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COTffl EXPORTS
SHOW BIG INCREASE:
CORN O ADVANCES
Flour, Wheat Bacon,;'Hams,
i Lard, Cottonseed Oil, Fresh
Beet live Cartie and Other
FoodstQff Declines
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Jan w-The exports
• of the United .States Increased in the
principal articles of trade more than
nS.M.W durinc 1910 over the previous
year, accordtag to figures compiled by
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of commerce and labor. Exports
In manufactured articles showed in
creases in nearly every line, while the
exportations of foodstuffs decreased in
nearly all classes The total exports of
principal art Wes for 1910 reached the to
tal of *1 *27,100.009 while those of 1909
amounted to *1.700, TOO. Ota
INCREASES SHOWN.
Among the articles of manufacture
showing an increase are the following:
Agricultural implements, boots and
shoes, automobiles, scientific instruments,
typewriters, sewing machines, electrical
■Mchinery ’ meta! working machinery,
leather, naval stores, lubricating oils. I
napthas, lumber, sheets and plates of
iron and steel, pipes and fittings, steel
intis. wire, patent medicines, eotton
wearing apparel and furniture.
On the other hand wheat, flour, ba
con. hams. lard, cottonseed oil. fresh
beef, live cattle and other food articles
showed a decline.
COTTON SHOWS INCREASE
The one article of natural production
which showed a marked increase »a
cotton. of which the exports in 1910 were;
Ml.mm against **K.taO.O» In 1909. this
Increase being due. however, the reports
abow. solely to higher prices. Corn also
showed a slight increase in value. *28.-
in 1919. against CU500.000 the pre
sdous year.
Figures thus far received by the bu
reau indicate the tots* value of food
stuffs exported in 1919 will be about
**«jW.ota. against S4Do.OM.Ota in 1909. and
that the value of manufactured articles
will reach about *825.0ft >,<<•«. against *721.-
Ota.OOO the previous year.
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EGCS IRE GOING DOWN
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Chicago Dealers Say They Are |
Seven Cents Lower Than
Last Week , t J
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• CHICAGO. Jan. 21—Conditions in the'
*«« trade bare beep in a deplorable |
state far several days, but a climax
;was reached yesterday when Chicago I,
Healers found ft necessary to knock offl
B cents a dosen on prices
| This latest drop -brought quotations ;
•to 7 cents lower than a-week ago and |
jl cents lower than a year ago.
COTTON CASE TO HAVE
IMPORTANT RESULTS
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 29-An ex
tended conference on the Knight. Yancey:
> Co. bankruptcy case was held here,
following, which. United States District
Attorney Street announced there would
be important developments in the near
future.
Participating in the conference were
J4r. Street, postoflke inspectors who
have been working on the case and
trustee, W. S Lovell.
LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF
WHEELING, W. Va„ Jan. M-Much
refreshed aftw a night of quiet at their
hotel, the jurors pass ma upon the guilt
or innocence of Laura Farnsworth
Schenk, secured of having attempted
to poison her husband. John O. Schenk,
entered the court room this morning and
almost immediately proceeded to the
jury room, where they* will again go over
the case
Judge Jordan was on the bench and
ens of the jurors inquired if he might
ask a question in open court concern*
tog som« of the evidence. He was told
<to put It in writing and the court would
consider it
NEW TORK, Jan. 2S-—No confirmation
of reports current that an explosion had
occurred on board the gunboat Wheel
ing. en route from New York to Guanta
namo. could be obtained this morning.
There's a met mix-up over the state's
jpension roti.
A couple of weeks ago everybody ex
cept Pension Commissioner Lindsey was
wrndv to pay the pension*.
Now nobody is ready, except him.
Commissioner Lindsey sent his requi
■ntnn to Governor Brown. Thursday
morwtng. for 11.114.a24. with which to
•pay the full pension rolls. He had com
pleted his work and was ready for the
mpncy to be disbursed, he said.
Men have climbed the Alps in safety,
only to fall and break their bones on
their own front step*.
