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05953 h 595353095353 5353^535953059590 News-Herald §"'• Constitution, !L I 12 Montns-$1.23.J 09535035353535959595959 a 353535&35358 THE GWINNETT IIKRAU), . the NEws. Consolidated Jan. 1,1898. Kutabllnhwl in 189 H. ) The Wonderful Doctor Slocum System of Treatment is Demonstrating Every Day to the Entire Civil ized World, that Consumption is Curable. THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN CURED. By Special and Particular Arrangement, Four Free Prep arations, Embracing the Complete Slocum System, May be Obtained by Every Reader of This Paper. Complere Free course Jj| ; Treafnenl’ Consisting or Four Preparations .. rtff X'll'J.'l'UlDfiUriUl. y ' —— l Consumption is curable. The discovery has been made, perfected, triumphantly tested and gtfven to the world by the eminent American medical expert specialist—Dr. T. A. Slocum. The Slocum System is a thorough, com plete and comprehensive System of Treat ment consisting of Four distinct Prepara tions. Combined, they represent the actual annihilator of Consumption, coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, weakened and run-down systems, anemic conditions, laryn gitis, grippe and its serious after-effects. Plrst—The Slocum System kills and drives out of the human system every death-dealing germ, thereby rendering it susceptible to re sponsive treatment. second —It introduces a building-up, fat tening, strength-restoring food, which re stores the disease-wasted tissues and brings the throat andlungs into active, healthy use. Everett Pianos, Harvard Pianos, Bush & Certs Pianos, Strich & Zeidler Pianos. Airy of the above makes of Pianos can be bought very close for cash or on installment pr vmonts. There are 25 Everett Pianos now in use at the blip sville Seminary, and are giving entire satisfaction. The Harvard Pianos have the “Pleetrapbone” attach ment, by the use of which you can imitate the lianjo, Guitar or the Mandolin. The new Opera House, Athens, Ga., has a Harvard in use, and is very satisfactory. Mrs. M. J. Perry, Carl, Ga., has just purchased a Har vard Piano. I also handle the “FARRAND ift VOTEY” Organs, and purchase them in CAR LOAD LOTS, having already sold four car loads this year 'The Farrand & Votey is the only absolutely Rat-Proof Organ on the market, notwithstanding others olairfi to handle them. Prices and catalogues will be promptly mailed on applica tion. HOPE MALE, Athens, - - Georgia, KIBEMAN BROS. A r ri AATA The largest stock of Clothing, liats and Furnishings in the South. Thousands of styles for you to select from, and prices that are from 25 to 50 per cent, cheaper than any where else, that’s because we are manufact urers and do not pay a profit to middlemen. Men’s Nobby Suits, - $5 00 up to $25 OO Boy’s Long Trouser Suits, 450 up to 15 00 Boy’s Knee Trouser Suits, 150 up to 1000 We buy the Iwst fabrics and choose the newest and handsomest patterns and coloring that are produced. Buy here once in person or through our mail order department, and the satisfaction you’ll receive will make you a permanent cus tomer of EISEMAN BROS. ( Atlanta, 1517 Whitehall street, < STORES Washington, Cor. Seventh anil E Streets, / Baltimore, 215 W German Street. 15-17 WHITEHALL STREET.—Our Only Store in Atlanta. THE NEWS-HERALD. / Third—lt stops at once all catarrhal and mucous discharges and kills the cough. Fourth —It provides a true tonic influence, which invigorates and stimulates, vdtalizoi all weak spots and brings the entire system back to a healthy normal condition. Best of all. this glorious discovery is yours for the asking. By a special arrangement made with the Doctor, readers of this paper may obtain the Four Preparations making up the complete Slocum System, as illustrated above, by sending their complete names, postotfice and express addresses to the Slocum Laboratories, 06 and 98 Pine Street, New York, being sure to mention this paper. Editorial Advice. Write to the Doctor to day, ask his advice, and he will give you the j benefit of his years of experience. Don’t dc-1 lay, but send your full name, postotfice and 1 express address to Dr. T. A. Slocum, 98 Pine ! Street. New York, N. Y., and be sure to say that you read this generous offer in this paper. ! AS TO STOCK FEEDING RIGHT I HROWN ON THE SUBJECT BY STATE CHEMIST J. 31. M’C VNDIiKSS. dATTER AN IMPORTANT ONE A Young Farmer Discouraged With Farming amt the Low l*rlce« of Cotton Is Given Advice. To the State Chemist, Atlanta, Ga,: Dkar Sir—lama young farmer al most discouraged with farming and the low prices of cotton. I