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Jgerald and ^teti8ct[. Newnan, Ga., Friday, Mareti 23, 1888. What Will Save Our Farmers? Southerly Cultivator. This is a very important question, and one that is asked almost every day by thoughtful men, as they gaze over that business life is not the work of a day or a few years. It lasts through life, and the man who is best prepared for the long race comes in ahead at the Statistics of suicide show that, after all, the poor man rarely commits suicide on account of poverty. Hundreds of good fellows, with rarely *50 ahead, and five end. Those who are not trained, puff or six in the family to clothe and feed, and blow. Their flesh is soft, their go on with more equanimity than men muscles are weak, and they fall behind | with good bank margins. They are gen- j when zeal, grit and ability are needed, erally looking for a job, and frequently Many men have succeeded who have have no work ahead for longer than - «. , had but little schooling. Ask them, ' one to sLx months Tens of thous- t * 6 9c °P e of our farming coun- an( j they will tell you that thev could ands of day laborers in the United try, and that was once beautiful, level, ! j iav nch and splendidly cultivated, but which now presents year after year an aspect of declining beauty and fertility. There are two important questions for all those who feel an interest in the welfare of their country, to consider first what is the real cause of certain paits of our country so declining? Second, what will save the whole coun try from becoming worthless? In re gard to the first, is it because the farm ers do not work as hard as they’ former- j ly did, or as steadily as they should? Such cannot bo the case, for almost ev ery fanner will tell you that he works much harder now than he did ten or fifteen years ago, or before the war. Is it because the general drift of things in these declining sections seems against the farmers? Certainlyjiot. To express it in the fewest words, it is simply because the farmers do not cultivate intensively and scientifically. The remedy, then, to restore such coun tries, so as to make farming profitable, is simply to farm on a scientific and inten sive scale; or, in other words, to culti vate less ground and cultivate it better, adopting and using all the most improv ed methods of cultivation. While it is true that it will take many years of seemingly apt] perhaps unprofitable la- Ibor bo restore such worn-out sections, yet there is but one way to succeed in •doing so, and that is, as the old adage says, to stick to it, and finally by inten sive and scientific work, and by the ^necessary restoratives, the farmer may bring his land back to its former fertili ty, and instead of decreasing in value, as now, it will yearly increase until it shall bloom like a rose, and the farm er’s home spread an influence for in dustry, education and Christianity throughout the length and breadth of the land. e had their minds disciplined by studies instead of business mistakes. Stick to the books and the schools aud States rarely know what their income is to be three months ahead, yet they are neither depressed nor miserable. teachers as long as you can. Put hard They readily spend their last dollar; work to it. Make a business of your eat liberally, as long as food can be had. school. Then, when you leave the and economize when they must. The school doors, with powers well polished : terror of poverty is not so overpowering and exercised, you'll find the business as the terror of riches. The fear of world only another kind of school, i losing is greater than the‘fear of not With that tine tool of a mind, quick getting.—St. Louis Globc-Dtmocrcit. and strong to take hold of new ideas, j g jxty m iilions of people in the United you 11 make rapid work and forge ahead i want cheaper woolen goods, of those boys who have not been for-i ( .j iea p er coal, cheaper lumber, cheaper t unate enough to have had your men- cheaper crockery, cheaper iron, tal training. School won t put a busi- j cheaper groceries and cheaper clothing, ness mind into a boy if it isn t there at i q-Q j 0 you must lower the war tax, the start; but it will take that mind and give it such training that the boy at the end of five years’ business will be ahead of where he could have been without the school discipline. Sugar Cane. A-mericus Recorder ‘Sugar cane culture is very profitable ?to Southern farmer in some por tions of the South. It gives him a better* ; pvofit than cotton and it should not bo .neglected. It is necessary to use a good supply of fertilizer to produce good • cane. Cotton seed and a good grade of gu- . ano.give the best results. Stable ma nure .i6 not good for cane. It produces a dark and strong syrup which will not bring a good price. On ordinary upland 100 bushels of cotton seed and 200 pounds of guano are sufficient for an acre. As a general thing, fanners use too much seed on the land. Cane should have distance as well as other crops. It. should be cut fifteen inches long and put twelve inches apart in the