round numbers $.000,000 pounds, reporting an afar age consumption of 25,UX) tans of beets. It wouMnotbs right toencouragetbe attempt to manufacture beet sugar in any such way: nor should the expecta tion be excited among our farmers that they will be able to make a crude arti cle of sugar which they can dispose of to a central factory for refining pur poses.” The cost of a firstdass beet sugar factory, with a capacity of not less than 800 tons of beets per day, will be from $225,000 to $250,t00. In 1896 and 1897 the world’s production of cane sugar amounted to 2,747,500 tans, while of beet sugar the output was 4,960,000 tons. In that year the beet sugar made in the United States amounted to 40,000 tons. —State Agricultural Department. Best Season to Cat Timber. Question.—When is the beat sense.i of the year to cut timber for durability? There seems to be various opinions on this subject. Answer.—You are entirely correct In the statement that there are various opinions on this subject, and even in this age of education and enlighten ment men may be found who will con j, 'suit some out of date almanac to find Whether the moon and the signs are right before they will cut timber of any description or for any purpose. Os course such guides are worthless and are simply remnants of post supersti tions in which our ancestors believed, but which modern science has proved to be false. There is, however, a proper time to cut timber where durability is desired, and the reason for it is plain and simple. "Other things being equal, timber will naturally last longest if the tree is felled at a season when the wood contains the smallest amount of sugar or starch, or other matters fitMfeed fungi and worms.” So sayb Storer, the best authority that could be quoted on the subject. At what time of the year then is the tree in the condition indi cated? Why plainly when the spring and early summer growth is completed and the winter’s store of starch, sugar, etc., is exhausted in the making of leaves, twigs, fruit, new wood, etc. Con sequently the late summer and fall are the proper seasons in which to cut timber. An eminent authority says, that when timber is ent in the spring, - when the sap is rich in sugar, the fer mentative process changes the sugar into an arid, which is the very first stage of decay, and thus early started, can it be wondered at that posts and crossties do not last as long as they would if cut when these conditions could not possi bly exist. In 1860 in Virginia a fence was set with posts split from an oak cut when the leaves were of full size and vigor. Twenty-two years after wards these poets were taken np and re set elsewhere and most of them are doing duty yet after being used more than 80 years. Had these posts been out in March or April they would not have lasted over ten years at the utmost. Away back in the time of Ju lius Caesar it was found that ships were not durable when built of timber from trees that had been cut down in the spring. And the Roman architect, Vl trurius, held that “trees should never be felled In the spring.” While at that I time the want of durability in spring felled timber was attributed to Wrong causes, still the effect was wpll known, and the people were notified of it. Now as regards cutting timber to be used as fuel, doubtless the winter is the beat time for that purpose, for as an eminent writer on the subject says “any given number of sticks of oord wood that have been cut in the winter would naturally weigh more and con tain more combustible heat producing matter than thr same number and kinds of sticks cut in the summer, after the starch, etc., had passed out from them.” 1 Another valuable point Is that trees cut in the late summer will sendup but few shoots and sprouts as compared ; with those cut from December to March. . This is important te those who wish to destroy any particular kind of tree, or to clear land. To sum up: 1. Timber for posts, rails, building purposes, etc., should be cut in the late summer and early fall. 2. For fuel cut in midwinter, and up to the putting out of leaves in the you wish to prevent shoots and sprouts cut in midsummer.—State Agricultural Department. The Peach Crop—Canning Factories. Question.—Can you give me some idea of the size of this year’s peach crop and fts value to the growers? I mean its net value. Answer.—We can only approximate the sias of the crop, and as the returns - are not yet reported can only folrm a 7 partially correct idea of its value. Be aides the large amount sold at home, and the thousands of bushels wasted frqjn inadequate shipping facilities, and the long continued mins, there were 1 shipped from Georgia B,KO carloads of pbanhes. As meh car contains 600 ( crates of 8 pecks each, this represents 450 bushels to the par, in round num bers 990,000 bushels in all. Itlsgen ekalty agreed that at least one-third of the fruit was wasted. The-4emqnfi»for orates wMmmh lareer tbtffi the sup ply. The peach erffp matures- and is marketed in a very limited tiisg, and the delay in securing crates caused a beefy lose of the most saileaNe peaches, while thousands of bushels, of second qtedtty, were either fed to pigs or suffered to rot on the ground. Had there been canning factories and evap orators conveniently located much of this loss could have been prevented, and instead of paying larger sums the coming season for canned and evapo rated peaches shipped into the state from outside sources, the home demand, always a steady one, could have been supplied by our own people. Oannlng factories can be so quickly erected that even after the crop has become set, and a fair eetimase of its amount is thus rendered possible, enterprising workers may get everything in readiness for* utilizing the surplus fruit, should the promise of the crop justify the outlay. Under the conditions surrounding our ' peach production, Georgia being the l&rgeet producer and shipper in the Union, it will certainly pay to "gather up the fragments, that nothing be lost” We trust that in the future adequate MTangemente will be made to utilize as i nearly as possible every bushel of Geor gia’s truly wonderful peach crop.—State I i Agricultural Department. ~■ I — ' ■ -II I 0 IVIVJ I llEnKwa WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA,” AND CASTORIA,” AS OUR TRADEMARK. 1, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, o/ vms the originator of "CASTORIA ” the same that has borne and does now bear every the foe ‘ simile signature of wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA” which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.k;. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is the kind you have always bought on the and has ihe signature of wrap- per. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President. March 24,1898. /7 J - Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which sonde druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in gredients of which even he docs not know." “The Kind You Have Always Bought” BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF Insist on Having The Kind That Never Failed You. TMti •KMYAVII Vt MVffiRAV •TMTCT. NtWVOM ftHV. . 111 -..ml- l. 1 ,,, 1 . sy -7 ___ —GET YOUR — ■ A JOB PRINTING DONE 2LT ■ The Morning Call Office. We have Just supplied our Job Office with a complete line ol Btabomff' kinds and can get up, on short notice, anything wanted in the way 01 LETTER HEADS, BILL HFADB STATEMENTS, IRCULARB, ENVELOPES, NO™, MORTGAGES, PROGRAM i JARDB, POSTERS? 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