Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, March 02, 1909, Page 5, Image 5
/Oi«TMTT'rnn / - M i < IFII I U 1J ti Am *' * rl UAJ* V /> •CTUCATIOH I « M AN]?' SUCCE WREVK JWIB ♦ QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT. ♦ The Journal demree to inert*** the useful**** of It* MFrlcr.lturzl ♦ ♦ pages la *v*ry way possible. Tor thia purpose, the department of ♦ ♦ inquiries aad answers ia to he greatly enlarged. Any information per- ♦ ♦ tain tag to agriculture, the proper tillage of the aoiL the proper use of ♦ ♦ fertilisers, seeding for crops, stock and cattle breeding, poultry raising ♦ ♦ —and in fact, an subjects pertaining to the farm upon which informs- ♦ ♦ tioa may be sought or practical suggestions offered, will be published ♦ ♦ in these columns. ♦ ♦ We request our readers to nee these pages freely. We-will en- ♦ ♦ decTor to furnish information, if the questions are acted. Letters ad- ♦ ♦ dressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, F resident State Agricultural College, ♦ ♦ Athens, Wa., wi» receiee prompt at tention, and the replies win bo pub- ♦ ♦ lished in The Semi-Weekly Journal. ♦ The Origin and Domestication of the Peanut Fertilisers Since the peanut is adapted for growth on a soil which is not naturally rich in any of the essential elements of plant food, the proper fertilisation of the crop become* a matter of the utmost import ance. It was found at the Tennessee ex periment station that ® bushels of pea nuts with a ton of nay would remove from the soil about 85 pounds of nitro gen. 1* pounds of phosphoric acid. 32 pounds of potash and 47 pounds of lime. Os this amount, about 41 pounds of nitro gen. 6 pounds of phosphoric acid. 20 pounds of potash and 43 pounds of lime were found in the bay, and since the vines would either be left on the ground or fed to stock and the resulting ma nure applied to the land, the peanut is seen to be a comporatively easy crop on the land so far as soil exhaustion is con cerned. as it has already been pointed out that it gathers a large per cent ot its nitrogen from the air. Since it has been amply demonstrated that the yield of the crop may be greatly increased by judicious fertilisation, and since WU bush els should be a fair average crop rather than the low yields now obtained, the importance of using sufficient amounts of ait the essential elements to increase crop production and counteract the draft made on the soli by the plant during the various stages of its growth becomes ap parent. The needs of a crop of peanuts may be appropriately supplied by using 1.300 pounds of high-grade acid phosphate. 400 pounds of dried fish, and 400 pounds of muriate of potash. This would give a mixture containing 1.4 per cent of ni trogen. 10.2 per cent of phosphoric acid and 10 per cent of potash. It may be sta ted that this ration has been found one of the most satisfactory to use on this crop. Another mixture which has been tried quite extensively is I.MO pounds ot acid phosphate. 300 pounds of dried blood, and 400 pounds of muriate of potash. This mixture would contain about 2 per cent of nitrogen. 10.4 per cent of phosphoric acid and W per cent of potash. These mixt ures should be used at the rate of 300 to M 0 pounds per acre. Cotton seed meat may be used to supply the nitrogen, if desirable, and kainit. the potash, though owing to th elower percentages of avail able plant food conutained in these two substances, larger amounts per acre would have to be supplied. Many planters will find it advantageous to apply some farmyard manure to their peanut lands since a small amount of vegetable matter prevents the harmful influences which sometimes follow drought periods and increases the vigor of the plant without Injuring the quality or quantity of the nuts. Os course, the excessive use of vegetable matter might i Fish SX of our SEINES andNETS and KxS lookwKat we offer you at the price SEINESWIOOPNETS Vxi AU. RIOOLD RXAJJY FOR USE •«—:: ■:;« 1 “ • •• - - - - Ut 1“»« “ .... B.M - •• « •• “ •• - . . . soc Write Cw pries lietsf ell kinds efneto BOURNE • BOND. LeaisviSe. Ky. *WRT ‘Farquhar" Threshing Catalogue Free Dunn Machinery Co. Dept. ‘T* ATLANTA, GA. EVERY MAN £ interested In ve hicle* steoold obtain oar catalog. It la interest - log and inatructlte A*k your dealer for one or wnte u» direct. White Hickory Wagon Mfg. Ctk. Atlanta. Ga. Light Saw, Lath and Shingle mill*. Wood aawe and Splitters. Steam and GasoUns Engines. Wood. Iron and Steel Shaft*. 