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Ths Journal fleet*** to lucrea* • the usefulness of its agricultural
pages in every possible way. For this purpose, the department of inquiries
*ad answers is to bo greatly enlarged. Any information pertaining to
agriculture, the proper Ullage of the soil, the proper use of fertilisers,
seeding for crops, stock and cattle breedlag, poultry raising and in fact,
all subjects pertaining to the farm upon which information may bo
sought or practical suggestions offered, will bo published in these
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Wo request our readers to use those psgos freely. Wo will endeavor
to furnish information, if the questions are asked. Letters addressed to
Dr Andrew M Boule. President State Agricultural Co 11 ego, Athens, Ga.,
wiU receive prompt attention, and she replies will be published in The
Semi-Weekly Journal.
Cotton Seed Meal in its Relation to Ani
mal Industries.
We are the richest people on earth
and the moat indifferent to rlchneaa. If
medieval days still prevailed in Europe
as they once did. we could make the
ransoming of kings a specialty, paying
the tribute out of what we now vute
annual!)' and have a large surplus left.
Statistics are the most useful and the
most unreliable data with which we
have to deal; but it is a fact that in
the last 13 years the south has exported
*,290.000 tons of cotton seed meal. This
meal contained on a conservative esti
mate. 830.g00.000 pounds of nitrogen,
worth at IS cents a pound. 1153.508.000.
151 <OO.OOO pounds of phosphoric acid,
worth at l«nt> a pound 810.004.000:
and 251.800.000 pounds of potash, worth
at 5 cents a pound. 812,580.000. This
represents a permanent removal from
the soils of America of 1.383.800.000
pounds of plant food, worth at the low
figures utilized in the cultivation, 81‘L
-152,000. There is not a man or corpor
ation tn the civilized world who would
undertake to return to our soils this
vast and inconceivable amount of plant
•food for anything like the figure quoted
hbove. For this vast treasure of plant
food we received for the sale price of
cotton seed meal exported during the
last II years. 8183,878,790. Therefore
it brought 837.772.210 loss than the
plant food it cotnained was worth.
It will be demonstrated in this paper
to the complete satisfaction of any
roeirnnsbit person that cotton seed meal
is worth 825 a ton as a foodstuff; that
it outranks in feeding and fertilising
value in its pure state any other known
eoneentrate; and if this statement be
true, there was an additional loss of
1157,250.000. which with the loss on fer
tilisers. represents more than 8200.000,-
000 of s preventable loss to the south
tn the last 13 years from the exportation
of cotton seed meat This is a part of
the tribute we are paying for not utilis
ing the gifts of nature as God Almighty
intended we should; for not developing
our agricultural colleges, stimulating
extension teaching, and thereby develop
ing the only permanent type of ag
ricultural practice which our civilization
knows, namely, live stock husbandry.
On account of neglecting this great in
dustry we have reaped a harvest of
tares and thorns, and the landscape,
so beautifully carved by the Lands of
the Creator, is being desecrated and de
stroyed in a manner so wanton as to
shock the sensibilities of the sge in
which we live. •• e see in the old red
hills, desolated by erosion and perma
nently impoverished, the result of neg
lecting animal husbandry. The little old
log cabin, a fit home for the pioneer
but not for the aggressive farmer of
today, is but added evidence of the
truth of this statement; and the general
exhaustion of our soils, due to the neg
lect of this primal industry, is bring
ing in its wake an impoverishment and
depression of the people; and thio in a
territory favored with the most delight
ful climate tn the world and with op
portunities unsurpassed elsewhere Pes
simism is to be abhorred and these
statements hove not been made to dis
courage, but to bring home the truth
in a direct and forceful manner that
we may all realise our responsibility
and assist in tne rejuvenating process
which alone will make it possible for
us to reclaim our greatest asset —the
soil, and through it build a permanent
and progressive civilisation that will
stand unimpaired through all the ages
yet to come
There are some who might suppose
that these figures have been quoted for
effect and that they represent the on
ly source of loss. It is to be regretted
that they do not, for of the 5,012,848
tons of seed produced tn 1807, only 2,-
841.881 tons were crushed. This repre
sented less than two-thirds of the crop,
la other words. 2.088.885 tons were re
tained on the farms to be used as seed,
feed or fertilizer. Tet there was contain
ed la this seed fully 1i7.285.870 worth
of oil that has no conceivable use in
the nutrition of planta and makes the
stock, and can only be regarded there
fore in the light of an additional waste.
