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page* la every possible way. For this purpose, the department of inquiries
and aaswers is to he greatly enlarged. Any information pertaining to
agriculture, the proper tillage of the soil, the proper use of fe_ .Hisers,
seeding for crops, stock and cattle breeding, poultry raising and in fact,
all subjects pertaining to the farm upon which information may be
sought or practical suggestions offered, will be published in these
columns.
We request our readers to use these pages freely. We win endeavor
to furnish information, if the questions are asked. fitters addressed to
Dr. Andrew M- Soule. President State Agricultural College. Athena. &a.,
will receive prompt at teation, aad .'ho replies will bo published in The
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Certificate of Honor
The Georgia State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts
of
The University of Georgia
This Certifies that R_a 1 P h Davis
as LaGrange, Georgia won an award
for growing best acre of corn in Troupe County
in the School Industrial Club Contests of 1910
Given at Athens, Georgia, this ftft day of December 1910
JOSEPH M BROWN. DAVID C. PARROW
Governor, , ■»' Chancellor
M. L. BRITTAIN ' ANDREW M- SOULE
State School Commissioner. Pres Meet.
• J. PHIL CAMPBELL
County l:hool Commissioner. Specif Afent apd Professor of School Extension.
Boys and Girls’ Industrial Clubs of Georgia
The bora and Kir la who were interested
tn the corn and domestic science con
tests of last year as organized under
the co-operative agreement between tbe
State College of Agriculture and ths
United States farm demonstration work
will be pleased’ to know bpw Master
Joseph Stone, of Jackson county, culti
vated his prize winning corn patch.
Quoting from hte own statement, it
appears that on March 8 the land was
broken with a two-horse plow, six loads
of yard manure broadcast, and a cut
away harrow used to Incorporate ft with
the soil. It was again broken with a
two-horse plow and pulverised with a
harrow and then laid off in rows four and
a half feet apart, tbe rows being brok
en again with a middle buster and two
sacks of fertiliser applied in tbe drill-
Tbe corn was planted on March 28. and
the weeder run over It on May 2. It
was harrowed on May 12 and again on
May 20. On May » two furrows were
run to it, and on June 10 200 pounds of
fertiliser applied as a side dressing. On
June 90 200 pounds more were applied and
the corn plowed out. and on July 6 73
pounds of nitrate of soda was applied
broadcast after which cultlavtion ceased.
It took ten days of work to cultivate
this area of corn which yielded 700 bun
dles of fodder and 8.210 pounds of corn.
The total cost of cultivation was >ls;
the manure cost 512. and the fertiliser
>10.60. The rent of the land was placed
at M and the gathering of the corn at
a similar amount. Tbe total cost, there
fore. amounted to >47.60. Deducting the
market value of the fodder at >2.50 per
100 bundles, or >17.50. the actual cost of
tbe corn was >30.10. or 29 cents per bush
el. Thia left a net profit on the acre
of about >72-21.
For information of the boys and girls
who contemplate entering tbe contest an
other year. It is well to state that Prof.
J. Phil Campbell, in charge of the school
extension work, has prepared a bulle
tin which is now being printed and will
be distributed free of coat by the Col
lege of Agriculture to all boys and girls
who enroll themselves. This bulletin
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. give* much .valuable and practical in
formation relative to the selection of
’ seed of both cork and cotton and the
, preparation and fertilization of the land.
It glso gives suggestions relative to the
preparation of the exhibits and outlines
i the plan to be followed in conducting
contests with swine and poultry. This
1 publication should be in the hands of
every boy and girl interested in this
, matter as It has been prepared es
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is followed many mistakes may be avoid
ed. Among the boys who made good
yields last year may be mentioned the
following. It will be noticed that the
yield per acre, the cost of the crop, the
, sale price and the profit are indicated-
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yields at greater profit thgn Joseph
Stone, but were not allowed to enter the
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O. O. Bragg. Bua.