drill, and it should never be lapped, as lapping causes it. to dry out or rot at the ends, and very often wood lice will trouble it, and the"stand will be poor. If given good distance the soil will settle down between the pieces of seed, and all the good eyes will come up. 3 he stalks will be larger, and there will he more suckers, consequently a greater num ber of stalks to the seeds. If planted thicker, the stalks will be smaller and will not sucker. Care should bo taken when the seed is cut, to avoid splitting and bruising the eyes. A sharp hatchet is the best instrument to cut with. Use a block about four inches wide to chop on Cane should not be planted until the eyes swell sufficiently to tell the affect ed stalks. If planted before that, af fected stalks are put in and a poor stand is the result. Land should be well prepared to receive the seed, and is cultivated shallow. The Art of War. The command of a large army tasks the resources of the greatest mind. It is one of the highest of human achieve ments, ijml by common consent the first rank of fame is accorded to the great est generals. To move an army and feed it on the march requires a higher order of generalship than to fight it. Thirty hours without supplies would reduce the best army to a helpless mass of disorganized humanity. Food for the men, forage for the animals, must not only be provided, but must be at the precise spot when wanted. Napoleon, the great master of the art of war, had a score of marshals, any one of whom could fight a great battle, im l scarce one who could lead an army on a march. An army on the march resembles nothing so much as an enormous serpent, stitched out mile upon mile, and moving, alert and watch ful, with steady and irresistible force. Let danger threaten and it hastily coils itself together and prepares to avert or overcome the danger. Shrunk to a fraction of its former dimensions, it shows its fangs and is ready for attack or defense. The danger overpast, the great mass unfolds its coils again and stretches out its huge proportions in progressive movement. The brain of this mighty animal, the supreme mind that controls its every motion, is the general in chief. A Tale of Life. Where, oh where, has the young man gone who graduating clothes put on some time along the last of May, and owned the wide world for a day ? \nd where is the sweet girl graduate, who chanted an essay dread with fate, and started out with a giggling frown, to turn this world upside down ? And where is last year’s candidate, who had things fixed for this year’s slate? W ho carried around, as you’d believe, couple of counties in his sleeve ? And where is the scribe with the vaulting will, who tried a long felt want to fill, and courted shekels and renown with a minion paper in a bourgeois town? The lad has divided the world up fair, and owns but his eight-millionth share the sweet girl grad, is a grand surprise and conquers the world with her well made pies; the candidate with his deathless “gall” is fixing himself for another fall; while the journalist with the haughty crest has gone the way of last year’s nest. So, year by year and dav by day. the world rolls on the same old way; the balloon that's the biggest round about is the flabbiest rag when the gas goes out. and manufacturers must not expect to become millionaires in a year. In doing this you must take off the tax on all raw materials, and then we can compete with the world. In doing this we will build up manufacturing, help the home markets and give employment to thous ands who are out of work to-day. In doing it we would not have to impose a heavy tax on the many to make the few rich.— Delphi (Ind.) Times. The month of February, 188tf, was in one respect the most remarkable in the world’s history. It had no full moon. January had two full moons, and so had March, but February had none. Do you realize what a rare thing in nature that was? It had not occurred since the time of Washington, nor since the dis covery of America, nor since the be ginning of the Christian era, nor the creation of the world. And it will not occur again, according to the computa tion of astronomers, for—how long do yon think ?—2,500,000 years. Was not that truly a wonderful month?— Golden Days. “Well, does your husband still drink?” “Yes, mother, and it is worrying the life out of me.” ‘Did you try the plan of breaking him of the habit that I suggested to you?” “Yes.” “Did you put the whisky in his cof fee?” “Yes.” “What, did he say?” “ He said I was the only woman he had seen since his mother died who knew how to make coffee as it should be made.” Spilkins came home the other day with a new coat on. ‘Where did you buy that coat?” ask ed his wife. “At a second-hand clothing store on Austin avenue.” “Why, that is your old coat I sold a peddler last week. He has fixed it up and palmed it off on you for new.” “By thunder! Now I know what the hyena meant when he said it fitted me like it had been made for me. I thought at the time he was lying, but I see I was deceived in him.” Southern History Denounced. Monroe