It has been clearly established that 800
pounds of high grade meal are equiva
lent in fertilizing value to one ton of
seed, and since the seed retained on the
farms would have produced about 840,-
812 tons of meal. It would have had
on this basis the fertilising equivalent
of 1,858.593 tons of seed. As a matter
of fact, the farmer can obtain from
the oil mills from 1.200 to 1,600 pounds
of meal in exchange for a ton of seed,
so that it would seem dearly to his ad
vantage. where -aeee conditions prevail,
to exchange the seed and turn into the
channels of commerce the 83.080,535 gal
lons of oil tn question. Besides, if the
farmer would take the meal and feed it,
there is certainly every reason to believe
that it would be worth to him as feed
and fertilizer approximately 842.044.800.
which would insure him. on the basis
of an exchange of one ton of seed for
800 pounds of meal, a price of better
than 820 a ton for his seed.
In some states statistics indicate that
only 10 per cent of the seed is crushed.
There is certainly something wrong, and
It is very evident that there is a need
of co-operation between the farmer and
the erusher which does not see to ex
ist in many instances at the present
time. It would probably be difficult for
the layman to suggest a remedy for
these conditions, real or imaginary, on
the part of both farmer and crusher,
but why not form a co-partnership;
why not explain to the farmer what is
in the seed and what comes out of it.
We believe that if he understood the
situation he would be willing to allow
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the crusher a fair profit. On*the other
hand, we think the crusher should al
ways be willing to pay the farmer the
highest price he possibly can for his
seed. This has not always been done
and has tended to create a part of the
prejudice which now exists. The oil
mill man can also Improve his status
with the farmer if he handles only a
high grade product. Many do not seem
to believe this, but an extended experi
ence in talking to farmers and in work
ing with them, but confirms the advis
ability of such a practice.
What is needed above every thing!* ed
ucation. Nothing will break down preju
dice more quickly and more complete
ly on the part of all concerned than to
feel they understand the true status
of the question and are able to deal
with the situation so as to fully pro
tect their interests
A considerable sum of money is being
appropriated to extend th* markets of
cotton seed products in foreign coun
tries. This Is an excellent idea, pro
vided we are not taking too much from
our own country in exchange for what
we receive. No effort. comparatively
speaking, has been made to educate th*
people of the south with reference to cot
ton seed and its by-products. There is
a market here at home for more than
we produce today or ever will produce.
"Why not engage in a campaign of edu
cation that will enlighten our people
with reference to all phases of this in
dustry? This can only redound to the
everlasting benefit and credit of the
cotton seed crushers of the south, and
no man can correctly portray the bene
fits it will confer upon our farming in
terests.
There is an agricultural college in
every state ready to lead the vanguard
in an extension movement which will
result in scattering broadcast the length
and breadth of the south vital informa
tion with reference to this Important
subject. .
If the crushers’ association in each
state will co-operate with its
tural college, will get touch with We
educational leaders, will assist
institutions in securing from their res
pective legislatures th* funds needed
for their proper maintenance, for the
development of extension teaching, and
for the fostering of research workjhey
will have made the greatest forward
movement in the history of the
sation and will have done more to ad
vance the permanent welfare of _th«
south than can be done in any other
SUGGE6TION CONCERNING ALFAL
FA CULTIVATION.
W. T< 8.. Mount Airy, Ga., writes: I
wish some information in regard to al
falfa growing. The soil here is only about
ten Inches deep *nd is a red clay with
red subsoil and has plenty of drain
age. capable of producing 25 to 80 bushels
of corn per acre. Would plowing under
a crop of cowpeas and applying three
to four tons of lime, and 400 pounds of a
fertiliser put it in shape for alfal
fa* What about Inoculating the soil?
The rich red soils of north Georgia are
among the most fertile in the state, aud
W hsre they have sufficient depth and
are properly prepared may be made to
grow alfalfa successfully. These lands,
as a rule, are very heavy, however, and
should be broken thoroughly and deeply,
for in most Instances they have been
plowed very shallow in the past. They
should have good depth, for alfalfa is a
deep rooted plant and will strike into
the soil to a depth of two or three feet
on our red clay lands and much deeper
in those of a more porous texture. Cow
peas will be an excellent crop to use
for increasing the store of vegetable
matter in the soil. They should be sown
as soon as possible either broadcast or
in drills We prefer to drill in rows
about eight Inches apart. By drilling
the peas are covered more uniformly and
a better stand is secured, and this' is a
very important matter. It will certain
ly be good practice to use at least 800
pounds of a 10-4 mixture under the peas.
The peas should be plowed under in the
fall, great care being taken to cover
them completely. The plowing is best
done about the Ist to 15th of September.
The land should then be thoroughly fined
with surface-working Implements and
the alfalfa sown not later than the first
of October It may either be broadcasted
or sown in drills 8 to 18 inches apart.
