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pnyis Your Garden a Failure? Perhaps ifc is because you exercise poor judgment in the selection of your garden seed s Bippose You Try D. M. Ferry’s Seed :# i this time for a change ? They are thoroughly reliable and TRUE TO NAMK. In our experience of over 2< years as a gardener, we have never seen their superior, as we have tested them side-by-side with seed from the best seed growers in America. 'Your child can buy seed of us as safely as if vou were here in person. W E DON’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIS IGNORANCE. You will be sleeping over Inst opportunities if you do not TRY US ON GROCERIES Tinware, Crockery and “sich” like. Remember, we keep nearly everything — ask for what you don’t sei—most likely we have it. Come around to see us, and leave your baskets, bundles, overcoats and “sich,” and “swap jokes,” and if you need anything in our line, we will be only too glad to serve you. M B. F. REEVES. matches for 5 CdltS —while they last. Q < *. • UNE L OF.. Farmers Supplies, such as plow stocks, gears, plow hoes, scroval hoes, etc. A fall assortment of GENUINE EAS TERN SEED POTATOES, onion sets, and a fall stock of both staple and fancy GROCERIES. Everything at bottom .if * \ *> r % y j f prices. I want to sell you, and will make it to your interest to give me a trial. I JNO. T. MIDDLEBROOKS. tj. D. HIGHTOWER CBssortp j. w. HIGHTOWER icultural. Mechanical and Buiders’ ware, Farm Equipments, Water Lies, Grins, Cutlery, Silverwares, i non-rustible Tinware, China and ware, Decorative Bric-a - Brae, :ery and Queensware, wooden ware, s, Holloware, Paints, Oils, Brushes mm VvNdU*. RONr;^ | MOUNTAIN Route Is the best line to TEXAS, ll.i -fSWO trains daily from Memphis. ‘Reaches Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Is the “True South ern Route” to CALIFORNIA. - Will sell tickets at greatly re duced rates to Texas, Oklahoma, and Indian Territory on February 4th and 16th. Write for hooks and other literature of the west, northwest and southwest. I. E. Rehlander, T. I’. A., Chattanooga. Trim. H. C. Townsend. G. P. A., Yarbrough’s Market. HI have purchased J. R. Clmp jmao’*i-Markot and am now in the jCffsmeßs to serve and please the public. Will keep on hand at all pgHtea a full and complete line of FRESH MEATS of all kinds and also I FISH and OYSTERS. Will handle nothing but the first Bjalities and will give prompt at- Hpution to all orders. W. C. Yarbrough. Favorite Nearly Everywhere. Coiidtijuition means dullness, depression, headache, generally disordered health. DeWitt’s Lit tle Early Risers stimulate the liv er, open the bowels and relieve this condition. Safe, speedy aud thorough. They never gripe. Fav orite pills. Jno. 11. Rlackbcrn, Ga. Barnesville, L. Holmes, Milner, Ga. FOR STOMACH TROUBLES. “I have taken a good many dif ferent medicines for stomach trou ble and constipation,” says Mrs. S. Geiger of Dunkerton, lowa “not never had as good results from any as from Chamberlain’s Stomach it Liver Tablets.” For sale by Jno. 11. Blackburn. TO RENT —Two connecting rooms suited for light house keep ing. No children. W. T. Respass. Thomaston St. tf Genuine ttamped C. C. C. Never told In bulk. Beware of the dealer who tries to sell •'something just as good." Eilurate Your ltowrel* WUh Canrareta. Canily Cnthartic, cure conntipution forever. •Cos. 26c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. HAM J T tobacco spit UU|M I and SMOKE Your Lifeawayl You can be cured of any form of tobacco using easily, be made well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and vigor by taking MO-TO-BAC, that makes weak men strong. Many gam tea pounds in ten days, over 500,000 cured. Alt druggists. Cure gueranteed, Buck et and advice FREE. Address STERLING £U&DY CO., Chicago or New York. 431 THE BARNEHVSi®teIijfrWS-GAZETTE. * MR. W.J, NEEL HERE ROME CITIZEN COMES DOWN TO BARNESVILLE TO INVESTIGATE WORKING OF DISPENSARY. Mr. \V. J. Neel, of Rome, spent last Thursday in Barnesville in vestigating the workings of our dispensary system. Rome and Floyd county are now in the midst of a hot dispen sary vs barrooms campaign, and the Tribune of Rome, as the organ of the anti-dispensary side, has re- cently made some references to the Barnesville dispensary, charging, in large black type, double column; scare-head articles, on the first page and repeated for several days, that the Barnesville dispensary has never made a dol lar profit; that it has, instead, contracted a debt of SIO,OOO for the city to pay, and the city has experienced an almost unparalell ed period of depression during the years that a dispensary has been operated; even going so far as to charge the dispensary with respon sibility for the recent failures of our banks and cotton factory. The Tribune proposed to pay the expense of any reliable citizen of Rome who will visit Barnesville, if the facts, upon investigation, are not substantially as charged by the