had thought of devoting more attention to my stock, ami write to ask if chemistry can throw any light on that subject, as all farmers admit (hat it does ou the sub- i ject of fertilizers. Can you give some 1 good formulas for feeding? I have a good common school education, but want you to be plain so I can under stand what you suy. A. B. 0. To A. B. C.: Dear Sik—Your letter received, and the questions you ask open up a wide field for discussion, and are of the great est practical importance, not .only to the farmer, but ta the general prosperity of the whole country. Yes, chemistry can throw a great flood of light ou the subject of stock feeding, which is a part of the general subject of animal nutrition. The sub ject is usually treated last in nearly all works ou agriculture, but I am now going to write to you about it first, because you seem specially inter ested in it, and also because I believe that if a general and intelligent inter est in the subject of stock raising could be awakened in the country it would do more for our agricultural regeneration than any one thing that I can think of. I could answer the main question of your letter at ouce by giving you some formulas for feeding, but I am not going to do that because you would not see any sense in it. or any good reason for it; and I desire that you should un derstand the principles of feeding hast, then you will take an intelligent inter est in it, and be more successful in it than if you went at it blindly by mere “rule of thumb.” I am goiDg to as sume that there are numbers of farmers like yourself in Georgia with limited but fair education, who are disgusted with the all cotton policy, and that this letter addressed to you personally is also of interest to them, and so I shall print it in : the “Monthly Talks” of the com missioner of agriculture, that*> it may have a wide circulation among the farmers, and perhaps lie of interest and benefit to them as well as yourself to whom it is addressed. 1 expect to write one of these letters for each of the “Monthly T&lks.” according as I may find opportunity and time to spare from my other duties, and to continue them as long as 1 think I have anything of practical value to sav to the farmers. As I am not writing these letters for those well versed in scientific agriculture, but for beginners, I shall commence with elementary principles. f will discuss in a brief manner some of the principles of animal nutrition or of feeding. The auimal body is composed of water, that constituting from 40 to 60 peroent of it, and also of protein, fat and ash, of which bast bones are the chief part. The protein of the body includes all of the matter in the body containing nitrogen. The lean meat, the casein of milk or the curd, the w A 0 of eggs, or albumen are all forms of protein The term albu minoids, derived from albumen, is often used to mean the same as protein, al though that use is not strictly correct. The albuminoids are a class of bodies in cludd under the general name of pro tein. The flesh, the skm, the hair, the muscles, the heart, the liver, the brain, the blood, the nerves, aHI the internal or gans, the nails, the horns, the hoofs and in fact a large part of the bonegall consist largely of protein. So we see this sub stance, protein, is indeed a most im portant one; life cannot exist without it, and when we go into the market to buy it in its most concentrated forms, as in beef, mutton, pork and millk, we find we have to go down into our pock ets just a little deeper than for the other necessaries of life. The carbohydrates and fat are also necessary to animal lite. The word carbohydrate is derived from carbon (of which charcoal is a good ex ample) and the word hydrate is from the Greek for water. An example of a pure carbohydrate is starch, we eat it usually in the form of meal, flour, rice and potatoes, of which it forms the greater part. Sugar is the first cousin of starch (indeed it can be made from it) and is also included undier the term carbohydrates. These carbohydrates are the principal source of the fat of our bodies, and are the chief source of animal heat and the energy odf the body, in fact they are a sort of fuel, and are so to speak burned in the body, heat and work being a result of their oxidation or burning, just as heat and work or motion are a result of the burning or oxidatiou of coal in an enghie. So we see these carbohydrates are important, but we also And they are cheap as com pared with protein; why are they cheap? v Because as their name implies they are derived from the very abundant and cheap substances, waiter aud oar bon. The water is given us free in tihe form of rain, aud the carbon also in the form of carbonic acid, which is breathed out continually into the atmoapfcere by every living animal on the surface of the Col. W. S. Witham, of Atlanta, has been looking after the estab lishment of a bank at Chipley. His proposition has been accepted and the hank will be opened Aug. 1. Owing to the volume of busi ness which is yearly increasing at that point, a bank has been great ly needed. Some of the leading business men are enthusiastic over the new enterprise. The Victorial law authorizes di vorce on the grounds of habitual drunkenness. