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22 IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. BiEWS tS THE TWO STATES TOLD IX PARAGRAPHS. t ■ GEORGIA. Jaeksoc- Brothers of Doerun have sold thfir big -aw mill with 2,000 acres of fine tiifiber t; Smith & Ttckncr of Albany. The Vi.Ulia Record has suspended. The pu,bllshern announce that "the true and only reajin for tl>e suspension of the pn paper is that it has not received suffi cient paf onage to warrant its continu ance.” At a me..ting of the trustees of Tennille Institute Wednesday afternoon Prof. 2. ■WhltehuPA was re-elected principal, with Misses I<f. Lee Chandler of Waynesboro, Mary F. Walters of Montezuma, Annie Jones of Iriecatur and Taylor Watson as sistant tepeners. Tattnall Journal: The new law under which sol'itltors and judges are elected by’the pe-pie was given a fair trial tills yehr. Anl 1 the verdict is that it won't do, and there' 1s every reason to believe that it will soc j be repealed. We have yet to find in Tj itnall a man who is in favor of. having* our judge and solicitor elected by the vot of the people. Athens Danner: One hundred and sixty worthless Jogs have been gathered unto their fath’ps within the past six weeks. One hundl vd and eighty have been muz zled. Ani the wrork rolls merrl'y on. There is no telling when the killing and muzzling is to end The 350 mark has almost been reached and at the ’present rate 500 dogs will have been brought into direct contact with the law before the end of June. Eastman Times-Journal: The Postoffice at Eastman has been advanced to the third class and the postmaster's salary increased to $1,300 per annum This ad vance was made on the basis of gross receipts received from this office by tic government for the four quarters ending June 1, IMO, and shows that all lines of business have been more prosperous dur ing the past year than the on? preced ing. Eastman has one of the best con ducted postofflees to be found anywhere, sod we congratulate Mr. Brown upon his •'raise.” Thursday evening Tom Jordan, who lived in Carroll county, was in Carrollton and drank blind tiger whisky. About 8:30 o'clock he became involved In a difficulty with B. H. Crider, the chief marshal of Carrollton, and shot the marshal three time, once through the heart. After Cri der was shot he drew- his pistol and shot Jordan one time and accidentally shot B. Hood in the leg Crider and Jordan both died In a very few minutes after they were shot. The difficulty seems to have been the result of an arrest made by Cri der about a year ogo. when Jordan was under the influence of blind tiger whisky, and accused Crider of stealing sls from fcim at the time Crider arrested him. The commencement exercises which have Just been concluded mark the first saholastlc year of the Monroe College at Forsyth, under the auspices of the Geor gia Baptist Association. The college will lose its present president. Dr. A. A. Mar shall. who has accepted a call to the First Baptist Church of Raleigh, N. C . as well as Prof. S. C. Hood, the vice president, who will also return to pastorate work Dr. Marshall's place will be filled by I’rol Charles Spurgeon Jackson of Hephzibah High School, of which he has been presi dent for more than twelve years, and his success aa an educator has been proven by his success with this school of high standing. Prof. Cummings j?f Macon, a well-known educator, will supply the place of Prof. Hood. The other members of the faculty are reelected and will remain at the college. Dahlonega correspondence of the Sa vannah Morning News: The twenty eighth annual commencement of the North Georgia Agricultural College closed Wednesday night. It was the most brill iant commencement In the history of the institution. The programme as published In the Savannah Morning News, was fully carried out. At almost every entertain ment large numbers were turn away for lack of room In the large auditorium on the second floor of mein building. The following students won medals: Sub freshman prise, elocution. 13. section. Mr. J. S. Grant, Habersham: A. section, first prize. H. 1,. Newton. Morgan county: second prize. M. A. Richards, Fulton county; freshman, first prize, I. O. Par ker. Screven county; second prize. Miss Blanche Gurley. Lumpkin, sophomore, first prize. \V. H. Berry. Muscogee; sopho more, second prize. P. T. Horton. Gwin nett; target practice. I C McKibben. Paulding; Gurley essay, T. C. McKibben, Paulding; Latin medal. Miss M. Galilerd. Lumpkin; science, H L. Peacock. Dodge; mathematics, J. W. West. Campbell; Junior oration, S. A Harris, Hall; presi dent’s medal, senior oration. F. H. M.