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PRICE: TWO DOLLARS A. Year.
VOL. XXI.
PERRY, HOCSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1891.
NO. 9.
THE
NEW
Corner of Carroll and Ball streets,
‘ilifKY, GEOftClA.
PURE DRUGS,
RATEXT MEDICIjYES.
TOILET ARTICLES.
Fine Perfumes | Specialty.
Kerosene and Lubricating
Oils.
RESCRII’TIONS CAREFULLY COM'
tJNDED by one of tbo best druggists
in the state.
A. choice line of
Cigars and Tobacco
Always :oe Rand.
Open on .Sunday from S to 10 a. m., and
from 3:30 p. m. to 0 p. m.
A share of public patronngois respect
fully solicited.
L. A. FELDER, M. I).,
proprietor.
W ANTED.—The consent of 10,000
smokers, to send each, a sample lot of
150 ‘NICKEL” Cigars, and a 20-year
gold filled T/atc'a by Express C. O. D,
$5.25 and allow examination.
HAVANA CIGAR CO., Winston, N. C.
j.m. mmmw*
Attorney at Law,
Perry - - - Ga.
Will practice in all the courts of tills
circuit.
m Head's
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NEW PUBLIC ROAD.
GEORGIA—Houston Counpy:
To alt whom it may concern:
All persons interested arc hereby noti
fied that, if no good cause is shown to
the contrary, an order will bo granted by
the commissioners’ court of said county,
establishing a new road and bridge as
marked out by tho road- commissioners
appointed for that purpose, commencing
at ‘Head’s mill, in the 6th district, lead
ing in a southerly direction through the
lands or .1. XL Culpepper,’ and crossing
Ivlossoy credit at a point where a short
bridge will span the creek. (Mossey
creek) and leading thence through the
lauds of J. H. Hampton, Walter Hhort, ,T.
O Lillv and through the Hollingshead
laiuls,fwllbfe it will intersect the public
road leading from A. J. Houser’s null to
Fort Valley, the whole being about two
miles in. length, and ail in the 9tli dir
triet except that portion iron'
mill to ivlossoy creek.
By order of court.
Feb. 2,1891. .T. IvE. DAYIo, <J. a
MOUSToi SHERIFF’S SALE,
Will bo sold before the court house
door in the town of Ferry, Houston
conutv, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on tbo first Tuesday in Marcn,
1891, the following property, to-wit:
Fortv-fixo acres or land of lot Ko. 58,
in tho 9th district of Houston countv,
bounded west by lands of Mrs. 45. J.
Houser, cast by lot No. 39, north by lot
No. 59, south by lands of Mrs. E. J.
Houser. 'Loviod on as the proqerty of <L
R, Mathews, agent, and in his.pos.ycs-
sion, to satisfy a tax fi factor state and
county taxes for tlioyear 1890.
»Iso at same time and placo, lot of
land No. 125, and the oast two-tliirds of
lotNo. 124,being 135 acres of said lot, in
all oil 1 /. aere3, in tbo Lower 11th district
of Houston county. Levied on as the
property of 3VL H. Faulk, to satisfy two
tax li fas for state and county taxes for
the years 18S9 and 1890.
Aiso, at the same time and place, that
part of lots Nos. 16 and 17, lying on the
west side of Bay Creek, in the 10th dis
trict of Houston county, containing by
cstimnte 202JA acres moroor less. Levied,
on and sold as tlie property of K. AV.
Patterson and Florence J. Yancy, to sat
isfy a tax li fa for state and county taxes
for the ' ear 1S90.
M. L. COOPER,
Jan. 2S, 1891. Sheriff.
.'rtd.i» C iu.,™ll.Wh.T
if nro cHfilv earning from 9*
Spin a day. All apes. Wcshotryonho
Jr iinhllim'c' i"fa 'T.'i,.yVTr,vci!
IE.lInlIett.t- <-.>.,5:
> Portland,Maine
1’iiuuv biInoh SCHEDULE.
Hal 15', Mxccr-i Snaisv.
Leave Perry at 4 A. M.
Arrive at Fort Valley 4:45 A. M.
Leave Fort Valley at 11:35 P. M.
Arrive at Perry at 12:20 A. 3f.