Before seeding the alfalfa apply a 2-10-5
fertiliser at the rate of at least 500 to
1000 pounds per sore. Lime should be put
on previously, not less than one ton of
caustic lime or five tons of finely ground
limestone rock of good quality being
used. We would inoculate the soil by all
means, and our experience indicates that
It is better to use soil from a field where
alfalfa has been grown previously and
scatter over the ground at the rate of
300 pounds per acre.
SELECTING A GOOD VARIETY OF
WHEAT.
R. P.. Ragland, Ala., writes: I inclose
two heads of volunteer wheat. Please
give me the name, where I can get
seed, and all the Information you can.
It is impossible to identify varieties
cf wheat with any degree of accuracy
from a mere examination of the heads.
The heads of a given variety vary mark
edly, depndlng on the character of soil
they have grown on, the size of stool
from which they develop and the season.
We have made quite an elaborate study
of varieties of wheat at different times,
and after trying to standardise varieties
which we knew to be pure for several
years, it was still possible to go into
SOUTH CAROLINA PLINS
TEN NEW COTTON PLANTS
Combined Capitalization of In
dustries Will Amount to
$3,000,000
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Aug. 9—ln spite
of the unfavorableness of the cotton
goods markets, new mills continue to be
organized, and there are at present at
least ten new mill projects being en
gineered in this immediate section.
Here is a list in the Carolinas, re
cently announced, which are assured:
At Chesnee, 8. C.. a new 8400,000 mill.
At Laurens, 8. C., a new 8400,000 mill.
At Newberry, 8. C., a new 8400,000
mill.
At Gray Court. 8. C., a new 8300.000
mill.
At Florence, 8. C.. a new 8&00jb00 mill.
At Prosperity, 8. C., a new '8200,000
mill.
At Clinton, 8. C„ a new 8300,000 mill.
At Fountain Inn. 8. C., a new 8300.000
mill.
At Williamston, 8. C.. a newß 3,000,000
mill.
At Greenville. 8. C„ a new 8200,000
mill.
These mills alone represent a capital
ization of 83.000,000. On several of
these mills work has actually begun.
Four have been Incorporated. It is ex
pected to have all the plants ready for
operation within six months.
In North Carolina, also, numerous big
mill projects are underway, including a
large new mill at Winston-Salem, N. C.,
and one in Moore county.
the field and find several distinct types
of heads. You will see from this, there
fore, that it would be impossible to
determine the variety of the samples of
heads sent with any degree of accuracy.
Os course, we can tell that the glooms
are more or less velvety, the heads are
beardless and the straw somewhat whit
ish in color, but these are minor points
that are not of material Importance in
determining the real value of a given
variety. The best advice we can give
you along this line is to choose that
variety of wheat which has given the
best success 4n your community, select
ing it with care, choosing the heads for
reproduction from only the most perfect
plants, and grow these 'on an especially
well prepared piece of ground and rese
lect the next year. This will involve
some labor, but if you persist in the
wor» your reward is certain.
Among the best varieties of wheat that
we have tested for growth in the south
are the Fulcaster, Mediterranean and
Poole. These are standard aorta and you
should have no difficulty in securing
seed of these strains. Os course, you
should remember that the source of
the seed, the conditions under which it
has been grown and the attention given
to its selection are matters of grave
importance and determine very material
ly what the value of the variety may be
for your conditions.
• • •
MANAGEMENT OF BREEDING ANI
MALS.
R- D. M., Baldwin, Ga., writes: I am
preparing to go into the hog business,
and wish to know how to manage the
boar and brood sow for beet results. You
know corn is high. I wish to secure as
many as ten pigs from each Jitter. I have
been selling pigs at some profit, but I
wish to raise better ones and more of
them. Can we afford to pay 81 a bushel
for corn to feed to hogs with a good Ber
muda pasture and running water?
In this climate sows that are kept in
good condition may be bred twice a year.
