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OF AUGUSTA, GA.
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^ jCAPlTAL, $250,000.. A*
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $ 150 , 000 ;
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TH© BEST AD VERTIS4N£rf MEDIUM H4 THE STATE.
. V'CilMii XVII.- NO. 12
Barrett – Doughty,
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Cottbri Factors, a
Qffifse 4 Warehouse 744 Reynolds St.
Augusta, Ga.
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M. J. DOWNEY,
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Doaler in •*r
Wines and Liquors.
AUGUSTA, GA.
We Make a Specialty of the Jug Trade.’
JBBTA.KLI8 HUD XttT.
John K. Kahrs,
Successor To L Fink.
Wines, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco.
HIGH CLASSED BOTTLED GOODS A SPECIALTY
i 877 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA.
MY PR ICES:
t Tear Old Kentucky Bye . .$1.60 6 Years Old Alleghany Rye . . 2.00
Old Keystone Club Bye . . .3.60 Pure North Carolina Corn . . 1.60
6 Years Old Corn . . . .$2.00 (Old Com Malt . . . . 2.50
Fine Old Rose Gin . . . , 1.50 Fine Old Gchlodmau Gin . . . 2.00
Alto Pure old Rum, Apple and Peaoh Brandies at Lowest Prices
“FEED YOUR LANES AND YOUR LANDS WILL FKED YOU.” IN OB?
1 DETR TO FEED THEM TO TH E BEST ADVANTAGE USD
The 'Read Fertilizers*
MANUFAC TUBED BY
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Read Phosphate *>
Charleston. S. C.
—KNOWN FOR THIRTY YEARS AS—
The Fish Goods
The Plant Food in all our Fertilizer« Is derived from Animal Sources only.
FOR SALE BY 1
J. W. Whiteley,
Gibson, Ga.
FINE JEWELRY
The mest extensive line ev er brought to Augusta.
Space forbids mention of s hch a varied line of
Gold and Silverware, Watches,
Clocks, Diamonds,
And, In fact, everything that could be expected at
A First Class Jewelry St ore.
Wm. Schweigert – Co.,
702 BROAD 8TREE T, AUGUSTA, GA.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
•—OPERATING THE FAMOUS—
Southern’s Palm Limited
Augusta to New York Only 22 Hours.
Through Drawing Room, State Room, Section Sleeping Cara
Club Composite Cars, Observation Cara and
Southern Railway Dining Cars, Elec
trio Lighted Throughout.
—ALSO THE—
Augusta k New York Express.
Carrying Pullman Sleeping Car s Without Change, and Superior Din
ing Car*. / .
W. E. MoGEB. BROOKS MORGAN,
Trar. Passenger Agent, As*. Gen. Passenger Agent,
1 Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
Augusta,
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GIBSON. GA.. FRIDAY.
FOR FAIR SERVICE
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AT the Hands of Railroads
Fruit Growers to Act..
WILL APPEAL THEIR CASE
Order Will-Be Requested of Interstate
Cororperee Commission Requiring
Refrigerator Gars and Other
v “ Accessories.
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Tlse convention of the Georgia
Peach Growers’ ABPOClatioh held in
Atlanta th^' past week was generally
conceded to be one of the most Im
portant la the history of the associa
tion. The action taken by the con
tention in tho matter of the foliow
i»B resolution, unanimously passed, it
Is believed will lead to very beneficial
tesults. These resolutions are as fol
lows:
. "itesolyed by the fruit growers of
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee
and South Carolina assembled in At
lanta, Ga.,
“That, whereas. In all lines of trade
except refrigeration the seller is re
quited to measure or weigh out to tho
buyer the product sold, while In re
frigeration the shipper pays whatever
price is asked without knowing either
bow much ice is used, how otten it is
placed In cars, nor, which Is more ini
poitant than all, how much refrigera
tion Is secure;
“Now; therefore, be it resolved, That
the committee on transportation be in
structed to secure an order from the
Interstate Commerce Commission, or
an act of congress, if that be found
to be necessary, requiring that all re
frigerator cars used by interstate com
mon carriers In transporting products
Wider refrigeration from one slate Into
another state be equipped with record
ing thermometers of such type as may
be approved by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which shall record
la duplicate th: temperature of the
|pr at all times from the time tho
product to be shipped under refrigera
tion is loaded until It reaches its dts
and ttiaA shall ~ “
tiwrmometer, and -taking therefrom
one of the duplicate records, the oth
er' duplicate record being retained by
the carrier or the refrigerator com
pany.