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Palmetto, Ga. prove injurious, but thia will seldom if ever happen until the entire system of rotation now in vogue in peanut belt changes radically. In fact, few peanut planters pay any attention whatever to the rotation of their lands and grow the crop on the same area year after year. As a result, the nuts become small and inferior, and the vines tend to lose their leaves before maturity. , A good physical condition of the soil is essential for this crop. The importance of applying lime must also be emphasised in this connection, as there is comparatively little of the land devoted to peanuts which naturally contains enough of this important ele ment. Any kind of lime may be ap plied provided it is very finely ground or burned before applying. Oyster shells are accessible to farmers living near the coast and answer very well, though caustic lime is noe of the best and chea-p est forms in which to supply this ele ment. Marl may be used in sections where there is an abundance of it and it can be secured at a low enough cost. At least 30 bushels of lime may be applied per acre, and 100 to 150 bushels of marl. As a rule, lighter applications of lime made more frequently will prove the most profitable, and there Is less danger of burning up the already deficient sup ply of humus when lighter applications are made. A review of the fertiliser proposition therefore, makes it clear that potash and phosphoric acid are the two most essential elements to be applied to this crop in a commercial form, and that liberal applications will prove profitable has now been fully demonstrated by scientific experiments and practical oper ations as well. When large quantities of phosphoric are used, it is not so nec essary to apply lime or gypsum since there are between 600 and 700 pounds of the latter in each ton of phosphate. Fertilizers Suitable for Spring Oats T. H.. Eastanollee. Ga.. writes: Can 16 per cent acid phosphate be used with stable Manure to any advantage for spring oats, and would muriate of potash be of any additional benefit? What amount of acid phosphate, cotton seed meal and muriate of potaKh would it take to make a fertiliser analyzing 2-10-3? phosphate can be used with good a&antage in connection with farmyard manure. It can be scattered in the stalls under the horses or cattle in small amounts each day. Large amounts should rot be used as there is some danger of the acid injuring the feet of the animals. You. should use about 50 to 100 pounds of phosphate to each ton of manure. Floats have also been used to good advantage With farmyard manure in similar amounts. Foats consist of the finely ground phosphate rock before treatment with sulphuric acid. Its value as a fer tilizer depends very considerably on the fineness with which It is ground. A top dressing of well-rotted farmyard ma nure on spring oats to which acid phos phate has been added would be excellent practice. The addition of potash would not be so important or so likely to prove beneficial as it would be somewhat slow In Its action. Phosphates and potash do not readily leach from the soli and art not taken up so quickly by plants as some other constiuents of plant food, and may then be applied to the soil con siderably In advance of the seeding of the crop. In other words, the longer the plant has to get in proerp touch with them the better are the results from the use of these materials likely to be. A tor. of farmyard manure contains from 9 to 15 pounds of nitrogen, 4 to 9 pounds of phosphoric acid and 9 to 15 pounds of pot ash. You will see that It is not a well balanced plant food and why it is bene ficial to use acid phosphate in connec tion with it. A fertilizer containing approximately 2 per cent of nitrogen. 10 per cent of phos phoric acid and 3 per cent of potash may be prearped by mixing together 600 pounds of cotton seed meal. 1.200 pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds of muriate of potash. To bring this mixture up to 2,000 pounds add 100 pounds ot rich compost. wee* ♦ *♦■**♦♦♦♦*» »♦♦»» *-*~* ♦ QUERIES ANSWERED ♦ *♦♦*♦**♦♦♦+♦** ♦ ♦♦■***** ♦ ■*»♦ Treatment of a Sick Cow K. T. A., aeon, Ga., writes: I would like to know what to do for my cow. * loaned her to a neighbor for a while, and her milk supply dropped from a gallon to a pint. I feed on hulls, cot ton seed meal, and a little bran. An old negro tells me she has lost her cud or has hollow tail, but I suppose this is mere superstition. But it is true we do not see her chewing her cud. and she coughs as if .trying to bring up something. Your cow is evidently suffering some form of indigestion; a healthy animal chews the cud or ruminates, and when a cow becomes sick she generally ceases chewing the cud and tue muzzle be comes dry and the coat staring. It is probable that your neighbor overfed the cow or gave her too much of on*’ kind of food. If' she has been eating i.ulls alone or corn stalks, she may be suffering from Impaction of the rumen. In that case a dose of salts will be a good thing to give her. You should use about a pound to a pound and a half of Glauber salts dissolved in