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f TIMELY TALKS WITH FARMERS Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ Bubseribers are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ dress al! inquiries for information ♦ ♦ on subjects relating to the farm. + ♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor. All inquiries + ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No inquiries answered by + ♦ mail. Please address Harris Jordan. ♦ + Agricultural Editor. Monticello. Ga. ♦ ♦ ♦ 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. SAVE TRAYLOR, SPENCER & CO.’S TOBACCO TAGS. The following brands of tobaccos man ufactured by Traylor. Spencer & Co., of Danville, Va., “Ballot Box,” “Maybelle,” “Plumb Good," “High Life," “Right of Way,” "No. 1,” “Fob White,” “Natural Leaf,” Spencer’s Special” and "Good Will.” By saving t 1.9 tags of the above brands (containing the name of Traylor, Spencer & Co.), and sending them direct to The Journal, Atlanta, Ga., you can realize two-thirds of one cent for each tag in subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal, as follows: 75 tags will pay for six months’ subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal. This amounts to 6 cents per pound on tobaccos containing nine tags to the pound, in payment tor subscription to The Semi-Weekly Journal. Traylor. Spencer & Co.’s tobaccos are sold direct from factory to best merchants in all southern states. Bundle the tags carefully and send by mall with your name to The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga. *** ♦ slll l»ll lls>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * WHY HE LAUGHED. ♦ + + 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.” Note premium list in this issue, make your selection and subscribe at once. • 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 Conducted By P. J. Bercktnans •fr Inquiries upon subjects relating ♦ ♦ to Horticulture are invited and an- ♦ + swers will be given, whenever pos- ♦ ♦ stble, through the columns of the ♦ + Semi-Weekly Journal. Insertion ♦ ♦ will also be given to all communi- + 4* cations of general interest and free + <f» from animus. The opinions there- ♦ ■f* in expressed are in every instance + ♦ those of the writers and not our ♦ •f* own Address all communications + ♦ to The Semi-Weekly Journal, At- *(l + lanta, Ga. + 1 1 Hll I « ♦♦♦ 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. 4<t 1 1 1 H< 1 1 111 !♦< 1 111!♦♦♦♦* ♦ 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 CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH »Pennyro.yal,?i.u.s AFE. Alvar* reiiabie Ladles “A Pru«irt for CHICHESTER’S ENGLISH la MED Gold awtaUie boxw Kaled With bln. riMxm. Take ee other. Kefhae Dangerous Hubntitetieaa and Imita tions. 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