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f TIMELY TALKS WITH FARMERS
Conducted By C. H. Jordan
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FARMING IN NORTHWEST.
While the farmers of the northwest
raise different crops as a general source
of revenue from those of us in the south,
it is nevertheless not only interesting to
study their methods and systems of farm
ing. but it gives to vs a fund of infor
mation which can be turned to good ac
count in the future conduct of southern
agriculture. In the first place, the north
western farmers prepare their soils,
plant cultivate and harvest their
crops with the use of improved modern
machinery. They do but little actual
work by hand, excent to guide their teams
and machinery. This system has been the
means of enabling them to reduce field
labor to Its minimum. The necessity of
the situation required It. for the reason
~ v ehat but little outside labor can tee bad.
each family largely doing all the field
and domestic work on the farm and prem
ises. With machinery and "a sufficient
number of horses, one man can cultivate
75 acres of land easily and In many in
stances they undertake to cultivate 125
acres to the hand. A farmer with XX:
acres of land usually keeps from 15 to 30
I rad of gnod horses. The feeding of farm
animals is not an item of serious cost,
because all farms are planted entirely In
grains and grasses of various kinds. The
native grasses which grow on the prairies
for pastures and for hay are exceedingly
nutritious and will keep stock and cattle
in splendid condition without other feed
ing. In the production of hay the only
thing required Is to let the grass grow,
which is principally of the blue Joint or
red top variety, and cut ft at the proper
stage. The land does not have to be brok
en and plowed, and there is no trouble
with sprouts of Voung timber .or weeds.
What Is Planted .
The principal grain crops in the north
west consist of wheat, corn. oats, barley,
rye and flax, the crops standing about in
the order named as to extent in produc
tion. while at Sioux Falls. S. D., Hon.
H. H. Xeith. a prominent attorney there,
took me for a drive among the farms,
about twenty miles out from the city,
so that I might have a better opportunity
of studying the farming Inuustry in that
section. Sioux Falls is about 7W miles
nortwest of Chicago, and is within 100
miles of the big cattle ranges of tae far
northwest. It is a new city, settled about
twenty years ago, has a population of 16,-
880 inhabitants and is the distributing
point for a section of several hundred
miles tn diameter. I was somewhat sur
prised to find the Georgia Elberta peach
selling on the streets of this far away city
upon my arrival there.
The two Dakotas have rightly won the
distinction of being the finest wheat sec
tion in the United States. The average
yield of wheat In those states this year
has been from 25 to » bushels per acre
without fertilisers which is about double
the avearge yield in Georgia. The yield
of corn is from h to tt bushels per acre.
One farmer told me his one hundred acres
in com would yield him this season at
least S.ON bushels. Corn is planted in
rows three feet wide with two or three
stalks in hills twelve Inches apart. The
corn stalks do not grow higher than five
or six feet. The ear sfiioots out from the
stalk about eighteen inches from the
ground, and I did not see any stalks
with more than one full ear. But there
are thousands of stalks to the acre and
one good ear to each stalk runs the yield
up to high figures. AIV the crops grow
with a uniformity In siie in all parts of
the field which makes a most pleasing
sight.
How Land Is Broken.
The farmers begin turning their lands
In the early fall and keep at it until all
the lands which is to be planted the fol
lowing spring is broken. Heavy gang
ploars, with two turners cutting a fur
row 29 Inches to the plow and from 6 to
8 inches deep are principally used. From
t to 1 large Percberon horses weighing
Li». to 1.400 pounds each are bitched
abreast to these gang plows, and the
rider takes his seat on the machine and
drives the team. I saw several fields that
were belr.g plowed in this way. four plows
with five horses, to the plow, one follow
ing behind the other and each team cut
ting a double furrow averaging 40 Inches
across.
When freezing weather sets in all plow
ing is at an end until the following spring
and the farmer who has failed to get his
land in shape must take the same chan
ces that the average southern farmer
dees who postpones his work until spring.
The soil in the Dakotas freezes to a
depth of four feet every winter, and the
weather temperature often registers 40
degrees below zero. Toward the latter
part of March, or the first' of April, the
top surface of the soil begins to thaw,
and Just so soon as it thaws to a depth
of two inches, the farmers begin to plant
their wheat crops, which is done with
drilling machines, or broadcasted and
harrowed in the same as we do t, about
five pecas being sown per acre.
As the weather gets warmer the soil
lower down begins to thaw. and as the
moisture rises, the wheat is germinated,
and the plants supplied with an abun
dance of moisture to push its growth
along rapidly. There is tut little rainfall
in the far northwest and but few streams,
hence nature furnishes the method above
described for plant life in the early spring
to draw needed supplies of moisture. In
Julv the wheat crop ripens and is then
harvested with the latest harvesting ma
chinery or with headers, lot header is a
4 FULL
QUARTS W—
EXPRESS PREPAID.
Ibo celebrated Mountain Dei!
tskey is distilled upon the
fashioned plan, over alow
n fires, insuring a liquor of
» quality. Our entire prod
to sold direct to the cen
ter. who thus gets an un
ilpulated old whiskey of
janteed purity.
| Your Monev
Back If
Not Pleased.
