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Talks.U)ith Farmers 1 Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ Subscribers are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ dress all inquiries for Information ♦ ♦ on subjects relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field, garden and poultry to th* ♦ ♦ Agrirultural Editor. AU inquiries ♦ ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No inquiries answersd by * ♦ mall. Please address Harvie Jordan. ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga ♦ *♦*««♦♦♦ 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 1 111 m»* A NORTHEN MAN'S VIEW. It is not a had idea to occasionally have presented for our consideration the crit icisms of people living in other sections of our country. It may do us good to know what other people have to say about our system of fanning in the south wheth er the criticisms be favorable or not. Xi e all know that nothing bad can be said about our climate, soils and the natural superiority of the south for agriculture over all other sections of the United States. Strangers who have read of the many natural advantages possessed by southern farmers over those of the east, north and West, are struck with deep sur prise when they come south and investi gate the methods and system of farming pursued by our people. A man from the north would naturally suppose that every Imaginable food crop would be lavishly grown on southern farms, because of our long seasons, and because of the peculiar adaptability of our southern country to the development of the wideest system of diversified agriculture. When they come among us. however, and see but little else than endless acres of cotton growing along the lines of southern rallWays. they are surprised and filled with wonder. An Interesting Conversation. A few days since, while traveling be tween Atlanta and Macon on that elegant Chicago vestibuled train operated by the Central of Georgia railroad. I was drawn into conversation with a gentleman from the north, who seemed interested in get ting Information about southern agricul ture. and who naturally presumed I was a Georgia farmer by the size and shape of my hat. He first wanted to know if the red looking lands through middle and north Georgia were fertile, as they pre sented the appearance of having quite light upper soils. I soon assured him that these red lands when cultivated prop erly and rightly handled under a correct system of crop rotation were as produc tive as any lands tn the United States. His next statement, however, was that, according to his observation, there s*dtned to be no system of rotation. The fields as far as the eye could reach were planted in comparatively nothing but cot ton and he had rather conceived the idea that the lands down here, not only in ‘Georgia but in other southern states through which he had traveled, would produce nothing else but cotton. As an evidence of that fact he stated that while in Memphis two weeks ago he saw a farmer sell two bales of cotton to a mer chant and out of the proceeds of the sale purchased from the merchant a basket of eggs, some flour, meal, meat and a lot of canned goods to take back to his farm. He said that naturally he was deeply ’surprised at the transaction, it appearing singular that any farmer should be pur chasing such necessaries,, when his idea had been that farmers should not only be raising their food products at home but selling a surplus to the merchants. This gentleman said that in the north and west farmers raised their food products, and could not understand why southern farm, era could not or did not do the same thing, when they possessed superior advantages. After explaining as fully as I could the peculiar conditions which surrourt“ed the southern farmers, caused by their exten sive production of cotton, he still contend ed that no farmer in this country could present a reasonable excuse for living in merchants' stores if his land would pro duce the food crons needed on his farm. He said further that the southern farmer would never become independent so long as he depended entirely upon the cotton crop to sustain him. and then sold that crop within a period of two or three months. His idea was. until his mind had been disabused of its error, that our lands not produce anything but cotton, and because the subsoil was so close to the surface that the fertility of the land was limited to the depth of the top soil. Should Change System. This observer's idea was that southern land owners should come to the ytscue of the tenants, and Instead of renting their lands for cotton, charge so much wheat, oats. corn, potatoes, etc. That the mer chants who are now engaged in furnishing supplies to farmers ought to agree to take In payment for their accounts any of the above food products which could be grown by their customers, and if cash markets were not already established here, that such products being staple, the merchants ought to co-operate and provide a market. Such a plan, if carried out. would give an impetus to the immediate production of food crops, live stock, etc., which would soon enable the southern cotton grower to get out of the rut they were in. It would also restrict the production of cotton to the actual demand of the spinner, and en able the producers to sell their money crops slowly to meet such demands. These are good, sound suggestions. They are in line with what all the progressive, prosperous farmers of the south are not only preaching but practicing. The change from the bad to the better is gradually taking place upon a broader area every year and the- time is not so far distant when travelers from the north coming through our section will be treated to a < fferent idea of southern farmers from that which now prevails. HARVIE JORDAN. inquTrydepartment. H. A. D.. Duncan. Indian