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THE BANNER, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1907. ~
NOTHING
NEW
BUT THE
STOCK
WINGFIELD BROTHERS & CO.
JANUARY 1st, 1908 JANUARY 1st, 1908
CLOTHING AND GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS STORE
Mr. W. C. Wingfield
Mr. S. B. Wingfield, Jr., formerly with Head & McMahan, will have full charge of the business, and having
had twenty years experience, has tried to “learn his lesson well.” He now offers both the knowledge acquired and
himself as your SERVANT that you may avail yourselves of the very BEST merchandise for the LEAST money
possible. Having an understanding of the best manufacturers we prove ourselves eligible to furnish you with your
wearing apparel. No useless expenditure of money shall advance the price of any goods. Neither shall we take
advantage of the fact that goods are higher and add two dollars for every one we pay. *
Remember the DATE and come to see us on opening day and pardon us for being so early with NEW YEAR’S
GREETING. With best wishes, ^ - — '
yours to serve, WINGFIELD BROS. & CO. 254 clayton st.
rsuasivenc-
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irts and
delivered l>y Colonel
■s. .Ir.. found in the
Southern Hislorirnl
ator says of Mr.
••He was a man of marked pliysi
cal beauty, the idol of a prineel;
people. golden-tongued and lion
hearted, the blood of the Cavaliers
Hashing in his veins, and the h
of the South throbbing in his hre
he recalled the gifted Miraheau.
amid scenes scarcely less fiery
fateful, walked the forum like
emiteror, and confronted the com
mune with the majesty of a god. lie
gloried in the whirlwind and caught
ills inspiration front the storm. As
though horn to kindle a conflagra
tion. he inflamed by his wonderful
power of speech, and swayed by his
electric fire. I,ike unto a Scythian
archer scouring the plain, he tra
versed the field of argument and in
vective at fall speed, discharging his
deadliest arrows. Demosthenes, min
gling tlte thunder of his eloquence
with the roar of the Aegean: Cicero,
his ryes fixed on the capitol. wielding
at will the fierce democracy and In
spiring all hearts with love of free
dont and an admiration for the trl
tiniphs of the Roman race: Otis,
kindling a patriotic flame wherein
the ’writs of assistance’ were wholly
consumed: Warren, inscribing upon
the banners of the Sons of Liberty
•Resistance to tyrants is obedience to
God': Henry, the Incarnation of
Revolutionary zeal, ringing the clar
ion bell and giving the signal to a
continent, were not more forceful In
utterance, magnetic in action, or ma
jestic In mien than was Robert
Toombs when contending for the
privilege of free speech or proclaim
ing the rights of the South, as he
comprehended them.”
In the contemplation of such
character, we cannot agree with
those who maintain that eloquence
is a lost art. It Is true that the
netwspaper and the telegraph now
not
had
not al-
aliout
carry intelligence to the remotest
corner's of the earth. When the
public -man arises to address an aud
ience in the present day he is not
able 10 furnish them with much in
formation which they have not al
ready gleaned from the newspaper
press: but genuine eloquence still
exerts a wonderful sway over the
sons of men.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Ants preach frugality, but
say a word.
Some sins of omission are
as some sins of commission.
Matrimonial packages are
ways what they are tied up t
Being remembered in a will
as uncertain as an unlaid egg.
There are many mugs, plent
< he< k and lots of chin in a barber
shop.
A girl isn't willing to elope as long
as there is a wedding present in sight.
Perhaps you can tell a lie—and so
can some other people when they hoar
one.
Some folks consider themselves
charitable because they give their old
clothes away.
When a fool is unable to disprove
the assertions of a wise man lie can
at least call him an idiot.
Even when a girl doesn't want a
young man to kiss her it makes her
mad if he doesn't want to.
The world seldom give., a man more
than he deserves, but many a man
who deserves a term in jail is over
looked by the grand jury.
Ocastonally a girl calls her small
brother into the parlor .and kisses him
just to show the chap on the other
nd of the sofa what he is missing.—
Chicago News.
GREAT COTTON SCHOOL
OPENS JANUARY 6TH
The State College of Agiiculture Offers to the Fa-triers
of Georgia Advantages Never Before Of’er.d to
Southern People. A Movement That is Des
tined 0 be Benefit to the Entire State.
Next tin
tli the
St.'l
Lille
SHE KNEW THAT STEP.
Gen. Horace Porter tells this story
about a gushing young woman and her
sweetheart:
■'This girl’s sweetheart said to her
one evening:
“ *Were you aware that I passed
your house last night? ’
“She gave him a glance full of re
proach. ‘Of course I was,’ she said.
agriculture will in tills city open
the first cotton school ever held in
the south.
Its plans are such as to warrant
its being a success and that the agri
cultural interests of the state will
he greatly benefited there can be
no doubt.
