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Reliable Cotton Bulletins.
Atlanta Constitution.
The amendment uvula to the per
manont census'bureau bill requiring
that department of the government
to officially ascertain the status of
the cotton crop from ginnors and
publish the figuros in weekly bulle
tins from September 1 to March 1
of each year is a measure of supreme
value to the south.
Heretofore the agricultural de
partment has gathered such data
from varied sources and issued a
monthly report that was scarcely
better than a “probability” bulletin.
Under the new law the facts will be
officially taken from reliable sources
—the gin records of actual cottou
passing from the field to the market
—and these will bo published broad
cast every seven days during the cot
ton marketing season.
• In the past the figures that pur
ported to be official came at such
long intervals as to be almost value
less to the planter. Meanwhile,
weather, milling, cloth market, and
foreign demand rumors were work
ed by the speculators with the skill
and unsarupulousness Wi string-game
artists in order to r.iise or depress
the prices of the staple. Brokers,
buyers, middlemen, bucket-shoppors
and mortgage sharks have made
millions of dollars every season that
should have gone into the pockets
of the hard-working and needy far
mers. All this profit wont to the
speculators because they were left
free to juggle with crop predictions
and frighten the producer into mar
keting liis o,iop when it was loast to
his profit to do so.
The reports hereafter should im
part reliability and be so full aud so
accurate that the dullest ftinner cau
understand their significance. Giv-
ou the factors of acreage, productiv
ity of sections, percentages of the
stand and status of tho weather ef
fects, combined with actual receipts
at the gins, tho planter will bo
placed upon more equal terms with
the market sharps in estimating the
probable course of prices. Those
reports should make for a clearer
understanding between producers
and bona fide purchasers for con
sumption and export, and so make
for fulffv profits to the farmer.
The addition of this ootton crop
reporting function to the permanent
census bureau iB most commendable
and marks a good day’s work on the
part of the southern senators who
championed aud obtained it.
To Destroy Johnson Grass.
To the editor of The Telegraph:
For the benefit of any of your read
ers who desire to get rid of Johnson
grasB, a veritable pest, I will give an
experience with it. Having a fertile
plat of laud that had beoome infest
ed with it, and desiring to destroy
every vestige, I proceeded upon the
theory that all' seed-bearing plants
would die if prevented from reach
ing maturity, so built a wire fence
around the land and made it into a
cattle pasture; by the time frost was
over in the spring it was in condi
tion for grazing. The blades were
kept eaten off near the ground all
durng the growing season, none go
ing to seed. The same proceedure
for tho second year, ut the end of
which time it had nearly or quite all
died out. To be on the safe side, it
was continued in pasture for the
third year, and only a few feeble
sprigs appeared early in the spring,
and at the beginning of summer all
Lad disappeared. On the fourth
year the fence waa moved and tho
■hmd put under cultivation, entirely
■free from the grass. The grass is
an abominable nuisance, as it spreads
both from the roots and seed, and
makes the most indifferent hay.
'Have seen it scattered along tha
roads by careless farmers who cut
I he grass when the seed were ripe,
and hauling it to market.
Holton, Feb. 17. x J.
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Saved Him From Torture.
Paradise of the Farmer.
Nowhere in the world does agri
culture approach the importance it
occupies in the United States.
With but oho or two exceptions
no crop grown abroad equals that of
our agriculturists, while in many
crops we not only surpass every oth
er country, but all countries com
bined. There are two reasons of
this pre-eminence—the magnitude
of our home market, which con
sumes 60 per cent of our products,
and diversification of our crops,
which seems to utilize the largest
possible acreage and give employ
ment to our large farming popula
tion.
Forty per cent of the people of
the United States are farmers, who
not only feed and clothe themselves
but all the rest of the inhabitants,
besides exporting annually $1,000,-
000,000 worth of their products.
The total value of our products of
agriculture is between $8,000,000,-
000 and $9,000,000,000, a stupen
dous sum, and yet it means only a
per capita consumption of $100 a
year for what we eat, the basis of
what we wear and much that enters
into the construction of pur dwell
ings and furniture.
The farmers of the United States
are blessed over all the farmers of
the earth in opportunity, in contrib
utory agencies, and in the conse
quent compensation that rewards his
labor with prosperity and happiness.
—Exchange.
Syrup Station.
A Washington dispatch says South
Georgia may socn secure a govern
ment experiment station for syrup
manufacture. Representatives in
congress from this section are at
work oh tho project now, and jjthey
are confident of a $20,000 appropri
ation for tho purpose.
Representatives Griggs, Brantley
and Lewis have already appeared
before the agricultural committee of
the house to urge a report recom
mending the appropriation.
