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MODERN FENCE WIRE.
fiti Oi won as to Why It Goes to
Pieces So Rapidly.
We 4Uote the following from Hon.
A- S- Cushman:
“T.. . besseiner process is the great
uuxtera method for converting iron
into steel. Manganese plays an ijn:
jportunt art in the bessemer process
JA. i'l. lowe, an experienced metal
Inrg: ays:
“‘In ier to make this steel very
soft so that it will draw easily it is
likely to contain a quantity of blow
holes, winch form centers from which
Tusti ; begins.
“ The steel contains much more
manganese than wrought iron does,
and tins :nanganese may not always
he distributed with absolute uniform
fly. Wherever there is the least lack
of uniforiv.ity there is a difference ot
p<jux> .Lai, which may lead to rusting.'
Electrolysis.
“Were that is hung in the field is in
jnst the condition to suffer from elec
tro’viU if the metal is not perfectly
.homogeneous in structure—that is to
nay, if the manganese and other im¬
pure s are not perfectly distributed
ttoroov-bout the metal. All rain water
con mas small amounts of salts dis
Bo'ved from the dust in the air and is
therefore a conductor of electricity.
Water collected during a thunder
shower is particularly rich in sub¬
stances thal conduct electricity, as the
sparking of the lightning through
moist air forms small quantities of
t nitric acid, and acids conduct elec¬
trical currents even better than salt
solutions. A moment's thought will
shoa that under the conditions cited
we have all the elements present to
cause electrolysis to take place. Dif
tet iices of potential will occur in the
wire, local circuits will be established
through the wires or through the
wires and ground, and currents will
flow. These currents can only be gen¬
erated at the expense of something,
and ir. this case it is the Iron or steel
If it is not the zinc of the galvanized
covering.
Ground Connection a Remedy.
“Aniong the wire fences that have
been under the careful observation oJ
the writer for ,a long time is one
■woven wire fence, five years old, that
contains among its twelve horizontal
wires, all of one roll, seven wires that
are perfectly good from beginning to
end, four that are partially rusted, and
one ihat is badly rusted, without a
pari’icle of zinc remaining on it. Of
the seven perfectly good wires six are
on the bottom; Now, if the theory of
electrolysis is left out of the question
tt would seem that the good wires had
received a better coating of zinc than
the bad wires. This explanation is
not supported either by observation or
experiment. Two wires are made In
the same mill; pass through the same
yAnc bath; are wiped off in precisely
the same way; chemical analysis
shows them to have practically the
JHtise weight of zinc covering per
pound of metal, and yet one wire will
outlast the other live to one on tha
fence. If, however, electrolysis takes
place and if the action can be dimin
ished by keeping the wires electrically
neutral through frequent connections
to the earth, we should then expect
that wires which were kept along
ih-rir whole length in constant contact
with the earth would show greater
lasting quality. Experiments are at
present being made to test the effect
of earthing the fence by frequent con
cectien to the ground.”
A WARNING VOICE.
We wish to impress upon our farm¬
ers the importance of being on their
jpani against the temptation to plant
too much cotton for another
The high prices that have prevailed
will lead to overconfidence, if you are
-sat steadfast in your resolution not
to increase your cotton acreage.
The Cotton Growers' Association
Juts done a great work in
s.bout such united action among South¬
ern. farmers, that they have been able
\o control the price of their great sta
with the gratifying result
They are stronger financially than at
Buy other time since the close of
rreat civil war.
To keep up the Cotton Growers’
sociation is to strengthen your j>osi
ikm of financial influence, won
so many discouraging failures.
it behooves our farmers, who have
yet done so, to join the great
cireion and b> prompt payment of all
owes keep the treasury full of
juearrs that will enable the officers
the Association to push on in the great
■wertt, which has in the past
proved of such great benefit.
Disintegration and the breaking up
of the united front presented
iflte past year by the
-Tf the South, will bring again low
jsices for our great staple and
luss of the great victory so
achieved.
However brilliant may be the
cess thus far obtained by the Cotton
-Growers’ Association, its fruits will
♦•IT t>e dissipated by divided
*nd dfsunlcn.—Georgia Department
Agriculture
A few years ago this country was de*
*endeBt largely upon Spain for all
nisrns It used, Now California en
tirely supplies the home demand and
has a surplus left for less favored
countries.
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^ business Co., is doing the a general old Farmers Warehouse Alliance and Warehouse, Storage ||
at
near the Georgia Depot. |
j i The company offers its services in Weighing
and Storing Cotton for the public at the customary t*
for ”
1 j rates. It also proposes to sell Cotton all its 0
! aw customers direct to the manufacturer, thereby
$$ eliminating the middle man’s profit. 0
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Georgia Legislature.
