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Great Millinery ' A 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 * ’ ‘ "■ 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. ** - ■ , * ' . fefci 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 We Club THE NEW ERA with The Weekly Constitution, $1.30 ’’lie Weekly Journal, $1.20 I’lie Tliricc-n-Weck World, $1.45 The Twice-a-wcek Globe-Democrat, $1.5o Hie Twic.c-u-weck Courier-Juumal, $1.30 Twice-a-week Detroit Free Press, $1.30 Home and Farm, $1.10 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.