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FOR the good of farmers.
A ,1.1 vnl.K SUGGESTIONS THE CEN
XII 11. RAILROAD GIVES.
jn Line With Hl* Policy, Air. Egon
] tsß ea 1 n for mu (ion Front flic Hrst
Vutlioritte* f>r tlie Planters—Let
|rr. Front Tlione Who Knott —VII
lenta in ABrlenltnrnl loin muni
lie* to Ulstrilmte Thera—Dairy In.
terests, Tobacco, Sugar, Fertiliz
er* and Diviuions of Profit* Are
Treated Of.
So railroad man In the country shows
* creator Interest In the welfare of the
farmer* living along the line of his road
than does Vice President John M. Egan
of the Central. He is constantly on the
u .tch for anything that might better their
condition and bring prosperity and abund
ance to them. Frequently, at considerable
cost to the Central, he has secured in
formation from recognized authorities on
questions directly concerning the farmers,
and the dissemination has been carefully
teen to.
When connected with Western lines Mr.
Egan showed this same interest in the
farmers along the route. It is a part of
the ethics of the profession, in his opinion,
aid unless he were doing everything pos
sible to aid the planters he would not feel
that he was performing his entire duty
to the road. From time to time, Mr. Egan
lias been quoted, in interviews along the
lie of progress among the farmers, and
many valuable suggestions have been of
fered by the vice president and acted upon
bv the farmers.
The office of the vice president is send
ing out several letters in phamphlet form
that were written by practicable people,
containing their observations of the pres
ent condition of some of the farmers in
Georgia and making suggestions as to the
possibllllks of improvement. It was at the
request of Mr. Egan that the letters were
written. To the agents of the road in all
the agricultural communities the pham
phlets ate being sent with the directions
that they be distributed among the far
mers, They are commended to the plant
ers with the request that they read and
reflect.
The leading letter Is from Mr. J. Wallace
o' Experiment, Ua., and deals with the
dairy interests. Communications on to
bacco and sugar, fertilizers and a fair di
es ion of the proiits from certain farm In
dustries among members of the farmer's
family, ihe last being from Mrs. W. H.
Fel on, are also embraced. Mr. Wallace
says, in part:
Oil Dairy Interests.
'‘Control of temperature is one of the
co-entlals in butter or cheese making. The
adaptation of the ice machine to creamery
work would enable the system to he suc
cessful.y introduced here, and would assist
materially in making this section the best
in the union for dairy purposes. Every
thing here is in favor of cheap milk pro
duction, with proper dairy intelligence.
With less winter, a great variety of
grass, sand a market that enables the
creamery to pay aliout one-half more than
the Northern farmer gets, why should not
every effort be made to Introduce the sys-
tem here?
“Although a fully up-to-date plant,
equipped with ice machine, pasteurizing
apparatus, etc., for butter and cheese
making, is costly, there are but few
heeded. One in a country with skimming
stations located around the creamery, will
lake in a radius of over fifteen miles, ami
br within reach of every farmer in that
territory. Make-rooms for cheese can be
located slill farther away. Skimming sta
tions arc cheap, and make-rooms for
' cost but little, therefore, a fully
up-to-date system could be introduced with
comparatively little capital.
' That creameries here have not met wiln
tin expectations of the people is due to
lack of equipment, and possibly lack ot
management. When a creamery is prop
rny built and equipped you have a right
to demand a perfect output from the but
ter maker; but unless he has control of
conditions he cannot be held responsible,
and the best makers will not accept posi
tions at the sisk of their reputations.
A good bultermaker is not the only req
uisitp: ihere must be intelligence in the
management, and details carefully looked
after. Ihe loss of butter fat in skimming
flr d 1 burning may he serious, unless
guarded against. A well established cream
<d assists materially in the prosperity of
ihe fanner, and the prosperity of tj)e far
-1 I.L" ' ,llls Practically prosperity for all.
Ihe farmer should own all the cows
tie means and milking facilities will per
ma He should not wait for pastures, but
rn.jui l plant soiling crops (i. e., crops, the
Decomposition of whose waste matter will
produce good soil), he should build siloes
ai l feed plenty of cotton seed meal. He
iou!,l use plenty of betiding for the cows,
tor absorbents of liquid manure; sawdust,
eaves, hulls anything that can be gotten
incap. lie should distribute the manure
upon his land, filling the soil with humus
a- ,opp as possible, and continue to raise
cotton in connection with other crops.
i .;e cow is needed to raise cotton, and
' ! Mon Produces excellent feed for the cow'.
hen the cow has increased the produc
• ? power of the land to a bale or a hale
r H tm l p and one-half of cotton to the
cip, me hulls and meal used on the form,
no fibre will be clear profit and take noth
fv u Ol the laml ,hat Produces It.
'Hi ihe establishment of the dairymen,
tomes the stockman and the utilization of
i inc and bottom land; and the calf prop
-1 ! d'Od on ekim-milk Is of more value
o ihe -loikman, than one raised on whole
cr fresh milk.
nh the stockman comes the feeder,
.a each being a specialist, increases the
"‘ s at lessened expenses and opens a
tint for the dairyman’s calves and
rrV S floßs and chickens are a natural
1 -sequence, f or groW j nK animals of all
us come to be profitable fed on the
...m-milk, and its increased consumption
_• 'he lumily will materially decrease
at and grocery bills. A quart of skitn
' K has nearly as much nutritious value
~ a pound of beef, and can be used in va
ho. ways by good cooks.