Territory. I have a gently sloping, mountain valley cia.m on Blue Beaver creek in the Coman. chie country. Kindly give me some advice as to the best method to irrigate 5 or W acres by means of a flow or windmill. Do you think I can get a flow In such a val ley in south edge of Witchita mountains? * Answer: I am not personally familiar w.»n the local conditions of the territory of country described, but if you have suf ficient fall and can control the flow of KING’S Latest Improved COTTON To let the people see the latest strain of thia great variety, WE WIIX GIVE a J-lb. lot of the seed tend send It by mall) to any cotton grower who will do us a reasonable service—service to consist In handing ont some cards for us. Address. T. J. KING GO., i Richmond, Va. water, there is no reason why you should not be able to successfully irrigate the land in the valley. Without going to extra expense, the cheapest plan for irrigation is to turn the water into one continuous ditch having a slight fall and cut so as to go in a circle within the entire field, making the dis tance apart from 10 to 20 feet. The ditch or race should be shallow. Or you might cut a number of these narrow, shallow canals across the field at different angles. If you desired to irrigate by flooding, ar rangements would have to be made for letting out the surplus water from the field, if it became necessary, as in rice growing. Irrigation is a simple process, where natural conditions are se curing and controlling water and the land is fairly level. R. E. T.. Madison, Ga.—Please answer this in The Semi-Weekly Journal: Is cot ton seed meal made from seed that have been heated in bulk at oil mill as good for fertiliser as if the seed had not been heat ed? I have hauled some meal out to my farm, and it is very dark, and I am afraid the ammonia has escaped. Answer—Dark meal does not. possess the same value for fertilizing or feeding purposes as bright meal. Seed which have been banked and heated lose more or less ammonia according to the length of time they were heated before being worked. .However, no manufacturer or dealer has the right in Georgia to sell or offer for sale cotton seed meal ground from short staple cotton seed which does not show a guaranteed analysis of 7 1-2 per cent am monia. If the meal you have is dark write to the commissioner of agriculture at At lanta to have it inspected at once by one of his inspectors, and the samples drawn sent to the state chemist for analysis. A good many of the mills were fearful of being compelled to work damaged seed earlier in the season, and If they are sell ing damaged meal at full prices to the .farmers, the matter should be at once re ported to the agricultural department at Atlanta, and the evil checked. Cotton seed meal ground from loVig staple cotton seed is always dark in color, but is not worth much more than half the price charged for short staple cotton seed meal, either for fertilizer or feeding, as the an alsys of that class of meal will not run over 4 1-3 per cent ammonia. Velvet Bean for Sheep. I grew the velvet bean last year, and will plant more this year. My gorses, cat tle and sheep are very fond of it. when cured for hay, or after the frost has killed the vines, as I did not cut all of them. One. man writing for the paper states that horses, cattle and sheep are very fond of the green vines; neither my horses nor cows would eat the green vines. Now, what I want to know is: Will sheep eat the green vines? I would thank any one for this information, for if they will not, I think I will have the ideal sheep pasture—spring water, shade and Bermuda grass, and I would plant three or four acres of the pasture, which is not in grass, in the velvet bean, and not cut the vines, but let the frost kill them and at that time the Bermuda will be short and the sheep will take to the frost bitten vines and pods—beans not matured—as a bee to honey dew. The vines will remain good in the field till Christmas or later; by that time the burr clover will be coming up through the Burmuda sod and give pasture until the Bermuda comes again in 4£e spring. What do you think of the combination? I could plant the velvet bean in another field, but that would take more fence and besides I want to the few acres in the sheep pasture which is not in grass. P. B.—l am a subscriber to The Weekly Journal and about 15 other papers. I al ways look to see what you have to say to the farmer. Would you plant Johnson grass to cut for hay before the seed ripens? Answer—Your combination for securing a continuous green pasturage throughout the entire year seems to be a good one, and I have no doubt will be found quite satisfactory. No kind of live stock are as fond of green velvet bean vines as they are of cow pea vines. This is owing to the extreme richness of the velvet bean and their rather unpleasant flavor. Sheep,' be ing somewhat particular in their diet, will not likely feed extensively on the bean vines, if they can get anything else more palatable in the pasture. Hunger, however, would soon cause them to raid the velvet beans, whether green or dry. With an abundance of Bermuda grass in parts of the field the sheep would not likely be attracted to the beans. You might make the experiment, and if it works well, you will get Just what you want. No person can. guarantee that sheep, horses, cows or hogs will not eat green velvet bean vines unless they are plentifully supplied with other food which ‘thy prefer. Bermuda grass and clover are more acceptable to stock, though, than velvet beans. Johnston grass makes a splendid, nutritious hay when cut young and tender before seeding. It will give two tW three cuttings and yields heavily. Stock are quite fond of it. The only trouble with Johnston grass is that you cannot successfully eradicate it from land where it