We will send by express,
prepaid, four full quarts
of 9-year-old rye. for
$1.15. and if you are not
in every way satisfied,
return at our expense,
and your money win be
ref u a d ed. Everything
shipped tu plain cases.
Address al! orders to
The Mountain Dell Co.,
Dtetillcrs. Dept. A, Atlanta, Ga.
machine which cuts off the heads of the
wheat and leaves all of the Straw stand
ing in the field. But it has nat given gen
eral satisfaction on account of danger
from rain rotting the heads when stacked.
Farmers were busily engaged threshing
their grain during my recent visit. The
threshers are pulled with traction engines,
and are self-feeders. In other words, the
wheat is forked up on a carrier just in
front of the machine, which is taken along
and pushed into the mouth of the drum.
The straw comes out through a long sine
tube about 18 inches in diameter which is
movable and is known as a ••self-stacker.*’
No hands are required to move the straw
as the “self-stacker” does the stacking,
one man being required to direct it. The
machines have a capacity of 3.000 bushels'
of wheat per day, and the straw from that
amount of wheat can be nicely stacked in
circular form without any extra labor, or
necessity for moving the machinery.
The wheat fields are everywhere, and
the large stacks of straw can be seen
every few hundred yards apart. When
the fields are turned, and the stubble all
plowed under, a match Is applied to the
straw pile and the straw burnt up.
Wheat straw is not used for any purpose.
Oat and rye straw is preserved and com
■ mands a value for feeding and other pur
poses. The corn is all cut. principally
with binders and stacked in the field. No
fodder is ever pulled. The corn is hauled
up during October and husked at the
barn, or it is husked in the field. All
the wheat, barley and corn intended for
market, is hauled to the corn and wheat
elevators as soon as it Is ready for mar
ket.
Marketing Grain.
Wheat and barley are hauled in bulk.
Large two and four-horse wagons with
tight-fitting todies are filled with grain
to the top. This is carried to the elevators,
weighed, graded and sold or stored for
the owner. Corn is shucked and carried
to the elevator in the same way. At the
elevator the corn is shelled, cleaned and
put in shape for shipment, principally in
bulk. There afe a few farmers who neg
lect to break their lands in the fall and
depend upon the disc harrow in the spring.
I was told that such farmers were mak
ing a failure in their business. The point
I wish to impress here is that the men
Who thoroughly prepare their lands are
making fine crops and money. This rule
will apply to southern agriculture as well
as to the northwest.
The natural hay fields or native prairie
grass is cut once a year, the yield being
from one to two tons per acre. When cured
and raked it is stacked into large piles
containing from eight to• ten tons to the
stack. I saw thousands and thousands of
these stacks on my Journey through the
different states of the northwest. Usually
this hay sells for $1 per ton in the stack,
or 83 per ton delivered at the railroad.
This season, however, owing to the short
ness of the corn crop tn some of the
states, hay has advanced to $6 and 87 per
ton, delivered.. A considerable amount of
the prairie lands In the Dakotas Lave been
bought by eastern capitalists. The own
ers have the hay cut each year and de
rive a handsome profit from its sale, as
no Cultivation is required.
First Year’s Cultivation.
The first year prairie land Is broken the
sod is turned only to a depth of two
inches. If turned five or six inches the
land will not produce anything for three
or four years. Nothing will grow on the
land lightly turned the first year except
a crop of flax. After turning the sod, the
flax seed are sown and scratched in with
an iron-tooth harrow. A fairly goou crop
of flax will be harvested, which will sell
for enough to pay expenses. A good crop
of flax will yield about 18 bushels of seed*
per acre, and present prices are 81.60 per
bushel. The flax seed are largely used in
the manufacture of linseed oil and meal.
The latter is a fine feed for cattle.
There is no waste land in the northwest.
It is all nicely fenced in square fields, and
the methods of up-to-date culture make
the inspection of a farm most interesting.
What we need tn the south is the intro
duction of more improved farming ma
chinery. so as not only to reduce the cost
of labor, but to put our lands in better
shape for making larger yields per acre.
We need more fall breaking and less
spring scratching. We should diversify
more, raise wheat, corn, oats, barley and
grasses, and reduce the production of
cotton to a strictly money crop, the sale
of which will go to the owner in the na
ture of a profit on his business.
HARVIH JORDAN.
A
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
W. E. T.. Evergreen. Ala.:
Dear Journal: We people over here in
Alabama hear a good deal about the great
watermelon crops raised in Georgia, And
as some of us. in south Alabama at least,
want to try our hands to the tune of a
few acres of the red meats, we want to
know something about the modus oper
and!. In the first place some small grow
ers around our town say that watermelons
cannot be raised without stable manure;
but I asked them how the growers in
Georgia raise such large crops and some
of them so far from a town that it would
be Impossible to get stable manure for
such large acreage. And now this is the
question we want you to settle.
If they use guano, let us know, and
what sort, and how and when to apply
and how much to the hill, or is it applied
in the drill same as for cotton?
Also, are cantaloupes raised about the
same way, and what variety is mostly
raised for shipping north? Information
will be thankfully received.
