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LATE CROP IRISH POTATOES.
North of the Potomac and Ohio riven
the short summers make impossible the
planting and harvesting of more than one
crop of Irish potatoes each year.
In the southern states, however, our
long seasons make it easily possible to
harvest two crops from the same piece
of land. This is not only true of potatoes
but of many other quick maturing crops
such as corn. sorghum, peas, and all
kinds of garden vegetable*.
drish potatoes, while not planted so ex
tensively as a field crop In the south as
in the north, are none the lees one of the
important features of every kitchen gar
den and there is no more valuable article
of diet for the table.
The value of the Irish potato as a food
should impress the necesity of its produc
tion upon the minds of every farmer in
this country and the ease with which thia
potato can be preserved through the win
ter months should command the planting
and harvesting of a seco rid or fall crop
in every home tn the land. A great many
people plant a few rows in the early spring
and when the vines die down tn July, the
second planting is either neglected or
overlooked. When the prices of provisions
are so high, every man who Is now sup
plying his family table from the mer
chant's store should bethink himself of
the value of Irish potatoes as a food and
take the little time and trouble required
to plant a late summer patch.
The peasantry in the old country, es
pecially in Ireland. look upon the Irish
potato as both bread and meat for their
families, and matetr of fact a man
can do good hard work and grow hale and
hearty on no other kind of food. Aside
from the value of the Irish potato as a
splendid table diet there is good money to
be made in its cultivation for market.
One acre Jlanted In Irish potatoes can be
made to yield several hundred bushels apd
net more clear money than a dozen acres
planted in cotton. We must turn our
attention more to such crops and learn to
value the immense possibilities In store
for southern farmers through diversified
agriculture.
Preparation and Fertilization.
In this article the subject of planting
the second crop of Irish potatoes only will
be discussed. There Is no plant which re
sponds more abnormally to deep and thor
ough plowing, and pulverisation of the soil
than the Irish potato. In some sections,
where large yields are expected from
small areas the trench system has been
adopted with great success. In the first
place select, if possible, a good, light loose
soil, with some sand and underlaid with a
strong clay subsoil. Potatoes will not
do well on thin, stiff soil. Break the land
flush and deep, alter which harrow two or
three times to pulverise the clods.
Lay off the rows three feet apart, mak
ing two trips down the furrow with a turn
plow throwing out the dirt to the right
and left. Follow this with a subsoil, go
ing two or three rows in each furrow.
Then with a wide shovel open out the
furrow, leaving It in good shape to re
ceive the tubers and fertilisers. Half of the
fertilisers to be uyd might be advantag
eously used by drilling In the furrow just
before the subeoiling is done so that It
may be thoroughly mixed in with the
■oil. The furrows after the last opening
out with the shovel will be from I to I
Inches deep and soft and mellokr for 4
or 5 inches deeper. Drop the tubers Into
the furrows at proper distances apart,
■ay 12 Inches.
When the planting hfts been finished
then throw in about 2 Inches of dirt on the
tubers by running a small plow on one
side of the furrow. Next distribute the
he!■ nee of the fertilisers in the furrow on
top of the tubers and cover with a like
furrow throwing in the dirt from the oth
er side.
Stable manure is not advisable for the
second crop, unless it is well rotted and
aa* been for some time. Fresh manure Is
more than likely to produce scab, which
injures the potato both for market and
table use. A complete fertiliser is requir
ed. and one showing a high element of
potash.
The following formula has been used
with good results:
phosphoric acid 8 per cent.
Nitrogen. 3 per cent.
Potash. 7 per cent.
If the above formula cannot be pur
chased in made up goods, buy a fertiliser
ena lysing 8 per cent phosphoric acid. 3
per cent nitrogen and 1 per cent potash,
and to this add 350 pounds of muriate of
potash or 1.000 pounds of kalntt. Use
about 1.000 pounds of this mixture per
wc re dividing it in the furrow equally
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above and below as already suggested and
by the method stated.
Planting and Cultivation.
If the seed potatoes are small, the tub
e/s may be planted without cutting for
the fall crop. If the seed are bought, how
ever, and are of medium site, the tubers
may be cut Into quarters or four pieces,
without reference to the number of eyes
left on each size.* Using medium sixed
potatoes it will take from 12 to 18 bushels
to furnish seed to plant one acre, drop
ping the pieces 12 inches apart in the
drill. The m<4e size given the seed piece
the stronger and more rapid will be the
growth and development of the plant, be
cause the larger the reservoir of immedi
ately available plant food.
It is well enough to understand that
the sprout first feeds upon the meat of the
seed potato, aifd the number of eyes left
on the seed piece is. not so important as
the size of the piece to which the eyes are
attached. A depth of 4 inches under
ground is about the best to adopt, and the
time to plant is from the middle of July
to the middle of August. Bear in mind
also that best results will be secured from
planting the whole tuber for the fall crop
than by cutting into halves or quarters.
Rapid cultivation is also essential with the
crop, and no implement is better suited for
that purpose than the Planet, Jr., cultiva
tor. Let the culture be shallow and the
soil kept on a level.
Harvesting.
