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Council Proceedings.
Council 'Chamber, )
BarnTsville, Ga., June 19th, 1899. j"
Regular meeting of council called
to order by Mayor.
Tresent Aldermen Rogers, Trout,
Anderson, and Gray; absent Hanson
.and Stallings. Following bills were
approved by the Finance committee
and same ordered paid.
4th, appropriation G. 1., $480; 4th.
appropriation -colored school, S2O;
5 & 4th, appropriation hook and lad
der company, £5: dispensary, $23.67;
street and public property, $52.28;
electric lights and water works, $80.5;
Cap., $19.50; Robt. Mitchell, sl6:
J.G..Smith & Sons., $38.95; Fid
.Elder, $240.90; Fort Wayne Lamp j
Uo., $58.76; Garrett & Sons, $345.
20; T. C. Burke, $110.50; Corona
Coal Cos., sl4 85; J. S. Schofield &
Sons, sllos*.
St. committee recommended that
petition of Episcopal church be gran
ted and that the street hands cut the
ditch, where they should designate.
Council concurred.
In regard to petition of J. F. Tay
dnr, et al, petition committee recom
mended extension of electric wires
and water mains, and suggested that
work be done as soon as practicable.
•Council concurred.
Report of clerk and treasurer for
third quarter read and referred to
finance committee.
Report of J. B. Bankston read and
referred to the water board.
Chairman of dispensary committee
stated that he would have his report
in at next meeting.
Moved and carried that a special
tax of two dollars per week be grant
ed for lunch, ice cream, lemonade
stands chautauqua week.
Marshall instructed to enforce
Sunday law in regard to closing
stores, ice dealers to be allowed to
deliver ice till 12 o’clock.
Moved and carried that two inspec
tors be appointed to inspect sanitary
• condition of city. T. I>. Dewberry
and J. J. Carson appointed.
Nothing further, minutes read and
'council adjourned.
W. B. Smith,
Robert Holmes, Mayor.
, Clerk & Treas.
Summer colds
are noted for hanging on.
They weaken your throat
and lungs, and lead to
serious trouble.
Don’t trifle with them.
Take Scott’s Emulsion at
once. It soothes, heals,
and cures.
50c. and sl. All druggy's.
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FrW'txWUlp For Friends.
The dogs of Constantinople wo tha
•cavougors of tiro city. For this reason,
aw well us from innate humanity, the
Turks arc tolerant of thorn, although
visitors to the city find thciu unomia
bkv Asa proof of their intelligence and
recognition of friends Major Johnson
•elites this experience of his own:
Ouo evening 1 was walking with an
English officer, whon a dog came up otul
ticked his hand. Ho told 1110 to notion
that sho would follow us to the bound
ary of her district, as ho had once petted
her and she had never forgotten it Ex
actly as ho hud said, sho followed ns •
uttle way and stopped short in the mid
dle of the street. She wagged her tail
and looked wistfully after us, tat did
not Mir when we called her.
A few nights afterward, retiming
alone to my hotel, 1 passed the sMvne
■pot, when I suddenly felt a cold neon
put into my hand and u tongue licking
my palm. I looked down and saw the
me dog. She had recognized me as
having been with her friend, the officer,
mud as before, she followed mo to Uhj
houndary of her district.
Pritilut’lnß n Unnil Impression.
“1 suppose,” said the editor as he
spread the manuscript out on the desk
in front of him. “that you call this
poetry. ”
‘‘Not at all,” answered the young
man who had submitted it. “I desig
nate it merely as versification.”
When the editor had recovered frfirn
his astonishment, he made haste to say:
•‘‘You may leave it. I have no doubt
I shall find considerable merit in it,
and I shall he glad to look it over oare
ifuliy at my leisure. ” —Chicago Post.
Worse Than the Dlieatr.
ifiandont Harry—l wasted de hull
tnornin yesterday readin a piece in de
pap- r about how ter git rich.
Tiepass Teddy—Didn't it tell how
yer could do it f
Handout Harry—lt didn't tell no
way but workin.—San Francisco Ex
.suniner.
Mores to Buruesville.
