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jj >oi £ r 5'< > *21 C( >.
Few birds.
No snakes.
No monkeys.
Length 90 miles.
Area, 370 miles.
•“•No birds of prey.
wc.
Population, 800,000*
Houses have Mat roots.
L contains 300,000 negroes.
One-fourth as large as Cuba.
in 1 d>A cholera killed 30,000 .
It has 170 miles of telegraph.
Cock fighting isthe chief sport.
Discovered by Columbu* ini I
03.
Four times as large as Rhode
Islan I.
Fro.luoes the finest coffee in
the world.
Annual tobacco output 7,000
000 pounds.
More densely populated than
is Connecticut.
t do hundred and thirty-seven
miles of railway.
Cm 11 net .....idVdna (l-H-ina eur-irc; eights «ue .. ,-p
made of its tobacco.
in j: ;>7 it bought $2,000,000
of out commodities.
Three times it has repelled
.the attacks of the British.
Among the number of whites
males exceeded that of females,
j lit) annual product Of ban
anas is given as -uu, ‘>iwi non jvv, non j,
ai d of eoeoauuts is 3,000,000 ,
A cotton, remarkable for its
length of fibre, tenacity and
whiteness, is produced, and its
culture might with advantage
be largely exceeded.—Detroit
Free Press.
Pointed Paragraphs,
Be sure you’re then stay right
there.
Even a small patch of ground
should he properly sowed.
A pickpocket’s work is done
in a moment of abstraction.
All some women talk about
is—well about 18 hours daily.
It’s only a man’s heirs who
are ever really interested in his
ailments.
Happy are they that look be¬
fore they marry, and overlook
afterwards.
When a girl is up in arms the
young man in the case seems to
enjoy it.
Nothing so enhances the val
, tiling U. the , difficulty
.ue Oi a as 111
obtaining it.
Probably prize fighters deal
some hard blows because they
are bard blowers.
Some men stand on principle
and some others probably would
if they had it to stand on.
Every woman knows that sin
ta ks to much, hut the
k) ow is a remedy for it.
'There would be fewer bache¬
lors if they were not allowed to
associate with married men.
Spain may he lying low, but
the indications are that she is
doing a great deal of low lying.
When a man is under a cloud
of liobt it’s rather difficult for
his creditors to see the silver
lining,
There me a few things that
money won’t buy, the trouble
that not many people want
them.
The man Who boasts that he
work with his head instead ofliis
hands is resoectfullv reminded
J
that ■ tile
wood-pecker _ does the
Hunm ,;., ng, , and , is ., the _ ■ • _ .
‘ ;
Kind , . of bore.
a
1 he firing along the front
luu-s oas about ceased, but the
firing on Uio war department is
growing heavier.— Maeon News
j' “- 5 *5- T* I id
.hhii au w 5 fa '1?
kiiO t> nv i :.P-c : ;u^?*n lA.Juhh
Tito lie ■ i.'irp; f.'cr;. missioned of
Igrieulturo to Farmer?.
CHATEFUL FOE SUPPORT
lie < :v<f. a b’r;--:' of i!;o Jimo
\ ;*,t.lad Fa ;i*i‘r<*bijc*tU:-i liiHiiji!!
i-ut^l ... J-.».ee «.* ..... * «•<>•£ , i.harge ... of r ,. the
Di-p.irini nt. i. gb( Years Ago.
Di cautm: .t or Af;:mri.TCnr,
A'.'I.-'.n'Ta, -.hpl. 1, 18!».
As tb v.-ill perhaps be my' last
“nio.-ithlv talk” to the fanners of Gear
bc-n:o my r.-u-tc. /cr takes charge of
the k !:V..rs of the agricultural deuart
- fttmugh this tnedunn o
ft.aui, .no j.cop.e of the . t.ite ana the
farmers more especially for the manner
in whiclt they l>avo “hold np my hands”
iiviny efforts to build up the agricult¬
ural interests of the state and to focus
pub-ie attention on some of the more
imj -ta t agri idpural issues of the day.
I am indeed graict'ul for too considera¬
tion and courtesy which I have received
from a .ago .majority of my follow citi-
2 D ns dnring my mi mini: '.ration of the
atbars of tho agricultural department,
aim 1 fcol that I owe k to myself and ro
them to give a short review of my stew
nr :.g.) since they t;;tru-;ed mo with so
important work.
