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News-Herald Constitution, :j 12 MTorithS — $1.25. THF, OWINNETT HERALD, \ THt iJfSStwcKviitK’jiEwti, . Consolidated Jan. 1, 1898. in 1893. J There are no better Pianos made than the CONOVER and KINGSBURY. Shorter College, Rome, Ga.. equipps itself with Conover pianos. WUV 9 Because they could buy Ilill . no better. Pianos were ottered this College by At lanta dealers and other manufacturers at one half the price paid for the Conover. Shorter College Wanted Nothing But The Best. THE HOUSE OF CABLE Stands at the Head Of the great manufacturers of high-grade Pianos and Organs. A splendid assortment of different designs in Upright Pianos on exhibition in our ware rooms. The most beautiful stock of Pianos ever exhibited in a southern city. W rite for catalogues and prices. CABLE PIANO CO. 96-98 Whitehall St. Atlanta. H. B. Morenus, Mgr. Capital $2,000,000. Everett Pianos, Harvard Pianos, Bush & Certs Pianos, Strich & Zeidler Pianos. Any of the above makes of Pianos can be bought very close for cash or on installment p viueats. There are 25Everett Pianos now in use at the vlan ;sville Seminary, and are giving entire satisfaction. The Harvard Pianos have the “Plectraphone” attach ment, by the use of which you can imitate the Banjo, 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 & 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 claim to handle them. Prices and catalogues will be promptly mailed on applica tion . HOPE HALE, Athens, - - Georgia, KISEMAN BROS. ATI .ANTA. The largest st*tk of Clothing, Hats and Furnishings in the South. Thousands of styles for you to siect from, and prices that are from 25 to 50 pe cent, cheaper than any where else, that’s beause we are manufact urers and do not pay :profit to middlemen. Men’s Nobby Suits, $5 00 up to $25 OO Rov’s Long Trouser Sfts, 450 up to 15 00 Boy’s Knee Trouser Sets, 150 up to 10 00 We buy the best brics and choose the newest and handsomest and coloring that are produced. Buy here once in or through our m ail order department, the satisfaction you’ll receive will make yo a permanent cus tomer of KISEMAN -- BROB. (Atlanta, 15 1" Whitehall reet, STORES; 15-17 WHITEHALL STREET.—Our On store in Atlanta, Ts IK NEWS-HERALD. WORTHLESS GUANOS HOW FARMERS ARK PROTECTED FROM SAME BY THE % STATE LAW'S. ANALYSIS IS PROVIDED FOR Commissioner O. U. Steven* Points Out Step* I hut Tillers Should Take to I hwart Trickery. Question. —How are the farmers pro tected from spurious guanos and wnat steps can be taken to have our guanos analyzed and procure information con cerning these goods before we have to I pay lor same? Answer.—This department was es tablished to protect the interest of the farmers, and to give information on all subjects pertaining to the agricultural | interests. Under the present laws which govern the sale of commercial fertili zers few, if any, manufacturers or man ipulators would attempt to sell spurious articles to the farmers of this stage. | The environments placed upon the sale | of fertilizers are adequate and of such character that render it almost an I impossibility to pass off shoddy goods upon the purchaser. It is true that agents in their desire to sell often rep resent their goods to ran higher than their guarantee, but the farmers are much to blame for their gullibility in taking for granted that thfi goods are what they are represented by overzeal | (jus agents. When farmers pay no at tention to the guarantees that are printed on the sacks of every brand, it i is their fault, if they are deceived as to I its value. The law requires that each sack shall have the brand printed upon | it, also giving the analysis and the guar antee of each ingredient that goes to make up the total amount of plant food. Of course strict attention should be given to the minimum guarantee and i not the maximum, as the manufactur j ers try to give enough of each ingredi ■ ent to go above the minimum guaran ' tee, so as to meet the requirements of j the law, therefore the minimum guar antee is the only thing to which we should pay attention. After the goods j are purchased, then the law comes to the 1 rescue of both the purchaser and seller. I The law requires the manufacturer to register the name of the goods, the name of the the place where manufactured and the guarantee ; of what amount of plant food with this department before they sell or offer for sale any of their brands. After the brands are registered, the law requires the manufacturers to give the commis sioner of agriculture notices each day of every sack of goods sold or consigued