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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. fIRE INSURANCE. J. P. TILLEY AGENT. ^*1 represent the BEST com¬ panies in the world. k fev k it COAL. See us before buying your coal. We can save you mon¬ ey- TILLEY & QtJIGGL 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. O PERFECTED A C'J RVSTAL LENSES TF>ADE MARK. feta** '-‘-Wj m: V V ..\ 5r, a ;r •MM 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. « GIVEN AWAY TO INVENTORS. $150.00 every month given away to any one who ap plies through us for the most meritorious patent during tiie month preceding. best patents for clients, We secure tire our and the object of this offer is to encourage inventors to keep track of their bright ideas. At the same time we wish to impress upon the public the fact that IT’S THE SIMPLE, TRIVIAL INVENTIONS THAT YIELD FORTUNES, such as the ‘‘car-window ” which can be easily slid up and down without breaking the passenger’s back, “sauce-pan,” “collar-button,” “nut-lock,” “bottle stopper,” and a thousand other little things that most any one can find a way of improving; and these simple the inventions are the ones that bring largest invent. returns to author. Try to think of something to IT IS NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS. Patents taken cut through us receive special notice in Site “ National Recorder,” published published at Washington, in America D. C., which is the nest newspaper in the interests of inventors. We furnish a year’s sub¬ scription to this journal, free of cost, to all our clients. We also advertise, free of cost, the invention each month which wins our $150 prize, and hundreds of thousands of copies of the “National Recorder,” of his containing a sfcetcfi of the winner, and a description invention, will be scattered throughout the United States among capitalists and manufactures, invention. thus bringing to their attention the merits of the All communications regarded strictly confidential. Addresa JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Solicitors of American and Foreign Patents, 618F Street, N.W., Box 385 , Washington, D. C. i rtr- Reference—editor pamphlet, c/thit paper. FREE, WriU/ormr 30-pagc ♦ mm ANSWERED. 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 l'urnirmvu. Tried Friends Best. Forthirty yearsTutt’s Pills have proven a blessing t6 the invalid, Arc truly the sick man’s friend. A Known Fact For bilious headache, dyspepsia sour stomach, malaria,constipa¬ tion and all kindred diseases. TUTT’S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURE. ux. fci 1 /- i'am ,’iii~, “On 2 cent a go se.**