Harvesting can be done after frost or
as soon as'the vines die down. The tubers
may be either plowed up and stored away
for winter use or marketing, or they may
be left tn ground by throwing a heavy
double furrow on tbe rows with a turn
plow, the same as we sometimes keep
turnips and other crops of that kind. If
plowed up the potatoes may be gathered
on a dry day and carefully assorted out.
When the tubers have dried they may
be stored in cellars or banked in hills the
same as sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes
will keep all through winter banked in
hills, as the writer has proven on several
occasions. _
HARVIE JORDAN.
INQUIRY DEPARTMENT.
Destroying Johnson Grass.
B. A. Sease. Captola, Ga.—l would like
if you have’ space in your paper to pub
lish a short article on Johnson grass,
although I am not a subscriber to your
pap4r, but a reader. I have seen several
times the question asked “how to de
stroy Johnson grass.” Well, I had a ten
acre field of good land, the clay is from
6 to 10 inches deep and the grass has had
possession of it for several years and
the former owner could not destroy it.
But I beg to state that there is not a
single stalk’ln the field now. This is the
way I worked it. I broke the land deep
with a 6-lnch half shovel and waited
until it rained. I then went In the field
and got every root that could be found
and carried them out of the field, letting
the land stand until the Bth of April,
when I prepared it for cotton. I again
got every root to be found, and planted
cotton on the 14th of April, and all the
grass left in the field was then up
When the cotton was ready to be chop
ped the grass was from 6 to M inches
high, while the cotton was strong and
fine. While my hands were chopping the
cotton I had them dig as long as a piece
of the grass roots could be found on the
rows and also tn the middles. I gave it
a straight grubbing and left it for two
weeks. The cotton and grass then pre
sented the appearance of a perfect
lawn. *
I gave the field a second /grubbing,
plowing deeply all the time.
At the third hoeing and plowing there
was but little grass and the cotton fine.
Then the middle of June I run ovet the
field with the hoe and did not find two
dozen bunches of grass in the ffeld. I
have just finished plowing the field the
last time and did not find a single bunch
of grass, and where the most rank spot?
es grass were I find the cotton is much
larger, greener and fuller, some of it
will make me a bale to the acre. My
neighbors said I would never destroy It,
but they have changed now. It is the
first experience I ever had in the matter
but I think it a good one.
Some may thtnk it a big job to dig it
out. but I have learned a lesson by dig
ging. as I believe in deep cultivation any
way. and while you are killing out the
grass you are doing your crop anywhere
from 25 to 50 per cent more good, and
will make it yield 25 per cent better. It
thoroughly pulverizes the soil and will
do the crop as much good as two deep
plowings. I will never dread Johnson
grass any mpre. as it is not so bad after
all. if a man makes up his mind to get
rid of It. -If this does not happen to
find its way to the waste basket, and
any of the readers would like further in
formation, I will be pleased to answer
all communications on the subject.
July 20, 1902.
Note by Editor: It has never been
denied that Johnson grass or any other
kind of grass or obnoxious weed could
not be eradicated by the process pursued
by our correspondent. Johnson grass,
nut grass and Bermuda grass can all
be desrtoyed in one season by persistent
ly grubbing up the roots and removing
them from the field. The great trouble is
that most farmers want to get rid of
their troubles without so much time and
labor expended. The usual plans pur
sued will not destroy these grasses, but
persistency will accomplish almost any
undertaking.
Pasturing Hogs on Oats.
J. A. M., Grassland, Ga.:
Please give some Information through
your department in The Semi-Weekly
Journal as to pasturing hogs on oat pas
ture, as I have been doing that now for
the past few years with unsuccessful re
sults. I put my hogs on my oat pasture
this year. There were a good many oats
that I did not cut and I thought my hogs
would do well on them. The hogs were
seemingly in good health at the time they
were put In pasture, but soon began dying.
Some of them had staggers. Ail pigs took
sore eyes; their eyes would swell up until
they could hardly see and get a kind of
scaly look. The hogs used water from
a swampy head that had some stagnant
holes of water, would stand in and get
very warm in the middle of the day. I
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY 31, 1902.
found one hog dead in one of these holes.
There was plenty of crab grass in this
pasture. I have taken hogs out of the
pasture. They seem to be doing better.
Any Information will be appreciated. I
read your department with interest, as I
think it is of value.
Answer: I do not think the diseased
condition of your hogs could be attributed
to feeding on the oats left in your oat
field. As a matter of fact, oats are a
healthy food for all kinds of livestock,
particularly when the plants have reached
the stage of maturity. The trouble is
doubtless due to some germ which has
found lodgment in the stagnant ponds of
water to which your hogs had access
while feeding in the oat field. It is quite
evident from your description of the dis
ease that some parasite or germ has caus
ed the trouble. If the oats had produced
the disease, the effect would have been
noted on the bowels. It is dangerous to
force hogs to ' get their drinking water
from stagnant pools of water. Such water
is full of dlgease breeding germs, and it
oftentimes is the source from which chol
era originates. It is as Important for hogs
to have pure water as for a human being.
It is a bad idea even to allow holes of
stagnant water left in the field or about
the premises for hogs to wallow in even.
They do not need a wallow, and are bet
ter off without it, unless taken in running
streams of pure water. The pasturage
was all right, but the water was bad and
therein lay your trouble.
