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I TIM EL Y TALKS WITH FARMERS I„ . . Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ Subscriber* are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ drew all Inquiries for information + ♦ on subject* relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor. All Inquiries + ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ teatlort* No Inquiries answered by ♦ + enail. Please address Harris Jordan. ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor. Monticello, Ga. * ♦ * ♦♦hhi mi >»< muni »♦♦♦ TILLING THE SOIL- Agrieuitural writers for many years have impressed upon the tillers of the soil the great need of deep plowing and thor ough tillage in the preparation of land for all kinds of crops. The up-to-date, pro gressive farmers at the south have spent time and money In an earnest endeavor to break and pulverise their soils in an earn est effort to secure the highest degree of growth and fruitage for their different crops. There have been many kinds of implements employed in the effort to bet ter prepare our lands, many of which • wopld do good work In one kind of noil, while totally unfitted to give good results r in another. From the old-fashioned two horse turn-plow up to the most highly and latest Improved disc plows, we have •peat thousands of dollars trying to make our soils yield up the natural plant foods they contain and render them available to growing plants. The right kind of expe rimce. that which teaches us the best poncy to pursue, can only be learned from practical experiment. ft was at first thought that the proper time to turn under vegetation was during the month of July or August, while it was yet green and in the ripest stage of a rank growth. Experiment early demonstrated the fact that rank vegetation turned un der while full of sap. during the hot days •f summer, caused too rapid fermentation and placed too much acidity in the soil. In other words, the soil would become •oar and much of its fortuity and useful ness lost. The next step was to await the coming of frost and turn the land after all vegetation had passed from life into death. Ths results were found to be not only superior to the old plan, but a de cided improvement along the line of build ing up depleted soils. The mere turning of land with its coat of vegetation was soon found to be not all that was needed to secure the results sought. Investigat ors found that no ordinary turnlrfg plow could be forced into the ground deep enough to break the subsoil underlying the top soil. and that unless this subsoil was broken to a depth of from ten to twelve inches the winter rains could not be held. Tha Mallory Plow. Unless the winter rains could be held lajkds broken flush would wash during the rainy season, the top surface more than likely to run together and become ce mented. with the possibility of considera ble damage to follow fall and winter turn ing If done after the usual fashion. Any plow which woultf properly break and spbsoil our lands without any of the above attendant evils was the implement which our people have been seeking for many years. A short time ago. while »n Madison. Ga w r had the pleasure of witnessing a practical test applied in the field with the .Mallory combination turn and subsoiling plow. I drove out in the country two miles from Madison to see the work of the plow, not from curiosity, but to find out if the plow Would do the work claimed for It by the owners and the farmers who were praising its many virtues. The field in which the test was made was In wheat •tubble. covered with a rank growth of crabgrass. The Mallory plow, which is made of solid steel throughout, except the handles, by Messrs. S. A. Turnell A Co., of Madison. Ga.. is a double-turner, that is the wings of the plow hoe set out on either side of the plow foot, presenting somewhat the appearance of a hog-faced shovel. The point of the plowhoe is from 10 to 12 inches wide according to sixe of plow used. With a pair of ordinary mules, the first furrow run opened out 8 inches deep and 10 inches wide at the bottom. The wings of the plow threw the dirt out for a dis tance of 12 Inches on each side of the center of the furrow. The next furrow run parallel with the first one and at a distance of two feet, ridged up and com pletely covered all the vegetation grow ing between the two furrows. By running the furrows too feet apart the vegetation in the field was. completely covered and wide open furrows as above described left open to catch and hold all the winter rains. If run on a level or by terraces. The method of subsoiling followed the opening of the furrows. A long narrow diamond pointed scooter was placed on the plow and run tn the open furrow, breaking and loosening up the subsoil from 5 to 8 inches deeper. In this way a field can be quickly plowed and subsoiled. with a trench 12 inches wide and from 10 to 14 Inches deep, left to catch and hold all the water that falls during winter, while the constant seeping through of the water across the covered middles, together with the winter freezes. will render the entire NO GUESSWORK. | Give Each Case Close Study, and Treat Ita Every Con dition. I Use No Ready-Made Medicines. Thousands of people are afflicted with some chronic disease and have never known a well day for years, although they are constantly taking medicines. By . giving the subject a moment's intelligent • thought, they can easily see that their _ S condition needs some special attention— I F that there is no d° ubt Mme complication CmbMFW which must be properly treated before a -- VJ cure can be effected. Chronic diseases are very obstinate, and there are seldom two cases alike The » same disease very often has a different effect upon different people, and a medt c,n® *h!ch will cure one case will do a ' seemingly similar case no good whatever. /' Those who rely upon ready-made patent medicines can easily understand why they still suffer. Almost every mall brings me letters _from patients who are pleased with my VC treatment from the very