Such was toe luck of John K. Gewln
ner. of 1* Ponce de avenue, who.
after having motored all the way from
Atlanta to Key West and back again
wlthput eerious mishap, encountered a
most remarkable accident as he was
sdowly turning his car, a Cole 30, around
the corner of Peachtree and Marietta
Streets late Wednesday afternoon.
The maciune and most of its occupant*
escaped injury, but Mr. Gewinner’s
chauffeur was bitten three times in three
separate places by a runaway horse.
Dr. “elix G- Cross, president of the
Columbia Life Insurance company, oi
Cincinnati. Ohio, is stopping in Atlan
ta for a day or so. on hie way to south
Georgia for the remainder of the win
ter Mr* Cross accompanies him.
DfBLIN. Ga.. Jan. 24.—J. W. Cheek is
erecting * turpentine still In ths city. I
near the rfver bridge. Mr. Cheek has nad
'onstdemHe experience in the turpen
tine and no doubt will operate
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To Have Charge of
Agricultural Train
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Dk. A. M. IOULI,
Distinguished agricultural expert, who
will superintend tour of the state.
ALFALFA PRODUCTS
SHOW BIG INCREASE
ON FARMSJF SOUTH
Planters Are Giving More Time
and Acreage to Crop and
Large Profits Are Following
Production
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28-The opportu
nities for profit which the raising of
alfalfa offers the farmers of the south
east is indicated by letters received by
the land and Industrial department of
the Southern railway, showing increased
interest In the production of alfalfa and
highly profitable results in widely sep
arated districts.
Fort and Stone, of Dunieith. Washing
ton county. Miss., owners of a planta
tion in the delta, reported that on 28
acres seeded in the fall of 1909. 188.8 tons
were produced at a coat of *593.05 They
figured this hay to be worth *ls per ton
in the bam though hay was selling from
*3O to *23 per ton. At this low rating
♦hey received a profit of ,1.940 on the
28 acres, the hay costing them only **.47
ver ton. Reports from the delta show
that about 50 farmers are now growing
wmifa with surceW havlrta »e*4l9W*
their fields tn the last three or four
years. . \
.J. W. Fisher, of Newport.' in east
Tennessee, writes that he is greatly
pleased with results, having averaged
five tons per acre and finding a ready
sale at *22 per ton. but he has found
the hay so good that he prefers feeding
it to his own stock to selling it. He has
grown alfalfa on the upland red cal
careious clay, general throughout east
Tennessee, Success in growing alfalfa
is also reported bv growers ta southern
Virginia. North Carolina and Alabama
and the acreage devoted to alfalfa tn
all the southeastern states Is growing
steadily.
ROME BOYS TO HAVE
CORN CLUB CONTEST
ROME. Ga.. Jan. 35—Cash and other
prizes aggregating *3OO in value have
been offered for boys' corn, contest In
Floyd eounty. Fifty-six boy\ have en
tered the contest and the affair promises
great success.
I NEW YORK. Jan. 26.—Four masked
men. armed with heavy revolvers, rang
. the bell at the door of a second floor
apartment in a house on West SSth
■ street shortly after 1 o'clock this morn
, Ing. Mips Charlotte Stanton and her
sister, Harriet, were awaiting news from
a sick relative. Miss Charlotte went to
the door, supposing that the ring an
nounced the expected messenger.
CHARLESTON. W Va„ Jan. 26.-A ’
committee of five selected from both i
houses of the legislature will invest:- '
gate the charges of corruption made j
during the senatorial election which ‘
i ended yesterday, if a concurrent resir
! lution, adopted by the house today, is i
< passed by ths senate.
In the senate there were no sign* '
‘of an agreement betwen th Democrats
and Republicans. The Democrats met
for a few minutes and adjourned with
out transacting any business.
BARNESVILLE. Ga., Jan 25.—The J
farmers within eight miles of Barnes-1
rille have been invited to compete for:
prises for the best results rrom one
acre of corn and one acre of cotton for
this year. The business men of the
city have made up a purse of about |2ot»
which will be divided in several prtees
The movement was inaugurated to In
duce farmers to adopt the most approv
ed methods in the selection of seed and
cultivation. Every farmer will use the
plana which, best suit him, but he will
be required to give in detail how he
obtained his results. The details or me
prises offered will be made known a*
soon as committees can be named and
I the plans worked out.
f The contestants #0! decide how the
prises will be awarded and they will
name their own committees for decid
ing the contests.
. ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan. 25.1-Tbc New
York state department of agriculture an-
J nounces that in its efforts to enforce
i the pure food law it has been difficult
I to obtain evidence to convict persons
who sell bad eggs for food purposes.
“It is the practice,” says the depart
ment In its circular, "to ship rotten
eggs to New York cty In the four cor
; ners of the earth marked ‘not for food,'
or 'for tanning purposes '
"Thia makes -the shipment legal and
it is not until the shipments reaches the
consignee that its purpose is changed.”
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MILLS IN CAROLI NAS
DECLARE MENDS:
MAW RESUME WORK
Large Number of Plants Have
Installed Machinery and
Made Many Improvements.
New Mills Are Being Built
CHARLOTTE. N. C„ Jan. 21—A
number of mills in the two Carolinas
I have declared dividends and many of
I them have resumed full working time.
I Several mills have also made a num
’ ber of Improvements.
The following mills in the two Car
linas have announced stockholders'
meetings, and dividends declared.
The Gluck Mills, of Anderson. S. C.,
has increased the dividend rate from
8 per cent to 10 per cent. Checks for
5 per cent, semi-annual, have just been
mailed out, and 5 per cent will be de
clared again in June.
Thp Vance Mills, In Salisbury, N. C.,
are in good condition, have declared a
good dividend, and gone back to full
time work, day and night. This is
one of the most successful mills In the
state.
Highland Park Mills, of Charlotte,
have declared their usual semi-annual
dividends.
Elizabeth Mill, o f Charlotte, has just
declared the usual 5 per cent semi-an
nual dividend on *IOO,OOO capital stock.
The Turner Mills, of Statesville, N.
I C.» have met and declared the usual
(dividend.* The large mill of this com-
I pany at East Monbo, N. C„ is about
complete, and a part of the machinery
has been started up Watts Mills, of
I Laurens, 3 per cent on *300,000 capital.
Abbeville Cotton Milla, of Abbeville,
i S. C„ have declared 3 per cent semi-an
j nual dividend.
The Scott-Mebane Mfg. Co., of which
has mills for the manufacture of over
alls in Durham and Burlington, N. C.,
will resume operations on January 16,
after eight months of idleness.
Lancaster Cotton Mills, of Lancas-
I ter, S. C-. pa'd their regular dividends
on common and preferred stock.
The Wilson Cotton Mills, of Wilson,
N. C., which have been shut down for
a year, have gone in the hands of a
receiver. Assets amount to *45,000 in
real estate and *75,000 in machinery.
Liabilities are only *50,000. W. M.
Turner has ben named as receiver.
R. M Miller, Jr„ president of the
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers'
association, hgs been very busy for the
past few dafs awarding contracts for
practically 300,000 tons of coal for
mills belonging t o the association.
Greenville, S. C. mills have declared
dividends as follows: Woodside mill,
3 1-2 per cent on *BOO,OOO capital.
Pelzer mill, 5 per cent on *1,000,000
capital. American Spinning Co., 2 1-2
on *250,000 preferred - , and 5 per cent
on *350,009 common. Brandon mill, 3
cent un '**BM»«. F. JS. Poe Mfg
Co., 5 per cent on *500,000. Mills mill,
8 t-2 per cent on *352,400. Carolina
mill, 3 per cent on *150,000. Franklin
mill, 3 1-2 on *80.009. piedmont mill,
3 per cent on *BOO,OOO. The Easjey
mill, 10 per cent dividend, annual on
*360,000.
won’taskcongress
TO VISIT AMERICA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—The president
will not incite the International Com
mission of Agricultural Education to
hold their third international congress of
agricultural education in this country
at Washington, in 1912, so far as any
congressional sanction at this time la
concerned.
The house committee on agriculture
has tabled the Scott bil providing for
such action.
FOUR VALUABLE PRIZES
FOR CHESTER FARMERS
J. Pope Brown Offers Town
Lots to Those Growing
Best Crops
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J. Pope Brown, state l.en surer and
president of the Atlanta Realty Owners,
has offered four town lots in Chester.