gets a hold, and the chances are for its spreading all over the farm. As to its value for hay, though, there can be no question as to its being very fine, and fully equal to timothy. Some Observations In Farming. We read in the agricultural journals, -and judging from the advice given through these papers. we farmers are willing to concede to these farm advisers and instructors, honesty of purpose' to teach the/uninformed how to grow' boun tiful crops, and thereby grow rich, or at least to live above want. In this section. North Coosa. Ala., we farmers endeavor to practice to a considerable extent di versified farming, that is we grow corn, cotton, potatoes, peas, hay. rye, wheat, oats, melons, vegetables, fruit, etc. The mention of wheat and oats brings to my mind a remark with much emphasis made by one Mr. Teasedale In the hearing of some farmers in this vicinity several years ago. “That if he was wheat he would not grow In this country.” This Mr. Teasedale, (I believe that was his name) was an Evangelist from some one of the Northern states. This tlivinity per son came down soutn to preach to the people, but more especially to lecture upon temperance, and the evil effects of the contents of the jug. and what the di vine had to say upon any subject left its imprint on the minds of the .people. “If I was wheat I would not grow in this country." This remark from one gifted in oratory, and so well informed stirred up the inquisitive minds of some of our farmers sufficiently to ask his reasons for this advanced remark. His answer was about this: “If I was wheat and the soil was prepared no better for my reception than the farmers prepare their land for their wheat I would not grow. You farm ers I notice scatter your wheat with your hands on the rough unprepared soil, and scratch it with very poor plows, and go off and leave it and expect it to make wheat. I do not see how it grows and makes anything." This brought some of the farmers to thinking As time rolled on farm machinery has found its way among these old-time farm ers. The most of them ..ave supplied thelt farms with modern farm tools, and by the use of these are now engaged in try ing to make two grains of wheat and oats grow where.only one grew at the time of the doctor's remarks. In this section the soil is now foljhwed with good turners or disc plows, the grain cast in breadth and then cut in with disc harrow. Then the surface made compact and smooth with log roller, that the reaper may not be obstructed in its work. At harvest time my experience and observation has been that the tum.ng under of the litter, leav- THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA; GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1902. ing a smooth, compact surface, is detri mental to the tender young plants; that they cannot, thus exposed, withstand ex •reme cold snaps that so often visit this section; that the soil surface left rough and somewhat in small ridges, the young plants have some protection, especially if the plowing is east and west. The latter part of January, I.mX), I planted oats in a field that had been in cotton the previous year, -he north half of this field the cot ton rows were north and south. At the time 01 putting in the oats a furrow was run un-er the cotun stalks. the oats broadcast and then cut in with a disc har row. so set that it left the surface smooth. About the time these oats came up a cold spell came and destroyed about three fourths of the plants. On the same day the above was planted, with the same tools, I planted two lands running east and west adjacent to that running north and south. Being in a hurry to finish up by night. I directed the boy driving the harrow to widen it out just so it would cover the grain. This left the surface un eaven, with small ridges due east and west. These oats withstood the cold and made a fine crop. In November last a ma jority of the farmers in this settlement turned their land and then harrowed their wheat and oats in, then going over it with a smoother. I never saw nicer work on the farm. Now they are to reap their reward by replanting this spring if they can procure the seed. There are a few plats of wheat put in toy one-horse farm ers with small plows and very shabbily done, corn stalks and grass protruding all over the field. These are showing an even and very fine stand, and inuicate that it will make fair wheat. If we farmers could control the elements or could fore know what is coming, we then would know how to meet it. J. W. COOPER. Talladega Springs, Ala. COLD COMFORT FROM DOCTORS. Doctor* neuralgia 1* not dangerous. This is poor consolation to a sufferer who feels as if his face were pierced with hht needles and torn with a thousand pairs of pincers. A word of advice to him: stay in doors and use Perry Davis’ Painkiller. The blessed freedom from pain which follows this treatment cannot be told. There is but one Painkiller, Perry Davis’. Feeding Early Vegetable*. The main point with early vegetables is to force them forward as rapidly as pos sible. Fully as much of the final success .depends on this rapid development as in having the plants started early, and the result justifies a liberal outlay in fertiliz ers and labor. In the early spring soil conditions are unfavorable and nitrification. The weath er is usually wet, which hinders extra tillage and our main resources must be the manure pile and guano sack to make our vegetables grow. While there is nothing superior to I sta ble manure as a fertilizer when it is in the right condition, at the same time it is very seldom in the proper shape on the majority of farms. You can haul green manure from the, stable to the field to fertjjfze a corn crop and the result will be £ that could be desired. The corn crop, however, has three or four months in which to make, the weather becomes