Leave Perry at 3:25 p. if.
Arrive at Port Valley 4:10 r. si.
Leave Fort Valley at S:05 P. H.
Arrive at Perry at 8:50 p. M
Attorney at Law,
Office: SIOMgIiBerky Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to business in
Houston county.
J. L. Hardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
HARDEMAN & NOTTINGHAM,
Attorneys at Law,
Macon, - Geokgia.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office 306 Second Street.
Me Eie
Attorney at Law,
Perky, - Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of
,'iis cirreuit.
J. B. EDGE,
Plysieian and Surgeon,
• Perry, Georgia.
Offivo adjoining Perry Hotel. Can be
found at office during the day, and at
Hotel at night. Ail calls promptly an
swered dav or night.
Z. SIMS,
ID DS £T TIST,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
S^fOffice on Main street, lately occu
pied by Dr. W. M. Haris.
First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat
ronage solicited. api 28 ly
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ICS oil YNT O? -£ £3 ,
306 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES.
MONEY LOANS
On Houston farms procured at tho low
est possible rates of interest. As low, if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to ■
W. D. Nottingham,
tf " Macon. Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN.
In suras of $300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first lieus on improved farms.
Longtime, low rates and easy payments.
Applv to C. C. DUNCAN,
N ov. 20th, 1SS9.—tf Perry* Ga.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
J. H. Hampton and J. J. Moore, execu
tors of the estate of Jacob Hampton, de
ceased, have applied for dismission from
said trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the March term,
1891, of the court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should not be
granted.
Witness my official signature this
December, 4th, 1890.
J.H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County:
E. S. Wcllons, administrator, of the
estate of Thomas Hardison deceased,
has applied for dismission from said
trust.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the March
term, 1891 of the court of Ordinary of
said county and show cause, if any they
have, why said application should not
be granted.
Witness mv official signature tills Dec.
4. 1S90.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEOBGIA—Houston County:
The American Freehold and Mortgage
Company, of London, Limited, having
applied for an administrator on the es
tate of A. P. Smoak, late of said county,
deceased:
Tkis is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the March term,
1891, of the Court of Ordinary of Hous
ton county, and show cause, if any they
have, why M. A. Edwards, Clerk of Su
perior court should not be appointed ad
ministrator on tho estate of said de
ceased.
Witness mv official signature this
Jan. 20, 1891. _
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
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Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria
MAMA’S HELP.
Presbyterian.
‘.‘Yes, Bridget has gone to the city,
. And papa is sick, as you see,
And mama has no one to help her
But two-year-old Laurence and me.
“You’d like to know what I’m good for,
’Cept to make work and tumble things
down?
I gness there aren’t any little girlies
At your house at home, Dr. Brown.
“I’ve brushed all the crumbs from the
table,
And dusted the sofa and chairs,
I’ve polished the hearthstone and fender,
And swept off the area stairs.
“I’ve wiped all the silver and china,
And just dropped one piece on the floor;
Yes, Doctor, it broke in the middle,
But I ’spect it was cracked before.
‘And the steps that X save precious mama,
You’d be s’prised, Dr. Brown, if you
knew;
She says if it wasn’t for Bessie
She couldn’t exist the day through.
“It’s Bessie, bring papa some water!’
And ‘Bessie, dear, run to the door!’
Aid ‘Bessie, love, pickup the playthings
The baby has dropped on the floor.
“Yes, Doctor, J.’m ’siderably tired,
I’ve been on my feet all the day;
Good-by! well pebhaps I will help you
When your old Bridget goes off to
stay!”
THE LOST DIME.
BY JENNIE P. ARNOLD.
I was sitting in the parlor of
New York friend, indulging in an
after-dinner chat, when the subject
of horse car strikes was mentioned
and my friend remarked: “I be
lieve I understood both sides of
the story pretty well, for I was con
ductor on the—avenue line for
nearly a year.”
You a conductor!” I said in sur
prise, “I never knew that before,
bat then,” 1 added, “as our ac
quaintance extends only over a
little more than two years yon
might have been a highwayman
before that for all I know to the
contrary.”
