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ti. IXODGKS, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HONlil INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. 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 . 0. 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 D)s% iT 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. Subscribe for the Home Jou*nal 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. Guaranteed Cure for LaGripjie* We authorize our advertised druggists to sell you Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Congli nnd Colds, upon this condi tion. If yon are afflicted with LaGrippe aud will use this reme dy according to directions, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may return the bottle aud have your money ref rinded. We mako this offer, because of the wonderful success of Dr. King’s New Discovery during last season’s epidemic. Have beard of no case in which Jt failed. Try it. Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw & Gil bert’s Drug Store. Large size 50c and SI .00