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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 iiriftiiiiiiii iiiiiiii i i i i • i • i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i iiiiiij i i i i fl , : I I 1 »111 : The Grandest ; DISPLAY OF i j: Hats, Flowers and Ribbons : ! \ 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, ; 1 I I I ■ I I I 1 ■ I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I | | | | | 1 | , 1 | |. , 1 , , ■•■■■Hill, •Mil* = ► Better Goods • , 1 for Less Money! ► ■ AT- : Higdon & Maxwell's- ! ► ► 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 . on the jump. n ► i Chickens and will eggs answer in the place of money. ► ► Higdon Maxwell, Sz Successors to Cobb Lewis "•9 Whigham, Ga. AAAAilAAiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlAAAAA4AAAAAAAAAl»4 1 * AAAAAA4AAAAAAA. . . S^o r . . | I !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.