Interest In Farmers’ Congress.
L. C. M., James, Ga.:
I am very glad to know that the Farm
ers’ National congress will be held in Ma
con this fall. I have been a farmer all my
life, my father before me was one, and a
successful farmer. I am always glad to
help push to the front anything that is to
the interest of the farmers, and I wish to
be appointed a delegate to the Farmers'
National congress. I will greatly appre
ciate it, if you will forward my name in
to the proper authority who makes these
appointments. Hoping the meeting will
be of great benefit to the farmers, and
that I will hear from you at your early
convenience.
Answer: I have received within the past
few weeks between 600 and 700 requests for
appointment as associate delegates to the
coming session of the Farmers’ National
congress, aside from several hundred ap
plications which have been made to Gov
ernor Candler direct, from farmers in this
state. I have uniformly filed all of these
applications with the governor and re
quested hinj to issue the appointments,
which he is now doing. I will continue to
file these requests, but cannot undertake
to reply by letter to each applicant, so
that all requests mailed me will be look
ed after, just as if I had acknowledged
receipt of same by letter.
I am glad Georgia farmers are taking
such a* deep interest in this convention,
ah it will be the largest and most import
ant gathering from the different states
ever held in this country. I am also pleas
ed to note that many farmers have de
termined to have their wives accompany
them to the meeting. This is as it should
be, and the railroad rates for the ladies
will be the same as that for the regular
and associate delegates.
The states which have already notified
me as having had their full quota of dele
gates appointed are the following: Flori
da, North Carolina. Texas, lowa, Missou
ri, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wis
consin, New York and Pennsylvania. The
other states will soon be heard from. The
congress is national in its character and
we will have present a large number of
leading agriculturalists from nearly every
state in the Union.
Making Forage.
E. H. C., Albany, Ga.:
I have just read your article in The
Journal entitled "A Short Corn Crop.” It
fits exactly my case and that of almost
every one else around here, I believe.
I had decided to sow peas to supplement
the corn but felt that something else
was needed too, and sorghum and peas,
as you advise, will, I believe, fully meet
that need. As I am a beginner in agri
culture, simply planting for my own
stock mostly as yet, would like to gsk you
a few questions.
First. What kind of sorghum must I
sow with the peas, and where can I buy
it?
Second. A Deering or McCormick reap
er I believe to be used in cutting?
Third. My barn is small and I expect
to store my hay in the upper part next to
the roof, which in this weather is a hot
place. Could I pack It in tight enough
to keep it well, without baling?
Fourth. Can I plant Pearl millet now
and make anything much on ordinary
ground?
Answer through the columns of The
Journal.
Answer: Early Amber or Early Orange
sorghum are the two quickest maturing
varieties and the best for making forage
for stock. You can purchase the seed at
any large seed store or get your merchant
to order it for you.
Either a Deering. McCormick, Woods, or
any other up-to-date mower will satisfac
torily cut the forage when ready, provided
the land after planting has been harrowed
and smoothed down level.
You will not likely cut your forage of
peas and sorghum before the middle or
latter part of October.
The feather will be cool and dry by
that ®ie and the forage when tightly
packed in your barn will keep all right.
After mowing allow the forage to lay in
the sun two days before raking up and
packing away.
It is rather late to plant Pearl millet
if you want it to mature before cutting,
especially on ordinary land. You might
make some green forage, but as between
the two, tbe sorghum is much more de
sirable and valuable as a feed.
Georgia Monument to Jefferson Davis.
It is nearly forty years since the sur
render took place at Appomattox. Monu
ments are scattered thickly over the land,
and more are being erected in sundry
towns and divers places all the time.
Has not the time come in Georgia to
erect a shaft in bronze or marble to the
president of the Southern Confederacy
in token of his loyalty to the people he
served, and his vicarious suffering for the
cause that was lost? Do we not owe it to
him?
Can any southern state remain content
while such honorable tributes are paid to
lesser men and the leader is not in evi
dence?
I know there are those who differed with
Mr. Davis as to his war policy, and whose
influence is still felt in negative opposition
to recognizing the overwhelming claims of
the chief executive of the seceding states
to the chief place in the memory of the
people he served. The loftiest monument
that can ever be raised to any who have
laid life and happiness on the altar of
their country belong to him by reason of
his sacrifices.
When we recollect Mr. Davis in Fortress
Monroe, guarded like a condemned felon
without liberty to pray unless a soldier
with a bayonet stood at his back with in
dignities beyond measure heaped upon his
frail frame, tortured with neuralgia and
general debility.without clean cup to drink
from or clean bed to lie upon, with a
glaring light kept all night before his
nearly blind eyes for months at a time,
•with inhuman treatment in many other
respects. I feel as if I could never con
tribute a nickel to any other monument
until one is erected on Georgia soil to
Hon. Jefferson Davis, who never compro
mised with the enemy or failed to give the
south the best efforts of his mind and
heart during four long bloody years of
service.
Perhaps many believe honestly we might
have won if he had given place to anoth
er leader. The conditions that pre
vailed and the hopelessness of a
struggle against the sentiment of
the civilized world a» opposed to
slavery /orbids a reasonable claim of
ultimate success. It was a vain struggle.