Tribune. Mr. Neel is an earnest advocate of the dispensary for Floyd coun ty and against the thirteen bar rooms now in blast there, and he came to Barnesville to investigate. After completing his work and procuring his statement published elsewhere in this paper, he talked interestingly of Barnesville and of his visit. “1 was never in Barnesville be fore,” said Mr. Neel, “and per sonally knew only one or two per sons when I came. I have been greatly gratified at the reception | accorded me, and am charmed with your city. If one had be lieved the Tribune’s report, he might have imagined that Barnes ville lmd practically been wiped off the map by reason of the dis pensary. But I find a wide awake, growing town, equipped with modern utilities and full of life and hopefullnoss. “Rome is a splendid town in spite of bar-rooms, and I am thor oughly loyal to my own city; but candor compels me to say that 1 see much greater evidences of growth and prosperity in Barnes ville according to population, than in Rome. If a dispensary will do as much for ns as it appears to have done for you, I shall be glad. You have a city to be proud of and 1 rejoice in your progress. “The reception given me in my efforts to get the facts about this dispensary business lias been most gratifying. Every man to whom I presented the matter, signed the paper gladly. 1 believe every business man in town would sign if opportunity allowed, but my time is limited and I have only sought officials of the city, though other prominent citizens who heard the statement read, asked permission to sign. When Mr. J. W. Stafford put his name to it he said that every man in Barnes ville ought to be allowed to sign in order to rebuke such slanderous statements against the town. I certainly feel under obligations for the cordial reception and co operation accorded me, and I re turn to Rome with a statement that ought to be ‘knock-out drops’ to the Tribune. I have never seen a city so unanimous on any question. “1 may make out a hill against the Tribune,” Mr. Neel laughing ly remarked on bidding good-bye to his Barnesville friends, “for the expense of this trip, and it ought to pay it sure.” Mr. Neel made friends quickly and rapidly in Barnesville. Bad (Joughs “ I had a bad cough for six weeks and could find no relief until 1 tried Ayer’s Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle cured me.” L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don’t wait, but take Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral just as soon as your cough begins. A few doses will cure you then. TfefM lint: 2Sc., 51k., sl. All dnjfists. Cou*uU jMt doctor. II bo Mjri talc* it. then do Mhe mmyt. It bo tells yon not to take It. then don't take it. He knows. Leave tt with hint. We are willing. , , J, C. AYER CO.. LowetL Mass. PARTRIDGE EGGS. Said lo Be More Nntrltlun. Than the Dirtlx Thein.elve. ‘ Few persons are aware of the fact,” said a well known physician, “hut it is true, nevertheless, that the egg of the partridge is one of the most nutritious things in the world. They are not used for eating purposes except in very rare cases, and th r, n it generally happens in remote rural districts. I have known negro families in the state of Louisiana during the laying season to live on the eggs of partridges. And they would flourish handsomely and grow fat on account of the rich properties of the eggs. “These eggs, of course, never find their way into the market because they are never taken from their nest except by such persons as I have mentioned, and they rob the nests, I suppose, be cause their principal food supply comes from tills source. Quail meat comes pretty high in the market at all times, and the average man will And it more profitable to spare the eggs and wait for the birds when the hunting season rolls around. These men would pass 100 nests in one day without disturbing an egg. The sport of hunting the birds is an additional incentive. “The average negro does not care so much about this aspect of the case. He figures that the white man, having the best gun and the best dog, will beat him to the bird. So he goes after the egg. One partridge will lay anywhere from 12 to 20 eggs, and a nest is a good find. I know of many families in rural sections who feast on these eggs in the laying season. I have tried the egg myself as an experiment. I found it peculiarly rich. It has a good flavor, is very palatable and in fact is altogether a very fine thing to eat. Really I be lieve that the egg lias more nutrition in it than the fully developed bird, but of course, as one of the men fond of the game in the field, I would like to discourage the robbery of the nests.” — New Orleans Times-Demoerat. HUSTLING FOR BUSINESS. Mon* or l,enn of It Done In New York Lawyer*' Offices. “Get a move oil! That’s the great modern motto,” said a New York law yer who has been practicing in the local courts for the last 25 years. “When I was admitted to the bar,” he went on, “there was