Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, February 27, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
| Talks IVith Farmers Conducted By C. H. Jordan 11 < 111 e 11»111111 ♦ Correspondence on homo topic* or ♦ ♦ subjects of eer-Clal interest to wo- ♦ ♦ mon to Invited. Inquiries or letters ♦ ♦ should bo brief and clearly written ♦ ♦ la Ink on one aldo of the sheet. ♦ ♦ • Writs direct to Mrs. W. H Fel- ♦ ♦ ton.Ed!tar Horn* Department Semi- ♦ ♦ Weekly Journal. Cartersville. Go. ♦ ♦ No inquiries answered by mail. ♦ ♦ o XIIUMHHHI HUH I MEETING IN ALABAMA. For sometime the farmers of Shelby county. Alabama, have been thinking of co-operating together more closely for their mutual benefit, and to become iden tified with the movement of the Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association. A cordial invitation was extended me ear ’ly in January to meet the farmers of Shelby county at Columbiana, their coun- - ty seat, as early as possible, for the pur pose of perfecting an organisation of Cot ton Growers' there, and Febuary 20th was the date named. When-the meeting was chlled to order at the court house in Columbiana last Thursday by Judge Longshore. I found a large number of farmers present, not withstanding that the day was an ex ceedingly inclement one. In the talk which followed the objects and purposes of the Cotton Growers' Protective Asso ciation z were plainly and fully set forth. At its cloaa. considerable Interest was manifested and resulted in the organise* 'tlon of a good club, with the following active and progressive’farmers elected as officers for the ensuing year of the Shel by county club: President—Judge A. P. Longshore. Vice president—H. M. Milstead Secretary and treasurer—W. A. Tallaut. Fully three-fourths of the audience ♦ preset’t enrolled themselves aa members and the hope was freely expressed that the membership of the Shelby County club would soon Increase to 2CO members, and that active work should be started - early by the Alabama state association in every cotton growing county in the . state. The Semi-Weekly Journal was Cordially accepted as the official organ of the club for the next twelve months, and at the subscription price of 75 cents to all members of the Association, for one year, it was deemed advisable tc ‘club that paper with the Association dues so as to keep each member fully posted at all times as to such statistical infor- I mation as he needed to keep fully posted about the cotton crop in all the states and the work of the Association through out the belt. Quite a number of the farm ers present expressed themselves fully on ♦ the necessity for organization and co . operating in the future to more fully pro tect their mutual interests in the sale of common farm products and more particu larly the cotton and cotton seed crop. Considerable interest was manifested in co-operative ginneries and small oil mills, and there can be but little doubt a co operative cotton seed oil mill in Shelby county by smother season. Purposes of Association. For the benefit of those of our readers who have doubtless heard of the Southern Cottow Growers’ Protective association, but who have not been informed as to its ♦ objects and purposes, it is deemed advis ' able to publish them here in a general :way. They are as follows: L To promote and advance the Interests of southern cotton producers. S. TO place the producer in a position where he can control the sale of his cot ton ctop and demand a fair price from the buyer, before it leaves the hands of the producer. ♦ X To teach the individual farmer the ‘imperative need of making his farm self- sustaining thereby becoming strong and independent at home, then it is he can make his strength felt in the market where he goes to sell his produce. 4. To place the producer in a position where he may and can know all about . the facta regarding the supply, the de mand and the proper price for his staple. 5. To furnish from the head bureau of said association, to its members, the most authentic statistics, gathered from the most reliable, trustworthy sources as rap idly *" possible during the selling season. X To regulate the supply to meet the . demand, and to prevent the glutting of the market as at present. 7. To encourage thought and earnest support of all institutions of learning, de mand justice, foster and cultivate the strongest fraternal relations between all classes, who are worthy, and especially between labor and capital. t. To encourage and support the most practical policy of bringing the factory and eotton plantation in close proximity ‘to each other. J. But two classes are excluded from the ranka of the The poli tician. offering for. nominated for. or holding any state political office of trust, and its enemies. To these principles and purposes the Southern Cotton Growers' Protective as sociation invokes the support of the cot ton producers of the south, and as the president of said association. I have with in the past two years perfected state or ganizations in all the cotton growing States, except Louisiana and Arkansas. There has not been sufficient active wofk la the organisation of local branches In the different counties throughout the va rious states. . The state and inter-state asso ciations cannot do effective work . unless the farmers in the different counties come together and or ganise their sub-branches. The annual VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. RICHMOND, VA. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Largest Manufacturers of FERTILIZERS IN THE SOUTH. Importer* of PURE GERMAN KAINIT, MURIATE OF POTASH, NITRATE OF SODA, SULPHATE OF POTASH. In buying fertilizer* 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. Soe our nearest agent to you, or write us direct. Address VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. tar tbs Wytais-CvsliM Ataisssc. Fr*« tar ths asking. dues are only 50 cents per member, and the subscription price to the official or gan which is to be used for disseminating needed information to all members, but 75 cents, which makes the total cost per member. 