Their arguments were based on
the growth of the syrup industry in
Georgia, the large number of people
engaged in the vavious branches of
the industry, and the great advan
tages an experiment station would
give them.
On the Trail ol Fame.
“Aud no<v that you are through
college, what are you going to do?”
asked a friend of the youthful can
didate.
“I shall study medicine,” was the
grave reply of the young man.
“But isn’t that profession already
overcrowded?” asked the friend.
“Possibly it is,” answered the
knowing youth, “but I propose to
study medicine just the same, and
those who are already in the profes
sion will have to take their chances.”
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Somethin..;' That Will Do You Good
There is.no more agonizing
trouble than piles. The constant
itching and burning make life in
tolerable. No position is com
fortable. The torture is unceas
ing. DeWitt’s Witch Haze!
Salve cures piles at once. For
skin diseases, cuts, burns, bruises,
all kinds of wounds it is unequal
ed. J. S. Gei-all, St. Paul, Ark.,
says: “'From. 1865 I suffered with
the.protruding, bleeding piles and
‘could find nothing to help me un
til I used DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
'Salve. A few boxes completely
cured me. Beware of counter
feits. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
We know of no way in which
we can be of more service to our
readers than to tell them of
something that will be ol : real
good to them. For this reason
we want to acquaint them with
what we consider one of the very
best remedies on the market for
coughs, colds, and that alarming
complaint, croup. We refer to
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
We have used it with such good
results in our family so long that
it has become a household neces
sity. By its prompt use we
haven’t any doubt but that it has
time aud again prevented croup.
The testimony is given upon our
own experience, and we suggest
that our readers, especially those
who have small children, always
keep it in their homes as a safe
guard against croup.—Camden(S.
C.) Messenger. For sale by all
dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe,
Byron, Ga.
The Sfc. Louis Globe-Democrat in
sists that the real author of the
transfer of Louisiana to the United
States was nob Jefferson, or Livings
ton, or Hamilton. It was Napoleon
Bonaparte, the head of the French
republic. He was the man ivho
thrust Louisiana on the surprised
Livingston and the startled Jeffer
son. Now how the aunties will greet
this claim, for thoy always said im
perialism and expansion went hand
in hand.—Exchange.
A Question of Climate.
An old colored preachev was tell
ing his Congregation that after
death they would probably go to
the moon. After meeting one of
the best informed of the brethren
said to him;
“Bre’r Jinkins, don’t you know
dat de moon is col’ ez ice, en ain’t
got no fire ’tall in it?”
“Br’er Thomas,” replied the par
son, “6f it’s fire you a-wartm’, des
keep on in de way you gwine en you
can’t miss it!”—Frank L. Stanton in
Atlanta Constitution.
Senator Tillman’s characterization
of Senator Beveridge as a “grass
hopper” reminds the Boston Ilei-ald
of Edmund Burke’s elegant obser
vations upon that insect. Said
Burke: “Bocause six grasshoppers
under a fern make the field ring
with their importunate ’chink, while
thousands of great cattle repose be
neath the shade of tho oak, cbew the
cud and are silent, pray do not in -
agine that those who make the noise
are tho only inhabitants of the field,
or that, after all, they aro other than
the little shriveled, meager, hopping,
though loud and troublesome, insects
of the hour.
One ofton hears the words, “Well,
they aro having an easy time; thoy
have fill tho money they want, they
know nothing of tho struggle of life.”
That is not the question. Tho ques
tion iB, have they sympathy, have
they aspirations for what money can
not give them? Have they perfect
trust in God? In short, are they at
taining to a character that is being
made for two worlds?—Margaret
Bottoms, in the March Ladies’
Homo Journal.
For Siomimli Troubles.
“I have taken a great many dif
ferent medicines for constipation
and stomach trouble,’’ says Mrs.
S. Geiger, of Dunkerton, Iowa,
“but never had as good reseults
from any as from Chamberlain’s
Stomach & Liver Tablets.’’ For
sale by all dealers in Perry, War
ren <& Lowe, Byron, Ga.
There seems to be no longer any
doubt that Italy will, within a few
years, turn from a sugar importing
to a sugar exporting country. The
past two seasons have witnessed a
remarkable development of the beet
sugar industry.
Short ami to tine Point.
Gentlemen—Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin is the finest preparation for
the stomach and bowels that I have
ever used. Wishing you continued
success, I am, Yours very truly,
W. O. Kimbel, New Troy, Mich.
Sold by druggists.
THE HOME GOLD CURE.
An Ingenious Treatment' by WMc'/
Drunkards are Meiug i lured Dai
ly in Spile ol' Tbo/uselves.
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin—that’s
what keeps your head clear, your
bowels regular. Sold by druggists.
