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ÜBBT T. MOSKLY, Bdttor. ■. r. McOOWAK, Bat. Mu’p. VOL. XIII. yJ e Lead - Others Fllow. The HUGGINS CHINA HOUSE' BROAD ST., ATHENS, GA.~SAME O LD STAND. geautiful Decoated Qhiiia VJ * UtHcl J A LL GRADES AND VRICES. SOLD IN SETS OR SINGLE PI SCES ’ - 41 _ # Lamps in great variety and of all grades. Glassware in all pattern. Our stack was never so larga* so pre tty and so complete. Knives and Forks, Spoona, Castors, Tinware and Granite Ironware in almost endless profusion and at all prices. H ousekeepers can find everything they need at our place. Prices were never so low and goods so pretty. J. H. HUGGINS & SON. BROAD STREET - - - • - • - ATHENS, GA. WHEN YOU WANT BARGAINS QIVE L D. E. GRIFFETH, " AT DANIELSVIELE, GA. Aa ohance at your trade. carries a full and Complete "tSk * line of noton^wc before the rife, and he is giving his customenHwvbM|;.{sf his lucky purchase, In Groceries 4 v ; : ■- - ■ •.* Hfe dees not propose to be undersold. He also carries Coll and complete lines of Hardware, Glassware, Tinware, Wooden ware, etc. His prices are as low as the lowest, and all he asks is that you give him a call, see his goods and hear his prices. Remember the place D, 1. fill If 118 DANIELSVILLE, ©A. Professional. DAVID W MEADOW, Attorney at Law. DaNiklsvuxb, 6a Office on corner, west of Court House, opposite Masonic Corner. Will practice in all the court s, All usiness promptly executed l Jno. J. Strickland. Attorney. Athens Ga BERRY T. MOSELEY, Attorney at Law, Dajuklsville, 6a. Office on corner, west of Court House, opposite Masonic comer Will practice in all the Courts Business promptly executed. ' * Geo, C Thomas, Attorney, Athens, Ga. dOHN E. GORDON, Attorney at Law. Danielseille, 6a Will practice wherever desired. Prompt attention given to all busi ness entrusted to hiscare. Office north of court house. iriow u-sow Aftnm, _ €j )c PaittetairiUe JKamt^r. Pure Mountain Corn Whiskey Vox sale by J, H. Scoggins, OOMIB, <U. , Our moan tain corn whiskey is Ab solutely pure. Not even a small headache ia a whole barrel. We also handle the best Itye, whiskies, Brandies, Gin, Beers Cigars, eto. Our bottles are full measure and we guarantee to treat you fairly, When you eeme te Comer give us a sail. THE STANDARD. -* “■■■ I .1 . . 1 t 1 g*T*"-' '*N DURANG’S Rheumatic Remedy Hu rastiined Its repuMtloa for 1* rear, as betas the alsodard remedy lor the quick and permanent care of Bheam a u.in, Ooat. Sciatica, etc., in all its fomW It Is endorsed by tbotuanda of PbysW dans, Pnblishere and PsiienU. It is parslr Testable aad builds up from the first nose. It never fails te cure. Friec is one dollar a bottle, or sis bottles for five dollars. Our 40-pacr Pam phlet sent Free by Mail. Addraas, Durafig’s Rfaemaft Remedy Ce. 1316 L Street, Washington, DC. Durttng’t lAvmr pflfesre the best on earth. They act with an ease that makes them a houarbold blessing. mnii cm. mnos, srsßoxasrasi, res sals r roveeum. < FOR MAIWOX COUNTY. DANIELSVILLE, GA., .FRIDAY, NOV. Bth. 189?. MR. NESBITT'S TM ■ i I Regular Monthly Letter tothfl Farmers of Georgia. A SUDDEN DECLINE IN OOT^pN. The Great Display of tlie State at thejßot ton State, and International ExposSjsß at Atlauta—Gaorgiau, \\>*lng Up tJjtUe Itiriines. of tholr State —Other fatiAat* lug Topics Dlsousscd. Department or. Aißicui.Teama I nor truthfully r.-raarkad, ginns ar Just beginning to reitlEtifS# j treasures that lio buried in'thd hUMdI valleys of their native sta|e. . WInHM look upon the wealth of praduor*|jjpl| tred together iu the Stato buildiiljGMre are impressed, not only with the *ma danoe anil the flue quality of tseflpd crops both for miu aud boast, bat tjptfc. ihe diversity from field, farm, gxrifiiti, orchard, vmeyanl aud mine*. tiimV played. The different cotton, iu wool, in leather in mKm| work ; the almost innumerable *gjjflj. mens from mine aud furuaceig|ti ; fHp**’ shop ; the grand collection of mange* granites and ores, ail impress us tik the magnitude of oar natural resoqjpa, aud the progress, which-has been Wilde since 1865, thirty years ago, when our state was devasted and out people dSm trate. The more one studies this cope tion, especially of the prduots agxjpd