11.25. not more than one-fourth of a cent per pound on one bale of cotton, yet we may be well assured, by active co-operation, of advancing the price on all we grow of from one to two cents per pound. Must Be Pushed. Active work must be done all along the line this year if we expect to sell the.next crop at anything like its value. Certainly southern farmers cannot stand the pres ent condition of affairs, cotton low and all other farm products and supplies high in price. The farmers in any county in the south who desire to become identified with this movement can be organised into the association by calling on their state presi dent or by writing to me-direct for copies of constitution and by-laws for all sub organlsatlons. The leading officials at the head of the different state organisations are as fol lows: John P. AHiwon, Concord. N. C.; R. A. Love, Chester, S. C.; William J. Broughton, Madison. Ga.; J. B. Dell, Gainesville. Fla.; R. R. Pool. Montgomery, Ala.; John D. Redhead, Centerville, Miss.; E. 8. Peters, Calvert. Tex.; A. P. Landers, Sulphur Springs. Tex. Counties in the different rtates can be organised by.writ ing the above named officials for litera ture or for local organisers. We will have regular correspondents from all the states who will weekly con tribute articles of interest and value for publication in our cotton department in this paper, and which will be official. In securing the co-operation of the Semi- Weekly Journal and making It the official organ of our association we get a paper which is already deeply Interested in the welfare of the farmers and which has a circulation now of 50,000 subscribers all over the south. I will be pleased to have short letters from our subscribers on this subject, and trust there will be great in terest manifested in this work during the coming months. HARVIE JORDAN. INQUIRY DEPARTMENT. H. F. B„ Union Point. Ga.—l have some lands I want to put cotton on. The land makes a good weed .and fruits well, but is subject to rust. What I want to know is there a commercial fertiliser that will prevent rust. I know stable manure is a preventive, but it is not convenient to the lands. Please answer, and if you can. recommend anything to prevent rust tell me how to use the same, etc. Answer—There is no commercial fertil iser made, that I am aware of which is a specific for rust in cotton. The trouble is usually low places where the under drain age is defective. The best plan is to bed such land high up. and use German kainlt freely in the fertiliser applied.Kainit quite often regulates the trouble. Apply at 200 pounds per acre mixed in with other fertiliser ingredients and plant on high beds. R. H. H.. Monetta, 8. C.—l have a young mare with bowels loose. I have been feed ing her international stock powders, but I have left this off for present, thinking that was the cause, and have lessened her corn feed, but she remains the same. Kindly ad vise me in your next issue the reason for this and the remedy. She does very little work. With many good wishes for your paper. Answer—ls the horse suffers no pain, there is no cause for alarm. The trou ble will gradually adjust Itself. Keep the stable clean, give good water and feed on nice dry hay or fodder and oats. The trouble is caused probably by some irri tating poison which has been retained in the bowels and does not pass away. If it should develop Into dysentery, give 20 drops of tincture of aconite root in a little water, and follow witlxa powder, as given below, every three hours until the horse is better: Prepared chalk 5 drams, cate chu, pulverised, one dram; pulverised opi um 10 grains; mix and give as above stated. Will you kindly answer the following questions and give me such information on the subject as you deem proper, etc.? I wish to plant sorghum and millet for early forage. Will sorghum and millet do well sowed broadcast together? Will they mature sufficiently well about the same time to cut and make good feed. If it will do to sow them together, when is the proper time to sow them? I have about ten acres heavily covered with bermuda grass. What is the best plan to get rid of the grass? I also have two or three acres thickly set with sassafras. What is best plan to kill out the sassafras? What kind of oats are best for this section to make a good yield, sown in the spring, and how late in the spring will it pay to sow oats? Answers to the above question will greatly oblige. T. H. L, Martin. Ga. Answer: Sorghum and millet both grow rapidly and should be ready for the mower at about the same time, if sown together broadcast, though sorghum alone would make you the most valuable forage, as it contains the higher percentage of saccha rine matter. Tou can sow either after danger from frost has passed, or about the first of April or latter part of March. The best plan to rid a field of bermuda grass is to break the land thoroughly with small scooters, harrow as much of the grass as possible into piles, burn it and plant the field in cotton. Two years’ good cultivation in cotton should clean the field, but it means hard work. To clean a field of sassafras bushes, grub the plants and cultivate in some crop requiring clean culture. They should be THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, iehtj. gotten rid of in one year. The Burt oats are desirable for spring planting, though Texas Rust Proof often make splendid yields on rich land. Spring oats should be planted not later than the second week in March. The middle of February is the safest period. W. C. L., Headen, Ga. —Would you please inform me through