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It attracts new customers and holds
the old ones. People will forget you
and your goods if you don’t constantly
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A Little A d. Will
Bring back your (Stray animal,
find a purchaser for your house and lot,
horse and buggy, or anything else.
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
TOWN TAXES DUE.
Town taxes are now due. Executions
will be issued at once for all unpaid taxes
at time Of closing the books.
J. L. Coleman, Recorder.
Staeesboro, Oct. 10,1894.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
The firm of McLean & Co. lias this day
been dissolved fcy mutual consent, L. J.
McLean retiring from the business. Geo.
Reese & Co. will continue the business.
They assume all liabilities, and to them
all accounts due the old firm must be
paid. L. .T. McLean.
Geo. Beebe & Co.
In retiring from the business of McLean
& Co.,'I desire to thank bestowed, the public and for the be¬
very liberal patronage
speak for ray successors a continuance of
the patronage, feeliug that it is merited
by them, and that it will be mutually
beneficial. L J. McLean.
Referring to the above we beg to say
that we will continue the Drug business
in all its branches, and will use every ef¬
fort to please the trading public, and
hope, by fair dealing and close attention
to business, to merit your Geo. patronage. Reese & Co.
W. G. II. SCAB BORO,
—DEALER IN—
Fancy Groceries, Confectioneries,
Cigars and Tobacco.
Fresh Apples, Oranges and Lemons
always on hand.
Oysters Served 6n Public Days.
OYSTERS! OYSTERS!
Ilot Oyster Stews Thursday
and Saturday evenings
and night, at the
Palace Market.
West Main Street.
Tlie Statesiioro Barber Slop,
S. W. Sutton, Proprietor.
Ilair Cut, 25 cents; Shave, 10 cents.
|SaS“ Everything done in first-class style,
and satisfaction guaranteed. Give us
a call at the old stand.
WM. HUGGINS,
Practical mczrttX Brick -SWfljfSSLk Lajer,
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Estimates made on all kinds of Brisk
work and satisfaction guranteed.
Lee Hotel,®
Statesboro, G-eorsia,
Mrs,. MARGARET LEE, Proprietress.
Tables supplied with the best the market
affords. Good board by the month at rea¬
sonable rates. Respectfully invite my friends
from the country, and the public generally to
stop with me when in town. -
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B LOODED C ATTI.E.
I offer to tlie .people of this section some
choice Jersey milch cows, at prices to suit
the times. Will take in exchange native
beef cattle. Call at my lot in Statesboro
and select your choice. S. S. Sasseb.
Statesboro, Aug. 9,1894.—3m
Headstones and Monuments,
1 am now prepared to furnish Headstones
and Monuments at lowest posible prices.
D. C. MOCK,
apltf BELKNAP, GA.
DYEING OLD CLOTHES. . . .
I am prepared to serve the people in
dyeing goods. Will give almost any
color, and guarantee Hatisiaction.
Give me a trial. B. J. BRinGEKS,
junl4yl. Statesboro, Ga.
S.J. GOLDEN m -lit
BAKER.
b/
Fresh Pies. Cakes, f
Buns and Rolls
cooked daily. A ms
On South Main. 8
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organs.
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record.
$50 saved every Piano purchaser.
$10 to $20 on every Organ.
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111.
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Small Cash Pavment required, »» on a
Plano. $10 on Oraan, balance next Norwn
tier 15lh. Longer time If wanted.
Payment* to suit all. Piano* $9 to *10
monthly. Organs $2 to *5.
Our Mid-Summer Offer* save big money
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S0UTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, QA.
Vol. III.
TUESDAY'S ELECTIONS.
Ge0Pgia r Holds HeP 0 wn, Though
T The D Republicans __ Capture the
National Congress.
This week’s election news is a little mix¬
ed, but the T.mes regrets to state that
the most of it is not of the most palata¬
ble variety.
Bulloch county is all right. She gave
Col. Lester a majority of 367 over Dr.
Brown, being more than 50 per cent
larger than the majority given the dem¬
ocratic sta te ticket last month.
