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THE GEORGIA CRACKER
Gainesville. Ga.,Nov. 2o, I0P8.
RAISE HOME SUPPLIES.
The condition of the farmer* of
Georgia on account of lb<> low
price of cotton ha* chu^kI lunn
to become more interested in rais
ing their home supplies, and m
present indications they will live
more on their own products heie-
after than in previous years.
The Macon Telegraph and other
leading papers of the state, to
gether with Commissioner of Ag
riculture O. B. Stevens, have
begun a “wheat campaign ” for the
Georgia farmers and no doubt
this agitation will be prolific of
much good.
Nobody realizes more fully than
do the farmers themselves that so
long as they wholly depend for a
living upon a cotton crop, which
sells at four cents per pound,
that they are in a sad plight. It
is also true that no advice given
by the newspapers is so little heed
ed as their advice to the farmers
unless it is accompanied by some
substantial incentive to better
their condition. This gap, so to
to speak, has been filled by the
Macon Telegraph in its latest cru
sade for the i armor’s good. It
has offered prizes amounting to
several hundred dollars m gold,
to be awarded to the farmer or
farmers who raise a certain
amount of wheat upon a stip
ulated area of ground. From
present indications many farmers
will enter the contest and,
although all of them will not win
prizes they will find themselves
better off next year by having on
hand a supply of wheat which will
materially help them to cut off
their Expense account for bread.
The more farmers w ho enter the
contest the more there will be who
will be glad of it next year.
It is clearly evident that they
have got to begin raising all of
their home supplies and they
Could make no better start than
by putting in a la ge area cf wheat
this year, along wit h other cereals.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIREC
TION.
The resolution of Mr. Elli* of
Bibb, introduced in the legislature
cpvenil days ago, was adopted
Wednesday. It directs the Gov
ernor to appoint a board composed
,,f five members from the house
and three from the senate, with
the governor, attorney-general and
comptroller-genera! as ex-officio
members. The proposed duties of
the board being to inquire into the
evils and inequalities of the pres
ent tax system, to make the bur
dens of taxation bear equally upon
those taxed; to study the systems
in other states; to report the re
sult of the investigation on the
first day of next session, and to
present at the same time a bill in
corporating the necessary changes
in the tax laws and to inquire into
and report upon the practicability
and wisdom of taxation, as w r ell
as an income tax and taxes on in
heritances. It being also provided
that the board should meet at
such time as the members decide
upon, but that the meetings should
in no case continue longer than
thirty days.
right direction. The greatest re
form needed in Georgia at present
is the reform of the tax laws. The
tax dodger has been the cause of
the deficit in the state treasury
more than any one thing. The
glaring inconsistencies of our tax
laws were seen more than two
years ago, but the legislatures of
the past had either the lack of
courage or wisdom to improve
them. Let the present general
assembly show its good sense by
doing everything it can to improve
our tax laws, and pull the tax
dodger from his lair.
A Healthy Man
Until the Crip Broke Down His
Health—food’s Sarsaparilla
Cave Him Appetite and Sleep.
14 Up to the time when I had the grip I
Was a strong, healthy man. After that I
had no appetite and was not able to
test well at night. I decided to try
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and purchased a sup
ply. It has done me a vast amount of
good. I have a good appetite and can
sleep well.” Joseph M. Wardlaw,
Borne, Georgia.
11 1 have found Hood’s Sarsaparilla in
valuable for purifying the blood and loss
of appetite. It cures all eruptions and
makes me feel better in every way.”
J. A. Croel, Brunswick, Georgia.
Wonderful cures of Scrofula, Salt
Rheum, Ulcers, Sores, Dyspepsia, and
other diseases, prove the great curative,
blood purifying and enriching powers of
HOOd’S S pariHa
The best —in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Insist upon Hood’s ; take no substitute.
i. D*iic cure ** ver eas y
flood S r^IIIS take, easy to operate. 25c.
General Long-street’s Report.
Washington, Nov. 21.—Gen.
James Longstreet, the commission
er of railroads, in his annual re
port made public today calls at
tention to the general prosperity
- . in railroad affairs and recom-
This resolution is a step m the
The Montgomery Journal says
Capt. Tim Joiiks puts it thus:
‘•‘A farmer brings a bale of cotton
to the city and it fetches only
$22.50 into the «•■ mmunity. The
cotton factorie- ring a bale of
cotton into the .mmunity, man
ufactures it mi" <*otton cloth, and
it fetches $60 ” Let’s have more
cotton factories
Advice to
Consumptives
There are three great reme
dies that every person with
weak lungs, or with consump
tion itself, should understand.
These remedies will cure
about every case in its first
stages ; and many of those
j; more advanced. It is only
J ► the most advanced that are
3; hopeless. Even these are
! ’ wonderfully relieved and life
3 * itself greatly prolonged.,
j J What are these remedies ?