Its object is to bring to the far
mers who attend it the very best
and most useful infotlmation con
cerning the planting, cultivation,
gathering and marketing of their
great crop, and through them to dis
seminate this information among
thousands of tile farmers of Geor
gia.
President Andrew M. Soule, of
the state college of agriculture is
in eharge of the cotton school, and
under his direction it will extend to
all farmers who may come to Ath
ens all its benefits.
The cotton school will open in this
city on the campus of tile Univer
sity on January Cth and will remain
in session for ten days. Those who
attend this session can remain long
er and partake of the benefits of the
short winter course in agriculture if
they so desire.
There will be no expense attached
to this session except a fee of one
dollar and the oost of board and
lodging and railroad fare. In oth
er words the professors of the Uni
versity will be at the service of the
‘Do you think I would not know your
step?' But he. at this, grew grave and farmers who come without any pay
distrait, for he had passed In a cab.”, whatever. It has been arranged so
that the expenses of the farmers at
tending the school will he reduced
to a minimum. Board at very reas
onable rates will be arranged for all
w ho come.
The movement lias received the
attention of prominent farmers all
over the stale and it has been com
mended in all instances. President
Jordan, of the Southern Cotton As
sociation and President Duckworth,
of the Farmers’ Union have given
Shis school their unqualified appro
val. President Duckworth recom
mends to the Farmers’ Union that
each county by all means have a rep
resentative here at that time. It
is quite likely that there W’iU be
from two to four hundred farmers
in attendance.
Though the opening of the school
is some distance off, there have al
ready been a number of farmers to
send in their fees and ask to be en
rolled as membeiVj of the school.
There is no doubt about the attend
ance being large and enthusiastic.
The school will be exactly what
its name implies. It will be a cot
ton school in every sense of the
word. Everything possible to be
told about cotton will be told. The
farmer who attends will go back
home realizing how little ho really
knew about the great crop he '.has
been planting and harvesting all
these years.
At the same time, no doubt, some
of the farmers who attend will have
some good ideas to impart as to the
methods they employ in the cultiva- n
tion and handling of the crop. There a
will lie conferences at which there i!
will be healthy interchanges of op-’
inion. | I,,
President Soule and liis assistants | i,
have gathered together already aju
large number of cotton samples for j :,
use in the demonstration work in ;
this school. Other samples are he-jti
ing collected daily and when the I,
school opens it will lie amply provi-1 he!
ded for all its departments. | Hie
Cotton seed, cotton oil the stalk, i Hie
cotton unginned, cotton in ihe lint, t the
samples of all kinds of cotton will i hut
be on hand. Recently Prof. J. M. <-h;
Johnson, of the University, made a
trip to South Georgia to get samples wli
of the best sea island cotton in that
section.
The state college lias provided the
very best cotton testers, so that the
fibre of tlie cotton may bo tested ac
cording to the latest and best meth
ods and its value demonstrated be
fore the very eiyes of tlie farmers
assembled.
Great care is attached to the work
of the cotton seed selection. This is
Important in many ways and the far
mer who learns how to select his
cotton seed in a thoroughly scientific
manner will gain information that
will yield him a rich return. The
planting of the cotton, the prepara
tion of the soil for its reception, the
fertilization of tlie cotton fields, all
will receive the best attention at the
hands of the expert teachers who
will conduct this school.
The management of ihe cotton]
school will direct special attention to
the subject of grading cotton. This
is a work, the details of which are
practically unknown to the farmer.
Yet it is information that by all
means the successful farmer should
possess in order that he may Intelli
gently market his crop. This one
department of the cotton school
•would justify the expense of main
tenance.
The lectures will be intensely
practical in every way. The details
will be gone Into In every depart
ment and everything will be imade
perfectly clear to the farmers in at
tendance. The problems of the farm
Imive to the cultivation of this
• Lit enop will lie discussed and
■ir solution made clear.
11 1 lie result of this school should
the giving to the farmers in at-
ulnnce that information that will
id them to such improvement of
“hods as will increase the yield of
Iton largely per acre, and they in
ru will give this information as
si they can to their neighbors and
ip them better their conditions,
e school will have conferred upon
c state a benefit far in excess of
e expenses incurred and the la
ir and effort of the professors in
This school will he held at a time
when the farmers will be most at
leisure. Bet them make their ar
rangements now to conte to Athens
and attend this school. They will
lie made to have an enjoyable time
and will receive great benefits from
the attendance.
In addition to the officers and in
structors in the state college there
will he on hand a large number of
eminent experts to tell the farmers
what they know about cotton cul
ture and a number of special lec
tures have been arranged from emi
nent lecturers oil this subject.
HE HIT IT.
"What little hoy can tell me the
difference between the 'quick' and the
'dead'?" nsked the Sunday school
teacher.
"Willie waved his hand frantically.
"Well, Willie?"
Please, ma'am, the ‘quick’ are the
ones that get Out of the way of au
tomobiles; the ones that don't are the
dead.' "—Everybody's Magazine.
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