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OL. XXIL
H OF FARMERS IN
[|E PRESENT CRISIS I
LVy provision Crop Should
Pe Planted.
F AND COTTON PRICES — „
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Points Out 1 liat .
unissioner Nesbitt
rflsere Will Be a Big Demand For
Breadstuff's, Etc., While the
Fleecy Staple Is Likely
to Tumble.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, May 1, 1898.
UR DUTY IN THE PRESENT CRISIS.
with . „ Spam , has . been
ow that war
uitely decided on, the gravity of the
„tion demands that we, as farmers,
te ourselves , to , a r-ircfnl careful study study of °t its ns
(rings on our agricultural interests, i
k individual and collective. The
aiou among competent army and
ry experts . seems t to be gaming cninim? around ground
it the campaign, after hostilities ac
illy begin, will be neither short nor
y, and it may drag along for months,
der these apprehensions what is our
jn ■ duty? ,1 f m-f What do a n wc we owe owe to to onr- our
■es, our families, our country. v> hi.e
army and navy on land and sea are
erdng ft recognition of the great
■V'lS of human independence,
;< we farmers to do? How can
in the struggle that is to set
o? We are to supply not only
demands for provisions, but
> supply the “sinews of war”
rmies in the field by a bounti
rop. Besides the usual home
i .here will be a heavy demaud
k Is tuffs and provisions to feed
p lies. Should peace be declared
L .it hostilities the demand will still
lieavy. teiess, There will be thousands of
helpless people in Cuba to he
I Thus in either event, war or peace,
I surplus supplies will find a ready
B a profitable market. Therefore, if
I have not already done so, we should
t in an unusually heavy provision
Ip, even if we have to appropriate for
|& purpose some of the acres intended
I, or already planted in cotton.
; EFFECT OF THE WAR ON COTTON.
SVlien a fanner sets himself fora hand
hand struggle with an overwhelming
|ton crop, he necessarily consigns the
bis on crop—the bread and meat
bply—to the domain of chance. Under
(sent conditions every consideration
pelf interest, appeals every prompting of patri
im against such a course,
p generally accepted idea of war, ag
alrurally speaking, is cheap cotton
l h gh provisions. A war with Spain
bid almost paralyze our cotton trade,
lie the price of provisions would ad
Ice. In view of these facts, what
I be the fate of the man who pro
fcs a large cotton crop, for which he
I get a low price, and who depends
fcu ing the whole or even part of
Bed provisions for which he will pay
F price ? It is scarcely necessary
lyjfand while he has injured him
■ ke has also, to a certain degree, in
V his state and country, both of
Bi- are uow looking to him to do his
t * a smuggle which is upon us.
pw las that some farmers may argue
the general crop may be much
cd, now is the time to take the
and put every available acre in
n. but there was never a graver
-e. If ever there was a year to
use the food crops and decrease the
n. this is the year, for the reasons
<ty given.
j he flood in the MISSISSIPPI
furnishes another argument with
| 1 urmers P m Georgia. for planting a large cofc
lat( They reason that
te f^-, U Mississippi vhen cotton valley crops
> S‘ the are
: : t J ield will be very
D they for et that in che
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l llf ^ “ e . re was an almost un
i nf’Q' 0 m the v aHey and that
, 1 Y as delayed almost later
i Y known before, certainly
ii do* ^*668 T * 1 were P reseu swept ^ flood can
t- us destroyed and the away,
CT0 P tn that section making
, h seemed
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a. cron
CONYERS, GA„ THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1898.
the valley planters were also busy. Sev¬
eral weeks later than the present date
they too put in a big crop, and the con¬
sequence was the largest general cotton
crop on record and ruinously low prices.
