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QUESTION AND ANSWER DEPARTMENT
Ths Jooraal deair eg to increase th* usefulness of its agricultural
pages tn every posslbl* way. For this purpose, ths department of Inquiries
end aMwars «s to be greatly enlarged. Any Information pertaining to
agriculture, the proper tillage of the soil, the proper use of feiAllzers.
seeding for crops, stock and cattle breeding, poultry raislng-and In fact,
ell subjects pertaining to the farm upon which information may bo
sought or practical suggestions off ere 1. will bo published in those
columni'.
We request our readers to use those pages freeiy. Wo will endeavor
to furnish ’nfonnatlon, if the questions are asked. Letters addressed to
Or. Andrew M. Soul*. President State Agricultural CoUoge, Athens, Qa.,
will receive prompt attention, and ;he replies will be published In The
Semi-Weekly Journal.
Some Interesting Facts About Cotton.
Cotton has been cultivated for a long
time tn the south, particularly in Geor
gia. Certainly, its cultivation had been
commenced in the earliest days of the
colony, the possibilities of its culture
having been reported to the council in
London. England, as early as 1710. or 170
years ago. From the very earliest date
ft seems to have been regarded as one
of the greatest crops which could be
cultivated, and history proves this con
clusion to have been correct.
The two big principal types of cotton
cultivated are the Sea Island or long
staple, and upland, or short staple. The
Sea Island cotton is supposed to have
originated in the Barbados islands, and
for a long time it was thought its cul
tivation could only be practiced suc
cessfully on the islands off the Atlan
tic coast. This has been shown to be
erroneous and the greater pert of the
crop is now grown in Georgia, though
Florida has in late years increased her
acreage of Sea Island cotton to a con
siderable extent. It la quite probable
that its cultivation can be extended much
beyond its present borders when better
methods of breeding and selection to
perpetuate those characteristics which
make it so valuable are more generally
appreciated than at the present time.
Th* origin of upland cotton Is not
clear, but It was certainly cultivated
from very sndaat times by the Indians
of Mexico, and particularly by the Moqui
tribe. The cotton grown by them as
compared with the upland cotton of to
day was very inferior indeed, and the
cotton produced in Mexico, as a rtrtg,
does not compare at all with that grown
in the gulf states.
Os the other grade or standard sorts
of cotton cultivated in the world the
Chinese is among the most peculiar.
This cotton grows on a very tall slen
der stalk: the bolls are small, compara
tively scarce on the plant, and the fiber
is very short. The average American
farmer would be utterly disgusted with
the cultivation of cotton if he had to
contend with a type of plant such as Is
produced in China. Thia cotton has one
advantage, however, in that the staple,
though short, is exceedingly tough, prob
ably being stronger than that of any
other type of cotton.
A great rival of Sea Island cotton is
that produced tn Egypt known as Egyp
tion cotton. The cotton of India as
now grown will never rival the fiber
produced in America, and this is true
of the types now cultivated in Turke
stan and other parts of Asa. Some
African cotton as now cultivated in
Myanaaland has been grown in the
demonstration field on the college farm
the past year, and if this is a fair sam
ple. the quality of the cotton is very
deatrable and the fiber exceptionally
fine. This cotton is produced near the
equator, and therefore, the problem of
labor and cultivation is exceedingly dlt
ficutt. and even though it may be pos
sible to produce a superior fiber, it will
be many years before cotton can be
cultivated with any degree of success
In that country because a new civilisa
tion must first be developed.
Various freaks in the line of cotton
types are met with occasionally, ano
sometimes they attract attention. Among
these may be mentioned the lintless cot
ton. Th‘s is virtually a naked seeded
type, producing an abundance of seed
but virtually no lint. It might be pos-
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stble to grow a ton of seed per acre, but
at present prices for lint and seed, no
one could afford to cultivate the lintless
cotton, and it must be regarded for the
present as a freak type. Occasionally,
green cotton is met with. Some of this
is frequently found in Russell’s big boll
from which it is supposed to have been
derived as a sport. This green lint is
practically worthless, being very short,
very soft and devoid of tensile strength.
It is nothing more or less than a freak
and should not be given serious consid
eration on that account.