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Goy Wilbanks
Commerce . ~82 6 45.90 98.40 52.00
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' J. L. Erana.
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. Joseph Stone,
Center ..102.5 41.45 120.15 78.70
, Hoyt Stope, •
I Cente r . ... .. 94.8 29.45 111.45 82.00
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i to increase the yield of corn or cotton
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GERMINATING TEMPERATURE OF
CORN AND COTTON
A. H. 8., T., Franklin, Ga. writes:
How low a degree Fahrenheit will pre
vent wheat, corn and cotton seed from
coming up when it is fully germinated in
a very wet soil?
Wheat will occasionally germinate at
as low a temperature as 41 degrees F.,
and corn at 48 to 49 degrees. So far as
|l know the relation of temperatures to
[the germination of cotton seed has not
been carefully studied, but I presume that
it would take a little higher temperature
than tor corn, .probably ranging around
50 to 54 degrees, F. As a matter of fact,
most seeds will not germinate readily
at temperatures ranging from 41 to 54
degrees. The best temperature for the
germination of most seeds is 71 to 100
degrees, the average being about 85 de
grees. These figures will probably ap
proximate quite closely the needs of cot
ton as well. It is quite clear, therefore,
that seeding should not be begun until
the temperature of the ground shows
about 70 degrees in the warmest part of
the day. it is, of course possible that
seeds may lay in the soil 'for some time
provided the ground is comparatively
dry at temperatures lower than 41 de
grees and still germinate under favorable
conditions. If a plant starts to germi
nate and fails to reach the surface and
a cold spell comes on, forcing the tem
perature down to 41 degrees or below,
a good stand will hardly be obtained
since many of the plants may fail to de
velop even if the temperature becomes
favorable in the course of a few days.
You have no doubt had this experience,
particularly with cotton. I hardly think
we could count on a plant continuing to
grow, even after germination has taken
place, if it is kept at a temperature for
any length of time of much below 38 to
40 degrees.
APPLYING FERTILIZER AFTER
SEEDING.
A correspondent writes: I find that a
lot of whefit and oats have been planted
on my place without fertilizer. I want
to apply acid phosphate and kalnit. Can
I profitably apply this fertilizer broad
cast after the grain has been planted and
after it has come up and apply nitrate
of soda in the spring? I also wish to
know if it is more economical to apply
carbonate of lime or slaked lime to
some land that Is a little sour?
It Is best for fertilisers like acid and
gcainit to be applied at the time of plant
ing wheat and oats, but it is not impossi
ble to apply them with advantage yet.
(If you have put your crop tn in open
furrows tne situation is, of course, more
• complicated. The only satisfactory way
'of Incorporating them with the soil now
I would be to broadcast and work in with
;a harrow. We have done this sometimes
with very good results, but not so satis
factory,, as a rule, as where the materials
are applied at the time of seeding.
Where oats are planted in wide open fur
lrows it is best to apply the fertilizer
in between the oat rows by means of a
fertilizer distributor. This, of course, is
la slow and expensive way of accomplish
ing the end des red, and we are some
what doubtful as to whether the labor
and expense involved would be justified
In the way of increased yields.
You can certainly use nitrate of soda
as a top dressing on your crop with
excellent advantage. In fact, this is
• about the only way in which it should
be used. It may be put on in one or
two applications: first just after the
crop is starting off nicely in the spring,
and second, just after when it is shoot
ing into head. Seventy-five pounds at
each application should prove profita
ble.
i The economy and desirability of using
'caustic or slaked lime as compared witn
finely ground limestone rock depends on
J the relative cost of the two. A ton of
caustic lime has about twice the sweet
ening power of a ton of finely ground
rock. Where the ground rock is used
it is important that it be ground very
fine, the finer the better. You will
probably be able to buy caust c lime of
high-grade in carload lots for $5 to $6
a ton You should, therefore, anticipate
(Contined on Page 6)
THE FARMER AND THE
POTASH CONTROVERSY
For some months there have been ap
pearing, cables from Berlin to the effect
that unleaa the demands of the Ameri
can fertiliser manufacturers were grant
ed. a rupture of commercial relations
between the United States and Germany
would follow. These have been supple
mented by an interview credited to Mr.
