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*sVie ”YS&nves\>WU Saiette,
BARNESVILLE, CA.
THURSDAY, MAR. 16, 1899.
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PLANT CORN.
The Macon Telegraph is still urg
ing farn ers to plant grain crops and
to quit depending so much on cotton.
In speaking of this it says that the
spring boost of cotton —the stimulat
ing process by which the price is ad
vanced a little about planting time in
the interest of a large crop—is enough
to make not only observing men
thoughtful, but the brown thrush sad.
The blizzard cut the worm crop
short, and, besides, old thrasher must
divide the pilfering in the fields of
sprouting corn with the meadow lark.
More cotton means less corn, hence
his tears. But it may be depended
on that he will get his ration out of
whatever acreage is planted.
There is no particular concern
about the welfare of the thrush, but
we were thinking that wljat is left may
not meet the needs of the country.
When the harvest comes, and when
cotton is plentiful and cheap, and
corn scarce and high, it will be the
farmer's time to be sad. He may wish
that he had thrown more grain to the
soil—not exactly to the bird—at the
seeding time.
If seed wheat was scarce, if oats
could not be planted because of the
excessive rains, if there are yet fields
fallow for the planting, sow corn.
It is a gaeat product. It cannot waste.
Mouths and mouths are constantly
open tor it. Man and beast and fowl
will yield money for it.
Dewey now receives $14,000 a
year and he is the idol of all Ameri
cans,
Senator Ben Tillman has at last
been received with open arms by
Charleston, S. C. They have always
fought each other bitterly.
Hon. J. W. Bajley is rather a rash
leader and it may be well that he has
given up the leadership 01 the demo
crats in congress. He is a strong
man, however.
Rudyard Kipling is improving after
a very serious sickness in New York
city. He is on a visit to this coun
try. He is one of the best known
authors of the world today.
Two Georgians were appointed
second lieutenants by President Mc-
Kinley for the regular army volun
teers and Gordon Institute got one
ot them, Mr. Charles dußignon.
Gordon Institute, never gets left.
Sunday Blind Tigers.
The Gazette has received the fol
lowing, with the request that it be
published:
“The whiskey selling on Sunday
ought to be stopped in Barnesville.
I see men going in and out of places
on Sunday and their purpose is to
buy whiskty. 1 see men walking
about town on a pretty, warm Sun
day with big overcoats on, with the
pockets stufted full of bottles of whis
key. You can see a gang follow them
and get this whiskey. Last Sunday
four men went to a house, coming up
the back way, gef their whiskey and
went oft drinking it. I say the city
council ought to take a hand in this
and have it stopped. A Citizen.”
The Gazette prints this card for
what it may be worth, and it would
like to ask, these things are true,
where are the officers ot Barnesville
and why are such violations carried
on in such a bold, defiant way ?
Judge Front Sick.
The friends of Judge \V. A. Prout
regret to known that Ive has been
quite sick since last Saturday. They
hope to hear of his immediate recov
ery and restoration to health. He is
one of Barnesville's most esteemed
gentlemen.
A Cura for Constipation.
I have been troubled with constipation fbr
nan. It, waa ruining my health, my com
fort and my complexion, and I am cladtoanv
that Celery King has rettoivd i*H three, and
thl* after trying many other medicines that
were supposed to be good, but which were of
no value whatever. I would like to tell every
suffering woman what t elery King ban done
tor me.- -Kettle Gould, Medina, Ohio,
Celery King cures Constipation nnd all <!lr-
X eases of the Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kitl
■ Beys. Sold by druggists. *&c, anduOc. 8
CONSOLATION.
(Inscribed to my friend,R. G. Matthews
in the loss of his dear wife Klla.)
' By \V. P. Itivers.
"The light of thv li.'iiie has ilenarted,”
Thou HHyest.—nut look aloft vet!
There’s lijiht for thee: be not down-hearted!
Nor nine with despairing regret;
Though cone from thy vision "the light of thine
eves,"
She liveth to shine, as a star in the skies.