■ From this brief description of some
of the leading sorts of cotton which
have all been cultivated and observed in
the demonstration field during the past
year, it would appear that America pro
duces in both the long and short staple
type a quality of fiber infinitely supe
ror, taken as a whole, to anything which
has yet been produced on a commer
cial scale elsewhere in the world. The
combination of conditions which favor
the production of this superior type of
cotton are so familiar to all as to need
no enumeration or comment at this time.
It is well to remember, however, that in
enjoying, as we do, a virtual monopoly
In cotton production, we cannot afford
to Ignore what is being done in other
sections of the world, nor to sit idly
by and feel content with what has been
achieved up to the present time, as it
is clearly possible to improve the char
acter and quality of the American staple
to the immense advantage of the citizens
not only of the south, but of the entire
world as well.
Comparatively little attention has been
given to the systematic improvement of
cotton, a matter which is greatly to be
deplored, for it is one of the most inter
esting of all plants to work .with, and
should be made the basis of a part of
the instruction offered in every agricul-'
tural college and secondary school in
the south. It is a clean plant to work
with and is interesting in every stage of
growth from the seed to the production
of the boll and the ripening of the sta
ple. A clear understanding of the varia
tions which occur in cotton and some
of the fundamental hereditary principles
involved in developing newer and better
types would bring joy and gladness in
to the hearts of millions of boys and
girls who live in the southland, though
this would be the least of the benefits
such knowledge would confer, as it would
add millions upon millions to the revenue
of the south and give greater perma
nence and dominance than is even now
enjoyed in the production of the fiber
most essential to the welfare of human
ity.
At the present time there are innumer
able so-called varieties of upland cotton,
but comparatively few of these have
any fixity of type. They have been
evolved by a haphazard system of selec
tion. and probably some of the best
fixed of these may be regarded as mu
tants or sports evolved in the great lab
oratory of nature of which process man
knows comparatively little as yet. Os
the numerous varieties now cultivated
only a few are worthy of the attention
of the American cotton planter. The
greater part should be discarded as
worthless, and the attempt now being
constantly made to put new varieties
on the market by those who think they
have found an exceptionally good plant
in their fields is to be deplored. It should
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 191A
not be concluded from this for one*
moment that the farmer should not give
the greatest care and attention to the
selection of his seed and to every legiti
mate endeavor to Improve the character
and quality of the fiber he grows, but
there Is a great difference between do
ing this for his individual benefit And
constantly attempting to put on the mar
ket some so-called variety which does
not possess stable qualities and the cul
tivation of which cannot be pursued
With success over any considerable area
of the country. The fact that thousands
upon thousands of farmers have bought
a so-called new variety’ and found it
turn to ashes in their hands has done
more to discourage the use of good seed
and the legitimate breeding of typ s of
cotton the qualities of which will be
fairly well fixed than anything else.
AN APPRECIATIVE READER.
H. D. W., Andalusia, Ala., writes: I
feel grateful for the information I get
from the agricultural page of The Jour
nal. It is a great help In many ways.
I wish to know what will take lice off
of cows without injuring the cow. Down
in this wiregrass country lice on cows
seems to be a common pest.
When treating animals that are af
fected with lice and confined it is nec
essary to cleanse and disinfect the quar
ters. This can be accomplished very ;
often by a good coat of paint or white- '
wash that fills all the cracks. It is, of
course, impossible to free animals from ‘
lice until the quarters have been thor-;
oughly disinfected. It Is important to j
bear in mind that a second applica- i
tlon should be made in five to eight days I
after the first treatment. Any acid solu- ■
tion, such as vinegar at the rate of one
pint to one quart of water is excellent i
for destroying nits. Animals infested
with lice should be well fed and cared
‘ fqr, and a mixture of one part of sul- •
phur to five parts of common salt may
be fed with advantage. All loose mate
rial and rubbish should be removed and
burned. One of the very best methods
lof destroying lice is to apply any of:
I the alkaline coal tar products which 1
are found on the market under the trade
name of Creolin, Zenoleum, Chloro-Nap
tholeum, etc. They should be used In
the proportion of one part to 50 parts of
I water, but if the case is a very bad
one, use only 30 parts of water. This ,
is probably the simplest, cheapest and ,
most effective method of freeing cattle j
!of lice, though, of course, tobacco, kero- ,
sene and various soaps may be used. j
• They are more difficult to make and ap- (
ply, however, and not more efficient.