Answer: While stable manure is a fine
fertiliser for all crops, watermelons are
raised in Georgia each year by the appli
cation of commercial guanos. A proper
fertilizer for watermelons and cantaloupes
can l>e made up as follows:
Acid phosphate 800 pounds
Kanlt 600 pounds
Cotton seed meal., 400 pounds
Mix thoroughly with hoes and shovels
and apply in the drill about 500 pounds per
acre on good land. In the early stages of
the growth of the plants, you might use to
good advantage 100 pounds of nitrate of
soda as a top dressing, scratched in light
ly around each plant. Watermelons should
be planted only on land well broken and
harrowed down to a fine tilth. Lay off the
rows from ten to twelve feet apart, and
plant the seed about ten to twelve feet
apart on the rows. Treat land the same
for cantaloupes, also fertilize the same,
but reduce the distance to one-third or
half that required for watermelons. Never
touch or move the vines of either when
they commence running and growing. The
Rocky Ford cantaloupe is the most popu
lar for shipping to northern markets.
W. A. Belcher, Sessions, Ga.:
Will you p'easa let me know through
The Semi-Wsekly Journal what the mar
ket price is for shredded corn stalks, and
where I can sell it? Would you advise
selling at present prices or holding it un
til winter or spring?
Answer: The market has hardly opened
yet for shredded cornstalks. Usually that
class of forage nicely cured and baled will
sell for from 812 to 815 per ton delivered
to the railroad. This winter it will prob
ably be higher owing to shortage of west
ern corn and hay crops.
You might write to your nearest com
mission bouses for quotations, and If you
can get 815 per ton delivered to railroad,
it would be advisable to sell.
"exchanges. .
Exchange.
stables are injurious to cows or
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. 1901. --
horses as a dungeon is to a man. It is
the basement barns for milch cows that
has developed tuberculosis to such an
alarming extent. In the southwest there is
no necessity for basement barns, and as
far as we know they do not exist. But
we have seen many stables that were al
most as 4ark as Egypt on a cloudy day.
These may not be so bad as basements,
but they are bad enough. Sunshine is Na
ture's great vltalizer and disinfectant,
and men and animals should have it in
large quantities.
Raising Useful Horses.
Exchange.
Probably the most profitable horse to
breed is the sort now most neglected. A
well-gaited saddle horse is always in de
mand and always brings a good price, and
such a horse can always be made a fair
harness horse. For the "fast man,” a fast
horse is wanted for the vehicle; but there
are many staid people who prefer taking
things easier, and with greater safety—
who prefer comfort with assurance to the
huzzas of an excited mob who 101 l upon
the fourth rail of the race course fence.
And then there are many men to whom a
well-gaited steed is a second self, and a
business necessity. There is money wait
ing for the breeder who can produce and
train such horses as the modern eques
trian demands.
Farm vs. City.
Exchange.
"It is a subject for regret, not only upon
the ground that agricultural interests are
hurt, but it is distinctly unfortunate for a
large class of unskilled workmen in the
various cities that the advantages and
opportunities of farm work are not more
generally sought. Work of all classes in
the cities is performed in the main by spe
cialists. This is growing to be the case
more and more each year in every depart
ment of professional, commercial and me
chanical labor. In the cities only the peo
ple with a well acquired trade or profes
sion stand a chance in the competions
of life. Yet there is in every city a vast
number of men who are earning a preca
rious living by doing the hardest sort of
menial labor. Their families are compelled
to live in narrow, squalid streets,
and their children are being reared in an
atmosphere that tends to produce moral
depravity. In the agricultural districts
there are places for these people which,
compared with their present conditions of
health and moral cleanliness that com
pensate a thousand times over for the
exertion.”
- A Popular Fowl.
Exchange.
The most popular breed of fowls in
America today is the barred Plymouth
Rock. Other breeds have had their run
in popularity for a time, and then fallen
back to second, third or fourth place in
the list, but the Barred Plymouth Rock
has stood at the head from the time it
was first introduced to the public down
to the present time. Now, there must be
a reason for this: No One breed possesses
all the good qualities. There is some mer
it in every variety of thoroughbred poul
try. and no man need be without eggs or
chickens, even if his flock should consist
of mongrels only, for they are really the
source of the poultry aiyl eggs of com
merce even yet, notwithstanding all that
is said and written of the thoroughbreds.
The English writer on poultry. Wright,
says that from the earliest days down to
the present time the English house-wife
has been partial to the Cuckoo, or parti
colored fowl; or, in other words, the Dom
inick. That's the old specled hen. What
country raised man is there today, who
does not remember the partiality shown
the Dominick hen. Who among us who hall
from the farm has not heeded the admoni
tion w r hen sent for a chicken for dinner,
"Don't kill any of the Domlnickers.” They
had a hold on the heart and the fancy
that none of the others had.
Then there is real value In the Plymouth
Rock. It is a good market fowl, and the
hen of this breed is a good layer, especial
ly during the latter part of winter and
the very early spring months, when eggs
are most valuable; but, then, most every
one is familiar with the breed and its
many good points. Medium weight, yellow
legs and skin, quick growth of the chicks
and the tendency to fatten quickly, which
is characteristic of the adult fowls; the
docility of the females, the desirability
and adaptability as setters and mothers,
and, clothed as they all are in that very
popular Dominick plumage, it all makes
a summary of good points that is pos
sessed by no other breed.
