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| Talks With Farmers Conducted By C. H. Jordan «♦»<<1111111111111111111111111♦«<«i«»»♦♦♦■ 111>' :: The Semi-Weekly Journal the Official Organ of the Southern <>. < • Cotton Growers' Protective Ass’n J 1 4» The Semi- Weekly Journal la the official organ of the Southern Cotton < • 4> Growers’ Protective Association. the only official paper oft that organisation, ♦ «i» and hereafter all official communication* of the association'* officers, and all ♦ <• setter* pertaining to its affaire will appear in these columns. The Journal 4 + also invitee members of the association and cotton growers and farmers gen- 4 + erally to use its columns for the expression of such views and suggestions as ♦ + may be of interest and value to the agricultural interests of the south. ♦ + The Journal will devote each week two column*, as requested by the aaso- ♦ + elation, to a •‘Cotton Department." in which will appear the official com- ♦ A munlcatlons of the aeshclattoo and such statistical and other information ♦ + as boars upon the work of the association and all matters of Interest to ♦ + southern cotton grower*. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Subscribers are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ dress all inquiries for information ♦ + on subjects relating to the farm. + ♦ field, garden and poultry to the ♦ 4> Agricultural Editor. All inquiries ♦ ♦ will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ tention No inquiries answered by ♦ ♦ mail. Please address Harris Jordan, + ♦ Agricultural Editor, Monticello. Ga. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ »oM >»»»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. If there ever was a year when a garden was valuable to a farmer in helping to cut down heavy supply bills, it does seem that this is the year. For a man at the head of a family en gaged tn farming, who has to buy his provisions and not furnish his table with an abundance of vegetables during the coming months, he ought to be charged with criminal negligence. There is no earthly excuse why every farmer should not have a good garden, and particularly is this applicable to that class of our people who occupy the un fortunate and unenviable position of hav ing to patronise the merchants' supply department. A large portion of our peo ple patronise the merchants' meat, flour and corn departments, in preference to raising these needed articles for consump tion at home. Thousands of others planted grain last year. but. owing to unfavorable seasons, made failures, either totally or partially. But the predicament is the same, and the men without supplies, and they are num erous throughout the entire cotton belt, are all on an equal footing and occupy the same unfortunate positions at this time. It is to these especially that I would urge prompt and energetic action along the line of providing a good garden while It is yet early In the year. That class of our more independent farmers, those who have full cribs and smokehouses of their own products, can be safely depended upon to guard their interests, as it is only by living principally at home, that they have become Independent and retained their independence during these troublous times. It is not only unpleasant for an agri cultural writer to be compelled by force of circumstances to speak so plainly on a subject of this kind, but it makes him liable to criticism of an adverse character, by the very people to whom this advice is intended and whom it is Intended to aid. The truth Is not always pleasant par ticularly to men who are not doing their ■* full duty to their families and who also know tt. But the agricultural editor of a farmers paper occupies an advisory position in his relation to the subscribers, who are the readers of hi* articles, and it is his duty, whether It be pleasant or not. to keep posted on the acts and doings of his con stituency. and if mistakes are noted, he should endeavor to correct them by point ed talks, and seek the cp-operation of al! those Interested to avert any growing etils. Value of Kitchon Garden. Statistics, carefully gathered, shows that the farm or kitchen garden pays bet ter than any other land of the same di mensions on the premises. To prove this the census estimate* on farm products in dicates that the average value of garden stuff per acre amounts to about $150.00, while that for wheat average* only sl2-00. and corn, oats and hay only about $8 .9* per acre. These average values were taken from the statistics of market gardening, and those confined strictly to the home garden must be even larger, because there should be nothing lost or destroyed from the latter as the case with a considera ble amount of the former. Therefore the home garden pay* much better propor tionately than any part of the field crops. It to an undeniable fact that a good gar den will furnish at least half the family's living, and during the spring and sum mer months should furnish three-fourth* of, the table expense*. Aside from the value of the vegetables, the garden fur nishes a nice source of enjoyment to the owner In watching its growth and de velopment. Particularly is this true If the garden to under the care of the farmer's wife principally, and the younger mem bers of the household. Every effort should be made to give all pleasant diver sion possible to the inmates, of the home. 