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ByU. L. Weston & Co.
@EO. W. UCHEVES. { TUEBAN L. WESTON.
i» CHEVES & WESTON, Eprrors.
Dawson, Ga., Oct. 4th, lssz
ad " 'Belid Prrosperity.
Notwithstanding the shortaze in
the cotton crop, the agricultural con
‘dition of the country has not bzen
in 50 prosperous a condition since
the war as now. If there is a single
farmer in all this section, who has
not produced bread enough for the
mext year we are not aware of it, and
by bread we do not mean a mere suf
ficiency of that cereal to eat, but in
its broader and nore liberal semse,
that every farmer has plenty to an
swer his plantation parpeses to the |
fullest extent. |
The condition of the farmer, in?
every sense, is better than it has
Leen since the war. Not a single
bushel of corn is likely to be wlipped
into this section durine the next
twelve months, and if the fu.rmera‘
will only continue to do for the next
two or three vears to come as Hxnyf
~ have done during the two past vears,
there i 8 no reason in the world why
"~ they shoull not be the most prosper
ous people on earth. The resources
.offlxg southern farmer are grand—
simply inexhaustible—and to think of
the possible futurein store for him
~ 38 enough to thrill one with enthusi
aswn. The erisis has been reached:
“the future of the farmer depends
mainly upon what he shiall do in the
years to come ; expectancy stands
upon tiptoe ; success such as he has
" never before seen, standsready to
“take Lim by the hand and lift him
high-up upon theplane of a perma
_ tent prosperity. The only question
~now, will the farmer be sagacions
: enough to see it and realize it?
" Will he move forward iu the line of
march indicated by Lis suceess of
_ the past two years, or will he by re
laxing his hold tarn backward and
fall?. Farmers you can’t afford to
look back. To go forward is sue
¢ess ;to look backward is ruin. An
“other determined effort, such as you
have put forth this year and last,
with a vow to raise still more corn,
wheat and oats, will place yon ina
~ position of ease and independence
beyond all peradventare. Will you
be wise, or will you fritter away the
grand opportunity which now promi
ses to lead youinto ficlds of elvsian
glory * Ah, we can not but believe
that our farmners will act wisely and
profit by the past bitter expericnce.
The only roal to sure success and
independence is the one blazed out
during the past two years. Let the
farmer raise an abundance of ecvery
thing he consumes at home and all
will be well, but let him veturn to
that snicidal policy of raising all cot
ton and buymg all Le consumes, and
bis ruin is just as ceriain as if it
were sealed now. It is an unsound
and rotten philosophy that pro
claims any other road to success
than that mapped out in this article,
and he who undertakes to set up
any other path-way is simply guilty
of a folly too stupendous to be ex
" ecusable. We cherish no hope for
the country outside the farmer—
every other enterprise and every oth
er calling depends upon his success,
..-and when by reason ofa sound poli
-+ ey be assumes that position of digni
ty and independence which his pro
fession sq richly meriis, then, and
. mot till then, will a!l other institu-
Lions and enterprizes of the county
. become prosperous and flourishing.
It is a fact to be deplorved, that as a
_ profession, our farmers atiach too lit
tle dignity and importance to their
influence. Ina secular sense, it is a
calling above every calling, for it is
the sub statrum, so to speak, upen
. which every other calling in life is
based. Thefarmer, tLerefore, should
:. be proud of his calling, and he
. should endeavor to inspirs his sur
. roundings with as much dignity as
. possible. Bat dignity and depen
dence are incompatible elements, and
until he has learned to make his
. business self-sustaining he may nev
er hope to command that respect
. and confidence to which his profes
sion entitles him. X.et the farmers
.ot the South, then, cairy out the pol
. dey 80 wisely inaugurated this year
. #ad last, and in the near future they
will reap an abundant reward. But
Jet them go back to the old ruts
“"and their doom is sealed.
: A Lawyer’s Testimony.
" During eight years mwy attacks of
*dyspepsia were so terrible that 1 of
ten had to stop business. Parker’s
Ginger Tonio built me up from al
most a skelevon to the perfect health
" I onow enjoy. J. Jero! rmon, Law-
N T Y, Ulty. :
& et i se s s
Now is the time to pay vour sub
seription,
Diversiiy of Crops.
j No one, we apprehend, will bave
| the hardihood to deny, that the far
imer’s best interests will be found
and realized in a diversity of crops,
l and the greater the variety, the more
| snrely will lis interests be subserved.
| This is a plain proposition—one
‘ which none can mistake, and it only
’neads to be submitted to receive the
{ assent of every single intelligent far
'mer in the land, Then, if it be true,
l% mast be granted, that every man
‘naturaily locks to his own interest,
iu;« question arises, why is it that
g'our farmers do not more universally
practica what they admit to be of so
t much importance to their own ag
grandizement ? That men of intelii
| gence and regson should so act
‘would seema little paradoxical, yet
1t is true, and to verify the statement
we have only to appeal to the expe
rience and observation of every plan
ter in the country. What, then, is
the solution of this undeniable con
trariety ? Is it a lack of eunergy and
nerve, oris it a laek of means that |
mauny of our farmers fail to pursue a
line of policy whieh they admit to
be the culy correct one? Certainly
not the latter, for it does not require
auny more<means te diversify one's
crops than it does to plant a single |
given crop. On the contrary, how
ever, the aeinal cost of production
in the aggregate is cheapened by a
large variety of crops, which could be
very easily demonstrated did we
think it important to the argument.
