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Farmers' Column.
Edited Weekly By W. B. Rod=
denbery.
“I told you* so” I have sold
my entire stock of Coles
sal Planters and can’t get
more this season, for the reason
that the factory is unable to fill
orders now in l and, therefore a
number of f. liners ho
these planters must ait until
other season to get them, This
proves that my advice to buy ear
ly on account of limited supply
was not a bluff. *
It is folly to plant a crop and
let the grass eat it up: it is also
very foolish to expend more mon
ey and labor in < ultival ing a
than tho crop will sell lor after it
is made.
Profit is what up to date
ers are striving for, and the
way to increase the profit is to de
crease the cost of production and
at the same time increase
yield.
Under present conditions
this section this can be done in
ether way than by the use of
bor saving I mplements. You
reduce the cost of land, mules,
wagons, tools or fertilizers; you
can’t cut down t he wages of
hands, but you can make one
do the work of two to four
using the right tool at the
time, thus cutting down |the
of cultivation 50 to 75 per cent.
When a merchant invests in a
stock of merchandise he
the per cent of profit he can make
and it is high time farmers
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 am icapes t, 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 111 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—91111
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
tinuosly 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 work as with
a single stock. One man with
two horses can do the work o:
tour men and four horses a great
portion of the time and do the
work ot two all the time. You
can use the same plows you now
have on hand on the Moline
•Southern.
Use four scooters or
and four furrows both sides
the row at one trip.
Use two sweeps and two turn
plows and side both sides of
row and also brush the middles
out at same trip. Use two
sweeps and side both sides
the row lapping m the middies
at one trip. The Moline
ern is not a one crop
but works equally well for Corn,
Cotton, Cane, Pindars, Tobacco,
and other crops.
Remember the name
Southern, Some other
tors claim to be as good but
test in the field under all
tions wont sustain the claim.
The Moline has been fully
in this section and is suited
our conditions, so don't be
ceived by oily tongued
but buy the best, for the best
none too good for South
gia farmers. The Moline is
ry simple and easy to operate,
but I will send a man to
field to set you right if
should have any trouble in
ating it.
I am proving my fuith in these
toois by using five Molines and
four Hallock Weeders on mv
own farm, I don’t hesitate to
recommend these two impli
tnents 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 buy them in car lots, and
my prices are right. I now have
"n 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 Bros.)
Cotton 14
Syrup (In bbls) 20 tO 23*C
Corn (Shelled) per bu 70c
Corn (In ear) 60c
Meal 75c
Peas.....(yellow) per bu $1.25
Peas...... (White “ “ 2.00
Meat. (Sides) per lb 10c
Hams . U 12$
Lard. IOC
Chickens. . .(Grown) 25 and 35c
Chickens (Spring Fryers) 25 to 30
Eggs Per doz I2^c
Meeting Still in Progress.
The protracted meeting at
the Methodist Church is still in
pi ogress and two services are
held dailv as they were last
week. Rev, W. H. Budd, of
Blakely, is assisting Rev. Re
viere in the work and some able
sermons have been delivered.
While the meeting is of course
of much good to the people and
the town, there is not the spirit
of consecration and devotion to
the cause of religion that one
might exoect from the work of
these two able, earnest and
faithful ministers, though what
the trouble is we are unable to
sry. It is not known when the
meeting will close.
Read new adv of J L Oliver
which appears in this weeks is
sue.
Working for Svrup Exhibit,
Mr. Geo. Youmans, of Way-
1 cross, and Mr. R. M. Martin, of
the Savannah Press, Savannah,
j were here last week working up
interests in an exhibit to be made
!
at the St. Louis Exposition of
South Georgia cane syrup.
j These gentlemen had just re
j turned from a visit to Cairo,
Thomasville and Boston, where
I they met with gratifyingsuccess,
j I. especially so at Cairo, the lead
ing syrup growing section of
Georgia.
For some reason the demand
for South Georgia syrup has not
been so good as last year, and
the prices therefore have been
depressed accordingly. This is a
matter of vital concern to every
cane grower in the county. The
production of syrup has become
one of the important agricultu
ral industries of this section and
at prices that prevailed last year
a very profitable one.