No Noxious Doses. No Weakening of
tho Neyves. A Pleasant and Posi
tive Cure lor the Liquor Habit.
It is now generally known and under
stood that Drunkenness is a disease and
not a weakness. A body filled with poi
son, and nerves completely shattered by
periodioalor constant useof in roxi eating
liquors requires an antidote capable of
neutralizing and eradicating this poison
and destrying the craving for intoxicants.
Sufferers may now cure themselves at
home without publicity or loss of time
from business by this wonderful '‘Home
Wold Cure,” which has been perfected
after many years of close study and treat
ment of inebriates. The faithful use ac
cording to directions of this wonderful
discovery is positively g uaranteed to cure
the most obstinate case, no mailer how
hard a drinker. Our records show the
marvelous transformation of thousands
of Drunkards into sober,industrious and
upright men.
Wives cure your husbands! Children cure
your fathers! This remedy is in no sense
a nostrum, but is a -specific for this dis
ease only, and is so skillfully devised
aud prepared that it is thoroughly solu
ble aud pleasant to the taste, so that it
can be given in a cup of tea or coffee
without tins knowledge of thepereou tak
ing it. ‘Thousands of Drunkards have
cured themselves with this priceless
remedy, and as Many more have been
cured and made temperate men by hav
ing the “Cure” administered by loving
friends and relatives, without their
knowledge, iu coffee or tea, and believe
to-day that they discontinued drinking
of their own free will. I>o not want.
Do not be deluged by apparent and mis
leading “improvement.” Drive out the
disease at once and for all time. The
j’‘Hoaiiae Gold .Care” is sold at tho
extremely low price of One Dollar, thus
placing within reach of everybody a
treatment more effectual than others
costing $35 to $50. Full directions ac
company each package. Specific advice
by skilled physician when requested
without extra charge. Sent prepaid to
any part of the world on receipt of One
Dollar. Address Dept. 0478. Edwin B.
Giles & Company, 2330 and 2382 Market
Street, Philadelphia.
All correspondence strictly confidential.
Timm
At Greatly
Bediiced Prices.
Fifty new Upright Pianos will ciose out fit
greatly reduced prices within the next
weeks’. Among them.-such ce.’ebrnted iuak- 8
as . , . .
SDduvvay, Salmiei*. &
& Bach, Bauer, Bits!)
& Costs, Lester aud Royal,
Call at once and secure one of these bargain*
F. A. WUTTENGERGEIt & CO.,
452 Second sf., Mfceon, Wa.
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Tin- above is a cut of 1 lie
YTJ Xi3jAHI FLOW
The best Steel Plow on the market. Sold by
M. C. ILVLKCOJV), A g’t., IjiA, Ga.
WINCHESTER
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|F you are looking for reliable shotgun am
munition, the kind that shoots where you
I point your gun, buy Winchester Factory
Loaded Shotgun Shells: “New Rival,” loaded with
Black powder; “Leader” and “Repeater,” loaded
with Smokeless. Insist upon having Winchester
Factory Loaded Shells, and accept no others.
ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM
lire to
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Js what you do every time
you buy your
set.
Lumber, Sash,
Doors,
Moulding's,
Blinds,
Trimmings
and ail kinds of mill work and builders supples from <>ur
superior stiei. Builders and contractors will find that ,
they get a superior grade of lumber and workmanship h\
their line at lower prices than, they can get elsewhere.
jEH.. gg_ IBLAJaiEilS & CO.,
Phone (87. FORT VALLEY, GA.
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MSfMISim OFFER!!
For nmy years we have sold our Whiskies and Cigars to Wholesalers only
and our brands aro preferred by them, as thoy aro superior to all others. In
ordor to give tho Consumer tho benefit of tho large profits of Dealer and
Middleman, we have decided to now sell direct to the Consumer our Most
Popular Brands of Whiskies and Clgar3 at less than wholesale prices.
Cbo moar/tf not
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ONE WILL GET THEM !!
With every quart bottle of our famous 10 year old Qnoen CItyClub PuroEye
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somest open faco, extra heavy nickel Gent’s Watches made,(no ladys) stem
a ?“ 8et ’ & cnu l ne American movement and case, best timekeeper on
earth, does not tarnish and will last a lifetime, 1 extra fine Vienna Meer
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an Absolutely Pure 10 year old Rye and our Cigars genuine Cuban hand
made, clear Havana, made in our own factory.
factory. These cigars are far better , —
i 1 anything ever advertisedbefore. We Guarantee the goods and ■■■ "n
L 7 An Extra Premium of an elegant Pocket knife with two blades, 1 cork-screw, 1 cigar cutter &
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