to parties in this state, also to give the names of the parties to whom sold, and where said goods are to be delivered, so that every sack comes directly under the eye of the commissioner, and he can send inspectors to find the different brands in all portions of the state. The samples are taken by the inspectors and are sealed by them and sent to* the com missioner. They are then numbered and recorded in this ofiice and sent to the chemist. The state ohemist ana lyzes these goods, and they are returned to the commissioner by number. These reports are then recorded, and go to jnake up thu bulletin which is sent to every one from whom a sample was taken and to all who ask for them. Be sides this plan of procuring samples, I have issued a circular letter through the newspapers of Georgia stating, that if any person desired a special analysis of his guano, that if he would send me a request, I would send an inspector to get a sample of the goods and make an analysis of it. The law requires that if the commissioner sends in a sample to the state chemist, it must be taken by a sworn inspector, and only from un broken sacks or packages. As soon as the chemist can analyze these goods, the results are sent directly to the per sons for whom made. Under the Ellington law, every farmer can demand that a sample shall be taken of the goods he purchases at the time of the delivery for the party from whom he buys his guanos. This samplo shall be taken by both the seller and buyer, delivered to the ordinary, and he will seal it in their presence and make a record of same. If for any reason the purchaser believes that his crop is not benefited by the use of said fertilizer, he can have the ordinary to send the sam ple to the state chemist for analysis, and if the goods do not como up to the guarantee, the purchaser need not pay for them. Thus you see the • many pre cautions thrown around the sale of this article of commerce. (1.) Register the name of the manu facturer, where manufactured, name of brand and the amount of plant food said brand contains. (2.) Purchase tags for same, and place them on the sacks. (8.) Notify the commissioner of agri ' culture of every sale or consignment. Give name and address of each pur chaser or consignee. All of this information is required to be given, and is filed and recorded. Should they fail to do this, the seller not only subjects himself to noncolleo tiou for the goods, but also to prosecu tion for misdemeanor. 1 I propose as commissioner to give op portunity to the farmers to protect themselves from the dishonest dealer, j as well as to protect the interests of the honest maniilacturer who complies with the law. —State Agricultural Depart ment. Like the Mexicans and the ! Spanieh, the Filipinos combine j sport with piety. According to a ! well-informed writer, it is a com fmon thing to behold devout Fili j pinos attending church, each with a game cock under his arm. At the close of the service groups of worshippers form themselves into circles in the church yard to wit ness game cock fighting, which is the popular sport in the Philip- J pines. LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MAY T>, 1899. The Ways of Men. Aii observant poet once wrote something like this: As a rule, Man's a fool, When it’s hot he wants it cool; When it’s cool he wants it hot— Always wanting what is not. There is a good deal of truth in these lines. People are naturally queer folks. They “cuss” capital for being hoarded and they “cuss” it when it shows itself in industries of different kinds. The million aire who locks his money in a vault is denounced and the one who throws it away in sumptuous liv ing, big dinuers and so forth meets the same condemnation. That element among our people who were known as “jingoes” and who cried so mightily for “war, war, war” with Spain a couple of years ago are, almost to a man, on the other side now and are weeping as bitterly over our drift toward imperialism. So far as The Times is concerned, it, with other news papers and public officials, saw at the beginning what war with Spain meant and tried to avert it, but the warning note was not heeded and the consequences must, be en dured. Labor strikes, riots, etc , are not confined to “hard times.” The biggest strikes usually occur when work is plentiful and men are needed to do it. Havana had no strike when war ships were prowl ing around her harbor, shutting out trade and making times hard within. But when the blockade was lifted and millions of money was turned in that direction, a big strike broke out among the “down trodden” working