“I hardly think a car conductor
can be classed with that fraternity,
though some of the bosses think
they are liitle better, when they
accuse them of having so much of
the company’s money stick to their
fingers; but I never speculated in
Wall street or bought a brown
stone front with my accumulations
iu that line. I came to New York
about four years ago with the
promise of a situation iu the office
of the —Avenne Horse Railroad
Company, but there was r,o vacan
cy at the time, and, as nothing bet
ter offered, I accepted a place as
conductor while waiting; but near
ly a year passed before they were
ready for me iu the office, and in
the meantime I had an opportunity
of learning considerable of the
ins and outs of the business. I
added something to my knowledge
of human nature if not to my bank
account.”
His oldest child, a bright-eyed,
mischievous little sprite of eight
years, came up at that moment and
laid her cheek against his shoul
der, while her hands tightly clasp
ed his arm.
Ah, Puss!” he said, catching
her up aud giving her a toss in the
air, then setting her on his knee
as he resumed: “You’d be sur
prised at all the ingenious devices
to beat a conductor out of a fare,
from the well-dressed gentleman
who have left their pocket books
in the other trousers’ pockets, to
the half-drunken bummer who nev
er has another pair of trousers, to
leave a nickel in, but who rides as
fas as he cau and when put off for
non-payment of fare, hails the next
car and so keeps on until he
reaches his destination. But the
toughest of all is when a woman
claims to have lost her purse, or
something of the kind; and her
helplessness appeals to a fellow's
gallantry. I used to ring iu a fare
outol my own pocket atsuchtimes
until I caught some of the schem
ers laughing at my softness,
then I decided I wasn’t so green
as to get sold that way again. The
company was very strict, it was all
a fellow’s place was worth to let
any one ride without paying fare,
no matter what the circumstances;
Gur orders were to compel women,
as well as men, to leave the car un
less they paid. If we felt iu the
least lenient in enforcing this or
der we could never tell which pas
senger might be a “spotter,” or
how soon we might get called into
the office and discharged. I’ll
never forget one case of the kind.
It was a cold day in December,
and'the President of the road was
in the car; what he was there for I
never knew, but he occasionally
rode np aud down, for inspection,
I suppose. At Grand street two
nicely-dressed ladies got on, w{jp
paid their fare out of well-filled
purses; not a very common occur
rence where ladies are returning
from shopping at the Grand street
bargain stores, eh Fanny?” with a
laughing glance at his wife, who
was rocking iu an e-isy chair with
the baby, a fine plump little fellow
a year old, in her lap.
“You ought to know best,” was
the response, “seeing you a had a
year to study up the subject.”
“I shouldn’t have noticed these
so particularly only for what fol
lowed. At the next crossing a wo
man was waiting. I saw that she
was young, was dressed in black,
and had a very sad expression.
She had a large bundle and a fee-
ble-looking baby in Her arms,
while holding to her dress was. a
three-year-old toddler with round
rosy cheeks and bright blue eyes.
1 stepped off to help the woman on
and took the little girl in my arms.
I always had a soit spot in my
heart for children of the genuine
sort, not little old men and wo
men. My friends used to chaff me
on liking pretty little girls better
than I dig big ones, and I think
they were about right. This one
was so bright and pretty I wanted
to give her a hug and a kiss, but I
had learned that it isn’t always
wise to try it with little girls any
more than with the older ones.”
“‘Iyikes to wide!” the little
pass said, looking up into my face
all smiles and dimples, and show
ing her pretty white teeth between
her rosy lips, ‘It makes my tootsies
told to walk,’ holding np her
plump, little foot poorly protected
from the cold pavement by a well-
worn shoe.”
“Well, you shall get them all
nice and warm,’ I said, making
room for her beside the stove.
The mother dropped into a seat
with a sigh of weariness, and plac
ing her handle on the floor shifted
her baby to her lap to relieve her
tired arms. I was called away to
attend to other passengers, aod re
turning held out my hand for the
mother’s fare. The little girl was
holding ont her poor worn little
shoes to the fire.”
“‘It’s dood and warm here,’ she
said, with a face all smiles and
dimples, as I stopped beside her.”