- Clusky. Cobb county; prize drill. tV. T. Farrar, DeKalb. The champion de bate between the Decora end Phi Mu Societies on government ownership of railroads, was masterly dis cussed. The Phi Mu, opposing owner ship. won. The following degrees of the T'nlverslty of Georgia, were issued: A. B degree. H. D. Gurley, Dahlonega; A. W. Cain, Porter Springs; F. H. McClusky, Blackfweli's; H L. Peacock, Cochran. W. M. Smith, Augusta; L. I. degree, A W’. Cain, Porter Springs; C. L. Har ris, MurrayviHe; T. C. McKibben, Pot- Olio; Miss F. Goillard. Dahlonega; B. B. S degree, R. L. Sosebee, Nelson; TV. M. Blount. Waynesboro, TV. J. McKee, Mc- Kee; Miss Maggie Frisson, Dahlonega. The . institution has enrolled -07 students during rhe year. Many boys from South Georgia attend. This was the third year of the presidency of President J. S. Stew art. end marks the most prosperous period in the history of this branch of the uni versity. Columbus Enquirer Sun: Mr. James W.' Sweeny of Jeffersonville, Ind., is in ♦he city. Mr Sweeny was recently award ed the building: of a dredge boat to cos< about $14,000, to be placed on the Chatta hoochee river, and he came to this city to ir4ke arrangements for building it here. Yesterday afternoon Mayor Chappell took him out to several places <o look at them with a view of building the boat here. Several places were inspected, and it is thought that be will build the boat here. Atlanta Constitution: All of the five miliaia regiments of Georgia, with the possible exception of the First, at Sa vannah, are preparing for an encamp ment this summer, at which regimental drills will be conducted under the inspec tion of Col. \Y. G. Obeur. inspector gen eral The revival of the annual encamp ment is a result of the reorganization ef fected last February under which new of ficers were elected and each company in the state provided w<;h now* uniforms. The Fifth Regiment, commanded by Coi. Park Woodward of this efty, as already an nounced, will encamp on Cumberland Isl and from July 7to July 15. The Fourth #tugiment. under command Col. WtJ* Jiam E. Wooten, will go to Cumberland on July 17 and will remain there until July 25, using the tents and camp para phernalia left by tho Fifth Regimen'. The men of th* 5 Third Regiment, the com mand of Col. I'slur Thomason, at Madi son, are talking of rmtking their camp near Athens, da., a point not far from the headquarters of the regiment. Tli * j!k-cc,nd Regiment, at Macon, one of the D.**t In the seate. has shout conclude 1 it* arrangements lor a trip to the Isle of Palms, off Charleston, where at least two weeks will be spent at regimental drill. It Is a concession that no officer of the tnllltu will hesitate to make that at the present time the First Regiment. ,orn roended by Col. A. R. Lawton of SavOn nh, Is the best In Georgia, although the Fifth. Second Third and Fourth are fast reaching the degree of discipline main tained In the Firs- Col. Law-on s regi ment enjoys maneuvers at stated times and the troops of that command do not head an encampment for regimental drill. FLORIDA. Tha C* orange grove at Charlotte Har bor ha* been sold to W. L. Alnaley of Bt. yeteiaburg fqr |IO,OOO caah. It la e.tl i4, , MORPHINE or the Opium Habib In Any Form, Whisky and Tobacco HAEiT CURED in 5 to JO Days, WITHOUT PAIN OR DISTRESS. A legal wriiten guarantee to cure given in any case w*e undertake. abbo institute and sanitarium, 24 LIBERTY STREET. WEST. mated that the coming season’s crop w.ll be 2,000 box 05. The first coal-burning locomotive on the Florida blast Coast Railway went tou h Sunday afternoon pulling train 35, in : charge of Engineer Louis Vulllautr.e. The | change from wood to coal was necessitate , ed on account of the scarcity* of w.oi along the route for fuel. Volusia County Record: Or.e of the du ties of the next Legislature of tfc 5 ate will be to redistrict Florida into new con gressional districts, creating a third and s irict. After 1001 Florida will be enti led to three congressmen; she already has the requisite number of inhabitants, but it must become a matter of record from the census now being token, and the state re districted by the Legislature. Jacksonville Metropolis: Hon. Frank Adams is receiving very strong support for the chairmanship of the convention. He r pn sen s no faction, at.d it is said that his s lection wi 1 be agreeable to ah ti e gubernatorial candidates. He is a par -1 amtntarian, and can hold down the con vention in a masterly manner. The con vention prom is s to be the largest ever h* Id in Florida and at the same time it w 11 prove one of the most h irmonious Titusville Advocate: Judge Beggs is to be congratulated <ll having such a fight ng constituency as thfe Orange county deieg3ticn. Whi e in Orlando but a few hours, we soon found that every man was desperately in earnest, and that Judge Beggs has a delegation which will I-fuse to take hack-water at the conven tion. and wi 1 fight for their man 10 the last button The Judge's chances are brll liant at this writing, and wi 1 doubtless Income more *o as time intervenes. Kissimmee Valley Oazrtte: One day las* week John Tindall, hearing an unusual noise in the direction of Mose Tindall’s ow pen discovered it to come from a laige alliga or, which had made its way into the enclosure. Getting a gun John, with a wed aimed shot soon had the monster lifeless In the p p n. It measured exactly eleven and a half feet, which is an txtr mely largo size now’, after so many \\ars of continuous huntirg. the big fellows naturally being more easily discovered than the smal'er cnes. Ocala Star: Teachers’ examinations a e being held in the Ocala Graded Schoo and Howard Academy building?, respect ively, for white and colored teachers. There are alxty-two white aspirants ;,nd fifty-seven colored for teachers’ certifi cates. One of the latter got ignomlr.lously bounced because he tried to use a b:ok in his examinations. His name it J. C. Dußoise and he claims Ocala as his home. Superintendent Cam