Advertiser. The following squib from an ex change is a pointer to the fruits of j the Blair bill, should it become a law— to-wit: “At a recent grand army convention in Wisconsin a committee reported in favor of the Blair educational bill and denounced the histories now used in some of the Southern schools. “The committee’s report declared that ‘it is time to cease toying with treason for policy’s sake,’ and demanded his tories that would educate our children in the spirit of loyalty and teach them that secession was treason. The re port was adopted amidst great enthu siasm.” Such would be the fruit of any law that requires the payment by the gov ernment of the tuition for the educa tion of our children. When the mon ey is furnished by the government for this purpose, the next centralizing i step would bo to dictate what books j should be taught in our schools, and j how these should he taught. We are a strong advocate of eduea-1 tion, and favor a wise public school system, that all children may have the i benefit thereof, but prefer that each j State shall adopt its own system and pay its own tuition, aud to have no , centralizing bosses to dictate how. and i the manner in which, it shall be done, j School Days. Boys, don’t be in a hurry to end j them. You may want to get at busi ness right away, feeling that you are j falling behind those who are earlier in ; business than yourself. j «uc laim i in f But remember i The fact that this is a very big coun try never strikes one so forcibly as when he has traveled a couple of thousand miles due west and still finds the prairie stretching out before him. A young sprig of British nobility was over here last summer, accompanied by the inev itable “Teems.” They saw the sea board cities, tarried for a time in Chi cago. in St. Louis and in Kansas City, aud then struck out into the great West. Somewhere near the edge of Colorado the train was delayed at a small station, and the passengers got out to stretch their legs, among them his lordship and "Jeems,” who seemed in a brown study. “What is it!” asked his master “1 was just thinkin,’ me lud,” said Jeems, "that Columbus didn't do such a mighty big thing when he discovered this ’ere country, liafter hall’s said and done. 'Ow could *e ’elp it!” Pat Hoolihan, while slating the roof of one of our highest buildings, lost his foot and fell. Over and over he went until within twenty-five feet of the pavement, when he struck a telegraph wire and managed to grasp it, first with one hand, and then with both. “llang on for your life. Pat!” shouted his fellow-workmen, and the bystand ers rushed to the nearest dwelling for a mattress. Pat held on for a few seconds, when suddenly, with a cry of “Shtand from under!” he dropped and lay senseless in the street. Whisky was used, and Pat finally came to. When asked why he did not hold out longer he feebly replied: * <)i wuz afraid the woire 'ud bieak.” ne recovered. Farmers and gardeners should gath er up all the bones scattered about the yards, and prepare them for use in fer tilizing their lands. There are various ways of doing this. One is to mash them with an old ax or sledge-hammer, the finer the better, and place the broken pieces into a barrel or other vessel, iu- terposed with layers of good hard wood unslacked ashes. Keep the mass moist, not allowing the lye or potash to escape. In a few months the bones be come jelly. “For ten years past,” said the new boarder, “my habits have been regular as clock-work. I rose on the stroke of 6; half an hour later I sat down to break fast; at 7 I was at work, dined at 12, ate supper at 8, and was in bed at 9:30, ate only hearty food, and hadn’t a sick day in all that time.” “Dear me,” said the deacon, in sym pathetic tones, “and what were you in for?” And in the awful silence that followed you could hear the hash grit its teeth. It is said that at a recent revival meet ing the minister asked all those who were in the habit of paying their debts to rise. Nearly everybody did rise. He then proposed for all that did not pay their debts to rise. One solitary indi vidual stood up and explained that he did not pay because most of the au dience were in arrears on their subscrip tion. He was a newspaper editor. “Mamma,” inquired little Emerson What is this Disease that is Coming Among Us? Like a thief at night it steals in upon us unawares. The patients have pains above the chest and sides, and some times in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, es pecially in the morning. A sort of sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feel ing like heavy lead on the stomach; sometimes a faint, all gone sensation at the pit of the stomach which food does not satisfy. The eyes are sunken, the hands and feet become cold and clam my. After a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attended with a greenish-colored ex pectoration. The patient feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to afford any rest. After a time he be comes nervous, irritable and gloomy, and lias evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a