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THE WEEKLY BANNER
VOL. XXVI.
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3 From Boston and New Turk!
Our buyer has returned from headquarters where he has been for the past three weeks aud lias bought big shipments of
Dress Goods, Hats, Clothing, Shoes and Notions,
Ynd will mark them at prices that have never been heard here before. These new goods are daily coming in and those who wish to buy
Good Goods and at Lowest Pices, should come to us.
We will sell these goods at small profits. Do not fail to come and see for yourself. Then you can tell your neighbors and we will thank’you.
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ADVICE TO FARMERS
COMMISSIONER O. B. STEVENS*
SPEECH AT RALEIGH FULL
OF GOOD POINTS.
HOW TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
Planter Must Be a Good Business Man.
Improved Condition of the Souther*
Fanner—Cotton Mill Industry.
It is a pleasant feature of this,
second ammal gathering, that we meet
in this historic city, named in honor of
Raleigh, the gallant gentleman whoa#
attempt® at colonization on Wokokon
and Roanoke islands biased the way for
the first permanent English settlement
at Jamestown. His name, and those of
Cavendish, Greenville and Drake, are
closely interwoven with the early his
tory of North Carolina, whose shores
were made romantic by the birth of
Virginia Dare, first child of English pa
rentage bom on freedom’s soil. At Alla
mance sons of the old North State
poured out the first blood that was shed
in resistance to unjust taxation, and
from Mecklenburg county went forth
that ringing defiance to tyranny—the
forerunner of the grand declaration
which proclaimed the birth of the great
republic. On every page of American
history the name of North Carolina
ghines with midimned luster, aud the
aine 0 f her hardy sons will never be
forgotten so long as men remember
King’s Mountain, Yorktown, Gettys
burg and Appomattox. The spirit of
enterprise, too, is abroad in the old
North State, and she walks proudly in
the van of southern industrial progress,
Which, in the last few years, has made
such rapid strides. In Such an illnstri
ous state, and under such favorable aus
pices, we have come with joy to share
the hospitality of your generous sons
and lovely daughters.
Our last annual meeting was held in
New Orleans, the greatest cotton port
and the fourth grain market ip the world
—tne commercial metropolis or lair loti
isiaua, who leads her southern sisters ia
the production of sugar cane aud rice,
At that meeting we spoke of tho condi
tion of bankruptcy and demoralization
into which the farmers of the south have
been aimlessly drifting for years, and I
urged you, the commissioners of the cot
i ton growing states, to call upon your
i people to change their methods of farm
ing. Wc stated also that the work of
reformation had begun, and that the
people of the cotton states were in better
I condition than in former years; that
they had lived more on home supplier,
had been to less expense in making their
I crops, and had received much better
j prices for their products, had hopeful reduced for
I their debts and were more
| the future. It was stated, moreover,
that the crop of 1899 and 1880 was going
j to cost more to market it than did the
i crop of 1898-1899, and it was urged that
we sound a note of warning by telling
our farmers to make small bills; buy for
1 cash, if possible; plant largely of food
j crops, and reduce the acreage in cotton
even below that of last year. We also
said that, if we would again curtail the
use 0 f fertilizers and the acreage iu cot
j ton, and produce might only expect 8 , 000,000 not bales less
■ next season, we
1 than 9 cents a pound for our ootton.
With pleasure was noted the great re
vivalof manufacturing interests in the
*euth. The necessity was urged of
teaching our children in the schools the
elementary principles of agriculture—
facts that have been ascertained by prac
tteal tests at efficiently conducted
aerlmental stations.
The improved condition of southern
farmers, reported at our last meeting,
oontinues with some additional better¬
ment. This is especially true of the
CONYERS, GA., SEP, 19, 1900.
farmers of Georgia, who have Harvested. !
more wheat this year thau in any year
since 1865; it is claimed, than in ^
more,
any other three years since the civil war.
More attention, too, has been paid to
raising supplies of meat, and many a
smokehouse, filled with ham, bacon and
sausage from hogs fed and slaughtered
at home proclaims the southern farmer’s
growing independence of the packing
houses of the \v%st. The peach orchards '
of Georgia have this year been a very
helpful factor in that state. Although
i the crop, as a whole, did not prove as
j remunerative as early indications prom
iscd, yet the money which it put into
j circulation was of great It benefit during thou¬
the dull season. paid many
sands of dollars to laborers employed in
gathering, packing, canning and ship¬
ping the fruit. The total number of
carloads shipped this season from Goor
gia will not be far short of 2,500.
One thing that makes the outlook bet
ter still is the certainty of another short
cotton crop, which promises even better
profits during the coming soason. There
seems to be good reason for the hope
that the all-cotton craze of 1898 will not
again seize the farmers of tho south,
who, from sad experience, should know
j that the thing of greatest importance is
to raise, first <at all, food supplies, and
cultivate their cotton within a profitable
limit. Our export and import trade for
the year closing June 30, 1900, was the
largest ever known. This is due mainly
to the increase in exports of manu
factored goods for the domestic pro
ducts, breadstuffs, provisions, cotton and
mineral oils exported, the value of
which was $765,361,798, while above
hat of the moVious 12 months, is be low
that of 1897 and 1 ••98, when om export
of domestic products amounted to $807,-
818,581. In that year wc exported t .j
; prodigious total of $324,708,060 of brcn.l
stuffs, a figure which we have nut
reached since. In the matter of
exports, however, there has been a de
cided improvement; and it contains a
valuable bin* fee the south, for during
the past 12 months we received $241 -
066,165 for our cotton, or $32,053,3
more thau for the previous yea !• al -
though we shipped over 2,000,600 bales
! less. The farmers got more for a short
j crop thau they would have received point for
a large one, aud it is needless to
j out that the cost of harvesting, market
ing and shipping the crop was materially
reduced. This is on the right line. Our
people should always so manage as to
have the balance of trade in our favor,
The wonderful progress made by the
south in cotton manufacturing still con
j tinues. the Boston According Textile to World, figures tho collected north
j by
j had in 1890 exactly 12,721,341 spindles,
while the south had 1,828,982. Now
the north has 15,242,504 spindles,
while the south has 5,815,429. The in
crease in the south for the last decade
is, therefore, 217 percent, and for the
j north 19.8 per cent. South Carolina
j comes third in the Union, after Massa¬
chusetts aud Rhode Island, with 1,794,-
657 spindles; North Carolina is fourth,
with 1,429,540 spindles; New Hampshire
fifth, with 1,343,923, and Georgia sixth,
with 1,218,504.
