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4* Georgia Farm Stories LY J. C. McAULIFrE See that the next sack of Flour that you get from your arocer is just like this cut. It will be worth your troble. |3V. C&xr $ SCLE DISTRIBUTORS fflrrl I i >7 it r? r? ? ■}m*L 1 A f jjwl AAAAArli IhIwIhIwIiX4h1*4L - TTttT * a aTnrnr , f**' , *|*XTTT VTTT jT*tr*frtri, VRAT IS MOST IMP© rTant TO YOU When You Bun Seed Qnamu or Price? Each are important points to consider but QUALITY must be FIRST, always. QUALITY, is first in selecting, growing and^sellinglALEXANDER’S seed and our prices are right. ALEXANDER'S seed are CHEAP because they grow [jand grow what you want, better seed can not be bought. Send for our latest catalog on any seed you neod for Falll planting] THE ALEXANDER SEED CO. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. BOX 40. Suffering Ladies I are urged to follow the example of thousands of] their sisters and take Cardui. Cardui is a non mineral, non-intoxieating medicine for women. It | is for sick, weak ladies, with sick female organs. TAKE I! Will You J 27 It is a genuine, curative medicine, that builds [up the female system and relieves female pain. I Mrs. M. A. St. Clair, of Eskdale, TV. Va., writes: [“Before taking Cardui, I had given up all hope of ^ [getting well. I had suffered for 3 years with my [left side and was confined to my bed, so I took Cardui, [and now Cardui has about cured my female trouble.” AT ALL DTT/m- STORES mmzm ▼ ^ V V V V V V PEACHES: FAIRVIEW CANNING FACTY 3 •V MIILEDGEVILLE, GA. /. ************ *rj! FOR UP-TO-DATE JOB PRINTING SEE THE NEWS I Generally speaking there Is a lot I of lethargy observed on the average l farm during a cold rainy da.\ m win- j j ter. Most farmers settle ilowu to ease and comfort and dream over the j ! Uavs that are yet to come. Hut few j I of them ever tancy the real and true situation presented on the ordinary I southern farm. With the coming of! winter's rain lots of thft best ingre- j nienis, so io speak,-on the place are allowed to go ic waste. People who do not notice those things can be found Ui great numbers in any local ity. It is pity that every school in I aii the country dot s not give mure in tention to this matter. For a hundred years ant^ more-the rams of winter have boon playing havoc with the old red hills around this section and ns a consequence many of them are now unlit for any thing except for making brick. Some ot them, by the way, are trolng good business in that line, for on account of the same matter which Is being discussed here, it is necessary to us.* brick for building since wood Is get ting so scarce. The country is now approaching the point where wood la needed as well as other things in the way of soil protection. Just at Ibis season of the year there Is au unlimited opportunity for farmers to take up some of tills neg lected work and at a time iike this it Is Important that It be done for va rious reasons, chief among which might be mimed the need of grain. In the cotton belt farmers are buying more grain, relatively speaking, than ever before and It is bringing prices that are akin to boom figures In rep.1 estate. It seems that a short grain crop and high prices caught the south, ern farmer in a whirlwind the pnsi season and now they are paying great penalties for their neglect. —■ Reverting to the rubject of grain growing for a different reason tt Is becoming a paramount necessity that farmers resort to winter cover crops in order to save the soil from the ravages of winter's ratiiB, It is be* coming a hard problem to find a farm anywhere In any wec.tUm In clined to be rolling tiiat Is not wash ed up considerably. By planting wheat, oats, barley or rye It Is easy to eliminate- much of this trouble. Before a fanner realizes It most of his valuable soil will find Its way to the bottom land if some care is no; used now for all the forests are gone and water has its free right of way through the Helds. It is not too late now to plant grain on most southern farms and if a planter will give a little study and care to the subject It will be found profitable to plant. Hurt oals, beard less barley or even some wheat right away. it means soil protection, early feed, less expense account on the farm and half a dozen other good things will come from It. Taft in Georgia. President-elect Wm. H. Tnft spent more than a month- in Georgia and around Ids visit clusters many notes of interest to farmers raid people in Ihe rural districts. In the fihst place, tile daily newspapers have made Georgia ’possums about as famous as T« dd> bears ever got to be, and opos sums are pnknown to