water and given as a drenqh. Th* is probably as ■ useful a purgative as can be used In ! this instance. You might give this dose every other day for two or three times. Then feed her on bran mashes and let her have green feed if you can secure some for her. A field of oats or rye will furnish ideal pasture, and we would cut out the hulls and meal for a few days. Give a two-ounce dose of Jamaica ginger in a pint of moderately hot water as a drench three times daily. If there is nothing more serious affect ing your cow than a case of indiges tion, the tonic treatment suggested and care as to diet for a few days should bring her arpund all right. The cough ing may be due to a little cold, or It THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 190$. may be an evidence of the langs being effected with the bacilli of tuberculo sis. The onljr way to ascertain whether this‘is true or not would be to have yout cow tested for tuberculosis by a competent veterinarian. Injuries to the Udder O. R.. Rhine, Ga., writes: 1 have a fine cow that has one teat that does not milk. She has had'two calves since 1 bought her and has been affected this way ever since. 1 have a tine mule that nas weak eyes. V\ ..at should I do for them? I have some fine sandy land on which I have sown oats. What should I use as a top dressing, as no fertilizer was used at time of sowing? The probabilities are that the teat of your cow which, has lost its function can never be restored. At least It would be a very exceptional thing ft thia could be done after two years or more have elapsed since the trouble ap parently first happened. The loss of function in this teat was probably due to an attack of garget or "caked bag.” When a calf is dropped there is often an unusually large secretion of milk. The milk should be drawn from the uu uer of cows that are free milkers sev eral days before calving takes place. This will often prevent the caking of the udder due to inflammation which sets in and will prevent the loss of func tion. To avoid this troub.e the milk should be drawn frequehtly and the udder thoroughly rubbed and bathed with hot water for twenty minutes at a time. A good ointment to use foi bathing is made by dissolving two tea spoonfuls of gum camphor in a tea spoonful of fresh melted lard. If only the milk duct is closed up, it may be opened by the use ot a milking tube. Great care should be exercised in us ing these instruments, as often they do more harm than good. Weak eyes may be caused from one of several things. First of all, it may be an inherited trouble. In that case, nothing can be done for it. Sometimes inflammation of the eyes is caused from minute objects getting into them. A careful examination will generally re veal the trouble, and the removal of the cause will effect a cure. You might try bathing the eyes with hot water three times dally for at least twenty minutes, and then apply a few drops of a solution of boric acid in tho strength of one drachm to three ounces of water twice daily. This should cure any ordinary case of inflammation un less the cause is deeper seated and has lasted for a sufficient length of time to become chronic. About the only fertilizer you can use as a top dressing on oats at the pres ent time would be nitrate qf soda. Other forms of nitrogen would hardly become quickly enough available to be of ser vice to the plants. The nitrogen in ni trate of soda is very quickly available, and hence this material is a favorite form of top dressing for field and garden crops. You snould not use over 10u pounds per acre and you should take care to make the application when the crop is dry, so as not to injure the foli age. Destroying Lice on Horses T. L. N., Douglasville, Ga., writes: I would like a remedy for destroying lice on horses. Lice may be destroyed by dusting in sect powder into the hair, or through the use of kerosene emulsion, which is made by dissolving one quart of soft soap or one-fourth of a pound of hard soap in two quarts of boiling water, and adding one pint of kerosene oil. This mixture should be churned violently and three quarts of water added when the emulsion is ready for use. A solution of creolin, one part to fifty parts of water, will also prove effective. The animals phould be given salt and sulphur and the quarters should be cleaned and disinfected thor oughly. Probably the simplest remedy of all is one of the coaltar products now on the market. They are easy to use and effective if the treatment is persisted in. The disinfection of the stables with this material is also easily accomplished. A FINE KIDNEY REMEDY Mr. A. S. Hitchcock (clothing dealer), 868 Carrier building. East Hampton, Conn., says if any reader afflicted with a kidney or bladder trouble will write to him he will diruct them to the splendid home remedy