,j . adaptation of the above sugges
tin' . wo “ M not cause a radical change,
h . ROU Produce conditions that would
, the prosperity and progressive
■ the farmer, and the addition to his
trquirr t ' source °* revenue could be easily
■ 1., core of cows will not take more
Ilour night and morning, and
, not prevent hi* doing a gool day’s
! n •*' vorn or cotton fields. The
cheek- 011 pa - v f>r herself in creamery
. Pv ry f!|x months, and a farmer
if. i, 1 ! '' rp fit, if he has two cows, by sav
oihcr ! cr ramery checks, could buy an
hi, , 11 diree monihs, another in two
I alK * have a dairy of ten cows in
in.,, months . that properly
|,. I khou.d bring him an income of 52
“U n i' °, r pPr vear.
ci ssf111 t .. m * c,,p amery system under auc
ftili i ! at * on ‘h e Hde of emigration
bonn 1 ,',, 1 <hlli w y. The surplus dairy
’ - ',‘° n 01 11,, nois. Wisconsin and lowa
tiyn ~, ;' 1g npw fields, and a demonstra
-1 nil , , he advantages here for dairying
or . , r '! Jt u ls nocleil to place a dairyman
I'ndf.r hundred acres of available land,
in 1,,.. ’ oa °ondltlons land will increase
" lii i. we " a * In value, as they do
low. ,| business of dairying is fo(-
fer S r!„" ;T raKP prlce of farm land in Jef
sii i„ * rpal dairy county in Wiscon
•*;(•!( , Pl . I> ®f' acre, while the average In
i.r.„ , f , county devoted to other
V,i , , farmln 8 is *17.”
u= of tobacco culture and closing
wiih a word about sugar, Mr T T Times
of Adrian,°* a y#* Jam " S LumW Company
qulle a Buccess of tobacco raising;
not so much on what we have shipped, but
what we are selling here at home What
„“ ve shi PPo<l netted us a fray ion over
o cents per pound, but we are selling the
same tobacco here for 15 and 30 cents per
pounds, Which makes a very nice profit
on the growing of it.
vemet dr> wea,her lhls and last year pre
' ‘1° l ’ r f e , ttlnß a sood stand, as the sun
*. ,'“ hot , for ' h<l young plants and the
ground- too dry for the roots. It is pro
nounced by those who use it a very good
P.®'™- aaii one of our satv mil! men. Mr.
Frank Garbutt, told me that he got a twist
rrom some old farmer and thought that he
had rather chew it than the tobacco that
he was selling for $1 per potd. I expect
year CFeaSe m 5 Cr ° P consi derably another
'i* J° tobacco culture, if one should
*’ 'I would be but little more trou
n.e than the cultivation of cotton. Tobac
co seed should be planted the first davs
ot January, on a well-burnt bed, which
has been well fertilized with barnyard
manure. As soon as the plants get up to
have leaves little larger than a silver dol
ar, they .ire ready to transplant, say
from the middle of March to the middle of
April. The cultivation then is similar to
that of cotton, using a little Paris green
every week or two to destroy the worms.
Besides this. It is necessary to pick the
worms off once cr twice a week.
When the tobacco gets about waist
high, say about the middle of July or first
of August, tt should be topped to make the
top leaves develop as well as the bottom
leaves. When the bottom leaves begin to
turn an amber color they are ready for the
barn, and should be pulled off. tied in
bands of about six or eight leaves and
put on sticks about four feet long and
then hung up in the barn as close as
you can well get them. Ail tobacco barns
have a system of iron flues inside of the
barn and the furnace Is built just out
side. These flues are made of sheet iron
twelve Inches in diameter, and they are
so arranged that the smoke returns back
outside of the barn just above the fur
nace. The barn is built sixteen by sixteen
and twenty feet high, and eight sets of
joists ranging from seven feet above
ground every two feet to the top of the
roof. The tobacco is tied in bands, about
five or six leaves in a band, and hung on
sticks until every tier of joists is fifled
comfortably.
Then the barn should be closed and fire
started tn the furnace; a slow fire, so as
not to get the heat too high the first day.
Have a thermometer placed in the barn
and gradually Increase the heat until it
reaches ISO degrees, keeping it at that fig
ure for ahout six hours; then take down
some of the tobac o and break the stem
to see if It is w-ell cured. Any man of good
judgment can tell when it is cured. The
tobacco Is then taken to the pack house
where it is laken off the sticks and packed
in tiers, same as they would pack fodder.
If the farmers throughout Georg a will
give a little time to this subject, and start
in a small way as t have done, they w'll
soon find their profits increase materially,
and win realize that tobacco culture is a
good-paying business which gives excel
lent returns for the time, care and energy
expended on it.
As you seem to ho somewhat interested
in agriculture, I will tell you of my sugar
experiment. Some time ago I ordered a
centrifugal machine for drying sugar, and
front a little experiment I made, I think
that It is the biggest thihg in the country,
os I feel sure that we can get from 69 to
80 per cent, sugar out of our syrup, and
find a grade of “C” sugar, which retails
for 7c per pound at my store. I will take
occasion to send you a sample of my su
gar.”
Haskell oil Fertilizers.