Chatham county sets a better example
than Bulloch, giving the populist nomi¬
nee only 57 votes, aud Col. Lester 6,5532,—
a majority of 6,273 votes.
The 1st congressional district is to be
congratulated upon giving the largest
majority of any district in the state. Col.
Lester’s majority two years ago was 5
089, and this year it is more than 8,000.
Col. Lester and democracy grow in pop¬
ularity in the 1st district of Georgia.
Georgia is right side up and don't you
forget, it. Thirteen democratic congress¬
men have been returned from the “Em¬
pire State, - ’ Tom Watson having been
laid in the shade to the tune of more
than 5,000 majority.
Rut the news is not so encouraging
from everywhere. For instance, Morton
has defeated Sen. Ilill for governor of
New York by a majority of' not less than
100 , 000 .
lion. W. L. Wilson, author of the Wil¬
son tariff bill, has been defeated by the
republican candidate, Dayton, by about
2,500 votes, and the West Virginia legis¬
lature has gone republican by 15 t o 20.
This insures a republican United States
senator in the place of Sen. Camden.
By the aid oi the kicking Breckinridge
crowd in the 7th congressional district,
of Kentucky, Owens, who defeated Breck¬
inridge in the primaries, has probably
been defeated by Denny, republican.
Maryland, for the first time within the
history of the state, has chosen more re¬
publicans than democrats to Congress.
Last congress, she had six democrats; in
the next, she will have two democrats
and four republicans.
John Gary Evans, the Ti’Juianite can¬
didate for governor of South Carolina,
has beat en Dr. Pope, the independent, I'illman by
about 20,000 votes. Gov. will
be elected Fnited Stages' Senator from
that state by the next legislature, the
Butler crowd having been utterly routed.
North Carolina now appears to have
four populists to congress, name¬
ly: .Skinner, from the 1st district; Stroud,
from the 4th; Shaford, from the 7th, and
Linney, from the 8th. Settle, republican,
has been elected from the 5th district.
The democrats elected from that state
are, Woodward, from the 2nd district;
Shaw, bom the 3rd; Lockhart, from the
6th, and Crawford, from the 9th.
The present House of Representatives
in congress is composed of 214 demo¬
crats, 128 republicans, and 12 populists;
there being two vacancies. The one just
elected will be entirely changed, the re¬
publican leaders claiming as high as 230
members.
ATLANTA IS SHOCKED.
Atlanta, Nov. 5.—A wave of virtuous
indignation has struck Atlanta. All the
ladies’ afternoon societies and. elderly
gentlemen of highly moral proclivities
are up in arms, not to mention being
down on legs, at the high art show; bills.
First it was the picture of a pretty little
girl in blue tights, posted by the “Black
Sheep” compauy, lhat offended. It was
generally denounced by the ladies’ socie¬
ties and some of the church people. The
more the pictures were discussed the
morr threateaing was the aspect of the
storm cloud raised by the W. G. T. U.
ladies. As a rule, the men didn’t take
the case seriously, and there were no tan¬
gible results until yesterday, when Mar¬
tin Dooly, the theater bill poster, was
placed under arrest for displaying a
“stand of Lillian Lewis’ ‘Cleopatra.”
The picture represents the figures ot An¬
tony and Cleopatra, It is fair to pre¬
sume that the naked facts of history
were slighted by the artist when he de¬
vised the costume worn by Cleopatra as
she appeared in theobjectionable picture.
The noble Antony was not overdressed
either. Bill-poster Dooly soon perceived
his mistake after putting up the bills,
and auu soon souu had uau a u squad »|uw of j, men • at ivoik
concealing the beauties of the Egyptian
beautv by plastering her with datasheets,
But even tills did oot siltittfv, and Dooly
was was arraigned a mgu in i tile poliee i eonrt lor liis
oSense. Ihelad.es were not prepared,
however, and the case goes over until la
ter in the week. Just what the crusade
against the naughty bill boards will re
suit in is hard to predict. has track
The onlv effect, so far been to
the houseWhenever date. one of the proscribed
attraceions has a
Today Bill-poster burlesque/IL> Dooley had posters
to put up fora submitted
the pictures to the afiow/i censorship of proceed, the po
lice, who finally him to
on condition that the ladies m the pic
tures should have their shapely beneath figures
covered up with the date slieets,
which Cleopatra is now found on every
dead wall in town.
