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B. P HORNADY, Proprietor,
WHAT A
It will cost only $7-50 to
dress in one of our new fall
suits that will cost you
$10-00 elsewhere.
regular line $12.50 Bentasl PlM'lWn a
Our
and $15-00 suits are without
equal. Best line $3, $4 and
$5.00 boys suits. jm.
Our furnishing depart- pi i
ment complete with all the Wm m
latest styles. i
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Goods sent on approval, m
free of express one way. m - ~
A. – Chancellor – Co.
Col-amToTis. Gra,
BEST 8.111 15.00 SHOES Hi THE STATE.
FREE! A Handsome
W invite our custom(rs to inspect samples at our
store, and let us again remind you that
we are howling prices down on all goods in the store
If you have any cash we can save you 15cts cn each and
every dollars worth of goods bought of us. our terms
are cash—no time; no discount.
COLLINS, WILLIAMSON – COMPANY.
A GOOD
RESOLUTION
'
FOR 1895
Is to determine to buy where you can get the
goods for the least money and your patronage will
he sure to go to
DIXON BEOS.
Who keep on hand a complete Stock of Family and He
Groceries
ANN A GENERAL LINE OF
Plantation - Su~nlies,
INCLUDING
Staple XDry C3r°°^ s and ]Ready-[^[ade Quits
We are determined to make it to the interest of every citizen of
Schley county to buy their supplies at home. This firm buys gootts
In large quantities from the manufacturers and largest dealers, pay
cash and gets the lowest prices, therefore, they can and wiU sell the
same quality of goods for less money, for cash, than any eity retail
dealer, who pays high rents, high insurance and high city tax, can
afford to. If you have been trading elsewhere give them a trial, make
out a list of what you need, take it, with the CASH, to
UDIIXIOdSr BEOTECEES.
DEVOTKD TO GIVING THB MP.WS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND AIDINo THE PROSPERITY OP SCHLEY COUNTY.
RLLAVILLE GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING JANUARY 17th 1895.
Mr. Nesbitt’s Remarks to tht
Farmers of Georgia.
EEVIEW OF THE MONTI JUT PAST
Our Muthn ln nn l Tt»«lr HrliUlnn to th>
l’r«*s«,i»t .Igri'-uMur tl H-|*r,.»«l.>n .»tin
Low I'no- Ctiliiin—lhr (iii,ini»fiii i,i
and Itnlniliiij (Ip of Oar l.im ■» tin
qu««liitii »t 1'arnuiount Import .nco.
D;;r.A!tTK;:NT of JUJiticuLTi ttE,
In a recent investigation, which 1 aim
been conduc iug iu order to get at iw*
avi-rage prod a -tio.i of tho staple crop
throughout Georgia, i have u iconu in
toreated a;.-o iu ascertaining ttio avorag
of commercial fertilizers used i.i l t.iei;
effect on our crops. As gonn.nae te
t.iese, prop, r ftu ulizatio.,, iLvjr.-sirica
t on, supplying our km is with wait
tiiey :n »st need to food our crops nr
naiurgdy suggested, m ad of wide
11lore i - mum foo l for serious thoa.gu;.
i i lead, from whatever standpoint w
view the agricultural questions, soonei
or later til • grave no si of patient, care
ful, ju licioiii impvovem mt and build
tug up of our lands, forces itself upoi
our attention as one of paramount im
portance. Though I have smvadyspok
en and written much on th is subject, 1
feel bound to continue until our farm
ers are thoroughly aroused to its de
mands and fudy realize its vital influ
ence on their mdnstrr.