he so successfully used. He is glad to do this and does not wish you to send him money. WESTERN UNION TAX IN ANOTHER COURT In the case of the state of Georgia against the Western Union Telegraph company, which came up in the United States court on Saturday for further con sideration of the supercedeas proceedings asked for by the attorneys of the tele graph company on the preceding Satur day, Judge Newman signed the order granting a supercedeas. The case in this manner is removed from the jurisdiction of the United States district court and will be next heard in the circuit court of appeals, the sub stance of the action taken by Judge New man being that he refuses to interfere in the proceedings. It Will be recalled that the case orig inated in the refusal of the Western Union Telegraph company to pay taxes on its franchise in the state of Georgia, when called upon by Comptroller General Wright. Upon the refusal of the telegraph company to pay the taxes, amounting to about $25,000, the comptroller at once is sued fi fas to collect the taxes by regular legal procedure. ' A bill of demurrer enjoining the state from the collection of the taxes was at once filed by the attorneys for the tele graph company to prevent the collection. This bill was on Saturday, February 20, diemisfeed by Judge Newman, virtu ally granting the supercedeas asked for by the attorneys for the telegraph com pany, though the formal order granting it was not signed until the hearing on Sat urday. Thus far the state has won a signal victory in its contention for the payment of taxes by the telegraph company, which has refused payment on the giound that its franchise was granted by the national government, thereby ex empting the company from the pay ment of taxes to the state government. A statement was made by Attorney Gen eral Hart on Saturday, February 20, that if the telegraph company did not pay the taxes in a reasonable time, he would take steps towards having it placed in the hands of a receiver and impound its revenues. No action with reference to placing the telegraph company in the hands of a re ceiver has been taken so far, and it is not known what the next move of the state will be. The case will, of course. be heard next in the circuit court ot appeals. Attorney General Hart, for the state, and Albert Howell, of Dorsey, Brewster, Howell * Heyman, for the telegraph company, represented the contending lit igants at the hearing on Saturday morn ing. OUTLOOK GOOD FOR~ FERTILIZER SHIPMENTS iteaplte the preaeat shortage iu tert Ulcer ship ments up to lebruary 1, compared to the same period last year, railroad men are of the firm l>eltef that the total movement this year wilt easily equal and perhaps exceed file to'.al out put of last season. Notwithstanding that at present the figures allow a decrease, manufactories and railroads have received assurances of a large number oi orders between now and the middle of April, when the season is closed. General bmdneas la said to be greatly im plored despite the pessimistic reuorts from some sources and railroads are of the opinion that there wiil be a volume of shipments iu the next few weeks. 84,380 ILLITERATE CHILDREN IN STATE SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS 23 IN EVERY 200 CHILDREN ARE IGNORANT—DECREASE OF 1.0 PER CENT IN PAST 5 YEARS. That the number of illiterate children in Georgia has decreased very consider ably during the pant five years, will be shown by indisputable figures which will be incorporated in the annual re port of State School Commissioner Pound. These figures constitute the basis of comparisons in the state school com missioner's qulncennial school census, or the showing that is made every five years of the number of children in the state between the school ages of 6 and 18 years. According to those figures, it will be that there were at the close of the year 1808, 84,380 illiterates out of a total population of 735,471 children of school age, or that the percentage of illiteracy among Georgia children over the age of 10 years (prior to which age a child cannot be considered illiterate), is 11.5 of the total number of children between 6 and 18 years of age. Twenty-three children out of every two hundred in Georgia are either unable to read and write or can read but not write! That is what the figures spell. Decrease Shown In 1903 the percentage of illiteracy was determined by computing only those children who could neither read nor write. The percentage shown by that census was 7.3. Wherefore a true con trast with the 1908 showing quoted above is Impossible, for in the 1908 compu tation the practice of the United States census is followed and both classes (i. e., those children who can neither read nor write, and those who can read but can’t write) are Included. If 1908 is to be com