A ballet in bloomers will probably be
next.
BULLOCH TIMES.
Statesboro, Bulloeli County. Georgia, Thursday, Nov. B, 181)4.
GEORGIA NEWS.
A farmer stepped into a bank atI)alton
the other duy and presented two checks
to be cashed, one from .1. II. Kenner for
$23.11 in pay for a bale of cotton; the
other from Davis & Son for $26.10, in
pay for two small hogs, weighing less
than 250 pounds each. There’s more
money in hogs than cotton.
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The most wonderful object,on exhibi¬
tion at the Dixie Interstate Fair was
Lulloo, the Hindoo freak. It wus a
young man with a twin sister attached
to his breast bone by her neck. The at¬
tached body was aoompletehuman body,
with the exception of having no head; the
arms and legs, and hands and feet, being
perfectly natural, and about the size of
those of a two-year-old child.
•
Last Saturday night a Mr. Kennedy, n
farmer living about eight miles from
Americus, while returning home drunk,
stopped at thebouseof hisbvofcher-iD-Iaw,
Mr. Milton Hart. Kennedy hammered
on the door with his fist, and refused to
answer when asked “Who’s there?” Fi
nall.v Hart armed himself withaguu, and
told ids son to open the doot. When he
did so Kennedy rushed into the house
and was shot down by Hurt.
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The suspected murderer of Treasurer
Copes of Orangeburg county , South Car¬
olina, is supposed 'to be in Augusta. His
name is Emanuel Williams, and if he is
the right negro there is a reward of over
$1,000 for the captor. The suspicion or
circumstantial evidence against Williams
is said to be very strong and it may be a
lucky catch for the one who captures hitn.
He has recently keen seen near Mo net a, a
village over the river in Akin county, and
was apparently making, his way to Au¬
gusta. He is reported to have been arm¬
ed with a shotgun.
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Last Mouda.v night, within a period of
three or four hours, fire broke i
eight ships lying at various
wharves uud loading with eottoi J
damage to ships and cargoes i >
ted at $100,000, supposed to b and
the river, and in some cases 4
more places iu the same ship,, than! off
dicating something more JS
A reward of $500 has been off upil.
mayor of Savannah for the ^
of each and every person whom o'.i
convicted of setting the water/?/ fires ft*
the hose of the city’s apfbf .
the Cotton Exchange has bringing
$5,000 to be used in tlie.4*
tire-fiends to just ice. There wereetj h| cnees
that quantities of phosphorus H been
us .cl iu starting the fires,
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A party of twenty-five laborers have
left Brunswick for Savannah in search of
work. Others say they will follow. They
assign several causes for their leaving,
one of the main ones they claim is the
importation of cheap labor. The fids
of their leaving are beginning to beknolru,
and Home of the merchants arc not feel¬
ing good about it. They say their tri dc
will suffer, and they want work given lie
men hern. Others are threatening to
leave. They claim they can get work in
Savannah at bettcaprices than heresiiee
the wages have been so reduced by t>r
eign competition. The other side of lie
question come* from one wild claim's to
be posted. He says the real reason he
laborers went to Savannah, and m re
threaten to go, is that they can get dockreu w rk
that, was dropped when the
struck. He says, though, that all th se
places have been tU'e<), and the Rn is
wlck men will have to return home to et
work,.and they will soon Hud it out u er
trying Savannah awhile.
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At Atlanta last Monday night IV. 0.
Jones loaded a car of horses for Curdle,
and among them was a large black mile.
She was placed ja one of tlierailroade.ik,
but in some manner, while the ear w s
being shitted around, the mure iv *
thrown on the floor and trampled On r
several of the other horses in the cm.
The cervicle vertebra, one section of fie
spinal column made up of seven bones4
teadiag to the weathers of a horse, joipll
together by sirrallTigainents, w assevera.