men. There are bad combinations of capital in existence just as there are bad things in all other lines. The average combination is not near as bad or as dangerous, how ever, as the place hunters and pol iticians would have it appear. The money which is going into many of the great industries today is coming from vaults where it has been stored away for probably a decade. The investment of this money in giant enterprises bring many blessings with it. Great schemes require great sums of money and combinations are sometimes necessary to carry them to legitimate success. There is less danger in the great combina tions which monied men make than there is in conditions which force men to put their money in the vaults and close the doors. And along this same line, there is much rot being indulged in these days by partisan newspapers and politicians in an effort to pre judice the poor people agaiust cap italists and financiers who aie making big investments of their money. We should rejoice that vast sums are coming from its hid ing place to go into industries of various kinds, realizing that the opportunities of every citizen are made better by every investment which capital makes. Legislation can be very well di rected to limit the power of trusts without making an onslaught upon every company or combination which is formed to carry on great, business undertakings.—Valdosta Times. There is one farmer nearr Dupont who lives and has his being with out the use of cotton. That man is Mr. William Barlow. Mr. Ba rlow does not raise any cotton, nev er has raised it, and says he never will. But, instead., he plants corn, peas, rice, potatoes and other pro vision crops, which, as he says, if cannot be sold, they can he eaten. His surplus corn crop he lias had ground into meal, which he sells for a. fair price, but he does not sell any corn. He raises an abun dance of pork for sale, besides u number of beeves every year. Mr. Barlow has prices for all these items, and if he fails to get a suit able offer he does not sell. By this business-like management, Bill Barlow, as he is known far and near, has accumulated a fort uue. A Macon correspondent says: Col. Kay can congratulate himself that his regiment is one of the best behaved and best disciplined of the many that have been loca ted at Macon during the American- Spanish war. When the Immunes 'leave camp and visit the city very few of them become drunk or dis orderly. None of them have cre ated serious disturbances and hkve given the police no trouble. Col. Ray has his regiment un der splendid control, and the ex cellent couduct of the men is the subject of praise and admiration on the part of citizens and the po lice authorities. Andrew Jackson's Birthplace. A number of cities claimed the honor of being Homer’s birthplace and two states are urging, through their newspapers, that Andrew Jackson was born in their respective commonwealths. The Charleston News amt Courier con tends that Andrew Jackson first saw the light in that state and the Asheville Citizen claims that North Carolina was the state of his nativity, while the Bristol, Teun. News avers that he was born in the north ot Ireland, j That would not only have rend ered Andrew Jscksnn ineligible to I the presidency, but would have made this most uncompromising American an alien. Without any disposition to in- j terfere with the rival claims of the two Carolinas it may be urg- j ed in favor of the Charleston pa per’s contention that Andrew j Jackson himself claimed South 1 Carolina as his birthplace and he i of all other persons, had the best right to know where he was born, j He was not only present upon J the occasion, but d< übtless had from his parents authentic infor mation upon the subject. .Too Tall For Comfort, Ella Ewing, the giantess who! was exhibited at public shows tor some time, has been living for two years in a quiet way in her native village of Gorin, Mo. She is about to start 6u a second tour, and is now three inches taller than when she retired from pub lic life,having attained a statue Of 8 feet three inches. This remark- ] able young woman was discovered by accident. A Chicago museum manager heard of an extremely tall woman having been in the lit tle Missouri town, and made a visit to her. As she proved to be of an altogether phenomenal height, it is claimed that he offer ed SSOO a week, which, after some hesitation on her part and that of her parents, was accepted. In the six years of her traveling life Miss Ewing amassed a considera ble fortune, and has built herself a commodious house, where-the lofty ceilings and massive furni- J