Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 31, 1902, Page 5, Image 5
I T alks IVith Farmers Conducted By C. H. Jordan ♦ Official Organ of Southern ♦ ♦ Cotton Growers* Association ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ' Th* Semi-Weekly Journal to the offi- < > ’ ’ eta! organ of the Cottos < > ’ ' Grower*' Protective Assoc i*t ton. the , , ♦ ' only oCßctal paper of that organ!**- , , ' • tton, and hereafter all official com- , , < > srasteatlotw of the amcctation’* offi- , , < • eera. and all matter* pertain Inc to It* , , < » affairs trill appear in these column*. , , < > The Journal atao Invitee members of , , < > the association and cotton grower* and , ( t farmers generally to use it* columns ( , for the expression of such views and , , sucxesUons as may be of Interest and , , value to the agricultural interest* of the south. The Journal will devote each week * ' two column*, as requested by the as- • * ■Delation, to a•• Cotton Department.” ' • ' ta which will appear the official com- ' • ' ‘ munications of the association and < • ' * Such statistical and other Information < » 1 • as bears upon the work of the asao- < > 1 1 elation and all matters of interest to < > < > southern cotton growers. < > WIIiHIIIHIIWHfHH ♦ Subscribers are requested to ad- ♦ ♦ drew all inquiries for information ♦ <• on subjects relating to the farm. ♦ + field, garden and poultry to the + ♦ Agricultural Editor. All inquiries ♦ + will receive prompt and careful at- ♦ ♦ tention. No inquiries answered by ♦ <• mail, Please address Harvle Jordan. + ♦ Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. ♦ ♦ ♦ >+»♦♦♦».»> I HI IHII II 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 rMEN,BE STRONG!-) Few men are absolutely free from some organic weak ness. Spots before the eyes, dlzsineas, bashfulnesa. ’ weak back, loss of memory, aversion to society, etc., / are »ymptoms which you cannot overlook. These con- ditions can be promptly overcome If the right treat- HWWKJ ment is given, but experiments with free samples, ready-made medicines, "quick cures," etc., will only i aggravate your trouble and make a cure more difficult. Before jeopardizing your future happiness by experi menting with unscientific treatment. I want you to in vesttgate fully my superior equipment for curing you. k I have cured thousands where others have failed. ' My specialty includes all other chronic diseases, such as stricture, varicocele, blood poison, bladder and uri- Dtt. HATHAWAY, nary diseases, etc., which I treat in the latest scien- g Recognized ae the tide manner, and my legal guarantee is backed by the I leading and "‘/‘u leading banks and commercial agencies. Consultation ■ aaoaaaanu spec - fr€e either at office or by mall. Send for complete I *•*’ symptom blanks, mailed free in plain envelope. Cor- I reapondence confidential. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.. * Suite W, Inman Building, Z 2 1-1 South Broad St., Atlanta, Qa. ■ 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. < I HI I 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 5