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POULTRY ON THE FARM.
The genera! use made of the products of
the poultry Industry in the United States
make the business one of exceptional in
terest to quite a large number of people.
There are two classes directly engaged in
the production of poultry, both having en
tirely separate and distinct objects in
view. One class of breeders spend their
time and money in the continuous en
deavor to improve the various strains of
fowls for some special purpose, and to ex
cel if possible ail predecessors In raising
just what fanciers demand in the line of
beauty and utility. This class of breeders
are known and recognised in the poultry
fraternity as ‘Taney breeders. ” and have
an important mission to fulfill in the per
petuation of the poultry industry and
keeping the various strains of thorough
bred fowls up to their highest degree of
excellence and efficiency. But the mass
of the people who enjoy the distinction of
consumers of poultry products and that
other class of people who are so widely
engaged in the poultry business as pro
ducers of effgs and fowl* far consumption
are more largely interested in the supply
of the necessary and essential elements of
that variety of food and securing it in
economical and palatable form. Eggs are
at all seasons of the year eagerly sought
for food, and particularly by people of
moderate means, who prefer eggs in place
of meat, simply for the reason that at the
usual market price of eggs they are
cheaper than fresh meats and equally as
wholesome.
Particularly in the country Is this true,
where the people live more isolated end
where the daily slaughter of poultry for
the table is the most economical form of
slipplying fresh meat. Especially is this
true during our long, hot summer months,
when fresh meats of any kind will keep
only a short lime with the facilities usual
ly at hand on the farm. While fowls re
quire as good wholesome food as any other
class of live slock on the premises, yet
they can be fed cheaper than any other
kinds of animals and on a class of grains
and refuse which might otherwise be
wholly lost. Noxious weed seeds and
other pickings about the yards and ad
joining fields usually furnish a splendid
variety of good, food for the poultry.
* Care of Fowls.
/tVhile nearly every farm has a stock of
"poultry, our people are generally too in
different. First, about the selection of
the breeds they have, and secondly, about
giving proper care and attention to the
flock. Hence owing to the almost uni
versal indifference along these lines In
the production of poultry in the south,
we find quite often but indifferent results
secured.
The location and building of the poultry
house are regarded as of minor import
ance by most farmer*, in fact, these two
essentials are given, as a rule, less con
sideration than any other business Inter
ests on the premises.
The yard in which the poultry’ house Is
located should if possible be high and
dry or well drained. The building should
be *o constructed as to render it abso
lutely rot proof and the roof should bo
well covered to keep out the rain. The
old adage of ‘ Doing well that which is
done at all” never applied with greater
significance to anything on the farm than
the location of and building the poultry
house.
Frequent losses are liable to be sustain
ed by the development of diseases among
the flock when indifferent means are used
to properly locate and house the. fowls,
and if rats and minks are permitted
among the poultry at night who.esale
losses are likely to occur at intervals from
that source.
In the line of sanitary precaution, clean
liness and freedom from moisture must
he secured if the greatest success is to
be attalneu.
Unquestionably. 111th and moisture are
directly the cause of a large majority of
the fatal and disastrously contagious dis
eases which at times, deplete the flock
so rapidly.
Il is always well to have a double yard
with the poultry hou«e on the dividing line
through the center and shut the flock
from one yard to the other and grow a
crop of some kind on the unused yard.
1 have tried this plan with excellent re
sults. ami by growing continuous small
grain crops o nthe yards, it keeps the soil
continuously turned about, leaves no op
portunity for the germs of disease to be
.-eme imbedded in the soil as might other
wise be the case, and at tne same time
constant changes in the food crop is pre
sented to build up and sustain the flock.
Where fowls have the entire run of the
premises this is not so important but
even then the yards ought to be kept
clean, well drained and occasionally the
top soil turned under with the plow. The
poultry house should be nicely swept at
least once or twice every week.
•j ne nests should te made new once a
month and the frequent use of lime by
whitewashing the rests and walls of the
interior of the building during spring and
summer is advantageous. •
Fowls are fond of a clean, attractive
house, and if not given to them the hens
are more than apt to locate their nests
at some other pla.-e about the barn or
fer.ee corners, which does look attractive.
There is certainly no good reason why
the business of rafaflr.g poultry should not
be a paying one on every farm. All that
fa needful is for the farmer to more fully
apprectate the value of their poultry pro
ducts. not only for home use. but In their
local markets, and then give more care
and attention to the industry.
HARVIE JORDAN.
EXCHANGES.
Sheep Clipping*.
Wool Market and Sheep. -
It is not wise to permit a piece of ground
to lie idle because it is rough. Stock it
with sheep, and they will at least pay the
Interest and taxes.
Otve your boy a few sheep, and keep aim
on the farm and out of town. Charge him
for all they consume and pay him for all
they return in fertility and iajwr saved
In helping to clean and clear' the fields,
and you will And a benefit to the farm,
a profit Jo the owner and an object lesson
to the giver.