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 28, 1899. earth, by every chimney and hearth stone, which warms a happy family, I by every smoke-stuck, factory ami loco motive, which minister to our wants land necessities. Carbonic acid forms ! the principal part of all this smoke, : although it, is not the black part which we see, but the invisible part, which is j clear and colorless like the air. Vast ; streams of it arc pouring out constantly 1 into the air; why does it not stitte and suffocate us. as it would if poured into the rooms where we live? It is because all plant life lives on it, the great forests absorb it, the crops of wheat, corn and cotton consumo it, the lilies and the roses eat it and drink it. They take this deadly gas into their wonderful lit tle bodies, and work it oyer and over, together with the water which they Buck out of the soil, until they turn it back again into the very starch from which it started, and deposit it in their cells to be ccusnuied by men and other animals again and again in a wonderous never ending cycle. We see now why the carbohydrates are cheap, because they are never used up, because they form an endless chain. Do what we will with them, eat them up, buru them up, they “boh up again serenely, ’’ ready for fresh con umptiou. They come out of the air which is free to ail, and all that they can cost is the labor connected with handling and getting them into market able shape. But you ask is not the ssme thing true of protein ? No, in deed, and in my neat letter I will give you some of the reasons why protein is more costly. Yours truly, John M. McCandless, State Chemist Abuut Rescue Grass. Question. —Please give me all the in formatiou you cau lu regard to rescue grass? Answer. —Rescue grass is probably the finest grass for winter grazing, and the most prolific grass of southern lati tudes. The grass requires a rich loamy soil, and comes up iu September, grow ing rapidly during even the the coldest winker. It affords a rich pasturage of the most succulent stems and leaves from Deo. 1, to May 1, or it may bo mowed for hay two or three times dur ing April and May, and then allowed to mature a crop of seed, which in gather ing wliift-h.ittor, or leave enough seed on the groudd to reseed the laud, so that one sowing, if properly treated, will suffice. After mowing two or three times, from 100 to 150 bushels of seed may be made on an acre. The seed may be sown from June to February. There are some peculiarities about this grass seed. They will not germi nate in summer. The colder the weather in winter, the faster it grows, unless the stems have commenced jointing, when a freeze will kill it down, only to come out agaia, however, greatly in creased in thickness. When not mowed, the gvass grows slowly, but when it is mowed or grazed upon, the growth is hastened. The plats upon which the grass has been sown can be broken up from June 1 to 15, fertilized and sown in peas, er planted in corn and field beans. By i his method the grass will not only be improved, but splendid crops of peaviue hay, or of corn and beans can be made. The seed that are left on the ground in May will lie dormant until the cool nights in September. The seed are quoted by seed men at 25 cents per pouud, but about 100 pounds may be obtained from Dr. A. M. Winn & Son of Bawrenceville, Ga., at 15 cents per pouud, er 12 cents per pound if as much as 10 pounds are bought; also 150 pounds cau be obtained from Mr. J. T. Barter of Suwauee, Ga., at the same price. The foregoing in formation is furnished largely by Mr. J. T. Baxter, who has successfully grown Rescue grass.—State Agricult ural Department. Culture of Upland Rice. Question. —Please give me some gen eral information in regard to the culture of upland rice. Axsweb.