has general sup:r vision of the examinations, asfts’el ly Mrs. M. J Turner at the Ocala Hlgu School and Baxter Cam at Howard Aca demy. There are twelve white teachers applying for first class certificates, among them Profs. Russell. Brinson. Jewett an! Howells. All the others d.siie second class certificates. Tampa Times: J. H Krause. Sr., one of Tampa's pioneer citizens, Bitd Thursday night at 9 o’clock, at his residence, corner of Zack street and Florida avenue. The end was not unexpected. For over a month Mr. Krause had been the vic tjm of an attack of paralysis, which baf fled medical skill, and. fer several days it had been known that he could not recov er. Mr. Krause canoe io Tampa in 1867. when it was a straggling town, off w buildings and small prospects. By sturdy industry and untiring energy, he accu mulated considerable property, which, owing to the city's growth, has broom? very valuable. He was a machinist onl iron founder by trade, and has for many years conducted the Southern Iren- Work?, one of the largest enterprises in the city, as well as a grocery store and black smithing establishment. Frank Chase, who was assaulted in Jacksonville by Mr. O’Hern, of Atlanta, Tuesday* with a cowhide, has Issued a card to the pub.ic. giving his verson of the case, as he claims that, statements heretofore published do him and his family great injustice. He S'ate-s that some menths ago his sister-in-law wrote him asking for information regarding J. D. O'Hern, as he had proposed marriage to her. Two letters were written her, one by Chase and one by h s wife. They were strictly family messages. Chase says, ad conta ned r suits cf his inve.t ga ,ons as ft O'Hern. This was two months a.o O Hern heard of the contents of the let ter and was angerid. "He tame to me over two months ago ” says Chas?, ' and asked for a retract on. which I reused. He said he would sue me for libel, and I invited him to proceed, and I supposed ha ccn'emplated noth ng else, as I hive met h m several times sine?.” Chase then tells of the assault and charges O'Hern came to his store, slipped up behind him and used the whip wi hout a moment's warning, while Dunham held the pistol to prevent a counter at.ack. EATS ANYTHING Since lacmlDu Off Coffee. “I wish to give my experience with coffee for the benetit of other people. I used coffee for several years and was a errlble sufferer from dyspepsia. The doc tor told me not to use coffee or tea and ; put me on a light diet, and I felt better. “Then I commenced to drink coffee a~ain and had the same trouble come on. * One day I told a friend about it, who said if I would stop drinking coffee alto- I go:her 1 would feel be*ter. and advised me to use Po-tum Food Coffee in its I p ace. • 1 tried the Postum, but cid not like it. so I told him about it, and he said 1 i didn’t cook it right, that is, didn’t boil i it enough and that I should use cream nttad of milk, and to make sure 1 i would use it, he sent a package to the house. “After I used that package. I would have no more coffee in the house. Now 1 don’t know what it is to have dys* !e; sl:. and I can eat anything. I also give Pcatum to my children and they are the healthiest thi’dren you could find anywhere. The youngest Is a boy 13 months obi and we have been giving him Postum lor seven months, three times a day. He weighs 30 pounds, and 1 know that Prstum is what keeps both of them so healthy. “I htirtg ail p ople who have dyspepsia get it from coffee drinking. “Yours truly. Mrs. Jno. Stringer, 29 S. Florida avenu?, Atlantic City, N. J. W. F. HAMILTON, Artesian Well Contractor, OCALA, 9LA Am pren*r*d to drill well, up to any depth. We uae first-cla,, machinery, can do work on anort nolle* ana guarantea aatlefaCUon. * IF TOU want good material and work, ordar your btnographed and primed stationary and blank booxa from Morning News. Savannah, Go, THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1900. SEA ISLAND COTTON CROP. ESTIMATED TO EE FROM IO TO 15 PER CENT. I\CREASE. Fact* and Figures Collected In Three Stcten—Somethingr About the Acreage and Fcrt llleatlou—Pres ent Condition of the Plant—Other Matters Bearing I pon This Im portant Crop. The following is the see island cotton report of IT. F. Dutton & Cos., of Gairtee ville, Fla., to June 10, 1900, as to acreage, fertilizers, stand, cultivation, condition of plant, weather, and •mount of fine giades of sea island seed planted In the states of South Caroline, Georgia and Florida, gathered from a* circular corre spondence with farmers, brokers, mer chants, ginners, buyers and such others at> would be interested to form as correctly as possible facts in regard to the general condition of the crop of these states as compared with last year# up to the pres ent time. South Carolina. Average report by coftntiee on a basis of 100 per cent., is as follows: Barnwell—Acreage. 110; stand, 90; com ! mercial fertilizers. 90; domestic manures, I 35; cultivation, 100; condition of plant, I 10); weather, fair; crop, later; selected ; seed planted, 85. Beaufort—Acreage. 125; stand, 104; com mercial fertilizers. 102; domestic manures, J 5; cultivation. 103; condition of plant, 10*5; weather, fair; crop, as early; selected seed planted. 117. Berkeley—Acreage. 105: stand, 110; com mercial fertilizers, 90; domestic manures, cultivation. 