The Columbus Ledger last Friday
contained the following item;
j “Miss Della Roquemore left yes
i terday for Barnesville, Ga., where she
expects to reside in the future. Miss
1 Della has many friends here who will
deeply regret her departure, and con
sider their loss as Barnesville's gain.”
LIKES TIIE AMERICAN COMPANY*
PRESS.
An Arkansas Firm L’sed it Last Season
With Great Satisfaction.
From the Commercial Appeal, Mem
phis, Tenn.
A. J. Clements, of the firm of Cle-
ments & Daniel, cotton ginners of
Lonoke, Ark., was in the city yester
day. Mr. Clements was seen by a
Commercial Appeal representative in
the office oi the American Cotton
Company, in the Continental building
and he'talked very enthusiatically of
that company’s Roundlap bale press,
which he had been operating at his
gin the past season. He compressed
about 4,000 bales on his Roundlrp
bale press, and the cotton was all
sold at the press at Memphis prices.
Mr. Clements says that a Roundlap
bale from the American Company’s
press will net from $2.50 to $3.00
more than from the old press. In
fact, a farmer a few months ago, made
a test of the matter, bringing the ex
act number of pounds of the same
quality to Mr. Clements that he did
to a square bale press, without letting
either gin know he was making the
test, and the Roundlap bale netted
just $3.75 more than the square bale.
• Mr. Clement says that one season
has satisfied him of the merits of the
American Company’s Roundlap bale
press. It is a good thing he says,
both for the ginner and the farmer,
and his firm will continue its use and
abandon its other press entirely.
SERMON TO MASONS-
On Sunday June 25th at the Pres
byterian church by the Rev. F. R.
Graves a masonic sermon will be de
livered to the members of Pinta
Lodge No S8 F. A. M. at the 11 a.
m. service. 'Lhe people generally
are cordially invited and especially
the triends and families of the mem
bership of this lodge. An appropri
ate selection of music will be rendered
by the choir selected for the occasion.
Your presence is desired; come early
and secure a comfortable seat. Pinta
Lodge was instituted under dispensa
tion January 1549 and on Oct. 31st,
1849, received its charter. It has
held its connection with the order
continuously for fifty years, and today
it stands as the strongest of the fra
ternities that we have with us not
withstanding the changes and vicissi
tudes attending these fifty years in
the history of our town. This lodge
lias always been in the forefront and
her members gave material strength
and aid in the prosperity and prog
ress of the town. They were import
ant in their influence in building up,
fostering and encouraging all enter
prises looking to the educational,
moral and religious improvement of
the people. This lodge was the orig
inator of the first educational institute.
Both the place and the building as
also the instructors were provided,
and for a period directed all the ar
rangements m procuring teachers and
assisting in providing students and
using its influence to secure scholars
from distant places and thus make the
academy dispense “light and know
ledge" to the uninformed. Today
the cardinal and the theological vir
tues are exemplified in the lives of its
members and they continue to incul
cate the principles of brotherly love,
relief and truth and their good deeds
will live for years to bless their mem
ory in the lit ai ls anil minds of the
recipients of their noble benevolence.:
Remember all are invited to partici-!
pate in the services at the church. So
come and worship the Lord with
them, for “He is good and His liter
cies endure fotever."
The best donkeys ccma from Arabia.
They have clean, smooth coats, hold
their heads high and are used only for
riding purposes. Many are sent to Per
sia, where they sell for high sums.
They are well looked after aud their
harnessi ngs are of the richest.
Herr Dusen, a German traveler who
explored the west coast of Patagonia,
says that mosses of all species are de
veloped there to an extraordinary de
gree. They grow in immense heaps, the
explorer sinking to his armpits in aoxne
of them.
REPLIES TO MR. STAFFORD.
When I read about two weeks ago
an article in The Gazette over the
signature of J. W. Stafford I did not
become alarmed by any means, tor I
remembered that the great govern
ment under which we lived was stand
ing upon a broad and solid basis, and
therefore I could not believe that
any one man or even any dozen men
combined could have the power to
overturn said government. But I
must acknowledge that in reading
said article I was surprised and even
greatly astonished at the language the
w-riter used. I thought that every
sane man in our country had long
since learned that slavery had been
abolished, and that the bickerings and
hard sayings among the people on
account of the agitation of the slavery
question had ceased forever. My
friend Stafford appears to favor a re
newal of the old sectional feelings
and prejudices between the North
and South. He even manifests as
much hostility and animosity against
our northern brethren as Yancey and
Rhett did in time of slavery, and this
is very erroneous, a bad and even
dangerous spirit that never fails to
militate against the interests of our
country. It is a certain verity that
peace and harmony are essential to
the prosperity and happiness of the
people who inhabit this broad land
and country of ours. Consequently
it is the imperative duty of every cit
izen to seek to strengthen the bonds
and ties that hold together the differ
ent states of our glorious union.