first, and who y are delighted to find that I understand ’ their case, and prepare treatment to meet DR. HATHAWAY. every effect which the disease produces upon the human system. One patient writes: "I would have saved hundreds of dollars and years of suffering if I had placed my caw in your hands at first instead of experimenting with various medi cines and so-called specialists. You seem to understand my case thoroughly.” While 1 have cured many cases that had been thought incurable. I wish it understood that I do not claim to perform miracles. I do offer, however, to those afflicted with any chronic disease the most expert and skillful treatment obtainable anywhere, and my superior equipment for treating these diseases is based upon my experience of twenty years which have been devoted exclusively to mv specialty. Before I undertake a case I understand It thoroughly Jn every detail and know just what I can promise toward effecting a cure. There is absolutely no guesswork and under no circumstances do I make promises that I cannot fulfill. Anyone afflicted with •ladder and Kidney Diseases, Stricture. Varicocele, Rheumatism, Ca tarrh, Loss of Vitality, Nervous Debility, Blood Polson, Female Weakness or any other chronic disease, should investigate the advantages offered by my exclusive methods of treating these diseases. I give each ease my Individual at tention hnd my success in effecting cures has never been equalled by another phys'.cfah in the United State*. FREE EXAMINATION. I will take pleasure hi carefully diagnosing your case and charge nothing for fny expert opinion and advice. If you cannot call at my office write for my com plete symptom blanks, which will enable me to thoroughly understand your case, am! give you intelligent treatment at your own home, as I have thousands of others. Correspondence strictly confidential. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D., 5 Inman Building. 22 t-2 8. Broad Stree), Atlanta, Ga. filled soft and pliable by spring. Another feature of breaking land under this pro cess, as worked out by Mr. Mallory the Invention is that if the subsoil is wet the first furrow opened with the turn plow can stand a day or two before the sub eoiler is used. On the other hand if the subsoil Is hard, the first furrow can stand until after a rain when the subsoil will be softened up and easily broken. It has been long known that rain water con tains manv valuable fertilising properties, and the fact that with the use of the Mallory plow a field can be well broken, turned and ■ubeolled, while at the same time the winter rain* are absolutely held in check by the process, make the plow one of the most valuable for fall work that has ever come under my observation. Another notable feature was the ease with which the plow goes Into the ground with out any sliding or slipping, with its own weight, and also the lightness of its draft. I watched two good mules of ordinary size pull the plow with ease, while they left behind them a furrow deep and wide enough for any ordinary ditch. The larg est plow is Intended to be drawn with three mules and is the most wonderful implement for tearing up land I ever Quick Work. Any farmer with a good pair of mules can turn and subsoil a field within one third the time he can do it after the usual method, and get it done 50 per cent better. In the following spring all that is necessa ry before plan Ung is to put in the guano in every other one of the old furrows, bed on it lightly and plant. The middles will be found soft and the dirt can be easily worked to the growing plants. Several of the best and most practical farmers who have been using the Mallory plow for a year or two told me they found great satisfaction in its work, and that through its use had greatly increased the average yield of all crops. There has never been an implement Invented which is Its su perior as a cotton stalk ripper. As a hill side broadcast turner, I found it superior to all reversible turn plows which I have seen or used. In examining the different features of the plow, I found that it could be used not only for tearing up the sub soil from 12 to 15 inches deep, but that It can be used with scrapes in plowing the crops during their various stages of growth. The plow is most valuable for the purposes intended, and I presume will gradually come into general use. HARVIE JORDAN. EXCHANGES. ~ Burr Clover. Exchange. Burr clover comes up from the seed in the fall and grows all winter, and grows very rapidly in very early spring. It dies root and top about May 1. shedding its seed in burrs off on the ground to come up again in the fall. It makes splendid graxing in winter and early spring when there is little else green. It is a fine land improving plant. People plow up land after It seeds in spring and plant in regu lar summer crops, and the clover comes again in fall just the same. It does fine with Bermuda grass. The Bermuda turf holds stock up in winter and spring while graxing the clover. When the clover dies in spring It fertilises the Bermuda grass which does well all summer and fall. Cat tle cannot graze burr clover close enough to keep it from seeding. When you get it you have it forever. It is hard to get a start of. The seed are sold in the burr and it would probably take several-bush els to seed an acre thickly the first year. Some of the seed also lie Over till the aec ond year to come up. So be patient with it and it will thicken from year to year. To Capture Bee Mothe. Exchange. » . In a recent issue of Farm and Ranch a subscriber asks how to keep worms out of bee hives. We have had some expe rience in handling bcea.and this was our plan: Take a wide-mouthed jar or bottle, fill it one-third full of water. Into wfhich stir some sugar and a tatflespoonful of vinegar, or enough of each to make it pleasant to the taste. At dusk place the jar near the opening of the hive, or on top of it. In the morning you wilt find the jar full of moths of every kind. Some of them may be our friends, but I doubt it. Many of them will be the veritable bee miller. Take