hot, and the manure has the time and the conditions necessary for its decomposition in the soil. With many qarly vegetables which must make their growth in thirty to sixty days, the case is different. They cannot wait for the manure to decay to get their plant food: it must be immedi- available. If it is manure that we contemplate fertilizing our early vegeta bles with, it should be old. well-rotted and fine. If therefore, your manure is coarse and lumpy it would be better to save it for the corn crop and use guano on your early vegetables. v The plant food In commercial fertilizers is always available, some forms act more quickly than others it is true, especially where part of the nitrogen is derived from nitratf of soda; but most of them become soluble in a very short time. Nitrate of soda should be used to some extent in nearly all fertilizers for early vegetables to supply a portion of the ammonia. It is not dependent on heat to make it availa ble, but can be .taken up by the young plants at once and gives them a quick start. It is also valuable for top dressing young vegetables where the nitrogen seems to have been leached away by heavy rains and the yellowish appearance of the crop donates its absence. But ammonia or nitrogen is not the only element of plant food needed in a fertilizer for early vegetables. While the nitrogen tends to produce a luxuriant growth of tops, potash is needed to strengthen the plant and help it to resist disease, and phosphoric acid is needed to enable it to produce fruit and seed. With such vegetables as cabbage and lettuce, the amount of the two former elements should be relatively larger, while with turnips, although they use a great deal of potash, they require also a larger amount of phosphoric acid for their best development. ' A great many people make the mistake of using the same grade of fertilizer for their vegetables which they would on their cotton or corn crop, sometimes as a matter of convenience, but more often because they do not appreciate the fact sufficiently that different crops re quire different fertilizers. They fail to understand why it is that a guano which will make good cotton will not make good cabbage. Now' guano for cotton is prepared to produce fruit and therefore contains a very large per cent of phosphoric acid. With cabbage we want a strong growth of top. and therefore, as I before remark ed. we neer a fertilizer with a relatively large per cent of ammonia and potash. The following formula will be found ef fective for early cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and other vegetables where a strong leaf growth is desired: Ammonia 6 per cent, available phosphoric acid 5 per cent, and potash 7 per cent. To compound this fer tilizer. thoroughly mix together until it is an even color. 300 lbs. nitrate of soda. 750 lbs. cotton seed meal. 700 lbs. acid phosphate, and 250 lbs. muriate of potash to make a ton; apply at the rate of 2,000 lbs per acre. For qarly beets and turnips, use the fol lowing: Ammonia 5 per cent, phosphoric acid 7 per cent, and potash 7 per cent. To make this fertilizer, take 250 lbs. nitrate of soda. 550 lbs. cotton seed meal. 900 lbs. acid phosphate, and 300 lbs. muriate of potash, to make a ton. If you prefer to use animal matter in your fertilizer, take 300 lbs. high grade blood. 1,350 lbs. bone meal, and 350 lbs. muriate of potash. Ap ply at the rate of 1.000 lbs. per acre. This guano contains more ammonia than would be necessary for a late crop of turnips, but in the early spring we have found it advisable to use a larger per cent of this element for all vegetable crops. Beans and peas, being of a leguminous nature, will not require as much ammonia, and for these crops the following formula is recommended: Ammonia 3 per cent, phosphoric acid 7 per cent, and potash 7 per cent. To make this fertilizer take 100 lbs. nitrate of soda. 450 lbs. cotton seed meal. 1.200 lbs acid phosphate, and 250 lbs. muriate of potash to make a ton. Or 1.700 lbs. bone meal, and 300 lbs. muriate Os pot ash will give the same result. Apply at the rate of’6oo lbs. to the acre. If you mix your own fertilizers, be care ful to see that the work is thoroughly done. It should be mixed with a shovel on a tight floor by shovelling the combined mass over from one pile to another four or five times, being careful to beat up the lumps as they roll down on the edges. Where nitrate of soda is used, kt should be run through a sand screen before mix ing. at it is usually quite lumpy. Whenever possible, it is a good plan to apply the fertilizer to the land a week or ten days before sowing your seed. In all cases, see that it is thoroughly incorporat ed with the soil, otherwise injury to young plants may result. Guano, when properly handled and ap plied. is very valuable for the production of early truck, and will be found to give the most gratifying results. F. J. MERRIAM, The purchase price of the Danish West In dian Islands has not yet been announced of ficially. but it I* rumored to be $5,000,000. They are easily worth it.