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announcement.
We are authorized to an
pounce Maj. E. H. Almand a
ca ndidate for mayor at the en
December election. A
strong support is solicited.
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The Hass Meeting.
The mass meeting held at the
court house last Saturday night
nominated E. H. Almand for
mayor and H. Y. McCord and J.
R, Irwin school board. We did
not leam the names of the coun
cilmen. Mr. Tucker is also a
candidate for mayor, with H. Y.
McCord and Judge Gleaton
for school board, and a full tick¬
et for councilmen.
The election comes off today,
and by night the result will be
known. Whatever this result
is we trust that all will be well,
and that the new officers will do
their best to conserve the inter
ests of our citizens, We do not
think it proper to stir up any ex¬
citement through our columns
upon the issue, whatever it may
be, und especially would it he
improper for us, not being fa¬
miliar with the status of city af¬
fairs,(having been here not long
enough to understand them ful¬
ly) to take sides, “All’s well
that ends well.” So let us hope
in this case
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Idiss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
flasonic Meeting.
Last Monday night was held
an interesting meeting of Philo
logia Lodge .No. 178, F. & A. M.
It was the time for the annual
election of officers to serve for
the next Masonic year. The fol¬
lowing were unanimously elect¬
ed: D. M. Almand, W. M.; E
H. Almand, S. W.; O. H. Turner,
J. W.; J. M. Almand, treasurer,
C. E. Reagan, secretary; L. H.
Sigman, S. D.; J. N. Hale, J. D.;
B. D. Ragsdale, chaplain; W. B.
Smith, tyler; W. H. M. Austin
and A. J. Summers, stewards.
'The installation of officers will
lake place on the 27th of this
month, it being the annual festi¬
val of St. John’s, the evangelist,
day. Ifc will be a pleasant so¬
cial gathering, where the wives
and children of Masons will gath
«r and enjoy themselves.
Covington and White House
lodges are invited to attend.
All the members of the Pbilo
logia Lodge are expected to be
on hand with well filled baskets
for the occasion. The commit¬
tee to arrange for the festival is
Dr. J. A. Guinn, chairman, W.
B. M. Austin, J. B. Reese, Dr. J.
J. W. Glenn and E. H.
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I>H. W. H. LEE, I)rnggi.-T, has the
exclusive sale of these <;eiebr*ie:! Glass
es in Conyers, Ga. From the factory
of K'e)him & Moore, tlie only optical
plant, in tee Sooth. Atlanta, Ga.
NOTICE.
Mr. E. F. Cook is authorized
to receive money for subscript¬
ions to Tiie Weekly and receipt
for same. It will he a favor to
us if our subscribers vill kindly
hand him the subscription due,
while he is on his rounds collect¬
ing taxes.
J. B. & J. H. Reese,
Publishers Tiie Weekly.
COTTON REPORT.
BALES.
Previous receipts 5,413
This week’s i c 297
Total to date 5,710
Price for middling 7 9-16.
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Concerning People and
Events.
Col. Barton, of Madison, was
in our city this week.
Fortune seekers should hunt
in the vicinity of the Blue Front.
Mr. J. W. Jones enjoyed a vis¬
it from his mother last week.
Dr. Quiggwill fill the Presby¬
terian pulpit tomorrow at 11 a
m.
Capt. W. T. Reid, of Eaton
tou, spent Wednesday night in
our city.
Mr. C. M, Taylor, of Forsyth,
was in the city this week, circu¬
lating among old friends.
Mrs. Buchanan went to At¬
lanta this week to visit her chil¬
dren and other relatives.
I am closing out certain lines
of Dress Goods at sensational
prices. W, L. Adair.
Mrs. McElvanoy, who spent
several weeks in Texas this fall,
returned last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Winburn went
to Atlanta last Wednesday and
spent the balance of the week
in that city.
We regret to learn that Miss
Florence Austin has been quite
sick this week with a bilious at¬
tack.
New goods and low prices are
the drawing cards at the Blue
Front.
Mrs. Mitchell, sister of Mrs.
Carrie Scott, died last Saturday
in Atlanta and was buried in
Rockdale cemetery last Sunday.
Mr. William Wilson caught
in Yellow river, last Thursday
a ten pound gar four feet
long. On exhibition at Marbut
& Reagan’s.
The Presbyterian brethren
have called Rev. R. A. Bowman
to the pastorate of their church.
He will move to Conyers early
next year.
Greely’s advice was, •« to go
West young man.” Had the
sage lived in this day he would
have added, “But clothe your¬
self at W. L. Adair’s betore go¬
ing.”
If Solomon, like most wise
men had visited the Blue Front
, said that
he coffid never have
“Nothing is new under the sun.”
The subject of Dr. Quillian’s
sermon Sunday morning at the
Methodist church will be “Fu¬
ture Punishment of the Wick¬
ed.” Everybody invited.
We thank those gentlemen
who kindly remembered us this
week in the payment of their
subscriptions. Otheis who owe
us are cordially invited to do
likewise at once.
A. J - Summers & Co. will soon
begin to build a L ie stole room,
extending the present house sev¬
eral feet to the iu«r. They will
have the finest store room in
Conyers, ready for a large dry
goods business next yeai.