Mr. L. W. Haskell, manager of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company of Savan
nah. writes:
"The value of fertilizers in the growth
of cotton, commencing thirty odd years
ago, has been so clearly demonstrated in
the Eastern states that Ihe amount of
fertilizer sold is a large factor In the esti
mate of the cotton crop, and has become
a necessary expense of the. planters in
these states.
“The use of cotton seed as a fertilizer
antedates the use of commercial fertilizer
many years, and has been such a favorite
fertilizing material that even at the pres
ent time many of the best planters are
averse to selling their seed, preferring to
use them as fertilizer.
“The use of cotton seed in the Eastern
states by the farmer makes keener com
petition for the article and higher prices
than is paid for cotton seed in the West.
“The cheaper price of cotton seed in the
Western states enables them to fix the
price of oil. The oil mills of the East,
therefore, are at a disadvantage. For
tunately the fact has been developed that
by feeding cattle on cotton seed meal and
hulls, and by using the manure so ob
tained in the crops, such Increased results
are obtained from this portion of the pro
ducts as to justify the belief that the gen
eral use in this way wouid put both the
oil mills and the farmers on a better
footing.
“Numerous oil mil!.* and certain feeders
heve demonstrated beyond a doubt that
the increased value of beef resulting from
feeding cotton seed meal and hulls is suf
ficient to pay for the cost of the feed and
attention. In many cases there is a large
profit in this operation, but at times there
is a small loss.
But the important fact has also been
demonstrated, that the ammonia, phos
phate acid and potash, valuable fertiliz
ing ingredients, are so slightly reduced
in quantity by the digestive organs of the
cattle that the droppings for all practical
purposes wiil have ihe same value for
fertilizer purposes as the meal and hulls
fed: in mechanical condition they are
probably superior.
If, now, we can bring to the attemion of
the farming community generally this
important fact, (he inevitable consequent- s
will he an increase in cattle feeding, an
increase in the raising of cat le, and a de
crease In the importation of meat.
A Division of Profits.
Mrs. Felton says;
I have just received your kind letter of
the 29th, in which you ask me to write
you inv opinion of the proposition thnt
farmers share the pro’eeds anl P’ofits
win their wives and daughters, that are
derived from the safe of chickens, eggs,
berries, vegetables and dairy products.
For nearly a dozfn years I have been
pegging away on this line. Of all heip'ess
conditions that I know anything about,
it is that of a true-hearted woman, whose
husband cannot “make ends meet” In
farming, and who sees everything swept
off to pav lor supp les, for before the crop
was made the mortgage was given. How
can she keep up her courage as she start*
on aro her year of poverty and debt'’ What
is there to encourage her children who are
so tired of farm life, wilh nothing hut toil
in sight? AH work and no money w ill make
Jill a sad girl as well as Jack a dull boy.
“I do advocate a crop that is the wife’s
own, that is like a fixture when everything
else is to be moved and sold. Her work is
worth money—none more valuable. What
would the majority of farms he worth
without a woman to work for love and not
for pay?
"It is worthy of mention that such shar
ing of the profits is one of the cleverest
little tricks you can imagine to please the
farmers themselves. It Is like shifting
the small change from one paim to the
other in genuine satisfaction. If the wife
has any surplus fhoney the husband has a
chance to borrow without putting up col
lateral.
“I heg to add my plea to that of all fa r
mlnded people to give the farmers’ wives
and daughters a chance to handle the mon
ey that they aid in earning. It will teach
THE MOIiNJKG >EW!S: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 16,189a
the girls to economize and to save monty,
and why should not these precious help
meets know a little about spending as well
as making? Put me down as one of your
helpers on this line.”
In closing the pamphlet, Mr. Egan says;
Mr. Eiian's Conclusion*.
"In addition to the foregoing sugges
tions, I would advise the planting of fruit
trees around your homes, which can be
done in spare moments; cultivate'berries
of a kind that p-roduces .well in your sec
tion; raise vegetables, cultivate cane, the
i syrup of which can be used In the preser
vation of fruit, vegetables and berries, not
only for your own tables, but for the ready
sale, you wiil at all times find purchasers
for good fruit and vegetables.
Raise the best poultry, have the lest
horses, cattle, hogs and sheep; house and
feed them well. It wiil cost you the same
amount to feed and care for a poor breel
of animals and poultry as the best require.
Mrs. W. H. Felton’s advice should be care
fully considered, and your wives and chil
dren are entitled to share in any success
that their efforts bring about.
“The above letters deserve your earnest
thought and consideration. Do not wait
to see what action your neighbor will take,
but initiate the movement yourself.’’
MONEY IN THE AIR.
Remarkable Result of Tornado In
the South Dakota Country.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
“I see that they’ve had another mud
shower somewhere in Oklahoma,” ob
served the man in the crash suit as he
laid down the paper.
"Huh,” ejaculated the man who had
just paid for the round, "another one of
those newspaper lies. Mud showers, red
snowstorms, airships, kissing bugs; they're
ail the same, nothing but fakes, sir! Over
wrought imagination of some country cor
respondent produced by a too steady diet
of strong liquor and a high temperature.
Mud shower! Huh!"
"Well,” responded the man from Buffalo
affably, “there are a good many lies told
in the papers nowadays, but it's hard to
point ’em out with certainty. Now I once
witnessed a sight, gentlemen, that outdid
anything ever described in the way of
freak showers. I was out in Sitting Bull,
Wyo., about twelve years ago. I was run
ning a drug store there; had a full assort
ment of horse liniments, rheumatism rem
edies and plug tobacco, and was taking
in from 60 cents to 80 cents a day. Well,
one afternoon I was standing in the door
way, keeping a lookout for a man who
owed me for a tin of axie grease, when
ail of a sudden it began to blow. Wasn't
anything alarming, you understand, just a
plain blow; no need to get into the cellar.
