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The Irwin County News.
(ittleiiu Org;u» of Irwin t'ouuty.
ITJi 'ION .1*0 V VKAK IN AliVAXCK,
iPutolislied "Weekily
A. <1 Drl.OACII, hllilor A Prup'r.
tixUn tj nt !. rt*iih 7tt* j't: uh rrtixvu /->> are
o in aj\ r firiit in.-/ . vr,it»oth'nrSe pro¬
vided .
KiitereU at i liu SM'smure, tin. Rustfliee
ss secoiul-ehiss him i'. mutter,
('ouiinmiiciitioiH lo iustirr pulilicnlion
/or Unit week, musr he in file utliee, not
lat.r then Weil nr-day hi noon. We are
not re-po!i>-ibte lor [lie views, polllie.il
or otllrrvt lse, ol our eoHespouiltMUS.
ELI DA V. MAY li. 1X94.
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t’OXKV tliB THE TALK.
('oxeynm . . is rampant m '* i~ti ,
J
imtton, and no wonder. When
Cnxov. B- 'wni' aud Christopher
Oolumbus .Tones were arrested for
violating 5 the l«w by : attempting
speak , the , Unpitoi , steps, tnev
' on '
found sentimental , and
women men
search , of . notoriety . , ready , fur¬ „
in to
nish bail for them, and yyhen their
ca-ep were, called for trial in the
police court' they found among
their volunteer counsel one II. S.
Ssnator and a half do?, »n Represen¬
tatives—all p>pu'i-ts. And if the
trial, now in its third day, results
,n conviction, they will doubtless
have their tines paid for (hem by
people who will imagine themselves
philanthropists i. fur coi-t r inuting
money to such a purpoic. So much
tor the loaders, who stop at hotels
and enjoy their notoriety.
About one mile south of the cap
itol building is an enclosure wnich
haw lcr years been used as a dump¬
ing ground for miscellaneous city
filth. Tn‘h it enclosure are nearly
500 m* n, four-fifths of whom are
professional tramps. An admission
iXjtf tlf "C cents is charged »-o go in
and look over the collection. So
far this h*« brought in enougli
money to feed the tramps and they
have ma le no trouble, but the pun
lie curiosity has now been pretty
vveli sated and. unless the imattina
ry philanthropist shall contribute
to feed the gang the army will soon
oeum to desert by wholesale. That
they will not work was proven by
Co Key's refusal of an offer of a
camping ground of GO acres in a
healthy location just out of town ,
as long as his men wanted to use it
ami $5110 ir cash for cleaning the
underbrush Irons . Q amo, He prefer¬
red to keep the men in their present
unhealthy location, because he
though he could get more money
out of the admission fees than he
could if the camp was moved to the
country, lie thinks more, however,
ot his blooded horses as he removed
them from the camp in which the
health officer says he would not be
surprised at any time to see several
contagious diseases make their ai>
peurence, and from which men are
every day carried to hospitals,
Coxi-y lias an far been very peace
fill and law-abiding, wiffi the ex _
ception of his mild break at the
Capitol, but it is because his force
has not been st.ri ng enough for
him to be otherwise, tlis intention
is in the end to rnr.ke trouble, if he
cat) get a gttfii uent force of men
gathered ir. Washington to do ho.
He p♦ i! 1 talks about eventually hav
ing 2U0 0(JO men here-and other
of the same sort. His coming here
was a fool's errand, and he has
been entirely too linientlv dealt
with by the authorities.
This Cuxey foolishness is slao
costing considerable money. At¬
torney General Olney has n quested
Cmigres.- to make an appropriation
of $50,0!'0 to meet the expense of
employing extra deputy marshals
to deal with the gang of lawless
Coxeyites in the northwest, and
the bill for extra police protection
whion the District of (J dumbi.i has
been paying for a week past and
will continue to pay uutil the Cox
evite craze haw passed over,amounts
to not less than $500 a day.