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. Soe our nearest agent to you, or write us direct. Address VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. tor t*» Vlrgtoia-Carollin Aieanac. Free fw th* askto* The average farmer's wife Is largely re stricted to her domestic duties, and those duties should be made as pleasant and as attractive as possible. The garden therefore toeing frequently under the care and supervision of the farmer's wife, should be located as near as practicable to the kitchen. This makes it easy Ao gather the vegetables, and fur nishes the opportunity for a little garden work at different Intervals during the day, if not for longerr periods than fifteen minutes at a time. Such locations are al ready quite general, but I have in a num ber of instances seen the garden spot lo cated at least a quarter of a mile from the house, and in others, fully a half mile. To have a woman or children mir ing up in heavy plowed ground for that dltance during a rainy siege of weather to fearful, and it to hard to see how a man could digest his food eaten under uch circumstances. The heavier crops like potatoes and melons might be plant ed out in the field so they could be bet ter cultivated with the plow and horse. Preparation and Cultivation. The small garden area, after being nicely fenced against the invasion of outside in truders, such as poultry and stock, should be heavily broadcasted with stable manure and the land broken deep and harrowed or raked down to a fine smooth tilth. The rows should then be bedded or laid off and smoothed down with a handrake. With the use of a nice combination garden hoe, line, handrake and small wheel hand cultivator, it should be a pleasure to plant the seed and cultivate the growing vegetables. With prdjper tools and shallow cultivation a person can easily keep a small plat of ground in excellent condition without the use of the field teams, particularly if the soil has at* the beginning been deeply broken and heavily fertilised ylth barn yard manure. Nearly all garden vegetables can be planted this month with the ex ception of tender plants like butterbeans, squashes, etc. Tomatoes can be planted In boxes or hot beds and the same with cab bages, or the seed of cabbages can be drilled out in the open. With the exception of English pea seed, all qtther seed should not be planted deeper than one inch. To mato. cabbage and other quite small seed will germinate better if just pressed into the soil aitd covered, keeping the top sur face moist. When the little plants are up, if they are to be transplanted, put them out as soon as danger from frost to over. Keep the ground constantly stirred, and the weeds and g>ass down by prompt til lage. If the plants are properly looked after It is astonishing how soon many of them will be ready for the table. Man is by*nature a vegetarian, and no food will agree with him better or furnish muscle and good health superior to an abundance of nice, fresh properly cooked vegetables. Think of the small plat of ground and the little work required to furnish the table with vegetables and then figure the cost of buying meats, canned goods, etc., at the merchant's store and decide which is best for the farmer’s Individual interest, not only from a financial standpoint, but from the standpoint of health and good feeling. Build up the garden without delay. HARVIE JORDAN. INQUIRY DEPARTMENT. W.. Athens, Ga.: Will you kindly give me what informa tion you can regarding the growing of goats, common stock and Angora, for profit. If several hundred were wanted where could they be bought? Your re ply will be appreciated by a reader of The Journal. Answer—The Angora goat I* rapidly be coming popular in the United States. About the first shipment coming from Turkey io this country’ was In 1875. In 1900 there were about 400.000 Angora goats in the United States and not more than 50.000 of the common breed. The sale of Mohair amounted to more than a mill ion pounds in 1900. A person expecting to engage in the goat industry should either stock his farm with pure Angoras or buy a few of the graded females and build his herd up with a pure male. This can be gradually done by crossing a pure bred male on the com mon stock also, but the process is slower. The Angora will thrive and keep fat on weeds, bushes and briers which grow in a wooded pasture. The principal growers of the Angora goat are in the extreme west, and but few Angoras are raised in the south except tn Texas, where they are now increasing. It will pay you to write to the department of agriculture for a bulletin entitled "Keeping Goats for THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902, | Guerry Has Not Yet Made Correction Asked By Berner 5 Guerry Club* Claim He Will Be Elected By a Big Majority—Bob Hodges £ *:• Again a Candidate for Solicitor General—W. W. Pcole la a Candidate for X £ the Legislature Major Geofge Montgomery Is Renting Sitting Hens. BY T. J. SIMMONB. JR. x That letter which Mr. Berner wrote Mr. Guerry to still the talk in political circles. Mr. Guerry has not yet made the correction asked for by Mr. Berner, but tt is understood that he said that he believes that Mr. Berner had absolutely no con nection with the telegram, and did not know of the existence of such a telegram until some time after the senatorial con vention. which was tn session in Forsyth, adjourned. And tt may be that he will make such a statement in his next speech, which will be at Cumming, in Forsyth county. It is said that Mr. Berner objects to the word “then" which appeared in Mr. Guer ry’s card to The Journal on Saturday. The sentence is as follows: “All of this information I feel that I have a right to use