R. S. Bradley, chairman of the Board
of Directors of the American Agricul-
tural Chemical Co., on his return.
These dispatches and interview give
only one side of the case, that of some
American fertilizer manufacturers, and
I they fail to set forth many facts wjtich
are of importance to the real consumers
of potash salts; that is, to the American
farmer.
In the contracts the American fertilizer
manufacturers agreed to assume all
taxes imposed by the German govern
ment. They knew that some regulation
of tl|e production had been under con
sideration for some years, and that such
regulation was imperative in order to
conserve the potash supplies and to pre
vent such results as have already been
brought about by the igiacrupulous ex
ploitation of the phosphate, coal and
lumber resources of this country.
They also knew that the German
courts had awarded heavy damages
against mine owners for making con
tracts in the night in the manner that
'Mr. Bradley states his were secured.
| The first law that was proposed was
I withdrawn because it seemed to discrim
inate against ute Americans, and the
I new law was very carefully framed to
; avoid all discrimination. It applies to
1 all potash mined without regard to
■ whether it is used in Germany or is ex
' ported—all, contracts, French as well as
American, were treated alike.
The real tax is trifling, being from 15
to 65 cents per ton, which is less than
the usual state taxetj on the same money
value in fertilizers in the United States.
It is the tax on overproduction that is
worrying those who, in their rush to get
a low price, bound themselves to pay
any governmental charges.
The law provides for a government
commission that.- estimates the annual
requirements and apportions this on an
equitable basis among the 68 mines.
Should the estimate bfe found too low, it
j can be increased at once, the purpose
not being to limit production, but rather
to increase it. In fact, a considerable
part of the tax is expended In work
intended to increase the use of potash in
agriculture. • /
Since Germany uses as much potash as
all the rest of the world, each mine is re
quired to sell half its lawful production
in Germany and the remainder may be
exported. A mine may exceed its lawful
quota by 10 per cent without any further
. penalty than having the excess deducted
from its quota of the following year.
I Should a mine go beyond this in exceed
ing its fair and lawful quota, it must pay
i a tax on its over-production which is so
I high as to be unprofitable. This is far
I more effective in enfqrclng the law than
, any system of fines, and does not require
j the action of any court.
Perhaps if the holders of the American
I contracts had made no objection to the
j first law cub proposed, they would find
themselves in a better position now; but
i their noisy protestations . put the Ger
i mans on their guard, and in framing the
I new law they took particular pains to
avoid everything that appear to be
l a discrimination against anyone. Indeed,
' they went even further, and inserted a
clause providing that the proper authori
ties might make concessions in the over
production tax for two years to such an
extent that the holders of these contracts
would pay no mott for their potash than
before; but this pfdvifdon did not apply to
the Speculative optfofis which extended
for some years more. >.
Some years ago many American fertil
izer companies signed potash contracts
in which no price was named, the con
tracts simply stating that they were to
pay the same price as the American Agri
cultural Chemical Co. This latter com
pany by its action in signing a contract
assuming all governmental charges seems
to have put these other companies in a
bad position.
1 The German law does not require the
formation of any syndicate, ©very mine
is at liberty to sell its quotas as it sees
fit. The mines find it more economical to
sell through one agency, and most of
them sell in this way. These syndicates
or selling agencies are quite different
from the so-called fertilizer trusts in
America, since they are formed for only
five years, with merely a (nominal capital.
The government exercises a rigid control
over them and uses them to market the
products of the state mines. This control
j is exercised in the interest of the real
I consumer, the farmer.