It is best to have one litter of pigs come
in the early spring and the other as early
in the autumn as possible, so as to get
considerable growth on them before cold
weather when grain feed which la ex
pensive becomes necessary. Breeding an
imals should be k«ut in good condition,
but never too fat. Brood sowns are more
likely to come In heat if penned and fed
grain. The ration should not contain too
much corn, however. You will find a
mixture of one-third corn and two-thirds
middlings with a little digester tankage a
good ration to use. This may be fed as
a thin slop. All the waste from the
kitchen can also be utilised. After the
animals are bred they may. be turned on
grazing crops. Both the malea and fe
males may be maintained very largely on
gracing crops in this climate. You can
have a succession of these crops very
well adapted to the needs of hogs, and
you can reduce the amount of corn or
dinarily fed to a marked degree. One
dollar corn is a high-priced grain to feed
to hogs that can be maintained and made
to grow and thrive on a succession of
such erops as crimson clover, oats or
wheat, cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts and
artichokes. Develop a system of fenced
paddocks as quickly as you can, and sow
each down to a crop which will fit into
a rotation, and enable you to produce two
growths on the same land in a year. By
this means you will have plenty of green
feed at all seasons and a large per cent
of the crops may be made to produce the
greater part of the grain needed for the
maintenance of the animals. You should
have a Bermuda pasture by all means as
a paPt of your permanent system of graz
ing lots.
• • •
PREPARING LAND FOR FALL
WHEAT.
J .R. M., Wolf Creek, N. C., writes: I
have an acre of light red gravelly clay
that I want td sow in wheat this fall and
wish to know how much fertilizer I
should put on. I also have about one
fourth of an acre of ground that is too
open or puffy. It is dark red with little
fine gravel. Would like to know what to
do to make the ground firmer. I have put
several loads of manure on it. I have
also used guano. I have it in sweet po
tatoes this year. Do you think lime
would help it and how much should I
use?
The best results in wheat production
are secured on lands that contain a con
siderable amount of vegetable matter.
The great wheat-producing section of the
Canadian northwest consists of a soil
which has been formed largely through
the decay of vegetable matter. It is a
rich black land, sometimes showing as
much as 6 per cent of nitrogen on analy
sis. When you consider that much of our
soil does not show over 2 per cent of ni
trogen, you ean see what a wonderful
difference In quantity and availability of
plant food exists between these two types
of soils.
One desiring to grow wheat on land
such as you have described should pre
pare to apply vegetable matter in consid
erable quantities either in the form of
farmyard manure or green crops plowed
under. It is not too late to sow peas or
velvet beans yet, and it would be advis
able to seed them on this land as soon
as possible. Tn addition you Should use
a fertilizer containing a fair amount of
phosphoric acid and potash. We would
say not less than 200 pounds of the former
and 50 pounds of the latter. The peas
should be ployed under and the land al
lowed to firm and compact at least two
weeks before planting the wheat. Choose
a good variety of wheat and seed at the
rate of one bushel and a peck per acre.
The land that you describe as puffy
should be benefited by an application of
lime, using at least one ton per acre-
Purchase It in the caustic form and put
In piles in the fields such distances as
will insure the application of a ton per
0. B. Stevens Is Handed Hot
Stuff by G. N. Bagwell, of
Winder. Corroborated by
W. D. Branan
Editor Journal:
I notice in your issue of the 6th an
effort at a denial on the part of O. B-
Stevens of the truth of an affidavit by
me that during the year 1902 a guano
company for which I was at work sent
8500 into this state to be used as a
part of a campaign fund for Mr. Ste
vens during said year, while he was
Commissioner of Agriculture. You will
notice that Mr. Stevens only says that
no such fund or any other amount was
ever contributed by any company for a
campaign fund for himself. He does
not deny that money was given him by
a guano company. I didn’t swear, nor
do I say now, that he used the money
for campaign purposes, but that it was
sent for this purpose, and repeat now
that a check was sent into this state
for 3500 for such purpose. Os course,
he could have used the money for other
purposes.
The Hon. M. J. Yeomans, son-in-law
of Mr. Stevens, spent the day here last
Thursday seeking certain information
concerning my affidavit. I told him
then to go back to Atlanta and tell
Mr. Stevens to deny the truth of my
affidavit and I would then give it. But
you see Mr. Stevens doesn’t do this
in full; and I ask you now, Mr. Ste
vens, did you receive certain sums of
money from guano companies in 1902,
and especially the 8600, regardless of
whether you used it for campaign pur
poses or not? That there wag such a
sum sent for your use there is no ques
tion, so what did you do with it?
As to the connection your son-in-law
puts J. A. Perry’s nams with this con
troversy, I desire to say that I told
him what I knew about this, volunta
rily, and made th* affidavit in the same
manner, and he is in no way responsi
ble for my action in this matter.
I have no interest in your defeat, other
than I know you to be a man who ought
not to be in a position of trust in this or
any other state. And since you insinuate
that but for certain reasons you would
not have noticed what I swore to, I ask
any on* who would question the truth of
my affidavit, believes that I would b« a
acre and cover lightly with earth and
allow to slake. Then spread uniformly
over the ground. Be sure to remove the
earth to the depth of two or three Inches
where the lime waa pilad, so as not to
leave a non-productive spot in the field.