We presue that none will deny that
this is se. Thercfore we conclude
that it is not a lack of pecuniary abil
ity that our farmers do so generally
neglect to diversify their field crops.
This being admitted we are forced
to the conelnsion that the reason is
found in a lack of energy and enter
prise. It is a little more trouble and
inconvenience and requires more
details and particalarity of labor to
diversify field crops, therefure, fora
want of energy to adapt themselves
to the task, many of our farmers,
from year to year, let the various
scasons come and go without any
effort whatever upon their part to
stop the swelling tide of monotony.
The same old rut, year in and year
out, and when it will stcp, the proph
ets ouly know. Qccasionly we meet 1
with a farmer who has the energy
and piuck to attend to his farming
interest as it should be done—he is
not afraid to lay hold and work with
Lis own bands if need be—bhe don't
mind geiting up before day if neces
sary—in short, gives himself fully
and squarely to his business, and it
is almost invariably the case thata
man like this is apt to see the advan
wage of diversifying his crops. No
farmer may expect to succeed in this
country unless l:e makes up his mind
to pro luce as great a variety of crops
as possible; and especially is this
true of the cereals. Nor will he be
able to do this without very great en
ergy and attention to business. Un
fortunately for the Southern people
‘the iden obtains that they are all
poor alike, and that they are not
i responsible for this condition of
i things, and therefore, they are con
| tent to drag along from year to year
i withont putting forth any special ex
ertion to regain what they have lost.
Candor as a journalist compels us to
‘ characterize this disposition as indo
ilcnce, and until oar people shall
have risen up in their manhood and
| shaken it off, we may not hope for
‘any material change in the direction
| of permanent prosperity. It will be
i seen that he argument is made upon
| the assumption thata diversity of
crops is essential to success in farm
ing, and that energy and enterprise
is necessary in order to proper diver
sity, therefore, it follows as a logical
conclusion that energy and enter
prise is necessary to success. Then
| the one great thing needful upon the
part of our farmers is a little more
plack, a little more energy and a lit
tle more enterprise. Farmers, shall
we have it? Your fature prosperity
I for all time to come depends upon it.
A Good Investment,
My wife said I was a fool when I
brought home a bottle of Parker’s
Ginger Tonie. But when it broke
up my cough and cured her nearal
gia and baby's dysentery she thouoht
it agood investment.—N. Y. Tailor.
Iris said that the late Tarish
Furmap, the apostle of intensive
farming in Georgia, left his widow
and children in comfortable circam
stances. It seems he was insured
for £5.000 in the American Legion of
Houor, and for $3,000 in the Royal
Avcanum. The rental frow his plan
tation will amount to about 70 bales
of cotton, and fiom the farm he enl
tivated his profits will be $11,500.
A royalty will be his compost, and
sold by the Furman Fertilizer Com
pany, estimated at $1,200 to $1,500
for the season, and more in the
future.— Albany News.
Land Poor Farmers.
Two bundred acres of lard in the
North is considered quite a large
farmn, but in the South, 2 man, in or
‘[ der to be eonsidered rick must own,
at least, several thousand acres.
There never was a more mistaken
idea of prosperity than that evinced
by southern planters in trying to
obtain possession of &6 innch land.
We hLave said it, repeatedly, and,
now, say it again, that no man, we
care not how rich he may be, has
use for more than 200 acres ot
land in this country if he will only
utilize it corgeetly. The idea of a
man cnltivntirymoo acres of land
in cotton in orderto make what he
might easily make on 100 acres is
the most preposterous thing that
we can conceive of. T'o be more ac
eurate, & man will plant from three‘
to four hundred acres in cotton and,
if he is suecessful as & farmer, will
probably get 100 bales. Now, we
ask, in all good faith, what is the use
of planting 300 acres of poor land
to get 100 bales of cotton when
can be just as easily obtaived from
100 acres? To be sure, the planter
will not be abie to obtain this result
the first year, and, perhaps, he may
not succeed the second year, but if
he coutinues to plough deep and
fertilize in the vight way he will
surely reach the goal of success af
ter awhile. - What Mr. Furman did
during his short career as a farmer
wmay be done by every farmeria
Georgia if he will only try. The
thing te be done by our farmers is
to cartail their large faras into
smaller ones, and, what they culti
vate, let it be richly fertilized. Two
hundred aeres of land, properly ma
nipulated, in Terrell county, can, ina
few years, de made to produce 200
bales of cotton, and, in our judge
ment, this amount of land is enongh
for any one man to ewn. Will not
the farmers of Terrell give this
matter serious consideration? It
deserves, gentlemen, your atten
tion.