At present
THE PRICE OF COTTON IS ADVANCING
and this also may allure the unwary
farmer into the error of overcropping
himself. I have always maintained that
the true policy is to provide bountifully
for every need of the farm, and then to
nut in lust as much cotton as can be
Ivell managed. And that rule still
holds good. The man who does this is
sate in any event, be the price of cotton
^fgh 0 r low, because he is not compelled
to sell himself to the provision dealer or
merchant for bread and meat. He is
also in a position to exercise his judg¬
ment in the disposal of his cotton—to
sell or to hold, as circumstances sng
gest. Were every farmer thus inde
pendent the control of the cotton mar¬
ket would be virtually where it be¬
longs—that is in fhe hands of the pro
Queers—rather than of the men who
deal jn <<f utures .” it has been well
said; and has come to be a fact, that
not supply and demand for spot demand cotton
affect the price, £ but supply the and and
fap , lfntni a „ estab i ish price,
^. g ..future” market is controlled by
professional operators and manipu
lators, which could not be possible sell were
each individual farmer able to or
^ his cotton at wiU . As things now
s j. alld these operators are being so sure
0 f the entire cotton crop on
the market within a certain period, that
they actually sell the results of the
farmers’labor 12 months in advance!
^ gQ far> the fcrmeM have quietly
g u hmitted. Why ? Because their short¬
sighted policy has rendered them pow¬
erless to resist. Ninety-nine one hun¬
dredths of our farmers are compelled early to
force their cotton on the markets
in the season and the speculators thus
become masters of the situation. Full
barns and full storehouses in the south
mean independence to southern farm¬
ers, because their cotton crop is* thus re¬
leased from bondage and they can exer¬
cise their judgment as to when and how
to sell it. It. T. Nesbitt,
Commissioner.
FALSE STATEMENT NAILED.
Mr. Nesbitt Did Not Say Cotton Could
Be Raised at 3 1-2 Cents.
It has coma to my knowledge that a
report is being circulated over Georgia
that the head of this department has
said that Georgia farmers could raise
cotton profitably at cents a pound.
Such a report being well calculated to
injure the usefulness of this department,
therefore, in justice to the department,
and all concerned, I feel impelled to
correct the false statement. The fol¬
lowing from The Cherokee Advance
fully explains the matter:
“COLONEL NESBITT WAS UNINTENTION¬
ALLY MISREPRESENTED.
“In making mention of Martin V,
Calvin retiring from the race for com¬
missioner of agriculture, two weeks ago,
in which we made impartial reference
to the candidacy of Commissiner Nes¬
bitt and Colonel O. B. Stevens, we said
that ‘Colonel Nesbitt’s mistake of advo¬
cating the raising of 8)£ cent cotton at
a profit is hurting him no little.’
“In making this statement we unin¬
tentionally did Colonel Nesbitt an in¬
justice, and now gladly make the cor¬
rection. While the statement was made
and published in the reports issued from
the department of agriculture, volume
18, 1892, page >80, it was the result of an
experiment made at the Experiment
Station under the direction of Director
Redning, which gave the result of sev¬
eral tests showing that cotton could be
raised even at 2 % cents per pound. On
one thorough test, however, the publi¬
cation referred to above said: ‘Mr.
Kimbrough, the agriculturist, estimates
the aggregate cost of plowing, harvest¬
ing, hoeing, picking and fertilizers—
nothing being allowed for interest on
the land or superintendence—at an
amount which would make the cost of
the cotton S],i cents per pound of lint.’
Colonel Nesbitt did not say that. He
only published this experiment with
other tests made at the Experiment
Station, and we trust that our readecs
will so remember. ”—Cherokee Advance.
OASTORZA.
Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
of
DRESSMAKING.
Miss Mattie Miller, dressmaker,
attbe P 0810 ® 06 ’" Conyers.,™.
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[Communicated. ]
TUCKER REUNION.
There was quite a notable gather¬
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Madison Tucker, at Blossom, on Fri¬
day, April 29th. For fifty years
through sunshine and shadow, this no¬
ble couple have been traveling the
pathway of life hand iu hand, and now
as they are nearing the sunset gates,
they have the satisfaction of realizing
that they; are the parents of some of
the noblest, proudest families in Rock¬
dale county. Early on that bright
spring morning, as the birds sang
their soft love song amid the tender
foliage, while the dew was yet spark¬
ling on ibe beauliful flowers, and all
nature seemed to join in the grand
Te Denm, the descendants began to
assemble at the dear old homestead,
each family bringing their own lunch
eon. There was present the eight
children of the venerable pair with all
their children.
First, Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Walker with their family of twelve
children, two daughters in-law and
one grandchild. with
Mr. Pleas Tucker, of Conyers,
his lovely wife and seven children.
Richard W. Tucker, of Conyere, bis
wife aDd ten bright representatives.
