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Tracking Vemns Farming;.
“Trucking” and farming are two dis
tinct occupations, but there is not a farm
in all this broad southland that should not
have as a valued appendage an acre or
half-acre garden. A gardener is not al
ways a farmer, but every farmer should
be a gardener. Every farm of twenty
acres or more should have a garden of
certainly not less than half an acre. One
acre should be the minimum really, and
this one acre, properly managed, will be
worth to any intelligent man of family
as much as any fiye acres of the farm
land in any of the ordinary crops. One
acre of good land kept constantly in cul
tivation with the various vegetables that
constitute ‘‘garden crops” will be worth
ordinarily to any farmer more than five
acres in either corn or cotton. In fact,
a farmer should almost live off of an
acre garden. If it is managed properly,
it will come very near furnishing an av
erage family with all the food necessary
for subsistence—either directly or indirect
ly. There is not a month in the year when
a southern garden should not supply some
eatables. At the woTst season it may be
only turnips and collards or cabbages and
onions and potatoes and artichokes and
spinach, or kale that it supplies, but even
these things are life-supporting and sala
ble. An acre in either of any of these
things will pay more money ordinarily
than five acres in cotton or corn. In this
market to-day rutabagas are selling for
5 cents each, and large ones for 10 cents.
Common size flat Dutch turnips bring 2
cents each. At 1 cent apiece there is
money in turnips. At 50 cents, even 25,
there is more clear money in artichokes
than in cotton or corn. Near a good mar
ket one acre of spinach will bring more
“clear” money than five acres of cotton
at 5 cents per pound. 'We are merely re
ferring to those garden crops that are
grown in the winter, chiefly, of course,
crops such as tomatoes, onions, asparagus
and others, bring even more than those
first named. One acre in small fruits will
pay a grower as much as ten acres, even
more, of such crops as corn, cotton or
oats.
It requires a little more care and nicer
attention to details to make garden crops,
nnd then market them, but in the end it
pays more than ordinary farming.
Economy tn Feeding.
Every one recognizes the need of econ
omy. Many believe that this is the rule
of their lives. Such people are endeavor
ing to accumulate all possible resources.
Strange to say, the majority who pride
themselves on their thrift fail in their
intentions. The feeders of live stock, as
a rule, do not fully master their work.
The average farmer, for instance, rears
a large number of hogs, and often feeds
this stock nothing but corn in the way of
grain during this entire life. A good num
ber of swine-growers fail to consider
right methods of building the framework
of the hog. They do not realize that bone,
muscle, sinew and other elements of the
framework can be properly built only by
feeding in right combination oats, bran,
mineral matter and other grain equiv
alents during the first four or five months’
growth of the swine. It is true that with
abundance of grazing and mineral mat
ter found in the hillsides fair success
Is realized in some cases. With the same
favorable environments, right attention to
proper grain material would lead to the
realization of better results.
Method in one’s work makes a large
difference in results. Some men accom
plish more by sitting down and marking
out the plan of operations, devoting an
hour each morning to this outline, than
many others who devote every minute to
"pushing their work.” It is good policy to
guard in every way to prevent disease
in the swine herd. Great effort is nec
essary to check the plague in any form
after it Is begun among the swine. A
variety of food administered according
to the age and stage of growth of the
hogs will do much to maintain good
health. During the frosty weather of
autumn and winter it is important to give
much attention to tha bedding of the pigs
and other young things. Much of the so
called plague in the case of pigs is only
Ihe result of colds taken by exposure
to drafts, or by emerging from a nest in
a perspiring condition to the cold air.
If possible, this sleeping-nest should be
l roken up into small apartments, permit
ting groups of not more than three in one
Place. By this precaution one will have
lees trouble at feeding-time in calling the
hog out of their warm apartments. The
temperature of every animal will then be
about normal, and each will come to Its
food with the usual relish.
A waste of feeding is often observed In
too rich diet of oorn, barley, rye, etc., for
the horses, dry cows, brood-sows and ewes
and other stock not intended to be fat
tened during winter months.. Where such
store stock starts into winter in fair flesh,
an abundance of roughage requires but
little eraln to support the animal frame in
normal condition. At this season of the
y' ar all perishable foods that cannot be
i'ff served against freezing until midwin
t' r should be fed liberally, as a rule, to all
classes of stock. However, in the case
ill animals that are for any reason re
dnced In flesh It is economy to feed liber
ally during the autumn months to restore
*■> a thrifty condition before the severe
winter sets In.