Thoujth faded her beauty, anil slyromled,
Thv heart and home he in gloom;
The iiirht of her life is unclouded,
iler virtues and (Traces still bloom;
For thee and thy children they lineer and stay
To fend thee sweet cheer and to brighten fife's
way.
Oh. let not thy faith and hope falter!
.She liveth an anjrel today ;
Far brighter than when at love’s altar,
She slmne i.i her bridal array;
And fairer she’ll be on that blessed morn
When Christ with Ids glory liis saints shall
adorn.
Cod give thee sweet comfort, dear brother!
There's light lor thy home and thy heart;
There's solace from Christ and no other.
When earth’s dearest treasures depart—
A halm for thy wounds and a cordial lor pain,
Anil hope of a blissful reunion again.
So dead serins the world neath the sn"W,
(When winter’s drear skies are above)
That earth never more shall bestow
The birds anil the flowers we love;
But life is yet horn out of coldness and death,
And beauty and Joy respond to Spring’s Ireatb.
God’s promise illumines thy sorrow—
There’s light from his spfrit for thee;
His word bids thee wait the glad morrow—
The Future's bright springtime to see.
When ITeath’s gloomy winter shall come never
more
And Heaven shall more than our treasures re
store .
Cave Spring, Ga.
March, ’i9.
Special Notice.
The II Y. P. U., will meet at the
Baptist church Friday evening at 7.30
o’clock. The members of the culture
class are urged to attend and make
thorough preparation. Very impor
tant subject for consideration The
class will please make careful review
of map* of Palestine. T. J. Watts,
President.
Second Lieutenant
Friday's Macon Evening News con
tained this item:
“Mr, Charles dußignon, son of
Hon. Fleming dußignon, of Savannah,
was in the city yesterday. Mr. dir
Bignon has just received a commis
sion in the regular army as second
lieutenant and will join his regiment
at an early date. Mr. dußignon was
for a long time in Gordon Insti
tute at Barnesville, which is one of
the best military schools in the coun
try and it was at that place that he
received his. military training. His
many friends throughout the state will
be pleased to learn of his appointment
in the army.”
DANGERS OF THE GRIP.
The greatest danger from La Grippe
is of its resulting in pneumonia. If rea
sonable care is used,however, and Cham
berlain’a Cough Remedy taken, all
danger will be avoided. Among the tens
of thousands who have used this remedy
for la grippe wo have yet to learn of a
single case having resulted in pneumo
nia, which shows conclusively that iliis
remecy is a certain preventive of that
dangerous disease. It will cure la grippe
in less time than any other treatment.
It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by .1. 11. Itlackhuru.
Job Printing.
The Gazette job outfit is pre
pared to get up anything in the way
ol letter heads, note heads, envelops,
circular letters, bill heads, statements,
cards and all kinds of hand bills and
circulars. We do not attempt to do fan
cy printing. But every business man
in Barnesville should get The Ga
zette to do all his work, unless he
wants lithographing or an unusually
fine work. The Gazette stands by
Barnesville at all times and it will
stand by those who patronize it with
their work. Ot course if you do not
want the influence of The Gazette
in your business, you need not pat
ronize it in any way. But The Ga
zette wants your advertising and
your job printing and in every case it
will give you value received.
To the Farmers of I’ike County.
I will sell the Southern Phosphate
Works goods this season at Barnes
ville. Mr. Jim Hunt will be my
agent. Remember it was I who re
duced the prices of fertilizes in your
county. You ought not to forget me.
D. J. Proctor,
General Agent.
Protracted Services.
Protracted services are being con
ducted at the Methodist church this
week. Rev. XV. S. Stevens, the pas
tor, is doing the preaching and will
continue to do so for the present.
Services are being hold only in the
evening, at 7:30 o'clock. The at
tendance and interest in the meeting
have been very good so far and the
prospec ts for a good meeting are very
encouraging. Brother Stevens is
greatly concerned and is exceedingly
anxious to have a great revival service
one in which all the members of the
church and citizens of the town anil
community may be much benefitted.
Everybody is invited to attend the
services.
OASTORZA.
Bean th* a Hi* Kind You Hsm Always Bought
TANARUS"
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Syrup
Cos. or.ly, and Wc wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Cos.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Cos. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CmL
LOUISVILLE. Kj-. NEW YORK. N. Y.
