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LOCAL TAXATION
AND RURAL SCHOOLS
While the rural schools need redirect -
tion which can be given to them, as will
be Indicated presently, it will be well to
consider for a few minutes the financial
side of the question and ascertain wheth
er they are being adequately supported,
because the remodeling of the rural
school system will call for the lengthen
ing of the term and the expenditure of
much more money than has been availa
ble up to the present time. The writer
is aware that the minute this suggestion
ts made the hue and cry of texes is rais
ed and the farmer complains that he is
already overburdened. It is nice to live
in a town or city, but one who owns a
home therein knows that he pays full
well for every privilege which he enjoys.
Ths city affords him sewage, light, side
walks. paved streets, good schools and
facilities for entertainment, but the owner
Os city property pays for all these, and
there is not one benefit which he enjoys
that the country land owner need be or
will be deprived of. if he desires the same
and is willing to pay the same relative
price for these luxuries as the city man.
The eouse of the greater part of the in
flux of our rural population to the city
is to obtain better schools, and the most
alarming condition prevailing In the south
toda ts the fact that whole counties have
practically been abandoned to the negro.
Whenever you strike one of these locali
ties you do not need to be told of. the
transformation which has taken place. It
is apparent on every hand, and lands that
at one time were highly productive and a
landscape that was once dotted over with
beautiful homes look like a forlorn waste.
The fences are down; the land is washed
away, the woods have encroached on the
fields; there are cabins in ‘he place of
mansions: and the yield of farm crops
has decreased by one-half. Can this sort
of thing continue and any section of the
country prosper’ Can the men who own
the land, now becoming yearly more val
uable because of our rapidly (creasing
population, afford to throw away the
rightful heritage of their children, and do
It for the supposedly necessary purpose
of moving to town to educate their chil
dren? In the days of the old south there
was a tutor on many of the plantations,
and certainly one for every several fam
ines. The children were carefully edu
cated at home In an address before a
community where the transformation just
portrayed was taking place very rapidly,
the writer suggested the advisability of
the farmers living on their land and se
curing the high-priced and capable teach
ers which were employed In antebellum
days. The immediate reply received was
that the farmers were too poor to do this.
In the first piece, this is an imaginary
Hes. In the second place, it will not
coat the farmer as much to stay on his
land where he can obtain the greater part
of his living at practically no cost and
EXPERIENCE STATION
PRIZES FOR
FARMERS!
WRITE A LETTER TO THE JOURNAL
AND WIN A PRIZE I
Contest now running. The Semi-Weeklv
Journal will offer prizes to its readers for the best
letters on Farming and Stock Raising, and Cultiva
tion methods in all sections of Dixie Land.
Every farmer of the South, who is a subscriber
of The Semi-Weekly Journal, is invited to present
his views on any of the three above subjects.
For the First Best Letter, The Journal Will
Give Five Dollars ($5.00.)
For the Second Best Letter, Three Dol
lars ($3.00.)
For the Third Best Letter, Two Dollars ($2.00.)
All letters must be limited to not over 300
words. They must be addressed to Prof. Andrew
M. Soule, president of the State Agricultural col
lege, at Athens, Ga.
President Soule it the editor of The Agricul
tural Department of The Semi-Weekly Journal. He
will give them prompt and careful attention.
The letters will be published in The Semi-
Weekly Journal until the contest closes on Decem
ber 31, 1909.
If any subscriber of The Semi-Weekly Journal
has any special ideas regarding farming in any of
its branches, that would be of interest to other
farmers, write them to The Semi-Weekly Journal.
GET IN LINE FOR THE PRIZES.
subscribe $35 to SSO to the school as a di
rect contribution as to move to the city,
abandon his land to degradation and
waste, and pay city taxes for the educa
tion of his boys and girls. Most of our
people do not realixe that in moving to
town every item of living is greatly in
creased. More clothes are required and
there are more ways for spending money.
