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From January 1st to April 1st, 1901.
SPLENDID THREE MONTHS OFFER.
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The Atlanta Constitution’s
Constitution now offers $2,500 in Cash Prizes to Agents
for the best Agent’s work during the first quarter of the first year of the New Century. j
W E waut a good Farmer,
or Postmaste r, or Mer
chant, or Doctor, or Tax Col
lector, or Sewing Machine
Agent, or Canvasser for Nur
sery Stock or an other well-
informed, reputable citizen,
who is Know n to he reliable,
and who has a wide-acquaint-
ance in his locality, to repre
sent us at every postotlice
irom the Ohio aud otomac
south to the Rio Grande and
the Gulf. And we will pay
them to worK for us for us for
1900. This must be the red
letter year in which The Con- 3
stitution reaches
200 COO CIRCULATION.
Omitting all contests, except for agents, we place the whole sum to their credit and make the terms equitable for distributing it over the whole
territory. To arrange this we have divided the South into four sections, as follows :
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| FIRST SECTION : Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida. THIRD SECTION : Georgia.
| SECOND SECTION : Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi. FO
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FOURTH SECTION: Louisiana, Arkansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Texas. .
Thus making about an equal number of Subscriptions according to our fist as it now stands.
THE CASH PRIZES ARE:
F ir she highest list from an^ agent January 1st to April 1st from the whole territory
or>Ht list, in ea-h of the above four divisions from January 1st to April 1st, 1901, after the above
fir«r general prize is awarded ... .... .... .... .... .... ....
ir the second h ghe*t list f»r the three noon hs, in each section
•r the third highest list for the three months, in each section
, r the fourth highest iist for the three months, in each section
,rth» fif. h h’ghest list for the three months, in each section —.. , t
, r lie stx h highest list for three mouths, m each section
Six prizes in each section .... ....
Total for four sections
For he h'ghost
v, r the ten next highest lists to the 1st general prize from the whole territory, at random, not taking any
of the above prizes, ,$10.00 each
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The subscribers to be renewed for the three months covered by this contest are 48,300 names. These with the
new subscriptions secured, no doubt, run the list up in every section.
We want every postmaster in the whole South to put in for these prizes. We want good agents everywhere
men who will get out and canvass and hustle for new business. Many who have to to go over tbeir own and adjoining’
counties on business can take The Constitution aloug as the best side line. County doctors, tax collectors, rural route
mail carriers, nurserymen, farmers and good workmen could all realize among these prizes and make their commissions
besides. ^
Our offers are in cash. We do not include any college course or sewing machines, pianos, bicyces, rings jewelry
etc, at a great valuation. Everybody knows what the money is worth, and the prizes will he paid promptly. ’ ’
The people know The Constitution and want it, and will take it almost for the asking. You ask them and see.
If you have not already an agents outfit send for one. We furnish sample and blankstaticnery free. The time
is short. The news of the period covered by the contest will be of greatest interest, and we want you to go to work It
is possible for you to make $400 00. $300 00, $100 00 oi $50 00 besides your commission. Write for agents’ outfit with
full particulars.
gj8~ For low 7 club rates with The Constitution jail at this office.
THE .A-TXj^AJST'XLA. CONSTITUTIOIT, Atlanta, Ga
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; S - F.YIVAL. OF THE F1TTEST. j
[ SB HO, G MARCH 2. 1901
War Against Whisky.
Coitrtland, Ala., Feb, 16.—The anti-
whisky element here are working zeal
ously to secure the passage of a bill to
prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors
vitiiiu five miles of Courtlaud. A large
number of the leading citizens of this
section have signed the petition. It is
thought that the uieu who have offered
$1,2' 11 > each for the privilege of operating
two sal, ions here have given up the light,
as they cannot get enough signatures.
President of Convict Hoard.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 19 —The ap
pointment by the governor of Judge J.
H. Carmichael of Dale county to the
presidency of the state convict board
appears to meet with the general appro-
bat ion of the people of the state. Judge
Carmichael did not seek the office; in
fact has refused already two of the best
places in the gift of the governor. He
will, however, accept this appointment.
