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RURAL SCHOOL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES
Statistics indicate that our school term-'
»n the average are only 151 days long.
T many of our states the average is
»nly- about 70 to SO days, including the
rity schools. Aa a result, the rural school
nuM of secessity have a term much be
ow the average mentioned. In other
rords, they are not in operation long
■tough to train the children in any of
he fundamental subjects, let alone give
hem the essential training suggested,
■oreover. statistics Indicate that the
iverage price paid the teachers in all
mrt* of the United States is about £0.30
t month. Hany in the rural districts do
lot receive over 13). A good laborer on
he farm makes more than this. The nav
vy on the railroad receives a larger re
nuneration than the school teacher. If
lot this an absurdity, and does it not ac
»unt in large measure for the failure
•f the rural school? A corporation pays
ts president Hon,«W to direct its affair-;
hey probably could get a man to direct
ts work for flO.fW. but would he have
the capacity and the ability to handle
t in a satisfactory manner? fertainlv
lot. or the corporation noted for being
toulless would not waste 390. W. If there
s any art or profession that demands
tyrnpathy. that demands high mindednesa.
Mental capacity, human understanding,
lagacity and genuine Ability, it is that of
lehool teaching. Are the leaders of our
toys and girls always characterised by
hese qualities? Are we placing the prep
tr premium on scholarship when it comes
o our rural school teachers? Is it true
hat we are entrusting the most precious
isset of the nation and the pride of our
tomes to inadequately trained persons
luring the receptive and formative stage
«f life? It is true, and we must admit
md concede the enormity of our offense.
Chis lack of leadership is one of the
(tumbling blocks in the way of successful
■oral education. It will always be a slum
ping block until we are ready to pay a
tuff! cient salary to secure properly train
ed men and women as teachers We need
■ever look for an improvement of the
standards of our rural schools until we
lay our teachers more than the common
aborers on the public highways.
In 1306-07. |336.W.»J or per capita
rs population were expended for schools,
this is • vast Increase tn the last few
rears, for in 15S0 tbe expenditure was
q. 56 per capita. Just what proportion of
his sum wae spent on rural schools it
rould be difficult if not impossible tn
(■certain, but In the south Atlantic and
with central divisions the total revenue
vas 55.1C5.783 and K 7.041.213 respectively
The school population of these two sec
tons was 3.673.60 and 5,r2.«38 respective
y. Roughly speaking. 338,000.000 had to
wovide for the education of more than
toro.noo children, and this sum included
ehat was spent in the towns and citie*
us well. It is apparent, therefore, that
he rural schools were inadequately sup
■orted. since the expenditure per capltc
If total population for school purposes
n the south Atlantic division was $1.78.
Ind in the south central division. $1.62
m other words, in these two grand di vi
rions we spent 17.1 and 17.2 cents re
spectively for school purposes on each
Hot) of the true valuation' of real and
torsnnal property.
There was expended in cities of S,<w
population and over in the United States
to
tion was 4.780J96. There was expended
!n towns and cities of 4.000 to 8.000 popu
lation in 1906-07. 516.715.186. the school
population for these being 716.154. In
ether words. f 176.653.49! were expended
lor the education of 5.496,450 boys and
girls in towns and cities having a popu
lation of 4.000 and upwards, as against
P 60.214.841 for between W. 000.000 and 11.-
100.000 boy* and girls in the rural dis
tricts. Is it any surprise that the rural
school is inefficient and is not serving
the purpose for which it is designed?
We have already seen that it is run as a
city school in the country; that the
teachers have not the right kind of
training and are inadquately paid; that
the school term is entirely too short,
and that the funds provided for its sup
port are less than those devoted to the
education of about &JOO.OOO children in
the towns- and cities. These figures
should be sufficiently startling to arouse
us from our lethargy with reference to
rural school education, and it seems as
if it would only be necessary to call the
attention of fathers and mothers to the
»Why Not Have a
' Neighborhood "V
Telephone System?
Every township and crossroad should c
have its rural telephone line. Already _ Mb’-’M [I J’
more than two million American farmers r M ■
have put telephones in their homes. Are A to
- you one of them? If not, it will pay you m F
and your neighbors to investigate the
Rural t
Telephone System
Ail you need to do is to write for our free illustrated book
®Nb. 91 ,on “How to Organize and How to Build a Farmer’s
Telephone System.” It explains how you and your neighbors can
get all materials and build your own lines in a few days.
ICa a* eaay as building a fence and cheaper.
WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY
SOUTHERN OFFICES v
230 Lee Street. Pacific and Ervay Streets,
ATLANTA. GA Matiofacfarerj of tbe DALLAS. TEXAS.
Queen and Water Streets. 4.500,000 Foot of Ferry Street,
PORTSMOUTH. VA. •'■el/'" Ttlephooto SAVANNAH. GA.
situation to result in their arising up
and demanding a reorganization of the
schools with consolidation as one of the
principal cbjects. and then the levying
of a local tax in sufficient amount to in
sure their equipment and the employ
ment of competently trained teachers.
The statement is constantly made that
the agricultural coheges have failed to
turn out a sufficient dumber of teachers
or of trained men to furnish agricultural
leaders and teachers for rutal schools.
They will always continue to do so until
some demand is made upon them for this
kind of work. Once the demand is cre
ated for a new type of teacher for rural
schools, it will not be long until a means
will be found for training them. Already
the normal schools are beginning to take
up some features of instruction in agri
culture and domestic science, and while
Viey are in position to turn out only a
few of the aggregate number of teach
ers needed, a training course for teach
ers can be arranged for in the summer,
and through the development of exten
sion teaching on the part of the agricul
tural colleges which will enable them to
readjust the course of instruction and
put them more nearly in touch with the
need of modern times and the rural en
vironment. i
So far as secondary scnools are con
cerned they practically do not exist in
the rural districts; yet these might he
had In conjunction with properly consol
idated rural schools and would confer a
great boon on every community, enabling
the beys and girls to take advanced
standing without leaving home, and of
course, we all realize that the more ed
ucation of the right type that we pro
vide the boy and eirl. the better we fit
them for life’s duties. There were nearly
I.(FO<W boys and girls in the high schools
of the United States according to statis
tics for 190 R. Os this number 73,678 were
*n the South Atlantic division and 94 242
in tbe South Central division. which
®hows that in the matter of secondary
education we are a loqg way behind in
the south in proportion to population.
Since the secondary school may be the
means of assisting materially in the
training of teachers, it is Important that
a much larger number be established and
their courses of instruction so arranged
as to give the essential training in ele
mentary agriculture and domestic science.
Moreover, the more secondary schools of
the right type established in the rural
districts, the larger will be the number
of boys and girls who can prepare for
college and thus avail themselves of the
advanced training provided for in the
sta’e colleges of agriculture and the nor
mal schools. The boys and girls with col
lege training returning to the rural dis
tricts will provide the leadership so nec
essary for a redirection of the activities of
rural life. Hence, the secondary school
constitutes an integral part of our school
system and these institutions must be en
couraged and liberally supported.
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♦ QUESTIONS ANSWERED ♦
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BALANCING THE RATION FOR DAI
RY COWS.
C. D. 8., Kensington, Ga., writes: We
are feeding our cows on an average 35
pounds of silage, four pounds crabgrass
and alfalfa hay, one-fourth pound black
strap molasses, three pounds cotton seed
meal and corn hearts; and one pound of
bran and linseed meal to fresh cows. Our
cows do not average ten pounds of 4.5
per cent milk. Do you think these cows
are receiving, more feed than they need?
Do you feed cotton seed meal at the rate
of one pound to three or four pounds of
milk? Do you find it safe to feed a
large amount of cotton seed meal to
cows just before and after calving? I am
a little afraid to feed large amounts of
cotton seed meal.
The amount of milk given by a cow and
the per cent of fat contained therein are
matters largely influenced by the breed
ing and individuality of the animal. Some
cows will give three or four gallons of
milk a day for the consumption of but
little more feed than another cow which
does not give more than ten to 12 pounds.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i.,
We hare found it absolutely necessary
tn an experience in dealing with cows
extending over a period of 16 years to
keep a record of the individuals in our
herd and to constantly weed out antrp^ lß
that do not come up to a certain standard.
The standard which we are working for,
but which has not been attained In our
present herd because of the newness of
the organization of the college, is at least
5.000 pounds of milk per year with a the
oretical yield of at least 300 pounds of but
ter, as determined by the Babcock test.
You should test your cows at least once
a week throughout the year for butter
fat. This may be done by taking a brass
cartridge shell and soldering a wire about
three feet long to one side of it, and as
each cow is milked night and morning
stir the milk thoroughly and dip out the
cartridge shell full of milk and put in a
bottle or test tube. The average of the
tier cent of fat from these weekly tests
throughout the year will give a good idea
as to the amount of butter your cows
are making. We would suggest that you
weigh the milk night and morning
throughout the year. This is not an ex
pensive operation, as most people seem
to think, for you may have the scales
hanging in your milk house or in the
rear of your cows, and it takes but a sec
ond to weigh the milk and put down the
amount on a specially prepared sheet.