The rural school problem can be solved
financially as soon as the land owner
is willing to be taxed in proportion to
the man who lives in the city for the ed
ucation of his children. The money can
therefore be provided for the develop
ment of an adequate system of rural
schools without burdening the man liv
ing in the country and without costing
him so much as a change of residence to
the city will necessitate. A further dis
cussion of the financial side of the prob
lem is therefore fruitless. It is simply a
question of whether those living in the
rural districts are willing to pay for the
education which is so essential for the
welfare of their boys and girls.
Some will say that the population of
the rural districts in the south in many
instances is so scattered as to make the
support of schools an impossibility. It
Is only necessary to cite what has been
done in various counjles where schools
have been consolidated to show that this
question can be easily solved. The con
solidation of rural schools is not a new
condition, and it has now been so thor
oughly tested in practically every state
in the union as to have demonstrated ful
ly its utility. Therefore, any community
may have an adequate school with from
two to three teachers, one of them trained
so that the essential instruction in agri
culture and rural economy may be given.
It is a question of the willingness of the
community to adopt a plan, the manifold
advantages of which are so outstanding
as to make further discussion or argu
ment in its favor absurd and unnecessary.
There are some who do not question
the advisability of giving instruction in
agriculture to the boys, but who are at
a loss to know what to do with the
girls. Since our school population is near
ly divided as to boys and girls, this is a
problem for careful consideration. The
girl may be taught just as much that is
vital to her welfare as the boy. If proper
instruction In household sanitation alone
were given it would effect a revolution in
rural activities. In the aggregate there
are millions of dollars lost every year
within the borders of any state through
Illness which might be prevented by even
an elementary knowledge of hygiene and
sanitation. Much of the illness which
afflicts the human race comes from over
eating or from eating indigestible and
improperly prepared foods. The housewife
may perform two or three times as much
labor with less strain to her physical
and nervous being If conveniences are
provided in the home. The manner of
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living may be greatly Improved and the
cost materially reduced by one who un
derstands some of the principles involved
in an elementary course of home eco
nomics. The family sewing may be done
and the quality and tit of the clothing
greatly Improved by one who understands
the principles of dressmaking. These
things are vital to the welfare of the
rural population, and they not only may,
but should be taught to the girl to fit
her for her life work, and the knowledge
she acquires through such a course will
be a source of pleasure and satisfaction
to her throughout life, and will not in
the least interfere with her receiving all
the training essential in the disciplinary,
artistic, and If you please, refining stud
ies as well.
LUMPY JAW AND ITS TREATMENT.
T. D. 8., Rocky Face, Ga., writes: I
have a nice 3-year-old Jersey cow that
has a lump on her jaw. I noticed It about
four weeks ago. She will not eat hardly
any grain, only roughness. The lump Is
as large as a turkey egg and hard as a
bone. I have bathed It with liniment, but
It does not seem to help it. If you can
tell me what it is and what to do for it I
will appreciate it.
From the description conveyed In your
letter your cow Is evidently suffering
from what Is known as lumpy jaw, or ac
tinomycosis. This disease is due to a
vegetable organism that obtains entrance
to the tissues and bones and produces a
lump or tumor In the region of the head
or neck. As a rule, the first evidence is a
slight swelling of the face or lower jaw.
In a majority of cases the jawbone be
. comes enlarged and bulges outward be
cause the fungus which causes the dis
ease has obtained access to the bone by
working down along the roots of the
teeth. While the swelling is slight at
first. It usually soon becomes larger and
finally breaks and discharges a thick,
sticky pus. Sometimes It heals temporar
ily and almost disappears, but again in
creases in size and breaks. The teeth be
come ulcerated and the jaw sore. About
the only satisfactory treatment Is to re
move the tumor with a knife and treat
as for a simple wound. Where it can not
be removed it can sometimes be cured by
giving iodide of potash internally In doses
of one to three drams daily. The medi
cine should be dissolved in one-half pint
of water. At the end of a week what is
known as "lodism” will set up. This is
indicated by a discharge of mucous from
the nose and eyes. When this condition
obtains the medicine should be stopped.
