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BULLOCH TIMES
PUBLISHED THURSDAYS:
Official Organ of Bulloch County and Town
of Statesboro.
D, B. TURNER,
Editor and Proprietor.
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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1897.
BACK FROM FLORIDA.
The Times family returned yes¬
terday from a two weeks’ visit to
Florida, and we suppose some of
our readers may be interested in n
short write-up of the trip. There
is not much to see in Florida at
this season of the year, and we did
not see much to write of, but we
had a good time fishing all the
same, and fishing stories are always
in order.
We left here Tuesday afternoon I
July 13th, and reached our old
home—ClearwaL-r—Thursday eve¬
ning, having lain over a day in J>a
vannah aud nearly a day in Tampa
Before reaching home we had
resolved on getting a V ait of crabs
as soon as practicable after our
arrival, and to that end we engag¬
ed a boat and the receding vide
Friday evening found ve scribe,
Svd Jeffords. Svd Wallace and
Horace KiJgore-ua brave a gang
as ever ran a finger in a crab hole
-on the banks with a couple of
crab ... hooks ready , for , the , frav. . Jef- T .
fords , , aud \\ ailaee plied the hooks ,
at . first, . A and for few mmntes . . they ..
a
raked in the crabs faster . ,, than T Kil- ...
gore and the Times man could
gather them up and put them in
sacks. By way of explanation, it
might be well to state that one
has to be very careful how he takes
hold of a crab, and especially when
they are in water from six inches
to a foot deep they are hard things
to manage. They run backwards
as well as forwards, and when a
man reaches down to take hold of
one, if he is not careful the crab
will get the first hold, in which
event he holds on until it thun¬
ders. We went there with the full
determination to make it thunder,
and lightning, too, pretty quick
should one happen to get the ad¬
vantage of us. At the time we
were ou the banks the delicious
little creatures were feeding,
which made their capture quite
easy. They have little holes in
the ground about eighteen inches
deep, and when feeding they rest
quietly at the mouth of their holes
ready to seize any little shell or
anything eatable that comes along.
They don’t eat people, but they
frequently almost do it if a man
happens to get his hand or foot
too close to their business end.
Some very bold men, who know
just hotv to take hold, reach down
in the holes and take hold of the
big claws with which they bite in
such a way that the crab can’t use
them; but the best of them are
liable to make a slip, and then
the sluice of profanity that is sure
to follow is said to be alarming to
everything except the crab. It
never frightens him much. Then,
there are little dog fishes who
sometimes occupy the crab holes,
and they are said to have a power
of forty thousand pounds to the
square inch in their jaws. They
sometimes take hold of a finger or
thumb, if one happens to come
their way, aud they seldom turn
it loose until it is mashed as fiat
as if a brick house had fallen on
it. Hearing all these things, we
decided it would not be necessary
for us to put our hands in any
crab holes, so we just put on a
couple of pairs of thick socks and
waded around holding Ihe bag
while the other follows caught the
crabs, which they did by thrusting
the sharp hook through their bod¬
ies as they were lying still at the
mouth of their holes. In half an
hour we had about a hundred and
fifty—as many as we wanted. Up
ou returning to the house the
crabs were poured into a big wash
pot which was set to boiling, and
in fifteen minutes they were ready
to eat. We ate as long as we
could, and then lamented because
of our incapacity to eat more.
Thus the pleasure of our Florida
trip was already slightly marred.