We see it now. Like Lord Cardigan, the
leader of the Light Brigade at Balaklava,
Mr. Davis led the Confederacy up the
slope when ordered to go and like the six
hundred that never came down the slope,
save as bloody corpses, he stood in front
and took the blows, aye to the very end.
without flinching and died as he lived, the
“BLACK HEART” IN COTTON
MAY NOW BE PREVENTED
.VALDOSTA, Ga., July 28, r The United
States department of agriculture has been
making some experiments near Valdosta
this year, the result of which will prove
of great benefit to the farmers of the
sea island cotton belt. The experiments
have been conducted quietly, but the
result has been so satisfactory that they
are now given to the -public.
The experiments were to see if "wilt”
or "black heart” could not be prevented
in cotton, and the result is that seed
have been obtained that are totally im
mune to these diseases. Professor Wm.
A. Orton, assistant pathologist of the
department, who was in this section
making some investigations as to the
cause of the disease, etc., last year,
was in the city again this week looking
after the experiments which have been
made through his advice by farmers here.
Professor Orton told your correspond
ent how the department has succeeded
in getting the resistent or immune seed.
From an infected field of cotton a nuifi
ber of the healthiest and most vigorous
plants were taken, and the seed from
these plants were planted the follow
ing season in soil that showed no signs
of infection. This process was contin
ued the second and third year, with the
result that a practically immune cotton
has been secured. The process has been
on the line of "breeding,” the seed being
carried up to the highest quality of health
fulness by careful cultivation.
The experiments here were tried on Mr.
T. G. Smith’s place, seed having been
sent to him by Professor Norton. Mr.
Smith planted the seed in a field that
was very prevalent with "black heart”
last year. To make the test more thor
ough he was instructed Io plant the re
sistent seed by the side of non-resistent
or diseased seed. An examination this
week shows that the immune seed has
no trace of the disease, presenting a uni
formly vigorous and healthy appearance,
while the other is thoroughly infected by
the disease.
Professor Orton says that the experi
ments which the department has made
one man in the south that was always
hated, always maligned, always persecut
ed to the latest hour of his life because he
was our leader. Other people are at llber
erty to do as they like, but I shall never
raise hand or voice to glorify in a monu
ment any American, living or dead, while
Jefferson Davis has no mention in the
monuments on Georgia soil.
He did not put himself in the leader’s
place, but when he was placed there he
never did less than to be true to those who
selected him, even under stress and strain
that was equal to crucifixion on the gal
lows tree in suffering and persecution. If
this be treason—then we were all traitors.
Second Crop of Irish Potatoes.
Fair Bluff, N. C., July 18. 1902.
Will you please tell me through the
Semi-Weekly Journal how to grow Irish
potatoes as a second crop. How should
the ground be prepared and when? How
much seed per acre? What kind of fer
tilizer, how much ’and what should it
analyze? Should the potatoes be cut to
one eye or quarters or planted whole.
Anything that would help me In this line
will be greatly appreciated.
Ans: Replying to the, questions con
tained in your inquiry, neg to refer you
to my regular article which appears tn
this issue, and which fully covers all the
information wanted. I have endeavored
to cover the subject fully, as this is the
period of the year when the second crop
of Irish potatoes should be planted. A
great many farmers have already planted,
but it is not yet too Igte to Insure a good
harvest if weather is satisfactory for the
next three months.
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Lying, h
I > BY REV. JOHN A. WRAY, I !
, I Os Milledgeville. JI
■
Far back beyond the sky-line of history,
before the mountain even brought forth
or even God had formed the earth and
the world; yes, before the stars sang
together, before the morning glories
bloomed and the flowers gave forth their
sweetest perfume under the kisses of a
pure atmosphere; before sunshine and
dewdrop hung the diamond necklace about
the rosebud, before tbe bird twitted love
to his mate, to the delicate music of the
aeloan harps as their strings were Anger
ed by the soft breezes kissing the face
of a newborn world—lying had Its birth
day.
The devil, "the father of it,” practiced
this art in the garden of long ago, and
well did he execute, for he poisoned a
paradise and lured from this haven of
smile and home of love Its inhabitants
to a sin cursed world.
The poison he flung from his lying fangs
has been found, under the xrays of
God's truth, to be mixed in the blood
flowing through all generations.
When I meditate upon this subject I
find myself almost subscribing to a be
lief in evolution—evolution of the lies and
lying. The first liar in the garden was
a snake—he crawled, but a fey hundred
years after he had assumed the form and
garb of man and his name was legion,
In so much that David cried out in his
haste: “All men are liars."
We know that today he no longer crawls
but walks and talks and shouts and
sings; ajoaks himself in broadcloth as
well as tatters, in dress suits and walk
ing skirts, and is found in high and low,
public and private places. .
Unlike many others, that reached their
zenith in years agone, this art of lying,
though aged, has lost none of its popu
larity and holds its place as one of the
fine arts of today. Swift well said:
"Although this Devil be the father of
lies, he seems, like other great inventors,
to have lost much of his reputation by
continual improvements that have been
made upon him.” / ,
There are big liars and little liars,
young and old liars; prevaricators and
exagerators; occasional and constitutional
liars. There are black lies and white
lies; spoken lies and acted lies; fibs and
stories, and still—"there are others.”