them out of the jar and return It every evening to the hive; and you will capture many of the orchard and garden pests, as well as the bee moth. We tried the plan and it worked well for us. Pear Blight Distributors. An Exchange. I have thoroughly worked out the ques tion relative to bees carrying blight. The conclusion reached is that bees carry pear blight extensively, and with other insects are the principal or almost the only agen cy of distribution of the germs. The occur rence of the blight on the blossoms in great quantities and the great rapidity with which the disease spreads from flow er to flower Indicate a normal and very effective method of distribution. The THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1901. germs were found growing freely in the nectar of the blossoms. Bees were seen repeatedly visiting the infected flowers, and some were caught taking infected nectar, and by means of plate cultures the pear blight germs were isolated from their mouth parts. By cov ering parts of the trees with sacks of va rious kinds of material, including mosqui to netting, and then artificially infecting certain flowers on the tree, the blight was observed to spread very freely over the uninfected and uncovered blossoms, but was entirely absent in the blossoms cov ered by mosquito netting. Blossoms were infected and at once cov ered with sacks and the- blight in such cases was retained in the infected blos soms. Pear blight germs died very soon after being dried up, and lived for only a brief period on exposure to weather con ditions out cf doors, hence they cannot live in dust and be blown around to any great extent by the wind. Pear blight vi rus, particularly that which occurs on the blossoms, is a very sticky substance, and is readily carried by insects, birds or other animals, but cannot be blown by the wind. It may also be well to state that as a result of this serious charge against bees, I was led to carry on an extensive se ries of experiments in the pollination of pomeaceous fruits, and as a result of these I found that bees are indispensable to the pollination and setting of most of our pomaceous fruits, hence they should not be destroyed, as some Cal growers think. They simply carry the pear blight inci dentally while performing an Important and necessary function. Warning to Fruit Growers. An Exchange. Those who expect to plant orchards or trees of any kind this fall or next spring ■should be on their guard, especially in ter ritories where the 17-year- cicada or locust is duo. A destructive brodd of this insect Will occur in 1902. They will be particular ly noticeable in the eastern tier of counties in Illinois, in Sauk county, Wisconsin; all of Indiana, the western half of Ohio, and in southern Michigan, extending to the central portions of Kentucky, Into eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina and southern Georgia; western portions of Vir ginia. eastern counties of West Virginia, practically all of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey, eastern and south Pennsyl vania, and a few scattered localities in western New York, along the lake shore and in Rutland county, Vermont. This Is the largest of the 17-year-broods of this insect. It last appeared in 1885 and considerable damage was done to trees and shrubs In the territory mentioned. This Insect will appear in May in most destructive numbers. During that time they will deposit their eggs in trees and shrubs, seriously injuring them. The in sect cuts a deep slit in the twig in which it deposits its eggs. These eggs hatch in a short time and the young emerging from them drop to the ground and remain be low the surface for a period of 17 years. It is the cut in the twigs during the time the females are depositing their eggs that causes so much damage to trees; particu larly young trees. In view of the fact that this pest occurs throughout such an im portant fruit belt, persons who expect to plant young orchards, particularly on land recently cultivated, should take warning. The chances are that trees planted this fall or next spring on recently cleared lands will be seriously injured, if not kill ed, by this insect. The adult rarely, if ever, takes food of any kind and lives a short time only after the eggs are depos ited. Due to the fact that the cicada is not especially choice of trees in which to deposit its eggs, fruit growers should be exceedingly cautious and use every means to keep these pests from young trees. Trees of special value liable to be Injured in districts where the pests will occur in greatest numbers should be protected for a few weeks with various kinds of cover ings. How Few Persons Escape a Toothache; how many suffer unnecessarily. By the use of Perry Davis' Pain-Killer the pain is almost instantly stopped and a complete cure ef fected. For a swollen jaw or face due to ulcerated teeth, Pain-Killer acts like magic. Do not suffer a moment but get a bottle. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis'. Price 25c. and 50c. Some Advantage of Experiment Work On the Farms. Every farmer should have a true knowl edge of the needs of every piece of land on hla farm. Indeed, every successful farmer will have this knowledge to a greater or less extent. It is all very well to study the requirements of a crop and ascertain what fertilizer it will need to do its best. But if you neglect to study your soil as well you are still working at a disadvantage and cannot produce your crops in the most economical .manner. Almost all large fertilizer concerns manufacture special fertilizers. There are cotton fertilizers, potato growers, wheat growers and vegetable and tobacco fertil izers. These goods are prepared to meet a number of requirements. They must meet the needs of the crop as nearly as possible, both from the standpoint of analysis and from that dictated by experi ence. They must suit all soils as nearly as can be done, and they must not be too expensive. Most of these goods are what is called well balanced fertilizers, that is. they contain the three principal