“That’s right, get all warmed
through,” I said, patting her on
the head, then turned to the moth
er again. She had shifted the ba
by to her left knee and was care
fully searching her pocket; a troub
led, auxious expression came over
her face, then one or alarm follow
ed
“ ‘I had a ten cent piece in my
pocketbook,’ she said, looking up,
‘but I can’t find it; I’m sure 1 put
it here; I’m afraid,’ her lips trem
bled and her eyes began to fill
with tears, ‘I’m afraid I’ve lost it.”
“Her distress was so evidently
genuine I could not believe she
was playing off as so many had
done before, and I said pleasantly:
‘Look again, madam, you will prob-
bly find it somewhere,’ and I turn
ed, catching the eyes of the Presi
dent watching me sharply.”
“The woman turned her pocket
inside out, got up and shook her
dress, then looked carefully over
the floor, as did several who sat
near her. I stopped the car to help
on and off several passengers, then
came back to the woman. She look
ed greatly troubled, and I could
see only restrained tears by great
effort.”
‘I cannot find it,’ she said look
ing np at me with trembling lips,
I saved it on purpose for this
ride, and put it my pocket-book
just as I started, but it’s gone, and
1 must have lost it.” ’
“What was I to do? ■ The wo
man seemed honest enough, yet I
had seen others equally so who
proved to be impostors; then there
were the sharp eyes of the Presi
dent upon me, and if I faltered in
my duty off would go my head,
with no chance of the promotion I
was hoping for.
“ ‘The rules are to put off all
who do not pay,’ I managed to say
with assumed firmness, while all
the time I felt as if I would like to
pitch the President off neck and
heels instead of the woman. Tin
sorry, madam, but the rales must
be obeyed.’ ‘I know it, I knowit,’
she said piteously, ‘bat if you
woold let me ride np I could pay
you when I come back; I shall
have the money then,’ pointing to
her bundle of work to prove her
statement; Tt’s such a long wav,
and I’m so tired,’ she pleaded, and
there was the chubby, dimpled face
of the little girl smiling up at me
all the time.
“1 felt as if I would like to hick
igyself fts I turned away; if I only
dared appeal to the President, but
no! none of the men were supposed
to know him, and I felt as if his
cold eyes were piercing me throagh
and through as if he delighted in
the test I was passing through.
was room in my friend’s heart for
allHiis treasures.
“Well, now that’s a nice little
story,” Elsie cried delightedly,
putting her plump hands on either
cheek and drawing her father’s
A Good 3Iove.
Monroe Advertiser.
Don’t Slight the Corn.
Monroe Advertiser.
The following resolutions were “Bread is the staff of life,” and
Hang the old rascal,’ I said to | face down until she could kiss it,
myself,‘I’ll have to put the wo- j “and you’re the darliugest old papa
man off, but I’ll slip a quarter j in the whole- world!”—New York
into Puss’s hand so they cau pay j Post,
their fare on the next car.’
“ T sorry madam,’ I tried to say j
firmly, bnt the sad, pleading look j
almost broke me down, ‘t rules
Farm Experiment Stations.
From the Homestead.
must be obeyed,’ and I reached up
to puli the bell rope; but in an-
stant the younger of the two wo
men, of whom I have before
spoken, caught my arm.
“ ‘No, no!” she cried with flush
ed cheeks and indignauL-eyes, aud
before I knew what she intended
she emptied her pnise into ^the
woman’s lap and passed quickly
out of the car. A perfect shower
of coin—several dollars, at least,
fell rattling down, a part falling on
the floor. I stooped to pick it up,
when the elder lady dropped sev
eral more pieces into the woman’s
lap and followed her companion.
The poor woman looked up, dumb
with amazement, then covering the
money with one hand, dropped her
face on the baby’s head and sobb
ed so she shook from head to foot.
The little girl, seeing her mother’s
distress, crept up close beside her,
aud with her little arms about her
neck and her cheek nestled against
hers tried to comfort her.
“ ‘Don’t kwy, mama,’ she plead
ed, ‘I’ll be so dood, don’t kwy.’