“And that this action be taken in
time for the equipment of cars with
thermometers that are to be used in
transporting the 1007 fruit crop from
Georgia.
“Resolved, further, That the order or
act so secured shall provide that the
Interstate Commerce Commission shall
as soon as practicable ascertain and
adopt a certain standard or maximum
degree of refrigeration suitable for the
proper and safe transportation of
fruits and other perishable products
shipped under ice, and shall require
all refrigerator companies to main
tain and, furnish such degree of tem
perature as may be so adopted as the
standard ’’
The facts, figures and suggestions
made in the report of W. H. Harris of
Foit Valley also made a great im
pression on tho fruit growers pres
ent.
Not only fruit growers, but all ship
pers of produce will bo certain to
share in the benefits In the carrying
out of these same suggestions by Mr.
Harris For this and other reasons,
there are a very great many Georgian*
who are vitally Interested I 11 the pass
ing of the legislation proposed by thi*
delegate from Fort Valley. With the
installation of the registering ther
mometers, according to the testimony
of the fruit growers and shippers at
the convention, there would be a sure
and certain way of holding the trans
portation companies responsible, and
in this way thousands of dollars
would be saved to the Georgia fruit
and produce shipers every year be
cause of the exact records of the reg
istering thermometer*.
NICARAGUANS VICTORIOUS.
Win Decisive Battle and Capture Horn
duras Town,
The Nicaraguan forces, on Februa
ry it, captured, without opposition,
the town of Eltrulnfo, in Honduras,
and Thursday after six hours’ hard
fighting, the Nicaraguan army occu
pied Ran Bernardo, an excellent po
sition, in connection wiih the Nica
raguan base of operations. Many Hon
durans were killed or wounded and
the retreating army left quantities
of ammunition and many rifles on
the field. Tho casualties on the Nica
raguan side were a few men wounded.
HARRIMAN ON THE RACK.
Great Railroad Magnate Before Inter
state Commerce Commission.
At New York, Monday, E. H. Har
master of the Union Pacific
spent the day In a recital of
portions of the intimate history of
the financial operations of himselt
aiid bw associates before the inter
yj^Btoa^^cnmmi.sston. which, in
WMOOM, JUSTICE,
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aorvative Sarul.your aavines.io this atro ng, igUml, con
yqu FREE, Savings Hank. On req luc eat yi$ ..will send
Money Mailer*'’ a supply of our “Ban ossenger
for the safe transimsaMli Ep coin or
currency in making bank deposits by A 1 . You
can send small deposits each week.and a#?. a
you eertllicates reaving* of accumulate deposit bearing will issue Interest#! yowl 0
at tb% liberal rate of
h’AlltUSTA SAVW–jg
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ROOFING
I have all kinds of ready roofings
for steep and fiat joofs from .fTOO per
equate up. I have the kind that lasts
llk« shingles and much cheaper and
easier to put on.
I have big lot hand^'to r.
a on sell
on a smaller margin than usual. Bet
ter investigate this, It will save you
money. Write for prices and sam
ples.
A. H. McDaniel,
Augusta, Ga.
Building Material.
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EYE LOTION,
For Sore Eyes has no aqual. i(
will cure any case of sore eyes in 9
short time. It does not pain the eyei
when Bye Lotion applied, made therefore for children. it^the lies!
Onlf
soe per bottle. All dealers Bell it.
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1. -c. •'NiWSOMS.W'
Attorney-at-Law.
Glbsoty GA
Special attention given to all busi
ness entrusted to my care.
If you want money call to see me.
I can secure you a loan at a low rats
at Interest
MARTIN’S BUSINESS COLLEGET
Hanson Building, Augusta, Ga.
More demand for competent stenog
raphers than can be supplied. Young
men especially badly needed for po
sitions, offering from $50 to $60 per
month. Enter now and qualify. tt
HOW MUCH FERTILIZER TO
APPLY.