Notwithstanding tho wise and baatdi
rent anus of its founders, some mi
clocked abuses had found their way
j nI n -nitural department through
the inspection of oiks and fertilizers,
duties simple enougli in tbetuselves, re¬
quiring integrity of purpose rather than
superior skill ar.d knowledge, but which
hi might disproportionately largo emolu¬
ments to tiio fortunate holders of such
Ill justice to my
ho .stated that the condition referred to
W3B tho outgrowth of an unforseen
and rapidly o:ls^'a>sd increased consumption of
both fertilizers, for which
no provision was niado in tho
piauto law cf the state. At leading
central points like Atlanta or Savannah,
tlIu j or (.pas system, as much as $8,000 or
£;(»,«; ,> rumually were received by indi¬
vidual inspectors of oils and fertilizers,
those two cffioes being at that time con¬
solidated. That is, one inspector re¬
ceived about a3 much as the entire su¬
preme Judiciary of t-h® state. In 1800,
when I, took charge, the farmers, whoso
interests were especially having to be served by
the department, found a few
tares amidst an abundance of wheat,
were in tho front ranks of those who
were willing to tear down an institu¬
tion which h;td been built up mainly
for their protection and guidance. 1
don’t think I ern assuming too much
when I state that in tho eight years of
my incumbency tho department with has
gradually been growing in favor
the farmers and that my earnest efforts
to make it effectively and actively use¬
ful to them aro even now bearing fruit.
The slate legislature was in session
when I took charge in 1890, and I im¬
mediately suggested and urged the abol¬
ishment of the system by which oil.in¬
spectors were receiving such exhorbi
tant fees. An act allowing them to re¬
tain only $125 per month out of inspec¬
tors’ receipts and requiring them to
make monthly returns to the state
treasury of all sums in excess of
this amount, was approved Dec.
20, 1890, and since then by this in¬
novation $100,000 from oil and §125,000
from fertilizers have been saved to the
state and placed in the treasury. following the
In December, 1891,
same line of retrenchment, the fixed
salaries of the 12 guano inspectors were
reduced from $125.00 to $83.33 per
month, and only four of these wore kept
on duty the whole year, tho others from
■four to six months. Here was another
saving of several thousand dollars. The
office expenses were also reduced by the
salary Of one clerk §1,800.00 annually,
and although the office duties have
steadily increased until they have been
more than doubled and trebled, the work
bus been a on by tii ■ original
<>J < .I; -. v.-k-ii a slight increase
Sana i
During my administration the whole
i i! utilizer inspection has been
. he old plan was in
b staving tin; factories
.eh is now the law,
« illy planned to give foil
i- itli buyer awl seller. It
prov t! the inspecting shall lx;
del the fertilizer is shipped
t •Sms and pat upon the
rate packages. The pro
x nil aro such as to place
( lead as to the judicious
U; f t ( orvi-ion of her immense
in i \i /, This law, as compared
Will force in other states, is
fit: i is evidenced by the fact
tbUtlL'i pries have come on this
£12 department from difier
ent ka tau-e The Georgia fer
tiiizer aw bus finally become the basis
aws in her sister states.
Yum a r i:ui- i mnt change has been
the removal of capital, s vhere laboratory the from
Athens to the impor
taut \vi if analyzing every brand put
on pal h* state, is carried on under
th<> limiK ate supervision and inspee
ti '-ommissioDdr of agriculture,
1 s ::: i- d advantages and
j feUltC •hemist in his
svi v. hich has increased
t> since 1890.
tiaovutioa which has made
* * i in the medium of comnra
< ; s !<- information totbefarm
<• -at tin- state is the subs tit u*
e jnatfer, furnished to the
in lien of the circulars
vio-tsly issued. The
and answers to ques
ti a-aetical hints on topics
the farm, the garden,
th- d.. M ■-.I -hard and kindred sub¬
£Yon g t erT YYPIIn-pifidhihcd
we \ kl v !>>i of the state. These go
-
to the remotest sections each month and
thousands of farmers, who are practi
cally cut off’ from the usual sources of
information, are thus reached and placed
in touch with the bu-v world and
Informed on nwny subjects most
b’c in the conduct of th-. ir farm opora
th ns. Besides these publications thode
partment has issued a handsomely illns
j trated Fair 1 i inannil Id For entitled Hmneseokers ‘“Georgia, and In- a
v- stors,’’ and in addition to this urn
oihyr larger volume has beeu prepared
carl L;su§d fcim.lc : Her Bo
■ovircos and i f *. •’ { -: « ’’ T.:t! latter
volanip .v/aa }jn'."•i ■ a sequo- la
“The Common-"- * ' <* • "irgiii, -ml
not only point* ■ ••• • various advances
made ffi the <v>.-«Mr.;o Affinatrir', <-.i the
stale, hut el-.--.-wa L/ an exhibit «>f
tho irfio nvcon of . v«r-- oocur-.- throBSil
cut ^ =—-*- »—•
her boundl*** y-iuiics h been are.