not only as an opposing candidate of Mr. Terrell, but as a clttoen of Georgia and of the twenty-second senatorial dis trict, and especially as an active partic ipant in the Bibb county Democratic meet ing referred to, taking the part I did in it. and as I then thought m Mr. Berner's cause and in the cause of right and cor rect politics.” All efforts to get a statement from Mr. Berner have failed. It is being told around that he to simply waiting for the correction asked for, and in the event he does not hear from such a correction he may participate in a “captain’s fight” as Is called by Mr. Guerry., Mr. Potts, the author of the telegram referred to, still declines to be Interviewed on the subject and at the Terrell headquarters no state ment will be made. Mr. Guerry may “dwell on the subject some more before he closes his campaign. He seems to have his Information pretty straight and he has not hesitated so far to give his views on the subject. Mr. Guerry says that he is well pleased with his campaign so far. and that he is re ceiving every encouragement from the voters of the state. He intend* going in to every county in Georgia before the end of the campaign. I saw Mr. Guerry atod his campaign manager, W. F. Blue, in Macon Sunday, and both seemed confi dent that Mr. Guerry would be elected. Mr. Guerry says he to standing ae cam paign very weh, and that he is enjoying unusually good health. The following statement has been furn ished me by the Associated Guerry clubs, headquarters In Atlanta: “Hon. J. M. Terrell's campaign man ager. in the beginning of this campaign started out by claiming 120 counties of the state as certain for Mr. TerreH in this race for governor. We are not advised of the fact upon which this claim was based and we therefore assume that the Claim was a mere assertion made for campaign purposes. “We are in touch with the voting mass es of the state and find that everywhere the great majority of tne voters-those who. like the farmers, the laboring and business men. who are not subject to the Influence of the liquor and railroad organ izations— are for Dupont Guerry, in this race, being Influenced by high considera tions of principle and the common wel fare We are not prophets or sons or prophets and do not assume as our Profit.” by Captain Almont Barnes, of the division of statistics. This bulletin was published in the Year Book" of the department for 1898. and contains valuable information on the sub ject desired. • Among prominent and successful grow ers of the Angora - are the following names and addresses: Dr. J. R. Standley. Platteville. lowa. Captain J. Murray Hoag, la. H. T. Fuchs, Tiger Mills', Tex. When pasturage runs short in winter the best feed for Angoras is either sheaf oats or cotton seed. C. H. F., Jackson, Ga.: As I am a subscriber for The Journal, I would like to be informed as to the best formula to mix acid and cotton seed meal and potash, suitable for corn and cotton on a light, sandy soil. Answer— Sandy soils usually require a larger percentage of potash than our red lands. You cannot make a very high grade goods out of mixture where cotton seed meal is used as a oasis for ammonia and kanit for potash. Still there is no better combination as far as it goes. With a phosphoric acid analyzing 14 per cent available plant food mix the formula in the following proportions: Phosphoric acid. 1.000 pounds; cotton seed meal. 500 pounds; kanit, 500 pounds. Total. 2.000 pounds. This formula, counting the phosphoric acid and potash in the cotton seed meal, will analyze about as follows: Phosphoric acid, available 8 per cent; ammonia. 2 per cent; potash. 3 1-2 per cent. Total available plant food. 13 1-2 per cent. This formula should give you good re sults on the ordinary sandy soils of this state, provided you use it liberally, say B 0 to 300 pounds per acre. J. A. McM., Wisdom, Miss. You will find below analysis of soil. Will you tell me what kind of fertilizer and how much per acre will pay best on corn, sugar cane, watermelons and pota toes? Analysis of soil— Per Cent Constituents Composition Moisture 2.110 Volatile matter 5.060 Insoluble matter*• • B«.v*3 Soluble sillcia. Si 02 122 Oxide of iron and aluminum4.93o Lime. Ca O. 150 Phosphate acid, P 2 o's 029 Potash, K’2 O 140 Answer —Unless the chemist by his anal ysis can show the amount of soluble and insoluble plant food in-the soil, tt to im possible to find out just what your soil is deficient in except by careful experi ment in fertilization of the different crops. Your analysis shows a large percentage of insoluble matter, which may or may not be largely soluble under certain condi tions. It is only the soluble plant foods which are valuable to the growing crops. I should say that your land was better off in nitrogen than in either phosphoric acid or potash, that is, your plants grow a good stalk, but do not fruit up so well. I would, therefore, suggest for the crops named, that is. corn and sugar cane, that you use a fertilizer analyzing as follows: Phosphoric acid, availaole. 10 per cent; ammonia, 2 per cent; potash, 5 per cent. Total. 17 per cent. Or that you secure a fertilizer as near that proportion as possible, and use 250 pounds per acre under the corn and 500 pounds per acre under the sugar cane. For watermelons and potatoes buy ot mix a fertilizer that will analyze as follows: Phosphorls acid, available. R per cent; ammonia. 2 cent; potash, 6 per cent, and apply from 300 to 500 pounds per acre. u. s. revenue officers SEIZE MUSKY TRAIN BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 18.