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Farmers’ Column.
Edited Weekly By W. B. Rod
denbery.
“I told you so” I have sold out
my entire stock of Coles Univer
sal Planters and can’t get any
more this season, for the reason
that the factory is unable to fill
orders now in 1 <nd, therefore, a
number of fanners ho ant
these planters mu>t ait unt il an
other season to get them, This
proves that my advice to buy ear
ly on account of limited su pply
was not a bluff.
It is folly to plant a crop and
let the grass eat it up; it is also
very foolish t<> expend more mon
ey and labor in cultivating a crop
than the crop will sell l'or after it
is made.
Profit is what up to date farm
ers are striving for, and the best
way to increase the profit is to de
crease the cost of production and
at the same time increase the
yield.
Under present conditions in
this section this can be done in no
other way than by the use of la
bor saving Implements. You can’t
reduce the cost of land, mules,
wagons, tools or fertilizers; you
can’t cut down the wages of farm
hands, but you can make one man
do the work of two to four by
using the right tool at the right
time, thus cutting down |the cost
of cultivation 50 to 75 per cent.
When a merchant invests in a
stock of merchandise he figures
the per cent of profit he can make
and it. is high time farmers were
figuring percentage some too.
Now let’s figure a little:
The best way to kill grass is to
do it before it comes up and gets
well rooted; this can be done eas
iest and cheapest with the Hal
lock Weeder, Every one-horse
farmer as well as big farmer
should use this tool; run it broad
cast over corn, cane, pindars and
other crops just before they come
up, thereby keeping down grass
and weeds over the entire surface
of the field and helping to secure
a good stand and at the same time
thoroughly pulverizing the sur
face soil. Continue to run the
weeder over the land after each
rain as soon as a crust is formed
until the cane and corn is knee
high or higher, you wont injure
the crop, but will destroy the
grass and weeds in their infancy
and keep the entire surface of the
field, middles and all, soft and
well mulched with dust; grass
can’t sprout in dust. A twelve
year old boy and one horse can
go over 12 to 15 acres a day as the
weeder cuts seven and a half feet
at each through. Stumps are not
a bar to the use of this tool—sim
ply go aound the stumps. Run
the weeder over oats and increase
the yield, also run it cross ways
over cotton before chopping.
Don’t use the weeder while the
ground is very wet but use it con
tin uosly during drougth as it con
serves the moisture and keeps the
crop growing.
The poorest and most expensive
way to kill grass is with a hoe, by
rapid and constant use of the
weeder you will have little or no
hoeing to do on any crop.
Now is the time to buy while I
have* a good stock on hand.
Every two horse farmer should
use the Moline Walking Cultiva
tor No. 226 Southern, with adjust
able arch, Dauble Corner Parallel
Beams, adjustable spring Trip
Shanks. No other cultivator is
as gaod.
With this implement you strad
dle the row and work both sides at
one through, running either one
or two furrows on each side of the
row as you prefer. You can use
Scooters, Shovels, Turn Plows,
Sweeps and Scrapes on this tool ;
and do just as good w®rk as with
a single stock. One man with
two horses can do the work of
tour men and four, horses a great
portion of the time :ftid do the
work of two all the time. You
Can use the same plows you now
have on hand on the Moline
Southern.
Use four .scooters or shovels,
and four furrows both sides of
the row at one trip.
Use two sweeps and two turn
plows and side both sides of the
row and also brush the middles
out at same trip, Use two large
sweeps and side both sides of
the row lapping m the middles
at one trip. The Moline South
ern is not a one crop machine
hut works equally well for Corn,
Cotton, Cane, Pindars, Tobacco,
and other crops.
Remember the name “Moline
Southern, »» Some other cultiva
tors claim to be as good but the
test-in the field under all condi
tions wont sustain the claim.
The Moline has been fully tested
in this section and is suited to
conditions, don , t be de
our so
ceived by oily tongued agents
but buy 3 the best, for the best is :
none too good for South Geor
gia farmers. The Moline . i
& is ve
ry 3 simple r and easy 3 to operate, r
but I will send a man to your
field to set you 3 right if you
should have trouble . oper-1
any m
ating & it. !