The Semi- Weekly Journal if milo maze can be suc cessfully grown on the red clay lands of northeast Georgia? Its nature as forage for cattle? Compared to field corn, yield per acre In tons, how and when to plant or sow? How much seed per acre, and the proper time to harvest? I would like the same Information about the Soja bean. The only salvation for the farmers in this section is in raising first-elass dual purpose cattle with plenty of cheap feed. I consider it a great mistake In voting no fence in the mountains, as stock could range six months in the year and grow fat, and as there is only about 10 per cent of tillable land, it is much easier to fence a ten-acre crop than pasture for cattle. What is your opinion of a combination of alfalfa. Kentcucky bluegrass and horny vetch for pasture and green soiling? Answer—Yes. milo maize, or more prop erly termed, kaffir corn, can be as suc cessfully grown on the strong, red clay lands of northeast Georgia as in any other section of the union. The more fer tile the land, of course, the heavier the yield. Plant and cultivate the same as sorghum. It is a forage plant which grows rapidly, yields heavily and rarely suffers from drought. The yield per acre is heavier than corn; for instance, on land that will produce 30 bushels of ordinary corn you should be able to harvest 40 bushels of kaffir corn. Its value for feed ing purposes is about three-fourths that of common corn. It is fine for fattening pork, cattle or horses when allowed to mature before feeding. Plant when dan ger of frost Is past, and plant about six pounds of seed per acre, drilling in rows three to four feet apart. The red grain is the hardiest and most prolific. The Soy bean, commonly called the Soja bean. Is a leguminous plant of considera ble value both to the land and for stock. There are several varieties, but the best is the ’’Early White,” which is excellent to grow for seed, hay or soiling. The •'Medium Early Green” is also good for hay, it retains its leaves well. The “Medium Early” is probably best suited for your section. Plant about the end of May and harvest early in August. Culti vate and plant the same as for ordinary field peas. If for a crop of beans, plant in drills two to three feet apart, according to fertility of soil. If for hay, broadcast about one bushel per acre. Cut for hay when the pods are three-fourths ripe. From six to ten tons of forage can be cut per acre on good land. It is a plant rich in protein, almost equal to cow peas, and as the yield is heavy, it is a desirable crop to plant. If- your land will success fully grow the combination grass pasture suggested, there can be nothing better. But you need lime, phosphoric acid and potash in abundance to grow heavy yields of such crops. LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. Editor Semi-Weekly Journal: I imve been very much interested in the discussions pro and con recently on the common school question. Perhaps it is well enough for men like Sam Jones to abiise the present school system, because he doubtless has plenty of money to educate his children at Ox ford or at Wesleyan, but he aught to re member that the vast majority of white people in the country are either, too poor or too indifferent to pay for the education of their children. We are intimately acquainted with a teacher who has bought books with her money and sold them, to the children, at their parent's request, on time and up to the present have never been paid for same. Two years ago the board of edu cation in this. Warren county, adopted several new books, and the parents of the children deliberately kept their children at home until the board modified their re quirements to some extent. It you abolish the common school law because of imperfections, then you must expunge all the other laws from the stat ute books for the same reason. If the children did not learn any more than to read and write at the common schools it would be worth the money now expended for the purpose. To be able to read is a blessing of incalculable value. Country people are moving to town to educate their children now, and if we had no free schools everybody would go who are able and this very thing is one of the worst,that could be done. From Warren county the whites are moving to Bulloch and other lower coun ties. and tne negroes are going to the cities, consequently “day labor” is almost as scarce as chicken teeth. This, how ever, will prove a blessing, as we will be obliged to turn <sut our worn out land and cultivate only the best. This also will necessitate the stopping of so much cot ton culture. We need to do more fencing. When a field is fenced our hogs thnu cattle can gather the hay and pea crops without our having it done. A good sweet potato patch in a field o. peas will produce the cheap est meat that can be raised any other way. Put us down for good common schools and good farms. E. T. JOHNSON. Norwood, Ga. 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 Seml-Weekly at SI.OO. This is the greatest offer ever made and you should take advantage of it without delay. CORRESPONDENT’S REQUEST IS COMPLIED WITH To the Editor of The Journal. Here are the lines a correspondent asked for in a recent issue of The Jourrial: “They sang of love, and not of fame, Forgot was Britain’s glory. Each heart recalled a different name But all sang Annie Laurie.” And then Immediately succeeding the above comes these exquisite verses: “Voice after voice eaught up the song. Until the tender passion X Rose like an anthem rich and strong Their battle—ere confession. “Dear girl, Ter name he could not speak, Yet as the song grew louder. Something on the soldier's cheek Washed off the stains of powder. “And once again a fire of hell Rained from the Russian quarters. 