It Is a mistake to neglect any of the
>"iing things of the farm. At present the
'lts and calves call for extra care. Qual
‘ y of rich food is not so much in order
a (lie right sort of food and shelter. The
'old rains and the early snow and ex
l "’tire to the night air do more to retard
1 owth than diminished food. Oats or bar
■’ v mixed with bran, and this sweetened
with a mite of oil-meal, and the addition
" f bright hay along with ensilage or its
equivalent in roots, fruit or vegetables, in
1 ight combination, make a nice variety for
young things.
Camphor Trees In Florida.
As there appears to be considerable in
terest manifested in camphor tree cul
iure in Florida, would It not be well for
Middle Florida, particularly our own
county, to look into the matter.
The growing of the camphor trees in
Middle Florida is unquestionably beyond
the experimental stage; there ore trees
in Quincy 10 or 12 years old; the young
sprigs planted in Bloxham park and in
the yards of several of this city only a few
years ago are large enough to lie called
trees and they seem to take on a peren
nial growth.
The writer has not had the opportunity
to look up data as to the actual or poten
tial commercial value of the camphor out
put—but can say that it is most valuable.
Camphor is said to be one of the princi
pal ingredients in the manufacture of the
smokeless powder now used in the modem
armaments and muniments of war—and
it is further stated that Japan has recent
ly obtained possesion of the Island of For
mosa producing practically the commer
cial output of camphor of the world. The
writer does not know upon what founda
tion these rumors rest, but there is
enough in the fact that the camphor tree
can be grown in Leon county to warrant
the investigation of its cultivation.—Ob
server in Tallahassean.
The Japanese Morning-Glories.
For two years I have taken particular
pains with the new Japanese sorts of
morning-glory. A year ago I planted
them in open ground; the plants came up
slowly and weakly, and I failed to see a
single blossom on them. Last spring I
started the plants in pots in the green
house. Again they came up rather reluc
tantly,’ but finally made some fairly good
growth. In due time they were set in
open ground, and with much coaxing and
nursing I succeeded in getting them well
up to the trellis. While the ordinary
morning-glories side by side with them
were covered with blossoms and glory right
along, the Japanese did not give a single
blossom until only a few weeks before
frost made an end again of ail the glory.
There is a material difference in the
shape of the leaf of the two kinds, that
of the Japanese sorts being three-lobed,
but in the bloom I have been disappointed.
I could not find that this was more brill
iant or in other ways superior to that of
the ordinary kinds. Unless another year’s
experience shall give different results, es
pecially in showing us that fine bloom of
which the catalogues and some of our ag
ricultural papers speak, I shall arrive at
the conclusion that the game is not worth
the powder.
“Green Mniuirinx,”
Question —On a field which is sandy and
deficient in vegetable matter, I have a
fine stand of field peas, which promise to
make a luxuriant growth of vines. Would
you advise mb to turn them under green
or not?
Answer—On sandy land in our climate
the best results are not attained by turn
ing under a green crop of any kind. This
“green manuring,” as it Is called, can be
done with advantage in more northern
latitudes,but should be avoided in our cli
mate, and particularly on sandy lands. By
turning under a heavy growth of pea
vines, say in August, you would no doubt
do your land more harm than good. The
active fermentation of the green vines
would produce a sourness of the ground,
which would be Injurious to the succeed
ing crop; and the upturned soil would cer
tainly not be improved by the hot sunshine
of August and September, to which it
would then be exposed. Leave your pea
vines to shade the land, while the roots
continue to gather nitrogen, and after
frost, when they are all killed, turn them
under and you will have all the vegetable
matter that the leaves and stalks furnish
as well as the nitrogen accumulated by
the roots. Should you wish to sow the
field in oats, say in October, before a kill
ing frost, you need not hesitate to do so,
as the vines by that time will have reach
ed maturity and would not Injure the land
by being turned under. Where you have
a choice, however, leave them alone until
a later date, If only for the reason that
the plowing will be easier after a killing
frost than before.—State Agricultural De
partment.
Tobacco in Florida and Sonth Geor
gia.
Mr. T. H. Shumate sold a portion of his
crop at 40 cents. The buyer of these two
crops was Mr. J. E. Stillman, for Little
Bros., of Jacksonville.
Mr. Milam estimates that he will net
about SSOO on this crop, and he gave very
little attention to any part of It, having
hired everything done.
Elsewhere we print an account of the
authenticated sales of the Plant City crops
and it is expected that the purchaser of
these crops, Mr. O’Halloran of Tampa,
will shortly visit Bartow with a view to
buying up the product here. Messrs. J.