elements of plant food, ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash, in the right proportion to supply the needs of the respective crops for which they were prepared and the general run of land. You can readily see that It would be im possible for these concerns to prepare a fertilizer that would suit all the differ ent qualities and conditions of soil, as those vary more greatly even than the crops themselves. . And so it Is that in using these fertil izers we may be paying for and applying material which our soil already contains. Or our soil may be so lacking in some one element of plant food that the amount of this element contained in the fertilizer fails to balance the plant food in the soil, even though It may be well balanced in the fertilizer itself. The result is that the crop produced will not be as large as the land is capable of making with a fertilizer which would properly balance the plant food already contained In the land. It' will be understood that when we speak of plant food as being balanced, we mean that the three principal ele ments, ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash are present in the soil or fertil izer in the right proportion to supply the needs of the crops we wish to grow. If any one of these elements is present in excess a part of It must necessarily re main idle and its effect will be to produce and unhealthy and unsymmetrical growth. The ability of the crop to appropriate plant food is limited by that element which is in the smallest supply. If am monia and phosphoric acid are plentiful in the soil either naturally or put there through fertilizer, and potash is lacking, then the crop will be limited in a great measure to what little potash there Is present Is capable of producing. Thus part of the phosphoric acid and ammonia will remain unused. So also it Is with these other elements, any one of them being lacking she crop is limited to that extent. On nearly every farm there is a great variety of soil and the successful farmer is the one who studies and acquaints him self with the needs of every piece of land in his possession. This is where the value of a little experimental work comes in. We must go to the fields with oUr queS | (ions. They cannot be answered defi- nitely in the office or laboratory. A prac tical field test of the different crops with different fertilizers containing different combinations of the elements of plant food is the only way to learn how to fer tilize, our land as well as our crops. Here only can we obtain such practical Infor mation as will enable us to use these fer tilizers with profit and economy. The idea that guano Is guano no matter what its analysts or composition, that it may be applied to all soils and crop® in discriminately, will never go with the successful and intelligent farmer. He will find out what his soil requires and when he buys his fertilizer he will see that the elements of plant food are present in the right proportions to balance the plant food in his soil for the crops he intends to. grow. A few experiements with the different elements Os plant food will cost but lit tle. Acid phosphate or ground bone will furnish you with phosphoric acid. Cotton seed meal, dried blood, tankage and ni trate of soda will supply ammonia; and muriate of potash and kainit will give you potash. Try these materials sepa rately and together in different combina tions until you find what your soil re quires in a fertilizer. In using these dif ferent materials remember that the "per cent" Is the number of pounds of any given element of plant food which they contain per hundred pounds, and in ap plying them figure on the pounds of ac tual ammonia phosphoric acid and potash you use and not on the total bulk. To compute the analysis when com pounding a fertilizer, multiply the num ber of pounds of "carrier.” or body tn which these elements are contained by the percentage of plant food it contains and divide the result by the total number of pounds of fertilizer you are preparing after the materials iire mixed together. The result will be the per cent of this element of plant food in your fertilizer. For instance In preparing a ton of fer tiliser we should use 1,900 pounds of 14 per cent acid phosphate, 800 pounds of 8 per cent cotton seed meal and 300 pounds of 50 per cent muriate of potash. We mul tiply the 1,900 pounds of aciu phosphate by the 14 per cent of plant food It con tains. the result is 14.000. We divide this by 2.006. and the result Is 7.. or 7 per cent of phosphoric aeid in Our ton of fertilizer. In the same manner we find that the meal gives us a fraction over 3 per cent of ammonia, and the muriate of potash gives us 5 per cent easily. By a little study of the above method one can easily learn to figure the analy sis of any fertilizer you may wish to compound. When mixing be sure to see tnat It Is done thoroughly. The mass should be shoveled over from one pile to another three or four times until the whole Is of an even color. F. J. MERRIAM. Battle Hill, Ga. LOEHRTALKS TO MINISTERS. Distinguished Missionary Tells Some Interesting Facts of the East. An interesting figure at the Methodist preachers’ meeting Monday was Rev. George Leohr, of shanghai. China, who has been a missionary in that country for a number of years. He was sent out years ago from the North Georgia conference. He has done a great work in China, most ly educational. He is one of the founders of the Anglo-China college. Mr. Leohr is a son-in-law of the great missionary, Dr. Young J. Allen, and is his right hand man. Mr. Leohr is a cultured Chinese scholar. He is the author of several Chinese books, and is a regular contributor to the lead ing Chinese periodicals. One of his prin cipal book is “The Lives of the Apostles.” In China It la called "Sz Dvo Che LI Ah." Mr. Leohr spoke of a book being writ ten by Dr. Allen, entitled “Women in All Lands—An Index to Civilization.” Several millions of Dr. Allen’s books have been sold In China. Japan and Corea. The book which Dr. Allen is now writing, Mr. Leobr said, was to be