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. And English Mary weeps for him Who sang of Aunt Laurie." This touching ballad Is by Bayard Tay lor. and commemorates in undying pathos an Incident in the Crimean war, when on the eve of battle some one among the allied forces cried out “Give us a song.” It will pay any one to get and memorize the whole poem. z ROSCOE WOOTEN. Walking With His Head. (By Gov. W. O. Bradley, of Ky.) Sometime during the past year a will case came on for trial at Lexington, Col. B representing the contestants and Ex-Senator B —— the propounders of the will. The fact that these two gentlemen were to cross swords naturally drew a large crowd. It seems that the testator had a peculiar movement of his head, which he never mani fested except when walking. An attempt, among other things, was made by expert testi mony to show that his mind was unsound by reason of disease and that the peculiar movement of the head was strongly indicative of the presence of the disease. Asked Col. 8., after proving by the wit ness that he was a physician, well acquainted with the deceased: "Did you ever notice any peculiar movement of the testator when he wan walking with his head?" Failing to accentuate properly the latter part of the question, this led Senator B. to quickly turn and say: "Why, Colonel, you surely do not mean to say that he walked with his head." The remark elicited considerable mirth but ceased quickly when Col. B. re sponded; “Well, Senator, you surely do not mean to say that he was walking without his bead.” . . PRESS OF THE COUNTRY ON TILLMAN-M’LAURIN ROW Disgracing Their State. Columbia State. There are two things about this sen ate "scrap” that we do not understand: The first is why Senator McLaurin should turn "pale to the lips” and “trem ble with emotion” and denounce on the floor of an august senate as “a wilful and deliberate He.” a charge which has been made against him so. often on the free forum of his own state and among a somewhat pugnacious populace without his receiving it In any such manner. The second is why Senator Tillman should de velop a "tiger-like ferocity” In the senate at’ being called a liar when In time past he has repeatedly accepted that epithet on the South Carolina stump with the gentle meekness of a lamb or the loft£, serene repose of a statesman. Surely Senator McLaurin knows that his col league has 'repeatedly charged him in South Carolina with selling' out to the Republican party for the federal patron age—yet he now treats that charge ae If It were a new and sudden affront to be resented instantly, even to the destruction of the dignity of the senate. And surely Senator Tillman remembers—to tempt his mertiory no farther—that when he was from 12 to 14 years younger and when the 1 blood ran more hotly in his veins he failed to jump with tne ferocity of a tiger on the two newspaper men who to his face called him a liar—one at Blackville In ISBS and the other at Marlon In 1890. ft ft ft We are comstrained to declare our re gret that Senators Tillman and McLau rin did not carry out their agreement of last summer to resign their seats and ap peal to the people of South fcorolina for vindication. And we think we can say for the white voters of the state without regard to faction that they would be glad to have an opportunity now afforded them to vote on the fitness of Benjamin R. Till man and John L. McLaurin to represent them in the senate of the United States. An Insult to South Carolina. Charleston News and (Courier. Senator Tillman's "apology” to the sen ate on Saturday for his disgraceful con duct was even worse than his offense against all decency and good order. His plea that "I had never had any legislative experience when I came here and my pre vious service as governor of South Caro lina for four years had unfitted me in a measure to enter this august assembly with that dignity and regard, proper re gard 1 will say, for its traditions and habits and rules that is desirable,” was a reflection upon the traditions and habits and rules of the people of this state. There is nothing in the office of governor of South Carolina to encourage the man ners of the prize ring, and we nope the better sentiment of the country will acquit the people of this state of any sympathy with the brutal exhibition tnade by the senator from South Carolina and his col league on Saturday. * • • The conduct of Senator McLaurin was utterly without excuse. His language in the senate was an insult to that body and dlsgraeetui u himself. He must have known that it would make a "sensation” at least, if it did not result in a resort to violence, and common respect for himself, for his state and for the senate should have influenced him not to give occasion of offense. It would be better for the state and for pub lic decency if the country could be spared the humiliation of being represented by men who cannot control themselves. No punishment that the senate could Inflict upon the South Carolina senators would be too severe for their outrageous con duct. x Disgraceful and Indecent. New York World. It was simply disgraceful. No such dishonoring incident has shamed our up per house since Brooks' memorable as sault on Charles Sumner before the civil war. Its own hlgjV reputation for de corous debate and a due regard for the great people whom ft represents should alike impel the senate sternly to discip line the members who have Indecently broken its peace. • • • In cancelling .his invitation to Tillman, of South Carolina, to attend the state dinner to Prince Henry, President Roose velt has administered a sharp rebuke to one of the participants in Saturday’s shameful scene in the senate chamber. Public opinion will indorse it as fully deserved. Must Be Severely Rebuked. New York Journal. The country could bear with calm for titude a fight between Senators Tillman and McLaurin—any kind of a fight, with any kind of an