— The following plan is prac tically that of W. H. Dickey of Abbe ville, a successful grower of upland rice: Low or hammock land is preferable for the planting of upland rice; in order to guard against drouth, however, the soil should not be wet. Break the laud deep aud close, and use the harrow if there are nay clods, then use the small plow, and trench your rows about 24 to 80 inches apart. Put in the drills 200 to 300 pounds of good commercial fertil izer, or barnyard mauure can be used with good results if well pulverized. Drop the rice 12 to 14 inches apart, put ting 12 to 20 grains in 4 hill, and cover die same with a fork plow. After this is done, the rice can be cul tivated with very little trouble. Plow shallow, using the scooter and scrape, and about two workings will be all that is necessary. One bushel of rice will plant from two and one-half to three acres, which on good land and proper seasons will yield from 25 to 80 bushels of rough rice pesr acre. One bushel of the rough rice, when husked, will yield about 25 pounds of beautiful white rice, which has an excellent flavor, and is considered by many to be far superior to any other r*-e that can be found on the market. If planted in April the rioe will be ready for harvesting about. Sept 1, and as the head ripens before the straw, you get from one to three tons of excel lent hav per acre. Mr. W. H. Dickey of Abbeville, Ga., has about 20 bushels of this upland rice that he will aell for $1.60 per bushel, sacked and delivered to freight or ex press office on receipt of said amount. — fctate Agricultural Department. Booker Washington’s recent ad vice to the negroes to vote with the democrats has not been received with enthusiasm by hi.s republican friends in the north. The Wash ington Star intimates that the blacks had better not vote at all, if it must come to this. The Phil adelphia Times (deni) contends that if the negroes of the south follow' this good advice, the “sight of chickens in the newspapers there after elections” will not be so tan ta'izing to them. — Macon Tele graph. To The Kickers, As soon us we have sufficient space that we can’t use for any thing else, wo are going to devote two columns on the first page of this paper to be known as the “grunter’s, little pickaninny, hair puller's columns.” We propose to do this strictly upon business principles, but the greatest catch as an inducement is that it comes free. First, von must sign your own name to every article. Second, you must give ns your word upon the honor of a man that you will write up every little populistic thought that you entertain during each week about other people. Third, get in your sock feet and swear that you will use an impartial conscience when you go to ‘‘cuss” the editor, and every time you abuse him unfairly promise to give yourself a good kicking for doing so. Fourth, Before any communication will be tendered for publication you will guarantee upon a fine of $5.00 that you are not in arrears with subscription charges. For our part of this contract we guarantee you a free peep through an X Ray glass to 86i yourself as others know you. Seme Good Advice to Farmers, To my brother farmers ; Noth ing ou earth I enjoy more than a country life. But it seems . that a dark cloud overshadows us now. Our farm produce has been sold for such a low price that it has been out of the power of a number of our farmers to pay their debts. What is the cause of it ? Is it over-production '! The cotton-buyers say so; but, my friends, I do not believe any such thing. I believe it is speculation. How can it be over-production and the country in rags ? It is a very strange thing to me that the farmers have to raise cotton to clothe the world and go iu a man ner nuked themselves. Now, Mr Monopolist, you can’t sack my head iu that wav. I know of fam ilies right now that haven’t cloth ing suitable to wear out on the Sabbath day to hear the Word of Hod. Someone will ask : “Who is this ?” Perhaps I had better an- 6wer that question now: It is the man that put the most of his land in cotton. I have Examined all the histories of all ages, and never have I found a more energetic and economizing generation than the present. The city and town men can suggest plans and almost dic tate to the farmers. 