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Whigham Department
Whigham prosperity contin
ues.
Happy springtime is here
again.
Mr. G. L. Bunch spent Sun
day in Meigs with relatives and
friends.
a Ye scribe’ is back at his post
of duty after a few weeks stay
in New York.
Mr. Dick Odom of Cairo, spent
Sunday and Monday in our town
and at the conference.
Mr. J. W. Lane of Havana,
was at home for a few days the
early part of the week.
The small-pox scare has about
sub-sided and every bodv comes
to town that wants to.
Dr. W. M. Searcy and brother
of Cairo, were hand-shaking in
our town last Saturday.
Messrs. R. L. Vanlandingham
and Murray Maxwell of Cairo,
spent Sunday in our town.
Mr. Thomas Evans of Climax,
attended services at the Metho
dist church here last Sunday.
Mr. J. B. Harrell went to
Thomasville Friday last to con
sult Dr. McIntosh in regard to
himself.
Mr. J. E. Cobb has improved
the appearance of his home very
much by making a few recent
improvements.
Mr. W. M. Powell and three
of his daughters of Climax, were
guests of Mr. G. B. Trulock and
family last Sunday.
Mr. Buaiow M. Campbell, the
representative of the Hartford
Life Insurance Co. of Bainbridge
was in our town Monday.
If you want a dress go to a
dry-goods store but if you want
cold drinks go to Chapmans or
Andersons. They have^them.
Rev. y. B. Wight, one of the
prosperous farmers of Cairo was
m attendance at the Methodist
conference in Whigham Mon
day.
Mr. Jas. Bell of Bell’s mill vi
cinity, was a pleasant visitor to
our town Monday. Mr. Bell
came to have some machinerv
repaired.
There seems to be quite an \
epidemic of measles in our town |
and vicinity at this time, but
we know of no serious result of
tlie epidemic yet.
Piano and insurance agents
have been plentiful of late.
Quite a combination, tor a man
might have his life insured then
o
play himself to death.
Mr. Henry Holiwav was united
in th^ holy bonds of wed-lock a
fev °cro to Miss Fannie
y "’ r of Rev, P. F.
Ma, "Me in
W'higham
Dr. Craig at Antic
store has originated quite
elty on the “old oaken bucke
You will see it in Anderson’s
drug window. Stop and take a
peep at it when passing.
Dr. L. Calvin Grahm has just
completed his junior course in
the Southern Dental College at
Atlanta and is at home to pic
nic with his many friends in va
rious sections of Decatur until
October.
Mrs. Celesta Harrell gave the
younger set of young people at
Whigham a a tacky party last
Friday evening. A large
ber were present with their
merous “tacky” costumes and all
made a merry time and went
home happy.
The Quinn residence is being
rapidly pushed to completion.
When completed it will be one
of the most commodious and
palatial residences in this sec
tion. Postmaster Quinn is the
kind of a man that believes what
is worth doing at all is worth
doing well.
The quarterly conference for
Cairo and Whigham convened
at the Whigham M. E. church
Monday morning, Eldei Cooke
in chair, a very interesting ser
vice was held, also Rev Cooke
preached a very interesting ser
mon Sunda.y morning and eve
ning.
The city council are making
arrangements for placing the ar
tesian well tank. They are lay
ing down brick on Broadway
just in front of Parkei’s shop
for the erection of the founda
tion for the tank. They have
decided to locate the tank at the
above point as that is about the
highest point in Whigham.
Dr. J. W. Darsey, a recent
graduate of the Southern De’ r>_
tal College of Atlanta, will locate
in Whigham next week for the
practice of dentistry, Dr. Dar
S ey is a young man who needs
no introduction to this section
as he was born and raised on the
sandy hills os .. old Decatur”,
so he is one of our own boys who
have come home to reside with
us. Let us give him our encour
i
agement.
We are very sorry to note that
Dr. Z. V. Parker has left our
town. Dr. Parker came here
last £alI and since that time has
rnade scores of friend , who are
pained to separate f**cm him.