outcome, however, quieting to either or both. But the country cannot without shame and anger see the chamber of its highest legislative body turned into a prlzerlng. What the senate owes to itself in the premises is a matter which will be ex haustively discussed, no doubt. What the senate owes to the country is as plain as a policeman's duty when a street row is in progress. Kick Them Both Out. / Macon Telegraph. The disgraceful scenes enacted in the senate yesterday were enough to bring a blush of shame to/the cheek of every Am erican, not to say yvety southern man and Democrat. Tillman and McLaurin ought to be ex pelled from that body. But it is just to say that Tillman was the aggressor. He first made a charge, without any provocation, against his col league Involving moral turpitude, Mc- Laurin having previously denied the the charge which Tillman reiterated, ad dressing another. • • • We have no apologies to offer for any mistakes that McLaurin may have made, but whatever those mistakes, w’hatever the motives that may be behind them, Till man's repeated bullying; his coarse, con ceited jibes and jeers sink himself only to a very low level. Allowed Too Much Latitude. Chattanooga Times. The unfortunate and disgraceful scene in the senate chamber, on Saturday, the South Carolina senators being the actors, was quite as much the fruit of daxity tn enforcing the rules, as it .was the out growth of one senator's innate and erup tive ruffianism, and another’s lack of self control and adroitness in parrying an at tempt to fasten upon him a slanderous charge. Senator Tillman’s speeches are always full of matter that ought to cause Him to be called to order and lectured by the presiding officer until he could appear to be at least decent, if not a gentleman. Should Be Severely Dealt With. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. South Carolina is a proud state, and “though small she may be, she is brave as the best," as the war tells us, and no doubt she feels the sting and the shame of the exhibition made by her sena tors. They have disgraced themselves and the nation, and they should be se verely dealt with. Tillman’s vulgar ex uberance should be restrained and the pair should be made to feel that their quar rels must be settled elsewhere than in the senate of the United States. Swashbucklers in the Senate. Charlotte, N. C., Observer. States which send swashbucklers, to the United States Senate need not expect other than that these will bring sharne upon them, but it is to be regretted in this section of the country that the partici pants In the disgraceful occurrence o£ Saturday are from the south. The per formance affords a new opportunity for supercedlous references to “plantation manners” —a characterization heard not Infrequently on the floors of congress for a few years after the civil war. Note premium list in this issue, make your, selection and subscribe at once. .. EXCHANGES. Demand for Horses. Farm and Ranch. There seems to be bright prospects be fore horse breeders, notwithstanding the mechanical contrivances designed to sup plant the noble beast. Wars have caused the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of horses and mules, and their places must be supplied by breeders. There is an in creasing demand from the cities, and teams are said to be scarce on farms. Next year there will be good feed and plenty of it, and every vacancy will de mand a horse to fill it. „ To Break Balky Horse. Farm and Home. Where a horse balks, no matter how badly he sulks or how ugly he is, do not beat him, do.not throw sand in his ears; don’t use a rope on the front legs, or even burn straw under him. Go quietly and pet him on the head a moment; take a ham. mer, or even pick up a stone in the street: tell the driver to sit still, take the reins and hold them quietly while you lift up either front foot. Give each nail a light tap, and a good smart tap on the frog; drop his foot quickly, and then chirp to , him to go. In 99 cases out of 100 the horse will go right along about his business, but the driver must keep his lines taut and not jerk him back. What is the Mule Good For? Farmers’ Tribune. This question is often asked by fanners who have never' used mules on their farms, preferring horses, that we shall give a few of the merits possessed by our long-eared friend: The mule is an easy animal to raise. He doesn’t eat much as compared with a horse. An energetic mule will make a trip quicker than a horse, though he may not go so fast. The secret of his speed is his uniform gait, steady and persistent. You hardly ever see a sick mule. He seems practically immune from the dis eases which attack horses. A mule can endure more hardship than a horse, will pull more in proportion to size and will “stay with it” longer. A mule is easier broke or trained to work than a horse, and is more relia ble after Initiated. If a team of mules run away they look out for themselves, and though they may make some close turns and go through a needle’s eye, so to speak, they usually come out unharmed. We would rather plow corn with a team of mules than with horses. They break down less corn and turn around quicker. Hot weather affects the mule less than the horse. A good, honest business mule is worth and will command a good price any day in the week. The mule is not handsome, doesn't make a good roadster, isn’t stylish, doesn't “fin himself nrnud”Mf hitched to a fancy yellow red road wagon or cart, but what he lacks in appearance he makes up in acutal usefulness on the farm. * WHAT THE POLITICIANS ARE DOING AND SAYING Atlanta will have the pleasure of hear ing Hon. J. M. Terrell speak at an early date. Mr. Terrell announced several days ago that he was contemplating an address in Atlanta as soon as he returned from his south Georgia trip. Mr. Terrell has hundreds of friends in Atlanta and