The most successful shepherds or flock
master* are not always the ones blessed
with abundant capital or financial re
sources. but generally those that start on
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little or nothing, and with energy, pluck,
and true shepherd's love for their calling,
rise steadily but surely to the goal of suc
cess.
Wherever flocks of sheep are found
there will be an improvement in the meth
ods of farming and the presence of sheep
will be noticeable in the condition of soil.
Unless there is some definite end to be
gained, remember that flipping sheep
twice a year lessen* in some degree the
value of the wool by shortening the staple.
An excellent lamb food to begin with is
two parts bran and one part corn ineal
or crushed, oats or barley; and one part
cotton seed meal if it can be procured.
This is recommended by one of England s
greatest shepherds.
Rape is rapidly gaining favor as a sheep
feed. It promises to make sheep breeding
more profitable than it otherwise would
be by furnishing a cheap forage at a time
in the year when pastures are usually
short and dry or altogether burned up by
the midsummer drought.
Sheep should never be turned on rape
when hungry. There is not much danger
of their bloating if they are turned on
gradually at first, allowed free access to
an old pasture field, and furnished with
plenty of salt.
All coarse fodder is more valuable for
manure after it is passed through an ani
mal. In ordinary circumstances no farm
er should neglect feeding a certain num
ber of sheep, if for no other reason than
to consume and to convert into manure
the roughness which would otherwise be
wasted.
George Washington kept sheep at all
times on his farm, and gave special care
to improvement of breeds, and the Cla>s
of Kentucky, have been famous shepherds
for a hundred years. Many of the great
est men in all ages have been breders of
sheep, from the shepherds of ancient
Judea down to the present time, and it
has required a knowledge of breeding,
combined with the care, labor and prac
tical skill necessary to make profit
able. to overcome the deteriorating effects
of neglect and secure improvement of
breeds. Progress has been satisfactory
all along the line.
The man who labors to improve the
sheep and its fleece, so as to better fit
it to meet the requirements of mankind,
is of the most beneficent character, for it
means cheap food and clothing for the
masses, and of the best quality. M hlle,
therefore, the breeder Is striving to better
his own condition, he isf conferring a last
ing benefit upon the country at large.
Sheep should never be kept beyond the
age of thrift and vigor; feed and care
given to younger stock will bring better
returns.
All sheep are subject to both Internal
an external parasites, and giving them
a little salt and wood ashes will be found
beneficial.
Want of proper exercise seems to re
sult in both small and weak lambs. The
sixe of the lamb Is not of so much im
portance as its vigor and activity. In fact
the small lambs are sometimes the most
active. The ewe that has outdoor exercise
every day is more likely to produce a
more active and vigorous lamb that will
take care of itself shtortly after its arri
val.
It is only a matter of a short time
when the old hand sheep shears will dis
appear. The modern sheep shearing ma
chine is so perfect, easily operated and
saves so much wool that it will soon come
into universal use.
The matter of handling sheep to shear
ing is too much ignored by the average
shepherd. He should see to it that his
sheep are handled humanely, not only for
the good of his sheep but also for the
good of his pocketbook.
Demand for Good Horses.
Journal of Agriculture.
The excessive drain upon the supply
of horses for military purposes in the last
few years has practically depleted this
country's number of good horses, and
there exists today an actual shortage'
which cannot be made good for several
years. The demand has been chiefly for
heavy horses—those suitable for 'cavalry
and for dragging heavy provision trains.
Horses that would answer the require
ments of these purposes have been shipped
to South Africa. Manila and Europe in
great quantities. It has been impossible
to meet all requirements because of the
lack of suitable animals. The demand
now is for heavy draft horses, good ani
mals for horseback riding, and even for
roadsters. Breeding and rearing of any
of these must return good profits to the
farmer or owner. Horseflesh in the last
few years seem# to have recovered from
the low depression it reached a few years
ago. Then the animals reached the lowest
stage of demoralisation possible, but the
losses sustained by owners of horses then
were not wholly an evil. There was some
good that came out of it. Not the least
of these was the cleaning out of all the
poor and inferior animals that had been
accumulating in the country. Years be
fore the depression prices for horses had
been so good that people paid exorbitant
sums for pretty Inferior horseflesh. Breed
ers found that they could sell almost any
thing they raised, and in a few years the
country was flooded with poor horses. The
depression tn prices cleaned out these in
ferior animals. Some were shot, others
'rose to death on thi> western prairies
and some were shipped away. Only the
man with good horses decided that he
would not sacrifice his stock, and he clung
to his favorite animals.
Now the country is actually depleted of
good horses, and there never was a bet
ter time to breed. The type of animal
that Is needed should be an incentive to
every owner of good horse flesh to raise
some for market. Poor horses will never
again pay in this country. If the present
boom continues it will never include the
inferior animals which a few years ago
found a market. If one cannot raise ani
mal* suitable to do their work well in the
world, it will be better to abandon the
business entirely. The farmer with fair
intelligence who has good stock to begin
with never had a better chance to make
money from raising good horses, and the
time to begin is when the supply is low
and the country depicted of stock.