If one treatment is not sufficient It may
be repeated in two weeks. Animals with
discharging tumors should be isolated,
as the pus scattered on the food may
carry the disease germs to other animals.
If the trouble does not yield to this treat
ment nothing can be done but to destroy
the animal.
OUR FARMERS’ FERTILIZER PROB
LEM.
W. O. H.. Gabbetteville, Ga., writes:
Would it be a saving to me to have my
fertiliser mixed by hand at home? What
is the best fertiliser for cotton on sandy
land that has been in cotton for years?
What is the best fertiliser for corn on
sandy loam bottoms where bermuda
grass grows profusely?
Farmers can often buy the raw ingre
dients and mix fertiliser* at a saving over
what they would have to pay for the
re July mixed goods. To sayTthat it will
always pay to home-mix, however, would
not be correct. The best way to ascer
tain whether it will pay you to home-mix
or not is not ask for prices on the differ
ent grades of fertilizers you desire to
use from the various firms doing business
in your section, and then price the raw
Ingredients from as many sources as pos
sible. In this way you can determine
which furnishes the cheapest form of
plant food. For instance, if you cun buy
cotton seed meal at S3O a ton, and it con
tains 7 per cent of nitrogen, 2.5 per cent
. of phosphoric acid and 1.5 per cent of
potash; acid phosphate containing 16 per
cent of phoshate acid at sl4 a ton; and
i muriate of potash containing 50 per cent.
. of potash at $45 a ton, it is easy to figure'
out just what a pound of available plant
food in any of these substances will cost.
Suppose you can buy a 3-10-4 fertilizer at
S3O a ton. It will be a simple matter to
determine whether the 3-10-4 fertilizer fur
nishes you the essential Ingredients of
, plant food at a lower or higher cost
than the unmixed materials. This Is
the method of procedure which should al
ways be followed by the farmer. It in
volves but little effort on his part to,
ascertain the foregoing facts, and he may
sometimes be able to save as much as $5
a ton by home-mixing, and certainly it is
worth while to do this since there is no
particular secret about mixing fertilizers,
provided the proper goods are selected and
the ingredients thoroughly mixed by per
sistent shoveling.
A good fertilizer to use for cotton on
sandy land may be made up of cotton
seed meal, high-grade acid phosphate and
muriate of potash. Mix together 850
pounds of cotton seed meal, 1,000 pounds
of acid phosphate and 150 pounds of mu
riate of potash, making in all 2,000 pounds.
This mixture would contain about 3 per
cent of nitrogen, 9.5 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 4.4 per cent of potash, and
should prove a good fertilizer to use on
sandy land such as you describe. You will
notice that we have suggested the use or
a rather high proportion of phosphoric
acid and potash. Much of our soli is very
low in available phosphoric acid and san
dy lands generally respond to applica
tions of potash. We would suggest that
you use at least 500 pounds of this mix
ture.
We understand that on your bottom
land you have plowed under Bermuda
grass, and that it is fairly well supplied
with vegetable matter. In that case you
will not need to use more than 2 or 2.5
per cent of nitrogen under corn. Ordinar
ily we would say from 3.5 to 4 per cent of
nitrogen would not be too much for this
crop. We think you will find the follow
ing formula fairly well suited to corn:
800 pounds of cotton seed meal, 1,100
pounds of acid phosphate and 100 pounds
of muriate of potash. This fertilizer
would contain about 2.8 per cent of nitro
gen, 9.8 per cent of phosphoric acid and
3.1 per cent of potash. We would use it
j at about the same rate as suggested for
cotton. W’e have suggested the use of
i cotton seed meal as the source of nitro
gen because it Is one of the cheapest
forms In which organic nitrogen can be
furnished, and it has been shown to be a
very satisfactory source of nitrogen for
i most of our farm crops,
BOG SPAVIN IN HORSES AND
MULES.
J. B. J., Lafayette, Ga., writes: I have
a mule which has had bog spavin since
last March, and has not been able to
work any since that time. I have blister
ed it several times. He weighs 1,000
pounds. Do you think I had just as well
kill him? Give me all the Information
you can, as my action in the matter will
be governed by what you recommend.