tural aud horticultural industries ofxfae state, the more one la convinced, Spat a country, so varied in olimate, mpi versified in soil and products, MR a bright future, if ouly her peopleware thoroughly alive to the demands of the times, aud keep abreast with the im provements and progress necessary to the development of iier various iirfras- tries. Our agriculture must not b#|nf fered to lag behind the other intSus* triee, and One of the most favorjblo indications to be noted in stndftig Shis exhibit of the state's promLss iu- agricultural work, is the evifijnt care and attention given to develofljbg heretofore negleoted factors. In the past our agriculture wsjHe veloped too much in one dircctioA at tho expense of ethers eqnalty UsHK ant. and the oonseqnenoe stead of a syuimetiical, well hfipndfiH eystem, we Were weighted down witm too mnoh cotton on one side, aud not enough of home midaiaentt; broad and clothing on the other, to preserve tho propor equilibrium. B.t one cannot fail to see that the farm* re have real ised their miscake, and that the broad foundation of independence is being laid in the well filled barns and smoko homes, whloh will bless our state an other year. THE SUDDEN DECLINE in ootton has made many paupers, but while those men, who sold before tha decline are most fortnnate, ths above conditions have made our farmers, even those who did not sell, virtually in dependent of the cotton market and they oan afford from their protected situation, to view the flurry in tha business world, with the balm confi dence of me who are safe in any event —became th-dr money crop is absolute ly demanded by the needs of the world —and must sooner or later bring a re munerative price. There oan be no donbt now that THE CHOP 1 SHORT. Then was a decrease in the acreage planted; the yonug plants were very much retarded and injured by the late Spring; it was almost the middle of summer before the belated erop began to take on its usual vigorous appear anoj, and about that time the rainy season oame on and was so protraoted, that when the snn finally oame out most. of the squares and young bolls formed daring the wet weather drop ped off. Added to this, in some sec tions of the state the crop suffered from rust, boll worms and caterpillars, and the early frost, four weeks in advance of the usual time, effectually cut off the top orop. By the first part of this mouth if not earlier, the principal parti of the orop will have been gathered.' With thie powerfully illustrated lesson brought home to their very doors, oaii farmers be so foolish as to risk another overwhelming cotton crop the coming year f We hava jnst gotten well start-, ed on cnr policy of home independence, let ns not turn back or be swerved from our course, by the fictitious promise of a large oottou orop, however alluring the prospect. Let ns settle this ques tion right now. "He. who hesitates, is lost.’' Let ns keep this fact steadily in view, that the policy ot outting home supplies short, in order to get in a big acreage in cotton, is bad in the* ory, and worse in practice. Let ns re solve so take oaro first of home needs, and then pat in all the oottou we are able to manage and work to advantage, If this policy is rigidly adhered to, an other year will witness a still more prosperous agriculture and a happy and contented people. sowing chain. The long con tinned drontb has much delayed the sowing of the oats, clover, grass and wheat, because of the Impos sibility of plowing the land, and un less there is rain before very long, the danger is that this area of thsee crops will be materially reduced. When the gains do oorae, the temptation to sow the seed on land badly and hastily pre pared, will be very great. But wo strongly nrge that thw mistaken plan be avoided as far as possible. The la ter the land is prepared, the better it should be done, on account of the danger to the crop from cold. The thoroughly prepared, well seeded bed, particularly if the land is rolled.' stand* a much better chanoa, than where the seed is just scratched4n on the surface. Added to whioh orop on the thoroughly prepared Wld gets a good Md which it uudeuhSfrdLr will, with ordinary seasons, liie p.aut, are vigor