BODY OF PIERCE
FOUND IN STREET
NORFOLK. Va. t Jan. 21.—Norfolk was
horror-stricken this morning by the find
ing at the foot of Commerce street of the
body of John Pierce, one of the most
prominent young society men of the city.
He had apparently been murdered and
the body thrown into a canvas-covered
boat. It was still limp when found at 7
o'clock.
There was an ugly wound on the head
and the neck wa« broken, and those in
juries seem to indicate that Mr. Pierce
was sandbagged as he came from his
office at the Standard Oil company's
branch, w here he was bookkeeper.
The body was found within a few feet
of the entrance to the office.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1902.
+ OTHER PEOPLE’S VIEWS. ♦
DENY THAT THEY SYMPATHIZE
WITH DOCTRINE OF A. P. AISM
The Atlanta Constitution of December
30th published an article accompanied by
a cut of a gold, diamond studded medal
which had been presented to Admiral
Schley by the Maryland councils of the
Junior Order of United American Mechan
ics “as an evidence of their admiration
and appreciation of his services to his
country, etc.” From this article, evident
ly eminated the following editorial In your
columns of December 31:
“A branch of the A. P. A. has been giv
ing Admiral Schley a gold medal. The
hero of Santiago occupies too secure a
place in the American heart, however, for
even this to tarnish his halo."
In the first place we would state that
the Jr. O. U. A. M. was founded in 1852.
long before the American Protective as
sociation was thought of, and has not at
this time, nor has It ever had any affilia
tion whatever with that organisation.
We feel sure that your editorial resulted
from a lack of information in regard to
the objects and principles of the Jr. O. U.
A. M., othewise your sense of justice,
broadness of mind and patriotism would
have deterred you from publishing an
article that does grave Injustice to this
order, which we believe to be the grand
est and most patriotic organisation in
this country.
The cardinal principles of our order are,
"virtue, liberty and patriotism.” and the
membership is composed entirely of Am
erican born citisens. No one is admitted
to our ranks who is engaged in the manu
facture or sale of spirituous or malt
liquors.
We advocate strict compliance with our
Imigration laws, to the exclusion of the
ignorant, vicious, criminal and anarchist
ic hords that are continually swarming
to our shores. We welcome the moral,
virtuous and thrifty, who will swear alle
giance to our flag and support pur Insti
tutions and strive to become good citi
zens.
We believe in the separation of state
and church, and are opposed to the inter
ference of church, no matter what the
denomination or creed, with the temporal
or political management of our govern
ment.
We are-non-partisan and non-sectarlan.
We recognize the Bible as the foundation
of all moral and civil law; and advocate
its reading In the public schools, not to
teach sectarianism, but because it con
tains the purest code of morals the world
has ever known.
Our creed is set forth in the declaration
of independence and the constitution of
the United States; and we pledge our
selves to use every effort In our power to
maintain the liberty of "worshiping God
according to the dictates of our own con
science."
We pledge ourselves as advocates of the
public school system, and where it is pos
sible. urge compulsory education, in be
lief that no parent has the right to raise
his children In ignorance, when educa
tional facilities exist. And if there be
sueh parents, it is the duty of the coun
try to see that the children get justice.
For good government by the people is
only possible when that people are en
lightened by general education.
We believe in teaching to our children
the meaning of liberty and patriotism in
their broadest sense, and would place our
flag over every school-house in our land
and have the" patriotic hymns taught
therein, that our children will be imbued
with that love of country essential to the
preservation of our cherished institutions.
We are also a fraternal organization. We
visit and care for the sick, bury the de
ceased of our order, and provide for the
widow and orphan as far as is in our
power. We pay sick benefits of Jo per
week and $275 upon the decease of a mem
ber. to his nearest relative or representa
tive as a death benefit. We have also an
insurance department. »i
Now In the face of ail these facts. In
what manner can Admiral Schley have so
stultified himself that he needs the indulg
ence of the American people for accepting
a medal or other commendation from the
Junior Order of United American Me
chanics?
Thanking you in advance for kindly gn -
ing this communication a place in your
valuable columns, we are. Very respect-
Otis R. Penn. No. 405 Prudential building;
John J. H. Kelly, ordnance sergeant U.
S A ‘ W. Jav Bell. M.D.. 827 Austell
building: J. J. Finley. 37 S. Forsyth'St.;
Henry Y. Garrett, P. O. Box 277. Com
mittee. 1
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.
Accidents will happen. Mother •trains her
back lifting a sofa. Father is hurt in the
•hop. Children are forever falling and bniis
ing themselves. There is no preventng these
things, but their worst consequences are
• verted with Perry Davis’ Painkiller. No
other remedy approaches it for the relief of
sore strained muscles. There is but one Pain
killer. Perry Pavia’.
