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weak and sickly.
schoolboy was
His arms were soft and flabby.
He didn't have a strong muscle in his
{Stare body.
The physician who had attended
the family for thirty years prescribed
Scoffs Emulsion.
NOW
To feel that boy's arm you
would think he was apprenticed to a
blacksmith.
ALL DRUOCMBT81 ROo» AND SI.OO
the grain fields, would demonstrate calcium, potassium, iron and man
to the farmer student the reality 1 ganese—all should be studied in
of the ideal farm life. With suit ihe laboratory and considered on
able range, a small flock of goats the farm, blending theory and
amusement of the small boys at fancy into practice ana profit,
leisure, should be kept for profit | With an idea of fertilizing and
and the times, having them to i the growing of a crop, the com- ,
construct their own wagons and position of soils, the mechanical *
harness in the school shops, and to and chemical action of water, the
do various kinds of hauling with | organic matter in soils, the trans-:
their teams, teaching them the portation of soil, inorganic matter,
care and supervision of teams. ! sand, clay and the minerals, should
Floriculture could not be neg . be familiar to every student. The 1
lected and make the farm school | chemical application of nitrogen
a half success. Floriculture would and nitrification to humus anti un-
be best taught by demonstration decayed organic matter in all the:
and objectively on the school cam- relations of plants and soils should
pus and dormitory yards. Walks, be made no less interesting than
fringed with rows of violets, hya-1 important. The cause of poor !
cinths, lilies, chrysanthemums, he- soils and the remedy should be
liot»opes, pansies and tulips, would j vital and lasting questions until'
ROUS AND PARKS
WE SELL LADIES’ GOODS.
We are the only exclusive dealers in Newnan,
in dress goods, silks, trimmings, notions, lad
ies and children’s shoes. Our special atten
tion to this line enables us to procure the best
materials at the lowest prices.
FALL DRESS GOODS.
Congressional District
cultural Schools.
surpass enthusiastic teachers and
inviting text-books toward inspir
ing a love for the beautiful and
good. Evergreens and climbing
vines, box flowers on the windows,
basking in the winter sunshine,
solved by every student;
As all other pursuits depend
largely upon the farmer and his i
prosperity, he should be of equal
training, politically and socially,
that he might meet in common
Governor Terrell has made an
epoch in Georgia history that other
administrations might well covet.
He has proven that there is a tide
in the affairs of men which, taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune
and fame. He has demonstrated
that "no low, descending sun
shall view from his hands no
worthy action done,” He has il
lustrated that the height by a
great man reached and kept was
not attained by the sudden flight,
but while his companions slept, he
labored on during the night. He
is the noblest governor of them
all. His administration monu
ment will aggregate a cost of
•389,000,eleven college spires rest
ing upon the base of 2,382 acres of
Georgia soil—all freely donated
wiihoui the asking. Seventeen
million Southern people of the
farming population will rise up
and call him blessed. I.ctoneot
his epitaphs be that he was reared
on the farm beneath the m>rtle
Agri-1 in sympathy with their children’s
work might send in orders for fu- wou | d develop the ideal of real men of any and every profession,
ture delivery. The production home , ife
From the United States Senate;
and disposal of everything handled Irrigation, both surface and un- j down to the secretary of the school |
should be done by students, even der . groundf should be illustrated • board, the farmers should fill their'
the booking of accounts, thereby ^ and p ra cticed ( if the topography full share of offices, and represent,
inculcating and disciplining the „f the school farms would permit j their vocation in legislation fair,
art and science of the occupation a successful demonstration. How to all with an execution of laws
many times has the farmer sighed J measured by even-handed justice,
and his heart throbbed with anx-! The scarcity of labor, wornout soils
iety as the sun scorched his fields,' and new farming machinery de-
when he longed fora refreshing 1 mand an educated and diversified
rain! How many times have our farmer.