IT. Tatum and L. C. Tanner, representing
all the finished tobacco—that is, the last
fall’s crop w’hich has been betuned and
baled—carried samples to Tampa last
week, and wherever it was exhibited it
was declared to be very fine and manu
facturers were eager for it. Cigars made
from it were equal, If not superior, to
the finer Havanas. The burning quali
ties, the color and the flavor were all
that could be desired, and few, if any
could detect the difference when put by
the side of imported goods.
We have it on good authority that one
of our citizens recently procured a lot of
choice Havana leaves and taking these,
with some of our Bartow leaves, to a
number of factories, tjie Bartow leaf was
nearly every time pronounced the choice
between the two lots.
At all events, it now seems clearly set
tled that 40 cents is the minimum price
for pole cured leaf, and there is every rea
son to believe that the bulk of the crop
will bring much more than that. Many
growers with whom we have talked say
that they are quite willing to engage in
the business permanently if they can sell
at 40 cents, and we feel fully warranted
in assuring them that they need never
expect less, provided, always, of course,
that due care is exercised in the handling
of the crop.
A Mr. Shaw, representing one of the
largest firms in the country, spent a day
last week in company with Mr. J. H. Ta
tum, looking at our tobacco, and he ex
pects to have arrangements made to re
turn and buy within a few days.—Courier-
Informant.
Regeneration of Farming,
Henry Stewart.
Times have changed and the changes
seem to be occurring with a continually
accelerated pace by the very force of the
accumulated Impulse which Increases
steadily. The man or woman of fifty
years ago would find a totally new world,
if he or she were to reappear on the scene,
and the trouble is that many of us are to
day as far behind the advance in the times
and the condition of things as if we had
been sleeping with Rip Van Winkie. I
have read with much interest the remarks
on this subject by Dr. Gladden In Ameri
can Agriculturist for Sept. 25, and wish to
Epilepsy.
Suggestions regarding treatment; the re
sult of 20 years’ experience in a Sanita
rium. Send stamp for pamphlet. DR,
WILLIAMSON, New London, Conn,
THE MORNING .NEWS; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1807.
This is what
Jl j a prominent physician says: “I
/)// w have given my own children the
/ J benefit of very careful study in
/ JK, SI the matter of absolute cleanli-
I \ A ness * n Ceding, 1 have
IT If \ I V studied the so-called easily
\ J cleaned nursing bottles, and I
1 — ~ [ T long ago came to the conclusion
l 1 t^iat a tt^e Pearline would ren-
der ordinary nursing bottles the
safest utensils of them all. I firmly believe that children
properly fed and cleanly led will avoid the majority of the
difficulties which they encounter during the first two years of
life. I believe that if every feeding bottle was washed with
Pearline, many innocent lives would be saved.”
Surely, this is a matter to interest every mother.* Nothing
so thoroughly cleanses as Pearline.
note especially where I think he has miss
ed the true point of the situation, which
just now confronts the Industry of agri
culture. And when he writes in regard
to the great army of the unemployed who
waste their time in the cities and says
their labor cannot be employed on the
farms until farming becomes more profit
able than it has been of late, I cannot help
pointing out what I think is a great mis
take, but one generally prevailing, and
the very secret of the present condition.
He forgets, or misses, the fact, that just
previously to making this statement he re
marked that the presence of weeds—which
this unemployed army might remove from
the land—is one of the most effective causes
of distress in the industry of agriculture.
Just now we are all congratulating our
selves on the return of prosperity to the
agricultural interest. Alas, on what a foun
dation of horrors upon horrors piled, is
this prosperity based! It Is not a true pros
perity at all. It is the accidental happen
ing of short crops, and threatened star
vation in some places, and in others act
ual slow torture for want of food to mil
lions of our fellow creatures, whose lives
waste away slowly, until want of food has
reduced the people lo living skeletons,
clothed absolutely with mere skin. The
little children of India have perished by
thousands for want of food which their
parents could not purchase on account of
•’no fcret-tly Increased prices }a the word
markets. And yet, knowing this, we ore
joyfully congratulating ourselves and each
other on the improvement in the times and
the great advance in the price of our food
crops and claiming that is merely the ad
vance wave of a continuing prosperity!
Alas for us if this is true! What hu
mane mind can gather satisfaction from
such a situation? It is not in any way any
proof of the recovery of our industry from
its former depression. Quite otherwise;
and the remarks of Dr. Gladden go to show
this to be true. He finds no indication of
improved work on the farms. On the con
trary his Intelligent mind wonders wheth
er or not the prevailing weeds will not
drive many farmers off their land and
make them more recruits for the great
army of the unemployed. And he is right.