A STUNNING COSTUME
RECENTLY SEEN IN PARIS
In an interesting letter from Paris the
following description is given of an ex
quisite shof-t skirt costume:
As for "trotting” gowns, the prettiest I
have seen of late on the Avenue des
Acacias worn by a smart Parisienne who
alighted from a cart which she drove her
self. consisted of a kilted skirt of white
cloth and a sable sacque. The broad plaits
of the skirt were fastened at the knees
with pattes and white silk passementerie
motifs, a wide band of sable on the hem,
which was three inches from the ground,
crossing the outside of the plaits only.
The sacque of sable fur was loose and
straight in front, and was fastened with
large white silk passementerie motifs,
with dangling tassels. At the back the
' bigness was fastened into the waist line
with a patte of goid-embroidered white
panne and white passementerie orna
ments. The fiat turned-down collar of
fur showed a high waist of gold-embroid
ered white panne and a cravat of black
velvet. The wide sleeves had inner sleeves
to match the waistcoat.
A Spanish turban was worn with this
suit, its crown of sable and its brim of
tucked black panne. A white lace veil
was draped about it. and its long ends
fastened at the back with a handsome
great oval placque of gold patine. Ser
viceable. smarl. becoming and altogether
aerirable such a little rig.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
The mortality from cancer among sailors la
very high—44 3 per 100.000, while that of miners
Is only 12.2.
In Scandinavia it is believed that Captain
Sverdurp of the Pram, who has been away for
forty months, has found the North Pole and
is now returning.
Prince Luigi of Abruzzi. the mountain
climber, will return to America early next
year, according to the Italie. in command of
a fast Italian cruiser. The voyage will last
fourteen months.
Stockholders in English railways are dis
tracted by loss on freight traffic. A large
part of their business Is In puckages such as
are, in the United States, handled by express
companies, but the tariff is much lower.
During the last two years Germany has
educated in its colonial schools twenty-five
young men who have been sent to German
East and Southwest Africa. Kameroon. Togo,
South Sea island. Ecuador, Brazil, Philippines,
Cape Colony and Sumatra.
The strength of the Dover, England, garri
son is stated to be so abnormally low that
only •’**> Instead of the usual 4.0 W troops will
remain when drafts now under order* leave
for the front. Nothing like the present state
of affairs has been known since Waterloo.
The boring of the Simplon tqpnel is half
done.
Smail plots of land have changed hands at
Mafekiug at the record price for the locality
of !2s. a yard.
Japan's foreign trade has In thirty years
increased from less than $1 to nearly J7 per
capita per annum.
A new pro-Boer paper called Paris-Pretoria
has made its appearance in Faria. It con
tains communications sympathizing with the
Boers from a large number of Senators and
Deputies.
During the recent maneuvers of the French
army telegraph wire so fine that a man could
carry, on spools, four miles of It. was suc
cessfully laid at the rate of two and a half
miles an hour.
TWO EDGED LETTER
WO™ PURSE
AN ENDORSEMENT THAT DOES
NOT ENDORSE A NEGRO FOR
COLLECTOR’S PLACE.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 20 -An in
teresting document from Georgia is on
file at the white house. It is a letter
among the papers sent In by John H. De
veaux, the negro collector of customs for
the port of*Savannah, In support of his
candidacy for reappointment to his job.
It has to do with the negro in office. Cap
tain D. G>. Purse, president of the Savan
nah board of trade, wrote the letter. It
was in answer to a request from Deveaux
for an endorsement on his application. De
veaux evidently considered it an endorse
ment. for he sent it along with the other
papers, but a glance between the lines
will ar eveal a deep laid truth adverse to
endorsement which even the Republican
administration cannot overlook If it takes
care in reading the document.
It is said in white house circles that
Secretary Cortelyou caught the full sig
nificance of the wording in this Interest
ing letter and remarked upon it. Per
haps he even mentioned it to the presi
dent.
But here is the letter In full:
Collector John H. Deveaux, Savannah,
Ga.
Dear Sir: I have your letter advising me
of your application for reappointment as
collector at this port.
If one of your race is to be made collec
tor at this port by President Roosevelt
he could not. in my opinion, do better
than retain you in the position.
Your discharge of the duties of the
office have been faithfully and acceptably
performed In a most pleasant and cour
teous manner toward all who have had
occasion to require them, or that of your
deputy or other employes, but I am very
frank in saying to you that as it is im
possible to expect that a white Democrat
would be favorably considered by Presi
dent Roosevelt for the position that I
think this Important comercial office
should be filled by a white Republican, as
the people of j'our race, at this time, have
very little need for a custom house, and it
goes without saying that the entire white
element of this community, regardless of
political affiliations, would prefer to have
a collector of their own race to deal with.