“Presently something fluttered down on
to Ihe sidewalk right at my feet. It was
kind of green, and awoke tender recollec
tions in my breast, and, well, it took me
about one-thousanlth part of a second to
pick it up. Gentleman, it was a nice,
crisp f.io hill!’’
The man from Buffalo paused, crooked
his elbow, elevated his chin and wiped his
mustache dreamily on his sleeve.
'“I looked up and down the street,” he
continued. “There was no one in sight. I
put that bill in my pocket and looked
around for more. And I found them. In
side of half a minute the air was full of
them. They blew in from the east like a
flock of green sparrows. I filled my pock
ets until they wouldn't hold any more,
and (hen I ran into the store and got three
soap boxes and a keg. By that time the
street for three or four blocks was ankle
deep in money, and every dod-blasted man,
woman and child in Sitting Bull was out
harvesting.
“Well, gentlemen, I staked off a claim
wilh four bottles of cod liver oil and stay
ed up until 2 o'clock in the morning clear
ing it up with a hay rake. And when I
went lo sleep it was with the cheering
knowledge that I was one of the richest
men in the world. Every ore of those bills
was a brand-new, crisp ?50 gold certificate,
signed, sealed and delivered at the door,
gentlemen.
“The next day, when fvery one had their
money put away in trunks, boxes and
gunnvsaeks, they began to wonder what
It meant. There were lots of theories pre
sented. as you may imagine, but none of
them proved cortect. But there was the
money, pil'd high on every door stoop
One man went crazy because he couldn't
find out how much he was worth; got a
different total every count. As for me. I
just counted one soap boxful and estimated
the balance; I had about $1,600,000.”
“And then—?” asked the man in the
crash suit, as he sighed and drained h.s
glass to the very last hit of lemon peel.
“It was all explained later, gentlemen.
There had been a cyclone over in South
Dakota, and a counterfeiter’s house had
been levered to the ground. He lost the
proceeds of four years of honest toil.”
“Did—did you—?”
‘ Gentlemen, a secret service officer with
fourteen deputies rode into town one day
and a ms ed every last resident for passing
counterfeit money. Because of the unus
ual circumstances we got off with a fine
of *5O each. Talk about mud showers, gen
tlemen !”
INDIAN CURED LOCKJAW.
Alan Saved From Death by a Simple
llcan Poultice.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Doctors everywhere have a horror of
lockjaw. They realize that once a pa
tient is attacked by that disease his life
is sure to fade rapidly away. Had they
known of the remedy an old Indian squaw
possessed when the epidemic of the dis
ease struck the community as the result
of the last Fourth of July celebrations
they wouid have had little fear. An old
resident of Long Island told of the cure
to a friend in this city. "The newspa
pers ain't telling no He,” he said, when
they say there's more danger of lock
law on Long Island than there is in most
other places. 1 don’t understand none of
this new-fangled talk about microbes and
such, but 1 know for a fact that there's
a lot more dunger in cuts and bruises In
the eastern part of the island, where my
father used to live when he was a boy,
than there is—well, even round about Ja
maica, where my folks live now.
“I never heard of but one case where
the patient was cured after his face was
set, and that wasn't by a doctor, but by
an old Indian squaw. That patient was
my father, and it was away back in the
twenties, when there was lots of Indians
left on Long Island. He was nearly grown
up ot the time, but still going barefooted
In summer, and cut his foot very badly
ly stepping on a broken bottle. He did
not nay much attention to it, being pretty
tough and hardy. It wasn't long, though,
before symptoms of lockjaw set in. The
nearest doctor lived a dozen miles away,
and if my father’s face wasn’t exactly set
it was next door to it, when his mother
thought of an old squaw who lived only
a little way down the road, and who
had quite a name as a herb doctor.
“She came s soon as she was sent
for, and the first thing she done was to
make a bean poultice, sprinkle it with
soda and clap it on the cut. It kept the
wound open, and I suppose it killed the
microbes. I know father said it nearly
killed him, and If the old squaw hadn't
stood by and prevented it he would have
had it off in no lime. But It cured him
all right, and afterward when he heard
of doctors losing lockjaw cases he used
to say that it was because they didn’t
know beans.”
Health Notice! Use Plait'* Chlo
rides for household disinfection. Sold by
druggists—ad.
Buffalo /
Bill irvA
and his V J
T Hat
* D UFFALO BILL wears a Stef-
U son Hat and has done so for
years. So have many of his West*
ern companions.
Cowboys, ranchmen, miners,
agriculturists and others whose
out-door life is hard on hats, know
that for standing hard knocks and
severe climatic tests, there’s noth*
ing like a Stetson.
took for Brand on Sweat Leather
For Sale Only by
B. 15. LEVY tfc BRO.
COURTEOUS GREETINGS SENT.
REVXION COMMITTEE EXPRESSED
ITS GRATIFICATION AT AT
LANTA'S ACTION.
The Elimination of foil fell era ft- A'et
erans' Day From the I’rogrnnime
of Attractions nt the Stnte Fair at
the Wish of the Executive Com
mittee of the Reunion Meets With
Thnt Body’s Hearty Thanks—Sec
retary of the Committee Diverted
to Send Copies of Resolutions to
the Chairman of the State Fair
Committee and to Gen. Evans.
