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htL ABOUT TOBACCO.
An Old Grower Gives Some Very
Valuable Hints.
turkeys its friends
DI the Field, »e*»«royinir th® Bugt-
Arseni® and the Jamestown
Weed Great Helps.
From the cbftttanooga TlmCß '. . . u i
I have had so many inquiries about
the culture of tobacco since my article in
the Times about the raising of plants,
that I find the tax on my time would be
htoo great to reply to each one separately,
land have deemed it best to reply through
the columa of the Times.
When the plants are becoming large
enough to set out, the ground should be
thorougly prepared by plowing and har
rowing, and where level should be laid
off about 3 feet each way, and if very
rich land about 3 1-2 feet, and the plants
get in one corner of the square. Tins
olan if the plants are carefully set, makes
a straight row each way, which greatly
facilitates the culture of the land and dis
penses with hoeing, and the tobacco is as
e isily cultivated as a corn crop. On hill
land where the land would probably
wash, it would have to be laid off as for
corn, and the hoe would have to be used
to a great extent.
All the attention necessary now is to
keep the land well worked and freed
from grass and weeds, but keep a sharp
lookout for worms and keep the suckers
well pulled off. The suckers, however,
do not appear until after the tobacco has
k been topped, which must be done when
* from ten to twelve leaves have been
formed. In topping, the ground leaves
for sor 6 inches up the stalk must be
pulled off and when the plant is very
strong and vigorous, it may be topped to
ten or twelve leaves, but later on must
be topped to from 8 to 9 leaves.
As I have said, keep your eye on the
worms, as eternal vigilance in that re
spect will be the price of the tobacco
crop. If not destroyed they will in a few
days destroy the crop. The cheapest
and easiest way to destroy them is to
keep a flock of turkeys in the tobacco
field. Have them herded there until
they become accustomed to the work,
and they will catch every worm. An
other plan is to plant jimson seed near
the ground, and when in bloom, put
strychnine in the flower, and as the fly
which lays the egg is very fond of the
jimson flower, a great many may be
killed in this way.
When the tobacco has been cut and
carried to the barn, it can be either hung
on a scaffold if the weather is dry, to be
yellowed, or it can be put directly in the
. barn if the weather should be variable.
■ When housing it, care should be taken
r not to crowd it too much, or it w ill be
damaged. The house should be built 16
or 20 feet square, with tier poles 4 feet
apart, latterally and about 30 inches per
pendicularly. The sticks should be
rived from straght timber from an inch
to one and a half square and 4 1-2 feet
long. This allows three inches at each
end for resting on the tier pole.
The house should be built w ith flues,
with each end of the flue on the outside
of the house, to prevent the possibilty of
accidentally catching fire. When the
fires are started, don’t make them too hot
at the stait but increase the heat granu
ally and keep the tobacco hot until cured,
which will be in the course of eight or
ten days. When the stems are well
cured, take it dowm, when in moderate
order, and put in a bulk and put straw
or hay on top and around, well weighted
with stones or heavy wood, and in bad
winter weather it can be stripped and
► assorted at leisure.
11 hen stripped off the stalk tie it in
bundles of from six to eight leaves and
pack it down as straight as possible. Be
careful in assorting it to put each grade
to itself. Very nice handling of tobacco
adds materillly to its value in the mar
kets.
A. Pettyjohn.
Keep Your Blood Pure.
One of the’most frequent and insidi
-0118 causes i,f bad health is impure
blood. Phis disorder of the system does
i ot always manifest itself outwardly by
sores, eruptions, etc., quite often the
soreness is altogether internal. The
kidneys feel sore,the liver feels sore,the
lungs feel sore, and a decay sets in that
too often ends fatally. It is much more
serious for blood poison to manifest
itself internally. In such cases neglect
means death, for the vital organs once
contaminated grow worse unless they
grow better, and they will never grow
better unless the proper remedy is ap
plied. There is no remedy that equals
k Dr. John Bull’s Sarsaparilla
ras a curative agent in cases of blood
poison. When other remedies misera
bly fail to give relief, this remedy al
ways checks its terrible ravages, even
in instances of scrofula or syphilis, and
restores the blood to a state of absolute
UUA Large bottle (192 teaspoonfuls),
n Physician of Waco, Texas, writes.
I know a number of instances of se
vere cases of blood poison being cured
*•. Lr. Johh Bull’s Sarsaparilla, no
0 her remedy of treatment being made
of. I consider that no better blood
medicine is manufactured.
Field Seeds
-..At greatly reduced prices at 8. D.
' eß^er 8, Chattanooga.
A semi monthly educational journal
? . be published in Atlanta, with R J.
'’nn, Assistant Commissioner of Ed
k Ucation, as editor. The first issue will
" make its appearance March 10th.
THE ARGUS: DALTON, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1893.
THE COUNTY’S TEACHERS.