In my position, as president of the
board of trade. I have had frequent occa
sions to appeal to the records of your of
fice for Information, and I cannot close
this letter without thanking you for the
uniform courtesy and dispatch with
which you have met every demand I have
made upon you for information. Yours
truly. D. G. PURSE.
Captain Purse is one of the best known
men in the state of Georgia. He is an
old-line Democrat. He proved this, it Is
related here, in an interview with Captain
Robert J. Lowry the other day. Captain
Lowry said to him: “Purse, you had bet
ter come over the line with me. I am
now a full-fledged Republican, and I tell
you it is the only party.”
"Not for me. colonel,” replied Captain
Purse. “I want no office. If I did I should
not go into the Republican party, since
they have more seekers than jobs, as you
are now doubtless aware. I am a Demo
crat from principle and expect to remain
such until I die."
In this he resisted the blandishments of
one noted not alone for personal pulchri
tude but for powers'of persuasion as
well. iJ :.
The Influence of. Caplin, Purse.has been
recently exercised in Washington for the
improvement of the Savannah harbor, not
in a local sense only, but as a benefit to
national commerce. He appeared before
the rivers and harbor*, committee of the
house and the senate committee on com
merce as a delegate from the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. He made
speeches which were declared to be the
clearest, most forceful arguments made
on the subject of harbor improvement.
Working For Downfall
Os Empress Dowager
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Chicago Tribune.
Through nightly meeting;! at 311 Clark
street Professor Leong Kai Tien, head of
the Tai Tung College at Yokohama. Ja
pany. is enlisting the Chinese in Chicago
in the reform movement which has for
its end the placing of the Chinese Em
peror on the throne and the downfall of
the Empress Dowager.
Banished from his country, and with a
price upon his head. Professor Leong,
who is onlv 32 years old, has taken up
the work of establishing western civiliza
tion throughout China and upbuilding
that nation. The nightly attendance at
the Clark street meetings averages over
500. After finishing his work here Profes
sor Leong will visit eastern cities, closing
his campaign in New York. It will take
a year to complete the work, and two
years already have been spent in the west
ern cities.
“Yung Tung Wai. who is 87 years old,
and considered a much smarter man than
Li Hung Chang was, holds a high advis
ory position with the court.” said Profes
sor Leong yesterday, through his inter
preter. "He was sent for recently and
asked to tell the court what could be
done to remedy many things in the em
pire. Yung replied that the than who
wes best able to furnish this information
was Hong Yu Wai. and he has been asked
to return. He was the head of a school
at Singapore, and had a price on his
head. This means a much more liberal
policy in all matters and furthers our
cause greatly. We believe that the be
ginning of better things is at hand for
China.” .
When asKetl concerning the Chinese ex
clusion act. Professor Leon said he was
sorry it was being brought up again, but
hoped that improved conditions in China
would give the people there less cause to
leave the country. “I tell my people to
do things as the Americans do,” said he,
“and not to try to do them in a different
way. When they take up American cus.
toms they are liked, and that should be
the best reason for the change.”
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lasts that long under ordinary conditions. First the life
of a wagon depends upon the wheels. This one is
equipped with our EleetrleSteel W heels, with straight
or stagger spokes and wide tires. Wheels any height
from tt to «0 in. It lasts because tires can t get loose, no
re setting, hubs can’t crack or spokee become loose, fel
loe* can't rot, swell or dryouk Angle stcej hounds.
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+ POLITICAL GOSSIP. ♦
Those in Race for Legislature.
Some seventy of the members of the last
legislature are going to be in the race
for the house and senate again this year,
and as stated several days ago in these
columns many announcements have al
ready been made. About twenty of this
seventy desire to be senators while the
others arc content to remain In the house,
provided they can get elected again.
The candidate are already at work with
their constituents, and those who forgot
how to shaice hands during the two ses
sions of the house and senate are getting
in trim again. They also know how to
swap tobacco, hold the babies, and plow
a few rounds if necessary.
The candidates in the field so far are
said to be W. G. Gierger, of Bryan coun
ty. First district; J. M. Burton, of Tatt
nall county. Second district; H. M. Hop
kins, of Thomas county. Seventh district;
Byron Bower, of Decatur county. Elev
enth district: W. F. Symons and A. J.
Cravatt. of Glynn county. Fourth district;
A. M. Ranes, Terrell county, Eleventh dis
trict; A. B. Duncan and J. T. Furguson.
Lee county. Tenth district: J> M. Horn,
Echols county, Sixth district; H. H. Sin
gletary and T. G. Hudson. Schley county.
Thirteenth district: Frank H. Stafford.
Emanuel county. Sixteenth district; E. B.
Gresham. Burke county. Seventeenth dis
trict; W. R. Reid, of Taliaferro county.
Nineteenth district: C. E. Smith. R. L.
Merritt and John L. Culver. Hancock
county. Twentieth district; B. S. Willing
ham, W. A. Worsham, Monroe county.