—United States Deputy Collector V. 8. Root and Deputy Marshal O. B. Harris, of Hunts ville. have reported the capture of a “whisky train" near Billlnger's Mill, tn Madison county. A heavy wagon, four mules and two barrels of whisky were captured and carried to Huntsville. J. S. Bynum and N. R. Bradford were arrested. It is said that illicit whisky has been spir ited into Huntsville for some time from nearby moonshine districts and the offi cers are making a aetermlned effort to break it up. friends of the opposition, to Indicate with mathematical certainty the exact number of counties that Mr. Guerry will carry, but the reports from every part of the state to this office and the information from various sources here received assure us of the fact that Guerry will be over whelmingly elected. "We are assured that this race is not to be controlled and won according to the dictation of aself-fnterested political c.«que nor by the money influence of powerful railroad and liquor combinations. “The political and civic conscience of the commonwealth demands the election of Mr. Guerry. From consideration of abili ty, purity in public affairs, freedom from corporate domination and liquor control, and equal rights to all citizens and all classes. From indications received at this office the people are aroused upon these vital principles and Dupont Guerry will be elected accordingly the next chief mag istrate of this good old state Robert Hodge, one of the most prom inent young attorneys in the state, is again a candidate for solicitor general of the Macon circuit, and his friends are claiming already that he will be elected. Mr. Hodges has held the position before, and made an admirable official. In a seven-cornered race in 1900 he was defeat ed by a majority of nine votes by the late Hope Polhill. Mr. Hodges is very popular with the people of the state who are watching his race with great Interest. He served several terms in the legislature, and has a widespread acquaintance. When solicitor general before Mr. Hodges was connected with some of the most import ant cases ever on the docket of the cir cuit, and he all of them # wlth great ability. B. F. Perry, editor of the Canton Ad vance. is in the legislative mlx-up this year in Cherokee county. Mr. Perry is one of the best known editors in the state, and has been for years a member of the Georgia Press association. It is said that there is but little doubt about his election. Mr. Perry has advised the legislature what to do for years and yegrs, and may be as they have failed to follow the ad vice of any of the newspaper men, he has decided to come down in person and see if the members won’t listen, if not read. Congressman Fleming has flatly de clined to meet T. W. Hardwick, his op ponent for congress on the stump, on the ground that he has not the time to leave his official duties. Mr. Hardwick is very anilous for a Joint discussion with Mr. Fleming and the announcement of the congressman to disappointing to the as pirant. Hardwick is making a great cam paign and his friends are confident of his election. When Your Joint* Are Stiff and your muscles sore from cold or rheu matism. when you slip and sprain a joint, strain your Side or bruise yourself. Pain killer will take out the soreness and fix you right in a jiffy. Always have it with you. and u*e it freely. Avoid substitutes, there is but one Painkiller. Perry Davis . Price 25c. and 50c. LETTER FROM TEXAS , CORRESPONENT By thi* time most cotton growers have decided whefher they will increase or de crease the acreage of their cotton crop, and in planting for the crop of 1901-03 they should not overlook the fact that last year's acreage was Increased about 8 per cent over the crop of 1900. While it Is well known that an Increased acreage does not always result in a larger production. It to certain, nevertheless, to furnish a lever fortthe success of cotton futures by which they force a lower level of prices for Sep tember and October deliveries of cotton by the producers. Those who keep posted on cotton market conditions certainly have not forgotten how low down the gamblers in futures sold the market prices for Sep tember and October last June when the bureau report showed an increased acre age. They—the future sellers —at that time—felt sure of being able’ to sell Sep tember and October down to six cents tn New York, which would have meant 4 1-2 and 5 cents to cotton growers when they commenced to sell. But for the unprece dented drouth that soon set In in Texas and other portions of the cotton belt.the future sellers would hyve succeeded. The result would have been that the crop, in stead of bringing about 7 cents to the pro ducers would not have brought over in difference, about |lO per bale. Cotton growers of our cotton growing states have it tn their power to guard agajnst growing and selling cotton for less than cost. They can. if they will, always make cotton a paying crop. To do It they rfiust first determine not to depend on cot ton to buy their hog. hominy and forage suppply. Be prepared to keep cotton off the market when it brings no profit above cost of production. Co-operate in the movement so as to keep up competition between foreign and domestic spinners fcor monthly supplies of working cotton. W. E. MOORE. Blossom. Texas. Have you arranged for your reading matter for the next year? If not sub scribe at once for The Semi-Weekly Journal, which reaches you regularly twice a week, containing all the latest news of the world and many articles from prominent contributors. Go to your postoffice, purchase a money order for SI.OO or register it to us, and we will send you The Semi- Weekly Journal one year, and in addi tion the American Agriculturist, or Home and Farm, or the Stockman, or the Western Poultry News or the Tri- State Farmer, or the Conkey Home Journal, or one of the best wall maps of the state of Georgia. On the reverse side is the map of the United States, with the 1900 census in bold, red type across the face of each state, or the two McKinley pictures. Now is the time to get your reading matter for 1902. One dollar and fifty cents pays for five papers per week, The Semi-Weekly Journal twice a week and the New York World three times. Send your or ders direct to The Journal, Atlanta, Ga. SWAM THROUGH ICE TO PAY A BET ON FIGHT LOUISVILLE, March 18.