a great idea of the dignity of the profession. A law yer would about as soon have paraded Broadway carrying a sandwich sign calling attention to his legal ability as he would have thought of hustling in any other way for business. The thing to do was to rent an office aud sit in it until somebody came and dug you out of the dust and spider Webß and asked you to take a case, , “The march of progress has changed all that. Every law firm in tills city hustles for business. I don’t mean that the big men of the firm chase around after clients. Of course they don't. But the firm does a lot of shrewd planning ahead. It schemes in a particular fashion of its own to widen its sphere of usefulness—to itself. “Of late years one of the expedients adopted has been the taking into the firm of young college graduates who cau give a reasonable guarantee that they will bring business. College men know of this custom, and many of them shape their life at the university accordingly. They are after friends. They want to be popular. They want to be able to ‘swing’ as much of tbe future legal business of their fellow graduates as they can. “A chap who can bring business of that sort is taken in on a good salary even when he is the veriest tyro at law. lie’s expected, of course, to do what real work he cau and to study hard. But the salary is for the pull lie can exert over his fellows.”—New York Sun. Animal Intelligence. In a circus in Paris a lion was given some meat shut up in a box with a lid to it, and the spectators watched to see Whether the liou would open the lid or crack the box. He did tbe former, much to tbe gratification of tbe com pany. In the London “Zoo” a large African elephant restores to his would be enter tainers all the biscuits, whole or broken, which strike the bars aud fall alike out of bis reach and theirs in the space between the barrier and bis cage, lie points bis trunk straight at the biscuits and blows them hard along the floor to the feet of the persons who have thrown them. He clearly knows what lie is doing, because if the bis cuit does not travel well he gives it a harder blow. Irou In the Sixteenth Century. The cost of the railings around St. Paul's cathedral (claimed by several Sussex parishes, but really made at Lamberhurst. a parish partly in Kent) Is recorded in the account books of the manufactory as having been £11,202 Os. (>d. Tin* total weight was 200 tons. The amount of employment given may be conjectured from the statement of Richard Woodman, one of the Marian martyrs burned at Lewes in 1557, that he had set a hundred persons to work for the year together.—London Specta tor. Sober Second Thonicbt. “I thought I was riding into office on a wave of popular enthusiasm!” “Yes?” “But after I’d paid the bills I felt as if I’d footed it in. so to speak.”—De troit Journal. One Kansas law says the personal property of a dead man, when not claimed by relatives, shall be sold at auction. Prudeneo is common sense well trained in tbe art of manner, of dis crimination and of address. Our Greeting. ’ -'y - -■ * The Old Year is gone—the New Year is here. We wish you v.-ell as the years change. We greet all our friends with good wishes and are ready to make them happy through substantial savings and increased benefits both to them and to us, and at the same time thank them for their patronage during the year that ha3 just gone. Beginning with the new year, turn over anew leaf in your flour department and buy the best —Brand Milled AZ-I-LE. Guaranteed absolutely pure. M. M. ELLIOTT <S CO. Barnesville, Ga. PETITION FOR CHARTER GEORGIA, Pike County. To THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAID COUNTY: The petition of the Barnesville Manufacturing Company shows as follows: — 1. Petitioner is a corporation of said county, duly incorporated under a charter granted by the superior court of said county, with its place of business in or near the city of Barnesville. 2. Its capital stock now consists of $93,180.00 common stock, and $40,250.00 preferred stock, making a total capital stock of $139,390.- 00, all fully paid in. 2. The stockholders of said company at an annual meeting re cently held, passed a resolution providing for the re-organization of said Company and for reducing the* above stated capital stock to $100,000.00, all to be common stock on the same footing and to be issued in place of the old com mon and preferred stock; also to issue $25,000.00 of new preferred stock and $25,000.00 of new sec ond mortgage bonds, and to sell same at par for the purpose of providing funds for said Company, which resolution is here to the court shown. 