The executive committee of the Confed
erate reunion met at the court house last
night and adopted resolutions that met,
fairly and courteously, the action of the
management of the state fair at Atlanta,
In eliminating Confederate Veterans' day
from the programme of the fair, In ex
pressed deference to and compliance with
the feeling and desire of the local veter
ans in regard to the matter. >
Capt. Purse, who had returned from At
lanta during the day, described for the
benefit of the committee the course he had
pursued In bringing the matter before the
veterans of Atlanta, and the management
of the state fair, and the success that had
been achieved. He told with what will
ingness his requests had been acceded to,
even before they were expressed, and what
anxiety had been exhibited by the Atlanta
people to rectify the mistake that had been
made. They had only waited to learn that
their action was opposed to the wishes of
the executive committee of the reunion
to do all in their power to nullify their
former course, and to eliminate Veterans'
day, nol only from the programme of the
fair, but from the recollections of the in
dividuals and organizations to whom invi
tations to attend had been sent.
Gen. Evans, whose intentions throughout
had been only to subserve the Interests
of the reunion, and who had thought this
end might be attained by the invitation
to the Confederates to attend the fair
upon a day named and the interest that
could then be aroused among them In the
reunion at Savannah, was particularly
anxious to have the fair management re
scind Its action in setting apart a day
for the entertainment of Confederates,
and had written to Gov. Northen a strong
letter, urging the advisability, the courte
sy and the almost necessily of such a
course.
The special and general committees of
the fair and the veterans and citizens of
Atlanta had urged that tills course he
followed and had applauded the uction of
the committee in abolishing Confederate
day once and for all. There had been no
half-way measures, but the matter had
been taken up with zeal and determina
tion and carried through with a rush to its
intended consummation.
Because of these facts and the manner
in which conditions had been met by the
management of the fair, Capl. Purse of
fered and moved the adoption of the fol
lowing resolutions, which were seconded
by Capt. Dillon and carried without a dis
senting vote:
“Whereas, the local executive commit
tee of the state fair, to lie held in Atlanta,
Oct. 18 to Nov. 4, 1899, have, in deference
to the expressed wish of the executive
committee of associated Confederate Vet
erans. in charge of the arrangements for
the state reunion of veterans, at Savan
nah. Nov. 22. 23 and 21. next, entirely
eliminated “Confederate Veterans Day,
Oct. 18” proximo, as an especial feature
In the programme of the state fair, as soon
as it was intimated to the state fair com
mittee that such assignment of a special
gathering of Confederate Veterans during
the state fair was callable of misconstruc
tion. to the serious injury of the reunion
arranged for at Charleston, and, by gener
al order of our division commander, Gen.
C. A. Evans, directed to be convened at
Savannah In accordance therewith, one
month later, and,
“Whereas, This action, voluntarily
taken, of necessity entails much expense
and Inconvenience upon said committee
in the publications required to announce
this change, which expense they cheer
fully assume to satisfy the anxiety of
this committee, lest confusion be created
as to the reunion here in November. There
fore, be it unanimously
"Resolved, That the executive committee
of Associated Confederate Veterans, in
charge of arrangements for the reunion,
take this earliest opportunity to express
their appreciation of this generous, cour
tesy extended by the local executive com
mittee of the state fair and extend to
them thanks for the promptness that has
characterized their fraternal action, that
removes the only bar. In the opinioti of
this committee, to the complete success of
the reunion here In November.
"Resolved. That a copy of these resolu
tions, signed by our chairman and secre
tary, be forwarded to Hon. W. J. Northen.
chairman local executive committee of the
state fair, and to Gen. Clement A. Evans,
division commander of the Confederate
Veterans of Georgia.” .
Capt. Purse moved thaffithe chairman of
the committee be requested to address a
letter to Gen. Evans and to express to him
the appreciation of the body at the course
he had followed and the action he had se
cured from the management of the fair.
The calrman will also convey in this letter
an Invitation to Gen. Evans to visit the
city during the early part of October, or at
such other time In the month as will heat
suit his convenience, to consult wiih the
committee in regard to the reunion and to
assist in Instilling Into the minds of local
veterans and others the pmj-er deg'-e- 0 f
enthusiasm for the reunion’s success.
The letters of Gen. Evans on the subject
of the rescinding of the action of the slate
fair management in setting aside a day as
Confederate Veterans day. were ordered
spread on the minutes of the committee, to
the end that they should show the position
of the division commander on the question.
This was at the special request of the gen
eral. though no member of the committee
thinks that Gen. Evans ever had at heart
anything but the reunion’s l>est Interests
and a sincere desire to promote Its welfare.
To the chairman of the committee. Col.
Screven, and to Capt. Purse the committee
extended its thanks for the manner til
which they had conducted negotiations in
Atlanta and congratulations upon the suc
cess tig.- had achieved. This was upon
the motion of Gen. MoGlashan.
The secretly was instructed to prepare
a bulletin announcing to the veterans of
the state the low rate that had been of
fered by the railways and to arrange for
its general distribution. Though this rale
is said to be the lowest ever offered by the
roads for any occasion within the state,
it is probable that even better arrange
ments for transportation will be effected
and (hat veterans, their families and
friends, from interior cities and towns will
be enabled to attend (he reunion ut un al
most nominal cost.
