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FALL SHIPMENTS - WINTER GOODS !
J. J LANGFORD & SONS.
Our fall shipments of new and stylish goods are arriving and we are making every preparation to accommodate the people this tall, We will sell low for
cash and will be able to show the best in
Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Dress Goods.
Our heavy groceries, family groceries and General stock will be kept complete We are carry
ing the handsomest line oi Silverware ever brought to Conyers. We expect to male prices as low
as we possibly can and invite all to trade with us.
IN THE COTTON MARKET.
We will be in the cotton market and will be glad to offer you the best price possible for your
cotton. BE SURE TO CALL ON US.
J. J. LANGFORD <fc SONS.
to
taught . , . to , . know something . . of . nature’s ,
ways, „ and , in . special . , schools , . the farmer ,
should , ,, prepare for , , hia profession, . just . aa
the physician, . the .. , lawyer, the . preacher
or the mechanic does , for .. his. .. .A. This • is • a
day , of „ machinery, . . the . prop** , handling ...
ot , which , ■ , demands , , education. . Nowhere , T
does . machinery . . . better _ tliau the ,
pay f on j
farm, • provided ■ , » it , bo wisely . , bought , , . aud _ j
judiciously managed.
1 here is a much mono general use of!
farrn moolunery in the west tliau in tbs
south Ibis ought not so to be. Afarmor
eon no more afford to be behind the age
than can a man engaged in any other
business. In the physical as well as in
the spiritual worlif growth is life, stag.
nation is death. The old methods
no longer do. If southern farmers kubw
ned tiio methods by which their broth-.
ren of tho north aud west grow prosper
ou* ,uu * r ' t; k, then must they leum. If
capitalisU from the outside should come .
into auy largo section of the south and [
bnv up oui layds and rent them to our !
people, those sections would bo in the •
condition of Ireland. To you, Southern !
Oommiasioucrs of Agriculture. I appeal.
Lot ns urge tho farmers of our respective
•fates to work uikiu strict business prin¬
ciples, to live within their means, ta
•hnn debt as the open door to ruin, nud!
lo feel that it is their duty to their fam
ilioc, to their country and to their God
to improve tho opportunities given them.
The farmer serves his generation basil
Who brings his land to tho highest stato
of fertility and productiveness, and will
be jiraisfd accordingly as he makes it
yield 80, (10 or 100 fold. Let us impress
upon them, also, the important truth
Chat variety of products means increase
of wealth. In the great cotton belt, es¬
pecially, do they need to bo warned
against putting all their trust in one
mop and neglecting others. If wo were
called upon to point out the state whoso
lands command tho highest prices, we
would pnt oar Huger ou those whose ag¬
ricultural products tuid occupations are
the most varied; where stock farms,
dairios and creameries abound; whore
all the grains aud grasses give food
*0 man mid beast; whose market gar¬
dens, truck farms aud orchards supply
she gi.wt cities of our country, with veg¬
etables and fruit. Those .states in which
lands sell at lowest figures are tho ones ?
in which King Cotton, with despotic;
sway, throttlos all other crops and in-]
dustries. And yet vvhen tho farmer
r.iises his own food supplies of every
kind, aud plants his cotton on a
well calculated basis of supply aud de- !
Miami, it is the greatest money crop in
the world, a gift of God, whiok, right
ly managed, will make its people ... rich,
and bless the Liud that gave it birth. So, j
whatever our greatest crop be—sugar I
oaite, rice or tobacco — let ns add thereto
all tho cereals atu! grasses, the raising
of the host breeds of stock, that our
ht.aea and mules may be strong to la
bv.r, our oat tie such as yield the best
beef and milk; our other farm animals,
sheep, gouts, swine aud poultry in goad
condition, to supply tho varied wants of
ir.au. Then, with dairies to supply tho
richest milk, and creameries to turn it
it; o butter and cheese, wo of the south
shall have tho greatest farming country
in the world.
Progress must ba tho watcliword of
she farmers of the o ith, and progress
consists in finding out the best methods
and adopting them. Let tho farmer
di.igeatly give attention, and what he
1 f“” tenC “
in.s children at home, and thou send
them .. to . school, , , where . that . , education .