I T fnith r . 1 . these ,
am proving my in
‘
tools . , bv using . five , Molmes T .. and 3
four r tt Hallock 11 1 tit Weeders i on my
farm, I T don , ^ t hesitate ^ to
own
recommend these two lmpli
ments to our farmers for I have
tested them fully for several
years and I feel that I am put
ting money into the pocket of
every farmer to whom I sell one.
I buv them in car lots, and
my prices are right. I now have
on hand a good supply ready
for delivery, and earnestly solic
it your patronage.
Yours for bigger profit in
farming,
W. B. Roddenbery.
Produce Market.
(Corrected Weekly By Wight Bro-i.)
Cotton 14
Syrup (In bbls).......20 to 23c
Corn .. . (Shelled) per bu 70c
Corn . .. (In ear) <( “ doc
Meal.. . 44 a 75 c
Peas... .. (yellow) per bu $1.25
Peas.... .. (White a i 1 2.00
Meat... .... (Sides) per lb io.c
Hams.. a 44 12*
Lard.... 1 1 11 IOC
Chickens.. .-(Grown) 25 and 35c
Chickens (Spring Fryers) 25 to 30
Eggs Per doz i2^c
Tax Notice.
FIRST ROUND.
Chastian, April 1st, a. m.
Coolidge, < i 4 i p. m.
Coolidge, ( ( end, a. m.
Merrellville, t i i i p. m.
Patter, 4 4 4th a. m.
Pavo, 4 4 4 4 p. 111.
Barwiek, 4 4 5 th
Boston, 4 4 6th
Glasgow, 4 4 7th,
Metcalfe, 4 4 Btli,
Duncanville, 4 1 9th,
Cairo, 4 4 11th,
Akridge, 4 4 12th, a. m.
R. Singletary’s Store, 4 4 12th, p. 111.
Spence, 4 4 I3th-,
Meigs, 4 4 14th,
Ochlochonee, 4 4 15th,
Pine Park, 4 4 16th,
I will be at court house in Thomasville
the third week in April.
Jno. F. Howard,
Tax Receiver,
An interesting letter from Dr.
McCord, who is now in New
York, appears in this issue.
Dr. McCord Writes From New
York to the Messenger.
I shall be unable to give you
any hooks and crooks from the
town of Whigharn for a few
weeks, so shall report a short let
ter from the city of New York
to your paper, which at least in
teres t some of your readers.
Accompanied by Dr. Walker
of your town we left Georgia
Tuesday the 22nd. for this great
city. As we speeded along the
thought would repeatedly come
to our minds “what a grand old
state is Georgia,” and especially
did we form the opinion as we
passed through the Carolinas,
for there is nothing encouraging
along the line of the R. R. m
these two states. When we
reached Florence S. C. we took
the Pullman sleeper and enjoyed
a nights rest. Just as the sjin
was rising over the eastern hills
of Virginia, we passed through
Richmond—the beautiful south
ern Confederate town. Then as
we coursed from there to Wash
ington we would often recall in
our minds the times when our
father c s, uncles, old friends , . , etc.
stoo(J the hardshi and illed
their blood - many of them—on
this . . plain fighting for the lost
t
- It when ,
cause. was 10,a. m. we
crossed 3 the , . beautiful old river .
„ Potomoc, then to the union . ,
. , vvashmgton. X7 Concluding ~
pot in t
to spend . r few . hours . the .
r a m cap- r
itol city, . we passed out of. the
depot through ; \ the waiting room
r &
. which Garfieid .
in was assasma
ted, and from there visited .
we
the various public buildings of
the city. We beg space to say
here that it is a treat to any one
to visit Washington and see how
much money Uncle Sam has
spent in making this the pret
tiest Capitol city on earth.