Mr. John McCollum, his beautiful
wife aDd their eight olive branches.
Mr. Tom Tucker and wife with a
family of six.
Mr. Ben F. Tucker, his wife and six
interesting youog people to call him
papa. Parks with his wife and
Mr. Jim
three little ones.
Mr. Authur Whitaker, his good El¬
la with their three babies composed
a family reunion that was a great
pleasure to witness.
Besides the family there were pres¬
ent a few invited guests. Among the
guests were Mr. Warren Tucker, an
aged Christian, a brother of Mr. Tuck¬
er, and Mrs. Herman Campbell, » sis¬
ter of Mrs. B. F. Tucker. At noon a
long table was set under the shade of
the grand old oaks aud covered vith
snowy linen and spread with all the
good things for the inner man. A
special feature was the abundance of
fine, fresh fish, nicely fried and hot
coffee. When everything was in readi¬
ness divine blessing was invoked in
trembling loues by “Uncle Warren
Tucker.” After dinner the entire fam¬
ily grouped together aud Mr. M. E
Allen, the clever and genial artist,
photographed thenever-to- be- forgotten
8 cene. The sweet strains of “God Be
With You ’Till We Meet Again” floated
out on the air as the tears
were shed, and again the feeble tone?
of “Uncle Warren” were heard in
benediction on the happy occasion.
There were present besides the sev¬
enty-five of the family, twenty-six vis¬
itors and eight servants, and after all
had eaten to their hearts content, there
was a bouutiful plenty to have more
than fed the crowd again.
When the long, bright, sunny hours
had cast shadows over the everlasting
hills, the family party separated once
more, perhaps never to meet at the old
parental roof again. But we pray God
that sometime there will be a happy
reunion on the bright celestial shore,
where each voice will join this noble
couple in one grand “Gloria in Excel
sis Deo” around the ete rnal throne.
Bean tbs The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
of •w#
MASS MEETING.
The Peoples’ Party Conyers, executive of
Bockdale eounty met in Sat¬
urday, April 30, 1898, and ordered a
mass meeting of the party on May 14,
1898, to nominate a candidate for rep
resentative in the next general assem
bly, and also candidates for the vari
ons county offices, and to select dele
gates to the state convention to be
held in Atlanta, May 18th, 1898. This
May 4tb, 1898. W. F. McDaniel,
Ch’m. Ex. Com.
J. T. Stansell, Seoty.
NOTICE.
I am still at my old stand with
a full line and complete line of
caskets and funeral sup¬
plies. Regardless of prices, chil¬
coffins $2 50 and upward
Adults $5.00. Jtocn'Wfnlh*.
\Y- Y. Almand.
SHORT NEWS STORIES.
J. G. Bennett as an Impressionist—A Con¬
gressman's Readiness to Compro¬
mise-Politics Agreed With Him.
James Gordon Bennett has a way of
appearing in the composing and press
rooms of the New York Herald at tho
most unexpected times, and as his
visits often resulted iu a general “shake
up” of tho working forces of tho paper
they are awaited with fear ami trem¬
bling by the employees. On one of theso
occasions one of the pressmen, an excel¬
lent workman who had been there un¬
der the elder Bennett, but was some¬
times guilty of a lapse from sobriety,
had a black eye aud was in a quandary
as to what excuse he should offer if Mr.
Bennett should it.
By a sudden inspiration ho seized an
ink roller and daubed some ink on his
face, completely covering the discolorajj
tion. Presently Mr. Bennett came into
the pressroom and, with the foreman,
Mr. Hays, went through the room, com¬
menting on every detail and looking
very sharply at every employee. When
about to leave, he pointed suddenly to
the inky pressman and said, “Mr. Hays,
what is this man’s name?” Tho man
quaked in his shoes until Mr. Bennett
said slowly: “I want you to give that
man $3 a week more wages. Ho is tho
only man in the room who looks as if
he had been working.”—Success.
Ready to Compromise.
The Congregatioualist says that on
the eve of the battle of Bull Run a
number of senators and representatives
went down from Washington to see the
Confederates run. And when the Con¬
federates began to run after the panic
stricken Union army the valiant con
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"CAN’T TIIIS THING BE COMPROMISED?’’
gressmeu ran in advance for the capitol.