Some Curious Wills.
Washington Cor. of the Chicago Record.
One of the most curious wills ever hied
ill the office of the register of the District
of Columbia was that of Mrs. Caroline
Brown Winslow, who died about a year
ago. She was one of the oldest women
physicians in the country, and quite suc
cessful in her practice. Her money was
divided among her relatives. Her husband
was given an annuity of SSO a month, and
a fund was set aside to pay the expense of
the promotion of social purity. Her lihra
ry was divided among several women phy
sicians In this city, and her body was be
queathed to Howard University, with the
proviso that it be carefully dissected by
a woman student to be selected by the
dean of the medical school "for the purpose
of advancing her knowledge of anatomy,
after which 1 desire that the several parts
of my skeleton shall be carefully prepared
and wired together for the use and bene
fit. of the Minor N'otmal School of tho
District of Columbia, founded by my
friend, Marilln Minor, of Madison county,
N. Y., said skefetdn to occupy the place
in thq school which the founder designed
that her skeleton should occupy In the
sehcol. 1 make this request because the
law demands ihat every medical student
dissect a body before receiving a diploma
of graduation, and such bodies can honor
ably Be obtained onfy by bequest or sale
b, fore dealh. Should the trustees of How
ard University decline to accept this be
quest. I desire that my body be cremated
and the ashes thrown to the winds."
in looking over the files of his office the
register has found several other very In
teresting wills, among them those of five
of the Presidents—Washington, Madison,
Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Frank
lin Pierce. Washington was a very rich
man—one of the wealthiest in the United
States—and had a large amount of real
estate in Washington, which he purchased
at the time the capital was located there
ami held for a rise. A hundred years lat
er a terrible cry was raised because Gen.
Grant bought a few lots in the new part
of the city, which were likely to ad
vance in value because of the improve
ments that were being made by the Shep
herd board of public works, and there is
no doubt that President McKinley would
he severely criticised if he should engage
In real estale speculation; but it was
considered proper for Washington to do
so. He showed his faith in the future of
the city he founded and desired to profit
by its growth.
John Quincy Adams was another rich
President. Charles Francis Adams was
his executor, and hud the disposition of
several houses and vacant lots in dif
ferent parts of the city.
James Monroe confessed bankruptcy,
and his only property was a gram from
Congress, which he enjoined his son-in
law, Samuel L. Gouvtrneur, to use In
paying his debts.
President Jackson also confessed his pov
erty in his will and declared that he was
ruined by his "weli-lteloved nephew and
adopted son.” His will is signed "Andrew
Jackson, Sr.”
Mr. -Madison left all his property to his
wife.
It is an Interesting fact that Salmon
P. Chase, for four years Secretary of the
Treasury, for five years chief justice of
the United States, and recognized u* one
of the ablest jurists of the century, left
a will in his own handwriting which could
not be probated because of its legal im
perfections. I believe the same was true
of Mr. Tilden's will, and also that of
Charles O'Connor, and proves the old ad
age that a man who is his own lawyer
has a fool for a client. The will of Mr.
Chase was not properly written nor prop
erly witnessed.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERSONAL.
"SHAVING" ALI, FAMOUS MUN DO;
Dewey shaves, Dreyfus shaves; Carter
shaves, McKinley shave*; tramps seldom
do; rising, alert and sensible men get their
(having outfit from the old experienced
barber. 28 Hast Broughton Shaving Supply
Houae; the place to have your old razor
ground, honed, set and made to cut like
new ; barber chairs for salt'or rent; barber
shops bought and sold.
A BUNCH TO lIK GIVEN“bY THE
original George Schwarz, proprietor "Ger
mania House," to-night, as follows; Chick
en fricassee, fried liver wurst with pota
toes. mashed, and ao.irkrout, oyster cock
tails.
&AZORS RKIIANDLED. SAFETY
razors sharpened and po-r.shod, hath tubs
enameled, cash regis.ers repaired by Rob
ert McDonough. Orders left care A. L.
llyck, No. 10 Bull street. Savannah, Ga.
THE MORMSu NEWS .3 KKGULAfC
•j' on sale at Barbee & Bandy's, Isle a!
italic.
CALL ON GEORGE WT PARISH fol
lawn mowers, McCormick Reapers, bind
era, harvesters, mowers, hay rakes, ted
ders and farm Implements generally.
BUY AN B:CONOMiST _ COOK~STOV'E.
Guaranteed in every respect. Also Quak
er City, lonic, Sunny South and Victory
stoves. C. P. Milter, Agent.
NEW STYLES IN 'FURNITURE, CAR
pets, rugs, art squares, mattings, oil cloth,
linoleums, etc., arriving dally; choice de
signs al close prices. C. P. Miller. Agent.
STO V ES. HE AT E Its ANirTIN ROOFS
repaired. S'. H. Kiernan, 10 West State
at reet.
MILLER WANTS YOUR TRADE AND
will do anything honorable to yet It; you
need Miller's lurnUure and carpets. Sup
pose you call on him. 207 Broughton street,
Treat.
OTHELLO RANGES. DOMESTIC
Sunshine. Home Sunshine. ExeeUlor Ptnn
Cook, Royal Manhattan, Cotton P.ant, for
sale by P. H. Kiernan, 10 West State
street.
LET MILLER " FURNISH Your;
house; he hasn’t the biggest advertisement,
bul lie has aitiactive and durable styles
of furniture and carpets ut prices ihat
will please.