ture enable her to enjoy some physical comfort. Her size has. however, always been a source of unhappiness to her and she de clares that, the journeying about with the museum company is a great trial. The Street Cars of Havana. The street-car lines of Havana are all controlled by one compa ny, known as the Urhano Compa ny, and the entire length of all the systems is about twenty five miles. Tbfc cars of the company are dirty and old. Each car is drawn at a snail’s pace by three mules, except on the line to Vedo do, where steam-dummies are the propelling power. There has been stealing on the line by em ployes, and the usual corruption attendant upon the management of any enterprise, public or semi public, by Spanish interests. The Spanish soldiers never pre tended to pay fare on any of the lines and on some of them it was the custom not to charge fare for persons who rode on the platform. The entire system was run down, with miserable rolling stock and road-bed; and yet, with all these disadvantages, and with the corruption that found a lodging place there, it managed to pay such dividends that the stock is said to have been quoted at par. —Harper’s Weekly. Spring News From Billville. The cemetery fence looks cheer ful with its new shroud of white wash. Captain and Mrs. Chills-and-fe- j ver arrived on time yesterday, and were met at the depot by Colonel i Quinine. The doctors gave a picnic yester day in the town cemetery grounds, where all their patients are. If this “mustered out” business continues, and the boys keep com ing home, all the bacon will be] out before the summer’s over. Most of our Billville boys are busy graduating in Greek, while all their daddies are plowing the mules in dialect. The new school has disbanded, all the scholars having learned enough to figure how much their respective parents will lose on cot ! ton this year.—Constitution. “Do we eat too much?” is a question which the government experts are trying to solve. VV’e Georgia editors have done solved it. We don’t, for very good rea sons. No “Retell". The New York Herald prints the following piece of interesting j news: Rear Admiral John W. Philip, j commandant of the navy yard, pointed with pride yesterday to a change he has brought about in the j government property • tinder his j care. To the right of the entrance Ito the admiral’s office on Main street is a huge wedge-shaped piece of iron which was taken from the prow of the confederate ratn Miss issippi, after the civil war. Upon it. was this ins iription, “Taken from the Rebel Rani Mississippi.” Everyday those words caught the eye of the admiral. Yester day the word “rebel” was scraped from tho rusty old trophy. “There are no rebels now,” said Admiral Philip yesterday; “there is no north and no south, and, anyhow, I don’tlike the word ‘rebel.’ It’s j no word for those times.” This is a very practical result of the real reunion and reconstruc tion that has been brought about by the late war with Spain. To all intents and purposes it was unimportant whether the word “rebel” was allowed to retain its place; it was harmless; but the practical thing about its erasure is the fact that a patriotic naval officer found the term offensive and had it rubbed out. It was of fensive to his good feeling and sense of propriety, and he had it removed, remarking upon it that “it’s no word for these times.” i This shows that the wave of fra ternity and patriotic unity which swept over the south when wur was declared on Spain had its counterpart at the north. There is, indeed, no nor\h and no south as far as political sectionalism is concerned. The words are current in our vocabulary merely as con venient geographical terms. A very short while ago the word “north” meant the republican party, while “south” meant the democratic party. This meaning has been as completely effaced as the word “rebel” which Rear Ad miral Philip caused to be erased from the relic of the ram Missis sippi.”