“I don’t believe there was a dry
eye in the car; the women didn’t
hesitate to carry their liandker
chiefs to their eyes, but the men
looked of the windows, drew their
hats down 'over their eyes, aud
some blew their noses vigorously,
the President giving the strongest
blast of all.. As for myself, I just
rung in a fare out of my own pock
et, aud went on the platform,
thankful that it was a cold day and
I could nse my handkerchief free
ly-
“At the next street the Presi
dent got out, aud-as he passed the
little girl he stopped aud patted
her rosy cheek, with some pleas
ant word, and slipped something
into her hand. A moment later,
when I had occasion to pass
through the car again, the little
puss held out her chubby hand:
‘See!” she cried, with her pretty
face radiant with delight; ‘O see.
my bright, new penny! 1 I looked,
it was a five dollar gold piece.
“The mother noticed it for the
first time.
“ ‘Where did you get it?’ she ask
ed in astonishment.
“ ‘E big man div it to me,’ the
little one answered.
“ ‘Oh, sir, do you know who it
was?’ the mother said appealing to
me. It must be a mistake.’
“ ‘Not a bit of it,’ I answered, al
most as deligted as the child, her
self, ‘it was the President of this
road; he could give her a thousand
such pieces and never feel it.’ ”
My friend’s little Elsie had been
sitting very quietly in his lap lis
tening attentively to his story, aud
now as he paused asked eagerly:
“ ‘And the little girl—did you
ever see her again, papa?’
“‘Yes, Pussie, I think I have
seen her several times since then,’
he said, with a merry twinkle in
his eyes and a peculiar smile under
his heavy mustache. ‘I think I see
her now,’ catching up Elsie and
giving her hug and a kiss, ‘you’re
the little gild, yourself, Puss!’
“ ‘Me, papal’ she cried, bound
ing to her feet aud catching her
father by the shoulders, ‘and was
the lady my mama?
“ ‘Jnst your mama and no one
else,’ was the reply, with a smile at
the child’s amazement. ‘She used
to ride frequently onjny car after
that, and I always carried a pocket
full of bonbons for you, Pussie;
we soon got to be the best of
friends and of coarse mama had to
get a little acquainted with me on
your account. Then I learned she
had been a widow for a year and
was trying to support herself and
two children by doing plain sew
ing, which hardly gave her enongh
to keep soul and body together.
At last the baby died and mama
had a long illness from the grief
and over-work: just thenl receiv’d
my appointment to the office with
twice my old salary; and finally I
persuaded mama to let me take
care of both of you; though mama
says I courted yon instead of. her,
and married her so as to get yon.”
I caught the quick interchange
of glances, the loot; of pyide and
affection \rbipii look iu wife • and
baby, and the happy content ia the
facto of. ihe wife, and felt sure tber
Every good farm is, in a true
sense, an experiment station, of
which the real farmer is the direc
tor aud his boys and girls the as
sistants. Valuable as is the ex
periments stations established by
the bounty of the government,they
at best only supplement the sta
tions on the farms. They are in
tended only to conduct a class of
experiments that cannot be con
ducted satisfactorilj on the farms.
Agriculture is not like mathemat
ics, an exact science. All that is
known certainly about it has been
passed by an Alliance recently at
Smithville, Ga.:
“Whereas, The speculators and
spinners inform us that there is an
over-production in the cotton crop
of the sonth; and,
Whereas, Oar cotton is now sell
ing for less than the actual cost of
production, for the reason, as the
speculators^ tell us, that there is
more made than the world needs;
therefore,
Resolved, That we hereby re
quest the president of our state
alliunce to ask the presidents of al
liances, iu all the cotton growing
states, to meet him, either in per
son or through delegates appointed
by them, at sucli places as he may
designate, in the near future, for
the purpose of securing nuity of
actioD, and ask the alliances in
these states looking to the reduc
tion of cotton production to curtail
at least 25 or 30 per cent, aud
make the same increased produc
tion of cereals and provision crops:
Resolved, That we call upon our
alliance brethren throughout the
learned by the experience of farm- j south to join with ns in a determi
ers. The science of agriculture, m
so far as it is a science, is simply
the statement of the principles
that have been established by ex
periments of somebody, and the
art of agriculture is simply the ap
plication of these principles to the
conditions of the actual farm.