—Chicago (III.) Journal. SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS • . • ’, • ' • • • f • • DR. GLENN’S POSITION ON STATE UNIFORMITY Editor Journal I have* read with considerable Interest the announcement of the candidacy of State School Commissioner Glenn for re flection. It is a remarkable document. There are 176 lines of the announcement, 84 of which are exclusively devoted to showing that state uniformity of text books is a cardinal principle of the Re publican party, and only 92 lines are de voted to all other subjects. Including his own past record and future promises. It is not my purpose to discuss the pros and cons of state uniformity of textbooks In this article, but I do wish to show that the doctor has evidently gone wild on the subject. He would have us believe that state uniformity of textbooks is one of the pet theories of the Republican party. Accord ing to the report of the textbook commis sion, written by Dr. Glenn when he was chairman in 1897, there were at that time fourteen states having state uniformity and one state that had state printing of school books, and. naturally, uniformity. Since that time three more states have passed state uniformity laws, making a total of seventeen in all. Os the eleven Confederate states six now have state uniformity, and several of these have had it for a great many years. The six states mentioned are Denwcrat id* Virginia, Democratic North Carolina, Democratic South Carolina, Democratic Tennessee, Democratic Louisiana and Democratic Texas. The law was passed by Democratic legislatures in every one of these states. Missouri, a Democratic state, one of the “solid south,” and Delaware, until recent ly Democratic, and also a part of the “sol id south.” have for many years had state uniformity. The only state besides Dela ware north of the Ohio and Potomac riv ers and east of the Mississippi which has state uniformity is Indiana, which has gone Democratic oftener than any of the other states in this group. West Virginia had state uniformity as long as it was a Democratic state. When the Republicans captured the legislature In 1896 and elected a Republican governor ' the state uniformity law was repealed and a county uniformity law passed by the Republican legislature. North Carolina had state uniformity for 15 or 20 years, until 1896. The state unifor mity act in North Carolina was passed by a Democratic legislature, but in 1896, when the Republicans and Populists gained con trol of the state, they immediately re pealed the state uniformity act and pass ed a county adoption law. In 1900. four years later, the Democrats again secured control of both houses of the legislature. At the session a year ago, In February. 1901. the Democratic legislature re-enacted a uniform state school book law. which 1* now in force. Yet the doctor would have us believe that none but the rankest Re publicans favor state uniformity. In 1894 Dr. Glenn, then plain “Professor Glenn.” was appointed, state school coni tnlssloner by the late Governor W. Y. At kinson, than whom no purer, more hon est or more fearless Democrat ever filled the gubernatorial chair In Georgia. At that time Professor Glenn had had no connection of any tynd with the public schools of the’ state, and was about as unfamiliar with them as any man who had ever been a teacher could have been. He was practically unknown as an educa tor at the time of his appointment outside of the patrons of a certain female college. It is well known that: Governor Atkin son favored state uniformity of school books, and it was generally understood that Professor Glenn, his appointee, fa vored the same thing. Certain articles wrjMen by Professor Glenn In 1896, while he was editor of an educational journal, strongly indicated that he favored state uniformity, and perhaps even state print ing of school books. But every one knows that when the book commission made its report State School Commissioner Glenn was found to have “flopped” and was bitterly opposed to state uniformity. The implied reflection in Dr. Glenn’s an nouncement on Governed Atkinson's po sition on the school book question calls for a protest. He would have people be lieve that Governor Atkinson, who favor ed uniformity of school books, wai not a Democrat at heart, but a lover of Repub lican doctrines. Do the people of Georgia believe that Dr. is a greater Dem ocrat than the late lamented W. Y. At kinson? If Dr. Glenn had discussed this question on its merits, I should have had nothing to say, but I cannot let these implied re flections rest on the memory of one who is now in the great beyond. W. S. WEST. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 12, 1902. Oleomargarine and Ice. To the Editor of The Journal: Thq friends of the Tawney oleomarga rine bill in the hour of victory may well afford to let its enemies say a few fun ny (?) things at the eleventh hour of the, debate o> a failing cause. But The At lanta, JaurnM, so noted for its judicial fairness, as well as for its promptness in detecting and exposing false logic and specious argument, ought not to go on record as approving and Indorsing the logic of Mr. Burleson, of Texas, in pro posing a tax of 10 cents a pound on “all artificial ice sold in competition with the natural product,” etc., etc. There is no real analogy between a tax on oleomar garine to force its makers to sell it for what it really is, and such a proposed ridiculous tax on artificial ice. Artificial ice is ice and in no respect different from natural ice except in the source of the water—artificial ice being from pure, por table water, while the so-called “natural ice” may be, and usually ‘is. obtained from lakes, ponds and large streams, and is liable to contamination. Oleomar garine. essentially, is.not butter and nev er was butter. It is made from hog s fat, beef tallow and to a very limited extent cotton seed oil. It usually has a trace of butter, to which it owes whatever of butter flavor it has. Admitting that a first class article is wholesome, is that a reason why Lt should be forced down the throats of the people whether they want it or no? There are probably thousands of peo ple in Atlanta who are eating oleomarga rine every day under the delusion that it is genuine butter, many of whom would refuse it if they were not thus deceived. And the oleomargarine makers know this. The}’ know that the margin of profit and the volume of sales of their product would be greatly cut down were they to voluntarily, or under compulsion of law, put it on the market under its only legit imate name, and under its only legitimate “colors.” I admit that a w’ell-made