We read that In the country of Siam,
a kingdom of Asia, that he who told a
lie was punished according to law by hav
ing his mouth sewed up*. If this pre
vailed in this country today it would be
hard to have congregational singing, the
political stump speaker would be a thing
of the past, congressional and legislative
halls would be beggard and we would
listen for the sound of a voice that is
still.
• • •
Let us provide things honest before all
men and strive to have a conscience void
of offense toward God and man. Realiz
ing this great truth, "as a man thinketh
so Is he;” whatsoever things are true,
honest and of good report, let us think
of those things as
"We climb the world's great altar stairs
Os truth and justice up so God.”
In a Hurry.
Exchange.
Harry Fumlss tells of a testy but popular
Scotch lecturer who, on a tour of the lowlands,
met wl'b a chairman so impressed with the im
portance of his office that, in introducing
visitor, he actually talked to the audience for
■n hour, rays The Philadelphia Times. The
gathering, a large one. bore it all patiently.
This was the chairman's peroration:
“It is unnecessary for me to say
I call upon the distinguished gentleman who
has come so far to give us his address tonight.”
The gentleman who had come so far arose,
stepped forward, bowed, pulled out and looked
at nis watch, and then said:
"You want my address. It Is 322 Rob Roy
Crescent. Edinburgh. A letter will- find ms
there. Good-night!”
Saying which he left the stage and the hall
befogs anybody could interpose.
in other sections show that the only hope
of the farmers in getting rid of the dis
ease, where it has once gotten a foot
hold, is by the use of seed that has been
made immune by this system of develop
ment. The disease has made its appear
ance tn recent years and has caused great
losses to cotton planters who were Ignor
ant of the proper way to treat it. The
disease is said to be of fungus origin and
remains in the soil to make its appear
ance after seven years, the land having
been planted in other crops in tbe mean
time. Professor Orton regards “black
heart” as the deadliest enemy of cotton
and one with which the farmers cannot
afford to trifle. If allowed te go uncheck
ed he thinks it will, in a few years, rav
age the sea island cotton fields as it has
the upland fields in some sections of Ala
bama and other cotton growing states.
Professor Orton expects to return to
Valdosta in October and will endeavor to
secure the names of all farmers who have
been afflicted with this disease in their
cotton, with a view to furnishing them
a limited amount of immune seed, free
of cost, for next year’s planting and for
the purpose of securing Immune seed
next year. He believes, however, that
it Is in the power of every farmer to im
prove his seed by careful and intelli
gent selection of seed.
Mr. Orton also had an experiment In
planting Egyptian cotton tried in this
section this year. He sent a lot of seed
to Mr. Smith for the purpose of making a
test, but the result leads to the conclu
sion that the Egyptian staple is not adap
ted to the soil and climate of this section.
There appears to |e too much moisture
in the atmosphere, producing a large,
woody plant, with little fruit upon it.
The tests that have been made in Texas
and along the Mexican border are said
to have been much more satisfactory.
This was expected, as it was known here
that the finer staple of sea island cotton
grows to perfection in the low lands of
Georgia and Florida, while the staple
becomes shorter the higher up ft te
planted.
JINKS IN JAPAN
BY STRONG
ANDJTOHE
Philadelphia Press.
BRYN MAWR girl from Pitts
burg who has just returned from
Japan was telling some very in
teresting stories today on the
A
pier about May Yobe’s life in Yokohama.
This girl has been in Japan for a year.
She lived near the Strong menage and
saw a good deal of the goings-on of that
famous couple.
She says they went to one hotel as
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but they had trouble
there and went to another hotel as Mr.
and Mrs. Strong. By that time all the
English-American set in Yokohama
knew who they were.
Publicity compelled them to leave the
hotel and they rented a splendid house,
living there under their rightful names
as Lady Hope and Captain Strong. They
were then spending money like water.
Os course, every one gauged them on
prices, but they didn’t seem to care.
They rented a furnished house on the
bluff, where the best people live, and paid
an enormous rental for It. They brought
two black servants with them, but added
a, retinue of servants to this list. From
that moment they made themselves con
spicuous by the way they threw money
td the four winds.
Every one hires jinrikishas, but these
two purchased their own and had a huge
"P. B. 8.” painted in gold on the panel.
They used double the number of men
to a Jinirkisha that any one else dia, and
these were dressed In livery, ala Ja
panese, with the gold initiate embroid
ered on the back of each.
They entertained gorgeously. Always
men; no women ever went near her. She
gave dinners and lawn parties and late
■uppers, with dosens of English and Amer
ican men at everything. On Sunday they
had the band from the hotel and as it
banged away on the lawn the marvelous
May did a few fancy dances she had left
over from her vaudeville stock. One of
these consisted in her kicking off her
slippers at ths end, to be caught by tbe
guests.
Whatever was sensational that she and
Captain Strong did.