agricultural interests suffered from Farming no longer means grow-
a drought that blasted the promis- ing corn and cotton, and hauling
ing prospects of a once abundant j it to town in a shackly wagon over
crop! This question also concerns ' rough roads. The very "ends of
the drainage of our bottom lands the earth” have been brought fo
und the preservation of our forests, gether by the railroads and tele-
Terracing should be studied and i phones. Competition and diver-
i practiced by the farm student, sity have entered into the secrets
gi owing oats in winter and spring, "p^ere is nothing that enhances the , of success. If we go on the old
I hese schools should be the real j va ] ue anc ] quickens the fertility of j slow and out-of-date way and our
experiment station, modeled for the farm any more than correct neighbors take the new and pro-
every farmer In the district, the te rracing. This subject should be gressive paths, and get ahead of
landscape gaulens of a modern both from a text-book and us, it is our fault. Like a syphon ;
Babylon. rca l practice with level and com-
The courses of study should be pu9S Jn plowing> the student
should be given practice in laying
of three-fourths of our population.
The groves and campus should
be evenly sodded and beautifully
shaded. The fences, farm houses
and the trunks of trees should be
whitewashed and kept white.
Flats and meadows surveyed off
with fruit trees bordering the
driveways Harmony and order
should blend and beautify into a
cornucopia region in summer and
fall, and a landscape delectat robed
in a mantle of waving wheat and
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much undertaken, but a few texts
connecting the South and the;
world, through which flows the
success of our state, the surround-
shaded cottage, and did not forget well mastered.
off rows on a level with the eye. ing pressure is aided by the vac-
rhe four years in object lesson and benefit to j unm created therein,
the vine clad rocks and citron I English should embrace grammar, | goj , sbou | d be impressed by caUing | The time has come when the
groves ol Cyrsase|ln. composition,oratory and literature.
These eleven agricultural dis Two years of Latin.
trict schools distributed through- 1
»mt the state will be great friends
and benefactors to the struggling
ambitious farmer youths. Here-
1 afore line clothes, high board
bills and large tuition accounts ol
of
soil should be impressed by calling ! t he time has come
attention, after a heavy rainfall, to farmer must not only know that a
Four years eac |j f urrow holding its own water,; certain thing must be done, but
Broad cloths in black, white and colors, priced •1.50, $1.25
und *1.00 per yard.
Wool Batistes
These are very popular and were tioughl at low figures;
shown in black, white and many shades.
Grey Suitings.
London smoke, hair-line checks and shadow plaids, Chester
field and mohairs.
Scotch Plaids
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For ladies’ waists and children’s dresses.
SILKS.
plain
Plaids, plain and fancy waist silks, novelty and
wide dress silks.
yard-
Yard-wide black pcau de soic silks at #1.25 and H*1 per yard.
Black taffeta silks, yard wide, at •! .25, •! .00, 1H> cents and
80 cenbf per yard.
SATIN.
Fight shades yard wide sutins for only #1.00 |>er yard.
TRIMMINGS.
ef-
< )ne hundred styles of braids and appliques, many rich
feels in embroidered all-overs and Baby-Irish laces.
WE SELL
American Lady corsets, Ladies’ Shoes,
um and grades children’s and infants’
Butterick Patterns.
medi-
shoes,
POTTS & PARKS
Phone|109 Bay Street
Newnan, Ga.
arithmetic, .dgebra, geometry and as the water soaks into the 1 how it must be done, and why itI
and trigonometry and surveying- groun d the surface is covered with ! should be done. The world is
hour years ol physical geography, . a ^ ne j m p a ]p a b] e powder, similar i controlled by brains. Muscles are 8
physics, geology and chemistry | tQ the rjch
ttRttMMfUfuntntfunvitfuntfMfuatnvumfEtfnfttcUcMfuf it> it
with the laboratory experiments of 1 depoi>it8 found on
each. A two years' business | Wornout landSt j
alluvial sediments and ruled by brains. No other calling
bottom lands
gulleys, ter-
the expensive schools and colleges, j course should be given to accom- | raced and brought back to life un -
wcrc cold dampers to their aspira-1 modate the country boys and girls dcr the be9t met hods of intensified
I farming, would be the best text-
lions. Now they read the papers | who help to number the 6,000 stu
aw4-dicani ol -tho—ilayL. that they dents who attend annually the
can "go off to school," working high priced city business colleges
their own way, climbing the ladder of the state.