TAB BEST INVETMF.NT FOR |
BARNESVILLE.
i
Editor Gazette: —lf my sugges
tions in this article meet with the
same amount of approval as has been
accorded my two articles on high
taxes and costly electricity, I'm sure
I shall not write this one in vain.
In my Humble opinion there is one
enterprise in which Barnesville's citi
zens should invest without delay. It
will do them more good financially
than all the factories that are now in
operation within its limits. This a
broad statement, but it is none the
less true, as I shall attempt to dem
onstrate by common sense argument.
There ought to be a Merchants’
Mill in this town—a flour and grist
mill—of sufficient capacity to grind
every bushel of wheat and corn that
can be raised within twenty miles of
the town. Such an enterprise will
bring trade to Barnesville, ten to one
more than every factory in the town
that consumes cotton.
I travel about over the state a
great deal and mix and mingle with
the people. I talk with them and
argue with the farmers especially
against the suicidal policy of raising
so much cotton. The only reason
given me for pursuing this policy is
this: All say cotton is the only prod
uct of the tarm that will bring ready
money at any and all times of the
year, and it is contended that farmers
are compelled to rely on cotton for
money absolutely. I confess that I
sympathize with, though I do not ap
prove of, this contention. It is a
fact, however, that this argument
serves as a cogent one, and it is a
fact, as conditions now prevail, the
farmers are dependent in a great
measure upon cotton. Such condi
tions should not longer exist.
The merchants of towns are, in a
measure, responsible for so much
cotton raising. I know it to be a fact
that tanners cannot sell to merchants
many things that they do raise, and
the things that they would raise on
the farm, if encouraged so to do. If
any and every farmer around Barnes
ville knew that he could bring one
bushel or ten bushels of corn or
wheat to town and turn it readily in
to money, I am convinced that there
would be more wheat and corn grow
ing and less cotton raising.
My suggestion is, the merchants of
Barnesville should see to it that a
Merchants Mill be erected without
delay in the town—a mill of approved
and modern style, capable of grinding
corn and wheat into first class flour
■ and meal, and into any quantities.
My word for it, the result will be
: more trade lor Barnesville in every
: line of business. Farmers would
come to Barnesville, hundreds that
do not now come, and bring with
i them a sack or load of wheat or corn,
i “come to mill, as it were, and either
j sell their corn or wheat for cash, or
swap it tor flour or meal, or have it
J ground, as suited each person's taste
|or circumstances. The merchants of
; the town would thereby encourage
wheat and corn raising by making it
easy for farmers to get money out of
other products of the farm than cot-1
ton.
Thousands and thousands of,
pounds of flour and hundreds and j
hundreds of bushels of meal are con- i
sumed by the citizens of Barnesville
and surrounding country, foreign j
raised and foreign ground. What we;
need is, home-made, home ground, as
well as home-consumed, flour and
meal. The merchants and farmers
should act together in this matter as
t SPECIAL OPENING
Easter Clotting,
Friday March i6to
• Saturday March 25.
Grand Display of
Cloths &c, Made to
Order suits.
Our Line Comprises All The Newest
Worsted Cloths Cassimers &c.
We Will Also Show a Special Line of
the latest New York Styles in
shirts, Collars Neckwear:
GIVE US YOUR ORDER NOW
In Order to get it Made for
Easter Wear.
J. 6. COLLIER GOMPfINY
Barnesville’s Leadina Glotiiiers $ Furnishers.
A. J. STEPHENS, Manager, I
in all other interests of mutual con
cern.
The above, Mr. Editor, is merely
suggestive. The subject is worth the
while ot an investigation by enterpris
ing citizens.
In conclusion, let me call attention
to one consideration that strikes me
with much force. The. “hue and cry”
nowadays is for cotton factories—fac
tories for yarns—factories for under
wear—factories for knitting socks,
etc., all of which consume nothing
but cotton, and call for more cotton.
I would modestly “raise a howl” for
Bread Factories—mills for grinding
corn and wheat into meal and flour.