Then at the end of each month and at
the end of each year you know just how
your cows are doing and which ones are
proving desirable and profitable, and
which are eating their heads off and
should be disposed of.
A dairyman .who attempts to buy the
cows to replenish his herd will always
have difficulty because the ability to
give large yields of milk and butter fat
is a matter of individuality and heredity.
Large yields can not be secured as a
result of simply increasing the feed. We
think probably you can find cows in the
vicinity of Maysville, in this state, or in
bther sections of north Georgia. We
have found some very good animals in
Clarke and adjoining counties as well.
You understand, of course, that In or
ganizing our herd here, we first had to
buy chiefly good grade cows in the vi
cinity of the college. We have, however,
pure bred Holstein and Jersey bulls and
are rapidly building up herds of high
grade animals.
We do not thing the ration you sug
gest is an excessive one for a cow
weighing as much as 1.000 pounds. Cer
tainly. the grain ration is low rather
than high. In our opinion, as we feed
from five (o six pounds of cotton seed
meal to cows that do not average better
than two gallons of milk. Os course, an
animal making from four to six gallons
of milk like two or three we have in
our herd receive even larger grain ra
tions. We can see little advantage from
a long experience in adding corn hearts
to a ration of cotton seed meal. Os
course, bran has a fine physiological ef
fect and it Is cooling and soothing food
to the digestive system, and therefore
can often be used advantageously, but
if we were going to use bran and cot
ton seed meal as a ration for a good cow
giving from two to-three gallons of milk
during a long lactation i period, we
would certainly expect |o feed as much
as four pounds of cotton seed meal and
six pounds of wheat bran. We have no
rule in feeding cotton seed meal accord
ing to milk yield, but the records of
our cows show whether it will pay us to
feed them more meal or not. The meal
is increased as the milk flow goes up,
until it reaches the point where we fall
I to obtain a profit from the use of more
i meal. We do not feed our cows heavily
I at all for 30 days before calving, nor for
I some little time after calving, as cotton
seed meal is a very concentrated food
and not as suitable as bran for cows just
recovering from the effects of parturi
tion. Os course. It is advisable in put
ting a cow back on cotton seed meal or
feeding it to her for the first time to
Increase it slowly. We have tried feed
ing cotton seed meal with crushed com
and have not found ft more profitable
i than cotton seed. We have never seen
any injurious effects follow the use of
cotton seed meal, as many seem to imag
ine. and we think the idea is not at all
well founded. One can injure cows on
corn meal by feeding excessive amounts.
' otton seed meal is so concentrated that
most people think they must feed a much
larger amount than is necessary. A
small amount of blackstrap molasses is
very good for cows as an appetizer, and
also as providing a cheap source of car
bohydrates.
THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF
DIFFERENT KINDS OF POTASH.
E. L„ Cuthbert. Ga., writes: Is there
any difference in compounding a fertil
izer- with muriate of potash or kainit?
Kainit is the most common product of
the Stassfurt mines in Germany. It con
tains from 12 to 14 per cent of potash,
the average content of this material be
ing probably about 12.5 per cent, and the
potash la chiefly contained tn the form of
sulphate. There is also a percentage of
common salt, some chloride and sulphate
of magnesia, a smal amount of gypsum,
and a very small amount of potassium
chloride. It is therefore a low grade of
potash salt, and as it contains chlorides
it should not be used on such crops as
tobacco, potatoes and sugar cane. When
used some care should be taken to sec
that it does not come in contact with
the seed as it is likely to insure or re
tard the germinating powers thereof, es
pecially when used in large quantities
Since it would take at least four tons of
kainit to furnish the same amount of ac
tual potash contained in one ton of mu
riate or high-grade sulphate, the cost of
freight and handling would be much
greater than with the high-grade goods.
For this reason it does not seem as de
sirable to use it as the muriate. Muriate
is the most economical form of
POTASH
The German Kali Works have talked Potash and its benefits for twenty-five years.
They have never sold a pound direct to local agents or farmers.
You know how hard it was to buy and get Potash. Things have changed. The
mines are now producing enough to enable us to offer
POTASH FOR SALE
in carload lots of twenty tons, to local dealers without interfering with the requirements of those to whom we have
sold Potash to be used in mixed goods. We have, therefore, established a Selling Tl !• pi a i
Agency in Baltimore, Md., and in 1910 will sell all potash salts in carload lots for cash, UCIIV OU3.FQIItOCCI
direct from the mines to the buyers in original sealed bags, or kainit in at lower rates than were ever before quoted.