On Friday, 29ih of November,
the trustees of the Madison pub¬
lic schools unanimously elected
our young friend, John S. Glea¬
ton, a teacher. It is a compli¬
ment worthily bestowed,and vve
congratulate Mr. Gleaton
Mr. Morgan’s sale, advertised
in The Weekly for last Wednes¬
day, was well attended and the
goods and chattels brought fair
prices. Mr. Austin was the crier.
Mr. Morgan and family left for
Texas yesterday. We wish
them well.
The Baptist Sunday school be¬
gan practice on last Sabbath eve
ning, making ready for a service
of song entertainment so rim
time during the Christmas holi¬
days Judge Helms lends a help
ing hand in giving instruction to
the young ladies and gentlemen
wt o will take part in the exer¬
cises.
The congregation of the Chris¬
tian church will soou have a
house of worship. The lumber
is on the ground and we under,
stand the contract is let to Mr
Stansell, who “will begin work
at once. The nouse will he on
the lot where the tent stood last
spring. We congratulate these
brethren upon their enterprise.
The Rockdale alliancemen on
last Tuesday passed resolutions
forming themselves into a club
for the purchasing of fertilizers
next year. Cols. W. L. Peek
and W. F. McDaniel were ap¬
pointed agents or managers for
the purchasing and ordering of
the goods. It is said that the
same arrangements this year
saved the farmers of the county
several thousand dollars.
There was a mass meeting of
the People’s Party of Rockdale
county held in the court house
in Conyers last Tuesday for the
purpose of reorganizing tire ex¬
ecutive committee and selecting
delegates to the State conven¬
tion, to be held in Atlanta on
the I8tli, inst F. M. Ayers was
re-elected chairman of the com¬
mittee.and strong delegation se¬
lected to attend the convention.
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womm.o a .«ae. Wpshit-Oe; NeaDit- s Hnpc- Cue„
ticn LOIC I* or the lvlonth.
MUCH ABOUT IITRIGATIj5 LAND.
he Commissioner 2t produce* Some r.et.
t. ry, 1'ursileiir:! Tin, <1 nil i v itor For n
More Ornorsi t imitation—me Keystone
Corn liusk.-r only For Corn Hist is
enroll on the stalk.
Question 1.— Gan yon tell me soma
thing of the practical working of the
“Keystone Corn Husker and Fodder
Cutter, whica I have seen advertised as
cutting and shredding the stalks, as
well as husking the corn ?
Answer 1 —We have had no per
Boual experience with the machine
mentioned, bat give the comments of
competent persons who have tried it.
Of course you understand that the ma*
chine, is used anly for corn, which has
been cured entire, that is stalk, leaf,
shuck and oar, in the shock, as is done
in the west. Tiie Breeder's Gazette
says:
"By its use, leaves, stalks (and ears if
wanted) are reduced to a homogeneous
mass of soft fibre, easily handled and
eagerly eaten. The fodder shredder is
well named. It simply tears into shreds
all parts of the plant and reduces it to
a pulpy form, in which none will be re¬
jected by the stock. It is a general in¬
vention, and the one which will best
aid us iu effecting a saving of the 87
per cent of value of tho corn crop now
largely lost.
"It is altogether probable that the in¬
vention of this machine will open up a
new market for corn fodder. The
shredded fodder baled can be bandied
like baled hay, and is only a little less
valuable . as a food stuff for city .. , horses
than the bes* of hay. It is only a ques
tion of time when baled shredded fod
der wiil be quoted in city feed markets
and its nutrients, its payability, and
its freedom from dust are bound to
bring it into popularity as a horse feed,
The left over portions, ih case of eve,
feed, can be tanen from the mangers
and used as bedding—and indeed it is
not impossible that the poorer grade of
shredded fodder — such as has been
largely weather beaten of its nutri¬
ment—may be sold regularly for bed¬
ding. Nothing can be better for this
purpose. In ease of handling, in soft¬
ness and in absorptive qualities it
meets the requirements of an ideal bed¬
ding. Fodder, thus treated, can bo
used for bedding on the farm to ad¬
In the commissioner’s talk for the
month, he calls attention to our waste
ful policy of gathering the corn and
fodder and leaving the stalk, which
contains neary one-fourth the value of
the entire plant, standing in the field.
One of these machines has been test
at the Agricultural Experiment Sta¬
tion, and Professor Nourse says of it:
"Labor required may bo summed up
as follow?: One fooder, one engineer, a
man to place corn on table, one to help
load iu the field, another to unload
husked corn, and one or two men to
put fodder in barn, together with driv¬
er for each team.
Labor accomplished by machine and
force above mentioned: The corn is not
only shucked, but is brought from the
field, the ears are housed and fodder
put in barn. If buildings are well ar¬
ranged. one man will store the fodder,
while the corn may be dropped directly
into the crib. By actual timing, our
machine (medium size) husked from 20
to 24 bushels—of 70 pounds—per hour.
The yield was not more than 25 bushels
per acre.