“I Stood in a Draught
with my coat off and caught this' wretched
cold." eays the sufferer. He need not pay
a heavy penalty if he follow his act of folly
with an act of wisdom. Soak the feet in
hot water with a few teaspoonfuls of Perry
Davis’ Pain-Killer in it. Take a teaspoon
ful of Pain Killer In hot sweetened water at
bed time and be thankful for so simple and
speedy away to break up a cold. There is
but one Painkiller, Perry Davis’.
For $1.40 we will send The Semi-
Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline
Toilet Articles and any one of the
premium papers offered with The
Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. This Is the
greatest offer ever made and you
should take advantage of It without
delay.
YOUTSEY MAY ESCAPE PEN.
Believed He Will Be One of the Wit
nesses in Powers Case.
GEORGETOWN, Oct. 17.—1 n the Caleb
Powers case Mrs. Anderson, Western
Union operator at Barboursville, Ky„ tes
tified identifying several telegrams sent
by Powers to men in that locality in
structing them how many men to bring
to Frankfort. She said copies of the tele
grams had been removed secretly from
the office and she did not know who had
taken them.
The impression gained that the com
monwealth will not introduce Robert
Noakes, nor Finley Anderson, who were
conspicuous witnesses at the former trial,
but there is a rumor afloat that Henry
E. Youtsey will be put on the stand to
tell all he knows about the affair as his
only hope of escaping his life sentence.
Arthur Goebel, however, says Youtsey
will not be called by the commonwealth.
Miss Lucy Brock, said to have been
Powers' fiancee, testified of Powers say
ing that Governor Taylor had given him
81,000 with which to pay the expenses of
the mountain men, and that he and Chas.
Finley were raising the army.
Judge James D. Black, of Barbourville,
democratic candidate for governor, tes
tified that Professor Stevens, after the
shooting of Goebel, showed him a letter
from Powers saying:
"It is due to me that they are now dis
organized.”
Detective Jenkins, of Lexington, told
of Powers' arrest the night he fled from
Frankfort, disguised as a soldier. Sheriff
Henry Bosworth and Deputy Frank
Rogers, of Fayette county, also testified
concerning the arrest of Powers. Walter
Bronston. county attorney for Fayette,
said when he heard Powers had left
Frankfort he got Thomas Cromwell to
swear out a warrant for Powers and Cap
tain John Davis, charging Goebel’s mur
der. ' The warrants were served on the
arrival of the train.
When a man starts a fight before taking the
measure of his adversary he may have his own
measure taken by the undertaker later.
FINE WEEK FOR
PICKING COTTON
GOOD WEATHER ALLOWED FARM
ERS TO SAVE FODDER AND
GATHER CORN.
The crop report of Section Director Mar
bury for the week ending Monday says:
The weather of the week was exception
ally favorable to the crop interests of the
state, and was utilized to the fullest ex
tent possible in picking cotton, saving the
last of the fodder and gathering corn In
some sections. Practically no rain fell un
til Saturday, when a showery condition
prevailed, with heavy local falls-in several
localities, and continuing on Sunday in a
few of the eastern counties. The day tem
peratures of the week were generally
warm, the nights cool. A decided tem
perature fall occurred during Sunday
night, and the minimum temperatures of
Monday morning ranged between 40 and 50
degrees. Cotton picking continued to be
the main business of the week, is com
pleted in a few counties and well advanced
in the majority of sections. The general
crop is rated considerably below the av
erage, and also below that of last season,
and the top crop is very light. In sec
tions of Ware county Sea Island cotton is
reported to be still in bloom. A few cor
respondents mention a shortage of lint.
The minor crops seem to be in a satisfac
tory condition, although corn is regarded
as an Inferior crop. Potatoes and peas are
fine crops as a rule, and sorghum is
yielding well, syrup making being in ac
tive progress. Plowing for fall seeding
has been done in a few counties, and in
Berrien county farmers are preparing to
sow a large acreage in oats. Very little
wheat has been sown as yet.
NORTHERN SECTION.
Catoosa: Weather of the week generally
warm and pleasant; farmers busily en
gaged in turning wheat land, saving late
fodder, picking cotton and grinding sorg
hum.
Cherokee: A flne week for gathering
crops; some fall oats and rye sown; crops
ordinarily good.
Dawson: Warm and favorable weath
er for cotton picking; late cotton open
ing slowly, and early not quite up to the
standard; sorghum of good quality being
made; pea crop fair.
Fannin: Dry and windy week; fodder
all saved; apple gathering begun, crop
poor; corn poor; corn not as good as an
ticipated.
Floyd: Week fair, warm and favorable
to cotton picking, less than an average
crop indicated; some ground turned and
sown in oats; wheat ground prepared;
corn crop snort.
franklin: Fair week with hot days and
cool nights; cotton opening and being
picked rapidly, much of the crop is late
and not well fruited, crop being sold as
fast as gathered.
Gilmer: Fine weather during past 7
days; light frost on Bth, no damage; rye
sowing in progress; sorghum flne.