RomE, Ga., May 23,1883,
Editors Constitution :
With the hope that it will reach
the eye of other sufferers, I desire to
write you a statement of my case
and my wonderful rescue from death
from malarial blood poison by the
use of the great S. 8. 8. (Swift's Spe
cifiic).
In 1880 I came from the North to
take charge of the gas works in
Rome, as superintendent, and after
the overflow which ocgarred in the
spring following, I was very much
exposed to malarial poison, and in
1882 found my blood go contamina
ted with poison that I was forced to
give up business. I was treated by
the Rome physicians without relief,
they advising me to go North, which
I did. The doctors North told me
that my only hepe was to return to
the middle climate, and accordingly
I came back to Rome, completely
broken down and nearlya skeleton.
My trouble finally determined in an
‘abscess of the liver, and nearly every
one (myself included) thought I was
‘doomed to die within a few days.
In this condition T was advised by a
friend to take Swift's Speciifie, and I
took it just as a drowning man would
‘casch at a straw ; but as soon as my
: system got under the influence of the
‘remedy, the abscess came to a poin.
and burst, passing off without pain.
In fifteen days after this I was up at
my work, and have since enjoyed ex
cellent health.
; Lvery sufferer from malarial poi
son should take Swilt’s Specific.
‘ Yours truly, ©. G. Spencer,
| Sup’t Rome Gas Light Co.
Wrrmy the last year the women
of the United Scates have given the
sum ot $600,000 for the spread of
the gospal to heathen lands. Of this
amount the Presbyterians gave near
ly $200,000, the Baptists $156,000,
the Congregationalists $130,000, the
Northern Methodists $lOB,OOO and
the women of the Methodist Church
South $25,110.
A vigorous growth of hair is pro
moted and the youthful color restor
ed by applying Parker's Hair Bal
sam.
There is something to be learned
even from the half civilized Indians.
The Governor of the Chickasaw va
tion in a message to his Logislature,
said there was no oceasion for passing
any more laws until those on the
statute book were enforced. To pile
up laws, hesaid, which are not re
spected is a waste of time and money,
and be advised the Legislature to ad
journ and go home. This Choctaw
chief has made a precedent which
many of our Governors would do
well to follow.
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A General Summary of News
With Comments.
There is but little of mews this
week to eommunicate to our readers.
The Legislature having adjourned,
there is litile to tatk about. The
day following adjournment quite a
namber of +his body aceepted an in
vatation from Senator Jos. E. Brown
to attend the Louisville Exposition
now going en. The Senator, Lim
self, declining, however, to go, only
furnishing free tranzportration to the
Georgia law-makers. The Capitol
Commissioners have held a meeting
and will take steps at once to inau
gurate the work npon Georgia’s new
capitol. The time allowed for com
pleting the building is six years, but
when once finished Georgia will bave
a state house not surpassed by andy
in the South. It will eost about a
‘millien of dollars. In some quarters
‘national politics is ereating consider
able interest. Especially is this so
among the leading dailies of the
eonntry. A bi; effort is being
made to work up a boom for the old
ticket, Tilden and Hendricks. One
of the most marked features of the
day of political interest is the renom
ination of Ben Batler for govoanor
by the democrats of Massachusetis.
All differences of opinion having
been setiled in New York among the
leaders of the democracy, this stat
is now regarded as safe and sound,
and may be conuted on to carry all
elections in the interest of the dem
ocrats. In Ohio there is probably
more excitem=nt right now than else
where in the Union. The contest in
that state now waging for the gov
ernorship is very bitter, and autended
with much uneertainty. Hoadly, the
democratic nominee for governor, is
a strong candidate, but is likely to
be defeated. But, after all, why
should we care for the excitement
of politics, either North or South.
The one great tling mneedful, now,
with the southern people, is the do
velopment of our homs material
resources. We are peculiarly an
agricultural people, and therefore,
should feel more of interest in making
our lands rich and productive than
in auything else. And so we do.
' As to the cotton erop, the latest re
liable reports indicate a falling off of
about 25 per cent from last year’s
crop. To us, however, living in this
immediate section, jndging from
what we see, this report would seem
to be incorrect. At any rate, we fear
that the price of cotton will not ad
vance mach very soon. Thereis a
very general disposition upon the
‘purt of southern planters to sow
| largely in grain this fall. and this
policy we would commend to the fa
vorable consideration of all. TLet the
farmers of the south once become
self-sustaining and they will no lou
ger be dependent.