I can corroborate this statement that the
present condition of the farms everywhere
Is far below that of thirty or forty years
ago. The culture of the soil is hardly
worth the name of it. It is not culture. It
is simply wringing from the unwilling soil,
indeed, the unable soil, the last shred of
Its fertility. Agriculture is in a depressed
condition simply because there is not labor
sufficient bestowed upon the crops. What
it wants is that enterprise by which the
farmers shall go into the cities or elso
iv lie re and compel the laborers to go to
work in the fields and remove these greedy
parasites by which the crops are eaten up
or crowded and starved to early death.
Everything in all other industries has
advanced of late years and every step in
this progression has been to make human
labor more effective and cheapen its pro
ducts in proportion. Everywhere we see
this extension of all industrial enterprise
by the general cheapening of the products.
All but agriculture are enjoying this
marked prosperity due to improved pro
cesses. It is true that his improvement
in mechanical construction and appliances
has thrown out of employment thousands
of men and horses, and so far as tlie lat
ter are concerned it has borne heavily
on the farmers, who have lost millions of
dollars in consequence. But this loss nas
been a general gain, for the substitution
of machinery for the more costly horses
has largely increased the common wealth
of the nation in the economy of time and
labor and material thus secured.
When we leave the cities, the wharves
of the seaports, the machine shops, the
mines and every great center of industry,
and go abroad into the fields we find still
the old-fashioned ways In vogue. There
are few improvements except so far as
the mechanic has aided the farmer in pro
viding labor-saving implements and ma
chines. But the weeds, the wastes of ma
nure, the misapplication of labor, in short,
every old way of not doing things, still
existing to make the farmer'% labor in
effective, we cannot doubt bul this alone
is the cause of the distress of agriculture
and of the poverty and consequent distress
of the farmers. What would have hap
pened had there been full crops in Europe,
and no famine in India! Wheat would
have fallen to 50 cents or less, possibly, a
bushel, and of course other products would
have been correspondingly cheap. Then
we should have been ‘ considering the
causes of this depression, and those of us
who know why it is would have been try
ing to convince the unhappy farmers that
before agriculture can become really pros
perous it must advance to the front in all
those ways by which only human labor
can become prosperous; by improved cul
ture of the soil, the total eradication of
all parasites—weeds included; the use ot
the best tools and live stock; in short, the
total regeneration of our industry and the
placing of it on a level mechanically and
scientifically with all other Industries.
The Value of Ile-ggar Weed.
An exchange tells of the great value of
beggar weed and gives direction concern
ing same as follows:
It should be cut when three feet high,
and cured thoroughly two or three days.
The weed after mowing makes another
crop, matures its seed and yields the rich
est pasture until it is killed with frost.
Horses and cattle fatten on it until the
holidays. Farmers who have paid no at
tention to this plant do not know what
they are losing. Introduced on the lands
and properly managed it would render
South Florida an earthly paradise.
Orange trees at this place fertilized with
nothing but beggar weed and com stubble
have made the most marvelous growth,
and have leaves to-day five inches long
and three Inches broad. If our beef cattle
ran in fields of beggar weed instead of
pine woods, we should have but little call
for Chicago beef. This plant opens the
way for successful farming on pine lands
of Florida without other costly fertilizing
as nothing else ever has. One man states
that he increased the production of his
corn field from ten bushels per acre to
thirty, with beggar weed alone. How
long it takes us to learn to get along!
A grower in Leesburg said since the freeze
he had sown peas broadcast and plowed
In the eiop, und made his trees grow
as well as when he put on SSO per acre of
commercial fertilizer. Peas are an excel
lent crop, but for several reasons I pre
fer beggar weed.—Leesburg Commercial.
Tlie tnl ue of Barnyard Mnnnre.
In a newspaper bulletin of the Ohio
Agricultural Experiment Station (No. 172)
giving the results of experiments with fer
tilizers on the clay .soil of one of its
eub-stattons, a table was given which in
dicated that barnyard manure had pro
duced increase of crop to the value of
$2.50 per ton of manure in the three crops
of a five-crop rotation, leaving the resid
ual effect on the two grass crops yet to
be ascertained.
By an unfortunate lapse of memory,
however, the mistake was made of com
puting only half the quantity of manure
actually used, as it had been used on
two crops in three years, namely,
oonland wheat, at the rate of eight tons
on one plot and four tons on another on
each crop, making a total application to
the two crjps of sixteen tons and eight
tons, respectively, and reducing the value
of the increase due to the manure to about
$1.25 per ton.
The manure used in this test had been
accumulated from horses and cows in an
open barnyard during the winter and
summer previous to Its application, and
was under, rather than above, the aver
age open yard manure in quality.