Ga., each of which is worth from *6O to
9150. to the four farmers living within
five miles of Chester who will grow the
best crops. .*
The first prize will go to the farmer
who produces the largest yield of cotton
on an acre of land: the second, to the
farmer who produces the largest yield of
corn on five aerea; the third, to the farm
er woh produces the most vahmble crop
on ten acres. He will be showed to
choose • whatever crop lie iMeaaes. The
fourth prize will go to the farmer who
pfofftifes thte’ldffceSt yteld‘<Jf <JAts on five
acres, . , ■
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1911.
THE FARMER IS THE REAL "GOOD ROADS” AUTOCRAT
Bjk
A BAD BOAD IM AMERICA 'AMD A GOOD BOAD IM TBAMCE
There are more bad roads in the United
States than anywhere else in the civil
ized world. It’s the ratio of good roads
to bad that counts, and by that test
we fall to the rear of the procession ‘
of nations. We, who lead the world in'
enterprise and "push,” go about our
business hampered -b|»f the worst roads
on earth.
Now it begins to look as
though the era of bad American roads
were drawing to a close. The grangers ,
are beginning to consider the problem
seriously, in the last analysis, the
farmer Is the individual upon whom it
devolves to raise the standard of our
highways. The auto scorchers may shout
till they are black in the face and the I
auto manufacturers spread printer's ink |
like water, but until the farmer comes
Across there can't be much doing in
the matter of road Improvement.
The fkct Is that the influence of the
auto upon road building has been much
overestimated. Also the claims of the
auto for consideration ta the road build
tag program have been grossly exagger
ated. It is true that the advent of the
auto gave the initial impetus that has
blossomed into the good roads move
ment that is now on, but what is the
auto as compared with the horse?
Look at the cold figures. There are
400,000 autos in the country- They make
a brave show, a big smell, a deal of
noise and a mighty cloud of dust, but
when we come down to brass tacks and
compare them With the draft animals
of the country they look Insignificant.
Less than 6 per cent of the traffic of
the country is motor propelled.
There are 7,000,000 horse-drawn ve
hicles in the country.
MISSISSIPPI Will HM,
'■DEMONSTRIITION TH"
Expert Agriculturalists Will
Have Charge of Farm Dis
play on Wheels
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 27.—The man
agement of the Gulf and Ship Island
railroad announces that a "Demonstra
tion Train" will be started over its lines
on the 13th day of February, spending
as much time as necessary at all impor
tant stations.
The train will be in charge of the ex
pert agriculturists of the A. and M.
college, accompany by representatives
of the department of agriculture at
Washington,
These gentlemen will lecture on and
discuss those subjects in which the
farmers of south Mississippi are vital
ly interested just now—peanuts, sugar
cane, rice, truck farming, cattle raising,
feeding and fattening, and every person
along the line of the G. and 3. I. Is urg
ed to attend the meetings.
BURLEY TOBACCO MEN
WILL GET MONEY
LEXINGTON. Ky., Jan. 24.—The first
distribution of money to tobacco growers
In Kentucky. Ohio and Indiana, from
the Burley pool of 1909, will be made
I Saturday, according to an announce
ment by the Burley Tobacco society.
One million dollars or 20 per cent of
| the amount contained in the pool is
jto be turned over to the farmers. This
money has been tied up for more than
a year and threatened at one time to
: cause an incipient financial panic in Bur
ley districts of the three states, as
I tarmers could not pay bills to trades
men until they received money for their
tobacco. Banks, however, came to their
aid and advanced money on the to
i hacco entered in the pool.
FARMING SCHOOLS DRAW
FIRST MONEY OF 1911
One thousand dollars apiece was
drawn from the state treasury Wednes
day morning for the ’ll district agricul
tural schools of the state. This Is the
first payment t<> be made to them un
der the appropriation for 1911.
