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JIATE FORGING
MEAD RAPIOLY
INA\GRICULTURE
Commissioner Price’s Report to
Legislators Ready — More
: Money Needed.
- Commissioner of Agriculture James
D. Price has completed his report to
the incoming Legislature, and will
submit it to the General Assembly
when that body convenes Wednes
day.
The report is voluminous and inter
esting. It contains many recommen
dations for bettering the service of
the Department and undertakes to
show how its usefulness might be
greatly amplified by some sYnal} addi
tional appropriations.
The records in the Commissioner's
office show that more fertilizer sam
ples have been analyzed during the
past year than ever before in the
history of the department, reports of
which have in all cases been sent di
rect to the farmers concerned, )
In reference to one feature of farm
work in Georgia, which now costs
approximately $2 per acre, the re
port says:
Could Produce Bacteria.
“Most people are beginning to rec
ognize the importance of leguminous
crops and many farmers are begin
ning to plant these rather extensively.
Most of these crops, however, have
to' be inoculated with nitrogen-fixing
bacteria. These cultures could be pro
duced by the department at a cost
to the farmer of about 25 cents per
acre, if a small appropriation might
be had for equipping the chemist for
the work. ! .
Continuing, 'the report says:
“It is ‘gratifying to note from the
report of the State Entomologist that
we are making material progress in
preparing for the advent of the dread
ed Mexican boll weevil. This pest
has cost many, of the cotton produc
ing States great loss and ctomplete
disorganization of farm operations,
for the reason that these States were
not prepared for the weevil when it
came. ;
“We have made earnest efforts to
arouse the farmers and the business
interests and from Mr. Worsham's
report, T think you will find that our
efforts have been rewarded.
Fruit Acreage Greater.
“It. is also gratifying to note that
the acreage in fruit has been in
creased. The peach crop means much
to the State, and I believe within a
few years that the apple will bring
as much ready money and will help
very materially in developing the
northern portion of Georgia.
“l find a growing demand for in
formation upon many topics, and we
are constantly having calls for of
ficial bulletins, such as we should
and would issue, but for the lack of
funds, -
“One needed bulletin would be a
complete description of several Geor
gia farms which have proven:money
makers. A detailed history of such
farms should be put into the hands
of other farmers, for very often prac
tical information is used where scien
tific or technical bulletins Wou]% not
be read. The data for this bulletin
could be gathered at comparatively
little cost, for the operators of these
farms would gladly give the infor
mation.
Urges Better Business Methods.
“Another bulletin which is greatly
needed is one to show the possibilities
of Georgia for desirable home-seek
ers. 1 have inquiries from every
State in the Union and many foreign
countries for this kind of informa
tion and the Georgia Department of
Agriculture should by all means have
a publication worthy of our State to
be sent in answer to such inquiries
“One other matter I think should
have the attention of the Legislature
is that we need, above all else, better
business methods on the farms, and
the Georgia farmer is ready for help
along this line and the department;
should extend him a helping hand.
“Just now one of the bureaus of
the United States Department of
Agriculture is doing some work in
Georgia, and I had the funds to co-‘
operate, arrangement could be made!
whereby great strides would be
made in this direction.”
The commissioner’s report concludes ‘
ed by saying that Georgia farms in
dicate great prosperity in all sections
of the State.
England Tries to Trap
Irish Filibusters
DUBLIN, June 18.—A squadron of
British torpedo boats was to-day sent
to patrol the west and southwest
coast of Ireland to prevent further
gun-running operations, following the
discovery that a quantity of rifles
and ammunition had been secretly
landed on the Connemara coast for
the use of the Nationalist volunteers.
Brothers, 43 Years
A M '
part, Meet Again
ANSONIA, CONN,, June 17.—WIil
jlam, Morris and Frank Ginzel, broth
ers, all over 70, who parted in Nash
ville, Tenn., 43 years ago, met here
flor & fumily reunlom .
THE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS.
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But of course when that sore throat get s better we may hear a few chirps.
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Senate Probe Certain
.
Of Colombian Treaty
Foreign Relations Committee to
: Inquire Where $10,000,000
S 8 ke Q. !