A similar comparison of manure and
fertilizers has been made at the central
station, beginning immediately after the
relocation of the station in Wayne coun
ty, on the same crops, corn, oats, wheat,
clover and timothy, grown in a five-year
rotation. Four wheat crops have now been
taken in this rotation, three crops each
of corn and oats, and five crops of hay.
the meadows thus far being mown but
once a year. Five tracts of land are in
cluded in the test, each tract containing
thirty plots of one-tenth acre each, and
so managed that each crop will be repre
sented each season after the first rotation
is completed.
At this stage of the work only partial
results can be given, as a full rotation
would include five crops each of the ce
reals and ten crops of hay; but II may be
useful to note the results already obtained,
which are as follows, the value of the in
crease being computed on the basis of 3313
cents per IRshel for corn, 25 cents for oats.
66% cents for wheat, $3 per ton for straw
and stover and $8 for hay; Plot No. 18,
16 tons manure per acre in two applica
tions; value of increase per acre, grain,
$3.88; straw, $1.77; hay, $12.07; total, $17.72.
Plot No. 20, 8 tons manure per acre in two
applications; value of increase per acre,
grain, $2.81; straw, $1.36; hay, $8.79; total,
$12.96.
It will be observed that in this test the
smaller application of manure has been
relatively the more profitable, but this
may not be borne out by subsequent re
sults. At the sub-station there has been
but little difference thus far in the appar
ent effectiveness per ton, whether used at
the four-ton or at the eight-ton rate per
acre.
The results show an immediate recovery
of about $1.25 on the average In increase in
crop, at recent prices, for every ton of
manure used. But the long continued ex
periments of 1-awes and Gilbert at Ro
thamsted show that not more than one
half to two-thirds the possible increase
from barn-yard manure is recovered in the
first crops grown from it. We may, there
fore, safely offset the residual effect of
the manure against the cost of application
and consider the immediate increase as
clear profit.
In another experiment at the central sta
tion potatoes, wheat and clover are grown
in a three-crop rotation, and In this test
the increase from manure applied to po
tatoes has reaches! $2.50 per ton, potatoes
being valued at 33% cents per bushel.
Barnyard manure i relatively deficient
in phosphoric acid, as compared with am
monia nnd potash, and the experiments of
the Ohio station indicate that phosphoric
acid is the constituent most needed on the
majority of Ohio soils, but that it only
produces its full effect In the presence of
ammonia and potash. The price of acid
phosphate has fallen during recent years
until it can now be bought for delivery
anywhere in Ohio at prices, which bring
its actual phosphoric acid below 5 cents
per pound, and as the sprinkling of acid
phosphate or superphosphate on barnyard
manure Is believed to havfe'a beneficial ef
fect in preventing the waste of ammonia
from the manure, it would seem that the
use of acid phosphate in this manner might
serve the double purpose of preserving the
ammonia of the manure and increasing the
effectiveness of both its ammonia and pot
ash.
Experiments on this point are now in
progress at the Ohio station.
ENGLAND’S MONEY MARKET.
Hale* Maintained nnd Values of Se
curities Advancing.
London, Nov. 14.—'Rates in the money
market have been maintained owing to
the short supply nnd the advance In the
value of money has practically stopped
gold exports from the Bank of England.
No reduction in rates is expected. The
tone of the stock exchange is quiet. Funds
are remarkably firm atid bank stock has
Tisen owing to good discount business.
Municipal and colonial loans- are in good
demand.
Home railways securities are rising on
the prospects of a settlement of the engi
neering trouble. American railway seeurl.
ties fluctuated during the past week, but
closed at an all around increase on the
strength of the improvement In the rela
tions between the United States and
Spain, and on the traffic returns. Norfolk
and Western preferred shares and Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern rose 3
points each; Louisville und Nashville, 2
points; Missouri. Kansas and Texas sec
onds. 2 points; Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul preferred, l** points; Northern
Pacific preferred. 1%; Wabash. Income, 1%
and Southern preferred, 1%. Illinois Cen
tral and Reading preferred rose 1 point
each. Lesser advances were made in
other shares. Grand Trunk shares were
well sought and rose from 1% to 3 per
cent.
Foreign securities were steady, except
Brazilians, which fell off 1 point. Anglo-
American Telegraph shares increased one
point, and on the strength of better news
from the Transvaal there was a decided
Improvement in South African mining se
curities, 1
I\ THE H ULBOID WOULD.
Matters of Interest (o Snvnnunli and
ElsfwhMe.
The Courier-Journal acknowledges the
receipt from the passenger traffic man
ager of the great Plant system of a beau
tiful match safe, which will be an orna
ment to any parlor. dining room or office.