One of them, arrayed in a linen ooat,
corpulent and perspiring, glancing back¬
ward, saw a zouave coming and mistook
him for a Confederate. Suddenly he
tripped on a root and fell headlong. The
zouave fell on top of him. Unable to
look around, but believing himself in
the bands of the enemy, be shouted,
“My God, can’t this thing be compro¬
mised somehow?”
Politics Agreed With Him.
At a public convention in London the
other day one of the delegates, noticing,
as he supposed, a friend, hurried up to
him and, giving him a hearty slap on
the back, said:
“Hello, old boy! Politics continues
to agree with you, eh?”
The portly man turned slowly around
and revealed the distinguished features
of the Marquis of Salisbury, who said,
smiling pleasantly:
“Yes, thank yott. Politics does con*
tinue to agree with me. ”
The delegate was horror struck at his
mistake, mumbled a confused apology
and beat a hasty retreat. It is believed
that the prime minister must have en
joyed the joke very much, for later in
the evening he was seen to be relating
to several friends some incident which
provoked him and them to a great deal
of laughter.—Youth’s Companion.
At the Bahy Show.
A woman peeped into the incubator
where the “incubator baby,” now 7
months old and a fine, healthy child,
spent five weeks of its early life. And
this woman said to another who was
with her and came to look also through
tbe glass cover of the box: “I don’t see
any baby in there. I suppose we have
got to take their word for it that there
is one.” Yet a few steps distant tbe
baby’s good foster mother, who had
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NO. 18
weeks, went on rocking the happy baby,
from which certainly she should not be
separated. “I wouldn’t let anybody else
touch the lamps, ” she told a friend,
and then she told a shocking little story
of an “incubator baby” whose lamps
were kept too well trimmed and burn
inf?- H * s a world of strange accidents,
infants C0IUG iu for their strange
share.—Boston Transcript.
OAKLAND LOCALS.
Our people went to Stone Moun¬
tain Saturday and reported having a
nice time.
Mr. William Stansell was iu our
Mrs. W. C. McDonald, after a
splendid visit to her parents, of De¬
catur, returned home Sunday.
All seemed to enjoy the singing at
Oakland Sunday.
Mr. Henry Granger closed a singing
school here Friday night and all
seemed to be benefitted by it.
Tho Rev. William Wood will preach
at Oakland next Sunday. Every body
invited.
DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD
We are sorry to learn of tho
death of Mr. N. W. Maddox’s littla
gill, Florence, aged IS months,
which occurred Wednesday afoer
noon at 5 o’clock. The funeral
will be preached by Dr Qutgg at
4 o’clock this afternoon at the
grave. Interment Kistview cem¬
etery. To the bereaved family
we extern! our svoup uhy.
THAT COOKING BEE,
The flour to be used in
Johnson & Goode’s cooking
contest H. on May McCord’s 9 and 10 will
be the Y. Best
Patent. For sale at all the
stores in Conyers. This
flour is all pure wli 2 at, no
starch, no meal or other adul¬
terations to cheapen it. It is
as white as good flour can be
made not to injure its bak¬
ing qualities. Ladies are in¬
vited to be present and wit¬
ness the contest between our
girl cooks, Free coffee,
bread and butter will be
served.
STOVES FKEE.
We will sell you a stove for $20 that
will, with ordinary care, lust you fii
teen years.
Some stove ranges sell for - $09.00
Subtract from this 20.00
And you hava $49.00
Lend this $49 out at 8 per cent in¬
terest and give us the interest and wo
agree to give yon another $20 stove'
every five years for the balance of
yonr life, and you still have your $49.
You can give all your children a good
stove without any cost to you. See?
Johnson & Goode.
DENTISTRY.
I k® in Conyers tbe Ihifd
Monday in each month and spend
the entire week. My office will
1 e located at the Commercial
Hotel. I will appreciate you*
patronage in my line, and guar¬
antee to give you satisfaction.
R. A. Jones,
Dental Surgeon.
DRESSMAKING.
Mrs. Dr. Glenn and Miss Jog
Davidson have opened a dress¬
making establishment upstairs
over McDonald k Haygood’s
millinery shop. Latest styles
and lowest prices prevail.
Cutting and making men’s and
boy’s garments a specialty.
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CASTOR.IA.
Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature
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