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An Experiment in Co-Operation Dr. Trcderlck Van Endcn, Du ch Scientist and Literary Man, Outlines Plans for Agricultural Colony In North Carolina. (By William J. Hoggson.) Dr. Frederick Van Eeden, the most p.omlnent scientific and literary man In Holland, whoa experiment* In so da! problem* hare been much dis cussed iu papers and magazines dur ing the last few years, baa launched Another venture In co-operation. In two recent visits to this country, I)r. Van K'-deu lectured and wrote about co-operation, and he now propones a cooperative agricultural colony in North C. ollna, the flrat department < f an organization to be known ax the Co-operative Company of Amer ica. Frederick Van Eeden waa bora at Haarlem, Holland, In 18G0, the huh «»f a bulb Ktower and botanist of con siderable reputation. He was graduated from Ihe Uni- worHlty of Amalerdam in 183.1. studied Inedlclne and becamu a pracijslng physician In Amsterdam. Hater in the Kamo city he established with Dr. Van ItcnterKhem, a regular clinic, where for thirteen years, hypnotic suggestion wag aucceaafully applied, not an a cure-all but uh a powerful aid In the treatment of disease. Remarkable Man. Van Eeden's literary activities have been remarkable. Ah a poet, dramatist, novelist and essayist, he has been a leader In Dutch literature. Ills (lYamus have been produced In Ueriln as well as Ills own country, (Uid two of his hooka, "The Deeps of Deliverance" and "The finest," have been published In English. Other works are now being translated. It Is, however. Iu the line of social -x perl men' that Dr. Van Redon has boco.oe most famous. In 1889 he nought land near Amsterdam and founded a colony which he called Walden. Here he offered equality of opportunity nml Individual free dom, but freedom limited by common Inteli at. The divergent views of the various elements gathered together and their unwillingness to submit to Bane mam agement and competent leadership, proved to be the rock on which the wreck of the enterprise waa accom plished. The blttor Irwin learned, the community reorganized uml be gan again and a dozes other co-opera tive centers were ontft'liltailed on Its model, all bound together In a "union for the common ownership of the soli." Did relief Work. In 1903 several thousand families were made destitute hi Amsterdam by the failure of ft railroad strike and Dr. Van Eedon was appointed the head of a committee trt relief for tho unemployed. Dellevlsg 'that co-oper ation Distend of charity Should be the medium, he estnbllsliral co-operative stores mm fnetorios, xurt! gave cm- 'ploymmt Instead of distributing alms. The plan was successful. It aimed at purity of goods, standard prices, gave liberal salaries to employes and rebates to purchasers, retaining ft certain percentage of the net profits to be used in the extension of the business. | The growth of the scheme was so rapid that Ihe difficulty in finding I managers, the Inexperience of the employes and their unfamiliarity with | the duties assigned them, was oppos- ' ed to all business rules for safe de- i velopment and growth. There were lover 40,000 members connected with the enterprise within a year and II was proved conclusively that while philanthropy might be run on busl- 1 ness lines, a business stun as Dr. Van Eeden started could not be safely managed and run purely as a phil anthropy. The result night have been fore seen by anyone with a buslners train ing and when the crash came after public confidence had been lost, Dr. Van Eeden should' red the responsi bility, paid the debts which amounted to over $100,000, and Impoverished himself. Ths enterprse whch was calb-d The (Ttion, Is now on Its feet again and has brunches In several rltles. No-th Carolina Project. Dr Ven Eeden has Interested an advisory hoard of New York business and literary men In the new North Carolina project The active manage ment will ho In ihe hands of u com pel, tit managing director. Numbers of plans have been proposed hereto fore some offering land, some offer ing lard and advice, but Dr. Van Eeden’s Is the first effort in co-opera- I lion that strives to make a combina tion of capital and labor, the ultimate i benefits of which shall