PotSLSh PfiiyS Y° u can buy the real potash salts —plant food without fillers or make-weights—you save all the
money you have been spending for interest, freight, excessive profits on fillers and mixing charges.
For particulars and prices write to
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Continental Building, Baltimore
potash salts which can be purchased and
utilized by the farmer, but like kainit. it |
shou. not be used on tobacco, potatoes]
and sugar cane. While the potash con
tained in muriate is no more desirable
<han that contained in kainit, its concen
trated nature makes its use preferable,
for reasons aiready assigned.
INFORMATION ABOUT HOLSTEIN
CATTLE.
J. F., Atlanta, Ga., writes: 1 have a
few nice jerseys and grades and wish to
Increase the milk and cream flow’ by add
ing some Holsteins. What is the differ
ence between a Holstein and Holstein-
Friesian? Do you think it would pay me
to buy an aerator for 25 cows?
The Holstein-Friesian breed of cattle
originated in Holland. The origin, like al!
our domesticated cattle, is obscure, but
these animals have certainly been bred
in Holland for more than 2,000 years, and
as a result have made the. country fa
mous" for the production of milk, butter
and cheese. It is generally’ assumed that
these cattle are descended from the pre
historic giant ox which inhabited Europe
many hundred years ago. The origin of
the name Holstein-Friesian came about as
follows: Twenty-five years ago cattle
were brought to this country under the
name of Holsteins and Dutch Friesians,
and were sold as different breeds, their
interests being represented by different
breeders’ associations. As a matter of
fact, the name Holstein has no applica
tion in Holland. |he native country of
tltose cattle, but refers to a small prov-
InEe In German empire where black
I arid white cattle are found. The word
! Friesian, on the other hand, is derived
from the province of Friesland, which is
in Holland, and this is the name by which
the breed should he known in America
as it is in Holland. As the cattle Import
ed to America from Holland were prac
tically all of the same breed and from
near the same locality, it was finally
agreed by the Importers to unite their
interests and ball the breed Holstein
i Friesian. This will explain, I trust to
I your satisfaction, the difference between
Hblstein and Holstein-Friesians. indicat
ing that the correct name of this breed
should have been Frieaians, the worti |
Holstein being omitted. As a matter of
fact, the word Holstein is the one now
by which they are generally known, the
word Friesian gradually sinking into dis
use in this country.
We would suggest by all means that
you aerate and cool your milk. There are
many kinds of apparatus on the market
which may be used for this purpose. lAc
like the kind through wtyich a continuous
stream of water can be passed.and which
allows the milk to pass over the cooled
surface Into a thin stream rather slowly,
thus exposing it to the largest volume
of air. If the aerator is properly placed
in a sanitary dairy house, and the milk
as soon as drawn cooled and aerated, as
suggested, the cow odor will be gotten
rid of, and a quality of milk which will
keep better secured. We believe that milk
can be aerated and much objectionable
matter removed from it to the best ad
vantage by running it through a separa- |
tor. We would suggest that it be aerated
and then run through a separator, the
cream and milk being thoroughly mixed
together before bottled.
RAISING A BALE OF COTTON PER
ACRE.
j. p. K., Columbus, Ga., writes: I
nave some gray land with clay subsoil
on which I hope to make a bale of cotton
per acre. How much of each of the fol
lowing ingredients should I use to make
a fertilizer for use on cotton and corn,
and how much to use per acre: 16 per
('ent acid phosphate, 7 per cent cotton seed
meal, and 48 per cent muriate of potash.
I expect to use a top dressing of 100-
pounds of nitrate of soda on both the (
corn and cotton.