IY’ou should be certain before giving this
treatment that your cattle are affected
with lice, since there is some probablll
! ty that they may have ticks, and if so,
the treatment suggested will not be es-
I fective.
| A SMALL. FARMERS PROBLEMS
I J. F. T., Moultrie, Ga., writes: I wish
I some information as to how to prepare
'and fertilize my place the coming sea
son. It is a light pebbly soil with clay
j foundation from 10 to 18 inches deep,
I and made a very poor crop this year.
'lt had not had any fertilizer on it for
two years previous to this, and only
, about 200 pounds of a 9-2-3 this year. I
have only two pony mules to prepare it
! with and no barnyard manure. Does
Jjong staple cotton injure the land? If
not, where can I get some of the seed?
| Any land that has a good clay founda
tion should not be difficult to improve,
j though it will take time and patience to
accomplish the feat. We sometimes for
get that nature was thousands of years
in preparing the land for man, and that
he in a period of 50 years has so greatly
reduced its fertility that it is now some- j
. times cultivated at a loss. We cannot i
expect to build land up immediately, |
therefore. The first thing for you to do is
to divide your farm up and let a part
' of your effort go into the improvement
of your soil. This may not be but four
. or five acres, but begin by all means. The
land should be seeded in your section to
‘ velvet beans. Let them grow as vigo’r
-1 ously as they will and plow them under
!in the fall. This will supply that section
of your land with a good lot of vegeta
ble matter. Then, the land you have to
crop this year break it as completely as
you can with the implements and animals
you have at hand. Subsoil it with a bull
tongue if you can do no better. Then
gather up as much litter and vegetable
mold as you can from the forest, and ap
ply not less than two tons per acre in
the drill row. This may not be rich in
plant food but it will help some and will
tend to make the soil resistant to drouth
next summer.
The next thing is to use a good high
grade fertilizer in liberal amount. This
should be applied at the rate of not less
than 500 pounds per acre. We would say
to use on your land not less than a 3-9-3
or a 3-10-4. If it Is necessary for you
to restrict your operations to a compara
tively small area, you will find it much ]
better to do so than to try to cultivate
a large acreage and only half do the
work. Thoroughness of soil preparation,
intelligent fertilization, and careful and
efficient cultivation are some of the
things essential to securing a good yield
of cotton or any other farm crop. We
prefer to put the fertilizer and compost
or yard manure under the drill row, say
two weeks before planting. We plant
our cotton in four-foot rows, making a
wide deep furrow to receive the manure
and fertilizer and mixing it with the sub
soil by means of a bull-tongue. We then
make a comparatively low flat bed and
plant the seed in hills or drills.
There is no reason why long staple cot
ton should injure land any more than
any other kind, except that it may make
a larger stalk, and require on that ac
count more liberal feeding in order to se
cure a satisfactory yield. I think you
can secure good seed of long staple cot
ton from Mr. I. F. Arnow, St. Mary’s,
Ga.
*• • •
FALL PREPARATION OF LAND FOR
COTTON.
E; W., Frolona, Ga., writes: I have
13 acres of gray, gravelly land and I do
not know just how to prepare it and
fertilize it to get the best results from
cotton. My idea is to lay off the ground
thig fall and apply 200 pounds of high
grade acid to the acre In the spring,
and before I get ready to plant use a
turning plow, and then burst out the
middles and then plant and put in 250
pounds of guano, and about the last of
June use about 75 pounds of nitrate of
soda to the acre. What do you think of
this plan? If you know of a better one
I would be glad to have it.
The £olor of your land may be simply
due to the fact that the iron, which
makes some of our soils appear to be
red, is leached out of it; or in other
words, it has undergone a more com
plete decomposition than some of ths
red lands. The gray may also be due
i to the presence of a considerable amount
lof sand. In that case your soil is more
I likely to be leachy, and will resist
| drouth less satisfactorily than if it con
tains a larger per cent of clay. Gravel
ly soil, as a rule, is benefited by the use
i of as much vegetable matter as you can
l secure, and if you have not a lot of
. yard manure on hand to put under the
drill rows of your cotton, gather up all
the leaves, trash and material suitable
for compost and use it as a substitute.