In the recent session of this
graud body of true representatives
of the people, we have some cf the
best laws for ail the people that
Inis ev^r been past by any
legislature since the lormatiun of
our government. Among these
laws the great, prohibition law
that, we think the best law for all
the , people , .i that t has ever , been past .
by any previous legislature, its
benefits will be felt in every de
partment of business not only in
finance, but in education, morality
and ii; the Christian world that
has been so cursed by the
whiskey saloon trufio that has been
so distructive, both to property
and human life, and then the pas¬
sage of the anti-narcotic bill that
will stop the morphine hubit with
so many good people, b<-th men
and women that are dying for the
want of help t" rid themselves 0 !
this awful habit thal they can not
resist and so the legislature comes
to them in the passage of a law
that will glva them relief from
j this deadly poison that is so dis
tmotive to human lite, it may b»
that some of these unfortunati
people may ttutl it hard to comph
with the law, but in the end it will
be the greatest blessiug on eaitL
to' them, both in the business
world, and in the education ant
■
! the religious world. At this time
1 | i here 3500 inmates at the State
Assy I uni who are there fiom the
use of whiskey and morphine in
great numbers; and now we cotne
to the disfranchise law as past by
the legislature, aud we believe thal
( this and the ptohibittan law to
gether will be the best of any laws
since freedom for the negro, and
he will find it best for him to keep
out of politics as there is nothing
good for him—but only excites
prejudice from the white’s; and
then the prohibition law will be
j the greatest hRssing on earth to
h* m 5 R W *R he better living to
him, better education, better
mora i Si and he will have more
character , . the higher , ■ , walk ,, of ,
in
Hfe Whiskey is the cause of s ( >
much of the villainy as seen in the
j ne j, ro race at this at this time.
j Frobibitioi: is what they need to
make them better in every relation
of life. The prohibition law and
t disfranchisement law, both
\ alike, make Georgia one of the
best States in the Union, for both
) white and black, aud we may con
fidenlly expect great increase of
P°P ulat,0n , , ' not U,,1 . > T !n OUr « reat
cities, But in every portion of our
great ritatc, that is now the Empire
State of the South, and never in
the history of Georgia has there
been such bright prospects of her
future greatness among her sister
States, and being in the bright
sunshine of God’s love, that comes
t) all the world, both in the natur¬
al aud spiritual world. Let us
send to the legislature intellectual
moral and Christian representatives
and theu we need not tear the re¬
sults. J. M. Hurst.
Atlanta, Ga.
Ladies, m^n and uhildren’* Un
- deny ear at Ceiieu’s.
THE ENTERPRISE. COVINGTON GA
A PLOT THAT FAILED.
The Scheme to Blow Up Napoleon 111.
With Gunpowder.
An Interesting story is that of a frus
trated plot against Napoleon III. which
has never got into the history took.
but which is one of the favorite stories
of M. Yictorien Sardou.
In 11)00, when the frontage of the
Theatre Franca is was rebuilt after the
disastrous lire in which one of the
most charming actresses of the Maison
de Moliere lost her life, several shops
disappeared, among them lieing that of
the famous Restaurant Chevet. It was
not properly speaking a restaurant.
Chevet used to sell liqueurs, groceries,
smoked meats, etc., and in a couple of
low eeilinged rooms on the first floor
he would serve a meal or two to con
noisseurs. One day in 18G5 or 18i5G
two J° un « “en of fashion. Russians
both of them, came In and called for
dinner In one of the little rooms which
were above the shop. They asked for
caviare, but when they got It they pro¬
tested loudly that the caviare was of
Inferior quality and called for the own¬
er of the shop. He came, apologized
and was met with the remark, tender¬
ed laughingly by one of the diners,
that next time they came they would
bring their own caviare. They came
again aud brought It In a little white
wooden barrel, aud when they left they
had it put on one side for them. From
time to time the two young Russians
came and dined cliez Chevet. dined in¬
variably in the same room and always
began their dinner with their ow n ca
I viare. One day they finished the bar¬
rel, and a few days later. In the after¬
noon, one of them brought another one.
“Put it in the little cupboard in the
room we always,dine in.’’ he said to
the waiter, “and do not let anybody
touch it until we come to dine.” The
waiter took it, but on his way upstairs
something peculiar struck him.
“Look at this barrel,” he said to the
restaurant keeper. “There is some
thing queer about it.”
“That is no business of ours.” said
the master of the establishment, “and
I am not going to look at it, anyhow.
What will our cr.stomers say if they
find we have opened it?”
“Ob,” said the waiter, “we can open
it and close it again, and they will nev¬
er know. It is certainly different from
the last barrel. It is heavier, to begin
with.”
His insistence prevailed, and the bar¬
rel was opened. The restaurant keep¬
er and the waiter started back in
fright. There was no cavaire, but gun¬
powder in t’.iat little barrel, which was
an infernal machine. The little dining
room was exactly underneath the impe¬
rial box, and there is llttie doubt that
the emperor’s next visit to the Comet!ie
Francaise would have been bis last had
the carefully laid plot not been discov¬
ered. The plotters never were caught,
although the secret of the plot was
carefully guarded aud traps were laid
for them in Chevet’s restaurant for
several days.—St. James’ Gazette.
Turkish Political Prisoners.