90; condition of plant, 110; weather, good; crop, as early; se lected seed planted, 90 Charleston—Acreage. 110; stand. 105; omnierclal fertilizers*, 108; domestic ma nures, 100; cultivation, 99; condition of plant, 99; weather, fair; crop, as early; selected seed planted, 110. Colleton—Acreage, 100; stand. 105; com mercial fertilizers. 87; domestic manures, •'0; cultivation, 100; condition of plant, 92- weather, fair; crop, as early; selected seed planted. 112. Hampton— Acreage. 125; stand, 85; com mercial fertilisers, 10O; domestic manures, luO; cultivation, 125; condition of plan', weather, good; crop, as early; selected teed plan ted, 100. While we feel safe In saving that the acreage of South Carolina is from ten to fifteen per cent, larger, reports go to show* that the early rains caused poor stands, the planter to get behind with his work, and the cool nights to 7 have a detrimental effect on the plant, making an estimated increase in the sea island cotton crop at this time of from 5 to 10 per cent. Georgia. The conditions of the crop in this state are far better than in South Carolina as rains were not as prevalent in the early months, and much better stands were obtained. Report by counties is aa fol lows: Appling:—Acreage. 92; stand. 95: com mercial fertilizers. 112; domestic manure?, m; cultivation. 30; condition of plant 37 weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 107. Berrien—Acreage. 106: stand, 94; eom merr .nl fertilizers, 108; domestic manures. 91: cultivation, 83; condition of plan: 81; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed Planted, 97. Brooks—Acreage, 112; stand, 103; com mercial fertilizers, 110; domestic manures, *®. cultivation, 105; condition of plant, ICO; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, MX). Bullock—Acreage, 111; stand. 100; com mercial fertilizers, 115; domestic manures, 03; cultivation, 91; condition of plant 90; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 90. Clinch—Acreage, 113; stand. 100; com mercial fertilizers, 118; domestic manures 100; cultivation, 93; condition of plant, 105; weather, had; crop, later; selected seed planted, 97. Coffee—Acreage. 109; stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers, 113; domestic manures 100; cultivation, 9fi; condition of plant, 85; weather, bad; crop, later; selected seed planted, 92. Colquitt—Acreage, 100; stand, 110; com mercial fertilizers, 110; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 9d; condition of plant, 90; weather, fair, crop, later; selected seed planted, 110. Dooly—Acreage, 65; stand. 78; com ma rcial fertilizers, 90; domestic manures, 105; cultivation, 98; condition of plant, St; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 90. Effingham—Acreage, 110; stand. ICO; com mercial fertilizers, 115; domesdc manures, 100; cultivation, 90; condition of plant, 93; weather, fair; crop, later; selected se.d planted. 10$. Emanuel—Acreage. 85: stand, 103; com mercial fertilizers, 103; domestic manures, 97; cultivation, 91; condition of plant, 83; weather, fair; crop, later; selected, seed planted, 100. Irwin—Acreage, 100; stand, 103; com mercial fertilizers, 125; domestic manures, 125; cultivaiion, 110; condition of plant, 6-3; weather, had; crop, later; selected seed planted, 75. Liberty—Acreage, 114; stand. 100; com mercial fertilizers. 112; domestic manures, 11$; cultivation, 9); condition of plant, 91; w'eather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 103. Lowndes—Acreage. ICO; stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers, 113; domes.ic manures, 9S; cultivation, 91; •ondltion of plain, 83; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 96. Mitchell—Acreage. Ill; stand, 98; com mercial fertilizers, 83; domes.ie manures, ICO; cultivation, 103; condition of plant, 97; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 104. Montgomery—Acreage, 115; stand, 100; commercial fertilizers. 105; domestic ma nures, 95; cultivation, 105; condition of plant, 105: weather, good; crop, later; se lected seed planted, 105. Pierce—Acreage, 109; stand, 105; com mercial fertilizers, 115; domestic manures, 110; cultivation, 99; condition of plant, 98; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 90. Set even—Acreage. 110, stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers, 110; domestic manures, .0>: cultivation. 100; condition of plant ItO; weathtr fair, crop as early; selected seed p anted, 100. Tattna I—Acreage. U 2; stand, 100: com mercial fertilizers, 125; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 103; condition of plant, 87; weather fair, crop later; selected seed planed, 103. Thomas—Acreage. US; stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers, 103; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 83; condition of plant. 83; weather fair, crop later; selected seed planted, 86. Wayhe—Acreage, 110; stand, 110; com mercial fertilizers, 50; domestic manures, 110: cultivation. 90; condition of p ant, 100; w’eather bad, crop later; selected seed planted, 110. Worth—Acreage 100; stand, 110; commer cial fertilizers, 95: domestic manures, 10); cultivation, 85; condition of plant, 85; weather fair, crop later; selected seed planted. 