I am at a loss to know what motive
friend Stafford can have in censuring
and abusing the northern people on
account of the introduction of slavery
into the South. It is a fact well
known to every intelligent man that
there were thousands of men in both
North and South who were bitterly
opposed to the institution of slavery
from the time of the organization of
the government down to the com
mencement of the civil war. George
Washington set his slaves free, be
lieving that slavery was wrong. Hen
ry Clay, a Southern man, and the
greatest statesman the world ever
produced, although a slave-holder,
declared publicly time and again that
slavery was both a moral and national
evil. Abraham Lincoln, who was
born on Southern soil where slavery
was tolerated, was always opposed to
the further extention of slavery and
was fir ally made by the great Ruler
of the universe an instrument in re
moving the curse from our land for
all time to come.
Now, the truth is both North and
South were to blame foi* the introduc
tion and toleration of slavery in our
country. Who is so foolish as to be
fretting about that thing now? Just
as well fret and dispute about old
Adam plucking a red apple from the
limb of a tree and then trying in his
mouth the flavor of the fruit.
I wish to remind Mr. Stafford of an
important fact. When the civil war
ended all the men of the North and
South, Grant and Lee included, laid
down t eir arms and declared that
they would bury the tomahawk for
ever, and fie who is so ungenerous
and wicked as to attempt to dig up
this tomahawk and renew the strife
and bloodshed as of old, will as cer-
tainly have condemnation resting up
on him as it did upon old Cain for
slaj ing his brother Abel.
I am truly sorry that the said gen
tleman is so badly mistaken touching
the antagonism of northern men to
ward the institution of slavery. They
did not oppose the extention of slav
ery or the expansion of slave territory
because they were unfriendly toward
the South. O, no, they loved the
South, and were willing to do any
thing within their power to advance
the interest and prosperity cf her cit
izens. The great and influential men
of the North, such as Hale, Giddings,
Phillips, Summer, Seward and the
eloquent Beecher were as loyal to
the constitution and government of
the United States as Stephens,
Toombs and Hill ever dared to be.
And right here I wish to sav a few
words in order to make things plain.
The institution of slavery as it existed
in the South was so terribiv abused
as to cause sin to be piled up moun
tain high. The negro was kept in
ignorance, children were separated
from the parents, wives separated from
husbands, and then carried to a mar
ket place and put upon the block and
sold to the highest bidder as they do
horses and mules. 0, my dear sir,
those were some of the things that
me* the righteous indignation of the
great and good men of the North.
Jones Bush.'
SI4OO.
Buys just the guano to put
on stubble. Only 4o sacks
left.
Huguley & Bloodworth.
fk Mlisn a .-.nil WhMn? Habits
3 M U 1 1 at burnt' vrita
■ BalllS IVv t‘i bain. •!.>.'* of [xir
f| ■ • Iw# Iwl lirular* aent FKKK.
UUKHM B M WOOI.LKY. N.D.
Allut*. SS. Office lOt K. Pryor St
A REDUCTION IN
THE COTTON AREA
COll MISSION Kit OF AUIt I CULT.
IKK STKVKNS ESTIMATES A 15
PER 1 ISN'T REDUCTION.
GOOD WHEAT BUT POOR OATS
Farmers Urged to UtEiz i Every Avail*
able Acre of Land Uy Planting
It In Cowpeas.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, June 20, 1899.