The next day we went fishing to
the grouper banks with Syd Jef¬
fords aud Will Wallace; aud we’ll
say right here that we doubt if
throe better fishermen ever
hooks. You might, possibly, find
tl,ro« bigger liar,, I*. !■•>« «- '
not scare up three men who could
rake in more fish t<> tho minute
than we did. We went out in the
gulf about four miles and began
fishing about ten <> eloc,:, aim ny
twelve iwtiM o’clock o li we had drawn up
more than a hundred grouper,
grunt, blue fish, pilot fish, shark
aud toad fish from the bottom of
the gulf—a depth of twenty-six
feet. Syd and Will rubbed it
onto the Times man a little in
catching the fish, but when it- came
to dividing up, we had as many as
any of them. While we were
drawing in the fish there as fast
as we could bait our hooks, we
thought of our Bulloch county
friends who wasted so many hours
iu the Ogeechee with us during
the spring, and wished that they
might be there so that we could
have a fish-fry out in the Gulf of
Mexico. Ali we needed was g reuse
and a frying-pan—the sun was
almost hot enough to cook the
fish. As evidence of this we reach¬
ed home with a clear blister on
our neck and hands. We didn’t
go in ihe gulf any more, though—
we had enough for one time.
We were at Clearwater a week,
and went fishing on the bay four
times, each time catching a good
mess. Iu addition to our fun
catching the fish,'we had an occa
pleasant swim with them.
going with our family, including .
two yeor old boy, into the bay
after supper the night before we
u !t- ^ 1& * n Ui ^ t° P P a ® 1
about in the water on a dark night
and see the phosphorus f. ‘ sparkle
and , liash . . the frightened hsh ~ .
as
dan , awav. ... We were frightened , . , . ,
ourselves , just a little, , lest f one of t
them should , \ dart the wrong way
and collide with us.
Everything seemed natural
around Clearwater, except that a
great deal of improvements had
been made iu some quarters. The
people, too. were quite themselves,
and their customs reminded us of
old times. We visited our uncle
Frank Kilgore one afternoon just
as he was going out fishing with
his castuet. The mullet were
jumping in all directions, and he
waded out among them. In half
an hour he caught fifty odd fish,
catching nine at one spread of the
net. He said this was like old
times, and we remembered to have
seen him do that very same thing
twenty years ago. A new law in
that state prohibits the catching
of mullet with gill nets and seins
for market during this season of
the year, and the citizens along
the bay say it is having the de¬
sired effect of making them much
more plentiful for home use.
Saturday we went over to Tam¬
pa, where we visited a couple of
days, leaving there Monday night
and arriving iu Savannah at noon
the next day, and coming oh home
yesterday.
While in Tampa Monday after¬
noon we took a run down to Bal¬
last Point, a distance of about
seven miles from Tampa on the
bay. It is reached by an electric
railroad, which makes trips every
hour and carries passengers the
round trip for twenty’ cents. Along
the route is some very pretty scen¬
ery--orange groves,fine residences,
etc.,—and at the bay there is a
grand sight. The hotel is built
almost over the water. The walls
are of beautifully colored glass,
giving plenty of light throughout
the bouse. The grounds about the
hotel are beautiful, and everything
conspired to give us a keen appe¬
tite for the lunch that was spread
on the lawn and which was served
to us free of cost. Possibly we
had better say that we carried the
lunch along with us from Tampa
aud served it to ourselves, which
made it so free. We couldn’t af¬
ford to eat at the hotel, for one of
our party said it was so tony that
the porters would charge fifty
cents to spit on you.
We enjoyed the trip, and are
going agaiu to stay longer when
we can work the railroads for au
other free pass. The Times had
been keeping itself up very well
during our absence, and the week¬
ly account of big watermelons,
cabbages, etc., turned in to our
printer McCreight had made us
anxious to get home. But we got
here too late—the big watermelons
| had all been brought iu aud de¬
voured, and we haven’t even seen
a piece of rind since our return.
But we have learned one lesson—
the next time we go off for a couple
of weeks, we’ll wait until the mel
ou contest is over.
Itust on Koses.
Qcbstion. —My hybrid perpetnd roses
vn been nttsckcd by some enemy,
” B rK.V‘ r S.SdjT.S
t j u , w hole pi-mt seems affected.
young bran-lie;! ■,re drawn up and the
genor* 1 app'.r d* t ioo of^tlw bushes is
gtggiy an d.-formed. The ted roses do
not seem to Ir.ve contracted the disease,
whatever it iq but my hollyhocks are
j|,f 0C ft e d with what appears to be the
same disease. The i plants seem ft> have
dried up, and what was once a promise
of lovely flowers is now only a disap¬
pointment. What shall I do for them?