revert to the ! workers on the land. It Is an effort | to make Ihe .'armor his own landlord, and give him so satisfactory a return for his labor through co-operation that the temptation to migrate to ' tho city will be removed. It will , lend to rclle'-e the congestion of the ; cities, although at first only settlers of known ability and those who prove ' after Investigation to he fitted to make a success of truck-farming will be admitted. It Is projmspd to raise tho neces sary money ($100,00(1) by offering first mortgage bonds at five per cent, and the land and the Improvements on the land as security. The stock of the company wlli bo divided Into common and preferred. The former for tenants and the latter for pros pective customers. Tennnts may he eligible as stockholders only on rec ommendation of the general mnnnger and acceptance by the ’board of trus tees. They mny then acquire stock representing ownership In the com pany, by purchase or have stock set aside for them, lj be paid out of the earnings The entire details are not yet de-’ elded on, bui the Idea Is that If the company furnishes land, houses, seed and Implements, the settler shall put up a certain amount of money to ward his maintenance, farm supplies and as an evidence of good faith.! He wlli cultivate his land, his crops will be marketed, and the proceeds, less a certain percentage, will be placed to his credit. This percentage will be held by the company for a | sinking rund -for future extens.ons, or for carrying along the colonists over a possible crop failure. Financial Plan. The financial plan on which It Is expected to base the new corporation Is as fellows: There will be two ! kinds of stock, preferred seven per cent (not cumulative) for consumer!: and trustees, and for tenants and | employes, common stock will be Is sued, receiving the entire benefits be yond Interest on bonds and dividends ! nr preferred stock. First mortgage bonds five tier cent, secured by land.' Improvements and all the assets of j the company, wlli be offered to In vestors. The capital of the company) will be $500,000, divided equally be tween common and preferred st-ck,' but It Is expected to make a start on 1,000 seres of land and test the Idea before going further. This will re quire $100,000. The cost of the 1,000 acre tract,! of getting the organization In smooth j running order, of preparing the land,! building the cottages and buildings, together with the seeds, implements, supplies and mules, and of advane lug supplies to colonists for a part j of two years has all been carefully computed. The office expenses and | the cost of Ihe Incidentals such as | taxes, etc., have been anticipated. j and It Ir estimated that the amount mentioned ($100,000) will safely take care of everything until the returns I front tho crops begin to come In. The Income to he derived will be from tho rent of the farms, the com missions on supplies furnished, and j (he handling and marketing of the, products of the farms. Estimated on j a basis of fifty families there should | be, at least, a gross Income of 512, 250. The running expenses, consist ing of the managers' salaries, both local and at thor selling end, and Inci dental costs should not be over $<;,- 750, which would leave a net return of $5,500 with which to pay Interest on the bonds. These figures are based on fifty families, occupying only about half the land. Dr. Van Eeden has already Investi gated a large number of applicants, and out of one hundred and fifty families applying It is believed that I more than fifty will be found up to 1 ihe standard. These families are all T)ntch. Has Land Selected. I The land It Is proposed to Bottle first Is In Pender county North ,'laro- Una. on the Atlantic Coast Line! rail road, about thirty miles north of Wil mington. An option has tx»A!»xob»wln- Milledgeville Man Dined With Cook P.r v. Richard Hamilton, well known j here os being charge of the Mllledge- vllle mission work of the Roman Cath olic church, passed through Augusta Fri day night on his return trip from Eu rope and while he was in Copehagen h? bod the honor of being a guest at a dinner tendered Hr. Frederick A. CjoK of North Pole fam*-. Father Hamilton has many friends In Copehagen and be ing among the visiting Americans In the city at the time of the arrival of Dr. Cook he was Invited to one of the numerous banquets tendered the great explorer. 