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Rhode Island Reds and White Wpanfloites Eggs from Prize Winners at Atlanta, Macon and Charleston, absolutely pure bred from highest class stock. Raise the best and make profit. ritlCKS: — $1.60, $:t 00 nnd tf.'» 00 per selling of 1.1 eggs. Try them and he convinced. Address— rp^' r L Rhea Haynes Jeurria By ,1. C. JkcAuliffe. R H. Plant, %Jr., Macon, ja. For Lame Back n aching back is instantly relieved by an ilication of Sloan's Liniment. i ’liis liniment takes the place of massage and better than sticky plasters. It penetrates— without rubbing—through the skin and muscu lar tissue right to the bone, quickens the blood, relieves congestion, and gives permanent as well as temporary relief. Sloan’s Liniment has no equal as a remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, or any pain or stiffness in the muscles or joints. Price 25o., SOc, and $1.00. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass., U- S. A. hloHii'a book on hor«*«, cattle, aheep ami poultry amt free. HOGLESS LARD) * It is a recognized fact that no “Snowdrift” user ever uses any other cooking-fat, for “Snowdrift” — the Standard of quality— is purity itseli, made by Nature in tlie green fields of the Sunny South. The top-most grade of cotton seed oil re lined by our original Wesson process. No hog-lard in it. Wholesome, eco nomical, digestible, healthful. As good as butter for all cookiug purposes, and much cheaper. . THE • SOUTHERN COTTON ■ OIL • CO !Sh'c'w lork:\ivanvaJhMtia rta Orleans Chicasso), I love to tell the old stories told me by old folk, for somehow they’re passing away rapidly, and never again will there come an era like the one which has passed in the Iasi fifty years. In the Southland, es pecially on the farms. It Is crowded with memories exquisitely delicate and yet courageous. These old folk of the farm, God bless them, know more about life and Its vicissitudes than most of tis younger people can learn even If we live to be a century old Their experiences are varied and the changes they’ve wltnesseu are so great that, painter will never portray them nor poet ever slug songs sweet- enough to record thel- deeds of love and valor. There is more sorrow and pathos wrapped up In these old stories than can be told In a thousand years of writing. Aching hearts and bleed ing hands, struggles almost endless nnd difficulties almost unsu.muunta file have confronted them, but u u w— well, they’re passing away to the land where these changes will noser come. I don’t believe I'll ever forget a re cent visit made a few miles Into the country, Into a strange aectlon, among strange people. The know about me In a way, and somehow they acted familiar—kindly like the homo folk—and Incidentally 1 wns left alone with a very old lady, wbo way seme wbut III and waiting for a doc tor. The winter was on tho decline, and the glorious sunshine, like that of spring, stole like a benediction Into the room, and we talked In the goo.l old-fashioned way, mostly about the other dayB on the farm. Before uj stretched out great areas of treeless plains, barren hills greeted the eyo here and there, and gullies defaced the earth. She was past the three score and ten years, and occasionally a far-away look would come Into her eyeB. “I used to know the time," she said, "when all these hills were dollied with giant treerf and the meadows were luxuriant with grass. Hut what chunges have come, almost as great as In my life; for 1 used to bo lighthearted nnd gay, and now I am traveling on to the time when l shall sleep In a gruve on the gr#en hillside," 81ie owned vast expanses of land hut through Ignorance she allowed It to go to waste, and from all her possessions she received only barely enough income to keep the household together. ller story was pathetic but I could not find heart to tell her t was her own mistake, for In a few short months, perhaps with the com mg of another winter. 1 felt sure she would come to her resting place, llut over on the top of a hill a solitary grove, with u little country school house In Its midst, broke the mono tony of the view, and n little slip of i girl, scarcely twenty years olu was teaching. 