people outside of the country districts In the souih. There are a thousand and one stories back of 'possum liunliug In Georgia, and yet since Taft came down the litile night animal lias won more fame than in all the history of the past. It will be a great wonder if some enterprising Yankees—the kind that make wooden nutmegs—do not get to making Taft ’possums as a sub stitute for the Teddy hears. Hut Mr. Taft’s visit does not lose Us significance to the farmer where, the 'possum part ends. The disUn guished gentlemtn went down to Beech island Farmers' club, a dozen, miles below Augusta, and there wined and dined at the old clubhouse with '■he horny-handed sons of toll. Thu old clubhouse is quite an interesting place, but the visit of Taft will add new history to its already crowded scroll. Still further long the line Mr. Taft kept up his associations with things bucolic, and he went out a few days later to visit tne "cotton farm," so the papers say, of the Hon. Chas. S. Bolder, just plain Charlie Bohler, folk who know him call him and there he had a dinner of Georgia bacon and other things that are grown on Mr. Bohler's farm, which, by the way, Is no a cotton farm, but a £eal diversified farm, where lots of things are raised. For these and many other reasons Mr. Taft's visit to Georgia may be a source of much gcod. Sweet Potatoes If anything con'd b-ipp-n •<* up the country :c the great possibi lities existing In the south, then Mr. Taft's visit would be of more conse quence than his election to the presi dency. You may rob the south of Us resources in agriculture and the government at Washington will lose Its prestige among the nations of tile world. From time immemorial, back eve people printed histories, the slory Is tpld that a nation without Us agriculture has sooner or later failed and failed utterly. In considering this matter it seems that something is needed to bring the people of the south and of the nation the Importance of conserving these icsoiirccs. By the way, in speaking of Mr. Taft and 'possum It brings up tho other side of the bill of fare. There 13 no doubt but that potatoes will some day in the near futufo be come recognized for their real value. Ihe supply ot grain in the wuilu u.«y grow short some day. but as long as sweet potatoes can be raised at the rate of 200 or 300 bushels per acre over thousands and thousands of acres of land In '.he south, there i3 little likelihood of tho country go...,, to ruin. And It Is safe to say that sweet potatoes serve as excellent sub stitute for corn or wheat in supplying human food. Hu' enough of this practical side of life. Down here there nro flowers in bloom, Ihe birds are singing, the grass grows green and Ihe plowman Is busy. Who would not slay here where me seasons are so grand, the days so beautiful. If even Mr. Tuft, or Mr. Rockefeller, or some of the other noted visitors could know the joy of it they'd give lip their trf umplis to realize the liltss of s'oep for a night ns the. farmer does. But back of all this rosy colored portrayal of rural life Btands tho stern fact that duty demands, work and care for those at home, mid dur ing the coming year farmers of Ihe south look well after this question, plant the things you need at homo, provide for your loved. Bland guard over all their desires, supply every thing you can, for as the years go by you will realize fully that you are traveling a road which you can go over but once, and when the gate is shut behind It never swings open again like we dreamed It did in tho days of youth.—Home and Farm. Small Karma Worth While. A few years ago the "boundless” west offered great opportunities for uny young man who would simply ‘‘take tnem up.” Hut those vast acres are no more, t hey are now occupied And what Is the young man of tho present day to do who has no capital yet who desires to enter tho agrl- tural pursuits’; Thera srs two possi bilities, nnd only two. Possibility number one: Rent a farm and be come a tenant, or become a hired man. Possibility number two: Purchase a farm. Tho tenant-farmer plan, In a way, is ail right, but, it is to start with, but tho trouble Is, once a ten ant always a tenant. Do^'t you think Is a better plan to make an outright purchase of a farm, if II is but. ten or twenty acres? Start with a small farm nud in a small way, just as the merchant or any other business man wiili little capital b: gins. The beslf way to keep the promises clean of lice' and mites Is to begin in .anuary to wage war. Once a week pour kerosense over the roosts, into the cracks of the nest, boxes, and ■ilong the dropping boards. By man- ■ lig tills a weekly duty