Gordon: Weather all that could be de
sired; cotton picking pushed, not much
else being done; no corn gathered yet or
wheat sown; syrup making commenced;
pastures failing.
Gwinnett: Weather of the week very
favorable on all crops; cotton fields white,
but the crop is below the average.
Hart: Past week very favorable for
gathering cotton which is opening rapid
ly; a large amount of pea-vine hay saved
in first-class condition; potatoes excep
tionally flne.
Madison: Fine week for picking cotton,
crop below the average; weather too dry
for plowing, no rain up to Saturday.
Rabun: Hay about all saved in good
condition; some early corn being gath
ered; syrup making in progress, good
yield. . '
Union: Generally cleqjr week with some
wind clouds, frosty mornings; cotton
opening; some plowing for fall seeding.
Whitfield: Fair weather up to Satur
day; cotton is a fair to good crop In this
section; also sorghum and peas; corn
crop’very short; much hay housed in good
condition.
■Wilkes: Favorable weather for gather
ing crops; much cotton picked, crop is
somewhat better than last year, but not
as good as It was thought to be on Sep
tember 1; corn rather poor.
MIDDLE SECTION.
Baldwin: "Weather exceptionally flne;
cotton has made all It can, but the crop
will not be as large as expected.
Bulloch: Favorable weather for picking
cotton and other farm work; farmers well
up with cotton and selling as fast as gath
ered, crop short; minor crops good.
Butts: Cotton about all open and picking
.being-rushed, shortage in crop indicated;
corn ' harvested, yield moderately good;
peavine hay saved in abundance.
Carroll: Cotton being gathered as fast
as it opens, crop not Hnting as well as
last year; no corn gathered as yet.
Columbia: In sections of the county,
rains during the week damaged cotton
and hay in the field, but generally farmers
are well up with cotton picking, top crop
poor.
Effingham: Weather dry with hot days;
potatoes have failed from lack of mois
ture; cotton far below last year’s crop;
rice and corn crops fair.
Emanuel: Weather very good for gather
ing crops, no rain for nearly two weeks;
cotton inferior; too dry for turnips.
Haralson: Cotton opened rapidly dur
ing the week, picking actively in prog
ress; a good corn crop made; no wheat
sown.
Houstort: Cotton nearly gathered in
some sections, in others very little picked
up to present time; corn below average;
peas, potatoes and cane good; very little
grain sown.
Johnson: Cotton about all open and
picked out; corn being gathered; peas,
cane and potatoes are good crops.
Marion: Fine harvesting week; cotton
has a shortage of lint; potatoes flne;
much of pea crop saved with fair yield.
Monroe: Weather too cool for maturing
of late cotton, forward cotton nearly all
opened and gathered, crop short.
Montgomery: Weather dry and cool; cot
ton about all picked out and is a short
crop; potatoes, cane and peas good.
Washington: Weather favorable to all
farm work; cotton picking well advanced;
cane, peas, potatoes and peanuts flne;
some fall grain being put in.
Wilkinson: Favorable week for gather
ing corn and picking cotton, latter crop
is short; turnips doing well; some fall
grain is being sown.
SOUTHERN SECTION.
Berrien: Rain needed for gardens, cane
and potatoes; cotton picking in order,
most of the short cotton picked, crop gen
erally short and light,* no top crop; much
hay saved; peas doing well; farmers pre
paring to sow large acreage in oats.
Calhoun; Weather flne; labor for gath
ering crops hard to obtain; corn crop
turning out short.
Clay; Fine weather of the week utilized
to the fullest extent for picking cotton; all
fall crops doing well.
Colquitt: Dry week; cotton picking
pushed; hay being saved; cane, potatoes
and other minor crops doing well.
Irwin: Cotton picking well along, some
early fields finished, very little top crop.
Cost a Copper.
To be sure you get the right
prices and best values in
Shoes, a postal will bring our
Fall Catalog.
It may save you lots of money.
We want an up-to-date Cash Buying
Merchant as our Agent In every
town In the South.
J. K. Orr Shoe Co.,
ATLANTA, GA.
no improvement in yelld, not much long
cotton picked as yet; fall gardens, pota
toes and peas flne.
Lowndes: Weather of the week favor
able, but cotton is slow to mature and
picking progresses slowly also.
Mitchell: Weather favorable for gather
ing corn and cotton; corn about all gath
ered, yield good; cotton three-fourths
picked, crop rated much below the aver
age; pea crop almost a failure; other
minor crops fairly good.
Stewart: Cotton practically all open and
fully three-fourths of the crop is picked;
labor scarce: lint short.
Telfair: Fair weather during the week;
cotton about all gathered; cane, potatoes
and fall gardens doing well.
Ware: Nice dry weather for outdoor
work; Sea Island cotton in sections of
the county is well filled with bolls, but is
late in opening and some of it is yet in
bloom.
Wayne: Cotton picking continues; all
late crops and gardens doing well; rain
fall of the week very light.
SHOT AND ROBBED OF $2,000.
MIDDLESBORO, Ky., Oct. 17.—Pete T.
Colgan, the paymaster of the Virginia
Iron Furnaces was waylaid, shot and
robbed of 82.000 about midway between
the town and the furnaces at 9 o’clock
today. . .