95. TVe feel safe in estimating the general condition of the era Is and cotton crop in Georgia at this time ftom ten to fifteen p r nt. bettr than at # this time last year. Very little seed imparted from the sea islands, but the gcn< rrl Impression is that more care was taken in making the home selections Florida. Acreage of Florida shows a large in oreasr. while cultivation and the condl t on of the plant are not reported favora ble owing to the rains In the early part of the seisin and cool nights. Repart by counties Is as follows; Alachua—Acreage, 130; stand, 102; com mercial fertilizers, 115; domestic manures, 10,•; cultivation. 110, condt Ln of plane. 1 0; weather fair, crop liter; selected teed planted, 120, Baker—Acreage. 133; stand, 95; commer cial fertilizer* 105; duneaUc manure*, 100, cultivation, 85; condition of plant, 90: weather fair, crop later; eelected teed planted, 1(0. Bradford—Acreage. 110; stand. 103; com mtrclal fertlllgers, ID’; domestic manures, A TEXAS WONDER. Hall's Great Discovery. One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak’and lame backe, rheumatism and all Irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in beth men and women, regulates bladder troubles in chil dren. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mall on receipt of sl. One email bottle Is two months' treatment, end will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E..W. Hall, sole manufacturer. P. O. Box 629. St. Louis. Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons Cos.. Savannah, Ga. Read Tills. Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898 This Is to certify that I have used Dr. Hall's Great Discovery for Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will say it is far superior to anything I have ever used for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON. Ex-Marshal. ICS; cultivation, 87; condition of plant, 93; weather bad, crop later, selected seed planted. 100 Clay—Acreage, 142: stand, 93; commer cial fertilizers. 100; do-mstic manures, 100; oil ivaii n 92; cor.dit on of plant, 80; weather fair, crop later; selected seed p snted, 81. CVlumb a—Acreage. 113: stand, 107; com mercial ferti Izars, Uo; domestic manures 98; cultivat on, S£>; condition of plant, 98; weath r good, ciop later, selected seed plan ed, 107. Gadsden—Acreage. 112: stand, 110; com mercial fer. lizeis. 112; domestic manures 100; culiiva in, 103; condition of plant. 110; weathe- gord, crop eailler; selected seed flantid. 105. Hamilton—Acreage. 112; stand. 98; com mercial fertilizers, 103; domestic manures 100; cultivation. 95; condition of plant, 90; wea her fair, crop later, selected seed pi nted, 99. Jefferson—Acreage, 118; stand, 115; com mercial fertilizers. tl8; domestic manures, 93; cultivation, 98; condition of plant, 105; weather, good; crop, earlier; selected seed planted, 90. Lafayette—Acreage, 117; stand, 103: com mercial fertilizers. 110; domestic manures. 100; cultivation, 93; condition of plant, 93; weather, good; crop, eorlier; selected seed planted, 100. Lake—Acreage. 170: stand. 118; commer cial fertilizers. 90; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 100; condition of plant, 112; weather, good; crop, earlier; selected seed planted, 100. Levy—Acreage. 114; stand. 96; comnTer cial fertilizers, 125; domestic manures, 100; cultivation. 99; condition of plant, 97; weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 94. Madison—Acreage. 113; stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers, 108; domestic manures, ICO; cultivation, 113: condition of plant, 100: weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted. 107. Marion—Acreage, 140; stand. 101; com mercial fertilizers. 120; domestic manures, 103; cultivation, 1(6; condition of plant, 111; weather, good; crop, as early; select ed 6eed planted, 120. Nassau—Acreage. 100; stand, 100; com mercial fertilizers. 100; domestic manures, 109; cultivation, 103; condition of plant, 100; weother, fair; crop later; selected seed planted. 100. Putnam—Acreage. 115; stand, 105; com mercial fertilizers, 100; domestic manures, 100; cultivation. 110; condition of plan*. ICO; weather, bad; crop, later; selected seed planted, 110. Sumter—Acreage, 118; stand, 113; com mercial fertilizers. 100; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 113; condition of plant, 113; weather, fair; crop, earlier; selected seed planted, 110. Suwannee—Acreage. 126; stand, 104; com mercial fertilizers, 121; domestic manures, 105; cultivation, 92; condition of plant, 9.7: weather, fair; crop, later; selected seed planted, 101. Taylor—Acreage. 115; stand, 100; commer cial fertilizers, 100; domestic manures, 100; cultivation, 100: condition of plant, 100; weather, good; crop, later; selected seed planted. 