This is probably th* best way to han
dle lime on a small scale. While 11m*
may be applied at variou* seasons, it is
probably best to put It on in the fall of
the year. It should be applied two or
three weekq before a crop is put on th*
land. Borne crops like cotton do not seem
to be benefited by liming, but It is help
ful to all leguminous crops, and seems
to give good results with corn. We hav*
found on the college farm this year that
where lime wag us*d the rate of one
ton per acre the southern corn root worm
has not damaged our corn anything like
as badly as where lime was not used.
In other words, the destruction of plants
where no lime was used amounted to 6.1
per cent; where lime was used this loss
waa reduced to 1.75 per cent. Should this
ratio of benefit be maintained in future
experiments, it would indicate that lime
could be used with advantage and profit
on many of our soils.
• • •
DESTROYING WEEVILS IN CORN.
W. N. Y., Hazlehurst, Ga, writes: Will
you advlss me the names of the drugs
to kill weevils in oom. I have some
old corn and want to kill the weevils so
as to keep them out of my new corn.
Weevils may be destroyed in com and
in other grain by dissulphide of carbon.
The grain to be treated should first be
placed in a tight bin or box as the case
may be. If It is lined with tin so much
the better, though it is not necessary.
For every thousand cubic feet of space
or one ton of grain use one pound of
carbon bisulphide. The bisulphide should
be placed in a dish on top of the grain.
It is heavier than the air and will sink
to the bottom, destroying all life exls
tanent in the grain at the time. A second
treatment in a few days Is sometimes de
sirable as some of the eggs may have es
caped injury. Carbon bisulphide is very
Inflammable, and on that account the
treatment should be given in the day
time and matches or lights of any de
scription should not be brought in the vi
cinity of the fluid. When placed on top
of the grain some heavy material should
be thrown over the receptacle.
ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK AT
CONSERVATION MEETING
Gifford Pinchot has written to E. L.
Worsham, state entomologist, that he
will see Theodore Roosevelt this week
and that he is sure h* will be able to
Induce Mr. Roosevelt to speak at the
conservation meeting that will be held
in Atlanta October 8 and 9 for the organ
ization of a conservation association for
Georgia.
A meeting of the conservation commit
tee of the chamber of commerce was
held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock and
two committees were appointed to pre
pare for the meeting in October. On*
of these committees will look after the
financial end of the meeting and the
other will prepare a program.
The committee on finance consists of
V. H. Krelgshaber, chairman; Charles J.
Haden, Paul Norcross, B. L. Willing
ham, Walter G. Cooper and Dr Joe Ja
cobs.
The committee on program consists of
Dr. 8. W. McCallie, chairman; Thomas
Hudson, Alfred Akerman, Paul Norcross
and Wilmer L. Moore.
FARMERS TO ATTEND
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
MACON, Ga., Aug. 9.—The Bibb Coun
ty Farmers' Institute will send an enthus
iastic delegation to th* annual meeting
of the Georgia State Agricultural society
in Athens tomorrow.
In the party from this city will be
Messrs. W. G. Middlebrooks, Hugh V.
Washington, W. T. Hill, L. M. Solomon,
R. B. Hall, B. D. Lumsden, R. H. Plant,
T. H. Ayres, J. A. Flournoy and R. H.
Bowman.
GOLD WATCH SWIPED
/ BY PASSING AUTO
NEW YORK, Ang. 9.—Henry Yastow. a New
York produce merchant, aaserta that an auto
mobile stole his gold watch and chain and he
wants the machine or aomebody connected with
It arrested.
Yastow waa crossing an uptown street when
a machine whiazed by. He had a heavy bundle
on his shoulder and did not see the automobile
until it was too late to get out of the way. It
jpst grazed him. without doing him any serioua
Injury. But a projecting belt or screen caught
his watch and chain and his 515 gold timepiece
disappear*' -’-m3 -» 4aat with the au-
tomobile.
party to such a base act of political
trickery, were it not the truth, to write
either of the following gentlemen who
have known me most of my life:
W. H. Toole, Resident, First National
Bank.
R. L. Carithers, President, Smith A
Carithers, Bankers.
T. A. Maynard, President, Winder
Banking Company.
Rev. J. H. Wood, pastor of Christian
church.
Rev. L A. Brown, pastor of Baptist
church.
Rev. W. T. Hunnicut, pastor of Meth
odist church, all of Winder.
Mr. W. D. Branan was the sales agent
I referred to, of Atlanta. Ga., and in
him there isn’t a more honorable or
upright citizen of our state, and I ask
you to note what he says about this
’’farmers' friend.”