There are several different forms of
■ spavin which are sometimes confused,
and the first thing for you to do Is to de
termine positively that your mule is af
fected with pog spavin, the symptoms of
which are as follows:
In every true joint there is a lubricating
fluid known as “joint oil.” Sometimes
I this is secreted in abnormal amounts,
and in that case it causes the soft tissues
i in the region of the joint to bulge out
; ward. When this condition occurs in
I the hock joint It is called a bog spavin.
Bog spavin is, therefore, not a difficult
thing to diagnose, as it does not affect
the bones as Is the case with certain
• other forms of spavin. The first symp-
toms of the trouble are an enlargement;
or puffy appearance of the front of the
hock joint toward the upper and inner
part. This is due to a distension of the
capsular ligament of the joint by the
joint oil or synovial fluid. This trouble
is fairly common in young, large-jointed
animals, and as a rule It is the result of
strains upon the joints due to heavy pull
ing or overwork when the animal is too
young. Bog spavin rarely causes lame
ness, though if it is the result of a severe
strain lameness may result from the in
jury. This trouble frequently disappears
In young animals by the time they are
three years of age.
The treatment for this trouble is as fol
lows: First secure the absorption of tho
joint oil which has accumulated and
causes the trouble. This is donee by pres
sure and cold applied to the outside of '
the joint through the medium of wet
bandages. Hand rubbing will often be
found very helpful. A small amount of
red blister ma yalso be rubbed over the
affected parts, but enough should not be
used to severely blister. Tincture of
iodine may be painted on the part, or
i iodine ointment may be rubbed in once
dally. When soreness is evidenced with
' hold the treatment for a few days. A
I truss is made which may be applied to
the spavin an hour or two twice daily.
The pressure exerted by the truss tends
to cause the absorption of the fluid. Un
der no circumstances should the spavin
be opened. You will thus see that there
is hope of satisfactorily curing a bog
spavin unless the case is of long standing
and the animal well advanced In years.
CATTLE DYING UNDER SUSPICIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES.
S W. J.. Marianna, Fla., writes: I re
cently bougHT 40 head of cattle and stock
ed my north Georgia farm with same. A
few days ago the cattle commenced to
die and are dying fast. The farm Is in
a good location, has good grass, good
water and a careful man to look after
the cattle. Do you think they might
have gotten hold of a poison weed or
flush, or do you think they have been
poisoned by some one?
You do not say from what section you
secured your cattle. If they came from
I north of the quarantine line and your
place is infested with ticks, it Is not
hard to understand why so many ani
mals have died, for the cattle tick, as
you know, carries Texas fever, and
animals which have not been exposed to
the tick contract the disease rather quick
ly and often die off rapidly. It is hard
ly likely, however, that your land is In
i fested with ticks, but it would pay you
to examine carefully and see If there an
any on the bodies of your animals. If
so, you should remove them at once by
scraping them off and greasing the cattle
with crude cottonseed oil to prevent them
from fastening themselves to the legs
and crawling up on the body. The trouble
may also be due to the cattle eating lau
rel, which you know, is very poisonous
to live stock, and there may be other
poisonous plants on your farm to which
the animals are not accustomed, and
therefore more likely to eat.
The symptoms of poisoning where the
animals contract the trouble from plants
in the pasture are naturally variable In
character, but as a rule there is marked
irritation of the stomach and bowels. In
some cases the animals seem to be paral
yzed and there is great depression and
muscular weakness. When death fronq
poisoning by plants occurs the mucous
membrane of the stomach and small in
testines is often congested and often se
verely inflamed. This condition is only
observed in cases where the animal has
dTfed from a poison affecting the bowels;
later the nerve centers are affected:
| There are practically no abnormal con
[ dltlons observed in making a postmor
tem examination.
The treatment for anknals poisoned by
plants is not very satisfactory, though
when irritation of the bowels is present
a purge of castor oil or raw linseed oil
may remove the irritating material.