NEW IRON Beds’s,! 99 TO $35; WELL
made couches, $6.98 to SSS, all other goods
sold at equally low prices. C. P. M tier,
Agent.
PORCELAIN LINED HATH TI’IM.
syphon Jet water closets and the latest
sanitary Improvements; let me give you
a bid. P. H. Kiernan, 10 West Bta(e
street.
OLD NEWSPAPERS, 200 for 25 cents Tit
Business Office Morning News.
MEDICAL.
without pain or loss of time; $3.00 lo $lO.
American Medical Dispensary, Atlanta,
Ga., Dr. J. F. Roughton, Manager,
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you. call on me sml I
wlil give you rel.ef; I cure Ingrowing nulls
corn end all diseases of the feet without
pain; charges reasonable; can give the
best references In the city; patients treat
ed at residences; orders can be left at Liv
ingston's drug store. Bull and Congress
streets; telephono 233. Lem Davis, sur
geon chiropodist.
: “ r
HELP WANTED—MALE.
~~YVANTeIT HMa’lL OFFICE boy",
who don't lie or steal. Address “Business,"
News office.
WANTED. A COMPETENT YOUNG
man lo assist in office with experience;
must huvn go and reference; call at l!ay and
Randolph iron yard.
WANTED, AT ONCE, A COMPETENT,
experienced stenographer. Apply in person
at Claim office, Central of Georgia Rail
way.
“ DRY' GOODS SALESMAN WANTED;
only experienced men needed. Apply or
address Gustave Eckstein A Cos.
WANTED, LICENSED DRUGGIST, AT
once; good references. Address C. W.
I-ove & Cos., Blackshear, Ga.
“WANTED. COMPETENT HITLER,
one that understands ihe cafe of horses.
G. 11. Remshnrt, 10 Bryan, east.
BOOKKEEPER WANTEb,~ONrE WHO
will work cheap and understands his busi
ness; will be require to b at office at 7
a. m.; may until he finishes; no old .worn
out bookkeepers need apply; must be ac
tive and able to do hnid work. Address
Progress, care Morning News.
' OLD ESTABLISHED FIRM RE
quires services reliable man for this com
munity. Salary $lB weekly and expenses.
Slate form* r employment. "Manufactur
er," IJox, M 27, Philadelphia, I’a.
WANTED, MANAGER AND AGENTS
In every city, for cheapest and largest
line; made to order only. Established 1879.
Hunter Tailoring and Shirt Cos., Cincin
nati, O.
WANTED, AN EXPERIENCED
piano and organ salesman. Address wllh
references. J. W. Pease's Eons, Columbus,
Ga.
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
goods; only well experienced persons need
appply, al Gustave Eckstein & Co.'s.
EMPLOYMENT WANTED.
vTiUTePw (JIM XnXvo U LdTxX!TEn'-
eral work; sewing or nursing. Box 90,
care News.
“AN INTELLIGENT, COMPETENT,
middle-aged Canadian desires position as
child's nurse, companion or maid. Address
M. A. C., Mrs. H. C. Lee (formerly of Sa
vannah), 419 I>!xlngton avenue, New York
city.
ROOMS WANTED.
too far out. Address W., Morning News.
“For r ent, to a entlem en'
large, handsomely furnished room, with
four windows; communicating turns If de
sired; in fashionable residence section.
Address “B," care News.
■“wanted, A FURNISHED room’ IN
private family by a lady. Address C.,
Morning News.
WANTED—MISCELLANEOUS.
ing business, who has knowledge of cloth
ing; services needed; good chance for right
party. Address P., News.
”WANTED, A SMALL TUG ROAT.BUIT
abIe for fowling rafia of logs. Address, with
description, giving size of engine, age.
price, etc., to E. P. Burton & Co.,Charles
ton, S. C. Box 24C.
FOR RENT— HOUSE*.
RESIDENCE 311 JONES STREET,
east, all conveniences, first-class order.
Right rent lo right tenant. Est. Salomon
Cohen. West Broad and Broughton.
■ FOR RENT, FROM
leg 321 Henry street, east, second west of
Lincoln; this is one of the best and coolest
houses in the city; location second to
none. G. H. lle-mshari, 16 Bryan, east.
~iii AND 218 HUNTINGDON STREET,
west. Apply 212 Hall street, west. Pos
session Oct, 1.
211 BOLTON.’’ WEST, POSSESSION
Oct. 1. Apply, on premise*
FOlt RC9T-nOOM>.
'TT^YOKKT7iASTr'w r 7rLL'”TT ;^
flat four rooms: possession Oct. 1; rent rea
sonable. C. P. Miller.
RENT. FLAT AND BASEMENT FOK
email family. 12 Jones street. eaX.
FOR HUNT—STORES.
ty and WhiDkor street*. Apply to 12 Lib
erty etreet, west.
FOlt SALE—MEAL ESTATE.
for sule nil over the city on easy terms oy
Robert H. Tatem. real estate dealer. No. 1
York street, west.
Foil SALE—MIkCUoLANEOIIS.
FOR SALE, A SECOND-HAND STEIN
way square piano In best order. Apply]
Lippman Bros.
43 8 PER CENT. 3-YEAR RONDS FOH
■-•ale. For particulars, Box 132, Sanlord.