In conducting the investigation re
ferred to above, I have had access to the
very best authorities, and from the
most careful estimates tlie somewhat
surprising and wholly lamentable con
elusion is reached that, in spite of the
large area of fresh land taken in anil
the almost fabulous consumption ol
commercial fertilizers, production in
Georgia stands at about the same figure
that it did 20 years ago. i don’t mean
that we have' not raised bigger crops ol
cotton, but that, while we have helped
to crowd the markets of the world with
the fleecy staple and each year has wit
nessed a dccliue in the price, the aver
age production per aero has not mate
rialiy increased. And where is t-htf
profit for us if our lands are being ex
hausted, and it is becoming more difa
cult each year to wring from these long
suffering, hard run fields, even withths
powerful compounds, stimulus of expensive bale chemi
cal tho average to
three acres ? Let me give the data that
farmers may examine the figures anil
see for themselves to what end our pres
ent policy will inevitably le.ul. With
cotton at 10 cents, me result might bo
deferred for perhaps a few years, bul
even that figure would cease to be re
munerative, when our lands fail to re
j 1 spond to heavy doses of commercial
ie; tiiizer, or when the usual summed
drouth, sweeping across our shallow
plowed fields, lays its few touch on out
growing crops, which having no “depth
of root wither away.”
There is not, however, the remotest
possibility of 10 cents period cotton, of and with G
a prospect o a long 5 or
cents tor our staple crop, the necessity
is upon ns to take our bearings and get
back where we can at least keep oar
heads above wafer.
From the following table will bo seen
the numb*a- of tons of fertilizers in
spected in Georgia alone for each sea
son for the past twenty years:
1974-5...... ...... 48.C'?.(>n tons.
1875-11...... ...... .00 toils.
is:t:-7...... ...... 70,WOO tons
1877- 8...... ......tM.i78.qrt toils.
1878- 9...... ...... H.'i.lHiUJO tous.
1870-S0..... ......119 nss.no ron-
1880-1...... ......1Vi.424.)!0 tons.
1881-2...... ......125.3-27 1*0 to is
1882- 3...... ......125.377.00 tons
1883- 1...... ......151.849.00 tons
iwq-5...... ......17'I.1:53.*nI tons
lW>-fi...... ..... 160,,');;.00 tons.
188t—7...... ......liili (178.08 tons.
Jt-8 r «-8...... ......208,007.39 tons.
1 ntff-9 _______ ..... 202 St:9.3i> tons.
1889- 1) J..... ......288.112.30 tons.
1890- 1...... ......3''».73-1.00 tons.
1891- 2...... ......2.,0.312.00 tons.
ISO,-3..... ......307.519.no tons.
1898-4..... ......3in.M2.00 toils.
Total. 3.454.707.43.
From this it appears that in 20 years
>ve have used nearly 3..>00,000 tons,
.viiich at the moderate average o.
on makes the total amount spent lV.
•omuiercial fertilizers a.one reach v ; >
marly ibjvet £100,000,000! Or, looking at ;h
lioni another standpoint,
ivw in that period used enough to u.
• I each cotton acre m Georgia ue. i.ii'
-•) and a half tous!
Let u* iook at the other side of the
•.-uni. By tula large inveefcuuu:f m
uurninK in every avauamo acre, we
have been enabled to raise phenomenal
uropH of cotton. But what have those
been really worth to the state anil to
the south? At least one-fifth has gone
for bacon alone; and when we add to
this the immense sums spent for corn,
floor, oats and liay, we can readily see
bow these big cotton crops have been
absorbed. And what have we to show
for them? The fertilizers, by our mis
mistaken methods of using them, have
all, or nearly all, gone out in the cot
ton, leaving our lands rather worse off
each year; and the bacon, grain and
hav have all been consumed.
How long can even the most prosper
ous oountry stand such drains as these?
Fortunately, a clear comprehension of
Our position is forcing itself upon even
the most thoughtless, and there is be
servative giving a gradual return to more con
methods. Tho provision crop
in Georgia this year, exceeds anything
since the war, and were it not, to use a
current expression, for “over lapse” in
the form of old debts, in some cases of
several years’ standing, we could al
ready see daylight. But paying debts
with 5 cents cotton is a hopeless task,
and farmers are discouraged and des
pondent. It is only the ample provision
crop of corn, peas, potatoes, ground
peas, sorghum, and hay which saves us
from almost universal suffering.