I The law provides potash shall not be
exported for a less price than that paid
by German farmers, a principle that
might well be applied to American
iphosphates.
j Anyone who is familiaif with the
methods of the so-called American fer
'tilizer trusts cannot fail to be impressed
with their solicitude lest there be a
I rupture of commercial relations between
ithe two countries, nor with their mag
nanimous offer to surrender the paltry
sum of $12,000,000 in order to avoid
|this calamity. Such patriotism is unique.
Possibjy the fact that the great pack
ing houses are owners of extensive fer
tillzer factories may have something to
do with it. To the innocent bystander
it appears that the American buyers
must feel that they have a very weak
case if they are willing to offer $12,000,-
000 as the price of a compromise.
From Mr. Bradley's interview one
might be led to think that all potash
sent from Germany after the law was
passed was taxed $22 per ton. This is
not true. Only the overproduction of
leach mine bears this tax. There is
' plenty of potash to be obtained from
■any of the other mines at the usual
[prices. In fact, the American farmer
|is today buying potash at 10 to 15 per
'cent less than ever before. This is due
jto the fact that the German mine own-!
■ere have changed their methods of sell
'ing in America. Formerly they had a
few exclusive agents who sold only to
itb.b- fertilizer manufacturers. These
, manufacturers did not sell the potash
salts to the farmer, but used them in
! mixtures, the so-called standard one/
containing only 2 per cent potash, and
many of them even less. Thus the
farmer to secure a little potash was
; obliged to take a great quantity of oth
’er matrial, no small amount of which
consisted of filler having no fertilizing
value.
! In the south some kainlt was sold as
such to cotton growers, but it was used
as a “leader” to secure orders far mix
ed goods, and salesmen were expected
to sell no more kain.t than was neces
sary in securing the mixed goods order.
Many small mixing plants have been
started in the south in connection with
the crushing of cotton seed. These plants
mix cotton-seed meal, acid phosphate
and potash salts, making the same grade*
of goods as the large factories, but sell
ing them locally at less prees than the
large manufacturers, who have repeated
• ly demanded that potash should not be
furnished to these small mixers.
I Even under these handicaps the Amer
ican potash trade steadily Increased, al
though the farmer could obtain but a
fraction of the potash that he wished to
buy, and got that at an unnecessarily
high price. This condition of affairs led
the Germans to discontinue sales through
a few exclusive agents.and to sell direct
through '.ts American corporation, the
German Kali works, which sells to any
one, any kind of potash salts, in any
quantity from a single 200-pound sack
to a ship load. This method, which cuts
out three sets of profits, permits the
farmer to secure his potash for less
SIG IDVINCE HIDE Bl
! GEOfIGII CROPS IN 1910
Agricultural Department State
| ment Shows Striking Com
parison of Two Years
| A striking and concise statement of
Georgia's agricultural advantages in one
year is published below as compiled by
the state agricultural department. The
statement compares the year 1910 with
1909, and shows that in the one item of
corn alone the value of the crop increas
ed over $2,000,000, and that despite the
unfavorable cotton conditions the crop
was as valuable this year as in 1909.
Following is the statement:
In 1909 Georgia produced 61,160,000
bushels of corn on 4,400.000 acres or 13.9
bushels per acre. The total value of
this crop was $52,598,000.
In 1910 Georgia produced 64,808,000
bushels of corn on 4,512,000 acres, being
j 14.3 bushels per acre, valued at $54,790,-
'OOO.
Georgia in 1909 produced 2,450,000
bushels of wheat on 245,000 acres, being
10 bushels per acre. The total value
| of fills crop was $3,552,000.
The production in 1910 was 2.760,000
bushels of wehat on 267,961 acres, being
10.3 bushels per acre and the value of
the crop is $3,670,000.
I In 1909 there were produced 1,901.000
bales of cotton (including linters) on
4,674,000 acres with a value of $125,-
770,000, while the cotton seed amounted
1 to 812.000 tons and brought $22,270,000.
