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W. P. COOPER & BROTHER’S
ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 7th, 8th AIJ> 9th. AND WILL CONTINUE ALL TEE SEASON.
1 hey say blood tells; So docs taste and Style. All our Ladies’Hats will be trimmed by two experienced hat trimmers, and with groatest fkill and taste. Oil
consist of new goods, the latest styles, at lowest prices, We invite you to come and inspect our goods, feeling confident the eloquence of excellence will compel! you I
know we can save you money in purchasing yourjitflllincry of us. ^
-LADIES WILL FIND A COMPLETE LINE OF SUMMER UNDERWEAR TR olS WtllNERY DEPARTMENT.-*—-
MADE CJLOTHINGrs
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For Men Boys and Children* Wc have added this line to our immense stock. We are going to give our attention more to to this line. We invite you tc
new lot just opened. We will give you the best values the market affords. Our clothing consist of the latest paterns, at Moderate prices. **
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We can not describe every line we sell but will mention some of our specialties: Dry Goods, Notions, ShOOS, Hats, Suspenders, Hosiery, Oonti’ FunUShinj
^ Goods, Neckwear, Shirts, Underwear, Stationery, Perfumery, and in fact everything kept in a first-class Dry Goods—
If you need anything in Hardware, Buggies, AVagons, Crockery, Queen’s Ware, Pocket Cutlery Groceries, call for what you need
wc have it. We sell every line of merchandise and buy everything you have to sell.
/ W. P. COOPER & BROTHER
There Is No Death.
Tliere is no d'-atlil the stars go down
J o rise upon some other shore,
And 1 right in heaven’s jeweled crown
'they shine forevermore.
There is no death! the forest leaves
Couveit to life tlio viewless air;
The rocks disorganize to feed
The hungry moss they hear.
Tliere is no death! the dust we tread
iehull change,! beneath the summer
showers.
To golden grain, or mellow fruit,
Oi rainbow-tinted flowers.
There is no death’ the l.aves may full,
The flowers mar f ulc and pass away—
They only wait, through wintry hours,
The warm, sweet breath of May.
Tliere is no dcnlh! the choicest gifts
TIud I erven lintli kindly lent to earth
Are cv r first to seek again
The country of their birth.
Ami all things that fur growth or joy
Are worthy of our love or care,
AVIioso' - lias left us desolate,
Are safely garnered tliere.
Though life become a desert waste,
We know its faired, sweetest flowers,
Transplanted inlo paradise,
Adorn immortal bowers. ,
The voice of birdlikn nulody
Tied w e have missed an 1 mourned so
* long
Now mingles with Hie angel choir
In everlasting song.
There is no death! although we grieve
When beautiful, familiar forms
Hint we have learned lo love are torn
From our embracing arms—
Although with bowed and breaking heart
With sable garb and silent tread,
Wc hour their senseless dust to rest,
Wc say that they are “dead.”— ,
They ore not deed! they have 1 ut passed
Devon.I tin- m ats that blind us licte,
Into the new and larger life
Of Unit serencr sphor .
Ti rv have ^nl dropped their robe of els.'
To put their shining raiment on;
They hive not wan iereil fir away—
They are not “losi” or “gone.”
TIhuil'Ii disenthralled amt glorified,
'I hey still are here and love us yet;
The dear ones they have left behind
They never call forget.
And sometimes when our hearts grow
fail t
Amid temptations fierce and deep,
Or when the wildly raging waves
().' giicf or passion sweep.
W" fed upon our fevered brow
Their gentle toicli. their lav itli “Minin,
Tlid- arms enfol ' us and our hearts
(i UIV , (i-UlPflvd n id c dm.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread—
For nit the boundless universe
Is Life:—there uro no dead.
—J. 8. MoCREERY.
CONFERENCE OF ORPHANS’ HOMES.
Gath rhino Foil Consultation
From Fifty Homes.