Answer - Tho disoase which has at
tacked your n s'S is easily recoguizod as
row rust, to which tho hardy hybrid
perpetnals are peculiarly subject, and
unless chocked will develop winter
spores, which will live through the win¬
ter, and start agaiu on their work of de¬
struction when tfeo pleaapu* weather of
spring begins. The ties# ptjen ts Co
watch the rose bashes, aud as soon as
the lemon colored spots are discovered
that portion of the plant should be re¬
moved and burned. Also, in the nu
tiuau. all fallen leavos uuderneath the
affected bushes should bo removed and
burned. Daring the fall and winter
spray the bushes aud tho ground about
them with a solution of copper sulphate
or other fungicide, and in the sprlug,
after the leaves are open, spray with
aiqmonlaoal copper carbonate.
The diseased condition of your holly¬
hocks Is owing to tho attacks of a fun¬
gus called hollyhock rust, not the same
which attacks the roses, but the treat¬
ment is very muoh the same. Pull nr
all infected plants aud baru them, also
any fallen leaves; theu try a thorough
spraying with ammouiacal copper car¬
bonate solution.—State Agricultural De¬
partment
The Rt« IV.aTll
Question. —Iu answer »o a question a
month or two since, you said that wee¬
vils were wingless. Now. I send you
some specimens that you will find are
lively flyers, and they seem to be tho iu
sects that damage my corn sui ether
thej^were wtoglass ^ V "
Answer.—T he weevil that was men
tinned iu a previous aniwer was called
the "granarv weevil,- as you will ob
serve bv tiding the article agaiu.
They are wingless but at the same time
they are verv injurious to stored grain.
The winged insects that yon sent are
called the rice weevil (calaudra oryza).
They resemble the granary weevil very
much in appoaranoe, and are very de¬
structive to all stored grain, aud in this
state do an immense amount of darn
Another pe3t, the "Ango.nmois grain
moth,” commonly called "fly weevil, 0
doee great damage, particularly to corn,
before it Is housed, frequently raining
whole ears, and rendering it uafit for
food for man or beast. But for these
weevil pests, our corn could be kept
from year to year, as is uow the case iu
more northern latitudes. The use of
bisulfide of carbon will destroy all these
insects, as I have frequently mentioned,
in answers to questions, aud every
farmer who raises corn, particularly iu
the southern portion of the state, should
use it It is a moderate estimate to
claim that its'use would add 15 percent
to the value of the corn iu every crib
south of Grifliu, aud save many farmers
from baying, who are now driven to-tnat
necessity ou account of the losses caused
by weevils and rats.—State Agricult¬
ural Department.
Egyptian Cyt,*oo.
Question.— Is there any need for un¬
easiness as to Egyptian cotton? Is not
all this agitation about its interfering
with our long staple cotton gotten up
for political effect?
Answer.— The cdtton trade.of Egypt
is increasing very rapidly. The number
of pounds has nearly doubled since
1879—the first year in which we had
official reports. In 1879 Egypt exported
*70,060,818 pounds. The official report
for 1895 is the latest, aud gives the
amount as 531,477,463 pounds. The
price has fallen steadily from 14.9i>cents
in 1879 to 8.07 cents in 1895. Our first
direot importation of Egyptian cotton
was in 1884, and its use here has in¬
creased very rapidly. In 1896 We im¬
ported directly from Egypt 43,574,760
pounds. This amount, added to that
which was received through English
channels, increased the total to about
60,000,000 pounds, or about 100,000 bales
American cotton. Iu view of these
facts our growers of Sea Island cotton
have felt much uneasiness. The presi¬
dent of the New York Cotton Ex¬
change, Hon. Guatavus O. Hopkins,
says that Egyptian cotton certainly
does compete with our Sea Island or
long staple cotton. Georgia raises two
thirds of this latter crop, aud we are of
course directly interested in any move¬
ment which tends either to iucrease or
depress the price.—State Agricultural
Department.