pared with 1903 on this point, the com parison must be made on an even basis. Computing the number of illiterates who can neither read nor write under the 1908 census, there are shown to be alto gether 42,027, white and colored, or only 5.7 per cent of the whole number of children of school age in the state. In 1903 the percentage of 7.3 was obtained by comparing the number 51,801, of totally illiterate children of school age with the whole number. So that a fairly estimated comparison of the census of 1908 with that of 1908 shows a decrease of 1.6 in illiteracy among children of Georgia during the five years Intervening. As the number in the “read but not write’* class, ex cluded in 1903, is in both cases almost exactly equivalent with that of the other class, the percentage of decrease in all illiteracy during the five years is roughly estimated at not less than 1.7 and is probably more, according to the state school authorities. The report w’lll show the following to tal figures: Children who can read but cannot write—white, 9,986; colored, 32,368; total, 42,355. Children who can neither read nor write— white, 9,343; colored, 32,684; to tal, 4,027. (In 1903 there were 51,801 chil dren of this class, 13,539 white and 38,262 colored). Grand total of illiterates, 84,380. Total centage of illiterates, 11.5 (computing both classes). Percentage of illiterates on 1903 basis of computation, 5.7 Per centage In 1903, 7.3. Decrease in 1908, 1.6 per cent. It will be seen by a comparison of the above figures that in both classes of illiteracy the number of colored chil dren is about three and one-half times that of the white children. Lee County, 39 Per Cent. Illiterate The greatest percentage of illiteracy among its children will be shown by Lee county, which has also the great est percentage of colored inhabitants among all the counties of the state. county will show 39 per cent of illiter acy. Upson county, with seven-tenths of one per cent, will show the smallest degree of illiteracy in the state. Among the higher counties will be shown Burke, with 31 per cent; Houston, with 21; Macon, 25.2; Mclntosh, with 30.9, and Miller, with 25. In point of low percentage will rank Telfair, with only 2.3. Though Telfair shows an Increase of 415 in school popu lation, it shows a decrease of 435 in illit erates, or a difference of 850 altogether. This is attributed to the influence of the Methodist college at Mcßae and of the Improved condition among schools, which has moved parents to seek a better edu cation for their children. Other low counties that will be shown are Catoosa, with 2.9 per cent; Richmond, with 4 per cent; Rockdale, with 4, and Whitfield, with 3.4 per cent. Fulton Shows Decrease Fulton county, though it will show an increase of 692 children since 1903. will show also a decrease by 5.8 per cent in flliteracy. This computation does not in clude Atlanta’s population. Bibb, inclusive of Macon, has increased by 861 in school population, but has de creased by 307, or 5.5 per cent, in illit eracy. Chatham, including Savannah. will show an Increase of 1.820 in school popu lation and an increase also in illiteracy of 799, or 12.6 per cent. Floyd county, exclusive of Rome., will show a decrease of 541 in school popula tion and a decrease of 41 in Illiteracy, or 12.4 per cent. Muscogee county, exclusive of Colum bus, will show a decrease of 200 in school population and a decrease of 502, or 9.7 per cent, in illiteracy. Sumter county, exclusive of Americus, will show an increase of 90 in school pop ulation and a decrease of 392, or 5.9 per cent, in illiteracy. The compilation is not yet completed regarding the seventy independent school systems there are in Georgia, in towns and cities. It has gone far enough, how ever, in the opinion of the state school authorities, for the conclusion to be pret*y definintely formed that their per centage of illiteracy will be shown as much smaller than that of the state at large—hardly over 5 per cent, in fact. This is pointed out as showing the educa tional Influence of long school terms. SANDERSVILLE— Emory English, the young man who was killed In the/store of Bedgood &• Burns Wednesday night while making an attempt to turn on a No. 16 candle power elec tric light. was burled here Thursday afternoon. PRICE OF MAY WHEAT HITS NEW HIGH RECORDS (By AxiocUted Pr«i«.) NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—The price of May wheat today surpassed all records of recent years on the New York pro duce exchange when it advanced two cents a bushel to $1.22 3-8. The final THE BOLL WEEVIL CRUSADE STARTS FOR COTTON FIELDS (dy AModateu Frew.) | LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 26.