oleo margarine is fairly wholesome if ingest- Sell Fruit Trees. We want energetic men all over the southern states to sell Nursery Stock. Our terms are liberal and our prices low. Our stock is fine and will please the salesman and the planter. No trouble to sell our trees. Write for terms. SMITH BROS., Proprietors Concord Nurseries, Concord, Ga. • • Branch’sCenuine Rattlesnake/ Watermelon Seed! Only pure strain in United States, carefully selected, kept pure thirty years. No other va riety planted on a plantation of 1,500 acres. Pkt., 10 cents.; 1 os.. 15c.; 2 oxa.. 25c; *4 lb.. 40c; I, lb., 65c; 1 lb., *1.21. Rajgit registered letter or money order. Send for seed annual. M. 1. Branch, Berxella, Columbia Georgia. ed by a strong and healthy stomach. I ad mit that the average quality of oleomar garine is better than the average quality of butter, counting domestic or “coun try butter.” But granting all that has been claimed for the article, there is no Justification for permitting the manufac turers to sell it for butter when it is not butter. If its merits are so great, why not sell it on its merits and not under the garb and under the name of genuine but ter. The manufacturers know why, and so do the people. I am inclined to believe that our rep resentatives in congress who voted against the oleomargarine bill are not in fact rep resenting the majority of their respective constituencies, but only a small fraction whose business Interests are supposed to be affected, Indirectly, by such legisla tion. Let us have honest, square legislation in the Interest of honest and fair business, and to the condemnation of every species of fraud and imposition. R. J. REDDING. “THE SONG OF THE CAMP.” \ BROMWOOD, Ga., Feb. 11, 1902. Editor Journal: Dear Sir—l am sending herewith copy of the poem “Anni* Laurie,” by Bayard Tay lor. as per request of "A Reader.” Will you give or allow some contributor to this column to give the order of presi dential succession? I am very truly, 11. A. FERRELL. Annie Laurie. ’’Give us a song!" the soldiers cried. The outer trenches guarding. While the heated guns of the camp allied Grew weary of bombarding. The dark redan in silent scoff Ijiy grim and threatening under. And the tawny mound of the Malakoff No longer belched its thunder. There was a pause; the guardsman said: “We storm the fort tomorrow; Sing while we may; another day Will bring enough of sorrow.” They lay along the battery’s side, , /' Below the smoky cannon. Brave hearts from Severn and from Clyde, And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love and not of fame— Forgot was Britain’s glory; Each heart recalled a different name— But all sang “Annie Laurie." Voice after voice caught up the song Until its tender passion Rose like an anthem rich and strong, Their battle-eve confession. Dear girl! her name he dared not speak. But, as the song grew louder. Something upon the soldier’s cheek Washed off the stains of powder. Beyond the darkening hilltops burned \ The bloody sunset embers. While the Crimean valleys learned , How English love remembers. And once again a fire of hell Rained on the Russian quarter*. With scream of shot and burst of shell And bellowing of the mortars. And Irish Nora’s eyes are dim . For a singer dumb and gory, f And English Mary weeps for him \ , Who sang of Annie Lauric. Ah, soldier, to your honored rest. « Your truth and valor bearing; The bravest are the tenderest; The loving are the daring! PtOWED BUI MUST BE HANGED STATE NEEDS CONDEMNED MAN AS WITNESS AND GETS EXE- CUTION STAYED. Governor Candler did a peculiar thing Monday ai the request St the officials 1» Dooly county. He respited a man who was to have been hanged Tuesday in or der that he could testify for the stat* in other criminal cases. According to the respite, as soon as he completes his tes timony he is to be hanged. John Peavy is the fortunate and unfor tunate man. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to hang February 18th. The court in Dooly county does not convene until Monday, the 24th. Peavy is an im portant witness in several cases. His tes timony was needed. Therefore a respite was secured in order that Peavy might testify. The governor Monday morning issued the respite, .which said that as soon as he had completed his testimony he was to be taken back to the Jail at Vienna, and there kept until the 21st day of March, when he was to be hanged by the neck until dead. It is a mooted question whether Peavy is glad or not. The respite was not at all in his interest, but in the interest of the state. He will be hanged as soon as the state is through with him. It is a difficult thing to solve, whether Peavy had rather died Tuesday or wait until March 21st to pass in his checks. There is no doubt that he is guilty of the murder. In fact, it is such an open and shut case that no ap peal has been made in his behalf, and he has asked for none. What his feelings will be this afternoon when he is informed that he has been given until March 21st to live, would be hard to foretell. An effort may be made, if his testimony is satisfactory; to have-his sentence com muted to life imprisonment. The case is on the same line as the man who was con victed of robbery in Nebraska and sen tenced to five years in the penitentiary, and after he had been in the prison for a while, it was discovered that i.e was a murderer. He was tried and convicted, and then was pardoned by the governor for the crime of robbery in order that he could be legally hanged. MACON MAIL CONTRACTOR THROWS UP HIS CONTRACT MACON. Ga.. Feb. 17.