—Ed Dameron paid a bet that he lost on the McGovern- Sullivan fight yesterday afternon by tak ing a swim in the Ohio river with the thermometer hovering around zero. Dam eron swam 75 feet through the icy wa ters and when he reached the bank his moustache- was frozen stiff and Icicles hung from his hair. Dameron made a bet with Henry Haner, a fellow employe of the Norman Lumber company that Sullivan would win and made the proposition that the loser should take a swim In the river on St. Patrick's day. As McGovern landed the big end of the purse Dameron paid the bet yesterday, according to the agreement. A Miracle-Healer RESTORES HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO CHRONIC SUFFERERS BY A MIGHTY SUBTLE FORGE OF NATURE. S-artiing Disclosures Rela tive to the Most Wonder ful Power Known to Man. Doctors Puzzled. The Sick Helped Free. Professor Adkln Offers To Help the Sick and Afflicted Free of Cost-*Hundreds Cured at Their Own Homes. The Medical World ha* been startled by the wonderful cures effected by Prof. Thomas F. Adkln, a distinguished scientist who is devoting hie life to the relief of suffering humanity. Pco , pie in the last stages of consumption, men and women living in constant dread of death from Bright's Disease, Blood Poieoning, Cancer. Dropsy, Heart Disease and dther dangerous ail ments have been restored to health by the treatment of this wonderful man, after every known remedy and scores of eminent specialists had been tried in vain. Not in the history of Medical Science have so many startling cures been recorded. So marvel ous has been his success in healing all kirtds of diseases that,his patients call him a Miracle Healer, a man of Spiritual Powers, a Physi cian with the key to the Fountain of Youth; yet Professor Adkln declares there is noth ing wonderful about his ability to cure disease, and says that he cures simply because he “un derstands nature." A reporter called upon Professor Auxin a rew weeks ago. He found a man of commanding figure, whose personality was masterful and refreshing. His eyes, though full of kindliness, seemed to penetrate one's very thoughts, while his every act arid every word spoke of honesty and consideration of others. He is clearly a man of wonderful force of character. He said: “I cannot attempt to tell you what my treatment is which I call 'Vlaopathy.' In these days of quackery and fakes, every ad vance in science is imitated by a ticore of ignorant charlatants who pretend to have mas tered its details. Were I te attempt to explain to you for publication the practice of Viaopathy without discussing It* every phase, which I have not time to do, there would be a dozen unscrupulous persons pretending to understand its use before the publication has been out_a week. Vitaopathy is not Christian Science, it is not Hypnotism nor Divine Healing. It is in finitely more thorough and far-reaching than any of them. “Vitaonathy is a subtle force of nature, reg ulating the intellectual and spiritual being which controls the physical man. It puts the system in a receptive condition, which enables the body to receive the full benefit of my Vitaopathic vegetable remedies which are used in combination with it. “It is true that this new tratment is every day making wonderful cures. It has cured the blind, it has made the lame walk, it has cured various organic troubles, which had brought the sufferers to death’s door. And here let me ask you to announce to all the readers of your paper that I stand ready at any time to give the benefit of my experience tc any one who Is in need of heto. I will gladly make a complete diagnosis of the case of any one who is in poor health, and I will pre scribe a thorough course of home treatment free of cost, which I positively guarantee tc cure. Especially do I make this offer to thos who are afflicted with dangerous disease and have been treated by other methods without avail. If there are any who are in the grip of Consumption, Blood Poison, Bright’* Dis ease, Chronic Kidney Disorder, Nervous debil ity, Dropsy. Rheumatism, Heart Disease; li any of your readers are suffering from con stant Headache, Dyspepsia. Sleeplessness. Fe male Troubles, Lost Vitality, Vertigo or other similar ills. I Invite them to write ms fully of their condition and I will give them personal attention and help them to a complete recovery of health. “I want no one to send me money. I am willing to give this service to all who will put themselves in nly hands, without a penny of charge, feeling that having been blessed with the ability- to cure disease when others fail, it is my- duty to help those who cannot help themselves." Professor Adkln showed the reporter scores of letters from Doctors, ffiergymen, Statesmen. Educators, College Professors. Lawyers