Tlic public will lie surprised nt (lie great
work done bv these fifty Homes in Geor.
gin, North and South Carolina, Alabama
and Tennessee. The Orphans’ Home Con.
ferenro held in Atlanta March 23 to 25
showed about five thousand orphans and
wiifs in these, besides the many in good
homes secured by these workers. The
Home at Decatur has had to admit sixteen
ti Hu> last fdity days, and have nearly
t iree times as many in the Home as there
were in 1895.
'flic delegates from these lifty Homes
’to Hie Conference discussed this great
Work, and planocd for larger and better
work. They represented all denomina
tions, the Masons, and several cities. The
oldest Home in Amcrira is the Bcthcsda
near Savannah and was founded by the
great George Whit Held in 1700. The d ■_
guilt Orphans’House in Charleston was
begun in 1790. Many of the noblest fam
ilies trace back their ancestry to the* help
given a noble hut poor hoy or girl in one
of these. Even one of our great Govern,
ors came from old Betlicsila. Thousands
are blessings to state and church who oth
erwise might have been curses.
The practic'd work done fcrllicse help,
less orphans by these workers cannot b,
overestimated. Deep religious inlluehce.
good common school education, loving
home life, and training in farm, domestic
old trade work fr ini childhood, make
those orphans independent, wide awake.
soT-respecling, Christian men and women.
Tile public should help them in their
crowded c mditions with more buildings
md the d illy lire id they need.
FARMERS SHOULD
NOTRE FOOLED
Sudden Rise In Cotton Price
Is Only a Snare.
NESBITT’S WARNING NOTE
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Commissioner of Agriculture Exposes
the Old Game That Is Being Played
to Induce Planting of a Big Crop,
An Appeal For Ulversllloatlon and
Smaller Area.
Drpaiitmrnt of Aomcultur*,
Atlanta, March, 1, 1899.
COTTON.
It is to bo hoped that no sensible
farmer will bo misled Into tho oft re
peated mistake of planting a ruinously
heavy cotton crop, by the recent expected
and predicted riso in the cotton market.
Barely thut game has been played often
enongii and we have learned its mean-
ingl ■
Concentration should always be the
watchword among farmors, that is, the
aim should be to cultivate only so muob
land us xve can thoroughly manage, and
from which wo can obtain the largos!
yield at tho smallest cost. Bat just now,
it is even more important than usiiul,
that wo do not waste our time and
money and weaken our strength by
spreading out our farm operations ovui
a larger area than wo can do justice to,
or than will pay expenses. Cotton plant
ing time is fust approaching, and the
price of cotton has advanced more than
half a cent! This is tho usnul pro
gram, and nt this hopeful season oi
the year, many an otherwise sensible
man, who hus resolved on better plans,
sees in this improved prioe reason fot
breaking his good resolutions. Instead of
apportioning a fair amount of his land
.and time and labor to cotton and tho re
mainder to tho comforts and indepen
dences of farm life, ho reBolves to try the
all cotton plan again another year und
trnst to luck, or his time accout with hie
merchant, for the balance. By “all cot
ton” wo do not mean that he will bo so
foolish us to actually plant his whole
farm in cotton, but that he will give his
nuiin energies and his best lands to thil
crop. How many a man is now taking
this step, thus preparing for a hnnd to
hand strnggo agninst dospernto oddtt
from start to finish? In his case tho mi
nor crops, which mean so much tc
family comfort, as well as to family in
come, must necessarily bo reduced or al
together abandoned. Tho vegetable gar
den, the orchard, tho dairy, the smoke
house, the jsiultry yard, all must suffer,
while (lie staple provision crops, corn,
wheat, oats, potatoes, oano, all must, in
a measure, give place to tho predomi
nating, all absorbing, daily struggle for
an increased nufffuer
This course is simply playing into the
hands of the spinners. The oertaintv oi
» big cotton crop will not only prevent
fcUfeuonsiderublo riso in present prices,but
will tend to keep tho market depressed
while any indication that the fanners
are determined on a reduced area would
at onco send prices up. Cannot fanners
realize that they hold tho koy to theil
own prosiierity, and that suoeoss the
coming year lies only in a smaller cotton
crop and amnle provisions for man and
beaut? The little oxperieuco of the past
year, and the alanns now being soaudod
from one end of the south to the other,
should snrely warn him of Ills danger.
