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- Vrf-fV-vv "•*,; 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. —— »-*—-—— 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.” -0-4- 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. •kiiito/iwuati 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 FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS “New Rival” “Leader” “Repeater" |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 V> 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. fiarw tnu nanraa; vowmumjcjviimmr! 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 14 BEAUTIFUL PRIZES FREE ONE WILL GET THEM !! With every quart bottle of our famous 10 year old Qnoen CItyClub PuroEye and one box of our justly celebrated genuine Cuban Hand-Sado 10c clear Havana Cuban Specials, wo will give ABSOLUTELY FREE one of the hand 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 schaum Pipe, 1 genuine Meerschaum Cigar Holder, 1 genuine Meerschaum cigarette Holder, 1 pretty leather Tobacco pouch, 1 elegant extra heavy nickel match box, 1 pair pearl cuff buttons, 1 ball top collar button, 1 neck tie holder, 1 pair sleevo buttons, 1 double chain and* one beautiful charm. Whiskey and Cigars in-n|!I V 0*9 C.O. D. with privilege of ex« ^dmgtheitprizesforUHfci i ■ ami; “ “ * w - „ - amlnation, while Whiskey and Cigars alone cost moro than we ask for the entire lot. Our Whiskey is 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 & • glass cutter,Jf $3.97 is cent in advance with order. Goods sent in plain package. Write Responsible agenta wanted. Order today. us represented. 0 W( wholesale Mco lists ofLiquors^J&ganil .. T11 U. B. DISTILLER'S DISTRIBUTING CO.—Dept. O., 431 North ©laris St., OMcag°> ^ -