1 would like for them to explain to my satis faction why they don’t get out of the town and go to farming. Farmers, read these statistics: There was within 80days import ed into this state 4,042 car-loads of food stuffs; in one mouths’ time there was imported into Georgia by two railroads alone (507 cars of grain, 190 cars of> meat, 571 cars of flour, 208 cars of hay. Now, any man with common sense can see that with the im mense quantity of agricultural products imported into our coun try, as just stated, and the present low price of cotton, the all cotton farming will not do to depend up on any longer. Let us stop that plan and plant more corn, sow more wheat, oats and peas, save more hay and raise more hogs, horses and cattle We can do so, and there is nothing lacking hut the application of energy. Let every man take hold of this mat ter with renewed energy, and we will establish a new independence in the agricultural business. 1 hope you see by doing as I have above stated we can cut off the wide and extensive channel of trade and speculation with for eign people, and also the middle man’s profit, which I houestly be lieve will develop a great change in our corn cribs and barns and pocketbooks. Some of the farm ers are waking up to their true condition on this line. I would be glad to see the correspondents of the News-Herald speak out on this subject. It seems that we cannot get along without a cam paign of some sort, and I suggest that we have an “agricultural campaign” and hold up on poli tics for awhile. I feel satisfied the News-Herald will help us out; so speak out, brother, and let us in the meantime raise our home supplies, and peace and plenty will abound in the land of Gwin nett. Respectfully, J. E. Johnson. Paris’ famous horse chestnut tree of Tuileries Garden, the reg ular blooming of which, on March 20, was the first recognized mark of spring in the French capital, is dead. CRUSE. Special to THE NEWS, week’s letter. AH the sick are convalescent. Gardening is very popular. Owing to the rainy season people think they are late with their farming, but the season is as late as they are. Wheat is looking sorry. Fail oats are all killed. Spring oats have just been sown. Peaches are all killed, but the apple crop is promising. Some corn has been planted, and a little guano put in the ground. O. I). Hambrick has returned from Edwarilsville, Ala., where he has been engaged in business. During the last six months we have had the highest water ever known here, the coldest weather, the most rain, the bar-iest winter and the severest lightning Pieces of one tree near W. N. Franklin’s wer scattered all over the woods. News has reached D- A. Cruse that his only child, Mrs. Allie Nash, of Sadler, Tex., died on the Brd inst. Her mother, husband and two small children will likely return to Georgia. Mrs. Nash was married to Thos. J. Nash, of Yellow River, eight years ago. N. T. Anderson, of Yancyville, N. C., who is traveling for J. Van Bindley Nursery Co., is making headquarters with Newton Wil liams. G. E. Atkinson, who has been in business in Chattanooga, Tenu., is now at Buford. Old Uncle Anderson Mitchell, col., of Luxomni, was buried here the 18th inst. He was 90 yoarß of age. , PINKY GROVE. Special to THE NEWS. Last weeks letter. S. T, Higgins and wife, of Wood ruff, spent Saturday and Sunday here. James Wellmaker and family, of near Lawrenceville, spout Sun day with Zach Wellmaker’s family. A number of our young people attended a dance at Joe Byrd’s Saturday night. Dr. Ogletree and Will Davis, of Logunville, were hero Sunday. Mrs. Sosey Barrett, of near Suellville, spent part of last week with the family of Jeff Robertson. The general meeting will com mence at Shiloh church on Friday the 28th inst. There will be a debate at this place Saturday night. The voice of the farmer is heard in the land. Misses Lena and May Smith were guests of Miss Ora Watson Sunday afternoon. Several of our citizens attended Walton City court last week. There is a fine prospect for a good wheat crop in this section. The death angel has again visit ed our community and carried to Heaven one of our most estimable ladies. Mrs. W. I, Boss, on last Sunday morniug, breathed her last. Mrs. Boss had been suffer ing for some time with paralysis. Her’s was a Christian life, and she was ready to go. Mrs. Boss leaves a husband and three children to mourn her loss, and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved in this their dark hour of affliction. la Mimorum. Whereas, The Greijt Ruler of the universe has in His infinite wisdom removed from among 6s one of our esteemed sisters, Mrs. Mary Davis, and. Whereas, The long and intimate relation held with her in the dis charge of her du'ty in this church makes it eminently befitting that we record our appreciation of her, Therefore, Resolved, That the removal of such a life from us leaves a vacancy and a shadow that will be deeply realized by the members of this church and com munity. Resolved, That with deep sym pathy with the-bereaved relatives of the deceased, wo express our hope that even so great a loss to us may be overruled for good by Him who doeth all things well. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the records of thiß church and a copy furnished the local paper and a copy forwarded to the bereaved family. Mrs. A. J. Harris, Mhs.R. R Gresham, Mrs. J. D. Lanier, Committee. Lawrewceville could be a great center of manufacturing if our people would but wake up and show a little public spirit. Be polite and courteous to strangers if you want to invite capital to our midst. BERMUDA. Special to THE NEWS. Col. C. Y. Haden and lady, of Atlanta, went down to Aunestown Wednesday and staked off the ground for a Methodist church at that place. G. A. DeShong has opened up up a quarry on his land near Aunestown. Dug Wade, if pro fessional quarryman, pronounces it of the best quality. G. H. Kelley, of Birmingham, who has been visiting relatives in this community, has returned. Rev. W. H. Singleton fillod his regular appointment at County Line Sunday. G. H. Wallace is squarely in tho chicken business. He is now running three incubators of his own make, and has hatched out this year over a thousand chicks, part of which he has sold for a good price. Master Claud Kelley, of Luxom ni, paid this community a two week’s visit. Mrs. Kimbrell will move to At lanta at an early date, R. R. Furgerson, of Ceiitreville, visited this community Sunday. Adolphus Garner and family visited G. R. Smith’s family Sun day. Mrs. W. G. Veal visited Centre ville this week. We regret to learn of the se rious illness of G. W. Andrews. Buford Cooper can be seen on our streets occasionally. In your next issue there will be an account of a noted wedding from this section. We learn of a great big picnic that will be put 04 tap one day soon. We are told that there will be apple jack, 17 kegs of beer, two barbecued oxen, chicken and “var ment.” Mr. Editor, if you will come it will be us free as the air you “breaf. ” Ches Minor, with his peddling paraphernalia, can be seen driving to Atlanta every Monday with his vast load of cackling poultry. He carries a one-legged guinea, two setting hens, a “mitey” roos ter, a blind gobler, and a cross billed gander. He says he will unload either on the market or creamutory. Mr. Editor, we are in town and fixed up. Everybody has their corn and bacon and everything to make them happy. But still we have u full-fledged grumblers’ club. It is presided over by Pres ident Mully Grumb, who has for his secretary Col. Grumpy Grump. They have growled and growled about the rain and now they growl and growl about the hard ground. They growl about not getting to plant their cotton, the very thing they ought to leave off if possible We wish some times we hud one of Bob Toombs’ patent kickers to dissolve that club. Tribute of Respect. By resolution of the members of Snellville Baptist Church of Christ, passed at their monthly meeting March 11, 1899. a committee was appointed to draw up for record and publication a suitable tribute to the memory of our deceased brother, A. J, Harris, who depart ed this life Jan. 12, 1899. Bro. Harris was born in 1848. In early life he attached himself to the church and was baptized into the fellowship of Mt. Zion church by Rev. T. E. Kenuerly. He afterward moved his letter to Bethany, where he remained until the organization of Snellville church. He was elected Deacon of our church, where he performed his duty faithfully. He did all he could for the good of his church and community. Bro. Harris suffered greatly be fore his deuth, but he bore his affliction with ch/istian fortitude. He knew that death was near, and often expressed himself as perfect ly resigned to the will of God. His life is an example to those of us he has left behind, for his walk was that of a Christian. Id the death of Bro. Harris his church has lost u useful member and good deacon, the wife and children a kind and affectionate husband and father, the commu nity a good citizen; yet we bow in humble submission, for “the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.” * S. C. Williams, R. R. Gresham, S. P. Williams, Committee. In both China and Siam the owners of loug finger nails wear metal cases over them to preserve them, made of gold or silver and jeweled. While long nails are uot regarded as singular in China, they aro rarely met with-except ou fanatics and pedantic scholars. “1 31” 13 trjaiHS C”3 tr '3 G*!s MrJ Of “11“ ”1 oi“3 (y v I*lQMj News-Herald N Journal, w S!; y> j Only $1.25. VOL. VI-NO 27 In Memory of Mri. Harpsr. Mrs. Rachael