—J. A. Taylor, of Memphis, president of the • National Ginners’ association, today an- i nounced his opinion that the boll weevil I 250,000 SPINDLES ADDED IN THE SOUTH In industrial matters in the south the most remarkable progress, indicating the speedy return of business to its normal conditions, has been made In the past two months in cotton manufacturing circles. Other branches of manufacturing and other industries have made much pro gress, but in cotton manufacturing cir cles the revival of interest has been es pecially marked. This revival of activity has shown itself in the building of new mills, upon many of which work is already in progress, while the contracts for many others have already been placed in the hands of the builders. Many of these mills are being constructed by newly organized com panies, but the majority of them are be ing built by companies that are estab lished in the cotton manufacturing trade. During the latter part of 1907 and prac tically the whole of 1908, most unsatisfac tory conditions existed in the cotton man ufacturing world, causing a great de crease in the building of new mills and in ■the enlargement of old ones. Mills that had orders ahead for as much of their manufactured products as they could turn out In a year were suddenly confronted with the cancellation of these orders or a great part of them, making it necessary to run mills on half time or to close down entirely. In the last three months of 1908, the total number of new spindles installed throughout the entire south was only 57.000. Since the new year came in a re markable change ahs occurred in this respect and the past seven weeks shows a total of 250,000 new spindles installed, which represents a capitalization of $6,000,000. This shows a proportionate increase of over four times as many spindles install ed during the first two months of the new year as compared with the last three months of the old year. These new operations in the field of cotton manufacturing are not confined to any one state or group of states in the south, but are widely distributed over the entire territory. As cotton is the great staple of the south,, the wide dis tribution and Increase of manufactories of that staple represent a most hopeful sign in the growing power of this section in the manufacture of this great fiber. An unusually large number of the new spindles are being installed in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Ten nessee. As a majority of the new spinflies are being installed by established factories, which are enlarging their capacities in order to effect a larger and more varied output, it shows without a doubt that those who are already in the cotton manufacturing business have the great est confidence in the future of their industry. GOVER NOR UPHOLDS FREEDOM OF PRESS FRANKFORT, Ky„ Feb. 26—One of the strongest defense of the freedom of the press in criticism of public offi cials ever delivered in the south waa written by Governor Augustus E. Will son today in granting a pardon to the Herald publishing company of Louisville, publishers of the Louisville Herald, for an indictment in the Calloway and in Trigg circuit courts of western Ken tucky, charging the paper with criminal ly libeling Judge Thomas P. Cook and Commonwealth Attorney Denny P. Smith. The two officials preside in the dis trict in which the greater part of the night rider troubles in western Ken tucky occurred, and the paper vigorously scored them for failure to perform their duty in prosecution of the lawless ele ment. Governor Willson wrote upon pardons to the newspaper company this rea son: * Because the long series of crimes in this district, which have not been pun ished under these officers’ administra tion make it necessary for the press to criticise all who can be held responsi ble. “If the courts do not put an end to the rule of crime in the counties in Which the judge and commonwealth at torneys are selected to uphold law and order, the only hope of permanent re lief from such conditions is in enlight ened public sentiment aroused by the press of the country and instead of pun ishing the newspapers which made a fight against such conditions, it should be regarded as fulfilling Its duty.’* FARMERS WILL MAKE TAFT MEMBER ON SIGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Having re cently been made a Mason “at sight,” It Is probable that President-elect Taft will have conferred upon him soon after his arrival in this city from New York today, the honor of being elected, “on sight,” a member of the National Farmers* union, as was President Roosevelt on Thursday. The organization has prepared a memorial to be presented to Mr. Taft asking him to use his influence in bringing about legislation to do away with “trading in futures on crops.” Mr. Taft will not leave the national cap ital again until he has assumed the reins of government. Mr. and Mrs. Taft will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Board man in their home near fashionable Du pont circle until March 4. Mr. Taft will see today a city almost ready with its waving banners and streamers of red, white and blue, for Tils inauguration as president. ROOSEVELT IS “MADE” FARMER BY BRRETT WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 27—Presi dent Roosevelt. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Gifford Pinchot, government forester, are now all fullfledged "farm ers,” having just been admitted "on sight” to membership in the National Farmers’ union. The honors were conferred by Presi dent Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga.. of the National Farmers union, which organization now is In session here. AR R ESTED FORKILLIN G NEGRO HACK DRIVER EVERGREEN, Ala.. Feb. 26.—Wi1l Hicks, a well known white man, is in jail at Andalusia, charged with killing John Askew, a negro driver of a public hack. Askew was found dead, and the vehicle broken to pieces several miles from Evergreen. He had answered a call to drive for Hicks, and Hicks disappear ed. Hicks was arrested at Andalusia, and will be taken back to Evergreen. price was $1.22 1-4, a net advance for the day of 1 7-Bc. Impetus was given to the buying by reports of large spot sales in London and high prices for cash wheat throughout this country. New crop wheat also advanced to the highest prices of the year today. will reach the Atlantic coast in 1914. two years earlier than his former esti mate. He predicts the boll weevil will invade the cotton fields of the entire state of Arkansas within two years. MOTHER WITH TWO BABIES WALKED MILES TO ATLANTA Mrs. Mary Weller Makes Remarkable Journey of 70 Miles Afoot With Babies on Her Arms —House Burned in Pike Jounty-Picked Cotton When Youngest Was Five Days Old. Fatherless Family Arrives After Many Adventures and Suf ferings on Road and in Forrest—Baby is Fat and Cooing. IMi MM IMI MB MB BBBJBM MBI B Rk Mn 1L • M ‘ ■"'BBL 1 ■- WW i Hu I L* '■> ' ~ I ;MM «Wk > WOIbW f ® 1! *■ ’Mg 11 .4 WWrtWFt > 'll ' H Ji < 1 MRS. MARY F, WELLER AND HER TOTS. Photo by Edwards H Just as the sun was rising, a woman with a baby on each arm, a heavy bask et tied to her shoulders and' a six-year old boy skipping by her side, issued from a green little mill doyn in Pike county and crossing to the* steep, red highroad started northward. That was last Sunday morning. Thurs day night she reached Atlanta, still car rying a baby on each arm, though she was bespattered with mud and her eyes had sunk far back into her head. The basket was empty except for a pone or two of dry bread. The boy carried it lightly. This mother’s name is Mrs. Mary F. Weller. She has made a journey that is perhaps without a parallel for endurance as well as suffering. A year ago Mrs. Weller’s husband died, leaving her alone w’ith three tots. The youngest was a baby just three months old. His name is Robert Lee. The next was not quite four, a little brown-eyed girl, called Ora Estelle. The boy of six is named Johnson, after the famous gen eral. - When the baby was not more than six days old, Mrs. Weller went out into the fields and picked cotton from sun-up to dark. ••What did you do with the baby?” she was asked. Baby ia Cotton Pile “I put him on big pile of cotton in a wagon, gave him a sugar tit, and he lay kickin’ up his little heels jest as happy as anything you ever looked at.” A week ago the two-room house where Mrs. Weller lived, caught fire and burnt flown. What should she do? She had a cousin, Mark Appling, who lived up at Duluth, something like 70 miles north. She herself didn’t know how far it was but she knew that her little ones must have bread and a roof and Cousin Mark's farm was the only spot on earth she could think of. Gathering up the few clothes left from the fire, took Robert Lee on one arm. Ora Estelle on the other and having spent one night at the miller’s house, set forth in the nip ping air of the dawn. Travelers along the highroad turned in their buggy seats to watch the broad shouldered woman (Fudging on past miles of farmland into the cold, still stretches of the forest. “Is this the road to Duluth?” she asked one of the churchgoers. “Yes, that’s right,” answered the hale, country squire she addressed. Sixty-Five Miles “And how far might it be?” she con tinued, leaning to rest a moment against the rails of a fence. • “Just about 65 miles, they say,” re plied the farmer. “Much oblige,” said Mrs. Weller, and she continued her journey. Sometimes she says people would give her a lift in a wagon. Then Robert Lee would sprawl on the cushion and wriggle like a baby kitten for joy. She herself would fall asleep. She was so tired. When it rained the pilgrims would take such shelter as they could under a tree. From night to night they slept at strange houses along the