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AMILTO^UOURNAL. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF>f>^,.S COUNTY. VOL. XIII. WAYSIDE MUSINGS. Co-Operation and Co-Opera tive Stores. The successlul co-operation of the Cataula grangers in buying and sell¬ ing their supj li^s, 1 as opened ti e eyes of many to the advantages of the Grange and the Grange work. Col. VV. H. Luttrell, of Waverly • , Hall, TT ,, . 1 last w’eek 1 and • was in 4 town in a talk with - . him . . , learned , that he , we , was endeavoring to form a ccopmt.ve c. mparty, to locate at Hamilton and do a ware house and supply business. His plan is for ten large farmers to put into a pool $2,000 each, to elect a president and directors, rent a ware house or build one and to handle the business of the county as far as the influence of the stock-holders and the induccnems they could offer would enable them. There is no .doubt that such a company ccuid control a very large patronage and confining itself to safe business methods make money. The farmer goes into the fight for a living badly handicapped, What ever he buys he m ist pay liberal toll for in the way of profits to the retail dealer, and whatever he sells he is again heavily taxed by way of com mission and storage. Commercial fertilizers which now enter so largely into the cost of making a crop, are used by the planter now at a consid¬ erable disadvantage that might be re¬ moved by co-operation. The cost of a fertil 7'i of average merit is said to be fioui $18.00 to $25.00 a ton For this the farmer pay 5 $40 to $50 *a ton. Much cf the profits go to railroads, to agents, to manufacturers and to make up losses on bad debts. One hundred or even fifty farmers b} combining might save in the cost of Their fertizers from onethird to onehalf. APRIL Or at a central point they might make a factory and not only com pound their own fertilizers at a great saving, but sell a reliable article to their nighbors at a profit. So they might combine and d s pose of their cotton. The cotton can stored and hand ed by them at a great saving. Cooperation i the one thin « needed In ,he same way a combination is 1 possible that will . make saving possible a great 0 ® r in lbe P urd,ase of dry *** S rocenes boots ’ siloes - etc lt does not rcc l u,r " a v * ry |”* h “ <ler of talcnt to bu * and sell 1 merchandise. , A little hen St V «°f S a S " at ^ fanher '*'* ' much threwdness - Let one huudred farm ers put 111,0 a store onc , hundred lolla,seach The tradc ' ' ° f tllose °" c hun lred farn ^rs is worth thir,y or fo,ty tllousa,ld dollars a year ’ 0,16 first class salesman and two ass stants coukl attend well to the business. An average p.ofit ten per cent would leave a margin sufficient for profits and meet gent expenses. It would save every stock lio der annually the amount his capital. Co-operative stores have been in stituted with great success in England and some of these have assumed ini mense proportions and do business amounting to many millions of doll ars annually. They have only to be managed on common sense rules to be eminently successful. They have the popular interest to sustain them and no mercantile venture car. suc ceed without this. It is not hard to persuade a man that you you are his friend when you show him that you can and wdll save him a half a dollar a day. The co-operative stor.es do more than this and thus establish popularity. The advantage of co operation and NO. 17. of the strength it brings, is illustrated by the credit of the . tate. The com monwealth is not stronger than the citizens who compose it. Yet, while a large majority of her citizens acting as individuals are compelled to pay from 12 to 18 per cent per annum in¬ terest on the money they borrow, the State has the refusal of as much she wants at 4.J per cent, per annum. Could the interest of co operation be more strongly illustrated. U ' c wish C °>- Luttrell success in his ^nterprtse and would be glad it he could Organize a company strong enough to control the sale of every balr of cotton raised in the county. rl,e m *" e V ^Y make would he invested here at home, every dot lar of which would 8° to tbe ll P buil mg of the county, and and not to cn r, P h other communities. So long as olhtr commumties get all our trade, just so long will they will sap us cf our most intelligent ettuens and our surplus cash. Home enterprises must be sustained if we would keep and enjoy these, GEORGIA NEWS. Dr. P. J. Boyd, of McDuffie, his barn last week with a large quan tity of corn, oats, fodder and j tion hy tools. incendiary. The burning I.oss about was an j hundred dollars; no insurance. Idle probate of the will of the late David Dickson in solemn form comes before the ordinary of Hancock coun ty on the first Monday in July next. Jt is generally supposed that a caveat wil1 he fited. Eminent counsel arc sa >d to have been retained for and against the will. Sparta Ishmaelite: The Hancock agricultural club is constantly increa;* ing in numbers and interest. It is so far as our information goes, the finest body of men ever organized for any purpose in the county. It will