Harper, wife of William Harper, died at her home near Snellville on March 21, 1899. Our dear sister and friend joined the church several years ago, and lived a consistent Christian life. She was a true friend, a loving neighbor and a devoted wife and mother. It was in the home that her virtues shone the brightest, and children were never blessed with a more tender, loving mother. No pftintor'tf Imush or peor/g pen. In Juutice to her fame, Has ovi-r reached half high enough To write a mother’s name. Make ink of tear* ami golden gems And rttinflhino mixed together. Then on tho marble of thy Memory Wo write the name of mother. M. S. B. The People and the Seaboard Air Line- It is perhaps not generally un derstood outside the Seaboard Air Line territory, how cloaely the people and tho Seaboard Air Line management stands. The people recoguizo that the Seaboard Air Line is doing everything possible to build up the individual interest along its line, and they are not only saying kind words for Mr. E. St. John, the manager of the Sea board, but many favors are extend- ed to the road by individuals thus showing their appreciation of the work that i« being done. Just recently a money contribution was •out in by the people in the lit tle village Marlville, N. C., to as sist in the circulating library feat ure ; and only a short while aince, a lady in Athens, Ga., made a contribution of an entire library, one lady made a contribution of ten thousand strawberry plants for tho experimental farms; a gen tleman in Georgia gave a fine Jer sey buli to be added to the stock department; another three fine Bronze turkeys. It is out of the ordinary to have the people working ao closely and harmoniously with a great corpo ration, that they will'actually make donations to it, but this is all brought about by tho broad, liberal policy of Mr. St. John. If other lines of roads would follow the exumple of the Seaboard Air Line, there would be less fric tion between the people and the Railroads, and much good would result. No doubt but what the people along the new lines of road that will soon come under the manage ment of the Seaboard system are congratulating themselves. They will certainly be able to see u marked change in remarkably short time, provided the same lib erality is extended to them that has been extended to the people located on the old Seaboard Air Line; and it will certainly be ex tended, if Manager St. John is kept in charge of the entire line, and no doubt but what he will be retained, for certainly his equal as a Railroad worker cannot be found in the country. A fisherman on the Oostanaula has b«en using beef liver as bait, carrying the meat always wrapped in a newspaper. The bait when put on the hook rotains, by its sticky nature, parcels of the pa per. A good-sized cat-fish was caught the other day, when, ou dressing it, the fisherman plainly saw the letters, “Now is the time to subscrib#,” printed in the fish on the inßide of the fish’s stomach. THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO., Ot Philadelphia, Penn. A»»r.U, .lan. I. IH»9, *.t.V>ll.V«'4.B<l. Huriilua. <Mt4VH.O74.SS. The Penn whs r>y Years Old on Feb. 24, 181M>. It is one or the strongest life insur ance companies in the world. This Company is now issuing a new form of Convertible Term insurance, which is a step in advance of anything today on the market in the way of life insur ance. ' Note the rates given below on a Ten year Convertible Term policy. An an nual dividend is allowed, which ma terially reduces the cost after the first p'ear. Note the cost and compare with what you are now paying. Age Kate Age Kate •21 *ll 00 41 $lB 20 22 11 20 42 19 05 23 11 40 43 19 95 24 11 (10 44 21 00 25 11 80 45 22 10 20 12 05 40 23 35 27 12 30 47 24 65 28 12 55 48 2610 20 12 80 49 27 05 30 13 10 50 29 35 31 13 40 51 31 15 32 13 70 52 33 10 I*os 53 36 25 34 14 40 54 37 00 35 14 80 55 40 p) 30 15 20 • 56 42 85 37 15 65 57 46 85 38 10 20 58 49 10 39 .10 80 59 52 55 - ; w (TOW We also write Ordinary Life, Limit ted Life and Endowment policies, which are superior to all other con tracts on the market. Our Mr. W. C. Dobbins will be in Lawrenceville, Loganville and vicinity for some days, and wishes to meet and discuss the merits of the Penn aud its policies with all those contemplating life insurance. We have among our policy-holders some of the most prom inent people in Gwinnett and surroun ding counties, to whom we can refer you. H. C. BAGLEY CO. f GENERAL AGENTS, 220-221-222-323 Prudential building, Atlanta, Ga. W.C. DOBBINS,SPECIAL AGENT. P.O. Box 315, Atlanta, Ga.