As Congress and Senate were
in session, we visited these two
bodies, and while there met up
with our Congressman Griggs
who introduced us to our senator
Mr. Steve Clay also gave us an
intoduction to Congressman
Hurst of New York, who as we
know—is a democratic candidate
for president of the U. S.;
had a short lalk with Mr. Hurst
and he admitted that he was in
the fight. He is a man of very
fine appearence. After
tht capitol we visited the White
House, but failed to get a glimpse
of “Teddy”. We then returned
to the Union depot and pursued
our course to N. Y. over.the
Pennsylvania Rail Road, and
just as the sun went down be
hind the western hills of Mary
w r e speeded through the great
city of Baltimore. It was only
a few hours of rapid traveling
through Delaware into the beau
tiful city of Pheladelphia, across
Nev r Jersey, over the Hudson
and we found ourselves in the
great Metroppolis of our coun
try. We are here for a few weeks
of special college and hospital
study, after which we shall re
turn to our homes in the sunny
south to continue the practice
of our chosen profession.
M. M. M.
Buy at Home.
For the benefit of the people
of Cairo who send away from
home to buy what they want,
we reproduce the following from
the Waycross Herald:
a There are good reasons for
believing that home people are
buying less of their goods away
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! \ ever shown in Whisham will be put before the public" at
j: my Spring Opening next
: : Tuesday and Wednesday.
: A general invitation is extended to all to call in aud
\ see my line on the above dates.
; Very Respectfully,
:
7 Miss Doilie Weldon,
; WH 1 GHAM, GEORGIA,
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► Everything the here—Prices
on Jump jumping
down, qualities jumping up and hundreds of people
who are always on the lookout for the
Best Goods at Lowest Prices
are jumping into our store and jumping at the Bar
gains we have to offer. Join in with them and “get
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i Chickens and will
eggs answer in the place of money.
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Higdon Maxwell, Sz
Successors to Cobb Lewis "•9
Whigham, Ga.
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!Pure Druga and 9//ed/c/nes.
Especial attention paid to the compounding
of
I fPhi/sicians’ ^Prescriptions.
We keep m stock all the standard Patent Medicines,
Perfumery, Extracts and Florida Water, also a nice line
of Stationery, Toilet Soaps, Bath Soaps, Face Powders,
'Tooth Powders, Hair Brushes, Cloth Brushes, Tooth
Brushes, Dressing and Fine Combs,
imported and ‘Domestic Cigaro and
j Z/Jie finest Soda ‘lita ter in Zfoivn.
Customers will find our stock complete. We are
constantly adding every new novel article that comes
j within our line of business. i
If you see a medicine advertised and want it we will
gladly get if for you it we don’t have it in stock.
Your patronage always appreciated.
Yours Respectfully,
y. Si. jrfndcrocn, ~ * 11 ?high am, Sa.
from home than ever before. It
is a good sign. So long as home
merchants deal fairly and sell
goods at reasonable profits it is
the duty of home people to pat
ronize them. On at least half
the orders given to the mail or
der house the purchaser is fooled
if not actually a loser financially.
If you bny at home and there is
anything wrong with your pur
chase, you can have it made
right. Not so when you order
away from home.
The editor would thank the
son-of-a-gun, who eloped with
his little meerschaum pipe from
off his desk, to return the same.
Scripture says there is hope for
the vilest sinner, but a man who
would Meal from a country edi
tor, can hardly hope for redemp
tion. Again, friend, or fiend,
let us beseech of you to return
that pipe.
Church Directory.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday af
ternoon at 8 o’clock, B. A. Par
ker, Superintendent:
meeting 7 o'clock, on Thursday evenings
in which all are
to take part. Preaching
2 nd and 4 tli Sunday mornings
evenings by the pastor, Rev. G- 1
Reviere. All cordially invited. *
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School every
morning at 10 o’clock Superintend
by Mr. R. M- Bower,
ent. Week Prayer-meeting or
service on Wednesday
ing at 7 o’clock, generally
ducted by pastor but a[l are
ted to join in the exercises. Sw
Preaching every 1st and 8rd
day mornings and evenings by
pastor, Rev. N. G.
A welcome is extended by
to all to attend these services.
See change iu ad of Higdon I
& Maxwell in this issue.