of success, dressed in overalls. The agricultural course should
They fancy themselves clad in uni-j be along the lines of scientific,
lorms of broad brim hats, brugan ' economical and artistic production,
shoes and overalls, milking the I Horticulture should be taught by
cows, working at the forge, debat-! demonstration, using altogether! d " w ~ jn the meadow with..*
mg in the literary hall, reciting to the objective methods in orchards dcar> water> in wbich dwel |
sympathetic professors, chopping! of peaches, pears, plums, grapes., o( the fi tribC| whi | e
m the fields, expe.interning in the | pecans, berries and other fruits, j over |t8 glossy surface the Pekin
book in the hands of an enthusias
tic and successful agricultural
teacher.
The ideal school farm would not
be complete if the fish pond and
game range were not closely cared
for and studied. The fish pond
in the meadow, with its
laboratories—enjoying it all and
mastering it all.
These schools should be self- impressing the practical and prof
demands so varied information as
the man who successfully runs a
six-horse farm. Many times he
must be his own physician before
he can reach a surgeon. Very of
ten he must act the part of both
judge and jury, after pleading the
cause of both plaintiff and defend
ant. He must be a mechanic and
know how to adjust and repair
machinery. He must be a good
judge of horses and cows, that he
may trade and swap. He needs
the broad culture of a well-trained
brain, and useful skill of an ex
pert hand. Give him this training
and he will stand among the
counsellors of the nation. His
fertile acres and broad driveways,
The Season's Greetings
1906-1907
Dairying should also be taught by ' . v .„." |m . t grille acres ana oroaa ar.veways,
. . .. . , ... 1 1 and Muscovy glide toward the fort dowe , gardens and orchards,
the omertive and demonstrative. ... , , .• I ** . . . .... ..
the objective and demonstrative, j guarded by a sqjadron of goslings j meadows and lake, will be the
sustaining. That is, the appro- \ itable. Stock raising should be
priations should
teachers’salaries, and the farms j ft-atercs of the course
so managed as to make ftee tuition, jective and
incidentals and hoard. Everything
eaten and consumed should be
produced by the students on the
iarm Socialistic regarding dis
calling for the
mother goose.
reinforcement
The
of 1 favorite rendezvous for the bank-1
„ .... swimming ! er’s daughter and lawyer’s son to |,
go to pay the stressed as one of the leading „ . . . _ . .l meet Ins sons and daughters in in-,
* * se both bv ob P° o1 and the hook and hne are the : tellectual pleasure and social pas-
; ’ ’ indispensable joys of an American tillie i n the hotel lobby anddi-i
su jeitive stiu y. ^ and the stoic life of a college! rector’s office will meet alike the
Glossy coated,well groomed horses (8tudent coul d never eradicate these! farmer, merchant, lawyer and r,
feeding upon the nourishing grass- ropen8lties from hjs llfe . The j banker discuss financial, indus- §
es of the meadow should be the . ; trial and political questions. When j"
game should be protected. Large j the 3tate needs a leader> let j t g0 g
pride of every
cipline, but democratic in opera- soys, friendly
non. Large quantities of hogs,
beet cattle, goats, sheep, chickens,
geese, turkeys, guineas, eggs, but
ler, canned goods, syrup, preser
ves, jellies and tiuits, together
with practical articles of hardware,
should be put on the market of the
aeighboring towns every year.
Plenty of grain and forage and a
bale of cotton by each student
xhould be grown, the profit of
which should be credited to the
students' expenses.