Twenty-second district; William Houser,
C. C. Richardson and S. S. Taylor, Hous
ton county. Twenty-third district; I. P,
Blup and J. J. Durham, Marlon county,
Twenty-fourth district; B. L. Tisenger,
Upson county. Twenty-fifth district;
Frank Z. Curry and Alex Atkinson, Butts
county; Frank Davis and L. L. Middle
brooks, Newton county. Twenty-seventh
district; Harvie Jordan. Jasper county.
Twenty-eighth district; D. C. Moore, Co
lumbia county, Twenty-ninth district;
Mark Willingham, Oglethorpe county.
Thirtieth district; W. L. Hodges, Hart
county. Thirty-first district; G. K. Potter,.
Dawson county, Thirty-second district;
Paul Twiner, Henry county. Thirty
fourth district! Clark Howell, Fulton
county. Thirty-fifth district; J. E. White
ly. Douglas county. Thirty-sixth district;
W. G. Park, Troup county. Thirty-seventh
district: C. J. Wellborn. Jr., Union coun
ty, Fortieth district; F. W. Copeland, of
Walker county, Forty-fourth district.
The names mentioned are said to be can
didates. Some of them have already made
their announcements and some have not,
but are expected to do so within the next
few days.
It is generally believed in political cir
cles that Roland Ellis, of Bibb, will run
lor the house this year and besides will be
in the race for speaker. No public an
nouncement of this fact has been made as
yet, but ffiose personal friends of Mr. El
lis in Atlanta are inclined to the opinioh
that he will be a candidate for speaker.
Mr. Ellis wes president pro tern, of the
senate at the last session and whenever he
was in the ehair made- an able presiding
officer. Mr. Ellie is well known in Geor
gia politics, and his record since being in
public life is a splendid one. He is a hard
fighter, and altnough there are some 13
candidates already mentioned for the
speakership, Mr. Eilis will mare a good
fight.
Walter E. Steed, of Taylor, is writing
to his friends throughout the state asking
their support in his-race for the speaker
ship of the nouse. Mr. Steed announced
at the beginning of the last session of the
legislature that he would be a candidate,
and in fact he has been planning for the
race for some time. Mr. Steed has repre
sented his county in the house for several
terms and has also been to the senate ori
several occasions. Mr. has many
friends in Georgia, and it is conceded that
he will be a strong factor in the coming
fight. It is being reported now that W. E.
Toomer, of Ware, will not be a candi
date for the place. But aside from Mr.
Toomer, there are about ten others.
Miniature Whirlpool.
Party Pastime.
Here is a trick that may be successfully
performed with a very little trouble and
which does not need any appliances be-
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sides things that any one has in the house.
It is a very pretty trick, too. and while
there is .nothing wonderful about it, it is
most interesting to watch and will serve
to entertain a number of friends in one of
those awkward moments that so often oc
cur at parties or gatherings of both young
folk and their elders:
All that you need for this*trick is a
glass of pure water, placed on a table or
little stand in plain view of your audi
ence. and a few shavings of camphor. It
is better to have the camphor shavings
quite thin and to have a ntupber of them,
say eight or ten. Now your apparatus is
ready.
Before performing the trick you should
tell your little friends something about
whirlpools: how they draw ships into
their fearful, revolving throats, and,
crushing them, suck them down to the
depths of the ocean; how they are formed
of masses of water whirling round and
round until a funnel appears in the mid
dle, which engulfs anything caught within
the rushing ring of water. Now your trick
i should be done.
Sprinkle the shavings of camphor on
the surface of the water in the glass. Try
to have the pieces of camphor at equal
distances from each other, so that they
extend completely around the edges. The
camphor chips will instantly start to
whirl around the top of the water in the
glass, and in a moment there will be a
beautiful whirlpool, but, of course, on a
very small scale. This will continue for
some time, and is very interesting to
watch.
Captain B. H. McCalla, now in command
i of the Kearsarge. the flagship of th* North
Atlantic Htpiadron. has in view the erection
of a fine <-luh house at Vallejo for the enlisted
men of the army. He expects to pay for it
with the prize money awarded to him for his
services in 'he Spanish war. and h*s already
purchased a site for the proposed buildings.
The Glory and Growth of South Georgia. •
BY JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
TO a citizen proud of the state
and emulous of progress there
can be no more suggestive
and inspiring experience
than a face to face observa
tion of the growth and the promise of
south Georgia.
For many years the wiregrass region
of Georgia, its pine bower*, its re
puted fevers and its heavy sands have
been deemed the undesirable, and by
some short-sighted persons, the hope
less section of the state. Its progress
has been slow and its speculative val
ues have all been dwarfed by the mil
itant booms of mineral and agricul
tural and industrial development in
north Georgia. ‘
It is expressing it conservatively to
say that 'south Georgia's day has
come—and come apparently to stay.
The spirit of progress has shifted its
capital from the hills and valleys of
the north to the level plains and the
prolific forests of the south. The gen
ius of growth has followed the seasons
and gone to the milder zone.