Small doses of laudanum may then be
given. Gruels and sweet milk containing
raw eggs are soothing and nourishing. In
i case there is evidence of the animal
I having absorbed poison in the nerve cen
ters and weakness and depression follows
stimulants may be given. Diluted alcohol
or ammonia in moderate doses prove
helpful. If the animal is too weak to
evacuate the bowels Injections of warm
water will be beneficial. If coldness is
observed, Jamaica ginger in hot water Is
very good.
When animals are maliciously poisoned
with arsenic there are abnormal pains
and irritation of the bowels. When
strychnine is used the animal is thrown
into a violent convulsion, the muscles be
coming stiff and rigid. In case animals
are suspected of being porsoned malici
ously. the stomach should be examined
and the contents sent to the state chem
ist as the presence of strychnine can be
quite readily determined. Poisoning
from plants as a rule does not occur in
the fall, but generally in the spring,
when the animals are first turned on
pasture and before the grass has made
much development.
You can probably tell from these sug
gestions whether your animals have been
poisoned or whether the trouble is due
to some other cause, and if they have
I been poisoned, whether it is likely to have
Veen from eating plants or from malici
ousness.
The Rifle That Reached the
Pole.
The yVinchester is the rifle that went to
the North Pole. It was carried personally
by Commander Robert E. Peary. In re
gard to this Commander Peary says:
“Personally I always carry a Winchester
Rifle. On my last expedition I had a
Model 1892 44-callber carbine and Winches
ter cartridges, which I carried with me
right to the North Pole.” Harry Whitney
also carried Winchester rifles and cart
ridges on his hunting trip in the Arctic
regions. H esays: “They never failed me.”
Ex-President Roosevelt, too, is using
Winchester rifles and cartridges in Africa
and writes of his success with them in
his Scribner articles. The fact that all
these great figures in the present day an
nals of hunting and exploration person
ally chose Winchester rifles and cart
ridges for their equipment carries its
own suggestion. Such experienced men f
would not carry’ rifles and cartridges
which they did not consider absolutely
dependable. •••
strikeTonditionF -
IMPROVE, REPORT SAYS
ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 11.—The strike ;
of the switchmen was enlivened today i
by rumors from Minneapolis of a coal 1
famine and by the report here that 30
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, Switch
men and others, who were on strike,
would return to work Monday morning.
A coal famine in Minneapolis is not a
matter to be feared, according to rail
way coal men. Henry E. Smith, sales
agent of one of the largest coal compa
nies in the Twin City, said there w r as pos
itively no danger of a coal famine.
wright~aeroplanT"
TO FLY IN SOUTH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—It is proposed
by the war department to send the Wright
aeroplane, owned by the government, to
some southern city, probably San Antonio,
Tex., for aeronautical experiments dur
ing the winjer. Lieut. Benjamin Foulois
will have charge of the experiments. The
aeroplane is now at Fort Myer, Va.
The flights will begin in February if
the plans are not upset. San Antonio is
preferred because of the army post at
CONFEDERATE VETERANS I
MEETAT MOBILE
Call for Annual Reunion for
Middle of April Has Been
Issued.
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. IL—The
formal order fixing the date of the 1910
I reunion of the Confederate veterans for
April 26, and the place, Mobile, was
issued tonight by General Evans and pub
lished by Adjutant General Mickle. It
says:
Headquarters United
Confederate Veterans,
New Orleans. La., Dec. 11, 1909
General Orders, No. 22.
1. The general commanding announces
that, according to the custom hereto
fore in force, which leaves the general
commanding and the department com
manders the fixing of the date of the re
union; the 20th annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans will be held
in the city of Mobile. Ala., on April 26,
27 and 28, 1910, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, respectively, these days having
been named by our host as satisfactory.