Colgan had drawn the money from the
bank and was taking it to the office to
pay the hands.
The robbers hid in a clump of trees, shot
Colgan, seized the money and ran. A
large crowd started in pursuit, but the
robbers succeeded in reaching the moun
tains. In their flight they dropped 8500.
Colgan will recover from the wound.
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One bright day there was a lucky turn tn
a certain stock, and the Shacklefords
came down from a modest flat in Harlem
to the grandeur of a mansion on the ave
nue. Mrs. Shackleford had not been used
to luxury, but she was at ease with every
thing excepting the butler. His cold dig
nity was exceedingly unpleasant to her.
“Gracious me!” she said, glancing down
the hallway, “I feel uncomfortable every
time I look at our butler. He reminds me
of those wax figures in a museum. I real
ly believe if he were to smile his face
would shatter up like those bisque
Images.”
Her friend, Mrs. Neal, smiled.
"Suppose I should get him to smile,
dear?”
“Laugh? You might as well try to get a
horse to laugh.”
"Nevertheless, I shall try. Just wait
until I call up Sunday. 1 ’
Mrs. Shackleford had forgotten all about
the incident when Mrs. Neal came in
Sunday afternoon. They were seated in
the parlor, when loud peals of laughter
emanated from the dining room.
“The butler, goosie!” smiled the guest.
“The butler—our butler laughing?”
"Certainly! I told you that I could
make him laugh.”
“How—how in the world did you do it?”
"I gave him a copy of Punch.”
Punch? Why, I never could find any
thing funny”—
"Neither can he, dear. But you see he
Is wise enough to know if he doesn’t laugh
at the jokes we will doubj his British
nationality. That is why he roars.”
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WILLIAM M’KINLEY’S RECORD.
His Service to His Country as Soldier
and Civilian.
Washington Star.
Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R., of this
city, through its adjutant, Charles F. Keefer,
has prepared and published in circular form a
memorial to the late president, which em
braces comprehensively much of Interest in
his public record as soldier and civilian. The
items included were obtained from official rec
ords and are as follows:
Comrade William McKinley:
Born at Niles, Trumbull Co., 0., January
29, 1943. Enlisted as private. Company E.
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Po
land, 0., and mustered in at Columbus, 0.,
June 11, 1861.
Appointed regimental commissary sergeant,
April 15, 1862; second lieutenant, Company D,
November 3, 1862; first lieutenant, March 30,
1863; captain, September 1, 1864.
Brevet major. U. S. Volunteers, March 13,
1865, “for gallant and meritorious services
during the campaign in West Virginia and
the Shenandoah Valley.” Mustered out with
regiment, July 26, 1865.
Engaged In actions of Carnlfex Ferry, Va.,
September 10, 1861; Clark’s Hollow, Va., May
1, 1862; Princeton, Va., May 15, 1862; South
Mountain. Md., September 14, 1862; Antietam,
Md., September 17, 1862; Buffington, Ohio river,
July 19. 1863; Cloyd’s Mountain, Va., May 9,
1864: New River Bridge, Va., May 10, 1864;
Lexington, Va., June 11. 1862; Buchanan, Va.,
June 13. 1864; Otter Creek, Va., June 16, 1864;
Lynchburg, Va., June 17 and 18, 1864; Buford's
Gap, Va., July 20, 1864; Kemstown, Va., July
24, 1864; Winchester, Va., August 17, 1864; Ber
ryville, Va., September 3, 1864; Opequan, Va.,
September 19, 1864; Fisher’s Hill, Va., Septem
ber 22, 1864: Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864.
Admitted to the bar at Warren, 0., in
March, 1867. Prosecuting attorney, Stark Co.,
0,, 1869 to’lß7l. Representative in the forty
fifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth,
forty-ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses.
Governor of Ohio, January 11, 1892, to January
13, 1896. President of the United States. March
4, 1897, to September 14. 1901. Died at Buffalo,
N. Y., September 14, 190 L Buried at Canton,
O. September 19,1901.
Mustered In as comrade, G. A. R., in Canton
Post (now McKinley Post), No. 25, Depart
ment of Ohio, G. A. R., July 7, 1880.
INTERESTING PEOPLE.
M. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign
affairs, who has had much to do with the ar
rangements for the czar’s visit to France, is a
journalist who has won his way to his position
straight from journalism. In England there is
only one journalist, pure and simple, who has
reached cabinet rank, and that is John Morley.
Theophile Delcasse is a Gascon, wlw was born
a short distance from the town of Foix, which
he now represents in the chamber. He began
life on the Repubpque Francalse and made
foreign affairs his specialty. He has been In
the French parliament for only twelve y<a r s.
Despite the so-called Fashoda rebuff, he has
remained minister of foreign affairs in three
ministries, and thus keeps up the continuity
of policy at the Qua! d’Orsay. He will not be
50 till March 1 next.
Os Lord Salisbury's curious detachment from
current affairs and of his occasional lapses
into forgetfulness many stories are being told.