Legislators at Mardi Gras.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 16.—The
general assembly left in a body last
night on a four days’ visit to Pensacola
and Mobile. No session will therefore
be held until Wednesday. Mardi Gras
is the occasion for the outing.
Dr. Henry J. Godin,
EYE SIGHT SPECIALIST,
healer in Fine Optical Goods and Manu
luctu;er of spectacles and Eye-Glasses.
C<iNSULTATlON FREE.
Slroger Phone, 793. 928 Broad Street
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Opposite Planter’s Hotel.
Another School For Negroes.
Alexander City, Ala., Feb. 30. — An
industrial school for negroes has been
osta oli -lied near Good water, in Coosa
bounty, by E. Edison, who formerly re
dded in this county. It is being con
ducted on the plan of Booker Washing-
fou s school aud having the same pur
poses and aims in view—Co teach the
-'egro to look to agricultural and indus-
ri 'iul pursuits for a livelihood rather
tdan follow the lead of some northern
fanatic.
Great American Industry.
New York, Feb. 18.—One of Andrew j
Carnegie’s dreams is nearing realiza-1
tiou. That is the establishment here of i
the greatest shipbuilding yards in the !
v °rld, right alongside the largest iron j
dud steel plant ever projected. Staten i
Island is the place named for these in- 1
dastries, aud some recent purchases of
'-''’oral hundred acres of shore land are
J a 'd to have been made with this object
dually i u view.
LUCERN OR ALFALFA.
Valuable a« Green Forage—Good For
Hay—How to Sew It.
Lucent or alfalfa? We like the first
name better. In point of yield and
feeding value lucern stands at the
head of the list. Throughout the south
it is green all winter. It begins grow
ing early in spring and with favorable
seasons may be cut four to seven
times. It is particularly valuable as a
green forage crop. You begin cutting
as soon as it is 16 inches high. If you
cut and feed day by day, by the time
you have gone over a few acres it is
ready to cut again where you first be
gan. Used in this way, you have a
perpetual green food all summer and
fall. Cows show an increased yield of
milk aud butter from the first day it is
given them. And they decrease as
soon as you stop the ration of lucern.
This will be true no matter what other
food you use. Nothing can take its
place in the dairy.
If desired for hay, you begin cutting
as soon as it is in full bloom. It is
easily cured and makes a first class
hay. You can get from four to six cut
tings. as the seasons and soil may be
good or bad. On good soil two tons per
cutting is not an unusual yield. One
and a half may be counted a safe aver
age. So you get from six to eight tons
per acre per season.
All stock are fond of it. Ilorses and
mules keep fat and hogs grow well
when fed lucern. It is not recom
mended for grazing particularly. The
caps which furnish the shoots are gen
erally above ground and lienee liable to
be bitten off by cattle or liogs.
Where will it grow? We might say
anvwliere. W e do not know any other
forage plant that has so wide a range
of climate and soil adaptation. It
grows all over the United States. The
south seems especially suited to its
wants. Plenty of rain rejoices it, but
owing to its deep rooting it lias won
derful power for resisting drought.
The roots grow deeper than any oth
er field crop, often penetrating from
7 to 12 inches through the stiffest clays.
Hence the soil should be broken very
deep and harrowed very often. Twelve
to 15 pounds of seed should then be
sown broadcast per acre and covered
lightly. This should be done in Septem
ber or early October or February. The
fall sowing is better. It will greatlj
help to use 400 pounds per acre of acid
phosphate and kainit mixed iu equal
proportions. It will be still better if
you have grown a crop of cowpeas and
cut them for bay. Top dressing once a
year with the above or with stable ma
nure or both will help.
Every farmer should have a lucern
patch or field. No farm is complete-
without it. Wherever a cow is kept Iu-
cern should grow for her. They should
go hand in hand, says J. R. Hunnicutt
in Farm and Rauch.
COTTON FERTILIZERS.
Millions of people are familiar
with DeWilt’d Littie Early Risers
and those who use them find them
to.be famous little pills. Never
gripe. H. B. McMaster.