For sentimental and practical reasons
Mobile possesses peculiar claims as a re
union city. Her geographical position in
the center of our territory, her beautiful
bay, her delightful and invigorating cli
mate, the charming weather which usual
ly prevails at the time of the year when
the reunion is to be held, her numerous
palatial hotels, restaurants and private
boarding houses, are arguments for the
practical side, while the many events in
her history connected with the war,
around which the hearts of the old sol
diers ever linger with fondness, represent
the sentimental view.
Within the borders of the state of Ala
bama was born "the storm-cradled na
tion that fell," and in the adjacent city
of Montgomery, is to be found the first
capital of the Confederate States of Amer
ica, and the first home of its only presi«
dent. On the oeautiful bay of Mobile, the
greatest naval battle of the war took
place; for many weary months a handful
of men and boys, under the command of
Gen. D. H. Maury, numbering about 9.000,
held in check and delayed the advance of
General Canby’s 45.000 trained soldiers; at j
her very doors, almost wltnin the county,
was fought the last great battle of the
conflict; in the north end of the county,
in the village of Citronelle, the last army
of the C. S. A. west of the Mississippi,
was surrendered, and the curtain fell on
the great drama; .n Mobile was construc
ted, by a Mobile man, the first and only
submarine boat that performed the duty
required of it; here rest the ashes of
General Bragg, General Gladden, Fa
ther Ryan, and the great naval comman
der, Raphael Semmes.
These are some of the historic events
which will add to the pleasure of the
old soldiers who will come to the re
union. Then the men of Mobile, second to
none in patriotic fervor, promise to give
their best efforts to promote the enjoy
ment of those whom it will be a delight
to entertain; while the ladies of the city,
famed all over the world for their great
hospitality and wondrous beauty and
loveliness, have determined that no re
union ever held or to be held shall com
pare to this in the magnitude or duration
of the enjoyment that will be given io
the heroes of the sixties who will come
to partake of their hospitality.
With such plans laid, the veterans are
likely to have a most enjoyable time, and
the general commanding earnestly urges
all to come who can possibly do so, to
take psrfd in these three days of festiv
ity.
2. Tto general commanding announces
with aatfth pleasure, at the request of
its most energetic president, Mrs. W. J.
B4han, that the Confederate Southern Me
mortal association will hold its meeting
at the same time.
3. The general commanding sincerely
hopes that the press of the entire coun
try will endeavor to stir up interest in
the coming meeting, and to this end he '
requests that this order be published,
and editorial comment made thereon.
By command of
CLEMENT A. EVANS,
General Commanding.
Official: WM. E. MICKLE,
Adjutant General Chief of Staff.
SAYS mTsSING DAUGHTER
IS NOW IN ATLANTA
Mrs. A. H. Loveless, of Greenville, S.
C., has applied to the local police force
in an effort to locate her young daugh
ter, Clifton Penelope, whom she believes
is in Atlanta.
According to a letter received by Chief
Jennings, the young woman became dis
satisfied with her life at home because
she was unable to return to a woman’s
college in Columbia, S. C., and finish her
education.
She left her home for Columbia on an
errand for her mother, and failed to re
turned, it is said. Not hearing from her
daughter, Mrs. Lovelace made investiga
tion and found that her daughter had
apparently made all arrangements to
leave her home for good and all.
Mrs. Lovelace states that there is “no
man in the case/’ but that her daughter
has always wanted to come to a city and
work, and that she bqjieves she picked
out Atlanta.
A reward is offered for information as
to the young lady’s whereabouts.
GIANT COPPER MERGER
SOON TO BE FORMED
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Indications were
j today that official announcement of the
first step in the proposed merger of
Amalgamated, Cole-Ryan and Guggen
heim copper properties might be expected
today. Negotiations for the consolidation
of the Nevada Consolidated Copper com
pany, the Utah Copper company, and the
Boston Consolidated Copper company are
said to have been radically closed and an
official statement of the terms of the
merger is expected early next week.