Through the center is a foramun or fide
in which passes brain. the spinal This cord had con dil lin¬
ing with the mare -
rated the fifth cervicle vertebra, eausib
paralysis in tin*, voluntary muscles ,•
pressure 1 on the cord so much'that ae
could , , not . stand, , mt f fell d mu and
gered about. \\ Iran down she was deij. m
cmm.tose stuln nml np„nrentl,
Mr. .lours wns culled ami was a*1viwe.T j
•
kill thehorse, , bu^<re . . u*ed , ; andsumm.o., ,
several negroes and Dr. Larne*, the w 1
known veterinary surgeon, Placing t ,
large pieces of timber cairM on either back side f
the Uo.se she wa* to tf;
stable and thn doctor went, to work. Te
neck wa* pressed book into its jfemr
place and as the bones fitted toget.li*
sumiii the report was Mice the crack of p
rifle. Several bandages wen*.used al
siie immediately rallied and got lift, al
is now convahscing mc-.4v. Atm eat s ,
erythmg hi sight and witl have cotapa
tiveiy recovered in ten days. This is
only case of a 1 ke horse tlusaud dislocating lie living its ii«jc
in a tnannei
heard of in this section of the count,
aml.thm'e is but oue ease or two of
ou rocortl.
Georgia Solidly Demoeratle.
Following are the estimated majorities
received by the democratic candidates of
the various congressional districts:
First District—Candidates:' Rufus E.
Lester, dem.. J. F. Brown, pop. Lester's
majority, estimated, 8,000.
Second District—Candidates: Benj. E.
Bussell, dem , W. E. Smith, pop. Bus¬
sell's majority, estimated, 4,000;
Third District—Candidates: Charles F.
t'risp, dem.. Geo. W. White, pop. Crisp's
majority, estimated, 5,000.
Fonrth District—Candidates:CharlesL.
Moses, dem., C. J.Thornton,pop. Moses’
majority, estimated, 3,250.
Fifth District—Candidates: L. F. Liv¬
ingston. dem., B. A. Todd, pop. Living¬
ston’s estimated, 2,400.
Sixth District—Candidates: Charles L.
Bartlett, dem , II. A. Whittaker, pop.
Bartlett's majority, estimated, 5,000.
Seventh District—Candidates: John W.
Maddox, dem., W. II. Felton,pop. Mad¬
dox's majority, estimatsd, 2,500.
Eighth District—Candidates: Thos. G.
Lawson,.dem., W. T. Carter, pop. Law
son’s majority, estimated, 2,500.
Ninth District—Candidates: Carter
Tate, dem., J. X, Twifcty, pop. Tate's
majority, estimated, 3,230.
Tenth District—Candidates: J. C. C.
Black, dem., Thomas E. Watson, pop.
Black’s majority, estimated, 5,500.
Eleventh District—Candidates: Henry
G. Turner, dem., A. W. Johuson, pop.
Turner’s majority, estimated, 4,000.
Desperate Populists.
Thomaston, Nov. 6 .—x train on the
Macon and Birmingham railroad loaded
with Democrats going to the polls to
came near being wrecked seven
west of this place this morning by a mis¬
placed rail on a high fill.
For several days past it has been ru
moved that the popn lists would attempt
wreck the train which they knew would
democrats on their way
Dashes Frk* thouirht tliev would
repaired. Turpentine ,
U iu
* ~ to ukly
. ,^
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0 ® 11 }' 1 JW
latest . go to (,>IM & Ob s. Dot
b% surprised to see
tu / have this Chi!