ous end strong nod belter ablo to resist even severe cold. It is not yet too late to sow German clover, of which we hear sueh glowing coconuts from thine who have tried this crop, if we cm secure a good, fine seed bod this crop may yet be sown. There will doubtless be more rye sown this tall than is nauui, lrom the delay la sowing other grain crops It resist* oold more snecussinLy iua.it other grain crops, and white uot so valuable as clover as an improver of tho laud, it is a very fair substitute, and beside, fur nishing green winter loud, serves to cover the land aud keep it from wash lad- About a bushel and a half or two bushels to the acre is about the right ■winter orop >uld do well inter vto’x a. who has , sty a it has thjio 0 over^ thoi- Even oaths rery study, the. heavier aoaMMjtib’ If she land is left in loose oomlitibn, the effect of the winter will be to hasten the disinto.-at ou and dacompS.itiou Of the vegetable matter, widen it may Contain. There ure also manysebsuoiui of insect life, which are destroyed, aud in very odd sene *tw,. the weed seeds tkue'exposed arc effectually eliminated. POTATO** which have not already been gathered aud atored, should receive utteution before the rains sot in It Is very im portant to dig them, in dry weather, as they are earner handled and there are fewer chances of losing them after they are stored. This once carefully done, the main care should be to keep the temperature as uearlv uuiorin as pos sible, about 40 or 45 degrees This oan [ be managed by leaving the ventilators open in pleasant weather and olosiag ; taem in cod, and also throwing on art dUfcgpflvitiyth or covering daring cold R T. Nesbitt, Commissioner. BETHAVEN NEWB. Mr.NA Clement’s house wns robbed of all its contents one night last week, during his absence No clue to the thieves. Mr. Faiii Pittman is back from the Exposition. He snvs he [Lived twelve months during his necks stay there. ||&£' Wm Bnmettjifts -rdygnwd, lloftm from Atlanta. He speaks with glowing terms about the great show. If any one is anximiß for a fight just ask him why it was he slept with Grover while , there. Messrs George McKinuy and Noah Mathews, two of our Sunday School boys, gave an exibition of their skill in punching each other in John L style the other night at Center. Both parties claim the belt. Mr. William Witcher of Lexing ton, is visiting ills mother Mrs. M E Witcher, ’• toast bread and keep it dry. There’ll be no danger of its mold ing. But moisten the bread with water, and see the re sult. It is covered with mold. So with consump tion. Its germs will not grow in the lungs unless everything is suitable to them. Weakness, poor blood, loss of appetite, coughs and colds often pre pare the ground for the de velopment of its germs. To destroy germ-life the sys tem must be kept in a well nourished condition. Do not lose flesh. Take Scott’s Emulsion, with hypophosphites, as a preventive. It furnishes the reinforcements neces sary for the body to con quer in the easiest pos- I sible form. The oil is m a state quickly taken up by the organs and tissues. Scott A Booms, ChsarfsU, Nsw York. jc. tni turn If yon owe L G Johnson & Son and don’t want to be sued, pay up. We are out of buaineae and must wind up. L, G. Johnson & Son. If you owe me a note or acct. .that is not paid by Oe c. let. I am going to give you trouble and a heap, of it. No exceptions —I mean you, J T Baker, Comer. All you back sliders indebted to me that 1 have carried over from time to time, lam going to give you trouble this fall sure, if you don’t pay me, 1 LE Greene. * ; t Commissioner Nesbitt’s Inquiry Box For the Month. VERY IMPORTANT lIIFORMATION. Bag* Destroying Cabbage—Hern'eMlngand Gearing a. Mate In the Pie*—How to Prevent Smut In Wheat—Keeping Wee vil* Out of Cora—When to Plant Oats. Etc.