—Atlauta Constitution. Chicken Honey. The Memphis Scimitar has been talking up the chicken industry, having called the attention of its readers several times recontly to the tact that there is money, and a lot of it, in the poultry business. And the Scimitar furnishes facts and figures on the chicken ques tion that are surprising. Within the past few years, says the Scimitar, the town of Hunts ville, Ala., has become quite a manufacturing point and is great ly increasing its business and pop ulation by the addition to its en terprise of several large cotton factories. These handle a vast amount of cotton annually, and add enormously to the thrift und trade of that place. The Huntsville Daily Mercury, a most reliable newspaper, has prepared statistics oil the subject, and makes the positive statement that the chicken and eggs shipped from the town was worth more money than the 40,000 bales of cotton marketed there last sea son. Think of that. And yet there are few men in this couqtry who have come to re gard the poultry business as any thing more than an insignificant side line to the more pretentious ar.d less profitable features of farm ing. A Bishop and A Drummor. Bishop Watterson, of Nebraska, was once mistaken for a traveling salesman by a commercial traveler who met him in a railway train. “Do you represent a big house?” asked the traveler of the bishop. “Biggest on earth,” replied the bishop. “What’s the name of the firm?” “Lord and Church.” “Hum! Lord and Church 1 Nev er hoard of it. Got branch houses anywhere?" “Branch houses all over the world.” “That’s queer. Never heard of ’em. Is it boots and shoes?” “No.” “Oh, dry goods, I suppose?” “Yes, they call my sermons that sometimes.’ 1 “Papa, are generals brave men?” asked Johnnie of his father. “Yes, my son, as a rule,” was I the answer. “Then why do artists always make pictures of ’em standing on a hill three miles away, 1 looking at the battle through an opera glass?” The Honest Newspaper. A newspaper can have character or not; but it cannot have influ ence without character, any more than it can have character with out independence, and the editor who trims his sails to catch every favoring gale or waits to turn the “ common dust of servile opportu nity to gold,” caunot give to his | publication either of these charac teristics. An editor to make his journal worthy of respeect must be self respecting, and this he cannot he if he for any weak or selfish con sideration consents to the slightest compromise of conscience or con viction. Newspapers cannot be “all things to all men.” They must be one thing or the other. The composite photograph has never become popular in art, for the reason that it is nobody. When a reader finds an editor catering to all sides he is apt to make up his mind that that editor is work ing both sides for what money he can make out of them. Even bi ased opinions, if they are holiest Bud fearless, are better than milk and-water opinions expressed for money. Newspapers should not only stand for something, but they should stand up for it. To do this it is not necessary to even es pous the cause of a party, al though that is a good way, for parties are supposed to stand for something; but it is necessary to think consecutively and strongly and honestly along some line or other, and the line ought to be determined from within a man’s own consciousness and judgement, us far as possible;—Exchange. Strange Happenings. A lot of Bourbon county, Ken tucky, cattle went into a tobacco barn for shelter during a heavy snow, and 20 of them died from eating tobacco. An Indianapolis woman wants a divorce set aside on the ground that there was no ground, as her husband, a drummer, kissed her 50 times on the last day he was at home. The authorities of Wellington, Kan., proposed to give the name of the first prisoner confined in the new jail to that institution, and it was called Horton jail, because Mrs. Horton was the first. She proved to be innocent, and sued the county for damages, on ac count of the jail’B name. An old clock giveD to a Warren, (111.) academy to be used before the class in physics to demonstrate the laws, the pendulum, refused to run, and when the teacher got into its works he found a roll of bills amounting to $242 clogging the machinery. A New England coal miner was troubled with a pain in his hack, and one day last week he went to a doctor about it. The doctor looked him over and took four inches of knife bladb out of him. He had been stabbed in the back eight years before and the blade broke off. Money makes matrimony, as well as the mare, go. The other day a negro woman in Brooklyn inherited a fortune of $75,000. The following day, according to the New York newspapers, a well favored foreigner, attired in frock coat and silk hat, but shabby shoes, called on the heiress and formally proposed marriage on behalf of his nephew, who resides in Europe, and who the petitioner said was a fine young man of no ble lineage. The advances of the foreign white “gentleman” were repulsed by the colored heiress. There is a neal but orpquned little fortune in the Montana state treasury. Nobody claims it; nobody knows to whom it rightfully belongs . The money— sßo,oo0 —was turned over to the legislative investigating commit