Y hen a Turkish political prisoner is
sentenced to be deported to Tripoli or
to the Euphrates, bis friends bid liim
farewell. They know that they will
never see him again alive and in all
I *a ility never hear of him again
a enormous sums are forthcoming
to bribe scores of different officials. Iu
fact, the only difference between a
death sentence in Turkey and one of
transportation is that the former is
more rapid and more merciful. The
government prefers the latter because
it is less public. Now and then, how
ever, news leaks through, or poor
Midhab Pasha, for instance, it is
known that near Bagdad his brutal
guards heat out his brains with the
butt end of their rifles.—Loudon Au
swers.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
’The largest, broadest, deei>est aud
most ineffectual geuius of the nine¬
teenth century”—thus has Coleridge
been described, and probably no bet¬
ter description of the great philoso¬
pher and litterateur can be found. He
was a youth of^lmpuises and tried In
turn to become a cobbler, a surgeon
and a soldier before be settled down
and gave pnaof of his vast literary at¬
tainments. Some of his poems have
beeu accepted as the noblest piece* of
Imaginative writing produced by a
modern poet, while as a literary eritic
he bad few equals In his generation.
He was a born Journalist and lecturer
too.—rearsouj Weekly.
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FOR SALE.
2C8 acre3 farm land, one good
dwelling house, barti and tenant
houses. 30 acres in good bottom
land, and good pasture.
R A. VEAL,
Porterdale, Route 1. — lm.
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Wasted —Good, large sacks,
I oats and hull sacks desired. Good
j j price. Works. Huson Ice and Machine tf
Small Laurens County Farms
For Sale.
Having sub-divided the Wayne
piaee into small farms of from 30
to 200 acres, I am offering these
places on terms to suit—1-5 cash,
balance in four annual payments,
7% interest. The lands are fertile,
healthy, fine water close to Dudley,
a town of GOO people, and a splen¬
did school free. Price from $15 to
$20 per acre. Dudley is 12 miles
from Dublin on Macon & Dublin
R R. The lands are slightly roliing
with a clay subsoil, See me at
cnce if you want a good home on
easy terms. CLARK GRIER,
2t Dublin, Ga.
For Sale Cheap.
A complete ginnery, Win
ship system. Two gins, re¬
volving double box presses,
steam tramps, suction pipes,
35 it. tan; 30 horse power boil¬
er, 23 horse power engine.
This ginnery is in good condi¬
tion. Three miles from Cov¬
ington, good territory, 800
bales last season. Trie house
and grounds can be rented
cheap. This property can be
bought at an astonishingly low
price at this time- Best rea¬
sons lor selling. Call or write
JAS. P. COOLEY, Arr’y.
Covington, Ga.—tf.
FARMS FOR SALE.
One hundred farms, from 50 to
1000 acres in tract, for sale at
from $8 90 to $20.0 per acre.
We can suit you, we can suit
your neighbor, we can suit any
body.
Schools—free for nine months
in the year.
Roads—Lest in Middle Georgia,
worked by convicts and com men
tation tax.
Murkest- best, in Middle Geor
gia.
Mail—free delivery reaches
nearly every home in the county.
Water—Pure tree stone, clear
as crystal.
Health—unsurpassed, typhoid
and malarial jerrns almost a 3 rare
as small pox.
Our lands are just like yours,
only cheaper. Write us for what
you want. We have some timber¬
ed lauds also.
J. T. L \SETER & CO.
Forsyth. Ga.
Farm For Sale,
280 acres in Newton COlintV
7
5 Under , Cultivation, ...
I2 Sores
m acres bottoms, & QfOod pasture 1 "
splendid dwelling containing . .
s ^ | x ] arfre b r00 om ms - > a - tenant tenant hn.r nous
es, in excellent condition. Five
J 1 WCdS ,1 and , excellent ,,
1 § 00( „ Spring
Fine orchard. For terms and
. address, . ,
prices,
W. V. VEAL,
Porterdale, Ga. Route 1.—2m.
Manufacturers’ Agent.
If you are interested in steam or
gasoline engines, windmills, tanks,
towers and pumps of all kinds, let
me figure with you. Waterworks,
includ.ng bath tub, lavatory and
closet, installed on short notico
Small electric light plunts installed
on short notice. Small electric
light plants installed at a cost of
ten cents tor 10 power light, ten
hour rnn Write or cal! on me.
J. L. Whitehead, Covington, Gu.
I aearsrswr «i
4< Jamestown Special”
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A New Tram With High Class Day Coach
Drawing Room Sleeping Cars and Dinning c’ ?U |‘ man
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Dr. Joel B. Watkins,
DetermaiY Surgeon
Office at Mack Goodwin’s Stable, Below County Jail.
Office Hours: L30 to 2:30 p. m. Fridays, Saturdays
and Sundays. All Calls promptly Attended to.
Office Phone 44, Residence 131
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I wo trains daily, each way, between C/atnes
ville and Athens. Connection at Belmont with
Monroe Branch.
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One train daily, each way, between Monroe
and Belmont. Connection at Belmont with train
on main line, Athens and Gainesville. AdJ^ 011
train daily between Monroe and Winder.
For further information apply to
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G. P. A. Gen.
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