Full Proceeding of ihc Institute
Which met I.ast Saturday.
The second session of the Whitfield
County Teacher’s Institute assembled
last Saturday, Feb. 22nd, in the court
house, at 10 a. m.
The meeting was called to order by
Commissioner Berry, followed by an
appropriate prayer by Professor R. M.
Manly.
Miss Lula Freeman was appointed
secretary and G. C. Ingram assistant.
The programme was announced.
Orthography was first taken up.
The sounds of the letters .as repre
sented by the diacritical marks, the
importance of and best method of
teaching them by T. A. Keith—a dis
cussion of which was continued
by Professors D. P. Lee, J, F. Alver
son and J. P. Freeman.
Reading came next. Articulation,
infection and emphasis was ably dis
cussed by Prof. D. P. Lee, followed by
J. P. Freeman. Prof. R. M. Manly
was called to the chair, who gave a
brief and pointed talk upon the same
subject. Commissioner Berry then
returned to the chair and announced
grammar as being next on the pro
gramme.
The noun—its use, properties and
modifications, which was assigned to
Miss Rosa Sharp, and was handled
ably, giving a clear and elaborate dis
course upon the subject, followed by
a very profitable discussion, present
ing the best method of teaching the
English language by Prof. B. M.
Manly, followed by J. P. Freeman and
J. L. Palmer.
Common fractions by G. C. Ingram,
supplemented by Boyd T. Cantrell,
Prof. W. T. Irvine and J. P. Freeman.
Decimals fractions were discussed by
Miss Minnie Masters, continued by
A. M. Sprayberry and D. P. Lee.
The institute adjourned until 1:30
p. m. Forty-eight teachers and twelve
visitors were present.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The meeting was called to order by
the chairman at 1:30 p. m.
History was taken up. The subject
of the discovery of America was as
signed to Miss Lizzie Chapman, who
handled the topic in her usual clear
style.
Science and practice of teaching
was next in order.
In class work A. M. Spray berry ac
quitted himself in an intelligent man
ner. *
Individual work was forcibly and
pertinently presented by Rev. J. H.
Miller, supplemented by Prof. Mc-
Laughlin, of the Dalton public school,
who read and commented on a well
prepared paper on “What shall we do
with the drags,” which justly called
for applause from all who were pres
ent. Miscellaneous business came
next.
A few minutes was devoted to re
viewing and criticising what had been
passed over during the exercises of
the day. After this, the commissioner
gave instructions upon the law pro
viding for county trustees, together
with the rules and regulations of the
school boards.
The 4th Saturday of July next was
appointed as the next monthly ses
sion of the county institute.
The summer session, or week’s in
stitute, was by a unanimous vote set
for the last week in June next.
The roll call showed forty-eight
teachers present and eight absent.
The institute was cheered by the
smiles and approbation of twenty vis
iting friends. All unite in saying to
the friends, Come again and help us
in the good work. A cordial invitation
is extended to the members of the
school board especially.
The institute adjourned with the
doxology, led by J. L. Palmer. Ben
ediction by Rev. J. 11. Miiler.
Miss Lula Freeman.
Secretary.
G. C. Ingram,
Assistant Secretary.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
F, J. Cheney & Co.,.Props., Toledo, O.:
We the undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
oy their firm.
West & Truax, wholesale druggists,
Toledo, O. Welding, Kinnan & Mar
vin, wholesale druggists, Toledo Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per- bottle. Sold by all
d'-uggists. Testimonials free.
Young Men and Women
Who desire to get a good business educa
tion that will givE them a start in life
should send for illustrated circular of the
Birmingham Business College, Birming
ham, Ala. This is the largest ami in
every respect the best equipped school of
this kind in the south.
THE ••
BEST ••
IN THE ••
CITY! ••
Bryant & Fincher’s
DRUG STORE,
DALTON, - - GA.
rs THE HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERYTHING
1 in the Drug Line, such as
Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, Oils,
Perfumery,
Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles,
Soaps, Etc.
ALL DUB GUARANTEED TO BE PUM!
Prescriptions telly Compounded I
Bryant & Fincher,
Hotel Dalton Block.
THE EESCHE'S TRIBUTE TO LONG
FEEEOW.
Might Lesche dare a tiny leaf to place
Upon thy brow —oh! dearest bard? The grace
Os loving simple things was thine: Thy days
Had each a “children’s Hour.” From Heaven’s
height
Wilt stoop, and let us tell thee our delight
In all thy tender minstrelsies? We love
Thy legends quaint; where facts and fancies
rove
Together, hand in hand. From thy soul’s gate
Poured forth a flood of songs. There do we
wait,
Thou hast a charming note for every fate.
While youth and strength and love and hope
shall live,
So long thy “Psalm of Life,” will courage give.