The total value of the cotton crop was
therefore $148,040,000.
In 1910 the seasons were exceedingly
unfavorable for cotton and the extra
working in raising the crop increased
the expense of production. So the os-
Itimate of 1,750,000 bales proves correct;
the total value of this year's crop, on
account of the increased price of the
cotton seed, will be about the same as
that of last year
The value of Georgia's cotton and corn
in 1909 was $200,638,000. Adding the
wheat we have $204,190,000.
The value of the state’s agricultural
products for 1909 was $217,532,336 with
out counting the miscellaneous vegeta
bles, fruits and melons. Add them and
you will have approximately $230,000,-
000.
With the value of our cotton about the
same, the corn showing $2,192,000 in
crease and the wheat SIIB,OOO over the
values of the previous year, our state
still reports progress.
In the production of miscellaneous
vegeables, fruit and melons Georgia is
making rapid strides.
Our peach crop this year was a vast
improvement over that of the year pre
vious—requiring more than 6,000 cars
to carry it to market, and about trip
ling the net profit to the shippers.
CONSUL AND PROFESSOR
IN PURE FOOD TROUBLE
CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—A Gilbert Wheel
er, former consul for the republic of
Panama, and a decade ago a professor in
chemistry in the Ulversity of Chicago,
was arrested yesterday on orders from
Assistant United States District Attor
ney Hulbert, charged with misbranding
and adulterating headache powders.
The aged man is president of a con
cern which manufactures a powder, the
label on ths packages of which declared
that It was “pure and effective” and
was a curs for various aliments.
“Arrest the consul of the republic of
Panama,” the aged chemist said after
he had been taken to the United States
marshal’s office. “You’ll find yourself
mixed up in international complica
tions.”
“And just to think Dr. Wiley, the gov
ernment’s pure food expert, and I used
to sleep in the same bed,” he said later
when a marshal approached him. “I’ll
bet if Doc knew this there would be
plenty of trouble.”
Wheeler was released on $12,000 bond.
GOMPERS ASKS GOVERNOR
TO LOOK INTO STRIKE
PITTSBURG, Dec. 19.—1 t was announc
ed here today that President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation of
Labor, has directed a letter to Gov. Ed
win 8. Stuart asking him to Investigate
conditions in the iron coal field in West
land county, where a strike has beep in
progress for nine months.
The letter details the action Os the Fed
eration's annual meeting in St. Louis
when the delegates asked the appoint
ment of an executive committee to make
the investigation. It is alleged there is
much suffering among the strikers.
In opposition to this view, it Is declar
ed, the United Mine Workers of America
are sending $20,000 every two weeks into
the field for the maintenance of strikers
and their families, of which, the coal op
erators say, there are now no more than
2,000 instead, Instead of 20,000 when the
strike began.
REV. T. W. O’KELLY GOES
TO RALIEGH CHURCH
CHARLOTTE, N.C.,Dec. 20-Rev. T. W.
. O’Kelly, D.D.,who once served churches
in Griffin and Atlanta, has accepted the
call to the pastorale of the First Bap
tist church of Raleigh, N. C.
New Steamer Line
LAKE ARTHUR, La., Dec. 19.-The
schooner Gladys, the first to make the
trip on a new line established between
Galveston and Lake Arthur to ply the
merchant trade, reached this place Satur
day. Regular trips will be made be
tween the two ports in future.
than ever before, even though the cost
of mining has steadily increased.
From time to time the American fer
tilizer manufacturers ha%e tried to com
bine to advance and maintain prices and
to refuse to sell raw materials to farm
ers who wished to prepare their own
mixtures. Some of these attempts have
succeeded for a time, but ammoniates
and phosphates can be secured from so
many sources that new companies are
constantly entering the field. Potash
being derived from a single sourse is
easily controlled, but the Germans’ plan
of direct sales to everyone, in any quan
tity, at a reasonable price serves to pre
vent the manufacturers from forming
combinations in restraint of trade and for
the exploitation of the farmer, and per
mits the farmer to secure his fertilizer
materials at reasonable .ust.