A very good formula fdr use on corn
and cotton may be prepared as follows:
Mix together 900 pounds of 7 per cent
cotton seed meal, 1,000 pounds of 16 perl
cent acid phosphate and 100 pounds of 48
per cent muriate of potash. We would
suggest that you be careful to see that >
you purchase meal containing 7 per cent
of nitrogen and not 7 per cent of am
monia, 2 1-2 per cent phosphoric acid
and 1 1-2 per cent of potash. The mix
ture would then contain per ton about
63 pounds of nitrogen, 183 pounds of phos
phoric acid and 62 pounds of potash. Its
percentage composition will be about 3.1
per cent of nitrogen. 9.1 per cent of
phosphoric acid and 3.1 per cent of pot
ash. For sandy land this mixture will
be a little low ih potash. In that ease
we would cut down the cotton seed meal
by 50 pounds, which will not reduce the
nitrogen materially, and put in 50 pounds
additional of muriate of potash, which
will bring the percentage of potash up to
a little better than 4 per cent. The ad- :
ditional amount of nitrogen needed to
Insure a vigorous crop of corn and cot
ton may be supplied by an application of i
150 pounds of nitrate of soda as a top]
dressing. The nitrogen should be put |
on the top of the ground, the moisture in
the soil being sufficient in amount, ex
cept possible in an exceedingly dry spell,
to dissolve It and convey it to the roots
of the plant. We would suggest that
you use at least 500 pounds per acre of i
this mixture. Prepare your land by
plowing it very thoroughly and deeply
this fall so as to allow it to absorb as
much moisture as possible and be pul
verized by whatever frosts we may have
and put in the best mechanical condition
to receive the seed.
You will find it highly important if
you are seeking large yields to gather up
as much litter, leaves and barnyard
refuse of every description as possible.
and either compost it or scatter it over
| your land and plow it under to prevent
i its being blown or washed away. Veg
etable matter in the soil is even more
essential In securing large yields than
the mere application of large quantities
of commercial fertilizer. This is a fact
that we are constantly overlooking, and
It is more important that corn land be
well supplied with vegetable matter than
cotton land, since corn is a much gross
er feeding crop than cotton. We do not
think that 700 to 1,000 pounds of this
fertilizer on corn will be too much to
use, especially if the land is thin and has
been cropped for many years so as to
exhaust the humus.
FARM ERS’U Nl 0 NICO LLEGE
MOVEMENTJjIVEN impetus
Leaders of the Organization
Come Here to Confer With
President
A strong impetus has been given to
the movement to establish the proposed
National Farmers’ university in Atlanta
by a series of conferences held during the
past week with President C. S. Barrett
by prominent Farmers’ union leaders
from several southern states, who came
here for the purpose of familiarizing
themss?ces with the details of the plan,
and to ffein some idea of the present
status of affairs concerning the selection
of a site.
Among them were the following: J. S.
Mobley, of Arkansas; T. J. Brooks, of
Tennessee, J. C. Campbell, of Washing
ton, D. C.; W. A. Morris, of Alabama;
John Lee, of Georgia; O. P. Ford, of Ala
bama, John Grady, of Kentucky; Dr. C.
F. Adams, dean of the Arkansas experi
mental station, and others.
Dr. Mobley is a successful farmer and
one of the most prominent Farmers’ un
ion leaders in the country. He thinks
Atlanta would be a splendid location for
the proposed university, and if a definite
movement is launched to that end he will
support it. After Atlanta, he thinks Ar
kansas should get the institution, and he
states that 'his state will make a srong
bid for 1.
A meeting will be held about the first of
the year, either in Atlanta or at Union
City, for the board of trustees and all
others Interested in the college, and a
definite movement will be set under way
at that time.
NEGRO MINERS DIE
IN ENTOMBED MINE
M ADISON VILLE, Ky., Dec. 14—A res
cuing party headed by State Mine Inspec
tor C. J. Norwood last night found ths
bodies of the saven negro miners entomb
ed in the ill-fated Baker mine of the
West Kentucky Coal company end all
were removed from the mine. The ne
groes had evidently diea from blac>
damp. They had been entombed since
Saturday afternoon.
MIX TO BE BURIED
IN ARMY CEMETERY
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. 14.—First Ser
geant G. O. Mix, the leper, who was at
Fort Screven for the past five years and
who died there yesterday, wyi probably
be burled in the national cemetery, negi
Chattanooga, in a few days. Plans
now being made to escort the body from
the fort to the city. Sergeant Mix request
ed that he buried in the National cem
etery.
He was entitled to this honor, as lie
had served his country well both In Cube
and in the Philippines. He was the per
sonal friend of General Chaffee, having
been very close to that officer in the'Ma
nilla campaign, and he had friends scat
tered throughout the entire army.
CIVIL VaR VETER AN
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE
Mr. James M. Brown, an aged Con
federate veteran, and one of the oldest
survivors of the war between the states,
died Monday at the Soldiers’ home. He
was in his 87th year.
Mr. Brown was born in Cobb county
in 1832, and with three sons entered the
Confederate service at the beginning of
the war in 1861. All were assigned to
company E, Second Georgia regiment,
and for four years father and sons
fought side by side, and in 1865 surrend
ered with Johnson s army in North
Carolina. The four, who had been com
panions in that bitter struggle, made
their way back to Georgia, and went to
work to redeem their lost fortunes.