100. While a good reason cannot be advance.! by experts for it, over a part of the sea island cotton belt of Florida, the plant Is looking yellow and hard, not having the thrifty growth it should have at this season of the yeftr. Barring certain sec tions of F.orida where interested parties have sold, credited or given away fine grades of imported seed, the balance cf the state have not been as careful as usual as to quality, of seed planted. Having made estimates In regard to the sea island coftofi crop of South Corolina. Georgia and VM rida. for the past sixteen years, and knowing each and every dis trict as we do in the entire sea island’s cotton belt, as to the localities where the cotton is grown, character of soil, kind of seed planted, fertilizers used, and the con ditions of the weather, all necessary to aid in making a close estimate, we feel confident in estimating the prospect of the crop at the present time In the three states above mentioned, from 10 to 15 per cent, larger than last year. —>♦ ■ ( ARTIFICIAL LIMBS A SPECIALTY. Chicago Supplies More to the Maimed Than Any Other City. From the Chicago Qhrontcle. Although the artificial limb industry of Chicago is restricted io eight factories and an annual output of about 1,000 legs, arms, hands, feet and parts thereof, it Is as large and as important an industry tn its field of operation as the most mam moth of the manufacturing enterprise?. The average price of limbs ranges from sCfl to SIOO. The art of making artificial limbs dates hundreds of years before the Christian era, but modern Chicago mak ers are splicing pieces and making whole limbs for every civi.ized country in the world. Only about fifty people are em ployed by the eight factories, but most of them are men of decided mechanical in genuity. In addition to the most careful adjustment of the several parts of the Joints, according to existing devices, they are constantly experimenting on models for still better results. That, together with superior workmanship. Is the reason why Chicago-made artificial limbs are favorites the world over. The makers do more than fill orders— or,, at least, some of them do. They study the anatomy of man so as to have a better understanding of what is required of artificial limbs; besides, they keep themselves well Informed of the cause of the demand for limbs and the percentage of one kind over another. The propor tion is ten legs or parts of legs to one of arms. Seventy per cent, of the whole output comes from employes of rallwaj* and 5 per cent, from passengers. Ten per cent, comes from amputations necessitat ed by "consumption of the bone,” as they call It; 2 per cent, from the army and navy, and 13 per cent, from miscel laneous causes. It is a curious fact that the elbow joint cannot be duplicated with springs and hinges; hence an amputation above the elbow causes almost a total loss of the arm, but an artificial arm may be put on so true to nature that it will deceive completely until there Is use for It. when the fact Is made very clear that at best it is only ornamental. But when the amputation is below the elbow the arm can he spliced out. and Oven the fin gers can be made somewhat serviceable. Foreign orders are accompanied by n carefully prepared plaster oast of the limb required, together with the cause of the amputation and such Other Information as to measurements, etc., as the maker would ask for were the person present. A few weeks ago It was found that a combination of leather and aluminium makes a lighter and yet stronger limb, wiih decidedly better knee, ankle and toe ! action, than other materials. However. ! some experts still hold that wood Is the | best material under all circumstances, | and they w-m make no other kind. The 1 business of artificial limb making la call ed ths "proathetle Industry," and mean* literally the proctis of adding to the hu man body soma artificial part In place of one that may be wanting. One who make* such artificial parts le called a prothetlclan or prothstlst. Herodotus epcaki of at least one m^j, an Alean. who procured a wooden foot to take the place of the natural one which he lost while escaping from a Spar tan prison. Pliny te,H of a man, 167 B. C., who wore an artificial hand of his own design and construction, and it was so well done that he could use it to wjeld a sword In battle. There Is the retna ns of an artificial leg in the museum of he Royal College cf Surgeons in London which was exhumed from a tomb at Ca pura in 1858. The official catalogue says "the leg is made with pieces of thin bronze, fastened by . bronze, nails to , a wooden core. Two iron bars, having holds in their free ends, are attached to the upper extremity of the brotize: a quadri lateral pfece of Iron found.nqar the posi tion of the fcot Is thought to have given strength to it. The skeleton had Its waist surrounded by a belt of sheet bronze, edged with small rivets, probably used to fasten a leather lining. The vases found in the tomb place the period a* about 300 years B. C.” Since the fif teenth century artificial limb making has been a regular industry, in nearly all countries. Not only many doctors but nearly all the laity have a no ion that the amputa tion of a Umb shortens the life of the Individual, and .also the greater the quan tity of the limb cut off tile greater the abridgement of . life. But.sta :Utics con tradict that theory flatly., By carefhl comparison for half a century It is ascer tained that cuttlnff of limbs—not all the limbs, of course—does not shorten life>9* all. Of the patrons of an.artificial Umb factory less than 25 per cent, died during a term of over 40 years, and nearly every one of them died from accident or old age. and not one died as the direct result of being short a leg or arm. It is claimed that there is no record of any one, or but very few. at least, who died of pulmonary or cardiac diseases who wore an arti ficial limb, except where the