and others high in life who have been cured by Vitaopathy, as well as letters from many men and women from all walks of life who availed themselves of his free offer of help, and the reporter left with a strange feeling of en couragement. believing that he had met th* most wonderful man of the age. The following are a few extracts from letters which the reporter examined personally: "I feei it a debt I -owa to. suffering humanity to make known what has been done for me. I had suffered for over forty years from catarrh of the throat, stomach and bowels. I coughed day and night. I was in continuous pain. I had tried so many kinds of treatment without benefit that 1 had given up all hope. By chance I learned of a woman whom you had cured after the doctors had given her up to die. and I wrote for your free help. That was one month ago. Today I am a well woman. I cannot understand it. My friends are amazed. My family physician to puzzled. I wish I could go out and proclaim the virtues of your mar velous treatment from the housetops. You may use this letter as you please. I know my recommendation can only result tn good.”* MRS. A. W. MOORE. » Box «36.' Fitzgerald. Ga. “I cannot express my gratitude for what you have done for my wife. She was on her death-bed; she was paralyzed and had a clot of blood on her brain. Physicians said there was no hope that she could recover, but you have saved her life. She Improved from the very first day she commenced your treatment. The clot of blood has disappeared.she sleeps well and has a splendid appetite. Refer any sufferers who doubt your marvelous power to me or let them come to my home and witness the won derful cure you have performed in my wife's case. My neighbors all know the condition my wife was in when she commenced your treat ment. and they were hourly expecting her death. I hope and pray that I may be at your command to help those who suffer and get them to write you for free help." W. 8. SWAYNE. Ph. G.. Prop’r Spring Clear Llthia Water. New Haven, Conn. Every reader of this paper who is sick with any disease is advised to Write to this miracle healer, addressing his or her letter to Professor Thos. F. Adkin. President of the Institute of pnysicians and Surgeons, Office 191 P. Roches ter. N. Y. State the leading symptoms of your com plaint. and ask Professor Adkin to help you without cost, and you will undoubtedly be able to get cured, as so many others have been. Vitaopathy is unquestionably the most wonder ful science of the age. and Professor Adkin the greatest miracle healer in the world. . Borphine ira. Laudanum, Cocaise sad Liquor habits par- ■ itly pain leesly cored al home. No deisntka ■ lusiuMM. Action Immediate. Loaves patieat ia ■ J, healthy condition without doolrs for drugs. I , for particulars. DR. LONG CO., AylaWTa, Ga. ■ ure Guaranteed for $lO. lowa does not propose to confer the right of suffrage upon the women while all her men are away in the cabinet. SUGGESTIONS FROM | OUR CORRESPONDENTS SOMETHING MORE THAN ASHES AND OSTRICHES IN FLORIDA Aweary of Atlanta activities, what could be more natural or delightful than to pack my grip, repair to the "car-shed" and fol low the crowd? • • • For the superficial observer Jacksonville seems to possess but two attractions of unusual interest, viz.: Ashes and ostrich es. The burned district Is still pointed out to visitors. The crumbled walls, and grlr. chimneys standing lone and sullen, are the tombstones for narratives of the fear and folly, the strife and strain, the bravery and benefactions, occasioned by the conflagration last May. which in a few hours consumed some 2,600 buildings in the very heart of the city, and involved a loss of about $15,000,000. A new city Is being rapidly constructed. The people seem to be large of purpose and purse, of plan and endeavor. On the streets made desolate by the fire fiend the number of buildings already completed, and in process of erection reaches 2,000 and their value and attractiveness surpass those that went out in flame and smoke. So cometh to pass “Beauty from ashes. ’ • • • As for the ostrich farm, it is a good place at which to make a call. It has more novelty than our Grant Park zoo and better financial results. You can't get away from the farm and its nearly one hundred giant birds with out having a great deal of Information thrust upon you. Facts about ostriches are printed in leaflets and on cards, paint ed on the fence boards, about the build ings, and come like a tide from the lips of the guide who shows you about. You learn that the ostrich is first pluck ed at nine months, and thereafter every nine months as long as they live; that the age of an ostrich to 50, 60 and even .0 years; that the value of his feathers to, at each plucking, from S3O to S6O: that the eggs weigh about, four pounds each, sell for one dollar a piece, and are good to eat you like them: that ostriches do not hide their heads in the sand when being pursued, nor lay their eggs to be hatched out by the sun while they loiter around in Idleness; that it takes six weeks to hatch out a brood of young ones, and both par ents are interested In the process, the fe male covering the nest by day, and the male by night; that one incubator is worth more for hatching purposes than a half dozen natural mothers and fathers, and is used for the most part: and last but not least that an ostrich never falls In love but once, and when he does he to faithful unto death to his chosen mate, avoiding all others, and never under any circumstances »does he seek the divorce court. One