Quality of work done: Occasionally
an ear will pass through the machine
and the husks remain, but if properly
adjusted these will be few. The ap
appearanco of the corn is better than
when husked by hand. A small
amount of grain will be shelled by the
screws, although probably but little
more than a husking pin. And in any
event the shelled kernels will drop
into the fodder and be carried up with
it, to bo afterward fed to the cattle.
As we have intimated before, weval
ue the machine particularly for the im¬
proved condition in which it leaves the
fodder. Cattle will eat a much larger
amount than when it is prepared by
the usual methods. With ns, at least,
it doubles the value of this portion of
the plant.
We know that some people have
trouble in keeping the fodder passed
through the machine, but our has come
out iu perfect condition, as fresh as
when first put in.
This machine has been on the market
but a short time, and consequently, as
is the case with most new machines,
some parts require adjusting. Changes
made during the past year have already
greatly improved it.
“The farmers of Virginia will, in our
opinion, do well to watch these imple¬
ment^ and by this or some other mean*
nre, give ceva Loader the carelt tie
serves. Our interests are with the
farmers, and we fom that we cannot
serve them better than by calling atteu
tioa at times So labor s: , vmg mao i linery .
for upon lessening of cost of produc¬
tion and caring for their crops depends
much of the success of the farmer.”
Others who have tried curing the
corn in this manner and then packing
away in the barn, after the husker and
ghreddor has done its work, say that it
will keep well and come out him feed
in winter, provided the crop is thor
oughly cured in the field and cut up
when free from unusual moisture. Of
course there is always some moisture in
the ,, stalk, . .. even when we.I cured, but
those whs have tried it say that if it is
packed tight y in the barn and a.lowed
to remain in the barn, although it will
heat considerably, it will not be in¬
jured.
The following answers w.ra prepared
by Commissioner Nesbitt in reply to
some questions sent to The Southern
Cultivator. In view of the awakening
interest in irrigation, and the moetiii,
of the National Irrigation congress soon
to convene in Atlanta, he has consider¬
ed it advisable to insert them here.
Through the courtesy of The Cultiva¬
tor, hs is allowed to use them.
IRRIGATION.
(S2) I have a plat of ground which I
desire to irrigate. Can you not give i
"first lesson m irrigation” for the ben¬
efit of the readers of lhe Cultivator?
Inclosed you will find plat of ground
which I wish to irrigate. If yon can
get any sense out of the drawing please
mark on it with ink or colore.i pencil
the place lor the ditch and its dimen¬
sions; also with pencil, the rows. State
what fall the ditch and rows should
have, if any. I can have four feet head.
How many inches per acrq will be re¬
(faired a year? I live one and a half
miles from the depot. With the said
land properly irrigated, what crop and
fertilizers w'nld be best to plant, tak-
the markets?
The lino a b is on a level with bottom
to x> top of ditch, 5 feet; the fall from
a b to c d is 7 feet; the lino 1 is on a
level with a b; to make a, 2 b on a level
££“VTf
a 2 b; the distance from a to c is about
600 feet; and from b to x about 275
feet; about four acres; the lengths of d
on east side of ditch wilPhivorage about
50 feet.
Soil, coarse, gray, sandy; there aro a
few quartz and iron ore stones; at 8, at
the southeast corner, granite crops out
with an area of 200 square feet. Thor¬
oughly drained. Cane extends 30 feet
on each side of ditch y. Subsoil, yel¬
low and blue clay; south end, craw
fishy; second growth, pino and sweet
gum principally. One acre on tho
southeud in cotton; capacity, about
1,000 or 1,200 pounds per acre.
A. C. M., Zebulon, Ga.
Answer. —Direction as to your plat
of ground, which you wish to irrigate,
is, at this distance, too uncertain. We
would advise that you soak tho assist¬
ance of some competent and experien¬
ced person, who can visit the ground
and take in all tho surroundings. There
are many conditions besides tho merely
tophgraphical which should b9 consid¬
ered in this very broad and important
subject of irrigation. Heretofore, ow¬
ing to our annual rainfall of about 49
inches, very little attention has been
given in the southern states, to the fact
that a large part of what would be an
abundance of water, if properly hus¬
banded, is allowed to waste; conse¬
quently, at the critical period of plant
development, we often look iu vain for
the one good rain, which would put the
crops beyond the danger line.
Xu the last few years, wide awake
agriculturists are beginning to realize
that by proper precautions, the conse¬
quences of our annual drouth may be
avoided. Tho coming Irrigation con¬
gress, to meet in Atlanta this fall,
evinces the interest that is just now be¬
ing awakened in this question. A few of
the most important points to be consid¬
ered in any plan of irrigation aro: First,
soil; second, climate; third, subsoil;
fourth, supply of water and manner of
utilizing it, whether by dams, tanks or
cisterns, pumps worked by wind mills,
engines or horsepower; fifth, prepara¬
tion of the surface, whether for sprink¬
ling by .pipes and hose, or by surface
pipes, etc; sixth, drainage.
It will thus be seen that in the limits
of an artic’.o like this, even with the
points given i:i your diagram, the prop¬
er information cannot be satisfactorily
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