WASHINGTON, June 20.—Know
ing that during previous negotiations
only $10,000,000 was offered the Co
‘lombian Government and that it was
‘acceptable until avarice overturned
the proposition, members of the Sen
‘ate Foreign Relations Committee have
‘decided there shall be rigid inquiry
iinto all the circumstances Teading up
to the pending Colombia treaty and a
\smct accounting as -to where -the
‘mcmey—-shnuld it be apprepriated—is
'to go. That a considerable propor
tion of it is intended for unusupal at
‘torney fees is the general opinion,
‘despite denials that have been made.
At any rate, it must be cenclusively
shown exactly where all this money
is to go and how it is to be distrib
uted before the committee will even
begin to consider the advisability of
agreeing to the ratification of the
convention, s
Shortly after the Democratic party
came into power, a publicity bureau
was opened in New York City, from
which literature intended to mold
public opinion on the Colombian ques
tion began to be sent out. That bu
reau has been busy ever since. Every
newspaper office in the country and
all the Washington correspondents
Lave. been regularly supplied with lit
erature, colored naturally from the
(‘olombian viewpoint, or intended to
refute statements that from time to
time have appeared in the American
press, ;
When the Secretary of State next
appears before the committee in con
nection with this treaty, he is to be
interrogated about what he knows of
these outside influences that are
working hand in hand with his only
department. Monday he will appear
again with respect to the Nicaraguan
treaty. ’
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Court Investigating
Whipping of Convict
WILMINGTON, June 17.—Through
the efforts of the Rev. Sidney Love,
prison evangelist and secretary of the
(Carolina Prisoners’ Aid Society, who
is spending a few days here, Superior
Court is to-day investigating charges
that seventeen convicts have recently
been whipped at camps in this coun
ty, despite a recent Supreme Courf
decision that convict guards have no
right to apply the lash.
Indictmants against guards have
also been brought in Magistrates’
Courts.
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Weddings Fall Off
Ra,pid%y in Chicag
0
CHICAGO, June 20.—The marrlage
record in Chicago tells the story of
unemployment. In May there were
209 fewer licenses than in the corre
sponding month of last year, whereas
normally there should have been an
increase of 200. Such a decrease has
not been experienced in twenty years.
In the five months ending with May
ttere was an increase of only 34 mar
riages, whereas the gain should have
heen well toward 1,000 on the basis of
increased population and the expe
rience of a decade or more,
WAR BOAT IN COLLISION.
SHEERNRESS, ENGLAND, June 17.
The torpedo boat destroyer Vulture
‘collided with a mud scow off the
‘mouth of the River Thames to-day
and was badly damaged.. She was
able to make pert withaul assistance
Owen Aims 4 Bills
- At Corrupt Politics
Warns Democratic Colleagues They
Must Be Strict, or Meet Doom
» of -Repub{llcans.
WASHINGTON, June 20— Declar
ing that the Republican party was
wrecked in 1912 because of' miachihe
rule and party corruption, and warn
ing his Democratie colleagues to elim
inate these factors from their side of
the Senate, Senator Owen, of Okla
homa, to-day introduced four bills re
lating to campaign expenditures, pub
licity, the preferential ballot and cor
rupt practices. s
The campaign contributions @ bill
authorized a Senate comunittee to fix
a maximum for contributions during
any future eampaign. The publicity
bill provides that the Government
shall pririt anda distribute pamphlets
“giving proper space to each can
didate and each measure to be voted
On'fhe preferential ballot measure
would prevent minority nominations,
and the corrupt practices act wouid
define the practices and provide pun
ishments therefor.
Eclectic Physicians
l INDIANAPOLIS, June 19.—Dr. T.
D. Alderman, of New York, was elect
ed president of the National Associa
tion of Eclectic Physicians at the
clesing session of the wsgwention at
the Hotel Severin to-day.
The other officers chosen were:
Vice presidents, Dr. W. E. Daniels,
Madison, S. Dak.; Dr. Orlando S. Cof
fin, Indianapolis, and Dr. W. W. Ma
ple, Des Moines, Iowa; recording sec
retary, Dr. W. P. Best, Indianapolis;
corresponding secretary, Dr. W. N.
Munday, Forest, Ohio, and treasurer,
Dr. E. G. Sharp, Guthrie, Okla.
San Francisco was awarded the
1915 convention of the association.
Policeman Fires at
German Envoy to U.S.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL, June 17.—
While Count Vonßernstorff, the Ger
man Ambassador, was on his way to
the University of Illinois to receive an
honorary degree to-day, a shot was
fired at his automobile by a police
man who was evidently intoxicated.