It was probably imported frotu Japan by
President Plant, who has Just returned
from a visit to that country, and who has
no doubt brought with him a ship-load of
these beautiful safes. They will be scat
tered broadcast over the country, and will
serve us continual reminder of the luxu
rious facilities the Plant system supplies
to the people who visit the Florida resorts
during the winter.
The Travelers’ Official Hallway Guide
for October gives Its theory of the match
safe as follows:
"A general strike throughout the coun
try is being brought about for which Col.
11 \V. tVrenn, passenger traffic manager
of the -flant system, la responsible. We
venture the prediction that those who are
concerned in it will find that they have
met their match, it Is believed that when
the true Inwardness is known, although
there must, necessarily, be more or less
friction, It will prove to be a matter
which may’ be made light of, and will un
doubtedly end in smoke. In the mean
time, the Plant system will continue to
be kept before the public eye, and Col.
Wrenn is prepared to furnish explanations
to his friends.”—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
The Cause of the Trouble.
The Central railroad resumed train ser
vice between Macon and Montgomery yes
terday. Trains 5 and 6 will perform this
service, leaving Montgomery daily at 7:45
a. m. and arriving at that point 7:50 p. m.
A Washington dispatch to a Chicago offi
cial declares that Senator Cullom has sta
ted that the anti-scalping bill will pass
congress at the coming session. He has
prepared a vigorous report on the meas
ure, which will be presented during the
first days of the session.
'Mr. W. W. Taberner, general agen’t of
the Armour car lines, was In the city
yesterday on business In connection with
that company.
A decree for the sale of the Greenwood,
Anderson and 'Western, and the Carolina
Midland railroads, has been signed by
Judge Slmonlou of the United Stales
court. >lr. G. H. Sass has been appoint
ed commissioner of the sale, which takes
place Dec. 1.
The regular monthly conference meet
ing of the Southeastern Passenger Asso
ciation will be held in Washington Tues
day. Mr. H. C. MeFadden, assistant gen
eral passenger agent of the Plant system,
and Mr. J. C. Haile, general passenger
agent of the Central railroad, will leave
to-morrow to be present.
Winter schedules of the roads composing
the Atlantic Coast Line system, are now
being prepared and will be ready to be
put into effect Nov. 28.
Capt. H. M. Burroughs, general road
master of the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular railroad, was in Savannah yester
day.
Without offering any criticism whatever,
Vice President Egan of the Central rail
road thinks the quarantine might be with
drawn in this territory without Incurring
any risk from yellow fever infection. The
quarantines are being lifted at most ail
points in Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
An association, simlar to the hospital
feature of the Plant system, has been or
ganized for the benefit of the employes of
the Chesapeake ami Ohio railroad. All
members are admitted on payment of a
small monthly fee, for which they receive
attention at the hospital and are placed
under the care of skilled nurses. The
Chesapeake and Ohio company has given
the new association the use of the Gludys
Inn, one of the company's hotels, which
has been conveniently fitted out for a hos
pital.
The approximate earnings of the Geor
gia and Alabama railroad for the last week
in October amounted to $81,280 and for the
entire month, to $110,859. This is an in
crease of $17,000 over the same month of
last year.
Mr. W. J. Craig, who has been acting as
general passenger and freight agent of the
Charleston and Western Carolina railroad,
has been elected general manager of that
line.
“The first link In the Atlantic, Valdosta
and Western railroad was forged Thurs
day," says the Valdosta Times, “and the
probabilities of the road being completed
to Valdosta ate stronger now than ever.
Two months ago the G. .S. Baxter Com
pany secured an option on the St. Mary’s
railroad, which was owned Jointly by Dyal
and Upchurch and the Georgia and Flor
ida Round Timber Company. The St.
Mary’s road was the most important link
In the contemplated line, it filling in a
gap froth Crawford, Fla., to Fort Moniac,
in this state. The road was in a direct
line from Jacksonville to Valdosta and
when the Baxter company secured the op
tion it was the general impression that
Coughs and colds need not
be endured; they can be
cured, and that quickly.
Many mixtures are tem
porary in effect, but Scott’s
Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil
with Hypophosphites is a
permanent remedy.
The oil feeds the blood
and warms the body; the
.hypophosphites tone up the
nerves; the glycerine soothes
the inflamed throat and lungs.
The combination cures..
This may prevent serious
lung troubles.
50c. and $1.00; aH druggist*.
\ SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemits # New Yorks
Dangerous Lard
Lard at its best is unwholesome, indigestible. It makes food shorter /eft
with it soft and greasy. At its worst, it is unhealthful and filled t yith
dangerous bacteria. It is condemned by every medical and culi
nary authority. /
Every food scientist agrees that vegetable oil is nutritive, ( ligest
ible, and free from disease germs.