Certain it is that no man, having
been long absent from this southern
section of the state, can revisit south
Georgia at this time Without a sense
of amazement and delignt.
Fifteen years ago I got off a mid
night train at Baxley as an envoy
extraordinary of the Appleton Publish
ing company, to interview its school
authorities upon the merits of the
newly famous Appleton textbooks. I
felt a blank sense of disappointment
when I awoke next morning to find
only a ramshackle hotel, a couple of
inconsequential stores and—a sugar
cane patch, which was the Baxley of
1885. Last week I lectured at Baxley
to a cultured and responsive audience
that Ailed the courthouse, and walked
back to a comfortable hotel through
two lines of brand new brick stores,
flanked by an iron warehouse and a
handsome bank, with the church
spires gleaming in the moonlight.
Fifteen years ago I knew there was
a Hazlehurst in Georgia only because
I had heard it called by the sonorous
brakesmen on the Southern passenger
trains and because there was ringing
in my ears that humorous jingle of
Montgomery Folsom:
“As we went down to Hazlehurst,
We got so ’full' we thought we'd
As we went down to Hazlehurst,
burst.
When we .went down to Hazlehurst.”
And now the sound of the saw and
hammer almost keeps a man awake
at night in Hazlehurst: new buildings,
residences and stores meet the eye in
every direction, and the spirit of the
people is hopeful, progressive and ele
vated.
Waycross is one of the most impres
sive and beautiful little cities in the
south. It is built to attract instant
attention, and it does catch the eye
' and the fancy of the thousands of
people who float in the winter tide to
Florida. There isn't in New York or
Pennsylvania a prettier town of 6.500
people than this metropolis of the
wiregrass. It is cosmopolitan in its
citizenship, cultured, refined and pro
gressive in every way. and its stores,
hotels, churches Jnd private resi
dences are scarcely surpassed by any
thing in Macon, Augusta or Savannah.
Barring the climate and the foliage one
might think In Waycross that he was
in one of the neatest of eastern or
western towns. The metropolis of the
wiregrass is the only city I have
ever known that under-advertised its
own importance and population. Upon •
the huge water tower that stands In
the center of the town—as it ought not
to stand—there are blazoned in white
letters the legend: “Waycross—the
Magic City. Population 5,500!” That
was put there several years ago. and
with the new Waycross grown to
nearly 7.000 souls by the census, it still
stands to minify and misrepresent the
proportions of the town. The city
council should slide a darkey on a
pole with a pot of paint to write those
figures out or write them larger.
And here is Douglas, capital of Cof
fee. a hamlet of small importance a
few years ago, that has quadrupled its
population within five years, and looks
today like a new magic city growing
out of the wilderness into strength
and beauty. Douglas has perhaps the
prettiest courthouse in South Georgia.
It has one of the finest and completes!
schools in the state, and is building a
new brick hotel. I am indebted to
Douglas for the largest and finest lec
ture audience—save one—that met me
in two weeks of travel, and I was im
pressed with the courage and confi
dence of the town. Douglas is reached
by the Waycross Air Line of two years
ago. but now grown intg the Birming
ham and Atlantic, a western road with
steam heat and' electric lights, run
ning four trains a day each way.
growing fast toward the west, and of
ficered by as clean a company of gen
tlemen as ever bossed a rail. Colonel
Machen's new road is scheduled
through Douglas and seems bound to
come, while the new road from Wad
ley to Mt. Vernon is already graded
and laid with crossties.’
Fitzgerald, nearby, is one of the
wonders of southern progress within
the decade. It has grown from the
wilderness almost within a twelve
month into a prosperous city of nearly
3,000 people, and with steady and rapid
strides is going forward with as wide
and delectable a repute as any little
city of the south.
Tifton is a type of life and progress
in all the southern section of the state.
It has more railroads than any town
of Its size In the sotith. its leading
hotel presided over with grace and
tact by one of the most charming of
Atlanta (College Park) girls, is always
“crowded to cat room,” and its growth
and progress are assured.
Adel, a little village without a name
or even a recognized existence a few
years ago, has now a main street that
would do credit to Rome or Athens or
Griffin, and a hotel that is scarcely
surpassed in the state.
Valdosta has a history of growth so
remarkable, a promise so glowing, and
a present so vital and thrilling that it
demands and shall have a separate
article at another time.
But the wonder town of the region
STRICTURE ——
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Many practitioners still employ obsolete, pain
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DR. HATHAWAY. natural functions. I want to talk to every man
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38 Inman building. 22 1-2 South Broad Street, Atlanta,
is Moultrie, the new and vital young
capital of Colquitt county. It is one
of the most remarkable young towns
in the south. It has scarcely a de
cade to its existence as anything more
than an unkempt and straggling vil
lage. Within six years it has quadru
pled its population, and is today a fatr
and lovely town of 2.000 and over,
ranged around a square with the court
house in the center like Washington,
in Wilke* county, which it somewhat
resembles. Three banks, two news
papers. a full quota of churches, a free
school, four stately squares of store*,
and a cohort of brilliant lawyers and
publicist* keep the town in a stir of
hope and progress. Not Atlanta itself
is more hopeful and more resolute of
progress than this bright capital of
Colquitt. It has built a new hotel
that Is almost as large and as hand
some as the Aragon and called it af
ter the two Colquitts for whom the
county was named.