4. Wherefore, petitioner prays for the right, power, and author ity to reduce the above stated capi tal stock to $100,000.00 to he di vided into 2,000 shares of the par value of Fifty Dollars each, all to he known as common stock: to abolish the distinction between the old preferred and common stock and retire same, and to issue the new common stock above pro vided in the place of the old com mon and preferred stock in the proportion provided in said resolu tion ; also to issue new preferred stock to th(> amount of $25,000.00 and sell same at par, the same to he preferred both as to its divi dends and assets of said Company, and guaranteeing the payment of ()% non-cumulative dividends to its holders before any dividends are paid on the common stock, thus making the total capitaliza tion of said Company $125,000.00, consisting of $100,000.00 common and $25,000.00 preferred stock as aforesaid; to hereafter increase the capital stock of said Company to any amount not exceeding $200,000.00 by issuing other common stock or other similar preferred stock to such and in such proportions from time to time as the exigencies of the business of the Company may demand; also to borrow money and issue notes or bonds therefor and secure the same ,by mortgage or deed of trust on any or all of the property of said Company; and to have such other rights and powers as may he necessary for the purpose of carrying out said plan of re-organization as contem plated in said resolution. 5. And petitioner further prays that the powers, rights and privil eges heretofore granted it be con tinued and that an order be grant ed further amending its charter in conformity herewith and con : ferring upon it the new rights | powers and privileges herein prayed for. W. W. Lambdin, Attorney for petitioner. Filed in office, this Jan. 21, 1901. (Signed) J. B. Mathews, C. S. C. A true copy. —(Signed) J. B. Mathews, C. S. C. Chronic Constipation Cured. The most important discovery of recent years is the positive remedy for constipation. Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Cure guaranteed. Genu ine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. Druggists, ioc. GROWING SWEET POTATOES Some Important Points About This Valuable Crop. It is not too late to bed sweet potatoes, of which every farmer should have a good supply for his family and stock; for there is nothing grown which is * more general favorite for the table, while hores, cows, hogs and chickens can be fed on nothing more fattening or more relished by them. An acre that will produce 30 bushels of corn will readily afford 200 bushels of sweet po tatoes. Yields of 600 bushels to the acre on some Georgia lands have been reported by the Experiment Station at Griffin. Plants for setting out may be pur chased from those who keep them for sale or they may be grown for chat pur pose. The beds should be prepared by putting stable manure at the bottom to the depth of 2 or 3 inches and then cov ering it over with 2 or 3 inches of sand. After the seed potatoes have been cut lengthwise they should be placed in the soil with the cut side down, and having been laid close to each other without touching should be covered to the depth of 2or 3 inches. While they should be kept reasonably warm and moist, care must be taken to avoid any excess of either heat or moistnte. When the sprouts have attained a height of four or five inches, they may be carefully separated from the tubers, one at a time, with the thumb and fin ger, so as not to disturb the potato, for if this be uninjured, it will in a short time send up other shoots. Select Carefully. No diseased tubers should be selected for planting, for if thrifty slips are se cured, they will grow very rapidly. If weeds spring up, it is better to re move them by hand, since the use of the hoe may injure such tubers as lie near the surface. The cultivator can be used between the rows to exterminate the weeds, which should be kept out of the field. The tendency of the vines, as soon as they are two or three feet long, to take root at many of the joints aud thus propagate new tubers is well known. This should be prevented by carefully loosening those vines from the soil either by hand or with a wide fork. But in doing this every precaution should be used to avoid bruising the vines.—State Agricultural Department. The Cause of It. “May I ask, sir. how It is that yon and your brother are so bald?” inquir ed the inquisitive barber. “Well,” replied the customer, “I’ll teil you if you’ii promise not to say anything more about it.” “Oh, certainly, sir!” “Well, it’s because our hair has fallen out” "TrfiLll Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don’t Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hoursHjl sediment or set tling indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if it stains your linen it is evidence of kid ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass it or pain in - . — t h e back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out cf order. What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists insoc. andsL sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that more about It, both sent absolutely free by mail, address Dr. Kilmer & Home of Smunp-Boc*. Cos., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in this paper.