Coro Smut.
Question.— Is there which, any remedy to
prevent the corn smut, it seems
to me, is increasing in the last few
years?
Answer— The remedies for corn
smut must necessarily be of a preventa¬
tive nature, because from the fact that
the disease outers the plant when
youug. gpraylng with Bordeaux mix¬
ture and other fungicides will do little
good. Experiments on this liue have
been made and the results have con
firmed this opinion. On investigation
it will be found that when the diseased
corn is left in the field or on the grouud
it will infect succeeding crops, and also
that while smutted corn fed to horses
may not be very injurious to the aui
mals, the spores will be distributed iu
the manure and will work a great
amount of damage. arrest the dis¬
ease It will pay to practice rotation of
crops, and also to destroy as much of
the smut as possible before it comes to
maturity. Cut off the smut balls and
bury or burn them before they burst
and scatter the spores broadcast. Bis
sey says: "Where domestic animals
are flllowe “ t0 eat smut in the field,
they become the carriers of the spores
and their dro^pin gt, filled wit h the ataU
living spores, become tho centers or in
faction. No auiinal should be perniit
ted to eat smutted oorn, oven though
th. owner b. cm-ced .MyI,
ness to the animal itself. The harm
ij es j„ the distribution of tho spores,
whlch ar6 Uttte if a t all injured by
passing through the alimentary canals
of animals.”— State Agricultural Dff
partment.
Hunt In Wheat.
Question.—Is there any way to pre¬
vent rust in wheat? There seems to bo
two kinds of rust; quo attacks the
blades, the other the stalks, and the
latter does much the most damage.
Answer.— You are mistakou as to
their being two kinds of rust that at¬
tack wheat. The same ru »t attacks the
blades and stalks indiscriminately. A.»
a rule the blades are first attacked,
either from their greater susceptibility
or because the stalks have not made
thoir appoaranoe. When the spores, or
seeds af the fungus that produces rust,
first settle upon the plant. Hot, wet
Weather is most conducive to the devel¬
opment of ttfis fungus, and soma varie¬
ties of wheat ara more easily affected
than others. Weak plants are more
liable to attack than those of vigorous
growth, pence the importance of plant¬
ing the best seed. There has been no
remedy discovered for this disease,
when once it makes its appearance on
the wheat. We can, however, careful selection use pro* j
ventive means by a
of seed, aud so treating it before
planting as in some measure to
gnard against thi liseasa The sim¬
plest treatment, an ono that gives as
good results as auy, is to soak the seed .
wheat for two or three hours in a solu- |
tiou made of four ounces of sulphate of j
copper (bluestone) to a gallon of water.
.
Stir the wheat occasionally and skim
off all the light and defective seed that
rise to the top. It is claimed by some
that a free use of salt as a fertilizer
will prevent rhst, but this has not been
demonstrated. The rust of course doe*
most damage when it attacks the stalks,
f° r t ^ e is directly injured,
« wiU eel9ct fiCed from whea ‘
that fnU v matured aud ripened in the
-
^ free from ru ^- a “ d
tK3t »* 33 described, yon will stand
3 fair c3aucs of Wiping rUit < though
“ frequently appears after every pain,
^ as been taken to prevent it. State
Agricultural Department,
Diseased Galnces.
Question.—W perfect hy quiuoe is it that thoso wa days? so
rarely see a youth this
I remember that in my was
considered Tone of our most certaiu
fruits and tire rows of quince trees iu
my mother’s garden laden with th$
heavy yellow trait Is still a pleasant
memory.