In addition to this fund. *8,434.44 ot
the 1910 general school appropriation re
maining on hand was sent out, going
to the county school commtsisoners ot
eigh% counties.
farmerToTlco'
- damaged by fire
AMERICUS. Ga.. Jan. 24.—Fire this
morning in the plant of the Farmers'
Cotton OH company here entailed a Joss
of probably *1,590. The flames started
In the seed ginning department, pro-i
tected by solid brick walls, which pre
vented the spread of fire until the de
partment arrived. The entire plant was [
threatened for a brief ume, but toss'
was confined to nominal amount stated '
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♦ *325,000 IS PAID FOB ♦
e 4.300 BALES OF COTTOM ♦
e ANNISTON, Ala . Jan. 26.—Har- ♦
♦ ris A Courtner, a cotton firm, of ♦
♦ Decatur, Ala., through their rep- ♦
♦ resentative here, purchased 4.290 |
bales of rotton from J. E. Dune- ♦ i
ton, of LaGrange, Ga., for expor- ♦ I
♦ tai on to France. Thre hundred e|
■r and twenty-five thousand dollars ♦
♦ was the price paid. ♦ i
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♦ HORSE HOLDS HIS OWN. ♦
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♦ On an equipment basis, barely 6
♦ per cont of the traffic on the roads -e
-e is self-propelled.
-o- It is high time the myth of the -e
♦ the obsolescent horse ware finally ♦ j
♦ laid to rest. The United States ag- -e
-- ilcultural department year book ♦
I ♦ states that on the first of January ♦
♦ the number of horses on the farms ♦ i
-e of the United States was 31,000.000, -a
•e- and their value *2,278.000,000. ♦
I ♦ The number of cars produced in
♦ the United States during 1910 prob-
e- ably total 180.00 Q. At an average ♦
♦ valuation of *1,400. this gives a total ♦
♦- valuation of *252.009,000. Now the :
♦ appreciation alone In the value of♦:
♦ the draft horses in the country last -e <
♦- year was *350,000,000, enough to buy -e |
up the whole motorcar output, with ♦ (
ea liberal margin of over 40 per cent -e-1,
to pay for tires and gasoline.—
♦* Thomas L. White In Collier’s -e-' tJ
♦ Weekly. • ♦ j
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There are. 25,000,000 horses and mules. I
Nearly a million horse-drawn vehicles
are sold each year. 11
The mere Increase in value of draft
horses last year was **60,000,000—*100,000,- i
000 more than the estimated total value
of the automobilß "crop” of 1911!
Though the motor is supplanting the
horse 'in certain special lines, the draft I
animal is here to stay In service that i
the motor can never perform as well as
can the horse. The road of the future
must be. not merely a motor road, but a i
general purpose road. , i
"OLD MEN'S CORN,CLUB" IS
FORMED BY MISSISSIPPI FARMERS
Boy’s Organizations Have Caused Fathers to Enroll Their
Names and Form a Society to Keep Up With Their En
terprising Children
(Special Dispatch to The Journal./
JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 27.—A meeting
whs held January 24, at Estes Mill,
Leake county, for the purpose of organ
izing an "Old Men's Corn Club," and the
farmers for miles around were present.
A great many of the boys of Leeke
county have enrolled their names as
members of the Boys’ Corn ciugs. and
their fathers propose to keep up with
the procession.
They have been planting corn for
many years, harvesting an average of 15
$1,000,000, LAND COMPANY
FORMED AT UNION CITY
UNION CITY, Ga., Jan. 25.-A land
company with'a capital of JI.OW9W was
organized here Tuesday under the name
of Greater Georgia Development com
pany for the purpose of developing and
advertising the resources of the state
and the south. This company has al
ready bought about 900 resident and busi
ness lots in Union City.
It is now planned to make a lake of
15 or 20 acres in a beautiful grove, build
a tine hotel and make It a place of
resort for summer picnics and any who
desire to spend a few weeks in a beau
tiful, quiet place. Last summer quite a
number of- Sunday schools from At
lanta held picnics here, and showed
conclusively the need for such a place.