The Ambassador was not hit and
the incident was closed by profuse
apologies on the part of the Mayor of
the city. ,
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Suffrage Challenge
For Col. Watterson
ST e L -
ST. LOUILS, June 17.—" General”
Resalie Jones, the New York suffra
'gette, has challenged Colonel Henry
Watterson to debate, because he said
that women by their suffrage debates
had broken up the only peace where a
man could find it—the home.
50 Workmen Burn to
r hin Mill Bl
Death in aze
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, June 17.—
Fifty workmen were burned to death
in the destruction of a wood mill by
fire to-day. The fire resulted from
an explosion.
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Question of Publication of Text
~ Books May Bring on Fight
Before Legislature.
State Superintendent of Schools M.
L. Brittain has completed his annual
report to the Legislature and will sub
mit it to that body when it assembles
on Wednesday.
The superintendent enters exhaus
tively into the school affairs of the
State and recommends, among other:
things, the enactment of a compre
hensive and definite compulsory edu
cation law.
The matter of State publication of
schoolbooks, which has been under
consideration for months, is dealt
with, and the report of the special
commitéee declining to recommend
that innovation is included m Com
missioner Brittain’s report.
A Dissenting Report.
There also is a dissenting report by
Representative McCrory, the State
publication champion, and that means
1 fight in the Legislature. Mr. Mc-
Croy i 9 the ' only member of the
committee of nine to recommend
State publication.
Mr. Brittain expresses great hope
that the new tax equalization law
will relieve the past difficulties of
financing the schools of the State,
but he recommends that such coun
ties ‘as desife it be permitted, in any
event, 'to ‘undertake the matter of
compulsory education at once. He
thinks compulsory education a matter
of State-wide necessity, and he rec
ommends that a start, at least, in that
direction be made somehow, at once.
The Commissioner's report shows
that there are 795,484 children of
school age in Georgia, and that the
total .enroliment last year was 590,802.
The -average, attendance was 350,794.
Commissioner Optimistic.
Commenting generally upon condi
tions, the Commissioner, notwith
standing the fact that he finds many
thirgs not as they should be, is op
timistic and believes that progress is
being made in the matter of educat
ing the children of the State.
He says:
“Down to 1906 only half a dozen
counties did any more in the way of
educating their children than merely
to use the funds given by the State.
To-day, as a result of active work and
intelligent effort, 39 of our counties
and, in addition, several hundred
towns and districts supplement the
school funds, some of them three
times over, from local sources.”
High Court Will Pass
.
On Painter Insurance
WASHINGTON, June 20.—-The
United States Supreme Court will
determine whether the family or in
surance companies are entitded to the
viscera of Bdward O. Painter, wealthy
Jacksonville, Fla., fertilizer manufac
turer, who died in the St. Johns River
under sensational circumstances in
May, 1913, and on whose life policies
for more than $lOOO,OOO insurance
had been issued, the greater part
within 90 days of his death.
The contest reaches the higher
court on appeal from a decision of
the Maryland courts ordering a re
ceiver for Painter’s viscera on peti
tion of one ofethe insurance compa
nies that desires chemical analyses
made for traces of poison, on the the
ory that Painter’s death was by sui
cide instead of by accidental drown
ing, as claimed by the family.
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$2,500,000 Fire Hits
Harbor of Glasgow
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, June 18. —
The greatest conflagration in the his
tory of Glasgow swept the harbor
front to-day, doing damage estimated
at $2,500,000.
The fire broke out upon the great
Kingstown docks on the banks of the
Clyde and soon thesge enormous piers
with their freight sheds and thou
sands of tons of freight were de
stroyed.
Half a dozen ships, which were
moored alongside the docks, caught
fire and several of them were hurned.
Rosser Dresses Upat
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Bar Meet; Dons Tie
SAVANNAH, June 19.—Luther Z.
Rosser, the Atlanta attorney, who i 8
attending the meeting of the Georgia
Bar Association, appeared at to-day's
session wearing a blue and white
striped necktie. Few members of the
(ieorgia bar recalled ever having
seen Mr. Rosser wearing a necktie
before.
“This is just for to-day,” explained
the Atlantan. “I_am going fishing to
morrow, when I shall, of course, dis
card it. ' I merely borrowed it for
this special occasion!”
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