there will not be any trouble when hot weather irrives. I The sooner you set good reliable hens, and start your incubators, tne move successful wlU you be in rais ing a good cio, of young chicks tills season. Earl,, chicks In tho south Start to grow quicker nnd do much belter every wap than do those hatch ed after the weather gets really hot in May and ..'line. For that reason all who are anx.ous to raise a good sup ply of chickens should commence operation as early as possible. A -ittle extra care during a cold snap or two Is not much trouble, and spring will soon be here. KILLthe cough mo CURE the LUNGS w,th Dr. King’s New Discovery fpp f*ouews L L/O.W--J Tiki CoiSc Irsc ABB ALL TlinCAf A .TP tUKOTROLT.LE*. i guaranteed otox I OZi I o-'.'Li ?j CAM YOU SEE AS "V\T. J- Brake YOU ARE SEEN? OPTICIAN •‘See Yourself as Others See You” In order to do this perhaps your eyes need help. The perfect eye is the exception rather than the rule Having taken a regular course in Optics and beiti.r supplied with a complete and first- class outfit, ineluied in which is to be found nothing but the best to be had. 1 am in a po-ition to offer my services to the public, guaranteeing to give perfect satisfaction* or refund all money received. Milledgevillo lias always been an 1 doubtless always will be mv home. Give me a trial and you’ll find that I can save you money; will not "fake” you, then Arab-like "pack my tent and silently steal away.” Office Ora Mm & Woollen's OFFICE HOURS: 9 a. m. to 12—2 p. m. to 5 after March 1st, 1909 THE PREMIUM LIST ADOPTED FOR GEORGIA STATE FAIR To be Held in Macon October 27, to November 6 —Meeting of Directors Last Night For the best, most complete, and most artistically arranged ag ricultural display $1,000 For the second best, as above 700 For the third best, as above 600 For the throe best county displays $200 each COO For the next three beBt county displays, $100 each 300 For the best collective individual agriculturrl display 160 For the second best as above 76 For the largest yield of corn in the ear, 70 pounds to the bush el, proauced on a measured acre of land iop For next largest yield, as above 60 For noxt largest yield, as above 26 For the largest yield of cotton. one bale to bo placed on exhibi- tion 60 For next largest yield, as above 25 IF YOU’VE GOT a little more money than you need for every-day uses, that’s liable to find its way to Wall Street some time—“for goodness’ sake” in vest l 5 cent* of it in the March F. VERY BODY’S and find out how much chance you’ve got in “ the big fellows’ game.” Your l 5 cents will pay you back in $ $ f. R. H, WOOTTEN, For the best display of forage, number of varieties considered, one 76 pound bale of each varie ty to be exhibited 60 For the second best as above 25 HOUSE FOR RENT. Four-room house in good condition for rent. Apply to L. D. Smith. CASTOR OI L>n POWDER) I BamiIS Lnu tT ISSTC LESS Adult., IN Any f I rv BorTII % ODOR Less Liquid ddKod \ BEST AND SAFEST* gig] LAXATIVE KNOW!, At All Dauoqjxjl umm K^AtAliHAtJttAtAtAtMKfHjrdltlMltjlWittiHJItMIlAQH Diozo kixjIis GianMS Diozo Cabinets - $1.00 Phone Disinfectors 50c i-Lpg.-— FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS ' GUARANTEED TO SATISFY PURCHASERS | lEAltLX JKWH-.Y WAKKriKiMJ t llAHI.IHItiN I,AIMAK HUOrWH.'OV AL’fJUHTA TIM'CKIUi HJIOttTBTKftMKD Thr IkMt.rt.1 'm i. WAKKFIFJ.lA Tb* Izulb-l A li*U.- lain FIAT DU It’ll Gru»«. IW KarlimL ^ PUt iinmi \ witty. W Uifcn ikincwua. l+rgml I*u*t <’*M<a C a.l NUtt: In lots of 1 to 4 m. at *1.59 per m., 5 la 8 m. si *1.23 per si. M m. rail over, al tl.M per m. F- O. B. YOliNG’S ISLAND, S. C. Cur Special fixpress Ketea oil Plants Is Very Low. D Wc grew the first Frost I’roof Plants in 1868. Now have over twenty thousand' satisfied customers; and wc hav« grown and sold more cabbage plants than all oilier persons in the Southern states combined. V?MY? becaus* our plants must please or we send your money back. Order now; it is time to set these plants in your sec tion to get extra early cabbage, and they are the ones that sell for the most money. tVm.€.Ge* i!yCO., Box *21 Yoanfl's Island, 5. C Clark iliino 60. AUGUSTA, GA. Manufacturers of the Blue RibDon Winner “Survivor Flour” Al$o Other High-Grade Flours, Mealy Grits and Feed Stuffs. “Survivor” the Blue Ribbon Winner for three consecutive years is the purest, best, most wholesome Hour sold in the maret. Made from selected grains, by the iryost perfect machinery and in one of the sunniest corners of the Sunny South. JULES RIVAL. W. M, DUNBAR President W. B. YOUNG, Vice President Treas. & Gen l M^r. FRANK M. DUNR Secretary. rssszsczzK&&X5 • AiTiiiri»nia-