thing I learned (?) against which the careful ostrich student should be warned, namely, that this ostrich farm at Jacksonville to the “only" one In the United States. Further travel into the heart of this state of flowers brought the Information from a fr.end who had been there that the ? ‘only" ostrich farm in the country to at Palm Beach. Later a fellow traveler was heard to remark that he "enjoyed a call at an ostrich farm last week at Hot Springs, Ark., the only one in America." He was at once corrected by a listener, who Informed him that a lont established ostrich plantation existed in California and was said by the people there to be the only one of the kind in the world, where those prized feather producers are artificially cultivated. . ” Thu* it appears that ostrich establish ment* are as often met with as were the skull* of Daniel O. Connell in the museum visited by Mark Twain. • ♦ • It all illustrates the provincialism of many a man’s religion—l spell It with a small “r.” One says “Salvation Is by faith only and I possess it.” Another. “Salvation is by service only and I serve.” Another. “Salvation is for the elect only, and I belong to that party.” Another. “Salvation comes by baptismal regenera tion only, and I've had the experience.” Beware of “only.” Omit it from the above statements and they may all be true. With it they are all false. There is more than one ostrich farm in the coun try which is supplying feathers for the market. • • • A recent Jacksonville paper shows that that growing city is noted for thirty-two important features which I have not men tioned. One is that ‘Jacksonville to cooler in summer than most northern cities.” Probably the man who wrote that famil iar fiction is saving up money with which to defray his expenses to the north for July and August. WILLIAM H. McGLAUFLIN. St. Augustine. Fla. WHAT IS MRS. FELTON’S VIEWS CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOLS? What doe* Mrs. Felton think should be done at present concerning the public schools? Is she opposed to the present system, the administration, or both? At one time we hear her speaking In favor of compulsory education, at another we hear her saying through the columns of The Journal. "Unless the majority of the tax payers get some return for their tax money, the thing will eventually break down with Its own weight." She says the “Tax money goes back (to the pockets of those who pay it) or it doe? not.” and then she cites five of her neighbors that pay tax and do not receive their money back; as proof that the ma jority of the tax money does not go back to the tax payer. Now we all know that it is difficult to keep a good country- school near a well graded town school like Mrs. Felton's neighbors have at Cartersville} but to it the fault of the common school system, of the people or of the Cartersville school? If Mrs. Felton's neighbors had rather i send to the Cartersville graded school than keep up a country school, why let them send and pay for the part that the tax payers inside the incorporation pay to keep a nine months school.. If compulsory education and longer term schools would be a good step for Georgia at present, surely the present common schools are better than no school at all. By the school census of 1893 it was as certained that the number of children in Georgia between the ages of ten and eighteen who were unable to read and | write, was 114.527. By a similar census in 1898. the number who were unable to read and write was 83.616. a decrease of 30.911 illiterates between the ages of ten arid eighteen In five years. If the common schools had been abol ished in 1893 and there had been no schools except such as the parents had support ed. during these five years, does Mrs. Fel ton think tne illiterates of school age would have decreased or increased? I believe there would have been thou sands of boys and girls of the mountains of North Georgia, and of the Wiregrass region of South Georgia that would have had no opportunity to acquire even lead ing and writing. I am a friend to the common schools because It was by the common schools and common school teachers that it was made possible for <ne to get a limited ed ucation. And because my brothers Sand sisters are being aided by the “very com mon schools.” I am a friend to the common schools because boys and girls all over our state are being taught not only to read and write, but by our physiologies how to live according to the laws of hygiene, ana thus aVoid tne ’doctors' hill, the lunatic asylum, ill health for life and a number of evils too numerous to mention. I know the public school system to not perfect, neither to there anythin* etoe in the public affairs of Georgia pe-f*ct. Would Mrs. Felton abolish all law because a criminal sometimes escapes punish ment? ... I believe Mr. Glenn to doing everything in his power to advance the school work. But. of course, he is meeting with oppo sition just as every man haa that has stepped out in front of the masses to lead them to higher and better things. Arkwrignt's wife deetroyed his model* for manufacturing machinery; his own countrymen afterward destroyed his first mill, and yet he was the beginner of the great manufacturing industry of England that has done so much for her wealth. Deduct whAt the “very common schools" have done for us and see where w* would be today. W. A. SHELTON. A commoner educated by the very com mon schools. Jesup, Ga. THAT SCHOOL PROBLEM DISCUSSED AGAIN To The Editor of The Journal:— So much has been said about our pub lic school system, through