The manure, of course, is superior to
anything else, but good compost will
prove very beneficial, and this is par
, ticularly true in a dry season. It will
also furnish some plant food which Is
an Important matter to most of our
crops.
For myself, I would prefer to work
the land as completely end thoroughly
as possible; that is, not prepare simply
11he drill rows, but break and etir it all.
turning it over as deeply as possible
and leaving Lu as LUUgh cojldlitoa as
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THIS AMERICAN MOTHER
HOLDS A WORLD’S RECORD
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Mrs. Jxn* Morris, of Jxckaon Conxty, Kentucky.
M'Kee, Ky.—The most wonderful
mother in the United States and prob
ably in the world, is “Aunt Jane" Mor
: rls.
At the age of 86 she has 518 descend
ants, nearly .all pf whom are living.
But there's quality as well as quan
tity in her motherhood. Not one of these
children has ever been accused of a
crime, and they live in the mountain
district of Kentucky! You would think
that the mayor of a village of 518 peo
ple, where the laws were never broken,
was quite a worthy person. Mrs. Morris
is head of such a modern community
—her big family.
And that isn’t all. These many de
scendants proceed from one marriage.
She remained true to her husband un
til his death 30 years ago (six years
after their golden wedding) and did not
remarry.
Mrs. Morris' .-escendants own and oc
cupy most of the land of JacKson coun
ty, Which -.es in the foothills of the
Cumberland mountains.
“Aunt Jafie” lives contentedly with
may be so that the freezes of winter
may act on it and the soil absorb and
hold more of the water which tails as
rain. It is all right in the spring then
to break out the drill rows, saj four
feet apart. You may use a plow for
this purpose and make the furrow good
and deep. Then take your bull tongue
and run underneath the furrow so as to
deepen and open up the soil as complete
ly as possible. Next put in your com
post and mix it with the soil. A fer
tilizer can also be applied at this time
provided it is not more than two weeks
before planting. Then, after mixing the
compost and fertilizer well with the soil,
make a low bed, and plant either in
hills or in drills. We prefer to leave
Notice Cotton Growers
There is no profit growing poor varie
ties of cotton. Experiments prove that
$30.00 difference per acre is possible be
tween good and poor seed. You can get
absolutely pure Cleveland big boll for
$ 1.25 bushel, Cooks’ Latest Improved
$1.25, Hastings' New Bank Account and
Broadwell’s famous double jointed for
$1.50 bushel, Experiment Station Schley,
Russell’s big boll, King’s Early and
Texas Cluster for SI.OO bushel each. All
seed pure, true to name, sound, clean
and prolific. Send orders to Fairview
Farm, Palmetto, Ga. •
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Stock all ages for sale.
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Prolific Seed Corn. Choice
mGIIOOrO seed from fields making 1 to
Iti bales per acre. K. F. Steiuheimer, Brooks.
Ga.
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one of her sons in the hamlet of Sand
Gap. She says she wui live to pass the
centyry mark aqd see the nith genera
tion of her blood.
The following are the descendants of
this remarkable mother:
► Great-
Great- Great-
Grand-Grand- Grand-
Children. child’n. child'n. child’n.
Jol.n Morris ..... 10 50 2
Sallie Sparks . .. -u 29 13
Job Morris ...... 14 34 18
William Morris . 13 44 5
Hannah Lakes ... 16 76 8
L. V. Morris .... 11 34
Leah Marcum ... 12 29 1
Canada Morris ... 1 18
.vary J. Isaacs .6 11
Margaret Johnson 13 11
Cynthia M. Pervi.tt 10 • •
Lewis Morris .... 1
Bettie Mortis
Fannie Morris .... .. • •
Lydia Morris
Total—ls chil. 128 326 49
Grand total—sl’B.
| two stalks of cotton in each place. You
' will not get as large single stalk by
' this practice as where you only leave
one stalk, but you will secure a larger
I yield of cotton. •
; Most of our lands need liberal ap
! plications of potash, but personally, we
1 would prefer to apply 500 pounds cf a
mixture containing not less than 3 per
cent of nitrogen, 10 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 3 to 4 per cent of potash
rather than the formula you suggest.