Hence, no farmer can expect to ob
tain the best results unless he not
only studies the principles, bnt
the application of them to the ac
tual conditions of his farm. The
best way to apply them can be
known only by experiments con
ducted by himself. Hence, every
crop is, in one sense, an experi
ment, and it is the man who notes
carefully all the conditions, such
as the soil, climate, the seasons,the
mode of culture, the mechanical
condition, the seed and numerous
others, that fully learns the lesson
of the experiment. The crop is
primarily a bread and batter crop,
but secondarily it is an experiment
from which much may be learned
as a guide to the future.
In other words, evei y crop is an
interrogation of nature, and has an
educational value. All this is
wasted unless the farmer himself
has an observing eye, and lias
trained bimself to accurate habits
of observing and correct reasoning
from the facts. Every failure to
secure the results that might have
been reasonably expected is a note
of warning from nature,a challenge
to investigation, an imperative
‘Thou shail not,” aud every success
is only another way. of sayin
“Well done, good and faithful ser
vant, enter thou into the joy of the
harvest.” The farmer who thus
thinks, reasons aud applies the re
sults of his reasoning cannot fail.
The times may be hard, prices low
and competition fierce, bnt,barring
accidents, he will get to the front.
Not only will he succeed, but-he
will be a man in the broadest sense
of the word. Nothing educates
like close, personal observation,
and a resolute endeavor to learn the
exact lesson of the facts observed.
One farmer grew last year twenty-
five bushels of corn to the acre, and
his neighbor grew fifty:. Why?
Was it in the natural fertility of
One piece of land over the other, or
in the mode of cultivation? One
farmer turned off his hog3 at six
months old at 200 pounds weight,
while his neighbor had to feed his
to eight months to secure the same
weights. Is the difference iu the
breed, or the feed, or the general
management? One farmer sells
thirty-five dollars worth of butter
from Ills cow, while his neighbor
sells but twenty. Is the difference
the result of breed, or feed, or skill
in handling the product? We ob
serve that in a broad way the care
fully condncted-experiments at the
various stations confirms the expe
rience of the best farmers. We
observe, also, that science confirms
the experience of observant fann
ers and gives them a good reason
for facts which they have long ob
served. We have great hopes of
the results of experiment station
work, but the bulletins - from the
stations will bee seed sown' on the
roadsine, or at best on stony
ground, where the farmer does not
regard liis farm as an experiment
station, of which he is the director.-
It is only these experimenters on
the farm that get the good of ex
periment station work.
Good Looks.
Good looks are more than skin
deep, depending upon a healthy
condition pi all the vital organs.
If the Liver be inactive, you have
a Billions Look, if your Stomach
be disordered you have a Dyspep
tic look aud if yon Eidnevs he af
fected you have a Pinched Look.
Secure good health and you will
haye good looks. Electric Sitters is
Rie great alterative and Toni® that
apts directly on these vital organs.
Cures Pimples, Blntchr-s, Boils and
gives, a good complexion. -Sold at
Holtzclaw& Gilbert’s Drogstore,
50c. per bottle.
nation to curtail the production of
cotton and increase the production
of other and more important
crops.’’
The suggestion set forth in these
resolutions is timely and a good
one. Whether or not there is an
over-production of cotton, the cot
ton producers all know for a cer
tainty that they are not realizing
for their cotton the cost of produc
tion. This being true, then cer
tainly an over-prodnetion of cotton
is not a paying investment.
Furthermore, can any cotton
producer assign any reason for
producing more cotton than the
world demands? And if no rea
son can be assigned for this, then
cen any one assign ? reason why
the cotton crop shall not be cur
tailed and other crops increased?
It is certain that a continued over
production of cotton will not in
crease the profits from this source
to the producer.
Again, it is equally certain and
well known to all farmers that
there is and lias been for years an
uuder production of food crops in
the cotton growing sections. Then,
will any one contend that an over
production of cotton at figures be
low cost, and an under-production
of food prod nets in the same sec
tion coining together will not and
does not work harm to the people?
Hence, the importance to the cot
ton producers of the sontb, and to
all classes of people that the pro
duction of cotton be reduced to, or
kept within the limit of demand,
aud that the food products be in
creased to the limit of demand.