ASQUITH GIVES HOPE
TO IRISH OF HOME RULE
LONDON, Dec. 11.—At a monster meet
ing last night in Albert hall, Herbert
Henry Asquith, the British prhne minis
ter, laid down the policy on which the
j liberal government is appealing to the j
i country. He repeated what had been
said by other ministers—that if returned
to power the government would demand
the limitation of the power of the house
of lords—and then went a step further,
and pledged that the Liberal party would
Spindles Are Idle
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 11.—Many spindles
in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Maine cotton mills will be idle during the
latter part of the month, because of the
curtailment policy enforced by the high
price of the raw material. One large
plant will be shut down for ten days, and
others will close for a week.
Try to Wreck Building
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11.—The explosion of
what is supposed to have been a dyna
mite bomb tonight damaged the granite
building at Fourth and Market streets.
The police believe that an attempt was
made to wreck the office of a weekly pub
lication which lias recently been criticis
ing certain.public men of St. Louis. ’The
damage is slight. No one was injured, i
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ALABAMA NEWS
MOBILE. Ala.. Dec. 9.—Maxlmillian
Ba varus, alias R. Rudolph Richter, alias
Rudolph Rio, alias M. Muller, the smooth
young fellow arrested for defrauding the
City Bank and Trust company of this
city, and who is also wanted at Salt Lake
City, Utah, and Los Angeles for embez
zling was arraigned today in police court
on tw’o charges of obtaining money by
false pretenses and placed under bond of
$1,900 in each.
He was represented by counsel and
made a hard fight for his liberty, but the
evidence was too strong against him. C.
B. Claiborne, president of the Cosmopo
litan Bank a«d Trust company of New
Orleans, was a witness against him, tes
tifying to him depositing money in that
bank in tlje nama of M. Muller. The
New Orleans man made a special trip toj
this city.
MOBILE, Ala.. Dec. 10.—The taking of tes
timony in the United State* court In the caae*
of Bradford. Deason and Farrish. the Monroe
county farmers. Indicted for conspiracy to com
mit peonage, began at noon today. It was agreed
to try the defendants on the two original
charges and additional one returned yesterday,
leaving the peonage cases for later bearing.
United States District Attorney Anmbrecht in
bis showing stated the government expected to
prove a system of conspiracy to commit peonage
existing among the farmers and that the death
of E. A. English was th* result of a row over
the possession of Mcßeynolds, the negro in
question in the trial at issue.
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Dec. IL—The
vote on the proposed prohibition amend
ment to the state constitution, taken No
vember 29 and counted by the secretary
of state and private secretary to the gov
ernor at noon today shows that 49,093
votes cast for it, 76,272 against it,
the total being 125,365. the majority in
the negative, 27.179. This is an unusually
heavy vote, the number rarely runing
over 100,000.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 10.—Author
itative figures just given out as to the
pig iron production in Alabama during
the month of November show 182,303 tons,
the largest output at blast iron furnaces
in nearly three years for any one month.
There was but little of this iron allowed
to go to the furnace yards.
ANNISTON, Ala., Dec. IL—The supreme
court has granted a writ of error which
prolongs the life of Tom Kirkpatrick, a
negro who was to have been hanged in
this city yesterday for murder. It was not
until the last moment that negro friends
of Kirkpatrick Interested themselves in
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ing his execution were not received un
til the morning on which he was to have
been hanged. He had made his ante-mor
tem statement, declaring that his sina
had been forglvep and that he was ready
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ANNISTON. Ala.. Dec. 11.—Several hun
dred farmers gathered in this city today
for the purpose of hearing addresses or.
scientific farming by state, national and
institute experts, the meeting having been
caped at the instance of the government
experts by J. Roland Turner, agent of
the co-operative demonstration work. A
feature of the day was an address by
H. T. Persons, county superintendent of
education, during which he launched a
movement for a county fair here next
fall, the proposition being enthusiastical
ly received.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 11.— The
nomination of waiter 1. Cooper for re
appointment as postmaster at Sylvania,
wcreven county, was sent to the sen
ate today by the president. The office
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WAXAHATCHEE. Tenn., Dec. 11.—It
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a prominent farmer of Ellis county, has
received an offer of 12 1-2 cents per pound
for his entire cotton crop of- neat year.
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