One of the demands ot the American
fertilizer companies was: “That the Ger
man potash syndicate shall undertake not
to do any direct business in the United
States.” This demand was refused. Had
it been granted the American fertilizer
companies could have readily recovered
(at the expense of the American farmer 1 '
the $12,000,000 that they were willing to
pay for a “compromise.”
It is hardly necessary to remark that
the American public is in no humor to
approve of an executive order for max
imum rates on German imports as a re
taliatory-measure aga nst a law that
places the people of all nations on an
equal footing, and prevents the fertilizer
companies from unduly exploiting tnc
American farmer, who spends annually
more than SIuU,OX),OOO for fertilizer*.
WiS B I z ihhite Hickorlj
Built
Honor ; lW) HAULED FORTY BALES
A. [xki’l 7 I “Did it without a grunt!” .
AMERICUS, GA., Oct. 31, 1910.
White Hickory Wagon Mfg. Co., Atlanta, Ga. •.
Gentlemen:—We are mailing you photo of a White Hickory wagon loaded
with forty bales of cotton which was hauled four miles to town on the low wheel
wagon you recently shipped us.
The total weight of cotton and false bed upon which it was hauled, together
with negroes, weighed 23,984 pounds. This wagon was pulled by a traction
engine. The engine broke down but the wagon came through safe, using the
expression of our friend, Mr. M. B. Council, “It did it without a grunt.” Mr.
Council requested us to advise you “that the White Hickory Wagon is the only
wagon on the turf.” Sheffield-Huntington Co.. Buggies, Wagons, Harness.
rlonlcr'c and ask to see the White Hickory (40 bale) wagon.
IU jUUI Ucalcr 3 It is sold under a “built on honor” guarantee which
carries a warranty of absolute reliabilityand satisfaction. If not on display in. your loca
tion. write direct for : llustrated catalog, prices and detailed information.
WHITE HICKORY WAGON MFG. CO., Atlanta National Bank Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
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$2099 for
M* < B»<i tWa *iT«rtlw®en» to n« with your name pMt eft*, aad
y Vi WqWh- draw, tad w« will aand to you by axpra<a for axairlUßtion this fanutM 26 .“Ml
/ —JL W_Tr_- _ guaraatead w»«3. Doub.a hunt n< extra qualify 14 karat joid finished cat*
K%?s| f ‘‘taadard A mart -an full M'an ruijy j evalad works. With aach watch we «eiH
Mia« oartificaiM wfcica can bs -.sad in purehMinr goods frem our catalog*
I<* JL r WtalvaJu. of watrb. a: i er-ifl »-re|- - > a- * rl SC-. Yo ■ eiamine thawed
’ our •*?*••• i * satisfactory pay express agent >3 50 and exp MM
X y.r < Cka-r«a and it Is touts Satisfaction guarantead or conay r»funded. State wha±ai
LADIES c r •' you want a bib'i wateh or a lad'ae’ wa'eh. Ord»r today. Addraat
GftNTS R. t. CHALMERS A CO., 366 Dearborn St.. CHI CAM
lahME FVNSTENPAYS CIIDC 1
Ek CASH FOR r Un9
You get the highest prices and the quickest returns when you ship
4allf-!«wß your furs to Funsten. Coon, mink, skunk, muskrat, marten, tox,
wolf, lynx and other furs are valuable. We receive and scU more
furs direct from trapping sections than any bouse in the world.
The biggest American and foreign buyers are represented at our
regular sales, which run into millions of dollars yearly. The fierce
■at “I ■Sk3w.'’ competition among buyers at our sales enables us to get higher
.b prices than anyone else. That’s why we can send you the most
< ; i money for your furs, and send it quicker.