sort of whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bowels become costive; the skin is dry and hot at times; the blood becomes thick and stagnant; the whites of the eyes become tinged with yellow; the urine is scanty and high colored, de positing a sediment after standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, sometimes with a sour taste and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is frequently attended with palpitation of the heart; the vision becomes im paired, with spots before the eyes; there is feeling of great prostration and weakness. All of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly one-third of our population has this disease in some of its varied forms. It has been found that physicians have mistaken the cause of this disease. Some have treated it for a liver com plaint, others for kidney disease, etc., etc., but none of these kinds of treat ment have been attended with success; for it is really constipation and dyspep- It is also found that Shaker Ex tract of Roots, or Mother Seigel’s Cu rative Syrup, when properly prepared will remove this disease in all its stages. Care must be taken, however, to secure the genuine article. IT WILL SELL BETTER THAN COTTON. Mr. John C. Hemptinstall, of Chula- firmee, Cleburn county, Ala., writes: “Wy wife has been so much benefited by Shaker Extract of Roots or Seigel’s Syrup that she says she would rather be without food than without the med icine. It has done her more good than the doctors and all other medicines put together. I would ride twenty miles to <£6ucational. I88»" r PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL, PALMETTO, GA. SPRING TERM WILL BEGIN THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY, 18SS. Intelligent people, healthy location.experi enced and conscientious teachers. Due atten tion paid to the primary grades. TUITION. Primary grades, per month $1 20 Intermediate glides, per month 2 00 High school and collegiate grade*, per mo 3 (O Board, per month <8 Ou to $10 0u For particulars, address or consult THUS. H. M EACH AM, Principal, Palmetto, Ga. WALKER HIGH SCHOOL, 1888. The Spring Session Opens on the Second Tuesday in January. Professional Carbs. Thom*** C. Carleton. Hewlett* A- Hah. CARLETON A HALL, Attorneys at Law, Newnan, Gkt. Will practice in all the Courts, both 8tai> and Federal, giving special aJU-ntion to th< management of estab * and litigated cause*-. Office No. 2, Cole building. j, P. BARNES, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga Office up-stairs over B. S. Askew & Co.’s. PAYSON S. WHATLEY, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga Will practice in all the Courts and gj v prompt attention to all bustness placed in m liamls. Examination of titles, writing deco*, mortgages, contracts, etc., will receive spe cial attention. Office over Askew’s store. THE COURSE OF STUDY is such as to prepare tor the higher classes in Colhge, or for practical life; and its comple tion enables the student to take charge of the advanced schoolsot the country. Girls are boarded by the Principal. They study at night under liis supervision, and thus not infrequently are doubly benefited. REGISTER FOR 1887. First session, 105 pupils. Second session, 122 pupils. For the year, 162 pupils. As public schools will go into operation next venr, our number must necessarily be limited. The entire school will be taught by the Prin cipal. RATES OF TUITION. From $2 50 to $4 00 per month. Board and tuition, $13 per scholastic month. No room tor loafers. DANIEL WALKER, Principal. L. M. FARMER, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga. (Office over First National Bank.) Will pracMce in all the Courts of Coweta Circuit. All Justice Courts attended. £g|j^ Money to loan on real estate at 8 p- • cent, per annum. Interest paid at end of lh< year. p. s. Willcoxon. W. C. Wrighi.. WILLCOXON & WRIGHT, Attorneys at Law, Newnan, Gt». Will practice In all the Courts of th* Dp- trictand Circuit. AU Justice Courts attra ded. Office in Willcoxon building, over 1. E. Summers’. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE CITY OF NEWNAN Will be opened for white pupils the second Mondav, and for colored pupils the third Mon day, in January, 1888, with the following corps of teachers: superintendent: LYMAN H. FORD. teachers: JOHN E. PENDERGRAST, MISS ANNIE ANDERSON, MRS. D. P. WOODltOOF, MRS. W. P. SIMMONS, MRS. J. E. ROBINSON, MISS CONNIE H A RTS FIE LD. colored teachers: c. V. SMITH, G. J. BURCH. supernumeraries: SADIE E. BEACH. FANNIE L. CARRINGTON. One-fifth of the matriculation fee will hi equired every two months, in advance. Tuition for non-residents will be, in the Grammar Schools. $1500 per annum; in the ligh Schools, $25 00 per annum—one-fifth ti ne paid every two months, in advance. v J. P. BREWSTER, Sec’y Board of Education. GEO. A. CARTER, Attorney' at Law, Grantvllle, Ga. Will practice in all the Courts of the Cir cuit, and elsewhere by special agreement. J. C. NEWMAN, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Georgia. Will