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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.' ---- I will pay rile hard cash for MUiCivtuis , . x and Also eggs. green and dry hide.-, H Bent iy, at Post Office. i ■ 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. J| W .jV-Gni tv-, i,-- Ik ^ _ V G , dui ‘"sf j ‘ur C®^ fj ... \bm WAW jJ-ii id ii 4 ^-Ls C ^ lilt jgj y •. aad ® .. m w - Sis gf-b -.«h v CAPITAL MONUMENT 00. DAVIES & NERI, MANAGERS. 614 TEM COURT. BELL ’PHONE S&30. ATLANTA, GA. MONUMENTS. Granite anti Marble Work of Every Description. Mail orders given prompt attention, lit r Our fee returned if we fail. Any one sending sketch and description of any invention will promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patent¬ ability of same. “How to obtain a patent” 3ent upon request. Patents secured through us advertised for sale at our expense, Patents taken out through us receive special notice^ without charge, in The Patent Record, ’ an illustrated aud widely J circulated journal, J consulted by Manufacturers and Investors, Send for sample copy FREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS A CO» (Patent Attorneys,) f. Evans Building, WASHINGTON, 0. Personal. 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,