Answer.—Q uinces, like many other
of our fruit trees, have been sadly neg¬
lected, and the insidious advances of
diseases have been scarcely noticed, un¬
til they have obtained such a firm foot
hold as to be very difficuU of eradlca
cation. There are four diseases to which
the quince is liable; The Leaf Blight
and Fruit Spot, the Quifioe Rust, the
Black Rot and the Twig Blight. The
first attacks the fruit as well as foliage,
and young quince trees in the nursery
are peculiarly liable to It The remedy
is spraying with Bordeaux mixture.
Tho rust attacks the fruit, aud unless
the disease is- checked, the young
quinces will be distorted and misshapen
long before they mature. The fungu9
of this disease is communicated frSjfi
the "cedar apples” and "cedar balls"
so often seen on cedar trees, and if these
trees grow near a quince orchard they
should be destroyed. Spraying with
fungicides may also be used with ad¬
vantage.
The Black Rust is more safely pre*
vented by clean culture than by fungi¬
cides, because the disease usually ap¬
pears when the fruit is reaching ma;
tnrity, and the application of fniffei
cides might be attended with danger.
All rotting or mummified fruit should
be destroyed, and after tne crop is gath¬
ered late sprayings of ammoniacal solu¬
tion ol copper carbonate Will be bene¬
ficial.
The Twig Blight very muoh resem¬
bles the Pear Blight. The branches turn
black, and should be cut off and burned
at one*.—State Agricultural Depart¬
ment.
Soluble t’hosphorio Aid*
Question,— In the analysis of fertil¬
izers, phosphoric acid is spoken of a*
soluble, reverted, and insoluble. Please
give me a short explanation of these
terms.
ANSWEa—The soluble phosphoric
acid In a fertilizer is that part that Is
perfectly soluble In water and at once
ready for plant food. The reverted
phosphoric acid is that portion that
becomes Soluble by the action Of
water and the soil combined, and
it is therefore estimated as "avail¬
able” to the growing crop, Tho
insoluble is so difficult of solution that
it is regarded as of no benefit to a quick
growing crop, aud is therefore consid¬
ered as having no value in a fertilizer.
In an analysis of a fertilizer the "solu¬
ble” and the "reverted” are added to¬
gether and called “available phosphoric
acid,” simply because the crops oan
speedily appropriate them.— State Agri¬
cultural Department.
Catting Wheat aud Oats.
Question. —Should oats and wheat
be cut before full maturity or not?
Answer — Unless intended for seed
both wheat and oats should be cut before
becoming fully ripe. By this plan you
save more 6f the grain, as there is no
loss from shattering. The straw is more
nutritions and therefore more valuable
for feeding; and it is even claimed that
the grain so saved contain* more nutri¬
tive qualities than when exposed lodger
i zSiErs £
by shattering and all of tho straw for
feeding purposes. —State Agricultural
Deparftaeat. *
Laundry!
Laundry!
Have your Laundry done up
right, by the
Georfia Steam LaiiDdry ■
Saraiial, Ga.
Send them your Collars, Cull’s,
Shirts, etc. Special attention
given to Lace Curtains and
Blankets.
Basket at B P. Maull’a.
C. M. GUMMING,
Agent at Statesboro.
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Eier M Sizes, These!
But then we’ve got good Clothing to fit all sizes of men and
to suit all sizes of pocket books—particularly the lean
kind.
It’s no use to quote von prices—can’t afford it. Our goods
are so cheap we are almost ashamed to give prices.
You just set your price and get your suit.
Sfyirts anb Motions.
BONO & ROSOLIO,
HOT BARGAINS.
If you have the Kold Kash, here are some Immense
Bargains for you. Money Talks;
Ladies’ Undervcst 4c.
Ladies’ Oxford Ties (Slippers) 18c,
Ladies’ Tnu Oxford Ties (Slippers) «3c.
Yard Wide § I Homespun 4c.
Afbcns Checks f.c,
Hens Pauls 44c,
All the balance of our Summer Dress Goods and
Slippers to go at cost.
The merchant who buys on time and sells ou eternity
must pay and charge enormous profits. To bring prices
to the bottom we take only “Kash in ourn.’’
iG. W. WILLIAMS.