If The Textile World is correct in its
figures, then South Carolina stands first
: among the southern states in the mun-
1 ber of spindles; North Carolina, which
we know is first in the number of mills,
stands second in the number of spindles;
while Georgia is the third ootton manu
factoring state of the south, unles the
product of her mills exceeds in value
that of either of her Carolina sisters,
which was the case in 1890. But what
should especially please every member
of this convention is the fact that the
whole south is marching on to the goal
°f industrial independence. For the sea
son of 1899 and 1900 the south, for the
| first time in its history, fixed the price of
J cotton. If the growth of the cotton mill its
i industry in the_ south continues at
'present rapid rate, with the consequent
increased consumption by the southern
m ills, we may confidently expect that
<jq 10 sou th will henceforth be able to fix
tHe price of. her own great staple. There
| Sj as yet, no sign of a check in this do
yelopmeut, which, even in the time of
business depression, was marvellous. Of
courso i am mos t familiar with my own
state- There the growth of the cotton
industry since the beginning of the pres¬
ent year is beyond all precedent. I
Twenty or more now mills are now in
process of construction. One of them is
the great cotton factory at Gainesville,
Ga., which, when fully equipped, will
represent an investment of $ 1 , 000 , 000 .
The possibilities of the soil and cli¬
mate of the south are such that ours
ought to be the richest section of the
Union. Considering the overwhelming
disasters that were the outcome of the
great, civil war, and the difficulties that
have beset^ur people since its close, the
farmers o^Tlie south have done well.
For their long and heroic struggle of 35
years, and for the difficulties which
they have overcome they deserve all
praise. But the success of some up-to
date southern farmers, whore the best
methods have been employed, has been
hardly less phenomenal. This is a day
of ‘progress on all lines. The farmer
connot afford to be behind the mauu
facturer. Old methods must give way
to better and newer ones. When some
enterprising farmer proves that soil of a
certain kind can be made to produce 40,
50 and over 60 bushels of wheat to the
acre, aud with a largely increased profit,
after deducting the necessary expense
of bringing his land up to such a state of
productiveness, no other farmer with as
good soil should be satisfied to pursue
old methods, or be content with a yield
or f roal u) to 15 bushels to the acre.
x^t us hope far active, vigorous, persist
>;i , COUJ petition on this line among all
f armerH 0 f the south. A friendly
rivalry will do much to increase our ag
vieultural products, and build up the
wealth of our section. In nearly all
sections of the Cotton States the greater
proportion of the beef and butter con¬
sumed in our towns comes from the
north and west. So long as this is the
case, there will be an urgent call for
improvement.
In view of the fact that the per capita
production of the farmers of the south
is only $177, while in New England it is
$317, and in the west $519, we venture
the suggestion that there must be some¬
thing in otfr system which needs im¬
provement. Might not some changes in
our farming methods bring about the
raising of more grain and grasses, more
vegetables and fruit, more and better
beef cattle, more milk, butter and
cheese, more pigs and sheep, more ready
money in the pocket*; of our farmers,
more prosperity to the agricultural
classes; hence more plenty, contentment
aud happiness among all classes of our
population?
Active, coutinmous, intellgont super
vision of'all the labor on the farm is
necessary to success. Every farmer
should keep an account with his land,
charging it up with all that it costs him,
and giving it credit for all that it pays.
The same business methods which make
she successful merchant or manufaotu
rer, wiil make the successful farmer ;
No bank stock or railroad shares, city
state or government bonds, will pay
such heavy interest on the in vest moat
as a well managed farm. One of th«
great needs of the day is the formation
in every county of a farmers’ instigate
or club, in which may be discussed the
best methods of agriculture, the latest
and best machinery for labor-saving,
and other thing;.; of interest and profit
lo the farmers. Industrial education it
^ necessary to the farmer as to the me
Nature studies should form a
prominent part of the eirricnliims of or?
Continued on fourth page.
NO. 35.
TO MY PATRONS.
I wish to extend my thanks to one and all lor the gen
erous patronage given me in the past, also to assure all
that when in need of a first-class turn-out the same can be
found at my Stables, If you wish to buy or trade horses
or mules, see me.
Respectfully,
Idus L, Langley.
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WANTS HIS FHfKiVDS AND CUSTOMERS TO BEAB
IN MIND, THAT HE KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND
A LuJJ. 810(,-K OF T.Hl£ FOLLOWING GOODS OF
THE VERY BEST QUALITY, AND WILL MAKE IT
10 THE JR INTEREST TO TRADE WITH HIM.
Pi Ire Drugs arid Medicines
Paints, Oils and Varnishes,
Window Glass and Putty,
Larnps and Unrip Oils,
Machinery and Harness Oils.
Fancy Choice and Toilet Articles
Toilet Perfurn'es,
A and Laundry Soaps,
large stocp of Writing Paper,
Envelopes, Inks, Pens arid Pencils.
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