1 could have told her thsi from the little house of learning, one if*Georgia’s common schools, this same little teacher was instructing the pupils In agriculture and torestrv, md from the youngest of the student body 1 could select o:ie who know .note about ao.l preservation and re torcsiathn thr.ii she knew with nil her years to her credit. I refrained from doing Is true. The forests are have gone, and the who! needs study nnd care nlom It is time all the schools \ ins these essential elements time Is near at hand when in this line will hi'* sorely so, hut I going, o count r. this Mu*, ere teach for the duration coded. and hay is going to cause many of them to grow an expensive crop this season, but they are preparing now for a different system of farming for next season. They will plant more corn and hay than ever before, and cotton will surely take a second place with hundreds of farmers. People are beginning to realize that back of all happiness stands the eter nal question of home, and when that Ib firmly impressed iuto the minds the farmers there will he a different Idea prevailing over the country at large. There Is no reason why a farmer should neglect to have a good garden because he wants to put all his time on a cotton patch. It is to the Interest of the family, for health’s sake, for < conomy’s sake, and for a dozen other reasons, to have a good garden. Then there Is the sweet potato patch, the sorghum o' sugar cane patch and a dozen other little things to he considered. There are lot8 of farmers who don’t even have a watermelon patch and have to depend on the uelghbots to get a few during the summer. Hut it’s time this was being changed and, thank goodness, there are more farmers changing in this wuy than over before. Farmers down Georgia way are al ready getting ready for the fair. The State fair will undobutidly he held at Macon this year and an elegant pre mium list has already bedn d -elded upon hv the fair people. Starting In time Is a great thing in having a fair, and the folk out in the contry will have a great time at .Macon this Jjjur, for everything possible for their comfort will be carried out. Over In Augusta the Georgia Caro lina fair Is going to he another great tiling, and the members of the Savuu huh Valley Farmers' association which organization Is hack of the en terprise, will put on a splendid show tills season; they have been doing It every year for the past three seasons and they will keep it up. The fairs are great educators and should be encouraged, for every sec tion, every county, needs them atiJ tbi more of them the better. The city folk and country folk want to get to gether In the work.—Home and Farm. WANTED-A RIDER AGENT Model "fUncfr" hicy III EACH TOWM and district to _ __ rid* and exhibit a items everywhere are makinc money fast. I* ’rite /or full Particulars asui spri.il offer at once. NO MONEY KKQl'IKKU until you receive and approve ot your bicycle. We ship —D anyone, anywhere in the U. S. without a cent t ’ allow TUN DA VS’ FREE TIUAL donor « pul it to any test you wish. It you are then Keep the bicycle *<»p it t FACTORY PRICES at one small profit above actual factory cost. You save fi< to $2S middlemen s profits by buying direct of uv and have the manufacturer's guar antee behind your bicycle. DO NOT lit Y a bicycle or a pair o< tires from anyone at any price until you receive our catalogues and iearo our unheard of factory Prices and remarkable special offers to rider agenU. VOtt WILL BE ASTONISHED study our suj>erb models at the wonderfuljt low prices we can make you this year We sell the r.ighest grade bicycles for less money than any other factory. We are satisfied with fi oo profit above factory cost. BICYCLE Dh.VI.FILS, you **30 sell our btcyncs under your own name plate at I or prices. Orders filled the da/ received. . iKCOND If AND ltl( Yf.’LLM. We do nof regularly handle second hand bicycles, but 'usually luve a number on hand taken in trade by our Chicago retail stores. These we clear out ^promptly at paces ranging Jmm S'd to SM nr 910. Descriptive bargain lists mailed free. uported roller rtmfui* and pedals, parts, repairs and COASTER-BRAKES, VffX Notice the thick rubber tread and puncture strips “li” M D," also rttn strip M H” to prevent rlm cutting. This tire will outlast any other make -HOFT. ELASTIC and fc!AJ*¥ lllDINO. US HED6ETH0RH PUNCTURE-PROOF S S§0 SELF-HEALING TIRES fo fuiROSHtO e^OMLT The regular retail price of these tires is per pair, but to intr.niuce U< will veil you a sa mpie pair for $4 Wrath Xv it harder $4 HO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES NAILS, Tack* or <ilas* will not let the atr out. Sixty thousand pair* sold last year. Over two hundred thousand pairs now in* use. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sixes. It is lively 1 and easy riding.vervtlur ablcand lined inside with 1 , a special quality ot rubber, which never tiecotue* porous and which closes up small punctures w ithout allow ing the air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from satis- fiedcustomers stating that their tireshaveonlybeen pumped up once or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin specially piepared fabric on the tread. The regular price of these tires is J8 soper pair,but for advertising purpose* we are makings Special factory price to the rider of only $4 So per pair. All orders shipped same day etter is received. We ship C. O I), on approval. You do not psy n cent until you have examined and found them strictlvws represented. We will allow a c»*h discount of 5 per cent (thereby making the price S4.AA per pain if you aend FULL CASH WITH OKUhU and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel plated brass hand pump. Tires to l»e returned at OlHt expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We ate perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as safe as in a bank. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than an> tire vou have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleaded that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. mg" iir-rn VitSMTC? don't buy any kind at any price until you send for a pair of ** » C/Z# #Y£l£1J f rntO lirdgethorn Puncture-Proof tires on approval and trial at the special introductory price quoted aliove; or write for our big Tire and Sundry Catalogue which describes and quotes all makes and kinds of tires at about half the u*ua! prices. r\fm §Jt{\TT ia/jN iy but write us a poatal today. DO NOT THINK OF HUYINO a bicycle PB9J i wwTAlt or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new aud wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW’. J. L MEAD CYCLE COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL Managing an Incubator BUILDING UP THE EGG RECORD HENS Plan For Keeping the Standard Way Up Above the Average Point. The summer time Is just ahead. Georgia's winter has hardly been j more than a spring dream and only i [couple of real cold spells have broken | the charming weather. The grass is springing up everywhere, the flow ers of springtime are showing above tho ground, the peach trees are in bloom and once again It seems that prosperity and plenty Is on the way. Last year wasn't such a good year with Georgia farmers, and many of them made a sort of a failure with their work. The high price of grain # Baldwin 60. Brick & PotteruCo.* * tfi Is now fully equipped 10 furnish you with bezt grade Brick in any ’quantity fiom one to as many thousands as ia needed. Size i^x-ixS. These brick are guaranteed to be first class in every respect. Coirespondence solicited. EMMETT L. BARNES, MANAGER." OILLEDOEVILLE. OA. 3 3 S J '»» V. hi It Is n (Hwnsrntlvsly slmuls m.lhnit by the me of trap nests to weed ou; the drones and select the host layers of the flock And It Is common!', supposed that by mating the best lav ers With male birds bred from sltni Inr high egg producers a strain of fowls could be bred that yould pos scss the desired quality of heavy lay ing. Tills is a nice theory, hut th simplicity of the method is its chief and pcsslbly its only, recommenda Hun. In 1S98 the Me. experiment station undertook a breeding experiment to list tho el’cve statement. After- pin yean of ver;, careful and painstaking woTk by the late Prof. Gowelt, and keeping thousands of record ' of dally egg production, we must conclude that the experiment answers the questions In the negatvo. The proportion of drones and of high egs producers remains relatively the same. Although the health of the flock has been maintained at a high point, and tho fowls have been kept under the best methods of feed ing. housing and management kuovrn Jo scientific and practical poultry keeping, the cnnuul egg yield has not been maintained but shows a slight ly downward tendency. We must conclude, therefore, that the method of selecting high egg pro ducers by this process to produce a strain of high egg producers is no: the right way to achieve this end. The important factor of inheritance and of transmission of the qualities possessed by the sires and dams hss been overlooked In this experiment. The investigation will be continued along these lines. in the meantime, we must not bt discouraged nor give up trying to Im prove our flocks. The trap nest is invaluable in picking out the drones and we can increase profits by dis posing of those fowls that do not pay their way. Better methods of man ag> ment will make the hens lay more eggs, and the selection of fowls of strong constitution will Improve the health and vitality of those we raise. Even though we keep a few drones and give only ordinary care, the bal ance sheet will show at the end of th ■? year that, for the time and monjyr ex pended. the fowls have paid a great- tr profit than anything on the farm. —Farm and Home. Running the Incubator i n a close stuffy room Is one of the thtr.gs that wlli cause the chicks to die in the shell. A draft Is not good for the In cubator, but It must be kei t in a well ventilated room, and there should he no fire In the room. There Is not enough life giving