For his own sake, and for tho prosperity
of tho country at largo, we trnst the
warning will he hooded before it is too
late.
WHAT OUR CHOPS NF.HO.
Our crops need throe main elements,
nitrogon, phosphoric ucid and potash.
Different crops take up these elements
iu different proportions, but there is no
crop that wo grow which does not re
quire them in greater or less degroo.
WHAT OUll I,ANUS NKBD.
Tlio crying need of most of our kinds
is hnmns, that is, decaying vegetable
matter, by which we enable tho crops te
appropriate the three neoded chemical
elements to the best advantage.
HOW SHALL WR OBTAIN THF.HE?
Tlio all important humus must be sup
plied from the furm itself in tho form of
stable manures, composts, by plowing
under tho various forms of vegetable und
animal matter, which accumulate from
year to year, and last bnt not least, by
leguminous crops. Those, when prop
erly managed, perform three important
offices. They father the unused nitro
gen from the uir, deposit it in tho soil,
and also holp to unlock the stores of
potash and phosphoric acid lying dor
mant in most subsoils. They furnish a
crop rich in food constituents. When
this is taken off the laud, what is left of
stubble und roots lays a foundation for
tho hnmus, which ovory experienced
farmer knows, is the factor atxivo nil
others whicli makes successful farming
possible. Having by such means oh-
tainod the necessary hnmus and nitro
gen it remains for us to secure needed
potash and phosphoric add. These may
and fluo pulverization of the soil during
cultivation, both of which enable it to
hold moisture and thus convert its ele
ments to the uso of growing crops. If
when tho leguminous crops are planted
they are given the necessary amount of
S hosphoric acid and potash for their best
ovolopment, say 200 to 400 pounds to
the acre, not only will their nitrogon
powers ho increased, but when the stub
ble and roots are plowed in, much of
these mineral elements will remain and
bp just in right condition to bo taken np
by the following crop. This is tho most
economical and at the same time tho
most profitable plan for our worn soils.
Commercial fertilizers, when used alone
on such lauds, act only as a temporaiy
stimulous. Tho rotation, which legu
minous crops require, will gradually lead
to the diver ifiecl fanning so much to lie
-i-..i-.,i r> v.-rtifled intensive, rotating
INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS.
State Agricultural Department Fur
nishes Information.
Question.—I potico what yon say iu
tho February report ahont making
of the com sfulks, which liavo boon
wasted heretofore. Please givo ns a lit
tle moro information on this subject.
After tlio stalks are shredded how is the
fodder kept, und what is its feuding
valne? Cun it be fod to farm stock
without using uuy other “roughage,”
and is thorc any trouble iu getting them
to ant it?
Answer,i4-Aftor tho stalks aro shred
ded the fodder may bn kept in tho barn
or any dry placo, until needed for use,
taking care not to disturb the moss,
for no matter how dry it may
aeom, thoro is at first sufficient moisture
to canso a slight fermentation, and if
the fodder is disturbed during this fer
mentation mould is apt to appear. The
feeding vulno of this fodder has been
shown by analysis to be greater tbuu
cottonseed hulls and nearly equal to the
best quality of timothy hay. At the
Experiment Station fur*i in this stute
this forngo has been thoroughly tested.
It has boon used tliere for weeks ut a
time as the only “roughage" to the
manifest benefit of the furm animuls,
and they eat it readily, On. tho subjoot
of "Corn Stalk Hay,” we copy tho fol
lowing from Bnllctiu No. ilO of tho Geor
gia Experiment Station. These bul
letins are sent froo to every farmer who
applies for them, and we would advise
you to address a card to Director R. J.