This is the same old sermon that
has been preached to southern far
mers for more than twenty years,
and which they have not heeded,
notwithstanding there is ranch sol
id truth in it
The action of tlia Smithville al
liance iu promulgating the above
resolutions is timely, nnd it is to
be hoped that the movement vyill
be taken np all along the alliance
line in the cotton belt. For it is
certainly a weakness in the cotton
farmers to adhere in an over-pro-
tion of cotton which necessarily
fixes the price of that article be
low the cost of production, nnd
which begets an under-production
of food crops.
The result of such can but be
poverty to the farmer.
It Works Wonders.
The tonic and alterative proper
ties of S. S. S. are now widely
known, and it enjoys wonderfnl
popularity as a spring medicine.
It is as perfectly adapted to the
delicete system of a little child as
it is to that of the adalt. It works
wonders on those who use it as a
tonic, as an alterative, and as a
blood purifier. It gives health,
strength and heartiness to the sick
and the feeble. It is adapted to
the very young and to the very old.
It revives, renews and builds np
the feeble or the broken-down sys
tem.
Justice of the Peace—Prisoner,
you were cangbt trying to enter a
poultry yard at 10 o’clock last night.
Did you know it was a reprehensi
ble offense?
Mr. Gambrill—No, sah; I
thought hit war a wooden fence,
sah; bnt hit tnrned out to be a
barb-wire, sab-
An exohange says: There are
two hundred women preachers in
the United States. A few of them
occasionally drift southward, but
as a rule these female pulpiteers
find their best and favorite field
among the heathens of - the north
a bountiful supply of corn food
crops produced in any section of
the country makes the people of
that section easy financially. Fo
the last two weeks, the evidences
of a large cotton crop in this com
munity, the present year, have
been strong.
Large quantities of gnano are
being carried to the country by
the farmers, and the presumption
is that these guanos are for cotton.
Now a large cotton crop is n goxl
thing, provided it does not croud
out the corn crop, the oat crop, the
pea crop, the gronnd pea crop, etc.
Right at this point our farmers
have been annually making a mis
take for twenty years. The fatal
mistake lias been the planting aud
cultivating of large cotton crops to
the neglect and crowding out of all
other crops compartively. As an
evidence that the world is over
stocked with cotton, this crop, a
part of which is still in the hands
of the farmers, is now selling far
below the actual cost of produc
tion, while there is a deficit in pro
vision and food crops in the cotton
section.
This being true, will our farm
ers still persist in over-cropping
themselves with cotton to the neg
lect of corn and other products?
Now is the time to decide and settle
this question for the present year.
And as settled when the crops are
planted, it mast stand.
We are aware that it is a com
mon saying nmoDg farmers, partic
ularly at the planting season, that
there is no money in producing
corn, wheat, peas, ground peas, po
tatoes, etc., bat whether this be
true or not, we do know that there
is no money in producing cotton,
and then selling it for less than
the actual cost of production. And
we have learned, from obsrvation,
the further fact, that the food pro
ducing farmers of this county are
seldom without some money, are
never without food for man nnd
beast at their homes, and are more
seldom pressed with debts. These
are solid facts that are of every
day manifestation, and with them
we might couple other facts on the
same line equally as solid. The
why’s and wherefore's of this, ’tis
needless to give. They are patent
to all. Therefore we close -as we
began, with the. suggestion, don’t
neglect the corn.
Said To The Point.
To be patient is better than to
be famons.
There is. hope for the man who
is conscious of his own faults.
Men do not become rich by what
tney get, bnt by what they keep.
True greatness can only be the
resnlt of a finely ronnded charac
ter.
True courage foresees danger,
measures it off, and yet does not
shrink.
God always has an angel of help
for those who are willing to do
their duty.
Nothing is so indicative of deep
est culture as a tender considertion
of the ignorant.
Indulgence is like the self-de
vouring rocket, bnt clieerfalness is
like the starry heavens.
Life is truthful in the ratio "in
which it is laid out in noble action
or patient perseverance.
There is a greater difference be
tween some men and others than
between men and beasts
High positions are like the sum
mit of high, steep rocks; eagles
and reptiles alone can reach them.
Nothing will render a man use
less faster than to live among peo
ple who think thit everything he
says is right—Sunday School Vis
itor.
A translation of the “Pilgrim’s
Progress,” printed with raised
type for the use of the blind on the
Island of Formosa, is about to be
published.
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