, be continued ., , and , enlarged. , . _ No T
can
other profession , . , brings . into . , sncli ,
1 man
close , with ... nature, . and ,
communion
through , , nature man can best look up to
nature’s t , God ,, , aud . hold , ,, communion with ...
the of all light , . and , ... life,
source
General ., Phil Oook, , one of ... the most
gallant of the heroic men who, in tiie
times that tried men’s souls, se nobly
|u us t ra ted Georgia 011 tho sacred soil of
the old Dominion—a man who had been
fttrmfcr> i ftwyer> soldier, representative
^ cougl . ess au< i secretary of state of I
Goorgift _ wheu usUed what Uuo of buai .
n(Wa rcquired tho g^atest exercise of
intelligoncet unhesitatingly replied:
„ That of tho farmer.” Cicero, the
great Romall orator , H enator and tur¬
mm . coufjidorcd agriooltnro the noblest
occupation of man. Indeed, tho first bus
j m , SH which the Creator Himsolf ap-
1>oillted lliaI1( was fa rmiug: “And the
Uml God took the man aU(1 put him
^ ut0 t he garden of Eden to dress aud to
koej| R
A higb oalliug is 0Ul . f1> f armor s of the
mnth Qur land> tho fairost that 0 - m ,
tho sun shone upon, with beautiful di
versify of mountain and valley, hill and
dale, watered by noble streams, with
uplands cooled by mountain zephyrs,
and coastal plains, tempered by breezes
from the Atlantic aud the gulf, is great
in her developed resources, greater in
hei possibilities of soil, climate and
varied productions, but greatest of all in
her people of horoio mould, so ready to
defend the right ami grapple with v.i'.at
ever difficulties beset their path; law
abiding, conservative and God-fearing
to a degree not often seen in these days
of social unrest and glo.nuy skepti -iam.
In our rural population is tho best hope
of the south.
Finally, let us so train aud educate
•ur boys and girls that they may love
tho old homestead aud be attracted to
the farm, with its snowy cotton aud the
golden well-bred, grain; well-kept its meadows stock; filled orchards! with j
its
laden with luscious fruit, its streams so
guided and directed by a 111 : 1 -ter hand
as to irrigato, when necessary, each
thirstv piece of ground; its farm implo
meats of tho best make, mil kept in the
best condition; vervthing nb.art the
place indicating thrift, prosperity and
ro{iuomout
AS TO SHREDDING ,T7T COt-Lv.
i
Ag’rW'iiittirul Department Make-Com
prchcHsive Reply to un Inquirer.
Question.—W ill you picnic give me
sonic information i:i regard >0 corn
shredding?
y.n>tio:u an. Answers. U w ■
Colonel R. J. Redding, DLrocto:*, Geor
gia Experiment Station, answered a sim
liar question some time since as follows:
No. 1 . In wliat stage did you cat the \
corn for the shredder ? j
Anuswer. About one week later than '
fodder^ the stave at which f >i r u r llv “null
No. n7 2. > tt How muon can six . minds , , cut ,
am » o. k in one day .
Answer. Six hands cau cut and shock
a given area of corn as quickly as they
could pull the fodder and “take it up,”
and stack it and haul it to the barn. In
shocking it will be necessary to have a
sort of a rough frame or “shocker, ” in
order to enable oue person to reach the j
top of the shock. This “shocker” is
made by taking piece of Sxl scantling 12
or^4 feet long, putting two legs in one
euar * or o reet rong, -ometmng use cue
legs to a “saw-horse. ” The legs are put
in so that they can be taken out easily,
and about 3 feet from where the legs are
inserted, iuch augor hole is bored
through the piece of timber, and a light
pin 4 feet long is loosely inserted to the
middle. This “shocker” is set up on its
foot, the piu inserted aud the corn is laid
in bundles in the four angles thus
formed, enabling the man who shocks
and ties to stand upon it, aud reach the
top of the shock to tie it. By withdraw
»ig the loose pin aud two legs, it can be
easily moved to the next shock
3rd. About how many stalks did you
put in a shock?
Answer. About 150 to 200, according
to size of stalks.
4th. What did you uso to tie tho tops
together with?
Answer. Common bagging twine,
such as is used'in bailing cotton.
5th. How long did you let the shocks
of corn remain in tho field boforo haul¬
ing fliem tip aud shredding?
Answer. Until fully dry. The time
will depend on the weather. Last year
it so happened there was no rain on the
shocks for four weeks, by which time
the corn was fully dry and ready for the
crib aud the stalks dry enough for the
shredder. Caro should be taken, how
over, that the stalks be entirely dry,
otherwise tho shredded stalks will not
keep well if put away in bulk,
lith. What per cent did tho shredder
shuck clean as it snapped the oars oil
tho stalks?
Answer. We did not use the snapping
roll, but used tho large feed roll. We
shucked out the coni from the shock,
leaving the shacks ou the stalk.
7tli. Did any of the ears of corn dam
age *>Y cutting aud shucking in the
the field?
Answer. No.
8 th. Were tho ears of corn as heavy
os when left on the stalks tho “old
way?
Answer. Wo did not actually weigh
the ears and mako a tost t> see if there
was any loss of weight of the' ears of
corn in the shocks as compared with
ears allowed to dry on the stalks, but
from previous experiments I am pve
pared to say that the loss will be very
small, ifai yatall; andif the ears should
be lighter, the loss of weight in the eat
will bo compensated by increased weight
in stover, s i that there is no loss.