' Big Money In Trapping
l fnFrJr' Bood sport and pays big profits. We furnish trapping outfits »t cost. Trapa. Bai ts,
Si We'se™l^n>/Ne P w'rrap
Write for them today. Act now, for this is your big money-making opportunity!
Funsten Bros. A Co., 243 Elm Street, St. Louis, Mo.
-* SILVER PAVED STREET
♦ IN DENVER, CODO. ♦
♦ DENVER, Colo., Dec. 21.—Al- ♦
though some of the residents who
live on Sixth avenue, Denver, may -♦•[
♦ not have a chance to tread the I
streets paved with gold in the -e-l
♦- hereafter, they can walk on silver -e-i
while here, for at least a part of ♦
♦- that thoroughfare is paved with -* 1
that metal. The street Is surfaced
♦ with slag from the dump where ♦
♦ a quantity of silver bullion was ♦'
run off by mistake many years 1
♦- ago, and was used before the fact
♦ was discovered. The American ♦
♦ Smelting and Refining company,
which owns the dump, has stopped ♦
the removal of the valuable de- ♦
posit. ♦
BONES OF A DINOSAUR
FOUND NEAR NEW YORK
NEW YORK. Dec. ZL—From the under
lying rock formation of the New Jersey
shore directly opposite this city, rock
drillers under the direction of Barnum
Brown, assistant curator of the American
Museum 6f Natural History, are engaged
In removing the skeleton of a huge ante
deluvian reptile, generally believed to be
that of a dinosaur.
The skeleton, which is imbedded in the
rock, is being taken out with the utmost
care and will be mounted and placed in
the museum.
Discovery of the specimen was made by
graduate students of geology, Columbia
university. A small fragment of the rock;
was chemically treated and proved to con- ■
tain phosphate, the scientists
that what they had discovered was in
fact a skeleton.
The bones were discovered in the red
shale which underlies the upper forma
tion of the Palisades. It is millions of
I years older than the upper coating, ac
-1 cording to the geologists.
SOCIALJSTS~CONDEMNS
SENTENCE FOR EDITOR
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 19.—Two hun- j
dred Socialists here yesterday adopted
tenclng and fining of Fred D. Warren,
editor of the Appeal to Reason, a Gir- .
ard, Kan., publication, for sending
through the mail a reward for the re
resolutions condemning the recent sen-1
turn of ex-Goy. W. S. Taylor to Ken
tucky as “contrary ’to the common i
rights of man.”
Warren printed on the front page of!
his paper an offer of a reward of SI,OOO [
for the kidnaping and returning of Tay- j
lor, one of the alleged murderers of I
Governor Goebel, to Kentucky. The
federal court recently sentenced War
-1 ren to six months in jail and In addi
tion fined him $1,500.
POULTRY BREEDERSOF
DEKALB ORGANIZE!
The DeKalb county poultry breeders'
are going to organize a poultry assocla
tlon> a call having been issued for a
meeting for preliminary organization at
Stone Mountain Wedensday afternoon,
December 21, at 4 o’clock.
All poultry breeders of DeKalb coun
ty are cordially invited to be present f]
at this meeting. Let those who stand |
for more and better poultry join in the
help make the movement a success.
TAFT WILL ATTEND -
OHIO BAR MEETING
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—President
Taft today tentatively accepted an invi
tation to attend the annual meeting of
the Ohio State Bar association, to be,
held at Cedar Point, Ohio, next July. •
This meeting is looked upon as of un-j
usual importance as bearing upon the
movement for a constitutional convention
in Ohio, and President Taft is said to,
be anxious to attend.
IT PAYS
fiSSSSL TO BUY,
THE BEST!
KZDX saw mill
Farquhar Portable Entina
For Saw Milliet .
WOODRUFF MACHINERY IS THE BEST!