disease was contracted before the limb was amputat ed. However, the amputation of limbs Is not recommended by prothetlclans as a a preventive of lung and heart troubles. Perhaps it has never occurred to many that the great body of wearers of artificial limbs are poor people—that is, poor peo ple in contradistinction to the rich. It is very rare that a wealthy person is seen with an artificial limb and the reason is clear enough. It is the man who works with his hands in the mill, on the ran* way, tn the mine, in the gangway of the steamboat and in the other avenues of employment where danger to limb and life Is always present that has to repair himself with artificial bits of mechanlsrr) to splice out his once unbroken body. And so the question of the first Invest ment and the subsequent repairs of the delicate joints is one of no little moment to poor people, but they are necessary expenditures and have to be provided for. It means time lost and a heavy drain upon wages for a long' time. Investors have reduced all this to the minimum and competition obliges limb-makers to use the best of material and do their work well. This is particularly trye of the ankle joint, where the strain is always great and where the. mechanism is deli cate and complicated. ADVICE For People Whose Stomachs Are Weak and Digestion Poor. Dr. Harlandscn, whose opinion in dis eases is worthy of attention, says when a man or woman comes to me complain ing of indigestion, loss of appetite, sour stomach, belching, sour watery-rising, headaches, sleeplessness, lack of ambition and a general run down nervous condi tion I advise them to take after each meal one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, allowing the tablet to dissolve in the mouth, and thus mingle wth the food eat n. The result Is that the food is speed ily digested before it has time to sour and ferment. These table.s will digest the food anyway wi.ether the stoa ach wants to r not, because they contain harmless digestive principles vegetable essences, pepsin and Go den Seal which supply just what the weak stomach lacks. I have ad vis and the tablets with great success both in curing indigestion and to build up the tissues, increasing flesh in thin nervous patients, whose real trouble was dyspepsia and as soon as the*stom ach was put to rights, they did not'know what sickness was. A fifty cent package of Stuart’s Dyspep sia Tablets can be bought at any drug s ore. and as they a e not a secret patent medicine, they can te used as often as desired with full assurance that they edn lain nothing harmful in the. slightest an d giee; on the cont ary anyone whose s om ach is at all deranged will find great bene fit' from the use of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets. They will cure any form of stom ach w akness or disease except cancer of the stomach. The Singer Piano of Chicago, 111. This SINGER PIANO is sold by many of the leading dealers in the United States, such as Wm. Stetnert Sons Cos., who have the largest establishments in Bostoif. New Haven and Providence. Also the SINGER PIANO Is sold by Wm. Knabe Cos., having the leading houses in Boston, Baltimore, Washington and New fork city. There are a large number oi leading houses handling SINGER PIANO, too numerous to mention. The SINGER PIANO one of the best pianos tn the market, or it would not he sold by these leading houses. It has an elegant singing tone, much finer than most pianos, and about one-half the price of other Instruments. Call and see, and examine the SINGER PIANO and save a good deal of money on your purchase. Same guarantee is ex tended for the SINGER PIANO as any of the leading pianos of the day. and a sat isfactory price will be given to all on ap plication. LIPPMAN BROTHERS. Wholesale Agents, Wholesale Druggists, Barnard and Congress Streets, Savannah, Ga. B. B. Neal. F- P. Millard, President Vice President Henry Blot. 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Thera is nothing made like Graybeard—nor ever will be. It Is one of the great invention* of the world. It Cures Dyspepsia, If you have DYSPEPSIA, that weak, nauseated" feeling, heart-burn, faiat ing. dizzy, lost appetite, take GRAYBEARD. There is not. we believe, <* , ever will be, invented anything to equal GRAYBEARD in relieving and curing Dyspepsia. It tones up your system, makes you eat and, best of all. makes you digest what you eat. There is a young lady in Savannah who was an invalid from Dyspapsl*. Doctors had treated her for years and could not reach her case. Three bot tles cf GRAYBEARD made anew woman of her, and to-day her friends lU say that she does not look like ihe same person. It Cures Rheumatism. If you have RHEUMATISM, that aching and pain in the knees, back or shoulder, take GRAYBEARD. It is especially prepared for this aliment. GRAYBEARD cures it. It and ives out the aJid in your blood which cause* Rheumatism. It makes new blood and thus crushes out the disease. \\* have never known a remedy like GRAYBEARD for Rheumatism. One that so completely and effectually destroys the ailment. Mr. Charles Thomas, a prominent jeweler of Savannah, suffered great pain from Rheumatism, and could find nothing to do him any good until he got GRAYBEARD. It has cured him and he goes where he chooses. It Cures Cancer, If you have CANCER