A year after the war one of the sons
died, but the eldest, Mr. W. J. Brown,
was with his father at the time of his
death. Another son. Mr. John M. Brown,
of Newten county, and a daughter. Miss
Polly Brown, of Marietta, survive him.
Funeral arrangements will be announc
ed later.
MINISTER EXPELLED
FROM METHODIST CHURCH
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14— Both expul
sion from the ministry end from mem
bership in the church follow rhe decision
by the South Mississippi conference of
"ie Methodist Episcopal church, south, in
ihe case of Rev. J. W. Crisler. He was
found guilty of charge of gross immor
ality in a special report rendered before
the adjournment of the conference here
late yesterday.
MW FIGHTS WITH WOLF
] TO SAVE HIS DAUGHTER
OWENSBORO. Ky.. Dec. 14.—The irre
sistible call of the wild suddenly brought
the thirst for human blood to a pet wolf
belonging ,to Reuben Masters last night
when the animal escaped from its kennel,
dashed into the house and sprang at the
j throat of Masters’ young daughter.
Masters hurled himself between his
I daughter and the enraged animal. The
■ teeth of the wolf closed like a vise on
the man’s arm. With his free hand he
j grabbed the wolf by the throat and the
j two went to the floor in a struggle. The
wolf was finally choked to such an ex
tent that he released his sold on Mr.
Masters’ arm.
A neighbor ran in with a hammer and
killed the wolf while Mr. Masters held it.
It was sent to him from Idaho a year
ago. The animal Jiad always been gen
tle.
SUPT. POUND HEADS
STATE N. E. ASSOCIATION
State School Commissioner Jere M.
Pound has accepted the invitation of Ir
win Shepard, of Winona. Minn., secretary
of the National Educational association,
to fill the office of state director of that
association for Georgia during the rest
of the year, supplying the vacancy left
by the resignation of C. B. Gibson, for
mer superintendent of schools at Colum
bus, Ga. Mr. Gibson resigned because he
left school work. Commissioner Pound
will direct the affairs of the office till
the next convention of the national asso
ciation, which will be held either in Bos
ton or San Francisco. I
Commissioner Pound has also accepted
his nomination to membership in the
Southern Educational council, of which
he has Just been notified by J. J. Claxton,
of Knoxville. Mr. Claxton is a member
of the committee of three appointed by
the Southern Educational association to
organize the council. Thip latter body
will organize at the convention of the
association, which will be held in Char
lotte on December 28 and 29. Commis
sioner Pound has been invited to deliver
one of the addresses that will be heard
then.
Provides for Recess
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—Soon after
the house convened today. Representa
tive Payne, of New York, the majority
leader. offered a concurrent resolution
from the committee on ways and means
providing for a Christmas holiday recess
extending from Tuesday, Decembe 21, un
til Tuesday, January 4.
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VICTIM’S HANDWRITING
MAY SOLVE BATHTUB CASE
NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—The mysterious
esse of Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead, the bath
tub tragedy victom at East Orange. N J.,
where she lived with her aunt. Miss Vir
ginia O. Wardlaw. now charged with her
murder, was called to the attention of
the grand jury of Essex county. N. J., to
day. The signature of Ocey Snead, at
tached to an affidavit, and which the of
ficials are satisfied is authentic and
therefore valuable for purposes of com
parison, was unearthed today. . «•>'
This new example of the bathtub vic
tim’s writing, it is believed, will aid ma
terially in clearing up the authenticity
of the disputed suicide note, now gen
erally considered the crux of the case.
Chief Justice Fummere, in charging the
December grand jury at Newark today,
said:
“It is your duty to try to determine
whether Mrs. Ocey W. M. Snead died vol
untarily or by the hand of another. That
she did not die by the hand of another
is not quite plain.” . ’
He urged the jurors to give the case
their careful and closest scrutiny and if
the evidence found probable grounds of
guilt to indict for murder.
Counterfeited for Xmas
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—A desire to get
money with which to buy Christmas pres
ents is the excuse given by two men
who admit counterfeiting dollars, half
dollars and five-cent pieces. George Salaob
and John Ryssko were the men arrested
yesterday.
Good Word for the Horse
Milwaukee Journal.
“It’s money that makes the mare go,
old man.”
“Yes. but it doesn’t require as much aa
it does to operate an automobile.”
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