L™#*, .Hour's
Bamboo Culture in the South,
Mr. J. .L, Norinand of Marksville, La.,
makes the following statement: I have
five different kinds of bamboo growing
on my experimental grounds. 1 find the
giant bamboo (B. Semienais) the most
profitable. It is lmrdy and attains ft
hag-lit of 100 feet when a plantation of it
is well started. It will grow wherever the
wild cane grows; stiff clay land suits it
best. The root cuttings should be set
eight feet apart; lay them flat and over
bodil.v three or four inches deep. It re¬
quires very -little cultivation the first
year. After this it will take care of itself,
and grow so thick and fast that it will
occupy all vacancy between the rows and
run ahead of all weeds and grass. I
should think this is the very plant need¬
ed for subirrigat ion pipes. I am going
to try the experiment of subirrigatiug
my strawberry patch with it. I also pro¬
pose to build a latticed shed over my
strawberries to partly shade tin m from
the scorching summer sum I believe this
is the way for us to grow the strawberry
successfully; water to their roots when
needed and partially shaded overhead in
the summer. The bamboos can be set
ou.t almost any time. In dry times it
must. Ik* well watered the first year plant
cd. The third year after planting you
can begin to cut and' use for walking
canes, fish poles, bean poles, fancy chick¬
en coops; the fourth and fith years for
chairs, bedsteads, picture frames, rustic
seats, grape arbors; on tbo seventh and
eighth year they become from six to eight
inches in diameter and grow nearly 100
feet in bight ill a single season. They
can then be used for telegraph poles, sub
irrigating j>ipes, schooner masts. Split
in four and nailed to posts it makes a
good fence, gutters, pipes to run water in
flower pots a re made of it wheu saw
ed the lengt.i wanted.
R .lutai.l summer houses cap lie made
oNf . Outhouses can be put up with less
W oik and “quicker with it thin lumber.
It makes u spliwli I ri.pi' tlien (lint will anil n .t
leak » drop, uiside,nodes tip o in Sun jomt open and lay
cut out the or
f) . |>ni . B ,de. cupped UJ i. and then
in with anoi her layer over that cnr»
p«*d (lorn Jt m »»t ii.-c*ssa-y to It give
any pitcli or slope ruiii-»i»ter,likesoiii to vour roof. will
catch a!{ the uiy
tors, awl do away w ith rafters, laths and
the slow and tedious work of Hailing on
shinglre. Large sheds can l« lra.lt of it
circa ;»t ami wall less work than any
building matej ini, and os a dicorative
plant the bn taboo is worthy ot admi a
tmn • It ougfiti’rake th- first placc^
Not zr mg fan be more giucolul tnan a
group oilheai on your place, towering
up high like a gigantic fern, iu startling
contrast to the surrounding vegetation,
a.ul its great; leru-lrke fronds wave with
even a slight breeze with such elegance as
form an inipKawive Hptetucle.
\T IN0. a I
A WEEK IN WASHINGTON.
Senator Faulkner is more confident
than at any time during the campaign
that the democrats will elect a majority
of the next House. Hisestinmtesof dem
ocratic success in Indiana and Wisconsin,
where the republicans have been making
such sweeping claims, have disconcerted
the republican campaign managers to an
unusual degree. It has called their bluffs
and they are trying to find a way to
keep from showing their hand. Senator
Faulkner has been paying particular at¬
tention to the Congressional end of the
New York campaign and, while he has
not succeeded in harmonizing the party
in New York city to as great an extent as
he wished, he considers the democratic
outlook much improved within the lust
few days. He had a conference with
President Cleveland day before yesterday,
and it is presumed that they talked about
the campaign, but Senator Faulkner
hasn’t said publicly that they did.
Iu assuming that members of the cabi¬
net are not interested iu the campaign
because they are attending to their offi¬
cial duties and are not making speeches,
some people are making a serious mis¬
take. The two New York members—Sec¬
retary Lamont and Postmaster General
Bissell—are registered and both of them
have stated that they expected to vote
the straight democratic ticket; Secretary
Gresham is registered and says he will go
to Chicago and vote the straight demo¬
cratic ticket; Secretary Morton, who has
just returned from Europe, found so
much business awaiting his attention
that ho paired with a Nebraska republi¬
can and will not go home to vote; Secre¬
tary Carlisle is so busy that lie will not
vote, but lie would if there was any doubt
about the result in Kentucky; Secretary
Smith and Secretary Herbert both ex¬
pect to vote the straight democratic tick
el, but nobody seems to know Attorney
General Olney's intention.