G. N. BAGWELL
Winder, Ga., Aug. 8, 1810.
August 4, 1910.
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that I was a travel
ing sales agent for a certain guano
company in Georgia during the year
1902 and during said year I was given a
certain amount of money by the man
agement of the company for which I
was at work to be delivered to the
president of a guano company in Geor
gia, which I did so deliver, and said
amount was in payment of the assess
ment of said company for which I was
at work for a campaign fund for O. B.
Stevens, who was then commissioner
of agriculture.
While said O. B. Stevens was com
missioner of agriculture he wrote said
company asking for prices qn fertilizers
in small quantities and said company,
acting under the Impression that he ex
pected said fertilisers without charge,
shipped him five tons complimentary to
Cornelia, Ga., and it later developed that
he had received numbers of such ship
ments. all of which was put on the
market, at out prices, resulting in the
cancellation of the contract which I had
made for the company for which I was at
work at said point. W. D.
COPELAND REPLIES TO
LETTER WRITEEN 81SHILN
President of Floyd Smith Club
Answers President Shaw
of Brown Club
ROME, Ga., Aug. B.—F. W. Copeland,
president of the Hoke Smith club of
Floyd county, has Issued the following
statement in answer to a letter written
by President Walter Shaw, of the Brown
club of Floyd county:
COPELAND’S STATEMENT.
"Hon. Walter Shaw, president of th*
Floyd County Governor Brown club, has
written a letter, a wonderful letter, and
has mailed a eopy of it to practically
•very voter in the county.
“This remarkable letter tells the people
that th* country prospers under Governor
Brown, regardless of an unfriendly leg
islature, a legislature that just won’t at
tend to its business, that will not do as
Governor Brown says, but persists in
I standing for th* principles favored by
Hoke Smith and which have be*n partly
enacted into law and the remainder will
Ibo after Governor Brown has been dis
posed of.
I "This is an astounding statement of
Brother Shaw, that the country prospers
! since the negro has been disfranchised,
it prospers since the convict lease sys
tem ha* been forever abolished, it pros
pers with the registration law requiring
I registration to be made six months b*-
I fore the election, it prospers with free
passes abolished, it prospers with passen
ger rates reduced, it prospers with a
railroad commission of five members. In
fact, Brother Shaw should hav* told the
people that his governor had been sit
ting there with his hands tied by an un
friendly legislature that persisted in rep
resenting the people of Georgia and not
the special interests, and that they with
their immediate predecessors acting in
conjunction with Governor Smith had laid
a permanent and broad foundation for th*
state's prosperity, and that upon that
foundation the state was prospering, not
under Governor Brown, but in spite of
him. The dog tax law is one new law
signed by Governor Brown.
"But there is a Uttle more prosperity
that the people want, and that they are
going to get. They are still insisting that
the lobbyist be banished or at least tag
ged. How do*s Governor Brown stand
on this? H* has written two annual
messages to the legislature and several
special ones and has never mentioned
it. Does he believe in letting well enough
alone? Or has h* any convictions on th*
question?
PEOPLE WANT PROSPERITY.
"Th* people want passenger rat«s to
remain reduced. How is Governor
Brown on this? Has he experienced
any change of heart since, when as rail
road commissioner he opposed any re
duction and voted against reduction?
“They want freight rates adjusted so
as to prevent discrimination and re
duced to a fair basis. How is Governor
Brown on tbis?
"They want the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad to either quit using’ the
Western and Atlantic railroad from Car
tersville to Atlanta or that it be com
pelled to pay the people, the owners of
the property for the use thereof. How
is Governor Brown on this question?
Speak up, Brother Shaw, and tell the
people of Floyd county, when will Gov
ernor Brown undertake to put the
Louisville and Nashville off the state’s
railroad?
“When will h« indorse low freight and
passenger rates? Brother Shaw says
every manufacturing plant is busy.
What about the Floyd cotton mills.
Brother Shaw? Tell the people how
many days in the last 12 months the
operatives at the Aragon mills have
had no work? How long did it run four
days only in the week? How long, that
is how many days has the Lindale mills
been shut down during Governor
Brown's administration, and this mill is
recognized everywhere in the south as
being one of the strongest and best ad
ministered mills in the south?
“Tell the farmers why the mills say !
they can’t run on full time? Give them
the answer that the mills will give you, '
that is that the price of cotton is too
high. And tell them the truth that the
mills all over the country from the
north to the south are curtailing their
outpu. and shutting down in an effort
on their part to force down the price of
the farmers' cotton. i
"Don't generalize so much, get int*
James a. perky, oe imitai hum,
DEPRECATES 0. B. STEVENS MIXING BIS
NAME WITH STEVENS-BAGWELL CON
TROVERSY.