Fultort county who will be delighted to learn that it is his intention to speak here, and that he will have a tremendous audience goes without saying. He is exceedingly popu lar in Atlanta, where he has lived for the past nine years, and is practically looked on as as citizen of Atlanta, if he did ad dress his letter of announcement and mail the same in Greenville. Guerry’s speech here Friday night has set the capitol folk to talking. They are angry about the charge he made that was liquor in the offices of the capi tol officials the day the depot bill passed, and this morning many of them stated Mr. Guerry did not know what he was talking about when he made such a charge. They admit, however, that the speech was a strong one and contained many things for them to think over. When I wrote a short sketch of Mr. Terrell, . six months ago, I did not know the article would become a cam paign document. Mr. Guerry read extracts from the sketch Friday night and made sarcastic references to certain portions of It. Os course I do not object to his sar casm or anything he might say about what I wrote, but for fear his remarks might without intention on his part con vey an erroneous impression about the in tentions of Mr, Terrell in the,matter, I do not think it would be out of place for me to say that I also wrote a sketch of Mr. Guerry, and also one of Colonel Es till, the sketches appearing at intervals of one week. I might also add that Mr. Terrell did not see the sketch I wrote about him until it had appeared in print, and furnished me no information for the article. I can say the same about Mr; Guerry and Colonel Estill. Mr. Guerry knew that it was my intention to write an article concerning him. but Colonel Es till and Mr. Terrell did not. Col. J. H. Estill was in Atlanta for a short while last Thursday. He had just returned from a trip through Forsyth County and seemed greatly elated over his prospects. Colonel Estill said he met many people who promised him their sup port. and he was growing more and more confident every day. Colonel Estill was enjoying the best of health, and said the campaign seemed to be agreeing with him. Colonel Estill seemed to disagree with Mr. Guerry about carrying only two counties. It Is the Intention of Colonel Estill to be in DeKalb county next week. He will spend several days at Decatur. L. J. Kilburn, of Bibb, was in Atlanta Sunday. He says he is going to make the race for the legislature again and that means that he will be elected. Mr. Kilburn was one of the ablest members of the last house, and made an admirable record. The people In Bibb are anxious for him to be a candidate again and Mr. Kilburn has consented. It was not his Intention to make the race this year but he has acceded to the wishes of his friends and will announce his candidacy formally in the next tea days. Mr. Kil burn's many friends will be pleased to learn that he is to represent Bibb again this year. Since the announcement of Roland Ellis that he would be a candidate for the leg islature from Bibb county and for speaker of the house, it is /eported that several of the candidates for the speakership will withdraw in his favor, and that the race will narrow down to Walter Steed, New ton Morris, Fondren Mitchell and Roland Ellis. These four men would make the liveliest sort of race, and if all four should remain in to the finish, it will re quire many ballots to settle the contest. Mr. Ellis, who is the latest entry, is a splendid presiding officer. He was presi dent pro tem. of the senate at the last session, and when he held the gavel in President Howell's absence there were many compliments paid him about the grace and dignity with which he presided. Mr. Ellis has served two years in the house and two in the senate, and is well acquainted with pariamentary rulings. It Is reported that Martin V. Calvin, of Richmond, will be in the race for the leg islature this year. It is said that Mr. Cal vin has told several of his friends that he would make, the race this time. Mr. Calvin is well known in Georgia and he has many friends who wish him success, and who hope to meet him in Atlanta next fall. Very few of the state officials have made their formal announcements for re election, but It is safe to say that they will be forthcoming in a day or two. All of them are anxious for re-election and if any opposition should spring up they would begin campaigning at once. T. J. SIMMONS, JR. SUGGESTIONS FROM I OUR CORRESPONDENTS j 1 H 1 .rikikMJ MRS. FITZ JOHN PORTER THANKS THE JOURNAL WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 17, 1902. To the Editor of the Atlanta Journal: Dear Sir—l read with great pleasure your excellent editorial on the renewal of the case of my late husband. General Fitz John Porter. I wish to thank you most heartily for your able article and ito ex press my great gratification. Such noble sentiments will have great weight in the cause of justice, for which we are now making an earnest fight. With renewed thanks, believe me, with grateful sincer ity, HARRIET P. PORTER. THANKS THE JOURNAL FOR ITS FAIRNESS WARRENTON. Ga.. Feb. 19, 1902. To the Editor of The Journal; As a daily reader of The Journal and supporter of Hon. Dupont Guerry, I thank you for your kind notice of his appoint ment to speak in Atlanta next Friday night. There are not less than 10,000 daily readers of The Journal who are support ers of Mr. Guerry who would appreciate fair treatment of Mr. Guerry by the press. This is a contest for the Democratic nom ination. Tho*e who are opposed to joint debates for the sake of harmony in the party ought with equal propriety be In fa vor of fair treatment by the press for the same purpose. N. C. EDWARDS. REPLIES TO SAM JONES ON PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION To the Editor of The Journal: In a late number of The Journal your correspondent, Sam P. Jones, made a characteristic attack jipon the public schools of Georgia to which I ask space in your paper to offer a short reply. He persists in calling them “common” schools —too very common to suit him. He seems to have forgotten that they are called by the statutes of Georgia public Schools. Ho said one thing I will not take issue with him about—"that he knew very lit tle about the public schools.” 