3; Fresh air, proper food and
! SCOll’S EHHlSlQD j
; of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo-
; phosphites. Be afraid of
draughts but not of fresh air.
Eat nutritious food and drink
plenty of milk. Do not forget
that Scott’s Emulsion is the
oldest, the most thoroughly
tested and the highest en
dorsed of all remedies for
weak throats, weak lungs and
consumption in all its stages.
«oe. and $1.00; all druggists.
SCOTTA BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Atlanta Gets Government Prison.
Washington, Nov. 22—Atlanta
has been selected as the city where
the government will construct the
new prison which has been made
necessary by the over-crowed con
dition of those in the north.
The building will be the most
complete in the United States, if
not in the world.
It is said that the prison will
cost about $200,000 and will be
so extensive that the government
will never need to build another.
mends the government construct
ion and operation of a first class,
double-tracked railway from Kan
sas city, Mo., to San Diego, Cal.,
by airline route. He says the
physical condition of our railroads
generally is better than ever be
fore.
Many roads, which in 1893,
were forced to cut salaries 20 per
cent, he says, have voluntarily
restored the old basis of wages. In
April,. 1894, receivers controlled
in this country 210 roads, em
bracing about 20 per cent, of the
total mileage of the United Statee.
In June of this year there were
only 119 roads in the hands of the
receivers, and Gen. Longstreet
predicts that, under the present
condition of prosperity,within an
other year the list of insolvent rail
roads will be as small as in the
years immediately preceding 1898.
Tendered $20,000,000.
Paris, Nov. 21.—The Spanish
and American peace commissions
met in joint sesion at 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
The Americans declared the
United States must have the en
tire Philippine archipelago, and
for a treaty cession of the islands
the Americans tendered to Spain
$20,000,000. It is further declar
ed that it is the purpose of the
United States to maintain the
Philippine islands as an “open
door” to the world’s commerce.
Ad-
Dewey to be Ranking
mfral of Navy.
Washington, Nov. 22, 1898.—
Rear Admiral George Dewey will
be the ranking admiral in the na
vy upon the retirement of admi
ral Bruce next month. It is un
derstood that the president will
recommend to congress the re-cre
ation of the office of admiral or
vice admiral for the special ben
efit of Admiral Dewey.
The Third Georgia regiment
under command of Colonel Rob
ert L. Berner, has been ordered to
Cuba and is now at Savinnab
awaiting the arrival of transports,
to bear them to the island. This
is a splendid body of soldiers and
will do good service for Uncle
Sim.
So far as the information goes,
every member of the Georgia del
egation in Congress, senator and
representatives, is opposed to the
policy of territorial expansion in
the far East. The Governor is
opposed to it, and with one excep
tion the leading newspapers are
opposed to it. There are reasons
for thinking that the legislature
is practically a unit on the same
line. Georgia clings to the time-
tried principles which animated
the founders of the republic.—Sa
vanna News.
Those “prominent citizens” at
Toluca, Ill., who lynched a negro
the other night, are making it ex
tremely difficult for the north to
give the south good advice about
upholding the law.—Chicago
News.
How’s This.
R. E. ANDOG A COMPANY
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of catarrh, that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., props.,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last fifteen years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & tbuax, wholesale druggists,
Toledo, O.
Warding, Kinnan & Mabvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Price
75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
HaU’sFamily Pills are the best.
Our Shce stock is the largest we have ever
had. Our assortment the best we
have ever shown.
OUR PRICES the lowest we have ever made.
Be sure to see our
j^sSfSS.
•Own Make*
$250
Shoe
We will be glad to show you our line.
R. E. ANDOE & CO.,
14 Main St.
’Phone 9.
CfTY HALL QUESTION
To be Submitted to the People at
Aldermanic Election.
A mass meeting was held at the
court house Monday night to discuss
the question of the erection of a city
hall. Ouite a number of our citizens
were present, including the mayor and
council. The meeting was organized
by the election of Col. Howard Thomp
son as chairman.
On motion of Col. C.C. Sanders, may
or J. B. Gaston was called on to tell of
the financial condition of the city &nd
to discuss the feasibility of building a
city hall. Mayor Gaston spoke at some
length, and was asked a number of
questions by the citizens, which he an
swered the best of his ability. The
city’s bonded indebtedness, the amount
of income from taxes and other sources,
and various other features of the city
government were discussed.
Upon motion of Mr. J. M. Towery the
mayor and council were requested to
postpones the building of the city hall
until after the next election for aider-
men, at which time the people vote
upon the question. This motion pre
vailed by a yote of 40 to 0.
The meeting then adjourned.
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t7*»«ert»ln Disease.
1 here if no disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two cases agree Tt
itelfeS
aiseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
JSvery Thursday the Tear Round.
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