IL
Bhk J®!
JAMES A. PTkkT.
Candid at* for railroad oonunissionsr
against O. B. Stevens.
Editor Journal:
There was no occasion for Col O. B.
Stevens and the Hon. M. J. Yeomans,
Mr. Stevens' son-in-law, mixing my
name with their controversy between Mr.
G. N. Bagwell and themselves.
Mr. Stevens, you refused to discuss
certain questions with me two weeks ago
and I am glad that you have found in
Mr. Bagwell a man worthy of your at
tention. But since you have forced me
to say something I hope you will excuse
me for reminding you again:
The peoole, and especially the farmers
of Georgia, are anxiously waiting for
your reply to the charge against you in
1905 by Hon. Harvie Jordan (just before
you quit the farming business; we put
you in. you know, in 1904) that you
were at that time working in the interest
of the guano trusts instead of the farm
ers in an effort to break the price of
cotton. Awful times then, you know.
Cotton down, organizations going on
trying to check the price; a system of
warehouses was being formed, but you
couldn’t see why the guano trusts were
sending out thousands of guano tags
In unbroken packages in cars of guano,
never to be used, as many as seven tags
on one bag oftentimes, farmers paying
for this waste of tags, too. but you just
couldn't stand to bear a man charge the
guano trusts with doing this to break
the price of cotton so that they might
get cotton notes for their goods, then let
it > found that less fertiliser, compar
atively, waa used and cotton goes up.
you see the point?
Pitiful weaklings they were, just had
to have the commissioner of agriculture
of a big state like Georgia to defend
them. Not one of them uttered a word
of defense, but you were good enough to
do so for them.
And again, since you would have me
say something, tell them also how you
details a little and see where the pros
perity comes in with the cost of living
so high that only millionaires like you
and Governor Brown can eat meat.
"If Brown has forced prosperity in the
face of that horrible legislature, then
why don’t you turn him loos* on th*
trusts and see if he can 'bust a few?
"Lastly he tells the people that Gov
ernor Brown attends strictly.to the du
ties of office. Let the president of
the Brown club write once more and tell
the people what he has don*. Maybe,
he can tell why the average man has to
wait from two to six months to get his
commission as justice of the peace from
the office of Governor Brown.
"Will he also undertake to say what
Governor Brown will do in reference to
the freight and passenger rates in the
event that circumstances should be such
that he had to appoint a few railroad
commissioners?
"Will he undertake to say what Gov
ernor Brown would do if the Georgia
railroad had anomer strike because of
its attitude towards negro firemen,
should the said railroad call on Gov
ernor Brown to send out troops to awe
white men into submission to the de
mands of the railroad? Would he send
them, or would he not?
"F. W. COPELAND.
"President Hoke Smith Club of Floyd
County.”
GEORGIA BAPTISTS
MEET AT BLUE RIDGE
BLUE RIDGE, Ga., Aug. 9.—The sec
ond annual session of the Georgia Baptist
assembly convened in their auditorium
Monday. A large crowd was in attend
ance. A great umber of the leading
Baptists of Georgia ar* in attendance.
Dr. Daniels, of the First Baptist
church of Atlanta, addressed the assem
bly at 11 o’clock today.
ALABAMA” COTTON IS
ESTIMATED AT 72
MONTGOMERY, AlaT Aug. 9—Com
missioner of Agriculture Wilkerson, in
an interview today, asserts that the
Alabama cotton crop is at best not over
70 to 72 per cent of normal and tne
prospect is not good for as good an
output as last year.
Its easy to reach TexasQ,
The Cotton Belt is the quick and direct line OH
to Texas, through Arkansas. It runs two trains, daily,
Memphis to Texas, with through sleepers, chair cars
and parlor case cars. Trains from all parts of
the Southeast connect in Memphis with these '--•
Cotton Bek trains to the Southwest
Low Fares
Southwest 9 fare W
TT VOL tickets will be sold
t^,e Cotton Belt to
poin ts in Arkansas, Loum- w
oEttiir i*na, Texas and Oklahoma. 6
Stop-overs are allowed and the 25 st
j ** return limit gives you plenty of
I to l°°k around. Take advantage
these low fares and investigate th*
Iffy A? J\>l wonderful opportunities open to you in
Southwest W
Don't wait until the big opportunities are gone. I
write today and tell me where you want to go. I will 1
wßsßtoMgigaaz sen<! y° u a complete schedule and tell you the cheapest “
ei?L cost O’ a ticket. I will also send you tree, our books
™ Texas and Arkansas, with county maps in colors,
to&jlljcjy L. P. SMITH, Traveling Passenger Agent
Terminal Hotel Building,
OHB Birmingham. Ale.
came to be engaged in the guano busi
ness while commissioner of agriculture
at Cornelia, Ga., and how it was that
you could sell it for less than other
dealers could buy it. You are the only
’farmer” (?) in Georgia who has ever
been able to do this. Were you able to
buy (?) it this way before you became
commissioner of agriculture? Mr. Bran
an gives an explanation of this. And
by the way, while It's on my mind, I
would like to inform you that Messrs.