Senator Harris says that after
the amendment to the tariff bill is
reporter to the senate, which will
he li is expected early this week,
he proposes to tmmediatelv force a
lengthening .if the daily sittings of
the senate, unless the republicans
will agree to set a time fty closing
4 little fiuvy has . been
created here by a rumor lint the
Louisiana legislature that met t« on
the IS, inst., would demand that a
duty of two cents a pound be put
on sugar and that failing to cot it
they will elect snoceggo s to Sena¬
tor Ci fiery un'l Blanchard who will
be instructed to vote against the
tariff bill. Few democrats believe
the rumor. It is of to.» extraordi ¬
nary a nature to be believed, and
probably owes its origin to the tact
that this legislature will elect suc¬
cessors to the senators named who
are both filling unexpired terms by
appointment of the governor.
Judge B P. Havens, of Terre
Haute, Ind., who i* at present in
Washington, throws considerable
nee led light upon ( the carrying <>1
so in ill}’ niuiiicipa! elections in Ills
etste by the republicans. ‘ The
truth is/’ said Judge Ilavene, “that
,, the dt , mocratu , were not , organized ,
, .
liU,a ' tll,n , k , th f A '
Cat great . the result,
any ngure in
though . that organization helped to
. and , solidify , ... the , repnoh- ...
organize
lhere . den.- ,
are met as manv
ocrats in Hoosierdom as ever, but
some of them are growing restless
at tiit long delay in passing a tariff
law. As soon as that is done dem¬
ocratic stock will take a strong up
ward turn in the politics! market.
A large and distinguished party
will go from Washington to attend
the unveiling of the Mary Washing¬
ton monument at Fredericksburg
Va., next Thursday. President
Cleveland has promised to go and
it is expected that Mrs. Cleveland
vrili accompany him.
Public Printer Benedict expects
to assume chare? of the govern¬
ment printing office this week. He
will find a very queer state of af
fairs, caused by Mr. Palmer’s carry
in? h!!n(!r e f ls of people on the roll
more than were needid lo pet form
the work of the office. A big dis
charge is therefore one of the cer
t unties of tho near future.
Gen, Evans speaks todav at Me
Ran, ; n Telfair. County,
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At Pratt- City, Ala., the militia
been ordered out to quell an
army of strikers.
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Genera! Green is s prominent
candidate now-a-davs, but the most
of the farmers are against him.
Judge Alien Forte hs.« been chop
en chairman for tile next convert
tion of rail-road commissioners.
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It is the huffiest obligation of
cvt , r y Kentuckian who has the
slightest vestige oi common decen
„ y j eftt t0 detent Breckinridge lor
, l0 !1PK f.congress
.
Thorp are some men and women
in the grand old commonwealth
of Kentucky, who will not connte
nai.ee such ignominy as has been
heaped upon lhem nv Breckinridge
bv aiding him to return to con
S ief,s *
U hisfeey (oi Larohli .
The decision of the Supren e
.Court of South Carolina,, rendered
0R lha 8 th inst., carries into effect¬
total prohibition for the whole state
and the dram drinkers have not so
much as a dispensary to abute < r
patronize.
The Savannah, Americas and
Montgomery rail-road is to be ex¬
tended from Lyons on to Savan¬
nah. If the Sam succeeds in this
important movement it will greatly
enhance that portion of the road
now in opperation. This action is
the result of a eonferance of capi¬
talist, recently held in Baltimore
who represent a large amount of
stock in the road. The work is to
start at once.
We are pleased to see that Col,
Aaron, of Ashburn, has a large and
increasing business The Colonel's
efforts for popular favor have not
been in vain.
A prominent young lawyer of
Macon eaya if Bibb County goes for
Atkinson it will be by the skin of
the telegraph’s teeth
MR NESBITTS REPORT.
His Monthly Talk to the Fanners of
the State of Georgia.
THE RECENT HEAVY FREEZE
Wlilcti Partially tlentroyoil the Wheat
uiid Out i rap-i, Mimne Higher
Prlci-A fur food—F«utih
Crup Killed.