Cff course, this is not a large enough
amount of plant food to insure an ex
'ceptional yield of cotton unless you have
put into the soli In the form of com
post materials containing plant food
in as quickly available form as that
contained in three to five tons of
manure. What is needed is enough veg
etable matter in the soil to enable the
J fertilizer to do its work properly and
stimulate a quick and vigorous growth
in the early part of the season, and
provide enough plant food to feed the
crop throughout the growing season. The
vegetable matter will enable the soil to
hold moisture, and if you can secure
an abundant supply of that very neces
sary article, there will be no shedding
of your cotton and it will continue to
set on squares and develop bolls until
late in the season.
The question of applying i itrate of
soda as a top dressing depends alto
gether on the vigor of the growth se
cured. If your plants are In healthy
condition and develop plenty of staik,
there is no need of using nitrate, but
nitrate will be found helpful on many
soils where there is a deficiency of vege
table matter.
• • •
FERTILIZING FALL SOWN OATS.
R. 8. A.. Milledgeville, Ga., writes:
Please advise me what mixture of fer
tilizer I must use and when same should
be applied for fall oats? I have about
five acres of stiff red land which I have
had in cotton for the past two years with
BCO pounds of fertiliser per acre each
year, also a fairly good coating of yard
sweepings, and I want to change now
and sow oats. I am turning the land
with a disk plow. Shall I sow or drill
the oats? >
It is Important that winter oats be
sown as soon as possible. In fact, for
large and certainty of a good crop, we
would always prefer to sow several
weeks earlier. It is very essential that
the land be deeply broken, and the d:sk
plow is a good implement to use for this
purpose. The land should be leveled and
dis- cd and harrowed until a fine seed
bed is secured. We would prefer to sow
In open furrows, and certainly think this
would be the only safe plan to follow so
late in the season. You may use a sin
gle stalk drill for seeding constructed
on the plan of those ordinarily used for
putting down cotton seed and fertilizer.
We would apply at least SCO pounds of
! fertilizer per acre at the time of seed
ing. This mixture should contain at
least 2 per cent of nitrogen. 8 per cent
of phosphoric acid and 4 per cent of pot
ash. The nitrogen may very properly
* be secured from cotton seed meal as it is
33 Farms
at fertile
Browndale
in Pulaski County, Georgia
Out of the 6,000-acre plantation subdivided into 100 farms offered severaT
weeks ago there are only 33 left for sale.
33 elegantly situated improved farms that offer a competence to the
first 33 men who know when to take advantage of the accepted time. t
Every farm situated on public road and contains dwelling, barn, wood,
. water and from 25 to 200 acres.
School and church centrally located. A store, public gin, repair shop,
saw mill and grist mill located at Browndale.
The Hawkinsville and Western railroad is fast being extended. A
station will be located at Browndale.
Think of it! t
$15.00 to $50.00 an Acre
One-fourth cash, balance one to five years time to suit purchase!
“There is no better place to farm than Georgia— i ' ( „
No better land In Georgia than at Browndaie.’’ .
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Southern Trust Company
Hawkinsville. Ga.
then In an organic form and will not be
come so quickly available as to be leach
ed out of the soil before the plants can
use it In much of our planting on the
college farm we have tried to space the
rows about 12 to 16 inches apart. The
advantage of the open furrow system lies
in the fact that it puts the seed down
well into the ground and the freezes of
winter cause a part of the soil to be
worked dow-n around the roots of the
plants as they grow. The destruction of
oats generally results from one or more
hard freezes which tend to spew them
out of the ground and the open furrow
method has been found almost a specific
for this trouble. In the spring you
should use nitrate of soda on your oats
at the rate of 100 to 150 pounds per acre,
depending on the character of stand se
cured and the vigor of growth. One or
two applications may be advisable.