She rode through the streets in the most
marvelous toilets, wearing all her gor
geous jewels. The now famous diamond
swallow was always in evidence. She was
the delight of the shopkeepers. She was a
familiar figure at the frequent Japanese
sales, where she would invariably buy
two-thirds of the stock. Bronzes, curios,
silks, tapestries, old prints, jewels were
bought by the thousands of dollars’ worth.
The Anglo-Saxons learned never to try
to get anything she wanted.
They bought recklessly to make a show
and to get talked about more than any
thing else.
Miss Yohe was loud-voiced and made
herself heard, and felt if she wasn't
recognized in any public place. She em
barrassed terribly the daughters of H.
Clay Evans, the pension commissioner.
They were at Uikko in the same dinning
room with Lady Hope and Captain
Strong, and stared at her probably a bit
harder than they did other strangers be
cause she was uaklng herself quite con
spicuous and was wonderously gowned.
Suddenly she stood straight up and called
at them:
"I refuse to be stared at.”
So loud were her defiant tones that the
proprietor had to remonstrate with her.
The‘Evans girls walked into a dining
room at Yokohama several days later
where sAe was. and she called out, for all
the people to hear:
"There are those beastly Nikko
women.”
This story went the rounds of ships and
clubs and houses in Yokohama and it
frightened the women so that they never
dared look straight at her or say any
thing that she could hear.
"The joke of the tour, however,” said
the Bryn Mawr girl, "was when Strong
and May Yohe were compelled to give up
that house and took one in Missionary
Row. Even the natives saw through the
humor of that. As for Captain Strong,
his face seemed to grow more demoral
ized every day. He had a weak, dissi
pated look when he first came there, but
these characteristics seqmed to be more
accentuated every time I saw him.”
Inviting Frank Criticisms.
The Brooklyn Eagle.
A rich but irascible art collector of Chicago
recently invited a critic to view his latest
purchase. The collector Is in no sense an au
thority In art matter* himself, and gauges pic
tures largely by the price.
"It’s a gem. a treasure; I know It to.” he
said, "but I want your frank opinion. Cost me
a big sum. but it'* worth it. One of the old
masters, you know.”
When they stood before the picture the critic's
brows contracted and he looked thoughtful. The
collector watched him anxiously.
"Had an alleged judge of these matters up
here the other day,” the collector remarked,
"but he didn’t know anything. It’s astonishing
what a reputation a man can get by a little
assurance; but he won’t make that mistake
again.”
"What mistake?” asked the critic.
"Why, he said this was not an original, but
a copy, and the roasting I gave him just shriv
eled him up. It was all I could do to restrain
myself from kicking him out of the house,
the presumptuous fool. Now, what’s your
honest opinion of the work?”
“I believe,” said the wise critic, after an
other Inspection of the canvas, “that I’d better
take a little time for consideration. If you
don’t mind. I’ll write you what I think of It.”
The biggest average farm in the world is In
South Australia, where the average squatter
holds 78.000 acres. i
SUGGESTIONS FROM ‘ [
| OUR CORRESPONDENTS
GRANDSONS OF
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
HARTWELL, Oa.. July 7, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal:
I notice recently an inquiry in your pa
per as to whether there are now living
any grandsons of the American Revolu
tion. My grandfather, David Carter, join
ed the army from Pickens district, S. C.,
and was taken prisoner when General
Gates, who was in command of the army
of the south, was defeated at Camden, S.
C., August 15 and 16, 1780, by Cornwallis,
who commanded the British, and was held
on the British prison ship at Charleston,
S. C. Upon his release he returned to Pick
ens and organized a company to resist the
depredations of the tories, who infested
that section. Twelve tories were caught
and banged on one pole. This put a stop
to the war in that section.
About 1830 my grandfather moved to
what te now Hart county, Ga., settling on
the Savannah river, six miles east of
Hartwell, at a place now owned by my
son, Captain Yancey Carter. I knew him
for 20 years. He died in 1850, and was
buried at Mt. Zion church. Hart county.
Grandfather told of an attempt of the
American prisoners to capture the prison
ship. The plan was for them to rush on
the British guards and overpower them.
David Carter was selected to lead the as
sault. At the given signal he did so, but
was not supported by the other prisoners.
Several of the guards grappled with him,
and after administering a severe mauling,
threw him down the hatch among the
other prisoners. David Carter lived to be
98 or 99 years of age.
Mtcajah Carter, son of David Carter,
was my father, and served as a private in
the war of 1812.
I was a member of the Georgia senate
In 1859-60. 1 served in the civil war from
1862 to 1865, orderly sergeant, Co. H, Cars
well's brigade. Augustus Bailey was cap
tain at the time of surrender. My last ser
vice was bringing the pontoon boats from
Augusta to Petersburg ferry, on Savannah
river for President Davis and* his cabinet
to cross on their way to Washington, Ga.
My mother’s father was William Gools
by, serving as a private under General
Washington. He entered the army from
Jamestown. Va He was a boatman on the
James river. After the Revolution he set
tled in Oglethorpe county, near Broad
river, in what is known as Goose Pond
district.
My cousin, William Goolsby, who now
resides in Franklin county, Ga.. some
three miles from Carnesville, is also a
grandson of William Goolsby. From the
time of the enlistment to the time of tne
muster out of William Goolsby nothing
was heard of him, and upon his return to
his home, after a seven-years’ war, no one
recognized him.