1 he dinner was tendered by Emil Lo renzo fjottlleh Toburg. and Ambassador Egan, nnd It was quite an elaborate at- falr. several of the meat distinguished schntlsts of Ihe world being presen: Father Hamilton states that virtually everybody believes In Dr. Cook’s stoiy and mere seems to be no doubt wh.it. ever ns to Its nuthentlcltv. Numerous Incidents of the trln to th- frozen lands of the unexplored A HOME OF PALIS AND FLOWERS old nrhlle errltory • gwrall} n»ffrrc*d to as th*-- frown co in- try nnd not charactei lz«*d as **ltlier torn* or water, utlli U 1* »:»M tnc great e:- plorrr Mtutcn tho: It In In no ana eons*, quently by rlgl.t of discovery \s *ne property of the I’nlNd StuU.*. I-’Hthcr Homtlton returned to the I'nlied States via firemen, rominji over on the now ntenmohlp. the Oeorge Was... Ingtnn. which Is one of the moai i iod- ern of nil ocean ffolnK vessel*. Ife talKs Interestingly of the trip uhror.d and. Ilk** t lie people ho h.m been ns^ocl itlnfi with cn the trip, he Is n strc.ns Took advo- cate.—Augusta Herald. “A LITTLE BETTER FOR A LITTLE LESS” -ARE NOW READY—The Re-building, the exchange of the two stores is now ac complished—we have built and planned to make this store a place where it will he easy to shop-our efforts have met with the approval of many --each step has been a step forward--we are now ready to have you call and pass your judgment on same.. To-day we have on display the most complete and varied lines of Dry Goods, Notions, Furnishings and Ready-to-Wear Shown in Middle Georgia. ■» * ♦ THE PLANTER. ♦ ♦ l!y Aloyslus Coll. O A planter came to my fields one da) From over a sunny hill. And said to me In a hopeful way: "Have you any land to till?" "Acres 1 have,” said 1 to him, Of woodland, marsh and moor, Vales where the sun is always dim. And the soil Is rank and poor.” Give me the waste for half the yield,” Said the stranger from the hill. I shared him the barren bramble field, And the marsh 1 never could till. He burned the briar and gathered the stone; He drained the soggy land; He cleared the wood till the sunlight shone Where the ramplcks used to stand. He sowed his seed with a merry song On a day baforo the rain; The day he reaped the sun was strong, And the day he threshed his gralu. "How came It so?’’ I muttered then, Wuen I saw the fertile yield Of the thicket and the watery fen, The vale and the barren field. ’AVhat wizard thou, that thou shouldst reap Such measures of golden grain From the bramble waste and stony steep That 1 sowed with seed In vain?" "No wizard I," said the planter then. As he counted his yield for me; "As I.uek I am beknown to men— My name Is Industry!" —Sunset Magazine. Mr. Robert H. Norris, 56fi East 11th Nt., East Oakland, Cal., writes: "AVo have never had any other mediv.-e but Feruna ia our home since we have been married. "I suffered with kidney nnd bladder trouble, but two months’ treatment with Pcruna made me a well and strong man. ? "My wire felt weak and was easily tired urn was also troubled with vr.r- > ions pains, but since she took Pernna sho is well and strong, A ««H'e ere both very grateful to you end gledly do n o give this unso- f . I Id ted testimonial, feeling that It Is the least n e can do in return for n hat > j f’eruna has done for us. ” ^ Catarrh Entirely Relieved. Mr. Ira Henney, Fairfield, Freestone Oo., Texas, writes: "1 am completely cured of all symp toms of catarrh. “I can truly say that Pernna Is the best medicine 1 ever saw. I will always recommend Peruua to all my friends, for catarrh." Catarrh of Head, Mr.C. Halloek, Antwerp, Ohio,writesT “My daughter Allie, aftor taking three bottles of your Pcruna, Is entirely cured of catarrh of the head of two years’ standing. We recommend Pe- runa to anybody who has catarrh,” Pcruna Is .manufactured by tho Peruua Drug Mfg. Co.,Columbus,Ohio. A FEW DAIRY NOTES OF MUCH IMPORTANCE Before you milk the udder should he wiped with a clean, damp cloth. Don’t put milk where it will freeze or mix warm with cold milk. Keep away from the cows and the milk everybody who Is diseased or has recently be»n exposed to any