The company will have a permanent
exhibition of the products from the dif
ferent counties in Georgia In a building
In Atlanta. Cincinnati and Chicago. What
this exhibit will do has been recently
demonstrated by the exhibit of the prod-
BOLL WEEVIL WILL CAUSE
PLANTING OF OTHER CROPS
JACKSON, Mlfes.. Jan. 23.—The newspa
pers of the boll weevil district in south
west Mississippi note the exodus of ne
groes In great numbers, but in view of
the situation 'see no way to prevent It,
though urging their readers to use every
effort in their power to k?ep th e labor
at fiome. In hope that time will bring re
lief from the ravages of the pests. Labor
agents from the upper delta country
have reaped a rich harvest In these wee
vil-stricken counties, but in some com
munities they have been warned fiy dep
utations of citizens to come no more.
Great numbers of these negroes have
passed through Jackson during the past
tw’o weeks. They come in over the
“Litt}e J.” railroad from down in Adams.
Jefferson and Claiborne counties, and are
all bound for the delta, north of Vicks-
EDUCATION CLOSE
BEHIND BOLL WEEVIL
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Jan. 25.-Dr. 3.
A. Knapp, head of the bureau of plant
life of th* department of agriculture at
Washington, addressed a joint session of
the Alabama assembly at noon today.
He estimated the loss to the country
through the devastation of forests with
out replanting at a billion dollars.
Thus fgr, the arrogance and selfishness
of the average automobilist who drives
over country roads has served to keep
the farmer from warming up to the mo
torists' appeal for goo<h roads. To the
average farmer a macadamized road
means merely dust, noise, stinking smoke
and dead chickens.
The motorist is beginning to see that
he must mend his manners and sing
another song if he is to secure the co
operation of the farmer in road build
> Ing. So- the motor interests have ap
pealed to the granges, and the granges
are beginning to accomplish some
thing.
In New England, for example, the in
fluence of'the national and state granges
has availed to secure appropriations of
nearly *5.000,000 for state highways. In
Oregon the state grange is pulling for a
law eriJbowering counties to borrow
money to build roads and uee prisoners
to do the work. Wayne county, Mich
igan, is making a campaign for a *2,000,-
000 bond issue for road building, and the
auto interests and the grange are work
ing In harmony for the issue.
However, the farmer can't be expect
ed to give the country good roads sin
gle handed. He has made the roads we
have, has worked out his road taxes
and paid his state And federal taxes as
well, and it's up to the state and the
federal government to help if we are to
have the kind of roa<s they have in
Europe. '
Uncle Sam might be in worse business
thgn road building. A few good nation
al roads; like the national pike that ran
from Washington out Into the middle
west in the days before the railroads
came, might set a pare that the states
and counties would hasten to emulate.
or 30 bushels, and were apparently sat
isfied with that yield until their chil
dren and grandchildren demonstrated
that as much as 200 or more bushels
could be made per acre, and that 100
bushels was an ordinary yield for the
boys.
The old men have at last opened their
eyes. They have quit turning up their
noses at the "book farmers," and may
come nearer prospering hereafter t>y
simply. following the advice of those
who know the elements of soil and fer
tilizers best suited thereto.
nets from some of the counties of Geor
gia In the A., B. & A. office in Atlanta.
All the railroads are enthusiastic and
have promised to co-operate in every
way.
The following men, who are very prom
inent in the various sections of the
State, have been proposed directors: W.
F. Dorsey, Athens: H. H. Dean,
Gainesville; John D. Walker, of Sparta;
E. J. Yeomans, Baxley; W. B. Aycock
and Z. H. Clark, Moultrie; St. Elmo
Massengale. Atlanta; B. C. Price, Bain
bridge; William West. Valdosta; T. J.
James, Adrian; Claud Mayne, Winder;
Joseph Bass, Rome; T. W. Cochran,
Barnesville; Fuller Callaway, LaGrange;
J. A. Flourner, Macon; J. C. Wade, Cor
nelia; Moultrie Sessions, Marietta; E. R.
Jones, Albany; Sam Tate, Tate; Wil
liam M. Sutton, Edison: L. O. Benton,
Monticello, and J. S. Rogers, Buena
Vista. Fiscal agents, C. H. Gullatt and
G. M. Beattie.
burg, in the region not yet afflicted with
the insects. These negroes state that
they did not want to leave their old
homes, but circumstances forced them
out.