Redding, Experiment, Ga., requesting
that your name be put on their mailing
list. Yon will then receive all tho lit
erature of the station, us it is issued.
Bulletin No. 34 says:
Iu Bulletin No. 30, containing the re-
snltH of Experiments in Oqm Culture
made in 1895, the attention of farmers
was espaeinlly eallod to the advantages
of the method of utilizing the com stalks
for stock food. It is the almost univer
sal practice in tho south to gather and
cure the blades, and harvest tho cars oi
corn, leaving the entire stalks in tho
field to prove an almost nnmitigatod
nuisance and obstruction in tho prepara
tion and cultivation of the luiul in the
succeeding crop; and winter homes and
hibernating retreats for insects that will
lie ready to uttack such crops, especially
if it shall bp another crop of corn. Farm
ers have habitually considered this largo
jiart of tho crop us of no practical value.
Indeed, corn stalks, especially ot tho
large types of corn {Ranted in tho south,
are of littlo available food vulno lx>cause
of tho mechanical condition. Even in
the north tho old mothod of feeding the
■talks (“stover") without any mechani
cal preparation was bnt little less waste
ful and slovenly than leaving thorn in
the flclaa. Din sue «
for preparing the the corn stalks,
ding them into a ooarae hay, U rapidly
«xtending. A number of vnry vffoctivu
■iaohtnMpu»y now be had atmoderata
price*, that will ooovert the bard, flinty
■talks into a aoft, easily masticated sub
stance, vory similar in mechanical ven
dition to coarse hay, that is readily—
even greedily—eaten by horses,
and cattle.
In Bulletin No. 80, already referred
to, the whole subject was discussed at
■omo length, showing by experiments
made, and by analysis that the value at
tho naked stalks that are generally left
in tho field, after harvesting tha
■hncks anil blades, amounts to fuRyt
sixth of total value of tho crop.
Bulletin No. 80, published last Ml,
mys farther on this subject:
The station has just finished shred
ding tho corn stalks from five acres ot
coni. Tho crop was very much injured
by tho extreme heat and drouth, and
the yield of grain was ont off at least 95
per cent. Tho com was cat down juet
above the surface of the gronnd Aug.
23, and immediately shocked, placing
about 15Q stalks in each shock, ml
tying tho top of each shook with twine.
No rain fell on the shocks and tho ean
were busked ont Oct. 8, and the stalks
immediately ran through the shredding
machine, being apparently perfectly dry.
Tho yield of the five acres was as follows:
Shelled corn 1551
Shredded stalks, or stover. 14,000 pounds.
This represents a yield per acre of 91
bushels of shelled corn and 9,900 pounds
of dry corn bay, which is believed to be
very nearly eqnal in feeding value to
good timothy hay. In the above total
yield of corn hay is inolnded the blades
and shacks, which are almost univer
sally saved and utilized by Georgia
farmors. Bnt there are also included in
the 2,800 pounds of oora hay about 1,900
pounds of the stalks, which are usually
permitted to remain on the gronnd and
nonntilized as food. This 1,800 pounds
represents the food loss for every 81
bushels of shelled corn. The corn crop
of Georgia, for convenience, may be
stated at 81,000,000 bushels—sometimes
less, often more. Then, at 1,300 pounds
of corn hay, heretofore not saved, for
every 81. bushels of corn, the total law In
tho state wonld bo 1,800 pounds by 1,-
000,000 = 1,300 million pounds, or 660,-
000 tons of corn hay, a very good food,
and worth at loast |10 a ton, or a total
of $6,500,000, or about enough to pay for
all the commercial fertilisers used in
Georgia in one year! This may be con
sidered a remarkable statement, and it
will no doubt surprise many a formal
who lias not thought about it.