the ‘ author’s greatest book. Speaking of Suchow. Mr. Leohr said it was the most important point of his church in all the smplift.. He said it was the most cultured city,, and haa a wide reputation for beautiful women. Speaking of Li Hung Chang, Mr. Leohr said he Is conservative of the conserva tives and Is not friendly to missions. The young emperor, on the other hand, he said, is the friend to missionaries and all progress. The real Chinese, »he said, are friendly to westerners and progress. The opposition, he said, came from the 1 Manchus. Drs. Parker and Atkinson, of the Gam mon Theological Seminary, were present ed to the conference and represented the work they are doing for the negro. DUBIGNON NOT TO RESIGN. It is now stated gince the return of Chairman Fleming dußlgnon from Sara toga, N. Y„ where he spent the summer recuperating his health, that he will not resign the chairmanship of the state Dem ocratic executive committee. Mr. dußlgnon was at the capitol Mon day. and while he would not talk for pub lication, It is said by some of his friends, although previously rumored, he will not give up the head of the state political ma chinery of the Democratic party, but will remain at the head and direct the next campaign. Some time ago when Mr. dußlgnon was forced on account of ill health to give up his desire to make the race for the nomination for governor, it was said that he would also resign the chairmanship of the state committee. At that time his friends thought this advisable owing to the state of his health. Since that time however, Mr. dußlgnon has regained considerable of'his vigor, and it is said he wih be able to direct the campaign next year. In view of the fact that the campaign promises to be a long one and to be a vigorous fight on account of the Prohibi tion partv having out a candidate in the person of Mr. Dupont Guerry, Mr. du- Bignon's friends say that his health has improved to a great extent and that he is stronger in endurance than he has been In years. Mr. dußlgnon, in case he remains as the chairman of the committee, will be ably .assisted by Vice Chairman Ed T. Brown.) Should Mr. dußlgnon retire Mr. Brown will succeed him. SOUTHERN IRON AND STEEL. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Sept. 24.—The re port of pig iron and cast iron pipe ship ments from the southern field during the first eight months of the year shows a considerable increase over last year, ex cept in the matter of exports, which are smaller than they have been since the south entered the export field. The very firm state of the home market had largely to do with the falling off in export move ments. Pig iron shipments from Alabama and Tennessee the first eight months of the year amounted to 985.404 tons, an increase over the same period last year of 149,455 tons. Pig iron shipments from the Birming ham district alone were 536.542 tons, an increase over last year of 19,046 tons. Export iron shipments were only 19.582 tons, an increase against 93.379 tons last year. Cast Iron pipe shipments from Alabama and Tennessee were 110,419 tons, an in crease of 64,711 tons. Pipe shipments from the Birmingham district alone were 54.434 tons, an Increase of 40,593 tons. Export pipe movements were only 2.039 tons against 19,483 during the same period last year. Steel shipments from the Ensley Steel mill during the period were 38.632 tons. Against this there was nothing done last year, the mill having just gone into oper ation. The steel business is very young In the sou— but it is growing rapidly. Heroes That Didn’t Make Good. Chicago Record Herald. Rear Admiral Howlson seems to have re tired with "Rix Jim” Parker Into the deep seclusion reserved for heroes who have failed to make good. JERE M, WILSON I DIES VERY SUDDENLY UNEXPECTED DEATH CAUSE6THE COURT OF INQUIRY TO ADJOURN. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24.-The Schley court of inquiry was brought to a sudden termination for the day eighteen minutes after convening this morning by the an nouncement of the sudden death of Judge Jeremiah Wilson, senior counsel for Ad miral Schley. • The announcement was made to the court by Hon. Isador Raynor, assistant counsel In the following language: "I have a very sad announcement to make. I have just heard of the death of Judge Wilson. I left him at 10 o'clock this morning, slightly indisposed. I was with him until late last night. I saw him this morning at 8 o’clock and left him at 10. We have confirmed the rumor through the telephone that he has just died at the Shoreham hotel, and I would respectfully ask the court, if It meets with the approval of the court, to adjourn for today.” Admiral Dewey said: ”1 have to announce that owing to the death of Judge Wilson, of counsel, the court will adjourn for today until to morrow morning.” Mr. Raynor said that so far as he could now see the counsel for Admiral Schley would be able to proceed tomorrow, but he added that there would be a desire to attend the funeral when it occurred. Ad miral Dewey and Captain Lemley agreed that this detail could be arranged later. The announcement of Judge Wilson’s death created consternation not only among members of the court, but among the spectators, and some minutes elapsed before people generally would accept the report. All the members of the court, Including counsel for the government and for Ad miral Schley, expressed the utmost sur prise and sorrow over the news, while Admiral Schley himself said: "The news Is so shocking that I cannot trust myself to give expression to my es timate of the man. I can onljj, say that I have lost not only a clear-headed and bril liant counsel, but also a dear and much beloved friend. lam shocked beyond measure at the news, and find myself al most unable to accept the report.” Lt was announced at the court room that Judge Wilson’s death had occurred at 11:08 a. m., at the Shoreham hotel, and that it had been due to acute Indigestion and kidney affection. The proceedings of the court were ren dered very brief by the announcement of Judge Wilson’s death. Commanders Bates and Schroeder were recalled to listen to the reading of the official report of their testimony as given yesterday and First Class Machinist A. B. Claxton, of this city, who had charge of the port engine of the Texas on the day of the battle of Santiago, had just taken the stand when the announcement of Judge Wflson’s death was received. It had been expected by the government that Mr. Claxton would confirm the statement of Engineer Bates, concerning the reversal of the engines of the Texas. During the short time he was on the stand Engineer Bates was asked a few questions. One of these was by Captain Parker, and was In regard' to the steam log of the Texas. In reply to the first Inquiry Commander Bates said the log had been written up the day after the battle. Navigator of Texas Tells of the Loop. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.—The members of the Schley naval court of inquiry found the accommodations of the tool shop at the navy yard somewhat improved when it met there at the usual hour of 11 o’clock today. The long -bare room which hither to had been open from floor to roof, had been, In appearance, at least, completely transformed over Sunday by*the addition of a ceiling of plain white cloth. This had the effect also of improving the accoetics of the hall, so thit the court and others had less difficulty than formerly in hear ing the witnesses. Proceeding, Captain Lemley said he had suggested such logs as he considered es sential and he would have printed the points considered pertinent. He then in dicated the time that he desired covered by the matter to be printed, but Admiral Schley’s counsel objected and asked that the entire logs (rom the t,me tbe fleet left Key West until after the battle off Santiago be made available. After some exchanges of opinion on the part of the council the understanding was reached that such parts of the logs as either side desired could be printed. Commander Schroeder was recalled and asked If he desired to make any correc tions in the official record of his testimo ny of Saturday. “There Is one omission from Admiral Schley’s remarks on the Massachusetts on the day of the bombardment of the Colon which I overheard which 1 should like to supply,” he replied. “It is this: He said when he came aboard that Admiral Samp son would be there on the following day. He made that statement in connection with his remark that he was going In to sink the Colon.” Lieutenant Commander L. O. Heilner, navigator of the Texas during the Spanish war, testified that he had heard no guns fired when the squadron approached Cien fuegos. To his knowledge no effort was made to ascertain whether the Spanish fleet was in the harbor, or to destroy Spanish works there. Nor had there been any effort to communicate with Cubans on shore until Captain McCalla arrived on the Marblehead. Witness was then asked to describe the battle of July 3, and said: "The Texas had been heading about cast when the enemy was seen coming out of Santiago. Lieutenant Bristol, who was officer of the deck at the time, rang to go ahead full speed, and put helm hard to starboard to make a turn. "When he was on deck he informed me of what happened and I sent him below and assumed charge of the deck. The captain told me that he had eased the helm until he could find out which way the ships were going and he also ran half speed. I suggested full speed. He said the battery was not ready. I told him it would be ready before the ship was In position to fire, and then he said: " 'All right,’ and, rang full speed. "When the second of the enemy’s ships followed the first to the westward he put the helm hard to starboard. I made several reports to him about the Brook lyn regarding her signals. He said ‘Nev er mind.’ I also referred to the way I thought the Brooklyn was standing up to fight—very nicely. The captain said: ‘Oh, crackle. Never mind the Brooklyn. You look out for this ship.’ "The Brooklkyn was then about her port beam. So I said: “ 'All right, captain, I will look at the Brooklyn no more,’ and I turned my back, looking on the starboard beam at the ships getting out. After we sheared about and got to the westward I suggested to give her a little port helm to get closer in, and he did. Right after he gave her this helm he sang out through the sight hole to the men at the wheel and at the engine room indicator to slow, then stop, and I said: " ‘Captain, they will all get away from us.' “He did not answer me. but immediately stepped back, and then said: “ ‘My Lord, captain, we are out of the fight. Look at the Brooklyn.’ “I turned around, and right ahead at us this big gray ship loomed out of the smoke. For a second I thought my heart was in my mouth. We were steaming with a heavy helm and she steered by us. When I saw her she was practically ahead of us. That is the first I saw. She sheered off and went to sea about 2,000 yards', and then on to westward. As soon as the Brooklyn cleared us we rang to go ahead and started up forced draft again. "Then we simply followed on as fast as we could on a line that was just inside the line where the Oregon was engaging the Ships. Just before this turn of the Brooklyn, the lowa and the Oregon were both close to us on our starboard helm. We continued the chase until the Colon hauled down her flag, when the captain gave the order to stop forced draft. Captain Lemley: "How near was the Brooklyn to the Texas at the time you saw her loom up in the smoke?" “I did not make any estimate at the time, but came to the conclusion later that eh" was between 10® and 150 yards from us. which was a much longer dis tance than Captain Philip thought It was.” Captain Lemley: "Perhaps I should have asked you In the first place the. po sition of the -Brooklyn relative to the Texas just before going into battle.’ "She was almost astern of us. That Is because we were headed almost east. She should have borne west by northwest. She was heading for the land and I thought she was standing pretty nearly on her north course. I did not see at first any indications of turning and I thought she was going right In.” "Looking back.” responded the -wit ness, "I know that the time of the great est danger for the Texas was when the Brooklyn loomed out of the smoke right ahead of us.” He said in response to questions that he had never sailed with a man who had quicker sight or who handled his ship to better advantage than Captain Phil ips. He added that the captain had on this occasion given successive orders and that the Texas was backed "until she was dead." On account of this Incident two or three minutes had been lost and fully three miles were lost to the ship. A part of this delay, however, he said, had been caused on account of the fault of the ship's blowers, rendering the ves sel slow In getting up steam. When court convened Mr. Raynor con tinued the cross examination of Com mander Heilner. He asked him especially concerning the official chart of the battle off Santiago, exhibiting the chart. The witness said he had been one of the board of navigators who had prepared the chart, and that he considered the map inaccurate. Mr. Hanna interposed to say that if the point Intended to be made was that the chart Ir Inaccurate, the government would concede at once that this was true. "It Is a great pity you never conceded that before," said Mr. Raynor. Mr. Raynor then commented quite vig orously upon the fact that the chart was an official document. The witness was asked by Mr. Raynor concerning the stoppage of the Texas when the Brooklyn appeared in front of her. "The signals.” witness answered, were to 'Slow,' ‘Stop, and ‘Back.’ one right on top of the other, before I could say a word in between.” "Does anything appear in your log about that,” asked Mr. Raynor. "Nothing.’ answered the witness. “It was not on the log. I can tell you why it waa not; because Captain Philip said he did not like to have anything In it. I swore to the judge advocate of this court that I would not bring up a dead man to substantiate anything I said, and that I would not bring up this point, and 1 am sorry I brought it up. but Captain Philip said he would not put it in his of ficial report. "Did you see any signals from the New York on the day of the battle?" asked Mr. Raynor. “We did not receive any signals from that vessel on Monday until in the after noon,” replied the witness. The witness also said that the New York had not come up until after the last Spanish ships came out of the harbor. Captain Lemley here Interposed to ask the purpose of the Inquiries and Mr. Raynor stated that it was to be able to make comparisons between Schley's blockade and Sampson’s, because if it could be shown that Schley’s blockade was equal to Sampson’s he could not be considered censurable. He also said that ft would be shown that the Colon was visible when Admiral Sampson came up. Captain Lemley objected, not only to the line of questions, but to the line of argument. Replying, Mr. Raynor said that not withstanding the strenuous efforts of Cap tain Lemley to keep Admiral Sampson out of the controversy, he would Inevita bly be brought into It, not for the pur pose of criticising him, but for the pur pose of showing Admiral Schley had merely obeyed the orders of his superior officer, who was Admiral Sampson, in do ing what he had done. Story of How Squadron Coaled. WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—When the Schley court of inquiry convened at the navy yard at 11 o’clock today there were general comments upon the fact that the seat that had been occupied from the be ginning of the sitings by Judge Jere Wil son was vacant. He had endeared himself not only to the members of the court, but to all persons about the court. On ac count of his sudden taking off sympathy was ven' general throughout the room The business of the court, however, was promptly resumed at the usual hour. Mr. Claxton said on July 3, 1898, he had been on duty In the engine room of the Texas. The engine Indicator had called for full speed ahead early In the morning which had, within an hour after the be ginning of the action been changed to "full speed astern.” To his knowledge there nad been no signal for the reversal of the engines. He said that he had been excused from service in the engine room, but still he knew that the engines were reversed for about two minutes. The witness had said that the engine was stopped. x. Rear Admiral Cotton, now commandant of the Norfolk navy yard, who com manded the auxiliary cruiser Harvard during the Spanish war. was the next wit ness. He told of meeting the flying squadron under Commodore Schley off Santiago on May 27. 1898, and said that on that day he had delivered dispatches to the Com modore from Admiral Sampson and the navy department. He had. he said, board ed the Brooklyn at 2:30 o’clock. “What was said about the dispatches?” “I delivered them to Commodore Schley. The original envelope in which the dis patches were received by me at St. Nich ols Mole together with translations of those dispatches made by Lieutenant Beall, of the Harvard. I handed them personally to him in his cabin in the order of their date. He received them, read them, and com mented in a general way upon their pur port: spoke of the difficulty he had had in getting coal on board hi 4 ships while at Cienfuegos and subsequently to the date of which I am speaking—May 27 and said it had been almost impossible to get coal on board on account of the weather. He questioned me relative to the practica bility of coaling ships at St. Nichols Mole and Gonalves channel. As to St. Nichols Mole .1 said: “ 'There is question but that the ships can coal there. As to Gonalves channel. I know of no reason why they should not be able to coal there.’ ” ‘How about the large ships at St. Nichols Mole?’ •• I said: ’You can't coal your big ships there.’ I had special reference in my re 'ply to the battleships and protected cruis ers of the Brooklyn and New York clask I said, thinking of the fact that my own ship had been there and was of some 12,006 tons displacement, and nearly 660 feet in legnth. “Did this conversation occur before or after the dispatches which you took aboard had been read by the commander in chief?” "After.” In response to further questions Admir al Cotton said that he had the original translations of the cipher dispatches ad dressed to the Harvard. This dispatch of Mr. Raynor called attention to the fact Uiat there were- some material changes in the dispatches as printed in the.official reports by the navy department. Admiral Schley’s reply to these dis patches, dated May 29, in which he said he could not obey the orders of the de partment was then read and Mr. Rayn or pointed out various changes in the language of the department dispatch as printed in the official report- He address ee the court briefly concerning 'thsse changes. He said tnat Admiral Bchley had spoken of the weather as “boisterous” and that that word had been omitted from the printed copy of the dispatch. He also stated that whereas the admiral lj®d said that 9.500 tons of coal woqld- be necessary the printed copy made it- ten thousand tons. It was also stated In the- original that the Harvard was going to Port Roy al. whereas Kingston had been inserted in the printed copy. There also were oth er changes. "After you delivered the order and prior to trie dispatch Which he delivered to you to be sent to Kingston, what efforts did he make to locate Cervera’s fltet to your knowledge?” "None to my knowledge.” "Did he, with his squadron, at that time approach Santiago?” "He did not. I will qualify that to this extent. The vessels of course were not at anchor; they were moving about and there were directions for movement to ward the harbor of Santiago.” The order of Admiral Sampson, which is a letter known as the "dear Schley,” letter was then read. On cross-examination Admiral Cotton said that while he had delivered four or five dispatches to Admiral Schley he had had the original only of one dispatch which he had given. They had all been translated by Lieutenant Beall and he had not seen the originals of any but that one. He had no record of any other dispatches. Mr. Raynor: "I think may be I caji help you if you will let me. I will see If I cannot refresh your memory. Are you not mistaken about dates and is not trie date of the delivery of these dispatches the 31st Instead of the 27th of May. You did deliver the dispatches there is no doubt.” "All the dispatches I received at St. Nicholas Mole were delivered to Commo dore Schley on the morning of May 27, 1898. There Is no mistake about that. The dispatches I received at Kingston for Commodore Schley were delivered on the morning of May 31. There Is no mistake about that.” I♦♦♦♦♦♦♦lll 111111 4 • . ♦ ♦ COAL FAMINE FORCED ♦ ♦ SCHLEY TO DISOBEY ORDERS. ♦ ♦ ♦ WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—F0110w- ♦ ♦ Ing is the text of the original dis- ♦ ♦ patch sent to the, navy (depart- ♦ ♦ ment: ♦ ♦ Received dispatch of "May 26 by ♦ ♦ Harvard off Santiago de Cuba. ♦ Merrimac’s engine la disabled and ♦ «fr she la helpless; am obliged to have + her towed to Key West. Have been * + absolutely unable to coal the Texas, ♦ ♦ Marblehead, Vljcen and. Brooklyn + ♦ from collier, owing to very rough ♦ <» seas and boisterous weather since + 4> leaving Key West. Brooklyn is the ♦ •> only one in squadron having more ♦ than sufficient coal to reach Key 4» 4» "West. Impossible to remain off ♦ ■fr Santiago in present state of coal, ♦ + account of squadron. Not possible + ♦ to coal to leeward of Cape Cruz in ♦ + summer owing to southwest winds. ♦ + Harvard Just reports to me she has ♦ ♦ only coal enough to reach Jamaica, + and she will proceed to Port Royal; ♦ also reports only small vessels •fr could coal at Gonalves or Mole ♦ + Hayti. Minneapolis has only enough + + coal to reach Key West and same + of Yale, which will tow Merrimac. <• It is to be regretted department’s ♦ 4> orders cannot be obeye<l,earneßtly as ♦ we have all striven to that end. I ♦ •ft am forced to return to Key West ♦ via Yucatan channel for coal. Can ♦ 4» ascertain nothing concerning ene- A ♦ my. Was obliged to send Eagle to ♦ <{> Port Antonio. Jamlaca, yesterday, ♦ 4> as she had only 37 tons of coal on > ♦ board. Will leave St. Paul here. 4» Will require 9,500 tons of coal at + •fr Key West. • + OIL FLOWS FROM WELL While Boring For Water In Albany Oil Vein Is Struck. ALBANY, Ga., Sept. 24.—There is ex citement In Albany today. The 10-lnch artesian well which the city is sinking to Increase the city's water supply has struck a stratum of oil. The well reached a depth of 900 feet yesterday afternoon and the water which flows from It is cov ered with oil. The oil comes up In globules, rises to the surface of the water and breaks, cov ering the stig»am that runs off from the well with a coat of oil. The drill Is now In a rock and as it is slowly sunk deeper the amount of oil which rises is gradually increasing. J. A. Lynch, the chief driller, who is superintendent the sinking of the welL i« just from the oil fields of Pennsylvania, where he has sunk oil wells for 15 years. He has predicted for some time that he would strike oil here and today he is con fident that the well will be a "gusher” as soon as the drill passes through the rock In which he Is now working. The Albany Herald, always conserva tive, today handles this sure Indication of an oil strike as the biggest thing that has ever happened for Albany and south’ Georgia. There has been a constant stream of excited visitors at the well this morning, watching the oily water which flows out at about 30 gallons per minute. Options on adjoining property are being bought and groups of men are clustered about the streets excitedly discussing the situation. The belief is general here that a great oil strike will be made -before the well Is sunk much deeper. SAMPSON RELIEVED OF DUTY. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.—Read Ad miral Sampson has requested the navy department to relieve him of his present dutv as commandant of the Boston ndvy yard on October Ist, on account of the bad condition of his health. 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