Fla.
f6R~BALE. LARGE LOT FENCING!
and second hand lumber In quaniltles to
suit purchasers, at corral, east of city. J„
P. Brown, Agent, 2U7 West Broad street..
FIELD GLASS, J 10: ORIGINAL COST
$3O; very powerful, and nearly new; 2i*-ilna
binocular glass; not a cheap affair, but of
la st French make, and will he sent privi
lege of examination, by addressing P. O.
Fox 392, Cincinnati. O.
~TWO BEAUTIFUL NEW LAUNCHES
for sale. Gas engine. No heat, no smoke,
no engine man, pilot, or fireman required.
No Mret.se, no match, liatne or lire. No
wood or cool: no offensive odor; no noisy]
exhaust, underway ,n 15 second". Boats like
these were selected for use at the Omaha
Exhibition, and (hey ran trom June to
November. 12 to 18 bouts per day, wlthoug
any repairs or a mishap of any nature-
The Iti-f. ot h. at is $3OO, an t the 25-fuOt
boat $7OO. Lippman Bros. Agents.
“KXCISLBI'OR. ALL ORA DBA C.~ li£
Mcßride & Cos., P. O. Box, 255 Savannah.
Or.
“ FOR SALE. UP-TO-DATE. WELI. ESt.
tabllshed restaurant In (he best business
town In the state, among the mountain*
above Atlanta: good reason for selling.
Address Bargain, care the News.
EDUCATIONAL.
'^uTnTHdRN^uTirLrC^SCHOoiTuNDEa
Southern woman's direction; special and
regular courses; ton West Klghty-flftt*
street. New York city. Mbs Murphy and
Miss Gaylord.
THE SAVANNAH ACADEMY OPENS
Its thirty-second annual session Oct. 2j
students prepared for Hie national acade
mies, universities and technological
schools; special hours In afternoon and
evening for business course. Apply for
terms at 334 Bull street. John Taliaferro,
principal.
PETITION FOR INCOKPOnATHWL
ST ATE I>F TTeoI UHaTcC
CHATHAM—To the Superior Court of
sold county:
The petition of Joseph Jennings, An
thony Robinson, James Hall, 11. E. Walk
er ami A. H. Walker, all of the city of
Savannah, said county and slate, respect
fully shows:
That they desire for themselves and
those who may now or hereafter be asso
ciated with them, to be created a body
corporate under the name and style of
‘BAKERS CIRCLE AID SOCIAL
CLUB,•
With the usual rights and liabilities of
bodies corporate. That the object of said
club Is the mutual aid, pleasure. Inter
course and society of Us members, each
with any or all the other members there
of, and such material or moral assistance
in the burial of the deceased members,
etc.. a* the club may by its rules and by
laws confer upon Its members. That they
desire for said purposes that they b
specially Invested with power to enforce
good order, receive donations, make pur
chases, effect alienations, lri both real and
personal properly, nnd *o give picnics,
conduct fairs and dances, and arrange and
manage excursions, not for purposes of
trade or profit but only to aid In defray.
Ing current expenses of the organization,
in the matter of halls, lights, fuel, re
galias, funerals and paraphernalia. That
they desire also to conduct a bar for th
use of the mcmliers under such rules and
regulations as they mny prescribe not In
consistent with ihe laws of the state, not
for the purpose of trade or profit, hut for
the general design of fraternity, good fcl
low-Tilp anil benevolence.
Your petitioners pray that they and
their successors he Invested with the cor
porate powers and authority aforesaid and
such other powers as may be In accord
with the purposes of said organization and
not Inconsistent with private right, andl
that said corporate existence shall lie for
ihe period of twenty years, unless sooner
tiwmlnatcd by law, with the privilege of
renewal.
And your petitioners will ever pray, etc,
GEORGE W. BECKETT,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
Petition for incorporation filed In officß
this 7th day of September, 1899.
JAMES K. P. CARR, i
Clerk S. C„ C. C„ G.
LEGAL NOTICES.
CHATHAM COUNPyX
Whereas, M. A. O'Byrne ha* applied ta
Court of Ordinary for letters of adminis
tration, on the estate of Chris Murphy,
deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admon
ish all whom 11 may concern to be and
appear before said court to make objec
tion (If any they have) on or before th
FIRST MONDAY In October next, other
wise said letters will be granted.
Witness, the Honorable Hampton L,
Fanil!, ordinary for Chatham county, thlg
the 29th day of August, 1899.
FRANK E. KEILBACH, |
Clerk C. 0., C. C.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
Nolle* Is hereby given to all persona hav
ing demands against Wiillam Speais, late
of said county, deceased, to present them
to ine, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show ihel*
character and amount; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are requ red ta
make Immediate payment to me.
BESSIE R. COONEY,
Administratrix.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 8, 1899.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.—
Notice Is hereby given to all persons hav.
trig demand again Der.nls Reardon, late of
said county, deceased, to present them to
me, properly made out, within the tins*
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons in
debted to said deceased are required ta
make Immediate payment to me.
JORDAN F. BROOKS,
County Administrator.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 8,1839.
PROPOSALS WANTED.
Office Custodian United States Custom
House Building, Savannah, Ga„ Sept. 13,
1899.—Honied proposals wl’.l be received at
this office until 2 o’clock p. m. on the 23rd
day of September, 1899, and then opened,
for repairs, painting, etc., at the abova
named building Copies- of the specifica
tion may be had at this office.
JOHN H. DEVEAUX. Custodian.
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