practice In the Superior and Justice Courts of the county ami circuit, and els. - where by speciul agreement. G. & N. A. R. / • ■ -*r£ Leave Carrollton 5 m S 5 VrrlveAtkinson, T. O • a n Banning B1 “ a I ’ Whitesburg £ 20 a it Sargent’s ® an Newnan * a R Sharpsburg.. ” V, a ni Turin 8 12 are Senoia Jj jJ2 a 10 Brooks 8 05 are Vaughns jf a ip Griffin 0 o0 a re No. 2— Leave Griffin HI P ^ Arrive at Vaughns 12 18 p re Brooks 12 36 pm Senoia 1 1° P 111 Turin 1 p m Sharpsburg 1 50 p re Newnan 2 28 p ir. Sargent’s 3 25pm Whitesburg 3 ijj p n: Banning ,, $ 00 Atkinson, T. O. O "firrollinji Jt- Me W. A. TURNER, Attorney at Law, Newnan, Ga. Practices In all the State and Federal Court*- Office No. -I Opera House Building. w7y7 ATKINSON, Attorney at Law, Newnan, G«. Will practice in all Courts of this are 1 adjoining counties and the Supreme Court. W. PEDDY, M. D.. Physician and Surgeon, Newnan, 3a. (Office over W. K. Avery’s Jewelry Store. Offers his services to the people of Newnw* and surrounding country. All calls answen-c promptly. T. B. DAVIS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Newnan, Ga. Offers his professional services to the cU : zens of Newnan and vicinity. DR. THOS. COLE, Dentist, Newnan, Ga. Depot Street. „ dr. Extract HENLEY'S elkwap, Gen’l Manager. k Most Effective Combination. This well known Tonic and Nervine Is gminln.' great reputation os a cure for Debility, Dyapep ; sU. and NERVOUS disorders. It relievw ab languid and debilitated condition* oMmsj. tem : strengthens the intellect, hedtly function?; asj’.saagarwaerawsgjg $he Ijrprawtng Influence of Malaria. Brice—$1.00 per Bottle of *4 ounce**. FOE SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. MATTRESS SHOP. Jackson Street, (Fronting the Robison Hotel,) NEWNAN, GA. New Mattresses of all class es made to order. Old Mattresses repaired and ; renewed as ordered. All work first-class. Satis- j faction guaranteed. Your orders solicited by WYLIE H. SIMS. get it into the hands of any sufferer if he can get it in no other way. I be lieve it will soon sell in this State bet ter than cotton.” TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS. Mrs. S. E. Barton, of Varner, Ripley county, Mo., writes that she had been long afflicted with dyspepsia and disease of the urinary organs and was cured by Shaker Extract of Roots. Rev. J. J. McGuire, merchant, of the same place, who sold Mrs. Barton the medicine, says he has sold it for four years and never knew it to fail- . 5HE WAS ALMOST DEAD. I was so low with dyspepsia that there was not a physician to be found who could do anything with me. I had fluttering of the heart and swimming of the head. One day I road your pamphle.. called “Life Among the Shale, ers,” which described my disease bet ter than myself. I tried the Shaker; ate suit yji a L,lctL 1 U “ J I The undersigned offers bis services to tl- Extract of Roots and kept on with it, well, wears well, and will keep i fully solicits their patronage. House-pair/ j ing a specialty, either by contract or by tl - day. Old furniture, organs, pianos, etc cleaned, painted and revarnlshed. Addr<-- me at Newnan, Ga. ALLEN LONG. CLOCKS. When I say Cure I do not mean merely to stop them for a time, and then have them re turn again. I mkan A RADICAL CUBE. I have made the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS A life long study. I warrant my remedy t<- Cure the worst cases. Because others have tailed is no reason for not now receiving a cur* Send at once for a treatise and »Fbkk Bottli of my Inf a llible Remedy. Give Expres and Post Office. It costs you nothing lor a trial, and it will cure you. Address H.C. ROOT. M.C., 183PemlSt.,NewYo&v. Buy your Clocks from W. TXTmTikT>s1 E. Avery, the Jeweler, and you j J- -N X vJT! are sure of a clock that runs j 111* juil CH llbllU J jl L1C i 'OU ! » m • Till J* T Waldo, a Boston lad with a taste for j Ull til to-day I rejoice in good health, good time. E\ erv one war scientific research, “everything that Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier, Huhlen- ranted. Prices low. runs must have some kind of motive burg countv, Kv. -.4 ’A .’l O*’ For sale by all Druggists, or address the proprietor, A. -T. White, Limited, Icon? Ctbrertisemente. power, mustn’t it ? “Certainly, Emerson.” “Well, what is the motive power, mamma, that makes little boys’ noses ; :>4 Warren Street, New \ork. run in cold weather ?” “Did she have a raw hide when she assaulted you ?” asked his honor of a ' meek gentleman who accused his wife ; of assault with intent to kill. “No, your honor,” said the poor man. feeling of ■ himself tenderly; “I’m the one that. ; had the raw hide: in fact, your honor, ' I have it still.” A/WW-V. V WvVAVW-VA FREE! -4 cleer's Blood Elixir is t lie only Blood Remedy guaranteed. It is a positive cure for Ulcers, Eruptions or Syphili tic Poisoning. It purifies the whole system, and banishes all Rheumatic and Neural i^ic pains. We guarantee it. Sold by W. P. Broom, Newnan, Ga. A 26-PAGE ILLUSTRATED PAPER. Descriptive of the Soil. 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