One relates to the extraordinary attack which
he made last year in the house of lords upon
the treasury and his subsequent apology. Sir
Francis Mowatt, the head of the British treas
ury, very naturally took the attack as a per
sona! matter and sent in his resignation ac
cordingly. Lord Salisbury, it is said, was
never more surprised in his life. He had no
desire to make a personal attack upon any
body, and least of all had he any intention
to make any reflection upon Sir Francis
Mowatt. What he thought—as the story runs
—was that the permanent head of the treasury
was still Sir Reginald Welby. When Informed
that he had for some years been sitting directly
opposite that gentleman, who had left the
treasury and taken his seat in the house of
lords. Lord Salisbury expressed the utmost
surprise. i
Horticultural Topics I
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PEACHES.
Leading Varieties for Shipping.
As the tree planting season will soon
be at hand we receive many inquiries as
to the best varieties of peaches for ship
ping to eastern and western markets. It
is difficult to give a list of such varieties
as will suit every peach growing section
of Georgia, because of the great differ
ences in soil, as well as climatic influences.
These conditions must be taken in con
sideration.
During the last annual session of the
State Horticulral Society a great deal of
practical information was derived from
the experience of our largest and most
successful fruit growers. Some varieties
like Trumph were found profitable in cer
tain sections, whereas in others large or
chards of that variety have been rebud
ded because of its predisposition to rot. At
one time Fleita’s St. John was considered
very desirable, as It combined great
fruitfulness with early maturity, with
yellow color and good quality. In some
sections It still holds its own, while in
others it has lost rank. So is the Early
Tillotson, which, although conceded to be
a thoroughly excellent peach for general
purposes, is yielding in popular estima
. tlon, especially in the Fort Valley district,
to the Hilley which ripen with the Til
lotson and St. John. The Hilley Is also
called Early Belle, but must not be con
founded with the Belle of Georgia, which
it resembles, as the latter is a much later
ripening peach. ,
As an example for the difference in the
behavior of some varieties, the Emma,
which has been most remarkably profita
ble in Mr. S. H. Rumph’s orchards, where
it originated, has entirely failed to yield
any crop in other sections not far distant
from its place of origin.
The following varieties have for the past
twelve years been thet most profitable
for eastern markets, and for sections com
prising the counties of Macon, Houston,
Perry, Randolph, Sumter, etc., and In or
der of maturity, viz.: Rivers, Tillotson,
Belle of Georgia, St. John, Elberta. Now
this list Is being gradually changed by
eliminating St. John and Tillotson and
substltutin Hileys, Carman, Slappey.
This latter Is much like the Elberta in
shape, except being more oblong and rip
ening ten to fourteen days ahead of the
Elberta.
In middle Georgia It is desirable to grow
the earlier ripening varieties as that sec
tion has practically no competition as to
those early sorts; but as to the extra early
varieties as Alexander, Sneed, etc., they
are of uncertain value, because fie east
ern and western markets taking but a lim
ited quantity on account of their Inferior
quality as compared with the late June
and July varieties. Still, when Alexander
has been well grown upon red land and
generously thinned out so as to Increase
its size, very satisfactory prices are often
secured.
No one variety, however, has given bet
ter results than the Elberta, both from
south and north Georgia.
It would not be’advisable to plant the
earlier ripening varieties in north Geor
gia, because when ready for market they
would come in competition with south
Georgia grown Elbertas.
From what we have said it must be un
derstood that whiie the following lists are
recommended for the southern, middle and
northern sections of Georgia, there must
be added or subtracted some varieties
which are of more or less local value and
should therefore receive such attention as
consistent with their adaptability to given
localities.
For South and Middle Georgia: Alexan
der and Sneed in limited quantities; Riv
ers, St. John, Tillotson, Early Belle or
Hiley’s, Ried River Carman, Thurber.
Mountain Rose, Elberta, Slappey, Salway
and Emma for special soils.
For North Georgia: Fleetas St. John,
Mountain Rose, Early Crawford, Thurber,
Stump the World, Elbert and Salway.
The latter variety winds up the list of
varieties for shipping north and even then
it comes In competition with the Delaware
crop of large sized sorts.
P. J. B.
Government to Send Trees.
The September issue of Success says:
"Next spring the secretary of agricul
ture will distribute throughout the coun
try young trees and seeds. Each member
of congress will be asked to furnish a list
es constituents to whom he would like to
have trees or seeds sent. The seedlings
will be grown In the government propa
gating houses and forwarded to their des
tinations with specific instructions as to
how they should be raised and cared for.
In this way the government expects to
start several new trees every year."
In a former issue of The Journal we
had occasion to refer to the practice of
some experiment stations of growing
nursery stock and either give this away
or sell It below the prices of responsible
nursery firms. Now comes the department
of agriculture with an offer of trees and
seeds for free distribution throughout the
country. We are aware that the honorable
secretary of agriculture does not fully ap
prove of the indiscriminate distribution of
trees and plants, only being In favor of
sending out new or scarce species which
are not usually grown by nurserymen, but
being likely to prove of value to certain
sections. It is to be supposed that the de
partment of agriculture receives, orders
from congress which must be carried out.
Comment upon this action of the United
States government is not necessary to
prove that a formal protest should be
made to the agricultural committee of
congress for a reconsideration of such
measures as are injuring the legitimate
pursuit of nurserymen and seedsmen.