Since our last letter many changes
have taken place on the farm, and much
good work has been done in most all
sections of the state. The harvesting of
wheat- and oats began some weeks since
in South Georgia with a fairly good
yield of wheat, but the oat crop will be
short, owing to the fact that the
weather conditions for both fall and
spring were unpropitious for seed
ing, and many sections have suffered for
the want of rain in May. From our crop
reports it will be seen that the acreage
in corn has been very materially in
creased this year, amouutiug to 24
per cent over last yoar. Wheat shows
an increase of l.i per cent. It would
have been much higher bad the weather
conditions for seeding last fall been fa
vorable. We are encouraged to believe
that in the future Georgia will raise her
own corn and wheat and have this grain
ground into meal and flour by mills
within the borders of our own state.
Why no:? Can we afford longer not;
to do so?
Now, when yon ha-e harvested your
ymall grain crop, we would urge the
farmers to utilize every available acre
of land by planting it in cowpeas. The
cowpea is the salvation of our wornout
and wasted lauds, it is the salvation of
our uplands, onr lowlands, our rich
lands and our poor lauds—we believe,
too, that it will be the solution of the
fertilizer question. Plant oue-half your
land in peas aud in five years you can
curtail your expense for guano one half,
and your crops will yield as much as
they do nuder the present system.
After trying this plan for ten years
We believe that you would find it
necessary t buy very little of the
high priced ammoniated guanos, if
any at ali. In some way we must de
crease the parohaso of conimerc al jertll
izr, aud this, in our judgment, can be
dono by planting large pea crops and
making your own guano at home. This
cannot be done at once, but could be
accomplished in a few years. Won’t
you begin now—this season—aud plant
your lands in peas? We cun only hint
at these matters, aud cannot take space
to elaborate them. Won’t you make
this a memorable year for a large pea
crop, and thereby not only improve
your lands, but obtain a splendid forage
crop besides?
REDUCTION OF COTTON ACREAGE.
We are glad to announce a reduc
tion of the cotton acreage, not only in
Georgia, but throughout the entire cot
ton belt. There has also been a
reduction in the amount of com
mercial fertilizers used. While the
reduction of cotton acreage has not
been as large as we might have
wished, still we have made a good
showing. For the season of 1897 and
1898 Georgia used up to June 1, 1898,
about 423,000 tons of commercial fertil
izers. For the season of 1898 and 1899
Georgia used up to June 1, 1899, about
835,000 tons, or 21 per cent less than
last season. Last season Georgia spent
the enormous sum, in round numbers,
of 18.500,000 for commercial fertilizers.
For this season Georgia spent about
$8,750,000 for commercial fertilizers.
Thus about $1,750,000 have been saved
to the farmers of this state. We must
not forget that a considerable amount
of the fertilizers for this season
was used in the increased acreage
of wheat, and other crops than cot
ton, for by reference to our crop re
ports it will be seen that the wheat and
corn acreage has been very materially
increased. Hence we can safely esti
mate that the amount of commercial
fertilizers has been reduced 20 per oeut
as applied to the cotton crop alone. We
note with pleasure that other states
have also reduced their cotton acreage.
In onr judgment, the reduction of the
cotton acreage in some of the
states is greater than is shown by
the reports of the United States
Agricultural Department and those
issued by Latham, Alexander & Cos.
We have been in direct communi
cation with the Departments of Agri
culture for the various cotton producing
states, and from the information re
ceived from such sources we are led to
believe that the cotton acreage for the
entire cotton belt has been reduced at
least 15 per cent this season. We are
mindful that other sources place this
reduction at only 10 per cent, but we
; believe that time will prove that we are
i right in this estimate.
The Georgia State Board of Entomol
ogy has recently issued a bulletin deal
ing with the insect pests and fungous
diseases, designated as dangerously in
jurious to plants, with suggestions for
remedial work, for distribution among
the farmers and fruit growers of the
state. This publication will be sent
free to all such interested persons who
fiake application for it to W. M. Scott.
tate Entomologist, Atlanta, Ga. The
bulletin should be of great interest, not
only to those who are already troubled
with these pests, but also to those whose
premises are at present apparently free.
O. B. STIVE**, Commissioner.
NAILING A LIE
you ever think of the impression that is created by
OLD CHEAP BUGGY?
The inference is that you are a
CHEAP MAN
Nail it as a lie. You are as good as any man living.
Drive the nail home by buying one of Smith’s High Grade
Buggies.
Did somebody say that your credit isn’t good at Smith’s?
