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THE WEEKLY BANNER VOL. XXVI. * 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. "" v ; 0 i THE CASH HOUSE- % L 15 S THE GEORGIA RAILROAD For information as to Routes, Schedules and rates, both Passenger and Freight, write t' either of the undersigned. You will receive prompt reply and reliable information • C. 0, McMillin, A. G. Jacket n T. P. A. G. P. A. auausta, ga S. E. Magill, 0. D. Cox, Gen’l Agt. Gen’l Agt. ATLANTA, ATHENS, \Y.W. Hardwick, W. C. McMillin C. F - & P. A. Gen’l Agt. . MACON. Aiacon. M. R. Hudson, W. VV. McGovern |T.F. ' &P. A. Gen’l Agt ATLANTA, AUGUSTA. F. T. Hopkins, 'DENTIST. CONYERS, GEORGIA. Work guaranteed. Prices reasonable. Teeth extracted with out pain or bad affects, by use of nitrous ox ie gas, (Laughing with- gas) Over 60,00 1 administrations out a single? dangerous symtom. Office over post office. F. T. Hopkins, I). D. S. iHidsriafnRf aitid ftmkxalmmgj. I am prepared to give prompt satisfactory attention to all who need my services Supply of Undertaking goods complete. Hearses furnished without ex¬ tra charge. W.V. ALMAND. Office Almand Hardware Go's yjiaBM B . EXPErieIce 50 YEABS* KZ • Sg* Trade Marks Designs r ?7VTi^ Copyrights Ac. ^nyono Invention sending n b ketch and description may UOD i« probably patentable. Communica n -et]; confidential. Handbook on Patents * atenta } ree * Uldcet taken agency through for Munn securing & Cc p o. atenta. receive notice, without c harg e, in the KieniWic American. I,ar«8st cir Torms, 13 a 3E Sold by all -newsdealers. Br “<* Office, 62S F St. Washington. D. C. CASTORIA Infanta and Childim hi a* « 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. j j i DR. W. H. LEE j j 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. •V SCHOOL BOOKS 5 fiEiinn, Wnrks pn- nf gjl , 0 £fl WIITlCS Etc p » Inks and pEncfl J 2 fa I E t S SPECTACLES rf **11 _l I IV111ila* J „ EardEn and Flnwar saads. Fine TnhanEn and Elgars. My Soda Fountain will be run both Summer and Winter jiuiUtUH = < 9 W® 1 tf (i § H* IillH | Take THE BANNER. 1