P. J. B.
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♦ HOW BILLY JACK BEGAN. ♦
4'| i| || 11 ♦♦ II Illi
His whole name was William John Mc-
Nelly. but before hit. parents died and
left him alone in the world at the age of
12 he was called “Billy” by his mother
and Jack,” by his father. He could not
decide which name he preferred, and not
wishing to impeach the taste in names of
either of his parents, he called himself
Billy Jack.
When Billy Jack was thrown upon his
own resources it was a fearful shock to
him, for his resources were very small
indeed, and they did not afford much of a
cushion against the hard face of the
world. He had only sl2 to his name, and
though he promptly secured a little nook
in a lodging-house away down town at a
very cheap price indeed, his little capital
melted so fast that he could plainly see
hunger creeping ever nearer to him, and
only a few days away.
One morning, when he had only $4 left,
Billy Jack became desperate. He deci
ded that he would leave the city and go
far, far away Into the country, where he
might find some one who would let him
earn his dally bread by almost any kind
of work. He walked slowly up town, in
tending to cross the bridge, take the first
road he came to and walk as far as he
coqld. The weather was very warm, and
by the time Billy Jack had reached the
i park he was very tired. He dropped Into
a seat under the shade of a great tree
anu in a few minutes was sound asleep.
Bmy Jack dreamed a most delicious
dream. He saw a vision of wealth that
amazed him. He was a millionaire. His
secretary stood at his elbow and explain
ed how he might make still more millions.
It was splendid. He awoke as a glittering
pile of gold was laid before him. Billy
Jack rubbed his eyes and looked around.
It was twilight now, and that part of the
park was deserted, except for two very
well-dressed, middle-aged men, who sat
by his side. They were talking in low
tones, and of millions! xjt was probably
their conversation that had prompted his
delightful dream.
"I tell you,” said the elder man, "that
the deal is bound to be successful. No
one knows of our combination. The five
of us who make the pool will realize ten
times the money we have put In.”
“But the B. & H. line has a bad his
tory,” objected the other.
“Exactly,” asserted the first, "and that
is just why we can manipulate it as we
please."
"Good!" was the reply. "You can
count on me to the limit.” And the
younger man arose and hurried away,
while the elder smiled faintly.
Billy Jack’s head whirled. Just think!
If he was only in the pool he might make
10 times his four dollars. That would be
S4O! Why, that would keep him three
months! He plucked up courage and
touched the gentleman on the sleeve.
"Please, sir, will you let me come In the
pool?" he asked. The man started vio
| lently. What—what pool?” he asked.
“The B. & H.,” ventured Billy Jack.
The man looked serious; this boy could
ruin his plans by telling what he knew to
tue first passerby. "W’ho are you?” he
asked at length.
“Billy Jack,” was the prompt response,
' ‘and I would like to put my tour dollars
in your pool, so I can make forty dol
lars, and then I won’t have to starve.”
“The man’s eyes grew moist.
“Is it as bad as that?" he asked, kind
ly. "Your parents”
’’They’s dead,” said Billy Jack, and he
rubbed bis knuckles into his eyes. “But
if you'll let me join your pool”
“See here,” said the man. "If you will
promise to say nothing about what you
have heard, and not to speculate without
my permission, I will take yon Into my
office. That will be better for you than
going into the best pool than ever hap
pened."
“Yes. sir," said Billy Jack. "I’ll promise
this very minute,” and he did.
BARN BURNERS AT WORK.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.» Oct. 17—Another
ham was burned in the northern part of
this county Tuesday night, making the
third of what are thought to have been
Incendiary fires in that section within
three days. The last victim of the torch
was Green Fesperman, who lost his wheat
crop, vehicles and farming implements.
There was nd insurance. No arrests have
been made. t
OUR HERITAGE IN HEAVEN.
By Maude Steinhauer.
(In loving remembrance of Josephine Pass
more Maddox, daughter of C. J. and Lorena
Passmore Maddox. Born October 14, 1898; died
Marcu 80. 1901.)
God opei ■» ths gates of heaven.
And Josv.' i ine came one day.
With her winsome smiles and laughing eyes.
To cheer us on our way.
We loved the blue-eyed baby.
From the crown of her golden head
To the littla feet, with their dimples sweet.
And their airy, fairy tread.
But when we had learned to love her,
Beyond all earthly gain,
God opened the gates of heaven
And called her home again.
Bhe took with her ths eunshina.
The blue sky, and the flowers.
And left to us but sorrow
And dreary darkened hours.
Our hopeless hearts, with faith despaired.
Were groping down the endless years;
Our eyes, grown dim, could only sec
A little grave all drowned in tears;
TUI, as they lowered the casket
In which our jewel lay.
God sent a shining sunbeam
To light ths darkened way.
And so with his own colors,
Sunbeams bright with gold.
He wrapped our baby darling
Safe from the dark and cold.
And one beam filed with glory
The grave in the deep red clay;
And tenderly bore her spirit
To rest with God alway.
We loved her when she came to us,
Our earthly cares to leaven, .
But now we love her all ths more, she M
Our heritage in heaven.
With yearning hearts and empty bands.
We call to her in vain.
But when we cross the Great Divide,
We’ll hold her once again, x
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