way. “Jest before we reached Cousin Mark’s,” says Mrs. Weller, “we come to our last piece of meat. I tore it in two and give half to Ofa and half to John son. I can tell you my spirits was gettin* powerful low. Jest then I see a chimney off in the distance. That was Mark’s house. ’ The Sphinx Future But on arriving the mother learned, she says, that It would be impossible for her Low Rates to and the Southwest On the first and third Tuesdays of each month exceptionally low-rate round” trip tic Ice ts will be sold via the Cotton Belt Route to points |l1f in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma tffaw&SrZ Jr and New Mexico. Return limit 25 days and stop-overs allowed both going and returning. s: 1 x’»b e "T.”'•»£>* will send you a complete schedule *° *“® South west, Ihe for the trip, and will make some Cotton Belt is the only line suggestions which wdl be help- operating two daily trains, carry- fui to you. ing through cars without change— the only line with a through sleeper Memphis to Dallas. Equipment in eludes sleepers, chair cars and parlor case cars. Trains from all parts of the Southeast HU make direct connection at Memphis with Cotton AgHQB tra * ns f° r Southwest. Ask the ticket agent to sell you a ticket via Memphia JMI 4m Hl Cotton Belt. . jMSL Write for Texas or Arkansas book whichever Section you are JM JM interested in. These books are just off the press, and are fall of •IB facts and examples of what is actually being done by farmers, truck 3ttJSF gardeners and fruit ra.sers in this highly-favored section. A fiv». CoU>r Dap *’ * nßcrled in och bock Free upoo request. L" P' Smith, Traveling Passenger Agent, b 203 Equitable Building. Atlanta, Ga. kinsmen to keep her and the children. Things had not gone so well on the farm. In fact, he might have to fltove away i himself. “But what can I do?” pleaded the . mother, glancing at her little ones* sore | feet and pinched faces. “Go to Atlanta," the cousin answered. ! "They’ll be good to you there.” And so on she came to Atlanta. She is J here Friday under the temporary care |of the Associated Cnarities. And the baby and his little brother and sister are laughing as though there w*ere no such thing as a big. Sphinx-like future J waiting, grim and dark before them. MOTHER AND BABIES ’ HAVE FOUND A HOME Bright and early Sunday morning Mrs Mary Weller, who walked 70 miles to 'r Atlanta with a baby on each arm, will leave for Auburn, where a home ?walls her on the farm of her brother, Wiley ’ Rhodes. This time, however, Mrs. Weller will [ ride on the trait) and instead of hunger , and hardship, she will be journeying to- s , ward a warm fireside. It was at first « thought that it might be wisest to take • the children and place them in some* in stitution to be reared. But When this was suggested to her, her eyes filled, her throat jerked witli a sob and gathering ~ ' her three little ones about her. she said: S “Well, I hope you’ll kill me before you take 'em from me.” So the baby just eight months old, the little girl of four, and the boy of six, will all accompany their mother. a— ROOSEVELTS HOOK TOO VILE FOR THE] MAILS WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Senator Till man, who today offered a resolution call ing upon the postoffice committee to pass upon the armissability to the mails of President Roosevelt’s homes’ commission report, declares in a statement that the viciousness of the work staggers him. 9 He says it is too»vile to discuss on the floor of the senate, and is confident that 4 '; it is too obscene to transmit through the mails. The report is bound in book and covers nearly four hundred pages. It discusses in plain English every form of vice and immorality known of in the District of Columbia, and some of its disclosures are as startling as they are sensational. The report was sent to the senate yes terday, and although hundreds of copies . have been printed. It is practicaly im possible to obtain a copy, so great has been the demand for them. Among the many matters discussed in the home's commission report, soft drinks I sold at soda fountains are prominently mentioned, and held up as harmful to The health of the people. A hundred or more manufacturers are designated by name and their syrupz are mentioned as containing caffein and other so-called habit-forming drugs. “The first appearance of preparations, of this type was in the south,” says the’ report, “and the demand had spread to other sections. The greatest demand is still in the south, however.” flB WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS HAVE BILL SIGNED OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 2*—The genernor yesterday sisned the woman's suffrage billK which provide for an election in November, .. ISIO. ta decide whether the women rhall be J allowed to vote. 5