Healthful COTTOLEKE
is composed mainly of refined vegetable oil. It is nn
tritious and palatable. Food shortened with or fried U***~*-- ’
in it can be eaten by anyone without harmful results. f| r
Tho sold uvrrywherry n onnto yrllowtin,with
ouuverrtm. feot sunrautued if .old iusnj other w*y. Muilouulyby
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, 1 vSVfIKKft
Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Montreal. 1
When Levy’s Advertise
Facts Arc Back of Them,
And Here Arc the Facts.
We have recently bought two hundred
units, composed of Plain and Fancy Chev
iots in Brown and Gray effects, guaran
teed all wool, made by one of (the best
manufacturers in New York, and are
worth SIO.OO, and not one man in a hun
dred would refuse to pay $ 10.00 for a suit
of the kind we write of.
We bought them to close lots and at a
price to enable us to sell them at $6.98
not cash. Will be on sale from to-day
until closed out.
B. H. LEVY & BRO.
It was their purpose to come this way with
Iho road. The application for a charter
strengthened this belief nnd now that tins
actual purchase of the St. Mary’s road
has been consummated, the idea gains
ground that Valdosta will have anew
road to deep water In not a great while.
The purchase price of the i3t. Mary’s road
is said to be something like $70,000 or a lit
tle over $3,000 U. mile for the road. The
Baxter Company now have about 250 men
employed at work on the road to connect
with the St. Mary’s, and work has al
ready commenced on the bridge over thu
Suwannee river.”
Y. M. C. A.’S STAR CO I IIS EJ.
A Popular Course of Entertainments
for This \\ inter.
The course of entertainments arranged
for this winter by the Young Men's Chris
tian Association Is sure to prove popular.
The entertainments are of a varied char
acter and will embrace vocal and instru
mental music, a lecture, an impersonator,
and a picture play. The first of the course
will be given on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at the
Guards hall. Course ticket holders will
have the privilege of reserving their seats
for the season Friday morning next at the
Y. M. C. A. building. The price of tickets
will be $2.50 to non-members and 42.00 to
members of the association for the course
of live entertainments.
The Kronberg Grand Concert Company
is composed of artists well known to the
American public. Mr. and Mrs. Kronberg
have a national reputation for their ar
tistic work. Mr. Kennedy, the young vio
linist, is one of the best young violinist
now on the concert stage. Miss Patterson,
the pianist, is an excellent pianist, as well
as a fine accompanist.
Prof. El son of Boston, the lecturer,
comes very highly recommended and his
lecture will prove a delightful novelty’. He
has lectured before the leading institu
tions In this country.
Charles F. Underhill of New York, the
Impersonator, is one of the most gifted
men on the platform. The entertainment
that he gives is neither a reading nor a
lecture, nor a mere elocutionary pro
gramme. It Is more. It is a complete
story of the greatest and most popular
dramas told by one person, but one who
has the rare gift of being able to appear
like several.
It Is only necessary to say the Alexan
der Black is the same gentleman that
gave his picture play, “Miss Jerry” last
year. This season he has been recalled to
give his latest success, “A Capital Court
ship.”
The Boston Ideal llanjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club is sure to prove ektremely
popular. The club is composed of men
who have for years been making a profes
sion of this work. This organization has
played in the largest and most exclusive
star courses with the greatest possible
success, and has been re-engaged three
and four times.
NEW S AT POOLER.
Happenings of All Kinds In the
Little Vintage.
'Mrs. Eugenia Sweeney, accompanied by
her son, was in Pooler last week. She
was the guest of Mrs. E. N. Cartwright.
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schwarz and chil
dren were visitors at the home of Mr. R.
W. Jantzen.
Mr. Henry Melnert of Marietta was at
the home of Mr. W. T. Harrison last
week:
Miss Nora Reid and Mr. Floyd of Sa
vannah visited 'Mr. E. K. Dale’s last week.
Mr. Thomas Hutton was in Pooler last
week. He expects to locate there, if he
can find a suitable house.
The friends of Mr. Henry Shaves were
grieved to hear of the death of his little
daughter, which occured Friday.
Missek Lizzie Lodge, Lillie Hussey and
Messrs. Clark, Deible and Quantock form
ed a party of bicyclists which came to
Pooler last week from Savannah. They
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Lee. •
The regular monthly meeting of the
Pooler Rlfie Club was held Thursday even
ing, at the home of Mr. R. H. Burrell.