DKPAKTMK.vr Of AaKICCtTL'SE,
Atlanta, May 1, JSW.
Up to the first of the past month no
fairer prospect ever cheered tha heart of
the anxious farmer. The rains, it is
true, had somewhat retarded work, but
the genial, sunshiny dayii were atoning
for the loss, and all nature was adorn
ing herself in spring's own livery. The
farmer, as he prepared for and planted
his cro P s - felt the joyous influence, and
being * in better condition than usual to
, bear the strain . of the year s operations,
was buoyant with hope. Alas, for hn
nian c " icnIations ’ ona ni * ht %r,ls suffi “
dent to destroy this bright prospect,
and when Georgia farmers awoke on
the morning of the heavy freeze, it wa3
to gaze upon blackened ruins, where
only the day before every tree and plant
pointed to an oarly spring and a pros
perous crop year. Though dismayed,
they are not daunted, however, and the
present date finds the crops replanted
and the farmers with fresh courage
still looking forward and working for
the fulfillment of their plans, Tho par¬
tial
DESTRUCTION- OF THE WHEAT AND
cko?.-;,
means higher prices for food.
Before it is too late let us prepare
' against this contingency, and by
the smaller food crops justify ourselves
and our section against the possibility
of a shortage. We should certainly
raise enough for homo consumption,
with even a little to spare to our less
fortunate neighbors, where, in all possi¬
bility, tho short crops will cause a heavy
draft on their sections.
As appropriate to this condition, and
33 offering an excellent plan, I would
suggest tha following:
• We think it would be a good idea
for the farmers to try this plan for rais¬
ing corn or. a small scale this year. Sub¬
soil an aero patch, broadcast with stable
manure and 200 pounds of commercial
fertilizer, then harrow well both ways.
About the second week in May a spring
tooth harrow will clean the ground of
weeds and grass. Harrow again a week
Inter, drill the corn in rows four feet
apart, and "hen leave it till harvest
time.” Lat me urge again that a full
quota of
FOKhUK crops
of all kinds be planted. Corn, German
and cattail millet, milo maize, sorghum,
Spanish ground peaa and field peas,
While the latter must be our depend
enee as e storer of nitrogen, it is im¬
portant to have some rapidly maturing
summer crops to meet- tho needs of that
season. These should be planted as soon
as the ryo or barley lota are ready for
the plough, planted, remembering the that the later
they thorough are more high important is
preparation and fertiliza¬
tion.
When those come off, this land, ss
well as the out and wheat stubble,
should certainly lx; sowed in peas. We
thus get another crop of hay, and tha
roots, stems and fallen leaves furnish
an important foundation for succeeding
crops of grain or cotton. In the lost
month’s '‘Talk,” 1 dwelt at some length
on tha methods of preparation for and
of planting these forage crops. In view
of the probable shortage, I feel bound
to again direct attention to the import¬
ance of this work. Besides the value of
SPANISH QROUDrEAS
as a root . crop the vines . make splendid , ...
stock feed, aad tue cost 13 , la ooriqian
eon wilh ibe-ir valuo, nominal, A peck
at ::o cents will plant an acre; me cost
of planting $0 and cultivation will not ex
ceca and alter hop have hnuhed up
ths gram fields, if tusy aie turned on
the ground peas, and from there to the
field peas, returning again to ths ground
peas, there is no calculating the amount
oi ineut that could be raised. In some
sections, and indeed in all sections of
^ ble e seasons, ±^ tJ L, is liable CO t f n ; to ^ die arm out 8' untavora- in spots.
in such missmg places drop a few of
these ground pea-s. and after the cotton
to gathered the hogs can be turned in.
Ju this case the cost of cultivation is
really of'the nothing, as the work goes on witl
that main crop. Where tire miss
ing spots were filled up. the ground pea
crop car, ba counted as just so much
gain, Give the
HOGS
plenty of soft. Few farmers appreciate
the importance Furnish of regular aud ample
salting. it to them in their
slops, and let them have access to char¬
coal, if possible—certainly with’the to ashes.