Nail it as a lie. Hit it square on the head. Go to church
next Sunday in one of Smith’s beauties.
Come talk with us about prices. The only thing high
abont our buggies is the quality.
J. G. SMITH & SONS.
BfIRNESVILbE
GHfiUTMJQUfI.
o
JULY 2ND TO BTH.
-—-—o
The Grandest Program Ever Offered
By Any Chautauqua Assembly
South. The Sessions Will
Be Held in the Largest
Auditorium in the
State.
FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.
The famous Fifth Regiment
Band, enlarged to 30 men.—The
celebrated Schubert Glee Club.—
Miss Catherine Taylor, Chicago,
soprano soloist. —Lucius M. Hiatt,
New York, Baritone and Cornet
Soloist.—Joseph W. Lucas, Bos
ton, Violin Soloist—Harvey L.
Bassett, Cincinnati, Tenor Solo
ist.—Frank T. Johnson, Boston,
pianist.
SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1899.
10:30 am. Sermon— Dr. Lansing
Burrows. Music by the
Schuberts. •
8 p. m. Lecture—The Cathedral
Aisles-Dr. Lansing Burrows
Music by the Schuberts.
MONDAY, JULY 3RD.
10:30 a. m. Lecture—The School
of Experience.— Rev. Thom
as Dixon, Jr.
Bp. m. Concert—The Fifth Regi
ment Band, assisted by The
Schuberts and the Chautauqua
soloists.
TUESDAY, JULY 4TH.
10:30 a. m. Address —National Is
sues— Hon. William Jen
nings Bryan.
8 p. m. Lecture—The New Woman,
a Plea for the Old Woman.—
Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.
WEDNESDAY, JULY STH.
10:30 a. m. Lecture—Stonewall Jack
son—George R. Wendling,
L. L. D.
Bp. m. Impersonations and Read
ings.—Alba Hey wood, Chi
cago.
THURSDAY, JULY 6tH.
i 0:30 a. m. Georgia Day —Ad
dresses— Hon. S. G. McLen
don, Senator A. S. Clay,
Gov. A. D. Candler, Hon.
Flem dußignon, Hon. Du
pont Guerry.
Bp. m. Lecture —The Man of Gali
lee—George R. Wendling,
L. L. D.
FRIDAY, JULY 7TH.
10:30 a. m. Lecture—Abraham Lin
r^zjut'
I
coln.—Hon. Henry Watter
son.
Bp. m. Concert— Miss Taylor, so
prano soloist: rir. Hiatt, cor
netist; Hr. Lucas, violinist;
Mr. Bassett, tenor soloist;
Hr. Johnson, pianist.
SATURDAY, JULY BTH.
10:30 a. m. Lecture—The last Days
of the Confederacy.—Gener
al John B. Gordon.
Bp. m. Grand Finale—Combined
Musical talent of the Chau
tauqua.
All railroads have granted a rate of
one fare for round trip from every point
in Geoigia. Fifteen or twenty counties
will hold an inter-county teachers insti
tute in connection with the chautauqua,
conducted by Dr W. S. Payne, president
of the Peabody Normal College, Nash
vile, Tenn.; Hon. G. R. Glenn, state
school commissioner; Prof. G. G. Bond,
superintendent public schools, Athens,
Ga., and Prof. Jere M. Pound, president
Gordon Institute, Barnesville, Ga. It is a
rich program in every feature, and it is
a rare opportunity for instruction an and
entertainment.
Hie MassacHus6tts Mutai
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tield. Mass-
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This old and reliable life insuiance
company will insure your life at the
lowest rates consistent with safety,
under the laws of Massachesetts, the
best insurance laws in the world.
Cash and paid up values written in
the policy and guaranteed. Large an
nual dividends. Grace in payment of
premiums. Prompt payment at death
or maturity. Sample policy will be
furnished on receipt of age and ad
dress.
\\. K. Wilkinson,
General Agent,
Barnesville, Ga.
P. O. Box 66.
City Taxes.
All who have not already done so
are requested to give in their property
for city taxation. The time is getting
short in which to give it in and Mr.
Robert Holmes, clerk and treasurer,
wants everybody to attend to the
matter at once. Go to see him and
give in your property.
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