A Brief Explanation of the ~V. T ay Thej
Work—Ammonia, ami Ac-ids.
In answer to the question, "Will acid
without cottonseed mc-al and potash
be a good fertilizer for cotton planted
after stubble?”The Southern Cultivator
says: There seems to he a want of un
derstanding with very many as to the
part fertilizers play in making crops.
Commercial fertilizers, as* a rule, do
nothiug more than supply a small
amount of available food for imme
diate use by the plant.
This supply of food is of two kinds,
mineral and atmospheric or vegetable.
The phosphate rocks arc ground to a
flour or meal. Then sulphuric acid is
mixed with this meal. Tins makes
soluble a certain part of the phosphoric
acid in the meal. This soluble part
then becomes available for ^j.mt con
sumption and helps plant g:w.« fh. Th:.;
is about 12 to II in ICO pounds. The
S6 or 8S"pounds remaining are abso
lutely worthless.
Then most of the manufacturers mix
in with this acid phosphate some Ger
man kainit or muriate cf potash so aa
to give the mixture about 1 y_> to 2
pounds of potash in 100 pounds of the
mixture.
Some of the goods now on the mar
ket as low grade goods have only eight
pounds of acid phosphate guaranteed
to the hundred pounds. We then have
from 10 to 14 pounds of plant food in
100 pounds of acid phosphate. This
will give from 200 to 240 pounds of
plant food in a ton. The remainder is
waste. There are a lew brands that
contain a little more, say 260 pounds.
What are called complete guanos
have nitrogen iu shape of ammonia
added in quantities containing about |
iy, to 3 per cent ammonia. This am- !
rnonia is not a mineral, but ntmospher-
ic, element and is taken either from the
blood of animals or nitrate of soda or
Peruvian guano or cottonseed meai or
rotting vegetable matter, etc. All of ,
the family cf legumes, such as clover, 1
peas, beans, etc., take it from the air.
Our experience is all on the side of
cotton's ability to do the same thing.
But in your Qase the stubble which you
propose to turn under will furuisli
some ammonia without cottonseed
meal.
Ammonia will cause the cotton to
grow off a little faster at first. But in
fruiting season the acids seem to catch
up, sometimes to go considerably
ahead. We would feed the cottonseed
meal to cows aud save the manure.
This will help the crop and build up
the land permanently.
Points Aboni Tile nml Laying It.
Tile when properly placed in a ditch
do not require a covering of small
stones or gravel, and they will do bet
ter work if the regular soil is used for
covering. Horseshoe tile are not as
good for. the,purpose of draining n«
There is always danger in using
counterfeits of DeWitt’s A’itch Ha
zel salve. The original is a safe and
certain cure for piles. It is a sooth
ing and healing salve for sores and
all skin diseases. 11 b McMaster.
Orders promptly attended to.
Job Printing promptly executed j 0B p BINTE} (} <
round tile. While tTTev would be rea
sonably sure to stay in place if proper
ly laid, they are not as efficient as
round tile. The reason they are not as
efficient is shown in the cut. If but a
small stream of water is flowing, it
spreads out over the entire flat surface
of the horseshoe tile, and there is not
depth enough of water to cause the re
moval of silt or sediment which may
accumulate. It is far more difficult to
lay horseshoe tile aud do good work
than to lay round tile. If the round
tile does not make a tight joint with its
neighbor, it may be turned until a
place is found where the joint is rea
sonably satisfactory. If the horseshoe
tile does not fit with its neighbor, then
the shovel must be used aud earth re-
Keward For Frazer Withdrawn.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 9.—Mr. N.
H. Frazer of Union Springs, father of
Bass Frazer, was in the city last night.
Mr. Frazer stated that he had with
drawn the $500 reward offered for the
return of his son Bass Frazer, but would
pay a suitable reward for information
leading to bis present whereabouts.
* $ 9
Home for Alabama Odd Fellows.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 20.—A meet
ing of prominent Odd Fellows from all
over the state will be at the Odd Fel
lows’ ball iu this city ou Saturday next
for the purpose of formulating plans
for building and maintaining an Odd
Fellows’ home.