This can be gives dry salt. A
weekly dose of copperas is also mast
benoficislt and see that they are kept
free from vermin by frequent applica¬
tions of kerosene, mixed with lard or oil.
To raise hogs successfully one must he
on the alert-—careless and Indifferent
methods will not succeed.
In view of this present emergency and
oi the importance of utilizing every
portion of that which is one of our most
costly products, I copy in another col¬
umn a part of an article which I pre¬
pared for Cultivator the March number of Tho
Southern in regard to har¬
vesting the corn crop. It is a question
which deserves careful study, and the
man or men who will hit upon the prop
er plan of Materials curing and preserving tho
valuable which are now about
universally only wasted, will confer a boon
not on his fellow workers but on
the country, at large.
Ijefer to this question _ thus early m
order that farmers may consider,
cuss methods aud plans before the fod-
! dor pulling floason, with its
duties, is upon us
cui-Tiv^aw coav.
Ono groat draw bark occasioned
tha recant frooze is that where it
necessary to plow up and replant corn,
tha cultivation of the two crops,
aud cotton, is thrown
near each other, utid the farmer is com¬
pelled to exercise the nicest judgment,
or else find himself overcrowded with
work and in danger of having his crops
irredeemably injured. Here it is that
the harrow can be used with telling
effect, and at great saving of tune and
labor, linn diagonally across the rows
just as the plants are coming up; it
breaks any crust that may have formed
and kills the young grass.
A second later harrowing in an oppo¬
site direction loaves the land in splendid
condition and saves at least half iu tha
expensive hoe work.
other Wide cutting of saving cultivators time furnish and labor, im
means
and in the present argent need for rapid
and thorough work should ba employed
wherever possible. Under ordinary cir
cumstances the second plowing of corn
occurs in tins month, aud the fact that
the plants are unusually small should
not deter us from going forward with
the with work rapidly and systematically,
» view to kill the grass, but more
important still to keep the surface pul
verized and the moisture conserved, and
also to permit the air and sunshine to do
their work.
This surface cultivation should by all
means be at a depth of less than four
inches. It has been conclusively shown
that corn roots penetrate the soil to a
distance of several feet in all directions,
and at a depth of only “our inches be
ueath the surface. Any plow which
goes little deeper than that must cut these
feoders, and each injury to them
reduces in greater or less proportion the
eventual yield of corn. At some of taken the
experiment stations care has been
to make the exact estimate of this
proportionate decrease injury, which is found to
rapidly ua the plowing becomes
shallower.
If we will keep in mind that the main
object in plowing at this season, is not
so much to kill the grass, as important
as that is nor to break the ground
deeply, as to keep in the moisture, which
is constantly ascending toward the sur
face, we will mnko few mistakes in cul
tivation. In order to hold back this re
serve moisture which tho winter rains
have deposited moving. it Whether is important to keep the
plows there is grass
to bo killed or not every time a crust
forma it should be broken as soon and
as shallow as possible. Once in every
two weeks ss none too often. Tho mel
low soil acts &s a mulch to retain the
moisture, which is needed for the hun¬
gry little roots, and which would other
wise be evaporated from tho surface
much more rapidly than it is drawn tip
from the eajth by tha force of capillary
attraction. There may be long peri
ods between rains: this, of course, is be
yond our control, but we can success
fully prevent the waits of the water,
which the earth already holds, and all
PLOWING COTTON.