The question, “How much fertilizer
should be used per acre?” cannot be an
swered definitely, but only in a general
way. It is sometimes put in this form:
“What is the most profitable amount that
may be applied per acre?" Neither can
the question In the amended form be
exactly and accurately answered. The
soil, its character, condition, preparation,
etc., may be well known, or controllable
factors, but we know not what the sea
Director sons may be, says Hon. R. J. Redding,
Georgia Experiment Station, De
partment of Agriculture, in the Virginla
Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
We know that some crops will bear
larger amounts of fertilizers with reason
able assurance of profitable returns than
may be expected of other soils. A crop
that occupies the soil from the fall soason
until spring, or early summer, will bear
heavier fertilizing than will a.crop that
Is planted in the spring and ripens for
harvest in midsummer, The first case Is
illustrated by oats, wheat, or other small
grain, or grass, especially when sown in
the fall of the year. Such a crop occu
pies the soil during the late fall and win
ter, and early spring—during which pe
riods the rains are usually abundant
ripening for harvest in late spring, or
very early summer, and before the burning
summer heat possible drouths of
June and July. Oats and wheat therefore
are ideal crops for libera! fertilizing.
Corn is rather an uncertain crop on the
ordinary has dry uplands of the South. It
but a Bhort period in which to devel
op its flowers—tassels and silks—cover
ing but a few days. If very dry weather
shall prevail when this critical period is
approaching, is and for some time after it
passed, the crops may prove a greater
or less failure. There can be no second
effort, no second period of blooming.
It is different in the case of cotton,
which commences to bloom and make
fruit In June (or even earlier) and con
tinues throughout the summer until
checked by a severe frost in November.
It has a number of "chances.”
Cotton is therefore another Ideal crop
for liberal fertilizing. A small amount
of fertilizers applied per acre will no
doubt yield a larger percentage profit
on its cost than will a larger amount.
To illustrate: An application of J2 worth
of fertilizer per acre may cause an In
creased yield of cotton (at TO cents per
of pound) of the value of ffi to $8, or a profit
200 to 300 per cent, on Its cost. I have
frequently follow had such twice results. heavy But It does
not that as an appli
cation will produce twice as large re
sults, or that three times as much would
cause three times as groat, an increase
in the yield. In other words, the rate
of increase in the yield of cotton will
not be in proportion to the increase In
the amount of fertilizers applied. Two
dollars’ worth of fertilizer per acre may
yield an increase In the crop of ffi; but
$6 worth would not therefore bring an
Increase of 118.
But careful observation has shown that
an application of $5 to 16 worth of fertil
izers (properly balanced) Is a safe amount
to apply per acre on cotton. Many farm
ers In Georgia have secured satisfactory
returns from an application of so much
ns 800 pounds per acre,
I think 000 pounds a perfectly safe limit
on upland in fairly good condition, well
prepared and properly cultivated In cot
ton. For corn, I would limit the amount
to 900 to 300 pounds per acre on old up
land*.
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Oliver Fails to Get Contract
to Dig Panama Canal.
STEVENS HAS RESIGNED
Statement Issued by President Ex
plains Action Taken—Government
to Have Entire Control of the
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Construction Work.
A Washington special says: By an
order addressed to the isthmian ea
nal commissi* -.Tuesday, President
Uooecvelt as far as it lay in his
pow.or 'under existing law, transfer
te*d to the engineer branch of the
army the responsibility for the fur
ther construction of the Panama ca
nal
He also, in the same order which
took the form of a letter addressed
to the chairman of the commission,
Mr. Shouts, himself’ about to retire
from all connection with the. enter
prise, formally recorded the abandon
ment. for the present at least of the
project of having the canal work done
by contract on the percentage sys
tem.
Another feature of the order was
the announcement of the resignation
of John E. Stevens, as engineer In
charge of the canal construction.
The Intention of tho president la
that there shall be an entire reor
ganization of the commission with
three army officers of the engineer
corps Its leading members, who are
to have charge of the engineering
features of the canal work. The chair
man and engineer in chief of the com
mission will be Ma'jor G. W. Goe
lhala, and his associates will be Ma
jor D. B. Qaillard and Major William
L Slbort, to rank in (he order named
The reorganization is to become ef
fective Immediately upon the con
firmation and retirement of the old
commission.
As he told his callers, the presi
dent Is determined that the work on
the canal shall proceed continuously
and thoroughly, and the temporary
"dislocations” which may oome as a
result of the resignations of higher
officials will not be allowed to Inter
fere with progress.