—The contractor who has been undertaking to deliver the malls the postoffice and the rail roads. has been compelled to give it up. because he was losing so much money. He was Mr. W. H. Spence. His compensation received from the middle men who con tracted with the government and took a number of jobs in different parts of the country. Mr. Spence found it a financial impossibility to do the work for the $950 which the contractors paid him, and his bondsmen were compelled to take his place. They thought they had better save all they could, and when they found they could get nobody else to take the job for $950 they offered Mr. W. H. Reyn olds S4OO bonus, or a total of $1,350 to fin ish the .contract. Mr. Reynolds now says he would not mind giving it up. Efforts will be made to interest Congressman Bartlett and Senator Bacon in the move to eliminate the middle men from these contracts. FIVE MEN IN MASKS ROB v ft ULTS 0F sl’soo NORTHAMPTON. Mass., Feb. 17.—Five men blew open two safes in the street railway company’s offices early today af ter overpowering the watchman. They secured about $1,500 in cash. In their haste they overlooked S6OO in one of the safes. They escaped in a team and when the watchman succeeded in getting a gag out of his mouth so as to give the alarm all trace of them had been lost. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. RICHMOND, VA. CHARLESTON, S. C. Largest Manufacturers of FERTILIZERS IN THE SOUTH. Importers of PURE GERMAN KAINIT, MURIATE OF POTASH, NITRATE OF SODA, SULPHATE OF POTASH. In buying fertilizers it is important, not only to secure goods of estab lished reputation and high grade, but to buy where YOUR WANTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CAN BE SUPPLIED. We are in position, with our unparalleled facilities and our many plants located all over the territory, to furnish all classes of goods and in such quantities as buyers desire. When you buy of us, with our immense capacity, you know you can get the goods, and all you want of them. See our nearest agent to you, or write us direct. Address VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. ray Sand for th* Virginia-Carolina Almanac. Free for the asking. CAMPAIGN IS ON •/’ . -g 3 FOR GOVERNOR AND ALL CANDI- . DATES HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM, BUT JAMES M. SMITH IS SILENT. $ \ The campaign for governor is on. Estill, Terrell and Guerry have spoken to the people, and more speeches are yet to come from them. Still James M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, is silent, and every now and then some of his friends make the threat that he is considering the matter of run ning. Mr. Smith may run and he may pot, but it is now the general opinion that the situation is well lined up, and that the main running will be done by the three who have already commenced. Strange to say, Mr. Terrell in his speech Saturday did not refer to any other gu bernatorial candidate by name. He put In some hot things about onetime rail road attorneys, however, and the pre sumption is he meant Guerry and Hall, as they were at one time connected with the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad as general counsel. Mr. Terrell has received many congratu lations for the conservatism that marked his whole address. It attacked nobody personally, and criticised where he thought criticism was necessary. The speech was not a long one, either, and it took only forty minutes for Mr. Terrell to conclude. Mr. Guerry is continuing his campaign with that same energy with which he be gun it. He has made as many aq 100 speeches and it may be that he will make as many more before the campaign is over. He is bouncing the railroads and the lobbyists right along. He is being as* slated by the Hon. Joe Hill Hall, his law partner. Mr. Hall is touring the state in Mr. Guerry’* interest. Mr. Hall admits that he is not a prohibitionist, as Mr. Guerry, but says that Mr. Guerry is the best man in Georgia and ought to be elected governor. A country weekly had this the other day: “Guerry and Hall, candidates for governor, are making things lively.” Mr. Guerry, how ever, is the only candidate. Rev. Mr. Bryan, editor of The Tennille News, is here today. Mr. Bryan says since the withdrawal of Hon. Pope Brown from the race for governor. Hon. J. H. Estill, of Savannah, has been gaining votes right along in his section of the state. Mr. Bryan-says Colonel Estill will make a strong race for the position, and that he will poll more votes in the Tenth than Guerry. And Mr. Bryan is not for Estill, either. / Enough cards have been written about uniform textbooks in the Georgia schools during the past month to fill several large books, and still the state survives. It is believed that a certain book company The Poetru of the South H,v * the - Public Opinion. It is the opinion of Mr. Hamilton Wright Mabie that with the exception of Poe the southern poets have not yet received ade quate attention at the hands of students and critics of American literature. Writ ing for the February International Month ly on this subject he says: “The student of vital conditions In this country might have anticipated that the deepest and richest poetic movement would take place in the south rather than hi the north. History has falled*to confirm such a pre diction, but it remains true that in lyrical quality, in sensitiveness, in simplicity and directness of emotional response to the appeals of Veauty in nature, in that ca pacity for pure song which more than any thing else reveals the poetic temperament, the southern poets are as one, from the tirtie of Poe to that of Lanier. The pro duct is not great in mass; it is by no means so comprehensively interpretative of the spiritual history of a great com munity as is the, work of the northern poets: but so far as it goes it is pure poe try; it is poetry for the love of beauty rather than poetry for the sake of ideas. It is transparently sincere: its spontaneity gives it fidelity to experience and emo tion; it is the poetry of feeling rather than of the Intellect.” Mr. Mabie cites Henry Timrod, Paul