But discouraging as this outlook ap
pears just now, if the present depressed
price of cotton leads to thoroughly es
tablished diversification of crops, a care
ful system of renovation, intelligent
methods of manuring and utilizing corn
to pay for it. Wo recognize that it
will increase the crop, but abundance
now means poverty ro the producer.
Why, we can’t understand, we simply
deal with facts. At a iixe.il price o' 8
cents we would udvisa the use of
guano, but wln-n increased production
reduces the pries to 5 cents, men it is
suicidal to use it. If aH cotton grow
ing states would unite with us (and we
hereby imp ore them) and refuse to use
guano next year, we would reduce the
crop in onr judgment from (>,000,000 to
6,000,000 bares, and obtain more for 6,
000,000 than fur 0.0 ) >.000 bales, besides
saving the guano hi 1. It is not profit
able to buy guano and pay for it with
5 omit cotton even with a good crop;
wiih a poor crop it would simply mean
destruction. Buy tie wagons no bug
gies, no mules, nor horses unless you
are out of debt and can pay cash; econo
mize m every way.
Tim above plan will bring more hogs,
more beef, more milk and butter, more
chickens and eggs, mere colti; would,
require less labor, less expense, less anx
iety, less risk. It will bring more
money, pay back debts, bring peace, the
prosperity and independence south to
farmers of Georgia and the
We would ask onr fellow citizens of
every calling to aid ns in our honest
efforts for relief. Wo would ask mer
chants and bankers to bo as lenient as
possible. Tho cotton has come and
gone, tho bales were there, but the price
was lacking, though through no fault
of merchant or farmer, we therefore
would counsel forbearance from cred
itor to debtor, for tho farmers of Geor
gia are au honest, debt-paying people,
and while many are now unable to
pay, it is not due to a lack of disposi
tion. Wo would ask our towns people
to buy all their supplies possible from
their customers. In many sections we
have bread, meat, beef, lard, corn, hay
and provisions of all kinds—enough ior
country and town—and we would ask
our merchants to encourage farmers to
produce these things by buying from
them instead of importing the same.
Iu othor words let our people possible. have
among themselves as much as
We have made the money, but sent it
away from home, never to return, until
we change onr methods.
On this line we would say that our
cotton should be spun at home; our
wagons made, buggies, shoes, furniture,
etc., so that money produced in Georgia also
would stay iu Georgia. We would
advocate any policy oil the part of our
state that would lend to the upbuilding
and support of factories of all kinds in
our midst. Their employes would
furnish consumers of our products and
add value to every acre of farm land
iu Georgia. We believo that packing
houses established in our largest cities
would pay. Let them be established
and we will furnish the beef and pork.
By following tho above suggestions
we believe that we can escape from the
slough of despond and the clutches of
poverty, and ere long stand upon the
high ground of coutenanent and pros
perity. is peculiarly adapted to
Our oountry
diversified agriculture, unexcelled iu the
variety of its products, or the perfec
tion of their growth. We havo water
powers and raw materials. Our climate
invites all who would da field or factory
work. The opportunities are with us,
and it is with us as to whether we use
them or not. We think we aro on the
right direction with our technological
schools, onr common schools an<i col
leges. Our towns will yet ham with,
machinery uhder the direction of oqr
own boys, and the earth will yield forth.
Its more abundant fruit to the more eft
lightened touch .ot the husbandman.
n ncv« :i’i abiding fu ,u i the
pr"*nibiit*,.M a il tin .at tie» dwulop
went of our country. W ■ w »til t hasten
the day when contentment would pre
vail in tiie hearts and pro-p -rite would
reign in the homes of onr people. Let
us, therefore, to the work like men, be
lieving in the resources at our command
and an abiding faith in the wisdom and
justioeof an all wise Gt>d.