In rythmic flow, the liquid music rings
From thy pure lips, in sweet imaginings ;
How beautiful doth friendship sit enshrined;
In woman’s constancy, what charms we find;
A spirit rare, strayed out from heaven, I ween,
Into the breast of thy “Evangeline;”
Solemn and sweet, like tolling of a knell,
“Footsteps of angels,” from thy lone heart fell,
As that bright vision “so divinely fair,”
Sat dowu beside thee in the twilight there.
Thy lyre is siient, but its haunting tone
Will “pulse in music,” the hand is gone
That swept its strings; and soft as breathing
sigh,
Thy voice, from out our Father’s courts on high.
Will speak, “till song in endless silence die.”
Mrs M. M. G.
FOUND THE MAN AT LAST.
The Good Work Goes On-The Time
to Make Money at Hand.
Now is the time to make money, and
you must be “in it.” lam going to put
up 100 houses this year, and no doubt
about it. You must be in the boom.
Come and let me build you a house, as I
will give you closer figures than you will
ever get again. . .
I have also some fine inside lots to put
houses on for every one who wants a
house and lot anywhere in Dalton, Chat
tanooga or any other place mentioned in
mv advertisement in this, paper, as I
have made arrangements with land own
ers for the same, and will give the lowest
figures on a complete job both house and
lot.
Hunt you out a lot and come to me,
and I will save vou money. Give me a
call and > will show you I mean what I
gay, I will show you that I can build
for you so you will get 10 per cent, on
investment.
I will make the payments easy.
S. M. Coyle,
jan. 21-3 m Contractor and Builder.
For bill heads, go to The Argus office.
Alaska is the earliest pea. Moross has
it. ,
Bl Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Rood- Use gl
E in time. Sold by druggists.
•The WASHINGTON *
and GHfITTfINOOGfI
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Stewed Tomatoes z-r> th Creen Peas
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R A WRIT POT-PIE QUEEN FRITTERS. Vanilla Sauce
T orstFß SALAD LETTUCE, with French Dressing
GhX sA'J olives Chow Chow Pickled Onion.
•Old Virginia Sweet Pickles
PI.UM PUDDING. Brandy Sauce MINCE PIE
FIGS IN CORDIAL ICECREAM ™y® u . r .?£’ T *
Assorted CAKE RAISINS MARMALADE ,
English, Graham, and Oatmeal Wafers
Roquefort and Edam cheese Bent s Crackers
CAFE NOIR 1
Hygeia Water used on table. MEALS.ONE DOLLAR
Use 1 "*ROPE
STEEL SAW
MWj) - MILLS
Being compact, run easier; being
strong, last longer; being simple,
COST LESS MONEY than
—any Saw Mill in the United States.
For all Distances. I
W V J Feet of I UMBER PER DAY
feJ L 5 YJ for Every HORSE POWER.
Boilers, Engines, Machinery.
CASTINGS of Every Description.
MANLY MACHINE CO.,
and f machinists. Dalton, Ga.
S. M. COYLE,
Contractor and Builder, » - DALTON, GA.
BSY" All Material Furnished and All Classes of Houses Built on Short
Notice, Anywhere in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. Coal Mine
and Iron Mine Houses a specialty. Payments will be made easy. All kinds of
Work done, and bond and security given when desired.
BfefT Write and get figures on your work.
Baker & Colvard,
—MANUFACTURERS Os
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Marble and Granite Monuments,
HEADSTONES, TABLETS, AND CEMETERY
WORK OF ALL KINDS.
All Work Warranted to Give Perfect Satisfaction.
Iron Fencing a specialty. DALTON, GA.
Finley & Chester,
ARE PREPARED, with the best tools and the most skill
ful workmen in North Georgia, to do
ill Kilis Jihii Macliiiie WL
Overhauling Engines and Boring Cylinders a
Specialty. Keep and sell Engine Trimmings, Valves, Pipe
and Fittings.
Give us a call when you want anything for your En
gine or Boilers, and we will save you money.
FINLEY & CHESTER, Dalton. Ga.
T. A. & S. E. BERRY,
IRON AND HARDWARE.
Wagons, Buggies, Harness,
IMPROVED FARM MACHINERY, PLOWS, &C., A SPECIALLY.
Plumbers and Plumbing Supplies.
Iliuiiilton Street, - - - DztLTON GrA.
ORANGE BLOSSOM
IS AS SAFE AND HARMLESS AS
zv Seed Poultice.
It ia applied right to the parts. It cures all diseases of women. Any
lady can use it herself. Sold by ALL DRUGGISTS. Mailed to any
address on receipt of 81.
Dr. J. A McGill & Co., 3 and 4 Panorama Place, Chicago, 111.
Waul sll Kui! 11 Putin.
And will pay the highest market price for ?ame.
We are still in the market for choice Apples. Irish Po
tatoes, Onions, Ac, and always want hickens, Eggs and
Butter. See us when you have any PRODUCE to ’ sell
DeJournette & Co.,
Produce Dealers.