They failed to make a cotton crop last
year on account of the weevil, and can
not hope to make one this year, as the
pests are more numerous than ever,
and their white friends and their land
lords have refused to “stand” for them
at the stores where they have been in
the habit, all their lives, of securing sup
plies through deeds in trust on their
crops of cotton.
This all means a revolution is bound to
Come In the manner of farming in this
state. In fact, it has already begun,
many farmers having turned their atten
tion to live stock and food crops for man
and beast.
BIG WOOLEN FACTORY
IN RECEIVER’S HANDS
An involuntary petition tn bankrupt
cy, involving upward of *SOO was filed J
against the Laurel Mills Manufacturing j
company, of Roswell, Ga., Monday
morning by the Beck A Gregg Hardware
company, M. C. Kiser company, Kelly
Brothers company, and Ragan Malone
company.
FARM ON WHEELS
WILL VISIT fflf
PART DF GEORGIA
Itinerary Is Arranged for Ag
ricultural Train That Will Be
Out for Forty Days—Will Be
Well Equipped
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The last detail is now complete for
the running of the second "college on
wheels" by the Georgia College of Agri
culture through the farming communi
ties of the state.
Dr. Andrew M. Boule’s official bulletin,
setting forth accurately and finally the
itinerary which the train will follow,
and all other particulars in advance an
nouncement, was released for publica
tion Thursday and The Journal reprints
it below. It speaks fully for Itself.
Throughout Georgia the itinerary set
ting forth the towns that the train will
visit and the dates it will visit them,
will be read with consuming interest.
The publication of It has been withheld
by Dr. Soule till all its facts were ab
solutely certain. Some minor amend
ments have been made from time to
time in the original tentative itinerary,
and it has been improved till, now it
represents the best possible tour of the
state that could possibly be s.rranged
for the purposes of the train.
Numerous towns and cities in Georgia
have been almost strenuous in their ef
forts to get a place on the itinerary.
They have exerted every endeavor and
used every fair means to win their point.
This enthusiasm, contrasted with the
apathy and lack of understanding which
the first of these trains, run in 1906,
successfully met. speaks volumes in pre
diction of the state-wide fervor which
the approaching tour will leave behind
it.
Following is the official bulletin in
full:
BULLETIN ABOUT THE TRAIN.
Education is the slogan of today, and
in no state has the public come to
mors thoroughly appreciate its ad
vantages than in Georgia. In response
to ths public demand, the state Col
lege of Agriculture in co-operation with
the various railroads has undertaken
to organize and operate a second tra’u
throughout the state, since It is be
lieved that there is no way in which
for a limited expenditure of the state's
money so much information of direct
practical value can be disseminated
over bo wide a territory. The import
ance of operating this train will be
better appreciated when it is realized
that it will travel about 6,090 miles,
covering the greater part of G'forgin s
80,000 square miles of territory, trav
ersing 114 counties and stopping st
140 towns and cities.
The last train reached
ly 160,000 people. It is beliefs' tliaf
a larger number will visit ttief present
one, since its equipment is W'tter in
all respects and its exhibits mo:t elab
orate. The cost of equipping and oper
ating this train is being chiefly borne
by frienda of agricultural education
and Is not, therefore, incurring any
material outlay of state funds.
CO-OPERATTO*< OF RAILROADS.
The roads co-operating in this move
ment are the Southern; Atlanta, Bir
mingham & Atlantic; Atlantic Coast
I Line; • Seaboard Air Line; Georgia.
Florida & Alabama; Central of Georgia;
Macon, Dublin A Savannah; Georgia,
Southern & Florida; Augusta Southern;i
'Georgia & Florida; Georgia; Atlanta &
West Point; Louisville & Nashville
and Gainesville Midland. The sincere
thanks of every persoh interested >n
this matter Is due .to these common
carriers who through their generous
i action have made the operation of the
second educational train possible.
SOt THERN RAILWAY. <
j F e b. 7—Leave Athens over Southern railwar.
Arrive Commerce 8 00 a m.
“ Cornelia . .12 00 m.
Powersville .. 4 00 p.m.