In order to carry these ideas into ex
ecution and have them dissiminated
among the people, we ask ev ry paper,
daily and weekly in the south, to pub
lish them, and request that some patri
otic citizen would call a mass meeting
at every county and seat, regardless or
party or color, advocate the princi
ples herein set forth.
How to Select CimkI Kelp.
One of the most astute bin Ineas men
In New York city, who has through hie
own efforts built up an enormous « mb
lishment, and who gives employment ^
hundreds of men, some of them at very
large salaries, told me he had very httla
difficulty in finding the right kind of
men for any department of his work. 1
yras surprised to learn this and asket?
him what was the secret of his success.
He said:
“I have men to whom I pay as much
as $6,000 a year. I have sometimes been
disappointed in my selection of helpera r
but as a rule 1 never fail to get the kind *
of a man I want. My first rule is to se
lect for experienced help only the raem
who have succeeded in what they hav*
undertaken. .
“No matter how prepossessing a man
may lie, how taking in appearance or in
apparent qualifications, I never engage
him,” lie added, “if I find that he has
made a failure in anything. On the oth
er hand, no matter how plain and un
prepossessing a man maybe, if I leara
from his story that he has been promoted
step by step; that he lias always re
mained in a place until he was advanced,,
and that every change he made was a>
change for the better, I engage him at
once. Such men never dissappoint me.”
-New York Mail and Express.
Ice In tlie Gnvernment liuihlinrrs. ,
One gets a vivid notion of the magni
tude of the departments from the vast
quantities of ice and coal which are re
quired to quench die thirst of the 23,000
clerks and keep them warm. The treas
ury consumes a + on and a half of ice
daily, taking an average the year round.
An equal quantity is used in the war.
state and navy building. But the de
partment of the interior is the great de
vourer of ice. Including the pension of
fice, it gobbles up from five to six tons
every 24 hours.
The quantities utilized are variable.
Each department makes its own contract
for ice, bids being advertised for annual
ly. No definite amount to be provided
is agreed upon. The contractor gets as
much for supplying all tlie frozen water
required, whatever it may be. All tho
departments, together with their brain li
es, consume 24,000 pounds every day.—
■Washington Star.
Play lietter Than Gymnast-leu.
The pre-eminently recreative exercho
is play. This natural gymnastics bring-*
with it an attraction that animates llu>
most indifferent and gives inspiration to
the most phlegmatic. And what a con
trast there is between pupils exercisin',
in play and those upon whom syste
matic gymnastics are imposed—between
English school children, for example, am.-* .
French!—M. F. Lagrange in Popular
Science Monthly.
2?arp:iiiii Goods Factorien.
Lynn, Mass., has a bargain giods fac
tory, which turns out cheap goods o f
excellent appearance for the bargain.
counters. The American bargain seeke*
has called for such things, and now if
shams are made to deceive him lie must
not grumble. There are 16 of lucu oai
gain goods manufactories, and tho b«
gain goods «wt» is just now at its. zeuitb
—Exchange,
Substitute For Glass In. GrWahouM*.
Trials with paper and oiltd cloth, a#
reported bv Professor L. Hi Bailey of '
the New Ymk Cornell statirn. indicate*
that these are urmarisfaotorj substitutes
[or glass in greenhouse rooff during tho
winter. “For slimmer or late spring;
use, oiled muslin is fairly satisfactory« .
Plants which require a hotyy shade itt
summer can be grov-u to advantage*
under such a roof. In tic summer of
1891 wo feund a cloth roofei house to hi*
au excellent place fur fljwtnug this
tuberous begonias."
The President
Of. th* University of V«l« fiv«»
opinion that tile-purchase of j.ooo voiuaM-*
vreuld not produce so good a working liiireuqp
as is furnished in the SNCVCLOI M O fcq
tiHITANNiCA alone.
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