MAXCY E. GRIMES.^
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN.
DEALER IN
Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Silverware, Spectacles, etc. A full
and neat Supply Constantly on hand.
Special attention given to repairing line
watches and fitting the eyes
Written up in Gold Wire.
Gold Jewelry made to order. Orders b y
mail promptly attended to.
Allorders to M. E. GRIMES,
Statesboro, Ga
NEW DRUG STORE
IDIR/TXGrS.==
MeLea.i & Co.
North Main Street, who't at all times ‘hey will b.
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Drop, Medicines, Oils, Dyes,-Fancy andToilet Articles I
_; n { a ct, everything usually kept in a first-class drug store.
Ml PYMertptlons CarefullyiCompouaded by Dp. Holland.
THE DAVIS MACHINE SHOP
is the placa to get your
Boilers, Engines, (Jins, Turpentine Stills,
etc., overhauled, aud in fact everything
in the way of machinery repaired and put
in first class order. I also keep on hand
ALE KINDS OF ENGINE
FITTINGS, GAS AND STEAM
PIPE PACKING, OIL, <Kc.
I Manufacture the Davis Sea Island Cot¬
ton Gin—the Best Gin in the Market.
Dent buy until you have examined it!
W. I). DAVIS, Mgr.,
STATESBORO, GA.
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W.L.DOUCLAS
S3 SHOE in ,h”*A*orld. merit
For 11 years this shoe, by
alone, has distanced all aiul competitors. $5.00 shoe*
W. L. Douglas *1.50. ftl.00 from or* the
th productions of skilled workmen,
host material possible at tbo*e price*. Al*o.
ftlfo (red f’l ji attaeg fe>- me*L #t-50, <y.uQ ani
* ^ *° r \V?\?. Indorsed
Doflglsa 000 ,0U0 shoes are the be*t
by in over style, 1 , fit and wearer* dunbillQr as of auy
shoo ever offered at the all price*. latest
They are made In the
shapes and styles, and of every vari¬
ety of leather. for cata¬
If dealer cannot supply you, write
logue to W. L, Doug las. Brockton. Mass. Bold bf
J. G. BUTCH.
m~xr r—:
I AM HERE YET.
Having bought out Mr. Jamro
ga’s stock of Shoe-making tools, I
am prepared to do your work in
this line.
I respectfully ask the patronage
of the town aud county. Satis¬
faction guaranteed.
W. W. Wfili 9
: i isrrjcftu? 3V-.
“Fothing else like.it’,’
,r*- The most refreshing and
.iT-n-wr pleasant Soap iior the skin.
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TftuwAansEPTic fob the 172 a
ICltEl WCE:25fc*W NuBSERV<5! Bath
It lasts twice as long as other*.
A trial will cor ninca you of It* (rest
merit. Will plea s the most fastidious.
CHARLES F. MILLER, TOILET
Mfr. of FRENCH MILLED
SOAPS AND PERFUMERY,
Lancaster, Penn.
I ESTABLISHED , 1S»Q. „
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MAKE
American Beauties
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ARTISTIC
pEFFECTS,
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Lengths.
Ou Jiucli Box.
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SZL 1 :. :!A^l? r ACTUnER5.
SOLD BY
R. Simmons, Mnlesboro.
I •8 IATHDSHEK
f. Ths Piano for Lifetime,
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The Piano of the South,
I The Piano Sold Most Reason**)?,
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The old, original Mb th us hek, sold by ns
for over a quarter of a centur y sod the
delight of thousands ofBoutbsi’sMnn**,
More Math-nsbelu used South than of
any other one make.
Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices,
cheaper than ever before known,
Styles once $435, now $33*, “ A
$100 saved every buyer.
How, because we are now Interested lu
. the great Mathushck factory, supply
> | purchasers direct, and save them aU In
termediate profits. White us.
J.UDDEX * BATES, k r'
U Savannah, Ga., and Sew York City.