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OF AUGUSTA, GA. •j t «- hath*. 4W<tent; F. o. FOED. Caakle ^ jCAPlTAL, $250,000.. A* Surplus and Undivided Profits, $ 150 , 000 ; * Ar TH© BEST AD VERTIS4N£rf MEDIUM H4 THE STATE. . V'CilMii XVII.- NO. 12 Barrett – Doughty, *■ fll *• ^ • Cottbri Factors, a Qffifse 4 Warehouse 744 Reynolds St. Augusta, Ga. * * M. J. DOWNEY, * 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 4-. 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, ■ f : . L-t ' – s is ’ • j tz: - GIBSON. GA.. FRIDAY. FOR FAIR SERVICE n 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. 9 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, fWE PAY YOU TOS^ VE/ JU pi Cl] if c m 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 GOOD % ‘ *3 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. - ur. Salter’s 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. -— 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*. L blU • zL T*« !■> 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 •* . 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 ———•jr-r.-rr 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*# -- * SS* XU ?' 9 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,