NEWSPAPER MEN HOLD
MEETING IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Nov. 29.—Represent
atives of the newspapers of Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina,
members of the Associated Press, met
here Monday for general discussion of
matters of interest to the circuit. Os
public interest was their Indorsement cf
New Orleans as the logical point for
the Panama exposition. At luncheon
the local newspaper mea entertained the
visitors at Bannon Lodge, Thunderbolt,
and with an automobile trip around the
grand prize course. Those who attend
ed the meeting are Paul Cowles, of At
lanta, superintendent of the southern di
vision, Associated Press; J. J. Farrell,
Augusta Herald; John W. Hammond,
Augusta Chronicle; - J. S. Reynolds, Co
lumbia State; J. A. Hoyt. Columbia
Record; T. J. Simmons and J. E. Mc-
Kinney. Macon News; R. W. Vincent,
Charlotte Telegraph and Observer;
George H. Long, Macon Telegraph; A.
R. Waring, Charlotte Post; Walter Rey
nolds, Atlanta Constitution; F. G. Bell
and G. A. Gregory, Savannah Morning
News; P. A. Stovall, W. G. Sutllve and
W. R. Starr, Savannah Press. Sessions
were begun yesterday morning and con
cluded late last night.
Will Plead for Rates
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Representatives of
western railroads who have been in con
ference here for several days over the
proposed advance In freight rates to the
Pacific coast left for Washington yester
day to lay the new schedules before the
interstate commerce commission.
The schedules adopted show an increase
approximating 25 per cent in the class
rates on transcontinental long hauls.
C onservati oiii ’ '
Conservation has become a watchword and is on every tongue. When its
novelty has passed and we come to consider its tn-« meaning, we zhall find that
conservation of the resources of the soil of our farm lands is the most important
element in the whole subject.
The American farmers have been a race of unconscious soil skinners.
Now, we want not only to conserve productivity, but to restore some of that*rc
moved. We must get down to facts.
One fact often lost sight of is that we can double the value of clover and farm
manure by supplementing them with
Potash and Phosphates
thus making a complete and balanced fertilizer. This is true soil building as well
as plant feeding. R WiU p ay> for p ota>h Pays
We will sell you Potash through your dealer or direct, in lots from one bag
(200 lbs.) up. Write for prices.
GERMAN KALI WORKS, c °° ti y^" il ±f.’ ) g’;S°S’
C OLE’S I ,
Corn Mills
are the beet for J
meal. They have
euccveafully stood
fTiZSxJ - t the text ot eomi«-
l IK 1- tit ion for Myeai-l,
with yearly in
creulna b*l*» ,
They are trade
- winner*. Putyour
LiEAw* Idleenglnetowoik
—with a Cole Mill.
WTO*g_t *• You will make
B rOK' money and your
zwfer-- 'A&SO patrons will l»e
/ -sJUSi- $ satisfied. We ciji
r ' Jf -3 furnish the engine.
WKT _*.- too. 11 wanted
Catalog on request
R. D. COLE MFG. CO. Newnan, Ga.
Give WUr Horse
ISMSe \ Collar a Year’s Trial
—l’ll Prepay Freight
I 'T'RY a pair of the only improved
x collars 12„tnontha at my
risk. Save money, time and
WBBbSSW, / bother. Cure and prevent nor# ,
B necks and shoulders. No hamea, sweat ;>adS
I or straps. Ask your dealer or I
■ sell direct if un able to buy from -
■ dealers. I call my collar the fiSf
| Indestructible/J iW
M and it la. Lasts allfetime. Endorsed £9 EK|N
I by high authorities. Rend name Kn SguV
■ and address for the proofs, low HK FgHKa
■ prices and liberal offer. AddressKw ufiPhS
,j 4 Fred Slocum, Gen’l Mgr. EM
J Johntson-Slocum Co.
aap state »t.. CAMO. MICH. ■
MRS. JOHN HAY GIVES
TO YALE DORMITORY
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 29.—An
nouncement is made by the Wright me- ,
morial dormitory commission at Yale
university of a gift of $5,000 from Mrs..
John Hay, widow of the late secretary
of state, for a memorial suite of rooms
in the proposed dormitory. The gift Is
made In memory of her son, Adelberr 9.
Hay, class of 1898, who was killed bv a
fall from a window of the New Haven
house several years ago, while attend
ing a class reunion. •
PROHIBITION DEFEATED
IN MISSOURI BY 218,115
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov.
Prohibition was defeated in Missouri at
the recent election.' according to official *
announcement today by 218,115. It re
ceived 207.281 votes with 425,406 against
it and carried only 37 or 115 counties.