tee by Senator Whitesides, who stated that it had been given to him by the campaign manager of United States Senator Clark as a bribe to vote for Clark. Senator Clark promptly denied the owner ship of it. It was turned over to' the state treasurer, and remains in his hands awaiting an owner. The Arkansas legislature has passed a bill which prQvides a fine of $25 to SSO to be imposed upon any one haviug in his or her possession “any feathers or skins or parts of birds for use in milli nery or other similar purposes,” or for killing any bird in the state of Arkansas for such purposes. IB fj B r j<» Uj cjy KBEBBBKBT" News-Herald Journal, „S;; Vi OxLly $1.25. VOL. VI -NO 28 Find Tour Birth-Month. H.-re is an old astrologer predic tion, said to indicate, with tolera ble certainty, the character of the girl according to the month she happens to be born in. If a girl is born in January, she will be a prudent housewife, given to melancholy, but good tempered. If in February, a humane and affectionate wife and tender moth er. If in March, a frivolous chatter box, somewhat given to quarrel ing. If in April, inconsistent, not in telligent, but likely to be good looking. If in May, handsome and likely to bo happy. If in June, impetuous, will mar ry early, and frivolous. If in July, possibly handsome, but with a sulky temper. If in August, amiable and prac tical, likely to marry rich. If in September, discreet, uffi able and much liked. If in October, pretty and con querish, and likely to be unhapy. If in November, liberal, kind, of a mild disposition. If in December,well propntioned, fond of novelty and extravagant. Delaware is one state that has clung to the whipping post, de spite all public sentiment or clam or against it. Such offenses as wife-beating, cruelty to children, and the like are punished by the whipping post. Now the state of Illinois is about to establish the whipping post and make it cue of her methods of punishment for certain classes of offenders. In a certain sense the whipping post firings up the idea of barbar ity, but it is quite certain that as a punishment for many classes of crime it is more efficacious than the money fine or the chain gang, It has its good features, aud Delaware, at least, seems to be satisfied with it, while Illinois is more than likely to give it a trial,—Thomasville News. Unole Jim Dunlap, as he is fa miliary known by most every one in this section of Georgia, spent the forenoon in the city on his re turn home from Gainesville, where he has been for several days with his sou, Col. S. C. Dunlap. He is as full of life and vigor as ever and has not forgottn how to talk and entertain a crowd. Mr. Dunlap is a noted character and knows the history of Georgia throughly and of the public men for the past fifty years. He al ways keeps a town lively while he remains jn it, and Winder enjoys his occasional visits.—Winder Economist. A thoughtless contemporary having assailed the letter “ e ” Editor Halsey, of. the Tulla hommoan, up iu Tennessee, comes to the rescue as follows: “Au ex change says ‘e’ is the most unfor tunate letter iu the English 'al phabet, because it is never in cash, always in debt and never out of danger. It forgets that the aforesaid letter is never in war but always in peace. It is the be giuing of existence, the commeuc ment of ease and the end of trou ble; with out it there would be no water, no. bread, no meat, no life no gospel, no Jesus, no mother, brother, sister, home or heaveu.” A man. recently left u widower, when arranging for his late wife’s tombstone, gave orders that the lettering should he of stated size. At the bottom of the stone he wished to have the words, “Lord, she was Thine.” The stone mason said he was afraid there would not be room for the words, but the be reaved widower insisted, and the carving was pig; iu hand. The correctness of the mason’s view was justified, for when the stone was finished at the foot of the table were the words, “Lord, she was* thin.” Micou Evening News: A Wash ington dispatch priuted in the morning papers states that Sena tor A. 0. Bacon will be one of a party of distinguished gentlemen that will visit the Klondike sec tion in June. When seen this morning Senator Bacon said that he regreted that the publication was incorrect in so far as it applies to himself. He will not visit the Klondike as stated, but hopes to make a Western trip some time during the summer. Teddy Roosevelt is quoted as saying that he has an abject hor ror of fool reformers and machine politicians. When the fool re former becomes a machine politi cian the thing is much worse.