—outer Matter* Of Internet. Question 1. —I enclose a plant which Is getting common in' the pastures aud fields of this section : Please name and teli'ikow to got rid of It. B. M. Answer 1. —The enclosed specimen -ts.thi wild oarfol (Dancnp Oarola). It is fonud in nearly oil the states, east of S*l . meaio spreading over the entire ootmtryf seeming to thrive on all soils and in alt •lima tea. It flowers from Jane to September. The seed are distributed by becoming attached to animans, and that being carried abortt; or remaining on the plant until winter, are blown consid erable disttucea by the wind. The seeds retain their hard covering. In permanent pasture, mowing the pi huts as often as the flowers appear, wilt eveutnally destroy them. Or the root may be cut off several inches be loir the surface of the ground Vhich Will nanally kill them at once : Or the plants may bo palled by haqd when the ground is wet: this is probably the surest way of getting rid of this weed. The wild carrot U not often trouble some in cultivated fields. Question 3.—1 seed yon some bags which have been eating my* cabbages and turnips. Please name them and teli me how to get rid of them. • L. H , Taylor eoauty. On Answer 9.—The bags are Harle quin Cabbage Bugs (Murgautla His triouion), so oalled from the gay, harlequin-like manner in which the blaok and yellow oolors are ar ranged upon their bodies. It feeds upon oabbage, turnips, radish and mus tard plants, and its ravage* as a rule are confined to the states south of Pennsyl vania The first eggs are hatohed oat in April or May and thi* brood at onoe be gins its work of destruotlon by sucking the sap from the leaves. They axe hide behind the most convenient item or leaf of the plant they are feeding on. In this eeotion there are Mveral broods each season. The most efficient remedy la to de stroy the brood that lives over winter When they congregate upon the mustard or radish plants. Then they can he de stroyed very easily by the application of kerosene by means of a common water ing pot. ' If these bags art.thus destroyed early in the season it will almostentirely pre vent injury later. These inseots fly but little and are tfalas not apt to oome from neighboring fields All bags and eggs whioh may be aeeu on cabbage plants should be pioked off and destroyed. Clean cultivation and burning of all rubbish in aud about the garden areimportant preventive meas ures. In .he spring and fall many of these bugs may be Wanned by laying cabbage or turnip leave* between the rows; the inMots will harbor under these and may be collected and destroyed eaoh morn ing. Quksiok 8,-Give me some advice about harnessing and gearing a mule in the plow ? D. Answer 9.—The following article much good advloe on the subjeot of harness. "It may appear trifling to make allusion to the har ness of -a plantation mule as it is ordinarily so scant, bat, be that as it may, there is quite sufficient, when not properly adjusted, to be responsi ble for a large mortality among planta tion mules. In considering this topic we will have ■‘to include almost the whole gears, es pecially that used iu the plow, and we will commence with the bite, or rather the fitting of the bit* whioh is important The points to obMrve are, that they fit the month and are neither too.wide nor too narrow. The mouthpiece requires fitting with care; it should be sboutthe breadth of two fingers above the corner teeth. They are often placed so high in the mouth as to cut the angle* of the lips; the angles should not oven be wrinkled. Collars—Fitting a collar for draught purposes is a point of hygienic import ance. The main things to attend to are, that it ha* an even bearing on the shoulders; that It is deep enough be low, so as to avoid any pressure on the windpipe and the blood vessels of the neck; that it does not pineh from side to side, and that the traces should not be attached to it too near the point of the shoulder. The evils of a badly fit ting collar are great, snoh as collar galls or sors shoulders; congestion of the brain from pressure on the jugular* preventing the return of blood from that organ; and partial suffocation from premure on the-windpipe. Collars of all varieties have eaoh their votaries,, but we consider non* SUBSCRIPTION : Oh Bolter For Ytr. better than thoee lined with leather next the ekln, when kept dean and free j from skin secretions, which if allowed ' to remain on the collar, becomes hard j and rongh, and then produces irrita-1 tion. To keep the shoulders in good - Condition and preveut galling—preeusn pg that the oollar fits—lt is a good mis to have the drivers bathe