contagious disease. Throw away all milk that Is bloody or stringy or Into which dirt has fallen. To mix it with the rest would spoil all. Don’t feed dusty hay just before milking or do anything that will pol lute the atmosphere where milking is going on. The milker must wear clean clothes and wash and dry his hands before milking. When milking tob oo must not be usod. . Always milk at'the same hour and with the same system. Irregularities and change in methods disturb the cows and decrease the flow of milk. Trtat the cows gently. Be quiet, hut milk quickly and thoroughly. Re ject the first two or three draws from the teat. If the cow ever eats food strongly flavored like garlic, let this be done Just after milking, go the effect may have time to work off before another milking. FOR SALE. Forty acres of land, just back of Dr. Allen's. For prices and terms ad dress- H. J. Lamar, z21 Second St., Macon, G>* Merchandise of Class Lightning reds have been endorsed by ihe daptrement of agriculture. \l least the weather bureau of that de partment bus Issued a bulletin wrlt-t ten by Prof. Henry In which ho say* that more attention should be given to the matter of prefaction from lightning. He states tU.it fro' .500 to 800 people arc killed, twice as many Injured, and an Immense amount of property destroyed every year by lightning. Prof. Henry be lieves thai Iron rods are as effective as copper, although Iron is not as r>’od n conductor. No doubt many will iake Issue with him on tnis point. The most Important laet Is that as a representative of the department he advocates the use of lightning rods. This endorsement should bring the subject forcibly to the attention of all property owners who are not al ready supplied with rods. W hen we say Merchandise of Class, we do not mean goods that are high in PRICE our prices are always right, but the quality comes first—each article must have merit to back it, the style must be right, and last but not least the price shall be low as possible. Come and see us—Latest Styles, Largest Stock and Lowest prices. B E L I Your Friends, W. S. Myrick & Co. THE STORE OF TO-DAY cd on 10,000 acres, though one tract of about 1.000 acres will he utilized for the proposed colony. The govern ment and other reports on the soil of this section show it to he of the finest character. The rainfall Is plentiful and evenly distributed | through the year. > Transportation facilities are excel, j lent, nnd the farmers being able to market produce from this section ] much earlier than northern growers. I the prices obtained are among the | highest. The feature that the com- | pany will emphasize will be the co- joperative marketing and distribution of the products. That such a colony | should succeed is to a large extent guaranteed by what already has been i done by individuals in this same sec tion and on the same types of soil. ! Within a few miles of the proposed j Dutch colony of Lioba is the thriving Italian colony of St. Helena. The success of the new company | depends on competent farmers, good | land and climate, market facilities, I able and honest management and the ) necessary capital to purchase the ) land and build houses, a store, an 1 assembly hall, and to carry the en- i terprist until after the first crop has been marketed. The architectural features of the houses and the at tractiveness of the surroundings will receive careful attention. ! Dr. Van Eeden expects to live in the colony and to utilize the great amount of experience be has had in co-operative work by instructing the colonists in co-operative methods and aiding the management In every way possible to make a success of the movement. * (•rest sgle o( Boy’s and Children's School Shoes. We are showing the strongest line of Boy's, Misses' and Children's Shoes we have ever own ed He invite your in spection See the Buster Brown line for bovs and pirls. patent, vci and tans $i.oo, $1.50 and $2.00. Quit d uning, and buy the CADET Hose for the bo\s and giils. Every pair warranted. Heavy and medium weight, equal to the 50c value for 25c. Boy's Strong School Suits in olain Trousers and Knickerbockers, $3 to $5, It will pay you to look them over. VVe feel safe in saying we can save you some money. H E. BELL Phone No. 25