The unnual report of Pension Commis¬
sioner Lochren snys of ihe notorious
Long pension, which was reduced by the
Bureau of Pensions, that under honest
but mistaken interpretation of pension
laws Judge Long has obtained more than
$7,000 to which he was never legally en
titled, and adds the beliefsol the Coin
missiomT, that should Long ever take
* Supreme C™m.
as In* has said he would, thedecision may
impel him to consider the propriety of te
f ; n ling tills monev lo *ho government.
........... K „„„
New link to take part in the
work of the campaign. He is regarded
as high nnthorit yin the politics of that
•State, ami i just before i r,. leaving i H Bashing- T
ton expressed himself as follows on dem
ocratic prosjucis: “My correspondence
assures me that Hie party in theStute is
united and enthusiastic for success. The
newspaper accounts further convince <ie
of that fact. I know the active men in
most of the counties of the State within
the party. I have met them often in
their localities in matters political. I
know how much they have been divided
of late. I am sure they are now working
for victory in the common cause. While
this place is not favorable for political
■ prognostication*, I am very hopeful of
sueccdn, and I aril sure of a united demo¬
cratic party in the slate hereafter ns the
result of .Senator lliH’ssplendid can vans.”
Mr. Benedict said of another matter in
which democrats are much interested: “1
know that Secretary Carlisle is anxious
to see the democratic ticket elected, but
of course, as Assistant Secretaries Wike,
Utm'H* 1 and ( urtis are out of town, mak¬
ing speeches for the party in different sec¬
tions of the country, he is unableto leave
liere on account of his official duties, and
1 believe the New York democrats will ap¬
preciate that fact.”
The Post Office depart meat, in order to
enlist the assistance of private citizens in
the protection of the U. S. Mails, both in
transit and in post offices, has offered a
series of rewards, $ 1,000 for the convic¬
tion in any U. 8. court of any person, on
the charge of robbing the mails while
conveyed ia a mail car attached to a
railway train; $500 torn conviction on
the charge of robbing the mails while be¬
ing conveyed over any post route, other
than a railway: $250 for a convictiou on
“ 1 .... il ' n l’ l '/ 0,0 emais.
and $150 for a conviction ou thechai-e
of l(mikl - l)g mto a po8fc oftjctJ ond Btea l
''«• ** » " l i ’™ *i *!,»..mount stolen . i «.
| eii,.i .
Ex-Secretary of the Treasmy l oster
have !ort his political * cunuing
® ,on . * wiHl f lw , J
have been foolish . to write V
so as a posi
tive denial of his having during'heclos
jnw days of the Harrison administration
, T , ,K Rureai , o{ ' Engraviuc ljl 8 ,a ' U! S and au0
1 rintmg .n piepnr. pmies . forthepiint
j„ g „f bonds, so that they could be ready
j 0( . a t„,„ ( j issue at, a day’s noiice. His
{or J prPi , umlion of thp
bond plates record , nt . the . . „ 1
is on reasuo ____
department, undo <opy of it wus this
vvepk published. “Tell the truth,” is the
uercruie, m pomioa as wen dm m ever*
thing else.
THE TIMES .TOB OFFICE
Is prepared to print
Lettish Heads,
Packet Heads,
Hied Heads and
Statements,
Also— Envelopes. Etc.
Invitations, Cards, Tickets, Programs, Wedding
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INTENSIVE FARMING.
Fewer Acres and Diversified Crops
the Salvation of the Geor¬
gia Farmer.
The following letter from Mr. R. J. Red¬
ding, Director of the Georgia Experiment
Station, to Mr. C. A. Rowland, of Augus¬
ta, should be duly considered by the
farmers of Georgia. We have preserved
this communication for some months, as
the date will show, with a view' to laying
it before the Tim is readers at a season of
the year when we thoughtitlikely to pro¬
duce the best results. The farmers are
now abont done gathering their crops
for 1894, and are generally agreed that
they have lost money on thecotton crop,
as heretoforecultivated. Thetirtieis now
approaching for the preparation of tbo
land for another season, and the farmers
are asking, “What shall we plant next
year?” The logic contained in Director
Bedding's communication may aid them
in the solution of the question.