The doctor was unable to make
satisfactory arrangements for an
office - so he has decided to go
to Chicago for a post graduate
dental course and then locate in
his native state North Carolina.
The best wishes of his large
number of friends follow him as
he leaves one section to go to
other parts of the moral vln vard '
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with a gallon of
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We are glad t om our
Whigham eorresdv.
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Farmers’ Column.
Edited Weekly By W. B. Rod=
denbery.
4 T told you so” I have sold out
my entire stock of Coles Univer
sa i Planters and can’t get any
more this s season, for the reason
that the factory is unable to fill
orders now in hand, therefore a
number of farmers who want
these planters must wait until an
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 cultivating a crop
than the crop will sell for after ii
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
c ther way than by the use of la
bor saving Implements. You can’u
reduce the cost cf land, mules,
wagons, tools or fertilizers; yo"
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 r
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 tc
do it before it comes up and gets
well rooted; this can be done eas
iest and cheapest w ith the Hal
iock 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
raili 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 eacli 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
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
i hoeing to do on any crop.
L Now 18 the time to buy Willie I
have good , stock . band.
a 0 on
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 011 each side of the
row as you prefer. You can use
Scooters, Shovel's, Turn Plows,
We’ll Pay You
To Help Us!
W e’ll pay you to help us move our stock of merehandi ise.
August 1st we move to Coolidge, Ga. You Help Us by making,
purchase , at our store—We „ 11 from 5 to 65
pay you per cent or
least give you this discount on every dollar’s worth buy **
On Millinery 10*0 25 you fro, n
per cent; on Clothing 15to 60 Per cent; on.
Hats, Caps and Shoes 5 to 65 per cent, A dollar saved is a dollar
made. Come and see us before buying and make or save this
cent that you will have to pay elsewhere, We’ll Per
pay you hi*heg
prices for country produce. Yours to serve,
G. L. DURBIN H. W. Montcrief, ■Manager.
So Vo
*Baggett & <£ewis
S^or
fertilizers, ffay, Srain
& all kinds
Senera/TOarehousem en,
Phone 58.
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Brown’s Shoes
From coast to coast a popular toast,
j Brown's Shoes. Look for the Mark.
J| mMi Shoes bearing this MARK 1*5*1
j give the best SERVICE.
\<n Jiriy// / the The STAR-FIVE-STAR best leather and workmanship in *5*
.. SHOES.
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★5*i YOU ARE WELL DRESSED
if you wear Brown’s Shoes.
m WE SELL and RECOMMEND
xV PA7* L Shoes bearing this Mark.
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Buy no other.
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J. L,. OLIVER. H
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Sweeps and Scrapes on this tool
and do just as good work as with
a single stock. One man with i
two horses can do the work of
tour men and four horses a great
portion of the time and do the
work of two all the time. You
can use the same plows you now j
have on hand on the Moline
Southern. o
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
but 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
our conditions, so don’t be de
ceived by oily tongued agents
but buy the best, for the best is
none too good for South Geor
gia farmers. The Moline is ve
ry simple and easy to operate,
but I will send a man to your
field to set you right if you
should have any trouble in oper
ating it.
I am proving my fuith in these
tools by using five Molines and
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body ' t k f P lt - the very be8t
I i makes of Watches and Clocks
► to be found. And aside from
t getting the right kind of time
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l when you buy from me you
[ have the advantage of knowing
[ that if they don’t keep correct
[ time, I either exchange them or
t keep them in repiar for you.
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you see me
\ C. P. Sanders, :
t Jeweler,
Cairo = = Georgia*:
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four Hallock Weeders on my
own farm, I don’t hesitate to
recommend these two imph
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 ot
every farmer to whom I sell one.
I buy them in car lots, and
my prices are right, I now have
nn hand a good supply ready
for delivery, and earnestly sohc
it your patronage.
Yours for bigger profit in
farming,
W. B. Roddenbery.