Imitaiion Baking Powders.
To raE Pusric:
~ The public is cauticned against
the practice of many grocers who
sell wkat they claim to be Royal
Baking Powder, loose or in bull,
without label or trade-mark. All
such powders are base imitations.
Analyses of hundreds of samples of
bakirg powders sold in buik to par
ties asking for Royal have shown
them all to be largely adulterated,
mostly with alum, dangerous for use
in food, and comparatively valuless
for leavening purposes.
The public is too well aware of
the injurious effect of alum upon the
system, to meed farther caution
against the use of any baking pow
ders known to be made from
this drng; but the dealer's assu
rance, “Oh, it's just as good as Roy
al,” or *it's the genuine Royal, only
we buy it by the barrel to save ex
pense of can,” i 8 apt to mislead un
suspecting consumers into buying
an article which they would not
knowingly use in their food under
any consideration. The only safety
from such practices is in buying
baking powder only in the original
package, of a well known brand, and
a thoroughly established reputation.
The Royal Baking Powder is sold
only in cans, securely closed with
the Company’s trade-mark label, and
the weight of package stamped on
each cover. It is never sold in bulk,
by the barrel, or loose by weight or
measures, and all sach offered the
public under any pretense, are imita
tions.
If consumers will bear these facts
in mind, and also see that the pack
age purchased is properly labeled.
and the label unbroken, they will be
always sure of using a baking pow
der perfectly pure and wholesome,
and of the highest test strength in
the market.
J. C. Hoaaraxp, President,
Royal Baking Powder Co., N. Y.
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Keep constantly on hand a full stock of
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Pure ¥resh Drugs,
Chemicals, Patent Medicinés, Toilet Ar.
‘ ticies, Stationary, Ete, Ete.
| ALSO A FULL LINE OF
OIL 3, VARNISHES, PUTTY,
Window Glass, Drushes, and everything
in that line kept in stock and
warranted pure,
Whiskey for Medicinal Porposes,
Tobacco, Cie
obacco, Cigars
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and Perfumery a Specialty.
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PARKS" LEMON TONIN,
a ure and certain cure for chills and fever
Don't fail to try it.
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()UR Medicines are pure and fresh, and
no stale or worthless goods will be
allowed to leave our store, Qur Groods
are as cheap as they can be sold. Give us
a call.
JANES' SONS,
Dawson, Ga.
(T‘ EORGIA, TERRELL COUNTY :
X Whereas, application havfhg been
made for the appointment of Fred W,
Clark as administrator on estate of Maria
Arnold, late of said eounty, dec’'d, all per.
sons interested are herehy notified to sgow
cause if any they can, why letters of ad.
ministration, as praved for, should not be
granted said Fred W. Clark, at the next
November term of Terrell Court of Ordj
nary. Given under my hand and official
signature, this 3rd day of October, 1888,
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! WECHSLER &CO
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SEOEY, BOORY, BADy
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; My store is now filled with the most choice line of Fall and Winter Goods ever
offeved inDawson. My stock is Large and Complete, bought especially
! for the trade of this section.
'The Boot, Shoe, Clothing and Hat Tnj
Of Dawson has never before witnessed so complete a line of Solid and Durable
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~ Shoes A Specialty!
Dry Goods of Every Kind and Descripti
i Including Ladies Dress Goods in Endless Variety, at Bottom Prices.
E'l'hf‘, most elegant line of Ladies’, Misses' and Children’s Cloaks, Dolmans, T
i Jackets, Jerseys and Pelisse ever brought to this market.
- Notion Department Complet
; Largest and Cheapest line of Jeansin the city. Will not be undersold by anj
| Mr. W. G. Statham and Eddie O
{ Will always be found ready and willing to show goods and wait upon customer
{ e a call und 'l be certain to sell you goods at prices to suit. ;
; e J. W. F. LOW&
N. & A. F. TIFT & (!
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’ Warchiouse and Cotton Factors,
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} WE Aare recciving our new stock of goods; consisting of ;
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DRY GOOD!
' Groceries, Hardware, Saddlery &c.!
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AND in fact everything the trade needs. We keep only first-cla#
Ingines, Gins, Presses,and Plows
’ OF all kinds. A Large supply of
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Al Ifllkl‘\\(‘(\ \"1::.01) hand at Jowest figures. A comfortable Wagon YTL%‘.’\;?'
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H. FRASER GRANT. E. E CHr‘é ,
H. Fraser Grant & Ug
General Commission Merchants
(72 Bay Street) £
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Cotton, Rice and Nawval St
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Liberal Advances made on consight,
and prompt attention given to all b
entrusted to us. fi;