the shoulders With a little cold water each time tha collars are taken off. Thte could easily be dona at tha drinking trough when the mules ace being watered. Backhands and traces. No part of the plow gear produoee ee much perma nent injury or loss as tha baokban& The importance of, the proper ad jasl ment of the backhand may be some what appreciated, when w* state that __ _ Ia , _ .. - ■ itta*, aCM Aud OOdtlUMu (KNfs sere on the spine aver the loins It is am an unusual sight to as* nudes htffcfaed So tha plow with this book bands over the loins, behind the last rib, where there is the least sup port to the baok, not only palling, but lifting the plow with thin, the weakest park At a matter of fact, tha Only progag. function of a backhand is to prevent the tracts (oiling amongst the animal's feet whan the-thsaton is tokeh off thnt- Pluoiag the book band beyond the last rib it a mast dangerous procedure, nnif is the canto of the death of gmny a voi nublo male. J* The truss should have W straight pell from its attachment to the home* to the single trace; there ehould be no an gles in it at all. If it le an indication of undue pressure on the back. If there is a ueoaftity fok any portion of back Jiving to bear weight, the band blocks on either aide of the spine, oiuthst which carves over the spine, is Referable to the plain baekb’and, as thgfcae hiS no direct bear ing on the spkfn column; the other has. More atteutiWi paid to the proner gcag ing of our animals would oftsn prevent serious lofS. "QuußTioN 4—l hare lost several head of young cattle lately, They swell oh the neck or loins, look dull and droop ing, refuse to eat. are constipated, urine high ooloreil and have died in from 19 to 84 hoars. Want is the disease and < your outti* have died ot anthtMh a disease known in different k call ties as "bloody murrain." “Mack leg.” I 'black tongue,” "charbon." eta It is a common disease, attacking nM only cattle, bat other animals aa well. I remember in lfcM, when the *<biek tongue,” os’ it was oitUed, swept ©vet Florida and South Geotfcia, killing m number of cattle and Sdnost ex termi nating the deer, which at that time wet* very numerous: A gentleman from Florida told me that during a day spent in the woods looking after hie oattle, he counted over 80 dead deer, and raw oth fre walking about aimlessly, rendered ,t*me by the disease with whioh they were suffering. .... The causes of this disease are usually traoeable to stagnant ditches, swamps, eta the water in which has been low ered by a long period of drouth, also to food or water that has beeu tainted with decaying animal or vegetable mat ter and contagion. The disease is most common in flat districts, where daring dry seasons ponds and pools of stag* aant water am found and ths decompos ing vegetable matters are exposed. This Is essentially a disease of the blood aad iepraottoally confined to yonag oattle, rarely attacking an animal over two years of age. Ia this disease, prevention is better than cure, as there is little hope of ear* ing an animal after the disease te con tracted. a few boars asnaliy bringing a fatal termination. Three -drachm donee of chlorate of potassium, dissolv ed in water and given every three hoars, is good treatment, and if the naimnl te weak give ia addition whiskey and qui nine. Change the pasture at onee, when this disease appears, toons on higher ground if possible, mad with parse water. Sep* era to the siok animals from she reel. Bury deeply ail oattle that die, or bet ter still, burn the oaroassea. .The sheds or (tables where animate have been confined should be thorough ly cleaned end sprinkled with quick Hme, and tho woodwork, walls, etc., washed with a eolation of ehloride o t lime, four ounces to a gallon of water. This disease onn be contracted by e—, therefore great care should be taken ia handling n siok animal or a dead oar ones, as a scratch or sore on the hands might be the means of oanaiag inoosla latioa. After any exposure the hands should be washed with a weak solution of oarbolio aotd. . TTgriffith., ;■ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Danielsville. Ga. Office South of Court House: Cal la answered god prescription*, filled p tomptly. NO 18