of fj.tOMi voIevj-.cs* iv<- w c-fv
circulated and ia-srch widely road, awl I by
Hero baro besn ic-.ru anea in
auwtiidny i- • c':'-v;>:.:>u;>
which bur s-an- < :’:>-vx to those s' -.-'- er
homes in a he.- • res ■- sc tiem, vlr iv wise
jaws are'rigidh rnionx-d, and where the
laithiul laborer vn i ta no-; time ---P
the rewards of iaithini work.
my record in tho agricultural of
part men 11 can refer with a lee.ing
just pi-ide. The department has hen
ekvamd to a high tfircagboat pkue <.f usmulness, the
and the farmer state
arc-beginning and close relation to realize_ which its it importance bears to
every line of their business. The
sition among them.to the depart men
« r 4
w gl , itiludH that I point to
tk e f ac t_ thar r-rv tstauuohest supporters
have come from tbs ranks of the farm¬
ers, those who once so bitterly opposed extend
it. I trnst that the farmers will
to my successor the same cordial sup¬
port that they have given to me and
that ho will rise to the full measure of
the vast work yet to bo accomplished
through the Georgia department of ag¬
riculture.
Id is the farmers who keep the life
blood of our country in fresh, healthy
condition. The business of farming
feeds the whole people. If. is the basis
of the prosperity of our transportation web
lines in railroads and . i-i us a*
of all the money transactions of the
country. It pays its own tuxes and
much besides that should be paid by the
monied powers of the country. It sends
the life blood coursing' through the ar¬
teries of trade and commerce. It lies
at the, foundation of the moral and po
litical power of the nation. Without
its sturdy support all that is beautiful
in literature and art, and even in sci¬
ence, would languish and die. Stasis
tics show that but for the infusion of
fresh blood irom the country into city
families the latter would die out in three
generations. of
It has been said that the success a
nation is measured by the condition of
its agriculture. Granting this to be
true, how all important that every
means, agricultural departments, ex¬
periment stations, farmers’ institutes,
■agricultural and mechanical colleges,
agricultural societies, farmers’ clubs,
county and state fairs, in other words
every educational engine should be used
to elevate and broaden our agricultural
interests. 1 believe that Georgia is on
the threshold of a wonderful agricult¬
ural era. May her people, from the
governor down to the humblest citizen
within her borders, work harmoniously
and together to secure tlie advantages
which will accrue to each and every one
of them, when Georgia, becomes a self
sustaining state, buying largely, per¬
haps, but selling more.
It. T. Nesbitt, Commissioner.
There is one man in Chicago
who has a conscience, He
sent $-100 to the mayor, the oth¬
er day, and with it he sent a
note stating that the money be¬
longed in the city treasury, as it.
was for taxes on property he had
concealed from taxation. There
are many men out side of Chic¬
ago who have defrauded the
government in the same way,
but who have not yet become
conscience-stricken to the extent
of making restitution. Hurah for
the Chicago man— who has a
conscience.
NOTICE.
I will buy
beef cattle,
good milch cows.
A. B. Osborn.
CITY B MR
-H.DNRY - RDZ-iG/IN
PROPRIETOR.
My shop is comfortable.
My towels are clean.
My tools are always keen.
My attention is respectful.
My aim—to please all.
Give^ne a call when you
dressing up.
H. H. MCbONAL & SON,
PRESIDENT DENTISTS.^
All work guaranteed to please.
Office up stairs over J. II. Al
mand & Co’s, store.
Conyers, . . . . i Ga.