Georgia Experiment Station,
Mr. Experiment, Ga., Aug. 20th, 1894.
C. A. Rowland Augusta, Ga.:
My Dear Siy4> /& ’ f fully endorse what
you say in refe»., in e practical inabil
it.v of legislation soTOn g as farmers fol¬
low such unbusiness-like methods, and
produce such poor results. And while I
would be the last to underestimate the
value and importance of the woi k we are
doing at this station, I am free to say
that I believe I could do even more good
to the farming interest if I could spend
m.v entire time in visiting the farmers,
holding meetings, and discussing and
impressing the importance of common
sense, business methods. Farmers do
not need science less, but they need com¬
mon sense business more. “Intensive farming” is
simply principles applied to the
conduct of the farm. The idea of culti¬
vating an acre of land which cah be ex¬
pected to yield no moretltan one-third of a
bulr of cofton, or ten or twelve bushels
of corn, or twelve or fifteen bushels of
oats is simply prepost i*r:aifc. ■ I insist
that there can lie no real prosperity for
an individual farmer in producing less
t han one bale of cotton, or twenty-five or
thirty bushels of corn, or forty or fifty
bushels of oats per acre. I insist that
there is a fair profit to he realized on cot¬
ton at (i’4 cents, provided the best )und
on each farm be selected, a judicious ro¬
tation of crops be adopted,, mid u liberal
use of fertilizers (including the use of cow
peas and other renovating ustrate crops) be
practiced. I have ill oa
aided charjlipf pro«|| [III(j IT) fl t I
’liiuiitO'*. .
ton bushels of con. per acre. By a sys
liberal but judicious use of well balanced
fertilizers, the land—every acre of it in
cultivation—ha* been profitably brought
ty to forty bushels of oats, per acre—
without an.v fertilizer. Oor crop is now
««> fine that it promises—with no eosnal
ity in the future, and a reasonably late
fn „_ to yMd from 1% to 2 bales per acre.
Counting only on the expenses which
would bo properly chargeable to the
crop as a business venture, it certainly
will not have cost—when gathered and
ready for market—exceeding 5 cents per
pound, and I think not more than 4
cents.
But if a farmer cuts down his area—as
he must do in order to got one bale of
cotton per acre—if every fanner so redu¬
ces his area—then the aggregate cotton
crop wonld be reduced very greatly, prob¬
ably to one-fourth or one-fifth of the
present aggregate area, and the aggre¬
gate production wonld be probably less
than 6,000,000 bales, and the market
would go up, at a bounce, to 10 cents.
Of course every farmer cannot be so im¬
pressed, and there will be no such univer¬
sal contraction of acres: but each farrnt r
who does contract will get the benefit of
the widening of and the margin between price, which cost
of production result from his market adoption of the
would
contracted, intensive, one-bale-to-the
acreplan. No failure to co-operate on
the part of the farmers at large could
cheat him out of the benefits of his own
common sense course. He would find it
infinitely wiser to produce 20 bales of cot¬
ton at ii cost of $20 a bale (4 cents a
pound) and sell them for $30 a bale (6
cents a pound). In the first place he will
exchange $20 worth of labor for $550
cash; while in the second case he will be
simply swapping ten dimes for year’s n dollar,
while he owes somebody for a liv¬
ing. So then, the argument is to each
farmer ns au individual. Large bodies
move slowly—individuals can act quickly
and independently. Let any one farmer
to it that he does wbat lie thinks oth¬
er farmers should do—what all farmers
should do—whether others do it or not.
ff every farmer will do this then all will
do it—because all includes every: but if
onlv one in every ten, or one in every
thousand, adopts such a course, he will
not be without his reward.
R. G, Reiidino, Director.
• •
$15,000 to Loan At 7 Pep Cent
on improved town orfann land*. Loans
consummated iu from tin to fifteen day*.
Geo. IV. Williams.
Statesboro, Ga.
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