William Kelley and Mr. Richardson,
who also served in the Revolution, also
settled in this section, and I remember
them well. They should have grandsons
living who could give their history. Yours
truly, JAS. M. CARTER.
JUDGE ATKINSON WRITES
OF TRANSFER MATTER
Editor of The Journal, Atlanta, Ga.:
Dear Str—ln you issue of July 28th, un
der the headline "Railroads May Decline
to Transfer," I am quoted, in connection
with your discussion of the probable ac
tion of the railroads under rule 25, as re
cently amended by the roilroad commis
sion, as having "told the members of the
Atlanta Freight Bureau at the time the
ruling was made that it was doubtful
whether or not the commission could en
force the ruling, as thre was no law in
Georgia • that compelled the railroads to
engage in the transfer business; that it
was entirely optional with the railroads.”
I beg to advise that your reporter is
mistaken in so far as that opinion is at
tributed to me. In the first place I have
not considered the probability of the rail
road companies disregarding a rule of the
commission. L have entertained no doubts
on the question. If I had entertained
them I should not have expressed them In
advance of the consideration of that ques
tion by the raflroad commission. The on
ly incident from which such a conclusion
could by any possibility have been drawn
was this: In the course of the hearing
it was claimed by one of the representa
tives of the railroads that the railroad
companies did not desire to do that kind
of business, and expressed a doubt as to
whether tbef could be compelled to per
form it. I suggested that if they did not
desire to do that kind of business, and
could not be compelled to perform it, then
it would seem to be a matter of indiffer
ence to them what rate tbe commission
prescribed for the service.
I beg that you will print this explana
tion of my position in the matter, as I
do not care to have opinions attributed to
me which I did not express.
I note in your paper of a former date
that you refer to this matter as one that
was Initiated upon the complaint of the
Atlanta Freight Bureau. In this respect
you are also mistaken. The Atlanta
Freight Bureau became Interested in the
discussion of the questions involved in the
reconstruction of rule 25 only as repre
sentatives of the Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, which body, in common with
the boards of trade of Savannah, Bruns
wich, Macon, Augusta and Columbus
were notified that the railroad commission
would be pleased to hear them upon the
subject of the modification of rule 25. The
question was one of general Importance;
the discussion was introduced upon the
initiative of the railroad commission, and
the Atlanta Freight • Bureau, in common
with the other boards of trade mentioned
were invited to participate. To this extent
only can it be said that the Atlanta
Freight Bureau participated in bringing
about the change.
Respectfully yours,
SPENCER ATKINSON.
CALIFORNIA’S METHOD AGAINST
THE SAN JOSE SCALE
Editor Atlanta Journal:
I have recently receivefl copies of bulle
tins Nos. 71 and 72 from the agricultural
experiment station of Illinois, containing
the results of experiments with insecti
cides for San Jose scale, from which it
would appear that the "washes" used by
the fruit growers of California and Ore
gon are more effectual and cheaper than
the spraying with kerosene emulsion gen
erally practiced by the Georgia growers,
and for this reason it is of importance to
our growers to know the character of these
washes their mode of application, and
the results obtained with them. These
washes are made as follows:
California Washr-Flfteen pounds of
stone line are slaked in a little very hot
water, fifteen pounds of ground sulphur
being slowly poured in during the slack
ing, with constant stirring of the mixture.
This Is then boiled for an hour, after
which fifteen pounds of salt are added and
the boiling continued for fifteen minutes
longer. The whole Is then poured into a
barrel, through a strainer, and enough
boiling water added to make 50 gallons.
Oregon Wash—A pound and a quarter of
blue vitriol user Instead of the salt, the
i crystals of the blue vitriol being dissolved
in hot water and the solution added slowly
to the slaking lime.
These washes are applied with a spray
pump, at any time during the fall or win
ter after the trees have shed their leaves.
The cost of these washes is $1.12 per hun
dred gallons, as against $2.80 per hundred
gallons of kerosene emulsion diluted to
contain x 0 per cent of kerosene.
A very thorough test of these washes
was made by the agricultural experiment
station of Illinois, and the results are sum
med up by Mr. 3. A. Forbes,state entomol
ogist. as showing that these washes are *
valuable Insecticide for winter use, that
frequent short rains do not diminish
action, that they are entirely harmless to
any leafless tree, and may be freely used
in winter on all kinds of trees, shrubs and
vines and that 99 per cent of the seal*
was destroyed by them, as near complete
destruction as any field operation Is likely
to accomplish.
From these tests it would seem that
thes washes could be profitably used by
the fruit growers of Georgia, or at least
they were worth a trial.
W. L. GLESSNER.
Macon, Ga., July 28.
THE DISPUTE OVER THE
BATTLE OF BULL RUN
ATLANTA. Ga.. July 25. MCB.