the columns of The Journal, (of which I am a constant reader) that, being a teacher myself. I cannot sit and look on unconcerned. Be lieving as I do, that every teacher should express his view of the subject, while this seemingly public controversy lasts, not wanting to “mix” up with any one in argument or conspicuously arraign my self before the public, but, I wish to speak i conservatively and candidly. It Is sur | prising to note so many versions from learned writers, each differing or at va riance from the other. Some trying to make it a political “hobby.” etc. As to uniform text books, the pepple are de manding it. We have uniform state ex aminations, uniform language, uniform interests. The object of governmental charities should be to do the greatest good to the greatest number possible, and at the same tkne protect the recipient in such away as to insure the full benefit of funds supplied wlthdat being “hampered" or deterred by so much local authority. While we believe in local option on local measures, but when the whole state to in need of an education, and the same rate of tax is levied in all counties, then uni form text Books supplied by the state 1* the only equitable solution. Some say that would be legislation against south ern book publishers. True, but the max im: “Do the greatest good to the great est number possible," should at all time* be the ruling sentiment of our lawmakers. What is the Interest of the few publish ers compared to of the masses, who are endeavoring to educate their children? Now a word, to Mrs. Felton's "Where doT* the school money go?" We shall not an swer the questions, we shall notice her il lustrations. Her five neighbors, Mr. G. two children, pays $4 per month or S4O for 10 months school: Mr. B. three children, pays $4 -per month. S4O for .ten month*; Mr. S. 4 children. $6 per month, S6O ten months; Mr. F. one little primary boy. pays $1 per month, $lO for ten months: Mr. H. sends away across plantations and pays for algebra, all sending four or five miles. These five patrons pay over S2OO and not counting the extra expense of sending so far Away. They are fair spe cimehs of human nature. Should they be as liberal with a school nearby, they would get the best of teachers, have good classes, get the benefit of their taxes and increase the value of their fArms by es tablishing- a good school nearby, and strengthen the cause of education in their community. Country people should pat- ( ronize their country schools, and when their children have advanced and need better facilities, raise: the standard of terms, efficient teachers and pay accord ing to efficiency is what we want. To get this we must have a general state law governing qualification of teach ers. length of terms, time to be taught, etc. Uniform laws and books and a state standard Jby which all public schools must be classed. These reforms will suffice for the present / ' CARL M. HUDGINS. Talmo, ,Ga., fcarch 4,1962. DO banl? examinations AMOUNT TO ANYTHING? BARNESVILLE. Ga„ March 14. To the Editor of The Journal: I notice that the state bank examiner is again out on his tour of the state. A few (citizens of this community would like to know for what purpose to this tour. Again, what protection do these periodi calzexaminatlons of the state banks give to the depositors and creditors. The facts brought out by the failure of the two banks in Barnesville make the above questions very pertinent ones. It to very evident from the statements and facts made public by the receivers of the two banks, that one of them has heen insolvent for at least twelve months and the other for several years. These banks were operating under charters from the state of Georgia, yet the/i>rovisions and requirements of those charters have been apparently violated for years. Was It not the duty of the state bank ex aminer to know these facts? Did not the depositors In said banks have a right to expect that the state bank examiner would And out these facts and make them known for their protection? If the state bank examiner cannot detect the insolv ency of a state bank during a period of several years, what use ha* the state for such an official? The bare fact that thp state bank examiner did o. k. these banks twice during the year 1901 should have been sufficient evidence that they were solvent and conforming to the require ments of their respective charters. If there is a defect tn the law. change th* law. If the power of the state bank ex aminer to not sufficient, make it so. If the law is perfect and the examiner has the power, then the state should be held liable for such disastrous results from the fail ure of banks which are operating and re ceiving business under the endorsement of the state bank examiner. It is at least * case worthy of the attention of the treas urer of the state of Georgia. ' A. O. MURPHEY. A scientist advance* the theory that in a few hundred year* man will be with out a vermiform appendix. At the pres ent rate of operating for appendicitis we should say this would take place some what sooner. j CANCER. Recent Discoveries Made for Its Cure. Dr. Benjamin F. Bye, the Cancer spe cialist, of Indianapolis. Ind., emphatically denies that the recent discoveries made by some New Yprk specialists of the cause ot cancer had anything to do with his recent discovery of an oil that cures can cer. The doctor's ground for denial to well founded, for the fact that his discov ery was reported before the New York doctors began their investigations. 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