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I [ i A Boston 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 (» 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 f 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. I E 1 1 i 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.