Mr. Editor:—l saw published on the 24th
inat. in your valued paper, an article enti
tled. "An endless controversy.” If you i
will permit these few lines in the way \
of an inquiry from an "Old ex-Confed.**
I will be much obliged. I will state that I
was not in tbe first battle of Bull Run,
but. will say it w A through no fault of
mine. We were ordered from Richmond,
July 2L late In the evening, and it was
so understood by officers and men we wer*
to participate in that battle next day, but,
the engineer on the train conveying us
being a northern sympathizer, delayed ns
all night from Richmond to Manassas,
which I think is a distance of about a
hundred miles or a little over. He tried
on several occasions that night to derail
our train, and when we reached Manassas
the fight was over. It was reported that
on reaching Manassas, the engineer was
taken from the engine and shot, although
I did not see this. Now, about the great
question agitating the minds of so many
why it was the Confederates did not fol
low up their victory at the first battle of
Bull Run. I now ask was It not this, in
forming and shaping our new government
was It not so stipulated that we were not
to invade, but protect our firesides? And X
heard it talked in and around Manassas,
that tbe troops were anxious to follow up
the retreat of the federate. Mr. Davis was
notified we could take Washington, his
reply was "Our army is not one of inva
sion, but protection.” That te my under
standing of "Why we did not take Wash
ington.'' A. J. ATKINS*
MR. ROOSEVELT
AND JAKE
SMITH.
1 \
Chicago Evening Post.
T is stated that Secretary Root decline*
to give serious attention to the mare'*
nest discovery that the president vio
lated the law in retiring General Ja
cob H. Smith. This is not at all sur-
I
prising, for even the general’s “able mili
tary friends” now admit that the retire
ment is not "technically" an increase of
the punishment ordered by the courtmar- »
tial. Morally it is an Increase, and it was
Intended to be such, but the law has noth
ing to do with alleged violation* of the
"spirit” of the article quoted in th* crit
icisms upon the president.
More important Is the statement that
"there is a widespread feeling in army
circles that President Roosevelt treated
General Smith with undue severity."
Have the military critics read and pon
dered Secretary Root’s report? No sane
man will accuse Mr. Root of "hostility to
ward the army” or of eagerness to con
vict officers charged with inhumanity and
unnecessary cruelty. Would any civilised
government have overlooked such words
from a brigadier general as thfeee: “I
want no prisoners. Kill and burn. The
more you kill, the more you will please
me. Slay everything above 10 years of
age?” ,
To say that General Smith is addicted
to expletives and violent language, and
that he is known in the army as "Hell-
Roaring Jake” for his habitual ferocity
in expression, is to make a lame excuse
for him. The officer who does not know /
when not to use such bloodthirsty expres
sions as General Smith was convicted of,
who is Incapable of self-restraint when it
is imperative, is not fit to exercise high
command. This is the ground upon which
the secretary of war recommended re
tirement, and it is approved by every
sober-minded civilian.
Apart from "the personal equation,” the
Army and Navy Journal says that it re
gards the president’s action not only as
unjust, but as unwise and unfortunate.
It explains: "It will be considered by the
‘anti-imperialists' as a plea of guilty to all
their wicked charges against the army.
Its probable result will be to provoke an
other outburst of abuse against the mili
tary establishment. The detractors of the
army have been howling for a sacrifice,
and it has been offered up to them.” All
this is wholly gratuitous. There have been
no “wicked chargee against the army”
from any responsible source. Let us clear
our minds of Dreyfus-case cant. Individ
ual offenders are not "the army,” and to
punish them is not to dishonor the whole 7
military establishment. As well argue that
the punishment of one civil service official
for embeszlement discredits the whol*
service!
The only way to vindicate the army and
the country is to punish, after proper
trial and conviction, all those who have
sullied the American name and disgraced
their uniforms' No water cure, no torture,
no shooting of prisoners on suspicion, no
“I want no prisoner” orders, for the army '
of the United States. Those who do not
like thia will have to lump it.
Two of a Kind.
Chicago Daily News.
"I see you are wearing stripes now,” said th*
window blind.
"Yes,” replied the awning, "and you would
be wearing them also if you had what’s coming
to you."
“How’s that?” sueried the blind.
"You are a daylight robber, same as X am,
answered the awning.
Out at First.
Chicago Daily News.
Softleigh— "I—aw—bad a most delightful
dweam lawst night, doncher know.”
Mies Cutting—"lndeed!"
Softleigh—"Yaws. I—l dweamed that wa z
were mawwied. doncher know.”
Miss Cutting—Had I dreamed that I should
have classed it as a horrible nightmare.”
GREAT FENCE SETTING.
A Mile a Day of Woven Wire Fencing
Nothing Unusual.
A mile of good fencing put up by three
men In a day seems like a forerunner of
the farmer's millennium, yet this is being
done right here in our own state every i
day with the Ell wood Steel Wire Fence.
Os course this refers to putting up the
fence after the posts are set, and it te an
illustration of the convenience of the
ready woven wire fences which have
gained such popularity in the last two
or three years.*
After the posts are set the roll of fenc
ing, containing 10 or 20 rods, is unroiled
and the fence lies flat on the ground with
its bottom against the posts. One end of
the roil is stapled to the end. or starting
post, tbe Woven Fence Stretcher te ap
plied at the other end of the roll and by
working the stretcher the entire length
of fencing is quickly, easily and proper
ly drawn into place along tbe posts ready
for stapling. The stretcher makes all
taut at one operation and staple* ar* tbaa
driven horn* on each peal
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