This season, however, the de
mand has not been so good as
; hoped for and it is of the utmost
j j importance to secure a wider
market at better prices.—Quit
| man Free p ress
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Honor Roll.
Primary Department April 14.
11. Grade.
Raymond Powell,
George Moore,
Margaret Wight,
Marion Vanlandingliam,
Bertie Baggett,
Isola Vanlandingham.
Lillian Poulk,
Robert Hudson,
John Bell.
ill Grade.
Maxie Handley.
Amy Brown,
Isla Fearnside,
Laleah Wight,
Esther Baggett,
Sallie Belcher,
Flovd Hudson,
Alton ArJine,
Alden Wight,
Albert Walke-,
Marshall Reviere,
Weyman Bussey.
A Pathetic Incident. i
While watching the arrivals
and departures at the east bound
train yesterday the news-gather-1
er was witness to two parting I
scenes exceedingly in contrast j
one to another. Upon one hand
a happy, joyous throng of young
people were throwing rice, con
gratulations and good-wishes af
ter a departing bride and groom,
while just upon the other hand
stood two solitary, .sad figures
—a woman and a girl - whose
whole beings seemed shaken
with sorrow and faces streaming
with tears, were waving a
sad farewell to some departing
loved one, probably never to be
seen again. How pitiful to turn
from the sunshine and laughter
of one to the sorrow and heart
aches of the other of these par
ties? And what a strange old
world it is after all? Why do
we have to turn from the rills
of pleasure and ease to the
vales of sighs and tears? Is it
necessary that we have to un
dergo the sorrows to thorough
ly appreciate the gladness of life?
It must be so.
Ball Practice.
We are requested by the cap
tain of the base-ball team to call
the boys together Friday after
noon for practice.
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; A general invitation is extended to ail to call in aud
■ see my line on the above dates.
: Very Respectfully,
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: Miss Dollie Weldon,
: WHIGHAM, GEORGIA.
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Higdon & Maxwell's
Everything on the Jump here—Prices 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. 15
Chickens and eggs will answer in the place of money.
Higdon & Maxwell,
Successors to Cobb «Sr Lewis,
Whigham, Qa.
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Especial attention paid to the compounding
of
{Physicians ’ ^Prescriptions.
We keep 111 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,
if Smported and domestic Cigaro and
Zj/ie finest Soda t lOator in 7Jown.
Customers will find our stock complete. We are
constantly adding every new novel article, that comes
within our line of business.
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,
f. SI.- jincieroon, ~ WhighaTn, Sa.
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■Tno. RgSlNGLETERY. B. W. Adkins.
SINGLETERY & ADKINS,
ATTORNEYS.
CAIRO. GEORGIA.
Office over B. F. Powell’s store.
1ST- Commercial law and Collections.
DR W M. SEARCEY,
DENTIST
Office next to Wight & Browne
Drug Store.
Cairo, Georgia.
W. EARLE OLIVER,
PHBSICIAN & SURGEON.
Cairo, Goorgia.
Residence ’Phone No. 47 .
Office ’Phone No. 12.
Mauldin Bros, have a new ad
in this weeks issue to which we
direct attention. They are ad
vertisers of facts and our readers
can benefit themselves by look
ing over their space every week.
We ask that all interested in the
Church Directory.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock, B. A. Par
ker, Superintendent, Praver*
meeting on Thursday evenings at
7 o’clock, in which all are invited
to take part. Preaching every
2 nd and 4 th Sunday mornings and
evenings by the pastor, Rev. G. P•
Reviere. All cordially invited.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at 10 o’clock conducted
by Mr. Prayer-meeting R. M. Bower, Superintend- Mid
ent. or
Week service on Wednesday even- ■
ing at 7 o’clock, generally con- I
ducted by pastor but iql are invi
ted to join in the exercises.
Preaching every 1 st and 3 rd Sun- the
day mornings and evenings by
pastor, Rev. N. G. Christopher.
A welcome is extended by pastor
to all to attend these services.
welfare of the paper’ patronize
its support. ;
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