Feb. 8 “ Toccoa 8:00 a.ru.
•• Gaiuesvllle 11:38 a.m.
•• Bufc.rd .. 3 30 p.m.
Feb 9 "• McDonough.. 8:00 a.m.
•• lackson , ..11:30 a./.
•• Macon .. 800 p/n.
Feb. 10 “ Cochran .. .. .. ... 800 a.m.
•• Kastman 10:30 a.m.
•A Mcßae 1:80 pm.
•• Haslehnrst 4:30 p.m.
leh. 11 “ Baxley 8:00 a.m.
•• Jesup 11:?0 a.m.
“ Brunswick 8:80 p.m.
Feb. 12—Bunday in Brunswick.
Feb. 13— Leave Brunswick over A.. B. A A*
railroad.
ATLANTA. BIRMINGHAM A ATLANTIC.
Feb. 13—Arrive Nicholls 8:00 a.m.
•• Douglas ..11:00 a.m.
" Fites* raid 330 p.m.
Return to Brunswick.
Feb. 14—Leave Brunswick over Atlantic Coast
Line.
ATLANTIC COABT LINK.
, Feb. 14—Arrive Waynesville ..* .. .. 8:00 a.m.
•• Folkston 11:00 a.m.
•• Waycross 1:30 p.m.
" Homerville 4:30 p.m.
Feb. 15 “ Valdosta .. .. ». -. 800 a.m.
•• Quitman 1130 a.m.
•• Thomasville .. .. .. 8:00 p.m.
Feb. 18 " Bainbridge 8:00 a.m.
Cairo 11:00 a.tu.
•* Pelham 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 17 ** Albany -.. .. 800 a.m.
“ Sylvester 11:00 a.m.
•* Tifton 3:00 p.m.
Feb. 18 “ Willacoochee 8:00 a.m.
•• Blackshear 12:00 m.
•* Ludowici 4:00 p.m.y
Feb. 18—R 'turn to Saßsnnah and spend Bunday.
Feb. 20—Leave Savannah over Seaboard Air
Line.
SEABOARD AIR LINE.
Feb. 20—Arrive Pembroke 8:00 a.m.
“ Claxton ..1O:IO a.m.
“ Collins 1 :X) p.m.
“ Lyons .. .. 3::i0 p.m.
Feb. 21 “ Mt. Vernon 8:X)a .m
•• 4bbcvffl» 12:00 m.
•• Cordele 3:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 ’• Americus B:<M> a.m.
•• Preaton 12:90 m.
*• Cu«seta 3:30 p.m.
Return to Columbus.
Feb. 23—Leave Columbus over G. F. A A.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND ALABAMA.
Feb. 23—Arrive Lumpkin 8:90 a.m.
“ Cuthbert 10:90 a.m.
“ Edison 12:18 p.m’
“ Colquitt 3:90 p.m.
R-’turn to Columbus.
Feb. 24—1.< are Columbus over Central of Geor-
Sia.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.
Feb. 24—Arrive Buena Vista.. . 1 .. 8:0n«,m.
" Dawaon 200p.m.
" Fort Gainea 4:00 p.m.
Feb 25 •• Blakely 8:00 a.m.
•• I,eeaburg ..12:00 m.
•• Ellaville 4:00 p.m.
Feb. 28—Return to Columbus and
spend Sunday.
Feb. 27—Arrive Geneva 8:90 a.m,
Butler., 11'10 a m.
" Perry 3.-10 p.m.
Feb. 28 “ Milledgeville 8:00 am.
. “ Eatonton.. 11:00 a.m.
Monticello 2:00 p.m.
Gray 5:00 p.m.
Return to Macon. 1
March I—Leave1 —Leave Macon over Macon Dnblla and
Savannah.
MACON. DL’BLIN AND SAVANNAH.
Mar. I—Arrive Jeffersonville 8:00 tB.
“ Danville N)t'iO a.m.
“ Duolln 12 00 ra.
“ Soperton 8:110 p.m.
Return to Macon.
Mar. 2—Leave Macon over G., S. A F.
(Continual oa Pag* Tiftaan.)
NO. 37.