Mrs. M Wells,
— Dealer In —
1 Fashionable Millinery, Novelties, & Notions,
FLOWERS, FEATHERS, RIBBONS, Etc.,
aynesboro, : : : (Georgia.
The ladies are cordially invited to inspect my stock before they
; buy elsewhere. You can save money bv buying goods at home.
Don’t forget it.
oct.3,1898.
Sold 1,000 Bales Cotton.
Scottsboro, Ala., Feb. 20.—J. E.
Butler, a farmer aud merchant of this
county, recently sold 1,000 bales of cot
ton. He shipped principally to Mem
phis, Tenn.
THOMAS P. FACAN,
ROUND TILE—HORSESHOE TILE.
moved or filled in as the occasion may
require. If horseshoe tile are used,
they will do better work if they are
laid with the flat tile up, for tlieu con
ditions as to the flow of water are pro
duced which are more nearly like those
present with the round tile. When
round tile are laid, it is well to lay a
piece of common tarred building paper
over the joint before filling iu with
earth. No matter how tight the joint
is made there is always a slight open
ing, and there is a possibility that soil
may pass into the tile and obstruct the
passage. After the tile are placed a
small piece of building paper laid over
the joint just before replacing the
earth will insure against obstruction,
says L. A. Clinton among some items
of advice given in Country Gentleman.
T. 0. BAILIE & 00.,
Dealers in
Wall Paper, {Shades, Mattings,
Awnings Made to Order.
WRITE TJS FOR SAMPLES ^8
934 Broad Street,
! AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA
Brief Mention.
‘•Hemp as a money crop” is talked
about. Kentucky, has long grown a
hemp, different, however, from the
imported article. Twenty-four million
dollars’ worth of coarse fibers for the
manufacture of rope, twine and bag
ging were imported iu the past fiscal
year.
Equal parts of cottonseed meal and
acid phosphate have given best results
as fertilizers for Irish potatoes at the
north Louisiana station.
A hog likes grass or clover in sum.
mer and a little hay in winter, but ac
cording to Nevada experiments pigs
will not gain on bay alone. The sta
tion fed four pigs weighing 140 pounds
each on hay for three weeks and re
ported a shrinkage of 85 pounds in that
time.
Although the cocoanut is a native of
the tropics, it has been successfully
grown in Florida. Only the mature
nuts commonly find their way into the
market, though the fruit of the green
nut is much relished where it is availa
ble.
Large acres in Florida which have
not been found profitable for other ag
ricultural purposes are said to be well
suited to cassava growing.
Persons who cannot take ordinary
pills find it a pleasure to take De-
Witt’s Little early risers. They are
the best little liver pill ever made.
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SEND YOUR JOB PRINTING TO ,
CITIZEN JOB OFFICE, Waynes- l
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office at George Evans & Ero’s., Store.
W T AYNESBORO. GA.
Oilers his professional services to the col
ored people at laige. All calls attended to.
promptly, day or night. Disease of women
and children are specialties. Charges reason
able. ian26.1901— by
Old Clothes
MADE NEW : : : : :
By Cleaning or Dyeing them
at the WAYNESBORO : :
Pressing Club,
M. BUXTON, Proprietor.
Don’t miss the place. I am located
next doorto the Bank of Waynesboro rear
of Post office. Don’t forget that I press
Suits and Dye Suits. Clean and Dye Kid
Gloves, Ladies Shirts Cleaned and Dyed and
made same as new, Give me a trial. AH
work guaranteed. Prices reasonable,
F. C. YOUNG,
ARLINGTON BARBER SHOP.
WAYNES B )RO, GA.
My shop is nicely fixed with water a Ad
every convenience. I solicit the public pa
ir onage. Special attention given to work
lotheladie dec5,’96—
Dealer in-
Wines
Liquors
Bottle and Case Goods,
919 Broad Street,
A-mguista, Georgia.
Long Distance Phone. 455. Jug Trade and Mail Orders
promptly attended.
A. P. PADGETT,
WHISKIES. BRANDIES, WINES
BEER, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC.
Augusta,
Georgia.
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The Jug Trade a Specialty-
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