We need, Mr. Editor, more flour
mills and corn mills. I dare assert
that one large merchant's mill in
Barnesville will result in more real
good to whole country in and
around the town than all the cotton
mills in it. Cotton mills demand
more cotton. Flour and Grist Mills
willencourage more wheat and corn.
The former, it is true, give employ
ment to certain of our population—
our boys and girls ot tender years
and our women of delicate constitu
tion; but it is a serious question with
me whether or not the rearing ot chil
dren in our cotton factories will prove
a curse or a blessing. Mr. Editor,
let our merchants put their spare dol
lars into investments that will tend to
make our farmers and their families
happy and prosperous in the country
on their farms, rather than induce
them to move to town to raise their
j children in close rooms of impure air
j —where they are dwarfed in mind
: and body and soul. I am told that
! stout men are walking the streets of
j Barnesville, day in and day out, year
in and year out. doing nothing except
existing upon the hard earnings of
i their little girls and boys, who are
daily toiling in the cotton mills of the
; town, from early morn to late at eve,
| without schooling and without the
; sunshine and fresh air of a country
home. A. A. M.
Charles Ellis Cumberland,
Fertilizer. Soluble Pacific Gu
ano. Product in Bone super
phosphate. Use the best.
Thirty years on market.
Write or call on us for car
load prices or less. Can de
liver any where in the section.
Huguley & Bloodworth.
To Caro Constipation Forever.
Take Cus carets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 23c.
If C. C. C. fall to core, druggists refund money.
Upson Citizen Dies.
Mr. Thomas J. Nelson, a leading
citizen and successful business man,
and one of the largest planters of
Upson county, died at his home at
three o’clock Saturday evening at the
age of 65.
His death was the result of a lin
gering heart trouble. He was con
nected with all the industrial inter
ests of Thomaston, being one of the
organizers and a director in the Far
mers and Merchants’ Bank.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferers
immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world at 25 cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and take
no other kind.
Episcopal Service Sunday.
Archdeacon Walton will preach at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning next for the Episcopalians.
The public is also invited to be pres
ent at the service.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUBED
by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafnessis caused by an inflamed condi
tion of tiie raucous lining of the eus
tacliian Tube. When this is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result, and unless the
inflamation can he taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will he destroyed forever; cne
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed con
dition of the mucous surfaces.
W e will give one lmudred dollars for
any case of Deafness caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. Send for circular free.
F. J. Chkxev,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, ~:,c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
She does to Haivkmsville.
Miss M. Kathryn Lockhart has
closed an engagement with the di
rectors of the Hawkinsville Chautau
qua for several days during the com-/
ing session to be held the last of May.
She will appear several times on the
program for readings and recitations
and it goes without saying that she
will charm the audience? which hear
her. Her friends here are glad that
she is to appear there.
Special Rates for Board.
J make special rates to young men
boarders, on the third floor.
C. M. ATWATER,
Proprietor Matthews Hotel.
LOANS.
On farms, and choice Barqesville real
estate, quickly negotiated.
S. N. Woodward.
DR. FRANCIS ICANDLISS.
Diseases of Women and Children
a Specialty.
OFFICE HOURS: —9 a. m. to 11 a. m.; 3p.m. to
4p. m.; 7p. m. to 8 p.m.
Residence and office at the Capt. E. J. Murphey
place. PHONE: 29.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
Zebulon, Ga.
A. B POPE, Proprietor.
First Glass Accommodations-
FIRE! FIRE!!
WATER! WATER!
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QUICKEST SETTLEMENT
SATISFACTION !
Baresville, Ga., May 26, ’9B.
Mr. Edward Elder, Ins. Agt,
Barnesville, Ga.
Dear Sir: —ln acknowledging
receipt of settlement of my loss
by water damaged from
which occured on May 24th, I
desire to thank you for the
prompt and satisfactory settle
ment —only two days subse
quent to fire—and a total pay
ment of amount of damage
claimed by me'.
W. J. COX, M. D.
Work Wanted.
-X, * -
I am now' located in Barnesville, at
the Stocks house, and solicit work—
grate-setting, brick work and plaster
ing. H. M. Pit 1 man.