Bagwell and Branan are two of our best
citizens. No two men are held in jylyher
esteem by the best people of their ac
quaintance.
No, Mr. Stevens, I could have been
asking embarrassing questions before
now, and wouldn’t do so now but. for
your giving me the dare. So tell «s why
it was that you discharged Hope Irwin,
one of your oil inspectors, if it was for
telling his acquaintances to buy 15-<:ent
oil when he found that the 15 and 20-
<ent oil were of precisely the same qual
ity. He says you wouldn't give him
any explanation why you discharged
him, and that he presented *you wt’fii A
petition signed by every business maq
of Marietta, save one. asking that you
retain him, and you ignored that as well
as to refuse tdl return his petition, and
that you have it jet.
There are many things you and I
don't agree about. I don’t think it is
right for Georgia consumers to be dis
criminated against in favor of Tennes
see; you do. I would have voted for
railroads to pay tax ir. each county
through which they run, just like farm
ers and other people, but you didn't
think it was right and voted against |
such st bill. And if your position in
1885, while a member of the legislature,
has been successful until today, the
farmers would have had a hard time 'pay
ing the millions and millions of dollars
of taxes the railroads began paying aft
er you got out of the legislature.
You know, "Uncle Obe,” the more we
think of the fact that the only thing
your friends ean think of, worth saying
about you, is. as they claim, you are a
‘‘farmer'’ (?), the mor| laughable their
position becomes. Why don’t they talk
about your record as commissioner of
agriculture and railroad commissioner?
You have been there long enough to
have made one, and maybe you have.
As to your friendly feeling toward
the Standard Oil company and your cut
prices on fertilizers, I have an affidavit
from Hope Irwin, of Marietta, Ga, and
Mr. J. T. King, of Cornelia Ga„ besides
the explanation of Mr. Branan gives us
about it. You or any one else can see
the original affidavits by calling on me.
No, the tax payers of this state have
made you a wealthy man and you would
be better off looking after your large
property accumulations. Continue to
spend the summer at you summer home
’mid the rippling waters and gentle
breezes of north Georgia and when tired
of this you can find pleasurs viewing
your large estates in the mild climate
of south Georgia during the winter. Th*
splendid real estate men of Atlanta will
look after your large holdings tiers
while you are away during the summer
and winter. J. A. PERRY.
••• •
SENATE ADOPTS HOPKINS
CODE ADD HOUSE BILLS
The two-hour debate oh the anti-lobby
bill fight having ended, the senate os
Tuesday resumed the special order Re
ported by the rules committee.
First rame the bill to have printed T-’
000 copies of the new Hopkins code. Sen
stor McCurry proposed to amend by
giving it to the state printer instead of
having it done by contract. This wai
voted down; and the bIU was then adopt
ed just as passed by the house.
Next came the house bill by Ar. Hall,
of Bibb, providing succession to the gov
ernor in case of death. It was passed.
Other house bills passed without discus
sion were:
The bill reducing the punishment for \
larceny after trust.
The bill regulating publication of cer
tain volumes of Georgia reports.
The bill raising the road age from 18
to 21 years and changing the road tax
from 50 cents to 81.00 per day for 10
days in each year was opposed by Sen
ator Burwell on the ground that each
county should be allowed to regulate
its own road affairs. Senator Slater
contended it is wrong to make 10-year
oid boys work the road, and he favored
the bill. The bill was passed with
amendments.
The bill regulating removal of cer
tain personal property from the bounds
of the state was passed with sight
amendments.
OTHER BILLS CONSIDERED.
The bill to provide elections for local
taxation was passed without opposition.
Next came the "clean sheet ’ bill, re
quiring sanitary conditions in hotels
in this state. It was passed by a vote
of 31 to 0.
The bill by Representative Alexan
der of Fulton, to protect persons fur
nishing labor or material for publie
works was passed.
The bill giving the United states
government land in Walker county for
a public road was passed.
Also the bill to amend the chartet
of Hapeville; resolution requiring stats
librarian to furnish law books to cer
tain judges.
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