1 am quite certain that this is true at least of the country schools. My wife is a teacher and has been for twenty-odd years. I call the attention of Mr. Jones to the manner of opening her school. It is opened by reading a chapter in the Bible, followed by the Lord's Prayer by the whole school. Now, she is ready to go to work, not to teach' boys to smoke cigarettes, play a game of keeps, to shoot craps and "cuss," but to teach the different branches of learning and to teach good morals. She waq reading Mr. Jones’ article last night and laughed and said she used the same illustration that day in a lecture before her school upon bad associates, except that she used a rotten apple instead of a rotien potato. Let me state a fact that every little boy or girl who are of the age of eight or ten years can read and write. There will be no more signing by “his mark,” except among the old ones who had to educate themselves oy not at all. The truth is that under modtem methods the children can and do learn as fast again and as much again as they did in my day with the old blue back spellers. One would conclude after reading the let .ter of your correspondent that millions of money was extorted from the taxpayers to be thrown away Well for one I don't believe it. I speak for the country schools and suppose the schools in this neighbor hood are an average with the public schools over the state. And under the supervision and management of Prof. Glenn the public schools have progressed as much as every reasonable man could have expected. They have accomplished a great work in educating the masses and are deservedly popular with all classes, both white and colored. * E. G. RAIFORD. Eulbeck, Ga. WHAT TERRELL HAS DONEf GOOD ADVICE TO FARMERS To the Editor of The Journal: I read a statement in a country weekly today that is worth the consideration of every farmer in Georgia. Mr. E. J. Ses sions, of ©ronwood, Ga., Terrell county, has sold 66 bushels of peas for SIOO. about $1.57 per bushel. Dawson, county seat of Terrell, has shipped, through her grocery company, 1,850 bushels of peas, receiving $1.35 per bushel. These peas, I believe, are of the clay ana speckled variety and make a very marketable and profitable crop. In this connection it might not be amiss to say that Terrell, I note in the same pa per, has $5,000 to lend. Several shipments of fine porkers have been made from Dawson within the past few months, netting the shippers .hand some profits. But another index to the healthy financial condition of the county and her citizens. Cotton “took another spurt” this week, so the market reports declare, but let it spurt. I pred.ct that this is going to be a hard year from a financial standpoint. The signs of the times are indicative of as much now. The price of cotton need not be of much con cern to the farmer who raises hogs, grows peas and makes his bread at home. In this political year, while the mellifluous(?) cant of the politician is heard on all sides while the sun still smiles on our red old hills and the grass grows green in the meadows, let the farmers pay close atten tion to their farms and plant marketable crops. Clay and speckled peas, ordinary Geor gia hogs and fields of waving wheat and yellow corn mean more to the farmers than the so-called “high priced” cotton and all the loud shouts of the politicians. v. MONROE. Monroe. Ga., Feb. 14, 1902. commends the journal FOR ITS FAIRNESS To The Editor of The Journal: I write to say that I am a dally sub scriber to your paper and glad to scan its pages every morning. I am also glad to congratulate you for the nice way that you speak of Guerry in the last issue of your paper. It shows fairness, to say the least of it, on your part, and as well as to help Mr. Guerry. It will not hurt The Journal in this section. A large majority of the voters in Warren county don't want either dispensary or barrooms, but pYohlbition straight. With such treatment as our courts have given blind tigers with Judge Seaborn Reese on the bench, and now with Judge H. M. Holden, we have managed the blind tigers. I feel safe to say that Warren county will come out all right for Guerry at roll call, and if the professed Christians of all denominations will vote as they pray Guerry will be governor to succeed Governor Candler, and for myself I feel that now is the time for all good people to assert every fair means possible to elect Mr. Guerry, this being the second time that we have had a straight prohibitionist to vote for. J vo ted for Seab Wright and now I am glad of the privilege to vote for Mr. Guerry, a prohibitionist. Respectfully. P. M. HILL. A WORD ABOUT OUR COUNTRY SCHOOLS To the Editor of The Journal: Several throughout the state have ex pressed through the columns of The Jour nal their opinions in regard to our public schools, especially our country schools. We admit that they are not what it is desirable they should be, and some are poor indeed: but we have sufficient rea sons for believing, and do believe, verily, they are accomplishing a great good, are approaching the ends for which they were instituted, and for these reasons would not harbor a thought of dispensing with them, nor withdrawing from them the public money expended for their support. Any idea of abolishing them or even low- ering their standard should not be enter tained. because such a step would hurl us back into barbarism. Still, there are some extremists who