I heard a commercial traveler from
Atlanta, surcharged, as he should*
have been, with the universal confi- -
dence and complacency of Georgia’s
modest capital city, say at the Fisher
hotel: "This is God's country! When
1 am done traveling and am ready to
settle I am going to pitch my tent
right here in Moultrie!”
What a revelation in sentiment!
Time was, and I recall it, when to
spend a summer amid the supposed
malaria of south Georgia was deemed
equivalent to a written invitation to
fever and death. Now the artesian
wells flowing crystal and free through
all these southwestern towns have
made the wiregrass as healthful as
the Piedmont hills and demonstrated
to a certainty that It is malaqua and
not malaria that has been the curse
of southern clime*. Colonel Tift, of
Tifton, told me that there has not
been a case of chills and fever in Tif
ton for fifteen years. .
The Goddess of Health has estab
lished her throne upon the artesian
wells of south Georgia and the moun
tain* are not more salubrious now
than the pines.
Os course, the vast Interests of tur
pentine and lumber that abide in
these southern forests will explain in
part the wonderful growth of south
Georgia. And the whole land Is filled
with the fame and the fatness of
these concerns. %
But beneath this—and more durable
far in its meaning—is the agricul
tural richness of these southern lands
that are every year coming more and
more into the eye and the apprecla
come when,south Georgia will furnish
the truck gardening of the republic,
while its staple and cereal crops, its
sugar cane and semi-tropical products
joined to its balmy climate and
its unequaled health make the endur
ing basis of Its solid and substantial
prosperity.
"Go south and prosper!”
■Well may the counsel of Horace
Greeley to the young men of '5« to go
west and grow up with the country
be written in this later day to the
young men of Georgia—
tion of astute observers and investors.
It is perfectly plain that the time will
The Richest Nation
Under the Sum
Some interesting statistics have been
prepared by the United States bureau,, of
statistics for the London Daily Mail Year;
Book, says Harper's Weekly. They are
very far from being exhaustive, or con
tributions to the discussion now going on
over the enormous balance apparently due
us from foreign countries a* the reault of
the commerce of the last ten years. They
are interesting and important,however, as
far as they go. They put the United States
at the head of the nations in point of
wealth, estimating our property at $Bl.-
750.000,000; that of the United Kingdom at
$59,000,000,000: that of France at $48,000,000.-
000; that of Germany at $40,000,000,000. and
that of Russia at $32,000,000,000. At the
same time our public debt is the smallest,
and that of France is the largest. The
percentage of debt to wealth Is also low
est in the United States, being 1.4, while
the percentage of debt to wealth In
France is 12.3; in Russia. 11.1; in Ger
many, 8.1. It is very clear that we can
go on spending money for a good many
years to come without incurring a debt
as great as that of the United Kingdom,
for example, which is the next smallest to
our own. but is still $2,150,000,000 in excess
of ours. But do we want to ? Are we to
be tempted further into debt by the ex
ample of other nations? If there 1* dan
ger of this, it is a pity that the compiler
of these statistics did not furnish us also
with a comparative table of taxation, so
that we might know how much public ex
travagance costs the private burden bear
er. The remainder of the table shows that
our wheat crop in 1901 was nearly 450.000.-
000 bushel* in excess of the crop of Russia,
which Is our nearest competitor, but pro
duces less than half our own product. -In
1900 we made about 5.000.000 more tons of
pig iron than were made in the United
Kingdom, and nearly 6,000,000 more tons of
steel.
Tobacco the Best Insecticide.
December Ladies’ Home Journal.
Most of the insects common to house
plants dislike tobacco as much as does
the cleanly housewife. The best way to
use it as an insecticide upon window
plants is to secure a good handful of to
bacco stems, place them in an old basin,
pour boiling water upon them and let
them stand for several hours. Then drain
off the liquid into a basin or tub deep
enough for immersing the tops of your
plants in. and dilute it with warm water
until It shows only a faint tint of brown.
Then take up the plants one at a time
and hold them, washing them clean.
A French explorer has discovered on the west
coast of Africa what he regards *• the vain
est people on earth. They are the Pahonins.
a warlike tribe, whose main employment is tne
adornment of their peraon. chiefly by means
of tattooing. Great ingenuity la also ex
hibited in dressing their hair. 'Fhich In nuny
cases is arranged in astonishly elaborate
fashion*
Wisconsin has had four postmasters general.
Paper twine stockings at 3 cents a pair ara
the latest thing in hoalery.
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