take GRAYBEARD. Get It as quick as you can, and rake it as long as you can. Ic will cure you. Don't get impatient. Don't be In a hurry. GRAYBEARD is your meal and bread for Cancer. It Is the only remedy that we have ever heard of that will cure Cancer. Ed. Bazemore of Fayetteville, Ga., writes ihal GRAYBEARD cured him of Cancer on the neck, so pronounced by Dr. Tucker. Mr. N. Owings, Jasper, Mo., writes that GRAYBEARD has cured him ei the same disease. Hundreds are being cured of Cancer to-day by taking our GRAYBEARD. It Cures Catarrh. If you have CATARRH, that coughing, that spitting, that blowing tha nose, that bad, foul breath, take GRAYBEARD. It is the grandest remedy on earth for Catarrh. There was a little girl once who was rendered dekf by Catarrh. GRAYBEARD cured her sound and well. Mrs. Rhoda Dean of Ballinger, Texas, has written us that GRAYBEARD cured her of Catarrh which had clung io her 35 years. Everything failed to cure her, she says. She is 73 years old. It Cures Eczema. • i V If you are afflicted with ECZEMA or ITCH take GRAYBEARD. Take nothing else. Nothing else is n e-sary. GRAYBEARD is able io drive this filthy disease from your b ood It will do it speedily. It Will do it quicker than anything else, and its work w .11 be permanent. Hon. S. A. Jarrell of La.aye t , Ala., says that GRAYBEARD cured him of Ec?ema permanently. All tire o ntments, salves, lotions that he was aba to obtain gave him only temporary relief, but the disease broke out again every spring until he took GRAYBEARD. l A Family’s Best Friend. I We have made more GRAYBEARD this year than we have-ever mad* If the same length of time in our Ives. We are selling more. It is doir g mo xi sufferers good, because more sufferers are taking it. We are making it the old. old wjy, and it seems io get better. We are making it cf the freshest material, and with the utmost care. 1 > sections where it is the best known it has taken the place of all other reme dies of its kind. It is becoming the one gieat famil y medicine of the United States. " Necessary Medicine. That family which has a bottle of GRAYBEARD on the mantel; a bo* each of GRAYBEARD PILLS and GRAYBEARD OINTMENT in the medi cine chesi, U fortified aga nst m st diseases that flesh is heir to. At this par , ticular season GRAYBEARD PILLS are Indispensable. They will rtmove all bilious attacks, and ge; the bowels in a healthy condition; but they should bo followed up with a sort t eaiment of GRAYBEARD. GRAYBEARD OINTMENT is necessary at this season when eruptions and skin outbreaks are prevailing. While you may expect no permanent relief from deep-seated blcod 'roubles, short of GRAYBEARD, there are mice* troubles which the O.nrment will ,e,ieve speedily. It is one of the handiest little boxes of medicine a family ever had in the house. Letter From Tennessee. Dear Friends: I have been suffering t wenty-three years with an ulcer on.mv ankle. Sometimes in bed—sometimes on crutches. I used remedies of mi' owu, and failing to make a cure, I called la diff rent physicinas. They all said "that they could cure me. but found it to be of a st abborh nature and failed. I saw GRAYBEARD advertised and I bought 4 bottles of It— j “ | 3 boxes of the pills— " , I 1 box of the ointment. ' t , It cured me well. And I have one bottle left. * '•' I say that I am well—not near y we l —but entirely well. It has been over twebra months and no symptoms have returned. I hope the suffering wi.i do as 1 ave: use it, have faith in it and be cured. Jan. 1. MRS. JANE GEORGE, Rockvale, Tenn. . I J v Letter From Texas. Ballinger. Tex., Jan. 29. ' I thought I would write you wrhat your wonderful Graybrard has done foi me. I had Catarrh of the he id about 35 years, and suffered a great deal. I hv tried many kinds of medicines ard h ve been treated by doctors, though ail ‘ol them failed to cure me. And I heing so ol 1 and my disease so chronic. I oidn't think there was any medicine that would cute me. But more than two years ago I had very plain symptoms of Cancer on my nose and face and decided to try G aybeafid, not thinking that it would cure mv C. tarrh ns well as Cancer. I bought 8 bottles from Mr. Pierce, and less than 6 cur, and me. This has been more than two yeara aga now and no symptoms of the o and disc- sea fyave appeared. I can pfaise Graybeamd for what it has done for me. Per ons need never think they ere too old for Giay beard to cure them. I am nowt 73. MRS. RHODA DEAN." Clip this and keep It before you—because it may be valuable to you some dajr. It is failure to purify the blool that produces the worst forms of Rheumalsm. It is neglect to cleanse the bloo l that starts Cancer. All chronic diseases ergi nate In impure blood end If neglected will pass down from sire lo son. It is good policy, wise and right, to <ake care of our health. We be love strongly the more we see of people and their vari ous diseases, that It Is far easier to pre vent ailments than to cure them. Keep track of yourself. When you ache, take -GR.AYBEARD. When you can’t eat. take GRAYBKARD. When you feel worn oui, take ORAY BKARL. When you are out of humor, take GRAY - - BBARD. And nine times out of ten you will escape sickness. Get GnAYUEABD at drag .tores for SI a bottle, G bottle* for SSL Or write to uor.- • -■" . Respess Drug Cos., Props., Savannah, Ga.