fresh air In a heated room. The embryo chick requires an abundant Supply of oxy gen after the first week of incuba tion to make vigorous growth. This can only be secured by the atmos phere surrounding the incubator and frequent airing in fresh air. Neglecting to keep the temperature of the Incubator at the proper do gree is often responsible for the kill ing of chicks In tho incubator. And it is detrimental to open the door too often during tho hatching pe riod. Some Incubators arc so constructed that moisture must be added, espe cially during the last days of Incuba tion. t . insure the chicks getting out of the shells. When the membrane or egg lining Is dry and hard—(holds the chick a prisoner) you may be sure moisture Is needed whether the chicks are under a hen or in an In cubator. The eggs may be sprinkled with almost hot water, toward the last days of incubation. Some claim a better way Is to dtp a soft piece of cloth out of very warm water and spread over the eggs when hatching time draws near. However, judg ment must be used in applying mois ture. Too much dampness in tho at mosphere rf tho egg chamber will lit erally drown the chicks In the shell Tile eggs will be mere fertile and the chicks will not he so apt to die in the shell if the breeders can have free range. If fer any reason they must be confined, make them work nnd scratch fi r what they eat to keen | them from getting ovcrfnt. And if possible extend the t.rea < f the breed ers yard If the spure Is limited. lie not too ready, reader, to lay the b’.ffme on the incubator it you have fniled to get a good hatch. Next time be sure you understand and have compiled with, the rules cf nr tiflclal incubation and that the eggs you uso are hatchable. Then if your machine Is reliable there will be few chicks fail to get out of the shell Buy Kirgans Side Meat at L. E. Greene’s. It Is disheartening to care for an I incubator three weeks and then have J many of the chicks die in the shell. I Some In the early stages of incuba- I tlon and others after being fully de- ! veloped and the egg pipped. There j Is no effect without a cause. Let us consider some of the various cause's I and perhaps suggest a remedy for I this trouble. j If your breeders are diseased, over fat, Inbred or out of condition many of the eggs will contain germs so weak that embryos will di« the first or second week of incubation. Some may have enough vitality to keep them alive llli hatching time, but tho chicks will not be strong enough to break the shell. Some of the new Incubators have au tomatic moisture regulators, said to control the degree of humidity. Too many eggs In the incubator is as bad a mistake as too many chicks In the brooder. Piling the eggs up on the Yrays so there will be a ma chine full after eggs are tested is a practice that usually results In a large per cent cf the chicks dying in the shell. At least this is our ex perience. Putting dark shelled and white shelled eggs In the same machine, and using overly large or under sized eggs lessens the hatch. YES—YOU CAN BUY THINGS MORE CHEAPLY AT ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MARY’S LITTLE HEN Against the wolf before the door Mary had a little hen Vpon her little farm, ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ It proved to be her charm, Each day it lay a little egg. Which Mary sold at town, And thus she bought her gro ceries, And now and then a gown. The years passed by and Mary paid The little mortgage due. And sent her girl to boarding school. Her boy to college, too. She has a nest egg In the bank And even keeps a cook. And everything about her has A thrifty, well-kept look. Says she, to those who dally fail .With needle, brush and pen: "If you would do as well as I, Just keep a little hen." ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ A STORE 1 THAT X ADVERTISES! * If you were a merchant, would n’t you rather fell a thousand yards of silk in a day. at a protit of 10c a yard, than to soli (with out advertising) fifty yards, at a profit of 25ets a yard? Isn’t it plain that in all such instances the buyer gets the ben efit of the ’’volume of business” which advertising enables the merchant to do? • The money cost of a journey— long or short—by stage coach (not to count time, < r comfort) was greater than that of a pres ent day journey bv railway. The “old ways” of doing thing wet a not even CHEAPER. —o— The cost of thirga in an old- fashioned store nowadays is greater than in the progressive stores—the advertised stores. It’s not even CHEAPER to pat ronize the non-progressive mer chant—not to count the unwis dom of helping make it possible for reactionary and non-progres sive merchants to still “do busi ness'” MORAL- Trade with Advertisers in 1HENEWS.