If there is a good stand of cotton, and
tha land is in proper condition; the har
row rnu obliquely across the rows, /nst
as the plants ara coining ’condition, up leaves teem
iu splendid growing ami if
practicable, a second harrowing in an
opposite direction, a few dais later,
renders the subsequent working cheaper
aud more satisfactory. This plan obvi
ates tha necessity of 'the "blocking ont”
process—always objectionable, because
tha cotton in tha bunches is left too
thick, and is upt to grow off weak and
spindling, and if there is any delay in
the second hoeing, and the plants are
left standing in this condition for any
length of time, the crop does not soon
recover from the injurious effects. Tho
use of th-5 harrow presupposes tha land
in good condition, deeply prepareti and
gmooth. On rough 'laud, or where
from lack of humus and from beating
rains, it will it be has become hard the and packed",
necessary to do first plow¬
ing with a scooter or narrow shovel.
Tho sweep or scrape, which does beauti¬
ful work on ordinary land, v/ill not an¬
swer hero. A feeder should be used
with the scooter ao that it may run close
to and yet not coyer up the cotton, and
by having a wing on the side away
from the cotton the middles can be
covered at tho same time that the cotton
is closely sided.
POTATOES.
This is ths month to plant the main
crop of potatoes. It is not good policy to
plant g immediately after a heavy rain,
nt if th5a is done, tho plow or hoe
0 fio U id follow in a few days. Tha slips
{-, grow 0 g better when sat out in fresh
6 ^ 9 or lists thrown up / as soon after a
good rain a3 the lan i3 dry enough to
plow . The proper fertilizers and meth
0 j 0 f cultivation were treated in last
m0 nth’e -talk.” Don't lay off too close
or croW(5 ; n the rowa
xhfl Iuontu of u not onlv . inclUl1@3
*> 1A n io M fj nv R nm« nf eh a m 'innr
bat parh ap S the most important period
j n the cultivation of the two standard
crops of cor n and cotton. If the last
day of the montu finds the farmer with
„ d stands and cleac field8t he canlook
{ orwar d w ith confidence, because ho has
fully Jk performed hie part of tho work,
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SHEEP—STOCK.
What animal returns to ths soil in
manure the largest percentage of the
mammal value of the food consumed?
Can I maintain the fertility of my soil
by using commercial fertilizers only?
R. S. T., Elmore.
Sheep, which according to accurate
experiments, return 1*5per cenfcof all the
manurial elements of the food consumed
in their manure solid and liquid. With
a view to the renovation of a worn out
farm, sheep is the most profitable stock
that could be kept. They pay a large
return in mutton or fleece for the fool
consumed and tho largest in manure.
It should be remembered that by
simply using commercial fertilizers, no
matter how abundantly applied, the fer¬
tility of the soil cannot be maintained,
and exclusive dependence upon com
mercial fertilizers should never be at
tempted. Leguminous crops aud stocks
essential x . , to . profitable ,, and the
are crops,
latter renders the farmer independent
gjjd becomes a source of profit,
In England sheep are used as the reno
vators of worn lands, and it is an old
adage: "No cattle, no manure; no
manure, no crops."
FREE TO EVERYBODY- % ‘
ft will cost you nothing to cal! and < vannn< (
work • Ife arc prepared to make o repair any p:\:
of a buggy, wagon or cart , o" anything else done > V
a first-class repair shoj). \
Hors© Siloing 1 d. ..no in xh.e JBest of St vie- \
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Givens u trial and bo oonvincod that we do the best work for the
least money of any concern in the country.
VEHICLES OF ALL KINDS MADE TO ORDER.
Minnie laEiifactirii Company 1 t
’ ’ Minu : e, (La.
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Jo,V. Wring, l*rr:-'t. A. J. Vullahan, JjV« Pre*t. l.,J. Jiirivs, Ctah'r.
The First flatiorsaS Bank of CordeSe
The Accounts of Lumbermen, Manufacturer!’, Merchants,
Firms and Individuals Solicited.
Collections a Specialty
flOBosaanBtMttMfli.,
cs • Machinery.
AL. Cr. B© 3 L©a-fi$ 4 -
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MANUFACTURERS AGKF1NT
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Grist Mills, Feed Mills, Shaftinjr, Puliies and Gearing ° of all kinds
Rubber and Leather Belting, Lace Leather and Oils
PRICES GUABANTEED! Manufacture 'To be as LOW 's as Pare. the
l Estimates made demand , _
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CLUB HATES.