The club will have a turkey shoot Thanks
giving day, and will give a hop on that
evening. The committee is worktng hard
to make the day an enjoyable one. Mr.
Burrell pleasantly entertained the club
with refreshments, after the business was
transacted.
During the progress of a dance, given
by the colored people at Hanson tannery
last Wednesday, a woman was shot, the
ball taking effect on her right side.
The Pooler Light Infantry will give an
entertainment and supper Monday even
ing. The watch contest will be decided,
and the entertainment promises to be an
enjoyable affair,
There will be regular monthly services
at Trinity Methodist church to-day.
I’reaching by the pastor. Rev. W. A 'Mal
lory. In the afternoon will be held the
missionary anniversary, when the pastor
will deliver an address. There, also, will
lie recitations, songs and dialogues by the
scholars of iho Sunday school. The treas
urer will also make Ids report at tnls
meeting, showing the amount collected
and how expended.
TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING.
Drainage Opponents Not Satisfied
With the Way Things Are tiohig,
Ttie status of matters among those dis
satisfied with tho proposed house drainage
system Indicates that another citizens
meeting will bo held within a short time
tinless the committee > appoint
ed by the meeting at Odd Follows hall is
convinced that council's proposed course
in house drainage Is the best apd cheapest
for tax-puyers.
A meeting of the drainage committee
was to have been held at the mayor's of
fice last week for the purpose of,
hearing a deputation of citizens who
wunted to know more of the details of
whut Is to be done. Col. Wm. Oarrard,
Mr. Sellg Mendel, Mr. W. W\ Chisholm,
and Mr. Ham Reynolds and others were
present. The only member of the drainage
committee present, it was staled, was Al
derman Owens. Alderman Wylly was ab
sent from the city and Alderman Davis
was indisposed, making It impossible for
either to attend the conference.
Mr. Mendel, who has token a leading
hand in the opposition, stated to a Morn
ing News reporter that the conference w’as
without result.
A letter has just been sent to Mayor Mel.
drlm by Mr. Mendel in which Mr. Mendel
says: “After being Invited to meet a com
mittee of council, Mr. Fawcett, Mr. Juch
ter, Mr. Cohen and myself, waited for two
hours In the exchange long room to get a
hearing before the committee. But coun
cil was probably too busy In caucus trad
ing away the streets of the city to a syn
dicate and could not therefore give us a
hearing. I therefore, at the suggestion of
the committee, heretofore addressed coun
cil and requested It to inform us upon the
following matters:
“First, give us a copy of the proposed
plans of the system of house drainage ac
cording to tho Waring system.
“Second, give us information as to the
cost and how it Is to be paid.
“Third, the cost to house owners who
already have sewer connections. Also the
cost to those property owners who have
not the connections.
"Fourth, is It proposed that each and
every house shall connect separately. Ir
respective of size?”
Mr. Mendel said his letter further states:
“I see that our request for information
was referred to the drainage committee,
and we expect to hear from them by Jan.
1, 1898. But you state In your letter to
me, dated Oct. 15, that the city appropri
ates SIO,OOO yearly for house, drainage mat
ters and $8,500 for the sink department.
These two items, aggregating $18,500 per
annum, will be the annual installment,
you say, for the cost of house drainage.
Now, your honor knows that the SIO,OOO
appropriated for house drainage is not
used, but has been turned back into the
city treasury and used for general pur
poses. As for the sink department, I
doubt whether it costs the city more than
SI,OOO, as the city only pays the contrac
tors $3.50 per vault, while the house own
ers pay the city $3.61) per vault.
“I was Informed yesterday,” Mr. Mendel
says in his letter, "that the contract for
the construction of the system of house
drainage calls for cash. That does away
with the interest account, which would
not otherwise be less than $20,000 per an
num. From this, 1 take it, the tax payers
may expect a tax levy of about 3 per cent,
for the year 1898. Still, if your adminis
tration can afford to levy such a tax, wo
can afford to pay it. I consider it far
preferable to issue mayor’s notes ad libi
tum, and, while I live In Savannah, I In
tend to oppose their Issuance after our city
debt has reached Its constitutional limit,
i. e., 7 per cent, of the assessed valuation
of real and personal property."
Mr. Mendel said that those who are with
him will enjoin the city before the river
within the city limits Is made the outlet
of the sewers.
Another meeting, it is stated, will lie
held in Odd Fellows hall next Friday
night.
—Jack’s Prowess—“Mamma,” said little
Jack, “did God ever make any one with,
one blue eye and one black?”
“I never heard of any one that was so,”
said his mother.
“Well, then, you Just look at Tommy
Jones the next time you see him and just
see what 1 can do.’’—Life.
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