Civic Society,
Rkilologia liOdge. No. ITS, F.
f, V A \ u
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•T. A. Guinn. W. M.
0. E. Reagan, Sec.,
Meovs first and third Mon
day flights ill each mouth,
TWO FIIP 01.
QV SPcCIAL A1RAKGHWCNT
WE OFFER- -
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feiySiS^ tV*S3 & •*"**«£
r n combination with our paper t r
f or only
3^ year.
JJO^E AND FARM has for
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years . 1)6611 100 , ltc«ain 1
many &
agriCUlvUlal - , JOUlUal ; nIirlia i of Ot t lUO ;. e sou bOUMI t,h
an( j south-west, mad.0 by farm
. ,
ei’S 101* tamlers.
Come in and subscribe
TiT
^fir-Look at this mail *
with good boss sense 1 ,
Ho encloses his pos¬
sessions with PAGE
WOVEN WIRE FENCE
Keeps everything in and
very tiling out. .
Made from finest rolled'steel wire
heavily galvanized, Hundreds ol
rodshave been put up of this BkS'i
OF ALL WOVEN WIRE FENCES,
i less cost than wood fences of r,n t \
description by L. F. SCOTT.
NOTICE.
i am at my old
stand with a good
line of coffins, cas¬
kets and mineral
supplies. My ser¬
vices, hearses and
harness free oi
charge.
I. I Hill
Funeral Director.
THE ATLANTA
JOURNAL.
1>A.1I.V -A.jN l-> weekly
DAILY $5 A YEAR;—V,KELLY 50 cts
A YEAR.
The Weekly Journal is a huge
paper, containing ten pages of
seven columns each.
It is filled with the latest
NEWS of the day, both domestic
and foreign. Owing its own
leased telegraphic wires, which
are used for no other purpose
but to bring the latest news to
its editarial rooms, tire Journal
is prepared t.o get all the news
up to the latest moment.
In adition to tne news, it cou
tains more special features than
any other southern weekly. A
mong other things it‘has a
weekly letter or sernien from
Ilev. Sam Jones, a contribution
from Hou, John Temple Graves,
letters of travel, biographies of
distinguished men, and many
other at-ractive features.
The Weekly Journal is beau¬
tifully illustrated by its own ar¬
tist- In fact neither energy nor
money is spared to make it the
GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
And the price is only fifty
cents a year. To every sub¬
scriber sending fifly cents for a
year’s subscription and a two
cent postage stamp extra (to pay
pastageja beautiful lithograph¬
ed calendar for 18‘JS will be sent
free.
Specimen copies free.
, Address
The Journal,
Atlanta Ga.
The Atlanta Journal and
Weekly twelve mouths for
85 cents.
A FRICANA will cure Constipation and
is a woudei ful Liver Medicine. T ry It.
m
T S B'
A BU G G Y ?
I put this question to thy general public
an B folio sv it
the stirring announcement that no man does hmiseif
he buys without looking i La
at my BUGGIES ‘‘hd learni rm
ces. I am paying money to this ^h
say to you and u weans,
thing. Heed it audit v.Ali pvolib you much
MACHINES
If you contemplate buying a machine
tion to our famous, light-running STANDaEL)"
the best machines made and you can easily pay th,
for it. Be sure to remember this,
HARNESS.
The trade must bo perfectly well aware that \y
e
the best stuck, of harness in Conyers. You can id ways
gt
what you want at a reasonable price if you come to us
MISCELLANEO US
Almost auything you need in our line may befJ
our store. LAP ROBES, SADDLES, WHIPS, buy,
BRUSHES, COMBS, BITS ETC.
You are cordially invited to save money by tradiv
store. Yours truly,
E, S. EVERITT
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F U R N X
We are undisputed]
in furniture. Our stoi
is composed of all grad
at all prices, To t
stock we have added a 1!
of handsome Iron be
steads, Clocks, Machiu
etc.
uL a s
A big that lot of cookij sj
stoves We can
cheap, You lose moii
if you buy without gj
ting our prices.
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£3
Funeral Directors.
Our stock of coffins and
kets is complete and we are pre
pa red to serve the public
this line of goods. Our
and services are free and we
answer day , or night - I calls. U TT up
to date styles in trimming and
the , latest , and , , best methods ,, , of f
embalming.
Johnson & Goode.
Funeral Directors .
Advertise your I>uSiff e i
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