9th. Did tho stock eat the shredded
sdl p <s w itr. a relish?
Answer. Yes—especially cattle.
10 th. How much par aero dc you
think is saved by cutting and shredding
the stalks against “palling the fodder,”
and saving corn in the Mold way?’
Answer. According to our estima
tion. based upon actual weighings, oui
corn making as much as 30 to 40bushels
to the acre, there will be saved by shred
ding the corn stalks about 40 pounds foi
each bushel of corn, and these 40 pounds
will bo worth not less than $10 to $12 pel
ton, or about 20 cents for every busheL
This does not include the shucks nor the
blades, but it is intended to include:
tbe tic Id when stalks fodder that are ugually j
left iu is stripped
od - j u tbe usual way.—Georgia Agri
cultural Department.'
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I will pay rile hard cash for
MUiCivtuis , . x and Also
eggs. green and
dry hide.-,
H Bent iy, at Post Office. i
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HAS A VARIED CLIMATE.
Cartons Meteorological Conditions
ot the Island of Saghalien.
Saghalien, off the eastern coast of
Siberia, presents a very curious anom¬
aly of climate. The island is bathed
by two cold ocean currents, and in
winter nothing protects It against the
Icy northwest winds comlug from Si¬
beria. At the sea level the snow falls
continually and stays on the ground
till the end of May, and the seashore is
very cold. Further inland, however,
especially as we go higher up, the
climate is modified—just the opposite
to what is observed elsewhere. It has
often been observed in Siberia and in
central Europe that In winter the cold
Is greater In the plains and the valleys
and that the highlands have a sensibly
milder temperature; It Is as if the
denser cold air accumulated in the low¬
lands.
The cold air accumulates in the low
regions of the island, and on the coast
the higher regions have a more elevat-
ed temperature. So it happens that the
lower parts have an arctic vegetation,
while the intermediate altitudes have
2LSr2X4 l *1TS!L”SS
pine, the tir, abound in the low regions
and form often impenetrable forest*,
but toward the center of the island ap- t
pear bamboos, hydrangeas, azalias and
other plants that one is greatly sur
prised to meet, and whose presence
can be explained only by the altogether
abnormal climatic conditions of the
island.—Newcastle (Eng.) Chronicle.
A Lincoln Story.
The Rev. Mr. Alcott of Elgin, Ill*.,
one of Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield
acquaintances, tells of seeing him com¬
ing away from church unusually early
one Sunday morning, “TUe sermon
could not have been more than half
way through,” says Mr. Alcott. “His
son, Tad,' was slung across his left ,
arm like a pair of saddlebags, and
Lincoln was striding along with long
and deliberate steps toward home.
“On one of the street corners he en¬
countered a group of his fellow towns¬
men. Lincoln anticipated the question
which was about to be put by the
group, and, taking his figure of speech
from practices with which they were
only too familiar, said, ‘Gentlemen, I
entered this colt, but he kicked around
so 1 had to withdraw bim. » tt
A Lckkou.
At a lesson in a medical college the
other day one of the students, who was
by no means a dullard, was asked t -
the professor, “How much is a dot
of-?” (giving the technical name r
a strong poison).
“A tenspoonful,” was the reply.
The professor made no comment, but
the student, a quarter of an hour later,
realized that he had made a mistake,
and straightway said:
chauge my
ans ' y er to that question.”
' to ° * a ^ e s * r >” responded the
’
P r y tt,ss or curtly, looking at his watch,
01 ^' nutes our patient ’~ Lon don has^ Telegraph, been dead 14
*
maD J® matter ls lf t,ie how S oss| bright P s discover and sensible he U a
'
the remarkS that h@
* l! l Dot have far to go.-Atcblaon
Globe.
The Buncombe cabbage, of whiob
much is heard recently, is, according to
* Southern Cultivator correspondent,
oue of the tew old winter kinds of cab¬
bage that were to be found in Georgia
from 50 to 75 years ago and is especially
adapted to the cotton states on account
of the many years of acclimatization.
Cattle growing will help is very many
ways. Fill your barns with food and
your stalls with cattle. You cannot
make any mistake along bora.
NEW HEADQUARTERS.
I am now located in room
with. Post Office with nice
line Fancy Groceries.
MY RESTAURANT WILL BE IN FULL BLAST
IN A ! EW DAYS. GIVE ME YOUR ORDER WHEY
YOU WANT SOMETHING TO EAT.
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All those indexed to Mrs.Genie
Haygood Stovall, for millinery
goods, are requested to come for¬
ward and make immediate settle¬
ment with either my-self or Mr
\Y. E. Stovall. Either of us can
be found at old stand.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Genie Haygood Stovall.
I will have a car of new cotton
seed hulls Sept. 12. See me be
fore buying.
M. A. Lifsev.
I want to buy from 500 to 1,000
bundles of good fodder.
Idus L. Langley,