We manufacture Woodruff Saw Mills, Shingle Mills, Lath Mills, Hay
Presses, and are General Southern Agents for the A. B. Farquhar Co.
celebrated Cornish Boiler Steam Engines and Grain Separators, and we
carry all sizes in stock. Write to our factory for catalogs. Call in and
see machinery at Our Branch House 70 South Forsyth Street, Atlanta, Ga.
WOODRUFF MACHINERY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Winder. Ga.
RAW FUR PRICES
and down this winter. Some heavy stocks ear- '
rled over will probably affect tbe market. We
'keep our shipper# posted by special bnlleins
all through the winter. We give you the top
price because we post you about the rises and
falls. Send your name to get on our bulletin
list. • Shipments to us at the right time b:lng.
best money and qulckeet returns. Kann & Cota-, g
pany, 60 E. 10th street. New York.
FUR SHIPPER. SEND FOR IT. Tnfc> I
mation worth a fortune tc> you-DROP THE I J
MIDDLEMAN—Try the RQUARE DEAL FUR I
HOUSE the House that's DIFFERENT, thlsyw r. I
Write for Price List F. L saluableinformation ■ !
aa to PRIZES OFFERED. FREE. Write I
WEIL BROS. & CO., Ist. 1171, L>lß7.Fort Wiyae, lit I
Capital SS«O,M>O »0 Paid I
REGISTERED KENTUCKY MAMMOTH
JACKS, JENNETB AND SADDLE HO RSI A
We have more big jack* .. i v
and stallions than ever jA_
before. A guarantee back
of every one that is sold
as solid as The Hills. wTRIMMWB.
Breeders of Tamwortb EkMC, X
and Hampshire swine. 1
Stock all ages for sale. ■>
Write for catalogue. Bl IT| F,
J. F. COOK A CO.. -rs A,— lAt R_
Lexington, Ky.
LORIMER DID NOT
BUY HIS ELECTION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.—Sene tor
Burrows, chairman of the committee oa
privileges and elections, today presented
.to the senate the report of the investiga
tion of charges of bribery mad* in con- tt
nection with the election of William I.or- |
imer as senator from Illinois. The con- ,
elusion reached by the committee wai
as follows:
“That in their opinion the title of Mr. J
Lorimer to a seat in the senate has not
been shown to be invalid by the use or,■.
employment of corrupt methods or prac
tices.’’
Charges that four members of the Illi
nois leg siature were bribed and that -
three other members paid bribes, are not ’
’ignored by the committee. The rejort ’
I declares that those who confessed to
' receiving bribes should not b® belie l ed, -
and that the votes of those who were
charged with paying bribes should be
counted. In relation to the charges that
there was a corruption fund used in the
Illinois legislature and that it was dis
bursed by one Robert E. Wlispn, the re
port says that there is no evidence that ;
lit was used for the benefit of Mr. Lori- N
Imer. The committee suggests that anv ,'j
1 investigation of the use of such a f ind
‘should be made by authorities Os th® M
I state of Illinois.
290 MEN BURIED
IN MINE DISASTER
BOLTON, England, Dec. 21. —An ex
plosion followed by fire and cauun<
many fatalities occurred *® the Little
Hulton colliery of the Hulton Col l ery
company here this mornig soon after 290
miners had gone below the surface to
begin the day s work. )
The cause and extent of the disaster
was in doubt for several hours. The
first rescuing party to reach the s ( »ne
succeeded in bringing seven men and a
boy to safety and later recovered Ute
bod es of five victims. _ .•
TAFT TALKS’ WIT [TWILLS
ON BOILER MEASURE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19— President
Taft talked today with H. E. Wills on
the legislative report of the various rail-4 j
road unions, regarding amendment pro—
posed to the locomotive boiler . ins;>ec- J
tion law by the Mann bill, now pending
in the house. |
Mr. Wills opposed the Mann Mil. He
said that the law needed ainendrr.unt,
but that the Mann bill would make it
worse than ever. President Taft has
taken the matter up with Representative .
Mann.' *
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