The president fs unaware of this
specific reasons which, have been in
fluential In prompting Mr. Stevens’
resignation. It surprised him very
much, for as late as the middle of
December, when he was in Washing
ton Air. Stevens made no mention of
his wish to retire- In the near fu
ture.
It la understood that Mr. Stevens
i6 leaving the government service to
accept a position In connection with
a great engineering enterprise In this
country at an annual salary more than
double that he now receives from the
government.
In his letter to the chairman of the
canal commission instructing that
body to reject the bids for tho con
struction of the canal, the president
states that the purpose of the con
tract was to secure In tho building
of the canal tho services of the best,
most experienced and most skilled
contractors In the country at; the
least risk to them and with the least
expense to the government. This pur
pose failed, he said, as the contrac
tors, whose personal services In (he
work was what, the commissioners
sought to have made arrangements
to divide the profits under tho per
centage bid with bankers and others
to whom the contractors have had to
look for the needed capital. So that
i he contractors, who are actually to
do the work, had arranged to ac
cept a comparatively small propor
tion of the profits accruing under the
contract. No contract can ultimately
operate to the benefit of the govern
ment, the president stated, in which
tho contractors’ energy, skill, experi
ence and personal supervision of the
work are not adequately paid for. The
president further stated that Mr. Ste
vens, the chief engineer, advised
against accepting either the McAr
thur or Oliver bids.
SANTO DOMINGO TREATY.
Rushed Through Senate by Clos*
Vote of 23 to 19,
By a vote of 23 to 19 the senate
Monday night ratified the Santo Do
mingo treaty. This was one more
vote In tho affirmative than was re
quired.
Senator Bacon of Georgia condemn
ed the pending treaty as worse than
that negotiated in 1905. the supplant
ed by the pending one. The 1906
treaty authorized the United States
to examine into the debts and pay
what was justly due.
BRYCE MEETS ROOSEVELT.
New Ambassador from Great Britain
Made Acquainted With President.
A Washington dispatch says; The
Hon. James Rryce, the ambassador
from Great Britain to the United
States, was presented to the president
Monday afternoon by Secretary Root.
The presentation took place in
blue room and the usual felicitoi™
speeches were made. ^
fOeorgia Railroad Bank,
. AU0U5TA, OA.
Capital and Profits 5550 , 000 . 00 .
Wep si j your money In this
strong bank and have per
fect
i. W. WHITELEY, PUBLISHER.
SUBSCRIPTION, 81.00 PER YEAH
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CHA3. F. BAKER. JERRY T. SMITH.
BAKER – SMITH,
; Cotton Factors,
VAREKOUSE 18-20 JACKSON ST., IMMEDIATELY IN REAR COTTON
EXCHANGE.
JK.'u.££'u.cs-–sb., G-a.
CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON SOLICITED.
3 -M.Whitney 0 o •»
COTTON FACTOR f
Augusta, Georgia. V
PER80NAL ATTENTION TO WEIGHING. I
LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CONSIGNMENTS
= =«ms
A. J. SaUna*. A. H. DeVaugbtfci
Salinas – DeVaughn,
COTTON FACTORS
845-847 Reynolds Street.
Augusta, Georgia.
Personal attention given to all branches of the
business.
Davison – Fargo,
Cotton Factors
And Dealers in Fertilizers,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Prompti*n4 careful- attention Martret ^port walled regular*#
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Liberal advances on ootton. Wrlto tor farther information.
M. O’DOWD’S SONS – Co.
Cotton Factors
and
Commission Merchants.
Augusta, Ga.
Phinizy – Co.,
COTTON FACTORS
Augusta. Georgia.
J.B. DAVENPORT – CO.
Wholesale Drugs and
PAINTS,
Augusta, Georgia.
Biggest Drug Store in the South.
Send Us Your Orders For
Drugs and Paints.
Delaney – Company.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS
Ryes, Gins, Brandies and Corn. Imported and
Domestic Wines.
From $ 1.50 to $ 8.00 per Gallon.
HONEST MEASURE – QUALITY GUARANTEED.
Distributors for Delaney’s Distillery.
– Co., Augusta, Ga.
I Cor. Jackson fyici Ellis Streets.
613 CaraJjell Street,