protest that in some dis trict, because of gross mismanagement, the school is a failure, and for that reason pronounce the entire system a failure and clamor for its abolition or for something wholly impracticable and undesirable. We must not consider it altogether from this view. We must take all the ad vantages of the system and carefullv weigh them, then study the evils, thetrt extent and nature, and diligently seek plans and methods by which the systems can be cleared of these ertls. When dili gently sought, thi methods will almost invariably be discovered. If, when all this is done, the bad results are found to out weigh the good ones, then the system can justly be abolished. But most of the disapproval Os the pres -1 ent system of schools has its origin in the fact that our country schools are ineffi cient. This inefficiency of our schools is the result of three unfavorable conditions connected with the system. First, the lack of a true appreciation of the value and im portance of an education, a disease so pre valent among most of our parents. Sec ond, Incompetent and unworthy teachers. Third, lack of sufficient financial support. Make these conditions what they should be, and you make the schools what they should be. A fact which should not escape our no tice is that our country spools are im proving rapidly. The conditions are yearly growing better. The parents are becoming more interested, are lengthening the school terms, are paying more for the support of the school, are demanding bet ter teachers and are getting them: the standard of teachers is being raised, and they are taking advantage of the oppor tunities offered by our colleges and nor mal schools. During the last ten years a great Im provement has been made tn our schools, and a far greater improvement will be made in the next ten. So labor on. and the desired end will be reached. Yours truly. A. H. MOON. Nebo, Ga. VIEWS OF POPULAR PREACHERS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLS Editor Atlanta Journal. ' I desire to thank you for allowing the publication in your issue of February 13th of the letter from J. C. C. Carlton, under the caption "Another View of Heaven as Opposed to Dr. Monk’s.” People who have made a life study ot the Bible unfettered by prejudice or unawed by ecclesiastical power see that the view* of salvation x presented by learn ed men do not accord with the Bible. Not one minister in the popular churches preaches from the text Ezekiel xiii 23, and Very few from the 19th verse. W. M. IVEB. TAKES ISSUE WITH JOURNAL ON THE OLEOMARGARINE BILL PENFIELD, Ga., Feb. JO, 1902. To the Editor of The Atlanta Journ&l: In your editorials concerning the Tawn ey oleomargarine bill it seems to me that you are very partisan, ag well as one sided in your opinions. You would create the impression that the purpose of the bill is to crush out the manufacture of the product. This is not the object of the bill at all, but simply to prevent it from masquerading as creamery butter. It does not prevent the individual, or the private family, who desire to eat oleomar garine from doing so, but only gives it to them at a much lower price, at something nearer its real value, but does prevent the hotel man, or boarding house keeper from buying !♦ at oleomargarine prices, and charging it to their guests as Jersey but ter prices. The uncolored article is just as wholesome and palatable as the colored. The difference is that in the one case you know yop are eating oleomargerine, in the other you think you are eating butter. If a man counterfeits a silver dollar even though he may put just as much silver in it as the government puts, if caught he is sent to the penitentiary for a term of years. Why should it be less criminal to counterfeit butter? In one case you rob the government which is able to stand it. in the other you rob the dairyman who is hard pressed to live. You commend the Georgia delegation in congress for oppos ing the bill. My judgment is they did not voice the sentiment of a majority of their constituents when they did so. It is not only the Georgia dairymen who favor the bill, but you will find in my opinion, such grocerymen as Kamper aqd Rogers in the same line. I am willing to wager hard earned money that a popular vote in Georgia today, would sustain the bill. I can write from an unbiased position, be cause I have interests on both sides. Three-fourths of my living comes from cotton, and one-fourth from dairy prod ucts, but I don't believe one iota about the bill destroying the demand for cotton oil or affecting the price of cotton seed. The cotton oil mills do that whenever they wish to. If this government don’t do some legislation in the interest of the agriculturist, the time will come when the whole fabHc will crumble and decay. Penfield, Ga. C. M. S. ««« ELECTRIC 'waco. lasts that long under ordinary conditions. Firrt the life of a wagon depends upon the wheels. This one io eqnippedwith ouUEleetrieSteel Wheel*, with sttaigM or stagger spoke* and wide tires. Wheels any height from M to <0 in. It lasts because Mros mtn’l gotJooee.no re setting, hubs can't crack or spokes become loose, te*- loee can’t rot swell or dryout. Angle steel hounds. JHOUUHO9 MOW !M DAILY BX£<#WoS»'BE£L f«.T Bek&Ol «nlaenlltb BRANCH’S GENUINE Rattlesnake Watermelon Seed I 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 oxs., 25c: Wib.. 40c; H lb.. 65c; 1 lb.. 11.25 delivered. Remit Register ed letter or money order. Send for seed annual. M. I. Branch. Bertel fa, Columbia Co., Georgia. KING’S Latest Improved COTTON To let the people see the latest strain of this great variety, WE WILL GIVE a 2-lb. lot bt the seed (and send it by mail) to any cotton grower who will do us a reasonable service—service to consist in handing out some cards for us. Address, T. 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