Thk Irwin County News and any
of the following papers will be sent
one year for the following reduced ,
rates ;
1 he weekly Atlanta , Journal.Jfl.oQ. r ,
The weekly Constitution, 1.50.
i i!8 VVeeK iy A « w \ ork \\ Orld$l,65
The Southern Cultivator and
Dixie Farmer, (monthly) 1. 65.
The Daily Atlanta Journal, 5,00,,
At these reduced rates ali sub
acriptions must be accompanied
with the cash.
The Southern Cultivator is pub¬
lished at Atlanta, and should be
in every farmers home in Irwin
County.
A Chance For All.
Not a few people have told us re¬
cently that they would like so much
to have The News in their homes
and would subscribe if they only
had the money.
To meet the stringency of the
times we have decided to receive all
khuls (,f country produce, at high
eat market prices in ’ payment of
'
subscription.
Those who are behind with their
subscriptions mrvy also avail them
selves of this opportunity. Tnis
puts your county paper in reach of
all.
R. A. WEID 33 Y,
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.A.3liburn, (3-©orgia
I carry a full stock of HIGH-GRADE
Jewelry all the time,
My facilities tor repair work is unsur¬
passed even in the large cities.
My home is in A hhbcp.n, and when I
guarantee a piece of work or articles sold
from my stock, I 'll be right here to make
everything good. 0-1
Notice.
All persons are hereiiv forewarned that
no ti .hing or hunting will he allowed on
lot of laud no. 52 in the Jd. ilist. of Ir¬
win County, under full penalty of the
law. May 1st 1814. —W. h Julian.
Irwimille Lodge.
No. 315 F & A. M. Regular com mu
mentions 3rd Saturday.
F. H. Taylor, W. M« RAV,Clements See
$46*69 WEEK pm
FCR
williis mmm$
of either sex, any age, in any part of the country,,
sA the employment wnich we furnish. You needt
aotbeaw&y from homo over nigh!. You can'give
your whole time to th 2 work, oronly your spare mo
sneat3 As capital Li not required you run noriek.
tVe supply you 'ail. uli that is needed. I: will
j <303t you nothing to try tho bc>3iness. Any cn&
c&a do the work. Beginners make money from
the start. Failure is unknown with our workers,
Every hour you labor you can easily male a dollar>
No one who is willing to work fails to make more
unoney every day than can be made in three days
atiar.yordinary employment. Send for free boofc
oontainiag tho fullest information.
H. H&LLETT 2 k CO H
Box 630,
PORTLAND, MAINS.
PENSIONS.
Being located near the Government
Departments am atilt* to give your eliiims
better attention than attorneys located
elsewhere. Special attention given to re¬
jected claims. If your present attbrnet
does not suit you, aud is'slow write me.
Soldiers who have lost their discharges
can obtain new one. Charges of deser¬
tion removed, no ekes unless you get
a pension, advice p»ee. Soldiers pen¬
sions at twelve ($12) per month, and stil¬
th ring from disability in addition to that
named in their pension certificate may
be increased under the new law. It is
not necessary for you to have gotten any
ailments in' war to get pensioned under
the new law. l’ensi ins for widows and
children without regard to causo •! sol
diets' death, lor mothers and father
who are now dependent whether they
were dependent on soldier when he died
or not Pensions obtained for service ren¬
dered iu Mexican and Indian war. A
Mexican pension can now be increased
to f 12 per month.
PATENTS.
Caveats, Trade Marks, Designs, Copy¬
rights and all Patent business conducted
for moderate fees. Information and ad
vice given to inventors without charge.
Address the norman claim agency,
Box 167’ Washington, D. C.
Notice.
All persons are hereby forewarned
that no IGliing or hunting will pe allowed
on lots of land nos. 21 and 22 in the 3d.
district of IrwinCounty.
J B.dements