Hamilton Hayne, W’llliam Gilmore Simms and Sidney Lanier as poets whose works have never received the attention they merit. These southern poets, he as serts, “share a richness of temperament, a freedom and courage of eipotion .denied to the majority of the New England poets. They are natural singers, with a quick ear for melody of the kind which instant ly discloses its charm. They are melli fluous: they are, one and all. lovers of nature; but, with the exception of Lanier, they approach her through the feelings and sentiments, and are content to de scribe her rich and tropical aspects. These Inspirations are not deep, nor is their art broad and well sustained. Their vert? lacks fullness and variety of thought *nd is often qver-sensuous in expression. The verse forms used are few and simple, and there are abundant evidences of lack of artistic training. That which is real in them is their simplicity of feeling, their naturalness of manner, their command of the singing note. T<iere is often a note of provinclalisih in their praises of their sec tion and their people, a note of exaggera tion. a note, in other words, of that inex perience which had its root in lack of that close contaat with other communities which gives a sound and true perspective. The old south was fatally hampered in its later intellectual development by the fact that there was in its social and industrial system one feature which c6uld not be discussed. That fact created «a barrier be tween a generous people and the rest "of stirred up the first row about uniform text books, and since that time many people have rallied to the support of the company. It seems to be one of the para mount issues in the coming race for school commissioner. Mr. Glenn is oppos ed to uniform textbooks; Mr. Beek is for them, as is Mr. Merritt. It has been re ported that the three candidates are con sidering challenging each other to de bates on the subject. Campaign literature is flooding the state just now, and the people are getting all they can read. In addition to the candidates for school com missioner, the gubernatorial aspirant* are sending out just a few letter* them selves. The men who want to be school commissioner, however, are making thing* as lively as those who desire to live in th* Peachtree mansion. Mr. Glenn is constant ly in the field in connection with the du ties of his office, and he no doubt puts in a few licks for himself while out among the people. No opposition has developed as yet to Comptroller General W. A. Wright. Sec retary of State State Treasurer R. E. Park, Commissioner of Agriculture • O. B. Stevens or Prison Commission Thpmas Eason. From present indication* it would seem that they are not going to have any. Usually the opposition is lined up before this time. None of the officials named have made their announcement* yet. but they will be forthcoming within a few days. Colonel J. H. Estill, of Savannah, ha* accepted a commission as lieutenant col onel on the staff of Governor McSweeney, < of South Carolina. He is also a retired officer in Georgia. The Georgia law say* that if an officer on the active or retired list accepts another commission the on* held in Georgia is vacated. Will Colonel Estill’* Georgia comtaission be revoked. ‘ and if so will be hold on as a colonel of ' the South Carolina staff. Hon. N. J. Tumlin. of Carroll, has an- ' nounced as a candidate for the legislature in Carroll county again. It goes without saying that he will be elected. He ha* ' represented Carroll county in the lower house for several years, and is one of the most popular men in the community. Mt. Tumlin made an admirable record in th* last legislature. He was always in hi* seat, and never failed to vote on all the questions that came up. Only one time did he ask for a leave of absence, and that was on account of a death in hl* family. It will be good news to the many friends of Mr. Tumlin that he will run for the legislature. T. J. SIMMONS. JR. ’ the world, developed an abnormal, local sensitiveness, and fostered a tone of ex aggeration which is reflected in the minor ■ poets, from which Lanier's largeness en tirely preserved him. There is. however, the charm of the southern temperament even in the most conventional of those singers—warmth, grace, power of aban-. don. generosity of spirit; qualities which are winning under any Conditions, and which, reinforced by adequate, artistic training and adequate ideas, promise rich fruitage in the poetry of the future." THE CHILD-TEMPERAMENT. The children like thermometers, deli cately constructed, rise and fall to the extent of- her preparation for thp day’a work. No derail, however small, can be left to the moment's inspiration—if per fect harmony be the result. To cure is the voice of the past, to prevent, is the voice of today. So many times, by a smile, a word a gesture, bits of wrong doing can be diverted, arid when all else • fails. I have seen the skillfully told story work the desired charm. It is through the realm of story-land the beautiful side of life is ever held up. In the legend of the Great Dipper, the line of golden light, and tristram the pure, qualities like truth and unselfishness are painted so vividly, childhood longs to be like them and throba with their afterglow! Too much trouble? Yes. valuable things cost trouble, time and patience. Perhaps the greatest com pliment a kindergartner ever received was from a little street urchin, sadly twisted in a moral fashion, who after a morning of continual wrongdoing, jgrasped the hand of the forbearing teacher and said wonderingly, "What are you anyway, an angel?” (INCE IN A LIFE TIME ■ Bis often enough to do some thingsdt’soften eaou gn Ww to boy a wagon if yon buy the right kind. TM ELECTRIC h wacon lasts that long under ordinary conditions. 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