On rainy days, when the weath
er is too disagreeable for farm
student. Fat .ler
Holsteins, meekly
coveys of partridges should be , tc> t h e farm near the Tiber and find |
llerefords grazing in Bermuda
meadows, or wading in the lake,
should give especial interest and
make becoming the school life of
the farm. No undertaking of
farm work could be true to real
agricultural demonstration with
out the grunting of porkers and
squealing of pigs. The smoke
house with its pork, sausage,
spare-ribs, backbone, bacon and
permitted to feed on the farm and Cincinnatus behind the plow,
squirrels play in the grove near If Athens, Greece, the mother
' of art and philosophy, cultivated
lhat equality of all educated men,
why not Georgia, through these
agricultural schools, develop the
of a
alive that joy and pleasure
typical Southern youth.
If anything should he more
dominant and influential to the
student of agriculture than anoth
er, it should be plant life and the
composition of soil. These sub
mechanical art and agricultural
philosophy upon a broader plane
and greater equality? If the age of
Pericles was the golden age of
Athens, why not make the Terrell
Administration the golden age of
Georgia’s industrial and agricul
£
jects should be studied subjective
ly and objectively, theoretically tura l development?
ham would illustrate the l*g and j and practicallyt synthetically and Let everv cit,zen
of Georgia :
hominy adage and cultivate the ,w> ih ' end * ds influence and aid in mak-
policy that makes a prince out of anal y t,cally 1 ne P lant dlf * ing the congressional district
, 3 . , . 1 ,, , ferent groups—annuals, biennials schools the success they rightly
the successful farmer. Poultry and nerenniaU Tbp fhp deS erve. Let these schoo.s be
numbered as one of t ie positive
\\V desire to thank every patron
of this store for the business given
ns during the year that is swiftly
drawing to a close. We appreci
ate the patronage of each one anil
thank one ami all for the favors
received at their hands. We wish
for all only happiness and joy un
til the dose of the holiday season
and the ushering in of another
yoar, and we trust that 1!M)7 will
la* a year of peace, plenty and
prosperity in every respect for all.
During the year 11107 we expect
to sell more goods than in ll)0t> and
serve our customers better in every
way. The high standard of our
merchandise will be maintained,
and our constant efforts will lie
directed to supplying our patrons
with high grade goods at reason
able prices.
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feient groups—annuals, biennials
and perennials. The seed, the deserve,
in droves, platoons and brigades, leaV es, the roots; the organs of
work, the mechanical department
should double its iorce in the long rows of nests, crowing cocks, p ' r 'o d uct'i<)n and"ve^etatTon'"where ex P one . nts of the 8 reater industrial |
Manufacture of useful articles of fretful, clucking hens in the back ,. . t , N ew South. Let them give in- g
I I 1 I Of the ilormitories, arouiu] ’ hC ^ ant ® et! ’ '** ,ts t'e p end; gpiration and ambition, dignity and «
plant gets its food, its dep<
, , , , . „ , , ence upon carbon, oxygen and
local market for a profit. For m the cow sheds, on the pigsty- ; nitrogen; how tbe plant grows;
stance,the making of school desks, would farm life be complete to the how the food e]emcots enter its
as there is no manufacturing plant | country youth without the chick-, roots and how thc compounds are
in the South. Great quantities ens; would it be new and ideal to
could be sold by assigning the the city student without the farm
.iuuiiu ‘~ J pride to that sturdy yeomanry of
our population who so loyally bear
the brunt and ridicule of a more
successful aristocracy. Let the
phrases, "hay-seed” and “country
mo,s ' John," be lost trom use in our vo-
f ... . 1 . , , . . „ . , , J i ture * volatile matter, protein, sul- cabulary, and in their stead be
home territory of each student to yarn fowls? A fleet of ducks and phur> non . aitrogcnous compounds;, placed "proflneer” and "cultivator.”
geese gliding over the lake, a bat- mineral matters, magnesium, phos- j —H. S. Bowden in Atlanta Geor-
talion of turkevs marchins across I phorous, silicon. chio»<n<*, sodium. 1 ?ian.
manufactured into leaves;
be canvassed as a drummer during
holidays and vacation. Farmers
W. M. ASKEW,
Successor to AsKew Bros.